2 Lancaster farming, Friday, June 22, 1956 Hogs Decline at Lancaster, on Other Markets, Most $17.50, Few at $lB.OO By DAVID S. LORENSON USDA Market News Service LANCASTER Wednesday to Wednesday REVIEW LANCASTER, June 21-(Wed nesday to Wednesday Review — USDA)— CATTLE. 4909. week ago 4630. Compared with last Wednedsay slaughter steers and heifers steady to weak, cows steady to 25 cents higher, bulls fully steady Stockers and feed ers weak to 50 cents lower, com mon and medium grades $lOO lower Salable supplies compris ed around 40 per cent stock steers this week and less than 10 per cent cows Except for mode rate numbers of bulls and heifers balance mainly good and heifers 1000-1300 lb slaughter steers Bulk choice slaughter steers $2O 50-21 50, high choice and mixed choice and prime $21,75- 22 75, a few lots prime 1100-1314' ib steers $23 00-23 25, one load prime 1281- lb steers $23 75. Good grades mostly $l9 00-20 00, standaid $l7 50-18 50 Small lots good and choice heifers 635-995 lbs, $l7 50-19 00 Most utility and commercial cows $l2 75-14 50, in dividual head standard to $l4 75, cutter grades unevenly $1125- 14 00, canners, $9 75-11 00 Utili ty and commercial bulls $l6 00- 18 00, individual head good fed bulls $l9 50 Bulk medium and good 500-750 lb, stock steers $lB 00-19 50 a few lots mostly good $2O 00, one load mostly choice 660 lb fleshy stock steers $2l 00 Common $l4 00-17 00 CALVES 853, week ago 721 Veal calves SI 00-2 00 lower than last Wednesday Late sales good **••*♦«*«•*< ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS are timed-tested, scientifically balanced, vitamin complete and are manufactured daily in three modern plants. Com pare our prices Started Broiler Chicks and Egg Production Chicks from 16’->c up IU-lll’ Staples (lb) Roofing nails (lb) .19c Common nails 3-6-8-10-12-20 penny SlO 50 keg (lb) ,12c Roofing Wire Fence Electric Wire Poultry Wire Forks-Rakes-Shovels-Brooms Hog and Horse Feed—Rabbit Pellets SPECIAL CHOP ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. 4-7715 10c per trundred discount on half ton lots or more. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE cmxtsns MARKET-MAKER That’s the new Meatpacker Cross . . . Time and time ‘again top place and top price bird at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange Wider breast—heavier legs—bigger size— put the Meatpacker Cross on top l White feathering makes cleaning and dressing easier! Big meaty body keeps dressing v/eight loss down, gets premium price from poultry buyers! COST-SAVER That’s the new Meatpacker Cross . A bird that practically grows while you watch. Goes well over three pounds in 10 weeks uses less feed to get there too 1 Disease resistance makes the Meatpacker Cross hardy, cuts early chick loss! LET THIS NEW BIRD PROVE ITSELF IN YOUR FLOCK Order Meatpacker Cross Chicks for 1956 delivery! Call or Write. 5 R - D ' #3 ’ Lititz > Pa - Phone 6-2407 ■ Exclusive hatchery for ! THE MEATPACKER CROSS ■ and choice vealers $20.00-22 50; a few high choice and prime $23 - 00-25 00, utility and commercial $l4 00-19 00 with cull down to $lO 00 HOGS 1649. week ago 1757 Barrows and gilts mostly 50-75 cents instances $lOO lower than last Wednesday,' sows in small supply, steady to 50 cents lower Wednesday’s sales barrows and gilts 180-240 lbs U S mixed 1-3, mostly $l7 50, a few sales mostly 1 and 2 up to $lB 00. Weights 240-270 lbs $l6 50-17 50 Sows, all weights, $ll 00-13 00 SHEEP 707, week ago 720 Supply mainly native spring lambs Quality much plainer than the previous week Spring lambs $lOO-2 00 lower than last Wed nesday Bulk good and choice native spring lambs this week $lB 00-22 00, a few Monday to $24 00, utility and low good $l6 00-17 50 Aged sheep scarce Tomato Outlook Good At Washington Boro Members of the Washington Boro Tomato Growers Associa tion are anticipating an excellent crop, according to residents of that area Stalks are heavily lad en with the green fruit at this tigje, and many are supported by tobacco lath. Picking will start around July 1 Growers stated this-week they expect to receive between $lB and $2O per bushel for their hot house, green-pack staked toma toes Crops look especially good, as shown on the Henry Heisey farm south of Washington Boro i!»»K8»»8S«««iK«»!!3^ International Fence charger 27 50 $660 16c Bailer Twine Binder Twine (bale) Peat Moss $2 00 up $l7 00 Red Oxide paint 5 gal 1095 Fibre Old Roop Paint (5 gaD 2 35 $11.75 610 up FOR STEERS & HOGS 3 25 WE 'DELIVER ********** 815 4 20 r The Weather Bureau’s 30-day outlook for mid-June to mid-July calls for tem peratures to average below seasonal nor mals west of the Continental Divide, in the North Atlantic