hicago Yards
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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.
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| 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-
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loom Heaters Gas Clothes Dryers
1 MANY OTHER GAS APPLIANCES
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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
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