UQ |7 p ers will have to 'cut back about
•O# F arm Lgg 2% from 1967 production,”
n • | t *> cautions Dr. L. A. Wilhelm,
rTICO Up OC president of PENB and an ad
visory member of the commiit-
Thds is 'the forecast of the £. ee
Poultry -Survey Committee. a "one percent change in egg
"If 'this is time, egg produc- numbers traditionally has re-
Thank You —Lancaster County Customers and Friends
More People Used
We're proud of the focf that this has been the biggest year in our history our
11th straight record year. Imagine for 11 straight years our company has added new
names to its ever growing list of customers and friends. We wish to thank our
many Lancaster County customers who have accepted our company. We have tried
to make D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. "The friendly local company" that is concerned
with your local problems. In the coming new year it is our aim to do everything pos-
sible to make your job of farming more profitable. Call upon us often —we are at
your service.
FEEDS
D. E. Horn & Co., Inc. roik. Pa. Pk. 854-786?
“HORNCO FEED”
During 1967
Than Ever Before!
fleeted a 3 to 5% change in
price producers receive from
eggs This is further complicat- _ , , , ir» . .
ed, however, by the fact that Pennsylvania December Potato
population increases by about _ * nnm n a
m% per year So it takes an 10% AbOVC AVCragC
extra 2,775,000 cases of eggs ,u 53
per year to keep consumption Stocks of Pennsylvania pota
at the same level toes in the hands of gi owers,
Some sca r c e rumoi s are , , , , , ,
around that the industry al- loaal dealeis, and v^ er .
ready has most of its needs for estimated to be 5,800,000 cwt
frozen and dried eggs “in the December 1, 1967, accoi dm 0
box ” If true this would be the e Pennsylvania Ci op Re
greater part of 32 to 36 eggs P art ' m S Service This was 61
per capita Storage stock data P eice, nt greater than Decembei
does not indicate any such car- 1 stacks a year ago, 28 percen
ryover into 1968 It is difficult a '^ ov f the 1961' 65 avei a ® e ’
for most poultrymen to trans- the largest December 1 stocks
late storage stocks into shell in y ears Stocks held by chip
egg equivalents One pound of p f rs and processors in excess
frozen product is 9 eggs —ona of no J m ' ad supplies for cuuen
per capita basis it would require operations were included in the
1,800,000,000 lbs to have 9 eggs estimate.
per person frozen Total stocks held on Decem-
Dned egg solids are a differ- her 1 amounted to 64 percent of
ent matter 100,000,000 lbs fall production compared with
-(Vz lib per capita) would be 18 a 5-year aveiage of 61 percent
eggs per person The egg solids This places disappea ranee
industry is important to the (sales, home use, etc ) of the
shell egg pioducer since they 1967 crop at 3 3 million cwt
use 9-12% of production since harvest, compared with
lA new feature in recent years 2 7 million last year and the
is that nearly 25% (or 8 to 9 1961-65 average of about 3 0
eggs per capita) of egg solids million cwt The 1967 pioduc
are used as fresh solids not tion of 9,120,000 cwt was 44
fiozen or dried So there will percent larger than last yeai’s
be some demand for breaker production and the largest to
eggs practically regardless of tal production in 16 years
price Pennsylvania potato growers
Should You Be Using
HORNCO FEEDS
Made By
The Friendly Local Company?
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 13, 1968
had a very good year although
weather was not -always favor
able for -potatoes Planting of
eaily potatoes began on sched
ule in eaily April but planting
was very spoiadic due to pie
vailmg cool, wet weathei An
extended hot and dry period
during June slowed growth of
all potatoes Beginning dunng
July, precipitation was general
ly more than adequate thiough
out the leroamdei of the season
in most potato aieas compared
to extiemely diy areas in south
ern and eastern counties a \ear
ago Potato haivest began in
mid-September but lagged be
hind earlier years due to wet
weather Excessive rainfall es
pecially caused pioblems in the
Ene-Crawfoid and Pottei Coun
ty aieas Tiucks and mechanical
harvesters had trouble operat
ing on wet giound and acreage
nn low spots was bypassed m
many fields Some of this acre
age was later baivested but
abandonment was substantial
throughout the State Yields
weie excellent in all aieas as
was quality after gi admg.
Greening problems, especially
wnth Kennebecs, growth macks
and hollow heart was piesent
m this year’s crop Numerous
growers and contacts report con
siderable breakdown in storage
this year, while many gioweis
icport their ciops are storing
well
The left side of a ship isn’t
called the port side because it
is the side nearest pout It is so
called because the red lantern
displayed on that side was once
the color of port wine which, in
turn, took its name fiom Opor
to, Portugal, the place wheie it
was fust made.
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