10—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. January S»4, 1959,
Broiler Placement off 25%
State broiler placements took a sudden drop the week
ending Jan. 21, with 585,000 birds going to Penna poultry
houses. This is 25 per cent below the previous week and
17 per cent below the same week in 1958.
Co. Guernseys
Complete Tests
Church Farm School, Pao
li, is the owner of five regis
tered Guernseys recently
completing official produc
tion records, under the. su
pervision of Penn State Univ.
Beauty of CFS, a 12-year
old, milking twice daily, pro
duced 9,185 lbs. of milk and
502 lbs of butterfat in 267
days Charles Alma of CFS,
a five-year-old, produced 9,-
641 lbs. of milk and 579 lbs.
of fat in 305 days.
Prince Lees Ann of CFS, a
junior two-year-old, produc
ed 9,123 lbs of milk and 456
lbs. of fat in 290 days. Penny
Boys Dale of CFS, also a ju
nior two-year-old, produced
9,426 lbs. of milk and 479
lbs. of fat in 305 days.
Penny Boy 3 Beauty of CFS,
another junior two-year-old
produced 9,490 lbs of milk
and 478 lbs of fat in 305
days.
Two Guernseys owned by
Robert F, Witmer, Willow
Street, completed official
DHIA tests.
Barbian I. Arma, a five
year-old, produced 11,673
lbs. of milk and 572 lbs. of
fat in 305 days. Penn Del
Dolly Dimple, a junior three
year-old, produced 11,775 lbs.
of milk and 537 lbs. of fat
m 305 days.
L. H. Brubaker
Lititz
Hempfield Mills
East Petersburg
A. L. Herr & Bro.
Quarryville
Musser Farms, Inc.
Columbia
Brown & Rea
Atglen
Jobbers
Herr & Co.
New Holland Supply
Miller & Hartman
Outshipments during the
week were 216,000, inship
ments were 49,000.
Indicated number of Pa.
broilers for market about 10
weeks from now is 710,000
compared with 661,000 at
the same time last year. Eggs
set for broiler-chick produc
tion totaled 1,315,000 —down
six per cent from last week.
Total hatchings during the
period Jan. 17 - Feb. 7 will
be about eight per cent be
low the comparable period
last year.
22 Stales Report
Placement of broiler chicks
in the 22 important broiler
producing states totaled 29,-
545,000, down three per cent
from previous week.
This, however, remained
10 percent above the corres-
MUSSER
Leghorn Chicks
V bred for the poultryman
who is lookng for de
pendability.
we don't cloim our birds are the
best we don't say that they will J
all live to 15 month of age.
we do say that they are for business
minded commercial egg producers
who want a dependable, sturdy chick
bred to make high, "honest" records.
CALL COLLECT
For Early Discounts
BABY
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CHICKS
ponding week last year. The ADD SWEET POTATOES TO MEAI,
22 state* settings were two , , , _ , ,
per cent above the previous Include sweet potatoes .in' ket. The dry type has
week, and seven per cent a- your fall and winter menus, skin and yellow to
bove ’the same week last Your family will enjoy the flesh that looks dry an (
year flavor of this colorful vege- ly. The other type, coi
Total hatchings of broiler table. ly called “yam”, has w[
chicks during the period Jan. Have sweet potatoes bak- red skin. Its nesh is
17 - Feb. 7 will be about ed, candied, mashed, or com- and usually deep oran
seven per cent above the bined with apples. Sweet po- color
comparable period last year, tatoes are excellent served To S e t good value f ol
Broiler Pullets with ham, pork, or chicken, money, check the aj
Placement of pullet chicks And, they’re not only good ance of the potatoes ,
for broiler hatchery supply they’re good for you, you buy. Sweet Po
uocks by leading primary to °- f h looking and ~’n *
breeders of broiler replace- Sweet potatoes are a good Slfeht i^
ment stock totaled 2,147,000 source of Vitamin A, the vita- ® Slight; scars on th,
chicks during December, ’5B. mm that promotes good vision llec mslcte
This was four per cent less and healthy, clear skin. In
than in Dec, 1957. addition, they provide worth
while amounts of vitamin C,
small quantities of the B vi
tamins, and calories for en
ergy.
The equivalent of 24 mil
lion loaves of bread will
reach the needy abroad thru
the CARE Food Crusade to
share the United States farm
abundance. Flour to bake
bread is among the main in
gredients of the three million
Food Crusade packages
which will be delivered in
the names of Americans who
contribute sl-per-parcel to
CARE, New York 16, N. Y.
—we don't say that they
will lay 300 eggs or more
—or that they will lay 30
oz. eggs from the start.
they are pleasing bund
reds of successful poul
trymen and are a sound
buy at a fair price.
R- D, I, M*u«t Jay, Pa,
Phone OLdileld 3-4911
You’ll find two types of
sweet potatoes on the mar-
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service now. Remember, down time in
the field costs you money.
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YOUR SERVICE NEEDS
Sauder Bros
New Holland
Phone EL 4-8721
Conestoga
Farm Service
Park Ave„ Quarryrillo
Phone ST 6-2597
In early fall, buy onl ;
potatoes you can use'
a few days as they spoil
ily. Treat them gently c
vent bruising. Late fall
potatoes have a longer
mg quality
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Phone AN 7-6502
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Elizabethtown
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