2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Aug. 10, 1956 Three-Quarter Cent Loss Recorded In Thursday Auction of Broilers Lancaster Poultry Exchange (Rohrerstown, Pa ) (Sales Re port, Sale 168, Thursday, Aug 2, 1956) Prices declined three-quarters of a cent in the Thursday auction of 124,550 birds in 40 lots at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange Listed and of fered weie 52 lots, 185,950 birds, and unsold -were 61,400 when tyds failed to reach satisfactory levels Thnty-five lots, 122,100 broil ers, sold in a range of 20 to 23 cents, averaging i2OSB Five lots, 2,450 Leghorn fowl, sold from 12% to 17Vt cents. For the corresponding sale a yeai ago, Sale 75, Aug 4, 1955, 141,900 birds were offered in 58 lots, and 50 lots, 122,550 birds weie sold in a range of 26 to 29h cents, averaging 27 k cents.' ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS -Have YOU filled your silo with ensilage that your » cows r wiil relish ? You Can !Be Sure ! -Don't jj Gamble ! Use Aroma Pep Flavoring ! | Don’t cloud the silver lining with ’doubt Suppose you chanced g places with your Dairy Herd ■ would yoorelish the ensilage that g you are-now feeding ? 7 What about the odor ? 7 Does it -get You g down ’ 7 Do you smell like the first “Breath of Spring •“ ’ If you 5 were standing in your Cow’s stanchion - what would your answer g be , Let’s quit kidding ourselves and oiir cows ? A brand new pro- g duct that is revolutionizing Grass ana all other Ensilages is now g on the market - Aroma Pep Flavoring. -It de-odorizes as will as g increases the palatabiluy of the Ensilage AlHanirnala detect the 8 goodness of feed through Aroma and-Taste. Most everyone knows g the offensive odor that most grass ensilage have. When ensilages g is relished bv the animals • they will not only digest tt better but '3 there will be practically no waste after feeding. g ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. 4-7715 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more. ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ *♦ j: ♦♦ Includesfcow-crop attachment shown and power take-off drive. New heavy-duty grass and windrow pickup attachments available. ALLIS-CHALMESSS SALES AND SERVICE Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv R. S. Weaver Quarryville, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Snavelys Farm Service New Holland, Pa. Lancaster, Pa. N. G. Myers & Son Rheems, Pa. Topping Thursday’s market was Clan Graybill, R 3 Manheim, with 1,000 White Americans, 10 wks, six days, that sold to Call Risser, Lititz, for 23 cents Comparison With Year Ago Here are totals for last week, and a comparison with a year ago Week Ending Aug. 2, 1956 Lots Birds Listed 68 246,750 Offered 66 242,050 Sold 54 180,650 Same Week, 1955 Listed *• 68 165,725 Offered 69 165,100 Sold 57 ' 145,750 Here are Thursday sales by lot no. (each preceded by “2-”), seller, with grower indicated in parentheses, amount and ’breed, WE DELIVER PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE fo.b. factory fnccs sublet to cb«nf« without notico. L. H. Brubaker "““I Stevens. Pa. Lititz. 'Pa. The Weather Bureau’s 30-day outlook for August calls for temperatures to average below seasonal normals west of the Conti nental Divide and in the Northeast. In the remainder of the nation above normal temperatures are predicted, except near normal along-.the Gulf Coast and in the irds "age by weeks and days, buyer and price 1, Wenger’s Mill (David Heis ey, Sr}, 2,500 White Vantress, 10 Vi wks, no sale, 20 n bid, 2, Miller & Bushong (Harold Stansfield), 6000 White Van tress, 9-3, to Mandata Poultry, 20%; 3, Miller & Bushong (Har old Stansfield), 2900 White Van tress, 9-3, to C. F. Manbeck, Inc., 20%, 4, Miller % Bushong (Harold Stansfield),*3ooo Indian Rivers, 9-3, to C F. Manbeck, Inc, 20%■; 5, Millport .Roller Mills (Emory Boose), 850 White Cornish Cross, 9 wks, to Daniel K. Good. 20; 6, Hiestand, Inc. (J W. Mummau), 1000 White Van tress, 9-5, to Walter B. Lehman, 20 54; 7, Miller & Bushong (J. Lester Buckwalter), 1200 White Vantress, "9-6, to Victor J. Ko ser, 21%; 8, Miller & Bushong, (Elam Riehl), 2000 White Van tress, 9 wks, to Daniel K Good, 20%; 9, Miller & Bushong, (G. Walter Jackson)* 2000 White Vantress, 9-3, to Producers Co operative Exchange, 201!, 10, Miller & Bushong (Frank Weid man), 1000 Indian Rivers, 9-3, no sale, 20% bid; 11, Miller & Bushong (Sam G. Meyer), 6800 White Vantress. 9-6, to College Hill Poultry, 21, 12, Eugene Schlosnagle, 5600 White Vantress, 9-2, to- Victor F. Weaver, Inc, 20%, 13, Eu gene Schlosnagl'e, 2800 Red Van tress, 9-2, to Pennsylvania Dutch Farms, 20%, 14, Eugerie Schlos nagle, 8400 White Vantress, 9-2, to College Hill Poultry, 20%; 15, William H. Fitz & Son, 6000 White Vantress, 10 wks, no sale, 20>S, 16, Wenger’s (Harry Gantz), 1400 Indian Rivers, 11 wks, to Daniel K. Good, 21, 17, Christian E Beiler, 950 White Mountains, 9-6, to Roy E Ream, 20%, 18, Miller & Bushong (Elmer Gar r ber), 5000 White Vantress, 8-s', to Roy E Ream. 20*1; 19 M’l ler & Bushong (Dorothy Mißer), 3000 Indian Rivers, 9-2, to Til ley’s Poultry, 20 A , 20, Raymond Witmer, 600 Indian Rivers. 9 wks, to Walter C. Mellmger, 21; 21, Graybill Miller. 5500 White Vantress, 9-2, to Grimes & Hauer, 20*2, 22, Graybill Mil ler, 5500 Meatpackers, 9-2, to College Hill Poultry, 20Vi; 23, Caleb K Hershey, 800 White Vantress, 10-6, to Ray W. Gib ble, 21%, 24, Caleb K Hershey, 200 Leghorn fowl yearlings, to Marvin Sweigart, 16 ‘4; 25, Mil ler & Bushong (Noah German), 900 New Hampshire Leghorn fowl, to H. W. Longacre, 17%, 26, Miller & Bushong (Noah Gehman), 650 Leghorn fowl, yearlings, to Walter C Mellmg ei, 17, 27, Miller & Bushong (Dean F Bacon), 3400 White Vantress, 9-2, to Daniel K. Good, 20%; 28, & Bushong, (Dean F Bacon), 1500 White Mountains, , 9-5, to Daniel K. Good, 20 H; 29, J Lloyd Har nish, 8000 White Vantress, 9-3, 1 no sale, 20% bid; 30, J Lloyd Harnish, 8000 White Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 20% bid, j 31, Willis Good, 975 White Vantress, 10 wks. to Leola Poul- (Continued on Page Three) ' Outlook fo Lancaster Livestock: Steer Supp Smallest of Season; Prices Gain By DAVID S. LORENSON Lancaster, Aug 8 (USDA) (Wednesday to Wednesday Review)' Cattle 3,311, week ago 4,064. Slaughter steers in smal lest supply of the current season and only about one-half as large as week ago. The run included around 50 per cent stocker and feeder steers and nearly 20 per cent- cows. Compared with last Wednesday fed steers and heifer; strong to 25c higher, some sal“« 50 cents up, best action on choice and prime 1000 lbs and over. Cows around 50 cents lower, bulls weak to 25 cents lower. Stock steer calves and yearlings about steady, feeder steers 750- 950 lbs. fully steady. Bulk choice and prime 1050-1300 lb fed steers $24.25-26.00, a few loads and lots up to 1340 lbs $26 50-26.75. Most gbod and low choice steers $22.- 00-24.00; standard and low good grades $l9OO-21:50. A few com mercial steers down to $16.00. Scattered lots good and choice heifers $19.00-22.75, a few to $23.00 Standard grade heifers $l6 00-18 00 Utility and com : merical cows by mid-week $ll.- 50-13 50; canners and cutters $8.50-12.25, shelly canners down to $7-50. Utility and commercial bulls $15.00-17.50 a few good fed bulls to $2O 00; cutter grades $13.00-14 75. Bulk medium and good 450-750 lb stock calves and yearlings $17.00-19 50, common .stoekers $13.00-16 00 with some as low as $l2 00 Good <750-950 lb feeder .steers $lB 50-2100, about two loads 875-950 lbs most ly low choice to $2175, a few around 600 lb stock steers to $22. 00 CALVES 820 week ago 723 Compared with last Wednesday veal calves mostly steady Bulk good and choice $2O 00-23 59, high cho’ce and prime $24'00- 2800, utility and commencal sls*oo-19 00. " 1 HOGS- 1579; a week ago 1,452. Qmimm* P. L Rohrer & Bro., SMOKETOWN Ph. Lane. 22659 ugust 1956 motcrcn. AUGUST 19M Great Lakes region. -Precipitation Is expected to exceed in the Northern Plains, Middle Mis Valley, and Southern Rocky n States. Subnormal amounts are in the Northeast, Southwest, an Coast States, with near normal elsi SFU f /v / -Vi A'' ' THRL iWERED AEROSOL DESIGNED FOR INDUSTRY _ The new insecticide that’s amazingly effed economical, safe, easy to use, fast and clean, flies, even the resistant ones, and other insects plague the dairy farm. Ask to see it demonstr MFD. »Y VIRGINIA SMELTING CO., WEST'NORFOIK. Compared with last We barrows and gilts around higher. Sows scarce, fulh Bulk Narrows and gilts lbs, $18.25-18 75, seven lots mostly No. 1 $l9 around 50 head Monday 50; weights 240-270 lb s 18.25; 160-180 lbs $ll Sows all weights $l2 09 SHEEP:' 408, week a Compared with l a st We spring lambs around sio Bulk good and choice spring lambs $lB.OO-2309 lots choice and prime $2 00. Utility and low gooi $15.50-17.50, Culls down 00. Aged sheep to sci market test. 6o Am> Chick in Record The Best Broiler at its Best Martin fuses the work of I tion's leading breeders to g fop quality chicks that early for quick broiler /r 'S. f S' A -i * M w t** *. * js*. wi- iU. «F **, *
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