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arm
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
AUG 18-24,1986
Here's wishing you good fishing.
Now's a good time to transplant most shrubs U S yacht America won the
“Hundred Guinea Cup" (now the America's Cup) in a race around the Isle of Wight,
Aug 22,1851 Full moon Aug 19 (Tues) Hawau admitted to the union as the
50tn state, Aug 21, 1959 Average length of days for the week, 13 hours, 40
minutes American sociologist Scott Neanng died at age 100 at Harborside, Maine
Time brings and time bears all things away
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England; Beginning of week rainy and cool, midweek warm, ram north, end of
week sunny and warm north, seasonable south
Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins cloudy, showers'midweek, sunny and
mild at end of week
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Beginning of week hot, midweek cloudy and mild, rain
south, end of week clear and hot
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Leola Produce
Auction
Leola, PA
Tuesday, Aug. 12,1986
Report Supplied by Auction
Broccoli: 5.00-6.5016 ct.
Cabbage: 3.50-5.00 -50 lbs
Cantalopes: .45-.76 lg.;
sm.,md.
Corn: .80-1.20 doz. white.
Cucumbers: 4.00-6.0011/9 bu
Eggplant: 5.00-8.0011/9 bu.
Lima Beans: 8.00-14.0011/9 bu
Nectarines; 4.50-8.25 bu.
Peaches: 3.00-7.00 W bu.
GRADED SALE
Friday, August 8 wßrfj'C
11AM
• 150 Head Local Acclimated Cattle.
Walter M. Dunlap and Sons
Lancaster Stockyards Tel. (717) 397-5136
An Old Line Commission Firm Keeping Abreast With The Times ,
HI ATTENTION!!!
Dairy Buyout Fanners
* Get the most for your herd
* Go direct - Farm to Packer
* Any size herd - all weights and
grades of cows
* Trucking provided
* Paperwork handled quickly
and efficiently
TAYLOR
PACKING CO., INC
P.O. Box 188
Wyalusing, PA 18853
717-746-1309
iugust 16,1986
THE
Ask the Old Farmer: I have a cabin in the woods, no
electricity, and a well with a hand pump I'd like to
install a bathroom, but is there any alternative to buying
an electric pump and an expensive generator 7 TC,
Middletown, N J
Get a water pump operated by a gas engine It's also practi
cal to install a big (80-gallon) water lank for storage so you
won't have to run the pump all the time
Home Hints: Applying a coat of wax to a dustpan will help dirt
and dust slide on more easily
Pickles: 5.00-9.00 %bu.
Peppers: green 5.00-7.00 1 1/9
bu.; red 10.00-15.0011/9 bu.
Potatoes: .60-.90 10#; 5.004.90
50#.
Red Beets; 4.00-6.5015 bunch ct.
String Beans: green 12.00-20.00 1
1/9 bu.; yellow 10.00-20.0011/9bu.
Tomatoes: 6.00-10.00 25 lb. Ig;
4.50-6.00 sm., md.; cherry- 3.00-5.00
12 pt. flat.
.2S-.45
Watermelon; 2.25-2.50 30# ea.;
1.60-2.00 20-30# ea.; 1.00-1.50 15-20#
ea.
Zucchini: 2.00-3.50 1/ 2 bu.
New Holland
Sales Stables
New Holland Dairy
Wednesday, Aug. 13,1986
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 85 cows, 50
heifers and 3 bulls. Market
lower.
Load of PA fresh cows, 570.00
910.00.
Load of PA fresh cows, 650.00
1000.00.
Load of PA fresh cows, 725.00
1020.00.
Load of PA fresh cows, 720.00
1025.00.
Load of PA fresh cows, 535.00-
780.00.
Herd of 22 head, all stage cows
325.00-890.00.
Locally consigned cows 300.00
710.00.
Springing heifers 440.00750.00.
Purebred 760.00910.00.
Bulls 380.00810.00.
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LOUIS LYONS & SON
Consign your cattle and hogs, feeder pigs
& calves to Louis Lyons & Son. They offer
choice service, excellent sorting &
marketing of your livestock.
Charles Oilier, Manager
Phone 394-7915
Burnell Siegrist - Buyer & Seller
Phone 717-626-8653
Expcrie n C e» l
personnel
TOP PRICES
FOR DOWN, CRIPPLED
COWS, BULLS & STEERS
Slaughtered Under
Federal Inspection
Paid On Dressed Weight
TomMulvaney
Livestock Trucking
(201)454-4247
HANDLING:
Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex
And Somerset Counties, New Jersey
INPENNA:
Northampton, H V
Bucks, Lehigh A fit
And Parts & Hi
Carbon & Schuylkill J] $
Counties
Ammi FARMERS
EVERY MONDAY
HATFIELD PACKING CO. and
MOYER PACKING CO.
