>. . . . the state These shifts range
Sniff’S Noted - from Sharp decreases to
s ( sharp Increases. For the pur
ln Bad SuDDIV 1)056 of the study, the state
» was divided' into nine geo-
Areas Of State graphical districts
■ The largest increase was
Where are most of the in the central and south cen
cggs produced in Pennsyl- tral counties, but Lancaster
vania? a report from the ex- remains the leading egg pro
tension service of the Penn- ducing county in Pennsyl
bylvama State University vania
asks
The report also asks, are ed for 21 per cent of the to
some areas of the state grow- tal farm sales of eggs in the
mg in production while oth- state.
ers are decreasing’ If this county were a dis-
In the past five years trict by itself, -the report
there have been decided slates, it would still produce
shifts in production within more eggs than any of the
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other nine districts
The only districts showing
a decline in sales were the state total in* 1959 showed a
South and North central dis- total loss of 32 per cent dur-
tricts.
Total egg sales in Pennsyl- Central district with 14 per
vania increased 15 per cent cent of the total dropped two
from 1954 to 1959. per cent in production.
The southeast district, in- The number of farms sell
cludihg Lancaster County ing eggs declined while the
produced 37 per cent of the number of dozens sold per
total and showed a 32 per- farm continued to increase,
cent increase during the per- There was a 78 per cent in
iod. The central district ac- crease in the dozens of eggs
counted for 19 per cent of sold per farm between 1954
the total and showed a 16 and 1959
percent increase. , The top ten counties in
The North district produc- the state were, Lancaster,
ing only three percent of the York, Northumberland, Bucks
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The South
Berks, Montgomery, Schuyl
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Adams.
• Real Estate
(From page 6)
asked Do you expect land
prices to increase, change
little, or decline in the next
six months’” Ten per cent
answered that they expect
an increase, 80 per cent pre
dicted little change and 10
percent saw a decline. , How
ever, for the nation as a
whole (excluding irrigated
and grazing land). 9 percent
of 3,362 reporters predicted
an increase, 73 per cent saw
little change, and 18 percent
forecast a decline
The most pessimistic lot
were from the Eastern Com
Belt (northern Illinois, nor
thern Indiana and northwest
ern Ohio) Forty-seven per
cent of these observer-report
ers forecast a decline and
only 4 per cent saw pros
pects for an increase in the
value of farm real estate.
A variety of pressures has
tended to increase the value
of farm real estate in Penn
sylvania One of the most
pressing is the need for hous
ing, roads and other appur
tenances to urban living. A
second is the accelerating
trend to enlarge farm opera
tions During the 1950-54
period, only 14 per cent of
farm sales in the northeast
were for farm enlargement
Last year 21 per cent of
farm land purchases were
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