g—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, August 12,1978
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Just right, sunny and bright
Cat nights begin now Blondm crossed Niagara Falls on tight
rope Aug 17, 1859 Full moon Aug 18 Average length of
days for the week, 13 hours 47 minutes Social Security began
Aug 14,'1935 Railroads first carried U S mail Aug 14 1838
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be yourself
]tm Crockett tells us that since he has had so many n quests tor informa
tion about his gardening tools and supplies, he s nine got a booklet hi can
send you Write linn at Birch Meadow harms Bin 288 Concord Mii«
0J742 and he II send you one
Home Hints- To extend the life of cut flowers addons tablespoon of sup-ir to
the water in your vase
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Sunny and warmer to start then some light
showers at midweek, dear and hot for weekend
Greater New York-New Jersey Cool with scattered showers, then
warm with moderate showers and partly sunny
Middle Atlantic Coastal; Warming with some showers through
midweek, then sunny, hot with a few showers
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal. Th indershowers to start then
sunny and hot through week's end
Florida - Fairly heavy ram, scattered south, throughout week
Upstate N Y.-Toronto & Montreal; Verv hot with some showers
most of week
Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins cooler witn showers east, then
changing to hot with showers west and clearing, thunderstorms
predicted for weekend
Deep South. Sunny and verv hot with a few show'ers south and
east to midweek, remainder of week seasonal with thunderstorms
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Showers and hot first part of
.veek then partly sunny, cooler with showers east for remainder of
week
Northern Great Flains-Great Lakes: Hot with scattered showers
through midweek, sunny and hot for remainder of week
Central Great Plains: Variably cloudy, cooler with showers
central, hot weekend, sunny west, rainy east
Texas-Oklahoma: Clear and very hot, then scattered showers and
cooler for last part of week
Rocky Mountain: Partly sunny, hot with showers south and east
to start, then sunny at midweek, cooler and ramv south for
weekend
Southwest Desert: Clear, hot with light showers west to midweek,
rain west and cool for remainder of week
Pacific Northwest: Modestly sunny, very hot south, then cloudy
and cooler with showers north for week's end
California: Sunny and hot inland and south clearing northwest to
start, then cloudier and cooler with showers south
(All Right* Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin NH 0"UI-1)
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Ask the Old Farmer. We never miss
"Crockett’s Victory Garden on public
TV His advice always works at least
for us But we can’t find some of the
unusual tools he uses, such as an old
fashioned planting board Can vou tell
us where to get one 7 RA , Auburn
NY
Livestock market and auction news
Lebanon Valley
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Augusts, 1978
CATTLE 200. Two High
Choice and Prune slaughter
steers 1180-1275 lbs. 54.10 and
59.75, Choice 2-4 950-1275 lbs.
51.00- Good 49.50-51.85,
few Standard 48.00-49.85.
Choice slaughter heifers
49.00- one at 53.35, few
Good 46.00-60.00, few
Standard 44.25-47.75, few
Utility 41.10-42.25. Utility
and Commercial slaughter
cows 38.10-39.85, few to 41.60,
Cutters 34.76-37.75, few to
38.35, Canner and Low
Cutters 32.00-34.75, few
Shells down to 17.50. Few
Good slaughter bullocks
48.10-50.00, Standard 45.10-
48.00. Few Yield Grade No.
1, 1525-1645 lbs. slaughter
bulls 51.85-54.85.
CALVES 211. Few Choice
vealers 70.00-80.00, Good
61.50-72.50, Standard and
Good 90-120 lbs. 61.00-64.50,
70-90 lbs. 51.0082.50, 60-70
lbs. 40.00-51.00, few Utility
55-110 lbs. 35.5041.50. Farm
Calves; Holstein bulls 90-125
lbs. 65.50-73.00, few to 76.00;
Holstein heifers 85-125 lbs.
71.00-95.50.
HOGS 276. US No. 1-2 195-
250 lbs. barrows and gilts
51.00- (4 head at 52.10),
No. 1-3 195-250 lbs. 49.85-
51.00, No. 2-3 195-235 lbs.
49.00- few No. 1-3 160-
175 lbs. 43.5046.25. US No. 1-3
PERIOD 1 . ..
8/26/77—9/22/77
PERIOD 2 ...
9/23/77—10/20/77
PERIOD 3 ...
