I UN!TEO STAH?.S DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICUL. TUI~E 
 
AGRICUL TURAI,.. MARKETING SERVICE 
 
Jnn".larj" 3, 1951 
 
~ROILER CHICK ~EPORT 
 
the week ending December 29 commercial hatcheries placed 3,532,000 chicks 
 
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
 
,000 placed the previous week and is ,_6.._perc ent less than the 3, 765,000 placed 
 
same week last year. 
 
- 
 
set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,081,000 compared with 6,106,000 for the Fenous veek and is 21 percent greater t han the 5,o46,ooo for the corresponding 
week last year. 
,,... 
B~cherie s reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of ~ cents per doz en. Average price char ged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported 
u $11,00 per hundred. These pric es are identical with the previous week and co~ 
pares with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg 'prices shown relate to Georgia 
FOduced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers 
wee~ ending December 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2t--3~ pounds; at farms 16.24; FOB plants 17.09. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
Eggs 
Set 
1955 .: 1956 
 
WEEKS - PERIOD OCTOBER 2 THROUGH DECEMBER 
 
Chicks Hatche d' 
 
Inshipments Total Placed 
 
Placed in Geor 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1955 : 19.56 
 
1955 : 1956 1955 : 1956 
 
~t. 27 ov. 3 
lov. 10 lpv, 17 
lov, 24 
Dec. 1 
Dec. 8 Dec. 15 
Dec. 22 Dec. 29 
 
Thousands 
4:,707 5;?35 
4,664 5,583 4,821 5,663 4,733 5,758 4,759 5,769 4, 722 5, 734 4,797 4,923 
4,901 5,909 
4:,916 6,106 5,046 6,081 
 
Thousands 
3,109 3,852 2,962 3,777 3,119 3,761 2,997 3,872 3,085 . 3,839 3,132 3,831 3,145 3,857 I 3J 010 3) 812 3,123 3;846 3,127 3,219 
 
Thousands 
344 546 263 469 361 374 306 404 390 447 408 432 437 438 600 455 701 470 638 313 
-or a, 
 
Thousands 
 
3,453 3,225 3,480 3,303 3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3,765 
 
4,398 4,246 
4,135 4,276 4,286 4,263 4,295 4,267 4,316 3,532 
 
CARL o. DOESCHER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
S@t ian ARCHIE LANGLEJ 
 
Agricultural 
 
In; arge 
 
e 1\. 
f!".t.SO? 104 
 
 STATE 
 Maine  
Connecticut  Pennsylvania 
Indiana Illinois l1issouri Delaware Ma...7lcnd -Virginia West Virg:Llia North Carolina :south Carolina GEORGIA F-1Qrida A} abaina- ~.. ,. - . Csl.as.ippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1 Washington Oregon California 
TGTAL 1956 
TC'l'AL 1955 
 
. 
 
.. ....;.2..._ - 
 
;:. 1 : ' 
 
.. <, 
 
I 
 
I o Dac; -- ~ Deq_. : Dec. 
 
I :.. 15 . ! 22 :. 29 
 
-. -...--....; 
~' ::: EGGS 
 
SET 
 
. . 
- 'IHO:USANDS 
 
...:: Oct_. . 27 
.. .. . 
 
. -- - 
 
Weak Ending 
 
.- : : Nev. .. 
.. . 3 
 
Nov. 10 
 
 
 
._:.; . _. 
 
. Nov. 17 :,_ 
 
:.. Nov:. : : . 24~ 
 
__.__"':''""'"'"!~ " 
 
.... 
 
Dec. 1 
 
Dec. 8 
 
----- Dec. : 1 Dec. : Dec. 
15 --- -22- - -29- 
 
',I . 
 
- - - - - - - - CHICKS PI;ACED ~ . THOUSANDS 
 
- - - ----- - - 
 
i 
I 
 
1,245 
 
II . . )J I 
 
898 1,022 
 
I j 
 
1,341 285 
 
II 1,349 I 1,805 ' 
 
. I I 
!I I 
I 
 
1,7J8 
1 ,._'f<SQ.. 
 
'25S 
 
2,305' 
 
415 
 
52909 
45j 
 
1_;136 ' 863 1,060 1,456 
308 1,326 2,022 
.1;909 J.,8.6o 
339 
2~'394 
51.3 6 106 
7 
 
.1,157 
 
i i 
 
I 
! 
 
862 
 
871 jl 1,148 j 
 
532 626 
 
1,233 
 
638 
 
344 . 96 
 
1,345 . 363 
 
I 1,962 
1,929 1,968 
279 
 
.II 
l 
 
1:,547 1,092 
843 386 
 
. 2.,432 1,219 
 
456 J . 258 
 
6 081 
 
I 
I 
 
4.398 
 
90 
 
203 
 
924 
534 634 676 
-93 426 1, 601 .1'. 0997)-8J.. 
. B8i 
1, 271 305 
41246 196 
 
893  . 87'9_: :::..: . 971 
 
476 
 
479 
 
465 
 
732 752. 
 
. 775526 . 
 
627 7?0 
 
156 
 
146 
 
14:7 
 
465 
1,.611 1,05& 
 
536 
 
l , 
1, 
 
658 
0~~- 1 . 
 
.. 
 
497 
. 1,6?2 
11, &. 5 
 
.' 1,089' . . 1,0.73 ' 971 
 
345 
 
411 . 495 
 
1,336 296 
 
1,278 329 
 
"1'276 
3l4' 
 
4:,13~ 4,276 .4!286 
 
230 
 
214 2(',).1 
 
._ 961 
452 618 810 
171 491 1,522 1,14l 1,131 398 1,315 
364 42 26] 
229 
 
976 
 
891 
 
440 
 
568 
 
546 
 
636 
 
761 
 
715 
 
185 
 
197 
 
467 
 
484 
 
1,830 1,647 
 
1,253 1,117 
 
1,168 1,164 
 
360 
 
493 
 
1,399 1,208 
 
302 
 
302 
 
4!295 4.267 i[1- 248 
 
949 
478 701 756 129 
415 1,626 
1,?17 1,p1 
512 
1,303 285 
4-.1. 1]76 
 
867 
448 472 582 130 
344 1,317 
969 842 288 
964 192 
3,532 
'1t~7 
 
2,040 2,117 2,108 1,645 1, 715 l, T~9 1,6.51 1,687 1,726 1,709 IL,688 1,)23 1,271 
 
1;367 1,487 1,510 
 
985 1,036 
 
976: 1;015  . 925 1,044 1,149 1, 142 1, u53 
 
833 
 
2, 750 2,803 2,732 1,575 1,672 1,760 1,557 1';-717 1,713 1,803 1,826 1, ?82 1,449 
 
271 
 
292 
 
283 
 
232 
 
230 
 
231 
 
292 
 
258 
 
293 
 
293 
 
268 
 
264 
 
198 
 
2,427 2,658 2,660 1,756 1,686 
 
249 
 
254 
 
202 
 
155 
 
L55 
 
1,749 188 
 
1 . 
 
' 
 
' 
 
742 21' 2 
 
. -1;648 . 17.6 
 
1,638 230 
 
1,829 233 
 
1,844 201 
 
1, &.86 
~99 
 
1,385 215 
 
240 
 
181 
 
232 
 
87 
 
1.27 
 
137 
 
107 
 
125. 
 
170 
 
151 
 
174 
 
:62 
 
90 
 
1,223 31,361 
 
,I 1,182 1,247 
 
673 
 
32,741 
 
-32; 666 
 
1 r 
1120,171 
 
675 20,655 
 
944 21,286 . 
 
863" '" 889 
 
856 
 
789 
 
800 
 
-.. . 
 
,_ 
 
------ . -- :-.-~~--":"--. ----- R~ 
 
- .. 
 
~ 
 
,. 21 2.83. .: il~132 21,536 22,149 21,880 
 
113 
 
706 
 
---- 
 
21, 687 17,261 
 
I 29,037 28,759 28,912 f1s, 180 18,982 19,023 19,59.5 . 19,534 20,276 20,447 20,505 20, ~37 20,584 
 
1956 .as% o:f 1955 
 
io8 
 
114 . 113 I : 107 
 
109 
 
112 
 
109 . 108 
 
106 
 
108 
 
107 
 
J06 
 
84 
 
---------~ ~~.---- .........~ 1.---~--------- ___.------------Ll_______ --------- _______________ -- --~-~----~ ____ ___ -------------- . ._________ ___ ------- ---- --___---- ---- . .. -- 
 
/ 
 
 JAN 9 'S1 
 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
~ 
 
. 
 
.. . 
 
GIE.JO~Gn Aa.~ . , 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE . 
 
A.tb:ens, Georgia 
 
January 7, .19~ 7 
 
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF DECEMBER 15 .r. 19,56 
 
4 
 
 
 
 
 
J 
 
GEORGiA: During the month ended December 15, the All Commodity Index of Prices 
 
. 
 
Received by Georgia farmers remained at the same level reported in 
 
November. The Index is now 243 percent of its January 1910 ~ December 1914 
 
average, the same level reported for December 1955. 
 
The All Crops component of the Index adv~ced 3 points during the month to 265 per- : 
 
cent :of its 1910 ~ 1914 average. Principal contributors to the increase were   
 
ijigh~r prices received at the farm level for corn, sweetpotatoes, cotton lint _and 
 
QOttonseed. 
 
 
 
the All Livestock and Livestock Products component of the Index at 201 perc~nt of 
 
its 1910 ~ .1914 average reflected no change from the level reported in November~    
 
aigher prices received for hogs and eggs were offset by lower prices receiveq for 
 
)Qeef :cattle  and chiCkens. Wholesale milk prices averaged $6~20 per cwt. during the 
 
( ~n~h 1 the same level reported in November, 
 
. 
 
 .: 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 3 points (one  percent) during the month ended December 15. Higher prices r~ 
qeived for hogs, commercial vegetables, and tobacco more than offset lower prices 
for cattle, cotton, and dairy products. The December index, at 237 percent of its 1910 ... 14 average, compared with 222 a year earlier. The annual average of the 
~ices Received Index for 1956 was 236, the same as for 1955. 
 
'ID-le Index gf I:ric_es Pgi.d by_ E_arme_rs ;for Commoditie.s and Services, including Interest Taxes, and Wage Rates (The Parity Index), at 289 in mid-December, was unchanged ' 
from a month earlier, but 4 percent higher than a year earlier. An increase in food prices pushed the family living index up one point to the alltime high of 282 first recorded last July. This advance was offset by a decline in the per Unit cost Qf farm production goods. The annual average of the Parity Index, at 
.286, was 2 percent higher than the average of 281 for 1955 
With the Parity Index unchanged, the December rise in farm product prices raised 
the Parity Ratio 1 point te 82. This was 2 points above December 1955. 
 
Indexes 
-. 1910 .. 14 ... 100 
(~ices Received 
~~arity Index }j 
P' arity Ratio 
 
Summary Table for ~qe Vni:=-t;...;;e_,d.._S-..t-.a.t;...;;e;.;s,___ _,___..._______ 
 
.. - ... . : 
 
Dec.l5,  
1955  
 
Nov.l5, 
1956  
 
Dec.l5, :_ !!ec_2!'~ hi.&h__ 
1956 .  Index : Date 
 
222 
 
234 
 
278 . . 
 
289 
 
237 
 
3l~Feb. 19,51 
 
289 
 
29 May 1952 
 
80 
 
81 
 
82 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
11 Prices Paid, Interest, T-;xes, and W~e Rates. ~'A!eo February and April 1952: . 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY "'Agriei.J.lt:uraJ.. Statistician In Charge 
 
:BURTON J. HARRINGTON . .   Agricultural Statist~cian 
 
... 
r 
 
 _  .:.,~,~--- --~~-~-R~C::_~r~~~:nz~:_===-~~:' ,115~ WITH COMP~~~:N~ATES ,::~~~--- 
 
._>, -"iC>ONiDvllv-UDN.D. II'T.l.?. Y 
 
 ' 
.. -. 
 
  ...vern.ge  J rn.19l0- 
4 
 
Whe at~ \ Bu. .: '   $ 
 
1.23 . 
 
.I:-:1-C9"c5.51. ,51 . 
 
N1C9)5v.6l-5, 
 
Dec~.15i 
19SS . 
 
. f.bo 
 
... ' 2~03, .2-~:oo . 
 
 Averngo J'W:ns_a.~. nC.-11991140_ 
 88 
 
Dec.1 5 1 1955 
 
N ov 
 
1.5, 
 
1_9.5_6_ ; .. 
 
:..;~..;;..J:_.-,_9cs_.1s_{5u.~1; 
 
1 95 2~C>s' ,_. 2 ,b,. 
 
~orn~ - ~u. , . 
 
._ $ 
 
.sl'  1~oa  lot!; 1.20 , 
 
,.65 
 
1.15 , .1.21 . 1.22 
 
o .'l.ts,. Bu. ::.  '  -:$ 
 
. 67 
 
') -~  ~ r : , 
 
: , 
 
0 
 
.as . .87 .as 1 
 
.4o 
 
 .s3 
 
~ -7~ r  . . .!74 
 
:  ..  .:  :_ ' : i 
 
~  
 
2~~5 
 
1.37 1 . 53 -:;.: ,' ) ;._52 
 
-4~iiQ ' a.1~ 4.75 1 
 
3~70 ' : ' ~, 7~:' .:..~':.t:~~ 
 
Cotton, Lb. Cottonsee d, Ton Hay (bf1.ledL:Ton 
Hogs, per c~A'  
 
 
$ 
 
.,.co 32 l 
 
lU  32.1 
 
11. g 
 
'12~8o./ ... :  
 
 48.00 . '    ~n .BZ 
 
.$ 
 
~0 .oa   26 
 
. ,. 
 
