AB—Lancaster Farming Saturday, April 11,1981
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APRIL 13-19, 1981
Balmy billows and pussy willows.
Income taxes are due on the 15th Titanic sank April 15,1912
Full moon April 19 (Sun ) Average length of days for the week,
13 hours, 27 minutes Swallows appear now President Taft
threw out first baseball April 14, 1910 In April's night sky the
Big Dipper is almost overhead Man punishes the action, God, the
intention
Most any animal, given the
opportunity, some
thing out of the ordinary if it
feels a spell of sickness coming
on Dogs eat grass, so do cats,
to sort of tone up or scour out their digestive systems Cows will chew
rawhide or leather, and pigs will eat meat, especially pork, under some
circumstances They like psh, too
Home Hints: If the caning of your chair is sagging, turn the chair upside
down and apply a damp towel to the underside of the caning
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Snow in mountains, cold beginning of week, then
warm and sunny, possible showers weekend
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week starts rainy south, snow
north, and cold, then clearing midweek, very warm at week's end
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and hot throughout the week and
weekend
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal; Sunny and progressively warmer
throughout the week, then partly cloudy, continued warm end of
week
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SPECIAL NOTICE!
Starting Friday, April 3
at 11:00 A.M. & Every
Friday thereafter
SLAUGHTER CATTLE
AUCTION
Steers, Bulls, Heifers &
Cows ONLY
No Calves or Sheep.
There will be good demand for
cattle every Friday for Monday’s
kill. Packers will support us well.
VINTAGE SALES
STABLES, INC.
717-442-4181 or 717-768-8204
L Robert Frame, Manager
Home Phone 215-458-5060
THE OLD
Ask the Old Farmer: Why
do dogs eat grass 7 GW,
Boston
When you need money,
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we’ll come right to your farm if
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he knows the problems you face
every day, especially money
problems He knows banking too,
and he has our Agri-Finance
Department to back him up
Spring Valley Farm at Ephrata RD #7 Roberts Murphy Ephrata Branch Manager (Center) with Edwin N Kurtz, Jr and Merle S Kurtz observing
some of their 1200 market hogs This Partnership also includes 230 breeding sows, approximately 200 steers and a 41 000 bird pullet operation
Livestock market and auction news
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, April 7
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 232. Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to strong. Slaughter
cows mostly steady to 75 cents
lower. Choice No. 241010-1505 lbs.
slaughter steers 61.00-63.35, one at
59.50, few Good 55.00-58.50, Stan
dard 52.25-55.75, Good & Choice
holstems 54.85-57.25, Utility & Low
Standard 47.25-51.75. Few Choice
slaughter heifers 56.60-58.75, few
Standard & Good 50.00-53.75, few
Utility 45.7549.00. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 43.75-
46.00, few to 46.60, Low Dressing
42.0043.60, Cutters 41.7544.10, fear
to 45.60, Canner & Low Cutter
40.0041.75, Shells down to 30.00.
Few Good slaughter bullocks 54.75-
57.35, few Standard 50.00-54.00.
Few Yield Grade #1 1335-1685 lbs.
slaughter bulls 55.00-57.75; couple
yield grade #2 1190 and 1580 lbs
54.10 and 54.25. Medium & Large
Frame #2 450-930 lbs. feeder steers
47.00-52.00; Large Frame §2 500-670
lbs. feeder bulls 50.50-55.00.
CALVES 198. Vealers grading
Standard & Good $1 to $2 lower.
One Prime vealer at 103.00, few
Choice 95.00-107.00, few Good 73 00-
87.00, Standard & Good 90-120 lbs.
64.00-70,00, 65-90 lbs. 59.00-65.00,
few Utility 65-90 lbs. 41.00-58.00.
Farm calves, holstein bulls 80-145
lbs. 68.00-93.00, mostly 75.00-82.00;
holstein heifers 80-160 lbs. 98.00-
160.00.
HOGS 342. Barrows & gilts
unevenly steady. US No. 1-2 200-230
lbs. barrows & gilts 40.6041.85, few
to 42.35, No. 1-3 200-260 lbs. 40.25-
40.85, No. 2-3 200-265 lbs. 39.25-
40.50. US No. 1-3 275445 lbs. sows
32.75-38.75, few to 40.75, No. 2-3 355-
525 lbs. 32.00-35.25. Boars 25.00-
31.00.
FEEDER PIGS 12. Few US No.
1-3 80-115 lbs. feeder pigs 39.00-
46.00 cwt-
SHEEP 27. Bulk of supply spring
slaughter iambs sold to the Easter
trade. Choice 1540 lbs spring
slaughter lambs 111.00-137.00, few
145.00-165.00, lot 50 lbs. at 95.00.
Few Slaughter ewes 23.00-34.00,
one at 17.00.
Feeder Cattle Sale
Winchester, Va.
Friday, April 3
Report supplied by VDA
There were 1,330 head sold. Ail
cattle were graded by
Representatives of the VDACS’s
Division of Markets, Livestock
Section on USDA standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
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STEERS: 300400 lbs. MecLum 1
72.00- Large 1 74.50-77.00,
Small 171.00; Med. & Large 2 61.00
68.00. 400-500 lbs. Medium 1 77.00
83.00; Large 1 76.00-80.00; Small 1
75.00- Med. & Large 2 75.00
79.00. 500-600 lbs. Medium 1 74.00
80.00; Large 1 72.00-79.00; Small 1
64.004>7.50; Med. & Large 2 62.00
69.00; Small 2 65.50. 600-700 lbs
Medium 1 66.50-70.00; Large 1
66.00- Small 1 65.00-66.00;
Med. & Large 2 60.00-68.00; Small 2
57.50. 700-800 lbs. Medium 1 63.00
67.50; Large 1 62.00-67.00; Small 1
59.00- Med. & Large 2 60.00
61.50; Small 2 65.00. 800-900 lbs.
Medium 1 64.00-64.50; Large 1
63.0065.00; Small 1 57.50; Med. &
Large 2 55.0058.00. 9001000 lbs.
Medium 1 60.00-61.00; Large 1
59.50-63.00.
HEIFERS: 300400 lbs. Medium
160.0064.50; Large 160.00; Small 1
61.00; Med. & Large 2 59.0063.00;
Small 2 51.00.400500 lbs. Medium 1
57.00- Large 1 57.5063.50;
Small 154.0057.00; Med. & Large 2
50.00- 500600 lbs. Medium 1
58.5061.00; Large 1 55.0063.00;
Med. & Large 2 49.50. 600700 lbs
Medium 1 56.5060.00; Large 1
59.0063.00; Small 1 57.0058.00;
Med. & Large 2 51.0053.00. 700-800
lbs. Medium 1 54.75-60.25; Large 1
55.75-59.75; Small 1 52.00; Med. &
Large 2 47.00.
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