4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 8. 1973
Fogelsville
Sept. 4.1973
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per* lb 1
Heavy type hens 17-40, mostly
25-35; Pullets 45-48; Roasters 40-
49, mostly 45-49, Geese 40;
Rabbits 40-55, mostly 50-55;
Guineas 1 20; Pigeons (per pr.)
80-3 00, mostly 80-1.00.
Total coops sold 177.
Poultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 1030 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.
Delmorva
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Broiler-Fryer Market
Ready to cook movement fairly
good with improved interest
reported on parts. Slaughter
schedules continue to be slowed
for lack of full work crews at
start of school. Less than trucklot
prices held unchanged on both
plant and U S. Grade A. Live
supplies fully adequate with
weights in a wide range Un
dertone unsettled but mostly
steady
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday Arrival: U.S Grade A
54-59, mostly 54, Plant Grade 53-
57, mostly 53
Garden Spot Trio
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the field work himself with
equipment borrowed from his
father
In addition to presenting an
impressive farming program to
the judges, Ray had a long list of
FFA activities and other
achievements which were con
sidered along with his farming
operation For the 1973-74 school
year, he is president of the
Grassland FFA chapter, and is
area vice-president. He has also
won public speaking prizes in
county, area, regional and state
contests, and was president of the
county’s first place
parliamentary procedure team
that took second prize in the area
for 1971-72.
Larry Kessler
Star Agribusinessman
Dedication to serving farmers’
needs won the Lancaster County
Star Agribusinessman award for
Larry Kessler, a senior at
Garden Spot and sentinel of the
Grassland FFA Chapter
Larry works at Zimmerman’s
Hardware Store in Blue Ball. He
is developing into a first-class
serviceman for milking equip
ment, and hopes to specialize in
that kind of work after
graduating from high school. He
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Poultry Market Reports
Egg Market
Prices lower on all sizes.
Cartoning demand fair to oc
casionally good where limited
features involved on mediums.
Offerings of large sizes adequate,
mediums ample. Undertone
unsettled.
Prices to Retailers: Sales to
volume buyers, consumer grades
white eggs in cartons, delivered:
Store Door A Extra Large 76-
77%; A Large 75-76%; A Medium
66-67%.
Market steady. Demand fair to
good for large and mediums
although feature activity limited.
Supplies are adequate although
extra large tighten.
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, Sept. 5
Live Poultry
Prices about steady on light
type hens. Demand fairly good
for adequate offerings. Bookings
for later pickup fairly heavy in
some quarters Offerings of
Heavy type hens adequate for a
fair 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
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Kessler, East Earl RDI.
Besides working on milking
equipment at Zimmerman’s,
Larry assists on plumbing,
heating and electrical work,
accompanies servicemen on trips
to the field and waits on
customers m the store. He also
helps install new DeLaval
milking equipment.
Before he began working at the
hardware store, Larry completed
FFA farming projects with hogs,
a steer and veal calves. He’s also
worked as a hired hand on the
farms of Lester and Clarence
Martin, and he says that his on
farm experience is proving useful
in his job of serving farmers.
Robert Burkhart - State
Production Proficiency Award
Bob Burkhart has been in
volved with turkey growing since
1968, when he began working
part-time on Zimmerman’s
Turkey Farm. Since graduating
from Garden Spot High School in
1972, he has worked full-time on
the farm and is now responsible
for the care of 40,000 of the
operation’s 150,000 birds.
Bob is the son of Mr and Mrs.
James H Burkhart, East Earl
RDI.
In the farming operation, Bob
helps make the management
decisions for the birds entrusted
to his care as well as helping to
decide on courses of action for the
total farm. There are about 100
acres involved, some 20 in crops,
50 in rangeland for the birds and
another 20 in woods
Bob’s first FFA project was
with hogs, but he picked a bad
time to get into the hog market.
Prices were low when he sold,
and his profits were un
satisfactory.
So, he applied for a job at his
neighbor’s turkey farm Since
then, he hasn’t thought of going
back to hogs. In the future, he
hopes to move onto the farm, and
possibly take complete
responsibility for one of the two
farms in the operation.
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Philadelphia Eggs
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Baltimore Eggs
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Tuesday, Sept. 4th to Sept. 7th
Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri.
WHITE
Fey. Ex. Large
Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
BROWN
Fey Large
Mediums
Pullets
Peewees
Off Grade Large
Checks
Long Tone Full steady
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Publications
New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, September 4
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered
to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM
80- 78-84 68-74
81- 79-82 69-72
79-86 77-84 67-74
81-82 79-80 69-70
83-84 81-82 71-72
87-90 80-88 77-85
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Pa. Broiler
Placements
Up 23 pci.
Placements of broiler chicks in
the Commonwealth during the
week ending September 1, 1973
were 1,331,000. The placements
were 23 percent above the
corresponding week a year
earlier, and 8 percent above the
previous week. Average
placements during the past 10
weeks were 11 percent above a
year earlier.
Settings for broiler chicks were
1,962,000 - approximately the
same as the previous week and 18
percent above the comparable
period a year earlier. The current
3-week total of eggs set is 9
percent above the same period a
year ago.
Inshipments of broiler-type
chicks during the past 10 weeks
averaged 9,000 compared with
22,000 a year ago. Outshipments
averaged 297,000 during the past
10 weeks, 10 percent above a year
earlier.
Placements in the 21 States
were 57,320,000 - approximately
the same as the previous week
and about the same as the
corresponding week a year
earlier. Average placements
during the past 10 weeks were 4
percent below a year ago.
Settings were 66,480,000 - 6
percent below the previous week
and 7 percent above a year
earlier. The current 3-week total
of eggs set is 2 percent above the
comparable period a year ago.
The latest automatic bale
wagons allow one man to pick
up, haul and stack up to 3,100
bales of hay in an eight-hour
day. They are produced by the
New Holland Division of
Sperry Rand Corporation.