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. F'ARN PRICE REPORT AS OF pECt~-~-ER 1) , 1954

GEORGIA: Du.ring the month ended Dece;nber 15', 'Georgia farmers r eceived lovm'r prices
for cotton lint, all bal ecl hay, hog s, milk cows, chickens, and peanuts.
Higher p rice s were rece i ved, however, . for Hheat, corn, sweetpot atoes, beef cattle, eggs, and wholesale milk o The compensating effect of the varimis price flu ctuations occurring during the 30-'day period caused the All Commodi ty Index of Prices Re ceived by Georgi a f ar n:ers .to r<~main 1mchanged f r om the Hovember 15 level. The Index now stands at 248 percent o.f t he August 1909-July 1)'11.~. average and 10 percentage points
above t he level during the corre sponding per io d a year ago ..

For t)1e past three mont hs beef cattle prices declined steadily to a low of $9 . 80 per
cwt. on Novembe r 15, 'rhe a verage pri.ce r eported on De cembe r l _S Has $10 .10 per ctlit, reflecti ng the f irst upturn in four months ,

Average pri ces r e ceived for all chickens (including commercial broilers ) r eported on December 15 is the lowe st level r el easGd since FebruaFJ 1942 .

UNITED STATF.S: The _I ndex of Prices Heceived by Farmers declined 5 points ( 2 pe rcent ) during the month e n Eng De ccrnber 1:) . LoNer price s r e ed .vr::d
for hogs , lettuce , cotton , milk , and egg s lm:ce prima ri1.y r esponsible .for t he de .o cline , Pri.ce inc:reases for f ee d grajn s , hay, swcet pota toes , butterfat , ahd calves only partial l y offset the se reduct ions , Com~_J are d with De cember 1953, pri ce s for crcps averaged slightly htghe r ~.nth tho All Crops I ndex up l percent . The L:i.. vestock and Livestock Product s Index , ho,revr,~ r, was 1 2 p 8rccnt lm-mr, c-.nd t he all Farm Products Index 6 percent lowe r.

The Parity Index (PrieRs Pai d for CommoCI.it".es, Interest, Tax _s, and Hc.ge Hate s) remained at 279 during the month ended Decembe r 15, l e ss than l pe rcent highe r than a yea r earlier. Retail pri ces of production items ave raged sli rhtly lo-vwr, but p rice s of family living items ave raged the same as ~-n Novembe r .

i~ith farm produ ct prices do-vm and the Pa.rity Index ste ady, the Pa r :i_t y r~tio dropped
to 86, the lo~o<e st since l"la rch 1941,

Indexes

DecS.-u-:m1::::m->:,:arr-y--:'r-a-Nb-olev,-f-1o,.r...,.-th-e-: -U-Dne-ict-e,-dc1,S.;.. ,-ta-t-e:-s--

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Prices Heceivcd

254 .

2w l.+

239

313

.Feb, 1951

Parity I ndex ];_/

278

279

2'19

290 g/ May 195 2

Parity Ratio

91

87

.86

123

Oct. 191.+6

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!/ Pr~_ cc s Paid, I nte r est, Taxe s, and vlage Rates . ~/ Also Februa ~J and April l9 S2.

D, L. FLOYD Agricultural Stattstidan, In Charge

BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agr icultural Statistician

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United States Depa rtment of .A&ri culture Agricultural l~arketing Se rvice 319 Extension Building Athens , Geo rgi:a .OFFICIAL BUSllH!: SS

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TiE U~IV RSITY OF GEORGIA TH UNIV _,R ITY LIBR ARIES ATHENS GA ..

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UNIT
Wheet, BU'.
Co.cn, Bu.
Oats, BU.

FPlCES
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Dec. 15, ! Nov. 15, 1 Dec. 15 . ' Aug. 1909 195B 1__ 1954 __ !_ _:_9:._4 ~ July 191'1 i

De1c9. 5~1~5-1JN-.o.~v.9. 541_5j1_lD_oc~.'~1~5,

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1. 95

2.09

2.10 I .88

2.01 1 2.12 j 2.12 .

$1' .91

1.36

1.56

! 1.57

.64 i 1.41'

1.37 ' 1.~9

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.92

1.01

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1.01

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.77

.76

.77 J

IrishPotP..to e s,Bu.$ 1.12

1.50

2.00

1.80 1 .70 I

.82

1.09

1.05

Sweet Pot atoes,Bu.$ 1 .83

Co~ ton, lb.

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I Cott onseed, ton . $1 24. 39

I :Hay (b aled)' on _ $J_ ----

Hog~, per cwt. $1 7.33 i

2.55 32.0 49.00
24"" zo
21.20

$1. Be ef Cattle, ewt.

3.87 . ll.OO

Mi.lk Cows, he'1.<1 $ 33o85 uo. oo

2.80 34.4 60.00 2 9 . 8.0 19.00
9.80 92.00

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.88

34.2 j 12.4
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18.00 1 7.27

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5. 42

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48. 00

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2.22

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I 53.00 59.40

2.59 32.7 59.60

23 . 00 r - 2;:!. 90 r 23.30

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l. 15.6q 15.60

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Chickens, lb. Eggs , Doz.
Butterf at, lb.

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1./ Milk (wholesale) per 100#

2. 42

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43 .0 54.0

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6.25 j j 1.60 I

17.7 339 57.2

17.6 32.7 58 .1
4.33

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2.50

2.85

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5.0 , 10.5

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Nov. 15 , Dec. 15,

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i Cottm: & Cottonseed

248

2 70

269

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150

170

171

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258

255

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242

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247

176

181

Fruit s

181

225

225

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. . . PRIC'l<]S PAID BY F.AF~:ERS FOP SEI.:E)jTED F~S m~'C".}.J3'!'R 15, 195~ 1fl!T~r C01'Plffi.ISONS 1/

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1951 :

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4.10 1 ;

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3. 89

3 , 92

1186'%7~

Prot Prot

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4.00 i
4.30 I

3 .95 -1 .30

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3.87 i 3 .93 !

3.81 3.85

3.84 3. 89

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11. 0 9 1 . 30'

4 . 14 1 . 29

4. 16 4.31

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Soyb (Jari Meal ~Jieat Scrap

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5.80 I I

3 .83 <1 . 78
5. 32

4 . 41 4.77 5.57

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Poul~F oe ~
Broil e r Growins MJ.sh
Laying Mash Scra.t ch Gra ins

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4 . 44 4 ,79 5o 52
3.03 3.18 3.79
5.18 4 .75 4,25

Gon~i_tions on,. January l indicated that the production of winter veget-abl-es- i_n .th~
1955 ' se'ason , ~ at.. lo48 niillion tons, will be 5 percent below produ,cti o!l in 195_4 _but
.~"bout ..E?qual to ._ average production in the years ],.949-5;3, .-t~e _C_rop Repor<ting---~~ar<d :. -~mnounce i:l' today:. - S:ignificant1:y -smullor. crops f0recas't -for cabbage , celery, tomatoes, sweet corn, snap beans, and brocc~li. are the most importD-nt factors _c.~mt:;- iJ;mt":' ing to . the r.?duc;tion in production f.rom last.yea.r.. . Smaller crops than . in 1954:. of artich9~es, ~.eets, cucumbers, esca:ro~e, kale, a.nd.. gr'een :~~as : are' also inili,..ca_~ecl.. for this year. -Increased producti'on ov.er l ast year is report~;d' for winter ~rops :o;f lima .b~~ns, .carrots, cauliflower, eggplant_, .. lettU:cEi, . gre_e.n : peppers, shal1ots, :and
spina,.c;:_l)... Ir(general, this year 1s lighter production compared . to 1954 is at_tt_ibut-
. able to yielqs .which are lower . than the. rather high yiel~s bbta.ined last year under
be~t_E3!.' th-~!1. _<lVe!-age winter wea~_her_,

The preliminary ac~eage estimatedfor 1955 early spring onions a't J8;ooo ac_re~ is a reduction of 4 percent from th e acr eage harvested last year. Growers intentions to plantindica,~e an acreage of_late sprin~ onions about. equa,l to last - y~ar ;-?~t late s .prlng watermelon acreage lS expected to be_down about ,4 percent . The ln.. tended acreage of late spring potatoes,- which provides vol~1e supplies..in May, , June ,_:anq early July, is 14 percent . larger ,than th~ . a creag-e last year o . . -

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ONIONS; The .: in-tended acreage of late spring onions is estimated at 14,700 ac;res,

- --_ : about -~qual to the ih, SOO-a-;res harves~ed last year but 18 perce11t below

average, Reductions in acreage frqm last year ar e expected in California, Arizona

and Georgia but are offset by the larger acreage than in -1954 in-dicated for..Texas

In Cal:i:fornia_; -. m1ion acreage has been redu9ed sharply in .t}):e early producing,_..

Imper,ial Valley. An increase .in ac:r:E)age has been r~corded i-n Kern County and .the early ,Stockton ac.reage is exp.ected to be about equa). to last year . Acr.eage ':ID less 1mportatl:t se~t.ion~, is expected to show littl-e , cha.nge from : tha.t: harveste'ct las.'ti: year.

Wet -weathe-r has \ielayed- transplant-ing at S-tockton but weatlier -has been favor-able .

ex- . for onions _.in othe.r sectiqns_. ..Growers in Arizona .have cut their acreage baclc ag~in
this'yearo The major part-- of the increased ..acreage i ndicated .for Texas is

pected to occur in the North Texas areas. However, expansion of the Panhandle deal is continuing and a substantial acreage of irrigated onions is being planted there. Planting in North Texas non-irrigated areas may be delayed by moisture conditions which are unsatisfactory for trans planting . This operation normally begins in early January. In Georgia, larger growers have planted less acreage thi s year and many small growers have dropped out . Acreage is in need of moisture in some areas .

EA.RLY COMMLRCIAL Pai'ATOL.Sf . The prospective acreage of late spi':ing: commercial
. potatoes is placed at 131,550 acres, 15,8.50 above the acr~~ge plant~~ in 1954 but 28 ,490 acres below avera,ge. Sizeable increas~s were indicated in California and Alabama, where large reduo:tion in acreage .occurred a year earlier 0 North Carolina and Tennessee are expe cting small increas-es over a
is year ago; South Carolina, Arizona , Mississippi and Oklahoma indicate no -change;
while in Louisiana> Georgia, Texas and Arkansas the acreage expected .to be
below 1954.

D. L. FLOYD Jl.gricultural Statistician In Charge

L. H, HARRIS , JR,
Statistical Assistant

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Ac'reage and Indicated Production Reported to Da!e.L.l:955 with Comparisons

CROP .

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ACRM.GB . .

YibLD P1R ACRE.

PRODUCTlON: '.

AND
STA'l'E

:"S'=Year :

: Ind'o 5..Yrc:

.: Ind.;5-Year. .:

Indo

: Average: 1954 : 1949..,!53: ..

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19)5 ,:

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1954: 1955. =Average: :. . . q949-53:

1954

1955

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LE.rTUCE. : : .Winter: . Arizona, Yuma u
Calif o~riia Texas . Flo~ida
Group total

j . Acre~. Acres Acres i - Crates 4-6 doz o- 1 - 1, 000 _crates -

I . Prelim~
15,3oo 12,8oo 1r,ooo 181 11s

z, 2uo _ 744 .2,.z4o 2,2oo

32 ,.. 900 33.?600 34,500 I 184 200 200 6,032 . 6, 7?0 : 6,9.00

.. 1 .. 9.9 52o 12 ,.?oo 14, 5oo 1 111 155 125 1, o44 ~~ 953 1, 812

1~-

.. 2. 32o bo;cr;o-

b'21 ~55-o0oo~

3;,4oo I 144 b'3;4oo1 -i71-

165 -184-

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Io;13~J98-1 I,3li2l2~

510 11;422

ONIONS:
.> .. EarlY Spring:
... Texas

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I , ...;. s_acks . 50 . lbo: - l;ooo sacks _

__d4.2.7~0- ' ]9i_5.Q0~ . ,2:8,LO_QO~ _:.1g_3~ _110______3..!.6_8_ !f,:2_42_ !:l:a1C

Late :Spring ..
- california ,
~Arizona
LouiSiana
Georgia
Texci~{
Group total

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5;16o ' 4 ~ 300 4,ooo 542 560

2;749 2,Uo8

.. 1,210 : J:~4oo 1,ooo . 612 460



774 644

I . 340'' - - - .;. :75 ...

1, 040 1,=2oo

900 162 .'125

32 ~ - May 10
' 174 150

~ ~~]2_0 ~ _7 ?_9<~~"- ! ~~ 1 .:_ ~ ~. 2-~.- __ ;. ,_ ~ ~~1 __ 7J~ ~. __

171 870 14,800 14,700T 261 . 270 .

4,o11 3, 992

CObliERCIA.L EARLY IRISH Pai'AT01S :.
Lat e Snri:r:!S_: ..

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j - Bushels -
I
. 1

I ~ 1, 000 bushels -

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Calif ornia Louisiana Hississipp i Al abama ,,

69,700 57,ooo 7o,ooo i .4oo 4oo

11~680 5,500 4,1001 75 100

2~ o6o ' Boo

6001 87 ' no

I 2-2,100 19,700 24,000 j 138 . 180

27,770 22,=a oo

, . 798 550

181

66

, 3,-023 3,546

Georgia

1,250

600

550 123 115

147

69 May ]

. South Carolina

9,500 i. 7,ooo 7,ooo 151 '190

1_,396 1,}30

Arizona ... 4,100 4,ooo 4,ooo 370 _; 365

;L,518 1_,46Cf

Tex as . ., 0klahoriia

-. 5,320 4,200 . 3~ 8 00 1 70 : 70

1,180

500

5001 119 190

368 .294
. 140 . 95

Arkansas '

3,480 1,5oo 1_,3001 86 95

3o4

142

Tennessee

3$830 1,600 1., 700 115 150

.446

240

North Carolina. _ _ 2_2,.5Q _1~,2.02 _ll:!,gsg l _l~~- _2_20_____ T"4..z..~~4- ~3:L3J5__ _

Group total : _I 160:,000 ' 11?.,700 131, ? ?0 2~ , 294 , , , 4l,w4 33,~o7

]/ GrouP. avera.ges , (incluqing P...ll States} are simple _-averages of annual da ta.

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Agricultural Mark ~ting.Serviqe 319 Extensi on Building
A,t hens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINLSS ..

Penalty for pri vate use to avoid payment of postage $300.-

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GEORGIA EJTECTED 1955 TURKftY .GROP 30 PERCENT LESS TPAN IN 1954

NATION TO DECRE!SE 4 PERCENT

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GEORGIA: Turkey growers in Georgia plan to.reduce their 1955 turkey crop 30 per~

cent be low the 1954 pr:oduction, .Total turkey expected in 1955 is 27,4.,000

compared with .39l,OOO in 1954 ..

UNITED STATES: Turkey _growers p la~ tQ decr~ase turkey_. numbers this year by4 per-

cent.., If gt' c-r.rers .: s rry out their intentions the nu!llber of turkeys

raised will qe 58 , 896;000 c cr:ll'"'\'.~4 with Gl JQ4 5,.000 r a ised last year; All part~ of

the country plan de creases exc =:pt t.!-.e No1th CeE+,:ral 0tates. The West North Cer:tral

expe.cts

an

i~cr eas e
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of

3

pe rcent ,

while

t he

East

N. orth.

Central plans

no

change..

Growers .interid to riise 42, 820)000 br onze and ether heavy -breed turkeys this year, about the same as last year, They plan t o rais e 16, 076 ,~000 Beltsville White and.

other light bre ed birds - ;I.J. per cent 'less than in 1954. About 27 percent of all the

ate turiceys to bEi raised .t his y ear

expecte d to be Beltsville White and other light

breed birds, ' compared with 30 percent in 1954.



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A record cr op of t ;urkeys in 1951+ wi th considerably lower turkey prices a nd a less
favorable turkey-feed price relationship tha n a year ago are the reasons give~ by turkey growers for ~he expected decrease 1n production this year.

Turkey grO\'I'ers in the V[e st North . Central Sta.tes, an importa nt produc"tiol) area, plan
a...l4 percent increase in heavy bre ed tur keys, but a 21 .perceP.Lt decreas e in light breed turkeys giving a 3 percent increase i n all turl(ey-s. Growers in the Wes tern
States, the large st c ommercial producing a r ea in the United State.s. expect to de.!
cre'a se heavy 'br eed turK:eys by 4 percent and li ght breed ' turkeys by 8 percent, a decrease in total 0f 5 perc ent. All parts :of the country ex.cep t t he East N~rth'
Central plan dec r eases of fr om 3 to 21 percent in light br eed turkeys exc ept the
East North Central wh.ich pl ans to increase light b reed birds by 1 percent.

The number of turkeys a ctually rai s ed may va ry somewhat from January l intent i ons, the difference depe nding on prices of feed , .supply and prices of hatc hi ng eggs ..and poults and the s ale of t~keys remaining in grower s' hands . Prices r ece ived- by growers dur ing the l a st ha lf of 1 954 ave raged 15 pe rc ent l ower than during the last half of l 95J , while fe ed prices ave raged about 2 percent highe r, r esulting in a l e s :. favprab:J..e turkey-feed price r~lat ionship."

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistici a n, In Char ge
Afte r Five Days Return . to United States Departme nt of Agri culture
Agricultural Marke ting Service ) 19 - Ex t ens l on Bui lding . Athnns , Georgi a OFFICIAL BUSINESS

ARCIUE Ltl.NGLEY Agric ultural Statistician
Penalty f or pr i va t e use to avoid . . payment of pos t a ge $300

SOUTH BRA~CH LIBRARY

T! ~ 'J IV ERS I TY OF GEORG IA

TH E UN IV ERS I TY LlBRl\RlF;S

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ATHE:Ns. GA~


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INT.ENTION. S.

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RAISE . .. ~

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~T:U,. RKEYS

IN

1955

State. :

Nnnber. r~is~~ -i95~ .1/~-:~_:-~. ~tend~d-fo~-4~~isin~ in ~95~_-:T~~~is

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D~ivi si on:

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Heavy : Breeds:

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Light .

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Breeds-

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T h o u sands

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Percent

Maine
Mass.
R. I. .
Conn. N. Y.
N. J" Ea .
N; Atl.

148

139

118

622

48

309.

928 .

275

. 880 '

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344

492

lh9

318 .

467

95

. 9

. -148 .

. '120

10

130

88

10

128 .

114

.8

. 122

95

62

614

- 549_

67 . - .. .616

90

5

53-

49

4

53 100

31.

3h0

.301 ;

26

333

98

. 92

1,020 .

. 882

87

969

95

92

'J67

253

103

356

97

916

1,796 :

840

687' 1,-527 : . 85

-

- - - - --

......._~ -+-........ .,.......,._._._._ _ _ ~--- .... ,.,~..- - - - -

- ---

1,561 ____2 Lo2'8 . _ 3,263 ~-1,310 4,573 __ ~

Ohio

1,361

907

2,268

1,557

938 2,495 110

-Ind.

1 , 482

325

1,-807

' 1,260

3~6

1,626

90

Ill .

-737

. 162 .

899

763

lh5

908 101

Mich.

.873 .

2h6 -

1~119

876

187 1,063

95

Wis.

.1,118

N. --:--:---~
E. Cent. 5, 571

. 7h5 2,385

. 1~ S'6J 7,956

- - --- 1,081
5~537

782 21hl8

1,863 loo-

.

71 955

100

Minn.

3, 867---- - 3 , 716 ; --- -:-7'~583 ::---T,l4h - ---2- ;894

8,038

106

Ia\va

3,652

498

4,150

3,966

392 h,358- 105

Mo. N. Dak.
s. Dak.

914 . . -609

4ho

96

417

51

1,523
536 " 468

.. 949

42 2

424

74

1,371 498

90
93.

331-1

111

445 . 95

Nabr. Kans.

833 6h5

35 123

868 768

879 611

32 142

911 753

10985

----------------------------- --- -- - - - - - -

V'l . N. Cent. 10,768 --~12_8_ _._. ~ 5,896__ _~?...1.;.3,.._0_1_ __4,~- _1_6_-:..:,3_7:_:.4_ _1_0.._3_

Del.

177

l4h

321

48

193

241

75-

Md.

304

203 ~ 507

301

155

h56

90

Va.
w-. va.

1, 637 718

3,480 952

5,117

1, 556 31 305 4,861

95

1,670

727

776 1,503,

90

N. c.

851

213

.1,064

638

160

798 ' 75

s. c. -

967

358

1,325

771

263 1, 034

76

Ga.

356

35

391

253

21

274

70

Fla.

146

h9

195

131

45

176

90

______ ______ __ --- ------~------:-----

s. Atl.

5,156 , 5,4--3--4 -- -- 1.0-,5--90-



-

- - --
4,h25

-_.,.._-_ _h-_,9--18---- ---9--,-3--4--3------88-

Ky.

312

78

390

318

80

398 102

Tenn.

173

43 .

216

159

35

194

90

Ala.

. 146

62

208

139

59

198

95

'Miss.

100

15

115

93

11

104

90

Ark.

412 .

222

634

43 8

32'3

''761 120

La..

81

15

96

76

20

96 100. -

Okla.

386

291

677

442

208

650

96

Texas S. Cent. Mont.

2,682
41 292 123

589 _1,315
17

3,271

2,501

541 3,0h2

93

--5-,61-04-70-----4~1-11-16-96----1~,-2-71-73----5~1 41-433-2. ---

-97 94

Idaho

74

36

110

77

33

110 100

I

Wyo.

72 ' .

8

80

58

6

64

80

i

Colo.

715

80

795

687

68

755

95

N. Mex.

h9

9

58

46

9

55

95

Ariz.

89

9

98

81

7

88

90

Utah

1,635

359

1,994

1,503

491 1,994 100

Nev.

10

1

11

11

---

~1

100

Wash.

699

299

998

834

lh4

978

98

_ ___________ _ Oreg.

1,507

377 .. 1,884

-Ca-lif-. - - -8,-72-2 - - -1,0-78-----9-,8-00-

1,590 8,116

219 1,096

1,809

96

- 9,212 ..

-- 9h

West.

131 ?~___2J273 __ _ 15J968

13,122

2,086 15,208

95

u. s.

42,949 _

1/ Preliminary

l~_Q?6

6l; o45

42, 820 - .J..9:L~07~...::6:......_- ~"'"'5~6,~~..:.8'""9~6._ _-'9~6-

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~{~~~J1!fJR~~ Gl~ORCnTIA A~Ri~~~~~~AL ~!J-?i!o:fie/JV7tug CJJ~~L

COLLEGE OF AGRIClJL TURE
Athens 1 Georgia

.,

EXTENSION SE'RVICE

January 31, ~955

!_IO~Y _jtl~_D__!~SY~~: -~~-O_D_DC_TI_~_N__ _ ___1_9]_~

Q_EORgiA: Honey production in Georgia duri n g 1954 was estima ted at 4,100,000 pounds,

This is 11 percent below the production of 4,598,000 pounds in 1953 and 28 percent less than the large 1952 crop, Average yield per colony for 195L~ was 20

pourids compared with 22 pourds last year and 26 pounds Jn 1952. 'rhe extremely hot

dry weather conditions were largely responsible for tJ-u:i small -yields.



The value of the Georgia honey crop is placed at $955,000 compared with $1,099,000 in 1953 Value of beeswax production amounted to $38,000 1 compared with $46 ,000 one yoo.r ago.
I
UNITED STATES: Honey production in 195~- totaled 217 ;414,000 pounds, 3 ' percent less --- -- - - --- than in 1953, and .the srr,allest crop since 1948, Honey production per colony was 39~8 pounds, compared with 40.6 pounds in 1953, 49,5 pounds in 1952 and the 1948-52 average of 42.8 pounds, In !:lid-December, producers had about 41 million pounds of honey on h and f:or sale--19 percent of' total pro duction, The 1954
honey crop was produced by :;,4 67 ,ooo colOl'l.ies of bees--1 percent less than in 1953.
Beeswax production totaled 4,031,000 p~n.mds 1 compared with 4,093,000 pounds in 1953, a decrease of 2 percent,

Compared with 1953, production was down in all re g ions of the country except the West and South Atlantic, where it was up 16 a nd J.~ percent respectively, DecFeases ~om last year we re as foll0ws: North Atlant ic; 23 percent; East North Central, l5J
West North Central, 13; and South c.entral States, 8 percent,

The leading honey producing . Stat -e s in .1954 were California, Mi _niies ota ;--F on a; Wisconsin, Iowa, Idaho 1 Texas 1 Ohio 1 Illinois and Michigan, These States produced
59 percent of the crop,

The -average honey production -was 39,8 pounds per colony, compared with 40,6 pounds in 195h l'iiainly because of the widespread drought, honey yields per colony this ;rear were the lowest since 1948, . Yields were down in all regions of the country except the West and South Atlantic,
Estimated otocks of honey for sale by producers in m~d-December totaled 41,056,000 pounds... -19 percent of production.
Beekeepers received an average price of 17 .o cents per pound for all honey sold. in
1954, including the combined whol es ale and r .etail sales of extracted, chunk and
comb honey, This was about 3 percent highe :r-. .than the combined average price for
1953 of 16.5 cent s, These prices cover la rge .and small apiaries omed by farme rs
and n:on-farmers. Price increases were small but fairly general,

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

ARCHIE LAl'T!}LFY Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to ' United State s Depa rtment of A;;;ricul,ture
Agricultural i"~arketing Service 319 Extension Building ., Athens 1 Georgia OFFICIAL BUSI NESS
:. . '

Penalty for private use to avo'id payment:~of postage $300,

SO UTH BRANCH LIBRARY
TH "' UHIV ER SITY OF GEORGIA TH S ' H VER JITY LIBRARIES ATHENS GA.

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tate :

-

C~lonies - - HONEY !3EES
- --- --- ~--
of .:

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Honey Prod

COLC'N_I_E_S..
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Bees : per Colony : Production : Production

and
- - - -- Div. ~

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; 1953 ; 1954 1953 ; 1954 . ; 1953 ; 1954 ; I

___ ______ ______ ___ _ - - --- -,.- - ... . . -- - ------- - - -~-- -------- - ---- --.-'

..,

1953 S 1954
._ , ...

Thousands

Pounds

Thous.and Pounds Thousand Dollars

Ma ine

8 \ 8

20

12 '" 160

96

57

34

N, He

5

5

21

12

lOS

60

33

19

Vt"

10

11

26

-!-~ 6

260 506

74

147

Has s

30 31

16

15

480

L~65

155

152

R< Io

~

2

16

13

32

26

10

8

C01m.

.16 17

16 . 15

256 255

81

83

Nr. Yo ' 219 221

41 : '28 : . 8,979. ''6;188 1,311

959

N(. J.

31 32

31

24

96i 768

271+

225

Pa ,
1C

A..-

173
---.-- 4 9 4 --

168 495--



23
- ~?a :a - r-

20
23.7

-

...

3,979 "i5)?.12.

--131-,;376204

---

812 . 732
2,8oi ~ :.~ -----2-,T59 -~

a; .. chi-o.-~--.- 30T' - 289 ~ .. - .....2w -- - ~

:~ 8-,lt2-8' ' 6-,936 -. ~ - -. 'f.492-----. f.-2L~2---

I rd.

' 180 178

35

32 .. 6.r300 5, 696 1,279

).,168 .

I l l.,

164 . 164

31

~li eh , ..' ,180 ~85 45

43

5,084 7 ,05;2 . 1~007.

1,453 ,

36

- . 8~100 '6 , 660

1,215 . 1,072

'Viis...

. . 200

i.:-1if...(f.-l-;o25-

'l/5220(4j........._4278.5---

---353-6Ji

--

15, 600 10,812
--~~3 ,5Y2___3' f';fr36

-

2,418 . .
--7,4iY~-- -:-

1,676
6,6'1T--r

'irin;;- - -2::a-- "243_,____ - s-s--- tro"""'- ----21,33-s' ---Isr,7.j40:- --3-,oy2 -~ --2~-e-fsr-

Iowa

183 185

77

56

14,091 10,360 1,832

1,502

Mo.

152 137

23 19

3;496 2, 603 , :70?

-518

N. Dak.

. 13

15

140-

140

1_,820 ?,100, 2_29

281

? D!fk

23- 24 : 80

P5

1,81.+0 : :2, 760'

258 ,

395 .

Ne b r .

42 43

97

75

-- 4,07L~ 3,225: . 546

432

Kan s.

51 48

30

28

1,530 1,344 246

230

w.N ,- c-;:- - -.,r~r:;-- -6'95- -:--:--67-.4 ~ -~ --60'~2 -. - 4<$'~1'8"'6- 41-;-832- - -:-:o;sa9------o;r:?r (

neT. --:-- - -3 - 3 - :--- 3o- ----ro-: ~ -.-. --::-:-9o ... ..-~ ---9a-.--,. -~-- %"- - .. --;;:r-:-

Hd.

29 30

27

28

783 81+0 ;. .. .. .206

220

va.

146 143

21

28

3,066 h ,oo4

858

1,157

w. Va-.

124 122 . 17 .. 18

2.,108 2,196 " 658 659

N. c.

191 193

20 : 26

3,8.20 5,018 ~ 1,2P3:.

;1.,641

s. c.

56! . 59

12

14

672, 826

. 201 .

250

YGfaa.:: - - -- --22J089. - --223058____.._27b2

--

-

--2704_____

-

r84,;5cf9t:i8tf-

T4T,,1-6010 2

.-~-: -5.1;,o059"9r.

--

-

. 955
-T,f3-,~

s. ~- --- - 996---:--993 - ---1"3-:4___ -34.-9. -.33)i25-~ 34-;686: :--7,37f8-~ ----a;o44__ _

Ky. -

ITib'- ___139 - ------7-- --i5-----r,-o2~ .. ...._..2:o85 - -:--- 3Y9_____ - .61l3-

Tero1.

172 170

19

11

3,268 1,870

931

531

Ala.

200 190

16

16 3,200 3 ,o4o

797

763

Mi s s .

74 73

10

22

1,184 1,606

268

3,81

Ark.

88 92

21

19

1,848 1,748'

362

371

La.

100 93

22

26

2,200 2,418 . . 341

394

Okla.

53 50

18

21

. 9~h . 1, 05.0

2.14 .. 245

8T.e-x-acs.

--

.,- I;Y22952--.-l;2o8807-

----

-

33 -20-;7

- - -2i7 .'i

...

9,636 -23 ,3f2-

--217-;,35-i60i

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--.-41;,:4c41e6:...

-

-

-

1,111 4:474--

Mont. ---or----Gs-----96- -----as-- -...6,o3a- 5-.t"r&J--- -"Bli4- :--:-:---:-855: .-

Idaho

178 174

37

52

6,586 9,048

889

1,212

wyo.

34 33

55

93

1,870 3 ,069

236

390

NCo. lMo.ex.

67 68 16 15

90 35

56 35

6,030 3,808 560 525

898

575

71

67

A~ i z.

73 77

90

69

6,570 5,313

756

611

Utah

49 50

56

50

2,744 2,500

354

338

Ne v.

15 14

57

70

855 980

116

140

Wash.

86 86

47

50

4,042 4,300 ~ 554

550

Or eg.

57 55

36

27

2,052 1,1.!.85 . 324

241

Calif.

537 537

44

63

23, 628 33,831 2,977

4,229

west.--- 1,179 1,177-- ----5-1---:r----GO.o ----60~9e=r--7o ;63-9 - ----8;019- - ----9;208__ _

u:-s:---- - --5,534-5:467-- 4o:_6 _ __ 39:e- ---22Ii:,l~T42fi/G-4 ___37 ;aa2 - -- 3-6-,.873--

1953 Revised. 1954 Preli~inary.

Athens, Georgia

.f_!_HHPHI C~ RF.P'ORT AS oF ~<I.! NHARY' 15J 1955

G::.ORGI.~, : During the mont h ended January 15, ' t he all comim dity .index ' of p rices
.recei ve P. by Georgia f a rmers advanced 1 pointo At t he p resent level the index is 249 percent of t he Augu st 1 909-July 1914 ave rage and 7 ~ oints above the
level during the corre sponding peri od a y ear ago.

.

"

A ma r ked recovery in prices received f or a ll c_1icltens .was in e vidence du ring the

30-day periodo Hoderate g'ains 1-J'ere report ed in l) rice's r e ceived for vrheat , corn,

Irish potat>oes , sweetpotatoes, cotto;n lint, all baled hay, be ef cattle, j'nilk cows,

and peanuts .



Lower prices we re r eceived during t hP- month fo r hogs, oats, co.ttonseed, egg s , butter-

fat in cre am, wholesal e milk and soybeans. For some COinrlloditie s , pa rt of the

shift i n p rice l e vels at this time refle cts t he i nfluence of seasonality of supply.

Other contributi ng fact or s on p rice behavior i ncl1,1de effects of p ro duction r e-

adjustments .

'

tnUTBD ST ' T2S : The mid-January Index of Pri ce s Received by Fa rme rs at 241+ pe rcent

.

.

of . its 191Q-14 ave rage Has S :?oint s ( 2 percent.) highe r t han in

Decembe r but was 15 points ( 6 percent ) l e s s t ha.n a yea r ea rlie.ro

Higher p rice s receiv~ d for cattle , chickens , strawbe r ri e s, l ettuce , c.md SB?-P beans
were primarily r esp onsible 'for t he in croa s e . The All Crop I ndex was up 3 percent from De cembe r and 1-ra s al so 3 pe rc r nt P..bove January l ast year. The Livestock and
Livestock Pro duct Index \va s up 1 p e rcent du r :i.ng the mont h but wa s 13 pe rcent beiow a year earlie r.
The Parity Indc~ ( Pr i ce s Pai d for Commp rl ii?ie s, Inte r e st , Tax'3 s , and 1!age Rate s )
advan_ced nea rly 1-'-}_pe rcent during ..t21e month cmded J anuai"'J 15 to 283 pe rcent of its
1910-14 average .,

Increa ses i n commodity p rices a ccounted fo r about :1alf of the increase in t he Parity Index, with increa s es i n f a rm \oJage rate s, in per a cre paymEnts for taxes on farm real estat e , and :L11 inte r est on farm mortgage i ndebtedne s s r e sponsible for t he r emaindero The Parity Index was about one - t>ird of one pe rcent hi ghe r than a yoar 8a r l i e r .

ltlith farm p roduct price s up only slightly more than t 1.e Parity I ndex, the Parity Ratio r emained at 86, abo:ut 7 p e rc(,nt lowe r t han i n J anua ry 1951.~ ..

.Indexe s , : 1910-14- 100
Prices Roc ei vod -

. Summary Table for the Uni t ed Sta t e s

is-; --- Jan~-y_s-;.-- DGc.

-Jan.- 15,- -:-: .

Re cord High

19 54

19S4 1955

I ndex :

Date

- 259 --

239

244' ~ --- - J l j-

Feb. 1951

Parity Iniiex !/

282

279

,l

283

''
290

?:.,/ l'1ay 1952

Parity Ratio

92

86

86

123

Oct, 1946

Y .7 Prices' Paid, Int;C? r c st, Taxe s, and 1-Jagc Rates . ?:. Also Februa ry .;md April 19 52.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Ciu=J r go

BUliTO)IT J . :LAHRIHGTON Agricultu r a l Stati~tician

Afte r Five Days Return to United States Department of Ag riculture;'
Agric,lltural Harkc ting Se rvice 319 .wxtension Bui lding Athens , Gc cr gia OFFI CIAL BU.'1Il1ESS

Penalty for p rivat e u sG to avoid pa;ymont of postag e :~i300

SvU T 1 B --~ lCH LI BRA RY
TH ' r.n JE ::> ITY OF GEO- GIA T: E ~IV: I TY LIB RAR IES
ATH~NS GA.

CO!vJ.DDI TY Ai:TD UlH T

. Average i

: '

I

: iI Aver age .

I ,



l i.Aug. 1 9091Jan, 15, ! De c . 15, Jan. 15, ; ;, .Aug. 1909 jJan. 15, j Dec. 15, 'Jan. 15,

! l , jJ u1y 1914 1954 I 1954

1955 1 July 1914 i 1954 . 1954

1 955

i.

i

'

I

\Th.e~;~.t, Bu. Corn, Bu.

$; 1.24 .$ ' .91

2.03
t
1. 46 !

2.10 1.57

I 2.12 ~
1.63 1!

.88

I 2.03

2.12 .1 2.14

I I .64

I 1.42 1.39 1.4C

Oats , Bu.

$ . 57

.93

1.01

.II I .99

. 40 I .78 I .77

.77

Irish Pot ato es ,Bu. $

1.50

1.80 .

2.00 !!

.70 ; , . 6~., 1.05 i 1.13

Swee t' Pot at oes ,Bu. $

.83

Cot ton~ Lb.

'

2. 65 32.4

34.2

lI '
3.30 !

.88

II 34.3

12. 4

I
2.53 i 2'. 59 1: 2. 83
30.0 I 32.~ I 32.5

Cottonseed, Ton $ 1 24 . 39

51.00

Hay (bal e d), Ton

25.50

Hogs, p er cwt .

7. 33

Beef Cattl e , ~Nt . $ 1 3. 87

23. 00 12. 00

Milk Cows, head ' $ 1 33. 85 j 110.00

Clri ck ens, l ,b

I rt 13 .2

24.o

Eggs; . :tbz.

21.3

58.0

60.00 29. 40 18.00
10.10 90. 00
17~5
43 .0

I 59. 00 , II
,.,
31.00
I . 17.20 ~~~
10.80 1
I 92. 00
! 2 4 . 8
I I
42.5

22.55
7. 27 5. 42 48. 00
u.4
21.5

52.00 23.80

I 59. 60 56. 80
I
23 . 30 I 23.50

24 .60 16.00 156 . 00

.17.00 1I 17.00
1 5 . 60 II 16.20
I 141.00 i 42.00

23 .8

17.6 :j 22.2

I 46,3

I

I 32.7 1

32.2

But terf a t, Lb .

I ' 25.7

58 .0

51: .0

i 52.0

26.3

I l 65.9

58.1

57.5

~ Milk (who1 csa~o) per 100/F 11 $ 2. 42

6 .30

6.10

I
6.00 j

J i 1.60

I .
4 .40 j 4 ,33 1 4 ,19

Soybeans, Bu .

$

2. 70

2.85

2. 80 j 1

2. B3 1 2 ~57 1 2.58

j.{P~~li~i~~;;-o; y~~l~yl9~5: ----- i~-'- - - --- I Peanuts_, Lb. .

' 5.-0

10.8 ! u. ~
...... .

11.6 1. ~.8 ! ll.l I 12 .5

1? .6 .

.. ..1 J- ---- - _____L ...__ j __ - ---t ---- -- ----'-

- =-=o~.~==- ~:-- -~-7:'-_-: -.--i~~-)~0l~iB:;~~;:!~r~~g~R~cy~~;~~:~~~~-!rfG'mi1m- ~--=~-=---=:--=

r -"c-- ..

Jan. 15,

Dec. 15,

Jan. 15,

__ - - - - - -- - - ~- ____.1954_ __ ____: l.954--- --~"-~955 ~--~

1 l<.J.1 Commoditie s

1

242

248

249 I

1 Cotton &Cottonsee d

252

26 9

269

Grains

159

171

176

Me at lmimal s

313

255

260

Dairy Product s

244

2 42

239

Chickens & Eggs

245

181

196

!_~~~!i1~:ou_~,- ____ ........ --- _ .i~~----- -----~~~---- _ _.. ~~~-- _

Revised

FRIC':!:S PAID BY F.irn!lERS FOB S'.ELECTED F~EDS Jli.;?tJ~Y 15, 1955 VT!TT.T CO!~ARI SO!.Ii S 1}

-- -..- - . - -- - - - - -
GIDRGI .A

LL - --c--1r--

_ _ _ _ _ ....___ _ _ _ _ __ - - - -
U.:'. JIT~ ST.l\T~S .

F=.;ED-JJan. 1 KIND OF

~TD3c. 1~, J an . 15~-..1 j.Jan.-15,- .-T~ c. 15-:i-Jan. 15,

f L.. .._ .... _:______ -- - -- --- ~- }~~- ___i___~ 9_si _____ -- -- ~-9_?s ___ ~ ---l..:g:~~ - -- - .. _!~?~ _ J_ 1ss5

! I _Mixed Dairy Fee d

i

All U1n6~~oePr rZo9t'ie'om_Prote in 1

4 . 20 4 .10

1 j

4.10 3. 95

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1 1

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. Doll. .15 .05

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February 14, 1955

AC RE AGE

AND I NDICATED ~

PRFOeDbUruCaTrIOyNTO;F- 1P9R.I5N"C"IP)A-L---C-O-HiV.i-ERC-IAL--C-RO-PS

UIHTED STATES: Because of adverse weather, vegetable production prospects for the 1955 winter season deter i orated during January and total output for
this season is now expected to be seven percent less than in 195!-+ and tv.ro percent below average, the Crop Reporting Board announced to day. Compared with the 1954 uinter season, signifi cantly lighter crop s of arti chokes, snap beans, broccoli, cabbage, celery, sNeet corn, cucumbers, e ggplant, kale , green pea s , and tomatoes are now forecast for 1955, but larger crop s of carrots, ca.uli flm.rer, shallots and spinach are indicate d. The first forecast for early s ring broccoli indl.cates a larger crop than was harvested in 1954 but a li ghter spring cauliflm.rer crop is in pros- ! pect" Early spring strawbe rry acreage t hi s year is 13 percent small'er than in 1954. Based on intentions reports, the acreage of late spring cabbage and early summer onions for 1955 harvest will be only slightly below l a st year, while commercial early .potato . acreage is expected to be 8 percent largero
CABBAGF. : The 19 55 lrinter cabbace crop is now forecast at 26 7, 500 tons, 19 percent below the pro duction i n t his season last ye a r and 23 pe rcent less than
average, Yield prospe cts in Flo r i da de cli ne d du r ing January as a result of the cumulative effects of below normal temperatures and, in s ome areas, inadequate moisture. Eost of the acreage now being cut in central and north Florida is producing lit,ht yields of small size d heads. Soft he ads ar:e a common defe ct in most fields, ilains of late January a re ex) e cted to result in an improvement in the quality of cabbage for f ut u re ha rve st. Dc>.ily production in Florida is continuing to increaseo In Texas, cahbage made satisfactory progress during J anuary and escaped damage from freezing temperat ures January 24~ :;-:uality of supplies currently being ma r keting is excellent. This ;yea r's crop is lat er than last ye ar's because of delayed planting resulting fro m fall rains, and supplie s in February and March should be heavy. In response to market demand, s rowers have been cutting their fi e lds before opt immn yields could be obtained whi ch ha s cont r j_buted to t he smaller tonnage moved to date compared ~nth t he 1954 s e ason, I n Arizona, the bulk of the 1955
t', winter cabbage crop ha s been cuto Suppl i es r emaini ng to move a re limi.tedo In
California, where w:i.nter cabbage is being harve sted i n I mperial Valley and the Coastal areas, most supplies are being used locally . Only limited supplies are moving from Ir.1perial Valley into inte l~ s t ate channels. Harvest of winter cabbage there will continue into March .
LETTUCE: The forecast of pro<;l.uction for ~-linter lettuce has been reduced to 11,188,000 crates 1-rhich is a slightly smaller crop than 1-ra s harVested in
1954 but is 10 percent l a r ger t han ave rageo A de cline in indicated production in both California and Texas is r e sponsible for this month's lowered forecast8 In California, subnormal t emperatures in J anuary continue d to retard plant development and limit productiono Howe ve r, a slight rise . in t emperatu r e s duri ng the last half of the month caused daily pro duction to increase. He avy production is indicated for February and it :i. s expecte d t hat _, because the. dev:e.lGpinent of _t he crop has been de~ layed, marketi ngs from winter areas after Feb rua ry 1 t his year will be l a r ge r than they we re in 1954. Virtually all suppli es from Californi a in February H'lll come from Impe d al Va lley, In the Blythe district of California, cutti ng of the e arly winter lettuce crop has been completed, Fie l ds for late Hinte r harve st will not be gin t o mature until l ate Fe brua~J and harve st will be active a ga i n there i n March. Although harve st of winter l e ttuce is continuing in t he Yuma distri ct of Arizona, production is se aso nally li ght. An increase in supphe s during February is anticipated as an incre asi ng acreage will be reaching maturHy during thai;. month. In Texas, the bulk of t he supplie s at the p r e s ent time are coming from the Lower Valley. The crop is some1.;hat l a t e r than usual in t his s e ction be cause of delaye d planting resulting from he avy rains l a st fall and it is antic i pat e d that p r oducti on du r i ng February and Harch '~>Till be heavi er than it Has duri ng l95h. Some lettuce is curre n~ ly bei ng moved from Lare do. Growe rs in t he Winter Ga rden have comple t ed harvest on : ( m0st of their early s e ason plantings and f ields for late se ason ha rve st 1.Jill not reach maturity until e arly Marc h , Con se quently, only limited supplie s can be expect~~ d from t hat section during February. Low temperatures on January 24 retarded t he development of l e ttuce in all growing sections of Texas, but no s e rious damage occurred. In Flori da, cold we ather reduced the volume of lettuce shipments in late .Jc,nuary, Host of the acre~ge in principal producing central Florida s e ctions, in:::l uding vJebste r, Zellwood, Sanford, and Samsula, has been harve sted but light supplie s 1vill continue to come from these s e ctions for several more weeks,
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LETTUCE: (continued) In the i"ianatee- Hi1lsbo ro arcia, whe r e most of the acreage is of the ' Iceberg type, lettuce is in generally good condition. Transplant-
ing of lqte "fields i9 expc:cted to be compl et ed th or e in early '-February. In the . J:::ve r gl ades, Iceberg lettuce is in fair to good condition but Big Boston has made . poor progress and ver.r light production is: reported for this variety. At Stuart,. lvhere .h arve sting of Iceberg l ettuce is i n progre ss, the crop is r eported to be in good conditio!":\ The Dade County acreat;e is providing supplies for local markets~

COlvtr,iE~WIAL POTATOES: Growe rs' intoot;.ons in t-he surruner State s indicate a corrune rci al early acreage of 60,050 a cres or 1 percent more t han the
59,200 acres harve sted .in 1954 but 39 percent be low ave r age. Increases ove r 1954
are reported for Virginia and Texas; decreases for Maryland, ..Kentucky , rti.ssouri) _and
:Nebraska ; and no change is shown for Kansa.s, Georgi a and Ne.w J e rsey.

~=-=--A_c_re-'a""'"g'-e_and I~.~.cat_ed Produc_!.ion Repc:_r._ted to_Qate, 1955 w.i.th _Cqmparis ~'""""n-;;;s_ __.__

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PRODUCTION

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Group tot~l

Acres

Acres

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.,.:,.-.:;-1,-o::=o=o-crate_s_ _

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15,300 12,800 11, ooo! 181 175 200 , 2,744 2,240 2,200

32,900 33, 600 34 , 500 1 18~. 200 195 ! 6 ,032 6, 720 6, 728

9 , 520 12,600 1L! , oool 117 155 125 ! 1, 044 1, 953 1,750

2.z.320

2.z.500 3, 400 j 14Lf 165 150:1 338

412 510

- bO~o4o-- bl, j5o~ _-62 , 9o51 -171- -1E4- I7E ; Io~l39- I1~32s-1I,I8E

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tive Av . - Bushels- !Avc; rage -1, 000 Bushels

Summe r

:44-53

11944-53

Virgi~ia
. Eastern Share

_ : d l . z . 3 ! 0_ _ ' 24,310

~2.z)QO_
16,400

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2},~0.2
19, 500

;~ _11 924? -

_115___ !_5.z.8_5__3J..92___

175

! 4, 67 2 3,220

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Norfolk & Other _ -~OQO_ __3.z.9QO__ !t,_!OQ !_17 5__12,5_~ __ i_l.z..2_!4__ _ 6_~ __ _

Maryland

~;02 0

3,300 3,100i 1D4 l jO

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819

49j

Kentucky

2,180

800

700 ! 139 100

385

80

Missouri

' ; ' 2,140

800 . L60 I 170 180 -1 36.5 144

Kansas Nebraska

2,640 3,900

400 1, 500

.hOO : 162 180
1,400 i 256 310

! 416
j 952

72 June 10 465

Texas

6,960 6,000 6 ,_300 j 228 185

I 1, 546 1,110

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76 2_,84

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D. L. FLOYD Agricultural .Statisti cian I n Charge

L. H. HARRIS , JR. Vegetabl e Crop Esti mato r

After Fj_ve Day s Ret1,1rn .to United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural iliarketing Service 319 Extension. Building Athens, Georgia . . . , OFFICIAL BUSH!ESS

Penalty for private use .t o avoid payment of postage ~;300.

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SOQT BRA CH ~l 5RARY
THE UN I Vt;R.:>ITY OF GEORGIA ..
THE U IV 'I1Y LIBRARIES
ATH~S GA .

Estimated inventory numbed of livestock on Geo1gia farm;~ as of January 11 19.5.5 sha.wed increases from one year ago :or hogs, chickens, and shE;?ep, while numbers of

workstock and turkeys 1-1ere l ess than last year. Total number of cattle shm-red no

change although there 1-1ere some shifts in class numbers of ca ttle during the year.
Percentage increases by soecies werq hogs 4%, d~ickens 8%, and sheep 27%. Those

Hi th decreases 1-1ere: workstock 6%, and turk;eys 2%0

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\-J'orkstock numbers continue the downward trend started vihen farm mechanization becamf;

more and more important. Number of as compa~ed with 316, ooo in 1946, a

Georgia workstock for 1955 decrease of _4S% during the

amounts 'to 173 1 000 ten year per iode

The ove~all value of all livestock on Georgi a farms on January 1, 19.5.5 was
$126,702,000 Hhich w'as a decreas e of 13% from the $144,911,000 (revised) of one ye~

ago . This unfavorable . showing was . due mostly to reduction in prices of every s p~
a of l ives;tock and was continuation . of the dovJm-Tard price tr end of the previous two

years. Valuation, in t housands, by species of livestock in order of rank for 19.5.5

1 and 19.54 respectiv elyare: Cnttle .
lvorkstock $9,8.50 and$10,821; Farm

$73,389 Chi ckens

and (e

~8 4,901;
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Hogs . $34,383 and $38 commercial broilers)

~38285.;58

and $10,327; 'l'urkeys ' $290:andP 342; . an.i Sheep $232 -and- ~l92o.

* DISTRIBU'l' I ON Of GLORGIA LIVLSTOCK Vi..LULS BY KINDS ON F.l\Ri--18 (Percent of total '~alue of liv e ~ to-ck ... January 1, 195.5)

Hogs
\. $ 34 1 38 3' r)Q0 :
27.2 %

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Cattle $ 73, 389,000

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$QUTH BR~~CH :LISRARY
TH E UNIVE RS ITY OF GEORGIA TH E UtHV ERS ITY LIBRARIES ATHFA~S GA .

-rear ,, ThoHusaend~: FLP!a~rem~r ~THVOaC'le"u~-e~O:N_TThSoo'~t~_a:~l:grF:~?aA_r__m~!1A].fl.a~aim:u."~eJ~~IJ~TU-1A-?1.0HYu~s1~,m_.1d: 9_. !4:_6_:._F-Par1e;;9r;5Hv5aealude

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Mules and Mule Co .lts
$194 ~-~-------$53:-544 ' --- ---.

1948
1949 1950 ... 1951 1952
-. 1953 1954
195~__.._ _ _

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116: 90

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101 00

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197.00 173 .00 13r.oo 86.00

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49 , 614

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17,630

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2,gs

184

7o.oo

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37

51.00

31

51.00 '

1,887 1,581

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166 154

67.00 60.00

ll:122 9 240

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1946

1,,122

49.30

55,Sl5

! 399

. 73.00- -

2-9 ,127

1947

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s7.7o

64,105

r 387

8s.oo

32 , 895

1948

_ 1,06 7

63. 90

68,181

I 372

94.00

34 , 968

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~ '151 ~-;~52
}.953

982 1,040 1 ,113 1 ,2 3 5 1, 358

80. 60
84.50
106 .oo .
124 .00
93.00

79, 1i9 87, 880 ll7, 978 153,140 126,294

350

364

3o8

3 72

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116.00 123,00 148. 00 173.00 138.00

40,600 44 ,772 54,461 64 ,356 53 ,406

1954'

1, 439

59. 00

84 ,,901

! 395

87.00

34 ,365

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~e~ep and I;ambs

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Hogs, IncludingPigs

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1946

16

6 . 40

1 02

! 1,507 '

16 . 80

25,318

1947

14

8 .60

120

I 1,683

. 21.50

36 ,292

1948

12

8. 88

106

! 1, 654

24 . 30

40,192

1949 1950 1951. 1952 '

10

9 .30

9.

9.80

10

14.40

11

18 .40

93

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24.SD

88

1,66 7

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144

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. 23, 40

202

1,908

23. 00

39, 541 31 , 340 42 , 120 43 , 884

1953 1954 1 9 55

13

16.10

15

12 , 80

19

12. 20

209 192 . 232

1 ;755' I 1, 597 I 1, 561

18 . 20 24 .00 20 .70

31 '941 38 , :528 34 , 383

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1946

10 , 013

1. 30

13, 017

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47

5.80

1947 1 948'

9,005 9 ,2 82

1. 42 1. 41

12 ,787 ' 11,678

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59

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44

6.30 6 . 50

1949 1950

?,957 8,ll6

1.51 1.36

12 , 015 11,038

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46 52

7. 30 6 . 40

1951

8,029

1.30

10, 438

.

5-1

6.70

1952

8 , 298

1. 10

ll,617

51

6.50

1953

7,795

1.30

10,1311

54

6, CO

1954

7' 9<14

1.30

10 , 327

59

5,80

1955

8,558

,' 1. 00 _ _ ____.. _ _8 _,_s_5~- ___ ____ -- ~- __ _ ~~ ---- -

5.00

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273 3 72 286
:536 333 362 332 324 342 290

Total value is sum of v alue s by age groups. Included in c a.ttle and c alve s.

UiiTT:!ID STATES :;:.I '~G STOC K I NV'Th'-T03'Y - - - - - J ~JU.ARY 1 , 1955

Livestock and poultry on f grms and ranch e s sho wen a n e t i ncrease of 3 p-.)rcent during 1 95,1 . The
total for Januo.ry 1, 1955 was 7 percent belO'IT t he penk of J <muary I, 191'1 . The a-gregate increase this p 2.st y 3ar r asulted fr om a subst antial increa.s ,~ in ho3 numbers nnd small incr e c; s e s
in c attle, ch icken s and turkeys . Sh.::e.p and lamb s , hor ses and mules vmre down from n. ye,ar ago.

Combining th~ species on the b a s is of the ir economic i mportance r eveal s that livestock numQe rs

incre ased 3 percent and. p oultry increas ed 1 p e rcent. Meat anime.ls ( ca ttJ.e , hog s and sheep )

we re up almo st 3 percent, rrh i1e v orkst ock was doEm 9 .IJC rcent . Milk c attla (milk cows , h aif ors

and c c.lve s) .sho~:;e d . a de cre ase of 1 pe rcent. .

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Even "rith a sli~gbtl y l ar ger a ggr egate number of l ivc sto ck nnd poultry , the -f arm vruuo of

11. 4 billion doll GJ:r s 'ras '1 pe rc Jnt b elovr a. ycar earli e r ana. sub s tanti ally b GlO'-' t he record hi gh

of 19, 6 billion doll t? r s on Janua ry 1, 1952 . I,oHe r av..Jrago p ric 0 s f o r c attl e , hogs, chickens

and turkeys more than offset h i eh er avcr ogc price s for sheep , horse s and mul e s to hold the

a ggregate v alue b elo1 a y ca.r earlie r.

The January 1 i nventory of c e.ttlc and relvcs sh o-7c d 8 furthor slight incre ase to a n ew record big.~ of 95. 1 million h .:.:ad. Th is numb e r include d 5.8 million cattl e and ca.lvc s on fe ud for market, --rhich Has <-.lmost one-ha lf million I"!Oro than "To r e on f eed Januar y 1, 1954 . The no,;
r ocor\1 numbe r of cattl e and c a-lve s on JAnuar y 1, 1955 marked the s i xth succe ssive annu al incre ase from a r ec ent lovr point of '76.8 million h e Hd on Janua ry 1, 19,19.

Hogs and p i g s on f arms January 1, 1955 tot al ed 55 million h ead., an increase of 6,1 million h 0cid 1 or 13 p e rcent fro m t he r c lati ve l y low numb e r Janu~ry 1 ~ 1954 . The hi ghe r inventory r efl ect ed the lar g.n 195< p i g crop . Ma:rk ot hogs ( excluding sovrs; ov e r 6 month s old. on Janua ry 1, 1955 '.rm r e 17 p e rcent l e.rgc::r t h Gn a y ear earli e r. Sou s and gilts a t $l.5 million head wer e up about 5 pe rcent in line 'lrith f arme rs' intentions for an incr"'ase in farro wings in the SIJring of 1954 . The numb;;: r of p i gs under 6 months of age shovmd an increase of 11 p e rcent ove r a yor:.r . earli e r, Increas<J s in the numbe r of hog s and p i gs on f a rms wo r e sho'l'm in n early all St s.t es , vrith r ather sharp incr.aas e s in most North C~ntr al Stat e s, Only moderate incre ases ':rc:: re sho m in mo st North Atlantic and South Atlantic States. Slaughte r of 65 million h e ad of hog s in 1954
\'las 2 million head l o ss than the rtumb..., r slaughtered in 1953.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICUI.. TURE

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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Georgia led the Nation in chic ken 'broiler production for the

fourth cons-ecutive year by producing 154s471 ,000 birds in .

1954' valued :at $ 101,487,000. Arkansas came s e cond in output, with a produ'cti on o'f 78 ,525,000 birds value d at ~~48 ,371 ,000.

Following in order of production rank were Texas 1 .Delaware., Virginia .and Maryland.

Georgia showed a 27 percent increase ove.r :the 121J63l,OOO .

br.oilers produced in. l2S3, an d ~e 1951+ :valuatie-n-.wa.s 8 per~

cent e:oove the $93, 826 ,000 figur.e for 1953. This marks the

seventh consecutive year in whi ch all previous production and value records in this

field have. been sur pa ss ed by the. State. Average live weight per bird was 3.0

pounds compa_red with 2.9 in 1953 _o.nd 2.8 for the previous two years. Average1 price per pound ,live wei gh;t wap 21.9 cents compared with 26 .6 on.e year ago and 28.1. cents

in .1952.



For the past four. years income from oo1n.1nercial broilers has topp e d that f r om IJ.ny
other Georgia fa rm cash conunodi ty exc e pt c~tton. Formerly either tobacco or peanut~ occupied this. p.osi tion, but the hea:vy expansion of r -ecent years has placed
bro)..lers well above these crops.

DIAGRAM SHOWI NG PRODUC TION AND VALUE OF G~ORGIA BROILERS
160 ----- - - -- (E:e...F .:l:.cL1235~.:- -~~Ll-1_ _ . . -- - - - -- 16o

Ye a r

Numbers _J?_OO )___

Value
-(0f00-)

1 935

500

230

1936

800

384

193 7

1,100

539

1938

1,300

611

1939

1,600

676

191-+o

3,500

1,495

19hl

6,000

2,775

(~

120- 1942

lO,OOQ

5,152

1943

17,000

12,198

1944

24,000

19,116

19h5 1 9L~6

29 ,520 22,435

24,h66 20,171

1 9~-7

28,717

24,191

100 - 1948

33,025

29 ,108

1949

h5,57h

32,977

195 0

62, 892

4 5 , 43 3

195 1

88, 678

68 ,530

195 2 112, 621

88 , 610

1953 121, 631

93,826

80 1954 154,471 101,487

I
II _l l.~0
r--~-120
I
80

60

r---, Number Broilers
40-
QF:::t:J Value , Dollars

(

20

20

.

.

0

,. '35 '36'2" '38'39 '40 '41 '1:?..43 ' A~ '4~ '46 !47 ' 413 '49 '50'5J s2 '53 s4

.,
COJITI"lERCrAL BIDILER PHODUCTI ON AiiJD. GROSS Ii~CO:IE IN 16 STATES, 1953-54 _!/

State : .

1953 ~/

1954

and :

- ~.---~

------ -~--~-- - --- ~--

Total : Number : Pounds : Price Gross. N~~ber : Pounds Price Gross

____:P_roduced :Produced: per lb., ;incorr.e .3l,produced :Produced per lb. ;_i_n_come__3_/

Maine
Conn . Indo Del,.

Thousands

Cents

27,888
23~904
33,674 68,451

105,974 25.9
88, 445 28o0 107,757 27.5 212,198 26.3

Thous. dol. Thousands

Cents Thous.doJ

27,4!.!.7 )0.,677 2l.t., 765 25,099 29,633 36,368 55,808 69,820

107,370 . 90,356
116,378 . '216,442

22a2 23,836
23o3 21,053 2.3tt2 27,000 22.6 48,916

Md .
Va, ~..r. Va, N, C,

62,093
58,745 22,508
50,738

192,488 26.3 182,110 26.0
72 5 026 26.5 147,140 26.3

50,624 58~367
h7, 3i.t9 59' .332
' 19,087 25,431~ 38,698 56,827

180,938 . 183J 929
81,389 164,7 98

22o6 40,892
22.5 41,384
22.9 18,638 23.1 38,068

_Ga_::,_ _l21,6~1_ _352,7)0. --=-26.:...::.;.6_ __::9..::.3-L,.....:82::.....:6----=c15l~.L4.7l:.__ 463,4_1.....::3_

Fla, 10,479 . 30,389 28.9

8,762 11,736 35,208

Ala. 28,416 73, 882 27.0

19,948 47,739 143,217

Miss , 351 671 96,312 20.,7

25,715 L.0,308 112,862

__:~~- 10~;,487
24,6 8,661
22,8 32,653 22 .. 2 25,055

Ark,
Texas Oreg. Calif,

74,080
65,264 4, 889
48~560

207,424 189 ,266 14,1?8 160,248

26~3
27 .. 6
28~5
29.0

5h, 553 78,525
52,237 71,7 90 1.~, 041 5,525
46,4'12 50.i017

219,870 208,191
16,575
160~054

22.0 48,371 23~5 48,925 25.2 .h,177 26.2 41,934

Total 736,991 2,232,567 26,8 598,985 822,035 2,500,990 22.8 571,050

y States having we ekly chick placement reports.
y Revised.

]/ Includes consumpt i on in. .househoJ,ds of producers which is less . than 1 percent

of total producti on,

-

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statist ician

.

D. L. FLOYD

_Agricultur0l Statistici an, In Charge

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Harketing Se rvice
319 Exten sion Building At hens , Georp:ia
OF"'ICI AL BU":IJ.ITESS

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage .iii300

SQ!J'fH ~RANCH LIBRARY
T E ~~ IV ERSITY OF GEORGIA
TH E UNIV ERSITY LIBRARlES
ATHENS GA.


1.5, ----- --- F.:~.Rl.tl P.eJ.C1 R~PORT A. .S UF F:LBRU. ~HY --- -- ---------...,~ -.-..4- ~-

--1-9-5--5.

Q_EOB.OIP.: During t he month ended F'euru.iiry 15; the li.ll Commodity Index of Pr ic e s Ha -
ce:i.ved by Georgi a f armer s adv::;.nced l pe rc er.t age l.~oint. At the pr e ser.t l evel the index j_ s 250 per -umt of the . Lic:ust 1909- J ul y l91L! a vera ge .

Duri ng the 30-d.a y per iod , higher pri ces _we r 2 received for corn , sweetpoti.l.toes , cotton lint, beef ca ttle , 111ilk cows , e .:rgs , a nd soybeans , Ho~:~ 'pr ices c ontinued v O decline fo~ the t liird c ons,ecutive molT~h . Prices re ceived fcr .all chi ckens dr opped below the l evel r eported in J a nua r y . ':fl:.ol csale milk p:ric e s declined in a s ee.son p.J.ttern as volume of p roduc:b.on in most ::. r e~~::; .:-:s;;umes i?;r eo.t e r prop ortions .
'of UNITED STi.TES : The Inde; Pri ces Re.cei ved b~; F:.1rme~s r ose o~~ oo~nt 0 .1 tel1ths of one p erc ent ) during t he litonth ending in 111id-Febru~iry . ; t
2!:) perc s nt of i t .s 1 910.-l)-1 ave rape , t.he inc1 '3x wa s 5 percent be l en a. y e ::cl' e2.rE e r . Duri.n:~ ::,h e pts t month .J. shp:r p contra"' e <-J,s ona l .-i.ricr ea-.: e in egg pric es and l-"~ ~her prices f or cattle , c1~ ickens , and ora nge s sli f :lt l y rnor~ tha n offset l o10rer p:bic~ s fJr hogs , straYrb e rris s , nlilY. , a nd c otton . The Livc; stock and Li.ve s t-ocl-:: Pr oduc t Index ros e 2 pe rc e nt dud.nr:r .t he pas-~ mont h 1'lhiJ,e the All Cron Ind ex decl:i.ned 1 percent .
'rh8 Pa rHy Ind ex (Pric s PD.id for C orrnno .~ :i.ti es , I nt e r e.., t , Taxes , a nd \;.g8 R.lk s)
held steady d ur :i_ nr, t he mont h e1yled ,Fobnr:J.ry 15 d t 2 83 . Decre:.1 ses in r e ta:i.l pr ic e s
oi' f amily 1 .; vi ng i t ems rte ro offset by inc1Yases in pric:: s p ::.i,_:: :t'or f a r lll pr cc1. w::tion goods . ~'he index v1as l point (a.:: out 1/3 .of l pe rc e n t ) h:i.eh c:r tl:b.n a ye::...r Ekrli e r .

m.t h prices received for fc:1.nn pr oducts adv<.cncing sl:i. p,htly ov.:;r the m.id - J ..mua ry
level an d vd tll n o c h<-.nge in the Pa. r:i. .Jy Ind ex , the Parity fta ti o ro se l p o.i.nt to 8'( , Thi s :tncrr:;ase , the f i rst s i nce last . ~u:~us t , l e ft t h e r tio 1.; pe r <,enl:, l or1 er
than in f.e bl'Ua r y 199!.

---- -- - - - ----- - - - Surnma.ry ~-~~_le 1~oE.....:.0:te . U~~i t~-~S t _.:_~e~------ __ --- ---- . ___

Ind exes

Feb . 15,

J an . 15,

Feb . 15, ;

Reco rd. hi gh

1 )10 -l /~ =100 :

1 951.!

1955

1 955

--.i.ndE;~ --..--- -- - De:tte

--------- --

-- -----------

- - ------ - -- ----- -

..-~--

?rices Re ce ived

258

rL nI ~}

313

Feb . 1951

Par:i.ty Index }:./

282

,. 283

283

290

.?/Eay 1 952

Petrity ::tatto

91

56

87

123

OCt . 1946

?/ '}j Prices I.'aid ; Int c'r e s t , Taxes, and : fa ?._e }Ltes .

Also }'ebru .tr y and 1b6l 1 952 .

D. L. FLOYD .>i.0 ricultur a l St a ti s tician , In Charge

BUHTON J . H .".~~U.I.TGT jl
Agricultur.::~l S tu.Es t:i.ci<7~n

Aft e r Five Days Heturn to

~ni ted St.:tt es De p2.rtment of i~ gri r:ult ure

J\.c0: r .i...~, L1.1. L,\A, .,,__.c~.:. 1 -J-.ho.r k e t J.ng 'Q-'er-vl c' e



319 E:zk ns i on Bui l ding

Athens , Ge ors i:1 OFFIG._:~.:, L J:3 J lfii~S :

Pe naJ.ty f.or privd,e use t ') 2.voi d pay men L of. ; ' OS t ..;.Ge , :..:300

'

sorT l

C LIB ARY

Tl E ~ -- Y OF 0 GIA
TI-l lJt IV ERS ITY LI B, RIE S



ATHEN S GA .

,

C0, !'ODT TY .AliD

PRICES RECEIV~EO~d'~S F~~-1_5,_1_95_5_ivI__TF_~=k;:.,;r;;...AT-"'"".:!".S...------~

I Average

.

1 - -~vor~c-

. :

UNIT

g.l909, "Ul 1914

i Feb.l5, i Jan.l5, 1 Feb.l5, ; : Aug.l909- ! F<Jb.l5, ! J ru .15, Feb.l 5 ,

1954 I 1955-i- 1955

I July ' 1911 1954 ' 1955 1955

./heat, Bu.
c Eu orn,
Oat s , Bu.

