•—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 10,1978
JUNE 12-18, 1978
A June day is never too long.
- Longest days and shortest nights now Babe Ruth last appeared
in uniform June 13, 1948 First quarter of the moon June 13
Average length of days for the week, 15 hours, 17 minutes
t Father's Day June 18 Flag Day June 14 (Congress adopted 13
' ' stars and stripes that day in 1777) Circumstances alter cases, the
straightest stick appears crooked in water
things Roman Now, there was a Roman meal in which the miller was
, allowed to mix certain seeds with the corn This man of yours might have
been authorized to oversee it being done
Home Bin's Ferns and other plants thrive on leftover lea
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Heavy rainstorm through Friday, partly sunny and
warm for week's end
Greater New York-New Jersey: Cool with heavy showers through
Thursday, remainder of week sunny and hot with some showers
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cool with some ramy days for most of
week
Piedmont (t Southeast Coastal: Sunny with scattered light
showers, hot
Florida: Seasonal with showers all week
Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Ram with cool west to start,
then cool and rainy east, sunny west at midweek, weekend mostly
sunny
.Greater Ohio Valley. Cool and partly sunny, then week’s end
sunny, hot east
Deep South: Heavy showers north, some clearing, then clouding
up, showers in mountains
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: First of week partl> sunny, cool
with showers east, showers with clearing and seasonal tem
peratures expected for remainder of week
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Rainy and seasonal, sunny
and hot with some showers for week's end
Central Great Plains: Cool with intermittent ram, then warm and
rainy at midweek, weekend promises locally heavy ram
Texas-Oklahoma; Fair and seasonal, some ram Gult and north to
start, end of week partly cloudy north, ram south
Rocky Mountain; Sunny and hot with a few showers, cloudier and
cool with showers north for weekend
Southwest Desert; Variably cloudy, very hot all week, some
showers east
P.cific Northwest; Week begins clear and hot, then rain north,
widely scattered showers south, weekend rainy
California: Sunny inland, high coastal fog and cool, clear inland
with variable fog west for weekend
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♦ NOTICE 1
Extra HAY AUCTION
Every MONDAY
at 12 Noon
Located 1 mile South of Gap
on East side of Rt. 41.
Commission rates & so forth
same as Wednesday Sale.
Phone 717-442-9221 Mondays.
Plenty of Parking
HAY. STRAW & EAR CORN SALE
Every Wednesday at 12 Noon
At David Good’s Farm Equipment Sale
North Maple Ave., Leola, PA
HARVEY Z. MARTIN
Home Phone 215-445-5303 - We Buy On Orders
Bus. Phone Wed. Only 717-656-7270
We also buy hay and straw privately
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OLD
ME*
JfANA
Ask the Old Farmer: At a town
meeting m New England in
March 1739, one Mack White, age
23, was elected to the office of
Gramrowman Have you any
idea what the duties of this office
might have been 7 WL , Rutland,
Vt
This is guesswork, pure and simple
but the man could have been a sort of
inspector The word is in two parts,
one relating to grain, the other to
Fresh Fruit and
Vegetable Report
Wednesday, June 7,1978
APPLES: Steady.
Controlled atmosphere
storage. Ctn. Tray pack.
NY Red Delicious 80-125 s
16.00.
CHERRIES: Higher. Calif
18-lb. lug bing 11 row size
21.00- 11% row size
20.00- 12 row size 20.00.
STRAWBERRIES: Stea
dy.
CALIF 12 pint flats med
fair appear 4.80 fair cond.
3.00 Ige 12.00 via air med-lge
7.20-7.80 some 6-6.60 Ige 8.40.
NJ per Quart 70-85 cents
mostly 75-85 cents, few 1.00
fair cond. 40 cents per pint
med-lge 55 cents sml-med 35-
40 cents.
ASPARAGUS: Supplies
light. Pyramid crates.
NJ Fieldrun bchd 12s 26.00
fair appear 20.00 loose 23.00-
25.00.
BEANS; Higher.
Bu hmpr round green type,
NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, Inc.
EVERY
WEDNESDA
Sale to Start Pro
Box 55, Strausstown, PA 19559 I
Phone 215-488-1188 I
Philadelphia
FRUIT
VEGETABLE
12 Miles East of Lancaster
on Route 23, New Holland, Penna.
WEEKLY
FEEDER PI
SALE
e Will Receive Your Pii
From 7 A.M. Wed. Mornim
-SPECIAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14-
Selling 10 Three Way Cross Bred Gilts
Consigned by John B. Stoltzfus.
