—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 16, 1972 4 Poultry Market Reports Fogelsville Tuesday, September 5 (Prices paid dock weights cents per pound, except where noted). Hens, heavy type 7%-20%, mostly 8-13, Pullets 11-31%, mostly 23-29, Roasters 11-31, mostly 23-27, Ducks 31-38%; Rabbits 20-40, mostly 35-40; Guineas 73V2-80; Pigeons (per pr ) 90-3 70. Total coops sold 522. 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. Eastern Pa. and NJ. Wednesday, September 13 Prices continued to hold about steady on light type hens, however occasional unconfirmed reports indicate offering prices ranged slightly higher. Demand good for limited current of ferings. Trade advices indicate some new recycling of flocks being done Limited offerings of heavy-type hens about adequate for a light unaggressive interest. Prices paid at Farm; Light Type Hens 6-9 3 /4, mostly 9'/2-9 3 /4 in Pa., mostly BVS>-9Vfe m N.J. Heavy Type Hens 14-15 c. In the Kitchen BAKED BROOK TROUT 4 brook trout, cleaned and drawn Juice of one lemon 3 tbsps. water I tbsp. grated onion 1 tsp. chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste Mai mate fish in lemon juice foi one houi Pom off juices into saucepan Add the water, onion, paislev, salt and peppei Taste for conect seasoning Bring to boil and simmei foi two min utes Cool Place fish in bak ing dish and pout mixtme ovei the fish Bake in a pie heated (351) degrees) oven foi 20 to 25 minutes basting occasionally Makes fom sei vings Flexible Necks The unusual fexibility of a bud’s neck is due to the laige number of veitebiae in the neck All mammals, even the giraffe, have but seven neck vertebiae The aveiage numbei of neck vertebiae of birds is about 14 swans have 23 AVAILABLE NOW Cert. Saranac Alfalfa —Cert. Climax Timothy Cert. Vernal Alfalfa “ Pennmead Orchard Cert. Buffalo Alfalfa • !!? n _ Cert. Pennscott Red «, ? ana * 7 GraSS Clover Winter Vetch Cert. Ladino Clover “ Pasture Mixtures ORDER YOUR FALL SEED GRAIN NOW Cert. Barsoy Barley _ Ce rt. Redcoat Wheat. Balbo Rye _ Cert. Arthur 71 Wheat Cert. Pennrad Barley Smoketown, Po. p|| 397.353, Weekly New York Egg Market (From Monday, September 11th to Friday, September 15th) Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Frl. WHITE Fey. Ex. Large 43 43 Large 40 40 Mdeiums 35 35 Pullets 24 24 Peewees 13 13 BROWN Fey Large Standards 34% 34% 34% 35% 35% Checks 16 16 16 16 16 Long Tone Supplies adequate on all sizes, but in a closer balance. Delmarvo Wednesday September 13 Ready-to-cook movement remains good with available supplies often short of full call. Slaughter schedules continue fairly heavy, however occasional plants indicate a cut-back due to average weights running too light while other plants report slightly heavier weights where processing has been hampered for lack of adequate help. Less than trucklot prices held un changed on both Plant and U.S. Grade A. Advance interest reported fairly good at un changed levels with this week. Undertone steady. Pool trucklot prices for Thursday arrival: U.S. Grade A 31-35 Mostly 3iy 2 Plant Grade 30-33 Mostly 30V 2 Oklahoma City Thursday, September 14 Estimated Receipts 10,000 Same Day Last Week 8,246 Same Day Last Year 11,078 Fairly active, compared to late last week, feeder cattle and calves generally steady early however small supply good and low choice 750-900 pound steers now steady to 50 lower; Choice over 800 pound steers scarce early. Moderate attendance buyers. Demand fairly broad for thin fleshed cattle suitable for grazing SALES AS OF 12:30 PM FEEDER STEERS:SmaII lot and part load Choice 346-372 pound 53.10-53.40; small lot 277 pound at 61.00; 400-500 49 50- 51 75; 500-600 46.20-49.60; 600-700 42 75-46.80 ; 700-800 40.80-45.00; Mixed Good and Choice 300-500 46.50-51.00; 500-675 41.50-45.75; 700-800 38.75-40.50 ; 800-912 38.25- 39 00; Good 300-460 45.00-46.50; 500-700 38.50-42.00 ; 700-850 35.50- 45 45 45 45 New York Eggs Wednesday, September 13 Market about steady on large, barely steady on medium. Demand is slow to fair locally best interest is centered on restaurants and institutional trade and for lower priced fair quality stocks. Supplies are fully adequate to ample with floor stocks of large and heavier weights in the longest position. Medium are irregular distributed; plentiful and dif ficult to move in instances. Open consignment offerings are available from nearby areas with receipts restricted to anticipated needs. 38.50; small lot Good 429 pound Holstein steers 41.50; Good 586- 775 Holstein steers 35.00-37.