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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1962
Page
14
Lancaster Poultry Center reports a weekly decline in broiler prices with 61,000 head sold in 14 lots at 15 4 per head, down from 16 9 last week. The sale included pullets and roasters across multiple lots, totaling 9,950 head in 22 lots, with a final no sale of 17 0.
Prices at farms for 819 600 head ranged from 143 to 144 per dozen as demand was barely fair. Eastern shore processors forecast weekend slaughter at 744000 head, higher than last weekend's 453000. Broiler feed ratio fell to 3.6 for the week ending September 28, with broilers at 16 84 and mash cost growers 94 69 per ton.
Ben Mann president of the Lancaster Tobacco Leaf Board of Trade and Frank Greenstein manager of leaf at Consolidated Cigar, with Richard A Lantz superintendent of Lancaster division of P Lorillard Co, plus a fourth member to be chosen, invite all county Young Farmers and interested persons to attend the meeting. The note also recalls the largest recorded birth, a 23% pound baby born to Anna Bates of Nova Scotia in 1897, with her height listed at seven feet five inches.
Weekly market report covering New York egg prices and trading activity from Monday October 1 to Friday October 5 1962. Includes price ranges for current week and comparisons with prior week.
Stock Yards urges all citizens and institutions connected to the livestock industry to actively join the celebration. The proclamation cites Lancaster Terminal Market and The Pennsylvania State University along with land grant universities for their contributions to the state's livestock sector.
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