Broiler Ratio 4.6 T PHILADELPHIA, March 17 (Federal-State Market News Ser vice) —The hi oiler feed ratio this week was pegged at 4 6, down two points Horn the proceeding week, but up four points from a year ago The ratio is the number of pounds of feed a pound of live bi oiler will buy Here are the on-the-farm prices for bi oilers in the major com meucal broiler areas DELMARVA Market steady Ollenng heavy Demand good Larger sizes m upper part of price range Prices paid at Faim since Friday ended 10 30 a m. Broilers & Fryers 2V2-3L lb 21 20- 23 30 (1,116,300 head—l%, 2120- 21L, 10'% 21V.-22, 67%, 22-22 F., 20%,22% 23, 2%, 23-23 30 Intra company bookings not included ) Eastern Shore Poultry Grower Fxchange March 14. Volume of fcied 1,037,400 head, Volume sold 986,800 head Weighted aver age prices classified according to sizes estimated by inspectors Lnder 3 lb 2'<, 22 19, 3-3y 4 lb WAIT A MINUTE pid you forget ro order your ... DEKALB HYBRID CORN SSflSi* OTHE } BRAND P. L. Rohrer & Bro. SMOKETOWN, Phone Lane. EX 32659 Ask Us About LOW COST FENCING We carry a complete line of Red Brand— Woven Field Fencing Barbed Wire Smooth Wire Steel Posts Lawn Fence & Gates Poultry Fencing, Net ting Range Shelter Wire Hardware Cloth Tobacco Muslin W. L Zimmerman & Sons Ph. SOuthfield 8-3131 Intercourse, Pa is Week; Down 2 20%, 22 09, 3V 4 3% lb, 48'!, 22 24, and over 25%, 22 38 NORTH GEORGIA. Broilers & Flyers Demand mostly fair Sup ply fairly well balanced with pre sent needs Buyers offerings pric es and estimated volume up to 11 a m today 2%-3%1b at Farm 210 675,800 head, FOB Plants 220, 362,400 head Prices paid and re ported volume for Friday and Saturday at Farms 21-21VZ0 (757 200 head -90 V-, 210, 5% at 21V2 0,5% intra-company sales booked at 210), FOB Plants 220 (528,700 head -80 V at, 220, 20% intra-company sales booked at 22?) NORTH CAROLINA Broilers &, Fryers Supplies adequate. De mand fair to good Puces paid 24 hrs ended 10 a m today 2!1 3Vz lb at Farm 210 (487,000 head-80'<- 210, 20% undetermined) SHENANDOAH VALLEY 888 B B I U LLLI H PA Ful-O-Pep's Restricted Feeding Plan SAVES $4OO PER 1000 BIRDS You buy only 2 lbs. Chick Starter 5 lbs. Growing Mash per bird on range on the Ful-O-Pep Restricted Feeding Plan. You save up to 8 lbs. total feed per bird, over forced feeding plans, or about 400 per bird! You feed only 5 lbs. of Ful-O-Pep Growing Mash per 100 birds 5 days a week. Feed oats every day. It’s that simple! Ask your Ful-O-Pep Dealer how you, too, can glow big, profitable pullets.. . and save about 40( per bird! S. H. Hiestand & Co. I Millport Roller Mills Grubb Supply I Lititz, R. D. 4, Pa. Elizabethtown, Pa. 'oints Broiler & Fryers Offerings gen erally adequate tor the fair to good demand Heavy Hens scarce Prices paid at Faim since Friday ended 11 a m today, Broilers & Flyers 2L-3 1 - lbs 22-220 (192,200 head 54% 210,- 13 - 21*!. 7% 22*1, 26% undetermined) Heavy Hens 20-220 TURKEYS Supply continues scarce One lot smaly type Tuik ey Fryer 300 Weekly summary leported purchases Broilers & Fryers m Shenandoay Valley week ended 3/14/58 749,777 head 2*.-3V.