4 —Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 26,1977 Poultry Market Reports Weekly New York Egg Market From Monday, November 21 to Friday November 25 Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. WHITE Ex Large Large Mediums Pullets Peewees BROWN Large Mediums Pullets Peewees 63 Unquoted Unquoted Unquoted Off Grade Large 48 47 47 Y Checks 30 28 27 Tone - replacement orders active, market steady. Copyright 1977 Urner Barry Publications 3®SHKKSIS^ N. E. Weekly Shell Egg Report November 22,1977 Prices paid per dozen Grade “A” Brown eggs in cartons delivered to retail stores: Ex. Large 65-72 MASS.+ Mostly NEWHAMP. Mostly R.I. VERMONT Mostly 69-73 67-71 64-67 MAINE 68-70 66-68 63-65 -Mncludes Central and Western Sections Only. srtfsi Nest Run Eggs Prices are from Egg Clearinghouse, Inc., (ECI) 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 * 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 Robert G. Campbell, Publisher Dieter Krieg, Editor Joanne Spahr, Assistant Editor Kendace Borry, Associate Editor Laurel Schaeffer, Staff Correspondent Joyce Bupp, Staff Correspondent + Subscription Price: j S6.CX) per year; $ 10.00 - 2 years $8 00 per year outside of * PA, NJ, MD, DE, NY, VA&WV * * + 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 see Classified Section. Members of Newspaper Farm Editors Assn., Pa. Newspaper J Publishers Association, and National Newspaper Association. J ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Large 63-70 6466 5864 6263 6768 65-78 66-68 60-66 6465 69-70 6760 New Weight Per Case 51 lbs. Tuesday Friday 48 lbs. 45 lbs. 42 lbs. 39 lbs. 48 lbs. 48 lbs. A- &?!?«• Small 4664 47-49 4147 45-46 5061 Medium 6067 6163 5561 5960 6465 62-70 49-51 multiple-drop shipments to ,New York City' from Delmarva. Range: US gratis A 36-39, Plant grade 36-37, Premium X US grade A Philadelphia Eggs November 23,1977 EGGS: Prices unchanged to lower. Cartoning demand fair. Offerings ample’ on mediums, adequate on larger sizes. Undertone steady. Prices to retailers: Sales to volume buyers, consumer grades white eggs in car tons, delivered: store door, A Extra Large 52-59, A Large 51-57, A Medium 44- 52%. Delmarva Poultry November 23,1977 Ready to cook movement improved for late week needs to a generally good position. Slaughter schedules still curtailed overall. Todays little asking prices mostly 37 on plant and 38 on US grade A. Live supplies fully adequate at desirable weights. Un dertone fully steady. Negotiated trucklot prices 2-3 lb. ready to cook broiler/fryers for delivery next week: Plant grade 36- 37. Current broiler/fryer negotiated prices for im- mediate includes mostly 44.00, Premium X Plant grade 42.00. WTD Avg: US grade A 37.25, Plant grade 36.31, Premium X US grade A 44.00, Premium X Plant grade 42.00. X - includes special ser vices, selected competitive brands, etc.' Eastern Pa. & N. J. Poultry November 23,1977 Prices trended higher within unchanged ranges on light type hens. Demand good for limited offerings of light type hens. Offerings adequate for a good call on heavy type hens. Prices paid at farm: Light type hens 8-10, mostly 9%-10. DL Plant HMs-12%, mostly 12. Heavy type hens TFEWR. Fogelsville Poultry November 21,1977 Prices paid dock weights, cents per lb. except where noted. Hens, heavy type 10-27, mostly 15-20; puilets 41-49, mostly 41-46; roasters 38-43, mostly 38-40; capons 56-67, mostly 57-58; jlrakes 54-63; geese 36-55; turkeys, toms 47-51; rabbits 25-75, mostly 65-70; guineas 1.05; pigeons (per pair) 2.50. Total coops sold 225. Hay Markets Green Dragon Hay Ephrata, Pa. November 18 1977 Prices per ton: 28 loads hay & 10 loads straw. Alfalfa, couple loads 104.00 and 110-00; Timothy, few /8.00-100.00; Mixed hay, 77.00-101.00, few to 115.00; Clover, one load 86.00;'Or chard Grass hay, ”1 load 82.00; Straw 77.00-103.00; Ear Com, 7 loads 64.50-69.50, one at 53.00; Com Fodder, 4 loads 41.00-58.00. Regional Hay November 21,1977 (All hay No. 2 and better, prices paid by dealers at the farm & per ton). Hay & Straw steady to $5 higher. Alfalfa 80.00-100.00; Mixed hay 75.00-90.00; Timothy hay 70.00-80.00; Straw 60.00- 75.00; Mulch 30.00-50.00. Baltimore Eggs November 23,1977 Eggs: "Prices unchanged to 1 cent lower on large, unchanged to 3 cents lower on mediums. Demand is good. Supplies Adequate. Cartoned eggs: Prices to retailers, state graded (Min. one case sale) white. Grade A Large 56-60 Grade A Medium 49-56. Spepd. Quick. Rapid. They all mean a lot of high quality eggs—fast. And, that means high peaks and good feed conversion. The New DEKALB XL-LINK that has the whole industry talking is a “Speed Bird." A maximum performer bred to turn out the egg numbers without sacrificing important characteristics like livability and adap tability. She may be just what you need. Ask one of Moyer’s representatives to show you some current records of what local XL-LINK flocks look like. YOUR MOYER’S CHICKS REPRESENTATIVES: HAROLD MISHLER Phone 215-795-2195 Eastern PA-N J-MD Areas Quakertown, PA. 18951 Harvey Z. Martin Hay Market Wednesday, Nov. 23 55 Loads Alfalfa 78 to 135; Timothy 84 lo 130; Clover (1 load) 94; Mixed bay 79 to 119; Mulch 1-Hay 60 and 62; Orchard Grass 84; Straw (3 loads 99 to 103; Corn Fodder (2 loads w/high moisture) 34 and 40, (1 load) 75; Bean Stalks (2 loads) 53 and 56; Ear Com (6 loads old) 61 to 71; (4 lodas new) 54.50 to 57. XL-LINK “THE SPEED BIRD” CHICKS, INC. New Holland Hay Monday, Nov. 21,1977 New Holland Sales Stables Total 70 loads. Alfalfa 72-122; timothy hay 61-97; mixed hay 72-115; clover hay 69-97; straw 73- 104; ear corn, 13 loads, new 15-54, old 6339; com fodder 45-57; soybean stalks 54. Fifty years ago, only one out of five people in the labor force was female. Today, that figure is two out of five—or 37 million out of 96 million. However the gap between the earnings of women and men has nearly doubled since 1955 —from $1,911 to $3,433. CARROLL “Bart” BARTON Phone 717-394-5449 Lancaster-York-Central PA Areas (215)536-3155 Women At Work.
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