LANCASTER POULTRY CENTO*
Price Continues Up
Live broiler prices at the
Lancaster Poultry Center gam
ed more than three quarters
of a cent during the week as
8 6,975 head sold at pi ices ol
17 9 to IS 5 The aveiage at
the February 11 auction was
18 05 computed to the aieiage
ot 17 24 last week.
Only three lots including
8,000 head did not sell These
were bid to 17 to 17 9 Two
lots of 1,970 heavj fowl and
thiee lots of 2,500 loasteis
failed to sell.
Two lots of 1,314 heavy towl
sold toi 22 to 22 1 One lot ot
2,400 leghorn towl brought
9 9. A lot of 1,400 roasters
crossed the block at 25. and
a lot ot 1,000 pullets changed
hands at 21.8.
Broilers at last yeai ’& cor
responding sale averaged 17 90
as 101,825 head brought 17 6
to 19 7.
The Complete February 14
sale offered 105,559 head in
28 lots and sold 93,089 head
in 20 lots.
Following is the complete
rale report witji lot number,
seller, grower in parenthesis,
amount and breed, age m
weeks and days, buyer and
price.
CODE- WMt-White Moun
tain, MCX-Mooies Chesty Cross,
C-Cockerel, P-Pullet, CX-
Cobb’s Cross, WV-White Van
tress, H-F-Heavy Fowl, L-F-
Leghorn Fowl
1. Millet & Bushong (Ken
neth M. Funk), 1000 WMtP,
13-3, No Sale, 218 Bid, 2
Fiuit\ille Farms, Inc Abram
I*Shenk), 5750 MCX, 8-2, H
W. Longacre, Inc , 18 1, 3
Same, 5700 MCX, 8-2, Carl B
Eisser, IS 2, 4 Claience Keen
er, 600 WXC, 20-0, NO SALE,
RUBBER
COW MATS
TO
22 0 BID, 5 M&B (Blvm Sie
gnst), 1400 WVC, 13-0, W. C.
Melluiger & Son, 25 0
6 Raymond S Mussel man
4800 WVC, 9-0, Stair Poultiv,
IS 1. 7 M&B (Paul C AVeav
ei), 2500 WV 9-1, Stair Poul
try, 18 1, 8 Same (Gleason
Ritchie), 11,000 WV, S-G, Stair
Poultry, 18 0, 9 Same (John
L Hen). 4500 WVC, 8-2,
Stan Poultiv 17 9, 10 Same,
3000 CXC, 8-2, NO SALE,
17 0 BID
11 Same, 1100 WVP, 14-2,
NO SALE, 20 2 BID, 12 Ro
beit Noll, 1825 WVX, 9-2,
John N Thomas, 18 3, 13
Same, 2000 WVX, 9-2,'Daniel
K Good, IS 2 14 Longeneck
ers Hatchery, 699 H-P, 15 mo .
Marvin Sweigart, 22 1, 15
Robert W Keller, 600 H-F, 12
mo , NO SALE, 213 BID
16 D E Horn & Co (Byron
Bmgeman), 2500 WV, 9-6,
John N Thomas, 18 5, 17
Same, 2500 WMt, 9-1, No
Sale, 17.4 Bid, 18 Same, 6000
WV, 9-6, Daniel K Good. 18 0;
19 Same, 7000 WMt 9-1, Dan
iel K Good, 18.0; 20 Same
(Clarence M Shuey), 10,000
WV, 9-0, Starr Poultry, 17 9
21 Same (Harold Chronist
er), 8600 WV, 9-6, Daniel K
Good, IS 0, 22 Same (Lee
Remecker), 2500 WV, 9-2, NO
SALE, 17 9 Bid, 23 Lester M.
Hurst, 7400 WV, 9-0, H. W.
Lohgacie, Inc, 18 1, 24
John O Moyer, Jr, 800 WVP,
19-0, NO SALE, 23 7 BID,
25 Montgomery-Bucks Faun
Bureau, 2400 L-F, Walter B.
Lehman, 9 9.
26 Lester M Hurst, 7400
WV, 9-0, Starr Poultry, 18 1
27 Longenecker’s Hatcheiy,
615 H-F, Daniel K Good, 22 0,
28 Same, 1370 H-F, NO SALE,
21.0 BID.
USE
INCREASE DAIRY PROFITS
LESS BEDDING as much as 50%
saves costs
MOISTURE PROOF dry bedding
WARM & ELASTIC no stable knees
no stiff hocks
CLEANING saves time
ives labor
ENIC healthier animals
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YOUR EASTERN STATES MAN
OW YOU AN INSTALLATION
Eastern States
Farmers Exchange, Inc.
• Defmorva
Out Of State
Interest Shown
Broilers and fryers advanc
ed sharply to tmee quaiteis ot
a tent lughei in Delmaivi
dining the 24 hour period end
ing 10 30 Fndav morning A
continued mteiest in out ot
state shipments stimulated de
mand tor the model ale ofter
ings
Puces paid and lepoited
puicliases at faims langed 17 1
to IS 1 on 787,800 head inducl
uig 461 000 head puichased at
Thuisday’s auction at the Eas
tern Shoie Poultiy Gioweis
Exchange Neailv halt the sales
were between 17 5 and 17 0
Ready to cook demand was
spottv, langmg from slow to
fair, with very few plants opei
atmg today Estimated slaugh
ter by Eastern Shore processots
for the week end was 612,000
head compared to the 651,000
head last week end
The Delmarva broiler-feed
ratio for the week ending Feb
biuary S was up one point to
3 4 as hi oilers averaged 16 63
and mash cost the grower $9B -
77 per ton. The raitio for the
compatable week a year ago
was 3 9 when bi oilers aieraged
17 96 and mash cost $92.08
Geoigia leported prices of It
cents at farms with some lots
undei contract ranging up to
three quarters of a cent over
the quoted price
Live offerings cleaied closely
with some shortages noted Es
timated slaughter by Geoigia
processors tor the week end
was 1,027,000 head compared
to the 1,574,000 head last week
end.
Pennsylvania todav has 507
newspapers The state’s first
newspaper was the American
Weekly Mercury first pub
lished in Philadelphia in 1719
COMPARE THE QUALITY
EASTERN STATES COW MATS
carry less filler and more rubber.
They’re thick and soft, drain
channels are narrow, ribs are
wide to provide more comfort
and less chance for injury.
.Xiancastdr Farming, Saturday, February 16,1963 —
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, Februaiy 11th to Friday, February 15th
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