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will not be published on a speci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« <r« Allla-Ciulman tradamirka.
SEE THE DYNAMIC 3-PLOW D-14
That Sets the Pace for Years to Come
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every Saturday on NBC
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quanyvllle, Pa.
L H. Brubaker
Lancaster. Pa.
N. C* Myers & Son
Xheems. Pa.
cannot be answered by mail, and
LANCASTER FARMING will
reject any inquiry which is not
of general public interest. Ad
aress all inquiries to “It's the
Law." LANCASTER FARMING
Quarryvilie, Pa. (Fictitious ini
tials will be used to protect the
identity of the questions).
Q. I have a sister-m-law who
is a widow. For the past 30 years
I have worked around her house
as a janitor but never have been
paid.'Her only relative is a sist
er. If she dies and leaves every
thing to her sister, can a claim
be entered against her estate for
unpaid wages’
A The claim for wages
could be entered against the es
tate, but proving it to the Court’s
satisfaction might be difficult.
You see, with this type of claim,
there is a legal presumption that
the services were paid for
periodically as they were rend
ered, and it takes convincing and
substantial evidence to overcome
this presumption. It is suggest
ed you make effort to obtain re
imbursement now for your serv
this presumption. It is suggest-
PASTURES
For year round grazing sow
a Swiss Permanent Pasture.
Ready to pasture in 8 weeks.
No more reseeding.
'We also have an excellent
Hay Pasture Silage Mix
2-3 cows per acre grazing.
Casupa Super Green
I Pastures
; FRED FREY
* QUARRYVILLE, PA.
ST 6-2235
Traction Booster system
Power Shift Wheels
Two-Clutch Power Control
design
ALLIS-CHALMERS <§>
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
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LOOKING
FOR
RESULTS
Try WIRTHMORE
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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
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Oem £. Hoober
Inc.
Intercourse
Ph. SOuthfield 8-3431
Glenn H. Herr