—Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 16, 1972
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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
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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.
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40 41 41
35 35 35
24 24 24
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Last Week’s Rains
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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.
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Oxide
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Oxide
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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.
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