2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 17, 1957 COT Broilers Average 22.1 S Cents At Special Exchange Sate Wednesday LANCASTER Wdilin Cassel, Til Manheim, sold 35 White Van tress cockoials for 23cents to top the special Chicken of Tomor iow sale held in conjunction with the regular Wednesday auction at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange. Glen Herr was the buyer. At the regular sale, 29,575 broil cis sold., for an average of 20 92 cents with the range being from 20 to 21% cents Top price went to R-joert Barr R 1 Millersville with Daniel K. Good, Columbia, paying 2114 cents for 1.000 White Vantress nine weeks, six days old. At the COT sale, 876 birds sold, al prices langmg from Cassel’s Ingh of 23 Vz to 20 cents for the (mmassM ALTMAN’S SUPER-A FEEDS Berry Boxes $1.93 per 100 $lB 30 per 1000 Bu. Berry Crates —750 ea Guinea Pig Chow 501 b $3.65 26” Hog Wire Roll $24 50— $31.55 W Holland Poults 830 - 870 Started Chicks on hand now—l7o Starter Medicated - $4.25 , Grower Crumbles $4 35 Turkey Developer Pellets $4.60 4 Point Barbed Wire Roll $9.95 Rent a Sprayer for only $lOO per day to spray your Pigeon loit, Chicken Coop or your Barn, also trees and. shrubbery, Carbola Insecticid es of all kinds. Come ul and ask all about it 'Special Chop For Steers, Hogs, Sheep I That Aroma Pep Flavoring For Ensilage Flowers, tomato plants, Pepper, Egg Plant, Cabbage, Lettuce ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER ■' 947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715 10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more. PRICES SUBJECT TO CHA NGE WE DELIVER b xaassss ATTENTION FARMERS [Before You Buy Any Harvester Go To Your New Holland Dealer And Ask To See [The 800 F. H. i* - new Or^r\ HOLLAND ZjU(J HARVESTER' L. H, Brubaker Lancaster - Lititz Cope&Weaver Co. Willow Street D. L. Diem & Sons Lititz A. B. C. Groff C. E. Wiley & Son New Holland ' Quarryville - Wakefield Co. Arthur Young Kinzers low lot. The average was 22.15 cents About 105,000 broilers are of fered for the auction Friday The Tuesday report from the Delmarva area gave 20.3 cents as the average price paid for broil ers r * * LANCASTER Broiler prices stayed over the 20 cent figure at the Friday auction held at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange May 10. The average for 78,000 broil ers was 21 02 with the range be ing flora 20% to 21% cents. At the sale, 1,300 pullet cap- sold for 24 cents and four lots, 2,650 head, of capettes, rang siansatumsnumr :| Here s the world's chomp ion forage harvester Ca paoty up to 45 tons an hour Both power take off and engine nodelt are available with your choice of five differen attach E. L, Herr Peach Bottom J. B. Hostetler and Sons Mt. Joy- Kauffman Bros. Mountville PHILADELPHIA (USDA) —- Steady, demand was fair. More than adequate supplies were off ered. Current receipts in liberal supply sold slowly in small lots at 24-26 cents Wholesale selling prices, min imum 10 per cent AA quality large 45-48 lb, White 31-33, Brown 31-32, medium White 28- 29, Brown 28-29 Extras, minimum 60 per cent A quality large 45-50 lb. White 29-30 Vi, mixed 'color 29-30, med ium White 27-28, mixed color 27- 28, standards 26’-6-27, Checks 25- 26. Receipts May 11 - 3,800 cases, all by truck. ed from 22Vz to 24V4 cents. Here is the sale listed by lot number, seller with giower in parenthesis, amount and breed; age in weeks and days; buyer and price. 1. Eugene Schlosnagle, 8,400 White Vantress, 9, College Hill Poultry, 21 cents. 2. Eugene Schlosnagle, '8,400 White Vant ress, 9, College Hill Poultry, 21’A cents 3. J. Lloyd Harnish, 7,700 White Vantress, 9-3, H. W. Long acre Inc., 21 cents. 4. J. Lloyd Harnish, 7,400 White Vantress, 9-3, College Hill Poultry, 203,4 cents. 5 Clair E. p'ltz 5,000 White Vantress, 10, Mandata Poultry, 2114 cents 6. Clair E. Fitz, 4,000 White Vantress, 10, Mandata Poultry, 2114 cents. 7 Daniel L. Fisher, 1,300 White Rock pullet capettes, 15, Carl B Risser, 24 cents. 8. Mil ler & Bushong (J. Edgar Sum mers), 250 White Vantress cap ettes, 13, Roy E. Ream, 24 cents. 9. M & B (John L. Herr), 700 White Rock capettes, 14, Walter C. Mellinger, 23 cents. 10. M & B (John L Herr), 700 White Rock capettes, 14, Carl B. Risser, 2414 cents. $3-25 11 M & B (John L. Herr), 1,000 White Vantress capettes, no sale, 22V2 bid 12 M & B (John L. Herr), 1,000 White .Vantress- cap ettes, 13, Walter C.' Mellinger, 22V4 cents 13. M& B (Christ L Herr), 3,500 White Vantress, 9-3, no sale, 21 cents bid. 14. M & B (Elmer Garber), 3,700 White Vantress, 10, Walter C Mellinger, 2114 cents 15. M,& B (Mearl Long), 1,100 White Vantress cap ettes, 13-4, no sale, 21 cents bid 16 M & B (Joseph F Bushey), 9,000 White Vantress, 10, C. F Manbeck Inc., 21 cents 17. M & B (Joseph F. Bushey), 8,800 White Vantress, 10, C. M. Man beck Inc, 21 cents. 