auctions $15.50 top By the end of ..May. the price had moved up to ■i$]8 .29 and stayed about there the first half of June. - Wool It looks kke the wool market this year will be comparatively good. Demand outlook is brightened some by a two per cent drop in wool production last year, plus a two per cent drop in sheep produc tion this year. The weekly review of the Boston market on Friday showed country buyers of fleece wool paying mostly 50 cents on a grease basis. A rule to remember: when you sell wool, save the receipt showing poundage, price and buyer's signa ture. And. the more you get paid, the more yotir incentive payment will be For information, check with your ASC office. Lamb Lamb prices are now showing the ; usual pre-Easter gains, and ought to continue to strengthen on into May. Keep in mind that May usu ally brines the price peak. In Winchester last week, one 98 pound average lot brought $25.50; choice grade averaged $25.60. In Chicago, good and choice. 82 to 93 pounds were $24 to $26. Prices have been improving for the past month, and at the end of March midwest markets were about $4 better than the same week last | year. Retail demand is good, helped along by promotions, and one per .cent fewer early lambs in the U.S i adds a strengthening note State graded spring lamb sales | are set for Richmond and Winches ter on April 15. Again a warning: keep slaughter lamb receipts so you can get your incentive payments. Turkeys If you have breeder hens you are moving out. do it in the next ten ‘ days. Just before Easter is historically a bright spot in the spring turkey market. At least the after-Easter price doesn’t hold much hope for outdoing the pre-Easter one. One ' lot of Beltsville breeder hens sold

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