t-tawcartar Farming, Saturday, Navamber 25,197 C NOV. 27-DEC. 3, 1978 More foretold. Don't allow lawn* to go into »inter more than two inches high . Dr Harm revealed secrets of termites Nov 29,1849 New moon Nov 30 Average length of davs for the week, 9 hours 18 minutes First Christmas Savings Club started Dtc,l, 1909 Compere your griefs with other men's and they will <eem less Ask the -Old Farmer Ive en countered an old recipe for Kich Plum Oke ' that calls tor a half pint ot emptams parentheli calls identified as j east Just u hat are emtain«’ RD, Augusta Maine Empty irg> t/ie lre\ dregs etc, of various liquids, especially butter milk or whey or sourdough yeast Home Hints Place paper tonel tubes inside tall boots to keep them standing tall and dn quicker OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Flurries then ram at end of week , Greater New York-New Jersey Partly sunny to start, cold with flumes, then rain for weekend Middle Atlantic Coastal: Scattered showers, light snow by mid week, then clear and cool Piedmont t Southeast Coastal: Freeze with flumes west first of week, then clear and mild Florida- Light rain, cold to start, with frosts north oy midweek, week ends sunny Upstate NY-Toronto t Montreal: Light ram and sleet turning cold, with light snow for midweek, warmer partial clearing at end of week , Greater Ohio Valley Cold with light snow west to midweek, then rainy and mild Deep South: Sunny and cold with hard frost to start, weekend rainy and seasonal 19 Chicago tc Southern Great Lakes Flurries to start, then seasonal, sunny weekend Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes Week begins sunny and mild, then light ram west and snow east Central Great Plains: Seasonal with showers south to start, rain east, snow west by week s end Texas-Oklahoma: Parti) sunny and cold to midweek, then rainy Rocky Mountain. south to start snow ending, then mild Southwest Desert- Ram locally heaw south and east to m.dweek, then clearing west, partly cloudv east Pacific Northwest- Rainy all week California. 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ERNEST SNOOK °' sTR RD3-BoxB4, Miftlinburg, PA. 17844 Phone:7l7-966-2736 Livestock market and miction news G & MLivestock Market Duncansville, Pa. November 20,1978 Dairy Cows. 1110.00. STEERS; Good to Choice 52.00-54.10; Standard to Good 48.0052.00. HEIFERS: Good to Choice 48.0O51.00; Other 42.0048.00. FEEDERSTEERS: Good to Choice 300'to 700 lbs. 54.00- 66.00; Standard to Good 48.00-54.00. Feeder Pigs; 15 to 25 lbs. 15.00-30.00; 25 to 50 lbs. 30.00- 50.00. BULLS: 1100 to 1614 lbs. 51.00- 900 to 1200 lbs. 47.00- COWS: High Choice to Prime 42.00-44.00; Ind. 46.50; Good 40.09-42.00; Utility 38.0040.00; Cutters 36.00- 38.00; Canners Down to 32.00. CALVES: High-Choice ' 84.00-88.00; Good to Choice 70.00- Standard to Good 60.00- Utility 40.00- 60.00. Farm Calves Bulls 90 to 120 lbs. 80.00-89.00; Farm Calves Heifers 100.00-122.50. HOGS: 190 to 350 lbs. 47.00 49.75. SOWS: 40.0047.50. BOARS: 32.0038.00. SHEEP: Lambs 50.00 58.00. , Peoria Livestock Peoria, Illinois November 22,1978 CATTLE: Receipts this week: 4800, last week: 5000, year ago: 3500. Compared with last week’s ■ / dose, slaughter steers 50 higher. Slaughter heifers 501.00 higher. Cows weak to 1.00 lower. Bulls firm. Receipts about 60 percent slaughter steers 35 percent slaughter heifers balance mainly cows. SLAUGHTER' STEERS: Choice and Prime 3-4 1150- 1250 lbs. 54.50-55.00; three loads 55.25; Choice 2-4 1050- 1250 lbs. 53.50-54.50; 900-1050 lbs. 53.00-53.50; Mixed Good and Choice 2-4 950-1050 1300 lbs. 51.50-53.50; Good 2-3 49.00-51.50.> 500.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice and Prime 3-4 900- 1050 lbs.- 52.50-53,00; two loads 53.25-53.50; Choice 2-4 850-1050 lbs. 51.50-52.50; 800- 900 lbs. 50.50ol.50; Mixed Good and Choice 24 800-1000 lbs. 49.00-5150'; Good 2-3 48.5049.