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-400 pound 44.00-47.75, small lot 277 pound at 53.00 and small lot 193 pound at 62.00; 400-500 40.75-45.00; 500-600 39.00-42.00, part load 503 pound at 43.00; 600- 700 37.00-39.25, small lot 746 at 38.00; mixed Good and Choice 375-500 39.00-42.25 ; 500-625 36.50- 38.00; Good 450-675 34.75-38.00. CHEM <JRO FERTILIZER HARRY FREESE East Petersburg - 569-3296 Oxford - 932-9762 43 44 44 40 41 41 35 35 35 24 24 24 13 13 13 LIMING PAYS Ml BAKER’S AG# LIMESTONE IDS Iff test! Liming pays off in healthier soil, better crops, stronger and more productive animals In fact, it has been estimated that each $1 in vested in limestone returns from $3 to $lO in bigger and better yields. Baker’s agricultural limestone pays off best because it does more. It sweetens soil to reduce acidity and raise pH level, and it also adds vital magnesium. Both are important to make sure that your crops can make full use of the fertilizers you apply. Take care of your land, and your land will take care of you. Choose the brand of Baker's agricultural limestone that meets your needs. Conestoga Valley balanced limestone from our Ephrata quarry Prime Lime dolomite limestone from our Gap quarry Hy Mag limestone from our Paradise quarry GERMAN FEED MILL Denver-267-5585 MARTINS FEEDMILL, INC. Ephrata-733-6518 FOWL’S FEED SERVICE Peach Bottom - 548-2376 Products of The J. E, Baker Co. Call collect—(7l7) 354-4202 Last Week’s Rains (Continued From Page 1) nitrates, and these nitrates can form silo gas. In normal weather, the plants have time to turn the nitrates into something else before they’re cut down. “In dry weather, though, the nitrates in the plant aren’t transformed into anything else until they get to the silo, where they can turn into silo gas. And ordinarily, you’d think we were really going to have a problem this year. But when it was wet, it was so wet that a lot of the nitrogen was leached out of the soil before it could be absorbed by the plant roots. That means the silage carop might not be any higher than normal in nitrate content.” Yokum did say that silage yields from late corn might be down somewhat. “Most of the late com I’ve seen is already tasseling and silking. So if we do get some rain, the crop won’t get any taller.” Dry fields will hamper seedbed preparation for small grains like winter wheat, oats and rye which should be going into the ground in the next few weeks. Yokum said the lack of moisture wouldn’t be much of a problem from a growing standpoint, but the lumpiness of the soil would definitely interfere with sowing. Glenn Shirk, associate county agent in Chester County, said the biggest drought loss in his area was late com. Alfalfa crops were hit quite hard this year, and Shirk feels some farmers may become discouraged enough to not reseed. The early rains washed out a lot of new alfalfa seedings this spring and severly damaged the root systems of established stands. Pepper spot and fusarium were big problems with Chester County alfalfa growers early in the season,, and a large portion of the crop entered the drought in a weakened condition. Leaf hoppers then attacked the plants, and Shirk feels the insect pest may have delivered the final blow to a good number of stands. Magnesium Oxide Calcium Oxide AMOSEBY Paradise - 687-6091 Record-Express Office Bldg. Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 Richard E. Wanner, Editor Subscription price: $2 per year in Lancaster County: $3 elsewhere I In Lebanon County, county agent Glenn Miller reported that things are looking pretty much as they have looked for the past two months. Miller expects *he corn crop to be down to at least 60 per cent of normal. Alfalfa has been hit pretty hard by leaf hopper, although the crop seems to have escaped the fusarium and pepper spot that hit in Chester County. Soil condition is a definite problem in Lebanon County. “The soil texture is about as bad as I’ve ever seen it,” Miller said. “It rained so hard in June that lots of places soil is packed solid. “Plowing is a real problem, and impossible in some places. One farmer told me had to get a chisel plow to open his field for alfalfa, and he had to spend an enormous amount of time working the ground.” Miller said the most graphic case he’d heard of was a farmer who hired an operator with a powered auger to dig a post hole. The auger, according to the farmer, wouldn’t even go into the ground. LANCASTER FARMING Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Office: 22 E. 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