LANCASTER POULTRY CENTER Prices Remain Steady Live broiler prices remained about steady at the May 9 auc tion at the Lancaster Poultry Center. Twenty-five lots containing 124.185 head of broilers brought 15.6 to 17. G for a safe average of 15.84. -One thousand heavy fowi in three lots brought 14.0 to 18.4. One lot of 1,300 pullets Hol'd for' 24, arid one lot of 1,700‘ roasters-were 21 2. A lot of 550 leghorn fowl sold for 9 cents a pound. The complete sale offered 133.995 head in 32 lots and sold 128,795 head in 31 lots. Following is the complete sale with lot number, sener, grower in parenthesis, amount and breed, age in weeks and days, buyer and price. CODE: WV-White Vantross, HCX-Moores Chesty Cros.-, WMt-White Mountain, H-F. Heavy Fowl, L-F-Leghorn Fowl, P-Pullet, C-Cockerfels, X-Cross. 1. D. E Horn & Co. (Don ald Dowell), 5000 WV, 9-2, Daniel K. Good, 15 9; 2 Same, 11,500 WV, 9-2, H W Dong acne, Inc, 15 8, 3 Same, 4000 WV, 9-2, College Hill Poultry, 15.8; 4 Same, 4000 WV, 9-2, College Hill Poultry, 15 8, 5. Same (Lee Reinecker), 6000 WV, 9-2, Daniel K Good, 15 6 6 Same (Martin S Landis), 4500 WV, 9-5, John N Thom as, 16.1; 7. Same (Harold Chromster), 8500 WV, 9-3, **How do you grow such healthy tomatoes 9" Simple. I use Dithane® M-22. Against all diseases? Against the four troublesome ones. Early and' 1 late blight. Septoria and gray leaf spot. And it protects foliage and stems as well as the fruit. How often do you spray? We apply* J)r J rHA\E M-22 about every 7 days, using two pounds per 100 gallons. For insect control, we just mix Rhothane® with our Dmi vne sprays. You ran he proud oj a aop like thn. I ihml Fit switch to ) our pray program. Tell the dealer you want Dnnvsr. M-22 Use it and watch join tomatoes glow big and healthy. / Starr Poultry, 15.8; 8. Same (Hornco Products Proving Farm No. 1), 1700 WVP, 9-6 \V. 0. Mellinger & Son, 17.6; 9. Same, 1700 WVC, 9-C, Dan iel K. Good, 15 6, 10. Robert Noll, 4000 WVX, 8-6, Carl 13. Bisser, 15.9. 11. Same, 2000 WVX, S-6, Carl B Risser, 16.1, 12. Same, 2000 WVX, 8-6, Marvin Swei gart, 15.9; 13. Same, 2000 WVX, 8-6, Carl B. Risser, 15 9; 14. Miller & Bushonj (Elmer Beiler), 2100 MCX, 9-2, Daniel K. Good, 15 6; j. 5. Same (Paul b. Weaver), 5000 WV, 8-5, Starr Poultry.' 15 9. 16 Same (Clarence Hilsher), 4000 WV, 8-2, Starr Poultry, 15 7; 17. Same (John McMi chael), 5200 WVC, 8-0, NO SALE, 15.0 BID, 18. Same, (Lloyd Stoltzfus), 9000 WMt, 8-1, W. C. Mellinger & Son, 15 8, 19. Same, 9000 WMt, 8- 1, Starr Poultry, 15.8; 20. Same (John L. Herr), 1300 WVP, 14-2, W. C. Mellinger & Son, 24 0 21. Same, 3200 WV, 9-0, Starr Poultry, 15 7; 22. Dmiel Ebersole), 300 H-F, Daniel K Good, 18 4, 23 M&B (Richaid Kilts), 4800 WMt, 8-3, IJ W Longacre, Inc , 15 8, 24. Same, 4800 WMt, 8-3, Carl B Kisser, 15 9; 25. Earl S Sieglnst, 3950 WMt, 9-0, Daniel K Good, 15 8. 26 Same, 4670 WMt, n o, College Hill Poultiy, 15 8 27 Same, 4865 WMt, 9-0, College • Delmarva Price Gains; Demand Fair Delmarva reported prices of 15 to 15 9 for 889,400 pur chased head at farms during the 24 hour period ending 10 30 Friday morning This was an advance of near ly a quarter cent over the pre vious day. The demand was good for the' light offerings. Estimated slaughter by eas tern shore _processors for the week end was 704,000 head compared to the 811,000 head last week end. The Delmarva broiler-feed ratio for the week ending May 3 was steady with the previous week at 3.1 Broilers during the week averaged 15 05 per pound and mash cost the grower ’>9B.- 06 per ton Hill Poultry, 15 9,2 S J Wil liam Groff, 550 L-F, W C Mellinger & Son, 9-0, 29 D E Horn & Co (Enos 11 Mill er), 11.900 WV. 8-2, Starr Poultry, 15 8, 30 Same (Ray mond Emig), 1700 W\7LC, 12-2, Daniel K Good, 212, 31 Daniel Ebeisole, 350 H-F, Carl B Risser, 18 3: 32 Same, 350 H-F, Daniel K Good, 14 9, Same, 60 Males, Daniel K Good, 9 3 What’s the plural of geese’ Wildlife authorities call a gr oup of geese on the water a “gaggle.” If they are in the air, t)he proper term is “skein.” ROHM H H/&XS I PHILADELPHIA 5, PA, t v * A v> ft jig f' ’V I . MSS ”| fi % *,