- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Georgia crop reporting service.
- Title:
- Georgia crop reporting service [1956]
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Publisher:
- Athens, GA : Georgia. Department of Agriculture. Crop Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1956-12-27
- Subject:
- Georgia
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- publications (documents)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- 1940/1941-1974.
Issued in various sections.
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service, University of Georgia College of Agriculture, Georgia Agricultural Extension Service, cooperating.
Split into: Weekly hatchery; Georgia farm report; Farm labor; Monthly poultry summary; and: Livestock report, weekly hatchery. - External Identifiers:
- Call Number GA A400.C7 P1 C7 1956
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1956-bfolio
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_i-ga-ba400-pc7-bp1-bc7-b1956-bfolio
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
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During \ th~ ~~-ek ending December ,)1 cormnerciai hatcheries placed 3 1 693~000 chi~ks
with btoiler. producers in Georgia commercial area~. This is 2 percent bel6w the
317611 900 jof the previous week but 36 percent more than the 21 7191 00Qi plac.ed ~he
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Hatchk~ies: reported prices paid for hatching eggs ~uring the ~eek at Cin average of
87 cents per dozen. Average pri.ce charge<i...by ha~cher:i.E;JS i9:r .:chicks'' was rep,orted
~t ~16.00 pe;' hundred These ~ pr~ces .comp.are with 8-7 '.5 ~ cents and ~16.00 for the pre-
vious week and with 67 cents and ~12.2.5 one year ago. ~gg prices sho~ relat~ to
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Endin .. ~ 19.54 : I 19.55
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Geargia 1955
of Chicks 19.54 : 19.5.5
on Farms 19.54 : 19.55
Thousands
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Thousands
Thousands
Oct. 29 :;,.568 . 4,.554
2,290 3, 0.56 .
.322 32.6 2,612. 3,382
~ov. 5 :3i533 . 4,514
2,243 2,918
394 248 2t637 ' 3,166
~ov. 12 ; :3~~87 . 4,669
2,270 3,061
380 341 2,650 3,402
Nov. 19 ;3,557 ; . 4,596
2,308 2,9)7
382 286
2, 69Q .3,~23
Nov. 26 ' iJ,697 . 4,620
riec, ~ ; 3,14.5 . 4,591
2,29.5 3,026 2,294 .3,074
46.5 370 496 388
2, 760 .. ),J96 2, 790 .; 3,462
Dec. 1'0. : ~ec. 17 ~ Dec. 2ti 1 Dec, 3ft :
),;621
3,749 ?,544
677
4,649 4,683 4,832
4 797
,2 ,-2 9,5 .: 2,281 1,901 2 312
3,096 . 2,9.59 3,076 3 073
450 421 ' 2,745 . 3,$17
426 421
583 68.5
,2,107 3,$42
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407 620 2 719 : ' 3 693
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412 1;412 3,,.,5.39 .
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1;840 ..240
2,212 30'4
1,558 1,100 1, 542
377 1,418 1,563 1,82'1 1, 773
283 2,237
286
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545
1,077
671
1, 409
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394 . 1 166
1,.448 ~ . 381
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1,784 . t [ 1,157
1;.748 .. fi 1, 0 Z8
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1,491 224
1,231 201
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4,683 4 ,832 -4,797
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3,16q 3, -02 3,223
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1,212 1,086
1,056 872
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1,368
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3,517
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2,031 175
2,189
21 040 160
2,217
1,460 253
1,638
1,495 313
1,745
1;592 276
1,715
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1, 764 1,748
1,859 288
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1, 797 266
1,803
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334
302
130
140
194
183
154
174
128
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278
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98
101
113
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150
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726 494 607 692 157 586 1,495 11151 1,110 4 75 1, 4 14 214 3,542
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1,824 292
1,797 222 121 999
20, 448 14 ,801
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Dec. 24
Dec. 31
728
756
467
587
579
572
698
740
127
130
563
519
11 614 1,074
1 1 607 1,14 3
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1,19 7
508
466
1, 408
1,366
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1,446
1,319
900
885
1,807
1, 730
276
240
1,624
1, 708
199
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141
140
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20:489 11,331
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Athen s, Georgia
D~C"'!1>'BER 1955 PTG 'RE>'OBT
GEORGIA: The total number of "pi g s produced in Georgia during 1955 is estim a ted a t 2,406,000 head .
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which is 3 percent abo-.re the 2,334,000 produced in 1954. The spr ing pi g crop o!
1,300 , 000 was the sa.me a s last year while the fall crop of 1,106,000 head was 7 perc~~t above the
fall crop in1954.
Sows farrowi.I}g-duri.ng the last . half . of 1955 numbered 165,000 as comp a red with 159,000 for .the s a~re
p_eriod in 1 954-. Total sows. farrovdng for the year vrere 365,000 head as com:pcxe d with 3"53,000 for
last year. ~arrt1ers1 reports on breeding intent.ions ind ica te 216,000 sows t o f a rrm'7 in the spring
of . 19?6, .whi"ch ~s 8 perce~t above the f a rrowing for the s ame period in 1955.
Acknowledge~ent ism~ae- fr; t-lie-Po5tri;a5ter s-a:nd- Rural- ta.rrre:rs;vertfie- - l .
State for their assist ance in collecting the b a sic infor:nation from which 1
' t hese estimates .Yfere made . The splendid cooperation sho~m '1:1y severa,l
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." thousand of their patrons "'('ho furnished reports for their individual ) ~ ar~s is also OJ>p r e c ~:.;a:..t:..:e:..:d:.;__________ _ _ _ _ _ _---=-~---~---'---'---'1
Ul iTm ,~:: Th~ 1955 p.i g ctop tot G.led 95 .3 million he f:ld , en increa~e of 10 percent from tb0
r evi9ed e stirnut e for 1954 . The spring pi g crop a t 57,3 million he::J.d was up. 8 percent ond "the f all crop e..t 37.9 million h eM. was 12 percent l a rger thfln l ::.st year . The number of s~ws f arrowi n~ this f"n,ll wa:; 1.1 percent l:u-ger th::m l st year . The numbe r of pigs . s Av e d per ht ter for. the f all crop ,a t 6.81 pigs is the highest on r e cord .
For the '1956 -sp ring pig crop, r eports on br e e ding int.Emt ions indic at e a totcl of 8 ,11 6 , 000 sqws in fiJ:!rov:. -~ percent b e lo;.v the .numb e r f ,-,,rro:ring l :> s t spri ng . If the i n t ention s for spring .f.q rro wings
mr.t en ch _ze nnd the numb c:r of pi g s s .ved per litter egunls t he 10-yoar :>v e r ngc .'lith <.'n e.ll.O"I"Bnc e
for up-..w.rd trend, the 1956 spring .p i g crop ;rould be 56.0 million hc <' d . A crop of this size .,-,ould
be 2 percent sm<. llor. thr:m l ;' st spring .
FALL FIG. c:tlOP.: The numb e r of p i gs s r:.v e d in the f <~ ll se ~c son of 1955 (J'unl.'l 1 - Dcctl mbe.r 1) is
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estim rted .r-.t 37, 914, 000 h0ad . Th is is 3 , 936 , 000 hc'-' d or 12 percent l " r gor . then
the l 'J ~ f:'-11. crop '."nd 12 pe rcent ~bove t he 1944:-53 :i.ve:r n.gc , rmd the 1 ~ rg est f ~ll piB crop si~ce
1951, i ~ll pl g numbers ::.r e -bove 1 :--.st y e nr in nll r egions. The numb e r of sows f ~.rrowing in the
f pll of 1955 is o stimr"ted .'1.t 5,569,000 h e"d , or 11 percent greP.t e r th~n a yeru: ~".go , <md 7 percent
'lhove the 10-yeP.r P.verge .
YE.MtLY PIG CRoP: The combine d spring and fall pi g crop for 1955 is esti_ma ted at 95,256 ,000 h ead . This is 8,426,000 .he ad or 10 percent l a rge r than the 1954 crop an(l_ 8 percent
!l.bove the 10-year average. The tot al 195 5 pig crop -is the htrge st sinc<l 1951.
Farmers' r epo rts on bre eding intentions indicate 8 ,J.1 6 , 0CO soifs to f a rrow in the spring of 1956 ( De c ember 1, 1955 - June 1, 1956)._ This '!Tould be a de~re ase of 2 p ercent from l a st spring and 4 percent belovt ave:rage .
ARCBIE LA!,TGLEY Agri cultural Statistician, Acting In Charge
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FALl- (June 1 to December 1)
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1,193 .
174
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159
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y 200
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165
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UNITED STArES
10-vear 1944-53 Av.
1954)) 1955 . ' lS56 .
8,485 7,669
y 8 ,309
8 ,116
6.39 6 . 89 6. 90
54,213 52, 8 52 57,342
5,195 5,014 5,569
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Number indicated to f ar r ow f-rom bree ding intent i ons r eports.
6 .53
6 . 78 6. f31
33,912 33,978 37,914
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1955
SOVJS F!~RROWING J.\HD PIGS SAV2D I N GF.ORGIA SPRI NG AND FALL (Pe riod 1937 - 1955)
Year
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175
130
J05
1,010
762
1938
189
162
3Sl
1,115
940
1939
216
179
3~5
1,210
984
1940
184
149
333
975
849
1941
184
170
354
1,067
969
1942
215
206
h21
1,247
1,215
1943
256
220
476
1,435
1, 276
1944
2 1~ 8
167
415
1,414
952
1945
191
172
363
1,108
998
1946
195
182
317
1,1Jl
1,092
1947
18?
173
360
1,103
1, 038
1948
170
163
333
1,003
994
1949
182
173
355
1,110
1,055
1?50
198
190
388
1,247
1,159
1951
208
205
413
1,269
1,292
1952
220
172
392
1,386
1,066
1953
178
138
316
1,157
911
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194
159
353
1,300
1,034
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165
365
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Total
1, 7"72
2, 055
2,194 1, 824 " 2,036 2,462 2,761 2,366 2,106 2,223 2,141 l, 997 2,165 2, 1~06 2, 561 2, h52 2,068 2,331+ 2,406
Ath0ns, Georgia
FARM PPJ:_CE__REPORT AS OF DECR":B:!!:R 15_,_2.255 . :
iy GEORGIA : D?I"ing the I:IlOnth ended Dec~mber 15, .the all coriU!lo.di index of prices re-
ceived by Georgia farmers declined 2 points. At the present 'lev.el the iridex is 2L~6 percent of t:he .January ~910- December 1914 aver~ge, and 8 points be.:.
low the level of the index during the corresponding period 1ast year. Thi 5: is the
loweSt level of the index since April 1950. .
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The livestock and livestock products component of the index at l 98 percent or'- its 1910- 1914 average is 8 points beiow last month and compares with 206 a . year ag~. This is the . lowest level of the livestock and 1i vestoc k products index since Harch 1946. A continued downward movement in hog prices to the lovies t level since July 1944 was primarily responsible for the shift in the livestock .index. Av~r~ge p~ice : received for beef cattle improved slightly during; the month. Prices received for all chickens averaged 18.6 cents per. pound in mid-December - a decline o.f app-ox ... iJrul.tely 2.4 cents per pound during the month. Prices received for eggs averagf3d
56.5 cents per dozen - an incl"ease of about 2 -cents per dozen .over a mo~th ,ago .and
13.5 cents .per dozen above a year ago.
Higher prices received during the month for wheat, sweetpota.toes, all. baled hay~ and soybeans were offset by lower prices received for cotton lint, oats, and peanuts and caused the all crop component of the :index to remain unchanged from the mid-l'.ovember level.
U1HTED STATES: Continued declines in prices received by farme rs for hogs, cattle,
and- co-tten-1-ewered -the Prices Received Index one pe-rcent during the
month ended in mid-December. The mid-December index at 223 percent of its 1910-14
average compares with 225 in November and 239 in Decemb er 1954. Prices received
1f' opr eergcgens,t
fruit, during
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clined 3 percent. These indexes were both 7 percent below a year earlier.
Except for feeder livestock, which declined further during the month, _changes in the prices of goods and services bought by farmers were relatively small . A one
point decline in the Index of Prices Paid for Production Items was offset by a one point increas e in the Index of Prices Paid for Family Lfving Items, leaving the Parity Index unchanged from .the 279 of Nov-ember.~ -
Dith the Parity Index unchanged and the Index of _Prices Received for Farm Product~
continuing to decline, the :Parity Ratio" dtopped tc;>. ~w, the lowest since September
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239
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223
313
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Parity Index 1/
279
279
279
290
2/May 1952
Parity Ratio -
86
81
80
123
- Oct.l946
g(r.r-Pr.ices Paid, Interest; Taxes, and Wage Rates. Also Fe bruary and April 1952
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON
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hish Po1;8.to~.~~u."~ . 1_:12_, 1.~.?. j. .1 ~60 . .../_so1 :;:-f ?.o.
I Sweet Potatoes(Bu $ . 83 j 3 10
1 00
2 20 1
88
.1 :o5 2. 59
.~3:_ . :. ..:8~: .... . ~
1.68 ; 2~.03
~ 12:6 ,' 34:2 33:0 )2:4.: .'32,7 [:32.4 31.2 Cotton, lb.
'i., I .32:8 I
Cottons~ed1 .t9n :$ 24.~9 60.00 . .'I'..42.0Q. j: ~4:a,.po ; 1~-'i~~z.~-~5.. . . _ ,59~60 ~ t . ~4.90 , , : :~~o;OO Hay (baled), to~$ ----- 29".40 24.00' '. }s~oo_ ,-.:; ..:--:- -'_. :a~:.~?; I. 20~~0 ~ .' . z~~:~o ' .
Ho gs, per cwt. $
i 7.,33. 1.8.00 13.50, I " n~?O
:. 7.27 . , ~ . :1.7.p0.. ' . 1~ ~ ?0; . ' 10~60 .
Beef Cattle,cwt $ Mill< Cow,., head $
3.87
.33.80
I 10.10 , 10.90
90.00 96.QO
r n.oo =.: : s>~:a : 15.so l 14.10 : 13.50 c
',96.~, 4~,00 . :141.00 1 - 1:"~-00 : H<OO
: .:::: . .l. ~:::~:~.1b. ~:::
I: -;:J:.. _J,; :::.:
: , ; .: : :,
~~:; ~::~:~ ~:::
Butterfat,. 'i'b . . 2.?.7 . I .54.0
51..0
}dilk (wholesale) .
per 100#-];.J .. $ . . 2.42
;::::~,:~ : s.o
.1 . .
6.05 . 6.2.0.
1:::"
I
2 1:::
..51,:0 ::: 26~3 , .. .. .- 5~...~ ... , 57.2.~
I . .. ''
,6:20
!.
> I ~?Q,_ l, . .
. ...
4_.3'i .
.:-~.~4~ .:
":~:c 11:::7,1::r:
57,-7 ..
.~. 4~5
1:::'
]) Prelinii~~~r;{z; ~-;~;b;~-.~ i9~ -: h- -.-:: ' .
, . ,--~~~-,. -_,L ._;: =-:-:-~~~-
., . :
~
~ ~
I :.
~ - I ":.
',
~
: ";.
'
. ,
. . .IHDEX NUMBERS .OF :t'RICES R~EIVED BY FA:flii.1EBS. IN G3jQRGI-!i.
' .. (January .1910 - Decemb.er 19i4' a loo)
: . .
tee. 15, Nov 15. , ..~c. is,
~--- -A:l.fcCi~oditie s- -:- : . -,-
I'
AH Crops
.
.Grain and. Hay
I
Cotton Lin~ . Pe-anuts :
-~ ' . ;- -- ..-.:- .._: :7.-:.:-~: -:- .~.1. 925544"'- :.-:;,.:-;:-_-1:-295458.:. :: :-:-:-~1.:9a5465- ---:-1' : . ,.
. . ..
..,
~.
.~.
f
., 279. -176 .
.
.. , .:, . :., ., 282' ...
268
268 ,- .. -
.:ia3i7o:, ., -;..
137 270
1
(
' ' ..
; <~ ' 220 ' '. ' .. ' 222 .. ;_, 216 . :;...
1
.Tobacco
.
.,,
, 362 ., . ' . 362 . :: .:362 . "' . :,
:aos. Cott9nseed
Irish Pota
. ~d
toes
,-,; ~oSwybe.eeten~sota, !t9. es,
.
&
C, 9,w;p~ a, .~,
f
.
,
,-
1
:.
,
, - ~:51 . : . , 289.. ..
Fruits arid Nuts
'
'
- ~ 75 . .
.
189 . 2:33
'
~75
213
_
.
J
.
:
!_'".
.
235
All Livestock and Livestock Products
206
206
198
Meat :Ani.mals .
;';
.. ~: ~ : , ; '': : :254 . : . . ~16
' 202 ..
- --- PDQa~ilrtyrPy~oatdldu:stEsggs
.. - .. ~---
-
~ - - ~
.. .
. ReVised
.. . . .
<_.. : .. :
- . . . .
, -1 .. , = . : :)..4~
. .
.. .:, .. .
- -- ~
-
.' . - -
! [ - ....
-}-3
7.. -
. .'. :' .
l79.,
242
._
.. ~lq39? _.
------ . .. ..--- --- - ---'
...
, .-
.
. --. - - ----:-7GIDRGIA- --- - - ,- --:-:-- . -:, ~--::=~-~ :~~ ---I--~~ ;:--: -ih~IiDEJf.~- ~
-
KIND oF FEED ~~ni~5:-. ,..,Nf-9~~5-~- t l -::; -~~~~is~--:.::.f, J5e~9sa~r N~-9-5~5 ]'. -~~5515 '
Mixed Dair~ Feed
--~---- -. -,i-~-- -boll'ars pe;-~ci(};p-;;~as ~l-~-:-~--- - -- --- -
i. I - , ! Al1l6U~~~ nPdreort9ei%n
Protein
!
I
4c.lo ..
. .3.,9.5
, .
3.85 ..
. :3.75 I . .
~33.._,.87<05 ...-
~:~
-.,.
,: -
..3:'92'_ 3.81 ,
.
I
:
3'.62 . 3 .55
.3.~3 ... 3.58 :
18% Protein . 20o/o Protein
.j' , '
4.30 . 4:50 "
1
;
4.05 .. . 4.10
:
1:..
.
-
---~3f.;6985.~ '
1I :
,
_ :; ,~
3:.89 :4i.l.6
-1l
:..
3.59 3 ."80
'
...
3~:.5870
24~Frotein . . . i 4.55
4.20
H~h Protein Feeds . . .;
ottonseed Meal :
4~15 ... (.... 3.30
! Soyb eanMeaJ.
4.90
4.20
! . Meat Scrap
1. . 5.80
4.95
I G.r~a~in:lBiyn-gPsr.oducts. :. -~ t~ ; ~:~~ ~:- ~. . ~j~
Corn MeaJ.
: 4.20
3.90
1 4~.?0_~ li . ~.31 1 ~ . .. 3.99 I \ ? :9? .....
I ,..
'
- '43::2ac0f
....~il ''I
.1
: 4..44.. ' ' 4.79'
!
j
, .
-3.71 . 3.69 . . -4.. 07 ;.. ,3,.96, _,,:
! 4.70
5.52:: .\ . . 4>80 . 4.55.
I I
~:~~
3.80
1
Il t~, : .;:,~ .:.~.J~. ~ :.. ''
1
3.29
3.28
Poultry Feed Broiler Growing
I i
I
1 ~
La~~~ Mash
Scratch Grains
I I ~:~8 I t~~
4,50
4.20
!:~~
4.20
)~;1r.r _____i1-~:~-~J~:ggj_--~:gg_
4.77 4.38 3.94
32.90 28.70
4.78 4.36 3.93
33.10 29.10
IT As reported by Feed Dealers
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
GEORGTIA . A~:::~.~;RGAL
AGRICULTURE
C!hrJjJ .
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
J?Jc~
. ::J
GEORGIA J'.GR ICULTURAL
f COLLEGI::: OF AGFHCUL..TURE !then$; Gcoreia
EXTENSI ON St::RVICE
Janu.:-.ry 11, 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGI.;. CQlvjJ'R.CL~L LREJ\S
furing the ' week ending January 7 cowaerci al hatcheries placed 3,997,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas . This is 8 percent above the 3,6Y3,000 of the p revious week and 47 percent more than the 2,719,000 placed the same week last year.
Local hatchings of 3,380)000, excludt ng shipments of 222,000 chi ct:s to other state~,
compares with the 3,0'73,000 of the previous week and 44 percent more than the
2,350,000 of one year ago o Eggs set by local hatcherios amounted to 5, 08 5, 000 or 6 percent above the ~. , 797 }000 of the previous week and 31 percent greater than the 3, 883,000 for the corresponding week last ~rear .
Hatcheri es reported pri ces paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
87 cents p'er dozen. ".ve:r-age prj_ce charged by hatcheri es for chick s l-laS reported at ~16.00 per l;mndred . The se p rices com~)are u:Lth 87 cents and .;)il6o00 f or t he previous week and with 69 ~ents and \?12 , 25 one y ear ago. Egg prices s hovm relat e to Georgil;
produced hatching eggs , whether bought on contract or otherwise.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEOHGL\ CHICK . P.LA<:.X~IENT BY ~lEEKS : PERIOD ImVBhB~2L_.l9.22 THROUGH ~J.:.'m.;'+RY 7~ 1956
Date Week Eflding
I
Egg-s
I
Set
iI 1954-55:1955-56 ThousandS"-
I Nov. 5 I . Nov. 12
3,533 3,487
Nov. 19 . , 3,55:7
2~ I Nov.
. 3,697
Dec .
3, 11-+5
i~ I nee.
3,621
Tlec .
. 3, 749
Dec. 24 I 3,54L~
4,514 4,669
4,596 4, 620 ~., 591
4, 649 4,683
h,832
I Chicks Hatched 1 - I nshipmerits
Place d in Ge orgia
of Chi cks !
1 95 4 - 5 5 : 1 9 . 5 5- 5 6 Thousands
2,243 2,2?0 2,308 2 , 2 95 2, 294
2, 918 3,061
2,937 3,026 3, 074
1954-55:1955-56 1
I Thousands
I
I
I 394 3AO
248 341
I !
l
I
382
1.+65
496
286 370 388
2,295 3, 096 .I 450
421
2,281 1, 901
2, 9.59
I
_1
426
3,076 ;I 421
583 685
Total Placed on Farms
1954-55:1955-56 Thousands
2, 637 2,650 : 2, 690 2, 760 .
2, 790 . 2, 7Lt.5 .
2,707 2,322
3,166 3,402 3 , 2 23 3, 396 3, 462 3, 517 3,542 3,761
Dec . 3i . j 3, 677 4,7 97
J!!! 7 . 3, 883 5,085
.I 2,312
3, 073
I
I
407
2 350 3 380
369
620 617
2, ( 19 3,693 2, 719 3z 997
y ":xclusi ve of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
C_fl. RL .0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statisti cian
ARCHI E LANGLEY Ag ricultural Statistician In Charge
'OJITD Tr }.._\ - it IH~'l:\'?0'~ ~;-:-:_ -'-~~;;
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'(f!J i1) - .i - -
) (~~r-~\ ? ~ ;J~ ~~ -r<:" )~ ,&~ ~t~~ :ll,.~o- ~~l~p!:~-~;.~ ~~~- ~~-~*!'af ~#~ i
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENTOF
. ~ ~)J~~
1~~ ~1 . 1~
AGRICUI..TURAt.. MARKETING
w.~
. ~$\ ~~~~-~if/X?Jt~3:r~aK~~:~~ _-.J{ \~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA -COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
GEORGIA AGRI'.:ULTURAL EXTENSION-SERVICE
( '
~ 11\,
Athens;, Georgia
January 12, . 1956 -
COfijjiiERCIAL VEGETABLES FOR FRESH MARKET, AC:I'{EAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION
----
-~1JARY 1,1956-- - -
1!I_ITITED STAT ES: Tl1~ production of winter vegetables for fresh market is now fore-
cast at 1. 67 million tons, 5 percent more than. t:Jroduced in this sea son last year and 12 percent above avera ge, according to the Crop Reporting
Board. Production prospec.ts fo r winter ve geta l!les were reduced substantially in
Florida by a period of low temperatures which be gan in the southe rn part of that
State on January 6. Dama ~e to vegetabl e s caused by low temperatures through Januar~r 9 is reflected in the forecasts included in this re port,
Total winter vegetable production is expected to remain high in s pite of t he freeze
because this year's acreage is 7 percent larger than the acreage harvested in 1955
~nd ve getable crop prospects remain excellent in Texas, Arizona. and California, The princi pal effect of the curr ent low temperatures in Florida is exp ected to be a t emporary reduction in marketings, but for s ome tender cr ops , pro~~uction for the balan ce of the winter season may be affected,
ONIONS : Texas' 1956 early s pr ing onion acreage is estimated at 51,300 acres 1 36 :percent more than the 3 7, 600 acres harvested in 1955. This year ' ' s acreage
~s corisidera:)ly smaller than the 71,700 a cres planted in 1950 but is: lar ger than the acrea ge harvested in any ~rear si-nce 1946.
Late spring intended onion acr eage is placed at 11-t, 700 acres, 7 percent less than the~OO _ acres harvested in 1955 and 15 percent be low avera ge . In California, acreage .this year is not expected to change m~;t teri a lly from that of 1955 except in
Ker n County, where growers have se eded l ess acr eage . Wet fields in -the Stockton area, where h~a.vy rains occurred in late Dece.!Jlb er, have hampered trans planting , but ~eve ral weeks _remain during which onions can be planted in this section. In Arizona , a substantial reduction in spring on~on acreage is reported. Present in-
tentions of growers in Texas indicate a late s pring acreage close to that of 1955.
A de cline i:p. l'Jo rth Texas and a compe nsating increase in the Panhandle are repor t ed, Developme1it. of the Texas early spring cro p will have a further influence on growe r':
plans. .At "the present time, it is very dry ii,J. i~ orth 'l'exas--too dry to pr epare seed
beds and pla.nt onions. In Ge orgia , onion acreage is expe c ted t o be cut shar p ly ~his yea r as a result of unfavorable returns in rec ent years. Dry -;v-eat he r ther e tJ_as been dE?lay ing trans plant ing.
EARLY cm.ll"'RRCIAL POTATOES : In the early spring area of Florida., planting in the
important Hastings s ection has started but , as usual, most of the acreag e will go in during Januar y . In Hi lls bor ough Count;r of Central Florida, planting is expecte d to be completed by the middle of January. In the Eve r gl ades , planting of the early spring acreage is in go od pro gr e ss,
Growers of the late spring acreage report intentions of 117,350 acres, 7 percent less t han the acreage harvested in 1955 and 22 pe r cent l ess than average . The int ended acreage in California is 62,000--10 percent less than in 195) . In Alabama, t he intended acreage is 19 ,200, 30 perc ent l es s than the amount plante d in 1955 but
4 perc ent more than the 18 ,500 a cre s harve-sted last year. North Carolina is ex-
pe c ting n o c hange fi" om a year ago, while growers in South Carolina re port ed an expected 8 percent decline.
ARCHTE 11n-TGLf.Y Agricultural Sta tistician In Charge
L. H. HARRI~, J R.
Vegetabl e Crop Estimator
.. '
. : . .
'ROP .L\J\TD STATE-' .
- -2 -
.JE1' TUC E :
-: Acres : Acre s Acres : - Cra tes 4 - 6 do z.-: - l , 000 crates - ..
i.Jinter: Arizona, Yuma
:
Prelimc
14, 880 : 11,500: 13jOOO: . 180 195
.
.
200 2, 66o : 2, 2LI2 : 2, "6()0.
California
33 ,020 : 34.500: 38 , 800 : 187 210 210 6 ,147: 7,21.~5 : 8 ,148
Texas Florida
10,030: 14 ,000 : 20,800: 123 135 120 1,196 : 1, 890 : 2,496
_ _?.J~~..:.. _3.!.?~0 :_ _4 ,o~o: ___148__:_1IO_:_ ~.?~ . :_ _ _3?_0..:_ - ~?.:_ ~f9ci
-- ---- ----- Group t otal
-
... - ~-:
6o , 280: 63 , 500: 7 6 , 6oO : 173 : 189 : 181 : 10, 353: 11,972 : 13 , 8JJ+-::
. .;-.-....
: ---,--- : ------:-------:---~-:- .....-'- -: ~ - -- -
JNI ONS: Early Spring
. "
.
. .
. .
. . . . Sacks 50 lbs - : . - 1, ~00 .~a.-c ks -
. .
.
Texas
: 35 , 530 : 37 . 600 :51,300 : 121: 125: : 3 ,798 : 4,700:Mar.9 . - - - - -- - -- 7 Prosp8c:; - - -- - -- - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - -
Late Spring i Caii forni'a
Arizona Louisiana Ge orgia Texas
Gr oup. total.
tl~
:.
5 , 020 : 3,800: 3 , 6oO: 545 5 6o
2, 692: 2 ,128 :
1,240: 1,400: 1,000 : 587 530
753 : 7Ltg :!-Cay 10
280: ---- : -- - - - 9!-t
27.: ---:
1,070 : 1,000: 6o6 : 156 1 6o
170: 16o:
69P;_ ..:;!.Ti.O:.. ___9L
_9 , 500 : _ ~o_ :_1g_5_ :___ __..:.. _ -~f-!.6..:.. f._,g_o~:._ __
. _}J..! 3,6o : 15 ;S?O:_:_14,700: . 2 63 268 -:
4 , 508 : ~ , 22~_:_:_ ___
:or ETICIAL EARLY
::rU SH POTATOES Late Spring :
Ca.liforn,ia
. '
.
.
. - 3ushe1s -
69 ,.ooo : 69 ,ooo: 62, ooo: Lto6 475
. . - 1,000 Bush els -
27, 842 : 32 ,775 :
Louisia ha
9 , 030 : 4 , 6oO : 3 ,700 : 78 45
fl.t. : 207: .
i'IJ:i s s i s s i p p i Ala.b ar.l8. ,
1, 520 : -600 : 6oO : 90 21 ;170: 18 , 500 : 19 ,200 : 150
f:J5 :
&3
139 : 39 :
: . 3 ,218 : 1,202 :
Ge org ia.
:. 1, o4o : 6oo , (J3 o: 130 100
141: 6o:
South-Carolina
.8-, 800 : 6 , 5'00 : 6 , 000 : 1 65 125
1,459 : 8J.2 :
Arizona
4 , :15 0: 4 , 300 : ~. ,000.: 374 400
..: 1,548: 1,920 :
Texa s
4 , 890 : 3 , 800 : . 3 , 6oOc: 71. 65
: 347 : 247 :
Oklahoma
.950 : . 500 : 300 :r; 130 .210 ~ : ' . : 128 : 105 :
Arkansas
3 ,030 : '1.,:300.:- 1 , 200: 87 100 :
. :: 270 :. 130 :
Tennes see
3 , 500: 1,300 : 1,100 : 120 1 6o . :
: . 423 : 208 : .
riY;tr9wr,-w:sr:.:=..:= North Carolina : 21.~ , 000 : 15;000: 15 , 000 : . 208. : 2 6o :
4 . 959 : 3 , 900: ..
=- _ __Q_:oup total
5Y;oa-o:i~6-;503?~-117~5o: -~ 76_:_3~9~=--- :
lj : Group average s (including All Sta t es) ar e simple a vera g es of . annua l data .
~.~v~G~~L ouf~~~Jii$J1~ GlEORGTIA
AGMRi::~~~~RGAL
&a
HOS007
G-4/l3
l95"b
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
\Athens, Georgia
EXTENSION SERVICE
J rumar.r l R, 1~ 56
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR V~OllGIA COi :! ERCL_L ;_nz;.s
During the week ~nding January 14 commercial hatcheries placed 3,995,000 chicks w:i.th
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with 3,997,000 for the
previous week and is 53 percent more than the 2,611,000 placed the same week last
year.
Local hatchings of 3,322,000, excluding shipments of 267,000 chicks to other states , comiJares wi'th the 3, ) oO,OOO of t he p r evious week and 45 percent more than the 2,2R6 , 000 of one year ago. !;; ggs s et by local hatcheries amounted to 5,11-l-9 , 000 or 1 percent above the 5,085,000 of the previous week and 26 percent greater than the
l.),o)o, ooo for the corresponding week last year.
Hatche ries reported pri ces paid for llat chinc; egp:s during the vTe ek at an average of 87 cents per dozen . l\verage price char ged by hatcheries for chicks was rep orted at $16. 00 pe r hun r' red. These p rices compare. ;..rith 87 cents and f;l 6 . uO for the previous week and 1rith 68 cents and ~;~13.00 one ye ar a r,o:. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia pro duce d hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
(See r everse side for other states)
GSO~GIII.
Date
CHIC!~-f
PL:J.CENENT Egg s
_
F.~
ITrR~C~h_ic_'<-_sPKH1aItOeDherdioyv~;~~,ms-
i
I
1 n
2, 19_2p...._1'HRO,YGH shipment s
_}.mu:.RY 14, 1956 Total Pla ced
1leek Ending
i
Set
!
i 1954~55: 1955-56 _'
I Thousands
I I
Placed in Georgia I of Chicks
195/,-55:1955~_?6 11954-55: 1955-56
Thousands ' Thousands
.
I
on Farms
1954-55:1955- 56
Thousands
Nov. 12 .1 3,487 4,669
2, 270 3,061
380
310.
2,650 3,402
Nov. 19 1 3,557 : 4,596
2, 308 2,937
382
286
2, 690 3, 223
i!ov. 26 I 3,697 4, 620
2,295 3'026
. 465
370
2, 760 3,396
De c. 3 i 3, 11.6 4, 591
2, 294 3, 07L~
496
388
2, 790 3, 462
I Dec . 10 ! 3,621 4, 649
Dec . 17 3,7L~9 4, 68 3
2,295 3,096 2,281 2,959
450
421
~26
583
2, 745 3,517 2,707 3,542
Dec . 24 3,544 4, 832
1,901. 3,076 .I 421
685
2,3 22 3,761
) ec . 31 11 3,677 4, 797
2, 312 3,073 ! 497
620
2, 719 3,693
Jan . 7 3,883 5, 085
Jan . 14 ! 4, 0 50 5, lL(9
2,3)0 3,3130 ! ' 3o9
617
2,719 3, 997
2, 286 3::;_,,'-"3'-2-'2_ _,__---=;..32=5=--__6-:7-=3----'---"2-,._6,_1_1_~3""''c..:.9...:...9.:::_5_
y P.xclusive of hatchings shipped into states outsid-e of Georgia .
Cf.RL 0 LO~S~H:>;R Agricultural Statistician
1~RCHI? L..'.NGLSY
i:.gricultural Statistician In Charge
, I'
~ 1
' '
STATE
- - - - - - - - - - - EGGS SET A.l@ CHICKS PLA. CED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1955-56
. Dec.
. 31
Jan. 7
Jan. 14
EGGS SET - 'I' T~or c: ANDs
.. :Nev.
Nov.
..
.. . .
: -1-2 --
19
Week - .Ending - - - - - ---
Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec
26
3
10
17
------ --
Dec.
Dec.
24
31
CFI CKS PLACED - THCV3iu.JDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland
-,I
~99
I 1,651
I 1,077
l 1,409
! 394
I
I
1,448
I
!
1,496
! 1, 784
Virginia
. l, 748
We s t Virginia
291
I
_Qli North Carolina
South Carolina.
GE ORGIA
7
Florida Alabama
, 589
I
I 1,212
Mississippi
1,086
ArkE4<sas Louis'iana
I 2,040 160
Texas_. Washi.ngton Oregon : -'
California.
2,217
I
i
302
I 278
I 1,:674
1,034 1,702 1,152 1,587
390 1,619 1,487 1,842 1,855
283 2,226
334 5,085
570 1,283 1,148 2,110
183 2, 345
329 . 333
1, 772 .
I! 1,004
1,809
I. 1,171
1,701
jl
!
I' I, ; !
719 465 617 756
402 i I
135
1,628
I!
I i
1,517
'i '!
1,883 ! !
. 457
1, 326 1,156
1,939
I I.
j!
1,066
317 i
429
.I 2, 332 I . 1, 2 31
301 . i 207
5,149
! I!
3,402
614 '
171
I I
.I 1,286 .i 1,188
1,277
786
2, 339 ' '
173 2 , .383
... I,I
336 ' !
1,592 276
1, 715 194
301
101
1,680
886
724 626 69"9
808 205 494 i,250 1-,152 1,092 400 1, 347 192 3, 223 . 206
1,280 756
1,750 295
1, 764 183 113 914
731 484 594 '787 170 543 1,468 1,091 988 403 1,282 218 3, 396 165 1,249 966 1,707 310 1, 748 154 93 879
650 593 542 733 180 571 1,194 1,312 1,087 423 1, 464 226 3,462 210 1, 336 872 1,859 292 1,748 174 150 1,002
811 542 656 712 187 604 1, 371 1,086 1,157 437 1, 368 229 3,517 23i
1, 372 928
l, 797 266
1,803 128 132
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726
728
441
467
607
597
692
698
157
127
5.86
563
1,495 1,614
l, 151 l,llO
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1, 0 74 1,093
475
508
1,414 1, 408
214
243
3,542 242
3:761 2.13
1, 365 1, 446
923
906
1,824 1,807
292
276
1,797 1,624
222
199
121
141
999 1, 014
756 587 572 740 130 519 1,607 1,143 1,197 466 l, 366 216 3,693 181
1, 319 885
1, 730 240
1,708 203 140
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774 489 580 634 172 493
1.,588 1,280 1,220
507 1, 397
190 3, 997
212
1,479 897
1,699 270
1,742 217 161
1, 0 57
764 557 617 763 162
471 1,570 1,327 1,253
446 1, 4 38
193
3~995
254
1,328 886
1,674 262
1, 727 229 184
1,087
TOTAL. 1955-56 'fO'fAL' l954-55
2_9, 185 20,577
30,6~9
23,457
:I 31,542 ! 18,875
25,518 15,043
19,473 15,883
19, 426 20,C80 15,471 . 15,849
20,320
~4,533
20 ,395 14,801
20,507 ll, 331
20,416 14,346
21,055 15,02 5
21,187 14,397
Athens_; Ge or gi' a
Janu8ry 113 , 1 95p .
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Georg:l.a Expecte d 19.56 Turke y Crop lO PG rcent Larger Than In 1 9.5 5
Nati on To Incre ase 6 Pe rc ent
G~nB.GIA:
Turkey g ro-vJers in Ge orr. :i.a plan to .j_ticrease
' t heir t u r ' ey p r Qduct ion 10
percent ab ove t he 1 9)5 crop . Tl-1e t ota. l numh.e r er<pe cted :i.n' l 956 i s
307, 000 head c o)-:-n<tre d <nth 279 , 000 r a:.i.snd i_n 1 95.5 .
UNITED Turke y g r _m-rers i n t he Uni t erl. pl a n :to incre r' se ... r1t.Uiib c rs ST /I.T~S: .St c;.t~~ ' " - ~" "'"- r,,..,. ,, ,,~ ' '-.a. " '"' ' "-' " ' ' ,. . .... - ~ "- - - - ' ""
tur;~ey u- --,.-- -..
. th~.s yea r by 6. p e, rc~nt .... .1!. _gr:(1t.-re r:~ ea,rr'J .Qt~t__:tq~~r: . ~l!:te.nti rn~-' _th~ : .
numhe r of turkeys . r a i se d lviJl be abc:.ut 67 mi: lion , coiIP< r e d wit h 63 mi llion in E 5.5 .
All parts of t he c ountry :~ lan i n crease s . r anginc , from 3 :ue rcent in t he Nor t h At.lo.n~ic
to 8 pe rcen t in t he South Central an d th e West
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Heavy Breed g r mJe r s intend t o ra :~.se 53,4.52 , 000 Bron:;e and c t he r heavy bree d t u r keys_. t hi s X~~r-:-:._14 P.~ ~-c;ei!_:l:. . m~we t han la.st ye ar . AU )::trts cf t he countF.;T p l an in creases
i n heavy. breed bi rds v~.i-.)ri:ri.ii'"""frO'mr pe.:Ecent ..:i~ri tfie uoit11... AtlaiificT 6. 3'8 ) erC'erit in .. ..
the South Atlantic -Stat es.
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Higher p rices re ce ~.ved f or 1 9.55 he a vy b r ee d :t-L, rke~rs <!.i"d a more f a vora ble t u r !cey feed-p rice re1.~.t ionship than a year earlie r a re t~1e r eason s given by grm.ve rs for the ex:pe cted jn cre ase :Ln heavy breed ~; roductio~1 t :1is 3'ear.
Light Bre ed grmvers p l a.11 to r aise 13 , 489, 000 Be ltsville 'ltlhite and ot he r l ight
bTe'ed birds-.:~6 _,;e rcen t l e s s t h an ::.n v : 55 .
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the c'lifference depe ndi n g .on :oric e s for fP. e d , s:t.r(J~) ly a n d p rices of hat ch i ng egg s
and P.O\l.lts . and.t .l:le . ~?-:J-e.....r.4 .tu~~<:gY9.. :r:.~~:Q-.?~)}1::_11 ": j,l)...B.!'?'~:-'Ej_:r '. ~ - hal'fq~ . I :q _1 95.5, gr ouer_s
raise d 4 _D e rcent f eive r tu rl;-e~ s, ab ont t he SC).ffie g.s intend~-d on J anu a ry. 1, b e caus e;
tu:t;'\<:~Y . pri c::es re11ia ~.ned bel<?w ~ ye ar_ e~rli~ r a~lr"ing . ~h~ .. ~Tm~iiJ:lg s ~~ s ~~: . (3_nd ..~ 0e.. :fe ~(;l-::'. ..
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R.I.
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276
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N.J.
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206
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299
298
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848
825
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334
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553
2,C78 1, 6J.6
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48 107 320 107
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337 "101 2,114 102
N. Atl.
Ohio Ind. +11.
Vlich. Wi s .
2, 021
1,328
SL~3
82h 1,330
966
1+,765 4,0.53
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h, 586
850
2, 871
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1, 950
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907 '
160
984
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1, 836
833
2,87h 100
249
2,188 112
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910 100
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1, 010. 103
380
1, 976 108:
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Minn. Iowa Ho.
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Ne b r .
Kans.
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Jf38 338 ?66 617
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pe2.. Md,
Va.
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N.C. q,c.
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La. Okla. Texas
Nont. Idaho Wyo. Colo.
N. Hex. Ari:z . Utah.
Ne v. 11'lash. Oreg. Ca l i f .
269 . 125 '
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97 792
6L!. 463
2,~.27
4,331
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790 38 89 2,028
7 708
1,276 9,260
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14,386
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46,977
y Prelimi nary
2,202 2,669
2?6 520 110
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76 90
3,7 <)1
867 334
3,~23
946 164 2h5
6 . _31
6,016
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1,106
16 21 6 70 10 3 730 3
75 236
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2, 008
16,089
0,548 7,939 4,449 2,265
49 8 388 '-842
707
17,08~
7)309
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'623
14,622
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3,369
971
566 5,266 1,400 1,124
1,080 279
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lO, Cl34
100 227
3, 041 613
1,104 1,144
303 129
6,661
997 1+18 2;6)6 . 710 66 20
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4, 882
339 140 .
. . 268' " 112
1,132 71 618
2, 81'7
5,437
293 150
97 112 '7 92 75 !1.77
2, 7 1~3
72 146 15 860 48
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2,758 10 783
1,512 10,098
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128 16 972 I.J.J, 106 2,373
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743 1,531 10,093
16,394 16,068
63,066 .53,4.52
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10 115 15 425 10 146 343
1,129
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18 6
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2
64 248
712
1,627
13,489
8,958 10.5 8,621 109 4, 650 10.5 2,267 100
474 95
h25 110 842 100 704 '100 . 17' 991 105
1,097 113 61+.5 114
5,677 108 1,323 94 1,170 lOL~ 1,164 108
307 '110 160 108
n,543 107
358 106 160 114 212 102 127 113 1,217 108 85 120 623 101 3,086 110 5, b68 108
66 92 146 100
22 li..J.7 1,012 118
51.~ 112 110 120
2, e81.1. io5
10 100 807 10.3 1,779 11B 10, 805 107
17,695 J.08
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UNIVERSITY OF &EORGIA :
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During t'he : lfe~l< : ending January 21 cori\Inercial hatcheries placed 4,093,000 ~hicks with
broiler producerp in Georgia co!Tl.mercial areas. This is 2 percent above the
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3, 99),000 for the previous 1-reek :arid :is .50 p ercent :mo-re than the -2, 735, bo pl ace d the
same week lasB year.
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are 3 pe:rcent above the 3,322,000 .of- t.he previdus 1...reek and 4.5 percent more than the
2,362,000 of one year ago. Eg@:s:.set" by.-:lp~cal ji:e!-:tcheri~s amounted :to ..5;34~, 000 or 4
pe rcent above the 5,149, 000 of the p.re'vlous "tor~i:fk and 2.5 percent gr eater. than the
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87 cents: p1r: do~en. J\v~rage ~J rice charged l:;y :_.ll1ftcher~$ -. for chick,s _-v1as reported at
$16 .00 . pe r hundred~ These prices .. .are the same :aJ3 the previous three week$ and com-
pare vdtp 69 ceqts :and ~13.7.5 one year ago. ~gg p r~ces shown rela~e to Georgia
p ro duc ed~ hatchirw eggs, whether bol,lgrt on contract, or .,otherwise.
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Date . 1: ~ -Eggs
Chicks ~t1atcl1ed 1/) Insh:i.pments-:-,~Tot al :Pl aced
_}le~k ., 1 :: i .. ;~e~ ~~j ' . l . Placea. .- ~~ G~orI~.: ~-: . : ;._of chi?l~s ..1 : ~on}arms
.~ndJ.ng . 1:9_?~-~:>:~9~::>-.56 19 54- .5:> :1_?)5- ~6 " !l 19::>4-.5.5:19?.5-.56 ; 19::>4- :,) :19.5.5-.56
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T ~o usan ds
Nov. 19' > . J' 5.S7; ;4, .596.
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1 Nov.
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26,: ;. ~3;6'1 71: _~ 4,620
3' ' J,.l~f~ . ~ ~4,.591
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I . 2,294
>Be. 10 .1: i3,621; :4, 649 i 2,29.5
3~026
3,074 3, 096
1 Thousands
f. 382 , " 286
465 :: .: .:370
496
388
4.50
L~ 21
1 Thousands
I: 2~ 690 ; 3, 223
, , 2,76o : 3,396 : 2, 790 i 3,462
2,7L6 3,.517
Dec .
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2, 281: :2, 959
426
5~3
2, ?07 ; 3, .542
.Dec . 241: J:,')44J .: ;4,~'32,. : 1 . 1; 90:1,_' ;' 3; 076
421
68.5
2,32 2 ~ 3,761
De c . Jl). ;3,6'(7:,. 4,7'97 ' ' l 2;312 3,073
407 ''620
2,719 . 3,693
.Tan. ~.:11. ~3;8EJ3~ 1 ~~, 08 .5 ; 2,3.50 3,380
369
617
2, 719 , 3, 997
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Jan, 14
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO~viERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 19.55-56
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Nov. 19
Nov. 26
Week Bnding
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Dec. 17
Dec . 24 .
Dec. 31
EGGS SET - T"-f OUSA,~S : :
1,034 1,702 1,152
1,004 1,809 1,171
I, 991 ,I
724
1,821 t! .626
1,267
69.9
1,587
390
1,619
1,487
1,842
1,855
I . 283
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2,226
l 334
5.~085
570
1,283
1,148
2,110
183
?,345
329
333
1, 772
30,669 23,457
1,701 402
1,628 1,1;>17 1,883 1,939
31.7 2,332
301 5,149
614 1,286 1,277 2, 339
173 2, 383
336 301 1,680
31,542
25,518
I: 1,545 427
808 205
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1,555
494
1~250
1,892 ! I 1,152
II 2,047 ..1,092
ll 338
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192
5,342 i ! 3,223
628 t :
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1, 338 ll 1,280
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756
2,390 188
2,432
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1,750 295
1, 764 183 113 914
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III . 27,721 j 15,883
CHICKS PLA~D - THOUSANDS
731 484 594 787 170 543 1,468 1,091 988 403 1,282 . 218 3,396 165 1,249 966 1,707 310 1,748 154 93
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650 593 542 733 180 . 571 1,194 1,312 1, 087 423 1,464 226 3, 462 210 1,336 872 1,859 292 1, 748 174 150 1,002
811 542 656 712 . 187: 604 1, 371 1,086 1,157 437 1,368 229
1,372 928
1,797 266
1,803 128 132 986
726 441 607 692 157 586 1,495 1,151 . l,lH> 475 1,414 214
1,365 923
1,824 292
li79'7 222 121 999
728 467 597 698 127 563 1,614 1,074 1,093 508
1~408
243 3, 761
13 1, 446
906 1,807
276 1,624
199 141
1,014
756 587 572 740 130 519 1,607 1,143 1,197 466 1,366 216 3,693 181 1,319 885 1, 730 240 1,708 203 140 1,018
19,426 . 20,080 . 20,320 201395 20, 507 20, 4 16 15,471 15,849 14,533 14,801 11.331 14 ,346
Jan. 7
774 489 580 634 172 493 1,588 1,280 1,220 507 1,397 190 3,997 212 1,479 897 1,699 270 1, 742 217 161 1,057
21,055
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Jan. 21
764 557 617 763 162 471 1,570 1,327 1,253 446 1,438 193 3,995 254 1,328 886 1,674 262 1, 727 229 184 1,087
740 563 605 645 141 516 1,498 1,181 1,118 483 1,387 209 4,093 239 1,430 886 1,531 247 1,674 210 150 1,125
21,187 20,671 14 ,397 14,959
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GSORGIA: Honey producti-on in Georgia during 1955 was ;estimated at 2,hl2, 000 pound,s .
This is 41 percent below the producti on of 4,100,0QO pounds in 195b ,
Average yield per colony for 1955 was 12 pounds compared with 20 pounds in 1954..
The s eveTe freeze of IVIarch 27, 28 and 29 damage.d all sp r i ng-flowerinE, plants, .arid:
very l ittle honey v.ras made from Gallbe rry, Ti Ti and Tupello plants in s outhe rn .
areas of the State. Some colonies die d of starvation !during the early spring 'months.
In clover-p roducing areas, dry weather caused production of honey to fall far'be low
a normal l evel.
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The value of Georgia honey crop is pl a ce d at ;~656 ,000 compared .with ::)955,00() in-~1954.. Value 9f beeswax _p ro duct i on amounted to- ~2e ;ooo compared m.th .$3fl , OOO one yeat; ~ago.
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t han the sho rt crop :o f 1?)1.~ . : Honey p roduct i on: pe r colony 1-las 47.7
poru1ds ; compared with 39 . 8 pounds :in i 954 and the 1949- 53 average of 43.7 po~ds. '
...rn:'mfCl.-December; .' producers: had about., 56. Jnillion pound.s. of h<?rt.'eY. on b.and .f or. s ale ;-
23 percent of t)t al p rocl.uet 1.on. The!l955 honey crop was prodW.Cfild by' 5 ,309 , oo~f c<?;l-
(-~ont~s o:f beesi: - 3. ;,}ercE)q.t .. l ess tn~: ~~~Ll:95L~ . Bee swax proctuc;t,i on ..tota~-8d h,-5P.l.r;OOG
poim~? ' comptar<?~ vJith ~; 9?5 ;000 P9o/~ ~s dn 195h .
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PrO-duction of.:4oney wa $ , .:a~9ve 195.i.J. i n all regions of t he co1.~-~I--.r ex..c9pt the Squth.
Atl~utic and :VJest, whe re ;L.t v1as dovm 2h and 5 pe rcent r e spect:l.vely ."...' Incre ase~ o\r:c r
195k,,re re 51 l;e rc ent in tq~ East i'{ or~h Central, 46 pe rcent in t he i'-lort h Atlantic;:;
38 , ix~ rc ent in the Hest Nor~h Central and 3h ve rcent in t he So.uth Central. In"' .the .
.... No'j;-th ~central Stat es ve ry' .f<WO!'ablf, -vmather r or both honey plants and bee s retiulted
.a ; . --in -a .trop. .1m.1L above av8rage , in sharp cqntrast t o 1.9~!.~. ~ _small crop . The. Ho.rth. \i Atlantic Sta:tc s had favorable f all ,,J"Gathcr and dc spit c the dry su;rune r ..produced pear>aiffiragc ...;sizc d c ro:fr~ An average- s ize crop., wBll_:a-bove the 1954 short -crop~ \ias
produc8d i n 'the~ _South Ocm;tral State s. notwithstanding .the l at e I'1a r ch freeze . In' -~he
Sduth Atlantic States the Ivla.rch frcc.ze and unfavorable fall s e ason r e sulted i,p a
a be1ow.:-:ave r age crop . In the \-le st a co ol l ate spri ng follo1,;e d by dry 1,;eathe r 'in'. the
Coast State s re sulted in crop bf;lOlv t hat of 1954.
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i rt ' t hc .Ve st 'Ho rth Central, 57.5 in the Ho st, 54.6 in the East IJorth Central, 38 .9 in
t~e North Atl~htic, 27.5 i n the South Atlantic, and 27.2 pounds in the South.Central
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pOunds - 23 lJGrcc11t of p ro.d11ction.
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195.5, including the combined \Jholc s a.le and .ret ail sale s of extra cted, c~11Ln.l( , ariq:
cqmb, h oney; Thi s vJa s about 5 pe rcent hi ghe r t han f or 1951.~, and tho. highe st since
194B: The se price s i n clude sale s by l a r ge and small apiaries ovmcd by f arme rs : and non~farmor s. Prj_co inc r eas e s ove r t9 5'-~ 1,;or e small 'but we r e r e corded for all type s
Jtl ,,s ale in most a r eas.
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HONEY BEES ... NUHBER OF COLONIES Al\JD PRODUCTION OF }\ONTI
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. Bees
per Colony 0
Honey
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Production
Value of Production
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1954
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Thousands
Pounds
Thousand Pounds
Thousand Dollars
Maine
Nt H.
-Vt.
Nass.
R. I.
It :".
Conn.
N. Y.
j~ . J.
Pa.
N. A.
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5 .. ' 11
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17 221 32 168
495
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10 28 2 13 199 30 148
440
12
30
96
12
40
60
46 . hl
506
15
22
13 19
15
16
28
50
24
22
20
33
465 26 255
6,188 768
3z360
23.7 38. 9 11, 721.+
180 160 }_J_lO 616 .
38 208 9,950 660
Jz...8 0 ~
17,106
3L~
19 147 152
8 83 959 225 732
2,359
65 53 123 205 12 69 1,612 200 lzl38
3,477
Ohio
289 292
Ind.
178 102
Ill.
164 161
lIich.
185 185
Wis.
204 208
K. N. c.. 1,020 1,028
Hinn.
. 243 243
Iowa
185 165
Ho.
137 119
N. Dale. .:13 13
S. Dale. . ~4 30
Nebr.
43 44
Kans, 48 43
Wo N. C. 693 657
DeL ,.
Md. Va. ~v. Va. ' N. C.
s. c.
Ga. Fla. .
3
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30 26
1Lr.3 1L~3
122 113
19'3 183
59 50
205 201
~38 . 2,38
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Tenn. Ala. Niss. :. Ark. La. Okla. -:.- : Texas
s. c...
993 957
139 132 170 162 190 182
73 73 92 91 93 93 50 48 280 274
1,087 1,055
Hont. I daho llfyo.
Colo. N. Hex. Ariz. Utah Nev.
1~Tash.
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r.a1if.
68 68
174 177
33 '33 60 65 15 16 77 81 49 48 14 15 86 82 55 50 537 537
~,fe st,
1,176 1,172
u. s. 5,464 5,309
24 32 43 36 53
36.4
80 56 19 140 115 75 28
60.2
30 28 28 18 26 .14 20
74
34.9
15 11 .
i6 22 19 26 21 27
19.7
85 52 93 56 35 69 50 70 50 27 63
60.0
39.8
hO 49 48 . 50 .. 89
54.6
100 115
26 130 110 101.+
35
87.4
26 28 25 18 19 19 12 55
27. 5
22 19 21 18 25 22 30 43 27.2
91 40
95
85 60 75 60 55 35 35 56
57.5
47.7
6, 936 5 , 6 96 7,052 6,660 10, 812
37,156
19,440 10,360
2,603 1, 820 2,760 3,225 1z344
~.1, 552
90 840 ' 4,004 2;196 5,018 826 4,100 17,612
34,686
2,085 1, 876 '3,040 1,606 1,748 2,418 1,050 7z560
21,377
5,780 9,048 3,069 3, 808
525 5,313 2,450
980 4,300
1,}~85
33,831
70,589
217,084
11,680 8, 918 7,728 9,250 18z 512
56,088
24,300 18,975 3,094 1,690
3,300 4,576 1.!505
57, L~hO
78 728 3,575 2,03h 3,477 95D 2,412 13,090
26,344
2, 904 3,078 3,822 1,314 2,275 2,046 1, !.rhO 11z782
.28,661
6,188 7,080 3,135 5,525
960 6,075 2,880
825 2,870 1,750 30,072
67,360
252,999
1,2h2 1,168
2,149 1, 926
l,h53 1,072
1,623 1,582
1z676 3z054
6, 611 10,334
2,019 3, .742
1,502 518
2,922 628 /
244 . .. 245
395
498
432
659
230
266
6, 11.~0
8,960
27 220
1,157
659 1,6Lrl
250 955 3zl35
23 194 1,094 622 1,168
308 656
2z395
8,0Lr4 6,460
678
531 763 3G1
371
394 245
1,~11 _
900
899 1,013
321 503 358 341 1,897
1+,~.74 .6,232
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855 1,027
1,,212 ' 1,104
' 390 - 455
. ,, 575
884
67
138
' 611
. ~ ' 330
- .705 418
lLrO
129
550
422
2h1
315
4,229 4,030
9,200 9,627
36,828 45,090
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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL . EXT~NSHlN SEHVIC~
Febrnaz;j lj 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA Cm1l'!ERCIAL AREAS
During the week endinG January 28 commercial hatcheries placed L., 201,000 cl}.i-c'~s ;1rith
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This. is 3 percent a.bove1 the .' ;
4,093,000 for the p revious week and is h2 percent more than the 2,964,opo placeq the
same Neek last year.
Local hatchings of 3,492 ,000, excluding shipments of 304, 000 chicks t.i) lther '-~ta:tes,
are 2 pe rcent above the 3, '-~23, 000 of the previous week and 41 perceJ!t-. mo re .'t}fan the
2,470,000 of one year ago. Egg s set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,)8o;ooo o,r 1
percent above the 5, 342,000 of the previous week and 23 percent r; reater tha,n _the;
4,387,000 for the corre sponding week last year.
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86 cents per . dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was ,reported: at
~16.00 per hUndred. These prices compare vdth 87 cents and $16.00 resp~ ctiye~Y for
the pr~vious week and 70 cents and ~14. 25 one year ago. Egg pri ces shoWn. !'elate ~ to
Georgia produced hatching eggs, l~hether bour:,ht on contract or otherwi.se.: ,._
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CHICK
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BY WEEKS
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PERIOD .NOVEMBER
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1J Date
. . Eggs
I Chicks Hatched ! Inshipments .I Total P-la~ed '
l Week
' Set
1 Placed in Georgia : of Chicks :
on~ Farms
Ending 1.954-55:1955-56
1954-55:1955-56 11954-55:1955-56 1 1954-55:1955-.56
Tho.usands
Thousands
Thousands ~
ii.. -Thousands .
Nov. 26
Dec. 3 ""ec. 10
Dec. 17
Dec. 24 De c. 31 Jan. 7 Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan, 28
3,o.n 4,620
3, 1Ii5 4,591
3,621 4,649
3,749 4,683
3, 5~4 . 4, 832
3,677. 4,797 . ~ ;, Bs 3 ' 5,085
~,050 5,149
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280 3. 87
5,342
5 380
2,295 2,294 2,295 2,281 1, 901
2,312 2,350 2 , 2 86 2,362 2,470
3,026
465
3,074
496
31096
450
2j 959 '
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426
3;,076 I 421
3,073
407 .
3,380
369 :
3,)22 ~ I . 325 ' 3,423 . ' '373
3 '492 " ! 494
370
2,760
3 8~
2,790
421
583
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2, 7!..6
.2, 707
I 685
2,322
I 620 I
617
2,719 2,719
6 73
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6 70 709
'2 735
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F..\ RH PRICE REPORT !.S OF J /J!UARY 15, 1~_56
GEORGIA: During the month ended J anuar y ;1.5, t he All Commodi t y Index of Pri ce s
Rece ive d by Georgia f a rme rs a dv~nce d three points. t t the p r e s ent l eve1 t he index is 2L~6 p e rc ent of the Janua ry 1910 - De cember 1914 average and sixteen point s below the l evel of the index during the corre sponding period of l a st year.
A l eveling -off i n hog and b eef cattle p r i ce s a ccompani e d by higher p rice s r e ce ive d for a ll chickens and e ggs c:mse d t he Live stock an d Li ve stock Pr oduct s component of the I n dex to advance th n .:o r)oints duri ng t he month.
The All Croo c omp onent of tho Index at 271 perc ent of its J anua ry 1910 - De c embe r 1914 ~ve rag; we.s t h r ee:. points above t ho l eve l r eporte d in mid- December. Prin cipal cont r ibutors t o the in cr ea s e "'IITGr e hi ghe r p r i ce s r e c eive d during t ho 30- day period f or co rn, SvTeot potatoe s, co t ton lint and cot t ons eed.
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UNI TED S':l'ATES: The I nde x of Price s Re ce ive d by Fa rme rs ros e 1 percent (3 points)
during the month en de d in mid-Janua ry. Highe r price s for me at animnls, t ender veget ~blc s, strawbe rri e s, ond potat oe s we r e prima rily r e sp onsibl e . The i ndex at 226 p e rcent of its 1910-14 .?.Ve r <.'.go wa s 7 pe rc ent be low a ~rear earlie r.
Higher price s for f oode r live stock an d sub st antia l advance sintax ru1d inte r e st pay-
ments per a cre , wore t he p rincipal con tributors to a 1 p e rc ent advan ce in tho Parit~ I nde x '-P:t.i c.@ s Pai..d., -Inter e st, - Taxos., ~I'ld \bge Rat e s) during t he mont l'l ende d .Janua ry 15. ..~t 281, tho Index wa s nearly 1 pe rcent be low n year ago.
The P2rity Ratio r emaine d at 80, about 7 pe rcent be low a y ear a go.
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I ndexe s
J an. 15,
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1910-14=100
19~5
1955
1956
Re cord hi gh
Index
Dat e
Pri ces Re ceived
243
y Po.rit y I ndex
283
Parity Rc.tio
86
22 3
226
313 Feb. 1951
278 ?}
281
21 290 Hay 1952
80
80
123 Oct. 1946
21 I' ' :1:11 Pri ce s Paid, Inter e st, T<>.xc. s, and Wage Rat e s. ?} Revise d.
Also Feb ruary
and Ap r i l 1952 .
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BURTO N J. H"~RRINGTON Agricul tural Stat i stici an
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Wheat, Bu.
PRICES RE(m-" VED
OXlt\Cti
Aver~
BY
FARHERS
JAlnJA'RY 15!
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1956 mH COMPARIOONS tmtTED
Aver~e
stA!'ES
J~L1y 1914
Jan. 15, Dec. 15, Jan. 15, 1955 1955 1956
Aug.19 g.. July 1914
Jan. 15, Dec. 15, Jan. 15i} 1955 1955 1956
$ 1.24
2.12 2.00 2.00
.88
2.14 1.95 1.95
Com, Bu. Oats, Bu.
$ .91 $ .67
1.63 1.03 1.07
.99 .as .as
.64
1.40 1.15 1.16
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.77
.63
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Irish Pota.toes,Bu. $ 1.12
2.00 1.60 1.60
.70
1.13
.82
.99
Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $ .83
3.30 2,20 2.50
.88
2.83 2.03 1.99
Cotton, Lb.
12.6
34.3 32.8 33.3
12.4
32.5 31..2 30.7
Cot tonseed, Ton $ 24.39
--- Hay (baled), Ton $
Hogs, per cwt.
$1 7.33
*I Beef Cattle, cwt.
3.87
Milk Cows, Head $ 33.85
59.00 31.00 17.20 10.80 92.00
42.00 2600 11.80 11.00 96.00
44.00 24.90 11.80 11.00 100.00
22.55
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7.27
5.42
48.00
56.80 23.50 17.00 16.20 142.00
45.00 21.30 10.60 13.50 142.00
45.50 21.30 10.90 13.90 145.00
Chickens, Lb.
13.2
24.8 18.6 19.5
11.4
22.2 18.8 20.1
Eggs, Doz.
21.3
42.5 56.5 58.0
21.5
32.2 47.1 46.6
Butterfat, Lb.
25.7
52.0 51.0 51.0
26.3
57.5 57.7 57.6
Milk (v{holesale)
per 100//t 1} $ 2.42
Soybeans, Bu.
$ ---
5.95 5.95 5.90 2.80 2.13 2.13
1.60
4.19 4.36 4.23 ,.
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2.58 2.11 2.19
Peanuts, Lb.
5.0
11.6 11.2 11.2
4.8
12.6 11.9 11.9
J} Preliminary for January 1956.
a D"DEX NT.M3ERS OF PRI CES ~IVED BY FARMERS lN GIDRGIA (January 1910 - December 1914 100)
All ~mmodities
All Crops
Gre>.in and Hay
Cotton Lint
Peanuts
Tob acco
Cottonseed and Soybeans
Irish Potatoe s, Svteet Potatoes & Cowpea.s
Fruits and Nuts
All Livestock and Livestock Products
Meo.t llnimals
Poultr~ and Eggs
Dairy roducts
Bev1Sed
Jan. 15, 1955
262 281 181 282 224 362 245 300 205 219 254 180 235
Dec. 15, 1955 .
243 268 137 270 216 362 175 213 233 195. 202 167 235.
Jan. 15, 1956
246 271 139 273 216 362 185 236 233 198 202 174 232
l1 PRICES PAID BY FABME:RS FOR ~TED FEEDS J~AP.Y 16, 1956 WITH COMPARIEKJNS
GEORG-I A
UNITED 9rATES
KIND OF FEED
Jan. 15, . Dec. 15, Jan. 15,
1955
1955
1956
Jan. 15, 1955
Deo. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, .r 1956
Mi xed Da.i.r~ Feed
Ail Under9o/D Protein
. 16% pl)otein
18% Protein 20% Protein 24%Protein
4.15 4.05 4.30 4.45 4.55
Dollars Per 100 Pounds
3.80
3.80
3.94
3.75
3.75
3.85
3.95
3.95
3.92
4.00
4.00
4.19
4.20
4.20
4.33
3.63 3.58 3.57 3.80 - 3.97
- 3.66 3.59 3.59 3.84 3.95
Hi~h Protein Feeds
CO tonseed MeBl
4.15
3.20
3.25
4.48
3.69
3.74
Soybean Meal
4.80
4.20
4.20
4.76
3.95
3.97
Meat Scrap
5.80
4.70
4.70
5.42
4.65
4.55
Grain By-Products
Bran
3.55
3~30
3.25
3.06
2.87
2.96
Middlings
3.80
3.55
3.50
3.18
2.98
2.97
Corn Heal
4.35
3.80
3.80
3.79
3.28
3.33
Foultr:i Feed Brolier Grovring Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains
mJBaled~
fa. J~.n Other
5.50 5.20 4.55 56.00 44.00
4.95 4.75 4.20 53.00 39.00
4.95 4.70 4.20
so.oo
40.50
5.20 4.77 4.28 36.10 33.40
4.78 4.36 3.93 33.10 29.10
4.79 4.36 3.93 32.90 29. 40
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EXTENSION SE RVICE:
.1\thcns, Geo rgi~
Fobruary B, 1956
BROILER CHI CK RT<:PORT FOR G,::,ORGIA COMJ1ERCIAL l~J1EAS
During the 11eek ending February 4 commer ci 1 hatcher ies placed 4,565, 000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial are a s.. This is 9 percent above t he 4,201, 000 for the p r evious week and is 40 percent more than the 3,2 70, 000 placed the same \Teele last year. Inshi pments Nere l:.rger t hen usual duri n g the p<?.st week.
Local hatchings of 3,599,000, excluding shj~pments of 279,000 chicks to other states, are 3 percent 2.bove the 3, 492 ,000 of th e prev:L:ous week and 29 percent more than the 2, 783,000 of one year ago. Eggs s et by loc al hatcherie s amounted. to 5,473,000 or 2 pe rcent above t he 5,380,000 of t he 1)revious \veek and 22 LJercent greater t l1an the 4,487, 000 for t he corresponding week last 3-ear.
Hatcheries reported pri ces pa:i.d fo1~ hatching egg s during the week at an aver age of
86 cents per dozen. Average p r i ce cha r ge d by hatc 1eries for chicks was r eported at ~5.~5 por hundre d~ 'I'he se pri ce s compare wj.th 86 cents and ~16. 00 respecti vo1y for the previou,s Heek and 71 conts and :~11.~. 00 ono year ago. Egg price s shovm relate to
Je orgi a p roduced hatchipg eggs, whether bought , n contract or otherwJ_ se.
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GEORGIA CHICK _P_LA-=-CEl_._,_IE_:N_TB_Y.__WE,_.EKS - l' ERCOD DECElvJ:BER 3, 1955 THROUGH FEBRU_~_RY 4, 1956
y Datc-1
Eggs
j Chickf3 Hatched
I ns hipments
Total Place d
I Heek
I Ending
Sot
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P1la9c~4e-d55in:19G5eo5-r5g6ia
of Chi cks 1954-55:1955-56
on Far ms 1 9 5 4 - 5 5 : 19 55- 5 6
I T Thousanrls
Th o u s a n d s
1 Thousands
Thou s ands
Dec. 3 3,1L~5 h,591 2, 294 3,074
De c. 10 3, 6 21 4, 6h9 j 2, 29.tJ 3,096
De c. 17
I Dec. 24 j
:Oec. 31 Jan. 7
3,7L~ 9
3,544 3,677 3, 883
4,683 4, 832 L~, 797 5,0R5
Ij 2,231 2,959 1,901 3,076
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2,312 3,073 2,3SO 3,380
Jan. 14 4,050 5,lh9
2,286 3,322
Jan. 21 4,280 5,.342
2,362 3,L~23
Jan. 28 ~. ,38 7 5,380
2,470 3,492
F_ c:;..b..; ..:.-=4~.__:;4:;.l.,.:::;48.:.'..7; '----'5:J-l,'-=!L~:..:_7~3__....__-=:.2-L-,7.:.8.:.::3__:3:_.1 599
1 h96 h50
426 421
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36 9 325 373 494
48 7
388
2, 790 3, h62
4 21
2, 745 3, 517
5B3
2,707 3, 542
665
2,322 3, 761
620
2, 719 3,693
617
2,719 3, 997
6 73
2, 611 3, 99 5
670 I 2, 735 4,093
709 Ll 2,964 4,201
966
} 1 270 4, 565
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ARCHIE WIGLEY . Agricultural Statistician I n Charge
ERAL LIB RA Y
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EGGS SET AND CFI CKS PL..I\ CED I N COMiviERCI AL AREAS , BY 1.1\iEEKS - 1955-56
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STATE
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Dec . 3
De c . 10
Dec . 17
We ek End ing
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Jan. 14
C:i:I CKS PLACED - T ~{(; \J S.AND S
Jan. 21
Jan. 28
Feb. 4
Maine Connecticut Pennsy lvania. Indiana. Illinois Nli ssouri Delaware Mary l and Vi r ginia We s t 1lirginie. Marth Car o lina South Carolina GEORG !.A FIC"r i da Alabama. Mi s sissippi Arkansas Lc uisian a Texas
ifa s ~ing t on
Or egon Ca lifornia.
825
1,113 1,267 1,545
427 1, 712 1,555 1,892 2,047
338
2, ~ 20
308 5, 342
6 28 1,338 1,253 2, 390
HG
2 , 432 3 3, 355
1, 661
911 1,240 1,284 1,677
393 1, 793 1,633 1, 9 79 2,073
321 2, 4 58
328 -5 , 38 0
550 1, 38 5 1,2 59 2, 361
214 2 . -~ 29
388 297 1,806
I:
I! .9 30
Ii 1,192
1,335 I!
I! 1,645 II
417
I 1, 738
1, 720 2,100
, I I:I ii,
II 2, 091
ll 329
2, 515
311 j!
5 ,47 3 I. '!
577
1, 580" I'
1,298 2 , 311
.
I
I
186 I
I 2, 38 7
ll 396 I
292
II 1, 825
650 593 542 733 184 571 1,194 1, 312 1,08 7 423 1, 464 226 3, 462 210 1, 336 8 72 1,859 292 1, 748 174 1 50 1,002
811 542 656 712 187 .604
1, 371 1,086 1,157
437 1, 36 8
229 3,517
2 31 l, 372
928 l, 79 7
266 1,803
128 1 32 986
726 441 607 692 157 586 1,495 1,1 51 1,110 475 1, 4 14 2i4 3, 542 2 <:C2
l' 365 923
1, 824 292
1, 79 7 222 121 999
728 467 597 646 127 563
1~614
1,074 1,09 3
508 1, 408
243 3, 761
213 1, 446
906 1,807
' 276 1, 624
199 14 1 1,051
756.
58 7 572 740 130 519 1,607 1,143 l, 197 466 1, 366 216 3, 693 181 l, 319 885 1,730 240 1,708 203 140 1,018
774 489 580 634 172 493 l, 588 1,280 1,220 493 1, 397 190 3, 997 212 1, 4 79 897 1,699 270 1,74 2 217 161 1,125
764 557 617 763 162 471 1, 570 1,327 1,253 446 1, 4 38 193 3,995 253 l, 328 886 1,674 262 1, 727 229 184 1,087
740 .
563 605 645 14:\- . 516 1, 4 98 1,18 1 1,118 483 1, 387 209 '1,093 .2 39 1, 4 30 886 1, 531 247 1, 6 74 210 1 50 1,125
713 523 668 761 136 608 1,604 .1,225 1,194 496 1,490 2 54 4 ,201 28 1. 1,531 925 1, 707 283 1,817 227 184 1, 208
759 483 698 716 177 .6~ 7 , 1.,_543 1,279 1, 265 504 l, -551
271 4>, 5.65
262 1,.4 53 1,065 .
1~919
2.54
l, 8.86..
208
171 1,102
1:
TOTAL 1955-56
31,370
32,159
'I 32,648 20,084
20, 320
20 , 39 5
20,492
20, 416
21,109
21,186
20,671
22,039
22 '748
TOTAL 1954-55
27,721 27,977 28 , 4 33 15,84 9 14 ,533 14 , 801 11,331 14 , 34 6 1 5 , 025 14 ,397 14,959 17,019 18,794
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ACREAGE Ai'TD INDI CATED PROWC TION OF ? P.INCI PAL CO~IJ:~lliRC IAL C !~ OPS
f'A3 .
~ruary 1, 1956
UNITE D STATES: Pros pe cti v e ve ge table produc tion for the 1956 winter s e ason de-
clined during January due to a dverse weather and total outr ut is
now forecast at 1.6 million tons, the Cro p Rep orting Board ann ou nced .to day. pro-
duction at t h is level is virtua lly the same as t he t onna ge produc ed in t he 1955
wint er season but is still 7 perc e;nt above ave rage . Compared with t h e 1955 winter
season , significantly l i ght er crops of artichoke s and rnuny of t he t ender vegetables,
particularly tomato e s, ar e n ow forecast for 1956; but considerably l a r ge r crops of
l et tuc e , cabbage, celery, a n d cauliflowe r are indic ated , Host of the r eduction
during ~anuary is att ributabl e t o col d weath er in Flor ida whe r e t:mder cro ps we r o
s eve r e ly damage d and, ha r dy cro ps vre r e damaged t o some extent.
CABBAG:fi; : Winter cabbage product i on f or 1956, n ow for e ca st at 329,200 tons, is ex-
4 -------- pect-ed to be 11 perc ent above t hat o f last yea r, but perc ent be low
ave rag e . This year ' s l a r ger acre a ge is r e s p onsib l e for th~ indic a te d incre as e
~
ao vcetriv1e 95a5n
.
d
In California, harvest ma rketing s ar e expect e d
of t'o
c a bbage for local and out-of-Stat e ma r ke ts is show a s e as ona l i n crease du ring Februa ry. The
bu lk of the curr ent shipme nts a r e ori gi na ting from I mperi a l Va ll ey a nd coa sta l
se ct ions of Southe rn California . Sh i pmE:,nts f rom Arizona from early s eason fi e lds
has b r;;en .compl e t ed and mov ement is n ow li ght, Some a cr ea ge r emains to b e cut during
the l as t half of t h e winte r s eason" In Texas, a mil d winter h a s pe rmitt ed c abbage
t o make exc e lle nt grovrth . Shi pments ar e ex pected to continuo at a hi gh l eve l during
February .vri th t he Lowe r .Vall ey provi ding t h e bul k of t he shipme nts. L.anre st of
e a rly s e ason ac r e a ge- in t h e Hinte r Gar den is a b out compl e t e , In F'lo-rida, cold
v1eath cr a n d frosts t h e first half of J a nua ry r e duced yield pros pe cts for ca b)Jago .
Although some a cr eage in cold loc a tions wa s kill ed , r epl a nting and s etting of add-
itiona l l u t e s e as on u cr eage ha s h0 ld acr eage for h a r v e s t at a hi gh l e ve l. Movement
of c abbag e vfa s t empora rily curtn. ilo d by cold 'imath or but shi pments a r c now incr ea s-
ing a n d t h is t r end should continuo through Februa ry . Quality is va riab l e b e caus e
of b e low-norma l wint er rainfo.l l, Cabbage , partic ul a rly tho younger f i e lds , h a s
benefitt ed from r ecent r ains,
SVITEET CORN: Winter swee t c orn production in Florida is for e cas t a t 838,000 units "{5do-z. oa rs), 22 perc ent l e ss than t h e qunnti. ty pro du c e d l as t yea r,
but 19 pe rc ent a bove aver ag e pro du ction. Tho a c r eage lost fr om low t emp er a tur e s tho first ho.lf of J anuary tota ll e d 1~. ,300 a cre s or 39 pe rc en t of tho a cr oagc report e d on J a nua ry 10. Acr eage r e pla nte d follovling th 0 fr ee z e will matur e in April
~nd b e ha rve ste d a s n. s pring crop. In tho Ev0r g l a dos, s a lvag ing of ma tur e a creage
has b een compl et e d, Ve ry littl e a cr ongo th e r e will b e hn.r v .J st c d in Februa ry a s
loss was most s eve r o in fi e lds sche dule d for ha rvest this month . Young a crea ge , most of which e s cape d damag e , will ma tur e in :t.~urch. ~f,ovcmont from Dn d c County will
'e light during i'obrun.ry and Pompano will f u rnis h only a mod e r ato v ol ume thi s
...-:n' onth . The Fort i:iy u r s u r ea. will c ontinuo to move a norma l volume of swee t corn
si nc e tha t s ection e scape d with only nd:nor da..mag e from low t empe r a tur os. Shipments
f rom Fl or ida during Febr uary ar e e xpe cte d t o b e b e low the v olume mov e d in J anua ry.
LETTUCE: Tho fina l forec a st of this y onr ' s ~~E--~c r production is for a crop of
13, 76J-+,000 cro. t c s, 15 perc ent mor e tho.n produc e d l a st ~rea r . Shipments
f'rom Yuma , Arizona a re at a s on sono. l l mv but s houl d increase during Februa ry. In
California, vl"arm vwo. thcr ha s favor e d tho groY<th a nd deve lopment o f l e ttuc e e nd th0
sc u son is some 2- 3 viC cks ahead of normo.J. , Qua lity ha s b oo n vc r ~r good, Shi pme nts
n rc e xpe cte d to cont inuo at a h i gh l eve l throu gh Februa ry f'r.r*H-:~P""';t:.;~...LU.._.JJ..J;;U,...,!,J;!Ji.J.!..-...
Lut e s oo. son acreag e a t Blythe will not ma.tur o until Murch. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA'
(Over)
FEB 16 1956
LIB R
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LFT TUCE ( Continue d) . In Texa s, g;rowing conditions during most of J nn u':ry He r o improve d ove r .. th o c loudy wca t h r:r thG. t pr ovr. il c d in Je.to
Dod omb or. Unf a vorabl e mo.. r kot condi ti~nis in tlw. t State r ~ sul ted . in some ctdvan c od ac r e ag e not b e ing g ivori the usua l ca r h , a nd some matur e d cr'ops wo r e Clbnndono d. A l a r ge r-tha n-usua l a cr eage fo r l n. t o ha r v e st vrill b e availabl e in tho Lowe r Vr>.ll oy ,
of and shipments cou.ld c.ontinuo f a irly n.'ctivo thr ou gh Ivlc.rc h . ~" os t tho c a rly- s cn son
crop in th o Wi n t or Ga rd ori is . hur v 0sto d, but harve st of a l o.tur Cl op is s chrJ dul o d to b eg in about mi d -Ma rch continuing i n to early ~.~ay. Tho sma ll a c nap:c in t h B Coa sta l Bond s hould b e r oa dy to cut ab ou t mid- February. The gro1.rinl!, s ea son in i:'l ori du ho.s g e n or _ally be en unfav ora bl e for l e t tu c e .. Be for e the cold woo.. th or of J a nua ry J t ho cr op ha d ma de good vowth , . but tho weath er h o. d b oun t o o h ot for pro per headi ng . Bolting was corrunon in ;nost of t h o c o. rly fi e lds. Dur ing th e r e c en t cold pe riod, c onside r ab l e. o.c.r.oago wa s 10st n.nd ov e rall yi Ql d pros poe ts Wor e r e duc e d . 1'h o o.cr cG.go in tho importa nt Evor g lcLdos s e ct ion suffe r e d th u most extensive do.rrio.gc . Blovr ing . s a nd c a used considor ab l 0 dnmo.ge to ma tur e fi e lds in t h o il:b n o.t oc - Ru skin o.nd c e ntral ~"lorida. area s .. Ylhilo . movc.m~nt to d.a.t o . from Florida is much b 6hind tho.t of
t h o compo.r ab l o pe riod for l o. st yqt~r, increa sing suppli e s a.r c ex p e ct e d for Fcbr ua r~r
a nd r!iarch . ..
EARLY CO!i!l!LERCIAL POTATOES : ,In Florida , th o cr op g en e r a lly . e sca pe d. tho J o. nuo.ry b <:J l ow-fr oe zing tcil'~pc r a tur c s wi t h light do.mctgo . Tho
Evor g l a dc s s e ction h c. s finish e d h a r ve sting r.n oxc oll ont Cf"O P I n t he Fort iliy c, rs a r co. , di gg ing of r od v a ri e ti e s is we ll pa st tho pe ak and the h ur vo sting of whit e vq.r i oti es ho. s sta rted . In th o I mmoko. l q c s e c t ion , whi c h is mostl y plan ted to vrhi t G.' var i oti os, tho do.mr.go from l ow t empo r e. tur os wo.s .light with on ly o:n occa siona l fi e l d b o.ing ha rd hit. In Da do C o\Ulty, the ov e r a ll damng c frmn the l m;. :tornpc r r~ t ur os vra s ligh t but o. f ew fi e l ds 1ror o b adly burno.do I n this nr e; o. , r.rot. th or. con di t i on s l:mvo .b oo n f nvoro.b l c fo r r e cove ry 2.nd d i ggi nf is oxpoctod to sto.rt the f ir st Ne c k of F'obrua.r y .
Gr ov10 rs in t h o s umme r c.ommc rci n l Sta .t o s. r eported intent ions to p l o.nt 64,750 a cr e s , 9 pe rc ent b e l ow t ho . 1955 har ve ste d o.c r.cn g: c a.n d 30 perc ent b e l ow av o r o.gc .
Inten tion s of gr qwc rs to pllm t early c ornrnc rci o:l J l. Cr.on go in 1956 (.wi n t or, on rly s pring , l a t o s pring _. and . surrunor crops ) . n1o pl a c,cd a t 221+ , 800. .This is 5 porc ont l oss tho..n tho 1955 ha.r..vo s t o d acr oac;o o.n d 20 perc ent bdow ,n:vora g c
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Acreage
and
I ndicated
Pr oduction
:-tepor t e d
to
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STATE
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CABBAGE '[/
Acr e s
- Tons - '
- 1 , 000 tons -
Wi n t e r
Ar izona
1,200
700
1,200: 12.3 11.0 12,0: 14.7 77 14 .4
Texas
25 ,ooo ~,ooo 25 ,ooo = 4 . t- 4 .5 5 .o: 115.1 1o8 , o 125 .o
Ca lifornia
3 , 680 3,200
3, 8oo= 10. 6 9. 8 1o.o= 38.8 31.L~ 38 .0
Florida Group 'l'otal
17 ,320 14,400 16,500:10.1 10.3 9 .2:175.5 lh8 .3 151.8
- - - -- -7.-o- - - - -- -- -- -- ::--4-7-:-2oo--
- -42.3oo
-
....
--
-46-"-,-5-oo-~ -
7-. 4-
--
-
- -1-.-1~ ..........
-311---~.-o
295:--4-3-2-9-.2-
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Sl!'iEBT CORN
:- Units(5 doz,cars) - 1,000 units -
;ii n t e r
.
Fl orida
. 5 ,020
6,500
. . 6,700: 133 165 125: 704 1,072 838
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-
- -
- -- -
-
--- -
-
-
-- -
-
-
--
- -
-
- - - - .. -
--: - . -
.- .L - -
- - - - ., _ -
L!jT'l'UCE
:- Crate s 4 do z .
- l,OOO cra t e s -
V: i n t e r ~ Arizona, Yuma
California Texa s Florida
Group Total
14,880 11,500 13:000: 180 195 200: 2,66o 2,242 2,6oo
33,020 34,500 38, 800: 187 210 210: 6,1!.~7 7,2h 5 8,148
10,030 14,000 20, 800: 123 135 120: 1,196 1, 890 2,496
- - - - - - - _- - - 2.,...3-50- - 3-,5-00- - ,.._ 4- ,0-0-0:-- 1L~-8-1-70_,. 1-30: - -350 .5.95 -52-0
- - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - -- -- - - _ 6o,280
--63 ,500 ~ .. 76,-6o-O:
-173
189
-180..:10,353
-11,972 ~-
13,764
- - - - - - - - - : - - - - - -.... - - - - - - - R- : - r--~ ~ - - - - - -: - - - - - - - - - -
POTA-'POES, E:A.--RL
10-Y-ea-P-
10 --Yr.- Bushels: 1 0 -Yr.-1~<).0.0 Bushels
CGrWERCI AL
Average
Av .
Av .
Summe r 3/
1 9+5-5L~
: 45-54
-19-4-5--54
Virginia
29 ,770
Easter n Shore 23,330
N orfolk ~ Other 6,440
Ma ryl and
: 4, 770
De l awar e
:4/ 3,6oo
Kentucky
- 2,410
25,000 21,000
4,000 3,400 8 ,200
700
24,500: 198 217 20,6oO: 202 225
3, 900: 184 175 3,200: 1 68 185 9,6o0:4/2L~3 350
500:- 138 210
5,908 4,712 1,197 810 :4/ 929 - 34fl
5,425 4,725
700 629 2,870 147
:Missouri Kansas
1,870
6oo
2,1 60
500
400: 176 230 400: 171 2 6o
335
138
377
130 Jun 11
Nebraska Texas
3,440 6, 820
1,500 8 ,000
1,400: 272 370 5 ,000: 228 275
9 03
555
1,516 2,200
Ge orgi a New J ers ey
1,170
700
65 0: 88 100
103
70
_ 38 ,590__2g_,2_o~ ___19 ,10~:- 24~ -~85__ _ - .:_ 2_,!_~ _ 6 ,hlg_ __ _
Group Total
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~ Group Aver age s (including ALL STATES) a r e simpl e a verage s of aru1ual da ta.
5( Includes proc e ssing .
2/ 1956 acreage prospective .
~ Short-ter m av er age , 1949 - 54 .
ARCHIE LAi:WLEY .ngricultura1 Statistici an In Ch rg e
L. H. HARRIS, J R. Veget a bl e Crop Esti ma tor
UNIVERSiTY OF IEO~S IA
FEB 22 19SF
Athens, .Georgia
February 15 , 1956
Estimated inventorJr numoers of lives tock on Ge org ia farms as of J anuary 1, 195 6
s howed increases from one year a go for hogs, she ep and tur keys, while numbers of cattl e , workstock and chickens were less tha1i last year. Sheep s howed the l a r ge st percentage incr ease wi th a gain of 11 9'}~: ; most. of th is increa s e was due to the l a rge riumber of bree dins s t ock shipped int o the Stat e . Hog s followed
vri th a ga in of 14~~ a nd turkeys with 3'}1 Woz:-kstoc k ha d a decrease of 8~1, follovre d
by cattl e and ch ickens vri th 4~~ each .
Workstock numbers have dec line d annua lly sinc e 1938 . The number of hors e s and mule s on Ge or gia farms wa s e stimated at 138,000 h ea d compa r e d wi th 150,000 last yea r a nd is only 46;.~ of t he number on f a r ms 10 y e ars a g o.
Total value of a ll live stock on Ge orgia fa r ms J anua r y 1, 1956 wa s ~~: 134,8L~6 ,000 compar ed with ~~ 129 , 61 3 ,000 one y ear o.go, She e p showe d the l a r g est i n cre a s e with .
a ~ain of 152~; , followed by paul try with 11~~ and ca ttl e 'J;!,. Th e valu e of hogs
decrea s e d 11% ev en though the numb er increased 14>~ Hors e s un d mules decr ea s e d 5% in value .
Valua tion, in thousands, by species of live st.ock i n orde r of rank for 1956 a nd 1955 r e spectively a r e : Cattle $89 , 034 a nd ~,>81,350; Hogs ~~ 27 ,107 o.n d ~ ; 30,470; chickens $9,466 and $8,532; she op <~ 644 and -~256; o.nd turkeys !~305 and 0315.
DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA LIVESTOCK VALUES BY KI NDS ON l''Aim S
, (Perc ent of tota l va lue of livestock - January 1, 195'bf*-
* Shee p with value of .'~ tU+.ooo not shovm. in diagram.
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CARL 0. DOESCHER Ag ricultural St a t istician
,,
Cattle
~j 89 , 034; 000
66 .3~~
J ,
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LIVES TOCK OH GECRGI L F:'_YrS ( IN Tnl: Us~Jms )
:,
Year
I
I
I
Lr:1~ua r y 1, 1')1.:.7 - 19 56 Hu -v"is e d Es t i ma tes
. -_T- ---- ---- -- --~~~-:;-~--.- ~. -
----~-- --
I I I I . 1.11 I "' . - Ca+,t l.e I An C1
H0if e t s ."., y r s & Ol de r
Ot.he r I,
I co1s ,"-, yr sj' .uogs
! and
i &
Sheep l ll-ln
I Cal ves [ '!.{er t :Co r Older j Fig s 1 J_.flmb s
uors ' S L.nn
1(,l] c s
I "'"(''h~lx'.Cckluendisng
J
Turke ys
C:ommc rci "~ ,
Br o il'er s ,
I
\ilk
1
- -- - - ' - - - - ' - -- '
I
._ _!f__ _ __ _.___ _ __ _ _ __j, _ _._ . ' -
1947.
194 8 174 9 1950 19 51
1 9~2
1953 l 95lt1955 1956 .
-
1111 1067
982 l OI.t-0 1113 l2l+'l 1422 l 56h - 1627 15 62 '. "
387 372 350 3 6!.~ j 6}..j.
- 364 357 353 34 6 332
1 ,000 " H3ad
227
1 618
lh
212
l u51+
12
19 2
1588 '
10
193
l f-.67
9
232
1800
10
282
1908
ll
375
1 69 8
1~.
452
l l.tl-~.3
17
51 8
l l 72
21
517
1 ()63
L~ (;
302 2 Y2
2 7'7
o - ~
c..':J[
21J-t .
215
192 166
150 13 8
S/0 05 . 8282
7957 811 6
eoc.:9
82~8
7795
79l.J+ 853 2 823 1
5SI
#
w~
46
52
i 54 .
51
5lt-
59
'Gl
63
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.AIDJUAL::LIVES'TOCK AN Ll::p')UL'RY Il~ VD: Tl)R:Y ..- ~- .. J ANUAf<Y 1, 1956
Li v os t oc k an d poul t r y on f a r ms a n d ranche s i n the United $ta. te s s h owed a n et i n -
c r e a.se o:(' 2 pe rc en t du r inh 1955 . Th e to ta l f'or J anuary 1, 195 6 vva.s 7 per c en t be l ow t he .pea.k of .J anu.a r y l, l 9Lih The a ggr e gat e i n c r e ase t h is y ea r r e s u lte d f rom .
a s ub s t ap ti a l i i1cre a.se i n hog n Uiilbe rs and a sma ll inc r e ase i n ca. ttJ e n umbers . She e p , h-o.r s e s 13.n d , mul es , ch i ckens a n d t ur ke ys "'er e d O\',n fr om a. ;.roa r a g o.
Combi n ing the s pec ie s on t h e bas i,s of t h d r e c onomic i mpor t a nce r evea l s t h at l i v e ..
s tock n umb e rs i n crease 2 P'" r c en t , wh i l e poult ry decreas e d :~ p er cen t . :1ea t a nima l~ ( ca t t l e , }:logs ~ and sheAp ) ,we r e u p 2 perc en t , whil e. wor k s t ockwa s d ovm 8 e r cent . _ ~:: il l:: c a t tle. (mil k c ows , he i f e rs a n d c a l v e s) s h owe d a dec r ea s e o f 1 p e rc en t .
Feed su ppli e s ar e gene _a lly ampl e a.n d a r e mu ch b e t t e r d istr ibu t e d over t be c ountry
a s a. wh ol e t han fo r th e pa s t 2 or 3 y ea rs. Su p]?li e s a r e much l ar fe r i n ~h fl Sou t h
whe r e a b i g corn crop wa s harves t e d in 1955. Su ~)pl. i e s a 1e a b ove a verage i n th e Nor th Centra l r egion, a lthough dr ought cut c orn pr odu tion be lo ~r a ve ra.g;r: i n s ome
of t h e wes te rn Corn Be l t States. \'!e ste r n ranges i n the fall of 1955 we r e fai r to g oo d an d sup pli c'd more f e ed than i n the 1954 s e a s on . Only loc a l ar ea s i n t h e 1Test had s hort f eed s uppli es . Pro t1u cti on of f e e d grains in 1955 wa s 6 .r;e rc ent l a r ge r than 1954 a nd 11 pe rc ent l a r ge r t h a n a v era ge o The t ota l S U~! p l~r o f fe e d gr ai ns a n d
oth >r conc enbat e s f or t h e 1')5 5 -1 95 6 se ason is t h e h i ghe s t o ' r eco rd b ot h in t ota l
a nd per an i ma l unit .
Pric e s we r e f avor a b l e in r e l a tion t o f e e d costs early in 1955 fo r h og s , b ee f c a.tt:}.e , a n d cornm. e rci a l br oi le r s . Pri ces f or f e d ca t tl e da clined s t e adily dur inp.; th e y ea r. Pric e s f or b r oil e rs a n d ,)'tOf!: S dr op11c d s ubst ant1. a 1ly du rine: t he l as t h a l f o f t h r:: y ea r.
The nU-tnb e r of c att l e an d ca l v e s 021 fa r ms and r ancho s J anu a r y l, 1956 ,is e stimat ed
a t 97,4{5 ,000 h tS a d--a n mr a ll- t i me h i gh. Th i s is a b ou t 1 pe r c ent or :873 ,000 h a d a bove t he pr e v i ou s r e c or d a y e a r enrli er and a b out 1 6 perc ent mor e t ha n t ho 19h 55lt- ave r age of 8LJ. ,040 , 0('0 h ead . Ca t t l A numb ors ha ve inc1 e a s erl eac h y ea r s i n c e 1949 b ut the pe r centa ge r a t e of i n cr ea s e du ring 1955 wa s l es s t.ho.n f o: a ny o f the
7 y ear s .
Hog n umb ers on fa rms J anua r y 1, 1 ,.,5 6 a r e es t i mat e d a t 55,088 , 000 head . This i s 9 p erc ent mor e tha n th r:J r ev is e d e s t imate of 50 ,47!.~ , 000 h ea d a y ea r oarli or, but .
3 per c ent l es s t hn.n t h e l 94 5 - 5lt- a v r a . e . Nurn'c c r s we r e hi ghe r t ha n a ye ar e r l i e r
i n a ll r egion s . Hogs unde r 6 months ~ f a p;e on f arms ,Ja nuar y l, 105 6 ~umbe r 0 d
33 ,520,000 h ead , or 12 po rc <:~nt a b ove t he 29 , 90 6 , 000 on fa r ms a. y e n.r ea rli e r .
The numb e r of hor s e s a n d mu l e s on f a r ms continu ed t o d ecl i n e dur inp.: 1955 . 'l'he
J an ua ry l, 1956 i n ve nto ry is e s t i ma t e d at 3, 962 , 000 h ea d . Thi s i s 8 pe rc ent b l ow
th <J 4 ,309 , 000 on hand J r.mua.r y l, 1955 a n d l e ss t ha n h a lf o f the l 9L~5 -54 ave ra ge
of 8 ,212,000.
Ch ic kens on f a r ms J a nua ry 1, 195 6 ( e x c l uding cormne r c i a l b roil e r s) to t a l e d a b ou t 382 mill ion- - 2 pe rc ent l e ss than a y e a r ea rli e r a n d 15 porc cnt b e low t l o 1945-5ltaver a ge .
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UNITEOSTATES
GJEJO ~
BRAR I !:!!GRIC ':TURAL.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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COLLEGE Of. A~RICUL TURE
EXTEN510N SERVICE
Athena1 Geo1r ia
Februe.ry 15, 1956
; -BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGI A COMMERCIAL ARRAS
During the week ending February 11 commerci al hatcheries placed 4,41.5,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia comm.ercial areas. This is 3 pe rcent belotv the 4, 56.5,000 for the previous week but is 34 percent more than the 3,304,000 pla_ced the same week last ye ar.
Local hat chings of 3,607 ,ooo, excluding s 1ip:nents of 344,000 chicles to other stqtes,
are slightly above the 3,.599,000 of t he previous week and 30 percent more than the '2,76.5,000 of one year ago. ~gg s set by local hatcheries amounted to .5,617,000 or 3 percent above tl].e .5,473,000 of t he p revious week and 26 percent greater than the 4,41.~3,000 for the corre sponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching egg s during the week at an average of 86 cents per dozen. Average p rice charged by hatcheries for chicks was r eported at $1.5 .50 pe r hundr:od . The se prices com!,)are with 86 cents and ~~1.5. 75 r espectively for
the previ ous 1-:reek and 72 cents and $.13 . 7.5 one year ago. Ege prices shmm relate to Georgia prodw;:ed hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or other-vrise.
(See reverse side for other states)
I GEORGIA ClUCK PLACE'11!ENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD DECE1viDE:R 10,1~.5 ..~HROUGH FEB~UA~Y llzl9.56
Date j.
:Cgg s
Chj.cks HatchCfY i Inshipmer~ts
Total Placed
vfeek
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms .
Ending . 1954-.55:19.5.5-.56
19.54-.5~: 1955-.56 1954-5.5: 19.5.5-.5~- 19.%4-.55 :19.55-.56
- -. -Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Dec. 10 3,.6.21 4, 6h9
2, 295 3,096
4.50
Dec. 17 3, 749 1+,683
2, 281 2, 959
426 ..
Dec. 24 Dec. 3l Jan. 7
3,.544
3,677
3~8 8 3
4,832 1~, 797 5,08.5
1,901 3,076
421
2,312 3,073
407
2,3.50 3,380
369
Jan. lJ.i 4,0.50 5,lh9
2,286 3,322
325
Jan. 21 4,280 5,3h2
2,362 3,t~23
373
Jan. 28 4,387 .5,380
2,470 3,492 :j 1-J.94
Feb . )~ 4,487 5,h73
2, 783 3,599 i 487
_Fe_b___l-:-1_'..__4"""':..:4_4_3___-'5;...:,_6_1_7'---__..__.b]_6.::;_5_;?~?_7_..1...._539 .
