At—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 15,1912
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Circus time now. Nixon paid fust U.S. presidential visit to Moscow
May 22,1972 ..New moon May 22 (Sat) Average length of days
for the week, 14 hours, 46 minutes . Statue of Liberty amvedm New
York May 17,1885 . Connecticut set auto speed dnut of 15 MPH
May 21,1901 . Long-tongued people are generally short-handed
Ask the Ola Farmer What is the mean
>ng of the expression "start from
scratch" and how did it originate? I. B,
Buffalo
date* from tome cenlunes ago
Home Hint*: Miking a batch of biscuits to serve with a fried chicken 7 Add a
couple of tablespoons of minced parsley and a couple of teaspoons of minced
onion to a 2-cups-flour reape for the biscuits
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Cold, with frost inland, all week, for weekend, clear
and warm south, showers north
Greater New York-New Jersey: Very beginning of week brings light
ram, cool temperatures, rest of week is cloudy, cool; then clear, hot
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Week begins with ram, cold wave, then
clearing, turning hot
Piedmont t Southeast Coastal: Rainy and cold through midweek, a
few showers, then clearing and warming, end of week.
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St. Louis Sheep
Hiursday, May 13
Wednesday's sheep auction.
Receipts about 180 head. Spring
slaughter lambs 2.00 higher.
Limited tests on old crop slaughter
lambs. Slaughter ewes steady to
1.00 higher than last week.
SPRING SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice and Prime 93-113 lbs. 73.00-
75.00. Package 102 lbs. 75.50;
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circles. I RD4, EPHRATA, PA 17522 I.
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kg of wet sulfur and 3kg A
of granular sulfur per I Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors
cubic meter of sludge.
waste to use
UESPMr MARKET & AUCTION, INC.
North end of Leesport, PA Turn East off Route 61
“WHERE FRIENDS MEET”
BERKS COUNTY’S ONLY WEEKLY
CATTLE & SWINE AUCTION -
gPPO WEDNESDAY AT 1 P.M.
FARMER’S MARKET Every Wednesday, iJmgi
12 NOON TO 9 P.M.
Garden Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Bakery Fresh Cakes
Pies and Buns - Butcher Fresh Meats & Cheese Sporting
Goods - Clothing - Furniture - Jewelry - Used Items &
Collectibles
PHONE; 215-926-1307 LEROY WEIST & JOHN WEIST, MORS.
THL OLD
tbSMIR’S
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MAY 17-23,1982
Cold enough to congeal a seal.
It is satd to have originated when a starter
made a scratch in the ground to indicate
the starting line in a foot race It probably
package Choice 92 lbs. 70.00. Few
spring feeder lambs, Chioce and
Fancy 63-75 lbs. 60.0045.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
Utility and Good Shorn 16.00-19.00.
Culls 8.00-11.00.
BREEDING STOCK: Package
of 2-3 year old breeding ewes 149
lbs. 29.50. Package of shorn aged
ewes 160 lbs. 22.00. Few yearling
bucks 16.00-19.00.
HOURS
MONDAY. TUESDAY, and
WEDNESDAY
6:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.
YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR
HOGS IMMEDIATELY
Livestock market and auction news
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Four States Livestock
Hagen town, Md.
Wednesday, May 5
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers
Steady prices. Choice none of
fered; Good 59.00-65.00; Medium
58.00 Down. Heifers Good run of
dry feds. Choice 62.00-66.00; Good
55.00- Medium 54.00 Down.
Cows Very active, $l.OO higher.
Individual 48.75. High Yield 44.00
45.75; Average 40.00-13.00; Big
Middle 36.50-39.00;
Fatty Herf. 35.0038.00; Shelly 39.00
Down. Fat Bulls $2.00 higher. Good
52.00- Medium 48.0051.00.
Veal Calves $2.00 to $4.00 higher.
Choice 95.0099.00; Good 89.00
94.00; Medium 80.0088.00; Farm
Hfrs. to 75.00; Farm Bulls to 92.00;
Light & Weak 53.00 Down. Lambs
Few offered. Medium 43.00-50.00.
Sows 400650 lbs. 54.0057.75; 300
390 lbs. 46.5052.00.
STOCKER: Steers 300550 lbs.
Mostly steady prices. Choice 69.00
73.50; Good 62.0068.00; Medium
56.0061.00; Culls 55.00 Down.
Steers 600-850 lbs. Choice 61.00
66.50; Good 55.0060.00; Medium
54.00 Down. Heifers (All Weights)
Choice 52.0056.00; Good 46.00
51.00; Medium 45.00 Down. Bulls
Choice 51.0055.00; Good 46.00
50.00; Medium 45.00 Down. Dairy
Cows to 750.00. Open Heifers 260.00
300.00. Pigs, Hd. Strong demand,
higher prices. 2030 lbs. 30.0042.00;
4060 lbs. 43.0060.00. Shoats by Lb.
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"We breed the leet. S touchier there*"
Rd 2 Noxon Rd
Wappinger Falls, NY 12590
Farm: 914-223-5976
Max Heflidi, Mgr. 914-471J438
Get the “Concrete” difference
Get Ehmer Yorkshires
Feeder Pig
Show & Sale
MONDAY, MAY 17
Show: 4:00 P.M. Sale: 7:fl0 P.M.
To be held at the
Lancaster Stockyards
Shown and judged in PENS OF SIX: in
following daises: 30 t0441b.
