Delmarva broiler Average Hits 17.1 l With 3.5 Million Weekly Volume Volume of Delmarva region grown poultry processed or ship ped live for week ending Nov. 8, 1958 was 3,551,803 head total, with 3,112,380 processed and 439,- 423 live shipment. Weekly summary purchases av eraged 17.11 per pound. The av erage weight of broilers and fry ers slaughtered was 3.48 lbs/ per head. Change in reported pur chases compared to the previous week, plus three percent. Change in reported purchases compared to corresponding week last year was minus five per cent. The Wednesday Delmarva und ertone was weak, with offerings moderate, demand decreased. Prices paid at farm Monday Wednesday, broilers and fryers 2% and over, mostly 3% lbs. and over, 15.80 17, 821,900 head. Three per cent 15.80 16; 11 per cent 16 16%; 13 per cent 1614 - 16%; 34 per cent 16% 16%; three per cent 16% 17 inclu sive; 18 per cent undetermined, and 18 per cent intra company transfers. Light type turkey fry ers, 1200 head, 26 cent. Eastern Shore Poultry Growers XXXtXtitXititiUititttitZititiXti Artex Motor Oil 2 gal. can $1.45 Altman’s Milk Replacer 25# $3.95 Calf Manna 25# .. $2.37 Altman’s Calf Starter 25# Fitting Ration 100# 16% Super A Dairy Horse Feed Special , 14-2. NO SALE, 17.1 bid. 54. D. E. Horn & Co. (Nelson Fitz), 3400 WV, 9-2, NO SALE, 17 bid. Turkeys Have Long History Turkey in the wild stage was abundant in America long be fore the arrival of the early set tlers. It provided food for them and was one of the main dishes of their first Thanksgiving din ner. It would have been used as the National Emblem instead of the bald eagle had Benjamin Franklin’s suggestion been fol lowed. Even though the wild turkey was abundant in the area now the United States, Chester Coun ty Agent Robert A. Powers, Jr. Quality FERTILIZER Free-Flowing Pulverized & Granular PETROLEUM Fuel Oils Motor Oil BOOK YOUR supply before DECEMBER 15 SAVE 50c b S L ) Order NOW! Pay Nothing til Spring Delivery Quarryville ST 6-2126 Wednesday New York Egg Market Extra Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Peewees Extra Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Peewees Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Standards Checks Fancy Heavyweights Mediums Pullets Fancy Heavyweights Impending export of $2M> million of eggs and egg products to Spain under Public Law 480 and holiday stockpiling have had prin. ciples influence on a firm market tone. Nov. 6 NEARYBY WHITES Ex Fey Hywts ... Mediums Pullets Peewees . . . NEARBY BROWNS Ex Fey Hywts Mediums Pullets Peewees claims it is probably not the an cestor of our domesticated bird. The wild turkey of Mexico which is larger was probably its ances tor. The Aztec Indians in Mexico were a highly civilized race, liv ing in permanent homes and cul- CALVING FEED * Protection before calving: I—Helps put the finish and condition on the cow necessary for easy calving and high production. Gasoline Grease 2—Supplies calves with the extra critical nutrients required the last few weeks of pregnancy. 3—Helps maintain cow health -through proper nu trition at calving time. WIRTHMORE FEEDS PAUL M. RESSLER & SON PARADISE, PA. Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 14, 1958—3 Midwestern Browns Weekly Egg Price Review 46*2 35 V: 27 20 .... 46V 2 46 1 /? ..... 341/2 35V2 27 27 .. 20 -21 20 -21 20 Copyrighted 1958 By Urner-Barry Co. WIRTHMORE A true Maternity Ration I Protection after calving: -Less udder congestion means full milk production sooner. Feeding these “easy on the cow” ingredi ents reduces the stress of depending on body reserves, -More condition is maintained for holding produc tion later in the lactation. j -Try Wirthmore Calving Feed and let the results speak for themselves. Nearby Whites Nearby Browns Midwestern Mixed Midwestern Whites Nov. 7 Nov. 10 Nov. 11 48 36 Vz 27 -21 20 4.V/2 35Vz 27 -21 20 tivating the land. They were no doubt first to domesticate the turkey. Nomadic Indians in the area inhabited by the Eastern wild turkey found it abundant and easy to obtain in the wild stage in almost any quantity. Ph. Strasburg OV 7-3931 49 38 28 1, 2 21 '-22 48%-49Va 36V2'37M: 28 V 2 21 -p 46‘z 34^ 26 -27 43 1 34 47 -47 j /2 34 -35 27 -28 46 V 2-47 y 2 -21 I 48 V 2 36 ¥2 28