421 583 68.5 620
617 673 670 709 . 966
so8
2,74.5
2,707
2,322
2,7;1.9
2,7;]..9
2,611
2,735
I I
,2,964 3,270
_L_ 3,3,04
y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
3,.517
3, 5!~2
3,761 3,693 3,997
. 3,995
4,'093 4,201 h,!.56.5 4,-hl5
CARL 0. IXJESCHER Agricultural Statistician
'ARCiUE _LANGLEY . Agric~tural S~at i stician In Charge
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F'te ~2 1956
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DUENPIATREDTMSETNATTE~SF
GBO~
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BR . AR . I !.:!!tGMRAIC EL.TTIUNRGAL.
AGRICUL. TURE
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VICE
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COLLEGE Of. A~R I CUL. TURE
Athens, Geo1r.ia
EXT EN!iiON SERVICE
Februe.ry 15, 19-~6
: -BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGI A COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending Fe1 ruary 11 commercial hatcheries placed 4, 415,000 chicks
with broiler producers i n Georgia commercial areas. This is 3 pe rcent belolv the
4, 56.5,000 for the previous week but is 34 percent more than the 3,304,000 placed the
same week last year.
Local hat chings of 3,607,000, exclud.ing ship~nents of 344,000 chicks to othe r states,
are slightly above the 3,599,000 of t he previous week and 30 percent more than the
2,76.5,000 of one year ago. ~gg s set by local hatcheries amounted t o 5,617, 000 or 3 percent above tl'].e 5,473,000 of t he previ ous week and 26 percent greater t han the
4,41.(3,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries r eported pri ces paid for hatchi ng eges during the week at an average of 86 cents per dozen. Avera[;e Price char ged by hatcheries for chi cks was r eported at $1.5 . 50 pe r hundr.ed . The se prices compare vrith 86 cents and ~n5. 75 r espectively for the previous 1-reek and 72 cents and $13. 75 one year ago. Egg prices shmm relate to
Georgia pr oduced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise .
1f J (See r everse si de f or other states)
GEORGIA CHICK PLACENENT BY !JEEKS - PEillOD_DECF,i.VIBEE 10,1955 __THROUGH FEB~UA~Y 11,.19) 6
Date j.
Egg s
Chj_cks Hatched 1 Inshipments
Total Placed
Y.le e k
Set
Ending . 1954-.55:19.55-56
Placed in Georgia of Chicks
on Farms .
19.54-.5$_:_1-9.~5-56 1954-5.5:1955-56 _19$.1~-.5.5!_~9 55-56
-. - . -Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Dec. 10 3,.6.21 4, 61r9
2, 29.5 3,096
Dec. 17 3, 749. h,683
2, 281 2, 959
Dec. 24 3,.544 4, 832
1, 901 3,076
Dec. 3l 3,677 4,797
2,312 3,073
Jan. 7 3~8 8 3 5,085
2,350 3,380
Jan. 14 4,0.50 5,149
2,286 3,322
Jan. 21 4, 280 5, 3h2
2, 362 3, h23
Jan. 28 4,387 5,380
2,470 3,492
Feb. I~ 4,487 5,1_~73
2,783 3,.599
_Fe_b_._l~l_'.~._4_,~4~43--5~~,6_1_~7--~--~-6~5__,h. 607
4.50 . 421
2,745
. 426 .. 583
2,707
421 685
2,322
407 620
2, Tl9
369 617
2,7J.9
325 673
2,611
:j
373
1.~9 4'
670
2,735
709 I ,2, 964
l
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487 .539 .' .
.9s6o6s
' '3,270
j _ 3,3,04
!/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
3,517
3, 51.12
3,?61
3,693
3,997
3,995
4,'093 4,201
h,~ 565
4,l+l5
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
'ARGUE. LANGLEY Agricu~tural s~at i stician In Cha r ge
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Maine Conn e c t i c u t Pennsyluania Indiana Illinois Mi ssouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GE ORGIA F orl. a Alabama Mi ssissippi
AI."lean sas.
Louisianfi Texas : Washington Ore g on California
EGGS SET AIID: CRI CKS PLACED I N COMMERC IAL AREAS , BY WEEKS 1955-56
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... Feb.
Feb.
4
11
1 EGGS SET - TT-IOUSANDS
... :t Dec. : Dec.
....: : 10
17
: Dec. 24
.. Week Ending
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Dec.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Jan.
Feb.
Feb.
31
7
14
21
28
4
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c:-rrcKS PLACED - THOUS.ANDS
911 ' 1,240
1~2- 84
1,677 393
1,793 1,6_33 1,979 2.,073
321 2,458
328
. ' 1,385 1,259 ,2, 36.1 214 :2,429 388 . 297 -1,:806
930 1,192 1, 335 1,645
417 1, 738 1, 720 2,100 2,091
329 2,515
311
1,580 1,298 2, 311
186 2, 387
396 292 1,825
II 88o .~ an ,
II. 1,167 i
1, 30~
542 . 656 .
l, 782 . 7-12
I - : 433.
187 :
11; 77082~.. 1
6{)4
: 1, 371
. 2,108 . ,, 1,0,86
II ..2,197-. ! - 1,157
356
437
..2, 687 i 1 . 1, 368
313 l j 229
5;617 I, 3,5i-7
'll . 594
ll :i;~~~
2 31
1,_~;~ .
l . 2,24 5 i -1,.797
188
266 .
2,378 . I t,803
.330 ,1 316
1,909
128 ' 132 .
986
726 441 607 692 157 586 1,49_5 1,151 1,110 475_
1,414 214
3,542 242
1, 365 923
1,824 292
1, 797 222 121 999
728
756
774
467
587
489
5i)7
572
580
646
740
634
127
130
172
563
. 519
493
1,614 1,607 1,588
1,074 1,143 1,280
1,093 1,197 1,220
508
. 466
493
1,408 1,366 1,397
24 3
216
190
3, 761 3,693 -- 3,997
213
181
212
1, 4 46 1, 319 1, 4 79
906 .
885
897
1,807
1, 730
1,69~
276
240
270
1, 624 . 1, 708 1,742
199
203
217
141
140
161
1,051 1,018. 1,125
764 557 617 763 162 471 1,570 1, 327 1,253 446 1 , 4 38 193 3,995 253 1, 328 886 1,674 262 1, 727 229 184 1,087
740 563 605 645 141 516 1, 498 1,18 1 1,118 483 1,387 209 4,.093 2 39 1, 4 30 886 1,531 247 1,674 210 150 1,125
713 523 668 761 136 608 1,604 1,225 1,194 496 1,49C 254 4 ,201 284 1,531 925 1,707 283 1,817 227 184 1,208
759 483 698 716 177 617 1,543 1,279 1,265 504 1,551
271
4,565 262
1, 453 1,065 1,916
254 1_,886
208 171 1,102
779 567 781 798 217 669 . 1,451 1,407 1, 314 505 1,690 211 4, 415 262 1,561 1,017 1_,958 300 1,902 212 185 1,105
TOTAL 19 55-56 . TOTAL 1954-55
32,15~
27,977
32,648 28,433
33,~24
28, 409
20, $20 j' -20,395 .20, 492 14',5 33 -~-. -14 ,801 11, 33~
20,416 14 , 346
21,109 15,025
21,186 14 ,397
20,671 14 ,959
22 ,039 17,019
22,74 5 18,794
23,306 19,825
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AGRIC UL TU R/\ L MARKET I NG SERVICE
D.RCILER CHICK
AR? AS :
During the we ek ending Februar-J 18 cor;t~erci al hatcheries place d 4, 415, 000 .chicks
w:Lth broil er produce r s in Geore,ia corrune r ci al a r eas .o This is the same as the place-
ments for the previous week but is 26 percent more than t he 3, 443 , 000 p laced t he
same week last yearo
Local hatchings of 3, 706, 000, excluding shipments of 375, 000 chick s to othe r states ,
are 3 p e rcent above the 3, 607 , 000 of the p revious week and 24 percent more than the
2,903 , 000 of one y ear ago . Eggs set by local hatcherie s amounted to 5, 587 , 000 or
slightly below the 5,617 , 000 of the p revioP.s week and 14 percent gre ater t han the
4, 906, 000 :for t he corre sponding week l a st y e ar .
Hatcheries reported price s paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
85 cents per dozen . Average price charge d by hatcheries f o r chicks was reporte d at $1S. 50 pe r hundred . These pri ce s comp are with 86 cents and $15. 50 r espe ctively for t he p r evious week and 72 cents and ~13 . )0 one y e ar ago . Egg pri ce s shovm r el a te to
GFJ or~ ia: pro duce d hat ching eggs , ;,rhet he r bou ght on c ontract or othe:r..rise .
( S0e r everse side for othe r st ates)
GEO RGI A CHICK ?1f.C1~l- ::SNT BY WF.:EK S
PS_RIOD D~C"'J'!llER 17 , 1955 THROUGH FEBRU O.RY 18, 1956 )}
Dat e - .' !- - :~ggs
-Chicks-ffat:chCi3Ci27l--i:"i1-s"hipr.1cJ1fs____ l _ Total Pla:ce d
Heck .
Se t
~n dil2.L_i
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1S54- 55 : 195,_5-56
Th o u s an d s
Place d in Ge orgia \ of Chi cks
l on Farms
E;54- 5'5 :lJ ~~-56 ~ 1?54-55 :l 955- 56_j_JJ54- 5? :1955- 56
Th o u sand;:>
1 Thousands
Thousands
Doc . 17 ' i 3, 749 4, 901
Dec . 24 ! 3, 544 4, 916 Dec . 31 I 3, 677 5, 046
Jan , 7 I 4, 154 5, 085
Jan , 14 ! L~ , 114 5, 149
Jan , 21 I 4., 381 5, 342
Jan . 28 h, 515 ~ , 380
Feb . 4 4, 742 5, 473
~
! Feb , 11 '
Feb . 18 I
4, 874 4,906
5,617 5,587
2, 281 1, 901
2, 312 2, 556 2, 611
2, 594 2, 622 2, 783 2, 794 2, 903
3, 010 3,123 3, 127
3,330 3, 322 3, L~23 3, 492 3, 599 3, 607
3..1. 706
426 600
2, 707 3, 610
421 701
2,322 3, 824
~07
638
2, 719 3:, 765
438 617
2, 994 3', 997
433 673
3, 044 3', 995
h50. 670
3, 04h 4, 093
545 709
3, 167 4., 201
487 966 . i 3,270 L~;, 565
549
608 ! 3,343 4~415
540 709
3, 4Li.3 4~ 415
!/ 1955 Data revised. y Exclusive of hatchings shipp e d into stat e s outs ide of Ge orgi a .
CARL 0 JXl:SSCHEH Agricul tural Statisti cian
ARCHIE" LA'lJGLEY Agricultura l Statisti cian In Charge
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STATE
Maine -Connecticut Pennsylvania. Indiana. Illinois Miss ouri Delaware Me.ryle.nd Virginia. West Virginia. ..North Caroline. South Caroline. GEORGIA Florida Alabama. Mississippi Arkansas Loui sie...'le. Texas Vvashington Oregon California
EGG~ SF; T .AND CHIC KS PLACED I N COMIViER CIAL AREAS ,. BY VVEEKS - 19 55-56
. Feb.
Feb.
Feb.
4
11
18
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EGG S SET ' - THOl)SAlifDS .
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Dec. 17
I
I 930
880
i I
895
726
! 1,.192
1,167
l; 179 I Ii
441
1,335 1,645
417
1,304 1, 782
433
1,.380 ;l I'
1,707 418
i!
607 692 157
l, 738
IpI
1, 720 2,100
2,091
1,702 l, 783 2,108 2,197
1,856 I,
: l
1,846
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2,062 2,187
! '
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I
:I
586 1,.495 1,151 1,110
329
356
330
I f
' I
475
2,515 311
2,687 313
: I 2, 774
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1,414
339 i;
214
5, 4 73 5, 617 5, 58 7 _L_ 3' 610
'577-----s-gr---614-. I -242-
1,580 1,298 2, 311
186 2, 387
396
,.., ' 292 1,825
1,639 1,296 2,2-45
188 2,378
330 316 1,.909
I 1,651 j
1,319 . i
2,210 i '
189
2,334 ! i
378 , I
' 268 l, 767
I!
I I!
j!
1, 36 5 92'3
1,824 292
l, 797 222 121 999
De c. 24
728 467 597 646 127 563 1,614 1,074 1,093 508 1,.408 243 3,824 213 1, 446 906 1, 80 7 276 1,624 199 141 1, 051
Dec. 31
'.~reek Ending
Jan . 7
Je.n 14
Je.n. 21
Je.n. 28
CHICKS PLACED - THOliSAl~ DS
756 587 572 740 130 . 519 1,607 1,143 1,197 466 1, 366 216 3, 765 181 1,319 88 5 l, 730 240 1,708 203 140 1, 018
774
764
740
489
557
563
580
617
605
634
763
6.45
172
162
l41
493
..4.71 .
516
1,588 1,570 1,498
1,280 1,327 1,181
1,220 1,253 1,118
493
446 ~
483
1,397 1,438' l, 387
190
193
2.09
3, 997 3, 995 4 ,093
'212- 253-- 239
1, 4 79 1, 328 1,430
897
886
886
1,699 1,674 1,531
270
262
247
1,742 l, 727 1,674
217
229
210
161
184
150
1,125 1,08 7 1,125
713 523 668 761 136 608 1,604 1,225 1,194 496 1,490 254 4 ,201 284 '1, 531 925 I 1, 70 7 283 1, 8 17 227 184 l,208
TOTAL 1955-56 TOTAL 19 54-55
. 32,_648 28,433
33,224 28 ,409
I i
II 33,293 20,463 I
2 7, 729
: i
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14 ,801
. I
20,555 11,331
20, 488 14,346
21,109 21, 186 20,671 1 5., 025. 14 ,397 - 14 ,959
22,039 17, 019
Feb. 4
759 483 698 716 177 617 1,543 1,279 1,265 504 1,551 271 4,565 262 1,453 1,065 1,916 254 1,886 208 171 l, 10 2
22,745
18 ,794
Pe.ge 2.
Feb . 11
Feb. 18
779 567 781 798 217 669 1,451 1,407 1,314 505 1, 690 211 4,415 262 1,561 1,017 1, 9 58 300 1,902 212 185 1,105
799 664 766 771 232 705 1,613 1,384 1,345 498 1,618 281 4,415 217 1,668 1,001 1,815 350 1, 860 284 160 1,182
23,306 19, 825
23,628 19,96 3
Athens, Georgia.
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G.RORGIA: .. .The 1955 Calf Crop in Georgia. amounted ,to 683,000 head dompared with ' ' .:
~-- . _668,000 in 1954; th i s is 5 0 percent above the 10-yea.r 1944..53 a.vera.~e
.f.'. 455, OOQ.f~. hea.d. . 1
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.fhe 1955 C,a,lf Crop (number of calvel? porn pet 100 c'ows and heifers :-~ rears old .
-~nd over on January l) was 79 percent compa.'r 'e:d w;i..th 83% in ~954 ~'n'o. 75-. -p~~cant .. z .for the t~..,yea.r avera g-e . Cows a.nd heife-rs ~rears , old an a over 'ori hand' Jan-
in -tiary 1,
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19. 5.5 numb e red 8(:4~000 head; ...
this wa.s
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a. bo'L\t' 7 '
percen-e
a.bov~
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year .
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lilUTED STATES: The Uni te'd States. calf crq'p 19.55 totaled.'43 ,OOi ;ddcJ head, i .. ~ ;.
;'?'
-- - - pereent m-ore than the 42,6o,l;ooo head born in. 1954;':a.cfJording to.
the Crop Re.porting . Board~ This is the six~h . sucd Qssive ino._rease over ;the pre.: . :
~.'e ding year since the numbel' of cattl e bega.r~ 'to ~ho:W .an i,tpw9:rd trenq "b eg inning _.in
. f. 1949. The 1955 ca.H' crop was 20 percent 18,rg_er tha.P: the l ;'ILI-4-53 a:v~fage . . . ' ' ~
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The large 1955 calf crop resulted from a. r -ecord number of cows and ':~eLfers ' o.~ .,
farms during 1955. The number of a.H cows a.nd hei;f'ers 2 years old a:rf~ older .an.
January 1, 1955, was 49,121 :,"000 head--less than l pel-cent la."rger than :the numbe r ..
on hand a. year earlier. Al thoubh cow slaughter was high duri_ng 1955 , f?pw her'4~: . :
~tayed large throughout the year to produce tho rec~d calf cr-o p .
~:
The numb er of calve s born express e d a.s a. perc entage. of cows and he.i'fers 2 years. t' i
old and older on January 1, 1955 , was 88 percent--1 percentage poi:iit.: above the t ., pr eviou y..s2a.r, a.nd_4 percenta ge po.ints. a.bOJTe the lQ-year a.v.:er age of''...84 pe rc ont.~ .'
r. This figure is not strictly o. cal1zing rate since the January 1 inventory of covrs
and he ifers 2 y ears old and older. do e s not include all the h e ifers vvhich gave
birth to calve s during the year .: 'rl:l0 pc rc entag0 is calculated to shou the trend .._
in productivity ove r a. long p e riod . of::time . It may fluctua. t o . from year. to ye ar. :-:-~:
duo to variations ropla.c ement s
in
cow 9la.ughtc:r -~uring
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t he
year
and
trond_;.s
in breep.ing herd
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The calf cro p of 18,133,000 head i h: t he Nor-th Central Stat e s vras 6,000 h ea d : small er than in 195L~, but-- 15 porc on:t o.bovc tho 10.:.yca.r ave rage . All West Nor~h,.... Central State s, v1ith the excc ption o~ }Einnosota. , N'orth Dakota, and South Dakota..~. . showe d f ovver ca lve s born in ' l955 than a. ~roar oa.rli.er. In tho North Centr a l States,
tho numb er of cows and h e i .f ors on hand J anua ry 1, i955 1:a s 19,877 ,000 h ea d--an .l i .;.
creas e of l oss tha n 1 perc ent froin th o 19 , 794,000 hq~ d on Janua r y 1, 1954. T~p:: '.
Western State s shgwed a calf crop of 7,2 66,000 head in 1955 bompa.:F e d vrith .. .-:-- : --::
7~056,000 born in 195h . Only thre e of tho West.c::rn Stat e s, l:Cyoining, Color a trb , antl:~
_in J..rizona , shovved 'f cv;or ca.lvos born i955 than in; tho pr evious y ear.
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In the South Centr a l Stutes, tho c_13-lf cr op..).s o st.~ated at 11,202,000 head corn,- .-~
pared with _11,089 ,000 in 1954 . Thei.numb c-r ;...of a ll: qoHs a nd h ei f ers two years p.Hi .
o.nd older on J anua ry 1, 1955 tota. l.c;> d 13,151,000 h ead--a. d e cr eas e of 1 percent- from
1954. Toxa.s, tho l oa ding cattle pr-oducing,-$t:l.t o , showe d 4,297,000 calv os born.--1
percent a.boiro tho 4,2L~2,000 h ea d bprn in .],9~4. Tho numb er of cows and hoifors.; tvm
on y,oars old and older
J anua.ry 1, . i~55 in: TDXaS VIa S 4,828,000 h ead--2 perc ent p e ..:
16\-, a year earlier. In the North -A;-tlantic region, th o calf crop tota l e d 3 ,095.~000
head compared with 3,023,000 h ea. d a yca.r. earlier. In th e South Atla ntic Stat e s;.
tho ca lf crop wa s 3,305,000 he ad--about th_e sumo as : tho pr ov~ous year,
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Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Sta tistician In Cha~g o
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Cows and heifers :Calves Born as Per cent of
State :
Calves Born:
:
2 'yrs. c: older :cows f~ heifers 2 yrs. & o. ' t
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a~d.
VlSlOn
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-- - - -; 1955
.;:a_1v-0e-r--ya -rg~;~-a~~1:9:-_5r4l_
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;
-- - -1955
.:;_av-1e-0-r- ya-gr ~
~a~~~t~-
~ 1954
~-.}/.. ..:_-
; 1955
{.
----..,.:. -1194,-4o-o5o3-:-i:Ooo-1: -;ocro-:-119:L-Io4o-5o3_:-l, ooo :-1:-oo-o--:l-9L-I4--53- -:.-----.-:- ---""""
head head head head head head Perc ent Per cent Percent
..... -r - - - - ---~
~1Iaine N. H.
.110
115 ll 6 130 l}5 132 85
85
88
61
f:4
66
73
7!+
73 83
86
90
Vt
23 6
262 275 298 320 323 79
82
85
Mass
108
107 109 135 132 128 80
81
85
R.I.
16 16
16
21
20
19 79
80
84
Conn.
.. 99 ... 96 104 123 121 122 81
79
85
N.Y.
1,227 1,300 1,344 1,441 1,512 1,527 85
86
88
N. J
121
134 129 156 161 161 78
83
80
- - - - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Pa. - .--
oNhAiotl.-
-
--.2--,8.8935-977.7---3l,.,o0-922i389
936 . 3,095
-l,02i
-1,006
3,382
-l,ltR.
-13-1,1,,51880-416-
- -- 1,114 3,5~99
-l,l73-
85- -
-883 6---
-84
84 86--
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-8-4 8876-
Ind.
Ill. Mich. V is. Hirm
Iowa Mo.
848
906 890 950 1,029 :: 1,000 89
1,282 1,408 1,380 1,442 1,565 1,516 89
889 871 848 1,034 1,013 998 86
2,242 2,464 . 2,452 2,501 2,621 2, 665 90
1.. 610 1,674 1,720 1,785 1,s2o 1,830 90
1,755 2,052 2,033 1,943 2,137 2,140 90
1,506 .. 1,835 1,810 1,668 2,039 2,011 90
88
89
90
91
86
85
94
92
92
94
96
95
90
90 (
N. Dak.
712
853 915 817 937 984 87
91 .
93
S. Dak. 1,037 f~428 1,508 1,194 1,53'6 1,587 87
93
95
Nebr.
1,447 : 1,848 1,813 1,(:42 1,976 2,036 88
91-+
89
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- - - N.
Ce
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n-t.. .
15-,736-
.-.1.,-18.~,7.1.83--29-
- -1,-7-43-
18,133
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.
_ -1,-62.6.._- -1,-9-37- - - - 17,7.63 19,794
-...
- 1,937 ---87- ---9-2-. --- -90-
- -- - - - - - - -- - - 19,877
89 .... . .
92 .
91
,......
Del.
32
36
36
40
46
45 80
78
79
Md.-
214
258-. 2(:4 254 311 311 84
83
85
Va.
527 670 658 638 817 803 82
82
82
W. Va.
N .c.
2_66 . 286 293 313 3LI4 '341 85
329:. Wl 41.J4 437 566 576 75
83
.86
78
77 :
s. c.
173- ' 262 266 229 336 345 75
78
77
Ga .
455
468 q83 6o9 805 864 75
83
.. 79
= = = = = =: = Fla.
448 673 691 710
~.~)~). =: -2~1lt(= 3~94 3,2_02. "f,~o
1;035
4,g,60
11 001
!!_,28_
63
~)5
65
66
=: 7_7=: ==~if
Ky.
729
898 886 841 1,021 995 87
88
89
Tenn.
733
897 900 847 1,055 1,046 86
85
86
:Ala.
'561
809 ' 820 738 1,064 1,051 -76
76' ' . 78
Mi s s .
678 1,005 ., 1,056 96o 1,305 1,408 70
77
75
Ark.
566
717 ' 703 696 919 ' 890 81
78 : . 79
La.
642 . 872 966 865 1 ,163 . l,ltl.j. 74 .
75"
83
Okla.
1,298 1,649 1,574 1,512 ' 1,792 - 1,769 86
92
89
- - -- - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - _ - - Texas
s. Cent.
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39,;084.3....0.4-.:
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4- ,242
11,089
4,297 11,202
4, 753
11~213,..._
143,,92...3_521
4,828 13,151
81 81
-1,14r --- 89.-:--- io;;t-:--- -819- -1,o89
923-1,158 --1,?.14 -
8"6
,89
84
85
94- ~- ~94 J
Idaho
382
522 554 456 567 6o2 84
92
92
Wyo.
429
516 483 526 580 568 82
89
85
Colo.
728
873 846 857 981 920 85
89
92
N. Mex. - 554
541 572 701 693 689 79
. 78
83
Ariz.
363
378 . 377 473 478 47i 77
79 . . 79
Utah
248
334 3l~ . 302 371 . 364 82
90 . . 94
Nev.
212
233 . 260 278 311 31'7 . ' 76
75:
82
Wash..
396
493 515 481 536 56o . 82
92
92
Oreg.
467
611 619 583 719 728 80 . 85 . s5
- - - -- -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - Calif. 1,2J4 ~
1,466 -~
1,-557
1,489
1,6(,6 1,769
........
~8-2-- .
' 88 8.8.._
- - - - We-st.- -- - -5-,-81-2--'. _ 7,0-5-6-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ -- 7,266
7,0($
.
-8,060
-
8,208 ..... ~
.82
. ,_ - ~
88. .. ~
89
- - - - - u-. s-. - - -35,86-7--4-2,6-0-1 -43-,0--01- -4-2,6-57 - -4-8,946 -49-,1-21- -8-4 -- - --87- - - --, .as
1/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as
- percentage of the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and over on January 1 and not the number of alloows and heifers giving birth to calves during the year.
IJNITEO STATES
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DEPAR'tMENT OF AGRICI.IL TURE
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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL.. EXTENSION sfl.RVICE
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?ol r uc. r7} 29, 1956 \
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Duri ng t he vl..eek : ~h'ding February 2. coipmercial halcheries pl<?.ceq. :&, 2'56 , 0~0 cihiclt~ '
uith broile~ p~ducets ~n Geo~ia oo~crc ia.l areas . Thi s is 4 percent 'delow the !
4,415, 000 p J.Flce~ tne\ ~.r~vious week but is 25 pe rcent more than the 3!?9~, o~p p~:acep
the
same
we eJ'<;
l~i ~:t:
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Local hatchipgs jof 3~6..?1 ,00.0, e~cluding shipments of 398,000 chicks t o o!ther state~ ,
trWi are 1 percent. bq}J;)a.yhe 13, 706,000 of
2, 911, 000 bf~ on~ yea r .ago. Eggs s et
the p revious l~eek but 26 pe rcent mo\re t hal). thi:;
by local hatcheries amounted to , f)' , 7'58;GoO ,qr 3
per~ent ab6.vf
)~ $~7 ; 000 ~f t he previous week and. 24 percent." ~re3at~r ~h~,~ the (
4,652,000 f.or tlie~ correspondlng vteck last year .
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HatcherieS <.reporttedpr:i.ces paid for hatch~ng e gg s dur~_ng the week at an averaee_.of ;
85 cents pi;.T ;doi~n . Average pr i ce charged by hatcheries for chicles was ~epq,rte d. at
~15 . 50 per : h~dr1<:)fk These prices are t he same as the previous we9k and romp.are, wi~h
72 cents and ; :.PlJ.~O one year ago. Egg p r ice s shm-m r el at e to Georgia p roduce d --, 1
hatching e~g s , 111~tpe r bought on contract or otherv1ise .
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P~RIOD DECS\.;BER 24, 19.)5 '!.'HROUGli FEB:tUARY 25, 1956
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Chick s Hatcj1o.cf.].Ttfnshi pments ! - To'.tal Pl:ace~ 1
1:/eck
i Set
I Placed in .~k6 ~i~ of Chicks ' ; :on ;Fa+,ms ..: ;
! Snding I 195.4- 55 :1955- 56
1 951.~-55 :1955-'56 : !: 19)1.!..:55:195)- 56 : ; 19.54- 55 : '1955'.::56 !
--""'--+-_i _,_;"."'"".T"""h'"""ou~-. s-an.;.-...d;.,."'"s~-......_-~Tho usands
Thousands '
Thdu s a a d s
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Dec . 2Lr. ! '3 ,:5J.JL . L., 916 .
!.
~, 9Gl . .3:; 1,'2.) !' . 421
701
2, J 22 J, 84.h
I Dec . 31 ' .J/)77 . 5,046
Jan. 7 U,l54 5,o85
'.
2,312: ::.; ) , ]:127
2, 556 3, 380
407
638
43B 617
2, 719 J, 765
2,991.!. 3, 997
Jan. 14 ! 1~, 114 .. 5~ 1)_~9
2; 611 3,322
4J3
673 I 3,0LJ+ '_3, 995
I Jan . 21 i .h,38l . 5,342
'Jan . 28 4, .515 . 5, 380
Feb. 4 1 4, 742 . 5, 473
2, 594 3j 4?:3 2, 622 . J, h92: 2, 783 ~ 3,599
4SO
670. . ~ 3, 044 h, 093
< 545: . . 709.~ : .. . 4Wt " '~ 9t:l;
3, 1.67
3,"270
4, 2~1 4, 565
Feb. 11 i 1.(, 87 4 . . 5,617
2,79h 3, 607
549
808
3,3h3. 4,4+.5
Feb. Feb .
18 25
j
! I
4 , 906 , ~,652
5, 587
5,758 '
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2, 903 3,706 2, ~11 3; 656
5hO 709
482
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3, 443 4, 41.5 l
3J 3~l_.__lL12.6_1
!/ 1955 data r evised .
y Exclusi ve of hatchings shipped into RJ:.atos outs Ldo . of Georgia
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EGGS SET . ~D CHIC KS PLACED ; IN CD ~iiMER CIAL AREAS, BY. WEEKS .""' 1955.-56- ,
STATE
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Maine /
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- Connecticut
Pennsylvania
:. Indiana
~ -::: : Illiri~i s
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Missouri
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
No~th Carolina
South Carolina
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,. . .. Fio~i-da wl. Alabama
Mississippi
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
Washington
Oregon
California
TO TAl,) 1955- 56
!OTAL 1954-55
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Feb. 11
..I Feb. 18
t: I
... Feb.
Deo.
25 . u ' 24
. Deo . I . 31 . I
Jan. 7
W~ek; E;pdJ:qg , .
.: . Jan. I, Jan.
14
21
I
Jan. 28
I
:Feb. '4
I EGGS SET - THOUSANDS s.:
. CHIC~ PLACED - THOUSANDS
II 880 1,.167
I
i'
1,~04
1, 782
433
1,702
1,783
2,108
2,197
I I
356
l 2,687
I
313
I . 5,617 .. 594
,:1,.639
1,296
2,245
188
2 , .378
3.30
316
1,909
895 1,179 1,.380 1, 707 .
418 1,856 1,846 2,062 2,187
330 2,774
339 5,587
. 614
1,.654 1,319 2,210
189 2,334
378 268 1, 767
'T 858 i . 728
1,171 , I
467
!l 1,460
1,660. 403
1,868
l. l' '
!' l! .
597 646 . 127
563
1,859 ! i 1,614
2,185 !i I . 1,074
2,363 405
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i i 2., 7 9 6 371
1,093 508
1,408 . ..
243
5, 758
639
1,. 781
.; !
I ~.
I' i.
3,..824 213
1,448
I 1,319 j
906
!I 2,241 . 1,807
I! 177 j;
276
2, 346 . ' ' 1,624
:I 461
199
288
141
1,848 :; ;. ' 1,051
756 587 572 740 130 519 1,607 1 ,.143 1,197: 466 1,366 216 3, 765 181 1,319 885 1,730 240 1,708 203 . 140 1,018
774 489 580 634 172 493
1~588
1,280 1,220
: 493
1,397 190
3,997 212
1,479 897
1,699 270
1,742 217 161
1,125
764 557 617 763 162 471 1,570 l, 327 1,253 446 1,438 193 3,995 253
1,328 886
1,.674 262
1,727 229 184
1,087
740 563 605 645 141 516 1,498 .
1,181 1,:11-8 .
483. 1,387
200 4,093
239
1,430 886
1,531 247
1,674 210 150
1,125
713 .523 668 . 761: 136 : 60& 1,.604 .
1,225 1,194 .
496 .
1,490 :' 254
,4 201'. 284
1,531 925
1,.707 283
1,817 227 184 .
1,208
759 483 698 716 177 617 1,543 1,.279 1,265 504 1,551 271 4, 565 262 1,4 53 1,065 1,916 254 1,886 208 171 1,102
33,224
as , ,409
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33',293 27,729
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34,259 I : .20,555
II ,
27 ,63~ . II , ...11., 331
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20, 488 21, 109. 21,186 20,671 22,039 14 , 346 :. ~5,025 J~ , ~9~ . .- 1.1 ,_959 ..17 ,.019
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22,74 5 18,794
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Feb. I Feb. t Feb.
11 I 18
25
779 567 781 798 217 669 1,451 1,407 1,314 505 1,690 211 4,415 262
1,.561 1,017 1,958
300 1,902
212 185 1,105
799 664 766 771 232 705 1,613 1,384 1,.345 498
1,611 28
4,415
217
1_,668 1,.cxn 1,815
350 1,860
284
16 ~
1,18
744 586 769 7()4
179 638 1, 745 1,547 1,_385 494 1,639 248 4,256 269 1,636 1,066 1,896 311 1,.908 274 151 1,271
23,306 19,825
23,628 19,963
2 3, 716 20.,273
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
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February _ 1956
EXTE NSION SERv' ICE
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G:01LGIJI. L:.Sfi.DS THE HP.TION I i!-CH-I-CY-mN- -BR-OIL:CR PHO:::JUCTIOI-J I:r 1955
Georgia led t he Nation in chicken broiler production for t he f ifth consecuti ve year by producing 177 , 61..!.2,000 cirds in 1955 valued at $125,284, 000. Br oiler production has increased in Georgia each year si nce broiler estimates were started in 19 35,~nth
t he exception of 1946. Texas came second i n production with 79 rdlli on birds valued at ~0,411, 000. Following i n order of production rank were Arkansas, :UelaHare and
forth Carolina.
Production i n Georgi a shOYJed an. increase of- 15 percen~ over the 154, 471) 000 -birds. in 19.54 and valuat ion was up 23 percent. Average l i ve weight per bird was 2. 9 pounds compared wit h 3.0 in 1954 and 2.9 in l953 o Aver age pri ce per pound live wei ght -vras 24.3 cents compar ed with 22.0 cents in 1954 and 26.6 in 1953. Value of cornmercial broilers exceeded the value of lint cotton for the first time in t ne hi st ory of the State.
-. -rl DIAGRAl~ SHOTNING PRODUCTION AlJD VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS
180- - --
(Period 1935 - 1955)
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Numb e r s
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Year
(000 )
160-
1- .160
1935 1936
.500
230
800
384
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1937
1,100
539
120- 100-
1938
1939 1940 I941 1942
1 9L~ 3
1944
l9 L~.5 l 9 L~6
1?47 1948 l 9h9 1950 1951 1952
1,300 1,600
3,500 6,000 10,000
17,000
24,000
29,.520
22,435 28,717 33, 025 45, 574 62, 892 88, 678 112, 621
611
676
1,495 2,775 .5,152 12,198 19,116
24,466 20,171 24,191 29,108
32, 977 1.6 ,433 68 , .530 88 , 610
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19.53 1954 19.55
121, 631 154, 471 177, 642
93, 826 101, 9.51 125, 28 4
80-
Nuinber Broilers Value, Dollars
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COI'-11'1SRGIAL BROILER PRODUCTION AND GROSS INCOHE IN 22 STATES, 1954-55 . y'
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.. State :
and
1954 y
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1955
Total : Number Pounds : Price : Gross : Number : Pounds : Pric-e : Gross
; :produced: produced :per. lb.:income ]/:produced: produced :per lb.:in~ome ]/
Thousands
Cents Thous.dol. Thousands
Cents Thous.dol.
Maine Conn,
Pa. Ind. Ill. .
30,677 25,099 28,431 . 36,368 9,148
110,437 90,3 56 99,665 116,378
27,444
Mo . Del. Md. Va .
w. Va.
N. c. s. c.
Ga. Fla. Ala.
25,661+ 69,820 58,367 59,332 25,434
58,349 11,011
154~471
11,736 47,739
76,992 216,442 180,938 183,929 81,389
169,212 30,831
463~413
34,034 143,217
Miss. Ark. La,
Texas
Wash. Oreg. Calif.
40,308
78,525
11,398
71,790 9,590
5,525
50 ~ 017
112,862 219,870 34,194 208,191
29,729 16,575 160,054
Total 918,799 2,806,152
22.5 23.6 24,7-.: 23.0 24.0
22.1 22.6 22.6 22.5 22.9 .
22.4 22.2 22.0 24.1 22.8
22.2 22.0 23.0 23.3 26,1 25.2 26.2
22.9
24,848 21,324 24,617 26;767 6,587
33,438 120,377 24.2 2.5,852 90,482 25.9
29,000 95,700 26.1
32,368 103,578 25.4 8,691 26,073 25.2
17,015 48,916 40, 892 41,384 18,638
25,664 69,820
58,367
5h,5~5
!1,873
76,992 24.3 216,4h2 25.9 180,938 25.9 169,214 .. 24.5 69,994 2L~ .8
37,903 59,516 178,548 24.2
6,844 10,020 29,058 24.5
101~951
8,202
177z642 9,389
515 2162
27,228
24.3 26.2
32,653 58,242 174,726 24.6
25,055
48,371 7, 865' hR, 509 7, 759 4,177 41,934
37,486 76,954 11,626
78,969 9,782 6,133 49,017
104,961 215,471 34,878 236,907 30,324 19,012 161,756
.
642,211 . 9h4,434 2,877, 821
24.5 24.4 . 25.0 2.5.5 26.7 25.9 27.9
25.1
29,131 23,435 24,978 26,309 6,570
18,709
56,058
46,863 41,457 17,359
43,209 7,119
- 1252 284 7,134 42,983
25,715
52,575
8,720 60,411 8,097 4,924 45,130
722,170
y' States having weekly chick placement reports.
y Revised.
.
21 Includes consumption in households of producers which is less than 1 percent of
total productionJ
. . CARL 0. :OOESCHER
Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LALITGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
UNITED STATES OEPARTMENT OF
:e r o p \ AGRICULTURE
AGRICUt. TURAL
MARKETI~i.G
SER'IICE
:UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICUI..TURE i
Athl !.1C i.. Gr. orG i ~
1io.rch . 7, 1956
BROILER CHICK H.EFORT :fl"OR G'::OHGIA C0i'1li':ERCIAL ATLS.i\S
During :the" ~ro Gk cndlng Ii.a rch 3 connn.l'3l'Cia1 hatcherie~ p1r.r.cod 4, 388 ,000 chi ck s ~ 1-l'ith
broiler' p ~oduccrs in Georgia commer~i~.l areas. This is 3 po rcent above t he
4,256,000 1')1accd tho p r e vious '1-Jeek and is 2L~ pe rc <: nt mor e th ;:~.n tho 3, 5h3, 000 p1o.ced
the samo 1..rcck last yea r.
Local hatchings of 3, 812,000, e:xc1uding s hipments of 310, 000 chicks to otil or :st;:~.tos ,
are 4 percent t~.bove t hG 3, 656, GOO of the p r eviou.s wook and 25 po rccnt more than the
3, C52 ,000 of one ye a r ago. Et~gs s e t b:r locnl hatchcri r~ s c>.mountod to 5 ,936 , 000 1or 3
percent .above the 5, 758,000 of the prevj.ou(3 lwek and . 2h pe rcent E; r oat c r than the
4, ?77, 000 for tho corre sponding week l ad :;opr.
Hatcherie s reporte d price s paid for hc:'.tching e ggs dur:Lng the t<mek at an ave r c:gc of 85 cents pe r ctozan. /.vor ngc price. char~<e d b;:r hatc:teri~" s f or chicles wa s r cp.orted at $15. 50 per huncl.r Gd. These prices a,re the same as the pre vious wc::'ck and compa o with 72 cents and $13.50 one year ago. P:gg p r ice s sholm r e1D.t c to Goor,7ia p roduce d hatching egg s, 1..rhother bought on contra ct or otl!cnrisc.
(Soc r e ve rse s,:i. dc for othe r s t e.tos)
GE0:'1.GIJ\. CEICX PL"'-CJ"J 0:NT BY 'LJEP.KS
. )~PRieD DEC>.:'lmr;;R 31, 1955 Ti:IROUGH 1: ~!tCH 3.,
Date I
:rilgg s
y ! 1 Chick s Hc:rcCl~ed ~--~I~n~s h-ip-m-c- nt~s--~---~~~P~lace d
I : Tv'T1CC1c
1lnding
._,4 I :
: 0..,~ t ;i .
119~ ~ io:''>.-':19:..,,.o.,-o-'6. .
.
1
i
P.l1<9-.5c1C',! _d ,".'i,""n,1.G~ 5e..,Jo_r,g,..,6i
a
i
1
19o-'4o-f>."0'C>' :h1i9c5k..,sJ, _,,..,6
19>"'14o. -n'J~_FO,a:rlm95s:?_- 56_
Dec. 31 1
J?n. 7
I Jr.n. 14 I
J<~. 21
Jan. 28 I
I .cb. 4 1
F~'oebb..
11 18
Feb. 25 1
Har. 3 1.
Thqu mmds
1
Thous .n ds
I ,..
; Thousands
Th01..'-Sands
: .
3, 6~7 ~ , 0~6 1. 2,312 ~3 ,127
407
638
2,719 3,765
4,1;,4
l.J.,li.l+
h ,~8 ~
' ;0.>5
) ,1h9 ~,: 3 h2
1 2, 556 2, 611 2, 594
:3,380 3 , 3 22 3, 423
I 438
1
I
1.~33
1.+50
617 67 3 670
2, 99L!.
3,04h 3, 0~}.+
3, 997 3,995
L(,093
1! , ::>1) ::>,330
2,622 3;h92 . . 545
709
l' )_(;/42 5,473
41.~,, 090?l6t.
5,617 5 , 5B7
1
1
22,,779813~
. 3,.~99
; 3~~607
2, 903 3, 706
I I
487 .
549
540
966 808 709
3,167
33,,32L7~03
3 ,Lth3
h,201
4,565
1t,415
h,415
4,652 5, 758
2, 911 ) , 656 I 482
600
3, 393 1.!., 256
4,777 5, 93~- .---=3:;..:.,_50~2;:;..._....:::..3,lf- n~.--l.l_......;:;:h~9.1~----.5::..:..67 ::__~--.-_,3:;.<,~5..;..::1+::::..3_...:4::;L.;,388
y 1955 data r cyj.sod. y Exclnsi vo o{ h'1tchings shi1:-pc d into st<'..tcs outside of Georgiec.
Cl RL 0. OOTBSCHER Agricultural Statistician
.'.RCHIE L 'JITGLEY .\griculture.l Statistician In Charge
r
STATE
EGGS SET AND CRICT.t\S PLACED I N .COMll.liERCIAL AREAS, BY WEE KS 1955-56
VVeek Ending
I F.&b. 18
.. Feb.
Mar .
... 25 :. 3
Dec. . 31
. Jan. 7
Jan. 14
Jan. 21
Jan. 28
Feb. 4
Feb. 11
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS :s
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
-Mai ne Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missc uri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA F orida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas l.IV'as.hington Oregon California
895 1,179 1,380 1,707
418 1,856 1,846 2,062 2,187
330 2,774
339 5,587
6 4 1,654 1,319 2,210
189 2, 334
378 268 1, 767
858 1,171 1,460 1,660
403 1,'868 1,859 2,185 2,363
405
2~796
371 5, 758
63 1, 781 1,319 2,241
' 177 2,348
461 288 . 1,848
II 890
1,157
1,347
1,803
394
II 2,083
2,041 2,209
I
2,298 i
421 I
2,753
l
II
II 394
5, 936
649
1,808
1,385
2,425
193
2,433
412 . 378
1,837
756 587 572 740 130 519 1,607 1,143 1,197 466 1,36.6 216
:1,730 240
'1, 708 203 140
:1,018
774 489 580 634 172 493 1, 588 1,280 1,220 493 1,397 190
1,699 270
1,742 217 161
1,125
764 557 617 763 162 471 1,570 1,327 1,253 446 1,438 193
1,674 262
1,-727 229 184
1,087
740 563 605 645 141 516 1,498 1,181 1,118 483 1,387 209
1,531 24:7
1,674 210 150
1,125
713 523 668 761 136 608 1,604 1,225 1,194 496 1,490 254
1,707 283
1,817 227 184
1,208
759 483 698 716 177 617 1,543 1,279 1,265 504 1, 551 271
779 567 781 798 217 669 1,451 1,407 1,314 505 1,690 211
1,886 208 171
1,102
1,902 212 185
. l, 105
Page 2.
. Feb.
Feb.
. 18 : 25
Mar.
3
799 664 766 771 232 705 1,613 1,384 1,345 498 1,618 281
744 586 769 704 179 638 1,745 1,547 1,385 494 1,639 248
758 530 798 835 181 584 1, 717 1,546 1,415 568 1,423 254
1,860 284 160
1,182
1,908 274 151
1,271
1,662 1,068 1,857
264 1,930
216 166 1,213
TOTAL 1955-56 TOTAL 1954-55
33,293 34,259 35,246 27,729 27,633 28,312
20,488 1 4 , 34 6
21,109 15,025
21,186 14,397
20,671 14, 959
22,039 17,019
22,745 18,794
23,306 19,825
23,628 19,963
23,716 20,273
23,644 19,890
l?A.ffi'1l PRIC?. REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 15; 1956
G~ORGIA : During the month ended in mid-February; the All Commqdity I ndex of Prices
.
Received by Georgia .farmers remained unchanged from the level reported on
January 15, At the present level, the index is 246 percent of the January 1910 -
December 1914 average and 16 poi nts below the level of the index during the corre-
sponding period last year,
The Livestock and Livestock ' Products component of the Index at 198 percent of its
January 1910 - De cember 19lh ave r age was unchanged from the l evel reported in mid-
January.- IndilVidual commodity p:rtce changes within thj_s g roup 'l-tere compensating
to the extent that no change was refle cte d i n the group index. .Higher p r i ce s lvere
rec'ei ved during the month for meat animals and chickens, but lowe r prices were re-
ceived for egg s and wholesale milk,
The All Crop component of t he Index at 2?1 percent of its J anuary 1910 ... December
19lh average vras unchange d froHl the l e ve l poported in mid-Jam.iar'J Price increases
for some commodit :i.e s 1-vithin this group Nere off set by lowe r pr i cos rece i vod f or
other items and no change was r efl8ctc: d in tho group i ndex. Hi ghe r p rice s we r e. re ... .
ceived dur ing t he month for corn , cotton lint and cottonseed, all baled hay and soy..
beans. Lovmr' p r i ce s were r eceived f or l'!hcat; oats, and peanuts.
UNITED STLTES: Tho Index of PrtcGs. He coivcd by farme rs was tho same in mid-February as a month &arlie r, The more important pri ce increases during the
month were for hogs, potatoes , orang ~ s, l ettuce , and. ,cotton. Tho of f setting decrt;ascs ~m re l e d by cgt, s; strawbe rrie s, ~vholesalc milk, and cabbage. The index at
226 pe rcent of i ts 1910 - lh ave rage v.ras 7 pe rcent belmv a yGar earlier.
The Parity Index ( Fr:Lce.s Paid by Farr,lCrs, Inte r est, Taxe s; and Wage Rates) -v.ras down
l point i n-mid-Fe.brue.ry1 -pP-imarily eece.use of lovm-r s.eed- and food pri-cc s i - At 280,
the index -vms 1 pe rcent lo we r tha11 a year ago~
The Parity Rc.tio (ratio of tho Index of Pri ce s Rc ce i ve d to the Index of Price s Paid,
Interest, Taxes , and Hago Rates) r ose 1 point to 81. This was t he first increase
recorded since l a st Ap.dl. Tho Februa r y ratio was 6 pe rcent lowe r than a ;}Tear
ea rli e r~
Indexe s 1910-14=100
Summary Te.blc fo r the United St~:te s
Feb. 15, 1955
Jan, 15, ; Feb. 15,
1 9 56
1956
Record high
-Index-~-- ~ate--
Prices Rcceived
2t~~
226'
226
313 Fob, .1951
r;- Parity Ind?x !/
283
281
280
y 290 Hny }-952
Parity Ratio
86
80
81
123 Oct, 1946
1/ y Price s Paid, Inte rest, Taxe s, ai:ld Wage Hates.
~lso February and April 1952 .
ARCHIE 11\NGLEY Agricultural Statisti cian In Charge
BURTON J. Hf;P.RINGTON Agricultural Stat i stician
/...
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.
i
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. " ~-
~- -.
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COMll'iODITY AND
tP.1IT
PRICES RECBIVm -BY Fll:ai~$ "m jPTJ.ARY. :-15, 1956 Vli!I' t1' COMPARI$0lTS.. . , .
!;;f~M> I _F~b~- 1~J.r~~,{-~~~ ~eb. ~5, ~!;;r~~JFeb. 15,~-~an~-, . :GEORGIA I
1
.~u1y 191.4: . l~f:15~ , hp6 ' -
" ' -, .
:
1.95~', July 19141
U:TIT'W STATES
1 9 5 5 -.
1? I 1956 '
F'~P: 15, '1956
Wheat.,. Bu.
_ $ L24
I 2:~9. ,1 2.6o
1.96 .
~sa.~! 2.,i3
1~_ 9,5_
1.95
Col'I). ~. Bu.
_. $ . - .91_. : ts_~ \ _ :~~7 .... 1~,15_ . _ .64 . , .1:40 .
1. 1!3
Oats, Bu1
Irish Potatoes,Bu. $
Sweet Potatoes,Bu. $
Cotton , Lb.
cotton~eed, Ton $
Hay :(b-aled), Ton $
12.6
24.39
.-
1
1
1
' ~::; lj.: ~::!'1 ~ il :: 1:~ !j.. ' . : . 3.'10
f.. 50
I 1
.
~
~.50
jl jl .
.88
j1 34:5 ._. 33~3 .. :1 34.3 :- -
12.4
I s~:od [ 4>.oo iS~oo 11 . 22.55
I
2.97 31.7 55.20
-~99 -1l 1. 99 I
.62 1.11 1.98
30.7
31.0
,. .45 ._50 46.20
II. .,. l I 30.6?, 24. 80 _I,- 25'.~10
23.30 21.30
21.20
I'
Hogs, per cwt.
$ .- 7.33
l i
16: s o
I1 1L80 .j 12.40 I
7 .,.2:7.
16...40
,': - . 10. 90 -
12.00
Be ef Cattle, cvrt. $ Pk Cows, Head
C~ickens, Lb. ~gg_ s, Doz.
3 . 87 ,.,. 3:3.85
13.2
' I I I
n.5o .95."90
I . . 1 n.oo ~ 11.20
ioo~oo . !i rpo.'b'o
.
5.42 4s .oo
II I 'l 23."B I 19.5
20.0
11. 4
l I' ll :,44.0
I- 58.0
I1 "19.5
11 ., 21.5
16.50 13 . 90
145.00 ...115.00
23.7 20.1
39.5 - 46 .~
14.00 148.00 . 21.0
40.2
Butterf at, Lb .
25.7 i 52.0
I 51.0 51.~ . I 26.3
57.5
57 .6
57.3
Milk ('.!lho le s?.].e )
_. pe:r: l OCJ#: J} ,
Soybe nns , Bu. Peanuts, Lb.
I 2, 42 I 5.90
. i 2.90
i 5,.o ' i . ~1.5 ,
1/ Fre1i~inary for Feotuary 1956.
6.00 2.13 11.2
..
I
I 5.90
i 2. 10
i! 1 0.9
iil 1.60
! ..
,I
:1.8
4.05. 4.24 '2.61. . 2.19 12.5 11.9
4.12 2.25 11.8
I FDEX :t>TUPf.BEP.S OF PRICES RECi!I i.T'ED BY. FABMERS m GEORGIA
.
. . (Janua.rv 191' 0 ~ Th.lcember 1914 :
100)
,
Feb. 15,
Jan. 15,
Feb. 15,
1955 '
1956
1956
An Comnod.i ties
262
246
246
All Crops Grain and Hay .
! - . .,
.
281 ( 183
271 139
' Cotton Lint
285
273
271
142 . 282
Peanuts Tobacco
222
216
210
362
362
362
Cotton~1:1ed and Soybeans
.
245
185
188
Irish Pot atoes, S-.1eet Potatoes & Cowpeas
307
236
236
Fruite and Nuts
205 .
233
.233
All Livestock and Livestock Products
2 19
1.98
198
Meo.t .Animals
254
202
213
Poultry and Eggs
178
174
165
Dairy Products
232
235*
232
~------~--------~-------~--~--------~-------------------------~
Revised
. ..-
ro:R PRicES PAID EY nBJ.~;:ERS
.
SELEOI'ED FEEDS, FEBRUARY ~15, 1956 ':'liTH cor:i:t'ABISONS J}
______ I' ----------------G-~_OR_G~,!~----- . -- i ., --~~=.-ftiTri5STATE-S--=:!..-.---
-
-
~
-K-IN-D-:O-F-
-FE-E-D-
-
-
-
-
-
Feb. 15 ,
--.1,9-5-5_,
_
LTa
_
n. 1 1956
5
,
Feb. 15,
]'eb. 15,'
1956
----,--
1 1955
~
J 2n . 15, - ]'eb. 15,
1 956
1956
Dollars Per 100 Found~
Mixed Dairy Feed .
All Under 29% Protei~
16% Protein '" 18% Prot e in
~Oo/o Prot e in 24% Protein
4 .20
4.10 4.30 4 . 45 '
1-.55
3.80 3.75 3.95 .
1.00 . 4.20
II 3.80
3.75
3'.95 . 4.00
II",
J .
3.96
3.88 3 ',92
4.20 ,. 4.38.
3.65
3.59 3.59 3.8'1 3.95
3.65
3.60 3.61 3.83 3.99 .
High Protein Feads ' Cottonseed }~eaJ.
Soybean Meal Meat Scrap
Grain By-Products Br3Il Middlings Corn Meal
4.'15 4.85 5.80
3.55 3.80 4.35
3.25 4.20 4.70
3.25 3.50 3.80
3.35 (I
4.10 4 .50
I
I 3.30
3.50 3.65
4. 45' 1.72 5.35
3.08 3.19
3.75
-3.74 3.97 4 .55
2.86 2.97 3.33
3.76 3.92 4 . 46
2. 87
2 ,96
3.33
Poultry Feed
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Eash Scr <~.tch Gra ins
5.50 5.20 4.60
Ho.y (Baled)
Alfalfa All Other
56.00 45.50
JJ As r eported by Feed Dealers.
4.95 4.70 4.20
50.00 40.50
5.00
4.75
4.20
50.00 :1Q.OO
5.18
I 4.77 4 .29
I 35.00
l 33.20
:1.79 4.36 3. 93
32.90 29.10
4.81 4.36 3.93
33.10 29.20
-Jl~ .
Athens, Georg"l.a.
--------------- - --- -- DATA
FROM
GEORG IA
1955
- - rrr~EKLY . . EATCH17RY
. '
. .. -- --- - ....- ---~-
Im
PO
'
RTS-ON-B-R-C'-IL:O-:R-CHI
CKS
V'eek
Ending
1955
. Eggs Set
. (000)
l I '
.. .. .
~- -
--
--
-
-
-
-- .:.---
.:______
-J:.-r-i-~-_f-?..-. .~.-- ---------r1:-r:-;c::; ---T-...:t..?--J-22
St.?:_t e s.
.
.,
.. Paid For hec.eived For .
. .
Broil
Broilers Ha. tchingu Broiler
:.:ners Eggs s ot
--------- __ ---- ------ ~atch
Placed . Eg,s s (r.:)
.,.
Chicks
.
.
( ~;
)-J --
Pl
ace-d--..-...
(000
)
Jan, 1
2, 980
6'(
20 ,574
Jan. 8 4,154
2 , 99~.
68
Jan. 15 . 4, 111~.
3 , 097
.3, ol~~.
6:3
Jan, 22 4, 381
~ , 085
Jan , 29 )+ ,515
3,120
3,1 67
70
12.25 . .13.00 .13. 75
1h. 25
15 , 383 17,425
25 ,0 62 27,178 27,5LJ.5
Feb. 5 4 , 71..~2
3 , 234
?; ,270
71
Feb, 12 4,874
3,334
3,343
72
F'eb, 19 4,906
3,373
3,i.J43
72
Feb . 26 4,652
3 ,1.~76
3,393
72
14. 00 13.75 .13 .50
19,039
~0 ,01 6
20,148 20, 687
28, 130 28,111 27,451 27,283
Mar. 5 4, 777 , ?,6o2 . .3,543
72
lde.r, 12 4,906
3,562
3,618
73
Mar. 19 5,069
3,503
3,t43 . 73
Mar, 26 5,017
3,650
3,742 '73
13.50 13.50 14.00
f
' 14.00
20,382 .. 27,904 19,779 28, 992 19; 964 . 29, 61L~ 20,745 3'0 ,387
Apr. 2 Apr. 9 Apr. 16 Apr. 23 ~pr. 30
5,289 5,250 5,182 5,302 5 ,378
3,832 3,883 3,888 3,956 3,932
.3 ,892 :. 74
4,042
75
4,092 ' 75
4,142 ' 75
4,192
75
. ~4.25 14.50 . 1LJ. .50 14.50
21 ' 637 21, 839 22,306 22,149 22,406
30,332 30,279 30,129 30,885 31,010
May ; 7 5,314 Me.y 14 5,358 May. 21 5,352 May 28 5,273
3,933 3,950 3, 926 3,932
.. June 4 5,240
Juae 11 5,354 June 18 5,397 June 25 5,289
3,949 4 ,014 3,965
CJ>J(L O, DOESCHER P.Gr icul tu1al Stati s t ici an
4; 11-12
76
4,217
76
4;242 . 77
4,242
78
14.50 1h .50 ,14. 75
22, 518 22,571 22,767 22,6o7
30,785 }0,703 31,203 . 31,239
4,266
79
4,291
79
4,341
80
4,242
81
15.00 15.00
22,694 22,774 23,294 22, 619
30,846 31,107
30,8! ~. 6
(Continued )
ARCHI E LPJ:TGLE~.r Agricultural Statistician In Char Ec
J~ : .
V ee ~ .
'Ending .
.))55 .. -,.
July 2
r.,g;:r.g:~. \.
J, t><
Set . .. Broil~rs
.' :. :_. ::.:- ...... i: i..'_ ... -.
. ...
.. '
:
\ _. '.
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.
1~
:. Paid-.
l
Bmrr~---..rR-CJel..c$__e,_,i..:v.:__e d._::?o_r__J..955- J.Qtalr ~~...'_S_i.~~~-8
Broil er~ na.''tchi~g . :...:sr o i],e~ '' ' Broiler.s :Cggs Set ,\
(!:..0_0_0.!_.)--~...__H_a_t_cn_e_d_..~...-.;;_P;_la_c__:_e_d--!..;::E.~gg s_ (.') ., Chicks ( ~-)
.Placed _ ____(~.0~--. J ; '
5, 269
3,914
4,192 81
15.00
22, 701 30, 57)
July . 9 5,285
4': 1h2 82
15.00
22,05h 30,439
July 16 5,351
3,882
4,092 83
15.00
~2, 3 51 .29 ,777
Ju1~r 23 5,131
-
.
' July 30 5,142
3,862 . ' ' .4, 1i-t1 83 3,991 84
15.00 15.25
22 ,099 28 , 926 21, 700 27,907
Aug. 6 4, 788 Aug. 13 4, 758 Aug. 20 4,711 Aug . 27 4.770
3,783 3,715 3 ; 610 3 ,476
3,940 85 3,892 86 3,790 86 3,593 87 .5
15.25 15.50 15.75 16. 00
20,799 20,159 19,429 18 ,349
26,43 1 25, 653 24 , 96D 24, 965
Sept. 3 4.747 Sept .10 4, 75 6 Sept.17 . 4 ,746 " Se pt .24 4, 681
Oct. 1 4,589 Oct., 8 4, 745 Oct. 15 .4,772 : Oct, 22 4,777 Oct 29, 4 ;707
3 ,416 3,486 3 ,1+92 3,413
3 ,41.+3 3 ,!+&J 3,520 3 ,442 3 ,459
3,493 88
16.25
3,594 89
16.25
3,543 89
16.5 0
90
16.50
... .
3,494 90
16.50
3 '545 . . 905 ...
3,542 . 90
3,600 .. . 90
16.50
3,453 .. 89
17, tfj2' 25 , 021
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17, 6o5 25, 387 17, t59 25, 370 17,.708 25,541
17, 998 25,500 18 ,1 76 . 25 ,901
18 , 288 25,907 18 ,596. 26,311
Nov. 5 h, 6t-4 Nov, 12 4, 821 ; Nov. 19 4,733
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': ..- Nov . 26 4 , 759
Dec, 3 4 ,722
.. Dec . 10 4 ,797
Dec , 17 4, 901
- Dec .
4 )916
Dec. 31 5, 046
TOTJ..L 2&J , 217
3, 307 3 ,1+49 3 , 389 3,470
3,476 3 ,l+93 3 , 398 3, 485 3 ,411 190,120
3 ,225 ' 88.5
16.00
18,982 26,743
3 ,480, i . 88
15.75 ' 19, 023. 27, 799
3,303 . . 88
16.00
19,595 27, 907
3 ,475 '. :. ' 88
16.oo
!
19 ,534 28 , 258
3 ,540 88
16. 00
J 20, 276 27, 871
3 ,582 , 1 88
16.00
20,L~+7 28 , 394
3 , 610 87 .5
16.00
20, 505 29 , 037
- 3 , 824 : 8/ .:;- -
1 6. 00~
20,737 28 ,759
3 ,7 65 87
~ - 1(). 00'
20 ,581-t 28 , 912
196, 838
1,062, 617 1,487,171
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The production of winter vegetable crops . for the 1956 season is now estimated .at . ' 1,61 million t ons, about 1 percent more >th.an in 1955 and 8 percent higher than aver-
age, the .Crop Reporting Board announced today, Warm weather in Florida during February favored a partial recove~J of ~veral ~rops damaged qy . periods of low tem-
perat~es ' in January, Puting F~bruary1 crop pr0spects improv.ed ~for cabbage, sweet
corn, eggplant, _green pepper s, spinacn, ana tomatb~3. Uowever,~ smaller cr ops are
now indicated for celery and cucumbers than on February 1, Indicated. earJ:.! :zprin_],
production is ' larger this year than last year for lettuce and onions but is s nialler .
for asparagus, broccoli, and cauliflower, Current fo:recasts ,. indicate a smaller -
~ ca~ot crof,'j but a slightly larger shallot crop, ' Acreage for spring harvest
en, ,.. in 1~56 is expected to be higher than 1955 for asparagus, capbag~ 1 onions, beets,.
and 'watermelons, but less for spina
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. Pr9duction
:erates, ,11
of early spring lettuce in 1956..is fore cast at
'percent mori: than last year's small crop :and 5
71 6641.00()
percent aboye
..
~verage, ' Production indicated for this ' yearis only slightly below the r ecord high
+evels established for early spring lettuce in 1950 and 1951. There has been ::a
marked shift between producing areas this year, The California acreage has. ."Qe.en . :
held at the ' lowest' level since 1943 by heavy winter rains which interfer(;d with
s planting dUring December and January. Most of this r eduction was offset by a . sh~p
expansion in spring .lettuce in Arizona t Salt RiVal" Valley, Acreage ther e :Ls up
50 percent 'and is clos e to the r ecord high of 181 500 acres cut in 1941, Haryes't. of
f!pring lettuce in Arizona is underway and movement from there will incr l?as ~ . s ~~son
ally during Mareh. The crop is in good condition. No appr eciable volume' of' spring
lettuce wi'll be avctilable from C.entral California until early April, Production .
during April will be r elatively light becaus e .of the small acr eage planted in . .
December and 'January but the AriZona crop shoulcf fUl this gap, 'Ihe limited acr'e..
~e of spring l ettuce in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina is r Gported to .
'be in excellent condition.
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CABBAGE, , ~eliminaPy estimates indicate that there are' 18, 700 acres of ~ s'(iring
, cabbage for harvest this year which is 5 per :cent l ess tacreage than har :
vested in 1955 and 10 percent below average, In Louisiana, harve.st of early cabbage
is in progret.ss. This acreage was damaged by eold woathor in January and hcad.s are imaJ:le' Acruag.e s et J.atcr is making excellent groWth and will pro<:}uce larger sizes. Peak movement is eipected to occur in April, In Mississippi, cabbage is now making good groWth \after having been r etarded by excessive; moisture in Februiu-y~ , Deveicip-
is ment of the crop is .a little behind normal this ~car. A sharp ~eduction in the
, principal ..producing Copiah area r esponsiblo f .or this ~ye ar 1s small acreage ,..'. 1'he Alabama crop is in excellent cortd;i t ion~ Harves'b :there is .just starting, In G c o.rg~i
~old, dry weather in De cember ru:i4 Janu~ri r ct~d8d caboagc and affect ed standS ad~
., versely, 1 Moisture and tomperatur~o condit.i.on~ ; rc co~tly have boon satisfactorY. . and .
( tho crop is now making_ ~ood .pz:qgr'ess, H.~wc.yp~1 h-ary~sts :will begin one .to tw" wci_eks'
later than normal. In South Carolina, eabha,ge is r e ported to be making satisfactory progr.esse GroWer's r eports of intcntior:s to :plant Garly summer cabbage indicate .
the acreage for harvest in that season of 1956 will be about equal to tho acreage
parvestod last year, No material changes in individual States are indicated.
'.
WATERMELONSs Growers intentions to plant indicate 315,800 acres of oarl.K summer
watermelons for harvest in 1956, This is .6 percent less t an tho. .acrG-
age harvested last year but 8 percent above average, Acreage de creas es from 1955 arc indicated for all States exc ept Oklahoma, Arizona, Hissouri1 and Californi a .
South Carolina, Goorgia1 and Texas account for most of the indicat ed de creas e .i n . the early summer acreage. Planting of the south Texas acreage got started in late January. Considerable acreag e in the Falfurrias area was lost during a cold snap in early February. Most of this acreage had to be replanted and it now is up to an even stand The Riviera section was planted in early February and is gener ally up to good stands Both areas had sufficient moisture for s eed germination but will need considerable additional moisture te assure good production, Ther e is a slight.-
ly larger acre ag e than in 1955 in the irrigated areas of the Lower Valley 1 Larcdo1
and Winter Garden, T Lower Va lley, earliest of these areas, came through the
FGbruary cold spell Without serious damage. Planting in th e Pearsall Pleasanton and Stockdale areas began in lato February with moisture sufficient for germination.
Growers in the south central areas - Hempstead, LC!ckhart1 Elgj_n1 Smithvillc..-have the land prepared and moisbure reserve thore is adequate. Present plans indicate a lighter acreag e than last year in cent~al and east Texas, Conditions arc f avorable far planting whieh will start oarly in March.
(ever)
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Acreage nnd Indica_te:d Produ~t~on Rcpcn:tcd ~o Dnt.e for 19.56 V{itl)_Qg!!!Earisons -
: Acrc;age for Harv c~st : Yiuld'""For 'Aero : Production
,
cRoP
=-Average_:_-- :rnclicatadiliver.:-- -:-Ind:::Averago:-- - :1::- Yn<I.-
AND
1949-.54 : 19.5.5 :
STATE : 1/
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I LETTUCE: I Emly Spring:
-Acres -
19.56 :49-54: 1955 : 1956:1949-.54: 19.5.5 - : 19.56
: l / : --~~--~~ 1/~~--~-----
- Crates 4 doz. -
- 11 000 crates -
Arizona, s.R.V California Goorgia South Carolina North Carolina proup Total
13;280 11,9oo 17,800 180 23.5 225 2,367 2,796 4,oo5
30,8.50 31,000 23,.500 149 12.5 140 4,.584 3,875 3,290
640 . .550 4.50 111 110 140
72
60
63
1,320 1,300 1,200 . 8!~
.60 75
110
78
90
-
1~2.50
_47,34o-
451!"290~00-4!.~i8,0t50o-
-111~3 --
7.5
!50
-I1?2I0-:--7,1~472~-
90
7>,13"99-
:?~.bZ6lf6i
CABBAGE: 2/
EnrlYSpring:
- T.ons -
- 1,000 tons -.
Louisiana
A ~ a bama
Ge orgia South Carolina California lvJ:!.ssii3sippi
Group Total
4,100 3,500 3,.500 4.6 4.3
19.4 1.5;:6
, :
1,100
900
800 .5.6 4.5
6.2
4~6
.
5,700 S,ooo 4,700 .5.7 4.8
32.4 24.o Apr.1o
1,920 2,500 2,600 7.0 .5.0 2,870 3,000 3,200 10.5 12.3
13.1 30.2
12 .5 . . . 36~9 ~ ~; ~ . .
-
ZO.5l-077~00-
l94~670000-
183~798000-
5.2
-6:2--
~3..04----
26.2 127.4-
14~1
Idb.j-
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Early summ~:~~
W~shington
I
450 350 380 7.2 7.0
Now Jersey I
New York, L. I
31 8.50 31 700 31 600 7.4
820
700
700 9.8
8.0 9.5
Connecticut
.520
600
650 9o4 8.0
3.3 28.6
8,0 4.9
2.4 29.6
6g6
4.8: Jtii1e 11
Rhode Island Mass achusetts
140
130
130 8.3 8 .5
820
800
800 8.8 8~5
1.2
l11l
7.2
6.8
Georgia Indiana ;Group Total
-9;5ro- - - -- -
840 2.130
11 1
100
l~.5o
-8!83o-
11 000
-81~86"oboo-
4.4 .5.5 -7:2- -
5.5
3.7
6.0
9.1
'8._'5-
-
-
11.7
... -6B".j
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-i1o3..2~
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W.A TLRJviELONS: 2,1/
Early Summer:
- Helens -
- 11 000 melons
Texas Arizona Louisiana
114,.500 1201 000 115,ooo 1.54 13.5
.5,180 4,900 .51 000 714 630
3,.580 2,400 2,100 24.5 290
171 482 161 200
31 696 3,087
893
696
Mississippi Alabama Ge o r g i a South Carolina North Carolina . California Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri
71 830 13,700 12,000 227 270
131 830 141 400 13 1 700 305 32.5
11 764 31 699
4,216 4,680 June. 11.
.50,830 64,000 .581 000 277 290
141 031 18,.560
! ,
47,470 63 1 000 5.5,000 200 260
9,430 161 380
101 080 14,000 131 000 197 210
1,977 21 940
101 270 10,.500 10,.500 692 770
7,077 8,08.5
9,550 12,700 111 700 27ff 29.5
2,644 3,746
_
1.51 9.50 _3J.070_
14,000 _3~8QO_
161 000 131 _.3l..8QO_ _ 2_s5___
210 ~65 _
_
_
_
2,928
_6J)_
2,940 . 11..3.7_ ._ ~ ~
_Gr_o.....;up;..._T o_t_a_.l_~_2_9_2..;....,l_~_o_3_3lt.~OO ~,800 230 _244
"56,830 'g2,400 ..
-. :...J 1/ Group averages (including All States) arc simple averages of ann~~l dat a for the group.
~~ Includes processing.
.,.j'/ 1956 Acreage prospective .
""' ARCHIE LANGLLY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
L. H. HlJtRIS, JR. Vegntable Cropbstimator :
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U~IVERSITY 0~ GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRICIJLTU~AL
COUL.:EPE OF ; ~GRICUL TURE
EXTEI)ISION SF:RVICJ=:
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Athensi :-peorgia
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~Har~h i4, 1956
1.-: .
C~ICK :-:~ ~ I BROILER -
FOR REPORT
GEORGIA CdMiOOCIAL AREAS:-;
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During t~e jw.eek!etping)l!a,rcp 10 cormnercial hatcheries placed 4,_-L41,oqo ci4f.c~s with
broiler pr~uc_ers :in Ge;otgia _commer'cia~ ~reas Thfs is 1 percent ; ab~ve .the [
l 4,388,oop, place~: tpe pr.~yious" week and is 2J percent .more than th~ .5;618,000 placed
the same ~ wie.~ las~ year.
;
L9cal
.
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q~~ctiings ' of;
3,835,000,
excluding
shipments: of
332,000
chicks
't-.:: 0
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o~he~
states,
are 1 I~~rc~t. abo~e the: 3.,812.:;000 of-- the -prevfous week arid_25 perdenjt more ~han the 3,o63,00~ df one y\eal' ago. - Eggs set by local :hatcheries amounted \to .5,988,000 or 1
percent{tbova :t4a:i.5,936,ooo of the previous week and 22 percent greater than the
4,906,000 for t~e borr esponding week l a.st year.
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Hatcher_i$s ~Eipo~teP. prices paid: for hatching _eggs during t~.e week ~t\~n aye:rif-ge of
85 cent:B (per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chic~ was rep~rted at
$15.2.5 :.per hiind.red. These prices compare with- 8.5 cents and $1.5 .So: fo~ the previous
week an~ !wi~p )3 cents and $13 o.SO : O!fe. year ag9. Egg prices shown reM. te to peorgia
producegihait~hing egg~:;.: whether l;lought on contract or othetwise.. ; : :.;:: i
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Date ;_- ;l~- ; ' l Eggs .
Week Ending
.;~.<',j":-,-';
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1955 :
~956
=2. j:;_j - - -Thousands
Il Chicks Hatched 2/ Pla ced in Georgia
.1 1955 : 1956 ' -T~o~sands ~ ;.
Insh:i.pments ! j of Chicks ~ -
I 1 1955 : 1956 1
., Thousands ~
Total P-aced on Farms
195$; ' : ).956
-Thollsa~ds
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2,.5$6 3,380 2,611 3,322
Jan. 21 ). l ,4,38t; : .5,342
l. Jan. 28,, !'!
Feb. !("' i
i~ 4ti,,-571]452'';:!:
.5,380 .5,473
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ll Feb.
Feb.
ll+;! 18. \i
4-,~1r ;14,90.6
_ .5, 617
.5,.587
i I
ll F~b. 2.5, ; F,~~2
~r. 3~.j! l ti,7f;7
.5,7.58
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.5,936.
l !
war. 10>.' ;! -4,906 .5,988
2;.594 - 3t423 -_: 2 ;622 : 3,4~2 .
~ '2-,tB3 3,599
2,794 3,607 2,903 . 3,706
' 2,9::t1 " 3.;6.56 _3,052:_ 3,q:}.2 3,063 3,83.5
t~~ m ~:~&t _!:~~~ 1
1.
!_,
. 450 .54.5 487 .
670 -.. 1
709 1:
. 966-
33;,.1o6447-:~~
3;270~,.
I l 5J.~9 8o8 ~ 3,343
~~,,029031
~,.56.5 9,41.5
l: . 540 - 709 1 3,44.'F !f,41.5
_-,1 J 4'82 600 . 3,393 ; 4,2.56
_ 49J: .576 i : J,..54.l:'- 4,388
1 .5.5.5 606
3,618 4,441
~~:~ ~
1/ 1955 ~atQ.--. revised.
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Sh:lpped ~i~t~
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Feb. 25
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EGGS SET AND CHIC1(S PLACED IN COMNIERCIAL AREAS, BY wEEKS
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1956
,.,
. ... . Mar~
... 3
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IViar.
Jan . .
10 . .
7
.Jan . 14 :~
Week Ending
Jan~
21
Jan.
: 28
.. ... ' Feb~
Feb"
4"
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: - Feb .: l
18
Feb. . 25
EGGS SET- THOUSANDS :z
CHICKS PLP.CED THOUS.fu"fDS .
Maine
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Connecticut
Pennsy:lvania
Indiana
Illinois
IV.Li s so uri
De1awar~
Maryland _1
Virginia
West Virginia .
858 1,209 1,460 " 1,660
403 1,868 1,859 2,185 2,363
405
a~o
1,157 .'
1,347 1,803
394
2,083 . 2,041 -~ 2,209 2,298
421
n 919
1,151 1,362 1,745
II
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774 5 1 2 .
-.
580 :
634
764 569 599
763
445 2 ,057.
! I t I
172 493
168 47]..
2,106 ! r 1,588
1,5.,70.
2,203
l j
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1,280
1,327
2", 312 406
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1,220 493
1,253
44~
North Carolina
2, 796 . 2, 753
South Carolina
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371 5, 758
394 .. 5,936
2,818 il .1, 397 . 1,472.
481 . .I;,:
190 . . 193
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5,988 i I 3,997 a,.s.95
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas : Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1
. I
639
! 1, 781
.! . 1,.319
,. ' 2,241
'
177
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2, 348
I
. I'
461
! i
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342 1,848
I -
:
34", 351
.. ~7 ,283
649 .
': 1,808
1,' 385
. 2,42.5
622 . : 1
212 . . 253
lI! 1,859
i 1,316
~: It
1,482 .. ::~ 897 ' :'
... 1,331 886-
2,555
1,699 1,674
193 . 2,433
211 . ,
270
2 , 461.'' i 1, 742 .
262 1, 727
412
36o -.~~I
217
229
~78 '
368 ' ! 161 . .." 184 .
_1,837 35,246
1,885
iIr. 35,630
I! 1,125 . ." l"j0~7.
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_21, 135 .: "21.,.2.2.. 3
27,904
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. 28,992
I,I
15,420
14;,:964
-I
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. ,
..
..
-.
- !
...
740
713
586
5b4
585
668
645
'754
141
136
516 ..
608
., ;1.,49:8 1,604 ' 1,18'1 .. . 1,225
1,118 1;194
483 -1,387
496 1,.49p
209 ... 254
4,093
.. 239
4,201 284
1,433 1,548
886
925
_1,531 1,707
247
28"3
1,674 1;817
210
227
150 ..
184
1,125 1,208
759 492 721 716
177 617 .... .1,.543
, '; ' .1. .279 '
1,265 . 5,0~
. .1,551''
:2_';11
4,565
262
1,460 1,065 1. ~16
254 1,886
208
171 1,102
.I;}- ..-.
779 -:
799
584--
681
781
766 -
798
77i
217
232
.669 .
705
1,'451 . . 1,613
1,4.07 1,384
1,314 1,345
505
498
1,690 . 1,618
21).
281
4,415 4,415
262
217
1,561 1 ..668 .
1,024
993
,. "' II'
1 95.8. . : 1,815
312
350
1,902 212 .
185
1,860
284 160 .
1., 105 1,182
.744 603 769 704 179 638 1, 745 1,547 1,385 494 1,639 248 4,256 269 1,636
1,~6
1,896 311
1,908 274 151
1;271
20,677'' 15,383
22;030 17~425
22,784 .. .23, 342 19,039 20,016
23,637 20,148
23,733
20,6~7
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Mar. 3
Mar. 10
758
5~0
798 835 181 684 1_,717 1,546 1,415 568 1 1,423 254 4,388 271 1,.662 1,.068 1,857 26 4 1,930 216 166 1,213
824 559 898 832 188 677 1,811 1,446 1,.458 . 597
1,553 233
4,441 281
1,670 1,175 1,817
269 1,891
258 174 1,165
23,644 20,382
24,2.17 19,779
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PROSPLCTI'Ii"t PLANTINGS FOR 1956.
The Crop "Rcporting Board of the Agricultural Harketing Service makes the following
r eport for the United States, on the indicated acreages of certain crops in 1956
based upon reports from farmers in all parts of the country on or about Harch '1-
regarding their acreage plans. for the 1956 season. The acreages for 1956 are in-
terpretations of r eports from growers and are based an past relationships _between
such reports and acreages actually planted.
The purpose of this r eport is to assist growers generally in making such further
changes -in their acreage plans as may appear desirable . 'I'he acreages actually
planted in 1956 may .turn 'out to be larger or smaller than indic~ted, by reason of
weather con~itions, price changes, labor supply, finanqial conditions, the agri-
cultural
~r.og.ram,
and: the
effect of
this
report
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upon farmers'
actions,
Corri; all
Ali Spr~ng v.Jheat
Durum'
Other spring
84,815 ' 20,138
2,615 '
17,523
81,;_57.7 13,-891
,1,424
l2F<46'7
Oats Barley
..
44,307 11,713
Scir ghums for all purpos es
14,383
Potatoes
1,858 .
St-~eetpotatoes
466
Tobacco ' 1/... . 1,726
Soybeans "Z/. . . 14,290
Peanuts 27. ~ 2,9h3
48',021 . 16:,102 ;: ;
24, '1l l 1,452 . 3.64
19r:,;''566:t<o') .
2,oo4
Hay ];,/ .- 73,836
73,984
1/ y Acreage harvested.
Grm:rn alone for all purposes.
78;686 14,605 : ' 2,021
12,584 46,063
. 14,173
. 24,198
1,394 323
; 1,366 .. 21, 76o
1,923 74,305
96.5 . .
105.1 141.9
100~9 . :
95.9 91.7 lOOe4 96.0 88.7 90~4 . 110,6 96,0 100,4
. ;
CR 0 P
---------- ----------GI..ORGIA
:
P L~.- A-N--T-L---D---11-. -C-H--L- -A-G--L--S------~. ~' '.
:- Ive rage 1945=54 -:- - - - - : - - - - - : - ~ - - . -
-Acre ages 7nd:Tcr:
:' InQic:B:ted :1956 a_s .
- - ... ---~--------
c.orn, .bu.
0as, bu
Barley, bu. .
Irish Potatoes, All, bu.
Planted :Planted: 1955 : 1956 : percent
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thousands
:Ac-re . : Thousands:
-Thousands ~ : of
.....
~ ._
-1955
3,148
845a
10,1
14.5 17.4 18.9
77 .o l
2',820
; 2,707'
1,059 , , 953
11 4.3 .
-
'
12 4~o
.96
90 ,. . llO
. 93
1/. SiJeetpotatoes, bu, .
Tobacco, All; lbs
.~ ~ . ~
':;.
All Sorghums ;
48
70..0
102,1 '11$_2
46 .
20 ..
.o 1a2
Bi . 87
1 . 19 . 8'9.1
' .' ~
. . 95 .
. ~ -87 ...:. 100
Soybeans, Alone ?:_/. .. . _:.l
Peanuts, (G~qwn Alone) 2/. .. . ,
All
..Hay,
.To.ns
.1.,1. . ....
- ,. ~
.....-.... ..
74 '.-' r
95
so. . 98$.. ..
1,111
635 763 ..
}/ Acreage Harvest ed, 2/ Grovm alone for all purposes.
. ~:- .16014b . '763
110 .
-:.-_ .:~ 96 : ..... 100 ..' ,-
- hay acreage,
ARCHIE LANGLE.Y
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
o. CARL
DO~S CHLR
Agricultural Statistician
. -t
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PRC\SPECTIVE PLANTINGS RLPORT l'' OR Gi ORGIA A,IID UNITE.D STATES
GEORGIA: According to l-1arch 11 19.56 rep~rt~d intepti6ns.., Geotgi~ farmers plan t,o
,.
. .-plant about four percent smaller total crop acreage this year (excluding
cotton) than .the,:y, planted last year. Declines in corn, oats, peariuts'; tobacc()~ :an~ :
potatoes more than offset increases in inteflded acreage of soybeans and barley. _. In-
dicated . acreage in all. hays and sorgh,~ is the . ~rune as - l~st . year. .
., . . . .-;
UNITED STATES: Growers' March intent.ions .point to a moderate reduction from last
year's level in the combt ned 'acreage of the Nation's crops. Feed
grain acreage may be notably smaller tha,n last .year because of important reductions
in :corn, oats . and barley. Spring planted .food g~ains w.i.:ll exceed last year's -t;.ci'tal. because of larger spring ' wheat plantings, espec~~lly of .durum varieties, although
rice planting: will be sharply' reduced. Large inereases in . acreage of: soybeans and
flax are planned. changes this year from early prospects for dif ferent crops m~ be .somewhat greater than usual after all influe~ces have ..peen .reflected. Some" .. ..
allotment programs, notably tobacco and dlirum wheat, have already been modified
~ince farmers reported their . acreage intentions about March lo Legislation now
being .cons'idered by Congress may also result in a<;:reage shifts if adopted before
planting ,is completed. Future weather is also a factor Winter wheat acreage in
much of t he ~southern Plains may sti.il be lost from drought and win,d erosion with "arying , possibilities for replanting to othe;r: crops -~ 'Ine season is somewhat ba:c'k-
ward over much of the Nation, allowing added time for late decisions. Soil moisture
supplies now appear generally favorable with the exception of the Southern Plains -- .
and extensive ~eSls in. Western Corn Belt. States. Western irrigation water prospects
qre_b~s~ in years o
i-~
\
~
Present indications for the 16 crops included in this report point to a total of
a,bout 28'3 :million acres for these crops -- 3'.4 million acres less than in 19.5.5. Priricipal reductions from last year, by crops are: Corn, 2e~ million e.creB; oats,
2 million acres; barley, lo3 million acres; rice, one-fourth million acres. Slight
reductions in acreage are also in prospect for potatoes, eweetpot4t0e~, peal\uts, '. .
dry beans and tobacco. Sharpest reductions on a percentqge 'basis ar~ in view for ' rice, sweetpotatoes, tobacco and dry beanso Increases qre ~pected . for soybeans
amounting to 2 ~1 million acres, spring wheat Oo7 inillion q.cres .,_ mostly in durum
wheat~ and moderate ' to slight increases for hay crops, sqrghums, dry peas and sug~
beets .
.' ...
.
CORN: ~ Corn plantings at 78 7 million acres will be the _;lo)'l'est in 31. years 'of rec'ord
. _ if farmers do not exceed the a.creage intended abo).lt. 1I,arch_ 1.. This .indicated
acreag,e would be 3o.5 percent below plantings last 'year and 'l percl3nt beJ.ow ev~rage~
I
.
.
f
'f
~
. ...
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WHEAT: , . A total of ' .59 ~~8 million acre's of all wheat is indic9-ted by .combining -the -
----- intended .seeded acreage of spring -wheat Vith the acreage. of winter wheat
planted as estimated last December, ' This is an increase of le.5 million acres from
the .58o3 million acres planted for the 19.5.5 wheat crop.
~: O~t~ aqreage s~eded . last fall and this spring wil:l:. be the fou:rth largest ..of
,.
record if farmers car;ry out their intentions a.s i~dicated on l"larch 1. This
year f ariTiers plan toseed 46,063,000 acres, 4 percent 1ess than the record oats :
acreage
seeded
in
19.5.5
but
4
percent
more
than
:
.the
10-year
average,
i
PEANUTS: Far.mers 1 reports as of Narch 1 indicate 'that t p ey intend to plant
_)
1, 923,000 acres of peanuts alone for all purposes ~n 1_?5,6.. ,This. :i.;l 1-l- per-:-
cent belo\or the 2, 004,000 acres grown al~ne in 19.5.5, and 3.5 percent b!3low tpe. 1.94.5-.Sll
average, These int entions include peanuts to b e grown for p'ickipg _and t,hr.esping~
hogging off and for other purposes.
.,, .. .
TOBACCO: Farmers 1 r eports as of March l. indicat e intention~ to p~cmt~ l,36.5,ooo.
acres , of all typ es of tobacco, a r eduction of 10 J?erc~nt- fr _m. l9-st year.
Flue-cured types . are expe cted to total 8801 200 acres, down 11 percent from the:\ . 991,70.0 -acres harvested last year. Should the yi eld per acre equC:l.tl].e 1950-54 ~ av erage by States, the flue-cur ed crop would total 1,118 million polinqs, compared with
. last year's crop of 1,.504 millio.n pounds
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~EN~!~~;::;~~ AGRICULTURE
,OID) CGTT T"t7 ~ .........
'li~~i~T~TI ~ ~
~R~
cE;EOAGIAAGAICULTUAAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL.: rURE
EXTENSION SERVICE
At .on s, Gc;or;::tn
t
BROIL!ffi CHICK a-r;:PORT FOR GJi'DRGIA CONMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending March 17 commercial hatcheries placed h,h86 , 000 chicks with
broiler produc8rs in Ge orgi a .com.1nercial areas, This is 1 percent above the
4,!~.41,000 placed the previous w~ek and :i.s 23 pe rcent more than the 3,61+3,000 placed
the same week _last ye ar~
Local hatchings of 3,914,000, excluding shipments of 357,000 chicks to other state s,
are 2 percent . above the 3,835>000 of t he p revious week and 29 percent more t han the 3,035,000 of one year ago. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 051, 000 or 1 percent above the 5,988,000 of the p r evious week and 19 percent greater than the
5,069,000 for tqe corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported price s paid for hatching eggs duri ng the week at an ave rage of
8h cents per dozen. Average price _charge d by hatcherie s for chick s 1fc>.s r eporte d at
$15.00 per hundred. These prices compnre with 85 cents and :~15.25 for the previous week and w:i.th 73 cents and ~~14.00 one Jrcar ago . Egg prices shmm r elate to Georgia
produce d hatching eggs, whether bought on contract qr otheTivisc.
(See r everse side for other states)
.
GF.ORGIA CHICK PLAC:~'11'?lT BY vJEEKS - PERI OD J ANUARY 14 THROUGH l1ARCH 17 ' 1956 }j
Pate
Eggs
y Chicks Hatched
I nshipmonts 1 Total Placed
I Week .
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chi.cks wi on Farms.
_En_d_in~g~~-;+j _l~9,::;..S.::;_S......;:---:19~:=:S--6_-l---l-:9~S.:;_S_::__l9 .56
1955 : 1956
1955 : 19:.:-:;S--6_ _
:1 Thousands
Thousan ds
'rhousands I Thousands
Jan. 14 Jan. 21 Jan. 28 Feb. 4 Feb. 11 Fob., 18 Fob , 25 filar, 3 Marr 10
l'lar. _1_7_
! 4,114 5,1Lt.9
2,611 3,322
1 4,381 5,342.
2, 594 3,423
l1 4,515 5,380 4,742 5,473
2,622 3,492 2,783 3,599
4,87h 5,617
2,794 3,607
4,906 5,587
1I 4,652 5,758
2,903 3, 706
2,911 3,656
4, 777 5,936 4,906 5,988
3,052 3,812
3,063 3,835
_._5....:.,_o6_9_ _6....:;,_o_5_1 ____.__3;...:;:-0..oJ_S'--~3~914
433 !,.so
5L~5
487 549 540 h82
L~91
555
?08 ,_
673 670 709 966 808 709 600 576 606 .
572_
3,044 3,044 3,167 3,270 3,343
3,4!.~3
3,393 3,543 j,618
3,643
3,995 4,093 4,201 4,565 4,415 4,415 4,256 4,388 4,4hl
4,486
Y 1955 data reVised~ y r;xclusivo of hatchins s shi1)pcd into state s outside of Georg:ic1
ARCHIE L.'.NGLE;Y :',gricultural Statistician In Charge
CA11L 0 OOESCHER Ag ricultur~l Sta ti s tician
--~----------------~----------------E-GG-S--S-E-T- ANI? CHICKS PLACED IN COJI'iMERCIAL ARE;AS , -~y; VVEEKS ~- 19 56
Page 2.
--------------------~----~~---------------1-We__ek Ending----~--------~----~-----------------------------------
STATE
Mar . .3
.. Mar. :- ~~ar. .: : Jan .
10
17 . 14
.. Jan. :.. Jap.-. 21 : . 28
Feb. 4
Feb. 11
Feb~
18
Feb. 25
Mar -. 3
Ma r . 10
Mar . 17
.... - -EGGS 'SET .- T ~OUSANDS
CHICKS . PLACED - THO USANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsy1vap.ia Indiana
~~ I
! 8'9C .
919
873 ' :
1,157 1,151 1,135 j _
764 569
140
586
713 504
759 492
779
799
744
584
681 .-. 603
758 530
824 559
792 557
1,347 1,362 1~494 +1 599
585
668
721
781
766
769 .
798
8S8
824
1,803 1, 745 1;537 . ., 763
645
754
716.
798
77i
704
835
832
854
Illinois Ndssouri
394
445
438
2,083 2,057 2,188
I
168 _ 471
H1 516
136 :: 608 -
177 . 6'17
217 69
2 32 705
179 638
181 584
Delav,;are. Maryland
2,041 2,2G9
2,1G6 2,203
2, 097 2,322
11
1,5_70 1,327
1,498 i _;6.C4 1,543 1,451 . f,_f?1_3: --1,745
1,Hl'l .~ 1,_ 22.5
1,2.79.'. -. '1,407 1,384 , :.1,547
1,717 1,546
Virginia West 'Virginia
North Carolina South Carolina
2,298 421
2, 7_ 53 39-4
2:,312 406
?,618 481
2,362 407
2 '779 ' .388
I'll.
11
253 . 44~ ..
1,116 483
,.l 111 1,472 : ' 1, 387
193
2C9
: 1,1~4 ~96
1;49o : 254
.--. 1,265 504
1,551 271
11314 ~ :- "505
1,69C 211
1,.31-5 : 498 ;
1,618 : 2fH '
1,385
:.:.~ 1 463994
- 248
1,415 568
1,423 254
iFG;;ilEo~O:r::iRid-G5:-IaA~.,...:.--------5~,~9;_.;6:43;9:;6~~.:.::5~,6.;2.92;.88~__::6::J6,~5C541'~_.-. _.:i:~; -~32;=9.595~3_ --... -4.-.,e2933 9-:-:~4,82041- -:- . -4-..,-56u5 2.--.4-124:6-2;1~5----4.~,~24;:.1.;;1,';7..;5-:-'.---4~,~2_2..65.-.96, :---
4.t388 2'7]
Alo.ba.ma .
.
Mississippi
Arkan.sa~ ,-- .
Louisiana' ,.
Texas
W0 raesghoinn g t o n
California
1,8C8
1,38'5
2,~?5
193
2,43~ 4;1.~
378 11 837
11 859 1,316 2,555
211 21 461
36u 360 11 885
j! 1~ - 919
1, ~68 . i 1
1;331:_ .. ;1 1 433 886 ; _ . . 886 .
I 2,58C 1, 1,674 1:,53]._.
2-1?. :_.
"262 ,_. . 247
2 , 55':t 412
l 1 1 72.7 1,674 229 21G
I 1,~4_C8'47 : .
.1e4 1 ; .0 8 7
150 1,125
-1~ :548 .-- 1,~6'0 , ~2-~ .. ~ .-1,065
l;7o1 : 1,916
28'3_ . .- 2,54
' 1~817 1 1 886
.227
208
... :184
171
1,208 1,102
. i,-56i .:_. :1;668 :
1,024
1 1 ~58
' 312
993 : 1,815 .
350 .
'1 902 1 860
1
1
212 _ 284
185
160
. 1,105 1;182
1,636
:.i,G66 ' 1,896 J, 311 1 908
1
: 274 15.1
1,271
1,662
1 CEB 1
1,857 264
1,930 216 166
1,213
188 677 1,811 1,446 1,458 597 1,553 233 4 _,441 .281 1,670 1,175 1,817 269 1,891 25c 174 1,15
239 710 1,911 1,568 1,468 660 1,628 247 4,4e6 277 1,674 1, 1(.4 1,907 294 1,951 312 138 1,2C9
----~--~------~~----~~ ~~
TOTAL 1956
35,246
35,630
36,459.
1
121,223
20,677
22,030 '22,784
23,342 2 3,637 23,733 23,644
24 ,217
24,810
.,. TOTAL 1955
2 7, 904
28,992 29,614
114,964
I i
15,383
17,425
19, 039
20,016 20,148
20,687
20, 382
19,779
19,964
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
~
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
GEORG IA flGRIC ULTU RAL EXT ENS ION SERVI CE ,.
~ia rch 28, 1956
-B-Wr-IL';E:-R- -CH-IC-K.-ft!:l..lQRT FOR GZOliGIA. COEi".iERCIAL AREAS
puring the we~k $nding March 24 comm~tcial hatcheries pl~cc d: - 4, 700,000 chicks :1dth
broiler producers iz!t Georgia commercial a reas. This is 5 pe rcent above the
L.,486,000 pia.ced: the previous -Teek and is 26 percent more than the 3,'1!~2 ,000 placed
the same He~k last year~ :
-
'
:
~ocal hatchings of ~,03!~,000, excluding shipments of 430,000 chicles to othe r states. are 3 percent above ; the 3, 91!1, 000 of the previous week and 26 pe rcent more th<m the 3, 209,000 of one ~ year ago. ,Eggs set ~Y local hatche:rtes amounted to 6,152,0 00 or 2 percent ahoye the 6:,051,000 of the prc-.:vious weel{ ari.d 23 percent greate r than the
5,017 ,ood for ' t he correspo,nding week l ast year.
Hatcheries 4eported price s paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
85 cents per dozen. Ave rage price _ch.ar go d by .hatcheries for . chicks m.s_ repor~G d at
$15.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 8J-i cents and ;~15.00 for the previous -Jeek and with , 73 , cents and $14. ~00 one- y ear ago. Eg-g pri-ce s shown r elate to Georgia
produced hatching eggs, uhother bought on contract or othenJi s c .
; .
(Sec r everse side for other states)
. .I
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Y "EORGlA QHICK PLJ~C~iET:TT BY 1tJEEKS - PSRIOD J ANUARY 21 THROUGH :c-jJ\RCH 21.~, 1956
Date
Eggs
y - l . j c~iid:-sWatcho d
1--Inshipments -:'Fatal Pl aced
1rJeek
En~EJL.
.Set
1 Place:d itt Goorgia l of Chicks 1 on Fanns
1955 : 19'5.6 ': ._ 1 . . - ~9s5 =' ~9 :56 housands -~ ~ ' 'l'housands
I ! 1 1955 : 1956 ; 1955 : 19,"."5' _6__
Thousands
Thousands
Jan. 21 Jan. 28
Feb. 4
Feb. 11
Fob. 18
Feb. 25
Mar. 3
Mar. 10 . f Iviar. 17 . t Mar. 24 _ I
~. ,381 J~, 515 4,742 4.,871~
5,342 I 2,594 3,423
l 5, 38Q.
5,473
~
'
J i
.
2,6'22
. 2,783 '
. 3, 49 2 3, 599.
_5,617
2, 794 3, 607
-~~~~q - ~,s~~
Lf., .:J2 :J, 7.:J
2, 903 3 ,~~~ 2,911 3, :)
:4,777 5,936
3,052 3,812
:4,906 5,988'
3,063 3,335
.5;069 ' 6,051
5,ori '6,152
3,035 3,914 3,209 4,0)4
II h50 S45
Ii 487 549
4 1 I
5~o
2
491
555
608
533
I 670 . :3,0h4 .: 4,:093
709 . I ;J, 167 . : 4,:201
966 ' i ;3,270 . , 4,,565
I 808 I :3 ,3i~3 4,'415
109 . . J,4h3 . f;,4~~ 6 00 i -3,393 -t,:2.:J
576 1 3, 5!~3 4;388
606 l '3, 618 4,i4hl 572 I 3,6!~3 . 4,:486
666 ! J, 742 . 4,:700
y '
I
1955'. d~t~ revised.
y Exclu~~vd of"hatchings shipped into state s otitsidc of Georgia.
~ A~GtiiE LAl~ GL.H;Y
Agricultura~ Statistici~n In Charge
..
CARJ" 0 . :OOESCHER : Agriculture.l Statistician
l
I
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO MMERCIAL AREAS, BY 'WEEKS - 1956
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:--M--a-r.------Ha--r.-----M-a-r-.---:-:--J-e-.n-.-----J-a-n-.-----F-We-eb-e.k End-Fi-ne-gb-.-----F-e-b-.-----F-e-b-.---a--M-a-r-.-----M-a-r-.-----M-a-r-.-----M-a-r-.----
STATE
10
17
24 :: 21
28
4
11
18
25
3
10
17
24
a EGGS SET - THOTiSAl'JDS
...
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama .
Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
1
j
919
I
I
.I
1,151 1, 362
1, 745
445
I 2,0F7 2,106
2,203
2, 312
406
2,818
481
5,988
622
1,859
1,316
2,555
211
2,461
360
368
1,885
873 1,135 . 1,494
1,837 138 .
2,188 2,097 2, 322 2,362
' 407 2,779
388 6;051
654 1,919 1,468 2,580 . 210 2. 554 .
412 407 1,884
I 898
740
713
759
1,183 I
586
504
492
! 1,396
58 .5
668
721
l, 780 I
645
754
716
lj' 375
2,215
14i 516 .
136 - 608
177 617
2,172
I : 2,230
I 2, 364
1,'498 1,604 1,181 .--_ 1',225
1,118 1,194
1,543 1,279 1,265
425
483
496
504
'I. 2,804 ! 1, 381 .
i ! 408 1 -209
6,152
4,093 .
1,490 254
4,- 201
1, 5"51 271
4,565
678 ! I" 239
28 4
' 262
II 1,930 i ! 1, 4 33 1,548 1,460
1,.382
886 . . 925 . 1,065
2,616 ; 1
Ii 227
'I 2,542501
1,531
247 1,627140 ..
! 382
150
1,. 707 ... . 1, 916.
