Al6-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, February 27, 1988
30 YEARS AGO
- A week of “just the right kind
of weather” removed much of the
record snowfall during the past
week without danger of flood or
much damage to crops.
Lancaster Countians were still
nervous last week with the Weath
er Bureau holding out a promise of
St. Louis Cattle,
Hogs
Wed., February 24, 1988
CATTLE AND CALVES 150 (SLTR
100. FDRS 50).
TRADING MODERATELY ACTIVE.
SLAUGHTER SUPPLY CONSISTS OF
COWS. COWS STEADY TO 1.00 LOW
ER THAN TUESDAY’S MARKET
DECLINE ON HIGH-YIELDING CUT
TER AND BONING UTILITY.
COWS; CUTT, UTIL. COMM BULK
SALES HI-DRESS % LO DRESS %
BREAKING 2-4 44.00-49 00.
BONING 1-2 49 00-5000 MOSTLY
50 00 FEW 51 00
CANKER & CUTTER 1-2 43 00-48 00
SHELLY CANKER 1-239.00-43.00 DS
214 QUOTATION CHANGES- DD
49.00-51.00 DE 47.00-51 00. RES
UNCHANGED
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more snow over the weekend. For
tunately the promise failed to
materialize.
- Value of all livestock inven
toried on Pennsylvania farms as of
Jan. 1 showed an increase of more
than $34 million last year, the State
Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia Eggs
Thursday, Feb. 25, 1988
Report Supplied by USDA
MARKET COMMENT: PRICES
UNCHANGED TO HIGHER ON EXTRA
LARGE AND LARGE. UNCHANGED
ON MEDIUM. TRADE SEN'I IMENT
WAS FULLY STEADY TO FIRM.
DEMAND FOR CARTONED EGGS AT
THE REATIL LEVEL WAS SLOW TO
FAIR WHOLESALE TRADING WAS
MIXED SUPPLIES WERE ADEQUATE
TO FULLY ADEQUATE WITH EXCESS
PRODUCT HELD CONFIDENTLY
PRICES TO RETAILERS: SALES TO
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- Farmers of the United States
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for the 16th annual National Plow
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Exposition to be held at Hershey,
next Aug. 21-22, according to the
man who originated the national
farm event 16 years ago.
- Sugar preserved dairy cream
that keeps well, unrefrigerated,
just as do sweetened condensed
and evaporated milk, is a promis
ing new product of dairy research.
The manufacturing process is a
simple one that any well-equipped
dairy plant can carry out. It pro
duces a sweetened cream product
containing 40 percent butterfat,
additional nonfat milk solids, and
sugar in sufficient concentration to
preserve it at room temperature for
at least six months. Further storage
tests are underway.
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culture Monday cleared the way
for spraying 100,000 acres of farm
and forest lands to eradicate gypsy
YORK Four York County
retail agriculture markets wel
comed visitors from across the reg
ion, as hosts for the annual Mid-
Atlantic Marketing Association’s
tour.
The York tour was an opener for
the marketers’ annual conference,
hosted at Willow Valley, south of
Lancaster, February 16-18.
Some 250 of the market retailers
enjoyed stops at downtown York
Central Market, now celebrating
The Saving Place
HOURS
Mon.-Fri.: 7 AM-5 PM; Sat.: 7 AM-Noon
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Receiving Monday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Tuesday until Sale Time
Trucks are available - call for arrangements
Retail Marketers
Tour York
AIR FREIGHT, ETC.
BUS -
moth cateipillar next May in seven
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Counties.
it’s 100th year, Miller’s Plant
Farm south of York, Brown’s
Retail Market and Orchard Bake
Shop at Loganville, and The Far
mer’s Daughter produce, plant and
crafts market at Shrewsbury.
Participants in the Marketing
Association conference repre
sented retail farm markets in Pen
nsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia, New York,
New England and Ohio.
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