- lb ranged 21-220 wtd avg 21 51 Change in report ed purchased compared with pre vious week is minus 1 6%, Com pared with corresponding week in 1957 is plus 9 5"- ARKANSAS Broilers & Fly ers Offerings adequate most points, shoit very lew points Prices paid & volume distribu FUI-OPEP GROWING FEEDS 1958 grow Simplified plan makes feeding easy The Quaker Oats Company... For FUL-O-PEP SUPER FEEDS See Your Nearest Dealer Salunga, Pa. rugged, big-framed WITH A FUTURE ■yrutji&SLj- Hf&u T'S Y&n/u. H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Witmer & Ronks, Pa. Lancaster Farming, Butchers Up At Chicago CHICAGO, Mai eh 18 Fstimated Salable Keceipts CATTLE 6 000, (AIVES 200, HOGS 7 000, SHEEP 1 500 CATTLE Slaughter steers strong to tion at Farm since Friday ended noon today 2 1 1 3V2 lbs 614,908 head- 42'- undermined, 197 e 200, 27% 210, 1% 220, intra-company sales 6'- booked at 200, 5% book ed at 200 5% booked at 210 ALABAMA Broilers & Fryers Offerings and supplies generally in balance with mostly fair de mand Sizes light and supplies short in few instances Prices paid up to 10 30 a m today 2 ]/ 2 - 3’j lb at Farm 210 (378,568 head 93' r, 210, 7% untermined), FOB plants 220, (52,000 head all at 220 BUILD HARD SOUND BODIES Give your pullets the extia, bod y -building nutnents they need to glow sound, stuxdy bodies and stiong, lugged bones Feed ’em new, nutritious Ful-O-Pep. It glows buds fit ... not fat! BIRDS LAY FEWER PEEWEES On the famous Ful-O-Pep Plan, pullets ai e not foiced to lay piematuiely aie allowed to develop normally and fully befoie they aie brought into egg pi eduction As a result, they lay big, full-sized eggs veiy few, rf any peewees. PRODUCE 78 MORE TOTAL EGGS Research shows that pullets gi own on the fa mous Ful-O-Pep Restucted Feeding Plan laid 18 more egg s than full-sistei sgi own on foi ced feedmg plans Their eggs weie biggei, too averaging almost IV2 ounces moie, pei dozen! PEAK PRODUCTION HIGHER Yes, Ful-O-Pep glows big-bodied, fully matured pullets capable of heavy, continuous laying and long laying life Production peaks in tests were as much as 5 (, c highei .. . total lay, higher too. growing fec^% D. W. Hoover J. C. Walker & Son East Earl, R. D. 1, Pa. Friday, March 21, 19 58—5 It'llv 50 c(nls highci most advance on weights over 1100 lbs with such cat tle mostly 50 cents up and c\ti chics MOO higher on sUeis ovci 1200 lb** HciJcrs stcad> to 50 tents lugger, c ms steadv to 25 cents higher, bulls fulh steadv \ealers steady t© frl 00 higher, stockt rs and I cede is steady to strong Load average pume 1350 lb lowa led stecis 37 00 load high choice 1175 lb steers 34 25 othei choice sit ers 28 00 33 00 niostlv 28 50 up, good grade steel* 25 50 27 75, utilnv and standard grades 21 00 25 00 toad near 1300 lb holstoin stc*eis standaict wan a utility end 24 00 good to avei apt choice heiicr* 24 50 28 00 bulk llioice grades 26 50-28 00 1 LOGS Active, uneven, fully 25 high* ti on banows and gilts carlv, includ ing most No 1 and 2 lots under 230 lbs later and closing trade on bulk bai rews and gills 25 50 higher, sows sCcTte mosth 25 higher All interests in tiade and eailv clearance Butchcis ovci 260 lbs and No 1 lots all weights ajcin scarce 190 230 banows and iiUs 2150 21 75 200.225 lbs 21 75 21 85, 1 25 No 1 22 00 SHEEP Slaughtei lambs active, stiong to 50 higher, sheep iairlv ac tive tullv steadv Load high choice 100 Jb lull woolecl iambs 24 25, load (hou«3 115 lb wooled lamb 23 25 ' Georse Rutt Stevens. R. D. 1. Pa. I Gap, Pa.
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