283
254
1~817
'..227
1,886 208 -
184
171
1, 74 5
1,125 1,208 1,102
779
799
744
584
681
603
781
766
769
798
771
704
217
232
179
669
705
638
1,451 . 1;613 1-,745
.1,407 .. 1.;384: +,547
1,314 1,345 1,385
505
498
494
, 1~690 .. 1 s. is 1,639
211
281 . 248
4,415 4 , 415 4; 256
262
217
269
1,561 1,668 1;636
1,024
993 1,066
_1,958 312
1 _,815 350
1',896 311
1,902 1,860 1,908
212
28 4
274
185
160
151
1,105 1,182 1,271
758 530 798 835 181 584 1,717 1,546 1,415 568 1,423 - 254 4, 388 271 1,662 1,068 1,857 . 264 1,930 216 166 1,213
824 559 898 832 188 677 1,811 1,446 1,458 597 1,553 233 4,441 261 1,670 1,175 1,817 269 1,891 258 174 1,165
792 597 824 854 239 710 1,911 1,568 1,468 660 1,628 247 4 ,486 277 1,674 1,104 1,907 294 1,951 312 138 1,209
809 690 825 770 183 706 1,870 1,.626 1,455 ' 644 1,_630 351
4~700
311 1,827 1,158 2,155
337 1,944
248 190 1,.252
-----------------4------------------------++----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TOTAL 1956
I 35,630 36,459 36 .. 333 20,677 2z,o3o 22,784 23,342 23,'637 23, 733 23,644 24,217 24 ,850 25,681
TOTAL 1955
28,992
29,614
30,387 I 1 15,383
I j
17,425
19,039
20,016
20,148
20,687
20,382. 19,779
19,964
20~745
UNITED STATES . ' ' -
C37ojJ . DEPt\RTMENT.OF ,: AGRlCIJL TURE ~ : '
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AGRIClJL TU~AL
~ MARKETING
SERviCE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA AGRtt:UL TURAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
~><TEN SIO N SERVICf,':
Athens ~ Geo r c ia
t, April 1956
;
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BH.OILER CHICK REPOHT FOR GEORGIA COjVJl.IF_;RCI.ltL ".jlt~J~S
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During the Heek endirig +iarch 31 comme r cial hatcheries plac~d if, S ~;), odo c)1ick s with
broiler: prodncers in Georgia c6rrane'rcial .area~e :. .:.l'his. .is j 'lier~ent at ove .ti:1e 'i
4, 700,000 :pJ;aced the previous week and is l24 percent more t ha4 the 3, 8n ,ooq placed
t he same .-reek las t year.
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Eggs set by local hatch..e. rie.s arriounted to 6, 217,000 o:;-. 1 pe rce~t above th~~ 6,lJ..52,000
of the previous week last ye ar.
we ek
and 18
pe rcent
greater
than
the
5, 289 ,00Q. f or t he
correspondin! '
Hatcheries rep0rted p rice s paid for hatching eggs during the o-teek at .an ave xlage of
Bh cents per dozen . Average p r i ce cha r s c d by hatcherie s :for chicks was r epo:rted at
.:$15.25 per hundr ed. These price s comr)<J. r e ~..rith 8.5 cents and ~~15. 00 f or the :;?irfwious
week and v.rith 71.!. cents and ~i,l4 . 25 onG ye ar a (-;o . Fgg prict~ s sliown re:j..~te t o pe orgia
:pr onucGd hat chinc: e gg s, vJhethe r bought on contra ct or oth e r~-ri se . .
(Sec r eve rse s ide f or other state s)
Ql~0RGIJ\. CHI CK PL.h CEHENT BY V.lE~KS - :p; .~InOD J.\NUARY 28 T:;n.otrGH 1\lf.\RCH 31 , 19 ~6 })
DatG
Egg s _ _
_Chic k s I1 .,J,ct'l: c'._ 2T_ ! ;I:nsbil?ment:s _ T-'fOts~ ::~;La ce d
l . ~~leek
Se t
Pl a ce d :1..n Georgia .
of Chicks;
II T _E_n.d.i:n.g.=~--1----1:T9h5o5us:a1nd9''5"6"'s---+---....1,,9'='rn5:...5;o'u- s: a1nd9s56
, 1.65 : 19.S6
Tlmsands,
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1S'5S : l956 :, Tho 1s alfds
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I. Jan. 28
feb, 4 J
I. Feb. 11
Feb. lB
h,515
h, 7L!.2
1_~ , 8 74
1-~., 906
Feb . 25
l.~, 65 2
iV!ar . 3 . 4, r n
l1ar. 10 .4, 906
Mar. 17 5,069
I-iar. 24
5, 017
r1ar. 31 5,289
5,380
2, 62 2 3, Ji :2 . I
5,473 (
' 2,783 ') 59
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5,617 I 2,794 3,1D07
5 , 587 S, 758
iI 2,.903 . 3, 706 .
I ~ . "2;911 ~: c 3 , 6:.;6
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5,936 5, 988 6,051 6,152 6 ,217
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3;052 '
3,063 3,035
3,209
3,337
.3, 812
3, 835 3, 911.~
L!., 034 4,C40
)'"'L,,.5 ..' ' 709 . I!
487 966
549 8ol3
540 709
482 H 491
'600
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555 60ef,
608 572
5s,3,.,_c3; .::
666
785
!
Y 1955 .data r evised.
y Exclusive or' hc.tchings shi pped ~Lnto states ,ou.tside b~ Ge.orgi.a.
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STATE
. Mar .
Mar. -: Mar .
17
24
31
EGGS SE T - THCU3MTDS
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Jan.
28
. Feb .
4
Week Ending
Feb . 11
Feb. 18
. .. Feb. 25
Mar . 3
Mar.
. 10
ClU CKS PLACED - THOU~ ANDS
Mai:Iie C.~nn:e cti cut Pennsylvania Indiana _. Illinois Missouri
De1awar~
MarY,1and Virgini.a West Virginia North .Ciiro1ina South C~ro:t,ina GEORGIA Flor.J.ct a
A1abam&. :Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington . Oreg<m California
.873 1;135 1,494 1,837
438 2~188 2 ~09-7 2, 322 2 J 362'
407 2, 779
388 6,051
654
1,919 1;468 2, 580
210 2,554
4 12 40 7 1,88 4
898 ' l, 183 l, 396 1,780
-375 .
2,215 2,172 "2,230 2,364
425 2,804
408 6,152
. 678
1,930 l, 382 . 2,616
227 2,520
451 .
382 1, 74 5
! I
814 1,167
lI! .iII
713 504
1,266. ., .1 668
1, 787 453
!:I !I.
754 136
2,159
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2,249
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608 1,604 1,225
2,174 ~ I 1,194
417 2,811
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496 1,490
l l 402
254
6,217
641
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4 ,201
284
i ! 1,985
1, 4 24
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1,548 925
2,674 : ! 1, 707
I 236 ' ! 283
2,509 393
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1,817 227
4 18 1,989
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184 1,208
I
759 492 721 . 716 177 617
1,5 ~ 3
1,279 1,265
504 1, 551
271 4,565
262
1,460 1,065 1,916
254 1,886
208 171 1,102
779 584 781 798 .
217 669 1,451 1,407 1,314 505 1,690 211 4,415
-~ -
1,561 ls024 1,9 68 . 312 1,902
212 185 1,105
799 681 766 771 . 232 705 1,613 1,384 1,345 498 1,618 281 4 ,415
217
1,668 993
1,815 350
1,860 284 160
1,182
744 603 769 704 179 638 1,745 1,547 1,385 494 1,639 248 4 ,256
269
1,636 1,066 1,896
311 1,908
274 151 1,271
758 530 . 798 835 181 584 1~ 717 1,546 1, 415 568 1, 423 254 4,388
271
1,662 1,068 1,857
26 4 1,930
216 166 1,213
824 559 898 832 188
677 1,811 1,446 1, 4 58
597 1,553
233 4,441
281
1,670 1,175 1,817
269 1,891
258 174 1,165
TOTAL 1956
36, 459 .. 36,333
TOTAL 1955 .
29,614
I 1956 As %of 1955 . i
123
30,387 120
I 36,388 1 , 22, .030
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126
22,784 19 J o'39
1?0
23,342 20,016
117
23,637 23,733 . 23,644
20,.148 . 20,.687
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117
115
20,382 116
24 ,217 a.9,779
122
Mar . 17
792 597 824 854 239 710 1,911 1,568 1, 468 660 1,628 24 7 4,486
277
1,674 1,104 1,907
294 1,951
312 138 1,209
24 ,850
19,964
124
Mar. 24
809 690 825 770 183 706 1, 8 70 1,626 1,455 644 1,630 351 4 , 700
311
1,827 1,158 2,155
337 1,944
248 190 1,252
25,681
20,74 5
124
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783 680 888 815 187 748 1,840 1, 562 1,462 619 1,577 336 4,825
280
1,892 1,178 2,152
365 . 1,993
267 190 1,276
25,915
21,637
120
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GJBO~G
AGRICUI. TURE
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COLLEGE OF AGRICUI.TURE
Athens, Georgia
April 5, 1956
FARM PRICE REPOHT AS OF IviARCH 15, 1956
GEORGIA: During the month ended in mid-March, the All Commodity Index of Prices
Received by Georgia farmers remained unchanged from the level reported on February 15. At the present level, the Index is ~+6 percent of the Januar,y
1910-December 1914 average and 16 points below the level of the Index during the corresponding period last year.
The Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index at 193 percent of its
January 1910-December 1914 average was 5 points below the level reported in midFebruary. Lower prices during the month for hogs 1 eggs 1 and wholesale milk contributed to the decline,
The All Crop component of the Index at 273 percent of its January 1910-December 1914 average was 2 points above the level reported in mid-Februa~r. Price in-
creases during the month for corn, sweetpotatoes, cotton lint, cottonseed, and soybeans contributed largely to the increase.
Individual-commodity price fluctuations were . compensating to the extent that the All Commodity Index remained unchanged.
UNITED ~TATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 2 percent (4 - - points) during the month ended in mid-Harch. At 230 percent of
its 1910-14 average tho Harch indm~ compares with 226 in February and 243 in Harch 1955 Host crops increased during the month, with higher prices for tomatoes, potatoes, and cotton making the most Important contributions to the 3~ percent
increase in the Crop Index. The Livestock and Livestock Product Index incr eased
half of one percent with higher prices for beef cattl e , hogs, and chickens being nearly offset by lower prices for milk, eggs, and calves.
Higher prices paid for both family living and production goods raised the Parity Index (Prices Paid for Cmomoditics and S0rvices, Interest 1 Taxes, and Wage Rates) about 2/3 of 1 percent (2 points) this month. Upturns in food and f eeder livestock prices wore primarily responsible for this rise although small increases also wore recorded for farm supplies, machinery, and tractors~ At 282 tho index was nearly 1 perc ent lower than a year earlier.
Farm product prices increased somewhat mora than tho Parity Indox"thoroby raising
the Parity Ratio to 82.
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Indexes
riar . 15
Feb. 15,
~!~ar. 15 ,
Recor d hi gh
--1-91-0--1--4:-1-0-0 -- 1955
1956
Prices Rec eived
2? 6
Parity Index .lJ
284
280
1956
230 282
I nde; - - - -Dat e-
313 Fob . 1951 290 2,A:ay 1952
Parity Rati o
86
81
82
123 Oct. 194 6
V"Priccs-pa.1d ,- Intor asT ,--Yaxc3s-,-and;:;a-g;c_,rD.tes: -. ~(Tiso---1<'0bruary a:ri""d-ApdT 19)2-:
ARCHI E L11.NGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Char ge
B. J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
PR~.~-RECEIVED ~!._!~~~~ ~_:JE~!.S.~~~ '11TH COMPA.':l!SJNS
-- -..- - -
~..--___,;;GEORGIA
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- mirTET 9rATES
Average
Jiverage
Cffi'VODITY
Aug.1909- Mar. 15, Feb. 15 MP..r.15 Aug.1009- Mar.15, Feb.l5, Hr'.r.15,
------AINlDlUL--:-+J-u-ly-19-1'1-~ 1955
1956 1958 July 1914 1955 1956
1956
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--- --- -- - - ---- - -- -
ibeat, Bu.
$
1.24
2.11
1.96 1.00
.88
2.12
1.95
1.97
qorn, Bu.
$
.91
"1.71
1.15 1.19
.64 1.36 1.18
1.20
Qats, Bu.
$
.67
.98
.84
.84
.40
.74
.62
.62
Irish Potatoes,Bu.$ Sweet Pot ~toes,Bu.$
1.12 .83
1.00
3.50
2.50 2.60
.70
1.18
1.14
.88
3.10
1.98
1.34 2.09
S\ot ton, I.b
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Cottonseed, Ton $
12.6 24.39
34.1 60.00
34.3 3l:.6
45.00 47 .oo
12.4 22.55
31.9 53. 40
31.0 46.20
31.6 46.80
Hay (baled) Ton $
31.40 25.40 25.40
23.00 21.20 20 . 60
:aogs, per cvrt.
7-33
15.20
12.40 11.80
9.27 15. ~0 12.00
12.30
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
3.87
12.10
11.20 11.70
16.70 11 .00 14 . 10
Milk Cows, head $ 33.85
95.00 100.00 100.00
48.00 116.00 148.00 150.00
Chickens, Lb.
13.2
27.3
20.0 21.0
11.4
27.3
21.0
21.6
Eggs, Ihz.
21.3
41.0
49.5 43.5
21.5
39.7
40.2
39.6
ButterfP..t, Lb.
25.7
52.0
51.0 51.0
26.3
57.5
57.3
57.2
Milk per
1( 0i'lh0o#=1 e1s.r/:Ue)
$
2.42
5.60
5.90 5.75
1.60
3.94
3.96
Soybcl"ns, Bu.
2.80
-- --- - ---4------ Po'Jllut s , Lb
5.0
u.s
11 Prelimino.ry for Mt'.l'ch, 1956
2,40 2.50 10.9 10.9
2.54
2.25
2.38
4.8 12.5 n.8
11.7,
INDEX l'~JFB'I!!RS OF PB!Cll:S Fl!CEI~ BY F.~S Jli GEORGIA
(J"lnuo.ry 1910 - I:ocemb cr 1914 : 100)
u. 15,
Feb. 15,
An Commodities
- -- .. ... _.. --- - ..- -1-955- - - - -19-56
262
246
All Crops
281
271
Gr.:\in ::md Hay
185
142
Cotton Lint
282
282
Peanuts
222
210
Tob ecco
362
362
Cottonseed ~d SoYbeans
251
188
Irish Pot ato e s , &1cet Potatoes & Cowpeas
315
236
Fruits and Nuts
All Live stock nnd Livestock Products
205
233
222
198
Moat Anim::!.1 s
217
213
Poultry and Eggs
193
165
Dairy Products
225
232
Har. 15, 1956
216 273
H4 285 210 362 197 214 233
193 206 163 228
JJ PRICES F.AID BY FllE1ERS FOR SEI.EOrED FE!<"..'DS, h':A..ltClJ 15, 1956 '.."ITH COi'/?ARISONS
KIND OF FEED
~~ar. 15, 1955
Mixed Dai~ Feed
Ali Uiidur9'7'o Protein
16% Prot e in 18% Prot ein 20% Protein 24% Prote in
4.20 4 .10 4 .30 4 . 40 4.50
GEOR~IA
Fob. 15, 1956
3.80 3.75 3.95 1 .00 4.20
i'+ 1l.". U'. 15,
mm:~ Sil~Es
11-t"-J.l'. 15,
Feb . 15,
Hnr. 15,
1956 . 1 1955
1956
1956
j
Dollt~.rs 12er 100 Pounds
3.85
3.93
3,65
3.65
3.80
3.86
3.60
3.60
1 .00
3.90
3.61
3.60
4 .00
1.17
3.83
3. 81
,L20
4.30
3.99
3.94
High Protein Feeds
hlttonscu d ll.'.eal
Soyb cnn Mee1
Mc e.t Scrap
~1. 15
4 .85 5.90
3.35
4.10
4 .50
3.35 4.05
4.60
4 .36 1 .62 5.28
3.76
3.92 tl. 46
3.72 3.8:1
4. 47
Grain B:-Products Br nn
Middlings Corn Muel
3.60
3.70 1 .35
3.30
3.50 3.65
3.25 3.45 3.15
3.11 3.23
3.72
2.87 2.96 3.33
2,90
2. 97 3. 33
Poultr;! Feed Broile r Grovring Mn.sh Lnying H"3.sh Scratch Grains
H~r (B!l.l cd)
AI ri!lfa
~\.11 Other
5.40 5.20 4 .55
57.00 46.50
5.00 4.75 4 .20
50.00 40.00
5.00 1 .70 1.20
54.00 43.00
5.15 4 .75 1.28
35.70 32.80
1 .81 -1.36 3.93
33 , 10
29~20
4 ,81 1 .36 3.95
32.70 29. 40
]) As r eported by Feed DcnJ.ers.
lJ.NIVERSITV OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AG~ I CUL TURE
Athens, ~ Geo r[::,ia
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EXTENSION SERVICE
A)ril 11, 1Q56
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broiler producers in Georg:f."a commerCial areas. 'rhis is only 2,000 above the .
4,82), 00b p1ac-e~ : the p r evious week and is 19 percent more than the: 4, 042,000 placed
the same: week l ast year . -
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Eggs set : bY: loc~l ' ~at~hede.s amounted t o 6,109:,000 or 2 percent belovJ' the 6, 217, 000
of the prevj:i.9us .V>!"eek but 16 pe rcent greater than the 5, 250 , 000 for -the corre sponding
week last y~ ar .
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Hatcheries ~eported prices paid for hatching e ggs during the -v1eek at an average of
84 cents per doz~n . . Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was re) orted at
~15 .00 per hundred~ : The se prices compare with 8 !~ cents and ~15 . 25 for the previous
week and :with 75:. cehts and $lit. 50 one year ago . Egg p rice9 sho1m relate to Ge9rg;ia
produced lhatching eggs , .w~ether bought on cont'ract or otherwise .
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G~ORGIA CHICK PLACEJ.It~:NT BY 'VJEEKS -: ~4ERIOD F~BRUARY 4 THROUGH A?R:rL 7, 1956 : -y' .
Date
\"leek
. Ti'..nding ..
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Thousands
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y Chfcics Hatcl1ed
Pl a ced in Georeia
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Inship;.ents of Chicks
I .. 1955 : 1~56
1955 1956
I
Thous.ands
I Thousands
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1955 1956 :
I Thous'ands
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l.<,eb. 4 4, 742. 5,h73
Feb. 11 Feb , 18
' 4, 874 5,617 h, 906 5, 587
i
I Feb.
i1ar ,
25 3
. :' . 44;,6n572
5, 758 5,936
l
2, 783 3, 599 2,794 3,60'7
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1.~8 7
549
2, 903 2,911
3, 706 . 3,656
. ii
540
L~82
I 3, 052 3, 812
~491
966 808
. 709 600
576
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3, 270
3, 3L~3
I "3 , 4!~3 3, 393
3, 543
4, 565 . 4, 415 .
. h, 4;1.5
'4 2.'."-/6
4, 388
I : ar. 10 : : .4, 906 5, 988
!"1ar. 17
1,069 ; . 6 , 051 I
Mar. 24 .. . :' 5,017 -: .6,152
Mar, 31 .. i 5,289 6,217
I 3, 063 3, 835 . I
3,035 3, 914
3, 209 : .h,034
3, 337 . 4~040
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555 606 608 572
533 . 666 555 785
3, 618
3, 643 3, 7h2 3, 892
4,441
. 4,486 .4, ?_~0
.4., 825
~-r 7 ..' 5, 250 . 6,109
i 3,425 .4,118
617 709 ! !~, 01..).2 4,827
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5/ Exc1usiye ~f .h~t~hings shipped into states outsi~e of Geor gia.
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Agricultu,ra1 $tati\sti'cian I
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Maine Connecticut P e n n i s y l v a n_i a
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Illincis Misso.uri ; Delaware ,. :waryla.."1.d
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TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 As %of 1955
EGGS SET AND CBI CKS PLACED I N CO MliiJERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956 Week Ending
t Mar. 24
Mar. 31
.. Apr. :: Feb.
7
4
Feb. s Feb.
11
18
Feb-.
Mar.
25 t
3
Ma r . 10
Mar. 17
EGGS SET - THOUSA1TD S ::
898 1,183 1,396 1, 780
315 2,215 2,172 2,230 2,364
425 2,804
408 6,152
67 \ 1,930
1,382 2,616
227 2,520
451 38 2 1,74 5
36,333
30,387
120
814 1,167 1,266 1, 787
453 2,159 2,203 2,249 2,1 '74
. 417 2,811
402 6,217
641 1,985 1, 4 24 2,674
236 2, 509 .
393 418 1,989
36,388
30,332
120
! !
890 I i
! :
1,112 I .
. 1,311
1, 714
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. 435
2,255
; !
:. I ' '
2,130 !'
2,203 ; .
j
2,197 l ~
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386 : I
2, 782
759 492
721 716 177 617 1,543 1,279 1,265 504 1,551
414
284
6,109
643 . I
1,992 I 1,460
1,4 34
I
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1,065
2,581 : I 1,916
247 ! 254
;I 2,564 i 1,886
365
208
415 1,864
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171 1,102
II
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36,043
i;
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22,797
. .I I
30,279
i I
I
19,039
I
119
I
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120
779 584 781 798 215 669 1,451 1,407 1,.314 505 1,690 221
1,561 1,024 1,958
312 1,902
212 185 1,105
23,350
20,016
117
799 681 766 771 232 705 1,613 1,384 1, 345 498 1,618 291 4,415
17 1,.668
993 1,815
350 1,860
284 160 1,182
23,64 7
20,148
117
CHI CKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
744 603 769 704 179 638 l, 745 1,547 1.,385 494 1,639 258 4,256 269 1,636
1,060
1,895 311
1,908 274 151
1,271
758 513 798 835 181 584 l, 717 1, 546 1,415 568 1,423 266 4,388
1,662 1,068 1,857
264 1,930
216 166 1,213
844 559 898 832 188 677 1,811 1,446 1,458 597 1,553 233
1,670 1,125 1,817
269 1,891
258 '174 1,165
792 597 824 854 239 710 1,911 1,568 1,468 660 1,628 247 4 ,486
77 1,.674 1,119 1,907
294 1,951
312 138 1,209
23,74 3 20,687
115
23,639 20,382
116
24 ,187 19,779
122
24 ,865 19,964
125
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31
7
809 690 825 770 183 706 1,870 1,626 1,455 644 1,630 351 4,700 3 1,827 1,158 2,155 337 1,944 248 190 1,252
783 680 888 815 187 748 1,840 1,562 1,462 619 1,577 336 4,825
80 1,892 1,178 2,152
365 1,993
267 190 1,276
822 661 823 864 235 784 ] ,853 1, 585 1,516 572 1,631 339 4,.827 3 4 1,844 1,113 2 , .249 363 2,104 252 226 1,298
25,681 25,915 26 , 265
20,74 5 21,637 21,839
124
120
120
ACREAGE AHD INDICATED PRODUCTICN OF PRINCIPAL C CMT~ERCIAL CROPS
April 1, 1956
UNITED STATES: The production of spring vege.tabl es thi.s year is expected to be s omewhat above production in t his season a year a g o, according to
the C1op R.eporting Board. Current~ist fr,lates o sprin g. crops-, wfiich last y ear
comprised about 53 percent of total spring production, point toward 4 percent more
tonnage in 1956 than in 1955. Lar ger acreages . of some crops and hi gher yields of
the hardy types are both contributing factors to this increas e .
Growing conditions during March were generally unfavor a ble for spring veg etables in Southeastern producing areas. Temperatures fluctuated sharply and, in t he latter part of the month, dipped low enough to damag e tender v eg etables and retard progress of hardy types Precipitation generally range d from moderate to light with drought conditions existing in some of the non .~irrigat e d sections. March precipitation vms generally light in Texas.. 1'-ihil e aver ag e tempera tures were near normal , cold weather and frosts in early Ma rch slowe d s ome tender vegetable s.
r Western rr educing areas also encountered dry weather during Harc h . Tempe r a tures averaged below normal the first ha lf of Harch in Ca liforn ia but warme d up considerably in the latter part . CurrentlJr, the prospects are for another late spring season in the Pacific N3rthwe st as .cold and wet weath er has slowe d c~op progress there.
SNAP BEANS: The production of mid-s r ring snap beans is estima ted at 1,164,000 bushels, 7 percent b e low pr-odu ction last y ear and 21.~ perc ent below
average . All snap b ean s that wer e u p in the mid-s pring ar ea of Ge orgia were either kille d or badly damage d by the cold \7eathor tho third vreek in }:!a rch. Some grovrers are not repla nting, but thc,se vvho arc indica t e th e crop 1rill b e from tvo to thre e weeks l a t er than normal. Condition of the crop in South Ca rolina is ve ry spotty a nd varies by loca tion--from p:.nr ~o good, but mostly fair . A substantial acrea ge in this Sta t e v.ra s kill ed b~r tho late March fr ee ze . Most of the acreage lost has been or is expecte d to b e replanted. Prosp0cts for snap beans
in Al o.bama ar c g ood as the crop_ the r e e scape d fr oo ze dama ge and moistur e is adequate .
CABBAGE: A crop of 122,100 tons . is in prospect in t ho early s pring State s. Pro-
duction at this l ev e l is 15 perc ent high er than la st y ear's small crop but 4 percent b elow aver a ge . Hi gh er yie lds than a y ea a go arc anticipa t Gd in all 4 t ho early spring Sta t e s e xcept California. Yi elds in 1955 in most State s vvcre
e.bnorma lly li ght du o to wint.or drought and lov: t emperatur e in l a t e 1~1arch. In Louisi ana, harve st is about comp l et e d in tho parishe s n oar New Orl eans is just getting undcrvmJ in the ivior cauvill c o.r ea and is stn.rting in th e Br eaux-Bridg e ~
r F.rna.udvillo area.. In Hissi ssippi, tho cabbage crop has recov ered from the cold weather dama ge of ea rly March. With continued favorable weather, light moveme nt should b e gin the ln.st v:cek of April and heavier movement in ea rly !<n.y. Ca.bbo.go ~s in plentiful supply in California. whore highcr-t han-a.vora.g o yields ur o in prosVJct . co.bbage yi elds uro b olovn lltVOragc in Alabama but b e ttor than last y o8.r' s comparative ly light yield. Prospe cts arc for about an avera ge crop in Ge orgia w:.. th ha rvest expecte d to b.cgin about 20 do.ys la. tor than normal. ;. good cro p is iLdicatcd in South Carolina. Roi n in lo.t o March n as v ery b en eficial, but addition al moisture is ne e ded. Movem;mt from South Ca rolina is exp e ctod to g et und erway in early April.
LRTTUCE: Indicated production in th o oa rly spring Sta tes at 7,697,000 crate s is virtua lly unchang e d from th e March forecast. Higher yi e lds in both the
Co.rolina s vwro moro than enough to offset a r e duction in yi uld in Ge orgia. Prospects wor o uncha ng e d from i':ia rch in tho important spring shipping a. r eo.s of Arizona ~nd California. In Arizona, wh ere a. r e cord spring crop is indic a t e d, crop prospoets continuo excell ent with ha rve st exp ect e d to be at a. most acti v c l e ve l during J~pril . This yo ur, April p roduction from the Western State s will b o dominat e d mor e than usual by th o Pho enix o.rca of Arizona. Normally, California provides volume supplies in April but tho bulk of the California spring acreage is late this y ear because hoaV'J rains during Dec emb er end J anuary delaye d planting . Whil e ha rve st is currently undcnvay in Californ ia. in tho Delano, Oxnard, and San Di ogo districtE tho important Salina s and Santa 1-:Io.ria area s o.ro not expect e d to bo in volume production until lute April 1 and movement through early fl!c.y will proba bly b e lighter tho.n usual.
(ovor)
- 2 - ..
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con 1t: .
In J:.rizona , movement will b o i1~ o:vy during April, pc.(lkin.g o,rou.nd . mid-month. i.% il e ther e is ~onsido ro.b l o o.croe1.g o for l o. t e: . h;:t rve st
ut Phoenix this y e ur, li ght cu rly ,s eo.son suppli es from CEJ 1if ornici. shou l d olimi ne1.t e
th e usu o. l overlo.p in shipments from those trvo Sta t es . In Go orgi o. , dr y 1youthr; r a nd
s t r ong ':.rinds r educ ed l ettuc e prospects during IVIo.rch, Ho.r vost wo.s ox pe cto'd. to
sto.rt th or o about April 2, Lettuc e is in g ood .to excolle nt condition in South .
Cc..rolino. , e s pecial l y in the Bcu ufort "o.roa vihoro movement wn..s e xp e ct e d t o ge t undor-
wp.y in curly Lpril. In North Cu rolina, th o crop is still in v er y good co ndition ,
a lthough hit by s ev er a l fr e e z e s in Ma rc h , Lov'r t emp er a tur e s nnd dry wcathor have .
r et a rded pl unt gr-owth, but stands a r c gen er a lly. e; ood a nd most of tho crop h:), ~ "ci.l -.
r ea dy b e en side dr e ss e d, H6vomont should b eg in tho l as t wo ok in J.pril.
Oi'UONS : ----
Tho 1956 o.croage of l e ss than l a st y eo.r
al na 't Cef)sOpproinrg~wonotniobenlso, wautv1e2ru, ge15, 0
o.cros, is 23 perc ent In California , a c r oo.go
wa s r e duc e d frnm l a st y oo.r in most ar oo.s with tho declin e s he a vi e st at Sn.cr r:.monto
and Stockton and in Ker n Count;>' . '!.~et f i e lds during Decembe r, J a nuo. ry and part of
February pr ev ent e d planting in th o Sa c r nmonto nn d S tockton districts, nnd some
tro.ns p l anting continued \Yel l into rti:::trch. Thi s l nte trnnsp1o.nt e d a cre ug o is e x-
pe ct e d to pr oduc e " r nth or small - sized onions . Limited suppli es Vvill b o O.VCt ilCtbl e
fr om tho. Imperi a l VCtll ey and poss i b ly Kern County by l ate J.pril, but n o rush to .
marke t early onions is o.nticiput od. In Ge org ia , gr olvlng con ditions wor e f a vora bl e
a s of April 1 and h o.rvos t is expe cte d t o sta rt ab out :Mo.y 1, In North Texas , l nt e
s pring a crougc wo. s s mo. ll c r tha n indico.tod eo. rli e r o.nd pl o.nting wa s mudo later t han
u s ua l l o.r g 9ly becaus e of l a ck of moi~tur o . Pl o.ntin g of much of this crop wa s not
compl ct e d.'unt.il l ate Fobrunr y and , in soma instanc es, curly Mnrch. Trc.nsplnn ting
of t hc_ l c.t.o s pring cro p in the Toxns Pnnho.ndl o wa s act ivo in l u t e Mr.,rc h and wi 11
c ont inu o until earl ;:;' April~
y;._TEillftELONS : Gr ovmrs of l o.te spring waterme lons in Florida und Co.li.f'ornio. l;lcve un est i mated 100~ 700-a<;::r os of .mo lons for har v e st t h is yo o.r. This is 6
pe rc ent ab ove l ust yoar :s ha r ve sted acr ea ge nnd 22 perc ent ubovo o.vo r ~ge . I n $outh Florida , dr ou p;ht, wind o.::J.d lovr t emper atur es hc.vo slowe d crop progr e ss. Hnrv c sting has sto. r t o d in tho F<nt Fy e rs-Immoko. l oo o.r on , but rnovomnnt will c ontinu o r cla t ivoi y li ght tmtil the s e cond ha lf of J.pril, In Central F'loridn , drought i s pron ounc ed and cro ps a r c g on vr u lly in o. r ot o.rdod stut o . Lo ss e s from th e l at e
Marc h c old v.rcr o s potted th er e but cx t onsi v o r e pl anting was no c osso.ry in tho n r oo.s n ort h nnd we st of Oca l a .
Tho pr ospect i vo o. croo.gc in the l u t o s umme r producing Stute s is 21, 700 a cr e s , 6 pur c ent b<:J l ovr las t y ear , but 17 porconta"b"ov o the 194 9 - 54 uv ur a go . Lcr on r;o doc r on so s frum 1955 o.ru indic t e d f or a ll producin g States exc e pt De l awa r e a nd . Illinois, v.rhich shovro d n o chc.ngo from l ast y our, and !'ru shington o.nd Or e gon, which showe d s l i gl1t incr ous c s.
ELRLY COMHERCi iJJ POTi~TOES : Tho l at e s pring c ommerci a l u croo. go is o stimn t o d .a t 11 6 , 750 a cre s, 8 perc ent l oss than tho 1955 crop and
23 perc ent l oss t hnn a v er a ge . Ca li fo rni a with 63 ,000 u cr os in 195 6 ac c ount s fo r 54 perc ent of t ho lnto spring u creo.go . Tho de clin e of 6 ,000 uc r os in Ca liforn i a
mo.do up tho bulk of t h o 9 ,750 ucr os r eduction f or th o s e a sona l group . The crbp in
Ca li fo r n i a ha s b oon developing under g en erally fa vor abl e conditio~s , a ithough some f ro st dama ge h u s b oon r oport od . Stands nr c g en er a lly go od. Light .cl i g_ging ho. s o.lroo. dy sturt e d c,nd somo corn.rnorci u l shipments n r c expe cte d during th e s o c~md vreo k of _li.p'r_il. The Ll abamo. c rop in 1956 is down 34 perc ent frow th o ()_Cro_o. g o plant e d u y ear ug o but only 3 00 a cr e s l e ss tha n tho a croci.go h urvc.s t c d in 1 955 . Tho fr co i 9 in l o. t o i'!1c.rc h did v ery littl e dumo. go i n t h o. Bal dwin a r ea o.r~d the crop i s dev e lo ping unde r f a vor abl e conditions . I n Sout h Cc.r olin a , th o vine s vror o eithe r cut bn ck or ba dl y s inge d b~.r b olov-r fr ou zing t omp or o.tur.os uroui1d !-:1o.rch 21. Tho crop is oxp o.ctod to make a f a ir r ecovery . I n tho Sa n l.nt onio a r ea of Texa s, hnrvost is o-xpoc t od to sta r t a r ound the second we ek of May . J:ho crop .in t h i s c.r oa h n s mo,dc go od dev e lo pment . I n some of the other o.r qus , additiona l mo is t ur o is n o c, dc d f or ave r ag e yi e l ds to be obt a i ned . _In Tom1o ssoo, a furth er de cline in th o Coffo oFr an lcliri County ac r e s is indic a t e d. Mos t of th e p l o.nt~ng s i n thip a r ea wo r e done ..duri n g tho l u st 10 dny s of !:~'lrch. Tho a cr ea g e in North Carolina i s ex pect e d to b e t h e s :imc U S in 195 5 , Tho cr op WC.S net up Vvnon th o l a t e murcl-i fr ee z e s OCCtU'r c d ,
.
. ~ ,- ,.
."_j:Jl)
ST, . TE
-3
m ct- s-r)rYi1g
LouisiD.ro
LJ- , 020 3, 4oo 3 , ooo 79
75 75
318
255
225
Ge o r g i a
5,030 3,500 3,000 59
55 45
293
192
135
SouthCo.rolinal9,250 8 ,000 7,1+00 64
e.O 70
59i+
480
51B
mssissippi
3,130 2,800 2,700 74
85 75
232
23 8
202
-- - J,l Gubroamupa Total I-2_~-_:~_g _-l_~_:t_g~_-_l_7_;_~g-~-_- _-~_~ _- _- _t_~-__t~_-- - 1_,.5~-~_..._"_f,_~_~i_- ... T_,-l ~_
- Crat e s 83 lb. -
- 1,000 crates -
C ,"JIJ T.<~.LOUPS
Spring
Tox ns 4 / Ca lifonlin
15,85017,500 18,ooo 72 100 15,!...1-70 12, 800 12,000 126 115
1,102 1,750 1, 944 1, ~72
Florida.
1,530 1,900 2,600 52 70
78
13j Ec.y 10
-48,7oo 49,-&,o 5-.-6ii3.- - - - :.ri zono. , Yuma. . 12,980 16,500 17,000 155 1L1.0
2,037 2,310
- - -- - - Group Total l-35,~ho
~-
-
-
-
-
-
--
1--2--8-----
1--1-
6-
--
--
--
---
4--,-h
2-7---
.
-
-
-- -
-
-
-
I
(5 doz . cars)- - 1,000 un its -
SYfEE'l' CORN
I
"Eiir ly spring
Florida.
22,370 2h ,l00 28 , 000 132 200 150 2, 968 )~,820 4,200
Texa s
1-1.0...,3--ao- -- -7, -e-o.o.. - -7 ,2--o-o - --8-1 - - -85. -- - -9-0- - -- -85-0 ... - -663-- - - -a-.f-e
. Gr oup Totall_?~_.?_59.. _?~ 2_09__)2__,?._0Q_ ___ ~1-~ ___172_ _ 1?._8__ - 2_, ~11. __ 2_,482_ __ ~,._4~
I 10-YE;~.H.
I POTi.TOES, El~.RLY ..VERi~.GE
COr~" EnCL..L
1945-5Lf 1/
~~ri ~~~~;'!-
;~; 1 "".
- -(;). 000
63 000
10-YF: . J:t.: . 1/- Bushe ls -
~, 4 9-54
406 - 75
10- YE/.R ,.v n;P..LGE -1, 000 Bu.1945-54 1/
27. 81.,2 3;. 775
Louisiana
1 9 ,030 4,600 3,400 78
45
t:LI4 207
Mississippi 1 1,520
cOO
6oO 90
f:f3
Uubama.
I 21,1 70 18,500 18 , 20 0 150
65
139
39
3,218 1,202
Ge orgia
l ,o4o
6oo
550 130 100
1Lf1
6o
South Ca rolina. 8 ,800 6 ,5 00 6, 000 1 65 125
1,459
812 Ea.y 10
.il.rizona
4 ,150 4,800 4,000 374 400
1,548 1, 920
Texa s
4, 890 3, 800 3, COO 71
f:f3
347
247
Okl a h oma.
950
500
300 130 210
128
105
4
Lrko.nsa.s
3 ,030 1,300 1,100 87 100
270
130
1'onnoss co
3,500 1,300 1, 000 120 1 60
4 23
208
z.. North Ca rolina. _2~_,?_0~- -~5.~?2. _lz_,_0 _ ?_~~- - _?!!?_____ -- ~._252_ __ ~? __ _
,- - - - - - - - Group Totn.l 151,0-80 -l2 ,S,500 -11-6,750 .... -27-6 ---3-29-- - - - --4-1,1-1-9- ..4-1-,-CD-5 - -- -
- - - . - - -- - _I_ - - -- - - - .. - -- -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - - - - - -
1/ Group a.vor a.g c, s (including All Sta t s s ) a r c simpl e r.vc r c.gos of a.nnua 1 do.. t a fo r
- tho grou p .
1+/ Da.tn for 1953 -54 ; a.ll Toxa.s cnnb.loup pr oduc tion include d in mid-sU11lffior group
- prior to 1953.
l>.RCh iE Ll..NGL1'Y ...gricu1 tura1 Statistici an In Cha.::- g c
'
L. H. W.RRIS , JR. Vugct a.b1o Crop Es tima tor
GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF APHIL 1,
GEORGIA: Heavy frost a ::id freezing wea t her during March ca used serious damage 'to pea ch and ea rly vegetable crops in Georgia. Grovrf;,h of small grains a nd
pastures wa s reta rded by the cold weather . Planting of corn and cotton and tra nsplanting tobacco was well along in s ome a rea s of southern Georgia by the first of Apr:i,;L <:tnd was getting underway in centra l pa rts of the state. Fa r m work in North Georgia hns been delayed by vret weather and land preparation was just starting there by April l. Soil moisture conditions on the first r a nged from very dry in coastal and southern border a reas to excessive in some p <:trts of North Georg:i,_a,
Peach prospects are considered poor to only fair. Th~ extent of. the damage wa s spotty with some growers f a cing almost a tota l . loss while others may have a f a ir
cr bp . Tru.ck crops in southern Georgia will be l a te, A considerable acrea ge of
tomato es , snap bea ns, watermelons, and ca nta loupes was killed by the freeze and .
had to l? e. pla nted over. Although vegetative growth wa s retarded by cold wea ther
in March, condition of s ma ll gra ins and pastures on April 1 was hear a ver a ge for .
this time of year. Pa sture condition for t he sta te a s a whole avera ged ~6 per-
r cent 9f norma l compa red with 66 percent of normal a .yee.r a go and the ten year
average (1945-54) of 77 percent.
Wheat: Bas ed on April 1 condition whea t production in Georgia t his year w.1_s fore-
. cast a t 1,90LI,ooo b ushe ls. This compares with. 1,520,000 bushels produced
- - - - - - last year and the ten year aver:1ge of 2,125,000 bushels
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P&~CHEs: Prospe cts for the 1956 pea ch crop in the 10 Southern Sta tes were r educed
sha rply by fre eze damage in March. Reported condition a s of April 1
averaged 53 percent for the 10 Ste.tes, compa red with 2 percent in 1955, 61 per~
cent i n 1954 e.nd the 10-yea r average of 71 perc ent. Below-aver age crops a re in
prospect for <:tll of the Southern Sta tes except Florida , Arkansa s and Okla homa .-
!
'
!'!lost of the fr eez e damage occurred on the morning of March 21 when t emperatUr e s dropped s eve r a l d egrees below freezing in most peach a rea s in South Ca rolina, Georgia , Alabama , Mi ss issippi <:tnd . Louisia na . In North Ca rolina , a l <.:.ter fr eeze on Iikrch 25 ca used most of the dam:::.ge. A he::tvy s e t of fruit wa s on the tr ees at the time of t he fr eeze. In a ll of the se St:1tes, the dai!k'l ge was 9potty with the hea vies t los s e s in orch1.rds on low, f b .t l a nd. Many orchards with good air drainag~ a re still expected to produc e f airly good crops.
In 'Arkans a s, a g ood crop is in prospect in a ll pe ~ ch a r ea s. In Oklah oma , 1~~ ~emperature s on M~rch 12-17 ca us ed some da ml ge but an above-aver age pea ch crop
is expe cted. In TexJ.s, s ever a l pea ch area s suffered consider.1ble fr eez e da mage
pn March 8 a nd 12.
St.J.t e
PEACH CONDITION AS OF 11.PRIL l BY STll,;TES (PERCENT)
Ave r age 1945-54
1953
1954
1955
1956
~ .c ..
78
s.c.
74
87 75
73 71
2 1
57 so
Ga .
74
85
79
l
42
Fh .
64
85
so
15
65
Ala .
67
82
72
1
so
~iss .
64
79
40
4
53
Ark.
69
87
41
2
79
!E. ,
68
79
42
5
48
Okla .
58
79
25
3
64
Tsx2.s
59
65
18
4
43
10 St3.tes
71
80
61
2
53
,.
ARCHIE L ... NGLEY Agricultural Sta tistician, In Charge
CARL 0 , DOESCH:&R Agricultural Sta tistician
UNIT}!]) STATES -- G:Srr:r.:;&.L rROP h.EPORT ,., S OF ii.PRIL l, 1956
. ~ , .._
Flr ming w::ti t'~d ':(ts ch~~c-~ ~-~y~)r:rnuch., i:J f"::"tl.l~. N.~~ tion dur~,ng . the._,-p::lct ;r1 nth 1 h:i)~.. .. _ ch.::.nge 1b ~-e lllbrch 1'-'eat her .r.:r~ad.'jus ted thci c~qp c2. lenda~ ~ Whe>t ;fi e lds j_n ~J.-r~, ; _ .:~:.~. ;,;ntr :-'l <md . :sou:th cr n Gr eJ. t Pl.:d ns w:iitc~ d=-for .r.J.in wh{Jk'"dr oupht ~nd: -hig}~;v{-i;:;lds" . t hr c2 tEm ed 6rop st rvi v J. l _... . IJany northeJn , fj .e l ds 1Nai t ed )mder . wi nt~ r cold}r~ ~: le :::~;~
ln r.e cur rin~;o heavy snmJf:J. ll Sr ought pro t-e ctiVe coveri ng .:.m,d :.ddcd rnol :p ture ._ )~. trl;y .>.
pe< ches sout h.ern St: :tes. got serious . but .vJ.r ying fre 8ze d .ci:ov,c, .J.ft e r vci:turi:M.: j;nto _f:.t~l l:5 l oom . T~JtJcVe r .ttud(cl"ops .:weYe ' k:llled ~md gr;oy>t h o.f~ri':itrh-;r c n)~s ;.~
_ J.ltud ~ .
'-
!..
'
1.
~i; .
,h .
. :
i.'il:.:rch :~>':feath e:J? r ev~ rs ~s , h~v1evc: :;- , .:.'.re. b y-. o me<.:ns dec i s ive i n c ornp,"rison t .h
1 ,;
infl'ii~nc es ye t to come . In e~'cl1 inst :u~ce i1.hey al1pe2..r tq be l p s e vere tha n e.:J:::1Y
r t:;v et ses of r.:..s t ye_.r which we r e overcome ; f j_ rJ::J. l h.~rve sts r e::clied a nmv I1i gh in--.. . '
ov er - c::ll yi e ld per .a cre and near rL:cord totul outturn . Soils in surnc i t11p crtant ..
CorQ. Be lt sccti.ons o.r e a till d:.lnger uusly dry for t hi s s c.:11:.;on.. .
Wj_ nt~r vinc;_'.t pr os pt; cts ec li:1a;d ,during Jii.:;rch in dr i o~ t p<~:r;-ts of tho centra l and southe rn Grea t Plc.. ins . But des pite the dus t s t orms which attr :~c ted na ti ona l attonti. on to this a rea o.nd t oo k out some fi elds , n:mch .wheit in the Greo.t Pl a ins
af on p:fil''1 'i'f?-S s till holding on ;ri th [lOSS ibili.t;y Sln.J. ll~ r :i?.J.~1(:\'onment . than. l:l$t
y .. J.r.. shQuld ' r'iiins come soon . Optimis m f or whe2.t e..!. s t of. t.h~ JJissL sip]:ji Ri ver is s upp o~tedby,goodw:Lntcr survivJ.l ~nd the pr esc nt : ~c o ndi tiop .i.'. nd ~i'ere re>. lly f J.vor ::=tble soi l. rrioi s tur e . S ome s outher n fi <:: ld s , .ho~=tcve r , h~1.ve riot ov'orcome a slovi f 2.ll
ste. rt.
Supp li es of f F.:ed gro. ins on f .:-.r ms J~pril l a r e p l e ntiful- and ge nE: r ?--lly vie ll di.stri-
qutbd, by .J.r cas . Corn stocks of l, h77 milli on bushe l~ on f 2r ms :.:.r e n~,::. rly !~ p er -
~o nt h r ger tha n l ast ye '->r an:l 13 per c ent :tbove a v6r a ge. Qa t .s stocks -"of 588.
mill;ion bushe l s a r e r ec or d high for th e d .:::.t e .:..-nearly a f~f,th . :ibo.ve 01ve;r:1ge foi low -
i l'l,g. the r e; cord 1955 crop~ B:trley s tocks of 116 m:illi on bushcls arc o!Jly slightly
l es s th<::n l a st yr. a r :md s e cond l J.r ges t .sine.e 1943.
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f a. vorabl e . Low pr c d pitJ.tion l. n 'rexJ.s .J.nd be low normc..l t emper J.ture s in Ca liforni a c. lso s lowed vege t i bls gro1v t h . ;Hm.rt!Ver, l:.:r ge r a crwgt: s ,.1i1d some high er yi..:: lds :~ Jn?-i.C: 'lte c? ~s i~ en.bly h.rger s pring crops of C::tbb.J.go , l ettuce , cmd 6ni ?.ns and ,.
porr.ewhat mor e o e0ts ; .. ce l ery :J.r.d sh::~ llots . Srn.:1ll e r .. cr ops ~han l as t year a r e
.~xpc c te d f or early spring a spar;c~gus ; ua rly .:md mid-s pring snap b011ns , br occ oli,
'ca rrots, c'au'liflow er, sweet c orn , c ucumbers , oggph:.nt , gr et.m peas , gree n peppers,
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on april l indic~ fed a crop of 716 million 2 perc e nt l c..r.ge;r tha n th e 1955 .crop cif 7'05
million bushels but 18 perc ent l e ss t h 2.n 2.. ve r age . D0clinc s fr om 'the pros p e ctive
p~ocl,uc tion 'as of D c~ c embe: r l in Okl:l h orin .:md Color;.td o and .in s cyor ~ l of tho
impor tant whc.:1 t pr oducin g Stat <:J s of thE.: Corn Be lt, a nd the Pa cific Northv1es t mor e than offs e t improved producti on pro spects in T(:.xa s, S outh D .t k:ota ~ Idaho ,
}lfyoming , and sever a l minor producing Sta t e s. -
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of n or ma l, '2 pcr ce11tage points l m.J'8r t h a n i;n 1955 2.nd t he s:J.m e as f or
April l, 1954, but oth8:rvd.s 8 tho poore s t s inc e 1940. Tho poor condition of
pastures on April l was due to the s hort:1.ge of moisture in tl~o c ont r e. l and l ower
..Gr eat Pla ins a nd we ste:rn 'p <-cr :t of t he Corn Be lt a ni tho. ling.oring coe>l vrcuther
ove r SouthE:r n a nd West'e.rn :area s.
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pounds -";" 5 pe rce nt :.:bove M.arch l :;.Gt -year nnd 13 percent e:.b ove
t he 1945 - 54 ave r age f or the month .
Milk Production in Ge orgi a during Ma rch aino'uri.teif'"to 106 million pemnds . This is nine perce nt abovo the Februa r y produc tion of 97 million pounds a nd the s ame a s in
March 155.
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4,827 JOOfpla:ced t~e :pre:v-io.U.~ .~~. 1rod 'is 22 .pe:~en.;t<lll?re than th&'4,09.2 1 0~~ ~laced
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$15.oq p~r hundred., These ~ric~s : compa;re wi:th 8~:. ~ent:( and ~15.00 for the J;>repous
Jreek -apd jw}th :?5. cents and..~l4.5o one year.a:go. E~:g :. p;t;Lces shown relate to. Geprgia
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Date ; ! .. . :Eggs
Chicks Hatched;
Inshipments ; Total Pla~ed
Week~ : !
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Placed in .Georgia . . . . of Chicks .
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1955 a 1956
1955 : :1956
1955 .: 1956 . 1955 ' 19$6
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2, 794 3,6oy
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5,581
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5,758 ' ::\ ": ::-.2,911.' : : j:~65~..: . .: :- 48~2 .: ..;60o
Thousandsl 3,343 4,lh5 3,443 ..4,~5 3,393 .;4,~56
~ar. 3. ~:t ~ 4,;777 5,936 . ' . ' 3VI052 .. 3,8'1t :.: ;~ 1i91 576
3,543 4, j88
f1ar . :)..~ : .. 4,906
Mar. l7 l ' . . 5,:069
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5,289
5,988
3,063 3,835
555 606
6,051
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6,152 . 6,217
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3,6],8 4,441
3,64.3 4,486
31 742 3,892
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Apr. -..7 .. 5.,25o 6,1o9 A r .J.4 I 5 l82 6 328
3,425 4,11e 3 473 1+ 208
617 709 619 769
4,o42 4,827
h 092 4 977
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~G-if ~~Et~ 4im CHIC~ JqjB IN .~PJ~~itc"r~i.ABE.4~-..s: ~: ~~ ~EK$. - 1956
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181
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239
584
677
710
809 690 825 770 183 706 1, 8 70 1,626 1,455 644 1,630 351 4,700 '3
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1,158 2,1'55
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783 680 688 815 187 748 1,840 1,562 1,462 619 1,577 336 4,825
0 1,892 1,178 2,152
365 1,993
267 190 1,276
822 661 823 864 235 784 1,853 1,585 1,516 572 1,631 I 339
4,827 304
1,844 1,113 2,249
363 2,104
252 '226 1,298
Pa.ge 2
862 676 855 965 204 735 2,094 1,395 1,544 565 1,654 379 4,977
73 1,873 1,101 2,374
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broiler ~ produce.rs 1in Georgia corr.mercial areas. This is 2 percent .above the
4,977,090 placed the previous week and is 22 percent more than .the 4;J..42~000 pl~ced
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of the {>re}rious week and 20 percent greater than the .5,302,000 for the correspo11ding
week la$t y~ar...
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the 1-1eek at an average :of
83 cen~$ Pr~ dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries f or .chicks 1-1as reported at
$15.00~T)er i hund:red. These prices compare with 84 cents and :.PlS.OO for the previous
week arid with 75 cents and $1L.SO one. ;)'ear ago. Egg prices shown relate to Oeorgia
produc~ci hat,ching ~ggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
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Eggs Set
1955 : 1956
Chicks Ha"tched 2/ : Inshipments
Placed ill Georgia 1 of Chicks
1955 : 19.56
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1955 : 1959
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Feb. 18 ; 4,906 5,587
2,903 3, 706 1 540 709
3,443 4,415
Feb. 25 ; Mar. 3 : Mar. 10 : Har. 11 ;
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4,906 5,069
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5, 758 5, 936 5,988
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2,911 3.i05.2~
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3,035 3,209
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3,393 3, 543 3,618 3,643
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4,256 4, 388 4,441 4,486
4, 700
Nar. 31 5,289
Apr. 7_ :i . 5,250 Apr. 14 :; 1 : 5,1s2
Apr. 21 _d ' 5,.302 ,
6,217 6,109 6,328
6,365
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3,892: 4,825
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Maine Connecticu t
890
957
1,027 !r;
799
744
758
844.
792
809
783
822
862
762
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1,097
1,232
681
603
513
559
597
690
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661
676
706
Pennsy1venia.
1, 311 . 1,'392 1, 328 1 7-66
769
798
898
824
825
888
823
855
717
Ind iana.
1, 714
1, 793
1,687 r
771
704 .
835
832
854
710
815
864
965
852
Illinois
435
464
4 52 ,l,j 232
179
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239
183
187
235
204
177
Mi s s ouri Delaware Mary land
2,255 2,130 2,203
2,178 2,107 2,189
2,167
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2,277 i : 1,_,38 4
638 1, 74 5 1,547
584 1, 717 1 , 54 6
677 1,811 1,446
710 1,9H 1,568
70_6 1, 8Jb 1,626
748 1,840 1, 562
784 1,853 1,585
735 2,094 1 , 39 5
784 1,979 1,540
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2,197 2,181 2,231 i; 1:,34 5 1, 38 5 1, 41 5 1, 4 58 1, 468 1,455 1, 462 1,516 1,544 1,549
West Virginia
386
411
426 ! i
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494
568
597
660
644
619
572
565
524
Nortn Caro1ina
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1,577
1,631
1,654
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A1 a.ba.."llB. Ivii ssi.ssippi Ar k a.nsa.s Lcui_sia.na '
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1,974 .. 1:, 4 19 2,662
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1,912 i i
1, 4 79 2, 779
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1,668 993
1,815 350
1,6 36 1,066 1,896
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1,662 1, 068 1,857
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1,670 1,674 1,125 1,119
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1, 8 27 1,158 2,155
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1,892 1;178 21 152
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1,844 1,113 2,249
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1,873 1,101 2, 374
386
1,854 1,222 2,295
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Texas ~Vas hington Ore g on California
2,564 365 415
1,864
2,599 ; 366 ,' 381
1,930
2, 715 .~ 4 13
422 _1, 8 39
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1,908 2 74 151
1,271
1,930 216 166
1,213
1, 8 91 258 174
1,165
1,951 312 138
1,209
1,9'4 248 190
1,2 52
1, 993 26 7 190
1,276
2,104 2 52 226
1,2 98
2,151 365 198
1,134
2,214 279 236
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25, 681 20 ,74 5
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25i 915 21,637
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26,760 22 ,306
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26,662 22,149
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~GIA: During the month ended in mid-April, the All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increased 8 points. Substantially higher
prices received at the farm level for meat animals co ntributed heavily .to the increas e . At the pres ent level, the .Index is 254 pe rcent of its January 1910 Dec emb er 1914 average - the highest level re ported since September 1955.
The Livestock and Live stock Products component of the Index advanced 21 point:~
during the mont i1 to 214 perc ent of' its 1910 - 1914 average - the highest level reported since Sept emb er 1955. A sharp ~pturn in prices received for hogs, _be~f cattle, and calves contributed largely to the increase. Lower prices received during the month for all chickens, eggs and wholesal e milk wer e partially off.. setting.
The All Crops component of the Index remained at 273 pe rc ent of its 1910 ~ 1914 average during tho month - tho same level as r ep orted in mid-Harch . Higher prices r ece ived for corn, cottonse ed , and soybeans wor e of fs et by lower pric es rec e ive d for oa ts and all baled hay.
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 1 percent (3 points) to 233 percent of its 1910 - lL~ ave ra ge during the month
ending in mid-April. Higher prices for hogs, p otatoes, b eef cattl e , and corn were impor.tant contributors to the rise. Price declines for tomatoes, milk sold at wholesale, and poultry and eggs were partially offsetting. The mid-April index was 6 pe rcent below a year earlier.
The Parity Index (Prices Paid for Commodities, Interest, Taxes , and Yfage Rates) continued to advanc e during the month , r eaching 284, t he same as a year ago. The April incr ease of n early 1 pe rc e nt over 1~arch wa s largely du EJ to the higher wag e rate index . At 538, this index was 3 percent hi gher than in the first quart er of this year, an d 4 percent above April 1955 .
Increase s in farm product prices just about Inatched the advance in the Parity Index during tho month ended April 15, leaving t he Parity Ratio at 82, che same as in March and 6 percent lovrer than at this time . last ye ar.
Sunm~ry Table for t he United Stat e s --Indexes----: Apr.-15, -: 1\~ar:- rs;:-Ap r:- 157:-----:- Record--Hrg'h-:-------
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. Wheat, Bu.
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2.11
1. 96
1. 96
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2.09
1,97
2.03
Corn, Bu.
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1.68
119
1.26
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1.36
1.-20
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Oats, .Bu .
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Sweet Potatoes,Bu.$
84
.93 3.60
.84 2.60
.81 2.60
.40 .
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.62
.62
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Cotton, Lb.
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12.1 23.65
34.2 59.00
34.6
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12.4 22.55
31.9 53.40
31.6 46.80
32.5 46.90
Hay (baled) Ton $ Hogs, per cwt. $ B~ef Cattle, cwt. $
7.36 3.96
31.00 17.00 12.20
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11. 7G 12.]:0
7.27 5.42
22.40 16.60 . 17.00
20.60 12.30 14.40
21.00 14.30 15.00
Milk Cows, head $
Cpickens, 'Lb.
33.85 13 . 3
100.00 100.00
27.3 I 21.0
105.00 19.6
48.00 1147.00 150.00 152.00
11.4
26.4
21.6
20.3
E~gs,- Ihz.
40.0
43.5
43 .0
21.5
35.9
39.6
3j.5
B1:1tterfat, Lb. 25.8
52.0
51.0
51.0
26.3
57.1
57.2
57.9
Mi lk{ Who~esale)
per 100# J)
$
2.43
5.40
5.60
5.40
1.60
3.74
3.98
3.84
Soybean~; BI.J.,
$
2.85
2.50
2.55
2.42
2.38
2.63
Peanuts, Lb.
5.2
I 10.9 10.9
4.8
12.5
11.7
11.6
JJ u.s ' Preu~;ri;ary_f_o_r_l.J.:..p.r_i_1_1_9:.5-.-6=-.---"------L------'---- __j_________~.._,__ _ _ _;______..!._ __ _
= I1"DEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RJOC:EIVED BY FARMERS IN GID:RGIJ.
(January 1910 - December 1914 100)
. ~i:l. Commodities
, All Crops
Grain and Hay
Cotton Lint
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F.eanu.ts
Tobacco
. Oottonse;,?d and Soybeans
Irish Pot atoes, SWeet Potatoes & Cov~peas
.. _ :. li'i:ui t 's and Nuts
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All Live stock and Live stock P roducts.
Meat llnimal s
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'' . Dairy Pro_duds
Revised
Apr. 15
Mar . iS,
1955
1956
262
246
281
273
181
144
282 222
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285 210
362
362
245
1~n
3G6.
244
205
233
222.
193 .
261
206
189
163
218
225.
'Apr. 15, 1956 .
254 273 148 285 210 362 200 244 233 ' .
.. 214
233 1 55 218
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Mixed Daity; Feed ..
Au Under : 29o/o :Proteirt
16% P rotein 18% Prot ein
20% Protein 24~ Protein
4.15'
4. 05 4.30 4 .40 4 .50
Gr a in By-Products
B.ran
Middlings 9 orn Meal
Poult!::! Feed Bro1ler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains
~"1 (Baled)
11 alfa 1.11 Other
.4 .05 4 .80 5.90
3.55 3.70 4 .25
5.40 5.10 4 .55
. 55.00 45.00
l/ l.s reported by Feed Dealers,
3;85 ..
3.80 4 .00 4 . 00 4.20
Ihllars Per Hundred Pounds
. 3.85
3.87
3.65
3;75
3.79 .
3.60
4 .05
3. 84
3.60
4.00
4.09
3 .81
4.20
4.24
3.94
3.35 4 .05 4.60
3.30 , 4 .00 4.60
4 .26 4 . 49 5.11
3 . 72
3 . 84 4 .17
3.25
3.15 3.45
3.35 3.50 3.60
3.08 3. 24
3.69
2.90 2 .97 3.33
5,00 4 .70 4.20
5.10 4.80 4.25
5.13 4.70 4.25
4 . 81 4.36
3.95
54.00 43.00
51.00 40.00
35.40 32.90
32.70 29.40
3.67 3.62 3.62 3 .83 3.97
3.65 3. 92 4.<15
3 . 02 3.10 3. 48
1 .91 4 . 42 4.05
32 ..50 2 9 .10
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'BP..OILBR CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COlvfJ'!lERCIAL AREAS ,,,.
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Durfng the week. ending April 28 commer.cie.l hatcheries placed 4,907,000 chicks ~ with
broiler: produqers in Georgia : cpmrnercia], ar~as, 'rh~s i$ 3 percent less.'. tha n the
5,056,opo placed th~ previous week and is 17 percent more .than the 4,192,000
plac:ed the same week last year .
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EggS, set by local , hatcheries runounted to 6,364,000 or only 1,000 less than the
6,39?,009 o~~h previous week and 18 percent greater than the 5,378,000 for ~he
corr'esporlding vreek lG.st :,rear .
Hatdheries reported prices paid for hatching e ggs during the we.ek at an average of
82:-'cents per. dozen. Average price charged by hatch eries for . chicks was reported
at :~ 15.00 per hundred. Those prices compare with 83 cents . and ~~ 15.00 for the. pr?~ous v1ee}r- and with 75 conts and ~ 14.25: ,one year ago. Egg prices s h own relate
to . Georgia.pr oducod hatching eggs, v;hethor ~ought on contract or otherwise.
(Soe r evor s-o side ..!Cor other stat e s) ~
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C- $CK
PLACEMENT Eggs
BY v\TEEKS - PERIOD . FEBRUJIRY 25. THROUGif APRIL .28, .1<}.56
Chicks Hatched 2f
Inshipmon s ,
Total Placed
Week :
~ncli!ng
. : Sot
1955 1956
Thousands
Placed In Goor.g;ia:
1955 : 1956 ;..
ThOusands
. 0 f . ChickG 195, . : ' 1956
Thousands
on Farms
1955 -: 1956
Tliousands-
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Feb: 25' . 4,652
Har.; . ~ . 4,777
w1ar~ J,.o 4,906
Mar. :17 5,069
t1ar ~ ;?4 5_,017
Mar- ~ 31 5,,289
14 Apr. 7
Apr.
?,250 5,182
Apr. 21 5,302
Apr'~ 28 5,378
5,758
5 . 936 5,988 6,051 6,152 6,217 6,109
6,328
6, 365 6,364
2,911 3,656 3,052 3;812 3,Q63 3,835 3,035 3,914 3,209 4,034 . 3,337 .4,o}jo 3,425 4,118 1 .. , 3,473 l,J.,208 3,480 4,255 3,552 4,226 ..
482 600 I 3,393 4,256
4' 91 576 . 3~543 . 4,388
555 9o6
3,618 "; 4)J.~l
608 572 f 3,643 4,J-t.86
53 3 666
3,742 4,700
555 785 ' 3,692 4,825
61 7 . 709
4',042: 4, 827
619 769 - Lt~092 4, 977
662 801
4,142 5,056
640_..---68_1_~-4~,~~9_g_ '-~' 907
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of
hatchings
shippe'd
into
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sta~es
outside
of
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EGGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED IN COJviMER..CIAL. ~AS, BY VVEEKS - I956
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Apr.
I 14
: Apr.
21
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Feb. : Mar.
25
3
Mar.
10
... : EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
Week Ending
Mar.
Mar.
17 : 24
Mar. 31
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. Apr~
7
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
. Apr . 14
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957 1,027 1,077
744
758
844
792
809
783
822
862
1;097 1,232 1,279
603
513
559
597
690
680
661
676
1,392 1,328 1,445
769
798
898
824
825
888
8~3
855
1, 793 1,687 1,589
704
835
832
854
770
815
864
965
464
452
449
179
181
. 188
239
183
187
235
204
2~178
2,167
2,083
638
584
677
710
706
748
784
735
2,107 2,189
2,157 2,277
II 2,228
2,380
1, 745 1,547
1,717 1,546
1,811 1,446
1,911 1,568
1,870 1,840 1.,626 . 1,562
1,853 1,585
2,094 1,395
2,181 2,231 2,197
1, 38.5 1, 4_15 1,458 1,468 1,455 1,462 1,516 1,544
411
426
406
494
568
597
660
644
619
572
565
2, 736 2,814 2,805
1,639 1,423 1,553 1,628
1,577 1,631 1,654
' 381
394
408
258
266
- 233
247
3~6
339
379
6,328 6,365
. : 4,825 4,827 4,977
2,599 366 381
1,930
2, 715 413 422
1,639
2,757 439 407
1,731
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1,908 274
I 151 1,271
1,930 216 166
1,213
1,891 . 258
174 1,165
1,951 312 138
1,209
1,944 248 190
1,252
1,993 267 190
1,276
2,104 252 226
i,298
2,151 365 198
1,134
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21
28
762 706 717 852 177 784 1,979 1,540 1,549 524 1,606 307 5,056
1,854 1,222 2,295
356 2,214
279 236 1,359
7'00 646 860 835 196 740 1,908 1,598 1,314 636 1,693 313 4,907
2,257 '291 217
1,244
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955
1956 As %of 1955
36,416 30,129
121
37,022 30,885
120
37,076 31,010
120
23,743 20,687
115
23,639 20,382
116
24,187 24,865
19,779 19,964
122
125
25,681 .. 25,915
20,745 21,637
124
120
26,265 21,839
120
26,760 22,306
120
26,662 22,149
120
26,449 22,406
118
UNITED STATES OEPARTti.ENT OF
,rJrop AGRICULTURE
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICUL. TURE
Athens , Gcore;ic. .
:jlY 9, 1956
BROILER CHICK .1-lSPORT FOR GEOHGIA COi\'il-iERCIAL AREAS
During t he week ~nding May 5 comme rcial hatcheries placed 5,119,000 chicks with broiler p roduce rs in Georgia col1".n1orcial areas. This is 4 percent more than the
4,907,00Q placed; the previous week and is 24 percent more than the 4,142,000 placed the same '1-mek l a.st year,
Eggs ; et by local hatche rie s amounte d to 6,h5l,OOO or l pe rcent more than the 6,364,000 of the p revious 1-J"C E: k and 21 po rccnt gr eat e r than tho 5,314,000 for the corre sponding v1eek l a st year.
Hatcheries r eported price s p aid for hat ching eggs during the week at an ave rage of
82 cents pe r dozen. Ave rage price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$11.~. 75 por hundredo The se price s compare with 82 cents and $15.00 for tho previous vfeok and 'h'tth 76 cents and ;~14.50 one yea r ago. Egg price s shown r el at e to Georgia
proc'luc~ d hatching eggs, lvhethor bought o~ contract or othe rwis e .
(See reve rse s ide for othe r states)
y . G~ORGIA CHICK Pl.AG''JJEriT BY T~JEF.K S - P~RIOD IVIARCH 3 THRCUGH N.hY 5, 1956
y Dat e
Bggs -
Chicks :r=tatched
Inshipments
Total Placed
Heck
Se t
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms
Ending .
19~h5o5us: a1nd9s56
1955 : 1956 Thousands
1955 : 1956 Thousands
1T9h5o5us:an1d9~5s6----
iVlar . :3 4, 777 5, 936
3,052 3, 812
491 576
3, 543 4,388
l1ar, 10 4, 906 5,988
3,063 3, 835
555 606
3, 618 4,441
Har. 17 5,069 . 6,051
H2r. 24 i' 5,017 6 ,152
Mar, 31 j. 5,289 . 6,217
3,035 3,209 3,337
3, 914 4,034.
1.~, 040
608 572 533 666
555 785
3,6l.d 3, 742 3, 892
1.~,48 6
h, 700
4, 8.25
Apr. 7 ,. 5,250 : 6,109
Apr. 14 ! 5,182 6,328
3,425 4,118 3,473. 4,208
617 709 619 769
4,042 4,827 1+,092 ~. ,977
Ap ro 21 :j; 5,302 6,365
J,h80' 4,255
662 801 .
4,14.2 .5,056
Apr. 28 1 5,378 6,364
3,552 4,226
61+0 68i
4,192 h,907
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1/ 1955 data revise d. ?J Exclusive of hatchi ngs shipped into stat e s outside of Georgia
. i~RCHIE L1'jiJGLEY Agricuitural Statistician In Cha rge
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May
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EGGS SET AND CRI CKS PLACED I N .COMMERCIAL AREAS 11 BY WEEKS._ 1956
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Mar. 3
Mar. 10
. Week Ending
Mar. . Mar.
Mar.
17
24
31
Apr
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Apr .
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21
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
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Maine
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Indiana Illinoi s Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginla West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GE ORGIA Florida Al ab ama Mississippi .Arkansa-s Louisiana Texa'S Washington Oregon Ca.li:fornia
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 As %o:f 1955
1,027 1,232 1,328 1,687
452 2,167 2,157 2,277 2,231
426 2,.814
394 6, 365
654 1,912 1, 4 79 2, 779
252 2, 715
'1 13 422 1,839
37,022
30,885
120
1,077 1,279 ,, 1~445 . 1,589
449 2,083 2,228 2, 380 2,197
406 2,805
408 6, 364
611 1,857 1, 459 2,847
258 2,757
439 407 1,731
37,076
31,_010
120
!I 1,135
758
1, 325 I.
513
1,457. 1,683
I'It
798 835
49 4 2,150
!-1 II
:! 2 257 I I
2: 416
180 584 1, 717 1,546
2,199 I I 1,415
409
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568
I 2, 795 i 1, 423
404 I. 266
6,451 I 4,388
:I 642 I I
271
I 1,885 j 1,662
1~515
1,068
II 2,844
1,857
i 273 j 264
Ii 2,775 381
1,981 216
II 364
166
1,685 I I 1,213
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37,539
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23~689
I',,,I 30,785 20,382
122
1i6
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8 44 559 .
898 832 190 677 1,811 1, 446
1, 458 597
1,553 233
4 , 44 1
281
1,670 1,125 1,817
269 1,938
258 174 1,165
792 597 824 854 239 710 1,911 1,568
1,468 660
1,628 286
4 ,486
277
1,674 1,119 1,907
294 2,001
312 138 1,209
24,236 24 ,954
19,779 19,964
123
125
809 690 825 770 183 706 1,870 1,626 1,455 644 1,630 351 4 ,700 311 1,827 1,158 2,155 337 2,003 248 190 1,252
25., 740
2.0, 745
124
783 680
ass
815 185 748 1,840 1,.562
1,462 619
1,577 . 336 4,825
280 1,892 1,178 2,152
365 1,993
267 190 1,276
822 705 823 864 235 784 1,853 1,585
1,516 572
1,631 339
4,827 Z)4
1,844 1,149 2,249
363
2,10~
252 226 1,266
25,913 26,313
21,637 21,839
120
120
862 676 835 965 183 735 2,094 1, 395 1,544 565 1,654 379 4,977 273 1,873 1,101 2,374 386 2,151 365 198 1,134
26 ,'719
22,306
. 120
762 706 717 852 177 784 1,979 1,540 1,549 524 1,606 307 5,056 288 1,854 ls222 2,295 356 2,214 279 236 1,359
26,662
22,149
120
730 646 860 835 196 740 1,908 1,598
1,314 636
1,693 313
4,907
264 1,908 1,218 2,341
33.3 2,257
291 217 1,244
833 741 859 809 207 779 2,048 1,459 1,394 507 1,660 299 5,119
257 1,869 1,135 2,165
335 2,203
286 187 1,329
26, 449 26,480
22, 406 22,518
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Athens, Georgia
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT FOR MA~ 1, 1956
UNI TED STATI!;S; Spr-ing vegetable production during the 1956 season is now estimated
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at 2~12 million tons, the Crop Reporting Board announced today.
Aggregate production at this level is about 2 percent more than wa s produced in
1955 and 14 percent above average. Higher yields for most of the hardy ,type vege~
J tables is the primary factor :i.n the indicated increase over l ast year. However, a
larger acreage of some spring cr-op s, particularly early spring onions, "i'ratermelons, and cantaloups, is another contributing factor. Indicated tonn~ ges for 1956 are
significantly larger than last year for cabbage, cantaloups, early s pring lettuce,
onions, and tomatoes while estimated production for beets, celery, honey dews,
and shallots is somewhat highe:r than :i.n 1955. Smaller crops a re indica ted for the
other s pring vegetables. Strawberry production is expected to establish a new
record with the 1956 estimate 24 percent higher than in 1955.
Weather conditions during Ap ril were variable in the nation 1s spring VE?getableproducing areas. Below normal temperatures retarded v.:getable growth in most areas east 'ofthe Mississippi River with precipitation ranging from moderate in most producing areas to heavy in a few r e gions.
SNAP BEANS: Prospe ctive production in the mid-spring States at 1,163,-000 bushels - - - - is virtually unchangE.:d from the April estimate. Improved yields il) Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia about . offs et a considerable d ecline in indi~ cated production i.n Sout_trCaroll.n - -prosp ~cts were unchanged in Alabama . April '
weathe r in Louisiana was f a vorable to the crop and harvest be gan April 30. Movement in volume is not expe cted before mid-Ma y. Crop development in Georgia is behind schedule since frosts early in the s eason necessitated replanting, and . continued cool nights have r etarded growth. In South Carolina, where r eplanting
was extensive , the crop looks fair, but some warm nights would be bene ficial. A f ew of the more adva nced fi elds are blooming fr eely, ani light harvest is expected
by May 20. Moveme nt is expected to become more general by May 25-Junc i. Yie ld
prospects vary cons idcrably by areas. Weather conditions .have f a vored the crop 1n Mis sissippi whe r e ha rve st is expected to be gin a round May 14 and exte nd well into June . Sna p beans for fre sh market outle ts VIi 11 origina t e ma inly from the CopiahHinds a nd Ce ntreville ar ea ~ v:ith only sma ll suppli es from other s ca ttered areas. In Alabama, April weath er wa s cool VJi th high v1inds drying the soils. While preCipita tion was adequate the first ha lf of April, no r ainfa ll of any cons equence h3.s f a ll e n since mid-April.
CABBAGE: Prospe ctive production of earlz ~pring cabbage in the South vrn States
i mproved during April. The May 1 indicated production of 12 9,200 tons
is 21 pe rce nt above last year a nd 1 porcent over average. On May 1, ha rve st was bei ng compl e t ed in the important Breaux Bridge -11.rnaudville area of Louisi a na but
was expected to continue for anothe r t wo WL. e ks in the Nmv Roads and Mor8a uville ar eas of tha t Sta t e . Alaba~~ grow8rs ha ve encounte r ed difficulty in disposing of
a good quality crop but as of May 1 no abandonme nt had been r eported. Heavy
____ abandonment is expe cted in Ge orgia unlf:,ss prices improve . Good qm .lit y crops are
r r eported in Ge orgia , South Carolina a nd Mi s sissippi. Volume move ment from
Mississippi is expe cted to sta rt around lwa y 7 with ma rke ting extending into June .
Tho main production centors in tha t Sta te ar e the Copiah-Hinds a nd Tylertown a r eas.
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\.,_"' is pla ced a t 15,300 2. cre s, a drop of 27 pe rcent from 1955. Modar a t Ei',
docrea.s.e'ef in Georgia a rrl South c'arolina cam<:: primarily a s a r e sult of poor pric!'l~ l a st s~;.1.,son , while thG devastation b;; crown blight in the Sa lt River Va lley Of ':._
Arizom):Q:St year caus ed tho t r emond ous curtailmc:nt. there. The crops in Georgj,:ki''.!.
and .' South Ca rolina have been r e t arded and dama ged to some exte nt by colci weath~r: ...
and .high winds.
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1,614,000 units--about one -fifth be low l a st year 's production a nd
approxima t e ly a t e nth l e ss tha n an a ver a ge crop. Most of the decline from l~st
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year ..i~>' : a ttributable to a sharply r .;;duced a creage in Ca lifornia , whor e ma jor. -- -----
declin$:i:f 'ar e indicated for the Coachella Valley a rrl Kern County. Less or d e cUn.e~ .
occutrt'd in the othe r a r eas of th..l.t State . The early fi elds in the Co:J.chollci, . .. ; Va lley ~,r o in poor condition. Harvest vms be gun on these earli est fi elds b;}.<..t:he .. 611,g. o{,.April; ard production from tho Coachella Valley should increas e graduq}~i-;
'with: .h~:avy volume expe cted by llliay 20. Other a re a s will not bo in production ,, ., !
b~ ~.o~:~ ~June . The crops are l a te in Alab.::.ma a nd Ge orgia whE:re cold ~'ieather has _..~ :.. slowe q;_:g:rowth a nd de velopment. South CaroJ,inu. ero'!1ors h, vo h.'1.d troubll- g e tt~ng .L .
stan9:s:and t he crop i s r eported in only f a ir condition. The crop ha s been de l ay:- .
ed itt~-. ~~ .lhat State b y cold wea ther and wind .
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.. .. ;r . . 9 p er cent less tha n tha t har vested l as t year. Prelimi nar y estiiJfJ. t es .
indic-~t.e " tha t the crop wi ll b e hc-~rves ted from 39,200 a cres this season, 5,6po . .. f ewer ~tha n harvested in 1955. Decre ~ s es in a creage have occurred in Texas , ... ,-. .'.
Louisia'na , and Ge orgia , v1hile Mis s i ssippi and South Carolina a r e up slightly., :;.- ..
In 'I'exas , a r educed a creage in the Yoakum a rea is expe cted to yield lightly . 'I'he
snnll a c:r ea ge a t Ingl es ide is in f c:drly good condition. The crops i n central. ," . '
a nd. ea :=rt Texas look good but :1re a little l a t e . In the Ave ry section, trnns - --- . ... pl o.ht~fi$ _was not comple t ed by le. t o Ar.>ril be ca use of dry wea th er but moistur~ . ;_ :.'. . c ond:i;~i'<ms now f a vorable a nd most of the inte nded a creage will be planted. ~ . . ,
Tomo:toc s nr c growing we ll in Louisia na a nd a re in f air condition . Harve st will
st,1rt :in ~the New Orlea ns s e ction around May 15 and about t wo vte eks lat er in ~h~ ,:::
Whi t evj..lle a r ea . Transplanting in Mi'ss is s ippi ha s been compl0t ed and the crop . i s ~~{hg good progre ss . Pra ctically a ll of South Ca rolina 1s toma toGs had _to. be
r epbnt,ed . Plants ::.tr e now in fairly good condition; however, in some a r eas,. t _he ..
crop still shows damage from wind and sand. Simila rly, in Gt.:orgiJ. , cold a nd . .
wind hiye hurt the crop conside r o.bly. Much r epl a nting has be en required. S ome .
f i eld s' Vic r e r epla nted twic e . The crop in the main producing o.r eil S is r ep'or.t ed , ......
~ o be. i o-15 days later tha n normal .
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, 1 CROP AND
: ACREAGE Fffi HARVEST ! YIELD PER llCRE:
PRODU CTION
:Average :
: Ind. : Av.. :
: Ind.,: A.v : : I nd.
STATE
. - - . . : l/ : :1949-.54: 19.5.5 19.56 :h9-.54 : 19.5.5 I 19.56:49ro.54 :19.5.5 : 19)6
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f... cres
Bushels
I~ ,1: 0~0 Bushels
~NAP BEANS:
I
i'Iid-8rin
Louisiana Geor gi a
South Carolina Mississippi Alabama
Group total
4,020 3,400 3,ooo ! 79
5,030 3,500 3,000 59
9,250 8,000 7,400 64 3,130 2,800 2,700 74 1~420 lz)OO 1,200 68 22,850 19,000 17,300 67
7.5
8.5 318 2.5.5
2.5.5
55
so 293 192
150
60
60 594 Lf80
444
85
85 232 238 . 230
70 66
70
96 91
84
-67 1, 532 1,2~0 1,1~
CANTA LOUPS:
E<trl:v .Surnmer
Georgia South Carolina Arizona
Group total
I 7,430 7,6oo 6,800 6,070 6,800 6,500 92830 6,600 2,000 23,340 21,000 15,300
Crates 83.1:.!2
68
75
42
40
145
6.5
94
bl
1, 000 crates
So6 570 257 272 1.421 429 2,184 1,211
June 11
J SV-iRET CORN: La'Ge Spring
California Alabama Georgia South Carolina
Group total
6,930 8,100 4,Soo 3,Soo 1,630 1,400 2,680 . 2,000
15,750 15,000
6,200 3,Soo l,Soo 1,600
12,800
- - Units 5 doz. ears. . . ...
1~000 units
156 17.5 170 1,080 1,418 1,054
87 100 100 393 350 350
53
60
60
87 84
90
87
80
75 233 160
120
115 134 126 1 1, 793 2, 012 1,614 I
ONIONS:
Late Bpri~ California Arizona Louisiana Georgia Texas
Group total
- - --. -.
5,020 3,800
- 1,240 1,400 280 1,070 1,ooo
92750 9,600
17,360 15,800
-
2,600
-850
700 8,.500
12,6.50
I Sacks So lb.
-
-
lz 000 sacks
545 .560 600 2, (92 2,128 1,560
- . - .587 530 800 753 742
94
27.
-680
156 160 170 170 160
119
90 12.5 180 86? 1,200 1,.530
263 268 307 4, .508 4,230 3,889
TOliATOES: Late Spring
Texas Louisiana Mississippi South Car olina Georgia
Group total
Bushels
26,2 50 22,000 16,500 59
so
1,220 1,200 1,100 74
7.5
1, 88 0 1,600 2,100 40 100
4,130 6;ooo 6,Soo 66
75
11:;680 14,000 13,000 72
75
I 1--:
45,17_0 44,800 39,2oo 64
64
i
lz 000 bushels
as60 . 1,.572 1,100 91 90 80 80 160 65 275 450 70 842 1, 050
66 2, 860 2,850
990 94 168 422 910
2,584
(OVer)
- 4..-
-- - _ _. Acreage
an-d
In- d-i-c-a-t-ed- -Pr-od-uc-tio-n -R-eport-e d -to--Dat-e..;..,_:.)_.9,.5.6
w--ith-Co--m
--paris ~--
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n
s
--
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-
CROP
- - -
A-C-RE-AGE-
l''OR
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F..ARV1::ST
YIELD FE:R AC-RE :
-P-RO-D--U-C-TIO--N- -
At~D
Avera ge
Ind. Av. l/: '. .: Ind ... .. Average
. Ind ,
STA'I'E 1~',4i?4 -~:55--19_5_6--+-49--:-r:J4_1. 955 1956., 9L~ii_54_ _~?-55_ - ~1-9.-56
WATERWJ.ELONS :
- Acres
- ~1e 1ons-
Early Summer:
Texa s Arizona Louisiana Mississippi Ala barna
Georgia South Ca.rol ina.
North Carolina California .P.r.ka ns as Oklahoma Miss our"i
114,500 120,-000 114,000
5,180 4 , 900 ., ,000
3 , 580 2,400 2,100
7, 83 0 13,700 13,000 13, 83 0 "14 , 400 13,000
50,830 t4,ooo 58,000 47 , 470 . 63 ,000 5 6 ,000
10,080 14 , 000 13 ,000 10,270 *ll , OOO 11,000 , 9 , 550 12 ,700 11, 700 15 , 950 14 ,000 15,000
3,070 .3 ' 800 3,1-J-00 .
154 135 711+ 63 0 245 290 227 270
305 325 277 290 200 26o
197 219.
692 *755
278 295 181 .. 210 225 368 ..
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-- - - - - - -
Group Total 292,150 '*337,900 315,200 230 *245
_\ .
17,482 16,200
3, 696 3,087
893 &96
1,7 tlt. 3, 699 4,216 4 , 680 li.J. , 031 18 , 56o June 11 9 ,430 16,)80 1,977 2,940 7, 0 77 >~-B ;305
2, 644 3 ,746
2, 928 2,940
f:$3 1,387
- --- -------
66,830 *82 , 620
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Aver age . 1955 1945 -54
EARLY .COl\'r: :;ErrCIAL IRISH POTATOES:
Ind 1956
'-
10-Yr ,
Av~ i _955
45~54
Ind, 10-Year 1956 Ayer ag e - i955
1945-54 '
Ind 1956
- - Bushels
- 1,000 busl;lels- -
<I
Surmner :
Virginia
Ea stern Shore
Norfo1k&other
: Ma:ryl a nd
Delawar e gj
~\e ntucky
Mi ss ouri
Kansas
Nebras ka
Texas
Georgia
New J ersey
.... -
Gr ou-p
total
'
29 ,7-70 25,000
23 , 33D 21,000
6 , 440 4,000
4,770 3 ,400
3 ' wo 8 ,200
2, 410
700
1, 870
600
2,160
500
3 ,440 6 ,820
1,500
8 ,000
1,170
700
- - - - - 38 ,590 22,500
.93 ,leo 71 ,100
24, 500 - 198
20, 600 202 3,900 184 3,100 168
8 , 800 243 500 13 8
400 176 400 171 1,500 272 5,500 228 $0 88 19 ,100 248
t4,45 0 219
217 225 175 185 350--210 230 260 370 275 100 285
2 61
5 , 908
4 ,712 1,197
81 0 929 346 335 377 903 1,516 103 9,464
20 ,320
5 , l-+25
4. 725 700
..
629 2,870 .. . ._
14 7
138
'
130 Jun 11
555 2,200
70
- 6,412 - -
18 ,576
y Group average (including ALL ST11TES) are simpl e averages of annual group totals.
2/ Potatoes, sununer, Delawar e , 6- year average, 1949-54 .
* Revised.
ARCHI E LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician I n Charge
L. H. HAPJIT S , JR . Vegetable Crop Estimator
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!cOLLEGE .OF AGRICULTURE
1956
BROILER ClUCK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMtlERCIAL AREAS
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During the week ending May 12 commercial hatcheries placed 5,122,000 cliicks vqth
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas_, -This i .s slightly more than:. the
5,119jOOO placed the previous week and is 21 percent more than ~he 4,2171 000 placed
the same; beck last year.
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Eggs ~et: py local hatcheries amourite.d to 6,557 ,000 or 2 percent more than the '
q,4Sl,OOP of :the previous week and 22 percent greater than the 5,358,000 for the
correspohaing week last year.
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Hatcheri~s reported price s paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
82 cerits : per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chi:cks was reported at
~14.75 per Runarcd. These prices compare vrlth 82 cents and $14.75 for the preVious week 8nd:with 76 cents and ~~14.50 one year ago, Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produ9ed: ~atchirig eggs, \o7hethcr bought on contract or otherwise .
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amoRGIA CHICK PLACEHENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD I-l'~RCH ,10 THROUGH 1'11-\Y 12, 1956 if
nat'e , I'- Eggs
Chicks Hatched g(
Inship:ments ! Total 'Plabed
Week I
Set .
Endin .. 195$ t- -19$6-
P1acGd in Georgia 1955 t 1956 .
of Chicks 1955 :- 1956 -
I-
on Farms 1955 : 1956
! Thousands
Thousands
.Thousands .
Thousands
Mp:r, 10 " . 4,906
I Har~ 17 .. 5,069
24 ' '
Mar,
5,017
~Jar, Jl. 5,289
Apr~ 7 ! . 5,2$0
~pr~ l4 5,182
J\pr! 2l 5,302
Apr~ 28 5~378
r5 May
5,314
r1py .12: "5,358
5,988 6,051 6,152 6,217 6,109 6,)28
6,365 6,364 6,451 6,557
3,063 3,835
555 606
I 3,035 3,914
3,209 4,034-
608 572 533 666
,3,331 4,.040:. . ' . 5$5. 785
..3 42. 5 : 4;118;> -.:: ;. ~- .617. " . 709
3,473 4,208 i I 619 769
, 3;480
3,552
44,2252Q5.I
. 662 801
. .,.., .640'.. 68"1
i- 3,579
3,574
4,362 '..
4,390: .
..
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.
757 732
3,618
3,643
I 3,742
"3,892
I 4,042
4,092 4,142 4,19-2 4,142 . 4,217
"4,441 4,&86 4,700 .4,825
4,&27 4,977 5,056 4,907
,. 5 119
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5,122
1/ 1~SS data revised.
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Apr. '
Apr. : { :_ Apr.
7
,. 14 .: ' 21
EGGS SET T'90US!Il\TDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsv1vania
Indiari~
Illinois
Misse~i
-~DMe_ I_;o-i,n-~-d~
1,077
[. 11~,247495
1,589. 449
.. 2 , 0 8 3
2, 228
1~135
1, 325 1,457 1,683
494 2,150
2, 257
II
i 1,144 I 1
1, 335. i
844 559
1 549 i ;. 898
,
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1,806 391
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2,195
832 190 677
2,285
1,811
~cy1 ~ . .
;:~-~in~~
eyve sl Vi~inia
.lfo~h. C~o1ina
;south. Carolina-
1 2,380
!1 2,19 7
-406
I 2,805
1 408
2, 416
2, 199 409
2, 795 404
2,417 t ~
I j
r 2,283
i I ; I
374
2,898 : t
419
1, 446 1, 4 58
597 1,553
233
.-;;G.:-::-E_OR_G,..;ll;:.:;.._ _ _ ___,..__.6~,!:..36~4 6, 451 .
\F~orida :
. 1 611- 642
Ale:bama .
i~f,57 1,885
6,557 J
687 f
1,965 I ,
4,441 281
1,670
.Mis'sissippi ~Jiansfi._s
;Loti.itsiM:a:.'- !
1,459 -~ ,847
258
1,515 2,844
273
1_,584
2 1 838 259
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1,125 1,817
269
TexS:s /
~shingtpn
ti'regon ,
Ca lif~fh~-;
... .-.~
~-
2,757
l' 439 407 1~ 731
2,775
381 364
1,685
2,854
i 387 If 'I
370 i
1,650 I :
i I
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1,938 258 174
1,165
THOUSANDS
792
809
783
822
597
690
680
705
824
825
888
823
8 54
770
815
864
239
183
185
235
710
706
748
784
1,911 l, 568 1,468
1,870
1,~ 49
, 1,626 . . 1,-:;._5_..6. 2..
1, 4 55 _,= 9 16 ~
1,853
" 1', 5.85
1,516
660
644 '
619
572
1,628 - - 1,6 30 ..- ! _,577 .
i286 - .- ;
: '
351
'.".
-_
\
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.:
3---o6-
4,486 - . ~ , 700 . - ~ 4:',~? .5
1,631 ' 339
.4 ,827
277
311
280
304
1,674 1,827 1,892 1,844
1,119 1,158 1,178 1,14 9
1,907 294
2,155 337
2,152 2,2 4!?
~'65 ~ /'
-36:3
2,001 2, 003 1,993 2,104
312
248
267
252
138
190
190
226
1,209 1,252 1,276 1,266
762
676
706
835
717
965
852
183
177
735
784
2,094 1, 979
1,395 1,54 0
1,544
1 J 5L19
- 565
52 4
1,654 1,606
379
307
4,977 5,056
273
288
1,873 1,854
1,101 1,222
2,374 2,295
386
356
2,151 2,214
365
279
198
236
1,134 1,359 .. - ;
' 37,07-6 37,539 38,247
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24,236 24 ,954 25,74 0 25,913 26,313 26,719 : _:2&,,662
31,oio ,~- 30,785 30,709
19,779
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122 .
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21,839 22,306 . 2 f:-,149
120
120 -- 120
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Apr. : May
May
28
5
12
730 646 860 835 196 740 1,908 1,598 1,314 ' 636 1,693 . 313 4,907
26 4 1,908 1,218 2, 341
333 2,257
291 217 1,244
8 3~
74 1 859 809 207 779 2,048 1,.4 59 1,394 507 1,660 299 5,119
257 1,869 1#135 2,165
335 2,203
286 187, 1, 329
877 711 824 893 163 762 2,013 1,503 1,361 585 1,707 273 5,122
248 1,816 1,220 2,273
425 2,251
280 248 1,246
26,44.9
26,801
22, 406 22,518 22,571
118
118
119
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
Nay 2.3, 1956
j . . .. . .. BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
Duti~g-::the
week
.ending
May
19
commer~ial
hatcheries
placed
.5, 091,000
'
chicksl with
br9iler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 1 percent less than' the
5,122,000 placed the previous week but is 20 percent more than the 4,242,000 placed
the ~arne wee~ last year.
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Eggs ~et by local hatcheries amounted to 6,.531,000 or slightly less than the
6,$.57:,ooo of the previous week but 22 percent greater than the .5,3.52,000 for the
qo:tresponding week last year.
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Hatch'e:ries reported prices paid for hatch;i..ng eggs during the week {lot ~..average of
82 :cents : per .dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$14.50 per. hundred. These prices compare with 82 cents and $14.75 for the previous
week and with 77 cents and $14.50 one year ago. Egg prices sl!lown relate to ;Georgia
pr6duce.d hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwi~e.
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD MARCH 17 THROUGH MAY 19, 19.56
Date. Week;
Elldi11~
V - EggsSet
1 . I 19.5.5 : 19.56
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Ch-ie-ks- Hatched Placed in Geprgia
1955 19.56
i -Inshipments -
i of Chicks
195.5 : 19.56
Total Placed
on Farms
19.5.5 : '19.56
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Thousands
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Mar .17
I
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.5,069
6,051 f
I l~at!~ . ?4' 1. .5, 017 6,1.52
M~. 31 5,289 6,217
Thousands
3,035 3,914 3,209 4,034 3,337 4,040
I Thousands I '
608 572 533 666 555 785
Thousands
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3,643 ,4,486 3,742 14,700 3,89? 4,82.5
Apr,.
Ap~.
. 1.
14
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2.50 182
6,109 6,328
3,425 4,118 3,473 4,208
617 709 619 769
4,042 4,827 4,092 4,977
Apr,. 21 .5,302 6, 36.5
3,480 4,255
662 801
4,142 5,056
Aprj .
May
28 ; .5
I
I
: .5, 378
.5, 314
6,364
6~4.51
3,5.52 4,226 3,519 4,362
640 681 563 757
4;192 4,907 4,142 . 5,119
May 12 ' j ' 5,3.58 6,557
3,574 4,390
643 732
4, 217' 5,122
Kay 19, i . .5, 3.52 6,531
3.578 4.349
664 742
4.242 .5,091
1/ ; 1~55 data revised.
5/: E~ciustve of hatchings shipped into st~tes outside of Georgia.
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: CARL 0 ~ DOESCHER AgricUltural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COHMERCIAL AREAS, BY wEEKs - 1956
Week Ending
. May : May : May : : Mar. : Mar.
5 : 12 : 19 :: 17
24
Mar. : Apr. : Apr. : . Apr.
31
7
14 : 21
Apr. 28
: EGGS SET - THOUSANDS : :
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Page 2.
May May May
5 : 12
19
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware
~1aryland
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama His s i s s i p p i Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon ' California
1,135 1,144 1,120
1:,325 1:,335 1,279
1,457 1,549 1,463
1,683 1,806 1,717
494 391 484
2,150 2,195 2,288
2,257 2,285 2,328
2:,416 2,417 2,441
2,199 2,283 2,258
409 374 409
2, 795 2,898 2,910
404 419 410
I 6.451 6_1_557 6,531
642 687 669
1,885 1,965 1,935
1,515 1,584 1,578
2,844 2,838 .2,904
273 259 277
2,775 2,854 2,935
381 387 365
.! 364
370
439
1,685 .1, 650 1,732
.
TOTAL 1956
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TOTAL 1955.
~
1959 As %-.~f 1955
..
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37,539 38,247 38,472 30,785 30,703 31,203 .
122 ..~ 125 123
792 597 824 '854 239 710 1,911 1,568 1,468 660 1,628 286 4_,_486
277 1,674 1,119 1,907
294 2,001
312 138 1;209
.
24,954
809 690 825
770 183 . 706
1,870 1,626
1,455 644
1,630
351 4,700
311 1,827 1,158
2,155
337 2,003
248.
196 1,252
..
783 680 888 815 185 748 1,840 1,562 1,462 619
1,577 336
4,825
280 1,892 1,178 2,152
365 1,993
267 190 1,276
..
25,740 25,:913
822 705 823 864
235
784 1,853 1,585 1,516
572 1,631
339 4'1827
304 1,844 1,149 2,249
363 2,104
252 .
226 1,266
. .
26,313
862 676 835 965 18.3 . 735 2,094 1,395 1,544 565 1,654 379 4.977 273 1,873 1,101 2,374 386 2,151 365 198 1,134
26,719
762 706 717 852 177 784 1, 979 1,540 1,549 524 1,606 307 5.056 288 1,854 1,222 . 2, 295 356 . 2, 214 279. 236 1,359
..
'26, 662;
19,964 20,745
125
124
21,'637 21,839 ._ '"22 ~ 306 - 22,149
' 120
.
. . ' 120
120
120
j :
730 646 860
835 196 740 1,908 1,598 1,314 636 1,693 313 4.907 264 1,908 1,218 2;.341
333 2,257
291 217
1,~44 . .
:
26~449
833 741 859 809 207 779 2,048 1,459 1,394 507 1,660 299 5,119 257 1,869 1,135 2,165 335 2,203 286 187 1,329
26,480
877 711 824 893 163 762 2,013 1,503 1,361 585 1,707 273 5,122 248 1,816 1,220 2,273 425 2,251 280 248 1,246
26,801
875 752 842 771 230 786 2,140 1,641 1,424 472 1,727 303 5,091 . 256 1,869 1,200 2,198 365 2,363 298 212 1,110
26,925
22,406 22,518 22,571 22,767
118 118 119 118
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UNIT~D STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
(!}rojJ
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Goorg' ;tn.
Hay 3l:, 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT 'F'OR 'GEORGIA GOMMERCIAL AR.l0..; - . . \
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During the week ending May 26 commercial hatcheries placed 5,130,000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 1 percent more than the
5~09+;000 : placed the previous week and is ;21 percent more than ' the h,242,000 placed
the same week last year.
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Eggs ,set by local hatcheries amo~ted to q,537,odo .or slightly more than the ;
6,531,000 of the previous week and 24 percent greater than the 5,273,000 for the
, corresponding: week ;J..ast year .. .' ,
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Hatcneries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
82 cent~ per tlo~el}-. : Average price charged by Jra:4che;ries for chicks was repor.ted at
$14.50 per huhdred. These prices compare with 82: cents and $14.50 for the previous
wrek. and .With. 78 cents and ~J;J.4. 75 one year. ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
. prod'lllc~?d - hatc. hing eggs, whether bought on contra:ci~ or otherwise.
Weig'hted average prices from t he Federal-State Market News Service for broilers duri~g week ending May 26 ara as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2-3 3/4
p9un~s; at farms 20.90 ; FOB plants 21.87..
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACffi1ENT BY WEEKS - rERIOD MARCH 24 THROUGH .MAY 26, 1956
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Chic s Hatched 1
Insnipments
Total Placed
Set : 1956
Placed in Georgia 1955: 19 6 '
of Chicks ; 1955: 19 6 ; ,.,.
Thousands.
Thousands I~
M~. 24 . 5,017 6,-152 Mar .31 . 5,289 6,217
3,209 4,034 3,337 4,040
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785 i
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3,892
4', 700 4,825
Apr. : 7 Apr. l14 Apr. :21
Apr. ,28
May 5
I 5,~50
; ~;182 ' 5,302
. 5,3'78
5;314
6,109 . 6:,328
6;365
6;364 6,451
3,425
3,473 3;480
3,552
3,579
4,1-18 4;208
4,255 4;226 4,362
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617 709 ; ~ ., 4,042
619 ... 662
769 1 801
... I:
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4,092
4~142
640
563
681 757 .
