AB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 6,1982
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Mend your snow fences now, more coming ... Connie Mack died
Feb. 8/1956 .. Full moon Feb. 8 (Mon.) .. Average length of days
for the week, 10 hours, 26 minutes .. “Turkey Trot" dance
introduced in MYC this week in 1912 ... Valentine's Day Feb. 14
(Sun.) .. Virgin Mary seen at Lourdes, France, Feb. 11, 1858 .. If
you don't want anyone to know it, don't do it.
_ Ask the Old Fanner: I've noticed in my trav
els around the country that there are a great
SjgSSS&Sp many cities and towns named Salem Why is
it so popular and where did it come from?
T.H., Houston, Texas.
You are right, there are a lot of them Salem
means “peace "Salim. Shultm, Shulam, and other forms of the word are
found in the Hebrew and other far-eastern languages.
Home Hints: Put reflector tape on your dog's collar so he can be seen on the
road at night
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Very beginning of week brings rain, snow m moun
tains; then cold, with snow, midweek; end of week is rainy, mild.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Showers and mild temperatures
all week.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rain, snow in mountains, to begin week;
cold, then rain and sleet, midweek; weekend is mild, rainy.
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Ram, turning to snow in moun
tains, and cold temperatures through midweek; clearing, then
rainy, for weekend.
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Peoria Cattle 3 s s^looo lbs - 57.00-61.00. Goods
Compared" d to ,F £Bt week Utility 1-3 36.0040.00.
slaughter steers mosOy 1.00 to 2.00 ™ er ??Z-S'S' UW
higher. Heifers steady to 1.00 2 inoo-iooo lbs
higher. Cows and bulls closed the 1-2 WOO- 19001 Jj®-
week steady to 1.00 higher. Trade f o ' oo^ 6 C ° u P l f, ft YG 1 s 48 00
during the week moderate with Low Yielding 36.00-40.00.
demand centered on steers and c* r nill *c
heifers over 1150 and 950 lbs. cvT
respectively. Majority of weekly ollGep
receipts arrived at midweek due to Thursday, Feb. 4
weekend winter storms and eon- Wednesday’s auction; Not
sisted of mixed Good and Choice enough available to provide an
consignments. Receipts this week adequate price test. Marketings
about 2400 as compared to 2554 s n a rply curtailed as a result ot an
week ago and 4721 a year ago. 16-inch snowfall which hit much ot
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Four the area over the week-end,
loads Mixed Choice and Prune 2-4,
few s’s 63.00-64.00. Choice 2-4 1025- Lancaster
1300 lbs. 61.50-63.00. Load 1190 lbs. Fppdpr Cattlp
64.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 r C
950-1100 lbs. 60.00-62.00, package Friday, Jan. 29
875 lbs. 59.00. Goods 950-1100 lbs. Report supplied by USDA
57.5060.50. Today 140
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: LastFnday 239
Choice 2-4 900-1075 lbs. 60.5061.50. Last Year 128
Several packages and load 950-1125 TREND: Insufficient volume for
lbs. 62.00. Package 1000 lbs. 62.50. a market test; bulk ot supply sold
Couple packages YG 4-5 1075-1275 m lots of one to three, only a tew
lbs. 57.00-58.50. Good and Choice 2- lots of 5-10 on offer.
MATERIALS
* ATRAZINE * BICEP
* LASSO * FURADAN 10-G
* DUAL * COUNTER 15-G
ETC.
MELVIN R. WEAVER
2213 Leabrook Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
Ph; 717-898-8354 or 569-6576
Feb. 8-14, 1982
Draw nigher to the fire.
Valley Stockyards
Athens, Pa.
Monday, Feb. 1
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 184 calves,
89 cows, 13 bulls, 23 heifers, 2
steers, 73 hogs, 6 lambs, 6 sheep.
Cattle market real good, calf
Livestock market and auction news
Valley Livestock
PUBLIC AUCTION^
Tractor &
Equipment
TRACTORS
* John Deere 2940 Diesel 80 h.p. 300 hrs.
* John Deere 2840 80 h.p. Diesel with Canopy and
guard 750 hrs.
* John Deere 2640 70 h.p. Diesel.
* White 2-150 Diesel 150 h.p. with 1600 hours.
* International Harvester, 544 Diesel with
Hydrostal.
* John Deere 3020 tricycle 70 h.p. Diesel.
John Deere 2010 50 h.p. tricycle, gas tractor with
cultivators.
International Harvester TD-6 - 6 cyl. crawler
tractor.
Farmall tractor with starter, lights, cultivators,
scraper and vacuum lilt.
Farmall "H” gas tractor on steel.
HARVESTERS
* New Holland 1890 self-propelled with Cat
engine 3208 and Hydrostatic transmission with 3
row adjustable 30” to 38” corn head.
* Fox 2300 pull type 2 row with 38” corn head.
Three-New Holland P.T.O. 5717 Harvesters 540
P.T.O. with 2-row 38’ ’ corn head.
* New Holland 718 1000 P.T.O. new knives with
770 R 38” corn head.
John Deere 38 Harvester feed table, new knives.
New Holland 717 Harvester, with single row - row
crop.
MOWER, CONDITIONERS
AND MOWERS
* John Deere 1380-12’ Mower-conditioner,
hydraulic pivot.
