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How to Tell a Good Goose
Most of us associate Valentine’s Day (February 14)
with hearts and romance, but some old-timers
used it as a gauge of their goose’s productivity
"On Valentine’s Day, will a good goose lay; if she be
a good goose, her dame well to pay, she will lay two
eggs before Valentine’s Day ” It was also a
trigger for bean planting in some English
Tf villages “On St Valentine’s Day, cast
jf beans in clay, but on St Chad (March 2),
sow good or bad ” Another old belief
was that “On Valentine’s Day, all
the birds of the air in couples do
join ” So 1 guess there was
little romance in with the
husbandry.
Love is a smoke raiseJ with the fume of
sighs
ns- Check your chimney (or creosote build-up by looking in
a mirror held just inside the opening when the fire is out.
Peppermint Chocolate Sauce
6 ounces semisweet
chocolate
1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoons peppermint
extract
1 cup water
Cut the chocolate into
chunks, combine with
other ingredients in a
heavy pot, and heat over
very low heat Do not
allow to boil, or the
chocolate will separate.
Stir well and simmer gen-
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Full Snow Moon, Feb. 11
- William Shakespeare
tly about 10 minutes, until
the sauce thickens Serve
over ice cream, fruits
(pears or berries are
good), cake, or brownies
Keeps well in the refriger
ator or freezer
Makes 10 servings.
CATTLE 501...PDA...COMPARED TO
LAST WEEK'S SALB..SL. STEERS
1.00-100 LOWER, SL. COWS STEADY
TO STRONG WITH SPOTS 2.00 HIGH
ER, SL. BULLS 3.00-S.OO LOW
ER-SUPPLY INCLUDED 116 SL.
STEERS AND HEIFERS, 282 SL. COWS,
21 BULLS AND 82 FEEDER CATTLE
SLAUGHTER STEERS: FEW HIGH
CHOICE AND PRIME 1200-1400 LBS.
64.0fr65.75, CHOICE 121S-146S LBS.
58.0065.50, COUPLE 1540 AND 16SS
LBS. 60.00 AND 60.25, SELECT
55.0062.75, STANDARD 49.00-57.00
& OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
HOLSTEINS: PEW CHOICE
1320-1455 LBS. 55.00-56.75, FEW
SELECT 49.75-54.25, STANDARD
43.5048.75.
After a rainy
winter, a
plentiful
HEIFERS: FEW HIGH CHOICE AND
PRIME 1145-1330 LBS. 63.756550,
CHOICE 1145-1350 LBS. 58.0064.25,
SELECT 55.25-61.00, STANDARD
42.0054.25.
summer.
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 37.75-42.25, ONE AT
44.00, CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY
33.25-4075, CANNBR AND LOW CUT
TER 26.0037.00 SHELLS DOWN TO
20.00.
Winter thunder
hodes summer
hunger.
BULLS: YG#l 1470-2130 LBS.
44.25-5150, ONE AT 54.00, PEW «2
1075-1625 LBS. 40.50-42.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS FEW
MED. AND LARGE FRAME *1 305-515
LBS. 78.00-94.00, 690-915 LBS.
56.00- MED. AND LARGE
FRAME #2 500-990 LBS. 51.00-58.00;
HEIFERS MED. AND LARGE FRAME
#1 300-510 LBS. 62.00-73.00, ONE LOT
AT 78.00, 645-915 LBS. 56.00-65.00,
FEW MED. FRAME #2 300-340 LBS.
44.0069.50, LARGE FRAME «2 495-925
LB. HOLSTEINS 42.00-55.00, ONE LOT
AT 64.00; BULLS FEW MED. AND
LARGE FRAME «1 420-865 LBS.
53.0073.00, FEW LARGE FRAME «2
255-465 LBS. 510067.00.
CALVES: 377...VBALERS STAN
DARD AND GOOD 75-125 LBS.
34.00- UTILITY 60-85 LBS.
15.00-
On Valentine’s
Day, set thy
hopper (seed
basket) hy mine.
Red clouds in
the east, rain
the next day.
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FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
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10.0012.00 HIGHER...*! HOLSTEIN
BULLS 90125 LBS. 800012000 BULK
OF SALES 95.00115.50, #210130 LBS.
33.008550, 7080 LBS. 25.0035.00;
FEW #1 HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90105
LBS. 625012750, #2 85-95 LBS.
37.5050.00; FEW BEEF CROSS BULLS
AND HEIFERS 80100 LBS. 375082.50.
HOGS; 28...50WS 1.003.00 HIGHER.
