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Poultry And Egg Price Margin
Study Shows Grade A Eggs Best
A report on monthly price stable during 1061-66, but mar
and price spreads for eggs and gins for the different classes
poultry in 12 selected cities varied from city to city depend
over the past five years was ing on pricing policies, location
published recently by the U. of sources, and directness of
S. Department ofAgriculture. marketing, the report says.
The report, by the Economic Farm-to-retail price spreads
Research Service, is a compil- were fairly consistent for me
ation of reports and rata, sup- turkeys in all the
plied by state and federal agen- c j t j eg spreads for large eggs
cies and private firms, on »arm were lower a]ong the West
and retail prices and price Coast than the East Coast>
spreads of seven classes of §p rea( j s for frying chickens
eggs, frying chickens, and tur- were j 0 west for the Eastern
keys. The report covers Bos- c jtj es 0 f Atlanta, Baltimore,
ton, New York. Washington, and Washington, according to
Baltimore, Atlanta, Cleveland, the report
Chicago, St. Louis. Denver, Los
Angeles, San Francisco, and
Seattle
In 1961-66, the highest av
erage share of the retail
price went to producers of dent Mike Smucker, Ephrata
large grade A eggs, at 58 per- R 2. On a busy schedule these
cent, followed by turkey pro- ( j a y Sj Smucker had returned
ducers, at 57 percent. Broil- j te that afternoon £rom the
er producers received an av- t>
erage of one-half of the re- Summer Institute of the Penn
tail price, according to the sylvania Assn, of Farmer Co
report. operatives at Lock Haven. He
In general, price spreads for was one of 170 Pennsylvania
all the reported classes of eggs young people attending the
and poultry were relatively session and served as. leader
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• 4-H Queens
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MIKE SMUCKER, Eph
rata R 2, on his way to re
gister at the Summer In
stitute of the Pennsylvania
Assn, of Farmer Coopera
tives at Lock Haven this
week.
for one of the discussion
groups.
“I haven’t even been home
since last Sunday,” Smucker
quipped as he hurried back to
the microphone to announce
the next event at the Long
Park contest.
Judges for the queen contest
this year were - two high school
teachers —Robert Schappell and
Mrs. Chester Lowe—and the
1966 Miss New Holland title
holder Mary K. Zimmerman
Selection of the queens was
based on personality (30%);
appearance (30%); poise
(20%); and posture (20%).
Shotzberger's Landis Bros. Inc. A. B. C. Groff, Inc.
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TOM HOUSER, Lampeter, acts as a leader for one
of the discussion groups participating in the Summer
Institute of the Pennsylvania Assn, of Farmer Coopera
tives held this week at Lock Haven.
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