At Lancaster Poultry Exchange. 'A - Broilers Jump to 16.05 Average broiler price Lancaster Poultry Exchange this week jumped to a 16.05 mark in the face of light marketings, with only five lots, of broilers available. There was a total offering of 16 lots with 27,500 birdsi with four lots withdrawn on the NO SALE option, only 12 sold. The week’s market with, seller, grower in parenthe ses, amount, breed, age, buy er and price follows. The code- WV - White vantress; L-F-Y, Leghorn Fowl Year lings; IRW - Indian River Whites; C cockerels; P - Pullets; Cap - capettes; and WR - White Rock 1 Aaron J Brubaker, 1400 L-F-Y, Carl Risser, 113 2 Miller and Bushong (Elam B Riehl) 1000 WV-C-Cap, 13-3 Victor Weaver, 24 4. 3 Same, 750 WV-C-Cap, 13-3, Marvin Swe’gart, 24.4. 4. Same, 1000 WV-C-Cap, 13-3, NO SALE, 21 4 bid 5 Same 750 WV-P-Cap, 13-3, NO SALE, 21.1 bid 6 M& B (Frank Desta fano), 2250 WV, 9-6, Roy E , Ream, 16 4. 7. M & B (Clair Bomberger), 2400 IRW, 10-3 and 10-6, Daniel K Good, 16 0 8 W S Long, 1600 L-F-Y, Ream, 11.2 9 Char les Shreiner, Jr., 350 WV & WR-C-Cap , 13.6, Risser, 21 9 10 J Mervm Graybill, WV- Cap, 11-5, NO SALE, 15 4 bid. 11 Tony Georeno, 400 WR P-Cap 16, C F. Manbeck, 23. 12 Tony Georeno, 500 WR-C-Cap, 16, Good, 24 2. SIMPLICITY Garden Tractors Snavely's Farm Service NEW HOLLAND EL 4-2214 uabcodbA * MECHANICAL POULTRY HOUSES CAN MAKE YOU MONEY IF You Are Not a Blind Man in the Hen House BY MONBOE C. BABCOCK MECHANIZATION is the big news in egg production for 1958. Everywhere I go poultrymen are talking slatted floors, pit cleaners, auto matic egg gathering, multiple tiers of roosts, feeders, etc. I call them apart ment houses for hens. I call the hens cliff dwellers. At first I thought all this mechaniza tion was a lot of nonsense. Since many good poultrymen have gone to mechan ization, I’ve decided I’m just getting old. I must be wrong. Here is my present thought 1. Can you reduce housing equipment cost per dozen eggs produced? 2 Can you reduce labor cost per doz eggs’ 3 Can you keep the same feed and chick cost per dozen eggs produced as you had on the floor? 4 Can you survive the squeeze if egg prices drop’ If your answer is yes to all four questions, then go ahead. Are you a Blind Man? Too many poultrymen expect mech anical equipment to take care of the birds automatically. It “ain’t so.” With mechamcal equipment you should go through every pen three times a day. See that every bird is getting all she wants to eat That the water in. every trough is deep and clean That every bird has water easily available within 6 feet of her feed trough. Babcock Hatchery, Inc. RTE. SF, LITIT2, PA. 13. J. J Hess H (John E. Riehl), 2700 WV, - 9 wks.. Weaver, 16. 14. L. E. Hen mnger & Son (Curtis L. Moy er), 3200 WV, 9-6, College Hill Poultry, 16. 15. Ron- ald Peachey (Jessie S. Yo der), 5000 WV, 9 wks., NO SALE, 15.8 bid. 16. M & B (Bomberger), 2000 IRW, 10-3 and 10-6, Good, 15.9. Eastern Milk Gen. Sustained PHILA Dec. 19 Fluid Milk Production was generally well sustain ed, however, m parts of the N E where heavy snowa and cold weather occurred, production and offerings were lighter to somewhat short of daily requirements, especial ly in view of increased in terest for hoi’day specialty items In some instances milk ordinarily moving into man ufacturing channels was di veited to bottlers in order to fulfill requirements of an active bottlmg interest In the N Y milk shed prices advanced as much as 5 cents Wholesale selling prices per 40 qt unit ranged 5 85, Fluid Cream - , Bottling de- Open market selling prices' mand was good with offer- m S E Penna area “approv ings adequate to barely ade- e d for Pa. and N J.” were quate. Increased demand by unchanged to 25 cents higher 'manufacturers’ and a high- on car or trucklot (mm 200 er butter market encouraged cans) and unchanged on L. heavier use of current of-' c. L. (mm 50 cans) fermgs with both fresh and Prices in the N. Y milk Storage stocks readily utili- s hed held unchanged. South zed eastern Penna area open Holiday interest was main- market selling prices 40 quart ly centered on whipping ere- unit 40 per cent butterfat, am, egg nog and ice cream. Pa. and N. J. approved car Ice cream sales were general- or trucklot (min. 200 cans) ly good to somewhat better $25 25 - 26.75 L. C. L than anticipated. This at- (m’n 50cans) $26.25 -27 50 tributed in part to featuring Atlanta 40 qt 40 per cent