Weekly Broiler Report BROILER PLACEMENTS DECREASE 12 PERCENT m ® r « than falr - Bu y mg interest for heavy type hens Placements o< broiler chicks fair. Offerings light & barely in the Commonwealth during adequate for needs. Some pro the week ending March 13 to- cesaors bringing in live sup taled 784,000, according to the plies from other outside areas. Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Prices paid at farms: Light Service. The placements de- type hens 5-7 mostly 6-6 3 A'c, dined 12 percent from the Heavy type 21c. previous week and' 3 percent free* m year ago. Settings for hroCer chicks totaling I£B,- (Prices tor dock weights, 000 increased 10 percent from p« r hb. except where the previous week and 29 per- ncrte< j ) cart from last year. Inship- ntents of broiler-type chides Hens, light type 6-10%, 6-7. daring the past 10 weeks to- Hens, heavy type 8%-33, 14- tatetf 5776,000 or 54 percent 23. Pullets 17-43%, 30-36. afcove the comparable period Roasters 13-36, 33% -35. Dudes ia HUM. Outshapmenls (2,100,- 25-32. Drakes 19-39%, 35-39%. Ml) were 30 percent above Geese 29-30%. Turkeys, toms the atmparafble period a year 21%-26%. Turkeys, hens 33-40. ttofler. Rabbits 31-50, 46-50. Guineas Majrtrni /Ptf & N.J, 37%-60, 50-55, Pigeons (per Mks on light type hens Pair) 60-1.10, 95. Jumlbo Squab nadmlged to %C higher. Sup- 87%. Total coops sold. 609. jHea barely adequate. Demand 1 HI-LO MATIC Automatic Hanging Waterer... Lengths Up to 160 Feet! Why take chances? Hi-Lo Matic tire system. No spilling or over iias been proved through 12 years turning. Soon pays for itself in ef_ on-fire-job service. It’s the labor savings, crighufl electric valve controlled 10-year guarantee—To prove su- Wateter. Long-life solenoid opens perior quality, trough is guaran valve, water surges in with force, teed for 10 full years. Latest flows speedily down the trough solenoid valve literally eliminates With flashing action, followed 6y maintenance. Trough lengths up fresh; dean water. 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Ind, _sf*36SSSjsi Service Phone 717-394-9204 J^Sderson) Fogelsville, Pa, • Delmorva The Dclmarva live broiler and fryer prices held mostly unchanged for moderate auc tion offerings with best de mand centered on heavier weight offerings. Buyers were generally non-aggressive on lighter weights Delivered prices ranged frac tionally lower though held mostly unchanged from Thurs day levels. Estimated slaughter for Fri day and Saturday, 700,000 head, compared to 825,000 head last weekend. Prices paid and reported pur chases for the 24-hour period ending 10:30 a.m. Friday: broil ers and fryers, 15.5-17.1; 933,- 000 head, including 351,200 head purchased of 419,800 head offered at Eastern Poultry Growers Exchange Thursday. Seventeen percent of the broilers sold for 16 5-16.9 cents per pound. The Delmarva broiler-feed ratio for the week ending Mar. 12, 1965 was 3.4, the same as the preceding week. The aver age mash price was $104.63 and the average broiler-price was 17.58 cents per pound. Larger, Better Managed Farms Seen For 1970’s The successful farmer in the 1970’s will be one who in- n,ore mone - v ’ and raake moi *e creases his management abil- complicated management de ity along with an increase in cisions than todays’ farmers the size of hlis fanning opera- For farmers, MeDan tion. This statement sums up , ~ ~ . the attitude of Dr Wiliam iel says the outlook 15 « ood E. McDlamel, head of the de- ‘pmapjtent managers who parfcment of agricultural eco- can correctly apply their man nonucs at the University of agement knowledge and the Delaware, on the importance other factors involved in pro- It******************************************** ? I WIRTHMORE Milk Parlor 16 The latest in dairy feeds for modern dairymen • Handles like a pellet looks like a dairy feed. J • Coarse textured flake corn, J crimped oats pellets *• * • High in energy 76 therms jwiRTHMOIfrj | Paradise Supply 1 on * J ’ J Paradise ,ji -J Iff fd Bellaire * |0 3HT" 687 . 63Da 111, | ■ 6 8s'si2i I ********************************************** Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 20, 1965 Weekly New Fiom Monday. March WHITE Ex. Fey Hywts. 33% Fey. Hywts. 32% Fcy. Med. 27% No. 1 Med. 27% Pullets 25 Peewees 21 BROWN Ex. Fey. Hywts. 37% Fey. Hywts. 35% Fey. Med. 29% Pullets 26 Peewees 21 MIXED Fey. Hywts. 32% No. 1 Med Standards Checks 0 30 27 TREND Market clearing on tops: increased interest in white mediums; browns still in light supply. Copyrighted 1964 By Urner-Barry Co. of farm management in the decade ahead He believes farmers must irerease their management ability since they will he oper ating larger, higher invest ment farms They Will handle York Egg 15th to Friday, March Mou. Tuei. Wed. 38% 36% 30% 27 22 38% 36% 30% 27% 22% 27% -28 30% 27 30% duction and marketing will be successful ” The economist said the tiend toward expanded farm ing operations has been in progress for some tame and it will continue Farmers wall attempt to spread their costs over more units and more acres. This will mean fewer farms in the 1970’5. Jtf past history is any indication, Ms trend will be rapid and broad in scope. Theie are 18 (per cent fewer farms in the Unit ed States today than there v'ei e in 1959, but only two percent less land. Zeroing m on regional con (Continued on Page 14) SAVE .50 ea. 5 gals. Unico Oil ea. 25 lbs. Unico Grease Get quantity discount SAVE $ll.OO all 55 gal. drums of oil - in cluding motor oil, gear lube, hydraulic oil. Load-A-Matic Grease Gun valued at $3.85 NOW $1.95 with the purchase of 30 cart ridges of any Unico Tube-Lube* LANCASTER COUNTY FARM BUREAU LANCASTER 394-0541 NEW HOLLAND 354-2146 QUARRYVILLE 786-2126 ANYONE MAY BUY Mkt. 19th Thur. 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