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E:' XTENSION SE RVICt:. 
 
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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-- 
 
1910-14 _=_lo_o_...;____l 9~L-~-- -~ 5 4_____--E______~_;,_Jl._ _: __I J:!dex ~~-~-~::::z::._____ 
 
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 
 
---'-- ----'-- - ----- - - --- - - --- --- - - - ------ - 
!/ 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 
 
After Fj_ve Days Return to 
United States Depa rtment of .A&ri culture Agricultural l~arketing Se rvice 319 Extension Building Athens , Geo rgi:a .OFFICIAL BUSllH!: SS 
 
  Penalt~r for private use 'to avoid 
payment ofp~) ~ 0 , 
SB-8  7 10~ . 
 
SOUTH BRANCH I,.!BR AR"! 
TiE U~IV RSITY OF GEORGIA TH UNIV _,R ITY LIBR ARIES ATHENS GA .. 
 
 CC~fi.MODITY 
JUjD 
UNIT 
Wheet, BU'. 
Co.cn, Bu. 
Oats, BU. 
 
FPlCES 
ti- - - -- -~~- - - 
 
RECEI'I/ill -G:-f:Q-F,.Y-:J_A-_ 
 
BY F..ti.:2-f"!!RS DECL.Iffi.!m 15, 
 
-.. - 
__ 
 
- _ ~-- 
 
-- - 
..-- -- 
 
-- - 
---- - 
 
--- - 
- - - 
 
1954 .'liTH 
 .---- -  - 
 
-C-Oi-.f-i-'A.:R=:J=s:::=J~N:S-:::='::::----'--~ ill- IT-:;:D S111f'T1J:S 
 
I l i !  Av~raee 1  
 
i . 
 
I Ave r age j: 
 
j 
 
: 
 
$.! l I Aug. 190~ J uly 191 
 
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, 
 
loa4 
 
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 
 
. ' 
 
$ 
 
.67 
 
.92 
 
1.01 
 
II I I 
 
I 
 
1.01 
 
. 40 
 
.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. 
 
I ! 12.6 
 
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 
 
! 3.10 
 
.88 
 
34.2 j 12.4 
i ~0 . 00 . 22.55 
i 29A.O. 
 
18.00 1 7.27 
 
!: 10.10 
 
5. 42 
 
IllI : 
 
I 1907  050 
 
48. 00 
 
.! 2.46 
 
2.22 
 
I 30. 7 1  33.2 
 
I 53.00 59.40 
 
2.59 32.7 59.60 
 
23 . 00 r - 2;:!. 90 r 23.30 
 
22.80 
i. 14. 80 
 
I 18. 60 17.00 
l. 15.6q 15.60 
 
I 
 
I 
 
,' 154.00 '  142 .00 141'.00 
 
Chickens, lb.  Eggs , Doz. 
Butterf at, lb. 
 
 ..13~2 
ij 21.3 
iI 25. 7 
 
1./ Milk (wholesale) per 100# 
 
2. 42 
 
22.1 60.0 58.0 
6 .50 
 
18,1 i 
! 
 
11.4 
 
22. 4 
 
I: 
 
i 
 
41.0 54 .0 
 
43 .0 54.0 
 
21.5 26.3 
 
I 48.5 
I I 
I 66.3 
 
:I 
 
I I 
 
j i 
 
I 
 
6.15 
 
6.25 j j 1.60 I 
 
17.7 339 57.2 
 
17.6 32.7 58 .1 
4.33 
 
Soybe ans., Bu. 
 
$I. 
 
2.50 
 
2.85 
 
! 2.85 1 
 
. 1 2 . 81 
 
I ! Peanuts, lb. 
 
5.0 , 10.5 
 
ll.6 
 
11.4 ! ! 1.8 
 
ll. OO 
 
JJ Pr~limi~~y  fo~- De~ember 19s4:-  -- - -- - ..---......i---~.. - - - --- - 
 
2 . 57 
 
2.57 
 
12.3 1 12.5 
- --- -- .,---- - - - 
 
= I NDEX.. :NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.A.R>vl.ERS I N GEORGIA (August 1909 ~ July 1914 100 ) 
 
Dec, 15, 
 
Nov. 15 , Dec. 15, 
 
I jll.11com.!Jlcidin e-;;--.. ... ---- ;-1-293583- __.. ___1_295rs4 ---- ---129,5r1s-- - 
 
i Cottm: & Cottonseed 
 
248 
 
2 70 
 
269 
 
I Gr ains 
 
i , 
 
il.ie 'l.t. h .imals Dairy i'I'oduct s 
 
150  
 
170 
 
171 
 
I 
 
283.,. 
 
258  
 
255 
 
' 
 
246 
 
242 
 
2'H 
 
j Chic.;imns & Egg s 
 
247 
 
176 
 
181 
 
Fruit s 
 
181 
 
225 
 
225 
 
___________ _ - 1 ,I.-:is-co-ll--<'n-e_o_u_s.. 
 
18-1-- ---- 18-7  -  --. 1-8-7-- -- -. 
 
Revised 
 
 
 
. . . 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/ 
 
-Dec: - -- 
--KH 
 
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c 
 
:-l-5-,-- T- ~--~ ..~_ 
 
 
1 
 
5-,-~--------D-e-c--:- 1--5 
 
;...-+~ 
 
--~.. -- - 
 
- -- -- 
Dec. 
 
1- ~.-.1T~ 
 
;;--~: 
 
Er-s.-i - 
 
= 
 
- 
 
=--- 
is, 
 
- 
 
- 
 
I i 1953 I 1954 
 
1954 : 
 
1 953 l 
 
1951 : 
 
1 951 
 
Mixed Dairy_J'e ud 
 
~--.. 
 
JU1"1Jri<le r "-z9% Trot ein j 1.10 
 
j 4.10 I 
 
'to~It:,rs p e~ 100 ~om1'dsl- 
 
4.10 1 ; 
 
~h91 ~ 
 
3. 89 
 
3 , 92 
 
1186'%7~ 
 
Prot Prot 
 
ein ein 
 
I. :1, 05 1 , 20 
 
4.00 i 
4.30 I 
 
3 .95 -1 .30 
 
!f ; 
I 
 
3.87 i 3 .93 ! 
 
3.81 3.85 
 
3.84 3. 89 
 
20'j'o P r ote in 24% Protein 
 
l , 
 
1. 30 4 .x0 
 
I. 1 . 15 1 
/,; ~ 6 0 
 
!'' 4 .50 ! ! 
1. 5 
 
11. 0 9 1 . 30' 
 
4 . 14 1 . 29 
 
4. 16 4.31  
 
ai ~h Prot e in Feeds -cot tonseed-rrea:I.- 
Soyb (Jari Meal ~Jieat Scrap 
 
! 
3 ob0 4 . 65 5. 70 
 
! 
I 4 ,1o 
5. 00 ! 
 
L1 . 1 5 4.90 
5.80 I I 
 
3 .83 <1 . 78 
5. 32 
 
4 . 41 4.77 5.57 
 
I I 
I 
I 
 
' 
 
6 . 00 1.' 
 
I I 
 
Grain By-P roducts 
 
 
 
I 
 
Bran Middling s Corn 11!0<11 
Poul~F oe ~ 
Broil e r Growins MJ.sh 
Laying Mash Scra.t ch Gra ins 
 
3.60 3. 75 4.05 
 
I I 1 
 
3. 50 
 
1 
1 
 
3 . 75 I 
 
I '1.10 
 
3, 45 
~~ . 75 ,20 
 
1 
 
I 
 
5. 50 
 
I 
 
1. 
5.50 1 
 
5 , 20 
 
5.20 
 
5.60 5,20 
 
1 : 50 j 1 . 50 
 
 4 . 50 . 
 
i 
I 
I I J' 
I 
5.23 1 r'x .77 1 .26 
 
3.61 I' 
 
I 3 .17 
3.82 
 
I 
 
I 
 
I 
 
i 5.17 
 
4.76 4 .27 
 
. 
 
i. 
 
]J As r eporte d by Feed 
 
1 
De ~~-rs:---------------------------'---- 
 
! 
 
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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r . 
 
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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 
 
 :_ 2 ... 
 
Ac'reage and Indicated Production Reported to Da!e.L.l:955 with Comparisons 
 
CROP . 
 
: 
 
ACRM.GB . . 
 
YibLD P1R ACRE. 
 
PRODUCTlON: '. 
 
AND 
STA'l'E 
 
:"S'=Year : 
 
: Ind'o 5..Yrc: 
 
.: Ind.;5-Year. .: 
 
Indo 
 
: Average: 1954 : 1949..,!53: .. 
 
: 
 
19)5 ,: 
 
 :' 4A9~v50 3 
 
: 
: 
 
1954: 1955. =Average: :. . . q949-53: 
 
1954 
 
1955 
 
: . 1/ : 
 
: 
 
: .]/ : : : y : .: , I 
 
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- 
 
 - 
 
15o Iso 
 
 - 
 
 
 
Io;13~J98-1 I,3li2l2~ 
 
510 11;422 
 
ONIONS: 
.> .. EarlY Spring: 
... Texas 
 
1 
 
.. 
 
.. 
 
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 
 
: :. .  . .  . Prospect . 
 
, 
 
 
 
.. 
 
  .  . 
 
tive  1  
 
     
 
'  
 
' 
 
 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_: .. 
 
.' . 
 
j - Bushels - 
I 
 . 1  
 
I ~ 1, 000 bushels - 
 
. ~ . 
 
 
 
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. 
 
:. 
 
After Five Days Return to United States. Dep~rtment of ,Agriculture 
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.- 
 
SOUTB BRANCH LIBRARY 
THE UfHV ERSITY OF GEORGIA THE UfUV ERS I '!Y LIBRARIES AmDtS G:A. 
 
 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 
~ 
 
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. 
 
 
 
I 
 
, 
 
. 
 
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 
 
.. 
 
 ATHE:Ns. GA~ 
 
  
-- ~ - 
 
 INT.ENTION. S. 
 
T. O 
 
RAISE . .. ~ 
 
~. -~: 
 
~T:U,. RKEYS 
 
IN 
 
1955 
 
State. : 
 
Nnnber. r~is~~ -i95~ .1/~-:~_:-~. ~tend~d-fo~-4~~isin~ in ~95~_-:T~~~is 
 
- - . and 1- 
D~ivi si on:  
 
: 
Heavy : Breeds: 
 
-- -  ~-- - --- -- - -~-- 
 
. 
 
i 
 
Light .  
 
.a 
 . . :  Heavy_ 
 
 Breeds- 
 
' Total  
 
- : 
 
. .. 
 
~- 
 
.. 
 
.1 . 
 
B;reeds 
. 
 
1 
 
 
 
: Light . : 
 
1 : 
 
Breeds 
.' . 
 
: 
1 
 
  
 
. . ,:19?$ as 
 
T 
 
o 
 
t 
 
al 
 
: 
---: 
 
-1%9--5o4f- 
 
T h o u sands 
 
... 
 
Percent 
 
Maine 
Mass. 
R. I. . 
Conn. N. Y. 
N. J" Ea . 
N; Atl. 
 
148 
 
139 
 
118 
 
622 
 
48 
 
309. 
 
928 . 
 
275 
 
. 880 ' 
 
--- .,_,__ _ _ - - - - 
 
- 
 
- - --~!467 - ------ 
 
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- 
 
l..:>.. 
 
- 
 
 0; ~ .. '    ~ . .   .  . .... 
~{~~~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. 
 
 . ' 
 
.. 
' .. 
 
- - ------ -- - 
S 
 
- -- 
tate : 
 
- 
 
C~lonies - - HONEY !3EES 
- ---  --- ~-- 
of .: 
 
1 
 
- 
 
-N-UM-B-E-R_ 
 
OF 
.,.. 
 
Honey Prod 
 
COLC'N_I_E_S.. 
uction f 
 
. 
 
. 
 
A~m 
.. ..... 
 
-P-R--O--D-U-CTION- 
 
-.O--F- 
 
Hohey 
 
 1 
 
H-O-N-E-Y-  
. Va 
 
l 
 
u 
 
e 
 
of 
 
: 
 
Bees  : per Colony : Production :  Production 
 
and 
-  - - -- Div. ~  
 
.. .. 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
I - ---- ~ - --------  ---- - -  -- - - -  - - --- :--  -. __,_ _ . 
 
; 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 
 
"' 
 
--.-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 . 
 
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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-- 
 
_ _ _ _ _ ....___ _ _ _ _ __ - - - - 
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! 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 
 
I 
1 1 
 
4 4 
 
. Doll. .15 .05 
 
a 
 
r 
 
s 
 
I l 
1 
 
~e 
1 1 
 
r 
- 
 
140. 00~'j?ou_nd.s!! 
 
3 .9L.t 
 
,. 
 
