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L**t Week
Left Year
CATTLE; Compared toUb week’* clo*-
in| price*, daughter ateen doaed weak to
30 lower. Slaughter heifer* weie not well
te*ted. Thi* week'a maiket ataited out fully
iteady and then dropped on Tueaday. Some
strength waa evident at the cloee, although
tale* were very apotty throughout the week.
Volatility waa die care for moat all of the
beef maiket* Ihia week, except for boxed
beef price* which were Heady to firm.
Slaughter cow* ended the week mixed,
after a iharp drop at mid-week. The 75-85
percent lean cow* doaed Beady to 1.00
lower. Lean cow* from 85-90 percent fm
iibed 30-1.50 higher with increaaed
itiength on Thnnday. Slaughter bulla
doaed 1.00-2.oolower. Thi* week'a aupply
included 47 percent daughter ateera, 6 per
cent daughter heifer*. 36 percent daughter
cowa, 6 percent bull* and the balance were
feeder cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice
md Prime 2-4 1140-1485 lb. 60.75-65.25,
few Charolaia X 2 1230-13S0 Iba
65.00- Choice 2-3 1025-1490 lb*
59.00- high dreaaing 1-2
6230-66.50. Select and low Choice 2-3
1120-1500lb* 55.00-61.75; 1500-17401b*
51-25-58.00. Select 1-3 1070-1510 lb*
50.75-57.85.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: High Choice and
Prime 2-3 1325-1615 Ibe 54.10-56.50 i
Choice 2-3 1130-1680 Ibe 51.85-55.00
Select and low Choice 2-3 1080-1630 Ibf
49J0- 53.75. Selea 1-2 1040-1590 lb*
46.50-52.00. Few Standard 1-2
42.00-45.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Few high
Choice and Prime 2-4 1200-1300 lb*
61.35-62.50. Choice 2-4 1060-1270 Ibe
57.754050 Select and low Choice 2-3.
965-1415 Ibe 54J0-58.00. Heifeieoea:
Choice 3-4 10601380 lb* 51.25-57.00
Few Commercial and Standard 2-4
9501300 lbs 48.0052.00
Beaver Run School
Fall Consignment Sale
Sept. 5,1998
Washingtonvflle, Montour Co., PA
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Items, Antiques, Quilts, Crafts, Furniture and
Etc. in Good Saleable Condition.
For Free Advertising Consign by Aug. 15.
Sale Committee:
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We Sell On Commission
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ABSOLUTE AUCTION
ONE MILLION DOLLAR INVENTORY
Heaters, Air Conditioners and Parts
Contents of Philadelphia’s Largest
“Carriers” Distributor
Wednesday, July 29,1998
10 a.m. On Site
★
HVAC Equipment, Carrier, Payne, Reznor,
Hydrotherm, Mitsubishi, Tetco Air Temp,
Fngidaire, and more; 150 Gas & Oil Furnaces,
200 Condensing Units, 600 Window Air
Conditioners, Fancoils, Magic Aire, Split
Systems Commercial, Heat Pumps, Reznor
Refrigerant Specialties, Compressors, Motors &
Accessories, Factory Parts, Controls,
Installation Material and Supplies, Servicing
Material and Replacement Components, Tools,
Test Instruments, Meters, Copper Pipe, PVC
Pipe, Freon, Building Material Trailer Load, R
-19 Insulation, 10 Trailer Loads of Ceramic Tile
4" to 12", 3500' of 12”xl2” Marble, 3000’ of
Oak Hardwood Flooring, 75 PH Exterior Doors,
300 SC Doors, 400 HC Doors, 5000' of Pine
Molding, 150 Asst. Windows, Tubs, Toilets,
Sinks, Faucets, Large Inventory of Tools, 1000'
of Pallet Racking, Forklifts, Cars and Trucks.
Terms: $lOO.OO Refundable Deposit Required
to Bid, 10% Buyers Premium. All Sales Cash or
Certified Funds.
Inspection: Morning of Sale, SAM to Start of
Sale
Auctioneers Note: This Sale is a Contractor’s
Dream. Never Seen at Auction? Short Notice,
Don’t Miss It.
SLAUGHTER COWS*: PERCENT
LEAN WEIGHT BULK LOW DRESS
ING Breaker* 75-80 pet lean over-1400 lb*
373042.25 36.0039.25 Boner* 8085 pet
lean over-1200 lb* 34.50-41.50
33.0035.75 Lean (Hi-Yield) 85-88 pa lean
over-1200 lb* 33303830 33.003530
Lean 88-90 pa lean over-1000 Iba
30.75-37.75 28.003430 Lean (Light-Wt)
85-90 pa lean 750 -1000 lb* 293035.25
•Over 95 percent of mpply consiated of
Holstein cow*.
Leesport
Livestock
Lecaport, PA
Wedncaday, July 22, 1998
No Report Available By PDA
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE 542..3UPPLY INCLUDED
52 SL. STEERS AND HEIFERS, 79 SL
OWS, AND 20 FEEDER CATTLE.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-3
TO 61.75, FEW SELECT 1-3 58.0060.00,
STANDARD 1-2 47.0051.00
HOLSTEIN STEERS: HIGH CHOICE
AND PRIME TO 59.00, STANDARD
40.0047.00.
HEIFERS: FEW CHOICE 2-4
1105-1131 LBS. 56.0059.25, SELECT
1-3 54.0057.00
COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 2-4 37.0039.75. CUT
TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-3
30.0035.00, CANNER AND LOW CUT
TER 1-2 17.003000
SHELLS DOWN TO 100.
BULLS: HOLSTEINS 44.0049.75.
CALVES: 157..VBALERS 90-HOLES
TO 78.00; HEIFER CALVES 1.00-1.35.
HOGS; 18.. .BARROWS AND GILTS
33.50-34.50.
BOARS: ONE LOT 255 LBS. 13.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 140... PER HEAD
12.00-28.00.
SHEEP; ...SLAUGHTER LAMBS
CHOICE 50.00-70.00, HEAVIES TO
80.00 AND UP.
Public Auction Register
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100 & Phoenixvllle, PA. Collectors WED. JULY 29 - 7PM Four
Auction, toys, dolls, stamps, States Lvst. Sales, Hagerstown,
advertising & Ephemera. Kathy MD. Brown Swiss Herd Dlpsersal,
Maurer. AucL. 610-970-7588. 27 reg. Brown Swiss, 2 Jersey 4 3
WED. JULY 29 -,IOAM. 3950 D Hptetelns. By Ricterd 4 Maitene
St, Philadelphia, PA Heaters, air Block. Sale bam 301-733-8120
BUY SELL TRADE
13th ANTIQUE HUNTING & FISHING SHOW & SALE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1,1998 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Lancaster Farm and Home Center,
Arcadia Road, Lancaster Pa.
Take Service Road off Rt 72 South (Manheim Pike)
off Rt 30 & Rt. 283, Turn between Jones Pontiac and
Conestoga Marine (follow show signs)
Admission: $3.00 • Air Conditioned
Early Bird Admission $lO.OO - 8 a.m.
HUNTING & FISHING LICENSES, SHELL BOXES,
OLD LURES, PLUGS, REELS, DECOYS, FISHING
RODS, BOOKS, POSTERS, KNIVES, GUNS,
TRAPS, PICTURES, RELATED ITEMS, HUNTING &
All State, Federal and Local Regulations Apply
Remittance must accompany reservation
Send to Ron Funk, R & S Enterprises,
34 North Vintage Road, Paradise, PA 17562
Information' (717) 442-4279 evenings
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Lebanon Valley Livestock Mkt.
Farm Machinery
Consignment Sale
August 1,1998 9:00 AM
1 mile east of Fredericksburg, PA, along Rt. 22
TRACTORS: 1H1466, ID 125 Skid Loader, 154
Cub
EQUIPMENT: JD1209 Haybme, 4 Star Tedder,
Woods Finishing Mower, Mr Sickle, IH 14 Rake,
IH 56 Blower, H&S Wagon, IH Round Baler,
JD336 Baler w/Thrower, JD 3960 Chopper, Stone
Rake, 12 ft. Packer, IH 4 Semi Mount, 3000 Gal
Manure Tank.
LAWN & GARDEN: White Horse 111, JD 111,
Bolens 1402, Work Horse, JD 212, Sears 12,
JD6OO Amt.
BUILDING MATERIALS:Doors, Windows, Old
Window Glass, Hot Bed Sash
TERMS: Cash or Approved Check Day of Sale.
All items must be removed within 5 days of sale
unless arrangements have been made.
F.M.I. Call: Dave 717-866-5783
Neil 717-933-4865
Brian 215-257-6271
Keith Byers AU-1924-L
Gerald Hoover AU-2794
Any announcements made day of sale
take precedence over printed matter.
Auctioneers
I recently attended the national
meeting of the American Society
for Horticultural Science and was
able to collect a great deal of
information about the production
of fruit and vegetable crops. Over
the next few months I intend to
pass that information on to the
readers of this column.
Watch Soil Moisture Levels
As I wrote last month, the hot
temperatures that we are having
now can have dramatic effects on
the yield and quality of your fruit
and vegetable crops.
You need to be carefully
monitoring both fruit and
vegetable crops for their water
status and be sure to apply water
before drought stress can reduce
yields and crop quality. Research
conducted in Ohio showed that a
slight water stress on nursery
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stock resulted in a growth
reduction of 50% compared to
well-watered control plants. The
stress applied to the plants did not
result in any visible symptoms
(leaf wilt, loss of leaf glossiness)
so the researchers could not tell
the plants were stressed other than
through soil moisture
measurements.
I had read before that plants
can be experiencing water stress
without any visible symptoms
but this research project
dramatically demonstrated this
effect. While your fruit and
vegetable yields may not be
reduced by 50% if your plants are
stressed, you should still keep
your plants wall watered to
harvest the largest and highest
quality crop.
No-Till Vegetables
There has been greater interest
in no-till vegetable production in
the US in recent years. The
advantages of this system include
soil erosion control, labor and
fuel savings, improved field
conditions following rains, and
water conservation due to reduced
runoff.
Numerous studies have shown
the advantages of this system for
the production of both field crops
(com, soybeans) as well as many
types of vegetables. However,
there are some disadvantages of
this system including weed
control problems, necessary
equipment modifications, delayed
maturity of early-spnng planted
crops, problems with application
of soil-applied chemicals, and
residual habitat for certain diseases
and insects.
I attended a half-day workshop
on the use of cover crops in
vegetable production and based on
that discussion and personal
experiences I would encourage
more Lancaster county vegetable
producers to examine this system
for the production of some of the
crops on your fields.
Based on the discussions, the
no-till system will not be useful
for the production of early crops
of tomatoes, com, or melons.
There is just no way to warm the
soil sufficiently to get the
necessary early growth of these
crops. However, for late-planted
crops, especially pumpkins. I
think this system has enough
benefits for you to try it. There
are a few keys to being successful
with a no-till system.
First, you need to obtain a
dense, uniformly distributed ,
weed-free cover crop prior to
planting. If you do not have a
dense enough stand then you will
most likely have weed problems
later in the year.
Next - you need to thoroughly
kill the cover crop prior to
planting and leave a heavy residue.
Not killing the co.ver crop will
lead to unwanted competition for
water and nutrients.
Third - you need to establish
crop plants with a minimum
disturbance of surface residue and
surface soil. Again - weed
problems can arise with too much
soil disturbance. And finally - you
need to practice year-round weed
control. You need to have either a
vegetable crop or a cover crop on
the field at all times. Never leave
the field fallow to produce a 'crop'
of weeds and weed seeds.
I feel that pumpkins are an
ideal crop to produce using no-till
procedures. The seed is large and
easy to establish. Transplants can
also be used and they too are easy
to establish. Pumpkins are planted
later in the season so the soil
would have a chance to warm up.
In addition, you do not need to
apply soil treatments in order to
establish a pumpkin crop. And
finally, by planting pumpkins
after a cover crop containing some
hairy vetch, you should not need
to apply any nitrogen fertilizer to
produce the crop. Growers who
have grown pumpkins in a no-till
field with sufficient residue have
also told me that the fruit is much
cleaner at harvest - an additional
benefit to the producer and the
buyer.
The best cover crop for
pumpkin production would be a
mix of both hairy vetch and rye.
The vetch will provide nitrogen
(as I mentioned earlier) and the rye
would produce the long-term
residue necessary for season-long
weed control. Unsatisfactory
results have been obtained with
just vetch cover crops for two
reasons. First - the residue breaks
down too fast and weed control
can be a problem.
Second - some growers have
had excessive vine growth because
the vetch left too much nitrogen
in the soil. Straight rye cover
crops are not ideal because they do
not provide any nitrogen to the
soil and may even tie-up some of
the nitrogen in your soil while the
residue breaks down.
One common problem with a
vetch-rye cover crop system is
that the cover needs to be
established in September in order
to get satisfactory growth of the
vetch before winter. Many
growers do not have a field
available at this time to establish
the cover crop.
However, with some planning
before crop ent you may be able
to have the field space available in
early fall for cover crop
establishment. I strongly
encourage you to look into no-till
pumpkin production on your
farm.
If you are interested in the no
till system and want to see first
hand a farm that is sucessfully
using no-till then you should
attend the "Tools for Transition"
Farm Field Day at Cedar Meadow
Farm in Holtwood on July 29
from 10.00 AM until 3:00 PM
Steve Groff has been using
no-till on his farm for 14 years
and can provide information and
tips lor successfully using this
system on your farm Steve has
produced both pumpkins and
tomatoes using no-till and has
been very satisfied with- the
results. Contact the extension
office for additional details on this
field day.
Tim Elkner
Penn State Cooperative
Extension 1383 Arcadia Rd , Rm.
I Phone (717) 394-6851
Lancaster, PA 17601-3184 FAX
(717) 394-3962