Eastern Area Broilers Off
Delmarva bdoilers at the week’s end remained under
severe price depression influence, as the bulk of sales were
for less than 15 % cents per pound. Only light weight broil
ers, for packaging were going for 16c.
Friday’s market was stea
dy, wth offerings moderate
and demand slightly impro
ved. Prices at farm till 10 30
a.m. Friday, B&F, 2V2 lbs and
over, mostly 314 lbs. and ov
er, 13 20 -16 c 823,800 head
including 523,900 head at
Eastern Shore, 35% at 14 J / 2 -
15; 25% at 15 - 15% L ght
turkey fryers - 5,000 head at
24c
Hie Friday Georg’a mar
ket was vmy unsettled as a
sharp difference of opinion
exists within the trade as to
actual market condit’ons. Of
fer ngs in fair balance with
a generally good demand for
live birds, at most points,
though slightly short at oth
ers.
At farm, 2y 4 -3% lb, 14 -
15y 2 c 56% at 14c, 43% at
15c, 1% at 15y 2 , 1,256,900
head. FOB plants, ls - 16, 61
per cent at 15, 39% at 16,
509,100 head
Thursday final- At farm,
14 - 15y 2 , 411,000 head, 56%
at 15; FOB plants, 15 - 16,
371,500 head, 52 % at 15,
25% at 16.
MONDAY Delmarva:
Mkt firm, offerings moderate
demand improved Fri. -Mon.
B&F 2% lb. and over mostly
314 lb. and over, 14 20 - 16 20
1,127,000 head, including
805,900 head purchased at
Eastern shore, with 51% at
15% -16 c.
Georgia. Demand gen.fair
to good mostly good. Supplies
gen. adequate to barely ade
quate though short at few
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Fitting Ration For Dry Cows and Growing Heifers
only $3 60 per 100 lb
Calf Feed - $5.05 per 100 lbs.
Altman’s Milk Replacer 25 lb
Calf Mana to aid in digestion 25 lb,
16% Dairy Super A $3.35 Amman’s Rabbit
Horse Feed - $3.70 „ Pe^ ts •• • J f
oi/ rio+e «q nn 20% Hog Feed ... $4.45
2/2 bushel ot Oats $3.00 Broiler R afi()n $5OO
B. Starter .' $4 25 ie% AH Mash . .. $3 85
Grower $4.15 24% Super A Mash $4 20
-20% Quality Mash $4 05 Myzon to perk your
Fine Ch ck $4.90 hens after a cold
Altman’s Dog Food . $B.OO wave .... $3.98 -$9 95
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po nts. Light vol confirmed
at 15c at farm price. At farm
-14 - 15, mostly 14c, 777,000
head, FOB plants 15 - 16,
mostly 15c, 414,000 head.
Fri. - Mon , At farm 14 - 14y 2
970,800 head, 85 % at 14c;
FOB plants 15c, 779,500
head
TUESDAY Delmarva:
Mkt. very quiet, trading very
light and mostly at undeter
mined prices At farm, 2V 2 lb
and over, ONE LOT at 1614 c,
95,500 head - no sale at East
ern shore Hvy type tom tur
keys, 3,000 head at 19c
Georgia Offer ngs adequa
te at most points though sho
rt of needs at others Demand
fair to good, mostly good.
Vol. mcreas ng at higher of
fering prices with light vol.
confirmed at 15c-at-farm le
vel At farm, 2% -3% lb.,
14 - 15, mostly 14c, 688,100
head; FOB plants 15 - 16,
mostly 15, 426,200 head.
Monday final - at farm, 759,
600 head, 77%* at 14c; FOB
plants, 411,100, 71% at 15c
WEDNESDAY - Delmarva
Mkt. weaker, offerings mo
derate, demand increased
and buyers selective for qual
ity and size 2V6 lbs. and ov
er, mostly 3Vi and over, 13 -
16, 750,200 head, mcl. 470,
300 head at Eastern shore,
31% at 14i£ - 15, 17% at 15-
15V6, 16 % at 15% - 16
Georgia • Offerings adequ
ate to barely adequate at mo
(Tum to page 5)
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$2 34
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At Lane. P.E.
