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—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. Oct. 19. 1974
Livestock Outlook
Feed supplies and prices situation, hog slaughter this
are the critical concerns to fall will continue to run
the livestock industry in the moderately above a year
months ahead. Prospects for ago. Hog prices are expected
reduced feed grain and to average loirer than
soybean output have summer as slaughter in*
resulted in rising feed prices creases seasonally. But look
and cutbacks in livestock for smaller supplies and
feeding. Hog producers are higher prices next year. On
planning to farrow the September 1 there were 7
fewest in over 6 years and percent fewer hogs in the
poultry production is being lighter weight groups that
cut a tenth. wUI make up the bulk of
However, since it takes winter slaughter supplies,
time for bog producers to Farrowing intentions
respond to the changing feed suggest even further cut
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backs in spring slaughter.
Average slaughter weights
will run under the record
levels of last winter and
spring. The combination of
reduced numbers
slaughtered and lighter
slaughter weights in the first
half of 1975 could drop pork
output 10-15 percent below
January-June 1974.
These slaughter patterns
and production levels
suggest seasonally declining
prices for hogs this fall,
followed by a strong market
into mid-1975.
Cattle slaughter this fall is
running moderately above
both year-earlier and
summer levels, with all of
the increase in cows, and
steers and heifers with little
grain feeding background.
Grain-fed cattle slaughter is
trailing last fall but probably
will total a little larger than
in the summer. Average
cattle slaughter weights are
now lighter than in the
summer or a year ago.
Fed cattle prices this fall
likely will average below the
$44 summer average of
Choice steers at Omaha but
above the $4O October-
December 1973 average.
Prices are expected to
strengthen some in the first
half of 1975 as marketing of
cows and nonfed steers and
heifers decline when
pastures green up again, and
pork and poultry output
declines.
Feeder cattle supplies are
large but prices are not
expected to drop much below
current levels, especially in
the South and Southeastern
States: Short-run demand for
feeder cattle could improve
if the profit outlook for cattle
feeders improves. Feeder
prices may strengthen
seasonally next winter and
spring as the heavy seasonal
run subsides.
Pastures have improved in
the East and Southwest, but
hay supplies are down from
last year and dry conditions
persist in the range areas of
the West. If there is an open
winter, carryover in grazing
Food Disposers How To Use
Your food disposer may
have a perfected diet. Find
out what you should feed it to
keep it in good working
order. Because many food
disposers aren’t built for
heavy-duty operation,
Joseph McCurdy, Extension
agricultural engineer at The
Pennsylvania State
University, suggests you
refer to your service manual
to find out what the unit can
and cannot handle.
Mix fibrous materials,
such as comhusks and pea
pods, with other kinds of food
wastes and feed them into
the disposer gradually. After
this waste is completely
ground, let the unit run with
plenty of cold water for at
least two minutes. This
allows the material to flush
through the drainlines and
prevents possible clogging.
Cut or break up citrus fruit
skins, watermelon rinds,
corncobs and other bulky
food wastes into small pieces
before putting into the
disposer. McCurdy cautions
areas of calves, yearlings,
and cows into next year will
be very large but heavy
snows would force more
cattle to be marketed and
push prices lower than now
expected.
Lamb slaughter will run
under year-earlier levels
through the balance of 1974
and through the first half of
next year. Slaughter lamb
prices may average near or
above year-earlier levels
this fall but rising feed prices
will keep feeder lambs
lower. Lamb prices early
next year will run near this
year’s first half average with
large beef supplies mostly
offsetting the effect of
smaller lamb marketings.
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you to be especially careful
that bottle caps, paper,
string, glass, chemicals and
solvents don’t fall into the
disposer. They can easily
clog the drainline or Jam the
unit which can result in an
expensive service call.
Grind all the food in cold
water only. The cold water
keeps the motor cool and
minimizes the possibility of
buildup of grease along the
drain walls.
Misuse is the greatest
cause of premature failures
of a food disposer, explains
the Extension specialist.
Make it a habit to use the
disposer as soon as you put
food wastes into it. Allowing
waste to accumulate from
more than one meal may
create odors and corrosive
problems for the disposer.
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From Mrs. Mary Walts, McCon
na Us burg, Pa.: I recall back in
the long ago when gypsies came
around in big, horse-drawn wag
ons. One particular time a couple
camped in our meadow and
cooked their breakfast over an
open fire. Another time a man
and woman came. I was very
young and was on the porch The
woman said; "She's shay,” mean
ing "She’s pretty.” She asked for
a chicken to cook for a sick
woman at their camp.
Mother gave her a hen, whjch
she put in her apron. She asked
if for pay we would take a white
wash brush she had with her, or
should she make ut a lunch bas
ket for school.
The basket appealed to my sis
ter and me and we decided fool
ishly on the basket. I do not know
why, for we lived next to the
school and always came home for v
lunch. Sad to say, we never got
the basket, which bears out the
old saw that “a bird in the hand
is worth two in the bush.”
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