4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 12. 1974
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New England Weekly Shell Egg Report
Tuesday, January 8,1974
Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons
delivered to retail stores:
EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL
78*83 77-81 76-81 61-65
MASS+
Mostly 79-81
NEWHAMP 76-83
78-79
81-82
Mostly
R.I.
Mostly
79-88
VERMONT
Mostly
79-81
MAINE
Mostly
-Hnclndes Central & Western Sections Only.
NEST RUN EGGS
Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham,
N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradeable nest run eggs
(GNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center for producers,
packers and marketers. GNR eggs are classified by weight in
30-dozen cases, and traded in lots of either 300 or 750 cases.
Prices are FOB buyers dock, and are computed Tuesday and
Thursday of each week. This week’s prices for each
classification were:
Classification
Extra Large
Class 1 - Large
Class 3 - Medium
Class 4 - Small
Breaking Stock
Checks
Esbenshades Win
Turkey Competition
Esbenshades Turkey
Farm, Paradise, made a
clean sweep of the top three
prizes in dressed turkey
competition at the Farm
Show. Esbenshade gobblers
took champion and reserve
champion honors in the
dressed bird category, and
captured first place also in
the best dressed turkey
display. The Lancaster
County turkey growers were
the only area entrants in
dressed turkey competition,
and they sent their Cum
berland County competitors
home with only one blue
ribbon and none of the top
prizes.
First place large young
tom, first and second large
young hen, and first place
medium young hen were all
Esbenshade birds. Konhaus
Farms, Mechanicsburg, one
of four Cumberland County
entrants, took first prize in
the small young toms
category.
E. E. Stiteley of Glen Rock
RDI, York County, was
another big winner in poultry
competition, with a total of
30 first prizes in the vast
number of poultry
categories. Behney & Miller,
Myerstown RDI, Lebanon
County, also garnered their
share of blue ribbons, as they
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POULTRY MARKET REPORTS
7680
7481
78-80
75-82
76-77
8081
77-78
80-81
7887
78-87
7880
7880
New Weight
Per Case
51 lbs.
48 lbs.
42 lbs.
39 lbs.
48 lbs.
48 lbs.
Tuesday Thursday
0 0
67 67
65 - 65
58 57
56 56
46 46
do every year. They had 25
first place awards. Another
big area winner was Russell
Minnich, Kutztown RD2,
Berks County, with 21 first
placings.
Other area exhibitors with
at least one first place were:
• Lancaster County-Ray W.
Baker, 312 W. Ferdinand St.;
and Ammon Shelley, Box 85,
Manheim, Paul Meiskey,
1111 Brunnerville Rd., Lititz.
Lebanon County - Ben
Maurer, m, 1701 S. Lincoln
Ave., Lebanon.
Berks County - Daniel
Kuhns, Kutztown RD2;
Minerva E. Minnich, Kutz
town RD2; William
Strickler, Box 549, Reading;
William 0. Strickler, RD33,
Reading.
Chester County - Curtis R,
Oakes, Cochranton RDI.
York County - Kieth Lentz,
Dillsburg RD3, and Norwood
A. Reed, 2450 N. George St.,
York.
York County youths
dominated the 4-H capon
show with their entries. In
Cornish and cross breed
Egg Market
Wednesday, January 9
Baltimore Eggs
Market about steady.
Demand fair to good. Sup
plies adequate with ad
ditional offerings from
southern producting areas.
Cartoned eggs: Prices to
retailers, state graded (min
one case sale) white Grade A
Large 8187, mostly 8183,
Grade A Medium 7985,
mostly 7981.
62-64
6887
6283
6485
TOO FEW
- 62-64
Wednesday, January 9
Philadelphia Eggs
Prices unchanged. Car
toning demand irregular
ranging light to good
depending on involvement
with strike conditions. Of
ferings adequate and in
fairly good balance with
current needs. Undertone
steady.
Prices to retailers: Sales
to volume buyers, consumer
grades white eggs in cartons.
Delivered Store Door
A Extra
Large
Large
A Medium
competition, first through
' fifth places all went to York
Countians, listed in order:
Pearl and Wanda Kneller,
Brodbecks RDI; Roy
Thompson, East Berlin RDI,
and Emily and Joyce
Livingston, Dover RD2.
