AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 22, 1995
Happy Birthday, Robert B!
The founder of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, Robert
Bailey Thomas, was bom in Grafton, Massachusetts
on April 24, 1766 229 years ago. The first of 12
editors and 23 publishers to concern themselves with
The Old Farmer’s Almanac, now in its 203rd anniver
sary issue, Robert B. put out 54 editions before he died
in 1846. The Old was added to the title from 1832 to
1835, and then permanently from 1848, to reduce con
fusion with competing almanacs. Now
collector’s items, the old issues still
crop up in attics, backhouses, and
bams around New England. The origi
nal issue cost sixpence (about nine
cents)
Everything has a beginning.
Frenck proverk
is- Freshly-cut cucumber rinds will discourage crickets
end cockroaches from taking up housekeeping.
Daniel Webster’s Chowder
4 tablespoons chopped
onion, fried In salt pork
1 quart boiled potatoes,
mashed
1-1/2 pounds sea biscuit
1 teaspoon thyms
1 teaspoon summer savory
1/2 bottle mushroom catsup
1 bottle clsret or port wine
1/2 nutmeg, grated
some cloves, mace, and
allspice
6 pounds ses bass or
cod, sliced
25 large oysters
black pepper, to taste
lemon slices for garnish
Walpurgis Night, April 30
Put all ingredients except
lemons in a pot, cover
with an inch of water,
and boil for one hour,
stirring occasionally.
(Reputedly, boatmen
prepare it better than
others.) Garnish each
ing with a
of lemon.
Serves a
crowd!
Four States
Livestock
Hagentown, Md.
April 19, 1995
Report mppllod by Auction-
SLAUGHTER COWS: STEADY
PRICES. UTILITY 39.00-43.00; HIGHD
DRESSING 43.50-46.25; CANNERS
36.00- SHELLY 36.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l 1400-1850 LBS.
53.00- 5; 2 2200 LBS. 48.00 AND
49.00; YG«2 1400 LBS. 45.0tM8.00.
FED STEERS: 2.00-3.00 LOWER.
HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME 1100-1400
LBS. 63.00-65.00; 14S0-ISSO LBS.
59.00- AVG. CHOICE 1100-1400
LBS. 60.00-63.00; SELECT 57.(XF60.00.
FED HEIFERS: HIGH CHOICE TO
PRIME 10S0-13S0 LBS. 60.00-62.50;
LOW CHOICE 900-1 ISO LBS.
55.00-
OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
m-
VEAL CALVES: CHOICE. NONE;
CULLS FEW 60-100 LBS. 52.00-62.00;
WEAK/ROUGH 45.00 DOWN.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
#1 90-120 LBS. 10S.00-I26.00; #2 80-110
LBS. 70.00-100.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
«190-120 LBS. 180.00-200.00; «2 75-110
LBS. 130.00-17S.00; BEEF X BULLS TO
11200; HEIFERS TO 90.00.
When leaves
show their
undersides,
Be sure that
rain hetides.
BUTCHER HOGS: US#l&3 225-260
LBS. TO 35.25; 1 LOT269LBS. AT 34.00;
1 LOT 215 LBS. AT 30.25.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS MEDIUM
AND LARGE FRAME 200-400 LBS.
70.00- 400-600 LBS. 68.00-78.00;
600-800 LBS. 60.00-71.00; 800-950 LBS.
52.00-
if the oak
before the ash
comes out,
There has
heen or will he
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 57.00-67.00;
500-700 LBS. 54.00-67.00; 700-900 LBS.
49.00-57.00.
drought.
When the
goose hone
exposed to air
turns blue, it
indicates rain.
Many gnats
m spring
indicate that
the autumn
wi II he warm.
BULLS: 300-500 LBS. 65.00-7200;
500-700 LBS. 60.0068.00; 700900 LBS.
49.006000.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: LARGE
FRESH AND SPRINGING
800.0098S.00; MEDIUM 700.00800.00;
SHORT BREDS 635.00775.00; OPEN
HEIFERS 400600 LBS. 360.00S85.00;
SMALL 200.00400.00; BY THE POUND
TO 115.00.
SHEEP: 28.0036.00, FEW TO 47.00.
LAMBS; 1 CHOICE 85 LBS. AT
101.00; FEW 5065 LBS. 117.00127.00.
GOATS: MEDIUM TO 39.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS; 38 HEAD. BY
THE HEAD FROM TESTED HERDS,
3040 LBS. TO 20.00; 4055 LBS.
24.0027.00.
SOWS: 300450 LBS. 21.0025.50;
450600 LBS. 26.0030.50.
BOARS: 235 LBS. TO 25.75.
NEXT WED., APRIL 26: SPECIAL
FEEDER CATTLE SALE. PROMISED: 1
PUREBRED ANGUS BULL, 900 LBS.
CAN BE REGISTERED.
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Frederiduburg, PA
Tueeday, April 18, 1995
Report wpplled by Auction
STEERS: 24 HEAD. CHOICE 1395
LBS. 64.00; HOLSTEINS CHOICE
1335-ISBO LBS. 58.25-61.50, SELECT
1245-1620 LBS. 54.5057.25, STAN
DARD 11101285 LBS. 48.75-53.25.
HEIFERS: 11 HEAD. CHOICE
980-1065 LBS. 58.25-61.75, SELECT
980-1225 LBS. 54.50-58.00.
COWS: SO HEAD. BREAKING UTILI.
TY AND COMMERCIAL 42.00-44.75
CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY
39.25-42.75, CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER 36.50-39.25, SHELLS 36.50 AND
DOWN.
BULLS; 6 HEAD. YG#l 1020-1070
LBS. 50.25-53.25; YG#2 1040-1700 LBS
44.25-46.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: HEIFERS 265
LBS. 64.00.
CALVES: 57 HEAD. STANDARD
AND GOOD 70-95 LBS. 40.00-50.00
UTILITY 60-65 LBS. 20.00-30.00; FARM
CALVES, HOLSTEIN BULLS #1 95-125
LBS. 110.00-120.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS
#2 85-95 LBS. 70.00-92.00; HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS #1 85 LBS. 155.00-157.00
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #2 75 LBS. 100.00
BEEF X BULLS AND HEIFERS 80-85
LBS. 50.00-57.00; 115 LBS. 120.00,
HOGS: 39 HEAD. US#l-3 253-260
LBS. 33.00-34.00.
SOWS: 22 HEAD. US«I-3 485-595
LBS. 28.00-30.00; #2-3 435-480 LBS.
24.00-27.00.
BOARS; 2 HEAD 250 LBS. 22.00; 415
LBS. 20.00.
SHEEP: 9 HEAD. SLAUGHTER
SHEEP 23.00-28.00.
GOATS: 4 HEAD. LARGE
65.00-76.00, MEDIUM 27.00-52.00.
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