Weekly Broiler Report Chicks' placed in Pennsylvan , for commercial broiler pro motion during the week end ■ 2 June 13, totaled 769,000 Sorting to the Pennsylvania crop Reporting Service. This w s 13 per cent below the pre *L S week and 10 per cent L io w a year ago. The 10-week fotal was 7 per cent below last ear Settings at 989,000 eggs dropped 18 Per cent from a * k earlier and 9 per cent from the comparable week last year. The 3-week total was 6 per cent above a year ago. InsJupments of broiler-type chicks for the past 10 weeks totaled 789,000 or 60 per cent jbove last year. Outshipments 0 f 1,311,000 were down 35 per cent. Placements in the 22 states remained about the same as the previous week and a year ago The 10-week total was down 2 per cent from last year. Settings dropped 3 per cent from a week earlier but were 3 per cent above last year. The 3 week total was 2 per cent above a year ago. EASTERN PA. & N. J. LIVE POULTRY Demand fair for light type hens, light for heavy type hens. Local offerings limited on both types with added sup- I , ' IC*:- "w *%* '^s"Hr.y^: I^’ ,^<^®l^^''' W;>: v/" • ''s, ' — ‘ . v-'* »'* ' ' "'' ' ' -’ , ' 'x- ;:>/> ' -- ';',\ 1 4>iC:'- f - *'’4'/- V*4' S , ' / i"*' 'a sA , ' Poultry Feed With Built-in Earning Power "The BITS Family” from Eastern States offers something new, different and exciting to poultrymen ... a whole family of feeds that assures maximum earning power from birds throughout their entire- life cycle. When your profits are measured in saleable eggs, Eastern States BITS are the right feed for you. BRE-BITS for breeders is highly fortified for active transfer of nourishment from the breeder hen to the 'egg and then on to the baby chiclt. GRO-BITS provide the complete nutrient complex which scientists indicate is needed to grow pullets with full potential. LAY-BITS helps these pullets produce a high volume of uniform eggs with eye appeal, taste appeal and built-in sales appeal. BITS by Eastern States are formulated with Feed Additive Extras to satisfy the specific needs of your birds at every stage of growth and maturity. . 'The objective: greater earnings per bird! For highest earnings per bird. Better Buy BITS! 1 »r astern States FARMERS’ EXCHANGE A fanner-owned cooperative • Headquarters: West Springfield, Massachusetts plies supplemented frofn vari ous outside areas. Prices paid at farms for heavy type ■’Hens 12-14 C, .light type hens 1-lVz <*. FOGELSVILLE, PA, AUCTION, JUNE 16 (Prices for Dock Weights, t per lb except where noted.) HENS, light type 7%-10% M 8-9, heavy type 8%-21% M 14- 20, Pullets 20-30% M 25-23, Roasters 17-30 M 24-28, Ducks 15-22%, Turkeys, Toms 17-23 M 20%-23, hens 22-30%, Rab bits 10-31% M 25-30, Guineas 90, Pigeons (per pair) 60-72% M 60-65, Jumbo Squab 65-80 M 80; Total Coops Sold 803. • New Holland (Continued from Page 2) with the market generally a little lower. Riding horses es 420 head changed hands brought $125-400, and driving horses were $125-260. Pony mares sold for $5O-100 and geldings made $3O-115. Killer horses were 6% to 7 cents a pound. The 330 market hogs sold $lOO higher at the June 15 auction. Retail hogs to local butchers brought 18.50-19; grades 1 to 3 went to the pack ers at 17.75-18.35, and heavy weight hogs brought 16.50-17.50. Sows were 11 to 14. The 30 head of shoats brought 9.50- B tor BITS Available only from Eastern States Delmarva Up Slightly Live Broilers and Fryers ad vanced % cent. Demand was fair for the ample auction of ferings. Live supplies ranged % lbs to 4 lbs. short for cur rent needs. Ready to cook de mand unaggressive. Most plants not operating Saturday. Estimated slaughter by east ern shore processors for the weekend was 832,600 head com pared to the 982,000 head last weekend. Live prices at farms during the period ranged 15.2 to 16 1 for reported purchases of 882,500 head including 538,- ■6OO head sold at Thursday’s auction in Selbyville, Del. At the auction 50 per cent of the sales were at 15.5 to 15 9. The Delmarva broiler-feed ratio for the week ending June 12 was up one point from last week at 3.0. Broilers dur ing the week averaged 15 05 per pound and mash cost the grower $100.20 per ton. For the comparable week a year ago, the ratio was 3 0 when broilers averaged 14 99 and mash sold for 99 63. 11 50. At the June 15 auction, 85 head of ' calves sold steady. Choice and prime vealers brought 30-34, good and low choice 26-30, standard 23-26, and cull and common 18-22.50. v V V t v ' , * ' / s v X-/V ~ ■■ - Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 20, 1964 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. From Monday, June 15th to Friday, June 19th Mon. WHITE Fey. Hywts. Fey. Hywts. Fey. Med. No. 1 Med. Pullets Peewees 35 34% 26% 25%-26 19% 15 BROWN Ex. 36 33%-35 26% 19% 15 Fey. Hywts. Fey. Hywts. Fey. Med. Pullets Peewees MIXED Fey. Hywts. 33%-34 33%-34% 34% 34% 33% No. 1 Med. 25%-26 26-26% 26% 26% 25% Pullets 0 0 0 0 0 Standards 30%-31% 31% 31% 31% 31% Checks 24 24 24 24 23%-24 TREND- Market quite megular. Under less buyer confi dence on all lines. Copyrighted 1964 By Urner-Barry Co, SHAVINGS & PEANUT SHELLS Shavings Coarse or Fine Bagged, Paper or Burlap Trailer Load Prices Bagged or Bulk HAROLD B. 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