12—Lancaster Farming.
Saturday. April 29. 1967
Crop Roundup
ALI. I*A. CSKVIN STOCKS
TOTAL 33' < UNDER 196 G
Slocks of .ill '.".nns in the
Key stone State, on Apiil 1.
weie 33 peiccnt less than n
year earlier, according to the
Pennsylvania Ciop Repelling
Service The stocks of corn at
20.9 million bushels, were pii
marily responsible for this de
cline being 39 percent less
than a year ago Wheat stocks
declined by 21 percent from
last year. OtT-farm stocks de
clined by 31 peiccnt, contrast
ed with an increase of nine
peiccnt for wheat on farms
Oat stocks were 28 peiccnt be
low a year earlier, due pri
mal ily to a decline in the on
farm stocks Barley stocks
showed a net mciease of 10
percent
SOYBEAN STOCKS LARGER;
FEED GRAINS OFF 10U
Stocks of the four feed grains
in the United States on April
1 1967 totaled 103 million tons
—lO pei cent less than a year
eailiei and 19 peicent below
aveiage Recoid high April 1
soybean stocks were 22 per
cent more than on last Apnl
1 and moie than one-thiid
abo\e aceiage Stocks of wheat
were 23 peicent below' a yeai
eailiei Duium holdings down
45 peicent Although down two
peicent from Apnl 1. 1966
ive stocks weie the second
largest since Apnl 1. 1944
Stocks of flaxseed weie down
29 percent fiom a year eaili
ei but 11 percent above a\er
age
WHEAT
Ail wheat in storage on Ap
nl 1 totaled 703 million bush
els, 23 percent less than a
year earlier and the smallest
for the date since 1952 Off
faim holdings w'ere 462 mil
lion bushels 30 peicent below
last yeai and faun holdings of
241 million bushels were 6 per
cent less Disappeai ance fiom
all positions duung the Janu
aiy-Maich quaitei is indicated
at 346 million bushels com
paied with 419 million bush
els a yeai eailiei
CORN
Coin stocks ot 2 704 million
bushels in all positions on Apr
il 1 weie 6 pei cent less than
a yeai eailiei and 17 percent
below aveiage Cuiient hold
ings indicate a disappeaiance
of 959 million bushels duung
the Januaiy-Maich quaiter
compaied with iccoid high ot
1,178 million bushels foi the
yeai-eaiher quaiter
OAT
Oat stocks of 441 million
bushels in all positions on Ap
ril 1 were 18 peicent below
a yeai earlier and 12 percent
below aceiage Faim holdings
ot 354 million bushels were
21 peicent below a yeai eaili
ei and equaled 80 peicent of
total Apnl 1 stocks Offlaim
stocks, at 88 million bushels,
were up slightly from a year
eailiei Disappeaiance duung
the JanuaiyMatch quaiter of
219 million bushels compared
with 227 million bushels a \ear
eai liei
BVRLEY
Bdilej slot ec? in all -posit'ons
on Apul 1 totaled 206 million
bushels, about seven peicent
moie than a veai eailiei but
eight peicent below aveiage
Offfaim stocks at 92 million
bushels, were slightlj below
Apnl 1 1966 Faim stocks of
114 million buahels me about
15 peicent above a jeai earli
ei Disappeai ance dunng the
Janu ai v Mr ich qu ai ter was 86
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and
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Housing of a good healthy pullet,.
Top flight management on the part of the producer, and
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Among the eleven producers in our delivery area recently honored by a national
organization for outstanding egg production.
FIVE are users of Early Bird Feeds and Service,
FOUR competing feeds shared honors with the remainder.
Among the Five Early Bird Users:
• Production for 14 twenty-eight day periods ranged
from 242 to 278 eggs per hen housed.
• Livability ranged from a low of 84.4% to a high of
94.6%.
• Conversions ranged from 3.69 lbs.
eggs in cages to 3.78 lbs. on slats.
One producer kept his hens beyond the 14 periods and had 318.6 eggs per hen housed
in 485 days of production.
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RESULTS FROM A COMBINATION OF
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