B—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 11, 1964 Pennsylvania Markets and (Part I of a series of articles regarding Pennsylvania’s live stock and meat industries. A Penn State report by H. Louis Moore, marketing specialist, and Julius F. Bauermann, food technologist.) Marketings of livestock from Pennsylvania farms have not kept pace with the national average. Although cattle mar ketings in the Commonwealth have increased 31 per cent, Pennsylvania now markets on ly 1.2 per cent of the nation’s cattle compared to 14 per cent in 1950 The State ranks 24th in cattle marketings, a drop from 20th position in 1950. Much of the State’s growth has come fi om in creased production of feeder cattle Laige maiketmgs of cull dairy cows have main tained total cattle marketings at the cuuent level Pennsylvania hog maiket mgs since 1950 have langed fiom a high of 708,000 in 1952 to a low of 479 000 in 1958 Today neaily 75 pei cent of the nations hogs aie pioduced in eight Midwestern states Aieas outside the com belt have i educed hog pioduction Pennsylvania i anks 19th in hog maiketings but pioduces only about 0 7 pei cent of the na tion’s hogs compaied to 0 8 per cent in 1950 Sheep and lamb maiketings in Pennsylvania have incieas ed 63 per cent since 1950, more than twice the national growth of 15 pei cent The State ranks 28th among states, and pioduces about 062 pei cent of the nation s sheep and lambs The sheep industiy has been faced with ploblems of declining per capita consump tion and mci easing use of wool substitutes in recent years. The continued movement of a large portion of the na tion’s slaughter capacity into the production areas of the Midwest reduces the opportun ity for livestock production in the East. Pennsylvania’s live stock producers are generally small and have problems in producing concentrated volum es of livestock of uniform quality. Penna. Livestock Markets Pennsylvania livestock pio ducers use many kinds of mai kets in buying and selling their livestock Livestock auc tions, teimmal maikets, deal ers, meat packets and special sales seive as maikets foi lo cal livestock Theie has been no change in the numbei ol livestock auc tions since 1959 In 1963, 54 auctions sold 1 3 million head ot livestock This is an in ci ease ot 12 3 pei cent since 1959 The lack of concentiat ed volume has lestncted the giowth of many maikets The terminal market method of selling livestock has lost favor with some pioduceism recent years The 1963 volume at Pennsyh ama’s largest ter minal was 21 5 per cent below the 1959 volume. This drop occuired during a peuod of general expansion in livestock production. While Pennsylvania livestock marketings increased about 15 per cent in the foui-year peri od since 1959, the volume sold by terminals and livestock dealers has declined Auction marketings gi ew only 12 3 pei cent, compaied to a growth of 15 pei cent in total live stock maiketmgs We can con clude that marketings of live- Livestock Marketings stock diiect to packers in the State have increased at a rate even gieatei than 15 per cent, How do farmers choose mar kets 7 Most farmers rank con venience ahead of highest sell ing price. Time involved in traveling to and from the mar ket and location of the mar ket are important factors of convenience. Smaller produc ers patronize local markets for reasons other than conveni ence They generally have only a few head to sell, thus can not affoid to move stock a great distance to a better mar ket. As fanners become more fays, twice daily milking, ma specialized pioducers of live- ture equivalent basis for com stock, however, theie will be P ailson> agi eater break from some of This sire was purchased the traditional methods of fiom Charles D Lownes & maiketing. Sons of Newtown, Pa, about “ one year ago and placed in About 4 of employees in seivice with the Southeastern Ameiica’s factories, offices and Penna Aitificial Breeding Co stoies aie allowed time off for opeiative. Through merger coffee bieaks with a sister organization seiv- rDAVY DAVCO Soys • • • For Best Results Use Dovco Nitrogen Solutions Dovco 3-G Granulated Fertilizers SMUCKER BROS. Bird-in-Hand, Pa. Phone 656-9156 Holsteiii Sire Receives Silver Medal Award Empeior Duke Archie is the latest Holstein sire to re ceive the Silver Medal Pro duction award fiom the Hol stein-Friesian Association of America. He is the seventh sue in the Atlantic Breeders Cooperative stud '.to earn this lecogmtion for superior pro duction transmitting ability. “Archie” has 16 daughters with production records that average 17,071 lbs. milk, 3 71'/° test, and 633 lbs. butterfat. When compared with their dams’ records to date, “Arch ie” daughters surpass them by 3,419 lbs. milk and 110 lbs. fat each All records have been computed to the standaid 305- 50 PONi *EG. U.S. PAT. OFF. Dependable disease pr • 4-H Field Day Mr - and Mrs -. Earl T stcm - is Pleasant Drive, Lanc t htei (Continued from Page 1) Christine Rutt, daughtm 0 J burg" RD; Elaine and Nancy Mr. and Mrs. Wilmei R t , lt Stoltzfus, both daughters of 509 e. Mam St„ New Hollain' Mr. and Mrs Melvin Stoltzfus, and Sandra Fryer, daughter 0 j Ronks Rl; Linda Reed, daugh- Mr. and Mrs, Robert Fij tl ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Paradise Rl Reed, Quarry ville R 3; and ™ Manor Young For™, s estoga Rl. 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