2—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Dec, 20, 1957
JSroilers Hit Year’s Low, 15.76,
At Lancaster Exchange Thursday
The range for the broilers was
from 14 *1 to 16 cents
One of the reasons for the
abrupt drop was that birds sold
at the Dec. 12 auction would hit
the retail stores during Christ
mas week when many stores are
closed and when demand is
down.
Last year the average for 74,-
025 broilers was 18.88 cents.
Here is the Dec 12 sale by
lot number, seller with grower in
parenthesis, number and breed,
age in weeks and days, buyer and
price per pound
1 Aberdeen Mills, 6,500 White
Vantress, 9-6, 'H W. Longacre, 16
cents, 2. Charles G Myer, 1,000
White Vantress, 11, no sale, 14%
cents bid 3 Millport Mills (Nor
man Forney), 1,500 Silver Cross
cockerel lipons, 10-2, no sale, 12
cents bid. 4 Abraham B Ghe
man„ 600 White Vantress capet
tes, 15-6, no sale, 23 ,i cents bid
5 Carl R Wagner, 3,500 White
Rock cockerel capettes, 12-5, H
W Longaere. Inc, 22'i cents
6 Carl R Wagner, 3.500
White Rock cockerel capettes,
12-5, no sale, 16 4 cents bid 7
Graybill Miller, 2,100 White
Rock capettes, 14 6, C F Man
beck Inc, 23 cents 8 Graybill
Miller, 4,500 White Rock capet
tes, 14 6, Harry H Weaver Jr,
20 cents 9 Mark Merkey, 1,200
LANCASTER Broilers hit
the bottom in puces paid at the
Lancaster Poultry Exchange Dec
12 when the average for 83,750
birds was only 15 76 cents.
Capettes, 14 300 of them, fared
somewhat better with a price
lange of from 20 to 26-n cents
A lot of heavy fowl sold for 19'1
cents
MUSSER
Leghorn Chicks
For Large While Egg*
DONEGAL
WHITE CROSS
For Broiler Chicks
"Direct from the Breeder*
MOUNT JOY, PA.
Phone Mt. Jov OL 3 4911
400 CHICKS ON HAND!
B Starter
Grower
20% Production Mash
Bluebird Ail Mash
Fine Cluck
Cracked Corn
Horse Feed
Fitting Ration
Ha> - Bale
Special chop for Steers, Heifers, Hogs, Sheep
Store Will be Closed, Dec. 2 5 and Jan 1, 1958.
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
WILLIS H. WEAVER MANAGER
947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715
10c hundred discount on half ton lots or more
PRICES SUBJECT TO CHANGE—WE DELIVER.
From Your Local
Red&Rose
FEED DEALER
!KKI
16% Dairy Feed
Pig Starter Pellets
25 lbs Table Salt
20% 0 F Hog Feed
Prance Dog Kibbles
Rabbit Pellets -
Water Softener
Rock Salt
Straw Bale
Top Tirades Up,
Market Steady
At Chicago
CHICAGO, Dec. 17 Estimat
ed salable receipts Cattle, 7,500;
calves, 200; hogs, 10,000, sheep,
3,000.
High choice and prime steers
25 cents higher, other grades of
steers and all grades of heifers
steady. Cows and bulls 25 higher,
the advance on cows mainly ean
ner and cutter grades. Vealers,
stockers and feeders steady.
Prime fed steers, 1,100 to 1,350
pounds, 27.25-28, choice, 25-26 50,
bulk god steers, 22 50-24 util
ity and commercial, 14.50-16 50,
bulk canners and cutters, 12-14 75.
Utility and commercial bulls,
10-20; good and choice vealers 25-
29; standard down to 20
Barrows and gilts about steady,
sows steady, 190-230 lbs. 18 75-
19.35; few lots No 1 to 3 of these
weights 19.50 to 19.60 including
125 head at the latter price 240-
260 lbs 17 75-18 50, 240-250 lbs
to 18 75, 270 290 lbs 17 25-17 75;
325-375 lb sows 15.50-16, 375-550
lb 14 25-15.50.
Sheep trade was slow, lambs
weak, slaughter ewes steady.
Good to prime wooled lambs, 21-
23 50, utility and low-good 17 50-
20 50, choice and prime 98-103 lb
shorn lambs 21 75-22 50.
