awi .a^o kormlnfc! Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market Moods jr, December Ito Friday December S Moo. Toes. Wed. Thun. Ex. Large 71 71 71 72 72 Large 89 89 69 71 71 Mediums 68 XI 67 69 69 Pallets 60 61 81 61 61 Peewees 39 39 39 39 39 BROWN Large 71 71 71 71 71 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Urge 64 64 64 65 65 Checks 40 40 40 40 40 Tone Full Steady to Finn. Copyright 1175 llrner Barry Publication* Fogelsvifre Sale of Tuesday, December 2 Prices paid dock weights, cents per pound, except where noted. Hens, light type 8-10; Hens, heavy type 10-28%, mostly 10-21; Pullets 25-50, mostly 50; Roasters 17-46, mostly 46; Ducks 49-59; Drakes 4600; Geese 41-55%; Rabbits €6-77%, mostly 72- 77%; Guineas 92%-1.05; mostly 1-00; Pigeons (per pr.) 1.50-4.30. Total coops sold 277. Directions Take Rt. 22 thruway. Exit at Fogelsville F.-rit, North to stop lite in Hay & grain prices By Dieter Krieg LANCASTER - Demand for hay is beginning to grow like a bunch of bad weeds, and the prices paid for good quality hay are beginning to come dose to record-high prices paid earlier this year. Area farmers predicted last summer that “good quality hay would be scar ce,” and their forecast has come true as buyers from as far away as New England cast their bids and load their trucks at Lancaster County hay outlets. While current prices are high - good alfalfa hay is bringing just over $lOO per ton - it went for as high as l I P.O. Box 266 - Lititz, PA 17543 Office: 22 E. Main St, Lititz, PA 17543 Record-Express Office Building Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 or Lititz 717-626-2191 Dieter Krieg, Editor Melissa Piper, Associate Editor Jack Farmakis, National Sales Manager 151 Danforth Drive New Canaan, Conn. 06840 Ph. 203-966-1746 Subscription Price $3 per year Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming Lititz, PA jij Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn Pa Newspaper Publishers Association and National Newspaper Association inrnst vy#s«tni J unlay, Dae. 8,1978 Ddmarva Broiler-Fryer Market Wednesday, Dec. 3 No Market Report Available at Press Time Eastern PA & NJ Live Hen Report Wednesday, Dec. 3 No Market Report Available at Press Time Foglesville, turn left, proceed one block, turn left again at Cracker Barrel Restaurant. Auction right side 100 feet from your last left turn. active $139 per ton at the New Holland Sales Stable last April. But compared to this time last year, prices for hay are up 30 to 50 per cent per ton. With the running start hay and straw prices have now, as the indoor feeding season is just beginning, it’s a good bet that last year’s record prices will be broken. Trade on the Chicago Board of Trade has been so active during the last couple of days that some television news shows decided to cover it. Most of the activity cen ters around the fact that New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Tuesday, December 1, 1171 Pricea paid per dozen Grade "A” brown eggi In cartons delivered to retail atores: Fri. (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm, price per ton.) Hay & Straw steady. Alfalfa 60.00-80.00; Mixed hay 50.00-55.00, few to 65.00; Timothy hay 45.00-55.00; Straw 35.09-42.00; Mulch 15.00-30.00. Alfalfa 64-118; Timothy SO TS; Mixed Hay 5065; Straw 41-53; Com 93 (one load); New Ear Com 60-66; Old Ear Com 82; C«n Fodder 31-40. PETERBOROUGH, N.H. - Burkes Taverns Emorys Dottie a twelve year old, registered Guernsey cow, owned by Raymond F. & Louise A. Witmer, (Penn-Del Farm), has completed an official DHIR actual production record of 17,230 pounds of milk and 682 pounds of butterfat, in 305 days, two times a day milking, according to The American Guernsey Cattle Club. Russia’s agriculture has come up with a crop which is approximately 25 per cent short of goals. The poor showing has prompted the Soviet government to an nounce the severest austerity measures since the end of World War II and it is believed that the U.S. alone will not be able to supply enough grain to meet needs in the Soviet Union. If you want to compare this year’s hay and grain prices with those of last year, here’s a quick run down of the prices that'were quoted a year ago: Alfalfa: 55.00-70.00; mixed hay; 40.00-45.00, a few to 55.00; Timothy: 35.00-40.00; Straw: 30.00-38.00; corn; 3.00-3.40; wheat: 3.50-4.23; barley: 2.10-2.50; oats: 1.75- 1.95; soybeans: 5.80-7.00; and ear corn 60.00-73.00. TRY A CLASSIFIED NO MARKET REPORT AVAILABLE AT PRESS TIME, Philadelphia Eggs Wednesday, Dec. 3 No Market Report Available at Press Time vXvX'X* HAY MARKETS Regional Hay Prices For Southeastern—So, Central Pennsylvania New Holland Dec. 1,1975 25 loads of hay. 13 loads of straw. Guernsey recognized Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, Dec. 3 No Market Report Available at Press Time Paul Z. Martin Wednesday, Dec. 3 43 loads of hay, straw and ear com sold as follows: Alfalfa 77-103; Timothy 70- 82; Clever, 2 loads, 62-78; Mixed Hay 50-90; Straw 46- 66; 1 load Soybean Straw 36; Couple loads Com Fodder 34 & 38; New Corn 65; Old Cora 85. Green Dragon November 28,1975 Prices Per Ton: 61 loads hay & 25 loads straw. Alfalfa 64.00-102.00; Timothy 51.00-68.00; Mixed hay 50.00-70.00, few 81.00- 95.00; Clover, couple loads 51.00 and 60.00; Straw 41.00- .56.00; Com, 8 loads 61.00- 65.00; Com Screening, one load at 46.00; Com Fodder, 4 loads 23.0042.00; Oats, one load $1.75 per bushel. Picky Eater Then there’s the person who orders two eggs. “Don’t fry them a second after the white is cooked Don’t turn them over Not too much grease, just a pmch of salt, no pepper. Well, waitress, what are you waiting for?” The waitress could only reply “The hen’s name is Gertrude, >if that’s alright with you!” NEST RUN EGGS Prices srs from Egg dssringhoass, Inc., (ECI) Durham, N.H. and raflsct trading prices for gradesble nest run eggs (ONR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center for producers, packers and marketers. ONR eggs are classified by weight in 30-dozen cases, and traded in lots of either 300 or 730 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 Per Case 51 lbs. 48 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 43 lbs. 48 lbs. Tuesday Thonday 0 0 61 61 58 58 47 SO 47 48 40 41 Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks READ LANCASTER FARMING FOR FULL MARKET. REPORTS DEAD STOCK REMOVED iLJI PROMPTLY ANYTIME - ANYWHERE We Do Charge For Distant Pickups. A. F. BRANDT'S SONS RENDERERS ELIZABETHTOWN, PA (717) 367 6026 FOB BETTEt DEI HEMMS 1 SHIP TO THE ? I DANVUE LIVESTOCK MARKET I Old Rt 11 Danville, Pa. I Phone (717) 275-2880 | SALE EVERY MONDAY 2 P.M. , I OWNERS ' - I Charles C. Myers Melvin M. Lehman I (717)569-2106 (717)964-3621 I
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