January Layer Hatch Up 21%
Perhaps the question fore
most in the minds of persons in
the egg industry is how many
more hens will there be in the Thc y h °P° thcre Wlll bo on 'y
nation’s laying flock in 1970 as a m oderatc expansion, one
. , ... , which will not result in dis
compared with a year ea.lmi, asteious pilces Lcndmg sup
according to tne Penn State ex- po rt to this thought was the fail
tension seivice ure of puces in Novembei 1969
through Fcbiuaiy 1970 to chop
There are those who feel the below a ycai eaihei Also
industry has become sufficient- strong demand for eggs is held
ly sophisticated to resist the U P as a P lus 1 ctol in faVOl of
temptation of expanding pro- { ’ ooc * P llces
duction in spite of higher pi ices On the opposue side are those
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MAKE US YOUR FARM HEADQUARTERS
who cannot forget icsponses to
high prices in recent yea is .is
well as in the past two decade -
They remember how high pi ic n s
resulted in expansion and puces
below cost of production
Time will tell who is light
What is the situation 7
The scene is set for expan
sion The chief question is,
“How much 9 ”
Even though the hatch of
chicks foi lazing flock replacc
, ments was 21 per cent above a
I year earlier in January, it will
I not affect exnansion of piociuc
tion until about July
The present expansion has
been masked by a shortage of
frozen eggs and inci eased hatch
of chicks for both laying flock
replacements and meat produc
tion
On January 1, there were
three per cent moie layers on
farms than a year earlier.
Egg production in January
was three per cent above a year
earlier in spue of the cold
weather which caused some
birds to go into a molt in the
south
Where has the expansion
taken place 9
On January 1, there were
more layers than a year ago in
every area listed on the map
except the West There was
about a one percent decline in
the West
The increase among states
ranged fiom an increase of
three million la\eis 23 pei
cent in Noith Carolina to a
decrease of 600,000 hens in New
Jeisey.
In Pennsylvania, theie was
Where will it stop’ This is dif
only about a 150 000 increase in
numbers However, the number
of pullets on farms m the Com
monwealth was about two pei
cent less than a year eailier
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while the number of hens on brc.ikei and hatching m.u ke'
faimswas about three pei cent so. moic eggs will be a\.ulali
of 745,000 layeis -i bo e a ye.u for the table mai kel than a; o
earlier
Expansion is undoiwav
ficult to pi edict
Theic aic num n ious factor? out; pi eduction .met the mu
to consider Pei haps Mai eh jao tudo of factois affecting the <
cluction will be sufficient's mand and supply of eggs sir
above a year eailier to olfset th mges may alfccl the c ili
a
idditional lequucmcnts foi the tion
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