White Vantress, 10-6, College
Hill Poultry, 16 cents. 10 Amos
M Herr, 275 Leghorn fowl, 18
months, Carl B Bisser, 19’A
cents
11 Miller & Bushong (Lloyd
Ream), 4,600 White Vantress, 9-
2, no sale, 15 ! 1 cents bid 12
M&B (Richard Thompson) 7,500
White Vantress, 10, Header’s
16 cents 13 M&B (Richard
Thompson), 7,500 White Van
tress, 10, S E David, 16 cents
T 4 M&B (Herbert Fisher), 2-
950 Indian River Whites, 9-6
College Hill, 16 cents 15 M&B
(John Mowery), 4,500 White
Vantress, 9-2, Meader’s 16 cents
16 M&B (Harold Hollmger),
1,800 White Vantress, 9-6, S E
Davis, 16 cents 17 Fruitville
Farms-Manor-Chester Murry, 5,-
400 White Vantress, 9-6, Victor
F Weaver Inc, 15 h cents 18
Fruitville-Chester Murry, 6,600
White Vantress, 9-6, College Hill,
16 cents 19 Fruitville-Murry, 5,-
000 Indian River Whites, 96, no
sale, 151. cents bid 20 Fiuit
ville-Murry, 5,000 Indian River
Whites. 9-6 no sale, 15Vfe cents
bid
21 Frmtville-Abram Shenk,
4,500 Indian River Whites, 9, no
sale, 15 Vi cents bid 22 Frmt
ville-Abram Shenk, 4,500 Indian
River Whites, 9, Victor F Weav
er Inc. 15 i cents 21 Elmer
Leaman, 2,000 White Vantress,
10 1, no sale, 15 b cents bid 24
M&B, (Roy N Hess), 500 White
Vantiess capettes, 14-6, Marvin
Sweigart, 26 i cents 25 M&B
(Roy N Hess), 850 White Van
tress capettes, 14-6, Risser, 25Vi
cents
26 M&B (Roy N Hess), 850
White Vantress capettes, 14-6,
Call B Risser, 25V2 cents 27 Le
roy M Sensenig, 1,600 Red Van
tress, 10, Roy E Ream, 15 cents
28 Leroy M Sensenig, 3,200
White Vantress, 10, no sale, IS 1 )
cents bid 30 Raymond H Weav
er 4,000 White Vantress, 96,
Victpr F Weaver Inc , 16 cents
31 Raymond H. Weaver, 1,000
White Vantress, 9-6, Roy E
Ream, 16 cents 32 M&B (Jay
Eat hart), 9,200 White Vantress
and Indian River Whites,lo-2, no
sale, 14M> cents bid 33 J Earl
Martin Jr 3,200 White Vanterss,
9 Daniel K Good, 15 ‘1 cents 34
John Balsbaugh, 800 White Van
tress, 9 6 no sale, 15’i cents bid
35 Glenn H Herr, 1,850 White
Rock cockerels 10-2 no sale, 15G
cents bid 36 Glenn H Herr, 1 -
400 White Vantress pullets, 10-2,
no sale 37 Glenn H Herr (J
Flovd Ki eider). 3,000 White
Vantress pullets, 10-2 no sale 38
Glenn H Herr (J Flovd Ki eid
er), 2 000 White Vantress pul
lets, 10-2, Roy E Ream, 16 cents
39 John V Erb, 5,000 Indian
Riveis, 10 2, College Hill, 14 i
cents 40 John V Erb, 4,500
Indian River Whites, 10-2, Victoi
F Weaver , 15'y cents
41 John V Eib, 3,600 Indian
Rivers 10 2, no sale 42 John V
Erb, 4 600 Indian River Whites
10-2, Daniel K Good 15Vi cents
43 John V Eib, 4,000 Indian
(Conitmuec on page three)
$26.75 Top on Steers. Hogs Show
Some Strength at Lancaster Yards
By BAVID S. LORENSCLV
Market News Service
LANCASTER, Dec 18 CAT
TLE, three days 3,037, week ago
3 137 Comoared with last Wed
nesday slaughter steers and heif
ers fully steady except for low
choice and below averaging over
1100 lbs. Those slow, about
steady Cows 25 to 50, cents lower
than last Wednesday with most
decline on high cutter, utility and
commercial grades Bulls fully
steady Stockers and feeders
strong to 50 cents higher than last
Wednesday
Bulk choice fed steers, 1,000-
1,300 lbs $24 25-26 50, one load
1060 lb high choice $26 75 Good
grade steers $22.50-24, a few
standard down to $2l Small lots
good and low choice heifers
$2O 50-23 Bulk cutter and utility
cows $l2 25-16 25, few commercial
to $l6 75, canners $lO-75-12. Util
ity and commercial bulls $lB
- 50, good fed yearling bulls to
$23 50 Milk medium and good
stocker and feeder steers and
light yearlings 552 1,140 lbs $2l
- several lots mostly good 600-
900 lb stocker and feeder steers
$23 50 24 50
CALVES 767, week ago, 892
Vealers mostly steady with last
Wednesday except for some weak
ness on standard and good, most
ly weights 125 lbs. and lighter
Bulk good and choice vealers 140-
210 lbs $25-31, high choice and
pume $3l 50-35, standard and low
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Healthy Chicks Make Great Lay ers!
Monroe C. Babcock
Why don’t you consider these factors when planning
your next batch of chicks. Babcock Bessie is a real top
commercial layer.
SIZE OF BIRD: At First Egg About 3 5 lbs
At One Year of Age 4 4 to 4 7 lbs
DAYS TO FIRST EGG: This varies with time of year
hatched Eessies are a little to
mature than some other strains.
RATE OF LAY: Under ideal care Bessies will peak at 88%
to 93%. Flock averages for 12 months of
lay run 235 to 270 eggs per bird housed
PERSISTENCY: Very long winded layer 14 to 15
months continuous high lay. Production
gets down to 60% to 55% at end of 15
months
EGG SIZE '
Excellent First twelve months of lay will
usually run 82 to 85% large and extra
large. From fourth month of lay on egg
size will run 92% to 95% large and extra
large. Very few double yolked eggs at
anytime
EGG SHAPE: Just about right in our opinion
SHELL COLOR: Chalk White.
SHELL STRENGTH: Good.
BLOOD SPOTS: Low very satisfactory
ALBUMEN QUALITY: Good.
PERCENT “A” ’S AND “AA” ’S; As shown by egg grading
stations usually over 95%.
PLEASE NOTE: No bird that has laid heavily 12 to 15 months will
lay a beautiful stiong shelled egg vnth high interior quality Bab
cock Bessies will lay a fin« egg for about 12 months, but after that
their egg quality will go down hill
HOW TO ORDER: Either write for prices 01 phone us collect
STOP IN AND SEE US AT BOOTH P 4 IN THE POULTRY
EXHIBIT AREA AT PENNSYLVANIA FARTv SHOW.
BABCOCK HATCHERY
Lancaster County Branch
Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Phone MAdison t-5872
Russell Mease Bob Decker
Route 4 R D.
Manheim, Pa
Phone MO-5 4705
good $2O-25, some utility down to
(Continued on i-age Three)
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16.95
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