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I PRODUCTION D~WN
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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-
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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
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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.
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