Eggs PHILADELPHIA Feb. 27 Weak. Prices declined %-1 cent on most grades. More than ade quate supplies were offered for the relatively lighter demand. In some quarters dealers’ floor stocks were burdensome. , Wholesale selling prices: Min ’ imum 10 per cent AA quality large 45-48 lb. White 34%-36, medium white 33-34, brown 23- 34. Extras, min. 60 per cent A quality. Large 45-50 lb. white 32- %-33, mixed 32-33, medium white 32-32%, mixed colors 32-32%. Standards 31-32, Checks 27-29. Receipts Feb. 26. 3,900 cases all by truck. LIVE POULTRY PHILADELPHIA, Feb 27 Unsettled. Fresh arrivals mostly hens and fryers with heavy car ried over stocks of pullets and caponettes were more than suf ficient for the fair but very selec tive demand. White Rocks pul lets 33-36 cent Carried over Bar red Rocks were unsold. Large m m W Hotti'f jtw/t f EGG SIZE?’ You can stop worrying about egg prices when your houses ere full of Mount" Hope pullets. The combination of Big Eggs and many of them means top income for you. MOUNT HOPE LEGHORNS LANCASTER COUNTY’S ONLY FRANCHISED MOUNT HOPE HATCHERY Johnson's Hatchery EPHRATA, pa. PHONE RE3-2980 you send a boy fo do (T man's work! with America's easiest* POPULAR FAVORITE \ M 2% HP. MODEL IS \ \m With 2 forward \l\\V speeds and revcr-« BlB9OO 3% H P MODEL PB< With lever gear shift, 6 for* ard speeds and reverse $245.00 *^O^ >NAVELY’S FARM SERVICE SJEW HOLLAND -PHILADELPHIA Feb. -27 Processed Poultry, ready-to-cook (ice packed) young chickens - barely steady. Demand fair. Sup plies were about adequate. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb.) Grade A & U. S. Grade A, 2-3 lb. 30-30%, mostly AEXX 31-31%. Hens. Ready-to-cook (ice pack ed) steady to firm. Demand im proved especially for heavy type. No more than sufficient supplies were available. Prices A & U S. Grade A 4-5% lb. 32-33. Receipts Feb. 26 Included other than turkeys Maryland 66,- 000 lbs. Delaware 92,000 lbs. Vir ginia 16,000 lbs North Carolina 22,000 lbs cross fryers 25 cents other cross fryers mostly straight cockerels 22-23 cents Vanlress Red 23-25 cents No 2 quality mixed broil ers 17 cents down to 5 cents Few lots Pekin Ducks 30-32 cents. White Muscovy Ducks 25 cents mixed 22-24 black 20 cents. Few lots ,Geese 28-30 cents. Turkeys unsettled. Demand light for sup plies. Few lots heavy type young hens 33 cents large size young toms 25-26 cents Total receipts Feb 2t>, 53,000 lbs. Included Maryland 5 000 lbs Delaware 15,000 lbs. ■ Wholesale selling prices No. 1 and fancy quality broilers or fryers heavy type 3-4 lb. 22-25. Pullets 4% lb. and over 33-36. Hens heavy type,2o-24 light type 11-16. Old roosters 10 Ducks Muscovy 20-25 Pekins 30-32. Tur keys young hens 33 young toms 25-26. ||SS|| Ivan M. Martin yfI^LIMESTONE *eeeeee< I LOANS | 8 For any farm purpose § Made the farmer’s | way | LANCAS' I ~iNCA jTER PRODUCTION « CREDIT ASS’N. | 36 E. Chestnut St. | Lancaster, Pa. « Ph. Lane. EX 3-3921 g So easy to use, so rugged and versatile that it does a man-size job on dozens of farm, garden and yard jobs that’s Simplicity, AMERICA'S No. 1 GARDEN TRACTOR! Simplicity’s lever -gear shift provides instant selection of the right forward speed —plus reverse for easier handling. Compare feature for feature, and you’ll find Simplicity offering greatest per* formance at lowest cost! •attochmtnu »*lr* Poultry Ph. EL 4-2214 Lancaster Cattle Market 240 lbs. in Wednesday’s trade $lB 25-18.50, a few lots 1 and 2, 200-220 lbs. $lB 75-19, around 25 head mostly No. 1 at $19.50. Weights 240-270 lbs. $l7 50-18.25 some around 160 lbs. down to $17.50. Sows mixed U S 1-3, 270- 550 lbs. $l3 50-16. SHEEP- Supply mainly fed wooled lambs. Quality again very plain. Slaughter lambs mostly steady last Wednesday. Bulk util ity and good 75-95 lb. wooled slaughter lambs $l4-19, a few mixed lots good and choice $19.50- 22, some choice to $23. Farm Calendar Today Annual 4-H leaders banquet 6 30 p m. at Bethany Presbyterian Church, West End Avenue, Lan caster. 