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Low Prices- Continue to Plague
Poultrymen; Egg Price at 1.2 Year Low
HARRISBURG Although av
erage returns to Pennsylvania
farmers for chickens and. eggs'
were up slightly in mid-April
from a month earlier, low prices
continued to plague producers,
the Stale Department of Agricul
ture announced today.
Egg prices in mid-Apnl averag
ed eight cents a dozen less to
farmers than a year previous and
chickens were down five cents a
pound liveweight, according to
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service surveys.
Compared with mid-March, the
average return to producers was
up half a cent a pound for Chic
kens and up ope cent a dozen for
eggs. The April 15 average of 37
cents a dozen for eggs was the
lowest for the date in 12 years.
In April, 315 million eggs were
produced on Pennsylvania farms
LANCASTER FARMING
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Leghorn Chicks
For Large White Eggs
DONEGAL
WHITE CROSS
For Broiler Chicks
"Direct from the Breeder"
Phone Mt. Joy 3-4911
MOUNT JOY, PA.
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TtJNE IN, the National Farm and Home Hour, NBC, Saturdays.
L. H. Brubaker -
Lancaster, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son
Rhcenu. Pa.
Mann & Gmmelli Farm Serv. R. S. Weaver
Pa.
Nissley Farm Service ,
Washington Boro, Pa.
by 16,896,000 layers. This output
was two _per cent higher than
April 1956, although there were
861,00.0 fewer layers producing. A
record high average of 18.66 eggs
per layer was responsible.
Commercial egg producers re
port they culled flocks lightly
during April and a lew poultry
men indicated plans to keep older
layers rather, than start replace
ment chicks. Reports from com
mercial egg producers indicate
the number of chidks for flock re
placements continued downward
from last year.
Growers in the Keystone State
as of April 15 received an aver
age of 17.5 cents a pound for chic
kens; 20 cents a pound for com
mercial broilers, and 34 cents a_
pound for turkeys. Egg prices av
eraged 37 cents a dozen to pro
ducers. Nationally, farmers av
eraged 14.5 cents for chickens;
19.1 cents for commercial broil
ers, and 26.8 cents for turkeys.
Egg prices averaged 30.8 cents a
dozen, as of April 15.
With the return for their pro
duct on April 15 Pennsylvania
poultrymen coul buy only 4.7
pounds of feed for every pound
of chicken sold. This compared
with 6.4 pounds of feed that could
be bought a year ago for the same
pound of chicken. On April 15,
1956, poultrymen could purchase
12.2 pounds of feed for the price
price they received for one dozen
of eggs compared with 9.9 pound!
this April.
Not 1, not 2, not 3
77 Kinds of block!
New Holland Concrete Products
New Holland, Pa., Elpn 4-21X4
Snavelys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa.
t. H. Brubaker
Lititz. Pa.
_ Stevens, Pa.
'if
Broilers
PHILADELPHIA (USDAf
Processed poultry, ready-to-cook
(ice packed) young chickens -
steady. Supplies were about
sufficient to meet the good de
mand. Closer holding by sellers
was apparent in some quarters.
Prices paid delivered ware
house, 'Philadelphia (cents per
lb) grade A & U. S. Grade A,
2-3 lb 31%-34, mostly 32-33.
Hens: Ready-to-ook (ice pack
ed) steady. Demand improved.
Barely sufficient supplies were
available.
Prices paid _ delivered ware
house, Philadelphia (cents per
lb) Grade A & U.'S. Grade A 4-
5% lb 31%-33.
Receipts May 14 included
other, than turkeys; Md. 88,000
lb, Del. 70,000 lb, "Va. 37,000 lb.
South Carolina 23,000 lb. North
Carolina 22,000 lb..
Smokey Bear
To Be Feature
Of Comic Strip
A new adventure comic strip,
‘Smokey the Bear”, syndicated
:hrough a ioint arrangement be-
;ween the Forest Service and Co-
lumbia Features, Inc., and de
signed to extend further the edu
cational value of Smokey in for
est conservation, will be released
for daily and Sunday features
starting Sunday, June 16,. the
U.S. Department of Agriculture
announced today.
This comic strip character will
enioy the distinction of being the
only one authorized by Congress.
By a Congressional Act of 1952
the Smokey Bear symbol was de
clared the trademark of forest fire
prevention. The symbol can- be
used for educational commercial
purposes, but only upon approval
of the Secretary of Agriculture.
Under controlling legislature, roy
alties from the comic strip will go
to the Forest Service for coopera
tive forest fire prevention work,
Smokey’s role as America’s
guardian of the forests will con
tinue in the comic strip feature,
but the educational aspect of
Smokey’s,role will be greatly'ex-
tended in feature series. Smok
ey, together with a scrappy bear
youngster, Little v Smokey, and a
comical racoon named Specs, will
acquaint_ readers with conserva
tion of our forest resources. The
ways of animals and birds, folk
lore, path-finding, fire control,
game conservation, and wood
craft, will be learned through the
eyes and daily capers of Smokey
and his interesting animal com
oanons. _
Through the licensed sales of
commercial educational items
learing the Smokey Bear symbol,
a new league of young forest
minded Americans has been cre
ated by the Forest Service under
he name of “Junior Forest Hang-
ars”. Young Americans who
oledge their loyal protection to
aur Nation’s forests receive a kit
ncluding a membership card for
the Junior Forest Bangers or
ganization.
Smokey is an honorary member
of the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Camp Fire Girls, 4-H Club, School
Safety Patrol, ■ Order of Eagles,
Maryland League of Sportsmen
and Oregon Green Guards. He is
an honorary State Forester of
Florida and honorary Fire Chief
of the Washington (D.C.) Fire De
partment. Many schools have
adopted him as their official mas
cot. Last October, the citizens of
International Falls, Minn, put up
a 26-foot statue of Smokey'Bear
in that city.
The original Smokey, a real
bear now in Washington’s Zoo,
receives a constant stream of
homage from youngsters.
The Sunday “Smokey the Bear”
feature is designed for a perma
nent child’s reference book on
forest life. Entitled “Smokey
Says”, it is a large full color panel
to be cut out, featuring instruc
tions in woodcraft, nature study,
and valuable, practical knowledge
concerning the forest world.
Freedom of speech gives you
the right to say what you
please, subject only to such
censorship as may be imposed
•by-your good judgment and
conscience.
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Lancaster Farming, Friday, May 17, 1957—3
The growers and feeders of the
nation’s 60% milion head of beef
cattle are providing the nation’s
increasing population with ample
supplies of healthful, strength
giving, appetizing and satisfying
beef. In fact, the amount of beef
moving from the farms and ranch
es through the livestock markets’
and packing plants and across the
retail meat counters into'Amer
ica’s 142 million homes has in
creased an amazing 103 per cent
2500 White
Cornish Cross
♦ Available May 20
Reich Poultry Farm
Marietta Ph. HAzel 6-7123
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