~4.2o 
 
24 .. 
 
11 " 
 
'$ . 7.~36 . U~ :~R i, . .l-\~ 60 .15.So .. r' . 7~29 
 
Beef Cntt1e, cwt. $ 
 
3.96 
 
'' 
11.00. ' !1;60- . ll.40 
 
'5.52 
 
Mil~ , F?ttvs ~:. ;Head 
 
.oo. ..$ 33.. 85 . 96 
 
11,0.00 ' 110.00 
 
49.18 
 
Chickens, Ill ;  
 
Doz.   . ' ~ .'  
Eggs, 
 
 .,  t . 
 
 13:3 
 
 
 
21.4 
 
18;6 1 ... 
56.5 
 
17.0 1s:.o  , . n.5 
 
48.4 49.0 
 
21.6 
 
Butterf, .t, Lb. 
Milk ( ,Wb' ol.e~~1-e) 
per JO?If  J) 
 
 25.8 
l . 2~43 
 
51.0 
.t 
 
51.0 
 
 . :.  
 s.~.5 ...  .  6.2o  
 
s1.o I 
6.20 
 
26.3 
 
So;y-beM s ;< B'u; :   ...$- . -o:--.- 
 
I . 2; 13 . .. : .?.20 : 2.20 
 
PieL~-=u.tis,;iLi;b~. ~-o-;-Dccem~;5-.,-2:_1956 
 
11.2 
 
10.4 
 
- - - - :-. ----------- -- 
 
. -- 
 
i.o. :....3:.=~--l11L--...4::...::8_::__ 
 
31.2 31.9 
 
31.0 
 
45.00 59.20 59.00 
 
21.30. . n:9o _: :<22??'9': 
' . 
10.60 l4.20 ,..' 1,.9..;-..2.0..: 
r 13-~5Ci' ' 14.E8 . ' :r4AO ' 
 
142 .oo ;I54.og:. il.pp.oq 
1 
 
I118.8 47.1 
 
. ' 
37.~   :~: 3.'7 e1  
 
57...7 
4.35 
 
60.4 '' 
4.91 
 
. fi9.6 
; .. 
' ,:-;t.pS ' .. . - 
 
11.9 11.0 
__ ___ _ __ ___ 
 
.J . ' 
n.o ' ''- . 
 
,. ;   
 
. ',  '  I 
 
'. , ,  . 
 
,, 
.. ' 
 
INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY Fl.RMERS IN OEORGIA 
(Jenuary. l910 - Decenber 1914  100) 
 
... .. : . . , 
 
: 
 
~ 
 
, ~ 
' 
 
' ., I 
 
,_ 
 
   
 
Dec, 151  Nov. 15' Dec. : 15,  , 
 
1955 
 
1956 1-956 
 
All CoMModities' 
 
243* 
 
243 
 
243 
 
A],1 Crops 
 
. 
 
. : Gr A.in :'>.nd 'Hny  
 
 .. 
 
. ~ .: Cotton ''Lint:-   
 
t. ... 
 
'. ,.., 
 
Pe :muts 
 
. ' : . ; ... 
 
, 
 
 Tob ::\CCo  - . 
 
 
 
.' ~ .- l 
 
Cottonseed  and 'Soyb~e.fis . 
 
. Irish F~ t at.be s,  sweet Fo'batoe s '& CiTilpeas 
 
268 137 270 
. 216 
i~~ 
213 
 
262 
 
265 
 
144 
 
144 
 
259 .. ' . 255 . 
 
2.00 
 
198 " ' 
 
. ...:' i~~ ~6~ 
 
' 
 
' 
 
I' 
 
'2H) 
 
260 :_ .. i: : 
 
.. . , Fruits .and Nuts    .. , ::. : ,,.-   
 
All Live stock 'lnd Live s tock Frodu:ots .  
 
Me[c'.t Animals ' 
 
  
 
233 
1i 9g5g* .. 
 
251 
 
. 251 : 
 
- 201 '. 201 
 
233 . . . 240 
 
. .. ;: .~. ~ 
 
. 
 
Poultry nnd Eggs 
 
,._ :.. -  Dai r y Products  
 
t' I 
 
-- - -- - ----~- 
 
167 
 
148 
 
144 
 
..' . 235* . 
 
244 
 
. 244 
 
. ' 
 
. .' .' ''' ;,. :J: ;;: . . ' ' . ,; '! . ' ' ' ' 
. ..- r~IC:ES rAtri BY FABMERS FC:n(:5Euc'TED 'F'UJ)s DF',Cn.m'Ef i5. i'956 WITH coiif;kStso~i~f "J.[ " ~ 
 
..  . } ..: 
 
. 
 
. '.' ~ 
 
'K!N!YOF FEED 
 
J \ .. 
 
: ~ GEORGIA    
 
uNITED S~M~$S . . : _,; 
 
Dlgs;.?' s, Nl~~615;   nt~s~l-5-,:. " C.l2s~15; 
 
N~~~~1s,  Df~~'l51 
 
. ;.,. :\ 
 
- .. . ~---~~.,----~~~~ 
 
'Mixed Da4;ry F~ed~  . 
 
:; :.Doll r> rs Fer 100Iounds 
 
Au Und~.r. 29'jo Prote in 
16 %T rotein   
18 %. Prot ein 
2o %P.roteia  
24 %Protein 
High Protein Feeds Cot tons~eai Me ~!' ~  Soybe an Me al Meat Scrap 
 
,. :, 
. ' 3~20 4.2'0 4.70 
 
3.40 3.90 4.75 
 
3.45 3.90 4.70 
 
3.69 3 . 95 4.65 
 
3.76 3.70 . 3.7Q. ,3.93 4.03 
3.82 3.86 4.80 
 
. 3.82. .. , '3.7? ' . 
.... __3_.,7!3... t3~ . 
 
. 
 
3;8:::>' .. , ' , ,  I . f-' ,_ , 
 
. 
 
! 
 
3.86 4.68 
 
~By-Products 
Bran Middlings Corn Menl 
 
3.30 3 .55 
3. 80 
 
3.30 
3.60 3.35 
 
3.45 3,65 3.55 
 
2.87 2. 98 3.28 
 
2.93 
3.06 3.50 
 
3.04 3.12 3.50 
 
? oultry Feed 
Broile r Growing MGsh Laying Ma sh Scr2.tch Gr <'tins 
 
4.95 4.75 4 .20 
 
5.10 4.80 4.20 
 
5.20 
-~.80 
4 .30 
 
4 . 78 4.36 . 3.93 
 
4.91 4.47 4.11 
 
1. 94 4.48 
4.11 
 
Hay (Baled) 
 
Alf alfa All Dther 
 
53.00 39,00 
 
55.00 40.00 
 
51.00 41.00 
 
33 .10 29.10 
 
34.30 31.40 
 
34.80 31.90 
 
=:....~- ---==-===--========::=====================:;==:::::= 
1} As report ed by Feed Dealers - ---------~-------- -----~~-- --~--- - ----- - -------- 
 
-, :_: 
 
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UNITED STATES DEP ARTMENT OF 
AGP.ICUL TURE 
 
'GIT . 
 
(.,"~ f"" 1lI.rDHL_c?a. ' 
 
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l-IBR ARiEs. 
 
GRICUI- TIJRAL MARKETING 
SERVICE 
 
~OR"~~c)f.:.~L 
 
COLLEGE Ot=' AGRICUL1'URE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
EXTENSI ON SERVICE 
January 9, 195 7 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
~ng the week -ending January 5 commercial hatcheries placed 4,415,000 chicks 
vith broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
3,532,000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 3,997,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local ~atcheries amounted to 9,.162,000 compared with 6,081,000 fo:: the Fevious week and lS 21 percent greater' than the 5,085,000 for the correspondlng 
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 the chicks was reported u $11,25 per hundred, These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.00 for the 
Fevious week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
Weighted average pric e s from the Fe deral-State JVIarket News Service for broilers 
during week ending January 5 are as follows: North Ge orgia broilers 2 1/2 .. 3 3/4 
unds; at farms 17.00; FOB plants 18.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEl"1ENT BY WEEKS .. PERJ:g_D NOVE1BER .J...J..J2._1HROUGH.. JANU.A:RU..J-.25_7_ 
 
I J/ I Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 
 
Inshipment.s I Total Placed 
 
I j l Week 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
, 
 
Ending 1955--56: 1956-57_~955-.56: 1956: ?7 : 1955..-5?: 1956-.57 . .. 195~_?.6 :1956--57 
 
j 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands ' Thousands 
 
lw, 3 14,664 5,583 lw, 10 ! L~,821 5,663 
 
2,962 3,777 3,119 3, 761 
 
263 469 361 374 
 
lw, 17 I 4,733 5,758 
 
2,997 3,872 
 
306 404 
 
lw, 24 4,759 5,769 
 
3,085 3,839 
 
390 447 
 
Lee, 1 4, 722 5, 734 
 
3,132 3,831 
 
408 432 
 
Lee. 8 l.J., 797 4,923 ~c. 15 4,901 5,909 
 
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812 
 
437 438 600  455 
 
Dec, 22 4, 916 6,106 
 
3:,123 3, 846 
 
701 470 
 
Dec. 29 5,046 6,081 
 
3,127 3,219 
 
638 313 
 
Jan, 5 ?,085 --~?.~62_____3?.1.~.~---l8~--- 617 . 429 
 
YExclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
3,225 3,480 3,303  3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610,  3, 824 3, 765 
3,997 
 
4,246 4:;135 4,276 4,286 4,263 4,295 4,267 4, 316 3,532 
4,415 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHE..'t 
Agricultural Statistician 
. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 ( 
~ 
 
STATE 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana 
Illinois Missouri Delaw-are IVlaryland Virginia ~vest Virginia 
North Carolina 8outh Carolina GEOrtGIA 
F2..o:::-i da Alabama l\fississippi 
Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
1-Jashingt on Oregon 
California 
 
-~~ 
TOTAL 1956-57 TOTAL 1955...56 
 
1956-57 
 
as 
 
qt / ::; 
 
- - - . of ---------~ - 
 
195~::- .56 . 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED n; CQ1_:11:ERC~I~_AitEAS-LBY !rJEE~~2~6-57 
 
Paae 2. 
 
r 
 
I 
:: 
 
Dec . 
 
: 
 
Dec . 
 
Jan. 
 
:; 
:-- 
:I 
 
22 EGGS 
 
SET 
 
29 
 
5 
 
- THOUSA\iiDS 
 
.. ...... 
 
Nov . 3 
 
I' " 
 
I; 1;136 . 863 
 
J 
I 
i; 
 
1,060 
 
I I I 
 
1,456 
 
I! t 
 
308 
 
II 1,326 
 
i I 2_.022 
 
1,157 871 
1; 148 
1 _.233: 
' 3h4 1 , 5"'45 1, 962 
 
1,237 
 
: 
! 
 
J 
l 
 
924 
 
858 
 
: I 
I 1 
 
534 
 
1;236 
 
I ! ; ; 
 
634 
 
l,l.!-74 
31~.8 
 
I 
' 
 
676 93 
 
1,515 
 
426 
 
2; :ni1- 1;601 
 
vJee~ Ending 
 
: Nov . Nov. 
 
10 
 
17 
 
893 476 732 752 156 
465 1 ,611 
 
879 
479 756 752 
147 536 1;658 
 
- - - - - - - Nov. 
 
. Dec . :  Dec. 
 
Dec. 
 
24 -CHICKS 
~--- 
 
1-PLA-CE-:D--------T8--H-O-USAi\iD1S5 
 
971 
465 627 
720 
145 467 
~ . 1,622 
 
961 
484 643 810 
171 491 1,522 
 
976 
472 546 761 
185 
467 1,830 
 
891 
546 636 715 197 . 484 
1, 647 
 
Dec . 22 
949 47 8 701 756 129 415 1, 626 
 
Dec. 29 
. 
,:. 867 I 
448 472 582 130 "344 1,317 
 
Jan. 
5 
980 544 653 626 136 510 1:, 868 
 
1, ?09 1,926 23195 1,094 1,056 1,057 1,165 1,141 1, 253 1,117 1;317 
 
969 1~496 
 
1,860 l,S'68 2,111 ; i 978 1,089 1,073 
 
971 1,131 1,168 1,164 1,131 
 
842 1,165 
 
.3.19 
 
2,394 
 
l ' 
 
464 6,106 
 
475 
 
! ; 2,ll7 
 
j 
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I , 
 
1,487 
 
i ~ 2, 503 
 
I I 292 
 
j : 2, 658 
 
II '' 254 
181 
 
; 1_,163 
 
279 2,432 
456 6Jo81 
490 2,108 1,510 2, 732 
283 2,660 
202 232 1,247 
 
"336 
 
i I 
\ ! 
 
381 
 
345 
 
2,473 422 
 
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! 
 
1,297 
 
; ! 305 
 
1 , 3 74 285 
 
6,162 'j !I L,, 246 4,135 
 
L~- !.b l ~~. 
 
-; l 
 
l9b-- 230 
 
2,239 
 
. i 
; I 
 
1, 715 
 
1,509 3,098 
 
. 
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I 
I ! 
 