10/21/77—11/17/77
PERIOD 4 ...
11/18/77—12/15/77
PERIOD 5 ...
12/16/77—1/12/78
PERIOD 6 ...
1/13/78—2/9/78
PERIOD? ...
2/10/78—3/9/78
PERIODS . .
3/10/78—4/6/78
PERIOD 9 .. .
4/7/78—5/4/78
PERIOD 10.. .
5/5/78—6/1/78
PERIOD 11 ...
6/2/78—6/29/78
Auction
HUBBARD FARMS
LANCASTER. PENNSYLVANIA
CLAY S. MUMMA, Jr. Telephone: 717/569-2654 Evenings; 717/653-2397
290-550 lbs. sows 38.75-42.25,
few to 43.25, No. 2-3 270-565
lbs. 35 00-38.25. Two Boars at
35.00.
FEEDER PIGS 42. US No.
1-3 35-60 lbs. feeder pigs
80.00-81.00 per hun
dredweight, No. 1-3 90-110
lbs. 61.00-69.00 per hun
dredweight.
- SHEEP 24. Choice 65-110
lbs. sprmg slaughter lambs
54.00-57.50, two Good 55-65
lbs. 45.00 and 47.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 16.00-23.00.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Peoria
Livestock
Peoria, Illinois
August 10,1978
CATTLE; Receipts this
week; 4700, last week 4900,
Year ago: 5200.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers 50-
LOO lower. Slaughter heifers
50-1.00, instances 1.50 lower.
Cows steady to 1.00 highei.
Bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.
Receipts about 60 per cent
slaughter steers, S 5 per cent
slaughter heifers, balance
mainly cows. Increased
showing yield grade 4
slaughter steers and heifers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
Choice and Prime 34 1200-
1270 lbs. 53.00-53.50; Part
load 1150 lbs -54.50; Choice 2-
4 950-1300 lbs. 52.50-54.00;
Couple loads Monday 1390
lbs. 55.00; Late 52.50-53.00,
load 53.50; 900-1050 lbs. 52.00-
52.50; Mixed Good and
HUBBARD LEGHORNS
CHECK THIS ACTUAL PERFORMANCE
RECORD AGAINST YOUR OWN FLOCK I
%
Large
Grade A
. 12.48 .
96.80
43.48
96.08
. 65.02 ... 27.96
94.09
75.12 .
94.59
79.85 .
94.26
81.50... 9.97
94 53
93 70
82.80*... 8.00
82.71
90.48
81.66... 5.93
89.23
83.02... 4.20 .
89.25 .
The flock of Hubbard Leghorns reported upon
above were 20 weeks old when record-keeping
began on August 26,1977. Each of the periods
consists of four weeks. Write or telephone for
additional details.
Choice 2-4 900-1300 lbs. 51X0-
52.00; Good 2-3 47.00-51.00;
Few Good and Choice 2-3
Holsteins 48.00; Standard
and Good 46.50-47.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice and Prune 3-4 900-
1050 lbs. 51.00-52.00; load
52.25; Wednesday 51.00-
51.50; Choice 2-4 850-1025 lbs
50.00-51.00; 800-900 lbs. 48.00-
50.00; Mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 750-1000 lbs. 47,00-'
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✓ More Large Eggs.
More Grade As.
%
Small
Medium
UNDERGRADES
51.85 ... 23.97 .
48.11
4.19 .
Ml .
19.01
13.12
0.15
0.10 .
6.01
0.14
0.11 ... 3.86 .
0.08 ... 2.96
% Checks, Blood
Spots, Misc.
%
Grade B
0.89 2.31 .
1.04 2.88
1.70
1.94
,46 .
. 2.31 .
.31 .
2.08
1.90
. 3.77
.... 7.79 .
50.00; Good 2-3 44.00-47.00 f
Standard and Good 2-3 41.00-
44.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 26.00-38.50;
high-Dressing Utility 40.00-
40.50; Cutter 1-2 33.00-36.00;
Canner 30.00-33.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1900 lbs. 40.0045.00;
Few Yield Grade 1 46.00-
47.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Total
Dozens
1,710
18,690
24,000
. 4.21
23,580
22,620
. 3.48 .
. 3.43
21,360
20,550
4.85
. 4.13 19,470
18,210
. 5.74
. 6.91 .
18,710
18,570