Poultry Marketing Informotion A Decade Of Change Prepared by Hermit Birth Production declines for the Change m number of eggs Penn State Marketing Specialist entire state have not been as produced among counties rang . . dramatic as among areas of the ed from a decrease of 75 per- Egg production in Pennsylva- s t a j- e ant j counties. Changes in cent to an increase of about 52 nia declined nearly 18 percent production among areas ranged percent. Increases occurred in in the past decade according to from a 40 percent decrease to a 18 counties. Pennsylvania Crop Reporting 2 percent increase. Declines Service estimates. Production de- were greatest in northwestern creased from 299 million dozen and southwestern areas of the Although rainfall in the Him eggs in 1957 to 264 million doz- state. Changes in dozens of eggs alayas often reaches 200 inches en in 1967, a decrease of 35 mil- m . oduced and lavers on f „ rm . in annually during the monsoon lion dozen. Production in 1957 P lo ®ced and layeis on farms in M rest o£ Tlbet is one was about 5 million dozen less “ le res P ec * lve areas between o£ £be dr j es£ ai - e as in the world, than the peak Pennsylvania pro- 1957 and 1967 and the percent w jth a precipitation of less than duction which occurred in 1955. changes are given on the maps eight inches per year. Tibet’s Rainfall Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 21.1968 Milk Prices To Farmers Set By Six Northeastern Orders Fluid milk prices to farmers set by six northeastern Federal milk marketing orders will be increased 24 cents a hundred weight, or about Vt cent a quart, from Sept. 15 through April 1969, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today. USDA’s Consumer and Mar keting Service officials said amended orders for the Massa chusetts - Rhode Island - New Hampshire, New York-New Jer sey, Connecticut and Delaware Valley markets were approved by more than the required two- thirds of the dairy faimers sup plying each of the order areas, in a poll of their cooperative as sociations. No amendments were requir ed for the Washington, D C., and Upper Chesapeake Bay oiders since the puces in these mar kets are tied to the prices set un der the Delaware Valley order. Terms of the amended orders are identical to those of USDA’s final decision issued and submit ted for dairy farmer approval on Sept. 6. They are based on a pub lic hearing July 25-26, held at the request of major dauy groups in the Northeast. USDA officials said that pio duction in northeastern maikets continues to decline and the price increase is needed to as sure an adequate milk supply. It will offset increases in pro duction costs and restore price relationships between northeast ern and midwestern markets that existed before recent price increases were made in the Mid west. Diseases In Cattle Severe problems and heavy losses fiom respiratory diseases in feeder cattle stimulates inter est in programs to immunize feeder cattle before they reach the feedlots. The term lefened to as “Preconditioned Feeder Calves” is getting considerable attention this fall in all farm publications Stress at shipment time appears to be the greatest single factor influencing lespira tory diseases Weaning and cas trating of calves at least 30 days prior to shipping would be a step in the light dnection The more general use of vaccines prior to shipment would i educe piob lems Most people agreq' that preconditioning pioceduies aie good, but the pioblem seems to be who will peifoim these prac tices, who will guaiantee tieat ment, and who will pay for them Quiet and caietul hand ling with a minimum of stiess and stiain continues to be appio pnate this fall MD. FEEDER PIGS SET SALES RECORE Maiyland Pork Pioduceis, Inc. a non-piofit corporation dedicat ed to improving the efficiency of pork production, set a new rec ord in August 1968 by selling 3428 feeder pigs for $204,000 The Pork Produce! s have been sponsoring feeder pig sales since 1956 Sixty eonsignois deliveied the recoid-bieaking number of pigs to two sales—the Caiolme Sales Company, Denton, on the second Monday monthly, and Duke Bios Stockyards, Eden, Md , on the fouith Monday A lecord numbei ot pigs 17,913 have been sold in 1968 SWEIGART FIRESTONE 329 VV. High St., Manheim, Pa. Phone 665-2258 23
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