—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, December 11, 1971 4 Poultry Market Reports Eastern Pa. and NJ. Wednesday Dec. 8 Prices of light type hens generally about steady Demand fair though unaggressive as most plants working full time. Farm offerings adequate though oc casional offerings reported with drawn to be held for further production and recycling later Offerings of heavy hens barely adequate for fair needs. Prices paid at farm • Light type hens 4%- 7 mostly 6%-7 in Pa , mostly 6 m New Jersey Heavy type hens 14- 15. Delmarva Wednesday, Dec. 8 Ready-to-cook movement spooty ranging fairly good where feature activity involved to only moderate in other quarters Slaughter schedules continue heavy in an effort to clear live supplies to desireable levels Less than trucklot prices un changed on plant grade, un changed to Vi cent lower on U S. Grade A Offerings ample to burdensome in instances and often very competitively priced in an effort to stimulate movement. Advance interest undetermined with buyers watching for further market developments Undertone con tinues unsettled Pool trucklot prices for Thursday arrival in the New York area U S Grade A 24- 28, Plant Grade 23-26. Special packs including 13/4-2,l 3 /4-2, 3Vi pounds sizes TFEWR New York Eggs Wednesday, Dec 8 Prices advanced on mediums, large mostly unchanged to fractionally higher. Receipts light to moderate and mostly extra large and large. Street trading ranges from good on smalls to slow on extra large. Supplies of extra large plentiful, large are fully adequate to ample for local needs with spotty diversions to out of town markets. Mediums irregularly adequate to short, pullets tight with limited street sales noted mostly at 31'/a-32Vi cents. Car toning activity just fair Un dertone steady and cautious •MOM mK ‘S E T mT « MODE profit WITH Madison Silos Div. Martin Marietta Corp, 1070 Steinmetz Bd. Ephrata, Penna. 17522 Ph. 733-1206 LOCAL DEALERS Frank Snyder Akron 859-2688 Caleb Wenger Quarryville 548-2116 Landis Bros. Inc. Lancaster 398-3906 Carl L. Shirk Lebanon 867-3741 Sollenberger Farm Supply Centerport, Pa. Ph. 215-926-7671 Weekly New York Egg Market (From Monday December 6 to Friday, December 10) White Fey. Ex. Large 39-40 39 39 39Vz 40 Large 39 39 39 39 % 40 Mediums 35% 35% 36% 37% 38 Pullets 31% 31% 32% 33% 34 Peewees 20 20 21 22 22% Brown Fey. Ex Large 44 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Standards 34 Checks 18% Long Tone - Large sizes adequate but getting improved calls. Small sizes continued generally short Peoria Cattle Tuesday, December 9 Slaughter steers and heifers closed the week mostly 50, in stances 75 higher. Virtually all the weeks price advance was posted on Monday’s market and trading was not materially changed in later trading sessions. Cows finished 50 lower. Bulls steady. The offering of slaughter steers and heifers was made up largely of High Good and Choice with few loads Mixed Choice and Prime Receipts this week 6,200; last week 5,500, last year 2,600. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed Choice and Prime, yield grade 3- 4, Monday through Wednesday, 35 25 - 35.50, with load on Tuesday and one on Wednesday at 36.00. Most Choice 950 - 1250 pounds yeild grade 2-4, mostly 34.50 - 35 25, some Low Choice under 1150 pounds 34.00 - 34.50. Mixed Good and Choice 850 -1150 pounds 33.00 - 34.25 Good 30.50 - 33.00. Standard and Low-Good 29.00 - 30 50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 850 1025 pounds yield grade 3-4,34.25 - 34.50. Choice 800 - 1025 pounds yield grade 2-4, 33 25 - 34.25. Mixed Good and Choice 750 - 925 pounds 31.50 - 33.25. Good 28.75 - 31.50. Standard and Good 26.00 - 28.75 COWS Commercial 18.00 - 20 50, some mostly yield garde 5, 15.00 - 17.50. Utility 20 00 - 21.50. Cutter 18.50 - 20.75 Canner 17.00 - 18.50. Few very thin 14.00 -17.00. BULLS: Utility, Commercial and few Good 26.00 - 27.50; few 28.00 and couple Monday 28.50. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri 44 44 45 34 34 35 18V 2 19 19 Auction report sale of December 7, 1971 (Prices paid dock weights, cents per lb. except where noted). Hens, Heavy type 5-18 mostly 7- 16, Pullets 8-28 Vi mostly 22-27; Roasters 5-30 mostly 21-26; Ducks 20-32 mostly 24-30; Drakes 44- 41 Vi; Geese 26-27, Rabbits 30-58 mostly 50-58; Guineas 45Vi-62 mostly 60-61; Pigeons (per pair) 88-3.60 mostly 1.00-1.15. Total coops sold 712. Farms are getting larger. The average farm in the United States in 1969 was 377 acres, a one third increase over 1959 farms. Serve You If your organization didn’t make our farm calendar this week, it’s not because we don’t like you or your or ganization. We may have missed it in the rush. Or maybe you for got to tell us. Either way, we’d like to extend our farm community service to you. To get on the Farm Calen dar, remind us by calling 394-3047 or 626-2191 or by writing to Lancaster Farm ing, 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543. And help us serve you better. Fogelsvilie XXX Help Us READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET REPORTS ■&S A ' PLAY-FARMING FUN. 1 No toys have ever worked like these nor given so much play fun—for no other toys are actual blueprint replicas to scale of real John Deere equipment. They’re die-cast in rust-resistant aluminum or zinc for authentic detail and to be strong and last long. Come see the collection we have of many John Deere Farm and Construction Toys. JOHN DEERE DIESEL TRACTOR NO. 555 PLAY FEATURES: Real steering action, knee action wide front wheel movement; exhausl stack; pulls all implement JOHN DEERE COMBINE NO. 558 PLAY FEA' Manual stf chain dnv( reel; spoul JOHN DEERE PULL-TY 4-BOTTOM PLOW NO. 527 PLAY FEATURES: Real plowing action, / lever raises and plows and wheels; W I hitches to tractors, m you’ll find JOHN DEERE FARM TOYS Shotzberger's Ehn 665-2141 A. B. C. Groff, Inc. New Holland 354-4191 Wenger Implement, Inc. Landis Bros. Inc. The Buck 284-4141 Lancaster 393-3006 M. S. Yearsley & Sons West Chester 696-2990
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