Weekly Poultry Report FogelsviKe June 3, 1969 (Prices paid dock weights, cents per lb, except where noted) HENS, light type B'/fe-ll; HENS, heavy type 9Vz-20 mostly 35-18; PULLETS 16-36, ROAST ERS 15-34 mostly 21-25; DUCKS 30-43; DRAKES 35-40; RAB BITS 23-75 mostly 57-66: GUINEAS 112-1.28; PIGEONS (per pair) 1.10-2 20. TOTAL COOPS SOLD. 436. I Eastern Shore Exchange No activity to report at the Eastern Shore Exchange this week. • Vintoge (Continued from Page 2) CALVES 438 Vealers Stiong to 1 00 higher. VEALERS Choice 43 00- 46 00: Good 42 00-45 00; Stand gi d 40 00-43 00, Utility 37 00 40.- 00; Cull 32 00-37.50. HOGS 500 Barrows and Gilts steady to 25 higher. BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-2 190 215 lbs 26 35-26 75 SLAUGHTER EWES Utili Few US 1 200230 lbs 26 85-27 - ty and Good 6 00-10 00. CUSTOM SPRAYING For Whitewashing Spray the modern way Use CARBOLA Spray Carbola dries white, disinfects, kills flies, up to 90% less cobwebs. No wet floors. MAYNARD L. BEITZEL Witmer. Pa. 392-7227 ATTINTIOH HOG PHODUCCRS! BROWER Bettet-ButH Heg & Cattle Eqiepaient ■ Low-Boy Hog Feeders • Guaranteed 15 years • 12-16 ga. seif closing doors • Easy feed flow adjustment • Weatherproof • Eliminates crowding • Saves feed • Various sizes and models ALSO: Lamb Creep Feeders • Cattle Waterers • Holding Crates Infra-red gas brooder • Sow Waterers • Hog Founts • Creep Feeders S Feed Mixers • Steel Panel Gates L M. HERR EQUIPMENT, Inc. Willow Street R. D. #l, Pa. Eastern Pennsylvania And New Jersey Puces continue steady on light type hens Demand good with offeungs teadily denied with oc casional unconfiimed prices re ported as high as 10 60 Offerings geneially short of needs Offer ings of heavy hens limited for a light demand Sales TFEWR Puces paid (ft’Farm Light Type Hens SlOVz M OVfe-lO 1 /* Heavy Type TFEWR. • Lancaster (Continued from Page 2) SPRING LAMBS Choice 45-100 lbs 30 00-33 00, few sales 34 00, Good 28 50-32 00. WOOLED LAMBS Good and Choice 50 90 lbs 24 00-28 25 SLAUGHTER EWES Utili ty and Good 6 00-9 00. 10 US 2 190 245 lbs. 25 50-26 10 SHEEP 164 Spring Lamba 100 200 lower; Ewes fully steady. SPRING LAMBS Choice 55-90 lbs 27 50-3100, Good 23- 00-28 00. Write or stop in for free illustrated catalogue DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY BY: • Chicago (Continued fiom P.i.e 2) cows Ovor.ill finish ol slaughter stoci s not much diftcient th.ni hist week with 16 peicent Pi ime end 75 peicent Choice This compeles with 10 peicent Punic end 78 percent Choice e yeei ego. Average cost and weight of slaughter steers, estimated at 35.10, highest for any week since November, 1951, and 1170 lbs this compares with 34 38 and 1169 lbs last week and 26 - 59 and 1183 lbs a year ago Heifer supply mainly High Good to Low Prime weighing 825 1075 lbs. SLAUGHTER STEERS On Monday 10 loads Prime 1225- 1375 lbs. Yield Grade 3 and 4 37 50, equal to the highest since April, 1958 On Wednesday, Pnme 1250-1375 lbs 36.00-36 75 Mixed High Choice and Prime 1150-1375 lbs 35 00 36 25, with load 1540 lbs 35 50 Choice 950- 1350 lbs Yield Giade 2 to 4 34 00-35 25 Mixed Good and Choice 33 00-34 00 • Auction (Continued fiom Page 2) BULLS Choice Z 8 00-29 50, Good 26 00-28 50; Utility and Commercial 26 00 29 00, five head 29 75-30 60, CALVES 104 Vealers 1 00- 2 00 higher; Choice mostly 2 00 higher. VEALERS Choice 43 00- 46 50, five head 47 00-47 50; Good 40 00-44 00, Standard 37.- 00-41 00; Utility 35 00-37 00. HOGS 333 Barrows and Gilts 50-1.00 lower. BARROWS AND GILTS US 1-2 200-230 lbs 27 00-27 25 US 2 210-240 lbs. 26 00-26 25. US 2- 200-255 lbs. 25 35-25.85 US 3- 250-255 lbs. 2500. 275-285 lbs. 24 00-2425. SHEEP 32 Insufficient volume of any one class for a price trend; couple lots Good 50- 65 lb Spring Lambs 27 00. Farrowing Crates Cleaner more sanitary Sows cannot crush pigs No draft on pigs Sets up in seconds no bolts or nuts Saves 1-3 extra pigs out of each litter Sturdily built for larger sow s « - 1 i«H‘«u - Enfun ,_ii rU iH-mm-ilui>f»imftw»naum»"»tiHirm-i t - Utrr" SROWER , »GU**M<fErO __ -q, , „ lt >-~iHr"nr«nf“' ,u - „ t sSt b Lr „ s'_ - ~ S I -~’Jjfh- - -ff jjfC. J P r jNSfjfe,,. /aS'i' —fra-? tT"' Ph. AC 717 464-3321 Weekly New York Egg Mkt. WHITE Fey. Ex L.ugo Fey. Laige 34 Fey. Mediums 22 23 Fey. Pullets lO l^ Fey. Peewees 13 BROWN Fey. Laige 33 Fey. Mediums 22 23 Fey Pullets 20 Fey. Peewees 13 Standards 31 Checks 22-22 Trend: Market now showing good movement on medium. Large in good balance. Meantime, in the fiozen des seit field, pei capita consumption lemains a little above 21 quaits foi ice cieam, ice milk and shei bet, a little above lo quaits foi ice cieam alone Among these products, ice cieam accounts foi 65 7% of total pioduction, ice milk for 22 2%, and sheibet foi 41%. Look foi mci eased empha sis on novelties and novelty pack ages Vanilla is still the favonte flavor, accounting for nearly half of sales but there’s a trend to premium ice cream with mtngu ing extra ingiedient additions In fermented milk products, cottage cheese is still the giant but per capita consumption which increased from 3 1 pounds in 1950 to 4 6 in 1958 has remain ed virtually constant since then ..*<• “ t * Lancaster Fanning, Saturday . June 7, l!)(i!) - J Fiom Monday, June 2nd to Fnday, June 6lh Mon. Copyright 1969 by Urner Barry Publications They’ll Take Vanilla Tucs M cd. 36n 37 37 3737" 2 34 34 34 34 34'i 22 23 23 24 26 19 1718 17-18 1819 13 13 13 13 32 30 31 30-31 31 22-23 22-23 22-23 23 20 19 19 19 13 13 13 13 30 31 30 31 30 31 30 31 22 22 22 22 Production has inci eased in pace with the population inciease. Piedicted foi this pioduct a tiend away from laige and cot tage cheese constantly impiov mg shelf Lfe. and moie com plete knowledge of the pioduct’s nutntional value Theie aie few figuies to go by, but all indications aie that sour eieam has been one of the fast est giowmg sellers among dany foods in the past 10-15 yeais—if not, indeed the populanty growth leadei Frl. Thurs.
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