LANCASTER POULTRY CENTER
Prices Drop
Live broiler prices were up
fractionally from last week’s
post-holiday sale at the Lan
caster Poultry Center.
At the December 5 sale
twelve lots of broilers includ
ing 67,150 birds brought prices
of 14.2 to 14.9 for a sale
average of 14 49. The previous
week’s sale, postponed to Fri
day hy the Thanksgiving holi
day, sold 57,400 head at an
average price of 14.12.
All broilers at the Decem
ber 5 auction were sold. Only
three lots of heavier birds fail
ed to sell at the offered prices.
Two lots of 3,200 pullets
brought 20.9 and 22, while
one lot of 400 roasters made
£3.4. Two lots of leghorn
fowl, including 3,600 head,
brought 8.2 and 8.4, and a lot
of 1,600 heavy fowl sold for
15.2. A lot of 750 pullets
brought. 15.5.
The complete December 5
sale offered 97,765 birds in 22
lots and sold 76,765 birds in
19 lots.
Following is the complete
sale report with lot number,
seller, grower in parenthesis,
amount and breed, age in
weeks and days, buyer and,
price.
CODE: H-F-Heavy Fowl,
WV-White Vantress, IR-Indian
River, C-Cockerels, P-Pullets,
WMt-White Mountain, L-P-
Leghorn Fowl.
1. Richard Trostel, 1600 H-
F, Starr Poultry, 15.2; 65
Male;*, Starr Poultry, 7 4; 2.
Clarence Huber, 750 WVC, 8-5,
Daniel K. Good, 14.2; 3. Same,
750 WVP, 8-5, W C. Mellmger
& Son, 15 5; 4. John O. Moyer,
Jrs, 1500 IR, 9-6, Daniel K.
- Buyer of Oak, WALNUT,
Poplar, ASH, etc.
O. J. CHARLES LUMBER
New Providence, Pa.
Phone ST 6-SlOB
Small Farmers Can Choose
from a Long Green Line, Too!
One toy tractor and eight scale
model implements convince even
the smallest farmer that John Deere
offers a full line of equipment for
practically any kind of farming. Each
toy is of tough metal construction
detailed almost exactly like the real
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Landis Bros. inc.
Lancaster
Fractionally Prices Decline;
Good. 14.4; 6. Andrew N. Demand Dull
Miller, 4000 WV, 9-2, John N. T „ rQ Klw , o „
Live broiler prices in Del
’lhomas, 14. J. marva declined nearly a half
6. Hershev Hostetter, 2300 . , ,
WVP 13-6 Carl B Risser 22 - cent dllring the 24 lloUr penod
WVI, 13 b, Lari a. Kisser, 33. endmg Friday morning.
0; 7. Same, 1500 WVP, 13- . morning.
6, NO SALE, 20.8 Bid; 8 Aaron Prices at farms ranged 13.7
Brubaker, 1100 L-F, 18 mo., t 0 14 - 7 dunn S the P eriod on
V. J. Koser Co. Inc., 8.4; 9. reported purchases of 839.5,00
D. E. Horn & Co. (Amos head including 267,500 head
Funk), 9500 WMt, 9-6, WITH- sold at Thursday’s Eastern
DRAWN PRIOR TO SALE; 10. Shore Poultry Growers Ex-
Same (Joseph Myers). 5000 change m Selbyville. Del.
WV 8-6, Carl B. Risser, 14.7 Thursday’s auction offered a
11. Miller & Bushong (Luth- total of 403,000 birds,
er A. Beaver), 11,300 WV, 8- Live broiler demand was
6, Starr Poultry, 14.4; 12. dull and inactive for the light
Same, 13,000 WV, 8-6, Starr auction offerings. Ready to
Poultry, 14.4; 13. Same (Stan- cook demand was fair with
ley Carpenter), 7800 WV, 8-6, some plants operating today
Daniel K. Good, 14.4; 14. Sizes remain heavier than de-
Same, 10,000 WV, 8-5, Carl sirable.
