TRY A CLASSIFIED AD PHONE 626-2191 or 394-3047 Silos Silo Unloaders TERRE HIU SILO CO., MC. Terre Hill, Pa. 17581 Quality & Service Since 1927 Now get the high chopping capacity you need at an amazing low price f? \ I NEW 555 FORAGE HARVESTER The International 555 Forage Harvester has • Sturdy new control pedestal with c ankcon an all-new rugged frame that sso rigid cross- trolled delivery spout and friction disc stay shaft universal joints are not reauired put deflector • Optional sprockets provide a full range of • Power sharpened knives New fully shielded cuts from 3 16 to 1-7 8-m PTO universal drive for maximum safety • Massive 9-knife cutterhead Knives have • Available in 1 row unit 2-row unit offset cutting edge that never requires re- wide and narrow Big 6-fl pickup unit and beveling 90-m cutterbar unit for big capacity MWe believe this 555 is your best buy in a forage harvester Come in check the features check the low price USED EQUIPMENT Used Gehl 600 Forage Harvester w-hay pickup and 2-row narrow Corn Head (good condition) R. S. HOLLINGER & SON 113 West Main Street, Mountville, Pa Mon. thru Fri. 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. Sat. 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. INTERNATIONAL QUALITY PARTS FACTORY TRAINED SERVICE MEN Bunk Feeders Liquid Manure Tanks Phone 215-445-6736 The Price of Bread Bread, because it’s so universally consumed, often commands center stage as an economic barometer. One of ERS’s jobs includes keep ing a close watch on its cost. In the midst of the sl-a-loaf con troversy, ERS economists took pen in hand to see just what effect the price of wheat has on a loaf of bread. And for most consumers, the re sults might be surprising. For one, the price of a bushel of wheat would have to go up about six times from the March level to raise the cost of a pound-and-a-half loaf of bread to $l. That would put the farm price of wheat at about $3O a bushel. Wheat adds 4 cents a loaf. Even if the farmer had donated his wheat DIVVYING UP. Latt near, the average price of a 1-pound loaf of bread was 2V/t cents. Of this the retailer got nearly 5'A cents, the baker 14 cents, the miller 1 cent, “other” spreads 1.7 cents, and the farmer, 5*A cents. Phone 285-4538 last year, consumers would have had to pay better than 23 cents for a 1- pound loaf of white bread. The cost of wheat added only 4 cents. In all, farmers supplied ingredi ents that accounted for about a fifth of the cost of a pound loaf of bread. This includes wheat, lard, shorten ing, sugar, and dried milk. Normally, farm price fluctuations have very little effect on the price of bread. Up until last year, increases at the farm level had added only slightly to the cost of bread over the past quarter of a century. Sets record. But for 1973, average farm value increases added 1.7 cents to the price of a pound loaf of bread. Along with marketing cost in creases, this sent bread to a record annual jump of 2.9 cents. Actually, the changes within the year—January to December—were much sharper than indicated by the averages. The farm value rose from 4.3 cents in January to 7.2 cents in December —an increase of 2.9 cents Retail Spread INDIVIDUAL CALF STALLS This is the successful stall for raising calves in environmental controlled barns.' Veal Dairy Beef Herd Replacements. Stall size inside 22 x 48; outside 22 x 60. Advantages of the Frey elevated calf stalls: Reduced labor, Eliminating bedding, Controlled feeding, Lowering cost per calf, Reduce Calf losses, Cut stall upkeep to a minimum, Healthier calves. In short, better management, Increased profits. WHY NOT ORDER YOURS TODAY SEE US AT AG PROGRESS DAYS - BLOOMSBURG AUG. 28, 29 FREY BROS. R.D.2 QUARRYVILLE, PA, Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 24.1974 *1 ' ** M H|il H Jl \ 'vS just in farm value. Thus, with the rise in marketing costs at 4.1 cents, the retail price of a pound loaf of bread rose ? cents from the first to the end of the year. The rise in wheat prices and the farm value is mainly attributable to a world situation of tight grain sup plies that has brought unusually strong export demands for the past 2 years. Only the sixth time. The sharp rise in farm prices drove up the farmer’s share of the price of bread for only the sixth time in the past quarter of a century. It went down in 12 years and remained the same in the others. Bread prices in 1947-49 averaged 13% cents for a pound loaf. Prices in 1973 were up 14 cents to 27% cents a loaf. Twelve cents of this increase went for marketing and 2 cents to the farmer. Here’s a look at how the 1973 av erage price of 27V2 cents was ac | Continued on Page 50] A,-', Other Fa™ Value PHONE 717-786-2146 49
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