M-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 17, 1898
' Daylight Saving Time ends, Oct. 25.
St. Luke’s Little Summer
St Luke’s Little Summei is an early version of unsea
sonably warm wcathci, a next-to-last gasp ot the
summer’s warm hieath belore the real Indian
Summer arrises in November St Luke was the patron
saint of painters and physicians He’s desenbed as a
physician himself, who painted a portrait of the Virgin
Mary He’s usually depicted with an ox (lor saentice)
and artist's tools The hench call St Luke's Little
Summer I etc de ,S \la>tm or speak of I'etc dc la S
Dems a la S Maitm, which spans the pcnod between
October 9 and Novembei 11
On St. Luka s Day,
the oxen have leave
to play.
its- Be sure your perennials and herbs are well-mulched
now.
Cran-Apple Crisp
2 cups fresh cranberries
3 cups coarsely diced,
peeled apples (‘Granny
Smith', ‘Brsebum’, or other)
1 cup white sugar
1-1/2 cups rolled oats
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup maple syrup
freshly grated nutmeg
Butter a 2-quart baking
dish and pour into it
the cranberries, apples,
and sugar, mixing well In
a separate bowl, mix
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togethei
the oats,
butter.
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and salt.
Stir in the
maple
syrup and
pour the
oat mix-
ture over the fruit Grate
nutmeg over the top and
bake at 350° F for I hour,
oi until fruit is tender
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Contact
SLAUGHTER COWS: 145 HEAD. 1.00
LOWER. UTILITY 32.00-36.00; LOW
DRESSING 30,00-32.00; CANNERS
26.00-30.00; SHELLY 26.00 DOWN.
BULLS: 10 HEAD 2.00 LOWER YG#l
1500-1800 LBS. 41.00-42.00; YG #2
1300-2100 LBS. 35.00-39.00.
FED STEERS: FEW OFFERED.
FED HEIFERS: NO GRAIN FED.
M> OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
4S&
VEAL CALVES: 138 HEAD. CULLS
4.00- HIGHER; 85-110 LBS.
24.00- 65-85 LBS. 18.00-27.00.
FARM CALVES: HOLSTEIN BULLS
$B.OO-10.00 HIGHER: #1 95-120 LBS.
72.00- #2 40.00-70.00; 88-94 LBS.
30.00-
if the first
snow falls on
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 95-120 LBS.
125.00- #2 75-80 LBS. TO 45.00;
BEEF X BULLS & HEIFERS 75-90 LBS.
30.00-
moist, soft
BUTCHER HOGS: 26 HEAD 2.00
HIGHER #l*2 235-265 LBS.
29.00- #l 210-260 LBS.
27.00- #2&3 200-220 LBS. AT
25.00, 1 LOT 300 LBS AT 22.00.
SOWS: 450-600 LBS. 15.00-19.50.
BOARS: 350-650 LBS. 8.00-9.50.
STOCK CATTLE: 263 HEAD. PRICES
HIGHER MAINLY BLACKS. STEERS M
& L FRAME 300-500 LBS. 59.00-73.00,3
HEAD 74.00-84.00. 500-700 LBS.
57.00- 700-900 LBS. 50.00-55.50.
earth, it
indicates a
small harvest
for the following
year; if upon
hard ground,
a good harvest.
HEIFERS: M & L FRAME. 300-500
LBS. 55.00-65.00; 500-700 LBS.
57.00-63.50; 700-900 LBS. 49.00-54.00.
For every fog
in October, a
BULLS; M&L FRAME. 200-400 LBS.
59.00- 1 AT 81.00; 400-600 LBS.
55.00- 600-800 LBS. 45.00-56.00, I
AT 66.00.
snow in the
winter, heavy
or light, as
First Sunday
in the month
rain, and it
will rain every
Sunday of the
month.
Westminster Livestock
Auction
Hagerstown, Md.
October 13, 1998
Report supplied by auction
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SHEEP: 28 HEAD 23.00-35.00, FEW
TO 40.00.
