2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, February 17, 1956 - i Barrows and Gilts Mostly Dollar Lower By David S. Lorenson, Reporter USDA Market News Bureau Lancaster Feb. 16—(Wednes day to Wednesday Review) CATTLE 2,645, week ago 2,540. Compared with last Wednesday: Slaughter steers and heifers most ly steady, cows active, fully steady, bulls unchanged. Stockers and feeders mostly steady. Slaughter steer supply mostly good to average choice grades. Receipts included around 45 per cent slaughter steers and about 10 per cent cows. Bulk choice fed steers, 1,050-1,275 lbs $18.25- 20.25, a few lots average to high choice $20.50-2100, part load 1320-Ib choice and prime steers $22.00 and ten head 1095-lb prime steers $23.00. Several loads .choice 1,300-1,400 lb steers $lB.OO - Good steers $17.00-17.75. A few commercial and good heifers $15.00-17.00, odd head choice to $l9 00 Most, utility and commer cial bulls $15.00-17.75, 4 few good ,850-1100 lb butcher bulls $18.50- 19.50. Cutter bulls $13.50-14.50. Most medium and good 600-900 lb jj I? LOANS g For any Farm Purpose || SMade the Farmer’s Way | LANCASTER | I PRODUCTION CREDIT ASS’N 1 tt 8 j; 39 E. Chestnut St., | $j Lancaster, Pa. H •• W | Ph. Lane. 3-3921 | Altman’s Super-A Feeds are timed tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete and am manufactured daily in three modern plants. Compare our prices. 3 Starter Meg . .4.20 Fitting Ration . ..3.30 Grower . • 4.0016% Blue Bird Dairy .. 2.60 Special Broiler .. - 4.65 20% Blue Bird Dairy .. 2.80 Blue Bird All Mash . 3.60 20% Hog, Pig, & Sow . 3.95 20% Quality Egg Mash 3.90 Super A Dog Meal(2slbs) 2.05 Scratch 3.35 Rabbit Pellets 4.70 Oats (80 lb) , • 2.90 Staz Dry (bale) .. . . 2.20 C orn . 3.10 Peat Moss (bale) . . .4.20 JUST UNLOADED ANOTHER CAR OF FEED! 13 varieties of baby chicks for sale. Store Hours: Mon. thru Friday Bto s:3o—Sat Bto 5. I I ALTMAN’S "CASH FEED STORE If WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER |1 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. 4-7715 II WE DELIVER 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more ** PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE I*::;;;;::;;::;: llllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMllllllllllllllllliiilllillllllillllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllll Asparagus Acreage Needed Lancaster County Consumers Packing Co. are expanding their pro-, duction of asparagus . . . with potential at our door why should we buy from New Jersey. Lancaster County quality excells ■ Lgrge fertile areas suitable for asparague ' Asparagus Gives Early Cash Return Moderate Labor Demand Spread 'Over Ex tended Cutting Season. ? Beds Have Long Life CONSUMERS PACKING CO P. O. Box 1236 Lane. iimmi'iimititmiimtiimniimiimiimimiiiiiimiuiiiiiiiimiiiiitimiimmmiiiuiiitmmmimmmiitimiiiiilu stocker and feeder steers $15.00- 17 00, several loads 625-97i5 lb good and choice feeders $17.50- i 18 00, a few lots and loads com mon stockcrs $l3 50-14 50. CALVES 968, week ago 879. Veal calves in good demand, ac tive, mostly steady with last Wed nesday Bulk good and choice vealers $25 00-29 00; high choice and prime $29.50-34.00, odd head to $35 00. Utility and commercial $l7 00-23 50. Culls down to $lO.OO HOGS 1,933 week ago 1,996 Compared with last Wednesday Barrows and' gilts around $l.OO lower, cows mostly 50c lower Wednesday’s sales barrows and gilts U. S. mixed 1, 2 and 3, 180- 220 lbs $l3 00-13.50, a few mostly 1 and 2 to local small killers $14.