AB-LMckM* tHrm, OLD FARMIR’S ALMANAC The Suez Canal opened Nov 17,1869 In Switzerland, William Tell shot an apple off of his son's head Nov 18,1307 Average length of days for the week 9 hours, 39 minutes Bntam's last shipment of convicts landed in Australia Nov 18, 1840 Peregrine White became the first child to be bom of English parents in New England, she was bom on the Mayflower Nov 20, 1620 New moon Nov 21 (Sat) Snowmobile patented by CJ E Ehason of Saynor, Wis, Nov 22, 1927 Wisr men make proverbs and fools repeat them. _ Atk the Old Farmer: I just moved into a newly built town t house Naturally, everything is brand new appliances, etc K / \ Since then, however, all of my clothes have a sickening odor bUBbA* even after laundenng What causes the odor and what TMHi 7 " can I do? RS, Aston, Pa KS \X Houses are being built 100 tight today Your problem is probably AT*! X % too much moisture in the nouse, which is breeding mildew jL spores Open the windows at some lime during the day, use the Jf B y range hood when cooking, clean the drip pan under your refng erator often, and get a dehunudifler Air and sun your ilolhes after washing Home Hints: Spuce up old fireplace screens with a coal of black liquid shoe polish OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Week begins with heavy ram, snow north, midweek sunny with cold nights, storm, heavy south, at end of week Greater New York-New Jersey: Beginning through midweek clear and cold, end of week rainy and cold Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rain at beginning of week, midweek clear with cold nights, end of week light rain • (All Rights Reserved Yankee Publishing Incorporated Dublin NH 03444) Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Pa. Monday, Nov. 9, 1987 CATTLE 646. SLAUGHTER STEERS: HIGH CHOICE 63.00-66.00; GOOD & MAO LANCASTER FARMING FOR COMPLETE AND UR TO DATE MARKET REPORTS HAY & STRAW SALE 12:00 Noon Every Wednesday Westend of Avondale at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Route 41. Harvey Z. Martin 215-265-3604 (Office) 215-445-5303 (Residence) FRIDAY, NOV. 20 ■ 1:00 PM ON THE FARM MONTHLY BRED GILT SALE Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks Located 18 miles south of Lancaster, Pa., 6 miles south of Quarryville, take Rt. 272 to Little Britain, turn north, fol low 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. White Diamonds Between Nov. 22 & Dec. 1 White Diamonds Between Dec. 1 to Dec. 14 Plus 10 York & Hamps Close 20 20 50 to 60 Head WHITE DIAMOND GILtS Large White & Landrace. first generation true F-l gilts. Parent stock originated from Lieske Bros. Minnesota. Very productive in litter size and feed conversion. Vaccinated for Lepto, Eiysiplas, Rhinitis, E’Coll, Pasteueralla Hand mated with Breeding Dates Local Truck Available No Hogs Sold On Commission JOHN B. STOLTZFUS R.D. 1, Kirkwood, Pa. Abe Diffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL NEXT SALE Ff\L, DECEMBER 18, 1:00 P.M. THE NOV 16-22, 1987 Prune grapevines now. CHOICE 62.00-66.75; GOOD & CHOICE - HOLSTEIN 55.00-62.25; STANDARD & GOOD HOLSTEIN 50.25-55.60. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 61.50- GOOD & CHOICE 60.50- STANDARD & GOOD HAY, STRAW & GRAIN SALE! Every Thursday, 12 Noon As Many As 30 Buyers - Need More Loads Of Hay, Straw And Corn! Lunch Served Everett Krelder Auctioneer #OO7 ROTH SALES Rt 472, Kirkwood, PA 717-529-6249 Due Due 54.00- COWS: UTILITY & COM MERCIAL 44.00-48.50; CUTTER & BONING UTILITY 42.00-47.10; CAN NHR & LOW CUTTER 4Z50 & DOWN. BULLS - ALL WEIGHTS: YIELD GRADE 1 53.50-62.25; YIELD GRADE 2 45.50- STOCKER CATTLE - ALL WEIGHTS: STEERS - MEDIUM & GOOD 65.00-80.00; HEIFERS - MEDIUM & GOOD 57.00-65.75; BULLS - MEDIUM & GOOD 56.00-66.00; STEERS - HOLSTEIN 52.00-60.75. CALVES 501. GOOD & CHOICE 125-250 LBS. 96.00-112.00; MEDIUM & GOOD 125-250 LBS. 80.00-96.50; MEDIUM & GOOD 80-120 LBS. 84.00- LIGHT & CULL - ALL WEIGHTS 84.00 & DOWN; HOLSTEIN BULLS - RETURN TO FARM UP TO 140.