$ ; 1.24 ' 2.10

i.do
If 1

!i , 91

1. 54

$ : .67 f .96

2.12 : 2.09 1

i I
1.63 1.68

1
1 i

! i .99

.99 I

.sa. . 2.o6 2.1'1 . 2.13

~40
.64

. 1

1.43

! 78 '

1.40 I 1. 40

! I

.77

76

i Ir1sh Fotatoes ,Bu.$ 1 1.12 1.50

1
2.00 . 1.90

.70

l I

.65

1.13 I 1.17

i

Svmd Pota.toes ,Bu.$ .,

.83

Cotton, Lb. .. Cottonsee d, Ton

, 12,6
I
!$ 24 .39

I
I 2.65 l ! 33.2
i
i 43.00

3.30 3.40
I I
34.a M.s
I : 59.00 59.00

.as

. . 2.58

I

I 12.4

I
30.4

I
22.55 1 5I.4o

I .
I

2.83 .I

2.97

I
32.5 i 31.7
I I
56,8o 55.2o

Hay (b aJ. e d.) , Ton
Hogs, pe r cwt.

~,.. _1 $

i I l'--as.oo- -~r- 31.00 ' 30.60

7.33

23.70

17.20 16.80

t 23.70
i 7.27 I 25,30

23.50 i 23. :30
i I
17.00 16.40

Bcof' CCJttlc,cwt.

Milk Covrs, head

Chickens, Lb.
Eggs, Ibz.

Butterfat, Lb.

'Milk per

( Jho 100#:

lJe}s

a

-:_

c)

$

! 3.87

12.30

$1 . I 33.85 llO.OO

I 13.2

21.6

I 21.3

54 .0

: 25.7 I
$ I. 2,42

56.0 6.00

10.80 I' l1.50 92.00 95.00
24.8 23.8
42.5 44 .0 52.0 I 52,0
I
I 6.oo 5.90

i 5. 42 16.20

i 48.00 156 .oo

I

I
I

l1. 4 . 22. 4

I 21,5 45.7

II 26.3

65.1

i

I

1.so 1 4.21

I I6.2o 1 16.5o

142.00 1115.00
!
22.2 j 23.7

32.2 39.5

57.5

I
'

57.5

I

!
1.19 1 4.05

Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb.

$1
1 5.0

2.90 10.9

1} Pre liminary for :February 195$.

II 2.80 ! 2.90
n.6 I l1.5 II . I

.I ...

2.97

4.8 I ll.2

I

'

2.5a l 2.61 12.6 12.5

INDEX 1'UbE:zRS OF TRICE S RECEI VED BY 1i'A'ffi ::i:R.S I N G~Rr;.IA
(August 1809 - July 1S1-l: = 100) .

Feb, 15 , J an. 15,

Feb. 15,

,. --- - -- -----..-- - -- -- - - ~9.~.~ --- -- _ , l.~?.P.. _. - .

!
. All CoMmoditi e s I Cotton & Cottonseed

245 258

249 269

I 1
1

Grains

Meat Animal s

16 7

176

321

260

1955
250 270 180 268

I Da iry Prod1,1cts

238 "'

239

238

J Chicken & Egg s

226

196

199

I Fruits

,

__

Ili
.

sc-e-l-l

anoous



184 1 94

225

225

189

189

* Revised

_ _ ___;;F_R~I_C_::: S__c_FA!D BY FJ,:REERS FOP. S~L::C:rrKD .E:'S::<.:J?S, FEBRUA'RY 1 5 , 1 95~ "TIT? CO>:PARISO? S 1/

f.I ND OF nED Mixud Dai!'.Y_.Fce d

~I __F_e_b-.-1-5-,--~~JG~:iallnB.~.G~1I~A5-,--~j --F-eb-.--1-5-,-;!r~:: -Fe-b-.--1-5-,-,~UJN~eITn=B.D15S-T,L~TE-S-i F_e_b-.-1-5-,-

! l

1951

1955

i 1955 ; ' 19 51

DOllars per 100 Founds

1955

i 1955

I All Unde r 297o'rrote i n , 16~ Protein

:L20 4 .1 5

4 .15 4.05

, -1. 20 , . '""T."06

1 4 .10

3, gg

3,94 3 .85

3.96 3 . 88

18% Prote in
20o/o Prote in 2<1% Frote in

: 1 . 35

'1

4 .10

1

4 : 6o

1-

L 4 . ~0
1 4 . 45 I 4 .55
1

J 4!30 , , 4 . 03
l1 4 . 45 i 4, 24
1.55 1:1 4 . 45
1 ~

3 . ~1 2
1. 19 1.33

3.92 4 .20
-~ .38

Bigh Protein Fee ds I

Cottense '" d ii..Ja1

I

Soybean Meal

I

Meat Scrap

I I

I

Grain By-Products

I

4 . 05 5.10 5.70

4.15
4 .80 5.80

4 .15. 4. 85

I i
I I

4 . 02 5:01

5. 80

5. 13

iI ;;

4 .48
' 1 . 76 5. 42

<1, 45
'1.72 5. 35

Bran Mi ddling s Corn lbal

3.65 3.85 4 . 35

3.55 3.80 1 .35

3.55 3 . 80
1 . ~5

i ~ 3,27

I;.I l

3. 33 3 .79

3.06 3.18 3.79

3. 08 3.19 3.75

Poultrv Feed
Broil.::r Cro''ring !tia sh Laying i.lfash Scratch Gr ains

5.60 5. 30
'1 .6 0

5.50 5.20 <1, 55

! I

j:I I
I:

5.26 4 .86

'1.31

5.20 :1, 7'7 1 . 28

5,18 1 . 77 4 .29

~tai~ :led)
All Othe r

56. 00 1:2 ,00

i/ As r cport'1.:d by F~ed Deal ers.

56.00 411.00

56.00 45 .50

35 . 90 32 .30

36 .10 33 . 40

3S. 90 33.20

Harch ll~, 1955

V.i~GBT!-~.BLZ CROP it;;PORT FOR KA.B.CH 1, 1955

The production of 1vinter vegetables during the 1J 55 season is now placed at 1~47
million tons, 5 percent less than in 19:~1.~ but equal to average . Harm weathe r in
Florida in late Februa ry contributed to the partial recovery of many crops damaged by lm,;-"tempero.tures earlier in the se-a son~ During February , yield p rospects - -
imp roved for snap beans, cele ry and tomatoes. Smalle r crops of winter beets, S"I-J"eet
corn , eggplant , and spinach than in prospect on Februa ry 1 are now indicat e d . Prospects are for larger sp r i ng crop s of b!loccoli, carrots and she.llots, and smaller crops of ca1.i.liflo~rer-Bn'd. l ettuce. Acre~.ge for harve st j n 1955 is expected to be above 1954 for a sparagu s , beets, c2.bbage, and. spinach but below for onions, tomatoes , and wat e r me lons , 'Jhe acreage of early c mmnercial potat oe s for harvest during 1955 is tentative l y e stimated at 229 , 750 acres , 9 percent more t han the acre age harvested in 1954, but 22 percent le s s t han ave rage.

LF.T-TUC"':: : Conditions on Ha rch 1 indicated an early _spring lettuce crop of 6, 738 ,000
crates, 5 pe rcent J.:ess t han f or l a st ye c::.r and t3 percent beloN" average.
Acreage is about eq1. al to thot harvested la s t yea r but is 8 percent smaller than average . Yields are not expected to be a s lr\.gh this year as in 154 . In Ari zona , cold ;1eather reta r(1ed the gr mJt h of spring lett uce ma 1:'j_ng t he c rop l a t e r t~an Us'Ual . Cut ting te r.:an Febru~ ry 28 c:nrl. sizes in ea rly f :i_clds a re on the small side . Volume
supplies will n ot be moving until mid- Narch or late r. Calif ornia ' s S_) ring l ettuce
crop is als o late this yea r bec euse of acl.verse we.:1the r. No app r e ciabl e p roduction is E'XT)ected i n Californ l.a I s s :pr:t.ng c rop area s unt i l ' rn~il. In Georgi_a' spring
l ettucE'.r Ha s clarrt-;.ge d by low t empe r a tures in February and the croi)l.s G:h."})ecte d to be about thre e weeks lat ~: . Acr~7:a ge irt 'the Beaufort a rea. of South Carolina is sli:;htly larger than la~t. yna r offsett-ing a "decline-:i.n Cha rle ston. County . Cold lmather ha s
caus ed s ome d2m~g e hut t he crop is expected to recove r un de r favorable conctitions. The crop in North Carolina hers been set and is i n good condition . Growth ,.,.ras r etarded by cold .-.1~eathe r --and some re-planttng was necessary, but recent favorable
weather has brought a.bout substantial recove ry.

CABBAGE: The March 1 for e cast of winter cabbage pro duction, unchanged at 267;.500

tons , is 19 pe rcent be lmv l B.st yea r 2fl cl 23 percent belOH aVP. ra ge 0

Except -in Cali forni a , yie lds a re averagi ng loue r then l a st ,.n_nter but the 11

percent decrease in acr eag,e is l e:-.r ge l y r esponsible fo r the small er pro duction.

The concl.it:i.on of the c rop r em2.ining for harvest in Flori da is f air to good ,

although recurring cold !<feather ha s retarded gr owth-alid resulted i n some loss of

tonnage . Favorabl e wea the r the l atte r part of Febrlw ry irrcreased shipments

materially and volume movement i s expect ed durJ.ng :darch. Tran splant ing of a small

acreage . extended i nto Febr ua ry and the se l at e p lantings are r e cove ring rapidly

from earl:i.e r co~l.d -:lama[:e . The los s of youn}i, cabbcee i n the Lo1ie r Valley of Tex:as from the mid - Febiue ry cold weather was not ext ens:Lve an 'l s u~)plie s during the first

half of Ma rch should be p l entiful . 'l'he Co ~~ stal Bend h ?. s n small a creage f;or l ate

ha,ryest wrr\.ch .wil:L . furnish light suppli e s in l a te I'!arch an d f'a rly April. Host of

the ivinte r Ga rden ae r eage "t-ms pl a nted for r:ro. rly harve st , bat a small late acreage

sh()tlld fu rni sh supplies until e arly Hay . In Cc.lifornj..:1 , supplies contirme light

1rlth most cabbage going to loc al markets. The.ce i s l :Lmite d carlot movement from

Oxnard, Los Angel es , and Imperial Valley.

'

1'1/\TERJVIELCiNS : Gro.-.re:r-s intend to ha rve st abou:t, 357,100 acres of e.:1 rly smnme r

wate rmelons this seas on. This is a) proxiw>.tely one -tenth g, r e13.ter

than the acreage for h.<-.rve st in 19S4 and one - fourth above the 5-ye e r average .

An increase was re~)orted for a ll State s 'except California. and Ar izona with the

greatest increa se indicated for 'I'exa s . First pl antj_nt; s in south Texa s were earlier

t han usual this year but low t emperature s nece ssitate d con sic1.e r abJ.e replanting ,

particularly in the Lo~re r Valley and a t Falfurrias . hfeathe r con ditions have been

unfavorable also in the Hivie ra section uhe r e pl an t i np s '"ill not like ly be a s l a rge

as intended. Conditi on"' are favor able for pl anting at Sandia, Stockdale , Pearsall,

Pleasanton, Lockhart an d Hempstead, tmd p lanting >vas underway in the se a r eas in

late February. In Louisiana, planting, ~rhich usually begins about H.:1 rch 1, ~v-ill

l:e late. Total acreage in Mi [> Sissippi is expected to be about 40 pe rcent t,reat e r

than last year. In Georgi a planting is no\v- und.er ~;ay in the southe rn iJa.rt of the

State. Sizable incrr"ases in, watermelon acreage are ant :i.cip at e d in both of the

Carolinas. Conditions are favorable for prepar:i.ng land for planting in Arkan s2. s.

i:n Oklaho'P'la, produce rs .i .nte11d to plan't 'about th e same acreage a s for last year :-

but should harve st c onside rably more on acc ount' of la st ye ar's abandonment.



(over)

E'iRLY COMHfi:RCIAL POTATo --;.'3 : The p r oduction of ;'linte r pot atoes i n F1oric1.a .smcl. Texas

p rod.uct':Lon ,' hut' ;.'49

percent

auisovpc

l='aa:vc ~e

.d:r. :aagi;e,.~.

3;

h Ti

38; 000 e.;rve.st



bushels , o : r t;:;cl va

4 perc rietie

r.:nt bc.;loH the s i n the Ft.

~-Iy1 9c; r)4s

se ct i on of Florida is 'bout cpmpl e-j:.e . , .f f c1v ~ihj._te s .l n this a r ea have. been c~ug but

their main hc\rvost is ext~c ct e~ tho :' sf~;cond 1veek of . Ee_fc h. In Dade Gount~;-, ha rve st

is under way and is expecte r:. to -cdrit :i nue until hiict.;Ap ril. Pro s_po cts ~n the Ft ,

Pie rc e - Pal m Be ach e. r e a: are~,g erJ,e raJ.ly\g<;>qd, . wh~ r~ har_vest is expe cte d to sk.rt t he

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - se cond >vee!~ of I1iarch . .In Teicas; ha:rye s t of tho\:,rl:(_lt e r c rop Gilde d i n J anuar y .

- - - - - ....

- ..:.

.: .'.-:.. ~

' _. .- - - - ::: ,_ .- ~ -

- -- -

Indicat ed Ac r eage anct Prod,uction -Reported t o Dq.te for 1 S'.55 Hith Com~J Q risons
! -------p~~~~SlgQ __~;.:~~~:~-- i--}:~9:~~(f~_:t:~i_.EG.ie~~-~r-~ ":=::==r-~_g_duct_:f9JL==

CROP .AND

I 1 .5-Ycar l
!Ave r a.ge

:

! ;r- r r. j

1 I nd. l av. 1

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Arizona, S. R. V.

13, 8e o 1 1o, so~ 11, ooo 171 : 220 200 ' 2, 363 : 2,3 76 2,200

California

30 , 9L!.OI 30, 4001 30-4000 1 ~0 1L~5 l hO 4, 619 1 4 , l.~Oll1 ~. , 200

Ge o r g i a South Ca rolina North Ca rolina
Group Total

630 I 700i . 600 107 ;130 : 90 1

6 8 II

91 , 5h

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12 7,

300
3_20 I
990j_

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~27721! __11~440..
0_7JJ__2, 738

Cf\ BBAGS : 2/ Ea"rly-8pring :
Lou i s i an a Al abama

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- 1ons -

I ' L!.,l80- 3, 7001 3,100 4. 7 !4 . o
:s..s , ~,120 . ~, oool 900 ~ . 6

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1 20,300 ! l l+, s oo 'j

! 6 ,~oo ! .5, 5oo

Georgia , .South i ) , 8oo 1 ) , 200i 5, ooo ;, .6 l6 . o ;

: 3 2 , ~00 ; 31, 2001 A:~ r.ll

.South Carolina Ca l i f o r n i a Hiss i ssi ppi

z, _j_ _ !,

1, 8~0 1 S, o40 ;

! _ , L 180-4

2, L:ool
_J3.~J,..~;;QoOoL1

2, 6?0 7.6

~,000 20Q

J..1~0., ~6

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i 13, ooo i ~ , 6o? i

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I 30 , J.~OO
1- 2_, 00_2

I;.,_22l;,, ~40OQ0 j,___ _

Group Total
Early Summe r: Washington Nell J e rsey New York, L. I ,

!_20 , ~ '40 I 19 , 800 j 2~ ,'400 J-~-2_LLJ?.. 93 I

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I Ii- 460

I tive 1 4ooi 4oo 1 7.1

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3, 8~62o0 1

3, Boo! 3, 6oo
8oo! soo

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j 9.9

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1;79 .. ~5

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28 , 6oo 8,200

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28~,, ~5oooo 'l

Conne cticut Rhode Island Ha ssachusett s Georgia , North Indiana
Group Tota l VlATF.Rl"iELONS : Ea rly Summe-r:

I ,oo
l i j 140
I 830

6001 1 501 7_501 .

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98 .. 4L~

700 ! 8.8

19 . ,
!8 . 0 9,0

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' 4, 700 ' , , 700
1,200 1,200 :JunelO
' 7,300 I 6, 800 !

J l i 81o 1,ooo1 1,ooo
lI__j2).,!..~l<??.O. t2..!2._.!2_Q_7O.oot_t E1,, E70so0

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4, ~oo ! ~1I_~~.,+29:,00...2,0::-'1.-__-_-_-

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Helon s
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Texas Ar izona Louisiana

l J111, 800 28, ooo !Jl.iO,OOO 159

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L., 960 3, 880 I

6,300 : 6,000 2,100 t 3, 000

,I 709 254

i130
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3, 503 I
987 !

4, 662 ,, h20

Hi s s i s s i p p i Alabama

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137~,

550600

I 9, 500 ' l!t., OOO
i l) ,200 i 1S, .500

228
I 308

;220 !290

! 1 , 699 ' 2 , 0 ~ 0 ; I h ,l77 I 4, h08 l

Ge o r g i a South CarolinP.

l 1 h9 , 000 j60 ,000 j63,000 279 ;250
! hS , 960 I 55, 000 j60 , 000 I 20 2 !190

! i 13, 657 i 1) , 000 June lO
; 9, 2?.6 10, 4)0 :

North Carolina

9 , 900 'l 1l, 000 ,12, 000

I i Cal iforn:i.a

' 10 , 040 \ 11,1.~00 i 11, 000

I \ Ar kansas

; ~ , 3!.~0 ! 10, 600 !11,100

! Okl ahoma

~ 16 , 6 t.,o 12,5oo !u 1,ooo

J L__ L 11issouri
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32
4,

3_20j_ 3,_20Q
900 :3.57, 100

1193 i2l ) 1 I 698 1680 .
! 28 2 t260
187 11 50 .22 _ i25Q _
! 232 [2'13 :

I 1,899 ! 2,365 :
l 6 , 976 7, 752 i .
2,622 I 2,756 1 .
I 3, 139' 1, 875 .
61 ~ _ ..2.2 ~ __ _
6"5 , 202 I 69 ' 24_3_i_ __

"'}} Group ave r ages ( j_n cluc1ing A1]. .s~r:_:lTE~) a re simple ave: r age s of an.T. luc:tl data for
y t he group. Includes p roce ssing.

D. 1 . ~ lOYD Agricultural Statist i cian In Cha r ge

L. H. H~\rtRI.S , .JR . Vegetable Crop Estimator

Aft e r Five Days Het urn to United .State; s :Jep.:. rtman-t. of Ag riculture
Ae; 1~i cu1tural !'Iar l.ceting Serv:Lc e 319 Extensi on Bui l ding At hens , Geo r : ia CiFFICU. L BUSn,-:ss

Penalty for i' rivate use to avoid payment of postage , )300

SOUTH 6RMCll J..IBRARI
THE UNIVERSITY OF G ~O~GIA THE UN IV ERSITY LIBRAR1S
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The Crop Reporting Boe1rd of the Agricultural Marketing Setv:i,ce makes the follol\ting
report for the United States, on the indicated acreages of certain crops in 1955 based 'Upcn-repGrts .fr-om-- fa:Fmer-s in all par-ts of the country on :or about March 1 regarding their acreage pl~ns for the 1955 season. The acre P.ges for 1955 are inter-
pretations of reports from growers and are based on past relationships between such reports and acreages actually planted.
The p~rpose o~. this report is to assist growers generally -in making such further changes in their acreage plans as may r.ppePr desirable. The acreages actually
plantf(!d in 1955 may turn out to be larger or smaller thari indj_cated, by reason of
weather conditions, price changes, labor supply, filiancial conditions, the agricul tural .program; and the effect of this report itself upon farmers' actions.

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CROP .

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ACR.EAGES
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.Corn, ..all- .. - - - - -- - 1 86,122

81,89:3

82,083

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_All spring wheat - ,. - - . ! .20,48+

l _c;, 887

l3, 960

88

Durum ---

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I. 2,657

1,658.

1,112

67

Other spring

17; 823

lh,229

12, 848

90 ..

l Oats - - - - - -
~arley - - - -

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Sorghums fo:r all purposes

43, 968 11,673
14,206

h7,2 84 14, 517 .19, 882

4?,664 1.5,7 76 21, 322

101 109 107

Potatoes

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~,004

l, h2 3

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101

Sweetpotatoes - ~ - - -

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504

354

35h

100

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1_, 734 . 13,740

Pe ~nuts

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i 3,135

1, 6!.t5 18,753 1,932

1,561 i9,981
1,914

95
106 . .. 99

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1955- .as pereent

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Corn, bu. - - -- - - - - - - -

3,190

14.6

3, 023

Oats, bu.

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841 17 .. 0

990

Barley, bu,

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11

Irish Potatoes, All, bu,

12.1 74, 0

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&weetpotatoes, bu.

54 7h.O

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Tobacco, All, lbs, !/ - .. - I
All Sorghums - - - - - ~- - ~

10:1,.2 1132
47

10s6o

boybeans, Alone 2/---- - ;

72

105

reanuts (Grown Alone) g/- - l 1,055

623

1,176 All Hay, Tons!/---

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727

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he.y acreage.

2, 963

98

990

100

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108

5

100

21

84

102

96

60

120

100

95

623

100

792

109

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ARCHIE LltNGLEY Af,ricultural Statistician

D. L. FLCYD 'i .! A.gricultu.ral Statistician, In Charge

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P'i.CSPLCT: VE PJ.J\."r!TI NGE REPORT FOR GRORGIA AND UNITED ~TATEC:.

GEORGil~ :- According to Harch i, 1955 reported intentions, Georg-ia farmers plan
--~ to plant abou,t the same t otal .crop' q.creage t his. year (excluding cotton)

that t hey planted last year. Sl~ght decre'?-ses . ~n , corn, tobacco, yheat, ~eet- .

pot~toes and soybe ans .were abo'..lt offset .by: f,ci.ins .in total hay and all sorghums with

mos t 'other crops practically unchanged from 1954; : . :



Ul\TITED.'STP.TES: '.Sharp shi fts from 1954' pl;mted. acreares. of ~ever.ai m;;1 j 0r crop s will be made by grow rs th.is 5e.asor1. ;~nd if farme rs 1 p],.ans .ma tP-rialize,

the ' total' acreare of spring-pla.ntP.d crop s wi ll b e slightly. larp:e r t han last season. '

Much uncertainty about rulfillment of plans. arise s from the pOS$ibl~ extent of

winter whea t to be lost and ' replanted to other' crops', final acreage allctme nts for

s ome crops, an~ the weather ~'t planting t.i me . - '

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For the 16 crops cov8red in .thi c r eport, a total 6~ ne~rly 285! million acres i s now
indicatf3d, ~.2 million mot:e th an were planted in 1~54. De crease s of over a hal f . million . acres of duru~ wheat, i.4 rnil~~ Of! acres of _'ot her Spririp.; Wh ee! t, t wo-thj,rds
of a ' millidn acres of ric e , 'along with sma lide cre~se s in flax; _ pe a nuts~ . tobncc o , and ~ugar b eets, are noW in prospect . 'l'hese .would.be niore t hanof fset by incr:ea ses
' of li mil lion a'cre s e ach of b arley and soybeans, 1..4 .million acres of sorghums and
smaller increase's in corn , oats, pota.toes, dry beans, ;md dr:y pe a s. . . ' '

Top-9oil moistur e is g ~neral~y ade quate, ,e~cept .in A l ong-affected south~e~t e rn d:tought area! Subsoil rese rve s have impr oved, b ut are s till b ~ l ow normal in a strip

from southern Indiana westwm::.d across th ssouri into the Plains ~ tate s, also in

s ou thern 'Geor gia and west ern :F;l orida . . .. .

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Prosp~ ct ive acreage s may be compared with allotted acreages for only a few crops. For wheat, t he prospe ctiYe 1,112,000 acre s of durum nnd 12, 848 , 000 acres of othe r spr::j_ng wheat, plus 4J, h42,0')0 a cre s of wint er whe at already sov.rn ,. add.. to 57 , L02,000
acres; this is about 4 p erc ent above the . national qllotment of 55 million acres for f r oin., T~e tob acco proF. ram doe s not cover all types - prospective a cree rre of all
t obacco i~ 5 perc ent l ec: s ,than the 1954 acre:~f-'.e. Prosp e ctive a cre age of peanuts to
be grown alone is 1 percen\ l ess t han ,in 1'954, and the acreage to be picked <md thresr:e d is nQt likely to exceed .allotmpnts. : The C~ creage s f inally .to t>e :pl anted to
allotment crop s may be aff e cted .s omewhR. t by de.velopments .a.:f.t e r ..l'fe r.ch 1-. Conformance r..lit}1 13llotmP.nts r e ceived afte r plens we r e r eported .wo.uld likel y r.e sult .in 'shifts in
other crops, as farmers appar ently pl an to utilize ,the ir crop l:?.R-d rathe r ,fully.

cr:'.'; N: The Na tiori 1 s f armers wi ll plant 82 million acr.e s of ..c orn t his yea.P., a ccording

to- t.he ir intentions RS o:r- 11~rch.,. l. - 'fhi ::: ind~c l3 ted acre age is 0rily -0.2 per .-

cent l ar ger than the 81,89.3,000 acres planted. in 1 9Sh , which .l-ras the ...sme.lle st U. s.

corn acrPe.ge in 26 year s .

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~lFEAT: A total of 57. 4 millions' ;a cr8 s of qll HheRt is inJ icated. T _is is a de cline. of about 4.6 mill:Lon acr - s f'i;om the 62.0 mill~n a cre s plrmted- fo r

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OJ.,TS: The l argest acroage of r e cord totaling ne i rly 47.7 n1illiori . ac~n s, :~ii.ll be
s ee ded to oats, if f ~ rmc rs c ~ rry out th eir inte ntions as indica ted on Ma rch 1 thi& year. If this l ar ge a creage is sonded, it will exceed l ast y~ar 1 s 47.3
million, the previous high a croagu , by nearly 1 percent and t he a vr r age of 44 million
acres by 8 percent.

PBANlJTS : - Farme::rs r eportedthnt, a s of: March 1, theY, intended to plant 1,914,000

acre s of peanuts alone f or -al;L purpose s in 1955 . This is only slightly

below tne 1,'932,000 :acrfs gr owri alone iri 1954, but 39 por.cent below the 1944-53

ave'rare. Those i~tcntions :for 19 55 incJ!ude pe<muts grown to be picked and thre shed,

h o~g6 d of f cmd for other purp ose s.

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Reports on fa:rmers 1 l'1arch 1 intentions to plnnt tobac co indica t c a total

. of 1, 561, JOO ncrc s this year, a de crea se of S pe rcent' .from 1954

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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA THE OOIVERSITY L:tBRARtSS
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FREEZE DA~"'4AQE TO FRUITS ~ND VEGETABLES
/i~rch 26-27, 1955
Record breaking lm1 tempera:tures in the Sc~1th Central and Southeastern .States on i~arch ..- 26 and 27 caused extensive damag6 to early season fruits and vegetables. Be~ 101-1 freezing temperatu res occur:ced as far south as Central Texas and l'~orth~rn Florida. In general, ter.1peratures at or near coasta J. points dropped to t.he high
20's and interior tempe ratures ranged from around 15 to 25 dee;ree s . Bxtremely lorJ
temperatures on these dates v.rere pr eceded and follmved by "li ghter_freezes in scattered localitj_es uhich c ontribute d to crop damage . This ,1Jeriod of cold weather occurred at a time when-many crops, suscP.p tible to freezing injury, ,-vere at -a.. stage of development which resulted in e;:ten sive losses from the se lov1 temperatures .
POT.4.TOES: The Texas early spri ng !JOtato crop in Lmve-r Valley has been dele.yecl. by cold. liost late spri ng potatoes in Central and l:ortheast Texa s Here
frozen to the g:cound and harvest w:i.ll be de l ayed t 1v0 to three weeks . None of the smnrner acreage in the Heret'ord and lJ1'u.l eshoe are a.s of ~-!estern Texas ~vas up and seed pieces appear to have escaped damage. li,;arly ) otatoes in -_:the ~-le'!-J Ho.ads c:1ncl l'hibo- daux sections of Loui siana vre r e frosted but most vines are stil l standi ng . The crop there ha s been delayed and redu ce~. yi elds are a possibility. Additi onal moisture is needed to insure s atisfacto~J recovery of ~otatoes in those. areas . Early potatoes in I-iississippi ~11e re frozen back and t l:lis i .s e-xpected to result in about a 10-day de l ay in 'the sta rt of harvest . In l .r l::ansas, only a limited. acreage of pota~oes in the sQ'tJthern p art of t he -State Has a oove ground. V:lnes in
these fields vJere fro zen but t hey Hi 1l re grow. In Alabe.ma, app:roJ:imately 95
percent of the potato vine s Here killed by free zing t9mperatu.res arid loss in _pros-
pective pro rluction is ex]:)ected t o be about 65 !Jercent 9 Reported losses . r anged from 35 to 100 percent w:ith the pe r centage varying 111ith moisture conditions and
age of plants. In B.s.lchvin County it is very dl'Y and additional moisture is needed to enable surviving plants to .r egrotrr. Harve st is ex;_~ e cte d to be delayerr t no to
;.reelcs. The -eff e ct of t he freeze en ultin:e.te -yie lds is uncert ain at this Potato vines in Geort;::\..?.1 s early prod 1.eing secti on s ~-Je re k~lled by t he
ree ze. Florida's i mporta.nt Hast ings and Le.Crosse sections escaped vJithout loss potatoes but grot-rth l-Tas slmved by cold. He ath er. The small acreage in Es cambia
County (',Jestern Florida) was s everely da1naged, In South Carolina , potato vines in all fields uere cut ba~k to t he ground or badly s inged by belmv free zin::; t emperatures. Plants are. beginn-ing to. put on neu gr outh and are e~:pecte d to recover. Harvest will be delayed but the effect of t .1e freeze on yields cannot be determined at this e a rly date. About 40 pe:ccent of the e a rly potato acreage ih Nor th Carolina Nas above gro und at the time of t he freese and the se vines \Je r e killed to about one inch helo111 t he -surface. Date of hC~.rve st is e:A'})ected to be delayed by some 10 days to two lveeks. Damage to Virginia sunu e r potato crop Has negligible as few fields hnd emer ged before the t ime of the freez.e .
\vATERMElONS : The early acrea ge of l-Jate.crnelons in t he Lolver Valley and Falfurrias areas of' South Texas '1-Jas not damae;ed by cold but did suffer some
damage from high t-Jinds during the past we ek . Consi de rable acre age in South Texas areas and in Centrc:1 l Texa s Has lost but it is not too l ate to repl ant this acreage. Hm<Tever, it is very dry in this area and t his may curtail reseeding . Ve ry little watermelon acreage had been planted i n northern Texas bP.fore the freeze oc cur:.:ed. In Louisiana, very feVJ 1Jatermelons were up and recent lo'tv te mperatures are expe cte d to have little effe ct on that cro~ in this State. 1\ll the early a crea ge that vJ.?.s above ground in Al.8.bama Has killed and replanting uill be necessary . .St c. rt of
harvest 1vill be dela;ye d by 2 to 3 111eeks.
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T:T_~'J'~RHfi;tons: Ve ry feH w:2 ter:i~e ~ .on s h;.d heen .plante d. t n Mississi~pi and _..,::.rk<msa s

p r i or to t he free ?.e :e nd lb sses i n t hese St ate s T-Te re h8gligi ble, All : t he early vJatermelons irt Georgia. were .kille d bJr ~he fre eze and t he h.arvest seasqn
the r e will be . d.elayed from 2 t Q J we el~ s'! : A.sr.iort e.ge of se ed may limit t h_e r e - . . . -~

pl ant:Lng of acreage in that 's tate. In South Cnroliria , vmt e r me l.ons "'.-Je r e pl ant ed . later . t han Ucual arid .ve~r f evJ' fie l ds were up at the time of t hs f r eeze. The

l i,mited acreage killed wi ll be replanted but growe rs may find it necessa ry . to

switch ' va:t:'i etie s bec aus e of t he .shortage of se.ed . 11iatermelon fir~ lds i n i.!or G:h
of ~lo.rida..t hat :~mre up 1-ver e dama'ged and ni.ost the e arly acreage north of Gaines-i"rill e

was eXpe cted to be r eplant ed. Be caus e t he pl anti ng of lvatermelon s i n iJorth

Caro lina and Vir ginia occur.s l.ater t han ;Ln .o t{hf.}t. States, no acr eage 1-va s lost

t here .

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TOl'll.ATOES : In Sou:th Texas, l01v tempe ra.tur e.:;; del aye d maturit y of the early-sp ring

t ()mat o cr"bp .and hi gh v-ri nds whipped th~ vine s ru;d .s carred the fruit. Loss of toriiatcie s ~ras heav-Y in Eastern and Hortheast Te.x.as 1:here the i a:t e -spr :;..ng crop is grmm .

Host tomatoes a Yokuin a nd nearby secti or,s 1-1er e J.ost' a.i.1d i t is so l ate that much of th:i, ~ acre age will not be r~se t. .. In t he J acksonv:"i.ll e a r e a, t he l i mite d e cr eage . ., which ha d beeri .set was killed. . anc1 th~ re was conside rable dc>.mage to 'piant s i n cold '.
ty .frames . ' R~p lariting of lost acreage Will depend .upon t he avai1abj_li of p lant~. .
At . Ave ry-~ . m?, s~ p~~t s in.. c?ld ' fra~oes l-Je:h=; ~tlled . .a~1~. pl e.nt lo, .sse s in_ -. h~t ?e d,s "wer~ ; .

al so e ]\:te ns:t,ve . ~arly f J:elds of t m.1a toe s J.n J,oUJ.Sl <?J1a we r e damage q a11d ,ha r:ve st ~lJ,ll

be de layed. Some r es e t ti:ng l-riJJ. be ne cessCJ.ry . I n Ar kansas , no tomatoes harl be en

transpl anted to the field s. Considerable numbe rs of plant s i n cold f r arr.e s "lre r e

kil~ed . but many of the se .will be r epl.:mte d. ' The a cr eage probabl y v-;ill .no t be re,. duce9- . The 'pe g:i,~ing o.f h~ rve st ._tnay be .d.ela;)i-ecl. a... f e!r days btit pc ~k ha rve st : in

Ar kan sa s pr obably -vtil l no"t1.be affe cted to any extent-. I n Hi.s.s i ssi pt;i, earl ;;r pl~t7
ings were . ki l l e d arid a p lant shor t age ~~ill ,p robabt y ' holcl t he acre .?(S8 ht;lmv" "that/ . int ~hde d .- r n::~].at~arna , most of the acreag~ j_s ex;Je d e d to be r epl 8nterl:" b1l.t llatve st .
will :be de laycq fr omtc-m t _o t h:r ee 1-ve<:i!cs . I h Ten:;}es$ee , app ro~~ima.t e J~y 7S. pe r cl3nt-'of

t he plants _ V.Je r~ lo st . . R.e s~td,ng in . co io frclli1~ S is be{ng done 1.V1 th shiflpeo - ~n . plants~ .. Ha ~ec: t ~ is ; c:i(po ctod t p bQ ' d~la:_r,ed from one . t o t :JO Heek s 9-epoilding'' upon
the availabi iity of . p~ants , In .Geo rgia:, as i n /J.e'ba.~ a , aJ..;L_.fi elds 'of to rrat oe s . '

t hat h?d bec..n . . s et before t he ffccze we r e 8. t o'tal f.oss . Although t hi s acr~ ;oge ,i s expeCted. t o be r8J.) Jantod ~ 'he.rve st <rill' be de lav~ d t1~o to .. three cfeek 's. Bl otring- scn d and fre&zirig . t:J~?-th~-~~ - d~magc d ~a:hy tomatoes e'J:tel~ sivel/ in Soutl1 Caro lirt2 ~ . :rhe '

damage ~..as .most . SGV(:': r b :i.n tra !. splant ed fi elds . Some of the . s eeded a c'reage is ex- '

pe.cte:d t o b0. sav~ d . Secdb~Cis ess:c3_;ped damage -~J1d. pl'ant ing and r epl ant :f:ng Hfl i _.. coi1:

be t i nu.e . - Ho~vo ve_r, ~f all a c_~e ai};Q i s pl ant e d: or ~e~ lan ted , i t Hi ll

n~ c es s <?-r:>' t o

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.s~i_t,_p 'BJ:;h'ts.; Sp ~ing' ~:1~p b'eai1s in Lou,i siana He r e a c'ompJ_ete lo ss . ' Abo1lt tim'-th j_r ds

In . of tho .a6 l'G a~Se will be r e sepded c:i4d J:laryest is expe ct e d t o oe de la::-e~
by about thr ee w.eE-ks ., Southern Ar knri.sas , .only a iirrD;."ted. ac re~.gr; of ~n ap be M s
no vJhich was above g r atmcl. ;:as kiil e d: db.r:ing tri'3 froezo . J<~a rly fi elds i n Ht ss i ss i~;pi
wc t e .kil i od" b\,lt thc s~ cim be rep lant c 1' ~ ahd 'app r e ci ab'ie de l a,y- hl: 'har rest i s e:Xpc ctc"d. : 'rhe r "G Has. a 100 pe rcent lo ss i n acr:e age .i n AL .ban1a , mo st . of ~rrii.ch :ls" ex~ pc:ct ed to be r epl ant ed. Hai'Ve st t here is e.i~x,ctE::d to' be . de l aved by t 'i-JO or t hree week s ,' P_il si.lc..p beans in Geor gi.q ~vt.rc ki l l e d an'd. s car ci ty of~ seed m.ay lir.:it t he
a cre'ag"e to be r eplaritori . .. 1ia\1J2.,e to . snap be an's j_n . Fl.o"ri da vJaS 1 :rnited t o t he : north-
e rn produc ing a r eas 1~hr; re ac r~ a ge ill the co}der l Qcations ~-Jas 'ltilled . This a cre-
age is )Jdng res'qc ded . : B:: i.m s t h at e scape~d d?.mago: \.YOr e . r et by r ded 'lmr to rmpe r~ -- . .

tures ~ Fiel ds 'arou:;d Charle'stol1 a!1ct Be aufor-t. i n Souih Ca.'r ol"i.nawe r e thinned .: an'd
damaged 'bb_t me; st of this a cre.?-~e can "be. s ave d althoui 'l-J Yi E)l ds wil.l .- bc: sh~roly r:e .:: duced . I n t he Ho] l ;y HlJ 1 arc; ~,: 'comptcte .plant l o'be s n{~:~e i t i1ece s ~a r;;c to: re se~ d

that ac r ea,__c: . Only a 15I!lit ed ac r e=; age of snap boa,t) s i n No :rtn Car ol i pa was q.bove. ..

ground ~ This acrq J.g-8 is bc'ing -r e;plante'ci". _.'- In Virgini q. , p~anting of. snar b G2.ns ha'd

no t hegt.m at .. th t i me (; f t ho f r 89Z8 ., .. .

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s u: r;.,f:~' r eo h~" a~n,r at th:Ls' time : '

oam age , b1.1t t..~'e f..u..-_...L1 e~.:'t Es.t imate s indi<:::at o' t hat

en t as

9f. th.e much as

so .pG r cent ol t he . p r OS1JCCti ve t(m'r{~c;e ma~i he.vc Ge:1 lo st ~ . . Cab')act~ p'ro ducirif'" a r bas .

~lG ed r ain' DCIi' ~.,:d lo sse s ,_fi l l be. 'a.fie c:c~ rl. bv"fu'tu!'c moistur e condi. t i (ms . . Tl1e .har~

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vE:; st s ea. s on t he r e _h.:>._s been q.e l a:;cd' as th<~ .r es lt .of f ree~G damage . Loss os t o early

pl ant e d fi e l cl.s in Ten ne ssee iJ'e r c heavy ai1d gro';w rs. are p ow r e s etting damaged f :i,el ds

wi th plant s shi ppe d in f rom other Statos .



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CABBAGE: ( Ccnti nued) If pl ant i ng can p roc ::;ed -vJithout inte rruption, harve s t vJill p r obebl y be delayed f ron cne to t wo we ek s. In South Carolina,
the damage to cab oage 1,ras confined to wr e.p:_e r 1eave s whi ch has ne ce ssitat ed hcevy
trimming on early fields now being cut. Si?.c s, conse qur]ntly , a r o small aad small loss in tonnage is indicate d . The eA.-tent of fre eze.: damage to cabbage in t he i.~or f ollc area of Virginia and th e Eli zabeth City a r e a of North C8.rolina is ltnccrtain. This crop is still irrrr.1ature and may recover -,.;ithout s e r i ous loss but gr o>vers expect that more than the usual numbe r of se eders will deve lop .
ClllTALOUPS: ~1./hile _a f ev.r canta l oups we r E"; los t j.n t he i!int e:r Ge.rden ~.re a of T~xas no damage to this crop occurre c. in ot.1e r south Texas p roducing sec-
tions. Strong vJinds uhippe d vine s in these arcn s , howeve r, and damage from this source is expected to delay maturity of the c rop. There 1.-Jas a heavy lo s s of cantaloup ac r e age in central Te xas but l~eplan".:,:i.ng is still possible in thi s are a . No significant a c r E.a ""O of ca ntaloup s uas U!? i n othe r southe rn Stat e s at the time of the f reeze .:md, e.s e. r e sult, t hi s crop os cr..pccl serious dam.:1ge .
ONIONS : The r e 1vas no signific r-mt loss in on:i_ons as a r esult of the cold and no s e rious delay in t he matudty of t he a r1vc>ncod i r r i gated fi e lds of southe rn
Texas is expect ed. Tho deve lopment of l at e irr i ge>.t ocl oni ons ha s been slowed. Yielc pro spects on non- i rri gc:.t e d oni ons o.t Raymondvi lle an r:: Costal Be nd vmr c r e du ced by cold weat h e r and drying vrinds . I n the Dallas s ection, the l ate spring oni on crop appea rs to have escaped any dire ct damage but it has been se t bac,c em e stimated h ro weeks. Hoistur e c ondit :~ons in this are a a r c f a vo rable f or r e covery of these onions . No damage occu r red to onions in t he Tox<'l.s ?anhancUe .
CUCTJ!T'::>ERS : Louisiana. cucumbers suff -re d h eavy damage an d start of harvc;st there i s ex-pe cte d to b e dEJ la~'ed about two woeks. Lmv tempe ratur~s in ?Jorth
Florida. kil l e d cucumbe r s t hat 11a d eme rged in all c:;~c opt th o ~~a rm0 r locations e.n d repl anting of t hi s a cre age i s novJ un::J.e r ;,my . Gr c,1-rt.1 of cuctmibc rs in Horthorn Florida t hat . Cepe<L..:f.r e e zi ng_ i n ,im7 ha s been r.:~ te>.rd.od . Iri South j;arolina , only a limited acrec>.ge of cucuml:<;; rs uas up an c1. this 1'17'a s killed, m2king r epl ant ing necessary .
OTII :R v-~ -.7 .T.\BL'~ S : Early swnet corn in t he lmJor val l ey of Toxe.s vJas r et arde d by r e cent cold weather but no acreage ,Jas l os t t he r e . Los s of
creag8 in t h8 l at e r are e.s of cent r c:.l Texas 11as heavy and much of t hi s acroc:.gc ot s af el y be r<)pl ant ecl t hi s l at G j_n t h e year ,
ge to peppe rs ~vas heavy in Loui s i ana and since pcilpe r plant s a re currently scarce , r cpl c.>nting of a l l of the acre age l ost may not be.: pos si'ul e .
Rei ssued Through Georgia Crop Reporting Se r vic e , April 4, 19.55

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultu:cal Statistici an In Cha r ge

I., H. H ~1H.RIS, JR. Veget abl e Crop Sstimator

r

FARM PRICE RE PORT A$ OF HAR.Cl-I 15, 1955

Gli.:ORGIA: During the mont h ended iJa rch 15, the All Commodity I ndex of Prices Re..

c~ived by Georgia farmers declined. 1 perc en~ C~ge point . At the current

level the index is 2W pe rcent of the Au gust 1~109 -July :L914 average,

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During the 30-day peri od farme rs receive1 higher p rices for wheat, corn , sweet potatoes , cotton seed, all baled hay , beef cattle , anrt chi c~~ ens . Lauer p rices <Je re rece:ived for oats , cotton lint , ho f-:. s, soybeans , anc~ u hole sale milk .

Hog prices have continued to de cl:.ne each mont h since liovember, 19 .51~ , as the volume of farm ma rlcetinE;s h a s a ss1:uned grt=:ater J,J r o:1ortions . Eeef cc1ttle prices ha ve been stimulated durin::; the pa st several months by increasect demand for stocker and feeder steers and heifers

Ui'JITT:;.U STA.T~S: The I nc1e x of ? rices Received. by Farme rs for Harch 15 e. t 241-J. 1x~ r-
c ent of i ts 1910- 14 e.ve rage {J.:: s 1 lJoint ( 4 t enths of one _Jercent)
lower than a month e P..l'lier, c:mcl 5 pe.::cent be l mr a :ye a r earlier . Lo1re r IJ rices for hogs , stralJbc rries , a!lo. mi l k Here nearly off set by. h~. e;he r prices for chickens, cattle, tomatoes , cucumbers , OH~nge s, and c otton . The Index for All CrOtj S held steady during the past month but uas nearly 3 l.Jercent above March 1954 . The Livestock and Livestocl<: .ro du cts Index decline d 1 point. during the month, and Has 10 percent belou a year earli er.

Advancing prices of famil:y living items raise d the Pc.rity .~ ndex ( Prices Paid for
Commoditi es , Interest , Taxes , and 1;a ge HHt es ) 1 ooint , or app r oxi mately onethir d of 1 J:.lercent, during the month endin:::; ~lc=>. rch 15. Hj_gh e r f ee de r livesto ck
prices offset lovm r fe e d -prices tn leave the produc t ion component unchan ge d. At 281~ , the ii.arch Parity Index was 1 point higher than a year earlie r, and 2 percent below the all- t i me i'iarch hi ~;h reco r ded in 19 52.

The increase in the P2.rity Index, to gether Hi t.h t!1e decline in the I ndex of ;'rices Received by Farmers , re du ce ti t!1~ I'a.r i ty Hatio 1 :Joint this month to 86, the s ame
as for December 195l .

Indexes , 1910-14=100

Summary Table fer ~h~~i t e? St r1tes

iie.r. 15 , 1 9 5l.J

Feb. 15, 19 55

.tier. .1-';>' ' 1955

Hecord high - Index--- - - 0a.te- .....

Prices Received

2.56

24.5

y Parity Index

2U3

283

Parity Ratio

90

87

-l/ ~-rices Paid, Interest, Taxes 1 and ']'a ge ..Rates, .0 . 1 . :F'lOYD Agricultural Statistician , In Cha.rge

244

313

Feb . 19.51

284

- 290 2/Ha:v 19.52 ~

86

123

Oct. 1946

?-..,/ J\lso February .:md Ap ril 19.52.

B. J . H.t~d.I JJGTON 11.gricultural Statistician

~ter Five Days Return to United Stat es Department of Agri cultu r e
.~gricultural Narketing Service
319 Extension Building Athens~ Georgia
01i'f<'I CI ' 1 BU r' :t:N'-~SS

PenaltJr for :erivate Use To :\voj Payment of .eo stage , :~;;300

SOUT BP. ., en LIBRARY


PRIC ~S REC~IVED BY FABMZR~ ~ARCH 15, 1955 WITH COMPARISONS
-_-_-_-_-_c_~!_~~-'_T._Y~~-~;:~t.t~:~v!~~s~t~-r"s~~t~FiFr;rF~}s~sJ~~-s.-

llheat, Bu. Corn, BU.

~ ~

Oats, Bu.

Irish Potatoes, Bu.

T 1.24

2.10

.91

1.59

.67

.00

1.12

1.50

I 2.09 ~-ll
1.68 1.11
.99 I .98
1.90 I 1.90

I . ..88
11 .64
I .40
.! .70

2,09 1.44
.78 .53

2,13 l . 2.12 .

1.40 . 1.36

.76
1~17

.74 1.18

Sweet Potatoes, Bu.

.83

2.75

3.40

3.50

,88

. 2.52 2.97

3.10

Cotton, Lb. Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled) Ton

12.6 $ 24.39

33.4 56.50 25.60

34.5 59.00 30.60

34,1 60.00 31.40

I ::::5

31.0 50.50 23.10

31.7 55,20 23.30

31.9 53.40 23.00

Hogs, per cvrl;,
Beef Cattle, cwt.
Milk Cows, head Chickens, Lb. Eggs , Ibz.

7.33 . 3.87. 33 . 8 5 13.2 21.3

23.60 13.10 110.00 22.5 45.0

16. 80
n.so
95.00 ' 23.8
44 .0

15.20 12.10 95. 00 27.3 44 .0

, 7.27
I1 5.42 I 48.00
I :~::

I 24 .70
16.60
,155. 00
I
23.1
38.7

16.40 16.50 145.00 23.7 39.5

15.40 16.70 46.00 27.3 39.7

Butterfat, Lb. Milk ( Wbol~ljale).
per lOb# ]j

25.7 2,42

56.0

52.0

52.0

5.85

5.9(/

5.80

1 36.3
1.60

62.8 57.5

57~5

4. 03 4.09

3,94

Soybe ans, Bu.

3.15

2.90

2,80

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3.22 2.61

2.54

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I NDEX NtM31EtlS OF PRIGES RECEIVED BY FAHi\ol:ERS IN GIDRGIA

(August 1909-July 1914 : 100)

Mar.l5, 1954

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1 All Commoditi e s

246

Cotton & Cottonseed'

261

Gr a i n s

172

'Me at Anim11l. s
IDairy Products
I Chicken & Eggs

332 238
199

Fruits

184

I-~~sc~ll ~~~ ---

193

Feb. 15, 1955
250 270 180 268 238 199 225 189

NJar. 15, 1955
249 268 183 265 236 207 225 189

PRICES. PAID BY Fl\.ffi.'];RS FOR .SEI,ECTED FEEDS, MARCH 15, 1955 WI TH CO!~JP.ARI$0NS J}

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GID:EiG1K

tJN ITJ!!D STATiS.

Kil'll on'EED :
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ll.<or .15:--j1~b.15,--~~

1954

1954

MD.;:--1 1955

5,

1
I

~ 15, I Feb 15,

1 955

1954

Mar. 15, 1 955

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"1r n er 9o/o Protein

4.30

4.20

re I I Ibllars 4.20

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I ~

1I 100 Pou:ldS 4.08

.

3.96

3.93

16 o Protein.

1 .20

4.10

4 .10

. 4.00

3.88

3.86

}.8% Prote~n ..

4 . ~5

4.30

4.30 1 4.06

3.92

390

4. 0~ Protem 24% Protein

4 . 50 4 .60

4 ; 15 4 .55

I 4 . 40 ,1
4,50

4.26 4 . 46

4;20 4 .38

' 4 .1? 4 .30

Hi~h Protein Feeds Cottonsee d Meal Soybean Meal Meat Scrap
;rain By-Products J3ran lAiddlings Corn Meal

4.05 5.10 5.90
3.70 3.85 4.35

4 .15 4 .85 5.80
3.55 3. 80 4,35

4.15 4: .85 5.90
3.60 . 3.70
4.35

5 . 60 5.40 11,60

~5:88

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l / As rel_)orted by Feed Dealers ,

5.50 5.20 4 . 60

5.40 5.20 4 .55

56 ,CX)
--4-5-.6-0-- - -

~:gg

4.17 5. 30 5.57
3.31 . 3. 40
3.80
5.32 4 .93 4 .36
33~..3~

. 4 . '15
4.72
5,35

' 4 . 36 ! 4.62 i 5.28

I

3.08

I 3.u

3.19 3.75

'I 3,2g 3 .72

I

5.18

I 5.15

il , 77
~.29

I 4. 75
-4.28 )

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GEORGJ.A: Weath~r condit iops during the early part of Harch were favorable for farm
work and farmers made good progress, especj.ally in the souther part of the State. ,Most of the commercial truck crops nad been planted and a large -portion of the acreage was up to a stand. Planting of cotton and corn was well advanced
except in some areas where the continued drought had delayed operations. The very warm weath~r . of early March forced fruit crops to be further advanced t han usual a.nd peaches, pears and plums were past the bloom stage .

On the nights of 11arch 26 and 27, however, the temperature dropped to a record low, ranging from 6 degrees in the mountain counties to ab out 25 degree s along the .Fl oride
line. All commercial vegetable s except cabbage, onions and lettuce were killed. Corn and cotton that were up were either killed or seriously damaged . Early small grains were damaged but t he full extent will not be knmm i'or several days. Some tobacco acreage will have to be r eplanted but as a whole tobacco wa s le s s affected than most other crops. Grazing crops were retarded by t he f r ee ze but have made rapid recovery wherever sufficient moisture was availabl e .
Peaches, pears and plums wer~ killed in all areas of the State and the damage to the pecan crop was very heavy , The severe fr ee ze injured peach and pecan trees but it is too early to know ,just how severe . t his damage lvill bee

\-!heat: The full extent of the col d injury to the wheat crop was not known on report

date, and it may be necessary to make some r evisions in present estimates

on acreage and yield. Based on April 1 conditi on the wheat productj_on was pla9ed at

1,4o4,000 bushels compar ed with 2, 072,000 bushel s in 1954 and t.he t en-year average

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of
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-2-,21-6-,00-0

- bushels, ~

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PEACHES: The 1955 peach crop in the 10 Southern States will be almost a complete -.- - f ailure .as a result of fr eezing t'emperature s on }1arch 26 and 27. Peaches were past bloom or in bloom when temper atures dropped t o 20 degree s or l ower in
practically all southern peach ar ea s. The fr eeze damage to the southern crop was
the most severe and extensive on r ecord . The 10 Southern States with nearly completE:
cr.op los se s are North Carolina, South Carolina , Geor gia, Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas , Oklahoma and Texas .

The ' severe freeze cau sed consider abl e damage to new gr owth on peach tree s in many southern are as . The eff ect of this damage on future crops is stil l uncertain. Some los s of tree s weakened by the f r eeze is expected, In Virgini a , pr a ctically all f. aot buds were killed in the area south of Rockingham and Rappahannock Counties but damage was light in the northern Shenandoah Valley . No serious damage is r eported from peach areas of \!Je st Virgi nia, lvJnryland and southern Pennsylvania where develop... ment was less advanced. In sout hern Illinois, practically al~ peach. buds were kilJsd
by temper a'ture s--a.s lew as 5- degrees on Narch 2o

. . _ __:__ _~_PE.h. CH CONDITION AS OF APRI L 1 BY ST/:..TES

State

Averae: e
19h4- .rJ3

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: -

1952
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-:

-

195)
-- - -

:. 1954 :

1955

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-P-er-c-en-t-

N, C.
s. c.

79 75

87

87

73

82

75

71

2 1

Ga.

73

74

85

79

1

Fla.

67

69

85

50

15

Ala.

66

78

82

72

1

Miss.

67

72

79

40

4

Ark.

71

61

87

41

2

La.

71

68

79

42

5

Okla. Texas

61 63

"/

: :r

43 39

79
65

25 18

3
).j.

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lO States

72... ''

72

80

61

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D. L. FLOYD Ag,ricultural Statistician , In Charge

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisti cian

UNI TED S'rA.TE8- - GENERA_UROP RE?O~T AS OF APRIL l, 1955

Farmin~ _and the weather were out of step in 1ate March over much . of" the Nation.

Resulting c.rop damage from freez e s included nearly complet e loss of peache s 'ea st of

the Rockies and south of a line through central Illinois, heavy damage to tr~ck ..

crops, pecans, tung nuts and to most sou~hern deci<!iuous :(ruits, and to many :early .

plantings of corn and cotton, as well ~ as earliest _small grains. In addition, the

adverse weath.er r e sulted in serious setbacks to c:rop progrGss and. prospects; . also.

caused further damage to winter wheat in the dry we stern part of the Southern Great

Plq.ins . These . losses, serious as they are to areas concerned, d0 not yC,t portend

shortage ~- total seasonal crop production.



. .
Hinter wheq.t p.rospects were l argely ma:i,ntained or improved over much of the country
other than in the south and dry South-vmst, as many fields wer e protected by dormancy
or by snow cover. pre ceding the onset of severe cold. Precipitati-on in early April
has improved conditions in part of the West~rn area, but appears t oo little and too
late to avert- total or near~failure for a large acreage. Many fields in North
Ceritral States whictl had greened bef ore the cold wave st ruck were browned back and
groWt!l r etarded. Much more serious, but still undet 8r mined freeze damage occurred in southern States to wheat and other r,r~.ins which were in advanced growth stages.

Supplies of f eed gra.ins on f arms April 1 wer e ample . : Total farm stocks were 2 per-

cent larger than a year earlier, an eighth above aver age for the date, but nearly a

sixth l e ss than the peak on April 11 1949. Whil e the number of live stock to be f ed exceeds that of a year ago, the farm supply of f eed grains per animal unit is still

ample, somewh~t above average. The estimated 11 410 million bushel s of corn on farms ne arly equals the large April 1 stocks in each o"f the l ast 2 years, despite the

smaller 1?54. corn crop.



Spring vegetable and melon supplies will be consider ably below l ast year with 7 percent l BSS tonnage estimated for the crops t hat Constituted over hal of the 1954. total . Les s acreage and r educed yie.lds due to drought or f'Iarch fr eeze s r e sulted in much qmallcr crops than last yoar of snap beans, beets, cabbage , celery, cucumbers and moderate r eductions in cauliflower, sweet corn, l ettuce, early spring onion s, and tomatoes.

wiNTER WHEAT : The winter wheat crop for harve st in 1955 is now indicated at 662

million bushels . This would be one-sixth smaller t han the 1954 crop

of 791 million bushels and nearly one-fourth less than average . Decline s from the

prospective production as of December 1 in sever al of the important Gr eat Plairis

whe at ~atates -and in most soQthcrn st ~ te s more than of fs et improvement in most North

Central stat e-s.



PASTUI'cES : The spring grazing .season got off to a slow start again this year. Pasture f eed co~dition for the country ~s a whole aver aged 75 percent of
normal, the lowest f or the date in 15 years except for last year's 73 p.ercent. Continued drought in the centr.al and lower Great Plains, cold .weather and dry~ng winds over much of the West, and freeze damcge to gr een f eed in the South all contributed to tho l ow condition on April 1. In most of the southern St2te s east of the Great Plains, pasture f eed p,r~w well throug~ most of March only to suffer a major setback from cold weather l ate in the month. Fr eeze s during the March 25-27 period sever ely damag ed past ur e l egume s, spr.ing pJ,.antings of small gr ains for grazing, and new seed-
ings of pasture grasse s.

MILK PRODUCTION: Pr odu ction of milk on United Stt>te s f a:r:ms during Narch totaled~ lO,h47 million pounds - 2. percent below l ast . yee>.r 1 s r ecord output
but otherwise the highe st March production in 31 years of . r ecord. Prod~ction , conditions during the first three weeks of Narch wer e quite f ayorable with normal or above t emperatures OVEr most o! - ' A country, bti't -in late March the , W6ather turned unseasonably cold.

Milk Production in Georgia during March amounted to 113 million pounds. This is
18% above the February production of: 96 million pounds and 6 %l arg er than Marcn 154.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA THE utllVERSITY LlSRARt~S
A"TRDIS Gl.

Athens, Georgia

April 13, 1955

ACREAGL l1.ND DJDICATW PRODUCTION GF FRINCil~AL COl!hi~~Wih L CROPS .April 1, .1955

The production of vegetables and melons .dur:;,.n.;s the spring of 1955 is expected to be well -be.::lm-1 preducti-on in this season -last- year ,- ac-c.orJ.ng to the Crop Reporting--
Board. Forecasts pr -spared for . crops l-Th:Lch accounteq for half of last. y c:arts spring
production indicate 1 percent less tonnal.;e Hill be produced this year than :fn 1954.
Acreage has been reduced this year am indicated yields are belm..r those of last year, Lovter yields are attributed largely to drought condi tions in Southeastern States i and southern Texas and the damage to VE}getables in South Central vnd Southeastern States resulting from record l ow temperatures on l1iarch 26 - 27. Compared vTith 1954, significantly smaller spring crops o;f spap beans, beets, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, and green peas are indicated for 1955, while moderato r eductions are expected for caulii'lmmr, S't-Jeet corn, lettuce, early spring on:Lons, and tomatoes
SNLP BEAN'S: . Production of the mi:i-Spring crop in 5 southern Sta tes is nm-J estimated
at 821,000 bushels-- less than half the 195h production and 44 per . cent less than average. Frosts on Harch 22, 23, and 29 reduced the acreage of snap beans for harvest ~n Louisiana drastically. Production from the rep lanted acreage '1-lill be l1ell below normal because of the shorter season" In Georgia, it is reported that nearly all of the crop that uas up had been killed by the cold vreather of Harch 26 - 21. iluch of the acreage will be replanted, but dry 1-Jeather and a shortage of seed are having depressing effects on growers' efforts to replant. The South Carolina crop was also badly damaged by cold 1-veather in late I'iarch. Some fields in the Charleston,Beaufort section vrere saved but yields vnll be sharply reducedc Huch of the lost acreage in tlie Charleston-Beaufort section will not be replanted. ---Ac:peage ;in _later areas is being re-seeded. In llississippi, late l1arch f.reezes caused extensive damage to the .early planted acreage., There appears to be
shortage of seed and growers -vrill probably replant all of the lost acreageg -Reof th e early acreage "~<rill tend to concentrate procl.uction of l\1ississippi 's
-Spring cropo 'I'he early planted crop in Al abama was reported killed and reis nmv- in progress. Dry weather had delay~d germination of some of the
creage and t~is portion escaped damage from the fr~eze.
CABBAGE;: Early spring cabbage production is forecast at lOO,hOO tons, 15 percent
less than .the tonnage produced last ;year and 22 percent belm1 average. This year's light crop reflects the damage re~ulting from winter drought and the record lm,r temperat~es of riarch 26 - 27 :i.n the southeastern States which produce the
bulk of the cabbage included in this seasonal group . In Louisia na, insufficient
moisture was received during ,.larch and cabbage is maturing 1nrithou:t attaini ng normal size. HeaVy frosts in late 11Iarch caused some damage but dry weather is primarily responsible for the poor condition of cabbage there. Harvest was active in Earch bu~ da:iJ. shipments. a~e expected to fall off in April i i needed moisture is not received. The Hississippi early spring cabbage crop vras heavily damaged by belovT freezing tempera-tures 1'ia;rch 26 - 27,. Some acreage -v.ras plowed up but additional acreage set after the freeze is GXpec~ed to offset this los s 0 i'.oisture is ne eded badly in this State and continued dry v1eather could prevent some damaged acreage from making even a partial recovery. The start of lIississippi 's ship ping season has been delayed until early Hay. Dry vJeather has caused more damage to l~labama 1 s cabbage crop than recent freeze. Early fields are mat~ing without attaining satisfactory size. Later fields arein fair co~dition but need atlditional moisture. Dry -vreather has damaged Georgia 1s spring cabi)age crop and yield prospects are poor at this time. Heads are .small and qu~l~~y poor
r il.bamonment ~f s om(3 acreage. may occur if dry weather continues Damage to the South Carolina early cabbage crop from recent freezing temperatures vTas limited to the T;trapper leaves . which has made it necessary for grouers to trim heads heavily~ Yields on all early acreage have been reduced and there is a possicility that s~ime may develop in most severely damaged fields. Rain is badly needed in South Carolina. Spring cabbage is available from all of California's coastal producing areas. ShipJ?ing of cabbage is fairly active at the present time. and .may continue so if demarrl ?or California cabbage 1n out-of-State :darkets continues

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CANTALOUJ;'S.: Preliminar<J estimates place the acreage for harvest in the spring States at 50,600 acres which is 7 percent less than last year's har-
vested acreage' Reductions report~d for Texas and California more than .offset indicated increases in Florida and Arizona" In l!'lorida, the young crop is ,:l-n fair to good condition in the important Dade County area 1-Jhere harvest should start around . m:Lc)...Aptil. In north Florida, most of the acreage is located in the Ocala-Gainesville, Newber~J area and it is r eported to be in fair to good condition having suffered only minor damage from the recent cold0 Earliest marketings !rom these plantings is expected in late Hay with most active harvest the first half of June o

S\rllil1T CORN: The production forecast in the .early spring States of Florida and
Texas indicate a crop of 3,960,000 units (5 dozen ears)., 8 percent
less than last year's crop but 7 percent greater than average .Prospects for
Florida 1s spring sweet corn crop are generally good. In the important i.verglades section, production will be light the first ha~ of b.pril. .HovemE?nt will he ,heaviest from mid-April to mid-l1ay., In the Zellwood area of central Florida, young
crops are repor:te'd to be in only fa:ir. condition as a result of l ow temperatures
in late J arch.. ;

LETTUCE: This year's ~arly spring lettuce crop is forecast. at 6, 750,000 crates
which is about 5 percent lEiss than the quantity harvestd last year arrl.

8 percent less than averagee Lower yields forecast for this year account for .the

reduction., Arizona's spring deal in the Salt River Valley, Hhich was retarded by

cold uinter vreath,er is just reaching the volume stage and an j_ncrease in daily

shipments through mid-April is expected. Sizes have been running small, . reflecting adverse growing conditions, but yo1l!lger fields should. produce larger . ]:leads~ Adverse

vlinter weather also retarded California 1s spring lettuce crop this year. Cutting

beean in late ;iarch on the earliest spring acreage in the Oxnard district :trhere

abaut 1500 apres is bein.g grown. A small acreage in the San Joaquin Valley will

!'each harvest stage the second lveek in April. 'l'he important S alinas-~vatsonv:llle

district vrill not market any lettuce until mid-April and it ~vill be late in the

month before heavy daily ship1n~nts can be made. In Georgia,~~ a feVI early fi elds that

have been irrigated reached maturity about April 1 and 'the main shipping deal is

expected to be about two weeks late o Stands are thin ;:trrl heads small because of

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the fre eze without injury bQ.t was delayed, cold weather in late March end t:reezing

tempE~ratures .damaged vrra_pper l eaves making heavy ~rirnmi~1g necessary. Harvest is . , scheduled to start in early April and become active by .mict-lvlonth. l~or-th Carolina ~'s

lettuce crop suffered some ctamage in ~he ~iarch 26 - 27 free~e. !~ear mattire fields and recently germinated fields vrere mast adversely affected. The c~op has been

delayed and prospe ctive yields sharply reduced. .



ONIONS: The 1955 acreage of late spring onions, at an indicated 15,800 acres, is 7 percent above the .14,800 acres harvested last year but 12 percent smaller
than average. This is 'a larger acreage than reflected in the r eport of intended acreage issued January 10 and the increase is traced to Arizona and Texas where . gr~wers planted more onions than anticipated earlier. .Grov.rers in Texas increased .. their acreage substantially this year. In North Texas, 1-1here lack of moisture restricted plantings to 61 300 acres last year, grmvers have set 7,600 acres for. 1.955 harvest. Planting was completed in early i:larch in this area. Ample .moisture and favorable temperatures perffiitted early fields to make good growth- prior to the periOd of low temperatures in late 1'iarch.. Below freezing temperatures Ha.rch 26 and 27 cut plants back but most fields are expected tQ r .ecover since moisture conditions are favorable. Harvest vlill be delayed but the effect of freezing injury on yields and quality is still uncertain. In the Panhandle area, where the bulk o~ the .crop. is harvested in July, about 2, 000 acres are to be 'plant.ed this year compared to
r 1, 600 acres harvested in 1954 ~ Planting of onions in the a nh.andle had just begun
when the period of loi<T temperatures in late riarch occurred. An adequate supply of plants is available ' to replace. early fields that were lost and no appr~ciable ..delay in. the' harvest season is expected. Georgia's acreage }las be'en reduced 25 pe;rcent from that harvested last year. Good stands h~ve been obtained but., grov1ers report
. that thrips and dry weather are da.inaging the crop . .
:EARLY CQfi-iliRCLt\.1 POTATOL&: Commercial groVJ"ers in the l a te spring St a~ are .expect'!
irig to harvest 125,"750 acres, 9 percent above last year '
but 21 percent belovr average. California has 70,000 acres, ~3 per~ent ab.oye the 1954 acreage but. less than 1 percent above average .The late spring crop in the southern States is . set at 51,750 acres, 3,000 acres less than :l.n 1954. J\ri~ona
at 4, ooo acres shows no change from a yea,r earliero
Freezing temperatures in the southern lat~ spring potato States in late ~larch catised considerable damage to the crop. Alabama was the hardest hit but damage occurred in all States Lxcept for Alabama, acreage in these States is expected to make some recovery if favorable weather occurs during April and Hay. However, stands 1nay be , impaired in many areas. In Alabaw.a, farmers report that about one-third of the 27,800 acres planted will be abandoned and yields on the remaining acreage are ex pected to be low. In Georgia, it is too early to determine the extent of the damage caused by the cold weather in late ilarch. .. .