. -3.9;:l 
3.81 
 
3.94 3. 85 
 
I 18'/o Prote in 
! 20% Prot ein 
I I 2rl::'o Prot e in 
 
4 . 30 
 
4 . 30 
 
j 1. 40 !' 4 . f:;:O 
 
4 .50 
 
:oi .55 
 
j 4.30 
4.45 ' 4.55 
 
i!I 1 
 
3.98 4 .17 
 
 4,37 
 
3 . 89 j 4 .16 
I 4 . 31 
 
3. 92 4-.19 4.33 
 
., ' 1, I Hi gh Protein Fee ds 
 
~~~e~r~al "Cottonsee d Meal 
 
1~- ~3.:8~0 I t~ I 4.15 
 
: 4~ .!1~5g 
 
I I 
[ ! 
 
t3. 8~9~ 
 
I~ - 4~:. ~44 
 
4~ .: 4~~8 
 
i~~n By-Pr odu cts 
 
II 3. 60 
 
~I 3.45 
 
3.55 
 
I I 
I! . 3.22 
 
I 
 
I 3.03 
 
Il 
 
3 . 06 
 
Middling s Corn Meal 
Poultry Feed Broil er Growi ng !.ash Layi ng Mash 
Sc-rat-ch-Gr-ai-ns- - -- 
 
I 3. 80 4. 20 
 
3. 75 4 . 20 
 
1 , 
 
I 5.50 
1j --5,-~, ..25-00- 
 
1 
-1 
 
5.60 
5.20 4 . 50 
 
3. 80 4. 35 
5.50 5.20 4.55 
 
3 .29 
, ! 3 . 80 
 
3.18 3. 79 
 
11 
 
1 
 
1 j 
 
I .1 I 5.23 
 
I 
 
4. 83 4 .30 
 
1~1 l 
 
5.18 4. 75 
 
! 4.25 
 
..L_______ _:__ __ _ 
 
3 .18 
! 3 . 79 
I . 
1 5. 20 
1 4 . 77 !'__ _4_. 2_8 _ 
 
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Athens,. Georgia 
 
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, 
(Over) . 
 
 :. : 
: 
 
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_ __.__ 
 
CROP 
 
: 
 
A C R"S.AG1!~ 
 
: YIELD PER ACHE: 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
AHD 
 
:-5="""Year 7:-~-. - - : -. Ind: : 5"..:.Yr.. : 
 
:Ind. :5-YQar : 
 
Ind. 
 
STATE . ... 
 
Ave rage l ) )h 
 
1955  ~ Av. :1S'54:1955 : Ayerage: 1 95l~ 195'5 
 
19/.J.)'-:-53 : . 
 
. : 
 
:h9- 53: 
 
:1 9J:~9 - 5 3: 
 
! 
 
"}) 
 
"}) : 
 
 : "}) 
 
LP.TTUCE: 
Winter: Arizona . Ca l i f o r n i a Texas Florida 
Group tot~l 
 
Acres 
 
Acres 
 
~crc~--~-Crates 4-6 doz~ 
 
.,.:,.-.:;-1,-o::=o=o-crate_s_ _ 
 
~r8 1lm . 
 
j 
 
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 
 
CONl:i311CIAL ~ARLY IRISH POTLTOEs : 
 
I  f':ro.spc c-,10-Yr. '  
 
jl O - Ycc. r 
 
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 
 
_ 
 
2},~0.2 
19, 500 
 
;~ _11 924? - 
 
_115___ !_5.z.8_5__3J..92___ 
 
175 
 
! 4, 67 2 3,220 
 
_ 
 
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 
 
'1 
 
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 
 
___ r ______________ Georgia . 
New J ersey Grou. p total 
 
I 
 
1, 250 
J2.z..3l0_ 
 
_ 
 
900  900 23.z..2QO___21,20 
 
i 88 
I _g3l 
 
_ 
 
85 _g4_2 
 
__ 
 
1 1 
 
111 2,111_ 
 
76 2_,84 
 
 ___ 
 
_ 
 
__._..._98,370 , ~9,200 
 
60 ,0 j 01 210 203 
- ----~------- 
 
1 20,19 2 -- 12- ,-0-2..E --- 
 
"}) Group average s (including All States) are s imple averages of annuc:l data . .. 
 
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. 
 
.~ . 
, 
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 
 
 : 
 
\-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; 
xcluding 
 
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 % 
 
\ 
 
\ 
 
I 
 
Cattle $ 73, 389,000 
 
\ 
\ 
 
58 , 0 % 
 
:j 
 
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D. L. FLOm 
 
Agri ~ ultural Statistician 
 
. In Cha. rg~ 
 
After Five De.ys Re turn to 
 
United States Department of Agriculture Agri cu l t ur o. l ,:,Iar ke ting Service 
 
31& Extension Building 
 
( 
 
Athens, Ge or gi a 
 
OFFI CIAL l)TJ:3r 1ESS 
 
Penalty t o a.,ioid p13.yrr.e nt of p c sta.ge not t o exceed ' $ 300, 
 
$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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1' 
 
i~:~ . 
 
$n~gg 
 
$:~:g 
 
276 
 
Mules and Mule Co .lts 
$194 ~-~-------$53:-544 ' --- ---. 
 
1948 
1949 1950 ... 1951 1952 
-. 1953 1954 
195~__.._ _ _ 
 
40 
 
116: 90 
 
40 
 
101 00 
 
39 
 
84 .00 
 
39 
 
65 00 
 
2344,'2560.7~;44) 5600 
 
1 262 
 
i 
 
~~ 
 
; 
 
t J 
 
220158 
 
204.oo 
197.00 173 .00 13r.oo 86.00 
 
. 53 , 448 . 
 
49 , 614 
 
41 28 
 
,,s00ss1 
 
17,630 
 
39 
 
ss.oo 
 
2,gs 
 
184 
 
7o.oo 
 
12 SBO 
 
37 
 
51.00 
 
31 
 
51.00 ' 
 
1,887 1,581 
 
: l 
 
166 154 
 
67.00 60.00 
 
ll:122 9 240 
 
_30 - ---~-~Q~ -:------1,_~90 -.-.---{.....-10____ --~~.QO__ ________ 8:26_<?______ 
 
. . , Cattle and ..Calve s 
 
, 
 
j Co.ws and Heif e ~~. 2 ye~s old end over, - 
 
_____ - -- - -- - ----- - - - --.-- - . . . --- ~-- -- ---- ~- - -- - --- ----  --- ~--,~ ---  
 
- 
 
. k 
 
e-p- 
 
t 
- 
 
f-o-r 
 
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.. 
 
1946 
 
1,,122 
 
49.30 
 
55,Sl5 
 
! 399 
 
. 73.00- - 
 
2-9 ,127 
 
1947 
 
. l ;l n 
 
s7.7o 
 
64,105 
 
r 387 
 
8s.oo 
 
32 , 895 
 
1948 
 
_ 1,06 7 
 
63. 90 
 
68,181 
 
I 372 
 
94.00 
 
34 , 968 
 
:. :?49 
<::JoO 
~ '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 
 
' 
 
~{3 7 
 
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 
 
19?..__ __1 .!.!~~ - ____ E!_._op .______ _ __?~'-~8~.. --....- .. ..J ....-~~9 __ __ _ _?_~_.o_?_ ------~~2}2_~ . _____ _ 
 
~e~ep and I;ambs 
 
I 
 
Hogs, IncludingPigs 
 
--~--- ----- 
 
- - - -- - - -  - ~----- ~-- --  --!- - ---- - --  - -- - - - -- --- ---a- --- ------ 
 
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 
 
1 , 588' 
 
24.SD 
 
88 
 
1,66 7 
 
. 20. 60 
 
144 
 
i . 1, 800 
 
. 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 
 
-- Chi-cl~ns ( e~~ludin; Co~~:;~-~ al Broi~er~ ) - --..----; -- ~~~;s-(~:~lu~~~; ~;::key .Bro;~~r:) ____ ----- 
 
- -- - -- - --- -- ------------ ___ ___.,._ .. - - - - - - - - - - - 1----- --- - ----~ - -- ~-- - -- 
 
1946 
 
10 , 013 
 
1. 30 
 
13, 017 
 
i 
 
47 
 
5.80 
 
1947 1 948' 
 
9,005 9 ,2 82 
 
1. 42 1. 41 
 
12 ,787 ' 11,678 
 
... i . 
 
59 
 
.,i 
 
44 
 
6.30 6 . 50 
 
1949 1950 
 
?,957 8,ll6 
 
1.51 1.36 
 
12 , 015 11,038 
 
I, . 
 
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 
 
------ - - - - - 
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. . 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
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 
 
'GTI;& (~(J'J~ 117 IO:-. J'i~ ll) .  
 
L"-. 
 
AGM~~~~~~NRGAI.. SERVICE 
 
~ 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA  
 
I 
 
.. 
 
() 
 
a~~L I Athens, Georg& 
 
COLLEGE ' OF A.GRICULTURE . 
 
February 1955 
 
EXTENS I ON SER 'JICE . 
 
. 
 
,. 
 
[~ ~ ..;,_,) 
 
. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
CON'I'DHJES 
 
TO 
 
LF:AD 
 
TliE . 
 
} TA.T ION- n-r-CFfiC KF.JIT 
 
BHOTLP.P 
 
. PFGHJ'CTION 
 
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 
 
I : 
 
;, -Year 1 
 
i I nd. j.Ave rage 
 
; ! Ind 
 
STATE VfT'fuCE:- 
 
i1949- .53 
-! l ---+:!'--:i~-1cr/es 
 
1 
I I 
 
1A9ci.5.-4s:!I; P1r9o5. 5l. imjiI 4t9:--1;!-~jc3. tI(! 
 
195~. 
 
1:19.55 
 
;1 ~ 49- 53 19.54 
! 1/ ! 
 
e:t"~cstI.:."bcI to~- ----iI;L'iG_o_cr 
 
i 
~ 
 
t 
 
e 
 
1955 
s:- 
 
Early Spring : 
 
~ 
 
I ... 
 
I 
 
l 
 
1 
 
1 .Acres  
 
; 
 
I 
1 
 
i ; 
 
I i 
 
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 
 
---+ 4 
 
1, 
12 7, 
 
300  
3_20 I 
990j_ 
 
1, 
~L1!.L, 
 
0J4O9o_oO011rb./ll7,z,L~2toO~Qo0 
 
l 
! i 
 
_l?;?_;1~O~3 __-~Ij _l?;o;.~5OQ5 
 
_ 
 
I;_111'~o2_0o?__.--!i:__.__?_,1).h1l76~ 
 
~1~-- 
 
_ 
7, 
 
~27721! __11~440.. 
0_7JJ__2, 738 
 
Cf\ BBAGS : 2/ Ea"rly-8pring : 
Lou i s i an a Al abama 
 
I 
 
. 
 
'! . 
 
- 1ons - 
 
I ' L!.,l80- 3, 7001 3,100 4. 7 !4 . o 
:s..s , ~,120 . ~, oool 900 ~ . 6 
 
l 
! 
 
- .tons . 
 
! 
I 
 
i 
 
I 
 
: 
 
  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 
 
_ 
 
~~~ o J/ R !6. 
 
1 
, 
 
i 13, ooo i ~ , 6o? i 
 
- 
 
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 
 
; 
 
: 
 
1 .r'ro spe'i 
 
I  Ii- 460 
 
I tive 1 4ooi 4oo 1 7.1 
 
I i 
 
3, 8~62o0 1 
 
3, Boo! 3, 6oo 
8oo! soo 
 
I 7. h 
j 9.9 
 
j 
 
!7.5 
1;79 .. ~5 
 
I 
1 ' 
! ! 
 
$ }.'1Ji00--i-l}_L_5_?_0..1.__ __ 
 
: 
 
: 
 
I 
 
i j' 
 
i 
 
1 
 
, 3,300 3,ooo ! 
 
i j 
1 
 
28 , 6oo 8,200 
 
; 
 
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 . 
 
.5SO 1JO 
 
i 
1 
 
98 .. 4L~ 
 
700 ! 8.8 
 
19 . , 
!8 . 0 9,0 
 
I 
: 
! 
 
' 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 
 
~ 
 
l+  ~ 
22. - 
7 . 19 
 
~ 
,.;:. 
:7 
 
~ 
.:. - L' -- 
.g9_-+-- __ 
 
3,7oo 
.:_i1_1~, ~7o09o. 
 
j 
I 
r 
 
4, ~oo ! ~1I_~~.,+29:,00...2,0::-'1.-__-_-_- 
 
l :  i 
I 
 
! 
 
1 ' 
 
- 
 
Helon s 
I 
 
- 
 
I ' 
 
It - 1,;000 l'1elons 
 
Texas Ar izona Louisiana 
 
l J111, 800 28, ooo !Jl.iO,OOO 159 
 
l :~ 
 
L., 960 3, 880 I 
 
6,300 : 6,000 2,100 t 3, 000 
 
,I 709 254 
 
i130 
l ?L~.O 
200 
 
j 
i. 
 
! 17,650 j 16 , 640 
 
1 
.11 
 
3, 503 I 
987 ! 
 
4, 662 ,, h20 
 
Hi s s i s s i p p i Alabama 
 
I \ 
! 
 
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 
i ---:-G_r_o_u_p _T_o_t_a_l_ 
 
_ 
 
: 3J..O~O_ 
_~t--r-) s_,6__o~ 
 
: _ 
~2 
 
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 
AI.Q.EN$ GA.. 
 
... 
 
-- - 
 
, 
 
 .. 
 
.. - 
 
, ;' 
 
'. ., 
 
j , 
 
.., . . 
 
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.  
 
'lJNITED STATES --....--- 
 
CROP . 
 
- - - - - -P-L--A--N-T-E-D--- 
: Averave 
 
ACR.EAGES 
Indicateq ;19.55---;;pct:, 
 
. 
 
. 
 
--1944-53 .. ~---- 
 
: 
- 
 
- 
 
-19-54-. 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-- 
 
1955 
 
of l 95h 
 
I 
.Corn, ..all- .. - - - - --  - 1 86,122 
 
81,89:3 
 
82,083 
 
,100 
 
_All spring wheat - ,. - - . ! .20,48+ 
 
l _c;, 887 
 
l3, 960 
 
88 
 
Durum --- 
 
-- 
 
I. 2,657 
 
1,658. 
 
1,112 
 
67 
 
Other spring 
 
17; 823 
 
lh,229 
 
12, 848 
 
90 .. 
 
l Oats - - - - - - 
~arley - - - - 
 
---- 1 ---- i 
 
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 
 
--- 
 
-~ 1 
 
~,004 
 
l, h2 3 
 
. 1,.434 
 
101 
 
Sweetpotatoes - ~ - - -  
 
i 
 
504 
 
354 
 
35h 
 
100 
 
2r .:. - - - - - r 
 
r.T~ooybbacec~ons1~ 
 
/ 
21 
 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
- 
 
- 
 
- .II:.- 
 
1_, 734 . 13,740 
 
Pe ~nuts 
 
~ 
 
i 3,135 
 
1, 6!.t5 18,753 1,932 
 
1,561 i9,981 
1,914 
 
95 
106 . .. 99  
 
~-aY. _~(.. .: - '" ... - - 
!/ Acreage Harvested. 
 
