—Uncaster Farming, Saturday, October 29,197? 4 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, October 24 to Friday, October 28 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE Ex Large Large Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large 63 65 65 67 67 Mediums Unquoted Pullets Unquoted Peewees Unquoted Off Grade Large 51 53 53 55 Checks 31 32 32 34 Tone - Full steady to firm. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report October 25,1977 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large 67- 68- 62-68 66-67 69- 69-75 MASS.+ Mostly NEWHAMP. Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 71-73 ' 69-71 62-65 MAINE ' 69-71 67-69 60-62 44-46 +lncludes Central and Western Sections Only. Nest Run Eggs Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (Ed) Durham, N.H. and reflect trading prices for gradable nest run eggs (GNR) on Ed, 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: Classification Extra Large Class 1 - Large Class 2 - Large Class 3-Medium Class 4-Small Breaking Stock Checks ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ * t * i { j nn ♦ I 1 * t * * * * ♦ * * * 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 717-626-1164 * * * * * * ♦ ★ ♦ * * * ♦ * ♦ £ Established November 4,1955 Published every Saturday by Lancaster Farming, Lititz, PA ■¥ Second Class Postage paid at Lititz, PA 17543 * £ For address change form or new subscription + +c see Classified Section. -fc Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper ♦ Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. J ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Robert G. Campbell, Publisher Dieter Krieg, Editor Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor Kendace Borry, Associate Editor Laurel Shaeffer, Berks County Correspondent Joyce Bupp, York County Correspondent Subscription Price: $6.00 per year; $lO.OO - 2 years $8 00 per year outside of PA, NJ, MD, DE, NY, VA&WV Medium 58- 59- 53-59 57-58 61-62 60- Large 65-67 65-66 60-66 64-65 67-68 67-73 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. Wednesday 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. Delmarva Poultry ' October 26,1977 Ready-to-cook movement mixed ranging light to fair at best. Slaughter schedules moderate. Todays little asking prices held mostly 39 on plant and 40 on US Grade A. Advance interest moderate but unaggressive. live supplies ample though weights occasionally lighter than desired. Undertone unsettled to weak. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for im mediate includes mostly multiple-drop shipments to New York City from Delmarva. Range: US Grade A 38-41 Plant Grade 38-39% Premium X US Grade A 48.00 Premium X Plant Grade 46.00. Wtd. Avg.: US Grade A 39.74 Plant Grade 38.90 Premium X US Grade A 48.00 Premium X Plant Grade 46.00. Small 42- 43- 37-43 41-42 44- X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc. Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry October 26,1977 Prices steady on light type hens. Offerings adequate for a fair demand. Offerings of heavy type adequate for a fairly good call. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 8-9% mostly 9- 9% F. 0.8. plant 11-11%; heavy type hens TFEWR. Tffau&it CHICKS, INC. BROWN & WHITE EGG LAYERS Friday * * * We have different makes, sizes, and styles of delivery vans to fill different needs for us And as a progressive poultryman. you should be able to choose the layer which best meets the unique needs of your operation DEKALB does offer you 3 ‘models’ from which to choose the DK-231, XL-Lmk, and the Sex PACMA Facts . PACMA-FACTS The following market is supplied by PACMA-FACTS, a direct marketing organiza tion affiliated with the Penn sylvania Farmers’ Associa tion. 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. Farm point prices prevail ing for fowl to be marketed by members during the week of October 25 were 9% cents' at farm weight, 11% at plant weight. Baltimore Eggs 0ct0ber26,1977 Prices unchanged to two cents higher. Demand good for Large, irregular for Mediums. Supplies adequate. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (Min one case sale) White. Grade A Large 62-67. Grade A Medium 55-61. Philadelphia Eggs October 26,1977 Prices unchanged to higher on all sizes. Cartoning demand fairly good where features in progress other wise light. Offerings fully adequate on all sizes. Un dertone fully steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered: Store door: A Extra Large 56%-63; A Large 55%-61; A Medium 48%-54. Quakertown, PA. 18951 Deliverymen Dave Overholt, Bob Lytle, and Lester Moyer MOYER'S OFFERS YOU A CHOICE! Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market Wednesday, Oct 26 56 Loads Alfalfa 65 to 110; Timothy 81 to 99; Mixed Hay 71 to 104; Straw, 7 loads, 59 to 101, 1 load 130; Com Fodder 8 loads 42t058; Com 8 loads 50 to 62.50; Com new 2 leads 37 to 42.50. (All hay No. 2 and'better, prices paid by dealers aUhe farm and price per ton)." Hay and Straw steady. Alfalfa 80.00-90.00; Mixed hay 65.00-80.00; Timothy hay 60.00-75.00; Straw 60.00- 75.00; Mulch3s.oo-40.00.' Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. October 21,1977 Prices per ton: 27 loads hay & 8 loads straw. Alfalfa, few 79.00-110.00; Timothy, few 84.00-100.00; Mixed hay 75.00-90.00, one 101.00; Clover, one at 98.00; Straw 73.00-90.00; Ear Com, 15 loads 53.0960.00. L It M FUR & WOOLEN ENTERPRISE —"VT Quality Electrified Mountons & Furs L K Tannery Direct Dist. • Wholesale & Retail \ojrn' Check our Quality, Price & Services! • Woolen Hosp. Pads - Natural & All Colors • Pa. Largest Selection of Woolen Products • Sheepskin Coats at Reasonable Prices • See Us At Meadowbrook Market in Leola 117 W. Summit St., Molmton, Pa. , 215-777-2465 Hours: Mon - Fri. 9-8:30; Sat. 9-5 (215) 536-3155 Sal brown layer. Do you need early maturity, ex tra large eggs, exceptional shell strength, high egg numbers, brown or white eggs? We’d like the pnvelege of helping you decide which DEKALB layer is best fitted for your needs. Hay Markets Regional ' 0ct0ber24,1977 New Holland Hay Market not available due to holiday/ Lancaster Feeder Pig Lancaster, Pa. Tuesday, Oct 25,1977 Feeder Pigs 1402 Today Two Weeks Ago 1467 TREND: Compared to two weeks ago feeder pigs 5.00- 8.00 lower. All prices on a per hundred weight basis. US 1-2 3240 lb. 86.00-97.50; 40-50 lb. 81.00-84.00; 50-60 lb. 74.00-82.50; 60-75 lb. 64.00 74.00; Lot 82 lb. 58.00. US 2-318 head 27 lb. 67.50; 3040 lb. 78.0088.00;40-50 lb. 76.0082.00; 57 head 65.00 67.50; 50601 b. 65.0072.00; 67- 75 lb. 58.0061.50. Lot 97 lb. 59.00. Utility 30-65 lb. 45.0tV52.00. Language Barrier? More than 80 languages and dialects are spoken in the Philippines Halt of the islands’ 44 million inhab itants speak English. But the nation’s official lan guage remains Filipino (cq) —which is based on Tagalog. HUBBARD WHITE MT, BROILERS
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