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B—Lancaster Farming, Friday, July 25, ID5B>
New, Milk, Egg
Records Set
During June
HARRISBURG Milk cows
and laying hens continued to set
monthly Pennsylvania production
iccords during June, the State
Department of Agriculture report
cd today-
Despite the fact there were
fewer milk cows on farms, pro
duction during June totaled 609
million pounds, a record for the
month and one per cent greater
than the output in June, 1957,
the Pennsylvania Crop Reporting
Service said
Cool June weather spurred egg
production which totaled 294 mil
lion for the month a 7 per cent
gain over the 275 million for June
1957, the Crop Reporting Service
added. The number of layers de
clined less than usual from May
to June.
Seasonally low milk prices and
la\ orable slaughter prices for low
producing cows removed from
dairy herds continued to reduce
cow numbers on state farms Pro
auction per cow in herds on Julj
1 averaged 24 4 pounds, one-half
pound above a year earlier but
3 3 pounds under June 1
The number of milk cows on
Pennsylvania farms during June
was estimated at 931,000 or 11,000
fewer than in June 1957 Milk pro
duction for the first six months of
the year totaled 3,521 million
pounds, five per cent above the
same period of last year and 17
per cent over the 10-year average
from 1946 to 1957.
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Four Short Courses
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Four short courses of interest
to rural people will be held at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity during August. They are;
,D H.LA. Supervisor Training,
Aug. 4 to 9, Dairy Bacteriology,
Aug 11 to 27, Small Sawmill
Operators, Aug. 18 to 20, and
Beekeeping, Aug 18 to 22.
To enroll in these short courses,
or to get further information,
write Director of Short Courses,
211 Armsby Building, University
Park, Pa.
Egg production for the first six
months of 1958 totaled 1,814 mil
lion eggs, two per cent below the
lutput of the same period of last
/ear. The number of layers on
Pennsylvania farms in June to
taled 16,184,000, three per cent
more than in June, 1957.
Egg prices received by farmers
m June 15 declined one cent per
lozen from a month earlier, but
u 40 cents averaged 7 cents above
June 1957
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SPABC’s Ensign
Summarized Sire
Gurnsey Club Say
PETERBOROUGH. N H. Lee
side Ensign, registered Guernsey
bull, owned by Southeastern
Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding
Cooperative, Lancaster, has be
come a Summarized Sire, accord
ing to the American Guernsey
Cattle Club To attain this distinc
tion, a bull must have at least
10 daughters with official pro
duction records
“Ensign’, has 27 tested daugh
ters that have made 33 official
records Their average production,
is 10,224 pounds of milk and 521
pounds of fat, when converted
to a twicedaily milking, 305-day,
mature equivalent basis.
This Guernsey bull was bred
by Edward Riley, Lumberville,
Pa This bull’s sir ewas Sterlm
old Premier and it’s dam was
Rycklaver Belle, that posted an
official production record of 16,-
392 pounds of milk and 755
pounds of fat.
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implements.
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control and a new visual position
indicator were demonstrated.
In addition to the new tractor
premiere, the dealers were
shown the new McCormick farm
equipment being displayed for
the first time. These include new
plows, a hay crusher, field har
vester, baler, corn sheller for
corn pickers, farm elevator and
mowers.
The public will see the new
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