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
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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 <?hop for steers; sheep or growing heifers $3. ||
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
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947 Harrisburg Ave. Phone Lane. EX 4-7715
10c per hundred discount on half ton lots or more.
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Exchange, Nov. 11 volume offered
503,300 head, old 485,900 head.
Prices ranged 15.80 16.60.
Mostly 16.40 16.60. All sizes
well distributed in most ranges.
Under three lbs. none; 3 314.
19%; 314 —3%, 45%; 3% and
over, 36%.
The Georgia Wednesday mar
ket found offering prices mostly
one cent lower at FOB plant level,
though mostly unchanged at
farm. Demand irregular mostly
slow to fair. Supplies generally
ample to fully ample.
Broilers and fryers 2% —3%
lbs at farm 15-16, mostly 16, 448.
500 head. FOB plants, 16-17, most
ly 16, 200,900 head.
Prices paid and reported vol
ume Monday - Tuesday: At farms.
15-16%, 1,011,100 head. Two per
cent at 15; 90% at 16, one per
cent at 16%; two per cent intra
company sales booked at 16; four
per cent undetermined. FOB
plants 16-17, 716,100 head. Four
per cent at 16; 74% at 17; five
per cent intra company sales at
16; 16 per cent intra company
sales at 17, and one per cent un
determined.
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Risser, 19,6. 38. Harvey M. Zim
merman, 250 Belts, 18, NO SALE,
28.3 bid. 39. Harvey M. Zimmer
man, 250 Belts, 18, NO SALE,
28.1. bid. 40. Jonathan Lapp, 1600
WV-C-Cap, 14-2, Longacre, 18.5.
41. Graider Leghorn Farms,
800 WV, 9-2, NO SALE, 16.6 bid.
42. John Longenecker, 2500 WR-
F, 16 Mo, Mellinger. 15. 43. D. E.
Horn & Co. (Nelson Fitz), 3600
WV, 9-2, V. F. Weaver, 17. 44.
James R. Landis, 3000 L-Y, Koser,
13. 45. D. E. orn & Co. (Richard
Thompson), 8000 WV, 9-5, Col.
Hill, 17.1.
. 46. D. E. Horn & Co. (Richard
Thompson), 8000 WV. 9-5, Col.
Hill, 17.1. 47. (Same). 10.500
IRW, 8-5, Grimes & Hauer, 16.6.
4R. (Same), 10 000 WV, 8-5, Col.
Hill, 17.1. 49. M&B (Paul Liven
good 2000 WV. 10-1, NO SALE,
16.9 bid. 50. Mervin B. Nissley,
300 L-F-Y, Roy E. Ream, 12.
51. Melvin K. Barge, 2000 WX-
Cap, 13, NO SALE, 19.2 bid. 52.
Aaron J. Brubaker, 700 L-F-Y,
Ream, 12.2. 53. Jonathan Lapu.
1650 WV-P-Cat>, 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
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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
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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.
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Nearby Browns
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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.
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