Al-Lancaater Farming, Saturday, January 1, 2000
The Gift of Simplicity
Now is the time to examine those holiday gifts and
decide which to exchange, which to pass along to
someone more likely to appreciate them, and which
to keep in a treasured place in your home. Perhaps the
new gift will replace some other item on your shelf
rather than adding to the stuff Hurry the deposed items
to the recycling bin, rag bag, or second-chance store, and
resist the urge to store them “in case you might need
them ” Practice the clutter mantra Do I really need
(want) it 9 Do I need this many 9 Do I have a place for it 9
Do I want to maintain it 9 Will 1 use
(love) it 9 Choose your senti-
Gifts are like kooks.
mental attachments well'
Before you put anything into storage, ask yourself,
“Could someone else be using this?”
Hogmanay Shortbread
3 cups pastry flour
1/2 cup finely sifted
confectioners' sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) chilled butter d || over to let steam
S,. , escape Bake in a tool,
ift (lout and sugat ,_, O F _ , . ,
. .. . . 275 F oven for I hour, or
together, then rub into , . , . „ .
.u u .. unti barely browned Cut
the butter (This may 3 , , . .
. , . . . into wedges while hot
take some time, but the & . . .
. . . .. , (These are traditional for
hard butter is critical!) ' .
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When crumbs are soft „ , . ,
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enough to be worked, 3 , e ,
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knead for about 5 minutes smwl
to make a soft ball of Makes 16 pieces,
dough Shape into two ■JjtpBB s f4l
flat, I-inch-thick, round
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cakes Place into two 9-mch
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OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER.
PROVERBS
Wind to the
west, weather
at the hest.
Wind in the
east, neither
goo d for man
nor beast.
- Martial
Fast rise (of
the wind)
after a low
precedes a
stormy blow.
One fair day
in the winter
does not make
the birds
merry.
In a leap year,
the weather
always changes
on a Friday.
SYCAMORE IND. PARK
255 PLANE TREE DRIVE
LANCASTER, PA 17603
(717) 393-5807
New Holland
Sales Stables
Report Supplied By USDA
Monday, December 27, 1999
Catvea Sheep Goata
Today
186 1217 1925
Last Week
137 1040 1726
Last Year
453 1666 1828
CALVES: COMPARED TO THURS.’S
AUCTION, VEAL CALVES SOLD
3.00-10.00 LOWER. LARGE SLAUGH
TER CALVES TRADED 3.00-S.OO
HIGHER. DEMAND REMAINS VERY
GOOD FOR HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
RETURNING TO FEED AFTER SET
TING RECORD HIGHS ON THURS.
BULL CALF PRICES WERE MOSTLY
25.00 LOWER WHILE A LIGHT TEST
OF HEIFERS SOLD 40.00-60.00
HIGHER.
VEALERS: GOOD AND CHOICE
70-110 LBS. 22.00-32.00, FEW UP TO
37.00. STANDARD AND LOW GOOD
60-90 LBS. 11.00-25.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES: GOOD AND
CHOICE 200-350 LBS. 78.00-90.00;
350-500 LBS. 65.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: HOLSTEIN
BULLS 95-125 LBS. 135.00-167.00.
PLAINER TYPE BULLS 80-115 LBS.
90.00-140.00, FEW WEAKER CALVES
DOWN TO 50.00. HOLSTEIN HEIFERS
80-120 LBS. 300.00-350.00. FEW PLAIN
ER HEIFERS 70-100 LBS. 240.00-300.00.
