AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14,1981 y I»t OLD * t tfMllCs ! L 4 *mahM A FEB. 16-22, 1981 Crystal clear, mercury seems to disappear. Put a little sand or gravel out with your birdseed George Wash ington's Birthday observed Feb 16 (Mon) Full moon Feb 18 (Wed) Average length of days for the week, 10 hours, 49 minutes Lincoln County, NM, ranch war began Feb 18, 1878 Kansas prohibited alcoholic drinks Feb 19,1881 The first half of our lives is ruined by our parents, and the second half by our children Ask the Old Farmer: I pur chased a device to roll news papers into logs for the fire place, but the instructions that came with the gadget called for the rolled news papers to be impregnated with kerosene That way, if you keep one in your wood basket, your living room smells of kerosene CL , Cleveland "You can bum rolled newspapers without putting anything on them if you do not roll them up too tightly We have burned them for years, without kerosene, or a gizmo to roll them. Home Hints: Toys and small objects won't drop through furnace registers in the floor if you affix a piece of window screen to the underside of the grating OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Sunn) and cold, then snow middle of week, rest of week is partly cloudy and cold, possible snowstorm Greater New York-New Jersey: Cold temperatures start the week, then sunny and warm, cold resuming weekend Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins snowy, then sunny and warm, cold remainder of week and weekend Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Rain central at start of week, dwindling to sprinkles midweek, cool temperatures for .weekend (All Rijhls Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin, N H 03444) Joliet Cattle Thursday, February 12 Report supplied by USDA CATTLE. Friday through Wednesday’s salable receipts 2,700; 5 days last week 4,458, same period a year ago 3,904 Trading moderately active on Monday, active on Wednesday. Slaughter steers ended the week 2.50-3.50 higher, with some sales on YG 4 & 5 cattle 4 00-5 50 higher compared with last Wednesday Slaughter heifers ended die week 2.50-3 50 higher compared with last Wed nesday Cows steady compared with last Monday. SLAUGHTER STEERS Mixed High Choice and Prune 3-4 1150- 1400# 61.00-62.50 Monday; 83 50- 64 25 Wednesday: 3 to mostly 4, few 5, 1200-1450# 59.00-60 50 Monday; 60 00-63.00 Wednesday. Choice 2-4 1000-1350# 61 00-62 50, load 62.75, load & package 63 00, most sales 62 00-62 50 Monday, 63.00- 00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1250# 60.00- 00 Monday. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS Mixed Choice and Prune 3-4 900-1125# 60.25-60.50, 2 loads 61.00 Monday, 61 00-61 50 Wednesday, 3 to mostly 4, few 5, 900-1150# 58 50-60 00 Monday; load Choice 2-3 1085# 62.75 Wednesday Choice 2-4 900-1100# 60.00-60 50 Monday; 60 00-61.00 Wednesday Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000# 59.0<k60.50 Monday. COWS; Cutter & Utility 1-3 40.00- 44.00 Monday. East Coast Carlot Wednesday, February 11 Report supplied by USD A Compared to Tuesday’s close Prune special fed veal light especially in northeast, sales mostly 3.00 to 7 00 higher. Good and Choice boning veal steady Severe weather conditions in midwest causing uncertainty about supplies, boneless beef trading sharply higher for im mediate delivery 180-240 lbs 152.00-155.00, few 165.00, mostly 3 00-7 00 higher Northeastern Suppliers; 65-75 lbs. 90 00-92 00, all steady, 55-64 Lbs. 88.00-90.00 ; 45-54 lbs. 86 00- 88 00; 35-44 lbs 84.00-86 00 , 34 lbs down 82 00-84.00 Inshipped 71-80 lbs. 94.00, all steady; 61-70 lbs 92.00; 51-60 lbs 90.00 , 41-50 lbs 88 00, 30-40 lbs 86.00 LAMB CARCASS Choice & Prime 3-4 2 Loads 60 lbs down 118 00 MPR w Alfred Dugan of Milton Hershev School Farms reserve champion in the 1980 Alfalfa Growers Program receives congratulations from Dr A A Hanson director of research for Waterman Loomis Co BEACHLEY HARDY Livestock market and auction news VEAL CARCASS HIDE ON 350 Head BONING TYPE HIDE ON Good and Choice Plaint WITH PEST RESISTANCE WL3II WL 313 - WL 318 - WL 220 Field and Grass Seeds Shiremanstown, Pa. 17091 BONELESS BEEF 3 Loads (U.S. and Canadian Origin) 90 pet chem lean fresh 130.00- 132 00, immediate ship 85 pet chem lean fresh 120.50, part load, immediate ship. CURED AND PROCESSED MEATS 11 Loads Skinned Hams 16-20 lbs. 74 00- 75 00 Semi-Boneless Hams 14-17 lbs 95 00 weak Boneless Hams 13-17 lbs 117 00 steady No 1 Sliced Bacon, Vacuum Pack, 1 lb. pkg 106 00 generally steady Franks, 70 Beef, 30 Pork, 1 lb Pkg 95 00 steady Lebanon Valley Auction - Tuesday, February 10 Report supplied by PDA CATTLE 185- Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter steers steady to 100 higher Slaughter cows strong to 125 higher Few High Choice & Prune 34, slaughter steers 62.35-63 35, Choice 2-4, 980-1380 lbs 61 60-64.10, Good 59.85-62 60, Good & Choice holsteins 59 00-61 10, Standard IN 1980 THE MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL FARMS won the grand champion hay crop silage award and reserve grand champion alfalfa growing contest In 1979 Daniel Schrack broke the 9 ton barrier for the first time in Pennsylvania by producing 9 1 tons with WL 311 CONSISTENT WINNER BEACHLEY-HARDY SEED CO. Railroad Ave., Shiremanstown, Pa. 17091 Please send more information on these alfalfa varieties □ Send Name of My Nearest Dealer □ j ADDRESS I TOWN 55N80-59.50, few Utility 47 25-48 75 Few choice 3-4, slaughter heifers 57 25-61.00, few Good 53 25-59 35, one 61 00, few Standard 46 00-50 50 Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 46.25-48 00, few 50.85, few Low Dressing Utility 44 60-45 85, Cut ters 44.1047 00, Canner & Low Cutter 40 0044.25, Shells down to 30 00. Few Good slaughter bullocks 55 25-61 00, few Standard 50 00- 52 25, few Utility OO Few Yield Grade #l, 1300-2035 lbs slaughter bulls 57 25-60 75. CALVES 195 Vealers grading Standard and Good mostly steady Choice vealers 99.00-110.00, Good 85.00- Standard & Good 90-120 lbs. 67.00-79 00, 65-90 lbs. 60 00- 69.00, Utility 55-105 lbs. 49.00-63 00 Farm Calves- Hoi. Bulls 80-130 lbs 99.00- few down to 72 00, Hoi Heifers 85-135 lbs. 109.00-153 00 HOGS 215 Barrows and gilts 50 higher US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs barrows and gilts 44.10-45 35, two lots 45.75-46 10, No 1-3 200-250 lbs 43.25-44.00, No. 2-3 190-255 lbs 42 25-42.85. US No 1-3 310450 lbs sows 37.00-38.75, No. 2-3 305-500 lbs 33 75-36.25. Boars, individual’s at 31 00 FEEDER PIGS 8 Lot US No 1-3 35 lbs feeder pigs at 40 00 per hundredweight SHEEP 1 Slaughter ewe, in dividual at 35.00 STATE ZIP a
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