AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 2, 1999
St. Distaff’s Day
On January 7, “neither work nor play,” says the old
proverb, but the women were expected t< > get back to
their spinning on this first day following Epiphany
and the holidays. A distaff is the staff that holds the flax
or wool in spinning It came to sym
bolize the domestic sphere in gen
eral, and "the distaff side” meant
the woman’s side of the family.
Distaff Day was also called
Rock Day, the rock indicat
ing a weight for holding the
spinning fleece taut as it was
y' ■*~V >r
being twisted into yarn. Inter
estingly, Plough Monday, the first Monday after
Epiphany (January 11, this year) was when men were
supposed to resume work, giving them extra days off.
House goes mad when women gad.
ca Stuck in the snow? Try placing your car floor mats
under the tires.
Corny Corn Bread
2 cups yellow cornmeal
2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 teaspoons salt
2-1/2 cups milk
1-1/2 cups corn oil
5 eggs
1-1/2 cups cooked corn
kernels
Combine the dry ingredi
ents in one bowl, then
beat together the milk,
oil, and eggs in a separate
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bowl Combine the two
mixtures, stirring briefly
Fold in the corn kernels
Pour into a 13x9-inch
baking pan and
: 350° F for
minutes, or
il firm in
center and
it golden
Makes about
5 squares.
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0k OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
4m>
At Twelfth
Day (Jan. 6),
the Jays are
lengthened a
cock’s stride.
January and
February eat
more than
- Old proverb
Madrid and
Toledo.
wb en oak
trees bend
with snow in
January, good
crops may he
expected.
As the day
lengthens, so
tbe cold
strengthens.
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Weekly
Livestock Summary
Dec. 24, 1998
Report Supplied By PDA
11 LIVESTOCK AUCTIONS
CATTLE 2525 Compared with 4179
head last week and 2117 head a year ago
Compared with last Friday's sum
mary slaughter steers and heifers
steady to weak, si cows steady to 1 00
higher. bulls 1 00 to 2 00
higher SLAUGHTER STEERS few
High Choice & Prime 2-4 60 10-64 21,
Choice I-1 16 00-62 00, Select and Low
Choice 2-1 54 00-18 00, Select 1-1
12 00-16 00, Standard 1-2 44 50-
1171, few to 40 00 HOLSTEINS
Choice 2-3 1100-54 50, Select 1-2
44 10-52 00, Standard 16 00-44 00
HEIFERS Choice 2-4 15 00-61 00, few
Select 1 1 52 00 16 00, few Standard I -
2 17 00-50 00 COWS Breakers 75
80% lean II 21-40 71, Boners 80-85%
lean 29 00-17 00, Lean 81-90% lean
24 00-11 00, few to 21 00 Shells down
to 1100 BULLS Yield Grade I
1000-2400 lbs 40 00-50 00, few to
60 71, Yield Grade 2 900-2000 lbs
1100-4100 FEEDER CATTLE
STEERS Medium and Large 1 300-500
lbs 14 00-65 00, HEIFERS Medium and
large 1 100-600 lbs II 00-64 00, Me
dium and Large 2 300-500 lbs 37 00-
10 00, 550-900 lbs 14 00-47 10,
BULLS Medium and Large I 110-600
lbs 51 00-61 00, few to 74 10, 150-610
lbs 48 00-61 00, Medium and Large 2
100 475 lbs 40 00-11 50, 500-700 lbs
11 00-46 00
CALVES 2487 Compared with
2907 head last week and 2280 head a
year ago
VEALERS mostly steady few
Choice 200-525 lbs B*loo-105 00, few
Good 150-550 lbs 40 00-77 50, Stan
dard and Good 70-115 lbs 17 00-25 00,
Utility 60-100 lbs 5 00-20 00 FARM
CALVES Holstein bull calves mostly
steady, Holstein heifers 10 00 to 20 00
higher No I Holstein bulls 90-125 lbs
70 00-105 00. few to 111 00, No 2 85-
125 lbs 50 00-70 00, No 1 Holstein
heifers 80-125 lbs 150 00-232 50, No 2
75 120 lbs 70 00-165 00 Beef type
bulls and heifers 75-125 lbs 60 00-
105 00
HOGS 2472 Compared with 1931
head last week and 1534 head a year ago
Barrows and gilts I 00 to 200 higher,
sows steady to strong BARROWS AND
GILTS 49-54% lean 220-265 lbs 14 50-
20 00, few to 22 00, 45-50% lean 230-
270 lbs 13 00-21 00, few to 21 00, ,40-
45% 260-560 lbs 12 00-20 00 SOWS'
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US 1-3 100-500 lbs 6 00-10 00, 500-
700 lbs 8 00-14 00 BOARS 150-
1 00
FEEDER PIGS 481 Compared with
228 head last week and 225 head a year
ago Feeder pigs US 1-1 10-45 lbs
4 00-10 00, 45-65 lbs 10 00-18 00,
lew to 25 00 per head
SHEEP 2439 Compared with 3114
head last week and 1247 head a year ago
Slaughter lambs steady to 100 lower.
