AS-UhCtettf Firtrtnfl, Saturday, October' 14; 1989 '
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
OCT 16-22, 1989
Oct. 16, St Callus Day, patron of geese.
If St. Callus Day be dry, a dry spring .. Oct. 16 is Dictionary Day, the birthday of
Noah Webster. .Third Tuesday, Oct. 17, is Apple Tuesday... Average length of days
for the week 10 hours 55 minutes ... Oct. 20 birthdays include Mickey Mantle, Dr.
Joyce Brothers, Art Buchwald, Keith Hernandez, and Arlene Francis... Oct 20,1873,
P.T. Bamum opens Hippodrome in New York City to house "Greatest Show on Earth"
God could not be everywhere; therefore he nude mothers
ma. Ask the Old Fanner: Just what was a "Kentish pony" re
JO Yankee Doodle? S. P., Tenn.
A Kentish pony was a small horse somehow associated with
„ Kent, England. The term probably came from there, but Mowed
if we believe the horses did.
ajjW Home Hints: Never bum poison ivy vines, the toxic oils will con
- “ laminate the smoke and can cause blisters
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Rain and warm to start the week, then turning partly cloudy and
seasonable at mid-week. More warm temperatures and wet days cap it off
Greater New York-New Jersey: Rain and cool is the rule. Clear and pleasant days
follow, then more cool temperatures predominate, with showers.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Rainstorm starts off the week and temperatures are cool
ish Clear and pleasantly warm days break the wet spell, but briefly
Piedmont It Southeast Coastal: Rain is light in the southeast and then it's cool. Skies
clear but the cool temperatures continue; then sunny and warm
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Dewart Hay
Dewart, PA.
Monday, Oct. 9, 1989
Report Supplied by Auction
HAY: 12 LOADS OF HAY.
44.00-76.00.
STRAW: 5 LOADS, 49.0063.00.
WOOD; 5 LOADS, 29.00-36.00.
CORN: 4 LOADS, 89.00-91.00.
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of Quarryvillo or a miles north
of Oxford corner of RL 472 ai>d
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ALL TRUCKERS AND
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- Single source Feeder Pigs available for
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THE
Belleville Hay
Wednesday, October 11
Belleville, PA
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS:) 28 LDS. HAY.
ALFALFA: 120.00-155.00.
MIXED HAY: 55.00-100.00.
STRAW: 80.00-120.00.
EAR CORN; 67.50-97.50.
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Green Dragon Hay
Ephrata, Pa.
Friday, Oct 6, 1989
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 86.
MDCED HAY: 70.00-162.00.
ALFALFA: 58.00-170.00.
TIMOTHY: 69.00-146.00.
GRASS HAY: 60.00-120.00.
STRAW: 72.00-130.00.
EAR CORN: 59.00-122.00.
OATS; 1.45-2.30 BU.
RYE SEED: 4.70-5.20 BU.
FIREWOOD: 40.00.
Westminster Hay
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 1989
Report Supplied by Auction
TOTAL LOADS: 32.
ALFALFA: VERY GOOD 2.30-2.60
BALE; FAIR .90 BALE.
ALFALFA MDC: 1.10-2.45 BALE.
TIMOTHY HAY: VERY GOOD
140.00; GOOD 78.00-90.00; 1.05-2.00
BALE.
TIMOTHY MIX: 1.90-1.95 BALE.
MEADOW GRASS: 1.00 BALE.
STUBBLE HAY: .55 BALE.
ORCHARD GRASS: 1.20 BALE.
STRAW: 1.10-1.80 BALE.
MULCH HAY: .25-.40 BABE.
WOOD; FAIR, 40.00 CORD,
Chester County Hay
Coatesvllle, PA
Wed., Oct. 11
TOTAL LOADS: 4.
MDCED HAY: 160.00.
TIMOTHY MULCH: 64.
STRAW: 130.00.
For Sale: 3 Compartment
bale boxes with either hydraulic
or hand jacks; Cotton baling
twine, we can ship UPS.
North Jersey
Market
Hackettitown, NJ.
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 1989
Hay—Straw & Grain Report
ALFALFA HAY: 2 LOADS, 1.40 AND
2.90 BALE.
GRASS HAY: 1 LOAD. 1.70 BALE.
3 LOADS TOTAL.
Keister’s Hay
Middleburg, PA
Tuesday, Oct. 10
Report supplied by auction
14 LOADS OF HAY.
MDCED HAY. 70.00-120.00.