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4,192 4,142
4,827
4,977
5,056
4,907 5,119
- I 'J1ay 12 5:,358 6,55?
r-tay 19 . 5,352 6,531 Ma 26 . 273 6 537
-3,574 4,390
3,5?8 4;349
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643 664
3.550 4,331 . i 692
732 742 :
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799 1 4.242
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Exclusive: of
hatchings
shipped
into
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out.side of .
Ge'orgia r
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5' Jt12 5,091 $,130
ARCHIE LANGLEY
cARL 0. DOESCHER
Agricult~n-1 ' Stla'ei~cli.nn .I. n C. l'i.i:l.i:'ge
Agri~ltnr~i ~t ati~ t1cian
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.Connecticut .
Penn~ylvania
Indiana Illinois .
Missouri \ Dele1~are. :
Maryland Virginia,
- West Virginia
North Carolina= South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida
Alabama .
MississipPi !1rkansas
Louisiana: Texas Washington -Oregon
California
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EGGS SET. AND CHICKS PLL\CED IN COMl'-'IERCil\1 . AREAS~ BY WEEKS - 19$6
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May :
12 : . 19 . :
.. May :: 26
Mar.
24
.. Har. J1
\veek Ending
. . Apr.
Apr.
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14
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Apr~
21 '
. Apr. . 28
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May
5
Hay
12
Eay
19
Hay
26
. .... EGGS SET ..; THOUSANDS . -
=
CHICKS PLP.CED - THOUSP..T. IDS
1,144 1,120 1:,335_ 1,279 1,549 1:,463 1,806 - 1,717
391 . 484 2;195 2,288 2,285 2;328 2;417 2:,441 2,283 2,258 . 374 409 2,898 2,910
419 . 410 6,557 6,531 . 687 . 669
1;965 1,935 1;584 1,578 2,838 2,904
. 259 277 2,854 2,935
387 365 370 . 439 1,650 1, 73.2
1;170 1,337 1;3h8 1,931
. 468
2,164 2;204 2;276 2:,252
415 2,787
427 6,537
65 8 1,999 1;595 2,904
275 2.,.943151
. 371 1,788
809 690 825 770 183 . 706 1:,870 1;626 1,4?5 644 1,630 .. 351
h~_700
311 1:,827 1;158 ~ 2,155
' 337 2,003
248 190 1,252
783 680 -888 815 -185
~ 748
1;840 1;562 1;462
. 619
1,577 . 33.6
4; 825
280 1:,892 1;178 2,152
:365 1,993
267 190 1,276
38,247 38,472 38,252 . . 25,740 . 25,913
822
862
705
676
823
835
864
965
235
183
1 784
735
1;853 2;094
1:,585 1:,395
1,516 ; . 572
. 1,544 . 565
1,631... . 1,654
339 . 379
4,827 4,977
. 304
273
_1,844 1,873
' 1;149 1,101
2,249 2,374
~63
. 386
: 2,104 2,151
252
365
. 226
198
762 706 717 852 177 784 1:,979 1,540 1,549 524 1,6o6 307 5,056 . 288
1,854 -1;222 2,295
. 356
2,214 279 236'
1,?66 1,134 1,359
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26,313 . 26,719 .. 26,662
730 833 646 741 86o 859 835 809 196 - 207 74Q ' 179 1:,908 2;048
1,;598 1;459 1,,314 1,.394
. 636 50? 1,693 1,660
. 313 . 299
4.907 5,119 . 264 251
1,908 1,869 1;218 1;135 2:,341. 2,165
333 . 335 2,257 2,203
291 . 286 217 187 1,244 1,329
877
711 824 893 163 . 762
2;013 1:,503 1,361
585 1,707
273 5 , 122
248 1;816 1;220 2,273
. 425
2,251 280 248
1,246
875 752 842 771 230 7f36 2;140 1:,641 1,424 472 1,727 303 5.091 . 256
1:,869 1,200 2,198
365 2,363
298 . 212
1,110
957 732 830
-888 209
764 2,002 1,566 1,361
515 1,765
324 5.130
248 1:,855 1;306=2,309
342 2,199
244 206 1,108
26,449 26,480 26, 801 26,925 26,920
.. ~;E1f.AL 1955
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30,703 31,203 . 31,239 .
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1956 As % of 195$. 125 123 122
20,745 124
21,637
120 . '
21,839 22,306 -22,149
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120 '
120 ' <': 120
22,406 22,518 22,571 22,767 22,607 . ll8 -. 118 119 118 119
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UNITED STATES 'DEPARTMENT OF
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. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens., Georgia
...GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE
June ~' 19,56
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C011MERCIAL AREAS '
l Durin& t~ ~eek ending June 2 commercial hatch~ries placed 5,39l,OOb chicks with
broiler produc&rs in Georgia commercial area:;3 . : This is 5 percent more than the
S,130,poo) ~la~~ the previous week and is 26 percent more than the 4,266,000 placed
the
s~e
,_,.e.ek..
l~st
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year.
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~ggs set by . local hatcheries amounted to 6,576,000 . or 1 percent more .than. the l
6,537,000 j of the preyious week and 26 p~rcent greater : than the 5,240,000 for the
corres~on~~g . w'ek last year.
an Hat~hetie~ .:r-eported prices paid fo~ hatching eggs dUI,'ing the week at average of
81 c.ents t>er doz~n. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks .wa..s reported ~t
$14o5D 1per hundred. These prices compare with 82 cents and $14o50 for the preVious
week ..and 0-th..?~ cents . and $14.75 one year ago. I Egg prices shown relate to Georgi..a.
produc+d ~atcniag' eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise. . .
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!ver~~ p~ioes paid reported b~_ the Fed~ral-state Mark~t News Serviqe for bro~ler$
~uring \ th4 24-hour period ending at 10 A.M. on Jurie 5 are as follows: North Georgia
broi1e~s 3 1/2-3 3/4 pounds; at farms 17il9 cents; FOB plants 19 cents.
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', ~G~ C~IdK ~CE!1ENT Bi wEEKS ~CH PmiOD: 31- ~OUGH JUNE 2, 1956
Date: ~ .. I ,
Eggs
Chicks Hatched 1 . ; . Inshipments j Total Placed:
Week i i .
Set
I Pl~ced in .GeorgJ.a '' ... of Chicks I
lj:nding : : !; .1955 :. 1956 : .1955 : 1956 . : ;. r955. 1 1956 '
~ : ;.1! .. ThQus~ands '
Thousands
1 I Thousands
on Farms ~ 1955 : 1956
Thousands '
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Mar..)1 "5,289 . 6,217
Apr. ; 7 ! 5,250 6,109
Apr .:14
1
1
5,182
6, 328
3,337 3,425
3,473
4,040 . ; 55S: . 185
4,1~8 . I : 617 709 4, 208 1 619 769
), 892 . 4,825 ' 4,042 4,827 : :}.J.,092 4,97r
Apr, 21 i t 5,302 6:,365
3,480 4,255 f ! 662 801 i 4,142 5,056 '
Apr. :.28 j \ 5,378 6,364 May 5 5;314 ~ - 6,451
3,552 4,226 : ! 640
3,579 4;362
593 I
681 !- 4,192 4,907 .
757 i 4,142 5;119 :
l1ay 12 5,358 6:, 557'
May J9 May :26
~~ 55,:,2375.23 .: :: 66,,553371
June . _, ~ !i 5,24~ :-4 6,~:?.. .
3,574 4,390 : 643 1
3,578 4,349 : i 664 3,550 4,331 , ; 692
~,?88 4,400 . : ::'~ 678.
732 1! 4,217 5,122
I 742
4,242 .5,091
799
4,242 5,130:
991 ; 4, 266 . 5,391 ~
!/ Exqlu~ive of. h~tchi~gs shipped into states .qut~ide of Georgia
em a:..DOES'CHER . . :
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~ricu1tur~. ~:~~istician
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EGQS :SET AND CH~CKS PLACED IN: COMMERCIAL ,A.B.EA.S, BY WEEKS - 1956 .
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Week Ending
.. :--Ma-y---: --Ma~y-.--: - -Ju-n~a~-a-:--M-a-r-. --: --A-p-r.---: --A~p-r.-.-:--A--pr-. ----A-p-~.-----M-a-y --: - -M-a-y --: --M-a-y----M-a-y--:--J-u-ne------
: +9 : 26 : . 2
31 I :
7
14 . : 21
28 : . 5
12 ' : 19 : 26
2
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. ~HICY$ PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine
Connecticut Penpsylvania Indiana I+1inois Mis.sowi
nel~are
Maryland Virginia . _West Virginia North Carolina ...- South Carolina . GEORGIA
1_,120 1:,279 . 1:,463 1,717 . 484 2,288
f . 2:,328 I 2;441
2,258 409
2,910
6, .~~~
1,170 1,337 1;348 1,931
468 2,164
2,204 2;276 2,252
415 2;787
6j~i
1:,243 1 783
l:,377 . 680
1,378
888
1,793 .. 815
. 445 . . 185
2:,119 1 - . 748
2,233 2,307
.I'
1;840 1:,562
2,184 ,. 1,462 '
. 375 . 619
-2,920 ,, . 1,577.
6,~~~ iI 4J~~-
822
862
705
676
823
835
864 ' 965
. 235 . 183'
' 784 . 735"
1;853 2,094
1:,585 1:, 395
1.,516 . ,1,544 . . 5 72 l . : ' 565
1,631 . 1,654 .
.339 . 379
4~827 . 4~977
. 762
730
706
646
717
860
852
835
177
196
..784 ;. .- 740
1;919. 1,908
1:,540 1,598
1,549 1,314
524 . 636
1 '"36.0o&7
1,693 . 313
5,056 4,907
833 . 877 741 711 859 824 809 893 207 . 163 . 779 762
2~048 2,013 1;459 1,503 1,394 1,361
507 . 585 1~660 1,107 . 299 273
5,119 5,122
875 752 842
771 230 786 2,140 1,641 1,424 472 1,727 303 5,091
957 732 830 888 209
764 2,002 1,566 1,361
575 1,765
324 5,130
61
701 984
956
195 765 1,9716 1,614 1,409 603 1,779 344 5,391
Florida Alabama Mississippi
Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon
Califoriu.a
6 9
1.;935 1,578 2,904
277 2,935
365 . '439 1, 732
8
1,999 1,595 2,904
275 2;931
415 371 1, 788
0
. 280
2,052 1,892
1,550 1,178
2,958 2,152
247
365
2,966 I 1,993
406 11 . 267
340 1; 605
,',I:
. . 1,
190 276
. i .l
' 30
. 273
1:, 844 ' 1;873
1,149 .: : 1,:101 .
2,~49 2,374 ..
363 . 386 .
2;1o4 . 2,151
252
365
226 198
1, 266 1,134 .
. 288
1;854 1, 222 2;295
356 2.,214
-279 . . 236
1,359
. 264 1:,908 1,218 2,341
333 2,257
. 291
. 217
1,244
. 257 248 256 1,869 . 1:, 816 .- 1,869 1,135 1,220 . 1,200 2,165 2,273 _ 2,198
. 335 . 425 365 2,203 . 2,251 2,363
286 280 298 187 248 212 1,329 1,246 1,110
248 1,855 1,306 2,309
. 342
2,199 244 206
1,108
2 ~2
1,918 1,299 2,431
329 2,280
275 199 1,113
. TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 195$ : : 1956 As :% of 1955
38,4J2
1 3l,)~~3
I .
1 - ,123
I
31,239
12~
38,~37 ., 25' 913 :.; 26' 313 26,719 '
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.' .'I 30 846 I 21,6.3? . 21, 839 ~2,306
I 124: L
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120 .
.. :
120
l20
26,662 22,149
120
26~449
22, 406 118
26,480 26,801 26,925 26,920 22,518 22,571 : 22,767 22,607
118 119 118 119
27 ,664-
22,694 122
UNIT.EO STATES 'DEPARTMENT OF
.. AGRICUL. TURE
.C!JrojJ
.. . UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
GEORGIA .AGRtr.UL "!'URAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL TUHE :,
EXTENSION ~ EHVICE
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GF.O tGIA: During the month ended i'1ay 15, the A1l C01mnodi ty I ndex of r rices Received
by Georgia f a nners increased 3 points. At the pre~ent lAvel t he Index is 251 percent of tJ1e January 1910--Decem!Jer l9ll.r. avera.ge ancl. 8 points belmJ the
level reported during .the correspondine; pericd r:yea r ago .
The All Crops component of the j_ndex remained unchC!Ils:;ed duri ng the 30-day periqd. Higher prices received at the f arm level for corn, s~veetpotatoes, all baled hay, soybeans and peanuts 1-ve re offset by lower price s recoi ved for cotton lint, -whea.t
and oats.
Higher prices received during the month for hogs , beef -cattle , all chickens, eggs
and wholesale milk cont r ibute d to an increase of 5 p oints in the Livc:;;stock and
Live stock Products componmt of thE. Inde;: . This group index (comprised of l'1eat .An:i..mals, Foult~J and Egg s, and Dairy Products ) nm; stands at 203 pe rcent of its
1910-1914 ave rage , t hG hi.ghest level rei)orted since November, 1955.
Th'3 ave:: rage price rccd vcd at the f arm l evel for all beef cattle a s of tho 15th of
Hay 1-.ras 'Jl2 .60 pe r c1..rt., the hi chest level r eported since !'1ay 1954 . The current av:-~ rage price received f or hogs of ::>11.:. . 70 po r C'ljlrt . compares wi th 14.00 i n midApri~ and -:',11.30 .in mid-,Tanua ry.
UNITED STf_~:s: ':Ji t h prices of many of the p roducts s old by farm~r s incre a sing during the month ende d in mj_d-liay, the I ndex 0f Pric e s itcceivcd by
Farmers increased 3 percent, or 7 points . /l_t 242 percent of its l S' l0 -14 avc;rago the index compe.rod Hith the r e vised April i ndGx of 235 and vras t i:lG sane a s in gay last year. Su!?stantial adv~nc o s ~n p ric E. s roc oivod f'o r _hogs ,_ potatoes , _traG fru:Lts lambs, and c attle '\Jere tho importa nt contributors t o the incn:ase durin&, the month . pric es f or stra:;borri us, cotton, vggs, and wheat doclin8d
.1'hc b .rity Index (Pric os Pai d, Int e rest, Taxos , and '::ago Rntos) in rrd:d..:.lvray r ogisterGd its t hird conse cutive; 2-poi nt increase . At 286 , t he index was about 2 pcrc L.nt hi ghe r than on February 15, approximately 1 pe rcent . hi ghe r t han a yucrr e arlier, and 1 pe rcent lO'\-Ic r than the all - tiJT](; !JI~y hi gh r o gist cr c d in 1952. ,\ r a thc.r gener al increas e in pricus pa id for family livin[; it ems -vms prirnr:ri l y rGsponsible for ~he no ar-pGak index this month. Pric e s paid fo r p roduction go ods also advanced.
1'hc Index of Price s R(; ccivod by Farm(.r s ro sc. more r npidly than the Pc.rity Index
during the: month ondcc liny 15. rhis lii'tcd t he. Pc:tri ty Hati o to 85, n'::lou-. t 2 percent
~igher then in mid-i.p ril, and l pe rcent lovmr t han in Hay of J ast year .
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t~:,--Indexes-
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May
I;
-S;u:mmA-:p:>r.r.y-1T5o.,b-le:
for t
-May
1he5U-n;i:te-d-
-St-dRt:e,.s.;-,.::;
-~-,~ ,.~---
--
--
= -19-10- -- 1-4 - -10-0 -: - 1-95-5 - -:- - -J.9-56- -. :- - 1-956- - -: -- -- -I.n- .d-e-z;:_c_.v....._...._~_-.D-at-e_-_-_-_-
Prices Received 11 2h2 1/ 235
242
313
-
Feb. 1951
v__ y_ = Parity Index 2/ - 282 - 284
286
29 0
3/He.y .. 1952 .
ta::i~y-~t~o_-_-
s~- ~3- --- _5.~-- --- ~22---- ~c~-1~1;~-
1/ fevised , 2/ Pri ces ? aid, Interest, Te.xe s, and ~-.!at;e nates . ]/ Also February
- arid April l 952.
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ARCHIE LM-JG1EY
Ag ricultura l Statist iciari, In Charge .
BU:tTO N J. Hi.R.RI NGTON Agricultur al ;::;tatisti cim
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JUN 9 1956 LI BRARIE S
COMi.lODITY .AND UNIT
iiJheat , Bu .
PRICES
RECEIVED BY GEORGIA
FARMERS
MAY
15 '
1956
WITH
COMPAriSONS UNITED
9J' Jl.TES
~;avne.raf10- May 15, Dec. 1914 1955
I ; r . 15 Mt'ly 15,
956
1956
Ave ra~e
Au~.1 09- May 15 , J u v 1914 1955
.Apr.15 , 19::6
$
1 .23
2 . 08
1 .96 1.93
.88
2 .13
2.03
Corn , Bu.
$
9ats, Bu .
$
Sweet Potatoe s , Bu. $
Cotton, Lb .
Cottonseed , Ton $
!jay (baled) , Ton $
Hogs, per Cwt .
$
. 91
1. 73
. 67
. 87
.84
12 .1
23. 65
---
I 3. 70
34.0
I 58.00
31.40
7 . 36
16.90
1.26 . 81
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1.32
.so
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2. 60 I 2. 85
I
34. 6
I 48.00
34.0 48 .00
25.00 ' 25.10
I 14 . 00 14.70
;64
. 40
.88
12.4
22 . 55
--
7.27
1. 40 . 72
3 . 15 31.5 53. 10 22 . 20 16.40
1.32 , 62
2. 17 32.5 46 . 90 21.00 14.30
:aeef Cattle , Cwt . $
3 . 96
11 . 90
I 12.10 12 . 60
5. 12 16 . 30
15 . 00
MG19y56151. 2 . 00 1.39 . 63 2 . 31
32 . 0 47 . 30 20 . 90 15 . 50 15,40
Milk Cows , head $
33.85 100.00 105 . 00 106 . 00
48.00 147. 00 152,00 154 . 00
Chickens, Lb . Eggs, D:lz .
13. 3
21.4
25.9 41.0
19. 6 20.0
43.0 I 44.0
11.4 21.5
25.1 33.8
20. 3 38. 5
20. 7 37 . 5
Euttel-fat , Lb.
'25.8
52.0
51 . 0 51.0
26.3
56. 7
57.9
58 . 4
Milk ( Whol esale)
per 100# . J}
$ I
Soybeans, Bu.
$
Peanut s , Lb .
2 . 43
--
5.2
5. 45
3. 00
u .s
5.40 5 . 45
2.55 2 . 00 10. 9 ll .2
1.60
3. 62
--- 2. 36
4.8
12.5
3. 84
3. 86
I
2 . G3 2 . 98
u .s u.s
J} Preliminary for Ma! 1956 .
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECE I VED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA (Janua ry 1910 - December 19H ; 100 )
An Commodities All Crops Grains and Hay Cotton Li:nt
P eanuts Tobacco 0ot.tonseed end Soybeans
Irish Potatoes , Svreetpotatoes, and Covrpeas Fruits and Nuts All Livestock and livestock Products Meat An imals Poultry and Eggs Da i Products
May 15, 1955
259 279 181 279 222 362 242 363 205 219* 257 182 221*
Apr . 15, 1956
248* 273 1 118 285 210 362 200 244 233 198* 233 155 218
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May 15, 1 956
2r..;.,,. 273 14:9 279 216 362 203 265 233 206* 243 159 221
1./ PRICES PAID BY FAPJIIERS FOR ~ECTED FE1'DS, MAY 15 , 1956, WITH ffiMF.!illiSONS
KIND OF FEED
May 1 5, 1955
GEORGIA
Ap r . 15, 1956
May 15, 1956
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~f.ay 15, 1955
Apr. 15, May 15,
1956
1956
Mixed Dairy Feed
All Under 29"/c Protein 16% Protein . 18% Prot ein
,. 20% Protein
24o/c Protein
ag~ Protein Feeds onseed Mea r -
Soybean Meal Meat Scr8j?
~ By-Product s
.::lran
lflddl .::om
iN'n..ea~s
.?oul try Foed :'.,railer Grov1ing Mash Laying Mash 3cr at ch Grains
4 . 10 4 . 00 4.25 4 . 30 4 .45
4 . 00 4 . 70 5. 40
3 . 50 3 . 90 4 . 30
5. 30 5. 10 4 . 50
3. 85 3 . 75 4 . 05 4. 00 4. 20
3 . 30 4.00 4 .60
3. 35 3.50 3. 60
5. 10 4 . 80 <1. 25
Dollars Per Hundred Pounds
3.95 3. 85
4 .15 !1. 05
4 . 30
3.83 3 . 76
3.81 1.03 <1.18
3.67 3.62
3.62 3. 83 3 . 97
3 .30 4 . 15 4 .65
4. 20 4.35 5.01
3 . 65 3 . 92
4 . 45
3.45 3.65 3. 60
3. 07 3.33 3 . 68
3 . 02
3.10 3 .48
5 .20 4 . 95 4 . 10
5.08 4.68
4. 27
4. 91 4 . 12 4 . 05
3.75 3.69 3.70 .
3 . 95 4. 05
3. 71 4 . 20
11.75
3.18
3 . 29
3.64
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5. 02 4 .57
4.14
H<w (Bal ed)
&lialf a All Other
E6 . 00 43 . 50
lfJ..s r eported by Feed Dealers .
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51. 00 43.00
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32.50 29 . 10
32 . 80 29 . 10
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
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UNIVERSitY OF GEORGIA . COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, .Gcorgia.
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
Jl.UlC 13, 19~6
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending June 9 commercial hatcheries placed 5,280,000 chicks with
broil~r producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 2 percent less than the
$,391,000 placed the previous week but is 23 percent more than the 4,291,000 placed
the same week. last year.
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6~516,000 or 1 percent less than the
6,$76,000 of the previous week but 22 percent greater than the 5,354,000 for the
.cor.respondin.g week last year.
U.at:ch~r~es r.eported prices paid
for
hatching
eggs
during
the
week
at
an
' ' ~ average
of
79 :certts per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was repprted at
~1U.29. per hundred. These prices compare with 81 cents and $14.50 for the previous
weE!k ~~ with 79 cents and ~~15.oo one year ago. Egg prices shewn .relate to Georgia
PrOdu~ed hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otheniise.
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,.. dudng week ending June 9 are as follOlis: North Georgia broilers 2i .,. 3 3/4 poundSJ
( at 'fBiims 18~24; FOB plants 19.16.
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.na:te
Eggs
:week
Set
Chicks Hatched "}/ Placed in Georgia
Inshipments of Chicks
Total Pl9Ced on Farms
En~ng 1955 : 1956
. 1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
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Apzi. 11r
Apri. 21 4-prI~ 2:8
May 5 May; 1.2 May 19
MaY. 26
Jun'e 2
~una 9
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Thousands
5,250 5,182 5,302 5 ,378
5,314 5,3$8 5,352 5,273 5,240
5,354
6,109 6,328 6,365 6,364
6,451 6,557 6,531
6,537 6,576 6,516
Thousands
3,425 3,473 3,480
3,552
3,579 3,574 3,578 3,550 3,588
3,667
4,118 4,208 4,255 4,226
4,362 4,390 4,349 4,331 4,400 4,465
Thousands
617 709 619 769 662 801 6ho 681 563 757 643 732 664 742 692 799 678 991 624 815
Thousands
4,942 4,092 4,142 4,192 . 4,142
4,217 4,242 4,242 4,266
~ .291
4,909
4~977
5j056
4~9C?
5jll9 5;122 5;091 5,130 5;391 5J280
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Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
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North Carolina
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Florida
Alabama
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Texas
Washington
Oregon
California
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1~170 1:,243 1:,224 1 822
862
762
730 833 877 875 957
861
906
I 1;337 1;377 . 1,291
705
1;348 1:,378 1:,320
823
676 835
706
717
646 741 711 . 752 732 835 859. 8.24 842 830
701 984
703 898
1,931 1,793 1, 775
8'64
965
852
835 809 893 771 888
956
923
. 468 445 . 434
235 . 183
173
195 207 213 ~ 230 209
195
225
2,164 2,119 2,157
. 784 . 735
784
740 . 779 . 762 ; 786 764
765
832
2; 2o4 . 2,233 2,092 2,276 2:,307 1,991
, 1,853 2,094 . 1;_979 1,908 2,048 2,013 2;140 2;002 1, 976
1:,585 1,395 1,540' 1;598 1;459 1;503- ..:1-641 1:,566 1;614
2;004 1:,366
2,252 2,184 - 2,189 -415 : - -375 . . 382
1,516 -572
1,544 565
1,549 524
1,314 . 636
1,394 507
1,)61 . 585
1J:.424 ' 472
1,361 575
1,409 603
1,63h -. 558
2;787 2; 920
.. 427 . ...
. 423
2,861 . 429
' 1,631 339
1,654 . 379
1'.
6o6 307
1, 731 306
1,660 . 299
1,.707 - :1;727 . 213 :303
1,765 324
1,779 34h
1, 775 ' 291
6~7. 6~576 6.516 4..!.909 4_,_977 . 5_,_056 4.907 . 2..,_119 5,122 5 ~ 091 5.!.130 5. 391 5.280
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. 640
666
30~
273 . 2tm . . 264
257 ' 24/j ; 2~~ . 24tl
- ~42
. 261
1:;999
12',"950940.
. . 275 2,.931
2:,05.2
1;550 2,958
. 247 .
2,966
2:,050 1:,562 . 2,979
253 2,948
1,844 1,158 . 2,249
363 2,158
1,873 1,180 2,374
. 386 2,189
1,85h 1,266 2,295
356 2,214
1,908
1,247 2,341
368 2,161
1,869 1,159 2,165
. 335
2,203
1:,816 1,241 2,273
. 425
2,251
1; 869
1'22. 2;19ff ':365 2,;363
1:,855 1,322 2,309
. 342
2,199
1:,918 1,299 2,431
. 329
2,230
1,887 l-,336 2,341
371 2,308
415
406
383
252
365
279
291 286 280 298 244
275
266
J71 ' 340
279
1,788 1,693 1,628
226
198
236 . 217 187 . 248 . 222 206 199
1,266 1,134 1,359 1,244 1,329 1,246 1,ll0 1,108 1,113
197 1,164
TarAL 1956
38,247 38,225 37,409 26,458
TCYrAL 1955
IJ1,23~ . 30,846 31,107_ 21,839
1956 As %of' 19$5
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22,306 120
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26,702 26,422 26,504 26,872 26,963 26,936
22,149
121
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22,518 . 22,571 22,767
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22,607 1.1. 9
27,664
22,6.94 122
27,526
22,774 121
. ! : GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GECRGIA AS OF JUNE 1, 19S6
bt .' Dry w~~tk~~I ' r ' ,
May
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pastures,
t~k '
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crops,
and
garde~s
throughout
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t.1u'eef.o\Wtha of the State. Heavy rains were received during the first weelc }:)~:.~.-
lNt. sincerr that time some parts of the State have not received rainfall of ant 'c~n.;.; .
Jequence.'4 : . As a result, pastures deteriorated rapidly the latter part of the 'iiioht.lr ..-
~ were..~urning bro."Jl in some areas by the first of June. Major field crops.ttaa:! .
Dot sui'f,el'ed too much by the end of May but rains were needed badly in some parts.c.<
9f the , S~te. (Much of area needing moistwe. on the first of June still hac!:' noti ::. :
receiv~cCr8in by the 12th of June. Corn was beginning to suffer in southweflt.erni.: ..::
qeorgi,~)iild the northern h&lf of the St~e.)
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during
moat
of Mq was
favorable
tor
cultivating row crops
and harvesting.
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~t gr,ains and early hay. Combining of wheat was well along in central Georgi& .:!:!
~r .the ..first of June end was getting UDderw4')' 1n the northern third of the S'f.;at~:tt r '
~Jfls.'. in general are above average. Combining of oats also progressed rapidly'.the!.;
latt~ .Part of May and t7 the first ot June was nearly finished in soathern Georgia-
and' was .well underway in northern parts of the State. Yields are good to excellent.
Moat, .~.aro/ hay WGS haryested under ideal con4it1ons.
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~~ - J)-e been favorable since. that time tor the peach crop in the Fort Valley ;. ,.-.
..e~. ~t 1t is .very dey in other commercial areas. Tbe first oar of peaches.was.:. .. :,. r
etdpp;<t on.May l.$th. Moyement of peaches, .however, wu light until near the :~ :~
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WEATI Based on reported condition and yield as of June 1 production for 19S6 is-:'''''
1~ 881' . ~. ; ~. tohreectaesnt-
at 2,033 000 b year (19!6-$4)
ushels compared with 1,$20,000 ava-age of 21 12.$,000 b\18hels.
bushels produc~.:las.t::: The indicated y.Leld .:. .
--e ~ Br~ . ~ot-19.CT~Jlels per acrlr'is .J.O bushe1.s above aye-~ ago and 3;6 tiwlhelil ~ ..-(
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.i yields are being harvested in most production areas of the State.
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prodtiction
(including
both
co~rcial
end
farm
~oduct:ion)
based
on--
.. . :: conditions June 1 is expected to be 1,.$00,000 bushels compared with :: ~; ~ ;: ~ -:.:-
-C ar 3;~.00,0 b1:1Shels harvested in 19$4 and the ten-year (194S..S4) average productian:.-ot'
~~4~~~000. bushels.
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. : expected to be 80,000 b.ushe~s, .8Qout one-tJrl,rd , of. the ten-year (1916Sfi) :~ :;'
erage df 237,000 bushels.
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lUc AND EGG PRODUCTION: Milk producti.on on Georgia farms during May amounted' :to ' : : .
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110 million pounds. . Th:i.s.W the same as production ....- ...
dQri~g April of this year and fiv.e. perc~nt 8lJ~e. pr~uction during May last year~ . . .
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laid
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' UNITED STATES ... GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 11 1956
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Crop prQspects made gains during May desD:ite some adverse conditions but are.:~ still
less promising than at this time last ;ye~. Much needed rains brightened tl'le futUI'I
for large acreages of corn, cotton, soybEtalls, sorghums and other crops just g~tting
a start and brought soil moisture which w,as needed before additional plantings coul be made. However, many- sections had insutficient rain and badly need more s~l moisture. Frosts in many northern sectio~s reduced some fruit crops. Warmer ,: :: ..."
weather is gene7ally needed to promote normal plant growth over much of the Nation, especially over the Eastern half. The wiuter wheat crop is now forecast at 670 million bushels, down 2 percent from last ;month's prospects, ch~ly because of
. additional abandonment of acreage in the dentral Great Plains States, and in ...,..:. - ..
)tontana~ The reduction in acre~, more than offsets the higher yields in Texas .and Oklahoma where harvesting was ali'eady under way by June 1 and in States east ~9{ ,-the
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Yields
from
early
harvested
wheat
were
above
expectations .in :l' .
Oklahoma ~ 'l'ex~s Large to..taLoutturns- ape now in prospect in both States~< , The
' Kansas: crop suffered from high temperatures during the second and third weeks_of . May but ~-beneficial rains and moderate weather since then have pra.vented furt}?.er .:
deteri'oration. A spring wheat crop of about 2.52 million bushels now seerris prob_able .
on the basis of conditons reported to June 1. This production would exceed :last ; yearls extremely small crop by about 8 percent. Spring wheat is off to a good star1
in most areas. Acreage in northwestern States is considerably larger than intended
earl~~r ~ because of the large winter-killed acreage of winter wheat which is irioat+Y' ;:
being. :replanted to spring wheat. Adding spring wheat to the winter wheat crop,;:''.ah
all . Wh~a:t; crop of nearly 923 million bushels or 2 percent below last year iff ind:l.
cated, Jlye condition is reported at well above a year ago although below average~ !
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Hay cro~s and pastures are still much below average for June 1. Early hay cuttings
generally have been light as the result of slow growth and increasing insect attack' in some .sections. Reported condition of all hay at 78 itt only 1 point above tbe-'1 ...
low May'.'l report. Declines were indicated in Nebraska and Kansas and other near'..'t)y'
sectioiis~ . However, favorable late growth could overcome this poor start and pro~ ..
~ce
adequate
tonnage
on the
increased hay
acreage
which
will be
cut
this
year
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many areas. Harvest of a good crop of grain hay is now active throughout Southa~n
~tates. Hay crop prospects in most Western States are better than average. P~ ..
ture ..condition, reported at 72 percent of normal, made a 4 point gain over tbe ~.:. . ..
tre~ly poor May 1 status despite general slowness of growth in New England ~d _a. .,.
numl:;>er ,of other Northern areas. Actual deterioration occurred in Nebraska, KanS.~ .
and c:lriest parts of Iowa,. Northern Plains range areas have good grazing but range . .
conditions in Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma is lowest for June 1 since 1937. In
t'exas, ranges are record low for June 1. West of the Rockies pasture and ranges .81'E
gener.ally good. .
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CORN: Plantirig of the 1956 corn crop was largely completed by June 1 in most of .. .
-:--- . tl'le Corn _Belt States, though a little later than last year. Cool weatlier .=." ~d frosts in late May delayed planting and germination from Ohio and Michigan e~t~ ~ard .to. the Atlantic but temperatures were near normal in most western sectionsor . ~he Belt~ Early corn was tasseling in southern sections of Texas, Alabama, Georgia
JUld South Carolina by early June and later plantings were up to a stand. Moisture
teserv.ee were low in that. area and early corn was- in need of rains. Corn plantibg
was ir(fUll swing in California in J.ate May .and progress was near normal in other. .. ..
Western States.
~L WHEAT: All wheat production in 1956 is forecast at 923 million bushels., the .. .:- .J
. smallest since 1943. .A crop of this size would be 2 percent less th.an,. i
19.55 ~;>tpduction of 938 million bushels and 20 percent less than average. The _pr.9s !,
pee~iV.til winter wheat crop at 670 million bushels is S percent less than the 19.55 :. .
crop but production of all spring wheat in 19.56 is expected to be 8 percent larger
than the 19.5.5 crop.
PEACHESs .The 19.56 peSch crop is forecast at 61,843,000 bushels-- 19 percent ' larger
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than last year and almost equal in size to the 19.54 crop, but 8 percent
smaller than the 194.5-54 average. A crop of 10,026,000 bushels is estimated for the
SouthernStates (North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas), 7 percent greater than the May 1 forecast,
but 24 percent below the 194.5-.54 average. Last year the crop in these States was
a failure. Prospective production in each of these States, except Georgia and North
Carolma is higher than indicated a month earlier. Movement of North Carolina
peaches is expected to become act~ve around mid-June. In South Carolina, recent
weather has been favorable and the fruit developed well. A few early peaches have
been marketed. The Georgia peach estimate remained unchanged from a month ago, with
growers reporting conditions as dr,y. In Arkansas, there has been little insect or
disease damage, and growers report one of their largest and cleanest crops in years.
Harvest was just starting about J'l.me 1.
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mrr.TED STATES: Prospects for the nation's ~pring vegetable crops improved slightly during Iviay with production not-7 estimated at 2. 74 million tons, the
Orop Reporting Board announced today. Aggregate tonnage at this level is 2 per~ent greater than in 1955 and 15 percent above the 1949-1954 average. Current produc tion estimates of summer crops, which last year comprised about 56 percent of total urnmer production, indicate 4 percent less tonnage i~ 1956 than in !955. This indicated decline in summer production for these crops is attributed to reduced acre-
age since average yield is expected to slightly exceed that realized last year.
During May, weather conditions ranged from very favorable in some vegetable areas of
the nation to unfavctable in other areas. Below normal temperatures prevailed in
U1e Great Lakes States, Northeastern States, and in Coastal areas of the South ~tlantic States as far south as North Carolina. In these areas , periods of cold weather retarded plant grm1th of late spring and early summer crops and lowered the ~ yield prospects for several vegetables.
CABBAGE: ~rl~ s~~er cabbage production is forecast at 63,900 tons, 9 percent . less thc:-n the large crop harvested last year and 7 percent below average.
Indicated 1956 yield for the group is about equal to average but belOl'l the high yields realized last year. In the Eastern States, early summer cabbage has been
retarded ~y cool spring l'leather v1hich has depressed yields. In the New England States, harvest will start after June 20 this year. In Nevi Jersey, a light harvest is expected to start at Cede.rville about June 10 but other areas will not move c~bbage until mid-June. 11oisture is adequate for cabbage in Indiana. Harvest there
is still a few weeks aHay. Planting of summer cabbage in north Georgia has been delayed by dry weather which as also retarded !ields already set~ Geo~gia s~aer cabbage is in poor condition at this time. In Washington, cabbage yields are expected to be about average in spite of a dry spring. Harvest of Golden Acre will
t?tart in late June but active cutting ldll not get underway until July.
CANTALOUPS: The 1956 crop of earlv summer cantaloups is expected to be the smallest
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harvested in over~ears. A sharp reduction in the Salt River Valley
of Azirona is responsible for the marked decline in production. This yearls crop
is forecast at 943,000 crates, 26 percent less than last year's small output and
l~ss than half the average production. Disease is primarily responsible for the
cut in this year's acreage in Arizona's Salt River Valley. Last year's crop was a
virtual failure ' because of crown blight and about half of this year's acreage is
p1anted in an area believed free of this disease. Harvest will start around
~oenix in mid-~une. In Georgia, rather low yields are in prospect because of
spring drought and by June 1, early melons were shedding. Harvest will start in
late June. CantaJoups in South Carolina are only in fair condition and are in need
t>f' rain. The crop is late due to drought and volume movement is not expected until
~arly July.
~ET CORN: The 1are sE~ crop is now indicated at 1,579,000 units (5 doz. ears). This 1s about a fifth below 1955 production and about 12 percent less .
than average. Harvesting, whi ch got under~vay in :Hay -in the Coachella and Imperial
valleys of California, should continue actJ i!e during the first half of June in the Coachella area. Heavy harvesting in the Edison-Arvin district of Kern County is not expected ~~til late in June. In Alabama, the crop appears in good condition with harvesting expected to begin about June 11. In Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, growers reported a serious neBd of rainfall.
ONIONS: ~J;:e spr.~EZ. onion production is forecast at 3, 858,000 sacks "t>rhich is about equal to indicated pr.Jduction on May 1. Production at this level t-1ould be
9 percent less than last year and 16 percent below average. In California, proauction is dol-m about a fourth from last year. Harvest is virtually complete in Kern County but movement from the heavier producing Stockton area is expanding
rapidly and increasing shipments from there are in prospect for June. Harvest is active in Arizona and heavy shipments should continue through mid-June. In North Texas, pulling and grading of onions was halted by a heavy rain on May 31. since
ffiost fields had already matured, this rain was not expected to improve yields. In
adequate moisture during the growing season resulted in a crop of small to medium onions but quality is very good Harvest is now active and the bulk. of the crop
ts expected to be moved. by mid-June.
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ONI_oNS, Cont. a In the Texas Panhandle, there are about 3,000 acres of irr:i.gated
onions for later harvest. Most of the increase in acreage. over last
year occurred in the Plainview-Lockney area. Transplanted fields have made satis
~actory progress but seeded acreage got off to a poor start. Harvest will start
rear's the last half of July and peak movement will take place in August. Growers in
Georgia have concluded harvest of this
anion crop.
TOMATOES: Conditions on June 1 indicated tha.t this year's late spring tomato crop
should produce 2,507,000 bulhele ~oh is about 12 percent below pro-
duction in 1955 and the average. Il:l !$U.S, late spring tomatoes made unsatisfa.Ctoi'l
progress during May due to inadequate moisture. The crop in the Yoakum area is
very short and Will be marketed loca.1J.7. Tamatoes in central Texas are in fairly
good condition and early fields were being picked there in late May. In east Texas,
sub-soil moisture is adequate but insufficient surface moisture retarded the crop
which was already late becauSe planting had been delayed by drought conditions. A
couple of sheda 'had opened in east TexaS by June 1. Tomatoes in northeast Texas
were also retarded by dry weather but this area received rain late in May. Harvest
there was expected to start in early June. Production from late spring areas of
Texas is expected to reach volume levels the second .week in June. The movement of
green fruit is apt to be curtailed this year as some growers are planning to market
their crops as pinks in nearby markets. In Louisiana, harvest at New Orleans has
been in progress since early May but was interrupted by heavy rains late in the
month. Movement from the Whiteville area is just starting. Mississippi tomatoes.
~e in fair to good condition. Harvest will begin in early June and continue until
about July 1. Insects, lack of moisture, and high temperatures have damaged toma.
toes in Georgia. A light harvest started in the Pelham area the last week in May
~d picking in Tattnall County was expected to start the first week in June. In ::
9outh Carolina, the tomato crop improved in May. Harvest has started and movement :
will be heavy by mid-June.
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WAT~mLONS: Prospective production in the early summer States, forecast at 78.3
million melons, is 5 percent lower than 1955 but 17 percent above avw
~rage. In Texas, :Hay development was fairly satisfactory over a large part of the qtate. Irrigated areas of the Lower Valley, Laredo, and Winter Garden came into production during the second half of May. Light harvest started at Riviera during May. A few fields of irrigated melons at Pearsall were ready for harvest in early ~une. In the Milano, Franklin, and Buffalo areas, considerable acreage is expected
to be in production as early as June 19. Conditions have been fairly favorable for
planting in most of the later areas, especiallY in the extreme northeastern counties Ripe melons are not expected in those areas until after mid-July. Some Louisiana melons will be ready for picking the last half of June but the main harvest will n,ot start until July . Novement from the coastal counties of Mississippi should
b'egin around June 25, and around July 9 in upstate areas. The crop in Alabama is in
good condition but additional rain will be. needed in southern counties to bring about proper sizing. ' Produeers in Georgia expect to begin harvesting in a few early
fields around June 25~ The main corna3rcial crop is expected to be about 10 days
later than normal. The South Carolina crop is in fair to good condition. It is ~ate and develeping slowly due to dry weather, however. Shipments may begin around
June 25 but volume is not expected until early July. In North Carolina, good stands
have been obtained and the- crop is in fine shape. The Arkansas watermelon crop, al though a little late due to a cool spring, is making good progress. The crop in Qklahoma is in good condition but is later tllan usual as it was first too dry to
plant and then too wet. In Missouri, plenty of rain has made the <:>utlook for watermelons promising. Arizona growers at Yuma and Phoenix were picking melons in early June~ . The Kingsburg area of California should start harvesting around the end of June, with volUITl(t early in July.
SNAP BEAN': E.sti."inated production of mid-sprinf snap beans is currently set, at
'. '' . ' 1,169,000 bushels, about 7 percen below last year's production and . ' 'nearly a fourth below. the 1949-54 average. In Louisiana, harvest of the spring .
~rop was nearing completion the first full week of June. Rains during May were !potted, causing .considerable vari~tion between areas in yields and quality. Over~
or an prospects -did npt chan~e appreciably during the month. In Georgia; harvest
the mid~pring crop was .about over by the end of May. The South Carolina crop did \
~ot turn o~t :.as well as expected a month earlier because of continued eool weather )}
end laek or' mc;>istUfe~ ' Peak m6vement is over but shipments are exp~cted to continue ' I 1n dilTlishiiig. vol1ime ,through most of June. Movement from Mississippi st~ed about -
May 14 .~d shoUld. co~tinue _up.til the latter part of June. Some good quality beans .
ere be~,ng shipped, - ~hewer~ in .Mississippi around May 31 shoulq help lengthen the
harvesting . pe~:!,od. ln -Alabama,: rainfall was generally adequate .during May. :The erop there i~ in :very.,:good ~condition . and high yields are antic:lpated but some : :. southe-r:n : . co~ties '11er.~ ~ :nee4 ~f additional moisture~ .Limited pick~ng has begun in southern Alabama and beans have started to bloom in nort.he.rn: countie~ , '. . :
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I ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE, 1956 WITH COMPARISONS
CROP
ACREAGE
YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
Amr
Average
Ind. ! Av.
Ind. Average
Ind.
1949-54 1955 i956 49-54 1955 1956 1949-54 1955 1956
STATE
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Early Summer:
Acres -
Tons .
1,000 tons -
~ash~.ngton
~ew Jersey New York, L.I. Connecticut Rhode Island
Massachusetts Georgia, North Indiana
Group total
450 3,850
820 520 140
- 820 8~.0 2,130
9,570
350 3,700
700 600 130
800 1,100 1,450
8,830
) 350 3,600 700 650 130
850 1,000 1,600
8,880
7.2 7.4
87..o0
9.8 9.4
9s..o5
8.3 8.5
8.8 8.5 h.4 5.5 5.5 9.1
8.0
7.0 3.3 7.5 28.6 9.0 8.0 8.01 4.9 8.0 1,2
8.0 7.2 4.0 3.7 7.0 11.7
7.2 68.5
2.4 29.6 6.6 4.8 1.1
-6: 8 6.0 . 13.2
70.5
2.4 . 27.0. 6.3 5.2 1.0
6.8 4.0 11.2
63.9
CANTllLOUPS :
~~:~;:1..,Summer:
Georgia. South Caro1ina . r Arizona
Group total
SWEET CORN:
~swing:
California Alabama Georgia South Carolina
Group total
- Crates 83 lb. - - 1,000 crates-
7,430 7,600 6,800 6,070 6,800 6,500 9,830 6,600 2,500 23,340 21,000 15,800
68 15 60 506 42 40 40 257 145 65 110 1,421
94 61
60 1 2,18!~
- Units (5 doz.e~s)
510 408 272 260 . 429 275
1, 211
- 1,000 units-
6,930 8,100 4,500 3,500 1,630 1,400 2,680 2,000
15,750 15,000
6,200 3,500 1,500 1,600
12,800
156 175 87 100 53 60 87 80
115 134
170 1,080 1,418 90 393 350 60 87 84 75 233 160
123 1,793 2,012
1,054 315 90 120
1,579
CUCUMBERS:
I.ate Sprip~:
Louisiana Alabama Georgia Couth Carolina California North Carolina Arkansas
I - Bushels -
~ 1,000 bushels -
620 700 700 95 125 105 60 88
74
1,120 900 800 124 120 120 139 108
96
840 4,800 1,380
5,450 1,020
900 4,200 1,600
6,500 700
800 3,600 1,600
5,500 600
73 70 8L~ 85 393 350 81 110
79 115
65 62
I39800
405 546
I9750 43884
63
35? 560 715
80
52 288 624 385 57
;.Group total
15,220 15,500 13,600 114 127 116 1, 734 1,971 1,576
ONIONS: Late Spring:
Ja1ifornia lLrizona Louisiana Ge or g i a
~exas
; Group total
tOivl.ATOES :
!:!te SIJring: Texas L.ouisiana Mississippi South Carolina Georgia
Group total
- Sacks (50 lb)
- 1,000 sacks
5,020 3,800
1,240 1,400
280
-
1:,070 1:,000
9,750 9,600
2,600 850
700 8,500
17,360 15,800 12,650
545 560 587 530
94 156 160 90 125
600 2,692 2,128
750 753 742
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27 -
185 170 160
180 866 1,200
1,560 638
130 1,530
263 268 305 4,508 4,230 3, 858
Bushels -
- 1,000 bushels _
26,250 22;000 16,500 59 5o
1,220 1,200 1,100 .. 74 75 1,880 1,600 2,100 40 100 4,130 6,000 6,500 66 75 111 680 lt~' 000 13,000 72 75
45,170 44,800 39,200 64 64
55 1,572 1,100 80 91 90 85 80 160
75 275 h50 65 842 1,050
664 2,860 2,850
908 88 178 488 8/.6
2,507
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ACREAGE ANn INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE_, i926 WITH cor1PAR.ISONS. (co~t lci.}.
CROP AND STATE
ACREJ~.GE
Average
Ind,
19y49-54 19SS
1956 . .
I YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
Av.
Ind. Average
Ind,
4y9-54
1955 ...
195c .191419-54. ,..19.55 . 1.. .95-6..
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WATERl1ELONS: Earl:v Summer:
'Dexas Arizona Louisiana Mississippi Alabama Georgia Sout)1 Carolina North Carolina California Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri
-Acres -
- Melons
- 1, 000 :melons
114,500 120,000 110,000 154 135
5,180 4,900 5,000 714 630
3,580 2,400 2,100 245 290
7,830 13,700 13,000 227 270
13,830 14,400 13,.000 305 325
so, 830 64,000 58,000 277 290
47,470 10,080
63,00.0 14,000
56,000 200 260 13,000 .. 197 . '210
10,270 11,000 11,000 692 755
9;550 12,700 11,700 278 295
15,950 14,000 15,500 181 210
3,070 3,800 3,400 225 365
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160 17,482 16,200 t 7' 600
700 3,696 . 3',087. ~,590
270 893
696 '567
260 1,764 3' 699 ' 3' 380
330 44216 4, 680 4, 290
280 1 ,031 18,560 16,240
250 9,430 16,380 14,000
200 1,917 2,940 2,600
725 ..7,077 . 8, 3o5 .. 7,975
285 2,644 3,.746 3,334
230 2,928 2,940 3,565
375 693 t,387 1,275
. Group total
292,150 337,900 311,700 230 245 251 66,830 .82, 620. 78,326
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Group averages (including ALL STATES) are simple averages of annual group
totals.
gj Includes processing.
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~gricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator
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..., :.BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CCJMMEtlCIAL AREAS
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Du:ring the week ending June 16 commercial hatcheries .placed 5,386,000 chicks with
broiler produ~ers in Georgia commercial areas, This is 2 percent more than the
5,280,000 placed the previous week and is 24 percent more than tr~ 4,341,000 p~aced
the S,ame .Week ;las;t yearo
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previ!ous ;week :and is 21 percent greater than the 5,397,000 for the corresponding
Heek last. .year.
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75 cents: per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$13.Z5 per hundred. These prices compare with 79 cents and $14.25 for the previoue
week -and!With 80 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
prodti1ced
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ti' - dur~ng week enPing June 16 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - ~ 3/4
( pouti~; farms 18.50; FOB plants 19.41. '
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Dat~ . ! ~
: Eggs . j Chicks. Hatched 1/ -,1 Inshipments I ! Tot~ Placed
Week~ 1 ~
. Set
Ending i , 195? : 1956
. ; ' Th:""'imds
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Placed in Georgia.
1955 : 1956 j
Thousands
of Chicks 1955 i 1956
Thousands
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on Farms ~ 1955 : 1956
Thqusands'
I Ap:J;'~ ~411 ' 5,182 : ~ 6,328
Apr. ~1 !: 5,,3og .- ; 6,365 .
I Apr. 28 : 5,37S _6,364
May ! 5i: 5,314 6,451 1
May . ~2 ~ 5,358 6,557
J:1ay; ~9 5,352 6,531 'j
1:1ay ~6 1: 5:,.273 6,537
June June
2 9
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5,240 5,354
6;576 :6,516
June l-6 j '. 5,397 6,540
.3,473 ~ 4, 208 .
3,480 4;255 i ' 3,552 4,226
3,579 4,362 3,574 4,390 3,578 4,349
3,550 4,331
3,588 4,400 3,667 4:,465 3, 629 4,578
619 . 769 .
662 801 640 681
563 757
643 732 .
664 742 692 799 678 991
624 815
712 808
4,092
4,142 4,192
4,142 4,217 4,242 4:,242 4,266 4,291 4,341
,'4,977
5,o56
4:,907
5,119 5,122 5,091 5,130 5;391 5,280 5,386
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia
CARL o. DOESCHER
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Indiana illinois . Missouri . ' r
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GEORGIA
Florida
Alabama
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Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
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Oregon
Cal.ifornia
TOT.LU.-: 1956
TOTAL l955 '~
1956 As%of 1955
EGGS SET ANI) caiCKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
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1,243
. 1,377
. 1,378
" 1, 793
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445
2;119
i, . 2,~233 ~ 2;307 :
I 2,184 . . 375
2,920
423
6,,576
" 640 2:,052 1;550 :
. 2,~58
. 247 .
2,966
I: 406
I ,I . . 340 1,693
1,224 1;291 1;320
1, 715
434 2:,157 2,092 1; 991 . 2,189
382 2,861 . 4-29 6,516
' 666 2,050 1:,562 . 2,979
253
2,948 383 . 279
1,628
1,209 : 862
904 I 676
1,348 I 835
1,686 1 965
413 I 183 :
1;98h 1 735 .
II 2;041
1;941
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2,094 1,395
2,'039 J55
1,544
i . 565
I 2,852 i ! 1,654
398
. 379
6,540 4,977
762 706
717 852 173 784 1;979 1:,540 1,549 524 _1,606 . . 307
5,056
687 1;968
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273 1,873
1,634 3,080
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1,180 2,374
2J~~
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386 .. 2,189
32P ,. 365
. 3.38
198
1,469 ! ' 1,134
288
1,854 1;266
2,295 356
2,214 279 236
1,359
730 646 835 835
195
740
1~908
1:598 . .1,314.
. 636 1,731
. 306 4,907
833 877 741 711 859 824 809 893 207 213 . 779 . 762 2:,048 2;013 1:,459 1,503 1,394 1,361 507 . . 585
1,660 1,707 299 . 273
5,119 5,122
. 264 257 . 248 1,908 1:,869 1:,816 1,247 1,159 1,241 '2,3!4 2,165 2,273
368.. 335 425 2,161 2,203 2,251
291 : 286 . 280 217 187 248 1,244 1,329 1,246
875 752 842
771 230 786 2;140 1:,641 1,424 472 1, 727 303 5,091
. 256 1,869 1,228 2,198
365 . 2,363
298 . 222 1,110
957 732 830 888 209 764 2:,002 1:,566 1,361
575
1, 765 324
5,130
248 1, 855 1,322 2,309 . 342 2,199
244 . 206 1,108
861 701 984
956
195 765 1:,976 1:,614 1,409
. 603
1, 779
344
5,391
. 242 1;918
1~299
2,431 -. 329
2,280 275 199
1,113
906 703 898 923 225 832 2,064 1:,485 1,515 . 558 1, 775 . 291 5,280
. 261
1:,887 1:,336 2,341
' 371
2,308 266 ' 197
1,164
990
702 778 887 1E3 . 829 2;030 1;460 1,429
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l, 704 301
5,386
. 302;
1:,905 1;275 2,475
407 2,332
289 ' 187 1,210
38,225 30,846
124
37,409 31,101
120
36,331 26,836
30,846 1 22,306
118 II - 120
26,702 22,149
121
:-26,422 26,50
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22.,_406 22,518
:us.. ~ ~ 118
2&;872 22,571
119
26,963 22,767
118
26,936 22,607
119
27,664 22,694
122
27,526 22,774
121
27,714 23,294
119
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SPRING
PIG
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PIGS SAVED: The spring pig crop for 1956 in Georgia, (pigs produced fromiast
December 1 to June 1), is estimated at 1,442,000 head. This is 11
percent above the 1955 spring crop of 1,300,000 head and is the 1~gest spring
crop produced in Georgia since 19h3.
SOVJS FAR.ROWED: The number of sows farrowing this spring totaled 212,000 - - 6 percent above the number farrowing during the corresponding period
in 1955 and 10 percent above average. The pigs saved per 1itter increased to 6. 8 and is the hj_ghest on record . for the State.
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If breeders carry out these intentions the number of sows farrowing this fall
~d11 be the same as last year but about S 'percent below average.
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Av. No. Pigs
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:b.,ALL (June 1 to Dec. 1)
Sows
Av. No.
Pigs
Farro-vJed Pig~ Per
Saved
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(000)
'Litter (000)
(000)
Litter
(000)
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10-Year, 1945-54
192
6.1
1:,181
173
6.2
1,064
1954
194
6.7
1,300
159
6.1)
1,034
1955
200
6.5
1,300
165
6.7
1,106
1956
212
6.8
1,442
165
UNITED STATES:
10-Year, 1945-54
1954 1955 1956
8:,327 7:,669
8:,359 7,650
6.48 53;923 5;208
6.57
6.89 52,852 5:,014
6.78
6.90 57,690 5,569
6.81
6.914 53,085 5,16311-
* Number indicated to farrow from breeding intentions r eports.
34,219 33,978 37,914
ARCHIE LANGIJEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
1rJILIJIAM E
Agricultural
UNITED STATES .'PIG CROP REPORT ... JUNE 19.56
The :l9.56 spring pig crop totaled .53,08.5 head, a decline of 8 percent from the spring of l95.5, according to the Crop Reporting Board. The number of sows farrowing this spring totaled 7,6.50,000 sows which was also 8 percent less than the
8,359,000 sows farrovring last spring. The ntunber of pigs saved per litter was
6.94, establishing a ne-vr record for spring farrowing and compares with 6.90 pigs per litter in 195.5. Reports on breeding intentions indicate a total of 5,163,000 so\vs to farrow this fall. This would be 7 percent less than the number farrowing last fall. If these intentions materialize and the number of pigs saved per litte~ equals the 10-year average, with an allowance for upward trend, the 1956 fall pig crop 't-IOuld be about 3.5 million head. The combined spring and fall pig crops for 1956 would then be about 88 million head. This would be 8 percent. less than last year and only slightly below the 194.5-.54 average.
Spring Pig Crop: The number of pigs saved in the spring of 1956 (December 1, 19.55
to June 1, 19.56) is estimated at 53,085,000 head. This is
4,6o.5,000 head or 8 percent less than the spring crop last ygar and 2 percent below the 10-year average.
All regions showed a decline in spring pigs from a year ago except the South Atlantic and South Central regions. The North Atlantic was down 3 percent; E.ast North. Central do1m 4 percent; 1/Jest North Central down 1.5 percent; and the West
was dawn 9 percent. The South Atlantic was up 5 percent and the South Central
was up 6 percent.
The number of sows farrowed in the spring of 19.56 is estimated at 7,6.50,000 head, 8 percent less than last year and the 10-year average. The 1956 spring farrmringr were 6 percent lower t han indicated by farmers' reports on intentions last Decembe1
The number of pigs saved per litter during the past spring was 6.94, a record high, and compares -vrith the previous high of 6.90 in 1955 and 1954. Bigger litter sizes in the central and \Iestern Corn Belt States were responsible for the higher average
this year.
~195 Int~~t~~: Reports on breeding intentions indicate that 5,163,000 sows
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"1'1ill farrow in the fall of 1956. If these intentions are
realized, the number of sows farrowing this fall (June 1-December 1) would be
7 percent less than during the fall of 1955. Compared with last year, all regions
except the South Atlantic showed a decline in the number of SO\-IS intended for fall
farrowing.
UN ITEO STATES DEPARTMENT OF
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A~MnsC,OUue.EoGrgEJp.aF .AGRICULTURE
GEORGIA AGRIC:ULTURAL :~ EXTENSION SERVICE
June 27 s 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEO~G!A OONHERCIAL AREJ.S
During the week ending June 23 commercial hatcheries placed 5,181,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 4 percent less than the 5,386,000 placed the previous week but is 22 percent more than the 4,242,000 placed the same week last year,
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,360,ooo compares with 6,540,000 for the
previous week and is 20 percent greater than the 5,289,000 .for the corresponding
week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $12.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 75 cents and $13.25 .for the previous weak and with 81 cents and $14.75 one year ago, Egg prices shown relat~ to Georgia
produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers
during week ~.r1ding June 23 are as foll"ows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - 3 3/4
pounds; at f~ l9.09; FOB plants 20,00.
l
~
(See reverse side for other . states)
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.
GEORGIA c~IC. K. PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD APRIL 21 THROUGH JUNE 2J, 1956
D~te I Week I
~ ggs
Set
Chicks Hatched ~a Placed in Georg a
Inshipments of Chicks
Total Placed on Farms
)l:nding 1955\ : 1956
'1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
Thoh.s'ands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
~pr. 21 5,~02 l 6,365 .
.f\pr. 28 5, 78 . . 6,364 .
3,480 .. 4,255 3,552 4,226
662 640
801 681
I
4,142 5,056 4,192 ' 4,901
May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26
5,314 6,451 5,358 j 6,551 ' 5~352 : 6,531 5,~73 : . 6,531 '
3,519 3,574 3,578 3,550
4,362 4,390
4,.349 4,331
. 563 757
:. 666434
732 ' 742
692 199
4,142 5,119 4,217 5,122 4,242 5,091 4,242 ' 5,130
June 2 5',240 . 6,576
3,588 4,400
.678 991
4,266 . .5,391
June 9 5,354 ' 6,516 .
3,667 .. 4,465. .. 624. ~;t5. ... I 4,291 . 5,280
June 16 5,391 6,540 . 3,629. 4,5.78
' tl2:. 808 I - 4,341 , 5,386
I 1 I June 23 5,289 6,360
3,5~8 4,446
654 135 ' 4,242 :. 5,181
, 1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states'" outi:d.de .of:Georgia,
I
.
.
. .
~ ~
... . : .
CARL o. DOESCHER
Agricultural Statistici an
1 ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agric?ltural Statistician In Charge
STATE
l'1aine
Connecticut
Pennsy:).:vania.
India."la Illinois
-
Missouri.
Delaware
Nary1and
Virginia
\.fest Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
GEORGIA '
Florida
Alabama Hississippi
-
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
tfashington
Oregon
California
:
.
EGGS. SET AND:CHIGKS PLACED .IN COMMERCTAL AREAS~ BY WEEKS - 1956. Week Ending
June .. June .. June ..: 9 : 16 : 2.3
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
.. Apr.
..: .: 21
: :
Apr. 28
: :
Hay :5
. .
May 12
. . .
May 19
. .
l'1ay 26
.
- CHIC.!.~ PLACED - THOUSA1~S
:
. 1, 224 1,209 1,136
.1,291
904
992
762
730 833 877 875 957
706 . 646 .741 711 752 . 732
..
1,320 1:, 348 1:,114
717
835 859 824 842. .830.
1, 775 1,686 1,805
852
835 '809 893 -17.1 ... . 888 .
434
413 . 388
173
195 20] 213 230 209
2:,l57 1:,984 1:,997 :.2,092 2':,041 2;031
784 . 740 779 762 786 . . 764 1:,979 1,903 .2,048 2:,0~3 2;.140 - 2,002
I
!
. 1:,991 2,189
f, . 382
- 2,861
' . 429
1,941 2,039 . 355 2,852 . 398
1:,915 2,029
' 347 2,746 , 423
1,540 1,:549
)24 1,606 .
307
1:,598 1, 459 - 1,503 1; 641.. . 1;_:566
1,314 : 1,394 1,361 . 1,424 ' 1.,36.1 .
. 636 1, 731
507 1,660
..
. 585 . . '":412:~- . 575
1., 707 .~ , 727 .. 1; 765
. 306 ; :.299 . 273 ' . ' .303 ...... 324
6,516
.
. 666 2;050
6,~40
' 687 1,968
6,360
: 623 2;028
--5,056 288 1;854
4,'907 5,119 . 264 ' ' 257 1,908 . 1;869
5;122 : 5,09~ .~ .. ~5,J)O ..
. 248 . 256 '- . 248 . 1:,816 1:,869 1;855
i:,562 1:,634 1,594 1;266 1,247 . :1,159 . 1,241 1; 228 . 1:,322
' 2,979 3,080 3,060
. 253 . 266
252
2,295 2,341 '2,165 2,273 2,198 2,309
. 356
368 . . 335 .. 425 _.. ~'3q5 . .. 342
2,948
. 383 ( 279 1,628
2~859
320 . 338
1,469
2,952 2,214
I 357
279
359
. 236
1,690 . 1,359
2,161.. 2, 203 . : ~, 251 . 2,36] :2,199 .... 291 286 .. 280 298 244 . 217' . 187 ; - ~ 21J,8~. . 222 . -206
1,244 . 1,329 1,246' ' 1,110 ' 1,.108'
June 2
861 701 984 956 195 765 1,976 1:,614 1,409 . 603 1,779 : 344 5;391
242 1:,918 ,1:,299 2,.1+31
. 329 2,280
275 199 1,113
J'liPe : 9
906 703 898 923 225 . 832 2:,004 1;485 1,515 . 558 1, 775 ' 291 5,280
261 1;887 1,336 2,341
. 371 .. 2,308
266 197 1,164
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June : June
16
23
990 702 778 887 183 . 829
2,030 1:,460 1,429
' 653 1,704
'301 5,386
0
302 1;905 1,275 2,475
' 407 2,332
289 187 1,210
.1,009 610 836 853 181 . 795
1;950 1:,519 1,398
' 617 1,806
. 304
5,181
e
. 259 1,896 1,313 2,510
415 2,202
277 . 224
1,137
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955 ___19_56_--M__j of 195_5
37,409 36,331 36,198 26,702
31,107 30, 846 31,090 22,149
120 -...-.-118- - - -11-6 - '- 121
I
. ~
'
26,422 26,504 26,872 26~9'63 26,936 27,664
22,406 22,518 22,571 22,76...7' .. 22,607 22,694
118 --- 11.8 _ 1;!..2..._ - _ 1l_~:__ ~ 1]3_' - -- 122
27,526 27,714 22,774 23,294
12-1---- 119
27,292 22,619
121
.~
.U ITEO STATEs: DEPARTMENT OF
During the week ending June 30 corr.mercial hatcheries placed 5, 285 , 000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 2 percent more than the
5,181,000 :placed the previous week and is 26 percent more than the 4,192,000 placed
the sam~ week last year.
.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,156,000 compares lvith 6,360,000 for the previous week and is 17 percent greater than the 5,269,000 for the corresponding:
w~ek last year.
Hatcheries' reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week a:t an average of
71 cents per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$12.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 72 cents and $12.75 for the previous
week and w~th 81 cents and $15~ 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Harket News Service for broilers i during the_ l-reek ending June 30 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - 3 :3/4 pounds; at farms 20.36; FOB plants 21.36.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK- PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD-APRIL 28 THROUGH JUNE 30, 1956
Date
Eggs
y I Chicks Hatched
Inshipments
Total Placed
Week
Set
Placed in Georgia 1 of Chicks
. on Farms
Ending 1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
Thousands
.Thousands
Thousands
~housands
Apr. 28 5,378 6,361+
3,552 4,226
640 681
4,192 4,907_- ;
May 5 5,314 6,~.51
3,579 4,362
563 757
4,142 5,119
May 12 5,358 6,557
3,574 4,390
643 732
4,217 5,122
~1ay 19 5,352 6,531
3,578 4,349
664 742
4,242 5,091
~lay 26 5,273 6,537
3,550 4,331
692 799
4,242 5,130
June 2 5,240 6,576 June 9: 5,354 6,516
JUne 16 5,397 6,540
3,588 4,400 3~667 4,465 3,629 h,578
678 991 624 815
712 808
4,266 5,391 ~ - 4,291 5,280
4,341 5,386
Jl.1fle 23 5,289 6,360
3,588 4,4h6
654 735
~. ,242 5,181
1 ~~e 30 5;26~~-~--3,_5_96___4_,_4_81--~---59_6---8-o4~__.__4_,_19_2___5_,2_8_5__
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL o. ,DOESCHER
~gricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
STATE
Maine CPeonnnnseycltv'i'caunti..a India.-:ia Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia .West Virginia North Carolina South -Carolina GEORGIA
Florida A1aba.'1la Mississippi Arka116as Louisiana Texas Washi'riiton Oregon . Cali.fornia
TOTAL 1956 .
TOTAL 1955
1956 as % o.f 1955
-
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED TI~ COMMERCIAL .AH~S, BY \VEEKS - 1956
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: 16
23
30 : :. 28 : 5 : 12 : 19 : 26 : 2
9
16 : 23 : 30
--- :=--EG-G-S--SE-T----T-H-O-U-S~-I-D-S--------------~----~C-H-IC-K-S--P-LA-C-E-D--- -T-H-O-US-A-li-D-S -----------------------------------
.
-
1,209 1,136
. 904
992
1:,348 1;114
1,686 1,805
413 -388
1:,984 1:,997
2:,041 2,031
I 1; 941 1;915
I 2,039 2,029
. 355 -347
2, 852 . 2,746
I . 398
. 423
6,540 6,360
1,179 979
1:,252 1,742
. 417
1:,833 1,.951 1,919 2,008
344 2,674
. 392
6,156
730 ' 646
835 835 195 . 740
1,908 1,598 1,314
. 636
1, 731 306
4,907
833 741 859 809 207
779 2,048
1,459 1,)94
'507
1,660 . 299
5,119
877
711 824
893 213 762 2,013
1,503 1,361
585 1,707
273 5,122
875 752 842
771 230 786 2,140 1,641 1,424 . 472
1,727 303
5,091
957 732 830 888
209
764 2,002 1,566 1,361
-575 1,765
324 5,130
861 701 984 956 195 765 1,976 1;614 1,409 . 603
1, 779 344
5,391
906
703 898
923 225 832 2:,004 1,485 1,515 558 1, 775 291 5,280
990 702
778 887
183 829
2,030 1,460
1,429 653
1,704 301
5,386
1,009 610
836
853 181
795 1,950 1:, 519
1 ~ 398
617 1, 806
304 5, 181
994 630
763 966
173 805 1,856 1,651 1,400 586 1,809
311
5,285
. 687 I 1;968
1; 63L!. 3, 080
266 2,859
320 338 1,469
36, 331
.30,846
118
. 623 2;028 1;594 3,060
252 2,952
357 359 1, 690
36,198
31,090
116
688 L950 . 1:.595 2,945
' 254 2, 826
339 325 1,556
-35,324
30,575
116
- 264
1,908
1;247
2,341
' 368
I 2,161
II 291
I
217 1,244
26,422
'
22,406
I,
II
118
257 1;869 1,159 2,165
335 2,203
286 187 '
1,329
' 248 1;816 1,241 2, 2?3
-425 2,251
280 248 1,246
26,504 26,872 22,5:;L8 22,571
118 119
. 256 1,869 1:,228 2,198
. 365 2,363
298
_ 222
. 1,110
__,
26,963
2:2,767
118
. 248 1,855 1,322 2,309
. 342 2,199
244 . 206 1,_108
26,936
22,607 .
119.
. 242 1:,918 1,299 2,431
' 329 2,280
275 ' 199 1,113
27,664
22,694
- 122
. 261 1;887 1:,336 2,341
. 371 2,308
266 197 1,164
27,526
22,774
121
302 1,905 1,275 2,475
407 2,332
289 187 1,210
27,714
23,294
119
259 1;896 1:, 313 2,510
415 2,202
277 224 1,137
27,292
22,619
121
252 1,829 1,271 2,503
371 2,202
271 197 1,087
27,212
22,701
120
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FAID1 PRICE REP.ORT AS OF JUNE 15. 1956
Gl!:ORGIA: . DUr-ing the month ended June 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices 'Receiver:
. .
by. Georgia farmers remained unchanged .f:.rom the level .r.eported in mid-Nay.
At present, the Index is 251 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 averag~.
The All Crops component of the Index at 273 percent of j_ts 1910-19lh average was unchanged from the level reported in mid-May. Higher prices received for corn and .cotton lint were offset by lower prices at the farm level for wheat, oats, , cottonseed, all baled hay, and soybeans.
The .All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index was unchanged , from the l evel reported in mid-Jvlay, although, prices of some individual commodities ~thin this group changed rather sharply.
an . (
Hog .prices at the farm l evel continued to advance during the month -- climbing . from an average of $ll~. 70 per cwt. in mid-May to $16.20 on June 15. Beef cattle
prices shifted tovmrd lower levels during the 30-day period -- moving from
average of $12.60 per cwt. in mid-May to $12.20 on June 1.5. Prices received
for . all chickens declined approximately 1.5 cents per pound while egg prices
remained at the same level reported in l'iay. Wholesale milk prices advanc ed
seasonally from an average of $5.45 per cwt. to $5.55 during the month.
Individuai commodity price fluctuations were compensatory to the extent that the
All Conunodity Index, the All Crops Index and the All Livestock and Livestock
Products Index remained unchanged from the May 15 level.
UNITED STATES: Higher prices received by farmers for fruit, potatoes, anq
c on~ercfal vegetables were primarily responsible for a 2 perc ent
increase in the Index of Prices Received by Farmers during the month ending
June 15, the Crop Reporting Board <?..'1IlOunced today. The mid-June index, at 21.J.7
percent of its 1910-14 average, compared with 242 in May and 241 in June last year.
The Crop Index, which increased 4 percent during the past month, was 8 percent
qbove a year earlier. The Livestock and Livestock Products Index, decreased l ess
than
h9-lf
of
one
percent
dtU'ing
the
month
and
was
3
perc ent
belo. l.'r
..Ju.n
e .
last
'.
year
~ncre ases in retail prices of family living items offset a decline in prices paid by farmers for production items to leave the Parity Index (Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) unchanged in mid-June from a month earlier. At 286, the index l<Jas about 1 perc ent below the all-time June high r eached in 1952.
~ith farm product prices up and the Parity Index steady, the Par~ty Ratio rose this month to 86, about 1 percent higher than a month earlier and June 15, 1955.
Sununary Table. for the United States
Indexes 1910... ll~. a::lOO
Pric es Rec eived
Parity Index 1/
Parity R9-~io
June 1$,
- 1955 ,,. 241 282
21 85.
1\iay: 15, 1956
242 286 . 85
Jm1e 15, 1956
247 286 86
.. Record high Index Date
y _ 313 Feb. 1951
290 123
May Oct.
l952 i 946
..
1/ Pric;:es Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates. y Also February and
April 1952. 2/ Rovised.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
,. BURTON J. HARRTI~GTON.
Agricultural Statistician.. .. ..
<
' . ..
PRICES RECEJVED BY FARMERS JUNE 15, 1956 "NITH C<l~ARISONS
. . . : . . . ~ . : . ~~
'
I
CO:t.!MODITY
4!m
UNIT
GEORGIA
UNlTED SI'ATES : :.
I Average
Jan. 1910-
June 15, Il Mo.y 15, J'liDo 15,
.AAvuegr.a1g9e09-
~
une 15,
~Jay 15, June 15,
Dec. 1914 1955 1956 1956 July 1914 1955 1956 . 1956 .
?fueat, Bu.
$
I 1.23
1.97 I 1.93
. 91
1.71 1.32
1.88 1
I
1.37 1
.88
2.06 2.00
1.93
.64
1.40 1.39
1~42
Oats, Bu.
$
I;-ish Potatoes,Bu.'$1
Sweet Potatoes,Bu.$
Cotton, Lb.
Cottonseed, Ton $
Hay,_. (bal. ed),Ton $
$1 Hogs; per cwt.
Beef Cattle, cwt. $
Milk Cows, Head $
Chickens, Lb.
Eggs 1 Doz.
.67 1.13
.84 12.1 23.65
7.36 3.93 33.85 13.3 21 .4
. 76 .so
2.10 -- 2.85
34.0 34.0 58.00 48.00 30.00 25.10 18.90 14 .70 11.70 12.60 105.00 105;00 26.9 20.0 42.5 41.0
.68 1
2.70 !
-- I
:: :~a Il
I 24;60 1
16 .20 Ij . I
12.20 1
. i
no.ool
!,
18.5 lj'
44.0 ,.
.40 .70 .88 12.4
7.27 5. 42 48 . 00 11.4 21.5
.70 ! !
1.21 1
3.8~d I
314
.63
1.34
2;31
32.0
.63 2;65 3.17 32;3
52.00 47.30 47.40
21;10
1~.401
16 .50,
20 .90 19.SO
. . II
15.50 15.60 .
15.40 15.60
148.00 . 154.00 154.00
25.1 33 ;8
20.7 37 ;5
19.5
,.
36;3
Butterf at, Lb.
1J Milk (wholesale)
per 100#
$
25.8 2.43
52.0 51.0 . 5.55 5.45
51.0 5.551
I 26.3
1.60 1
56.5 1 58.4
I
3.611 3 .86
. 58.3
~.86
Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, I,b.
5.2
3.00 2. 90 11.6 11.2
4: I 2.8ol
11.211
2.32 2.98' 12.5 u.s
.. 2.87
u.s
1} Preliminary for June 1956.
= INDEX Nm.18ERS OF TRICES BECEIVSD BY FJ..BMERS IN GEORGIA (January 1910 - Decomber 1914 100)
June 15, 1955
May 15, 1956
June 15, 1956
All Commodities
262
251
251
All Crops
279
273
273
Grains and Hay
174
149
146
Cotton Lint Peanuts
279
279
224
216
282
216
..''..
Tobacco
362
362
362
Cottonseed and Soybeans
242
203
194
Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes,
.and Cowpeas
344
265
289
Fruits end Nuts
205
233
233
All Livestock and Livestock Products
230
203
203
l.1eat .Animals
274
213
254
Poultry and Eggs
191
159
150
Dairy P~o=du=ct,....s..__--'- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _2:::2:o!:3<-_ _ _ _.22..:1_ _ _ _~22=.5::._ ___.
*:Revised
1./ PBICES PAI D BY F!IBMERS FOR SElECTED FEEDS June 15, 1956 WITH COMP.ARISONS
G~RGIA
UNITED srl\!rES
.. KIND OF FEW
June 15, 1955
May 15, 1956
June 15, I Juno 15,
1956 ! 1955
May 15, Jooe 15
1956
1956
Mixed Dairy .Foed
-roo-- ___.._ - -
All Under 29% Protein 16% Protein 18% Prote in 20o/o Protein 24% Protein
High Protein Foods ~onso cd Mear-- . Soybean Meal Mqat Scrap
4.00 3.90 4.20 4.25 4 . 40
3.85 4.60 5.30
3.95 3.85 4.15 4 .05 4.30
3.30 4.15 4.65
Dollars Per Htmdrcd Pounds
3~95
3.85 4.15 4.05 4.30
If
3.78 3.72
3.78
3.94
11 _ _ 4 . 0 9
3.75 . 3.69
3.70 3. 95 4.05
3.30 . 4.15 ! 4.65
'4,14 4.17
1.84
.. 3.71
4.20 1.75
3.73 3.66 3.68 3.93 4.05
3.72
11 ~29.
1.81
Grain Bv-Products 'BF6il Middlings Corn Me al
Poultrr Food Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains
~Y (Bal e d) l>.lfalfa All Other
..
3; ,50 ..
..
3.00
4 .25
5.30
5.10 4.50
3.15 3.65 3.60
. ..
5.20 4.95 4.40
56.00 41.00
51.00 13.00
3.40 3.55 3.60
5.30 4.95 4.40
45.00 39.00
2~99 . : 3.32 3.68
; \ : ~3.18 3.29
3.64
5.02 4.62 4.24
5.02 4.57 4.14
32.50
30.50
32.80 29.40
.3.00; : . 3.16 3.66
J
5.06 4.57 4 .14
30.80 27.70
J) As reported by Food Deal ers
Gecrgia Cotton Acreage }?.Ad~ced 5 Percent :b,rom 1955.
Georgia cotton acreap;e in cultivation on ,Tuly 1, 1956 is e s timated at 865 ,000 a cres, accord.ing to the off icial report of the Crop Reporting Board of the United States
Department of Arriculture . This is a decrease of 5 percent .from t he ':)07 , ooo acres
in cultivation one year a go and is 33 percent belotv the 10-y Bar average (191+5-1954) of 1,300,000 acros .
United States current acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 16,962 , 000 or a decre <l se. - of 3 perceu t f rom the corrsponding 17, 506 , 000 one ye ar a&.;o nnd is 25 percent below t he 10-year aver c:.ge ( 194 ~-19 !:";4) of 22,746,000 acres .
Cl'..RL C. DOESC}]}l:R Agriculttlr ;>l St atistician
ARCHIE LJ\.NGLE'Y Agricultural Statistician In Char ge
------- ------------------ - .- -.----------------- ---------- -----
:1946-55 Ave:!.~age
Acreage in Cultivation July l
Abandonment
(in thousands)
State
I:'roltl Natural
1 956
..- - --C-a-u--s--e-s----- 1945- 54
- - - - - ------P-tJI-'c-e-nt
Aver age
1955
1956
Pt3 rccnt
-- -:-o-f -19-5-5---
North Carolina South Carolina Georgia. Tennessee Alabama Mississippi
1.2
690
492
465
-95
o. 6
1,051
745
695
93
0.7
1,.300
907
865
95
1. 2
?66
581
552
-95
0 :r.J>
1,521
1,060
995
9 1.~
2.2
2,398
1, 745
1, 640
94
Missouri
t~ rklffisas ~ouisiana
Of'~ ahoma 1'exas
3.0
488
396
377
95.
2.2
2,010
1,481
1 , 400
.QC:;_)'
1.6
839
626
~~9 5"
95
5. 2
1,171
818
800
98
3.7
8,969
7,270
7,175
99
New JViexico
2.5
226
;,rizona
o.4
385
Qalifornia
o.5
849
--Other -
-&t-at-e s-'J-:_/-
-
-- -
-
2. 8 ----
-
-
--
-
-
-
--
82 -
J = :nited Ste.t e s
2. 5
22,7h6
1 89
187
99
368
378
103
764
?75
101
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17 , 506 16, 962
97
Othe r States Virginia Florida Ill inois Kentucky Ne vada
Total Juner . Egypt ]./
3.0
. 1. 7 7.2 2. 9
~/ 7.8
23 . 9 42.2
3.6 11. 9
.9
17. 0 34.1
2. 9 8.0 2.3
o. B
42 .7
43.3
- -- -------------
16. 3
96
Jh .O
100
3. 0
103
?.5
94
2.2
96
- -------------
101
- - -----
1/ Sums of acreage for " Other State s" r ounded to thousands for inclusion in United
- StQt e s t otals.
?/ Short- time avor Dgo
]/ Included in State and United States totals .
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GEORGIA
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TRI
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Geol'.gi a Cot tor{ .i. e~~ age by Dist ricts
_!cre s__(OOO ) i~1~i'{ajti.?n July 1
\
~- ~ r,~..)-.-. .~,.\. ":$. . :Ju. 1yl9.56
______ Di.strH;t : ~ L~.. : 19.56 :in Percent
.... .......
of..,.. 19.55
'
1
63
59
94
2
64
58
91
3
61
.58
95
4
104
98
94
5
182
173
9.5
6
160
152
95
7
101
101
100
8
141+
138
96
9
28
28
100
-- -~
State
907
865
95
J
- -~ -
0
JVIacon
7
r)
0
J'.t hens, Georgia
July 11, 19.56
... - - - - - ,. .... ,.BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COI1MERCIAL P.REAS ,\,
During the week broiler produce
resn:di.ningGeJourlgyia7cocommmmeredr.cailal
hatche areas.
ries placed 5,14L~,OOO This is 3 percent les
chicks s than
-vlith the
5,285,000 placed the previous vTeek but is 24 percent more than the 4,142,000 placed
the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,685,000 compares with 6,156,000 for the previous week and is 8 percent greater than the 5,285,000 for the corresponding week last yea::.-
Hatcheries : r~ported prices paid for hatching eggs d1ITing the week at an av~rage of
70 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $12.75 per hunPred.' These prices compare with 71 cents and ~vl2 o 75 for the previous week arid w:i~th 82 cents and $15. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shovm relate to Georgia
P,roduced hatching eggs, vmether bought on contract or otherwise .
.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-state Narket News Service for broilers during wee~ ending July 7 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - 3 3/4 pounds; ; at :farms 21~46; FOB plants 22.55.
: ..
~Bee reverse side for other states)
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~:~~
- . ~EORGIA
-
CHICK PLAC
~~~s-~-
ENE-N~~T~B~- Y~~1-J~E:E.tK~S~.,~- ~gP1E~7RaIO.D
MAY 5 THROUGH
I~~h~~~~~:s
JULY
T7o, ~-~1l9F56~:~ed
~nding ; 1 1955 .: .1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 19_56_
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
..
l1ay
I
5. 5\31L~
6~1451
3,579 4,362
563 757
4,142 5,119
fiay 12 5~358 . 6;557
3,574 4,390
643 732
h,217 5,122
May 19. 5:,352 6,531
3,578 4,349
66h 742
u,242 . 5,091
1'1ay 26 5;,273 6;537 June 2 5,~~.0 6,576
3,550 4,331
3,588 4,400
y 692 799
678 814
y 4,242 5,130
4,266 5,214
June 9 5,354 6,516
3,667 4,465
624 815
4,291 5,280
!June 16 5:,397 6,540
3,629 l.J.,578
I 712 808
4,341 .5,3$6
June 23 5,289 6;360
~une 30 5, 269 6,156
3,588 4,446 3,596 l.J.,481
I 654 735 596 804
h,242 5,181 4,192 5,285
July 1 5,285 5,685
3,534 4,316
I 608 828
4,142 5,144
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y y i . ..L:.
i
Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
Revised
CARL o. DOE$CHER
ARCHILE LANGLEY
Agricultur~ Statistician
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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EGGS SET .A..ND CHICKS PlJi.CED TI~ CO!v.iHERCLll.L AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
Page 2
~Teek Ending
STATE
June : June : July : : May : Hay : May : May : June : June : ; June
June . : J~1e
July
23 ~ 30
7 : : 5 : 12 : 19
26 : 2
9
16. : 23 : 30 : 7
::- E-G~GS--SE-1r-~.,~T-HO-U-SA-}.'j-DS-~----~~----~----.C~H~IC-K-S -P-Lf-'.C-ED--- -T-H-OU-S-A1-TD-S-~------~----~----~~--~------
--M-~-.n-e-------------~l,l~-6---l-,-l-79---l-- ,-l-0-7~,~~ ----83-3-----84-6-----8-75-----95-7------86-l----~9-0-6-----9-90----l-,-0-0-9-----9-94------94-6--
Connecti cut
992
979
868 I 741
711
752
732
701
703
702
610
630
535
Pennsylva..'"li a
1; 114 1, 252 1:, 399 [ 859 . .824 842 830
984
898
778
836
763
768
Indi ana
1, 805 1, 742 1,480 1 809
893 771
888
956
923
887
853
966
844
Illinoi s
388
417 394
206 213 230 209
195
225
183
181
173
151
Misso1rri
1,997 1, 833 1, 816 I 779 762
786
764
765
8)2
82 9
795
805
768
Delaware Maryla~d Virgi nia
2, 031 ' 1, 915
2,029
II 1,951 2;093 ; 2,?48 2,013 2,140 2,002
1,919 1,729 I 1, 459 1,503 1,641 1,566
2,008 1,941 1,394 1,361 1,424 1,361
1;976 1,614 i,409
2,004 1,485 1,515
2,030 1;460 1,429
1, 950 1,519 1,398
1,856 1:,651 1,400
1,721 1;594 1,189
1rJest Virginia North Carolina
347 2,746
I 344
340 j 507 585
472
575
2,674 2,579 1 1,660 1,707 1,727 1,765
603 1,779
558 1,775
653 1,704
617 1,806
586 1,809
514 1,631
South carolina
423
392
374 1 299 273
303
324
344
291
301
304 311 286
GEORGIA
6. 360 6,156 5,685 I 5, 119 5,122 5,091 5,130 5,214 5,280 5,3 86 5,181 5,285 5,144
~ Fl~ or- ida------------+--~ 62-3---~58~8 ~~~ 52~ 2 ~-~~25~7 ~~~ 2- 48-~-2~ 56--~2~4~ 8 ~~~- 24-2 -. -~~26-1-~~-3- 02--~~2-59-~~~2~52--~~ - 26- 8 -
Alabama I''Iississippi
2,028 1, 950 1,810 1, 869 1, 816 . 1; 869 1, 855 1,918 1, 887 1, 905 1:, 896 1, 829 1;717 1:, 594 1,595 1, 5 74 1 1,159 1,241 1,228 1,322 1,299 1:,336 1, 275 1,313 1, 271 1;274
Arkansas Louisiana
3,060 2,945 2, 808
252
254 268
2,165 2. 273 2,198 2,309 2,431 2,341 2,475 2,510 2,503 2,527
335 ~ 425 365 342
329
367
40 7
415
371
312
Texas ..
2, 952 2, 826 2,650
2,203 2,292 2,363 2,252 2,280 2,308 2, 332 2,203 2,202 2, 134
Washington Oregon
35 7
339
28h
286 280 298 244
275
266
289
277
271
248
359
325 317 !1 187
248
222
206
199
197
187 224
197
202
California
1, 690 1, 556 1, 670 J 1,329 1,246 1,110 1,108 1,113 1, 164 1,210 1,137 1,087
956
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955 '
1956 as %of 1955
36, 198
I 3l, o9o
i
..
i 116
I
35,224 3:3,708 30,575 30,439
115 111
I 26,503 26, 882 26, 963 26,989
1122,518 22,571 22,767 22,607
II 118
119
118
119
27,487 22,694
121
27,522 22,774
121
27,714 23 , 2 94
119
27,293 22 ; 619
121
27, 212 22,701
120
25 , 7 2 9 22,054
117
Athens , Georgia
GENFRAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF JULY 1, 1956
The dry '\-leather that persisted during most of r'~ay continued through the first half of June. Light to moderate showers over the Southwest, 1:Jestc entra.l and Northern
parts of the State the week ending June 16 brought temporary r elief from the
dr0ught. Scattered showers occurred throughout wuch of t he State to the end of the month but were generally heaviest in the southern half of the State. Cyops in that area improved steadil y and by the end of the month prospects for all field cr ops '1-Tere generally good. In the northern half of the State showers were more widely scatter ed and some areas, particularly the central and upper Coastal Plains and the Piedmont, continued very dry. (I1oisture has since b een received in North Georgia and prospects are considerably better than they 1-wre on the first of July.)
QQ!lli: Prospects for corn are only slightly b elow last year, vJhen yiel d per acre
was a r ecord high, due primarily to the favorable conditions the l ast half of June in the important producing areas in the s outhern half of the State . The
indicated yield per acre on July 1.was 23.0 bushels compared with a yield of 24.0 bushels last year. Total production is forecast at 62,353,000 bushels compared ( with 67,080,000 produced in 1955 and the ten year (194554) average of 46,942,000 bushels. Acre age for harvest this ;rear is 2, 711,000. Last year 2, 795,000 acres
were harvested.
SHALL GRA.!B.: Weather conditlons haye been generally favorable for all small grain crops and most .?Inall .grains were harvested under nearly ideal
conditions. Yield per acr e of wheat, oats; and rye is expected to be at r ecord high l evels while yield of barley will equal the previous high.
TOBACCO: Production of tobacco in Georgia for 1956 is placed at 127,1.~85,000 pounds
compare d with 11-~.9,375,000 pounds last s eason and the t en year average
production of 117,578,000 pounds. Yield per acre, currently for ecast at 1399
pounds, promise s to be the s e cond hi gh est on r ecord.
PF.:ACHES: Quality of this year's p each crop has b een exc ellent uith a high perc entage grQding Nmnb er l's. Total production (including comnercial and
other ) is placed at 1, 600,000 bushels co11:pared with 3, 000,000 bushels produced in
1954. The crop was a failur e in 1955.
PEANUTS: Acre age of pe anuts planted alone is estimat ed at 604,000 acre s or one perc ent l e ss t han the 610,000 acre s plcnt od alone last year. The f irst
production estimat e f or 19S6 will b e made as of August 1.
MILK AND EGG PRODtiQ.tl!: Total milk production in Geor gia during June amounted to
103 million pot:nds or approYJ.mately six perc ent below
. the May l ev el and three p erc ent above the volume produc ed during June last year .
(i Fr.rm flocks laid 102 rnj.llion eggs during the m0nth compared -vrith 95 million eggs
laid during the same month in 1955.
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CROP
ACR~GE ( OO,.Oj_ ~
..GEORGIA CROPS
~ mfn~
PRODUCTION . ( 00 0
I 1955
l 1956 l 1956 1955 I Indic.
per Cent
July 1 I
1955
Indi c. July 1
: orn ilhe a t "ats ~ye
Bu. 2,795 Bu. 100 Bu. 461 Bu. 10
- of 1955
1956
2,711 107
I '
I
!
97 107
.
24.o : I 23.0 16.0 I 21.0
447 I 97 25.0 32.0
11 I 110
9.5 11.5
I
I
I
67,080
I 1,600
I 11,525
95
195 6
92,353
2,2 47 14,3 04
1 2G
~arley
Bu.
9
10 I 111 10.0 28.0
162
280
~obacco, All
Lb. 102
91.1 89 1,464 jl,399 149,375 127,h05
~otatoe s, Irish Cwt.
5.5
5.0 91
48
42 I 262
211
otatoes, Sweet Cwt. 18
19 106
48
41
864
779
!.ar, All
Tons 948
~e anuts, Alone
610
Soybeans, Alone ?eaches, Total crop Pears, total crop
----9--0
~ ott on
907
957 I 101
604 I 99
----9--0 1---0---0
865 95
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--_.7_--7--., ------
I
I
----7--48
738
--
0 1,600
---15 I 80
ARCHIE LANGLEY
CARL 0. DOESCHER
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUJJY 1, 1956
rs Prospects point to a 1956 tot~l crop productio~ considerably belo1.v last year
nc ar-record outturn but near the average of the past 5 years. Fooo grain ~rops
made genercliy favorable progress during . the past month toward maturity in hm:vest and Hith the principal oxception of severe doteriorc.tion from drought :i.n ss>n~e northern 'Plains areas. V.Jinter wheat su.r-vived b atter than last yea.r in a number of
high-risk sections and the 35.4 million acres now est:i.mated for harvest is S per
cen+, l argGr than in 1955. Yields have b een nigher than exp0Ct0d fro ril lhany. rre;tds
with production forecast 2 percent larger than in 1955. Hic c produ.ct:i.on o:f 46.3 millj_on bae;s .falls ll..t. percent bolo1v last year t s crop chi efly b ecause of n 12 perc ent r eduction in acre age . Ric e yield prospects are excellent, Rye Gcrld ~go n.nd production a.ru do-vm slightly from lBst yeDr to ne ar average levels. The co1nbined <:xpoctcd tonnag;J of "t-Jhent, ric e and ry~J is only 3 perc ent l ess than -last year rs
productio~ ,
The cor n crop no1v looks like 3. 3 billion bu;;h.cls, about the same as l ast yet;J' . Acre age f'or harvest of 77 . 6 million ncr<'2S is dmm about 3 p~;.;rc er.t frqra ly..st yoar.
to th e sinallest total of the centur,~. Out.s r.cre age is do-vm ne arly 10 pcrc ent and prospcctiV8 yi elds look much b GlCvT li}St year f S pe ak , 'I'hv 'oarl oy crop is . smafle~t in 3 y...:nrs cllie.fly because of ncreago r oductions in h1portant pro,lu.cing StatC: s , . Sorehum pl"ntings are less ext ensive than expected in Harch . Hoductions in all l arger produc:ing States except Nebr nska plac e total acreage for harvest ~ percent b clo1v- the record s et last year . Soyb >en acre age for all purpos e s this y0ar will
re a~h nci-r pe ak, 11 percent above last ye ar ts previous r e cord, Tho paannt crop .has
good prospects f rom acreage 2 percent smaller than last ;re ar. Tho cotton acr..:Jage in cultivation July 1, estir11atcd at 17 million acre s is 3 perc ent balow last year wl t h good grotJing c ond:i.tions r eported in most areas, especially in we stern Cot~on State s~ Hr..y crops, after a slolv and disappointing start, have prospects of provid.
ing tonnage 't-Thich is above average, although 5 percent bclo1v the 1955 r ecord t .citru.. The 75.6 million acres of hnrvost, practically unchanged in total from last year, .
includes more alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures than ever b efor e .
A .0E!l crop of 3, 267 million bushels--third largest of record--is forecast,' .c'ompare
with 3,242 rnilHon bushels produced last yee:r and the average of 3,084 million . bushels . Production of .:...11 ~.;..hE:i is expecte d to totcl 922 million bush-_.l s , , n0n.rly :\:.h.) s<:mc n.s th0 Juno forocnst . The 1956 ~E; crop, for <Jcast, nt 1,144 million . ; bushels, bas ud on Jul,y- 1 prospects, is the smallest crop sinc e 1943. The acreage . of p~~ plante d alone for all purpos es, Hhich includes the acreage for picking and t :1re shing , hor,:gin~ off and for other purpose s, is estimated at 1,868,000 , acres ,
CROP
-- - --- - - -- ..------ -...-- -- -
Com, J~.u
:Ju. : .7r1 , 9C:O 77, 596
D7.1
'i:O. r::
-12 .1
'.'7he;:ot, _\11
? n .: 1.7 .J 55
5() J 1~6?
1 ~'~ . 8
19. 3
:!. 3 . 3
JJ Oat s ,
Cotto!!
.u.: 3q ,l:<.B 17, 506
3 5 , :~2 7
1G, 982
~0 . 5
~~5 . 9
3B. 3
:;,2.3
Hay , 111
To" d 7S , 5'19 75, ~8 5 1(10 . 0
l. 'l~
1. 42
Soyb euns , 2./
Fc anut s , ?]"
. 19 , ?J.C 1, 898
Iot a t oc s,Tri ::;h C;t , s 1, 111
21 , 959
1, 268 l, ..W2
111. 1
9.8 ..'t 99 . 1
160 . !-!.
Svr"'d Fo tato c s Cwt ,:
3H
287
3 1. 0
61. 1
511.7
Tob a cco, All
Lb .: 1, 1 97
1, 380
92 . 3
U E-7
1370
?:_/ - - - .
-
J} Lcrc agc in cul t iv~tion July 1.
-. - .
-- - . ... -~ ' .
Grown Llon - for all r urpose z
- --- - - - - -
3 , 2:.:I , 536 :~ . 2 6fl , -'3 88
933 ,7fl
22, 262
l 0~99 , 2 P 2 1,1 13 , 829
11 2 . 732
10'7 ,111
227 ,046 20 , 916
;.; ,1 95 , 788
1S,681 1, 890 , 388
.... .. . .
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Athens, Georgia
Vegetable Crop Report for July 1, 1956
July 1?,
ID!ITED STATES: The production of surr..t1ler vegetables and malone during 1956 is
expected to be slightly belo1-1 production in this s e ason last year,
the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Forecasts prepare d July 1 for crops
t~hich constitute four-fifths of the summer group indic at e that total production
will be 2 perc ent below 1955. Reduced acreages for most of the summer crops is
ths primary factor contributing to this indicated decUne in production. Corripared to lest year, significantly l ess tonnage is i~dicat e d for water melons 1 cmr~~loups, sweot corn, and .:::arly summer onions v.rith a modaratG decline oxpcctcd for c arrots,
snap beans, green peppe rs, green peas, b e"ts, lima b e ans, garlic and eggplant.
ThG production of ton1atoes, l ettuc e , cel8ry, cucumb ers, cnbbag1; , c auliflo>-rer,
spinach, anc honeydews will probably b o gre ate r this summer than in the summer
se.ason of 1955.
.
LilllA BEANS: Production of lima beans in the summer Statos this ye ar is for ecast
at 867, 000 bushels . about ) percent less than last yGar and one- fifth
( belO\or averag"' " A r eduction in acre age is primarily rcsponsiblo for the decline . Drought cut thG acre ago in Ge orgia and r ec ent hot, dry we ather has had an adverse
affect on that State Is crop. In North Carolina, unfavorable wtJ athc r cxpurhmced
to dat e i 's expected to r e sult in lower lima be an yi0lds than those of 19.55. In
11c:ryland, lima b oans are late but in good condition. The Wicomico County acreage is podding and fi elds in later producing areas are in bloom. In New J ersey, ue C~.thor during June was favorable for limas unabli n.-; th e crop to overcome e arli9r
adverso gr01-1ine 'tve athor . Ha.rvest will start ab out m.i.d-July . 'l'he New York lima . bean crop also got a late start but made good grovrth during Jun<; . Harvest there will begin about August 1. Lima b Gan prospe cts aro exc ellent in Ohio as a r ostlit of good growing woather during Juno.
CABBAGE: Tho p:roduction forecast for e arly summer cabbage , for fresh market and
kraut, j_s 67,100 tons, dOl..J'll S perc ent from last year and about 2 perc cmt
l 6ss than av.e ragG. In Ge orgia, dry woather has caused the c abbage crop in the
mountain countie s to b o late and he ad siz es are smetll. Harve st was exp e ct ~ d 'to
are start in e nrly July. In Now J ersey, harvest of early fields in southern cou!rtie ?
is about fj_nish3d but cutting is active in other areas. Yiolds in early fi eids
satisfactory but st<mds of mid-s e ason and late acre age 'tver e r educ ed by frosts
i'ollo1-Ting transplanting and low0r :~ri elds are expacted in the s e fi elds. . On Long
~sland, harvest stcrted in late June and was activo in Garly ' July. The crop ther e
:!.s in good condition. The cabbaee crop improved in Connecticut and Rhode Island
during June . Harvest in the s e States i1;l activo and will peRk nbout July 15.
