PROCESSED POULTRY PHILADELPHIA Sept. 11 Processed poultry, rcady-to-cook (ice packed) young chickens—un settled. Demand was fair. More than sufficient supplies were of fered. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb ) Grade A and US grade 2 2-3 lb , 30%-34, mostly 31-32 Hens: ready-tocook (ice pack ed ) steady Supplies were no more than adequate for the good de mand. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents'*per lb). Grade A and US grade A 4- 5% lb. 3132. Receipts Sept. 10 included other than turkeys: Maryland, 91,000 lbs; Delaware, 100,000 lbs., S Carolina, 19,000 lbs.; N. Carolina, 38,000 lbs.; Virginia, 38,000 lbs. Thi» year, step up your poultry in come. Get increased production of targe size, top quality white eggs early—get higher livability Special low summer price. Try the K-137 Leghorn and compare I FREE! Write for new booklet —get all the facts. Address Box 41. *r«/»r direct frem HUBBARD FARMS Lancaster, Pa. fast and clean with Hysk PulS-type for 2 • Low, gentle-sloping gatherers with hinged points to save down corn • Fast, clean snapping action guards against shelling • Oversized, 6-roll husking bed gets ; ears husk clean • Teams with any tractor with 2-plow power, standard pta INTUNAtIONAL HAtVtSTIt Kauffman Bros. iVlountville Messick Farm Equip. Cope & Weaver Co. Elizabethtown Willow Street J. Paul Nolt Gap C. E. Wiley & Son J. B. Hostetler & Son Quarryville - Wakefield Mt. Joy Wednesday New York Egg Market Extra Fancy Heavyweights . 51 Mediums 47 y 2 Pullets 29% Peewees 20 Nearby Browns Extra Fancy Heavyweights 52% Mediums 47 Pullets .. 32% Peewees . 20 Midwestern Mixed Fancy Heavyweights ... . 47 Mediums . 391/2 Standards . . 37 Checks . . 3 0% * Midwestern Whites Fancy Heavyweights ... . 43 Mediums . 42 Midwestern Browns Fancy Heavyweights ..... . 431/3 NEW YORK, Sept. 11 Irregular tone in the shell egg market this morning. Largo and medium whites did not clear and with in creased selling interest and a lack of support prices declined one to ane and a half cents. Browns were in a relatively shorter position and well supported except brown pullets which eased half a cent Mixed colors sustained on better grades. Checks declined half a cent. Weekly Egg Price Review NBY WHITES Thurs. 5 Fri., 6 Mon., 9 Tues., 10 Ex Fey Hywts 54 52 52% 52-52% Mediums 47-50 47-48 48 48-48% Pu Uets 29 29% 29% 29% Peewees 20 20 20 20 NBY BROWN Ex Fey Hwyts 53-54 52% 52% 52". Mediums 45 45 46 47 Pullet S 32 33-33% 33-33% 33 Peewees 20 20 20 20 AMS to Administer New Poultry Act; Inspection to be Mandatory by 1959 Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson has assigned to the Agricultural Marketing Service responsibility for administering the recently enacted Poultry Pro- EX 2-2154 McCormick® 1-PR Corn Picker Plow or larger tractors with PTC Big 6-roll husking bed gives you capacity to do husk-clean work in the highest yields ... and pick up to 10 acres a day with this heavy-duty McCormick Model 1-PR one row pull-type picker. What’s more, the picker is built extra sturdy to give you season on season of low-cost picking. Find out how you can buy on th« new IH income Purchase Plan McCormick Farm Equip. Store Ephrata D. L. Diem & Sons Lititz C. B. Hoober Intercourse By Urner-Barry Nearby Whites ducts Inspection Act. Commenting on enactment of this legislation, which was signed by the President Aug. 28, Secre tary Benson said - “The passage and approval of the Poultry Pro ducts Inspection Act marks an other milestone in the tremendous progress which has occurred in the poultry industry m this dec ade. Its passage likewise reflects the continued progress this nation is making in assuring the consum ing public wholesome, and nutri tious food on an ever-expanding scale.” The Poultry Products Inspec tion Act requires that by Jan. 1, 1959, all poultry and poultry pro ducts moving in interstate com merce be inspected for whole someness. Currently it is estimat ed that approximately 50 per cent of such poultry is now being in spected for wholesomeness