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Thanksgiving Fare Tops Specials
plans for Thanksgiving din
ner will dominate food shopp
jog list this week-end and
early next week. The tradi
tional turkey and cranberries
Ujll claim extra priority on
jjie menu this year because
jupplies of both these popular
items are plentiful, reports
Tom Piper, Penn State Ex
tension Marketing Agent.
U S. farmers produced a 92
Dillion bird turkey crop this
year, about 10 percent small
er than the record of 19Gl,
tut well above aveiage. In
(act, there’s enough turkey
for everyone to have a little
over 7 pounds, leady-to.eook.
Retail prices will undoubtedly
f>e a little above the unusu.
MORE BIRDS//
LESS INVESTMENT//
HONEGGERS' CAGE LAYING HOUSE
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Akron 859-1940
R. H. LAMBERT 315 s :;z:~
ally low ones of kist year, but
still quite reasonable.
Turkey faces some strong
competition with heavier sups
plies of poik expected in late
November, as well as about 10
per cent moie broilers to be
marketed in late November
and December. Ham will be
featured m many markets at
economical prices while most
red meats show advances in
price with holiday shifts of
demand.
Egg production is slightly
above last year and puces are
a bit below year ago levels.
Look for a seasonal increase
in supplies as more layers
come into production.
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LOOKING OVER THEIR FIRST 4-H STEER CALVES at the drawing last
Saturday are Judy and Shirley Buckwalter. They are being given encouragement
and some hints from two former Hereford championship exhibitors Jay Bixler,
Marietta Rl, left, showed the 1961 Hereford champion at the Manheim Farm
Show, while Donald Miller, Elizabethtown Rl, far right, had the 1962 champ
ion at the same show. Judy, second from left, is 13 years old, while her sister,
Shirley is 11. They are the daughters of Mr, and Mrs. David E. Buckwalter, Lit
itz R 3, L. F. Photo.
Early fall can be a critical Pe «n State extension live,
time for beef cattle and stock specialist, because often
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f life, many of which we are
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 17, 1962—17
sheep, says Thomas B. Km?,
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their total nutution is lacking
more at this peuod. Faimeia
should make suie feed is al-
ways aiailable, and King
suggests supplementing de.
pleted pastuies with addi
tional hay 01 silage.
Wolgemuth Bros.
Florin Penns.
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