r m Price Rise rs* In 1961 higher price for wholesale milk and tomatoes and the tax the first time this year increase in egg, hog, and ; average prices received Gteer an( j heifer prices, the Pennsylvania farmers for p enna . crop Reporting Ser nculti' ral products have vlce sa id j n a special report ,wn gn iricrease over the week. previous However, l nt " p-jees are still on a The Index of Prices Receiv er,, lower level than a ed, which is the barometer of g U nr ’er farm income was 225 percent ‘ l c ‘ of the 1910-15 equal 100 n mid-July the average jj ase compared with 213 ce received for all farm a month earlier and 229 a dut ls was 6 percent a- year ago. AVAILABLE NOW FOR AUGUST SEEDING • Cert* DuPuits Alfalfa • Lincoln Brome Grass e Cerl. Vernal Alfalfa • S-37 Orchard Grass e Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa • Timothy e Ceri. Ranger Alfalfa ® Ladino Clover t Cert. Pennscott Clover • Pasture Mixture e V/inier Vetch • Balbo Rye ORDER YOUR FALL SEED GRAIN NOW 8 Nordine Winter Oats * Cert. Red Coat Wheat • Cori. Dußois Winter » Cert. Dua j wheat Oats . Cert. Wong Barley * Cerl - Seneca Wheai 8 Cert. Hudson Barley ® Cert. Pennoll Wheat : gt. soma bro„ me. IMOKETOWN Gas and Diesel Models! M McCormick Farm Equip. Store EPHRATA •WTMHAnMAL L RE 3-2283 _ C. E. Wiley & Son Kauffman Bros. C. B. Hoober QUARRYVTLLE - WAKEFIELD MOUNTVILLE INTERCOURSE ST 6-2895 AT 5-9151 SO 8-3501 bove a month earlier. Main ly responsible for this in crease was the seasonal’y Phone Lane. EX 7-3539 Highest Allowances On Your Used Tractor! Do You Need Terms? We'll Help! Thank You For Your The mid-July average pric es received for livestock and livestock products were 5 percent above a month earl ier. Leading the price in crease were wholesa e milk, eggs, hogs, and steers ard heifers which more than off set price declines for poultry, cows, calves, sheep, & iambs In comparing livestock prices w’th a year ago, near ly all prices received were less than in July 1960 with exception of hogs that were 50c higher Eggs at 39c a doz en were 3 cents higher than a year ago and showed the first upturn in price this year Prices received for all crops as a group in mid-Ju'y averaged 7 percent above a month earlier, but 2 percent below a year ago. Leading the price increase were seas onally higher vegetable pric es which more than off-set slightly ower fruit and food 1960 Ist Quartile Psnna. -4 st Quariile Central Random Sample I New York Random Egg-Laying Contest JL Sample Egg Laying Contest 1959 Ist Quariile Penna. st Quartile Central Random Sample | New York Random Egg-Laying Contest JL Sample Egg Laying Contest 1958 Ist Quartile Penna. Random Sample Egg Laying Contest 1957 Ist Highest All-Breed /""% nd Highest Leghorn Hen Record in Pa. / Hen Record in the Laying Contest imm[ Nation KEYSTONE HATCHERY 2556 Creek Hill Rd , Lancaster Rep. Daniel R. Myers, Ph. Leola OL 6-2243 Clarence Cox, Phone Lancaster EX 2-2710 Hatchery Ph Leola OL 6-7851 Every Model In Every Size! Attendance David Kurtz MORGANTOWN AT S-5771 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 5, 1961 State Plowing Meet Planned Macungie, Aug. 4 Two plowing contests, one of them the annual Pennsylvan- grain prices. Feed gram and hay prices remained at about the same level as a month earlier. During the month ended July 15 the Index of Prices Received by Farmers nation ally rose 1 percent to 237 percent of its 1910-14 aver age Higher prices for eggs, milk, and hogs accounted for most of the increase The most important decreases were recorded for oranges, cattle, and soybeans. The mid-July index was 1 point above a year earlier Get Our Deal Before You Deal! There's Nothing Cheaper Than The Best! at Our Field Day - J. B. Hostetter & Sons J. Paul Nolt MOUNT JOY GAP OL 3-3721 HI 2-4183 Cope & Weaver Co. WILLOW STREET EX 3-2824 ia state championships, pond bu Iding and farm machinery demonstrations, safe tractor driving contest and a wom en’s fashion show today were booked as main events for the four-day Macungie Field Day, Aug 17 20. All field day events, except the plowing meets, will be held in Macungie Memorial Park The state plowing con test, all day, Aug 18, on the Donald Lichtenwalter farm, a mile east of Macungie, will dec’de 1961 winner* More than a score of con testants will vie for the state level and and contour plow ing titles Raymond L Huber, state contest chairman, said spec tators will see also construct- ion of a farm pond and ma ch nery and farm equipment demop-trations Martin Muth, work unit conse-vahomst with the Lan caster County ofTu e of the Soi’ conservat'on .crvice will be one of the official judges for the level land contest. There is a continual in crease in rural motor-vehicle fatal accidents—“ 26 per cent from 1949 to 1959 Tobacco Growers Attention! WE STOCK MH-3G and mist blowers for handling same. OSGAHIC PLANT FOOD CO. GROFFTOWN RD. Ph. Lane. EX 2-4963 Field Day Demonstrators match your payments your incomo 11
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