AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 25,1989 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC Birthday of Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Feb 27, 1934 Richard the Lion- Hearted ascended throne, Feb 27,1189 A "common year," not a leap Average length of days for the week 11 hours 16 minutes March is Mental Retardation Month, National Peanut Month, and National Women's History Month March 1, anniversary of the Peace Corps, established by J F Kennedy. . Stick to your winter flannels until they stick to you OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST New England: Clearing and milder ends the month, March enters like a lion with a roaring snowstorm; sleet and snow follow the furry, flurry fellow Greater New York-New Jersey: Snow to end the month; snow and sleet to begin the month of March; then cloudy and sprinkles to taper off a bit Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and mild with showers in the east to end Feb and begin the week; sunny and warm with scattered showers to begin March; then cold Piedmont tc Southeast Coastal: Showers and cool weather end February March starts drier with warm and sunny days; then showers and seasonably cool temps (All Rights Reserved, Yankee Publishing Incorporated, Dublin, NH 03444) New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables New Holland, PA Monday, Feb. 20, 1989 REPORT SUPPLIED BY AUCTION REGISTERED RECEIPTS OF 231 HEAD OF HORSES, MULES AND PONIES. MARKET STRONGER DRIVING HORSES 460 00-700 00 WATCH FOR OPEN HOUSE DAYS March 15 16 17 - 18, 1989 Details To Follow! LAPPS BARN EQUIPMENT .fSAJCaJEmajL 8935 OLD PHILADELPHIA PIKE, GAP, PA 17527 I PHONE: 717-442-8134 jjji SALES & SERVICE THE FEB. 27-MAR. 5,1989 March with beauty. Ask the Old Farmer: Please tell me, what is a " wan agan"7l M., Fla "Wantgan" Algonquin In/un It meant a traveling institution a chest, bag, kitchen, houseboat, but espe cially a grub-bag Home Hints: Vanilla extract applied to a bum will help ease the pain RIDING HORSES 275.00-610 00 REGISTERED HORSES 775 00-1025.00. HEAVYWEIGHT KILLERS 450 00-600.00 LIGHTWEIGHT KILLERS 185 00-410.00. MARE PONIES 35.00-80.00 COLTS 15 00-35.00. GELDING PONIES 35.00-80 00 LARGER PONIES 150,00-270.00. Morrisons Cove Livestock Martinsburg, Pa. Monday, Feb. 20, 1989 Report supplied by auction CATTLE. 144 STEERS- H CHOICE* PRIME 71.00-75.00, CHOICE 67 50-70.75; GOOD 62.50-67 25, STAN DARD 55 00-61.25. HEIFERS CHOICE 67 25-79.00, GOOD 54.50-65.75 COWS UTILITY*COMMERCIALSO.7S-54 25; CUTTERS 47.50-50.50; CANNER & LOW CUTTER 42.50-48.75. BUL LOCKS GOOD & CHOICE 62 50-65 10 BULLS- YIELD GRADE NO 1 55 00-63 75 FEEDER CATTLE STEERS GOOD 74 00-96.50, STANDARD 64 00-73.00; BULLS GOOD 68 50-79 50, STANDARD 56.00-66 50, HEIFERS GOOD 64.00-80.50, STANDARD 57 00-63.50. CALVES: 216. PRIME 107-I.lB'/!, CHOICE ,97'/. -1.05; GOOD 91-.95V4 ; STANDARD & GOOD 78 50-89 50, 90-110 LBS. 82.50-94.50; 65-90 LBS 76.00-88.50; HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 1.5-1.61; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 88.50-96.50. HOGS: 65. BARROWS & GILTS US 1-2 41.25-42.25; US NO. 1-3 39 50-41.00. SOWS: US NO. 1-3 29.50-34.50; BOARS 27.00-32.00. FEEDER PIGS 86. US NO. 1-3 20-35 LBS. 16.00-26.50 PER HEAD. NO. 1-3 35-50 LBS. 28.00-32.50 PER HEAD. SHEEP 15. SLAUGHTER LAMBS CHOICE 74.00-80.00; GOOD 64 00-72.00; SL. EWES 26 00-32 50; GOATS 34.00-62.00 PER HD 25 LOADS OF HA Y $3O 00 TO $ 124 00 PER TON. 8 LOADS OF STRAW $6O 