New Holland Horses New Holland Sales Stables New Holland, PA Monday, Oct. 22, 1990 REPORT SUPPLIED BY AUCTION REGISTERED RECEIPTS OF 332 HEAD OF HORSES. MULES AND PONIES. MARKET STEADY. DRIVING HORSES: 475.00-1200.00. RIDING: 425.00-770.00. LIGHTWEIGHT KILLERS: 400.00- HEAVYWEIGHT KILLERS: 525.00- THIN HORSES: 170.00-360.00. MARE PONIES: 45.00-200.00. COLTS: 40.00-90.00. GELDINGS: 45.00-200.00. LARGER PONIES: 250.00-325.00. Buffalo Produce MifTllnburg R 3 Oct. 23 and Oct. 25, 1990 Report Supplied by Auction APPLES: YELLOW DELICIOUS, MACINTOSH 4.00-9 00 BU. CABBAGE: 2.50-3.50 50 LBS. CAULIFLOWER: .40-.75. BROCCOLI: 8.25 (18 COUNT). GOURDS: 2.00-4.00 ’/i BU. SQUASH: BUTTERNUT 2.00-5.25 BU.; ACORN 2.00-4.50 BU. PUMPKINS: FACE .25-1.15 EACH. PEPPERS: 4.00-9.00 FOR LARGE: 3.00- FOR MEDIUMS; RED 6.00- ALL 1 1/9 BU. TOMATOES 4.00-10.00 25 LB. 'A BU. AUCTION DATES NEXT WEEK ARE TUESDAY AND THURSDAY. WATCH FOR CHRISTMAS TREE AND CRAFT AUCTION TUES. NOV. 20, AND TUES. DEC. 4. 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AROUND 10% COWS. Good’s Hay Leola, Pa. Wed., Oct. 24, 1990 Report Supplied by Auction 72 LOADS. ALFALFA; 60.00-145.00 MIXED HAY; 71.00-123.00. TIMOTHY: 80.00-129.00. CORN; 73.00-96.00; NEW CORN 76.00-79.00. STRAW: 63.00-111.00. GRASS; 78.00-83.00. CLOVER: 41.00. kssMhis X | PURINA CHOWS | Nsr Rt.B2 Unionville, PA 18375 (215)347-2377 Fall Harvest Is Here, Bountiful VERNON ACHENBACH JR. green bell peppers, hot pcp- Lancaster Fanning Staff pers .. . the p i ethora of EPHRATA (Lancaster locally-raised fresh produce has Co.) The past spring and sum- been flowing in a seemingly end mer has offered a cornucopia of i ess stream from truck patch to garden produce to Pennsylvania table. residents and a brisk and healthy business to both roadside markets and sellers at auction houses. Asparagus, sugar peas, sweet com, tomatotes and potatoes, let tuce, cabbage, cucumbers, red and Jersey Shore Livestock Market, Inc. Auction every Thuriday at 4:00 p.m. Jersey Shore, Pa. Report supplied by Auction Thursday, October 25, 1990 RETURN TO FARM CALF 1.00-1.45. GOOD VEAL 70.00-99.00. COMMON VEAL 35.00-69.00. CHOICE STEERS 73.00-77.75. SELECT STEERS 68.00-72.00. COMMON STEERS 58.0067.00. COMMERCIAL COWS 50.0055.00. CANNERS-CUTTERS 44.0053.00. SHELLS 38.0043.00. CHOICE HEIFERS 69.00-71.75. SELECT HEIFERS 64.0068.00. COMMON HEIFERS 58.0063.00. GOOD FEEDERS 65.0084.00. COMMON FEEDERS 40.0064.00. BULLS 54.0064.00. GOOD HOGS 53.0055.75. HEAVY HOGS 45.0052.00. According to Virginia McGo wan, roadside market hot line spe cialist for the state Department of Agriculture (PDA), the supply of state-grown fruits and vegetables has been very good and prices steady. “It was a very good year.” she said. For most of the summer, a conti nuous report of the condition and price of state-raised fruits and veg etables has been available through the state’s roadside market program. The program is a weekly report available to those with a home computer (through the Penn State University computer service Penn Pages), and it is also available via telephone on a pre-recorded ser vice line, courtesy of the state agri culture department. For many years, the hotline has continued to be a popular service. McGowan reports that the prog ram is widely used by producers, retailers and consumers through out the state to gauge current price ranges on Pennsylvania-grown fruits and vegetables. According to hodine reports, crops have increased in abun dance, diversity and availability for some time. Even with the wan ning growing season, the number of items at roadside stands is great. “At times the quanities (of items) get low, but I can’t imagine anything being absent due to weather or a poor growing sea son,” McGowan said. 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You would think that season is over,” McGowan said. However, the availability of the summer crops, such as fresh vine ripened tomatoes, will not con tinue for long. Last Saturday, a heavy frost hit many parts of the state, sending the first killing shock through regions with fields of temperature sensitive plants. More frost is expected this weekend. Some in the fruit and vegetable business, such as Neil Courtney, manager of Buffalo Produce auc tion in Mifflinburg, say they sus pect the last offerings of the sum mer vegetables are likely to be seen very soon, if not this coming week. “Saturday morning in Buffalo came the first killing frost,” Court ney said. “The tomato crop could be over this weekend because of forecasted frosts.” However, for Buffalo Produce and the suppliers and buyers who use the facility the end of the growing season will close a year of good business, according to Courtney. “Every item of produce this summer was in good supply. Qual ity varied though due to wet weath er conditions,” Courtney said. “In general terms, prices have followed supply,” he said. At Buffalo, which has been in operation for the past four years, business has picked up. “We increased growers by about 140 this year,”'Courtney said. “I UL LISTED (Turn to Pago A 33) HARDY OUTSIDE WOOD FURNACE HEATS YOUR HOME AND YOUR HOT WATER