4—Lancaster Farming. Saturday, Mar. 23, 1974 Poultry Market Reports WEEKLY NEW YORK EGG MARKET From Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22 Tues. Wed. Mon. WHITE Fey. Ex, 62 61 61 Lge. 62 61 61 Large Mediums 58 57 57 Pullets 43 41 41 Peewees 33 31 31 BROWN Fey. Lge. 62 61 61 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Lge. 56 55 55 54 Checks 41 41 40 39 Long Tone Still Irregular. Copyright 1974 Urner Barry Publications 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: New Weight Classification Per Case Tuesday Thursday Extra Large 51 lbs. 0 0 Class 1 - Large 48 lbs. 54 55 Class 3 - Medium 42 lbs. 51 51 Class 4 - Small 39 lbs. 37 37 Breaking Stock 48 lbs. 4$ 48 Checks 48 lbs. 44 44 Pa. Broiler Placements Fall 11 pet. sustain top production with the BABCOCK B-300 Keeping production up . costs down . .is the profit key m poultry operations. And more and more records on commercial flocks of Babcock B-300’s . “The Businessman’s Bird” show sustained production of top quality eggs often with an additional 20 to 30 eggs per bird housed over other strains Come in look at the records and the B-300 . “The Businessman’s Bird” BABCOCK FARMS, INC. Telephone (717)626 8257 Telephone (717) b26-H561 Thurs. Placements of broiler chicks in the Commonwealth during the week ending March 16, 1974 were 1,109,000. The placements were 11 percent below the corresponding week a year earlier, and 16 percent below the previous week. Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 6 percent above a year earlier. Settings for broiler chicks were 1,995,000 - 12 percent above the previous week and 3 percent below the com parable period a year earlier. The current 3-week total of eggs set is 4 percent below the same period a year ago. Inshipments of broiler type chicks during the past 10 weeks averaged 3,000 compared with 5,000 a year ago. Outshipments averaged 219,000 during the past 10 weeks, 12 percent below a year earlier. Placements in the 21 States were 63,659,000 - approximately the same as the previous week but 3 percent above the same week a year earlier. Average placements during the past 10 weeks were 5 percent above a year ago Settings were 76,435,000 - approximately the same as the previous week and nearly the same as a year earlier The current 3-week total of eggs set is ap proximately the same as the comparable period a year ago TRY A CLASSIFIED AD' Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, March 20 Prices unchanged to 1 cent lower on all sizes. Cartoning demand fair though often disappointing despite oc casional feature activity. Offerings of all sizes fully adequate to ample. Un dertone continues unsettled. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered; store door A Extra Large 66-69; A Large 65-68; A Medium 59-62%.. Fri, The Bright Side Of The Fuel Shortage Temperatures are dropping. Gasoline is being curtailed. Supplies of electricity, heat ing oil and other fuels are dwindling In view of these circumstances, many people seem depressed But did you ever think of the brighter side of the energy crisis 7 Now you don’t have to travel for hours to Aunt Tillie’s foi an entertaining af ternoon or evening of fun. Fueling your imagination, you can have a great lime in your own home or in the surround ing area You can, for example, play a game of Monopoly or Go Fish silling right around your kitchen 01 living room table. When you do, lamily ftm--as well as energy conservation is definitely in the offing Play highly entertaining phonograph records from ex citing artists like Bette Midler or Carly Simon on the Warner Communications Inc , record company labels Or how about a lamily sing as members gather around the piano and the family pianist plays the latest sheet music hits 9 INCREASE YIELDS $1540 AN ACRE FOR2SC -^iSsSiii^ <•*« ORTHO ISOTOX® Seed Treater |F] is backed by the best kind of proof a corn seed-treater could have over one hundred million successful corn acres All kinds of climate All types of soil All sorts of men doing the planting Yield increases run up to fifteen dollars an acre - from a product that costs about 25 cents to treat a 20,000 plant population acre vy CHEVRON CHEMICAL COMPANY ORTHO DIVISION i,, ' San Francisco CA 94120 Helping the World Grow Better® TMS ORTHO CHEVRON DESIGN HELPING THE WORLD GROW BETTER ISOTOX - REG US PAT OFF ON ALL CHEMICALS READ CAUTIONS WARNINGS AND DIRECTIONS BEFORE USE n«ii l i!yjlliai!ii Smokefown, Po. Ph. 397-3539 y. Eastern Pa. &NJ. Wednesday, March 20 Prices unchanged to lower on light type hens. Offerings of light type short of full needs with processors only working part-time in in stances. Offerings of heavy type adequate for limited call. Prices paid at farm; Light type hens 6-8 mostly 7-8 in Pa., mostly 6-8 in N.J.; Heavy type hens TFEWR. Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, March 20 Baltimore eggs: Market unsettled. Prices unchanged to 1 cent lower. Demand is only fair. Supplies of all sizes are plentiful. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min. one case sale) white. Grade A Large 68-75, mostly 68-70; Grade A Medium 64-71, mostly 64-66. Fogelsville March 19,1974 (Prices paid dock weights cents per lb.) Hens, heavy type 19-35, ostly 20-25; Pullets 28%-41, mostly 39-40; Roasters 12- 38%, mostly 36-38; Ducks 48%-51; Drakes 48-65; Turkeys - Hens 43; Rabbits 31-85%, mostly 80-85; Guineas 1.06-1.07%; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.58-4.40; Total Take a short trip via public transportation to your local motion picture theater and see “Magnum Force,” “The Exorcist” or the entertain ing re-release of “Billy Jack” from Warner Bros , Warner Communications Inc’s film company Many of these fine films are shown at theaters in local shopping centers-and require little transportation Meals at home are definite ly in order. Why not create a romantic mood for your next one oy lighting the dining room table with candlelight, a good way of saving current NEW ENGLAND WEEKLY SHELL EGG REPORT Tuesday, March 19,1974 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EX LARGE LARGE MEDIUM SMALL MASS+ 64-73 63-72 60-67 36-48 Mostly 65-68 64-68 61-64 37-40 NEWHAMP 64-71 63-71 60-67 36-42 Mostly 66-67 65-67 62-63 38-42 r. i. 69-70 68-69 65-66 42-43 Mostly VERMONT 66-76 65-75 62-72 TOO FEW Mostly , MAINE 65-68 64-68 61-64 Mostly „ , +lncludes Central & Western Sections Only. coops sold 335, overall as several plants not Poultry received Monday 7 oper ating today. Less than p.m, to 10:30 p.m. Tuesday 7 prices unchanged to a.m. to 12 Noon. Sale at 11:30 j cen t lower on both Plant a - m - and US Grade A. Advance Directions Take Rt. 22 interest slow in developing thruway. Exit at Fogelsyme as buyers and sellers await exit. North on stoplight ui further market develop- Fogelsville, turn left, men t s . Live supplies proceed 1 mile. adequate though weights . continue lighter than desired Uelmarva at marl y plants. Undertone about steady. Broiler-Fryer Market Negotiated trucklot prices Wednesday, March 20 2-3 pound ready to cook Ready to cook movement broiler-fryers for delivery, fair overall though spotty Pool trucklot prices for ranging good in some Thursday arrival: US Grade quarters to light in others. A 33.43 mostly 39; Plant Slaughter schedules reduced Grade 37.41 mos tly 38. Lancaster Farming 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. 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