18—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. February 14,1970 • Farm Briefs (Continued from Pago 17) 20.1 million, both up 4 pet. Steers 1 year and older, nt 13 heifer calves, at 3 0 million, million head, and bulls 1 year wcie both off 2 pet. from a year and older, at 2 0 million head, carliei and lowest since records both up 2 pet. began in those c.itegoiies in ... . . . . Meanwhile, sheep and lambs _ ' . , on feed, at 20,422,000 head, were But. these declines were more nol only dow „ 4 pct from a year than oft set by inci casing oeef car |i er but the lowest since re rattle numhcis At 01,135,000 , , _ .. head, all beef cattle were up 3 COIC * S began in 1867. Hogs and pet. from a year earlier and ic- pigs, at 56 7 million head, were cord high Cows 2 yeais and old- down 6 pet. from a year earlier, er, at 37 4 million head, up 3 but chickens, (excluding broil pet., white heifeis 1 to 2 yeais, eis) at 4315 million, were up 3 GROWING CORN IN 70? 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Hog Cholera Outbreaks Up In ’69 The number of hog cholera outbreaks up sharply last vear There were 1,481 confirmed in the U S during the year. That’s up 80 pet. from the 1968 total (of 822). But. it's well below the 5,000 to 6,000 estimated out bieaks that occurred yearly be fore the nationwide eradication piogram began in 1962 Despite the increase. USDA officials aie optimistic over the pi ogress made towaid eradica tion The reason Nearly B a of the national total were in 7 states Mo (218), Texas (213), N Car. (208), S Car. (110), Ark (93), Md (78), and Va (64). Moreover, 16 States had no outbreaks, and 10 States had four or less each Net Income Per Farm At $5,468 Gross farm receipts, estimat ed at a record $54 6 billion dur ing 1969, up from $5ll billion in 1968 Realized gross farm in come estimated at chse to $l6 3 billion during 1969, with net in come per farm estimated at $5. 468, up from $4,805 in 1968 Livestock and livestock pio duct receipts were estimated at $2B 5 billion, compared to $25 5 billion a year earlier, with prices received by farmers foi livestock and livestock products, up 12 pet Receipts from crops, at $lB 8 billion, were up slightly from 1968, with crop pioduction up slightly, but prices off slightly Farm production expects, at $3B 6 billion, were up $2 3 bil lion from a year earlier and record ’high ’ When in the elevator with wo men passengers aboard, always take your hat off Not only is it polite, it saves the hat from be ing crushed when the ladies rush the door More and more profit-minded dairymen are Increasing milk production— r and milk checks —with Ful-O-Pep Super Milking 32, the mighty mix for milk! 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