SPECIAL WEDNESDAY. JUNE 21
Selling 25 Bred Gilts
Consigned by Jonathan Lapp. -
State Graded Until 12 Noon.
All pigs inspected by State Approved Veterinarian.
State tags available at our office for you to
tag pigs at home to save 25 cents tagging charge.
Tags delivered if you call 717-354-4341
our office in advance.
Calf Sale To Be Held In New Sales Pavilion
Every Thursday At 4:30 P.M
NORMAN KOLB
717-397-5538
—O— CM-!
WANTED
200,000/wk.
Leghorn Hens - Heavy Hens
N
N V
A/
DIRECT Plant Prices - Leghorn Hens Prevailing
IRWIN M. SECHLER & SONS POULTRY
NC 10.00-12.00 mostly
10.00-1.00 few 9.50.
CABBAGE
lower.
1% bu. crt med-lge green
unless otherwise stated.
NC 9.00-10.00 best mostly
10.00 one lot light pack 8.50-
9.00.
ENDIVE: Higher.
NJI-1/9 bu crt 9.00-10.00.
ESCAROLE: Higher. NJ
1-1/9 bu. crt 9.00-10.00 sml
7.00-8.00 fair cond 5.00.
GREENS; About steady.
Wirebound crt approx 1%
bushel unless otherwise
stated.
NJ bchd Collard 4.50 loose
including bu bkt rape turnip
top & mustard 3-3.50 loose
Kale 4.50 Swiss Chard 5.00.
PA loose rape turnip tops
& mustard 3.50 bchd Turnip
with tops 3.50.
LEEKS: NJ 4/5 bu crt
bchd 24s 5.00.
LETTUCE: ICEBERG,
Lower.
Ctn 245.
CALIF 9.00-11.00, few 11.50
fair appear 7.00-8.00 one lot
few 12.00-13.00 film wrpd
standard ctn 10.00-11.00 Ige
ctn 13.00.
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ime
ABEDIFFENBACH
717-393-4464
TOP PRICES PAID
WE BUY, LOAD & HAUL -
No Lots Too Small Or Too Large.
Call or Write:
ARIZ 9.00-10.00 fair appear
7.00-8.00 fair cond 6.00.
NJ 5.00-6.00 some 6.50 fair
qua 14.50.
ROMAINE Steady.
Slightly
CALIF crt 24s 13.00-14.00.
NJ 1-1/9 bu crt 7.00-8.00
some best 9.00-10.00.
NC 1-1/9 bu crt 8.00-9.00.
BIG BOSTON: NJ Eastern
Boston crt 24s 9.00-10.00.
BIBB: NJ sml wirebound
crt 6.5012 qt. bkt 5-5.50.
LEAF: NJ 4/5 bu. crt. 7.50.
MUSHROOMS: Steady.
PA 4-qt. bkt med-lge 4.75,
few best 5-5.25 sml-med 3.50-
3.75 few best 4.00.
BEEFALO HYBRID CATTLE
BRED BEEFALO FOR SALE
' - Rapid gams on grass and roughage.
-55-65,1 b. Births - up to 1100 lb. yearling.
; - Visit our farm and see our animals.
In stock SEMEN *l2 an ampule
’/z & V* Blood Bulls & Heifers
BEEFALO N & J
* 4270 Quakerbridge Rd.
Princeton, NJ 08540 609-896-0336
Member World Beefalo Association
Green Dragon
Livestock Sales
1 mile North of Ephrata, PA ~
CO** COWS COIJS
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from Ray Kyper, Bob
Kennedy, Dale Brewer and Ed Stover plus local
consigners.
Lots of good Northern Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and Veal Calves
11:00 A.M. - Beef Sale Stockers & Ffeeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M. - Dairy Cows
7:00 P.M. - Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on the
farm or at our barn or other market information
call: Office 717-733-2444.
WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor
ONIONS-GREEN: ffigher
NJi 4/5 bu. crt. bchd 36s
10.5 Cf-11.00.
PEAS-GREEN: NJ bu
hmpr 13.00-14.00.
POTATOES: Steady.
50 lb. sks US#l Size A wshd
unless otherwise stated.
Round Whites MAINE
3.754.25 mostly 4.00.
NC 4.00 Size B 2.75-3.00
NY 2.75-3.25 Ige 4.75-5.00.
RADISHES: About
steady. Ctn 30-6 oz film bag
Red unless otherwise stated
SPINACH: Steady.
NJ bu bkt 5.00-6.00.
OHIO: 24 qt. bkt. 3.00.