loads prime 1100 - 1375 lb
slaughter steers 31.00 - 31.75
Three loads 1150 - 1225 lb,
32.00 - 32 25 High-choice and
prime slaughter steers most
ly 27 50 - 31 00. Load prime
1613 lbs. 27 00 late Load
choice 1707 lbs , 26 00. High
choice 1600 lbs , 28 00 early.
High-choice 1500 lbs. late,
27.00
Few loads high-choice 1000
- 1075 lb yearlings 30.25 -
30 50 early. Bulk choice
steers 26 50 - 28 00, largely
26 50 to 29 50 late. Good
steers mostly 24 50 -*2B 00,
largely 24 50 - 27 50 late
Few loads good 950 - 975 lbs
28 50 early. Standard steers,
23.50 - 26 50. utility and
standard 1100 - 1200 lb. hol
stein steers 23 00 - 23.50.
. Few loads mixed choice &
prime 925 - 1087 lb heifers
.29 - 29 75. Bulk good and
choice 25 00 - 29 00. Standard
23 50 - 25 00.
Utility and comml. cows
18 25-21 50, few standard
21.50-23 25. Bulk canners and
cutters 15-19.50.
Few heavy holstem and
swiss cutters, 19 50-20. Few
lightweight canners 14 50-16
Utility and comml. bulls 22-
26 few heavy fat bulls 20-21
Good vealers 33-37. late
with few choice included at
37. Utility and standard 22-
33. Culls down to 16.
Good and choice 850-975 lb
feeding steers 25-27 50 Two
Pruning Time Is Coming Up Soon!
We have pruning shears at only $2.15
come in and get yours!
Tree Trimmers at only $3.25
Hedge Trimmers at $3.85
Why not avoid that last minute rush to buy all the
tools you need for Spring Don’t forget that Spring
is soon here We have garden rakes, lawn and leaf
rakes, hoes, forks, and handles, Barn and house
brooms Poultry and hog feed, dairy and horse feed,
rabbit and dog feed, pigeons and guinea pig feed
ALTMAN’S CASH FEED STORE
947 Harrisburg Pike Ph. Lane EX 4-7715
Willis H Weaver, Mgr.
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end POWER count
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on-the-go to reduce ground speed, increase pull
power... big, new matching implements that let
you work big acreage faster The DT7
PLOWS ... with four or five 14-inch bottoms
DISCS . . with a 15-foot-wide tandem disc
CULTIVATES ~. with 4-row, swing-in type cultivator
DRILLS ... up io 75 acres a day.
Telephone... or stop in Ask about the new D-17
Tractor and big now implements.
Traction Booster ja an Allis Chalmers trademark.
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SALES AND SEKVICE > 'N(r
Snavefys Farm Service
New Holland, Pa.
N. G. Myers & Son L. H. Brubaker
Rheems, Pa.
Mann & Grumelli Farm Serv.
Quarryville. Pa.
L. H. Brubaker Nissley Farm Service
Lancaster. Pa. Washington Boro. Pa.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. January 31, 1959—5
• Lancaster Yards
(From page 2)
grade sold down to 21 00
HOGS: Trading was mod
erately active on about 1725
head of hogs this week. Sows
were scarce after Monday.
Barrows and gilts were 50-75
lower with all of the decline
coming on Wednesday Sows
held steady U S 1-3 grade
190-220 lb barrows and gilts
made 17 50-18 25 and hogs
more uniform for weight and
grade including 1-2 grade
scaleing 190-215 lb brought
18.25-19 50 but a few early
Monday made 20 50 150-180
lb hogs made 16 00-17 50 and
230-250 lb. butchers made
16.50-17.50 300-600 lb sows
brought 14 00-17 00.
SHEEP. The sheep receipts
were less than last week’s
614. head count by about 271
head. Trading was active as
wooled slaughter lambs re
mained steady Good and
Choice slaughter lambs made
21 00-22.50 with a few lots
80-105 lb at 22 75 and 23 00
Utility and low Good made
19 50-21 00
loads good 710-780 lbs. 28 25
Load choice 1020 lbs 27.85
Medium and good 750-875 lb
feeder steers 24-26 Lot
medium 525 lb stock steers
27 Good 501-518 lb stock
calves 31 50-32
Lilitz. Pa.
R. S. Weaver
Stevens, Pa.
Milk Market
PHILA. JAN. 30—
Fluid Milk: production
was generally well maintain
ed to just slightly higher than
the proceeding period How
ever, compared with a year
ago production was consider
*ably lighter Demand by
bottlers was fair to good The
N Y Milkshed reported de
mand irregular, with lighter
movement into the school
lunch program due-to regents
exams in many schools
Surplus was moving direct
ly to coudenseries or into cot
tage cheese channels in most
instances New York report
ed the wholesale selling
price unchanged prior t&
Feb 1 at $5.55 per 40 qt.
unit with sales for next weelr
delivery at 550 per 40 qt.
uniu
Fluid Cream Offerings of
bottling quality cream were
ample with demand fair to.
good Excess offerings con
tinued moving into manu
actunng channels However,
ice cream production was sea
sonally lighter and with ice
cream manufacturers using
up storage stocks available,
offerings were ample to m
excess Although New Eng
land indicated ample offer
ings shipments were received
from outside areas at 18-20
cents over Chicago butter
price day of shipment and
unchanged in other areas.
Wholesale selling prices
per 40 qt unit 40 pet butter
fat New York $36 50 Boston
spot sales and small lot sales
(not available) Atlanta $22-
27 Mostly $24 Southeastern
Pennsylvania open market
selling prices (approved for
Pa & NJ ) car or trucklot
(nun 200 cans) $25-26; LC
L (min 50 cans) $25 75 -
27 00
One of the things that kills
time in life is the necessity
to beat around the bush and
not come out and call a
spade a spade
Lloyd M.
BURKHOLDER
Chick
Hatchery gd,
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White Leghorns
R-B Red Cioss|?,'Vy^
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i FEBRUARY 28. 1959
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WILLOW STREET
Ph. Lane. EX 3-2824