4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 25,1971
Poultry Market Reports
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Prices are unchanged to
slightly higher. Offerings of light
type hens adequate for good
interest; heavy type adequate for
fair interest. Prices paid at farm:
Light Type hens: Mostly
6Vfe-7c in Pennsylvania; Mostly 5-
6c in New Jersey. Heavy Type
Hens 12-13 Mostly 12c.
Delmonro
Thursday, Sept. 23
Trading for current needs no
better than fair despite lower
price levels. Ready to cook
supplies are ample and in a wide
range Trading for next week is
slow in developing and most
shippers report only no better
than regular business. Live
supplies are ample with weights
light in a few instances.
Pool trucklot prices for Friday
arrival in the new York area:
U. S. Grade A 27%-29% M 28,
Plant Grade 26V 2 -28 M 27
Special packs including 1%-2,
Vk lb. sizes: TFEWR.
New York Eggs
Wednesday, Sept. 22
Prices irregularly unchanged
to fractionally lower. Receipts
moderately heavy particularly
from nearby areas. Volume
activity returned to normal this
morning with orders ranging fair
to goood depending upon retailers
stocks on hand before closing for
the four day Hebrew holiday.
Trading stocks tight but adequate
on jumbos and extra large;
progressively heavier as the sizes
decreased. All browns tight.
Carton orders fair.
Prized Material
The rich, reddish-brown
wood of the mahogany tree
is fine-grained and capable
of taking a high polish For
this reason, it is one of the
most highly prized materials
used in cabinet making
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up... costs,
down... Is the prof it key In poultry]
operations. And more and more
records on commercial flocks of|
Babcock B-300’s...“The Busi
nessman’s Bird”...showsus
talned production of top quality,
eggs...often with an additional!
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed,
over other strains. Come 1n...i
look at the records and the B-300.
.. ."The Businessman’s Bird”. .
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC.
Telephone (717) 626-8561)
Weekly New York Egg Marker
From Monday, September 20th to Friday, September 24th
Mon.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 43 43 43 43 43
Large 39 39 39 39 39
Mediums 27-28 27 27 27 27
Pullets 20 20 20 20 20
Peewees 14 14 14 14 14
BROWN
Fey. Large 44 44 44 44 44
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Standards 32 32 32 32 32
Checks 17 17 17 17 17
Long Tone Large sizes ample, demand only fair. Mediums
ample but getting improved interest
Copyright 1971 by Urner Barry Publications
Hess Shows Champion Hog
Lloyd Hess, Willow Street,
exhibited the grand champion
market hog, a Yorkshire cross, at
the Lampeter Fair Wednesday.
Other top awards in the market
division were:
Pen of two mediumweights -
Mark Young, first, and Lloyd
Hess, second.
Pen of two heavyweights - Ed
Kilheffer, first; Lloyd Hess,
second, Mark Young, third, and
Randy Walker, fourth.
Pen of four mediumweights -
Lloyd Hess, first, and Ed
Kilheffer, second.
Breeding Hogs
Young bhar - Frank Ruoss,
first; Tom Ruoss, second, and W.
F. Ruoss, third.
Senior gilt - Cliff Charles, first.
Senior spring gilt - W. F. Ruoss,
-first; Frank Ruoss, second, and
Tom Ruoss, third.
Junior spring gilt - Frank
Ruoss, first; Tom Ruoss, second,
and W. F. Ruoss, third.
Sow and litter - W. F. Ruoss,
Duroc, first; Randy Walker,
Yorkshire, second, and Cliff
Charles, Crossbreed, third.
Aged sow - Frank Ruoss, first,
and W. F. Ruoss, second, jn the
Durocs; Dave Hess, first, and
Male and Female Trees
There are male and fe
male trees A few species
have separate sexes be
cause their male and female
flowers grow on separate
trees Some examples are
ash, hotly, date palm and
ginkgo
OCT.
SPECIAL
SALES
FED CATTLE
Oct. 5, 2 p.m.
YEARLING CATTLE
Oct. 14, 7 p.m.
FEEDER CALVES
Oct. 28, 7 p.m.
FAUQUIER LIVESTOCK
EXCHANGE INCORPORATED
Marshall, Virginia
703-364-4861
Wed.
Tues.
Randy Walker, second, in
Yorkshires.
Sheep Show
There were only a few sheep
entries. The Robert Herr family
took several Dorset breed
awards, although Dave Eckman
had the top Dorset ram, an
animal he previously purchased
from the Herrs.
Randy Walker won several
Cheviot awards.