... 
 
"' .. 
?:_/ 
 
~ ..-~ . -G"r-r-o~w-n. 
 
74_; ~ 2 8 
a l;;~ 
 
-f~~1.i7-2:'p7~"~0p;ses. 
 
74,360 
 
102 
 
GgORG!A 
 
___ ___, 
 
,___ 
 
l 9u4:53- =-- - 4 ----~~---------------~--~-+-----~ 
P L 
 
N T E 
 
Avera r: e 
 
D-- 
 
- 
 
A=C. 
 
R 
 
E 
 
A 
 
G 
 
E-S- - - - 
 
CRO~. 
 
-..  
 
. 
 
-  A cteag es-- :~'iid:~Per : 
 
: Indicated 
 
Plarited : Pl~nted ; 1954 :  1955 
 
1955- .as pereent 
 
--- 
 
-~"'---: 'JJ)ou~ands...,.:_A CI"e 
------=-...;....;.=- ==--::---- -- - -~ - 
 
~__ :__1_'-h_o_u_-_s_,a_nd-e -: 
 
- hous- ands 
 
: -o-f' -19--54 
 
Corn, bu. - - -- - - - - - - - 
 
3,190 
 
14.6 
 
3, 023 
 
Oats, bu. 
 
- - - - 
 
841 17 .. 0 
 
990 
 
Barley, bu, 
 
- - .. 
 
8 18,9 
 
11 
 
Irish Potatoes, All, bu, 
 
12.1 74, 0 
 
5 
 
&weetpotatoes, bu. 
 
54 7h.O 
 
.25 
 
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!/--- 
 
- I 
 
, 59 
 
727 
 
- - - - -  - -  -- - - -  - - - - - --------~ ----- - '"-- -  . 
 
!/ Acrea~ e Harvested. ~/ Gr own alone f or all purposes. 
 
he.y acreage. 
 
2, 963 
 
98 
 
990 
 
100 
 
12 __ 
 
108 
 
5 
 
100 
 
21 
 
84 
 
102 
 
96 
 
60 
 
120 
 
100 
 
95 
 
623 
 
100 
 
792 
 
109 
 
Partly duplicated in 
 
ARCHIE LltNGLEY Af,ricultural Statistician 
 
D. L. FLCYD 'i .! A.gricultu.ral Statistician, In Charge 
 
f  
 
 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 . -  ' 
 
 ..  . . 
 
,- ' . 
 
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 . . .. . 
 
. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
. ...,. 
 
., 
 
, 
 
' 
 
I, 
 
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 
 
t he .~ 954 wheat ' crop , 
 
 
 
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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: 
 
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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 
 
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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 
 
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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 
 
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 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 
 
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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 
 
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PRIC ~S REC~IVED BY FABMZR~ ~ARCH 15, 1955 WITH COMPARISONS 
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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 
 
-.- 
 
3.22 2.61 
 
2.54 
 
.r-~_a.~~T~- __ ~L_5_:_g_ _ 
 
10.:Q_.J.~~~-- 
 
_!:~~--.._...___ ~~ 4_._8_--'-_1_1_._ 
 
._5_--'-'-12_..;.5_ 
 
- --- -- ----- - ------- .!:{_:_:climir:-ary~~~_:ch~ 1955 ------------------ - --- . . =.-=::::::=::::::=-========= 
 
I NDEX NtM31EtlS OF PRIGES RECEIVED BY FAHi\ol:ERS IN GIDRGIA 
 
(August 1909-July 1914 : 100) 
 
Mar.l5, 1954 
 
r-- - - - - - - -- ----  
 
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} 
 
-----. 
 
- - - - - 
 
GID:EiG1K 
 
tJN ITJ!!D STATiS. 
 
Kil'll on'EED : 
' 
 
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 
 
- - -- - - - - -M~. xe d De~. r Fee d 
"1r n er 9o/o Protein 
 
4.30 
 
4.20 
 
re I I Ibllars 4.20 
 
I; 
 
---+---~---+--- 
 
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 
 
----- - -  
 
- -- M - - --~ -- 
 
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 ) 
 
I 
 
- 
 
~~:~8 ---1.::~:~:~-:~-8-- 
 
 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 
 
- - - - -(19-h-4-5-3)- 
 
of 
- 
 
-2-,21-6-,00-0 
 
- bushels, ~ 
 
- 
 
--------- - --- -- 
 
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 
 
-- 
 
: - 
 
1952 
-- - - - 
 
- 
 
-: 
 
- 
 
195) 
-- - - 
 
:. 1954 : 
 
1955  
 
 --~--- --  -------- 
 
-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. 
 
- ---- 
 
lO States 
 
72... '' 
 
72 
 
80 
 
61 
 
2 
- - - -. - 
 
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. 
 
U, S. Department of Agr_:j..culture A~ri cul tural Narketing Service 
319 Extension Building 1\thens, Georgia 
OFFICIAL BUSINESS 
 
Penalty f or private use to avpid, . payment of postage , $300. 
 
SOUTil :eR~CH Lti8R&Rl 
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  
 
. (over) 
 
'. t . 
 
~ .. . ... 
 
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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 
 
dey Lett 
 
wea uce 
 
the in 
 
r9 So 
 
The uth 
 
crop Caroi 
 
i 
 
appare na ~~as 
 
ntly reta 
 
es rd 
 
cap e d.  
 
ed by 
 
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. .. . 
 
 -3- 
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 
 
. 
After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture 
Agricultural Extension Service 319 Extension Buiiding; . Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSINESS 
 
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Avoid Payment of Postage $) 00 
 
SOOTH ~RAtlCH J,IlJRARY 
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 'TBE UW:VERStTY LIBRaRIES 
A'l'llMS GA. 
 
 ... :~ 
 
---- - .------ PRICES REO.:IVED BY Fi\BMERS APRU. 15, 1955 WITH a:>MPAB. I9JNS 
 
=-=~-~-~-- - 
 
-- :-~..:...!?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 
 
-1---- _L___ , _L__. 
 
= 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 
 
-- - 2-,g-  ____ __:w3_____-z-Ig--- 
 
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 
 
__ 1__ _.-___ ___r_n-~-_9E_S ~~:~_D_B=f!~~~-'s F_o~~~~-g~~-~-~_.-~RIL__l~~~-~-~ i~T_H_U~~~-:-~-~ J/'- 
 
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 
 
~--- -------~  ---- ---- -- 
 
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 
 
- -- -...f--.------ - - - - 
 
 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 
 
I 
I 
 
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 
 
' . 
. I 
ARCHIE LANGLEY. 
 
Ag ricu1tura~ Sta.tisticiah 
 
,,...I 
 
.., ' 
 
 't' ~; 
 
D. L. 1.~L0'0 Agricultur a l Statistician, in Che.r g 
 
 - GEORG IA PE JINUTS PICKrl D & "'JRES'RE'D- SY COUN"'IES 
 
:    
 
. (The estimates are based on the la' te~t. availab"' 1~.,; :::1data). 
 
1Q52 
 
1953 
 
District 
 
. -:-Yield 
 
. . Yie'ld 
 
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.) 
 
D1 S~Ri r, T~V~I~I~--------------~---------------, ------~--~~..--~'~..~, ------------~LR 
 
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 
 
I 
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 
 
I 
'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 
I 
I 
. !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 
 
iI , 
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 
 
i 
D10 TRICT I X i 
 
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 
 
.: :~ 
' 
4h 
zo  i 
.~,b,.?.. 
 
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 
 
After Fi ve Days Return t o United State s p~partmen~ ~ f Ac;ricul ture 
';!gricult.llr~l' Marketing. 'Servic Er _3i9 Exten.;:;ion Building Athens, Georgia 0 "'FICIAL !lTJSINESS 
, .. 
 
Penalty f or priva.te use t c avoid payme n t cf p c. sta ~ e ~30 0. 
 
. ~ .' 
 
 I' 
 
. .i . 
 
) 
 
SOfTrn 6Ri\NCfJ LlURARl' 
THE UN!V ImSITY. OF . GEO~GIA 
THE UNIVERSITY ~IBRARIES 
ATHENS GA. 
 
 .. - - - -~ -- -. ~- 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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 
 
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290 
 
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87 
 
87 
 
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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 
 
United States Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
319 Extension Building 
 
Athens, Ge orgia 
 
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OFFICIAL BUSI NESS 
 
Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payme nt of Postage $300 
 
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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 
 
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f. . 85 
 
I ~.95 
 
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I 33.5 
 
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54.00 
 
I 24.90 - 
 
25.00 
 
13.00 
 
105.00 
 
22.0 
 
42.5 
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2.11 1.68 ' .93 3.60 34.2 59.00 31.00 170Q. 12.20 ).00,00 21.3 -40.0 
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2.08 11 .88 
 
2.00 
 
1.73 ,. .64 
 
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1.47 .  77 . 2.63;, 
 
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12,4 
 
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5,42 48.00 
 
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II~4 l 22.5 
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21.5 
 
33.1 
 
26.3 
 
56.2 
 
2.09 
 
2.13 
 
1.36 
 
1.40 
 
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.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# 
 
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3.62 
 
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Peanuts, Lb. 
 
 
 
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lJ ' I Preliminary for May 1955:  
 
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12.5 
 
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= INDEX NUMB-:::RS OF PRICES R~EIVED BY F.I\BMERS IN GIDRGIA  (January 1910  !kcember 1914 100)  
 
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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 . 
 
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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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PRICES PAID. BY FAA.vlmS FOR SELECTED FEEDS MlW i5,1955, WITE COMFARISQNS 1/ 
 
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 
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I 4.07 
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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 
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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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Athens, Georgia 
 
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 
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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 
.AgriculturaJ,. Marketing Service 319 Extension Building . Athens, Geo'rgia 
OFFICIAL BUSINESS 
 
Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payment of Postage , $300. 
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THE UNlVERSI'I'Y OF GEOBGIA 
 
THE UNIV ERS1TY LIBRARI&S 
 
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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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CROP 
 
RE.PORT 
 
FOR 
 
JUNE 
 
1, 
 
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 
 
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P_CREAGE 
 
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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 
 
_,...... 
 
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 
 
2"07- 
 
' .,. 
 
. 
 
~26- 
 
 
 
20 
. 
 
- 
 
5b~~- 
 
I3~?_I6- .!6-;437- 
 
- 
 
- - -=-=.--:::-;::;..- --=--- - - - ..=--- -- - - - - - --- - - - - 
 
 - 3- 
 
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_ 
 
_P~.C/_R_E_, 
/ Ind 
 
. 
. 
 
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 
 
Y 
 
i Y 
 
I 
 
Y i 
 
!.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 
 
___r_~_ou__p_T_o_t_a_l~--l_;_,_~_o__~1-~-'~-~-o~-~_,_ff_o_5_-~--l_I_~_~l-~-~ ~~ ~ ~ M:I ~-~ 
 
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 
 
--------+---~- 
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 
 
(I 
 
  f. 
,: ' . 
 
1955 Crop One Ha lf of Lu st Yeo.r ' s. 
 
June 24, 1955 
 
. \ . 
 
. 
 
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.' -  -  
 
.. 
 
: .. 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
: 
 
b 
 
The: c1op< is 
 
e;q)'c cte c 
 
Jco 
 
b e xr..u ch 
 
Sl'lt\ll er tb .; s yee.r 
 
thnn 'l c~ st 
 
in a ll 
 
States 
 
.:, :: 
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':  
 
. ' 
' I 
 
 The following table shovrs the 1955 forecast by Sta tes vlith compar isons~ '. 
 
. . 
 
---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 
 
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SOUTH SBNiClJ I..IVURT 
 
THE UNIVERSITY OF CiEORcttA TBE tJUVERStTY LIBRARUS &ftDIS GA. 
 
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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. 
 
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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. 
 
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D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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HARRY A . \:flUTE 
Agricultural Stctistician 
 
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 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE 
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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. 
 
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19-1- 0-lJ-4-- 
 
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- 100 
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June 15, 
 
: 
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.._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 
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SOutH ~R4NCH LI8RARl 
THE UtHVERSITY OF G0R'GI& 
THE UNIVERSITY LlBRARtiS 
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illl'ITED .S',l'ATES 
 
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.i1\Auvge.ra1g9E0!~' 
 
:jJvne 
 
 1 'i,5, 11Hay 
 
15, 
 
.  ' Average June 15, "Aug.19Q9. 
 
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: 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. 
 
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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:: 
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11.701! 
. (; 
105.6oii 
'l;L 26.9 i! 
42.5 .! 
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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 
 
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1/ Preliminary fo'l' J~e 1955 . ~ 
 
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 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, 
 
~   -  
 
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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 
 
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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 
 
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:1 
 
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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 
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5.02 4.62 4.24 
32.50 30.50 
 
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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) 
 
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. 1955 
 
l 944-53 
 
1954 
 
1955 percent 
 
average 
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- 
 
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 . 
 
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G::-:ORGI A L.AP SHO:;'ING .(!j!tOP REFOHTI NG DISTRICTS  
 
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Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts 
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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 
 
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Agricul tu.r a 1 :iitarketi-nt; Service 
319 Extension Buil ding 
At l ens, Ge org).. n 
OFFiCIAL BUSI NESS 
 
Penalty For Pri vo. te Us e 1'o Avoi d 
P'o.~'lilen t of Posta.ge , : Joo 
 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE 
CJm-jJ 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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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 
 
~ 
 
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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,1/lATE:lliJELQ:i\iS: This year's early summer Hatermelon production is estimated at : 
 
_:, . 
 
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.   
 
