—Lancwter Farming, Saturday, March 23,1968
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Pa. Tobacco Growers Plan 5 Per Cent Decrease
Commomvcnlth tobacco grow
ers intend to set 21.000 acres of
their Type-41, Pennsylvania
Sccdleaf for harvest in 1968, 5
percent less acreage than a year
ago. according to the Penna.
Crop Reporting Service.
Acreage harvested at this lev
el is the smallest acreage since
the record low of 17,800 acres
harvested in 1034.* It compares
with 22,000 acres harvested in
1967 and 27,200 acres for the
1962 66 average. In the past 10
years Pennsylvania's tobacco
acreage has ranged from a low
of 22,000 to a high of 31,000 acres.
Based on the 1962-66 average
yield of 1.825 pounds, a crop of
about 38.3 million pounds of
Pennsylvania Seed Leaf would
be produced. Production in 1967
is estimated at 42.4 million
pounds.
The March 1 intentions may
or may not materialize depend
ing on weather conditions at
planting time, the availability of
plants and even growers’ reac
tions to this report. The purpose
of this report is to assist grow
ers generally in making such
changes in their acreage plans
as may appear desirable.
U.S. AVERAGE
Growers intend to set 906,400
acres of all types of tobacco for
harvest in 1968, about 8 percent
below the acreage harvested
last year and the smallest since
1890 Flue-cured accounts for
most of the drop from 1967, al
though small declines are indi
cated for other major classes
except Southern Maryland with
no change. All types of tobacco
except Southern Maryland,
Pennsylvania Seedleaf, Shade
grown, and Perique are under
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quotas this year with basic ol- years acreage has ranged from
lotmcnts unchanged from 1967. 38,000 to 42,000 acres.
Based on an average yield per Based on the 1962-66 average
..... - , yield of 185 cwt., production
nrnrti.fSS nf -n fvnt/nf Sr would ** * bout 6 7 million CWt>
fhu ™s Production would be 6 per
cent b*iow the 5-year average
WOI) 1 Q DC 1,050 million sfl.lJ _f it. _ tnan
pounds, compared with 2,007 produc ‘ io "- Yi . eld of the 1967
c r0 P »t 240 cwt. was a record
million last year.
Flue-cured plantings are ex- .. . , „
pected to total 555.020 acres in The March 1 intentions may
loeo 11 „ „.V or may not materialize depend
-1968 11 percent below last ' ,
year and the lowest since rec- h™ Sr
ords for the class were started
in 1919. Adjustments due to net « d . su «“"*”s
over-marketing of the 1967 ef- SSSSISIn
fective poundage quotas under g r ° wers react on to this report.
The purpose of this report is to
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with allowance for trend, bright-
leaf production from the 1968 Prospective plantings of late
prospective acreage would be summer and fall potatoes for
1,082 million pounds, compared iges are estimated at 1,182,900
with about 1,268 million produc- acres, 5 percent less than 1967
ed last season. Fire-cured pro- plantings. In all regions, intend
ducers indicate plans for 23,100 ed plantings are below last
acres an all-time low since year’s planted acreage,
records began in 1919. Last year The intended plan tings in the
23,600 .acres were harvested. If North Atlantic States are placed
an average yield, adjusted for at 301800 acres for 1968 t com .
trend, is realized, production pared 315 500 acres plant
from this year s intended acre- ed last year _ a 4. percen t de
age would total 39.8 million c jj ne jj educed p l an tings are ex
pounds. pected for each state in the
POTATOES group. Prospective plantings for
Pennsylvania potato growers t he East North Central States,
intend to decrease their potato totaling 125,300 acres, compare
acreage by 8 percent for 1968. w i t h 130,700 acres planted in
This places indicated planted 1957. The West North Central
acreage for 1968 at 36,000 acres, states, with prospective plant-
If these intentions are carried ings of 239,800 acres, compared
out, total acreage would be 3,- with 252,400 last year, show de
-000 acres less than planted last dines except in South Dakota,
year and the smallest planted unchanged from 1967. In the
acreage of record. The 1962-66 West, expected plantings are
average acreage planted was 508,500 acres this year compar
-38,600 acres. During the past 10 ed with 533,400 acres planted in
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1967. A reduction of 5 percent is
indicated in Idaho. 3 percent in
Colorado* and Washington, 12
percent in Oregon, and 5 per
cent in California.
If growers realize an average
yield, allowing for trend, from
expected late summer and fall
plantings, production for 1968
would total 242 million cwt., 7
percent less than the record
large 1967 crop from these two
seasonal groups.
The indicated decline in in
tended acreage for late summer
and fall potatoes continues a
trend shown for most of the oth
er seasonal groups. The acre
age planted to winter potatoes
totaled 22,200 acres, 10 percent
below a year earlier. Plantings
for' the early spring crop totaled
34,100 acres, 8 percent less than
in 1967. Planting intentions for
the late spring group, at 88,100
awes, reported on January 1,
are down 16 percent. However,
planting intentions for the early
summer crop, reported on Feb
ruary 1, indicated a 2 percent
increase and expected plantings
of 89,200 acres.
Plantings from all seasonal
groups would total 1,416,500 ac
res for 1968, if expectations are
reached. This would be 5 per
cent less than 1967 r plantings.
Production from the expected
acreage for 1968 would be about
284 million cwt., compared with
306 million cwt, harvested in
1967 and 307 million in 1966. The
projected production for 1968 is
based on current estimates for
the winter potatoes, plus aver
age yields per acre, allowing
for trend, for each of the other
seasonal groups.
EGG-TYPE CHICK HATCH
Production of egg-type chicks
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in Pennsylvania totaled 1,902,-
000 during February, 22 percent
less than a year earlier. The
total January-February 1988
egg-type hatch (3,265,000) is *25
percent less than the 1987 cum
ulative hatch. Broiler-type chick
production totaled 4,886,000 dur
ing February 1968, 11 percent
more than the February 1967
hatch. The 2 month cumulative
total for this year is 19 percent
more than the same time peri
od in 1967.
U.S. PRODUCTION
Egg-type chicks hatched dur
ing February are estimated at
38 million, a decrease of 18 per
cent from a year earlier. All re
gions recorded decreases as fol
lows: South Atlantic, 25 per
cent: North Atlantic, 23 percent;
North Central. 19 percent; South
Central, 13 percent; and West,
9 percent. During the first 2
months of 1968 there were 72
million egg-type chicks hatched,
down 17 percent from the same
2 months in 1967. The number
of egg-type eggs in incubator on
March 1 was down 20 percent
from a year earlier. The re
vised number of egg-type chicks
hatched in 1967 totals 535 mil
lion, 6 percent less than in 1966.
“The announced tourist deficit
takes no account of sizeable pur
chases by foreign countries of
the U.S.-built aircraft and sim
ilar travel connected dollar
spending. Air France, for ex
ample, has bought or ordered
jets worth $410,000,000 in recent
years, with options amounting
to another $300,000,000. The com
pany will spend $37,000,000 of its
dollar earnings this year for op
erating expenses in this coun
try, another $30,000,000 for air
craft components and spare
parts, and is installing a $30,-
000,000 U S. computer system.”
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