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1ARLY CQ!MLRCIA.L POI'ATOLS (Cont'd.): Potato vines in South Carolina were cut back to the ground or badly singed by the low
1omperatures. Flants are putting out new growth but yields, even under favorable weather conditions, will be low. The crop has been delayed from one to two weeks. In iorth Carolina, potatoes lvhich 1-1ere up in late tlarch were cut back. High winds during recent weeks in the eastern counties have depleted moisture supplies ani
this has further retarded the development. The crop is about tv1o weeks late. The
Hississippi crop was frozen back. Whiie no actual loss of acreage is expected, stanis in some fields will be poor to fair In Louisiana, most plants are expected to recover from the recent freeze~. GenerallY, the crop is in need of rain. Harvest is expected to start about mid-Nay. In Texas, plantings were completed in most areas prior to the cold weather in late MarCh.
WATE.RiILL011:S: The. preliminary estimate for late spring watermelo11S in Florida ani
California places the acreage for harvest at 97,200 acres, down 9
percent from the lo61 800 acres harvested last year. Indicated 19.5.5 acreage is 25
percent larger than average, however. In Florida, the early v1atermelon crop in the southern part of the State is in good condition. Harvest at Immokalee is expected to begin in early April and become active the last half of the month. Re~ cent rains have improved the condition of watermelons in central Florida. Harvest ldll probably begin in this area in early Hay, but the bulk of the acreage will probably not mature until after Hay 20. In north Florida, most of the acreage from Gainesville to Live Oak survived the late Harch cold wave but growth was retarded. This acreage was benefited substantially by recent rains. In the area north and west of Live Oak, practically all acreage that had germinated vTas killed by the late !'larch freeze. Host of the acreage lost is expected to be replanted but inadequate moisture may prevent seeding of some fields. Recent rains were beneficial but additional precipitation is needed in this area.
Reports from growers indicate that the 195.5 acreage in the late summer watermelon States will be moderately larger than that harvested in 1954. Growers :in Virg:inia
inteni to increase their acreage 29 percent above last year, Planting of early fields has begun and the bulk of the acreage will be seeded late in April. Hoderate increases in acreage from last year are reported in Delaware, uarylarrl, Oregon, and Washington. A slight reduction in acreage from last year is reported for Indiana
ud Iowa and -~~~ntings in Illinois -are expected to equal those of 19.54.
~UED THROUGH GLORGIA CROP R~PORTING SERVICE, APRIL 131 19.55

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statisticiant In Charge

;L H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetab~e Crop Lstimator

Athens, Georgia
FARM P~ICE REPORT AS OF APRIL 15, 1955
GEORGIA: !JUring th~ month e ~ded April 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices Received. by Georgia Farmers remained unchanged from the level reported
in March . The Index now star.rls at 249 percent of the "August 1909 - July 1914
average, 5 percentage points &bove the level reported in April 1954. .
Within individual commodity groups, prices received for meat animals reflected substantial gains over the levels reported a month ago. Lower prices were .reported ., for feed grains, cottonseed, all baled hay, and wholesale milk. Prices received .. for chickens remained at apprGximately the same level reported in March, as egg
prices dropped about 4 cerits a dozen.
UNITED STATES: Tqe Index of Prices Received by Farmers rose 3 points (one perQent) during the past month to 247 percent of its 1910-14 average.
Higher prices for potatoes, h-;-gs, strawberries; and beef cattle we re primarily respo:qsible for the incr ease c Lower prices for eggs, m..Llk and toma toes were only partially offsetting . The Index was 4 percent lower: than . in April 1954, with ]..ower hog and feed grain prices primarily responsible. During the pas t month the All Crops Index incre~ sed 3 perce~t while . the Liv~ stock and Livestock Products Index declined slightly.
The Parity Index (Prices Pa id .for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) remained unchanged from Marc!J. 15 to April 15 as adva nces in prices of family living
items offset l ower prices for pr od ~.c:,ion goods c:md wage rates ~ At 284} the April
Parity Inde;: was nearly 1 pe r e;ent h ighe::.. tha n tha r evl.sed index of a year earlier. Prices of family living items, inte:ccst .~ taxes, and_wage :rates avera.ged slightly ab~ a year ear 1er, but pri ees of production goods avera ged slightly lower.
The Parity Ratio rose one point to 87 as the Index of Prices Received by Farmers
for farm products adva nced sJ:Lghtly with the Par:.ty Ind9x unchan ged. This is the same as February, and 4 point1; ( 4 per ce nt) below April :t.9S4o

D~ L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge

BD~TON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician

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---- - .------ PRICES REO.:IVED BY Fi\BMERS APRU. 15, 1955 WITH a:>MPAB. I9JNS

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-- :-~..:...!?E01'1trrA - ----- - - - -- - -~ r- -----lJNTT,..,.m...-.S-"T"'.A...,T'"E',..S-

-- --- ---.

.. mro.~gy -t:~:~9~1\~~~~-:-rMar. 15r.lp~.-;~.il t:~:~9- l Apr. -,~,~-- '~!~~~: ~

!I ;.- _ -- - --- ----- !I~Y--1~1-i- 1 ~54--~-- !_~..._ -~-~95?. I ~J.y_J.91~

.lpeat, Bu.

$

1.24 i 2.95 -! 2.11 I 2.-11

.88

1 9~l-..l955 1 9~~ 2,06 2.12 . 2.09

Corn, Bu.

$

l i ' . I

, 91 I 1.63

1.71

1.6.8 I~~,

. ~
, 64 1 . 1.45

; 1.36 1 1.36

Oats, Bu.

$

.67

.92 1j ,98 ! .93 I

,40 , .78

.74

.73

Bu.$ ! Sweet Potatoes,

.83

Cotton. Lb.



12.6

CottQnseed, Ton $
Hay (baled)~ Ton $

24.39

Hogs, p er c:lt ~

$

7.33

I
$1 Beef Cattle, cwt.

! 2.8S . 3.50 J_

l 33.5

34.1 t

l i 55.00 60.00

'

l

25.90 [. 31.40 .t.

f
25.10 - 1 -15.20

tJ.

I 13.oo ! 12.10 '

I! 3,60

.88

il 34.2

12,4

l 59.00
l11
31.00

22.55

11
17.00 ,, _ - 7.27

12.20 llii 5.42

2.68 3.10 31.6 31,9 50.80 . 53.40
22.80 1 23.00 - 26.60 15.40
Ii 17.10 16.70

3.15 31.9 153,40 22.40
117.00

Milk Cows, head $

Chickens, Lb~



Egg s, Ibz~



Butterfat, Lb.



}f.ilk (Wholesal e )

per 100//: ]}

$

33.85 13.2
25.7 2,42

110.00 J 95.00 I 100.00 J!

'

I'

23.5 !
I
41.5 I'
56.0 I

27.3 I
44.0 '
I
I 52.0

27.3 :1
40.0 If:I
'IIII'
52.0

II I, .
5.45

I I

5.65

5.50 ij

48.00 ll.4
26.3 1160

1 153.00 146. 00
I
23.7 27.3 35.0 39.7 56.8 57.5
3.68 3.93

~47. 00 1 26.4
35.9 57.1
3.73 '.

Soybean s,_ Bu.

$

3.30 - I 2.80 . 2.85 ,,

I I' I Peanuts, Lb.



5.o

11,0 i 11.5

I i I
~-----fL =:Pre1 i mi n ary- fo r- 'A -ril 1955_ !_ .._ __ _ __.!.,. _ _ ___

11.5 . 1
1

- -.-=~'-"'- -'=. -=--"'.,.."= ,f,=--=-...=.-==== = = = = -=- =-~-----===--

3,52 2.54 2.42

4.8

11.2 12.5 12.5

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= I NDEX li!UlvffiERS OF PRICP.:S RECEI V!m BY F.ARMERS I N GEORGIA

.

(.August 1909 - July 1914 100 )

l-- --xrr:-c o-riiiiioa lt'i es -- ---Cotton & Cottonseed

Grains

Meat Animals

Dairy Products

Chicken & Egg s

' Fruits

.

I____M__i_s_ce_lla..n___e_o_ _u__s ________

Revised

ipr. 15, Enr. 15,

Apr. 15,

1954

1955

. 1955

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261

268

175

183

339

265

231

234

190

207

184

225

--1-9-2------ 189

268 180 278 232 194 225
1-89- -...l

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KIND OF FEED

., Apr, 15, 'l Mar. 15, 1 Apr. 15, I Apr. 15,

Mar. 15, !' Apr. 15,

1954

1955

1955

1 - 1 954

1955

1955

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Mixed Dairy Feed

All Unde r 29o/o Protein 16% Protein
18% Protein 20~ Protein 24% Protein

4.30

4 .20 4~ 4 5

4.50 4.65

-

4.20
4.10 4.30 4. 40 4,50

4.15 4.05
4.30 4.40 4.50

4.09 4.01 4.08
4.29
4~51

3.93 3.86 3.90 4.17 4.30

3.87 3.79
3.84 4.. 09 ..
4.24

High Protein Feeds Cottonseed l\1eal
Soybean iv'ieaJ. Meat Scrap

4.10 5. 40 6.00

4.15 4.85 5,90

4.05 4.80 5.90

4 .28 5,53 5.98

4.36 4 .62
5.28

4,26 4. 49 5.11

Grain B~-Pro ducts !3ran
Middling s Corn MeaJ.

3.75 3 .90 4,25

3.60 3.70 4 .35

3,'55 3.70 4.25

. 3.51 3.60 3. 8 0

3.ll 3.23
3.72

3.08 3,24
3 .69

:Poultr~ Feed

Broil er Gro\rlng Mash

5.80

5, ,10

L3.ying Mash

5o L10

5.20

Scratch G-rains

4 .55

4: 5s

Har (Baled)
AI a!fa

63.00

l 57.00

--, - - - All Other

46.00

'-"'~- As reported-by-~~ e d ~_Biers-.-- ---

46.50

5.40 5.10 4 .55

5.41 5~01 4.37

5,15
4 .75 4,28

5.13 4 .70 ,/
4. 25

55.00 45.00 I
--- --1

35.10

35.70

35. 40

32,20

32.80
I

32.90

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Athens, Georgia

Nay 11, 1955

VEGETABLE ~OP ~PORT FOR MAY 1, 1955 )
SNAP BEANS: While production p rospects for rnid.:.spring snap beans i mp roved during 111ay , -.:t he curren t forecast of 1,151,000 bushels is 37 p ercent less than
vras produced last year and 22 percent below average. Yield p rospects improved in most of the southern States as a resul t of relatively fa vorable weather during Apri~ I n Louisiana, a large r acreage v1a s replanted tha11 vras anticipated a month ago. Heavy rains April 9 and 10 provided a generous supp ly of moistu re, but did some dam-
age in ).mv areas. As of Ivray ~ the condition of snap. been s . -vra s con sidered good but
additional moisture is needed for this crop. ; A few beans Nill be picked around day 15 but it will be r~ay 20 to 25. before harvest will become active in that State . In Ni s sissi p:?i, snap bee.ns had to be replanted following the fre eze of late Harch and, 1vhile they made satisfacto!"IJ progress during April, their development is behind a normal schedule. Heavy rains in early April reduced stands in s ome of the southern counties but most of th e acreage in t he Copiah-Hinds area , vJhere t he bulk of t!1e sp ring beans is grown, has good stands. Weather during the past 10 day s has
been very favorable for snap beans and ha rvest. is expected to start about Hay 16. liovement of snap bea.."ls fro m His sissippi will continue t h rough most of June. In Alabama, t he replanted acreage of snap beans is up to a good stand, and at the 1)resent time the crop i s j_n good condition. Because of replanting, harvest vlil l also . begin later than usual in this State. Growers in Georgia were successful in replanting most of their snap bean acreage follovr.i..ng freezing temperature s in late r~w.rch, but cool nights and insufficient moisture during April .reta.rded the development of the crop, f.1rther delaying the harvest season. In South Cc-.rolina, fields of snap beans which survived t he cold are in only fair condition. Replant 0d fields hav~ produced ..&_ood stands and ar..... making sati&a.ctory progress, although they are late. At the present time , the crop needs additional moisture, Harvest is expe cted to start in earliest fields about mi d-Nay, which is several day s later than usual, but most of the replanted acreage >J'ill not mature until early June.

CABBAGE: The forecast of production for early spring cabbage, at 106,800 tons, is 9 percent l ess than last year's production and 17 percent smaller .tl)?U
average. Yield prospe cts improved during April in Geo..rgi a, South Carolina, and lfississippi, Harvest . in Louisiana is nearly over. ~1ile indicated s~elds in Nississippi are hi ~ her than a month ago, they are still ve!"IJ low. The crop -has not made satisfactory p rogress s ince the Harch freeze and head sizes are small. At present, the c.rop is in need of rain. Light marketings are now being made and
volume movement is ex:p8cted to begin the week of Hay 9. Harvest may continue well into June, weather permitting. Alabama's spring cabbage crop has.not made satis-
factory progres s-;and some early fie)..ds have 9een abandoned. Dai'Tlru"e to Geo-rgia's sprin~ cabbage crop caused by winter drouth and the l>l..:.rch free ze is still nppnrent. In,addition, >vorm damage is heavy in some areas, further r educing the supply of marketable cabbage. Harvest is active in south Georgia at the present time and volume supplies should .be avai lable during Hay. In South Carolina, early cabbage \ras seve rc;;ly damaged by the Iviarch fre e ze but late e.creage is in good condition. Hovrevcr, additional moisture is needed to permit this acreage to develop satisfactorily. About one-third of t ho crop vias marketed during Ap ril and an increasing daily volume is expected to be shipped during the first half of 1'1ay. Harvest will ~ontinue until early June . In Cal:!.fornia, the peak of the spring cabbage season r:as been past but harvest will continue active. There has been a considerable volume of cabbage moving out of that State because of the shortage of c abbage in southeastern States. The acreage available for harve st in Hay will 1'>robably permit an act ive rail movement to continue.

C:i\l1TTJ\LOUPS: Preliminar:{ estimates indicate 20,800 acres of cantaloups for harvest in the early sununer States which is 2 percent belovT t he acreage har-
~ested last year. Stands are poor and growth has been slow in Georgia where the crop is expected to be 10 day s to t-vro weeks late. Stands and plant condition are reported to be good i n South Carolina, but additional moisture would be beneficial.

. -2-
Vegetable Crop Report for f.~ay ~. 1955 (Continued)'
CUCUHBERS:. Th~ May 1 forec a st of producti on in the late spring.: States .is for a Crop of 1, 936,000 bushels __;. two pc.rcent above last year I S production
and 14 percent'.above average. Ari.. increase of 1100 acres is estimated for North Carolina, Hhile some reduction in acrea.ge is reported for Louisiana, Georgia, and South Carolina. No change is indicated :for Alabama, California, and Arkansas . l.verage yield per a cre for the late spring .States as ~l" group is slightly be.low that of 12.st year. ln "Louisiana, the crop has made a poor start as a result of the 1.9.te I1arch freeze a.nd hard rains of April 9 - 10. The crop is late in this State with first marketings not expected until l1ay 20. Harvest Hill be two to three 1-1eeks late in Alabama.; but the orop is in good conditi on and yield prospects are favorable. In Georgia, bcloH avr:. rage yields are anticipatod as a result of an unfavorable growing s e ason. Ii1 both: the Carolin~s, l"lhere considerable replantings have been made, stands are generally good. In South Carolina,- movement is ex- . \ pected in late Hay and should. ' reach a peak .by mid-June. Current supplies in California are originating mostly from the dese rt areas , but a light harvest was expected ~o begin the first week of May in the Chula Vista area of . S<m Diego County,
LETTUCE: The May 1 forecast of p.roduction for early spring lettuce is 7,109,000 crates. Production at this level is about equal to that harvested in
this season last year but is 3 percent below. a.verage~ Ff}vorable weather and
market conditions caused yields in Arizona to exceed those anticipated a month ago. Earlier cold W'eathl'lr had delayed development of 1:J ttuce there and peak production v.ras not rea.chcd until the last vmek in April. Only a limited acreage remains available for harvest in this State and it is anticipated that shipments will decline rapidly in early Hay. California's c.;1rly spring lettuce crop is very J.ate this year and April shipments from spring producing districts ,-.ere even lighter than .in the 1949 season vlhen the crop was badl~r dnmcged. by mid-lrinter freeze and subsequent cold .1.Yeathor. Cold Heather continued through April this year and, coupled 1-r.i.th frequent rains, curtailed harvest and reduced quality . l\1ost of the acreage planted for sprine harve st in California will mature during ITay and it is anticipated that n fm-. days of tvarm weather will result in a marked incree.se in the volume of lettuce moving from that State . It appears lilccly that grm-1ers and shippers :i.n California 1dll be hard pre ssed to keep abreast of the rapidly maturing fields. In Geor gia, cool nights and irrigation improv::; d the con- , dition of lettuce during April. Harvest there is expected to contin~e through the second week in May . Hhile lettuce in South Carolina has Ilk'l.de some recovery from th o damage caus~d by late Barch freeze, close trimming has been necessa~"Y to obtain marketable quality. As a result yields are running below averP-gc. Ha rvest is expected to continue in this State through Hay . Dry weather has prevented any subst2.11tial improvement in the North. Carolina spring l ettuce crop during the past' month. Daily shipments from this State are e:>..'Po cted to continue light
T011ATOES : The late spring tomato crop, forece.st at 2,631,000 bushels , is 12
percenu belm-. last year's crop and 7 percent belo1-. average . Tlie small
acraage increase in South Carolina vms not enough to offset decrease sin .all other States. The main reason for the decrease in acreage lms the l'1arch fre eze. Strong cold wirids which c ame in some areas 1'rhile the groHe rs Here replanting and poor quality of plants arc f~ctors contributing to this year's lighte1 production . In Texas, production from the Yoakum. area is expected .:1ronnd Hay 20 vlhich is 10 days .later than usual, In Central 1'ex<'.s, light harvesting should begin the latter part of Ma:y .-v.rith volume increasing during tho first half of June. In ED.st Texas, productibn is no-t ex:Pectod t1ntfl around June 10, GrovTing conditions in Texas were generally favorable during April, but most areas are be.ginning to need moisture, In Louisiana, tomatoes should be ready for market by mid-Hay in the Nel-l Orleans area and a month l ater in 'the vlhi tev:i.lle area . Production is expected to be above a~erage in South Carolinn lrith the crop reaching maturity about mid-June.
~lATE::1MF.:LORS: Prelim.i.ria~; est:Lmatcs of the early stl.mnier 1vaterme~lon acreac;e indi-
c ates 336,800 acres for harvest, 4 pcrc ~nt above the 195L~ l evel and
18 percent above average . In Texas , -vrhere approximately one-t.1ircl. of the total summer acreage is grown, production will be later than usual in all areas and .; especially in the early sections. The Lov1er Valley expects some production by the end of May 1-..rhile the Hinter Garden area should start harve st :tn early Juno . I1ost . of the early non-irrigate d aree.s of south Texas are not. exp ecting any melons unt.il late June . In. Louisianc:, early uatermelons that wc.re nipped by Ha,rch fre e zes wore replanted and fair stands are reported. The acreage , holv-cve r, is late anQ. ne eds rain. Advancement of the Nississi.)pi crop is Qno to two veeks L ct or tha.!.1 normal. In Alabama , where some E,; rmmrs had to replant fields as many as four tim~s, the crop is in good condition. Pre sent indications are that the crop vlill be from two

-3-
Vegetable Crop Report for May 1, 1955 (Continued)
rr.TEli.l'V)F:LO"!S (Continued): to three weeks late r than usual in Geo.r gi a , Most of tho planting vl.?.s completed by the e nd of April in North
Caroline., lvith a large proportion of the crop up by the end of the f .i.rst week in !fay, !{bovc average rainfall has delayed cultivation somevrhat in jJiss ouri. In Calif ornia, f rosts destroyed some early ac.r eage in t he San Joaquin Valley and cool weather has retarded plnnt devclopnmnt,

Average and Production Forecast to Thl.tc for 1955 with Comparisons

Crop _ end
State

t

ACREAGJ3

i5-Yec.r l-

- I

'I Ave r age j

I Tnd,

I YIELD P:SR ACRE

PHO:bUCTION

AVY~ r

I -jYr. nd,j /1.vc r 2gc

Ind,

19~9-53 ; 19 1 sL_~~ _1_9_5_5-~9-'-_s_J......._l_9_s_4~1-9~5~~ _1_9..;~~~~_-s_3-1~--19_5_4_.__1_9s_5......,

SHAP BEJJfS:

ACRES ACRES ACHES i - Bushcls-

- 1, 000 Bushels-

i'Iid-Spring Louisi'"illia Georgia

Pr e l il.j

,

I 4,020

1
!

4,oool

5,240 4, 000

3,ooq 3,000!

75 56

'

100 75

6L~05j

302 292

4oo I 180
300 135

Sout !r Care lina fiii ssissi iJPi

9,180 1 9,6oo 3,160 i 3,0001

u,oool 61
3,200~ 71

80 60 560
90 85 224

768 480 270 2'72

Alabama

1,440 j 1,300, 1,300 68

65 65

' 98

8L~

84

Group Total -23,545 j-ii,9oo_[- r a;.?Oo '64- -83 'b2 I,475 . I,8'2'2 --1-;l:Sl- ....

--------------~------~---

CAHTALOUPS :

Early Srui1Iner

L i Ooo rg:r-a-South Ca rolina I l'.rizona 1- Group Total

7,320
5,980
lO,L~40
-23, 7&5

j .-

S, OOO 6,500

I i

6, 800!

2I,3oo

I - _ ___ . . .___ __ ___ -------~,.____.__._;.,

I

1-Jbo. Cant, Cre.l!,c-

-i

83 Pounds

- 1, 000 Crnt c s - .

7,60} 70

7, 200 43

26o-,;0s0o0

144 96-

j

601' 40
150 '8"3- 1~-

Slll 480

~,)2O5uL - --2-;268-

260,

-l1~,-072D"0o-

J -

un-e-1-0~

Al abama Geo r gia South Carolina
Group Total

l - -- --
6,6601 8,3oo 1 4, 800 1 3, 000

-

-

I~(5-

Units 'Doz . . Jars) -

8,3oo 153 i 17o 170

3,500 89 75 80

l- 1,000 Units-
------ ---
1, 013 I 1,1t11 1,411

42 7

225 280

1,6201 1,700 1,400 54 so 55

87

85

77

2,780 I 2,200 2,000 86 90 90 240

198 180

l),E6o 1-rs,2oo 1 5;2oo 113-- 26- 1128 _ T,_i6~ - ~, 9'1'9' 1-;948--

OHICNS:
Late Spring

-Sacks 50 Lb .
I

- l, COC Sacks -

Californi a Arizona Louisiana Georgi a Texas ___
Group Total

5,160 I
l~j~~ I~1 - - - - 17,B'70

I 4, 300 I
1, 400

3, 800 1, L~OO

542 612

1560 460

j550 2, 749
t600 77 h

1,200 7 r900 Ii,Eoo

' I ~

9~690000
I 5,7oo

19642
88 2'b1-

-12-5 100
r-;lro-

~-16-0 .
125 i72

17321-J. 88 1
Ii,D"1f

--------------~~----~

- j - ..I-

2,4o8 12,090

-644- ~

840
~-

150 144

- 790 1.1..200

3,992 4,i74-I

ELRLY COL!f.1ERCIAL IRISH POTATOES: Late Spring
Ca l i f o r n i a
Loui sicma l1is sissippi Ale.bama
( Geor gie. South Ce.ro line. Arizona. Texa s Oklahoma Ar kans2s 'l'cnncssec North Carolina Group Total

-Bushe l s -

- 1, 000 Bushe ls -

21 I 21 21 69,700 i 51, ooo 70,000 400 400 j400 27' 770 i 22, 800 28,000

11,680 1 5,500

I 2,060 I 600
22,100 19,700

1,250

600_

4,600 75 650 87
14, 000 138 600 123

100 110 180 115

145 75

798 181

160 80

3, 023
ll.a

550
66
3,546 69

207
49 840 48

9,500 7, 000 6,)00 151 190 !150 1,396 1,330 975

4,100 4, 000 l.t,OOO 370 365 1350 1, 518 1,460 1,400

5,320 4,200 3,800 70 70 60 368

294 228

1,180 ! 500

500 119 190 180 11.!0

95 90

3,480 i 1, 500 1,300 86 95 75 304

142

98

I 3'

Q
L.)O

'

1,600

1,300 115 150 115

446

240 150

.22,.5 j_l3,500
JSO 040 !11:;,?oo

'-12J..'41.L, O2O~O0

194 2b2-

~2-50
294

-

-

230~ 4, 25il hi,

954 544

3,375 _3.1..2~0-33, 967 35,305

! ' __L,_

-4-

Crop and State

Ind.
1954 1955

~LrtLY COHIIERCIAL

IRISH POT!.'IOES: ACRES ACRES ACR-r.:S

-Bushels-

- (Cont'd)

'll

Summer

,g

1'2'/

Virginia Eastern

Shore

_

11,3!t 24,.31

~2~~Q0~22,~02
18;400~21,000

_

~0 194

1!75 175

HorfolK&Othe

rz.oo 3~900 !~,100 175 175

Maryland

- -~,o2 - -3; 300 3,3oo 164 150

Delaware

,g/3,08 6_, 2001 8,500 y231 240

Kentucky

2,78Q 8001 700 139 100

Hissouri

2,:I.4d 800 600 170 180

Kansas

2,

4001 400 162 180

Nebraska Texas Georgia
NoH Jersey Group Total

3, 6, 1, 2
42
-99,

1,5ooJ 1,500 256 310

6,ooo 8,ooo 228 185

900

1
1

800

88

85

23 200123,700 2.37 245
'b?,"hoori2,"boo 215 2o?-

-1,000 Bushels-

-..33L,2920-20- - - - -
682 - -49~-- --

1,488 80
144
. 72 .

465 1,110

76

9
2o,

l53~6l8b4

rO?ILTO;:<;S: Late Spring
Texas Louisiana Uississippi South Carolina Georgi"a
Group Total

-Bushels -

-1, 000 . Bushels.

26,100. 27,000 22,000 61 50 50 1,617 1,350 . i,lOQ

1,1601 . 1,500 1,ooo 71 90 75

82 135 75

1,820 2,200 1,600 40 60 60

70 132 96

3,860 5,500 6,00.0 64 75 75

243

412 L~5o

11 020 15, 000 14,000 74 ,96o,-5I,2oo 44-; - b"4-

65 .
59-

-6;59-

-

. 815 2 , Bj 2

975 910 3,'004 2-;6".31-

JATERHELONS: ~arly Stunmer
Texas Ar j zona
Lo u i s i ona lV1" ississippi i'.b.qama Geo r gi a South Car.olina North Carolina Ca l i f o r n i a Arkcmsas . Oklahoma Eissour:L
.Gro up Total

-Melons-

lll, 800 !128, 000 il20, 159 1.30

4, 9601 6,300 : 5, 709 1740

3, 8801 2,100 ! 2,

254 1200

7,5ool 9,5oo.l 14,

228 220

13,560 1:) , 200 i 1!~. , . 308 290

49,000 60, 0001 64,

279 250

45,960 55, 000 63, 202 190

9,900 11,000 1 14, 193 215

I lO,OL~O
9' 3L~O

1

11,400 i 10, 600

10,
ll,

698 680 282 260

'16 ,640~ 12,)00 15' 000 187 150

. 3,020 3,300 3 6'00 220 250

2'8'5-;600 .324-;900 36, 232 -

- 1,000 M~ lc;ms -
17,650 16,640
3, 503 4,662
987 420 1~6 9 9 2,090 4,177 !~ , 1+08 13,657 15,000 9,226 ,h50 1,899 2,.365 6;976 7.J,752 2, 622 2,756 3,139 1, 875
667 825 56-;20"2- -;24.3-

:II .Gr.oup average s ( l.nc1 uding L.T,.TJ ST ,'.TT-i~''"~" ) ar c sl. mp1c .ave r ar,o s of annuc>._l dat a f or
t he gr~mp . ::/ Potatoes , sum.rner, Dol amir e, 5-Yoar average , 1949-53.
}' Fbtatoes, l at e spring and sum.rner, 10-yce.r aver 9,go ( l 9h4-.53)

p. L. FLOYD
.griculturnl Statistj_cian, In Char ge

L . H. H!.RRI S, JH _ .. Veget abl e Crop Estil!lator

Athens, Georgia GENERAL CROP REFORT FOR GEOR,GIA AS OF .NAY l, 195~

Following the severe freeze of late March, l-rea.ther conditions -v;ere very favorable during the first ti--Jo weeks of April for .preparing land and planting operations. Rapid progress was made in all areas- of the [;.tate and in most sections good stands
were secured. No rainfall of consequence has been received since mid-April and the soil is be.coming very dry. It has become difficult to secure stands and all crops are badly in need of moisture. Pastures and meadows are deteriorat ing rc:.pidly and fe ed needs for live stock will beco1~1e acute if general r ains are not received at an early date.

Condition of small grains is very irregular. The early planted grains were damaged more by the Harch freeze than the late plantinr.;s. Dry 1-1eat.!1er has cau sed consi derable damage in all areas and yields will be less than in recent years.
a The .Georgia peach crop .is almost a CO!Ilplete failure; apples vJere damage by the
freeze but light prod11ction is expected for some varieties. The pecan crop was injured by the cold but the full extent of the damage 1-vill not be known unt:U later in the season.

Wheat: Wheat crop was injured heavily by the Harch freeze and some of the acreage.
intended for erain will be cut f or f eed. Based on condition as of l'Iay 1
indicated yield per acre will be l?.eO bushels compare d. \vi t.h 18.5 bushels l a st year.
Production is expected to be l.1 l16 1 000 bushels or 46 percent below the 2,072,000
bushels harvested in 1954.

Oats: Dry -v;reather a.nd the March freeze damaged the oat crop and production is expected to be less than recent years. The first production estimate will
be made as of June 1.

~ ~ulk Productiop: l'lilk production on Georgia farms during the month of April tot alled 120 milliop pounds. This volucne is 6 percent above t he
~~ch production and is 5 percent larger than April 1954.

Peaches: Our records on p each production back to 1909 s how the current year to be the first alinost complete failure fo r the 46 year period. The small-
est crop on record before t l.1is season was in 1950 when t he Georgia prodl:ction amounted to 810,000 bm:hels and the next in line 1.;as in 1932 with 1 1 320;':1' 00 bushel s. The largest crop on r ecord vras in 1928 when production reached l-J ,4~.)0,000 bushel s. Reports. indicat e that tbe d?Jilage to trees from the Harch frt ezf;l wu.s not as severe as first th ought., 'l'he greatest damage occur ed to trees ph.nted last fall .

State
North Carolina South CaroUna Georgia Florida Alabawa Mississippi (" Arkansas Louisiana 0klahoma 1'exas
10 States

PEACHES

_

____ _________________ _______ ______ ---- _ ___ ------ . .. :-----------~ ---- -rro.duction "

.

.. . . . Average
1944-53

1 952

1953

- - ----

195l~

Indicated 1955

Thousand Bus~1ols

1, 7l.t2

1, 6h8

3,~92

3,286

3,612

2,496

46

18

786

585

572

l.d2

1, 901

1 , 5 39

149

66

408

247

1,064

346

-- - --

13, 872

10,663

1,180

1,150

1/

3, 536

3,350

I/

3, .312

2, 800

I/

18

12

I/

1,000 608

1,130 276

f~

1,836

984

I/

179

70

I/

402

78

I/

--1-,-18-3- -

---

-

-

.

180
.---- -

-

-

-

-I-I--

-

-

13,254

10, 030

l/

Y The 1955 crop will be almost failure because of spring free ze damage. Although
a fevJ peaches may be produce-d, the prospective production is too small to
warrant ?.. quantitativE: forec ast at this time.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge

;.RCHIE LAi1lGLEY Agricultural Statisti cia.1.1

UNITED STATES - GZNEHAL CROP REPORT AS OF HAY 1 1 1955

Excellent growing conditions in main feed grain areas now dominate total crop pro-

duction prospects for 19$5,. despite early season ..setbacks . ih spme parts.~.rt_lie _

countiJ' Good soil moisture for gerrniriation and growth. of corn and $OYb.ealls, . :also good prqspects for fall-sown gra~1s, spring grains ~ and forage crops ~re gen~ral in

Horth Central and Northeastern areas. Prospects are _less encouraging iil' ~some South-

ern sect'ions, where March freezes . setback crops, and remain .discouraging . in parts

of the southern O~eat Plains, \-There chronj,c drought persists . Crop grmv'th in

Pacific Coast States, as well as much of the West,; was delayed by cool April 't-1eatheu

Irrigation water supplies improved in some northern areas of the West, but remain .

below average in most Southwestern areas. The winter wheat crop is not-T estimate4. :

at 653 million bushels, aoout. 9 million bu13hels less than a month ago. Wheat fl our-

ished in most sections eastward from mid<ile portions of Kansas and . ~ebraska.. Winter

losses generally were light throughout this area and current condition is high.

Hay crops prospered in April from fa1rorable soil moisture in most northern and northeastern parts of ~the country. Prospects her surpass t hose of a year ago; how-

ever, .growth in western States was deJ.~~d by cool 1mather and, in parts of Kansas,

Okl~homa, and Texas early. alfalfa grOl{th reflects some . Ma,rch freeze damage.

.

WINTE~ HHEAT; .The winter wheat crop for. harvest in i955 is estimated ..at 6.53 million bushels, 9 mill~on bushels less than for~cast on April 1. A crop
this size would be 17 percent smaller than the 791 m~llion bushels produced last year and one-fourth less than average production of .867 million bushels. In the central and southern Great Plains wheat area, continued shortage of soil moisture and dust storms lowered prospective production. This decline was partially offset by l._fnprov~d prospects in Montana, vJashington, and Oregon, and in the East North Central States.
: ;
MILK PRODUCTION.: M.i.lk production on farms increase d SE;asonally, and in 'April was almost up to last y ear's level. Output during the month totaled
111 264 million pounds, compare.d with 11,280 million pounds in April last year. Production 1-ms 8 percent above .' the 1944-53 April averag e of 101 408 million pounds. Warm weather east of the Rockies and rapid growth of green f eed in th.e more import ant southern and central milk producing sections favored increased milk flow in
these .B:reas .

. - - -. PEACHES: The 1955 peacb. crop in t1le 10 Southern. State s will be almo::;t a comple te failure as a r Jsult of freezing t emperatu,res in l ate march. The 10 Southern p each State s are North Carolina , South Carolina,. Ge orgia, Florida, Af.abama, I1ississippi1 Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Although a few poaches may be produced .in ,.;;ome of these States, t he -p~ospecth.re production is too small to warrant a quant.itative forecast at tnis time.. These States, and California, are the principal sources of peaches during June and July.

Considerable freez e da:nage to peach trees is repo:rted in North Carolina, South Cc..rolina, Georgia, Alab::una and in some areas of Arkansas, The da mage to tree s. v~.riu s widely, depending on location, condit ion and age of tho trees .- In some orchards , last year's growth was froz e n back, Hhicb will reduce the set of buds for tho 1956 crop. Loss of tree s was h0aviest in young orche.rds pl anted in the l as t two years. Some old trEJe s in poor condition we r e also killed. The ovor:.:all e.:'f oct of the ,fre eze on peach trues will not be f ully known until ne A-- t spring.

'The l ate Ylarch fr e eze also pr.'J.ctically eliminated the peach crop in Virginia except the important northe rn cou.ntic!s , anQ. in Kentucky, . T onno~se0, sout he rn Indiana, southern Illinois, southern Nissouri and New Nexico. In State s nprth of these, peaches bloomed early and had s et fruit by Hay 1 1-1ith no significant damage ,

In California the peach bloom vms heavy and pollin.9tion conditions we re favorable for a good set. However , severe frost injury occurred during April in some .aroas of the Sacramento Valley and to a l 9 sser extent in Stanislaus and San Joaquin Countie s. Good crops are expected in orchards t hat escaped frost injury .

After Five Days Return to Jnitod States Department of Agr i culture
Agricultural Marl oting Sc:rvice 319 Ext:.onsion Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Penalty for Private Uso to avoid p aym~ nt of post a5-e
:.;300.

SOUTH l3RAtlCH Ll.BR4Rl
THE UNIVERSITY OF GF.ORGlA
THE UtUVERSlTY L.t:SRARI'&S AtHDIS GA.

. k ,: 1-

May 1955
1.~ t_)

District _ and

-

_

___....._Y1,..9.i.e.5. 2""'!cc"''-----_-

-

-::.-

-

-

-

-

=

, 1953
-~te 1~---.-----

Co.unty

H'a.rve ste d .:Pe r Acre: Production : Harve sted Per Acre Pr cducti cn

,.~ Aere age : Lb s ~
DISTHI CTS I,

_j.2QO...J'b s~..:.),_:_A~c_r_e_a...;g.;;...e._..:.:....._L_~:_os.;..;___...;...._..;.(_o_oo_L;...b_s_;.;.L)

II &. 'III

!

Total

I
I

0

0

.o

0

0

0

I

DIS'l''R'I IjT IV I

Chattahoocnee i

Ha r r i s

I

. 400 20

578

231

450

9

330

524

173

10

500

5

Ma c em

4,890

661

3,234

5,8J30

791

4,650

Marion

3,770

610

2,298

3,910

691

2,. 70 3

Mu s c q g e e

l.O

' 30 0

3

20

300

6

cchle,y Talbot

3,.110 270

754

2,346

6 tll

173

3,430 220

866 ' . 709

2,9_69 156

Taylor

I 2,120

69 1

1,.465

2, 630

828

1,929

Total

! 14,590

669

9,759

16 '130

781 12,59 1

DI STRICT V Baldwin.-3ibb . Bl e c k l e y Crav,rford Dc- d g e Hancock Houston
~T olm.son
Laurens Montgomery Newton
Peach
Pulaski Treutle n Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkins en
, Total
DISTRICT VI
Billoch'
B'urke
Candler E'ffing ham Emanuel Glascock Jeffers en Jenkins l'lcDu;"fie 'Richmond Screven 'IIJ'arr.en

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1

1o

i' 5

1 1,910

1

15o

6,230

I. 6,l~g

i. 620

iI

6, 380 1,210

.. 15 I 1,000

l 9,6 70

I. l.~g

J 2m

: r 38,9l0

10,730 5;990 900 480 2,280 500 3,330 2,450
10 460 4,1 90
70

471

33

60

400

2 'I

5

648

1,237 I ' 2,130

I

407

61 I

140

f'l6 325

I 3,838 13 I

7,640 i 20

551 440 713

~. 397 273
4,552

i

5,990 570
7' 950

864

1,045

1,260

667

10 1- .

15

523

523

840

623

6,025

10 ,1 80

533

32

100

571 532

890 1;191

I

1, 580 1, 940

818 624

I 589

1,030

537

8 50

623 24,248 I' - ~~0~

1,069 11,474

12 ' 730

627 . 3, 757 .. 6, 790

664

598 1 1,2 50

838

402 1

590

986

z,~ 48 1 . 3,16,9

428

214

330

461

1,536

3, _.0~0

82 4

2,019

3, 350

400

4

0

496

228

620 -

833

3,4~0

5,080

414

29

70

533 600 789 521 901 350 705 493 774 812 9 33
713 82 9 5 30 '
730 500 1,049 78 1
788

32
3 1,.6 1:3 0
73 6,887
7 4 , 221
281 6,152 1,023
14 599
8,4~1
-53 i;l53
970 1,080
66'*
_;33 , 333 ..,

1,110 &97 941
. 817 1,161
570 5,00 1,072 '. 0
4 58 948 3 71

., :(Z9
4 , 730 1,176
500 3,669 . .. 1'88
:1,525 .. 3,592
0 284 4,818
26

'T'otal

31,390

828 25,999

37,020

936 34 ,637

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- GEORG IA PE JINUTS PICKrl D & "'JRES'RE'D- SY COUN"'IES

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District

. -:-Yield

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and

Harvested Pe r Acre :Production Harve sted : F>er: Apre .: Prr dilc ti e:n

County

Acreage

Lbs.

(000 Lbs.)

Acreage LbsJ~

(.OOO Lbs.)

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Baker c'a1houn Clay Deqatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee ... Mille r
Mi tcn~n
Qui tnie.n
' R a n d-e l p h

151060

867

' ~ ;

171340

11036.

12 1.9SO

942 '

15 ,860

S14

I 6 I 570

675

I , 33 '.;310 ,

951

8, 070

814

I 15,930
I 20,080'
1 2o,1~o:

788 . 95o 79.9

1 4 ,46o

752

i 22 520 .

932

13,062 .171960 . 12,181 12,903
41 1136 31-,6'78 61573 12,559 19 1073 .. 161627 .
31356 201981

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I. 151520 '
18,020

11,950

16,990

6, 540

35,48'0 '

I 8,380

l
j

16, soo

i
I.

21,150: .

j ,21, 880:

4,570

23,660

9.77.' . .. 15 ~ 1 59

1,058

19 ,074

.. .. 11075 . . ' 12' ~8 4 3

983 : . . . : l6j6 Li 5

1. . 853
' 1~l03

5,5ti 0 39,139

9 96
~ r, I71

8 , 350 1$.1 n2

1~14 7 .
1 ,_ol4 . 774 . 830

2412.55 22, ;u~2
3 , 5 36 19, 6 30 . .

Seminole S t e war t Sumter Terrell Th cmas Webster

I 12:890
I 9,020
I 16,150
I 22, 5so
I 4, 760
1 9 ,69o

11110 .
665 681 771 758 868

141305 6,001
111004 17,408
31606 8,415

13,810 8,950
16,520 23,560
4,930 101200

1,148 776 806 902 784 860

15,853 6,942
'13, 309 21,248
3,863 . 8 , 767

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'rotal j 26 7, 9 90

I' ADItSkTinRsICoTn__V_III 160

B~ e-:mr~iH~i~l l

' 6,550 1: . 1,610

Bro oks .
Co.ffee Co1qui tt
Ct ok
Cris p

I 4 1400
I 2, 570
I 8, 310
I 1,170
I 13,550

Dooly

18,660

866 2 32,028

1'1112 627 897 7,70 '647 831
1,038 685 5 30

178
41110 1,444 3, 387 1,6 63 6, 809 1,215 9,287 91890

278, 910
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. !i. . . 170
7,060 1,830 4,610
2, 960 8, 94.0 1, 320 14,380 18 , 330

990 276;147

1,065 1,144 11121
838 1, 007 1,067
1' 230 1 , 000
8 27

18), 8,077 2, t? 51 3,863 21980 9', 539 1,624 14 , 42 7
15 ,154

Irwin
Jef f navis Lanier
LTeowlfnadi0~s .
Tif.t .

j ).4 , 460

I

80

0
II 600 3,030
I 11, 990

788 . .6 75
0 .8 1 7 598 99 3

11,.39 1 . 54 .
0 370 11813 11;908

15 , 750 125 5 6 20
3,740 12,720

1,247
11032 1, LlQO
798 950 1, 230

19,648 129 7 495
3,'552 15;646

~urner

1 20,680

637 13,183

211000

1 , 1 98

25,.215

Wilcox

, '.12,580

Wo r t h

:1 29 ,080

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Total 149, 480

5t13

6,825.

8-96 26,049

734 1091676

l 3,120 30 , 770
:(57 ,500

' 926 - 1,126
11075

12 ,153' 34,6 33 "
<i
1691 37.4

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Ap p h n g Bacon

I 410 20

705 950

289 19

Bryaz:l .

150

987

148

.:.:::.
48 0 (:. 973
20 . ;... l~ooo
200 .. '~ 1,010

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Evans

490

78 6

38.5

560

11084

60;7 . .

Tattnall

930

963

896

1,040

1,150

11196

Toombs

1,600

. . 8.24

1, 319, .

11790

1,129

: 2, 021

1i ayne

40

850

34

50

900

45

Total
. 1 STAT~ ~O"l'ABS . .

31640 6 1 QOO

8 49

3,090

BOO 4o4,sop

I

4 ,110 536,000

1,101

1 , 5.58 530,640

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THE UN!V ImSITY. OF . GEO~GIA
THE UNIVERSITY ~IBRARIES
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF MAY 15, 1955

June

GEORGIA: During the month ended May 15, the All Commodity Ind~x of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers declined three points. At the present level the
Index is 259 perce!ft of the J a nuary 1910-December 1914 average and six points below the level of the Index during the corresponding period a year ago.

Within the t~ o major sub-divisions of the all commodity group,lower prices for wheat1

oats, cotton lint and cottonseed more than offset increased prices reported for

'

corn, sweetpota toes, a;Ll baled hay, and soybeans and caused the Index of all crops .

to drop 2 points. A decline of 6 points in the all l~vestock and livestock

products group resulted from lower prices received during the month for hogs, beef

cattle, calves , all chickens, and wholesale milk. (It should be .:noted that the base p eriod used for. computing the monthly indexes .has been ~hif~d from the 60

montn period,. August .1909 - July 1914 to January 1910 - December 1914. Commodity

coverage has been expanded and individual commodities. have been tegrouped to show

more detailed State information. Indexes released from this office during future

mont}:Ls will be computed in a similar manner.)

UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers at 244 percent of its 1910-14 average in mid-May was l perce~t (3 points) below a month
earlier and 4 percent below a year earlier. Lower prices for beef cattle, strawberries, milk, a_nd eggs wer e leading contributorS to th~ deciine l.n the Index ' during the past month. Sharp price increases .for a 'number' of c9rnmercial vegetables. and moderate increases in grain prices 'weh'l lbnly' partially offs etting.

Price reductions of s ome !arm production goods dropped the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, an::i Wage Rate s (Parity J.ndex) nearly 1 perc ent during the month ended May 15. The most important element in the change was !-he further dec]j,_ng in prices paid for f eeder livestock. Avcrage.,.p_ric es paid by farmers for consumer goods remained unchanged. At 282, the Parity Inde-x was nearly 1 percent lower tha n a year ago, and be low the corresponding month a . . year ea rlier for the first time sihce January 1954.

Wi t h both Indexes declining, the Parity Ratio remained at 87, t~ee percent below a year ago.

Indexes
= 1910-14 100
Prices Received
Parity Index ?:.,/

Summary Table for the United States

.. . ... May 15,
. . . 1954

Apr. 15, . . May. 15,

1955

.. 1955

255 J/

247

244

284'

284

282

.

Record High

. .. Index

. pat-.~

. ...

313

Fep: l95i~. . i :

290

May 1952 2/

Parity Ratio

90 ,!/

87

87

1~.3

Oct, 1946

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2/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates.
l/ Also February and April 1952.

D. L. FLOYD . Agricultural Statistician

BURTON J. HAR~INGTON Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to

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Agricultural Marketing Service

319 Extension Building

Athens, Ge orgia

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Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payme nt of Postage $300

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TH E m~I V RSI TY OF GEORGIA THE UiHV ER<>I 'I Y LIBRARIES
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Ma..vH+ :Aug. 100~ ;.~ay 15, 4Pr/ lS, May 15

'1!)55 . 1Jul 1914 : 1954 1955

. 1955

Wheat, Bu.

$

Corn, Bu.

$

oats, Bu.

$

.S,v~et Potatoes, Bu.$

Cotton, Lb.

Cottonseed, . Ton

Hay (ba.l..od, ), Ton. $

Hogs, per. Owt.

$.

Beef Cattle, Cwt. $.

Milk Covrs, head $

Chickens, Lb.



Eggs, r:oz.



Butterfat, Lb.



1.24 91 .67 ,83 12.6 . 24.39
7.33
3~87 '
33 ...85 13.2 21~3 25.7

.,i 1.97
I. 1.62

!
f. . 85

I ~.95

I

I 33.5

I
I

54.00

I 24.90 -

25.00

13.00

105.00

22.0

42.5
5J. .o

2.11 1.68 ' .93 3.60 34.2 59.00 31.00 170Q. 12.20 ).00,00 21.3 -40.0
s2.o

2.08 11 .88

2.00

1.73 ,. .64

,I .87

.;.4Q

..3:.70 iil,' .

1.47 . 77 . 2.63;,

34.0 'll I
58,00 I
I
.-3h40 i
16.90 iill
II 12'.00
100.00 1
2s.s II
II -41.Q II 52.0 .

12,4

32.2

- -1 22.55 i 51.40 21.80 I 7.27 ! 25.70

5,42 48.00

I
I 17.60
!
I
I 152.00
I

II~4 l 22.5
i

21.5

33.1

26.3

56.2

2.09

2.13

1.36

1.40

.73 .

.72

3.15

3.15

3i.9

31.5

53.40

53.10

. 22,40

22.20

16.'60 . ' 16.40

17.00

16.30

147.00 147.00

26. 4

25,1

35.9 : 33.8

57.1

56.7

JJ Mil:O: (Wholesale) $ per 100#

.. Soy:beans, Bu.
,' \,.

$

2.42

5.45

1
' 1 3.30

5.40

il:I
. 5.20 '

1.60

. . III

. 3.~ II .

3.51 3.55

3. 75

3.62

2.42 ... 2.36

Peanuts, Lb.



5,Q .

11.0

lJ ' I Preliminary for May 1955:

u.s n.s 1, ._ ~.8

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12.5

12.5

= INDEX NUMB-:::RS OF PRICES R~EIVED BY F.I\BMERS IN GIDRGIA (January 1910 !kcember 1914 100)

.

May 15, 1954 Apr. 15, 1955

May 15, 1955

All Commodities ,

2.65

All Crops

273

Grains an~ Hay

167

Cotton Lint

276

Peanuts

212

Tobacco

404

Cottonseed and _Soybeans

227

Irish Potatoes, Sweetpotatoes, and Cowpeas

271

Fruits and Nuts

156

All Livestock and Livestock Products

240

Meat .1\nimal s .

~-

343

''Poultry and Eggs ..

170

Dairy Products

218

262

259

281

279

181

181

282

279

222

222

362

362

245

242

326

363

205

205

222

216'

261

257

189

182

218 .

214

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GEORGIA

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mriTED srAT3:S

If!:ND OF FEED

~ixed nai~ Feed

All Underljf. Protein

16% -Protein



18% Frot'ein

2~_Protein

24%' Protein

May 15, 1954
4.25 4.15 4;, 45 4.55 4 .70

A1)r. 15, - 1955 .
D:>l
4.15 4 .05 ...
4.30 4 . 40 ,Ll: o 50

I !-' a.y~ 15, 1954
oun s
, , -~.06
i '' 3.97
I 4.07
I 4.32 . ,.4.53

AIJr. 15, 1955
3,87 . 3.79 3.84
4.09 .
4.24

Ma~ 15, . 1 55
3.83 3o76 ' 3,81 4.03 4.18

Hi~h Protein Feeds Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Meat Scrap
Grain By-Products :Bran h iddlings Corn Meal
Poult!:Y Feed Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains
Hat (Baled~
A1 alfa
An Other

4.20 5.90 6.30
3.75 3.95 '1 .15
5.80 5.50 4 .55
58.00 49.00
crs.

4.05 4.80 5.90
3.55 3.70 4.25
5,40 5.10 4.55
55.00 45.00

4.00 1 .70
5.40

4 , 42
5.99 6.58

3.50 3.90 4.30
5.30 5.10 1:.50

I 3.36
I 3,55 3.82
,! 5.51
5.10 4.38

56.00 43.50

31.50 32.10

4.26 4,49 5.11
3.08 3.24 . 3.69
5.13 4.70 4.25
35.40 32.90

4.20 4.35 5.01
; !
3.07 3.33 3.68
5,08 4.68 4.27
35.00 32.40

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE

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June 13, 1955

SJE:NER.AL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JUNE 1, 1955

Dry weather during the first half of May retarded vegetative growth and caused

considerable damage to early maturing crops, especially in the southern districts

of the state. General rains were r~ceived during the latter half of May, arid

.crops made rapid recovery. By June 1, prospects v!ere good j_n most areas of 'the

state. . Reports indica te that tobacco loo.ked ve ry good on r ep ort date, and with

favorable weather dur i nf.S June above aver age yi elds are expected . No general rains

have been re ceived since June 1, a.hd many are,:..s ar e now in need of more rnoistu,re

for all row crops.

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Harvesting operations are und.er way for the winter small grain crops. Indicated avera ge yields are above those expected earlier in the season but will be much b e lo~ recent years .
The record March freeze s e ver ~ ly damaged the peach a na pea r crops, and the indi~ cated producti on is so small tha t no production estimates..i3-re being made for these crops. 'l'he full extent of the cold damage to t.1e current pecan crop is not 'known at this time. The first production estima te will be made as of August 1. The North Ge orgia apple crop will be s hort in all area s .

W".tik-~.T: Wheat has made a r emarkable recove ry from the l'llarch freeze damage, and production is well above tha t indica t ed just after t he fre eze occurred~.
The early planted acreage was da maged to the grea test e:;-::te nt . Bas ed on reported
condition' and yield a . rf June 1,- t .he production is s tima t ed a ,t 1,256.,000 b1.lsh- .
els. This is 39 p.e rc~nt below t he 2,072,000 harvested in 1954 a.nd 43 % less .than t he 10 yea r (l944:...19.rJ3) average production. YieJ.d per a cre is placed at 13~5
ls compar ~ d with _' l 8. 5 bushei$ one y ear ag o,

The March fre eze and the shortcige of mols"Lurt:; have r educ ed the oat produc.:tion below recent years . The~ f i rst produ.ction e s timate will be made as July L .

MILK PRODUCTION: with last I\fu.y.

1viilk production on Georgia farms during . l~y totalled 119 million pounds--thi s is sl:Lghtly b elow last month but identical
t .

EGG PRODUCTION: : A total of 104 million eggs were produced in Georgia during May which is '12 pe rcent above the 93 milli on produced during .the same
month l ast year a nd is a r ecord 'f or l8ay .

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician~ . In Charge

ARCHIE LANGLEY agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to United Sta tes Department of Agriculture
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Soaking general rains and better growing weather in late 1ley 'over much of the Nati have improved the producti~n outlook for the . 1955 crop season.

,Jinter grains' and earzy hay cut'tings in many sections were too near maturity to p;r:ofi t greatly from the r..ai~1s '1-rhich drenched millions of acres a,nd reprieved larg sections of the Great Plains from a near 11 dust bowl!' status. Crop response to June 1 had by no means offset. slow progress in earlier weeks from dry. or cool weather or qrippling }furch freeze damage to some southern crops. Greatest . gains are in prospect for earn, spring grains, cotton, tobacco, new plantings of sorghwns and other catch crops, and paqtures and late forage growth~ Areas rezying mainzy on irrigation also benefited from lIay and earzy June rai nfall, which lessened early season .demand on below average storage supplies of water.-

~Tinter wheat prospects declined 14 ~llion bushels or about 2 percent dUring the

month. Proqucti on is now estimated at 639 million bushels, 26 percent belml . average . Potential . oq.tcotne ranges from . good to excell~nt i n East Central States to

fa4' to poor in Southe,rn Great Plains areas. Copious rains r evived growth of some

late wheat and saved some marginal fields. However, adverse effects of h ot, '.dry

weather in late April and early Wiy in many Kansas and Nebraska fields ne.aring matur-

ity more than offset i mprovement in Ja te seedings. Harvest was 'getting under way

by iate Hay in the Southwest' but has lagged whi le fields dried. A spring wheat crop of 2o6 nli.llion ~ushels, 28 percent belovT average, is indicated by June 1 condi-

tions.

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The l~mited ..number of crops _sufficiently advanced to be e.stimated in t his report em?hasi'Zes the uncert'ainties remaining for other crops for ,.rhich the season is yet y oung.' Whe~t promises .about one-fo'urth l ess than an average crop. Rye prospects dropped about 12 percent since last month as dry weather d~1age in main pro~q.cing
States continued into ..JV.'tay, but ":-he estimatca outt urn r emains almost <i' fourth larger
than av erage. Hay crops were held back by dry weather in some areas and frost dam-
age and cool 1-1ea~her in others, with resulting serious reductions in ear~r gro,.rth.

s Pastures have been slow 'in starting and many still show scars of over.-use during
last year ' drought. The .June 1 conditi on of 78 is 2 points below a year ago and 8 points below av erage. Recent rainfall, however, co~ld. quickly improve pastures throughout large areas Hilk production ih Nay again re13.ched record totals, sh'owizlg a gain of 1 percent above Hay last year and 6 percent above average for the month. 'reduction per cmr in crop reporters 1 herds on June 1 vms 3 percent above last year's previous record for that date and a tenth above the June 1 average. This r eflects
f avorable conditions in important dairy areas, Egg production was 5 perce~t above
~1ay of last year, reaching record levels in North and South Atlantic states and exceeding last year in all parts of the country
C ORJ.~ i Th'e 1955 corn crop 1-ras nearly all planted by June 1. A sma'll portion of the - - ., pla...'1ting was delayed by dry soil in Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and ,South Dakota, and by wet soil in Kentucky, Southern Illinois, and Arkansas. In most areas May itTGather was favorable for the early growth and cultiva0i on of corn. In the Corn Belt the condition is good, stands are better than usual, and fi elds generally clean. Soil moisture suppli Gs are rather generally satisf~ctory after good rains in late day.
ALL ~mEAT : The all wheat production in 1955 is forecast at 845 million bushels, the smallest s inc e 1943. A crop of t his size :rrould be 13 percent l ess than
1954 production o~ 970 ;nillion bushels and 27 percent .l ess than average. The prospective vlintor vlhe at crop is about one -fifth l ess t han the 1954 crop, put production of all spring ..,.rheat in 1955 is expected to be nearly onosixth larger than the small ;I-954 crop.

PCACHES: ThG 1955 peach crop is for ecast at 48,025,000 bushels which is 22 percent
l ess than l ast year and 30 percent bclow the 1943-52 average . The short crop is due mainly to a near failure in the Southern States_. . Prospective production
i n those States is too small to uarrant a forecast <, The Calif'ornia total peach pro-
duction is 7 perc ent b(;lovJ avorage. A crop of 5,760,000 bushols is expected in the
t.fi.ddle Atlantic States (NevJ J Grsey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, ~1fl;st Virginia, Delaware
:md ?1aryland). This is 17 percent belCJT,r last year J.ndl2 percent below averagoc In Je't'l Jersey the crop is expe ct ed to be larger than that of both a yo~ ago and aver-
ago. Prospects are for an above-average production in Pennsylvania. Host of the
crop is progressing nicely but in some orchards sizing has been r etarded by lack of
rain. In Virginia, production is limit ed to the northern counties ap tho freeze ~ liminated practically all the peaches in other areas of the State.

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JUNE

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1955

GENEH.AL: During May, growing conditions varied considerably between State.s. In

the North Atlantic and H:i.d-"\tlant;Lc States, cool dey t-reather_retarded the

de"velopment of _vegetables' but mos-t crops- are reaching maturi,ty close to nornJp1 .

schedules.. Rain and w:armer Heathe r in l ate May improved c rop prospects in these_

State ~?. In the South JI.tlantic States, ::ia~r weather was . generally favorable permit-: ting vegetables and mc loi1s to make " rapfd growth, partially o.ffsett~_ng the delay

resulting from the Earch fre e z ~J . Hotmver, harve sts are still running l ate in these

States. .I.n the North Central State s, Nay tempe rature s 1-1ere above noriT!C'.l enabling
vegetaple's to ma):ce good p:ro gress .. Hovmvc r, fre ezing tempe ratur~s .on )Ie.y 9 d8.magP-d

tender crops, with I:iichigan sustaining most severe damage. ~Jeather in )1ay -wasgenerally very_favorable for vegetable.~ cmd melons .in the; South Central States although

excessive rainfa:U r e sulted in SO.iJlO damage in Oklahoma . Most of the ~Jeste.rn State s exp:e rienced bclmJ norrnal t empe re.tures du~in G. Hay uhi.ch further r etarded t he devE.;L-

opment of vegetable s, melons 20d s.tra;;berrics, and harve sts are continuing to run

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SNilP . BEftJ~S : This year's mid-spring. sne>.p t -e an crop is forec a st at 1,2.06,000 bust10ls,

about one-t.l;lird ;lc SS."than last yee.r 1 s production and 18 pe rcent be low

average . ~ The crop was seve~ r ely damaged by fre e zing t emperatures .and . dry -1Jeathe r

early "this spring. In :Louisiana , harvest is about comple te in the principal .produc-

ing Tangipahoa Papish bll:t; picK:ing is :just begil',ln i~g ~n the ,'f;fuitc;; Castle area .where '

development of the crop .1-1as delayed by adve rse spring rleath8r . In. Hi ssissippi, dry

1-reather early in Hay P,amage.d fi e l ds approaching maturity . Rains the l ast half ()-f

l1ay revived late r fie lds l.J'hich <-:! re ' e:;q_)ected to produce fair yie lds of good . quality

beWl~ _ Peg_~ shii_Jmcnts' arc e xpecte_cLthe_.ueek of _June..$ and movement v,;;L~ L. cont-tnt1;e through most of June. Al e.bc.ma 1 s . spring sn ap bean crop is in good cond~ tion at

sent and harve st .there is undc rv-ray. In Ge org;i.a, snap pea n harve st is practically

......,.uvu. in the main p roducing aroas, Yield prospects .in South Carolina , continu.cd

be improve during Hay and near normal yields arc nm\' indic ated. Harvest' has passod
p~ak but iate fields are ~till being picked and supplic ~ Hill c on~inue to

ailable through ~o~t of Jm1e . .

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.

CANT1\LGUPS: The first forecast of production . for .the ea rly summer States indicate s .a
crop of 1;882,000 crates:; . a.bout 7 percent l arge r thm1 last year but 17
percent smaller than avere.ge . The c<>.ntaloup crojJ in Georgia and South Carolina was not damage d significantly by the ~-la rch fr~e ze . In Georgia , r e c ent rains have stimulated vine growth and t he cantaloup crop lo oks promising at p r e sent. Ha.rvest is expected to begin in late June . In South Ca.rolina., cantaloups a re in good condition and ?-bo.ut ?t a normal stage of deve lopment for this dat0 . some damage ~ms cauSBd by recent wind and h a.j_ l in the Hampton- .ftJ.lond~:l:-e "" a;r:c a~ ... Pci;~k movement of cantaloups from South "Carolina is expected to b0gin :in late June nnd continue through mi cl-July.
In l:rizona cantaloup fie lds look good but the crop is about two 'tveeks behind sche dule in. development as a result of coid 1teather during the spTing.

STtlEST CORN: The latest estimate for the lP,te spring crop. i~ unchanged from a. mon.th

ago . This yea r's indi cc>.t cd c r op of 1,948:., 000 units ( 5 do zen ears) is

slightly more than was produced l Rst year but is ove r 10 pe rcent larGe r than ave rage

for the l o.te spring States . Sweet corn harvest is continuing in the Co a che;L-lc>. ValleJ

of Ca)Jfo rnia and is becoming more. active in San Diego Com1ty. JJight he. rve.st .is be-

be ginn;i.ng in the Los .'\ngeles district _and the southe rn part of t ho San Jo aqui~ :V_a,lley .
Although the yield in Alabama 1-!ill be less thnn average , ;it is expect e d to abOve

),.ast yeare . Harve st in that State 'ilill be underway about 10 days late r thari usual,

starting in the southwestern counties around June 20. Although the Ge orgia crop was

in good condition on June 1, it nee ds additional moisture . .Ha rvest is also _expe cte d

to begin ab.out 10 days l ate r than usual in Geo rgi a. The South Carolina s<veet Qorn
acreage is "in good condition and making satisfactory progress. The peak vol~me . from

that State is eJ...rpccted around June 10 to June 20.



8-.RLY Co:tvll,[li;RCILL POTATOES: The comme rcial early production of the vrinte r, early

spring, late sp'ring and summer crops cor11bine d is pla ce d
.~t 6~. ,725,000 'bu.she is, 7,3.51,000 bushels c?,bbve the 1954 crop, but 3,170,000 bushe ls

':>elo''' c>.ve rage



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Vegetable Crop Report for June . l, 1955, (Continued)

L'OMATOES: The June 1 forecast for l ate spring tomatoes is n01r1 placed at 2,.881,000

bushels compared /with thc forecast of 2,631,000 bushe ls a month ago.

mproved conditiQns. .in Georgia .and some of the tomato producing are a s of Texas

account f or the. higher forecast this month. The current estin1e.te is 4 percent below

a year.ago, but slightly above average. Progress of the crop in Texas was good as

.noisture has been plentiful in most areas and temperatures were favorabl;;. most or

[viciy. Harvest of the acreage ' that survive d the !'viarch. freeze at Yoakum started in

f air volume the w:ef:Jk of Hay 23, about 12 days later than .usual. Replanted crops in

l.!entral and east Texas mc.de good progress during l~'!aJr and scattered harvests began
.Late in the month. .Active movement is expected to start the vmok of June 5. In

Louisiana, the crop was delayed by late freezes . Southern Louisiana tomatoes have

be en moving into Iifcw Orleans but out-of-state shipments aro expected to , bo light

this year. The Mississippi crop was retarded by dry weather that continued past. -

mid-Hay but responded to rains in the second half of the month . Ec>.rve st is expected

to start about mid-June . Tomatoes in South Carolina are in good condition 1~th

heavy movement expected from early June tmtil early July. Rains in Georgia have

stimulated vine g,rowth and fruit development. Light harve st "~Arill begin in early

June and r oach a peak around June 20.



1:lATEH.i: 'fT~LONS: :,Jatc rmclon production in the oarly summe~ Ste.te s, fore cast at 78,484,000 melons, is 13 ~;e rcent larger than p ro duction last year and
19 percen.t above ave rage . In Arizona , 1iratermolons a re Rbout hro vmeks behind sche dule as e. r osult of cold vmathe r 8arlie r in the spring . In Texa s, ha rve st stB.rtcd in th;:; e arly producing southe rn s ections in late Hc>_y and sti.pplios are expe cted to be come fairly plentiful i n those a reas in early June . ;.,fu j_J.e much 9f the
acre::agc in central and e ast Texas Ha s r eplanted after the l1arch free ze , the.se . vmtermelons have. r.:ado excellent pro gr e ss and 1~11 mature on a.bout a normal schedule and harve st is o~Joctc d to b c ~in in late June in seve ral of the s e se ctions. ~oisture r e serve s a r e ade qu at e in the s e a r e as. In Oklahoma , early spring drough~ nnd he avy late . sp ring re.ins vmrc unfavorable for mtermelons. II:xtonsive r eplanting was necessary ~nd some gro1vc rs see ded t1-JO and three time s, Some acreage was lost .9.t too l ?.t e a det.t o to be r eplanted. . The crop is l ate and in only f a ir con dition. ,fatermelons in Arkansa s and Missouri arc in excellent condition . In Lo'\lisiana, (vaterrnelons a r c late c:md earliest fi elds will riot mature until around July 1. In .'iississippi , late 1a:r r ains benefite d Hatornielons, pe rmitti ng them to make some r ecover-if from the effects of dry >vcn.the r e arlier in tho month . Some me lons ' will be
rea dy for harve st around June 20 in George County and .c>.bout July 1 to 5 in .south
~antral areas . Pe riod of heavie st movement from Mi ssissippi is c~r..",le ctc d to run . from about July 10 t:o -~ugust 10. There ha.s boon sufficient moisture for l-rate r-
no lons in Al abc:>.ma . The crop the re is about t en .day s l ato and volume harve st is :;xpe cted the end of June . The Georgia crop is t en day s to two "~<Tcd: s la.t c and June
)reduction Hill be light" Rains have boon received r e cently in p ro ducing are as and vine gro-vrth is roportc!d to be excellent. In South Caroli na , . wat0rmclons are in ~ood condition and making normal p rogress . Yield prospe cts are above average. 'ihi1e thor o may be a f mr me lons p:!. d ::ed l ate in Juno, no :?.pprociabJ.e volume is ox- .)GC'\md unt~l July . 1'J.qtc rmolons in North QB.rolina made exce llent pro gr e ss during ..1ay and the crop is in v~ ry good condition. Harve st is expe cted to bGgin about .on a normal schedule .

Acre age anrl Pro ducti on For c: ca st to D2.te for 1955, with Co np_?.r~sOt: s

:

P_CREAGE

YE~LD i::;m AC R;~

Pf.'lODUCTION .

CROP

1 ~l~o'-~Yc~-a-rl~-:1-----+1lf.- Y r

110- i. ND

ivc rngcl

Incl.

g F4j -------S-Tf-iT_E__-+:19__~_j_-_53~j--19_5_4~~1. 9%

IL~v' -5.3

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I

Ind . Ave r ago

1954 1 1955
I

.. 1 -53

Ind. 1954 . 1955

EARLY COl"ihER.CiilL 1 "~CRES ACRES ACRES

I :1IS] POTATOES 1

. I)rclim.

- Bushels ....