D.. !-'  FLOYD ~ . . 
Agricult1,1r2.l s ::.J.ti Gtici-an , I q Charge 
 
L. H. HA:trns,. JR. 
Vegetabl e. Crop Estimator . 
 
. , .~r~ag_e and Indica'!led Prodm tion Re_orted. ~o rnate, 1955 111i th Comparis:>ns 
 
:. 
 
. 
 
ACRE AGE 
 
 YffiLD PER i:..CRE 
 
PRODUCT I ON 
 
CROP 
 
AND . : 5-YE.AR: 
 
. .< -..-..-S'l!ATE O:AVER'AGE: l-954 
 
J :'19 4 . ."'i .. 
 
19-/53:; 
 
. J 
 
. : 
 
: 
 
:rnd; 
 
::5-YR :' 
 
--!------; I~.~-:-- Y-E-A-R-:~------~------ 
 
"f.,_v; : / 1954 1 Ind. : AVBRAGE : 1954 : Ind;  
 
 I~ 
 
.f., 
 
' 1955 
 
' 
 
: . 
 
-.4.'91-I5 
 
3 . 
 
; ; . 
 
 
I 
 
. 
 
! 19'55:''I9 L19-5 3 : 
__: ll 
 
 1955 
....-....l'-'--....,...- 
 
. . . 
 
A.crills ' . WATERMELONS ;'.AcREs -; Ac:REs ; 
 
.~ :- ~ -: I\~e lons~ :-   
 
. .. .; 
 
' .. 
 
- 1,990 mel cns - 
 
': 
... 
 
 :Prelim. : 
 
~ 'i' 
 
Early Summer:  . 
 
 . 
 
: 
 
 
 
Texas  ~  :i-n,soo:l28,o'6o:l20,ooo:  159 : 136':  135 : ~17~650: 16,640: 16,200 
 
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: 
 
~2!5:  l~l70 
 
- - - -- -- - - -- - -- -- -- -- _ - - --- -- _ - Group 
 
tot 
 
~ 
 
f 
; 
 
"'i285,60-0 :324"';9o6"'i335-;-6oo"'i 
 
-232"'i- 
':"""'"" 
 
21 37 
 
-236"'i --66-;2..o2. : 
 
69-;-2437. '79-;293 
~ 
 
1/Gr oup averag e s (~ncluding ALL STATES ) are simple averages o f annua._l' da te. f. or -  t he ,gr oup. 
 
 'Ul" COk.'LEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
_ 
 
;:::w:scz 
 
.-. .. _ ~  ~ . 
 
 -  . . . ~ - . . - . .-!..  , _. _ __  - 
 
__________ _____ P-.ge -. 3 
- - - - - - - - - - - -- ---- - - - . Acreage and Indicated Pr oduction Rt: ported to Date, 1955 with Comparisons __, 
 
CRO P 
 
ACREAGE 
 
:YIELD PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
AND 
 
: 5- YEAR : 
 
 
 
: -YR ; i 
 
. 
 
: 5..YEAR : 
 
STATE :AVFRAGE: 1954 :" Ind. : AV. ~1954 :  Ind.:AVERAGE: 1954 
 
Ind. 
 
. 1949-53' 
 
1955 . 49-53.. 
 
: . 1955 : 1949-53: 
 
1955 
 
--~~~~~~=--1~/-~=----~~-~=~1~/~=--~:__ ~--~1/____ ~--~ --. 
 
LIMA BEANS: 
 
ACRES ACRES : ACRES t 
: Pre li'm. : 
 
1,000 bushe1s 
. . 
 
Summer: 
 
: 
 
, 
 
 
 
: 
 
: 
 
Georgia a 5,480: 5,000: 4,900: 56: 55: 
 
50: . 305: 
 
275: 245 
 
North Carolina:- 1,540: 1,300: 1,3b0: Q2: 70: 
 
70: 
 
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 
 
SNAP BEANS: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
Late Summer: 
 
. . Alabama   
 
: 
 
. Georgia.    
 
. North Carolina 
 
. Virginia.   : 
 
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 
 
'47: 
 
50 
 
1,580: 1,560 
 
Massachusetts . : 1,420: *1,300: 1, 400: 141: *140: 160: 200: *18 2: 224 
 
. New Hampshire. 
 
490: 
 
500: . 450: 128: 140: 160: 
 
62: 
 
70: 72 
 
. lVii chig an.   : 2, 520: 2,600: 2, 400: 98: 105: 115: 
 
246: 
 
273: 276 
 
.. Colorado.   
 
870: 
 
750: 
 
750: 146: 155: " 155: 
 
126: 
 
116: 116 
 
. Tennessee.  
Group total 
 
 
 
1, 800: 2,500: 
T 3o-;9~o:::;'3o-;'f6o: 
 
2,000: ']8,400: 
 
117: 110: 125: -lT9'7 -11"57 -127:- 
 
210: 275 : 250 
3,68~:-*"'3;45"6:-3-;'6"17- 
 
-----.- --- -- --- --..------. -- --.--- . -- : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
-~ 
 
CABBAGE : 3/: 
 
:-Tons.,. 
 
Tons : 
 
Early Summer: 
 
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 
 
~~assachusetts  : 
 
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 
. . . . . . . . Group t c tal 7 -9-;55o: 9;7oo:- 9:'TIO: -77i9:-7:oo:- 7.49"? 68-;soo: 67-;9o0:68,2oo 
. 7---~---7~--~--7--7---~---~---~-- 
 
: 1 0 - YEAR: : AVCRAGE : 1954 :1944-53: 
1/ 
 
. Ind. :10-YR: 
 
Ind. : lO... YEAR: 
 
. 1955 AV : 1954 : 1955 :AVERA.GE: 1954 
 
:44-53: 
 
: 19'4-53: 
 
1/ 
 
-1-/ - 
 
Ind. :1955 
 
EARLY COMiviE RCJAL: 
 
IRI SH POTATOES 
 
Sununer : 
 
- B'tlshels:- 
 
1,000 bushels - 
 
Virp;inia.   ~= 31,310: 22 ,300: 25,100 : 190: 175: 215: 5,885z ' 3,902: 5,399 '  Eo.stern Shore : 2 4;3l:o: T8~~oo: 21-;ooo--;" -194:- 175:- -22o-: - ,1-;'6727 -3";2207 4,620 
 
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 
r ___]} Gr oup averages-(Tncluding-ALL-Sif.t.:TES)-are- si"mpl'e ave-rages- of an"nual-data f or t_h_e_g_r_o_u_P__ _-_2_/._;:_h_ort-time .-a.:vero.ge . y~- Inolude s' processing. _ * _R_e_vis_ed _ _ _ 
 
 -- - - ----~,....-------  ---., 
 
--- ~-- ---- --- 
 
. ili~J).ens, Georgia 
 
July 13' 1955 
 
GENERAL CIDP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JULY 1, 1955 
 
... 
). 
__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 
 
I r 
 
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. 
 
''t: 
 
~~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. 
 
 .. 
 
~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, 
 
. A . ..  
 
, ' 
 
' :. 
 
 
 
. . 
 
A 
 
MILK.PRO.DUCTION: Total milk productid.n in~Georgi',a during the month of June was 112  
 
, 
 
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. 
 
 -._ . '. 
 
11954 Af~~~-~55 !~~9:4~~:~- -~ ~~,Wc~r~~~~?:1, 
 
CROP 
 
1 
 
; : 
 
I. opef r19c1"5'4~  :.fJ1u9~'~l)l 
 
j July' 1 1955 
 
Corn 
 
Bu. 2823 2964 
 
105 
 
vJheat 
 
Bu. 112 
 
95 
 
85 
 
Oat.st 
 
Bu. I 685 
 
706 
 
103 
 
Rye 
 
Bu' 8 
 
9 
 
112 
 
Barley 
 
Bu:l 
 
9 
 
I I 
 
9 
 
100 
 
Tobacco, All Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Sweet 
 
I Lb. 1 
BBuu.. 
 
106 
5 
23 
 
I 102 
 
I 
! 
 
4 15 
 
96 
80 
65 
 
Hay, All Peanuts, Alone 
 
i Tons 727 
 
791 
 
623 I 660 
 
109 106 
 
Soybeans, Alone 
 
105 I 89 
 
85 
 
Pflaches, total crop 
-- 1-- -- ~\mrs , total crop 
-- Cotton 
V The 1955 crc;ps 
 
I __ 
 
m..Ill 
 
10j9 I -aa'~J! 
be o.l..Iuor!t n 
 
. 
 
" 8~ 
c...!o' mpl et 
 
e 
 
10.5 18.0 
 
18.5 15.5 
 
31.0 26.0 
 
10.0 9.5 
 
24.0 18.0 
 
1172 1241 
 
79.0 79.0 
 
42.0 70.0 
 
-- -- ----.61 
 
--.66 
..... 
 
1 
. 
 
---- 
 
- ' ---I 
 
29642 2072 
21235 80 
216 124220 
395 
966 
----444 2800 
--160 
 
53352 
1472 18.3.54 
86 
162 
126540 316 
1050 
----------5yy25 
 
D. L. FLOYD Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician 
 
  ., 
 
UNITED Sl'ATES - GENERAL CRoP REPORT AS OF JULY 1, 1955 
 
I 
 
' 
 
' \ 
 
' 
 
 
 
 J 
 
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 
 
- 
 
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. 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 319 Extension Building  . Athens, Georg!a OFFICIAL BUSINESS 
 
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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 
 
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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!:~ 
 
.; 
 
ATHENS GA. 
 
 J 
 
 yu~ll-.L"tUZU I Hr' I V B 
 
I AQNO..  n 
 
n-  4 --.+ 
 
- 
 
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~ 
 
.. .. . , 
 
.. . . , 
 
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 
. 
 
 
 
R. 
 
e,c.e 
 
i 
 
v 
 
e 
 
d' 
 
 
 
1( i 
 
. . 
 
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. 
 
. . ' 
 
...  . 
 
. . 
 
SQQfij SRANCH LlBR~RY 
THE UNIVERS ITY OF GtOnGIA THE UIHVERSlTY LIBRAR1 KS ...  .. 
ATHENS GA. 
 
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w,'  I 
 
. .A.m)  . 
 
Wnt: ., 
 
. . l . ~ ;  
 
.  .. 
 
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 
 
. ' 
 
UNITED SUITES 
 
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 
 
 ' 
 
.... l 
 
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 
 
l ./~~~ 
 
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% 
 
 ..>. ~ .;. 
 
., \ 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 . 
 
' .. 
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 . 
 
C l.~OP R:;:;,:POri'IT. 10 BOARD 
 
/ 
 
.Afte r Fi vc Dayc ~e tu:;:-n to United St u tc s Dcpo.rtr.1cn.t of .Ae; ri cul tur e 
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 
 
50U'Iij 'SRANCH l.Jt13RAB1 
THE uNIVEP.SITY :OF G'10~GIA TaE UN IVERS4TY LlBRARISS 
ATHMS GA.. 
 
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Atheris 
 
, 
 
  
 
.Geo~gla 
~ .. 
 
,. 
 
~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. . ~ . 
 
. 
 
 . 
 
~ 
 
. 
 
. . 
 
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 ' 
 
. . 
 
( 
 
. 
 
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 . 
 
 ~~mt7JcJ~ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA  
 
, r . ~V ' 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL TURE  .. 
 
 
 
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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 
' 
 
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 
TH E UN IV ERS ITY LIBRARIES 
ATHEti S GA. 
 
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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 
 
 . 
 
~ . .    ~  ~. 
 
.,\ 
 
f ' : ': ..: 
 
~.   ' I 
 
.. ~ ~ 
 
 I I 
 
"r  .  -  . 
. 1,.: r , 
 
.. .... :.. .... 
 
... , -. ~ - 
 
, ~ 
 
~ 
 
 ':.; 't _. 
 
. "~ 
..: . 
 
1 .  
~s~.rict... 
-..and County 
 
1953 
 
.;. 
 
.. . 
 
. . _,.. L. 
 
Harvested 
 
" 
 
 Y-ield" 
 
I I 
 
, , , , , . , 
 
Per Acre 
 
Acreage Lbs. 
 
... 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Product ion 
 
(000 Lbs.) 
 
DISTRICT ' VIIl 
 
.' . 
 
,. 
 
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 
 
' 
I 
 
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 
 
' 
 
. 355 
 
1,006 
 
,. 
 
.' 
 
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 ' 
 
I 
 
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 : 
 
. . 
 
. 
 
.. 
. ' 
 
. . 
 
Harvested Acreage 
 
195k . . Yield . 
.  ,. t 
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 
 
I 
 
53, 485 '  1, 257 
 
'. \ .. 
 
. . 
 
'- I, '  .' F 
 
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 
 
.. 
 
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 
' . 
 
D. L. FLOYD  Agri c ultura~ .St~tistician , In Chargt 
 
.' I 
' ' 
 
 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 . ' . ! 
 
. 
 
 I 
 
1 
 
 
 
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. 
, ' 
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. 
 
 .. , ,... ,.. ' .. 
 
.. . i ~ 
 
. .: 
 
is . PRICES RECEIVED BY .FA:roAERS AUGUST 
 ~.l!AJKl; A 
 
' 
 
Hl55  
 
VIITH CO.M. PARII:~Y-'lrNS m.~. !'ED 
 
STATES 
 
~ lfl/ : 
 
'l 
 
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 
 
~~r ~~ 
 
.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 
 
 / 
 
;. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
.. 
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. 
 
. ..  
 
,. 
 
:~i .r .. . ... 
 
~IVlJPT9C~..~t4UGHTER, , JULY,- 1955 -. '. .. 
 
.;., 
 
.,_, - ~ -~ :!.  ' ,; . . .. ..: ... 
 
:; .,: v ,'"' ~ !.,.: ~ . 1 t _;  .. ,:: : 
 
 ,.j 
 
: . 
 
': 
 
' }:' 
 
 
 
' .. 
 
 
 
f~H: 
 
:.  
 
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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-~ ., _ , "- - - -  -- --~-~"---"' 
 
u .. 
 