1, 036 1, 672 
 
1, 729 
976 1,760 
 
344 
 
I j 
; I 
 
230 
 
231 
 
2,636 !' !' 1, 686 1, 749 
 
264 i I 155 
 
188 
 
207 1,278 
 
I I 
; It I 
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127 675 
 
148 . 944 
 
411 1_,312 
329 4,276 
21L!. 1,651 1,015 1,557 
/}92 1, 742 . 
212 107 863 
 
495 
 
398 
 
360 
 
493 
 
1,276 1,315 1,399 1,208 
 
314 
 
364 
 
302 
 
302 
 
4,228661___4_,_226239____24,21915 -- 
 
4,2 67 248 
 
1,687 1,726 1,709 1,688 
 
925 1,044 1,149 1, 142 
 
1, 717 1,713 1, 803 1,826 
 
258 - 293 
 
.293 
 
268 
 
1, 628 1,638 1,829 1, 8'4.J+ 
 
176 
 
230 
 
233 
 
201 
 
125 
 
170 
 
151 
 
169 
 
889 
 
856 
 
789 
 
800 
 
512 1, 303 
285 4,316 
187 1:,523 1, 053 1, 982 
264 1,886 
199 162 
71~ 
 
288 964 192 3,532 
 167 1,271 
833 1, l!.49 . I 
. 196 . 
1, 385 215 90 706 
 
350 1,296 
298 
L,415 222 
1:,791 1;116 1, 973 
. 299 
1,998 178 115 840 
 
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32,693 28,759 
 
32,666 28,912 
 
71 ~~4 ' 
 
7 I 
 
; 120,681 
 
30,669 ;l .'18'/8?- 
 
21,324 21,318 19,023 . 195595 
 
21,130 19,534 
 
21,593 20,2 76 
 
22,181 20,447 
 
21, 853 20,505 
 
21,88 7 20,737 
 
17, 261 20,584 
 
22, 872 21,135 
 
114 
 
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113 
 
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109 
 
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L/A3 ;t.f-57 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
JAN 1 b '57 
LIB RARIES 
 
' CGJE(())~CGllA CJRi(Q)lt ~IE:JP(Q)Iffi1rllNCG ~JE~VllCJE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Ge orgia  '   . 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU.RE AGRICUl.TURAL MARKETING SERVIC~ 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, G~ . 
January 14, 1957 
 
- - - -- - - ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL COMNERCIAL CROPS ~~~_1. ~927 
 
!friiTED STATES: The production or v..rinter vegetables in 1957 is now expecte d to' b e about 7 percent less than in 1956, but about 3 percent above aver- 
age, the Crop Reporting Board announc ed today. Drought and a shortage of water for irrigation in Texas are the primary causes of tho decline in production of winter :. vegetable s from last year's level. The sharpest reductions il'). production from 1956 . are for beets, cabbage , carrots, and l ettuce. Smaller crops. of lima beans, broccoli, cel ery, shallots, and spinach are also indicat ed. Increas es in production over :la:!lt year are expected for artichokes, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, sweet corn, : ,_  '  
cucumbers, escarole, green peppers, and tomatoes. The latt.er five crops are gr()wn, . ip Florida where crop prospects are excellent at .this time. In January 1956, low. t emperature s damaged winter vegetables in Florida r e ducing production that s e ason . . 
 
~~ illdl.~ cabbage production is for ecast at 5,351,000 hundredweight,.  23 p~rcent less than last year 's production and a fifth below average. In- 
dicated production in Texas is l ess than half that harvested in 1956 and lighter c~ops than last year are also expected in Florida and California. Only Arizona is expected to produc e mor e cabbage than last year. In Florida, winter cabbage is  ~nsidere d in good condition but b ecaus e of inadequate rainfall, early fields have 
~led to dev elop heads of normal siz e and have been slow in maturing. Mov ement to 
date has b een quite light but daily shipments are exp8cted to incre as e seasonally in J?.nuary. In Texas, harvest of cabbage was active in all producing ar eas in lat e   !..ecomb er but cutting has b een r estricted by market conditions. Movemant c an b 0 in~reased substantially at any time that market demand i mproves. l'1ost of the acreage ~n Lower Valley was planted for early s eason harvest. If all acreage is cut on echedule, there will b e little cabb age to move from the r e late in the winter s eason~ 
\'lhile oth er are as planted somE:J l at e acreage this ye ar, it is not sufficient to of_fset the r eduction in the Valley. Arizonats cabbage crop is moving much slo~rer tha n  
la,st y ear. Low temperature s and market conditions are factors contr-ibuting to the li'ght Ar izona shipments. In California, cabbage is b eginning to move from I mperial 
Valley and local markets are well supplied from South Coa stal-Countie s. 
 
uNIONS: South Texas' 6arlr ~ring onion acreage is t entatively estimated at 32,000 . 
 
. 
 
acres, down 3 perc ent from last year. While this year'::? acreage is about .. . 
 
~ fHth smaller than normal, it is considerably larger than the 19,51 crop when only 
 
J, 200 acres were harvested. The .acreage finally planted f ell short  of grower 1s in- 
 
~entions and was b el0w normal b ecause of drought and a shortage of irrigation water. 
 
~e reduction has occurred largely in dry-land acreage at Raymondville and in the 
 
~oastal Bend. At Ra~nondville the small acreage of dry-farmed onions is in very 
 
'90'Jr condition. A shortage of water at Raymondville has caused a reduction in 
 
~rrigated onions there. The acreage i n Lower Valley is in sections where water from 
 
'i':ltls is available. This acreage  was planted at about the usual time and the onions. 
 
have made good progre::;s. However, stands are sparse in many fields and considerable 
 
;,~ : eago is single-row which vTill depress average yields. Earliest fields will 
 
~ .re in February but the bulk of the crop is scheduled for March harvest. Dry- . 
 
land acr eage in .the Coastal Bend was seeded in areas favored by intermittent rains  
 
nnd the fields are wide_ly scattered. Soil moisture is defic.ient and growth of    
 
nlant s has been ::;low but onions are holding up fairly well. c-onsiderable acreage 
 
in the Mathis area is being irrigated from wells this year. These fields are J.arge- 
 
ly wide-row and will be interplanted in the traditional manner. Because plant;i.ng . . 
 
vlc..s d8layeri by drought, the Coastal Bend acreage will be late coming into production  
 
this year. Planting of irrigated onions at Laredo, Eagle Pass, and in the Winter ~~dqn was started on schedule but extended over a longer period than usual. Set- 
 
~ing -vr.i.ll be finished at Lared0 in early January but vdll continue at Eagle Pass and 
 
ln the Wirtt.~-r-Gnxrlrm 11ltt.:i 1 the 8 I 1d <:>f t he mor1th. Wat e r j t'l in ampJ.e supply in thes e 
 
t'hr e'3 areas. 
 
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ONIONS, continued: 
 
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Grower 1s in the ~ _@I;ing States intend to have a larger acreage of onions for ;: 
parvest in the 1957 season than they harvested last year. The 1957 acreage is tenta tively placed at 11,700 acres, which is a fifth above last year but a fourth below average~ In Georgia, all acreage has been set and the crop is off to a good start. Most growers are prepared to irrigate this year in the event that rainfall is short ~gain, In NOrth Texas, soil moisture is adequate and preparation of land for plan~ ing is under way. Setting started in early January but plants are not yet available for heavy planting. The supply of plants from South Texas is expected to be ample, Note: The acreage now reported for late spring onions in Texas is for North Texas ~eas only and the Panhandle crop, previously included in late spring, will be re~orted separately as early summer. 
 
WATEffi1ELONS: If growers follow their intentions, a total of 108,000 acres is in 
 
. 
 
prospect in the . ~ SEring States, 8 percent more than was harvest~ 
 
~d in 1956. Acreage at this level is a near record...having been exceeded only in 
 
1953 and 1954. Planting in south Florida sections is nearing completion, and a gooq 
 
portion of the acreage is up and growing nicely. At present, planting is active in 
 
~he lower part of the central Florida area and will become active during the coming 
 
month in all of central Florida. In California, where an 8 percent acreage decline 
 
rom 1956 is anticipated, planting is in progress in the Desert Valleys. 
 
I 
 
~--A.-cr.e_a....,g..e.._an=d~- ~~.IJ:dicated Production Reported to Date, 1957 with C~mparisons 
 
QROP 
 
ACREAGE 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
4 AND 
 
:Average: 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
STATE ___ 
 
_:_l9_9-_55_ : 
 
1956 __ 
 
_ 
 
Ind.: Av. : 1 ___.;19;..::.5~7:;.:;:4~9-..::;,.5~5:_ 
 
956: Ind. _ :1957 
 
~Average: 
:1949-55: 
 
1956: 
 
Ind. 1957 . 
 
CABBAGE 1/ 
 
- Acres  
 
~cwt.- 
 
 1,000 cwt. "" 
 
\N"inter,Florida 16;900 16,700 l5,5oo 203 200 200 3,432 3,31-+0 3,100 
 
A~e~:i:czaos na 
 
20,710 20,000 1,040 1,100 
 
11,500 109 135 110 1,300 241 200 220 
 
2,268 2, 700 1,265 253 220 286 
 
-G~a~li~foPrntioa tal E.arly Gring 2Z 
 
-3~ - '529400 
:_~Iio 
 
_.2 500 
-:4~11~3'}<o2:o-- 
 
313~580o0o-210576- 
15:8QQ:)~ 
 
210 169- 
:G3 
 
200 
168-- 
 
6,6794~2 2,468 
 
735 700 -6";995-5:351 
2,298 A;pE.!..!r 
 
LETTUCE V.Tinter, Florida Texas  
Arizona, Yuma California 
Croup total 
 
3,170 4,300 
 
4,200 112 110 110 
 
358 473 462 
 
10,600 20,800 12,000 97 90 100 1,009 1,872 1;200 
 
14,210 13,500 11,000 141 140 140 1,982 1,890 1,54Q 
 
_32,.S3.Q _39,]0.Q __ 4l,.:.O.Q0_1).Q _];5Q _]:4.Q __ 4,272 _5..:.9.~5_5,.:.740_ 61,210. 78,300 6~,200 137 ~ 130 1~1 ~,321 10,19o 8.9~ 
 
ONIONS 
 
E!ll'ly Spring 
 
Texas Late Spring 
 
y 
 
35L830 50,000 32,000 61 80 
 
1,957 4,000 Mar.~ 
 
Georgia 
 
1,060 700 
 
700 78 100 
 
84 70 
 
Louisiana 
 
240 
 
47 
 
12 
 
~- 
 
Texas 
 
8,330 5,500 
 
6, 700 34 27 
 
282 148 May lC 
 
Arizona 
 
.1,230 850 
 
1,000 310 375 
 
388 319 : 
 
California 
 
__4 810__2..:.700___ ..2,_.20.Q _2]0__360 _____1,.:.282__ 97_g __ ~ 
 
, Group total 1~6"So 
];/ Includes processing  
 
9z..7~0 
y 
 
_ 11 2 700 132 1~~ 
1957 acreage ,prospective. 
 
_2:048 1J~09 
 
' 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L, H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
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 OVEN~!~~r:J:;.: ~~ 'AGR!CUL.TURE  
 
TI -GJEE:=~t- - ~o<jTfIJ\)~'G~ ~ M - 
 
AGR!CUL TURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
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. UNIVERSITY OF GEORG! A Cp U.EGE OF AGRICULTURE 
~then s , Ge e-rgi~ 
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JAN18 '57 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EX 'rE NSION SERVICE 
January 16, 1957 
 
During ;tb,e week ending January 12 connnercia+ hatcheries p1aced 4,763,000 chicks witl} 
 
broile* pr.od.ucers in Georgia conunercia1 areas  . This compares with the 4,415,000 i 
 
~laced ; tlie: previous week and is 19 percent .more than the 3,995,000 placed the _same 
 
week last year. 
 
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;: . 
 
Eggs SEit 'by local hatcheries amounted to 6,386,000 compared with 6,162,000 for the 
 
~evious Meek and ~s 24 percent greater than the 5;149,000 for the corresponding 
 
week last year. '-  
 
 
 
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ijatcherie;s' .reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the' week at an .average of 
 
65 cents !p~r qi9zien, Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq. 
 
~t, $1lo:5a per ' hUndJ;'ed~ These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.25 for the 
 
previous week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate t o 
 
Georgia produ~eq hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
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Weight:ed :aver~e prices from the Federal...State Market News Service for broilers 
 
ctuz'in.g !the _week ending January 12 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ ~ 4 
 
~ounds;: at farms 16.58; FOB plants 17.57. , 
 
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(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEOR6IA }HICK-PLACEMENT BYWEEI(S~ - .PER~OD NDV~jBE7t -10'l9.5.6~ TH.IiOUOR JANU:ARf-:- 1~~1:95-z. 
 
i i Date 
Week 
 
i : :1 
 
 
. 
 
  
 
Eggs Set 
 
: Chicks Hatched 17 i Inshipments : Total Placed ' 
 
' Placed in Georgia i of Chicks ' 
 
on Farms 
 
!E~I1k ; .~~5,5-56:195&.57 
 
195,~:2~~1956-5.7 1955-_26: 195~57 L ' V52..5.6q95:~7 -r 
 
 ' ' . Thousands 
 
Thousands i Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
'' 
Nev. 10. Ii .: ''4"' 8.21 
Nov. 17 : . 4, 733 
Nov. ~4 i . .4,759 
 
5,663 5,?58 
5,769 
 
3,119 3,761 2,997 3,872 
3,085 3,839 
 
361 374 306 404 
390 447 
 
3,480 4,135 
3,303 4,276 3,475 4,286 
 
Dec. ~ '1 : ' 4, 722 5,734 
 
3,132 3,831 
 
408 432 
 
3,540 4,263 
 
Dec. 8 : : -'4, 797' 4,923 
Dec. 15; I 4,901: 5,909 
 
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812 
 
437 438 
600 455 
 
3,582 4,295 
3,610 h,267 
 
Dec. 22; I 4:,916' .6,106 
 
3,123 3,846 
 
701 470 
 
3,824 4,316 
 
Dee. 29: I 5,046 6,081 
 
3,127 3,219 
 
638 313 
 
3, 765 3,532 
 
Jan. ,~! ; j 
 
5,d85 
 
6,162 
 
3,380 3,986 
 
617 429 
 
3,997 4,415 
 
Jl!ll i~ ; i 
 
! 5~~4~ . . ,~,_38q 
 
3,322 
...,. -~- - ~ 
 
4.281 
 
673 
 
482 
 
t 
 
 
 
~:~~s. 
 
