—Lancaster Farming. Saturday 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday,. April 25 to Friday, April 29 Mon. Tues. Wed. Tliurs. WHITE Ex Large Large Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets Peewees Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Off Grade Large 53 53 53 50 Checks 36 36 36 35 Tone - Supplies Ample, Demand Spotty. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications. New England Weekly Shell Egg Report Tuesday, April 26,1977 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: EXTRA LARGE MASS (X) 66-73 Mostly 67-68 NEWHAMP. 61-68 65-66 70-71 68-78 Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 70-75 69-73 65-67 MAINE 68-70 69-71 60-62 41-43 (X) INCLUDES CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS ONLY. NEST RUN EGGS Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradeable nest run eggs (GNR) on ECI, a nationwide trading center for producers, packers and marketers. GNR eggs are classified by weight in 30-dozen cases, and traded in lots of either 300 or 750 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. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 2 - Large Class 3 - Medium Class 4 - Small Breaking Stock Checks Baltimore Eggs Wednesday, April 27,1977 Prices unchanged to 3 cents lower. Demand slow to I fl************************ I k * p ♦lancaster panning $ I k “ - " £ I * P.0.80x266-Lititz. PA 17543 I # * Office: 22 E. Main St., Lititz, PA 17543 * p * Record-Express Office Building k % r Phone: Lancaster 717-394-3047 * 3 J or Lititz 717-626-1164 J 3 * Robert G. Campbell, Publisher | £ Dieter Krieg, Editor -k Joanne Spahr, Associate Editor £ £ k Laurel Schaeffer, Berks County Correspondent* |f * Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent $ i •¥ i £ Subscription Price - $4 per year k f k $8 per year outside of - £ I * PA, NJ.MD.DE. NY. VA&WV 5 % £ Established November 4,1955 k %, Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming £ 'w k Lititz, PA £ I year ' s k Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 £ i Mishierand c ■fc ■¥ W £ For Address Change form or new subscription k § £see Classified Section. k i k Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn, Pa Newspaper £ % k Poofishers Assoctabon, and National Newspaper Associabon. 1 * msmnmmm LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 65- 58-65 3944 66- 59-60 4041 60-67 53-60 3441 57-58 62-63 60-70 64-65 69-70 67-76 Tuesday Thurs. fair. Supplies fully adequate. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (min one case sale) white. Grade A Large 61-67 Grade A Medium 55-62 iril 30. 1977 Fri. The following market is supplied by PACMA-FACTS, a direct marketing organization affiliated with the Pennsylvania Farmers’ Association. Participating poultrymen are members of PACMA, which employs a fowl marketing agent - The Farmers’ Agricultural Cooperative Trading Society (FACT) - to sell members’ fowl. PACMA works directly with the PFA poultrymen in the program. Too few sales to establish a market. Wednesday, April 27,1977 Prices unchanged to lower on all sizes. Cartoning demand fair to occassionally good where light features on large involved. Offering ample. Underrone unsettled to steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in cartons, delivered: Store Door A Extra Large 57-61; A Large 56-60 Vz ; A Medium 51- 55 38-39 4344 Fogelsville Poultry April 19,1977 Hens, heavy type 26-32, mostly 26-29; Pullets 41-48, mostly 41-45; Roasters 20- 41 %, mostly 35%-41fc; Ducks 35-50, mostly 35-40; Geese 37-55; Turkeys-Hens 34; Rabbits 50-88, mostly 75- 88; Guineas 1.45-1.60, mostly 1.50-1.60; Pigeons (per pr.) 2.01-3.51. Total coops sold 310. Auction Day - Tuesday each week Poultry Received - Mon. 7 P.M. to 10:30 P.M.; Tues. 7 A.M. to 12 Noon Sale at 11:30 A.M. Phone 215-395-6611 PACMA-FACTS Spent Fowl Philadelphia Eggs You're invited to an OPEN HOUSE at the Charles Wertz Farm lues., May 3rd, 1977 9:30 A.M.