Market feed mix and broiler outlook widely noted in weekly report
Feed mixers and meal saw gains around 2.00 per ton with tight supply and good demand. Broiler chick placements in Penna slipped four percent from the prior week but stayed 21 percent above year ago, with egg set for production at 1,426,000 and hatchings for late December to early January up about two percent. Broiler-feed ratio rose to 32, with Dec 9 16 week prices at 15.08 per ton for broiler mash at 95.30 per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delmarva
Brower
Browers
Leading primary breeders hatch 2 141 000 broiler chicks in November
State crop hatchery flocks by the leading primary breeders of broiler replacement stock totaled 2,141,000 chicks during November. This was 11 percent more than in November of 1957. Pullet chick placements by these breeders during the following period are noted.
Hickory Nut Contest Promises Statewide Taste Test
Three judges will pick the top ten of over 350 Pennsylvanian hickory nut entries. The winning kernels will be displayed at the 1959 Pennsylvania Farm Show January 12 to 16 at the State Farm Show Building. George Weber of York notes the contest seeks seedling trees with superior nuts and will source scions from the winner for propagation. Judging runs December 28 to 30.
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State Farm Show
George Weber
York
Nut Growers
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Keystone Farm Record Book
Keystone
W. L. Zimmerman
Intercourse, Pa
Mt. Joy
Mount Joy
Darby Leghorns
Darby
Darby Associated Hatchery
Elizabethtown
The
Keener Poultry Farm R. D
Elizabethtown, PA
Garber
Fairview St. Mount Joy
Cope & Weaver’s
Strasburg
Esbenshade
Turkey Farm Paradise, PA
the Beacon Milling Co
Philadelphia & Carlisle Sts
York, Penna
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