—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August, 41979 100 $440 million Over (Continued from Page 99) Total value of com (silage and grain), $49.1 million, up slightly from the $4B million crop the previous year. Tobacco production was valued at $13.9 million, virtually unchanged from 1977, but still the largest production in the state. Hay production was valued at $19.1 million; wheat at $2.9 million; potatoes, $2 million; barley, $l.l million and oats, $273,000. Lancaster County remained in third place in the state for sheep and lamb production, a total of 5,300 head valued at $244,300. Poultry again showed a major jump in 1978, but was slightly below the value recorded in 1977 due to the fluc tuation of egg prices last year. Numbers of layers last year, according to the Crop Reporting Service’s tentative figures, reached over 4.2 million, compared to 4 million in 1977. Egg production rose over the one billion mark for the first time, but total value in dollars decreased to $43.9 million from $44.8 million reported value the previous year. Broiler production, however, made up for the slight loss in egg income, both in numbers and revenue. In 1978, the number of broilers on county farms-hit a record 37.4 million, compared with 33 million the previous year. The total estimated value of this production was $40.9 million, compared to $33.5 million in 1977, reflecting the higher inflationary prices of poultry last year. Another point of interest in the Crop Reporting Service’s preliminary report is the rise in production of milk cows here. The service’s 1977 annual report said a decline was under way in county milk cow numbers, listing that year’s population at over 83,000. In 1978, that number had in creased to nearly 88,000, but production per cow was only 11,400 pounds, compared to a record 11,500 pounds in 1977. Moreover, while the value of county dairy products slipped in 1977 from the previous year, in 1978 this value began a marked increase once more, probably because of inflation. In 1977 the value of the county’s dairy products was reported at just over $lO2 million. In 1978 this value was tentatively set at $113.4 million. Furthermore, the numbers of hogs and pigs increased, as did their value, while the numbers of cattle and calves went down, a trend that surfaced in 1977. But the dollar value of red meat in 1978, despite the decrease in num bers, soared far above that in the previous year. In 1977 the number of cattle was reported at 234,000, down from the previous year’s total. Last year this head count decreased even further to a reported 230,000, but the total cash value of 1978 cattle production, despite the lower number, was $145.7 million, far above that of $89.7 million listed in 1977, another in dicator of farmers withholding production to gain higher prices. Numbers of hogs and pigs in 1978, estimated at 218,600 with a total value of $lB.l million, rose both in count and price compared to the previous year. In 1977 some 197,000 head were produced at a reported value of $11.7 million. The increase m last year’s swine numbers, although still higher priced than the previous year, probably reflects a production step up due to the rising prices of red meat. County farmers continued to lead other growers across the state in field and forage crop production, despite a further loss of farmland in 1978. County tobacco farmers maintained acreage at some 11,570 acres. Only about 13,000 acres are put into tobacco throughout Pennsylvania. The value of Lancaster’s crop was about $13.9 million last year, a figure that has remained steady for at least two previous planting years. The value of the state’s entire tobacco crop was estimated by the Crop Reporting Service at $19.6 million. Fulton Grange Fulton Grange 66 held their annual picnic July 23, in the Grange Hall, Oakryn, and was attended by fifty people. The picnic com mittee was Mr. and Mrs. William Rhoades, Mr. and Mrs. William Shuler, Wayne Reynolds, Wilmer Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Charles Galbreath. Following the picnic the Master, Harry G. Baker, conducted a short business meeting. The youth com mittee announced a volleyball game to be held today, August 4,7:30 p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Everett Kreider, Mechanic Grove. All Grangers are invited. Mrs. Thomas Galbreath, lecturer, presented a talent program. Mrs. Owen H. Groff gave a reading “Baby Sitting, Incorporated.” Irene Zug and Kristen Stauffer sang two numbers. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bradley presented a skit “Fire, Fire, Fire.” Glenn Hough ren dered a piano solo “Battle Hymn Of The Republic.” Ivan Dewald presented an illustrated monologue “How To Build A Dog House.” Mrs. Galbreath concluded the program with a game. The winners were Mrs. William Rhoades and Mrs. William Taylor. Mrs. George Hough will be m charge of the program at the next meeting, August 13, meets when the topic' will be “Flowers.” Her program will feature a colored slide presentation. fIIOGPiODIiCERSn ♦ t New Holland ♦ ♦ I ♦ I ♦ I ♦ ! ♦ I ♦ f ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Sold in sorted lots the auction way. See them weighed and sold and pick up your check. SALE EVERY MONDAY MO AUL NEW HOLLAND SALES STABLES, INC. Phone 717-354-4341 R rt-Ph< ie7l7-354-7288 + Daily market Repo» joit = t Abe Diffenbach, Manager 7 1 I I
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