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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1956
Page
10
Live poultry markets show unsettled trading with ample supplies and selective demand. Prices for White Rock pullets and roasters vary by class. turkeys unsettled as buyers hold back. In a separate note, Dr Jonas Salk presents evidence vaccine could yield lifelong Poliomyelitis immunity.
Tuesday sales at the Lancaster Poultry Exchange record the day’s largest broiler receipts with 56 700 birds sold from 22 lots at 23 to 24 cents per pound, averaging 23.82 cents. Top lot 1825 Barred Cross ten weeks old sold for 23 1/2 cents per pound to Carl B. Risser of Lititz.
Delays between Quarryville and Nottingham will be reduced by a new Star Mail route effective July 16. The service will connect Lancaster Quarryville Kirkwood and Oxford with complete mail coverage.
A ledger of poultry lot transfers shows buyers including Walter Mellinger, Miller & Bushong, College Hill Poultry, SE. Davis, Tulley’s Poultry, Daniel Good, Carl Risser, and Til ley’s Poultry. Entries detail White Vantress, Indian Rivers, meatpackers stock, week counts, and discounts. several lots withdrawn prior to sale.
Mechanical feeders in large houses and hand fed in smaller pens described during a county tour. Houses use asbestos board or homasote with emphasis on a large insulated laying house. Connecticut slot type ventilation fronts and rear doors for summer airflow. All openings well screened. Home made gas incinerator for disposal of dead birds.
USDA market report shows demand steady for top grade eggs with prices rising. Supplies of all grades approach sufficient for immediate needs as wholesale quotes list AA large at 45-48 cents per dozen white and 45-47 brown, other grades priced accordingly. Receipts: July 10 totaling 2,600 cases by truck.
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