-Afrfcwcmer Ftnt^.'Srtlir^ f3»»* The Great Pancake Race Pancakes have been the traditional feast on Shrove Tuesday in Britain, Germany, and Scandinavia since the thirteenth century The bell calling the penitent to church actually became known as the pancake bell According to legend, in 1 44*s in Olney, England, a harried housewife raced off to church still clutching her frying pan complete with cakes' Every year since, the Pancake Race has been held in Olney on Shrove Tuesday Townswomen over Ift years old, clad in aprons and head scarves, race from the marketplace to the church (415 yards), flipping the pancakes three times en route In 1949, women Jaycees in Liberal. Kansas, staged a similar event, and these two i unlikely sister cities continue this pre- Lenten tradition to the present But hark, I hear the pancake hell / And fritters make a gallant smell. Poor ROLI s Almanac, 1684 c*' Float corks in th« water to support flowers when you don’t have enough stems to fill the vase. Shrove Tuesday, February 15 New Holland Dairy New Holland Salea Stables Wednesday, February 9, 1994 Report supplied by auction DAIRY COWS 157; HEIFERS 112 AND 1 BULL. MARKET STRONGER. LOCAL FRESH COWS 550.00-9*5.00. FRESH HEIFERS 860.00-1300.00. LOCAL SPRINGERS 710.00-1000.00. 3‘ OLD UPSTATE LOADS FRESH FARMER'S 1050.00-1500.00. iirrimrirn HERD OF 42 HEAD ALL STAGES WEATHER FORECAST ''load OF CANADIAN FRESH 935.00- SPRINGERS 830.00- springing heifers large 1060.00- 1200.00, SMALL 800.00-980.00. SHORT BRED HEIFERS 675.00- REGISTERED HEIFERS 835.00- Northeast: Cold and clear, some flurries north, then milder, showers: turning cold with ram and snow OPEN BREEDING AGE HEIFERS Southeast: Cold, flurries, then sunny and warm, turning cold with ram and freezing ram FRESH COWS Needed immediately: new housing for ■ Breeder Contracts ■ Layer Contracts ■ Pullet Contracts 101’x245' 3000 head tunnel ventilated hog tlQjehlng houw 1 -800-673-2580 For Information on new contract* being offered by local feed and livestock companies r ~ agri systems North last 600.00- SMALL OPEN HEIFERS 270.00- BULLS 1 AT 810.00. HERD OF 54 HEAD ALL STAGES 600.00- Four Stales Livestock Hagentown, Md. February 9, 1994 Report supplied by Auction SLAUGHTER COWS: LIGHT RUN; ICE STORM I UTILITY 45.00-49.00; HIGH DRESSING 49.50-50.00; CAN NERS 42.00-46.00; SHELLY 42.00 DOWN. BULLS: YG#l 1380 LBS. 60.25. FED STEERS: FEW OFFERED. LOW CHICE 1250 LBS. AT 70.25; 1 1410 LBS. AT66.00; 2 HOLSTEINSI7SO-1820LBS. 55.00-60.00. FED HEIFERS: 1 CHOICE 1315 LBS. AT 68.00. VEAL CALVES: CHOICE. NONE; FEW 160-180 LBS. 85.00-90.00; BULLS Pennsylvania’s Authorized