4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 1. 1973
Fogelsville
August 28,1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
Hens, light type 12-20, mostly
14-16; Hens, heavy type 16-37,
mostly 24-30; Pullets 34-51;
Roasters 27-49%, mostly 44-48;
Ducks 48; Drakes 10-45; Geese 50-
52; Turkeys-toms 56; Turkeys
hens 58; Rabbits 25-57, mostly 50-
55; Guineas 1.25-1.39, mostly 1.30-
1.39; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.01-3.00;
Total coops sold 447
Poultry received Monday 7
p m. to 10:30 p m. Tuesday 7 a.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
Delmarva
Wednesday, August 29
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement
spotty ranging light to oc
casionally fairly good where
limited feature activity a factor.
Slaughter schedules increased
slightly in some quarters. Death
losses reported high due to ex
treme heat and humidity both on
trucks and in houses. Less than
trucklot prices held unchanged
though very competitive in in
stances. Advance interest fair at
unchanged levels with this week.
Live supplies ample. Undertone
steady.
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival US Grade A 54-
59, mostly 54; Plant Grade 53-57,
mostly 53.
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Poultry Market Reports
Egg Market
Wednesday, August 29
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices steady. Cartoning
demand fair at best. Offerings of
larger sizes in fairly good
balance with needs; mediums
fully adequate. Trade advices
indicate sharp discounts being
offered on smalls. Undertone
steady but more confidence
noted.
Prices to retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
store Door A Extra Large 78-
79%; A Large 77-78%; A Medium
68-69%.
Wednesday, August 29
Baltimore Eggs
Market steady. Demand no
better than fair. Supplies ample.
Cartoned eggs- Prices to
retailers, state graded (min. one
case sale) White Grade A Large
80-86, mostly 81-83; Grade A
Medium 72-78, mostly 73-75.
Eastern Pa. and N. J.
Wednesday, August 29
Live Poultry
Prices steady on light type
hens. Demand remains good for
slightly increased offerings. Most
plants working near full time.
Offerings of heavy type hens
short of a fair but unagressive
interest.
Prices paid at farm: Light type
hens 18-25, mostly 23-24 in Pa.,
mostly 22-25 in N. J. Heavy type
hens TFEWR.
Farm Calendar
(Continued From Page 1)
Lamb Club meeting. New
Holland Community Park.
Flying Greenhouse tour, Toronto,
Canada, September 5-6; leave
Philadelphia Airport, 7am
Thursday, September 6
12 30 pm - Ephrata Young
Farmers Crops tour; start at
Adam Zimmerman’s farm
Friday, September 7
Farmers and Threshermen’s
Jubilee, New Centerville,
Somerset County, Sept. 7-8.
Saturday, September 8
10 30 am. - Sire Power-NEBA
Open House, Tunkhannock.
Pennsylvania Dutch Farm
Festival, Kempton, Sept. 8-9.
Flax Schutching Festival,
Stahlstown.
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Lancaster Farming
P O Box 266 - Lititz, Pa. >43
Office- 22 E Main St., Li tz,
Pa 17543
Record-Express Office Bldg.
Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047
or Lititz 717-626-2191
Richard E. Wanner, Editor
Subscription price: $2 per
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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 Newspaper
Publishers Association, and
National Newspaper
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Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, August 27th to Friday, August 31st
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large 76 76 76 76 76
Large 73 73 73 73 73
Mediums 65 65 65 65 65
Pullets 55 55 55 55 55
Peewees 39 39 39 39 39
BROWN
Fey. Large 73
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large 67
Checks 57
Long Tone Steady
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, August 28
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores;
MASS+
Mostly
NEWHAMP
Mostly
R. I.
Mostly
VERMONT++
Mostly
MAINE
Mostly
+lncludes Central and Western Sections Only.
Pa. Broiler Placements
Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending August 25,1973 were
1,237,000. The placements were 9
percent above the corresponding
week a year earlier, but 6 percent
below the previous week.
Average placements during the
past 10 weeks were 9 percent
above a year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
1,961,000 4 percent above the
previous week and 9 percent
above the comparable period a
year 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
were zero compared with 28,000 a
year ago. Outshipments
averaged 304,000 during the past
10 weeks, 17 percent above a year
earlier.
Placements in the 21 States
were 57,554,000 —1 percent below
the previous week and 1 percent
above the same week a year
earlier. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks were 4
percent below a year ago. Set
tings were 70,930,000, ap
proximately the same as the
New Holland
Dairy Cattle
Wednesday, August 29
Reported receipts of 78 cows;
market steady with last weeks
market.
Load Franklin County cows,
fresh, 520 - 615; springers 690 -
840
Load Wisconsin cows, fresh,
640 - 740.
Load New York State
springers, 630 - 700.
Lancaster County herd
dispersal, all stages of produc
tion, 265 - 625.
Locally consigned cows, 425 -
710
73 73 73
Unquoted
Unquoted
67 67 67 67
57 56 56 56
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
80- 78-84 68-74 52-56
81- 79-82 69-72
79-86 77-84 67-74
81-82 79-80 69-70
83-84 81-82 71-72
87-89
80-86
85-87 83-85 73-75
Rise 9 pet.
previous week and 1 percent
above a year earlier. The current
3-week total of eggs set is 1
percent below the comparable
period a year ago.
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Hay
Friday, August 24
15 loads hay, including: Few
loads Alfalfa 65.00 - 69.00; few
loads Timothy 36.00 - 39.00; few
loads Mixed hay 37.50 - 44.50; one
load Clover at 51.00.
7 loads straw 32.50 - 37.00, one
load 44.00.
14 loads com 70.00 - 83.00, one
load 90.00.
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