- 3:30 P.M. 2 Vz miles from Shoemakersvilie, Pa. Lavm Farm Barton with Hay Markets Regional Hay April 25,1977 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm, price per-ton.) Hay & Straw Stow, steady, spots weaker. Alfalfa 75.00- 85.00, Mixed hay 55.00-65.00, Timothy hay 50.00-60.00, Straw 50:00-55.00, Mulch 20.00-30.00. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry Wednesday, April 27,1977 Prices unchanged to lower on light type hens. Offerings continue fairly heavy for a fair steady processor in terest. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 8-10, mostly 9%-10; Heavy type hens . Delmarva Poultry Wednesday, April 27,1977 Ready to cook movement generally good on whole birds, just fair on parts. Slaughter schedules heavy at all plants. Todays LTL asking prices ranged 1 cent higher on both plant and US Grade A at 43 and 44 cents respectively. Advance in terest slow in developing. Live supplies fully adequate at heavy but acceptable weights. Undertone firm. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 Lb. ready to cook broiler fryers for delivery this week: Plant grade fillin 43.00 Current broiler fryer negotiated prices for im mediate included mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva: Range US Grade A 42-44; Plant Grade 42-43; Premium X US Grade A 48.00; Premium X Plant Grade 46.00; WTD Ave. US Grade A 43.24; Plant Grade 42.54; Premium X US Grade A 48.00; Premium X Plant Grade 46.00. X-includes special ser vices, selected competive brands, etc. Open House; Moyer's sales reps. H. Bob Lavin, right. 'Mtoyen, '4 CHICKS, INC Quakertown. PA 18951 Phone; 215*536-3155 New Holland Hay Monday, April 25 127 Loads total. Market steady with last week on all grades of hay. Alfalfa No. 1- 100-120 ton. No. 2480-100. No. 3 65-80. Alfalfa Mixed -1 a few loads 95-118. No. 2- 8045. No. 3-58-80. Timothy Hay-No.l-65-75. No. 2-55-65. No. 3-48-55. Mixed Hay-No. 1- a few loads-75-96. No. 2-65-85. No. 3-50-65. -Clover No. 1- None. No. 2-70-80. No. 3-50-70. Straw-6445. Com Fodder-45- 58. Ear com-71-74. Mulch Hay-44-48. Oats-1.80 bushel. Wood Shavings-$lO ton. Green Dragon April 22,1977 Prices per ton: 56 loads hay & 17 loads straw. Alfalfa, few 88.00-92.00, one at 107.00, some down to 66.00, Timothy, few 49.00-56.00; Mixed hay 55.00-95.00, some down to 39.00; Straw 58.00- 67.00; Com, one load 76.00; Com Fodder, 2 loads 41.00 & 47.00. U«tuifc iMle < RCA»IN£ Another progressive poultryman has chosen '7ffau&t4 to supply his need for 34,000 locally-grown, ready-to-lay DEKALB pullets You are welcome to visit this Dutchman cage system open house. Ask us about the records some of your neighbors are setting with the new DEKALB layers. | COME-VISUALIZE-INOUIRE | Refreshments - Door Prizes ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ Horse shots urged ANNAPOLIS, Md.. Horse and pony owners ate urged to vaccinate their animals against dread Equine Encephaht ls (‘Sleeping Sickness’) no»j that mosquitos and other' biting insects are taking to the air. Dr. HughE. Binks, chief 0 | 1,1 the Maryland Department Agiculture’s Animal Health Section, says ef ft fective vaccines art' available but that they are I effective for only one year, - and thus, horses and pomes, ■ should be protected by a 7 fresh vaccination for 1977 J Combined killed-virus " vaccines are now availablt for Eastern Equine En 1 cephalitits (EEE) and Western Equine En cephalitis (WEE) which art known to occur in this area AIJ The other form of Equai || Encephalitis—Venezuelan (VEE) has not beet m diagnosed in the United States since 1971. Jj Horse owners are urged bj || Dr. Binks to contact thei Jj private veterinarian ant J| make prompt arrangement! to have their horse II protected. M Sk**±nt CijJJiiS Prei Im/jli ut ,i. IX|«U K Cti
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