AS—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, April 3,1912 S' Grass fire danger now Circus elephant Jumbo arrived in United States April 9, 1882 Full moon April 8 (Thurs) Average length of days for the week, 13 hours, 3 minutes The peepers are peeping now First church organ appeared in France 787'A D When April blows its . horn, 'tis good for /wy and corn blacksmith in ihe town of his birth, Portland, Maine, that the smith's name was Phmney, and that he had a daughter who was admired by Longfellow Home Hints: Salt on your fingers when cleaning fowl or fish prevents hands from slipping OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Rain, snow in mountains, seasonable to cold, to start, cloudy and cold, rain and snow north, midweek, then rainy, cold Greater New York-New Jersey: Week's beginning brings rain, colder, then sunny, midweek, week ends with heavy rain, cold temperatures Middle Atlantic Coastal: Very beginning of week, rainy and cool, midweek is cloudy and cool, cold, rainy weekend Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Mild, rainy to begin week, then cloudy and cold, turning colder, with ram, end of week (All Rights Reserved Yankee, Inc Dublin, N H 03444) Lebanon Valley Auction Fredericksburg, Pa. Tuesday, March 30 Report supplied by PDA CATTLE 202. Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows 75 cents to $1.75 lower. Few Low Choice 960-1180 lbs. No. 2-4 slaughter steers 63.25-65.50, Good 57.75-62.85, Standard 53.50-57.85. Few Good slaughter heifers 55.75- 60.25. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 39.50-12.75, few to 44.25, Cutters 38.25-41.25, Canner & Low Cutter 34.50-38.50, Shells down to 30.00. Few Good slaughter bullocks 48.00-54.10. Yield Grade #1 1000-1945 lbs. slaughter bulls 47.25- 54.00. Few Medium Frame #1 470 770 lbs. feeder steers 47.00-56.00. CALVES 200. Few Choice vealers 89.00-98.00, few Good 71.00 79.00, few Standard & Good 110-120 lbs. 60.0065.00, 70100 lbs. 47.00 54.00, Utility 5080 lbs. 40.0045.00. Farm calves, holstem bulls 90125 lbs. 61.0090.00, mostly 75.0085.00; holstem heifers 80140 lbs. 68.00 104.00. HOGS 230. Barrows & gilts 50 cents lower. US No. 1-3 200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts 50.75-51.60, one lot 53.25, one lot No. 2-3 225 lbs. at 50.00, No. 1-3 160-175 lbs. 44.00- 45.50. Sows $2 higher. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 44.00-47.00. Boars 34.C0-36.00. FEEDER PIGS 18. One Lot US No. 1-3 85 lbs. feeder pigs 67.00 cwt. BUTCHER SHOP Country Store Rt. 645 (2 Miles N. of Rt. 422) Myerstown. Pa. 717-933-4104 CUSTOM SLAUGHTERING bpag|9Pl • Beef, Pork, Veal, Lamb... Killed, Cut, ff * 1 Wrapped And Frozen To Your Liking. • Hams and Bacon Cured And Smoked... Dried Beef... Fresh & Smoked Sausage. » BOLOGNA MADE FROM YOUR MEAT! • Lebanon or Sweet Bologna... Pork Roll- Hot Dogs... Ring Bologna. Our Plant is USDA Federally Inspected, So You Can Resell Your bologna At A Retail Price! CALL FOR PRICE LIST TODAY! THE OLD JIMAHht April 5-11, 1982 Warm and dry, hope fair sky. SHEEP 53. Choice 3060 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 86.00 110.00, couple 115.00, Few Slaughter ewes 14.0018.00. GOATS 37. Large Goats 33.00 50.00, kids 26.0036.00 per head. Valley Livestock Valley Stockyards Athens, Pa. Monday, March 29 Report supplied by auction Reported receipts of 216 calves, 104 cows, 11 bulls, 14 heifeis, 13 steers, 64 hogs, 232 lambs, 12 sheep. Cattle market steady; Calf market some easier. Holstem Hfr. Calves to 70.00; Veal Calves to 80.00; Bobs, 90100 lbs. 50.0068.00; Bobs, 80 lbs. and down 40.00-50.00; Grassers & Feeders 37.0072.00; Lambs light easier to 137.50, heavy to 78.00; Sheep to 27.00; Hogs, 200250 lbs. 46.00- Sows 38.00-46.00; Boars 32.00- Pigs 15.00-38.00; Heifers 41.0046.75; Steers 44.50 52.00; Steers, feeder 39.0062.00; Bulls 47.0051.00; Cows, utility 39.0044.00; Cows, fat 38.00-40.00; Cows, medium 36.0037.00; Cows, poor or small 32.0034.00; Horses small to 450.00; Pomes to 75.00; Goats 128 head to 53.00. Hay 57.0060.00 per ton. Feeder Sale Ist Monday of Each Month. Dairy Sale 3rd Thursday of Each Month. Compared to last week, slaughter steers closed steady to .50 lower. Heifers steady, in stances .25 lower than the previous weeks extreme top. Cows and bulls sold steady to firm. Trade opened the week with buyers adjusting live bids downward as the carcass and boxed beef worked lower with moderate to heavy supplies. The small midweek run forced buyers to erase part or all of Monday’s late downturn and finish the week at near steady levels. Receipts this week about 1900 as compared to 2100 a week ago and 2828 last year. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Two loads Choice and Prime 3-4 1265- 1325 lbs. 68.00-68.50. Choice 2-41000- 1350 lbs. 65.00-67.50, largely 66.50 67.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 950-1200 lbs. 64.00-66.50. Good 61.00 65.00 Holstems; Good and Choice 1- 3 1175-1300 lbs. 56.00-58.00. Good 54.00-56.00. Livestock market and auction news Peoria Cattle Thursday, April 1 Report supplied by USDA ChfiMr OitaW x r KflflL€«m€RFflflms te "We bread the Best Slaughter the rest’ Rd 2 Noxon Rd Wappinger Falls, NY 12590 Farm: 914-223-5976 Max Heflich, Mgr. 914-471-1438 Get the “Concrete” difference Get Ehmer Yorkshires MERY'S j I OPEN TO RECEIVE | | YOUR MARKET HOGS I I AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET z I RD 4, EPHRATA, PA 17522 I I 1 MILE NORTH OF EPHRATA | I ON NORTH STATE STREET. I * x HOURS MONDAY, TUESDAY, antf WEDNESDAY 6:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR HOGS IMMEDIATELY | Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice, few Prune 2-4 950-1050 lbs. 65.00-67.00. Couple part loads 1015- 1025 lbs. 67.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1050 lbs. 63.0005.00. 850-900 lbs. 61.0064.00. Good 52.00 63.00 mostly 52.00-57.00 on 700800 lbs. consignments returning to farms. COWS: Utility, few Commercial 1-3 40.0044.00. Cutter 36.0040.00. Canner and Low Cutter 34.00-37.00. Package thin, lightweights 30.00. BULLS: YG 1-2 11001800 lbs. 45.0052.50. St. Louis Sheep Thursday, April 1 Report supplied by auction Receipts about 600 head. Compared last week, slaughter Home of the complete Yorkshire: sound, meaty, productive! lambs 5.00-7.00 lower. Supply mainly old-crop shorn slaughter lambs. NEW CROP SPRING SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Scattered lots Choice and Prime 81-101 lbs. 62.50-64.00. Small lots Choice 47-62 lbs. for Easter trade 73.00-87.00. OLD CROP SHORN SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice and Prime 85-115 lbs. with mostly No. 1- 2 pelts 58.00-64.50. OLD CROP WOOLED SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Part deck Choice and Prime 111 lbs. 60.00. FEEDER LAMBS: Few small lots Choice 60-85 lbs. 40.00-45.00. EWE AND LAMBS PAIRS: Small lot good ewes with baby lambs at side 34.00 per pair. SfEP TRANsr* RAY R. HARBOLD 1 • Monitor, ronnojhraali 17033 • 717 W » Provldlno .part can nl doanlinoo*tor»oorcalll»»yolllior foooaotdi or tractor trailer trocklni LOCALLY or NATIONWIDE r Consignment Sale I of Hay. Straw & Corn I j EVERY TUESDAY \ I 1 P.M. I r Located at Leinbach’s Farm Market, * <1 intersection of Rts. 11 and 533, Ship* i | pensburg, PA. | I Big Demand for Good Quality Hay. Bring a X f load, Buy a load. I j Sensenig, Auctioneer Mount Joy, Pa. 17552 REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COWS AND' HEIFERS GLENDELL ARLINDA CHIEF, Ist calf due 6/22/82 to Roybrook Starlite. Dam- Astronaut. 2nd Dara-Apollo. MARSHFIELD ELEVATION TONY, Ist calf due 7/30/82 to Kler-Vu Charisma. Dam- Stylemaster Wizzard. 2nd Dam-Astronaut. MARSHFIELD ELEVATION TONY, Ist calf due 6/13/82 to Persuador. Dam-Perse us Leader. WOODBIND MILKMAN, Ist calf due 6/13/82 to Persuador. Dam- Sunshine Chief. 2nd Dam- Marge Prince Rex. ROUND OAK RAG APPLE ELEVATION, 81 pts. 4th calf due 5/4/82 to Bootmaker Manmx 4- 2,322,17,046,600,3.5. HILLHAVEN STANDOUT JOB, 80 pts. 2nd calf due 5/30/82 to Very. WHITTIER-FARMS APOLLO ROCKET, 3rd calf due 6/19/82 to Fury Ivan 3-0, 354, 17,917, 646,3.6. Dam-Ivanhoe Star. REGISTERED HOLSTEIN BULLS S-W-D VALIANT, bom 1/30/81. Dam-85 pt. Conductor, 34), 322,24,964,865,3.5. CARLIN-M IVANHOE BELL, born 8/19/81. Dam- 88 pt. Elevation 3-6,337,28,251,1,062,3.7. SHARDALE ARLINDA CHIEF JEMINI, bom 7/9/81. Dam- 85 pt. Admiral Jay 4-11, 365, 30,933,932,3.0.* ENG-AMER IVANHOE JERRY, born 6/3/81. Dam-88 pt. Elevation 6-4,366,27,280,1,033,3.7. Transportation and financing available. STEVE KELLER 808 KELLER 717-653-2284 717-653-1523 Office: 717-653-4851
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