4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9, 1972
Poultry Market Reports
Eastern Pa. and N.i.
Live Hens
Wednesday, September 6
Prices held steady though firm
on light type hens. Demand good
for fair but limited offerings.
Processors working only part
time for lack of available sup
plies Offerings of heavy hens
short of a fair but unaggressive
interest at steady prices. Prices
paid at farm: light type hens 6-
9 3 /4 mostly 9V 2 -9 3 /4 in Pa , mostly
>/ 2 in N J ; heavy type hens
14-15 C
Deimarva
Wednesday, September 6
Ready to cook movement
continues very good with demand
generally exceeding available
supplies as most plants unable to
reach desired production for
varied reasons Advance interest
generally good though
negotiations too limited to report
prices Less than trucklot prices
held unchanged on both Plant and
U.S Grade A Live supplies
adequate though most weights
within desirable ranged. Un
derton fully steady. Pool trucklot
prices for Thursday arrival -
U S Grade A 31-34*4 Mostly 31;
Plant Grade 30-32*/ 2 Mostly 30.
New York
Dressed Meats
Thursday, September 7
Compared with Wednesday,
prices generally weak for steer
and heifer beef Veal and calf
steady, spring lamb weak.
Quotations unchanged for listed
pork cuts
Beef wholesalers confronting
poor marginal cutout. Beef
rounds meeting broad demand
while outlet for chucks
moderately broad this session.
Ribs, loins and rough cuts under
pressure. Veal and calf moving
fair but lamb and pork slow.
Lamb chucks accumulated in
spots
Steer Beef
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Phone 717-653-5207
or 717-653-5208
Weekly New York Egg Market
(From Monday, September 4th to Friday, September Bth)
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri,
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey. Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Unquoted
Unquoted
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Long Tone - Large whites steady, Mediums continue irregular,
Fogelsviile
Tuesday, September 5
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per pound, except where
noted).
Hens, heavy type 6-22, mostly 8-
16, Pullets 26-31; Roasters 15-28,
mostly 25-28; Ducks 26-37;
Drakes 29; Rabbits 15-45, mostly
38-40; Guineas 51-60; Pigeons
(per pr.) 1.21-3.61.
Total coops sold 305.
Auction every Tuesday.
Poultry received Monday 7 P.M.
to 10:30 P.M., Tuesday 7 A.M. to
12 Noon. Sale at 11:30 A.M.
Prime 600-900 pounds 57.00-
58.50; Choice 600-700 56.50-57.50;
700-800 56.00-57.00; 800-900 56.00-
57.00; Good 500-800 53.50-54.50.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 pounds 55.50-
56.75.
Calf (Skin Off)
150-350 Pounds
Choice 78.50-82.50; Good 77.50-
81.50; Standard 68.50-72.50.
Veal (Skin Off)
Choice 90-150 pounds 93.00-
101.00; Good 60-90 85.00-90.00;
Standard 60-120 72.00-75.00.
Spring Lamb
Choice 30-65 pounds 67.00-70.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145-190 pounds
67.00- Arm Chucks 90-105
48.00- Ribs (7-nb) 34-40
69 00-75 00; Loins (Trmd) 50-70
88 00-90.00; Rounds (Steer) 70-95
65.00- Full Plates 30.50-
3100, Hinds (Heifer) 120-170
65 00-67.00
Fresh Pork Cuts
Loins (regular) 8-14 pounds
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New York Eggs
Wednesday, Septembers
Prices barely steady on large,
balance unchanged. Local
demand light on large, fair on
extra large, irregularly slow on
mediums with occasional volume
lots freely offered and left unsold.
Floor stocks are building on large
and mediums with additional
supplies available from nearby
and southern production areas.
Supplies of extra large about
adequate with smalls slowly
clearing.
Carton demand light to fair
with extra large attracting most
interest.
Regional Hay Prices
Monday, Sept. 5,1972
(All hay No. 2 and better,
prices paid by dealers at the farm
price per ton.)
Hay and straw steady to
strong.
