Philadelphia Produce Friday, May 30 Asparagus - N.H., Pyramid crate, field run, bunched 12, $12413, few $ll, large $l4, med. $l2 to $l3, small $9 to $lO. Chinese cabbage - N.J., 4-5 bushel crate, few $7. Greens - N.J., 1 1-9 bushel crate, loose Hanover salad, turnip tops and mustard. $3- $3.50. Lettuce - N.J., Romaine 1 1-9 bu crate, few $3.50. Big Boston - eastern Boston crate - $3.50, few $4.25. Mushrooms - Pa. 4-qt. basket, med to Ig, $3.50, fair $3 to $3.25; small to med. $2.75; fair $2.25 to $2.50. Onions (green) • N.J., 4-5 bu., bunched, 36’s, crates and cartons, $5 to $5.25, few $5.50, fair $4.50 to $4.75. Parsley - N.J., bu. basket, 5 dozen curly, bunched, $9 to $lO. Potatoes • Me. 50 lb. sacks, round whites, $3 to $3.25; few $3.35 to $3.40. Radishes - N.J. Lug, bunched, 20’s, $1.50 to $1.75. Spinach - N.J., bu. basket Now you can buy 3 bulls with a * 1259 for milk and at the same time receive a 20% reduction in cost. A JUNE DAIRY MONTH SPECIAL WHILE THE SUPPLY LASTS. tvft. 5 USDA May 1975 Sire Summary Select Sires Top 40 Sires Average Better Than +9oo Milk Is Identification a problem with your calves and heifers 7 One of the best solutions to this problem is to call Herd Counsel and let us show you the Ez- App plastic ear tag. Application is so simple and the results so good you will wonder why you haven't used them before, and if economics play a part in your operation then you certainly will appreciate this practical and inex pensive method of I.D. Why not give us a call today... Exclusive distributor in Lancaster, Chester, York, Adams, Cir - -id State of Delaware. New Holland Dairy Wednesday, May 28 Reported receipts of 116 cows, 8 heifers and 4 bulls. Market reported stronger than last week. Ix>ad of Franklin County cows - springers 465-630; load of Penna. cows springers 360-580 and load of New York State cows - fresh 405-460 and springers 305-530. Locally consigned cows 350-750; springing heifers 400-510; open heifers 95-200 and bulls 105-300. Herd dispersal of 18 head from Delaware in all stages of production 175-425. Herd dispersal of 44 head from Delaware in all stages of production 220-570. HOW SWEET IT IS Honey is made from the nectar of blossoms gathered by honey bees It is a natural unrefined sweet, with traces of minerals vitamins and enzymes Savoy type, fair $1.50. Strawberries - N.J., per qt. med., 70 to 75 cents, sm., 60 to 65 cents. iN. y \ + 1761 St. Croixco Veed iction Ron + 1226 Glendell Arlinda Chief + 791 Kin-Vale Tidy Champ Ave. +l2s9 RD for Milk UNITS EACH BULL . . . PAY ONLY $ 120.00 Box 46, RD2, Cochranville, PA 19330 FIELDMAN: DICK BROWN, 717-656-8626 Cattle | Continued from Pam 1) to be about evenly divided on whether or not the change is a good idea. “I think we have to oppose the change here,” McCoy said, “because we feed to put a choice finish on cattle." Baltimore USDA Report May 27,1975 Slaughter Steers 375: good to choice 46.35-48.00; good 41.50-46.00; standard 35.00- 41.50; high choice to prime 51.00. Slaughter heifers: Yield grade 2-3 41.25-41.50; good 34.00-38.00 and choice yield grade 3-4 44.00. Bulls: one lot 1575 lbs. 31.00. Hogs: 600 Firm to 50 cents higher. 1-3 200-240 lbs. 48.00- 48.50; 2-3 230-260 lbs. 47.50- 48.25; 75 head at 48.75; Sows: 2-4 250-280 lbs. 46.75-47,75 and boars 36.50-38.50. Sheep: SO lot choice of slaughter lambs 89 lbs. 50.00. % (No Substitutions Please) COUNSEL Prices Much of the political pressure for the change in the grading system is ap parently coming from the milo feeders of the south, and the range feeders of the Midwest. Layer Production Down Pennsylvania layers produced 272 million eggs during April, 5 percent less than the previous month and 10 percent less than a year earlier, according to the Crop Reporting Service. The April average of 13.4 million layers was down 2 percent from the previous month and down 11 percent from a year earlier. Egg production per 100 layers during April totaled 2,031 eggs, down 3 percent from the previous month but up 1 percent from a year earlier. The nation’s laying flocks produced 5,271 million eggs during April, 6 percent less than a year earlier. Layers on hand during April averaged 275 million, down 5 percent from a year earlier. The average rate of lay during the month was down 1 percent from a year earlier. Corn planting in the commonwealth made the most rapid progress of the season in the week ending May 19, because of fairly clear weather, according to the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service. Corn planting is 41 percent complete in the state, which is on par with 1974. By area, planting is 34 percent in northern, 46 percent in central, and 42 percent complete in the southern counties. for a healthy start at pennies a day Feed Milk Replacer No. 22 Good dairymen knoyy the importance of getting newborn calves off to a healthy start and getting mother back in the string. That’s why Vigortone developed Milk Replacer No. 22. I his easy-to-mix product contains high levels of important vitamins, minerals, antibiotics and milk proteins. \our calves will do better, and you’ll save money because you can market all of the whole milk you get. New 18% Calf Starter Formula After calves are settled on Milk Keplacer No. 22, introduce Vigortone's 18% calf starter formula. This highly fortified ra tion is built around Kail Avd No. 23 a potent blend of vitamins, minerals, trace VKKMHONE 50 branch offices - 3500 dealers - 3 manufacturing plants. H. Melvin Charles Washington Boro PA 717-684-5783 Pottstown Farm & Home Center Franklin & Laurel Sts 215-323-6400 James Stutzman Sons Kutztown RD3 PA 215-683-7198 also SchwenksvilleßDl Box 80 PA 215-287-7315 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 31,1975 Feeder Sale Friday, May 23 Feeder Cattle 724 1161 Today Week TREND: Feeder steers moderately active under fair demand, all weights generally steady. Supply included several loads of- elements and antibiotics. By using your own grain, you can grind and mix this 18% ration and enjoy big savings over the cost ot a cominerical starter. A 14% growing ration for heifers Vigortone also has a 14% growing ration for heifers that can be introduced at 15 yyeeks of age. Ihis special ration can be built at a substantial sayings and should be fed at specific ley els until maturing heifers are ready to go into the produc tion line. Check with your Vigortone seryiceman for all the details on Vigortone's new life cycle feeding programs for dairy. You'll soon learn why more dairymen are feed ing Vigortone especially now. PLEASE CONTACT: Harnish Bros. Oxford PA 215 932-8999 fered for sale but withdrawn from acution. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 825-980 lb. 36.25-38.85, 630-770 lb. 34.00-36.75, one lot 585 lb. 34.50; mixed Good and Choice 500-875 lb. 31.50-34.00, one lot 930 lb. 35.60; Good 550-700 lb. 27.75-32.00. Try A Classified Ad Ron Hershey RD2 Box 388 A Gap PA 717-442-8573 Marlin J. Geesaman RD2 Newport PA 717-582-4598 Amos L Nissley Dover RDI Dela 19901 or Write Box 266 H c-o Lancaster Farming Newspaper Lititz, PA 17543 7
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