Will Receive Your
Hogs and Cattle at the
OAKVILLE LIVESTOCK MARKET
RD 4, Danville, PA
• We will receive your hogs from 8 AM to 12 Noon
every Monday. Your hogs wilt be weighed and
paid for immediately.
• We will also accept your sows & boars.
• Your cattle will be received from 12:30 to 5 P.M.
We will either pay you for your cattle immediately
or you may sell them dressed weight.
• There will not be a commission or yardage fee
deducted from your check.
• You may call our office Monday morning and we
will be able to tell you the base price for hogs for
the day.
MELVIN M. LEHMAN - Owner
Danville Buying Station
Phone: 717-275-2880
Penns Valley
Livestock
Centre Hall, Pa.
Tuesday, Aug. 12
Report supplied by Auction
Beef Cows; Utility and Com
mercial 37.75-44.10; Cutters 35.25-
37.50; Canners 31.0035.00; Shells
28.00.
Heifers; Good 51.00-54.35;
Commercial 34.00-41.00.
Steers: Choice 55.00-57.85;
Good 51.50-54.75; Standard 42.00
48.50.
Bulls: G00d49.5050.00.
Feeder Cattle: 300-500 lbs.
large frame 52.0061.00; 500700
lbs. large frame 46.0053.00; 500
700 lbs. small frame 42.00-48.00.
Veal Calves: Choice 55.00
63.00; Good 48.00-44.00; Standard
43.0046.00; Utility 34.0042.00.
Farm Calves; Bulls 75.00-99.00;
Heifers 60.0067.00.
Hogs: Not Enough To Test.
•ESSy
AND AS IS
Sows: Not Enough To Test.
Boars; Not Enough To Test.
Shoats: Not Enough To Test.
Lambs: 58.00-72.00.
Sheep; 9.00-14.00.
Goats per head; 14.00-34.00.
Shippensburg
Wholesale
Produce Auction
(Leinbach’s)
Shippensburg, PA
Aug. 7-13
Report Supplied by Auction
Price quotes are only HI and
Firm Produce.
Apples 2.00-2.80 Vz bu.
Cabbage 1.75-3.50 50 lb. box.
Cantalopes sm.-lg. ,27-.Bsea.
Com (white) .70-I.sodozen.
Cucumbers 2.00-4.5011/9 bu.
Eggplant 1.75-2.60 Vz bu.
Honeydews .70-1.05 ea.
Lima Beans 3.50-7.50 ¥z bu.
Nectarines 3.10-3.25 Vz bu.
Peaches 2.40-4.50 Vz bu.
Peppers (bell) large 2.75-5.00 1
1/9 bu.; medium 2.75-3.7511/9 bu.
Plums 2.50-5.75 Vz bu.
Potatoes 1.90-2.05 20 lbs.
String Beans 3.25-7.50 Vz bu.
Tomatoes (Ig. size) 3.50-5.00 25
lb. box; (md. size) 2.00-4.10 25 lb.
box.
Watermelon (all sizes and
varieties) .02-.07 lb.
r~ York County
Livestock Soles Ltd.
P.O. BOX 243 • FAWN GROVE. PA 17321
(717)993-2564
Saturday’s Hr Sate C.
■<ay Sale Canceled Until
Further Notice
York County's Only Llvoitock Auction
On PA Route #24 between Stewartstown and
New Park
All Kinds of Livestock Sold on Commission
GWALTNEY OF SMITHFIELD
Open Every Monday - Hogs -600 a m -12 noon
Auction ■ 7 00 p m - ?
Buyers - Livestock Producers - Farmers
We Need A Appreciate Your Patronage
I Stan & Mary Nagle • Owners
Home Phone: (215) 566-3239
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale to Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
| 1 More Evening Sale 7:30 P.M. |
Located 18 miles south of Lancaster,
Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt.
272 to Little Britain, turn north, follow
Little Britain Road to Jackson Road,
right. 2nd farm, OR take Rt. 222, out of
Quarryville to Cedar Hill Road to Little
Britain Road to Jackson Road, left.
Watch for sale arrows.
25 Head Due BsfwMn
Sept. 2 & 9
25 Head Due Between
Sept. 10 & 17
6 Head Due Between
Sept. 22 & 25
50 to 60 Head
WHITE DIAMOND GILTS
Here Now a new cross again.
Large White & Landrace. first
generation true F-1 gilts.
Parent stock originated from
Lleske Bros. Minnesota. Very
productive in litter size
and feed conversion.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Erysiplas,
Rhinitis, E'Coli, Pasteueralla 1
' 11 ' "T
Hand mafad with Brooding Dates
Local Trucker Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE DATE SEPTEMBER 26,1:00 P.M.
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS