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Peaceful Sapphire
September’s birthstone, the sapphire, was dedicated to
Apollo, perhaps for its heavenly blue color or possi
bly for its extreme hardness, second only to the dia
mond. St. Jerome insisted that anyone
wearing a sapphire could make peace
with his enemies, however, so the
oretically, Apollo wouldn’t __
have needed the gem to wear
into battle. For us mere mortals,
the sapphire was supposed to
help gain favor with the gods Pope
Innocent II had these stones set in all his SJ?
bishops’ rings The gem was also consid
ered a hedge against unchastity and evil.
Virtue is like a rick stone best plain set.
us- Mark your calendar to replace watch batteries annually.
Cape Breton Creamed Cabbage
t small cabbage
salt and pepper, to taste
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 tablespoons butter
legg
1 cup cream
Cut up cabbage and steam
until tender (under 10
minutes). Drain, then
season with salt, pepper,
vinegar, and butter. Beat
egg and cream, and stir
into the cabbage mixture,
reheating briefly to just
warm. Do not boil!
or population
this tali
through Spring of 99
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OLD
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WEATHER
PROVERBS
if St. Michael
(Sept. 2Q)
brings many
acorns,
Christmas will
cover the
fields with
snow.
Muck rain in
October, muck
wind in
December.
Warm
October, cold
February.
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Weekly Summary
Livestock
September 18. 1998
12 LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS CATTLE
4660 Compared with 1602 heat) lasi
week and 6162 head a year ago
Compared with last Fuday's sum
mary slaughlei steers and heifers un
evenly steady, si cows weak to I 00
lower, instances 200 lower, si bulls
steady to weak SLAUGHTER STEERS
High Choice & Prune 2-4 60 00-61 75,
Choice 1-1 57 00-61 60. Select and Low
Choice 2-1 54 00-61 60, Select 1-3
50 75-58 00, few Standard 1-2 42 50-
52 00 H3LSTEINS High Choice and
Pi tine 51 00-57 00, Choice 2-3 49 75-
54 60, Select 1-2 45 50-50 50, few
Standard 1-2 17 00-47 00
HEIFERS Choice 2-4 55 00-61 00,
Select 1-1 52 00-57 00, few Standard I
-2 40 00-52 50 COWS Breakers 75-
80% lean 35 00-40 50, few to 12 00,
Boners 80-85% lean 10 00-18 50, Lean
85 90% lean 26 50-15 75, few to
24 00 Shells down to 1 5 50
BULLS Yield Grade I 1000-2400 lbs
41 00-52 00, few 55 75, Yield Grade 2
900-2000 lbs 16 50-45 00
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS Medium
and Latgc I 275-500 lbs 60 00-75 00,
500-800 lbs 54 00-64 00, Medium and
Laige 2 150-750 lbs 42 00-57 00,
HEIFERS Medium and Large 1 100-500 s
54 00-66 00, 500-800 lbs 40 GO
-56 00 Medium and Large 2 275-650 lbs
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3 00-58 00, 500-800 lbs 40 00-56 00,
BULLS Medium and Large I 275-650
lbs 50 '<o-65 00, few to 75 00 Medium
and Large 2 100-500 lbs 45 00-55 00,
500-800 lbs 40 00-54 00
CALVES 1148 Compared with 2119
head last week and 1112 head a year ago ,
VEALERS steady Good 110-150 lbs
50 00-65 00, Standard and Good 70-115
lbs 19 00-3000, Utility 55-100 lbs
10 00-22 00, few to 5 00
FARM CALVES Holstein bull calves
weak to 10 00 lower, Holstein heifers
10 00 to 40 00 lower No I Holstein
bulls 90-125 lbs 40 00 88 00, No 2 85
125 lbs 10 00-55 00, few to 22 00. No
I Holstein heifers 80-125 lbs 120 00-
202 50, No 2 7 5-120 lbs 60 00-115 00,
few to 40 00 Beef type bulls and heifers
75-120 lbs 50 00-110 00
HOGS 1728 Compared with 456 head
last week and 1591 head a year ago Bar
rows and gilts steady to I 50 higher,
sows 200 to 500 highei BARROWS
AND GILTS 49-54% lean 220-265 lbs
27 50-29 00 few to 29 75 45-50%
210-280 lbs 26 00-28 00, 40-45% 220-
120 lbs 25 00-27 00 SOWS US 1-1
100-500 lbs 14 00-21 00, lew to 24 00.
500-700 lbs 16 00-24 00 BOARS lew
8 00-14 00
FEEDER PIGS 304 Compared with
240 head last week and 294 head a year
ago Feeder pigs US 1-3 25-50 lbs
8 00-17 00, 50-75 lbs 12 00-25 00
per head
All cattle are:
* Vaccinated and boostered with Fort Dodge
products for IBR, BVD, PI3, BRSV, Lepto,
Clostridials, and Pasturella;
* Dewormed with Dectomax
* Implanted with Synovex-S
* Individually tagged
* Weaned for 30 days and started on feed
* All cattle are M and L feeder grades and #1
muscling scores.
Offering:
70 head of Black and BWF steers plus 5
smokes average averaging 650 lbs.
* approximately half M-1 and half low-end L-I’s
* sired by Angus bulls with few Angu/Gelbvieh
* high performance expected in the feedlot and
on the rail
30 hdad of Black and 3 Red Angus X steers
averaging 520 lbs.
* high percentage M-I's and few L-1 ’s
* sired by Angus bulls with few Angus/Gelbvieh
* excellent small lot of backgrounding calves
33 head of Black and BWF calves averaging
480 lbs.
* sired by Angus bulls with 3 Angus/Gelbvieh
* offered choice and privilege with previous lot
Weighing conditions: 20 mi. haul to Green Co.
Fairgrounds during the week of October 12.
These are designed to be problem-free feeder cattle that you
can unload, feed and forget Known records over the past 4
years of the Roundup show there has been fewer than 0 5%
of the calves being treated after sale and zero death loss
Many of these calves are from known, high marbling
genetics Contact Dr. John Comertoril at 814-863-3661 lor
more information.
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SHEEP 2262 Compared with j 2 SO
head last week and 2354 head a year ago
Slaughter lambs steady to 500
higher SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice
40-60 lbs 85 00-125 00, 55-85 | b ,
68 00-100 00 mostly 70 00-90 00 80
120 lbs 65 00-85 00, few to 55 00
Good and Choice 40-70 lbs 60 00
90 00, 60-120 lbs 55 00-75 00
SLAUGHTER SHEEP 20 00-45 00
TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES
2034 Compared 1417 last week and
1709 head a year ago Feeder pigs 500
to 15 00 higher US 1-2 30-40 lbs
33 00-52 00, 40-50 lbs 34 00-57 00
50-60 lbs 40 00-6100, 60-70 lbs
50 00-54 00, 70-80 lbs 48 00-5100
Slaughter 20-25 lbs 8 3 00-90 00, 25-55
lbs 30 00-70 00 per hundred weight
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Calf Roundup
Teleauction Feeder Calf Sale
1 p.m. September 29,1998
Call 304-472-5300
* Mostly M-1 ’2
Sale Price Good Until
September 30,1998
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