Order No. 4
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Middle Atlantic Order Market
Administrator Joseph D. Shine
today announced a December
1988 base milk price of $ 13.7 3 per
hundredweight and an excess milk
price of $12.25. The weighted
average December price was
$13.67 and the bulterfat differen
tial for the month was 15.1 cents.
The base milk price was up 20
cents from November and was 78
cents higher than last December.
The weighted average price was
up 15 cents from November and
BIG CAPACITY
SPREADERS
Alrvlll*
FARMERS EQ. & SUPPLY CO., INC.
717-862-3967 or 3968
BechHlsvlll»
MILLER EQUIPMENT
215-845-2911
Belleville
IVAN J. ZOOK A SONS, INC.
717-935-2948
Bethel
ZIMMERMAN S FARM SERVICE
717-933-4114
Cgchrwiylllt
STOLTZFUS FARM SERVICE
215-593-2407
Creeeon
HINES EQUIPMENT
814-886-4183
Bellwood
814-742-8171
Dover
GEORGE N. GROSS, INC.
717-292-1673
Eeeton
FANCY FURROW FARMS AG. EQ.
215-252-8828
Class I Milk Price
was 79 cents higher than last
December.
Mr. Shine said that the Decem
ber volume of producer milk
pooled under the Order, 536.6
million pounds, was up 1.3 mil
lion pounds or 0.2 percent from
last December. The average daily
delivery per producer of 2,831
pounds in December was up 135
pounds or 5.0 percent from a year
earlier. A total of 6,115 producers
supplied Order 4 pool handlers
during the month, 291 fewer than
last December. Class I producer
Up to 390 Bushel
Size Available
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operation? The New Idea Model
3639 at 390 bushels can handle
your large spreading needs.
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hydraulic cylinders on the endgate
and super slick, super tough floor,
it can withstand countless heavy
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Ewralt
SOLLENBERQER EQUIPMENT,
Gettysburg
YINGLING’S IMPLEMENTS
717-359-4848
Greenceetle
MEYERS IMPLEMENTS, INC.
Uamltuia
SHARTLESVILLE
FARM SERVICE
RO 1
215-488-1025
H. Daniel Wenger, Prop.
Honeedele
MARSHALL MACHINERY, INC.
Jereev Shore
THOMAS L DUNLAP
717-398-1391
3639
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Enhnli
ROY H. SUCH, INC.
RD 2
717-859-2441
INC.
814-652-5223
717-597-2176
717-729-7117
Is $1530 For February
milk totaled 269.0 million pounds
and accounted for 50.13 percent of
total producer milk receipts in
December. The December 1987
Class I utilization was 52.22 per
cent. The volume of Class I pro
ducer milk was down 3.8 percent
from a year ago. The volume of
Class II milk was up 11.8 million
pounds or 4.6 percent from a year
earlier. Base milk accounted for
89.49 percent of total December
producer milk deliveries, down
from 91.49 percent last December.
The average butterfat test of pro
WILLIAM F. WELUVER
717-437-2430
W.C. CRYTZER EQUIP., INC.
412-543-2441
Kllnaeratown
STANLEY'S FARM SERVICE
717-648-2088
Lebanon (Fontmal
UMBERGER'S OF FONTANA
RD 4
717-867-5161
MaxaUwnv
N.H. FUCKER A SONS, INC.
215-683-7252
MlHllnbura
BS & B REPAIR
717-966-3756
Mill Hill
DUNKLE AND GRIEB
717-726-3115
ducer milk was 3.84 percent in
December, compared to 3.81 a
year ago.
Order 4 pool handlers reported
Class I in-area milk sales of 224.3
million pounds during December,
a decrease of 0.8 percent from a
year earlier, after adjustment to
eliminate variation due to calendar
composition.
In 1988 a total of 6.20 billion
pounds of producer milk was
pooled under Order 4, 82.3 mil
lion pounds less than during the
previous year. This was a decrease
ninenm
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your spreading needs.
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Hvm Holland
A.B.C. GROFF, INC.
717-354-4191
PEOPLES SALES A SEI
Qmkertown'
C.J. WONSIDLER BROS.
215-536-1935
ACE- JURISTA, INC.
717-836-2610
2T, 1986-D9
NEW IDEA
iVICE, INC.
717-463-2735
Ou«ITVVlll«
A.L. HERR A BRO.
717-786-3521
Spring Mill*
RT. 45 SALES
A SERVICE
RD 1
814-422-8805
mkhmnoi
of 1.3 percent. The volume of
Class I producer milk totaled 3.08
billion pounds in 1988, down 68.2
million pounds, or 2.2 percent
from a year earlier. The Class I
utilization percentage averaged
49.75 during the past year, down
from the 50.18 average in 1987.
The Order 4 base milk price
averaged $12.52 per hundred
weight during 1988, 37 cents less
than a year earlier while the aver
age excess milk price of $10.95 in
1988 was down 20 cents.
MARYLAND
Churchvllle
WALTER G. COALE, INC.
301-734-7722
301-879-1434
Frederick
KNOTT & GEISBERT, INC.
RD 2
301-662-3800
Hwintown
ANTIETAM .FORD TRACTOR
301-791-1200
Unsboro
WERTZ GARAGE, INC.
301-374-2672
RI»lno Sun
BIGGS, INC.
301-658-5531
NEW JERSEY
Bridgeton
LESLIE FOGG INC.
609-935-5145
Columbus
REEO BROS. EQUIPMENT
609-298-3441
WEST VIRGIN!,
Msrtlnsbura
BENDERS FARM SERVICE INC.
304-267-8707