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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1956
Page
10
The Buck Iron Co. Inc completes an expansion increasing employment to 80 with 25 new workers. The 3,763 square feet addition boosts capacity by 30 percent and houses brass foundry, furnaces, oil handling equipment, and new grading and packing areas. Staley notes the unit also manufactures cutlery hardware and electrical fittings.
Horton, manager of the Mount Joy Farmers Cooperative Association, is named to the Lancaster County Committee of the Farmers Home Administration. He succeeds Martin Lefever of Quarryville on the three member panel that determines eligibility of farmers for FHA loans.
A detailed listing shows numerous consignments and transfers of White Vantress and other poultry at Lancaster, including buyers such as Victor F. Weaver Inc, Walter C. Mellinger, H. W. Longacre, and Mandata Poultry. Entries note yearlings, weeks, and sale outcomes with some nosales and bids.
Nelson Weaver reports average yields of 35 to 40 bushels per acre with some better yields while moisture remains high in Quarryville and surrounding areas. Wheat is weighed 56 to 60 pounds per bushel, with prices at 198 to 202 dollars delivered to the elevator, compared to last year. Experts warn of sprouting and molding, urging sunshine and drying days to finish harvest in Garden Spot fields.
Market steady with good demand and light supplies of top quality eggs cleared. Current receipts sold as small lots at 27 to 28 cents. wholesale prices vary by size and quality from 38 to 60 percent A depending on grade and container. Receipts July 24 totaled 3 500 cases all by truck.
USDA reported mixed demand with light supplies. Large white rock pullets sold 28-30 cents, caponettes 26-27, no. 2 quality 20-21, roasters rarely cleared at 18-23, cross fryers 23-24, white rocks 22-24, silvers 25, cantress reds 23-24. Receipts July 24 include Maryland 4,000 lbs and Delaware 19,000 lbs. Turkeys unsettled, few bronze young hens 38 cents, white Holland breeders 28, pullets 4% lbs 28-30, old roosters 11-13.
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