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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1956
Page
10
November turkey market report notes frozen ready to cook stock unsettled with demand fair for hens and good for toms especially under 20 pounds. Hen supplies adequate while toms of desirable sizes are tight. wholesale prices listed for fryer roasters and various weight ranges from 4 to over 28 pounds.
Unsettled trading with good movement of top quality offerings. Supplies adequate. prices shown for various classes including large rock pullets at 30 cents, White Rock 26-28, capon ettes 25-28, White Holland hens 38, toms 28-30, broilers 19-24, pullets 26-30, and ducks 23-26. Receipts list Maryland 6,000 lbs, Delaware 17,000 lbs, West Virginia 12,000 lbs.
OCR reads like a poultry sale ledger listing lots of White Vantress and Red Vantress stock with weights ages and buyer names such as Mandata Poultry Producers Cooperative Exchange College Hill Poultry Victor F. Weaver Inc and Carl B. Risser. Entries show prices per unit and lot numbers across multiple lines.
Columbus police tied Leonard Reed to a burglary by fingerprints and his blood type found at the home. He confessed after investigators confronted him with the evidence and said he cut his arm breaking a window to gain entry.
USDA notes firm egg prices with improved demand and strong light fresh supplies. Large White 46-47 cents, Large Brown 43-44, Medium White 32-32.5. Ex restaurants and storage goods in stock. receipts 133,100 cases. Shipments include White Vantress to Victor F Weaver Inc at 18 cents and Red Vantress 9 weeks to Roy E Ream at 185 cents.
Ready-to-cook young chickens show steady demand and adequate supplies in Philadelphia warehouses. Prices delivered to warehouse for grade A and U S grade A are 29 to 31 cents per lb for 2.3 to 3 lb birds and 31 to 32 cents for 4 to 14 lb birds. Receipts on Nov 14 totaled 68 000 lbs in Maryland 105 000 in Delaware 22 000 in North Carolina and 11 000 in Virginia.
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