. -: 
 
r 
 
t 
 
 
 
.: 
 
i 
 
. .. 
 
July slaughter --'bf; ~calv~s-'  tota+ed 5,553,000 pounds 
 
. 
 
\r  l , , \ / I '( , I I 
._,.,. I . " ' 
 
vew'eight. ... This e'Oifipares witlr ~ 
 
5, 745,000 pounas 'a month 'ago and .5, 792,000 pounds a year ago. 
 
. . 
 
..J .... . 
 
: I. :  ;_: 
 
: ~. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
~ : .\i . . .. t  - - - 
 
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  
 
. . 
 
. 
r 
 
, . 
.t 
 
Species ' ,I f '' 
 
c a t t l e ..... 
 
Caiv:es -  Hogs 
 
Total  
 
..... .' 
 
( ~ 
 
; ~ . ~ 
 
~ .. ' ~. 
.. ..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 ._.:< 
 
. .. 
 
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 .. 
 
.. 
 
... . 
 
 ' . 
I :c: 
 
. .. 
 
. ~ !-;; 
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. 
:.:?~~L ~~r~ r  ->:, ~ :t ~  
 
    
 
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 
 
;\ .' 
 
.. . 
 
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. 
 
_ 
 
. 
 
 
 
  
 
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. ' ' 
 
..  
 
 
.. . 
 
(. , , r 
. ' ..l!ND 
 
OF MONI'H 
 
. STOCKS 
 
'o:F..''.~ ATS 
 
 "AND MEAT 
 
.  PRODU.CTS. 
 
t 
 
~. 
.!N 
 
.. . 
UNITED. 
 
S'l'ATES 
 
Oomodity 
 
Beef 
'rt:. ~o~:e, cured and smoked 
 
Total 
 
...< ', I 
 
Pork .;: , u \ 
 
L ,, ... ,;  
 
~ErQZ:en . . .. 
 
..  
 
:i>q .1??-,lt, i?. .cur-e and cured . .... .. ; ,. . ~ . ...  . 
 
 ..... ..  -    
 
- 
 
f .,.   
 
. 
 
1'0;t~qe r.. in cu~ , .; ,cure?, and ;~~pkod 
 
; ~.: ; Total ~;; ~ 
 
. ' 
 
'; 
 
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 
 
. '. 
' .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 
 
~ .. . 
13,789 
i,.407 
9~981 42,219 51,064' 
 
.Total 
 
TOTAL ~IL MEATS , 
 
I ,'  .! ~ 
 
' : I\.} .' 
 
-J.24,.723 . 1.36,t.55 ~.. :132,141 . 
 
 
 
I 
 
.9~2, 231. -: .' .: 522-,516 614,174 
 
  
 
I. 
 
:1: : , ~ 
 
- 
 
125,460 52'5,047 ,' 
 
Hides and pe lts :. .: .. 
'.  
 
; f  ~ ~'. 
 
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 
 
ar 
 
e 
,: 
 
~:.n< o, ct>:.~r1e 
 
po 
l 
 
rt 
 
ed. 
 
r. ,_.:    t: ..  . .. . 
 
July 31, 1955 d.guros are pre liniinar;t. : 
~ . ....  ' ' 
 
D, 1'. -Fio1D ; 
 
CARL 0 . DOESClfElt 
 
. 
 
Agricultural Sta:t;d.s~tician, In Charge 
 
A.gric\lltural .Stat.:t~t:Lcian  
 
.. : . ~ . 
 
 Athens,. Georgia . .. ..- 
 
. - 
 
. . . .. 
 
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. 
 
 . 
 
ARCH!B LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician 
 
..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 
 
I 
'\ 
 
1 
 
9 
 
5~ 
 
- 
 
1~-~ 
 
, 
 
000 
 
' 
\ 
 
 
 
1951+- 45 , OOQ 
 
1953 - 6o , oocp 
 
? 
/ 
"..... 
 
1955 pr oducti on i ndi ca t ed on Sept ember 1 , 
 
I 
 
III. 
 
- STATE 1 955 - &JO, 000 
 
korvJ! 
 
r II. 
 
~ 1955~1;-oo r. r 
 
\ -1-...._ '/1----.~TLAN~_!?A-... 
 
ATHENS - -- 
I\ 
 
\.(7'-.._.--___ r' F~ / 
 
I '-......../ / 
 
ELBER ' ON 
1954 -:..,;7 , a 0 
1953 - 5 6 ,00 
"--...- . 
 
195LJ. 612 , 000 1953 - 752 ,000 
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 . 
 
;;: 
 
) 
 
v. 
 
\ 
 
1955- 71 ,ooo 
1954- t4 ,900 \.1'753-81, 000 
COLur.!BUS -- 
 
) 
! r ~:~ON 
, 19~5 -11 3 ,000 
1 1 95L~-1 08 , 0 00 
< 19;:13 -13 7 , 000 
 
'\ 
 
VI . 
 
~ 
 
1955 - 93 , 000 1954 - 93 , 000 
 
; 1953 -11 8 , 000 
 
1 
 
~~;/' -v""~'-----\--;~(:;~ 
 
I 
 
I X. 
 
_. / 
 
l ALB_AliY 
 
VIII. 
 
[ ) 
 
1Y . 
 
1955-2~?. , 000 c/_) 
 
 
 
1955-80,000 1 i~~:1r~:~gg 
 
) 119955h3 -2215 ,o0o0o0 ,;;~ 
 
I 1954-87 000 1953-138,000 --' 
 
1953 - 83 :ooo 
 
' 
 
.JY - ' 
 
C-) 
 
- VALDOS~A "'-1,. r--~ct .. , 
 
:: -t ':. .  
 
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0 
 
UNITED STNPES - CO'rTD~J RE?oRT Ap OF SEPTEH~ER :~, . .1955 -. .-." : .... .. , _:_'.  
 
. 
 
. . 
 
 
 
 
 
. 
 
 
 
l. 
 
. 
 
 
 
. . 
 
.. 
 
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. 
 
' 
 
 
 
  !    : 
 
~: . . 1955 
 
: . september 1  : Lint yield per 
 
Production ?.f  
 
: . Aoreage, J/ : Condition 
 
' Total : 
 
: : 
 
. : 
 
: ab~~- : For :Aver-: 
 
harvested ecrc t 500-lb.gross wt. bales 
 
 t 
 
: 
 
:~----~----~~: -----:------ 
 
: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 
 
.. ,. ... 
 
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. 
' 
CROP REPO RTING BOARD 
 
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 . 
. I 
 
.. " \- , . - 
 
sou !:-! 
 
! LIB . RY 
 
T:~r 
 
TY OF G 0 GIA 
 
Tl ~ V V LR~ I Y LI B . I ES 
 
ATHE~NS GA  
 
 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 
/ 
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- 
 
: 
 
: : 
 
; 
 
: 
 
: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 
 
:--: 
 
: 
 
Tons 
 
: 
 
: 
 
Georgia = 16,540: 19,500: 16,000 : 1,12 
 
. . .-' 
... y 'Other 
 
States 
 
}j 
 
: 
 
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 
. 
'71: 1.49: 20,020: 22,150:.39,900 
 
: 
 
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 
 
i n t e n t i o n s , 
 
an 
 
estimated 
 
' ' 
45,5oo 
 
acres 
 
of 
 
cabbage 
 
~s 
 
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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ACREAGE A.NB' INDIC.11.TED PRODUCTION"_ REPORTED TO D ,~.TE FOR 1955 WITH COMPAR::[:SONS 
 
CROP . 
 
' 
 
AND .. STATE 
 
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 . 
 
. 
 
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- 
 
}/ 
 
J/ 
 
Winter. 
 
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 
 
. , 
 
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 
 
I . 
 
Agricultural StatisticiCIIl, In Charge  
 
L,; H. HARRIS, JR~ 
 
Truck Crop Estimator 
 
:  
 
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- 
 
-4 
 
- 
 
 
 
Aft er Five Days Return to United State s Depa rtment of Agriculture 
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. 
 
1 
 
 . ' 
 
Athens, 
 
 .. . 
 
. . 
 
... , .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-. 
 
tive growth. .r.. 
 
  
 
. ... 
 
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. 
 
 , . 
 
 
 
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. 
 
. ! 
 
,:, 
 
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) 
 
. . 
 
GEORGIA 
 
.. . 
 
. 
 
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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 ~~ 
 
f 
 
-r-- 
 
I Co rn ........ t>u~: 
I: "Nh.eat  ........ bu.: 
I Oats ....... . .... bu.: 
 
2,964 
95 706 
 
I 
I 
i 
 
1L(.8 ' 14. 9 27.0 
 
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 
 
I ! I; 
 
'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 
 
-.to ' second 'h1.ghost of record. . - ... ,   
 
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- 
 
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Late maturing cro:Qs in Weste~ Corn Belt end Central Pla.ips areas 'were greatest . lo.~6~s  from  .:: 
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?. . 
 
. 
 
: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 
 
. 
 
o 
 
P n 
 
astw::p.s Septemb 
 
a er 
 
r 
 
$ 1 
 
~ 
1 
 
short 
are 
 
a 
 
in much of 
bove the p 
 
the 
ast 
 
Mi two 
 
dy-weaersst , 
 
l:iUt 
 
fo r 
 
the Nation as 
 
a 
 
whole, 
 
while 
 
be1ovr 
 
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. 
 
. 
 
t'  , I 
 
, , 
 
'.:I 
 
PE.llNtJ]SI' Production of peanuts ' for picking and threshing is ' estirnated o.t ' 1,689 miliion pounds, 
 
  . . , 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 the Virgini&-Oa.rolina Area, prospective .production is up 2 percent from a month ngo. Peanuts 
 
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. 
 
  
 
 ' 
 
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. 
 
. Prospects 
 
a.re 
 
spotty ~ 
 
in all 
. 
 
Sta. tes.. 
 
. . 
 
. 
. 
 
. - ,- 
 
.' . . 
 
. 
 
l / --=---"lC=-;=r..:;e. ~e 
 
PEANUTS FICKEn AND THB.ESHED 
 
I 
 
Yield Per ACre 
 
Production 
 
Ha.rvestpd . . a . For 
 
.l . 
 
& 
 
. l 
 
: 
 
l 
 
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 
 
3  
 
3 
 
22 
 
10 
 
11 
 
FGr~a. -.--. ---8- 7830"~~~:~ 155~ 50 ' ~ . -5-'5586 - 
 
:Ala. 
 
379 :_. 201 . 215 
 
Miss. 
Ark. 
 
12 8 
 
6 ; 6 
 
5 
 
5 
 
Oklo.. 
 
205 
 
94 ' 135 
 
Texas 
 
565 
 
281 
 
365 
 
lJ . Mex. 
 
8 
 
5 
 
5 
 
u. s. . 2,562 1,388 1,656 
 
j} ~uive..J.ent so1~d acreage. 
 
1465 
1190 
 
768 
 
702 
 
782 .. 755  
 
.. 
 
'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 
 
- - - - - - = - : - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A....l"'l,.....,..;Varieties .. Froduction 
 
STATE : 
 
Ave rage 
 
-~=::::...::.::.::::.:-.::....---.I;n-'d'i-ca-t'e....,d.--------- 
 
--~-'- ~-~---_;1..:::9..:::44..:::~~- 5~3~------~-~~1954 Tho~send Poi:mds 
 
Sept e mbe~ 1, 1955 
 
Rs.. cC.. 
 
2,371 -3,357 
 
"Fl!!Gr.li-e.a-=--~. ~---_.;..---'-:.::4:3~I6-4'-5'.3;..98;;;1~---- _. _ _ 
 
. 1,000 : 2 1800 
 
1,1o4oo0 
 
2.-02.',0s0sc0'.---.:-:---,.---:r{4t),0O0"0"'O_~ _, ~ _ __-. - - - . - - 
 
Al a '. ' Miss. 
 
15,726 8;385 
 
8,000 4 ,600   
 
2,000 4 ,800 
 
. ' 
 
Ark. 
 
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 
 
l_r_._s_------~.~- --------~1~4~l~, ~43~7~------------~90~,5~l~o~-----~--- 
 
17,boo 
81:~4~o----. ~.----7_ _____ 
 
After F~ve -.D~ys R~t~' t; 
 
: 
 
Un ited States Department of Agriculture ' 
 
Fen1lty !or priv~t e ~se . t~'avo id p ~yment of post age $~00 , ' '  '    ' 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 319 Ext e~sion Buildipg 
 
. ' ' ..... ,. .... . ; , . 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
OFFICifL BUSINESS 
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SOUTH BRANCH LiaRAal 
 
... 
 
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T.t!E UtHVERS I'l'Y OF G-EORGIA .. . 
 
.. . TH E. UNIJ ERS I1Y L'IBRARIES 
 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 011'  
AGRICULTURE 
.(?rofJ 
 
GEORGllA 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
cffff1'11tCb 
 
UNIVERSITY 0~ GEORGIA 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
( 
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 
 
oth more 
 
er th 
 
states an the 
 
, 
 
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) 
 
- Da;teG"W"" RGIA 
 
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 
 
I 
l 
 
630 
 
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 
~ 
 
EGGS SET AND CillCKS PLACED TIT COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1955 
 
I I I 
 
Sept. 3 
 
: 
 
Sept. 10 
 
: 
 
Sept. 17 
 
. . . : I July  July 
 
.... -16 
 
23 
 
Week Bnding 
 
July 30 
 
Aug. t Aug. 
 
6 
 
13 
 
Aug. 20 
 
Aug. 27 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
:: 
 
CHICKS PLACED - TIDUS.ANDS 
 
Sept. 3 
 
Page 2. 
 
Sept. : Sept. 
 
10 
 
17 
 
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 
 
I 
I 
 
1,4 50 231 
1,927 219 
 
4,343 
 
L.It..... 
 