This same quintet also
took the top five prizes in
dressed capon competition,
changing only the order of
their placings. First through
fifth were Joyce Livingston,
Roy Thompson, Emily
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OATES AND EVENTS FROM YESTERYEARS
Daniel Webster, famous American statesman and orator,
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Robert E. tee, commander-in-chief of the’ Confederate
armies, was born on January 19, 1807.
On January 20, 1817, the Senate permitted the U.S. Navy
to lease Pearl Harbor as a base.
Nikolai Lenin, a leader of the Russian Revolution, died on
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Queen Victoria died on January 22,1901.
On January 23, 1845, Congress decided all national elec
tions will take place on the first Tuesday following the first
Monday in November.
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January 24,1848.
FARMERS AgCREDIT
9 East Main Street Lititz PA 717 626-4721
Prices lower on light type
hens. Demand fair though
unaggressive. Offerings
fully adequate to ample.
Demand light for adequate
heavy type hens.
Prices paid at farm: Light
type hens 8-10, mostly 9-10 in
Pa., mostly 9-10 in N. J.
Heavy type hens TFEWR.
Ready to cook movement
mixed ranging light to fair
despite attractive price
levels as a fast moving storm
disrupts travel and strikes at
retail stores in the
Philadelphia area limit
activity. Slaughter schedules
irregular but overall fairly
heavy. Less than trucklot
prices 2-4 cents lower on both
plant and US Grade A. Live
supplies ample at heavier
than desired weights. Un
dertone very unsettled.
Negotiated trucklot prices
2-3 pound ready to cook
broiler-fryers for delivery
79 80%
78 79%
74 75%
Livingston, and Pearl and
Wanda Kneller.
In vocational poultry
competition, Heather and
Shawn Hernley, Lebanon
RD3, took first and second
prize, respectively, for their
capons. Dave Amspacher,
Red Lion, York County, had
the best pen of three females
in the White Leghorn
category, while the Kutz
town Area FFA showed the
best pen of three females for
all breeds.
Eastern Pa. & NJ’
Wednesday, January 9
Live Poultry
Debnarva
Wednesday,January 9
Broiler-Fryer Market
Weekly New York Egg Market
From Monday, January 7th
to Friday, January 11th
Tuei. Wed. Thun.
Mon.
WHITE
Fey. Ex.
Lge. 74 74
Large 74 74
Mediums 72 72
Pullets 67 67
Peewees 50 50
BROWN
Fey. Lge. 74
Mediums Unquoted
Pullets Unquoted
Peewees Unquoted
Off Grade
Lge, 69 69 69 69
Checks 44 44 44 44
Long Tone Full Steady.
Copyright 1973 Urner Barry Pnbllcatlons
next week:
Plant Grade 31-33 Mostly 33
Pool trucklot prices for
Thursday arrival:
US Grade A 34-37 Mostly 34
Plant Grade 33-35 Mostly 33
FogclsviUe
January 9,1974
(Prices paid dock weights
cents per lb.)
No market report
available.
Poultry received Monday 7
p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7
Big Thirst!
Americans have a big thirst for
soft drinks, whether they call
them “soda” in New York, “ton
ic” in Boston, or “pop” anywhere
else Last year the average Amer
ican drank more than a glass a
day, or 406 eight-ounce glasses - a
full gallon more than the year
before
Fishing?
The boss is mad today It seems
his wife asked him if he remem
bered all those trout he was fish
ing for last summer. He said
“yes ” And she said; “Well one of
them called up here last night
and left her number.”
Gnanacos?
Guanacos, relatives of the ca
mel, llama, alpaca and vicuna,
once roamed the entire Andes
range in South America. Men
eager for fleety guanaco hides
have hunted the animals nearly
to extinction.
TRY A
CLASSIFIED
74 74
a.m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30
a.m.
Directions Take Rt. 22
thruway. Exit at FogelsvUle
exit. North on stoplight in
FogelsvUle, turn left,
proceed 1 mile.
Fit