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
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pet., nnd turkeys, nt 6 7 million,
were up 1 pet.
Value of all livestock and
poultry on farms, at $23 5 bil
lion, was up 1G pet. from a year
earlier and record high. Meat
animals (cattle, hogs, and
sheep) at $22 0 billion, com
pared to $l9 7 billion a year
earlier.
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 ’
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• USDA Probes
(Continued from Page 17)
cr to cancel or extend uses of
2. 4. 5-T on food crops." the let
ter said "Our January 1. 1970,
date was based on DIIEW’s ex
pectation that they would have
reached a decision by that time.
That agency believes that the
public interest would best be
served by wailing for additional
research data which will be avail
able shortly We concur in then
judgement "
The inquiiy launched by the
Depaitmem into the possibility
of excessive contamination of
other pesticides with the same
substance found in the 2,4, 5-T
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