12—Lancaster 'Farming, Saturday, August 22, 1959
Near Record Year Eyed
For U.S. Meat Industry
20 minutes today, compared Crossbreeding of swine Sherritt, swine br
with 47 minutes 40 years produces more pigs per lit- the Agricultural
ago. ter and better growth rates Station at Penn cp l !
Enough meat is being pro- current meat situation in op- “Many people are preoc- from the litters—with high The less rein ai
duced this year-vfo provide ening the 36th annual meet- cup ied with meat in the gro- quality carcasses studies or strains the i t ttl(
each person in this nation ing of the Meat Board at the cery b ni because this is aof purebred and crossbred formance of th* et i
with 157.5 pounds of beef, Morrison Hotel in Chicago. re g u i a r and essential part of swine reveal in Pennsylvan- q, rritf. e Cr “s
veal, pork 'and lamb, accord- More than 400 representa- their purchases It comes to ia. the mwiP ° s sis
ing to Carl F. Neumaan, tives of all branches of the their attention more often, Crossbred gilts nroduced P T zll/ J 1
Chicago, secretary - general livestock and meat industry so they are more conscious 2 1 more xyief than Purebred ler Z gl r ’ and H
manager of the- National attended the meeting. of u .r, m ? re pi^s ttian purebred Xer.
Live Stock and Meat Board Neumann stated that per you don’t buy a car or a more pigs™d litters p Pure^ >reds used
Neumann summarized the capita consumption of meat television set, or a roomful weighing 102.5 pounds more aSSte”* 3 ™ Sl >
n ■ I r TV bG UP . 5/2 P °V nd . S ° VOr of furniture, or a college ed- than purebred litters a t Hampshire
Pa. July Egg last y€ f r > due mainly to in- uca tion every few days. weaning, report livestock re- na ’ d Pola '
—y ,f I ' creased supplies of pork. .< our stan dard of living searchers at the Pennsylvan- Th .
OutDUt ShOVS supplies will show very h moved up - far and away ia State University. crossbreds Wei
v r w little change from last year, 568 of one of ihp«
Cl* Lf HrAn although beef will continue hnt y Pigs from crossbred glWs and one of sevo
blight UrOp m larger supply than any of tory> , What bothers many were 18 5 pounds heavier at strains developed h!
The Sta.e Crop' Eepo.ting the O.L t i' 140 «“>” -‘“h 0 r f u ‘ h "S l Re "«
Service has tabulated total H e said Americans are iL arthe cost of lneh liv- pure , bred ; p l gs and gained of the U. S Depart
egg production ’for July in eating 30 more pounds of ; n g one-tenth of a more Agriculture,
the state at 288 million eggs, meat per person today than , ... , , P er day from weaning to There were no Sl!
a slight seasonal decrease they did 20 years ago. Meat is a quality product, market weight differences m car cas
from June and two per cent Meat production in 1959 • Care . ful , so * ecli ° n of brced - th ® Cr ° sshr '
below July, 1958 has been estimated at 27 bil- er far greater value ‘for the lng ar \ imals 13 extremely im- Purebred swine
Estimated number of ay- b on, 200 million pounds, the mon ev it costs than about portant 111 a crossbreeding .’ ~
ers on farms was up one per second highest on record. a ny other item of consumer program ’ declares virant W ~
cent from June, but down The top year was 1956 Wlth uem of COnSUmer mgAdvertisers
four per cent from last year 2g billlon pounds 8 I p*-~" 1 """ 1 f ~ ■——
Price ratios for the poult- _. T . _
rv industry for July were One of the reasons more Give Lancaster Farming
r'hipton -o mmnar- money is being spent for advertising a chance to work
S with S O foi July, 1958, ™at today is because people for you,
Turkey-feed 6,5‘ compar
ed with 8 5, Egg-feed 8 8,
compared with -10 8, and
Eioiler-feed 3.3, compar
ed with 4 6
U. S. Total
U S totals came to 4,938
million eggs, up "one per
cent from Ju1y,~1958 In
creases of 14 per cent in the
South Atlantic and four per
cent in the South Central
and the West, more than off
set decreases of four per i
cent in the North Central
and three per cent in the
■West North Central
In the East North Central,
July egg production was a
bout the same as a year
earlier _
Total U S egg production
lor January through July,
was four per cent above the
same period last year.
Penna. Peach
' I r u
Time Is Mere
Harrisburg—With the main
crop of peaches being picked
in southern and central Pa
and early varieties being
marketed in the northern
counties, the State Depart
ment of Agiiculture notes
“Pennsylvania Peach Time'’
started Aug 13
Tire 18-daj fiuit festival
proclaimed by Governor Da
vid L Lawrence will inn
through Aug 31 It is during
tins period that most Penn
sylvania freestone peaches
arc harvested, _thc Agricul
tuie Department said.
Peaches on the market
this year aie colorful and
well ripened Golden Jubilee
and Red Haven varieties are
av ailablc m southern and
central counties
r (he crop this year in
Pcnnsvlvama is estimated to
total 2,800,000 bushels,
down a hdie from the excel
lent haivest of last year, but
sUll well above average
This means that peaches
should be priced within the
reach of anyone wanting to
use them fresh as dessert,
ceical topping and'with icc
cicam or frozen or canned
The Department of Agri
culture cautioned buj ers of
tree-ripened fiuit to take
caic in handling the peaches
so that thev arc not bruised
The Department said that
peaches will keep well ai
home if thee ai e kept cool
and unbruised
do prevent sliced peaches
fiom browning, thev should
be sprinkled with ascorbic
acd This aeid is available
in most supermarkets and
groeciv stores Label
ions should bo followed
do prevent browning when
canning peaches, tempera
tuic,-. and time of processing
should be controlled accur
ate'.'
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