* New Idea 299 9’ mowditioner.
* New Holland 1469-9’ self-propelled haybme
with Wisconsin enguie and partial cab.
New Holland 469-9’ haybme
Hesston9’ P.T. 10 mower conditioner.
New Holland 477-7’ haybme.
New Holland 467 - 7’haybme.
* New Holland 479 -9’ haybme.
Bush Hog 14’ Rotary Cutter.
John Deere 25A 3 pt. 78’ ’ cut flail mower.
New Idea 270 - 7 ’ cutditioner.
Triumph 5’ side mount highway mower,
John Deere #lO-7’ side mount mower.
New Holland 55 rake.
International Harvester crimper.
BALERS
* John Deere 336 - w/30 bale ejector.
* New Holland 845 Round baler.
* Two New Holland 273 with engmes,
John Deere 346 w/bale chute.
John Deere 224 w/bale chute.
John Deere 24T w/engme.
John Deere 24T w/thrower.
Massey-Ferguson 12 w/engme.
New Holland 268 w/bale chute.
John Deere 24T w/bale chute.
John Deere 14T w/ejector.
New Holland 68 baler.
Ford 530 w/bale chute.
John Deere wire-tie baler
New Holland 271 w/thrower.
MATERIAL HANDLING
* Owatonna 1700 Perkins Diesel skid loader
Vandale 210 mixing wagon with scales.
New Holland 330 trencher.
* John Deere 750 grinder mixer.
* Stoltzfus TCOBS fertilizer spreader, like new.
Sale of small items; 10:00 A.M., Large Equipment: 12:00 Noon, Tractors & Harvesters
2:00 P.M., Draft & Driving Horse Sale: 7:00 P.M.
New customers and out ot state buyers must have current bank letter ot credit with guaranteed
amount or cashier checks.
Abe Oiffenbach, Manager
For more information contact Abe Diffenbach or Norman Kolb.
market steady. Heifers, Comm. 37.0041.75; Steers
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 81.00; 45,00-52.75; Steers, feeder 39.00-
Veal Calves to 93.50; Bobs, 90-110 51.90; Bulls 38.5044.25; Cows,
lbs. to 106.00; Bobs, 80 and down, utl aty 40.0042.50; Cows, fat 37.00-
42.00- Grassers & Feeders 40 00; tows, medium 36.00-37.00;
37.00- Lambs 45.00-50.00; tows, poor or small 31.50-34.00;
Sheep 15.00-30.00; Hogs, 200-250 Horses small 570.00; Ponies to
lbs. 46.00-52.00; Sows 34.0040.00; 62.50; Goats to 30.00.
Boars 27.00-34.00; Pigs 10.00-18.50;
New Holland Sales Stables,
New Holland, Pa.
Horse Drawn Farm
Supplies-Small Item
FRIDAY, MARCH 12,1982
10 A.M.
TILLAGE
John Deere 5-bottom hydraulic reset plow.
Mohawk 7 tooth 3 pt. chisel plow.
John Deere Killifer disc.
John Deere KBA original 24 disc.
DunhamS 1 cultipacker.
Dunham 10’ cultipacker.
John Deere transport disc harrow.
John Deere 9’ KBA disc harrow.
Brillion cultipacker.
John Deere 9’ spring tooth harrow.
Bnlhon 9’ sprocket packer.
Ford 12’ 3 pt. spring tooth harrow.
12’ spring tooth harrow.
John Deere 1010 3 pt. 10’ field cultivator.
DRILLS AND PLANTERS
* John Deere 7000 (j-row 30” corn planter.
Three John Deere 494 A 4-row corn planters.
John Deere 246 3 pt. 2-row corn planter.
International 56 4-row corn planter.
John Deere F.B. 15x7 disc drill.
John Deere 999 corn planter.
New Vicon 402 fertilizer spreader, with or
without ground drive gear.
John Deere 999 corn planter with plateless units.
McD 2 row corn planter.
MANURE SPREADERS
New Holland 790 with pan.
New Idea 213 single beater.
New Holland 512 single beater.
New Holland 510 3 beater.
two New Holland 305 flail tank spreaders.
John Deere 40 top beater spreader.
John Deere 40175 bushel with slop pan.
New Idea 10A manure spreader.
McD manure spreader.
Smuckers Built lank spreader.
Two bale thrower wagons.
Grove flat bed wagon with corn sides on steel
running gears.
Gruber wagon running gears.
Hay wagon tor bale thrower.
New wagon beds.
New Holland ensilage cutter with 50’ or 6” pipe.
Stauffer 2-row transplanter.
McD P.T.O. Corn Bmder with loader in good
condition.
8' cultipacker-mulcher.
McD riding cultivators.
1 row cultivator.
1 row scraper,
single bottom plow.
John Deere 8’ ground driven grain bmder.
Bush Hog mower.
Single seated rubber tired top buggy.
spring wagon with roller bearings and new paint.
Rubber tired and steel wheeled fore-trucks.
4 eye. IH motor with clutch.
Van load of portable kerosene heaters.
Some items subject to prior sale, items
marked with astenck will have financing
available to qualified bidders with prior credit
approval. Apply tor approval at ABC Groff Inc.,
New Holland, Pa. 717-354-4731.
You may add your items to this list by calling
717-354-4341.