~abbage in Massachus etts is in good condition. Harvest activity is increasing and
Jtl0vem8nt is . expected to pe ak in late .Tuly. . In Indinn_a, wher e the bulk of the c.cre
ag0 is grovm for kraut, yic3ld prospects are good . In Washington, d8laye d planting
>:-~sult ed in late maturity of this yoar Is crop. Favorable June weather enabled the
drop to ovGrcome pbrt of the dol ay. Harvest has started and supplies will incre ase .
9uring July in thai_:, State .
CANTALOUPS : The 1956 oar].;y: summer cantaloup crop is forecast at 945,000 cr~tcs,
26 perccntbclov;r last year and 57 perc ent b elow av<::rage . Harvest has
passed tho peak in south Ge orgia and is getting underway in c entral are as. ln
South Carolina, wher e movement is now activo, cantaloups suffer ed extensi~o drunage
trom hot, dry we ather which came at a critical timG. Prospects are ."<:lxpecto'd'to
~1nprove b ecause of rains r eceived aroUnd July 1. Howov er, many fields . wer e .too far
gonJ to r ocovor. Yield prospe cts in Arizona are unchanged from a month ago. Har-
V\JS.~., is underway and whilo movement will increase some in e arly July, shipmcnts will
qot be hoavy.because of the small crop there this year.
( ];JQU1>IDERS:... The .final production fore~ast in the late ~ri~ Stat o.s _at 1,575,060
: l.mshels is virtually unchanged from the Juno e stimate. This . y~.;:9-r Is
crop is below last year and average by -20 percent . and 9 perc ent, r e'spcc"tive J.y. '
Supplies during the latter part of June wer e light in Louisiana where moveme nt- for th8 sonson has b een b e low last ~re ar . In Alabama , yiqlds were r educed in southorn
counties by dry weather, but moisture supply was generally good in northern nroas . ~IarVE.$t .. is complet8 for a comparatively small crop in Georgia~ . a!:ld -~ is___ pracq. q Q.~.J,y .__ ,
,)Vcr in ..South Carolina. "Cucumbers are now in good supply in Califorhia' ahd a f eW'
(Ovor)
- 2-
~ERS, C~: cars are being shj.pp:)d. Most of the currGnt suppli es are. coming from the San Diego area. The North Carolina crop is yielding ; '
poorly as hot, dry weather r etarded gro-;..-th of early fields and ce.us ed some of' the. fruit to shrivel. In Arkansas, moisture 't..ras abundant and temperatures were goner e.lly favorable during most of June . However , it 1-1as get ting dry by the end of the month in southwest and west c entral Arkansas. Harvest is nearing t ho half way mark in that State w:i.th . good yields b eing realized.
TOY!li.TOES : The fine~ forecast for tho late spring cron is placed at 2,376,000 bushels, 17 percent b elow lastyear-arid av~rage. In Tex as, practically
all early areas are through h arvesting. July movement 1-1ill originate mainly from tho Avery s ection. Som.c; l ate procluc tion in en.st Texas is b eing market ed as 11 pinks 11 but rail mov ement from this are a is over for t ho see2son. In I1ouisiana, harvest is virtually c ompl ete in tho NmJ OrlE:ans are a but is expe cted to continue thr ough rilidJuly in tho WhitevillG area. The wGathor he,s b een f avor able for .the crop in Mississippi wher e yi el d and quality have been gooc!. Rai ns duri ng June extended tho hr.rvest period, but current movGment is l i ght .. :tvlovomont of the South Carolina cr op , \..rhich was late due to r eplanting , wa.s still he avy as June ended and was expected to continue in volu1ne through e arly July. Harve sting is about over i n the main c ommercial draas of Georgia. Damage {rom tho hot s:un and dry we at her r e sulted in s ome tomato es . b ei ng l eft i .n the f i elds.
\TATEREELONS : This ye ar is e arly sui'Timer wat er mel on production, at 75,394, 000 Jn.elons,
- - - - is expected tO""""fill b eJ.mJ 195.5 productio:1 by about 9 perc ent but be
13 porc ont groator than average . Dry weather during June drunngod the crop, particu.. l arly in south Carolina and Oklahoma, and the July 1 forecast is about 4 p ercent
b Glow that of June 1. In Louisiana, i ns uffi cient moisturt) has c aus ed yicsl d prospects to decline and dol ayod plant devolopmont . In s ome areas, gro\-orers predict only h alf a crop. Harvust has starte d but volume supplies ...Jj_J.l not b e available
until after July 12 . In Mississippi, June brought fav orable weather f or melons in most art. as . It has been dry at Luc odal0 where harve st started Juno 18 and yields
ther e wor e affect ed. Dry Heather in illab arna has cut yield prospects . I n Ge orgia, harvest is well e.long in t he southern part of t he State and was peaking at Cor dele July 1. Dry we athe r i s c ausing nolons t,o ripen promatur e~. y . Growers have b een able to make full harvests b Gcauso of favorable market conditi ons. Hot, dr y "toroather c aus ed yiel d prospects for wat ermelons in South C2rolinn to d0teriorat.3 during Juno. Groivers report mol ons wer e ~iponing pr mnaturol y and failing to size. Recent rains should aid late acreage . Movement is he :?..vy from Hampton, All endale , and Burmroll and is incre asing from Chesterfield and Darlington. Congas :md Charle ston Greys arc t he dominant vari et ies . In North Carolina, J1.me r ainf all i-JaS not adequate f or wat er melons. In Arkansas , woathGr in June favored t11e deve lopment of "m.termelons but by month's end, it was getting dry in the southHest part of tha Statu inc l udi ng Hempste ad Co. Drought in Okl ahoma has for ced the aband.Oll.lllcmt of consider able wat ermelon acre ag3. Surviving fi el ds seem to be in fair shap~ although t he crop is lator than usual. Active h<2.rvost is not expecte d unt i l l at e July. I n Toxas, supplie s f rom aro2.s in central nnd south c0ntral counties >-rill bo
available until about July 15. Harvest in c ast Texas will b ecome active early in
July. Additi onal moisturo is needed in east 'l'oxas to mai ntain quality of e arly n:elons and inSl.lre production from l at e fi elds. \.Jarm 'tve ather durin~ 'Juno i n
Arizona brought t he "mtormelon crop on r apidly and movement .was cxpect ud to decline
i n early July. Quality is very good t her e . Cal:i,fornia 's summer producing vmt er-
m'Jlon areas have als o b enefite d from warm 1-Jeather during June r.nd this crop is
maturing enrlier than usunl. Hnrv ost will b e activo in t he Kingsburg nron the
s .;;c ond week of July and picking should start in the At -vmt er-Tu'rlock district
9uly 1.5-20.
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SPECIAL NOTICE CONCEffi~ING POTATO ESTIMATES
Tho early corm110rcinl potnto estimates, publishe d in th e Vegetables
--Fresh i'1nrkct rele as-e, v-ms discontinued- wi{h t he June 19.56 r eport.
The July 1 e st'imnt os and conunents on potntoe s nrc in the Crop
Production Report. The e stima~e s for pot~toe s ~e on a seasonal.
bnsis--t-ri.nter, ee2rly spring, late spring, e~rly summer, late summer
nnd fall, nnd r elat e to total production. i~ each of the s e s easons.
Thos e nov-1 SGasonal e stimntcs r eplac e the old seric: s in the Crop
Production Roport for all pot atoes in the 13 early State s, 7 inter-
mediat e States and 29 late States. Estimates of yield and pro-
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. ARCHIE I.JumLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
L. H. HARRIS, JR.
Vegetable Crop Estimnt'o'
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Acr eage and Indj_cated Product ion Rep orted to Da te, 1956 with Comparisons
.. .. CROP
ACR~l. GE
: YLjLD PEI?. ACRE:
P.iiODllCTlON
A.
STATE
- Acres -
I - Bushels -
- 1, 000 Bushel s -
Su!'UTJer : Geor gia North CaroHna Haryl and New Jers ey Ohio 2/ i~ew York
Group tot al
I
5, woo L, 9oo L1 J2oo 56 55 so l 3oo
27 o
210
1, 500 1,300 1,300 63 So 70 1 95
l Oh
91
1, 550 1,700 1, 600 75 60 70 1 116
102
112
2, 650 2, 200 1, 900 99 100 105 '1 259
220
200
I 800 700 600 107 115 120 85
80
72
r-ij~~~~ .1t-~~~ ~~~~-+-...1.;~~~ -~rl~-~+h_l-='-~-~--~-----~~-~---~-~-~......
SNAP BEANS :
Late Summer: Alabaru Georgia North C.~t rolina V:i.r ginia New York Mas sachusetts New Hampshire Michigan Colorado Tennessee
Gr oup total
2/ CABBAGE:
I I
I
1,200 1,000 900 69 85 2,500 2, 600 2,2 001 88 80 7,220 7,100 6,000 100 130
570 500 400 92 120 12,170 11,700 12, 000 140 135
1,400 1,200 1,200 l l) ll 140 490 450 hSO 130 140
2,530 2,500 2,500 9~ 105
L! 850 750 750 l h8 155
1, 9_2~-- -~ 100 l,.?:_?.Q. ~~~... 130
II 30, 840 29,5-00--2'7-,5 -00-I r11-8-- 125
I
I
I
85 ! 85
85
76
80 221
208
176
130 726
923
780
90 52
60
36
145 1 1, 704 1;580 1, 7Ll0
l45 j 197
168
174
130 64
63
58
105 250
262
262
145 1 125
116
109
uo i 221
221
143
l 2~ 9 1_-.:_-3,:...b_4; 4___ _3::,_6,_8_6_ _3.;...;.5, ._5_4
I
- Acres -
- Tons - I - 1,000 Tons -
I Early Summer: !
Uashi ng ton - - -I
~so- -- - 350 - - 35o 7.2 1..o - ~5 1 - 3 .3--
. 4-
2.6
New Jersey New York
~i,
3, B5o 820
3,700 700
3, 6oo 7.4 700 9.8
D. o 7.0 1 28. 6 9 . 5 10.0 1 8 . 0
29. 6 6. 6
25 .2 7.0
Connecti cut Rhode Is l and
520 I 140
600 130
650 9.1! 130 8,3
8.0 8.5
8,0 8,0
1 1
4.9 1,2
4.8 1,1
5.2 l,Q
!lassachusetts I 82o Boo 85o s.s 8. 5 8.5 1.2
r; ,s
7.2
Geor gia
I Bho 1,100 1,ooo 4 .4 5.5 4.5 3.7
6, 0
h.5
Indiana Group total
,130
1, 450
1
,
600-
15-
.-5--
-
-9--.1-
-9.-0
t1
-1,-1- .7-
13.2 l 4.h
-- ---~-~--
1- 9,570 8, 830 8, 880 7.2 8.0 7. 6 1 ()8 , 5 70.5 _ _6_7_.1_.,..
CAN'l'ALOUPS :
I
- Acres -
- Crates - J - 1,000 Crates -
Earl y Summer: Georgia ' ( ~o~th Carolina an.zona
Gr oup to t::tl
I
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1 7,43o 7, 6oo 6, sool 68 75 65 1 so6
l 6,070 6, 800 6 ,500 42 40 35 1 257
l~~=~-''-B=-r3..o.,..~_-=-6""-,6-.,..","o""o____22 52..S..r--_l4~
I; 23,340 21 , 000 l-S-,-B-O-O1-9h-
-
-
65
-61-
110
- -6-0
i
t I
1, 2,
42 1 184
570
4L ~ 2
272
228
J.l29
27 5
1 , 2 71--..,...9,1'~
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VI1\TERil'lE LONS :
I
i
Early Su.".illner: I
- Acres -
- Melons - lil - 1,000 Me lons -
Texas Ar i z o na
ll1h,500 120 ,000' 110,900 154 135 160 17 , L~ 8 2 16, 200 17, 600
5,180 4, 900 5, 000 714 630 ?UO 3, 696 3, 087 3,500
Loms iana Missi s s ippj_
I 3, 580 2,400 2,100 245
7, 830 13, 700 13,000 22 '(
290 270
226500
893 1, 764
696 3, 699
546 3, 250
Alabama Georgia
13, 830 14,400 13, 000 305 325 320 L1 , 216 h, 68o 4,160 i 50,83o 6L~,ooo 5R , ooo 277 290 280 I 14,031 18, 560 l6 , J.~-o
South Carolina II 47, 470 63,000 56,000 200 260 220 9,430 16, 380 12, 320 r North Carolina 10,080 14,000 13, 000 197 210 200 1,977 2, 940 2,600
Californi a Ar k ansa s
I
10,270 9,550
11,000 12,700
11,000 11,700
692 27 8
75 5 295
725 7,077
Joo I 2,644
8,305 3,746
7,975 3,510
Oklahoma
1 15, 950 14,000 l l,5oo 181 210 225 2,928 2, ~;L, o 2,588
Miss ouri
3,070 3, 800 3,400 225 365 325 693 1, 387 1,105
___________ ______ _________ _____ _____ I Gr oup total ,292,150 337,900 307,700 230
__._
__._
245 66, 830 112 , f)20 75 ,3 91~
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1/ Gr oup aver ages (including All States) are simple averages of annual group totalr ?./ Shor t-time average.
'}/ Includes processing.
UNITED STATES DEPARTI1ENT. OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVI CE WASHINGTON , D. C
. BONF.Y HF.POR.T -.TTTT.V 1 9~h
3 ~
UNfVEit"'rfr i' (.;a)RGlA .
UI'JITEr> STATES DEf>ARTMEtiT OF
,JLII_ "'"' : - -~
July 30, '1956
At. 1ons, Georgia
GEORGIA AGR I C U LTURA L. .
EXTENSION SERVICE
July 18, 19!;~6
BROILEH CHICK REPORT FO!! GEORGIA QCNl~!ERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending July 14 C011rraerdfal hatcheri es placed 4, 854,000 chi cks wit h
broiler producers in Georgia COli'lffiercial areas . '~:1is is 6 percent less than .th~.
5,14L~,OOO plac ed the previous week but is 19 percent more than the 4,092,000 placed
the sn.rne '\-reek last year .
Eggs :set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,705,000 compares with 5,685,000 for the previous week and is 7 percent greater than the 5,351,000 for the corresponding :
we ek las~ year .
Hatcheries 'reporte d pric es paid for hatching ege;s during the week at an average of
71 cents. per dozen . Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks rJas repor ted at
$12 . 75 per hundred , These prices compare with 70 cents a.11d (*12 . 75 for the previous
week and Hith 133 cents and ::;a5 . oo one year ago . Egg prj.ces shown relate to Georgia
produced
.
h a.t c h i ng
eggs, '
\vhether bought
en c ontract
or
ot h e r l v i s e .
( Weiehted: average prices f rom the Federal- State I1arket .Nm-rs Service for broilers during week end:lrig July 7 are as follows : North Georgia broilers 2 1/ 2 - 3 3/ 4 potmds; at f _arms 2l--6.l_; FOB plants- 2.2..5.3 .
(See reverse side for other states)
- - -- - y GE.O,...R..GI.ll. CHICK PIJ\.CENENT BY 1-f..!:EKS - PERIOD HAY 12 THROUIJH JUJJY 12 , 19)6
Date
Eggs
Chi;k~ Hatch;d
-- ----.::'~ -
Inshipments
Total Placed
. Week
Set
Placed i n Gecrgia
of Chicks
on Farms
Ending 1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
195) : 1956
1955 : 1956
~
'
Thousands
- -~
Thous ands
Thousands
~~~
Th ou s a n d s
~lay 12 ' 5,358
Hay 19 5 , 352 Hay 26 5,2 73
June 2 5;240
June 9 5,354 June 16 : 5 , 397
June 23 5,289 June 30 .5;269
July 7 .5,285
July 14 5,351
b/ ,~"' 57
6,531 '6,5.3 7 6, 5 76 6,516
6, 540 6,360 6,156
5, 685 5, 705
3,5 74 3,5 78
3,550
3 , .588 3, 66 7 3, 629
3,588
3,596
3,.534
3,503
h , 3~0
1+, 349 4,331 4, 400 1+ , 465 4,578
L~,4h6
, 4,,4Bl 4, 316 4, 176
; '643
: 661.~
692 . 678
. i 624
; 712
: 65L~
. : 59.6 : .608
: : 5 89
73 2
742
799
814
y
815
808
73.5
.80h
828
67G
4, 21 7 . 5 ,122,
4,242 5,091 4,242 5,130 .
4, 266 . 5,214 2/!
' 4,291 5 2ElO -
4,3!.~1 5,3 86 4,242 5 , 181
4,192 5,285 4, 142 5,11+4.
4,092 4,854
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped i r t o states outsi de of Georgi a. g/ Revised
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CARL ' O, DOESCHER
Agricultural Stati~tician
ARCHI::S LANGLEY Agri cultural Stati stician In Charge :
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CONHERCIAL AREAS, BY 1:JEEKS - 1956
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: June : July : July : ! May : Hay : JVIay : June : June
June : June June : July
July
. STATE
: 30 : 7 : 14 : ~ 12 : 19 : 26 : 2
9
16
23
30
7
14
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: EGGS
SET
-
THOU~-S..A_a&-N""'D- ~S""~"'-- ~-: 't-- !1--~---~~---------~---~ ~CH ~I~C'_~ K~Q_,~ _P~L- AC- ED- - - TH-O-U-S-A-N..D.S_---~--.-,..~--~-------
-~-
:Eaine Connecticut Pen.Tlsylvania
1,179 979
1;252
1,107 568
1, 399
I 1,208
846
lI 1,004
711
1,331
824
875
752 842
Indiana
1.742 1,480 1, 623
893 771
Illinois
. 417 . 394
414
213 230
}ti.ssour i
1,833 1, 816 1,737
?62 786
Dela-tJare
1,951 2, 093 2,13l-+ 2,_013 2:,140
Mary1cmd
1, 919 1, 729 1,887 1,503 1,641
Virginia
2:;D08 l, 941 2,030 1,361 1,424
vlest Virginia
:J44'- 340
330 . 5'85 472
. North CaroliP-a
2,.671. 2,579 2,.480 ' 1,707 1,727
South Carolina
. 592
374
355
273 303
GEORGIA.
..
.
6 '
156
5, 685
5,705
5,122 5,091
Florida
588 . 522
571
248 256
Alab ama
' 1,950 1, 810 i,740 11 1, 81r 1,869
l1ississippi Ark a 11s a s Louisiana Texas
1,595 ' 2, 945
254 2, 026
1,574 2, 808
268 2,650
1, 559 I I 1,241
I 2, 855 I 2,273
I 209
425
I 2,476 1 2,292
1,228 2 18
'365 2,363
'lf/ashington Oregon
339 325
284 317
II 244 1 2so 298
316
248 222
California
1,556
- - - - - ! --~ ' --~--------L---
TOT..L 1956
1
f
.) ~,'2'=' ->.4
1,670 33,708
1_,4"""3"_5---lf ' 2~--=-,ll0 33,703 j26,8G2 26,963
957
861
906
990 1,009
994
946
929
732
701
703
702
610
630
535
445
83o
984
898
11s
s36
763
768
627
888
956
923
887
853
966 ... ,~844
826
209
195
225
183
181 ' ' 1 ?3
151
154
764
765
832 829
795
805
768
795
2,002 1,976 2,004 2,030 1,950 1, 856 1,721 1,931
1,566 1,614 1,485 1,460 1,519 1,5511 1,594 1, 377
1,361 1,409 1,515 1,429 1,398 1,400 1,189 1,164
575
603
558
6.53
617
586
514
635
1,765 1,779 1;775 1,704 1,806 1,809 1,631 1, 665
324
344
291
301
304
311
286
287
5,130 5,214 5,280 5,386 5,181 5,285 5,144 4,854
-2-48----:2-42----:2-61--- -- 30- 2 ~--2: 59 ---2~ 52 --2- 68--- 225--
1;355 1,918 1,887 1,905 1,896 1,829 1,717 1,766
1,322 1,299 1,336 1,275 1,313 1,271 1, 274 1,244
2,309 2,431 2,341 2,475 2,510 2,503 2,527 2,290
342
329
367
4o?
415
371
312
304
2,252 2,2ao 2,308 2,332 2,203 2, 202 2,134 2,269
244
275
266
289
211
211
248
218
206
199
197
187
224
197
202
216
1,108 1,113 1,161< 1,210 1,137 1, 087
956 1,124
26,939 27,487 27,522 27,714 27,293 27, 112 25,729 25,345
TOTAL 1955
1956 as %of 1955
1 30,575
1 11.s
30,439 111
l 29,777 22,571 22,767 22,607
I
113 1 119
118 : 119
225694 121
22, 77~-
121
23,294 119
22,619 121
22,701 119
22,054 111
22 , 351 113
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UNITED STATES DEPARTI1ENT. OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVI CE
WASHI NGTCN , D. C. HONF.Y' HF.POR'r - ..TTJT.Y 1 Qt:;h
July 30, '1956
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~~INITED "':. DEP l~RTMSETNAiTEOSF.
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AGR ICULTURE .
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SER:VICE
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UN IV ERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
-~tl'h.-:.1::; , Gcor e:;i n
GEORGIA A'GRICULTUFMI., :, ,
/
EXTEN519N SER-VICE . ; /
.
Jul~r
25,
1..
9.56 '
BROIJ_,ER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CONMERCIAL AREAS
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During th6 -vreel/ en.ding July .21 commercial hatcheries placed 4, 88l, 000 .chicks wit~
broiler prciquo e'rs in Geor gia commercial e.rea:s . ' This is 1 perc ent more tharr the.: !
4,854,000 :placea the previ ous week and is 18 percent more than' the 4,141,000 pta9ed
the same wee.k .last:: year .
~
...
~
Eggs . set by local hatcheries. amounted to 5, 851,000 conpared with. .?, 105, ooo. for t~e
previous week' and is lLf percent greater than the 5, 131,000 for the dorrespondirig :
week last. 'year. . .
. . . ,
Hatch~ries r~ported prices paid for hatching eggs durlng t he week af an average c;>f
71 c4nts per do~en. Average price charge.d by hatcheries for chicks 7'las : report~d at
$12.75 per. h'Undr.ed9! Thes e prices compare with 71 cents and ~~12. 75 for the previous
week and with .BJ ce'nts. and $15.. oo one ye ar ago. . Egg prices shown r elate to Georgia
produced . ,.
h'at ehing
E.?.,egs, whether
bought
on
contract
or
.
otherwise,
I
Weighted a~e:rage pr.~ce,s from the Federal-State Market News Service for .broilers :
as during wee~ f.mding :'Julj .21 are follows: North Geor gia broilers 2: 1/2 - 3 3/4 :
(
pound$;
.at.
farms;
19 ,~ '
75;
FOB
plants
20. 76.
' ;-. (See. r ev. erse side for .other states) - -
. GiWR~TA OBICK PLACEr1ENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD MAY 19 THROUGH JULY 2_1, 1956
I : . . . ...--.--.-. .-. . ..__.. .__- -...- - .......-. -. ._____ . _ ,;y' Date ~ ~g~~ -------~--...,.._-
_I Chicks ~atche~
ljj~ nsh.~ ip~- en- ts -
1 ------.-:.-
1 Total
Placed ,
\'leek
~ S ~u. _ .. .1 Placed ~n Georg1a of Ch1cks
. on Farms .:
Endin'g 1?2_5~- ~~~+---1955 : 19? , 1955 : 1956_ 1 i~55 _:. :9~6 .:_
1Thousands
I
Tho.usands
~ - Thousands
J
Thousands
May 19 5)352 ' 6; 531 ' l,
r1ay '26 - 5;273 6,537 June . 2 5;240 6,576 I June 9 5,354 6,516
June :+6 5;y;n . 6,540
3,5(8
3,55o
3,588 3,667 3,629
4L~,;,334391 4,400 4,465 4,578
664 742
I 1 4;242 5,091 :
y 692 799
4,242 5,130
678 814 2/ I 4,266 5,214
62.4 815 ~
4,291 5,280 ;
712 808
4,341 5,386
June 23 5;289 6,360 .. June 30 5,269 .. 6,156 11 July 7 - 5;: 285 , 5,685 ,
3,588 4,446
654 735
.: 3, 596 4,481
596 804
~,534 . L~,. U16 608 828
Lf,242 5,181 ; 4;192 5,285 I 4;142 5,144
Julyl4 5;351 5,-705 _ . .5,503 _h,176 .. 589 . 678 . 4,092 4,854 .;
. ----- July 21 5il31 5,?51 '1! 3,.49.4 : .4~19], :
647. 690
j 4;141 4,881
Y -----E-x~ch~{s~ ive--?~f ~~-at-c~hLin~g-s-s-h-ip~p-e-d-i-nto ~tates; outside--o-f -G-e-o~rgbj_-a-.--?~)~R-e- vis~ed~~
. ; ,,. '
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Cfu.1L 0, DOESCHER
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ARCHIE LA.NGLEY
Agricultur~l Statistician
Agr }cultural Statistician In Charge
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
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.. :~~~u-l-y--:--J-u-l-y--:--J-u-l-y--:-: -~H-a-y --: --M-a-y --: --J-u-ne---: --J-un-e---: --Ju-n-e--:---Ju-n-e----J-u-n-e ----J-u-ly-----J-u-ly-----J-u-ly--
; 7
14
21 :: 19
26 : 2 : 9
16
23
30
7
14
21
: EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut
Pennsy1vania Indiana
Illinois
l1issouri Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virgi!'lia
North Carolina South Carolina GEORGL!i
1,107 868
1,399 1,480
394 1,816 2,093 1:,729 1,941
340 2,579
374 5,685
1,208 1, 004 1,331 1,623
414 1,737 2,134 1,ss? 2,030
330 . 2,430
355 5,705
1,154
875 951
. 991
752 732
1,283
842 830
1,452 l 771 888
I 411 I I 230 209
1,664
786 764
2,019 I 2,140 2:,002
1,737 1 1,641 1,566
1,962 I 1,424 1,361
333 . 472 5?5
2,572 li 1, 727 1,765
380
303 324
5,851 5,091 5,130
861 701 984 956 195 . 765
1,976 1,614 1,409
. 603
1,779 344
5,214
906 703 898 923 225 832 2:,004 1:,485 1,515 . 558
1,175 . 291
5,280
990 702
778
887 183 829 2,030 1,460 1,429
653 1, 704
301
5,386
1,009 610 836 853 181 . 795
1;950 1,519 1,398
617 1,806
' 304 5,181
994 630 ?63 966
173 805 1,856 1,551 1,400 586 1,809
311
5,285
946 535 ?68.
844 151 ?68 1, 721 1,594 1,189 514 1,631 . 286
5,144
929 445 627 826
154 795 1;931 1;377 1,164 . 635
1,665 287
4,854
890 608 801
832 201 640 1;865 1;151 1,148 . 535 1,489 . 276
4,881
Florida Alabama
Mississippi Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas v!ashington Oregon
California
. 522 1, 81o 1,574 2, 808
268 2, 650
284 . 317
1, 670
571 1, 740 1;559 2, 355
269 2,476
21-t4 . 316
1,435 -
601 I 256 1, 685 1 1,869
ll 1,519 11i 1; 228
2, 796 2,198
246 ' i 365
2,669 11 2,363 327 11. 298 287 ' 222
1, 612 111,110
248 1:,855 1,322 2,309
342
2,252
244 206 1,108
242 1,918 1,299 2,431
. 329
2,280 215
199 1,113
261
1,887 1,336 2,341
367 2,308
266
197 1,164
302 1,905
1,275 2,475
407 2,332
289
187 1,210
259 1:,896
1,313 2,510 415 2,203
271 224 1,137
252 .
1,829 1,271 2,503
371 2,202
271 197 . 1,087
268
1,717 1,274 2,527
312 2,134
248 202
956
' 225
1,766 1, 244 2,290
304 2,269
218 216 1, 124
. 222
1:,745 1,246 2,210
' 360 2,066
218 . 217 1,052
-----------------~---------------~--~~----~--~--~-----------~----------------~---------------------
TOTAL 1956
133, 708 33,703 33,551 126,963 26,989 27,487 27,522 . 27' 714 27,293 27;112 25,729 25,345 24,653
TOTAL 1955
I i 30,439 29,777 28~926 !22, 767 '22,607 22,694 22, 77~. 23,294 22~619 22,701 22,054 22,351 22,099
I .jj_l
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____1_95_6__a_s_%__o_f _l_9_5_5 _~___1_11--~~l-J3______1_1o~/ 118
119
121
121
119
121 . 119
117
113
112
UNITED STATES DEPARTNENT. OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE WASHINGTON, .J . C. HONEY REPORT .- JULY 1956 .
July 30, '1956
A total of 5,315,000 colonies of baes were on hand July 1 in the United States,
the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Numbers -vmre about the same as on July 1 last year. Decreases in colony numbers of 3 percent in the North Atlantic and 2 percent in the J,!orth Central States were offset by increases of 2 percent in the West and South Atlantic and 1 percent in the South Central States. This estimate is based on reports from about 7, 000 beekeepers, includj.ng both farm and nonfarm apiaries.
Colony losses during last m .nter and this sprjg averaged 16 percent compared vlith 17 percent a year earlier. Winter and spring losses were 23 percent in the West North Central, 18 percent in the North Atlantic, 16 percent in the West, 15 perpent in the East North .Central and South Atlantic and 14 percent in the South Central States. Of the 4,9hl reports received on caus es of loss during the vri,nter and spring, 1,381 reported starvation, 901 queenless, 792 winter killing, 296 in- . 9ects, 181 foul brood, 114 dysentery, 106 spray poison, 60 rodents, and 1,110 r eported other or unknown causes.
The condition of caloRies about July 1 was reported at 86 percent--the same as last ~rear and about average for this date. However .~ there was a marked change from last year by regions. Condition of colonies compared: .with last year dropped
from 93 percent to 85 percent in the West North Central, 89 to 84 in the East North .Central and 88 to 85 in the North Atlantic States. Condition of colonies
was above last year in the South and \vest, increasing from 82 to 86 in the South
Atlantic, from BL~ to 88 in the South Central, and 85 to 86 in the 1tJest.
July 1 condition of nectar plants was 77 percent, compared with 79 percent la~t
year. In California the orange and eucalyptus flo-vm were disappointing; . Wild flower flows -vmre good, but limited by an extended period of cool weather in the spring months. Prospects are favorable in Oregon and 1rJashington for a good crop. For the East North Central States, the late spring and also frequent rains during bloom have reduced honey crop prospects. Prospects in the west North Ceritral States are: Hinnesota, an to good; iow-a, belo'f7 'aVerage yields to~mid-Ju1.y, but improvement likely in some areas due to rains last month; South Dakota, fair -- hot dry Heather in May and June reduced 'crop prospects sharply; Nebraska, early erop light and although June rains improved nectar plants, honey crop is expected to be well b eloH that of last year; Kansas, dry weather and insei'ct damage on alfalfa and clover have retar.ded honey production~ ...
The season is very late in New York and Permsylvania, with yields well b elow . ave~~
" age to date. New Jersey tulip poplar, sumac, and clovers are very good, with.'.... .;
prospects for an excellent honey yield. In the South Atlantic States conditiqns:
have been favorable for both bees and nectar plants. Florida's citrus flow was
o.T short duration and production was low, but conditions are favorable for pro-.. : ,
' 1uction of tupelo and palmetto. Crop prospects are very good in Kentucky,
~ennesse e, and Arkansas. Mississippi spring fl()w was good. The Louisiana. spring.
flow was light because of unfavorable we ather in the clover areas; however; ' . . .
present conditions of both bees and plants are good--an average crop couJ.ci. "stili : .
'pe attaine d. Drought conditions covering much of .Oklahoma and Texas will result
in a smaller crop. Colorado prospects for a good honey crop are not favorable .. :
(S ee the reverse side for information by state s and regions)
REIS~UED THROUGH GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - August 3, 1956
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Athens, Georgia -OFFICIAL BUSINESS
tr
Penalty for Private Use to Avqid .
Payment of Postage, ~300
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Week Ending
.. . . . .
~uly
1
. .
July 14
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July 21
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Hay 19
. May
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:
Ju."le 2
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June 9
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June 16
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June 23
June 30
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EGGS SET - THOUSAI{DS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Page 2
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. July July July
1
14
21
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois l1issouri Delaware Haryland Virginia \rJest Virgi!lia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGLll.
Florida Alaba..'Tla Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas vlashington Oregon
California
1,107 868
1,399 1,480
394 1,816 2,093 1:,729 1,9hl
340 2,579
. 374
5,685
1,208
1,001.~
1,331 1,623
414 1, 737 2,134 1,887 2,030
330 . 2,480
355 5,705
522
571
1,810 1:,740
1,574 1;559
2, 808 2, 355
268
269
2, 650 2,476
284
244
' 317
316
1,670 1,435 .
---+--,_,__..._.._._._
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955
1956 as %of 1955
133,708
f .
j 30,439
I 111
33,703 29,777
113
1,154
875 951
. 991
152 732
1,283
842 830
Ii 1,452
771 888
411
230 209
1,664 I I 786 . 764
2,019 I 2,140 2:,002
1,737 1 1,641
I 1,962 333
. 1,.442724
i 2,572 1,727
1,566 1,361
575 1,765
380
303 324
5,851 5,091 5,130
601 . 256
1,685 1 ;,869
ll 1, 519 ,,1 _,_;228
2,796 2,198
ll 246 .1 365
l 2,669 2,363
327
298
i 287 1 222
1,612
1
1 1,110
248
1:,855 1,322
2,309 342
2,252 244 206
1,108
33,551 126, 963 26,989
j!22,j
28~926
767 22,607
. L 116
118 119
861 701 984 95.6 195 . 765 1,976 1,:614 1,409 . 603 1,779 344 5,214
242 1,918 1,299 2,431
329 2,280
275 199 1,113
27,487
22,694
121
906 703 898 923 225 832 2:,004 1:,485 1,515
. 558
1, 775 . 291
5,280
261 1,887 1,336 2,341
367 2,308
266
197 1,164
990 702 778 887 183 829 2,030 1,460 1,429
653
1, 704 301
5,386
302 1,905 1,2?5 2,475
. 407
2,332 289 187
1,210
27,522 . 27,714
22, 77~- 23,294
121
119
1,009 610 836
853
181 795 1; 950 1:,519 1,398 617 1,806 J04 5,181
259 1,896 1,313 2,510
415 2,203
277 224 1,137
27,293
22 ~ 619
121
991.~
630 763 966 173 805 1,856 1,551 1,400 586 1, 809 311
5,285
252 .
1, 8 29 1,271 2,503
371 2,202
271 197 . 1,087
946
535
768. 844 151 768 1,721 1,594 1,189 514 1,631 . 286
5,144
268 1,717 1,274 2,527
. 312
2,134 248 202 956
929 445 627 826
154 795 1;931 1;377 1,164
. 635
1, 665 287
4,854
. 225
1,766 1, 244 2,290
"304 2,269
218 216 1, 124
27;112 22,701
' 119
25,729 22,054
117
25,345 22,351
113
890 6o8 801 832 201 640 1;865 1:,151 1,148
. 535
1,489 . 276
4,881 . 222
1:,745 1,246 2,210
' 360 2,066
218 217 1,052
24,653
22,099
112
UNITED STATES DEPARTI1E~ T. OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE WASHI NGTON , .) C HONEY REPORT .- -JULY 1956 .
July 30, 1956
A total of 5,315,000 colonies of bees were on hand July 1 in the United States, the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Numbers were about the same as on July 1 last year. Decreases in colony numbers of 3 percent in the North Atlantic and 2 perc ent in the ~Jorth Central States were offset by increase s of 2 percent in the West and South Atlantic and 1 percent in the South Central State s. This .estimate is based on reports from about 7, 000 beekeepers, includj.ng both farm and nonfarm apiaries.
Colony losses during last m .nter and thj_s spr:!g averaged 16 percent compared vrlth 17 percent a year earlier. Winter and spring losses were 23 percent in the West North Central, 18 percent in the North Atlantic, 16 percent in t he West, 15 perpent in the East North Central and South Atlantic and 14 percent in the South Central States. Of the 4,9hl reports received on causes of loss during the vr.ip.ter and spring, 1,381 reported starvation, 901 queenless, 792 winter killing, 296 in- . sects, 181 foul brood, 114 dysentery, 106 spray poison, 60 r odents, and 1, 110 r eported other or unknown causes.
The condition of colo~i es about July 1 was reported at 86 percent--the same as last ~rear and about average for this date. However ; there was a marked change
from last year by re gions. Condition of colonies compareq .with last year dropped
from 93 percent to 85 percent in the West North Central, 89 to 84 in the East North .Central and 88 to 85 in the North Atlantic States. Condition of coloni es
was B.bove last year in the South and \vest, incre asing from 82 to 86 in the South
Atlantic, from 8h to 88 in the South Central , and 85 to 86 in the 1rJest.
July 1 condition of nectar plants was 77 percent, compared with 79 percent la~t yea:r:-. In California the orange and eucalyptus flows were disappointing: . Wild flower flows vmre good, but limited by an extended period of cool weather in the spring months. Prospects are favorable in Oregon and 1rJashington for a good crop. For the East North Central States, the late spring and also frequent rains during bloom have reduced honey crop prospects. Prospe cts in the West North Central States are : Hinnesota,- fair to g<Yod;- low-a, belovr average yielas to- mid-July, but i mprovement likely in some areas due to rains last month; South Dakota, fair -- hot dry 'Heather in May and June reduced crop prospects sharply; Nebraska, early crop light and although June rains improved nectar plants, honey crop is expected to be well beloH that of last year; Kansas, dry weather and insefct damage on alfalfa and clover have retarP,ed honey production~ . . .
The season is very late in New York and Pennsylvania, with yields well b elo't-v _aver~
age to date. New Jersey tulip poplar, sumac, and clovers are very good, with'.. . . ;
prospects for an excellent honey yield. In the South Atlantic States condi'ti9hs~ . . .
have been favorable for both bees and nectar plants. Florida t s citrus flow wa~ .
- o_'f short duration and production was low, but conditions are favorable for pro-._-.:.
( 1uction of tupelo and palmetto. Crop prospects are very good in Kentucky,
.. -- .
~ennesse e, and Arkansas. Mississippi spring flpw was good. The Louisiana. spring.
flow was light because of unfavorable v.reather in the clover are as; howev er'; . ..
present conditions of both bees and plants are good--an average crop cou1ci. ' stili : .
be attained. Drought conditions covering much of . Oklahoma and Texas will result .
in a smaller crop. Colorado prospects for a good honey crop are not favorable.: ..
(S ee the reverse side for information by state s and regions)
REIS~UED THROUGH GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE - August 3, 1956
After Five Days Return to UrQted States Department of Agriculture
.Agricultural Marketing Service 319 Extension Bu:i.ld:i.ng Athens, Georgia -OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Penalty for Private Use to Avoid
Paymen~ of Postage, C300 . .~ .
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THE UJIVERSITY OF G~ORGIA
THE UNIV ERS ITY 4IBRAR!ES ATHENS GA.
- - - - - - - . COLONIES OF BEES AND CONDITION OF COLONIES AND NECTAR PLANTS ON JULY 1
Colonies of bees
Colonies : Condition : Condition
State
:
lost
of
of nectar
and Division
: 19y55 : 1y956
1956 : wir!tor ond : colonies : plants
19 : . sp:ring of
JuJ.y 1, : July 1,
. 1955--56
1956
1956
Thou~ Thou. Percent Percent 3
Percent of n6rnial
Naine ..
I
6
6
New . Hampshire Vermont Ma1;3sachus ctts .
I I
4 10 28
4 10 26
Rhode Island
I 2
2
Connecticut
I 13
14
New York
I 199
New Jersey .:.:~!E:.vani~- .
I
I -; .
30 148 _.......
191 _28 147
North Atlantic
440
428
100
38
100
8
100
16
93
21
100
10
108
12
_.:___ 96
19
S3
26
S:9
lL~
9'(
18
Ohio
292
292
100
11
Indiana
182
187
103
10
Illinois
161
161
lCO
14
Michigan
185
176
95
21
Wisconsin
208
187
90
22
East North Central 1,028 . 1,003
98
1~
Minnesota
243
241
99
26
Iowa
I I
165
155
94
22
Missouri North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska
119
II 13
.I 35
111 15 42
44
45
93 115 120 102
20 23 29 16
- Kansas.
I 43
42
West North Central I 662
651
98 . 98
18 23
Pelaware
3
3
100
20
Maryland
26
28
108
14
Virginia
143
143
100
15
~est Virginia
113
115
102
20
~orth . Carolina
183 . 176
96
22
South Carolina
50
52
.104
14
peorgia
201
211
105
10
l"lorida
$'
-
South Atlantic
238
248
957
976
- - 104
10
102
15
Kentucky
132
136
103
18
Tennessee
162
167
103
15
Alabama
182
191
105
11
Mississippi Arkansas
73 91
. 9785
103 108
23 18
Louisiana
. 93
88
95
12
Oklahoma
48
46
96
16-
rexas
. ~74
263
96
12
,South Central _.;_ l,OS5 1,064
101
14
Montana Idaho Wyoming
I 68
70
I
I
177 33
177 35
103
34
100
17
106
15
Colorado
65
65
100
10
New Mexico
16
17
105
9
Arizona
81 .
83
102
11
Utah
48
5o
104
16
Nevada 'ttlashingt on Oregon
-California
Western
I
I
I
15 82 50
16 81
51
107 99 102
7 27 23
I 537
548
102
13
11,172 1,193
102
16
1--
UNITED STATES 15,314 5,315
100
16
1/ Revised.
~-
?J Preliminary
J/ Percent of colonies entering winter, as reported,
79 85 80 86 89 89 83 94 87
85 8).j. 90 86 83 77
B4
84 81 91 90 82 84 84
85
87 . 88 85 85 . 86 82 90 85
86
90 90 89 . 94 90 91 85
-81 88
89~
88 90 82 90 79 81 86 86 90 87 86
86
80 ' , . 90
90 . 86 88
85 80 88 . 80
81
80 88
79 79
a7o3 j
83 69
75 84 64 67 69
75
96
92
76
76
76
68
77
-7175
85-
84
82
80
86
81
60 l
55
..../
75
-8~
81 .. 83 64 68 68
77 90 88 85 :
_ _ . }677 ...
77
- 2-
.;:..CO~R;.;.N:..;_.H;.;.;YB~R;;;;.I;;.;DS;....;;.C..;.;Ol;!.;T.T;:.;:;;IJJUE TO GAIN POP~ITY
f~ORQ1!: The pr oportion of Ge orgia corn acreage planted wit h hybrid seed thi s ;}Bar is est i mated at 69 .5 percent according to the Georgia Crop Reporting
Service . Ther e has been a steady upi<ard trend in the percentage of corn plan-ted vri.th hybrid Geed since 1945. The total State acreage of hybrid corn this year is
estimated at 1,901,000 acres, compared with 1,8o5,000 acres in 1955 and 1,64h, OOO acres in 1954.
Year
r
19h5 1946 19h7 1948 19h9 1950
. GEORGIA
: Percentage Indicated ::
.. : Percentage Indicated
All Corn
... Acreage
.. (000 )
Planted \'lith :Hybrid Seed
: :
Hybrid Corn Acreage (000 )
.: : .
Year:
All Corn Acreage
(000)
Planted With ~ Hybrid Seed
:Hybrid Corn
Acreage
( 00~
3, 378 3,2h6
3, 075 3,044 . 3,135 3,295
1. 7 2. 5 ).0
9. 5 13. 0 17 . 0
57
1951 3,134
27 .5
862
81
1952 . 3,22)
L,3. 0
1_, 387
154
19.53 2,947
48 . 5
1,429
2B9
1951~ 3,04h
54. 0
408
1955 2,820
64 . 0
1 , 6h4
1~ 805
560
19.56 2, 735
69 . 5
- 1, 901
~- -
WU.1E.D__ST.ATES : The acre age o.f corn planted with hybrid va.rieties in the United States this year is estimated at 90. 8 perc ent of the total planted
acreage . Growers planted hybrids on 89. 4 percent of the acreage in 1955, 87. 3 percent in 1954, and 86. 5 perc ent in 1953. While t "'le percentage increased again this y8ar, t he actual acreage planted to hybrid varieties declined 1, 099,000 acres from 1955 because of a reduction in all corn acreage.
CORN ACil.EAGE PLANTED WITH HYBRID s_~ED, UNITED STA~~ ' 1937-56
:Percentage : Indicated : :
~-
: Percentage : Indicated
.. Year All Corn Planted :Hybrid Corn: : Year : All Corn Planted :Hybrid Corn
Acreage
\'lith
Acreage
: Acr eage
With
Acreage
(000 ) :Hybrid Seed: (000) : :
( 000 ) :Hyb~d Seed
(000 )
1$'37 97,174 1938 94, 473 1939 91 , 639 1940 88,692
1941 86,83 7 191.~2 88,818
1943 94,341 1944 95,475 1945 89, 261 1946 88,898
7. 9 1 ~. 9 22 . 5
.30 . 5
39.3 l-t6 . 4
52 . 4 .59 . 2 64.7 68. 9
7,632 . lh,079
20,618 27,011
34,134 1+1, 199 49,428 56,475 57; 778 61, 271
1947 85,038 191.i8 85,522 1949 86,738 1950 82,859
19.51 83,275 1952 82,230 1953 81,574 1954 82,185 1955 8l, h9 2 1956 79,016
. --~ ....-,.,.....-...:-.....
72 . 5 76.0
78. 3 78 . 0
81.5 84. 6
86. 5
87. 3 89.4 90. 8
61,676
64,990 67,901 64,613 67:,889 69, 528 70,546 71,788 72,856 71,757
-..---.-..-a
Percent
PERCENT OF COFL'f\J ACREAGE PLANTED V.JITH HYBRID SEED
Percent
100 .- - - -- -- - ----.,, . . . - - - - - - - -,- ------- - - - 1 100
United States j
-
-
Georgia
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i
tI -. _
_
_. _-
_-
_
_I1 .
_-+-
-~
..
.-
1945 1946 1947 !
. "' 1~9 1950 ._l,951, ..19.52 1953 19.54'. 1955 1956
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
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After Five Days Return to United States Department of Agriculture
Agricultural ~-iarketing Service 319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia Oli'FICIAL BUSI NESS
Penalty for Private Use to Avoid Payment of Postage, ~~300
. r.~,~
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and County
____ ~.__.....__._.._.
---~-~]:954 : Yield
__. --- ~ ----
-
Harvested :Per Acre: Production Harvested
A- cr.e._..a..g: e-
I,bs . (000 Lbs . ) Acreage
DISTRICTS .I,
II & I II .
-...---...~....-.-....
____ DIST..R..__I_C_ - 'r ~ I
ll -
r Chnttnhoochee Harris
Macon
}iarion
Nusco ee
Schley
Talbot
Taylor
Upson
0
310 0
1.+, 890 3,910
20 2,000
230 1, 890
0
0
690
21L~
0
0
407 1, 989
686 2, 682
700
14
h93 1_, 419
626
11.+4
397
751
0
310 10 5,950
Lr.,oso
20 3,460
240 2,h90
20
Total
lh,130
510 7,21.3
16,580
DISTHICT V
Bal dHin
~le ed ey Cra~vfo rd
~ Dodge Hanc ock Houston Jolmson Laur .m s
Nont ~;o m e ry
Newton Ponch
~ulas ld.
( ~r ::mtlen T-vrigr.; s Wa s h i n g t on vJheel er 1,-Jil inson
40 1,770
80 'l.J. , l 7 0
10
5_.890 .340
4,150 580 10
790 8,700
30 1,040 1; 840
350 660
375
15
716 1,268
200
16
32 7 1,36.5
300
3
41~0 2,591
303
103
21.+3 1,009
1~26
247
L~oo
4
510
403
427 3,712
267
8
348
362
3l~ 7
638
449
157
273
180
40 2, 490
40 7,620
].f)
6,210 410
8, 580 1, 040
10 630 10,220 60
1,530 2,090
980 850
Total
- - DISTRICT VI
Bull och
Burke
Candler
Effingham
Emanuel
Glascock
,Jefferson
Jcmkins
llcDuffio
Richmond
Screven
-
-
Harren
F
G\ Total
H:
30,450
1.+,370
6 '
280 490
hOO
1,580
Lf30
2,720
1,140
10
L~i.+O
3,230
30
21,120
397 12,081
402 1, 755
310 1,947
.145
169
71.~8
299
273
432
288
124
22 8
621
232
265
200
2
311
137
436 1,409
267
8
339 7,168
l!.2, 810
12, 1380 6,970 1,230
h80
3,1~0
480 3,310 3, l~lO
20 330 5,470
30
37' 750
1955 Yield Per Acre
Lbs.
0
561 500 63 2 628 5oo 777 517 824 650
687
2)0 751 l.J.OO 816 400 679 695 812 724 500 849 ?19 433 659 492 1,007 636
71.~3
899 581 707 815 1, 031
)~15
576 1,004
500 515 852 400
808
Production
-- (000 Lbs .)
0
174 5
3,762 2,564
10 2,687
124 2, 051
13
11,390
10 1, 870
16 6, 221
4
L~, 215 285
6, 970 753 5 535
7,351 26
1 . 008
1~028
987
5 l~l
31, 82.tJ
11,575 4,047 869 . -391 3,238 199 1,908 3~425 10 . 170 4,663 12
30,507
CAl.1L 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE I..ANGLEY Agrj_cultural Statistician In Charge
GEORGIA PEANUTS PICKED Al'ID THRESHED - BY COUNTIES
...
(The .e.st~at-;; ~e b~-th~ lat;;; avaJ.i;;le d;to.)
~---~- ----..........._,__
District
1954
and
.. - - County
Yi e l d : --....-.-------~ : Harvested :Per Acre: Production
___ ..__ : Acreage
Lbs.........._. (0-0.0.. Lbs.)
--~-- --~--~-~
_D_l_3..-'-r-R-I-CT---V-I-I
B"'1fe r
14,230
532 7,567
Calhoun.. Clay
15,330 11,080
777 11,918 389 l.t,312
Decatur .
16,480
973 16,040
Dougherty
5,930
597 3,$42
Ee.r_y
32,000
680 21, 776
Grady
8,120
950 7; 711+
LeG
15,480
658 10jl85
Miller
18,840
597 11, 21+1
:fitchell
19, 810
51.~9 10) 873
Quitman
4;.510
664 2,996
Rendolph
22,075
781 17,251
'eminoi e
12, h90
900 11:, 243
Stavu:.rt Sumter
8,810 12,640
793 6,986
558 7,055
Terrell
23' 185
800 18,549
Th m, as
4, 850
818 3,966
~leb st er
9, L~oo
581 5,460
Total
255,260
700 178,674
-------.uw~ -
'1955--~--
.. . ~
Yield - --~-----...
Harvested : Per Acre Production
- - - Acreage : Lbs .
(000 Lbs.)
. . . . . - -.....
. - -~- ~ - -~
15,950 18,3SO 12,910
17' 720 6,650 35;820
8~790
17, O).+O
21; ~~10 22,200
J.~;L.OO
2)f,Ol0 l .l.f.,210
8, 720 16,790
24,710 5,130 l0, 48Q
9 1.~0
981 1,090 1,171
909 1,199 1,057
e.s1
1,317 1,008
948 917 l,h77
777 911
941 968 806
14,991 18, 003 14,076
20,7~4
6, OL~.~ 42,964
9,295 14,503 28,202
22,377 L,., 169 22,019 20,992
. 6, 776 15,292 23,245
4,966 8, L~52
285 . 290 1,0).(.1 297,110
j
DISTRICT VIII
............ ~ ---....__ -.--~
Atkinson
Den Hill Berrien Br ooks Coffee Colquitt Cook
Crisp Dooly Irwin Jeff Davis Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner ~ale ox
' Jorth
150
5, 2L~o
1,210 5,210 1, 670 6,800
800
13,230 17,060
8,120 100 580
1;310 4,560
16,91-~.o
11, 600
22,480
900
135
375 1,963
57h
69)-f.
739 3,852
352
588
594 4,041
5h9
L(39
795 10,522
463 7,900
428 3,47h
590
59
855
49 6
260
31-~.o
346 1,576
431 7,308
479 5,559
L~96 11,155
160
6,900 1,880 4, 860 2,930
9:.340 l,h40 15,000
19;390 15,800
80 630 3,h60 12,9:JO 21,020
13,01+0 31,290
1,206
912 1,061+ 1,015
932 1,041 1,212 1,080
762 l,J.l3
975 922 901 1,090 1,061 865 980
193
6,292 2, 000
1-~., 933
2,730 9,725 1,746 16,200
14,770 17,.584
78 581 3,117 11..(.,114 22,304 11,279 30,651
Total
117,060
513 60,101
160,170
988 158,297
DISTRICT IX
AppUng
390
785 306
Eacon
20
900
18
Bryan
130
423
55
~vans
130
400
52
?i erce
\.)
0
0
'l'attnall
430
h3) 187
TooMbs
840
395
332
Hayne
40
325
13
__ _____ Total .....
--- - .--- 1,980
486
- . . - . ..
...
963
STll.'IET OTAI,S 4h-o-,-o-o-o- ..........6-0.5.---2-6-6,200
310 20
1.50
~. 70
10 950
1,45.0 40
903 750
793 843 700
971 1,002
725
280
J
15 .
119
396
7 922
1,453 29
_ 3,400 . ...___....._
9h7
3,221
-
- 5L:..6,ooo 975 532,3.5....0..... -
.... -- --~__,___ .__....----.~ . --
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UNITED ST A.TES DE PARTME N1" OF'
AGRICUL. TURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1955
(These estimates are based on the latest available data and are preliminary)
District and
County
. - - DISTRICT I
Bartmv Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield
f
Acreage
: Yield Lint per Acre
Production
In
In
:
500-Petmtl
. y: . cultivat:i,on : Harvested : cultivation : Harvested Gross Weight
: July 1
July 1
Bales
Acres
~~-
Acres
Pounds
- - Pounds
-B-a.l.-e.s.-
18;280
18:,030
531
533
1;360
1:,360
402
402
5,150
5,100
435
437
. 410
-410
261
261
8:,190
8;130
427
428
11;060
11;010
458
J-~.6o
3;940
3;920
346
347
3;150
3;130
376
378
6;740
6;670
391
393
2:,690
2;660
327
328
2,000
1,990
312
314
20:,070 1;11+0 1+,640
220
7;260 10;5)0 2:,8!+0 2;460 5;460 . 1:,820 .
1,300
Total
DISTRICT II
Barrow Cherokee . Clarke Cobb Dawson DeKalb Forsyth Fulton
Wi:rimett
Hall Jacksori Lumpkin Cconee Plckens Walton itlhite
Total
62,970
6,320 -900 2;040 1,120 210 570 2;520 2;490 4:,390 2;.580 10, l~OO . 90 8,520 760 20,800 590 ' 64,300
62,410
6,2h0 . 890 2;010 1,110 210 -570 2;490 2,460 4;350 2;550 10,300 . 90 8,420 . 760 20,520 590
63,560
442
444
--- -
448
449
329
329
417
419
315
31.5
200
200
305
305
355
3.57
337
339
404
405
355
356
398
399
300
300
453
4.55
270
270
465
467
381
381
421
423
57,760
5,840 . 610
1,760 730 85 . 360
1;850 1:,740 3:,670 1;890 8,560
. 55 7,980 . 430 19,970
470
56,000
Page 2.
GEORGIA COTTON: AC&~GE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1955
. . . . District.
. end . . y: . county
Acreage
Yield I,int per Acre
:
:
In cultivation
:
Harvested
In
cultivation
:
Harvested
:
:
: July 1 :
July 1
Production 500Pound Gross Weight
Bales
Acres
Acres
Pounds
- - Pounds
-Bales
DISTRICT III
Banks
3;460 .
3,430
h64
466
Elbert
9;380
9;320
535
531
Franklin
8,no
8,040
491
493
Habersham
~ 300
. 380
376
. 376
Hart
12;5ho
12;450
51.+2
' 544
Lincoln
2;630
2;590
328
329
Madison
10;840
10,710
455
456
Oglethorpe
7,950
7,830
499
501
Stephens
960
960
h26
426
Wilkes
4,700
4,630
350
351
3;330 10:,420 . 8, 260
300
14;120 1;780 10,180 8,190
850 3,390
Total
60,950
60,340
482
483
DISTRICT IV
Carroll
10,710
10,680
301
303
Chattahoochee 120
110
145
1h5
Clayton
1,300
1,290
273
273
Coweta
8,300
8,230
313
314
Douglas
1,260
1,250
235
235
Fayette
5,260
5,200
324
325
Haralson
2, 710
2,750
343
345
Harris
1,840
1,790
309
311
Heard
2,8.50
2,830
360
361
Henry
12,240
12,100
383
384
Lamar
2,620
2,570
353
354
Macon
12,700
12,540
424
426
Marion
3,920
3,860
365
366
Meriwether 12,250
12,110
423
424
Muscogee
180
180
339
339
Pike
6,850
6, 750
408
409
Schley
4,160
4,100
366
368
Spaulding
2,860
2,810
366
368
Talbot
1,380
1,360
239
239
Taylor
7,380
7,300
471
472
Troup
1,940
1,900
308
309
Upson
1,250
1,240
403
403
60,820
)
6,740
35 730 5,390 610
3,530 1,980 1,160 2,130 9,690 1,900 11,130 2,950 10,710
125
5, 750 3,140 2,150
680
7,180 1,230 1,040
Total
104,200
102,950
371
373
79,980
Page 3.
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREP.GE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1955
District and
County
DISTRICT V Baldwi n Bibb Bleckley :Cutts Crawford Iodge
Green~
Eancock Eouston Jasper
Jo~mson
Jor.es Lall!'ens Monroe Montgomery 11organ Newton Pe ach ?ulaski ?utnru-:1 Rockdale ':'aliaferro Treutlen '!"Wiggs 1-iashington "vJ):leeler Wilki n s en
Total
DISTRICT VI
Bulloch Burke Gandler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jei'for'son Jenkins McDuffie Richmond 2.creven viarren
To+,al
Acreage
In
1
cultivation ~ : Harvested July 1 ; :
A c~
Acres
Yield Lint per .Acre
In
y = cultivation : Harvested July 1
Pounds
~-
Pounds
2,680
2,660
262
263
1,170
1, 160
484
484
7,180
7,090
436
437
4,960
4,910
320
321
1,830
1,800
403
406
r.37 76
13,540
303
30.5
3,350
3,320
272
273
9,530
9,420
316
317
5,630
5,530
311
312
L~, Boo
4,760
383
384
17,000 560
16,7s1so0
331 256
332 256
30,610
30,140
321
322
1:,590
1,570
296
297
4,170
4,100
288
288
15,300
1.5,070
457
458
8,020
7,960
430
431
2,400
2,370
513
515
9,140
8,980
312
313
1,710
1,690
331
333
3,tt40
3,420
256
257
1,880
1,850
21-tl
243
3,660
3,610
354
355
3,580
3,530
306
307
17, 820
17:,520
376
377
3,400
3,350
341
342
2,900
2, 870 --- 24Q
247
182,070
179,h8o
346
348
15,400
15,200
299
300
37,990
37,210
332 .
334
6,740 -
6,610
266
267
2,150
2,120
271
273
1,520
1:,510
238
238
17;550
17' 230
322
323
5,350
5,280
257
258
20,970
20,760
324
325
12, 6LtO
12,450
311
312
7,040
6,970
248
2L~9
2,590
2,550
252
253
17' 770
17,510
222
223
12,220
12,070
289
290
159' 930
157 ,1+70
297
298
Production 500- Pound Gross \liei gh-t
Bales
- - Bales
1,460 1,170 6,470 3,290 1,520 8, 600 .. 1,890 6,230 3, 600 . 3,820 11,570
290 20,250
910 . 2,460 14,400 7,160 2,540 5,860 1,170 1,830
940 2,670 2_, 260 13,780 2,390 1,480
130,070
9,510 25,860 3,680 1, 210
750 11, 610
2,81+0 14,050
8,100 3,620 1,350 8:,130 7,290
98,000
Page 4.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1955
~
District
and
---..C...o-u--n-ty
.
.: --
Acreage
In
cultivation July 1
:
Harvested
Acres
-Acres
DISTRICT VII
Bclker~-
Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller r1itchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas
Webster
3,100
5,430 3,460
3;720 1,840 13,800 3,320.
3,460
5,550
12,200
1,520 5,860 4,610 2,990 10,760 12,320
5,620
1,600
3,060
5,35.0
3,410 3,660 1,810 13,660
3:,270
3,390
5,500
12,050
1,1.J.90 5,800
4,550 2,940 10,560 12:,180
5,530 1,590
Yield Lint per Acre
In
cultivation : Harvested
July 1 1/:
.Pou-nd..s.
Pounds
349
350
h06
407
456
457
239
240
273
275 .
453
455
1.~49
450
356
357
368
369
391
393
248
248
415
417
435
436
316
317
518
520
542
544
296
297
292
292
Production
500-Pound Gross Weight
Bales
-Bales
2,230 4:,550 3,250 1,830 1,040 12,960 3:,070 2:,520
l.J.,230
9,860 770
5;040
4,140 1,950 11,460 13,810 3,h30
970
Total
101,160
99,800
417
419
87,110
- -DISTRICT VIII
Atkinson
780
780
356
356
Ben Hill
5,130
5,060
340
341
Berrien
3,040
3,010
3L~2
344
Brooks
8,890
8,750
431
432
Clinch
100
100
320
320
Coffee
6,900
6,820
284
285
Colquitt
20,520
20,300
418
420
Cook
3,660
3,61D
347
348
Crisp
9,680
9,520
410
412
Dooly
19,830
19,470
442
441~
Echols
30
20
150
150
Irwin
9,800
9,650
385
387
Jeff Davis
2,140
2,.110
260
261
Lanier
540
530
242
242
Lowndes
2,970
2,930
351
352
Telfair
4;520
4,440
281
282
Tift
6,710
6,590
368
369
Turner
7,800
7,700
369
371
Wilcox
11,320
11,160
342
343
Worth
19,100
18,850
392
393
580
3,600
2,160
7,890
65
4,060
17,760
2,620
8,170
18,010
5
7,780
1,150
270
2,150
2,610
5,080
5,950
7,980 15,440
J
Total
143,460
141,400
383
384
113,330
Page 5.
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1955
District and
County
DISTRICT I X Appling Bacon- Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham Ev ans Liberty I. ong Pi erce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne
Acreage
In cultivation
:
Harvested
Jul][ 1
-Acres
Acres
4,390 2, 12() -
25 180
5 35
2, 660
95
500
2,060 5,080
7, 730 600
2,480
4;350 2,090
25 180
5 35
2, 610
95
490 2, 030
5,010 7, 620
600
2,1.~50
Total
27,960
27,590
STATE :
907,000
895,000
Yield Lint per Acre :-
In cultivation : Harvested
July 1 1/"
-Po-und-s
-Po1mds
321+
325
3~8
330
200
200
161
161
200
200
45 7
457
320
321
137
137
265
265
310
312
277
278
326
327
325
325
307
309
311
312
374
376
Production 500-Pound Gross 'Hei ght
Bales
Bales
~-
2, 940 l,h40
8 60
2
35
1, 750 25 270
1, 320 2, 900 5,190
L~lO
1, 580
17, 930
701, 000
y Dased on acreage in cultivation July 1 l ess acreage removed t o meet
allotments.
CAnL O. DOESCHER Agricult ur al Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
)
UNITED STATES
DEf"ARTMENT OF
r
C57o;6 AGR ICULTURE
a~,,....
UNIVEHSITY OF t:;EOJt!ttiii~-..;-,=:-
COLI..EG E OF AGRICULTURE
:,thcns, Georgia.
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
Lue;ust 1, 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COl-Jl'ffiRCIAL AREAS
-...---~--~~
Durj_ng the week ending July 28 commercial hatcheries placed 4, 597,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial araas. This is 6 percent less than the 4,881,000 placed the previous week but is 15 percent more than the 3,991,000 placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5, 710,000 compared lvith 5,851,000 for the
previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 5,142,000 for the corresponding
week last year.
Hatcheries reported pri ces paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
71 cents : per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $13,,00 p~r hundred. These pri C8S compare with ?l cents a.nJ:l $12.75 for the . preV~OUS week and! with ,84 cents and .~15. 25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Geo~gia pro~uced , hat'ching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted: average prices from the Federal-state Ivlarket News Service for broilers ;
~ during week ending July 28 are as follows: North Georgia br6ilers 2 1/2 - 3 3/4
pounds; at . farms 19.35; FOB plants 20.47.
; ,_:
. .' ' .
(See. reverse ..side for other states) - -.-
...GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY HEEKS - PERIOD MAY 26 THROUGH JULY 28, 1956
-----~---- -------~---
Date
Eggs
Chicks
Hatched ; ; . -
- I~hi~~ts
~~-:-T~tal Placed
Week
Bet
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms '
. :!. .I. Ending 1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
i955 ~ 1956
-------+-----.~---....--+-------~--+----~-----
I
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
1955 : 1956....
Thousands
May 26 : l 5,273 6,537
J'une 2 i 5, 240 6,576
3,550 4,33;L 3,588 4,400
y 69~ 799
678 81!~
I . :4,242 5,130 .4, 266 5, 214 2/
June 9 : !'5,354 6,516
3,667 4:,465
624 815
:4,291 .5,280 -
June 16 ! 5,397 6:,540
3,629 4,578
712 808
,4,341 . 5,386
June 23 ' 1.5,289 6,360
3,588 4:,446
6.54 735
'4,242 . 5,181
June 30 . 5,269 6,156
July , 1 : ! 5,285 5,685
3,596 4,481 3,534 4,316
I 596 804 6os 828
;4,192 ' 5,28.5 4,142 5,144
Julyl4 . i 5,351 5,705 July 21 : 15,131 5,851
3,.503 !~,176 3, 1+94 h,l91
I 589 678 ~~A ~9o
! 4,092 . 4,854 .4,141 4,88il
_Ju-ly2-_8._..,_]5_,_1~42~~5,_7_l_o..--~__3_,_4_83--4,_,_o_o3__~94 -~~4,5.9!_
y 1( Exclusive of hatchings shipped into stat~s outside of Georgia.
Revised
CARL o. DOESCHER
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STATE
... -: July : July : 'July : : May June June : June : June : June
14 : 21 : 28
26 : 2 . : 9
16
23
30
July 7
July
14
July 21
July 28
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EGGS SET - THOUSMiOS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois -Missouri De1av7ar e Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina
GEORGIA
Florida
A1ab~~a ~lississippi
Arka!s as Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon
California
1,208 1,004 1,331 1,623
414 1:,737 2, 134 1,887 2, 030
330 2,480
355 5, 705
571
1:,740 1; 559 2, 855
269 2,476
244 316 i 1, 435
I;
ll 1,154 991
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1,283 1,214 ; ! 830
1,452 1, 584 . ! 888
411 . 411 ! . 209 j
1, 66h 1, 721 j 1 764
2, 019 2,oo1 . 1 2,oo2
1,737 1, 962
333
2,572
i: 1, 739 I : 1,566-
, 1,972 1,361
~s c; 1 575
2,576 !! 1, 765 .
380
5, 851
601
1 ,68~
1,519 2,796
246
-- __356 : ! 324
. no ; 5, --.
.._.I~ 5,1- 30
547 : . 248
1 . 779 1 : 1, 855
651~540 1 ; 1, 322
2, 3 222
l 1
iI :'
2,330492
2, 669 2,728 1: 2,252
327
277 i : 244
287
293 ! ; 206
1, 612 1, 557 ; : '1, 108
861
701
984
956
195 765 1,976 1,614 1,409 603 1,779
34h
5,2-1-4242
1, 918 1, 299 2,431
329 2,280
275 199 1,113
906
990 1,009
994
946
929
890
848
703
702
610
630
535
445
608
507
898
778
836
763
768
627
801
827
923
887
853
966
844
826
832
692
225
183
181
173
151
154
201
16o
832
829
795
805
768 . 795 . 640
713
2,004 2,030 1,950 1,856 1, 721 1;931 1,865 1;733
1,485 1,460 1,519 1,551 1, 594 1:,377 1,151 1:,322
1,515 1,429 1,398 1,400 1, 189 1,164 1,148 1,133
558
653
617
586
514
635 . 535
501
-- __ ___ ___ __ ____ 1,775 ~/ 1
5,280
1,704 1,806 1, 809
301
304
311
-- - 5,336 _..;..5.:,. 181
5,285
~__,;;_
1, 631 286
_ _5, ;,; 1 4 4
1,665 287
4.,.;8._54
1,489 276
_4_;,. 381
1,545 . 273
4.,.5;9, _7 _
261
302
259
252
268 225
222 238
1, 887 1, 905 1,896 1,829 . 1,717 l.766 1; 745 1,676
1, 336 1, 275 1,313 1, 271 1,274 1:244 1; 2'-z.6 1,165
2,341 2,475 2,510 2,503 2,527 2,290 2,210 2,125
367
407
415
371 - 312
304 . 360
339
2, 308 2,332 2, 203 2,202 2,134 2,269 2,066 1,986
266
289
277
271
248
218
218
199
197
187
224
197
202
216 . 217 191
1, 164 1,210 1,137 1,087
956 1,124 1, 052 1,100
7Q3- ~3;551- rorn 195:----t;,
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33,556 1 i26, 989
27,487
27,522
27,714
27~293
.27,112
2.5' 729
25,345
24, 653
23,870
TOTAL 1955 '
- -1956 as %of 1955
I 29,777
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28,926 116
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27,907 122,6?1 . 22,694
120 11 119
121
22,774 121
23,294 22,619 119 . 121
22,701 119
22,054 117
22,351 113
22,099 112
21,700 110
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G!OR~: The 1956 calf crop for Georgia is presently
at . 696,ooo head _ ;~
2 percent above the 1955 crop of. 683,000 head and 45 percent above ~he..
1945-54 average crop.
The ,expected number of calves born and to be born in 1956 r.epresents 82 perce~t ~f
the co~ors and heifers 2 years -old and over Qq. farms January 1., 1956, compared v0-t~ .
79 percent for the 1955 crop. Cows and he~fers 2 years old and over on farms . . .
January 1, 1956 totaled 849,000 -- 2 percent less than 864,000 on hand for the .. :
preirious yea:r.
UNITED STATES : The 1956 calf crop is expect ed to total 43,272,000 head, 1 percent
more ' than the 43,001,000 cal ves born in 1955 . This is the seventh
successive increase in the .calf crop over t he preceding year since the number of
cattle started upward in 1949 and exceeds the 1945-54 average calf crop by .l9 -per -
c cent~
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The record high 1956 number is the result of a near-record number of cows and
h0ifers on farms and a slight increase in the calving percentage. The numb er of.
co-v1s.and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956, was 49,076,000 he9-d,
nearly the same as the numb er on hand a ..year earlier and almost 14 perc!?nt a}?ove
the 10-yoar average.
_The. efepected numb er of co.lves born in 1956 expressed as a percentage' of 'c'ows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956.,. was slightly over 88 percent -
4 percen'tage points above the 10-year average of. 84 percent. This figure is not
strictly a cal:Ying rate since the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old ~d older -does not include all the heifers which would give birth to calves during the year.- The percen age 1s calculatetl "Co show the trend in productivity. over a long period of time. It may fluctuate from year to year due to variations in cow slaughter during the year and trends in breeding herd replacements.
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This report on tho expected calf crop is based on returns from 155,000 livestock : :. producers who report on the numb er of calves born to June 1 and . the number of . cows ~ expected to calve from June 1 to December 31. These returns were obtained largely in cooperation with the Post Office Department through rural mail carriers.
In the South Ccntrnl States, n total- calf crop of 11,382;000 head is .expec:tod .:..,.
on increase of nearly 2 percent over 1955 and 23 percent above the average. The :
number of all cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956 totaled ..
13,148,000 head -- 3,000 head less than the previous year. The calf. crop, expres~
ed as a percentage of all cows and heifers 2 years old and older is 87 percent , .
compared 1vith 85 percent in 1955 and the average of 80 percent. Texas, the l eading_
cattle producing State, expects the 1956 calf crop to reach 4,319,000 head com~
Pared with the 1955 crop of 4, 29.7, 000 .head. The number of cows and heifers 2 .
years old and older on January 1, 1956 in Texas was 4, 799,000 -- 1 percent beloW . ..
1955.
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In the South Atlantic States, the calf crop is expected to total 3,329,000 heaq compared with 3,305,000 head last year. A calf crop of this size would be 78per,- cent of the numb er of cows and heifers two years old and older on January 1, 1956. The numb er of coivs and h8ifers two years old .and older on January 1; . 1956 totaled
4,255,ooo, nearly 1 percent smaller than a year earlier.
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: cows .and heifers =-calves Born as. Po:re:ent :o
State
CalVes Born.
: 2 yrs. & oldor : J anu;!Z 1
: oows & heifors.2 , y.'r;s&<>l(i.
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J anuffi.y 1....1/ ;
Divanid~ion :: -lO---yr--: -~---------:-1-0--y-r-.:~~~---: -----: ~lO--;Y~r.- :---. --~: --~--
average: 1955 1956 :average: 1955
.. i.l945-54:
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il945-54:
. 1956 average: 1955 ).95.6
1945-$4: .
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1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head_ head head
head head
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head Percent Percent Percent ~-~
~aine
110 ll6 119
130 132
134 84
88
!'f. !1. .
60
66
67
72 73
76 83
90
Vt.
238 275 283
299 323
329 80
85
f1ass.
107 109 108
134 128
125 80
85
R. I.
16
16
16
21 19
19 80
84
Conn.
98 104 106
122 122
122 81 _ ~5
N. Y. " 1,233 1,34h 1,377 1,446 1,527 1,547 85
88
N. J.
123 129 129
156 161
161 78
80
Pa.
863 936 930 1,019 1,114 1.121 85
84
89 .88 ...
. 86' .
86 . 84 .
. 87 ..
89 : . 8o
8)__ ..
N. Atl. 2,849-- 3,095 3,1J5 3,399 3,599 3,634 83
86
86
-O-h-io----~-- ~99~0 -- ~1:,0~ 21~~1~,0~ 23--~1,~ 16~0 ~1~,1- 73-~~1,~ 16- 2 -~8~5 --~8~7 --~8~8
Ind.
848 89o 893
953 1,ooo
981 89
89 ~ ..91. .
Ill.
1;282 1,380 1,363 1,448 1,516 1,482 89
91
92
Nich~
877 848 841 1,025 998 1,001 86
85
84
w~5.
2.1254 2~452 2,514 2.29? 2.665 2.103 9o
92
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E. N. Cent. 6, 251_ 6, 52.~.~'.....;63;._4_ _,.,7..;;..,0..-9:":"0_7..:;,-::_.3.-5._2 _,__7..-,329 88
90
91
Minn.
1,590 1,720 1,731 1,764 1,830
Iowa
1,762 2,033 2,006 1,942 2,140
Mo.
1,534 1,810 1,812 1,701 2,011
s:N~ Dak. Dak.
720 915 947 1,082 1,508 1,523
822 984 1,239 1,587
Nebr.
1, 485 1,813 1,740 1,680 2,036
w:Ktms.
1,448 l, 71+3 1.682
N. Cent.9,621 i1,5h2 11,441
N. Cent. 15_,871 1~4 133 . 1B,075
1,6h7 1,_,_937
1170,1"87"985~
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12,525 19,877
Del.
32
36
36
41 45
M~ .
220 264 268 262 311
Va.
w~ va.
Ns~1
c.
c.
546 658 652
266 293 295
341
L~44
441
183 266 266
661 803 316 341 449 576 242 345
Gf.. .
4 79 683 696
631 864
F+a. . .
480 661 6?5 752 1,001
sJ Atl. 2,548 3,305 3,329 3,352 4,286
1,861 90
94
93
_)
2,090 91
95
96
1,970 90
90
92
1,052 88
93
90
1,655 87
95
92
1,922 88
89
91
l.L848 . 88
90
91
12,398 89
92
92
19,7'~2':!"7---._,8~9--~9~1--~~9~2--
43 79 308 84 785 83 343 84 573 76 346 75 849 76 . 1,008 64
4,255 75
79
83
85
87
82
83
86
86
77
77
77
77
79 . 82
66
67
77 . 78
Ky.
744 886 905
863 995
995 86
89
91
Tenn. Ala.
Hiss~
A~k. :
L ~.
Okla.
~TexCasent.
Mont. Idaho Wyo.
J~lo.
N'; Mex. A*iz; ' Gt ah Nev. '~"~sh. Or eg.
Calif.
We st
750 900 908
872 1,046 1,03.2 86
86
590 820 831
776 1,051 1;052. 76
78
714 1,056 1,103 1,002 1,408 1,432 71
75
580 703 727
719. 890
887 81
79
671 966 1,007
899 1,164 1,213 75
83
1,322 . 1,.574 1,582 1,527 1, 769 1, 738 . 86
89
3.:849 9,221
141_. ,220~2l ~~141~,,~3381~29~~4.lLl..J:L'7_~73-.10.....1..3;:;_4~,.81;.5.,;1;;2:;;..8-1-.~:4.::1.z4,~].9.~9_
81 80
89
85
8)2 1~ 141 1,151
955 1, 214 1, 238 89
94
395 554 569
466 602
618 . 84
92
439 483 498
533 568
553 82
85
742 846 860
870 920
935 : 85
92
548 572 598
690 689
720 80
83
361 377 372
471 477 --465 - 77
79
258 342 362
311 364
385 82 94
216 260 257
284 317
314 76
82
403 515 517
481 619 608 l,f4Q--.b,,22_7 1,559
482 560 596 728
1,506 1_,_ 769
568 . 84
92.
72.4 80
85
1, 79L__._8=-'2-~-~88.._
5,934 7J266 ~351 . 7,193 8,208 8,312 . 83
89
88
7~
77
82.
83
91
.
B9;0~ J
93
92 .
90
92 83
-80
94
82
91 8).f.
87 '
88
u. s.
88
88
1/ Not strictly a calving ra~ Figure represents calves born expressed a~ per-
centage of the Janu~ 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and over on January 1 and not the number of all cows and heifers giving birth to calves during the year.
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Athens, Georgia
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fARM_PRICE REPORT AS OF JULY 1,?. 1956
GEORGIA: During the month ended July 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers rose 4 points. At the present level the
Index is 256 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 average, and three points ~elow the level reported during the corresponding period of last year.
The All . Crops component of the Index advanced 8 points during the month to 281 'Percent of its 1910 - 191L. average. Higher prices received for wheat, corn, oats, Irish potatoes; and cotton lint contributed to the increase. Lower prices received for cottonseed, all baled hay, and soybeans were only partially offsetting.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index advanced 5 points during the month to 208 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average. Higher prices received at the farm level for all chickens, eggs, and wholesale milk more than offset slightly lower prices received for meat animals and furnished the i mpetus for the shift upward. . .
lJNITED STATES: Lower prices received by farmers for fruit, meat animals, and commercial vegetables were responsible for a 1 percent declinE) in
the Index of Prices Received by Farmers .during the month ended in mid-July. The mid-July index at 244 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average compared with 247 in June and with 236 in July 1955. A sharp increase during the past month in potato prices and higher prices for milk and chiqkens were not enough to offset declines for other commodities.
1he Parity Index (Prices Paid for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates)
rose f point during- the mont h ended July 15 as a result . of an increase in prices
of family living items. Part of this increase was offset by a slight reduction in the seasonally adjusted index of farm wage rates. Prices paid for farm production items averaged the same as in June. At 287, the Parity Index was 2 percent
higher than a year earlier.
With prices paid by f armers advancing slightly and prices r eceived for farm product~ declining 1 percent, the Parity Ratio declined 1 point to 85 for mid-July, the s ame as in May, This was the first downturn in the ratio r ecorded since November 1955.
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I ndexes : July 15, : June 15,
July 15,
Record high
~r- ~i1c91;0;R-e1c4ei=-=vlMoeo-d:------1.~922~536~--~:--~~2~149~576--------~2~149~54~ 6 --~-~~In3d1e~x3~--F:~e-~b~n.a~t1~e9~5--1
Parity Index 1/
281
286
287
290 ?)May 1952
Parity Ratio
84
86
85
123 Oct. 1946
11-~-P-ri~ce~s -P-a-i-d-, -I-n-t-e-r-e-s-t,--T-a-x-e-s-,--an-d--W-a-g-e--R-a-te-s-.--Y-A--l-s-o-F-e-b-r-u-a-ry--a-n-d--A-p-r~ il -1-9-5-2-. -
ARCHIE LANGLEY ll~Sricultur al Statistician In Charge
BURTON J. HAfu'UNGTON Agricultural Statistician
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.EBICES _RECE-IV-ED-BY -GFAER-OMRGE-RIAS
JlJLY
15,
1951S
WITH COMPARISONS --- - ---UNITED
SI'AT'i:S
fEr COi .!VDDITY
-~i.T.!l!;..,;~..__ ~: ~o--[:1 15,1 15, __.
' 1:97 Vlheat, Bu.
a~
Average .
J.5 , June 15, J~t~y 1.!5, .. .A.ug.1909- J,Jly
]i.!?l.14 ' . . 1 55 ' 1956 I 1956 .JUly 1 914.. 1955
, ... 1.94 .
23
.1.88
1 . 90 I
.88
J""" . 1956
I' ' 1.93'
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July 15 1956
t.oo ,
qorn , Bu.
$
Oats , Bu .
$
Irish Pot atoes, Bu . $
Svreet Potatoes,Bu.$
Cotton, Lb .
Cottonseed., Ton $
P..ay (ba1ed),Ton $
Hogs, per C'.vt. $
Beef Cattle ,Cwt. $
Milk Covts , Head $
91
1 . 70
67
. 78
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13
1.50
84
3. 70
12 .1
31 .0
~~I 23.
57 . 00
29. 50
7. 36 18 . 50
3. 96 n.so
33. 85 99.00
1. 37 . 68
2.70
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34.1 46.00 24.60 16 .20 12. 20 no . oo
1. 38 . 74
6 . 00 5. 55 34 . 5 '14. 00 24.20 16.00 12.10 no .oo
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. 64
I
.40
I
I
. 70
I
l
. 88
I
I.I 12.4
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22.55
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I --7.27
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I 5.42
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48 . 00
1.40 1.42 1 . 43
! . 60
. 63
. 88 2. 55
.65 ,5.19
2.79 3.17 ..
32.1 32.3
6 . 34 32.4
54.00 47 . 40 '49 . 00
20.00 19.80 16 .70 ' 1 5. 60
19.60
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15. 20
16 .10 15.60 15.40
148.00 154. 00 :154.00
Chickens , Lb .
13 . 3
25.4
18. 5
20.5
ll.4
24.5 19. 5 20. 5
tggs , Doz .
Lb: Butterfat,
21. 4 25. 8
44. 5 52 . 0
44.0 51.0
15.0 I 21.5
51.0
26 .3
35.2 56 . 0
36 .3 58.3
3&.5 58 . 3
Mpk (who+e sale )
per 100:/1= J} $
2 . 43
5. 50
Soyb eans , Bu.
.$
-
2.80
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Peanuts, Lb .
5. 2
11.3
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J:../ Preliminn.ry for July 1956
5.55 2.80 )1 .2
5.70 I 1 . 60
2 . 70
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I 11 . 2
11. 8
3.85 2. 23 . .: 2 . 4
3 . 86 2 . 87 11 . 8
.4.01 J 2 . 17 11 . 8
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= I NDEX !TIJHBERS 0F :FRI C'i:2 R:EX:EI\rtW BY F.Amfii:RS In G30BGIA (J enua:ry 1 910 - December 19H 100)
July 15, 1955
June 1S, 195G
July 15
1 ~51
All Commodi tius All Crop s
Grains f.:nd Hey Cotton Lint Peanuts Tob2.cco Cottonseed and Soyber:~n s
259 276
. 251
2n
255 281
172
146
149
279
282
285
218
216
216
3n2
~6 2
:362
239
194
185
Irish Tot ,.to 0s , Sv1e 0t Totatoes
<~nd Covrpeas
33<1
289
581
Fruits and Nuts
205
233
2-H
-----~,i~.~~ut~t~~~i.u:~~~a~s~~g~g_s ~:.:.2~o5x All Livestock and Livestock Iroducts
224
203
203
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1;2air)t Products _________________________ 2fG2s;-.=~:-_. _________- ________ 221635401 J
*Revisl:ld
PRIC~ S rAID BY FARMER S FOR SE"'.uECTZD FEEDS JULY 15, 1~56 WIT H CQ}TA:R.ISQlll'S 11
Ki rD . OF :E'~
MiAxend
Dair~
Under
Feed
2 9Jo Protein
16% Prot ein
18% Protein
20% Protein
2'.l:'f., ~rotein
GEOF.GIA
July 15, 1955
June 15, July 15,
July 15,
1956
1956 - --1955
Dollars p0r 100 Pounds _
UNITED flrl~TES
June 15,
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"July 15;-
1956
1956
4.05 . 3 . 95
4.20 <1 .25 4 . 40
. 3.95
.3 . 85 4.15 4.05
4~ 30
3. 90 3.80 4 .10 4 .05 4.25
3 . 75 3.68 3. 76 3 . 93 1.15
3.73 3. 66
3. 68 3. 93 4. 05
3 . 71 3 , 6<1
3.1'17 3 .90 11.01
High Protein Feeds
Cottonseed !ksl
Soybe an Meal Nielt .Scr"'p
3 . 85 4.60 ::.30
3.30 4 .15 4.65
3.40
~ .20
4 . 70
11. 06
4.17 5.02
3. 72
4.29 <1, 81
3 .76 1 .27 11. 85
Grain By-Products Bran
Middlings Corn Meal
3.50
3.90 4 . 20
3.40
3.55 3. 60
3.30 3. 65 3 . 70
2.96 3.30 3. 69
3. 00 3 .1G 3 . 66
2 . 91 3.13 3.71
Foul tr~ Feed Broiler Grod .ng Mash Laying Hash Scra1:. ch :;r c.ins
Har ( oaled)
A1 alfe.
All Other
S. 30 5.10 4.50
58.00 45. 00
5. 30 4.95 4.40
45. 00 39.00
5. 30 4.95 4 . 45
45.00 3!1 . 00
5.02 4 .60 4 . 21
31.60 29.20
5.06 4 . 57 4.14
30.80 27. 70
5 . 08 "1. 58 11. 1S
30. 30 27 . 70
]} .'\.s reported by Feed Ih alors .
QEORGIA - AUGUS~_J_90TT9N R~[9RJ
1956
Prospect~ve cotton production in Georgia for 1956 of 650,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) was indicated on August 1 by information report ed by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. This is a reduction of 7 percent from the 701,000 bales produced last year.
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Indicated lint yield per acre of 363 pounds has been ex(j)eeded only by the record high in 1955 of 376 pounds. The ten year average (194.5-54) yield is 252 pounds.
The preliminary estimated acreage for harvest i& 859,000 or 4. percent l ess than
895 , 000 acres harvested last year.
Unfavorable weather during the early spring months made it very difficult for growers to secure good cotton ~tands and more planting-over was nec essary than . usual in the southern districts. Stands are generally irregular on the late plru:ted acreage in the central .and northern distr~. cts. The hot dry weather during Nay
and June was favorahl~ ror cultivating and controlling insects, and the crop made . good progress during tliis period. St~ting the latter part of June and conUnuing through most of July frequent showers were received in most areas of the State, e~cept in the east central section. The boll weevil .population 1ncreased at a rapid rate and it has been necessary for growers to carry on an intensive spray program to control weevils. In areas where the spray program vms not effective ,_ . the damage has been s.evere.
~inal outturn .of the crop compared with this forecast will depend upon wheth er or :1ot the various factors affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are ,nore or .less. .favorable than usual.
GEORGIA HAP - SHOWING AUGUST 1 CONDITION BY.,.CR_OP ~EPORTING DISTRicrr:~
-----; 1956-=?t;%~ ~- -- ----- ------ -}
1955 ~79% ..
1954-70%
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STATE: 1956-75% 1955-80% 1954-62%
Districts shown are crop r eporting districts and NO'r Congressional Districts.
r--t_.J~\AT_~l}TA"\'- AW/E\!'Js>..~.J }1-9~5~45,--8666%% \ -~
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CARL O. DOESCHER
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Agricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistician
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In Charge
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~~~STATES - COTTON REPOFT AS OF AUG~l. 1956
The Crop Reporting Board of the ~gricultural Marketing Service makes the following report from data ft~nished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies, The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more ~r less favorable than usual.
State
Jl ~---A-c-r-es~-I-n----A-u-g-u-st -1---~-: -L-i-nt -Y-i-e-ld--P-e-r -:--P-r-o-d-u-ct-io-n----~---
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Cultivation July 1, 1956
:ACvo-enrd=it:ion:
: Harvested f:Ere :500-lb.gross wt.bales
:Aver-: :1956 :Aver-t
1956
:J/.; :
:
less 1946-55 : age : Average aban-:1945-:
1955
:
:
19~:19ag4e5-::
1955
:indic: age :
:Aug.l:l945~:
1955
:indica: t ed
~ ~Oninen~ 1/ 54 : : 54. : :
54 :
' :Aug. 1.
_____________ I N. C.
s. c.
ThO'Us : Percent : Potmde
Theus. Bales
. __!~~-~----------~=~----------~------------~
1.~59 691
1 1
78 74
89 78
87 ! 321 83 i 301
350 335 lI 457
375 372 i 656
351 572
320 535
GT~an. n.
859 ' 71 80 75 j 252 376 363 i 675 701 650
54.5 I! 77 87 92 i 359 523 528 1 564 623
600
Ala. Miss
990 1,604
73 78
83 89
77 i 86!
3218.~10
478 570
376 500
~,685860
1,045 2,023
775 1,670
Mo.
Ark.
L~.
Okla.
Texas N, Mex.
366
1,369 58.5 758
6,910 182
I1 77 77 1 74
I1 72 75 91
87 961 367
91 90I 339 81 8.5 336 86 81 1 1.54
79 73 ! 194 90 94 526
502 545
.557 535
1~,338622
410 1,663
1 h.54 468 586 582
I 281 253 3.56 463
281 2.50 i3,518 4,039
688 738 i 237 266
425
1,525
570 400
3~600
280
A:hz. calif.
I
377
111
93 89 97 1 6.56 9811,0.50 ! 559 72.8 825 93 87 96 659 774 82811,164 1,2os 1,330
1 _OuSt.ht_aest_re._s ~.4/~--~~+1.r- ~ -.-;:-:lb~;.-~62~;1;:_-7-_:_:-4+111~---
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~~ i 357 - soo 519i 32,9 42.9 46,9
cultivation July 1 less 1946-.55 average be ginned. A 500-pound bale contains .
.
about 480 net pounds of lint. ~ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Kansas .
and Nevada. - 2/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New
Mexico, Arizopa and California.
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AGRICULTURE
.~ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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AthGr.s; Georgia
l'.ugust 8, .1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMf.lERCIAL AREAS
During ;the week ending August 4 commercial hatcheries placed 4,528,000 chicks with
broiler producers in Georgia comr.1ercial areas. This is 2 percent less than the
4,597,000 placed the previous week but is 15 percent more than the 3,940,000 placed
the same week last year.
Efgs ' set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,713,000 compared with 5,710,000 for the
previous week and is 19 percent greater than the 4,788,000 for the corresponding
w~ek last year.
Hatcheries reported p~ices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $13.00 :per hundred. These prices compare with 71 cents and $13.00 for the previous week arid with 85 cents . and $15.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Geoi'gia produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwlse.
Weight~d average prices from the Federal-8tat.J Market .News Service for broilers . ,- during week ending August 4 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - 3 3/4
pounds;" at farms 19.53; FOB plants 20.57.
(See reverse side for other states)
. GEORGIA CHICK PLACENENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD JUNE 2 THROUGH AUGUST 4, 1956
Date
Eggs . -Chicks Hatched 1T' ''j Im;hipments
Total Placed
vleek
Set
_En_dl._n.;;;.g......-~o-~19~55 : 1956
Placed in Georgia : of Chicks
1955 : 1956
-~ 1955 : .1956
on Farms 1955 _: 1956
Thousands
Thousands
.! Thousands
Thousands
J'qlle - ~ 5, 240 6,576
3,588 4,400
y "! 678 814
4,266 5,214 y
June 9 5,354 6,516
3,667 4,465 .I . 624 815
4, 291 5, 28o
J,me 16 5,397 6,540 J'qlle 23: 5,289 6,360
3,629 4,578 3,588 4,4!~6
J 712 808
:~ 654 735
4,341 5,386:
4, 242 5' 181
J'qlle jQ 5,269 6,156 July 7: 5,285 . 5,685
July 1!i 5,351 5,705
3,596 4,481 ., 596 804
:.li . 3,534 4,316
3,503 4,176
I 6os 828
589 678
4,192 5' 285 '
I
4,142 4,092
54,,1854!4~;
Jlily 21 5,131 5,851 Jtily 28 5,142 5,710
A'tg 4 4,788 5,713
3,494 4,191 3,483 4,003 3,462 3,946
647 690
5o8 594
I . 478 582
! 4,141 4,881
I 3,991 4,597 I 3,940 4,528:
I.
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,
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into stat:es outside 0f Georgia. y Revised
CA..~, 0 DOESCHER r-\gricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY : : Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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S'l'ATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina Sout !-1 Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arka.'1sas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 19.56
TOTAL 19.5.5
19.56 as %of 19.5.5
EGGS SET AND CHICKS -PLAC. ED lN COMMERCL4.L AREAS, BY 1-.IE.EKS - .19.56.
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July 21
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July 28
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Aug. 4
EGGS SET - THOUSA1TDS
.....
June 2
Week Ending
. .. . June June June . : June : July July July
. .. : 9 .. . 16. : 23 '
30
7
14
21
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
. July . Aug.
28
4
I
I
!
1,1.54
I
I
. 991
1,283
1,4.52
4J.l
1,66h
2:,019
1, 737
1,962
333
2,.572
380
.5z8.51
601
1:,68.5
1,.519
2,796
. 246
2,669
327
287
1,612
1,1.52 1,169 1,214 1,.584
411 1,721 2,001 1, 739 1,972
3.5.5 2,.576
. 3.56 .5.710
.547 1,779 1,.540 2,6.53
222 2,728
277 293 1,.5.57
1,231
861
1,068 1,207
I;!
; I
701 984
1,836 429
1,769
I. 'I !, lI
9.56 19.5
76.5
1,936 Ii . 1,976
1, 74.5
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I
1,614
1,91.5 . 33.5
I I
II
. I
1,409 603
2,.514 I 1, 779
367 I 344
.5~713
.5,214
.588
242
II 1,770
1,.537
II
1,918 1,299
i 2,667 241
i. I
2,431 329
l: 2,647 29.5
!l
2,280 27.5
I: 268 l i 199
1,622 ! 1,113
906
703 898 . 923 220 832 2,004 1,48.5 1,.51.5 .5.58 .
1, 77.5 291
.51.280
261 1,887 1;336 2,341
367 2,3.50
266 197 1,164
990 702
778 887 182 829 2,030 1, 460
1,429 6.53
1,704 301
.5,3~-
302 1,90.5 1, 27.5
2,47.5 407
2,332 289 187
1,210
1,009 627 836 8.53 181 . 79.5
1,9.50 1,.519 1,398
617 1,899
304 .5___,_181
2.59 1,896 1,313 2,.510
41.5 2,203
277 224 1,137
994 630
763 966
173 80.5 1,8.56 1,.5.51 1,400 .586 1,809 311 .5,28.5
2.52 1,829 1,271 2,.503
. 371
2,202 271 197
1,087
946
.53.5 798 844 1.51 . 767
1,721 1,.594 1,189
.514 1,631
286
.5, 144
268
1, 717 1,274 2,.527
312 2,134
248 202
9.56
929
44.5 627 826 169 79.5 1,931 1,377 1,164 63.5 1,66.5 287
4. 8.54
22.5 1,766 1,244 2,290
304 2,269
218 216 1,124
890 608 801 832 201 640 1,86.5 1,1.51 1,148
. 535
1,489 276
4,881
222
1,74.5 1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217 1,0.52
848
~07
827 692 160
713 1,733 1:,322 1,133
.501 1,.54.5
273
4 .597
238 1-,676 1;16.5 2,12.5
339 1,986
199 191 1,100
960
776 761 810 227 674 1,832 1,282 1,296 416
1,.5.59 . 263
4 2.528 261
1:,.526 1,141 2,017
34.5 1,893
188
179 964
!
1 33,ss1
I
1 28,926
33,.5.56 27,907
33,700 26,431
27,487 27,.5.59 27,713 27,403 27,112 2.5,7.58 2.5,360 24,6.53 23,870 23,898 22,694 22,774 23,294 22,619 22,701 22,0.54 22,3.51 22,099 21,700 20,799
116
120
II 128
121
121
119
121
119
117
113
112
110
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Athens, Georgia
August .13, -1956
Vegetable Crop Report for August 1, 1956
LIMA BEANS: The prospective summer production of green lima beans at 884,000 bushels is 2 percent-above that indicated on July 1 but 3 percent
below last year and 20 percent under average. Compared with a month ago increases in North Carolina, New Jersey and New York more than offset the decrease reported for Ohio. Harvest is over in the southern aroas and _lvell along in the central areas of Georgia. Excessive rains have hindered insect control on late..planted fi elds in that State. We ather conditions during July were generally favorable for the North Carolina crop. The crop in both the Eastern Shore and Baltimore market
areas of Maryland is generally good. Mevement over the Lower Shore auction blocks is continuing. Light harvest started in the Cedarville area of New Jersey shortly
r after mid-July. All i mportant areas of that State have ample moisture. Cool, wet
weather in July was unfavorable for the Ohio crop. The New York crop is still a little late, but growing conditions during July were good and harvest is expected to get underway early in August.
SNAP BEANS': The l ate swnnier production at 3, 542,000 bushels is practically the same ~s last monthls estimate but is 4 percent below last year and 3
percent under average. Harvest has started in the principal producing areas of Alabama. Heavy rains and insects have caused considerable damage to the Georgia: crop. The Southwest Virginia crop, .after a poor start, made good progress in July and harvest is now active. In Central New York, yields on early-planted fi elds ~ere p~or but prospects for later plantings are good. Volume movement is_ expected quring ,August f:r:om this area as well as :tvlassachusetts and New Hampshire. In Col- orado, a small badly-hailed acreage in the Pueblo area was replanted and is expected to rrtake a crop. Marketin~s from that Stat e are expected to continue throughout the season in 1. c. 1. volume . In Tennessee, weather conditions have been favor.;. able except for too much rain for low spots in the Mountain City area. The heaviest movement from that area is expected August 15-8eptembe.r 1.5. From the Cumberland area, a small movement is anticipated until September 1 when the second plant~ iqg will be r eady and volume may be heavier. In Hichigan, July weather was generally favorable for this crop.
CABBAGE: Early summer cabbage production for fresh market and sauerkraut is now
forecast at 75, 700 t.ons which is 7 percent more than production in this
season last year and 11 .percent more than the average. Unusually favorable weather
featuring moderate temperatures and plentiful moisture during July improv$d yield
prospects considerably and the current for ecast is 13 percent larger than July 1
prospects. In Naw Jersey, Marketings of cabbage are declining but supplies will be
!;wailable in moderate volume from central and northern: parts of the State. Move-
~ent of early cabbage from Long Island, New York was heavy during July. Marketings
-during August will be lighter. Yields are high and quality excellent. In Conn
~cticut and Rhode Island, peak harvest has passed but volume supplies of early
cabbage will be available through August. In l'iassachusetts, marketing of eaily
cabbage are increasing and movement during August will be heavy. Excellent yields
are reported in Indiana where the bulk of the crop is contracte d for kraut. In
Georgia, dry weather resulted in small-sized heads and mediocre quality of summer
cabbage . In :Washington, volume supplies of good quality early s e ~son capb?ge . arp .
available.
!
WATERNELONS: The earlz summer estimate at 72,105,000 melons is 4 percent _below the July 1 for ecast and 13 percent below last year, but 8 percent
above average. Most of the decline from last month was in Texas where dry _weather reduced yields and caused some loss of acreage. Production from considerable -late acreage in that State is expected to be very light and movement in solid carlots is practically over. Local markets will be supplied until about mid-August but in less volume than usual, Dry weather also curtailed yields in. the southeastern States where peak movement is past. In California, harvest is past its peak in the Kingsburg-Dinuba area and expected to reach a peak in the Atwater-Turlock area early in August. Light harvest has started in Southern California. Volume movement in underway in Arkansas and Oklahoma where conditions have been favorable.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
WILLIAM E. KffiLER Agricultural Statistician
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Acreage,?P_d In.9_i_~tedPr2~;i.on R~ort.~~1.952 w2-th C?mparisonsw~
LniA BEANS:
~unnner:
Georgia North Carolina Maryland
y New Jersey
Ohio New York
Group total
SNAP BEANS:
ACREAGE :Average :
J : YIELD PER ACRE : . ..PRODUCTION
: Av.~:~: . :rv-era,ge : -:-~=-- --
: 19h9-S4: 1955
-1/ :
-.
