AfrUncatter Farming, Friday, January 10, 1907
3T
“Best Thing Since
Sliced Bread”
January 18, 1943, was when the sale of sliced bread
was discontinued until the end of World War 11. How
much of a hardship was it? Pnces had been going up
and up, despite the scarcity of butter. (Most butterfat
was being diverted to the manufacture of cheese.)
Margarine was subject to a ten percent tax if it was arti
ficially colored, so more and more Americans colored
their own with vegetable dyes or used it white. Sliced
bread had been around for only about a dozen years,
first introduced by the Wonder Bread company of
Battle Creek, Michigan, in 1930 Consumers were wary
at first; sliced bread went stale quicker. But the conve
" t i mence caught on
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Buy a serrated bread knife, and let the loaf cool slightly
before you slice it.
Lemon Walnut Bread
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter JVeheat oven to 350° F.
1 cup sugar MCream the butter and
2 *9B* I sugar, add the eggs, and
2 scant cups flour, sifted beat. Sift dry ingredients
1 scant tablespoon baking into t bj s and add lemon
P ow(ler juice and buttermilk. Beat
1/2 teaspoon baking soda , enough (0 mix , then
1/4 teaspoon salt add pour into a
m cup fresh lemon juice ed , f
1/2 cup buttermilk b , , , n .
1 cup chopped bake 50 to 60 m.n
walnuts ule , s - Coo > on a
Makt* 1 loaf.
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Man Joes not live by
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pre-sliced bread.
- Denis William Brogan (1944
The American Character")
to Qualified Producers
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
FiwUrlCtabmi, PA
Friday, January 3, 1997
Report MppUcd bj Auction
STEERS; CHOICE 1250-1400 LBS.
67.00-69.50.
HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 57.0060.00.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 34.00-37.00; CUTTER
AND BONING UTILITY 28.00-32.00,
CANNER AND LOW CUTTER
26.00-27.75; SHELLS 22.00 AND
DOWN.
fa OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS,
FARM CALVES: #1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 60.00-70.00; #2 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 45.00-SS.OO.
STEERS HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME
1200-1450 LBS. 68.00-72,00; CHOICE
1150-1450 LBS. 65.00-67.50; SELECT
62.00- STANDARD 57.00-59.00.
HOLSTEINS: SELECT 48.50-53.25;
STANDARD 40.00-46.00.
'HEIFERS: HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 65.00-67.00; CHOICE
62.00- SELECT 55.00-60.00;
STANDARD 45.00-50.00.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 35.00-38.75; CUTTER
AND BONING UTILITY 30.00-34.50;
CANNER AND LOW CUTTER
25.00- SHELLS 20.00 AND
DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l 40.50-45.00.
Always expect
a thaw in
January.
January thaw,
July freshet.
Cumulus
clouds smaller
at sunset than
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’ CALVES: STANDARD AND GOOD
40.00-45.00; UTILITY 25,00 AND
DOWN.
FARM CALVES: «1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 75.00-89.00; *2 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 65.00-74.00; BEEF X BULLS
AND HEIFERS 60.00-85.00.
HOGS: US#l-2 220-240 LBS.
50.00-51.00.
SOWS; US#l-3 47.00-48.00; US9I-3
44.00-46.00; #2-3 38.00-40.00.
BOARS: 30.00-35.00.
SHEEP: HIGH CHOICE AND PRIME
90-95 LBS. 85.00-89.00.
GOATS: LARGE 75.00; MEDIUM
49.00-51.00; SMALL 30.00-37.00.
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CATTLE 299.-SUPPLY INCLUDED
66 FED STEERS AND HEIFERS. 41
FEEDER CATTLE. COMPARED WITH
DEC. IS...STEERS STEADY, COWS
1.00-2.00 LOWER.
STEERS CHOICE 1005-1365 LBS.
64.50-69.50; SELECT 56.00-64.50.
HOLSTEINS HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 1345-1625 LBS. 64.25-66.25;
CHOICE 1290-1665 LBS. 56.75-64.00;
SELECT 51.00-58.00; STANDARD
34,75 WjML , a,.. , ,
Hinm ciKVX raw 945-1070
» wri
raw to
42.00. CUTTER ft BONINO UTTUTY
25.00- CANNER ft LOW CUTTER
22.00- SHELLS 15.00-20.00.
BULLS: YIELD GRADE «11110-1160
LBS. 40.0045.29. ONE YIELD GRADE
•2 37J0.
FEEDER CATTLE: M«2 HEIFERS
20.00- FEW BULLS2O.OO-32.00, #2
HOLSTEIN STEERS 25.00-33J0.
CALVES: 174. STANDARD ft GOOD
155-315 LBS. 25.00-57J0. 10-105 LBS.
15.00- UTILITY 55-115 LBS.
5.00-
FARM CALVES: «1 HOLSTEIN
BULLS 95-125 LBS. 70.00-90.00. *2
BULLS 15-115 LBS. 35.00415.00 #1
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-125 LBS.
112.50-135.00.
HOOS: 67. BARROWS ft GILTS
COMPARED TO DEC. It. 1996
STEADY. BARROWS ft GILTS US 1-3
242-274 LBS. 51.00-54.00; SOWS U&S
1-3 335-4*3 LBS. 41J045.00, BOARS
ONE AT 29 JO.
FEEDER PIGS *O. US 1-3 2347 LBS.
100.00-135.00 PER CWT.
SHEEP: IS. CHOICE SLAUGHTER
LAMBS 60-120 LBS. 85.00-115.00,
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 20.0040.00.
GOATS: 6. MATURE GOATS
42.00-64.00 PER HEAD.