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.
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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.”
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all channels.
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