of % gallons especially around bottlng icream small lots, S E. Penna. ' $24.00 - 27.00 BUY BESSIES FROM BABCOCK Mkts. Weak Friday's Delmarva market fdund buyers selective for size and quality desired and large sizes in upper part of price range. Prices and vol ume at farm, mostly 3Vi lbs. and over, 12 - 16, 442,600 head, including 240,000 head purchased at Eastern Shore. Georgia’s Friday market found demand mostly slow to fair Offerings continued in fairly good balance with needs Prices at farm, 14-15, mostly 14, 782,700 head; FOB plants, 15 cents, 356,700 he ad. Dehnarva’s Monday throu gh Thursday market was ste ady with last week, firming Wednesday and Thursday, as offerings were reduced Volume since last Friday, 1,830,900 head Prices, 14y 2 - 16; 15Vj 13 - 16.10, 13 40 - 16 25 Georgia’s Monday through Thursday market was about steady with the previous we ek, fluctuating slightly, but generally holdmg at 14-15 cents Volume since last Fri day, 4,513,300 head Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. Birds crowded in at 1 sq. ft. per bird will do o. k. if they are happy and can get all they want to eat and drink. If they stand around in big bunches and are net active, you better do something fast. PRODUCTION TO EXPECT To make money on mechanization you should achieve 85'’o top lay with birds gradually ddoppmg off to 50 af ter 12 months of lay. Get lots of feed and clean water in all your pullets and you’ll be success ful. Don’t think in terms of labor and ov erhead per hen. Think of these costs per dozen eggs sold! If your birds “peak” at 65 to 70 c », you’re in trouble and you better act fast. It’s not the fault of the chicks or the feed. It’s your fault. Babcock Bessies Should Be Great Birds in Mechaniccd Houses We have no proof on this. We do know that Bessies will not easily panic m strange houses. They are gentle and easy to handle. Even Bessies will have to be debeaked in houses holding one bird per square foot of floor space Bes sies are very persistent, long distance layers of big eggs that grade high on I Q , sliell quality and freedom from blood spots. Thousands of our research birds are now being tested in cages Thousands will be tested in mechanized houses to find out which families adapt best to these new methods. Ph. MAdlsost 6-5872 Lancocter Farming. Saturday. December 20. 1958 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. From December 15th to Friday, December 19th Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Nearby Whites Extra Fey Hywts Medium Pullets 43%- 45 - 46 ■ 34 -34% 34%- 36%-- 30%- 30%- 30%- 22 -23 22 -23 22 Peewees Extra Fey Hywts Medium Pullets 43 Vi- 43' i -34V;-35 36 - 30 u j- SO 1 - 22 -23 22 Peewees Midwestern Mixed 39 1 2- 40 - 321/j- 32'i- 32 ti -30’- . sov soy 2 - 35 -36 37 1 :- 38 - 33 -33V2 35Vj- 35'2- Fey Hywts Medium Pullets Standards Checks Fmy Hywts 42 Medium 33 Pullels 30^- -33 Vj 33 30’i- Fey Hywts 40 -41 41 - 41 -42 43 - 43 - Market very firm with limited arrivals today closely cleared to an active holiday demand. Copyrighted 1958 By Urner-Barty Co. In tradition of all Christmas gladness, may we again wish you a happy holiday. E. MUSSER HEISEY R. D. 2, Mount Joy, Pa, A. S. GROFF 21 S. Queen, Lancaster, Pa MUSSER'S The Buck, R. 1, Quarryville J. C. WALKER & CO. Gap, Pa. A. L. HERR & BRO. MUSSER FARMS. INC. Quarryville, Pa R. D 2, Columbia, Pa. BROWN & REA DAVID B. HURST Atglen, Pa. Bowmansville, Pa. R. W. HOLLINGER & SONS WEST WILLOW FARMERS INC. ASSOCIATION Manheim, Pa. West Willow, Pa. MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE R D. 2, Columbia, Pa LEROY GEIB. EST. SNADER'S MILL R. D. 2, Manheim, Pa. R. D. 1, Stevens, Pa. JOHN H. BONHOLTZER I. B. GRAYBILL & SON R. D. 4, Lancaster, Pa. Refton, Pa. JOSEPH M. GOOD & SON R D. 1, Bird-m-Hand, Pa. Red % Rose -23 Neorby Browns 4 5 Vi- SG -36=2 20 <A -23 22 -23 Midwestern Whites 42 5 2- 43V2- -33 1 2 33 303/2- 44 -44 ’2 44 Vs -33Vz 3312-34 33Vz-34 30 1 >-31 SO’i-Sl Midwestern Browns WARREN SICKMAN R. D. 1, Pequea, Pa. AMMON E. SHELLY R. D. 2, Litltz, Pa. CHAS E. SAUDER & SONS R. D. 2, East Earl, Pa. REICH POULTRY FARM R. D. 1. Marietta, Pa. WALTER & JACKSON, YOUR LOCAL FEED DEALER 3 47 - 37 - 30',2-31 23 -24 47 - 37 23 -24 47 - 37 - SO’V-Sl 23 -24 47 - 37 - 30V2-31 23 -24 42 - 33Vi- 42 - 33 - SO'i-Sl 38 -39 36 - 30 5 /i-3] 39 -39>2 37 - INC. Christiana, Pa
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