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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Spirit of JEFFERSON and FARMER'S ADVOCATE
A cold and blustery morning the H. Hart Bennett Founda-
greeted more than 50 4-H and tion. The Jefferson County Fair
FFA youth and adult volunteers Board had planned to renovate
at the Jefferson County Fair- the swine barn prior to the 2011
grounds Feb. 25 as the group fair but had to delay that ac-
assembled brand new hog pens. tion until the hog pens could be
The pens were donated by manufactured. Under the direc-
tion of Jack Wysong, the wood-
en pens were removed, posts
replaced where needed and ad-
ditional concrete poured in the
barn. With the assembled pens
in place, the swine barn is now
ready for action.
SLAUGHTER COWS 102 #378-1101bs.$170-200
head $1-2 Lower Holstein Heifers 80-100 lbs.
BREAKERS $180-210
Breakers L Dressing $73-77 Beef X Bull $155-220
BONERS $75-82 Beef X Heifers $160-210
Boners H Dressing $84-89Slaughter Calves ,
Boners 1 @ $ 95.50 High Choice 280-325 lbs. $132-
LEAN 69-75 139
THIN & LIGHT $68 Down STOCK CATILE 93 head $78-
BULLS 7 head $2-3 Higher83
YG#1 $94-104.50 Strong Demand For Steers.
Light Weights $90-105 Heifers Lower
FED STEERS Few Offered FEEDER STEERS M&L
High Choice 1368 lbs. AtFrames
$130.75 200-400 lbs: $165-190
Select 1280 lbs. At $115.50 500-600 lbs. $147-174
FED HEIFERS 600-800 lbs. $125-135
Select 1328 lbs.At $117.00 800-900 lbs. $117-131
Dairy Replacements 66 head FEEDER HEIFERS M&L
By the Head Frames
Springer Heifers $1250-1525 200-400 lbs. $125-146
Small Med. $900-1200 400-600 lbs. $130-167
3 Jersey $675-785 600-700 lbs. $120-135
Fresh Cows & Heifers $1200- FEEDER BULLS M&L
1500 Frames
1 Jersey At $1125 200-400 lbs. $125-145
Short Bred Heifers $1000-1250 400-600 lbs. $130-167
Open Heifers $700-1050 500-650 lbs. $140-154
Small Heifers $400-725 650-725 lbs. $130-137
CALVES 105 head Record 750-8501bs.$97-110
Prices Beef Stock Cows NONE
Holstein BullRetuming to Farm LAMBS 19 head
$20-30 Lower High Choice 60-75 lbs. $250-
#1 78-i10 lbs. $230-250; 112- 255
125 lbs. $190-225 Yearling Rams 100-125 lbs.
#2 78-110 lbs. $200-230 $127-145
SHEEP NONE
GOATS 21Head Sold By the
Head
Large Billies $225
Med Billies &Nannie $110-160
Selection 1 Kid 90-100 lbs.
$130-147; 40-50 lbs. $100-125
Selection 2 Kid 40-60 lbs. $75-
99
PIGS & SHOATS 67 Head
Strong Demand
Good 70-100 lbs. $70-85
BUTCHER HOGS 57 head
$3-6 Lower
1 & 3 240-270 lbs. $63-65
Few 300-325 lbs. $67-75
2 & 3 275-320 lbs. $58-62
Few 375-400 lbs. $63-70
Sows 8 head Steady Prices
475-600 lbs. To $59
675-750 lbs. $54-59.50
Boars
SOLD BY THE HEAD
10 Head 20 lbs. At $40
3 Head 37 lbs. At $69
2 Head 52 lbs. At $52
BY THE POUND
100-180 lbs. $55-65
Few $73-76
Stock Boars 200-250 lbs. $45-
50
Heavy To $27.50
290-350 lbs. $30-40
Wednesday at 7:45 pan.:
Special Feeder Cattle Sale
Kalvitis
FROM PAGE C4
at some significant Civil War
'site or another, I came up with
a column entitled "Steppin' In
It." It was intended to be about
humorous and unusual circum-
stances in our area during that
p.eriod.
I'm not much of a Civil War
buff. A photo of Patty, Maxine
and LaVerne under the wing
of a B-17 Flying Fortress does
a whole lot more for me than a
faded daguerreotype of a bunch
of whiskered geezers stand--
ing around a six-pounder. Try-
ing to get into the right frame
of mind and to appear halfway
knowledgeable, I borrowed a
few books from the local library
about our area's Civil War his-
tory.
Because I was north of Rom-
ney, part of a report that I had
read in my studies by Union
Col. Lew Wallace kept com-
ing to mind: "four regiments of
Rebels in and about Romney
under a Col. McDonald, what
their particular object is, I can-
not learn."