- Acres -
5,400
l,Soo l,SSo 2,650
800
4,900
1,300 1,700 2_,200
700
. Ind.
1956
:49-54: : 1/ :
1955: :
Ind. 195 6
: :
191.y~9-5.4::..
1'9.55
:: -.,iI9nSd6.
- Bushels-
. '
' ' .
- 1, ooo Bushel~. ~
:
f
4, 2oo I 56
..
ss so 300
i
270 . no
1,300 I 63 80 75 95
ioJ~ 98
1, 600 75
60 70 116 . . 162 . 112
1,900 99 100 110 259 . 220 ' 209
600 107 115 100 85
80 60
2.150 1.200 13.6?0 12.000
- ~!2.QQ...Jl.L
10.,200 j 81 .
110 150
7"6-~8 1
..
290 1.io2
91028~---i-
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Late Swnmer: Alabama Georgia North Carolina Virginia New York Massachusetts New Hampshire Nichigan Colorado Tennessee
Group total
CABBAGE: y
1,200 1,000 2,500 2,600 7,220 7,100
570 500
12,170 11,700 1,400 1,200
490 4)0 2,530 2,500
850 750
1,920 1. 700
)9_, 840 29.500
900 69 85
2,200 88 80
6,000 100 130
400 92 120
12,000 140 135 1,200 11.+1 140
450 130 140
2,500 99 105
750 lL~B 155
l,lOQ 116 __ l)O
75 85
80 221
125 '726 '
100 52
145 1,704
150 197
135
61.~
110 25b
no145 125 221
.. 85 68
208 176
923 750
60 40
1,580 1, 740
168 180
.. 63 61
262 116
. 275 109
...J
221 143
- 21 .sqo_ 118 125 129 3 , 6hli._ 3.686 3.542
- Tons -
- 1,000 tons -
Early Summer: Washington New Jers ey New York Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts Georgia Indiana
: Group total
450 3,850
820
520
140 1320
840 2,130
9~70
350 3,700
700 600 130 - ---soo
1,100 1.450
8. 8.30
350 7.2 3,600 7.4
700 9.8
650 9.4
130 8.3
850 8.8
1,000 4.4
. 1.60~ 5.5
8,880 7.2
7.0 s.o s.o 8.0 9.5 11.0 8. o 9.0
8.5 8.5 8.5 8.55.5 5.0.
9.1 10.8
8.0 8.5
3.3 28.6 8.0
4.9 1.2 7. 2-
. 3. 7 11.7
68.5
2.4 . 2,8 29.6 28.8 6.6 7. 7 4.8 5.8 1.1 1.1 - 6. 8 7.2 6.0 5.0 13.2 17.3
70.5 75d,
W,I\TEID'!ELONS:
I
- Helens -
- 1,000 melons -
Early Summer:
Texas
114,500 120,000 100,000 151~ 135 145 17, Lf82 16' 200 14,500
Arizona
5,180 4,900 5,000 714 630 ?50 3,696 3,087 3, 750
;Louisiana
3,580 2,400 2,100 245 290 250 893 696 525
Mississippi
7,830 13,700 13,000 227 270 240 1,764 3,699 3,120
Alabama
13,830 14,400 13,000 305 325 320 4,216 4,680 4,160
Georgia
5o,B30 64,000 58,000 277 290 280 14,031 18,560 16,240
South Carolina 47,470 63,000 56,000 . 200 260 220 9,430 16,380 12,320
.. NCoarltihf ocranrioa l i.n a
Arkansas
10,080 14,000 13,000 197 10,270 11,000 11,000 692
9,550 12,700 11,700 ' 278
210 200 1, 977 2,940 2,600
?55 725 7,077 8,305 7,97$ 295 . 300 2, 6L~4 . 3, 746 3,510
'Oklahoma
15,950 14,000 11,500 181 210 200 2,928 2,940 2,30C
Hissouri
3.070 3. 800 . 3~400 225 365 325 693 1,387 1,105
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___Group total
1292,15.0
297,700 230
.242 . 66,830
72,105
i . :37.900
- - -
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245_
82_.620
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1/ Group averages (including All States) arc simple averages of annual group totals,
gj ~hart-time average ,;y'Includes Processing .
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TH E UNIV ERS ITY OF GEORGIA
T!:l E Uf'HV E ::;ITY LI BRARIES ATH ~ S GA.
In general, the outlook for most major ,crops in Georgia as of August 1 .\tas good to
excellent. Rainfall has beGn ample to excGssive since mid-June in most sections of
the state and crops have responded favorably. Some scatter ed areas of the state
have not had sufficiGnt moisture, particularly, the eastcentral section where cr'ops
are only fair. Continued showers during most of July have made boll weeviJ. control
qifficult and infestation has been very heavy. However, hay crops', pastures, corn
~d other feed crops benefitted .from these shmvers and made very good growth.
Tobacco yields turned out better than earlier expectations due to favorable grotving
conditions. Virtually all the peach crop was tarvested prior to August 1 .and
quality was very good. Outlook for peanuts and soybeans was very favorable on
August 1. Since August 1 extremely high t eJnperatures have prevaiJ.ed and rainfall
has been very light. These conditions have caused some damage to late planted
crops in many sections.
COHN:. Current indications point to a yield of 21+. 0 bushels per acre the same as.
the record breaking yield in 1955 and 8. 8 busnels above the 1945-54 average yield of 15.2 'bushels. Total production is forecast at 65,064,000 bushels - 3
percent below last year due to a r eduction in acreage. Yields are expected to be
far above average in all are~s except the eas~central counties,
TOBACCO : Favorable 'growing conditions during late J1me , and July enabled the tobacco - - - crop to make very good growth during late June and July. Based on reported condition and yield as of August 1; produ6tion is estimated at 127,485,000 pounds. Yield per acre is expected to be 1399 pounds per acre, this is exceeded only by the 1955 crop which averaged 1464 pounds per acre.
PEANUTS: The production of peanuts for picking and threshing is currently forecast ~~ at 513,810,000 pounds - -about the same as :for last year, Grotring conditions we're extrem.ely favorable for the Spanish crop vlhich was about ready for harvest on August 1. If present prospects materialize the year's yield will be 990 pounds per acre -the srune as iri 1953 and exceeded only by the 1043 pounds in 1917. The runner crop is rapidly approaching maturity but wi11 need additional moisture in some sections.
PEC&11TS.:_ Hany pecan trees st.ill have not r ecovered from dru:nag.e sustained~ f~~m the
late freeze in March 1955. Frequent rains have hampered, the con,trol of .
and :insects
disease south of Albany and outlook for the. c:rop is only fair . The .
August 1 forecast of So,ooo,ooo pounds 'is 40;000,000 pounds abov~ the s~ort 1955
crop and fs 40 percent above the 1945- 54 average crop of 35,631,000 pounds .
GEORGIA
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: ACJlE~\GF;.:__ :YIELD: PER ACR.IL_, ... ; _J'~L PRODUCTION l_IN. THOUSAND
CROP
(000) :Average: :Indicated: Average :
: Indicated ,
- _...__ ..:...
Corri ~.bu~:
1956 __,.,~ 2, 711
:1-945-5'4: 15.a:--
1955 : 1956
24.~TI:o
: 19h5-54 : i955 : h6, 942 ~7,080
1956' 6~, 06-4
'tlheat ............ibu.: 107 15.4 16.0 . 21.0
')ats .. ~~.~u.: l+h7. . 27.2 . 25.0 32.0
2,178: .1,600
2,247
.12,270 11,525 . 14,304
:lay..(All) ton : :?obacco (Al],)~ lb.:
?otatoes,Irish, bu.:
~6~atoes ,Sweet,. bli. ~
957
62 .. 79 82
91. ~ U52 : . l46h 1399
5~ ~5.6 . . 49
43
19-. ' 39 . . 48
h4
710 117,552 '
342 1,331
748
14?,375 272 86h
780 127,485
216
83.6
:otton bales,: 859 252
376
363
?~ anuts(for picking:
675
701
650
and threshing)Ib .: 519'
... 3oybeans .. ~ . bu.:
Peaches, total crop .......bu.
65
-
775 9.8
940 12.0
990 12.0
608,353 242
3,492
513,240 684
-y
.5.13',871800 ... 1,600
-
Pears, total crop, :
- .......bu. :
237
15
74
- ?ecans lb. :
35,631 10,000 50,000
- ?asture,Condition %:
76
87
81
}}7~lthough a few peaches were produced, the product1on was too small to warrant
quantitative estimates.
~CHIE LANGLEY, Agr.Stat., In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER, Agr. Stat .
UNITED STATES - GEN~tAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1956
Crop production prospects i mproved slightly during July although the comb.ined outlook for all crops as of August 1 r emained considerably below last yearfs out standing total.
Hheat, soybeans, cotton, hay and most late crops maintained or improved standings in most areas under weather which was generally cool and rainy over most of the east ern half of the Nation. Drought deepened in Texas and some adjoining areas in the southern Plains and Southwest. Rainfall in parts of the Corn Belt and northern Plains as well as in some Southeastern areas was insufficient and more ~Qll be needed to mature good crops. Grain and hay harvest in many areas made slo't<rer than usual progress as rains fre quently interrupt ed fi eld 1-10rk.
The corn crop, no1-1 estimated at 3,144 mil lion bushels, declined moderat ely during the past month and noH is outranked by crops of f i ve recent years. Gains in prospects since July 1 in East North Central State s 't-l8re more than offset by considerable yield losses in Nebraska a11d Io-vm, as well as in a munber of other .States where deficient soil moisture failed to furnish needed supplements to summer rainfall. Soybeans far ed somewhat better t han corn -vrith the crop on the uptrend .in most . sections. The Illinois crop is outstanding -vlith near-record yields expect ed on the expanded acreage. The 443 ndllion bushel national soybean crop exceeds last year's previous high by nearly one-fifth.
Oats in late sections profited by cool weather and filled well as maturity was
slotved. The 1.1 billion b, shel crop now est i mat ed is little changed from last month. Relatively poor yields in Nebraska, South Dakota, K~sas and a nunilier of.
other States contributed to unusually heavy diversion to hay in some sections and
't-Vithdrawal of acreage for grain to the Soil Bank. The initial sorghum grain fore- j
cast of the s eason of nearly 190 million bushels reflects a decline of over a fifth from the r ecord 1955 crop. The sharply reduced acreage planted this year in important producing States had to contend vr.ith drought which intensified in July in many areas.
Most other field crops have good production prospects under sectional conditions
which vary greatly. The August 1 cotton crop estimate of 13,552,000 bales is 8
. perc ent less than last year's crop. The tobacco crop of almost 2 billion pounds is
9, percent smaller than last year's after a slow start and some disease threats,
especially in Kentucky. Peanuts have flourished in both the Virginia-carolina and
the Southeastern areas. A total crop only 5 percent below that of 1955 is in pros
pect from a tenth l ess acreage even though drought losses are severe in the South-
west.
PECANs : August 1 condition of pecans points to a crop of 169.9 million pounds in 1956 compared 't-Vith 146.9 million pounds in 1955 and the 19!~5-54 average of
137.8 million pounds. All of the prospective increase over last year's production is for ~he crop of i mproved varieties.
The Corn crop is estimated at 3,144 million bushels, 3 percent l ess than last year 1ut 2 percent more than average. All '\IJheat is estimated at 939 million bushels,
nearly the same as last year but l'B perc ent less than the 1945-54 average. The 1956 9~ crop is estimated at 1,140 million bushels, 24 percent less than last yearr . r~cord and 14 percent less than average. Hay production is estimated at 108
million tons, 5 million tons l ess than lasfyearts record, but 4 million tons more
t,han average .
:
AcP:EAG~
I N THOUS.
UNI :
T"1=;9D56ST'"ATAESS ~--..y....I..E~'LD~----:-;~P~Rbi1"itUT'II"l'i'tJ..,T'!!'I'!7"iilil""i"'"'~II"N''\ rTrrrfErnouS~'1M1'-"'DSm!
CROP
:---nar;;-:-r-For H8.rv: Percent Of :
- - : - - - - - - - ';._ 1955
1956 ' 1 9:-5=~5_ _"-1955
Corn, All
Bu.: 79 ,900 77,596
97 . 1
40.6
Wheat, All
Bu. .4 7,255 60,46 6 106. 8
19.8
Cats,
Bu. 39,138 35, ,-127
90.5
38.3
Ind. Aug. 1 .1~?6
4o.s 18.6 32.2
---:--lnd.Aug.l,
1955
3, 241,536 936 ,761
1, 499,282
1956
3,143,~79
.938 1 .sa 1,139,127
'":-otton,})
~ay; All
Ton
~oybeans, 2/
?eanuts, "g'
Pot atoe s,-Irish Cwt.
16 , 928 75,549
18 ,668
1,691 1,114
16 ,527 75,595
20 ,953
1,509 1, 402.
97.6 100.0 112 .2
89.2 __99.1 -
43.9-
394-
14 ; ?21 '
1.19
1.42
112,782
19.9
21.1
371,.106 .
925
980
1,561 ,530
~6 - 164~-.;)-_ _ _.....;>;7,,.!)46
lS,-552 107,111
4~2 ,557.
1, 179,170 2..30 ,-477.
Sweet Pot e.toes, Cwt.
3<11
287
84 .0
61, 4
55.9
20,946
1.6 ,032
'Ecb acco, All
Lb.: 1,497
1,380
92.2
1467
1448
2, 95,788 1 997 637
"Y}) ACr eage i n cultivation uly , l e ss For p icking and thre shing.
J.i't e r Five Days Return To United Stetes Depa rtment of Agriculture
Agricultural Marketing Service
319 Extension Building Athens, Georgia
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Fenalty For Private Use To Avoid Payment of Post aga , $300
SOUTH BRANCa ~IBRARI
THE UNIV EnStTY OF GEORGIA
TH E UNIV ERS ITY LIBRARIES
ATHOOS GA.
-
I
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' AGRIC U LTURE
rvrJE 17 1':r. ~on'Jl~D~\\~,TJT.TI' ~ 1\\ ~ AGMR~~~~i~N~A
. ~.~//fY
G E ORG IA AGRI C UL TU R AL
,COL l- EGE O F AG R ICU L T URE
Athens, Georg1a
EX T F.-: NSION SERVICE
August 15 , 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CU~iliRCIAL AREAS
~~~;~~~~~~~~~~--~---~-----
During the w~~k ending August 11 cormnercial hatchories placed )~, 2!..~2, 000 chic~s with
broiler producers in Georgia commercial ~;e a~. Trds is 6 percent less than the
4,528,000 placed the . _previous week but is 9 percent more than the 3 ~ 892,000 placed
the s~e ' we.ek last year.
.
.
Eggs set by Lca1 hatcheries amounted to 5,644,000 compared with 5,713,000 fo~ the
previous :week and is 19 percent greater than the - 4,758,000 for t he corresponding week las~ year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an avera~of
72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$13.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 72 cents and $13.00 for the previous
week and :with 86 cents and ~~15.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to G.eorgia
produced hatching eggs, l-lhether bought on contract or otherwise.
~ Weighted average prices from the Federal-state Market News Service for broilers
during week ending August 4 are as follows: North Georgia br.oilers 2 1/2 - 3: 3/l..~
,.-. pounds; at farms 18. 68; FOB plants 19. 72.
(See reverse side for other states)
(
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD Jm1ffi 9 THROUGH AUGUST 11, 1956
pate ; Week
Erding
J ~;--~-. Chlcks .Hatched 1/ jrnsi'1i~~ents I Total Placed
Set .1955 = 1956
Placed in Georgia 1 . of Chicks . 1955 ..:.__1956 ._ 1 1955 .: . 1?56
on Farms
--_ 19_5_5__~_1_95_. 6~-
1
I '
June 9 5;354 6, 516
Thousands 3,667 4,465
, l Thousands
I
' 624 815
1
Thousands
II 4,291 . 5,~80
J'lllle 16 5,397 6,540
3,629 4,578
712 808 ! . 4,341 5,386
J1me 23 5,289 6,360
3,588 4,446
654 735
4,242 5,181
June 30 5,269 6,156
3,596 4,481
596 804 I 4;192 5,285
J\lly 7 .5,285 5,685
JUly 14 5,351 5,705
3,534 4,316
3,503 4,176
li 608 BiB
589 67~
'il 4,142 5,144 . ' 4,092 4,854
July 21
July 28
Aug. 4
Aug. 11
5,131 5,851
!' 5,142 5,710
I ,4,788 s,713
__ 4, ~58 _5, E~-'.lJ..
3,494 4,191 . I 647 690 I' 4,141 4,881
3,483 4,003
508 594
3,991 4,597
3,462 3,946 i 478 582
3,940 4,528
3_,3_a_o___3,__7_5_.9_ _...,_L_5_1-2~l. l8-3_ _ _jl--.-.3_,_s_n__4_,_2_42_ _
I~
!/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL O. DOESCHER
ARCHIE LANGLEY
\gricultural Statistician
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
G~
1
c TIA roo 11
UNITED STATES
-s' ~t?o.feejxrrti/P(l G~:~L ..v 3 DEAPGAR~RCTiM,LENfUTROEF
. . - .r.lL'!:E.. :;j(-\~ (~)D.TLILI..{'~l~ ~ ~ nI 1. _.
_ .
AGRICULTURAL M A RKETING SERVICE
3;~
. CO LL E GE OF AGRI C UL. l URE
Ath~ns, Ge or~ia
EX I "E r l ~ I C:. N Sf:RV ~ CE .
August 22, i956
B.R.. O..ILER
CHICK
:R.EPO.RT
FOR
GF.ORGIA CO:MllER.CIA::-J AREAS
~~
~--.. -- -
During the week ending il.ur:;us t 18 c ommercial hat cheries plac ed 1~,43 2,000 chicks with br oiler producers in Georgia corumerc i al are as . This is L~ per cent; more t han the
h, 242,000 p;La_cec'l tbe previous Heek and is 17 percen-t, more than t he 3, 790,000 placed
the same ; week; last _year .
Egg s set by local hatcheries amounted to .5,507, 000 compared with 5, 6L~4, 000 for the previous Heek and is 17 perc ent ~r e at er t han the h, 711,000 for th.e corre sponding
\veek last year.
l-Iatcheries reported pric e s paid for hatching e ggs during t he Heek at. an ave rage :of 72 cents per dozen. Average prlc e charged by h atcheri es for chicks was r eport ed at $13. 25 per hundred. These pric es compare lrith 72 cents and $13.25 for the previous week and with 86 cents and $15 .75 one year ago . Egg prices shown. relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs, wh ether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighte d 'average pric e s f rom the Federal-State Market News during week ending Angust 18 are as follows: North Georgia '@' " ,~
pounds; at farras 18. 31; FOB plants 19.41.
(See r everse side f or other states)
1956
GEOR.GIA CHICK PLACJi'.J1ENT BY 1:J'BEKS .- PERI OD JUNE 16 THIW GH Date"". ~ -- . Eggs --C hick;-Ha"t~h;ctl-;~. --.-I_I_n_s_h_i-pm~e-~l~t-":,S__;--_T_o_t_a,.l..~PJ~_a""c"""e""'d_...~
~Jeek .. Set
Pl aced i.n Ge or gia , . of Chicks
on Farms
0 ~p.dil:!!L : ~~.5- :._._2?6 ..~~ -f-955 t, 19S6 . - ~ 195S : 19.5..._6 _-i-'"__1T9h55_u~anl2d5s_'~~
. ....Thousands
I i
. Thousands
1 Thousands
:.:;
June 16
' j
5,397
. 6,5ho
3,629 4,578
712 808
4,341
June 23 I 5,289 6,360
3 ,588 4, 446
651.~ 735
4,2h2
I June 30 I 5,269 . 6,156
.iuly 7 5,285 .5,685
3, 596 4 ,481 3,534 4,316
I 596 801.+ 608 82 8
L~, 192 4 ,142
Jul y 1.4 1 5,351 5, 705
July 21 i 5,131 -5, 851
t uly 28 1 . .5, lh2 5, 710
~ug . 4 1. 4,788 _5,7t3
Aug. ll 4, 758 :5,644
3,503 3, 494 3 , 483 3,462 3 ,3 80
4, 176 4,191 4,00.3 3,946 3, 759
II 589 647
I 508
I '
' 478 512
678 .
690 594 582 483
4,092 4,141
3, 991 3,91.).0
3, 892
Aug. 18 4, 711. 5,507
3,281 3, 825 I 509 607
3, 790
1
I
I
y Exclusive of h atchings shipped into states outside of Ge orgi a .
5 , 386 5,181 5 , 285 5 , 14L~ : 4 , 85 4 4,881
4, 597 4 ,5 28 4 , 242 "
4,432
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultur al :Statist'icir.ffi, In.-Ch~ge .
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virgiriia West Virginia North Carolina s6uth Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas l.Jashington Oregon California
. .
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
Week Ending
. . ... . .. . Aug. Aug.
Aug ..
June June June : July July
. 4 11
18 : : 16
23 : JO
7
14
. July
21
.
July
28
.
Page 2
Aug.
Aug. .
4
11
Aug.
18
: EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1,231 1,068 1,207 1,537
429 1,769 1,936 1:, 745 1,915
335 2,514
367 5, 713
588
1, 770 1,537 2, 667
241 2,647
295 268 1,622
1:,149 1:,088 1,205 1,403
409 1,619 2,041 1:,684 1,920
. 328 .
2,474 374
5 , 6lf4
522
1, 694 1,478 2,579
264 2,569
224
289 1,618
1,091 1,044 1,164 1,410
384 .1,432 "2,039 1,680 1,748
"311 2,458
336
5.50}
540
1,557 1, 454 2,432
270 2,459
252
279 1,488
990 702 778 887 182 . 829
2,030 1,460 1,429
653 1,704
301 5,386
302.
1;905 1,275 2,475
407 2,332
289 187 1,210
1,009 627 836 853 181
795 1,950 1,519 1,398 . 617 1,899
304 5,181
. 259 1,896 1,313 2,510
415 2,203
277 224 1,137
994 630 763 966 173 805 1,856 1,551 1,400 586 1,809 311 h_285
252
1,829 1.271
2~503
371 2,202
271
197 1,087
946 535 798 844 151 767 1:,721 1,594 1,189 514 1,631 286 5,144
. 268
1, 717 1,274 2,527
312 2,134
248 202 956
929 445 627 826 169 . 795
1,931 1,377 1,164
635 1,665
287 4.854
225
1,766 1,244 2,290
304 2,269
218 216 1,124
890 608 801 832 201 640 1,865 1,151 1,148
535 1,489
. 276
4,881
222
1,745 1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217 1,052
848 507 827 692 160 . 713
1, 733 1,322 1,133
501 1,545
273 4,597
238
1,676 1,165 2,125
. 339 1,986
199 191 1,100
960 776 761 810 227 674 1,832 1,282 1,296
. 4161 1,559
. 263
4,528
261
1,526 1,141 2,017
345 1,893
188 179 964
902 587 846 818 176 675 1,763 1,229 1,211 525 1,634 277 4.242
202
11,,152869
2,077 318
1,972 232 161
1,074
935 538 764 846 212 646 1,624 1,312 1,227 478 1,529 280 4,432
224
1,581 1,179 2,115
281 1,976
140 153 1,023
TOTAL 1956
33,401 32,575 31,335
TarAL 1955
26,431 25,653 . 24,960
l
1956 as %of 1955 126 127
126
27,713 23,294
119
27,403 22,619
121
27,112 22,701
119
25,758 22,054
117
25,360 22,351
113
24,653 23,870
,.
22,099 . 21,700
112 I
110
23,898 20,799
115
23,642 23,495 20,159 19,429
117 121
-~
- . - -- ,
.........
_,,. ,,... .
r;'1 ~{~~7Jf~$J"~~ GJEORGTIA ~~E~I~:L
-21-Sb {570/J X
c~
UNIVERSITY OF GEOR G IA COLL EGE OF AGRICIJLTURE
At hens, Georgia
GEORG1A l>.GRICUL T IJRAL EXT"'NSI':i N SERV ICE
August 29, 1956
During the week ending .1\ ugust 25 commercial hatcheries placed 4;481,000 chicks with broiler produc~ers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 1 percent more than the . 4,432,000 plac~d the previous week and is 25 percent more than the 3,593,000 placed
the same week last . year .
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,512,000 compared with 5,507,000 for the previous week and is 16 percent greater than the 4,770,000 for the corresponding
wee~ last yE;!ar.
Hatcherfes reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by natcheries for chicks was reported at
$13~ 25; :Per hundred. These prices compare with 72 oents and ~pl3. 25 for the previous
we.ek and with 87.5 cents and f~l6.00 one year ago. Egg prices shmm relate to
Georgia pr.oduced hatcning eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weight~d average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during week ending August 25 are as follovTS: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 - 3 3/4 pounds3 at farms 18.97; FOB plants 20.00.
~ ..
\
(See reverse side for other states)
CEORGIA CHICK PLACENENT BY \>lEEKS - PERIOD JUNE 23 THROUGH AUQY~22, 1956
Date
We~k
Eggs Set
- CPlhaiccel-rds""ii'-nr-;_Gtcehoedrg,ial/TIfu_s~~~iC;hmicenkts-s-
Total Placed on Farms
Ending 1955...:__.:~ _ 1955 : 1956 - ~+- .1_955 . : . ~956
1955 : 19.6 -~
Thousands
Thousands
j 1 Thousands
Thousands
June 23 5' 289
June 30 5,269
July 7 5,285
July 14 5,351 July 21 5,131 July 28 5,142
Aug~ 4 4, 788
Aug . l l 4,758 Aug. 18 4, 711 Aug. 25 4,770
6,360
6,156 5,685 5,705 5,851 5,710
5, 713
5,644 5,507 5,512
3, 5 88
3,596 3,534 3,503 3,494 3,483
3,1.~6 2
3,380 3,281 3,130
4,41+6
4,481 4,316 4,176 4,191 4,003 3,946 3,759 3,825 3, 779
654 735
596 804 603 828 589 678 647 690 508 594 478 582 512 483 509 607 463 702
4, 242
4,192 4,142 4,092 4,141 3,991 3,940 3,892 3, 790 3,593
5,181
5 , 2 85 5,144 4,854 4,881 4,597 4,528 4,242 4,1+3 2 4,481
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
(;. CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
r
ST.'~TE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Jllf..iss ou:ri Delaware Maryland Virginia ~!est Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Flor i da Al a b ama }lississi ppi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Wa.shington Oregon California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 as % of 1955
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COI:1MERCIAL AREAS, BY \-lEEKS - 1956
rJeek Ending
. .. :
Aug. 11
.: Aug. 18
. Aug. 25
....
June 23
June
. July : July July : July
30 ~ 7
14
21
28
EGGs SET - Tir:ms~ums
i I
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
I.
1, ],49 1, 091
l,d83 1,205
11',0146.44
1, 403 1,410
409
384
1, 619 1,432
2, 041 2,039
1,684 L 68o
1, 920 1: 748
328
311
2, 474 374
2 '
4r,'fl . ' \..
336
5' 6h1~__5 ' 507
l , ll6 1, 009
1,034 !; 627
1,055 1,4l6
'! I !
I I
836
8,.., .., ;).)
366 1,296
. I
i'
'I 'I I
181 795
2, 009
I; I
1,950
I! 1,658
l, 704
i 'I: !'
1, 519 1,398
277 . I 917
2, 373 365
I I
i
i I
1, 899 304
5, 512 i l 5,1 81
994 630
763 966
173 805 1,856
1)551 1,400
586 1, 809
311 5, 285
946
535 798 84.4 151
767 l. 721
1 ~ 594
1,139
514 1, 631
286
5 _. 11~
929 445 627 826 169
795 1,931
1,377 1,164
635 1,665
287
4,851-t
890 608 801 832 201 640 1,865 1,151 1,148
535 1,489
. 276
4, 881
848
507 827 692 160
713 1,733 1, 322
1,133 501
1, 545 273
4,5.97
522
1, 6?4 1, 478
2,5 79 264
2, 569
2 2L~
2S9 1, 618
540
1, 557 1,454 2, 432
270
2,459 252 279
1,488
'I
I! 527 I i 259
1,511 1,896
1, 426 2, 221
255
i ~
ll
i
I
I
! I
1, 313 2,510
415
2.L~4o ! i 2, 203
'I 262
277
227 1,364
lIl,
22h 1; 137
I
I
252 1, 829 1 ; 2 71 2,503
. 371
2,202 271 ' 197
1,087
. 268
1, 717 1,2 74 2,521
312 2,134
248 202
956
225
1, 766
1,244 2,290
304 2,269
218 216
1,124
222
1, 745 1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217
1, 052
238 1,676 1,165 2,125
339 1, 986
199 191 1,100
32,575 25,653
127
31, 335 24,960
126
i 30, 414 127, 403
24, 965 I; 22,619
I
122
121
27,112 22,701
119
25' ?58 22,054
. 117
25,360 22,351
113
24,653 22,099
112
23,870 21, 700
110
"
Aug. 4
960 776 761 810 227 6'7r'4 1,832 1, 282 1,296 416 1,559 263 4, 5 28
261 1, 526 1, 141 2,017
345 1, 893
188
l- . '"('0/
964
23,898
20,799
115
Page 2
Aug. Aug.
11
18
902 587 846 818 176 675 1;763 1,239 1,211
525 1,634
277 4, 242
202
1:, 589 1,126 2, 077
318 1, 972
23 2 167 1,07)+
935 53 8 761-J. 846 212 . 646
1,624 1, 312 1,227
478 1,529
. 280
4, h32
224 1 , 581 1:, 179 2,115
281 1,9 76
22 2
153 1,023
23,642 20,159
117
23,577 19,429
121
Aug. 25
979 493 772 844 198 606 1,687 1, 275 1,162 5oo 1,438 275 4, 481
. 224 1,520 1; 108 2, 150
371 1,875
193 144 1,061
23,362
18,349
127
Q._EORGI_!: The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in Geo!'gia this year is
363,000 birds compared wlth 316,000 raised l:;.st yesr, or an i:r.crease of
15 percent. Of the current total 357,000 are classifi ed as heavy breeds and
6,000 light breeds.
UNITED STATES: Farmers are ra1.s1.ng about 76 million turkeys tl1is year~-16 percent
more than in 1955, according to a };:relimina!'y estiPlate of the . prop Reporting Board. About 29 percent more heavy breed tu:keys are being raised this yem1 than last, while light breeds show a decrease of 19 percent. Light breeds are 18 percent of the total raised this year, compared with 26 percent last
year.
~avy bre~ increases from last year were 48 percent in the South Central, 39 per-
cent in the \rfest North Central, 35 percent in the South Atlantic, 25 percent in
the East North Central and 20 percent in the West. There was no change in the
North Atlantic States.
-
~y~_reed_ turkeys show decreases in all parts of the country. Decreases from
last year are 5 percent in the South Central, 7 percent in the South Atlantic,
16 percent in the West, 27 percent in the East North Central, 34 percent in the
West North Central, and 42 percent in the North Atlantic States.
During the first half of 1956, which covers the main hatching season, prices received for turkeys averaged 6 percent higher than a year earlier and poultry feed prices averaged 7 percent lower. Turkey producers have more than doubled their intended increase of heavy breed turkeys, while they decreased their light breed turkeys slightly more than they had intended.
In this report, !~ breed turkeys include Beltsville Small White, Jersey Buff, ltoyal Palm and Wild turkeys. ~~~~turkeys include all other breeds.
ARCHIE IJ.NGJ.,EY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
STATE
.
EGGS SET AND CHICKS P LACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY 1:vEEKS - 1956 Beek Ending
. Aug. : Aug. Aug.
. 11
18
25
- EGGS SET - THOUS~'JIDS
....
June 23
!I
June
. . July July July : July
30 : 7
14
21
28
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
Aug. 4
I,
Page 2
.. Aug. Aug. Aug.
11
18
25
Maine Connecticut Pen..11sylvania Indiana Illinois :tJf.iSSOU.l::'i Delaware Maryland Virginia ~Iest Virginia North Carolina South Caroli na GEORGIA
Florida Al a b ama 1-"ri.ssissippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas
Washington Oregon
California
1, 149 1,091 1,116 1,009
994
946
929
890
848
960
902
935
979
11,'2d0858
1,403
1,044 1, 164
1,410
1,034 !;
1,055 1,416
! i
I I
627 836 8.53
630 763
966
535 798 844
445 627 826
608 801 832
507 827
692
776
761 810
587 846 818
53 8
76!4 846
493
772 844
409 1, 619
384 1,432
366
. I
i I
1,296
:I
I!
181 795
173 805
151 767
169 795
201 640
160 713
227 671'4
176
212
675 . 646
198 606
2, 041
1 ~ 684
1, 920 328
2 , 4 74
2,039 1. 680
1 ~ 748
311 2. 4~8
I! 2,009
1_,658 1,704
I
! I
I ~
1,950 1,519 1,398
277 . I 917
2,373 I 1, 899
1,856 1)551 1,400
586
1, 809
l. 721
1 ~ 594
1,139 514
1,631
1,931
1,377 1,164
635 1,665
1,865 1,151 1,148
535 1,489
1,733 1,322
1,133 501
1, 545
1,832 1,282
1,296
416 1,559
1;763 1,229
1,211
525 1,631+
1,624 1, 312 1,227
478 1,529
1,687 1, 275 1,162
. 500
1,438
374
335
5,6h1~ , 507
365
lt i i
304
5, 512 . i 5, 181
311 5, 285
286
5 . 11~
287 4,854
. 276 4,881
273
L~, 59 7
263 4, 528
277 4, 242
. 280 4, h32
275 4,481
I
52 2 1,694
540
1, 557
I
527 1,511
i i
I i
I'
259 1,896
252 1, 829
' 268 1,717
225 1,766
222 1, 745
2-=l l=l ./v
1,676
261 1, 526
202 1,589
22 4 1,581
224 1,520
\
1,478 2, 579
1,454 2, 432
1,426 2, 221
I
I I
l! I
1,313 2,510
1:,2 71 2,503
1,2 74 2,527
1,244 2,290
1,246 2,210
1, 165 2,125
1,141 2,017
1,126 2, 077
1:, 179 2,115
l;l08 2,150
264 2,569
270 2,45'9
255
2 .~L~4o
.i :' II
415 2, 203
371 2,202
312 2,134
304 2,269
360 2,066
339 1,986
345 1,893
31 8 1,972
281 1, 976
371 1,875
22h 209
1,618
252
279 1,488
262
277
,I 227
22h
II 1, 364 i I 1~ 137
I
271 197 1,087
248
218
218
199
202
216
217
191
956 l,l2h 1,052 1,100
188
232
22 2
193
1"('0/
167
153 144
964 1,074 1,023 1,061
TOTAL 1956
32,575 31, 335 30, 414 ji 27 ,403 27,112 25, ?58 25,360 24,653 23,870 23,898 23,642 23,577 23,362
TOTAL 1955 1956 as % of 1955
25,653 127
24,960 126
24, 965 I; 22,619 I 122 ' 121 "
22,701 119
22,051+ . 117
22,351 113
22,099 112
21,700 110
20,799 115
20,159 117
19,429 121
18,349 127
y-py ill
-,
-- /
/
Athens, Georgia
HECORD CR.OP OF TURKEYS THI S :tEAR
. .- -.-~--.M:S.---:r..:.-- ----.....,._ ~ ----
G~: The preliminary estimate of tur keys r aised in Ge o~gia t his year is
F
363,000 birds compared wlth 316, 000 r ais ed l~st ye~, or an i r.crease of
15 percent. Of the current total 357,000 are classified as heavy breeds and
6,000 light breeds.
UNITED STATES: Farmers are ra~s~ng about 76 million turkeys this yA ar--16 percent more than in 1955, according to a ~:r8limina.!'y estimate of the .
, prop Reporting Board. About 29 percent more heavy breed t~keys are being raised
this yeru~ than last, while light breeds show a decrease of 19 percent. Light breeds are 18 percent of the total raised this year, compared with 26 percent last
year.
~vy-~~ increases from last year were 48 percent in the South Central, 39 percent in the \'lest North Central, 35 percent in t he South Atlantic, 25 percent in the East North Central and 20 percent in the West. There was no change in the
North Atlantic States .
Light breed turkeys show decreases in all parts of the country. Decreases from
ias~year-are 5 percent in the South Central, 7 percent in the South Atlantic,
16 percent in the West, 27 percent in the East North Central, 34 percent in the West North Central, and 42 percent in t he North Atla~tic States.
Dming the first half of 1956, which covers the main hatching season, prices received for turkeys averaged 6 percent higher than a year earlier and poultry feed prices averaged 7 percent lower. Turkey producer s have more than doubled their intended increase of heavy breed turkeys, while they decreased their -light breed turkeys slightly more t han they had intended.
In this report, light brE)ed turkeys j_nclude Beltsville Small White, Jersey Buff, ltoyal Palm and Wild turkeys. ~!!YY. ~~ turkeys include all other breeds.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois l'Jf..iss ou r i Delaware
Maryland
Virginia ~Jest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Flor i da .Al abama l"d ssissi ppi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 as % of 1955
. .
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CONMERCIAL AREAS~ BY \-JEEKS - 1956 \<Jeek Ending
. .. Aug. 11
:
Aug. 18
. .
Aug . 25
....
June 23
. . June : July : July July July
. 30 : 7
14
21
28
EGGS SET - TH8USLNDS !I
I'
- - -CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1 , 149 1, d88 1,205 1,403
409
1, 61~
2, 041
1 ~684
1, 920 328
2, 474
374 5_.6IV,~
1, 091 1,044 l, J64 1,410
384 1, 432 2,039 1. 680
1~ 748
311
2 _, 4~a
335 5, 507
1,116 1,009
1,034 I. 627
1,055 1,416
!
! i
I I
366 1,296
2, 009
. ! ; '
'I 'I
'I :
I
836
8.;.>-..).,
181
795 1,950
1,658
1,704 277
2,3 73 365
!I ';
I!
I ~
! .
I
I
I i
; I
1, 519 1,398
917 1, 899
304
5, 512 i l 5,1 81
994 630
763 966
173 805 1,856
1)551 l,4oo
586 1, 809
311
5, 285
946
535 798 844 151
767 1. 721
1~594
1,139
514 1, 631
286
5 _. 11-14
929 445 627 826 169
795 1,931 1,377 1,164
635 1,665
287
4,854
890 608 801 832 201 640 1,865 1,151 1, 148
535 1,489
. 276
4, 881
848 507 827 692 160
713 1,733 1, 322
1,133 501
1,545 273
4,597
) 22
1, 6S'4 1, 478 2, 579
264 2, 569
22h 209 1, 618
540
1, 557 1_,454
2,432 270
2, 459 252
279 1, 488
'I
I! 527 I i 259
1,511 1,896
1, 426 2, 221
I
( ~ I
1, 313 2,510
255 j; 415
2_,LJ+o l i 2, 203
' III 262
227
I.
I.
277 224
1,364 i I 1 ~ 137
I
252 1, 829
1;2 71 2,503
371 2,202
271 197 1,087
. 268
1, 717 1, 274 2,527
312 2, 134
248 202
956
225 1, 766
1,244 2",290
304 2,269
218 216
1,124
222
1, 745 1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217 1,052
2~ A ~v
1,676 1 , 165 2,125
33 9 1,986
199 191 1,100
i 32,575 31,335 30, 414 127, 403 27,112 25,758 25,360 24,653 23,870
25,653 127
24,960 126
24, 965 122
I; 22,619 I
I 121
;
22,701 119
22,054 . 117
22,351 113
22,099 112
21,700 110
Aug. 4
960 776 ?61 810 227 674 1,832 1,282 1,296 416 1,559 263 4, 528
261 1,526 l ,HD2,017
345 1, 893
188 179 964
23,898
20,799
115
Page 2
Aug. Aug.
11
18
902 587 846 818 176 675 1;763 1,229 1,211
525 1,631+
277 4, 242
202
1,589 1,126 2, 077
318 1, 972
232 167 1,071+
935 53 8 764 846 212 646 1,624 1, 312 1,227 478 1,529 . 280
4, h32
224 1,581 1:, 179 2,115
281
1, 9 76 222
153 1,023
23,642 20,159
117
23,577 19,429
121
Aug. 25
979 493 772 844 198 606 1,687 1, 275 1,162 soo 1,438 275 4,481
224 1 , 520 1:,l08 2, 150
371 1,875
193 144 1,o61
23,362
18,349
127
fVW I::I
..,_... / -
-
"'-""""'-""'"/ -
. - -,
~EORGIA: The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised i n GeoTgia this year is
363,000 birds compared wl th 316,000 r ais ed l~st ye~ , or an i P-crease of
15 percent. Of the current total 357,000 are classifi ed as heavy breeds and
6,000 light breeds.
UNITED STATES: Farmers are ra1.s1ng about 76 million turkeys this yearA-16 percent
more than in 1955, according to a t:relimina:!'y estiPlate of the . prop Reporting Board. About 29 percent more heavy breed t~keys are being raised this yeru~ than last, while light breeds show a decrease of 19 percent. Light breeds are 18 percent of the total raised this year, compared with 26 percent last
year.
~eavy breed increases from last year were 48 percent in the South Central, 39 perpentin the West North Central, 35 percent in the South Atlantic, 25 percent in !the East North Central and 20 percent in the West. There vms no change in the North Atlantic Sta es.
~~J.ht_~ turkeys show decreases in all parts of the country. Decreases from
last year are 5 percent in the South Central, 7 percent in the South Atlantic,
16 percent in the West, 27 percent in the East North Central, 34 percent in the West North Central, and 42 percent in the North Atlantic States.
Dming the first half of 1956, which covers the main hatching season, prices
received for turkeys averaged 6 percent higher than a year earlier and poultry
feed prices averaged 1 percent lower. Turlcey producers have more than doubled their intended increase of heavy breed turkeys, while they decreased their .light
breed turkeys slightly more than they had intended.
In this report, .!,ight bre.22, turkeys include Beltsville Small White, Jersey Buff,
RI oyal Palm and 1.-Tild turkeys.
Heavy _
__,
b_ re_ ed
turkeys
include
all
other
breeds.
ARCHIE !ANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
I)
________TU_RK_EY_S. _F__.A.._I_SED ON FAF.1V.!S 1956, WITH COMPARISONS
~.-..--
-.-.-:ou - -------~--------
State
and Division
.
Number Raised
:--~-H-e-a-v-~r -B-r-ee-d-s-----: ------L-i~g~ ht Breeds
Total All Breeds
:~955- ; ~9.~56: . l956T:_l_9_5_5-= ...:l..~o.9~56:~~19~5-.6:-~%--l-9-r.5: 19c:6 : l956"%
: of 1955 ~
:
- ------------- : of 1955 : ;.> : . ~-- .....
_./ : of 1955
Thousands Percent Thousands Percent Thousands Percent
-.--.J
_ , . . . - - . -...
_
__...
Maine
156 1h8 95
103
38 37
259 186- 72
N. H.
136 118 87
6
3 50
142 121 85
Vt.
111 108 . 97
L~
1 25
JJ.5 109 95
Mass.
594 551 93
48
20 L.2
61-t2 571 89
-R. I.
L~8
43
90
4
4 100
52 47 90
Conn.
251 268 107
20
11 55
271 279 103
N. Y.
916 953 104
58
l!.O 69
97h 993 102
N. J.
203 222 109
!31
52 40
334 274 82
'Pa.
-------- ------ ---- ---- --------- ---------- N. Atl. ------ ---------- --- --------- --- ---------- Ohio
1,645 1,645 100
652
4,060 4,056 100 1,026
2,062 2,514 122
896
h22 65
591 58 681 . 76
2,297 2,067 90 5,086 h,647 91 2,958 3,195 108
Ind.
1,324 1,519 115
632 398 63 1,956 1,917 98
Ill.
829 . 1,061 128
67 77 115
896 1,138 127
11ich.
795 905 llh
169 165 98
96h 1,070 111
Wis.
1,656 2,359 142
555 361 65 2,211 2,720 123
-73 E.-N7 ce~t~ 6,666-87358--125- -2~3l9- -1;682-- ~- 8,9s? 1o7o4o-- 112-
M-i-nn-. ----5,3-9-1 -7-,9-50---14-7 --2-,6-43--1-,6-10---- 61-~-8-,03-L~--9,5-6-0 --1-19-
lowa - 4,190 5,Lf32 130
263
312 119
4,!-~.53 5, 744 129 ~
Mo .
1, 853 2, 723 11+7
5139 378 64 2,442 3,101 127
N. Dak.
387 515 133
120
43 36
507 558 110
S. Dal~.
286 419 147
4~
51 119
329 470 143 .
Nebr.
727 809 111
89
56 63
816 865 106
Kans.
638 866 136
92
76 83
730 9h2 129
w.N.-c;nt.~l3,472 18~714-- 139--37839--27526---66 _ , _17,311 217240--123-
Del. ~ - --- ~99- -1S9- -161-- -82o-- -797---97-: - ... 919--956- -1o4-
Md .
224 247 110
311 111 36 . :535 358 67
Va.
1,910 2,540 133 3,619 3, 763 10)~ 5,529 6,303 114 .
W.Va.
529 786 149 1,107 1,014 92 1,636 1,800 110
N. C.
s. c.
914 1,2)-tl 136
139
54 39 1,053 1,295 123
882 1,245 141
234
38 16 1,116 1,283 115
Q.C!:.._
310 _}5 7___11.$_ _ _ _6__ .---~~l2..Q~ 316 3?3 112__
Fla.
115 132 115
5o
68 136
165 200 121
:s.-A'tl:- ~- 4,983 -6~707- 135- -6:286- -5-:-ssi- -93 - -11,26912:558- -111~
'Ky:- ~---- 294- -339- -115--- 6a--- 21-- - L_o - -- 362- -366- -Ioi-
Tenn.
158 189 120
. 17 . 21 12l.f
175 210 120
Ala.
150 249 166
126
68 .54
276 317 115
Miss .
123 171 139
24
5 21
147 176 120
f..rk .
1,136 1, 743 153
421
l.~-84 115
1,557 2, 227 143
La.
66 79 120
12
3 25
78 82 105
Okla.
536 706 132
208 224 . 108
7lJ.4 930 125
~exas
2,621 4,061 155
411 396 96 3,032 4,457 147
- S.C-e-nt-. ---5,0-8- 4 -7-,5- 37---1!- ~8 --1-,2-87--1-,2-28---9-5 ---6- ,37-1-- 8,-76- 5 -~1- 38- J
1~1o-nt- . -----4- 9 --- 56---11-4 ----18----28---15-6----- 67---8- 4 --1- 25-
Idaho
98 140 1)..!-3
24
23 96
122 163 13h
Wyo .
9 10 111
4
4 100
13 14 108
~olo.
790 1,126 143
70
44 63
860 1,170 136
!~ . Mex.
47 54 11.5
9
4 44
56
58 lOL~
~riz.
94 114 121
3
2 67
97 116 120
~.:tah
2,033 2,322 114
739 395 53 2, 772 2, 717 98
1'3V
7
7 100
3
3 100
10 10 100
Wc.sh.
738 639 87
70
48 69
808 687 85
Or~g.
1,290 1,233 96
2h5 195 80 1,535 1,428 93
~alif .
9,35i 11,685 125
843 958 114 10,196 12,643 12h
------------------------------ - ---------- we;t:--- -14,5o8 177386-- l20- -27o28- -17704---84--16,536 l9~o9o-- 115-
u. s.
48,773 62,758 129 16,785 13,582 81 65,558 76,340 116
GEORGIA :t_:LUE:.CUI~ TQB~CCO: I1AR~~C!~ElG}h. li.J?LD, AND_,Btp.PQ.Q..!!9!
(The estimates are based on . the latest available data)
~----~---~-
1954
-----~-----
1955
Pistrict
and
Jl ~ Harvested
Y:' 0ld
Per Acre
Producti~
l!
-~ H~-vested
y: :_~ld
Per Acre
I ! _~ty .
. L Acreage.
Lbs.
(000 L~.) . i Acreage
Lbs.
DISTRICTS I'
-+------P.......~-
1:
v-. I !.. I~I- . -
0
0
. 0 I'
0I 0
__ P(0r0o0d u_lc.b_ tsi o. )n
0
DISTRICT IV !
i;I
I
! .
Taylor
J
5
400
2 !
0
0
0
'
I
Total
I
5
400
2
i
0
0
0
. - - r~ DISTRICT V Dodge Johnson Laurens l,1ontgomery Pulaski Taliaferro
I
640 150 445 1,460
20 5
518 667 587 797 500 800
370 100 261 1,163 . 10
4
I
!
ii
I
I!r
I
lr!i
'
153905
\ 1,125
9Iql
'lli 420 l 1,114
1,380 ! 1,16'7'
I
s20 1 1,1oo i 600
I 66L~
I I
127
468
1,610
22
3
Treutlen
1,330
135
Washington
10
700
Wheeler
810
894
978 7
. 724
!, 1, 280 i 1,132
1 11
5 j l,OOO
765 i 1, 207
1,449 5
923
Wilkinson
10
200
I 2
~
5 ' 600
I .
3
Total
4,880
742
3,619
i ! 4,605 1,145 ' i 5,274
DISTRICT VI Bulloch J;lurke Candler Effingham l):manuel Jefferson Jenkins Screven
Total
DISTRICT VII Baker Decatur Dougherty Grady =.Miller
Mitchell
Stowart Thomas
- -T-otal
5,015
5
2,760 300
2,540
0
275 170
11,065
5
43.5 25 1,795
5
3,190
5
2,265
7,725
987 1,000
969 1,007
847
0
807 135
4,950
5
2, 674 302
21151
,0
222 125
. 943
1,200 1,023
880 1,274
800 1 1,123
800 1,283
10,429
I
I 6
i 44.5
22 2,28?
4 3,581
4 2,907
1,198
9,256
Ili!
:i
(I
4, 8755
I!
.I.!'
22,,6~5~0~ 5
d11
210
160
li!i 10,695
. !
:
I
,' 1, 481090
1: 1i:,3~6~1~
: 6oo l 1, 211
l 1,062
I
l!1,31+4
5 1 1,400 430 I 1,251
i 20 11,400
1, 790 I 1, 492
!l 5 . 800
11, 3' 120 . 406 5 11,000
I 2,250 , 1,452
I 7' 625 11, 430
6,916 4
3,607 356
2,9G9 3
327 170
14,372
7 538
28 2,671
4
4,388 5
3,266
10,907
{
:. .
~ORGTA FkUE-CURED TOBACCO: H..@VESI&:D ACREA@. ITELD, AND PRODUCTIO[
::
'Di stri,ct
1954 Yield
I 1955
i Yield
and
Harvested Per Acre Production Harvested Per Acre Productfon
_Co~-"t~y------+~A~c~r~ea~~~Ee~~~L~b.~s~~~-(~OO~O~L~b-s~~)+-~A~c~re~a~~e~~~L~b~s~-1i -~(~O~O~O~L~b~s~.J~
- ._ I'ISTRICT
. VIII ......._.
!,.tkinson
1,760
Ben Hill
1,330
1,482 894
2,608 1,189
1,700 1,265
I i
I
I
l 1,635
1,396
2,780 -1-, 766
) errien Brooks Clinch
5,780 3,220
40.5
I 1,427 I 8,248
1,276
4,108
1,410
.571
5,535
3,150 390
I 1,580
1,440
I
8,746 4,537
1,382
539
Coffee Solquitt Cook Crisp I; ooly Echols Irwin ' ueff Davis :,anier
~owndes
Telfair
6,390 7,855 4,20.5
45 10 510 3,140 2,865 1,945 .5,690 l,OSO
s, 11,,323917
I
8,287 10, Li53
1,366
1u2
1,022
h6
1,000
10
1,184
604
1,076
3,378
1,344
3,8.50
1,427
2, 776
1,268
7,216
761
799
6,115 7,61.5 h,025
40 10
485 3,045 2,73.5 1,865 5,465
980
I i 1,625 1,614
9,935 12,293
1,660
I 1,050
I I
1,200 1,11.5
I
I I 1,.575
I 1,511
6,680
1.~2
.12.
541 4, 795 4,132
I 1,469 1,346 1,055
2,7'-1.0 7,355 1,034
:'ift 'r11rner Wilcox Worth
4,105 28.5
365
2,530
1,004 89.5 652
1,085
4,120
.2.55 238 2,74h
3,895 265 340
2,.515
i 1,649 1,242
I 1,009 1,330 I
6,) ~23
329 343 3,346
Total
53,48.5
1,257
67~242
51,435 1 1,521~ I, 78,368
LISTRICT IX
Appling-
I 3,600
' 1,010 1 3,637
I
3,470
1~- 1,368
4, 748
Bacon ~ rantley
3,010
1,368 i 4,117
2,8.50
1,46.5
1 .
1,438
j
2,106
I 1,410
1,707 I 4,864 1,.519 I' 2,142
s!'yan
~th~aatrhlatmon
~vans ~iberty Long
~icrce
Tattnall
Toombs
43.5 240 10 1,650 11.5 465 4,550 4,620
3,200
I 1 1,032 '
1 1,250
600
938 1
1,009
I 1,101
I i
j 1,392
i 1,023
'! 796
449 300
6 1~.547
116 512 6,332 4,7?.h
2,Stt6
I
40.5
23.5
I 10 1,.575
115
1
455
I 4,325 4,43.5
3,045
1,2.57
.509
l 1,238 800
291 8
II 1,1~22
2,240
1,278
147
I 1,266
1,664
.576 7,196
I 1,401
1,18.5
6,215 3,608
P!are
I 1f,Tayne
2,29.5
1,.532
2,185 1,096
3,.516 2,394
2,190 2,120
1,.587 1,427
3,475 3,025
I 39,0L~ Total
27,840
1,160 32,302
-26,640
1,466 ,
I l. _s~~~~ ~~~~~--- ~o~!_ooo _j_I ~l70 ----~ --~~~_: 85~----1 10~,ooo________ ---~!-~~~-- _2-~_7_:~6~-
CARL 0. DOESCHER
Agr icultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY
Agricultural Statistician In Charge
~~~
G(_O"'i '--.. c r ' ~r
UNITED STATES DEPAH.T~JENT OF AGRICULTURE Agricultural 1'-iarketing Service . Coope.rating lvith
GEOR~IA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE And
GEORGIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
* * * * * * * * *
GE 0 RGI A C0 RN Estimated Acreage, Yield and Production
195 L~ Revised
, 1955 Preliminary
* * * * * * * *. *
By Counties Office of the Agricultural Statistician
319 Extension Building
Athens, Georgia
Augu,st 1956
__ ______ GEORGIA CORrJ: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION
......_
....
. .. .. . . District
. . and
--------. -- -------.-..---..----- --. ----- County
: Acres Harvested : Yield per acre:
: - -- -
-
-
-
-
-
-..:. -
-
._ -..1 ... -
-- -- -
: 1954
1955 . 1954 : 1955 :
.....
Production
-
-
-
-.. -
-.J -
-
1954 1955
...
-=- -
~
- - - DISTRICT I
-- Acres - -
Bushels
- - Bushels
Bartow
14,500 13,340 14.3 27.3 207,000 363,800
Catoosa
4,410 4,050 19.0 31.7 81+,000 128,200
Chattooga
12,090 11, 130 15.9 30.7 191,800
3J.~l,400
Dade
3,?40 3, h30 20.1 35.1 75,000 120,300
Floyd
12, 1+00 J.l, )~10 16.4 31.2 203,800 355,600
Gordon
15,100 13,890 18.0 30.2 272,100 419,300
Hurray
9,880 9,100 19.0 28.2 188, 100 257,000
Paulding
9,030 8,300 9.5 26.3 86,000 218,200
Polk
10,280 9,1+60 10.1 2h.3 103,700 230,300
Walker
10,870 9,980 12.1 33.1 131,800 330,500
vJhitfield
_9,:800 ~lQ 112,100 103,100
13.7
1~
22.0.
29.5
134.400
T,1)77,7oo
276!400 3,041,000
- DISTRICT II
Barrow
Cherokee Clarke
Cobb Dawson DeKalb Fannin Forsyth Fulton Oilmer Gwinnett Hall Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens Towns Union Halton V.Jhite
7,750 8,810
2,220 8,060
3, 720 2,970 4,990 10,450 11,030
5, 710
13,880 11,000
11,150
4,170 6,960
3,510 3,050 6, 360 1.5,800
__&l}lQ
6,980
8,030 1,990 7,260
3,350
2, 670
4,490 9,420
9,930 5,150 12, h90 9, 900 10,020
3, 750 6,260
3,070 2, 750
5,730 14,230
_4 .~).Q
146,400 131,800
10.7 16.0
11+. Lr. 9.1
15.5 14.9 27.8 12.8 11.8
29.4 11. 8
13.9 11.8 28.3 10.6 15.0
29.9 29.9 11.2
-2~ .7
15.6
23.4 82,600 29.7 140,800 23.9 32>000 28.7 73,100 34.1 57,800 26.3 44,400 42. 1+ 138,500 29.2 133,700 26.3 130,000 34.1 167, 600 31.2 163,600 28.2 153,300 24.4 131,400 43.8 118, 100 24.8 74,100 28.2 52,500 1+6.8 91,200 36.5 190,200 24.3 177 , 300
3.7.!9. -l?!l..t6oo
29.6 2,280,800
163,100 238 , 500 47,500 208,61JO 114,200
70,2 00 190,200 275]200 261, 100 175,500 389,200 279 ,600
244~000
164,300 155 )500
86~ 700
128,600 209,300
346~500
l60_,1.QQ
3,908,000
)
... .
2
..
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GEORGIA CORN: ACREAGE', YIELD AND PRODUCTION
~-------
. District and
-- -- ------- ----- ------- --------- --- County
:~Ar~s_H~r~e~t!d_ ~ !i~l~ Ee~ ~ere_: __PEo~utio ~ _ _
.. . . . :
..
.. .. . .
. 1954 : . 19.5.5
1954 : 19.5.5 : 19.54 : 19.5.5
. :
-- Acres--
Bushels
Bushels
DISTRICT III
Banks Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart
Lincoln Madison Oglethorpe Rabun Stephens Wilkes
6,910 . 6, 840
10,490 5,910
9,260 4,620 9,650 8,920 3,480 4,330
6, 922.
77,400
6,1..r.50 6, 190
9,660
. 5,440
8,410 4,250 . 9,130 8,160 3, 200 3, 990 6 ,320
71,200
10 .5 10. 0
10 .5 15. 3
1.5 . 8 9.5 9. 0 8. 4 31.1
11 .5 9.0
11.8
2.5.3 27.3 25 . 8 31.2
22 . 9 24. 4 23 . 9 24. 4 39.0 27 . 7
~
26. 0
72,800 68,200 110,600
90,h00
1Lr5' 900 44,000 86,400 74,800 108,100 5o,ooo 62,600
913, 800
163,300 168,800
249,300 "169 ,.500 192,500 103,500 217,300 198,700 124,700 110,700 150,00Q
1,849,600
DISTRICT IV
- Carr- oll ~ 30,050
Chattahoochee 920
Clayton
3,660
Coweta
14,780
Douglas
5' 8.50
Fayette
7,490
Haralson
9,460
Harris
5,1.60
Heard
9,.530
Henry
12,670
Lamar
.5,100
Macon
31,290
:t'Iarion
15,r9o
.Meriwether 17,330
Muscogee
1,160
Pike
8,4.50
Schley
13,200
Spalding
3,620
Talbot
.5,840
Taylor
21,440
Troup
8,030
Upson
~~
237,100
27 , 220 830
3,300 13,200 5,270
6,510 8,3.50 4,840 8,660 11,180
4,.540 29 ' 9.50 1.5 , 690
~.5 , 410
1, 000 . 7, 430
13 , 240 2,800 .5,310 20,840 6,910 . 5:120
217,600
12 . 0 8. 6
12. 6
13.7 12 . 0
13 . 2 12 . 0 10. 3 10. 3
9. 2 10. 3 12. 6 12. 0 12. 6
9. 1 11.4 12.0
9. 2 11. 4 10. 3 12. 0 10. 3
11. 7
2.5.3 19 .5 24 . 8 23.4 2.5 . 3 . 2.5 . 3
24. 3 23 . 4 21.9 2.5 . 8 28 . 2
24. 3 20 .5 24. 8 21.4 30. 2 2.5 . 3 27 . 3 22.9 21.4 20. 9 2.5 ...
. 24. 2
361,000 7,900
46,000 202,700
70,300 98,500 113 , 600 56,200 98,300 116;300 .52,600 393,600 190,900 218,000 10,.500 96,700 1.58,600 33, 200 66,800 221,100
96,.500 60.700
2,770,000
689,200 16,200 82.,000 308,.500 133,400 164, 800 203,300 113,100 189,800 '288,.500 128,200 729,200 . 320, 9QO
382,700 21,400 224, 300
33.5,200 76, 400
121,.500 446, .500 144,700
1~2.10 0
.5,2.51,900
- 3 .. GEORGIA CORN: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION
. District . and
------------------------------------- County
:_As_r2.s_H~ry_e~t~d_: _Y!e1_dy~r~a.2.r~ .!. _ frd_c!:_i_n_ _ ___
. .. . .. :
. . : . 1954 1955 1954 : 1955
1954 : . 1955
....
:
-~Acres--
B-.u-s.h-e.l. .-sJ
Bushels
DISTRICL!.
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts
Cr~wford
Dodge Greene Hancock Houstcn Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Honroe Montgomery Horgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlen Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson
10,990
5,490 24,600 4,180 8,h70 41,480 . 5,520
15 ,460 20,390 4 , 2 90 33,930 2,170 93,050 3,570 22,100
9,230 8,650 10,210 19,160
3,140 4,590 2,270
17,350 12,930 38,320 25,410
..1.?. 750
462,700
10,930 5,150 23,820 3,820 7,9)-+0
40,330 5,070 14, 490 19,920
3,730 33,680 1,860
92,350 3,070 21, 800
9,030 8,080
9, 730 19,130
2, 810 4,270 1, 880
17,470 ' 12, 070
37,560 24, 800 15.110
449,900
7.7 8.3
7.7 9. 9 8. 3
5.4 8.7 9.3 9.3 9. 3 5. 1~ 9. 9 7.7 10.4 6. 6
10.4 9.3
13.1
5. 4 12.6 9. 3
7. 7 7. 7 7.1 8.8
8. 3 6. 6
7.7
22.9
26 . 3 21.4 31. 6 26.3 20. 5
23 . L~
21.4 30.7 24. 8 21.9
23 . 4 24.3 26. 3 21.4 22 . 9
25.3 36. 0 20.4 21.4 24. 4 19. 5 20. 5 20.5 21.9 21.9
.?..llt
23.2
84,700 45, L~oo 189,600 41,200
70,100 225,600 1;.8 , 2 00
143,700 189,500 39, 900 164,600
21,400
717, 000 37,200 145, 300 96,200 80,400
134,200 104,200
39,500 42,700 17,500 133,700 92,300 338,700 210,200
- 10.3,5QQ
3,576,500
250,100
135,400 510,400 120,900 208,800 825 ,000 .118,500 310,)00 611,100
92,600
738 , 000
1~3, 500 2,21 ~ 8,500
80,700 467 , 100 206,700 204,600 35Q,900 391,200 60,200 104,000 36,600
357,300 246,900 823,000
543,1-+00 32.3.700
10,409,300
-DI-STR--I-C---T---. .V. .I.
B u l l vch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins HeDuffie Rictunond Screven Warren
84,900 59,400 29,300
1_~,880
18,770 53,200 10,620 35 ,~.80 3h,o6o 10,000
5,500 59,670
...1.2.520
hl8, 300
85,580 59,890 29,640 4,450 18,890 53, 610 10,29 0 -36,530 34,.350
9' 910 . 5,070 62,230 12, 660
1-+23,100
11. 9 10.2
8. 6 8. 6 12.3 7. 6 ?. 0 6.5
9.7 7. 0 6.5 12.1-+ 8. 6
9.9
27.3 23.9 22 . ).j.
19.5 23. 4 18. 5 20. 4 20.9 20.5 21.4 18. 5 28. 2
!:2k
23 . 6
1,010,200 605,800 252,300 42,000 231,800 403,900
71~ ,600
229,200
331,900 70,300 35,500 737,000
107.800
4,132,300
2,333,700 1,429,000
663 , 900 86, 700 441;5oo 992,000 210,400 761+,900 702,500 212 , 300 93,800 1, 757,5oo __125.900
9,984,100
-4-
, District . and County
:G_EAO9R!G~IAs_CHO~RN~e: ~tAdCR_E:A_G~E~'YEIEeLrD~AcNDe~PR~O_DU_CT~IOrN~d~cii~n- _ __~
. .. . .. :
. :
. .. : 195h . : 1955
1954 . : 1955 : 1954
1955
.. . . :
:
~ - ---. ------ ---A-c- res-----~--.-!l_-us[-le.1-_s - ---- .-f3-o_-&l-el~----
DISTRICT VII
Baker
24,360 2h,400 12.2 20. 5 298,100 L~99 ,ooo
Calhoun
17,220 17,250 13.8 . 20.5 238,100 352,800
Clay
13, 6tlo. 13,700 . 9.2 20. 0 125,600 273,.5.00
Decatur
52,560 52,660 17.9 21.4 941,100 1,128,300
-Do1,1.gherty
12,120 12 ,140 10.tl 21.9 130,500 266,000
Early
51,650 52,1.1)0 13.8 24.8 . 714,100 1, 295,100
'
Grady
52,270 52,560 23 o6 27.3 1,232,100 1,433,200
Lee
20, 680 20,730 10. 8 20.5 222,600 421..J.,ooo
Hiller
39,220 39,290 12.8 2~.3 502,200 956,600
Hitch ell
59' 91.~0 60,060 lO. G 25 . 3 645,300 1,520,800
Quitman
5,310 5,320
9.7 J. 7.5
51,700 93 , 300
Randolph
22,260 22,300 10. 8 22.9 239 , 600 510,400
Seminole
26,790 26, 830 16. L~ 21.4 Ld+O, 200 571+, 800
Ste.,rart
16,260 16,290 . 10.8 20c5 175,000 333,200
Sumter
JL~, 620 34, 680
12.2
27. 3
423,700 945' 700
~err ell
26, 660 26,320 13.3 23. 9 353,500 628,000
Thomas
53,750 53,650 20. 5 25.3 1,102,500 1,358, 500
. \IITebster
11.950 11,970
9.7 19.~ ._1.16..1 500 ___g)3 ,100
541,300 542,300 11~. 7 23.7 7, 952 ,400 12, 826,300
- - DISTRICT VIII
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt
16,220
14, 370 42,760 54,700
2,660 56,1+00 66 ,750
Cook
28, 680
Crisp Dooly Echols
Irwin <Teff Davis
Lanier Lo1mdes Te l f ai r Tift
30,870
38,150 4,280
35,650 20 , 980 11, 280
33,730 29,700 28, 620
Turner \1-Ti l c ox
Worth
17, 910 25,000
21 790
610 ,500
16,520 14, 640
43,570 55, 330
2,570 57, 1.60 69,380 29,210
30, 850 38,1+70 4,360
37,310 21, 910
ll, h90
34 ,360 30,260 28,750 18,140
- 24, 970
~r.'-2. )-6o 621, 900
15. 4 6. 2
14.4 12, L~
13 . 4 12. 9 16. 4 12.4 10.3 10.3 11. 3 12.4
15.4 10. 8 13. 9
6~2
6.7 10. 3
6.7
Jhl
11.?
26.8
23 . ~-
25.8 20. 5 18. 0 22.9 21. 1-J. 21. 9
19. 5 19.5 17.5 21.4
24.3 22.4 19.0 21. L~ 25.3 22 . 9 20. 0 20.9
21.8
250,000 89 , 600
4L~2, 400 3L~2 ~ 200
615,400 1,124,500
675' 700 1,131,600
35,600 46,300
72 8,600 1,314, 800
1,096,800 l,h86 ,500
35L~,300 61+0,100
318,300 600,900
393,400 71-+9 ,300
1~8 , 500
76,400
440,400 799,400
323,300 533 , 400
121,400 257,400
470,100 652,500
185,100 6h8,300
191,400 728,000
184,700 415,200
167,200 498,500
- h2 8,).j.OO 1.096 ,300 ..-...
7,118,200 13,5Sh,OOO
... 5 -
GEORGIA CORN: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION
District and
: _A!'~s_H~e!?._t~d- .:_ _Y~e1:_dy~r_a_r~ _: ___Pr.o,9,u.s.tio!!. __
. .. . . . ..
. . 19.54 1955
195h : 1955
1954
1955
Count y
:
:
:
:
:
:
- . - ~~~--~------A-cr~es- ------B-u- sh- els-~---~-B- us- he- ls--
DISTRICT IX
Appling Bacon
Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham
Evans Glynn
Liberty Long HeIntosh
Pierce Tattnall Toombs V.Tare
Wayne
28,500 21, 850
5, 800 5,650
370 1,620 1,630 17,650
320 2,530 4,820
310 26,600
43,650
33,450 15,800
-23-.6-5-0
23L~, 200
28,560 21, 81+0 5,800 5,640
31~0
1,480 1,630 17,640
320 2,370
4,91.~0
290 26,590 43,630 33,580 15,800 _1),650
23h, l00
17. 2 16.7
17.7 13. 3 15.4 12 . 2 11.1
14.4 11. 9 10. 6
12. 7 14. 5 12.7 16. 1
14.4 17.7
1-lld
15. 6
25. 3 490,900 32 . 6 364,000
24.8 102,500
26o8 74,900
20. 9
5,700
20. 5 19,800
19~4
18,100
22. 9 254,000
24.4
3,800
29. 2 26,700
31.2 61,200
21.4
4,500
25. 3 337,600 26. 8 702,400
22 . 4 . 481,400
31. 7 279,300 29.2 __k3..b5.9Q
26. 5 3,658,300
723,200 712,500 1L4,ooo 151,000
7,100 30,300 . 31,700 403,700 7,800 69,200 154,000 6,200
673,300 1,168,500
752,200 500,100 691 . 000
6,225, 800
STATE
2,840,000 2,795,000 12.0
24.0 34,080,000 6?' 080,000 .
r
lev
AGRICULTURAL , MARKETING SE F<VICE
Athens, Georgia _
September 5, 19$6
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA cru1MERCIAL AREAS
During the v1eek ending September 1 commercial hatcheries ' placed 4, 237,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This is 5 percent below the 4,481,000 placed the previous lveek but is 21 percent more than the 3,493,000 placed
the same we~k- last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,248,000 compared with 5,512,000 for t,he previous week-and is 11 percent greater than the 4,747,000 for the corresponding
week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
72 cents per doz en~ Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$13.25 per hundred~ These prices are the same as the previous week and compares
with 88 cents and ~~16e 25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produ,ced
patching )eggs; whether bought on contract or othertdse.
Weighted :average prices from the Federal-state Market News Service for broilers , during week ending September 1 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2t "" 3~ :
r- pounds; ~t farms 18.73; FOB plants 19.62.
(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA clUCK PLACEr11IENT BY WEEKS -::.. PERIOD -JUIm 30 THROUGH SEPTEMBill-1, 1956 .
Date -
-Egg~ -~~ ChickS Hatch-;d y
Inshipments i Total Placed
We ek
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks j on Farms
Ending
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956 1955 : 1956:
----~--~---Th~o-u--s-an-d~s-----~~---~T~housands-----+----T-h_o_u_s_an_d_s__~__T_h_o~u-sa_n_d._s~: --
June 30 I1 5,269 6,156
I July . 7: I 5;285 5,685
July 14 :. 5,351 5, 705
I 1
I
July 21 .. . :5,131 5,851
July 28 . 5,142 5,7l0.
I Aug.
Aug.
. 4 11
1
j
- 4!~,,778588
5,713 5,644
Aug~ 18 . ;4, 711 5,507
Aug. 25 : ... 4,770 5,512
Sept. . 1 ! .4,747 5,248
3,596 4,481
3,534 4,316 3,503 4,176 3,494 4,191 3,483 4,003 3,462 3,946 3,380 3, 759 3, 281 3, 825 3,130 3,779 3,101 3,983 '
596 8o4
608 828 589 678 647 690 508 594 478 582 512 483 509 607 463 702 392 539
4,192
!~,142
4,092 4,141 3,991 3,940 3,892
3, 790 3,593 3,493
5,285
5,144 4,854 4, 881 4,597 4,528 44,,21.4~322 4,481 4,237
1/ E~c+usive of hatchi~gs shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL 0. DOESCHER _ gricult~al Statistician
ARCHIE Lt'I.NGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGI~
SEP 7 1956 LI BRARIES
rzz - wn ' str r =a = rrz =-rr= rm s-
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Ivlaryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South . Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
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,Aug. Aug. Aug.
-- 11 : .. . 18 .
25
:
- Sept. 1
EGGS SET - 1~0USA1JDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1,091 1,116
1,044 1,034
1,164 1,055
1,410 1,241
384
366
1,432 1,296
2,039 2,009
1,680 1,658
1,748 1,704
311
277
. 2,458 2,373
336
365
5.%.~01- 5,512
5hO
1,557
1, 454 2,432
270
2,459 252 279
1,488
527 1,511 1,426 2,221
255 2,440
262 22?
1,364
1, 172
994
1,092
630
1,167
763
1,344
966
340
173
1,376
805
1,951
1,8.56
1;609
1,551
1,705 . 308
1,400
586
2,362
1,809
347
311
5.%248_ _ 5 ~ 285
550
252
1 , 559
1,829
1,429
1,271
2,134 241
2,503 . 371
2,329
2,202
333
271
220
197
1,196
1,087
946
535
798 844 151 767 1,721 1,594 1,189
514 1,631
286 5,11.,1.1. .
268
1, 717 1,274 2,527
312 2,134
248 202
956
929
445 627 826 169
195
1,9~1
1,377 1,164
635
1,665 287
4.854
225 1,766 1, 244 .2, 290
304 2,269
218 216 1,124
890
608 801
832 201 640 1,865 1,151 1,148
. 535
1,489 276
4.881
222 1:,745 .
1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217 1,052
848
50?
827 692 160 . 713
1;733 1,322 1,133
501 1,545
273 4.597
238 1,676 1,165 2,125
339 1,986
199 191 1,100
960
776 761 810 227 . 674
1,832 1,282 1,296
416 1,559
263 4,528
261 1,526 1;141 2,017
345 1,893.
188 179 964
902
58?
. 846 818 176 . 675
1,763 1:,229 1,211
525 1,634
277 4.242
202 1,589 1,126 2,077
318 1,972
232 167 1,074
935
538 764 846 212 646 1,624
1,3121 1,227,
478 1,529
280
4.432
224 1,581 1,179 2,115
281 1,976
222 153 1,023
979
493 772 844 198 606 1,687 1,275 1,162
500
1,438 275
4 1481
224 1,520 1,108 2,150
371 1, 875
193 144 1,067
942
493 776 742 220
540 1,715 1,178 1,209
488 1,440
251 4,1_:
208
1,529 1,052 1,996
306 1,885
187 142 1,09?
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955 1956 as.- %:of' 1955
31,335
24,960
126
..
30,239 24,965
12.1
30,012 25,021 : 120
27,112 22,701
119
25,758 22,054
117
2.5,360 22,3.51
113
24,653 22,099
112
23,870 21,700
110
23,898 20,799
115
23,642 20,159
117
23,577 19,429
121
23,362 18,349
127
22,633 17,652
128
; .
fftJli~ PRICE REPOR~~F AUGUST 15. 19?6
GEORGIA: DUPing the month ended August 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices
Received by Georgia farmers deelined 2 points. At the present level the
~~dex is .254 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average ~~d 5 points below the level of the
fndex during the corresponding period last year.
fhe All Crops component of the Index dropped 5 points during the month to 276 perent of its 1910 - 1914 average ~ the sa~e level as reported on August 15 last
year. Lower prices received during the month for cotton lint, corn, Irish potatoes
and soybeans more than offset higher prices receiyed for wheat, oats. and sweet. potatoes and contributed largely to the shift in this Index.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index declined 2 points
during th.e monthly period to 206 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average. Principal
contributors to the decline were lower prices received at the farm level for all chickens. (Approximately 2 cents per pound). Moderately higher prices received
for hogs, b~ef c~ttle, eggs and wholesale milk were only partially offsetting.
~D STATES: Sharply lower prices received by farmers for potatoes and commer-
cial ve:getable's cciupl~d v-Atf1 moderate declines in average prices -
neceived for cotton, fruit~ and poultry .were :re~tponsible for a 3 percent (7 point)
qecline in the Index of Prices Received .by Farmers during the month ended August
15. These . declines ~ were offset. only in part by substantial increases in prices
received for cattle and hogs, and by small increases for milk, wheat, and a number
of other items. The mid-August index at 237 percent of its 1910-14 average com-
pares with 244 in July and 232 in August 1955.
The Parity Index (Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and
Wage Rates) rose another point during the month to reach 288 percent of its 1910-
14 average. Increases in prices of farm production goods were primarily responsible
for the rise. Part of these price advances were offset by a slight declin~ in
prices paid for family living .items, principally food. The mid-AugustPar:i;ty Index
was 3 percent higher than a year earlier, equalling the previous all-time ~ugust
high recorded in 1952.
With farm product prices averaging lower than in July, and the Parity Iridex
~ontinuing to rise, the Parity Ratio dropped to 82 on August 15, 4 points under the
' 1956 high reached in June, and 1 point .below August last year.
Indexes
1910-14 a 100
~ummary Table for ~he. .United States
August 15, July 15, : August 15, Record high 1955 : 1956 ;.1 . 1956 . : . Index: D_ate
Prices Received
232
244
. 237
Parity ~ndex ]}
280
287
288
313 Feb. 19$.1. 290 E)May 1952
P.arity Ratio
83
85
82
123 Oct. 1946
y 1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates. Also February and April 1952.
J/ Revised.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
BURTON J. HARRING',)?ON Agricultural Statistician
PBICBS RECEIVED BY F,'Jl.MERS .fJJGUsr 15, 1956 WITH COMPliRISONS
COw f.OtiTY 1-J.TD UlJIT
_Ave ra~B
Jan . l9... Dcc.l914
r.'l:ORGIA
Aug.15, 1955
j
. l[NIT3D ~l~ES
July 15, Aug.15, t.rig:f3s- Auge15, 'July 15
1956 1956 I July 1914 1955
1956
--
A~.1S~
156
Wheat, Bu.
$ 1.23
1.91
1.90
1.92
.88
1.90 1.90 1.93
C<?rn, Bu.
$
I .91
1.58
1.38
1.33
.64
1.30
1.43 ~.45'
Oats, Eu.. . .
$
.67
'
~79
.74
.75
. 40
.55
.65 .68
Irish Potato e s, Bu. $ 1.13
1<50
6.00
4.50
.70
.75 5.19 2.33
S'l'[eE!t Pot ato e s, Bu. $
.84
2 .85
5.55
6.05
.88
1.79 6.34 3.$
Cotton, Lb.
12.1
34.5
34.5
33.5
12.4
32.7
32.4 31.1
C~ttonseed, Ton H~ (baled) Ton
$ 23.65
$ ---
49.00 28.30
44.00 24, 20
44.00 24. 20
22.55
--
50.10 20.00
49.00 51.00 1'9.60 20.00
Hogs, per CvTt.
$
B~ef Cattle, Cwt. $
Milk Cows, Head $
Chickens, Lb.
E&gs, Doz.
Butterfat, Lb.
7.36 3.96 33.85 13 . 3 21.4 25.8
16.50 11.70 105.00 25.9 47.5 52.0
16.00 12.10
uo.oo
20.5 45.0 51.0
16.10 12.40
no.oo
18.5 47.0 51.0
7.2-7
5. 12 48 . 00 11.4 2L5 26.:3
15.70 15.20 16.20 -
15.70 15.40 16.30
147.00 154.00 155.00
24 .1
20.5 18.7
39.4 36.5 36.9
55.9
58.3 58.2
Milk (vrho1es1/e)
per 100# 1
$ 2, ,13
Soybeens, Bu.
$ --
5.50 2.80
5.65 2.70
5.70 2.40
1.60
--
Peanuts, Lb.
5.2
ll.2
11.2
11.2
4.8
- - l/: J 'reHminary for August 1956
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INDEX l\11Jllffi1'RS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FlJIMERS IN GIDBGI A
(January 1910 - December 1911 "' 100)
3.98 2.20 12.2
398 2.47
u.s
4.10 2.33
u.s j
Aug.15, July 15, Aug.15,
1955
1956 1956
All Commodities
259
256
254
.tu1 Crops
276
281
276
Grains and Hay
165
149
148
Cotton Lint
285
285
276
Peanuts
216
216
216
Tobacco
362
362
376 .
Cottonseed and Soybeans
206
185
185
Irish Pot atoe s, Sweet Potr-~.toes and Cowpe as
263
581
586.
Fruits and Nuts
205
244
220
All Livestock and Livestock Products
222
208
206
l-ikmt ilnima1 s
250*
250*
254
Foultry and Eggs Dairy Products
191 225*
161 228*
155 . 230
" ,' .
Revised
. ..
------'-=-.P~ICES PAID BY FA..'GMERS FOR Sl<~"ECJrED FEEDS AUGU8r 15, 1956 ,IT!TH CO'MPl.BI SJNS J}
GEORGIA
UNITED 'SJ:J',TES
Aug. 15, July 15,
Aug. 15~ .
Aug. 15, JUly' 15; . .A.Ug~'1.5.', ..
KIND OF FEED
1955
1956
1956
1955
1956
19~
-----------------------------------------------------~------------------------~~--~ ~
Mixed Dairy Fcea
Dollars Per 100 Pq~_cl_s__.___
All Under 29% Protein 16% Protein -18% Protein 20'% Protein
24%.Prot ein
4.00 3.90 4.20 1.20
4.30
3.90
3.80 4.10 1.05 4 .25
3. 95 3.90 4.10 4 .10 4 .25
3.69
3.63 3.67 3.90 4 .09
3.71
3.71
3.64 .. ' 3.65 . .
3.67
3.66
3.90
. 3.89
4.04
,1.04
Grain E-Products !fran Middlings Corn Mee.l
Foultry Feed Broil er Gro'l'ling Mash Laying Mash Scrntch Grllins
H1:1.y (Baled)
LlfaJ.f a ;~11 Other
. 60 4.55 5.10
3,40 3.80 1,25
5.20 5.00 4.50
58.00 42.50
]J As reported by Feed Dealers.
, -1' 04 .20 4 .70
3.30 3.65 3.70
5.30 4.95 1.15
45.00 39.00
3.54.15 4 .50
3.30 3.65 3.65
5.40 4 .95 4.45
46.00 40.00
1.01 1 .14 5,02
2.89 3.12 3.64
4.95 4.53 4.14
31.40 28.90
3.76 . 4.27 4.8_q
2.91 3 .13 3.71
5.08 4 .58 4.16
3.88 . 1 .13
4 .8~
2.94 3.17 3.75
5.10 4 .57 4.19
30.30 27.70
30.90 28.70
J-...:':>; -
Athens ,-:Georgia
., . . !
GEORGIA - 'SEPTE:IvlBER . l'. CO.TTON REPORT..
'.
frobable cotton productioh for Gebrgia i.s indicated at 620,000 bales (50b pounds grose: .weight) according to information: as of: September 1 furnished the Georgia Crop. Reportiiig Service of- the United States Dep.artment of Agriculttire. This forecast is : 5 percent less than 650,000 estimated as of August 1 and is ~2 per9ent
belaw the JOl,OOO standard bales produced in 1955~ G\Irrent -indicated lint :yield per sere Of 352 poimds has been exceeded only by the r~cord high of: )76 _po_ung_s.
produced last 'year. Acreage for harV-est is estimated at 845,ooo compared with
&95,000 in 1955.
Hot dry weather during August foll01dng the frequent showers of July caused heavy . .
shedding of squares and small: bolls in the central and northern districts. Damage .
from weevils ha~ been high in most areas north of the fall line. Reports indicate : ..
premature opening of bolls in the areas that have been short of moisture. Most of . ;..
tpe rlecline in production during the past month has been in the northern' portion .
... of tl).e State. .
..
Harvesting operations have made good progress during the past month in the southern .. distri~ts and is now underway in most areas of the State. :Hore than 40 - percent of the crop had been ginned in the southern district prior to September 1.
The BUre~u oi .Census reports 135,000 running bales ginned prior to September 1
compared with 116,000 to that date in 1955 and 222,000 in 1954.
. ..
---..-.----- . GEORGIA.' MA.P SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 1956 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1955 & 195. 4. ,,.:~"-:~
. ., : .: '
:.; ,~.:.
..
1
'\ 1956-44, 000 \ NON-cOTTON / ;
1956 production indicated on .
September 1.
1955-58,000
/'-.._ _ !
1954~45' 00,0 ~--....~-~ / ~ -~
I
II
, III ~
-STATE 1956 - 620,000
\ Or:I.E_
1956-391000 '.,_ . . \
1955-56,000
EI:B...E~~QN.
1955 - 70l,OOO 1954 - 612'; 000
\ L 19.%.~40,000 ATimNS 1956-3' 000
r
-~ 1955-61, QQ
Districts sho~ are Crop . .
Reporting Dist.ricts and NOT
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,__.
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./
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'
IV 1956-73,000
J
1955-80,000
V
\
'\ 1954-64,000 /(
!'lACON
\
1 --19)b-120,000
~
{OLUHBUS
~
1955-130,000 1954-108,000
()._ _l
!
, __,
!- _, __,; ' '
~
,/ ........
/
VII
} VIII 'v/
I
/
( 1956-107,000
ALBAN.YJ
1955-113,000 1954-117,000
1956-75,000 )
1955-87,000 \
,.-l 1954-87,000
VALDOSJ~
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CARL o. DOERCHER Agricultural Statistician
VI
. _ AllG!ISTA'\\ \., 1956-104,0~\
UNIVER ITY OF GEORGIA
SEP 14 19'36
( 1955-98,000 \ '
/ 1954-93 ,000
I ( ---..
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t'
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'j?J~
~ 1955-18,000 .\- 1954-21,000
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
~'
In Charge
UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTENBER 1, 1956
The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the following
report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the . various influences affecting the crop during the re~ainder of the season are mor~ or less favorable than usual.
State
. .
1956
: September 1 : Lint yield per :
Production k/
. . . : Ac:r:,eage 1/ Total :
Condition : harvested acre : 500lb egross wt. bales
:
aban-: .For :Aver-: : :Aver-: . : 1956 . : Aver:
1956
tdonment: har- : age : : : age : : indi : age :
indi
: .after : vest =1945-:1955:1956:1945-:1955: cated : 1945- : 1955 : cated
: July 1:
: 54 : :
54
:Sept. 1: 54
:Sept. 1.
. :.Percent.=aTchroeuss.: Percent
Pounds
Thousand bales
N. C.
s. c.
Ga. IT'enn. Ala.
3.2
450 73 80 83 321 350 363
457 351 340
2.6
677 69 72 73 301 375 379
656 . 572 535 .
2.3
845 68 79 71 252 376 352
675 701 . -620
2.2
540 74 85 77 359 523 511
564 623 575
3.0
965 68 85 67 281 478 363
880 1,045 730
t1iss.
:t1o.
2.7 1,595 71 86 75 340 570 488 1,656 2, 023 1,.620
1.9
370 76 85 85 367 502 532
362 410 . 410
~rk.
2.5
La.
5.9
Okla. Texas
I 11.9
I 12.9
N. Mex. 4.3
I ftriz.
5.6
Calif.
3.9
:v i Other
States
7.6
1,365 72 86 73 339 545 519
560 67 73 78 336 454 489
705 61 77 46 154 281 191
6,250 70 75 67 194 281 266
179 88 87 94 526 688 764
357 92 82 96 656 981 1,129
745 93 90 96 659 774 857
58
-.. 284
373
1,382
586 356 3,518
237 559 1,164
1,663 582
463 4,039 .
266
728 1,205
1,475 570 280 .
3,460 285 840
1,330
47 5o
45
15,661 72 81 75 283 417 402 13,098 14,721 13,115
-- Egypt 1:1 I 9.2 39.8
- 387 5oo- 570
32.9 42.9 47.2
1/ Preliminary
y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contains about 480 net pounds of lint.
2/ Virginia, Florida; Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. .
w Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona; ~d California.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
.)
OJ/ ]) 0
(.
SEP 14 195
J;!;J-
ACREAGE AND INDICA~ED PRODUCTION
September 1, 1956
UNITED STATES: The product~on of most fall vegetables in 1956 will be larger than
.
in 1955, according to the .Crop Reporting Board. Estimates pre-
pared ~s of September 1, which account or about- thre -fourtns of tne commercial .
proc;iuc~iori in the fall season, indicate total tonnage will be up 19 percent '?ver ..
1955. However, this is influenqed by an increase over last year of nearly 50 per~ent
r.or .e&r,ly :=..fall cabbage. Significant increases from last fall are also indicate4 .
for carrots, cauliflower, and tomatoes. Lima beans, snap beans, cuctunbers and .,,
spinach are expected to be in somewhat heavier supply.than a year ago. Early fall
crops of celery and lettuce are close to last yearts levels and only early fall
peas are -below 1955 production.
LINA BEANS: The final forecast of summer lima beans -indicates a crop of 888,000
r ,
bushels, slightly less than produced in 1955. Condition improved in
Mary).and and Ohio resulting in higher yields while prospects in New York declin_~_d.... .
There is no chahge in the production forecast for the other States in this group.
Peak"'harvest was reached ;in mid-August in the Cedarville area of New Jersey and, ..
supplies are gradually diminishing. Supplies are liberal in New York whe:te hartest .
is expected to continue into October. Hot, dry v-Teather retarded development d~\ ...:.. .:-' .
some .late crops in Georgia but conditions were generally favorable in North .: :
C~ 1ina.
'! .! ; :
. ' . ......
The first forecast of fall production in Virginia is for a crop of ~3,000 . btishe1~
compared with 21,000 bushels harvested last year. Yield prospects are much above
' last year, b~~ the acreage for fresh market continues to decline. . Harvest is ex-
pected
to. . start
in
early
.
.
O .
c
to
b.e
r
and
continue
into
November. ~
SNAP BEANS: The final forecast of late summer snap beans at 3,449,000 bushels is
3 percent under the August lestimate and 6 percent below last year 1s
production. yields are lower than indicated a month ago in North Carolina and
Tennessee and slight increases in Georgia, Virginia, New York, and New Hampshire.
were not enough to offset these decreases. Crops in Alabama are in good condition
and moisture is generally adequate. In Georgia, harvest is about over in the
northern areas. Generally dry weather lowered yield prospects in North Carolina.
~ arvest is nearly over in southwest Virginia. Most crops in New York came into
prOduction at about the same time but harvest was slow .because of shortage Of
labor. Supplies of .beans are adequate in New Hampshire and l1assachusetts and harv-
est will continue until frost. The Michigan crop in the east central areas
~ escaped ~~~ge d~spite the adverse affect of. heavy rains on some vegetables. Volume
is declining but there is some late acreage yet to b e harvested. Marketing of t~e .. .
COlorado' cr6p c6ntinues and replanted acreage, although late, is expected to be
harvested. Yields in Tennessee are lower than indicated a month ago due to washit).'g :.
r~ins in low land areas. Production from the early plantings is expected to be ; ::.
fairly heavy through mid-september and harvest of some late acreage will start
afQ:und the _early part of the month.
; '
2!!2W:IDERS: 1-~e product~ on of ear1.y ~ c:~cumbe;rs t .s forec9-st at 768,000 bushels; ...
average-.
....
. vmich is 14
111 c-a:lifornia:;
percent there
i
larger s. a lar
than last year's crop ger acreage i'or harve
satndtha.7nplearcset-nyt~aabxov. e:
.
--::
HariTest .- :from -:tafl fields will b ecome increasingly active during September. ~n.. . ~-
Louisiana, weather has been favorable for the development of cucumbers arid the crop
is .repqrte;d to .be ,in good condition. Planting is just being compl~t.ed~ . Ear],y .
fields ;Wj_.ll mature about September 15 but heavy movement will not take placei untii
early October. In Georgia, hot, dry summer weather prevented s eed germination in
many fields and discouraged growers from replanting. As a result, this ye ar's
acreage is a third b elow that of 1955. Fields show considerable sun scald and
( yields are uncertain. In South Carolina, cucumbers have made good progr ess.
CABBAGE: . !.f. ~owers conform to their present plans, the acreage .of. c.Brbb~e . ,ior. :-: .harvest' in. the winter season. will be down significantly .from . la~t ~ar: .
',!'he 'acreage groWers intend to have av~lable for harvest is estimated at :35;9oo :. ,
acres ,:. 13 percent less than was harvested last :rear and 15 percent'below_: a'Verage~".:
year Most of :the :t~duction is in Texas wher~ acreage is expected to be a fourth .).:ess
than last
because of a lack of iriigation water in the Lower Valley . Jn that
section,'. few seed beds were planted thi.s year because water from wells. was ri~eded
for: other crops. It has been too dry for direct seedling and rain 'Will be needed .
before .mucb .acreage can be drilled, Cutting will start in December and '.it'.appesrs .
Paas,: that earlY' season production in the Valley will be very light. Because of the . .-
situati:on in the Lower Valley, growers in the Winter Garden, Laredo, Eagle. . ~d San. Antonio areas, where well water is available, have increased their. at::~e.~e
thi:r . year and have spread their plantings to be in production throughout thef :.. ,.
'trl-nter season. The San Antonio area will have some cabbage in the first half of
November and Winter Garden, Laredo and Eagle Pass will come in late in the month,
fn flprida,, . plans of growers at present indicate a slight reduction in ca:Qbage , '! "
acrea.,ge.: However, planting continues until February and future developnH3rits ''ciciUld -
ititer :P.~esent intentions. In Arizona, a small increase in acreage is expected,: ,...
but in Cali.f.ornia no change in winter cabbage acreage from that harvested la,f3t .
Y~,~ is ~ndicated at this time.
-
ACREAG~ AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE. 1956 WITH COMPARISONS
CROP
AND
STATE
ACREAGE Average 1949-54 1955
11
YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION
Av.
Average
11 Ind. 49-54
1956
1955
Ind. 1956
1949-54
11
1955 ' Ind.
. 1956
LIMA BEANS~
-Acres
-Bushels -
- 1,000 Bushels -
$ummer: :
Georgia
5,400 4,900 4,200 56 55 50 300. .. 270 . .210
North carolina 1,500
1,300 1,300 63
80 75
95
104
'98'
Maryland
1,550 1,700 1,600 75 66 75 116 102 120
y New Jersey
Ohio
2:,650 800
2,200 1,900 99 100 110 259
700
600 107 115 115 85
220 ... 209
80
69 '
New York Group total
_-1~32.6-155-00 --1~12,-0200-00 --110-,.39-0000--138-71 --1-1760--.1-4810--1,-1209-20 ---1930-82- -. -1&882-6
SNAP. BEANS:
Late Summer:
'
'Alabama--
1,200 1,000
900 69 85 75 85
85
68
Ge9rgia
2,500 2,600 2,200 88 80 85 221 208 187
No.rth Caro,lina 7,220
Virginia
S70
7,100 6,000 100 130 110 726
500
400 92 1:20 110 52
923 60
.6'4640
New Yor}{
12,170 11,700 11,500 140 135 150 1,704 1,580 1~ 725
Ma,ssachusetts 1,400 1,200 1,200 141 140 150 197 168 180
.New Hampshire
490
450
450 130 140 140 64
63
63
Mic;higan Colora<;lo
2,530 850
2,500 2,500 99 105 110 250 ' 262 275
750
750 148 155 145 125
116 . 109
Tennessee Group total
-310-.:98-2400---219~,57-0000--2~17.-0100-00 -11-1186--.-1123-50--1122-58--3.6-242-14 --3,6-282-16 --3~-414398 .
CUCUNBERS: Early Fail:
California
1,320
Louisiana
950
Georgia
540
South Carolina 1. 030
1,500
500
*
450 700
1,700
500 300 700
345
88 52 142
* *
350
s9o0
120
350
105 55 150
452 86
*52455 :
28 148
*
22 84
595
52 16 105
* Group total -3-. 8-40- -- *3-t+S-O---3...-20~0_-~-86~- '2-1- 5 --24-0 -_--l5-- *-6-76----
11 :y Group avera,ges ar.e simple averages of..annual grcrQ.p.~tutals. Shor.t..:time ~yerage
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September 19, 1956
During the week ending September 15 commercial hate eries placed 4,209,000 chicles with broi).er producers in Georgia commercial ~reas. This compares with the . 4,217,000 placed the previous week and is 19 percent more than the 3,543,000 placed the same week last year.
Eggs set by .local hatcheries amounted to 5,528,000 compared with 5,345,000 for the previous week and is 16 percent greater than the 4,746,000 for the corresponding week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for . hatching eggs during the week at an average of 72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported :at $13.25 pet hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compares with 89 cents and . ~Pl6.5o one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatchi~g eggs, wh~ther bought on contract or otherwise.
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- y GEORGIA. CHICK PLAC~fENT BY ~illEKS - PERIOD JULY 14 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 15, 1956
Date
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Eggs
Chlcks Hat~h~d
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Inshipments Total Placeq
Week :
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms
Ending :
1952.1_195_
. . 1955 : 19~--r- ~955 : 1956 1955 : 1956 .
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands ;
July 14
July 21 July .28 Aug. :4 Aug. ~1 Aug. 1;8
Aug. 25 Sept. ~1 Sept. l8
Sept. l(
5,351 5,705
.. 5,131 5,142
5,851
5, 710
4,788 5; 713
4, 758 . 5,644
4,711 5,507
4,770 5,512
4;747 5,248
4, 756 5,345
4,746 5,528
3,503 4,176
.. .589. 678
3,494 4,191 :
647 690
3,483 4,003
508 594
),462 3,946 1
.478 640
3,'360 .. 3, 759 . . ' 3,281 3,825 .
512 483
509 607
3,130 3, 779:
463 702
3,101 3,698 '
392 539
3,155 3,577 '
439 640
3,191 3,556
352 653
4,092 4:,141 3,991 . 3,9)-J.O
3,892 3,790 3,593 3:,493 3,594 3,543
4,854 4,881
4:,597 4,586 4,242 4,432 4,481
4,237 4,217
4;209
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CARL O. DOESCHER Agricul~ural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Or e g on California
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
0 0
Week Ending
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Sept.
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Sept.
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Sept.
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0 0
0 0
July :
14
July
0 0
21 :
. July
0 0
Aug.
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Aug.
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Aug
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Aug.
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4
11
18
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25
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
1,172 1,092 1,167 1,344
340 1',376 1,951 1,609 1,705
308 2,362
347 5, 248
550 1,559 1,429 2,134
241 2,329
333 220 1,196
1,095 967
1,151 1,299
359 1,268 1,949 1,567 1:,712
284 2, 291
413 5, 345
554 1,590 1, 417 2,467
261 2,419
272 243 1, 422
1,049 927
1,108 1,412
323 1,270 1,892 1,522 1,564
i 929
II .445
II 627
!III
826 169
! I 795
I 'iI j; 1r,,39.7371
l !' 1,164
267 ! j 635
2,250
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1,665
461 I , 287
5,528 I 4,854
il 557
1,542
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225 1,766
1,413
1,244
2,292 I I
II 287
2,550
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304 2,269
218 216 1,124
890 608 801 832 202 640 1,865 1,151 1,148
535 1,489
273 4,881
222 1, 745 1,246 2,210
360 2,066
218 217 1,052
848
960
507
776
827
761
692
810
160
227
713
674
1, 733 1,832
1,322 1,282
1,133 1,296
5or 416
r,5oo . 1,559
273 . 263 .
4,597 4,586
238 1,676
1,165 2,125
261 1,526 1,141
2,017
339 1,986
199 191 1,100
345 1,893
188 179 964
902 587 884 818 176 675 1,763 1,229 1,211 525 1,634 277 4,242
202 1,589 1,126 2,077
318 1,972
232 163 1,074
935 538 764 846 212 646 1,624 1,312 1, 227 . 478 .
1,529 . 280
4,432 .
