Weekly Poultry Report Eastern Pennsylvania And New Jersey I’l'Kfs of li«hl tv pc liens held unchanged Demand good limn piocessois as an unpiou-d movement to canneis of diess ed pioducl noted in some cpi.n ters Offerings baiclv adcritialc as producers holding for fmth er production of postpone pick up due to favorable egg prices Offerings of heavy hens ade quate for a fairly good inter est. Occasional colored hens noted at 8-BVic delivered plants. Prices paid at farm- Light Type Hens: 4-6%c mostly 6-6'4c in Pennsylvania mostly 5-sVac in New Jersey. Heavy Type Hens Tfewr. Delmarva Ready-to-cook movement con tinues fairly good with clear ances satisfactory at most plants Advance interest spotty ranging good to only fair Less than-trucklot prices trending * «*- .■ ■■ * * j/. Federally Inspected Livestock Slaughter For week ending September 17, 1970 Cattle Hogs Sheep Week to date 489,000 1,352,000 172,000 Same period last week 379,000 986,000 134^000 Same period last year 484,000 1,247,000 173,000 Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection mcr* i LABOR SAVER _ pi(j Putman* 9 A DIVISION OF U.S. INDUSTRIES INC. THE ALL NEW FLAT DECK CHIK-EZE PULLET REARING CAGE w~ ~ - v ~- I nr**;.^, * <v Ln*^***^**^ %M * FLAT DECK CHIK-EZE FEATURES B High bird density per square foot of building. B Easy accessibility for better management. ■ Uniform distribution of heat, light and fresh air. ■ Fully automated feeding and watering from day old to 20 weeks. ■ Better feed conversion; less feed waste. ■ Single water adjustment for entire growing period. ■ Minimum stress Feed and watei easily accessible. Cleaner, healthier birds. The world’s finest systemated equipment is at BIG DUTCHMAN 215 Diller A\ e , New Holland, Pa 17557 higlici within the mu hanged laiigcs lave supplies (miltmu-s ample to occasionalh Inn den some as iin i ent opci .<I m” s( he (Inlcs nn.ilile In pioii-ss avail able ollcnngs I'udcilmic steatlv to Inm though occasion •illy cautious Pool tiucklol puces foi Fn dav amval in the New Yoik area US Grade A. 30-31 mostly 30*2 31, Plant Grade 29 30 most ly 29' 2 . Special packs including 1%- 2, 31-2 # sizes Tfewr. (Prices paid dock weights, cents pei pound, except wheie noted) HENS, Heavy Type sVfc-21Vfe 14-17, PULLETS 16-40 26-33, ROASTERS 10 35 25-28, DUCKS 31-36, DRAKES 32-38, RAB BITS 20-40 27-31, GUINEAS 57V2-65, PIGEONS (Pei Pair) 75-3 15 90-1 10 TOTAL COOPS SOLD 775. * < f ~ your Big Dutchman distributor now. A Division of U.S. Industries, Inc EASTERN BRANCH Fogeisville ' ... offers durability, economy, performance and practical labor saving features that increase management efficiency. The heart of the system is the Big Dutchman chain and trough feeder providing 96 inches of feeding space per cage. There is full availability of all the feed to all the birds All feed is automatically recirculated and lemixed, resulting in better feed consumption. Extra feed capacity makes high density of birds per cage tow practical and manageable . it* M \ * V' • Chicago (Continued fiom Page 2) finish of sl.mghlei sleets slight lv moie .illi.ulive linn l.isl week with lit penenl I’nine ,md 71 peicenl ('hone This loin p.nes with 16 penenl I’mne .md 74 penenl (hone l.isl week .md 18 peteenl I’iinie .inti 68 penenl Ctioiee l.isl vc.ir Aveiage cost ,md weight of sl.mghlei sleeis. eslnn.iled at 31 15. highest in seven weeks, and 1154 lbs eompaicd with 30 74 and 1166 lbs last week, and 29 66 and 1150 lbs last yeai Heifer supply mainly High