States, and in the Gull- Coast Region. In the remainder ol the country above normal temperatures are predicted-, with greatest departures in the Broilers Thursday Advance, Score 19.90 Average; 92,025 Birds Sold Lancaster Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa) (Sales Re port, Sale N 155, Thursday, June 14, 1956) —Prices on broilers ad vanced fractionally Thursday in the sale of 42 lots totaling 92,025 broilers on the Lancaster Poul try Exchange, ranging from 17 to 20 J 4 cents, averaging 19 90 Listed were 40 lots, totaling 102,- 025 birds, offered were 43 lots totaling 97.025 Thirty-two lots were included in the 17 to 20 A cent range on a total of 83,635 birds Thirty-five hundred Leghorn fowl sold at 18 cents, 1710 ca pettes at 22 to 24 L-, while 2330 turkeys brought 2914 to 3114 and 810 heavy fowl sold at 22 cents Topping the broiler market was Jacob N. Eshelman, R 2 Mount Joy, with 6000 White a.ntress, nine weeks, six days, that sold to College Hill Poul try, Fredericksburg. Calling his last auction before before vacation was Claud F Smith Lancaster He will be re placed during the next two weeks by Henry Shnner, R 2 Lit itz Here are Thursday sales, listed by lot number (each pre ceded by 14-), seller (grower in dicated in parentheses), amount and breed, age by weeks and days, buyer and price: 1, Jacob N. Eshelman 6900 White Vantress 9-6 to College Hill 2O i, 2. Miller & Bushong (Naomi J Blessing),' 500 White Vantress, 10 wks, to Tilley’s Poultry, 19%, 3, Melvin Weaver, 475 White Vantress, 10 wks, to Roy E Ream. 19%; 4, Bolton’s (Earhard Haller), 2400 Red Vantress, 91, to H W. Long acre, 19, 5, Glenn L Brubaker, 600 White Cross 12 wks, to Til ley’s Poultry, 19%. | 6, J W. Eshelman & Son (Red Rose Research), 180 Belts, 16 wks, to Victor F. Weaver, Inc, 31%, 7, Fruitsville Farms, Inc, (Abiam Shenk), 4000 White Vantress capettes, 9-2, to Man data Poultry, 20%, 7a, Fruitville Farms Inc. (A. Shenk), 700 White Vantress capettes, 9-2, to Ray W Gibble, 20 >4, 7b. Fruit ville Farms (Abram_ Shenk), 1000 White Vantress' capettes, 9-2, to College Hill Poultry, 20%; 8, Fruitville Farms Inc. (Abram Shenk), 9000 White Vantress, 9-2, to Pennsylvania Dutch Farms, 20, 9, Fruitville Farms Inc (Abram Shenk). 4800 Red Vantress, 9-2, to Pennsylvania Dutch Farms, 19%; 10 Miller & Bushong (Glenn Deardorff), 3000 White Vantress, 9-6, to Mandata Poultry, 20,; 11. J, Lloyd Rohrer, 325 Red Vantress capettes, 14 wks, to Marvin Sweigart, 24%; 12, Red Rose Experimental Farm, 1200 Beltsville, 15 wks, to Producers Exchange, 30; 12a, Red Rose Ex perimental Farm, 300 Belts villes, 15 wks, to Daniel K. Good, 29 12b, Red Rose Experimen tal Farm, 640 Beltsvilles, 15 wks, to C. F. Manbeck, Inc, 31; 13, Daniel G. Forry, 985 White Van tress, 10 wks, 2 days to Martin M. Brendle. 5?0;' 14, Elmer S. Forry, Outlook for Mid-June to Mid-July 475 White Vantress, 10-2, to Ray W Gibble, 20, 15, D H Sharrer & Son, 4000 Red Vantress, 92, Pennsylvania Dutch Farms, 20, < 16, David Z Smoker, 4000 In dian Rivers, 9-6, to Mandata Poultry, 20, 17, Vernon Frank houser, 1500 Red Vantress, 10-5, to Ray E Ream, 19,4, 18, David H Martin M S, 750 White Van tress, 9-5, to Roy E Ream, 19 J i; 19, Elvin Nolt, 330 Red Vantress capettes, 13-6, to Darnel K Good, 22 M., 20, Elvin Nolt, 330 Red Vantress capettes, 13-6, to Daniel K. Good, 22, 21, Harry w. Bossier, 1900 Leghorn fowl, 14 months, to S. E Davis, 18, 22, Harry W. Boss ier, 1600 Leghorn fowl, 14 months, to S E Davis, 18, 23, A Rov Landis, 4000 Red Van tress, 10 2, to College Hill Poul try, 20 L, 24, John S. Brubaker, ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■' CLOVER * ALFALFA TIMOTHY - STRAW - EAR CORN ■ Protect yoor valuable cows with the Conde "400". 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Ream. 19 1/ -, 27, Wengei’s (Jo Deitz), 1200 New Hampshires, 12 wks, to Daniel K Good, 17, 28, Wen ger’s (David Heisey, Jr.), 2800 White Vantress, 11 wks. to Man data Poultry, 20%, 29. Wenger’s (David Heisey, Jr), 1200 White Vantiess, 11 wks, to College Hill Poultry, 20%, 30, Miller & Bush ong (Robert Thompson), 4500 White Vantress, 10-2, to H W. Longacre, 20%, 31, Miller & Bushong (Robert Thompson), 4500 Red Vantress, 10-2 to College Hill Poultry, 19%, 32, Raymond ,S Kauffman, 725 White Mountain capettesj 12-6, to Walter C Mellmger, 22%, 33, Jay Landis, 450 White Vantress, 10 wks, to Daniel K. (Continued on Page Three) Since 1890 Lancaster Co. Conde Dri-Air Vacuum Pump needs no oiling or greasing . .. Quick-starting, smooth running in any weather. World's finest Milking Equipment SNAVELY’S FARM SERVICE NEW HOLLAND Phone 4-2214 Pa.
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