Wednesday New York Egg Market By Urner-Barry. Nearby Whites Extra Fancy Heavyweights . ... .46 Mediums . .. . 44 Pullets '. . . . . 38 Peewees . ... Unquoted Nearby Browns Extra Fancy Heavyweights . 46 Mediums . . 43 Pullets . .38 Peewees . . ... .. Unquoted Midwestern Mixed Fancy Heavyweights ... 43 Mediums . .. 41 -41% Standards . 40 -40% Checks ... .. 35 Midwestern Whites Fancy Heavyweights , . • 43 Mediums . ... 41%-42 Pullets . .. . 38 Midwestern Biowns Fancy Heavyweights 43% NEW YORK, Feb. 26 Decidedly increased firmness deve loped overnight in spot shell eggs with a material increase in buying activity and a general very close absorption of spot supplies. Prices m Healthy Chicks Make Great Layers! Should a Pullet That’s “Expecting” Be Fat? What do you think? I think she shouldn’t All other expectant mothers are kept thin. For instance, dairymen now want big, rangy heifers a little on the thin side. Why? Thin heifers breed easier. Have less trouble calving. Produce more milk. Same goes for swine, sheep, beef cattle, etc. Maternity doctors now put expectant mothers on a diet to keep down fat and make childbirth safer. But pullets? We as an industry are raising them too fast and too fat. Result: Blow-outs, cannibalism, nervousness, short brittle feathers, naked pullets, poor lay. Egg laying organs buried in fat can’t function. Suggestions: Don’t raise pullets like broilers. At 8 weeks switch to “grower” -high in oats, low in corn, about 14% protein if All-Mash. Write or call us (collect) and we will book your order for any hatch you choose. BABCOCK HATCHERY Lancaster County Branch Route 3F, Lititz, Pa. Russell Mease Route 4 Manheim, Pa. Phone MO-5-4705 ANSON’S TCHERY ange St., Ephrata REpublic 3-2980 NCASTER TY’S ONLY ANCHISED UNTHOPE TCHERY j lii Monroe C. Babcock 'i' 1 Phone MAdison £-5873 Bob Decker R. D. #1 Milford. New Jersey Phone Milford 44909 on virtually all grades advanced a full cent and position appeared firmly supported at the higher level at this writing. Recent severe weather has cut back production in all areas and with the return to normal transportation conditions general demand is rechmg out more actively for supplies. Weekly Egg Price Review NEARBY WHTES Ex Fey Hywts Mediums Pullets. . Peewees NBY BROWN Ex Fey Hywts Mediums Pullets Peewees PHILADELPHIA tGGS (BY USB A) PHILADELPHIA Feb. 26 Steady to firm. Prices advanced 1 cent on most grades. Lighter available supplies of top quality were no more than sufficient for the good demand. Prices to retailers in cartons (cents per_doz.) Grade A & US grade A large whites 56-60; mostly 56-58, browns 56-60; mostly 56-58. Grade A & US grade A med whites 52-56; mostly 52-53, browns 52-56, mostly 52-53 _ Grade A & US grade A small whites 45-48; mostly 45-47, Grade B & US grade B large whites 48-55; mostly 48-52. browns 48-55; mostly 48-52. Receipts Feb. 25 - 6,800 cases by truck PROCESSED POULTRY PHILADELPHIA Feb 26 Processed poultry, ready-to-cook (ice packed) young chickens - steady. Supplies were somewhat in excess of the fair demand.* - Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb ) Grade A & U S grade A 2-3 lbs 3416-37, mostly 3416-35 Hens ready-to-cook (ice pack ed) barely steady. Demand was relatively lighter. Offerings ex ceeded current trade nefeds. Prices paid delivered ware house, Philadelphia (cents per lb) Grade A & U. S grade A, 4-5’6 lbs 38-39 Livestock Inventory Down 1 Per Cent Figures released Feb 14 by the Crop Reparting Board show that the inventory of livestock and poultry on farms as of Jan 1, 1958 was down one per cent from 1957, and was 10 per cent below the all-time peak on January 1, 1944. The only species showing an in crease during 1957 was sheep. Compared with Jan. 1,1957, cat tle numbers were down one per cent; hog numbers were down only slightly; sheep were up two per cent; horses and mules were down six per cent; chickens, down h\e per cent; and turkeys, down six per cent. Midwest Markets (Continued from page 2) standard ends. Load of low good 900 pound steers $24.25, standard and good 800 pound weights $23.75, short load utility 1,100 pound Holstein steers $20.50, standard 1,125 pound Holstein steers and heifers mixed $22.25. Several packages choice and prime 900-1,000 pound mixed yearlings $27.50-28, good and choice straight heifers $22.50-27; utility and commercial cows $16.60-18 50, canner and cutter cows $l4-17, utility and commer cial bulls $2O-22.50; good and choice vealers $3O-35, standard $23-30. HOGS: Steady to 25 cents low er on barrows and gilts, a few lots as much as 50 cents lower. Sows scarce, steady to weak. U. S. No. 2 and 3 200-240 pound bar rows and gilts $2O-20.35, few 'hundred No. 1 and 2 200-225 pounds $20.40-20.60, few lots No. 1 sorted for weight and grade $20.65-20.75, 215 pound $20.85. SHEEP; Slaughter lambs steady to 25 cents lower, ewes steady to weak, high choice to prime 107 pound wooled lambs $25, bulk $23.50-24.50, good and low choice $22-23.50, cul and util ity $l5-22. Feb. 20 Feb 21 Feb. 24 Feb. 25 44 44 44 45 42 42 42 43 37 37 37 38 too few offered to test market 44 44 44 45 42 42 42 42 37 37 37 37 unquoted LIVE POULTRY PHILADELPHIA Feb. 26 About steady Demand was good for top quality offerings with sup plies of most classes fully ade quate. Wholesale selmg prices No 1 and fancy quality. Broilers and fryers, heavy type 3-4 lb. 23-28 Pullefts 4M lb. and over 33-38. Hens, heavy type 23-30 light type 16-22. Ducks muscovy 26-30 Pekin 30 Turkeys young hens 30-35, young toms 22-25. Lloyd M. BURKHOLDER Chick ft Red or White T' I**' 1 **' Vantress Cross A White Leghorns t R-B Red Cross i U S Approved Pullorum Clean V Call RE 3-0613 R D I—Ephrata, Pa. 1 Mi. NE of Clay on Stevens Rd Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 28, 1958—3 LANCASTER FARMING Classifieds Ads Pay Phone STterling 6-2132 ■V . „ ■ Cope & Weaver , WILLOW- ST-. ' . Ph: .Lane. EX 3-2824
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