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—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 15,1978
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JULY 17-23, 1978
Get out quick, good time for a picnic.
Watch out for lightning this week (don't go under a tree) Jesse
James robbed his first tram July 21, 1873 Full moon July 1 Q
Average length of days for the week, 14 hours, 50 minutes
Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, Mass, completed July 23,
1842 Trees will grow no more this year It is a mighty good
horse that never stumbles
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Partly sunny, warm with light rain to start, then
mild and showery, may clear by Sunday
Greater New York-New Jersey: Hot with thundershowers to start,
then sunny with scattered showers for remainder of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Sunny and hot, then thunderstorms at
midweek, weekend sunny and seasonal
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal - Ram, heavy at times all week
Florida: Cooler than normal with rain all week
Upstate N.Y.-Toronlo & Montreal: Hot with scattered thunder
storms all week
Greater Ohio Valley: Hot and humid with a few showers, end of
week hot and partly cloudy
Deep South: Few showers, heavy in southeast, last part of week
hot and sunny
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Some heavy showers and cool,
last of week clear, very hot
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Sunny, seasonal, partly
sunny, very hot for week's end
Central Great Plains: Widespread showers, seasonal, hot west,
seasonal east for most of week
Texas-Oklahoma: Cooler with showers to start, then sunny and
mild, rain central and south end of week
Rocky Mountain: Very hot with few heavy showers south, scat
tered showers last part of week
Southwest Desert: Partly cloudy, hot with few showers north,
week’s end cloudy, seasonal
Pacific Northwest: Sunny and very hot to midweek, then partly
cloudy with light showers
California: Sunny, hot with scattered showers all week
(All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin N H 03444)
July 7,1978
Felton, Delaware
COWS: Few Beef Cows
47.00-49.00; Utility 42.00-
45.50; Cutter 37.00-42.00.
STEERS: Choice 55.00-
57.50; Good 50.00-55.00;
Standard 45.00-50.00;
BULLS: 48.00-50.25.
VEAL CALVES: Prime
65.00-77.00; Choice 55.00-
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CREUTZBURG, INC.
Lincoln Highway East, Box 7, Paradise, Pa 17562
(717) 768-7181
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Ask the Old Farmer: An old-timer I knew
used to tefer to a boat anchor as a "killick "
I never asked him its origin Do you know 7
WA, Block Island, R I
He really must have been an old-timer Haven t
heard the word in years It s a stone, variously
rigged in a forked stick to serve as an anchor
The Chinese used them a good while before wc
ever thought of it
Home Hints Your cake will never stick if vou use
white sugar to ' flour" a cake pan
Carroll’s
Market
65.00; Good 50.00-55.00;
Monkey Calves 30.00-65.00.
LAMBS: 54.0044.00.
HOGS: 200 to 240 lbs. 46.50-
47.85.
SOWS: 300 to 600 lbs. 37.00-
38.50.
BOARS: 300 lbs. &up 32.50-
34.00; Pigs sold between
20.00-67.00.
CATTLE 262. Supply in
cluded 38 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to 50 cent
lower. Slaughter cows 50
cents to $1.50 higher. Few
High Choice & Prune 1050
1115 lbs. slaughter steers
55.75- Choice 900-1300
lbs. 53.85-56.35, Good 51.00
55.00, Standard 48.75-50.85.
Choice 860-1160 lbs.
slaughter heifers 50.25-53.60,
one at 54.60. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows
41.75- few to 44.00, few
Commercial No. 4-5 38.00
39.25, Cutters 40.6041.85,
Canner & Low Cutter 36.00
39.75, Shells down to 33.75.
Few Choice slaughter
bullocks 50.00-54.60 , Good
48.75- few Standard
47.3549.00. Yield Grade HI
1075-1650 lbs. slaughter bulls
48.0049.25, few to 53.75; few
yield grade H 2 930-1050 lbs.
40.8543.75. Few Good 350670
lbs. feeder steers 54.50-59.50;
Good & Choice 320-700 lbs.
feeder heifers 50.00-59.50.
CALVES 195. Vealers $3 to
$6 lower. Few Choice vealers
68.00-70.00, Good 62.5068.50,
one at 71.00, Standard &
Good 110-130 lbs. 60.50-C4.00,
90-110 lbs. 57.0062.50, 7065
lbs. 50.00-57.50, few Utility
65-100 lbs. 40.0050.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90125
lbs. 60.0060.50; holstein
heifers 90125 lbs. 60.0071.00,
one at 81.00.
HOGS 327. Barrows & gilts
mostly steady. Few US No.
