Crop Roundup
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The crop possesses a nice
chestnut brown color and Is
of very high quality. Some
.shed burn has occurred but
damage Is relatively light. A
few growers began stripping
the crop the last week of
October.
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Manufacturers of Early Bird and Green Pastures Feeds
October 1 was estimated to several years. Rased on the
bo 1310 million pounds, current disappearance rate, a
down about 7 million pounds 3%-year supply now exists,
from a year ago. The decrease PRODUCTION
In uncured stocks more than n ‘ ()WV T() MILLION
offsets a smaU Increase In Bkb ])roduct i on during Oc
cstlmated 1960 production. < tober rench< . d tho lowest point
Disappearance of the 1004 & fQp any october slnce 106 0.
earlier crops will probably A tota , of 242,000,000 eggs
reach 33 million about 8 were produced last month
million larger than the un- compared with 260,000,000 In
usually low 1964 figure How- octo ‘ ber m4> a decrea9e ot
ever, the total supply for the ? pepcenl> A declS nlng num
-1965-66 marketing >ear will ber i ave rs is primarily re
be about 178 2 million pounds. bponsible , fol . the drop in e gg
This Is 5.8 million less than production from last year.
was available a year ago but Thorp were 13,802,000
about a\erage for the past layers on Pennsylvania
On This
Thanksgiving
1965
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gratefiih&r the-many-
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the many -friends 'about u$ . . .
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to our many clients.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 20, 1965
poultry farms during Oc
tober, slightly below Sep-
Icmbcr 11X15 ami 7 permit
below Or I alter mill, Nu oi
lier of layer* declined from
September to October for
tbe llrst lime rdnre records
kept. Normally num
ber of layers Increases as
pullets are added to Hocks.
In ,recent 3 curs 'the lncrco.se
from September to October
him been decreasing but
H4s Is the llrst year for a
reversal of this historic
seasonal trend. The small
chick batch earlier Oils
year probably helped keep
the evpntnslon of flocks at
a minimum this fall.
The number of eggs pro
duced per layer aieraged 17.-
55 during October, 1 percent
more than a year ago Rate
of lay the first of November
was 55 5 percent the same
as a year ago but 4 percent
less than October 1.
Prices received by poultry
men tor all eggs during Oc
tober averaged 39.0 cents per
dozen, the same pi ice re
ceived in September 1965 and
October 1964. Poultry teed
prices have increased slightly
from last year causing the
egg-feed price ratios to de
cline, indicating a less favor
able economic position for the
farmer.
MILK PRODUCTION UP
11 MILLION LBS. OVKR ’«-t
Milk cows in Pennsylvania
during October produced 548
million pounds of milk, up
6 million pounds from Sep-
NOW-from SIEGLER
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You get
TIMES MORE
with the fuel it saves!
SEE IT SOON AT
L. H. Brubaker
, f
350 Strasburg Pike, Lane.
R. 1). _3, Lititz
Phone Lancaster 307-3170
Lititz <(26-7766
lumber nncl 11 million pounds
above October 11)61. October
milk piuduction this year
mis 5 million pounds aboie
the 11)59-66 average but 16
million pounds less than the
iccurd high in October 1962.
Based on the July 1. 1962
Pennsylvania population esti
mate, October milk piorinc
tion was at a le\el to pro\tde
155 pounds or .72 quarts
daily per person in the State.
The nuniDer of milk cows
on Penns} hama taims in Oc
tober was 783.000 oi 2,000
less than September Milk
row numbers are down ap
proximately 4 percent lioiu
October 10G4 and 10 peneut
below the Octobei 1010-bS
aveiage Lack ol roughage
has caused some dair}iuen in
the di ought aieas of the
State to dispose ot their milk
ing heids Howe\er, due to
a more favorable late sum
mer and eail> tall than in
the past tew vears sales 'So
not seem to be as piewalent.
The October milk output
per cow was 700 pounds or
40 pounds above October
1964 and 76 pounds above
the October average On a
daily basis, October output at
22.58 pounds was about 4
pounds under September but
about 1 3 pounds above Oc
tober last year.
The daily rate ol feeding
gram and concentrates was
11 4 pounds per cow duung
October or 3 pet cent more
than September and 6 per
cent above the October 1964
late The amount ot giam
ted per 100 pounds ot milk
pioduced was 41 0 pounds,
one pound below last year.
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