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.
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USDA May 1975 Sire Summary
Select Sires Top 40 Sires Average Better Than +9oo Milk
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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 . . .
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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
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215-683-7198
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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.
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RD2 Box 388 A
Gap PA
717-442-8573
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RD2 Newport PA
717-582-4598
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Dover RDI Dela 19901
or Write Box 266 H
c-o Lancaster Farming Newspaper
Lititz, PA 17543
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