. 4~76,3_ 
 
; 
 
' . 
 
J/ Ex9+usiv? of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
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WILLIAM E.:KIBLER 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricul~ufal Statisticia'l 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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Indiana 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
Delaware 
 
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West Virginia 
 
North Carolina 
 
South Carolina GEORGIA ' 
 
Florida 
 
Alaba.'lla 
 
Mississippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California 
 
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.EGGS -.SET 
 
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ClUCKS' -PLACED 
 
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Nov:  _.. WeNekqvE n. ~:ngNov. 
 
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.... EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
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8 .' 15' 
 
22 
 
CHICKS PLAC~ - THOUSANDS 
 
'I.1 
 
1,157 871 
 
l i 
i 
 
1,148 
 
'qi 
ij 
 
1,233 344 
 
1,345 
 
1,962 
 
1,926 
 
1,968 
 
1;237 858 
1,236 
1,474 
348 1,515 
2;314 2;195 2,111 
 
1,098 
 
I,Ir I ! 
 
893 
 
1,042 
 
476 
 
1,156 
 
732 
 
1,696 
 
752 
 
367 
 
156 
 
1,685 
 
465 
 
2,117 1,6il 
 
2,166 ',I . 1,056 
 
2,022 1,089 
 
8?9 479 756 752 
147 536 1;6.$~.. 
l;057 
1;073 
 
971 . '961 
 
465 ' 484 
 
627 
 
643 
 
720. 810 
 
145 
 
171 
 
467 
 
491 
 
1,622 . . 1,522 
 
1,165 1,141 
 
971 1,131 
 
976 472 546 761 185 
467 1,830 . 1;253 1,168 
 
891 '546 
636 
715 197 484 1,647 _1,"117 1,164 
 
949 478 701 756 129 
415 1,626 1;317 '1,131 
 
! 279 I 2,432 
 
I 456 
 
62081 
 
I,\ 
 
4'90 2,108 
 
1;510 
 
2,732 
 
283 
 
2,660 
 
202 
 
i l 
 
232 
 
!: 1,247 
 
336 2,473 
422 6:162 . 461 
2;239 . 1,509 . 3',098 
344 2,636 
264 207 1,278 
 
316 2,580 
:447 
6~386 
. 456 
2;352 1,512 3,124 
341 2;792 
297 
277 1,337 
 
345 
 
1,374 
 
285 . 
 
j 
! 
 
. 
 
4.2123305 
 
:. 
 
( 1,729 
 
: 976 
 
i 
' 
 
1,760 231 
 
1,749 188 
 
148 
 
944 
 
411 1,3,12. 
32Sf. 42221746. 
1,651 1,0,15 1,557 
292 1,742 
212 107 863 
 
495t 398 
 
1, 276 . . 1;.33:5 ... 314 ,. 364 
 
< 
 
4 
 
2 
 
286; 201 
 
4:2 
 
263 229 
 
1,687 1,726 
 
925 1,044 
 
1,717 1,713 
 
258 
 
293 
 
1,628 1,638 
 
176 
 
230 
 
125 
 
170 
 
889 
 
856 
 
.. , 
 
360 1,399 ' 302- 
. '.4t 2291. 51 
1,709 1,149 1,803 
293 1,829 
233 151 789 
 
493 
 
512 
 
1,208 :1,303 
 
. 302 
 
2:85 
 
: 41224687 
 
.. 4 3;1.6 - -~  2 187 
 
1,688 :1,523 
 
1,142 11,053 
1,826 .~1,98. 2 
 
268 
 
264 
 
1,844 1,886 
 
201 
 
199 
 
169 
 
162 
 
800 
 
713 
 
Dec. 29 
 
Page 2. 
. Jan. Jan. 5 I 12 
 
~ 
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867 
 
980 
 
448 
 
544 
 
472 
 
653 
 
582 
 
626 
 
130 
 
136 
 
344 
 
516 
 
1,317 11,868' 
 
969 1,496 
 
842 1,165 
 
288 
 
350 
 
964 1,296 
 
192 
 
298 
 
3z532 lb7 
 
--4.:.42.12.52. 
 
'"1, 271 1;791 
 
: 833 1,116 
 
.1,449 1,973 
 
198 
 
299 
 
1,385 1,998 
 
215 
 
178 
 
90 
 
118 
 
706 
 
r-1 ' ,.... (.: '. J.\ 
 
925 492 613 790 119 
494 2;032 1;444 1,2ll 
469 1,361 
. 290 
4:763 268 
1,847 1;202 2,053 
335 
2,168 190 104 848 
 
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TOTAL 1956-57 TOTAL 1955-56 
 
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32,~66 
 
! : 
 
I 
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.128,912 
 
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1956-57 as% of 1955-56 - l . 113 
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. 34,717 30,669 il3 
 
35,566 31,542 
ll3 
 
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21,324 
 
f 
 
I 
 
I l 
 
19,"023 
 
I 
 
\ 
 
112 
 
21,318 19,595 
.109 
 
21,130~ 
19,534 108' 
 
21,593 20,276 
"106 
 
22,181 20,447 
108 
 
21,853 20,505 
107 
 
21,887 
20,737 
. 106 
 
17,261 20,584 
84 
 
22;872 21,135 
108 
 
23,958 21,223 
113 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
JAN24 '57 
 
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GEORGIA: 'l'urkey growers in Georgia pl.an to increase their turkey production 18. percent above the 19.56 ct'oj;). The total number expected in 19.57 is 
429,000 compared with 363,000 in 19.56. Light Breed growers intend to r aise 6,000 birds in 1957, Trchich is the same as their 1956 crop. Heavy Breed growers plan to 
raise 423,000 b:;..rds, an increase of 18 percent over the 1956 crop of 3.57,000 bir.ds. 
 
UNITED STA'l'ES: Turkey growers intend to produce 10 percent more turkeys in 19.57. 
than last year. If growers carry out t he ir intentions, the number  of turkeys raised will be about 8L~ million, compared with 76 million in 19.56; 
 
Heavy Breed growers intend to r a ise 71,1.57,000 turkey s this year -- 13 percent more than last.year. All parts of t he country plan j_ncre ases in heavy breed birds rangr ing from 1 percent in the North Atlaatic to 19 percent in the West North Central : St9.tes~ -- -orot,ers plah to increase- t1cavjr- whfte -broE:,a s 10- percent above--l a st year and 
brorcze and other hE.>avy bre eds 1.5 pe rcent. In 1956 11e avy white bree ds accounted for about a f ourth of all heavies raised. 
 
Light breed growers expect to produce 13,134,000 turkeys in 1957 -- a de creas e of 
3 percent. All regions of t lle country plan f owcr light breed turkeys except the 
important South Atlantic region 'WLere production is e.A'Pe cte d to b e up 10 percent. 
 
Fryer-ro ::tsters data arc available for the.: first timo from this survey. Growers in... 
dfcatod that, during 19.56 they sold 73 porcent of the light bro ods, 33 percent .of t t; 
heavy whites and l ess than 2 percent of t he bronze and othe r llcm~y turkeys as fryer 
roasters. 
 
Tho numb er of turkeys actually r a:i_sed in 19.57 may vary somewhat from January_1 int entions) t he d~!..ffc ron c c depending on price s for fe ed, supply and prices of hatching eggs and poult s, and. t he snl e of turkeys r emaining in growers' l1ands. In 1956, 
grou-;cr s rc>.is cd 16 p erce nt more turkeys than i n 1955, about 10 percent mora than _int ended on J ahu c.:ry 1. During 1956 therE; Ha s an abundanc e of paults throughout a  fairly long hatching s e a son.. Feed price s \-rcro stable and credit was not a liiniting f actor. In 195.5, growc:ts r niscd 4 percent fewer turkeys -~ about tho same as intwded on J c:mua ry 1 " 'l'url~c.y prices r Gmained b elow .a year e arli er during the grow ing season and t h e f oodprico r el ationship was i oss favorable., ' 
 
ARC HIE LAHGLEY Agric1.:ltural bt Rt i .stician ;. In Cf'v'l:rg u 
 
RAYHOND R. HANCOCK Agri~,l~.lt u:::al Statistician 
 
  .  a. I ~- .. _ ..;.W ~ 
 
' 
~ 
 
State 
and 
Division 
f!Ia i rie N.H. 
Vt, 
Na ss. R.I. Conn. 
N.Y. 
N.J. 
Pa . 
 
a1 1 
 
Hcw vy 
breeds 
 
______ __ Light 
 
Total : Heavy- : Ligb t : 
 
breeds 
 
. : 
 
: br eo ds : broods 
---- - -- --------_;__ 
 
Total 
 
: : Turkoys 
: 195 7 A.S 
:% -,.,;. of 195( 
 
- - 148:---- 
 
- -T h 0 u s 
 
- - - . 
 
- -_,., _... 
 
38 
 
.186 
 
Pe r c o-_nt 
G1 
 
118 
 
3 
 
121 
 
96 
 
108 
 
l 
 
109 
 
92 
 
551 
 
20 
 
S71 
 
l o5 
 
43 
 
l.i 
 
47 
 
l 02 
 
268 
 
11 
 
279 
 
l 01 
 
953 
 
ho 
 
993 
 
89 
 
222 1,645 
 
52 
 
27h 
 
422 .2,067 
 
l 11 
1 o5 
 
-N,At1. 
Ohio 
Ind. 
Pl. 
l>~Ii ch, 
Wis. 
 
4,056 
2,514 1,519 1. 061 
905 
2,359 
 
~ . N .C en t, 
Ninn. 
 
" 
 
. 
 
lmm 
 
Ho . 
 
N.De.k , . .. 
 
S.Dak. 
 
Neb r . 
 
Kan s . 
 
8, 358 
7, 950 5,432 2, 723 
515 419 G09 866 
 
W. N.Ccnt . 18,714 
 
Dol. 
 
159 . ~-.-- 
 
lvJd , 
 
247 
 
Va . 
 
2,540 
 
V.T.Vo. , 
 
?86 
 
N. c. 
 
1, 21~1 
 
s.c. 
 
1,245 
 
J Ga . 
, Flo. , 
 
357 132 
 
S.Atl. j . . 6, 707 
 
591 4,6h7 681 3,195 
 
1 00 
10 --~----~-~1 
 
398 1,91? 
 
1 04 
 
T1 1,138 . 
 
1 04 
 
165 1, 070 
 
9$ 
 
1,6-36812 
 
2, 720 10,040. 
 
1 17 1 08 ------~~--- 
 
1;b:i~o 
 
9,.560 
 
9,-922 .. 1,449 11,371 
 
1 19 
 
312 
 
.378 
 
- 
 
43 -51 
 
56 
 
5, 744 6, 547 
 
3j101 . 2, 996 
 
. 558 . . 496 
 
470 
 
454 
 
865 
 
885 
 
3e4 
 
208 
 
- 
 
ld 
83 
 
70 
 
6, 931 
3, 201-t. 
539 537 955 
 
l 121 
1 OJ 
97 
1 14 1 10 
 
76 2,526 
'797 ' 
 
942 
21,2~0 
95o 
 
-----890 ~ 
 
~ 
 
71 
 
22,190 . 2, 308 
 
. 121-t. 
 
877 
 
961 
 
1 02 . 
 
214,j4oo9_81_ _ 
 
1 15 ~ 0 
 
111 
 
35 8 
 
.f2:f((J 
 
161 
 
431 
 
1 20. 
 
3, '163 6,303 1,0li.1 1, 300 
 
3, 3i4 812 
 
: 
 
l~, 139 1,075 
 
7,453 1, 887 
 
1 18 
l 05 
 
54 1, 295 
 
38 1, 283 
 
6 
613 
 
363 200 
 
- 
 
5,851 ---l-2-,5-.5,_8.-- 
 
1,491 
 
54 
 
1, 545 
 
1 19- 
 
1,151 
 
29 
 
1,180 
 
92 
 
42 3 
 
6 
 
429 
 
118 
 
- 160 
 
100 
 
. 260 
 
l 30 
 
7;745-:o---6.,.4.1~,1...,..1.4-,-1-8-6--,-~---113 
 
Ky . 
 
3.39 
 
2 7 
 
366---. --~us 
 
13 
 
351 
 
96 
 
'J.'e nn , 
 
189 
 
21 
 
210  
 
166 
 
19 
 
l 8!) 
 
88 
 
A1n, 
 
249 
 
68 
 
317 
 
259 
 
102 
 
361 
 
1 14 
 
lYiiss. 
 
171 
 
5 
 
176 
 
163 
 
5 
 
168 
 
95 
 
Ark, 
 
l, 743 
 
484 ! 2, 227 . 1, 988 
 
l.t.99 ' 2,487 
 
l 12 
 
La. , 
 
79 
 
3 
 
 82   80 
 
5 
 
85 
 
1 oh 
 
Qk1a. 
 