Alfalfa 40.00-55.00
Mixed hay 32.00-45.00
Timothy hay 25.00-35.00
Straw 20.00-25.00
Mulch 10.00-16.00
65.00-68.00; 14-17 63.00-66.00;
Picnics (regular) 4-8 39.00-41.00;
Boston Butts 4-8 53.50-55.00;
Sparenbs 3 pounds down 71.00-
73.00; Hams (skinned) 14 pounds
down 57.00-59.50; 14-17 52.00-
54.50; 17-20 52.00-54.00.
Kosher Beef and Lamb
Prices strong for both classes
with free holiday trade active
FFA
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“Vo-ag has been broadened.
For one thing, Congress passed
laws forcing vo-ag into areas
other than production
agriculture. Today, less than four
percent of the population is in
volved in farming, but 40 percent
of the people are involved some
way with agribusiness. Vo-ag
programs today reflect those
facts, but FFA doesn’t.
“I think FFA can be updated to
provide an umbrella for all
vocational agriculture students. I
think it has to be updated if the
organization is going to survive.”
Operation Update actually
started in March of this year at a
meeting of the national FFA
board of directors and officers.
Also at that meeting were one
state staff member and one
teacher educator from each
state. They hammered out
guidelines for updating the FFA,
drafted constitutional changes,
and decided on ways and means
of implementing the changes.
Meetings with state officers are
being held all over the country.
This program of meetings, ac
cording to Sargent, is about two
thirds completed. The meetings
are not being held to make any
changes or to approve any of the
actions taken by the national
FFA. The meetings are being
held to make any changes or to
approve any of the actions taken
by the national FFA. The
meetings are being held to
discuss the proposed changes
with all state delegations in
advance of the national FFA
convention in October in Kansas
City.
Changes in the constitution will
be proposed at the national
convention and voted upon by the
entire body of delegates. Passage
of all the changes, or even some
of them, is by no means assured,
Sargent said. “There are a lot of
members strictly opposed to any
changes at all,” he pointed out.
“Some states, like Texas, are still
100 percent production
agriculture oriented, and they
might put up a fight at the
national convention.”
The impetus for change
originated in the Eastern part of
the U.S., where non-production
courses were introduced into vo
ag curriculums fairly early.
Pennsylvania has been a leader
P. L. ROHRER a DRO., INC.
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Smoketown, Po.
in that movement.
In fact, the country’s largest
FFA chapter is in Pennsylvania
and it’s in the center of
Philadelphia. Production
agriculture is taught at the W. B.
Saul High School of Agricultural
Sciences, but so are a lot of other
things like agribusiness sales and
service, meat inspection,
floriculture and dog grooming!
Nearly 500 W.B. Saul students are
in FFA, and one member is a
state officer.
Sargent said there were four
main objectives to Operation
Update. One is to see that every
vo-ag teacher is prepared to use
FFA as an integral part of the
educational program. “We feel
that a lot of the teachers today
just don’t know about FFA. Some
have never taken vocational
agricultrue in school, some are
coming out of industry, and some
just don’t take it seriously. We
want to change that.”
Another objective is to get
every vo-ag student enrolled in
FFA. Presently, only about 75
percent of the vo-ag students
across the country participate in
FFA programs. They don’t
participate, Sargent feels,
because FFA isn’t relevant to
their career development. By
broadening the scope of the
organization, it’s hoped that
more vo-ag students will join
FFA. The stated goal of the
national organization is to get all
vo-ag students into FFA.
Another goal of Operation
Update is to make every chapter
a superior chapter. Sargent
explained that there are non
ranked chapters, standard
chapters, superior, and state and
national winners. “Not every
chapter can be a state or national
winner,” he said, “but we think
they can all strive for superior
status. It’ll mean getting more
committment, and overcoming
the apathy of our present
membership. We think it’s worth
it, though, because the more you
put into FFA, the more you get
out.”
The final objective of Operation
Update is to strengthen the FFA
alumni association, which was
begun about a year ago. Local
alumni chapters, it’s hoped,
would work hand-in-hand with vo
ag programs in community
service and educational
development. “Agricultural
education is being threatened in a
lot of places,” Sargent pointed
out, “and that’s another reason
for having an alumni association.’
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