Broilers Gain
Strength to 15.92
Thursday’s Lancaster Poul
trv Exchange auction saw a
slight increase in broiler av
erage as the range went from
13 7 to 16 2, for a 15.D2
median
Fortv-tbrpo lots of poultiy,
with 130 405 head were of
fered, wth 33 lots selling,
total ne 112,105 head in the
transactions There were 21
lots of broilers with 102 400
Iwad, twill lots of capcttes,
wi 1 h 7 2 n o head, selling for
10 6 to 20 2 cents and four
lots of 2 4 25 Leghorn fowl,
bring ng 11.1 to 11 9 cents
nound
Following *s the complete
Dec 4 auction by let with
=cUer grower m parentheses,
breed, age buyer and price
'T’he rode is WR - white
rnrk; WV - wh le vantross;
trw - md an nvor whites;
L-F-Y - leghorn fowl year
lings; WX - white Cap
rapettes; - C cockrels, and
P - nullets
1 Dmlnch & Gambnll (Ed
<mr M Her) WR-C-Cao
12-2 NO SALE. 18 0 bid 2.
(Millar). 2500 WE-C-
Cao, 13-2, NO SALE, 18 0
b d 3 SAME ALL 4
'Miller). 1500 WR-C-Cap,
12-3 NO SALE 18 0 bid
5 D E Hern 'Enos R Mil
i-r), 10 000 WV. 9-3, College
Hill Poultry. 15 8.
6. Same, 10 000 IRW. 9-3,
'"’ol Hill. 15 8 7 Menno
Risser, 1800 WV. 10 wks,
Dan’el K Good, 16.1. 8. Ris
-1800 WV 9 wks. Ccrl
H ,l l. 15 9 9 Wm C Schultz,
«000 WV. 10 wks, Col H-U,
10 1 10 Schußz, 6400 WV,
10 wks Col H’ll, 16 0
11 Roy Heckenluber, 600
L-F-Y Victor J. Koser, 11 1
12 Jack Bucher 4200 WV,
P-6, Headers’ Poultry, 16.1
13. Bucher, 4200 WV, 9-6,
good 16 2 14 Richard K.
Metzler 425 L-F-Y. Col Hill,
119 15 H M Stauffer &
Cr >ns (Emanuel Flaud), 2500
WV, 9-3, W.C. Mellingerand
Son 16.1
-16. Fruitville lnc.
'Abram Sh«nk), 5700 WV,
9-2, SE Davs. 16 1. 17
A ME. 9000 WV. 9-2, Col
Hill, 15 9 18 SAME, 4800
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SIMPLICITY
Garden Tractors
Suavely's Farm Service
NEW HOLLAND EL 4-2214
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I FARM FEES 3 ||
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 6, 1958
Weekly New York Egg Mkt,
From December Ist to Fuday, December s„h
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Nearby Whites
Extra
fey hywts
Medium
Puhets
Peewees
3 9’/I-40 40
34 - 34
30
22
Extra
fey hywts
Medium
Pullets
Peewees
40
34
32
22
37 k
-32 -
30
Fey hywts
Medium
Pullets
Standards
Checks
35 n -
34 -
37 ’2
32
30
Fey hywts
Mediums
Pullets
Fey hywts 38 - 38 - 37V2-38 36'/2-
Trend—Market continues weak as buyers take goods
very cautiously, rece’pts of midwestern eggs liberal
Copyrighted 1958 By Urner-Barry Co.
Area Milk Production Steadies After Drop
PHILADELPHIA —Dec (5 In the New York area prices
FLUID MILK- After a sea- deckned 5c under the new
sonal decl ne, production this milk market ng order effec
past week had leveled off in tive Dec 1. For manufact
most areas. Bottling demand urmg purposes offerings were
was var able with prices an leadily util zed by devapora
’nfluencing factor in some in- tors and separators
stances, part culariy in Bos- FLUID CREAM Fluid
ton where the state Milk cream markets were gener-
Control Commission ra’sed ally well ma nta’ned as bot
the retail store prices on lar- thng demand held good in
gcr than quart containers most m-eas In some sections
but decreased quart sizes (Turn to page 5)
Lancaster Poultry Exchange Broiler
Average 15.75 on November 28
The Nov 28, Lancaster with 4,500 head, bringing 19.2
Poultry Exchange auction to 20 5, and one lot of leg
saw a price rise to 15 75 cents horn fowls, 600 head bring
per pound average for. broi- mg 12 1 cents per pound,
levs. Almost twice as many birds
Thirty lots of poultry were sold as m the corresponding
offered, with 112,000 birds sale last year, when 45,375
Twenty-six sold, with 86,300 broilers brought an average
head, including 20 broiler lots of 17 51 in 12 lots Only 20
81,200 head, price ranging lots were offered for that
from 15 - 18 cents. There sale,
were five lots of caponettes,
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37’/2- 37 '6-
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