Philadelphia Bee Market Sees Mixed Prices and Strong Supplies
Philadelphia reports market weakness with lower prices on most bee grades while supplies remain ample to meet demand for large and medium sizes. Retail cartons show steady demand. Grade A whites mostly 61 to 65 cents per dot with variations in brown and medium whites. receipts on Oct 29 total 4,200 cases. Nearby whites in New York show irregular pricing with browns aligning to whites. medium grades remain surplus and disappointing in call.
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Philadelphia
Brown
New York
Tuesday Poultry Review Notes Light Demand Across Regions
DELMARVA reports market quiet with light trading and undetermined prices. North Georgia shows slower demand with ample offerings. prices mostly 15 to 17 cents at farm and plant levels. North Carolina supply ample and demand fair to slow with broilers and fryers around 16 cents at farm. Shenandoah Valley reports light demand, adequate supply, and small lot turkey prices around 24 to 26 cents for various types. Weekly Shenandoah purchases for week ended Oct 25 totaled 681,670 head with a 23.4% drop from prior week.
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Delmarva
Eastern Shore
Poultry Growers Exchange
North Georgia
Broilers & Fryers
North Carolina
Shenandoah Valley
Hwy
Subscriber Letter Highlights Farm Family Ties
Willis Rohrer from Smoketown writes that Lancaster Farming is enjoyed by non-farm readers. He notes his wife leads a farm women society, his son studies agriculture, joins F.F.A., and has earned the Keystone Farmer degree.
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Willis Rohrer
Smoketown
Lancaster
Farm Women
F.F.A
Live Poultry Philadelphia Market Report October 30 1914 Prices Steady
Unsettled demand with most classes adequate. Top quality heavy hens and pallets sought. caponettes and fryers plentiful but slow. Light turkey offerings clear. Wholesale prices list No 1 fancy broilers heavy 3-4 lb 1914-23 pullets 4% lb and over 30 32 hens heavy 20-22 light 20-22 10-16 old roosters 10-12 ducks muscovy 25-30 pekin 29-30 turkeys young hens 32-33 young toms 25-26. Mortality rate for acute virus diarrhea in young cattle 0-5 percent per American Veterinary Medical Association.
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Philadelphia
Poultry Prices Steady despite Oversupply at Philadelphia Warehouses
Processed poultry in Philadelphia Oct 30 shows ready to cook young chickens with ice packed stock priced 28 cents a pound for Grade A and US grade A 23 lb 27 30 cents. hens at 30 31 cents. Demand favored heavy types but light types overabundant. first blood transfusion noted as 1492 to Pope Innocent VIII.
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Philadelphia
U .S
Innocent VIII
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Egg Price Review
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Fey Hunts
NEY Brown
Rockland Chemical Company
West Caldwell, New Jersey
Ass’n
Queen Street
Farm Bureau
Lancaster—Manheim
New Holland
Quarryville
Poultry Review
American Veterinary Medical Association
Cope & Weaver
Farmall
Remington
Logmaster
Mail Tool Company
Remington Arms Company
Farm Service
Cage
Clem E. Hooker
Ph. Southfield
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