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS - RETURN TO FARM UP TO 149.00. LAMBS, SHEEP & GOATS 93. CHOICE LAMBS 65.00-70.00; MEDIUM & GOOD LAMBS 58.00-66.00; LIGHT & CULL LAMBS 59.00-72.00; SHEEP, EWES & BUCKS 22.00-33.00; GOATS - ALL SIZES (BY HEAD) SMALL 12.00- LARGE 28.00-65.00. HOGS 129. NO. 1-3 BUTCHER HOGS - 190-225 LBS. 39.00-41.40; NO. 1-3 BUTCHER HOGS - 225-250 LBS. 40.00- NO. 1-3 BUTCHER HOGS - 250-300 LBS. 39.00-42.00; GOOD BUTCHER SOWS - 400 LBS. DOWN 36.50- GOOD BUTCHER SOWS - 400 LBS. UP 35.00-43.00; HEAVY BOARS - OVER 300 LBS. 29.00-30.00; PIGS - ALL SIZES (BY HEAD) 25.00- SALE EVERY MONDAY AFTER NOON AT 3:30 P.M. & TOURS. AT 1:00 MELHORN SALES, SERVICE, IKUCKirMiF CIJ. V r The Bird For All The Reasons... DEKALB XL-Link j| Egg Numbers, Livability, _ Tl DEKA *- B XLUn * k 2u T M Feed Conversion. Also, The rijf Bird For All The Seasons... Please Review These Three Lancaster County Flocks Housed During This Summers HOT Weather • PRODUCTION: FARM A I FARM B 20 21 / 22 < 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 V. 30 • 35 CASE WEIGHT AT 35 Weeks: LIVABILITY Through 35 Weeks: Performance under variable conditions makes the DEKALB XL the right bird anytime of the year. To put the DEKALB XL to work for you, call on the only full service company, in this area, to handle the total needs of the poultrymen. . 1010 W. Main St., Mcnint Jiiy. PA 17552 DEKALB XL v 59,120 DEKALB XL Housed 6/15/87 - 20 Weeks House #1 House #2 7% 30.6% 59.2% 79.9% 88.3% 92.3% 93.9% 94.2% 94.5% 94.2% 93.9% 92.7% 46.25# For More Information Phone: 717-653-1102 Monday - Friday 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM P.M. HAY & STRAW SALE EVERY MON DAY & THURS. AT 11:30 A.M. SALE AS USUAL ON THANKSGIV ING DAY. Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois Thursday, November 12, 1987 WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK SLAUGHTER STEERS SOLD STEADY TO FIRM. INSTANCES 1.00 HIGHER; SLAUGHTER HEIFERS MOSTLY .50 TO 1.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER COWS FIRM TO 1.00 HGIHER. BULLS STEADY TO FIRM SUPPLY MAINLY GOOD TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH 14% COWS. ALL REPORTED SALES MONDAY WITH NOT ENOUGH SALES REMAINDER OF WEEK FOR A MARKET TEST. ESTIMATED RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1600 AS COMPARED WITH ACTUAL RECEIPTS OF 2218 A WEEK AGO AND 1691 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: STEERS; CHOICE2-41100-1400LBS. 61.00-63.50 950-1100 LBS. 59.00-62.00 GOOD & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1200 LBS. 57.00-62.00. HOLSTEINS: GOOD & CHOICE 2-3 1200-1225 LBS. 56.00-56.50 HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 1000-1250 LBS. 61.00- 850-1000 LBS. 58.00-61.00 CHOICE 3-5 1000-1150 LBS. 59.00-61.00 GOOD & CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 57.00- COWS: BREAKING UTILITY 2-3 39.00-41.00 CUTTER AND BONING 6.7% 30.2% 59.4% 80.1% 88.4% 92.2% 93.9% 94.0% 94.4% 94.3% 94.2%' 91.9% 46.0# 98.74% UTILITY 1-2 38.00-41.00 FEW HIGH DRESSING 41.00-43.00 CANNER & LOW CUTTER 36.00-39.00. BULLS: YG 1-2 1300-1800 LBS. 50.00-54.00 Penns Valley Livestock Centre Hall, Pa. Tuesday, Nov. 10 Report Supplied by Auction BEEF COWS: UTILITY AND COM MERCIAL 44.00-47.25; CUTTERS 40.00-43.50; CANNERS 37.50-39.00; SHELLS 28.00. HEIFERS: STANDARD 51.50-59.00; COMMERCIAL 42.00-47.50. STEERS: CHOICE 59.00-61.50; GOOD 52.00-58.00. BULLS: GOOD 54.00-56.50; STAN DARD 50.00-53.50. FEEDER CATTLE: 300-500 LBS. LARGE FRAME 52.00-65.00; 300-500 LBS. SMALL FRAME 48.00-54.00; 500-700 LBS. LARGE FRAME 50.00-58.00. VEAL CALVES: GOOD 90.00-94.00; STANDARD 80.00-89.00; UTILITY 60.00-78.00. FARM CALVES: BULLS 90.00-127.00. HOGS; 38.00-41.50. SOWS: 34.00-36.00. SHOATS: 25-30 LBS. PER HEAD 18.00- 30-35 LBS. PER HEAD 24.00- 35-50 LBS. PER HEAD 31.00- DAIRY CATTLE: 5.50-11.50. 31,009 DEKALB XL Housed 7/6/87 - 20 Weeks 11 % 35 % 59.2% 79.0% 89.7% 94.0% 95.6% 95.5% 95.7% 951% (9 weekS 951 /o over 95%) 48.2# 98.77% KELUIiIiJO UiKAIBU >it., i Hri ft «t»
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