It’s The Law "It’i the Law” with simple an* ewers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING in* cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Associa tion* Genera! interest questions are welcomed, and will be an swered as soon as possible. Let* ters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a speci fied. requested day. Questiodb Usually, “large" egg* are worth $3.00 la $6.00 more per case than “Mediums”. You can be sure of early large eggs and many of them when your houses arc full of Ist Generation Mount Hope leghorns. Along with targe eggs you get good feed conversion and high interior egg quality. Get all the facts about "Built-in Profits" In our New Folderr-iusf out. Mount Hope LEGHORNS LANCASTER COUNTY’S ONLY FRANCHISED MOUNT HOPE HATCHERY Johnson’s Hatchery EPHRATA, PA. PHONE RE 5-2980 For Years Allis-Chalmers has set the pace that others have followed 1948 m £% mi Power-Crater Engine ■ Snap-Coupler hitch m mi m Remote Ram ■ Principle AND NOW,.. in 1957 Low-Line, High-Crop fomn-CMTO, Tmctiok »4 Sk*f-Cou»li« SALES A SERVICE Snavelys Farm Service • • J. M. Power Director Roll-Shift front axle H. S. Weaver Stevens, Pa. New Holland. Pa. I* H. Brubaker Lititz. Pa. Poultry PROCESSED POULTRY PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 3 Processed poultry, ready-to-cook (ice packed) young chickens unsettled. Ample supplies were available with selling competition active from all producing areas. Demand was lighter in some quarters as buyers resisted cur rent asking .prices. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb.) Grade A Sc U..S Grade A, 2-3 lb. 33-36, mostly 33-34. Hens: Ready-to-cook (ice pack ed) about steady. IHeavy type in good demand and light type in fair demand. Supplies .were suf ficient for current needs. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb.) Grade A & U.S Grade A 4-5% lb. 32-33. Receipts April 2 included oth er than turkeys: Maryland 87,000 lbs. Delaware 95.000 lbs. Virginia 21,000 lbs. Georgia 22,000 lbs. South Carolina 22,000 lbs North Carolina 22,000 lbs. Broilers PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 3 Unsettled. Demand good for qual ity poultry. Supplies of most clas ses were more than adequate Large White Rock pullets in slow sale at 34-35 cents. Large White Rock oaponettes 30-33 cents, faw lots 34 cents with bulk unsold Few "lots roasters 21 cents. Stags 15-16 cents. Caponeted cross fry ers 25 cents. Columbias 22-24 cents' Reds 23%-24M>, few lots 25 cents. Turkeys unsettled De mand fair for, light supplies. Few lots_ heavy type young hens 40 cents, light type 43-44 cents with out clearing. Bronze" and White Holland young toms 25-30 cents Total receipts April 2 102,000 lbs included Delaware 16,000 lbs. Maryland 8,000 lbs Virginia 4,000 lbs. Wholesale selling-prices No. 1 •and fancy quality broilers or fry ers. Heavy type 3-4 lb. 23 .'4-25. Roasters 21. Pullets 4Va lb and over 34-36. Hens heavy type 19- 25. Light type 12-16. Old Roost ers 11-13 - Ducks Muscovy 25-30 Pekin 25-32. Turkeys young hens 40-44 Young toms 25-30 Eggs PHILADELPHIA, APRIL 3 Steady. Demand continued to im prove for top quality large and prices were unchanged to 1 cent higher. Mediums were in fair de mand with more than ample sup plies available. Liberal offerings of current receipts sold in small lots at 26-27 cents. Wholesale selling prices: mini mum 10 percent AA quality. Large 45-48 lb. White 35-37, brown 34-35, medium white 32- 32%, brown 31-32. Extras, mini mum 60 per cent A quality. Large 45-50 lb. White 32-34, mixed 31- 33, medium white 30-31, mixed 29-30 Standards 29-30, checks 27- 28. - Receipts April 2—3,300 cases, all by truck. Lancaster Broilers (Continued from page 2) Hauer, 21V* cents, 16. Miller & Bushong (Roy B, Martin), 3,100 Indian Rivers, 9-4, Carl B. Risser, 21 cents. 17. Philip F. Foster, 10,000 White Vantress, 9, Mandata Poultry, 21V* cents. 18, Irvin B. Gingrich, 1,000 White Vantress pullet capettes, 18-3, Carl B. Risser, 30 cents. 19. Aaron M. Shank, 4,800 White Vantress, 8-6, no sale, 20V* cents bid. 20. Aaron M. Shank, 5,200 White Vantress, 8-6, no sale, 20% cents bid. 21. Glenn H. Herr (Jacob Fish er), 1,400 White Vantress, 9-6, no sale, 21V* cents bid. 22. Glenn H. Herr (Jacob Fisher), 250 White Vantress capettes, 15, Walter B. Lehman, 30 cents. 23. Milt M. Jurell, 300 Leghorn Fowl, Curl B. Risser, 12% cents. Lancaster Farming, Friday, April 5, 1957—3 May 4-11 to Be Broiler Week, Federation Says The week of May 4 to 11 will be Pennsylvania Broiler Week, ac cording. to Homer J. Bicksler, president of the state poultry fed eration. Highlight of the weeks activi ties is the Chicken of Tomorrow contest finals to be held at the Farm Show Building in Harris burg May 7. On May 8 auction sales of the birds entered will be held regionally. For the Lancaster County area, the sale will be held at the Pro ducers Cooperative Exchange in Coatesville. Bicksler reports that 696 chick ens are entered in the COT con test. The contest birds were start- AVAILABLE 500 STARTED LEGHORN PULLETS 1500 CORNISH CROSS Reich Poultry Farm Marietta Ph, HAzel 6-7123 | LOANS | B For any farm purpose j| | Made the farmer’s g H - way g \\ LANCASTER | (PRODUCTION | CREDIT ASS’N | :: 36 E. Chestnut St. u H Lancaster. Pa. . | H Ph, Lane. EX 3-3921 § LOOKING FOR RESULTS Try WIRTHMORE Hl-ENER-G 16 Here’s what it will give you: ★ Greater returns over feed cost. ' * Good performance in any climate, in pens or cages. ♦ Labor savings—easy to feed a complete ration. Why not try it and check the results for yourself 7 WIRTHMORE FEEDS Hiestand, Marietta Ph. HAzel 6-9301 Sensenig Leßoy M. Hinkletown Manheim, RDI Ph. Ephrata REpublic 3-2009 Ph. Landlsville TWinoaks 8 3541 ed March 1 and will be nine and a half weeks old at judging time. The objectives of the contest are threefold, according to Bicks ler. They are to encourage the de velopment and production of su perior meat type broilers, to stim ulate consumption of poultry meat and to stimulate Interest and acquaint our rural youth with the two million dollar poultry in dustry in Pennsylvania and to develop future agricultural lead ers. • LOCAL t **OEMAAKS uT” TO SEE. THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF THETROU6LES OF LIFE IS OFTEN TO LOSE HALF OF THEM It will pay you to take the trouble to get acquainted with Cope & Weaver. You’ll discover plenty of buying satisfaction right from the start Used New Holland 66 Baler w/ engine Excellent Condition Cope & Weaver WILLOW ST. ' . Ph.- Lane. EX 3-2824 :a:m« Oem £. Hoober Inc. Intercourse Ph. SOuthfield 8-3431 Glenn H. Herr