Bossie travels in a big way
U.S. exporters of dairy cattle will
have to scramble if they hope to top
last year’s successes.
During calendar year 1975, the
number and value of animals
shipped, as well as the number of
importing countries, all reached
record highs.
USDA issued health certificates
for roughly 73,000 dairy breeding
cattle for export last year, com
pared with about 58,000 in 1974.
Valued at an estimated $5B million,
the animals traveled to 57 countries
in 1975, three more than a year
earlier.
North American countries proved
the biggest customer- when, paced
by Mexico and Canada, shipments
shot up 65 per cent to over 50,500
head. But North America’s share of
total U.S. dairy exports slipped from
75 to 69 per cent.
The Middle East picked up some
of the slack, with purchases vaulting
553 per cent last year to nearly 10,000
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head. Inspectors okayed 9,200 dairy
cattle for transport to Iran, but
actual shipments may have run
slightly less-. In some cases, health
certificates expired due to delays in
air shipments.
Shipments to South America
climbed more than 150 per cent to
4,200 animals, while European
importers upped their purchases
slightly to around 6,300 head.
Meantime, exports to Asian
nations skidded by more than half to
around 2,000 head, and fewer than
500 animals touched down in Africa,
compared with 824 the year before.
In a breakdown of who buys what,
Canada came up the No. 1 customer
for two of the five breeds exported.
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All but six- of the 201 Ayr shires
leaving the States came off the ramp
in Canada, as well as three-fourths
of all the Guernseys shipped. Mexico
corralled the most Holsteins, Jer
seys, and Brown Swiss.
The most exported breed in 1975?
Holsteins, with a record 67,000 of the
73,000 animals shipped. Jerseys also
chalked up a record sales year,
accounting for 1,050 head.
Forty-two States had a hand in last
year’s shipments. Wisconsin led the
country with over 16,300 head, and
California placed second with close
to 12,700. Exports of 6,000 animals
put Minnesota in third place,
followed closely by Texas, with 5,400
head.
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Waterfowl seasons
set for Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG - Water
fowl seasons and bag limits
for 1976 have been
established by the Penn
sylvania Game Commission
within frameworks set up by
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
There will again be split
seasons this year on both
ducks and geese. Can
vasback or redhead ducks
can be taken for the first
time since 1971, bonus scaup
can be taken on Lake Erie
and Presque Isle Bay
throughout the entire duck
season, and hunters will
again be able to harvest both
snow and blue geese.
The initial season for
ducks, sea ducks, coots,
mergansers and Canada
geese will open at noon on
October 13. The early season
on ducks, coots and
mergansers will end at
sunset on November 20,
while the early season for
Canada geese will end on
December 4.
The second season for
ducks, sea ducks, coots, and
mergansers will open at
noon on December 1, and
close at sunset on December
11. The second season for
Canada geese will open on
December 30, and close on
January 15.
The season for snow and
blue geese will open at noon
on October 13, and close at
sunset on November 11.
No hunting will be per
mitted for any migratory
waterfowl before noon on
October 13, and hunting will
be prohibited for ducks,
coots, sea ducks and
mergansers before noon on
December 1.
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Sept. 11.1976-
Depressed populations of
brant have led to a closing of
the season on these birds in
1976.
Hunters interested in
applying for goose blinds at
the Middle Creek Wildlife
Management Area in
Lebanon and Lancaster
Counties or at the
Pymatuning Waterfowl Area
in Crawford County should
note that the opening day of
waterfowl hunting at Middle
Creek will be October 14, and
waterfowl hunting will begin
at Pymatuning on October
15.
The daily bag limit for
ducks will again be four,
with a possession limit of
eight after the first day.
Hunters this year may again
take 15 coots daily, with a
possession limit of 30. The
1976 bag limit on mergansers
remains at five daily and 10
in possession.
Three Canada geese may
be taken per day, except in
Crawford County (including
the Pymatuning Waterfowl
Area) and at the Middle
Creek Wildlife Management
area in Lebanon and Lan
caster Counties, where the
daily limit will be one. The
possession limit on Canada
geese will be six after the
first day of the season.
A gunner may not take
more than two wood ducks
per day, and he may not
have more than two woodies
in possession at any time
after the opening day.
For additional details,
hunters should contact the
Pennsylvania Game Com
mission in Harrisburg,
phone 717-787-3745.
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