706 
 
224 
 
930 
 
875 
 
llt6 
 
1,021 
 
1 10 
 
Toxos 
 
4,061 
 
396 4,457 4,746 
 
432 
 
59178 
 
1 16 
 
5.Ccnt. ---+---7-,5~3~7-----1-,2~2~8 
 
8, ?65 
 
8,615 
 
1,221 
 
9,836 
 
1 12 
 
Nont, 
 
56 
 
28 
 
Ido.ho 
 
140 
 
23 
 
Wyo. 
 
10 
 
4 
 
Colo, 
 
1,126 
 
44 
 
N. Ht;x , 
 
54 
 
4 
 
Lriz . 
 
l lL1 
 
2 
 
Utah 
 
2, 322 
 
39 5 
 
Nev. 
 
7. 
 
_ 3 
 
i!ash, 
 
639 
 
' 48 
 
Gr eg , 
 
1, 233 
 
195 
 
Cal if, 
 
11,685 
 
95 8 
 
':",'-,e::-:s:-rt-.---~r-_,..1c"r':.,.-.,3~B6r----.;1r-,=7o:::-1~!-- 
 
84 163 1lt 1,170 
58 116 
2,717 J.O -687 
1,428 
12,61~3 
19,090 
 
57 
132 10 1,319 49 95-' . 2,533 ' 8 
675 1, 387 12,734 18,999 
 
J2 19 
4 34 4 
2 
" 1'38 
. 2 
hO 
1h8 814 
1,237 
 
89 151 1h 1, 353 
53 97 2,671 10 
715 1, 535 13, 548. 
20,23b___ 
 
I 1 06 93 I 1 00 1 16 
91 84 98 1 00 1 04 1 0'7 
1 0'( 
, 100" 
 
62,758 13,582 76,340 71,157 13,134 E54,291 
 
no 
 
. ':.:.:.,:,.,.. 
(. i. 
 
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1-U-Nl-VE-RS-1"-Y OP ~O!Mil' . 
JAN? 5 '57 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
January 23, 1957 
 
-BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA OOMivrERCIAL AREAS 
 
,_ 
 
-~ -- ~ 
 
During .the week ending January 19 commercial hatcheries placed 4,832,000 chicks witi broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the )~, 762,000 
placed the previous week and is 18 percent more than the 4,093,000 placed the same week la:st' year. ..,... .~. ''~" ...... .. ~ 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,455,000 compared with 6,386,000 for the 
 
previous week and is 21 percent greater th~ the 5,342,000 for the corresponding 
 
w:t:ek 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 the chicks was repartee 
at $11.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 65 cents and $11.50 for the pre~ vious week and with 87 cents and $16.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgi~ producea hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise, 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending January 19 are as follot-rs: North Georgia broilers 2~-3 3/4 f( pounds; at farms ~6.03; FOB plants 17.00. 
 
-- (See reverse side .for. other..states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WE~_: ~~~QJ:2_NOVEMBER 17..:...12z?,_THROUGIJ~NUA_~Ll~2rl95j 
 
L'at e 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Weok 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
Ending 1955...56: 1956~5? 
 
1955-56:1956...57 1955..56:1956-57 
 
on Farms 1955-56:1956-57 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Nov. 17 4,733 5,758 Nov. 24 4, 759 5,769 
 
2,997 3,872 3,085 3,839 
 
306 404 390 447 
 
3,303 . 4,276 J,h75 4,286 
 
I!".! 
 
IJec. 1 4,722 5, 734 
 
3,132 3,831 
 
408 432 
 
3,5!+0 4,263 
 
~II 
 
Dec. 8 Dec. 15 
 
..'44,~ 970971 -54~~99'2~39--~ ~ 
 
3,145 3,857 3,010 3,812 
 
437 438 600 455 
 
3,582 4,295 3,610 4,267 
 
Dec. 22 4,916 6,106 
 
3,123 3,846 
 
701 470 
 
3,824 4,316 
 
Dec. 29 5,046 6,081 
 
3,127 3,219 
 
638 313 
 
3,?65 3,532 
 
Jan. 5 5,085 6,162 
 
3,380 3,986 
 
617 429 
 
3,997 4,415 
 
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386 
 
3,322 4,281 
 
673 482 
 
3,995 4, 763 
 
Jan. 19 5, 342 6,455 
 
3J423 4,348 
 
670 484 
 
4,093 4_,832 
 
J} Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
11JILLIAJ.'1 E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
_. J RCHIE ~N~LEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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EGGS SET AND CH I CKS PLACED IN COIJJlliERCIAL AREAS , BY NEEl::S. - . 1956~5 7 
 
. 
 
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Page 2. 
 
- -~ .,., . 
 
. , 
STATE . 
 
.. Jan . 
 
' - .. 
Jan . : . 
.. 
 
~ 5 
 
12 
 
- ----- - Jan. 
19 
 
....... 
 
Nov . 17 
 
....W- e-Neko-v,,:E-. nd-in-gDec. 
 
2U 
 
l 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
------ - Dec . 
 
Dec . 
 
De c . 
 
-D- ec- . -J-a~ n .---J an . ~------ J an . 
 
8 
 
lS 
 
22 
 
2$-' 
 
. CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
5 
 
J-.2 
 
19 
 
.. " l 
 
-;;- 
 
1 
 
~ 
.. 
j 
' \"J 
\ 
~ 
I 
r 
 
Mafp.e Conne ct i c u t Fenns;y1va.'1ia  Indiana Illinois iY::iJ s o u r i 
Delc..vmr:e 
Hary1and Virgj,nia 'VJest Vj_rginia Nur.th Carolina South Carolina GEOi?.GIA. 
Florida A1aba"!la Hississippi Ark-ansas L-:-n. ;._i_ s ia.c'1.a 
Tc.~~ :as 
Hashington Or eg o~ California 
 
I 
'! 
I 1,237 858 
 
I 
I 
 
1,236 1,474 
 
I 
1: 
 
' 348 1 , 515 
 
i 
 
2,314 2,195 
 
2,111 
 
336 ' 
I 2,473 .42'2 
i 6:162 
 
461 
 
2:,239 1:,509 
 
3, 098 
 
344 2, 636 
 
264 
 
207 1 , 2 78 
 
1,098 
1~042 
1,156 1,696 
367 l ,6SS 2, 117 2,166 
2,022 316 
2,580 4h7 
- 6,386 456 2,3.5 2 1 ,512 
3,124 
341 2,792 
297 277 
1,33 7 
 
II 1,11;1 ! l 879 
 
908 
 
479 
 
1,191 
 
?56 
 
II 1,634 
405 1,6_30 
 
I:I!I 
 
752 
147 536 
 
III! 2.;110 
2, 105 
 
III' 
 
1,658 1,057 
 
1, 762 1, 073 
 
29 8 
 
41l 
 
I! 2,550 II 1,312 
 
413 
 
I -! 
 
i : 
 
329 
 
6,~.55 lI!' 4, 276 
 
SlO I! 214 
 
2,317 l, 770 
 
lII l,I 
 
1,651 l ,Ol5 
 
3,102 
,. 375 ,, 2,913 
 
!l!l 
I! 
 
1,557 292 
1,742 
 
ll 317 
270 
 
l. II 
 
1,406 
 
212 107 863 
 
I 
 
971 465 627 720 
145 467 1, 622 1,165 
971 495 1 , 2 76 
314 4,286 
20' 1 1,687 
925 1,717 
258 1, 628 
176 125 889 
 
961 
 
976 
 
484 
 
472 
 
643 
 
546 
 
810 
 
761 
 
171 
 
185 
 
491 
 
467 
 
1,522 1,830 
 
1,141 - 1,253 
 
1, 131 1,168 
 
398 
 
360 
 
1>315 
36L~ 
 
-~  
 
1,399 302 
 
- 4,263 4, 295 
 
229 
 
211 
 
l, 726 1,709 
 
l, 04L~ 1,149 
 
l, 713 1,803 
 
293 
 
293 
 
1,638 1,829 
 
230 
 
233 
 
170 
 
l Sl 
 
8_:r:)'6 ' ; 789 
 
891 
 
949 
 
867 
 
546 
 
478 
 
446 
 
636 
 
701 
 
472 
 
715 
 
?56 
 
582 
 
197 
 
129 
 
130 
 
484 
 
415 
 
344 
 
1,647 1,626 1,317 
 
1,117 1,317 
 
969 
 
1,164 1,131 
 
842 
 
493 
 
512 
 
283 
 
1,208 1,303 
 
964 
 
302 
 
285 
 
192 
 
--- - 4,267 248 
 
4,31'6 3,532 187----1~6-7 
 
1,688 1, 523 1, 271 
 
1, 142 1, 053 
 
833 
 
1,826 1,982 1, 449 
 
268 
 
264- 
 
198 
 
1, 844 201 
 
1,886 199 
 
.. 
 
l . 
 
'"23-1355 
 
169 
 
162 
 
90 
 
800 
 
713 
 
706 
 
980 
544 653 626 136 SlO 1,868 1,496 1,165 350 1,296 29 8 
4,415 
222 
l, 791 1,116 
1, 973 29 9 
1,998 . 118 118 840 
 
I 92) 492 , 613 
 
j 790 
l,:: 119 
.,, j L!-9 4 2 ~ 032 . ' 
 
} .1 
 
;;. 
 
24' 1414 
 
469 J.. ,J6l 
,290 
 
4, 763 
 
'208 
 
r ; B47 1,202 
 
2,053 1335 
2,168 
 
190 104 848 . 
 
946 425 592 712 ll-+0 
543 2,040 
1 ~557 
l,2h2 LS2 
1,383 295 
4,832 
208 
1, 783 1:, 322 1,981 
290 2,103 
146 170 868 
 
TOTAL 1956-57 TO'l'AL 1955-..56 
 
1 34~ 717 
 
35,566 
 
35,5.52 
 
i i 
' 1 21,313 
 
21, 130 
 
21,593 
 
22 _,181 
 
21,853 
 
21,887 
 
17, 261 
 
22, 872 
 
23, 958 
 
24~030 
 
; 
 
1 ,30, 669 31, 542 32 , 244 1, 19,595 19,534 20, .27? : 20,447 20,505 20, 737 20, 584 21,135 21,223 20,671 
 
I 1956-57 as %of 1955-56 
 
113 
 
_ __ ___J__ 
 
113 
 
II 110 
 
109 
 
108 
 
106 
 
108 
 
107 
 
106 
 
84 
 
--- --- "- - ---- -- ..... . - -- -- ~- ------- ~_. 
 
108 
 
113 
 
116 
 
-.- - -~ ------. ~ . -------------- - ------- 
 
... 
 
 7 
AGRICUL TUr.AL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
GRA:(N ~.;.T~O~e~~~~=-~~~ 
 
GEORGIA: Stocks of corn in all cytorage :positions on January 1 in Georgia totaleci . 
 
. 
 
30,479,000 bushels., This voJ.ume was 12 perce11t below the 34,612,000 
 
qushels stored on January 1, 1956, StQoks of oats in a:.t.l storage positions 
 
totaled 6,610,000 bushels ., 3 percent above the 6,412,000 bushels stored on January 
 
1 last year. Total wheat stocks v~ere 1, 272,000 bushels, an increase of approx- 
 
i!nately 38.5 percent above the 918,000 bus-hels in ~1 storage positions on January 
 
1, 1956. 
 
GEOHGIA GRA~N STOCKS - JANUARY 1~ 1957 WITH 'COMPtiRISONS"- ~ . .. -,.,.. ._ 
 
GRAIN 
 
ON FAR.i'1S 
 
OFF FARNS 
 
ALL POSITIONS 
 
Corn, (1, 000 Bu.) O~ts, (1,000 Bu.) Wheat,(l,OOO Bu.) 
 
1956 
32,676 
3,803 
304 
 
1957 
28,565 2,8.58 
292 
 
1956 
ls936 2,609 
614 
 
1957 
1,914 
3, 752 
980 
 
1956 
34,612 6,412 918 
 
1957 
30;479 6,610 1,272 
 
January 1,19.57, stocks are a Fecord for January 1 for corn and soy- 
 
:  
 
beans. Corn stocks of 3.4 billion bushels and so~ean stocks of 
 
530 "miirion bushelS exceed the- prev1oi.!s -record by -11 -and -20 -percent , r espectively. 
 
Stocks of feed grains--corn, oats, barley, and grain sorghurn,~-9-dd to a .total of 
 
121 million tons--the largest in the 12 years for which comparable data are 
 
available . 
 
Stocks of 1,487 million bushels of wheat stored in all positions on January 1 were 
 
~he second largest for the date in the comparable series beginning in 1935. The 
 
~?tal is 5 percent smaller than t!;le record holdings a year earlier but 54 percent 
 
:arger than the 19!~6-55 averago , The atocks total was nearly 50 percent larger 
 
~han the 1956 production, reflecting tbe record large carryover of old wheat on 
 
inJuly 1, a large part of which was Government-owned, but reflects the first decline total stocks from the previous year for cwy qu~rt~r since 1952. Current stocks 
 
u-e less than October 1, 19.56 stocks by 310 milliQ.. bushels or nearly a fifth 
 
amaller and reflect the largest disappearance ~uring the quarter (October-December) 
 
since 1948. 
 
  ...  ..  --~-- .. -- ~  
 
Jff-farm wheat stocks of 1,195 million bushels are 4 percent less than a year 
~arlier, with holdings below the previous year f:r all positions except terminals. 
:Brminal stocks are a record for the date with nterchant mill stocks only slightly ~elow the fairly high level of the previous year. Of the off-farm total, nearly 
:.wo~thirds was either o-vmed by the Commodity eredit Cotporation or was warehouse- 
stored wheat under Government c omrnodity loans. 
 
