ber P ullots Si own and irger riOCKS housed foi laying Hock ie pL a —„l*, placements Changes in the ,US6 WlttllgcS iate of culling affect the mini ¥>• J TWktirlc bei ° r hens coined over into ) £o"Oirci i rciiuo the neit y eill alu [ the p lO y ea , to year changes in the poition of hens in laying j e of the laving flock result Hocks. ai a' „! changes m the rate ot Thiough Juno of 1964 the l in2 hens ancl/oi the num- number of clucks hatched foi 3meeSeis fo choose from in the Mueller line of bulk milk coolers... L. H. BRUBAKER R. D. 3, Lifitz 350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster lone: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 626-7766 Dairymen everywhere are getting more with Ful-O-Pep Dairy Feed ANNVILLE, PA. Middletown, pa. MT. JOY, PA. See what Ful-O-Pep Caffle-Izer Dairy Feeds can do for your milk production! Passmore Supply Co. Cochranville, Pa. Millport Roller Mills Millport H. Hiestond & Co., Inc. Salunga m t , . . New “Economy Model R,” popular Model “M” atmospheric and labor saving vacuum Model “V ” Whatever tjpe of cooler you may ptefer, jou’ll find it in the Mueller line, and jou ma> choose from a large range of sizes (100 thru 2000 gallon) for the one that fits jour herd exactly. • Come m and let’s review your milk cooling requnements ... it may be the best investment you ever made. GAP, PA. ELIZABETHTOWN, PA. Kiting flock leplacements was about the same in the Umlefl States as a year eailiei The Penile Ivania hatch was down about 10 pei cent The num bei ot eggs in incubatois to hatch laying flock leplace ments on July 1 was 10 per cent more than a yeai eailier The tienrt toward a higher July December hatch of layer replacements is expected to continue This shift in hatch ings is expected to result in less month to month price vanation among the diffeient sizes of eggs. For the United States, in each of the past four years there was an increase in the hatch for laying flock leplace ments in the last half of the year In Pennsylvania there was an inciease in only two of these yeai s Although the number of chicks hatched foi laying flock leplacements in Pennsylvania inci eased in each of the past thiee yeais, the estimated num bei of layeis on farms has continued to decline This re flects some of the changes tak ing place in the egg business There has been more empha sis placed on all pullet flocks As fewei layers are kept for the second year, it takes more chicks each year to maintain the size of the laying flock Changes taking place also point to less variation from year to yeai in production and prices But, with an ever in creasing proportion of the layers being in commercial flocks, adjustments to unfav orable puce situations may be slower In the past when flocks weie small and the in vestment per layer was low, sufficient producers discontinu ed or reduced production to bung about price adjustments. The number of chickens raised on Pennsylvania faims excluding commercial broil ers this year is expected milk HONEY BROOK, PA. BAREVILLE, PA. LANDISVILLE, PA. Grubb Supply Co. Elizabethtown Kirkwood Feed & Groin Kirkwood H. M. Stauffer & Sons, Inc. Leola and YVitmer Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 5. 1964 to be 7 per cent below a yeai ago accoiding to Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service The numbei of chickens uused throughout the nation is ex pected to be 1 pei cent moi e than a yeai ago The South Central area had the largest increase, number of chicks hatched in the first half of the yeai as compaied with a year eailier. about 3 6 million chicks The second largest increase was in the East North Cential area, nearly 2 2 million chicks Change in any one state often is obscuied by change in an aiea Fewer chicks were hatched for laying flock replacements in the North Atlantic and the West North Central states nearly 5 and 2 5 million re spectively. These two areas GULPS BIG! THE NEW 780 TWO-ROW FORAGE HARVESTER You want silage that stores and feeds at its best. You want it to cut clean, to a uniform length, and cut fast. Then, you’ll i ant the 60 tons an hour capacity Allis-Chatners 780. The new Fast Feeding with 1 j original “cut ’n throw” knives handles t „ largest stalks without bunching or plug" ng. Six gathering chains, wide-flow feeding 16") with five feed ing rolls, six curved k ,es that slice c.ean,.. suie—no power-robbi' j extra blower '.eeded.s And, you get an r elusive “Stor- Stopper”' safety clutch on the f n ed roll and gathering chains to protect knives Feed rolls can be reiersed fro • tractor seat for easy clean out of foreign objects. Call us f a demonstration of the new pro duction c nip of silage makers. FORAGE HARVESTERS BY AIMS-CHALMERS FOR TOP QUALITY SILAGE FASTER L. H. Brubaker Lr;i.„ster, Pa. - - . Allen H. Matr N.ssley Farm Sarr.ce Form Equipment »” Bor ”' PJ ' New Holland, Pa. L. H. Brubaker Grumelli Farm Service Lititz, Pa. Quarryviile, Pa. Lausch Bros. Equipment include Pennsylvania and lowa, Hatchings decreased in all states in these aieas except New Yoik Kansas and Mis soni i The deu eases m the above aieas weie offset by m ci eases in the icst of the Lmited States If culling is at a normal late it appeals that the na tion's laying flock will be about the same size this fall as a yeai ago Chicks hatched the rest of the yeai will be beginning to lay next year. “Does your husband always live up to what he said when he was courting you’” “Alwajs He used to say he wasn’t good enough for me. He’s been proving it ever since ” N. G. Myers & Son Rheems. Pa. Stevens, Pa. 11
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