Poultry Center ice Up, Volume Down reased prices at the ry Center auction last i' failed to encourage broiler growers to list birds this week. Only lots of broilers were d at the December 14 »n Of these only three vere sold ranging from to 17.4 for the 7 000 I The sale average was I The lot of 5,400 White tess at 8 weeks two ■ were bid to 15 9. Ijt* If'ts of 3.405 pullets ;d the block at 23 to while 1 500 roasters in lots brought 25 2 to Four lots of pullets [ to sell at the bids of to 28 cents per pound. 5 c o mPle f e sale offered 5 head in 16 lots and .11,905 head in 10 lots, lowing is the combiete reoort with lot number, nt and breed, age in s and days, buyer and DE- WV - white vant- C - cockerels, P - n”ll- R - India’ 1 rivers, SXP - ■ cross nutlets ; Grayb l II Miller, 2400 ;16. NO SALE, 27 bid; me 1400 SXP, IB NO S 28 bid: 3. Miller & orw (R C. Garmanl, :WV 8-2 NO *SATE, bid; 4 M&B (Paul L'v )di 2000 IR, 8-6 Roy earn V 7 ' 5. Daniel B 250 WVP. 17-2, Mar jweigart 26 9; Christ L Landis, 2000 10 Daniel K Good, 7 M&B (Christ LHerr) WVP. 15-2, NO SALE, b’d 8 Same 1500 WV- O SALE 22 5 bid; 9 (John L. Herr) 1800 id 2 w C. Mellinger he Answer To Your Egg Profits Moore Farms Ghostley Pearl Chicks : Are From 2 Year Old Breeders • Better Livability & More ***\ Eggs a-* H J gh Interior Egg Quality • Large Eggs at Ear y Age • More Eggs wi'h Less Feed ALSO STARTED PULLETS MOORE FARMS EDEN ROAD KKI y&wf local HoSlman Seed-Man pfoosxe Landisville XW 8-3421 H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, I & Son, 23; 10. Parke K Herr, 500 WVC, 13-2, Dan iel K. Good, 26.5. 11, D. E. Horn & Co. (Howard Taylof), 3000 WV, 9-3, Roy E. Ream, 17.1; 12. Kenneth B. No 1 !, 665 WVP, 14-2, W. C. Mellinger & Son 27 4; 13. Same, 26.6; 14. Wenger’s Mill, Inc (Vernon Zimmerman) 1500 WVC, 13-2, NO SALE, 20 bid: 15. Pa-ke K. Herr, 600 WVC, 13-2, Carl B. Risser, 26.6. 16 Parke K Herr, 400 WVC,'I3-2, Daniel K. Good, 25.2. • Chicago Yards ** rom Page 2'_ dy, lower grades 25 50 high er advance coming on Tues day. Bulls 25 50 higher. Veal ers and stackers and feeders steady Numerou' loads mostly prime 1200 1450 lb slaughter steers 27 50 - 27 75 Bulk choice and m xed choice and pr me 950-1500 lbs 25.25- 27 25 Wbxed choice & prime 1000.102'' T b up to 27.00, Choice 1550-1650 lb. s’eers 24.50 25 00. Bulk good 900 1300 lbs 23 75-25.25. Numerous ‘oads and lots high choice and mixed'choice and prime heifers 25 75 26. .Commercial cows 15.00- 16 50 Few standard at 17 00. Utility and commercial bulls 19 00-21 00, wasty fat bulls 17,00-18 00 Standard and good vealers 19 00-25.00. Good 550 lb stock steers 24 90 medium and good 600 p 5O lbs 22 23.00, medium 500 lbs mixed steers heifers ?1 00 l o°d choice 725 b f pMmo 25.25, few • oHim • uii h 5 utrirmix * S * LANCASTER LO 9-0416 Delmarva - Georgia Prices Are Off About A Cent Broiler prices dropped slightly more than ane cent in Delmarva during the 24- hour period ending 10:30 Friday morning. Offerings were light and demand was weak. Prices ranged from 1610 to 17.00 on 616,000 head at farms. Estimated slaughter by Eastern Shore processors for the week end was 629,000 head compared with the 774,- 000 head last week end. Demand for ready to cook poultry was irregular rang ing from slow to fair. Prac tically no plants p armed to be m operation today. The Delmarva broiler-feed ratio for the week ending December 8 was up 3 points at 3.3. Broilers averaged 15.- .17 per pound and ma h cost P-e grower $91.50 per ton. The rise in the ratio was a .ejection of the rise in live prices from the 13 72 the previous week The broiler-feed ratio in Delmarva for the correspond ng week last year was 3 7 when broilers brought 15 80 and mash cost $86.10 per ton. Many foods are graded to day Th'S enab es consumers to know the quality, as well as the wholesomeness. A modern supermarket stocks food from each of the 50 states, and from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands - nations commercial printing loads good and choice 800- * more than 2000 printmg 94C lbs. 23 60-25 DO, Medium Plants employing more than ■’so lb hei"er c*'ves 22 75. MASTER FARMER RAT BAIT & CATTLE LOUSE POWDER Both Guaranteed to do Their Job ORGANIC PLANT POOD CO. GROFFTOWN ROAD PHONE EX 2-4983 -li i: LEROY M. SENSENIG OFFERS Complete Egg Production Program • Local mixing of Wirthmore Concentrates and your grains. -• Commercial Laying Rations —Bulk or Bags. • 50 FREE pamphlets covering all phases of egg produc'ion. • On the farm technical assistance by IRTRMOR6 F@©ds To Improve Your Egg Production Ph> Ephrata REpublic 3-2009 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 16, 1961—3 Weekly New York Egg Mkt From Monday, December 11th to Friday, December 15th Ex. Fey. Hywts Fey Hywts Fey Med. #1 Med Pullets P-wees Ex. Fey Hywts Fey Hywts Fey Med. Pullets P-wees Fey Hywts #1 Med Pullets Stds. Checks TREND. Market generally c'osely cleared on all lines though top brown and white medium slow in one or two instances Printing Center of the World is Chicago which does more than one-sixth INCLUDING — CALL HINKItETOWN Mon. 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