Now’s the Time
Under current market con
ditions, feeder pigs are selling at
bargain prices, Lancaster County
farmers, were told this week.
The statement was made by H.
Louis Moore, Penn State
University farm economist, to
Lancaster County farmers at
tending Moore’s annual livestock
review and forecast at the Farm
and Home Center.
Moore said feeder pigs recently
have been selling for $lO a head in
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paid much more for their feeder
pigs and corn prices where high.
When local farmers protested
that feeder pigs in this area are
going for $l2 to $l5, Moore said
hog producers should still be
able to profit, using corn which
is expected to be below $1 a
bushel.
The situation is not as
favorable for beef cattle
producers, it was explained,
because feeder cattle are selling
the area around Penn State
University. At these prices, hog
producers can make good returns
at recent $22 to $23 per hundred
market hog prices, he said.
Even at recently depressed
prices of $lB to $l9 a head, the
farmer stands to hold his own if
he can get the feeder pigs at $lO,
he said
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was largely because they had
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at fairly high prices in relation to
the market prices for the finished
animal.
Moore explained that in spite of
the threat of Southern corn leaf
blight hanging over this year’s
corn crop, the nation as a whole
will probably harvest one of the
largest crops ever.
Corn blight, while a serious
problem in Lancaster County and
this corner of the state during the
past growing season, was not a
problem in the large corn
growing states of the mid-west,
Moore said.
Not only will corn be plentiful
enough to drive the price down
and keep it down, he said, but the
nation also produced bumper
crops of wheat, barley and
sorghum, suitable substitutions
for corn as a cattle feed.
Moore saiid United States grain
corn should be more competitive
on the world market but, he
added, other countries have also
had good grain crops this year.
He cited lengthy dock strikes as
killing farm export trade for the
U.S.
He said farmers could expect
to realize a larger return for tneir
corn by feeding it to livestock in
the coming year.
There is no danger in feeding
blight damaged corn to hogs, he
said, and recommended doing so
rather than taking a loss trying to
sell poor quality grain on an
already poor market.
Turning to the beef business,
Moore said he looks forward to
some weakening in the beef
market with more animals
coming on the market.
Even though people are ex
pected to eat more beef in spite of
the price freeze, Moore said he
sees a negative margin in feeding
beef.
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Sticking with his recom
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will wonder why they didn’t ’
The first alternative to a oad
corn crop, he said, is to feed hogs.
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Balmer Wins
Tractor Contest
Jesse Balmer, Lititz RD4, was
the winner of the adult tractor
driving contest at the Ephrata
Fair last week.
Other winners were: Glenn
Martin, Ephrata RDI, second;
Paul Bucher, Lititz RD4, third,
and Aaron Stauffer, Ephrata
RDI. fourth. , .
Tom Zartman, contest
chairman, awarded trophies to
Balmer and Martin, and plaques
to Bucher and Stauffer.
Judges were Charles Hack
man, Farmersville Equipment
Company; Richard Buch, Roy
Buch Farm Machinery, Inc.,
Akron; Kenneth Spade and Lloyd
Grubb, International Harvester,
Ephrata and Robert Groff,
A.B.C. Groff, Inc., New Holland
These machinery dealers also
provided tractors for the contest
Annual Poultry
Banquet Slated
The annual banquet meeting of
the Lancaster County Poultry
Association will be held at 6:30
p.m. Thursday, October 14, at the
Plain and Fancy Restaurant,
Bird-in-Hand RDI.
Besides election of four
directors, the program will in
clude special music.
The speaker is Enos Heisey,
field manager, member and
public relations, Agway, Inc.
Heisey will give a colored slide
presentation on agriculture in
Africa.
Tickets are available from any
Association director at $3.50 per
person or from Irvin Musser,
Mounty Joy RDI, and Mrs. Paul
F. McGarvey, 379 W. Roseville
Road, Lancaster.
League’s Life
The League of Nations
operated for 26 years. It
came into being Jan. 10,
1920, at Geneva, Switzer
land, and was dissolved Jan.
10, 1946.
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