-1,000 Bushels-

Sumnior

_I

Virginia Easte rn Shore
Norfolk~~Othc r
y Maryland.
Dcl mvaro
Kentucky ussouri

I 31,3101 22,300

24,3101 18,400

7,000 3,900

6, 020 3, 300

I . /3,080 6,200

2,780

860

2,140 800

25,100 190 . 1175
21,000 194 . !175 . 4,100 175 175 3,300 164 150
8,500 231 JJ 240
700 139 100 600 170 180

!171 5,685

!170 4,67 2
'175 .1,214

W' !160

Gl /Q

1300

73 7

!llfo

38 5

!230

365

3,902 .
3,220 682
h95
1,488 >. 80
144

4,288
3,570
718
528
2,550
98
138

K:>.nsa s NobrRSka Texa s Gcorgiet.
Nevi J e rsey ..9.!2oup Total

2,640

400

3,900 1,500

6 , 960 6 ,000

1,250

900

1~.z.)l0} 2~29.0

99,910-l t>;,,400
1

'400 162 1,500 256
s,ooo 228
800 88
23.2.700 23 7 72~_600 2l0-

180 !190 . ~16

72

76

310 185

1350 . '250

1 , 595462

1 , 1- 4160 5~25, 20050

85 90 ~ 111 .

76 . 72

245 260 9,713 . 5',684 6,162

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I3~?_I6- .!6-;437-

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Acre age an d Production Fore cast to Date for 1955 Nith CompDrisons (Continued)

CROP
rum

r-~A5-vwYo-er 1aa_1gCr_eR~E-AG_~-'_--~---In-d-.-~I~'JYL--Y~vI~_.-rL._D~I,~-P_ER_

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P~CTION
5-Year 1 Avor ar:_.e 1

Ind.

STATE 1949-53 1954 l S'55 49-53 1954 1955 19L0 -53 ,. 1954 1955

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!.BBAGE

ACRES

I ACRES ACHES
l Prelim.

- Tons -

!

- Tons -

:ar l y Summe r: ltJ'a shi ngt on New Je rsey

I I 460 I 400

~80

I 3,s6o 3,soo 3, , oo

7.1 7.5 ~- 7.0 3,300 3,000 2,700
7.4 7.5 1.0 28,6oo 2s,5oo 24,5oo

Nmv York, L.I. Conne cticut

B20
500

Boo 600

I I 8oo

9.9 9 .0 o.5 8,200

550

9.4 9.5 9.0 4,700

7,200 8,4oo
5,700 5,000

Rhode Isl and 1'1as s acfiusct ts Ge orgi a , North

I 140

1 50

130

8.4

830 " -75CF - 750

8.8

810 1,ooo 1,100 I 4.5

I 8.0 . 9.0
9.0 9.5
4.o ! 5.0

1,200 1,200 1,200 7,300 } 6, 800 , 7,100
3,700 4,ooo 5,5oo

I ndi ana Group Total

_ 29 L,l~2o0 _

L2L2QO_
J9, 700

2, 000 9-;2Io-

l
1

5.5 -i:-19

5.2 -7:oo

I!61:.35~

11,700 'bs - ; 6 o o -

11,500 +13,000 67,9o5 J67,4o5

' J!:NTALOUPS:

Jbo. Cant. Cr at c -1,000 Crate s -

I I , 83 Lbs.

I ~arly Summe r

I

I Georgi a

7,320 I' 8, 000 r 7,600

70 I 60 75 I 511

480 I 570

l I South Carol ina 5, 980 6, 500 1 7, 200
I ,...:.~_.r._Gi_:zr_o~on_pua__TS_.o_Rta._Vl-. +-2l_O3.,s_.47_lJ4._Oo__....2_6:1~_8,Q_.300__01__6~,.~-68Q00O_

J 43 40 50 I 256

260

360

1.41! _ 1 96

1

5Q 8 3

_~ !1 4Q

_l.s,.5Ql_ 1,Q2Q __ 252.
i 2, 268 _ 11, 760 : 1, 882

JUCUf.iBERS

- Bush els - 1

-1,.000 Bush.:. ls-

jat o Spi'1ng :

Lou i s i a n a

580 i 650 ' 500

91 jll5 j 95 1

53

75

46

ii.l abe>.ma Geor gi a

I I I 1,140 , 1,000 1, 000

810 1,000

900

129 1100 '120 I 147

72 80 70

58

100

120

80

63

Sout h Caroli n a 4 ,860 4, 500 4,~.00

82 . 95 !100

400

428

440

Califo rnia

1,340 1, 600 1, 600

North Ca rolina 5, L~60 5, 400 6 , 500

388 ~420 l410

521

79 90 Ji1oo ~ 428

672

656

486 650

Ar kans a s

1, 040

900

900

82 65 85

89 I 58

76

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Ol1I O'i':S

-Sack s ( 50 Lb .)

- 1,000 Sa cks-

L"'tc Sp r i ng ; California.

I 5,160 L~, 300 3, 800

542 560 550 2, 7h9 2, 408 I' 2, 090

:~ rizon a
uLooourigs1.i aa n a

1~200 1,210
1,6tg

1 , 400

1,400 - 9oo

1~~612 h60 600 1;5 i5o

717~4~

644

840

I i5o

i35

i Texa s

10,120 7, 900 9, 600

88 1100 130

881

790 11,248

Group Tot al -17,B"70 14,B"oo r-15 , 705 - r 26I - 1275 - 27) 4, 'bli - ---3;99i- T4;3I3

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TO~ JATDES

1:-. tc Sp ring :

'f0xas -

26,100 27, 000

22, 000

Il - - - t
- Bushe ls -

-

~

-1, 000 Bu she ls -

61 50 55 1 1,617 1,350 1,210

Loui siana

1,160 1,500 1, 000

71 90 75 82

135

75

~~i s sissipp i

1, 820 2,200 1, 600

hO 60 60

70

132

96

r South Carolina 3,860 5,500 6 , 000

64 75 75 . 248

412

450

Gwo rgi a

11,020 1,5, 000 11+, 000

74 65 75 I 815

975 1,050

Group Total -4),96~ ~'.205_ ~4Ii,'b05 - - -64- -59 - ,-.6:; 2, '8"32 - r-3-;004- i;BB'l'~

WLTEffi-hlLONS

- Nclon s -

i

- 1,000 melons -

r.:arly sl.lllunor

1

Toxa.s Ariz:ona Lo u i s i a n a

111,800 il28,ooo 120, 000
I 4,960 6,300 5, 000 3, 880 2,100 2,100

159 130 140 17, 650 16 , 640 16 ,800
709 740 750 1 3, 503 h,662 3,750

254 200 250

98 7

Lf20

525

Mi ssi ssippi Al abCJ.ma

7,500 9,500 14, 000
13, 560 15 ,200 14 , L~OO

228 220 250 1, 699 300 290 330 1 4 , 177

2, 090 3,500 Lf, LOB 4 , 752

Gcore,ia

1+9,000 60,000 64, 000

279 250 280 \13, 657 15,000 17,920

South Ca rolina 45,960 55,000 63, 000

202 190 220 1 9 , 226 10 , 450 13, 860

No r th C0.rolina 9 ,900 11,000 14,000

193 215 215 1 1, 899 2, 365 3, 010

Cr.lif ornia l.r kan s as

10,040 11,400 10, 000 9,340 1 10~600 11,700

698 680 700 1 6 , 976 282 260 295 2, 6 22

7, 752 7,000 2, 756 3, 452

Okl ahoma

16 , 640 1 12,500 13, 500

187 150 210 3,139 1 ,875 2,835

Niss ouri Gr oup Tot al

~~.5;i,, ~002?0J3234~930000-?335~-630000-

~

220 r-232-

250 300 667
2l3- -234- 66;202-

825 69,243

1, 080 7B" , 484

1/ Group avc r agc s-rincluding .~.11 STLTS S) arc simple ave r age s of annual dat a or t he

group .
l/2/ Sec comments f or osti mat c s 1949-53 .Short-time :.vor ago .

D. L. FLOYD . . Agricultural Statistician, In Charge

L. H. HARRIS, JR . Vegetable Crop Estimat or

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1955 Crop One Ha lf of Lu st Yeo.r ' s.

June 24, 1955

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G~ORGIA: )'l: oduction of Crimson-Clover Seed in G0or g ia. for 1955 is only a. fourth.:Of ~~- --- .the' short crop produce d a year ago and it is only 17 pe rc e nt of t he -r.Ercord
7,56o,ooo..:po1.md crop of 1952 . The cur1 ent ho.rvast is es cimo..ted at 1 , 2GO~000 pounds
a ~ ,coinpo.re o' t o :) ,L.:S,OOO pounds for 1954 . Eot dry wcat,her lo..st fa ll r .esult e d in. : poor .s tnnds., y1hile .r.n tmus ua ll~.r v.rurm spr ing promoted ra pi d veg etative gr ovTths-, hiuch
of whi ch 1r.rc::.s -eo.sHy ki ll e d b~r the hard f;.~ eeze of l at ter Fia.rch, The indicat e d yi e ld
of 80 pounds ?er acre is J-1.5 pounds short of la s t year Is :-,rieJ.d and only 43 ~erc ent
9fthe l 9L!.4-53 t en J e o.l c-.verage . Acreo.Q;e h:1.rvest ed is e stimn.te d at onl~r 16 ,6oo :Cn

comparison to 41,0.00 f or 1954 and the Zl , 770 .a v Gr age l.,or the 1.9LI4-53 t en .year .per.i.b ti.

1,Tr! I~"':L .~I!":T~S_: 2roducti.on of crimson...;clover seed th is ~reo..1 .is foreco..st c{ t o1i.J.y

7, 855,000 pounds of clean seed, ac co r din:-: to t he Cro p Reporting

Boo.r cl. . ~.'his is :5 1 perc ent of l a s t year 1 s cro p and only t wo-fifths o f: the 19'-lh-:33

averc.gc pr oduction, Res e e ding varieties ( I:i x i e , Aut ctuga , /~uburn , and others)

represent 4 , 335 ,000 poun:J.s , or a b out 55 De r ce r~t of 1055 nr odu.c tj. on c omrym ed vritb

lO, r;)6,000 pou.no.s and (9 percent o f 1954- pr oduct ion.' - -

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The: c1op< is

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Jco

b e xr..u ch

Sl'lt\ll er tb .; s yee.r

thnn 'l c~ st

in a ll

States

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except

Arknns r. s ::mel Oregon. ..h e shc~!'PO St r0duc t ion is in Sm.,_th CE'.r olina who re thf) c_r.op is

only al;. ou't' ' u terit h o f l s.st ~.~G a r . Indic ated r e cl.uctiol.1 c in ot h er States o.r e : . Go <?l~g;-i a ,

7~ perc ei1t 'less; Al e.be-ma , 71 pe r c ent; Texr. s, ~~h percent ; :: is s is si ppi, 38 per.oei1:.c.i
nn<l ~~-cmie s ~ec , 3C per c ent l ess . In }\.rkans e.s a cro p ~)0 percen t l o..rger than hl. st,Y~?.r 1

is indi cated an d in Or eg on ~:.i5 per c en t l arger.





Dr y weather i n southet>.stc 1n Stn.~ces l~ st fe. ll -. Bade :it ex t r eme l y di ffic ult td. e'sto:i:i;.
lish stands, concr ibut in i n L:~q;c pa rt to the re duced c..c iea~e hr.. rveste d f or se ed . eather condit i ons c:iu1i n:~ ricbr uar:r Uilc1. mo s t of i. :~1rch vver e favo rab l e , induc inr; ra pid ) grovrth . 1!ovrevc r , dnrinr; th o l ast vreel~ i n ' -~o.r c :C fr c ez i n~; t eYtlperaturcs k ill ec1. 1:1uch of the Ci'hlson cl ove r ::cn0 gr eatl~; r educ ed :yie l d prospects fo r t h a t whi ch r emai ned , uch of the o. c reage bcin~ saved f or s eed w.-;., s turned under after the freezes . In nddition, heavy rains occur1ed i n l~1o st a re a s of t iw ~-, o uth j ust prior to and during harve st, shattering ;m ch of the seed . The cr on escaped danK~ge in pa rts of Arkans a s , and conditi ons t o d.:1 te have be en fa vorable i n Oreg on . T-Iowever , '"Teo.t he. r condi t ions during harve s t wi ll l c.r t_;ely det e r mine the f i n a l outturn of t h o Oregon cr op .

This year ' s acre::'.r:;e fo r ho.rvest is indic a ted a t t4 , 000 a cr es , L:-3 percent l e s s t han
we re harve st ed in 1 <)5L~ . 011l y i n Ac~kc.r!'; o.. s a.nd Giegon vriE mo1 e acres b e har vested
f or seed t han l n st :\'ear. The U. s . a v erage y i el d is e stimate d at 123 pounds per
ucre, 13 pounds s1ru.:.ll er them h.st ~:-eo..r 1 s low ~ic l d and 62 pounds be low che 10-yec.r
uvera~ e . Poten ti a lly .1 i ;-:h y:!.elc1.s in Oregon (~.o much t o hold u.p t 110 U. ~: . a ve r a ge .

Harvesting of the 1 95~ cro p be gan ear li er t '.1an l as t ::rear in all sou thern Stat ~: s but is exnected to be l ate r i n Ore ::.: on . Dc.t es on -,-,hi cll ht~rve stinp; bec;nn th i s year aver aged o..s i' ollows: !"o.y 18 - 2 1 in r.'iss is s i p ~') i, J~ J. abc.mo. , South Cc.ro l:i.no. , ~.nd Ge 0r gia ;
tflay 23 in Texa s; and June 4 i n r<"lmessee c.nd Jl.rko.nsn.s . Ha rve stin~; r. a s expe cted to
be underwa~r in Ores on e.bot'.t t h 0 fii st vreek in Jnl':

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The following table shovrs the 1955 forecast by Sta tes vlith compar isons~ '.

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---7-~-; . Acres

~~ ~----T-~--~------

harvested

Yield per t'.cre ..

-

-.--P-ro-du-ct-io-n -( C-~,--se~ ~'d- )

- - ....:. _~- iverage7:--- 7rndi--:irre;-ag-e--=-- -:Indi--- {--Average_:_-.::.. -~ nlai:-

state : 1944-53: 1954 :cited : 1944-53 :1954 : cated

1944-53 : 1954 : oa.ted

- - - - -:

:

. : 1955 :

:

: 1955

:

:

: "195'5 .

--------------------------------~ - --

Acres

Pounds

Thousand pounds

s. c. 1/ 6,400 6,000 1,000 1/ 135 135 100

Ga. -21,770 41,000 16,000 - 186 125

80

Tann. 47,300 26,000 20,000 172 115

95

.Ala..

25,240 22,000 10,000 208 140

90

l'~iss. 1/8,400 7,000

!! Ark. r; 3 ~ 66JJ 3,500

Texas

4,295 . 2,800

5,000 1/ 150 6,000 1/' 215
1,000 I/ 139

160 200
125

140
175 125

C'reg .

'3 ,100 4,300 5,000 - 276 270 3 (-Q

1/ 863 -3,691 .
7,915 4,452
r1r/;;1,267583382
9;1.4

810
5,125 . 2,990 3,080 1,120
700 350 1,1 61

100 1,280 1,900
.900
70C!
1,050
125 1,800

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - -.. - - - - - -... - - - - --- - - - - -

u. s. 113,148 112,600 64,000 185 13 6 123
1/ Short-time average

19, 614

15,336

7,855
-

Imports during the 11-month period ended }fay 31, 1955 totalled 2,951, 700 pounds of olean se e d vnth little likelihood of any more seed coming in during June. This compares with only 347,700 pounds during the 12-month period ended June 30, 1954.
CarrJ-over of ole: crimson-clover seed on farms is esti:muted ut 421,000 pounds com pared viith 1,019,000 pounds l a st year and the 10-year average of 307,670 pounds. A report giving Goverrunent and dealer held stocks as of June 30 vrill be issued on
Auguet 4, 1955.
Reissued through the Georgia Crop Reporting Service, June 24 11955.

J

Athens, Georgia

GEOHGIA 1955 SPRING PIG REPI;RT

27,1955

PIGS SAVED :

Pigs produced from J ast December 1 to June 11 tre Georgia 1955 spring pig crop, are estimated at 1,462,000 head, a bare 1000

more than sa.v.ed during the sane period last year. The out-turn, however, has

been exceeded only by the tqJrip,g crops of 1943 and 1952.

SOWS FARROWED: Sows farrcming this apring are reported at 225,000, a three percent increase over the 218,000 farrowing last spring, but short
of spring farrowings in 1943, 1944, and 1952. 'he pigs saved per litter, dropped from an average of 6.7 for la st yeer to 6.5, thus accounting for the ~mall total inoree.se.in pigs saved,

FALL IN1l$NTIC' NS , . l955t Farmers reporting on breeding intentions reveal that
they plan for 197,000 sows to farrow between the period June 1 to December 1. 'fhis wou 1d be a nine percent increase over tl13 181,000 farro~ng last fall arid 11 percent above the 194t1-53 ten year average of 17.7,000.

GEORGIA:

sowe_ F.ARRO1NED .AND PIG 8 SJ.V.;D

SPRING (Dec. 1 to June 1)

Sows Farrowed
(000)

Av. No. Pigs Per
Litter

Pigs Saved (000)

FALL . (June 1 to Dec . 1)

Sows

Av. No .

Pigs

Farrowed (000)

Pigs Per Litter

Saved (000)

10-Year, 1944-53

202

1953

l96

1954

218

1955

225

6.0

1 , ,218

6.5

1,268

6.7

1,461

6.5

1,462

177

6.1

155

6.6

181

6,5

197 *

1,076 1,023 1,176

(' 19-Year, 1944-53 1953 1954 1955

8,537 7,300 8,071 8, 758

6. 39 6.81 6.90 6.90

54,571 49,703 55,667 60,453

5,2 48
4,751
5,424
6 '043 *

* Number indicated to farrow from breeding intentions reports.

6.53 6. 70 6. 78

34,272 31,809 36' 766

D. L. FLOYD A~ricultural Statistician, In Charge

HARRY A. WRITE Agricultural Statistician

U:JITED S'l'ATSS l)IG CROP REPORT - JUNE 195$

/. .
The 1955 spring. pig c~p totaled 60,453,000 head, ari increase of 9 percent from ,

t he spring of .1954, according to. .the Crop Reporting Board. The number of sows

farrowing this spring totaled 8,758,090 sows and was also 9 percent large r. . than

last spring . The number o'f pigs saved per litter was the same as the record high

numb~: r attained in 1954. . For -the . corning fall crop, reports on breeding i ntentions

indicate a tota l of 6 ,043,000 sows .to farrow, 11 percent above t he number farrow--

ing last fall. If the intentions for fall farrmdngs materialize and the q:umber

of pigs saved per lit ter equals the 10-year averaE,e with an allowance for upward .

trend, . the 1955 fall pig . crop would be 40~5 million head. A crop of this size. .
lvould be 10 percent lare;e r than last fall . The combined 1955 spring and fall pig

'crop Hould then be about 101 million head. Thi s would be 9 percent above la$t

year

and

14

percent

above

the

l. 9l.

~L'.

53 .

average .

Spring, ~ig .Crop: The ,lJ.umber of pigs saved in .the spring season of 1955

..

(De cember 1, 1954 to June 1, 1955) is estime.t ed at 60,453,000

head . .This is 4, 786,.000 hcacl or 9 percent l mger than the spring crop last year
and 11 p e rcent above t he 10...._l<?. ar ave rage~ CoJ!lpa red ldth 125h, the _spring:.. pig

crop 1-1as up -in all regions ., The South Atlantic was up 6 percent; e ast North Cen-

tral and .:we st i'Iortq :.C~ntral~ each 8 percent; uest, 10 percent ; Eorth AtlaJ:lti,c,

11 p~rcent ~d South _Central, l9..percent

. ,.

.

.

..

The number of smJs f 2.rro-v;o-d in the spring of 1?55 is estimated at 8, 758,000 he ad,

9 percent more than last ~rear and 3 pElrcent abov-e the 10-yca!' average. The 19.55: -

.spring farrowings were 4 percent hi ghe r than j_ndi cated by f arme rs' reports on

i nt entions l ast Decembe r . All r E.:[ ions of 'the ctmntry shoued more :.'so1-rs farrowing

than intended last Decom'Qe r. The numbe r of pigs saved pe r litter at 6.,90 is the

s ame as th.e, record high att ained in 1954 for th0 spring pi e; crop . Favorable

we a:ther, during the main farrovr:i11g season .?.nd t he incn:rasing. usc of improve d equip-

ment and better management practices contributed to t ;;le h:i.~h average number of

pigs per litter for . th~. .~~5.5' spr~_ng C.rOiJ.~ .

Fall 1955 Intentions: Repor.ts on br eedi ng intent ions indicate that 6,043,000 sows -vlill f arro\v in the fall of 1~)5'5;. T;~tis i s 6J_9, 000 smvs or
11 percent more than tho mnnber farro~ving last fall. If these intentions are
realized, the nwnber of . sm-is farroWing. dur~ng tYw ' fall season ( Jui10 1 - December 1)
ivouid be the largest number since l9 ~.3 .... Cbfup'ared with 'l b."st ye'ar, ali' regions . .. .
shmvod increases in the numbe r of sows intended for f all farrm.J'ing. The indicated increase is the great e st in the west N~ rth Cen~ral, being 14 p orcent; follb-vred by
the South Cent ral, 13 percent; No rth~ ,Atla'"ltic~ . 11; 2ast N0rt:1 Central, 10; South Atlantic 7; and ~vest, 6. Tpeso estimat.ed changes from last year are ba sed on
bree9J.ng intentions reported by farmers about. June 1.

Aft e r Five Days Return to UnitQd States Department of AgriculturQ

J Pen etlt~- for Privat e Use to . Avoi d ' Pa;yraent of Postage

Agricultural Marketing Servi ce 319 ~xtensio n Building

:::i300

Athens , Georgia

OFFICIAL BUSINESS

.

.

I' '

SOUTH SBNiClJ I..IVURT

THE UNIVERSITY OF CiEORcttA TBE tJUVERStTY LIBRARUS &ftDIS GA.

..
Athens, .- Georgia

June

1955 LUPI~ffi. SEED REPORT

GEOHGIA-: Production of lupine seed in Georgia f~r 1955 is estiJn?.ted a~ ).2,150,090 .
. . p.ounds or 12. percent more than the revised estimate of. l0,-87_:;,;900 pounds., produe9d in195l.~. Georgia's crop, of which 90 percent is blue lupine and the re-.
mainder sweet ;Lupine, I)lade up 61 percent of the total production of the .trnited States, Next highest producer is South Carolina with 30 percent of the total.

Heather bonditions during the 1954-55 season vrore generally unfavorable for lupine production,. Dry weather last fall made it difficult to establish stands, and the . hard freezes of late Narch killed considerable acreages or r educed yields of the
lupine intended for seed,

Acreage harvested for seed in 1955 amounted to 18,000 as compared to 15,000 a year
ago. The relatively short crops of the past few years have caused a considerable loss of local interest in lupine production.

UNITED STATES: . Production of lupine seed this year. in South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, and Alabama is estimated at 19,868,000 pounds, This is 24
percent more than the revised estimate of 16,065,000 pounds harvested in 1954 but
only about a third of the 19L~4-53 average, A crop of 6,ooo,ooo pounds, more than
three times as large as la.st year's is indicated in South Carolina and in Georgia
the estimated production of 12,150,000 pounds is a tenth la.rger, The Florida and Alabama crops are only about ' half as large as a year ago, Approximately 92 percent
of the total crop is estimated to be blue lupine with the remainder made up of sweet varieties, Last year's crop was made up o.f 81 percent blue and 19 percent S1teet lupines,

The increased production this year over last is due to more acreage harvested, particuiarly in South Carolina, since the average yield for the four States is indicated at 687 pounds per acre, practically the same as in 1954. Compared with last
r- year, yields per acre are higher in South Carolina but lower in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. However, yields in all four States are below average.

Dry weather last fall made it difficult to establish stands, The hard fraezes of late :tviarch killed much of the acreage being saved for seed and reduced yields on that which remained.

Carry-over of old seed on farms is estimated at 1,153,000 pounds compared with
2,688,000 pounds a year ago and the 1944-53 average of 11057,000 pounds, A report on stocks held by dealers as of June 30 will be issued on August 4, 1955.

(Over)

~--~----~--------------- --

~- - ---

The table'.b. elow shm..rs the 1955 lupine seed forecast by States, vith comparisons

: . - . Yieid Per Acre

StC1-te

: . : Inc;li-

:

: Indi-

: Average : 1954 : c.ated AveragB : 1954 : catcd

.~- 19hh-53

1955 1944-53 :

: 1955

s. c.
Ga .
Fla. Ala.

Acres
9,hOO 2,100 6,000
1.!.0, 380 15'000 18,000
12,460 . 5,ooo 4,000
9,020 l;L.OO. 900

Pounds - clean

1,0521/ 850
839 725 613 h50 861 . 825

1,000
675 300 575

Prod~ction (clean seed) .

: rndi-

~verage : 1954 : cated

1944-53 :

: 1955

Thousand Pounds

8, 657y 1, 785 6,000

35,125 10,875 i2,150

:

67';789555

.

:

'12 ,'125505

1,200 . .518

u. s. 67,500 23,500 28,900 812 684 687 54,969 16,065 19,868

y Short-time average.

. .

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

_, ,- ,
. \.
HARRY A . \:flUTE
Agricultural Stctistician

J
:: :

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
.i'~thens, Georgia

July 7, 1955

- - G--:O;tGI.A: During the month ended June 15, the all commodity index of' prices received by Georgia farmers advanced 3 points. At ~1e current level
the Index ~s 262 percent of the J~nuury l91Q December 1914 average, a nd is
identical with the level of the Index during the corresponding period last year.

In the two majo:r sub-divisionsof the all commodity group, the Index for all crops
remained at the same level reported for IIay. The all livestock and livestock
products Index advanced 11 points during the month. A sharp increase in prices
received for hogs, accompanied by moderately. higher prices for all chickens and eggs contributed largely to the shift in the all livestock and livestock products Index and the all comnodity Index.

Lower prices were received during the month for small grains, all baled hay, and wholesale milk.

Uli!ITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined 1 point (4 tenths

-

of one percent) during the month ending in mid-June. At 243 per-

cent of its 1910-lh average, the index was nearl;r 2 percent below a year earlier.

Sharp declines during the past month in prices received by farmers for potatoes,

cantaloups, watermelons, tomatoes, a nd wheat were primarily :responsible for lowering the All Crops Index nearl;'l L~ percent. This reduction was nearly offset by

the increase in the Livestock and Livestock Products Index which rose primarily

because of a sharp advance in hog prices.

The Parity Index {prices paid for commodities, interest, taxes, and wage ro.tes) ns of June 15 remained at the 11aJr level, and vras the same as a year earli~r. I1'ices paid by farmers for items in both the living and production components eased off slightly in June but not enough tochange the index for all commodities
and services. Co-mpared wfth June 1954, corrnnodi ty prices paid by farmers v1ere
down nearly 1 percent but these reductions were offset by increases in interest, taxes, and wage rates.

~:rith no change in the Po.rit~. Index, and with farm product prices dovm slightly, the Parity Ratio for June declined 1 point to 86, the same as in Earch.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - -- _ - - - - Indexes

19-1- 0-lJ-4--

.

- 100
.. ,_

June 15,

:
~

.._1954

,

Hay 15 1
- 195.5.

:

June 15,
1515-5

: Record hi~h :- !n~ex:- Date--
.

Prices Received

2la

243

313 Feb. 1951

Parity Index 1/

282

282

282

?nrity Ratio

88

87

86

123 Oct. 1946

y Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, ancl. Fage Rates. 2/Also l"eb. C:. Apr.l952

D. 1. FLOY'Jir (\gricul tural Statistician In Charge
After Five Days Return to Uni t ed St ates Departme nt of Agriculture
Agricult ur al Marketing Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia

BU'rtTON J. HARRn GTOH Agri cul tural Statistician
Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payment of Postage $300.

OFF'ICIAL BUSil~E S b
(

SOutH ~R4NCH LI8RARl
THE UtHVERSITY OF G0R'GI&
THE UNIVERSITY LlBRARtiS
uams cu.

. '

. : : . . -._ ~ . .. ';;.- .-.-,~..:::.: .-:~:::~_::: .- _:,

'

$

"1

. t









' ;-:...

. CQr;uODITY
A!IJ"D tmiT

. G!mG!A

. ~ - .. . 8 .

illl'ITED .S',l'ATES

l..

.i1\Auvge.ra1g9E0!~'

:jJvne

1 'i,5, 11Hay

15,

. ' Average June 15, "Aug.19Q9.

: '

: 1

I June 15,; May 15, iJune 15,

July 1914 :: 1954 . 1955

1955 July 1914 1 1954 ! 1955 I 1955

~;!heat, :Cu.

. $_ 1:.24

Corn, Bu.

$: 91

.. Oat!?, ,:SU

$f .67

Irish :F ot atoes,Bu. $j 1.12

!
Sne et Potatoes,Eu. $~ .83

Cotton, Lb~

i
! 12.-6

1.86. . 2.oa

1.61 . 1 73

.76

.87

1.60 1.50

2.95

3.70

33.5 34.0 .

1.971!

.sa .

.

~

- .H
?lj :

.

.64

}! .. ~.

.76,ji,

.40

-2.1Di: . I! . ;:

.70 .88

. ,iI ,. ,

34~0 ~ :

1.91 1...49
.74 1.51 2.70 3i.3

2.13 1.40
.72 1. 34 3.15 31.5

2~06
1.40 70
1.21 3.82 31 .4 .

Cottonseed. Ton $j., 24.39.

Hay, (baled) ,Ton

Hogs, _per evtt.

Bee Cattle; cwt.
i.iilk Cows, Head
<
Chi.ck ens, lb.

!"
.,<!> :;, 33..85
! 13.2

Eggs, Ihz.

' ,

~! .. :

21.3
~

..

Butterf <,t, Lb.

.t! . 25.7

I.'lilk ' p

( er

..h1o00le:~sJaJ1e)

i
"2 .42 .

55.()() 58.00

24.70 31.40

24 .~0 . 16.~0

12.20 12.00

100.00 100.00 -

22.0

25.9

42.0

41.0

52.0

52.0

s.ss 5.45

..s.a.oo1!ii 3o.oo; i
'LI.
18.90::
. il
11.701!
. (;
105.6oii
'l;L 26.9 i!
42.5 .!
. i' tI
52.o 1(
j,
5.3~ 1

?2.55
5.42 48.00 . 11.4 21.5 26.3
1.60

51.40 53.10 20.40 22.20 -21.70 . 16.40 16.90 16.30 151.00 147. 00 22.6 25.1 32.9 33.8 55.9 56.7
3.49 3.62

52.00 ' 21.10 18.40 16 . 50 148.00 Q5.1 33.8 56 .. 5
3.61

Soybe~s, Bu.

3.20 . 3.00

3-D9! 1I

Peanuts; Lb.

' 5.0

!i u.o 11.5 . 11.6

4:.8

r

. '

..

1/ Preliminary fo'l' J~e 1955 . ~

ll
If

3.49 2.36 . 11.2 . 12.5

2.32 12.5

IND~ NUl.ifr"\~S OF FRIC~S RECEIVED BY FI\Rf":<..'RS nr G"OORGIA
(January 1910 - December 1914 100)

June 15, May 15, ' "June, 15,

~ -

.

1954

1955

1 955

~All Commodities

. 262

259

262

All. Crops Grains and Hay Cotton I.int

273

279

162

uh

. -276.

279

279
174 279

I

Peanuts

212

222

Tobacco

404

362

. li
I I

,,

Cottonseed and Soybeans . Iri sh Pdtatoes, Sweet Potatoes,
and Cowpeas

230
271.

242 363

224 362
242

1
I I
I

I

344

I

j

Fruits and ~iut s

156

205

205

i All Livestock and Livest.9ck Products . 237

219

230

!I il

Meat Anim;3ls



.I Foultry anc. Eggs

329" . 25?

278

170

182

191

Dairy Froduct s .

221

.221.

218

Revised

PRICES FAID 13Y FA..11I,iZRS FOB SEL:F.X;TED FElillS JUJITE 15, 1955 :!I~F. COMPABISOUS 1}

KIND OF FEED

GEORGI A
Hay lo, 1955

Mixed Dair~ Feed ~1 Under ~. Protein 167- Protein 18~ Protein 20~~ Protein 24% Protein

4.25 4.15 4. 45
4.50 4.65

High Protein ~eeds
Cottonseed Heal Soybean i\'ieal Meat Scrap

4.20 5.80 6.20

Grain B:v-troducts
~r an
iiiddlings Corn Meal

3.75 4.00 4.15

Poultn: Feed Broiler Gro,Jinc Hash Laying 1Iash '"' Scratch Grains

5.70 5.50 4.55

HAIat

! a

Baledl fa

All Ot her

58.00 47.00 '

rJ As reported by Feed Deniers

4.10 4.0d 4.25 4.30 4.45
4.00 4.70 5.40
3.50 3.90 4.30
5.30 5.10 4.50
56.00 43.50

Ibllars ::Eer 100 Po"lmds

I

4~ 00

I
;;

3.96

3.90 1\ ' 3.86 <

4.20 4. 25 4.40

II
;I

3.95 4.24
4.40

3.85 " 4.60 5.30

3.50 3.90
4.25

;,;,i
;j
:1

. i

I I

5.30

j!'
II

! I
:

II 5.10
4.50

.II it

56.00 i I

44.00 I

I

I

4. 32 5.67 6.56
3 .15 3.47 3.89
5.39 5.00 4.36
32.00 30.20

r ay 1o, . :1955
3.83 3. 76 3.81 4.03 4.18
4.20 4.35 5.01
3.07 3. 33 3.68
5.oa 4.68 4.27
35.00 32. 40

3.?8 ... 3.72 3.78 3.94 4.09
4.14 4.17 4.84
2.99 3.32 3.68
_))j
5.02 4.62 4.24
32.50 30.50

-

Athens, Georgia

GEORGIA COTTON ACREAGE REDUCED 15 PERCJ1'NT FR0!1 1954

Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1~ 1955 is estimated at 885,000 acres,
according to the official report of the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is a decrease of 15 percent from the 1,039,000 acres in cultivation one year ago and is 33 percent below the 10-year average (1944-
1953) of 1,330,000 acres.

United States current . acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 17,096,000 or a decrease

of 13 belo-v1

.6 th

p e

ercent from the 10-year averag

e

c

o(1r9rLe~s4p-o1n95d3i)ngo1f92,729,7161 030,0000onea

year cres .

ago

and

is

24.9

percent

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD
.Agricultural .Statistician In Charge

State
N Carolina
s. Carolina
Georgia Tennessee Alabama 1ississippi

1945-54 average abandonment from natural causes Percent
1o..3s
o.s 1.4 o.6 2.3

:.

Acreage in cultivation July 1

(in thousands)

-:---- . -------

. 1955

l 944-53

1954

1955 percent

average
-- ~--""

-

of 1954

711

557

475

85

1,074

836

725

87

1,330

1,039

885

85

767

657

500

88

1,543

1,180

1,_005

85

2, 435

2,001

1,730

86

Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas

Ne1v Mexico

Arizona

-California
Other .States

y

United States

Other States

l

Virginia

Florida Illinois

I

Kentucky

Nevada

Total .Amer. Egypt. 2J

3.2 2.5 1. 7
5.9
3.8
2.5
o.4
0.5
3.1
2.7
3.1 1.8 8.3 3.3 8.4?}
0.9

484 2,018
855
1,226
8,874

455
1,721 698
976
8,065

217

356

I I

790 83

22,763

210

..

430
896

70

19, 791

25.2
L~l.5
J.7 12.2
~7
40.6

18.0 36.7 3.2 9. 8 -1.9
35.7

395

87

l,t!-75

86

620

89

845

87

7,000

87

I

I

185

88

355

83

758

85

63

90

17,096

86.4

I

I

I 17.5 32.7

97 89

2ryll6 I
iI .

s2..o7

84 82

43.6

122

1/ Sums of acreage for 110ther States" r01.mded to thousands for inclusion in United

y- States totals.

1/

Short-time average. Included in State and

United

States

totals .

,.

. 1'

G::-:ORGI A L.AP SHO:;'ING .(!j!tOP REFOHTI NG DISTRICTS

... '

. '

'.

Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts
:.1- - (Acres (000) in Cultivation July 1 ~:~ :~4Ti~~;n~lr~~f~t

Rome .
~~

.I Non-CottOJj.f
I '

f

. . -- --~ - -
\ ~::...~, . - -

. )I

~

I !



.' ./

/./~-:;

]:

66 .. 6i

92

2

69

61..~

93

~
4

~

57

117 103

~ 88

5

205 172

8L~

6

18L~ 155

8lt

,I -. -. -7

121+ 101

81

l

8

174 141 .

81

I

9

--

. --

---

-

-3 3 -

.. 31,
.... - -~-

-..

-

-9-4 -

- ...... j

- - 1,039 885 85. Sta te ... - ... __

. .. - ------- ----~ . -- ---

_I

- --- - I
I

r~M.Qn .

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Vegetable Crop Report for July 12.1955

UNITED STATES: Production of vegetables and melons for sumner harvest this year is
expected to be well a.bove 1954 and average, the Crop Reporting
Board announced today, For creps lvhieh make- up about 80 percent of the summer group,
1955 production will be 8 percent above last ye~r and 11 percent greater than the
average. Substantial increases in production over last year are indicated for summer crops of cantaloups, sweet corn, cucu.rnbers, eggplant, garlic, green peas, spinach, tomatoes, and watermelons. Hoderate declines from last year are reported
for sum..'!ler crops of lima beans, carrots, honeydews, and lettuce. l'iarketings of
summer vegetables and melons in July a.re expected to be at relatively high levels
because of this year.' s increased production and the ove rlapping of harvest . seasoz:1s .between early end late producing States. Harvests are late in the South and vJest but are ahead of schedule in the Northeastern and North Central States. .

LINA BEANS: The for~cast for summ~r lj_ma beans at 925,000 bushels is 5 percent . less than produced last year and 18 percent below ave rage. In Georgia,
harvest of lima beans is about ~mplete in the southern part of the Stat8, Picking is beginni1;1g in central and north Geor~ia uhere grmvers report that dry weather is cutting yields. In North Carolina, harvost has just started in Chowan and. Pender. Countios. Jvlaryland growers report that Fordhooks are podding and are in v_ory good condition. l'1ovoment through the Pdncess Anne and Wicomico auctions 1vas e:t..-pccted to begin during the first week in July. In Hc-..r J e rsey, growing conditions were
ooril.lcnt during June. Fields in the Cedarville area arc somewhat irregular but this condition resulted from r e-plmting of some of the early acreage. Lima beans in New York are mak-ing satisfacto:cy !)-regres-s and pieking -i s expected to begin in late Jnly, about a week earlier than usual. In Ohio, t emperatures during June were
favorable for lima bean growt.h and moisture has been. adequate. Harvest will begin about July 20.

CABBAGE: The forecast for.. thei early summe r crop of. cabbage, at 68,200 tons for

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fresh market and sauerkraut is about equal to last year's production and

average. Favorable grov1ing He ather during June resulted in an. improvement in yield

prospc:: cts. In Harth Georgia, cabbage of good size and quality is expected from

this year's crop and cutting should start about July 11, In New J"ersey, harvest

has started but a dull marl{et is retarding movement of the crop. HarvGst began on

Long Island about a v-rcek earlier than usual this year and volume supplies Hill

continue to be. available in July. In the Nev1 England States, cabbp.gc has matured

early as a resu:!.t of . fc>.vobable vmather and marketings at volume levels tdll be made

during July. In southern Indiana, cabbage crop prospects a re good. In i>Ta shington

State, harvest began in the Puget Sound area in late June and marketings in volume

are expected during July. Cabbage in some sections of r.rashington is boltine; because

of adverse spring "tvcather.



CM~TALOUPS: . ~he production of 1955 early summer cantaloups is forecast at 1,814,000
crates, 3 percent largert1i'nn last year' s c r op but 20 percent belovJ' average. In Georgia, favorable June weather brought- cantaloups on rapidly and
production in l ?tc June was heavy. Harve st is nearly complete in south Georgia but is active in tho central part. of the State. In South Carolina, cantaloups are in good to e;:cellent condition and moisture supplies are currently adequc>.te. Supplies
are expected to continue plentiful until about July 20' after vlhich d'ailY mark~tings
will decline. 'l'he Ar;i.zona crop is nou moving but it is much late r -than usual. The bulk of the crop will be harvested during July th:i,s year. Yiel-d prospec,t ,s ..have declined during the past month duo to the cumulative effects of unfavorable spring t-reather.

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.TOHATOES: LatEJ spring production declined. about "8 pcr~~!lt during ~une to an esti-

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.J . ..mated 2,642JOOO bushels. Reduced yields in. &co:rgia and Texas more than

i .()ffset .improvement in .yields repo.rted in Louisiana and 1-:ississippi. Nb chan ge is

indicated for 'South Carolina. Harvest is over in cent:r:a1 Texa.s. Hq't-;ever, a l:ilght

cariot :idPvemei1t is.:- expe9tod' to .contihue' :througl1 early -JU:],.y r:rom late crops in east .

and.-iJ.o:t-theastern cou.rfties . Nas-keting of ripe 'tornatoes for local markets wlll C0l1 _ :t~tie through most of July. In Louisiana; Hhere prospects improved during .June/
movement got under way . in the -Nhitevillo a rea the last of Juno but rains rcccj_ved about July 1 caused a delay: in harvest. June weather. v.ra~ --favorable in Hississippi and blight damage this ycar .wa s practi.cally nil. Harvest will contil!-11@. ~t;i.l about
mid-July. ,:Tomato'es 'tvo:r:e still bd ng shipped. in volume on June 30 from South

.Car0lina-, but: shipments .wi"ll be c::>..rtremel;>"' light . in July. . Too much rain in the im-

portant Be-aufort-Charl8s:j:,oh area .caused -some damage to tomatoe s there. ' The season . is over in; most of southe rn Georgia_.

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79,2.93,000 melons., 15 -percent above last year and 20 percent above

average.- If tho indicated production is realize d, this ~ill bo the largest e arly

summer . Hatcrmolon crop o.f, record. ~ield prospects improved during June in Georgia,

Louisia1ila, -~1ississippi, 'IIJorth .Carolina, and .-1'1iss.ouri. Harvest in tho earliest areaf

of south Tro:c.s has been comple ted and harvest in :the south centr al section o'f the St~_t o is no-vJ providing volume supplies of good qu2lity melons. A light l:J.arve st _has

sta Hed in cast Texas and supplies from there will _;i.ncrcaso .dur'ing Jul;y:.. In'.
southe.rn and central Georgia, practic'ally all of the crop r oached maturity 2.t the

sani.e: time. Tho crop is lator than usual -due to late plctriting and replanting after

the Hci:rch f r ee zc c:u1d SUl)Plie s -vlill be plentiful through July. Mqlon movement is at its .peak from..the- i mportfn t Barnlvell-Allendalo-Hampton area of Sout,h Carolina and harvest has .: just started in the Chesterfield;:;Dar~1.ri.gton ~rea.

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YffiLD PER i:..CRE

PRODUCT I ON

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Arizona~ . - .

4 ,960: 6,300: <1 ,800: 709 : 740: 700: ' 3, 503: : 4~662: 3,360

Louisiana ~ - 3,880: 2,100: 2,100: 254 : 2oo: . 290:

987: . 420:

609

Mississipj:ii.

7t50b: 9';500: - l Ll,ooo: 228: 220: 290 : 1,699: . 2,.090: 4,060

Al abama 1 3-~ 560': 15,200: 14~ 400: _.. 308: 290: 336: . 4,177: .':_.4-~ 498: 4 ,752

Georgia 49,000: 60,000: 64 ,000: 279: 250: 295: 13,657: 15,000: 18,880

S~:)Uth Carolina North Carolina
Cali fornfa Ar.kansas :

55,000: 63, 000 : 202: .. 190: . 220: 11,000: 14 ,000': . .i -93: 2i5~ 2?_5: ll, tJ: O 1 00 ~9B; : -. 68o:: '' 700~ 10,600: 11~700 : 282: 260: 29 ~ :

9 , 226: 10, 4 50.;, 13, 860 1,8 99: .. 2,365:~- 3,150 6,976 :_._ 7,752: _ 7,000 2 , 6 22: 2,756; . 3, ,52

Oklahoma . . . :

'12,500: 14 ,000 : 187: . '150 : 200: 3,139: 1,8'75: . 2,80()

Missouri. .... : 3 ,020~ 3 , 300: 3,600~ 220: 250: 325: ' (367:

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Georgia a 5,480: 5,000: 4,900: 56: 55:

50: . 305:

275: 245

North Carolina:- 1,540: 1,300: 1,3b0: Q2: 70:

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96:

91: 91

Maryland : 1, 540: 1,600: 1, 700: 78: 60: 75: 120:

96: 128

New Jerse y : 2,720: 2,300: 2,100: 98: 105: 100: 262:

Ohio ='!:./ 850:

700:

700:.2/108: 105: 110:2/ 90:

242: 210 74 : 77

New York : 2,300: 1,400: 1,200:- 136: 140: 145:

309:

196: 174

Group Total : 13-;920'7 !2~300.:_ ll, 9_202:: !1: :_ !9.:_: :::78::_ .!_,.!.2~~>=: !74:: _925

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1,220: 2,500: 7, 320:
590:

1,100: 2,500: 6,700:
450:

1,000: 2,600: 6,900:
500:

New York, other: 12,260: 11,700: 10, 400:

73: 91: 100: 89: 141:

50: 75: 100: 105: 135:

85: 100: 105: 100: 150:

91: 227:
737:
53: 1~ 728:

55: 85

188: 260

670: 724

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1,580: 1,560

Massachusetts . : 1,420: *1,300: 1, 400: 141: *140: 160: 200: *18 2: 224

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490:

500: . 450: 128: 140: 160:

62:

70: 72

. lVii chig an. : 2, 520: 2,600: 2, 400: 98: 105: 115:

246:

273: 276

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870:

750:

750: 146: 155: " 155:

126:

116: 116

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Group total



1, 800: 2,500:
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2,000: ']8,400:

117: 110: 125: -lT9'7 -11"57 -127:-

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Washington :

460:

400:

380: 7.1: 7.5: 7.0: 3,300: 3,000:2,700

New J e rsey. ' 3,860 : 3,800: 3,500: 7.4: 7.5: 7.0: 28,600: 28,500:24 ,500

New York, L. I.:

820:

800:

700: 9.9: 9.0: ll.O: - 8, 200: 7,200: 7,700

Connecticut :

500:

600:

550: 9.4: 9. 5: 10.0: 4 , 700: 5., 700: 5,500

Rhode Island :

140:

150:

130: 8.4: 8.0: 10.0: 1,200: 1,200: 1, 300

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830:

750:

750: 8.8: 9.0: 10.0: 7,300: 6,800:7,500

Georgia, North : 810: 1,000: 1,100: 4 .5: 4.0: 5. 5: 3,700 : 4,000: 6,000

Indiana : 2,120: 2,200: 2,000: 5.5: 5 .2: 6.5:11,700:11,500:13,000
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Norfolk & Otbn: 7, 000: 3,900: 4,100: 175: 175: 190 : 1,214: 682: 779
Maryland ; -s;62o:- 3,360:-3,3oo:- Ts4: Yro:_, __ l857 - -sT97- - -4957"- 6i5

Delaware :2/3,080: 6,200: 8,200:2/2 31: 305: 310:2/ 737: 1,891: 2,542

Kentucky.- 2, 780:

800:

700:- 139: 100: 190:- 385:

80: 133

Missouri. : 2,140: 800: 600: 170: 180: 230: 365: 144: 138

Kansas.

2,640: 400: 500: 162: 180: 225: 416:

72: 112

Nebraska.

3,900: 1, 500: 1, 500: 256: 320: 370: 952: 480: 555

Texas . . 6,960: 6,000: 8,000: 228: 185: 270: 1,546: 1,110: 2,160

Georgia 1,250: 900: 800: 88: 85: 100: 111:

76: 80

New Jersey . : 42,370: 23,200: 23,700: 2 37: 24 5: 325: 9,713: 5,68 4 : 7,70 2

Group Total 7 99-;9To-; 6 57 4'007 772-;4oo: -2107' -21: 3-; - 268:-20 ,"560: -i3,934 :19-;431
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GENERAL CIDP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JULY 1, 1955

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__Weather conditions during the month of June have generally been favorable for grow-

Ing crops in most areas of the State. Light and scattered rainfall received during

the first 15 days of the month afforded only temporary relief to the dry areas ip

ce~tral and southern regions. - Raintall has -been -generous -during the past 15 days

in most areas and crops have responded very favorably. Sub-soil moisture in some

sections still remains below a normal level, and further rains will be needed,

especially in the southern districts i{ crop conditions are 'to continue at a faVor-

able level.

Indicated yield per acre of corn is 18.0 bushels. This has been exceeded only by

the record yield in 1953 pf 20.0 bushels. Tobacco yield of l2.4l pounds per acre

has .. been exceeded only twice in the history of the State. Prospects for oth~r .

spring~ planted field crops are generally much better than last year. Pastures and

hay dr"'" rol' p 's" nave made rapid improvement in the past few weeks.



CORN: Prospects for the corn crop have inwroved in all areas where general rains
~ have been received. The indicated production is estimated at 53,352,000

bushels - 80 percent above the shqrt 1954 crop of 29,642,000 bushels and 15

percent larger than the ten-year average production. Yield per acre is expected to

be 18 .0 bushels - 7.5 bushels above the 1954 yield and 3.2 bushels larger .than the

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ten year (1944-53) average yield, The 1955 . corn acreage for harvest is 2,964,000

cotn:Pared 1<Jith 2,823,000 last year.

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~~L GR!JNS: Weather conditions were unfavorable for small grains in most areas of the state. Shortage of moisture during the fall months roBde it
difficult to secure stands anci growth was retarded by the drought. The severe freeze of late Narch damaged crops in all sections. The crops have been saved in .9oq~ condition but yie lds are somewhat less than in recent years.

f TOBACCO: Harvesting of t he current crop in most areas is lvell advanced, The--pro-

duction for the 1955 crop is placed at 126,5401 000 pounds comparedWith 124,220,000 pounds l a st season and is 10 percent above the ten-year average -,. :

production of 114,536,000 pounds, Yield per acre is .indicated at 1241 pounds com-

pared with 1172 pounds in 1954 and is the highest yield of r ecord with the exception

of 1953 ..and 1949.

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~TS: ~..~creage of peanuts planted alone is estimated at 660,000 acres or 6 .

_.._ - - percent above the 623,000 planted alone last year and is the largest ac'rea~~ si~ce 1951. The current acreage is l ess than one half of ~he acrea~e~_Pl..~~

.. ed <luting the 1>rar years. The first pr:oduct.:!.on eatimatc will be made as of Augu,s-t ,1,

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MILK.PRO.DUCTION: Total milk productid.n in~Georgi',a during the month of June was 112

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million pounds; Th:i.s voJ.wne was app roximate ly 5 pe rcent below :th~

,. May 1evel and 2 percent above the .volume praduced iri June 1954.

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vJheat

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Oat.st

Bu. I 685

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Rye

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Barley

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Hay, All Peanuts, Alone

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791

623 I 660

109 106

Soybeans, Alone

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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

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UNITED Sl'ATES - GENERAL CRoP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1955

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Total crop production in 1955 now promi'ses to be the second highest of record. A ;number of . . .. individual_'crops. however, show no~ able downward adjustmen1; s .from last .year. Feed grain pro..; , .,

duction will be reatly increased .over last year by near-record com aild oats crops, a recor.di ,, .

~arley. crop, Ell;l a sorghum crop whi9}1 has record possibilities. Hay tonnage and soybean acreag

ere the highest yet recorded. There will be less food grains harvested than last year, also .

less tobacco, las~ sugar crops, dry peas ~d bops,



Fe84. gr~ns this .year._will make up an even larger part of the season's finB.l output than usllal. Corn-regularly a leader in importance among American erops- has had good to excellent condi ti,ons for planting and growth. The July 1 forecast of over 3.-4 billion bushels of all corn is a sixth
larger than last year's crop but still short of the 3.6 billion bushel record crop of 1948, The oats crop of 1.5 billion bUshels is one percent larger than last year and second largest of record ~though from a slightly smaller acreage than was harvested last year, Barley ;prpspects outstrip the 1954 record by 4 percent. Sbrghum acreage harvested for all purposes may total o~fifth larger than last year, making record. sorg:bun) grain production a possibility. .

Food. grains Will be harvested from 11 percent fewer acres than last year. ~at and rice .- .

growers sharply reduced plantings in compliance with acreage allotment and marketing quota p.rograms. The ~0 million bushel crop of all wheat includes 663 million bushels of winter wheat, 16

p_ercent less than last year and a spring wheat crop of 19? million bushels, 10 percent l~ger.

Soybeans again dominate oUsee.d ~ly pro~ects with .fl. record acreage expected for harvest and

generally favorable growingcondihons to date. Cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 14

percent less than a year earlier. Peanut acreage is 5 percont larger ' than last year but still

only about two-thirds of average.



OOBN1 A large corn crop.;...3,4&l million bushels--is fo;-ecas~ for 1955. Suc:P an outturn would

be the second largest of ~ecord and exceeded only by i;he 3,605 million bushel crop in

1948. 'rha current forecast is 16 percnet above last year and 12 percent above the lC>-year

average. A record yield per harvested acre of 42.7 bushels is indicated compared with 37.1 .in

1954 and the average of 36.4 bushels. The growing crop .is in good to excellent condition in

all States.



WINTER WHEA!r1 A winter vrheat crop of 663 million bushels is in_proiect for 1955, or about _24 million bushels more than fol'ecast last month, This s 16 percent less than the
791 million bushels. procluoed last year and compares with the average of 867 million bushels. The yield per harvested acre is ostimated at 19.6 bushels, which comperes with last year 1s ncar~ reoor4 yield of 20.5 bushels and the average of 18.0 bushels.

O.A!rS~ The 1955 production of oats, the Nation 1 s second leading feed croj,, is forecast at 1, 513.5

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million bushels. This would be one percent above last year's large crop, 14 percent

above average, and the second largest of record. The bulk of the incres.se i 's in North Dakota,

and States bordering tho Gre&t Lakes, except Pennsylvania . Tho U, S. yield of 36.0 bushels per

acre is the highost in 4 years.

P~S: Following tho increase in acreage quotas of 7~ percent announced on May 4, peanut

growers made a determined effort to plent tho' addi tionaJ. a.croage allotted for picking

and threshing. As a result tho 1955 acreage of 2,034,000 planted alone for all purposes which

includes acreage for picking and t~eshing, hogging off, and for other purposes, is 6.3 percent

moro than indicated ih March. It is 5.1 percent above the 1,936,000 acres planted alone in 1954,

but well below the 1944-53 average of 3,134,000 acres.

.

u. TOBACCO& . A total S. tobacco crop of 2, 1?3 million pounds is precast as of July 1: . A

~ ..this size would be 3 porcent below last year's production but the fifth largest

of record. nue~ed ~ Maryland, and cigar tobaccos are expected to show increases c;>vor last

ye~.; other classes will be down.



UNITED srms

CROP

i f ACBEAGE ~N THOUS. 1955 IND. ;

YIElD

; PBoOOCTION IN TIDuSANDS
. I

.jorn, Ali

bu.l

ilheat, All

bu. a

O~oatttson, J}

bu.a
:

iia:y All

ton 1

ooybeans,lfr

I

Peanuts.

a

.Potatoes, rish.bu. &

Sweet Potatoes, bu, &

To acco All lb. &

' Harv. & For Herv: Percent of f

Ind.Jul 1

:Ind.July 1 '

1954 :
79,875&

801~9'57565 '

1955 ' 1954 I 1955 a 1954 ' 1955 .
101 :' 37.1 ..'; 42.7 ' 2,964,639 I 3,449,667

53,?12: 4?,376 I 42,1511 42,009 ,
19,791& 1?,096 ' ?2,770, ?4,667 18~?53& 19,860 ' 1 '936: 2,034

88 & 18.1 ., 18.2 I 969,781

860,331

100 86
103
106 105

a 35.8. I
--r~43 ;,

. 36.0 ., 1,4~~5?9

..

0

0

1.46; .

-

I

I

--1-04,3'80

--- 1,513,498
---.. 109,184 . '

1,408& 1,444

102

253

277

400,335

3461

339

98

101

l 6661 1 520

91

1429

purpose's.

Aftor Five Days ~eturn to Unite~ States !bpartment of Agricill ture
Agricultural Marketing Service 319 Extension Building . Athens, Georg!a OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Penalty For Private Use To Avoid -Payment of Postage, $300

s.oute ~~cu LlURAat
THE OOIVERSITY OF CEORG!A
THE UNIVEltStTY LIBRARIES
ATBmB GA.
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GEOROIA COTTON: ACREAGE, .YISLD AND PRODUCTION, 1954

(These estimates are based on the 1e.test available data and are preliminary)

. :

District and

---=-=-A_c__r=e~a_.,g"e"'=-==~~===

In

:

YiTenld Lint p-er Acre

: Production : - ,?00-Pound-

County

cultivation Harvested cultivation Harvested Gross Weight

_ _ _ _ ___:__J_u_l.J.y__l___ ________luly 1

Bales

Acres

Acres

Pounds

Pounds

Bales

DISTRICT I

Bartm-r

19,800

19,480

361

366

Catoosa

1,500

l,L~ S o

337

341

Chattooga

5,190

5,100

290

295

Dade

390

380

218

224

Floyd

8,200

8,070

296

301

Gordon

11,970

11,770

386

392

Hurray

3,970

3,900

318

324

Paulding.

3,380

3,320

238

2L~ 2

Polk

7;220

7,100

294

299

Walker

2,710

2,6?0

264

269

~fui t f i e l d

1, 930

1, 900

275

279

1w., 9oo
1,050
3,130 180
5,060 9,630 2,640 1,680
h,430 1, 500
1,110

Total

66,260

65,170

328

333

45,310

DISTRICT II

~ Ba- rro- w ---

6,530

6,460

277

280

Cherokee

850

840

287

290

Clarke

2,210

2,190

298

301

Cobb

1,160

1,150

231

233

Dawson

200

200

250

250

DeKaib

570

560

277

282

Forsyth

2,450

2, L~20

292

295

Fulton

2,750

2, 720

260

263

Gilmer

15

15

267

267

G\>Tinnett

4, 950

4,900

286

289

Hall

2, 940

2,910

269

271

Jackson

11,250

11,130

21.!.6

248

Lumpkin

85

85

294

294

Oconee

9,350

9,2 50

290

293

Pickens

400

400

202

202

Walton

22,720

22,490

286

289

White

730

720

290

294

3,770 510
1,380 560 110
330 l,h90
1,490 10
2,950 1,650 5,760
50 5,650
170
13,580
440

Tatar

69,160

60,440

276

279

39,900

,,.

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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAO:S, YIELD. fljiJD PRO.DU.C.T. IO. N. , 1954

District
and County

:

...

.. :

Acreage In

. Yie~d Lint per Acre

Production

.

In

. : .. 500-Pound

cultivation Harvested cultivation Harvested : Gross Weight

J':llY 1

Julll

Bales

DISTRICT V
Baldrin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge
Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens .. Monroe Nontgomez;y Morgan - .
Newton
Peach Pulaski Putnam
Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Tl-tiggs \vashington Wheeler
~vilkinso n

-Acres
2, 840 l,Lao 8,220 5,440 2,000 15,710 3,760 10,230 6,110 5,260 19,100
500 3h,310 1,8.50 4,690 17,040
9,310 3, 000 10,620 1,800 3, 630 1,840 h,O).j.O L.,020 21,420 4,380 2, 600

Acres
....

2,800

1, 450

i " 8,100

... ~'

5,360 1_,970

15,480

3,710

1o,oao

6,020

5,180

18,820

4~0

33,850

1,820

4,620

16,790

9,180

2, 960

10, 4?0

1, 770

3, 580

1, 810

3, 980

3, 960

21,110

4,320

2, 560

Pounds .

Pounds

258

261

255

259

313

318

201

204

266

270

239

242

1134

187

247

251

260

264

219

223

246

250

168

171

258

261

194 282

..

197 287

257

260

226 .. .. \

230

319

323

328

333

221

22.5

287

291

218

222

295

299

232

235

234

237

230

233

142

1)1.4

Bales

.. 1,">,J.30 . ' 780 5,380 .

2,280

1,110

7,830

l, L~40

5,280

3,320

2,410

9,820 170 .

18,450

750

2,760

9,120

4,400

2,000

7,260

830

2,170

840
2,~.8 0

.. -

1,940

10,460

2,100

77 0

'.

Totai

205,190 . 202,240

252

2.55

107,680

DISTRICT VI Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia
~ffingham
Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren

19,000
43,740 7, 950 2,310 1, 860 20,100 .?, 900 24,170
13,9.50 7,970 2,690
20, 4.50 13,380

18, 830
43,3 90 7,880 2,300
1, 8 L~O
19, 950 5, 350 23,970 13, 840 7, 900 2,670 20,280
13,270

267

269

250

252

256

258

21~4

' 2h.5

3.54

358

240

2h2

21.5

217

229

231

2h0

242

209

2ll

215

217

246

248

240

242

10, 580
22,790
4, 250. 1,170
1,370 10,070
2,650 11,.5.50
7,000
3,1.+70 1, 210
10, 500 6,720

Total

183,470

181,970

244

246

93,330

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'. . G:~ORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIF:LD JIJ\TD PRODUCTION, 1954

. - . : ~
.,.)

Distri ct and . :

Acreage In

.-

..: . .

. . Yield Lint per Acr~ In

Production 500-Pound

Coun~y.

. cultivation Harye~ted. : cultivation Harvested : Gross -Height

July 1

. . July 1

I3ales

-Acr-es

-Acr-es

Pounds

Pounds

Bales

DISTRICT V:U

Baker

3, 810

3,770

306

309

Calhoun

6,680

6,610

339

343

Clay

4,230

4,190

331

335

Decatur

4,720

4,670

235

238

Dougherty

2,350

2,320

257

261

Early

16,440

16,270

344

347

Grady

4,400

4,350

374

378

Lee

4,470

4~440

306

309

Niller

7,240

7,170

375

379

Nitchell Quitman ..

15,720 1 , 8 50

l':JJ, :~> 60 1,830

30L~
199

307 201

Randolph

6,370

6,300

275

278

Seminole

5,640

:;, 580

1~ 79

485

Stewart

3,570

3,530

272

275

Sumter

12,980

12, 850

354

358

Terrell

14,610

14, 460

356

360

Thomas

6,860

6,790

394

398

~ve bster

1, 850

1,830

225

228

2,430

4,730 f
2,920

2,320"'

1,260

11,790

3,430
52,'687600
9,960

"' . ... "

.

.

..
: :

.

770 3, 660 .

5,640

2,030

9,600

10,860

5,640

870

Total

123,790

122,520

335

338

86, 440

DISTRICT VIII Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook
Crisp
Dooly Echols
Inri.n Jeff Davis Lanier
Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner
~vilcox
lvorth

1,040 6,190
~. ,060
10,410 120
8,410
25,540
. 4, 780 11, 670
22,760 50
12,030 2,660
750 3, 770 5,780 8, 530 9,460 13,330 22,440

Total

173,780

1,020 6, 060 3, 980 . 10,200
120 8,240 25,020 4,670 . 11,1-~.30 22,290
50 . 11,780
2,610 .. ?30
3,690 5,660 8,360 9,270 13, 060 21, 980
170,220

369

376

317

' . 324

284

2e9

342

350

300

300

265

270

366

373

355

364

335

342

318

325

500

500

275

281

338

344

345

355

365

373

250

256

278

283

296

302

284

290

367

374

322

329

800

4,090

2,400

711 Lr.40 80

4,650 .

19,480 ' 3, 540

8,160

15,110 50

:J

6;,910

1,880

540

2,870

3,020

4,940

5,850 7,910

.. .. . .
: . .'/ , ..

17,170

~ ''

116,890

Page 5.

G~ORGIA COTTOH: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954

Distri ct and
County

Acrea~e

Yield Lint Eer Acre

In

In

. cultivation Harvested cultivation Harvested

Jul;t: 1

Ju.l;t: 1

Acres

Acres

Pounds

Pounds

DISTRICT IX

Appling

5,270

5,160

331

339

Bacon

2,hL~O

2,390

334

341

Brantley

25

25

hOO

400 .

Bryan Charlton

200
5

200,...
:J

195 200

19.5 200

Chatham

50

50

260

260

Evans

3,170

3,110

283

288

Liberty

110

110

173

173

Long

550

540

3h5

3.52

Pierce

2,hl0

2,360

314

321

Tattnall

6,050

5,930

260

265

Toombs

9,440

9,240

318

325

Ware

310

790

359

368

Wayne

2, 890

2,830

300

307

Total

33,420

32, 71+0

306

312

STATE:

1,039,000 1,025,000

282

286

Production 500-Pound Gross ~1eight
Bales
-Bal-es
3,640 1,700
20 80
2 28 1,870 hO !tOO
1,580
3 , 2 80 6,270
610 1, 810
21,330
612,000

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisti cian

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

... \:..

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... UNITED "STATES D~PJ~.l-tTH:.;HT OF AGRICULTURE :



AGRICULTURAJ~ HARKETING SERVICE

\.JA...,1IINGTON, D. c.

July 28; 1955

HONEY REPORT - JULY 1955

:

A total of 5,233,000 cplonies of bees were on hand July 1 in the United States, the

Crop Reporting Board announced today. The nmnber of colonies available for pro-

ducing this year's crop is 4 percent smaller than last year. The 1954 crop of 217

million pounds of honey was produced by 5,465,000 colonies of bees. All:. regions of

the cotmtry shol-Ted decreases in number of colonies compared with last year except

the East North Central region, which showed no change. , Decreases from last year are
11 percent in the North Atlantic, 7 percent in the South Central, 6 percent in the

~ ~st North Central and South Atlantic and 1 percent in the West. The decrease in

colony numbers was greatest in the small apiaries. Beekeepers with from 1 to 9

colonies decreased 18 percent, compared 1vith last year, those 1vith 10 to 39 colonies

decreased 6 percent while the commercia.l group, with 40 or more colonies, increased

1 percent. These estimates are based on reports from about 7,000 beekeepers includ-

ing both farm and non-farm apiaries.

Colony losses during last winter and this spring averaged 17 percent. Winter ..and spring losses were 23 percent in the North Atlantic, 20 percent in the 1ilest l~T.orth
Central, 18 percent in the l:Jest, 15 percent in th!i) ..$9"\J.th Central and in the :Ea."st
North Central .State s, and 1.3 pe rcent in the Sou:th Atlantic States, These percentages cover lvinte r -and sp ring losses only and do not, cOvl!ir losses during t h e honey
producing season . _Of .the h,.7..SO.. reporls r e ceived em eause s of losses 1, 889 repo.iied
starvation, 723 ~queenless, 59-7 winter killing, - :~52 inse cts, 172 foul brood, 89 spray
poison, 79 rodents, 32 dysentery, and 917 reported other or unknown causes. ,_,.

The condition of colonies about July 1 Ha s reported at 86 percent, uhich is about average for thip date_. _ JulY-_ 1 condition_ of nectar plan..s-.l-uts- 79 percent--slig-htly beloiT the 1947-52- average. Honey flolvS are in progress in practically all areas of the country. I n Califon1ia cool weather during the spring delayed tho development of honey pla."'l.ts t>ut conditions now are reported to be good. The citrus :~oney crop ..i.s reported to .be ..light. In the intermountain States the late spring and re1{?-rded nectar flovJ" -vmuld indicate a prdp below t hat of. last year. Crop prospects in \lashington and Oregon are not too favorable although condition of nectar plants in the irrigated s e"ctions of eastern Oregon are good. For the East North Central region prospe cts are good in. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and trJ'isconsin. In Nichigan, p rospe cts are fai rly good except in the Thmnb area. Crop prospects are exce llent in _1Yiinne sota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. Abundant supplies of ne ctar plants in )-:j._s$.ouri are offset by weakened colonies. In the South Atlantic States a short crop is in prospe ct. Last year's drought resulted in we akened colonies and the l'Iarch freeze damaged nectar plants. The orange bloom in Florida was short due to dr,y weather. The South Central States report nectar plants damaged by the freeze and by dr,y conditions in the sp ring, but the pre sent outlook is good follm-ling i mp rovement in June. In the North Atlantic r egion New J e rsey and New England have prospe cts for a good crop of honey while i~ . Pennsylvania and New York prospects are for a be low average crop.

(See the r everse side for information by states and regions)
. REI SSUED THROUGH GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SBRVI CE ~August 8, 1955

('

P~ter Five Days Return to United State s Department of Ag riculture
Ag ricultural i.11arketing Service 319 EJdension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage $300.

$0UtU 8RNNCH ~IaRIRt

TBE WIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

THE UtUV~RSlfY lt:J;8RUl!:~

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ATHENS GA.

