AB-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 27, 2002 tthls^§ekWlT_h Buster Brown Debut One hundred years ago. on May 4. 1902. Richard Fenton Outcault’s mischievous cat toon chaiacter. Buster Brown, and his dog Tige made their first appearance m the New York Herald Aftei the Buster Brown strip gained tame, John A Bush pm chased lights to the name and charactei for the Brown Shoe Company, 1 which was started in 1878 by a \ George Warren Brown and dV' \ J tw'o partners Before long. $ Ljf many of us weie wearing tfi Bustei Brown shoes during j j \ I V\ our grammar-school years Lj AytA Y_i 0 I'm Buster Brown, * and I lice in a shoe. That ’s my dog, Tige, and he lives there, too. «r Treat shoe polish stains with a grease solvent or spot cleaning fluid or spray. 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Tuesday, April 23,2002 Report Supplied By USDA CATTLE 423...(PDA)...(5upp1y in cluded 171 steers and heifers, 120 cows, 11 bulls and 121 feeder cattle)...Com pared with last week’s sale..steers and bulls steady, cows steady to 1.00 lower, heifers steady on light test. STEERS; High Choice and Prime 2-4 1380-1450 lbs 68.25-70.50, 1500-1540 lbs 66.00- Choice 2-3 1100-1445 lbs 64.75-68.50, 1520-1650 lbs 61.00-65.00, Select 1-3 61.00-65.50, Standard 1-2 52.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS: One High Choice 2 1355 lbs 61.00, Choice 2-3 1185-1555 lbs 54.00-59.25, Select 1-2 50.00-53.50, few Standard 1-2 45.25-48.50. HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 1055-1470 lbs 64.00- few Select 1-3 62.00-64.00, few Standard 1-2 53.00-58.50. COWS: Breakers 75-80% 39.75-45.25, Boners 80-85% 38.00- Lean 85-90% 35.00- Shells 32.50 and down BULLS: few Yield Grade 1 1465-1905 lbs 55.25-57.75, Yield Grade 2 950-1940 lbs 50.00-54.50. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: Medi um and Urge 1 550-650 lbs 68.00-71.00, 835-960 lbs 57.00-64.00, Medium and Large 2 360-455 lbs 72.00-74.00, 755-815 lbs 53.00-S6.SO, Medium and Large 3 310-495 lbs 62.00- few 570-575 lbs 61.00- 760-950 lbs 44.50- HEIFERS: Medium and Large 1 670-725 lbs 57.00- 885-985 lbs 58.50- Medium and Urge 2 290-390 lbs 75.00-79.00, 510-620 lbs 57.00-65.00, 720-925 lbs 48.00- Medium and Urge 3 385-450 lbs 54.00-64.00, 520-695 lbs 51.50-61.00, 760-940 lbs 46.00- BULLS: Medium and Urge 2 390-500 lbs 67.00-76.00, •jprwwr Ml^i' A\ ///< ////>( / <) // (>/ 600-680 lbs 52.00-61.00, Medium and Large 3 400-590 lbs 50.00-57.00, 600-680 lbs 50.00-55.00. CALVES 239...VEALERS: Standard and Good 75-125 lbs 40.00-60.00, Utility 55-85 lbs 10.00-30.00. FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls 15.00 to 20.00 lower, Hol stein heifers steady...No 1 Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs 135.00-165.00 mostly 145.00-160.00, 80-85 lbs 145.00-157.00, No 2 80-125 lbs 80.00-137.00: No 1 Hol stein heifers 80-105 lbs 500.00-680.00, No 2 70-105 lbs 200.00-480.00. Beef type bulls and heifers 80-95 lbs 110.00-170.00. HOGS 85... Barrows and gilts 2.00 high er. BARROWS AND GILTS: 45-50% lean 235-285 lbs 25.25-26.75, 40-45% lean 290-345 lbs 18.00-24.50. SOWS: few 1-3 485 lbs 24.00, one 530 lbs 22.00. FEEDER PIGS 22...1-3 50-60 lbs 36.00-46.00. per cwt. SHEEP 38... Slaughter lambs 10.00 higher. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice 20-40 lbs 95.00-125.00, 55-65 lbs 120.00-135.00. FEEDER LAMBS: few Good and Choice 45-50 lbs 50.00-75.00. SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 20.00-26.00, Yearlings 33.00-51.00. lean lean lean GOATS 20...(A11 sold by the head). Large Billies and Wethers 80.00-93.00, few Large Nannies 67.00-73.00, Medium 60.00-62.00, Large Kids 40.00-55.00, Small 22.00-35.00. MAI 65 Morrison’s Cove Livestock Martinsburg, Pa. Report Supplied by Auction Monday, April 22,2002 CATTLE: 117 HEAD. STEERS: CHOICE 66.00-68.50, GOOD 62.00-65.50. HEIFERS: CHOICE 66.00-68.50, GOOD 60.00-65.00. COWS: UTILITY AND COMMER CIAL 36.00-42.00, CANNER AND LOW CUTTER 25.00-35.00. BULLOCKS; GOOD & CHOICE 52.00-58.00. BULLS: YG+NI4S.OO-52.00. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 58.00-72.00, BULLS 55.00-69.00, HEIF ERS 50.00-71.00. CALVES: 70 HEAD. CHOICE 101.00- GOOD 79.00-95.00, STANDARD 25.00-55.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-130 LBS. 110.00-145.00, HOL STEIN HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 275.00- HOGS: 136. US+NI-2, 30.00-33.00; US +N 1-3,27.00-30.00. SOWS: US +NI-3 15.00-24.00. BOARS: 13.00-23.00. FEEDER PIGS: 38 HEAD. US +NI-3 20-50 LBS. 15.00-41.00. SHEEP: 19 HEAD. CHOICE 90.00-95.00, GOOD LAMBS 80.00-85.00, SLAUGHTER EWES 25.00-33.00. GOATS: 15.00-60.00 EACH.
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