Stocks of ~ in all storage positions on Januar:r 1 are estimated at 3,416 million ,ushels -- exceeding the previous record a year ago by 11 percent. Of the Gotal stocks, 68 percent were on farms, an increase of 116 million bushels frorr. a year ~o. Quantities in CCC-owned bins at 670 million Dushels were up 87 million bushels. 2~ocks in interior mills, elev~j;.,pr_~, ...,and w2:reoouses at 322 million bushels were 109 
mllion above January 1 last year ' arid . terminal etocks, at 94 million bushels, in- 
~roased 22 million. Corn under loan to or owned by CCC aq~oun~~d for 36 percent o.f aurrent stock~ compared with 30 percent on January ls 1956. 
~ stocks of 786 million bushels were lowest for Jam'ary 1 in 9 years and a fourth .~.'3ss than the near-record stocl,{s of January 1, 1956.. Stocks on farms, at 696 
million blJShels, were 245 million lGSS than a year earlier and stocks in off-farm 
positions at 8? .million bushels were l?, million le:;;s, 
 
 --...---:---,..;;.UN.;.;.:I;;;.;T;;.;;;;E-.D....;S;;.;;.::TATES GHJ\.IN S'rOCKS - JANUARY 1 1957 WITH COHPlLT-tiSONS 
 
1. I I _G_RA_I_N_...,____P_o_s_I_T_~_oN_=~~~ ~~4(:~ ~J~561 0~~561 
 
Jan. 1 1957 
 
------ Thou.s..~ and. Bushels 
 
Wheat 
 
(On Farms 1/  
 
368, 31.6 318,734 
 
(Torminals-2/ 
 
20.,332 ___4Q3,_ l ~_l___ _ 
 
(Commodity Croa::iX co:rp. -J/  ---~ 2,21i7-- 141,0.56 
 
(Nerchnnt 1'-'Iills 1/h/ (Int. l~i1ls,Elev7&VJhses.l;/~/ 
 
114,.46.3 253,744 
 
126,87-8 577' 101 
 
417,276 
4.6.7,254 134,362 -142,165 636,280 
 
292,804 
410,347 126, 029 126,218 532,081 
 
----------------------- _____ __ TOTAL 
 
____ 967,131 1,566,950. 1,797...,.3._37 .1.-,-4.8_7,479 
 
( On F'arms 1/ 
 
2,06h, 10.5 2, 21Lt, 697 300,095 2,330, 920 
 
Corn 
 
( Tur minals--2/ ( Cormnodity Crudit Corp. 3/ 
 
Lr3, 092 202,237 
 
71,529 582,790 
 
6h, 134 599,768 
 
93,576 669,785 
 
(Int.JYiills ,Elov .& Whses. l / 5 / 
 
84,910 212,994 
 
201,468 
 
322,010 
 
Oats 
 
TOTAL 
 
2,394,343 3,082,010 
 
(On lt'Drrns 1/ 
(T e nninals--2/ (Commodity Cr c~ dit Corp. 3/ (Int.Nills ,Elev.&c li>Jhs os. I/~/ 
 
831,678 20,837 1,351 41,638 
 
941, 71.~9 
26,.575 
5, 708 
68,836 
 
1,165,465 
923, 39Lf 38,424 6,881 82,351 
 
3,1116,291 
696,376 20,920 4,686 63,749 
 
Barley 
 
TOTAL 
 
895,505 
 
------~--------------------- 
 
(On Farms 1/ 
 
125,287 
 
(T c r m i n a l s - 2 / 
(Commodity Credit Corp. J/ 
( Int.Mills ,Elev .& 1rJhs e s."~/2/ 
 
2,3,079 1,475 55,440 
 
1,042,868 
191,599 26,075 547 88,340 
 
1,051,050 
229,774 51,447 
1,983 110,446 
 
785,731 
159,561 40 , 122 2,034 
88,085 
 
TOTAL 
 
205,280 . 306,561 
 
393,650 
 
289,802 
 
1/ Estimate s of tho Crop Reporting Board. 
J/2/ Commercial st'ocks r eported by Grain Divisj.on, ANS, at 46 Terminal cities. Ot-med by CCC and stored in bins, or other storages owned or controlled by CCC, also CCC-ownod grain in transit; other CCC-owned grain is included in the estimates by positions. 4/ Nills r eporting to the Bureau of tho Consus, on millings and stocks of flour. ~~ All off-farm storage s not oth erv-rise designated. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charg e 
 
BURTON J. HARRINGTON 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
. '.  ~'. f> ~ 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
900 7 
 
FEB 1 '57 
 
3 
UNITEOSTATES DEPARTMENT OF 
 
GTIA' GJ80D~ 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
CULTURAL 
 
MARKETING 
 
AGRICULTURE 
 
- .a..; 
 
SERVICE 
 
~.!?~~, c)~~L 
 
COLL ~ GE OF AGRICULTURE 
Athezw, Gec'!'gia. 
 
EXT E NSION SEP.VICE 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA 9.!,1ME.,.._e~R,..C.I;A; ,..L...,.AR.....,E...A...,S 
During the week ending January 26 commercial hatcheries placed 5,160,000 chicks witn broiler. producers in Georgia co~Jnercial areas. This compares . w~th the 4,832,000 placed the previous week and is 23 percent more than the 4,201,000 placed the same 1 
we& last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,595,000 compared with 6,455,000 for the 
previous week and is 23 percent greater than the 5,380, 000 for the corresponding 
 
~eek last year. 
 
,,.;.. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs dpring the week at an average of 60 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq 
at $11.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.50 for the pre.. ; nous week and with 86 cents and $16.00 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 Market NmoJ"s Service for broilers 
during the week ending January 26 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! - 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 17.32; FOB plants 18.35 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
!ORQIA--crgc~ .fLAcEMENT .~f~mEKS ...::_PERIOD- NOVEMBER 2g, ~9.56 THROUGH JANLI.~R!- 26, ~22.1 
 
I Date 
 
Eggs 
 
1'Chicks Hatched !/ Inshipments 
 
j Total Placed I 
 
I Heek 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
Epdin 195.2::22:.1956-57 ! 1955-56:1956-57 19555~ 1956-51 11955:56:1956-57. 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
I Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
NOV'. 24 
Dec. 1 Dec. 8 
Dec. 15 Dec. 22 Dec. 29 
JQJ'l. 5 
Jan. 12 Jan. 19 J~. 26 
 
4, 759 
4, 722 
4, 797 4,901 4,916 5,046 5,085 5,149 5,342 5,380 
 
5,769 
5, 734 
4,923 5,909 6:,106 6,081 6,162 6,3 86 6,455 
6,595 
 
I 3,085 3,839 I 390 
 
3,132 3,831 
 
408 
 
3,145 3,857 
 
437 
 
1447 h32 438 
 
3,010 3,812 
 
600 455 
 
I 3,123 3,846 
 
701 
 
3,127 3,219 
 
638 
 
470 313 
 
3,380 3,986 
 
617 429 
 
3,322 4,281 
 
673 h82 
 
3,423 4,348 
 
670 484 . 
 
3,492 4,640 
 
709 520 
 
3,475 3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3, 765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201 
 
4,286 4,263 1-J.,295 4,267 4,316 3,532 . 4,415 4,763 4,832 5,160 
 
V I Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~ricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
( 
 
 STATE 
 
l'1aine 
Connecticut P_!3'nhsy1v ani a Iridian a 
Illinois 
 
Nissouri 
 
Delaware 
 
...\ l'1aryland 
 
.; 
~~- 
 
Virginia 
 
I )Jest Virginia 
 
f. . North Carolina 
 
South Carolina 
 
. GEORGIA 
 
Florida .. Alabama 
 
IV.iississippi Arkansas 
 
Louisiana Texas 
 
Washington Oregon 
 
California 
 
EGGS SE~-~HICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY lrTEEKS - 1956 - 57 
 
. . . Jan. : Jan. 
 
12 
 
19 
 
: 
 
Jan. 26 
 
. . . 
 
Nov. 24 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 0  
 
\tiT~ek Ending; 
 
. 
 
Dec. 
l 
 
Dec. 8 
 
- - . Dec. 
 
Dec . : Dec. 
 
. 15 
 
22 
 
29 
 
Jan. 5 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
1,098 1,042 1,156 1,696 
367 1,685 2,117 2,166 ( 2,022 
316 2, 580 
. 447 
r+I 6~386 456 ' 2,352 1,512 
3,124 
341 I 2, 792 
297 277 1,337 
 
1,111 908 
1, 191 
1,634 405 
1,630 2.110 
2:105 1, 762 
29 8 2,550 
413 6l!-t55 
510 
2, 317 1,770 3,102 
37.5 2,913 
317 270 1,406 
 
' I 
 
I 1,191 
 
971 
 
884 
 
465 
 
1,196 
 
627 
 
1,453 
 
720 
 
362 
 
145 
 
1,619 
 
467 
 
2,126 1,622 
 
2,072 1,165 
 
1,897 
 
971 
 
337 
 
495 
 
2,599 1, 276 
 
423 I 314 
 
:I 6.:.595 ;l 1 42286 
 
500 
 
201 
 
2,253 1 1,687 
 
II! 1, 728 
3,334886 
 
I 1 
I 
 
925 1,717 
258 
 
2,740 1,628 
 
II 308 
 
176 
 
'II 125 
 
1,330135 
 
889 
 
961 
484 643 810 
171 491 1;522 1,141 1,131 
398 1,315 
364 
42263 
229 1, 726 
1,044 1,713 
293 1,638 
230 170 856 
 
976 472 546 761 185 46? 1,830 1,253 1,168 360 1,399 302 
42295 
211 
1,709 
1,1L~9 
1,803 
293 1,829 
233 151 789 
 
891 
 
546 
 
636 
 
715 
 
197 
 
484 
 
1,647 
 
1,117 
 
1,164 
 
493 
 
~. 
 
,208 
302 
 
42267 
 
. 248 
 
1,688 
 
1,142 
 
1,826 
 
268 
 
1, 844 . 
 
201 
 
169 
 
800 
 
949 478 701 
756 129 
415 1,626 
1,317 1,131 
512 1,303 
285 
42~16 
187 1,523 1,053 1,982 
264 1,886 
199 162 
713 
 
867 
448 472 582 130 
344 1,317 
969 842 288 
964 192 . 3~532 
167 1,271 
833 l,hl.9 
198 
1, 385 215 90 706 
 
980 
544 653 626 136 510 1,868 
1,496 1,165 
350 1, 296 
298 
 4:41.5 222 
1,791 1,116 
1,973 299 
1,998 178 118 840 
 
Page 2 
 
~ --- 
 
Jan. 
 
jan. , . Jan. 
 
12 
 
19 
 
26 
 
925 492 613 790 119 
494 2,032 1,444 1,211 
469 1,361 
290 
4:763 208 
1,847 1,202 2,053 
335 2,168 
190 . 
104 848 
 
946 
 
967 
 
425 ' 518 
 
592 
 
689 
 
712 : 693 
 
lhO 
 
108 
 
$43 
 
495 
 
2 64o' . 2,055 
 
' 
 
I, 
 
1,557 
 
_1,615 
 
1 ,24~ 1,357 
 
. ; 452 
 
41J6 
 
1,383 , 1,384 
 
295.: 295 
 
4~832 
 
5~16 0 
 
208 
 
208 
 
1,783 2,080 
 
_1,322 1,275 
 
1,981 2,118 
 
290 
 
303 
 
2,103 ' 2,254 
 
146 
 
211 
 
170 ' 140 868 1'I,.. 879 
 
TOTAL 1956-57 TOTAL 1955-56 
 
35,566 35,552 31,542 31,370 
 
j'I! ' 
35,635 21,130 21,593 32,159 1 19,534 20,276 
 
22,181 21,853 21,887 17,261 22 ,8 72 23,958 24,030 . 25,250 20, 447 20,505 20,737 20,584 21,135 21,223 20,677 22,030 
 
1956-57 as %of 1955-56 113 110 . 111 
 
108 106 
 
108 
 
107 
 
106 
 
84 
 
108 
 
113 
 
116 
 
115 
 
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-- - - - - - - --~- 
 
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-- -~---- --- --- 
 
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. ::~7. 
 _,, ,_ ~~ "'-l' 
 
 7 .. 
GI((J)JRiGH.A C~((IP JR\IIPOIRflrllNCG IE:~VilCE 
 
AGRfCULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANO THE , 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
tebr.uary 1, 1957 
 
U . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  A(t~ICULTURAL MARKETING SERVt.CE 
' 3i9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
 ~ '   ~  
 
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" 
 
~ 
 
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GEORGIA_QONTINUES TO LEAD THE 'NATION IN _CHICKEN BROILER PRODUCTION 
''"-: ..., .-: 
of - Tilts .i~?..:t!l~ .sixth consecutive year Geor~ia has led the Nation in the producti;or1 
 
chicken broilers. The 1956 Georg;ia pi'QcluctiQn of 223 million birds is 25 percen:t ~bove : the pr evious record of 178 m..i..ll:i.on in 1955. There has been an increase each 
 
year $~41C'9,.- 19-46. Texas ranked second in production with 100 million birds~  t- 
 
Follo~ving in order of productiol']. were Arlcansas, North Carolina, and, Delaware. ~ 
 
.. ' 
 
~ 
 
Gross income . from broilers prod~bed in Georgia in 1956 amounted to $129,146, abo. 
 
