Weekly Poultry Report
Eastern Pennsylvania
And New Jersey
Weekly Review
LIVE HENS
Prices of light type hens un
changed, heavy type V2C lower.
Demand fair for limited offer
ings of light type Producers
continue to hold flocks despite
sharp decline in egg market of
past week. Demand light for
ample offerings of heavy type
Prices paid at farm- Light type
hens 4-5% mostly 5-5%c, Heavy / , 445-620- Ponv mares 35
type Hens 14-15 mostly 14%c. 4^ Geldings 25-4oTllTrs 8 9
TURKEYS Processing very 40 ’ eldin g s 40 • Killers 8-9
light and generally consists of
clean up of heavy toms from out
of state. Trade advices indicate
poultry placement light and
growers intentions sharply low
er than in 1967
FogelsviHe
January 30, 1968
(Prices paid dock weights, cents
per lb., except where noted.)
Light Hens 4-7, mostly 4-5;
Heavy Hens 5%-22%, mostly 12-
18; Pullets 20-36; Roasters 10-35,
mostly 30-34; Ducks 32y 2 -36V2;
Drakes 35%-40, Tom Turkeys
16-19y 2 ; Hen Turkeys 23-27,
Rabbits 20-42, mostly 28-35;
Guineas 68-79; Pigeons (per pr )
77%-1.80, mostly 77%-90
Total -coops sold 458
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Weekly Review
Eastern Shore
Exchange
Broiler and fryer live prices
averaged 14 42 cents a pound
this week Prices paid ranged
from a high of 15 5 cents a pound
on Wednesday to a low of 12 6
cents a pound on Monday Sales
for the week totaled 1,121,800
head up 60,000 from last week.
• New Holland
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HOGS
January 29, 1968
Receipts of 1010 head of hogs
sold $ 25- 75 higher Retail 20 50-
22, Wholesale, No 1-3, 19 85-20 -
35. Heavyweights 18 25-19 25;
Sows 14-17.
CALVES
January 29, 1968
Receipts of 92 calves sold $l
- lower Choice 42-45, Good and
Low Choice 34-41 50, Standard
30-33 50, Common 15-29.
• Chicago
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COWS Late Utility and
Commercial 16 00-17 50, High
Yielding Utility 17 75-18 00, Can
ner and Cutter 14 75-17 00
BULLS Utility and Com
mercial 20 50-23 25
• Lancaster
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HOGS 1100 Barrows & gilts
weak to 25c lower Sows scai ce.
Bairows & Gilts US 1-2 205-235
lbs. 20 25-20 75, US 1, 205-225
lbs 21; US 1-3 195-255 lbs 19.-
50-20.
SHEEP 225 Woolcd lambs
steady Ewes absent
WOOLED LAMBS Choice
65-95 lbs 26-27 50, Good 60 95
lbs 23 50-26, Utility 19-22 75.
State Dairymen Lead
46 States For New
Holstein Members
BRATTLBBORO, Vt— Of the
786 new memberships recently
approved for Holstean-Fiiesian
Association of America, Penna
dairymen make up the largest
state group At the recent Board
of Directors meeting of the Hol
stein organization, 126 individu
als and firms from the Key
stone state were admitted.
Foiry-six states were repre
sented on the rotter of i’ew
memberships Other state
groups an the front xanks in
clude New York with 118 and
Wisconsin at 107 new members
Total membership in the na
tional breed organization now
exceeds 44,700 Members are
entitled to register and ti ansfer
Holstein cattle at reduced latcs
They also qualify for voting,
participation in breed improve
ment programs and to receive
general membership publica
turns
In Penna , Holstein breed ac-
Ph. 653-1451
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 3,1968
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
(From Monday, January 29th to Friday, Fehiuary 2nd)
Fri.
Mon.
WHITE
Ex Fey Lg.
31%
31%
30%
30%
29
23
Fey Lg
Fey Med.
No 1 Med.
Pullets
Peewees
31-32
Ex Large
BROWN
Ex Fey. Lg.
Fey Lg
Fey Med,
Pullets
Peewees
33
32%
31%
29%
23
MIXED
Standards
Checks
Tiend- Market geneially stable on laige white Supply
ample on white medium with some surplus Extia large white
slow in moving
Copyright 1968 by Urner Barry Publications
tivities are coordinated through
the state secietary and Feldman
located at State College Local
programs are held h\ county
and district groups of dany
men-bi eeders.
New Holstein memberships
from the Lancaster area in
clude
'Gerald J Ashley, Quarryville;
Harold J Brubaker, Mt Joy;
J Richard Garber, Elizabeth
town, Henry S Click, Leola;
R Edwin Harnish, Christiana;
Nelson H Hershey, Columbia;
Edwin M Mai tin, New Holland,
J Harold Musser, Mt Joy, New
Holland Sales Stables, Inc , New
Holland, Abraham Shelly Jr,
Manheim, Omer S Smokei,
Paikesbuig, Jacob L Stoltzfus,
W'etl. Thuis.
Tues.
31-31% 30%
30% -31% 30
30 28%
26-26 28%
25-26 25
21 20
31% 32 30%
30%-31%
30%-31%
30
30
27
22
31%-32
33 33
32% 32
31% 31%
25-26 25
21 20
33
32%
31%
27
22
30 29
19-19% 1919%
19-19%
PROTECT MACHINERY
Farmers and farm machine) y
owners who don’t have enough
storage space under ioo£ cm
still piotect their machine y
from bad weather, leminds Bur
ton S Horne, extension agricul
tural engineer at Penn Stale
University. Tillage equipmeit,
such as plows, disks, hauo fs
and cultivators can be stoied
outside after they are cleaned
and painted Coat metal pa ts
that work in soil with a lust
preventive Plastic sheeti fig
provides satisfactory storage un
til equipment can be placed tra
der loof
Naivon, David D, Znnmeimcto,
Remholds
3
30%
30
27%
27%
25
20
30-30%
33
-32
31%
19-19%