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COLONIES OF BE2S AND CONDITION OF' COLONIES AND NECTAR PLANTS. ON JULY 1

State and
Division

__ Colonies of boos : Colonies Condition Condition

..

r

lost

of : of nectar

. y . . .. 1y954

I

;1955

1955 ' t.Jintor and
r 1954 spring of I 195!~-55

colonies plants

Jul~l
l9 5



Ju1l9~~1

.

Thousands

J/ Percent Percent

Percent of norn~l

~iaine

8

6

75

53

. New Hampshire Vermont

.' i
..

'5
11

~4
10

80 91

;)6
12

iviassachusetts

31

28

90

"33

Rhode I s1and

2

2

100

31

. Connecticut

17

13

76

36

l'Tew York

221 199

90

22

l~Cl'l Jersey

32

32

100

27

Pennsylvania

168 . 148

88'

23

North Atlantic

495

4h2

89

23

Ohio Indiana Illinois Hichigan,
l:Jisconsin

289

292

178

180

164

157

185 . 185

204

2_08

101

12

101

12 .

96 100

2o' .
.. 14

102

16

East North Central l,t020 1,022

100

15

Minnesota Iowa l!Jissoul'i North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska
Kansas

243 . 243

10.0

21

185

165 '

89

21

137

119 . . '87

22

13

14

108

36

24

25

104

18

43

43

100

13

48

45

9h

24

West North Central 693

654

94 '

20

Ilelm-1are Maryland Virginia
West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Fiorida

3

3

100

-)0

26

87

2,7'

143

1_36

95

10

122

109

89

30

193
59

.

iBJ
50

' 95 85 .

21 26

205

189

. 92

. 238 ' 238

:i:O()

7 13

South Atlantic.

993

93l~

94

13

Kentucky Tennessee .Alabama Hississippi Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas

139 . 126

91

24

170

148

87

27

190

171

90 '

17

73

73

100

14

92

89

91

22

93

93

100

8

50

48

95

20

280

266

95

14

South Central

1,987 1,014

93

15

Hontana

68

71

105

22

Idaho

174

174

100

28

1~oming

33

33

100

13

Colorado

68

65

96

18

New Nexico

15

16

105

10

Arizona

77

79

103

13

Utah

50

47

94

29

Nevada

14

14

100

8

Washington

86

81

94

15

Oregon

55

50

91

29

California

531 .,?37

100

14

~Testern

1,177 ' 1,167

99

18

: L"NITED STATES

5,465 5,233

96 '

17

Y flevised. y Preliminary
1/ Percent of colonies entering rN.inter, as reported.

87

91

85

87

/ f

87 87

.. 8970

85

86

86

81

88

75 .

88

88

89

75

88

78

87

88

92

90

91

88

84

80

93

98

89

89

94 .. .'. ,,.88

92

94

93

90

89

89

89

86

95

92

87

80

93

90

E\9

84

8895'... .,

84 72.

87

81

83

68

78

70

82

68

78

t'J4

82

70

89

88

84

78

70

64

87

82

87

82

90

82

82

70

87

72

84

76

85

87

84

85

88

87

79

15

85

71

79

70

82

83

'77

74

84

77

86

85

87

71

85

76

86

1 79

Athens, Georgi~

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FAID1 PRICE . REPORT. AS OF~ 15, 1955

Gs ORGIA-: 1 Du.ring the mofith rmded July 15, the All Commodity Index of PriceS' Received
. by Georgia farmers declined three points. At the current level, the il;ldex is 259 percent of the J~nuary 191o - December 1s~ ih average, and three percentage points bel01-1 the level-of the :i_ndex during; the c~rre sponding period a year ago.

'Lower prices duri ng the month for ~heat, 'corn, Irish potatoes, cottonseed, all baled hay, hogs, beef cattle, milk cows, :chickens, soybeans, and peanuts contributed to the decrease in the index.

Higher 'prices were- rece:i.ved during the 30-day pel'iod for oats, eggs, and l.rholesale

. milk.

. '

In the two major subdivisions of the All .Commodity .Index,. the A~l Crops Index de-

clined three points and the index for All Livestock and Live stock Products declined

six poi~ts durin._~ the . m~nth.

...

,

j

.UtiJITED STATES: The i ndex of Prices Received by 'Rarmers declined 2 percent (6 point~

d;u.ring the month ending in mid-July. At 237 pe.rcent of its 1910-14

average the index 1-ras 3 perce'nt belm-r a year earl:ter.. Declines in pr i ces received

by f'armers for hogs, potatoes, app le-s; cattle:, Hheat, and "w~:te rmelons were primarily

r.esponsiqle_for ..th~ . decrease . during the past. _month. Pric~ inqr~ases for mille,

tomatoes, grape.fruiti, . .co_tton, lettuce, a.nd, eggs; were only ljartially offsetting. ,

The All Crops and the Livfllsto<?~ and Live.stock .Products Indexes declined during the

past month to 233 and 237 respe ctively.



t ' . :' : ..



. . !

'

'

Lower prices for farm producti\:m goods together with a d~.cline _in .the seasonally

adjus-ted 'in!lex or' cash wage rates paid .l1ired farm labor. reduced . ;the Pari ty Index

(Prices Paia for G01mnodities, Interest, 'l'axes, and l.Jage .Rate's) .; 1 point t o 281 on

July 15. Prices p aid by farmers for family living items :-averaged unchanged f rom

June. The July reduction in the Parity Index left it 1 point higher than a ye ar

earlier.




..~ I

The greater decline ' in the In-dex of Prices Received than in the Parity Index dropped

the Parity Ratio 2 points to Bi~ in m:Ld-,!uly._ . This i::;' h points belo1v a year earlier

r.nd the lpWest sine~ Dec8mbe r . 191~.0 . .



....

' .!'

Indexe s

:

1910-+4=100. -::

... .

,



..Pr.::.L

c

es
.



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. .

Parity-Index

Summary Table for .the .United States .

July 15,
:1954

June 1) , 1955

--:-.---J-u-1-ly9-5-15-.5.-,-..-~~--I-n--d-eR-xe-c--o-r7-d-h-- i-Dg-h-a-t-e----

-,- ~ 245

, 2-t~3

313 .. . Feb. 1951

280
.....

.. 282

290 ~ May 1952

Parity Ratio. . --~- . 8

86

rrc 1946

Y, -:Prices P~id, Interest, Taxes , and<vlage Rates. - ~ Also February and April 1952.

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural .Statisticiap In Charge~.
.t:

BURTON J I HARRINQ-TON . Agricultural Statistician

After }!'i ve Days .Return to , . united States Department; of Agriculture
Agricultural Harketii'rig Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFfi CIAL BUSINESS

Penalty--for private use to avoid
.. payment of postage :;;;300.

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SQQfij SRANCH LlBR~RY
THE UNIVERS ITY OF GtOnGIA THE UIHVERSlTY LIBRAR1 KS ... ..
ATHENS GA.

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Wnt: .,

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Wheat, .~u.

is; PRICES ~VED BY FARiERS JULY

i955 WITH COMFARIOONS

I . ! t7JCnH:r ; 'A

.

.

tJi.fiTED S!'A!rES

Average ' Aug.l009- July. l5,

. June

15, ; July

15,

1 ~ _Av~e1r.a9g0e9-. ~. uly

15, j June

1.
15, !July 15,

.. July 1914 1R54 1955 1 1955 JUly 1914 . 1954 . I . 1955 1955

$ 1.24

)..as 1.97 , 1.94

.88

I 2.oo 1 I

2.00 ..

I

. . 1.97

$

. 91

1.64 ' 171 1.70

.64 1.50: j 1..40 1 : 1.f)

Oats, Bu.

$ 1 .67 1 .78

.76

.78

Irish Pot&toes,Bu. $ Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $

I 1.50
I
.83 I 3.50 '

2~10' 1

1.6o I
,I

Cotton, Lb. Cottonseed, Ton

. '
$

I 12.6

'33.5

24.39 53.00

34.0 1 34.0 II
I . sa.oo 1 57e00

Hay (baJ.ed), Ton $ Hogs, per Cwt. . $

I 2_5.60
7.33 ' 23,00

30,00 i 29.50 I
18.So 1 18.50

.40

I .67

.so

I .70 1.49 I

' I .88

302

1.21 3.82

.88 2,79

I 12.4 32.2 1 31.4 .

-22.55 7.27

54.00 , ... . 52.00 54.00

19.00 i
21.20

2+.10 20.00
18.40 rI 16.70

Beef Cattle, C.-zt. Milk -Co,.,s, Head Chickens, Lb. Eggs,: Doz. Butterfat, Lb.

:I 3.87 33.85 13.2

11.20 11.70 i 11.60

I

I I 100.00
24.9

1o5.oo

I 1

99.00

1,

26.9

25.4



43.0

42.5 ! 44.6

I 25.7

52.o 52.0 ! 52.0

. 5.42 15.80

16.50 1 16.10

48.00 I 145,00 148.00 .1 148.00

11.4 21.5

1 22.4

I
I

34,4

55.7

25.1 1 24,5
I 33.8 1 35.2 56.5 56.0

Milk (wholesale)

. per 100# J)

$

Soybeans, Bu~

Peanuts, Lb.

I. I l 2.42 I

5.65 1

5,55 1 5.65
- .j.

5.0

I II 3.10 I 3.00 ., 2,80
,. n.o 1 u.6 I 11.3

~ I 3,n I 3.47 I 4.8 i 11.2
l

3.63 3.81
I
2.32 .1 2,23
12.5 1 12.4

]} Preliminerjr for Juiy 1955.

INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY Fla.!ERS IN GEORGIA
(January 1910 - December 1914 = 100)

July 15, June 15, . Jul~ 15,

1954

1955 . 1 55

AI! COmmod1t1e s All Crops

~~~

~~~

~~~ .

Grains and Hay

'

165

174

172

I

Cotton Lint

276

279

279

Peanuts

212

224

218 '

Tobacco Cottonseed and SoYbeans

104

362

362

. 221

242

239

)

Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes and Cov1p eas

315

341 ' 334

Fruits and Nuts

156

205

205

All Livestock and Livestock Products 237

230

224

Meat Animals

312

278

271

Poul.try and Eggs Dairy Products

.

180

191

185

225

223*. ~

225

R3vised

PRICES ?AID BY Fl.amtS FOR SELE:TED FEEDS JULY 15, 1955 11ITH COMP1l.BIOONS ])

KIND OF FEED

July 15, 19&-1

GEORGIA
June 15, 1955

July 15, 1955

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July 15, June 15,

1954

1955

Mixed Dairz Feed
% 2l9iJ.%l PUrnodteerin
16 Protein 18 %Protein 20 "/o Protein 24 ~Protein

4.15 4.05 4. 40
4 . 40 4,60

Hi~h Protein Feeds CO .t onseed !~til MScov~bt eaSncrMapeaJ.

4,20
5.80 6.20

Grain By-Products-.
Fr an
Middlings Com Meal

3.65 3.95 4.35

Pod try Feed

~ il or Grouing MaSh 5.70

Laying !lash

5.40

Scratch Grains

4. 55

Hor (BaJ.od~
A1 a!fa
All Other

55.00 42.00

4,00 3.00 4.20 4.25 4.40
3.85 4.60 5.30
3.50 3.90 4.25
5.30 5.10 4.50
56.00 44.00

Dollars per 100 Pounds

4.05 3.95 4.20 4.25 4. 10
3.85 4.60 5.30
3.50 3.90 4.20
5.30 5.10 4.50
58.00 45.00 '

3.91 .

3.83

3.89

4.20

I 4.32

I 1.29

I 5.77

l
!

6.68

I

3.03 1. 3.28 .

3.96

I

I I

5.35

I 4.97

I 4.32

I 31.30 29.40

3.78 3.72 3.78 3.94 4.09
4.14
1.17 4.81
2.99 3.32 3.68
5.02 1 .62 4.24
32.50 30.50

]j As roportod by Feed Doalers.

Julyl5,
1955
3.75 3.68 3.76 3.93 4.15
4.00 4.17 5.02
2.96 3.30 3.69
5.02 4.60 4.21
31.60 29.20

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Athens, Georgia

GEORGIA AUGU&r 1 COTTON BEPORr

August 8. 1955

Georgia. has prospects for a 1955 cotton crop of about 575,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight),
according to Aui.J.st 1 indications reported by crop correspondents to the Georgia. Crop Report~g Service of the United Sba.tes Department of Agriculture. This is 6 per cent be1ovr the 612,000 bales produced last year and 17 per cent below the 10-year average (1944-1953) of 695,000 standard bales.

Indicated yield per aere of 314 pounds is ne:rl to the highest in the his.tory of the State, being exceeded only by the record high of 317 pounds in 1951. This compares with 286 pounds in 1954 and the lQ-ye ar avorage of 253 pounds.

l eather has been varied this year. After the seve re drought of 1954 continued dry conditions

prevailed over most of the current planting period and into the early growing season. Consider-

able planting over was necessary in Southern Georgia resulting in such fields being some'.7ha.t

later than usual. Frequent showers and rains of latter June and during most of July caused

renk growth of plants.

:

l<iinimum boll weevil hibernation last \7inter and survival this spring, following the drought of last season, permitted unhampered early fruitin g of plants before the pest had time to multiply currently to any great extent. The southern part of the St ate generally is maturing
good to excellent yields while in middle Georgia a good bottom crop of bolls nnd a fair midplant crop appears safe trith the fat e of small bolls still uncert ain. 71eevils are numerous with the frequent July showe rs and rank plant growth having prevented effective poisoning operations. In northern territory, plants were blooming freely on report date with good to .excellent yields indicated.

Final outturn of the crop compared with this for ecast .wil1 depend upon whethe r or not the various f actors affecting the crop during tho r emainder of the s eason a.r~ more or l o ss favorable than usual.

ARCH!E LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

D. t. FLOYD
Agricultural St atistician, In Charge

GEORGIA MAP - SHOWING AUGU~ 1 CONDITION I;1Y CROP REPORTING DisrRICTS

I 1955-79%
1954-70%
1953-79%

Non-cottoy

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II

J

1955 - 82% )
J 1954- 71% \ \ 1953 - 77% ~~ v v~HEN~>

1955 - 8liu 1954 - 6 ~~ 1953 - 750:,

v.
r. 1955 - 81
1954 - 61 ~ ~ - 1953 - 75%

&rATE: 1955 - 800f., . 1954 - 62% 1953 - 75%
Districts shovm are crop reporting districts and NOT Congressional Distr1cts.

VII.
1955- 83% 1954 ~ 62% 1953 - 72"/o

VIII.
1955 - 8~ 1954 - 5'7% 1953 - 75o/o

..

VAL'OO~A

IX,
1955- 7~ 1954 - 60% 1953 - 76%

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., \ TJ"1HTED s TATES - COTTOl'i R'BPO?..T AS OF: AUGUS T 1, 1955
t , --;~- --:.--,,::::::- ~ :.:, .. . . ~~ ~ ,.. .~-- - -: ... -~.-- - ! ~ . --=~'-\:::.- ~~, ---- ---~ ~--:-;:~.: ~

.

The Crop Reporting Boarq of t he Agricultur a l l~arketing Service make's the' follo~~ving

r eport fro m data furn i shed by cro p corr espondents , fi e ld statisticians , Bur ~ n.u of J
the Census; Commodity Stabilization Ser v ice, and cooper at i ng State agenci e~ ~ The

final outturn of c ot ton compa red with this f oreca st vril l depen d u p on w"lwtho r the

.vo.r .i ou.s, influenc e s a f.':f.e cting the cro p durin[~ the- r emainder . of .the se a.son. a r e mor e

or l ess f avorat l e than usua l .

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Stat e
H. Ca r olina. S . Ca rolina. Georgia Tenness ee A l abru.1a Eiss i ssipT,Ji
: ~~ss ouri
Arkansa s Louisia na Okl ahorn.o.

::-cT , ACREs rN"l' :AuGuST. 1

:u Ln;T ~L' PER p~onucrr oN 3/

J ClJ"LTIVATION -COl-IDITION

F..J~.RVESTE D AC~. 500-lb . gros sWt . bal es

J'CLY 1, 1955 '-'Av er -

j

:Aver -

195::; Aver-

I 1955

LESS 1945-54 ae;e

ag e

Indic age lindico.-

AVERAG.E .k''l:.J.'! 1944- 1 954 1955 j 19WJ.- 1954 Aug,.l 19UJ.- 1 954 .. t ed
~~~~~~:-~J! --2~~ - -~ ,--:.-~--22- -~ ~-~-- ;_~!~~~~~us Thmi's; --~~~~-s~-

a cr e &-
4 99
:- 721 878 572
999 l, t$0

.Pet.
79 76 72 77
74
I 77

Pct. I Pct , l Lb . T,b. Lb

I 3~1-J- 82 891
67 ; 78 3 12

'3 19
288

409 316

62 I 80 25 j 286 314

77 87 3W L~05 L~2o

71 83 286 ';2')8 360

8~.- 89 : 34i ' . 384 426

.b a l e s ba l e s bal es

4 92 3t4 400

' '6.92
695

5 01 . 4 75 612 575

565 548 . 500

s-:E:Js 728 -- 7'-:50

1, 693 1,571 ,1 , 500

382 1 , 438
6os
795 6~ 734

76 84 87 368 _L!.78 484 358 1.~50 385

76 77 91 338 380 . J-).21 1,386 1, 351 1, 260

73 77 81 33 1 399 l+06
75 65 86 l W 15 1 208

591 572 390 293

5 15
345

75 73 I 79 188 245 278 3,388 3. 940 ~ , 900

Nevr !~ex ico
.A.ri zona Ca liforni a o-tli.er Stat-es ~ --

180
35L:. . T)LJ_
~ 61

91 95 9 0 500 743 627 ; 21 7 31 6 !235 93 97 89 5)8 1039 936 481 911 690 92 97 87 63 1 80 (, 732 1, 048 1 , L~8 7 1 ,150 78 80 85 - 283 367 37'6 - 4'7 - .. 52 L,.8

Lh~I TED STLTES

16, 636

77 78 8L~ 279 . 341

2, 952 3 , 6~6 . 12 ,728

N:ler Egypt z(

~-3 . 1

357 589 509 29 . 6 42.i 45 .7

1/ From na tura l cause s 2/ On acres i n cultivc. tion Ju l y 1 1e ::; s 19L(5 - 54 avo r o.ge abo.ndom.1ent .
3/ Pro duc-tion .ginned and t o ::.-e g i nned . A 5,00- lb bo. l e conta i ns about h80 net pounds
- of lii1t .
dL1/ Vir gini a , Flori c.~o. , Ill i n ois, Ko.nG::..s , . I\el'J.t ncky , ;:en d. ~' evo.do. . Incl uded in Stat e o.nd Un itc.. d St:tt c s tot :;.l s , Gr oy::n i n T.::xo.s , lJe1v r~c ;~ico , Arizona ,
ancl Ca l ifornict .

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Agricu l tur al ~i:o.rkc tin;; Se rvi ce 319 Extension Bui ldinE Athens , Geor 2"i a OFliCI.AL E-.JS E IE SS

Penal ty 'For Fri va tc Us e To Avo id Pa:~nnent of Fosto.ge , . 300

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THE uNIVEP.SITY :OF G'10~GIA TaE UN IVERS4TY LlBRARISS
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~GLTABtr~ -CROP REFORT FOR :AUGUST 1, 1955

U1UTE.D STATES: August 1 forecasts for summer vegetables indicat~? that the 19~.5

production of .these crops.uill be 3 per cent larger tha.n last year

and 7 per cent above average, according . to the Crop Reporting Board. .compared with 19541 production- or- summer- crops of cabbage1 cant-aloups 1 weetcorl'l-r~uc~be!!s-, eggplant, garlic, green peas, green peppers, spinach, tomatoes, and watermelons will

be larger. Significantly s.l)la;ner summer crops of .carrots, cauliflm-1er, .celery,

honeydews, -lettuce and onioris are forecast .for this year. Yield prospects for many

vegetables declined during July. In the Northeastern States, high July temperatures

and continued subnormal rainfall damaged vegetables, and crops ir). thi,s area were in

unsatisfactory coridition on.August 1. Damage is most severe among th9se crops for

r.ate summer and fall harvest. In the Southeastern States 1 .weather during July was favorable for the development of vegetable and melon crops Growing conditions

uere ex.ceU;lent in the .Appalachian Hountain Section. High yield and good quality

has featured most harvests but unfavorable market conditions have prevented .complete A ttilization af' several crops. . High July temperatures 1.n the South Central S~ates,
terminated harvest Of summer crops ahead of schedule. In the Rocky i!ountain States,

Heather has been favorable for vegetables out some .crops still shovl the effects of earlier adverse vTeather. ~ . In the Pacific Northwest, "{egetables made ex~ellent_ pro-

gress during July but most crops continue late. In California, below nor~l aver-

a~ temperatures during July prevented most vegerables from developing satisfac-

torily. Harvests in this State are still behind schedule. . ~ .

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Lil'iA BEANS: The indicated production of early summer lima . beans is about 2 percent

. .higher than rep~r.ted Jul;v 1. Increases in yield prospe~ts in Georgia,

. iJorth Carolina and Ohio more than offset .decreases in Ne~ Jersey and HeH York with

l'iaryland remaining unchanged. The. production ' forecast at,9401 000 . bushels is still
3 percent below last year and 17 percent be~ow average. ~vestin3 is over in the

southern areas of Georgia, with some .beans left unharvest~d because of poor market

conditions. Eocces.sive rains ; are delaying the harvest in northern areas of that

State. Growing conditions 'iTere very favorable during the time that li.mas .were . .. . . '"'\ maturing in North Carolina. Harvest of the crop had passed its peak by AugU$~ 1

.Ln Haryland, harvest continues but is declining. Harvesting of lima beans in

Hew Jersey -began :i,n the Cedarville section about Ju.ly ~0 and PlOVement becam3 general
about a week late~. Yield prospects have been ' lowered in Nei-1 York due I to' hot, dry
~reather, particularly those fields not under irrigat;i.on. Light pic~~~~ started .the last vreek in July. and harvest will become ac:tive the week of August 8. t~eather conditions to date.' have been very favorable .for 1~; heans .in' Ohio: ifarvesting
.. .st:art: Ab~ eg~ antt5here about July 25;, but v. olume. harvest was no:t expe'cte..d to ., '.ui.lt:Li '

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SNAP BEI~Ns: The '!inal forecast of productio)l in the early summer s.ta:~e.s. at

2,0391 000 bushels is 3 percent less than estimated on ~uly 11 but is

still larger than an average crop for .this group of .St.ates Harves.t is about

~inish~d . ~n l1aryland where production is below avera,ge. Hhile high temperatures .

and dry weather in JuiY were unfavorable for. snap be,ans in r.J~i'l Jersey; niost' of the

crop had been marketed earlier. On Long Island .and in Connecticut, hot, dry July

weather reduced yields. Hovement. from Long Island was .comparatively light duril)g

July and will continue light during August and Sept.ember unless adequate rainfall

comes soon. In Gonnecticut and Rhode Island, light to moderate supplies will be _

avail~ble during August. Above average temperatures combined with . oe~ow-average

precipitation reduced yields in Pennsylvania. Supplies continue plentifrul; in

Illinois and Ohio where the groi'ling season has been favorable and above ave~age

yields are in prospect.

GABDAGh: Production in the early summer States is .forecast at 64,600 tons for fresh

r

market and sauerkraut compared to 67 1 900 tons .produced in . l954 . Of this

total, 7,200 tons are expected to be harvested from acreage -9ontraqt_ed for kraut.

The balance purchase far

of k

rSa7u1t4, 0Q4

tons is percent

available less than

for tne

fresh market outlets 59,600 tons absorbed

and open from the

market early

~wmner crop by these outlets last year. In Washington, harvest of early cabbage is

nearly complete. In Indiana, abundant moisture has resulted in high yields this

year. There are 800 acres contr:acted for kraut in this State this year compared to

11570 acres in 1954. In New Jersey, harvest of most early cabbage was completed in July. In Ne'l-7 York, a light movement of early cabbage is expected to continue from

Long Island during August. Harvest of summer cabbage is continuing in Connecticut,

Hhode Island and 1'-fassachusetts. In northern peorgia1 harvest of summer cabbage

has passed its peak.

(OVer)

I

CA~~TALOUPS: The final forecast of mid-summer production at 71 7261 000 crates is

.

about 1 percent highe.r than the July estimate and a neu production

record for this group of States. In ,Texas, wher~ w~ather conditions were favorable

through July, harvest has been completed in most south central areas, and early

crops are finished in areas of east Texas. Cool weather in California delayed har

vest of the crop but has promoted excellent quality. Harvest this year started
about July 15. Hovement or the California crop since. August 1 has beez:t temporarily

restricted by a labor dispute. Earliest cantaloups from Oklahoma uere available

about mid-July, and harvest should continue through August. The crop is moving

in volwne in Arkansas major producing areas

1

vlhere th of North

e growing
Caroliil~

season yields

as a whole turned out

has far

been good. In the above average with

~~cellent quality reported. Heavy movement began the second vTeek of July. The

Haryland arrl Delaware crops are moving in heavy volume. Crop prospects are good in

Indiana and Illinois where the growing season has been favorable. July t-reather was

hot and dry in }lissouri but no damage to the crop is indicated. In \iashington,

where the crop vras delayed by cold weather early in the season, first harvest in

the Yakima Valley is expected . the first week of August and should be general by

Aucust 15.

\JATL..T-UTI:.LONS: The third and f:iJ1al fore~ast for early sununer lvatermeloh production,
at 82 1 533 1 000 melons, is 4 percent above the July 1 estimate. Higher
yields than a month ago are indicated in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, and Oklahoma. All other States remained unchanged. In Texas, the harvest of watermelons is complete in most mid-season areas. Excessive rains am hot aWl have caused some damage to melons in north Louisiana but central areas of the State re-
port excellent yields Harvest is about completed in the major producing southern
counties o Alabama and is underway in the northern counties. In Georgia, the harvesting season is over in the south and central commercial areas of .the State.
The watermelon season is nearing completion in the Allendale-Barnwell-Hampton area of South Carolina, but sh.ipments are expected to continue from the Chesterfield Darlington area until about September 1. The quality and yields of Nor~h Carolina
melons are reported very good. In Louisiana,, I1ississippi1 Georgia and North Carolina, movement of melons is reported slow because of poor market conditions.
Harvest of melons in California the past :tY~P weeks h~ been active. In Arkansas, Oklahoma end Missouri, heavy rains occurred but melon yields are heavy and supplies
are moving in volume.

ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE FOR 1955 vJITH CONPARISONS

CROP

:

ACREAGl!.

- : YILLD PER ACRE

PRCDUCTION

AHD

:5- Year:

:5-Yr.:

:5- Year:

~ :Average: .

Ind~ : Av. :

Ind-. :Average:

- : Ind.

STATE . :1949-53: 1954. 1955 :49-53: 1954 1955 :1949-53: 1954 : 1955

]/

]/I I : ]/

UATERlLONS 1

Acres Acres Acres

- r1elons -

- - ;t.,ooo melons

Early Summer

Prelime

Texas 111,800 128,000 120,000 159 130 145 . -. l7j650 16,640 17,400

Arizona 4,960 6,300 4,800 109 740 700 ' 3..-503 4,662 3,360

Louisiana 3,880 2,100 2,100 254 200 '. 290

987 420 609

I1i.ss issippi 7,500 9,5oo 14,ooo 228 220 290 1,699 2,090 4,o6o

Alabama 13,560 15;,200 14,400 308 290 Georgia~ 49,000 6o,ooo 64,000 279 250
South Carolina. 45,960 55,000 63,000 202 190

330 4,177 4,408 4,752 305 ~3,657 15,000 19,520 240 9,226 10,450 15,120

North Carolina. 9,900 11,000 14,ooo 193 215 225 1,899 2,365 3,150

California 10,040 11,400 10,000 698 680 700 6,976 7,752 7,000

Arkansas 9,340 10,600 11,700 282 260 295 .2,622 2,756 3,452

Oklahoma 16,640 12,500 14,ooo 187 150 . 210 3,139 1,875 2,940 Missouri 3.!020 3.!300 3!600 220 250 . 325 . 667 .825 12170
Group total 285,6oo 324,.900 335,6oo 232 2l3 .446 66,202 69,243 82,533

'-----" }/ Group averages (including ALL STATLS) are siJ1lple averages of annual data for

the group.



D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

CARL o. DOLSCHER
Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural 11arketing Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSir~SS

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage ~~300

SOUTa BRat~~H LIBRARY

THE UNIVE~SITY OF GEORGIA

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THE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES ,

ATHENS GA.

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.CJIJ0RGTIA. "9RICULTURE

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.SERVICE .

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Athens, Georgia

.

August 15, 1955

GENERAL CROP R,E?ORT FCR GEO!tGIA AS OF AUGUST 1; 1955 . . .

Record high yields per. acre were in -prospect ~s of .August 1 in Goorgi.::l. for corn,

tob.acco, and soybeans. The indicated yi~ld per .acre of cotton was'the se~cpd h~gh

est in the history_of. the State while yield per -acre of' pean:uts promised to .be the

third highest of re9ord. Most hay crops responded favorably to the frequent showers

in July ani the yield per acre is now expected to be above 1a.st year and the 10-year

average. The condition of pas_t.ures on August 1 was well -above average. Outlo.9k

for pe cans is very poor due to the late March freeze. Peaches and pears were almost

a total failUr-e as a. result of the freeze. Frequent showers and' rains during July

improved soil moisture conditions throughout much of .the state . Sqme local areas,

how ever, are still badly in need of moisture . Growing crops in general responded to

the

favorable .

weather

and

showed. mar-ked

i mprovement

by .t.he .end

of

the

month.

CORN: Indications point to a: record hieh yield of '21.'5 bushels per acre. This com-
----- pares with 10.5 bushels per acre las t year and the 10-year average of 14.8. Total production in the State is now f orecast at 63,726,000 bus hels - slightly more than twic.e . last year's short crop." Rains in July were irery beneficial ,to the _crop with the exception of some areas _in southern Georg:i:l where corn wa.s too far ndvanced.

TOBACCO: Weather conditions have been favorable for the tobacco crop. Based on - . - - - r eported condition airl yie~d as of August 1, production is estimated at

. 137,650,000 pounds compared with 12h,220,000 produced :last year. Yield per acre is

expected to be 1350 pounds which vt> uld be a record high, exceeding the previous

record

of

1267

pounds

p

r

o

d. u

c

e

d
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in

1953

by

83 .pounds.

PEANUl'S: Tota l roclJ!.Qtion.. o_L peanuts for pic.ki_ng_aro threshing is expepted to: be 530,100,000 pounds. Production a year ago amounted to 276,750,000 pounds.
Weatter conditions have been generally favorab:S for the crop although some damage has occurred in local areas fr om excessive moisturd . Harvest was just qetting Underway the first 'of ~ugust . Current indications '-point .to ~ Yield o~ 950 p~unds p3 r acr(:

PECAN:S: Pecan tree's were damaged in all areas of the State by the late March fr eeze. ' Because of the extent ~f the damage it is extremel y difficult to
foreca~t producti on this year. Frequent rains a1 d' lack of sunshine during July were favorable f or scab development. Production is indicated to be 4,000,0QO pounds far ' below the ' short ' 195h crop of 20,000~000 pounds and. 89 percent .below average . The IIBjority of the prciluctiol;l wi~1 come :from_the Stua rt Variety.
(s~e reverse side fo-r :peanut _' and,;peca n prodlictlon by states

GEORGIA

:ACREAGE: YIElD FER ACRE

:TOTAL PRODUCTION ( IN THOUSANJt

CROP

: , (000) :Average:

:Indicated: Average

: Indicated

: 1955 :1944-53: 1954 : . -1955 . : . 1944-53 : 1954 .: 1955

.(

.. Corn. bu,: 2,964
)[heat ~ bu,: 95
. ~ats . .- bu.:. 706
Hay (All) ~ ~ ...ton 791

14.8 . 10.5

14.9 . . -' 18 .5

27.0 31.0

.. .59

.61

21.5 15.5 26.0
.69

46,217 2,216
14,416 676

29,642 2,072
21,235
'41.+4

63;726 1,472
18,356 548

Tobacco (al11 lb,c 102 . Ti32 1172 1350 -

J;l4,53C? ; 124,~20 137 ~650

Pota t oes, Irish,bu. : '4 74

79

86

872

. 395

344

Pota toes ,Sweet, . bu,: 15 77

. 42

85

4,080

966

1,275

Cotton .bales .: ..878-- 253 - 286 . . :314
Peanuts (for picking :

.. .. 6..9.5 . ..

612

575

a nd thr eshi pg ) l b : Soybeans bu.: Peaches , total crop:
. ........ ~ . . .bu.:
Pears~ to1 crop;

558 782 35 9.6
. ~

61,5 .950 7.0 12.5

657,004
I 206 3,612

276,750 210
2,800

530,100
. 438
. -..1/

..........bu.;

278

160 '. .:I/

Pecans ... ~. lb. : ?as tUTe, Condi.tion%:

77 . 51

87

36,981 20,000

h,oo.o

l f The 1955 crops were almost a compl e te fa ~lure because of spr~na fr eeze dama ge .

Although'a few peaches and pears were produced; the production was too SnJ9. ]..l to

warrant quanti ta ti ve estirlla. tes at thi's time.

D,L. FLOYD, Agr . Stat., In Charge

CARL 0, DOESCHER, Agr. Sta t.

UNITED STATES -GENERAL CROP REPORT. AS OF AUGUST. 1, 1955

Ikspite some re~ent crop reverses, latest ap,Praisa.ls .point to total production mf!-tching t?e .
previous 1948 ;record. July he at ood drought .hit large areas in the upper half of the l~ahon cast of the Bo~kics. Hot weather in that area pushed smell grains to successful maturity but halted growth and reduced the outcome of many fields of corn, hay, and other late crops. These losses, however, do not offset substantia.! gains made elsewhere e,s the season progressed.

all When tha August estimates of production of

crops are p~t into one statistical-- bundle-- an

~ndox-it comes - ~ut 100 percont of tho 1947-49 base, matching the former record of ~948. The ,

1ndcx of yield por . outstanding year.

acre

edges

up

to

1171

well

above

the previous record of 108 set .1n that

same

ru;w The . corn crop: ls

estimated at: 3.5 b-~llion bushols, slightly more than a month ago ancl second

r:ighest of record.; The indicated yield per acre sets a now record. Areas with -adequate moisture

moved ahead toward further production gains, while the frolonged July heat r e duced prospects in

dry are as. In .the Southern States, _tho best corn crop 1n. years . is in sight.

Init~al season estimates placo tho s_oyb e an crop at 420 million bushels--a. fifth above the 1954

pr ev1.ous record. Sorghum grain outp~t also will surpass the earlier record by nearly a seventh

. Tv:o States, Texas and Kansas, will . almost match the 1954 National sorghum grain total. Tho August eotton. forecast promises a. new rocord yield per acre and tote~ production within 7 percent

of 1954; IiotvTithstanding an acreage 14 percent below last year. Peanuts vTill be 50 percent more

pl entiful than last year.



CORN: The second lez'gost corn crop of record is indicated. Tho current forecast of 3,478 millio11 ou:sllels is about one percent above last month's estimate and 17 percent above last year. The expected yield of 43.1 bushe ls p6r aero, e. new record, compEIZ'es with 37.1 in 1954 and the
average of 36.4 bushels. The wee.thor during July was generally favorable for corn except in tho '\'Test ern Corn Belt and, severe.! central .AtlEJntic States.

PEANtJ!'S: The acreago of peanuts to be picked and threshed is estimat ed at 1,656,000 acres,
about 19 I>erccnt above the 1,388;000 acres picked and threshed l ast yea.r, but well beloVT the 10-year average of 2,562,000 acres. Compared with last year, a 6 percent incr ease is indicated in the Virginia-Carolina area; 17 percent in the Southeast area; and 32 percent in the Southv~e st.

Production of peanuts from the acreage for picking and threshing is forecast at 1,551 million pounds, In tho Virginia-caroline. a.rea. production is indiba.ted to be 14 percent above last year, 72 percent more in the Southeastern area and DJ.most double in tho Southwestern area,

Growing conditions have b een generally good in all peanut areas and the crop has .progressed
rapidly. Some acre age in tho Southc<l.Stcrn and Southwostern areas :1hich were replanted is a li tt_le late but is making good progress, Many stands of pecmuts in the Southeastern area are skippy due to poor seed germination, but with vines well spread much of the effect of those poor stMds on yield is epectod to he , ove rcome.

PECANS: Tho pecan crop is forecast at 70,840,000 pounds, the lowest production sinco 1936 when 59,787, 000 pounds :ra r e hP..rvest ed . The 1954 production (revised) vtas 00,510,000 pounds
and the 10-yea.r twcrnge is 141,437,000 pounds. The improved varieties, at 18,400,000 pounds, are only 47 percent of 1954 production and 28 percent of ~vernge . Tho forec ast for seedling pecans; at 52,440,000, is 2 percent abovo 1954 but 31 percent below average.
Production in the pecan State~ east of tho Mississippi River v1here most of the improved varieties a re produced, is foreca st at 15,240,000 pounds, only about 39 percent of the 1954 cr op and 2~ percent of average. Late March freezes were responsible for the smell crop. In Nortn Caxol1nn Dnd Florida , where the freeze damage was not as severe as in South Carolina, Georgi a , and A1 n.buma, production prospects a.re above 1954 but bolow a.verngo. In the other southeastern Statos production is bulovv 1954 and average. Georgia, the largest producing Sta.te, is e:Jq>ect ing only about 11 percent of an average crop; Alabama 's prospects are only 6 percent of average.

STATE

PEAl-ruTS PICKED .AND THRESHED

Yi.el d Per Acre

Proiiuction

. . . "' ves e

or

z

' ;Average -:- - - 1'He.rvest Average

Indicated :Aver~e

Indicated

' : 1944-53 : 1954 : 1955

1941-53 : 1954

1955 :1944- 3 : 1954 : 1955

NVe..c. . . ~se.cnn. .

ThQusonCI Acres

145 100

113

257

172

182

5 ... 3

3

22

10

11

1465
119')
768 702

'Poun<Is
1650
1465 725
570

1850 1525
825
800

Susana: Pounds

207,413 174,900 209,050

297,142 251,980 277,550

3,948 2 ,1:75 2,475

14,876 5,700

8,800

-- ~a.
Fla.

870

450

658

83

55

58

782

.615

755 810

!950
900

657!004 276,750
60,2QO 44,550

530,100
. 52,200

Ala.

379

201

215

' 774

550

750 280,531 110,550 161,250 .

ll.iss.

12

6

6

362

290

420

4,270 1, 740

2,520

4rk.

8

5

5

402

280

450

3,268 1, 400

2,250

Oklao

205

94

135

~exas

565

281

365

u.J..sM. ex.

8

5

5

2,562 1,3S8 h656

]J Equivalent solid acreage~

560 .
488 992
784

410 385 ' 1320
'i'3"1

590 600 1250

il0,572 38,5~0 7~ .650

272,522 7,904

10s8;,s1o8o5

219,000 6,250

__)

- .~7 1.n21 ,oss -l,o23, o7o 1 , ss1, 095

srATE
lsr ..Cc..
G-a..
l'ln..
Al a . Miss. Ark. La. Okl a .
Texas U.s.

Average 1944-53
2,371 3,357 36,981
4,453'
15,726 8,385 4,614
13,725 19,160 32,665 141,437

PECANS
All V?zi eties - Pro~uction
1954
-!-h-O-u-syan,d(jPQouOn<'I-s ,-
2,800 20,000
2,560
8,000 4,600 2,550 10,500 14,500 24,000 90,510

Indicated Ay.gust 1, 1955
1,!40' -
44 ,10o90o0o00
1,000 4,200 4,600 12,500 21,000 17,500 70 840

' . 'If u

GJ0RGTIA A~:::~.~;RGAL

.--.~

cr~

TALL FESCUE . SEED FORECAST

GEORGIA-; Producti~n of Tall Fescue SeeQ. (Alta and Kentucky 31) in Georgia during

1955 is' estimated at 978,000 pounds. It is the smallest crop since esti-

mates we~e _ st~rted in 1951 and is only '38 percent of the 2;600,000 pounds harvested

in 1954. \'leather conditions were vecy unfavorable and the yield per acre of 115

pounds is .the lowest. of record. The acreage harvested for seed is placed at 8, 500 ..'

compQred- with 13,000 in 1954 and is about one-third of the 25,000 acres harvested . ,.,

.. ll1 : ~952.

. ."

UNITED STATES: Production o~ Tall Fescue Seed this year is estimated at 22~888,000 .

,, .

. pounds. It 1s 8 percent smaller thap last year's crop of 24,948,000

pounds, but 62 pe rcent larger than the average of 14~1.58,000 . pounds. -The sharp de.- :

cline from opening prices to growers last year, resulting chiefly f~m the neaT- . .:..

record large carry-over, accounted mainly for the 10-percent reduction in acreage

th.:i.s year~ . Harvesting began about June 14 in Alabama, June 20 in Tennessee and

Arkansas, June 21 in Kentucky and South Carolina, June 26 in Missouri, and July '-21 .

irt ~OJ;'egon~ .Carry-ov~r by the Government, dealers, and farmers was 22-,089,000 pounds).

compared .~th 21,455,000 pounds last year and the record carry-over of 25~636,000 .

pounds - 2 'years ago. .

.

.. .

D. L, FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician In Charge

ARCHI E LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

(Over)

' ~- . .
' .

.. ..~

. . ' .; "' '
.: -2-:

. . : ;-__

. . . . TALL FESCUE SEED (ALTA & KENTUCKY 31)
ACREAGE, :YIEL.D Aim PRODUCTION . . AVERAGE 1944~53, MfNUAL 1954 and 1955

. ''r

.

' . :...

State

. Acreage Harvested I Yield Per Acre

. : Average :

I

Average. :



:Production - Clean Seed Average :

. !I y 1944-53 : 1954 1955 19t~4-53 : 1954 t 1955 I 1944-53 .: 1954 f 19?? :.

!/_ : .

:

:
. '

. ..

.,

Acres

Pounds

' Thousand Pound~

.

iti.ssouri

6,267 10,000 .10,000 . 180 . 200 27.0 l,l30 _2,009 2,700

So. Carolina 13,750 10,000 8,000 136

190 180 2,026 1,900 1~440 .

G eor~ia
Kentucky

16l833 32,533

132000 :29,000 ..

380,~050000

200 226

200 250

115 .25::_>:,

.37!L4~0l03

22600 . 978
7,250 . 7,650

Tennessee 13,700 . 12,500 . 13,000 1'78

215 210 2,474 2,688 2, 730

Alabama

8,080 7,000 6,,00 160.

230 185 1,386 1,-610 . 1~ 202

:;:Iississippi ,. 6,160 3,500 2,100 121 ~ 160 180

881

560 . '378

Arkansas. . 4,240 . 5,000 6,000 142

200 170

700 1,000 1,020 .

Oklahoma.

3,520 5,000 1,500 15e

120 90

536 '. 600 ' 1.35 '

Idaho

' 3,100 1,500 1,100 . 285 : 380 340

933

570' . 3.74 .

::lashingt,on 1;040 500

600 . .. 359

300 260

389

150 156

Oregon

14,680 . 12,000 u,ooo ,_:239

335 315 3,758 IJ,020 4,125

u. s.

67,183 109,000 98,300 208

229

.-or

1( Short-time average, except for Oregon and u. s.

233 14,158 . 24,.948 22,888

_)



Athens, Georgia

August 26, 19.5.5

TURKEYS RAISED DECREASE THIS YEAR

GEORGIA: Georgia turkey production for 19.5.5 of 2791 000 birds shows a 2.5 percent decrease from the 372,000 of 19.51!.. Of the current indicated total,
273,000 birds are classified as belonging t.o the heavy breeds and 6,000 to the light
breeds.

UNITED STATES:

Farmers than in

are ra1s1ng 63 1066
1954, according to

1


000 a p

r

turkeys this eliminary es

t

year--4perce imate of the

nt le Crop.

ss Re-

porting Board. About the same number of hea~J breed turl{eys are being raised this

year as last, Hhi le light breeds shou a decrease of 1.5 percent. Light breeds are

26 percent of the total raised this year, co~pared with 29 percent in +954.

8eavy breed increases from last year of 9 percent in the ~~Test North Central and 2 9ercent in the Hest offset decreases of 6 percent in the East North Central, 9 per-
cent in the North Atlantic, and 12 percent in the South Atlantic States. There was
no change in the South Central States.

Light breed turkeys raised this year show decreases in all parts of the country.
Decreases from last year are 6 percent in the East Horth Central, 7 percent in the Test, 8 percent in the South Atlantic, 20 percent in the South Central, 21 percent
Ln the North Atlantic1 and 28 percent in the \:Jest North Central States.
Last January farmers expressed their intentions to raise about the same number of
1eavy breed turkeys as in 1954 and 11 percent fewor light breed birds. This followJd the record. crop of turkeys in 1954 with the lowest August-December turkey prices ~ince 1942. Although feed prices during the January-July 195.5 hatching season 1veraged 4 percent lower than in 1954, the turkey-feed .price relationship during ~his period was the lowest since 1937.

En this report light breed turkeys include Beltsville Small \Jhite, Jersey Buff, '{oyal Palm and \vild turkeys~ Heavy breed ,turl:eys include e.ll other breeds

. ARCHIE LANGLEY \gricultural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Harketing Service
319 .Extension Building
Athens, Georgia OF'FICIAL BU.Sit~ESS

Penalty for p~vate use to avoid
payment of postage $300.

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THE U~I VERSITY OF GEORGIA
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TURIC"i:YS RAIS:SD ON :?-A-lli-:S-1--9.5.5-, t--TI-T-H--C-0-11-PA--:;US--ON-S - - --- - - - - -

State

and mv:tsion --:
. :

Heavy Breeds

19.54 : 1955 : -l=-:-S:-:7:55:r-7.,.,o



: of _1954

:

-_,-l-~Ligh-t'5
19-' 1 : 19;,

Breeds
: 1955

~r:-:

: of 1954 :

Total i'..ll Breeds 1 .,} : lo-"'r' : 19:.:,;5._.:;,;..~,~.,-
9 ,.~ : 7 :);> i of 1954

. Tlwusands Percent Thousail.ds . Percent Thousands ?ercent 11

. Maine
-- N.H. -

1B9 165 87 39 - 114 o2

260 145 56 449 310 . 69

9

6 67 --1413 120-- 81 -

Vt.

-121 . 111 92

.7

4 57

128 115 90

J1a s s .

622 .571 92

62 1,5 73

684 616 90

R. I.

48 41 85

5

4 80

53 45 85

Coim.

309 276 89

31 23 7h

340 299 88

N. Y.

880 793 90

62 55 139

9h2 848 90

N. J.

257 203 '79

lll~ 131 115

371 334 90

------------------------------------------ -NP.a-.A-tl-. -

-

-14',16-71-94 - 13:z,..75-9295-

-

- 99-41 -

-

-11-6272-00 -

- 59-6563-

-

- 18-39 -

-

-52,'3-298-91.;.

-

2 078 . L,.1,..7-65-

-

.. 91 - 8-8

-

-

Ohio

'2:,040 2,021 99

920 C50

92

2,960 21 871 . . 97

Ind.

11 478 1,328

90

619 622 100 2,097 1,950 93

Ill.

831 843 101

95 64 67

926 907 98

Mich.

1,183 824 70

147 160 109 1;330 984 74

W_i_ s.____ J1 _ ~2_3 _1J..3_ 30_ _ _ 10_ 9 _ _ __56_0 _ _5_06_ _ _9_0 _ _ J1 _ 78_3 _1J..8_ 36___10_3 _ _

s. H. Cent. 6,755 6,3h6 9~. 2,3l.l 2,202 94 9,096 8,548 94

l 2S - - m;n:---- 4,232 -5~270--

3,"h76 -2~669-- -77-- 7,7o8 -7-;939-- 1o3 - -

Iowa 4;006 4,173 104

581 276 4R l!-,587 4:,L,.h9 97

Mo .

1,742 1,7h.5 100

7/.a 520 . 70

2,L~89 2,265

91

N. Dak.
s. Dak.

L!.50 388 86 38 5 338 s8

1)0 83

11so0

73
6o

600 498 83 h68 388 83

Nebr.

767 766 100

101 76 75

868 8h2 97

Kans.

664 617 93

104 90 87

768 707 92

w.N.,Ce~t: -12,24613:29f' -1o9-- 5,2L!2 -3~i91-- -72- -17,4s817-;o88-- -98--

'Dei.----- I76- -164- --59-- I,Ioi- - 867-- -i9-- I,2i7- -971-- -16--

Hd.

304 232 76

40Lt 334 83 .

708 566 80

Va.

1, 831 1,843 98 3,252 3, 423 104 5,163 5,266 102

1;-J. Va..

.5.50 454 81 1,1 29 946 8~. 1,687 1, 400 83

N. C.

1,084 960 89

125 164 131 1,209 1,124 93

s. c.

9h4 835 88

Li-40 24.5 56 1,384 1,080 78

Ga.

362 273 75

10

6 60

372 279 75

Fla.

154117 76

- 41 31 76 - 195 148 76

s.-At1:--- 5,463 -L:-818-- -88-..,.. 6,532 -:6-;_o16-- -92--11,995 Io-;834-- -90--

Ky: - - - - - 276 - -269- - - 97 - - - 114 - - 7o- - -61 - - - ) 90 - - 3"39- - -37 - -

Tenn.

1_?0 125 83

30 . 1.5 50

180 lL~O

78

Ala. .

114 94 82

94 114 i21

208 208 100

vii.ss. '

83 97 117

32 15 47

115 112 97

Ark.

771 792 103

459 340

74

11 230 11 132

92

La.

90 64 71

22

7 32

112 71 63

Okla.

450' 463 103

214 155 72

664 618 93

-57---- Texas
s.-c;nt.--

2 L~l2 4;346

-42~432371--

101 Ioo--

1,347150

390 -1;1o6--

95
-8o--

s2:?8222I

-52~841377--

100 -95--

Mo~t:----- -99-- 56--

7- -16-- 229-- -1o6-- 72-- -{8--

I daho

15.5 12.5 81

25 21 84

180 146 81

Wyo.

37

9 24

3

6 200

L.O 15 38

Colo.

840 790 94

56 70 12.5

896 860 96

N. Mex.

~-7

38

81

11 10 91

58 48 83

Ariz.

93 89 96

5

3 60

. 98 92 94

Utah

1,935 2,028 105

hSI-1. 730 1)1 2,419 2, 758 114

Nev.

10

7 70

2

3 150

. 12 10 83

\'lash.

710 708 100

170 75 44

880 783 89

Oreg.

1,238 1,276 103

321 236

7L~

1,559 1,.512

97

------------------------------------------ Calif.
~e~t:--

8,918 -14,os2

9,260 1 4 : 386 - -

104 1o2--

1,080 2,164

838 -2:oos--

78 9, 998 -93--16,246

11061~039984--

101 Ioi--

u. s.

47,071 46,977 100 18,874 16,089 85 65,945 63,066 96

- - - .1.. - - - - -- - - - .

It

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
~

GJEJoffiJGTIA .'

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

c)~

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
- COLLEGE OF' AGRICULTURE

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL 'EXTENSION SERVICE .. -

Athens, Georgia

August 1955

.GEORGIA FLUE-CUtlED TOBACCO~

r~
HARVESTED ACRF.AGE, YTSLD, . Al'JD P.OODUCTION

o.-~__,

(The estimates are based on the latest available data)

1953

19.54

iH~nre st~< District

Y:i,eld

Yield

-C-ao-nu-dn-ty-----~-I -A-c-re-a-gE~f----P-Le-br-sA.-c~:re--~-P(0-r0o-0d-u~Lc+bti-so.----H-Aa-rc.-rrec+asg-tf-e? -:1 --P-Le-C-r1-sA.-c1re---P(0-r0o-0d-u-lcb-tsi-o.-)n-

DISTRICT IV

Taylor

5

400

2

5 400

2

Total

5

400

2

5' 400

2

DISTRICT V Dodge
JohnSOI'!.
Laurens Montgomery Pulaski Taliaferro Treutlen vlashington
~Jheeler
llilkinson
Total ;
I
DIST:U CT VI '( nu11och
Burke Gendler
~Iffin gh am
Emanuel Jefferson Jenkins Screven
Total

600 125 : 450
1,395
20
5
1,210
5;
780 10
4,600
4,965
5~
2,730 280 :
2,445
5 255
160 :
llO,B45 '

l,09B BOB B93
1,054 1,400
Boo
954 800
1,1B5
600
1,033
1,180 800
1,152 1,189 l,O!t4
400 1,063 1,025
1,137

659
101 402 1,471 28
4
1,154
4
924 6
4,753
5,860 4
3,146 333
2,553
2
271 . 164
12,333

640 ~' 57B

150 667

445 587

1,460 797

20

50~

5 Boo

1,330 735

10 700

810 B94

10 200

0 4,BBO .
.
5,.015 5
2,760 .300 .
2,540 :

7!~2
9B7
1000 969 1,007 B47

275 BC7 170 735
11,065 943

370 100 261 1,163 10
4 97B
7 724
2
3,619
4,950 5
2,674 302
2,151
222 . 125
10,429

DISTRICT VII Tiaker Decatur Dougherty Grady Lee Miller Hitchell Steuart 'I'homa.s
Total

10 : 425
25
l,7B5 5 5
3,145
5
2,300
I 1, 705

700
953 960
1,032 600 600 937 600
1,109
1,031

7 405 24
1, 8 !~3
3 3 3,104 3
2,550
7, 942

1,200 1,023
880 1,27h
5 800
3,190 1,123
5 ' 800
2',265 1,283
7,725 1,19B

6
4b.5
22 2,287
4
3,581
4 2,907
9,256

.

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1953

.;.

.. .

. . _,.. L.

Harvested

"

Y-ield"

I I

, , , , , . ,

Per Acre

Acreage Lbs.

...

.

.

Product ion

(000 Lbs.)

DISTRICT ' VIIl

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At kinson

1,740 1,614

2, 808

Ben Hill

1,300 .1,355 .

1:, 761

Be r ri en Br ooks . ..

5,720 1,416 3, 120 .. 1,227

8, 098 3, 827 '

Cl inch . . Coffee
CtJ~glJ:i,tt

395 l 1 :,_ 1.~?0 6:, 325 '. . l , h69 7, 765 ..; l., 274

.S61 9, 292 9, 890'.

Cook

h,l60 1,428

5,91.!.1

Crisp

40 1, 250

50

Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanie r
Lmmde~

10
505 3,105 2, 800 1,915 5, 565

900

9

1,107

. 559 t

1, 1.!.35 .

14., 1 ~57 !

.. 1,5oh
1, 323

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4, 212 .2, ~.J33

l

;1., 190 '. 6, 621

Telfat,r

.1,000 1,136

1, 136 \

Tift.. Turner I

4,035 . '1, 369 . 275 . 1~182

5,, 603 32.5

vJilcox I1Jorth

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. 355

1,006

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2,500 1, 175

357 2, 938

(

Total : 52;630 1,349

70, 978

DISTRICT IX

ABpacpolning..

Br antl ey

Bryan

Charlton

Chatham

Evans

Li berty Long' '

Pi erce

Tattnall

To ombs

:

Ha.re

~\rayne

3,555 1,276 l

2, 920 1:, 1+78 l i

1, 450 1, 196

420 : . 1, 190 250 : ' : 1,040 . '

10 f :: 800 ;

1, 600 1:, 158

115 . 1, 961

445 .
}~,465

1, 151 i. ~ ,1, 3.51 j .

4, 525 : 1, 215 :

3, 055 1, 121

2, 240 ' 1,487

2,165 i 1,234 '

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4, .536

4,316

(
1, 734

.500

260

8 :

"1, 8.53 I

122 .512

.

6, 031.~

5;500

3,424

'.3, 331 '

2, 672

Total 27, 215 1, 279 . ' 3-4, 802

.. STATE TOTlJS 103, 000 ' ,. 1,270 130, 810 :

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195k . . Yield .
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Per Ac re
Las~

. .... '

1,760

l,h82

1,330 .. .. . . .894 ..

5, 780 . 1,427

3,220

1, 276

405 : 1:,.1.!.10

6,390

1:, 297

7~ 855.i - 1 , 331 l.~ , 205 ' 1, 366

45 ' 1,022

10

1, 000

1. .. . ; 510

1, 184

. 3,140 . 1, 076

2, 865 . 1,3h4

1, 945

1 , 1.~2 7

5, 590

1, 268

1, 050

761

4,10.5 . . . 1, 004

285

- 095

365 .

6.52

;2; 530

1,08.5

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53, 485 ' 1, 257

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Production

(000 Lbs.)

2, 608 1,189
8,248
4,108. ..
571 8, 287
10,453 5, 7 42 . ~ . 46 .
. 10

:.604

3,378

-

3,850 2,1-76

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7 , 2~6

> 799

'. 4', 122550

238 .

2, 744'

.:67,242
. '

3, 600 :
3, 010
1, 465 .. 435 '
240 ' l Or' 1,650 i . . 115 ; . '. )4.{)5 4., 550 4, 620 3, 200 .'Q, 295 2,185 :

. 1,010

1,368

1, 438

1, 032

1, 2.50

'I . 600

.

938 '1, 009

1, 101

. 1,392

!1, 023

796 ' .' 1~ 532

1, 096

27, 840 :
!
10) , 000

1,160
..1,170
.

3, 637

4,117

.''.~~'--

2, 106 ..... 449

300 '6

\J

J.., 547 ' 116

.512 . 6' 332
4,724 2,,?..46 . 3;516
~,394

32;302

122 ,8.5o .

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricul tur a.l Statis~i c.ian
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D. L. FLOYD Agri c ultura~ .St~tistician , In Chargt

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Athens, Georgia

FARM PRIG~ REPOH.T _AS OF AUGUST 1~_19,55

GEORGIA: furing <the month ended August 15, the All Commodity Index of Pri'ces

. ,

, ~e.ceived by Georgia farmers remained at the same level reported fo;r July.

At the present level the index is 259 percent of the January 1910 - December 1914

average and is three poirits 'below ' tl:ie l evel .of the index during the corresponding

period a year ago . ' . !

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In the two major subdivisions of the All Commodity Group , the Index for All Crops remained at the same level reported in July and the Index for All Livestock and Live~tock Products declined two points during the JO-day period.
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Higher prices were .received during the 1~1onth for oats, cotton lint, milk cows, beef cattle, chicken.s, eggs and wholes.ale milk~ Lower prices lJere received for wheat , corn, Irish potatoes, s-vreetpotatoes:, cottonseed, all baled hay, hogs and peanuts.

Price changes for individual commodities vrere compensating to the extent that no change uas reflected in the Index for 'All Commodities.

UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined. 2 percent (h points) during the month ending in mid-August . At 233 percent of
its 1910 - 14 average , the index vras 6 percent :bel01iT a year earlier. Lower prices for hogs , peac~es, beef cattle, tomatoes, corn, and 1meat were leading contributors to the decline during the past mont.h. Higher prices for eggs, milk, cotton, . and strawbej.ries were partially offsetting . The Livestock and Livestock Products Index held steady during the past month at. 237 lvhile the Crop Index declined L~ percent
to 228. These ~ndexes were 5 percent and 8 percent, respectively, below a year
earlier.
The Parity .Inde_x (Prices _Paid by. Farmers .for Commodities, Int~rest, Ta.es, and r. Wage Rates) dropped nearly 1 percent (2 points) to 279 on August 15. Prices paid
for both living and f or production goods declined, -vJith food,' fe ed, and feeder livestock making the biggest decreases. 'l'he Parity Index was nearly 1 percent 101rer t han a J'ear earlier.

As a r esult pf the declines r ecorded for both prices received for farm products anc! prices paid by farmers for goods and services, the Parity Ratio held unchanged from
the July ratio of 84. . This was 5 points lower than the r evise:d ratio for August
1951~.

Indexes. 1910-:1..4=180

Summary Ta.ble fqr the United States

. Aug . 15,

July 15,

A' ug . 15,

19_54

195.5

1955

___n~cr. iLfh.:.. _ Index... .. : Date

Prices Heceived
y Par~ty Index
Parit Ratio

249
f2;/' 281
y 89

237.

' 233 '

313 .. Feb . 1951

231

279 ' ' . . 290 ]/ .May 19.52

84

81_~

123 Oct. 1946

1/ Prices Paid, Interest, 'l'axe s, and Hage Rates. - and April 1950
D. ~ FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

y Revised. 1/ Also February
BURTON J. HARRINGTOl'J .. Agricultural Statistician

After Five Days Return to "Jnited States Department of Agriculture
.\gricultural Marketing Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSI NESS

Penalty for private use to avoid payment of postage ~300.
.

SO.UTa BRANCH L.I~RARI
THE UHIVERSITY Of GEORGIA TH E UNIV ERSITY LIBRARIES
ATHENS GA.

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is . PRICES RECEIVED BY .FA:roAERS AUGUST
~.l!AJKl; A

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VIITH CO.M. PARII:~Y-'lrNS m.~. !'ED

STATES

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AND - . UNIT

rt9- ~=: hl~ A_ "u'gV.tl1l"~9-

1
15, Ju1K 15,

~g .

15

1 ..

-~ 15 J~y 1.s,l Aug. is,

Ju.ly 1914 l 54 19 5

1955 'I.UY 1914 1 54 . 19~ . 1955 .

1lhea~ 9 Bu. Corn,, Bu., Oats, Bu.

$ ' 1 ~~~4

$

.91

_ ., ,.., ' -

-- $1 .67

1o90 ) 1.94
.. : ... .
1.65 1.70

.84

.78

loJl . ._, .. . 88.. . .. 2.03

1.58' - .64

1.53

.79

.40

.68

1. 9'7 .. 1~90
1.40' 1.30

.so

.55

Irish Potatoes, Bu. $ Sweet Potatoes,_Bu. $

1.12 .83

1.75 3.50

1.60 3.?0 .

1.50 2.85

.70 .:
.88

1.41 2.59

-.88 .?.79

.7~
1.79

Cotton, Lb. Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled)_ Ton Hogs, per Cwt! Beef Cattle, Cwt.

12.6
$ 24. 39
$' --
$ 7.33
$ 3.87

34.5 34.0
54.00 57.00
26.50 29.50
21.70 - 18.50
. 11.30 li.;6o

34.5 49.00 28.30 16.50 '11.70

12.4
22.55
-----
7.27
5.42

34.-o
61.30
21.20
' ; ---.
21.60
15.90

~21 '
54.00
20.00
I
16.70
16.10

3'2 ~- 7 ,. 50.10 20.00 15_.70 15.70

Milk Cows, Head. . - ' $

..

Chickens, Lb.
'

_..'

Eggs, Dox.



Butt~rfat, Lb.



33.8.5 - 100 ~00

13:2 21.3
.. . ,
25.7

. -~2~9
. -
45..0.
..r ~
52.0 .

99.00 105.00 .

25.4 . 25.9

44.5

47.5

52.0 : 52.0

Milk (vTholesale)
per 100/F J} / $ ' 2.42

~ybeans, Bu.

. . - -- $' . \ .... :~ .

Peanuts, Lb !'. > ., 5.0

-.
1} Prel iminaxy--f,or August 1955.

- 5.56 3.10
- 11.5

5.45
2:.ao
11.3 -
:
. \ ,.

5.50
2... .80
11'.2
.

48.00 11..4 21.5 26.3
1.60
--
4.8

145.00 148.00

... 2-1 .5

24.5

37.4 35.2

. .. 55.7 - 56.0 .
~ '

3.89 3.23 11 .4

- 3.80... 2.23
12.4

-.

147.00

24.1

39.4

'

~5.9,

' ..

3.98 2 . 20 12.2

INDEX NU?vlBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS ~N GlOClRGIA (January 1910 Deol3mber 1914 11 100

Au~o15

July 15

,

1 54

1955

01!11110 1 es

All Crops Grains and Hay

..

276'' . 169 .

276 .

276

172

165

Cotton Lint ,

285

279

285

Peanuts

222

218

216

Tobacco

362

362

362

Cottonseed and Soybeans Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes

227 . ' ...

239

206

and Cowpeas

321

334

263

Fruits and Nuts

156

205

205.

All Livestock and Livestock ProduCts 230

224

222

Meat Animals

298

271

254

Pou1tr~ and Eggs Dai roducts

~7216

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.PRICES l'AID BY FARMERS FOR. SELECTE.'D FEEDS AUGUSl' 15

KIND OF FEED Mixed Dei!;! Feed

Aug. 15, 1954

AU Under 29% Protein
16% Protein
is% Protein
2ri/o Protein 24% Prot.ein

4.15 4.05 4.40
4.40 4.60 .

Hi~h Protein Feeds
CO tonseed Me~l
Soybean Meal. Meat Scrap

4.25
5.00 6.20

Grain Bx:Produots Bran
Middlings Corn Meal

3.55
3.oo
. 4.30

Foultrz Feed Broiler Grovnng Mash
Laying Mash Scratch Grains

5.80 5.40
4.60

lirai~:led)
All Other

56.00 44.00

y As reported by Feed Dealers.

July 15, 1955

!alg. 15, . 1955 i

Iblla.rs Per 100 Pounds

4.05 3,'95
4.20 4.25 4.40

4.00 3.90 4.20 4-.20
4.30

3.93 3.84 3.00 4.20
4.38 -

3.85 4.60
5.30

3.60 4.55 5.10

4.51 5.80
6.52

3.50
3~90
4.20

3.40
3.80 4.25

3.04 3.23 . .-3.87

5.30 5.10
4.50

5.20 5.00
4.50

c 5.39
4.96 4.32

58.00 45.00

58.00 42.50

33.10 30.60

, Aug, 15, . 1955'

3.75 3.68 3.76 3.934.15
4.06
4~17.
5.02
2 . 95 3.30 3.69
5.024.60 4.21
31.60 29.20

3.69 - 3.63
3~67
3.00 4..o9
4.01 4.14 5.02 '
2.89 3.12 3.64
4.95 4.53 4.14
31.40 28.90

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Athens, Georgia

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.,., ..;J~~~ . -~~P9.~t ~ ~:r.eP.~re~ f,or> cqmmerl?~al., live~tock . ~laugqterers . i~ -:: ~ . ~, } _:: :.

Georg1.a. Yfe.!h9pe -itt w1.ll b~ .o! some ~e .yv~ WQ:Ul,d; - 1~~~ to, t~~-''' :: :~ .r. . ,1.

those who have reported regular~ in the past and to encourage

tl:J:ose WRQ,; ~ye_;:n?t- l;>e:en reP,Of~~ng recfilntly t9. ~'4.rt ~~tnq:i.ng.: :i,Jl-?..... .. : _. i , \ i'iJ

, report. Tr~ , f~r.m . f?l:' ~ AlB.~:lilg ; the A_ug~t report was _ma~leQ, ~to .you a ..... ; ... .

. . , ..f~. da;rs ~go . .... lf Y,()U ha~e ,not --~ent. in your report pleas~ ~ Jnai}.,:it :, . 1

now-... . ' It. ,i .s . .not too , late.

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GEORCHA: S~ugll~_er :0.f.'.:+i:V~stock" by commercial slaughterers .-~ri:, Geo'rg~~ : d~r~~g ~ Julj;.,:t

amounted to 53,193,000 pounds live weight. This was nine percfiln~..le.s..s ..,,,:

than the June slaughter, but four percent more than in July 1954. Meat: 'produc tion' (dresse4 _. w~.~~t) i!3_indi~a~~ :. "t:-o be 28.0 million pounds compared w~~h t3.P.?- . !.rP.-~i9~<~
pounds a month ago and 27.0 ~llion pounds in . July a year age;>. i >, ,.. .<..... - :~ -~ , : ~-- ,., . ; i.

Cattle s-~~UWr~rr _ d'i~i~g._ .Ju.ly :t_Qta.~ed 3~,594,00.0 pounds live weig~t~ 9-,. ~.c_tine of
-~ - ... ,.... nil'!epercent-from June tut fi-ve :p3rcent .. more than ..a year .. ago-~ ., _ , "- - - - -- --~-~"---"'

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July slaughter --'bf; ~calv~s-' tota+ed 5,553,000 pounds

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vew'eight. ... This e'Oifipares witlr ~

5, 745,000 pounas 'a month 'ago and .5, 792,000 pounds a year ago.

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Ho~ c;.killed dlll'!~n~ the mont-h. amounted to. .' i6;046,000 pounds live. t'/e?-gll;t.; -. :p~ _.pq.cent

less
. .!~.' ~ . ;_

t

h

a

n i
:> ~

n ,

J

u n

e

of.t.h.is

year,

but' four

percent above

July

1954

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r

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.t

Species ' ,I f ''

c a t t l e .....

