) Gain Registered Performance tested cattle sale averages top $lOOO the average was $1,011.31. Top bull was a per formance tested yearlong, consigned by Pmney Purdue Agricultural Center, Wanatah, Indiana, and bought by James Sivertson and Family, Terre Haute, Indiana for $1,700. Second top selling bull was consigned by Allen Mohler, Thorntown, Indiana, sold to LINCOLN, Neb. - The Thirteenth Annual Edition of the Indiana sponsored Red Poll sale of Gam Registered Performance tested cattle, had 62 lots gross $64,525 to average $1,040.73. This was the second tune m the breed’s history any of it’s sales have reached $1,000.00 averages. Last year at the sale in Indianapolis THESE BUSH HOG HEAVYWEIGHTS WONT KNOCK-OUT YOUR BUDGET Bush Hog® Models 145,146 and 245 disc harrows are signed to take the rough punishment of rugged, open heavy-weight champs in ;he field, yet they carry a field plowing in the toughest soils Choose the one light-weight price* These hefty offset harrows are de- that’s just right for your needs and preference MODEL 145 Pull-type with 6 to 9 discing widths 3x4' high-strength steel boxed frame 30 to 60 HP requirements Available in three weight classes Get the most rugged and dependable harrows on the market the Bush Hog heavy weights See them at your Bush Hog dealer soon HOG allied products CORPORATION It’s not a Bush Hog if it doesn't say Bush Hog ASK YOUR BUSH HOG DEALER ABOUT SPECIAL SPRING LOADER SCRAPERS FOR ADVERSE SOIL CONDITIONS. BENCE’S FARM EQUIPMENT RD2 Bedford, PA 15522 814-623-8601 CLAPPER FARM EQUIPMENT RDI Alexandria, PA 16611 814-669-4465 IVAN I. ZOOK Belleville, PA 17004 GEORGE N. GROSS, INC. 717-935-2948 5261 Davidsburg Rd Dover, PA 17315 717-292-1673 NEVIN N. MYER & SONS, INC. RD 1 Chester Springs, PA 19425 THOMAS L. DUNLAP RD 1 Box 105 Jersey Shore, PA 17740 717-398-1391 PETERMAN FARM EQUIPMENT, INC. 225 York Rd Carlisle, PA 17013 717-249-5338 215-827-7414 Phillip L. & Carolyn L. Rice, Cotter, Arkansas, for $1,500. Top female was a cow and calf lot consigned by Pmney Purdue Agricultural Center, and bought for $2,300 by the Dahlke Ranch, Bagiev, Min nesota Second top selling female was an open heifer, consign ed by Cent-Arkansas Red Poll Farm, Beebe, Arkansas and sold to new breeder Bette A. Tomlinson, Washburn, Illinois for $2,100. MODEL 146 Offset breaking harrow with 6' to 13'6 discing widths rugged boxed steelmain frame Available in light or heavy-duty models MILLER SALES A SERVICE INC. Stewartstown PA 17363 717-993-2470 CHAPMAN EQUIPMENT CENTER REEDY BROS. CO. RD4 Gettysburg, PA 17325 717-334-3710 MODEL 245 Rigid offset harrow with 12 to 18 6"disc mg widths extra heavy-duty high- strength steel tubing frame 95 to 150 HP requirements Available in light, regular and heavy-duty models RD2 Wescosville, PA 18106 215-398-2553 UMBERGERS MILL RD 4 Box 132 Lebanon. PA 17042 717-867-5161 AGWAY INC. Biglerville, PA 17307 717-677-7131 Signs of Life Taking the biggest jump m 16 months the Mmnesota- Wisconsm price, adjusted to 3.5 percent butterfat, leaped 24 cents to $11.59 in March. After gaming only ten cents in five months from October to February, the 24 cent increase m one month could only be credited to the anticipated 85 cent increase in the support price to come after April 1. So, what might have appeared to be signs of life m the market were only the dealers hurrying to buy milk for manufacturing at prices a little higher than the last five months - before they have to start buying it for a lot more when the new sup port price starts to take ef fect. This was also bom out by the fact that butter, powder and cheese prices, on the average, didn’t change that much m March But, if the products could be sold for 'the new support prices m April, than the March milk price was a bargain. So, m the process, you got a 24 cent boost m your Basic Formula Price the likes of which you haven’t seen in nearly a year and a half. However, it’s still 61 cents away from the full increase COMPARE! Bush Hog Always Comes Out The Winner FARMERSVILLE EQUIPMENT, INC. RD4 Ephrata, PA 17522 717-354-4271 A. L. HERR * BROS. 312 Park Ave Quarryville, PA 17566 717-786-3521 STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE Cochranville, PA 19330 215-593-2407 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 19,1980—035 and that’s going to be a lot harder to come by this Spr ing. With butter manufactur ing up 19 million pounds over the first three months of last year, cheese up 43 million and powder up 60 million pounds, the dairy product cupboard isn’t exactly bare. In fact it’s far from it. In addition, cheese has lost some of its earlier demand with lower meat prices. And butter sales are off taking a back seat to the low priced spread by penny pinching consumers. Your increasing milk production will also compound the problem. There’s going to be a lot of dead weight to lift to get milk prices up to the support level by government purchases. And it’s going to take several months to do it. Leaps and Bounds Even that 24 cent jump m the Basic Formula Price from Minnesota and Wiscon sin wasn’t enough to help your blend price m Order 2 for March as you continued, for the fourth consecutive month, increasing milk pro duction by leaps and bounds. This time it was a record leap of 4.6 per cent over February (corrected for 28 days) after bounds of 2.5 per cent last month and four per cent each month for January and December over the previous month. You are now up to 922 million pounds for March in Order 2. That’s the highest production for the month since 1966 14 years ago oooooeoeooeo! LIQUID GLASS YOU SAW AT THE FARM EXPO It’s waterproof, acid and salt resistant Apply like paint, when dry has a surface like enamel. Will last for years. Some Uses: • Milking Parlors • Farrowing • Mangers Houses • Cement Floors At a Fraction of the Cost of Glassboard and Tiling! For Information HORACE L HEMDEL & SONS FARMS York,PA Call Jeff - 717-75&6062 Dealer Inquiries Invited when we were setting na tional records in milk pro duction. In fact, there were only three months in the last six years that you had higher production in Order 2. Thank goodness your Class I sales are hanging m there around 13 million pounds a day. But with your leaping and bounding production, Class I utilization dropped to 43.3 per cent. That’s 2.5 per cent lower than February and the worst March m 25 years, except last year during the Teamsters’ Union strike in New York City. We haven’t seen a billion pounds of milk a month since May 1970. But with two mon ths more to go, I’ll bet you will do it this year. Bottom Line So, where did all this leave you? Take a Class n price m March of $11.54 that was 17 cents better than February and a Class I price of $13.62 that was only three cents better. Add a Class I utiliza tion 2.5 per cent less and a 20 cent take out for the Louisville Plan. Put them all together and they make $12.08 the uniform price in Order 2 for March milk. Telling it quickly doesn’t help to ease the pain of a price that’s 16 cents less than last month and only 95 cents better than last year. But that’s about what you can ex pect for the next few months. Even increasing Class prices propped up by price supports may not be able to make up for 30 and 40 cent Louisville Plan take outs over the next three months along with declining Class I utilization due to increasing production. Much depends on how fast the Basic Formula Price can be brought up beyond $12.00 from its present $11.59 by government purchases. It’s going to be a hard job with no help from supply or demand so don’t look for much farm price improve ment before July. GIGANTIC SELECTION IN Lancaster Farming's CLASSIFIEDS
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