AB-Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, July 28,1990
OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
July 31, 1790, Samuel Hopkins of Vermont receives the first U S patent for an
improved method of making potash Aug 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus sets
sail from Palos, Spain Aug 4,1922, Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the tele
phone, dies The '•ea is woman, the sea is zeonderful, her other
name is fate
Ask the Old Farmer After 1 carefully removed the many layers
of finish from an old ship's wheel to reveal the beautiful teak and
mahogany in its natural state, mv wife wiped the wheel with fur
niture wax Needless to say, it darkened the wood Can you help 7
BG, Vt
Try wiping the wheel with a cloth s oaken in turpentine It should
remove the wax
Home Hints Use toothpaste to remove ink stains on leather
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECAST
New England: Clear to start, but thunderstorms return to pelt the region again Bv
the weekend the storms have diminished to showers, and it's hot 1
Greater New York-New Jersey: Be ready to shift gears often this week Clear and
hot changes to showers midweek, then back to clear and hot, finally cooler
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and hot followed by showers and hot You gel the
message hot 1 (Around 79° F, that's 1 5° above average for this time of year)
Piedqiont & Southeast Coastal; Showers in the south bid farewell to July, but it's
rain, heavy in the east, to welcome August Sunny and hot completes the week
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Lebanon Valley Livestock
Fredericksburg, PA
July 24, 1990
CATTLE 137.. PDA . Compared with
last weeks market- Slaughter cows steady,
mostly 25 to 75 higher One Choice 1175
lbs si steer 71 50, few Select 64.75-67.25;
few Choice Holstems 65 75-70, few Select
63 75-64, few Standard 55.00-62.50. One
High Choice 1200 lbs. si. heifer 77.00, few
Choice 1115/1265 lbs. 69 00-74.75, couple
Select 67.00&69, few Standard
57 50-58 50 Breaking Utility & Commer
cial si cows 53.25-58.00, few low dressing
48 75-50 50, Cutter & Boning Utility
49 00-53 00, few Canner & Low Cutter
45 00-48 75, Shells down to 37.00 One
Choice si bullock 71.00, one Standard
57 50 One Yield Grade No. 1,1415 lbs. si
bull 63 75, one No 2. 1255 lbs 52.75.
CALVES 219...Vealers mostly steady
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THE
JULY 30-AUG. 5,1990
Aug. 1, Lammas Day
Few Choice 150/215 lbs 92.00-99.00. few
Good 73.00-78.00, Standard & Good
70/105 lbs. 70 00-76.00, Utility 55/100 lbs.
50 00-68.00. Farm Calves: Hoi. Bulls No.
1, 95/120 lbs. 145.00-166 00, No. 2,
95/115 lbs. 100.00-145, few down to
77.00, 80/90 lbs. 78.00-127.00; Hoi. Heif
ers 85/110 lbs. 88.00-178.00. Few Beef
cross 75/90 lbs. bulls and heifers
81.00-122.00
HOGS 193...8arr0ws and gilts steady to
250 lower. US No. 1-3 220/240 lbs.
59 75-60 25, lot 1-3 186 lbs. 48.00. Sows
steady 1.00 lower. US No 1-3 300/600 lbs.
sows 46.00-48.50. Few Boars 46.00-46.50
FEEDER PIGS 0..,N0 sales on offer.
SHEEP 3. One Choice 110 lbs. slaugh
ter lamb 50 00; couple Good & Choice
45/55 lbs. feeder lamb 59.00&65.00 - all
cwt.
GOATS 1 ..One Medium 25.00 aU
per head.
Carlisle Livestock
Market
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, July 24, 1990
SLAUGHTER STEERS: SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 69.25-72.25; STAN
DARD 64.50-69.00.
SLAUGHTER HOLSTEINS; STAN
DARD 62.00-62.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: SELECT
AND LOW CHOICE 69.00-73.00; HOLS
TEINS TO 63.00.
SLAUGHTER COWS: ACTIVE.
BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMER
CIAL 53.50-59.00; CUTTER AND BON
ING UTILITY 53.00-55.75; CANNER
AND LOW CUTTER 48.00-52.00; BIG
MIDDLE 49.75-54.00; SHELLY 47.00
AND DOWN.
SLAUGHTER FAT BULLS: YG#2
59.50
FEEDER STEERS: ALL WEIGHTS.
MEDIUM #2 75.00-80.00; HOLSTEINS
65.00-82.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS; ALL WEIGHTS.
MEDIUM #2 75.00-78.00; HOLSTEINS
AND DAIRY TYPE 57.00-67.00.
VEAL CALVES; CHOICE
95.00- 15.00; GOOD 86.00-94.00; STAN
DARD AND GOOD 70.00-83.00; LIGHT/
WEAK 69.00 AND DOWN.
FARM BULLS; 120.00-160.00; FARM
HEIFERS 150.00-195.00.
