—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 23, 1972
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Poultry Market Reports
Delmarva
Wednesday, December 20
Ready to cook movement fairly
good though slaughter schedule
held about steady as several
plants not operating for the
balance of the week. Less than
trucklot prices ranged un
changed to as much as 4c higher.
Advance interest good at higher
levels. Live supplies adequate,
undertone firm.
Trucklot plant grade - 30-30%
Pool trucklot price US Grade A
-27-34%
Plant grade- 26-32%
Fogelsville
Directions - Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at Fogelsville
Exit. North on stoplight in
Fogelsville. Turn left, proceed 1
block, take next turn. Poultry
Auction 100 ft. on right.
Tuesday, December 12
Light type hens 6-11; Heavy
type hens 7-22, mostly 8-16;
Pullets 18 Vi-28, mostly 23-27;
Roasters 14-29 Vi, mostly 24-28;
Capons 26 Vi-40, mostly 33-40;
Ducks 17-39, mostly 32-35; Drakes
26-56, mostly 45-53; Geese 30Vi
-45, Turkey s-Toms 26 Vi-28;
Turkeys-Hens 34, Rabbits 58-70,
mostly 60-70, Guineas 43-50,
~ /p& the OLD
llNkrmejr:
With more snow you’ll contend, at year’s end.
Save Christmas boxes for birthdays . .If still many dead
leaves on trees, next month you’ll freeze . . . Last quarter of
the Moon Dec 27 First U S. postage stamps used Dec 30,
1847 Average length of days for week, 9 hours, 5 minutes
. . Robin became national bird Dec 27,1960 . Adjust your
accounts now, pay debts . . . Chewing gum patented Dec. 28,
1869 Happy Christmas morn. Be of good cheer, live
another year.
ftf Old Farmer’s Riddle: What is
|2 the best way to keep a fish
from smelling? (Answer
Ask the Old Farmer: Where
' : did the .expression “upset the
apple cart” come from?
F.W.H., New Orleans.
/n t/ie old days criminals
went to the gallows in a cart
/» England duung Crom
well's time, the masses made
fun of the close-cropped heads of Cromwell’s followers who
were in charge of the (/allow carts They were called apple
heads Mobs often tried to upset “the cart of the appleheads’’
or applecart, in order to save a man. If memory serves, Gil
bert and Sullivan used the expression.
Home Hints A small piece of butter added to a potful of boiling water
will pi event it from boiling over . Spikes attached to ladder legs prevent
slipping on ice . Riddle answer• Cut off its nose.
OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Rain mixed with snow and cold to start; then
warmer and partly cloudy with occasional light snow for rest.
Greater New York-New Jersey: Rain mixed with snow for most
of week; partly cloudy and cold for weekend.
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Mixed snow and rain at first, then
heavy ram by midweek; partial clearing and cold for weekend.
Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Begins with rain, heavy inland,
and cold; then, clearing by midweek and mild.
Florida: Ram, moderately heavy to start, then clearing before
midweek; ram and cooler in latter part
Upstate & Western N.Y -Toronto & Montreal: Snow, 6-8" in
west; light snow and cold m east; week ends cloudy and
milder in east, light snow in west.
Greater Ohio Valley; Snow, 4-6", to start, then partial clearing;
heavy ram and snow mixed latter part; cloudy and mild
for weekend.
Deep South: Ram, then partial clearing latter part; weekend
generally clear and mild.
Chicago & Southern Great Lakes: Snow, heavy to start; latter
part clear and cold, then more snow, 4-6"
Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Snow all week, 5-7" in east,
and very, very cold
Central Great Plains: Light snow to start, then slight warm
ing; latter part seasonable, then ram on weekend.
Texas-Oklahoma: "Week begins cool and showery, flurries in
north; then clear and cold, showers for weekend.
Rocky Mountain Region: Snow to start, 4-6" and 8-10" m
mountains; then, snow and ram and milder.
Southwest Desert: Begins cloudy, then showers and colder;
clear with lows near freezing,.then warmer
Pacific Northwest: Ram, changing to light snow, 1-3" m north,
at midweek; ram ending, then partial clearing and much
colder.
California: Rain to start, then clear and cool; clouding up
with rain in north for weekend.
(All Right* Reserved, Yankee, Inc., Dublin, N.H. 03444)
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, December 18th to Friday, December 22nd)
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 56 57 57 57
Large 56 57 57 57
Mediums 55 56 56 56
Pullets 48 48 48 48
Peewees 35 35 35 35
BROWN
Fey. Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Standards 51 53 53 53 53
Checks 28 28 28 28-29 28-29
Long Tone - Market closely cleared at the wholesale level
mostly 43-45; Pigeons (per pr.)
1 03-4.00.
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 N.J.>
Wednesday, December 20
Prices of light type hens un-
DEC 25-31
60 60 60
Unquoted
Unquoted
Unquoted
changed. Demand fair as several
plants only operating part time
during the holiday period. Of
ferings adequate to barely
adequate. Offerings of heavy
type hens adequate for a fair call.
Light type- 6-9, mostly BV2-9 in
Pa., 7V 2 -8 in N.J.
Heavy type- too few to report.
New York Eggs
Wednesday, Dec. 20
Market steady, wholesale
demand is mixed, generally fair
to good. Shipping point offerings
are light but available.
Distributors are attempting to
hold stocks at light levels and
work hand to mouth. Supplies of
fancy large light but adequate
when coupled with other grade
large. Mediums and smalls are
no more than adequate but
slightly more available. Extra
large adequate, jumbos plentiful.
sustain top
production
with the
BABCOCK
B-300
Keeping production up...cost*
down... is the profit key In poultry
operations. And more and more
records on commercial flocks of
Babcock B-300's...“The Busi
nessman's Bird”...show sus
tained production of top quality
eggs...often with an additional
20 to 30 eggs per bird housed
over other strains. Coni6 1n...
look at the records and the B-300
...“The Businessman’s Bird”.
BABCOCK
FARMS, INC
Telephone (717) 626-8561)
Voting Age Lowered
To 14 By Girl Scouts
Teenagers, 14 years of age
or older, may now be elected
to the Girl Scout National
Council, the major direction
setting body of Girl Scouts.
The National Council
amended the Girl Scout Con
stitution, lowering the age of
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