A22—Lancaster Perming, Saturday, June 7 1980 WASHINGTON - Milk production for the first four months of 1980, on a daily average basis, was 3 percent greater than during the same period m 1979. Output in April was 3.2 percent larger, the twelfth straight month that production has been up from year-earher levels. Recent increases in output over year-earlier levels resulted from relatively large gams in output per cow and little change in milk cow numbers. In fact, April was the ninth consecutive month that year-to-year gams m output per cow exceeded 3 percent. Following 6 straight months of relatively small year-to-year declines, cow numbers were reported above year-ago levels m March and April for the first time smee 1954. The recent increase in milk cow numbers, when a decline is normal, reflect the favorable milk-feed price relations, as well as lower utility cow prices and a large replacement herd. Dairymen have probably lowered their herd culling rates because of good returns over concentrate costs and a relative low salvage value for cows. Given the lower culling rates and a large influx of replacements, the dairy herd has expanded slightly. The mcreased output per cow also reflects the quite favorable milk-feed price relationships of the last year. For 1980 the ratio has been running slightly below 1979 but sbustantially above the 1970-79 average of 1.42. Aj expected, given the milk feed ratio, dairymen on April 1 reported feeding 4.5 percent more gram and other concentrates than a year earlier. That increase follows a year-to-year in crease of 2.7 percent reported for January 1. KROLL No. 1 in sales of Waste Oil Heaters World Wide LOOKING FOR CHEAP HEAT? Buy a Kroll Waste Oil Heater * 5 models from 24,000 to 280,000 BTU * 'I Kroll of West Germany, is the ..orld's largest manufac- *1 turer of heaters that are specifically engineered and designed to burn waste oil as a fuel Heating with a Kroll saves dollars by permitting you to burn waste oil, a fuel you already have (or may purchase at £ a fraction of the cost of standard fuels) It also means you % have an important new independent fuel supply '£ Waste oil is crankcase dram oil or automatic transmis sion dram oil from cars, trucks, buses, equipment, etc Installation is simple and you can do it yourself Clean heat is produced with no smell or smoke Europe’s technology in using waste oil as a heating fuel is very advanced Standaid fuel oil has cost more there for many years There are approximately 50,000 Kroll waste oil heaters m use A German product that has just come on the market in this country • Saving Energy • Trouble free operation through superior design • One heating season and your waste oil heater has paid for itself (HEATER IN STOCK) For further Information Contact Distributor PAUL S. BARR PB WASTE OIL HEAT 2814 Garfield Ave , West Lawn, PA 19609 215-670-1918 DEALER INQUIRIES IHVITEP Milk production continues in upward spiral GRADE A AND GRADE B MILK MARKETINGS* BIL LB I I 1 i 1 Total marketings o I 1 \ ■ i-"\ 100 1 h^i Grade A 75 i I 50 _ Grade B 25 —" - o 1 i i i i -i i i i-J i i r i I i i i i I i i i 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 * GRADE A IS ELIGIBLE FDR THE FLUID MARKET GRADE I IS MANUFACTURING GRADE °MILK SOLD TO RIANTS AND DEALERS USD * NEQ ESCS 1773-10 HI Milk production was up in all five of the major producing States during April. California and New York posted major gains over a year ago of 5.4 per cent and 3.1 percent, respectively. Wisconsin had a more modest increase of 2.4 percent, as did Minnesota with 2.1 percent, followed by Pennsylvania with 1.5 percent. Of the 33 reporting States, 12 reported gams in April of 4 percent or more. In addition, 15 States indicated gams of less than 4 percent, leaving only 6 with output equal to or lower than year earher levels. All of the farm production regions reported mcreased Apnl-to-Apnl milk production. Leading the way was the Mountain region with a 6.3 percent gain, the Pacific region with 5.4 percent, and the Corn Belt up 4.1 percent. The April milk-feed price ratio stood at a favorable 1.55, about the same as a year earlier and equaling the 1979 average. The ratio has remained constant smee both milk prices and feed prices have mcreased m like Y| DID THESE WEEDS GET PAST YOUR CORN I SPRAYING PROGRAM? I For post-emergence weed control on com... I Denver herbicide... I ...alone or tank-mixed with 2,4-D ...to make sure that late weeds cannot pU (depending on your weed problem): mature to become the nursery for next Sp ...to control tough, late- year’s weed crop. I we™d5 0f ' n 9 br ° QdloQf Ask us for application I herbicide application, where weather or ft I 1 other factors make Note: Before using I available at agway I _ NEED TO KNOW MORE? —CALL YOUR P AGWAY STORE OR ENTERPRISE SALESMAN. I proportions. The average price of l&-percent protein dairy ration on April 15 was (Turn to Page A 34) AGWA
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