—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, March 9, 1968 24 fa. Form Prico Is Unchanged The February index of prices received by farmers for nil farm products remained at the same level as the previous month, ac cording to the Penna. Crop Re porting Service. The month's prices were fairly steady, with the largest change occurring in' the meat animal index - . The index of prices received for livestock and livestock prod ucts was unchanged, as meat animals and dairy products gained slightly and poultry and eggs dropped. Meat animals av eraged 55 cents per hundred weight higher, as slaughter cows jumped 90 cents to $l7, steers and heifers were up 60 cents to $25; lambs up 50 cents to $23.10; and hogs and calves both up 40 cents to $19.90 and $35 respec tively. Milk cow price at $330. averaged $5 per head lower than the previous month. The Febru ary milk price (preliminary) at $5 80 per hundredweight, was 10 cents below the January level. Grain prices were mixed, with corn up 3 cents to $1.21, wheat and oats up a penny to $1.30 and $B2 respectively Barley off a penny at $1 02 and rye off 2 cents at $1 06. Hay prices start ed to fall, with alfalfa prices down one dollar a ton to $33 and the all hay figure down $1.50. Poultry and egg prices aver aged slightly lower, as egg and Can Van AC ford Hot To Be A LANCASTER CO. FARMERS ASSOCIATION MEMBER? • Can >ou afford to lose the Pennsylvania Milk Control Law? • Can yon afford to lose your farm to land-grab government schemes? • Can you afford to lose your sales tax exemption on farm supplies and ma chinery used in production? # Can you afford the threat of legislation forcing you to purchase a license to haul manure? • Can you afford to lose your farm to “open-space” schemes? • Can you afford to let your farm be managed from Washington by so-called “Agricultural Experts?” • Can you afford to have meat inspection legislation that would halt the slaughtering of your own meat? • Can you afford government regulations prohibiting your sons to work on your farm? • Can you afford to employ unionJabor on your farm? These are just a part of the proposed legislation that Lancaster Co. Farmers Association members were able to stop in 1967. But many of these threats stifl face us in the State General As sembly and Congress. AGAIN WE ASK: Can You Afford Not To Be A Lancaster Co. Farmers Association Member? Lancaster Co. Farmers Association has a complete program To fulfill its Former-Member Needs! If YOU ARE PLANNING TO FARM IN 1968 YOU CAN’T AFFORD NOT TO BE A MEMBER! NOAH WENGER President DONALD E. NEY Secretarj -Treasurer Stevens, R. D. 1 Marietta, R. D. 1 CLYDE E. WIVELL Columbia, R. D. 1 LEROY PFAUTZ Stevens, R. D. 1 JAMES M. GARBER Mount Joy, R. D. 2 JAMES WOOD Nottingham, R. D. 1 “Realistically America would turkey prices dropped 2 cent* to n °t ®** n , * * n t * le ow $.34 per dozen nnd $.24 per and probably would lose consld pound respectively. Brcder £ CjT'dS^ the February price of S.I6S up 1 (Syndlenled cent from n month earlier. uwumnuii &• .t, % ■* ( V«wi'L PUBLIC SALE OF FARM EQUIPMENT I mile Southeast of Lampeter at 1110 Penn Grant ltd., Lancaster SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1968 2 TRACTORS ALLIS-CHALMERS MODEL B good rubber; with Mower, Cultivator, Plow FERGUSON - 20 on good rubber with Sauder Manure Loader, 2 bottom Mtd. Plow NEW HOLLAND ELEVATOR (like new) Wood’s rotary cutter, New Idea 1-row picker. New Idea man ure spreader, Black-Hawk corn planter, Case rake, tobacco plant er, rubber tire wagon, disc harrow, cultipacker, trailer, David Bradley garden tractor, hog troughs, old milk cans, hay hook and numerous articles. BABCOCK LEGHORN HENS Poultry equipment including; electric brooder stoves, chick en fountains, feeders. CORN HAY - STRAW