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OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Temperature of 118°F recorded at Bennett, Colo, July 11, 1888 Henry David
Thoreau born in Concord, Mass, July 12, 1817 New moon July 13 (Wed)
Bastille Day July 14 District of Columbia established and Washington made the
permanent capital of the U S July 16, 1790 Average length of days tor the week 15
hours. Aerial walkways collapsed at Kansas City sHyatt Regency Hotel, killing 114
people, July 17, 1981 Utile things will grow in peace, hut great things waste away in
discord
Ask the Old Farmer: 1 have a porcelain top
kitchen table with two pull-up leaves The leaves
- have a nice sheen to them, but the tabletop has
_ dulled from years of cleaning Can I treat the
table to get a shinier finish 7 At, Pittsburgh, Pa
Apply a tout of good automobile ivax That should
Home Hints To remove chewing gum that has stuck
, a'to clothing freeze the fabnc remove as much of the
gum as possible then daub with egg white to loosen
the remainder and scrape carefully
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Week begins with showers and warm temperatures, partly cloudy and
cool micf through end of week
Greater New York-New Jersey: Beginning of week clear and mild, midweek rain,
end of week hot
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and hot at beginning of week, cool and rainy mid
through end of week
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Week begins with showers and warm temperatures,
mild temperatures midweek, heavy rain at end of week
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Lebanon Valley
Livestock Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 147...PDA...Compared with
list Tuesday's market; Slaughter cows
mostly strong to $2 higher. Few Choice 2-4
1075/1255 lbs. si. steers 66.75-68.75, few
Select 61.25-67.25, Select & Choice
1125/1605 lbs. holstems 58.00-64, few
Utility & low Standard 49.00-51.00. One
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622 Federal Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215-339-9921
or 215-467-9614
or 215-389-VEAL
PLEASE NOTE!
Change of Location to Home Farm
On Hill Rd
FRIDAY, JULY 29 ■ 1:00 PM
ON THE FARM MONTHLY
BRED GILT SALE
Sale To Start Promptly Every 4 Weeks
Located 4 miles east of former loca
tion, 1 mile off 472 midway between
Quarryville & Oxford, PA, 1 mile south
of Kirkwood, turn west off 472 at Union
Church (Street Rd.) 1 mile to crossroad
turn left, 2nd farm on right. Hill Road.
Watch for sale signs.
Validated Brucellosis
Free Herd #169
Qualified Pseudorabies
Free Herd #55
50 to 60 Head
We will no longer have White Dia
monds, it will be the next generation or
F2's crossbred to Chester White. Very
nice gilts.
Vaccinated for Lepto, Erysiplas,
Rhinitis, E’Coll, Pasteueralla
Hand mated with Breeding Dates
Local Truck Available
No Hogs Sold On Commission
JOHN B. STOLTZFUS
R.D. V Kirkwood, Pa.
Abe Dlffenbach, Auctioneer AU22SL
NEXT SALE FBI., XOG. 26, 1:00 P.M.
THE
JULY 11-17, 1988
Rains rinse the heavy air away.
Choice si. heifer 57.75, two Select holstems
55.00&57.25, one Standard 46.00, one
Utility 44.00. Breaking Utility & Commer
cial si. cows 49.00-50, few 53.25, Cutter &
Boning Uulity 46.75-49.75, few 55 25,
Canner & Low Cutter 42.00-46.75, Shells
down to 35.00. Few Standard si bullocks
52.75-59.50. Few Yield Grade No. 1,
1145/1395 lbs. si. bulls 61.00-65 00.
CALVES 223...Vealers unevenly
steady. Few Choice 95.00-105.00, few
Good 72.00-89, Standard and Good 90/125
lbs. 9000-96, 70/85 lbs. 70.00-87, Utility
40/100 lbs. 39.00-62, few to 80.00. F»im
Calves: Hoi. Bulls 90/135 lbs.
94 00-139.00. Few Beef cross bulls and
heifers 85/100 lbs. 99.00-111 00.
HOGS 114... Barrows and gilts small
supply mostly 52 higher US No. 1-2
210/240 lbs 46.75-47.10,1-3 205/235 lbs
46.35-46.85, 1-3 130/165 lbs. 31.00-36,
few to 48.00 US No. 1-3 290/545 lbs sows
27.00-35, two 2-3 445/635 lbs
25 00&25 50 Few Boars 25.0030 00
FEEDER PIGS 10 .US No. 1-3 35/50
lbs feeder pigs 62 0 075 00 per hundred
weight Lot Utility 15 lbs 10 00 per head
SHEEP 37 . Choice & Prime 25/55 lbs
spring slaughter lambs 60,0075,55/90 lbs
56 0060, one Choice 15 lbs 100 00
Slaughter sheep 15 00-21 00, few Year
lings and two year olds 28 00-45 00.
GOATS 2 Medium 23 00 - per head
CATTLE 182...PDA...Compared with
last Tuesday's market; Slaughter steers
$3.50 to $4 higher; Cows $2 to $2.50 high
er. Choice si. steers 67.00-71.75, one 72.85,
Select 63-67.50, Standard 56.50-63.00.