224 1,581 1,179 2,115
281 1,976
222 153 1,023
979 493 772 844 198 606 1,687 1,275 1,162 500 1,438 275 4,481
224 1,520 1,108 2,150
371 1,875
193 144 1,067
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Se~t.
Sept.
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0
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942 493 776 742 220
540
1, 715
1,178 1,209
488 1, 440
251 4,237
208 1,529 1,052 1,996
306 1,885
187 142 1,097
886
~37
74 ?25 213 1172 1, 758 1, 184
.1, 480
53
1, 353 256
4, 217
197 1, 439
978 1, 798
260 1,766
207 124 1,017
874 532 611 618
144 409 1:,578 1,209 1,081 489 1,331 304 4,209
218 1,462
992 1,642
251 1, 814
188 141 928
TOTAL 1956
30,012 30,345 30,041 1 25,360 24,651 23,825 23,956 23,676 23,577 23,362 22,633 21,594 21,025
TOTAL 1955
25,021
1956- llB % of 1955
120
25,387 120
25,370 ll8
22,351 22,099 21; 700 20,799 20,159 19,429 18,349 . 17,652
113
112
110 . 115
117
121
127
128
17,605 123
17,659 119
GEORGIA. 1955 CASH FARM .INCONE UP 12~0 PERC ENT FROM 1954
Cash income (including government payments) of Georgia farmers for 1955 of
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$664,358,000 represented an increase of 12.0%from the $593,136,000 (revised figure)
reported for the previous year. Income from crops rose 14% to ~354,938,000 while
income from livestock and livestock products rose 10% to $301,048,000. Cash r e-
ceipts from peanuts in 1955 were more than double that for 1954 and t his increase
combined with substantial increases in income from cotton and tobacco contributed
~argely to the over-all rise in cash receipts from crops. Income from fruits and
pecans dropped to only 9.3% of 1954. Cash receipts from commercial broilers rose
nearly 24 million dollars and together with increases of about 12 and 8 million
dollars, respectively, for cattle and calves, and eggs were primarily responsible
for off-setting a decline of nearly 18 million dollars in cash receipts f'rom hogs.
Cotton contributed 20. h% of the cash farm income and continued to rank first. Broilers ranked second v.rith 18. 9%. Follov.ring cotton in order among crops were tobacco 110.9%) and peanuts (9.0%). In the livestock group, dairy products were second with (6. 7%j followed by hogs (6.3%), eggs (6.2%), and cattle and calves (6.1%). -
?ercentage contributions to cash farm income by commodity groups and some important
1individual commodities for 1955 and 1954, respectively, are as follows: All Crops, 53 . 4 and 52. 7; LiYestock. and Products, 45.3 and 46. 2; Cotton, 20~ h and 21. 2; Tobac~~, 10.9 and 9.9; Peanuts, 9.0 and 4.9; Commercial broilers, 18.9 and 17.2; . Uogs, 6.3 and 10.0; Dairy Products, 6.7 and 7.2; Cattle and Calves, 6.1 and 4.8; Eggs, 6.2 and 5.6.
DISTRIBUTION OF 1955 CASH INCONE FROM GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
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TOBACCO 10.9%
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(Thousand Dollars)
1954 1f l9SS U
99 , 077 101,630 151,556 15h,321 125,005 112,.941 .i~),9?1
9,978 14,092 22,i35 17,996 14,153 12,935 : '11,-319
109' 055 115' 722 173' 691 172' 317 139' 158 125;,8"76 . l35' 250
60,788 69,257 56,295 42,838 55,397 . 29,119 59,848
49,083 50,669 64,760 62,924 69,407 58,769 . 72.,179
9, 420 15' 718 19,'358 19' 785 18,855 17,217 ,1,597
15,074 15,774 16,638 16,726 17,128 10,663 12,096 .
10,409 10,075 8,929 8,765 9,160 8,390 7,5.65
37,898 57,076 61,041 72,115 75,358 62,568 66,403
TOTAL CROPS
291,727 334,291 400,712 395,470 384,463 312,602 354,938
. *Excluding Irish and Swee~potatoes and minor truck crops, which are included ih all other crops.
LIVESTOCK
Cattle & Calves
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41,021 22,658 33,454 32,977
43,896 32,441 36,836 45,433
55,707 52,749
36,903 35,?54
39,556 . 41,977 68,530 88,610
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57,830 . 59,570 41,879
27,298 28,276 49,527
43' 819 4'2' 717 . 44' 465
93,826 101,95:). . 125,700
Other Chickens Turkeys Eggs Qther
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3,838 ' 3,872 1,820 1,971 17,499 17,922 '2,677 1,556
3,69i 4,188 27,038 2,315
3,858 3,514 25,606 2,061
3,964 2,316 30,883 1,838
3,998 2,502 33,152 1,728
4,171 1,912 40,891 1,503
TOTAL LIVESTOCK
& PRODUCTS
155,944 183,927 237,930 253,729 261,~74 273,894 301,048
G'9VER1~NT PA~ffiNTS 5,903 10,580 8,634 7,589
4, 719 6,640
8,372
TOTAL CASH TIWOME
A. L( L SOURCES
453,574 528,798 647,276 656,788 650,956 593,136 664,358
HONE CONSUMPTION
C.rops
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40,071 35,791 36,606 36,921 85,03 65,390 78,76~ 74,236
52,624 36,844 75,61;3 60,085
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C.rops
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331,798 370,082 437,318 432,391 437,087 349,446 240,982 249,317 316,691 327,965 337,387 333,979
4.'3,433 53,198
398,371 354,246
All Commodities 572,780 619,399 754,009 760,356 774,474 683,425 752,617
TOTAL INCOME, ALL COMMODITIES,
& GOV. PAYHENTS. 578,683 629,979 76~,643 767,945 779,193
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Agr1cultural Statistician, In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Stptistician
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COL LEGE OF A!3RICULTUR E
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE
September .26, 1956
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending September 22 commercial hatcheries placed 4,275,000 chicks
with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
4,209,000 placed the previous week and is 24 'percent more than the 3,441,000 placed
the. same .week last year.
Eggs set :by local hatcheries amounted to 5,58?,ooo compared with 5,528,000 for the
previous week and is 19 percent greater than the 4,681,000 for the corresponding:
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72 cents per dozen. Average price charged by .hatcheries for chicks was reported at $13.50 per htindred. These prices ~ompare with 72 cents and $13.25 for the previous
week. and :90 cents and $16. 50 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
propu9ed 'hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
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during ~eek ending September 22 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ - 3~
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Date ;
Eggs
Chicks Hatched y
Inshipments Total Placed
Week :
Set
Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
on Farms .
Ending
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956
1955 : 1956 1955 : 1956
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Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
July ' :21 i
July 28
Aug . : 4
Aug. '11 :
!J.ug .
~ug.
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Sept. ; 1 !
Sept. i 8 '
Sept. :15 ~
Sept. l22
5,131 5,851
5,142 5,710
.4l 788 5' 713
4,?58 . 5,644 4, 711 5,507 .
. 4, 770 5,512
4, 747 .$,240
4, 756 5,345
4,746 5,528
.4,681 5,58?
3,494 4,191
3,483 4,003 3,462 3,946
3,380 . .3, ?59 3,281 3,-825,
3,130 3, 779' 3,101 .3,698'
.3,155 3;51? .3,191 .3;556
3,081 3,629
647 690
508 594
478 640
512 483
509 607
463 702
392 539
439 640
352 653
360 646
4,141 4,88~
3,991 4,591
3,940 4,58q 3,'892 4,242\ 3,790 4,432'
3,593 . 4,481
3,493 ' 4,237
3,$94 4,-217 3:,543 4~209 3,441 4,275
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,049 . . 1'148 :! 890 . 848
960
902
935
979
942 .. 886
Connecticut
967
927 ..
931 1 608
507
776
587 - . 538
493
493 _: 537
Pennsylvania
l,LL51 1,108 .. 926 .1 I 801
827
761
884 .. . 764
772
776
674
Indiana
1,299 1,412 1,210 -, - 832
692
810
818
846
844
(42
725
Illinois
359 . 323
313 1 202
160
227
176
212
198
220
213
Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia
11:~, 924n98
1:,567 1, 712
1, 270
1,892 1,522 1,564
1, 214
1,801 1,585 1,495
: I 640
:. l' 1:,86_') 1,151
l ,. 1,148
. 713
1,733 1,322 1,133
. 674
1,832 1,282 1,296
675 . 646
1,763 1,624 1,229 .1:,312 :1,211 . ,. 1,227
606
1,687 1;275 1,162
540 1,715 1,178 1,209
472 1,758 1,184 1,080
West Virginia
284
North Carolina
2,291
South' Carolina
413.
g],QRGIA
.5 . 34~ .
Florida
554
Alabam~
1,590
Mississippi
1,417
Arkansas
2,467
Louisiana
261
Texas
2,4.19
Washington
272
i Oregon
California
243 l 1,4F2
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TOT4 .1956
: 30,345
267 2,250
461 5.528
557
1,542 1,413 2,292
287 2,55o
284 209 1,334
30,041
258 2,177
436
5.~87
535
1, 637 1,391 2,277
288 2,474
217 186 1,144
29,290
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_1,489
. 501
1,500
. 416 1,559
525
1,634
478 1,529
500
1,438
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273 h. 881
273
263
277 280
275
4 . 59~...J-7_....;;4:.:,..5;;:,.;8;;::.6_....;;4:;.:.;.2:;,;;4~2-~h481
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202
224
224
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1,745 1,246
I I 2,210
1,676 1,165 2,125
1,526 1,141 2,017
1,589 1,126 2,077
1,581 1,179 2,115
1,520 1,108 2,150
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360 2,066
I! 1 218
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339 1,986
199 191
345 1,893
.188 179
318 1,972
232 163
281 1,976
222 153
371 1,875
193 144
I I 1,052 1,100
964 1, 074 l,02j 1,067
I.I '1 24,651 23,825 23,956 23,676 23,577 23,362
488 1,440
251 4,237
208 1,529 1,052 1,996
306 1,885
187
142
1,097
22,633
453 1,353
256 4.2l.L
197 1,439
978 1,798
260 1,766
207 124 1,017
21,594
TOTAL :1955
J. 25,387 . .25,370
1956 ~ %of i955 . I . 120.- . 118 '[..
I. -25,54l . 22,099
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20,799 -115
20,159 . 117
19,429 18,349 17' 652
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15
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874 532 .611 618 144 409 1,578 1,209 1,081 . 489 1,331 304 4,209 218 1,462 992 1,642 251 1,814 188 141
928
21,025
17,659
119
899 568 705 603
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1,726 1,210 1,085
41l 1,314
. 268 4.275
244
1,405 951
1,729 251
1,835 228 131 771
21,198
17,708
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AR-EAS
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During the .week ending September 29 commercial hatcheries placed..49 J03,000 chicks.
with broiler 'producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares With the
4,275~000 placed the previous week and is 23 percent more than the 3,494,000 placed
the s~e; week ;last year.
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previous~ week .and is 26 percent greater than the 4,589,000 for the porresponding
week last year.
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1;2 certts: per .dozen. Average price- charged by patcheries for chicks was reported at $13.25 per hundred. Thes~ prices compare with 72 cents and $13.50 for the previous week .and 90 ce~ts and $16.50 one year ago. Egg prices shOlin relate: to Georgia : produ~ed. hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
1.Neighted ave~age iprices from the Federal...State Market News Service for br~:i..lers. during week enairig Sept ember 29 are as follows~ .tTorth Georgia broilers 2~: - 3l
pounds; at farins 17.60; FOB plants 18.57.
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T;ta.i Pate , ~~~-)-rjgg; -~--! -chi~k~- H;-tc~d y~~~~1lpments -
Plac;r-
Week ~ . ~
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I. 1955 : 1956 Thousands
1955 : 1956 Thousands
July '28 : .5,:$2 5,710
3,483 4,003 '
508 594 1.3,991 . 4,597 i
Aug.: 4 '
4, -788 5,713 .
3,462 3,946 .
478 . 640 , .3,.940 ' 4,586 '
Ap.g. :11 : 4,.168 5, 644 3, 330 3, 759 .
512 483 3, 892 . 4, 242 '
A~g . .. :18 i .. 4;7J.l 5,507
3,281 3,825 :
509 607 3, 790 4,432 .
A~g; :25 :
4,?:70 5,512
3,130 3,179 ;
463 702 3,593 4.481 ;
S~pt. : 1 : S~pt.~ . . 81
4;747 5,248
4, 756 "5' 3ll5. .-
3,101 3,698; 3,'155 3, .577 .
I. 392 539
439 640
3,493 . 4:237 ' 3' 594 . 4, 217 '
Sept. 15 ~
4, 746 5,528
3,191 3,556
352 653 :3,543 4,209 ,
Sept, :22 ; ~,,~81 5,587
3,081 3,629 .
360 646 j :3,441 . 4,275
Sept. l29 '
f.':~B9 5,803
3,120 3, 730
374 573 I ., 3,494 , 4,303 .
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLAC~D m CONMERCIP..L AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1~56
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
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Sept.
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Iridiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia 1rJest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alaba.-na
Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California .
1,049 927
1,108 1,412
323 1,270 1,892 1,522 1, 564
267 2,250
461 5 528
551 1,542 1,413 2,292
287 2,550
284 209
. , 1,334
TOTAL 1956
I 30,041
TOTAL 1955
25,370
1956 as %of 1955
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1,148 931 926
1,270 313
1;214 1,801 1,585 1,495
258 2,177
436 5 58?
535 1;637 1,391 2,277
288 2,474
217 186 1,144
29,290
25,541
115
947 878 872 1,118 323 1,113 1,782 1,544 1,315 208 2,215 426 5,803 528 1, 745 1,335 2,256 291 2,380 182 183 1,122
28,566
2,5,500
112
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848 501
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827
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692
I . 160
713
I 1,733
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1,322
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1,133 . 501
1,500 273
iI :I 4 ~ 597
! I 238
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1, 165 2,125
339
1,986
199
191
II 1,100
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960 776 761 810 227 674 1,832 1,282 1,296 416 1,559 263 4,586 261 1,526 1,141 2,017 345 1,893 188 179 964
23,956
20,799
11.5
902 . 587
884 818 176 675 1,763 1,229 1,211 ' 525 1,634 277 4, 242 202 1,589 1,126 2,077 ' 318 1,972 232 163 1,074
23,676
20,159
117
935 538 764 846 212 646 1,624 1,312 1,227 478 1, 529 280 4,432 224 1,581 1,179 2,115 281 1,976 222 153 1,023
23,577
19,429
121
919 493 172 844 198 606 1,687 1,275 1,162
500 1,438
.275 4.481
224 1,520 1,108 2,150
371 1,875
193 144 1,067
942 493 776 742 220 540 1, 715 1,178 1,209 488 1,440 . 25.1
4.237
208 1,529 1,052 1,996
306 1,885
187 142 1,097
23,362 22,633 18,349 17,652
127 ' . 128
886 531 674 725 213 472 l, 758 1,184 1,080 453 1,353 256 4,217 197 1,439 978 1,798 260 1,766 207 124 1,017
21,594
17,605
123
874 532 611 618 144 409 1,578 1,209 1,081 489 1,331 304 4,209
. 218
1,462 992
1,642 251
1,814 188 141 928
899 568 105 603 147 442 1, 726 1,210 1,085 411 1,314 . 268
4.275
' 244 1,405
951 1,729
251 1,835
228 131 771
885
434 703 654 175 432 1,613 1,071 1,128 ' 408 1,297 . 292
42303
. 224
1,614 904
1,986 271
1,861 215 136 898
21,025 17,659
119
21,198 17,708
120
21,504 17,998
119
?he. pres ent . f orecast of production is. about two percent below indicated production of t}.20, 000 bales one month ago, The heavy rains and wind that occurred as Hurricane Flossy 1noved across the state knocked some seed cotton off the stalks;" especially i ;n ereas hit hardest by the storm. The amount v aried by areas, varieti es ; l ength of. time c ott on had b een open, and progres s of picking. In southern Geor gia picking was ne ~ring completion by r eport date and was about half thr ough in ce ntre.l ar e as~ In north ern parts of the state much cotton r emains to be picked ,
r Sharpest declines from last year in indic ated production have occurred in North .
! Georgia and particularily in the district 3 area. Cotton in this area was damaged consider ably by dry weather, Damage from 1-reevils has b een hi gi1 in most are as north o~ the fal l line. In general, the crop is good to very good in the southern h alf of the state th.ough not as good in most areas as a year ago .
Th~ Bureau of the Census r eports 376,"623 running bales ginned prior to Octob er 1 compar ed \dth h32,000 b al es ginne d by that date inl9.55 and 1.(84,000 in 1954
GE~HGI~ _~p sHOWIN~ INDJ:CA'l'ED PRODUCTION 1956 AND F~~T~~_PRODUCTION FOR 1955 AND 1954
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UNITED STATES - COT.TON REPORT. AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1956
The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the folloWing .. report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of 'the Census, .Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether the v.arious influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more
pr less favorable than usual.
Sta,.te
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Lint Yield Per
Production y
:.Acreage Condition : for ;Aver- :
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1956 "1945- 1955"1956 "1945- "1955 cated" 1945.. 1955 cated
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:Thous. "Acres
Percent
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Pounds
54
: Octw 1
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Thousand Bales
450 71 69
I 83 321 350 . 389
457
351
365
677 68 73 75 301 375 369
656
572
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845 68 81 73 252 376 347
675
701
610
540 73 84 82 359 523 520
564
623
585
965 70 92 72 281 478 381
880 1,045
765
1,595 71 93 81 340 570 507 1,656 2,023 1,685
Mo. Ark. La . Okla.
Texas
370 75 83 1,365 70 87
560 70 79 705 57 78 6,250 69 74
90 367 502 545
362
79 :339 545 531 1,382
83 336 454 506
586
46 154 281 187
356
68 194 281 266 3,518
410 1,663
582
463
4,039
420 1,510 . 590
275 3,460
N. Mex. 179 88 88
Ariz.
. 357 91 82
Calif.
745 92 91
I 2 Other
States 2/ 58 ~ u~ s. 15,661
82
94 95
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526 . 656
96 ,. 659
688 981 774
751 1,1841~34
237
559
. 1,164
284 383 356
47
77 283 417 407 13,098
266 728 1,205
280 850 1,310
50
43
14,721 13,268
Amer.Egypt.1/ 39.8
387 500 510 32.9
42.9 47.2
g;y September 1 estimate. Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bal~ contains about 480 net pounds of lint. 3/ Virginiq, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. ~ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico,
Arizona, and California.
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October 10, 1956
BiWILE,R-:CHIQK REPORT FOR .GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS_
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During the week endj_ng Octob e~ 6 commerc'ial h atch eri es plac ed 4, 237,000 chicks
with broiler produc ers in Georgi a cornrnercial a,r)3as. This c ompar es with the
l+,303,000 placed the previO'US week and i .s 20. p!3rc ent. mor e than th e 3,5.45,000 placed
the s ame week l ast year, .
Eggs s et ' by J_ oc al hat cherie~ amounted to 5,822,000 compared with 5,803,000 for the
previous week and is 23 percent greater than the 4,745,000 for the corresponding
we~k l ast ye~r.
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Hatcheri-es r eport ed p~ic:E3s p~id f .or hatching eggs during the week a t an average of 11 cents, per.. dozen~ Average price charged by h atcherie s for chicks was .report ed at $13.00 per hundred. These pric es compare with 72 c ents and $13.25 for the previous
week and 90,5 c ents and $16.50. ppe year ago . Egg , prices shown r el at e to Georgia
pr~duc e d h9.tching eggs, _whether bought on contract or otherwis e .
~eight e d ~verage prices from the Feder al-State Narket News Servic e for broilers dur""
ing week ending Octob er 6 are as follows: North Ge orgia broilers 2!- 3~ pounds;
at farms 16.02; FOB plants 17~07.
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GEORG~ CHICK PLACEl'1ENT BY _WEEK~ ... PERIOD AUGU~~~-~ 1'Hl}Q_~H 0C'r9.B~R 6,_ 19~6 _
Date _ j
Eggs .. ~ - -Pl1:3..cks ~atched -.1. ~/Insh1p~ents I Total Plac ed
Week Endin
Set . j . Plac.ed .1n Georg1a. of Ch1cks 1 on Farms
1955 : 1956 t , 1955 ~ 1956
1955 : 1956 i 1225 : 192__
Thousands j ;
Tl;lousands
.1 Thousands I .Thousands
1~ Aug.
4ug. .1\ug~ 18
A.ug_. 25 Sept. 1
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4,711
4, no
4,747
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5,512
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3,281 - 3~130
3,825 1 5o9
3, 779
463
_5,248 j :J ; lol .. : . 3;698
392
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I 6o7 1 3,790 4,432
702 ),593 4,481
539 3,493 4,237
Sept. 8 4,756 5,345 - 3,1.5.5 - : -; 3,577
439
6ho r 3,594 - 4,217
Sept. 15 . 4, 7l+6
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Sept.
222
Oot .
4,681
5,528 I 3,191 3,556
t 5~;,5~8~7~ I ti~~ 3, 081d. ti~t 3,629
352
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~~ ~:~~ t:m I 653 j 3,543 4,209
646 3, 441 4,275
]/ Exclll;~i_ve of h atchings shipped into state s outside of Georgia .
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CHICKS PLACED -_T_HO_US~Ds:
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947
969 II 960
902
935
919
942
886 : . 874
Connecticut Pennsylvania
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931 926
878 . 872
952 984
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776 161
587 884
538 764
493 112
493 758
537 :
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67.4 ..: 611
Indiana
1,270 1,il8 1,279
810
818
846
844
742
725
. '618
Illinoi s
. 313
323
301 .
227
177
212
187
220
- 213
144
l:'Iis s ouri
1,214 1,113 1,034
. 674
675
646
606
540
472 :
409
Delaware .
1,801 . 1,782 1,815 1,832 1,763 1_, 624 1,687 1,715 1,758 1;578
I1ary1and
1,585 . 1,544 1,589 1, 282 1,229 1,312 1,275 . 1,178 1~184 1,"209
Virginia
1,495 1,315 1,431 1,296 1, 211 1,227 1,162 1,209 1,080 . 1,081
.. West Virginia
258
208
191
416
525
478
500
488
453
489
North Carolina
2,177 . 2,215 2,173 1,559 1,532 1,491 1,438 1,440 1,353' 1,331
South Ca rolina
43 6
426
431 . 263 . 277
280
294
257
256
284
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4 209
899
885
568
434
705
103
603
654
147
175
442
432
1,726 1,613
1,210 1,071
1,085
411
1,128 408
1,314 1,297
268
292
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890 530 5o6 544 101
435 1,540 1,2$8
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396 1,274
368
4221327
Alab am~
l'1i.Ssissippi Arkansas . Louisiana Tex a s 'Ha s h i n t on: Oregon California
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1,637 1;391
li. 1,745 . 1,685 ' ! 1,526
1,335 1,330 1,141
2,277 2,256 2,280 2,017
288
291
204 l: 345
2",474 - 2,380
217
182
2,436 ! 1,893
265 l i 188
186
183
121 . 1! 179
1,144. 1,122 1,035 1: 964
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1, 589 1,581 . 1,520
1,126 1,179 1,108 2,077 2, 115 2,150
301
281
377
1,972 1, 976 1,875
232
222
193
163
153
144
1,074 1,023 1,067
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1,529 1,439 1,462 1,405
1,052 1,996
978
992
1,798 ' 1,642
951 1,729
312
260
251
251
1,885 1, 766 1,814 1,835
187
207
188
228
142
116
141
131
1,097 1, 017
928
771
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1,614
904 1,986
. 271 1,861
215 136 898
1,641
1,067 1,792
252 1,996
178 134 899
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955
~ 29,290
l 25, 5J-t1
28,566 25,500
28, 8).0. ~ ~ 23,956 23,558 23,539 . 23 , 376 22 , 627
25,901 j! 20,799 20,159 19,429 18,349 17,652
21,586 17,605
21,005 17,659
21,198 17,708
21,504 17,998
21,193 18,176
1956 as..% of 1955 ; . 115
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123
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120
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GEN~RAL CROP REPORT FOH GEO!i.GJAJ2 OF OC~QJ?EI' 1. 19.56
~he most sigr;tificant changes in major crop pFospccts in Ge o:rgia uur:i.ng September l~ere ::;, slight decline in the outlook for cotton and a sizaable increase in expected production of peanuts. vJeather during .Sep:tember tvas generally favorable for harvesting operati ons with the exception of a few days the fi r st vreek of t he month and again during the last week of September when Hurriccme Flossy moved across the state . Cotton picking progressed rapidly and by the first of Oc-tober was nearing co~npletion in southern areas . The b1 l k of the pe anut crop has been dug and threshing operations well advanc ed, Harves t ing of . the c orn crop is undertvay in some areas and t he major part of a good hay crop has been harvested , Preparation of land and seeding of sn.all gra:i.ns and ~-vlnter pastures picked up on a wide scale following the ample supply of moisture received around the 25th of Sep~ember .
The heavy rains and Wind associated tvith the hurri c ane damaged pea11uts and pecans 'a.s we ll as cotton to some extent. In spit e of the damage h OiJ8VGr' ind:i.c ati ons now point to a record high yield per acre for peanuts of 10.50 pounds . Corn is expected t.o average 24 . 0 bushels per acre vJhich equals the previous high for Ge orgj a . Pecan prospects continue to be e.xcelle.nt with production for e cast at .53,1+00,000 pounds. A crop of this si ze would b e the second largest of recor d . :'S.oyb ean::;, cowpeas, pastures , and lat e hay crops Nere benefitted by the vri despread rainf all accompanying the hurricane .
Corn: The indicated production of corn in Georgia on Octob er 1 tvas the sflme as a month ago . Total production is .forecast at 6.5,06~J. ,OOO. bushe ls compared
with 67,080,000 bushels produc ed last year and the 10-year (194.5- .5!( ) average of
1+6,.91+2,000 bushels. Corn in some areas was bloHn down by the strong Hind to the
extent that harvesting <nth mechanical pickers will be . dif ficult if not i mpossible .
feahuts : I mprovement in t he runner crop the last o.f August and earJ.y part of Septemb er more t h an offs et damage caused by the hurricane . As a r esult, .
indicat ed total producti on ros e from .513 , 010,000 pounds the f irst of Sept emb.o;r". t_o.: .544,9.50,000 pounds by the first of October . Yield per acre is expected to be 10.50 pounds, a record high for Georgia. Estimated production is v-rell above last year but 10 percent below average due to acreaee restrictions .
Peca.11s : The outl ook for pecans varies considerably by varieties a.11d from one area : of the state to another . In general , stuarts and s eedlings have a goo\i
crop . Some of the other varieties have. not fully recovered from th e fre e ze in 1?.5.5 and the s e.t of nuts on these trees varies from a fairly go9d crop to none at all. Non- resistant var:Leti es have been damaged by scab in some ar.eas . . HoHever, due to the excellent crop on many trees, production is forecast at .53,400,000 pounds which, if realized, would be the s econd largest crop of r ecord, : Production la.st yea. r vm. s 1(), 000, 000 pounds .
Vdlk Froduction: Total milk production for Georgia during September is estimated to be 98 million pounds compared with 102 million pounds last
month and 9.5 million pounds in September a year ago.
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h47 27 . 2
9.57
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2.5 . 0 1
. 79
21.0
2,178
32 . 0 ! 12,270
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710
91.1 11.52 1464 1. l .l+J.B
117,.5.52
5. 0 4.5 . 6 49
1.~3
3) l 2
19 39 h8
h4
1, 331
845 2.52 376
3h7
67.5
.519 77.5 940
10~~ 0 608,3.53
1, 600
11,.525 7~. 8
149,375 272 864 701
2,247
14, 304 784
129,197 216 836 610
.513,240 .544, 950
.;oybeans bu: 6.5
9. 8 12. 0
12 .5
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684
812
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237
15
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10,000 . .53 , 400
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UNITED STATES_:_GENI~L ; CROP REPORT AS OF OCTOBER lt 1956
Total crop outturn for 1956 on the basis. of Oc~ober 1 estimates will be about one
~ercent larger than expected a month ago. Progress, maturity and harvest of late crops have generally been good despite some sectional re-verses . Crops which have
?ai~1ed, significantly to slight;Ly, in .estimated production since September 1 include~
soyoeans, flaxseed, fall potatoes, dry b.eans, peanuts, cotton, hay, corn, tobacco, -, f30!'ghum grain, spring wheat and sugar :b.eets. Estimates for fruit crops as a group have also increased slightly, as have those for fall vegetable crops for fr'eqh market and for processing . Slight decreases are evident for rice, s~garcane, &id hops, and estimates for a number of crops are. 'unchanged. The all~ crop produc,tion index derived from present estimates is 105 percent of the 1947~49 base, one percent high er than the September leYel and approaching the 1955 outcome.
Drought which grips much of the Great Plains country is a major depressing factor
\vhich thr eatens the success of millions of acres of winter wheat land. Some..of thi~
land has been seeded and badly needs rain to keep the new crop growing. More is
waiting for moisture before seeding and much has been diverted into the Soil Bank
during the past month for protection against furth er drought damage to soils and
farm income.
The 3.3 billion bushel corn crop, second largest of r ecord, is moving into cribs with increasing speed in main Corn Belt s ections follo~nng the coming of frost and some good drying dayso Frost after mid-September stopped growth in many late-corn fi elds in Mi ddle Atlantic and Lake States and additional tonnage was diverted to silos, some hastily improvised for emergency salvage of frost ed corn. Silage. use 9f corn and other forage appears heavy this year in many sections. Sorghum grain
prospects, sharply cut by drought before September, have increased .slightly from high yields on irrigated acreage. With oats and barley crops as estimated August 1,
total feed grain production still looks about 4 perc ent. less than last year .
OORN: The production of all corn is estimated at 3,369 rrdllion bushels - up 1 percent from the for ecast a month ago and the s econd largest of record. This
iarge crop is 4 percent above last year and 9 percent above ave~age .
PEANUTS: The indicated production of peanuts for picking and threshing is 1,491
million pounds, about 3 perc ent more than the Sept enfuer estimate but 5
perc ent below the 1955 production and 18 percent belotv- the l07ear average . In the Virginia-Carolina area, heavy rains, as a result of HurricEne Flossy, slowed harvest
but r esulted in no 1 apparent damage to the crop. Clear, cool weather during the
first week i~ October was mostly favorable for digging the crop. In the Southeast section with harvesting well underway, growers are continUing to r eport - improved
yields. It is too early at this date to det er rrdne t he extent of rain damage as a r esult of the hurricane. In the Southwestern areaJ prospects continued to decline
as a . result of the drought , and Okiahoma yield prospects were r educed 25 pounds per
acre from last month .
PECANS : Pecan prospects declined slightly (one perc ent) during September and the for ecast for all pecans ih the country is now placed at 159.8 million
pound~ . This is about 9 percent above 1955 and well above average. Conditions
vari ed. by States . In Florida, Alabp.ma, and Mississippi , prospects declined reHect.. ing some hurricane loss. In Arkansas and Oklahoma the decline is attributable to hot , dry weather during September but Georgia prospects held steady despite so~e
loss ;from high winds.- The Carolinas, Louisiana and Texas show some improvement in production prospects since September 1.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL 0. DOE.SQHER . Agricultural' Statistician
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Uf'UVERSITY OF GEORGIA
Georgia
1-I.CRLAGL AND HIDICATLD PRODUCTI CN October. 1, 195q.
October
UNITLD STATLS: The production of fall vegetables is expect ed to be substantially
larger this year than in 1955, the Crop Reporting Board an:p.ounced
today. The aggregate tonnage of fresh-market fall v egetables for which official
estimates are prepared as of October 1 is expected to be up 16 percent from 1955.
Tpe increase of over 50 percent indicated fer early fall . cabbage is responsible for
two-thirds . of the increase in total production. In addition to cabbage, 1956 . .
production is up s ....bstantially for carrots, cauliflower, cucumbers, tomatoes, broccoli, Brussels sprotr~s .'i and sweet corn. l"ioderate increases are indicated .for, celery, lima beans and spinach~ Supplies of snap beans, lettuce, peas, eggplant. ,;
and green peppers are lighter this fall than a year agoo
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SiJEJ.-T CORN: The California-Florida :.('all crop is forecast at l,s32J, 000 units; {$. . .
doz" ears)" This is 23 per cent above the 19.55 fall crop and riear.J.Y~..' .
twg-and-one-hal.f times the 19~9 ~54 average., About t1-vo- thirds of the fall crop. Will
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record. high fall the Lverglades
acreage Harvest
was wil
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otnhei sa ryl ye aprl. anlt'ilo~sgt .~..o. ifn
he LvergJ:.ades and at Zelhrood the second week of October with the Fort Hyer;.; .
ancf :Immokalee area starting about a week later. General harvest uill not get . underw~y
until: November. I n California, harvest started in late September in the Arv:iil
Visalia areas. No production is expected from the Coachella Valley before
November 1.
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C\lcumbers are c;urrently in light supply with production coming from scatt.ere,d areas between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Heavy rains in Louisiana have ~amaged pf.an~s reducing yielqs. Crop movement has also slowed as a result of this. .situ~ ation. In Georgia, dry weather during August and September damaged some n:on- .. irrigated acreage., Fall cucumbers in South Carolina are in good to excellent condttion and are making satisfactory progress. Shipments were expected to get underw~y by October 1 Hith heavy movement indicated during the month.
Ji,TTUCE.: The 1956 early fal:!_ lettuce. production, at an indicated 7,386, 000 crates,
is 12 percent belot-T 1955 and slightly belm-1 average. The forecast of
production for this year!s early fall lettuce crop has been reduced sharply because
Qi' deterioration of the crop in the Salinas-Hatsonville area in Californi ao Sept.:
e~ber shipments from California were lighter than in the same month last year and ,.
Q'ctober.movement is expected to be relatively li ght.- Several factors have reduced .
yields and lo-vrered average quality. It is estimated that about two-thirds of the a~reage for fall harve.st in the Salinas-VJatsonville area has been cut and an early
~?~d to this year's deal is in prospect. Late season production vlill continue from
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the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. In Oregon, fall lettuce is also ~ailing to make satisfactorJr progress. Local market supplies in that State are
t-ight. In Washington, the effects of hot weather in August are still apparent in
~ettuce,.- Tipburn, loose heads, and seeders are common defects. Harves:t for local
jilarkets continues . Heather in Utah has been good. for lettuce: Host of the fall a~reage in Neu Mexico is in Dona Ana County where harvest is expected to start in
1~.te October. In Texas, cutting of the Pan:handle lettuce crop started in late
S~ptember and increasing daily shipments are in prospect. Peak movement is ex-
p~cted between October 8 and 18 and volume supplies will continue to b e available
qntil early November, weather permitting. September weather was unusually favorable
( and yield prospects this year are excellent. Quality is reported to be ver.J good.
I~ New Jersey, cutting of fall lettuce began in early September, but ver.J little
lettuce vias cut during the month in the important Cedarville Section. In the latter
area, harvest was expected to be general by October 7. The condition of the
~ Southern New Jersey crop is general~ good, growth is uniform and heads are sizing
well.
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22-DBAGL: Ear~v: fall cabbage production for fresh market and sauerkraut is forecast
at 37,500 tons which exceeds last year's production by over 50 percent
and is 17 percent over average. This year's early fall crop is the largest since
1.950. Growing conditions during September continued favorable for cabbage in most .:tates
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YII..LD PI.R ACRL
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Ind. 1956
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PRODUCTION
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Ind.
l f l1949~54 1955 1956
- 1,000 tons .;..
Early Fall:
Pennsylvania 1,780
Nev< Jersey 2,060 New York; 'L.I . l,OBO
New York-Upstat a
Domestic.;. 7, 620
.nan~sh. o :~ " 11,910
oonnecticuto .. .
710
~hode Islandoo
240
}iass achusetts. 1,270
New Hampshire.
520
Chio. ,r'o ~ o... eo.
500
Indiana eooo
Hichigan o vJisconsin . ,.
200
3,970 B,830
i"'irtnes ota o 1,620
Colorado' .~ o 3,070
Utah o ~ o e o b c o ,
630
t-Jashihgtbn o o. 1,340
OregOll" oCIOQOOO 1 B70
Group total 0
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49!220
2,950 l,lBO
.. Group .total 4,130
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1,600 1,840
900
1,600 9c3
1,900 7o6 900 100 2
BoO 6.,5
10.6
9o5
9 .5. 12 .o
16~7
15.7 11.0
12c8 15.2 11.9 18.0
9.5 10.8
5,900 6,800 14.. 0 12o5 18.0 ,. lq6o8
10,000 11,300 llc.7 ll c. 6 17 .o ].39 ~2
600
650 8"9 7a5 9o0 . 6.3
180
180 BoJ ' 7c0 9c0
2.0
Boo
850 8~6 8 _. 5 lOoO . lO~B
500
500 Bo3 7o5 B.5 4c3
450 200
500 Bo3
200 9,1
BoO lOoO . .4.2 7o0 l OcO .loB
3,6So 4,000 9.1 8 o5 lOoO 36.0
6s800 7,5oo llel 9.,0 l3Q5 97.6
1,400 1,300 9o3 BoO 10&5 15Q2
3s300
560
3,300 13"4 12o0 14oO 550 16ol 16ol 16"0
41~1
10o2
950
900 BoB 9o2 13 o6 llo6
1,150 22.300 BoB lOoO 13"0 16.1
4o, 7-ao~, 230 ll ol 10 a2 l4 ol >4o.. >
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73e8 '122.4 ,1 .
116.0. 192.1
4o5 5.8
16.",B3
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1.6 8.5
3.B 4.2 3.6 . 5.0
le4 2.0
31.2 40.0
61..2 101.2
1182 . 13.6 39o6 . 46.2
e9..0t.....182..28 .
11 ~5 : . 29.9
417 o8.. b37 .5
,. - 1;000 uiri.ts
3,000 2,600
-1}3 ,800 6,200
-;}b 0 aoo-cr;Boo
143 175 92 -:a45
129 . l<-1~8
- - Bushels
175 140
435
l2B
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525 *551
455 868
1~0 562 . -~1, Q7b _l,J2j
. - - 1;ooG bushels -
.C'a lif ornia 1,320 1,500 1,700 345 350 ., 350 . 452
525
595
Louisiana
950
500
500 . BB . 90
95
86
45
4B
Georgia ao~o
540 450
300 52
50
60
28
22
18
South Carohna t 1, 030
700
: Gro';lp total.. 3, 84o 3,i5o
700 142 120 170 148
3~200 lB6 215 244 - - --- - - - - - - -
715
119.. 780
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nies of .be es "t.rere .estiinateci at. 211; 000 compared with 201, 000 last year o: Honey
production per colony averaged 20 pounds for =the current s eason or 8 .pounds above
the 1~55 average. . .
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production of t upelo, eallberry and ti-ti honey and the cr.op -vras above average.
Condition of other crops was very spotted and honey yield was irree ular.
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UNITED STATES: 'l'he 1956 honey crop is estimated at 213,719,000 pounds .... 16 per- '
cent l ess than last year Is crop, according to the Crop Rep orting
Boardo This year's honey crop is being produced by 5,31.5,000 coloni es of bees about the same number as in 1955a Honey production per polony averaged 4D.2 pounds# r which compares. lr.Lth 47o~ in 1955) and the 1950-54 averag_e .af 43"6 .poundss In raidSeptember, producers had .a bout '83 million . pounds of .honey on ha11d for .s0:.1~ _-- ~bout 39 percent of the estimated 1956 prcxluctionc
Honey pro~uction is below last year. in all areas of the cotmtry except the South Atlq.ntic and the Heat v1here it is up 26 and 1 percent respect ively. Decreases from l.ast year are 45 percent in the East Horth Central, 32 percent in the North Atlantic: 20 percent in the Uest North Central and 16 percent in the South Ce11:tral States~ Cool rainy weather in the East North Central States resulted in the smalles t crop since 1942. Cool weather and excessive rainfall during the spring and summer in ~he North Atlantic States restricted bee ac t ivity and cut nect.~ flow, r esulting in the shortest crop of record for this area. The crop -iri the West North Central States is vTell below last year's large crop. \rJeather conditions were unfavorable tdth drouth conditions over much of the area. In the South Central States, the crop is below that of last year mainly due to the very short Texas crop0 In the
vfest, the crop is above that of last year. California orange flot-1 was below normal
but good flows t-rere reported far vetch, safflm1er, and buckwheat. Production in the South Atlantic States is above average and is in sharp contrast to last year's sa ort crop. North Carolina, Georgia end Florida crops were well above those . ~f last yeare In Florida, the largest producing State in the area, the citrus flot'l was good but of short duration-: Conditions uere favorable for .production of tupelo honey and a good crop uas obtained, 'l'he 10 le ading producing States tlith 57 per-
cent of the crop are California, Hinnesota, Florida, Imra, Idaho, 1:Jisconsin, Texas, Hichigan, New York and Ohio,
Honey yields per colony this year averaGed 40.2 pounds compared with 47.7 pounds in 1955. Yields were below last year. in all areas of the country except in the South Atlantic States.
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HONLY R~PORT - CCTOBLR, 1956 l. st imated stocks of hoh~y on hand for sale by producers in . mid~eptember: total~d 83 9 460,000 pounds, compared with 921 4451 000 pounds a year earlier~ Stocks on .h~nd ~mouri~~d ..to .39 perc:ent of productiol:'l .
1956 HONEY PRODUCTION AND STOCKS' ON HAHD SJ..,PT:::J-IB~:..R 15 FOR .~
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GLORGI A
201
211
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20 2,412 4.?220
928
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26
78
78
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liaryland Virginia:
26
28
28
143
143
25
28
728
784
26 3,575 3,718
376 1,301
l:J . Vil"ginia
113
115
18
16 2,.0.34 1840 -
368
No Caro"liria
s . -Caroli:rua
183 . . 1?6 -.. ' 19
50
52
19
23
3~477
4',04I 8 -
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950 1,040.
972: 229 :
Florida
238
248
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957
976
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UNI TED STAT...S 5,314
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ARCHIE LANGLEY" . Agricultural Sta,t istician In Charge
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October 17, 1956
- - . BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMI'f1ERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending October 13 commerc.i.al hatcheries placed 4, 389, 000 chicks .th broiler producers in Georgia corlh"llercial areas~ This compares with the 1~, 237,000. placed the prevj.ous week and is 24 percent more than the 3,.542,000 placed the same
week last year .
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,813,000 compared with 5,822,000 for the preViOUS week and iS 22 percent greater than the 4,772,000 for the corresponding week last year .
Hatcheries r eported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 71 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported: at $13.00 per ; hun~re d. These pric es are the samG as the previous we ek and compare with 90 cents and $16~50 one year ago, Egg prices shot~ r elate to Georgia produc ed hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherv.dse .
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1~eight ed average pric es from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers our-
ing wee!<; ending October 13 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ - 3~ pounds;
q.t farins 16.96; FOB plants 17.79.
(See r everse side for other states)
~ORGIA -CHICK !:~EMENT BY V>.TEEKS - PERIOD AU~ST 11 TI-J!iC2QQI!...Q9TO~.h_!95_'__
I Date 1
Eggs
Wn~eierk:g .
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i Chicks Hatched 1-.7
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G19e5o~rgia
l! Inshipments J Tot al PJ:ace!l
1~o5f'5C-~h-ic19kzs.j__l95.o5n
Farms ' : _195.3__
l . Thousands
Thousands
l Thousands ' Thousands :
Aug. 11 4, 758
Aug. 18 4, 711
Aug. 25
4,770
Sept. 1 4,747
Sept. 8 4, ?56
Sept. 15 4, 746
Sept. 22 4,681
Sept. 29 4,589
Oct. , 6 4,745
Oct. 13 I. .4,:772
5, 64L~
),507 .5,.512 5,21~8 5,345 .5,528 5,587 5,803 5,822 5,813
3, 380 ,3,281
3~130
3,101 3,1.55 . 3,191 . 3,081 3,120 3,156 3,178
3, 759 3,8.25 3,779 3,698 3,5.77 3,5.56 3,629 3,730 . 3,745 3,873
512 $09 463 392 439 352 360 374 389 364
! 483 3, 892
607 1 3, 790 702 3,593 539 3,493 61-tO 3,594 653 3~51~.3 646 3,441 573 3,494 492 3,545 516 3,24F
4, 2!.~2 4,432 4,481 4,237? 4,217 4,20'9 4,275 4,303 4,2}7 4,389
l( Exci~sive of: hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
CARL o. DOESCHER
Agricultural St.atistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
'lUNIVERSITY=-Of GEORG A
OCT 19 1956 LIBRARIES
__________________ - - - - - - EGG_S.._SET AND CHICKS. PLACED IN .COiviiiER.CIAL ARE. A.S.~ BY J. '>T. E.E.KS - l~56 .
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947
969 1,043 1! 902
935
979.
942
886
874
899
885
890
96.5
Connecticut Pennsylvania
878 872
9.52 982
912 1, 046
lj;t
.587 884
.538 764
493 772
493 7.58
.537 674
.532 611
.568 705
434 703
.530
484
.506
487
Indiana
l,ll8 1,279 1,291
818
846
844
742
72.5
618
603
654
.544
583
Illinois
323
301
2.52 i : 177
212
187
220
213
144
147
17.5
101
119
Missouri
Dq~aware
1~113
1,782
1,034
1~81.5
1,036 1 67.5 1,864 ji 1~763
646 1,624
606 1,687
.540 1,715
472 1;758
409 1,.578
4LL2 1,726
432 1,613
435
. 447
1,.540 1;661
Maryland
1,.544 1,.589 1,.547 1! 1,229 1,312 1,27.5 1,178 1,184 1,209 1,210 1,071 1,2.58 1,04.5
Virginia West virginia
1,31.5 208
1,431 191
1,513 242
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1,211 .52.5
1,227 478
1,162 .500
1,209 488
1,080 L63
1,081 489
North Carolina
2,21.5
2,173 2,269 1 : 1, .532 1,491 1,438 1 , 41.~0
1,353
1,331
South Carolina
426
431
490
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277
280
294
2.57
256
284
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1,085 1,128
411
408
1,314 1,297
268
292
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943
396
1,274 368
_:;;.4~4.:2~3~7_ 212
901
351
1,274 324
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Alabama
1, 74.5 1,685 1,820 : l , S89 1,.581 1,.520 1,.529 1,439 1,462 1,40.5 1,614 1,641 1,582
Hiss.issippi
1,335 1,330 1,3.54 ! 1,126 1,179 1,108 1,052
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992
9.51
904 1,067 1;06.5
Arkans as
2,2_r;6 2,2SC 2,162 ' ' 2,077 2,11.5 2, 1.50 1,996 1, 798 1, 642 1,729 1,986 1,792 1,798
Louisia~a
291
204
2.56
301
281
377
312
260
251
2.51
271
2.52
310
Texas WashL!gton
2,380 182
i: 2,1.J.36 2,421 1 1, 972 1, 976 1, 375 1, 88.5
265
219
232
222
193
187
1, 766 207
1, 814 188
1,83.5 22 8
1,861 215
1,996 2,006
178
132
Oregon California
____ 183
..I,..,...1_,._1_2.2
127
20.5 i 163
1,03.5 1,0.52 ! ' 1,074
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153 1,023
144 1,067
lh2 1,097
116 1,017
141 928
131 771
136 898
134
136
899
773
TOTAL 19.56 TOTAL 19.55
!
' 28,.566 2.5,.500
28,841 2.5,901
-----~------~------
29,3oo 1. 23,.5.58 23,.539
I:i:
25,.907 20, 1.59 19,429
23,376 18,349
-----~-- - -- -----~----~-----------
22,627 . 21,.586 21,00.5 . 21,198 21,.504 21,193 21,030
17,652 17,60.5 17, 6.59 ],.7,708 17,998 18,176 18,288
19.56 as %of 19.5.5
112
111
113 !. 117 . 121
127
12.8 . ' 123 .
119
120
119
'I
- - - - --
117
115
AGRICUL.TURA.L, . MARKETING : SERVICE .
U NIVERSITY CF GC:ORGIA COL LEGE OF AGR i C UL. TURE
Athens , Geor gi a
October 24, 1956
BROILER CHICKS REPORT FOR GEORGIA. COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the weeki ending. October 20 conunercial hatcheries pla ced 4,276,000 chicks witli broiler producers in Georgia commercial areaso This compares with the 1.~ ,3 8 9,000.
placed the previous week and is 19 percent more than the 3,6oo, ooo placed the satne week l ast year o , .
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,590,000 comp:1red with 5,813,000 for the
previous week and is 17 percent greater than the 4,777,000 for the corresponding
week l ast year
Hatcheries reported prices ' paid for hatching eggs d.uring the week at an average of 70 cents per dozen o Average price charged by ha tcheries for chicks was reporte<;i at ~12. 50 per hundredo These prices compare with 71 cents and $13.00 for the previous week and 90 cents : and t l6.50 one. year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia proquc ed hatching eggs, whethe:t; bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted aver age price s from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during wee k ending October 20 are as follows a North Ge orgia broilers 2t - 3t pounds;
a:t farms 17.05 ; FO~ plants 18.; QO;
(See ~everse ~ide for other states)
GEOHGIA CHICK PlACEMENT BY 1NEE!IS - PERIOD AUGUST 18 THROUGH OCTOBER 20, 1956
naf e s ''g-gs -.. - ;. . hiclrs Ha.tche a 17 1 Tnsl:lipments-:-Total Placecr--
Wee k
Set
: Pla c ed in Ge orgia : . of Chicks I
on Farms
En d i~g
1
l 195$_~._19_56 - t Thousands
1955 : 1956
Thousands
I1. 1955 3 1956 ' 1955 ~ 1956
Thousand s
ThoUsands
Aug . 18
4,711 5,507 ! 3,281 3-, 825 I 509 607 3,790 4, 432
Aug . 25 1 4, 770 5, 512 i 3,130 J, 779 ! L163 702 3, 593 4,481
Sept. 1
4,747 5 3 2L~8
3,101 3,698
392. 539 3, !~93 4,237
Sept. 8 Sapt. 15
4,756 5,345 4,7h6 5,528
3,155 3,577 .J>l91 3,556
1~.39
l. 352
640 653
3, 594 4,217 3, 5!f3 4,209
Sept. 22 Sept. 29 Oct. 6
4,681 4,589 4, 745
5,587 5,8oJ 5,822
3,081 '.. 3,120
3,156
3,6~9
1
l 3,.730:.
I 3, 7.;45
j~o
374
389
6h6 573 492
3,441 3,h94 3,545
4,275 4_,303 4,237
Oct. 13 Oct. 20
4,772 5,813 4, 777 5,590
3,178 3,&73 3,113, , 3,.758
I.
364 487
516 518
3,542 4,389 3, 600 4,276
~~Exclusive of hatchings st1ipp~d: into s.tate s ,quts id.e. of Georgia.
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CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural S ta tis tician
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ARCHIE LANGLEY ~Agr;icu};~ural Statistician In Charge
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UN.IVfRSitv OF GEORGIA
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OCT.' 26 195fi
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STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Miss ouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We.st Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORG.IA
Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas . Washington Ore g on California
EGGS. SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMME~ CIAL AREAS , BY. WEEKS - 1956
:
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
Oct. 20
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
......
...
Aug . 18
969 952
1,043 912
I!II 1,060 909 I '
935 538
982 1,279
301
1,046 1,291
252
1,032
'I 1,262
II 355
764 846 212
1,0 34
1 , 0 36
! 1,065 i
646
1,815 1,589 1,431
1,864 1,54 7 1,513
1, 787 I I
II
1,500 1,611
I
II.
i:'
1,624 1, 312 1,227
191 2,173
242 2,269
239
I! II
478
l j 1,491
4 31
490
I
280
. Week End...ing
Aug.
Sept. .
Sept.
. Sept.
25
1 ;
8 .:
15
. Sept. 22
Sept. t Oct. 29 : 6
CHICKS PL\ CED - THOUSANDS
979 493 772 844 187 606 1,687 1,275 1,162 500 1,438 294
942 493 758 742 220 540 1,715 1,178 1,209 . 488
1, 440 257
886 . 53'7
674 725 213 472 1,758 1,'184 1,080 453 1,353 256
874 532 611 618
144 409 1,578 1, 209 1,081 489 1,331 284
899 568 705 603 147 442 1, 726 1,210 1,085 411 1,314 268
885 434 703 654 175 4 32 1,613 1,071 1,128 408 1,297 292
890 530 506 544 101 435 1,540 1,258 943 396 1,274 368
5,822 0
1,685 1, 330 2,280
204 2 , - 36
265 127 1,035
5,813 49 3
1,820 1, 354 2,162
256 2, 421
219 205 1,052
4 , 4 32
:I
224
I! 1, 760
1,581
1,327 ' i 1,179
2,204 I I 2,115
!I 281 'I
28 1
2, 378
1,9 76
252 I 222
224
I! II I'
153
1,376 I: 1,023
! I
4 ,481 224
1,520 1,108 2,150
377 1,8 75
193 144 1,067
4,237 208
1,529 1, 052 1,996
312 1, 885
187 14 2 . 1,097
4,217
197
1, 439 978
1,798 260
1,766 207 116
1,017
4,209
218
1, 462
992 . 1 ',64 2
251
1, 8 14 188 1-41...' . 928
4 ,275 244
1,405 951
1, 729 251
1,835 228 131 771
4,303
224
1,614 904
1,986
271 1,861
215
136 898
4,237
212
1,641 1,067 1,792
2 52
1,996 178 134 899
TOTAL 19 56 TOTAL 1955 1956 as %of 1955
28,841 25,901
111
29 ,300 25,907
113
29,391 i:' 23,539
! I
26,311 19,429
II 112
121
I
23,376 18,34 9
127
22,627
17,652
128
:
21,586 . . 21,005
17,605 17,659
123
119
21,198 17,708
120
21,504 17,998
119
21,19 3 18' 176
117
Page 2.
Oct. : Oct.
13
20
965 484 487 583
119 447 1,661 1,045 901 351 1,274 324 4,389
198
1,582 1,065 1,798
310 2,006
132 136 773
811 478 471 530
98 358 1,610 1,014 808 334 1,255 299 4,276
249
1,654 932
1,714 284
1,826 142 90 729
21,030 18,288
115
19,.962 18,596
107
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SERVICE .
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UNIVERSITY: OF' GEORGIA
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GEORGIA AGRICIJL TURAL
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COLLEGE OF AGR ICU L TURE:
FoX TENSION SERVICE
Athens, Georgia
October 31, 1956
BROILER_Qf:!IQ.~ REPORT FOR . GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the, week ending Octob er 27 comme1~cial hatcheries placed 4, 398,000 chicks t-Tit:Q
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4,276,000
placed the previous week and is 27 ~ercent more than the 3,453,000 placed the same
~Je ek last year.
. ,
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,735,000 comp~red With :5,590,000 for the
previous week and is 22 percent greater than the 4,707,000 for tlie corresponding
'rJeek last year.
~atcheries reported pri0es paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 68 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $11.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 70 cents and $12o50 for the previous week and 89 cents and $16. 25 one year ago. Egg prices sho\-m relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or. otherwise.
.. Weighted average pric es from the Federal-State Market ~ News Service for broilers . dur..
ing week ending October 27 are as follows: North Georgia broilers ~t J~ pounds; at farms 16.32 ; FOB plants 16.97.
(S ee revers e side for other. states)
__qEORGIA CHICKS PLAC'~IJT BY WEg_s-:: PERIOD A1JGUST 25 THf!:OtTqH OCT0~__1J. 1926
Date
Eggs
t Chi cks Hatched 17 Inshipments I rot~l Placed
Week Endin
Set
1955 : 1956 Thousands
1 Placed in Georgia
of Chicks
1_ 1955 : 1956
1 -
Thousands
I 1955 : 1956 , Thous ands
on Farms 1955 : 19~5...,.6_...,
'I'housands
Aug. 25 Sept. 1 Sept. 8
Sept. 15 s ept. 22 Sept. 29
Oct. 6
Opt. 13 Oct. 20
Oct. 27
u.,77o
4, 747
4,756
4,746 4,6e1 4,589 h,7h5 4,772
4, 777
4,707
I 5,512 I 5,248 I 5,345 I
5,528 5,587
i 5,803 I 5,822
5,813 .
5,590 1 5,.TI:~_ I
3,13o 3,101 3,155
3,191 3,o81 3,120 3,156 3,178 3,113 3,1o9
3,779
3,698
-3,577
3,556 3,629
3, 730
3,745 3,873
3, 758
3,852
I 463
I 392 .
! 439
I 352
Il 102
539
640
I
3,593
33~,459934
653 3,543
4,481 4,237 4,217 4,209
360 646 3,441 4,275
374 573 3,h94 4,303
389 - 492 ~ 3,545 4,237
364 516 1 3,542 4,389
487 51813,600 4,276 31-+4 546 , 3)4~.__!:,398~-
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of GeJrgia.
CA.!(L 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statist~cian In Charge
Ut IVERSITY o:: GE RGIA
NOV 2 1956 LIB RARIES
.
.
EGGS S:ET AND CHICI\8 PLACED IN COMNERCL'I.L .AREAS:_ BY WEEKS ~_:1:;.::9~5.:;.6_.:.- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___:P;,.;;a;Qg..:;..e....;;2~.--
----------------------~------_;,~~Je~e_kEndln~~g~--------~----------~------------~~----~~--~~--
. -------. S-T-A-TE------~:----OE-G1~~c3Gt-S. -S~E::-'r --O_2c_0TtoH;O,U~S:A~N~DO-S2c7-t.~.--::::--- A-2u-5g-. --:--S-e~p1-t.-----Se-p-8t-. ----S-e-1p5t-s-C-HI:-C-KSS-e-P2p-L2t~A-.C~-E--Dr:----~S--TeH-2-pO9~t-U.-S:-J-'.:~N:-D--S-O---c6t--. ----:---~O-1-c-3-t-. ----:----O--2c0--t.-----:----O~2-c7--t.--
Maine Connecticut
1,043 1,060 1,096. j j 979
942
886
874
899
885
890
965
811
862
912 909
890 !J 493
493
537
532
568
434
530
484
478
532
Pennsylvania
1,046 1,032 1,099 : 1 772
758
674
611
705
703
506
487
471
626
Indiana
1,291 1,262 l,JS8. ,1 844
742
725
618
603
654
544
583
530
6J8
Illinois Missouri Dela-vmre .
MarYland Virginia: '
' 252 1,036 1, 864
1,547 1, 513
JSS 1,065 1. 787
1:soo 1,611
JSO j ! 187
220
1, 198 1, 794
; I ! i
606 1, 687
540 . 1, 715
1,547 1,602
!~!i
1,275 1,162
1,178 . 1, 209
213
472 1,758 1,184 1,080
144
409 1,578 1,209 1,081
147
442 1,726 1,210 1,085
. 175
432 15613 1,071 1,128
101
435 1,540 1,258
943
119
447 1,661 1,045
901
98
J58 1,610 1,014
808
96
J6J 1, 547 1,092
843
West Virginia
242
239
258 j 500
North Carolina South Carolina
2,269 490
2,192 467
2,131 446
j!
1,438 294 -
GEORG;;.::IA~------+__:::5~.z.z.;;.81;.:3~--:::S___!_~59;;.:0;__--:::.5::..z.: 73~
Florida
493520
526
!11 l~
.
42
481 224
.
488
1,440
257
42
237 208
453
489
411
408
1,353 1,331 1,314 1,297
256
284
268
292
-~4"'-:,2,..,1~7:--_4..:....:2:..,.2.,..:09~-....:4~.2=7;.:;,.5_ _4~!303
197
218 . . . 244 . "~4
396
351
JJ4
J86
1,274 1,274 1,255 1,189
J68
324
299
258
4,
23 7 212
- - -4-?-.i13~,_9...88~9_
_:4:.:.;:z..:;;2.,:..,76~_.4.-z.J~~=8
249 . 203
Alabama
1, 820 1, 760 1, 825 l l 1,520 1,529 1,439 1,462 1,4o.5 1;614 1,641 1,582 1,654 1,645
Mississj.:ppi Arkansas
ll l,J5L~ 1,327 1,275 . 1 1,108 1,052
2,162 2,204 2,173 2,150 1,996
978 1, 798
992 1,642
951 1,729
. 904 1,067 1,065
932
895
1,986 .. 1, 792 1, 798 1, 714 1,575
L.ouisiana
Texas lolashington
256
2, 421 219
281
2,378 252
286 2,321
!i I
377 1,875
274 !; 193
312 1,885
187
260 1, 766
207
251 1, 814
188
251
271
1, 8,35 . ' 1~ 861
228
. 215 .
252 1,996
178
310 2,006
132
284 1,826
142
232 1,756
155
Oregon ... California
205
1~052
224 1,376
195 I : 144
1,275 j! 1,067
142 1,097
116 1,017
"141 928
131 771
136 898
134
136
90
87
899
773
729
673
.!
TOTAL 1956 TOTAL l955
1956 as %of 1955
I I
29,3oo 29,391 29,654 1 1 23,376 22,627
!
21,586
21,005
21,198
"21, 504
21,193 21,030 19,962 20,051
25,907 26,311 26,872 ,, 18,349 17,652
113
112
110 ;llI 127
128
17,.605 123
17,659
119
17,708 120
17,998 119
18,176 18,288 18,596 18,780
117
115
107
107
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DEPARTMENT OF
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fUNIVeRSITY OF GEORGIA
AG ICllLTU.RA'L..
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A~KETING
SERVICE
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSIO.N S~A\IICE ,
-~IN S-'1'-~KS - : -OCT~ l:t. 1956
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!EORGIA: Stocks of old corn i'n all storage pooitlons in Georgia on October l were
.
more than four-tiiiies the SUpply on hand a year ago. This large supply ~ is
6i ' due in part to the record crop of million bushels in 1955. October 1 stock~ :of
oats in all storage positions amounted to JJ.,815,ooo bushels - a 26 percent iri~ease
Whefi c.ompared with the October. l stocks ot .9,348,000 bushels in 19.55. Stocks of .
barley and sorghum g;-.2i!! in a~1 storage positions are .up considerably when compar~c;l
l-7ith stocks .on October 1, 1955. \'Jheat and rye stocks in all storage positio_lls ~how
a 26 percent and 19 percent, respectively, increase vrhen compared with. the supply
on hand a year ago.
.
.
GEOHGIA GRAIN ..I~~s .. CCTOBER 1, 1956 vJITH COMPARISONS
GRAIN
--
:
. . :
. ON FARMS .. : - . . oFF .'FARNS .
ALL POSITIONS
-19-55
1956 . 1955
l9z6 1955 .
-1956
r Corn, (1, 000 bu.) Oats, (1, 000 bu. )
919
6, 100
3, 750 .. 20 7,438 '3,240
85 939 4,377 9,348
3,83$ ' .. . .11,815
Barley, {1,000 bu.)
65.
~orghum Grain (1,000 bu.) 3
v~eat, (1,000 bu.)
560
- 120 . . 2 18 6~2 "84.)
... '18
67
3
l,llO 1,40.3 .
' 138 18
l, 762
Rye, (1,000 bu.)
76
96 ... 12
9
88 . ' '
105
... ;
\ .. '.'
qNITLD STATES: Corn stocks of. n~rly 1.2 billion bus!leiJ.s are the iargest October l
the stocks of record. \rJheat stockS Of nearly 1.8 billion bushels are
~he second largest of record, slightly below
record stoc:ks of the previous year. .
Record stocks of corn and sorghum grain l>rere more than o!fset by smaller stocks of .
oats and barley fer a total of 61.2 million tow r6r the four feed g~ains, slightly .
smaller than the record 62.1 million tons of a: year &'go.-
..
.
Stocks ot 1, 775 million bushels of wheat storedin all positions oti' Octob~r l wer.e
the second largest of record for the date in the comparable series b~gimti,pgj..n
1935. T}J.e total is alightly smaller than the record stocks Of a year earlier .but
is more than a third larger than average. The.. stocks total is nearlY: dru ble the
1956 production, reflecting the record large carryover of old wheat op July 1 ..
Of'f-..farm .wh.e.at stocks of 1,373 million bushels, l percent larg er ''thail a y-~a.r earlie~ were a record total for the date with holdings at record levels in terminal and interior mill, elevator, and warehouse positio~. I~ contrast, farm stocks of 403 million bushels on October l were 6 percent below a year ago and the smallest for
that date since 1940.
Carr,yover of old corn in all storage positions on October 1 is estimated at 1,166 m,illion bushels -exceeding the previous record of a year ago by 13 percent. Of the total stocks., 865 million bushels were in off-farm positions compared with 721 million bushels a year ago. Nearly 95 percent of the off-farm stoclts on October 1 l'mre owned by CCC this year and a year ago, with seven-tenths of these holdings in CCC bins.
(OVer)
UNITED STATES GRAIN STOCKS .. OCTOBER l, 1956, WITH COMPARISONS
_ _ GRAIN
POSITION
: Oct. 1 : Oct. 1 a July 1
Oct. 1
~-------------~------~~~1~9~5.4________~.1~9~~~~~~--~1~.~~56~~1--- ~ 1~.9~~6~
Thou..s_an...d......B.....u....s. hel..s..
V'aeat
((OTnerFmairnmasls11z;
(Commodity ~redit
.
C~r
1/
437,907 422,772
126,228
427,795 448,678
140,746
67,716 402,789 332,323 467,254
125,429 . 134,362
__ (Merchant Mills 1/
158,981 141,403
64,741 14l,Jl9
(_!n!~P..!,_E~6!~ _ !e~VV ~3~,~o1 _ _ ~2~,l0! ___ ~l,~4~ _ ~<e2~,~61
.,, _ TOTAL , .
1,685,195 1, 782,924 1,033,852 1, 77.5,,391
11 ---:,-(a-n:-.~.~~-------------3-59-,3-55---3-13-,7-61----9-9-3,3-11-~ - j-o0-'~-5$.9
Corn
(~;erminals y
(Commodity Credit
Corp.
Jl
18,052 467,837
31,926 559,724
51728,,03435~
99 4 ,~~.6. 4._',.1_7)68_--..
,(Int. Mills, Elev. & 'Whses.!/Z/ 74,437 129,412
162,328 . 2Ql,4.66
----TO~TA~L~~-----~-~~-~-9~ 19-,6- 81~-1- ,0~ ,34~,8~ 23-~-1-,7- 46-,0-15-~1~,1-65~,9~27
----(O~n .-F,a~rm-s -1/----------1-,1-16-,0-83--1-,1-90-,8-92-----27-1~-67-4 - --9-28-,"-97-8
(Terniin'als-y'
Oats . -,(C:ommodity Credit Corp. :J/
:.(-lnt.Mills,Elev.,& Whses.1JV
26,377 9,323
78,555
37,581
13,857 87,136
27,585
6,697 40,410
.38,424 6,881
a2~447
- -- - - - - - -- - -- - - - -- - - --- - - .. - - --~--~--~~~-~~---~~~---~~--~---~~~~~--
- .- : -~~AL ~
~
-- ... ... -
... - 1, 230,338 1,329,466
~ ~
.....
346,366
1
,
0. ~5 6..,.
730
.
.(Ori..Fa.rms 1/
.
: ,:{Terminals-2/
229,381 23,495
26o,039 28,468
39,499 35,980
J 226~6q9.J '
.;.Jl,-h47'.~ .:
vv_- . Barley(Qommodity Credit Corp. 2/ ' (!n~.~i~l~,~~v:&-~s!!s~
. 3, 732
3,.332- -
723 - ..c:1,,963... ~ .
~0~,~9~-- ~1~,~~--- _4~,~5~-- _:o~~z6~
. I
.
"
.
----TO-T-AL-------. -------3-58~5-00---4-05~7-84----1-17~1-56--~-3B~9 ~861
.
..
' {On Farms!/
3,418
6,303
13,991
-..5,527 .
(Terminals 2/
.
5,233
20,430 . 23,957
23, 755-'..
Sorghum(Coiilmodity-Credit Corp. 3./
2,261
3,382
12 ,.. ,.. 6
Grro:n(_I:;t.!M!l!s!E!e!~ :!h!e~~L __ ~1~3~8- __ ~4.!.8~2- ___ ]_9.!.72,9__ .... ~o~~zl_ .
TOTAL
22,260
74,977
117,669 . : BO';l3!i ::
-----------~----------------------------~-~ :
111/ Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board.
'J./ Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division, AMS, at 46 Terminal cities.
. , ~ .:.:,,./.
Owned by CCC and stored i.,rl bins or other storages owned or controlled by cop; :
also CCC-owned grain in transit; other CCC..owned grain is included in the ~stim-- .
ates by positiona.
.
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4/ ~lls reporting to the Bureau of the Ce~sus, on millings an~ st.ooks of f'laur ;: . . .'
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GIEJOiRJGTIA :
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COLL=:GE OF AGRiCUl.TUf.:E
EXTEN~ION SERVICE
Athens, Georgia:
... November 28, 1956
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During the . wee~ ending November 24 commercial hatcheries placed 4,286,000 chicks '
with bro~ler prod~cers in Georgia cQmmercial areaso . This c9mpare~ with the . .
4,276,000 placed the previous week and is 23 petcent more than the 3,475,000 placed
the same week last year.
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set: by _..iocal;hatcheries
amounted
to
5, 769,000
coinpared
wlth
5.i ,
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for
t~e
previous. week cmd: is 21 percent greater:- than ':,he 4, 7?9,000 fOr -the corre:;;ponding:
week las~ ea~.
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64 cen:ts pe!r; dozeh., Average price charged by hatcheries for chic~s was reported at
$11- 25: per; hundretl. ~ These prices are identical with the previous :week and compare
with 8'~. 'cents and: ~~i6.00 one year ago. Egg prices shoWn 'relate to Georgia produced
~ atchin~ e!Sgs \~heither bought on contract or otherwise.
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Weight~d average ;prices from the Federal-Stat~ Market Ne'W.s Service for b~oilers d~ ing week . ending November 24 are as . follows: Nor.th Georgia bro'ile~s 2t - . :3~ P.o~ds;
at farms .l6e48; ;FOB plants 17o39.
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GEORGiA..Q!llCK PLAGIDlliNT .BY WEE~~~ltl9J2' .E:PTENBER2~2 THROUGH NO~_~s_1956
Date
1 . . . Eggs
i Chicks Hatched 1,/ rl Inshipments j Total Placed
Week ;
Set
i Placed in Georgia , of Chicks
on Farms
Ending j: 1955 ; 1956 ' ;, Th~us~d~
1955 : 1956 1 ~ ... 1955 ~ 1956
Thous~ds -: ! Thousands
195..?' : 1956 Thousands :
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Sept. 22 '4,681 5,587
3,081 3,629
l 360 646
3,441 4,275
Sept. 29 I -,.589 5,803
3,120 .3, 730
374 . 573
.3,4~4 4,303
Oct. 6 I . 4,?45
Oct. 13 ' 4,772 dct. ~ 20 : 4,777
5,822 5,81}
5,590
3,156 :3, 74? 3,178. 3,873
3,113 3,758
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364:
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492 516
; ~ 487 ' .518
3,545 4,237 :.3,542 4,3~9 3,660 4,276
Oct. ,27 I 4,70( 5,735 Nov. . ~ ~ . 4,664 . 5,583 Nov. .10 t 4,:821 5,"663
3,109 3,852
2,962 3, 777
3~11.9 3,76l
344 5!.~6 263 469 :.: 361... 374
3,453 4,398 .3,225 4,246 3,486 _4,135
Nov. 17 r 4;733 5;758
2,997 . 3,872
. 306 404 3,303 4,276
Nov_.__2._4~! _.._4~,~75 ~9___5~,_76_9__~--3~,o_8_5__~3~,8~3_9______3_9_0____~_7__.~-47_5___4~,2~8-6__
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Maine .. Connecticut Pennsylvania
Indiap.a _.. . ... Il;Linoi_~
Miss our{ Delmffi!'e , Har.ylcmd Virginia West Virginia
North.. Cato1ina south __ca,;olina GEdRGIA :
> Florida
Alabam~
Missis$ippi Arkansas .
Louisiana
Texas
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Oregon
California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956: cis % of 1955
29 ;839 27,799
107
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EGG$ $ET AND CHICKS PLACED !N COMNERCIAL AREAS, BY vJEE~ - ; _19~5,_6_ _...-~------Page 2.
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20 : ' 2 7 ' : 3
Nov.
10
N~.
Nov.
17 : 24
885 ,.: . 89.0
434 ':; . 5.30 : 703 ' 506
:65E> 544
: 174~ ;
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. .432' .:._ . 435
1~ .61J .: :: ': 1,5.40
1;071 ~ ~ .: 1;-258
1,:_128. . . 9.43
'408 . ,.:. . '}96
1,- 297 :< 1,274 - ~292 ::_:.. . .J _68
.568 .. - : 244 .:. 1;921.:; ;. _1,473 ..
< 4,303 :.:. :4, 237
~224 '~ :
212
1~-:660 .. _. . 1,694
1,314 ll,. - .. : 95L. 2,_~40 .! 1: . l, 72.9 ...
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1, 835 228.
-248 'i.. 131
'904 ~-: 1 1,067 1;.986 .. : . l; 792
261
252
l,:S61 ' 1,996'
215
178
136
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1,161 i i 771
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21,536 17,998
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. CHICKS PLACED '7 THOUSANDS
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893
879
969
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.418 ;.:.. ' 532
534
476
479
465
- . 487 . 471 .. ~ 626
634
732
738
627
583
530
6j-8 ~-:: 676
752
752
720
119
98 ~ 96 ' 93
156
146
147
447
358 : 363 : ;426
465 536
467
"<1,.661 ' .: 1)610 -..: 1,54.7 1,601 1,611 1,658 1,622
.: i;OL6 ... 1., _014 . -r,o92 1,094 1,056 1,057 1,165 .
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978 1,089 1,073
971
351
334 . ~ 386
381
345
411
495
1,274 :- :r,255 -. t,189 1,271 1,336 1,278 1,276
. :324 ; :: 2g9. ':. .; 2$.8
325
296
329
.. 314
, 4~J89 . . 4/S16. ..-lf,39,.8. 4,246 4,~35 4,2~6 4,286
198 1,582
249 1,654
~ 203
1~ 64.5
196 1,715
230 1,729
214 1,651
201 1,687
1,065 . 1., 798.
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: 985
1 ~,575
1,036 1,672
976 1,760
1,015 1,557
925 1,717
310 . . .. 284
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230
231
292
258
2,006 1,826 l~ 756 1,686 1,749 1,742 1,628
132 . . 142
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155
188
212
176
136 ~ :.9o
87
119
143
112
125
773
744
673 ... 675
944
863
889
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2.1~0- 06 . 19,917 ' 20;141
18,288 18,596 18,780
115 . 107
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20,667
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21,292 19,023
112
21,270
19,595
109
21,130 19,534
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QEORGIA : During the month ended October 15, 1956, the All Commodities Index of Prices Received remained unchanged from the previous month. The October
~ndex is 246 percent. of its 1910-1914 average and is 2 percent (5 points) bel ow the October 15, 1955 index.
'J.Ihe All Crops Index was unchanged at 268, as price declines for corn, cotton and qoybeans were off~s et by increases for cotton seed, small grains and fruits.
The All Livestock and Livestock component of the Index declined 2 point s (1 percent) during the month . Lower pric es rec eived for hogs, beef cattle, chickens and eggs were offset to some ext ent by higher prices for 1-rhoJ.esale milk .
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined one percent (2 points) during the month ended October 15. Lower prices for meat
nals, corn, potatoes, pouh.r y, eggs, and cotton more than offset higher prices ~c eived for dairy products, some vegetables , cottons eed, and wheat. The October index at 234 per0ent of its 19lcr14 average compared with 236 in September and 229 in October 1955.
Higher wage rates offset lower prices for farm production items to hold the Parity Index (Pric es Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates) at 287 on October 15, the same as in mid,.,Sept ember. Prices Paid by farmers for family living items averaged t.he s cuae as a month earlier. The Octob er Parity Index,
the highest of r ecord for the month, was 2.5 percent higher than a year earlier .
The decline in the -Index f PrieeS-ReG{;);i;v..ed by Farmers was not enough -to lov;er the Parity Ratio during the month. At 82, the Ratio was the same as in August and Sept ember 1956, and October 1955.
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OctobC!3r 15, : .September 15,
1910-14 100 : 1955
1956
Prices Received
229
236
Octob er 15, : F~d h~.eE__ _ 1956 :Thdex : Date
234
313
Fob ;195r
Parity Index 1/
280
287
287
290 ~/ May 19$2
Parity Ratio
82
82
82
123
Oct.l946
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ARCHIE LANGLEY .\ gricultural Statistician In Charge
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician
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PHICES REC3 I VZD BY F1-Bl:fE3S OQl'IOBEB' 1 5,1 95"-.:..!lllm._'iOMPABI SONS
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.1 -.~-- --:-~-co~;;;DLITY-.. -~.,-~fr~~~ oct.1s -j iept~~()~;:-;;:.1 !~~~fMg_l oct.J.51Sept.15. o~t.ls,
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$l _!l.hcoat, Bu.
_'f&c_ 1 ' _J 1955 .
1. 23 j 1.97
~95~ ~ , . .1.92
1956 __ 1.96
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1 91jl _1 95~ +_:_ _1 956_:_ . 88 j 1. 941 1. 95
_]J356 1. 98
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1.25
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O;:tt s, Bu~
$1
Iri sh Pot a'!;o os,Gwt. $
Sweet Pot atoe ,,C.t. $
Ootton , Lb.
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Cott on st: ed, Ton
$1
.67 1. 88
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:.12.1 i3 .65
I! .86 2._50 ,.
I 4.00 1
I. 33.0 j
I 43: oo
.81
.85 !i
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5; 451 5.10 jl
33.2
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I 45.00 46 ,00
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1.14
1.10 1.66
1.60 1 2.74 3.47
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32 . 8 32.5
22 . 55 I 13 .50 47, 60
.ss
1.34 3.52 3!.9 54 .10
Ho.y (b u.l e d),Ton T1ogs, Pe.r Cwt.
!'. $I
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7.36
15.20
24.80 15.60
24 .20 j
15. 30 ~
I 20.50 ?.0 .70 H.50 15.50
21.50 15.50.
Beef Cattl e , Cvlt. "'
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Hi l k Cows , Head Chicken s , Lb.
$ 1 33 .85
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;Eggs , tb z. B~tt c rf n.t, Lb.
2! . 4
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Milk ( ;;Thol esal c )
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$1
2. 13
Spybeans, Bu .
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Pea-n-u-t-s,--L-b-.-------~ ~-----5-.2
r 11.10
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l 52.0 I
l 6.10
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12 .20 115.00
n. 70 I
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17.5 47.5
I 11.1 !
47.2
51.0
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5. 90
6 .10
2.25 I 2.10 !
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10 .8
5. 42 ! 15.20 16. 20
! 48.00
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116 . 00 156 . 00 20. 6 11.2
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12. 9 38.6
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56 .9 58.2
15.30 155.00 16.0
38.1 59.3
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Il'i!DEX NUi..ffiERS Ol!" PRI CES Ri!'!CEI VED BY FAm.reRS IN GEORGIA , (J anuary 1910 - I'ccember 1914 :;; 100 )
Oct. 15, Sept. 15, Oct, 15 ,
1955
1956
1 956
All Commoditi es
2 51
All Crop s
271
Gr a i n s :nd Hay
142
Cotton Lint . P eanuts To b a c c o
270
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Cotton seed and Soybe ans
178
Iri sh Pot atoe s, Sweet Pot ato e s &Cowpeas 289
F ;ru~:l; s cmd r uts
205
All Live stock and Li ve stock Products
214 .
Meat Animals
237
Poultry and Egg s
178
Dairy hoducts
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246 268* 146 273 208
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18'8 -: 2 92* 220 203 . . 247 150 235
2<1:6 268 142
268: '208
3'73
1 91 276
251 .. 201 ''
2'10 148 242 '
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Oct. 15, 1956
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1956
1956
Mi xe d Dair:'r :Food
All Unde r 29o/o Prot ein 16% Frote i n 18% Prot ein 20% Frot e in .G4o/o Prot e in
3.90
3 .80 4 .10 4.10 4 . 25
~ ~h Prot e i n Fee ds . tonsoed }tJeal Soybean Meal Meat Scr ap
3.30 4 .50 4. 95
.&r :'l.in By-Products ] r em lii.ddlings ';or n l\~eal
3.30
3.50 4.00
?oultry Feed 1hoil t!r Gr owing Mash J.aying Ma sh Ec:- tch Gr ains
!-je,y I,Baled ) Ll fo.J f a 8.11-_ Ot he r
5.10 '1.85 4 .30
52.00 39.50
JJ As r opor t erl by Feed lliolers.
3.90 3 .85 3. 90 4 .05 4 . 25
3.35 4.15 4.95
3.25 3.55 3.65
5.20 4. 90 4.10
48.00 41.00
3.90 3. 85 3. 90 4.00 1 .20
3.30 3.95 4.95
3.30 3.60 3. '10
5.20 4.85 4 .30
50.00 41.00
,, lbll ar s fe r l.O.Cl...Emds
3.65
I 3 . 58
3, 63
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4.98
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28.50
3.72 3 .66 3.68 3.89 1L0-1
3.81. 4 .04 4 .99
2.90
3.09 3.76
5.05 4 . 55 1.18
31.70 29.30
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3.71
3. 66 3. 65 3.88 3. 99
3.78 3. 87 5. 03
2,88
3.03 3.63
4.97 4,19
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33 .20 30.70
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During :the ..week E;lnding November 3 commercial hatcheries placed 4,:246,000 chicks ~ with
broiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4.t398,oop
placed .th~ previous week and is 32 percent more than the 3,225,000 placed the same
week last : year.
~ggs s~t by local hatcheries amounted to 5,583,000 compared with 5, 7.35,000 for the
previous week ,and is 20 percent greater than the 4,664,000 for the corresponding
. week last year. :
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65 cent's Per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
and ~11.50: per hundred . These prices compare with 68 cents and $11.75 for the previous
week
88.5 cents .and $16.00 one year ago . Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
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. at far~. 15.09; FOB plants 16.05.
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pate . : J. . 'Eggs
Chicks Hatched }/ Inshipments !- Total Placed :
r Week
~ndit;tg
1 : -Set . 1 Placed in Georgia
! . 1255 : 195. : .
1955 :, 1956
! of Chicks ! on .Farms
! 1955 : 19~ 1955 : 1956
Thousands Sept. 1 4,,747 5,248
Thousands 3.,101 3,69~
Thousands
Thousands
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392 539 Il. 3,493 4,237
Sept. 8 4,.756 5,345
3,155 3,577
. 439 640 i 3,594 4,211
Sept. 15 4,746 5,528
3,191 3,556
352 653 '" 3,543 4,209
Sept. 2.2 ' 4,681 5,587
3,081 3,629
360 646 3,h41 4,275
Sept. 29 ! .. 4,5.89 5,803
3,120 3, 730
374 573 3,494 4,30)
Oct. 6 \ 4,145. 5,822
3,156 3,74$
389 492 3,545 4,237
Oct. 13 1 . 4,772 5,813
3,17.8 3,873
364 516 3,542 4,389
Oct. 20 J . 4~:777 5,590-
Oct. ,2( ~ 4,101 5,135
3,113 3, 758 3,109 3,85~
487 518 I 3,600 4,276
341.~ 546 !. 3,453 4,398
N_ov~--3~- ~4~.6~6~4~5~,~58=3--..-.--~2~,9~62---3~,~77~7_____~2~6=3__~4~6~9~-;-3~,~5 4,246-
V. Excl~sive of hatchings shipped into 1s'tates outside of Georgia. :
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ARCHIE LANGLEY
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TOTAL 1956
TOTAL .1955
1956 as %of 1955
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CHICKS PLACED ~ THOUSAI~DS
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I , 1,060 1,096
; I 909
890
I 1,032
Ij I 1, 262
355
1,099 1,358
35o
1 I 1,065 1,198
1 1,787 1,794
I , 1,500 1,547
1 1,611 1;6o2
1 239
258
Ij 2,192 2,131
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467 5.590 _
446 5.2. 735
520 526
1, 760 1., 825
1:,327 1,275
1 . 2,204 2,173
j 281
286
2,378 2,321
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252 224
. 1,376
274 195 1,275
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29,391 ?6,311
112
29,654 26,872
110
I 1,223 918 1,012 1,353
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942 493
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220
1,216 l: 540
1,830 ; : 1, 715
1,544 1: 1,178
II 1,574 i 1 1,209
295
488
2,057 :1 1,440.
434 1 l 257
5,583 532
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1:,867 1,297
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1,529 1,052
2, 147 ; I 1,996
271 l! 312
2,188 ; ! 1,885
253 . 201
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1,261 :':' 1,097
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886
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674 725 213 472 1, 758 1,184 1,080 453 1,353 256 4.217 197 i,439 978 1,798 260 1,766 207 116 1,017
21,586
17,605
123
874 532 611 618
144
409 1,578 1,209 i,081
. 489 1,331
284 4,209
218 1,462
992 1,642
251 1,814
188 141 928
21,005
899 568 705 603 147 442 1,726 1,210 1,085
411
1,314 . 268
4, 27i..
244
1,405 951
1,729 251
1,835 228 131 771
885
434 703 654 175 432 1,613 1,071 1,128 408 1,297 . 292
4...3.20234
1,614 904
1,986 271
1,861 215 136 898
890 '
530
506
544
101
435 1,540 1,258
943 396 1.274
~ 368
42237
212 1,641 1,067 1,792
252 1,996
178 134 899
. 965
484 487 583 119 447 1,661 1,045 901 351 1,274 324 4;)89 198 1,.58a 1,065 1,798 310 2,006 132 136 773
811
478 471
530
98
358 1,610 1,014
808
334 1,255
299 4,276
249 1,654
932 1,714
284 1,826
142 90 729
862
532 626 638 96 . 363
1,547 1,092
843 386 1,189 258
.. 4,398 203
1,645 895
1,575 232
1, 756 155 87 673
924
534 634 676 93 426 1:,601 1,094 978 381 1,271
325 4,246
' 196 1,715 1,036 1,672
230 1,686
155 119 675
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: 21,198.. 21,504 21,"!93 21,030 19,962 20,051 20,667
17;659 17,708 17,998 18,176 18;288 18,596 18,780 18,982
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115
107
107
109
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DEPARTMENT OF
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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL
COLLEGE OF AGRICIJL.. TURE
EXTENSION SERVICE
At hens, Georgia
November 7~. 1~.56
~J&R2IJlQ..K'-R_EPO_R-.T~F_O_R_.GE=-OR-..G..-.IA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending Novenmer 3 commercial ~atcheries placed 4,246,000 chicks with broiler -producers -in Georgia co~nercial areas~ This compares with the 4,398,000
placed the; pr:evi.ous week and is 32 percent more than the 3, 22.5, 000 placed the same
~~lastp~~
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Eggs set by lo~al : hatcheries amounted to .5,.58),000 compared with 5,13.5,000 for the
previous W;eek ~d is 20 percent gr~ater than the 4,664,000 for the corresponding
w. eek
lasI t
year~ .. . .
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Hatcheries -rep9rted prices paid for hatching eggs during the week :at an average ;of 6.5 ceti~s per dozen . Average price charged by: hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$ll.So:;pe'r hundred. These prices compare with 68 cents .and $11.7.5 for the previ;ous week qnd 88.5 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown re~ate to Georgi~ produced ~atching eggs, whether bought on contract or othertiise. .
~eighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers ~ur-
1ng week e~ing November 3 are as follows: North ~eorgia broilers 2! 3t pounds;
~t farms 15~09; . FOB _ plants 16.oS.
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The r~~9r~ for the week of November 10 will be released on Thursday, November 15 instead of November 14 because of the holiday. on November 12.
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r . ! I GEORGIA-CH!CK
Date .. .
PLACEMENT :Eggs
BY
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WEEKS Chicks
HPEaRtcIOhDed,SyEPTEHBERIns1hi~pRmOeUnGtHs
N9V~
Total
3:. 19.56 Placed :
Week : : Set
! Placed in Ge.orgia ! of Chicks 1, on Farms
EndiM . !: 19.5.5 : 19S:6 1 19.5.5 : 19.56 : : 19.5.5 : 192 l 19.5.5 : 19.56
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
Thousands
1
Sept. 1 4,747
Sept. 8 4, ?56
sept. :~::s , 4,746' Sept. ~2 -~ ,,4,.68l: Sept. 29 i 4,589
Oct. ? t 4,74.5
Oct. 13 ;' 4 772' Oct. 20 f 4:777
Oct. 27 1 .. 4,j07 ~qv. 3 + 4,664
.5,248 .5,34.5
s,S28 i
.5,.587 .5,803 .5,822 . S, 813 .5,.590
.5,73.5
.5,.583
3,101 3,1.5.5 3,191
3,081 3,120 3,1.56 3,178 3,113
3,109
2,962
3,698 3,.577 3,5.56
3,629 3,730 3,745 3, 873 3,7.58
3,8.52.
3,777
392 439 3.52
360 374 389 364 487
344
263
.539 l: 3,493
640 ; 3,594
653 1 . 3,.543
646 1 3,41.~1
.573 i 3,494
492 ~ 3,.54.5 .516 ~. 3,.542 .518 3,600 .546 I 3,4.53 46~ ; ~~zg~
4,237 4,21-7
4;2o~
4,275 4,303 4,237 4, 389 4,276
4,398
4,246--
Y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. :
CARL d~ DOEsCHER
Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
NOV 9. 1956
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMHERCLliL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
Week Ending :
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Oct. : Nov. - Sept.
27 : 3 :: 1
Sept. 8
Sept. 15
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Sept. . 22
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Sept. : ?9
Oc,t. . 0 ..
Oct. 13
... , EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSAI~DS
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Oct. 20
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27 : 3
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana
t
[. 1,060 ! 9Q9
1,032 1, 262 .
1,096-
890 1,099 1,358
1,223 918
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1,012 1,353
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It
942 . 493 758 742
886 537 674 725
874 532 611 618
899 568 705 603
885
890
965
811
862
924
434.
530
484
478
532
534
703
506
487
471
626
634
654
544
583
530
638
676
Illinois
Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA
Florida Alabama Mississippi
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355
1,065
I 1,787
i. I
1,500
I 1,611
239
2,192
467
5 590
520
1,760
1:,327
350
1,198
1,794 1,547 1,602
258 2,131
446
5 75
526 1,825
1,275
383 Ii!I 220
1,216 1,830
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II
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540 1,715
" 1,544
1,574
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1,178 1,209
295 2,057
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488 1, 440
434 Ii -- 257
. 5 583 i : 4:237
532 1,867
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208 1,529
1,297
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1,052
213
472 1, 758 1,184 1,080
453 1,353 .
256 .
4z217 197
1,439 978
144
409 1,578 1,209 1,081
. 489
1,331 . 284
4z209 218
1,462 992
147 442 1,726 1,210
1,085 411
1,314 . 268
4:.27~244
1,405 951
175
432 . 1,613 .
1,071 1,128
408 1,297
292
4.:)03
224 1,614
904
101
435 . 1,540
1, 258
943 396 1,274 368
4:237 212
1,641 . 1,067
119
447 1,661 1,045
901 351 1,274 324 42389 198 l,S8a 1,065
98
. 358
1,610 1,014
808
334 1,255
299
4:276 249
1,654 932
96
363 1, 547 1,092
843 386 1,189
258
4 . 39~
203 1,645
895
93 426 1:,601 1,094 978 381 1,271
325 4 2246
' 196
1,715 1,036
Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon
California
2,204 281
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i 2,378 252 224
1,376
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TOTAL 1956
I 29,391
TOTAL .1955
I l 26,311
1956 as %of 1955 . i 112
i.'
2,173 286
2,321 274 195
1, 275
29,654
26,872
110.
2, 147 271
2,188 253 201
1~261
29,439
26,743
110
i. 1,996 I! 312
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1,885 187
142
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1, 097
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: i 22,627
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17,652
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128 .
1, 798 260
1,766 207 116
1,017
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21,586
1?,605
123
1,642 251
1,814 188 141 928
21,005
.17 ;659
.' l:J-:9
1,729 251
1,835 228 131 171
21,198
1,986 271
1,861
215 136 898
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21,504
1, 792 252
1,996 178 134 899
21,193
17,708
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17,998 18,176
' - 119
117
..,.
1,798 310
2,006 132 136 773
21, 030
18,288
115
1,714 284
1,826 142 90 729
19,962
18,596
107
1, 5?5
232
1_, ?56 155
87 673
20,051 18, 780
107
1,672 230
1,686
155
119 675
20,667
18,982
109
Athens, Geor gia
Novemb er 8, 1956
Current cotton production for Ge orgia will reach 590,000 bale s (500 .pounds gr oss
tv~i ght ): according to Hov en:b e;r- 1 prospects reported by cr op c orrssp'oric ents to the Ge or gia Crop Reporting Service . Tlus f orecast is 20 ,000 bales b elm~ the October 1 report and 16 percent l es s than the 701 ,000 bales harve ste d last ye ar and colli~
ar es vrith 612 ,.ooo bales produc ed in 1954. The indicated yield per 'acre of 335 pQtmds h a s b e en exceeded only by the record yield of 376 pounds in 1955 . Production i n t he s outheastern portion of the State will exceed 1955 whil 3 all ether
a~e as t-rill be l e.ss t hQ.n last s eason .
ltle ather conditi ons durin~; October imre favorable for harvesting operati-ons, and
good progress was made in all are as. More than 90 perc ent of th e crop h ad been
ginned prior to Novemb er l.
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Th e Bureau of Census r eported 5 3 0 ~000 running bales ginned to Novemb er 1,. com-
pare d v.iith 63C, 000 to the same dat in 1955 anc'l 596,.000 in 19.54.
_., . ARCHIE Lfl~TGLEY Agri cult~rp:l Statistician In Charge
CARL 0 . DOESCHER AgricultUral Statistician
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A. TED
PRODUCTION
1956
AND FINAL PRODUCTIOE FOR 1955 AND 195h
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1956- 38, 000 \.,_~ . III
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1956 Production Indicated On November 1.
State l956 - .5 .90 , 000
Ro ,le
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1955-61, 0
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1955 - 701,000 '
19$1~ ..; 612, 000
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1955- Bo , ooo
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1956-111,000 '_.),.___,,1954-93 ' coo
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UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF NOV&~ER 1, 1956
The crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the following report from data furnished by crop correspondents, field statj_sticians, Bureau of t he Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with ' this forecast will depend upon whether the . various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are more or l ess favorable than usual.
The Bureau of the Census reports 9,709,000 running bales gj_nned in the United
States to November 1 compared with 9,558,000 bales for the same period last ye ar
and 9,689,000 to November 1, 1954.
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LINT YIELD PER
PRODUCTION 2/
: ACREAGE
HARVESTE_D__A_C_R_E _________~5_0_0-_I_b_._.~g_ro_s_s__w_t_._-b__al_e_s_____
STATE
: FOR :HARVEST
:
Aver-
~~~6_11~ 1;~~-
1956 Aver-
1956
1955 :.
indi-: Ncoavt,eld~
19..-:ga:2~~,_e--~----1-9-5-5-~: ~c~iNnao~dtv.Le,i-d1~--~
Thous. acres
Pounds
Thousand Bales
N. Carolina 450 321
p. Carolina 677 301
Georgia 8!~5
252
Tennessee 540 359
.{\labama 965 281
Mj_ssissippi 1,595 340
Missouri 370 367 Arkansas., 1,365 339
Louisiana 560 336
Oklahoma 705 154 Texas 6,250 194
N. Hexico 179 526
Arizona 357 656
Californi-a- r- 745 659 Other
States J./.. 58 284
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United States 15,661 283
l- -TI - AmEegry.p- t,~ 39.8. 387
350
384 457
375
358 656
376
335 675
523
489 564
478
373 880
570
488 1;~56
351
572 701
623
1,045 2,023
360
505 590 550
750 1,620
502
558 362
545
508 1,382
454
497 586
281
177 356
281
276 3,518
!.~10
1,663 582 463
4,039
430 1,445
580
260
3,600
688
764 237
981 1,109 .. 559
774 - - 844 1,164
266
285
728
825
- 1-,205 - 1,310
383
352
47
50
43
--
417
403 13,098
14,721 13,153
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1/ Septe~ber 1 estimate. 2/ Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale eontains about 480 net pounds of lint. 3/ Virginia, Florida, Illinois. Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. 4/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown j_n 'l'exas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
CROP REPORTING BOARD
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vveather during October was generally favorable for harvesting operations . By the
first of Novemb er cotton picking was virtually ..complete .in oou"vh Georgia and about
B) -percent c oPlpleta i n n orthern areas . Di gging of pe anuts was completed arid thresh~ ~ ing operations _111ore than thre e-fourths completed. Corn. harvest made good progr eso
during the month and by the end of October r anged from about a third- complete in ';
northern are as to more than half complete in sourth ern Ge orgia. The v1eather was
favorab l e f or s eedj.ng small grains and winter pastures . Grains and pasture s :seeded
: earlier have c one up to a good stand. and are i n excellent condi tions. Pastures
J1ave
i mproved
during
the
last
two months
and
are
furn.i
s.
h
i
ng .
...g. o'', od.
:.gr
az ,
i
ng
noW:. .
. Mo s~ field crops matur ed prior to the first of Octob er . :The whather during t he:,
month, however, was favorable for. growth .of late hay crops ~ sw:eetpotatoes; :and 'soy--
beans. Pe a.:mts are turning out better than expected e arliel' ahd. indications 'iiow'
point to a r ecord high yield pe r acre of 1075 pounds . Corn is expected to average 24. 0 bushels per acre for the state which equals the previ ous high for Georgia~ .~ .-
' Cotton lint yield per acre , although down slightly from the for ecas t a month earl i er
.of 3.35 pounds h~(s b een exceeded only by the r ecotd yield of 376 pounds in J.955
Production .of p ecans is currently . forecast at 53,400, 000 pounds , which, if 'realized,
t-dll be t he sec ond largest of rec ord.
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Corm Pro.<;luction of .c orn is , ind;i.cate d . t o be 65,064,000 bushels this year c.oinp.ared
with 6?, 080., 000 bushels. produc ed l ast ye ar and t he lo-year (1945.;.54) average
production of 46,?42,000 b.ushels .. Harvest is wel l underway in all are as of t h-e-
ste.t e .
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Pe.anuts : Yi9l,ds., are tur.m_ng Pilt .b ett .er than expected e arlier . Total production in
.
. GGor gia 't-hi~ : ye;.;.r :i;s : currently f orec e.st at 557 , 925,000 pounds . The yiel d
per ., acre . i s .e.Y.J?ec t ed to ; re~ch :1075 pounds, a r ecord high. The previous high yield
~ms 1043 pqUndp per acre . in .1917 ~ Production last . year t otaled 513, 240 , OciO .pbm?.ds
r1hile thf3 ,i(r.yeaf av~ragc _p;rodt+Gtion is 608, 3)3,000 pounds .
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SvrcetEo~atoes :. Production of sweetpotatoe s is expected to be 874~000 mvt . compared
': : i .. ~ ' . ' ~ :. ID.:th 864,000 -cwt . produc ed last y ear and t he 10-ye ar average 'prod-:o
u.ction of..l, JJl,OOO cwt . .'The current for ec ast is 34: perc ent b clot-T av erage due : . mostly: to . a decline in acreage harves.t ed..
Pt1c~s: . The outlook for pecans varies considerably by vari. eties and from one area ... . , of the state to another . The quality of this y ear rs cr op varie s "t-ndely
a.lso .-.Ropor.ts indicate that ther e might be quite a f eH "pops" and poorly fill ed
tt"IJ:ts . Jlarvesting operations have b een slol<T due to a lack of c old vwathcr . Harvest
1r.=1y not 'be as complete as in 1955 . Total producti on is currently for ec ast at
r- ~J,400,000 poUnds compar ed with last year t s v ery short crop of 10, 000,000 pound3 ~~ the 10-year average production of 35,631,000 pounds .
~ilk -~<LEr:;g ProdU:qti on : Total milk production in Geor gi a during October was _19~
. \ ...
. .. . . . milli on pounda, an increas e of throe million :pounds ' f~orri
l p.st n:,onth and: .six million pounds above production during the month of Octob'er 195,5.
Fiirm flo~ks in . O!=rorgia laid an stim.at ed 99 million eggs during October c ompared '
with 97: millio.n during -the same month last y0ar .
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-- ; ACR~G:i!: : YIELDIERACRE_ _ _ _ __: 1 TO'i'.AL T'RO:!JUCT IO~! IN 000 4 _
CROP
:-{ooo)~ago :
--- !~..orn . . . bu. --12~ 9, 5761~1-'- 19-l~ t:1_ 5t:-:-;.42
Yl.e'J.t . .. .. . .bu .
