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Winds are bold and bitter cold.
Get Christmas cards ready for mailing Walt Disney born Dec 5,
1901 Full moon Dec 3 Average length of days for the week,
9 hours, 12 minutes AFL-CIO merged Dec 5, 1955 If this
week be mild, winter will remain a child Matrimony is the only
game of chance that the clergy favor
shingles, and drive in all loose
nails to get a smooth surface for
aspha't shingles
Home Hints: Ice cube trays won't stick in the freezer if you put waxed paper
under them
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Cloudy and cold to start, with some light snow, by
weekend, 10" to 15" snow accumulation
Greater New York-New Jersey; Sunny and cold, then ram and
snow north throughout week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Partly cloudy and cold, with light snow,
to start, snow west, rain coast and north mid-week through week's
end
Piedmont & Southeast Codstal: Week begins clear and cold, then
ram east, snow west, and very cold through end of week
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Carlot
November 28,1979
Compared to Tuesday’s
dose: prime special fed veal
offering hide on remain very
light, limited* late sales
steady to 5.00 higher. Good
and Choice boning veal 2.00
lower on northeastems, no
mshipped reported. Lamb
carcass mixed weight loads
compared to last week’s bulk
mostly 2.00-4.00 higher.
Cured and processed hams
firm for immediate ship
steady to firm.
VEAL CARCASS
HIDE ON
Prime (Special Fed): 180-
240 lbs. 180.00-190.00, steady
to 5.00 higher.
BONING TYPE
HIDE ONE
Good & Choice
Northeastern Suppliers:
65-75 lbs. 111.00-116.00,
mostly 113.00-116.00, all 2.00
lower; 55-64 lbs. 109.00-
114.00, mostly 111.00-114.00;
45-54 lbs. 107.00-112.00,
mostly 109.00-112.00; 35-44
lbs. 105.00-110.00, mostly
107.00- 34 lbs. down
103.00- mostly 105.00-
106.00.
No sales
Inshipped:
reported.
LAMB CARCASS
Choice & Prime 3-4
23 Loads
Mostly mixed weight.
Compared last week’s bulk
55 lbs. down 128.00-129.00, all
2.00-4.00 higher; 55-65 lbs.
126.00; 65-75 lbs. 124.00.
BONELESS BEEF
Loads
90 pet chem lean, fresh
144.00-145.00, late yesterday;
90 pet chem lean, fresh part
load 149.00.
BEEF TRIMMINGS
50 pet chem lean, fresh
66.00, part load boxed.
CURED AND PROCESSED
MEATS
3 Loads
Skinned Hams. 16-19 lbs
98 00, steady-firm.
Picnics. 5-7 lbs 59 00
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THE OLD
DEC. 3-9, 1979
Ask the Old Fanner: Our roof
is covered with wooden shin
gles and it needs to be redone
Can we use asphalt shingles on
top of the wooden ones’ S W ,
Chatham, Mass
No You must remove all wooden
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Pennsylvania
Apples In
Cold Storage
UP 23% FROM 1978
Apple holdings in Penn
sylvania cold storage'
facilities on October 31,1979
totaled 328,042,000 pounds,
up 80,635,000 pounds or 23 per
cent from a year ago. The
328,042,000 pounds converts
to 7,811,000 boxes of 42
pounds each.
PENNSYLVANIA APPLES
STORAGE REPORT
AppUc In Storaft Oct 31.1979
Fresh Market 1/
Vtr C A suit Total
Bushels
York
97 9 1,953 2059
Stayman
183 63 196 442
Rome
251 171 493 915
Red Delicious
536 375 345 1,256
Golden Delicious
126 159 1 120 1 405
Jonathan
Mclntosh
41 38 672 751
Other 2/
57 28 676 761
TOTAL
1 299 843 5 669 7 811
Livestock market and auction news
Virginia
Cold Storage
Apple Report
Virginia cold storage
holdings of apples on Oc
tober 31, totaled 221,592,000
pounds, up 12,136,000 pounds
or 6 percent from last year.
The 221,592,000 pounds con
verts to 5,276,000 boxes of 42
pounds each.
VIRGINIA APPLES STORAGE REPORT
Stocks On Hand Oct 31.1979
Fresh Market 1/
Var Re* C A sin* Total
Bushels
Delicious
Proces-
789
Golden Delicious
268
Stayman
245 153 181* 579
York
99 13 1 170 1 282
Wmesap
170 117 15 302
Rome
113 87 173 373
Other 2/
TOTAL
1 708 975 2 593 5 276
214 222
1/ Includes total quantities
on hand; graded and
ungraded, packed or loose on
the last day of the month
specified.
2/ Includes miscellaneous
varieties and some quan
tities of above varieties not
identified. 1
G&M
Livestock
Dun cans ville, Pa.
November 26,1979
Market reported steady,
hogs lower.
STEERS: Choice and
Prune 66.85-69.25; Good to
Choice 64.25-66.50; Standard
to Good 60.25-64.00.
HEIFERS: Choice and
Prime 59.25-66.50; Good to
Choice 51.50-55.75; Other
42.00-50.25.
Procts-
503 77 1 369
102 744 1 114
FEEDERSTEERS: Good
to Choice 350-525 lbs. 55.00-
83.50.
BULLS: 900-1430 lbs. 56.00-
64.85.
COWS: Choice to Prime
47.25-53.10, Individual to
57.35; Good to Standard
43.10-48.00; Utility 40.10-
45.00; Cutters down to 35.85.
CALVES: High to Choice
89.00-114.00. Hoi. Farm Bulls
233 257
95-115 lbs. 111.00-149.00;.
Good to Choice Hoi. Farm"
Heifers 100-125 ibs. 102.50-
197.50.
HOGS: 200-225 lbs. 39.25-
41.25; 190-260 lbs. 37.00-39.50.
SOWS: 400 to 600 lbs. 27.50-
32.25; 300-3801bs. 32.00-35.75.
BOARS; 16.00-25.50.
Thomasville
Auction
November 28,1979
CATTLE 102. Choice si.
steers 67.00-69.50; Medium-
Good 63.00-65.00; Choice si.
heifers 65.00-67.00; Medium-
Good 60.00-63.00. SI. cows
50.00-52.50; Utility 46.00-
49.00; Canner 41.0043.00. SI.
bullocks 55.00-64.00. Stock
steers 56.0-64.75. Medium-
Good heifers 60.0065.00.
CALVES 92. Choice 100.00-
112.00; Standard & Good 90-
120 lbs. 70.00-90.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 90-100 lbs. 100.00-
109.00; Hoi. Heifers 90-150 .
lbs. 120.00-150.00. 1
HOGS 296. Private Treaty
200-230 lbs. 39.50. SOWS: 400
lbs. and higher 30.00-35.00.