Weekly Poultry
Eastern Pennsylvania
And New Jersey
WEEKLY SUMMARY
LIVE HENS
Prices unchanged, on both
light and heavy hens. Offerings
of light hens spotty, ranging
moderate to heavy. Demand
fair but lacks desired aggres
siveness. Prices paid at farm:
Light Hens 4-5V4, mostly 4»A-sc;
Heavy hens 11-12, mostly 11 Vic-
TURKEYS
Off farm movement of breed
ers continues fair with report
ed prices ranging 15-15 Vzc
Limited movement of young
hens noted at 22V&C, however,
generally on contractual agree
ments. Young toms offered
very sparingly.
Fogelsville
June 27, 1967
(PRICES PAID DOCK
WEIGHTS, CENTS PER LB,
EXCEPT WHERE NOTED)
HENS, light 5-10, mostly 5-6;
HENS, heavy 10-17, mostly 12-
14; PULLETS, 20-37, mostly 28-
33, ROASTERS 16V 2 -35, mostly
20-30, RABBITS 19-32, mostly
25-29, GUINEAS 105-117%;
BARN SPRAYING
SPRAY THE MODERN WAY
Use CARBOIA SPRAY
• Dries White • Disinfects
• Less Cobwebs
MAYNARD L. BEITZEL
Witmer, Pa. Phone 392-7227
J'
E.M. HERR EQUIPMENT, INC.
"Pioneers of Layer Cages"
Poultry Equipment is our Business Cages is our Specialty.
Also, we sell, install and service Hart Cup Watering Systems,
Brock Feed Bins, Complete Bramco-Oakes Poultry and Hog
Equipment and ail types of ventilation.
R. D. #l, WILLOW STREET, PA.
PIGEONS (per pair) 40-150,
mostly 65-80; JUMBO SQUAB
87V6-90.
TOTAL COOPS SOLD: 568
Eastern Shore
Exchange
WEEKLY SUMMARY
Lot-average broiler and fryer
live prices remained practical
ly unchanged this week to av
erage 16.08 per lb.
Prices paid during the week
ranged from a low of 15.1 cents
per lb. on Monday to a high of
16 8 on Tuesday.
Total sales for the weekweie
steady with last week at 1.1
million head
• Chicago
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ing 26 75 down, High Choice
and Prime 950-1100 lbs 25 75-
26.50, Choice 900-1400 lbs 25 GO
-26 25, Mixed Good and Choice
900-1350 lbs 24 50 25 25. Most
Good 23 50-24 75, Standard and
Low Good 22 50-24 00 One load
Choice and Prime 1700 lb steei s
with No 5 Cutability 23 00
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
High Choice and Prime 875-
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Report
Pa. Spring Pig Crop
Gains 5%; U.S. Up 1%
Pennsylvania farms produc
ed 370,000 pigs during the
spring of 1967, according to
the Pennsylvania Crop Report
ing Service. This was an in
crease of five percent from the
1966 spring crop of 352,000,
but four percent below the
1961-65 average of 384,000.
There were 48,000 sows far
rowed compared with 47,000
the previous year and a five
year average of 53,000. A rec
ord high 7 7 pigs per litter ac
counts for much of this in
crease Fall intended farrow
ings of 42,000 sows, if realized,
would be two percent below
the 43,000 farrowed last fall.
Monthly far rowings by
months this spring were- De
cember, 5.000: Januaiy, 7,000,
Febiuary, 9,000, March, 10,000,
April, 10,000, and May, 7,000.
U.S. CROPS
The U S pig crop for De
cember 1966 - May 1967 totaled
45 9 million head, one percent
more than in the same penod
a year eaiher Each region
showed an inciease except the
East North Central which was
down three peicent Increases
weie North Atlantic, four per
cent. West Noith Central, one
percent: South Atlantic, seven
percent. South Central, six per
cent, and the West, five per
cent.
The December - May farrow
ings were two percentage
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1125 lbs 25 75-26 25, three loads
of mostly Prime at the latter
pi ice Choice 800-1100 lbs. 24 50-
25 75, a few up to 26 00 on
Monday Mixed Good and
Choice 800-1050 lbs 24 00-24 75,
Good 22 75-24 25, Standard and
Low Good 21 00-23 00
COWS Utility and Com
mercial 17 75-19 25, High Yield
ing Utility 19 00-20 00, Canner
and Cutter 16 50-19 00
PH. 464-3321
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 1,1967 —
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
From Monday, June 26th to Friday, June 30th
Mon.
WHITE
Ex. Fey. Large
Fey. Large
Fey. Med.
18-18'£
18-IBV2
15
No. 1 Med,
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Ex Fey. Large
Fcyl Large
Fey Med,
Pullets
Peewees
MIXED
Standaids
18 18b>
Checks
Tiend Fine large now clearing better and undeitone im
proved Smaller sizes still m ample supply.
Copyright 1967 by Urner Barry Publications
County Livestock Dealer vama The Couit peimanentiy
7 enjoined Imhoff from opeiating
Fined For P&S Violation under the P&S Act without be
„ , , mg piopeily icgistered and
Haiold E Imhoff, livestock bonded
dealer, Stevens, Pa, was fined , .
$5OO and costs in a fedeial P&S officials said Imholt is
court May 31 for violating the now registeied and bonded m
registration and bonding le- accoi dance with P&S Act le
quirements of the Packers and qmrements, and is operating m
Stockyaids Act, the US De- compliance with these piovi
partment of Agncultuie has le- sums ot the Act.
ported The couit action lesulted
USDAs Packeis and Stock- hom a chaige that Imhoff
yaids Administration said the operated as a livestock dealer
consent judgment was enteied ° n 43 specific dates fiom 196 i
in the US District Couit foi thiough 1965 without being
the Eastein Distnct of Pennsyl- registered and bonded
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