407 1,065 
 
I .< 950 
 
I i,678 215 
 
i 1,991 
 
.I 
 
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: 
 
6~ 
 
: 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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~oge 11.4% 
 
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*Gove rnment 
Pa;yrnents .. ~16, 6L~O , 000 ' 
 
- Over - 
 
..,. . _,.._.. 
 
 CROPS 
 
C.otton Lint 
. . 
  1 
iC''o.<t:..to. n..,S..e.ed 
Co:t~.~'n:~ 'fotal 
 
Peanuts 
 
Tobacco 
 
Fruits & Pecans 
 
. 
 
. 
 
.. Truck Crops * 
 
Cor,n 
 
All Other Crops 
 
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~ 1949 19,20' '19$1 . 1952 ':: -..-:~~5/ i/1954 2/ 
 
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. 
 
. 
 
_, 
 
r . . 
 
... . . .. ... .~ 
 
. U6,841 991 071 1011 630 1511 556 154.1-.321 1. 2.5,.00.5.\. 11.3,9.57 t  
 
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 
( 
"64,946 
 
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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LIVESTOCK 
 
Hogs 
 
46,353 41,021 43,896 55,707 52,749 .57,830 98,835 
 
Cattle & Calves 
 
Dairy ~roducts 
 
. . . .... 
 
Com. Broilers 
 
t 
 
- 
 
Other Chickens 
 
Turkeys 
 
37,.582 22,G58 3~ 1 b41 ~ : 36,903 l. 
. 31,450- 33,454 . 36,836 .39,5.56 
 
29,.;108 . 32,977 
 
J 
 
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. I~ 
 
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5,963 
i' .. 
.  1,196 
 
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. 
 
... 
 
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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UNI TED ST.:\TES - .CO.TT JN RE.POliT .~S OF OCTOBER 1., 1955 
 
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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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, 0!A0.crfeoagr e  STATE Harvest 
 
OCTOBBR 1 
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___ _ 
 
Thous. 
 
l Theus. 
 
- - - . . , . . - - + _. ._c_re_s _ 
 
Pe r c en t 
 
j Poimds , 
 
Thous~I!d ha les 
 
un, Bale ~ 
 
N. Gi.~~ 
s~ c.... ~.. 
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 
 
i" 
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0 343227 
 
56o I iis- 
 
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 
 
176 
 
87 97 88 5oo 743 655 217 316 240 
 
13 
 
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 
 
29 
 
September 1 estimate , 
 
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. 
 
~/ Included in State and United Stat es totals. Grown in Texa s, New M!3xico, arizona, 
 
and California. 
 
 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
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 
 
Pena lty for f rivate Us e to Avoid Payment of P ost~ge ~300 . 
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OU H BR C 4IB~~RI 
TH UliV ER ITY OF GEORG I A THE U ~ , ER, I Y LIB A IES ATH:::'NS GA . 
 
 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. 
 
I ACREAGE 
 
GEORG IA 
YlliLD _PER ACRE - 
 
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 
27 .o 
 
I 10.5 I 
18.$..1- 
31.0 I 
 
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 
 
.59 
 
.61! 
 
75! 676 
 
441~ 
 
.596 
 
Tobacco (All) lb. 
 
Potatoes, Irish,bu. 
 
Potatoes , Sweet,bu. 
 
Cot t on 
 
bales 
 
Peanut s (f or pick- 
 
i ng & t hreshing )lb 
 
Soybea ns 
 
bu. 
 
102 1132 4 74 
I 1.5 77 
869 253 
.5.58 782 35 9.6 
 
1172 79 
 
j 
i 
I 
 
1499 
86 
 
1114' 536 
872 
 
42 I 90 . 4,080 
 
286 I 378 i 69.5 
 
615 
 
I 
I 1100 
 
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 
 
lb. 
 
Pastur e ,Condi t ion % 
 
I 
 
36,981 20, 000 4,000 
 
76 
 
36 
 
l 
I 
 
74 
 
D. L. FIDYD 
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. 
 
Aft er Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture 
Agricultural i1arkot:ing Service 319 lCxtonsion Building Ath<.;ns, Goorgi a OFFICIAL BUSII~J;ss 
 
Penalty For Private Uso To Avoid Payment of Postage , ~~ 300 
 
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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 .  
 
in 
 
:t.h. 'e' 
 
moUntain 
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m:tiLr{ stATlis: ' 
 
~.c.:eOu: 1nt9i5e5s 
 
and ave.rag.e '.yleld 
h~~ey . era~ in. the 
 
per colony was low 
Uo s. is estimated 
 
:i,.n this. area also. : 
at' 24J,ioo., OOO  poUrids~ 
 
  ..... .   -- 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;  
 
anC,e~n'_!-Q1r5a pl1er2c9e 
 
p nt 
 
ercent i iri.the 
 
n N 
 
the orth 
 
West North Atlantic. 
 
Ce'i'itral~ ' .' .; In th~. ; . :,_.-' ::. 
 
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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HONEY REPCRT: OCTOBER, 1955. 
 
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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 
 
yea and 
 
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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~ 
 
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Durin~ tlie' :W:eek ending October 15 comme'rcial hatcheries plB:c,ed 3,33~.,,oQq c~icfts with 
 
broil~ pro,dhcerf!' ~ :.Geo~g;a. CQmmercia1. ar~a~: Th~s is the: same nutn1ier. ;as -_t~~ 
 
preN'i~s rrwe~ blf:t ':27'":P:erce:nt ~t~ _ :th,an);~he :. 2;~27_;000 placed the samr-. ~w_e~k ~~lit year. 
 
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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 
the! Pfe.v.i.PUS week and with 6'8 cents and.- ~~12.00 one year ago. :_: Egg prices: sh:own re- 
 
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Endin   ' 1954 : 1955 . ; ; 1954 . : 19.55 :: '. . 1954- :: i955 
 
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r- :   ; . Thousands 
 
Thousru.1ds 
 
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Thousan.ds 
 
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-Sept~_; .;3.  )~825 4,343 
 
2,402 4,851 
 
630 jo8 
 
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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1,139 . 362 ~ 
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1,395 
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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() 
 
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909 353 1,.305 248 
 
GEORG-IA 
 
4 ~ 457 , 4;-6o2 .. 4,639 
 
3,51~ :;3,35_1 : 5,304 ., _3,159 
 
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3,122 .3,265 3,334 .3, 334 
 
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141 123 84 5 
 
152 .1.002 
704 1,471 
227 1,567 
99 117 862 
 
157 1,.019 
696 1,536 
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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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15,593... ~ 14,.924 13,834_: }_~,998 
 
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13,891 . 13; 71~  . : 1~, 771 13,'302 . 13,488 ~3,006 
 
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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 
 
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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 
 
th~ ptr-~v;Lqus ' ;.reek and with 67 cents and : ::~12. 25 one year ag-.o. Eig,g prices shown; re- 
 
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; i .  ThotJ.sarrds : 
 
I,   . ~on. =Fa.rrn~ i '951+ f: 1 955 
 
 Thousands 
 
I 
 
. 
 
As~:~g~f.~~: rf-273 
 
I1;. 
 
3 ~8 57 3l 825 
 
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 ' 
 411 : :'270; 
 
. 3;034. I .':3iJ04 3, 032_ : .'J,-159 
' 2; 9.oU i .'3;246 
2~912' ~ ;.3,217 
 
~pt. !2.4 .! .3;855 h14o4 
 
Ojt1. ' l l' ; .J ~8 15 4,457 
 
Oc~. 
Oc~. Oct,. 
 
f~8 
1 l:)~ 1Z2 
 
; 3; ~61 
; .3,::>69 
: 3,491 
 
4,602 
.-.:14.~-,; 663390 
 
I1 2,535 2,842 2,374 2, 948 
 
. 
.r 
j 
 
: 
 
 
~ ' 
 
;..2-22,},3.322~)547 : 
 
~ 
 
. .~2{~, _9p 9282 ' :3:}062 
 
474 ; 280 
 
662 .)17: 
 
~ 
 
1 
i 
 
 
389 
- '.3:33613~. 
 
 .)~6 ! 
 ::312;  470 ; 
 
l 3~009 :. ..3,122 
 
!. 3;036, I . 3,265 
 
I I 
j! 
 
2,7l4: ; ) 1 334 
 
22~,6120?1. 
 
: : 
 
3,334 .;) ,532 
 
OG:~ : 29 .. ' 3;.568 4,554 . 2,29Q_ ~, 056 _L 322 : 326: --'1-2. ! ,~,382 
 
l~ ~x4iusive ~-of hat cl].ings shiPped, ~~~p ~~?-t~s. ~pt;o:j..de... qf .GEf~l'gi~ . 
 
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. ,~'  ARCHIE .1Ai1TGLEY 
 
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;D. L~ FLOYJ? 
 
Aifric~it.ural Stati stici an 
 
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Ma'ine 
 
c~~.necticut . P~rmsy1vania 
 
Indiana . .  
 
Illincis l\liissouri  Ds'lawfife-: : ... 
 
MQ.ryland_. r ' 
Vi.n~~.'ni &.  
WEfs't; V~rginia 
Not:tn Carolina South c~o1ina 
GEORGIA Flor.ida : Alabama . .- 
Mi_ ~s:i:_.gsip9i 
 
At.kan$as -. Lo.\.lisianti.  ' 
 
Texa s . -'.... ' W8:sh~rig ton' Oreg-on 
 
Califa:rnia: 
 
TOTAL 19-5'5 ..' TOTAL 1954 , 
 
.. . :. 
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EGGS 
 
Page 2. 
 
 -'  
 
Week Ending  
 
 
 
~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.-~ 
 
15 ;  22  :29 . .. 27- 
 
3 
 
10 
 
17 
 
24 
 
1 
 
8 
 
15 
 
22 
 
29 
 
---E-G-G-S-S-E~T~--'--TH-O~U-S-AN_D.~-.:--. -: -: ---~----------- 
 
 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 
1~.21~.:. 
1, 316:~~ 1 ,':560 1,52:3. 
 
:l,-~17 . 
1, 364 418 
1~209 
:1,351 
1,532 1,523 
 
. 1 ~ 005: ... 
 
' 544 
 
I'I: 1'~459 l i 4 17 .1 . 304 
 
.535 169 ' 446 
 
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 . 
4 50 1,251 1_,049 
984 
 
- ~62 
609 . 
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 
 
22'1 
 
236 
 
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 
 
. 253" 
 
296 
 
331 . i . 164 
 
1e9 
 
196 
 
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 
 
~,334 
 
3,532 
 
3,382 
 
4 3' 1,061 1~006 . 1,755 , 
' 216 ' 
2,190 
 
:. II 46 
 
45 
 
1,040 ..1,039 
 
1,076 .; 
 
.'I 1,023 
1,870 
 
1,133 ; 1 726,' . 1~_917 ' ' 1,3~0 
 
195 .. 211 i 
 
174 ; 
 
~,21 4 
 
II . 
2; 30_8 
 
I I 
 
~~1, 595 - 
 
0 992 -676 1,221 233 1;_4 38 . 
 
189 1 , 04 2 
648 1,294 
233 1, 1H 7 
 
64 . 
i,o37 
612 
1,350 215 
1,562 
 
16 1,061 ' 
704 1,394 
210 1, 4 92 
 
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 
1,638 
 
'205 ... 293 . 282 
 
173 
 
175 
 
171 
 
171 
 
164 
 
. 141 
 
99 
 
121 
 
163 
 
130 
 
180 1,319 
 
220 1,297 
 
171 1,409 
 
1 1 
1 
 
:105 1,073 
 
129 991 
 
119 927 
 
96 849 
 
95 
 
'123 
 
117 
 
93 
 
68 
 
94 
 
871 
 
845 . 
 
862 
 
864 
 
796 
 
933 
 
26,005 - 26~358 20,188 20~683 
 
27~0Q1 \ l 1P. ,035 
21,721 l! ' - 
 
17,239 
 
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, 
 
- - Georgia. Te xas, Florida, A_labama, Mi~sissippi, : Indian;a, California and Oreg._on. : 
 
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FJu'lM PRI CL 
 
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R~,. 
 
PORT ' 
 
P...S. ()F.. 
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CC 'l.'..C..B...l-!-;-R.-.- 1 5 , 
 
195_2 
 
GL<ll1GIA s During the :month. :ended. October 1~;  the All .Cdmmodity  Index of Prices 
 
. 
 
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 
 
since .Llarch 1954,". ' 
 
.. . . ' 
 
.. . 
 
. 
 
. . 
 
Lower prices d~ine th~ month far corn, swee~potatoes, cotton lint and cottonsee4, 
 
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- 
 
settingo .  
 
 
 
. 
 
UNITED STATS: The Index of Prices Receiveci by Farmer~ declined 2 percent . 
 
(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 
19l0-l4:l00 
 
: Summary Table for  the Uni'ted States 
 
,: . . . O~t. 15,,  :.Sept~ . l5, ; Oc~  J.5, . :_ .:.. -~c_r~- !i:i..E_h~ -~ ..:. .;. '. 
 
 1954 : . 1955 
 
s 1955 
 
: 
 
Index 
 
: 
 
Date - . . " ~ ..... ' 
 
Prices .Received 
 
242 
 
2,35 
 
230 
 
313 Feb. l95i . : .. 
 
Parity !ndex 1,/ 
 
279 
 
-- 279 2/ 
 
280 
 
. 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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- - - - - , - - ....:P:..,B::::;I;:;CE~S ID:CEI VED BY FABHERS ~:rr --- 
 
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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.~ . 
 
- - ------ ]} Preliminary: for .October 1955 . . . . 
 
. 
 
. 
 
 .. 
 
 ~  .J 
 
' 
 
rAmriliRs .. ' 
 
. ... ' ( ' " 
 
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 
 
' 
 
]) 
 
 
 
: 
 
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 
 
I .r.J 
\ __ _ 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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I , 
 
("/ 
 
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IV. 
 
