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