1957 Fruit and vegetable spray program 930 a.m. at Art’s Diner, south of Manheim on Route 72. Fruit growers meeting 1:30 pm at Farm Bureau, Dillerville Road, Lancaster Dr. R. S. Kirby, J O- Pepper and J. 0. Duff, all of Penn State, will discuss inter cropping ol vegetables m or chards. Monday New Holland Community 4-H meeting 7 30 p m in the base ment of the Bank building, New Holland Chester County Agriculture and Home Economics Extension Service meeting, at the YMCA building, Coatesville Tuesday Annual interstate milk meeting for District 7 11:30 a. m. at the Leola Fire Hall, Leola. Soil erosion control meeting— -730 p. m. at the White Horse, Fire Hall, White Horse Speakers are to be W. Martin Muth on “Practices to Reduce Soil and Water Erosion” and Max Smith on “Soil Test Crop Fertili zation and Forage Crop Varie ties.” Kirkwood Community Club— -730 p. m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, Kirkwood. Southern Tractor Club —7:30 m. at Wenger’s Implement Shop, Buck. Wednesday Artificial Breeding Cooperative annual meeting of delegates to meet at the Bull Barn on Route 230 at 11 am. A luncheon and orogram will be held at the Landisville Fire Hall, Landisville. Eastern 4-H Tractor meeting —7:30 p. m. at Paul Noll’s, Gap. Reorganizing Red Rose beef and lamb club— 8 p. m. at the John Neff School, Neffsville. Thursday Southeastern District 4-H dairy meeting —lO a. m. at the Artifi cial Breeding Cooperative, Route 230. Little Britain Community Club 7:30 p, m. at the Fulton Grange Hall, Fulton. Western Tractor Club— 7:30 p. m. at Shotzberger Implement Shop, Elm. Friday, March 8 Lancaster County Farmers’ Assn, meeting at the Poultry Center, Lancaster. Speaker and refreshments. Saturday, March 9 Executive committee of the Ex tension Assn. —9:30 a. m. at the Farm Bureau. Lancaster Senior Extension Club banquet— 7 p. m. at Kauff man’s Tea House, East Peters burg Monday, March 11 John Deere Day at H. S. New comer & Son, Mt. Joy. Wednesday and Thursday, March 13 and 14 International Harvester meet ing at D. L. Diem & Sons.'Lititz. 11 Per Cent Drop Seen In Winter Vegetables Winter vegetable production for 1957 is now expected to be 11 per cent less than a year earlier, but only slightly below average, according to a report released Feb. 11 by the Crop Reporting Board. The biggest drop is indicated for cabbage, lettuce and carrots, but rather large increases are in dicated for winter tomatoes and sweet corn. Lancaster Farming, Friday, March X, 1957—3 Broad Leaved Decorative Plants Require Special Soil, Handling Plantings of rhododendron, laurel and other encaceous plants, favorites with many peo ple, can be developed about the home giounds with care, assures Associate County Agent Ilany Sloat Remove the natural soil from the bed where the plants are to be set, particularly in the case of heavy clay or where the soil has been mixed with lime or mortar from building operations. Fill the bed with a combination of one part of well decomposed hard wood sawdust, well rotted leaves fiom ash trees, or leaf mold mix ed with three parts of good gar den soil. Each fall mulch the plants with oak leaves or pine needles, well rotted hardwood sawdust or pulverized peat. Gradual decomposition of the mulch maintains the acid reac tion of the soil and also helps to hold moisture. Mulch protects plants from winter injury. For luxuriant growth, add proper plant food. Six ounces of fertilizer can suffice for ten square feet. If your cows are passing bloody urine, it might be well to have the herd checked for leptospieosis Voiding of bloody urine is the first symptom of this disease in about 50 per cent of all cases re ported SPECIAL THIS WEEK ONLY 900—10 day Old Leghorn Pullets $2B Per 100 Reich Poultry Farm Marietta Ph. HAzel 6-7123 in LOOKING FOR RESULTS? Try WIRTHMORE Complete Chick Starter Here’s an economical feed that is especially well suited for starting replacement chicks. It is high in quality proteins and contains the vitamins and other factors known to be needed for early chick growth and health. You’ll save money with this dependable ration. Available in mash, pellets and crumbles with medication against eoccidiosis. Why not try it arid check the results for yourself? WIRTHMORE FEEDS Hiestand, Ph. HAzel 6-9301 Marietta Leßoy M. Sensenig Qi enn H. Herr Hinkletown Manheim, RDI Ph. Ephrata REpublic 3-2009 TWinoaks 8 3547 Since broadlcaved plants scorch easily from the winter sun locate them in a protected area on the east or north side of the house. They like partial shade, but avoid dense shade and areas of heavy root competition. tCy^CO^OCXSEg COULD SAY WHAT THEY THINK AND STILL BE SILENT Why be silent about a good thing? Dollar for dollar, your money buys more at Cope & Weaver. Drop in soon and take a look at some real bargains. Farmall Super H Tractor. Used 3 Seasons Cope & Weaver WILLOW ST. Pb. Lane. EX 3-2824 Clem E. Hoober Inc. Intercourse Ph. SOuthfield 8-3431 SOME. PEOPLE
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