Red Meat Output
Gains 11.6 Pet.
During March
Red meat pi eduction in Penn
sylvania totaled 73,468,000 pounds
fm the month of March, up 11 6
per cent from the February pro
duction of 65 8 million pounds
Beef production totaled 39,083.-
000 pounds in the Keystone Slate
up 16 per cent fioin the previous
month Veal production in March
' 13 6 per cent higher than the
month before
Meat production as a whole in
CONGRATULATIONS
MOORE FARMS to the
10 Top Winners of the 12th Annual
Jr. Chicken of Tomorrow Contest
Pictured above is Flovd Moore of Moore Farms congratulating
Loran L Worman of R D 1, Bernville, Pa Loran’s birds won the
Reserve Championship in the State Finals at Harrisburg
Vantress - Arbor Acres Cross
VMO&USS
v,W
Chas Vantress Farms, Arbor Acres Farm,
Ga. Conn.
MOORE CHICKS ALSO PLACED...
Ist in the Fredericksburg Region
Ist in the Franconia Region
4th in the Coatesvilte Region
Congratulations also to David Kelly, Jonestown, who grew the
heaviest birds of the 649 State entries 15 birds weighed 62 lbs dressed
for an average of 4 13 lbs. per bird.
Moore Farms
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the Unted States in March was
down nne per cent from a year
ago It was, however five per cent
aboie Febmaiy production
TOTALS FOR THE first quart
or of the year show that produc
<ion has shrunk by nine per cent
from 1957. Bioken down, veal
took the greatest decline, down
by 18 per cent; mutton and lamb
pioduction was down 11 per cent,
beef 10 per cent, and pork down
only six per cent
Beef production m March
(olaled 986 million pounds thiee
per cent above the February out
put but 10 per cent below the out
put of March 1957 Cattle slaught
er in March was 1 841,900 head
MOORE FARM CHICKS WIN RESERVE
CHAMPIONSHIP IN PA. STATE FINALS
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four per cent more than n Fcbiu
ary, but 10 per cent less than the
number slaughtered in March a
year caileir
March slaughter cattle averag
eel 978 pound per head live weight
eight pounds lighter than m
February, but 10 pounds heavier
than the average for March 1957
March veal production was 92
rplhon pounds seven per cem
above Febiuary, but 18 per cent
below Maich a year ago The
number of calves slaughtered in
March totaled 867,200 head 12
per cent above February but 15
i er cent below March 1957 Calves
slaughtered aveieaged 190 pounds
j, head live weight, 11 pounds
From
Loran L. Worman’s White
Vantress - Aibor Acres
Cross Averaged 3.86 lbs.
per bird 10 r o greater
than the contest average.
Age was 9 weeks, I day
and they sold for §3.16
per pound.
Lancaster- Farming, Friday, May 9, 1958—3
Ighter than February and si\
pounds Ightei than in Maich 1957
PORK PRODUCTION lor
March 1958 totaled 774 million
pounds nine per cent above the
caitput in February, but seven per
cent less than March 1957 The
hog kill for Maich was 5,792,500
head This was seven per cent
above February, but nine per cent
below Maich a year earlier
The average live weight ot hogs
slaughtered during March was
230 pounds per head live weight
two pounds heavier than
February but two pounds Fghter
than the March 1957 average The
amount ol lard rendeied per 100
pounds live weight of hogs was
13 3 pounds in March, 13 7 pounds
a month earlier and 14 6 pounds
m Maich 1957
OUTPUT OF LAMB and mut
ton in March was 56 million
pounds six per cent above
February and the same as the
output in Maich 1957 The num
ber of sheep and lambs slaught
ered during the month totaled
I 116,600 head
Ths was six pei cent ahove the
February kill of 1,051 700 head,
but two per cent below the 1,142
400 head slaughteied in March
1957 Sheep and lambs slaughtei
cd m March averaged 103 pounds
per head live weight compared
with 104 pounds a month earlier
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and 101 pounds in Mdich 1957
PoulUv meat output in Mdich
195 totaled 330 million pounds,
icvdy to cook basis This was nine
pei cent above Febmaiy and lour
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