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NOTICE
FARMERS’ FERTILIZER WORKS, INC.
PREMIUM GRANULAR FERTILIZER & LAWN FOOD
LIQUID NITROGEN - LIMESTONE - PESTICIDES
365 W. Bainbridge St. Route 23 East,
, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 Churchtown, PA 17510
Phone: (717) 367-1211 Phone: (215) 286-5337
AND It -1
WE, AT FARMERS’ FERTILIZER ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE ACQUISITION OF
LESTER M. WEAVER'S
LIMESTONE, FERTILIZER. PESTICIDE,
AND CUSTOM APPLICATION BUSINESS
LOCATED ALONG ROUTE 23.1 MILE EAST OF CHURCHTOWN, PA.
We are equally proud to announce that Lester M. Weaver and Ivan
Martin will continue on as management at the Churchtown Office and
Warehouse.
Please be patient with us during this transition period, and if for any
reason, you are unable to contact Lester or Ivan at the Churchtown
Office, please call collect at our Elizabethtown Office: (717) 367-1211.
During the month of November one of our salesman and Lester will
meet with each one of you and discuss your soil fertility program for the
1979 Spring season.
May we at Farmers' Fertilizer continue to serve you with premium
agricultural products and service, as Lester M. Weaver has done for you
previously!
REMEMBER - At Farmers’ Fertilizer - You Get More
Than Products And Service - You Get A REPUTATION!
Livestock market and auction news
Chambersburg
Auction
Chambersburg, Pa.
November 2,1978
CATTLE 348. Compared
with ,last Thursday’s
market. Slaughter cows
grading utility & commer
cial steady to 50 cents
NOTICE
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
/
IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO GIVE OUR
CUSTOMERS PREMIUM AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTS & SERVICE IN THE NEW HOLLAND,
BLUE BALL, TERRE HILL, MORGANTOWN
AND CHURCHTOWN AREAS
higher, earner and cutter
$l.OO-2.00 higher, slaughter
steers choice 950-1250 lb.
53.25- good 50.00-53.50,
standard 46.00-49.75, few
utility 44.10-47.85. Few
choice slaughter heifers
50.25- few good
47.60-51.25, few standard
46.00- Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows
40.00- few to 46.10. Cut
ters 39.50-43.50. Canner & L.
Cutter 36.10-40.00, Shells
down to 32.25. Yield Grade
# 1,1050-1800 lbs. 45.85-52.85.
FEEDER CATTLE;
Steers medium & good
375-750 lbs. 47.50-56.00.
CALVES 509. Vealers
grading good & choice
6.00- lower, standard &
low grade 1.00-4.00 lower.
Vealers choice 78.00-88.50,
late 90.00, Good 64.00-82.00,
standard & good 90-110 lbs.
72.00- 70-85 lbs.
70.00- utility 5040 lbs.
55.00-
FARM CALVES; Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 79.00-97.00.
Holstein heifers 85-140 lbs.
77.00-130.00.
HOGS 51. Barrows and
gilts US No. 1-2 210-230 lbs.
barrows & gilts 51.00-51.50.
US No. 1-3 350-550 lbs. sows
45.25-47.00. Few Boars
36.00-37.50.
FEEDER PIGS 31. Few
US No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder
pigs 24.50-33.00 per head, 1
lot No. 1-3 60 lbs. at 47.00,1
lot No. 1-3 50 lbs. 53.50 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP ?. Wooled
slaughter lambs 1 lot choice
90 lbs. 53.50.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
October 31,1978
CATTLE. Steers - Good
48.75-50.50; Standard 45.00
49.25; COWS; Utility &
Commercial 39.25-43.85;
Cutter 37.25-40.50; Canner &
Low Cutter 32.25-38.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1
45.25-49.00.
CALVES. Vealers Choice
75.50-90.00; Good 65.00-78.00;
Standard & Good 110-130 lbs.
icnci
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 4,1971
60.00-79.00; 90-110 lbs. 52.50-
65.00; Holstein Heifers 88.00-
125.00.
HOGS. Barrows & gilts
higher. US No. 1-2 52.35-
54.75; US No. 1-3 47.25-52.00.
SOWS: US No. 1-3 44.00-
49.50.
FEEDER PIGS. US No. 1-
3 20-35 lbs. 25.00-33.00 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 39.00-
50.00.
SHEEP. Slaughter lambs
Good 53.50-54.50.
