—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 4, 1964
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Prices Paid To Penna. Farmers
Down One Percent In March
Prices received by Common
wealth. farmers m mid-March
for all farm products were
■down 1 percent from mid-
February, according to the
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service. Lower prices for
Wholesale milk and eggs con
tributed most to the decline.
Partly offsetting were higher
!|Sinces received for cattle,
lambs, and meat-type chickens
Wholesale milk price at
$4.75 per hundredweight de
clined seasonally from the
teonth previous but was 17
cents above a year earlier. Frie
ds received for eggs declined
1 cent a dozen inspite of the
.good -Easter demand. Egg
prices for the past 8 months
■ave been below a year earlier.
Prices received for meat
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Checkerboard News
240 eggs
per hen makes
low-cost production
Thousands of flocks on Purina Laying Chows now
are producing 240 eggs per hen in 12 to 13 months
of laying. They do it at low feed cost per dozen,
because Purina Chows are built on the high
efficiency principle. They help hens produce eggs
on less feed per dozen than lower-efficiency rations.
There’s a Purina Laying Chow built and priced
for every size of flock from a few hens to many
thousands. Call us or drop in. Let us give you
our prices.
LOW COST PRODUCTION...
the reason why more farmers feed PURINA
John J. Hess
Kmzers - Vintage
Warren Sickman
Pequea
John B. Kurtz
Cedar Lane
James High
Gordonvllle
John B. Kurtz
Eplwata,
animals increased for the third
consecutive month. Lambs at
$23 00 led the price hike with
a $3.40 per hundredweight in
crease because of the Easter
speciality trade. Beef cattle
increased $.70 per hundred
weight. Meat-type chickens rose
Vz cent a pound. On the other
hand, hQg prices were off $.20
and calf prices off $.70 from
a month earlier.
Generally, prices received for
field crops averaged about the
same as a month earlier, with
the exception of potatoes up 15
cents per hundredweight and
wheat down 10 cents per bush
el. Alfalfa hay at $4150 per
ton declined $2 00 from mid-
February and was $5.00 under
the all time record high set in
March of last year.
trademarks—Ralston Purina Co.
Ira B. Landis
Valley Road, Lancaster
Wenger’s Feed Mill, Inc.
Whiteside & Weicksel
S. H. Hiestand & Co.
John J. Hess, II
Intercourse- New Providence
Rheems
Kirkwood
Salunga
The Index of Prices "Receiv- Ratio remained' at 77, the same
ed, which is a measure of the -as last month, and <. the same
trend and changes of prices as in March 1963.
received by farmers, was 224
percent of the 1910-14 - 100 stephen Fost Ameri ca’s
? Gloved closer of folk mus
a month earlier and 226 a year M> was born in the llttle town
8 " of Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania.
During his youth he attended
IJ. S. Prices
During the month ended school in Towanda and took
March 15, the Index of Prices much of his inspiration from
Received by Farmers remained the Susquehanna River and
unchanged afr 240 percent of surrounding’ towns. Another
its 1910-14 average. Most im- Pennsylvania village memoral
portant increases were for cat- ized by Foster is Carrrptown,
tie and cotton which were off- v ,-] iere he composed his famous
set by price declines for wheat -camptown Races.”
and wholesale milk. The index
was also the same as a year
earlier.
The Index of Prices Paid
by Farmers, including Interest,
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates,
remained at 313 on March 15,
the same as in January and
February, and nearly 1 percent
above a year earlier. Prices
paid for production goods aver
aged slightly above February;
prices paid for family living
averaged about the same. The
indexes of interest, taxes, and
farm wage rates were unchang
ed from mid-February,
With neither prices paid nor
prices received by farmers
showing significant change
during the month, the Parity
One tractor does
the work of two!
John Deere 2010 Row-Crop Utility
Does EVERY JOB on many fat ms; offers up to 45 vat tabic It p; has
outstanding stability. That’s the compact “2010” designed for row
crop and utility work. It’s a low-piofile surpiise package with power
to handle a 3-bottom plow fast; cleaiance to handle all cultivating
jobs; stability for hillside security; adaptability for fast work with
drawn, 3-point, mounted, and 540 or 1000 rpm tools You'll like its
part-throttle economy. We’ll demonstrate. Have Credit Plan.
Alan Beyer
Christiana LY 3-5687
A. B. C. Groff, Inc.
Now Holland 354-8001
Landis Bros. Inc.
Lancaster 393-3906
THE HANDY FAMILY
SHAVINGS
and
PEANUT SHELLS
HAROLD B. ZOOK
220 Lampeter Rd.
Lancaster 394-5412
Wenger Implement Co.
M. S. Yeorslcy & Sons
West .Chester 096-2090
Buck
BU 4-4467
H. S. Newcomer & Son
Mt. Joy 658-3361
Shotzberger's
Him
665-3141
Tractors Sell
At Mueller Sale
Tractors brought $*75,5
$565 at the Charles C. rm
sale at New Providence. 1
A 1956 pick up tru'ok oio&j
the block at $BBO and y J
changed hands at $390, ’
Other prices included jl
$l2O, freezer $B5, rug $33 | J
corn $42 per ton.
Carl Diller was the audio,
eer.
IY LLOYD BIRMINGHAM
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