Caiv:es - Hogs

Total

..... .'

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.. ..c. ' i. .. \.~ .:\

Januax:y ..' February
Mar.ch . April ,
May June . July;: . :
Augwt September October November December

GEORGIA. LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER

(He4d)
47;bbo 48,000

.:19,000

19,000

79,000

81,000

~45,000
. _, -~ .

148,000

. I ' (Pounds)

' 636

663

'S'-' J02 .

292

194

198

Total Live W~igp-t;.-, ~, . t

. .. (':~hou~qnd ,~ o{md~)

' 3b;2bi . ' . 3i,594

5,792 : . '- ~ ,553

15,384

16,046

'' .51,.37-7 ' .....;:.5J.,i9J ._.:<

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GEORGIA LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER

NUMBER oF HEAD SLAUGHTERED BY MONTHS

Cattle :

1

..' j '

Hogs

1

1

' 1

38,000 32,000 . 35,000 33,000 41,000 48,000 47,000

. r :,' 39,;POO 35,000 41,000 39,000 47 ,ooo 54,000 48,000

. J.3~400 10,100 11,800
9,400 14,900 ' 22,000 . 19,000

12,200 10,700 12,100 10,700 . 16,000 19,000 19,000

~ : 168,000 .. . 15.5,000

140,000

135,000

157,000 ,.. . 156,000 l.;

' .. u6,ooo - ~ 90:,000 .

... 124;-ooo- . .100,00.. 0\."..~~.

80;000 .

90-,000

' .. 79,000

.. 8~:,000

.)2;000

20,000

93 -,000

, I , ,:

53,000

21,000

120,000

55,000
53;ooo 44 ooo : ' : .

24,000 21,000 15 000

125,000

146jooo . , ,,
;166 ooo ..

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UNITED s TATES 1. .' ~otlu~tion of red meat in connercial slaughter, P.lants t 'otaled 1,813

\ \ : ~~lion pounds in July. Meat output during Juzy.' w:as ;1.0 .perq~nt
less tha:n t~I:~.. ?~Ol1 million pounds produced in June and 3 percent lesE?~' than ,'the

1,878 :poUnd's produced in July la-st year. Estimated meat production inc l udes

slaughter in Federally inspected plants and other wholesale and r etail plants, but

excludes far.m E;ll..;!.ughter.
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C:oinmercial maat production fr9~ .January through J~y was 13,.969 million pounds,

6 percent more than the 13,215 million pounds produced during the co~responding
period : last Y:ea:r~.. Comp.aring the 7 months this year with the corresponding months

ainnd1.J9.a5.~>1

beef prOduction' was up 2 percent, pork output was up 13 ' percent, was up g percent, but veal production was d9wn 3 percent . .

mutton

I

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Ju~ beef production totaled 1,045 million pounds, 9 percent less than ~ a month

earli~nd :3 percent less than July 1954. Veal production in July tot.aled 123

millior pourids. This was 5 percent less than-In June this year and 14 percent less

than July last year, July pork production totaled 592 million pounds, 12 percent

below June this year and 1 percent below July last year. Poultry meat production

~n,A~Y totaled 322 million pounds ready-to"'!'Cook basis. This ~as ,4 .Pe.:r;cent _a~~ve. :: :

>. ;. . . . : .,:;,. last .~nontl)., 2 percent above July 1954 and 18 percent more than the lO..ye<;ir avera-ge

fpJ'.:~ tif month.

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t:he Tffi~-.~~~p.or~ 'i~ made pos.sible .through the cooperative e ffort;~. cit 'Agri~ultura{ ':', .

Research Service an:l. the 'Agric'uitural 1E.rketing Service. ' '

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OF MONI'H

. STOCKS

'o:F..''.~ ATS

"AND MEAT

. PRODU.CTS.

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S'l'ATES

Oomodity

Beef
'rt:. ~o~:e, cured and smoked

Total

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Pork .;: , u \

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~ErQZ:en . . ..

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1'0;t~qe r.. in cu~ , .; ,cure?, and ;~~pkod

; ~.: ; Total ~;; ~

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105,238 . 8,740

100,967
. 8,553

.113,978

109,520

2'42,824 , 43,766 . 126,940
4;1.3,530

il6;4 i779.
37,984
......,.~o~n8
~'83,541

97,768 8,524 106,292
. 258,120 26, 716'
90,905
375,741

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' .94,266, .. ,~,340_._ 102,606
189,369 ,, 25,544 82,068
296-;9'81

Othey: mea ts ond mC: at products:

sausage and sausage roem products

Froz e n lamb a nd mutton

Frozen veal

' 1

Canned meats and meat product~ ...

All edible offal

14;"882
8,459
9;693
39,567 ' 52;122

14,601 7,780
;1.2,813 ; 50,822 50,439

14,323 '' 8,851
11,070 48,399 49,498

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13,789
i,.407
9~981 42,219 51,064'

.Total

TOTAL ~IL MEATS ,

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.9~2, 231. -: .' .: 522-,516 614,174



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125,460 52'5,047 ,'

Hides and pe lts :. .: ..
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88,~58

88,oi.5.. ."'t .. .

1/ Data- for thisJ:t;ible ~re col1C:C t ed from public, private and s emiprivate ware-
- : 'I h~us'e s and m\3at..:.packd.ng pia.nts wher ein food : proo'uet5 are ge nerally stored for '-30
:.. .days or mar ~~. tC:ommo~:liti es in :sp a ce olNhed or l eased and opera ted by the armed :.

services

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July 31, 1955 d.guros are pre liniinar;t. :
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CARL 0 . DOESClfElt

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Agricultural Sta:t;d.s~tician, In Charge

A.gric\lltural .Stat.:t~t:Lcian

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Athens,. Georgia . .. ..-

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G/!Or.GIA ..o SEPTJ"!iiB:BR '1 COTTON I"-EPOHT
.~, ':

_September. 8, 1955

Praoa.ble -cotton pro.ducti:on- for Georgia is i ndicated at 600,000 baleti (500 !.'ounds

gross \'Ie i c;ht), accor.ding to inforr.w.tion as rof September' 1 i'urnished l;he Georgia

Cr.bp, rteporting Service of the United State s Depa:rtmeni; .of Agriculture. This fore-

cast is 2 J:)ercent . less than the 612,000 standard bal e s produc ed l a st sc.ason and is 14 percent below the 10 ~roar average (191..,4-5?.) of 695,000 bales. Curreht in

dicatea lint yield "per -acre of 331 pounds is the highest in tho history of the

State, being above the previous reco r d hi gh of 317 pounds in 1951. Acr cage for

harvest is estimated at 8 G9,qoo.

Heather during most of August wa s f~vora"ole for cotton over the greater part o:f the State. Excessive ~ains of July slo..cked off after early August exc'ept for heavy r ains in- eastern territory during t he third week of the month accompanyirfg the hurricane acarolli. This resulted in some reduction in prospects in this area: . from weevil. activity and boll rot but th.e r est of the State :r:1ad'e more . than off- ' setting improvement during the month.

Farmers vrer e handicapried in lat e vreevil poisoning operat ions 'uy rank g'i-ovrth of

plants but in most cas es did a very good job. In a f ew southern and mid-state

counties considerable infestati,on of boll worms was reported
..

The Burea u of C ens~s re?orts 1 66,000 running ba les ginned prior to Sep~ emb er 1

compared with 222;000 to t hat dat e in 1954 a na 14r,ooo in 1953.

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..r) ._' .L FLOYD.
Agricultur a l Stat istici an, In Char ge

GEORG I A : iAP SH0' 1HTG . HTDI CATr.D mODUCTI OiiT 1955 and FI NAL PRODUC 'l'ION FOR l 954 & 1953

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1954 -:..,;7 , a 0
1953 - 5 6 ,00
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Dist ric t s shown ar e Cr op Re port ing Dist ri cts and NOT c one;r e ss iona1 Distr i cts .

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1954- t4 ,900 \.1'753-81, 000
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; 1953 -11 8 , 000

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Th~ Crop .Reporting Board of .the Agricultural :Marketing Service ~s tq.~. fC?:L'J.ovJing . report ffom da}':a furnished ~y crol? ~o:r:te spondents, fie1:d :.statisticiai}s~ - B\u'.eau of . _

bhe, Census, Cormnodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencie.s. The final out-t:u~ of cotton compared",with t{lis ' forec.ast will .''depend upon.'whether '. the

o.r.various influences affecting th'e -crop during the remainder of the season are more _ ,

less favorable than .usual.

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: . september 1 : Lint yield per

Production ?.f

: . Aoreage, J/ : Condition

' Total :

: :

. :

: ab~~- : For :Aver-:

harvested ecrc t 500-lb.gross wt. bales

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:Aver-: : 1955- Aver- :

: 1955

: don.ment :. .har- . : a:ge : : : age : : indi- age : ' : irtdi- .

.: . after : vest :l9h4-:1954.:1955r1944-:l954: cated 1944- 1954 : cated :

: July 1.:

:1953 : t :1953

:Sept. 1: 1953 :

-:Sept. 1

: . : Thous : :Percent.:acres : Percent

Pounds

: :

'T housand bales

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N ~ C. ,
s. c.
Ga. Tenn. Ala. Hiss. Mo. Ark . La. Okla. Texas
N. Mex.
Ariz. Calif.

2.5 1.4 1.,9
1~8
1.2 .
3~0
1.6
1.5'
2.1
4.5 .. .5.0
5.o
. 4'.3
2.0

463 715 869 570 . 993 .
1,679
389 l,l.t53
607 807 6,649 176 .
340
743'

74 77
71 59
70 62
75 . 64
70 59
73 65
76 77 73 61 68 62
63 45 70 69 88 94
92 .95
93 96

80 334
72 312
79 253 85 360
85 286
86 J.hl
85 368
86 338
73 331
77 160
75 188 B7 500
. 82. 598
90 6)1

319 288 286
405 298
38.4 478 ;,380 -
399 151
245
743 1D39 806

352 31.2
331 442 396
457 481
438
395
205 278
627
896 775

492 364 692 501
695 612 565 .548
. 9013 ' 728
1,693 1,571
. 358 450
1,386 1,351
-591 572
390 293 3,388 3,940
217 . . 316
481 911
1,048 1,487

340 . 465 600
525
. 820. .
1,600
3.90 ."
1_,325' - -500
345 3,850
230 .
935 . :
1,200

Other

States 2/

61

283 367 376

47 . 52

48

U~ Sa

16,514 73 69 81 279 341 374 12,952 13,696 12,873

/.mer.-
t!:gypt !/

357 589 510

Jj Preliminary
s/ Pro duction ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contnins about 480 net pounds of lint.
2./ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas , Kentucky, and ~.evada. '/ Included in State and United State s totals. Grmm in Texas, NeH Mexico,
Arizona, and California.
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After Five Days Return to United St ates Departm~nt of Agriculture ;
Agricultural Mar keting Service 319 Extension Building Athens , Georgin OFFICIAL BU~l]JES S

P~1alty for p rivate use to avoid payw.ent of p?stage $300 .
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u1ITTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE CROP REPORTING OOARD v!ASHINGTON, D. C
(Vegetables for Commercial Processing)

September 9, 1955
PIMIENTOS FOR PROCESSING ACREAGE AND INDICATED PROTirrCTTON
September 1, 1955, with Comparisons

The 1955 estimate of pimientos for processing in Georgia is expected to total 20,000 tons, according to the Crop Reporting Board. This compares with 13,650 tons
obtained last year and the 1944-53 average of 18,600 tons. This estimate, based on
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September 1 conditions, covers production on acreage contracted by Georgia processors in Geor gia . In addition, 19, 900 tons are indi cated by September 1 conditions
f or other Southeastern States, compared with 8,500 tons obtained in the same States
i n 1954.

Growing conditions 1r1ere reported quite variable in the Southeastern States. In some local areas, the crop developed very rapidly through the latter part of Aueust and picking >vas lvell under vJay by September 1. Harvesting is progressing about on schedule in other parts of the Southeast.

AC REAGE

YI!'::LD PER ACRE

PRODUCTION

ST ~TE

: H~r-

:

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:

:10-year:vested : For : 10-year: 1954: Indi-:10-year: l95Lf : Indi-

:average: 1954 :harvest: av. : Rev,:cated:ave rage: Re ~.sed:cated

:1944-53:Revised : 1955 44-53

1955:1944- 53:

: 1955

: - Ac- res:

:

Tons

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:

Tons

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Georgia = 16,540: 19,500: 16,000 : 1,12

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States

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920: 11,800: 10,700:g.jl.40

. . .. U. S. TO'I'AL . 17,460: 31,300: 26,700: 1.17

.. .. . .70: 1.25: 18,600: 13,650:20,000
.72: 1,86 :g.jl,420: 8, 500 tl,9, 9CO
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'71: 1.49: 20,020: 22,150:.39,900

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y Includes Tennessee and acreage contracted by Georgia processors in Alabama, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina .

y 1952-53.

REISSUED THROUGH GEORGI.".. CROP REPORTING SERVICE

September 12, 1955

Athens, Georgia

ACRBAGE AND INDICATED ' PRODUCTION
September 1, 1955

September 12, 1955

UNITED ST.ATES: Production .of 1955 summer vegetable and melon cr9ps is expected to exceed that of the summer season in 1954 by about 2 percent, the
Crop Reporting Board announced tod9V Produ~tion prospects for tppse crapE as a group declined -<turing AugllSt due to hot, dry weather- in the- N-orth- Gentral States: ahd rain and flood damage in the Northeastern States. Significantly larger crops . of cantaloups, sweet corn, and watermelons have made the greatest contributions to the increase over last . year 1s production but larger summer crops of cabbage, cucumbers, eggplant, g~rlic, green peas, gre,en peppers, and spinach are also being harvest;ed this year . Summer crops of lima beans, snap beans, carrots, cauliflower, celery, honey dews, lettuce,. and onions are smaller this year than in- 1954.

LIMA BEANS: The final forecast of summer lima beans at 916,000 bushels is 3 percent below the August 1 forecast. Yields below earUer prospects are indica~
ted in 1~ryland, New Jersey and NewYork. Only a few lima beans are available for late season harvest in the northern ~rt of Georgia and in the mountain areas of NorttJ,...Carolina. The crop in Maryland was damaged by the hurricane of August 12. Unrfavorable grawing conditi'ons in New Jersey and New York have resulted in light . marketings duri ng August. However, picking will continue into October. Adequate ,_ rains in northeastern Ohio favored development qf lima beans in .that State.

The _first forecast of fall production in Virginia is for a crop of 28,000 bushels -

a red~ction of 12 percent from last year 1s esti mate but less than half the 1949..:.53

average of production. The decline. in expected production from last year re~ults

from the cont.inuation of th.e declimng trend in acreage. At this time, expected yie::)!

per acre is the s c-un'e as that realized last year. Starrls are somewhat spotted in loYler North .Hampton Cointy,. wtere most of thi~ crop is grown. This is a res'U'lt of

generally dry soils in late July v1hen the bulk of the 13.-creage was plcn ted. Harvest

is expected to begin about October 1.



CUCID~~qs: The produ~tion forecast for early fall cucumbers at 716,000 bushe ls is . 6

percent above last year but about equal to average. Acreage and produc-

tion in Cal:i.fornia are expected to be about equai to last year. In Louisiana,

prospects for cucUto.b.ers are favorable although r a ins during August delayed planting.
i\ light mowmerit is expected to begin J.a te in September but the bulk of the crop will

not be ready for harvest until October. In Georgia, fall cucumbers have made good

progress to date and yield prospects are considerably better than in 1954. In South

Carolim, planting of fall cucumbers was about canplete on September 1. Hot, dry .

weather resulted in irregular stcn ds rn early fields arrl necessitated so:rre replantin&

Yield prospects are considerably better th~. n they were in 1954.



JABBAGE:

If

growers

follow

their

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estimated

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acres

of

cabbage

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in pros.pect in the winter producing states for harvest in the 1956 season.

rhis is 9 percent above the acreage harvested last. yea~ but 4 perqent less than the

6 year average. Increases over 1954 are reported in all of the winter producing

mates. In Texas the indicated increase in acreage is- practically all in the Lower

Rio Grame alley where the bulk of that State Is crop is produced. In. ge:neral con-

ditions were fair:ty favorable for seed bed plantings and preparation of land for tran.

p::.anting. Weather cond'i tions in Florida during August generai]y permitted growers to

m~e satisfactory progress with cabbage seed beds. Temte ratures were near normal to

slightly above with rainfall ranging from light to moderate with occasional heavy

min in local areas.

BOT.Il.TOES: Growers in Florida and Texas reported intentions for the 1956 winter crop
of 15,100 acres, 14 percent above the 1955 acreage and 31 percent above ~erage. The intended acreage in Florida of 15,000 acres exceeds the 1955 acreage
cy 2,200 acres and the 10-year average by 4,270 acres. Prospective increases are
q).lite general in all areas except Dad.e County where a slight decline is indicated for
1956. Increa s es in the Fort Myers, Immoklee and Fort Pierce-Martin areas will be principally in white varieties. In Texas growers have lost interest in t.he winter
OI.Cr"3J.ge. The 100 acres reported for the 1956 crop is 20 percent of the 1955 acrea ge
( hnd 12 percent of the 10-year average.

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CROP .

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ACRFAGE '

.5-Year

Average

i ind.

19~-53.. 1954 . . 195.5

YIELD PER -ACRE

' P~ODL~CTION '

s.;.rr.

5-Yr.

Av.

Ind. Av.

Ind.

49IJ3 19S"W . 1955 1(~~53 19.54 ~955

: Summer G~orgi{l. .

ACRES

ACRES 'Al'cr~e~ ,!,lJil ~.

~ushe.ls.'

. . 5,480. S,ooo . '4,900 56 S5 .65

' -1,000 Bushels -

305

215. .3],8;

Nor:th. Carolina .Maryland New Jersey
Oh~. O . New York
Grotip Total SNAP BEAI'

1,540 1,300 1,300

62 70 8o

96

91 io4

1,540 r,6Cio 1,700

78 6o 6o 120

96

102

t. 2,720 2,300 2,100 . 98 . 105 80 262

?:.1 .850

' 700 . 700

y 108 ' 105 . 115

90

242

168

74

80

_2.L3.QO__l.z..4.QO_, _l.l.2.QO__ !_3 _ _!4.Q _ _!2.Q _ _3.Q9___ 1:96 __ ~44 _

13,920 . 12,300 llz9oo , 81 79 77 1,128 974 9l'b

IA'te' Surnrner Alabama

as 1,220 1,1oo 1,ooo. 73 so

91

55 85

Georgia

2,500 2,,500 2,600

91 75 95 227

188 247

North Carolina

7,320 6,700 6,900 100 100 120 737

67G

828

Virginia

. . :590 450 506 89 105 110 53 :. 47

55

New York, Other Ma s sachus etts New Ha mpshire Michi ga n Colorad o Tennes s ee
Grciup Total

. 12,260 11,700 9,900 141 135 110 1,728 1,.580 1,089

' 1,42o 1,300 f,4oo 141 14o 135 200

182

189

490 . 500

450 128 140 140 . 62.

70

63

2,520 . 2,600 2,400 . 98 . . 105 . . 85 246 . 273

204

870 750 750 ~46 .155 155 126

116 116

1.tsoo 2Lsoo 2.Looo 117 110 13o -210

275 2po

3o,99o- 3o,ioo~ 27,9'00-- Ii9. - Ii2 - 112 -3-;682~ -. :J,4.5b - 3,1.3"0-

.. CUCilldBEHS . ..
Earl.y Fall
California . . ' Louisia na
~~or g ia
Sou.th Carolina Group Total

1,280 1,5oo 1,5oo

1,020 * 600

soo

560 * 450 450

* 344- 35o 35o 438 93 60 90 96
.52 55 75 28

525
*~~ .2365

525
45 34

. ll.060

800

700 148 *110 160 152 ~~ 88

112

-3@94'0-:- *3$3~0- -3-;i~o:- - 183 -*201- 227 - V23 - - *674-- 7: 7i~ -

CROPAND

6-. eat .

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6-1.

6-1 R

Average R.evised lnd. Av. Rev. Ind, Av.

ev.

Ind.

________-_S_T_AT_E_ ____~l=94~9.~r~54~~1=95~5~- --=19~5=6----4=9~-~~~19~5~.5--=19~5~6~4~9-r.5=4--~1=~~55~--~19,~

CABBAGE

Ha'3r7v. Harv. Pros-

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ACRES ACRES pective

-Tons -

- Tons -

Arizona Texa s :

1,200

700 1,000

25,ooo 24,000 25, ooo

12,3 11.0 4.6 4.5

J . lh, 700 7, 700 ,,
115,100 . l08,ooo

Ca lifornia
F~~lorroiduap, .T.ota~ . .

3,680 3,200 4,000" 10,6 9.8

38,800 3.1,400

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Ii?,soo 17.l.3g_O_ 141.000_ 15 500_ ~ !0.!1__1.0,3 ___175.z).Q0_ , !4g_,~o.Q ~ .... _ .

Ii7 ,200 41,900

7,38 6.9"5

341l,ODO . 291,300

10-Year



10-Year

10-Yea.r



~lverage

Av.

Average

COMMERCH.L EARLY 1945-54

1945-54

1945-54

ffiiSH PaTATOES Winter Texas

-Bushe ls
830 5oo 100 57 55

-1,000 Bushels ....

48

28

Florida

10,730 12,800 15,000 231 295

2,484 3,776

Grou Total -li '560 -1) jo"Q -:-15 Tot> - -219 .-2'8o- - : - 2;532 -318'04---:-

2J *R.evised _! Group average s including ALL STATES) a!'e: simp;Le aver a ges of a.nnual
dnt.a for . t.he group. '!;./ Short..-t!:pc o.vcr~gc. Group nvcro.gos a:te simp;Lo

aver age.s of annuar da ta for the group .

D. L. FLOYD

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L,; H. HARRIS, JR~

Truck Crop Estimator

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Agricultura l Marketing Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia OFFICIJ.L BUS INESS

P~rrar t y for P~ivq.te Use to Avoid P;:v ment of Postage $300.

SQUTa BRANCH LISRABI

THE UNIVERStTY OF GEORGU

TH E UN IV ERSITY LIBRARIES

ATHEXiS GA.

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... , .GENERAL CROP REFORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF :SEPTEMBER )., 19$5 .

\hleather .conditions d'l,lring August were generally favorable for growing crops and farm
work ., Indicated prod~9tion of .most c~ops either improved dur:i,ng the month _or' was .

...the-.: same ..J;ls o.n..:.AugusLJ..___ Rec.o.rd_y:ields.;..pez!- ac.r.e- are expe.cted- f..or cotton, corn,-.

tobacco and soybeans. Above average yields are indicated for most other field crops, Harvest~ng operations in the southern part of the State were delayed by frequent .. showers during the latter part .at ' the month~ . In the central and . northern dis'trlcts

of the _State the favorable ho:t drY'. weather enabled farmers to :make good pz:ogr.ess" in

picking cotton arid harvesting hay. ~he condition of pastures on September l was

v~ry gopd except in local ,.areas where the shor~age of mois~ur~ had retarded vegeta-.

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CORN: The indicated record yield per acre of fl.5 bushels is more. than doul:Jle the

l95L~ yield of 10,5 bushels and i-s 1.5 bushels above the previous recor.d .of. .

1953;., . "Total p roduction is estimated at 631 726,000 bushels compared with 29;61~2,000 bushels :last' year and is .38 percent. above the ten year (1944-53) . average production

of 46,217,000 bushels.

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TOBACCO: The Georgia tobacco mar~tirig seasem .came to a close orrAugust 31. In-
.. dicated p.rodtiction i:s above ' e arlier sea90n indica,tions ' and is a new .high
r ecord' for the State. Production is p l a cec1. at 146, 740,QOO pounds c;:ompared Hith
124,200,000 pounds iri 19.54 and is seven pArcent above the 1953 previou.s record .crop
of 137,361,000 pounds. Yield per acre of 1,439 pounds sets' a new record for the
Stat e.

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PEJU-JUTS: .Ueather conditions during the growing sea~on were favorable for i;.h peanut

.

. . .. CrPP an~ct:- ne~ ~o t hE! hi ghest ;.yit7ld per acre:; of reCOfd is ~nd:i,cated.. Har-

ve stihg operations of Spanish peanuts ar.e well advanced althou[;h fre quent shm-1ers..

,.......... duri ng lat e August and e arly September caused a slight delay in schedule. The i n-

dicat :ed yie ld of 1,025 p o'tihds is t he hi.z;hEi st since 1917 .' Production is indicatecr at
571, 9'5o ;ooo pounds compa'r ed ldth 276, 75o; ooo pounds l ast year.

' . PEC;lJIJS: Pecan production will be ver-y: short in all areas of the St ate. The severe
: . freeze of late Harc[l damaged the tree s in most areas and killed most of ' the bud c~op. Pro duction is indicated at 4,ooo,ooo pounds, which i s only twenty percent
of the . short 1954 crop and s_even pe rcent of the r e cord 1?53 p roduction of 56,60o,qoo
pound~.

HI LK .PRODUCTION:- Total I'nilk p roduction i n Georgia during t he month of August w~s :.

112 million pounds. This volume is one percent below the July

l evel and is the s ame as August 1954.

(Soc r eve rse s ide -f or pconut ~~d pc c ~n, p ro duction by st ~t e s)

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Y'IELD PER .ACRE - -" . . : TOTAL 'PfiODUCTION ( Uf 000)

CrtC'P

:-cooCST: Aver age:

: Indicated: Average :

:Indicat e d

- : 195.5 :1941r1- 53: : 19 ~~

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I Co rn ........ t>u~:
I: "Nh.eat ........ bu.:
I Oats ....... . .... bu.:

2,964
95 706

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lO_. s 18.5 . 31 .0

1ay ( All) tonl 791

.59

. 61

1955 : 1.91~4-53 :

21.5
15 .5 26 .0
.72

'4q, 217
2,216
14,~.16
. 676

1954
29,642 2,072
21,235 444

1955 .
63,726 I,472
18,35'6 . :571 '

~obacco (All) .. l b . : 102 11132

11.72

1439

114~536 121-J., 220 146 ,740

Potatoes, Irish, bu.:

4 74

:79

86

872

395

344 :

I Potatoe s , Sweet, bu.: 15 77 "
Cot t on bales: 878 253

L~2
2'86

88 314

4,080
. '695

966 . 1,~20

612

575

Peanuts(for picking:

and thr eshing ).lb.: Soybeans ~ bu.: Peaches, total crop:
..........bu. :

558 782 3'5 9.6
i I

615 7.0

1025 1~ .5

657,004 206
3,612

2,76 , 750 ...571,950

210

438

2,800

y

Pe:ars , total crop , : ............. bu.: .C:-tl1Se , ,lb.:
st ur e,Condition %:

I

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'j

,I 75

45

t.
I 83

278 36,981

160 20,000

1/ 4, 000

1/ The 1955 crops were alrnp s t ? complete f ailure because of spring freez e damage .

Although a few peaches and pears were p roduced, . the production wa s too small to warrant quantitative e sti mates at t his t ime.

D. L. FLOYD, Agr. Stat, In Charge

ARCHIE L.ANGLEY, Agr. Stat,

UNITED srATES GENERAL CROP REPORr AS OF SEPTn.mER 1, 1955

~ontinued . _Q.rought;. ~.d heat - s~ly l':'educ~d".yiel.dS . of ,co~~ soybeans . f)Zid. gf'a.in sorg~s iii the ,

V1est13rn Com; Belt and. C~nt.raJ.. Gre~ Plains'-during ,.August. HUrr.icene s.tox:ms. and . flood~ also ~eec

:sl!laller l_osses to .tobacco, vegetables end, o.ther .crops in limi t(ld . eastern areas . .. pe~p1te. these:.-.

J.o:~ses, ~ar~e ha.rvests of most e.B+"ly cro::ps. !'3l'ld ga.ins in o.th!3r~ may still ca:r,-,:y t _otal. crop outpUt

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drought d<ll!lage. ~ 'EXtremely low , .Augci~?t rainfall and high terrlperature_s fo:Howea: a 'hot !lrY and Msoo
agreeable Jllly~ .Loss to veget-ables, . tobocco and other orops ,in; the hurrican~sirept eo.sirn _co G.sta.l _secti~?S po_s~iN,y w,ere outwei'ghed by gains in late forage cro:p growth . in la.rge;r..,~joining

::areas. Open weathe-r over much of the Nation aided small grain ha.rve.st complction end helped get

, s~t, fpr fall ha.rv.est and s.eed,ing op~x;ationf?. .

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:Re-Por.te;s~ ~p-~aisN.~- 9.r" ~ve~-~i r~~a "cr.~p, ;~ofiFect~ in their . -loc~litics .averllge hish~st :~we:e
1951 fts~l.te extr~me pessimism in some Midwestern States. South Atlantic and SOuth Contrpl Sta~es

have favorehle prospects--a welcome contrast with three previous short feed years. Hay crops, now ~a.rgely ms:l.d.e,_ and well distributed by a.rea.s, are ho_lding up ,.,ell ~o record _totals estimated

ea.rher average

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at ' COBNa ';production of' corn is foreca.St 3,.ll3 million bushels - 364 miilio~ bu~hels' bel~v; :.;_ , August 1'~ The drought which started during July in the Central States intensified d11ririg
August end c; ~sed a sharp reduction in yield prospects. .The September 1 forecast is 149 million

busheb above t.he-. 1954 crop.

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. . , an increase of 9 per.cent . over the .August 1 estimate. This is .65 percent above last

year'$ crop of .:l 1 923 milliol} poun\ls, but estimated at l 1 0G0 ppunds per acre, only

1220

percent belo.w the 1944-53 average. The yi~ld is pounds below tbe 1,040 pound record_yie14 in 1~53 .

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in this area. were needing rain the first of August and hurricanes Connie and Dicme cmp;Ly provided

the need ood vines made heav-.r growth. &wever, additional rains through the r emaind.er of August

tmd into September have proved 9xcessive and peanuts on low ground and heavy soils v1hich, .we1e in

the -pe~ging st nge hnve experieneed some rot, A period of dry weaiiher 'is badly needed .to prciyent_

losses in these , spots. In 1;he Southeastern Area, production prospect~ increased materially dur-

ing August .end the estiml,te ~s now 868 million pounds. The indicated yield of 1,024 po~ds _per

acr~ is a record fo"! _t:Qis ~.e .a. exceedin~ the previous r~cor~ . y~e1d,in 19.53 by 56 -pounds We~at~~r

dunng liugust wa.s favorable for development of the crop although ra1.nfaJ.l the latter pa.rt of the

month interfered with harvesting in many areas.



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FECANS: The pecaz;l. crop is f~recast a~ 81 ,,4~,?00. ?o1;1Dds ~- 10 l!l~l.l .ion. :po~ds more than the

. forecast on AUgust I. Ok1flbomn ,_ Miss1Ss1.pp1, Alabama, and. , I.ou1S1!ma shot'i' ir.1proved pros"'" pects and -no 'State ha.s ' a decline. The total is 9 ~i1lion pounds .1ess than the 1954 crop and 60

million pound& .less then average. Marph freezes in inost areas of 'the South arc responsi'P1e for

tho very short pecan crop this year with t ho d8!1lage much more s.evere in the east. than i;n the }'l'e st.

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a.re

spotty ~

in all
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Yield Per ACre

Production

Ha.rvestpd . . a . For

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Avorage a

l Harvest a Aver8o 1

&Indicatad.r Averf.'.ge l

a Indi'cated

------.:.:: .1-9-4-4..T.5...3h.O'-u:-,s-..1:::9An.5::.4..d~ACI.-r_e_s.::.1::.9.::.5.::5..-..::......:1:..9: 44--'5-3 .&Po1u95nldl!\ :- .1-95-.5

I 194453 I 19S4 & 1955 Thousand Pounds

Ve-,.

f45

106

ll3

N. C.

257

172

182

Ts.encn..

5

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3

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10

11

FGr~a. -.--. ---8- 7830"~~~:~ 155~ 50 ' ~ . -5-'5586 -

:Ala.

379 :_. 201 . 215

Miss.
Ark.

12 8

6 ; 6

5

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Oklo..

205

94 ' 135

Texas

565

281

365

lJ . Mex.

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u. s. . 2,562 1,388 1,656

j} ~uive..J.ent so1~d acreage.

1465
1190

768

702

782 .. 755

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'774 362

402

560

488

992

784

1650 1465
725 570 . 615 810 550 290 280 410 385 1320
73'7

1900 207,4-l3

1550

297,142

825 -

3,948

850

14,876

1025 1100

657,004
60,200

1025

280,931

450

4,270

425

3~268

700

110,572

600

272,522

1250

7,904

1020 1, 921 ;095

174,000

214,?00

251,980

282,100

2,175 5,700

' 2 '4-7-5' 9,350

276,750
44,550
ll0,550 .
1,740 1,400

571,950 ...
' 63,800
.220,375 2,700
2,125

38,540

94,500

108,185

219,000

6,600

6,250

1,023,070 1,6139,,325

PECANS

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Sept e mbe~ 1, 1955

Rs.. cC..

2,371 -3,357

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. 1,000 : 2 1800

1,1o4oo0

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Al a '. ' Miss.

15,726 8;385

8,000 4 ,600

2,000 4 ,800

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4,614

, 2,550

4 ;600

La .
Okl c~

13,725 19,160

10,5oo 14,500

13,500 .. 29,000

Texas

32,665

21 ,000

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Fen1lty !or priv~t e ~se . t~'avo id p ~yment of post age $~00 , ' ' ' '

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OFFICifL BUSINESS
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AGRICULTURE
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GEORGllA

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

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UNIVERSITY 0~ GEORGIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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Athens, Georcin

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
Soptenber 21, 19$5

BROILER CHICK RER)RT FOR GEORGIA COMl-1ERCIAL AREAS

During the week ending September 17 con~rcial hatcheries placed 31 217,000 chicks
with :broiier producers in Georgia commercial areas. This ia 1 percent below the
3,2461 000 of the previous week but 10 percent more than the 2,912,000 placed the
same week last year.

Local
are 2

hatchings ~f 2,947,000, excluding shipments percent above the 2,894,000 o.f the previous

wo feek251an1 d00018

chicks perce

to nt

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er th

states an the

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2,501,000 of one year ago. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 4,462,000 or

slightly aboYe the 4,446,000 of the previous week and 15 percent greater than the

3,867,000 for the corresponding week last year.

Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
89 cents per dozen. Average retail price charged the broiler grower for chicks was reported at $16.50 per hundred. These prices compare lor.i.th 89 cents and $16.2'5 for J the previous week and with. 80 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown ra~
late to Georgia produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.

(See reverse side for other states)

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CHICK PLAC"~'l"lE NT Eggs

BY '':JEFK_J \.S PERIOD
Chicks Hatched ,

JULY

16 THROUGH SE:JPTI:r1RER 17, 1955

Inshipments

Total Placed

itlee){

Set

Placed in Georgia

of Chicks

on Fams

Ending

1954 : 1955

1954 : 1955

1954 : 1955 1954 : 1955

Thousands

Thousands

.Thousands

Thousands

July 16 3,987

July ~3 3,936

July 30 3,847

Aug. 6 3,933

Aug. , 13 3,909

Aug.' . 20 3,921

Aug.. 27 3,857

Sept . 3 3,825

Sept. 10 ;

3, 740

Sept. 17 3,867

4,862 4,675 4,605 4,418 4,341 4,292 4,371 4,343 4,446 4,462

2, 774 3,319
2,695 3,292 2,587 , 3,243 2;523 . 3,165 2,488 3,100 2,498 2,952 2,460 2,913 .2,~.02 2,851 2,468 2,894 2,501 2.!.947

504 528

481 579

600 428

492 379

366 418

537 399

574 391

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308

l 436 352 4ll 270

3,278 3,176 3,187 3,015 2,854
3,035 3,034 3,032 2, 901~ 2, 912

3,847 3,871 3,671 3,544 3,518
3,351 3,304 3,159 3,246 3,217

!/Exclusive of' hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.

ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

D. L_. FLOYD Agricultural ~tatistician In Charge

State
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EGGS SET AND CillCKS PLACED TIT COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1955

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Sept. 10

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Sept. 17

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Week Bnding

July 30

Aug. t Aug.

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Aug. 20

Aug. 27

EGGS SET - THOUSANDS

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Sept. 3

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Sept. : Sept.

10

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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois hlli ssouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina
South Carolina GEORGIA Florida A1ab a.roa. Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California.

863

1,186

941

1,116

318

1~380

1,392

1,539

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1,927 219

4,343

L.It.....

407 1,065

I .< 950

I i,678 215

i 1,991

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226 217

1,289

TOTAL

24 ,943

868 1,258
. 929
1,201 351
1~354
1,403 1, 448 1, 481
244 1,908
244 4,446
416 987 925 1, 736 199 2,008 196 246 1,263
25,111

846

782

1,279

561

945

653

1,147

873.

369

316

1, 349

61'5

1,456

1 , 3 6 7

1~670

1, 4 21

1, 4 52
I 2 34
1,915
I,, 278 I

1,315 527
1,508 250

4 , 4:62

3,847

I' :'t 32

191

983 I 1,291

I 926
1,74 7

973 2,074

I 191 i! 231

! 2 , 01 8

1, 759

II 187

255

193

14 3

1,287 !I . 1,o39

25,396 l i 22,091 'I

712 532 572 780 . 282 "696 1,661
_ 1~2 48 ~,526
4 73 1, 4 19
"199 3,871
187 1, 4 17
88 0 1,973
280 1,653
212 186 1,020
21,779

830 471 606 853 185 638 1,529 1,294 1,2 79 567 -_1, 561
18 9 3,611
211 1,229
899 1,873
304 1,676
216 151 1,081
21,309

801 495 703 668 177 561 1,370 1,24 9 1,335 495 1, 510 187 . '3,54 4 . 206
~,255
826 1,661
254 "
1,706 177 184
1,072
20, 4 36

801 546 603 -696 161 . 540
1, 440 1,191 l, H 2
4 76 1 ;4 4 3.
:160
3,518 213
1,134 830
1,614 240
1,576 187 119
1,066
19,696

692 547 64 3 676 167 512 1,363 1,038 1,110 <1: 58
.1. 335
151 -. 3~ 351
192 1,.12.7
812 1,502
28& 1,654
199 115 1,031
18,961

672 415 544 535 169 446 1,317 1,126 1,107 491 1,281 164 . :3,-304 22 2 1,076 126 1,330 174 1,595 173 105 1,073
18,04 5

675 469 580 503 160 407 1,227 1,155 1,015 415 1,340 169 3,159 205 992 676 1,221 233 1, 4 38 1 75 .129
:991
17, 334

684 454 540 512 163 454 1,122
1~098
1,127 372
1,231 196
3,246 189
1,0<12 "648
1, _294 233
1,417 171 119 927
17,239

640 450 56 4 606 142 4 50 1,251" l,Q49 984 479 1,199 175 3,217 164 1,037 "612 1,350 215 1, 562 171
96 8 <1 9
17,262

1955 1954

19,183 18, 425

19,312 17,628

II - 19,544

COMPARABLE 13 AREJ;. TOTALS 1 17,293 17,016 16,74 5 16,085

- --- - -- J l 16,814 . ~ ..

15,018 14 ,3- 28- 11, 487 13,915

15,608 13,834

14,937 13,998

14 ,509 13,782

13,91 7 13,719 13,302 I 13,488

13,771 13,006

1/ Former reporting areas of Maine, Connecticut, De l-Mar-Va.., Shenandoah Valley- Virginia-West Virginia, Central-Western North Carolina.,

Georgia, Texas, Florida, Alabama., Mississippi, Indiana, Calif ornia and Oregon.

.GIE. jo~GITA

AGRICULTURAL
MARKETING SERVICE:

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: GEORGIA 1954 CASH FARlvi DJCOHE OFF 7.6 PERCENT FROM 1953
Cash income (n'ciuding Government payments) of Georgia farmers for 1954 of $601,765,000 repreS'E'nteQ. a decline of 7.6 percent from the ~~50,956,000 (revised .. , figure) reported for the previous year. In contrast to a general reduction in income from crops, income from 11vestocl< and livestock products shoHed ap increase from 1953. As a result, the proportion of total income received from livestock and livestock products rose from 40.2 percent in 1953 to 46.4 perc1nt in 195h. Incol)le, from crops declined from 59.1 percent of the total in 1953 to 52.5 percent in 1954. Cash receipts from crops amounted to .f~31.5, 726,000 in 1954 compared with !)384,h63,000
in 1953. Cor~arable figures for iivestock and livestock products are $27 9,399,000
in 1954 .and ::~261, 774,000 in 1953,
Cotton cont~buied 21.1 percent of the total cash inc~me and co~tinued. to rank first
as a source of cash income. Commercial broilers ranked second with 16.9 percent of the total. .Following cotton in order amon:; crops were tobacco ( 9. 3%) and peanuts (4.9%). In the livestock group, hogs were second to corrunercial broilers contributing 11.4 percent of the total income followed by dair,y products (7.3%), cattle 'and calves (5.0%), and eggs (h.6%).
Percentage contributions to cash farm income by commodities for 1954 and 1953, respectively, were as follows: All Crops, 52e'2 and 59.1; Livestock and Products, .
46.4 and 40.2; Government Paymen:ts, 1.1 and 0.7; Cotton, 21.1 and 21.4; To'Qacco, 9.8 and 10. 7; Peanuts, 4.9 and 8.5;' Truck Crops, 1.8 and 2.6; Fruit and Pecans, 2.8 and 2.9; Corn, 1.3 and 1.4; Other Crops, 10.8 and 11.6; Commercial Broilers,
16.9 and 1~.4; ffogs, 11.4 and 6.9; Dairy Products, 7.3 and 6. T; Cattle and Calves,
5.0 and L~.2; Eggs, 4.6 and 4. 7; Other Livestoclc1 1.2 and 1.3.
DISTRIBUTION OF 1954 CASH I NCQr.)E FROH GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
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C.otton Lint
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Fruits & Pecans

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17,000 9,978 14,092 22;i35 17,996 . 14,113 . 12,879

1)3,841 109,055 115,722 173,691 172,317 139,158 \ 126,836

42,838 .. . 55,391 29,584

..47,350 49,083 .50,669

62 ,924' . 69,407 .58,769

13.11442 . 19,536 . ll:939

9,420 15,074' 10,-409

15,718 . 19,358 19,785 . 18,855



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. 15,774 16,63..8' . : _);6,72Q - . ~7 ,128

10,07> .. ,92'9 :.... ~~ 7.65 : ' 9,160

43~503 : 37,898 57,076 6l,d4i ,. '72',115 . 75,358

16,$71
10,918
8,i02
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TQTAL CRO~S

:).50,318 291,727 334,291 400; 712 . 39.5,470

~Excluding Irish :and Sweetpotatoes and minor crops~

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Hogs

46,353 41,021 43,896 55,707 52,749 .57,830 98,835

Cattle & Calves

Dairy ~roducts

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Com. Broilers

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Turkeys

37,.582 22,G58 3~ 1 b41 ~ : 36,903 l.
. 31,450- 33,454 . 36,836 .39,5.56

29,.;108 . 32,977

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3,838 1,820

45,433 . 68;.530

3,872 . 3,693
1,971 4,188

35,3.54

27,298 . 30,31Q '

41,977 ' 43,819 . . 44,1.57:

.88 ,6lo 93,826 ~ - 1oi,9si :.

3,858 ,3,964 2,814

3,514 2,316 2,234

Eggs

16,550 17,499 17,922 27,038 2~,6o6 30,883 27,477

Other

1,598 2,677 1,556 '2,315 2,061 1,838 1,615

TOTAL LIVESTOCK

& PRODUCTS

169,800 155,944 183,927 237,930 253,729 261;774 279,399

GOVERIOONT PAYMENTS 6,395 5,903 10,580 8,634 7,589 4,719 6,640

TOTAL CASH INCOME

ALL SOURCES

526,513 453,57h 528,798 647 1 276 656,788 6501 956 601,765

HOME CONSUMPTI ON Crops Livestock

45,837 40,071 35,791 36,606 ~3,030 . 85,038 65,390 78,161

36,921
74,236

52,624
75,61J

43,890 67,812

TOTAL INOO ME INCLUDING HOME CONSUMPT I ON BUT NO GOVERNWJENI' PAYMENTS

Crops

396,155 . 331,798 3701 082 437 1318 432,391 437,087

Livestock

262,830 2401 982 2491 317 316,691 327,965 337 1387

All Commodities 658,985 .572,780 619 1 399 7541 009 7601 356 7741474

359,616 347,211 706,827

TOTAL INCOME, ALL COMMODITIES,
& GOV P".YMENTS

665,380 578,683

Y Revised. " g} PreBJiilnary.

629;979

762,643

D. L. FIDYD
Agricultural Statistictan, In Charge

(OVER)

767,945 779,193 713,467
CARL.O. DOESCHER . Agricultural Statistician

Athens, Georgia

-GEO-RG-IA-..-OCT-OB-ER-l--CO-TTO-N-RE-PO-R-T

October 10, 1955

G~orgia is producing a cotton crop of about 685,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight)

accordingto October 1 pr.<;>spects reported to the Georgia Crop Reportine; Service of

. t he United states Department or' Agriculture . This is an increase , of 12 percent

from the 1954 production of s l2,000; stan~ard bales and is only slightly under the

10 y ear average (1944-~'53) of 695,000 bflles. From a per acre lint .yield stand-

point the curr~!}~ fi gure _!:Jf 378 po..unds._ is far above the previous e;-1-1-4;ime high

re~ord yiel'd of 317 pounds per acre in l95l.

.

The' present forecast or ' production is i4 percent a bove indicated production of 600,

000 bales one month ago as .with the advancement of the ginning sea son it has. become

a pparent that the crop vvill exceed ai.l e arlier expecta tions. Except for some spot.;.

ted local aree. s crop corres r)ondents tl}roughout the State report per acre .yieh1s .. .

that a:ppe.ared. impossible during the gr. owing s eason,

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Except for.cor.siderable September rains in s.outhern and southeastern parts of .the .

State {accompanying hUrricanes off the Atlantic Coast) weather during the month was

favorable for har.vesting operations, Picking vras about over in southern. Georgia . on

report date ~ o.nd Wa S. J;learing completio~ in mid-state territory' but n\ll!lerou~ . fields

vrere white in the northern part of the state.. There have bEen some complaints of

rotten boll~ and poor qualit~r of lint in some southea stern a.reas a s the r.esult of

September rains.

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About 63 percent of the indicated crop hae . bee11 ginned on report do:te. Bw:e~u of Census ginnings prior to Octo'\j,er 1 vrere 432,000 running bales compared v>i th .. ,
484. ,000 ba les in 1954. and 47.9.;000 bales in 1953 .

IV .
19.55 -79 , 000 1954 - 64, 000 1933 - 81 , 000
COLUf1Jl3US

VII ,

ALBANY \
1955 -95 , 000 \ 1954- 87 , 000 1953 - 83 ,000

VIII .
1955 -108 ,000 1951-t.-117 ,000 1953 -138 , 000

IX.
1955 - 21, 000
1 95L~-21 ,ooo
1953 - 25 , 000

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The Crop Reporting Board of t he Agricultural Il.1arketing Ser vic.e makes the follow:i.ng .
~ep ort. from data furnished by crop cor.:respondE;3n.ts, field -statisticia ns., Bureau of tiJ.e .Census, C.ommodity Stabilization Service , and cooperating Sta te agencies; _The

fina l outturn of: cotton -'compared with this forec a st .will depend upon whether the

vari.oti.s . iilfluences a ffecting the crop during the r emainder of the seas on are1 1ilcire or

l ess favorable than usual.

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I CONDI T I ON
"Ave;.: .. age

LINnli~I)ER P ~-ODUCTION (GINNTJ:ilGS)2/iCHNl\W1G0

1 H.iiRVESTlill il. CRE 500-Lb . gross wt. bales PRIOR

J-w e r -

19 .~ver-1'

19 - '0 '

age

lpdi- a ge

Indi- 10/1/55

_1~5: :;_ ~9~~= ~9~4t9!5+l~~~- 1:5~ Q~l~1 ~~~-)~~ ~9=4-'-~~-~:d! L___ _

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l Theus.

- - - . . , . . - - + _. ._c_re_s _

Pe r c en t

j Poimds ,

Thous~I!d ha les

un, Bale ~

N. Gi.~~
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Ga., ..... Te n n . . . . . . .

463 .
115
869
570

I 72 76 69 334 319 332
71 61 73 1312 288 373 69 64 81 253 286 378 74 6884 ., 360 Lo5 472

364

320 0 101

5ol 612

555
685

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Ala 993 .

71 65 92 286 298 h71 908 728

975

583

Mi ss 1,679

73 68 93 1 341 384 529 1,693 1,571 1,850

761

Mo,.,. ~ 389

l 75 79 83 j68 478 481 358 1.~50

390

107

Ark, 1,453 Ia. . ~ ..... 607

71 64 87 338 . 380 479 1,386 1,351 1,450 438
70 69 79 331 399 455 591 572 . 575 256

Okla 807 Texas 6,649

60 45 78 160 151 238 390 293

400 1 52

70 68 74 188 245 289 3,388 3,940 4,000 1,511

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87 97 88 5oo 743 655 217 316 240

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340

91 94 82 . 598 1,039 918 4-81 911

650

69

743

92 96 91 631 806 795 1,048 1,487 1,230

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Production ginned and to be ginned, ~ 500-lb. bale conta ins ab out 480 net

p ounds of lint,

3/ Virginia ~ Florida , Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada.

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Af ter Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
i>-gr i cultura l Na.rketing Service 319 Bxtension J uilding Athe ns, Ge orgia OFFI CIAL BUSiNESS

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GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS _OF OCTOBER 1, 1955

Rainfall vras heavy in southeastern Georgj_a,_ ample in coastal areas and southern counties, but tapered off to almost none in many sections of west central and north Georgia during Septembe-r. Pa.stu:re conditi-en declined materia-lly in the latter areas and plowing for fall seeded grai ns and cover crops was delayed. :fet weather in southern sections of the State, particularly in the first half of September, delayed har7est of cotton and peanuts. There were some complaints of rotten bolls and poor quaUty of lint as a result of the heavy rains, General rains have been received in most sections of north Georgia si nce tl~ first of October.

Record high yields per acre are expected for cotton, corn, tobacco, and peanuts, while above average yields are indicated for most other field crops. Cotton picking was about over in southern Georgia by the end of September, nearing completion in mid-state, but numerous fields were white in the northern part of the State . Digging of peanut s was far advanced and t hreshing underway on October 1. Harvesting of corn started on a small scale in s ome areas the latter pa rt of the month. The bulk of the hay crop has been harves t ed. . Yield per acre of all hay is well above a year ago and avera ge.

Corn: A record high yield of 22 bushels per acre was indicated on October ~. This

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compares with t he previous high of 20 bushels per aero produced in 1953 and

is more than double the yield a year ago. If current prospects are realized total

production will be 65,208,000 bushels compared with 29,6h2,000 bushels produced

l ast year a nd the 10-year (1944-53) aver age of 46~217,000 bushels.

Peanuts: Although harvesting operations were delayed in southern Georgia by r a ins during the first two weeks of Septemb er, digging was fa~ advanced by the
end of the month. The crop has be en grown under f avorable conditions and on Octo~ ber 1 the yield per acre was indicated to be a re cord high of 1100 pounds, Total
production is expected to be 613,800,000 pounds compared with 276,750,000 pounds produced l a st ye ar and the 10-ycar average of 657,004,000 pounds.
Peca ns: The severe freeze in l a te r~rch damaged many pecan trees and killed most of the buds. As a result, production vrill be very short this ye ar and will
be confined mostly to counti es a long the sout hern border. The crop is for ecast at
4,000,000 pounds, This compares with the r ecord 1953 production of 56,600,000
pounds and is only 20 percent of the short 1954 crop of 20,000,000 pounds.

Milk Production: Total milk production in Ge orgia during Sept emb er was 106 million pounds. This was 6 million pounds less than a month ago but the
same as September last year.

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GEORG IA
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TOT.i.L PRODUCTION Crn ooo)

CROP
Corn Wheat Oats

(ooo ) 1Aver age 1

~dicated Avera.ge

19.55 1944-.53 19.5h 19?5 191.14-.53

pu. 2,964 bu, 1 9.5 bu.j 706

11J .8 14.9
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22.0 1 46,217 1s.5 2,216 26.0 14,416

19.54
29,642 2, 0'72 21,235

ndicated
19.5.5 -
6.5,208 1,472 18,3.56

Ha y (All)

ton 791

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.61!

75! 676

441~

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Tobacco (All) lb.

Potatoes, Irish,bu.

Potatoes , Sweet,bu.

Cot t on

bales

Peanut s (f or pick-

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Soybea ns

bu.

102 1132 4 74
I 1.5 77
869 253
.5.58 782 35 9.6

1172 79

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1114' 536
872

42 I 90 . 4,080

286 I 378 i 69.5

615

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16.57 , ooL~

7.o jI 12.0

206

124,220 39.5 966 612
27 6,7.50 210

14 6 ,740
341.~
1,350 68.5
613,800 420

Pe ca ns

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Pastur e ,Condi t ion %

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Agricultur al Statistician, In Charge

CARL 0. DOESCHER agricultural Statistician

. ill~J,TED STATES- G~NERAL CROP REPORT AS OF OC~OBER l, 1955.

The progress of fall h arvt.:st has brought important to moderate i n crease s in pro- ductio~ . appraisals over September 1 f or cotton, hay, sorghum grain, rice , p8anuts and t obacco, and slight incre a ses for corn and dry beans. De creases since last month, chiefly slight in amount, are e stimated for soybeans, flaxs ee d, potat oe s, sugarbe ets, swcetpotatoes, and hops. Prominent among all changes is tho .incroasu announced in the October 1 cotton re~ ort which placed t he 1955 crop at 13. 9 million bales . This tops both last year's crop and average despite a substantial acreage r eduction this year~ The net effect of all changes is to move tho all crop production index more than one point above la st montl1 to about 106 percent of the 1947-49 base, challenging the record sot in 1948. The yield por acre indr.;x moves up 2 points to a r ecord 116 percent of the 194'1-49 b11so. This compares with thC; 1948 prcvious .record yield index of 108.

Late hay crops and pasture s have flourished from rains which came to eastern sections with hurricanes and l~ tor general rains which covered wide areas . The l argest hay crop ever grown in thE; Nation made still further gains from added alfalfa growth in many States and the be st l e spt;deza crop since -1952. Pasture f ood on October 1--slightly more plentiful for the date than in e ither of the t-vm past years--is notably above l ast year, except in the mid-West and ~acific areas, although still rated much below average. Wheat pastures are slow starting but are coming along wall in tho Southern Plains, Wester n r ange f oo d is highest for the month since 1951; livestock condition has been wall maintained. Food grain tonnage indicated by October 1 e stimat e s will exceed last year's production by 6 percent, gaining only slightly owr last month's prospects. Food grain tonnage this year is about 6 perc ent below 1954 from r educed acreages of both wheat and rj_ce ; only a slight increase is shown over September totals. Oilseed tonnage now looks 8 porcent above last year. Substantial increa se in cottonsood outturn above September 1 prospects outweighs tho moderato loss in soybean tonnage.

CORN: With harvest wall under way, corn production is now estimated at 3,118
million bushel s. Of the all corn production, 2,776 million bushels aro expected to be harve sted for grain com~ared with 2, 652 million bushels for grain last year and th8 aver age of 2,789 million bushels.

PEANUTS: Tho indicat ed production of peanuts f or picking and thre shing is 1,750 million pounds, an incre' so of about J~ percent over the September
estimate, and 71 purcont l ar gor than the short 195h crop of 1,023 million pounds. Prosp octiv& yiulds wore down in t he Virginia-Carolina ar oa, but up j_n both tho Southll ast and Soath\vost aroP.s . ThE:: yield pt;I' acre for tho United Statos , at 1,057 pounds, is tho highc&t of r e cord. The hi gh aver ago yield is mainly the r esult of '~"e cord yi8lds on the largo peanut acreage gro\m in th0 . Southeast arc ~ .
In the CcuthoFtst secti on >vit._ k '.rvcsting well under way, gr01.vc:r s ar c:: continuing )} to r eport improver: y:!.clds, M d indicC'te:d y i el ds on October l for n.ll t,t atc s in this ar ea_, excc:::Jt l .i s s i ssi~;pi, aro the hi. hcst on r c:cord . Harvesti ng of t he cr op W." S dol .nyod f r equently durina ~ cptcmbor by f!;oqu cnt shmJcrs vii th some dCJmagc t o pc::>.nuts caught O 'l top of thl gr ound . However, quRlity is r eported exceptionally good in P'.l l <:.rea s .

PECANS : The pecan crop is forc; cast at 89 , 800, 000 pounds, ~ incronse of 8.4 million pounds over the Soptombor for ecnst. Tho October .l ostimat o is
only 710,000 pounds l e ss than l ast year's production, but is 37 perc ent below the
ht 1944-53 aver age . Improved vnrioti os arc forGcast at 22,325,000 pounds and s eedling
pecans at 67,475,000 pounds. Texas prospect s increased million pounds over tho September 1 for ocast and arc now only 2 million pounds below l ast y ear. Louisiana, Alabama, lVIi ssissippi, Florida <:.nd South Carolina al;:;o r egister ed gains. In North Carolina, prospects declined from a September f oreca st of 1,140,000 pounds to 725, 000 pounds. This dccroasG is attributed t o disease and hurric ane damage . Arkansas, Ge orgia and Oklahoma aro unchanged from September. Shedding of nuts has continued. Louisiana and Florida ar6 13 porc e:.nt and 12 percent, r ospnctively, above r.'.ver age whil8 all other Stat e s ar c bolow.

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G:i'"ORGIAs Estimated honey production in Georgia for 1955 is 2,646,000 _pounds. This

amount is J5 percent. below. the 4,100i000 pounds prqduceci ~~ 1954 .an!i -~ :: .

the. smallest- production since estimates vrere. ~ta~ted in 1941. Total colonies. of . ,

be ~s <Jere . ~stimated at 189,000 an .8 percent reduction. t;rom the 205, poo on .-hand 4...:...

1954..: -Production:.per c-olony, of 14 pounds is 7.potmd~ below last year and .is :t:Oe _:.

lowest yield ~d record..

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The severe freeze of late i'iar'ch damaged all earl,y flower i ng plants and little '~ect~

was available' .for . the .:bees during ._the early spring months. Artifj,9ial1i'_eedi ng was

necessary far many hives and the mortality was rinich la;rger than .usual~ - Frequent

shOl:Ters duririg the sununer months made conditions unfavorable for honey productipn .

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..... . -- 12 percen~ more than last year'1s crop; according to the Crop Report-.

ing . Bo~rd.: : This year's hoh~y crop is being protluced by 5,238Jooo colonies of bees--
4 percent fewer than in 1954. Honey producti on per colony averaged 46.4 pounds,

which compares with 39...8 in 1954 and the 1949-53 average of 43o7 pounds. In -mid- --

Septe~ber, producers had about 92 mill~on pounds of honey on hand for sale - -abdut

38 percent of the estimated l955 prod14ction~

Honey: ..production is aoo:ve las~~:year in all regio~s except the South Atlantic and -'_ ..

West whe're it is dovni 18 and .).'O percent, respectively. Increas es .from last ye~!": ~ , .

were 5l percent in the East..Hort;h 26 percent in the South, Gent~ar;

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East Npfth Central :'Region, .very favot~ble weath~r for bot:h honey plants _and for ._: :~ ::..

bees resulted in the -J~argest 'crop of' record and 'is in sharp'cont:rasf: -'to : last year' 's

very short crop. The West North Central ;region als-o haP, very fc;yorable .p-roducing:

conditions and the crop. is well above that of last year. For many .beekeepers in .. the North Central St.ates_, . honey yields this y ear ar~ ind_icated .to. b.e .the l?est :1;-pey

ever hado) . In the South Central States, conditions were ' unfavorable early in the ....

season due to the late March freeze, but later conditions wGre more favorable, and

honey production is well above last year's short crop. The North Atlantic States

had another dry year, reaching drought proportions in some areas. The crop, al-

though above last year, is well below average for th e ;reg iono This is the third

poor year in succession for the area. The West also had a crop well below that of

last year, mainly due to the cool, late Spring 0 The 10 leading honey producing States which produced 62 pe+cent of the crop are California, Minnesota, Iowa,

Wisconsin~ Florida, Ohio, Texas, Michigan, New York and Indiana.

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. floney. yields..Per. .co~cmy this year ~verage 46o4 pounds comp<J.red with last. ye.ar's

. ifeld of.)9"8 pouildS-o Yields in all regions of the country were above last year- .

from ex:cept i~ the South Atlantic. and \rfest 11 Increases from last year . we:re: West North ..-

Gen:tral States

60e2 pounds last year to 81.1 pounds this

Cent~al ft~m. )6~;4: to 54o9, North Atlantic from 23o7 to 33.21

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Ceri~r~il

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States from 19o7 to 26o5 pounds. The decrease in the South Atlantic was froin 34.9

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92,.445,000 .pounds, compared with 80,123,000 pounds a year- earli.er; rstocks .:cll'f",.harid

amounted to '38 percent of production the same as last y~r. . Stocks as ::a percentage

of production :were 46 .\percent :i:n the East North Central:, .42 percent in :the. West; :.

38 percent in the North Atlantic, 37 percent in the West Nar~h Central, . 30 . percen~

in the South Atlantic, and 22 percent in the South Central States.

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Durin~ tlie' :W:eek ending October 15 comme'rcial hatcheries plB:c,ed 3,33~.,,oQq c~icfts with

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reporte'ti a:t $16.;50~. per hundred~ These pric~s coi{!pa:r.e With 90.5 cents and ~16.50 for
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537 . 399 . 57h.; :: 391

-Sept~_; .;3. )~825 4,343

2,402 4,851

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Sept~ :10 3,740 4,446

2,468 ~,894

436 .352

Sepj:..i, :17 .3,867 4,462 -l ..,2,501 Z,947

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673

712

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Connecticut :

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534

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Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland , --~
Virginia West V~~ginia . North Carolina South. Carolina

1,139 . 362 ~
1~24 8 -
1,.448
l r639 1,383
, 233 1,906
1 278

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1,395
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512

446

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454

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1,127

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;:: 48 3 : .1,203
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:1,198 165

663 203 488 .1,258 1,080 945 474 1,276 183

608 204 461 .1,331 -1,141 987 478 .1,150 22()

602 164
391
1,400 1,090
909 353 1,.305 248

GEORG-IA

4 ~ 457 , 4;-6o2 .. 4,639

3,51~ :;3,35_1 : 5,304 ., _3,159

.3,246

.3,21'7

3,122 .3,265 3,334 .3, 334

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1,.034 1, 78a- ;
1212 . _ 2~P69
1215 ' 184. ' i' 1,206 ;

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196
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l~134 .-. c~,127

~30 . " . 812

1'#614 J,502

__ 240 ~ -,576

200 1,6~

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1,221

1,294

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233 1, 4 38
175

233 1,417
171

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1.29 ~--' - 119' .

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- 927'--. - 849

168 1,061
~ 704
1~39 4
210 1,492
164 95
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166 .1,011
705
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228 1,548
141 123 84 5

152 .1.002
704 1,471
227 1,567
99 117 862

157 1,.019
696 1,536
251 .1,.700
121 93
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TOTAL

25,l589~ '

-26-,.oos 1 r9~_sa1 :. 1a ,s50 .:Le ,o35 17,277

17,26'2 !'7,332 17,682 17,891 18,034

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2_0,273 15,645

15,593... ~ 14,.924 13,834_: }_~,998

:14,.499 13, 7~_2'_- ~

13,891 . 13; 71~ . : 1~, 771 13,'302 . 13,488 ~3,006

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14,037 1?.,819

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14,290 11,387

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b~i~er producers in Georgia commercia~areas. This is 4 ~pe~c~nt below the.

3,?32;~00 of the ; p;reyiou~ we~k.but,29 ~erc~n~ IJlOre .than tqe~ 2~612,000 placed ~he

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2.:: pe!1cent .belq~ :':th~ :4;630; 009 of the preVJ..oU.s we~k but .26 p ercent greater .t l1a11: the

3; f 68;,_00\) .f.or the ~orresponding week last year.

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89. ; cents .per dozen ., Aver~ge :retail pri'ee <fuarged tne 'broil-er grower ;t.:cir. chiclc:s was

reportec1 at ~~i6 ;25 per hundteq. :The ~e ~rfce q ~ompare with 9o c;ents ariel <~l6~5b for

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4,371 4,343

' r .. SeP,t;.! 1+{), I 1 3,; 740 . :,-.4,446

i .. Septr; ;1'7 j : ), 867.:._..(.4;462:

I 2,460 ~,913
,. .. 2,402 ..-2, 851 ~. 2,468.' 2, 89.h 2,50.1~. 2,,Y47

574 391 630 '.3g8. 436 ': J~2 '
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. 3;034. I .':3iJ04 3, 032_ : .'J,-159
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2~912' ~ ;.3,217

~pt. !2.4 .! .3;855 h14o4

Ojt1. ' l l' ; .J ~8 15 4,457

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~O~c~ t. ~~~ Oc-t. -.~ : - O- ct.-- ::~A-.ug-.. - . . :- . ~ Se~ pt~ . ~~S~ep-t.-~ :- -Se7p~ t. -'s-~ Se~ pt.~~:' ~O~ct~ . . ~::-O-ct~ . =rO-c- t. -r~ Oc- t.. -~~ Oc-t.-~

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GBI.C KS PLACED THOUSANDS

874'

II 876 ;. ~ 926: :

672

675

684

640

691

673

712

651

676

755

1,412 ,, 1~: 316 .: _. 1~4_l;i8 ,.,.

405

455

454

450

446

481

502

547

562

545

1.:016 1~~ 302 ..391
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1, 316:~~ 1 ,':560 1,52:3.

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1, 364 418
1~209
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1,532 1,523

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1,' 321 !I 1,317 --

II' 1,585 .. 1, 126

1;506 .1, 10'7

580 503 160 407 1:227 1,155 1,015

540 512 163 454 1,1,22 1,098 1,127

564 6'06 142 .
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130 483 1,203 1,019 l,087

560 663 203 488 1,.258 1,080 945

568 608 204 461 1,331 1,141 987

603 602 164 391 1,400 1,090 909

582 655 174 376 1,426 1,172 936

671 694 166 381 1,367 1,157 1,028

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223 - ; j 491

415

372

479

458

4 74

478

353

394

372

1,888

1~975

1,984 !j : 1,281

1,.297

. 1,231

1,199

1,198 1,.276 1,150 1,305 1,218 1,246

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296

331 . i . 164

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175

165

183

220

248

223

224

4,639 . 4 ,630 4, 554 : : ! 3,304

3,159 . .3, 24 6

3,217

3~1.22

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3,532

3,382

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1,076 .;

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1,562

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704 1,394
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1,011 705
1,366 228
1,548

1,002 704
1, 4 71 227
1,567

1,019 696
1,536 251
1,700

1,035 757
1,564 283
1,.7e5

1,056 872
1,.460 253
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171

171

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119 927

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17,262

1~,.332 . 17,82 17,897 18,034 18,.476 18,611 14 ,366 14 ,222 14 ,546

COMPARABlE 13 AREA TOTALS .. 1/

20,273 :;. '20,302 2_0./150 ,. , 14, 499
15,645 _-...lS, 680 ~ .. 1~ ,-J324 13,782

13,891 _13,302

13,719 . 13,488

13,771 13,006

1'3', .798 . 14 ,037 14,196 14 ,290 12,952 ,12,819 11,586 11,387

14,915 11,659

1/ :For~er reioi t-ing area~ of -~aine, c~~e.9ticut, Dei--Ma:r-va., ShenandO'ah Valley~Vi'rginii.a.-West Virginia, Central-Western North Carolina,

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Received by Georgia farmers ~opped to the lowest ..level since Hay 1950.

At the present level the Index .is 251 percent of the January 1910- December' 1914

ave,rage anq 5 points below the. level of the . Io~ dur:i.:ng the corresponding period

last year.

In ;t~e two .main s~pwdivi~ions of tl1e All Go.t)W19dity group , t .he I ndex of. All . Crops

declined 5 po~ts during the month, and the IndeK of ~11 Livestock ,and Livestoc~

Products dropped 8 points. The All .tivestoek and Livestock Products Index is now

at . the lowest level since December 1954, and .the ' All Crop Index at the lowest level

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all' baled h'ay, ' hogs bee.r cattle, chickens 1 butterfat in .cream, and soybeanS were

primarily responsible for the shift in the All Commodity Indexo l!igher prices re-

. . ceived for ' wheat, ~ats, eggs1 wholesale ' milk; an~ peaputs were on~ partially off-

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(5 points) during the nionth exiding in mid-October. : At 230 percerit

of its 1910-14 average the index l'Tas 5 percent less than a year earlier. Lov1er

prices received by farmers far hogs,. cotton, corn, app les, and cattle were primarily

responsible for the dec:rease during the month. Higher :Priees for vlholesale milk,

tomatoes, to:hacco, stra:Jberries, and wheat were 'only partially offsetting. Both

the All'Crop J;nde~and'the Livestock and Livestock Product Index vrere down from a
month earlier and from a year earlier, with the Crop Index showing the sharpest

drop from last year., . .



