COLLEGE PARK, Md -
Poultry meat is fast becoming one
of this nation’s favorite protein
foods.
That’s good news to a large
segment of Maryland’s
agribusiness community, which
has 10,000 persons on the Eastern
Shore directly involved in the
broiler industry and one out of
every seven residents of the
Delmarva peninsula depending
directly or indirectly upon broilers
for a livelihood.
John W. Wysong, an Extension
agricultural economist at the
University of Maryland, notes that
last year for the first time
production of chicken and turkey
meat on this nation’s farms sur
passed pork output.
This fact moves poultry into
second place on the U.S. meat
parade directly behind beef.
The pattern is a familiar one in
Maryland, where broiler output
has far exceeded the combined
total of beef, pork and lamb
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System 802 Suspended
Continued poultry growth on Eastern Shore
production for more than 30 years.
And despite politically triggered
overproduction on the national
dairy scene in recent years, in
creases in Maryland broiler output
have kept pace with the state’s
increased milk production. These
increases on the chicken scene
have been achieved without a
federal market pricing formula
and without creating a government
storage surplus problem.
Here are some pertinent
statistics from the Economic
Research Service of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and its
Maryland-Delaware Crop
Reporting Service:
Commodity
Beet
Pork
Poultry
Commodity
Milk
Poultry
Exclusive Contour Cage
63"
(160 cm) I
64V2"
(163 8 cm)
64 Vi"
2xB
U.S. PRODUCTION (billion pounds)
1981
22 2
15 7
14.4 14.5
MARYLAND OUTPUT (billion pounds)
1980 1981 1982
1.52 1.56 1.58
103 1 09 1.11
gives birds
more
room
More room up front lets your birds
move up close for feeding and even
drinking from the water trough on the
outside of the feed trough
Egg collection is handled auto
matically on "V" shaped plastic or
woven fabric belts and gentle action,
patented Diamond Eggscalators
You can select from a variety of feed
ing systems Flat Cham, F-80 Deep
"V," and Link-Chain plus the
unique Feedsaver® system on the
3-High System 809 Select from
trough, cup, and nipple watering
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I 1 JOHN R. EBERSOLE
RDS, Box 190 ... ,
Manheim, Pa. 17545 717-665-6861
Red meat production has also
increased during the past few
years in Maryland.
Yet all of this demand for feed
grain and high-protein con
centrates has failed to keep the
state’s grain and soybean stocks
from building up to all-time record
or near-record levels.
This year’s introduction of the
Payment-in-Kmd (PIK) program
by the USDA appears likely to ease
the grain surplus situation. And it
already has driven the nation’s
depressed gram market -to higher
price levels during 1983.
1983
projection
22.6
14 4
150
1982
22 4
14.1
System 809 uses vertical space to
reduce your overall investment per
bird Cage doors are on the top for
bottom tier and on the front for mid
dle and top tier Birds can be seen
and reached easily
Systems 802 and 803 have space
saving, low profiles and let you in
crease bird capacity in a remodeled
narrow house with low ceilings
Cage doors are in the tops of the
lower cages and in either the tops or
fronts
of the 1
upper
cages [' v
All of these systems feature sturdy
Quick-Lock "A” frame assembly
which eliminates nuts and bolts,
speeds up installation, and utilizes
the feed trough as a supporting,
structural member
Bird Capacifty/10' Section
Cage
Width Birds/Cage 3-High 2-High
12" 4 240 160
15" 5 240 160
24" 9 270 180
Manufacturer does not recommend specific bird
capacity
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 18,1983—P29
That has set the stage for a real
tug-of-war between Maryland
poultry producers and their
NE fitting and showing workshop planned
BLOOMSBURG - The Nor
theast Regional Fitting and
Showing Workshop will be held this
year inconjunction with the
Columbia County Little In
ternational at the Bloomsburg
Fairgrounds in Columbia County
on July 12-13. The events are
sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Junior Guernsey Breeders’
Association in cooperation with
The Penn State Cooperative Ex
tension Service of Columbia
County.
This year there will be fun mixed
with the work by having a two day
event including the workshop, and
an overnight camp-out in the
exhibition buildings.
There will demonstrations by
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livestock counterparts in bidding
for reduced supplies of grain and
high-protein feeds.
outstanding dairy showmen and
fitters on preparing dairy cattle for
shows. Each participant will work
with a calf under trained super
vision. Calves for the event will be
provided by local breeders. The
two day event will conclude with a
fitting and showing contest.
Families are invited and awards
will be presented. There will be
free time for sports activities and a
movie on the evening of July 12.
Any youth who has a dairy
project, regardless of breed af
filiation may participate.
Deadline for registration is July
1.1983.
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Trucks available for
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