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JAN. 28-FEB. 3, 1980
Goosedown uniform keeps you warm.
Should have half your hay and half your wood left Bertrand
Russell died Feb 2,1970 Full moon Jan 31 Average length of
days for the week, 9 hours, 58 minutes (we gam 1 hour and 10
minutes of daylight in Feb) Explorer I went into orbit Jan 31,
1958 Fine words butter no parsnips
Ask the Old Farmer: It’s not the
% season yet, but this time I want to
k* prepared Do you know how
t 0 midget flies from coming
~•*rthrough screens 7 They are prac
tically invisible and very annoy-
Brush your screens with mineral oil
Home Hints: Use an old shaving brush to dust fragile china
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Sleet and snow start week, mid-week through
weekend is partly cloudy and seasonal
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week brings ram and sleet, then
clearing, cloudy, seasor-'l showers south through end of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Snow at week's start, then clearing and
mild, by weekend, cloudy and cold
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Clear and very warm beginning of
week, then rainy and mild, becoming cold through weekend
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Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
Monday, January 21
CATTLE 228. Report
supplied by the Auction.
Choice slaughter steers
65.0 C-70.50, Good 62.50-65.00,
Standard 61.51W4.00, Utility
57.00- Choice slaughter
heifers 63.00-66.50, Good
61.00- Standard 58.00
63.00. Utility 52.00-58.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 48.00-54.00,
few to 58.00, Cutters 47.00
52.00. Canner & Low Cutter
44.00- Shells down to
40.00. Good slaughter
bullocks 61.00-65.50, Stan
dard 60.0063.00. Yield Grade
#1 slaughter bulls 65.00
71.00; yield grade #2 58.00
63.00.
CALVES 252. Choice
vealers 108.00127.00, Good
95.00110.00. Standard &
Good 90110 lbs. 65.0080.00,
7090 lbs. 60.0075.00, few
Utility at 50.00. Farm calves,
holstem bulls 120.00139.00;
holstem heifers at 245.00.
HOGS 320. US No. 1-2
barrows & gilts 39.5040.50,
No. 1-3 38.0040.00, No. 2-3
34.5038.50, No. 1-3 34.00
37.00. US No. 1-3 300500 lbs.
sows 31.5034.50, No. 2-3 300
600 lbs. 28.5031.50. Boars
23.0028.00.
FEEDER PIGS 81. US No.
1-2 2025 lbs. feeder pigs
12.0018.00 per head. No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 18.0028.00 per
head.
SHEEP 0. No sales on
offer.
G&M
Livestock
Dnncansvflle, Pa.
Monday, January 21
Market reported steady to
lower.
DAIRY COWS- 960.00-
1095.00.
STEERS- High Choice and
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
HAY, STRAW &
GRAIN SALE
Every Thursday at 12:30 P.M.
Located 10 miles East of Lancaster on Rt. 30.
We Need Consignors & Buyers
Phone-717-442-4181
Home Phone - 215-458-5060
L Robert Frame - Mgr.
THE OLD
Prime 66.0069.75; Good to
Choice 62.00-66.00; Standard
to Good 58.0062.00.
HEIFERS: High Choice
and Prune 62.0066.00, in
dividual 76.20; Good to
Choice 58.00-62.00; Standard
54.0058.00.
FEEDERSTEERS: Good
to Choice 300500 lbs. 70.00
96.00.
BULLS: 12001935 lbs.
62.0068.00; 9001200 lbs.
58.0067.00.
COWS: High Choice and
Prune 50.0053.50, few to
56.00; Good 48.0050.00;
Utility 46.00-48.00; Cutters
40.0046.00; Canners Down to
38.00.
CALVES; High Choice
110.00121.00; Good to Choice
100.00110.00; Standard to
Good 80.00100.00; Utility
40.0070.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi.
Bulls 125.00135.50; Hoi.
Heifers 175.00250.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 15-30 lbs.
6.0016.00, 3050 lbs. 16.00
26.00.