LAMBS: 40 HEAD STEADY. HIGH
CHOICE 100-120 LBS. 61.00-67.00.
80-100 LBS. 62.00-70.00, 68-80 LBS.
63.0075.00,2 HEAD 148 AND 176 LBS.
45.00 AND 50.00.
GOATS: 25 HEAD. LARGE
60.00-86.00; MEDIUM 40.00-60.00;
SMALL 12.0025.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: SMALL RUN
BY THE HEAD, 5 HEAD 10 LBS.
3.00-6.00; 8 HEAD 40-50 LBS.
14.0015.00, 3 HEAD 95 LBS. 35.00; BY
THE LB. ST.BOARS 210 AT 19.00, 310
LBS AT 12.00.
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md
October 14, 1998
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: 84 HEAD. 1.00
HIGHER. UTILITY 32.5035.75; HIGH
DRESSING 36.0037.75, I AT 39.50;
CANNERS 27.0031.00; SHELLY 26.00
DOWN.
BULLS: 9 HEAD. YG#l 1283 AT
44.50; YG#2 ALL WEIGHTS
35.0041.00.
FED STEERS; BETTER QUALITY. H
CH&PR 1100-1400 LBS. 61.00-63.00, CH
2&3 58.00-61.00, OVER 56.00-60.00, L
CH 1000-1150 LBS. 54.00-56.50.
FED HEIFERS: CH 3*4 53.00-57.00, L
CH 1000-1150 LBS. 48.00-52.00.
VEAL CALVES: 122 HEAD. CULLS
85-110 LBS. 24.00-31.00; 60-85 LBS.
17.00-25.00.
FARM CALVES: STEADY PRICES.
HOLSTEIN BULLS #1 95-120 LBS.
70.00- 90-95 LBS. 35.00-55.00;
HOLSTEIN HEIFERS «l 95-120 LBS.
150.00- #2 75-110 LBS.
50.00- BEEF X HEIFERS TO
50.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: GOOD DEMAND
FROM COUNTRY BUTCHERS. 1&3
240-300 LBS. 28.Q0-35.00.
SOWS: 8 HEAD. 300-450 LBS.
17.00-21.00; 450-600 LBS. 25.00-30.00.
BOARS: 400 LBS. 8.00-9.50.
STOCK CATTLE: 274 HEAD MORE
BUYERS PRESENT. STEERS M AND L
FRAME 400-600 LBS. 59.00-70.00. FEW
TO 75.00; 600-700 LBS. 60.00-68.00. 1
AT 75.00; 700-800 LBS. 60.00-64.00;
800-900 LBS. 53.00-60.00.
HEIFERS: M AND L FRAME 300-500
LBS. 52.00-62.00; 500-700 LBS.
50.00- 700-900 LBS. 48.00-55.00.
BULLS: M AND L FRAME 200-400
LBS. 59.00-67.00; 400-600 LBS.
59.00- FEW TO 68.00-71.00,
600-700 LBS. 54.00-61.50.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: LARGE
SPRINGERS 900.00-1100.00; 1 SHORT
BRED SWISS AT 540.00, 1 OPEN 800
LBS. HOL AT 67.00. SMALL HEIFERS
240.00-330.00.
SHEEP; HEAVY WEIGHTS 23.00.
LAMBS: CHOICE 110-130 LBS.
6i .00-65.00; 90-110 LBS. TO 69.00; 70-90
LBS. TO 76.00.
GOATS: MEDIUM 40.00-54.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: 27 HEAD. BY
THE HEAD, 30-45 LBS. 10.00-15.00.
NEXT WED. OCT. 21, SPECIAL
DAIRY CATTLE CONSIGNMENT
SALE AT 7:00 PM. ALREADY PROM
ISED A 22 MO. OLD REG. HOL. BULL
OUT OF BLACK STAR SUN RECORDS
OF 35,000 LBS. MILK. PROVEN
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