- 00. Weights 230-270 lbs $12.00- 13.00. Sows 400 lbs and lighter $9.50-10 50 over 400 lbs, $B.OO - 25. ' SHEEP 143, week ago 256. Slaughter Jamb fully steady with last Wednesday. Bulk good and choice wooled slaughter lambs, $19.50-21.50, a few lots choicp and prime 75 to 95 lbs $22.00. Utility and low good slaughter lamb $16.00-19.00. Aged sheep too scarce for an adequate market test. 4-H YOUTHS HONORED T-shirts were awarded mem bers of the Lancaster County 4-H -Guernsey Club by the county as sociation in a meeting at Solanco High School, Ouarryville, Feb. 9. The 4-H Holstein Club lias scheduled a Feb. 23 meeting at the home of Clarence Keener,. R 1 Manheim. - „ SURVEY SCHEDULED Approximately 85 Lancaster County farm-families will he in terviewed in a national survey on farip expenditures, sponsored by the USD A. Two named for Co unty interviews are Mrs. Jean Singer Thomas, R 2 Manheim, and Mrs. Ruth C. Shaeffer, Lititz. xstsmsstsututtxnstuttn i In Plum & Liberty Sts tjmmsm; Ph. 7-6143 Broilers Down Half Cent in Thursday Sale Lancaster ' Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstoiwn, Pa) (Sales Re port-Sale #124. Thursday. Feb. 9, 1956)— Broiler prices moved a half cent lower to average 22-28 on 29 lots totaling 97,250 teds that sold here Thursday in a range of 21% to 23% cents Thirty-nine lots totaling 131,200 yere listed and offered, 99.100 sold, which includes three ad ditional lots, two of 1000 pullets 'that hrouyfat 30 cents a pound and one lot of 850 Leyhom fowls Celling alt 18 cents. Top 1 bid; 9-35, Miller & Bushong, (Jonas Meyer), 1500 White Van tress, 9-3, no sale, 22% bid; 9-36,. Miller & Bushong (Arthur Fowl), 6400 Indian River Cross, 9-2, no sale, 22 bid; 9-37, Miller fc Bush ong (Leonard Deitz). 4000 Red Vantress, 9 wks, no sale, 20% bid; 9-38, Eugene Schlosnagle, 8400 White Vantress and White Mountains, 9-2, to C. F. Man beck, Inc., 22 H. 321 MORE EGGS a month per 100 birds. . . . AMES IN-CROSS HYBRIDS did that in farm tests that stacked the new hybrid against the best of standard breeds. Every egg is the large snowy-white kind too. You’ll be tickled pink with the production this new breed gives to /our flock. MT. HOPE LEGHORNS t are the tried and true layers. Through the years the Mt. Hope Leghorn has been tops in production of quality eggs on a minimum of feed. Goldfus produces only 100% purebred Mt. Hope Leghorns to give you all of the best qualities of the original breeding. . START YOUR LAYERS NOW TO HIT THAT , HIGH PRICED EGG MARKET THIS FALL! Order your chicks today. GJk G o 1 <1 £ u s j)fitckenlM ,l**. TkW R. D. 3, Lititz Pa. Phone 62407 :ggs Philadelphia Feb. 15 (USDA) Market'Steady. Demand continu ed good. Supplies were fulljf adequate for current trade needs. - Wholesale selling prices Min. 10 pet A A quality. Large 45-48# White 43%-45V2, Brown 43-44, medium White 42-42%; Brown 41- '42. Extra, mm. 60 pet A quality Large 45-50# White 42%-43, Brown none, mixed 42-42%, med ium'White 41-41% Brown none, mixed 40-41 Standard 41-41V#, current receipts none. Checks-38- 39. < Receipts Feb. 14 - 3,848 cases all by truck. PecVCuernsey Sets Production Records PETERBOROUGH, NH. A registered Guernsey cow, Apol lo’s Golden Venus, owned by George T. Pack,,WrightsviEe, Pa.; has produced 16,850 lbs. of milk and 776 Ibsr of fat in her last lac* tation. - This production repres ents approximately 7900 quarts of high quality milk. This is ac cording to the official Registiy record released by the American Guennsey Cattle Club. “Venus” was a-mne-year-old and was milked three times daily for 365 days. Guernsey cows on official jtest hhve steadily increased ion over the years The average cow in the United States pro duces only about half as much as the average 'purebred Guernsey on official test- The sire of “Venus” is Levity’s Golden Apollo- Nine sons and tested daughters of this bull are listed in the Performance 'Reg ister of the American Guernsey Guttle Club This record was supervised by Pennsylvania State University. 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