Milk Per Cow
Continues Climb
Milk production per cow on
Pennsylvania tarnis durl °®
February at 630 pounds was 37
pounds n|.re than the same
month a year ago and 86 pou
nds above -the February 19a7-
61 average. On a daily basis
the milk production averaged
22 50 pounds during February.
Total milk produced on Pen
nsylvania farms dining Febru
aiy was estimated at 54 4 mill
ion pounds or 4 percent ab
o\e the same month a year ear
her and about 12 percent high
er than the 19 57-61 average.
Seasonally there is less milk
pioduced in Februaiy than the
piecedmg month because of
the tewer days in February.
The number of milk cows in
, t he Ke\ stone State during Feb
maiy was estimated at 863,000
cows 1,000 less than the
piecedmg month and 17,000
tewer milk cows thanthe esti
mate ioi Febiuary 1962.
Based or. the July 1, 1961,
Peunsvlvama population esti
mate, Febiuarv nulk pioduet
lon ivas at a level that provid
ed 1 69 pounds or 79 quarts
pei capita per day
Gram and concentrates fed
dailv per cow aveiaged 10 S
pounds down slightly fiom
January but higher than Feb
ruary 1962 When comparing
the fiist of the month data, we
find that April 1, 1961, March
1 1962, and Febmaiy 1 and
Maich 1. 19 62 were the times
when the feeding rate per cow
were highest during Jieir resp
ective veais Value ot mtion fed
dining Febiuai> was $3 45 per
cv.t oi 11 cen*s above a jear
eailiei
Milk pioduction in the Unit
ed States during Febiu.nv u>
estimated at 9,470 million pou
nds, 1 3 percent below Febru
ary 1962, but 1 peicent above
the 1957-61 aveiage foi the
month Febiuaiv was the third
consecutive month with milk
production below a year eail
iei On a dailv basis, milk pio
duction mu eased about 4 per
cent tiom Jaiiuaiv to Febiuarj
this ve.n, compared with 5 per
cent in 1962 Relative to popul
ation, Febiuaiv milk produc
tion amounted to 1 79 pounds
pei pei son daily, compared
with 1 S 5 pounds in Febmary
19 62
Febiuaiy milk production
■n as below a yeai eaiher in 5
ot the ten leading States Oh
io, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnes
ota, and lowa Pioduction con
tinued above a jeai earlier in
5 ot the 10 States New
Yoik, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Michigan, and California
Milk pioduction per cow is
estimated at 003 pounds for the
month of February 6 pou
nds aboie a year ago. This in
crease of 1 pel cent from a year
eailiei in milk wms less than
usual Piom Febiuaiy 19 61 to
Febiuaij 1962, the estimated
late per cow increased about 4
peitent Centraly to the usual
upwaid trend, Febiuaiy pio
diwtion pei cow' was below' a
■seal eaiher in 17 ot the 30 St
ates foi whicn monthly estnna
res ai e a\ ailable
Arcdi.iuic.il Tlnmib
Automation ma\ make a sn
oppei’s thumb obsolete, sat»
Ha i old .Veigh, Penn State ext-
ension specialist in consumer
economics Researches in the
U S Derailment of Agricult
nip hate detised a media meal
thumb that is said to outdo an
aggressive consumer pinching
fruit to determine its ripeness.
The mechanical thumb “w ill
help to bring fruits and vegeta
bles to market at their best st
age of npehdss iiid maturity*
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