Higher :r-i~es i'or cons-wne-r -goods-afiel-.a-. ~ater than-usual increasE) in-farm wa-ge
rates rai.s~d the Parity. Index (Prices Paid~ Interest, Taxe:9, and Hage Rates) to 280 in mid~Octobero Prices paid. for farm production items averaged the. same as a month e~rliero The current Parity Index \oTas 1 point (1/3 o.f l percent} hi gher than the rev~sed index for September . . It was also l point higher than ~ year ago.

With farm product prices down an<f the Parity Index up, the Par~ty R,atio .dropped
2 percent .from September 15 to October . l 5 to 82. This was 6 percent. under October
1954 and the lowest ratio recorded since November 1940~

;rnd~xes
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2,35

230

313 Feb. l95i . : ..

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. 290

r1lay '195?; : :

Parity Ratio

87

84

8~

-123

---------- - - - v ... };/ Pric~s Paid, Interest, Taxe:s; and Wage. Rates. ~/Revised,:.: .

Oct, 1946 .

' ~ Also.February and-April 1952.

. D. L. l''LOYD

BURTON J. _HARRINGT'ON.

Agricultural Stat~tfcian In Charge

Agricultural Statistician

. .. .

After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
ll,gricultural 1iarketing S~rvice .319 E..'.<'tensi on Building Athens, Georgia . OFFICIAL BU8IN1SS

Penalty for private use to avoid. .. payment of postage $300.
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ocrtmm

15

1955 VT!TH cm ~.ARIS0~1S . . ' .. ... -.,..
UNI TED Sl'ATES .

Cm1u(DDITY AND
UNIT

. Average I .

1

I .

.. !+vera.ge

. !

Aug .l909- Oct. 15, S~pt, 15, J Oct. 151 jAug.l909- Oct. 15, Sept.15, Oct.15

July 1914 !954

1955

1955 l Ju1y 1914 ],954 1955 . 19.55

ITnea,t 1 Bu,

$

C o r n , -B u .

$

otlts:-- ~~.

$

t. " '

Irish Potatoes,Bu. $

Sweet Potatoes,Bu1 $

Cott~'nse!3d1 Ton $

Hay (b al ed),' Ton $

l o24

2.02

I 1.97

.88 0 2.08

1.94

. 91

1.59.

I
1.30 f 1.13

.67

..91 ' 1.90

.I .82
1.50

.86 1.50

.64 1.45 - 1o24 I . 1.14 .

.. .

.40

.73 .

.59 .

..

.70

.93 .71

.83 ! 3.05

I . 2.55

2.-20

.. 88 - 2.12 1o42

12.6 24.39

'35.6
59,00
29.oo

.. . 35.0 .45,00 26.00

I 33.0
I 13,00
1. 25.00

I 124
_.. "- 22.55
1

347 '60.20 . 22.30

4:3?0 43; 50
20.30 . 20.50

Hogs, per etrt.

$

Beer'-q~tU~ ~ -- ~~~ . .$ .

7o33 3o87 :

18.70 I 15.90

1s.3 o _ I

10.20

.11. -40 . - 11.""'o I

7.27 18.40 5. 42 . " 15.80

15.70 15,60

14.5o
-15,30

M,i- l k

Cows,

head
. ., .

Chickens, lll.

'$ .. 33.85 13.2

_. ... . Egss 1 n;.,~.

., . _21 3

Butterfat,: Lb, .

25.7

91.00 19.9 40,0 54._o , .

100.00
24~4
52.0 . 52.0

I 100.00 21.5 53.5 51.0

1 - 4~09 ..
I 11.4 I 21.5
. 2,6.3

142.00 14700 17.5
'3562..4~ ,. -4~3-;~8 ~-.

H6.oo
20.4
42.9
. ' 56.-9

lvliik . ~~h~iesfl~e )
'per 100# 11

Soyb eans, Bu.

$

5e95 2.90

5~80
2.50

, 605

-- I 1.60 . 4\32 .4.17.

4e34
-:a,oa

Pe._anut s 1 Lb.

5.0 n.s

11.3

u.s

4.8 n.s .. u,8 _. u.~ .

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I NDEX NUMBERS oF PRICEs RmE:i:v;m BY:

n: GmRGIA



(J m1uor v 1910 '!".. Decen'ber 1'914 a 100.

. '

.

. .

Oct .'15 .. ~pt ~ .15,

... ~ ...
.' ! '.
Oct. ''lS:~ .

AI! .Co!!lr.\odities_ _ _
All Crops Gra ins and H4y

1954
'----=---------.~-
281 174

1955 259 ' 276 161 .

1955 - '
-'' ;~ ~~1- .- : - ~ :

Cotton Lint..

. '

. ... P eanuts '

288

288

222

. 218 .

270 222 . _ ,

Tob acco

362

:.:362

362 ..

Cottonseed and Soybean'S

245

Irish Pot ato..es, sw~t; Pot atoe s , & Cowpee.s 210

188 239 .

127889

I.
,,

Fruits and N11ts .

. .

233

. 233

205

All Livestock and Livestock Froducts

208 .

222

1-~e at Ani mals

261

247

'21 4
237 I

Poultry and Egg s Dniry Products

-15.2
232.

191 '230.

178 . 237 ' 1.

Revised

PRICEs

PAID

BY

FABMERs

FOR

~u:m~
.

F-EE.D-S

GIDBGIA '



OCTOBER 15, 1955 vnTtr coMrARisONS
i. ..mn TED 9r.ATES

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:

Oct. -15, . 1'954

'Sept~ 11J, 1955

-Sept. : l5 1 l95p

Oct, l-51
195,5

.Mixed Dait~ Feed ..~.:

Ail Unde r ~a Prot ein

16%.P rot e in

.

18% Protein



20C/o .Protein . 24%r rotEl'in' .

Hi~h Frotein Feeds Co ton s eed Me81 Soybem Wmal
Meat Scrap

4.10 4,00 4.30 4. 45 4.65
4.05 . 5.50 6.10

3,90 3.80
4~10
4.10 0 4.20
3.30 . 4i50 5.10

'I 33..9800

'4.10 : ', 4.10 fl o2?



0

3.86 3. 77 ... 3.83 .
4.12 4 .31 . ".

3.; 30

-- ~4 . 40 .. .. ..

4.50 4 .95

.':4s..8a0r ' :' .. ..

3.64 ' , ' 3, 58 0 3.62 ..:. 3.82 ... 4.04
3~81
4.16 : 4.90 '

. :3~6'5
358
~..sB.
3.84 ' . 4.05

Grain By-Products Er an . . : .. . Middling s .
Co'l'n ~leal

3. 45 3.8s 4.25

3,40 3.75 4.35

3.30 3.50 4.00

2.98 .3. 15 . . 3.84

2o 96- .

0

: 3.07.. .

3.49

2.87 3.05 3Al

Poultry F eed . ..
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Gra ins

5.50 5.20 4.50

5.10
4.90 4. 40

5.10'
4.85 4.30

0

5G'19 '

4:.77 0

4.21 .

0 4.85

4 . 4 5 ..

0 0

0.

0 4.04 . .

.4.8~
4. 41 4.01

57.00 42.00
-y As r eported by Feed ThJalers.

so.oo
36.00

52.00 39.50

34.80 32.40 .

31.70 28.30

32.60 28.50

GE011GIA ..; NOYEn;:q,1.11R 1 COTTON RV.FORT
Georgia -cotton .production this year will amount to about 700 ,000 bales ()00 pounds gr.oss weight) according to Hovember l informa tion compiled by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service of the United States :rJepartment of Agri'culture; This is an in-
crease or' ih percent from the 612,000 sta;~da rd bales produced last year and is 1
percent above the 10-year average (1941+-.53) of 695,000 bales. Th:e ) resent f oreca st is 1) ,000 bales above the p roduction of one :.10nth ago and is a continuation of a monthly incre ase in prospect s since the first report of the season' on Au[;ust 1. Indicated record high yield per acre of 387 pounds is 35 percent above the 1 9.5!+'
yield of 286 pounds and is .53 percent greater than the 10-year average. of' 253
pounds.
The dry fall weather has been ideal for picking cotton and little remained in the fields on report date. About 91 percent of the crop had been ginned.
The Bu reau of Census reported 630, 000 rmming bales ginned to Novemoer 1, compared with .596,000 to the same date in 19.54 and 699,000 in 195'3.

ARCHI": LftJ.JGLEY A~ ricult ural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statisti cian In Charge

_ - G~01GIA rfAP SHOWING I NDICATED -- -- ~ --

PRODTJCTIOl'T 19-55

Al'TD

FHLU.

PRODUC__T_I, ON

FOR

1954

&. 195)

\ - --~--~-------,-------J---;

1955 p ro du ~tion indicated on

\ 1955- ~ ~,000\..,, ~'TON-COT_TOJ::) /

~ ovembe r 1.

\ 19 5L~-4::> ,00 . I \.___ : ~ --c

1 953- 60,00

~ ' "~

\

.

1955-55,oooS I II. ~

'\ \\

'10I.l~

1954-L,.e ,ooo ' 1953-54 , 000 '\

:~LP'\:'H\~N.

- STAT:S-
1955 - 700 , 000
15'54 - 612, 000 1~~ 53 - 752' 000

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\ __ _ i.

II.

1
~::i~S,

11

9u5545

=~,..,74:

Q0-Q0O0

DJ.stricts sho1-m are Crop Repo rting Dist r i cts and NOT

1 \..._~ .ATL ANT~-~ /r.\_,,....~~~-~3-56 , 00~~ong ressi~na1 Districts.-

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\ 195.5- 83, 000 ~I. ,l

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VI.

~ ' \

f \ l 954- 6h,OOO 1 953-81,000

p~COli

\ \ \COLUi,iBUS

~\l

~:i:~>~-3f:-i136

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ooo

> l

\
11 9)155 45-- 1 9032,, 0000~? \\

/ 1953-118,000 \

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ALBJIJJY \\ 1 955-118,000 ll

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L.~ 1955-R6 ' 000
1954-R7,000

f

1953-83, 000

c'

8

1 9:::!]-13 ,OOO

cJ'
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~ 1955-20,000

j

195h-21,000

1953-2 5,000 )~

~c..I,

~~Y

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I VALDOSV.

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U.t 1ITED STA 'l'ES- CCTTON :mPORT AS OJ<,N OVEMBER . l, 1955 .

.-----~-- -

'The - Cro-p He p orting Boa rd of the Ag ricultural Harket ing Servi ce Il!.ak es t h e;. foll owi ng r eport _'from _datn. furni she d by crop corr e sponden'ts, fi eld s t atistician s, .-flu reau: or . :t he Cen's t!s ~- Commodity .stab ilization Service~- 'an. d' COOIJe ra ting St a te ag enCi e s . The
f inal outturn of cotton compa red .with thi s . for e c as t vrill depend up on wl}e th e r the ,' vari ou s~ i nfluenc e s affecting th e crop during th.e rema inder of t h e. s'ea s on ar e mor e .:.or less fa"'l[orabl e -tha n usual.

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: AGl<E.\.GE :

HA HVES TE l) AC r~

: 5 00 -lb. gross wt.-- bf'.l e s . : <JJ;lr-

S 'AT:!:

:

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FO
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1954 .



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5
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. .

P.pund s

'

Thousand Bales .

- - ---- . -- -

-

-

-'.

-a. --c

re-s-

-:
I



! l 1T . Car olina 463 3:)Lf

~ C a ~ ol ina . ~ ~ 715 1 3 12

: - - . - : - - - -.. .. ..i ~- .. - -----f"'; --~- .. - -:---- . - - .. --- ~:-- --

I 1. :1 19 i -3 0e

28a

386

I

h92
092

3(:4 '
501

355 I 265

57'3

507

i Lre or gJ:a 1 869 : 253-
'I'e nn~sse e 570 1 3 -:_;o

286 .: 3 B7 L~05 1 51 8

o95

612

700

63 o

5o5

:348

615 3&9

~~ ab~;,l8. ~ ~ 9:?3 lj' 2 au' 298 1 505

.908

'(28 1 , 01.6 f. 91.14

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l I

389

Arkansas l 1 , 4:53

341
I j{;8 I 338

l Lou.i s lana , 6o7 33 1
.Jklahoma 807 160

Te xa s , l 6 , Gl ~9 1 88 I !
N . ~r:e xico 1 176 5 00
I Arizona ' :t; 34 0 598
Ca lifornia . . ! 7h3 ., 'f:31-

384
4 78 380 399
j 151 ~'1.6
I
I 74 3 1 , 039
tl 0 6

572

1.+94

'i 532 Lf:)7

I
I

2 6:'

I
;

307

j Tj{--,
I
967 808

1 , 693 1 , 571 2 , 000.

358 1 , 386'
~; 9 1
390
3 ,388

i {.'; O

}~00

' 1,351 I. 1 , 610

-~ 7 ?.

:J90

0~-Q .>.-?
3 , 9L~o

430 4 , 250

217
4 81 1 , OL ~.B

31 \') 1

270

911
l ~ 487'

685 1 , 250

l , )-!::7
298 1 , ll~ 7
~-77 2Lt8 2 , y ;-2
111 208
3d+

Cthe r

j

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s

3/ i 61
t-ate~---tI :5.l~f-

II c 83 t'
T~~~--r

3 S.7
;41

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I...

3 80

47

52

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26

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-- - -- _______ _______ ! 41 . 1 ; 357

5 8) !j 5L~o ! c-" 6 ; 4<:: . 1 : 1+6

:

2

-- - --. ----- -- -: ---- .. I . . -- ~-

________ ___ ...._ ,,.......

! . .,

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1/ Septe;ttber 1' e stimate . 2/Pro duc t ion g; ilmed and. to.be ginne d . A 5 00-lb . "!::lal e

3/ c-ontains about L1.80 n e t pc-ui-lC:.s .~f lir.li;; .

Vi r g i n.ia , Fl ori ca , Illinois , Kans as ,

Ke1~tuck" , a nC. ~:evadn. . 4/ I1l.cl ude d in State um1. United Stat e s tot a ls ~ Gr own in

J.e xas , ilew i'~e xico ~ Arizoi1a , and Ca lL'orni a .



Aft er Fi ve Da~r s Re turn t o Uni. t ed Sta tes De pc-.rtment o f Ag ricul t ur e
A~:ricl< ltur a l :: ~a rk e tinc; S e r vi ce 3 19 Exte nsion .Bui lding Ath en .s , ~e or gi a 0/FICI.AL ::J~;"SE ESS

:?er;.a l t;r ? or Pri vace 'Us e 'i'o Avoid :?a:~ rment Of' Post a!~e , ' .300

SOUTH BRNNCij LISRARl
TH~"" U.!IV ERSITY OF GECRGIA TH E UNI VE ~ ITY LIBRARIES
ATH~S GA.

-/

UNfTED STATES . . DEPARTMENT OF
: ~: (!Jn;-jJ~AU~REICUI.
,. I
'

GJEJO~G TIA

~GRICUi:TURAL M~RKE.T(~(; SERVICE

G~

U~IVERSITY OF GEORGIA

(

COLLEGE OF AGRICUI.TURE

~ Athens~ Georgia

'' '
GEORGIA .AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ~R~_'C_E
.. , November -~9, 1955

'I ,' :

I

BR0ILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COlti11ERCIAL AREAS

I

'- /. - ~~

; Thi~~g ; the week ending November 5 commercial hatcheries placed 3,166,000 chicks with

b~9,i:),er producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 6 percent below the

31 382,000 of the previous week but 20 percent more than the 2,637,000 P,laaed the

same. ~we~k last year. : :. '":~ : I -:

. .,

Lo~al -h~t: ch' ings of 2,918,000, excluding shipments of 295,000 chicks -to !other states,

are 5 petcent under the 3,056,000 of t he previous week but 30 percent r~ore than the

2~243,;06 of one year ago. Sggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 4,'5i4,QOO or
' i l perceg~ ~elow the 4,554,000 of the previous week but 28 percent greater , t nan the

; 3,~33,~0q for the corresponding week last year.

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j H~tch~riE!s reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the lofeek at an ave r _age of

! 8 ~~.5 oen~s per dozen, Average retail price charged the broiler grower for c.hicks

: wa~ repo~ted at ~;il6.00 per hundred, These prices compare with 89 cents and -~~16~25

fbr tHe previous week and with 67 cents and ~12.25 one year ago. Egg prices shpwn

;

r~late,
I .. .. j

to
~

Georgia

produced

hatching

eggs,

whether

bought

on

contract

or:, o'the.rwise,

:_. , .

-{See -reverse side for other states)



:...:.' :: i

5,.; --1:-:-.':n' _m.....':.RG_'IA_-.-CH_I_C_K____,PLi::::---\C_S_filT...'!_i:_~~T_B~Y_W~iE::::-,E_K S - _P~RIOD SEPTEHBER 3 THROUGH l'TO VT~HBER 1955

Date i

Eggs

Chicks H.atehod !./

I nshiptn.cnts 1 To1;.al Placed

I Waclf !

Set

Placed m GeorgJ.a

of Ch1.cks ,, on ;_;,F~:rms

: Erll.ding

1954 : 1955

1954 .: :;1.955

. 1954 : . 1955 . . 1954 :~":": 1.955

. ~~ -~;[-, ~~~-~~T~h~o-u-san~d~s~~.~~ ~~~T~h~ou~~-~~d~s~~~~~~~ous~ds : _. ;, T~otis~ds

;

sMeppt.t~.



; 3 U.o

3,825
3, 740

4,343 4,4h6

1I

2;402 2,851 2,468 2,894

,I
I

630 436

308 1 3,032,. ..:3,159
352 2,904 :'3,246

. S~pt, 17 ,
',.-:lj oseetpt;., ~2i4 '

3,867 3,855 3, 81.5

4,462 1 4,4o4 4,457

2,501 2,535 2,374

2,947
2,842 I
2,948 .. !'

411 270 2,9).2 3,217 h74 280 .3,009' . 3,122 662 . 317 :3)b36: 3,265

::[. ~dd~~.: .. ~ ~
~~
: 1O~t~ 2-2

3, 561 4,6o2

3,569 3,491

44,,6~3390

I 2, 325 2,998 .
2,294 3,022 2,337 3,062 I

389
333 364

I 336 I 2, 714 .;,:~ 3, 334

312 470

2,627 ' 2, :;'01,

3,~34 3,_.~32

Oct:~ ' ' 2:9

3,.568 h,554

2,290 3,056 't 322 326 1 2;6i2 i: 3,382

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I

394

248 j 2,637 : 3,166

~ !},.Bxclusive of hatchings shipp~d into .$tat.es outside of Georgia.

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., :. . . '=' r - -~ ~-.' .;: : , : D. 1. FLOYD ..~

.' Agricultur-al Statistici~- ...

' " ' . Ag ~i-cultp~ al :Statistician In Charge

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Penri'~lv'iul,i a

. '!ridiana... : .

Ill~~o"i ~ :.

Missml'ri~ -

Dela.w~e
. ~g~r.-i:J.an<i ..

vti-g'~nia.

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-.t.WN'l'e'osrtt;h.,/:.V=cia.rrg, oinliinaa.

.

Souti}. Carolina.

.GEORGIA

Florida.

' A; l:!i-'0 a.ma
Mississippi Arkansas

..: Louisian~
.: Texas- . Washi~g'ton
~ - oregon . _. _..

ca.iir~i-nia

TOTAL ' 1955 TQ.TA~_~; 19 54
..

EGGS SET AND CR ICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS 1955

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CHICKS PLACED ~ THOUSANDS

.8. 76
1, 316

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.926
1~458

860 . I1. ,;
.1,194 i;! I

675 455

684 454

640

691

673

712

651

676

755

764

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481

502

563

562

545

577

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977 j 1 ' p80

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568

603

582

671

625

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1,596 223

1,552 262

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.- _512 163 ' 454
1,122 1;098 1,;1.27 . '372

606 166 450 1,251 -~ ~ 1, 049 ~--~
984 479

609 130 48.3 I-~ 20'3 1,019.
1,087 458

666 203
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1,258
1.080 ' . 945 .. . 474 -:

-608 204 . 461 1,331 1,141 987 478

601 164 391 1,400 1,090 909 353

655 174 376 1,426 1,172 936 394

694 166 381 1,367 1,157 1,028 372

771 130 438 1,295 1,109 1,.025 526

1,9''15. 1,984 2,045

1,297

1~231

1,199

1,.198 1,276 1,150 1, 305 1,.218 1,246 1,291

296

3.31

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169

196.

175 .

165 ' - 183

220

248

223

224

224

4.,.630 :
463 !' 1 ,1.040
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4,554 ~58
1~039
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1-,917

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508. f

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992 675 1,,22-1

:3,246 189
1,~2 ~78
1,.294

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164
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" 1,350

3,.122
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5,265

3,334

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3;.532

3_,382

3,166 .

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704

705 .'

704

1,.394 ~ -. .1,366

1,471

1,o19 696
1,536

1,.035 757
1,564

1,056 872
1,460

1,.143 865
1,495

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293 .. ,220

211 2,.308
282 17i

188 1 r
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2;353 t l 192 i f 220 \

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1;438 175
129

233 1,417
171 119

215 1,.562
171. 96

2H> 1,492
164 95

228 ,_ 1,548
141 : 117 : .

227
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251 1,. 700
121 93

283 l, 705
163 68

253 1,638
130 94

310 1,. 745
140 98

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991

:927

849

871

845

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864

796

933

921

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26,871

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21,603

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20~ 750
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16,742

13,302

COMP-ARABlE 13 AREA TCTALS 1/

13,719 13,488

. 13,771 13,006

,13,798 12.,952

+.4,031 12 ,81~

14,196 11,586

14,305 ll, 387

14,.719 11,426

14,915 ll,659

14,978 11,674

:)i4.F6_f~zl.i.iePorting irea.s; of M~irte, ~ Connec~icu~~ D;l-Mar-va.~~: _she~~doa.~ Va..iley~V~rgin~a.-W~st Virginia., Central-Western North Carolina.~

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GE.Nl!.RAL CROP .RLPCRT -FOR GEORGIA AS OF NOVci\ffiLR 1, 1955

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November 1 r e ports point to an exceptional~ good 1955 season for most spring

. , pilantcd crops !-.!1 Goo_rgia0 RcQ.or .high_ Y-;lclds p c.r acrc_arf:Lin prospect-_ fol!..;.co.tton,

... . corn, tobacco, and peanuts l-lhile above average yields arc indicated for s()ybean51

J hays; and potatoes.





Weather during October was dry in most sections of the state and, consequcntly1 favorable or harvesting cropso By November 11 cotton picking was about over in all areas, picking and threshing of peanuts had made good progress, corn harvesting was well under way, and ~gging sweetpotatoes was nearing completion. Lack of ..moiStureduring the "month, hol-rever, .retardedfall seedi.ng of small grains. Stands arc poor in s6me areas and grains aavc made very little growth. Rains since r eport .date have. been favorable for these cropso Pasture .condition declined four points :during October and on November 1 was two points below average for the date .-

Corn: .Record or near r ecord high yields of corn arc bci.ng harvested in all~ areas ---- of the state except extreme south Georgia where tne . dry weatkor of April and i1ay damaged the crop. The indicated yield per acre rose one-half bushel during October to a r ecord high of 22Q5 l:>ushels for the state. Total productio:n is ex-
pected to be 66,690,000 bushels, mor ~ than double last yarrs :short crop of e2l9s,6,42,-000 bushe ls, arxi well above the 10 -year (1944-5 3) average': o 4612171 000 bush-

.

Peanuts: Prospects of peanuts declined slightlY during the month but the indicated

~ppric~kutcd.tiaonnd.ytaiheyrledesa.hpreedargoaiscornefow2o7ff6o11r71 o50~70a51 s0tp0o0 uaptnodu5s n99dis1s

still a record 8501 000 pounds. and the average
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high. This o.f 6

Total production campares :wtth 57,o04,ooo pounds.
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SWeetpotatoess Production of swectpotatoes is expe cted to be 11 3501 000 bushels,

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40 percent above the 1954 crop but only ,(me-third of the 10-year

average . The decline from average is due to a sharp r eduction in acreag-e as the

. . ~dicated yi~ld per aClre of 90 bushels is the highest since .1929. Yield per acre

. :- last year Was 42 bushels l-Jhile.. th..e average is 77 bushels per : acre.



Pecansa The indicated production of pecans on November 1 at 41 0001 000 pounds is the same as forecast a month ago, -Prcxiuction is very short this year due
to the late Iflarch freeze an:!. will be confined mostly t~ counties along the southern

border. otthe state. The cu:r.xent estimate is 80 percent below production last year

&"ld 89 percent below ave;[)age .;

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pounds. This was one per ccnt less than a month ago but siX per-

:::: cent above October a year ag0()



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Tobacco (All)

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Pasture Condition

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,; . .. ,:during ' October with generally good harvest progress. Based on Novemper 1 reports I ;. .,-:.:. considerably more cotton and l'ice and slightly more cori,'i, :sug~ .:beets~ . dey beapa

s ,.. . ~d s~e.et potatoes are estimate.d than a. montn ago. Estimates are -slightly lower fer

. soybeans, orghunr grain;: potat.oes). -.~opacco, .and pea~u,:ts.

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.:~i.gh yieids per acre for most crops feature the season's outcome . de~pite ntike}ciiis

instances of local or sectional .reverses. Yields in Southern States are far above

last year despite sev:ere .early spring freeze damage to fruit and nut crops and some

vegetables.

. The 195.5 q~rn crop -- no dwarf at 3 o2 billion bu5hela -- might easily have ~~~n~ the largest ever if only one or two general soaking rains had covered the weste'r;1 corn belt during late July or early Auguste Sorghum grain is making the second largest crop ever harvested because of the large acreage even though yields in tn~ Great Plains country were cut sharply b,y drought. Add to these late harvested crops the largest oats crop ever grol'm and the second _larg_est barley crop and the res.ult is a large feed grain total which is 112 percent of the 1947-49 base.

QQ!lli2 Production of corn for all purposes is estimated at 31:1.83 million bushel$,
2 percent above the October 1 forecast. There was practically no frost
damage to late corn this year. Harvest starte.d earlY and is ' progressing rapidly. The yield of corn for all purposes is estimated at 39.4 bushels per acre compared with 37.1 last . year and 36~4 the average .. Co:t:!} for grain produc_tion is indicated at 21 82.5 million bushels compared with 21652-million bushels a year ago and the average of 2,789 million bushels.

PEANUTSa The 19.5.5 crop of peanu~s from the acreage fo'II picking and threshing is

est:iinated at 1,p9 tni.llion pounds, about 1 percent below the October 1

forecast. Lower prospects in North Carolina and Georgia offset improvements in

South Carolina, Florida and Oklahomac The average yield of 1, 0.50 pounds per ' acre

for the United States, although down slightly from last month, _exceeds the previous

record of 1;040 pounds for the 19.53 crqp.



PE..CANS:- - l'r..odu.c.tion of~pecans is -estimated at 91,5.5q,ooo 'pounds, 1 percent above

the short crop of last year, but 3.5 percent below average. The 2 percent

increase in prospects from +ast month results from increas es in N0~th Carolina,

Alabama, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The crop in South Carolina showed' a substantial

decrt:lase and all other States showed.no change North Carolina, South Carolina,

Georgia and Alabama have very short crops this year. Mississippi and Texas crops

are indicated to be about twq-thirds .of average. Florida, Arkansas; Louisiana, ' am

Oklahoma are each above average and above last season. Oklahoma expects to produce

about a third of the total u. So crop this year.

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Harvest :i.s in progress in a11 States. 'Producers are harvest~fig ...~l:li:s ye~'s , ,crQp
with more care than l.isual. In Texas, a tai~ly good crop is. 'still. ).h p~o$pect Ji'l
'tho southeastern part of the State, but prospects arc rather ~p~t;t ~d ~~ ~ost qther

areas. Crop prcspects in Oklahoma cont:i,nucd to improve, particulatly 'iri central

and northeastern areas. The bulk of the Georgia crop tdll come from .the extreme
southern counties. The crop in these az,oas matured earlier 'than :UsUal' ahd 'gr6wers

are makirig an effort to harvest them as fast as possible. Most of tho Alal?aiQB. crop is in south Baldwin and south Mobile counties. Marketing oi> the : to\.iisiam c~op has

beGn very active, particularly seodlil)g pecans. Harvest of the above-average

Florida crop is we.ll..advanced. . . ,._.=. :.

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PASTURES: Farm past~o~: sh~~e(i ~Q.ri~i~~rabi~ .im~ro~~~int~ : ~;rid on November 1 w~rc th

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. best 'for t~q ;tV~to ..~ince. .l9$JLj'.::.l?ut only.a.bout.equal:. t _o...the -1944-$:3.-ave;rag

,Pas:I~Ures .f<1C- t~e-Whol~_: o.~-try-:.a:v.erage4, ; 1~ p0-rcfn'b :of nQF,rnal, : c?mpaped with /i.9 jSer

bent on November . 11
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19.54 .
of tho

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country. onthe other 'hand, ,.p'astutes. were spotty ~lilil.d

about average it:l. most of t~e s~t.~~as.t," 'C:lt~ough ~uQ~ ! inl?~ovod: :~rom .]As.:t Y..~.ar .'9,vcr

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GEORGIA: Production of lespedeza seed in 'Georgia this year is . forecast ~t.. 4;aao,Ooo

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pounds clean seed. ~his is slightly more than seven . times larger than

last year's very short crop of '68o,ooo po\Ulds, but it ~s still 51 percent below the

lo.:-j.ear (1944-53) average .production of 91 8111 000 pounds. The severe freeze in

],at~ March and dry wea~her . duririg August and September in west-central andnorthern

are~~ of the state reduced acreage ha~vested arrl y:i.eld P.~r acre. Sericea: was dam-

ag.e~. less severely hy th~ adverse weather ani accounts for a_ larger percentage than

us~l of total production. Acreage harvested far seed 'is estimated to be 32,000

compared with 81 000 in 1954 arrl. the ten-year average. of 541 300. :. Yield per acre .is

. ...Pl~~~d at 150 pounds cle~ seed compal)'ed with 85::poupds last year and t~e average.

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. 1ng States, the 1955 pi'oductiori of lespedeza seed is f orecast at

181~.420,000 pounds of clean seed by the Crop Rep.orting Board. 'l'his would be the .

largest crop since 1949. more , than twice last year's)J~ll production o~~ 841 8301 000 p~unas and _10 percent larg;er than the 1944-53 .average .~. 164,3401 000 po'mds. Largest increases over last year.' s ..productiori' .are ind:i;e~t.ed ;('or: .~outh C_arolina and Ge arg~a.

. . .. . . ~ Production this year and last year . in ..thousancis of pounds; by varieties., is esti- .

. mated as follows: Korean

11,139 (llO)o

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1391 127 #76 arp.

(671 021 last year),

c.ommon

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Kobe Z8,747 (141 53B)1 Sericea

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Because of r.elatively high prices received by growers for lespedeza seed during the

last 3 years, favorable weather for ..seed p;rod-qct-.ion1 ample supplies of hay, good condition of pastures, and ~he ~mall . carry-over of seed, growers indic'at:ed they ... . w6uld ' harvest the largest ac;-ea:ge .of : seed in 6 yearS.~ This year's acreage is esti-

mated at 942,006. compared with 576,500 acres last year and the lOyear average of

846,720 acres3 "All States except Indiana expect to harvest a larger acreage' this

year than last.'

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this year in soine sections; prospective yields ~ i n all States except .Kentucky are .

1arger than in 1954. This _ y~ar ,s .estimated yie'ld of 193 .pom1ds compares withthe .

lbw yield of 147 pounds last year--and the average of 191 pounds.



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oe:or- Har;_e.sting in the three largest producU:g States began at abo~t ~e . sam& tim~ this
year as last but elsewhere it averaged about 4 days earlier. thah ' last y~ar;,.:
all.y: speaking., ~arvesting was about 3 days later than usual. Dates on which harvesting began or was' expected to b-egin averaged as follows: Oc,tober 22-25 in Alabama and Hississi}Jpi; .octooer. 27-30 in Georgia, Virginia, .and Oldahoma:J N.ovember 15 in North Carolina, Indiana, South Carolina, T.ennessee1 Missour~, Kentucky, and Arkansas, and November 6-10 in Kansas, lllinois 1 .'apdd1arylapd.
Carry-over of lespedeza on farms is estimated at 21 6151 000 pom1ds ~- ohie!ly in
Hissouri, North Carolina, and Kentucky. It is about 60 percent larger than that of . last year but only about a third of the 10-year average .

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Domes-ti-c .dis.~ppearanee . ci{"lesped_e2ia see~- qpriilg the 1954_..)5 <~.,eas.Qn :~lts estimated at

80,413, ooo p_ounds, _compared -with 83 :;.7~J,,;oo~ pounds. ~n - the- preceding ~ea~_ol).:a~rc;~~~:fle

1().-year ave~q.ge of .:J-?0,493,300,poundse \ .

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carry-over .a{> . of Jun~ . 3-.0,: _ -19p_S-,... is 188~El68,000 pou.nds.~ , This is .more than tr11ice that

of _las't ye-a.r p.nd ~lightly - il)ore .than_average.

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Producticih,- ~Average 1944-53, An?ual 195l.:a:~)-955 . :":... :. :-. .:..' .J

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Ill. ?.0,360 24,000 36,-00(3 ~ :'168 ::; :. 139 . .1.4.? _:.3:, .504 . 3,120 ! : ! 5/220 .

Mo. 250,400 216,000 -356,000 ! ':L76 '-. l4.::>. 210 46,_402 31,320 74;760

Kans. 54,J,.50 Nd ]/;1.5,400 va. 23,ooo
N. c. 158,2oo s. c. 51,100

19_,000 <3:B,-'00b'.. 208

170 ,i90 12_,.664 3,230

JJo_:- ,_;,,: 13,,000- 17_,'boo,Y243 :.:::..:-_~ 240

?70 .!/3,-840. : -3,120

10, ooo:~ 22-~eroo: 185 126,ooo J:7~/bo6 ~ :,2o2 "i::

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8,000 321 000 176 53,000 ..74,090 ,

85 150 9,811

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_4,800 : ~-;:lJ,320 ..

Tenn._ 62,900 . .42,000 63,000 179 . , 145 ..... l~Q - 11;.81& <- --t 6,090 10,080 .

Alao 12,900 . 9,ooo . _-18_,ood '158 . -~~. roo-.. :l3q _: ~.;~o5o . : -; 980:11.:'-'- 2,.340,.

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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GiX)hGIA COlV[[.P,RCIAL AH.EAS

J)u~ing the v1eek e~ding November 12 c6hm1~fc:i.al hatcherie~ pl aced 3,h02',000 chi cks
with'broiler producers in Georgia conh~erc ia~ ar eas. This is 7 percent above the
3,166,.000 of the lJ r evious week and. 28: 1)ercent more than t he 2, 6)0,000 placed t he same week l ast yea r.

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are; 5 percent above the 2, ;,;1G, OOO of t he previous v.reek a.r1d 35 percent more than the

2,270,000 of one year ago. Eggs set by local hatcheries amm.mted to h,669,000 or 3

pe r:cent above the 4, 51LI, 000 of the prevj_ous week and 34 percent g reat~r .than the

~,48 ~,000 for the corre'sponding week 'last ;r ear .

Hatche rie s reported prices paid for ha tch jng eggs during t he week at an average of
: $8 cents per dozen. Average retail price char ged the broi le r growe r for chicks was reported at $1) . 75 per hun.dred. These price s compare rNith 88.5 cent s anQ. :(?16.00 fo r
..the' J.J reV.ious lJeek and with 61 cents cU1d f;~l2 .25 one year ago. Sgg prices sho'Wl'l re-
l ate to Georgia p ro du ced hatching e gg s, whether bought on c ont rc:~. ct or otherui se.

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y I 1.0 -12 19 c5 G_,;;eftO=.F~-~l'i CH.-.LCK PL.itri\l."1.'"''1I"lvRl."''iJ'm_ , 'T 1.)'Y. T:JiI"J 1'-J'""l1h)1.....: - -J"_ "1H"-....-LrVil ~. ;.<c>rpE~r.RRR . . .l .... . J _ . ;.~.L - T .P1 R~"\'. ~1tJG.IJH :1,r1-O-V, T<.1'-1 -~BR~..!R

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1 ?il j_ck s ~latched

Inship~e?-ts

Total Placed

He ek Ending

Set
1954 : 1955 Thousands

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on Farms

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I Thou-sanr.' s

1-- T-housand_s__

Thou sands

.Sept . 10 Sept . 17

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3, 867 1+, 462

2,168 2, 89L1. 2, 501 2, 9J..J.7

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2,535 2, 842 1

Oct. 1
Oct. 8

I 3, 315 4,457. i
3,561 4,602

2,3 74. 2., 94D.
2,325 ~~996

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I 3,569 4, 639 I 2,294 3, 022

3, 491 4, 630

2,337 3, 062

Get . 29 I 3, 568 4, 554 . 2,290 3, 056 i
:'lOV~. 5 j. 3,5~? 4, ~14 . I 2 ,2~3 2 , ~18 !
..- bv. 1~._1,4o 7_4, o69 L _ ,.b_2 t0 ,__ }_2 06~-L

436 352 ).J.l1 270 !~74 280 )62 - 317 389 336
333 . 312 364 : 470
322 . 326
394 248 J80 341

2, ).'0/.i 3,246 2, _, 12 3., 217 3' 009 3", 122
3,03() 3,265
2, 7ll.!. I 3,334
2, 6 27 3,334 . II 2, 701 3, 532 j 2, 612 3,382 I 2,637 3,166
I 2, 6) 0, - 3, 402

!} r~xc1usive of hatchings shipped i nt q stat e s outside of Geor e,la .

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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL 1\REAS, BY WEEKS - 1955

Oct. 29

Nov. 5

Nov. 12

: EGGS SET - THOFSANDS

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Sept. 10

Sept. 17

Week Ending

Sept. 24

Oet. 1

Oct. 8

CHICKS PLACED

Oct. : . Oct.

15

22

THOUSANDS

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1,458

860 1,194

845 1,426

684

640

691

673

712

651

676

454

450

446

481

502

563

562

Pennsylvania

1,005

977

934

540

564

562

560

568

603

582

Indiana

1,459 1,531 1,483

512

606

609

666

608

601

655

Illinois

. 477

{1:17

429

163

166 . . ' 130

203

204

164 .

174

Hiss curi D e l aw a r e Maryland Virginia

1,304 ,1, 321
11,585 1,506

1, 3 ~'S5 1, 309 1,574 1,552

II 1_,418
I,354
ll 116 36 . I
1,643

454 1,122 1,098 1,127

450
1~251
1,049 984

483 1,203 1,019 1,087

488
1~258
1,080
945

461 1,331 1,141
987

391 1,400 ' 1,090
909

376 1, 426 1,172
936

West Virginia Nprth Carolina South Carolina

223 1,984
331

262 2,045
317

,ll, 257 I!
2_,070 321

372 1,231
196

479 1,199
175

458 1,198
165

474 1,276
183

478 -1,150
220

353 1,305
248

394 1,218
223

GEORGIA F oriua Alabama :M~ ssi.s sipJ:>i
Arkan:;~as Lo~1isiana
Texas .

4,.554 458
,1,039 1,133 1,917
211 2,308

4,514 508
1,079 1,244 1,861
188 2,353

4,669 508

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1,213

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2,094 137

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3,246 189
1,042 648
1,294 233
1,417

3,217 . 164
1,.037 612
1,350 215
1,562

3,122 168
1,061 704
1,394 210
1,492

3,265 166
1,.011 705
1,366 228
1,548

3~334
-152
_1,002
704 1,471
227
1~567

3,334 157
1,019 696
1,536 251
1,700

3,532 179
1,035 757
1,564 283
1,705

WashingtOn

282

192

294

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171

164

141

99

121

163

Oregon California

171 1,409

220 1,339

II 200
1,436 I' .

119 927

96 849

95

117

117

93

68

871

845

862

864

796

TOTAL 1955 TOTAL 1954

27,061 26,871 27,838 I 17,239 ~1,721 21,603 20,900 ~ j

-17,286

17,332 17,679 17,897 18,049 18,476 14,366 14,222

Oct. 29
755 545 671 694 166 381 1_,367 1,157 1,028 372 1,246 224 3,382 187 1,056 872 1,460 253 1,638 130 94 933
18,611 14,546

Nov. 5
764 577 625 771 130 438 1,_295 1,109 1,025 526 1,291 224 3,166 198 1,143 865 1,495 310 1,745 140 98 921
18,856 14,733

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719 465 617 756 135 457 1,326 1,156 1,066 429 1,231 207 3,402 171 1,188 787 1,592 276 1, 715 194 101 886
18,876 15,043

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1955 1954-

20~750 20,733 21,353 ~6,82 4 16,742 17,010

13,719 13,771 13, 488 .. 13,006

13,798 14 ,031. 14,196 14,305 -_1_4, 719 14,915 14 ,978 14,866 12,952 12,819 11,586 11, .3!:!7 11, 426 11,659 11,674 ll, 722

1/ F~rmer rep~rtingJ area~ of Maine, Connecticut, Del-iviar-Va., Shenandoah Valley-Virginia-West Virginia, _Central-Western North Ca rolina,
- Ge crg1a, T_e:X:as Florida, Alabarra:. -Mississippi, Indiana, California and Oreg on.-

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with proiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas, This is 5 percen'j:. under _th~

3,402~000 ! of the previous week but 20 percent more than the 2,690,000 placed ~he

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2,308~000 ofi one year ago. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 4,596~000 or 2

P9,rcent l~ssi than the 4,669 ,OOOof the previous week but 29 :p,,ercent greater: than:::the

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88" cerrbs per: dozen. Average price charged for chicks was reported at ~;il6,00 pe3;"

hurtdred. These prices compare with 88 cents and :rl5. 75 for the previous lveek', and

with_ QQ gep._t_~ and $12.00 on.e year ago. _-~gg~ R.ri~es shown relait_e_to G_eorg:La ~ produced

hatch~g ~ggs, _ wqether bought on contract or otherwise.. .

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Da'te ;

.. Egg_s _Chicks Hatched ,V I Inshipments ! Total Plac~d

Weeki .. ,

Set

Placed in Georgia

of Chic s c ~ on Farms

Ending , : 1954 : 1955

1954 : !1955

1954 ::1955

i954, ; i955

.. _ . . . ; Thous~ds - -~ : .: . . :rtou's~.ds. ... . . : Thousands : ,Thousan.s:

s~~t~ : 17 I :),867

sap't : 24 : ;,,855

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3~,:5~6i1

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: .?9 ;3,568 .-5 -; . 3,533

No1{. ;'12. . ,. 3,487

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4,4o4

2,5oi :i,947
2,535 i2,842

4,457

2,374 12,9lJ.8

I t~~ . 4,602. I

2~:,3;2;5~:

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2,9~8
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1 . 474 280

1 662 . 317

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4,554
4,514 4,669.

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2~912 ' 3~211

J,oo9 . 3;122 3;036 : 3:;.265
, ~2~:~761r4 ; ~:m 3:,-:334

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Nov.
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860

84p -:.. 8~3:;

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640

691

-~73 _-::-~: 712

651 676

755

764

719

724

Connecti'but 1-

l, 194 ' 1,426

Pennsylvania. t ', . : .. 977

934

Indiana. Illinois

I' . . . f 11.531 417

1,483 42;9

Missour:\.-:::--. / ). .. ' . f,335 1,41.8
De1a.w~ \ :,/j,_--_ 1,309 :-: ; 1/354 .

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: l 1,636 1;643

West Vi'tgiJi.a::..-1 '262 .. .257

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450

t: .9.99 ..- 564

1,56.8;. ' ;~ 606

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1,707 -,
1,6~3. j

1,049 984

265. j

4 7'9

446 562 609
.. 'l30 483
1,203 : ~,019 :. 1,087 - <158

;.:._481 :: (: 502

56'3

ssn.:, j ;:. 568

603

p66 :.-: i: 608

601

203 i-.' 204 :. ,. 164

488
]:~~ 58

461.
~ 1,331

391 1,400

1::,.080 ' -~45.

1,141 987

1,090 909

474

478 .. 35'3

'562 582 655
i74 376 1,426 1,172 936 394

545 671 694
166 .. 381 .1,367 :1,.157 1,028 372

577 625 771
130 438 1,295 1,109 1,025 526

465 617 756
135 457 1,326 1,156 1,066 429

626 699 808
206 494 1,.250 1,152 1,092 400

North Car'(j~nfl/~1 2,045
South C~()_1~na .. I 317

2,070 321

2,0~6 , 249 1

1,199 . 1,198

17-5

J65

1 6 276 _: 1 11 150 : .. 1,305 18:3 -' -- ... 220 ,.- 248

1,218 1,246 223 , -_:. 224

1,291 224

1 11 231 207

1,347 192

GEORGIA_.:..:... 1:.,_. 4,514 ' 4,_669 4,596

3,217

3,l22 3,265 ": 5,334 3,334 3,532 .3,382 3,166 3,402 3,223

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Alabama. ..- -.... -( -:-~ 1 079

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1;244

1 Arkansas .. ~ 1,861

l,i29 _ 1,213 2 094

I 1 121 1
1:is1 2,128 .

1 11 037 612
i,350

1,061 , 704 ~,394

1,on . 705
1,366

._ 1',002 , 704 ;1,471

1,061969 ~_.
1,536

i.0~5. .: :J.,056

-757 .

872

1,564 1,460

1,143 865
1,495

1,188 787
1,.592

1,280 756
1,750

LouisiapA: ~j ' ::_...jj ~ 188

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1, 339

137 2 , ; 34 2
.294 200
1,436'

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2,320
195
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1,4118

215 1,562
171 96
849

210 1,492
164 95
871

228 1,548
i41 117
84 5

:- 227 - -251

283

.' 1,567 1,_700 1,_705 :

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121 .. .. 163..;;

... . 11:7 ;__- ' 93 . - . ,'68. :

862

864

796

253 1,638
130 94
933

310 1,74 5
140 98
921

276 1,715
194 101
886

295 1,764
183 113
914

I TOTAL 1955 , . '~6,871 . :27,838 27,902: ,.~ ..: 17,286
TOTAL 1954 / '2~,603 ,20,900 20,~92 .

17,332 17,679 ' '17,897 . 18 .,049 . 18,476 18,611 18,856 18,876 19, 4 74 14-{:366 <' 14 ,222 14 ,546 14 ,733 15,043 15,883

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:;1.6, 742 17,010 15,953

13,006

'13, 798 14,031 ' 14,196 14,30?' 14 ,719. 14 ,915 14,978 14,866 15,131
12,952 12,819 11,586 11,387 ' 11,426 11,659 11,674 11,722 12,618

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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL. .

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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEOHGIA COMi1iERCIAL AREAS

During the week ending November 26 commercial hatcheries placed 3,396,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia cmn.1.1ercial areas. This is 5 percent above the 3,223,000 of the previous week and 27 percent more than the 2,670,000 placed tpe
same week last year.

Local hatchings of 3,026,000, excluding shipments of 335,000 chicks to other states,

are 3 per~ent above the 2, 937 ,ooo of the previous week and 32 percent more than .the : .

2,2 95,000 of: one year ago~ Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 4,620,000 or 1

percent above the 4,596,000 of the previ ous week and 25 percent greater than the

3,697,000 for the corresponding week last year.



Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 88 cents per dozen. Average price charged for chicks was reported at ~16.00 per . hundred. 'rhese prices compare with 88 cents and '}16.00 for the previous week an.d
with 66. cents and $11.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced :
hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.

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!. Y GEORGI1\ CHICK PLACEMSNT BY vJEEKS - PERIOD SEPTEMBER 24 THROUGH NOV!~FJ3ER 26, 1955

Date

Eggs

1 Chicks Hatched

1 Inshipments j Total Placed

I iveek . ,

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Placed ih Georgia

of Chicks . on Farms

Ending

1J~5--'4_:_ __;19~5.;;...5_-+--.-.----;19=='5_:.4--'::.-...1955 1 1954 : 1955

1954 : 1955

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' . 1: Thousands

Sept. 2,4 1- 3,855 4,404 Oct. 1 3,815 4')457

Thousands 1 Thousands

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2,842 '2,948

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280 317

Thousands
3,009 3,122 3,036 3,265 ..

Oct. 8 3,561 4,602

' 2,325 2,998. '~ . 389 ' 336

2,714 3,334

~~ l Oct.

3,569

Oct.

3,491

Oct ?9 ,,.. 3,568

Nov. . ; 5 :1 3,533

Nov. . 12 < ' 3 487

4,639 4,630
4,554 4,514 4,669

2, 294 3,02g ' 333 . 2,337 . . 3,062 I, 364 . . 2:;290 --: 3,056 .. , ' :. 322
~ g, .24) ---~ 2~918.' .. '.'! 394 .
2,210 J,o6:t : 1~ :38o

312 . 2,627

470

2,701

326 .: . 2,612

24~
34i

.-


Ii.

2,637 2,65o

3,334
3,532 3,382
3,.166 3,4o2

I -NN~oo-vvF-..'-~~t-2-96:::~1::..33..:.;,5.6_5-n7~..;;:44_,,-56.L92..60.-..:.... ~ ''

2,308 2,937 ~

-....;?;,~.;;:2-:..:95:;....__. .:::..l-.3,026 I L

f ,

_;--: .;~




382 465

286 : 2,690
379_~670

. 1/ Ex~l~sive : of: hatchings shipped :i~t~ ; stat ~s -.outside of Georgia.

.

.

3,223 3,396

I

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ARCHIE. t P..:NGLEY Agric~lt~al! Statisticiru1

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Ag ricu~tural Statisti cian In Cha~e

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STATE

-.'."...------ --7---------

Nov.

Nov.

t2

:

]:9. ;

_,

.. :
'

EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO~ll"lERC IAL _Al_RE_A_S..:..,_B_Y_l_NEE_K_S_-_1_9_5_5_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Pa_g:::..e_2_._

.. Nov .
.. '"26.

-

.. Sept z _g, :-

Oct. 1

Oct., .8

Wee k Ending

Oct.

Oc t .

15 : :-- :.- 22 .

Oct.
2Q

Nov. . ' 5

Nov. 12

Nov. 19

Nov. 26

EGGS SET - :TH01JSA.~D S . :: ..' . . ~ ..



CHICKS J:LACED ~-~ ..TJlOUS.ANDS

----~,

--~- ~- --;~ ~,-~--~~-~~~~-----~--~-~~~~~~~~~~~~----_ -_ ------------------------

Maine i-. . .-" -~:!< - 845

- 843 : 872. I . :591 - . : 673

712

651

_!376

755

.76 4

719

724

731

Connecti .dut

~.- ! .' .1,426 . 1,275

1,380 ._

,_446

. 481

502 . . 563

. -562 ... 545

:f577

465

626

484

Pennsylvania. - j : 934

Indiana

, F:' 1,483

> ;- IllinE>is .

---r . j 42~ _.

Misso{ir,i , Delaware

j': .-:.,.--<;. . ,..-~

1l1~431~8.j

999 1,568
443 _ 1;401:_; ::::) ..3?-3~-~

. 928 1

.562 .

560

i . r,B.39 (
372

609 . .'.666 .13o . 203

i,~Sl .J . 48 _3 : :. 488

,;t~:n~- ~j _:c. 1;2o~,. : ..-. 1,258

568

603

608 : 601.

204 ::._: 164

461

391

1,331 ' _ 1,400

582

671

655 -~ _, 'j1-Q:4

. , . - 174 _ : ~' : : .'1,6~

376 ' ~-- ,_ 381-

1,426 1,36{

62.5 '"77.1
~- 136
-: if3
... l/2'95

617 756
1~5
457 1, 32 6

699 808 206
I 494 1,250

594 787 175 543 1,468

Maryland ,,.~ ..-/ : ~: 1,6~ ~

Virginia

' : }1~ 1,64.~ !

West VJr_gin1.a../ -j::: ,257

I Nortirca.rp.iJ.-:ne.., ! 2,tJ7o:

South Ca~'olinl' ;

321

GEORGiA_.~ ~~- _.. J_ _4J 66_9.

~~1~ 707

:::~ :_

l
z

-, _683
:~:.:2o69.65

.c : 249 4 -,5~6

{~ .'14'7' 1 ~ :
'~,3~ ':P -:~.

~.a_,... a'2..:a587.

'j: ' 1 __:

..- 506- 1;. :

4,6.2\1 I.

1_,;019 ~:- ' : 1,080

1 -~:p$'7
\4$8
1;198

,-,
~;-

;~:~~-.
:

i~_~429774645

-

'165 _- .. 183

3~122 . , 3,265

-1 ,'141

' 987 478

. 1,.150

.

220
:.

. 3~334

1,090 . . . -1,-172. ~ :;.1 -;'IS.V 1,109.: 1,156 1,.152 1,091

909

936 ,.. -- 1:;0_28 l,02'p. 1,066 1,og2

988

35:5 l, 305 _

394
.1,218.

-..-1-.'-,.23:7~26

525 .. 1,291

429 1,231

400 1,347

403 1,_282

248

223

224

22 4

207

192

218

3,334 3,532 3,38$.~;.;_3...!.,:_,1..,6-=6--_.3.:,_4.,0""2"="'..---3-=,-2,.2..3.,.,..----3-=,~3,.9,.6-

Flcrida ~ 1508

i A1ab~a :_ /

1,129

568 . 1 ~1-21

I . 559. " i68 - , 166 .

i52

157 . . 179... :, ''JI81

.1,152.

1~061 :. " .. 1~ 011: 1,002 : l,bHr . -1;.035 : ::~ r;o~

198 1,14 3

171
1,188

206
1',280

165
1,249

-'

,'> > _

Mississippi .

1 ~ 213 _ 1,161 1,281

ALor~kiasnis'aaisl-a>~ _.-.,.,..,
Texas '-.:::>~;-. -~- .<

2,094 l3J
2,342 '

2 1Z8
\87
2)i320

2 , -1 8 5
:: 197.
2,29g:

!!t''j;l..,.. .

Washington /.:
! Oregoh _

294 ..:195 200 : ;: \ 230

' j .3oo :;:~ ~~
- ~ i~1-i f~l

_c_a~Tlo1_rT-r~:A~!L~~-1~1~9~-5_a_~2~~~~Y ~. ~2-l7_,'~~8-:~-~-~~-.~~:2-:_71~)~.A~9s_~o-_~2--2~J~:._~4_:4_~:57~~9--~J~~-j~l:_

:70'4 :- -. :. 7os

704 ..

696

1,394 . 1,366

1;-~ ~1

1, 536

._ a_~~i~~:-: _~~ 8_4_s~-~------ ...:2i0 ' .- '. 228:
l{49~2 r ___. 1,548 :164 ,.-. ~: .~ 14i
~: . 95_-:; -~~ 117
_

.I
.227 . .
'"l :.56..7.
. _'i 'i;t979
862

2~~
l, 790
121 93
864

-

-

-

757 -: -, -' 872

1,564 1_,_460
" 283 ..,' !,' -253
..1, .705 .,. -- 1~6:38

'163 ' -.; - 139

68

94

qw - 93~

865
1, 195 310
, 1,745 140
98
~ 9~

787 1,592
276 1,715
194 101 886

756 1,750
295 1, 764
183 113 914

966 1, 707
310 1,748
154 93
879

<D ,
TOTA;( -1954 -

vy
21,769 :

20~900

0

17,332' . ' 17,679 17,-897

2'0,99 .2 1

-.

-

._----~~~----~-



18,049 14,366

_ .'":

'1i48~,4:?7226

':.,

18,611
',):'4_-,,546

_",c::,1148,,78~~.:

,,.

18,876 15,04 3

19,474 15,883

19, 431 15,471

1955 1954

, ../ .-:.,' ~: 21 35:3 _.- /' .:1 ~_ 17' 010

21,.402
1.5...'9,_5:3

I. 21, "(.87
16, 342. I

13-;79-8 12,952 ;

COMPARABLE 13 AREA- TOTALS
. 14,031 14 ,196 14,305 '12 ,819 11,586 11,387

1/
14,719 11, 426

. . ' t, ~' <.:; t,J :

. -:.'l :-..: :. '

r... . . :

1 4 ,91~

11,659

. ~ '
..14 ' 'rif.78 11,_674_

14,.866 ll, 722

15,131 12,618

15,253 12,19 3

1/

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a

s

of ~ftaine,

CQnn,ecti cut,

D~l:-, Ma.r - Va.,

: . .
Shenandoah V a lley-vir.ginia...:we st. Virginia,

Central-Wes tern North Carolina,

Ge org~?- ~Te:_::ica s _; Florida,: Alaljama , -~i ~.~'is_aippi, . I~~-00:.!3- Ca1if orni_~ :.etnd_'Oregon.

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58

Athens, Georgia
FAID'I PRICE R~:PO lT .AS OF HOVE1'113ER 15, 1955
GEORGIA : During the month ended November 15, the All Cow~odity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers declined three points. The Index is now 248
percent of the January 1910 ~ December 1914 average - the lowest level reported since May 1950.

In the t"t-m major groups contributi ng to the All Commodity Index, the All Crop Index
declined 3 points during the month and the All Livestock and Livestock Products
Index dropped 8 points.

Hof?: prices continued to drop sharply during the month and are nm.r at the lowest level rep orted since r1arch 1 945. The sharp decline in hog prices accompanie d by mo '.erately lmJer p r i ces for beef cattle and calves contributed to an index of meat animal pr i ces of 216 .- the lmvest level sin ce December 1945,

Price s received f or vTheat , corn, s1-reet potatoes, cottonseed, all baled hay, milk cows, chickens, ~d soybeans c'leclined dur i ng t he month. Higher prices 1-rere relJorted f or oats, eggs , and 1r1holesale milk .

UHITSD STATES: Sharply lower hog and c attle p r i ces vTere primarily respon sible for a 2 percent ( 5 point) drop jn the Prices Received Index duri ng the
month ended November 15. The 1Jovember 15 index, at 225 percent of i ts 1910-14 average, was 7 percent below a year earlier. Price changes during t '1e month for most conu-aodi t i es Here relatively small, Nith corn and cotton prices decljning and with miik, potatoes, some fruits, and some coml.lercial vegetables i n creasi ng. The Crop Index rema ined unchange<LJ!uring the_ month while the Li:v.e stock and. Livestocl<:
Products I ndex declined 5 pe rcent. These indexe s were 8 and 7 percent, respe cti ve-
ly, lower t han a year earlier.

Reductions i n p rices.paid by farmers for commodities bought resulted in a 1/3 of 1 percent (1 point) downturn in t he Parity Index ( Pri ces Paid, Interest, Taxes, and l.Jage Rate s) during the month ended November 15. This returned the index to 279, the same as i n September and i n November of last year. Prices paid for both living anc'l, production goods declined during the month, with feeder livestock, food for the f amil y , and live stock f eed leading the de cline.

1iith the Index of Prices Received by farmers declining mo r e than the Parity Index, the Pa r ity Ratio declined l percent to 81 as of I~ovember 15. This was 7 percent
under a year ago and the lm.rest ratio recorded since October 1940.

I ndexes 191 0 - ll.(= lOO

Summary Table for the United States

Nov. 15, 1 954

Oct, 15, 1955

Nov. 15, 1955

_ _ _ ~e~o!d_h~g~ _ _ Index : Date

Pr i ce s Received

242

230

225

313 Feb. 1951

y Parity Index

279

280

279

y 290 Hay 1952

Parity 'Ratio

87

82

81

123 Oct. 1946

?) !( Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates

Also February and April 1952.

D. L. FLOYD ~gricultural Statistician In Charge

BURTON J. HARRDTGTON Agricultural Statistician

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l r ~.....,....,.,.,.....,__,....,..----..;.F;!lQ.ES RECEIVED BY_JfglMER_J!OVF'~~ - 1955 'I!JTH COMFliRIOON_L--~~m=...:;.:.-

.

GWBGIA

.

UNiTED STATES .

. . .. -.-

:COi&JJDU~N-EII.TT. Y ' 1 i!~i~- No~~15:Et 15~1 ~~~~j}ltj~ : ' ..

.._.

1 ------==;:.:---'-----'..-+:J:...::u~1.z...Y 1914

I . WI~at, Bu. ~

$ 1. 24

. 1~51- . 2. 09

1

-4 15, Nov.
_1955 . 1955

~uly 1911

1. 97 -~ 1. 94

88

Nov. 15, Oct.1S, Nov; is,

1954

1955 . . ' 1951)~

2 .12 1. 94 1. 9!1 .

.
'

C?rn., Bu. . . .
Qats, Bu~- - ..

.$. .91
. .67

1.56

1.13 1.03 I

.64

1.01

l 1
.ss. .87

.40

1.37 .76

1.14 .59

1.09 .60

I

1.12

2.00 . 1'50 [ . 1.60

Swee t 'Fob atoes, Bu.

.83

1 2.80 ..:- 2~20 1.90

.70

1.09

.72

.83

.88

2.22

1. 44

1.68

Cotton, Lb.

12.6

34.4

33.0

33.0

12.4

33.2

32.8

32.4

Cottonseed, Ton $ 24.39 Hay (bRl0d), Ton $

60.00 29.80

43.09. 25.CO

42.00 i 22.55 24.80 I

-~ 1 Hogs, per c~ ~
Beef Cattle, cwt. ~

I

I 7.33 - . 19.00__ 1~.2() - 13.50

- 7.27

3.87

9.80

I 11.20

i
10.90 .

5. 42

Milk Cows 1 He ad $! 33.85

92.00 100.00 96.00

48.00

;

1

Chickens, Lb.

13.2

18.1

21.5 21.0

11.4

59.41) 22.90

43.50 20.50

44.30 20.80

18_,. 60 - 14.50 12.20 15.60 i5.30 142.00 146.00 . 144.00

17. 7'

20. 4

20.0

Eggs, D:>z.

21.3

41. 0

53.5

54.5

21.5

33.9

42.9

43. 4

Butterf at, Lb. Milk ( wholesale)
per 100# J}
Soybeans, Bu. Feenuts, Lb.

25.7 2.42

54.0

5.0

]) Preliminary for Nover.ber 1955.

51.0
6.10 2.25
I. 11.5

I 51.0

26.3

6.20 I 1.60

2.12

u.s

. 4.8

57.2
, . 4.12
I 2.57
1 12.3
I

56.9
4 .35 2.08 11.8

57.2
4.42 2;06 11.7

INDEX NUiv!BERS OF FRICES :RECEIVED BY Ff.>Rt-EERS IN GEORGIA
(J anuary 1910 - December 19H e 1CO) , .

11 or.tr.~o 1 ti e s ll.ll Crops
Gr c.ins and Hay Cotton Lint F e a nu t s
Tob acco

Nov. 15,

Oct. 15,

Nov. 15,

------~1~95~4~ 3M

-------~129~~5~5~----~19~55

279

27}

268

176 .

142

137

2~

2W

2~

224

222

222

362

362

362

Cottor:.seed end Soybean s

251

Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potat0~s & Co~ eas

271

Fruits and liuts

205

All Livestock end Livestock Products

208

L3at Ani nals

261

Poultry and Egg s

148

De iry Froduct s

239

178 210.
. 233
21 4
237 178 237

175 189 233
206
216 176 212 .

Revised

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FRICES FA!D BY FARMERS FOR SELrorED FEEDS 1/0VDI.BER 15, 1955 :nTH COMFliRISONS

_ _ _ _ ___ _ _:.___ _ ____,;G:.=EO~R~G::.:'I:..:A.::_____

--~

UNITED STI.!I'ES

!~HID OF FEED

Nov. 15, 1954

Oct. 15, 1955

Nov. 15, 19S5

Nov. 15, 1 9 54

Oct. 15, 1955

J}
Nov. is,
1955

. ~ixcd D3iry Fe ed

- - I Dollars Fer iOO Pounds

l11 Una~~- 29% Pr~t e in ~lGJP'lr'rootteei~rni.
rrotein

4.10 4.00 4.30 4. 45

3.90 3.80 4.10 1.10

3.85 3.75 4 .05 4.10

3.89 3.81
34..1815

3.65 . 3.58
3.63 3.84

3.62 3.55 3.59 3.80

24: P~otein

4.60

4.25

4.20

4 .29

4. 05

3.99

n i P,h Protein Fe~ds ~ottonseed Ho al
S<">yb ean Meal
ll<~'l;t, Sc r ap .

4.10
5. (1(')
6. 00

3.31" 4.50 4.95

3.30 4,20 4.95

4. 11 4.77 5.57

3.81 1.32 4.98

3. 71 4.07 4.80

f:_r e-in B-r-Froducts
Br an Mi d d l i ng s
C<Jrn Me al

3.50 3.75
4 .10

3.30 3.50 4.CO

3.35 3.55 3 0 9f')

3.01 3.17
3.82

2.87
3.05 3..41

2.85 3.00 3.29

2_1.1.l}ry Fc ~d

El.'oilar Gr owing MB.sh

s.so

5.10

5,(Jf)

5.17

4.88

4.77

Lay-ing Ma sh

5.20

4.85

4.75

4.76

4, 4:7

4.38

s~l.' atch Grains

4.50

4.30

4. .21'1

4 .27

4 .01

3.9<.

9-Y (Baled)
Alfalfa lJ.l Other

56.00 44 ,('\t")

52 .no
39. 5()

51.00 39.no

35. 40 32.50

32.60 28.50

32.9:"' : 28. ?f-

l/

As

r eport ed by Feed

De alers.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - --

,.
- - --' -----------

8

BRoiLER CHICK RE.PORT FCR GEMG!A COBNERCIAL AREAS

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Duri*g t~e week ending December 3 commercial hatcheries placed 3;4.62,000 ,'clli9ks

with.broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 2 percent above :the

31396,000 of the previous week and 24 percent more than the 21 7901 000 placed : the

same :week last year



..

Local h~t~ings of 31 0741 0001 excluding shipments of 2941 000 chicks to othe~ : states,

321a.r,,2pe194e425r11cp00ee00n:r09;t-c.fbeooenflrtoowtahhbeoethyveeecoat4rrhr1eea6s2gp03oo_,.0,n02d0E60in1gg0go0sfw0.steheoeektf

the previous week and 34 percent more than.. the

by local previous

hatcheries amounted
week but 46 perC?ent

to 41:5911 000
greater than

or the

last year,

.,

., .

Hatcheries .reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average pt

88 cents per dozen. Average price charged for chicks was reported at $16.00 per

hundrede These prices compare with 6.8 cents .and .$16.00 for the previous ~e~k and

with 66 cents and $12.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia ..Produced

hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.



(See reverse side for other states)

Da. e Week Endi '

I

ggs

..II .

Set

1-954 I 1955

~housands

Chic s Hatched ' l
Placed in Georg~a
1954 s 1955
Thousands

Oct .-' 1 .. 3,815 Oct.: 8 \3,561 Oct. '15 . .3,569 Oct. 22 3,491
oct.2.9 3,568
Nov . 5 .. 3,533 Nov. l2: 3,487 Nov. 19. 3,.557 Nov 26 ,3,697 Dec. 3: . 3 145

4,457 4,602 4,639 4,630 4,5.54 .
4,514 4,669 4,596 4,620 4 591

2,374 2,325 2,294 : 2,337 2,290 2,243 2,270 2;308 2j295 2 294

2,948 2,998 3,022 3,062 3,056 2,918 3,061
2,931
3,026 3 074

662 317 389 336 333 312 364 470 322 326 394 248 380 341 J82 286 '465 370 496 388

1/ Eltclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.

3,036
2,714 2,627 2,701 2_,612
2,637 2,650 2,690' 2, 7!60 2 790

3,265 ),334 3,,334 3,532 3,382 3,166 3,402 ),223
31396
3 462

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AR~ LANGLEY

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.G-t:;N tR AL L1 BRA RY
: .J 9 1955 ONtvERSITY OF GEORGIA
I :
, :

~!
..
' STATE . .
Maine . Connecticut Pennsylvania. Indiana. Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We st Virginia North Caroline. South Carolina. GEORGIA F orida. Alabama. .
w11SS1SS.l.ppl.
Arkansas Loui sia..na. Tex_e.s 'Via. s.hing ton
o:reg~:m
C&. l i fo.r n i a
TOTAL 1955 TOTAL 1954
.