1-2 215-235 lbs. barrows &
gilts 49.5049.60, No. 1-3 195-
250 lbs. 48.0049.25, No. 2-3
MS WILL HAUL
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To Local Auctions
From Anywhere
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or Buy Outright
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Call or write
Rt. #1
Richland, Pa. 17087
Call 717-933-4080
or 717-9334377
Livestock market and auction news
Leesport
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
July 12,1978
195-250 lbs. 46.2548.00, one
lot No. 24 275 lbs. 46.10, few
No. 1-3 150-185 lbs. 42.50
47.10. Sows $1 to $2 lower. US
No. 1-3 325-600 lbs. sows
37.7540.25, one 42.50, few No.
2-3 430675 lbs. 35.00-38.00.
Boars 30.25-32.75.
FEEDER PIGS 228. All
prices cwt. US No. 1-3 25-30
lbs. feeder pigs 95.00-100.00
No. 1-3 30-50 lbs. 79.00-91.00,
No. 1-3 55-95 lbs. 56.00-76.00,
few Utility 30-55 lbs. 66.00
80.00 cwt.
SHEEP 26. Choice 70-110
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
46.0056.00, few Utility &
Good 5085 lbs. 30.0049.00.
Few Slaughter ewes 16.00
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
July 11,1978
CATTLE 320. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market;
High Choice & Prime No. 3-4
1150-1395 lbs. slaughter
steers 56.60-57.50, one at
57.50, Choice No. 24 9501450
lbs. 54.25-57.10, Good 48.85-
54.75, Standard 43.1048.35.
Two Choice slaugher heifers
52.25 and 53.35, few Good
44.1048.85, few Standard
42.7546.00. Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows
42.2544.85, few to 46.50,
Cutters 40.2542.25, Canner &
Low Cutter 37.5040.35, few
Shells down to 32.00. Few
Choice slaughter bullocks
51.1051.75, few Good 46.25-
50.00, few Standard 43.60
48.60. Yield Grade HI 1205-
1980 lbs. slaughter bulls
MR. FEEDER PI6
We have Graded
Feeder Pigs
delivered subject to
buyers approval.
Vet inspected.
Reasonable Prices.
Call Collect
808 TINDALL
So. Charleston, Ohio
513462-8797 or
RAYMOND DOYCE
LIVESTOCK CO.
Unionville, Tenn.
615-294-5102
47.75-54.85; one yield grade
HI 1250 lbs. 51.85.
CALVES 250. One Prime
vealers at 77.50, Choice 69.50
79.50, Good 61.00-68.00,
Standard & Good 90125 lbs.
60.0067.00, 7090 lbs. 50.00
60.00, Utility 45-100 lbs. 24.00
50.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90120 lbs. 64.0080.00;
holstein heifers 90120 lbs.
61.0082.00; few beef cross
bulls & heifers 80100 lbs.
61.5070.00.
HOGS 349. US No. 1-2 210
245 lbs.-barrows & gilts 47.2?-
47.85, No. 1-3 200245 lbs.
46.5047.35, No. 2-3 200265
lbs. 45.5047.10, lot 285 lbs.
44.00, few No. 1-3150185 lbs.
43.2545.75. US No. 1-3 245-515
lbs. sows 38.2541.00, few to
45.00, few No. 2-3 285645 lbs.
34.25-38.25, one at 40.00. Few
Boars 36.00-38.10, one at
40.25.
FEEDER PIGS 30. US No.
1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs
74.00103.00 cwt., lot No. 1-3
60 lbs. 81.00 cwt.
SHEEP 18. Lot Good &
Choice 68 lbs. spring
slaughter lambs 50.50. Few
Slaughter ewes 12.5020.00.
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DIESEL PROBLEMS????? j
Contact us '3
MILLER DIESEL INC.
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6030 Jonestown Rd.
Harrisburg, Pa. 17112
717-545-5931
Interstate 81 Exit 26
In addition to our repair service, we offer a fast
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Join your fellow pork
producers in supporting
pork promotion and pro
duction research to keep
hogs a profitable farm
enterprise. Tell your
market or buyer that
you want 10 cents per
market hog or 5 cents
per feeder pig deducted
to support these pro
grams. Most markets
and buyers will
cooperate fully if you let
them know.
The PPPC was formJ
ed and is funded an<r
directed by producers.
There is no Government
Agency involved.
For more informa
tion, contact:
HERBERT SCHICK,
Secretary-Treasurer
Kutztown, R.D. 2, Pa.
Phone 215-285-6519
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