New Crop lambs mostly
steady SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice
50-80 lbs 70 00-100 00, 75-110 lbs
65 00-88 00, 105-130 lbs 60 00-
70 00, few to 54 00 NEW CROP
LAMBS Choice 15-60 lbs 125 00
185 00, few to 100 00 SLAUGHTER
SHEEP 20 00-55 00*
TWO GRADED FEEDER PIG SALES
4132 Compared with 2140 last week
and 850 head a year ago Feeder pigs
steady to weak, many sold for slaughter
for the Holiday season US 1-2 30-40
lbs 26 00-50 00, few to 20 00, 40-50
lbs 20 00-35 00, few to 10 00, 50-60
lbs 24 00-33 00. 60-80 lbs 20 00-
32 00, Slaughter 1-2 20-35 lbs 50 00-
90 00. 15-55 lbs 20 00-35 00 per
hundredweight
Leesport
Livestock Auction
Leesport, Pa.
Dec. 16, 1998
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 277 [PDA] [Supply in
cluded 61 slaughter steers and heiters,
122 slaughter cows and 75 feeder ent
ile] si steers steady to 100 lower, si
cows mostly steady, si bulls steady to
strong
SLAUGHTER STEERS Choice 2-4
1150-1470 lbs 57 00-62 00, Select 1-3
52 50-56 75, Standard 1-2 44 25-
52 50
HOLSTEIN STEERS few High Choice
and Prime 2-3 1420-1575 lbs 54 50-
54 75, Choice 2-3 1225-1595 lbs
50 00-54 00, Select 1-2 44 75-5150,
few Standard 1-2 54 00-44 00
HEIFERS few Standard 1-2 38 75-
45 75
COWS' Breakers 75-80% lean 34 00-
38 75. low dressing 31 25-32 50, Bon
ers 80-85% lean 32 25-36 00, low
dressing 28 75-51 50, Lean 85 90%
lean 24 50-32 75 Shells down to
18 50
BULLS Yield Grade 1 1000-1800 lbs
39 50-45 00, Yield Grade 2 1050-2555
lbs 36.00-40 50
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First Vice President s
Commodities Only
1 \ome markets
li
not available due
the holiday I
to
FEEDER CATTLE STEERS few Me
dium 1-2 ‘>7s-755 lbs 48 00-53 50, one
475 lbs at 65 00, Large 2 630-800 lbs
48 00-52 00, HEIFERS Medium 1 2
250-400 lbs 46 00-57 50, 500-775 lbs
43 50-55 00, BULLS Medium 1-2 200-
300 lbs 60 00-72 50, 400-540 lbs
45 00-56 50
CALVES 166 VEALERS Good and
Choice 160-280 lbs 50 00-75 00. few
Good 120-125 lbs 42 50-50 00, Stan
dard and Good 75-105 lbs 22 00-30 00,
Utility 70-80 lbs 17 00-22 00, 50-65
lbs 5 00-17 50
FARM CALVES Holstein bulls weak
with spots to 10 00 lower No I Hol
stein bulls 90-125 lbs 60 00-90 00, No
2 85-120 lbs 30 00-60 00, with a few
down to 25 00, No I Holstein heifers
80-130 lbs 135 00-200 00, No 2 80-
110 lbs 55 00-125 00 Few beef type
bulls and heifers 115-150 lbs 72 50-
85 00
HOGS 100 Barrows and gilts 2 00
to 5 00 lower, sows 3 00 to 5 00 lower
BARROWS AND GILTS 49-54% lean
225-250 lbs 17 00-20 00, 45-50% 225-
265 lbs II 50-16 00, 40-45% 270-330
lbs 12 50-15 50
SOWS US 1-3 385-490 lbs 4 50-
8 50, 500-635 lbs 5 50-6 50
BOARS 210-535 lbs 3 00-4 50
FEEDER PIGS 67 US 1-3 20-45 lbs
40 00-55 00 per cwt
SHEEP 94 Slaughter lambs steady
to 10 00 higher
SLAUGHTER LAMBS Choice 40-65
lbs 82 00-97 00. 70-95 lbs 62 50-
90 00, one lot at 101 00, 100-150 lbs
60 00-72 50
NEW CROP LAMBS Choice 40-55
lbs 120 00-175 00, 60-70 lbs 110 00-
117 50
SLAUGHTER SHEEP few 25 00-
34 00, Yearlings 40 00-47 50
GOATS 24 Few Large Billies
65 00-72 50, Medium 42 00-57 50, few
Large Nannies 57 50-62 50, few Me
dium 55 00-65 00, Large Kids 50 00-
80 00 per head
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