HOGS; 200240 lbs. 39.50
41.25, few to 42.00; 160200
lbs. 36.50-39.00.
SOWS; 28.00-35.50, in
dividual 39.00.
BOARS: 24.0029.00.
LAMBS: 55.0068.00.
FARMS FOR SALC
Kent County,
Maryland
Low Taxes-Write
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Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, January 19
STOCKER, FEEDER,
AND SLAUGHTER CAT
TLE: Good Light Steer
Calves 93.00-97.50; Medium
88.00- Plain 83.00 and
down; Good Heavy Steers
77.00- Medium 72.00-
77.00; Plain 67.00 and down;
Good Light Heifer Calves
71.00- Medium 66.00-
71.00; Plain 61.00 and down;
Good Heavy Heifers 65.00-
68.75; Medium 60.00-65.00;
Plain 55.00 and down;
Slaughter Cows 47.00-51.00;
Utilities 42.00-47.00; Canners
& Cutters 45.50 and down;
Milk & Stock Cows 650.00 and
down; Stock Bulls 54.00-
73.50; Slaughter Bulls 64.25
and down.
CALVES: Veal Calves
105.00 and down; Baby
Calves 150.00 and down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice
Blue O 68.00; Good Red O
60.00; Feeder Lambs 62.00;
Slaughter Ewes 20.00 and
down.
HOGS: Top 37.00; Sows
34.00 and down; Boars 22.50;
Bijtcher Hogs 34.00 and
down.
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Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Lancaster, Pa.
Friday, January 18
Today
Last Friday
Last Year
TREND: Feeder steers
and heifers slow, couple lots
425-600 lbs. mostly steady.
Bulk of supply 750-1050 lbs.
2.00-3.00 lower. Supply in
cluded 459 in graded sale,
sold in lots of 10 or more. 40
per cent of the cattle offered
in the graded sale unsold.
FEEDER STEERS
MEDIUM FRAME NUM
BER 1: One lot 600 lbs. 84.60;
few lots 815-1070 lbs. 66.25-
68.50.
LARGE FRAME NUM
BER 1: 18 head lot 435 lbs.
101.00; one lot 745 lbs. 75.00;
895-1030 lbs. 66.85-70.10.
MEDIUM FRAME
NUMBER 1 AND 2: One lot
630 lbs. 77.50; one lot 705 lbs
71.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS
MEDIUM FRAME NUM
BER 1: One lot 775 lbs. 56.75.
LARGE FRAME NUM
BER 1: 42 head sold in three
lots 775-955 lbs. 63.25-65.85.
MEDIUM FRAME
NUMBER 1: One lot 775 lbs.
56.75.
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all work booked and done during the entire
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MEDIUM AND LARGE
FRAME NUMBER 1: One
lot 530 lbs. 66.50.
LARGE FRAME NUM
BER 1 AND 2- One lot 845
lbs. 57.60.
Feeder Cattle
740
327
219
Valley
Livestock
Valley Stockyards
Athens,Pa.
Monday, January 21
Reported receipts of 410
calves, 126 cows, 24 heifers,
14 bulls, 12 steers, 102 hogs, 1
sheep, and 23 lambs. Cattle
market reported fat cows
cheaper, calf market
reported steady.
Holstein Heifer Calves to
207.50; Veal Calves 85.00-
109.00; Bobs, 90-110 lbs.
80.00-110.00; Bobs, 80 and
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SPECIAL
down lbs. 70.00-80.00;
Grassers & Feeders 45.00
85.00; -Lambs 50.00-68.00;
Sheep 20.00-28.00; Hogs, 200
250 lbs. 36.0040.00, top to
44.00; Sows 26.00-32.00;
Boars 18.00-24.00; Pigs 10.00
27.00; Heifers 52.0058.50;
Steers, good 54.5059.00;
Steers, common 60.0080.00;
Bulls 52.50-58.00; Cows, good
46.00-48.00, top 53.00; Cows,
medium 43.0045.00; Cows,
poor or small 36.0042.00;
Horses to 550.00; Pomes to
55.00; Goats to 40.00.
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