10— Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 18, 1967 Short Course On Farm
Management Mar. 6-7
PA. EGG PRODUCTION
INCREASES LESS THAN U.S. cent less than the December Profitable decisions on labor
31. 5-year average. and credit problems will be
Egg production totaled -< < pßnnrrrmv stressed at the Farm Manage
million eggs in Pennsylvania I. S. EGG PRODUCTION ment Short course t 0 be of .
during January, according to Rsg production during Janu- fe d b p St t n _
the Pennsvlvama Crop Report- ary is estimated at 5.916 mil- sm . 6 _ nd - -r^
ing Service Production was lion eggs, seven percent abo\e ‘ b b ,. ‘
tlii ec pevent mme than in January 1966 and 10 percent ,4m campus af unue.-sitv
Januaiy 1966 but one percent above the 1961-65 average for Par j. P •
less than for December 1966 the month The average num- * '
Poultrynion had two percent her of layers during Januaiy Discussions in this course
fewer la vers on hand during is estimated at 32S million, up can a ,0 jn >' tj"pe of farm-
Januarv 1967 than they had in the percent from a year earh- in S operation Some of the
December 1966 and one per- er and four percent above the t °P ICS t 0 he discussed are:
cent fever than the Januarj 5-year average for Januaiy Managing om ‘ Labor for Ef
-3966 numbers Egg production averaged 18 32 fiviency. Can Pennsylvania
The Februaiy l rate of lay eggs per lajer during January Earmers Compete for Labor’,
of 60 1 percent was two pei- up two percent fiom a year Making Profitable Substitutions
cent moie than tlie January 1. earlier Technology and Capital for]
1967 rate and four percent The number of layers on La!)0: The Operator Deter-j
more than on February 1. February 1 is estimated at 320 lnines Loan Needs for Major j
1966 Fewer old hens in laying million an increase of the Adjustments. Making the Fi
flocks this year compared with percent from both a >ear ear- n -h Decision on a Loan, and
a war earher ma\ account foi her and the 5-yeai .nerage Earn. Records as an Aid to i
the better rate of la\ Estimated layer numbers were P”Ofttable Credit and Labor'
The average price received nine percent abo\e a war e.,i Decisions ;
for all eggs sold during Jan- her m the South Atlantic and The registration fee for the i
ikv'\ was 41 cents per dozen. South Central Regions Other course is SlO for Pennsylvan-j
three cents less than the De- substantial regional increases inns; Slo for non-residents j
cesnber 1966 pnee but a pen- " ere four percent in the East I
ny inoro tlmn tihc J9nu?.ry Xorth Ccntrsl flnd five per* increases were percent in
1966 price cent in the West, In the North South Central Region and
Pennsylvania hatcherymen Atlantic and West Xorth Cen- gx percent in the West More
produced 29.2 million chicks Regions. February 1 layer moderate increases planned
during 1956. six percent more num * >ers were only slightly three percent in the South
than the 1965 hatch The Unit- n bove a • vrar earlier The rate Atlantic and two percent m
cd States egg-type hatch for on February 1 averaged (jj e Xorth Central. Pro
-1968 at S74S million chicks per 100 Inters, up dicers planned to purchase
is 18 percent nioie than the c * lree Percent from a year ear- one percent -fewer replace-1
1965 hatch. * ler Regionally, aterage rates jnents in 1967 in the North At-;
were above a year eailier ex- ] a ntic Region and five percent j
Stocks of all eggs in cold cept m the West. less in the West Xorth Central.'
storage on December 31. 1960 Egg producers on February|
in the United States totaled 1 reported plans to buy three j
945,000 c-ses This was six pei - percent more replacement;
cent less than Xovember 30. ducks and started pullets than!
1966. 31 pe-cent -less than De- in 1966 The largest indicated |
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