Crop & Livestock Round-Up
Early Potato Forecast ed " l 291 ««.. 22 per
/ 1 ■ 1 • n.. ao' c,,nt morc ,hnn the total pro-
Revised Upward By 3 70 ducc(l j n 196 4.
The Pennsylvania Crop Re
porting Service has revised
ppward its forecast of potato
production in the state this
year as other areas of the
nation also indicated higber
fhan-expected yields.
The latest report, based on
October 1 conditions, antici
pates total production of 7.2
million hundredweight in
Pennsylvania, 3 percent more
than the yield forecast a
month earlier. If realized,
production would be 6 per
cent higher than in 1964.
For the nation, total pota
to production is now estimat-
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Cattle On Feed Off In
Pa.; Up 7% Nationally
Pennsylvania cattle fecdois
had 44.000 cuttle and calves
on feed for slaughter market
on October 1, 1965, accord
ing to the Pennsylvania Crop
Reporting Service. This was
14 percent less than the 51,-
000 on feed a year earlier
and 4 percent less than the
47.000 on feed on July 1.
Marketings of fed cattle dur
ing the July to September
Quarter totaled 33,000, down
3 percent from a year earli-
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Replacement Chick
Hatch Down For 1965
IM. DOWN 12 PERCENT
Production of egg-typo
chicks In Pcnnsyhanln totaled
1.282.000 during September, a
S percent decline from Sep
tember 19(14. according to tbo
Pennsyhnnla Crop Reporting
Sen ice. This jear's hatch from
.January to September is 26
percent below the «nnie peri
od in 1964. A month earlier
the 196") hatch was 28 per
cent below 1964. Broiler
er Placements dnnng the
quarter of 30,000 compares
with 42.000 p'aced dining
the sinif quarter in 1964.
Cattle on teed less than 3
months on October 1 at 26,-
000 was 9 I'Ort head below a
\ear earlier, 3 to 6 months
at 9 000 was up 3,000, and
more than 6 months at 9,000
oft- 1,000 from a year ago.
About 10 percent of the cat
tle on feed were 1 100 pounds
and oi er 30 percent 900-1,-
099, 40 percent 700-899 and
20 percent were lighter ani
mals. Intended marketings for
the coming quarter at 19 000
would be the same as mar
ketings during the same quai
ter in 1964.
rp 7% ix r. a.
On October 1. 1965, there
were 7 359.000 head ol cattle
and calves on feed in 32 ntaior
feeding States for slaughter
market 7 percent more
than a year earlier Increases
trom a year earlier wei e
shown m all weight groups
except those weighing less
than 500 pounds, and those
weighting 1.100 pounds and
ot er An increase in. heiters
and heifer calves accounted
for nearly three-fourths of
the increase in number ot
cattle on feed The October
1 number on feed was 2 per
cent less than the number on
feed July 1 this jear com
pared with little change for
this same period last jear
Cattle and calves placed on
feed during the July-Septem
ber quarter m the 32 States
totaled 4.191,000 head —down
1 percent from the same peri
od in 1964. Placements - were
down 3 percent in the Xorth
Central States but were up 3
percent m the Western States
Shipments of Stocker and
teeder cattle into S Corn Belt
States during July and Au
gust were down S percent
from the corresponding period
a i ear earlier
A breakdown of the num
ber ou feed October 1 by
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chick production totaled 4,-
505,000 during September, 15
percent higher than Septem
ber 1004. The January to
September hatch is II per
cent above the comparable pe
riod in 1964. The combined
total of egg and broiler chick
hatch during September was
5,654.000. a 12 percent in
crease compared with the
September 196 1 hatch.
r.S. DOWN O PERCENT
There were 28,931.900 le
placement chicks hatched in
September, up 2 pel cent from
September 1964 Reported m
cieases were 9 percent in the
South Atlantic States, 7 per
cent m the South Central,
and 6 pci cent in the Western
Stales No change ftom Sep
tember last year was lepoit
ed in the Ninth Atlantic
States Deci eases leported
were 11 percent in the West
North Central and S percent
in the East North Cential
States The hatch of chicks
during the first 9 months ol
1965 totaled 410,368,600
a deciease ot 9 percent fiom
same period last jear The
number of eggs m mcuhaloib
on October 1 was up 7 pei
cent fiom a year eailier
The hatch ot bi oiler chicks
totaled 186,371,000, up 12
pei cent tiom September last
jear and the largest of rec
ord lor the month. Dining
the fust nine months of 1965
there were 1,900,947,000
hi oiler chicks pioduced, an
inciease ot 7 percent from
Januaix-September 1964 and
the hugest of lecoid tor
these months The number of
hi oilei-type eggs in incubators
on October 1 was 11 percent
abote a \ear earlier
Hatcheries produced 213,-
302,U00 chicks during Septem
ber computed with 194,728,-
000 in September 1964.
POUI/T PRODUCTION UP
Heavy breed poults hatched
in September totaled 957,000
—an increase of 40 percent
from September 1964 The
hatch of heavy white breeds
at 838,000 was up 63 pei
cent The hatch of other
heavv breeds at 119,000 was
down 30 percent. Production
w eight groups showed an in
crease from a year earlier in
numbers in each weight group
between 500 and 1,100
pounds Decreases weie shown
in cattle and calves weighing
under 500 pounds and those
weighing 1,100 pounds and
oi er
o t light breeds totaled 79G.-
DOO up 13 percent trout
Sopteunbor IDG t. There wore
108,200.000 poults hutched
during the first .0 months oE
19G5, an Increase ot 3 per
cent over the n-month period
in 19G-1. The number of heaxy
breed eggs in incubutors on
October 1 was up It peicent
from a >enr earlier. The utim
l)cr of light breeds in imuba
tois was up 21 percent.
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One of (he most colorftil
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piciuiesque ch'aiactei known
as “Double X” Orton Diessed
in a stove pipe hat and a buf
faFo coat he foi m/any >eais
peddled his. own brand of
“Rdlrable XX Cough Drops”
on Pittsbuig’h street Coineis.
Once, after an election in
which he wias defeated as a
candidate fo" sheriff, he
claimed that his suppoitcis
had given him fhe “Double
X ”
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1'3>26, it \Mas at that time the
longest bridge in the United
States, and still is an engi
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