STRAW: 70.00.
EAR CORN: 9 AT 95.00-120.00.
OATS: 1.70-1.80 BU.
RYE: 5 LOADS, 3.30-4.50 BU.
Belknap Livestock
Dayton, PA
Oct. 11,1989
CATTLE 109...PDA...Compared with
last weeks market: Few Select and Choice
slaughter steers 63.00-65.25, few Standard
58.50-61.75. Few Standard slaughter heif
ers 51.25-58.00. Few Breaking Utility &
Commercial si. cows 48.25-51, low yield
ing down tp 43.00, Cutter A Boning Utility
45.00- Canner A low Cutter
38.00- Shells down to 20.00. Few
Utility si. bullocks 52.00-54.75. Few Yield
Grade No. 1. 1095/1425 lbs. 58.00-60.00,
couple No. 2, 1610 A 1705 lbs. 55.00 A
54.50. Feeder Cattle: Few Medium A
Urge 345/355 lbs. steers 80.50-96.00, few
405/570 lbs. 67.00-76.00. Few Medium A
Urge 345/580 lbs. heifers 61.50-70.50,
610/720 lbs. 53.50-58.00. Few Medium
320/545 lbs. bulls 66.50-75.50.
CALVES 92... Few Standard and Good
90/120 lbs. vealers 80.00-90.00,60/85 lbs.
68.00- Farm Calves; Holstein Bulls
95/125 lbs. 110.00-140.00, 85/90 lbs.
90.00- No. 2 down to 100.00; Hoi.
Heifers 85/115 lbs. 100.00-150.00. Beef
cross 80/125 lbs. bulls A heifers
85.00-
HOGS 150... Barrows and gilts 1.00 to
1.50 higher. US No. 1-2 220/240 lbs. 48.60
-49.00, lot 49.90, 1-3 215/255 lbs.
46.50-48.50, lot 49.25, few 2-3 250/280
lbs. 43.25-46.00, small lot 335 lbs. 38.50,
lor 1-3' 205 ib*. 45.00. Sow* Heady to
ftrong. US No.. 1-3 365/570 lb*. *ow*
34.50- one 40.25, few Medium
315/350 lb*. 30.00-33.50. Boar*
32.50-
FEEDER PIGS 63... US No. 1-3 20/30
lb*, feeder pig* 10.00-13.50,1-3 45/60 lb*.
25.00-25.50, 2-3 40/45 lb*. 18.00-20.00,
lot 140 lb*. 42.50 all per head.
SHEEP 26... Few Choice 90/110
wool daughter lamb* 48.50-55.00, Good
& Choice 50/85 lbs. feeder lamb*
56.50- Slaughter ewes 15.00-29.50.
GOATS 30... Few Large 34.00-54.00,
Medium 25.00-41.00, Small 9.00-24.00. ‘
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, PA
REPORT FOR MONDAY. OCT. 9,
1989 NOT AVAILABLE.
Mercer Livestock
Mercer, PA
REPORT FOR TUESDAY, OCT. 10,
1989 NOT AVAILABLE.
Belleville Livestock
Belleville, PA
Oct 11, 1989
CATTLE 138... REPORT IS SUPPLIED
BY THE AUCTION-Utility Holstein
slaughter steers SS.OO-S9.BS. Breaking
Utility and Commercial si. cows
49.50-52.60 i one 53.00, Cutter and Boning
Utility 45.00-49.75, Caimer & low Cutter
38.35-44.00, Shells down to 32.00. Yield
Grade No. 1, si. bulls 54.25-S9.BS. Feederfc
Cattle: Few Bulls 60.00-69.50.
CALVES 148... Standard and Good
75/105 lbs. vealers 71.00-86.00,60/70 lbs.
60.00- Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
No. 1,90/110 lbs. 120.00-156.00, few No.
2, 96.00-110.00.
HOGS 89... US No. 1-3 215/250 lbs. bar
rows and gilts 49.10-51.00, 2-3 200/270
lbs. 48.10-49.50. US No. 2-3 sows
35.00- Boars 25.00-28.00.
FEEDER PIGS 221... US No. 1-3 15/25
lbs. feeder pigs 10.00-17.00. 2S/S0 lbs.
20.00- -r aU per head.
SHEEP 32... Choice wool slaughter
lambs 53.00-60.00.
GOATS 23...21.00-48.00 all per
head. HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS -
$500.00-51400.00 - PER HEAD.