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Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, March 7
• Reported receipts of 75 cows, 10
heifers and 6 bulls. Market
steady with last weeks market
Load Bradford County
springers 445-625
Load Franklin County
springers 570-620
Ixiad Mercer County cows,
fresh. 530-605; springers 380-600
Load New York Stale cows,
fresh 545-805, springers 485-610
Load Vermont cows, fresh, 450-
640
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
575-650
locally consigned cows 450-630
Springing heifers 370-590
Bulls 205-530
Regional Hay Prices
Monday, March 5,1973
(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 40.00-55 00
Timothy hay 30.00-45.00
Straw
Mulch
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Red Rose Baby Beef and
Lamb Club Reorganizes
The Lancaster County Red
Rose 4-H Baby Beef and Lamb
Club reorganizations! meeting
was held Thursday night at the
Farm and Home Center This
year. 108 members are enrolled
in the Club
A new slate of officers for the
year were elected. They are: Ed
Hess, president, Jeff Greider,
vice-president, Nancy Herr,
secretary, Debra Buchen,
assistant secretary, Rick Hess,
treasurer, Ken Longenecker,
assistant treasurer, Linda Good
and Randy Hess, game leaders,
Kathy Brubaker and Ken
Brubaker, song leaders, Nancy
Wenger and Steve Donough, news
reporters
Club leaders are Elvm Hess,
Fred Linton, Jason Weaver,
Mylin Good, Carl Longenecker,
Paul Good, Wilbur Nissley,
“Bud” Dean, Larry Weaver,
Clyde Brubaker, Mark Bushong,
25.00-32.00
15 00-25.00
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 10,1973
Gerald Hess, Harold Fry and
John Zimmerman.
Max Smith. Lancaster County
agriculture agent, gave remarks
and comments on how to take
care of steers
The Club meets the first
Wednesday night of each month
The next meeting will be April 4
at the Farm and Home Center
Pa. Broiler
Placemens
Rise 4 pet.
Placements of broiler chicks m
the Commonwealth during the
week ending March 3, 1973 were
1.258.000 The placements were 4
percent above the corresponding
week a year earlier, and 5 per-
cent above the previous week
Average placements during the
past 10 week were 1 percent
above a year earlier.
Settmgs for broiler chicks were
2 136.000 - 4 percent above the
previous week and 7 percent
above the comparable period a
vear earlier The current 3-week
total of eggs set is 6 percent
above the same period a year
ago
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 5,000 compared with
7.000 a year ago
Outshipments averaged 237,000
during the past 10 weeks, 7
percent above a year earlier
Placements in the 22 States
were 59,442,000 - 5 percent above
(he previous week but 6 percent
below the same week a year
earlier Average placements
during the past 10 weeks were 6
percent below a year ago
Settings were 76,322,000 - 1
percent above the previous week
but 4 percent below a year
earlier The current 3-week total
of eggs set is 4 percent below the
comparable period a year ago
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Specializes in
Better Paving
For higher quality farm seeds ...
plus service . . . call your Hoff
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FRANK BUCHER
2160 Main St., Lititz
626-6504
LESTER ERB
312 S Mt.JoySt. Elizabethtown
367-7112
PAUL HIESTAND
66 W. Donegal St,
653-5515
JASON MELLINGER
RDI, Strasburg
687-6546
JONATHAN SHIRK
366 E Main St Bareville
656-9302
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Pequea Ave., Gap
442-4525
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