Good to Low Prime weighing 850-1025 lbs average cost of slaughter heifeis, estimated at 2(175, highest in five weeks, compared with 28 36 last week, and 27 32 last year SLAUGHTER STEERS Prime 1200-1375 lbs Yield Grade 3 and 4 32 50-33 00, fully two dozen loads at 33 00, equal to the highest pi ice since April High Choice and Pume 1100- 1375 lbs 31.50 32 50, at mid week, Choice 11501400 lbs Yield Grade 2 to 4 30 25 31 50, BROWN Choice 950-1150 lbs 29 50 31 00, Fey Laige largely 29 75-30 50, Mixed Good Mediums and Choice 29 00-30 00, Good Pullets 26 75 29 00, Standard and Low Peewees Good 26 00 26 75 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS On Wednesday, two loads Prime Tone Laige Whites suffering from wide selection and 1025 lbs. 30 00, High Choice and lag of buyer confidence Smaller sizes fum and well cleared Prime 950-1050 lbs Yield Grade 3 and 4 29 25-29 75, Choice 850- 1025 lbs. Yield Grade 2 to 4 28 - 00 29 25, Mixed Good and Choice 750-900 lbs. 27 00-28 00, Good 25 75-27.00 n t ■ * t-il fee. ' ”- r T; Phone 354-5168 l.jincnster Funning. Salurrln\. Si plumber 10. 1!)70 Weakly UEP Egg Market Prices I uesilav, Septembei 15 anil I'hin sd.iv. Si plembei 17 llegion Noi I Invest Cenlial West Southwest Midwest Southeast Noitheast National Aveiagc Weekly New York Egg Mkt. Fiom Monday, September 14th to Fnday. Septembei 18th Mon. WHITE Fey Ex Lai ge 53 Laige 48 Mediums 35'z Pullets Peevvees unquoted unquoted unquoted Standaids 44 Checks 23 Copyright 1970 by Urner Barry Publications Garden Spot YF Slate Corn Silage Meeting At 7.30 pm Tuesday, Sept 22 the Gaiden Spot Young Fai mers will hold a Silage Meet ing in the agucultme classroom of the Garden Spot High School, New Holland. Topics to be coveied will in clude “When to Harvest,” “Storage and Hai vesting Tips,” and “Use of Pi esei vatives ” With some blighted com in the aiea, the piopei manage ment of this ci op can go a long way in saving the gieatest feed ing value of the com Guest speakeis will include lepiesentatives fiom New Hol land Division of Speu y Rand, Pioneei Seed Co, and McNess Co All inteiested persons are in vited Refreshments will follow the meeting Try A Classified Ad It Pays! LAWN GRASS FOR A GREENER, FINER LAWN ECONOMICAL ONE LB. COVERS 250 SQ. FT. 1 lb box 5 lb box 25 lb bag 50 lb bag to the Producer Medium 1..11 go 38 35 33 33 40* 41 44 40*2 .25 24 29 29'2 30' 2 29 Wed Thurs. Tues. 53 53 51 52 50 48 48 48 47 37 38 39 39 22 23 24 24 16 16 17 17 48 48 48 48 44 44 44 43 23 23 '2 23 Twin Valley FFA A regular meeting of the Twin Valley FFA was held Tues day, September 15 in the voca tional agncultuie room at Twin Valley High School Fouiteen membeis were piesent Several new officeis were elected Officers foi 1970-71 school year are Fred Mast, piesident; Frank Stoltzfus vice piesident; Bob McGowan, secretary, Paul Oldham, tieasuiei. Richard Kuitz, leportei. Bob Hoinber ger, sentinal, and Jeiiy Jackson, chaplain A committee of three was chosen to set up a laige sale this fall The committee con sists of Fiank Stoltzfus, Paul Oldham, and Bill Fold Chaptei dues weie set at 50 cents and it was decided that the chapter tieasuiy would pay state and national dues foi all membei s The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Septembei 22 in the vocational agucultuie classioom. Richaid Kuitz Chaptei Repoiter ROHRER'S FANCY Small U 12 12 14'1 18 12 13'2 Ifi 17 15 17'i 16 Frl. 1 35 5.95 21.50 42 50
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