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with four lots withdrawn on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