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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1957
Page
10
USDA notes barely steady conditions with heavy into storage movement. Small lot sales of current receipts quoted 25-27 cents, wholesale prices vary by grade and size, with extras at 60 percent. Receipts May 7 total 4,200 cases all by truck.
Unsettled demand and ample supply for broilers with prices listed for various weight classes and cross breeds. Turkey offerings show light demand and mixed hens and toms around 32 cents, with May receipts totaling 95,000 pounds across Maryland and Delaware.
Ready-to-cook ice packed young chickens show ample supplies and steady demand with prices in Philadelphia warehouses mostly 30 to 33 cents per pound for Grade A and U S Grade A 2 3 lb hens. May receipts include Maryland 99 000 lb Delaware 89 000 lb Georgia 23 000 lb South Carolina 21 000 lb North Carolina 22 000 lb Virginia 18 000 lb.
PA farmers gained higher meat animal prices but lower milk and hay rates in April keeping the state price index steady at 237 percent of the 1910 14 base. Calf prices rose to 21 per hundred pounds liveweight. hogs at 17 70. eggs sheep beef cattle and apples each up.
County Agent Max M Smith urges gradual introduction of cows to pasture with one hour turnout initially and removal at least three hours before milking. Continue hay or silage for two to three weeks and avoid abrupt changes in grain. If pastures carry tainting weeds, remove cows six hours before milking or use infected fields for young stock. consider chemical weed control.
County agent Harry S. Sloat warns proper fertilizer placement is crucial for corn stands. Research shows fertilizer near seeds delays germination, so place fertilizer at least two inches away from seeds, two inches below, and two inches to the side. He notes old split boot attachments cannot achieve this placement.
Bee keepers favor a south or east facing, ground level hive in a sunny, airflowed spot accessible by vehicle. They note grapes attract overripe fruit to bees and warn poor honey flow from uncertain bloom. A $10 donation to the American Honey Institute was approved. A joint meeting of county beekeepers is set for June 10 at the Paul Ziegler farm near Bethel on Route 22.
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