18. William, Eshelman-Red Rose, 3,900 White Vantress, 9-3, Victor F. Weaver Inc., 20% cents. 19. William Eshelman, 3,900 White Vantress, 9-3, Victor F Weaver Inc., 21 cents. 20 William Eshelman, 3,- 900 White Vantress, 9-3, Victor F. Weaver Inc, 20% cents. 21. William Eshelman, 3,900, White Vantress, 9-3, College Hill Poultry, 21 cents. Poultry PHILADELPHIA (USDA) Unsettled. Heavy volume of ar rivals of all classes were more than sufficient for the light very selective demand. Large White Rock Pullets 25-27 cents few lots 28-30 cents, medium sizes 23- 24 cents. White Crosses 26 cents with bulk unsold. Large White Rock Caponettes 24-26 cents, Greys 23-24 cents, ' crosses 24 cents for large and 22-23 cent for: small sizes. Cross Fryers 21-23 cents. Caponetted 22-25 cents, straight Cockerel Crosses 22-23 cents, without clearing, White Rocks 23-25 cents, Silver Crosses 22-23 cents with bulk unsold, Reds 22-24 cents. No. 2 quality mixed Fryers 15-20 cents. Turk eys. Unsettled. Demand fair. More than - adequate supplies were available. Bronze and x ßuff breeder hens and toms 23-28 cents. Total receipts May 14 - 112,000 lb included Maryland-18,000 lb. Delaware 2,000 lb. Wholesale selling prices No. 1 & fancy quality- Broilers or Fry ers, ' heavy type, 3-4 lb 22-25, Pullets 4 Vs lb & over 25-30, 4-4’4 lb 23-24, Hens, heavy type 18- 22, light type 12-16. Old Boosters 10-11, Ducks, Pekms 32. Eggs Lancaster Markets: Average Choice Steers Steady; Hogs' Drop Quarter By DAVID S. LORENSON Market News Service CATTLE; 4,320, week ago 3,882. Compared with last Wednesday slaughter steers average choice and below mostly steady, high choice and low prime slow, steady to 25 cents lower, instances 50 cents off. Heifers scarce steady. Cows steady to 25 cents higher, bulls fully steady. Stockers and feeders, fully steady. Week’s re ceipts comprised about 40 per cent stockers and feeders and_ nearly 10 per cent cows. Slaughter steers graded mostly good and choice. Bulk choice fed steers 1,000-1,300 lbs. $23.25-24, high choice and mixed high choice and prime $24.50-25.65, about two loads prime steers $26, Good and low choice fed steers $20.50-22.76 some standardslB,so - A few heifers standard to good $17.00-21. Cutter, utility and commercial "cows $14.25-16.50, canners largely $ll to, $11.75. Utility and commercial bulls $16.50-18.50, good fed yearling bulls $l9-20.50. Bulk good grade stocker and feeder steers and light yearlihgs 538-950 lbs. $21.50- 23.50, a few mixed good and choice around 700 lb. weights $24. CALVES: 593 week ago 640. Vealers strong to SI higher than last Wednesday. Most advance on standard and. good grades. Bulk good and choice vealers $22 50- 29, high choice $3O-31, utility and standard $l4-22. - HELICOPTER ■ Spraying-Dusting ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ M II ■ m m Control Insects and Diseases CORN, HAY, TOBACCO, TOMATOES, FRUIT, ALSO TOBACCO SUCKER CONTROL Contact early for scheduling HELICOPTERS INTERNATIONAL, Inc. RDI, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Phone 1109—Z - - ■ ——— ___ HOGS; 1,437, week ago 2,105. Compared with last Wednesday barrows and gilts around 25 cents lower. Sows scarce steady. Bulk barrows and gilts mixed US 1-3, in Wednesday’s trade $l9-19.25, a few sales No. 3, $18.75. Small lots No. 1 and 2, 200-220 lbs, $19.50- 20. Weights'* 160-180 lbs. slow, mixed weight and grade $17.50- 18.75. Sows mixed U.S. 1-3, 270- 550 lbs. $12.50-16. SHEEP: 456, week ago 373. Compared with last Wednesday slaughter lambs steady to 50 cents lower. Bulk good and choice na tive spring lambs 55-85 lbs. $23.50- 27.50, a few to $2B. Utility and low good $2l-23. Red Meat Production Shows Little Change HARRISBURG Pennsylvania fanners during the first' three months of 1957 produced for slaughter about the same-amount of beef, veal and lamb as they did for the corresponding period in 1956, the State Department of Ag riculture said today, following Federal-State surveys. The March output was 73,93Ej,- 000 pounds, 2Va per cent above February’s production-of 72,129,- 000 pounds and two per cent be low the total output of March, 4956. Pennsylvania slaughterings for March included 69,000 head of heef cattle, 82,000 calves, 230,000 hogs, and 28,000 sheep and lambs. » I E
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