LANCASTER POULTRY CENTER Price, Volume Are Down Live broiler prices dropped amount and breed, age in nearly a cent a pound and weeks and days, buyer and volume sold was off almost 30'price. per cent from the previous CODE: wV - White Vantress, week at the Lancaster Poultry wMt - White Mountain, IE - Center. Indian River, L-F - Leghorn Prices at the August 29 auc- f OW I. tion ranged from 15.2 to 16.7 L Warren Seibel, 500 Turkey for a sale average of 15.53 com- hens> 5 mo _ NO SALEi 2 2 0 pared to the 16.50 last wedk. BID; 2 D E Horn & Co Ten lots including 49,900 head ({Jlenn B Gockley), 4200 WV, soW Thursday compared with g . g starr Poultry Co 152 . 3 the 72.700 head last week. Same (John Munro) 6000 WMt., On!y one lot on offer failed g . 0j Daniel Goodi 15 3; 4 . Same t 0 * el . l u at thC off , er + ed , bld (Walter Weibley), 10,000 WV, 15.3; this was a lot of 3,000 g . g Daniel Good 15 . 5; 5 . Ro b- Indian Ewers at eight weeks, H Barr> 2200 L-F, 16 mo., sue days, consigned by Miller v j Koser Co . Inc „ g 2; 200 and Bushong and Dorothy Mill- Males> y j Koser Co> Inc „ er. o o The top lot was 1,500 White ‘ ' „ _ . Vantress at nine weeks con- 6 filler . B =nnn n «nr C l a o' signed by Kenneth Noll and ence Shenk, Jr.), 5000 WV, 8-2, purchased by Marvin Sweigart, Starr Poultry Co., 15.3; 7. Same, One lot of 2,200 leghorn fowl W Y> s ~ 2, starr Poultry brought 9.2 cents while 200 ® ame (Melvin males sold for 83. One lot of Groff), 4000 WV, 8-2, Daniel 500 turkey hens failed to sell 00c *’ T 5.2; 9. Same (Robert at the 22.0 bid. Harnish), 8800 WV, 8-6, Starr The complete sale offered Poultry Go > 1 5,2 > 1°- Same 55,800 birds in 13 lots and sold 'Dorothy Miller), 3000 lE, 8-6, 52.300 birds in 11 lots. NO SALE > 15 3 BID. Following is the complete H. Same, (Lester Weaver), sale report with lot number, 6£)00 WMt, 8-0, Daniel Good, seller, grower in parenthesis, 15.3; 12. 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PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY SOIL TEST September 3 to October 12, 1963 if li 't'ifi' • Delmarvo Price Declines A Half Cent Delmarva reported live broil er prices declined approxi mately a half cent during the 24 hour period ending 10 30 Friday morning. Demand was light for the relatively light auction offerings. Many eastern shore process ing plants did not plan to op erate Saturday or Monday. Estimated slaughter for the weekend was 778,400 head compared to the 898,100 head last weekend. Prices at farms ranged 14.5 to 15.4 for reported purchases of 972,300 head including 413, 200 head sold at Thursday's auction in Selbyville, Del. The Delmarva broiler-feed ratio for the week ending Aug. 23 was steady with the pre vious week at 3.2 Broilers av eraged 16 04 per pound and 20 per cent mash cost the grower $101.51 per ton Dur ing the comparable week a year ago the ratio stood at 3 7 when broilers averaged 1719 and mash cost $94 11 WV, 9-0, Ma>m Sweigart, 16 7, 13 Same, 1500 WV, 9-0, John Thomas, 16 3. . * - . r ’ 1 / { f Manheim* ’’ ‘ 1 I 66 . 5 t? 46 ?>.. .. .f • I, < ' i T Quarryville ST 6-2126 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 31, 1963—3 % y Weekly New York Egg Mkt* From Monday, August 26th to Friday, Mon. AVHITE Fey Hywts, 39% 29% 28 21 16% Fey. Hywts, Fey. Med. No. 1 Med. Pullets Peewees BROWN 43 40 28% 21% 16% Fey. Hywts. Fey. Hywts. Fey. Med. Pullets Peewees MIXED Fey. Hywts, No. 1 Med. Pullets Standards Checks 21 22i/6 22% 33-34 32-35 311/2-33 24-241/6 25-25% 25-25% TREND; Market steadier at the moment with a better clear ance and prices sustained on large, and advancing on mediums. Copyrighted 1963 By TJrner-Barry Co. Food prices have risen less in the past 15 years than most other things we buy. Since 1947-49, retail prices of farm foods have gone up only 13 per cent, while nonfood living costs have climbed 31 percent. FEED FOR TOP FINISH with Wayne SWEET MIX This top quality protein supplement is specially formulated for heavy grain feeding. It's high Vitamin A and protein content plus the proper mineral balance produces maximum gains and a high degree of finish . , . economically and efficiently. FOR SHEEP—feed Wayne Sweet Mix without sfilbestrol, STILBESTROL Wayne Sweet Mix is available with or with out sfilbestrol. MOUNTVILLE FEED SERVICE li. I>. 2,' Colombia uRUBR SUPPLY CO , Blizabotbtoun PEEOi SERVICE B. D. 1, Qoarryvillo *» 2,, ,Pf‘«vt(ißotitpin' ! I !■ M |l • U 1 I ‘ <-J DUTCHMAN FEED MILLS, INC. R n I Stevens J. K. STAUFFER & SON l aivn and Bolfidre MHlersvillr n yc- ’'•v, , i Wed. Tues. 44%-45 42 31% 31% 22% 17% 221/6 17% 45 42 30% 23 17% 45 42 30% 23 17% 41 29-29% Buyer of Oak, WALNUT, Poplar, ASH, etc. O. J. CHARLES LUMBER New Providence, Pa. Phone ST 6-3108 HEBSHEY BROS. Reinholds C. E. SAUDER & SONS B. D. 1, Bast Bari ROHRER’S MILL R. D. 1, Ronks H. M. STAUFFER & SONS, Inc. Witmer - Honks - HeoU 5-1' August 30th Thurs. 32% 31 31% 21% 17% 21% 17% 45 42 31% 21% 17% 45 42 30% 21% 17% 40 40 29-293/6 30-30 Vi 21Vz 21*6 31 31 25 25 mM
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