1 07
15.4
Outs ...... .. .. . . . ..bu.
't-17
27.2
Ro.y ( All ) . . . .. ..... ton
9 57
.62
~cbacco (Al l), . ,., lb.
91 .1 1152
_;oi:. atoes , Irish, ;, .cvrt.
5.0 45 . 6
nndicnt c d : Avc r <:.ge :
: t ndic:1.'tcd.
1955 :
24 . 0 : 16 .0
25 .0 . 79
1956 .:
- 24 .0
21 . 0
! 32.0 . 82
19/J:
- ~~
-- 51: 1955
: i~~-~-:~gg-,-
-61~:95O261M?
n04
12,270 11, 525
710
748
14 , 784
1464 49
1'118 43
117,552 149, 375
342
272
129 , 12l967 871
-=ot n.to es , Swe.., t , . cwt .
~o tt on , , b aJ. e s
!e Sc
mui; s yb e:?.n
( s
forF
&T )
~lbu..
J.)t.Cl1!!. S . lb F_- ,E!._t~~-:u_'? 1 Condit i_?n . 7~
19
39
845 252
519 775
6--5
-9. 8
68
48 376 940
-12.0
70
46 335 1075
-12.5
78
1,331 675
608 , 353 242
35,631
8 6 '1
701 513,210
684
10, 000
590
557, 53,
9~2~5
\gricult~~H~~a~~~~~ian , rn Charg UNIVERSITY OF GEORGlJ\ ri~~~~u~~lD~~~~~~ician oov 16 19'5f'
UNITED STATES GENERAL CROP REPORT A~. QF" NOVEMBER 1.!.1956-
A slight increase in outturn of late crop~ during October assures neai:-record total crop production in 1956. Favorable harvest weather was general but ' cfrought contin-. ues to r etard prospects for fall seedings and forag e over much of the Great "Plains , despite partial r elief from r ecent rains.
I ncreas es in estimat es from a month ago, justified by harvest r esults, are now
made f or corn, sorghum grain, rice, tobacco, potatoes, sugarcane and some fruits.
Decreas es, mostly slight, ar e shown for soybeans,. cotton, sugar beets, ctry: beans;
peanuts and some vegetables. The all crop index of production now moves to nearly
106 percent of the 1947.. 49 base , virtually. on the r ecord 1948 l ev el, 'vhich was
also nearly equalled in 1955. The yield index for 28 important crops ris es to a
new high of 117 compar ed \vith l ast yeart s mark of 116. Reporters l opinions of
yield of 11 allcrops" as a perc ent of normal when summarized
:
show in bold outline how crops varie.d from area to area both this year and last.
The chronic pattern of drought in large portions of the central and s outhemPlains
contrasts with generally favorable yields in most other s ections.
CORN : The production of all corn is indicated at 3 , 1.~12 milli on bushels, about 1 percent above the for ecast a month ago. rhis s econd largest crop of r ecord
is 5 perc ent above last year and 11 perc ent above average. Of the t ot al corn pr~
~uction , 3 ,000 m~illion bushels are expect ed to be harvested for grain compared
rr.Lth 2; 895 million bushels l ast year ancr the average of 2, 782 million bushels. "The .
.p];l corn yield at 44.0 bushels per harvested acre is a r ecord and tvel l exceeds the
pr evious r ecord of 42.5 bushels in 1948 and the 40. 6 bushels last year.
PEANUTS: The . production of peanuts from the acreage utilized f or picking and
.threshing is estimat ed at 1,489 million pounds as lot-J"er ed yiel d pr ospects in Virgiilia and North Carolina offs et the higher yield estimated f or Georgia. The
.crop, at 1,489 million pounds, is 5 perc ent below 1955 and 18 percent bel ow the
10-year averageo
:PECANS: Production of pecans is estimated at 160,700,000 pounds, 9 perc ent above.. . last year and 17 perc ent above average. The estimate shows little change
from a mouth earlier as a 3 perc ent increas e in i mproved varieti es was nearly offset by a decline in wild and s eedling vari eti es. The I mproved crop in ab out one- . half t he producing States showed a substantial increas e over l ast month and declinec only in Georgia and Oklahoma. Prospects for the wild and s eedling crops ar e down l.n Ark AAS as, OklahoJna) Texas, North Carolina and South Car ol:l.ne..p The t otal pecan
crop in Georgia, t he l eading producing Stat e , is 5 times l ast yearts crop; that of
Alab runa 3 times, but in Louisiana and Oklahoma total production is expected to be onl y 48 and 26 perc ent, r espectively, of last year's crop. Harvest is underway .in rjlost Stat es.
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~ heavy crop is in sight in South Carolina.. Buying has started in North C.arolina. Harvest has b een slow in Georgia and b oth ther e and in Alabama quality is varie d~ Harvest may not be as compl et e as in 1955. The Ark ans as crop has been hurt by hot, ctry weather but it appears th at nuts will b e of good quality although below normal t n size. Dry weat her in some. ar eas of Loui~iana affected quality and ther e i s an above .normal perc entage of "pops" pndpoorly filled nuts. Movement has been slow With gr owers holding f or higher pric e s~ Ther e has been serious loss i n Oklahoma due to shrivelling :and shedding because of the drought. Production in Texas i .s spotty by are as. In most aTeas, the drought has r educ ed size and the improved varietie s hav e not fill ed properly.
PASTURES : Farm pastures ehowed some furth er seasonal decline during October and
. on November l wer e th e poorest .since 1953. Pastures for the country as
a whole averaged 58 perc ent of normal compared with 61 percent a month agci and 73 . perc ent . on Novemb er 1, 1955. Early in October, extreme drought conditions ~till
9Xisted over . much of t he Corn Belt and extended over the Great Plains and Far Southwest . r1uch of t his drought si~uation - had q een e~s ed by -precipitation in late Gc tob er which t ended to hold th e Novemb er 1 condition slightly above the 1934 drought year.
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AG R ICULTURE
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: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SE RVICE
r:!:.!:r?i!o.~g G~L
COL LEGE OF AGRICU LTURE
Athens, Georgia
EXTENSION SERVICE
November 15, 1956
__ BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
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During .the. week ending Novembe~ 10 commercial hatcheries placed 4;135,000 chicks
with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the
4, 2!~6, 000 placed .the previous tveek and is 19 percent more than the 3, 480,000 pl~ced
the same week last year.
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Eggs s~t by local hatcheries amounted to 5,663,000 compared with 5,583,000 for the previous week and is 17 percent greater than the !~,821,000 for the corresponding
week last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of
64 cents per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at $11.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 65 cents and $11.50 for the previous week and 88 cents and $15.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia
produced hatching eggs, whether bought on contract or otherwise.
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers dur;
ing week ending November 10 are as follows; North Georgia broilers 2~ - 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 16.28; FOB plants 17.50.
s ee- r everse side for other states)
_GEO~GIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY ~TEEKS - PERIQD ~PTEMBER 8 T"r:!ROUGI! NOVEMBER_lO, 19.56_
l Date
Eggs
i Chicks Hatched 1.7 I Inshipments \ Tota:l Placc<!d
l Week [
Set
Placed in: Georgia
of Chicks
ori Farms .
1 ~nding .
19.5.5 : 1956
19.5.5 : 19.56
19.5.5 : 19.56
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Thousands i '
Thousands
Thousands I Thousands
Sept. 8 I 4,:7.56 .5,345
'3,1.5.5 3,.577
439 640 3,.594 4,2i7
Sept. 1.5 ! 4,746 .5,528
3,191 3,.5.56
352 653 3,543 4,209
qept. 22 ! 4,681 .5,.587
3,081 3,629
360 646 ' 3,441 4,27.5
Sept. 29 j 4,589 .5,803
3,120 3,730
374 .573 3,494 4,303
Qct. 6 : 4,74.5 5,822
3,1.56 3,74.5
389 492 3,.545 4,237
Qct. 13 j 4, 772 .5,813
3,178 3,873
364 .516 3,.5!~2 4,389
Oct. 20 ! 4,771 .5,590
3,113 3,758
L.87 .518 3,600 4,276
Oct. 27 i 4,707 5,73.5
~ov. 3 i 4,664 .5,.583
3,109 3,8.52 2,962 3,777
3h4 j' 263
.546 469
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3,453 3,22.5
4,398 4,246
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~ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
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Agricultural Statistician In Charge
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EGGS SET AND CHICF..S PLACED IN =CO.Ml-1t:RCL'\.L AREP..S ~ BY 1-JEEKS . - 19.56
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Oct. : Nov. : Nov. :: Sept . : Sept. : Sept.
27 : 3 : 10
8
15
22
Sept.
Oct.
Oct. : Oct. : Oct.
29 . . 6 . : . 1.3
20
27
EGGS SET - TIIO-US~A~~:D-S -~:1 ~:! ----------------------------C-HI-C~KS~-P-LA4C~ED - THOUSANDS
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Nov. : Nov.
3
10
Maine
1,096 1,223 1,2h3 II 886
874
899
.885
890
941
811
862
924
893
Connecticut
890
918
747 1 i 537
532
568
434
530
484
478
532
534
476
Pennsylvania
1, 099 1, 012
995 j i 674
611
705
703
506
487 471
626
634
732
Indiana Illinois
1, 358 1, 353 1, 428 I! 725
3 5 0
383
345
'I 1
1 i
213
618 144
603 156
651 174
544 583
530
638
676
752
101
119
98
96
93
156
Mis souri
1, 198 1,216 1,210 : ! 472
409
442
432
435
447 358 .363
426
465
Delaware Maryland
1,794 1,547
1, 830 1 , 544
1,746 1,608
, /1;
1;758 1,184
1,578 1,209
1;726 1,210
1, 613 1,071
1,540 1, 661 1,610 1;547 1,601 1,611 1,258 1,045 1,014 1,092 1,094 1,056
Virginia
1,602 1,574 1,658 : 1,080 1,081 1, 085 1,128
943
901
808
843
978 1,089
WNoerstthVCiarrgoi~niinaa
South Carolina
258
l
2,131 446
2~025957
43h
I! 307 1 453
2,092 1,353 469 : i 256
489 1,331
284
411 1,314
268
408 1,297
292
396 1,274
368
351 1,274
324
334 1,255
299
386 1,189
. 258
"381 1,271
325
. 345 1,336
. 296
~~-...:.G=IA:..::.___ _ _ _j___2_JJ?_.2.S33__?:.664ji---~4,L.:2;.:;;1...:...7_ __::;4~,::.;20~9-----=4::.o~,~2..!.::75::___~4~.3:...:.0.3::.____g~~7
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Fl ori da Al ab mna
MAriskas""ilss sais~u""ui
526 1,825 1,275 2,173
532 1,867 1,297 2,147
588 1, 384 1,298
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197 1,501
978
2,298 i! 1, 798
218 1,520
992 1,642
244 1,473
951 1, 729
224 1,660
904 1,986
212 1,694 1,067 1, 792
198 15582 1,065 1,798
249 1,654
932 1,714
203 1,645
. 985 1,575
196 1,715 1,036 1, 672
230 1,729
976 1,760
Louisiana
286
271 280 ; ; 260
251
251
261
252
310
284 . 232
230
231
Texas
2,321 2,188 2,133 ! ! 1,766 1,814 1,835 1,861 1,996 2,006 1,826 1,756 1,686 1,749
Washington Oregon California
274
253
303 i I 207
188
228
215
178
132
142
155
155
188
195 1,275
201 1,261
271 1, 273
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116 1,017
141 928
131 771
136 898
134
136
90
87
119
143
889
773
744
673
675
944
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TOTAL 1956 TOTAL 1955 .
29, 654
II 29,439
29,839
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26, 872 26, 743 27' 799 l-1 17,605
21,063 17, 659
21, 275 17,708
21 , 536 17,998
21,236 21,006 19,977 20,141 20,667 21, 292 18,176 18.,288 18,596 18, 780 18,982 19,023
1956 as %of 1955
110
110 .
107
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123
119
-i2o
120
117
115
107
107
109
112
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GEORGIA: The 1956 Georgia lespedeza seed produchon, is forecast at 5,100,000 - - - pounds of clean seed. This is the same as the 1955 crop, but it is 47 percent below the le year (19)..J.5-54) average productj_on of 9,559,000 pounds of clean ~ e ed. The acreage harvested in 1956 is estimated at 30,000, a 12 perc ent drop from the 1955 level of 34,000 harvested acres . Yield per acre ip placed at 170 pounds clean seed compared with 150 pounds last year and the 10 year (1945-51-J.) ~verage of 180 pou."lds. Dry weather in part of the production areas of the state caused some lespedeza that was intended for seed proquction to be used as hay or pasture this year. 'fhe sericea variety accounted for 70 percent of the s eed production in 1956, this compare s with 66 :pe~cent of the seed production in 1955.
UNITED STATES: Production of lespedeza seed this year is fore:cast . at 140,595,000 pounds of clean s eed by the Crop Reporting Board. This would be
9- fifth less than the 1955 production of 175,965,000 pounds and 8 perc ent below the 191.(5-54 average of 152, 876,000 pounds. Production is expectEld to b e 'sharply io1..rer than last year in Oklahoma, Kansas, Hi~souri, South Carolina,, Virginia and North Carolina. Production in each of these States is a,lso below: aver.age. Part-
~ally offsetting these r eductions ar.e .the .forecasts of Targe'l' crOps.- ~han Iast year
:\.n Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama,, and Mississippi. The Ge~tg:).a. ~d . Tenn.~ ss ee .crops are expected to b e about the same as i'n 1955~ -. _. . . .
Production this year and last in thousands of pounds by varieties is estimated as
follows: Korean, 99,343 (131,618 ,last year); KobeJ g9,627. (Jl.,h96); .. S.ericea,
9,?69 (11;155); Tenness ee 76 and . Corrlffion, 764 (617); and other varieties, 1,092
(1,079)~
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a ecause Of the severe drought du~ing the Summ~r and. fall in many of :the pF0ducing
Stat es, it was nec essary to use more of the lespedeza for _hay.-and . pasture than a
ye ar ago. Thus, the estimated 765,000 acre s for see d is 13 perc ent less than was
harvested in 1955. However, this acreage is only ? percent l e ss than t:ee lQ-ye ar
average . Acreage is expecte d to be below last ye ar ~- in all States exc ept Indi~ma,
Illinois, Maryland, and Mississippi.
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Growth was short in many of tho drought r~d~eh _ ~t,a.te~, r~d~cing yield prospects
and making harvesting difficult in th e se sections~ T.he. 1956 yi.eld is estimat ed
at 184 pounds per acre, compar ed with 2Ql la9t Y.~ ~ ~d tho average of 192 pounds.
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P.nrvesting of this yeart s crop b~gan, on the average , ~i:e_'. ~~Y.. l:at~r t.han .in. 1955
r . :;nd .two. days later than usual. It was lrnich" e"arli'er th?n. :Last ye ar in -Illinois, 11issouri, Kansas, and Kentucky but muchl~ter : ft-r 'Marylartd; Virginia, and the
~ ~ arolinas. Dat es on which harve sting b egan or was expected to b egin aver aged as
~ cllows: Octob er 26 in Alab ama and Kentucky; Octob er 28-29 in Nissouri and Ill-
:nois; Octob er 3~31 in Georgia, Indiana, and Kansas; Nove1nb er 1-3 in Ark ansas,
Cklahoma , Mississippi, and Tenness ee ; November 6 in Virginia; Novemb er lQ-12 in
8outh and North Carolina; and Novemb er 20 in r1aryland.
'Cc-.rrrover of lespede za seod on farms on June 30 is estimate d at 9, 786,000 pounds, ,n.th over half this total in two States--Hissouri and North Carolina. The carry~er is almost 4 times as large as that of last year and 26 perc ent larger than
the lQ-year average.
t om9stic disappearanc e during the 195.5-56 season is estimated at 157,813,000 pounds, compared with 86,117,000 pounds in the preceding season and the lOyear aver age of 167,370,800 pounds.
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EGGS SET AND CHIC~\S PLACED Til C0Hf1ER_CJ;AL AREA~ ., . BY ,"VlliEJa? . ~ - :L951
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Sept~Sept. Sept. . o-ct. Oct
Oct. Oct.
Nov.
14
21
2.S
5 12
i9 26
2
Nov.
16
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CHICKS PLAC;D .. THOUSANDS
':lfJ
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l~ .:~~29.4 1, 2.35 1,;69
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Connecticut
724
oy t) - 6iJ9
-tql
:Penm:yivania
.. 1,224 1,224 . i,3S2
.Indiana
1;326 1,.311 i,480
'Illinois }ij.ssouri: ;Delaware
308
Jl~ .. 362
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.11 ;1.937232
l., 26~ . 1~362 2,111 . 2,.175
M~y1a.nd V4::cginia.
2, 0.58 1,971 1,962.
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1, 838-
l,-?10 1_. 728
'West Virginia
255
2810
281
North Carolin. a
"-,""t:'-1<.l.,. 2 - ' f-..C.,:.~J. .-,..) 1--'r_.:-:.,q
'SO'uth Carolina : .. 463
497 ..54.5.
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FlQrida.
3 -
6, -4
223
10-
6 ~ 512 :- 422
, ii abama.
2,319 2,26:) 2,328..
601.
554 666
115 187 416 1, 772 1,543 1,218. 516 2, 063 302 '. . 5, 013 206
1 , 921
777 903 863 874
884 974
86o
983
920
494 506 . 535 535
521 503
548
612 634 737 546
664 614
688
762 723 770 .....744' '. 754 857
771
429
417
746
896
876
793
113
98
164
144~
lo6 118
122
131
133
411 45'8 .. 513 : 425
425 366
456
i,846 1,709 1,740 1,627 ~ 1,787 1, 630 1,489
483
484
1,636 1,841
1,471 1,637 1,503 1,39'8' . 1,285 1,446 1,397 1,399 1,225
1,185 . 1,176 1,.176 ~ 1,105 999 1,130
470 433. . . - :4813 ... ... 442.. 353 336
1,977 1,977 - 2,059 2;068 ' ~. 2,039 1,930
1,195 437
1,991
1,149 361
2,002
1,138 435
2,004
318 313 286 344
284 334
286
320
309
4, 832 4, 87& ~ ; 838 4, 826 : 4, 927 ~4~,8-4;,_6___;4;.4.,-8.8,-2_.__::;.5-'--,0~9"':""1__4.._,..9..2.~3;-
255 206 228 .1 Q2. . i93- 157
182
201
188
1,884 1,883 2,001 :1,978'' : 2, 020 1,920 2,051 2,027 2,019
1".is.-s i~ippi
1, 675 1, 710 1;6:31 :
1, 28) 1,258 1,267 1,323 1,3i5 1,234 1,200 1,273 1,338 1,307
Arka.nsas .
2,422 2,3.57 2;492
. 2,062 . 2, 019 2, 007. 1, 899 1, 922 1,996 1,962 1,880 1,932 2, 053
~~lP-siana
Texas . .
359 : 359
357
2,444 2, 243 2,345
379
402 340 378 392
359 268
241
1,1335 . 1,877 1,836 1,828 1,962 ' 1,946 1, 599 1,627
243
267
1,619 1,823
Washington
238
287 -267
218
l7B 193 179 176
147 170
169
153
189
O,regon ..
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California
148 1, 177
177
198 .:
:);.,101 - 1~ 145 -:
118
120
94
87 134
80
75
82
945
932 747 965 963
810 821
856
87
135
925
910
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TOTAL 1957 TGTAL 1956
:r95.7 ~:. 9;26 ?.
..,.;'32~2/, 8n~90
?a
3~,491
3o:~ 444
. ~ 101
33;561 -31,161 .
108
I 24, 873
:: ~: 1 21,932
--: _I
113
24,193 -' ?4,016 24,560 24,102 22,013 22,364 22,063 21,830
110 107 lll .110
23,813 23,256 20,663 20,943
115 111
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23, 483 21, 403
110
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24,131 24;415
21,969 22,06l
110
111
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UNITED STATES DEf=A~TMENT OF
(Yro-jJ 7 3,
AGRICULTURE
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Athens, Georgia
GEORGIA AGRICUI. TURAL EXTENSION SERVICE ..,
Nove111b er 2i'D/'~;t95'6.
- ---- . - - BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA. COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the week ending November 17 commercilll hatcheries placed I..J., 276, ooo .chicks ;
with bro~ler proqucers in Georgia cOl'llin.e;rcial .areas. This compares with the ';
4,135,000 placed the previous week an~ is 29 percent more than the 3,303,0bo plaoed
the same, week last year.
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,758,ooo compared ~dth 5,66),000 for . the
previous week and is 22 percent greater than the '4, 733,000 for t0e corresponding '
\leek last year.
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an av~rage of
64 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was reported at
$11.25 .pE;lr hundred. These prices compare with 64 cents and $11. 25 for the previous
week and 88 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shot~ relate to Georgia
. . oroduce~ ; hatching eggs whether bought on oontract or otherwise.
Weighte..d. ' average prices from the Fec;ieral-State Market News Service :. fo1r bro1ilers. dpr..
ing we6lk . ending November 17 are as follot.vs: North Georgia broilers 22 .. J~:f pounds;
at far~~ [ l?.OO~; FOB plants 18.00.
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CHICK PLACEMENT
BY WEEKS
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PERIO~m_EMBER
15_:f~GH
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NOVEMBER' l7:.
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I Date :~ : ; I
. Eggs . l Chicks Hatched _1~'Inshipments
Total Placed.
I ~Wienekg ~-~: !1._. _!9T5h5oSu:esat1n9d5s.2__
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Placed in Georgia
1955 : :956 __
Thousands
of Chicks
. on
c. l955 : 19i_J__l955
F: ar1m~?s6
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Thousands I Thousands .
I 3ept. iSt .. .!! 4,746 5,528 ' 3,191 3,556
I I 352
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653
3,543 4,209:
Sept. 2? j 4,681 5,587 I 3,081 3,629 : 360 646 ,. 3,441... 4,275
Sept. 29 ! 4,589 5,803 1 3,120 3,730
374 573 3,494 4,303:
Oct. 6 : ! . 4, 745 Oct. 13 ; j . 4,172 Oct. ~0 j 4,777 Oct. 21 : - 4,707
Nov. 3 1 4,664
Nov. 10 4,821 Nov. 1] 4,733
5,822 1
5,813 l
5,590 !
5,735 '
5,583 5,663
5,758
3,156 3,178 3,113 3,109 2,962 3,119 2,997
3, 7!.~5 3,873 33~,785528
3, 777
3,761
3,872
389 492 i 3,545 4~-~37:
364 516 3,542 4,389:
487 518 1 3;600 4,276;
344 546 1 3,453 4,398,
263 361
469 374
1 i
3,225 3,480
4~.246
4,135'
306 404 .I 3,303 .~l216; _
1( Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER , Agricultural Statisticihn
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STATE
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana'
Illiric:>i's
-M;iss5~i'
Delaware
M~land
Virginia "Wr est Virginia North Carolina . South Carolina
~EORGIA
-'Florida ... _.Alabama
.Mississippi - Arkansas
Louisiana T.exas Washington Oreg.on California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 as %of 1955
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
. WeekEnding
. . ...---....-- . . . . Nov.
Nov. : Nov.
Sept. : Sept.
. . . . . . 3
10
17 :: 15.
22
Sept. 29
. .. EGGS SET - THOUSANDS
Oct. . Oct. Oct. .. Oct.
6-C-HIC-KS-13P-LACED
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THOUSANDS
. Nov. . 3
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10
Nov.
17
I. 1,223
l 918 1:,012 1,'353 .. 383 l,216 1,830 1,544 1,574 295 2,057 . 434 5 583 532 1:,867 1,297 2,147 271 2,188 253 . 201 1,261
29,439
26,743
110
1~ 243
l 747
995
1:,428 i _:; 345 . 11,210 1', 746 . 11,608
11,658 307
2 ~ 092
469
5 663
'; 588
l~t 884
. 1, 298 2,298 280 2,133 303 271 1,273
29,839
27; 799
. 107
:,156 .,, 874
743
532
975 . j 611
1,427 11 618
365 il 144
1,274 1, 903
iill
409 1:,578
1,622 !! 1,209
I 1, 752 II 310
1,081 489
2,i58 1,331
481
284
5 758 4 209
595
1,952 1,301
IdI
218 1,520
992
2,433 ! l 1,642
296 it
'I 2,227853 i
li 245
251 1,814
188
141
1,213 II 928
I:I 30,517 ! 21,063
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27,907 17,659
II
109
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119
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899 568 705 603 156 442 1:,726 1,210 1,085 . 411 1,314 . 268 4 275 244 1,473 951 1, 729 251 1, 835 228" 131 771
21,275
17,708
120
885 434 703 651 174 432 1,613 1,071 1,128 408 1,297 292 4 303 224 1, 660 904 1,986 261 1,861 215 136 898
21,536
17,998
120
890
53b
506 544 101 435 1,540 1,258 943 396 1,274 368 4,237 212 1,694 1,067 1,792 . 252 1,996 178 134 889
21,236
18,176
117
941 484 487 583 119 447 1,661 1,045 901 351 . 1,274 . 324
4.1.389 198
1,582 . . 1,065
1,798 310
2,006 132 136 773
811 478 471 530 98 358 1,610 1,014 808
334 1,255
299 4,276
249 1,654
932 1,714
284 1,826
142 90
744
21,006 18,288
115
19,977 18, 596
107
862
924
893
532
534
476
626
634
732
638
676
752
96
93
156
363
426
465
1:,547 1:,601 1,611
1,092 1,094 1,056
843
978 1,089
386
381
345
1,189 1,271 1,336
258
325 . 296
4:398 . _4,246 4:135
203
196 . 230
1,645 1,715 1,729
985 1,036
976
1,575 1,672 1,760
232
230
231
1, 756 1,686 1,749
155
155
188
87
119
143
- - 673
675
944
20,141 20,667 21,292
18,780 18,982 19,023
107
109
112
879 479 738 752 146 536 1,658 1,057 1,073 . 411 1,278 . 329
4,~7~
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1,551
292 1, 742
212 112 863
21,270
19,595
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AGRICULTlJRAL EXTENSION SERVICE . UNIVE RS ITY OF GEuRG !A A ND THE STA "rE DEPARTtii~N r OF _AGRICULT ,UFi.E
U.-5. DEPARTME NT OF AGRlCULTURE ~GRJ C.UL.TURA~ MAR !<ETING SERVICE
31 9 EXTEI-1510.-J SLOG., ATHENS, .GA.
November 21, 1957
LESPEDLZA SE1D FORECAST
GEORGIA-: The 1957 Georgia -l espedeza seed production is estimated at 3, 700,.000
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po1mds. This is .31 percent ' below the 1956 crop of 5,400,000 _pounds.
The decline in production is due to the large decreast1 in acreage. . The. ourrent
acreag.e is forecast at 20,000 compared with 30,000 la~t year~ Yi eld per acre is
placed at 185 potmds clean s ee d compared with 180 pounds in 1956 and 172. pounds ... , ...
for the 10-year average. Dry weather during the surruner damaged the crop in the
northwestern portion of the St~t e . Heather co7::1ditions 1v-ere favctr_able in ~ost
other areas and yields were above average. The curr ent production by varieties
is as foll~s, Sericea 1,924,000,. _Kobe 1,591,000 and Korean 185,000 pounds ~ '
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clean see d, the Crop Report i ng Board reported today. Thfs :.~is 3 .par;.
cent:: more thC!fi ' the 14h,595,ooo po1mds harvested in l956 but ' 3 pero.ent beio~ ; tfie ; ;
1946~55 average of 153,552)000 poundso Production is expected to =be 1arg~r. :this " ' '; year : i~ States west of' .the 1'1ississippi River where drought was severe la~t <y~ar.-~ ... ;
1'1issouri, Ai'kansas, Kansas,:; and Oklahoma. Hore seed is also indl.cated in -.Tennessee;,
S~:mtq 'Q.a.roli na .and Hississippi. Sharpest .,.decreas.es .ar~ ~i,icte!i ii1: Vif~i}~~ ~, . --.... ' r:'
i1arylari,d, Kentuqky, Alabama, Georgia and Illinoiso Production in -Indi'ana :arid " . .
North :Carolina -is almost equal to last y~ar.
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By vari~ties; production this year and l~s:t, in: thousands . of poube:l.s, is . e~.iimated :
as follows: Korean 90,197, (100,056 last :.Y:ear)j Kobe 42,'514 (32~ 963), -' S~r.icea < >_ :_
8,S62 (9, 728), Tennessee 76 and -common 731 (44J}; and other varfeties 1,546 (1,40,5:);
Acr e.ag.e of le.;;pedeza harvested and to be harvested f.or seed .is e.s:timatec). ?-t...... - ... 747 ;ooo acres' only slightly belo~ the 757,000 acres harvested in 1956- and :4 per .. ~'. ' '
cent less than the 10-year average. Drought in..July and Augus t .in eas.t ern Sta.tfls.... _
curtailed acreage saved for seed har v est, part:l.cularly in Haryland and Vir g~nia,., , ,
and to a l esser extent in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia. Growing ~ conditions ...
from were generally fav orable in other S.ta~es, but wet weather this fall has delayed
maturity and preveilted. some acreage
be:i3rig 'he1rves'ted:, especiallY in Nissouri,
Ark~~sas, Mississippi, and Alabamao
Yields per acre ar e expected to equal or axceed last year in all States except
Indiana:, . Vi rginia, Kentucky :and Alabama., However, they are not particularly high
in any of the States >ri.th the r esult that the indicated u. s. yield of 199 potmds
per acre is only slightly above the 1956 yield of 191 pounds and the 10-year aver-
age of 194 pounds.
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last -year but 1 to 2 days l ater tl;lan usuaL Dates on which hrtrvesting began or::was
expe.cted to begin 9-veraged as fo.lJ,.m-m: October 28 -,.31 in I ndiana, Oklahoma,
Kent1,1c~y, Hississippi and Al abama; November 1 - 2 in Illin.ois, .Hiss ouri, Georgia,
Vi rg.inia, and Tennessee; Novemb~~ 3 - 5 in Kansas;, Nort.h Carolina,- South Carolina,
and. A+koiln~as; and Novei]lber 15 in Hary).and~
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most::..y in Hissouri~ Ge orgia, the Carolinas, and .Tenness ee.: :J:t is ,1_8 pe:;-~ent; . SIJl?t~e:r
than ~:iJ.st ._ :y.ear but . 27 percent larger than average.
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Domestic disappearance during the 19.56-.57 season is indicated at 149,261,000 pounds,
C9D1pared with . 1.57,232, 000 _in the preceding season and the 10-year average of
1.56, 7.58.9000 pounds.
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01l!'rent supplY of lespedeza seed, including estimated production this year and carry-over by dealers and farmers as of June 30, 19.57, is 169,046,000 pounds. This is within one percent of last year's supp~ and the 10-year average.
Lespedeza Seed: Acreage harvested, Yield per acre, and Production Average 1946-.5.5, Annual 19.56 and 19.57
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State ::Average~ . 19.56
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!A~erage:
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, . ,Acres Acres Acr_~ pounds Po~ Po~ds poilllds pounds . poup~ .
Inds 23,300 . 34,000 3.5,000 192
Il1o 21,600 32,000 26,000 174
Mo., . 21.5, 400 224,000 224, 000 192
Kans. 35,6.50 9,000 13,000 203
Hd. 1/18,.500 22,000 12,000 1/239 V~o - -25,000 2.5,000 14,000 - 178
N ca ' 149~6oo 14o,ooo 133,ooo 191 s.; c~ ..46,.5oo 34,ooo 45,ooo 170
Gao
48z.550 30,000 20,000 172
Kyo 63,160 85,ooo 70,000 214
T~nn. 54,100 .56,000 84;000 180
Ai.a. 13,700 1.5,000 11,000 148
Miss~ 14;oso 8,ooo 9,000 12.5
Ark., . 39~ 000 42,000 49,000 231
Okla. - 8,-Boo : 1,ooo 2,000 154
240 220 170 140 225 150 170 150 180 235 .
180
1.50 1.50 320 110
22.5
4,.543 8,160 . : 7,87.5
220
3,834 7,040 5, 720
200 43,673 38,080 44,800
210
7,986 1,260 . 2, 730 .
22.5 1/4,547 4,9.50 2., 700
135 - 4, 618 3,7.50 , 1,890
17.5 28,954 23,800 23,275
16.0
8,468 5,100 .7,200 .
185
8z809 ..5.!400 3;-.700
200 14,168 19,975 14,ooo .
18.5
10,174 10,080 .1.5' .540
140
2,074 2,250 . 1,.540
160
1,852 1,200 . 1,440
330
9,343 13,440 ..1~,170
135
1,516
110 . ,270
1,/ Short;..time average
Lespedeza-seed Supply: Average 1946-.55, Annual 1956 and 1957
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Production of clean seed. in pounds
153,.5.52,000 144,.595,000 148,8.50,000
Percentage. that is Korean
69o3
69.2
64.0
II . II II Kobe
23.3
22.8
28.6 .
11
II II Common & Tenn. #76
1.4
0'3
o~5
11
n 11 Sericea
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6.7
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11
11 11 other v aricties
0.1
1.0
1.0
Farm carry-over on June 30 in pounds
6,271,.500
9,738,000 7,973,000
Dealer and Government carry-over on
June 30 in pounds
1.5,124,000 12,223,000
Supply of clean seed (production plus
carry-over) in pounds
170,592,200 169,457,000 169,046,000
RErssu'En-THR.ou'GH-GEcRGIA-CROP REPORTING srnvrc"E:: iJovt.lV"1BFR-2I,-i957- - - - - - -
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AGMR~~~~~~N~AL
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COLLEGE OF AGRICU i.TURE
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Athens, Georgia
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. BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS
During the we$k ending Novemb er 24 conuner~ial hatcheries place~ 4,286,000 chicks "!ith: b.roiler.. producers in .Georgia conunercial areas. This comp~es with the 4,279,000 P,la~ed the previous week and is ' 23 percent more than; thE!3,.475,000 )placed
the sa.ril..e ' we'ek ..last year.
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previous week and is 21 percent greater than the 4,759,000 for ; the corresponding
~eek : l~st ye~.
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64 ceni(s . per ' dozen., Average price charged by hatcheries for c{licks was reported at
$11_ 25 1per hundred. These prices are identical with the previpus . wee.k and compare
with~ 88 : cent$ , and. ~~16.. 00 one year . ago. Egg prices shown re1at~ to . Georgia p~oduced
qatc~irig eggs ;whe'ther bought on contract or otherwise. '
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2t - Weighted: av:er~ge prices from the Federal-State Market News Serlrice for broilers dur-
ing week ending November 24 are as follows: North Georgia bro~ler.s
3! pounds;
at farms 16.. 4~; FOB plants 17o 39.
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GEORG~_Q!gCK PLAC~
Date . i Eggs
EWl~edeikn&
Set .
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! Chicks Hatc~ed 1,/ .: ~nshipments
Placed in Georgia . 1955 : ,19S6 . '
19o~f5.C;hi.ct9k5s5;
J~NOVETMBoEt~al2P4.lia_cle9d56
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Sept~ ~2 : ~ 4~681 . 5,.587
Sept~ ~9 i : ~j589 . 5, 803
Oct. 6 4; 745 5,822
Oct. +3 ; 4' 772 5,813
Oct. : 20 : 4, 777 5,590
Oct. 27 . 4~ 707 5,735
Nov. , .3 4;664 5,583
Nov. ; ~o . ~ . 4, 821 5,663
Nov. , ~7 ! 4? 733 5, 758
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5, 769
Thousands
3,081 3,120 3,156 3,178 3,113 3,109 2,962
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3,629 l
3,730
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3; 745
3;3;
'3,
877538
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852 ' . . .
3, 777 '.',. i
Thousands i Thousands
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360 . 64~
374 .' :._ 573
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3',441 3,494 .
4,275 4,303
389 . 492 l 3,545 4,237
364
516
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4,389
:i" -487 518 '.1: 3,.600 4,276
344 . 546 3,:453 . 4,398 :263 ' 469 ; 3~ 225 4,246
3,119 2,997 3,085
3;761
3;872 3;839
! 361
i . 306
: 'i ;390
:! 374 ' 3,480 4,135
404
3,303 4,276
447 !- 3,475 4,286_
}/. Exc~usive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia.
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Ag. ri.cu. itura. l
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Nov;.- .. : Nov. : Nov. ":: :sept .. : . Sept .: ~: oct.. . 10 ~ . : 17 . .: :, 24 .:; .. '22 . . : 29 : 6 . -roG~T .~ THOUSANDs .. n
Oct .. .: . qct-.--: -~O~~i1- -~:~-N-ov-. ----N-o-v.--:--N-o-v.----N-o-v- -
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20 . :- . 27
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17 : 24
CI}ICI\S .PLACED. - . +IfOUSANDS
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Main_e
1 1,243 ~ 1,156. 1,688 :-.: 899' : 885 ., 896
941
811
862
924
893
879
969
Conne..cticut . Pennsylvania
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747 . .
995
743
915
905.f i:I . :' 568: .
1,018 ; i 705
434 703
530
484'. .... ' 478 . 532 :: 534
506 : -48l : : .h'rt. 62C? ; . 634
476 732
479 738
465 627
Indiana . .
~ - 1;428 :1,42-T:_ 1, 427 i .. 603
651
. 5Ji4: 583
530'- . . : 638 . ~: .676
752
752
720
Illinois Missouri .. _ De1;3-Hare . , . MarY-land .
I..1 1, 3~4150 _ 1, 326154:~-.
. 1 z'746 .:. 1 1 90J ' < 1,608 . 1,622.:.'
:no 1,3.66
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156. 442
174
.: 101:
.-- 432 ;, 435_'.
1, 8,:_4~- :.: . 1, 72-0~ - :... l, .6J.3 ....,.. 1,540
1,66o ,::,i1'> J-,210: :.: . l,Q71 :. ; 1,25:8
119
98
: 96 .
~- 4ln: .. 35-B ..... ,--363 :
~1;661 : r ;6io :.... 1;54?;
1,045 . . 1,014 : . 1,=092
... . 93 :426
1,.:$01 : J.,;094
156
465 1,611
1,056
146
536
1,658
1,057
147 467 1,622
1,165
Virgfui./3. : West Virg:i;nia
. ' 1,658 ... 1, 752: 1,.808. .:"1 . ;1.,085 - 1,128 '.; 943
901
808
! 843~ . . : 978 1,089 1,073
971
r 307
310
:30.3 .J'i : . 411
408 :. :~ . .. 396
351
334
f386
'381
345
411
495
North Carolina
,... : 2;092 . 2,158: 2,358 ! 1,314 , . 1,297 .. . ~,274 1,274 1,255 1)189 1:~271 1,336 1,278 1,276
Sou,th G.arolina
, . 469 . 481 . 398 ... i .: 26B r.. -. . 2'92 ' : :_- 368
-G:E:O-:R:G-I-A:-=-.-,...:.----+~....v.,..._5:::;>,.l6"6"~3;:~...-:::;.5z.,._1~-5~8--.-.::.'.5.4... l69
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Florida
1. ~ :588 .. 595. . .568 ::~ i , 244 ... -:224 :. .: .: 212
: 324 .. . ' . 299 . ;258.
' " 4 4 .'.J-4.z 389
'?~7; 6 : . ")98
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198 - 249 r:.-.; 203
'325
4~246
' 196
296 4,135
230
329 4:276
214
.. 314
4, 286. 201
Al~hcima
i 1;884 . 1,952 1~921 ;[: ;,:. _1,47;3 : 1,66o .::.: .: ;1,.694 1,582 . 1,654 1~645. 1,715 1,729 1,651 1,687
Mississippi ALorUkiasnishims~;. .
f 1;298 .
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2; 298. . 280.
1,;:301-
2,433 296
1,314; : 95l
2,440. i I. :-1, 729 :-
283 i i 251 '
:;904 ::.: 1,067 ,- 1-;.065'.: ... , 9:32. '-: :' : 985
1,~986 '.:. . i,'792 ~ 1_,798 -'..;l .:, .714 . : 1~ 57;5
.261, . ..' ,:. 252
. 310 . . 2'84 . : 232
1,036 1,672
230
976 1,760
231
1,015
1,557 292
925
1,717 258
Tex.as
j r~ . 2-;133 . 2,275 2:279 .; !-.. 1, 835. 1~'861' i 1, 996 2,006 1,826 ~,75? 1,686 1,749 1,742 1,628
.. I" Washington
}: 30.3
28J
288 i j. . 228
215 178
132
142 : 155
155
--TCO-OraT~-lAgi-Lofno-1r-9n5-i.6a----~~~~II'1,,- 2-19-.,,8-223.77-913;.-::' --310-,,5.-22141-53'7---301~1. -182624-781~. .IiII,!-s:~!-:-.-: 2-1-,217-737-511-- --2-1.-.',:518-39368-6 -. '~~.2. -1,-2.81~383-694---2-1.-,.017-037-636.-.. -.. -19-.,-97-794-704---2-;0':-,16-478-31(-\--2-0-,616-617-795-
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27,907
28 ' 258
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17,998
18,176 18,288 18,596 18,780 : 18,982
1956 as % oi' 1955
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107
109 . 109 ! 120
120 .
117
115
107
107
109
188 143 944
21,292
19,023 112
212 112 863
21,270
19,595
109
176 125 889
21,130
19,534 108
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GEORGlA AGRICUL.TU"f~AL :
EX "tENSION SERVICE
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with broiler pro~ucers in Georgia commercial areas .. This compares with the '
4,286,000 ' placed: the pr~v+ous week and is 20 percent more than tne ~,540,000
:Placed .the same wee~ 1q.st -year.
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previous
bwYe. eJk,~-caandl
hatcheI r' i: ~s. amounted to 5, 734,000 com~aredi-,rlth ~.S:# 769; ooo f.or :the
is 21 percent greater than the 4, 722' 000 for the corresponding
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during the :week at ari. averag$ of
64 cents p~r: . d?,zen. : Average price charged by hatcheries for chicks was r eported
rnL at $11~ 00; per i hubdred. These pri._ce~ c~mpa~e with ?4 cer1ts and
25 for the .
previo1;1s We~?.}t! ~a 88 , cent-s .. pnd . $16. 90_on~ . year .ago. Egg PI_'~ces shoWn re-late to
Georgia ~ ~
prL9. d.up;e.ct;!hatoh}.ng eggs
!rJl'lether _bp.)..lgh:t
on co. nt..ract . o.r.
oth;rw.ise,..
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2t .. Weighted B,:ver~e; prices from the Federal-State r1arket News Service Jor broilers
f quring . I.Ye_~k -e~liing December 1 are : as foJ.lOivS: ' NO:;:-tl'J. Get?.rgia bro~lers
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poundsr- ~t;_farm~ 15:.21; :--FDB plan;t13; 16 ~12 . ; - :. _ :_; ~.: ... : 1, :. . ; .
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Date
Eggs
Chidk~ . H:atched .1
Inshipments
Total Placed
Week
: Set
~-----+----1~9~55..._: 2. 956
Thousands
Placed in Georgia
l . 12,$5_= 1956 'l'holisands
of Chicks
.-1225 : 1956
Thpusands
on Farms
1955 : 1956 Thousands-
Sept . 29 4,589 . 5,803' Opt. ' 6 . . .4; 745 5,822
. 3,120 3;730 3,156 3,745
374 573 389 492
3,494 . 4,303 3,545 4,F37
Oct , 13 : : 4;-7'(2 5,813
Oct.. 20 ! 4, 777 . 5.,590 "
' 3,178 3,873 ~ ,113 3,758
364 516 487. .518
.3,542 4,389 3,600 .. 4,276
Oct. 27 ~ 4,707 5,735 Nov.- :' 3 ..4,,664 5,583
3,109 ),8_52 ., 344 .. 546
2,962 3,777
263 469
3,453 4, 398 3,225 4,246
N0v.:. '10 ; U,'B21 Nov . ~- ~17 : 4,'7~.3
- . Nov~ ;24 : 4, 7~9
Dec~:: ; 1 ! 7(.2
5,663
3,119 3,-791
361 374 . 3, 480
5,?58
. J~991 . 3,87~
306 404 3,303
5,?69
; .J;-085 ... 3,839
390 447 3,475
5 1]~ - ~~-...3''-1.:;;;..32_-=38~B--- 408_ _4.;..:;.3_2-.--1-~42
4,135 4,276 4, 286
l.t2 263-
< :.:. ' _. 1,/ ~xdlu~;i:V:~ : ofih9:tchings shippe_d into :. stat.~s outside cif Georgia~
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AgricultUral Statistician
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TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1~55
1956 as %of 1955
rn EGGs .~ET Aim cHr.cks.::.PLACED
oo MMERCIAL- AREAs, BY WEEKs -
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195.6
_.1.1i!eek Ending
Nov. 17
Nov,. 24
EGGS .SET - THOUSANDS
-::: Sept. Oct.
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.:: Oct, Oct..
Nov. : : Nov.
20 . : Z1 . : . ..3 . : 10
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CHICKS .PW\CED THOUSANDS
Nov. 17
. Novo
Dec.
24
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1,156 743 975
1,427 365
1,274 1,903 1.,622 1, '152
310 2s158
481 5~ 758
595 1,952 1,301 2,433 . . 295
2,275 283 ' 245
1,213
1,088 909
1,018 1,427
370 1,366 1,843 1,668 1,808
. 303
2,358 398
5, 769 568
1,921 1,314 2,440
28.3 2,p279
288 248 1,161
1, 317
1 ;~~~
1, 391 264
1,277
1)> 782 1,s-625 1 r 645
338 2,21J:
42'7 5!' 734
500
1~870
1,422 2s468
. 271
2,443 276 232
1,082
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. 885 . 434 .
! I . '703
' 651
174
I 432
:II 1,613
I i 1,071
: i 1,128 .
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408 1,297 :
292 .
; : 4,303
224
1 .., 660
9~
1,986
261
1r861
; 215 I ~ 13S
I 898
890 530 506 544. 101 435 1, 54C l:s258_ 943 396' 1~2 '74 368 4,237 Gl2 1,694 1,067 1)> 792
252 1,996
178 134 889
941 .. 484
487 . 583
119 447 :1 '661
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: 1-, 045 ! : 901
351
i,2~4
324 4,389
198 1,582 1, 065 1, 798
310
2,006132.: .136
.. 773
811 .. 862
4~78 .
532 . .
471 . 6.26'
53CJ
638
98
96
358
363
1,610 1,547
1,014 . 1,092
808
843
334
386
1,255 1:-183
299
258
4,276 4,398
249
203
1$-654 1,645
932
985
1,714 1,575 284 . 232
1,826 1;756
142
155
90
87
744 . 673
924
8.93'.'
879
969
961
534 '
476 '.
479
465
45~
634 .
732
738
627
618
676
752 .
752
720
810
93 '
156 '
146
147
171.
426
4 6 5 :.
536
467
1,601 ; . .1,611 : 1,658 1,622
491
1,~~52:-:
1, 0'94 . 1,056 1,057 1,165
1,141
918 : 1,089 1,C73
971
1,131
381
' 345
411
495
398
1,2 't'l
1.~~ 3M
1,2'78 1,2'l6
1, 3H
325
296
329
314
364
4,246~ --- 4~,~1~3~5~---4~~~2~76~--4~,~2~8~6--~-4~~~2=6 ~
J.96 . 230
214
20 1
22r-
1,715 . 1,729 1,651 1,687
1,726
T,036 ,
976 1,015
925
1,044
1,672 : 1,76C 1,557 1,717
1,713
230 .
231
292
258
29 3
1,686 1, 749 1, 742 1 s-628
1,636
155 .
188
212
176
230
119
14'3
112
125
171)
6'15 . 944
863
889
9 ::0
30,517 27,907
109
28,258 109
109 . ;'f..
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. 117
19,977 . 20,141 18,~88 : .18, 596 . 18 ,.78()
' 115
1~7. . ::.. 107
20,66.7 21:292 21,270 21,130
18,982 . 19,023 : 19.,595 19,534
10.9
112
109
108
20 ,276 J.06
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GEORGIA: .:Ouring .the month ended November 15, the All Commodity Ihde-t;..~Oo~o,....u.:..u.;.c;~- Received by Georgia farmers declined three points. The Index is now
243 percent of its January 1910 - December 19~~ average, the lowest level reported si.nce December 1955
.The All Crops component of the Index declined 6 points during the. month to 262 .
percent of its Jq.nuary 19;J..Oo December 19Jl( average, the lowest level reporteci since December 1953o Lov.rer prices received at the farm level for cotton lint, peanuts and sweetpotatoes contributed to the decline. Higher prices were reported during .. the JQ--oday period for grains, hay, cottonseed a'nd soybeans.
The All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index remained unchanged during the month at 201 percent of its 19101914 average. 'Lower prices received
r for meat animals .and all chickens were offset by higher prices received for eggs and a seasonal increase in prices of wholes_ale milk.
UNITED STATES; The Index of Price::~ Received by Farmers was unchanged dl.li'ing..the . month ended November 15. Lower prices received for meat animals
and fruit were offset by higher prices for c.ommercial vegetables, dairy products, food grains, and oil bearing crops. The Noverooer index at 234 percent of its 1910-14 average was the same as in October and compares with 224 in November 1955.
Higher automobile prices were primarily responsible for raising the Parity Index
(Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes and Wage Rates)nearly 1
percent during the month ended November 15. Both the living and production components of the general ingex rose _~bout the same amount. At 289~ the mict'_Hov~ber Parity Index was nearly 4 percent higher than a year earlier and less than 1 pe~ cent under the all~time high last recorded in May 1952.
With the Parity Index up and prices received for farm products averaging the same as on October 15, the Parity Ratio dropped to 81 in mid~November, off 1 percent
from a month earlier, but 1 percent higher than a year ago.
Indexes 1910 - 14 I:S 100
;!?rices Rece:bved
~ Parity Index 1/
Summary Table for the United States
Nov. 15, 1955
Oct. 15, 1956
Nov. 15, 1956
224
23h '
234
279
287
289
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290 y'l"'lay 1952
Parity Ratio
80
82
81
123 Oct 1946
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1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Wage Rates. ~/ Also February and April 1952.
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~gri~ultural Statistigian In Charge
BURTON J. HARRINGTON Agricultural Statistician
Viheat, Bu.
Corn, Eu.
Oats, Bu.
Irish Fot atoes,Cwt. $
Swee -1<. Potatoes,C:Tt. Cotton, Lb. Cottonseed, Ton
Hay (baled) ,Ton Hog s,. per cwt
Beef Cattle, c :t, g ilk Cous~ F..ead
Chi~k.ens, . Lb.
Eggs , Doz.
Butterfat, Lb .
lJ Mi1k (WhOl esale) pe r 1OO;f ,soybe ans, Bu. Feanuts, Lb.
.67
. 87
3 .15
2_. 65
2.80
3.45
12.1
33.0
23.65 42.00
24 .80
7.36 ' 13 . 50
3.9.6 10. 90
33.85 96.00
13. 3
21.0
21.4 54 .5
25.8
51.0
. 85
. 87
5 . 10 32 . 4 46 . 00 24 . 20 15.30 11.70 110.00 17. 1 47.2 51.0
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31.4 II
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24 . 20 IilI
14.60 1,
11 . 60 11
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51 . 0
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11 . 9 21.82
7. 29 5.52 49. 18
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21.6 26.3
1.'94 . 1. 9~ 1.09 1 . 19
.60 . ,69 1.40 1 .34 3.05 3 '. 52 ' 32.4 31.9 44.30 54 . 10 20.80 21 . 50 12 . 20 15 . 50 . 14.10 15. 30 144.00 155.00 . 1 20.0 16.0 43.4 .38 . 1 .. 57.2 59.3
2.43 5.2
6.20 2 .12 11.5 .
6.15 2 .10 10. 8
6 .20 2.20 10.4
1.61 4.8
4 .43 . 4:48 2 . 06 . . 2.07 . 11.7 ..1..1._6. .
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IlffiEX TillliBBRS OF :F~UCES REBEI \f~D BY F Al?JviEBS IN GEORGIA
(January 1910 - Dec embe r 1914 c 100)
Nov. 15, Oct. 15, Nov. 15, .
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248
246
243 .
All Crops .
268
. 268
262
Grains and . H"ay
137
142 ..
144
Cott.on .Lint
. 2'70 .
268
259
Peanuts
222
208
200
"Tob acco
362
373
373 :
Cottonseed and Soybe ans
175
191
197
Irish Potatoe s, Swe"t Fotatoes, & Cowp e as
189
276
215
Fruits f.Uld Nuts All .Live si;ock and Live stock F roducts
233 2C6
251 201. .
251 201 " ' .. .
Meat .Animals Foultry and Egg s
216. ..176
240 . ' . 233
148
148
Dairy Products
242
242
244
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Nov . 15, Oct. is, Nov. 15,
Nov . 15,
Oct. 15, No'
KI ND Oi<' FEED
1955
1956
1956
1 9 55
1956
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Mi xed Dairy Feed
All. Under 29io Frotein
18'7 Protein
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1&'7~ Protein
2Clfo Frotein
24"/o Prot e in
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3 . 85 . . . . .. 3 . 75 .
.. 4 . 05 . ' 4.10
4 . 20
~igh P rot e in Feeds
~ottouseed M...:al Sr:Jybean M~al iiP. at Scrap
3.30 4 .20 4 .95
Grain By-Products
Br an
Midd Corn
llitne~gls
3. 35 3. 55 3 . 90
!-ou1try Fee d
Broil e r Growing Mash
Laying Mash
3cr ~t.c,h
Grains
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J.u Otl-.Gr
5.00 4 . 75 4 . 20
"5i .OCY
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3 . 90
-Do-llar-s Fer
3 . 90
100
II
Pounds 3. 62
-3.-85 .. .. . 3 . 85" .
.. 3 . 55 .
II 3. 90.
3. . 9 5
3.59 .
.I . 4 . 00 .
4.05
3 . 80
4 . 20
4.25 I
3.99
3.30
I 3 .40
. . ' 3 . 71
3.95 4 .95
I 3 .90
4 . 75
4 .07 4 . 80
3.30 3 . 60 3 .40
3.30 3 . 60 3.35
2.85 3 .00 3.29
5.20 4.85 4 . 30
so.ccr
41 . 00
5.10 4.80 4 .20
55 . (j()"
40 .00
4.77 4 .38 3.94
32.90 28 .70
..33:. 6716 ... . .
3: 6"5
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3.88
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3.78 3. 87 5. 03
2 . 88 3 . 03 3 . 63
4.97 4 . 49
4.13
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' N. Carolina I 681
S. Caro:J.ina 1,04!~
GEORGIA Tennessee
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2758L8~
Mississippi Alabama
)~ ~5io 1 ,2,334
480 I 440 321 I 350
730 1 !
680 301
375
895
570
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5813~55
252
359
376 523
i i 1,050 1 970 1 281 'j 478
1, 700 1,595 340 570
l_ 393 I 457 351 360
364 336
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656
675
. 572 . 515 701 . 585
484 j 564 , 623 550
I I 371 1 .880 ; 1,045 750
486 1,656 1 2,023 1,615
Missouri Arkansas Louisiana: :
Oklahoma Texas
4 71
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1,100
8,574
New Nexico 1 Arizona j
219 382 1
'390 ' 365 ! 367 J 502
1,460 !
I 615
I I 790 I
! . 6,900
1, 365 j 339 !. 545
560 336 .. 454
725 154 1 281 6,225 ! 194 281
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355
358 i .-656 981
I 592
506
362 1, 382
410 1, 663
I~,1,h45400
501
586 582 585
175
35'6 ! ll63 265
278 3,518 1 4,039 j 3,610
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811 I 237 - 2661 306
1,113 1 559 7'28 830
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16!. 97~4~5
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%6~5~9
774 I 18~9;7 J-i31;;o16}4}-. fi14',2~05h311.,42_0~t0
Other S-tates1
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Virginia 23.2
Florida
L~l.2
Illinois
3.3
~:;~~:;:;b ll:t
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16.5
33.5
2.7 .
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I i5.3 336 :1 JJ2 ._ J_ 376 1
l Jl.O ! 214 :[ 35k 'I 232 . 2,9 248 ., 317 j 414 1.
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16.4 1 ,li.4 12.0 18.7 24.7 15.0
l-1n 1.7 j 1.8 I 2.5
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where cotton production is insignificant, are shown separately. _j/ .Short-time ,
:JY a::~r:~ge, . rnc~uded in State and United States totals. . .
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During the week ending December 8 commercial hatcheries pl,aced 4, 295, boo c_llidks
with br~i:}.er producers in Georgia conunercial areas. This compltr'eS wit,h tnE3 '
4,263;000 placed the previous week and is 20 percent more than _the 3,582,000
placed the same week last year.
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted .to 4,923,000 compared wi~h 5, 734,000 f~
'the previ'ous week and is 3 percent greater than the 4, 797,000 for the corresp;ond-
ing w~ek ~ast _ year.
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Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the we~k at an average of
64 cents per .dqzen. . :A-verage price charged by hatcheries for .th;e cJ;rlcks was reported at $ll.QO p~r ; hundred. These prices are identi~al ~th ~he previou~ week
. and 88 cents :and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced
patch:in~ eggs Whether bought on contract or. otherwise. .
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Weigllt~d ave~age prices from the Federal~State Market News service for. broilers during week ~nding December 8 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~- 3~ ;
pounds; at flj.!'ms 15.08; FOB plants 16.06.
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i y ' GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS ~ PERIOD OCTOBER 6 THROUGH DECEMBER 8~. 1956
Date ' . .I ": , Eggs - Chicks Hatched
Inshipments 1: T-otal 'Placed
Week
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of Chicks 1: . on.FarJ!ls ;
1955 !...1956 . 1955 : 1956 I _tt925 : 1Q56 '
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Thousands I,:: Thousands l I' . ...
Oct. 6 :j 4,745 5,822
3,156 3,745
389 492 1: 3,545-- 4,237 ;
l: I Oct. -13
Oct. 20
.~ ,
4,772 5,813
4, 777 5,590
3,178 3,873
3,113 3, 758
364 487
516 518
!~:~
33.~:,564020
4,389 ~ 4,276 :
'I Oct. 27 :1 .. -4,707 5,135
Nov. J 4,664 5,583
Nov. 10 ' , 4,B21 5,663
IIi 3,109 3,852 2,962 3, 777 3,119 .3,761
344 5l~6 1: 3,453 4,398 ~
I
263 361
469 1: 3,225 4,246 : 374 1. 3,480 : 4,1).5 :.
4 5 Nov. ~J :I 4/{~3 5,758
Nov. C4 \.. . ,_7 9 5, 769
. 2,9.91 ._J;:S.-72 -!
3, 085 3, 839
306
390
404 ! 3, 303 . 4,276 :
447 i 3, 475 4, 286 ;
Dec. Dec.
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41 722 5,734 41 79J ..4J.923
I 3,132 3,83l \ 408
l 3~~45 3,857_ : ~37
432 ;: 3,540 . 4,263 ; 438 l. .1,582 , 4,2~5
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'We'ek Ending
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:.. 24 :. "1
8 : : . 6.
~ -~ EGGS -SET- THOUSANDS ::
_Oct. -: Oct. : :- Oct. : , Nov. . : Nov. : Nov. : Nov.
Dec.
Dec.
' 13 : 20
27 :: 3
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CHICKs PLACED- 'IHOUSAN=ns~-'--------------
Maine Connecticut Pennaylvania Indiana
II .1,, o-'a8
1 909
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1,018 l/427
1,317-: . 818
1,08.5 1,391:":;
l I
1,i19 1
i 709 t '
8.01 1
1,183 i i
890
530
506
544
941 484 487
563
811 478 471
530
961
976
. 452
440
! 618
546
; 810
761
Illinois Missouri Delaware
: .. ,.. 370
.1 1 "3. 66
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1,843
264:. :
1, 277 : . 1, 782'. _;
2oa
( 9.597.
1,440
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101
-.-: 435 1,$40
' 11,9 . 98' .
... -447 : ./" 35'8 .
1;~6~1 ~- 1, 610 :'-
171 491 1,522
18.5 467 1;830
Maryland
I 1,668 1,62.5:: 1,288 ; ! 1,258 : 1~:04.5 :- 1,cnrt ~ ::
1,141 1,253
Virginia
1,808 1, 64~ > 1,519 ! i . 943 .. ' 901' " 8b8 .'
1,131 1,168
West Virginia North Carolina r,
303 2',358
! 338
175 l 1 . 396 ..351 - :: 334 ; ..
2,211 : _1,:.768 1 i,:Jo9 . :: I:i2~1- .: : 1,268 .
398
360
1,31.5 1,399
South Carolina
' 398
427
334 I i )68 .: .' 307.'': c .326 .....
364 . 302
GEORGIA
5 -169 5 7 4: 4' 923 -4 237 '4 389 c 4 27b .
4 263 4 295
Florida
00 .
212
: 203 . . : . 19
. 230 " -. 214 : : 201 . 229 . 211
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas
.- .. ..-, 1,921
~ ~ - :~ :
.......
i-~
~1;,34144o'
1, 870'. "1,641 ! ! _i,"694
1:,42g : 1;;t23 i : 'ij667 2, 468 = 2, 160 : I :J..., 792
r
;'-968455.
-' :..
:>1 1
,'
7i5 036
1,515 1,672
1,729 976
1,760
1,651 1,015 1,557
t,687 ' 925
i,7~7
1; 726
1~044
t 711-
1;709 1,149 1,803
Louisiana Texas
.. 1 -283
.:,! -- ~,n9
. 271 : ' 190 1 ':. 252 2,44)' .1,731 ; . 1~996
. 232
230 - 231 ..: '... -292 . . . ,; 258
r, 756 -: 1,686 ;_:-1~:-749::.= .::~<1, 142 . .::i, 62'8
. :' 293-::'1
~.,638
. 293 1,829
Wa.Shington Oregon
J . 288 r 248 .
!: 276,
277 i . 178
232 ; ~ 195
134
. 15.5 ' :, ~ : 155
188
212
1'7.:6 ,. 230
233
87 : ... 1~7
137
107 . 125
J?O
151
1 California
~ .1,.161 1,082 1;067
889
673 .. 615 .... 94lr . -~~ .:_.: -~~~~ ;~:.: ;:_;; 8_89
~-~5 6
789
--T-O-TA-L--1-95-6-------: -.:'.-..~!3-0-,:-.82-7-..--3-0-,4-7-8---2~5~,2-2-4~r11I ~1iI ,2-1-;2-7-1--~--:2-q.-.,9-9-6---2-0-;0~l_-7---2-0-,1-7-1--' -2-0-;6-5-.5---: 21-,~-?-86-: --2-1-,2-8-3---2~1-,1_3.2--~21--,.5-3-6---2-2-,1-4-9------
TOTAL 1955
19.56 as % of 1955 '
1
i. j 28,:25Er
:
..
109
27,871 109
?~:~ ~~4
i '
'!
18~176
"18,288
I : .:
. .
.: '89 ~ ; ::117 .:. . 115
18;596
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:lOB
18,780 : : 18,"982 1QT. : - ~09 ..
.
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19;595 19,534 . 20,276
).12 . 109 . 108
106
20,447 108
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ACREAGE .1\ND INDICATED PR.ODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL
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COI>flvJERCIAL CROPS DECE1'1BER 1, 1956
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------ - - - UNITED STAT.ES: . The production of winter vegetables in 1957 is expected to be 10 . . perc ent l e ss than last ye e..r but about equal to aver.age, according
to the .Crop Reporting Board. Drought and a shortage of tmter for irrigation 'in
South Texas are largely r e sponsible for the light production indicated this year.
Most significant; r educations are reported for c abbage and carrots but..winter prod-
uction of beets, broccoli, cel ery, lettuce, shallots and spinach is also expected
to b e down from last year. Increased winter production is in prospect for arti-
chokes, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and escarole.
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Cool l-T~ ather and frost during Novemb er caus ed some loss of vegetables arid retarded plant ..development in me>ny producing are as. Freezes in the Northeastern Stat es damaged some late crops, inoluding Long Island cauliflower. In the Southeastern Stat es, continue d dry weather was unfavorable for vegetable crops. Low t emperatures in Florida November 27 and 28 c aus ed vari ed degr ees of damage to t ender crops and retarded the deve lopment of all v egetablGs. The damage to snap h e ans .. and sw0et corn in the Everglade s was s ev ere. Low temperature s in South Texas in l at e November r esulted in sc Qttcr e d damage to t ender vegetable s but loss es wer e not eJ-;t ensive . The drought in that s ection has not b aen broken <md water for irrig ation continue s to b e inadequate . Growers in the Lower Valley and Ooast.;. al Bend have b een unable to ple.nt their usual acreage. In Arizona and the inte- rior v alleys of California, cool weather r etarded the development of maturing . qrops, particularly l ettuc e , in Novemb er. Temperatures in California's Coastal s ections wer e favorable for veget able s. In California, it was dry during Novemb er and some s ections need rain.
CABBAGE: Production in the winter States is expected to be substantially smaller
in 1957 "than in any ye ar since 19h3. Now forecast at 5,-608,000 cwt.,
the 1957 crop is about one-fifth smaller than last y earts and 16 perc ent b elow
average. Hm.vev er, b ecaus e of the current largo storage holdings of f all cabbage ~.
in New York State , the apparent supply of cabbage available for marketing during
the period Dec emb er through March is only 4 perc ent b elow l ast year .Dec emb er 1
dabbage stocks in New York totaled 1,533,000 cwt. compared to the light holdings
o~ 50~,000 cw~. last year and the 1949-$4 average of _956,000 cwt.
In Florida; grmTers h ad d.i.fficulty getting e arly c abbage started b ecause of dry
~eather but conditions sinc e mid-October have b een f avorable . Cold weather in
late Noveznb er slowed pla."lt growth and burned some foliege. Harvesting i$ just
getting started t!nd movement is expected to incre ase in Dec emb er. A sharp reduc-
tion in cabb age acreage and poor yield prospects in Texas caused by drought mid
a shortage of water for irrigation a,re ~e sponsibl e for the light winte r crop
indicated for 1957. In Lower Valley, principal producing .section, most of this I
r winter's cabbage acreage is along the river whore fi elds are b eing irrigated frqm wells. Ther e is practically no cabbage at Brownsville and San B e'nit~ nor .in the . .. west enc;i of the Valley. A sharp i~cr~aq e in acre age in othe~ . .c:rr~~s, particularly
the Winter Garden, did not approach :the r .eduction in the he avier producing Lower ;
Valley. Harvest is active in the Winter Garden and at San Antonio but 'is only
starting in the Lower Valley. Arizona's c abbage acreage has b een increased this
year. Harvest is underway at Phoenix. California's winter. cabbage acreage .is
Gqual to last ye ar's both in the Imperial Valley Md in Coastal s ections .. Lack
of rain during November was dotriment al to the acreage along California's coast.- .
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The 1957 .acreage of early spring cabb age .is placed at 15~ 800 acres .bas e d on ;. ,
growcrts : r eports of intentions to plant. At this .l evel the acreage would .b e 9
percent l oss than that h arvested last year and 23 percent below aver age . The
decline this ye ar ' appears to b e a continuation of a r ec ent .' trend toward ' l e ss c abb ag . a<;.~l,;lage .in .th13 So-uthern S.tat.os .. .. J:n the. South, . plaots . have made..sati.qfac- .....
tory dev elopment although some fre eze damage was reported in Ge orgia. Dry
we at her has delayed preparation of fi elds and the s etting of plants in most areas.
Since the plantinp season is just b eginning, this situation is not yet critical.
ARCHIE LANGLEY .
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Agricultural s~atistician In Ch~g e
uNiv~RSITY OF CEOiiGIA
.-.DEC f7 '56
( 0vt.'?I~ARIES
. L. H. HARRIS, JR. _Vcget :able Crop_Estimator
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.!!IT~ A larg_e crop of ~is l ettuc e is in prospect in spite of a substantial
r e duction j_n acreage in Texas. Production .is forecast at 9, 72'2,000
cwt . vJhich . is 'smaller than last year's crop by about 5 percent but 'is one"':" sixth
more than the average. In Florid<>-, l e ttuc e escaped with light damage from low : 1
t emperature s. of late Novemb er. Plant injury vms. confine d to : a f ew cold locp.tions.
Harve st activity is becoming general and daily move111ent during Decembe r is ,;expe ct':"
e d t~ .increase S1Jbstantinlly. In Texas, growing conditions have be en favorable
for l ettuc e in winter producing areas and tho crop was not damaged by tpeJ.ow
t emperatures of 1~.tc November. Harve st was active in the Winter Garden are a by mid-November and movement from thv.t section w.i.ll continue in volume -in D e~ ember.
Cut.tJ.ng startod-..in Lovrer Valley in late November but supplie s ther() will not
r e ach volume l evels until after Duc emb er 10. Host of the acreage at Laredo and
in the Coastal Bond is for nlid"':'w.i.ntor harvest. Arizona's winter l ettuce crop
at Yuma has made fair progre ss although growth has b oen r etarded by lovT tomperatur.:;s. Hovement is undervmy and will increase during December. : In .~ cniifornia/
h~rvGst . of e arly ncruage at Blythe is active and cutting in Imperial Valley is
on the incre ase. Cool weather has slowed plant development in both soctioris. . Cqlifornia -vnntor l ettuc e shipments vJill not be h e avy until aftur mid-D ecemb ~r~:
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UNITS FOR VEGET.tl.BLE ESTTI1ATES CHANGED
IN REPORTS ON 1957 CROPS, YIEI.D Al'U) PRODUCTION ESTIPIATES FOR FRESH MARKET VEGETABLES ARE BEING PUBLISHED BY THE CROP REPORTING BOARD ON A WEIGHT BASIS . THE . . Ul IT .us,_,D FOR VEGETABLES AND MELONS IS THE HUNDREDV.JEIGHT AND THAT FOR STRAWBERRIES IS POUNDS. THIS CHANGE FROH THE VARIETY OF UNITS FORHERLY USED HAS BEEN DISpUSSED WITH VEGETiiBLE PEOPLE AND OTHER. USERS OF THESE STATISTICS.
REJ.S.ONS FOR CHANGDJG FRON. THE HETEROGENOUS UNITS FORl'1ERLY USED TO A UNIFORM WEIGHT .
BASIS INCLUDE: (1) 1'J3SENCE OF UNIFORHITY IN CONTAINERS USED FOR SOME VEGETABLES
(
SUCH AS CARROTS Al'JD TOMATOES, W.IGNG IT I NPOSSIBLE . TO SELECT A UNIT WHICH CAN BE UNDERSTOOD llJ ALL PRODUCING SECTIONS. (2) IT IS NOT PRACTICAL TO ALTER PRODUC-
J
TION STATISTICS TO REFLECT THE CONSTANT EVOLUTION IN VEGETABLE "PACKAGES . (3') .. .
CHANGES IN PACKING PRACTICES AND VARIETIES HAVE RESULTED IN VARIATIONS IN 'WEIGHT
OF INDIVIDUAL CONTAINERS SO THAT THE ACCURACY OF DATA ON A CRATE. OR BUSHEL BASIS
HAS BEEN AFFECTED. (4) THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT MEASURENENT OF PRODUCTION IN
TERMS OF WEIGHT IS BECOiYliNG MORE GENERAL, PARTICULARLY WHERE VEGETABLES ARE SOLD
IN BULK AS TO PROCESSORS OR SHIPPERS.
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ACR&~GE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE, 1957 WITH COMPARISONS
GROP
ACREAGE
YIELD PER ACRE
PRODUCTION . .
AND .
r. .- . STJ.TE :Averago :1949--55 I
1956
Ind. 1957
4A91v?.5~: 1956
Ind. 195?
:Avera~_S':
?94ii ~
..
19~6
;.:~.
Ind. 1957
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~ 1, 000. Cwt e.~ :
i CABBAGE 2/
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I, :.. ~~ ...
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Florida
!16,900
! 16,500 ;16,500 I 203. 2oo /.. .:wo .. 1 3;.432' 3.,300 :3,300
Texas
!20,710 20,000 11,500 ! 109 135 ..... i~5 ~ :2;2.68 . .:2, 700 1;322
i Arizona
1,040
1,,100 1,300 ; .241 20p. .. 220
253' ,220
28.6
l C~raoluipf oTr noitaa l. ,j ..-~4~,2,~52.9,.0.4o~--,.4"':!3"i,~5,1~0o~0o~'3-.:.-2.3.,.,5.0,S,~a-,o2~.0,.,1.7~~.2~1-:1:!'90....-~201:7::1:0:---~
;
67492 .C T,7%35~.
. .'700
.5, 6o8-
Esa. r~Cya_rolri~nna.ir -n.2/, 0QO~
i .
.2;4illL .:... 2,:400 ! 133
. lh5
2-58 '
31+8 _-
Ge 0l:gia,South),600 . . 1 4~"7.00 . ,3,800 i .;111 120
624
564
Alabama ; 1,130
Mississippi j 4,710
900
900 I 109 100
},000.. 2,800 ~ 98 110
123
90
. " 459 . 330
Louisiana h,110 .. 3,500 ' 3 ,'100 : . 89 - 100
378
l; . salifornia . 2, 890 ;2,800. 2,800 216. 220 . . . . I 626
44-o.- :--1-- - - - - -.- - - .. .i2i . G:Dqup Total ! 2o,.- ....,....,.,....:L...7,--.3-00-......l..5,, 8.oo ~
133. ' . . .j 2,468 .
350 616
2,298
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~3o,,167q0o
I 4,300 4,200 I 112
20,800 12,000
97
i Arizona',Yllinal4,210
Ca lifprhiu ~3~,230
13,.500. 39,7~0
11,000 11 41,000
141 15~
110 110
358
473
462
90 100 1,009 . '. 1,872 . 1, 200
140 .. 155. ' 1, ~84 : ; : : 1' 890 : . 1, 70.5
150 155 4,973 5,955 6,355
. Gro:p Tota1161,210
_78,300 6_8,200. i ' 137 130
143
8,321 10,190 -~~
11 17 Group averages including ALL STATES are simple average of annual daia: ] / In -
eludes processing. 1957 acreage prospective .
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UNIVERSITY OF'GEORGIA
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COLLEGE OF AGHICUL TIIOC'
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DEPARTMENT OF
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA : COLLEGE OF AGFHC.:UL- TURE
GEORGIA AGRICUL.TURA&:. EXTENSION SERVICE
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Deccoocr l9, 19$6
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Duri~g the week ending Dece~ber 15 commercial hatcheries placed 4,267,000 ehieks
with ;broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the :
4,29$,000 placed the previous week and is 18 percent more than the 3,610,000
placed th~ same week last year.
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~ggs ! set by local hatcheries amounted to 5,909,000 compared with 4,923,000 ~
the previous week and is 2l percent greater than the 4,901,000 for the. correspond-
ing Meek last year.
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Hat oheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 64 ce:1t s per .dozene Aver ag e pri c.e charged by hatcheries for the chi~"ks was repor ted at $llo09 per hundred~ Tnese pri ces are i dent i cal wi th the previous week a'1d compares '~'lith 87;, 5 cents and ~16,. 00 O!le year ag oo Egg pr ic es shnvm relate' to
Ge or~i a ' produc ed hat~hing eggs whet her bo~ght on contract or otherwise.
Weigh' ted average prices from the FederalSt.ate Market News Service for broilers ~la:l.'ing week ending December 15 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~-3t :pounds; at farms 15. 70; FOB plants 16o89~
'(See reverse side for other states)
GEORGIA CHICK ' PLACENENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD OOTOBER 13 THROOGH DECEHBER 15.. I956
Date
-1
Eggs
! - chicks Hatched ~/
InShip~ents TOtal Placed
...
Week
Set
i Placed in Georg~a
of Chicks
on Farms
-E+n-d-i-11g
1955 : 1956 Thousands
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1955 : 1 956
- T h o u s ands
:
1955 : 1956 1955 : 1956
Thousands Thousands
Oct~. 13 Qct. 20
4, 772 5,813
4, 777 5,590
3,178 3, 873 3,113 3, 758
. 364 , ~i6 3,542
487 518 3,600
Oct., 27 4,707 5,735
3.109 3, 852
344 546 3,453
Nov. ~ 3 , . 4,664 5,583 Nov. 10 : 4,821 5,663 Nov. 17 - 4, 733 5, 758
2,962 3, 777 3,119 3, ?61 2,997 3, 872
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263 . 469 361 374 306 404
3,225
3,480
3,303
Nov. 24 \ 4, 759 5,769
3,085 3, 839
390 447 3,475
I)ec. 1 : 4,'722 5, 734
3,132 3, 831
408 432 3,540
Dec. 8 4, 797 4,923
3,145 3, 857
437 438 3,582
. Dec. 15 4.901 5_!_909
IJ Exclusive of hatchings
J.!_OlO ~ 812 shippod into states
Iouts~de600of
Ge45o5rg~.a.3.!_610
4,389 4,276
4,398 4,246
4,135 4,276 4,286
4,263
4,295 4.!_267
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
ARCHIE LANGLEY . _ Agricultural Statisti'cian In Charge
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STATE
Maine Connecticut Pe n..'lsylvania Indiana Illinois Hissouri Delaware Haryla7ld Virgin:. a West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA : Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas
~vashington
Oregon California
TOTAL 1956
TOTAL 1955
1956 as % of 1955
EGGS SET ftJTD__9lilCKS PLACED IN CONJ'lERCIA.L AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1956
.. . Dec. : Dec. . Dec.
1
8
15
EGGS SET - THOUSJI..NDS
..........
Oct.
13
vJe ek Ending
Oct .. : Oct.
20
27
Nov
3
Nov. : Nov.
10
17
.. Nov.
Dec.
24
1
CHICKS PIJtCED - THOUSANDS
1,317 818
1,08.5 1,391
264 1;217 1,782 1,625 1,645
338 2,211
427 5:734
500
1,870 1,422 2,463
271 2,443
276 232 1,082
30,478
27,871
.'I
1,119 1,245 ;
941
709
898 ,: 484
801 1,022 :, 487
1,183 209
956 1,440 1,288
1,519 17.5
1,341 . 28.5
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1,349 .,
1,805
:1 I
!j
1, 73 8 '
1,760 j :!
26.5 ~ ~
583 119 447 1,661 1,04.5 901 3.51
1,768
2,309
' 'i
334
415
4,9~ 5,909
416
453
1:,641 2,040
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1, 281
307 4z]89
198 1,582
1,123 1,367 : 1,06.5
2,160 190
2, 750 271
..,
1,798 310
1,731 2,427 2,006
217
249 , !
132
195
240 l j 136
1,067 1,223 ,!j, 773 .j
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25,224 31,361 ! 20,996
28,394 29,037 18,288
811 478 471
530
98 3.58 1,610 1,014 808 ' 334 1,268 326 4,276 249 1,654 . 932 1,714 284 1,826 142
90
744
20,017
18,596
862
532 626 638 96 363 1,.547 1,092 843 386 1,219 258 4,398
203 1,645
985
1,.575 232
1, 756 155 87 673
924
.534 634 676
93 426 1;601 1,094 978 381 1,271 30.5 42246
196 1, 715 1,036 1,672
230 1,686
1.55 127 67.5
20, 171~. ; . ~0,65' 5 -.. . .
18,780.,' 18,982
893 476 732 752 156 465 1:,611 1,056 1,089
34.5 1,336
' 296
4,_135
230 1, 729
976 1,760
231 1,749
188
137 944
879 479 756 752 146 536 1,6.58 1, 0.57 1,073 411 1,278
329
~76
214 1:,651 1,01.5 1,557
292 1,742
212
107 863
21,286 21,283 19,023 19,.595
971 465 627 720 147 467 1,622 1,16.5 971 49.5 1,276 314 4,286 201 1,687 925 1, 717 258 1,628 176 12.5 889
21,132
19,534
961 452 618
~10
171 491 1,.522 1, 141 1,131 398 1,315 364 4_)_263 . 229 1, 726 1;044 1, 713 293 1, 638 230 170 856
21,536
20,276
109
89
108
115
108
107:r 109
112
109
108
106
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Dec.
Dec.
8
15
976 440 .546 761 185 . 467
1,830 1,253 1,168
360 1,399
302 4, 29~ .
211
1,709 1,149 1,803
293 1,829
233 151 789
891 568 636
71.5 197 484 1,647 1;117 1,164 . 493 1,208 . 302
4,267
248 1:,688 1,142 1,826
. 268
1,844 201
174 800
22,149 20,447
108
21,880 20,505
107
3!
At hens, Gc: ore ia
December 20, 1956
GEORGI.A. CO i11'!f<~
- - -- __ SU~TI'-1A RY_JJS6:_~955
Gl\ORGIA: Value of rreo r gi.?. ' s cm
"'"' .)l e crops 1J rodu.ced in 1956 is esti-
-- - rnatecl. at ~:.12 ,398 ,000 or 22 p e rc en t above the :)0,1?3,.000 valua tion of
1955. Th i s increase :i..n value wr.s due r1ainly to better prices r e ce ived .for 1nos t
of the ma jor crops . Harvestec P.cr e nge e.mounted to 97,500 acres compa r ed tvi th
109, t, oo acres for t he .r ear befor e , or an 11 percent ric crea se . This :l.ecrease is a
r e suJ t of small r ecl.uctions in c>.c r e<!ge f or most fresh mcrkc;:. t crops.
.n:n ~!!_'!'_l!_I_S_ i\i\]_~Uf\.1 S_tfl1j_-~~~ Frf.z..:'I..?.Jf'_!:L ~s I~L:LL .FUTUT~ a;:r;~(.:.S2? , YI ELD
i''RO DTCTI9N
BSTihATF.S F0 11 F:mSI .l'~/..1l.ET v::~a~TABLF S ..:H~: Oi'J :. ~ ""ZIGET B".,SI S.
UNITED ST!cTE3 : Tot.:cl 1S')6 col:Lnc rcic.l ;Jroc!.uc tion o.:f:' c~n e 28 i) rincipal fre sh market ve,:,r:-t P.tJ.As and !~te lons in the i mpo rtant producin g State s vTa s
216,211,000 c1-rt .--r.n i ncrea s e of 3 pc rcE.i1t nve r 19)) and 9 JX rcent a bove the l9h9-
19.54 ave r age . Sha r p i n cro? s c s i n productio;.1 ove r lc.st year -vw r o r e corded fo r cab-
bagt=: , oni ons , l ott1.lCe , c ar r ots, ce lery, cr ulifl m-ror, .md broccoli, <md t h8s G mo r e than of fs e t si3,nii'icc.:nt de cline s fo r 'l..ra.te r me lons , cn.nt.e loups , tomr t ocs , ::nd snap
beans .
Cucumbe r f or iJ:L cklc , n ot shmm to c.cvoid incJ.ivi chHl.l opc r a.tions. Pim~.:nto pcype r f or proces sing , cstim?.tes not P..vc>Uc.>.bJ..o . Potcttoo s, Irish, included in Gene r al Crop Sumrn.:- ry.
Include s some quant itie s n ot marke ted 2n d excluded in computing vnluc .
ARCHIE LANGLEY .r.gricultural Statistician, In Cha rge
L. H. H.'.aRIS, JR Statistical Assistant
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-D-IA-G- RAM SHOWING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA TRUCK CROPS FOR 1956 ACREAGE BY CROPS (Percent of Total)
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\ \ \ \ \ \ Watermelqns 58.5%
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Weather conditions varied widely during the crop season ranging from a cool, wet
spring, which delayed planting operations, to near drought conditions in May and
early:part of June. The dry weather reduced yields of major crops somet.;hat in east
central and northern parts of the State. Boll weevil control was unusually diffi-
pult .and infestation became very heavy north of the Fall Line. Periods of favorable
weather nearly offset the adverse weather conditions and record to near record yield
per acre were produced for many major crops. The cotton yie!d of 336 pounds has bear,
exceeded only by the yield of 376 pounds in 1955. Tobacco yield of 1,437 pounds was
the second highest in the Staters history. Corn with 24 bushels was equal to the
\lltime high yield in 1955. Peanuts, wheat and oats set new high records.
_ __._ _ ____ IJlr:q~ CP14E'h.B~SillJS EOliJ.$6. ..A1m 195p Di_.QBDJ.il1 _0E 1256 ..lU,il]K .+z~~.Ai~ tQ!.I~ilS-
..
1956 as
Rank
Crop
1956
1955
~---,.,.--;-:,..-- -;;--;::;-----;------::-=-"'-:$=---===-"'$
1. Cotton- & Seed 106,203 132,029
2. Corn
78 ,077 77,813
3 . Tob acco
64 1620 72,466
4. Peanuts
61, 450 591799
5 . Hay
15,092 19,221
6. Commercial Veg. 121398 10 ,193
7. Oats
10,_717
8,990
6:-8. Pecans
1
Pe aches IVhe at
9,930
61800 41 872
,OO t J
0 3 1264
11. Velvet Beans
4 1028
2 1646
80 100
89 103
79 122 119 - 248
149 152
Rank
Crop
1956
12. Sweet Potatoes 3,496
13. 14. 15.
Soyb e a n s Sugar Cane Cowpeas
Syrup
2 1 1
111133053610
16. Irish Potatoes 1,037
17. Sorghum Grain
936
18_,_ l e.spedeza. SeSJd
84
19. Crimson CI. See d 765
20. Sorghum Syrup
483
21. Lupine See d
417
22. Fescue Seed
131
1955 Percent
f ~~.2L
3, 793 92
1,553 150 1 1008 134 2,1 80 51
860 121 1,021 92
745__ 116 279 274
611 79 513 77
77 170
23. Pears
116
22 527
- - - - DIAGFUU~ SHOWING DISTRIBUTION OF 1956 CROP VALUE IN PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE .
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician
-,
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician
In Charge
. ..
... ',
Cottar Lint
Ga..
;:2.7,/'lste-ro-jJ D9007 UNITED STATES
"A DEPARTMENT OF
3 /
AGRICULTURE
- ~IS
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
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GEilRGIA AGRICULTURAL EX 'rENSION SERVICE
I'ec ember 27 , 1956
COMNERCIAL AREAS
During t he week en di ng December 22 commerc i al hatcheri es plac ed 4,316, 000 c!lick.,:
with br "'li1er producer 3 in Ge0rgi a c 0mmerci al areas , Thi s compa:;: es Ki th th "'
4,267,000 pl aced t he previou3 week and i s 13 percent more than the .3 , 824,000
placed the sa'11e 1-1eek last year .
Eggs s et by local hatcheries arno1mted t 0 6,106,000 compared with 5,909,000 f0r th e previ us week and is 24 percent greater than the 4,916, 000 for th e corr esrondi~1g
i.veek last y ear .
Hatcher i e s reported pric e s paid for hatching egg s duri ng the we ek at e-m average ')f
64 c ents per dozen. Averag<.:: pric e char ged by hatcheri e s for t h e chi cks tvas reported at $11. 00 per hundred . Th e s e pri ce s ar e i dentical with the previ ous 1veek and c0mpare s 1vith 87 . 5 cents and $16. 00 one year ago . Egg prices shotm re l ate t o Georgia
prnduc e d hatchi ng. eggs vlhether bought on contract or otharwise .
. .
i'lei ghted average pri c es ! rom the Fe der al- State 1Iarket News Se rvic e fo r broilers
d'lring v.re ek ending tec omb er 22 ar e as fo ll ows : Nort h Ge or gi a broil ers 2~--.J~" p..-mnds ; at farms 14. 24; FOB plants 15. 37.
(See reverse side for other states )
\ ~EORGIA , CHICK FLAC~lliNT ~X~KS - PERIOD OCTOBER 20 THROUGH DEQEMBER 22 L 1956
/"=: ate
Ege;s
1/ - Chick3 Hatched
1 Inshipments r Total. Placed
leek Zu:ling
Set
1955 : 1956
Placed in Georgia
1955 : 1956
of Chi cks
1955 : 1956
on Farms
1955 : 1956
Thousands
--------------~------~---
Thousands
Th0usands
Thous ands
>~t . 20
4, 777 5~,"5 90
3' 113 3' 758
487 518
~~t . 27 4,707 5,735
3,109 3,852
344 546
i~v . 3 4,664 5,583
2, 962 3,777
263 469
::ov , 10 4, 821 5,663
3, 119 3, 761
361 374
~lnv . 17
L~ , 733 5,"758
2, 997 3,872
306 h04
~~ov , 24 L~ , 759 5, 769
3,085 3,839
390 h47
: sc. l
4,722 5,734
3,132 3,831
408 432
.. ec . 8 4, 797 4,?23
3,145 3,857
437 438
~ec . lS 4,901 5,909
3,010 3, 812
600 455
.:-..~ i 22 r h-, 916 6,106
3 ,123 3, 846
701 470
-[-I~~..;x~c~lu~siv~e--':.'If~~t a~t~ch-i-ng-s-s-h~ip-p-e~d ~in~t-o-s~t at e s outside of Geor gia.
3, 600 4,276
3,453 4,3?8 3,225 ~. , 246 3,480 4, 135 3,303 4,276 3, 475 4,286 3,540 h,263 3,582 h,295 3,610 4,267 3, 824 4,316
ARCH I E LJ.;.NGLEY ;c~r~~'.l."lt.u:r~l Statistician In Charge
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultur al Statistician
..-I b--.
EGGS SET ANlJ CHICY.C PLA0.ED- --IN CO:-t-'ll'i-ERC-IA-L--ARE-AS-, -BY-W-EEK-S -- -19-5-6-- - --- - -- -----Pa-ge-2-. -----
i
!
---------.----- --------------- ---- \rJ'eek Ending
- ----~--
----- ---- - ----- -~-- - - -----
------ .1 ------------------- STATE
DGc . L ~c . Dec.
Oct.
Oct. Nov.
Nov .
N0v . : Nuv .
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
l ee.
8
15 22 . . 20
27 : 3
10
17
24
l
8
15
22
EGGS SET - THOUSANLS :
--- - ------ - ---~!
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS
---- -----~ ' ! ------------~ --- - - ------ - - ---- - ---------- - - -
Iviai ne
Quhnecticut
- Pennsylvania
i Indi-ana
. I11inuis
.,' Mi{; SO'Uri
DelavJ~ e
..
r
MViarrgyilra~nida
1
.,
~rv~oerstt~VCiar;eoiln~inaa
Sou~ C&rcllna
IL~.~lGo1E_OoRrGl'dIAa
I.1Alab ama :
Hississippi
I
Arkans as Louisiana
I Texas
1k.shington
1 Oregon
California
. l, 119 l, 245 1,136
811 862 924
j 709 898 863
. I 801 l, 022 1, oGo
478 532 534 471 626 634
I Il
1,183
?.09
1, 341 1, 456 285 308
9~6 1,3~ 9 1,326
530 638 . 676
98
96 93
358 363 426
1. 1,440 1, 805 2,022
1,610 1;.547 1,601
I 1,28-!3 1, 738 1,909 1,519 1, 760 l, 860 1?:; 265 339
1, 014 1,092 1, 094 808 843 978 334 386 381
l, ?68
3~4
'IJ ' up9_Jl2?30
2, 309 2,394
1,?68 1,219 1,271
415 513
5 -~~~6
4J .3
.
417056
.__...._
326 258 4.276 4.398
249 -- 203
305
4,246 196
l, 641 2, 01-+0 2, 117
1, 654 1,645 1,715
l, 123 l, 367 1,487
932 985 1, 036
2, 160 2,750 2, 803
1, 71L~ 1,575 1, 672
190 271 292
284 232 230
1,731 2,427 2,658
1, 826 1,756 1, 686
277 249 254
142 155 155
195 240 181
90
87 127
1,067 1,223 1,182
7L~4
673 675
893 879 971 961 . 976
891 949
476 479 465' 452
440
568 478
732 756 627 618
546
636 701
752 752 720 810
761
715 756
156 146 147 171
185
197 129
465 536 467 491
467
484 415
1, 611 1, 658 1,622 1, 522 1, 830 1,647 1, 626
1,056 1,057 1,165 l,lL~l 1,253 1,117 1, 317
1,089 1_,073 971 1,131 1, 168 1,164 1,131
345 411 495 398
360
493 512
1, 336 1, 278 1,276 l, Jl S 1, 399 1, 208 1, 3o,
296 329 314 364
302
302 28.5
'
ihl)5__lh_27?__ ~.!28_6 _ 4 ,263_____bu195 ~-~ 2648_7 - 4. 1~67___ - - 1
230 214 2Ql 229
211
2 I
LO
l, 72 9 1, 651 1, 68 7 1, 726 l , 709 1,688 1, 5~3
'
976 1, 015 925 l ,04h 1, 149 1,142 l ,O.r.;3
1,760 1,557 1,717 1, 713 1, 803 1, 826 1, 932
231 292 258 293
293
268 264
1, 749 1,742 1, 628 1,638 1, 829 1 ,84~ 1, 886
188 212 176 230
233
201 199
137 107 12.5 170
151
174 162
944 863 889 856
789
800 713
-
___L__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ --~-----
-- - )
'rOT.1\L 1956 TuT.I\1 19~5
,. 25,224 31,361 32 .741
l 28, 394 2~,037 2 8,7~9
20, 017 20,171 20, 655 21,286 21, 283 21,132 21, 536 22,149 21, Seo 21,887
i '
18,596 18,780 18, 982 19, 023 19,595 19, 534 20, 276 20,447 20 ,~05 20,737
- -1956 as % of 1955 ---- --. ... -- - ---------.
89 108 ll4
108 107 109 112 109
~- . - ---- - - --
--L__ - ------ -- -- -.. -.-. ----- - . - ...
108
106
108
107 106
g.;fP9tAf.: 'l'he total nu, ber of .P'1p- ).t'IJ-..."II
1
head, an incre ase of eppr~~~U
~ he gre atest r el ative increase wea in
.r_p~q
~he 1, 300 , 000 raised in the SJlrlDg ot
aboye the fall crop in 1955.
...~rl9S9 is esiir.ated ali 2,594,C'C'O
the 2,406,000 pr~duoed in 1955.
.
1,W, 000 whi c!l Yes 11 p ercent abow
1 ~ ot 1,:1.52,000 head was 4 percent
Sows farrowing during the last half 3f 1958 ~ 112,000 ~s eoopared with 165,000 for the
~ane period in 1955. Total sows farrowing for the na:r were 384,000 he ad as conp ared V~i.th
~65, 000 in 1955. Farners' reports on br~ 1a'llfl.-tions indicate a. !:!oderate increase in spring
farro v.rings in 1957. Present inten t i ons are f.or 216,.~ .rows to fa:rrrow in Geo:r:gia during tlhl
~ oT"ling spring.
I ~nwledgenent is nade . to t he rc- r,t nastera, hal 8lld St ar Rout e Carrierf! over the
1
1
\
~at e f or
! ti!:!ates we
th r0
eir assistance nade. The spl
ei nnd~idll~eocpt
airnag.ttihoen
b~barsoiwcn
infornation fron whi ch by several thousand of
these their
e~p e~
w(? trons
furnished r eports for their ;ndividual f ar ns is _also _appreciated.
1.ThTIT]:D m'ATES& The 1956 pig crop tot a led 89.7 nillion head-a decreae:c of 6 p ercent fr(l n l a st
le er , The spring pig crop at 53.1 r,~illion hea d wa s de\m 8 peroent and the f~l
~rop at 36 .6 !:!ilJi on hoed W4i.S 4 p e rcent sna lle-r than l a~;t year. The nunb er of sows farrowed
t his f all we.s 7 ~cent sf%:..1lor than la.et f n.ll.
'7cr the 1957 spring pig crop, r epo rts ,n b ree ding ill.t entirons indica te a tot !:ll of 7,&11,000 s,vrs 'to ~arrow , 2 :pc reent below the nU!!Iber h~rtwing ;J. a.t spring. If the intontions for sprin~ faro-r
'2?m.ngs nat en alize , and the nur.be r of pigs s~ved pe? litte r eg_ue.ls the !()..year ave r age \nth Ell1 ~-~ 1ow<m.ce for upward trend, the 195-7 :;pring pig crop W(luld be 52.0 nillion he ad. .A crop this sf ze would b e 2 percent sr:: 8ll ~J r than l P-Gt spring.
1-.;u, PIG CROP~ The nunbcr of pi~s- saved in the fell seas(\n of 1956 (June thr~ugh November) is
estinnted nt 36,o35,0CY'I head. This is 1,494,000 head or 4 p ercent s:~Fill er than
:-'he 1955 f o.l1 crop but 7 percent above the 1945-54 ave rage. Fo.n :pig nunb e rs were below l a st ;ao.r in all r egions except the Sc>uth .b.t1antici The nunber of sows f arrowing in the f ell of 1956 ~s estimat e d at 5,215,000 hoad, or 7 pi3rcent Sl:lnllet than in the f F.il l cf 1955, ond ohout tho s aoo ~.s t ho lD-year avor u.go.
-~3ING I NTENTIONS1 Ferners 1 r epo rts on bree ding intentions indi~P~e 7~541, 000 SC'WS to f a rrow in
\
the spring of 1957 (Ibo~mb e r 19M through May 1957 J. This would b e t:t de...
,t~o aso rof 2 p e r cent fron 1 nst sprin~ end 9 percent below nveraga.
~ the int entions for spring farrowings nateri Pli; a and the nunber of pigs s aved per litt er equel f
~;e aver age , ~i th en Rllow~1ce f~r upw~d trend, the 1957 spring pig crop would b e 2 p e rcent
... c>.ll er thflll 1n 1956, F.llld 4 percent bel ow the avorate spring crcp.
CARL 0. DJEOCHER "'-f5ricultur ~>..J. St "'.tisti c i an
ARCBI E LANGLEY Agrieu.ltur fll St P.tisticiRn 1 In Chnrge
-- -- -- SPRtNcf\~~~ri~!?~~-~~~e~-{~5 sAVFJD rAii(j~~-l t~D3-c;;;,ber -n-
~!:'~!A
I So>'TS Fn.rtowed' I (0001 '
APve.Nr nL. iPttigers:_~
__P_iJi.S~QSla_ve_d_
l~ws Fnrrowed: 1 ____(000) __ _ a
_A!v:. Nr roL, iPtitge sr_:&--P-i-~g_!s?0S0)rw-d
;:
:-;:year 1945-54 Av.
192
6.1
1.181
173
6.1
1,064
v55
: ~ r:s6 ~;57
200
6. 5
1, 300
165
212
6.8
1,442
172
216 J}
6. 7
1 ,1 06
6.7
1,152
T..hTED STATES
~;~,-?5ro~1r 1945-54 Av.
8,327 8,359
6.48 &.90
53,923 57,690
5,208 5,586
6. 57 6 .81
34,219 38,029
~~o6
7,657
6.94
53,136
5,215
7.00 36 ,535
I f _ . ;;S7~')r.~r iruli.ct"t()d to - ~ 7 5f ~J 1'}_ nrr.t-~.---.--i -,~ ------~-~-~-----
\
..,.-. . ~
OEOI\OU HOM
DIAGRAM SHOt.vrNG SOWS FARROONG AND PIGS SAVED ANNUALLY
GIA
(Period 1945 1956 rr:-~~~~~~===-==-=~-=-=-=========- -- ----- ----- :::::=:=::-=====-===-====- ====-==-==-==-=-~::====~~
Pigs Saved
Sows Farrowed 2800
2400
2ooo I
1600
1200
Boo
400
400
0
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
SOWS FARR~DlTG AND PIGS SAVED IN GEORGIA ~ SPRING AND FALL (Period 1938 ~ 1956)
~ear
-
sows (000)
Snrinl:!
Fall
Tpta1
PIGS (000) .S-gring .Fall
Total
\1938
189
1939
216
1940
184
1941
184
1942
215
1943
256
1944
248
l 9h5
191
1946
195
1.947
187
1~48
170
1 49
182
1950
198
19~1
208
1952
220
1~53
178
1~54
194
l95S
200
* 1~6
~ -------
212
*~nary
162
351
179
39S
149
333
170
354
206
421
220
476
167
415
172
363
182
377
173
360
163
333
173
355
190
388
205
413
172
392
135
316
159
35J
165
365
172
384
1,115 1,210
975 l,o67 1,247 1,485 1,414 1,108 1,131 1,103 1,003 1,110
1,247 1,269 1,386 1,157 1,300 1,300
1,442
940
2,055
984
2,194
849
1,824
969
2,036
1,215
2,462
1,276
2,761
952
2,366
998
2,106
1,092
2,223
1,038
2,141
994
1,997
1,055
2,165
1,159
2,406
1,292
2,561
1,066
2,452
911
2,068
1,034
2,334
1,106
2,406
'l D 1,15~
2,59!:__