I imagined a scattered bunch
of Confederate soldiers clam-
bering over the nearby hills and
pastures -- doing what? I decid-
ed to take my camera for a walk.
The woman working in the sta-
ble suggested that I see an old
mine on the property. After fol-
lowing her directions, I soon
found myself at the edge of the
property, standing at a barbed
wire fence, reading the neigh-
bor's "No Hunting" sign.
soldiers who had so bewildered serious editor nixed "Steppin' In
Col. Wallace suddenly had a pur- It," and though I pitched the sto-
pose. ry of the mine to the usual pub-
"What was the name of the lishers, it just couldn't get trac-
folks who had the farm before tion. Locally, historians are de-
you bought it?"I asked, voted to the theory that Rom-
She replied with a name that I ney's significance was due to its
didn't recognize, location in relation to the rail-
"And before that?" I persist- roads. This has often been ques-
ed. tioned and this supposed advan-
"McDonald." she replied, tage was never fully exploited
History was speaking to me during the Civil War.
across a 140-year void. The little I wondered how this infer-
mysteries that surrounded Rom- mation eluded history for more
ney started to make sense when than 140 years. My guess is that
this mine was factored in. One being sworn to secrecy meant
could easily reason that the min- something in those days, and the
erals extracted from this mine term "declassified" hadn't yet
near this cold, rocky, insignifi- entered our vocabulary. Recent-
cant little mountain town fueled ly, my wife talked to an elderly
Confederate rifles and cannons hunter who was searching near
at such significant engagements Crystal Valley for an old road
as Fredericksburg,Antietam and, that he remembered as a child.
likely as not, Gettysburg. It went back to a stone founda-
The Kubota was responding tion that they then called "the
well to my efforts. In most cases, old powder house." So, the story
a long-neglected Japanese trac- isn't over, but my adventure as a
tor just won't come back. The Civil War historian is. I'm pass-
ranch's owner was quite satis- ing along my notes and photos to
fied and I had gotten in a good a West Virginia History class at a
day after all. I waived on the ad- local middle school. Hopefully,
ditional charge for waiting, they'll continue the research.
The foregoing is one example Rather than this mine, I would
of how things go around here; have been just as happy to find
go out to fix a Japanese tractor an old tractor, truck or crawler.
and make an important historical After all, what can you do with a
American discovery. An overly dang old hole in the ground?
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had steel tracks for rolling a
7 cart. The mine extended in this
manner for more than 200 feet
into the mountain. It had been a
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ent in old-fashioned black gun-
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Farmers Livestock Exchange
Winchester, Va.
540-667-1023
HOGS: 5
LAMBS: 62 - Hi Choice &
Prime - $150-181; Choice -
$108-196.
SLAUGHTER t3WES: 6 -
$79.
KID GOATS: 20-40 lbs. - $220-
241; 40-60 lbs. - $200-250.
SLAUGHTER CATILE
COWS: 80- Utility & Comm.
- $83-98.50; Canner & Cut-
ter - $67-78; Cutter & Bng. -
$71.50-89.
BULLS: 17 - 1-2 - $89-105.25.
STOCK COWS: 43 - Beef -
$1,000-1,575.
BABY CALVES: 4 - BH -
STEERS: 239 - Med & Lge
#1 -300-400 lbs. - $178-194;
400-500 lbs. - $180-188; 500-
600 lbs. - $178-187; 600-700
lbs. - $152-164; 700-800 lbs.
- $146 50-149; 800-900 lbs.
- $127-139; 900-1,100 lbs.-
$125. Med & Lge #2 - 300-400
lbs.- $170-181; 400-500 lbs. -
$165-179; 500-600 lbs. - $161-
171; 600-700 lbs. - $146; 700-
800 lbs.- $121.50; 800-900 lbs.
- $119-50-124.
HEWERS: 235 - Med & Lge #1
-200-300 lbs. - $197.50; 300-
400 lbs. - $158-173; 400-500
lbs. - $152-162; 500-600 lbs. -
$140-154; 400-500 lbs. - $138-
150; 600-700 lbs.- $119.
BULLS: 182 - Med & Lge
#1 -300-400 lbs - $183-195;
400-500 Ibs. - $168-182-50;
500-600 Ibs. - $159-168; 600-
700 lbs. - $130-144; 700-800
lbs.- $117-120; 800-900 lbs. -
$117.50. Med & Lge #2 - 300-
400 lbs. - $162-175; 400-500
lbs. - $150-165; 500-600 lbs. -
$132-147; 600-700 lbs. - $129;
700-800 lbs. - $106.
GOATS: 99
TOTAL: 972
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