Morrison Cove Livestock Martinsburg, Pa. Monday, February 11 Report Supplied by Auction CATTLE 182. High Choice & Prune slaughter steers 64.50-66.25, Choice 62.50-63.75, Good 58.5001.75, Standard 50.50-57.25, Utility 42.50- 48.75. Choice slaughter heifers 63.50- Good 60.50-61.75, Standard 50.25-55.50, Utility 42.50-49.25. Breaking Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 46-48.75, Com mercial 42.50-49.25, Cutter & Boning Utility 40.25-43.75, Canner & Low Cutter 36.50-40.75, Shells down to 32.50. Good slaughter bullocks 50.50-52.75, Standard 44.50- Utility 38.50-43.50. Yield Grade No. 1 slaughter bulls 50.50- 52.75, #246.50-48.75. FEEDER CATTLE: Choice steers 60.50-64.60, Good 54.50-58.50, Medium 48.50-52.50. Good heifers 50.50- Medioum 43.50-48.50; Good bulls 48.50-54.50, Medium 42.50- CALVES 279. Prime vealers 92.50- Choice 81.50-90.50, Good 72.50- Standard & Good 110- 130 lbs. 62.50-74, 90-110 lbs. 52.50- 62.50, 70-90 lbs. 49.50-55.50, Utility at 40.00. FARM CALVES; Holstein Bulls 90-130 lbs. 67.50-92.50; Hoi. Heifers 90-130 lbs. 52.50-67.50. HOGS 257. US No. 1-2 210-245 lbs. barrows and gilts 51.75-53.25, No. 1- 3210-250 lbs. 50.75-52.25, No. 2-3180- 290 lbs. 47-50.50. US No. 1-3 350-600 lbs. sows 50.50-53.50, No. 2-3 350-600 lbs. 43.50-47.50. BOARS 31.50-35.25, heht weights 32.50-36.50. QUALITY COUNTS! We have the equipment to meet your poultry needs... Through the years BIG DUTCHMAN has always manufactured the world's finest automatic poultry equipment Always researching, engineering and re-engmeermg with you ■ i VHMV the poultryman in mind BIG DUTCHMAN’S pledge to you, m the p|(l years to come, is to continue this quest for excellence ” equipment pi [COMPANY, INC. JBBBHBiIi Pisi|Mrt if Quality Syttam fir Purity, Swim Grata Handling FEEDER PIGS 22. US No. 1-3 30- 40 lbs. feeder pigs 29.00-32.50 per head, 40-60 lbs. 32.50-38.50 per head. SHEEP 0. NO SALES ON OF FER. GOATS 4: 34.0046.00 per head. Chambersburg Livestock Chambersburg, PA Thursday, Feb. 14 Report supplied by PDA CATTLE; 277. Compared with last week’s market; SI. cows about steady; few Good SI. steers 59.25- 62.25; Standard 46.00-51.00; few Good SI. heifers 52.00-53.75; few Standard 47.25-50.75; SI. Cows Breaking Utility. & Commercial 43.0047.25; Cutter and Boning 39.2544.25; Canner and Cutter 35.75-39.25; Few Yield Grade No. 1, 1125-2095 lbs. SI. bulls 48.60-55.25 CALVES; 387. Few Choice 84.00- 88.00; few Good 70.00-80.00; few Standard and Good 110-120 lbs. 60.0005.00; 75-110 lbs. 50.0001.00; Utility 6QrB5 lbs. 40.00-52.00. FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90- 125 lbs. 59.00-85.00. HOGS: 32.1 lot US No. 1-3 235 lbs. Barrows and Gilts 49.60; 1 lot of No. 2-3 269 lbs. 48.85. US No. 1-3 320- 620 lbs. Sows 44.50-50.00. FEEDER PIGS: 5. Not enough to establish a market. SHEEP; 4. Same. GOATS; 6. Few large 25.0042.00 per head. Indiana Livestock Homer City, PA Thursday, Feb. 14 Report supplied by PDA CATTLE: 148. Compared with last week’s market: SI. cows about steady. SI. steers few Good 56.50- 60.00; Standard 51.00-57.00; Choice Heifers 60.0064.50; Good 54.00- 59.00; Standard 47.00-51.00; Si. Cows: Breaking Utility & Com mercial 43.00-48.00; Cutter & Boning 48.50-43.50; Canner & Cutter 43.00-49.50. SI. bulls: few Yield Grade No. 1, 1400-1600 lbs. 51.00-54.50. FEEDER CATTLE; Heifers, few Medium Frame No. 1, 500-600 lbs. 53.00-58.00. CALVES: 122. Few Choice vealers 90.00-97.00; few Good 68.00- 82.00 ; 90-120 lbs. 54.00-59.00 ; 60-85 lbs. 44.00-54.00; FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90-120 lbs. 70.00-100.00. HOGS: 192. .50 lower on Barrow and Gilts; US No. 1-2 220-250 lbs. 51.50- No. 1-3 205-255 lbs. 50.50- Sows US No. 1-3 375-600 lbs. 53.00-55.25. FEEDER PIGS: 5. Few US No. 1-3,90 lbs. at 33.00 per head. SHEEP; 4.1 lot of High Choice; new crop lambs at 78.00. SYCAMORE IND. PARK 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE UNCASTER, PA 17603 (717)393-5807 Lancastar Farming, Saturday, February 16,1985-Al5 Future promising for state’s small-fruit growers BY JUDY HULL BIGLERVILLE Pennsylvania growers of small fruits have a very promising future, Penn State horticulturalist Roland Daniels told a group of growers at a recent educational meeting at the Penn State Fruit Research Lab here. The day-long meeting ranged over a number of topics, including, marketing, record keeping, weed control, chemical spills, and a review of diseases. Extension specialists from Pennsylvania and Maryland were on hand. Daniels said a recent survey showed that the state has about 42 commercial raspberry growers, with more than one-half of an acre ot berries. The total acreage represented by these growers amounted to 82 acres. The survey also indicated, Daniels continued, that most of the commercial raspberries are grown in the 26 counties surrounding the major centers of population in the state such as the Harrisburg-York- Lancaster area, Philadelphia Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit. Allentown, Pittsburgh, and Erie. Over one-half of the raspberries grown in the Commonwealth are in the southeast area, he said. A major source of concern for raspberry growers in Penn sylvania is the difficulty in ob taining disease-free stock, Daniels said. The survey showed, he said, that growers throughout the state had obtained their plants from 11 different nurseries, only one of which is in Pennsylvania. This, he noted, is quite typical. Growers have, he emphasized, “a real hard time getting reliable, healthy planting stock.” Obtaining quality plants is a serious problem for growers, he continued, and noted that Penn State researchers have obtained funds to study the situation. Daniels said he and other researchers hope to visit nurseries throughout the next year to try and detect where the problem might be. “If we cannot get disease free plants in the state, we might have to ask our (Pennsylvania) Department of Agriculture to enforce more stringent regulations (on plants brought into the state),’’ he said. Larry Yager, Penn State marketing agent, spoke to the group on the importance of marketing and record keeping. “Marketing,” he said, “is part of your overall program and strategy and not an end to itself." He added that it is tremendously important for growers to design a management plan that can help them determine whether or not a certain crop is right for them.
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