HOUSEHOLD GOODS including: (2) beds, 2 bureaus, wash stand, old blanket chest, odd chairs, (2). cane chairs, (2) cane rockers, dining room suite, piano, porch glider, porch rockers, 7 plank-bottom chairs, 2 small cabinets, rugs, dishes, etc. SALE AT 12:36 BY TORREY B. HERSHEY Carl Diller and J. E. Kreider, Aucts. Lnnch by Strasburg Sunday School Class NH ‘4o4’ Hay Conditioner; NH Wagon with metal grain box; Cobey forage trailer; Home-made forage trailer; 3 sec tion spring tooth harrow; Spike tooth harrow; Grain elevator with motor; Smoker elevator; 2 Hay rakes; 2 Ensilage brewers; NI (PTO) Spreader; Starline flail tank Spreader; 5 Feed Carts; Trac tor chains. 500-Gal. Creamery Package Bulk Tank 3 Marlonr Milkers; stainless sink; 1 Empire Milker; 5 Stainless milk pails. MOW HAY-DRYING FAN WITH MOTOR Terms Cash Lunch at the'Sale L. Robert Frame, Auctioneer, Exton, Pa, TOM P. WHITTAKER, Sale Mgr., Brandon, Vt. Public Sale FARM EQUIPMENT MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1968 Will be offered at Public Sale at the M. M. Weaver and Sons Farm Equipment Store, Massey Ferguson Sales and Service. 4 miles west of New Holland on Route 23, 1 and one-half miles northeast of Bareville, on the North Groffdale Road one mile on the right opposite the Groffdale Mennonite Church, the following, to wit: TRACTORS Massey-Ferguson Super 90 Diesel; Massey-Ferguson 135 Gas; Massey-Ferguson 85 Gas; Massey-Ferguson 66 Gas HI Arch; Massey-Ferguson 204 Tractor Loader and Backhoe; IH 2424 In dustrial Tractor with Loader; IH 460 Gas Twin Front; IH Farmall Cub; Oliver 770 Gas; Oliver 88 Diesel; Oliver Super 77 Diesel; John Deere 440 Crawler with Loader; John Deere 520; Allis-Chal mers WD4S; Dl4; WC; Dl5 Power Unit; Ford 8N; Massey-Harris 33; Massey-Ferguson 10 h.p. with-Mower. , PLOWS Ford 6 Bottom Semi-Mounted; Oliver two-way 3-16” Spring trip; M-F 2-16” two-way Spring trip; J.D. 4-16” Spring trip, 3 point; Oliver 2-14”, 3 point; J.D. 2-16” Spring trip plow; Oliver 2-16” Trailer Plow; J.D. 3-14”; IH 311 2 point; Allis-Chalmers 4 Bottom. COMBINES & CORN PICKERS Massey-Harris 92 S.P. Combine; M-H 50 Pull-type with Bin; A.C. Pull-type; Massey-Harris Self-Propelled two row; Ford one row mounted and Grain Binder. HAYING & FORAGE EQUIPMENT New Holland 67 Baler with thrower; Super 68 with P.T.O. throw er; New Holland 68 Baler; John Deere 14T with bale thrower; John Deere 24T; John Deere No. 8 Forage Harvester with corn and grass head; A.C. Forage Harvester with power unit; New Holland 36 Flail Chopper; IH 20C Forage Harvester; Dion 16 ft. Forage Wagon with roof; New Hblland table blower; Allis- Chalmers table blower; John Deere hay conditioner; Massey- Ferguson 31 Dyna Balance mower; Farmhand rake; Masse.v- Fer guson wheel rake; M-F 3 point Parrel Bar rake; Woods 80” rotary mower. TILLAGE EQUIPMENT Dunham 10 ft. culti-mulcher; IH 4 row front mounted cultiva tor for M tractor; M-F two row rear mounted cultivator; John Deere 4 row rotary hoe; Oliver disc, 20 blades, 9” spacing; disc on wheels. MISCELLANEOUS FARM EQUIPMENT Owatonna Grinder Mixer with Pneumatic Feed Blower; Demon strator, Brady Hydraulic Driven Grinder Mixer; 42” corn .drying fan with, gas burner and 7¥2 h.p. motor; 34 ft. grain auger 6”; New Idea 10 ft. fertilizer drill; new 16 ft. flat bed wagon; two ro'iv Stauffer tobacco planter; Massey-Ferguson two row corn planter; 2 Sauder loaders; 2 Sauder snow blades and many other items will be consigned. Financing available on day of sale. Sale begins at 10:00 a.m. with small items. 10:30 a.m. Farm Ma chinery in field. 2:00 p.m. Tractors. Monday, March 11,1968 when terms will be made known by M. M. WEAVER & SONS Paul Z. Martin, Auctioneer North Groffdale Road, Leola, Pa. George Weaver and Wm. Z. Martin, Clerks! Ph: 717-656-7702 of