AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15, 2000
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Full Egg Moon
Easter comes just after the Full Egg Moon (April 18)
this week We celebrate the Christian Resurrection,
the return of spring, and the promise of new chicks all
with the little egg, a powerful symbol of life Native
Americans and Europeans used eggs in their healing
rites and divinations, passing a raw egg in its shell over
the body of a patient, in hopes that
the egg would absorb the ills ,
The egg was broken open and
examined to reveal the nature f ' - iSf
of the sickness so a cure could y.t
be established In dreams, unbroken
eggs foretell good luck, fertility, or riches
(especially if seen by the basketful), but a broken egg
signals a quarrel
ok who that ever lived and loved,
Can ever look upon an egg unmoved?
Tip of the We e k
u-.' For best flavor, briefly toast pine nuts (in a hot skillet or 350° F
oven) before using in a recipe.
Minted Lamb Chops
1 cup fresh mint leaves, packed H H ake a peslo ol the 1 1 rst
1/4 cup fresh parsley 11/Ik ingredients, pulsing
1 tablespoon fresh basil leaves |UI in a blender until well
3 cloves garlic mixed Heat the 2 tea
-1/4 cup pine nuts spoons o( olive oil in a
1/2 cup virgin olive oil s k,llet Jnd SJUte the |jmb
1/3 cup grated Parmesan Lh ()VCI medium heat
salt and pepper, to taste untll Just bdre , k
2 teaspoons virgin olive otl inside Season with salt
4 lamb chops (4 ounces each), dntl P c PP er - to P wlth
tnmmed pesto, and serve at once
salt and peppei Makes 4
to taste (small)
servings.
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Easter, April 23
> OLD
FARMER’S
WEATHER
PROVERBS
Kill a beetle
and it will
ram
April weather,
rain and
sunshine, hath
together.
-Clarence Day
When the
stars begin to
huddle, the
earth will
soon become
a puddle.
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Report Supplied by Auction
Monday, April 10,2000
STOCK STEERS AND BULLS 200-
500 LBS. 50.00-114.00.
STOCK HEIFERS 36.00-94.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 66.00-74.00, MEDIUM TO
GOOD 52.00-63.50, HEAVY CHOICE
OVER 1450 LBS. 61.00-66.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS HEAVY
CHOICE 56.00-64.00, LIGHT 45.00-
55.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS GOOD TO
CHOICE 68.00-73.50, MEDIUM TO
GOOD 45.00-67.00.
BULLS HEAVY 45.00-53.75, LIGHT
40.00-
COWS UTILITY (HOLSTEINS)
38.00- COMMERCIAL TO
GOOD 32.50-37.50, CULL COWS 32.00
AND DOWN.
VEALS GOOD TO CHOICE 50.00-
80.00, MEDIUM TO GOOD 20.00-
47.00.
808 CALVES 30.00 AND DOWN.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
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RETURN TO FARM 90-120 LBS. UP
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HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES
RETURN TO FARM 90-120 LBS. UP
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BEEF CROSS CALVES RETURN
TO FARM UP TO 140.00.
HOGS, TOP QUALITY, UP TO
43.00.
SOWS UP TO 35.00.
LAMBS CHOICE UP TO 75.00.
LIVESTOCK PRICES ARE ALL
GIVEN PER HUNDRED WEIGHT.
ANNUAL SPRING GRASS CATTLE
SALE SAT., APRIL 29, 7 P.M.
Carlisle Livestock
Carlisle, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, April 11,2000
SLAUGHTER CATTLE: STEERS,
CHOICE HOLSTEINS 63.00-65.25;
HEIFERS LOW CHOICE 62.00-64.75;
COWS STEADY AND STRONG.
BREAKERS 39.50-46.00, BONERS
38.50- LEAN 33.00-40.00, BIG
MIDDLE 37.00-39.00, SHELLY 31.00
AND DOWN; BULLS 1400-1600 LBS.
47.50-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 400-
950 LBS. 65.00-89.00, UOLSTEINS
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400-600 LBS. 69.00-78.00; HEIFERS
400-900 LBS. 57.50-80.00, HOLSTEINS
600-850 LBS. 62.00-89.00; CALVES
RETURNING TO THE FARM, HOL
STEIN BULLS #1 80-130 LBS. 132.50-
177.00, HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 85-
125 LBS. 285.00-370.00, BEEF X
BULLS 90-115 LBS. 110.00-125.00.
SWINE: HOGS US#l-3 220-270 LBS.
45.50-46.00, 290-375 LBS. 32.00-41.00,
US#2-4 44.00-45.00; SOWS US#l-3 350-
550 LBS. 31.50-41.00, TIIIN-WEAK
ROUGH TO 30.00; FEEDER PIGS BY
THE LB. 13-28 LBS. 115.00-172.50, 30-
.35 LBS. 100.00-162.50.
GOATS: LARGE NANNIES AND
BILLIES 52.00-90.00, FANCY KIDS
52.00-69.00, FLESHY KIDS 40.00-
50.00, SMALL-THIN KIDS 21.00-39.00.
LAMBS; GOOD AND CHOICE 35-
60 LBS. 117.50-145.00, 65-130 LBS.
90.00-131.00.
SHEEP: ALL WEIGHTS FAT 29.00-
37.00.
SALE EVERY TUES. 5 P.M. FOR
RABBITS, POULTRY AND EGGS;
6:30 P.M. FOR LIVESTOCK, START
ING WITH CALVES; SPECIAL FED
CATTLE SALES TUES., APRIL 18.