'l'his T s 3 per cent above the 1955 value of $125,700,000. Gross income from commer'7 
 
cial broilers .exceeds the income of any oth er farm commodity. Average li7 ~ wei ght. 
per bird was . 3.:.1 pounds compared with -2.9 pounds in 1955 and 3;0 pounds in 1954; '-' Average price .per pound was at a very lov-T l evel during the latter part of th e ' ye at~ _ 
 
The av.erage for the year was 18.7 c~nts compared with 24.4 cents for 1955 ~ The   
 
price ranged from a high of approximately 22 cents per pound in Febr uary to 14 
 
cents in Dec ember. 
 
In r~cent y e ar.s broiler produ~tion has spread to several areas of the state , but -  :  
the .main commercial counties are Cherokee, Forsyth, Hall, Banks, Barrow, Catoosa,   
Cobb_.,-. Carroll, . Dawson, Franklin, Fulton, Gordon, Gwinnett, Habersham, Jackson, : ~umpkin, Madis.on, Murray, Pickens, Walton, White and Whitfield. 
 
s~ 
280- 
24o-. 
200- 
,, 
120- 
 
DIAGIW1 SHOWING PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF GEORGIA BROILERS 
(Period 1946 ~ 1956) 
,~ ., 
 
- -Ye ar 
1935 1936 
193 7 193 8 
1939, 1940 1941 19h2 
1943 1944 1945 1946 
1947 191+8 1949 1950 1951 195 2 
1953 1954 1955 1956 
 
Numb ers 
 (O OOl 
500 
Boo 1,100 1_.300 ' 1, 600 3,500 6,000 10,000 17,000 24, 000 29,520 22,435 28,717 33, 025 45, 5?4 62,89 2 83,678 112 ,621 . 121, 6.31 154, 471 177, 642 222,7 80 
 
Value (Q ~ Q2 
 <jjJ 
230 384 539 --- 613.676 
1,495 2, 775 5,152. 12,198 19,116 .24, 466 20,1 71 24, 191 29,108 32 ,977 45,433 68,530 88, 610 93, 826 101, 951 125,700 129, 146 
 
0 Numb er Broilers 
E2TI Value ; Dollars 
~ 
UNIV ERSITY OF GEORGIA 
FEB b '51 
LI BRAR IES 
 
..,. . . \ ... :. 
 
. -2 80 ... ' ~ '. 
 
. ...::.>: . .... 
~  . ~ ' 
-240 - <.. 
 
... :_ : f 
 
 . 
. .- 
, . 
-200 
 
-: ~ 
 
1-' 
 
_ I..,-_'. --- -1-' 
 
''... 
 
 
 
rn 
 
-160 
 
' .. 
 
~- .; ..' 
 
-120 
 
80- 
 
- 80 
 
4o- 
 
- 40 
 
146 147 148 149 1)0 151 152 
Ye ars 
 
 COMMERCIAL BROILER PRODUGTION AND GROSS INCCl1E IN 22 .STATES, 1955-56 1/ 
 
- - -----~----~--------~-  
 
--~-~..... _....., 
 
1955 _gI 
 
1956 
 
r.-r- ,_ +---- S~t,natde- 
Tftal 
-~~ 
 
~orne ~ ~ - 
Number Pounds Price 
 
Gross 
 
~1------- - ................__~ -- 
Number . Pounds Price Gross 
 
:QrOql,!qed roduc~ dJ per lb  . 
 
3/ nraduc~ . Er.;oduced per lb. income 
 
M!line 
C ~mn. 
Pa. Ip' d. 
Ill. 
 
Thou. 
33,1.+38 25,852 30,318 32,368 
8,691 
 
- - - Thou. Cents 
 
120,37 7 90,48 2 100,049 103,57 8 26,07 3 
 
24.4 26.5 26.1 25.4 . 25.2 
 
Thou. 
doiJ~ars 
29,372 23,978 26,113 26,309 6,570 
 
- Thou. 
43,46~ 
30,505 37,291 38,518 9,126 
 
- -Thou. Cents 
156,488 19.2 109,818 20.3 130,518 20.9 123,258 19.6 
28,291 19.4 
 
Thou. dOffir s 30,046 22,29 3 27,27 8 24,15 9 
5,48 8 
 
Mo. 
D~1. Md. 
Va. W~ Va. 
 
25,767 77,301 24.3 69,820 216,442 25.7 58,367 180,938 25.7 55,179 171,055 24.6 21,873 69' 99 4 24.8 
 
18,784 55,626 46,501 1.+2, 080 
17,359 
 
31,700 85,669 67,033 61,249 24,498 
 
98,270 18.8 
291,275 19.9 221,209 19.9 189,872 . 19.4 . 80,843 19.5 
 
18,475 57,964 
44.02 1 
36,83 5 15,764 
 
N~C 
 
72,936 218,80 8 24.2 
 
s~c 
 
10,053 29,154 24.5 
 
:GFta. ~~. a-.~~~197~7,,6~432~89~5-1:5f.71,6282~-2264:.24 
 
Afa 
 
57,764 179,068 24.5 
 
52,952 7,143 
12~ 700 
7,134 43,872 
 
94,087 13,359 
222,7~0 
11,830 82,085 
 
291,670 18.9 38,741 19.4 
. .6~1 18.7 
. 35,490 20.8 254,464 18.7 
 
( 1 55,126 7,51 
1~9,];~ 0 
7,38 2 
47,58 5 
 
Miss. 
ALar.k. 
Texas 
wash. 
Oreg. 
C~lif. 
 
37,486 76,954 11,666 79,687 9,782 6,133 48,516 
 
104,961 215,47 1 34,99 8 231,09 2 30,32 4 19,01 2 150,40 0 
 
24.5 24.4 25.3 25.5 26.5 26.3 . 
27.9 
 
25,715 52,575 8,854 58:,928 
8,036 
5,000 
41,962 
 
52,855 99,271 15,716 99,887 11,115 8,382 
52,397 
 
153,280 18.7 287,886 18.7 50,291 19.9 319,638 19.7 33;345 23.1 26,822 21...6 167,670 22.1 
 
28,66 3 
53,83 5 
lOJOO 8 62,96 9 
7,70 3 
5, 794 37,055 
 
Total 959,681 2,911,967 25.1 730,563 1,192,822 3, 779' 757 19.4 735,105 
 
' 
 
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-~--  
 
-- - - - 
 
- - ---- 
 
1/. States having weekly chick placement reports. 
 
?:,/ Revised. 
 
~~ Includes consumption in households of ~roducers which is less than 1 percent of total production. 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER A~ricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
~ -- .... _ .. __ -.;r:;. 
 
 ' - 
 
. . .. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
FEB b '57 
 
LIBRA RIES 
 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
~ 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
~th:;;ns, Georgi a  
 
., GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
 . , Fcbruo.ry 4, 1957  . 
 
HONEY AND ~EEswAX PRODUCTfON  19~6 
 
~ORGIA: Honey production in Georgia during 1956 totaled 6,210,000 pounds, an in 
. crease of 257 percent over ,the 1955 production of 2,412,000 pounds, The . . 
munber of colonies of bees in 1956 was estimated at 207,000 an increase of three pe~ 
cent over 1955.. Honey production per colony in 1956 was : placed at 30 pounds, two ~d one~half times the production of 12 pounds per colony in 1955. This sharp in 
~ase in honey production per colony was the result of favorable Spring weather .witQ 
81!1Ple nectar flow and unhampared bee activity." 
 
'the -value 
 
of 
 
the 
 
. ' 
1956 . honey 
 
crop 
 
is 
 
estimated at 
 
$1,726,000 
 
compared 
 
with 
 
a. 
 
value or  
 
~6,000 in 1955.  Beekeepers received an average price of 27.8 cents per pound for 
 
all h-oneY sold in 1956, an increase of .6 cents over the 1955 price of 27.2 -'cemts  .  
 
Value of beeswax amounted to $60,000 in 1956 compared with $28,000 one year earliE?r. . 
 
UNITED STATES: Honey production in 1956 totaled 215 million pounds-...15 percent b"" 
 
low 1955 and the smallest crop since 1948, according to the Crop 
 
Reporting Bo~_d;. . Th,e crop was produced by 5,332,000 colonies of bees, about the ' 
 
a~ number as in 1955; but production per colony of 40.2 pounds was well below the  
 
1.955 production of 47.8 pounds per colony. - ffi mid..December' producers had about 49 
 
l!,llibn .pounds of honey on hand for sale--about 23 percent of the estimated 1956  . . 
 
pr.oduction. Beeswax production totaled 4,118,000 pounds, compared with 4,599,000 in . 
 
19$5. 
 
. 
 
' 
 
hoduction of honey was below 1955 in all regions of th~ country except the South . 
ltlanti.c and West where !t was up 36 percent and 1 percent respectively. Decreases' 
fran 1955 were 47 percent in the East North C~ntr, 38 pe~cent. in the North Atlantic 
n percent in the West North _Cent~al and 15 p~rcent i11 the Sou~~ _Central States_ . 
 
'the 10 leading States with 56 percent of the 19.?6 product~on were California, Minrie-  
 
eota, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Georgia and Montana. 
 
:  
 
. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Ioney production .per colony averaged 40.2. pounds, compared with 47. 8 pounds in '1955.. 
 
~d the average of 43.6 pounds, Yields were below the previous year in all regions 
 
ofthe country except in the South Atlantic where they increased f -rom 27.5 pounds ip 
 
1?55 to 37.0 pounds in 1956. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
 .. 
 
. 
 
I 
 
. 
 
. 
 
.. 
 
!stiniated stocks . of honey on hand for sale by producers in mid..Deoell1b~~ t .otDJed 49 dll.ion poundg..~23 percent of prodtiction. Stocks as a percentage of production were 
17 percent in the .East North Central, 25 percent in the North Atlantic, 22 percent in the ~>lest North Central and West and 17 percent in both the South Atlantic and . 
~outh Central States. 
 
leekeepers received an avere.ge price of 19. 0 cents per pound for ~ honey sold in , 
 
,?$6, including the combined wholesale and retBi:l sales of extracted, chunk, and .  
 
~honey. This was about 1.2 cents higher than for 1955, and the highest since . 
 
l9~7. These prices include sales by large and small apiaries Owned bY faririers ' and 
 
n~farmers. 
 
  
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
~~cultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 State 
and Div.: 
 
.. w ' . : '!' , ',/,: . -., ,1; 
 
'' 
 
. . ... .. HONE...YBEES .. NUNBE.R  OF COLONIES AND PRODUCTION OF HONEY . 
 
';> 
: ,, 
 
Colonies of ,:Honey Production: 
 
Bees . 
 
per .9olony 
 
... ..... . .. . . . 
 
... 
 
. 
: 
 
' 
 
: ' 
 
: 
 
.:. 1955 ' :' 1956 1955 1956  
 
Honey . . Production 
: 
- ----- 1955. . : . .1956 .. ~,..,.._ - 
 
Value of Production   
. 
 
- 1955 : 1956  
 
Thousands 
 
.. Founds 
 
Thousand Pounds 
 
' . . 
 
Ncine 
 
6 
 
H. U 
 
8 
 
lt . 
 
10 
 
lVIas s . 
 
' 20 
 
R. J.. .. 
 
'2 
 
Cot1n~   
 
JJi 
 
N. Y. 
 
199 
 
NPa. . J. 
 
30 . lt~8 
 
- 
 
N. Atl. .  4~7 
0.0.!'.)...;..._., 
Ohi o . ! . 292 
 
Ihd . 
 
. .l8~ 
 
Ill. 
 
. -..'i6i 
 
Hieh. 
 
.185 
 
\,Y:i.s  
 
208 
 
E. N. c.. l;028 
 
6 ' ' 30 8 ' }.j.O 
 
10 
 
41 
 
. 19 
 
18 
 
2 19 
 
' 15 
 
16 
 
191 
 
50 
 
29 
 
22 
 
147------ 33 
 
427. . .39.0 
I  -~....... - 
 
292 
 
40 
 
. 186 : ., ..,. , 
 
49. 
 
161: ;. ' . 
176 
 
; 
 
.. 
 
48 
50 
 
19.6. . . 89 
 
1',011 .. .54.6 . 
 
20 
 
180 
 
33 
 
320 
 
hO 
 
1.~10 
 
19 
 
360 
 
25 
 
38 
 
23 
 
- 224 
 
30 9,950 
 
30 
 
660 
 
17 4,884 
 
24.9 17,026 
 
13 11,680 31 8,918 36 7,728 36 9,250 41 18,512 
29.4 56,088 
 
120 264 400 361 50 345 5,130 870 2,499 
10,639 
3, 796 5, 766 5,796 6,336 8,036 
29,730 
 
Thousand Dol~ - 
 
65 105 123 120 12 7h 1,612 200 
1 ~ 138 
3,449 
 
45 91 122 126 i7 ' 120' ..  
1,003 268 590 
2,382  . 
 
2,149 1,926 1,623 1,582 3,054 
10,334 
 
740 1,297 1,235. 1,134,: 1,398 . 
5,804 ' 
 
Minn. 
 
243 241 
 
Iowa 
 
165 155 
 
Nq . 
 
119 111 
 
N~ Dak. 
 
13 18 
 
s~ Dak. ' ' . 35. . 36 
 
NGbr . 
 
' 47 52 
 
Kans. 
 
43 42 
 
W.: N. c. 665 655 
 
De l . 
lvlq . 
va.. w~ va. 
N~ c. s~ c. 
rl?.. 
F~a . 
 
3 3 26 28 143 143 113 113 183 176 50 52 201 207 238 248 
 
$. A. 
 