HOGS: US#l-3 210-260 LBS.
60.50-61.75; UNDER 200 LBS.
49.00- 2 AND 4, ALL WEIGHTS,
56.00-
SOWS: OVER 450 LBS. 46.50-48.00;
UNDER 450 LBS. 46.75-53.50; 2 AND 4,
ALL WEIGHTS, 44.00-46.00.
BOARS: 48.25-49.00; LIGHT
50.00-
FEEDER PIGS; BY THE HEAD. 25-35
LBS. 22.00-36.00; UTILITY, ALL
WEIGHTS, 80-100 LBS. 37.00-54.00
SHEEP: EWES 17.00-28 00.
LAMBS; GOOD AND CHOICE 40-100
LBS 67 50-87.50, MEDIUM, ALL
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Auction will continue
ail year long
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(Rt. 30,10 miles east of Lancaster
in Paradise, PA)
For Info. L. Robert Frame, Sr.
717-442-4181 business president
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OO 1
717-626-5420
850 Keens Road, Lltltz, PA 17543
WEIGHTS, 54.00-66.00.
GOATS: BY THE HEAD, LARGE,
70.00- SMALL. MEDIUM
20.00-
SALE EVERY TUES. EVE AT 5:30
FOR RABBITS, POULTRY AND EGGS;
7 P.M. FOR LIVESTOCK.
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, July 25, 1990
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: UTILITY
50.00- CANNERS 47.00-52.00;
SHELLY 47.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l 1500-1800 LBS.
73.00- 1300-1600 LBS. 65 00-70 00
FED STEERS: HIGH CHOICE TO
PRIME 1200-1400 LBS. 75.00-77.50;
LOW CHOICE 72.00-74.50; SELECT
68.00- STANDARD HOLSTEINS
AT 62.75.
FED HEIFERS: DAIRY CULLS UP TO
58.00.
VEAL CALVES: CHOICE 240 LBS.
UP TO 109.00; GOOD 85.00-95.00;
CULLS 85-120 LBS. 75.00-82.00; 50-80
LBS. 65.00-75.00; WEAK AND ROUGH
65.00 DOWN.
FARM CALVES. HOLSTEIN BULLS:
#1 90-125 LBS. 120.00-141.00; #2 85-110
LBS. 90.00-115.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS; 90-120 LBS.
170.00- 1 AT 295.00; BEEF X
BULLS UP TO 132.00.
BUTCHER HOGS; #1 AND 3 215-260
LBS. UP TO 61.50, 260-280 LBS.
55.00- 200-215 LBS. 56.00-57.00
SOWS; 400-500 LBS. UP TO 49.00
BOARS: UP TO 44.25.
STOCK CATTLE, STEERS; 200-300
LBS. 100.00-110 00; 300-500 LBS.
85.00-92.00, 500-700 LBS. 75 00-88.00,
700-800 LBS. UP TO 73 00
HOLSTEINS: 400 LBS. UP TO 81.00.
HEIFERS: 400-500 LBS. 80.00-87.00;
500-700 LBS. 69.00-79.00;P PUREBRED
SIMMENTALS 130-200 LBS.
200.00-280.00.
BULLS: 200-300 LBS. 88.00-94.00;
300-500 LBS. 78.00-90.00; 900-1000 LBS.
65.00-
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: SPRIN
GERS. FANCY UP TO 1200.00, AVG.
800.00- FRESH MEDIUM
700.00- HEIFERS BY THE
POUND. 500-700 LBS. 80.00-85.00,
850-925 LBS. UP TO 84.00.
LAMBS: CHOICE 40-70 LBS
60.00- 00, GOOD 45 00-54 00
SHEEP: 14,00-23.00.
GOATS; MEDIUM 25.00-50 00,
SMALL 15.00-20.00
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD.
15-30 LBS. 15.00-26.00; 30-50 LBS.
30.00-45.00; 50-70 LBS. 39.00-52.00;
70-95 LBS. 50.00-58.00; BY THE
POUND, 150-190 LBS. 53.00-56.00.
STOCK BOARS: 200 LBS. UP TO
49 00.
NOTE: NEXT WED., AUG. 1, 800-900
LB. SIMMENTAL BULL, 8 MO, OLD; 12
BRED BEEF X HEIFERS DUE IN NEXT
2 MOS
SHEEP: 200 TRADING MODERATE.
COMPARED WITH LAST TUESDAY
SLAUGHTER LAMBS STEADY.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: CHOICE
AND PRIME 100-120 LBS. 50.00-52.00;
90-100 LBS. 48.00-50.00.
CRIPPLED AND
DISABLED
COWS, STEERS
& BULLS
Slaughter Under USDA Inspection
FREE CALL
1-800-234-COWS (2697)
215-286-9400
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Lnpanon, Berks, , M
Lancaster & Chester Co. if-.;
Peoria Sheep
Peoria, IL
July 24, 1990
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