B. Risser, 14.5; 15. Same
(Harold Click), 4000 IR, 8-2,
Daniel K. Good, 14.4.
16. Same (Harold Hollmg
er), 1800 WV, 8-6, Daniel K.
Good, 14 2; 17. Same (Elvin
Siegnst), 750 WVC, 12-6, NO
SALE, 16.0 Bid, 18. Same, 750
WVC, 12-6, NO SALE, 16 0 Bid,
19 Same (Glenn R. Siegnst),
6000 WV, 8-5, Daniel K. Good,
14 6; 20. Roy Heckenluber,
2500 L-F, V. J. Koser Co Inc.,
8 2.
21. M & B (Kenneth M.
Funk). 400 WMtC, 12-3, John
N. Thomas, 23.4; 22. Same,
900 WMtP, 12-3, W. C. Mell
inger & Son, 20 9; 23. Andrew
N. Miller, 2000 WV, 9-0, Carl
B. Risser, 14.7.
The highly competitive busi
ness of dairying allows little
room for mistakes. Production
records provides facts that
help,, eliminate guesswork in
feeding, breeding and manage
ment.
Our word “mistletoe” com
es from a Greek word, mean
ing “tree thief,” which it is
This plant draws all its food
from tree or plant on which it
lodges, and in time will kill
Wenger Implement Co.
Buck
A. B. C. Groff
New Holland
H. S. Newcomer & Son
393-3906 Mt. Joy
• Delmorva
Estimated slaughter for the
by eastern shore pro
cessors was 864,000 head com
pared to the 788,000 head last
week end
The Delmarva broiler-feed
ratio for the week ending Nov
ember 29 was steady at 2 9
Broilers during the week aver
aged 14.71 and mash cost the
grower $lOl 37. Six months
ago the ratio was up to 3 4
when broilers averaged 16 65
and mash was $99.43 per ton,
but for the comparable week
a year ago the ratio was 2.7
when broilers brought 13 27
per pound and mash cost $95.-
88 per ton.
• FLUID MILK
Production Up
Demand Good
Production of fluid milk in
creased slightly in most all
areas except the west coast
during the weekending today
Class I or bottling milk
supplies were fully adequate
to ample with many sections
ir.'i'citing a slightly increased
amount for, manufacturing
equipment: tractor, disk harrow,
wagon, baler, spreader, elevator,
corn picker, grain drill, and plow.
It’s fun to add toys until the small
Long Green Line is complete. Won
derful for anytime you have young
sters on your gift list.
M. S. Yearsley & Sons
West Chester
BU 4-4467
( hi i 4 ' 3»m»
334-8001
653-3361 Elm
606-2990
Alan Beyer
1/Y 3-5687
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Lancaster 'Farming, Saturday,, December 7, 1963—3
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, December 2nd to Friday, Docembei Ctli
Tucs.
Mon.
WHITE
37%
3 5 % -3 6
30-30 %
30
27%
23
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Hyvvts.
Fey. Med.
No. 1 Med,
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Ex.
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Hywts.
Fey. Med,
Pullets
35%
31
27 Vz
23
Peewees
MIXED
34% 34%
30% 30%
27 27
32% 32%
30% 30%l
TREND; Market showing an improved undertone with,
wider buyer confidence.
35
30
26
33
30%
Fey. Hywts,
No. 1 Med.
Pullets
Standards
Checks
Copyrighted! 1963 By Urner-Barry Co.
purposes. Bottling demand
was good in most areas.
Wholesale selling price in C ar ahead Spotting hazards at
New York City was $5 50 to a distance gives more time to
$5 60, mostly $5 55, per 40 stop or steer clear of an ac
quart unit of bottling quality cident.
milk. ______
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34%
31%
30 %
28
35%
31%
30%
27%
23
31 Vs
27 Yz
23
31%
34%
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30%
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