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 1-3 38.5041.00; few 42.0042.50; Cutter 1-2 34.00-38.50; Canner 32.50- BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 41.0047,00; few yield grade 148.0049.00. Market courtesy of USDA. Oklahoma Cattle November 22,1978 Wednesday Feeder Cattle Auction & Weekly Summary Estimatedßeceipts 1500 Same day last week 4681 Cattle and Calves 1500 CATTLE AUCTION: Moderately active; trade lit tle more than a dean up af fair; all renresented dasses near steady; receipts choice 300650 lbs. feeder steers and heifers; 92 and bulls near 21 per cent of cattle receipts; feeder near 81 per cent of the total; moderate attendance of buyers. FEEDER STEERS; Choice 300-50 lb. 75.25-78.00, package 235 lb. 81.50; 500-600 lb. 67.25-71.75; 600-700 lb. 63.50- small lot 700 lb. 63.00; mixed good and choice 300-500 lb; 68.00-75.00; 500-600 . lb. 64.50-67.00; 600-700 lb. 59.00-64.50; few 700800 lb. 58.25- good 700800 lb. 57.25- FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 63.0086.50, two small lots 348470 lb. 67.50- 500-600 lb. 57.75-61.00, partjload 517 lb. at 63.80; mixed good and choice 300-500 lb. 60.7583.00; MANURE IS PUMPED UNDERGPOUND THROUGH A 12" PVC PIPE TO STORAGE 500-650 lb. 53.50-56.00; good 300-500 lb. 56.0060.75. SLAUGHTER COWS: Utility and commercial 2-3 40.0044.75; cutter 1-3 37.5041.50; canner and low cutter 36 5037,75 SLAUGHTER BULLS: Not tested. , /OTHERS: Good , and choice replacement cows 40.5048.75; few utility stock cows 39.2540.50. , FOR THE'WEEK: Com pared to late last week' feeder cattle and calves steady to firm; slaughter cows closed 1.00-2.00 higher, late sales utility and com-' mercial 2-3 40.0044.75, cutter 1-3 37.5041.50; I>ulls clpsed 1.00*2.00 higher, week sales consisted YGI-2 1000-1700 lb. 45.00-52.00; salable receipts near 6200 head for this holi day shortened week, com pared to 15,559 head last week and 7640 head the same holiday shortened period a year ago. Cows and bulls near 21 per cent of cattle ' receipts. Feeders near 79 per cent of the total. Market courtesy of USDA. Pa. Auction Summary Friday, Nov. 24,1978 Compared to 5826 last week and 5607 ay ear ago. CATTLE 3733., Compared with' last week’s • market, daughter steers steady to $l.OO- higher. SI. heifers & 'bulls unevenly steady; SI. cows mostly 50 cents to $l.OO lower. SI. bullocks' uneven; High Choice & Prime YG 34 si. steers 56,00-57.85; Choice YG 24 .54.50-57.75; Good : 50.00-54.50; Standard 47.00- - 51.00; few UtiUty 45s0048.00; few Choice si. heifers 50.50- 53.75; Good .46.00-52.00; Standard 42.0046.00; few Utility 38.0041.00; Utility & Commercial si. cows 39.50- 45.00; Cutters 38.0043.50; Canner & L. Cutter 34.00- - 39.75, Shells down to 30.00; few Qioice si. bullocks 53.50- 57.00, Good 48.00-53.50; Standard 45.00-50.50. Yield Grade #llOOO-2200 lbs. 48.00- 55.00, Yield Grade §2, 1000- 1600 lbs. 45.0050.00. FEEDER CATTLE; few Choice 300-500 lbs. steers 60.00- Good & Choice 300-750 lbs. 55.0067.50; Good & Choice 300-800 lbs. heifers 45.00- Good & Choice 400-750 lbs. bulls 50.0063.50. CALVES 2663. Compared 'to 4018 last'week and 3692 a year ago. Vealers steady to $3.00 lower. Choice 80.00- 9Q.00; few to 97.00; Good 70.00-82.00 Standard & Good 90-115 lbs." 62.00-75,00; 60-90 lbs. 58.0069.00; Utility 50-100 lbs. 50.0063.00. FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls lbs. 68.00-100.00. Hoi. Heifers 85-145 lbs. 68.00- 130.00, fewto 160.00. HOGS 5884. -Compared to 7428 last, week and 6748 a year ago. Barrows and gilts, uneven/spots 50 cents higher to 50 cents lower. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs. barrows & gilts 49.00-51,00, NO. 16 200-250 lbs. 48.0050.25; No. 2-3 200- 260 lbs. 47,00-48.50; SOWS steady to $2.00 lower. US No. 1-3 300-575 lbs. 40.0046.00, No. 2-3 30065 b lbs. 38.00- 42.00. BOARS 32.00-38.00. FEEDER -PIGS 1247. Compared .to 2424 last 'week and 2017 a year ago. Mostly $2.00 -5.00 lower. US No. 1-3 20-35 Ibs. feeder pigs 18.00- 33.00 per head, No. 1,-3 35-50 lbs. 30.00-48.00, No. 1-3 50-70 lbs. 40.00-52.00. GRADED FEEDER PIGS 3455. ALL SALES CWT. Compared with 1973 head last week, and 2793 head a ago.. Feeder pigs -. mostly S.OOrIS.OO higher, US No- l-2 2540 -IbSi" ,106.00- ‘ 126.00, few to 135.00; 4060 . lbs. 93.00-116.00 few to 125.00; 6040 lbs, 74.00-99.00; US No. 2-3 3045 lbs. 101.00 & 116,00, 45-60 lbs. 89.00-106.00. SHEEP 453. Wooled si. lambs $l.OO lower. Choice 65- 115 lbs. 55.00-64.00, few to 66.00; Good 60-100 lbs. 50.00- 56.00; Slaughter ewes 10.00- 27.50. EASILY INSTALLED IN NEW OR EXISTING □ FREE STALL BARNS □ REGULAR STALL BARI □ OPEN LOT OPERATIOP
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