Local Grain
Thursday, September 23
These prices are made up of
the average prices quoted by six
participating local feed and
grain concerns. It should he
noted, however, that not every
dealer handles each commodity.
All prices are per bushel, ex
cept for ear corn which is per
ton.
The average local grain prices
quoted Thursday, September 23.
are as follows:
Ear Corn
Shelled Corn
Oats
Barley
Wheat
*Bid is the price the dealer
will buy from the farmer de
livered to the mill. Offered is
the price the dealer will sell for
at his mill.
CATTLE
SALES
EVERY
TUESDAY
iLARGE SELECTIONS
OF CATTLE DIRECT)
FROM PRODUCERS
EACH WEEK.
STAUNTON
LIVESTOCK
MARKET, INC.
C & O Flats
Staunton, Va.
Fri.
Thurs.
*Bid * Offered
41 66 47 00
1 31 1 51
.69 .80
1.00 1.21
1.40 156
Roan Steer Draws
Attention at Lampeter
A roan-colored steer drew lots
of attention and the grand
championship at the Lampeter
Fair Wednesday night.
A big question by many among
the spectators was the animal’s
breed.
Actually, it was a three-way
cross, the product of a Shorthorn
bull and an Angus-Charolais cow.
Shown by Robert Hess,
Mountville RDI, the animal was
Witmer Guernseys Place in All-American
Raymond F. Witmer, Willow Moon, which also was named
Street RDI, was the only Lan- second best udder in the class.
- caster County exhibitor in the Witmer also placed third with
Pennsylvania All - American the get of sire Melfield Brilliant.
Guernsey show Wednesday at In the three-year-old class,
Harrisburg. Penn Del Farm placed fourth
Witmer’s Penn Del Farm show- with Penn Del Boys Patricia and
ed the first place junior two- fcfth w Penn Del Boys Mary,
year-old cow, Springdell Kings owned by Susan Witmer.
SEMI-ANNUAL OPEN CLASS
FAT STEER SHOW & SALE
OCTOBER 7, 1971
New Holland Sales Stables Inc.
Three Classes I JUDGED I All Cattle
I it I Feeder*
9U, I CM* I '«*«•
Hereford I SOLD I Judging -10 A.M.
Mixed Breed* | In Lot* of 6 | Sale - 3 F.M.
20 Trophies Awarded To Sellers A Buyers
Entries may be registered with Abe Diffenbach, Manager ,
1971 SPECIAL FALL SALES 1971
Abingdon Livestock Market, Inc.
A FEDERALLY SUPERVISED MARKET
ABINGDON, VA. Phone 628-3551 Area 703
ANGUS CALVES
HEREFORD STEERS
STATE FEEDER CALVES
OPEN FEEDER CALVES'
CHAROLAIS
(The Charolais is Private Production)
HEREFORD STEERS TUBS., OCT. 26—7 pm
ANGUS COW & HEIFERS MON., NOV. I—7 pm
Sponsored by Virginia Angus Association
OPEN FEEDER CALVES TUBS., NOV. 9—7 pm
HEREFORD COWS & HEIFERS WED., NOV. 10—7 pm
Sponsored by Virginia Hereford Association
On all sales scheduled for J*p.m. cattle will be weighed-in the
DAY BEFORE SALE.
On all sales scheduled for 7 p.m. cattle will be weighed-ln and
SOLD SAME DAY.
1971-SPECIAL CATTLE SALES-1971
Tazewell Livestock Market, Inc.
* m
TAZEWELL, VA. Phone 988-4431 Area 703
HEREFORD STEERS WED., OCT. 6—l pm
STATE FEEDER CALVES , WED., OCT. ~L3—l pm
Clinch valley feeder calves wed.,j>ct. 20—1 pm
HEREFORD STEERS „ t WED., OCT. 27—1 pm
TAZE. HEREFORD-BREEDERS FRI., NOV. s—l pm'
Registered Bulls, Heifers F-l Heifers
All cattle in the saleb at both markets will be officially graded |>7
Virginia Division of Markets.
bred by Carl Herr, 840 Penn
Grant Road, Lancaster.
Judge Conrad Grove, Chester
County Angus breeder, praised
the champion animal as out
standing and “an easy winner.”
The reserve champion of the
show as an Angus shown by Ed
Hess, Strasburg RDI. The
animals were shown by 4-H’ers.
Grove also singled out the large
Charolais of Elaine Herr for
praise and said it was the third
best animal in the show.
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TUES., SEPT. 28—7 pm
TUBS., OCT. s—l pm
TUBS., OCT. 12—7 pm
TUBS., OCT. 19—1 pm
SAT., OCT. 23—1 pm