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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLAQED IN Cq11},~R.Cl.AL A,RE.AS., l3Y. WEE-KS 1955

v'

NoV'. : Nov . .. Dec. :: oet. : Oct.

... ~ 19

26

3 ::

EGGS - SET.- - TtTOUSANDS

1 .

8

843 '1,275
999 ' 1,568
443 1,401 l, 383 I 1, 707 1,683
265 2,096
294
1,121
1 ,167
2,128 . I 187 .
2, 320 I , 195
230 1, 4 98

872 1,380 < 928 1,639
372 1,481 1, 4 1!?. 1,747 1,638
257 2,118
306 .
1,152
1 , 281
2,185 197
2,299 300 243.
1,479

806 'I

1,486

993

1;494

384

1;414

1, 412

1, 71_4 . 1,670

235
2~099

340

4 ,591

II 567
1,120

,1 2l2 ! I

II 2,138

199 2,232
. 287

I I
II' I'

I . 244 : ! ' 1,510 1

673 481 560 66"6 203 488 1,258 1,0BO 945 '
474 1,276
18'3 3,265
166 1,011
705 1,366
228 .
1,.548 Hl. 117 845

712 502 568 608 204 461 1,331 1,141 987 478 1,150 220 3, 334 152 . 1,002
7'04
..1,471
227 l, 56.7 .
99
117 862

27,947
2(),900 '

_28 ,459 20,992

- 28,147 I 17,679

18,220

I
!

17,897. '
-

Week Ending . _: . . .

Oct.
is

Oct. 22

Oct. 29

... . Nov. : .. Nov.

:5

12

.. . - .. .. .C. HIC.KS,. PL.A"C' ED -- THOUSANDS

651

676

755

764

719

563

562

545

577

465

603 601

582 '655

....

6.71 .. 6'.3.4''

'625 771

617 756

164

174

166

130

135

391

376

381

.. 438

457

1,400 1,090
909 353

1,426
1,172
. .936
. 394

1, :36 7
1,157
~~b~w_.
'372

1,295 1~109 1_i025
. 526

1, 326 1,156 1,066
429

1,305 1,218' 1,246 1,291 1,231

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224

207

3,334 157
1,019

3,532 3,382
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1,0:55. . 1,056 -

3,166 198
1,'143

3,402 171
1,188

696 1;536

757 1,564

872

865

1,460 : 1,495

787 1,592

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121 93
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253 ' . 310

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18 ,476.. " 18 1,611 '18 ,856 .

276 1, 715
194 101 886
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724 626 699 808 206 494 1,250 1,152 1,092 400 1,347 192 3,223 2o6 1,280 756 1,750 295 1, 764 183 113 914
19,474 15,883

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731 484 594 787 175 543 1,468 1,091 988 403 1,282 218 3,396
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1,249 966
1.,707 310
1,748 154 93 879
19,431 15,471

650 593 542 734 180 571 1,194 1,312 1.,087 423 1,464 226 3,462 210 1,336 870 1,859 288 1,748 174 150 1,002
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15,131 12,618

15,253 12,193

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GLORGIA - DECEMBER 1 COTTON RLPCRT

Georgia cotton production for 1955 amounted to 7051 000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) which is 15 percent above the ~12,000 bales harvested in 1954 and 1 percent

above the 10-year average (1944-53) of 695,000 standard bales. Of the 9041 000 acres in cultivation July 1, 1.5 percent was abandoned l eaving 890,000 acres for harvest-

a decrease of 13 percent from the 11 025,000 acres harvested in 1954. Yield per acre of 380 pounds is an all time high f or Georgia and compares witl=l 286 pounds last year

and the ten-year average of 253 pounds. The previous high yield was in 1951 with

317 pounds





The current season has been marked by a combination of factors that have enabled farmers to make a record yield of cotton and at the same time reach a new high yield of corn. Weather has been varied this year. .After the severe drought of
1954 the spring of this 'year was dry and considerable planting over was necessary in southern Georgia. Most areas received frequent showers during latter June and July that caused rank growth of plants. 11inimum boll weevil hibernation last winter and survival this spring following the drought of last season permitted early fruiting of plants before t~e pest had time to multiply to any gre at extent. Hot dry weather during most of August and September along with an int ens i ve poisoning program by gro>mrs made it possible for central and north Georgia to make an excellent t op crop. North Georgia, as a whole, realiz ed about 46 percent more cotton than in 1954, the central area harvested 17 percent more 1-1hile the southern districts produced about 4 percent l ess.

Bureau of Census reports 681,000 bales ginned in Georgia to December 1, compared with 611,000 bales last year and 745,000 bales in 1953.

GLORGIA IvlAP SH CWING I NDICATLD PRODUCTION 1955 AND FINAL PRODUCTI ON FOR 1954 & 1953

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1955 production indicated on December 1.

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N. Carolin~ l

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545 i

s. Carolina 1 1,067 i

830 i

GEORGIA ; . i,"319 ! 1,025 :

Tennessee I 755 I 648 :

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890 ~ 253 j 286

570 1 360 j. 405

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371 .1 692 380 i 695
.512 i 565 478 i 908
564 : 1,693

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1,571 : 2,000

Missouri P~ kansas

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393 i 368~ ; 478

1,963 i 1,700 ; 1,460 338 ! 380

l 492 ; 358 450 i 405
541 1,386 1,351 1, 650

Louisiana

840 ! 688 ; 615 I 331 j 399

457 i 591

572 i 585

Oklahoma

1,155 i 930 785 '1 160 I 151

275 i 390 .293 i 450

Texas

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UNJTLD STATLS: \<linter vegetable production during the 1956 season is expeqted .t.o . ' exceed that of last year by a substantial margin~ the Crop R.~:Pbrt"~ -~
i ng Board announced today. Ag gregate production of winter crops for which p~M-ab~

tiop foreca$"t-s are .pr~pared as of DJ~ cember, 1 is an i ndicated 9 percent above J_a~.t - .. .yea~ . ahd 11 percent l~rger than average. rlost of the increase over 1955 produc,t~on::
is : ~U\'l to record crop~ of Hinter ce,).ery and lettuce indicated for next year . ~lP-d . ~-- :.,,
-larg.er . crop _ pf winter: cabbage. Production of winter crops of artichbkes, cau~t~-~ -_,
tloe;.f; 'esccifole, ana kale are also expected to be larger than those: of l_a;s;t. _ :y~-~r:~~ -

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vegetable ; crops. Availability of lpcal supplies restricted movement ' of..,.aQJ!le : co11llJlo~

dities from Florida. In Florida, above normal temperatures and inad:equate :r~ipt'_ai}:

were detrim~ntal to vegetable crops. Ho-vreyer, supplemental moisture in major. pro- ,. du.cing _ a!'ea~. has held damage to a minimum. Low temperatures late inNovember... ;;_;. .
caused little loss in vegetables G .In Texas, November weather was fay.ora~e for . th_e
development of vegetables. Hoisture is ample and no significant damage . f.~orLl.o:w. ..

temperatures has occurred. In Arizona and California, cool weather and frosts. . . .

slowed the grm..rth of vegetables that last half of November. Some delay in movement

~ inter lettuce occurred but supplies of this commodity are ample. Fall _o'r.op . .

haz:Veist i_s ~ continuing in these States. In mid-November, a period of suo-~e'ro -teffi-:

pera~ures iri the Pacific Northwest terminated harvest of fall vegetables and dairiaged

onionS in uriprot.ectfld storage.

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CABBAGE: Tne prospective 21,100 acres of early spring cabbage for 1956 harvest'. is:

r ... ... about 8 percent lareer than the acreage 1-.arvested last year. .Co..ndti.iQJ:lS ...

appear favorable for planting of cabbage .in all early spring States except .QEt o.rgia "'

-where ciry weather is delaying transplanting.

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LLTTUCL: The 1956 winter l ettuce crop is fore cast at 14,023,000 crates, 17;pere.ent
. above last year's production and 35 percent above average. Acreage-~s_-._:~,
..e~t~ate_d at a record 77;J.OO acres, 5,100 acres more than reported C?n Novembe:r:l,.o .. Cortt;.inued pl,anting in Texas Lower Valley resulted in a much larger acrea~e _tharL.fii r .,didi.ted a month ago. In Texas, harvest of winter lettuce has started in the Lower Valley, \!linter Garden, and Laredo areas. \'Jh:lle daily shipments will increas~ dur- . ing Decembe~, they wiil be restricted by relativ.E;lly light early season ~ suppli:~-~L:::.;i
"from Lower Valley where fall rains interfered vrith planti ng This area is still ': se~~il'!g and :late season supplies ~here \v~ll be h~avy. Lettuce iri all ar e as ': is:: ~n~ ~
ts good oondition. No damage resulted :from .cold weatl\er-"in. -late November. In .:-- : '_
...Arizooa Yuma district, weather. .to . dat.e has be:eri .: r.avQr_i;~,.Ql,.e_..f _or the gz:owth of :let.:.. ~11.<::.~, . b_ut~ cool weather during Nov:ember sloived its 'cievelopllient'., Harvest- i s-"' becoming active there and daily shipments... shoUld Tncrease sh'art51Y -in --December. In ea:I:ifornia
cool November weather slowed the development of lettuce but the .condit~_on; _ ofc-~~~ -: crop is good. Harvest was active in the Blythe District but was just starting in Imperial Valley in late November.. :A' heavy; m.oveme~t :..d..ur.ing December is a,nt~qipate.~:
from California, weather permitting. In Florida, early lettuce was damag_ecLP).V-. hot:; dry weather during the fall and yield and quality suffered. Young fields are 'de-
veloping satisfactorily in those areas where supplemental moisture. can be . prpy-ided:o Lower temperatures November 29 damaged scattered fields of ;nature lettuce :en .cold'-~
locations -in central Florida. Harvest of Florida lettuce began in early November and movement is. ~ipected t;.o increase during December. ,

LARLY COr1l iLRCIAL PCJl'ATOLS: Intentions for the early spring acreage in Florida and
'I'exas are reported at 26,400 acres, 5 percent above last
year and 7 percent above average. Intentions of growers in Florida point to 25,100 acres with the Hastings area having 21,000 and the other areas 4,100 acres. In 1955 growers harvested 24,800 acres -- 21,000 in Hastings and 3,800 in other areas. Some increase over 1955 is indicated in the early spring crop in Texas., Intentions are placed at 1,300 acres, much above .the 250 acres harvested in 1955 but less than the 10-year average of 71 280 acres.
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li e.~rgia,~p\lth.$,700 S,ooo S,Soo .5.7 4.8

132.400 24,000 . , : f '

s. CaroHna 1, 920 2, .500 ' 2;ioo 7.o S.o Ca;l.j,.f,ornia.' . 2,870 3,ooo 3,200 lOtS 12.3

131 100 12, Soo: , .. .. I 30,200 36,900 .. ; ... .

I'1iss?-i,siJ2p~ _.5.l.070__ ,!,700 _ 5.l.OQ~- _5!.2 __ 3.0 __ _ -I-2,20.Q _ _!4_LlOO_ _: ~ -~~

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127,4oo 106,55'0

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21 660 2,242 :2,600

I California 33,020 34,.500 38,800 187 210 210

Texas

U).030 141 000 201 ~00 123 DS 12.5

6,147 7,24.5 . . 8.,148 1,196 1,890 2,600

Flerida . . 2'i3.50__ 2_,.50.Q _. _4J..5.QO__1.!8__170__ !.50 ___ 2..50 ___.5_25_ ~ : ._675~

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2_,295, p6o of one 'year\ ag&~ ,:,.Eggs 13et .ljy.,-; ~Bc.at ;hi;!t.Chertefj ~~\mt~d to 4;~49j ooo or

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Eggs

Week I:

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1954 . i.. 195'5

BY_:WC_hE~EyKlS{~ -~~~P~Lpiuhoen~ ccToBER
P.la:ced :.l.n' G.eo:rg',_J.a : \:

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Thousands

Thousands

Thous'ands . ; Thou~an......d,.S:i..~;:_<.,.--

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Octi.i;~5' 3:,569 4,639c., r .~:2j2~4 1 -~: :,3._,022.-, -- ,. --r '~ J3J, ;,. , )12 .'; 2;64:t

Oct. ~2 3,491 4_,630

2,337

3,062

364 l 470 '; ~'?OJ!

Oct. 29 i 3., 568 4,554 , . 2, 290 . . ) , 056

322 ! ~-: 329 ,:2,6J2;

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465 !._ )7P

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vet~: , : : Oct. ',J O ct~

Oct. : N ov~ .( ,: , ,_T.ov- . : Nov .

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

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Maine/ . .' -_. / . l 872 ~- ,. 806

855

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651

676 755 764 719

724

731

650

811

Co~~ti~~t -:. .. , 1,380 1,486 1,289 .

502 .

647 ., 662

546

677

466

626

484

593

491

Penrisy~ariia

. 928

993 1,063

.668

603 .1 682

671

625

617

699

594

642

656

IndiiU;l'a:

1,6:39 , 1 1494 1,608 '

soe .. 601

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787

734

712

IllinoiB

372

384

40?. ; ( 203

164

174

166 .. 130 .. ;135.

206

175

180

187

Missouri

1,481 .: i~414

1,470 j_ li

461

391

376

381

438 - : 457

494

543

671

604

Delaware Maryland Virginia.

: 1 1,415
' 1,747 1,638

1,412 1,714 1,670

1,19!?. . ! .1, 331 .:
11 668 'i l 1,141

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987

1,400 1,090
909

1,426 1,172
936

1,367 1,295 1,326

1~167

1,109

1,156

1_,0}~.. ~- ; ,,92.t> . . ~!066 ..

1~250
1,162 1,092

1,468 1,091
988

1,194 1,312 1,087

1,371 1,086 1,157

West Virginia North Carolina

257 2,118

235
2~099

240 i! .-478 353
2,l21 ) j l,lfO 1,305

.394 1;218

. 372. . .-~526 ..:. .,429
1,246 ::.:: --~i;2g:r .. -:-.. 1 ,:231.

400 1,347

403 1,282

423 1,464

437 1,368

South Carolina

3Qe

340

3lp Ill. 220

248 ' 223

GEORG.IJ\ '.

4,620 4,691 ~,649 . . 3,334 . ::3,334 I : .3;.55~ :

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224

224

201

3,382 3,166 3,?102 ~~ ~, . . 19 B._, . . :J. 71'.

192
3,223 . 206

218
3,396 16 5

226
3,462 210

229 3,517
231

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Arkari-sas Louisi'tina ,

11~,.218512
2, .1H~875

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:2.138

:199

1,16.7 ~ I

l,225.
;.: .2,129

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1,002
.704
1,471 227

1,019 696

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253

313

276

1,280
756
1, 750 295

1,249
966
1, 707 310

1,336
870
1,859 288

1,372
9?8
1,.797 266

Texa~

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2,299 2,232 , 2,0'76 1~ 1,567

1,760 .. 1,705

1,638

1,74.5

1,715' 1,764

1,748

1,748

1,803

Washington . \

300 .. 287

. ~ 289 1

99

121

163

130

140

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183

154

174

128

Oregcm : -, : ~

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93

68

94

98 .. . 101

113

93

150

132

Calif.'9l'tlia

1,4?:9 " ~,_1,;510 _1,527 l l -: tf62

864

796

933

.921

886

914

879 1,002

986

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1 l - TOTAL 1~_64 -:. ' j , j 20,99~ . 19,220 . i9.~8~83. I

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v~ :.~ ~ 2 ~ J 78 7 .... 2:1 6 531

1954 : ;~ 1 -; ~.: ~. 1~, 342 . t~~-~- 98

!; 21~..5~44 ' 14., 1~6 . :14 J 289 _!~4 I 71~ : 14 ,jJ1~5 ~ }4:. 9.78~, ~ 1~ ,~6 5
.i5,. 7:tn,~ 11; 58'6, . 11, 38 7 il .~26 . 11;;.659: :,l .l .P-74 ; . 11,722

151 131 12,618

15,253 12,193

15,645 12,459

15,839 11,518

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' Dudhg the week ' e~ding December 17 commercial hatcheries placed 3, 542,000 chicks

wi~h broiler p r oducers iri Georgia commercial areas. This is 1 pe rce!lt above the

3,517~000 of the previ ous week ~d 31 percent more than the 2,707,000 placed the

same week last year. .





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excludi ng

shipments

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338,000

chicks

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2,281,000 of one year ago. Eggs ~et by loc al hatcheries amounted. to 4,663,000 or :

i ., 1 Eercent above the 4,649,000 of the previous week and 25 perce~t greater than the
3.,-149,000 .fo'i: the . correS"ponding week last "year. .

=Iia"J:,c!).eries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during t he we ~k at an ayerage of 87.5 cents per dozen. Aver age price charged by hatcheries for chicks wa:s reported ;at $16-. 00 per hundred. These p rices compare . with 88 cents and $16..00 for the pre'vious week and li>rith 66 cents and 012.00 one y e ar ago. Egg pri ce:s sho~m -r~iate to
:Georgia p roduced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise .

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.W~st V~rginia

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South Carolina

OE;ORGIA

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Alabama . :.-M~s-sis~ippi

A:rkansas t0msian~

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Wa spingt~n i .-Bregon ~...

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- EGG S SET AND CHI CKS PLACED I N COMr.~ !': CIP.L AREAS, BY WEEKS

1955

Dec.3

Dec . : Dec.

10

17

EGGS SET . - THOUSAND S

......... .

Qct . 15

Oct. 22

Week Endj,ng.

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~ov. :. : Nov. : '12 : . :19 .

Nov. 26

. .: CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS

806

1~486

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384

Ii 1,414

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:1,412 1,714

855
~,289
1,063 1,608 .
402'
i,470 1,495 1,668

I',, 914 I:
' 1, 591 ~ !

651 547

1,108 !. l;

603

1,.516 4 12
. 1,412

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601 164 391 -

1,'539 1,782

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1,09.0

676 562 582 655 174 376 1,426 :
1,172

755 545 671 694 166 381
l, 367
1,157

764 .. . 577
J . '625 771 130 438
"1,295 1,109

719 465 617 756 135 457 1,326 1,156

724 626 699 808 206 494 1,250
, . .l 152

731 .: 484
594 787 175 543 1, 468 1,091

I 1,670

1, 771

1,840

ti i I

909

936 ' ; 1,028 1,025 1,066 1,092

988

I I

235

I

2,099 340

240 2,121
315

240 I !

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2,212

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304 ! '

353
l, 305 .
248

394 1,218
223

372 1,246
224

526 1,291
224

429 1,231
207

400 1,347
192

403 1,282
218

j 4,591.

I

567

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1,120
;t, 21?
2,138

I! I 199

i I; _2 ,232 .

!.i . . 287 .

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244' :1,510

4,649 526

4 ,683

II ! I

537

1,167 1,225

1,224 I I 1,191

2,129 2,093

173

172

2,076 . 2, 344 I I

28~ ' '

269 1,'

230

271 I'

1,527 1;571

3, 334 3,532 157 ---179- -

1,019 1,035

696

.. 75'7

l, 536 1,564

' 251

283

-T, 700 1, 705

121

163

93

68

864

796

l' ,l,i 1.28,14 7 . 28,288
I.

I 29.~185 ! ~8,033

18,476

3, 382 . 187
l , b56
.872 .1 ,.4 6 0
253 . 1,638
130 :94
933
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18:,"611

3~166 '
.. 198 1,143
8_65 1,495' .. 313 1,745
140 98
921
18,859

3,402 3,22 3

:Pl

206

1,188 1,280

78q .

756

1, 592 .... : 1,750

276

295

1, 715 1, 7:64

194

183

101

113

886

914

18,875 19, 4 74

3,396 165
1,249 966
1, 707 310
l, 748 154 93 879
191>4~1

; 16 ,220 19,883 20, 954 Il' ;j '14. 366' . 14,222 14,546 14,733 15,043 1_5,883 15,471

Dec. 3
650 593 542 734 180 571 1,194 1,312 1,087 423 1,464 226 3,462 210 l, 336 870 1,859 288 1,748 174 150 1,002
20,076 15,849

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Dec. 10

Dec .. 17

811 491 656 712 187 604 1,371 1,086 1,157 437 1,368 229 3,517 231 1,372 928 1,797 266 1,803 128 132 986
20,269 14,533

726 494 607 692 157 586 1,495 1,151 l,llO 475 1,_414 214 3,542 '242 1,365 923 1,824 292 1, 797 222 121 999
20,448 14,801

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COMPARABLE 13 AREA TOTALS 1/

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21,531' 21,524 :22,540 12,598 15,710 16,708

14;289 14,719 14,'915 14,978 14,865 15,131 15,253 15,64 5 15,839 16,014 il, 387 11,426 ll,659 11., 6 74 ll, 72? .. 12,618 12,193 12,459 11,518 ll,842

:J ;. Fo~me-~ -~~:po.rting .~ea:s .~f Maine;, Connecti:cut, Del-Mar-va., Shenandoah Valley-Virginia-We st V:irginia, Central-Weste ~n North Carolina,
'~. Georgia~ 'Texas, Fl6l"'ida.~ Alabam.a; Mi s si s s.i ppL, rndiana, Califor~ia and Oreg_~n. ....

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GEO RGIA 1955 CROPS . V!~U~D AT $404,66~,000

Decembe r

value :or'Georgia crc)ps produced in 195.5.is estimated at 1p404 , 668,000 ' or i9 pe'rcent ' .above the.$)40,588,000 valuati~:m of 1954. This increase was due mainly to rec."o.r.d 'high yield per acre of cotton, . corn , topacco and next to the all-time hiLh y ield of peanuts - acreage of :these crops except peanuts showed a redu ~tion f~om last= ' e_.9.r. ' Productior1 gains - over. 1954 were- made for r.10st ol: the important field crops but the :fruit crops >ve re a to.tal failure resulting from freeze damage last Harch . . Pe~cans
and some of the seed .crops such as Lupine, Crimson Clover and Fescue ..suffered he.av. . ily from .the" same ca-qse

. Mo st o:f th.e usual weather difficulties were encountered last spring iri getting crops

' up to stand i n cluding s'ome deficiency _:i,n moisture following the extreme drought -of
. 1954 . . Beginning in June weather conditions were generally favoraole . for the re main-

t;l.er of :the growing season except that excessive rains of Jul y with increase.d weevil

activity made the cotton outlook uncertain at that time . An effici ent poisoning progr~m was followed -with r esulting yields that . appeared impossible until .toward the

. end of the growing season . The year has been a very unusual one in .that f069. and

feed crops . as well as cotton have made such outstanding per acre -yield. Ordinarily,

yields of these crops are only fair to poor when the cotton yield i"s good and vice versa. The dry fall . was ideai for harvesting all crops in good shape~
.

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VJ\IUE COHP.ARI SONS FOR 1955 .AND 1954 HT ORDER OF 1955 RA.."JK (IN' THOUSAnD IDLLARS)

Crop

1;9. $55

1954 $

! 1955 as 11
Ferc'emt Rank
of 1954 il

Crop

l955 1954

$

$

1955 as
Percent of 1.954

1. Cotton & Seed
2. Corn

3. _Tobacco

4. Peanuts -

5. Hay

6. Oats

. 7. Commercial Veg.

B. Swee t Potatoes

o9..

Vel vet Beans iiheat

Ll ~ Covrpeas

.132,269 75, 466 72 , 807 62 , 244
15 , 522 13,898 12,670
4 ,013 3,318
-3,116 . 2,254

120,543 54,540 58,692 30,996 13,841 18,899 1.1,362 3,130 "1 , 410 4,289
978

110 1I; 12 Pecans

138 124

1 13~ Soybeans 14. Sugar Cane Syrup

1,600 6,148 :i6 1, 505 . 581 259 1, 064 . 780- :136

201 i 15. Lespedeza Seed - OliB - --'-15 -410

112 74

I 1

16. 17 .

Irish Potatoes Sorghum Syrup

639

691 ' 92

611

575 106

112 1 18 . Lupine Seed

584

511 114

128 235

1

19. 20 .

:

Crimson Clove!' : Fescue Seed

351 . 1,076 33

89

408 22

73

21. Peaches

Fa ilure 1.0,780

230

22; Pears

Failure

200

DIAGJ.AM SH01.TJ].iG DISTRI .BUTION OF 1955 CROP VALUE IN J.JERCENTAGE OF TOT"AL VALUE

* Fruit & Nuts e4%

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ARCHI E LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician

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Agricultural Statistici an

In Charge

GEURGIA SUI"lH/,RY OF CROP STATISTICS -:< - 19.5.5 AND 19.54

--cR_O_P-----.[,.Y.EAn : ACREAGE-- IYIELD-PER j -?"Ronucrioi~ ! miiT !T-OTAL- vP:LUE,--~ -- -vA_L_UE_._

.

.

y cotton - Bales,

i. l955~1 (0-00~) 9~-ACR3E8~--~i-----(-0-.0.-0-;)-;-~-PR!IC3E;1;--(0~0109),14-;!P-e-;r LA~c~r~e

-~_e l~-~ Pound ~___,.j_lJ.5~--_b_Q_?2__ _286 -- - - -~!_?__ __!]4~_.___]:-Q$.1..?_.57 ---~03_. 37

Cott onse ed

1/ 119.5.5!

291 4.5.10

13,124 14.7$

Tons

- !19.54!

Corn;All Purpose s 1 195.5+--2~ 795

.

2.5.5 .57.20

14,.586 14.23

22.~b2,'888--l.i6_ _ _____75;466- ~ --27".oo

WiB~u~"saht;el-Hs arve sted-l1i995.554j ! -.29,8523--l61.2o.0_

_

__13,3,.85726 0

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1,~1
2-~o5

__

__

_

_._35~4',.i5l460_

19.3Z _ _32.8b

Bu s h el ? __

..Ll9?_4.L__ _J.:l~---~8.~_ _ _ ?.J_q1?____ 2.!._?l__ 4, 289 38,29

Oats, Harvested !19.5.5 ,

61~4

26"0

16,744

.83

13,898 21e58

-~B~she_ls _ _____;~~24~- - __~---]_~_Q...- ._._21,_23!2.._.___ . 89__ __ _--~~J..8~2_ .____. ?1~2.

Potatoes, Irish Bu s h el s

ii1l 99.55.45

i 1 __

__

4.3 __.2__

82

3.53 1.81

639 148,60

_ 7_L___ ____]9.5 __ _1. 7.5- -- - -~21 __ ~38_. 20

~ -- -

Potatoe s, Sweet i 195.5 l

19

88

1,672 2. 40

4, 013 211.2t

~-~hels _----- ..----~ ~22.~L__?_3_ __._ 42 __ ,____ __26___,_.l 24..____ ___ Jz..~_Q_____13_.09

T obacco~ All

il9.5.5 i

102 1,46L~

149,37.5 .487

72,807 713.79

. -Po-un-d-s ---- - - -ll9-.5--h-;i-r-----10-6- -. -- 1"-1-7-2- - - .--=1-=2-:4t.1-22-0- - ---.1-+7-2 .

.58~69- 2 -5- 53- .70

:-Iay, All (Incl. i 195.5 :

763

78

.597 26.oo

1.5,522 20,34

Peanut Hay) -Ton~___l!:~Z.hl-__ _74_.._________!63 --- - . ~-71t ____29.._2_Q._.._ ___ 13_,_8hl__28,5.Q

Sorghum Syrup

il95.5 i

4

6.5

260 2.3.5

611 152.75

G a l l on s

!19.54 i

.5

46

Sugarcane Syrup!l9~---- -- 4----190

230 2,50
-1'b0. 1.4o

.57.5 115,00 l, o64 266,00

. Gallo~ s

~].954 1 _ _ _._2___120 ____ __ 60Q_ _~_._].Q

_ __.19_]._5.6,00

Peanuts, Harvested il9.5.5 j 560 97.5

546,000

.114

62,244 111,15

_ For Nuts
. '

-. Lbs.

2/ !195- h ~ - - 4.5-0 - - -6-1-.5- - --- _ 2...7..~ 6 -7-5--0---.......11-2 ----- -3~ 0 9- - 96- --- - 68. ,-88

Cowpea s, Harvested 1195.5 1

89

6 .5

.578 3.90

2, 2.54 25.33

- F-or -Pe- a-s--B-u-sh-e-l--s 2)!..;1"9-.-54....1,...-.._._.52-- -- - -h-.o. - -

Soybeans, Har vested il95 5 j

.57

12.0

...... -6280l8~-

-4-. 7- 0 ---

...- -..- 9-78- -

18.81
- -- -~

2. 20

1,.505 26.40

For Beans- Bu. 2/ il954 :

29

7.0

203 . 2. 86

581 20,03

Ve;Lvet Beans,Alone 11955!-- 169-----940- --- - - ---79 --42.00-- -- 3,] 18 i9~6}

& .Interpl. :- Tons !19~~-~--~? 9_ __ ...?.?_C2_________).9__ 47 .oq_

1,_~9_ _ 5.24

Lespedeza, Harv. !l 9S5 i

32 150

4,800 13. 50

648 20.25

Fo~ Seed.- Lbs. i12_~~+ - -_

8.5 _____9_?_Q___ 2j_,_gg_ ._ _ ..____l58 19ill

Lup1ne, Harve sted 1 19 ~5 1

16

760

12,160 4.80

.584 36.50

For Se ed ... Lbs. ...2-2.~~-----.1.5____725

10, 875___ l!_~]Q__.._ __5l.l_ _3kQI

~rimson Cl over,Harv~l 9.5 5 j

16

80

1,280 27.40

3.51 21,94

For__Se~d. - Lb s~__ t l 9$_L~+------4?_- _ _,_122_..__. _?2 ~_~_.5_ ___ ~~--_g_C2______,_~07_~---26,24

.~e s.cue, Harvested ! 19.5.5 .

7 .5 11.5

862 10.30

89 11,87

_..For_Seed - ~b ~.!_-~~95_~_1 __ _1:)..__.....1_00 _____ _ _St.60Q____l5_. 79

408 31,38

?eaches, Total 11 il l955 f

11

3/

. P r o_?.ucti.on Pe~rs, Tota

::__Bu l

~~-1 195'4 lt !1955

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...-----------~_O_Q____).8.5_ __, 10, 7"80:,..-._ _

3/

3/

Pr oducti on - Bus. 11954 !

_____ibq_~_._?:_2___ _______g9o_____

?ecans, Total

jl955 j

4,ooo

.400

1,600

. Production - _ Lbs~]_9_5h .J.-.------- --- --- -S01.000 . .307

~..z -~.~~---

r Sornmer cial Veg . il 955 132.7

12 ,~70

95~8

Crops (Excl. Com. !19.54 1 13.5

11,362 84.16

I~i sh & Sw . Pot atoe s) !

.

~~6~~ (~ci~~~:-1955 6, ~33~------~------------------40~, 6~~----

~~~~a1~~i~~ ~e~~~;ll~54!_---~~~64:_____________

---~~0,!.~~-------

* 19.5.5 Price and val ue figures are preliminary. Values ar e f or tl e crop year and

should not be confused with calendar year income.

l / Preliminar y estimat 0s for 19.55. 2/ Covers only mature crops (acreage al one and
int erplanted) harve sted f or peanuts, p eas and beans. 3/ Less than 500 bushels

p r o du c t i on .

C '~~ '( I A :_ Producti on o f Ge org ia's conEnerc ial v ep; et abl e s f or fr e sh ma rket a n( proc e ss i ng i n 1')5 5 was va lue d at .12 , 9 10 , 000 or n. 11 pe : cent increa s e f r om
che c or r 8s pon dinr; va u 1at ion of ~ - ll, Gl l-t , OOO i n 1954 . Th i s i n~ r cas tJ i n v0. luc wc:s c1.ue 11a.i. n l :r to i n c r ea s e d ' i el ds i n 1955 .for s ome of t he ma jor cr ops. T:con or.tic o.band on-
ment wa s un duJ.y heavy thi s '_re a r caus ed bv lov; ;-:,ri c e s r e ce i vee~ du.ri nc peak h r v cs t .
'c. te r 1ne l 01 s led a ll c o:m1. 1ercia l ve ge t ab l e cr op values wi t h 3 , 7$ , 000 f oll owed b y
to_,n.t oe s pith 2 , 3 10 , 000 and pimi er~t o e s for :~n oc es s ine: with -' 1, 973 , 000 . H~.r ve s te d a cr eage of a ll c ~" o ps f or f r e sh mar k et and pr oc es s i n g c omb i no d ar.wtmt ed t o 132, 700 a cre s compa r ed u i t!1 134 , 950 ac re s f or t h e y ear befor e , or a 2 per cent dec r ec.se .

UFI 'l':-~D S TAT::~s: Production of the 28 principal ve getab les for fresh me.r ke t in t he

major producing States reached a record 10,290,000 tons in 1955.

This is on l y sli ghtl~r hi :;her than the previous record of
crops }reduced in 1954 b\lt it is 6 percent more than t he

10 1 287,000 tons of the'se 1S'4 9 - 53 a v era ge. Compared

with 195h , p1oduction in 1955 was up significantly for sna p bea ns, broccoli, cauli-

flower, swe et corn , garlic, lettuce, shallots, tomatoes, a nd 11atermelons. Incr eased

outl'_)ut of these comr.1odi ties ml, S n ea rly balan c ed by shar p decline s in t h o proCI.uction

of l1eets, Brussels sprouts, cabba ge, a n d hone y devv melons a n d smaller crops oi lima

bea ns, cantaloups, carrots, celer:.r, onions, and spinach.

GEOHGI A Jlj!FUAL 0 1Ji ~ Jl.....'tY OF COi..~ -_ETIC IAL V':GETA 'LI, c:o ~- STATISTI CS-1955 1TH '.:o~ PAIU SONS

_ l ....... -- +I_. :.. ..... ~~~-~:r~:~~----~:3~~- ~-:_ooo ~~--_j ~-~-~- ~~~-~\- ~~~-- ---~: :o_ 7~~---i-- :s~ . 60 --- Cro
:o-e:a-nIs;,i"f~fPIiDa--

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er Ac
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r-e+i. ---,uD.,.nU-.Si.th-e-.L-~S J-.I.-T-o~ t-alG(rOv OO

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er

V;;; l ue of Sal e s

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r ens~ ::nap

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3 , 500 i 55

~he l s .

192 .

1. 85 ;

355 ! 101. 43

300-t-_ ~~~ W.a_:~~-t_,___!_~Ge._:~:~___ :_,~-~~-.l i_~O llJ:.:__~

_2_:~-~~- -~ ---- ..?.9~- --~---!_7~~-?

Be ans , Snap

lS55' 2 , 600 i 80 1 Bush e l s ;

208 ~ 1. 25 :

260 100 . 00

Fo r l!iar ket, ~.; . Ga . : ::. :: 54
6abbage-,-s.-'G~. - ~ -- i9s5! ___

25,o5o0o0----1r----4-7.s5--:,-:--(:.3.T0o~l b-s-.); --

188
24 .o

TJ.

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442

176 . 30

..___ 834-----i66--:3o

- - -.--1_s_s4..

c_a_:bb_a_g_e,_~L

! _355:
Ga .____..__J....,.,_54_.

- !s..-. :,,-102-00o~o0- -T.' -~65 ,.~o5

:
l

( 2-oo-o- -l b-s-.

(

Ton 2000

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~:

)1---
; ),

3-641--..,2-00---_=1-/-LJ1-_- _---:~1?7-7~..-__85l-000.

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----4-9-o- --+: --
--~1~6-07- -_t-

-~ ..

r5:41_.. 40 .

2823.. 00_

Cantal oup s Sorn , S-rJe e t

1955 :l. 95<1
l9o:::, 1954

1 7, 600
8 ,000
1 , 400 1 , 700

75 l J umbo Cr at e

I r 60

(83 l bs . )

! 60
50

l

5

Cr a Doz

t .

e~s2r

s :

570 .l/,l
480 1/i 84 j
85

l. d5 l. 70 I
1 .40 }.40

1, 036 782
118 11 9

;.

13'3 __9 7

.

_372~

I 84 . 2 .:; 70 . 00

rJ. Cueumb er s

i 19 55' ---9 00 - r 70

Bu shel-;-t"

63 1

l. 80

~or :-!ar ke t ,J!;arly ~_2 954. -~~ 80 ~ ( 48 l b s . ) ' ___ 80 I -~:_~-~

13: : 113 :-- i25.:56~~~:~

?J Cucumber s

1955.

l or J.isr k et , L2.t e 1 954 ' . 2. 955 .

Let tuce

1954 .

_ . ~45500 550

+1 '

-25?0 --1W 110 ;

B~u:s_hl~e
cra t e

l~.s:lJ:..
s i

-

.-

~. 6~220------t~~---

- 2~..90?.5.-~:--4 .00

____4o~--::- 2-0 ,

.J14-.~0'3.0~...:0_)~609-

700 j ~30 i ~4_-6 fu_:_:L.~---+ ~~-,. - --- -~-O?___-t____57!_:~~

Oni ons
'ot etoe o, Iri oh l-'orth Georgi <'.

I 1l 995h!~.:, l 9E5
! 1:;~1 1954 1

: : \--:---- lr--: 1,000
1 ,200. ! 600

J. 00 116~0~-_:_
100

~S~ac1k-s~ :-

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_216~~0 ....

1
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_____11 ~. -3~52

3ush el s .

FO

2 ..so

1_

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--2~1~6o__ 1.:.8

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12-1~6~. 000.0
2:3-.~ .

;~-+-~:;~:~; ~ :1~ +-~~ 1-~~::~:

900

85 ( 60 lbs .) :

76

2. 00

1 52 i 168 . 89

Tom at~-- ---,I--i9 ss J,

14 , 000

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75

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:::0

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- - - -- - - -

---

2 . 20 - 2 , 310 : 165 . 00

:i'or :1.1a r k e t

' 1954 15 , 000 , 6_ i ( 53 l b s .) :

975 1- 1. 80 . 1, 755 117. 00

ill _,- - - ---- , ,-- ~ 1 ~551 64 , 0')() . 290 -t !lie l o~-;-iW,56'o '2 5l~OO~~: is5---l--- ss--:'83"

1- -. . :--- .vat er me l ons !:.! 1954: 60 ,000 : 265

. 15 , 900 1 / 1 242 . 00 ' 3 , 606

Beans , -s;_~- --- l955r----~--:-----t--T;;;-;---: -=-j--- -:::-~:-- -- ~-- - ---

60 .10

?or Pr ocessi ng : l954J

1

200

1. 0

( 2000 l b s .: _ _200 __L_ l~?.~~-..!- ----..---~~--(_ __1 6~.' ~0

Cucumb e r s ?or Pick l e

I 1955 ; 8 , 400
19541 8 , 000

80 75

Bushel s ' (48 l bs . ) ,

6 72 600

r~
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1.20 1. 35

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806 I 9o . 95
810 I 101. 25

Pep-cer, t -2 i:g-- r-- 9o:-oif-r -t rimient of-r9ss: 16 ,ooo 1. 37 I . _ F?~~--~_::>_ce s sing j_~ :;54 l__2_~1,500 :70

T TAL
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3~:_

700 9 50

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Ton

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( 2?DO_lb_:_} ___ _2~~----- 90 . 00 ! ~--~~~ -~ ---~-~:..~:

:

1 12 , :no 1 97 . 2.1

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ss .os

1: ,I lCl u de s soiJle quanti t ie s not marke t ed an_d excluded i n computin g v a lue.

:t: Do e s not i n c bde acr eage , p ro duction an d val u e of cucumber s f or p i ck le .

:fJ 7at ar me lon :::; ri c e per 1 , 000 me l Oli. S.

D. L . FLOE Ar, r i cul t ural Stat i s t ic i an , I n Cha r ge

1. E . BA'RRI S, J'=: Sta ti s tic a l As s i s t an t

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: DiiGRAM SH C\,JING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBUTION 'OF GEORGIA TRUCK CROPS FOR 1955
ACREAGE BY , CROPS
(Percent of Total)
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Watermelons 4a.2% .

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VALUE .BY CROPS
(Percent oi Total)

Cantaloups 8 0%

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UNITED STATES .
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
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195"5

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF' AGRICULTURE

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE

t\thens, Geo r gia

December 28, 1955

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FOR: . ', . BRQILEJt CHICK R~l-bt1T . GE(JRGIA COM.'VIERCIAL . AREAS

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During the week end~g De~ember 24 commercial hatcheries placed 3,761,000 chicks w~th broiler producers in Georgia commerciat a-r~as. This is .6. percent abo.ve the 3,542,000 of 'th.e previous we'ek - ~d :62 .perce~t more than the 2,)22,000 placed the

same week .-last yea17i.

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.Local hatchings of 3,076,000, excluding ship.ments of 312,000 chic~s to other st.ates,

are 4 percent over the 2,959,000 of. the~ preVious week and 62 percent more ~han 'the

1, 901,000 of one year: ago:. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted t9 4, 8 32~000 or .

3 percent ahov~ the 4, 68 3,000 of the previoup week and 36 percent gz;eater than the

3,544,000. :fo;r:. ~he corresponding week last ye9-r.

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Hatcheries reported price s paid for hatching .eggs d,uring the week .at ~ an ave!rage of

R7.5 cent-s per 'dozen. Average price charged 'by hat'cheries for chicks was l:J8por-Bed a~ $16.00 per ~undred. These prices compare with 87.5 cents and $16.00 foi. _t he p r~~

vious. week and ~with 67 cents and $12. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate t'o ' }eorgia produc~d hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.

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(See reverse side for other states)

GEORGIA :.CHJ:CK P;LPCEM!':NT BY 1tJBF.KS - PH'RIOD OCTQBER 22 THROUGH Dt:;CSMBER 24 : 1955

.j Date ;.1

Eggs

! 'Chicks Hatched 1; _ Inshipments

1.veek '1:: ~nding

Set 1954 : 1955

1

Placed in Ge or gia' l 95h : 1955

of Chicks -
1954 : 1955

Total Placec:j. on :F~rms
954 : ;1955

;~~: g I~ : i:;;;usa;;;~~ i .. ~:~~ius~~~~~ ..]. ;~;usan;t~ ~:~;;us7i;

!ov. 5 . ),533 , 4 ,514 ' 2,243 2, 918 1 394 248 ;.!' 2, 637

iov. 12 ; i 3~48 V: 1 4,66 9

2,270 3, 061

380 341 _. 2,650

lov. 19 !
I Jov. 26 I
)ec. 3
1e c. 10 ,

3, 557 3,697 3,145
3;6 21

4, 596

2,.308

4,,6 20

. 2.,295

l : 4,-591 ! . 2,2 94

4, 649

2, 295

2, 9 37 3, 026 3,074
3,096

I.

) 82 465

i 496

1. 450

286 1 2, 690 370 1. 2, 160

388

2,7 90

421 \ . 2,. 745

i)ec. 17 1, 3, 749 4, 683 ; 2,281 2, 959

426 583 ! 2, 707

Dec. 24 .I 3,544 4, 832

1, 901 3, 076

4~1 685 j 2,322

y .

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Ex~lu~ive .of hatchings shipped into states outsi de of Georgia.

3,166 J , 40 2 j, 223 .3.,396
33~',.456127.
3~542
3~ 761

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D. L . FLOYD 1\g:ricult'J.l.ral Sta.tistician :tn Charge

Al1CHI E LANGLEY
Ag ricu1tural . Stati ~tician

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EGGS SE T AND c:n cKs PLACED IN CO:'J)ft.ERCIAL AREAS , BY WEEKS - 1955

De c. 10

De c . : Pe e.

17

24

EGG::; SET - TlfOHSANDS

.... ..

.. .
Oct . 22

Oct . 29

We e k: Endin~

Nov . -:~ Nov .

5

12

. ... .
Nov. . 19. .

. : ; Nov .

De c.

3 .

3

CHI CKS PLACED TBCUSANDS

De c. 10

Pe.ge 2 .

Deo. 17

D'e c.

24

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Maine-Conne ct} cu
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.p_e,nn syYve.n .;e.
rn.<u e.ne.-
' n-ffii.o~ M:i_ss cio/i
De -l aW.~re
... Mar y 1a.nd . Vi rg inia
;~e s t Vi r g i ni a North C ~;~.ro i n a ..s~n~ tYt _.Car oline. ., GEORGIA '. F,1 t:Jr id-a:
t ' I 1e.b affia. Missi ssi pp "
/U" kansas Lcu i s i e.ne. Te x as 1Tv'e. s ning t on Or egon Cal ifo rnia
TOTAL 195 5 TOTAL 1 954

855 1 , 289
1, 06 3 1, 608

914 1, 591 1,108 1, 516

!I 914
II 1, 558
1,150 :I 1 , 542 II

6 76 56 2 58 2 655

402 1, 4 70 . 1,495 1, 668

412 1, 412 1, 53~ 1~ 78 2

I.:I 377

I l
II

1, 418

1, 563 I,

1, 82 7

174 376 1, 426 1,1 72

. 1, 771

1, 840

1,773 I

2 4Ci 2,1 21

240 2,212

I 283
2, 237

I,I

31 5 . 4 , 649

304 4 , 680

l 28 6
4 , 8.32

i

526- -5 37_ __ 5 58

936 394 1, 218 22 3

i
I

1,167

I I
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1, 225 2 ,129

1, 224 1, 191 2, 05 3

1,194 1,144 2 , C3l

1, 564

I 11:5 2 , 0 76

I
I

289

?30

1-. 1 ' 52 7

1'7-2 2, 044
259 2 71 1, 571

l?b

; I
II

:I 2 , 18 Y .I '. 334

303 l l

1, 618 !~

23 3 1 , 705
163 68
796

! 28 ,288 29 ,185 29 , 306 I I 18 , 4 76

I 19, 88 3

20, 954

19 , 644

: f
; !

14 , 222

755

764

545

577

6 71

625

694

7 71

166

1 30

38 1

438

1, 367 1, 295

1, 157 1,109

1, 028 1,025

3 72

526

1, 246 1, 291

224

224

3, 38 2 3 ,16 6

18 7

1 98

1, 056 1 , 143

8 72

865

1, :_i:60 1 , 49 5

25 3

31 3

1, 638 1,745

1 30

140

94

98

9 33

92 1

- - - -

18 , 6 11 18 , 8 59

14 , 546 14 ,733

719 465 6 17 756 1 35 45 7 1, 326 1,1 56 1, 066 42 9 1, 231 207 3, 402 17 1,188 786 1, 552 2 76 1,71 5 194 101 886
18 , 8 75 15, 043

724 626 699 808 206 494 1,250 1,152 1, 092 4CO 1, 347 192 3, 223 206 1, 280 7 56 1,750 295 1, 764 183 113 914

731 484 :59 4 '78 7
175 543 1, 468 1, 09 1 988 403 1, 282 218 _3, 396 165 1 , 249 966 1,70 7 310 1 ,748 154 93 8 79

19 . ~ 74 19 , 431 1 5 , _88'5_.' .15 , 4 71

65C 593 54 2 7 34 180 5 71 1,194 1, 312 1,08 7 423 1, 464 226 3, 462 1C 1, 336 8 70 1, 859 288 1,748 174 1 50 1, 002
20 , 075 15, 849

8 11 491 656 71 2 18 7 6( 4
1, 371 1, 086 1,157
437 1, 368
22 9 3, 517
231 1, 372
928 1,79 7
266 1, 803
1 28 1 32 986
20 , 26 9 14 , 533

72 6 4 94 60 7 692 157 586 1, 495 1,1 51 1,110 4 75 1, 414 214 3, 542 242 1, 365 923 1, 824 292 l, 797 2 22 121 999
20 , 448 14 , 801

728 467 579 698 12 7 563 1,6 14 1, 0 74 1, 093 508 1, 408 24 3 3 , 761 213 1, 446 906 1 , .50 7 276 1, 62 4 1 99 141 1, 0 14
20 , 489 11, 331

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1955 1954

21, 524 1 5 .710

22 , 540 16 ,708

2 2 , 5~ 14 ,71 9
i ! 1 5 ,712 11 , 426

14, 915 11,659

14 , 9 78 11, 6 74

14 , 865 . ~5 ,1 3 1 11 , 722 12 , 618

15, 253 12 ,193

15, 645 1_2 , !,; 59

1 5, 8 39 11, 518

16 , 014 11, 842

16 ,173 8 , 99

]:/ For me r r ep or t j_ng areas of Ma ine , Conn ec t icut, De 1-f-~e.r- Va . , Shenan d oah Va11 e y - Virginia- \l\"es t Virg inia , Central-Wes t e r n North Car olina ,

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Ge cr gia. , Texas , Flor ida , A1e.be.rne. , Mi s siss i ppi, Indiana , Ce l iforni e. , and Or e g on .

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE

GJEJoiruGTIA

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia

GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
September 281 1955

BROILER CHICK REPORI' FOR GIDRGIA CDr~lERCIAL ARBAS

During the week ending .September 24 commercial hatcheries placed 3,122,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 3 percent below the 3,217,00G of the previous week but 4 percent more than the 3,009,000 placed the
same Heek last year.

Local hatchings of 2,842,000, excluding shipments of 2.'1 2,000 chicks to other states,
are 4 percent below the 2,947,000 of the preVious week but 12 percent more than the 2,535,000 of one year ago. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to h,~.04,000 or 1
percent under the 4,462,000 of the previous week but 14 percent ~reater than the
3,855,000 for the corr8sponding week last year.

Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 90 cents per dozen. Average retail price charged the broiler grower for chicks was
reported at ~~16 .50 per hundred. These prices compare with 90 cents and $16.50 for the previous week and with 79 cents and ::~ll.,..,?o one year ago. Egg prices shown re-
late to Georgia produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otheruise.

(See reverse sids for other states)

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Date

C' PICl\

EPIg.J1g' sCB":i~rJ T

B! Y~ t-J.'BJ RJ KS I Chicks

P'1-i0'RIOD Hatched

JULY
1/

23

1955 -'T'HROUr.H

SP:uTTi'hflTi'R :.- \,

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2~~

Inshipments

Total Placed

I 'lfeek

Set

Placed in Georgia

of Chicks

on Farms

Ending

1954 : 1955

1954 : 1955

I 1954 : 1955

1954 : 1955

Thousands

Thousands

I Thousands

Thou sands

July 23 3,936

July 30 ' 3, 3h7

Aug . 6 3,933

Aug . 13 3,909

Aug . 20 3,921

Aug, 27 3,857

Sept. 3 3,825

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1170
24 I

3,740 3,867
3~855

h,675 4,605 4,418 4,341 4,292 4,371
h,3!.~3 h,41~6
4,M2
42404

2,695 2,587 2,523 2,488 2,498 2,460 2,L!.02 2,468 2,501
22 535

3,292 3,2h3 3,165 3,100 2,952 2,913 2, 851
2, 59 1~
2,9h7
2~h2

I h81 600

I

492 366

537

574

630

I I

436 411 474

579 3,1?6 3, 1371

!t28 3,187 3,671

379 3,013' 3,.544

418 2, 854 3,.518

39? 3,03.) .3,3.51

391 3, 034 3,304

308 3, 032 3,159

352 2,90L!. 3,246

I 270 2, 912 3,217

280

3~009 3~,122

1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.

ARCHIE 1.\HGLEY Agricultural Statistician

D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge

Af ter Five Days Return to
United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Harketing Service
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia OFFI CIAL BUSii-iESS

Penalty for private use to avoid
payment of postage $300.

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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COlVTh.ifERCI./ll. A..TmAS,. BY WEEKS - 1955

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STATE

... . l Sept.

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10

. Sept. : Sept.

July

1'7

24 :: 23

July
30

Week Ending

. . . .Aug. . 6

Aug. 13

Aug. : . Aug.

Sept. : Sept. : Sept. : Sept.

20 '

27 :

3

10

17 24

EGGS SET - THOUS.'JIDS

I:

CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS

Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania. Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA .l''lorlda Alabama Mississippi
Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Or egon California
TOTAL

ass
1,.258 929
1,.201 351
1,.354 1,. 403 1,.448 1,.481
"244 1,.908
244 4,. 446
4lo 987 925
1. 736 199
2,.008 196 246
1.263
25,.111

846 1,.279
945 1,.147
369 1,.349 1,.456 1,.670 1,. 452
234 1,.915
278 4,.462
;;: ~
983 926
1,. 747 191
2,.048 187 193
1.287
25,. 396

922
~ .. 343
1,.02~
1,.137 321
1,.290 1,.419 1,. 722 1,.399
234 1,.942
278 4,404
447
979 938
1,.802 238
2.082 195 163
1.275
25,.555

712 532 572 780 282 696 1,.661 1,.248 1,.526 "473 1,.419 199 3.871
1!;7
1,.417 880
1,.973 280
1,.653 212 186
1,020
21.779

830 471 606 853 185 638 1,.529 1,.294 1,.279 567 1,.561 185 3,.671
211
1.229 899
1.873 304
. 1;.676 216 151
1,.081
21,. 309

801 495 703 668 177 561 1,..370 1,.24 9 1,.335 495 1;510 187 3,.544
206
1,.265 826
1,.661 254
1,.706 177 184
1.072
. 20,.436

801 5-16 603 . 696
161 540 1,. 440 1,.191 1,.142 476 1,. 443 160 3,.518 .213 1,.134 930
1,.614 240
1,.576 187 119
1,066
19.696

692

672

.517

415

643

544

676 167 512 1,. 363 1,.038 1,.110

535 169
446 1,317 1,.126 1,.107

458

491

1,.335 1,.281

151
3.351 1!:12

164 3,.304
224:::

1.127 1.015

812

. 726

. 1,.so;r 28G 1.654
199
115

1,..330 174
1,.595 173 105

1,.031 1.073

18,.961 18.04: 5

6.75 469 580 503 160 407 1,. 227 1,.155 1,.015 415 1,.340 . 169
' 3,.159
4Ub
992 676 1,.221 233 1 . 4 38 175 129 991
17.334

. 684 454 540 512 . . 163 ' 454 1,.122 1,.098 . -1,.1271 372 .
1.231 196
3.246 189
1,..042 648 .
i.294 233
1.417 171 .
119 1 927
17,.2391

640 450 56 4
606:
142
450 -
1,251 1,.049
984 479 . 1.199 175 3,.217 164
1.037 "612
1,.350 215
1,562 171 96 849 -
17,.262

' .691 446 562 609 130 483
1",203 1.019 1.087
.458 .. 1;198
165 3,.122
168
' 1,.061 704
. 1,. 391l: 210
1,.492 164 95. 871
17,.332

1955 1954

19.312 17,.628

19.544 19.620 16,.814 ' 16.602

i/ COMPARABIE 13 AREA TOTALS
17,.016 16,. 74 5 16,085 15,.608 14 ,.328 14.487 13,915 13.831

14,.937 13,998

14,509 13.782

13,.947 13,302

13,719 13,488

13,.771 13.,006

13.798 12,.952

1/ Former reporting are a s of Maine,. Connecticut,. Del-Mar-Va.~ Shenandoah V~11ey-Virginia-West Virginia,. Central-Western korth Carolina.
- Georgia,. Texas. Florida ,. Alabama,. Mi ssissippi,. Indiana, California and Oregon.

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AGRICULTURE.



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During the week endtng October l commercial hatcheries placed 3,265,000 chicks with

broiler producers .in Georgia commercial .~reas. .This is 5 _pe1:eent above .the.:

3,122,090 of the previous -week and 8 peroent more than the 3,036,000 placed the

same _lveek last year





Loca~ hatchings of 2,948,000, excluding ship~nts of 273,000 chicks to other states,

are -4 percent abov~ the 2;842,000 of the prevtous week and 24 percent mOre than the

2,374,000 of one year ago. Eggs set by1ocal hatcheries amounted to 4,457,000 or 1

perGent, 9ver th~ 4,404,000 of the previous week and 17 percent greater than the

3,81Q,OOO for the corresponding week last year.

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Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
90 cents per dozen. Average retail price -charged the broiler grower for chtcks was
reportep at $16.50 per hundred. These prices compare l-lith 90 cents and $16 .5Q for
the p-revious week and with 76 cents and ::;a3.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown re1ate _to Georgia prQduce~ hatching .eggs, ~hether bought on . ~ontr~~ct ~r othe~se.

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0!/ GEXJRGIA CHICK PLACEJ'1ENT BY l-.J:EEKS - PERIOD JULY 30 THROUGH OCTOBER i -, 1955

. Date .
vleek '

Eggs Set

Chicks Hatched Placed in Georg~a

In shipments of Chicks

Total Placed on Farms

Ending. ...

1954 : 1955
Thousands

1954 : 1955
Thousands

1954 : 1955
Thousands

1954 : .1955
Thousands

July 30 ~,8h7 4,605

Aug. . ...6 3,933 4,418

Aug. lJ ' 3,909 h,341

Aug. 20 3,921 l.,.,292

Aug. 27 .3,857 4,371

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Sept". 3
Sept .10.

3,825
-3,740

4,343 4,446

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Sept. -17 3,867 h,462

Sept. 24 3,855 4,404

Oct. 1 3,815 4,457

2,587
2,523
2,488
2,498 2,460
2,402 2,468
2,501
2,535
2,374

3,243
3,.165
3,100
2,952 2,913 2,851
2,894 2,947 2,842 2,948

600 428
L~92 379
366 418
537 399
574 391
630 308
436- -352
411 .210 474 280 662 317

1/ ~x~lisive 9,f hatchings s~ipped into states outside of Georgie.

3,187
3,015
2,854
3,.035
3,034
3,032
2,904
2,912
3,.009
)_j036

3,671
3,544
3,518
3,351
3,304
3,159
3,246 3,217
3,122 . 3_1265

AACHIE 'LAJ:!GLEY Agriculturct1 Statistician

D. L. FLOYD
Agricultural Statistician In Charge

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TH E m~ I ~ERS ITY OF GEORGIA TH E U~ TV ERS ITY LIBRARIES
ATHOOS GA.

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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO~ RCIAL AREAS, By ~EKS ;;.; 1955

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Week Ending

Aug. : Aug.

Aug. .. Aug~ I Sept.

6

13 I 20

27

3

Sept. 10

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Sept. : Sept. I Oct.

17 I

24 I

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Maine

Connecticut

1,279

Pennsylvania

94-5

Indiana

1,147

Illinois

369

Missouri

1,~9

Delaware

1,456

Marylan~

1,670

Virginia

1,452

West Virginia .

234

North Care lina .

1,915

South Carolina

. 27-8

GEORGIA

For~ a

Alabama

}IissisSippi

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Arkansa~ '

Louisiana . . "',

Texas

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2,048-

Washing'tc:>n

187

Oregon

193 :

California , -

1,287

TOTAL

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. 25,396

1,343 1,025 1,137
321 1,290 1,419 1, 722 1,399
234 1,942
278
2~082
195 .. 163 . 1,275 . 25,555

838 1,506 1,000 1,139
362 1,248 1,448 1,639 1,383
233 1,906
278 4,457 .
4 1,011 1,034 1,788
212 . 2,069
215 184 1,206
25,589

.830 471 606 853 185 638 1,529 1,294 1,279 567 1,561 185
1,873 304
1,76 216 151
1,081 21,309

801 495 703 668 177 561 1,370 1,249 1,335 495 1,510 187
1,661 254
1_,706 177 184
1,072 20,436

801 546 603 696 161 540 1, 440 1,191 1,142 476 1,443 160 3,518
1,614 240
1,576 187 119
1,066 19,696

692 547 643 676 167 512 1, 363 1,038 1,110 458 1,335 151
1,502 286
1,654 199 115
1,031 18,961

672 415 544 535 169 446 1,317 1,126 1,1_07 491 1,281 164
1,330 174
1,595 173 105
1,073 18,045

675 1:69 580 503 160 407 1,227 1,155 1,015 415 1,340 169
1,4 38 175 129 991
17,334

684 454 540 512 163 454 1,122 1,098 1,127 372
1,417 171 119 927
17,239

640 450 564 606 142 450 1,251 1,049 984 479 1,199 175
1,350 215
1,562 171 96 849
17,262

691 446 562 609 130 483 1,203 1,019 1,087 458 1,198 165 3,122
6 1,061
704 1,394
210 1,492
164 95
871
17,332

673 481 560 663 203 488 1,258 1,080 945 474 1,276 183 3,265
6 1,011
705 1,366
228 1,548
141 123 845
17,682

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COf.J.JPARAB IE 13 AREA TOTALS 1/

1955

. :-. 19 , 544

19,620 19.721

16,,?45 16,085 15~_608 14,937 - -14,509

13,947

13,719

13,771

13,798 14 ,037

1954

~ ;_16,814 16,602 15,921 14 ,487 13,915 13~834 13,998 13, 78? 13_,302 13, 488 13,006 12,952 12,819

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reporti-ng

ru-e as

of :Maine,

Conne.~tiout,

De1- Me.r-Va~ .

Shenandoah Vai.ley-Virginia-West yirginia,

Central-We stern North

Carolina,

Georgia, Texas. Florida, Alabama., Mi ssissippi, Indiana, California 'and Oregon.

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GEORGIA:

Dur Rec

ing eive

th d

e b

month. .ertde.d .septe y Georgia Farmers

mrebmear~1n5ed.1

the All Cornmo~.ity Index of .Pric;:es unchanged from the level _reported

in .August. At the' present levei the. ~ndex 'l.s 259 percent or the January 1910-

December 1914 average. The Index during th.e corre~P,o~ding p~riod- last y_ear w~s

at approxima~ely this same level.

For-, the third -consecutive Il}onth, individual-corinnodi ~y pric~ fluctuations were off-

setting

to

the

e. xtent

that

no

change

was

reflected

in

th.e

All :

Commodity .

Index.

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Higher prices were received during the .month for wheat, ; oats, cotton lint, peanuts,

eggs, and wholesale milk. Lower prices were received for corn, sweetpotatoes;

cottonseed, au baled hay, hogs, -beef cattle, milk -cows, chickens, arrl soybe.ans.- ..

UNITED STATES: T.l\e Index Qf Prices Received by Farmers rose l percent (2 points)' dur~ng the month e~ding in 'mid+septembet. 'At 235 percent of its

1910,;.14 aVe~age th'e Index '"Was 4 percent bel-ow September last- year:. Higher prices

rec;ei ved by fanne.]'s for eggs, rrP-1~, . cotton,_ and con;m~rc~al .y.-egetables wer,e priiD?-rily

-responsible for the -increase during the past month. Lower prices ..for corn, oil- .. ..

. se_eds, cjlic.ke~s, and meat animals were only partially -offse.ttirig . Both the All-
Crop Index and the Livestock -~mel .Li\iesto6k ProduCt rndex-:ere up from a month earl-

ier and down from a ye-ar eari:i..er, wit.h the CroP' Index showi_ng the sharpest drop

from last year. \ .

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Down one.;..ihir.d 6'f ohe percent (1 po"nt) to -278-; the Parity Index (Prices Pai.d for

Commodities, :-Interest, Taxes, and Wage..Rates) declined for .the t.h:Wd nsecut-ive

month. As of September 15 it was"2 percent below the 1955 high of l<+st l'mrch, and

nearly 1 percent lower than a year ago. Prices of both living and production

goods averaged lower this month, with most food, seed, and feed items showing

declines.

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The upturn in farm product prices, together . with the continued decline in the Parity

Index, rais~d 1 the Parity Ratio l percent to 85 in mid-Septerrber. ~h~ Septe~er

ratio was abo~t 3 percent lower thB:h a year ago.

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Parity Index !/

Summary Table for the United States

246 " ~J3

235

Ji3

280

. . 279 '. ~.. "

278

290

Parity Ratio

88

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. 85

.123

1/ Pt~ces Paid; Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rate~~
2/ Aiso February and April 1952,

Feb~ 1951>.
Mai.i952 ' ?;./
Oct. 1946

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BURTON J. HARRJN\)TON
.. .. .'' - Agricultural Stati.,.stfcian

.. After Five Days Ret11rn to
Uni~e~. States D~P.artment or Agricult~r.e .
Agricultural-.Marketing Service : .
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia _. . OFFI Ciflt:(, BUS lNESS

Penalty for Pri11rate Lise to
. Avoi:d Payment .Or P~sta ge. -..s-300
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TH E lJ!U' V R ITY LIBRARIES ATHENS GA.



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FRICES BEC'!:IVE.O -By FARMERS SE!?TDffi~ 15 i'955, '!liTH COMrARI Sbl'S . . , : :'.:

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COMMODITY AUD .
ID-~IT
When.t, ~.

AverngEi I : .

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Aug. 10091- Sept. 15 :Aug. 15, Sept.l5, AugJ.oog... Sept.l5,1Aue 15, Sept. 15,

July 1911 1954 1955

1955' ul_y_ 1911 1951 1955 1955

1.24

1.00

1.91

1.9S . .88

2,07 1.90 ,. -1.92 .

. C~rn. Bu, .

f. \

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Oo.ts, .. Bu.

Irish P;tat~es; Bu.

Sv1eet Potatoes, Bu, $

Cotton, Lb.



91 .67
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12.6 ..

1.64 . .91
2.00 3.50 ' 34.8 - .

1.58 ' .79 1.50 2.85 34.5

.64

2.55 35.0

,70 .88 12.4

.71
1.16 2.36 34.6

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,75
I 1.79
32.7 '

,-71
1.42 33.8

Cottonseed, Ton R--.y ('Q.aJ.~~), - Ton
Hogs, Per CWt.
Beef Cattle, Cwt.
Milk Cows 1 Head

$ $ $

- . 59.00 :1 -2~.10
7.33 19.70

I $ 3.87

10.50

$ 33.85

95.00

49.00

fl5.00

28.30 . 26.00

16~50 . 15.90

11.70 11.40

105.00 100.00

22.65 . 61.60 50;,10 1 : 43.10

22.00 20.00 20.30J
19.70 15.70 .

5,42

16.10 15.70 15.60

48.00 . . . 145.00 H'?.OO 147.00

Chickens, Lb.

13.2

22.4

25.9

24.4 11.4

19.2 24.1

22.6

Eggs, Doz. ~ Buttorfnt, Lb..

21.3 . 25.7

42.8 53.0

52,0 52.0

21.5 26.3

33.8 55.8

39.1 55.9

43~8
' 56.6

N.ilk . (Wholes'll e )
Par 100#!1/ . $

Soybonns, Bu.

$ .....

2.95

5.55 2,80

5.70 2.50

-1.60

4.12 3.98.. 2.61 . . 2.20

Peanuts, Lb.



5.0 .

11.2

11.3

11.4 12.2

]} Prelirnin~y for September 1955

.

.

.. ! .

I NDEX: NUMBERS OF FRICES RECEIVED BY FAFMER$ .pr GIDRGIA

(Jflnut:.ry 1910 - DeceMber 1914 : 100)

Sept. 15,

1954

onno 1 1es

All Crops

279

Gr ~ins and Hay

172

Cotton Lint

288

Peanuts

210

'Tobncco

.

362

Cottonseed t1ndSoybeans

245

Irish Poto.toes, Sweet Potatoes & Cowpeas 326

Fruits and l!uts

205

All -Livestock md Livestock Iroducts

2}6

Meat AnisnaJ.s

271

Poultry and Eggs

165

Dair Froducts

2~8

Aug. 15, 1955
276 165 285 216 362 206 263 205 222 254 . 191 . 225 .

Sept. 15, 1955
276 161 288 218 362 188 239 233 222 247 191 228

. '* 16 2.00 11.8

PRICES :;.A:ID ~y FA11MERS FOR S]ILECTtn F.EE!pS ._SEFTEMB~ 15, 1955, '.tVITH COMFARI S:li:JS Jj

Mixed .Deirx Feed
AU Under: 29% Frotein
16%. Protein ~ l8%.Prcitein
20% Protein 24% Protein

4,10
4.00 4.30 4.45 1.60

.High Protein Feeds COttonseed W10P.l Soybean Moal Moat Scrap
Grain ~Products 13ran Middlings Corn Meal

4.10 5.80 6,30
. 3.50 3.90 4.10

Poult!;! Feed Broiler Grovnng Mash kying M::l.sh Scratch Grains

5.70 5.30 1.55

Hat (BaJ.od~
li aJOf a

56.00

All Other

42.00

lf As re~orted by Feed Dealers~

. .

4,00
3.90 ..
4.?0 4.20 4.30
3.60 4.55 5.10
3.40 3.80 4,25
5.20 5.00 4.50
58.00 42.50
: I

3.00 3.80 4.10 4.10 4.20
3.30 4,50 SolO
3.40
3~75
4.35
5.10 4.90 4.10
50.00 36.00

3.91 3.82 3~88 4 . 1 7 ... 4,35
. 4.15
5~52
6.18
I .4
, 1. . 3.01
I 3.18 3.88
5.33 4.00 4.30
34.30 31.80

3.69 3.63
~.e1
3,00 4,09
4.01 4.14 5 .02
2.89 ' .. 3.12
3.64
4~9q
4,53. 4.1-1
31.40 28.00

3.64. 3.58 3.62 3.82 4.04
3.81 4.16 4.00
2.00 3.07 3.49
4.85 4.45 4,04
31.70 28.30