Livestock Byproducts
Hold Untapped Profits
Livestock and poultry farm
ers could turn a waste bypro
duct of their industry from lia
bility to assest by producing top
soil for the commercial market,
a U. S. Deportment of Agricul
ture scientist points out.
Harry J. Eby, agricultural en
gineer in USDA’s Agricultural
Research Service, says animal
manure could produce quality
top soil that is rich in organic
matter. Such soil would find a
ready market among nursery
men, landscape architects,
greenhouse operators, and
homeowners.
If a farmer did not wish to
sell the soil, Eby adds, he could
use it to grow sod The sod
could be cut at frequent inter
vals and sold to municipalities
for use m beautification pro-
ma
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grams, to homeowners for esta
blishing lawns or improving ex
isting ones, or to contractors
for beautifying apartment, office
building, or housing develop
ment grounds.
Over two billion tons of ani
mal and poultry manure is pro
duced annually in the United
Stales. Disposing of this mater
ial is a big problem, particular
ly for farmers who raise beef
cattle, hogs, and poultry in con
finement. Using the material to
produce quality top soil for the
commercial market could be a
profitable solution to the dis
posal problem, Eby said in a
recent repoit.
A farmer would need suffi
cient acreage (even poor soil
would suffice), large quantities
of manure, and equipment to
plow the material into the soil
The soil would also have to be
disked at frequent intervals to
piomote thoiough mixing and
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s s\
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EGG PRODUCTION STEADY
lIARRISnURG Two hun
dred and seventy-six million
eggs were produced in Penn
sylvania during May, according
to the State Crop Reporting
Service The production is
about the same as that for May
1966.
decomposition and to eliminate
weed seeds, he said.
How much manure should be
plowed into each acre of soil,
he said, would depend upon the
type ol soil and the percentage
of organic content desired. Eby
also pointed out that the soil
should be marketed as an en
riched soil, not as a fertilizer.
If maikeled as a fertilizer, a
label showing the breakdown of
plant nutrients in the soil would
be icquired, theieby boosting
production costs
• Handias any material Silage,
grain, haylage, green chop,
chopped hay.
• Inside or outside. Stanchion
or other barn, as well as on
outside bunks.
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 17,1967 —
Merchandising Eggs May Increase
Sales And Not Profits, Birth Says
Kermit Birth, extension poui- to coouhnate supply to their
try marketing specialist at Penn market needs
State University told poultry- He emphasized that a uni
men at last week’s annual meet- form high quality pi oduct is es
mg of state Poultry Federation scnlial in developing a success
members that merchandising ful brand identity Ail too of
their products wasn’t the whole ten, quality problems can be
answer limiting factors in developing a
“While merchandising can in- good brand image. And he cm
crease sales," the economist phasized the role of packaging
noted, “profits may not accrue in developing a merchandising
to the industry if quantity pio- piogram The package must also
duced exceeds that which can pi ovule adequate pi oduct pio
be sold at profitable prices ” tection, he added
He said that production coor-
dmated to market needs must
accompany merchandising MAY MILK WAY OFF
Many producer-distributors HARRISBURG—MiIk pioduc
have been employing brand tion in Pennsylvania dunng
identity lather than commodity May amounted to 317 million
merchandising, Buth pointed quaits. according to the State
out This has enabled pioducer- Crop Reporting Service Tins
distubutors to cairy out effec- is 3 2 million fewer quarts than
tive maiketmg piograms and pioduced in May 1966
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