SHEEP; COMPARED TO TOURS.,
WOOLED SLAUGHTER LAMBS SOLD
UNEVENLY STEADY WITH SOME
WEAKNESS ON THE LIGHTER
WEIGHTS (UNDER 60 LBS.) AND
EXTRA SUPPORT ON WEIGHTS OVER
60 LBS. DEMAND WAS ESPECIALLY
GOOD FOR GOATS WITH PRICES
REACHING TOE HIGHEST LEVELS IN
RECENT MEMORY EVEN ON HEAVY
RECEIPTS.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: NEW CROP
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k Lancaster, PA A 1
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( Every Monday 10 AM 9,
! Sheep, Goats, Calves, Hogs 1
k Jim Hunsicker, Mgr. A 1
t 717-394-7915 f
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VISA 133 Rothsville Station Rd. • LitiU, PA 17543
717-626-4705
WE SHIP PARTS DAILY
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CORN PLANTERS &
GRAIN CARTS
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the holiday (
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not
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CHOICE AND PRIME 2-3 50-65 LBS.
120.00- WOOLED CHOICE AND
PRIME 2-3 40-60 LBS. 80.00110.00;
6085 LBS. 95.00110.00; 85-110 LBS.
80.0095.00; 110160 LBS. 65.0085.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES; GOOD AND
CHOICE YEARLINGS AND 2 YEAR
OLDS 45.00-60.00. UTILITY AND
GOOD 1-3 35.0054.00. AGED BUCKS
150300 LBS. 35.0050.00.
GOATS: BY THE HEAD. LARGE
BILLIES 175.00-200.00, MEDIUM
125.00- THIN 100.00-125.00;
CHOICE AND PRIME MUTTON
70.00- LARGE NANNIES
70.00- MEDIUM 40.00-70.00;
PRIME YEARLINGS 90.00-120.00.
CHOICE 70.00-90.00; CHOICE AND
PRIME KIDS 50.00-90.00, GOOD
30.00-
Frederick
Livestock
Auction
Frederick, Md.
December 27, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS; 98 HEAD.
STEADY. UTIUTY 37.5041.23. HIGH
DRESSING4I.3O-43.00,2AT44,75 AND
45.25; CANNERS 32.00-37.00. SHELLY
32.00 DOWN.
BULLS: YG#l HIGH DRESSING
LIMOUSIN 1725 LBS. AT 59.00; 1 1825
LBS. AT 32.23; COUPLE 1500 LBS.
45.00-46.00; YO#2 1100-1600 LBS. TO
44.75.
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TRAILERS
Monday-Fnday 7am
Saturday 7 a m -Ni
New Year’s Eve, Fri. Dec
Sat., Jan. 1 - Cl
REPAIR PARTS
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FED STEERS: 1 SELECT 1190 LBS.
AT 54.75.
FED HEIFERS: 1 HOLSTEIN 1335
LBS. AT 44.00.
VEAL CALVES: 172 HEAD. CULLS
85-110 LBS. 25.00-31.00, 60-85 LBS.
16.0025.00.
FARM CALVES; STEADY WITH
LIGHTWEIGHTS HIGHER. HOLSTEIN
BULLS #1 95-125 LBS. 120.00147.00;
SEVERAL 150.00-162.00; #2
85.00- #1 80-90 LBS.
100.00130.00; #2 35.0055.00; HOLS
TEIN HEIFERS #1 90-120 LBS.
270.00- #2 140.00250.00; #1
80-90 LBS. 230.00-260.00; #2
130.00195.00; 7080 LBS. 60.0082.00;
BEEF X BULLS AND HEIFERS
85.00127.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 20 HEAD. #l*3
260-290 LBS. 35.00-37.75; 3 HEAD
325-385 LBS. 32.00-36.00.
SOWS: 1 355 LBS. AT 28.00.
BOARS: 1 450 LBS. AT 6.75.
STOCK CATTLE: STEERS, i 730
LBS. AT 57.00; 1 HOLSTEIN 570 LBS.
AT 54.50.
HEIFERS: 1 380 LBS. AT 75.50; I
HOLSTEIN 600 LBS. AT 62.00; 1 SPR
INGING HOLSTEIN HEIFER AT 985.00.
BULLS: 380-450 LBS. 63.00-76.00.
GOATS: I MED. BELLY AT 39.0 ft
PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD,
4 HEAD 50 LBS. AT 25.00; BY THE LB.
175-205 LBS. 33.00-35.00.
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