4 Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 3, 1973 Poultry Market Reports Fogelsville Tuesday, February 27 Hens heavy type 7-25, mostly 15-21, Pullets 25-35, mostly 33'- 14' j. Roasters 22' 2-37'2. mostly 13'-35, Capons 27-39'2. mostly 15-39'.., Ducks 33'-38, Drakes 25-50, Turkeys-Hens 31 ; Rabbits 55-85. mostly 65-75, Guineas 55-70, mostly 55, Pigeons (per pr ) 1 04-4 00 Total coops sold 355 Auction every Tuesday Poultry received Monday 7pm to 10 10 p m Tuesday 7a m to 12 Noon Sale at 11 30 a m Directions —Take Rt 22 thruway Exit at Fogelsville Exit North on stoplight in Fogelsville Turn left, proceed 1 mile Eastern Pa. and N. J. Wednesday, February 28 LIVE POULTRY Prices continued to hold steady on light type hens Offerings, though occasionally limited, generally adequate overall for fair needs Offerings of heavy hens short of a fairly good call Prices paid at farm Light type hens fi-9'j mostly 9-9 Vi in Pa., mostly 8-9 in N J Heavy type hens TFEWR Delmarva Wednesday, February 28 BROILER-FRYER MARKET Ready to cook movement slow and disappointing in many Mists foietell plentiful year . . . Johnny Appleseed died Maich 11, 1847 Fust quarter of the Moon March 11 . . Maple sap starts running and some Crocuses are up . . . A\eiage length of days for week, 11 hours, 33 minutes . . . Twilights shoitest now . Skunks are mating . . . Banks closed Mauh 7, 1933 . Detroit saw its first autos this week in 189() Closed doois are most easily heard through than open ones Old Farmer’s Riddle: Who invented the steam engine? (An swei below ) Ask the Old Farmer: You’ve heard about the “hex” signs and carved objects nailed on barns m Pennsylvania to keep off misfortune. I won der if such things were ever done in other parts of the country? F.Y., Scranton, Pa. Old-timers in our section used to nail a fresh skunk’s hide on the bam for similar reasons Home Mint*. Keep a jiitct of cotton sprinkled with a few drops of vanilla t\tr ict in the iefiißt.i itoi to eliminate odors . Add more shortening to bitlu if pintakes stick to the grill . . . Riddle answer Watts-his-name. OLD FARMER’S WEATHER FORECASTS New England: Snow, 4-6", to start, light snow in mountains; eml of week cloudy and cold wuth flurries. Greater New York-New Jersey: Week begins cold with light snow, then 4 6 ' by midweek; rain latter part Middle Atlantic Coastal: Clear and mild at first, then rain changing to snow'; 1-3" snow latter part, then freezing ram. Southeast Coastal-Piedmont: Clear and warm to start, then lain I>\ midweek, colder with ram continuing through end of week Florida: Clouds and warm for most of week; rain on weekend Upstate & Western N.Y.-Toronto & Montreal: Cloudy at first, then flun les in east and light snow in west; clear latter part, then 2-4" snow Greater Ohio Valley: Week begins clear and warm, then cold and 4-6" snow; light snow end of week, changing to light rain and snow Deep South: Clear and warm first half of week; rain and colder latter part Chicago and Southern Great Lakes: Cloudy with flurries to stait, then light snow; end of week cold and light snow, 2-4". Northern Great Plains-Great Lakes: Intermittent snow and unreasonably cold all w r eek Central Great Plains: Clear and warm at first, then cloudy and cold with flurries by midweek, 1-3" snow latter part, then much colder Texas-Oklahoma: Week begins clear and warm, then cold rain, cloudy and cool latter part, then 4-6" snow in north Rocky Mountain Region: Snow r all week; 8-12" latter part and 20-23" accumulation in cential mountains Southwest Desert: Cloudy and warm to start, then rain; rain heavy latter part and much cooler Pacific Northwest: Clear at first, then ram by midweek; end of w r eek seasonably cold with rain. California: Week begins cloudy and warm, then rain by mid week; cloudy and cool latter part, then rain (All Rights Reserved, Yankee, Inc Dublin, N H 03444) Weekly New York Egg Market WHITE Fey Ex Large 47'2 I ,arge Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Fey Large Mediums Pullets Peewees Standards 41 Checks 29 Long Tone Full Steady Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications quarters Slaughter schedules continued reduced in line with needs at most plants Less than trucklot prices hens steady on both plant and US Grade A Advance interest good at sharply higher prices compared to this week’s levels. Live supplies short of needs at desirable weights. Undertone fully steady to firm. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb ready to cook broiler-fryers for delivery next week-Plant Grade 45-45V2 Pool trucklot prices for Thursday arrival US Grade A 44-47 mostly 44, Plant Grade 43-45, mostly 43. MARCH 5-11 Still chilly and dreary dearie. (From Monday, February 26th to Friday, March 2nd) Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. 46'.2 42 44 44 45 38 38 3 38 28 28 28 28 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted 49 49 50 47 48 49 50 50 51 43 43 44 29 29 29 Omaha Cattle Thursday, March 1 Compared with last weeks close, closing prices slaughter steers and heifers 25-50 c higher. Cows 1.00-1 50 lower Bulls 1.50- 2.00 higher Feeders 50-1.00 higher Four day receipts 15,400 as compared 15,700 previous week and 16,000 a year ago. Slaughter steers approximately 34 per cent, heifers 42 percent, fairly liberal percentage Choice and moderate volume High Choice and Prime although many'cattle still carried considerable mud. Cows 10 percent, and feeders 11 percent Fed cattle trade followed a fairly stable course as upward spiral continued and modest supplies well distributed over trading period There was not a strong pressure to market cattle as feedlot operations were hopeful for favorable weather conditions which would enable cattle to make some recovery from stress of severe winter and slow shed some of the clinging mud. Demand generally good by most buying interests and feeder buyers competed aggressivly for fleshy two-way steers suitable for a short turn in the feedlot. STEERS: Load and part load High-Choice and Prime 1114-1197 pounds 3-4 46 00, short two loads 1116 pounds 45.75, other High- Choice and Prime 1096-1333 3-4 45 00-45.50. Choice 975-1275 2-4 relatively clean 43.50-44.75, some High-Choice 45 00. Mostly Choice but muddy 42 75-43 50. Mixed Good and Choice 950-1250 42.75- 43 50. Good 40.00-42.75, 1150-1350 Holsteins 2-3 40.00-41.50 Standard and Low-Good 38.50-40.00. Average cost slaughter steers first three days 43.93 average weight 1131 pounds as compared 42 95 and 1125 pounds previous week and 34 80 and 1117 pounds a year ago HEIFERS: Five loads High- Choice and Prime 939-1033 pounds 3-4 44.50. Moderate volume same grade 887-1062 3-4 44 00-44 25, load 1225 4-5 44.00. Choice 850-1050 2-4 42 50-43.75. Some clean load lots 44.00. Mixed Good and Choice 750-975 41.50- 42 50. Good 36 50-41 50. Small lots Standard and Good 35 00-36.50. COWS - Utility and Commercial 30 50-32 50, a few Dairybreds 32 75-33 00 Canner and Cutter 26 00-30 50 Mixed Cutter and Low-Utility 30 75-31.89. Regional Hay Prices Monday, February 26,1973 (All hay No 2 and better prices paid by dealers at the farm price per ton ) Hay and Straw steady. Alfalfa 50 00-70.00 Mixed hay 35 00-55.00 Timothy hay 30.00-45.00 Straw 25.00-32.00 Mulch 15 00-25.00 Lebanon Valiey Auction Tuesday, February 27 394 Head of Cattle Compared with last weeks market, slaughter steers strong to $1.25 higher. Slaughter cows mostly weak to $1 lower. Slaughter bulls unevenly steady. STEERS: High Choice (few) 45.50-46 10; Choice 1000-1250 pounds 44.35-45.50; Good 41.00- 44.00; Standard 39.00-41.00; Utility (few) 36.75-39.10. HEIFERS: Choice (individual) 43 10; Good (couple) 39.75 and 41 75; Standard (few) 37.00-38.25. COWS: Utility and High Dressing Cutter 32.25-34.85, few to 35.00; Cutters 30.75-33.50; Canners 28.85-31.50; Shells down to 26.50. Fri. BULLS: Good 40.50-43.00; Utility and Commercial 39.00- 44.00, individual at 45.00. 312 Head of Veal Calves Prime (few) 69.00-74.50; Choice (few) 69.00-71.00; Good 61.00- 68.00; Standard 55.00-64.00; Utility 90-120 pounds 45.00-52.00; 70-85 pounds 41.00-44.00. FARM CALVES: Holstein Bulls 85-125 pounds 48.00-66.00; Holstein Heifers 85-150 pounds 70.00-115.00. Lancaster Farming Lancaster County’s Own Farm Weekly P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. 17543 Office; 22 E. Main St., Lititz, Pa. 17543 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 Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, Pa. Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, Pa. 17543 Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. 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