Choice si. heifers 65-68.30, Select
60-64.25, Standard 53.00-60, few Utility
48.50-51.00. Breaking Utility & Commer
cial si. cows 48.00-52.85, Cutter & Boning
Utility 44.00-48.50, Canner & Low Cutler
40.0044.25, Shells down to 28.00. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1100/1965 lbs. si. bulls
55.0058.50, one #2,880 lbs. 50.00. Feeder
Cattle: Few Medium & Large Frame No. 1,
285/360 lbs. steers 65.00-71.50. Few
Medium Frame No. 1, 300/600 lbs. heifers
55.00- Few Medium Frame #l,
400/700 lbs. bulls 61.0069.00.
CALVES 112... Standard and Good
90/120 lbs. vealers 80.00-92, 60/85 lbs.
70.00- few Utility 50/70 lbs.
40.0055.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
90/120 lbs 100.00-140.00.
HOGS 235...8arr0ws and gilts $1.50 to
$2 lower. US No. 1-2 220/250 lbs
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Mercer Livestock
Auction
Mercer, Pa.
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
IOIOW. Main st> Mount
QUALITY GROWN PULLETS
44.0044.85,1-3 215/260 lbs. 43.25-44.25,
lot 2-3 280 lbs. 43.00. Few US No. 2-3
325/600 lbs. sows 25.0027.00. One Boar
22 00.
FEEDER PIGS 2. .No Market Test.
SHEEP 41... High Choice & Prime
90/120 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
63.0068, Choice 100/118 lbs. 55 00-60.00,
few Good & Choice 55/75 lbs. feeder lambs
43.00-53.00 Few Slaughter sheep
10001400
GOATS 2 .Small 14 00 and 16 00 per
head
Keister’s Middleburg
Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 368 .PDA . Compared with
last weeks market: Slaughter steers and
cows $3 higher High Choice & Prime si
steers 71.25-73, couple 73 75, Choice
1000/1550 lbs. 68-71.25, Select 63.0067,
few 68.50, Choice holsteins 62-64.50, cou
ple 67.50, Select 60-62.75. Choice si. heif
ers 63.0068.75, few Select 61.00-62.00.
Breaking Utility & Commercial si. cows
46.60-51, Cutler & Boning Utility
45.75- couple 51.50, Canner & Low
Cutter 42.75-45.75, Sheils down to 32.00.
Few Select & Choice si. bullocks
59.75- Few Yield Grade No. 1,
1200/1825 lbs. si. bulls 60.00-66.00, few
No. 2 900/1330 lbs. 52.75-57.75. Feeder
Cattle: Few Medium Frame No. 1,400/750
lbs. steers and bulls 55.00-65.00.
CALVES 203... Few Choice vealers
88 00-94, Standard and Good 70/110 lbs.
87.00- Utility 60/90 Ibi. 79.00-90.00.
Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls 90/130 lbs.
96.00- Holstein heifers 90/150 lbs.
82.00-
HOGS 481... Barrows and gilts $1 lower.
US No. 1. 215/235 lbs. 46.00-47, 1-2
210/245 lbs. 46.00-47, 2-3 200/250 lbs
45.00-46, 2-4 200/270 lbs. 40.00-45.00.
US No. 1-3 270/470 lbs. sows 30.00-33.50,
2-3 265/650 lbs. 23.00-30.00. Boars
22.50-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS 455... US No. 1-3 20/35
lbs. feeder pigs 19.00-28.00,1-3 35/55 lbs.
. PA 17552
26.00-37.00. lot 65 Ibi. 41.00 all per
head.
SHEEP 39... Choice 90/115 Ibi. spring
slaughter lambs 50.00-58.00, few 50/65
lbs. 64.00-72.00. Slaughter sheep
19.00-36.00.
GOATS 41... Large 30.00-56.00, Small
& Medium Kids 20 00-34 00 all per head
Penns Valley
Livestock
Centre Hall, Pa.
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Report Supplied by Auction
BEEF COWS. UTILITY AND COM
MERCIAL 46 50-50 25, CUTTERS
42 00-46 00, CANNERS 37 00-41 00,
SHELLS 39.25
HEIFERS: GOOD 64 00-67 00, STAN
DARD 54.00-62.00.
STEERS: GOOD 58.00-61.50; STAN
DARD 52.00-55.00.
BULLS; GOOD 60.50-61.50.
FEEDER CATTLE; 300-500 LBS
LARGE FRAME 52.00-67 00; 300-500
LBS. SMALL FRAME 50.00-58.00,
500-700 LBS. LARGE FRAME
50.00- 500-700 LBS. SMALL
FRAME 50.00-54 00.
VEAL CALVES: GOOD 99.00-107.00;
STANDARD 90.00-98.00; UTILITY
77.00-
FARM CALVES: BULLS
105.00- HEIFERS 100.00-104.00.
HOGS: 40.00-42.50.
SOWS: 23.00-30.75.
BOARS: 24.00-25.00.
SHOATS; 25-30 LBS. PER HEAD
21.00-
LAMBS: 50.00-58.00.
GOATS PER HEAD: 25.00-32.00.
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