00 TO $75.00 PER TON. HOSTETTER PORK Wanted To Buy Crippled and Disabled Sows and Boars Hogs Slaughtered For Federal Inspection n% PHONE 717-274-7609 1 IMPROVE YOUR 1 I i GRAIN & LIVESTOCK MARKETING LEAN MUSCLE PRODUCTION That is what we do. Our barrows were the leanest and had the highest % lean muscle at the NC State fair, our boars had the largest loins and the least backfat at the NC Boar Evaluation Station, and our customers hogs cut lean heavy-muscled carcasses. NC STATE FAIR BARROWS BF LOIN %MUSCLE WT. Ben Outlaw WED., 2/22/89 (EST) WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (ACT) 2 LOADS OF EAR CORN 115 00-117.00 PER TON. Belknap Livestock Auction Dayton, Pa. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 103..PDA...Corapared with last Wednesday’s maiket: Couple Select slaugher siren 65.00 St 65.25, one Stan dard 63.25, couple Utility 54.50 St 57.50. One Select sL heifer 65.50, few Standard 57.00- Breaking Utility St Commer cial sL cows 48.00-50, few 52.25-53.75, sample low yielding down to 46.00, Cutter St Bon. Utility 46.00-50.25, Calmer * Low Cutter 41.00-45.00, Shells down to 20.00. Couple Standard si. bullocks 60.00 & 63.50, couple Utility 53.00&57.00. Few Yield Grade No. 1,1185/1570 lbs. sL bulls 57.00- one No. 2 1255 lbs. 54.50. Feeder Cattle; Few Medium Frame No. 1, 485/615 lbs. steers 73.00-79.50. Medium Frame No. 1, 325/490 lbs. heifers 72.50-75.50. few 680/765 lbs. 62.00- few Med. & Large #2, 59.262 57.958 57.232 5.79 5.44 5.52 Call Collect For More Information OUTLAW SEEDSTOCK SERVICES Route 2, Box 324 A • Seven Springs, NC 28578 • 919-569-7521 Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Wed., Feb. 22, 1989 CATTLE CALVES 126,000 10,000 126.000 9,000 126.000 9,000 351.000 27,000 371.000 30,000 374.000 29,000 MARTIN'S HAY 8L STRAW SALE Public Auction Every Wednesday, 12 Noon Sharp Location: John Primus & Son, Buck Run Road, Coatesville, PA Harvey Z. Martin John Martin Primus 215-445-5303 OPEN TO RECEIVE YOUR MARKET HOGS AT THE GREEN DRAGON MARKET RD 4, EPHRATA. PA 17522 1 MILE NORTH OF EPHRATA ON NORTH STATE STREET. HOURS: MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY 7:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M YOU ARE PAID FOR YOUR HOGS IMMEDIATELY Ken & Lois Emery, Proprietors These Littermate Barrows Were Born May 20 Show On Oct 13 220 213 210 HOGS 328.000 325.000 310.000 927.000 975.000 905.000 435/740 lbs. 51.00-55.00. Few Medium Frame No. 1, 380/535 lbs. bull* 72.00- few 625/690 lbs. 62.50-69.75. CALVES 93... Few Good vealen 90.00- Standard and Good 90/120 lb*. 75.00-87.00. 65/85 lb«. 63.00-80.00. Farm Calves: Holstein BuHi 90/125 Iba. 100.00- one 156.00; few Hoi. heif ers 95/135 Iba. 85.00-97.00. Beef cron bulla A heifen 65/155 lbs. 79.00-112.00. HOGS 161... Barrows and gilts steady. LotUS No. 1-2235 1b5.41.40,1-3245/265 lbs. 40.40-41.50, small lot 42.00,200/225 Km. 35.00-39.50,2-3 240/295 38.25-40.40, 1-3 170/195 lbs. 32.00-34.85. Sows steady. US No. 1-3 320/660 lbs. sows 32.00-36.00, one 37.50, few 30.25, Medium 2-3 290/400 lbs. 20.00-25.50. One Boar 27.00. FEEDER PIGS 90...L0t US No. 1-3 5 lbs. feederpigs 3.00, lot 10 lbs. 6.00,20/35 lbs. 14.00-21.00,35/45 lbs. 20.50-27.50 all per head; lot 105 lbs. 35.00 Cwt. Coordinators: Leon Kurtz, Auctioneer Mulch Contracts Also Available 215-458-5677 Residence 717-733-9648 Office SHEEP 22,000 21,000 20,000 61,000 63.000 60.000 215-383-6686 EMERYS BUYING STATION
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