Weekly Poultry Report
Eastern Shore
Exchange
Broiler and live fiyer puces
averaged 1158 cents a pound
this week with only offerings on
Monday and Tuesday with a to
tal of only 137,200 head sold
This was down of course from
last week when 144,100 head
Were sold. Prices paid ranged
from a high of 13 0 cents on
Tuesday to a low of 10 4 cents
a pound on Monday,
Fod*Mile
May 13, 1969
(Pi ices paid dock weights, cents
per lb, except where noted)
HENS, Light Type 8%-ll;
HENS, Heavy Type 13-23 mostly
15-20, PULLETS 23-33 mostly
30-32, ROASTERS 10-38 mostly
22-33; RABBITS 35-71 mostly
55-65; GUINEAS 89-114; PIGE
ONS (Per Pair) 90-165.
TOTAL Coops Sold 373.
CONTROL WEEDS
IN ALFALFA WITH
BUTYRAC-118
Apply 2 to 4 weeks after alfalfa
emerges. Controls broadleaf weeds In
seedling or established legumes. This
remarkable selective action killing
many broadleaf weeds without affecting
certain broadleaf crops has been
proven by research men and commercial
1 growers throughout the country.
We are distributors for a complete line of
WEED KILLERS
Member
Eastern Pennsylvania
And New Jersey
Prices generally unchanged,
however in instances unconfirm
ed reports indicate as high as
1014 c paid for isolated lots. De
mand continues good with bidd
ing very competitive. Offerings
increased but still short of full
needs Trade advices indicate
labor shortages at processing
plants acute with occasional
plant shut down while waiting
for schools to close in hopes of
obtaining additiohal help. Offer
ings of heavy hens short of a
light demand. Prices paid (y 1
Farm: Light Type Hens 8-1014
M 9-10, Heavy Type Hens
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Witness Speaks At
Resources Hearing
Samuel Kouosen, chan man ot
the Industry Task Foiee For
DDT, testifying as the final in
dustry witness at today’s session
oi the DDT hearings conducted
by the Wisconsin Department of
Natural Resources, stated that
by far the biggest use of DDT in
the world today is for the con
trol of malaria and other insect
borne diseases.
Rotrosen, who is president of
MOntrose Chemical Corporation
of California, the largest pro
ducer of DPT in the United
States, testified that between 70
and 75% of all production of
DDT is exported, primarily for
public health uses, through the
U.S. Public Health Service and
the World Health Organization
of the United Nations.
He started “Those agencies
most concerned with human
health, USPHS, and WHO, are
completely convinced of the safe
ty of DDT.”
Statistics for the latest year
available, 1967, show that be
tween 2 5 and 3 million pounds
of DDT were used by the Pub
lie Health Service for yellow fe
ver control in South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and
Texas
In the United States, by far
the largest use is to protect the
cotton crop, where DDT is the
principal insecticide. Rotrosen
declared that DDT has been a
major factor in doubling the per
acre yield from the time of its
introduction for agricultural use
in 1946, down to 1967 (the statis
tical year cited as most recent).
He testified that DDT usage in
the U.S has declined from the
1963 peak year use of 183 million
pounds, to 114 million pounds in
1967.
In tracing his company’s 25
years' experience with DDT, and
the changing nse patterns for the
product, he described safety pro
grams conducted in cooperation
with public health agencies, as
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1969—3
Weekly New York Egg Mkt.
Fiom Monday, May 12th to Finlay, May 16th
Mon.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 34%-35% 34>/ 2 -35 I / 2 35 36 35 36
Fey. Large 31V 2 32 32% 32%
Fey. Mediums 24 25 25% 25 V 2
Fey. Pullets 16-17 18 19 19
Fey. Peewees 13 14 15 15
BROWN
Fey. Large 34 34 34 34
Fey. Mediums 25 25 25 25
Fey. Pullets 17 18 19 19
Fey. Peewees 13 14 15 15
Standards 28% 29 29% 29%
Checks 23% 23% 23-23% 22%-23
Trend: Market showing better balance on large white; Medi
um a bit irregular; Pullets better cleared.
Copyright 1969 by Urner Barry Publications
well as other continuing pro- • Lancaster
jects in this field. (Continued from Page 2)
Thirty-five of 115 Montrose em
ployees who were heavily expos
ed to DDT in the course of theii
work for an average of 14 work
ing years, revealed no ill effects
attributable to this exposure A
current study of enzyme indue
tion, if any, is also underway
The California Public Health
Service is also checking the
health status today of former
Montrose employees.
A final boost to DDT, as an
effective and safe product, vitally
needed for specific purposes, was
given by witness Taft Pierce,
Regional Vice-President of Or
km Exterminating Compar /, the
largest such organization - - the
world
Pierce, Orkm chief for seven
midwestern states, including
Wisconsin, testified that DDT
was the only product approved
by the Federal Government for
use as a tracking powder for the
control of mice, and as a roost
Tucs Wed.
ROWS AND GILTS US 1-2
195 235 lbs 25 00 25 25. US 2
195-250 lbs 23 50 24 25. US 2-3
190-260 lbs 22 60-23 10
SHEEP 250 Slaughter
Lambs 3 00-5 00 lower, Slaugh
ter Ewes about steady.
SPRING LAMBS Choice
45-90 lbs 33 00-35 00, Good 29-
00-34 00
WOOLED LAMBS
60 80 lbs 27 00-28 00.
SLAUGHTER EWES Utili
ty and Good 5 00-7 00, few head
9.00
• Chicago
(Continued from Page 2.)
35 00, Choice 975-1350 lbs. Yield
Grade 2 to 4 33.00-35.00, Mixed
Good and Choice 32.00-33 60.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS—On
Wednesday, Mixed High Choice
and Prime 875-1085 lbs. Yield
Grade 3 and 4 3300-34.00, latter
highest since December, 1952.
Choice 850-1050 lbs. Yield Grade
2 to 4 32 00-33 25, Mixed Good
and Choice 31 00-32 00.
spray for the control of bats
“While the quantity of DDT
used for these puiposes is small,
there is no other effective con
trol of these pests available to
day,” Pierce concluded
Frl.
Thurs.
36-37
33%
26
21
15
30%
22%
Good