;(i—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 7,1968
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1969 Egg Outlook
Will this fall’s impioved egg tity of chicks hatched to offset
p'ices, as compared to a year the increased number of oldei
earlier lead to a new cycle of hens in the nation s lay in 0 floe .
low prices’ Predictions give a Through September this year,
Weak*-it 4 ure of the e°a situa- about 13 4 million fewer hens
tiorffor .he quarterof 1969. (4 percent of the nation’s laying
but the situation*looks favorable flock) were . laughter* under
for the first half of the year Federal inspection.
_ i . n,.n In the first 6 months of 1968 percent In Pennsylvania, there
Several nncertamt e when pr i ces f or i ar g e white eggs were 3 percent more layers on
piesent in thl ® a( New York City were low. the farms than a year earlier and
will be influenced by p r quantity of chicks hatched for rate of lay was down 2 5 percent
reactions to present and a i- laying floek iep ia C ements de- As one considers potential
pated tmure puces r creased as compared to a year pioduetion and prices for a giv-
Itvels, at tl ! e tl ™f i pt ° earlier. In July and September, e n time, perhaps a month, he
purchase chicks' ° rd ®L p , ® after prices of large eggs moved needs to look at more than the
are made, probably wdi e about 35 cents per dozen on the qHantity of eggs producec ], Cur
more impact ‘han anticipated New Yoik Clty wholesale rently. increased quantity of
future P“ c f s , maiket the number of chicks hatching eggs set is reducing the
number of Jayeis in t s hatched for i aym g flock replace- supply of eggs available to con
laying hock u me p merits went above a year earlier, sumers as compared to a year
eggs next spring P I{ this inciease m hatch con- ago . Also we need to estimate
preciably a^ ov ® m =’ t-nues at the same rate for the quantity of eggs required foi
ls likely to encou = e next 8 months, sufficient pullets production of liquid eggs
production ™ ore chl^ s will be pioduced to replace the One factor which may tend
tJ nt nhjr-u-q hatched older hens on fams and sci!l to encourage expansion is the
the quantity of 1 d result in more layers in the demand for breaking stock to
during J u .P , ’ nation’s laying flock produce liquid eggs In 1968
October (indica ed y «<=. Egg prices through the first there was not a strong need for
incubatois) _ quarter of 1969 will influence bieaking stock because of heavy
tion the last q potential expansion within the production of liquid, frozen
could exceed that of the same „ ldlJstiy A med ; ocre pnce 1S and drjed eggs in 1967 . Spring
months m likely to maintain the status prices in 1966 were considered
take a sma q . quo and temper possible pnce too high to encourage produc-
dee i me in th e f a n and win ter tion of liquid, frozen, and dued
I since probably the number of eggs. Breakers had to increase
| layeis on farms will not increase quantity of eggs broken out in
j as much as it would if prices re- ine tall and winter of 1966 to
111 C£ Si biamed at higher levels add to the short supply of froz
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