16—Lancaster Farming, *
Saturday, July 3, 1965
Spring Pig Crop
Hits Bottom
A total of 315,000 pigs were
p oduced in' the Common
wealth this spung. 7 percent
less than in the comparable
season in 1964. accoidmg to
the Pennsylvania Ciop Re
poitmg Seivice
It was the smallest spring
pig ci op’in the state since
1935. and 27 peicent below
the 1959-63 aveiage The
number of pigs saved per lit
ter was 7 5, a recoid high foi
the spnng ciop
Pennsylvania farmeis indi
cate 38 000 sows and gilts will
fnnow this fall. 7 peicent
less than last yeai and the
lowest numbei loi any fall
season since 1925
This shoitage of feedei pigs
is leflected in hog puces us
ing to a seven-year high in
mid-June whic.i spaiked an
advance in cash i etui ns of
Ke\stone State farmeis for
the thud consecutive month.
Aveiage puces leceived foi
rll faun pioducts iose shght
-- fiom mid-May and weie
a aout 8 percent above those
of June 1964
The mid-June hog price of
522 39 a hundredweight was
S 2 highei than in mid-May
and $6 above the aveiage
pi ice a year eailier. It was
tne highest puce icceived for
hogs since August 1958 when
the quotation also was $22 30
pei cwt
OTHER COMMODITIES
Substantial advances also
\.eie lecoided in average cat
tle puces Steei s and heifeis
earned 90 cents in the month
to 524 20 pei cwt The puce
\,as S 4 40 highei than a year
eailiei
Egg puces averaged two
cents a dozen highei than
mid May quotations but were
still one cent below the puce
last June Coin puces gained
two cents a bushel but most
othei ciops weie slightly low
fi than a month ago
Pa. Blooms In
Cut Flower Biz.
Pennsylvania is the most
■ mpoitant cut flovvei produc
ing state in the Noitheast,
with cunent wholesale vol
ume estimated at $ll million,
pccoiding to lecoids of a la
tently completed 11-state sur
\ey
The smvey, made annually
by the U S Department of
Agncultuie, this year includ
ed Pennsylvania for the fiist
time The study in this state
was made by the Pennsylvan
ia Crop Repoiting Seivice
Highlights of the repoit
snored Pennsylvania to be
Second in pioduction of
loses accounting foi 17 pei
cent of the 11-state total
Thud in pioduction of cai
rations standaid cluysanthe
mums and pompon ehiysan
themums
The i epoi t also i anked
Pennsylvania Ihn d in the
Ln ted States in wholesale
volume with ament value
ol SH million
A'l known commeicial
aoweis with annual volume
oi S 2 000 01 more weie in
cluded m the survey in which
data was gatheied on fom
ent fioweis loses, standaid
and pompon chiysanthemums,
cai nations and gladioli
In addition to Pennsylvania,
states in the survey were
■Massachusetts, New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, North Carolina, Flori
da, Colorado and California.
Performance Is The Key To Low Costs
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Esbenshade stand in front
of one half of their twin layer house.
Here are some details on their 1964-65 flock:
Number of birds housed April 29, 1964 12,319 pullets pllus cockerels
Dote birds reached 50% production May 15, 1964
Dote flock was sold April 29, 1965
Days in production from start of 50% 349 days
Hen house mortality 5.8%
Total eggs shipped per hen housed starting at 50% production 243.6
Average hatchability 92.9%
Pounds of feed per dozen eggs produced (not including cockerel feed) 3.64
Estimated consumption of cockerel
Feed used (except for about 3 Vi weeks) Early Bird #3ll Breeder Mash
Comment from the receiving
hatchery to the Esbenshades . . .
"This was one of the finest per-
forming breeder flocks that we
hove-ever had congratulations
from all of us/'
A fine performance, Glenn and
Rachel.
It’s in the feed if you can
get it out ... and you
proved it.
EGG PRODUCERS
May we help you to better performance
vice Anywhere"?
Please call us collect at area
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feed per dozen eggs produced,— 0.264 lbs,
Glenn Esbenshade is shawn with some of the
12,000 layers in his poultry house."
with a top-quality feed and “Finest Ser
code 717, Lancaster 392-2145
Bushong, Inc.
At the end of the 1963-64 season
we published the fine leghon
breeder flock records of Mr. on<
Mrs. H. Glenn Esbenshade o
R. D. 2, Monheim.
Miller
&
Rohrerstown, P®.
-it.