97 Umcaiter Farming. Saturday Sopt 25 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sechrist, buyers for Hatfield Packing Company of Philadelphia, are shown with the grand champion market hog they purchased at the first annual FFA market hog sale held last week at the York Fair. First hog YORK - The first FFA hog sale for York County was held here last Fnday night at the York Fair. Forty-six hogs were sold, bringing an average of $46.32 per hun dredweight. Selling the top animal was Leon Growl of Airville, whose purebred Duroc commanded a price of $1.25 per pound from the Hatfield Packing Company. Bidding for the Company was done by Mille Secfarist, wife of York County auctioneer and livestock market operator, Robert Sechrist. Growl is a member of the Red Lion FFA Chapter. sale held Another Red Lion youth, Wayne Bankert, bagged the second highest price offered at the sale. His spotted Poland China fetched 70 cents per pound. Hatfield again did the buying, with Mrs. Sechrist doing the bidding. Dairy pricen announred NKW YOHX N V A uniform prte* of 110 22 per hundredweight (46 5 quart* i for August milk deliveries to pool liandlcm under the New York New J rrw) marketing order* was announced last week by Thomas A Wilton, market administrator The uniform prtre «m fS 63 In Ju)> ISTTfi and 19 00 In August 1975 Hie butlerfat differential was 12 2 cent* (or each tenth of n pound of butterfnt above or below 3 5 per cent The seasonal incentive fund (I/mwvillc Flan) returned $2,857,270 33 to the August 1976 pool Thu added » 377 Patz 988 silo unloadsr 150 cattla feadar 400 cattle feeder 162 A circular feeder 101 Taper-Pan Feeder Silo unloading - Food handling - Manure handling Patz has the Equipment Patz has the Personnel Patz means confidence - depend on it George Heath, District Manager 2618 Arcona Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 697-5466 ALEXANDRIA MAX ISENBERG 669-4027 BALLY LONGACRE ELECTRIC 845-2261 CAMP HILL LLOYD SULTZBAUGH 737-4554 EAST FARL ZIMMERMAN EQUIPMENT 445-6409 ELLIOTTSBURG CARL BAER 582-2648 per hundredweight to procju rer prim Merelpt* from dairy producer* totaled 757.233.3 U (round*, 01 per rent or 3,730.914 pound* more than in August 1975. Wilton reported Handier* ufiUted 370,333,008 pound* of these receipt* or il 9 per rent for fluid milk product* i (lam I ) In August 1975 the ru»» I ut'hiation percentage was 50 2 For August 1978, handler* paid 110 72 for Has* I milk compared with $0 51 ■ y car ago Wilson stated that receipt* on bulk tank unit* were 734.934.4G7 pound*, up .*** 8 - f ' s A / 162 A conveyor 155 A conveyor 166 overhead feeder 101 conveyor HAMBURG HONEY BROOI KIRKWOOD LEBANON McALISTERVILLE 13.955.tM pound* He added that this ■» 97 I per rant of the pool, compared lo 90 9 per rent a year ago A total of M2.M7.4M pound*, or 511 per rant, of tank milk wa» used a* (Taa* It and wa» *ub)ert lo the tranaportalian credit which amounted to $382,847 50 l*roducer* with tank milk numbered 18.244, a decrease of 2 2 per rent The ad ministrator said that the total number of producer* In the pool wa* 19.319, a loaa of 4 6 per cent Average dally deliveries per producer roar 66 pound* lo 1,264 pounds The gross value lo dairy 166 conveyor Model 200 400 gutter cleener menure pump 400 menure etecker 400 Swinging elide Model 100 mechenleel 366 menure etecker menure pump 266 llquldvetor 181 manure epreeder H. DANIEL WENGER 488-6574 ZOOK'S FARM STORE 273-9730 LANDIS &ESBENSHADE PIPERSVILLE 786-4158 MARVIN HORST 272-0871 CLAIR SANER & SON 463-2234 farmera of Auquat milk ticDrprte* *m rri.cn.iii ZJ Wllaon « plained that thia included dlfferenllala required (a be paid to dairy farmer* la* tx< voluntary premium* or deduction* authorised by the farmer All prtrea quoted are for milk oflipar retd butter**! received within the 20) 210 mile tone from New York nty TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! lit* fill MILLERSBURG LANDIS LABOR SAVERS MILTON LANDIS FARMSTEAD AUTOMATION NEWVILLE FREDB. McGILLYRAY 776-7312 MOYER FARM SERVICE STREET MD WALTER WEBSTER 452-8521 THOMASVILLE KENNETH LSPAHR 225-1064 692-4647 437-2375 766-8675
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