Special
Market
Special Yearling
Steer Sale
October 26,1978
Tazewell, Va.
STEERS: Choice 500-700
lbs. 55.0060.75; 700-800 lbs.
55.00-57.00; 800-950 lbs. 48.50
54.25; Good 500-700 lbs. 52.50
59.50; 700620 lbs. 50.5055.00;
Medium 400-500 lbs. 51.90;
500-700 lbs. 48.5060.00; 700
800 lbs. 50.0055.00; 8001000
lbs. 48.5051.75; Common 400
500 lbs. 56.0062.50; 600700
lbs. 52.7559.25; 700800 lbs.
46.2551.50; 800900 lbs. 48.00
49.00.
Special
Market
Special Feeder
Calf Sale
October 30,1978
Abingdon, Va.
A Special Feeder Calf Sale
was held at the Tri-State
Livestock Market and there
were 1849 head sold. All
cattle were state graded by
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
on USDA standards and sold
by the hundredweight.
STEERS: Choice & Good
300400 lbs. 69.00-77.75; 400-
EVERY iw
WEDNESDAY IS
m* DAIRY
" DAY
AT NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC.
New Holland, PA
WED., NOV. 8,1978
One Herd of 63 head of Holstein cows,
21 Registered, from Sommerset Co. Fresh
Cows & fall cows. Several good first calf
springing heifers consigned by Carl Mar
tin. 1 load purebred & grade Holstein
cows, H.D. Matz. 1 load of Holstein fresh &
springer cows, also first calf heifers, Kelly
Bowser. Cows by J.S. Smucker & Ray
mond Smucker. j
If you need 1 cow or a truck load, we have
from 100 to 200 cows to sell every week at your
price. Mostly fresh and close springing Hols
tems.
Cows from local farmers and our regular ship
pers including Marvin Eshleman, Glenn Fite,
Kelly Bowser, Bill Lang, Blaine Hoffer, Dale
Hostetter, H.D. Matz, and Jerry Miller.
SALE STARTS -12:00 SHARP
Also Every Wednesday,
Hay, Straw & Ear Corn Sale -12:00 Noon.
All Dairy Cows & Heifers must be
eligible for Pennsylvania Health Charts.
For arrangements for special sales or herd
dispersals at our barn or on your farm, contact:
Abram Oiffenbach, Mgr.
717-354-4341
Norman Kolb
717-397-5538 »'*
500 lbs. 63.00-76.50; 500-600
lbs. 58.75-67.75; 600-700 lbs.
56.75-64.00; Medium 300-400
lbs. 68.00-76.00; 400-500 lbs.
66.00-75.50; 500-600 lbs. 54.00-
63.75; 600-700 lbs. 55.00-
58.75;.
HEIFERS: Choice & Good
300400 lbs. 52.50-59.25; 400-
500 lbs. 52.0060.00; 500600
lbs. 51.00-54.25; Medium 300-
400 lbs. 52.0055.75; 400500
lbs. 50.0064.25; 500600 lbs.
45.0049.50; Common 300600
lbs. 45.0049.00.
Special
Market
October 25,1978
Special Yearling
Steer Sale
Dublin, Va.
There were 1480 head sold.
All steers were graded by
Representatives of the
VDACS’s Division of
Markets, Livestock Section
on VDACS standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
STTERS: Choice 600-700
lbs. 65.00-65.50; 705-800 lbs.
63.00-63.25; 705-900 lbs. 58.50-
59.00; 905-1000 lbs. 54.25;
1000-1100 lbs. 51.75-52.00.
Good 500-600 lbs. 66.00-67.50;
605-700 lbs. 64.5065.50; 705-
800 lbs. 60.2561.25; 805-900
lbs. 56.00-56.25; 905-1000 lbs.
53.25-54.75; 1000-1100 lbs.
50.2561.00. Medium 500600
lbs. 65.0066.75; 605-700 lbs.
62.5063.25; 705600 lbs. 59.50-
60.50; 805-900 lbs. 52.5064.50;
900-1000 lbs. 49,7560.50; 1000-
1100 lbs. 50.2561.50. Short
500600 lbs. 58.0069.25; 604-
700 lbs. 57,5060.75; 705600
lbs. 56.00; 805-900 lbs. 51.50-
54.00. Plain 450650 lbs. 64.00-
64.25; 650-750 lbs. 52.2564.25;
805-950 lbs. 49.0063.75.
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