1G I PRODUCTION D~WN « YEAR EARLIL'.C Icc. This production was two percent less than the March . . . . ___ 1960 production. On a daily ba rgg production totaled 272,- s j s M arc h production was about ,000 in Pennsylvania during t j, e same os the daily rate dur rch, according to the Penn- ing February 1967< vania Crop Reporting Serv- :0l El V All around the farm ... MYERS Sprayers Do All Your JOBS BETTER! Now Is The Time To Have Your Sprayer Inspected And Repaired And To Plan Your Spraying For The Year Ahead. Stop In And See Us! LESTER A. SINGER “Lancaster County’s Only Dealer Specializing In Sprayer Sales and Service” Ronks, Pa. 687-6712 WEEK ARER WEEK- - MONTH ARER MONTH-- Mare and More Milk Producers Are Taking Advantage Of It. Results Are Speaking For Themselves. If you hoven'f fried our GREEN PASTURES DAIRY FEEDS, give us o coil and one of our Dairy Specialisfs will sfop and explain fhe program.fo you. He'll give you an honesf appraisal of fhe results you con reasonably expect. STOC\C^^ ><b to Miller & Bushong, Inc. Rohrerstown, Pa. Poultrymcn had one percent fewer layers on hand during March than they had in Feb- for the two month pcriod , Xhe ruary and three percent few- Unlted States eg g.typ e chick er than during March 1966. hatch for the first two months Death losses and culling more of 1967 was 8 V,024,000, 12 per than offset additions of pullets cent more than the comparable to the laying Hock during period in 1966 arc * l ‘ Slocks of all eggs in cold The April 1 rale of lay at storage on February 26, 1967 61.6 percent was up three per- totaled 1,101,000 cases This cent from March 1, 1967, but was 10 percent more than Jan slightly less than the April 1, UiU -y 31, 1907, 37 percent more 1966 rate of lay. Rate of lay than Februaiy 28. 1966 but normally increases at this lime five percent less than the Feb of the year, ruary 28, five-year average. The average price received EGG PRODUCTION for all eggs sold dunng March p „ nrFVT was 39 cents per dozen, thiee ur six rmi/Ni cents more than the February March egg production is es pnee but five cents less than timatefl at “ 8,127 million eggs, for March 1966. The Easter de- SJX percen t above both March mand strengthened prices but 19g6 and the 1961 . 65 aveiage did not push them to year eai- avel . Js j e number of layeis her levels. for Match 1967 is estimated at Pennsylvania hatchcrymen 317 million, up five percent produced 4,285,000 egg-type from both a year earlier and chicks during January-Febiu- aveiage Egg pioduction pei ary 1967. four percent more layer averaged 19 32 dining than the 1966 cumulative hatch Mar c h 1967 compared with Green Pastures Dairy Program (Area Code 717) "Finest Service Anywhere" The Is Really Working! Ph. Lancaster 392-2145 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 15.1967 19 01 eggs lor Match last vear and the five-year average ol 19.12 eggs Match egg pioduclion was up Irom a year earlier in all regions. The South Atlantic and South Central legions had the sharpest increases, being 11 percent above last yeai The number of layers on April 1, 1967 is estimated at 316,703,000, which is five per cent above both a year eailier and average Estimated layer numbers were up nine peicent an the South Cential region, eight percent in the South At lantic, six peicent in the West, tour peicent in the East Noith Cential and two peicent in the West North Cential A slight decline from a year earlier was recorded in the North Atlantic region. The late ot lay on A.pi it 1 aveiaged 63 5 eggs pei 100 lay eis compaied \ th 62 7 a sear eai her and the ..vei age of 62 9. Rate of lay was equal oi above last year in all legions except the West which had a slight decline PENNA. MILK PROEUCJTON DOWN 15 MILLION POUNDS Most of Pennsylvania had more p re ci pa t a lion cluung March than in either ol the preceding two months Soil moisture is the best it has been for April 1 in seveial veais Al though theie weie a few wann days towaid the end ol the month, tempeiatuies a\eiaged below normal ■uith some sub zero readings Wintei gum and glass seedings appeal to be in good shape Theie weie some leports of v intei-kill but it is too earlv to determine the ex too ally to deteimine the ex tent of the damage Milk cows on Pennsylvania farms duung Maich produced 630 million pounds of milk— a decline of 15 million pounds from March 1966 —accoi ding to the Pennsylvania Ciop Repoit mg Service Mai eh milk pio duction was 17 million pounds below the 1961-65 aveiage, and 31 million pounds less than the leeord high foi the month in 1963 The mimbei of milk cows on Pennsylvania laims in March was 750,000 Milk cow numbeis are down appi oximately thi ee percent from Match 1966 and 13 peicent fiom the Mauh 1961-65 aveiage March production per cow was 840 pounds oi 10 pounds above Maich 1966 and 85 pounds above the five-year av erage On a daily basis, Match out put at 2710 pounds was 156 pounds above Febiuaiy and 33 pounds above March last year Based on the July 1, 1965 Pennsylvania population esti mate, Maich milk pioduction was iit a level to pi ovule 1 76 pounds or 82 quait daily per person in the State The daily late of feeding gram and concentrates was 13 4 pounds per cow dm mg March an increase of 1 pound from Febiuaiy and an increase of 2 pound fiom March last year The amount of giain led to pioduce 100 pounds ot milk; declined 7 pound fiom Feb iuaiy, but was 4 pound gi eat er than March last veai Reporting commeicial dauv men indicated the icplacement value of daily cattle as Milk cows $387, hellers (ovei 16 months), $268, heileis (4-16 months). $157 and calves $75. Fifty-five percent of the hav fed to milk cows duung the winter feeding peuod was al falfa, 28 percent was clovci, and 17 percent olhei hay Of the silage fed dm mg the same period 89 pci cent was coin, eight peicent glass and thiee percent olhei kinds ot silage. (Continued on Page 9) 5
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