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light to'determine grade and then were
handpacked in consumer cartons. Before
eggs reached the consumer at the retail
store, they had usually undergone five
of the industry are in an expansive mood. It is quite likely that the de
1980’s will see a larger proportion of this nation's eggs, broilers, and turkeys
produced and processed in Pennsylvania.
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SERVICE Route 213 and 544
R.D.fl Chestertown, Md. 21620
Winfield. Pa. 17889 Phone 301-778-4454
Phone 717-837-3201
O. E. SMITH. INC.
' Mifflintown, Pa. 17059
Phone 717-436-2151
handlings, with breakage and some
quality deterioration occurring at each
handling. However, since production was
located fairly close to population centers,
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eggs usually reached the consumer within
10 days of being laid and quality was
generally good.
On the farm, egg production was quite
labor intensive. Layers were maintained
in pens of a few hundred birds on litter
floors in housing that was often drafty and
that had to be ventilated by hand. Wet
floors were usually a problem, especially
in winter, and contributed to the
production of heavily soiled eggs that
required labor for cleaning. There was as
yet no mechanization, and feeding,
watering, egg collection, and packing were
done by hand labor. Studies of labor
requirements during that period indicate
that approximately one hour of labor was
required to maintain one layer over a
production period. Consequently, a one
man, full-time egg enterprise was limited
to approximately 3,000 layers.
Table 2. Egg, broiler, and turkey production in Pennsylvania for selected years.
Year
*Estimated
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 19,1979
Conditions in broiler production were
quite similar to those in egg production.
Broilers were also concentrated mainly in
the southeastern comer of the state and
were produced by independent operators
who bought all their inputs and sold to
processors or livepoultry dealers on the
open market. Pennsylvania bad excess
poultry processing capacity and there was
a ready market for locally grown birds.
Production units were usually small, 5,000
to 10,000 birds or less, and were part of a
general farm operation that included
raising one or two broods of broilers per
year. There were few full-time broiler
-growers operating on a year around basis.
Methods of production were labor in
tensive. Mechanization of feeding,
watering, and house ventilation was as yet
unknown. Research indicates that it
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65,770
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