★ Feed Market
feed mixers and jobbers nar
rowed Bran closed about $1
per ton higher on the aver
age, moddlmgs and shorts,
around $1 25 higher
Gluten teed and meal ave
raged $2.00 per ton higher,
with good demand tor tight
supplies Distillers dried gr
ains advanced $2 50 and bre
wers dried grains ruled firm
with fairly strong demand
for light offerings Alfalfa
meal also held firm as light
offerings found good demand
Hominy feed was m good de
mand and prices edged for
ward about 75 cents Rice
bran and blackstrap molasses
wore firm.
¥ State Crop
hatchery flocks by leading
primary breeders of broiler
replacement stock totaled 2,
141,000 chicks during Nov
ember. Tins was 11 per cent
more than in November of
1957.
Pullet chick placements by
these breeders during the
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first eleven months of 1958
totaled 30,812,000 30 per
cent more than during the
same period of 1957
Placement of broiler chi
cks in Penna at 911,000 de
creased four per cent from
the previous week but were
21 pe” cent above the corres
ponding week last year
Outshipments during the
week were 280,000 Inship
ments were 181,000 The m
d catec’ number ot Penna
broilers for maiket about 10
weeks from now is 861,000
compared to 699,000 at the
same tune last year Eggs
set for broiler chick product
ion totaled 1,426,000, two
per cent below the previous
week Hatchings for Dec 20
to Jan 10 will be about two
per cent above last year
22 Sfa+e fleport
Trend continued upward
for eighth consecutive week,
totaling 30,121,000. Two per
cent above the previous week
and 17 per, cen| above the
same week last year
Indicated number for mar
ket 10 weeks from now is 28
million, compared to 24 mil
lion last year.
The 22 state settings were
two per cent below the pre
vious week i and 15 per cent
above the Corresponding we
ek last year. Total U S hat
chings for Dec 20 to Jan 10
will ,be about 17 percent
greater than last year
Broiler - Feed Ratio
The Delmarva broiler-feed
ratio climbed for the week to
3 2 or one point above Dec
2-9, and two points above one
year ago
Broilers for the week Dec
9-16 averaged 15 08 and -D
per cent broiler mash was
$95 30 per ton, compared
with $97 44 the previous
week when broiler prices we
re the same and $94 64
one year ago when broilers
were $l4 43.
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Hickory Nuts In State-wide Contest
Harrisburg—Some squirrels found competition rough
for hickory nuts this fall.
Most of the choice ones were being gathered by Penn
sylvania farmers to be entered in a “Best Hickory Nut”
contest sponsored by Penn State and the Pennsylvania Nut
Growers Association.
Three judges this month
will select the best ten from
the more than 350 entries of
30-nut samples submitted by
Pennsylvanians Winning hic
kory nuts will be on display
at the 1959 Pennsylvania
Farm Show, January 12
through 16, at the State Farm
Show Building here
George Weber, York, sec
retary-treasurer of the Nut
Growers, said purpose of the
contest is to locate seedling
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January 9th
Improved two ways to give
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PHILADELPHIA & CARLISLE STS.. YORK. PENNA.
Telephone: York 8-2341.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 27, 1958
hickory trees which bear su
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interest in the production of
good hickory nuts He added
(that scions will be cut from
the tree that produced the
winning nuts for further pro-
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