Weekly Poultry Report Eastern Pennsylvania And New Jersey WEEKLY SUMMARY live hens Prices &>r light hens gen erally unchanged. Offerings barely adequate & more close ly held in instances as pro ducers consider holding birds for Easter egg markets. De niand good. Interest for heavy hens good with bids unfilled at 23c. Offerings very meager. Isolated sale noted @23c. Few lots of cockerels weigh ing 7#, no quality or grade deduction-:,, were priced @24 Sc 25c. Prices paid at farms: Light Hens mostly 9-9Vac; heavy hens, too few to report. Fogelsville March 1, 1966 Hens, Light 8-10, mostly 8- Hens, Heavy 20-2i9%, mostly 22<-2i6; Pullets 36- 46 Vs; R-oasters 26-38 %, most ly 3'3-3>B % ; Ducks 26 % -3 27’5-:50; singly, WEEKLY SUMMARY 14 1 °: 240; mares and , . geldings, lt)-75. Broiler and fryer live pnc- HOGS es on ni£ Eastern Shore Ex- February 28, 1966 change averaged 19.65 cents p or consecutive per lb. this week, up about wee jj (hogs averaged 50-7i5 %-cent ever last weeks aver- cen (. s i ower , W ith receipts to age. DRAWINGS FOR GIFT CERTIFICATES MARCH 17 - 24 - 31 (Winners need not be present at drawing to qualify for Gift Certificate) GIFT CERTIFICATES TO BE USED TOWARD PURCHASE OF FARM SUPPLY ITEMS TREMENDOUS SAVINGS IN STORE FOR YOU! If Ton Did Not Receive Your Spring Flyer Of Our Sale, AGWAY INC GARDEN SPOT UNIT HONEY BROOK LANCASTER NEW HOLLAND QUARRYVILLE Priices tanged from a high of 2.0.9 cents on Tuesday to a low of 18.1 on Wednesday. Sales for the week totaled 1.5 million head, up about %-million head over last week’* sales. Delmarva broiler and fryer live prices averaged nearly %- cent higher with demand generally good for moderate auction offerings. Live sup plies adequate for needs. Ready-to-cook movement sharply reduced as feature activity for next week was limited. Delivered prices generally slightly lower and very com petitive with other producing areas. Estimated slaughter for Friday and Saturday, 779,000 bead, compared to one million head last weekend. In the 24 hours preceding market close on Friday, prices paid at farms ranged 19.0- 20.9 cents per lb. with pur chases reported at 954,000 head. Come One! Come All! (Agwayj BIG SPRING MARCH 9th TO APRIL Ist REGISTER FOR $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATES. TO BE GIVEN EACH WEEK DURING THE SALE AT EACH STORE: HONEY BROOK, LAN CASTER, NEW HOLLAND and QUARRYVILLE. Ask For Your Copy At Any Of Our Stores. "ANYONE MAY BUY FROM AGWAY" Delmarva March 4, 1960 '66 SALE Co. Extension Service Reports On Active Year The Extension Service con tinues to be interested in bet ter soil and water manage ment in all county farms and throughout the urban and suburban areas, Lancaster County Agent M. M. Smith reported. During the year, several farmers were assisted in establishing contour strip ping on their farms covering approximately 200 acres. In addition, a numiber of farms continue to operate as dem onstration faring in soil ero sion control. To present the importance of improved practices in con serving 'Soil and water _ re sources to our youlth, a 4jH Soil Conservation Club was organized in the northeast part of the county; this group of boys studied the principles of conservation and held their completion round up during the spring. The importance of proper conservation practices was in cluded in a number of news articles and radio broadcasts produced by Lancaster Coun ty Extension personnel dur ing the year. talmg 642 head. Retail, 28 - 50-30; wholesale (US 1-3), 27.75-2'B 50; heavyweights, 26.50-27 50; s ows, 2i3-25j50; the 10 shoats offered brou'ght 1-8.50-21. CALVES February 38, 1966 With receipts totaling 130 head, Choice and Prime sold for 3-5-41; Good and Low Choice, 30-3-5; Standard, 28- 30; Common, 18-27. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5, 1966 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. From Monday, February 28th to Friday, March 4th Mon. WHITE Ex. Fey. Hywts. 45 Fey. Hywts. 43 Fey. Med. 40% No. 1 Med. 39% Pullets 36 Peewees 28 BROWN Ex. Fey. Hywts. 44 Fey. Hywts. 43 Fey. Med. 39% Pullets Peewees MIXED Fey. Hywts. 43 Standards 41 Checks 36 TREND: Market position showing a generally steadier undertone representing a real improvement from the uncer tainty earlier in the week. Copyright 1966 by Urner Barry Publications • Chicago (Continued from Page 2) Prime 1150-1400 lbs. 3125-32.- 000 compared with 168,800 last f° .closing 32 00-32 50 with 7 week and 173,100 a year ago. loada at latt f P rice on ™ed- Compared with last weeks hlgh . est „ s ' nce close, slaughter steers 50-100 1962. SeveralloadsPnme 1050- higher. Heifers and cows 25-75 Ji 75 . lbs ‘ , 3100-31.50, Hi»h higher. Bulls steady to strong. , Cboic , e n nn Pri ™ e In the carlot dressed meat s - 3 ° 00 ' 32 . 0( ?- posing 30 5( l trade, steer beef steady to 100 32 -. oo ' Severalloads Choice and higher, with the most advance 1 onViann on Choice. Heifer beef steady bo , lc , e 900^ 1 400 OQ l b „ S Qn 2 J ft 75 ,r°'‘ to 50 higher, cow beef 50-1.50 50, late Mix lower, with most decline on G ° od boning Utility and Commer- C° o d 24 75-27.25,Standaid and cial Low Good 22.50-25.25. *■ * ATTENTION Horse Owners Here is the latest news from Wirthmore on horse feeds . . . A new Horse and Pony feed and the horses and ponies will just love it. You'll be surprised at the low price. Give us o call or stop in today. HEISEY FARM SERVICE Lawn and Bellaire 665-2121 367-2321 Wed. 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