SOWS US#l-3 355-435 LBS. 34.0039.50,
500640 LBS. 31.0035.50.
BOARS: FEW 500-670 LBS.
16.001650.
FEEDER PIGS: 68... SLAUGHTER,
UTILITY 4075 LBS. 100022.00 PER
HEAD.
SHEEP; 11.. SLAUGHTER LAMBS
FEW CHOICE 65-90 LBS. 94.0010000,
COUPLE 115 AND 120 LBS. AT 75.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: ONE AT 46.00.
GOATS: 37...8Y THE HEAD, FEW
LARGE BILLIES 70.0077.50, ONE
LARGE NANNY AT 66.00, ONE MED.
AT 57.50, LARGE KIDS 24.0057.00,
COUPLE SMALL AT 15.00 HEAD.
Westminster Livestock
Auction
Hafentowa, Md.
February 3, 1998
Report wpplled by audio*
SLAUGHTER COWS: 104 HEAD,
1.00-2.00 LOWER. UTILITY
35.50-40.00; HIGH DRESSING T 041.75;
CANNERS 30.00-35.00; SHELLY 30.00
DOWN.
BULLS; 5 HEAD. YG#l 1200-1950
LBS. 43.00-52.00.
FED STEERS; HIGH CHOICE TO
PRIME 1200-1475 LBS. 65.0066.25;
CHOICE #2-3 1100-1450 LBS.
62.0064.00; LOW CHOICE 57.0061.50;
SELECT 52.0057.00.
FED HEIFERS: CHOICE 10501200
LBS. 60.0062.25; LOW CHOICE HOLS
TEINS 1200 LBS. 46.75.
VEAL CALVES: 152 HEAD. 1 PRIME
256 LBS. AT 94.00; 1 CHOICE AT 56.00.
CULLS 3.005.00 HIGHER. 85-110 LBS.
27.0035.00; 6085 LBS. 20.0029.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
5.0015.00 HIGHER. #1 95-120 LBS.
95.00115.00, SOME 120.00125.00;
85-95 LBS. 60.0099.00; *2 35.0060.00;
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 95-120 LBS.
10000135.00; 8090 LBS. 60.0090.00
BEEP X BULLS AND HEIFERS
50.008100.
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OFFERED. 1 LOT 272 LBS. T 35.25;
290-325 LBS. 30.00-32.00.
SOWS: FEW 500 LBS. AT 25.25.
BOARS: 350-550 LBS. 15.00-17.50.
STOCK CATOE: 102 HEAD. GOOD
DEMAND. STEERS MED. AND LARGE
FRAME 200-400 LBS. FEW TO *7.00;
400-600 LBS. 75.00-85.00; 600-700 LBS.
67.00-73.00; 700-900 LBS. FEW TO
65.00.
HEIFERS: MED. AND LARGE
FRAME 300-500 LBS. 63.00-78.00;
500-700 LBS. 56.00-71.00.
BULLS; MED. AND LARGE FRAME
200-400 LBS. 74.00-84.00; 400-650 LBS.
64.00-80.00.
LAMBS: 24 HEAD CHOICE 100-120
LBS. 82.00-92.00, 60-80 LBS.
97.00-120.0 a
SHEEP: 18 HEAD. LIGHTWEIGHTS
44.00- HEAVY 26.0040.00.
GOATS: 20 HEAD. LARGE
69.00- 1 AT 137.00; MED.
40.00- SMALL 20.004000.
PIGS AND SHOATS: 164 HEAD.
BULK SOLD BY LB. IN GRADED
SALES. BY THE HEAD, PEW LOTS
4060 LBS. 21.00-30.00, BY THE LB.
#l-2 76 HEAD 45-60 LBS. 55.0060.00,
FEW TO 70.00; 56 HEAD 60-75 LBS.
50.00- FEW 170-200 LBS.
3aoo-35.00.
Dewart Hay & Livestock
Demit, Pa.
Moaday, February 2, 1998
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STEERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTH.
HEIFERS: TOO PEW TO QUOTE.
GOOD COWS: 32.00-43.00.
CANNBRS AND CUTTERS
22.00-32.00.
BULLS: 24.00-37.00.
VEAL 130-190 LBS. 80.00-130.00,
90-130 LBS. 25.00-SO.OO.
HOGS: 35.0 a
SOWS; 26.00-28.00.
FEEDER PIGS; 15.00-30.00 HEAD.
HAY: 60100-185.00.
STRAW; 74.00-89.0 a
WOOD: 35.00-47.50 LOAD.
CORN: 65.00-102.0 a
OATS: 1.65-2.40 BU.
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