12—Lancaster Farming, Friday, Feb. 1,1957
Pennsylvania Milk Production Sets
Record in 1956 Report Shows
HARRISBURG Milk produc
tion on Pennsylvania farms set
an all-time 12-minth- jrecord in
1956 and there are indications
that a new annual egg record may
have been established, according
to Federal-State preliminary re
ports announced by the State De
partment of Agriculture.
Output-of milk for the entire
year 1956 is estimated at 6,558,-
000,000 pounds or four per cent
above the previous record of 6,-
264,000,000 pounds established
in 1955. ’
Until final estimates are pre
. pared on egg production, officials
expressed belief that the 1955 rec
ord of 3,654,000,000 eggs would
be equaled or slightly exceeded.
The new milk record was at
tained in spite of October, No
li ember and December production
dropping below the same months
in the previous year. Lush spring
and summer pastures helped at
tainment of the new record De
cember output, totaling 488 mil
lion pounds, wis down about Z :
per cent from December 1955.
Decreased production during i
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the last three months of 1956 re
flect the low feeding value of
ram-damaged hay in* western,
northern and some central areas
of the State, the Department said.
Milk output per cow averaged 514
pounds in, December, down 12
pounds from the same month in
1955. Milk cow numbers at 950,-
000 compare with 943,000 for De
cember 1955, but the increase
failed to offset the production
rate.
Pennsylvania poultrymen dur
ing December were bothered by
changes ifi weather'* and preval
ence of disease in some flocks.
However, generally mild temp
eratures bought a substantial in
crease in the average number of
eggs per layer compared' with a
year earner. Total production of
320'million eggs from 19 million
layers was 1 per cent above De
cember 1955.
Prices received by farmers for
eggs and poultry meat remained
unusually during December,
from a year earlier. Broilers
were at the lowest mid-December
average in 15 years.
Tobacco Co-op
To Market
Unsold Crops
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Unsold Lancaster County toba
co will be marketed, through tl
Lancaster County Tobacco Groi
ers Cooperative Assn, starting i
about two weeks under a/ pla
proposed Friday night by the c
op manager, Mark S, Hess. ,
He said that'the coop will ps
growers an advance price of l'
cents a pound, delivered to desij
nated warehouses. The farmc
will then give the cooperativ
title to the tobacco to sell it fo
the highest possible price.
The plan is similar to the one
used by the organization to mai
ket 1951 and 1954 crops. The 195
crop netted growers 27% cents
pound.
Hess said that several offers fo
fillers have been received “at-th
top market priced He expresses
confidence that growers wil
equal present market price afte:
deducting storage and handling
costs.
In the event the crop must b(
sold fpr less than the 20 cent
advanced, the be the co
op’s, it was explained.
Hess said that the co-op is re
serving the right to case some o 1
ill the tobacco received. H<
idded that it is hoped to lowei
jacking costs from the 1954 level
rhe saving will,come; mostly iron
being able to buy used cases.
[ In the marketing agreement
the producer receives a 20 cenl
! advance payment. When the to-
I bacco is sold, he is paidJhe net
[ gain after packing and storage
| cost and a cent a pound handling
i fee has been deducted,
i Of -approximately 125 farmers
jamming the auditorium at the
Farm Bureau Building, about 100
of them said that they had "not
sold their crop.
However, only 50 acres were
signed for participation in the
program immediately following
the meeting.
A number of growers indicated
that they prefer to hold their
crop in hopes of selling it on the
regular market. The present mar
ket price is> about 23 cents a
pound after .an early season high
of about 30 cents.
In answer to questions by
farmers, Hess recommended con
tinuation of the practice of sizing
tobacco. He explained, “The num
ber of potential buyers is limited
when pull-off is marketed.”
“The trend is toward pull-off,
Jyt I will not be able "to suggest
■M||||jngit that ‘ way until may
or may
added,
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getting their profit from-lowered
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Edgar Martin/rorathe Northeast,
and Samuel Harnish from the
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