j-, Tl_ • Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 'ZT, 1965 ' Livestock Inventory Livestock inventory numbers on Pennsylvania farms Janu ary 1. 1965 totaled 2,486,000 head, 3 peicent below the 2,- 574.000 head on farms Janu ary 1 1964 Cattle numbers weie down 2 percent or 38,000 head: hog numbers down 12 percent or 54,000 head; but theie were 2 per cent or 4,000 moie sheep on farms Changes in inventory letlect in part the ci op and weather situa tion; the increase in sheep mimbeis leflecting the more favoiable conditions in west ern counties Inventoiy value of all livestock totaled $347,- 124.000 3 peicent less than a yeai ago and 13 percent be low average CATTLE NUMBERS DOWN Cattle on farms January 1, 1965 totaled 1 874,000 1 per cent less than on hand a year earliei This continued the de cline fiom the near lecord 1 971 000 on farms January 1, 1962. Milk stock deci eased 4 percent dining the year from 1.912 000 head to 1,874,- 000 Numbers of beef type cat tle incieased 3 peicent fiom 473 000 to 488 000 paitially off setting the decline in milk stock Piactically all of the decrease was in milk cow num beis which declined fiom 949,- 000 a ye'ar eailiei to 911,000 —a deciease of 4 peicent Aveiage number of milk cows in milking heids dming the \eai was 820 000, down 3 pei cent fiom 1963 and smallest since 1929 Milk pioduction totaled 7 052,000 pounds sur passed only by the pioduction in 1963 of 7 098,000 pounds HOG NUMBERS AT RECORD LOW Pennsylvania faimers had 398 000 hogs and pigs on faims on Januaiy 1 1965, a i ecoi d low This was 12 per cent less than the 452 000 on hand a yeai eailiei and 22 pei cent below the (1958 62) aieiage of 513 000 Imentoiy \ alue of all hogs anct pigs on fauns this Januaxy 1 was $lO - 000—10 pei cent less than a yeai eaihei and 26 pei cent unclei aveiage The combined 1964 spnng and fall pig ciops totaled 646 000 17 pei cent less than the 1963 pig ciop v Inch totaled 782 000 and 19 neiceiP less than the (1958- 62) a\ eiage of 800 000 pigs saved POULTRY The mimbei of Chickens on faims excluding commeicial bioileis totaled 18,043 000 a 1 pei cent decline fiom 1963 This is the eighth consecutive \eai of declining numbeis which aie now the lowest since 1935 Among the States Pemsjhania winks fouith in total numbeis Of the total chickens on hand Januaiv 1 38 pei cent weie hens 57 pei cent pullets and 5 pei cent othe’ chickens The total val ue of these chickens was $27, 064 000 compai ed to $26,306,- 000 a yeai eaihei The avei- OCXSOOC 1 Ph. 397-0035 Richard R. Forry Lancaster, Pa. High Pressure washing and disinfecting of Poultry and Cage houses. Also equipped for oil sprajing m Poultry houses. 80-CX ** * age number of layers In the Commonwealth during 1964 to taled 14,544,000 a 1 percent decline from 1963. Pennsyl vania had as few layers as in 1941-42 but produced 40 per cent more eggs. Gross income from the 31 billion eggs pro duced amounted to $95,892,000. U.S. LIVESTOCK SUPPLY On January 1, 1965, there weie 107.2 million cattle and calves on farms and ranches, k * |J All around the farm .... £ i MYERS Sprayers Do All Your £ | JOBS BETTER! | $ Now Is The Time To Have Your £ * £ J Sprayer Inspected And Repaired And £ * . t * To Plan Your Spraying For The Year Ahead. J * Stop In And See Us! | f LESTER A. SINGER I J “Lancaster County’s Only Dealer Specializing $ J In Sprayer Sales and Service” J J Ronks, Pa, 687-6712 t * Opportunity Days! Yes, the opportunity for you ON NEW & USED FARM MACHINES 8 and get 1 free Shares Guards Shovels etc. Many items reduced more. SPECIAL PRICES NO FOOD! NO PRIZES! JUST BARGAINS! J. PAUL NOLT Lincoln Highway at Gap a record high, but only slight ly greater than the 106.7 mil lion' head 6n hand a year earlier. A decline of 3 per cent in the number of milk animals was more than offset by an increase in beef-type cattle. The number of milk cows and heifers 2 years old and older decreased 3 percent to 17.6 million head the smallest number since 1904. The area of the continental shelf adjoining the earth’s land masses equals the area to buy * ■** •* r* * *** | PRECISION I fc I T FERTILIZER IE I I DISTRIBUTOR P* " AND SEEDER Now available in 3 models Tow typa ground driven as illustrated, 3 point hitch and Tow type, P.T.O. driven. Hopper capacity up to 1000 pounds. Do your own “Bulk-Spreading” now and have these plus features too! L H. BRUBAKER R. D. 3, Lititz, Pa. 350 Strasburg Pike, Lancaster Phone: Lane. 397-5179 Strasburg 687-6002 Lititz 626-775) |P gm Frank H. Bucher P. O. Box 62 Rothsville, Pa, Lititz 626-6504 Jonathan S. Shirk D. Wayne Sweigart 366 E. Main St. R. D. 3 Baroville, Pa. Elizabethtown, Pa. Eeola 656-9302 367-3280 THESE SEED MEN HAVE THE 1965 HOFFMAN "KEYS" to HIGHER PROFIT FARMING When one of them calls on you share some of your time with him ... it will PAY YOU! He carries a new Funk’s G-Hybvid Calculator. With it he can help you in deciding on your higher yield goal. Together you can choose the right Funk’s G Hybrids and plant population to make that goal. To supply you with TOP-producing seed-strains. To get them to you quickly when needed. To help guide you down the right lanes to better-paying crops. That’s the mission of these Hoff man Seed Men. Phone numbers are listed above for ymif [convenience in arranging fa prompt visit. Let your iHoffman Seed Man serve you . . . soon. UfIIPSEY FIIMK’S 9/ offmcin Seed Serving formers wjih fines! quo/ity seeds s^ncef'^B^ N *x ILester Brh 812 S. Mount Joy St. Elizabethtown, P*. 367-7112 A. H. HOFFMAN SEEDS, INC. Landisville, Penua. S* Jason H. Mellingee R, D. 1 Strasburg, Pit. 687-6546 E. O. Umble Pequea Avenue Gap, Pa. 442-4525
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