—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 23,197 S
8
SEPT. 25-OCT. 1, 1978
Days of gold, not too cold.
Good time for outside painting W H Auden died Sept 28,1973
Average length of days for the week, 11 hours, 51 minutes (days
and nights are nearly equal this week) First Cinerama showing
Sept 30, 1952 Battle of Britain ended Sept 27, 1940 In the
fields of observation, chance favors only the prepared mind
Ask the Old Farmer: The expres
sion "the goose hangs high"
isn't it or wasn't it once ''honks
high" 7 GT, Mt Pleasant, Mich
Part of the expression ' everything is
lovely and the goose hangs high,”
meaning all is hunky dory Some say
the correct word is "honks," mduat
ing high flight under high clouds and, hence, probably fair weather We
say the word is 'hang," indicating not only high flight in fair skies, but
also a view of the earth below from a point clean out of gunshot range
in other words, safety
Home Hints Place your dock on a tin plate and you won t sleep through the
alarm
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Partly sunny and warm with chance of showers to
midweek, then clear and cooler
Greater New York-New Jersey: Warm with light showers to mid
week, then clear and pleasant
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Hot with light showers to start, then
clear midweek on
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Turning very hot, then partly
cloudy and seasonal for end of week
Florida; Pamy, then end of week hot and showery
Upstate N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Partly sunny and warm with a
few showers, then end of week sunny and warm
Greater Ohio Valley: Seasonal, then hot and clearing all week
Deep South: Showers south and east, then clear and hot most of
week
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Seasonal with ram, heavy m
northwest to start, then sunny at midweek, then rain and coo!
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Sunny and very hot end of
week cooler and showery
Central Great Plains: Sunny and hot, last of week cooler with a
few showers
(AH Rights Resen ed Yankee Inc Dublin NH 03444)
BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT
' ■ ' - - ■ , ' " \ •. ■ " J -
& STEIGER RUTS MORE
HORSE POWER
TO
THE
DRAWBAR
THE FACTS PROVE IT:
NEBRASKA TESTS SHOW STEIGER TRACTORS
TRANSMIT AN AVERAGE 84.08% OF
IT'S ENGINE H.P. TO THE DRAWBAR
THE COMPETITION AVERAGES 75.81 %.
the OLD
wmjt
IMANK
ENGINE
CATTLE 147. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers steady;-
Slaughter cows higher.
Choice slaughter steers
51.25-54.50, Good 46.25-51.00,
Standard 39.50-47.00. Utility
& Commercial slaughter
cows 38.25-42.60, Cutters
33.50- Canner & Low
Cutter 29.75-34.00. Yield
Grade #1 slaughter bulls
45.50-
CALVES 158. Vealers
steady. Prime vealers 80.00-
98.00, Choice 62.50-85.00,
Good 48.0fr65.00, Standard &
Good 110-130 lbs. 42.0fr60.00.
HOGS 328. Barrows & gilts
higher. US No. 1-2 barrows &
gilts 51.25-52.85, No. 1-3 48.50-
51.00. US No. 1-3 sows 38,25-
45.00.
FEEDER PIGS 194. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 30.0fr37.00
per head. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
40.00-45.50 per head.
SHEEP 55. Spring
slaughter lambs higher.
Choice spring slaughter
lambs 58.50-63.00, Good
48.50-57.00.
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
'September 18,1978
CATTLE 255. Compared
with last Monday’s market:
Choice slaughter steers
54.00-56.50, Good 52.50-53.50,
Standard 48.5fr51.00, Utility
46.5fr49.00. Choice slaughter
heifers 51.00-53.50, Good
livestock market and auction news
Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
September 12,1978
Report supplied by
the Auction
48.50-51.00, Standard 47.00-
49.00, Utility 43.00-46.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 42.50-45.70,
Cutters 38.50-42.00, Canner &
Low Cutter 37.00-41.00, Shells
down to 31.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 52.00-
53.50, Good 48.50-52.00,
Standard 45.00-49.00. Yield
Grade #1 1400-1800 lbs.
slaughter bulls 49.50-52.50;
yield grade #2 900-1400 lbs.
46.0049.00.
CALVES 295. Choice
vealers 75.00-85.00, Good
68.0082.00, Standard & Good
90-110 lbs. 60.00-72.00, 70-90
lbs. 45.00-60.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
62.00-85.00; holstein heifers
80-130 lbs. 65.00-115.00.
HOGS 287. US No. 1
barrows & gilts 51.00-51.70,
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs, 50.50-
51.00, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
48.50-50.00, No. 2-3 260-300
lbs. 47.00-50.00, No. 1-3 140-
190 lbs. 40.0045.00. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs, sows 42.0045.00,
MR. FEEDER PIS
We have Graded
Feeder Pigs
delivered subject to
buyers approval.
Vet inspected.
Reasonable prices.
Also available
Rhinitis FREE.
Call Collect
808 TINDALL
So. Charleston, Ohio
513-462-8797 or
RAYMOND BOYCE
.LIVESTOCK CO.
Unionviffe, Term.
} 615-294-5102 {
No. 2-3 300-650 lbs. 38.50-
42.00. Boars 30.00-36.00.
FEEDER PIGS 45. US No.
1-3 2Q-35 lbs. feeder pigs
20.00-38.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 32.00-50.00 per
head.
SHEEP 6. Choice 80-100
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
54.00-58.00.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Special
Market
September 18,1978
Tri-State, Va.
Special Angus and
Crossbred Steer
Sale
There were 1467 head sold.
All steers were graded by
Representatives of the
sgfef FOR
Vg SALE
39 800 LB ANGUS
FEEDER STEERS
JOHN A. HACKMAN
R 2, Box 158, Manheim, PA 17545
Phone: 717-665-7071
Steii
-er Panther 111 ST-325
Steiger Panther 111 ST-320
Steiger Panther 111 ST-310
Steiger Coui
-ar 111 ST-270
Steiger Cougar 111 ST-251
;ar 111 ST-250
Steiger Com
Steiger Wildcat 111 ST-210
1HC4568
1HC4366
1HC4166
Deere 8630
Deere 8430
Case 2870
Case 2670
-Case 2470
MFIBOS
MF1505
AC 7580
White 4-180
White 4-150
STEIGER AVERAGE
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
on VDACS standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
STEERS
Choice & Fancy, 500-700
lbs. 60.00-67.25, 700600 ]bs.
58.5061.70, 800-1000 lbs.
51.00-56.80.
Good, 400-500 lbs. 63.50-
67.25, 500-700 lbs. 62.75-69.25,
700600 lbs. 59.0061.30, 800-
1000 lbs. 50.00-58.50.
Medium, 400-SQO lbs. 61.00-
65.00, 500-700 lbs. 59.2563.25,
700600 lbs. 58.75-64.10, 800-
1000 lbs, 50.5058.50.
Common 500-700 lbs. 55.00-
58.50, 700600 lbs. 52.75-57.20,
800-1000 lbs. 49.00-51.50.
Short 500-700 lbs. 58.25-
61.80,700-900 lbs. 55.0060.75.
Drive Train
Efficiency
DBHP I
EHP
86.75
84.44
84.45
84.80
82.33
84.14
81.64
78.57
75.07
74.55
73.57
74.60
73.20
76.02
72.41
BLD3
. 83.30
7T
74.54
76.19
4708
Others Average 75.81