What About
8 week old broilers in a test pen at the
Fruitviiie Farm.
As a result of the continuing and in-
tensive research of our Nutrition Depart-
ment, Miller & Bushong, will on Monday,
August 13, start the marketing of
EARLY BIRD
NEW IMPROVED
What Is Different About These Rations?
How Will These Rations Perform?
With these rations LESS FEED per lb. of broiler will be required.
Our field tests indicate an average 7% improvement in feed conversion.
The grower who has been getting conversions in a range of from 2.15 - 2.25, can with
equal management and environmental conditions expect meat/ feed ratios of from
2.00 to 2.10.
This means an INCREASED YIELD of about 67 lbs, of broiler meat per ton of feed.
(At 15c PER LB. OF MEAT THIS MEANS AN EXTRA RETURN OF $10.05 PER TON
OF FEED USED.)
• How About Production Costs?
The net result will be a
SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER COST PER LB. OF BROILER MEAT PRODUCED.
REMEMBER
A WINNING COMBINATION FOR ANY POULTRYMAN
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A DIFFERENT and MORE EFFICIENT balance of the amino acids.
ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE in the energy value.
GOOD MANAGEMENT
and
EARLY BIRD FEEDS
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According to a report »f
the Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture’s Crop Report
ing Service, if this yield is
realized, it will be 10 per cent
below 1961 but two per cent
above the 1952-61 average
Tobacco production prospects
declined seven per cent be
tween July 1 and August 1.
No estimates have been con
cluded following the recent
mins in Lancaster County
wheie 90 per cent of Penn
sylvania’s Seedleaf crop is
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Lancaster Farming
August 18, 1962—13
Crop Yields $
Down Sharply
From Last Year
As of August 1, production
ot Pennsylvania Seedleaf to
bacco is expected to be 48
million pounds the lowest
total since 1957.
Dij weathet thioughout the
Keystone state cut into po
tato piospects to the tune of
37 pei cent The state agency
estimates the late summer
crop will be that much below
the total of last >ear and 27
pei cent below the 1951-60
at eiage
Not all the decline in yield
is attributed to dry weather
however. A 12 per cent decline
in planted acieage was noted
in the report.
Fall potatoes are expected to
be 24 per cent below the total
output of 1961 due mainly
to the lower yields brought on
b> dry conditions
While tubers in most areas
of the state are small because
of lack ot moisture, quality of
the spuds is considered excel
lent with the potatoes being
clean, disease and with ex
cellent chipping quality.
About the same story can
be told of the state’s fruit
crop While the size of the
individual peaches has been
held back by dry weather, the
crop is expected to be slightly
above average and about 17
per cent above the light crop
of last year. Apples are small
in size, but some of the later
varieties can be helped by
rains A 13 per cent reduction
from 19 61 is expected.
Corn Crop Down
Based on conditions as of
August 1, the state’s corn
crop is expected to be off
nearly a third since the esti
mate in July when corn crops
across the state were making a
good start onlv to be hit by
drought conditions
The estimated total of 41.1
million bushels will be one
thud below the total of 1961
and, except for 1957, the
smallest crop since 1944. The
estimate calls for an average
yield of 4 5 bushels per acre
compared to the 67 bushel
average last year and the 53
bushel 10-jear average
Part of the decrease in to
tal yield will be brought about
by fields planted for gram be
ing put in the silo to relieve
the tight hay and roughage
situation
All small grain yields will
total less than last year with
wheat nearlj a fifth lower,
rye off nearl3 a fifth and the
lowest since 1953, barley down
12 per cent from last year, and
oats at 13 per cent lower and
the smallest since 1952
The 12 7 million bushel
wheat crop is the lowest of
record for the Ke> stone state.
Record lows are also ex
pected for ha> production The
estimate of 2,038 000 tons is
the smallest amount eter pro
duced in the state since re
cords began in ISS6 Harvest
ed acreage was only slightly
lower than last year, but the
extremely short crop about
a ton per acre was only
half the last year’s yield.