hicago Yards |(From page 2) Id and choice 900-950 L r yearlings sold as t 28 50 and few good fsame weights xeached I standard steers larg |no-26 50 according to | five loads utility -to landard 100-1100 lh. n steers 22 25-24 00 bads choice and prime S=teers and heifers 29 25 J loadlots mixed and r and prime straight [ 28 75 and 29 00. si I | good and choice hei | 50-28.50 but few lo feod 1150 lb weights jto 25.00, standard hei langed down to 23 50 I standard cows 20 50- I utility and commercial [closed at 17.50-20.50, | 20 00 down, late bulk J"s and cutters 15 50-18 nght canners down to land few heavy cutters 1 50 utility and commer- Llls 24 50-27 00, these I highest since 1952, fclosmg trade largely E-26 50 |d and choice vealers [ at 32 00-35 00, utili td standard grades 21- "hs® .Jas Stoves. Water Heaters loom Heaters Gas Clothes Dryers 1 MANY OTHER GAS APPLIANCES Wp-iiced Low to Sell Our Seivice The Best M • 1 WARD BOTTLE GAS M EPHRATA. PENNA m * 1 #: |V fjk f p^A'l I- "'^ | '**% ,‘i % I BEACON COMPLETE STARTER now better than ever ased biological value I Complete Starter is completely fortified to provide |vvn nutritional requirements . . . it Jhas reserves for periods. This top ration for replacement chicks is pted to gi\e chicks a head start towards strung bodies, pines, faster feathering. These characteristics mean «J er profits. |r chicks can ha\ e the benefits of Beacon Complete phis >ear. It’s easy to arrange—a phone call will do it. [The Beacon Milling Co. AOELPHIA & CARLISLE STS., YORK. PA. Telephone: York 8-2341 EAGON 32 Culls-"down'to 16 00. Two lOf?ds good to mostly choice 578 and 585 lb stock steers 30 50 and 31 00, med ium and good 674-775 lb stocker steers 25 00-28 15, some mixed good and choice 900-1000 lb feeding steers 26 50-27 00, few common and medium 875-975 lb wgts 23 50-24 50, load good and chmce 393 lb mixed steer and heifer stack calves 31 , load good 437 lb heifer cah es 28 00 Feed Firm Opens New Headquarters A new home office and re scaich center was dedicated recently at Waltham, Mass by Wirthmore Feeds, Inc - Visitors were shown thro ugh the general offices, the new advertising and print ing facilities and the research laboratories. The new build ing has 50,000 square feet of floor space. Patronize Lancaster Farm ing Advertisers. • Greater stability Farm Calendar Jan 17—Soc No 8, Soc No 3, Soc No <l, Soc i\o 12, Soc No I'l January meet mg Jan 20—10 15 am, Chester- Delaware Fruit Grower winter meeting, Municipal Bldg , West Chester Jan 20—7 30 pm , disease and insect control meet, Singeis display room, Ronks Jan 21—10 am , Lane Co ASC committee, ASC ot fice Jan 21—1 30 pm, J C El rich Co , dealers meeting Jan 21—Vegetable Growers Field Day, Guernsey Pavi lion.—lo a m. Jan 22—9 a. m , vegetable seed treating demonstra tion, Ghck plant farm Smoketown 130 pm, Insect and dis ease meeting, Fruit Grow ers, Farm Bureau auditor ium; Outlining spray pro grams for 1959. Jan 23—9 30 am, insect & disease control meet, Nur serymen and greenskeep ers, Farm Bureau auditor ium 130 pm, disease and in sect conti ol meet L H Brubaker’s, Lititz RD 3 aan 26—8 pm Fulton Gran ge, Oakryn Grange Hall Jan 27—8 pm , Lane Co Extension Association, Farm Bureau aud 1 pm, Lane Co Farm Bureau Cooperative. Jan 29—7 pm , Lebanon Valley Poultry Assn An nual Banquet, Mt Zion Fire Hall, Mt Zion Jan 31—Producers Live stock Cooperative annual meeting All-Job, Ail-Farm S&§ Brisk New Utility Fewer It’s here—a new 2-3 plow greater flexibility than ever. ' v Sharp new styling, bright new colors of meadow green and clover white, new starting safety switch, new twin-dial instruments. All are yours ip the new Oliver 550. But that’s just a start. You get the most modern utility-tractor features of all. Your new 550 feels its own way, goes from position to draft control automatically. Your choice of a gasoline or diesel engine, Powerjuster wheels, power steering, Inde T pendently Controlled PTO. You get six forward speeds, double-disc brakes, a rubber spring seat—all at no extra cost. See the new 550 soon. Feel its extra eagerness, its Quick,' 1 smooth response to every touch. Farmers ville Equipment Co. Ephrata, R.D. 2 N. G. Hershey & Son Manhelm, R. D. 1 Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 17, 1959 —5 MiSk Flow Sets Record Penna milk production for 1958 is estimated at a record high 6 675 million pounds, three per cent above 1957 production of 6,462 million December, with 525 mil lion was the only month dur ing 1958 which did not re sult m a record level, accord ing to the state crop report ing scivice Milk cow numbers contin ued to decline during Decem ber as high slaughter prices and production expenses re sulting in heavy herd culling In spite of exceptional cold and poor quality hay in some sections, production per cow for December was at a rec ord 564 lbs The year’s production per cow, also was at an all-time record of 7,147 lbs per cow ALASKA INFORMATION In case you might be in terested m our new 49th state Alaska, information is offer ed by the U S Department of Interior, Washington, D C For 20 cents they will send a booklet, “Information Relative to the Use and Dis posal of Public Lands and Resources in Alaska ” Soup made from grass is often the only dinner for fa milies m Korean fishing vil lages, during the stormy months when the men can not go to sea Contributions to the CARE Food Crusade, New York 16, N Y , help to send packages of the U S farm foods to these families G. E. Busier Peach Bottom, Pa. Chas. J. McComsey & Sons Hickory Hill. Pa. J. B. Lapp Atglen. Pa. Poultry Assn. Meets Friday The 1959 Membership meeting of the Lancaster County Poulti y Association has been scheduled for 7 30 pm , Jan 23 at the Poultry Center Jay Greider, association president, reports the pro gram’s feature will be a sym posium on controlled feed ing, with panelists from feed companies the hatching in dustry and Penn State Election of officers will be conducted, with seven direct orships open In addition 4-H Poultry- Awards will be presented, along with a review of the 4-H poultry program Light Steers (From page 2) 19-20 25 and a few up to 20 50 a few small lots early Mon sold up to 22 230-250 lb hogs made 17 25-18, and a few weights un to 290 lb down to 16 50 300-600 lb. sows sold at 14-17. Sheep receipts were about 60 head more than last we ek's 262 head count Wool ed slaughter lambs were ste ady to 50 higher in active trade Good and choice slau ghter lambs made 21 50-23 and a few lots 80-96 lb sold up to 23 50 Utility and low good went for 19 75-21 50 Other demonstrations on Monday wid be: Swedish Weaving, Gift Makmg, Penn Dutch Painting, Enameling Jewelry, Rush Weaving Gift Wrapping and Making Wood Fiber Corsages Cope &/#eafer \VJLtO_\V S/T-f-': Ph. Lanci EX 3-2824
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