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V  
 
\ AUGUSTA "' 
 
\ 195.5- 83, 000 ~I. ,l 
 
! 
"""\ 
 
VI. 
 
~ ' \ 
 
f \ l 954- 6h,OOO 1 953-81,000 
 
p~COli 
 
\ \ \COLUi,iBUS 
 
~\l 
 
~:i:~>~-3f:-i136 
 
~1',', 
 
ggg 
ooo 
 
> l 
 
\ 
11 9)155 45-- 1 9032,, 0000~? \\ 
 
/ 1953-118,000 \ 
 
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VII. 
 
) 
 
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--_ ~; ./ 
 
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VIIJ.. 
 
r-' 
 
, 
 
ALBJIJJY \\ 1 955-118,000 ll 
 
I I 
( 
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U.t 1ITED STA 'l'ES- CCTTON :mPORT AS OJ<,N OVEMBER . l, 1955 . 
 
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 '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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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;; . 
 
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 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. 
 
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UNfTED STATES . . DEPARTMENT OF 
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GJEJO~G TIA 
 
~GRICUi:TURAL M~RKE.T(~(; SERVICE 
 
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U~IVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
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COLLEGE OF AGRICUI.TURE 
 
~ Athens~ Georgia 
 
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GEORGIA .AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ~R~_'C_E 
.. , November -~9, 1955 
 
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BR0ILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COlti11ERCIAL AREAS 
 
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; 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 -: 
 
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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, 
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to 
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Georgia 
 
produced 
 
hatching 
 
eggs, 
 
whether 
 
bought 
 
on 
 
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or:, o'the.rwise, 
 
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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 
 
; 
 
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; 3 U.o 
 
3,825 
3, 740 
 
4,343 4,4h6 
 
1I 
 
2;402 2,851 2,468 2,894 
 
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630 436 
 
308 1 3,032,. ..:3,159 
352 2,904 :'3,246 
 
. S~pt, 17 , 
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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 
 
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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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394 
 
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TOTAL ' 1955 TQ.TA~_~; 19 54 
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EGGS SET AND CR ICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS BY WEEKS  1955 
 
Page 2. 
 
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CHICKS PLACED ~ THOUSANDS 
 
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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 
 
450~ 
 
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481 
 
502 
 
563 
 
562 
 
545 
 
577 
 
I 1 017 ~ 1 ,.605 
 
977 j 1 ' p80 
 
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568 
 
603 
 
582 
 
671 
 
625 
 
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. i . ' 418 
 
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1,596 223 
 
1,552 262 
 
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503 162 407 1,227 1,1:55 1,015 415 
 
.- _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 
 
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169 
 
 196. 
 
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165 ' - 183 
 
220 
 
248 
 
223 
 
224 
 
224 
 
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4,554 ~58 
1~039 
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508. f 
 
1 .. 079 ': lI 
 
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1,~2 ~78 
1,.294 
 
' 3,217. 
164 
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3,334 
 
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3;.532 
 
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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 
 
199 2,214 . 
293 .. ,220 
 
211 2,.308 
282 17i 
 
188 1 r 
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2;353 t l 192 i f 220 \ 
 
., . 233 
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 
 
. 1,.29,7 1,409 1,339 
 
991 
 
:927 
 
849 
 
871 
 
845 
 
ae:2 
 
864 
 
796 
 
933 
 
921 
 
1 263~2 
r 2o~'S83 
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27,061 21,.721 
 
26,871 
 
17,.2'79 - 17,239 
 
21,603 
 
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17,.286' 
 
17,332 :11,679 17,897 18,049 18,476 18,611 18,856 14,366 14,.222 14 ,.546 14,733 
 
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2o/362 -15,680 . 
 
20~ 750 
16 .. ~2~ 
 
I 20,733 I 13,891 
 
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.~ 
 
~; .--;;:, . GeoF'gi~  ~xa.s, F1bril:la., Alabama, ' Mississ~ppi, : ~~diana., ck)if~ni a and .Qre:g.~n~ --..: :.'';_ 1.,;  _ : 
 
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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 
. 
 
high. This o.f 6 
 
Total production campares :wtth 57,o04,ooo pounds. 
. .. 
 
SWeetpotatoess Production of swectpotatoes is expe cted to be 11 3501 000 bushels, 
 
( . : 
 
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 .; 
 
'   
 
: :~Milk Production: Total ridlk production 1n Ge01"gia :during Octoeer was 105 miilion 
 
< ... ,. 
 
pounds.  This was one per ccnt less than a month ago but siX per- 
 
::::  cent above October a year ag0() 
 
  
 
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Wheat ~ 
 
  
 
Oats .; o~.:.. 
 
:, Hay(All) 
 
Tobacco (All) 
 
Potatoes 1Irish, 
 
Potatoes1Sweet, bu. 
 
Cotton 
 
bale 
 
Pe~uts (for pick 
 
ing & threshing )l 558 782 
 
Soybeans 
 
bu, 35 
 
9.6 
 
Pe cans 
 
lb, 
 
Pasture Condition 
 
615 
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..'.t'. ~ One of.; the : ~ation's moSt .pr.'oduct.ive crop seas0.iis "rapicriy mqv~d..:t6:W;,u.d .. a finisb: 
 
,; . .. ,: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 
 
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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 
 
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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 
 
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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. 
 
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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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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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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 
 
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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 
 
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Alao 12,900 .  9,ooo . _-18_,ood '158 . -~~. roo-.. :l3q _: ~.;~o5o . : -; 980:11.:'-'- 2,.340,. 
 
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'm Production -~_r clean seeci pounds:.  :;~- -  164,340,2QO  .84;83o,o<?P  -. 18-t,~~O"'OOO 
 
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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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Local hat chings of 3,061,000 , excluding shi pments of 280, 000 chi cks to other state s, 
 
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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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 . 
 
D. -JJ. FLOYD A~t;ri cu1tural Statistician In Charge 
 
ARCHil!: LJ:{l'JGL~Y Agri~ultural Stati s tician 
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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 
 
I!' 
 
I 926 
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 
 
I'J, 
I, 
 
;I 1,129 
1,213 
 
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2,094 137 
 
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2,342 Ii 
 
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 
 
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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Nov. 12 
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 
 
. COiv1PARABI.E 13 AREA TOTALS 1/ 
 
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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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL 
 
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Athens, Georgia  .. 
 
Novemb~r 23:.; ,+955 
 
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BROIJ..ER CHICK REPORT FOR .GEORGIA COHNERCIAL: AREAS 
 
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DUJ;in~- tli~ ~week ~riding November 19 conmi3rcal hatcheries _placed 3,223,000. chitka 
 
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 
 
same week last Y:ear. 
 
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Lo~ali hatching.~ of 2, 937_,ooo~- $xcluding shipments. of 31.~2;000 chicks to_.-.-oth~r st.ates, 
 
are 4: :r.e~ce.z:1t .below the 3,061,000 of the previous week but 27 percent :more than.. the 
 
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 
 
3~ ~57~0qo ifo~ the correspo~d~ng week last y_ear.. 
 
  
 
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H~tche~ies r~porl.ed price.s paid for hatching  egg~ during the week at an avera~e~. of 
 
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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1GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMF:JIJT BY WEEKS :... .:PERIOIY SE?TEl"IBER 17 THROUGH NOVJ:i1IB~R '19, .1955 
 
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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::..~,18r I 
 
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),815 
3~,:5~6i1 
 
I; Nooc~t.. 
 
: .?9 ;3,568 .-5 -; . 3,533 
 
No1{. ;'12. . ,. 3,487 
 
l 4,h6'2 
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 
:~:~~ 
 
I 411 '  270: 
 
1 . 474 280 
 
1  662 . 317 
 
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-~3~89~ 
 
3~J~b6;, 
 
4,554 
4,514 4,669. 
 
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2,?,90 
.2_,24,J 2, 270. 
 
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322 
394 ... -380 ; 
 
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2~912 ' 3~211 
 
J,oo9 . 3;122 3;036 : 3:;.265 
, ~2~:~761r4 ; ~:m 3:,-:334 
 
r 2,612 3,382 
 
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2,637 .:  2,650. 
 
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No~. ~ 19. . 3,557 4,596 1 . . 2,308 :2,~37' I 382 . . 286: . 2;696  3;;.223 1 
 
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Maine ~ ~ 
 
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 . 
 
Maryland ;/ Virginil;h-.. ~ 
 
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1,574 l 552 
 
: 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 
 
44.3 '' l , W , (:' 
 
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16~ 
450 
 
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1,3~3 j '1,251 
 
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 
 
~F-1~~or~i~d~a.<~ ~. ~x ,~~. -+--~50~)~8--~~50~8.~----~~~8-H!~~~1~6~4----~1~6~8--~-~1~6~6----~l~52~--~-~15~7~- --~-.-l~7~9~--~~- ~1~8~7----~19~8~--~l~7~l~--~2~0~6 
 
Alabama. ..- -.... -( -:-~ 1 079 
 
<  lll!ississfpp..( 1 
 
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 
 
r- .: Texus 
 
I)( 2,353 
 
l Wa.shing!f:;o~ j' 
 
<. : . OCarleigfoonrnia. 
 
 
 
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192 220 
1, 339 
 
137 2 , ; 34 2 
.294 200 
1,436' 
 
II . 1~7. - l .j. 
2,320 
195 
Ll 23Q" I 
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 : 
 
: 99 
 
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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CQ'to'lPARABIE 13 .AREA . TOTALS 1/ . .. - 
 
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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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Ge crgia., Texas, Ihorida., Alabama,_ Missis)lippi, Indiana., Ca. 1ifc.rn~4 _and Oregon  .. . . ': ... ._ : _:. -' ;- . 
 
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL. .  
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
EXTENSION .SERVICE :  
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
:Jovember 30, tl.955 
 
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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 . , 
 
Set 
 
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 
 
I 2,535 
' 2,'374 
 
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2,842 '2,948 
 
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~~74 
662 
 
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 
 
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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 
 
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382 465 
 
286 : 2,690 
379_~670 
 
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CHICKS J:LACED ~-~ ..TJlOUS.ANDS 
 
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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 
 
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Misso{ir,i , Delaware 
 
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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 
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... 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 
 
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West VJr_gin1.a../ -j::: ,257 
 
I Nortirca.rp.iJ.-:ne.., ! 2,tJ7o: 
 
South Ca~'olinl' ; 
 
321 
 
GEORGiA_.~ ~~- _.. J_ _4J 66_9. 
 
~~1~ 707 
 
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.c : 249 4 -,5~6 
 
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~.a_,... a'2..:a587. 
 
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..- 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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D~l:-, Ma.r - Va., 
 
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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 
 
' 
I 
 
 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 
 
I 
 
; 
 
: 
 
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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: .J 9 1955 ONtvERSITY OF GEORGIA 
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' 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 
 
. 248 
 
223 
 
224 
 
224 
 
207 
 
3,334 157 
1,019 
 
3,532 3,382 
1'79 .~ 1ST 
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 
 
' 251 1,700 
121 93 
.. 864 
'18 ,049 
 
283 
l, 70~ 163 : . 68 
 
253 ' . 310 
 
1,638 ..' 1,74 5 
 
. . . 
 
130. : . 94 . 
 
.14 0 98 
 
796 
 
. 9. 33 .. t :921 
 
18 ,476.. " 18 1,611 '18 ,856 . 
 
276 1, 715 
194 101 886 
18,876 
 
14; 366 14,222 14,546 :14.-__7. 33 : 15,043 
 
Nov. 19 
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 
 
Page 2  
 
Nov. 26 
 
Dec. 3 
 
731 484 594 787 175 543 1,468 1,091 988 403 1,282 218 3,396 
165 
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 
20.,075 15,849 
 
\ :. 
 
1-955. I>  : 
i9:;i4 
 
. - ;_. 
 
... ~.. 
 
:"* . ~ ~- --:.~~ ... 
 
.-:..... :: 
 
21,4'02: . 21,787 15,9~3-_  16,342 
 
21,531 1 12,598 1 
 
14,19 . :.14~305 . i4~7:r9 :. ~ - 14.)915- ( - ~14 ,978 ;.-  i4,866 11,586  11,387 11,426 11,659 :11,674 ,11,722 
 
15,131 12,618 
 
15,253 12,193 
 
{j Former r~pd~:ti:dg a.r~a:s of Maine, Connecticut, Del-Mar-Va..~ .Sh~ri~doa.h  v~.li!3Y~vlr:ginfa.:'we:st Virginia., Central-Western North Carolina., 
 
. , - Georgia., Texas, Florida.~ .Ala.b~:rm. , : 1li:ssissi.ppi, Indiana., California. and or.egori  . .   . .' .; 
 
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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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1955-62,000 
 
1955 production indicated on December 1. 
 
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Tennessee I  755 I 648 : 
 
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735 ! 312 1 288 
 
890 ~ 253 j 286 
 
570 1 360 j. 405 
 
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.512 i 565 478 i 908 
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Missouri P~ kansas 
 
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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 
 
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- of lint. 2/ Sums of acreage and production for ''Otner States" rounded to thousands for Inclusion in United Sta.tes totals. Estimates for the se Strites, except 
Kan~as ~!'le:J;"e . cqi;.ton production is :i,ns'j.gnif'icant, are shown separately. .. '3/- Short- 
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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:~~ - 
 
Reduced production is indicated for winter beets, broccoli, carrots, shallots and 
 
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During N~e~er open weather along .the Atlantic Coast prolonged th~ harvest  b.(t.~~i' 
 
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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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 .. ; ... . 
 
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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~ 
 
! Group'T.o~al . ~0,28"0 63,~00 77 1 100 I 173 iB9 182 101 35)  111 972 14,0~3 
 
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D:u-ipg: ~~e ;:w~ek ~r.Tdin~. De.ce~~e: ,10 ,.comme~cl~l.. h~tc~eri~s pl~e;e~ l3, 517 ,;goo.,.i~ks~ 
w1.th br01.leJ' pr~~~..a.n c;J.eorg1.a conunerolal .ar:eas,  :Th1.s i:s :2.. p.ercent ;a'bov.f! the. . 
 
