Carlisle cattle and hog prices drift, reader notes
Market carried mixed cattle and hog prices with slaughter steers down to 75 cents lower versus last Tuesday while cows mostly steady to higher. Vealers and calves showed uneven values with Good to Choice carcasses and feeder pigs also listed. the report ends with unrelated aphorisms.
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Carlisle
Sugars Improve Silage Quality and Fermentation Temperature
Sugars aid high quality sweet smelling silage with exceptional palatability. Reducing oxidation helps keep fermentation temperatures around 100 to 110 degrees, ideal for fermentation. Higher pH and lower acidity result in very high quality silage.
Auction highlights from Intercourse sale records
Auctioneer Ronald Funk reported 135 bidders at an Intercourse Pennsylvania sale. Items included a grandfather clock 350 dollars a color TV 150 dollars a small book case 67.50 and a vanity 19 dollars. Real estate a one story Cape Cod on 100 by 200 foot lot sold for 41 000 to Bill Zimmerman of Intercourse.
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Jeff
Mary Bobler
Intercourse
Ronald Funk
Vanity
Cape Cod
Bill Zimmerman
Calendar events and meetings listed across counties
Calendar notes a pie dinner at the Lion's Club in Virginville and multiple meetings and shows. Events include the Lancaster County Conservation District board meeting at Farm and Home Center, a 4H Strawberry Round-up, Hunterdon County Agriculture Board gathering, Lewistown Grange Social Hall session, Penn State extension symposium, and a Fat Steer Show at Lancaster Stockyard. Dairy princess contests are scheduled in Chester County and York County.
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Lion’s Club
Virginville
Lancaster County Conservation District Board of Directors
Lancaster Rotary Club
Farm and Home Center
Hunterdon County Board of Agriculture
Hunterdon County
Flemington
N. J
Lewistown Grange
Penn State Extension
Lancaster
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