AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 14,1981
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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
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