Down Two P.C.
From February
Prices received-by Common
wealth farmers' in mid-March
for their agricultural products
tvere -down 2 percent -from ,a
monthi earlier, but up nearly
3 percent from last year, ac
cording 0 to the Pennsylvania
Crop Reporting Servicer.'
The decline "in March is sea
sonal and caused primarily by
the decline in wholesale milk
price. However, this is the
eighth consecutive month that
prices received by farmers have
averaged above a year earlier.
PFISTER
ASSOCIATED GROWERS [
R. D. 3, Lancaster Ph. 898-7121
ORTHO Bird Repellent & Seed Protectant a
only saves seed from birds, but also protec'
against soil insects and diseases. Whenyou plat
with ORTHO Bird Repellent & Seed Protectant you gt
more than just protection from corn and grain-pullii
birds. ORTHC Bird Repellent & Seed Protectant co:
tains superior ORTHO Aldrm to guard against s(
insects, and ORTHOCIDE (captan) —world’s be:
fighter jjf fungus diseases—so you get protects
against all three. If you’d like better stands than you’'
ever had before, try ORTHO Bird Repellent & Set
Protectant. The economical 10-ounce can treats
to 7 acres, costs only $ M 9 at any ORTHO Dealer'
CALIFORNIA CHEMICAL COMPANY, ORTHO P-0 Bo* 575, Columbia; S.C r. .«n «. mr m.MrM mm*,,.*..
»- The fndex of Price* Receiv
ed, which is a .measure of the
trend and changes of prices
received by farmers,, was 225
percent of the 1910-14=rl00
base. This compared with 229
a month earlier and 219 a year
aso. . :' ,
Most meat animal prices de
clined during March with calv
es and hogs leading the decline
by $l.BO and $1.60 respectful
ly. All meat animal prices with
the , exception 'of sheep and
lambs were below a year ear
lier.
Wholesale milk price show
ing the usual seasonal decline
was 4 percent under the March
1962 price and the lowest
March price in 7 years.
Prices received for broilers.
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P. L. ROHRER & BRO.
INC.
Smoketown.
' Ph. Lancaster 397-3539
roasters, and turkeys in STarch
showed- an increase from. Feb
ruary while farm chicken pric
es slipped downward. Egg p> Ic
es remained steady at 41 cents
per - dozen.'
' Prices received for feed
grains and hay continued their
advance. March hay prices
reached a new all-time high
with alfalfa averaging $46.50
per ton. Corn and oats also
showed increases with corn
only showing a seasonal in
crease but still the highest
March price since 1958. Oats
averaged $.83 per bushel for
the highest March price in G
years but still quite a ways
under the record hign March
price of $1.16 set in 1948.
Prices of food grains, and ve-
Distributed By
\
A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS
INC.
Landisville Ph. 898-3421
J. C. EHRLICH CHEMICAL
CO., INC.
736 E. Chestnut St., Lancaster
ORTHO Bird Repellent & Seed Protectant gives
3-way protection; Birds—blackbirds, crows,
bobolinks, jackdaws, pheasants, larks. Insects—
wireworms, corn seed maggots, southern corn
rootworm and certain other soil insects. Dis
eases—seedling blight, damp-off, seed decay.
HELPING ilfE WORLD GROW BETTER
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April" tf,
getables were steady to slight
ly lower. Fruit prices were
higher.
During the month ended
March 15, the National Index
of Prices Received by Farmers
declined nearly 1 percent to
240 percent of its 1910-14
average. The most significant
price declines were reported
for cattle and hogs. Wholesale
milk, tomatoes, cabbage, and
eggs also were down. Partial
ly offsetting were .higher pric
es for oranges, cotton, grape
fruit, and lettuce. The March
15 Index was 2 percent below
a year earlier. The Index of
Prices Paid by Farmers, 1 m-
rsFi
ABB*
Phone 397-3721
ORTHO
■USA* entn-K »i e*uTMM mhii use.
eluding Interest Taxes, and.
Farm Wage Rates, declined a
third of 1 percent to 310, as
items bought for family living
receded slightly. Prices of pro
duction goods averaged un
changed from February, The
March Index was 1 percent
higher than March 1962.
As prices received by farm
ers declined slightly more than
prices of commodities they
buy, the Parity Ratio slipped
off 1 point to ,77, the lowest
since December 1959.
Enough Protein
Ups Feed Intake
In Beef Cattle
An inadequate amount of
protein drastically reduces tiho
feed consumption of cattle,
AIRS scientists found in a feed
ing study at the Agricultural
Research Center, Beltsville,
Md.
Cattle ate about 16 pound
of feed a day when their ra
tions contained adequate pro
tein, carbohydrate, and other
digestible nutrients at the re
commended level On low-pro
tein rations, daily feed con
sumption dropped more than
37 percent —to about 10
pounds. The low-protein ra
tions contained half the recom
mended amount of protein.
The low-protem rations in
cluded either cornstarch or su
gar, plus poor-quality grass
hay, corn and cob meal, molas
ses, salt, bonemeal, and vita
min A To this ration was add
ed cottonseed meal or urea to
convert it to an adequate-pro
tein ration.
Cattle were permitted to eat
as much of a given ration as
they wanted. They showed a
slight preference for the corn
starch diet in the low-protein,
tests. But as the protein level
.was increased, the cattle ate
more of the feed containing
sugar than of the one contain
ing cornstarch.
Since the only variable was
the added protein, the scient
ists say the cattle apparently
changed their preference from
cornstarch to sugar as the pro
tein level was increased.
In testing the rations con
taining the adequate level of
protein, the scientists also
found that cattle gamed the
most weight on the feed that
contained cornstarch and urea.
County Planners
To Hold Series
Of Local Meets
The Lancaster County Plann
ing Commission has scheduled
a series of spring meetings
with area planning commis
sions C. Bickley Foster,
Planning Director said last
week.
All councilmen, supervisors,
planning commissioners, zon
ing officers, chief school admin
istrators and county and state
representatives have been in
vited to participate, Foster
said.
Three meetings scheduled to
be held next "week from 7:30
to 10 pm. will be in the fol
lowing places:
Area No. 1, Tuesday, April
9, Elizabethtown Borougb
(Conference Room in the base
ment of First National Bank
12 South Market Street
Parking in rear
Area No. 2, Wednesday, Ap
ril 18, Lititz Borough Mam
Auditorium of Brobst Recrea
tion Center Turn East at
Square (Rt. 501) on to Main.
St. Go one block and turn
right into narking lot.
Area No. 3, Monday, April
8, West Lampeter Township
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