45 to 54 lb.
55 to 65 lb.
Trophy and 550.00 to Champion, Trophy and
140.00 to Reserve Champion entries, 530.00 to
each first place; 520.00 to each second place;
510.00 to each third place; also ribbons to first
five winners m each weight group.
Show and Sale open to all pig producers. All
pigs must be farrowed on farm of exhibitor. No
more than two pens of winners from each
weight class for one exhibitor.
Entry fee of 52.00 per day to Lancaster
County Swine Producers will be deducted along
with regular commission charges for selling
and tagging. All exhibitors will participate in
.10 cent check-off program to N.P.P.C.
Sale open to all buyers 4-H and F.F.A.
members may select individuals for their
projects.
Pigs received from 12:00 noon to 4:00 P.M.
Judged at 4:00 P.M.
Sale at 7:00 P.M.
This event sponsored jointly by the Lancaster
County Swine Producers Association and the
Lancaster Livestock Exchange.
to 52.00. Slaughter • Hogs Very
active, $2.50 higher. 210230 lbs.
57.25-58.00; 240260 lbs. 57.0057.75;
190205 lbs. 54.0055.60; 260300 lbs.
49.5056.00.
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, May 13
Report supplied by UBDA
Estimated Receipts 1400
Same Day Last Week 1059
Thursday’s actual sale ring total
840. Not enough sales feeder cattle
and calves to establish a market
except few 600850 lbs. Feeder
steers steady to weak. Majority
receipts Medium Frame 1 and
Mixed 1-2 600850 lbs. feeder steers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium,
few Large Frame 1600650 lbs. few
63.8064.80; 700900 lbs. 64.2065.70.
Small Frame 1, couple pkgs. 620
740 lbs. 63.60-63.70. Medium and
Large Frame Mixed 1-2, few 400
500 lbs. 67.80-68.50; 600725 lbs.
63.4064.10. Large Frame 2 No. 2
holsteins, couple pkgs. 800-970 lbs.
54.3054.90.
FEEDER HEIFERS; Medium
Frame 1, few 615-770 lbs. 58.50
60.40. Medium and Large Frame
Mixed 1-2 345-475 lbs. 57.4058.25;
500670 lbs. 55.0058.25.
FOR THE WEEK: Compared to
late last week, feeder steers closed
50c to 1.00 higher; heifers 1.002.00
higher. Slaughter cows 1.002.00
higher with Utility and Com
mercial 2-3 42.5044.75; Cutters 1-3
38.0041.75; Canners and Low-
Home of the complete
Yorkshire: sound,
meaty, productive!
Cutters 33.00-38.25. Slaughter bulls
dosed 1.00-2.00 lower with YG 1-2
1150-1050 lbs. 46.5054.00. Salable
receipts this week near 20,200 hea
compared with 20,377 last week
and 11,890 last year. Majority
receipts or 93 percent of supply
consisted of feeder cattle and
calves; cows and bulls made up 7
percent of available supply.
Valley Livestock
Valley Stockyard*
Athens, Pa.
Monday, May 10
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 196 calves,
103 cows, 26 bulls, 20 heifers, 10
steers, 68 hogs, 5 lambs, 30 sheep.
Cattle market much higher; Calf
market real good.
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 105.00;
Veal Calves to 90.00; Bobs. 90-110
lbs. 85.00-106.00; Bobs, 80 and down
lbs. 65.00-80.00; Grassers &
Feeders 40.0065.00; Lambs 50.00
58.00; Sheep 15.0030.00; Hogs, 200
250 lbs. 50.0058.50; Sows 46.00
56.50; Boars 35.0041.00; Pigs 28.00
61.00; Heifers 44.5052.00; Steersf
Medium 46.0050.00; Steers, feeder
45.0056.00; Bulls 47.0053.50; Cows,
utility 43.0047.25, Top 49.00; Cows,
fat 39.00-46.00; Cows, medium
36.0038.50; Cows,.poor or small
32.0036.00; Horses 350.00565.00;
Pomes 15.0075.00; Goats 10.00
60.00.
NEW HOIUND SALES STABLES, Inc.
12 Miles East of Lancaster
on Route 23, New Holland, Penn*.
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FEEDER
PI6 SALI
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WEDNEr
Sale to Si
We Will Receive Your Pigs Anytime
From 7 A.M. Wed. Morning
State Graded UntQ 12 Noon.
All pig* Inspected by State Approved
Veterinarian.
State tags available at onr office for yon to tag
pigs at home to save 25 cent* tagging charge.
Tags delivered if yon call 717-354-4341
onr office in advance.
Calf Sale To Be Held
Every Thursday At 3:30 P.M.
NORMAN KOLB ABE DIFFENBACH
717-517-553* 717-3*3-44M ,
Green Dragon
Livestock Sales ftlrj
1 Mile North of Ephrata, PA
C o^* s COWS c °Ws
BUYERS FROM 3 STATES
Regular consignments from
Bob Kennedy & Ed Stover plus 15
other local consignors.
Lots of good Northern
Feeders and Stockers.
SALE EVERY FRIDAY
Bulls, Steers, Slaughter Cows,
Lambs and Veal Calves
11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale Stockers & Feeders
200 to 250 each week.
12:30 P.M.-Dairy Cows
7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale
For Special Sales and Herd
on the farm or at our bam or other
market information call: Office 717-733-
2444
WALTER H. RISSER, Pro
irietor