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Loc~l M.tC?hir}gs of J,096,ooo .excluding shipments of:- 298,ooo ; oht:~ks to J O~he~ st.ates, are:l ~reent ~b9ve~ "ttie,.:;3.;o14;oO'o.. o! the l pr.ev.:i:m.is..;weeJ~ :and' }5." percent ~~r._~ ~ than: the 
2_,295, p6o of one 'year\ ag&~ ,:,.Eggs 13et .ljy.,-; ~Bc.at ;hi;!t.Chertefj ~~\mt~d to 4;~49j ooo or 
 
1 pe'rc~~t : : abc)ve the 4, 591,000 of the pre~ious week and 28 p~rcerit gre~t-~r tha# -.!;he 
 
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88 . qenjl:.s ~r :dozen. Av~raga pr.ide 'chaf.g~d b{ :hatch~ries :.fof.::: ch~cks w~~: : ~:Porte.d at 
 
$16~00~er hundred, These prices compare with 88 cents and: $16~00 fot the : pr~vi.ous 
 
we~~ apci witl;l ~6 cents and.~l~oOO C?ne Y,,ear . ~go, , Eg~ prices j-~holim rEtl~t~ :t? G:eo#gia 
 
proq.uced h?t(!h:J,.ng eggs, whet~.er boug~t Gfl cGnyract Qr otherw1se 
 
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Eggs 
 
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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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. .- 1954 t 1955 (..   ,., 195!{ :: 19.55 . , 1954 s 1955 
 
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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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Noy~ 
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 J~5)3 
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Nov;. a6 '. =3,697 4,620 ~ 2,295 
 
;3,026 
 
465 !._ )7P 
 
Dec '3 Dep 10_ 
 
; 3;,145 J, 621 
 
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Nov. 
 
Dec. 
 
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CHICKS PLA C-ED----T-~0-US_.AJ_.I_D S_ - - - - ~--- ------ 
 
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Maine/ . .' -_. / .  l 872 ~- ,. 806 
 
855 
 
.. 712 -- 
 
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 
 
6.55 
 
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. 77).. :. ~. 760. 
 
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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 
 
),., 771 1 
 
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 
 
Alab8.ina.: ' .. 
Miss.issippi:. 
Arkari-sas Louisi'tina  , 
 
 11~,.218512 
2, .1H~875 
 
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11~;.122120 
 
:2.138 
 
 :199 
 
1,16.7 ~ I 
 
  l,225. 
;.: .2,129 
 
r!!.:i! 
 
.  173 ji 
 
1,002 
.704 
1,471 227 
 
1,019 696 
 
::.~.'1~~0735'75. .~ 
 
. - 1,536  1 564 
 
  2.51  / '283 
 
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i~l88  
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1,460 1,495 1,592 
 
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~ 
 
.,. 
 
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 
 
i 9 4  
 
183 
 
154 
 
174 
 
128 
 
Oregcm : -, : ~ 
 
2~3 -- 244   2;30 : ; 1j 
 
11 f 
 
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 
 
__ TOTAL<l9_~e-) j 28,459 -: -. 2-.~-~-1-47~--~.2-8-;2-8-8_.~ .: _l'i~;g-~6-.: -'-1-8,-0-33---1~~,-4-?6--~1-8-,6~11~--1-8-,8-5-9 ~~1-8-,8-7-5 ~~ ~1~9~,.4~7~4~--19~,4-3-1~--20~,-07-5~--20~,~26~9- 
 
1 l - TOTAL 1~_64 -:. ' j , j 20,99~ . 19,220 . i9.~8~83. I 
 
14,366 .1,4,222_ 14,5_4_6_..__14..:..:'::..;.7..;_3_3_....;.;_15..:':;.;.;9.4__3_ __1_fi,:..8_8_3_ _1_5:...,4_7_1_ _1_5:;,.,8_4_9_ _14....:;...,5_3_3_ 
 
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1/ .COMPAR.ABbE 13 AREA TOTALS 
 
., 1955 .I 
 
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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North 
 
Carolina, 
 
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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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. Loca1 ;hatchings of 2, 959,000, 
 
excludi ng 
 
shipments 
 
of 
 
338,000 
 
chicks 
 
to 
 
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other 
 
state~ 
 
. are 4 percent unde r the 3,096,000 of the previous week but 30 pE;'!rcent more than th~ 
 
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 . 
 
ARC}:IE L_AJ iGLEY : Ag,ricultural Stati sti c:i.an 
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South Carolina 
 
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A:rkansas  t0msian~ 
 
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 .~ ~O'I'Af, 19 55 101'AL 1954 
 
- 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. 
 
.. ..... Oct~ : . Nov. 
 
: . 29 
 
s. : 
 
~ov. :. : Nov.  : '12 : . :19 . 
 
Nov. 26 
 
. .: CHICKS PLACED -  THOUSANDS 
 
806 
 
1~486 
 
\ 
! ' 
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993. 1,494 
 
I 
I 
 
384 
 
Ii 1,414 
 
i 
! 
 
: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 
 
t) 
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!1 
! . 
 
601 164 391 - 
 
1,'539 1,782 
 
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I: 
 
. 
 
l,iloo 
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 ! 
 
I I 
 
2,212 
 
I; 
i. 
 
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 
 
i: l 
I i 
 
1,120 
;t, 21? 
2,138 
 
I! I 199 
 
i I; _2 ,232 . 
 
!.i . . 287 . 
 
d !' 
 
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 
. '. 
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 
 
Page 2. 
 
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 
 
... 
 
COMPARABLE 13 AREA TOTALS 1/ 
 
~~~55 
i.954 ; ' 
 
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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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
 
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~ 
. 
 
. , . .Rank 
 
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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: 
 
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' 
 
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 P e a . n u t s 
ARCHI E LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician 
 
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D, L. FLOYD 
 
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 
 
- 
 
- 
 
 
 
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 
 
i 
! 
 
...-----------~_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-- 
 
1 
-+;- 
 
 
 
, Acreage 
 
r Year~i Ha-r-.v.re7s">-,t.,e.,.d,--rl 
 
'cJ::J::J{ 
 
< 1 'cJVV 
 
P 
 
Yiel d j 
 
Pr odu c ti on - 
 
er Ac 
-r:-.,-:::> :::> 
 
r-e+i. ---,uD.,.nU-.Si.th-e-.L-~S J-.I.-T-o~ t-alG(rOv OO 
 
)l 'f' 
~ 
 
er 
 
V;;; l ue of Sal e s 
 
.Uni l .. - T,o t a f( OOO 
 
1 
 
so-!- 
 
 
 
I 
 
__ 
 
_4.--~=<-..:- 
 
)--;,I~~-e-Var- l8uA8e.c1re6 
 
r ens~ ::nap 
 
. r- . 
 
_!___ _ 
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. 
 
- 
 
-372-.:3oo5- 
 
 
 
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 
 
l 
 
b 
 
~: 
 
)1--- 
; ), 
 
3-641--..,2-00---_=1-/-LJ1-_- _---:~1?7-7~..-__85l-000. 
 
- .. . 
. 
__ --- 
 
 ----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~ :-  
 
) 
 
i 
L _ ._ 
 
_216~~0 .... 
 
1 
I 
 
_____11 ~. -3~52 
 
3ush el s . 
 
FO 
 
2  ..so 
 
1_ 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-- 
 
--2~1~6o__ 1.:.8 
 
! 
I 
 
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 
 
I 
I 
 
75 
 
, 
 
Bu 
 
sh 
 
e 
 
l~- 
 
- 
 
-' 
 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
1 
 
, 
 
0 
 
:::0 
 
-- 
 
- - - -- - - - 
 
--- 
 
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~ 
i 
 
1.20 1. 35 
 
! . 
 
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 
__ 1 __.. . r~-':1Y~-:2:-~-- - 
 
1 
i__ 
 
l SSs 
__::5~ 
 
! 
L 
 
1 
1 
 
32 , 
3~:_ 
 
700 9 50 
 
_ 1 
 
Ton 
 
 -T,0i3. ---1 23-.3 
 
( 2?DO_lb_:_} ___ _2~~----- 90 . 00 ! ~--~~~ -~ ---~-~:..~: 
 
: 
 
1 12 , :no 1 97 . 2.1 
 
__1_ _ _ ______ 1_________ __ !____ __ __J - -~-~_ ,6_:=: 
 
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 
 
 - , : 
: DiiGRAM SH C\,JING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBUTION 'OF GEORGIA TRUCK CROPS FOR 1955 
ACREAGE BY , CROPS 
(Percent of Total) 
' 
 
Watermelons 4a.2%  . 
 
. .. ~ . ' 
 
' 
 
VALUE .BY CROPS 
(Percent oi Total) 
 
Cantaloups 8 0% 
 
------------------------ 
 
 UNITED STATES . 
DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE 
~ 
 
G-a 
HD9 0o7 GtfA'3 
195"5 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF' AGRICULTURE 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
t\thens, Geo r gia 
 
December 28, 1955 
 
' 
 
FOR: . ', . BRQILEJt CHICK R~l-bt1T . GE(JRGIA COM.'VIERCIAL . AREAS 
 
l 
 
. 
 
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. 
 
. 
 
~, . -,.,  .     
 
' 
 
I 
 
' 
 
 
 
.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. 
 
: 
 
: . \ 
 
\ - .~ 
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 . 
 
. 
 
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 
 
i 
D. L . FLOYD 1\g:ricult'J.l.ral Sta.tistician :tn Charge 
 
Al1CHI E LANGLEY 
Ag ricu1tural . Stati ~tician 
 
l 
, I 
 
' . 
 
 STATE 
 
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 
 
<::> 
 
Maine-Conne ct} cu 
1 
.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 
' 
 
. ; 
 
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 
 
.., 
 
.~ : 
.. 
 
: 
 
CClVJPA,'l/I..B LE 1 3 A..."REA TOTALS 1/ 
 
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 , 
 
-~ - 
 
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 
 
.&ro-J; 
 
cffff!'VtCb 
 
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) 
 
. - ., - GSORGI.l\. 
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 :.- \, 
 
 _,_ .-,j...J 
 
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 
 
I ( 
 
Sept. Sept. Se;et. 
 
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. 
 
 I 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COlVTh.ifERCI./ll. A..TmAS,. BY WEEKS - 1955 
 
Page 2. 
 
STATE 
 
... . l Sept. 
 
. . I 
 
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. 
 
 . ( . .' 
UNITED STATE$ DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE. 
 
  
 
.: : ,,.: : 
 
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) 
 
: 
 
. ~ . : - .. 
 
, . .. ; . .. 
. ' . '_ BROILER CHICK REPORT lio<>R-- GEORGIA .CO!~lERCIAL -AREAS 
 
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. 
 
.- . 
 
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. 
 
' ;'. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
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 
 
r 
 
Sept".  3 
Sept  .10. 
 
3,825 
-3,740 
 
4,343 4,446 
 
: 
 
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 
 
.. 
 
.. 
 
. : . 
 
., 
 
SOU1H BRAtiCU l.IBRARY 
 
TH E m~ I ~ERS ITY OF GEORGIA TH E U~ TV ERS ITY LIBRARIES 
ATHOOS GA. 
 
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STATE  
 
.. 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO~ RCIAL AREAS,  By ~EKS ;;.; 1955 
 
. 
 
. .. . u July . . :I 30 
 
Week Ending 
 
Aug. : Aug. 
 
Aug. .. Aug~ I Sept. 
 
6 
 
13 I 20 
 
27 
 
3 
 
Sept. 10 
 
:: 
 
Page 2. 
 
Sept. : Sept. I Oct. 
 
17 I 
 
24 I 
 
1 
 
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 
 
' 
 
. 
 
Arkansa~ ' 
 
Louisiana . . "', 
 
Texas 
 
- - 
 
 
. -. 
 
- 
 
.... 
 
2,048- 
 
Washing'tc:>n 
 
187 
 
Oregon 
 
193 : 
 
California , - 
 
1,287 
 
TOTAL 
 
. . 
' 
 
t: 
 
. 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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~ r. 
 
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 
 
y Fcr~...'r 
 
~ 
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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<qo<t 
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 Oct~ber 5; 1955 
 
.. . 
 
,. 
 
. , FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF SEfTEl~ER 15, 1955 
 
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0. 
 
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. 
 
~ .. 
 
. 
 
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. 
 
 : 
 
' 
 
.Indt3.Xes ;l9J.O-l4 =10.0 Price's Recei,;.ed . 
Parity Index !/ 
 
Summary Table for the United States 
 
246  " ~J3 
 
 235 
 
Ji3 
 
280 
 
. . 279 '. ~.. " 
 
278 
 
290 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
88 
 
 - ~L 
 
. 85 
 
.123 
 
1/ Pt~ces Paid; Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rate~~ 
2/ Aiso February and April 1952, 
 
Feb~ 1951>. 
Mai.i952 ' ?;./ 
Oct. 1946  
 
, 
 
D. L. FIDYD 
 
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. . Agric.~ltural Sti:rtistician, -In Charge 
 
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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SOUl'H BRAtJCU J..l~RARI . 
 
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TH E UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
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 . . , : :'.: 
 
- G:F..ORGIA 
 
COMMODITY AUD . 
ID-~IT 
When.t, ~. 
 
AverngEi I :  . 
 
 ' 
 
. I!Aver"\go 
 
' I  . . . 
 
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. \ 
 
.. ' 
 
Oo.ts, .. Bu. 
 
Irish P;tat~es; Bu. 
 
Sv1eet Potatoes, Bu, $ 
 
Cotton, Lb. 
 
 
 
 91 .67 
.. ': ~ 
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 
 
.1-. 1.24 
 
! 
 
: 
 
. 55 i, :- : 56 . 
 
,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 
 
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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