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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1967
Page
14
Prices for light hens were generally unchanged as demand remained fair and offerings stayed limited. Heavy hens saw too few sales to report. week’s prices ranged from a high of 155 cents per pound to a low of 138, with sales totaling just over one million head, up 44 million from the prior week.
Prices paid dock weights in cents per pound with exceptions. Hens light 6-10 pounds mostly 6 6 12. Hens heavy 11-22 pounds mostly 15-17. Pullets 19-14-36 mostly 28-32. Roosters 16-14-33 mostly 30-33. Rabbits 30-65 mostly 52-57. Guineas 77-14 37-12 mostly 82-12-87-12. Pigeons per pair 95-160 mostly 5-100. Jumbo Squad 90. Total coops sold 591.
Lot average broiler and fryer live prices continued to decline dropping more than percent to an average of 147.2 cents per pound. The weekly report notes a downward trend in live prices across the poultry market with prices easing for broilers and fryers.
Auction report lists bulls, calves, hogs with price ranges for Good to Utility and Commercial grades. Barrows and gilts show steady to weak trade with US 1 2 and 13 weights quoted at about 19 to 20 dollars per hundredweight and 18 to 19.5 dollars for heavier hogs.
Auction notes show Lancaster good 60 90 pounds and 30 32 price per hundredweight with choice 25 45 pounds sold for Greek Easter trade at 40 50. A few 40 60 pounds fetch 36 39. Slaughter ewes utility and good class priced at 48.
Fulton Grange 66 held its regular meeting April 24 and conferred First and Second Degrees on twenty six members. The membership contest ended in a tie and was extended to June 26. The Grange opposed House Bill 333 in the State Legislature allowing Sunday sales.
The article notes a House passed bill awaiting Senate action, urging opposition to a state constitutional revision seen as reducing local control. It also mentions a degree rehearsal for May 2 at 8 pm, with Third and Fourth Degrees to be conferred on May 8, plus a scrap drive for Boy Scout Troop 330.
National Farmers Union chair Ed Smith accused installment buying and revolving credit of inflating interest costs for farmers. He urged quick passage of Truth in Lending to curb rates and cited farmers paying about 25 billion in interest last year. Smith called credit practices deceptive usury benefiting banks finance companies dealers and department stores.
In a committee briefing North Dakota Farmers Union President Smith warned that diverting funds from traditional lenders into high priced consumer loans raises interest on school and government bonds. He urged measures to raise farm income and reduce farm costs to prevent continued countryside rebellion.
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