under the voluntary inspection program provided by USDA on a fee basis- The Act becomes partially effec tive on Jan 1, 1958, when plants approved by USDA may be pro vided the service. By Jan. 1,1959, all plants shipping poultry in in terstate commerce must be ap proved and the poultry products processed therein be subject to. inspection, unless otherwise ex empt. Lancaster Markets (Continued from page 2) reputation average prime steers $2B. Good and low choice steers $22-22.75 including load grained on grass steers $l9-21.75. A few lots good to choice fed heifers $20.50-22.85, utility and standard mostly grass heifers $15.50-19. Utility and commercial cows late $13.25-15, canners and cutters $9.50-14.25. Utility bulls mostly $2O down. Bulk medium and good stocker and feeder steers 520- 1,100 lbs. $18.50-22, Common stock steers $16.50-17.50. CALVES: 1,412, week ago 948. Ve'al calves mostly steady with last Wednesday. Bulk good and choice 130-220 lb. vealers $23-28, a few high choice and prime $28.50-30. Utility and standard grades $l5-22. HOGS; 1,412, week ago 948, holiday included. Compared with, last Wednesday barrows and gilts mostly steady. Sows scarce all week; steady. Bulk barrows and gilts mixed US 1-3, 190-230 lbs. this week $21.75-22.25, largely $22 and up. Numerous small lots No. 1 and 2, 200-220 lbs. $22.25-22.75, a few to $23. Weights 160-180 lbs. slow mixed grade $20.75-21.75. Sows mixed US 1-3, 270-550 lbs. $14.50-19. SHEEP: 643, week ago 331. Slaughter lambs fully steady with last Wednesday. Bulk good and choice native Virginia spring lambs $22-25, utility and low good $l6-21.50. Lancaster Farming, Friday, Sept. 13, 1957—3 Mastitis Counterattack Saves $25 Monthly A planned mastitis program which included regular testing and veterinary treatment increas ed the earnings of a 265-cow herd in New York state by $6OO a month, according to a report by the American Veterinary Medical Association The Association also reported that the average 20-cow dairyman in Wisconsin loses $25 a month to PHILADELPHIA EGGS (BY USDA) PHILADELPHIA Sept 11 Unsettled. Prices declined on top quality large as increased supplies were available for the fair daily demand There was a liberal into storage movement. Wholesale selling prices: mini mum 10 per cent AA quality large 45-48 lb. white 51-53, brown 51- 52V2, medium white 47-48, brown 45-46. Extras, minimum 60 per cent A quality large 45-50 lb white 47-50, mixed 46-48, medium white 42-43, mixed 39-40. Stand ards 36-37, checks 29-30. Prices to retailers in cartons (cents per dozen). Grade A and US grade A, large- whites, 62-68. mostly 64-67, browns 62-68, most ly 64-66 Grade A and US grade A, medium whites 58-63, mostly 60- 61; browns 53-63, mostly 57-58 Grade B and US grade B, large whites 53-64, mostly 55-56, browns 53-64, nlostly 55-56. Receipts Sept. 10, 3,000 cases by truck. | LOANS I a For any farm purpose § | Made the farmer’s » I way « LANCASTER 1 PRODUCTION | (CREDIT ASS’N. « 36 E. Chestnut St. :J Lancaster. Pa. S Ph. Lane. EX 3-3921 « To Supplement Your Dry Pastures Economically • Feed... WIRTHMORE FODDER GREENS ★ "To Stretch Ha} ★To Replace Silagej ★ To Add Succulence to the Milking Ration ■★ To Increase Milk Production • Feed... WIRTHMORE RANGER ROUNDS ★ Economical Protein Supplement ★ Easy To Feed On Pasture ★ Stretches Corn Supply SEE US FOR A PROFITABLE SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAM CLEM E. HOOBER INTERCOURSE mastitis To reduce losses from this dis ease, which have been estimated at $227 million annually, the As sociation suggests that veterinar ians should regularly examine the cows of a herd and test the milk from each quarter of the animals lor mastitis If mastitis is found, the Asso cialion said, and the specific or ganisms identified by a laboratory test, the veterinarian is then able to prescribe the drug which will be most effective in clearing up the condition Cope & Weaver WILLOW ST Ph. Lane. LX 3-2824 Ph. SOuthfield 8-3431
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