Lanterna Rally

Author: United States Department Of Agriculture

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-07

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780656029990

Excerpt from The Poultry and Egg Situation: May-June, 1950 In the first A months of 1950, egg production was 7 percent larger than a year earlier. Farm production of eggs in 1950 probably will be 5 or 6 percent above the [h7 billion dozens of 1949, and therefore probably will top the record of billion dozens. The 1939-13 average was bil lion dozens. Through the summer, monthly production of eggs probably will continue larger than a year earlier, in line with the larger number of layers, which on May'l was 6 percent larger than the year before.' Because of a reduction in 'the number of, pullets being raised this year, by the end of fall the nation's laying. Flock maybe a few percent smaller than last year, but that prospective, reduction may be largely offset by a higher\ rate of lay. This would continue past trends toward a sharply increased rate of lay in the fall and early winter months. Accordingly, monthly egg production in 1950 is likely to exceed or at least to equal output in every month of the year. In the fall, current egg production will be supplemented by supplies from commercial cold-storage stocks, which by mid-may were as large as the largest of the 1919 season, reported on July 1 for shell eggs and on August 1 for frozen. In view of these indications of Mpla supplies, and despite continued high consumer incomes, egg prices are expected to continue sharply lower than a year before. 'the seasonal recovery of prices later this year is likely to be slow. In mid-may, the U. S. Average farm price of eggs was cents per dozen, resulting in a 30. 6 cent average to date for 1950. Seasonally ad justed, this 5 month average is equivalent to an annual average price of about 33. 9 cents. -the average for the 12 months of was A5. 5 cents. Supplies of chicken meat from farm production are increasing seasonally and marketings' of broilers from specialized producing areas are large. The U. S. Average price received by farmers for chickens in mid-may was 22. 5 cents per pound. Prices of all classes of chickens, which as a whole have declined cents per pound over the past month, might have fallen further if not for the currently high prices for competing red meats. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.