K;;r. 
Tenn. 
fi~a. Hiss. A+k~ 
ta. 
 
Okla. 
 
'I\:xas 
 
~ 
S'' 
 
c. 
 
Mont. 
 
l daho 
 
1fyo. 
 
eolo. 
 
. }t. J.Viex. 
"~-r~z. 
 
Utah 
 
~ev. 
 
,vash. 
 
Or eg.  
 
Calif . 
 
951 970 . 
132 136 162 167 182 191 
73 75 91 98 93 91 48 46 274 271 
1,055 1,075 
68 69 177 177 33 35 65 66 16 17 81 83 49 51 14 15 82 82 5o 51 537 548 
 
We s t , 
u. s. 
 
1,172 1,194 . 5,314 5,332 
 
100 
 
80 
 
115 
 
80 
 
26 
 
27 
 
.130 
 
84 
 
110 
 
112 
 
104 
 
.82 
 
- - - 35 
 
31 
 
87.7 69.9 
 
24,300 18,975 3,094 1,690 3,850 4,888 1,505 
58,302 
 
26 
 
26 
 
78 
 
28 
 
26 
 
728 
 
25 
 
27 3,515 
 
18 
 
16 2,034 
 
19 
 
28 3,'477 
 
19 
 
19 
 
950 
 
12 
 
30 2,412 
 
55 
 
70 13,090 
 
27.5 
 
. 37..1. .. 26.,344 . 
 
22 . 
 
22 2,904 
 
19 
 
20 3,078 
 
21 
 
19 3,822 
 
18 
 
30 1,31L. 
 
25 
 
22 ' 2, 275 
 
22 
 
28 2,046 
 
30 
 
24 ' 1,440 
 
43 
 
23 11,782 
 
27.2 22.6 28,661 
 
91 
 
86 6,188 
 
40 
 
50 7,080 
 
95 
 
110 3,135 
 
85 
 
62 5,525 
 
60 
 
45 
 
960 
 
75 
 
67 6;075 
 
60 
 
60 
 
2, 9L~O 
 
55 
 
90 
 
770 
 
35 
 
44 2,870 
 
35 
 
39 1,750 
 
56 
 
53 30,072 
 
57.5 57.0 67,365 
 
. 19,280 12,400 2,997 1,512 4,032 4,264 1,302 
45,787 
 
3,742 2,922 
628 245 581 704 266 
9,088 
 
3,162 2.,021 .. . 
620 
233 645  652 236 ; 
7,569 .. 
 
78 728 3,861 1,Bo8 4,928' 1,040 6,210 17,360 
 
23 194 1,094 622 .1,168 308 656 
2,395 
 
.2J ,. 200 1,201 559 1,661 329 . ' 1, 726 . . 
3,298 
 
-' 36,013 2) 992 
 
6,460 900 
 
3,340 . r   . . 899 
 
3,629 
 
, ~,013 
 
8,991' ." 99. 6"..>12... .... 962 ' 
 
2,250 
 
321 
 
.549 . 
 
; 2,156 ' 503 
 
496 
 
2,548 1,104 
 
358 .. -341 
 
., . 
 
. 451 268 
 
~ 6,233 .1,897 '1,635 
 
24,252 
5,934 8,850 3,850 },J., 092 
765 5:,561 3;060 1,350 3,608 1,989 29,044 
 
6,232 
1,027 
 1~ic4 
.. 455 ; 
88h 138 705 426 120 422 315 4,030 
 
5,654 " ' 
991 1,416 
' 562  696 112 701 },J.65 216 
570 382 4,211 
 
68,103 9,626 10,322 
 
47.8 40.2 25J,i86 , 214-,~?l+ 45,189 40,728 
 
1955 Revised. 
 
1956 Preliminary. 
 
 Athens, Georgia 
 
february 4, 19S7 
 
_E!~_EITI_CE REPORT AS OF JANUARY 15 t 1957 
GEORGIA: The All Cornmodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increased 
5 points during the month ended January 15. At the present level the 
Index is 248 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 average and is 2 points ~ave- the level reported in January 1956. 
The All Crops component of the Index at 271 percent ~f its 1910 - 1914 average is 7points above the mid-December level. Principal contributors to the increase were llgher prices received at the farm level during the month for cotton lint and cpttonseed; all baled hay, pemuts, grains and soybeans. 
The All Livestock and Livestock Products Component of the Index at 201 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average reflected an increase of 3 points during the month. Sub... s~antial gains in hog prices accompanied by moderate gains in prices received for beef cattle and all chickens promoted the increase, Lower pricee received for ~gs and wholesale milk were partially offsetting. Averaging $16.20~ per cwt. on J~uary 15~ hog prices were at the highest level reported since June 1956.  
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased one _point (four- 
. tenths of 1 percent) during the month ended January 15. Substantial ~creases in prices received for meat animals plus smaller increases for fruit and ~ain crops more than offset lower prices for commercial vegetables, eggs, dairy products, and cotton. The January :tnqex at 238 percent of its 1910-14 average com.. ~ed with 237 last month and with 226 a year earlier. 
 
~e Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services including Interest, !axes, and Wage Rates ~the Parity ~ Index) e~tabl:tsned_a_ new all;.time nigh as-of --~-  J~uary 15, at 292 percent of its 1910-14 average, This represented an increase of 
two points (two-thirds of 1 percent) over the revised December index. About half tthe advance resulted from higher commodity prices; the remainder from the conUnued advance in taxes on farm real estate, interest on farm mortgage indebtedness, ~d far.m wage rates. The January 15 Parity Index was 4 percent higher than in J~muary 1956. 
 
..~though the Parity Index increased somewhat more than farm product prices, the 
f..a., rity Ratio remained at 82. This compares with 80 in January 1956 
 
Summary Table for the ~niteq S~~tes 
 
19 Indexe~ 
 
; Jan, 15, 
 
___lQ...._~-.l..u. ~.-1!!...l. o.OQ~=~-125R 
 
Dec. 15, 
 
Jan. 15, : ___RElc.2.r~gigh___ _ 
 
19$6 a ; 1257 
 
Index 
 
Date 
 
Prices Received ll'ity Index ]/ 
Parity Ratio 
 
226 
 
237 
 
281 
 
~/ 290 
 
80 
 
82 
 
238 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
292 
 
292 Jan. 1957 
 
82 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
Y Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes , and Wage Rates, ~/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
BURTON J. HARRINGTON 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 ~ ..... "'- 
 
--==--- !. . PRICES RECEIVED BY F.Ai'lMERS JA.."'JTJ.ARY 15, 195'/ WITH COMPARISONS 
 
-----~--------.:--:----____;,--~t'!:.l!&m!l i:f.!ii':i',~T_____ 
 
c~~0&W~ 
- - - - - - - -- 
 
JJ&~:c.rfl~!dH-- 
 
Jan. 15, . 
__!!:)S6 , 
 
Dec.1""J J nn.15; 
l9sci.].._-.1. 957 
 
i!'ri~ri~o- Jan.l5~ ~ IJNIU]) !31'1 t.mTi 
 
. 
 
 n.~~ .,q,-4 
 
Jan.l5, 
. 19. AA 
 
Dte9cF.i1fi5,1! 
 
~ 195?.' J 
 
Wheat, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
1.23 2.00 
 
2.00 
 
2.04 
 
.88 
 
1.95 2.07 2.0~ 
 
Corn, Bu. 
:oats, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
.91 1.07 
 
1.20 
 
1.24 
 
.67 
 
.85 
 
.65 
 
1.16 1.22 1.2~ 
 
; 
 
.62 
 
.74 
 
Irish Potatoes,Cwt. $ 
 
. ~5.25 
 
1.67 1.48 
 
Sweet Potatoes, Cvvt, $ 
 
5.10 
 
4.'15 
 
4.75 
 
3.68 4.38 
 
C?tton, Lb. 
 
 
 
12.1 
 
32.6 
 
ll.9 
 
30.7 31.0 30.2 
 
~ttonseed, Ton 
 
$ 
 
Hay (baJ. ~dL _'!'on _ $ 
 
Hog$, per cvTt, 
 
$ 
 
B~ef . Cattle, cwt. 
 
$ 
 
Milk Cows,  Head 
 
$ 
 
23.65 
7.36 3.96 33.85 
 
44.00 
24.00 
ll.flO 
n.oo 
100.00 
 
~.00 
24.20 15.50 
n.~ 
110.00 
 
1:9.00 
~5.00 
16.20 
11.90 
uo.oo 
 
21.82 
7.29 5.52 49.18 
 
45.50 59.90 60.40 
 
21.30 10.90 13.90 
 
22.70 16.20 14.10 
 
22.90 
,. 17.3Q 
14.9o 
 
145.00 155.00 155.00 
 
Chickens, Lb. Eggs, Doz~ 
Butterfat, Lb. 
 
 
 
13.3 
 
19.5 
 
 
 
21.4 
 
58.0 
 
 
 
25.8 
 
51.0 
 
16.0 49.0 51.0 
 
16.5 46.0 51.0 
 
11.5 21.6 26.3 
 
20.1 46.6 57.6 
 
16.0 37.1 59.6 
 
17.1 33.2 59.1 
 
Milk ( Who+,esale) 
 
per 1OOft .]J 
 
$ 
 
2.43 
 
6.00 
 
6.00 
 
5.90 
 
1.61 
 
4.24 4.53 4.41 
 
Soybeans, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
2.13 
 
2 . 20 
 
2.25 
 
2.19 2.27 2.31 
 
P~ anuts, Lb. 
 
 
 
5.2 
 
11.2 
 
10.3 
 
10.7 
 
4-.8 
 
11.9 11.0 11.1 
 
JI ~~----------~~-------.~~~--~----~----~--------~----~----~--Preliminary for Januag 1957. 
 
.. 
.. 
 
= INDEX NUMBERS OF PBICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEO:RGIA 
 
(January 
 
1910 
 
- 
 
Iacemb e r 
 
1J9e1n4 . 
 
100) 15, Dec. 
 
15, 
 
Jan. 
 
15, 
 
1956 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
All Commodities All Crops 
Grain and Hay Cotton Lint Peanuts Tobacco Cottonseed and Soybeans Irish Pot a.toes, Sweet Potatoes & Cowpeas Fruits and Nuts All Livestock and Live stock Products Meat Animals Poultry and Eggs Dairy Products 
 
246 271 139 . 273 216 362 18 5 241 233 198 202 
174 235. 
 
243 
 
248 
 
265 
 
2'71 
 
144 
 
149 
 
265 
 
268 
 
198 
 
206 
 
373 
 
373 
 
200 
 
203 
 
260 
 
271 
 
249. 
 
249 
 
198. 
 
201 
 
240 
 
250 
 
144 
 
144 
 
237. 
 
235 
 
Revised 
 
" ;~ 
 
mJps PRICES PAID BY F.AEMERs FOR SELEOl'ED 
 
J-A.WABY _15, . 1957 WITH OOMPARISONS ]} 
 
KIND OF FEED 
 
Jan. 15, 
- 1956 
 
GEORGIA 
Doc. 15, 1956 
 
UniTED 9rATES 
 
Jan. 15, - Jan. 15, 
 
Dec. 15, Jan. 15, 
 
1957 
 
1956 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
-  
 
Mixed Dairy Feed 
All Under 29 %Frotein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein 24% Protoin 
 
3.80 
3.75 . '3.95 
4.00 
' 4 .20 
 
. 4.00 3.95 4.05 1. 15 
1.35 
 
r __l)QJ,_l ar ., p , 100 Pounds 
 
4.00 
3.95 4.05 
4. 15 4,35 
 
3 ..65.. 3.59 3. 59 
3.84 3.95 
 
3.82 
3.77 3. 78 3.99 4.08 
 
3.86 
3.80 3.79 
4.04 
4.13 
 
High Protein Feeds 
Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Moat Scrap 
 
3.25 
4.20 Ll. 70 
 
3,45 
3.90 4.70 
 
3.45 3.90 4.70 
 
3.74 3.97 4.55 
 
3.85 3.86 4.68 
 
3.86 
3.85 4,63 
 
Grain B~-Products 
Bran 
Middlings Corn Meal 
 
3.e25 
3:5o 3.80 
 
3.45 
3.65 3.55 
 
3.45 
3.65 3.55 
 
2.86 2.97 3.33 
 
3.04 3.12 3.50 
 
3.08 3.14 3.48 
 
Poultr;z Feed 
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Sc1'atch Grains 
 
4.95 4 .70 - 4:. 20 
 
5.20 4.80 4.30 
 
5.10 . 
4.85 4.30 
 
_,:4, 79 
4::36 
3.93 
 
4.94 4.48 4.11 
 
4.93 4.49 4.13 
 
Hay (Bale d) 
A l f al f a All Other 
 
50.00 40.50 
 
51.00 41.00 
 
50.00 39.00 
 
3?.90 29.40 
 
34.80 31.90 
 
35.10 31.90 
 
J) As reported by Fee d Iaalers  
 
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~E".!!~~,;:::~~ 
AGRICU LTURE 
 
t~ r'T~ f ,OJ~ D) 'G1T11~~. 
 
AO,:~~~~~~:GAL 
 SERVICE 
 
&rojJ 
 
Nl ' RS l 0 GEORG 
 
6~ 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
EXTENSIO,tJ SERVICE 
 
Ath~ns,_ Georgia  
 
February 6, 1~57:. 
. 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT 
 
RCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending February 2 commercial hatcheries placed 5,169,000 chicks witr 
 
proiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares With the 5,160,000 
 
plac13d ;the prE;~vious week and is 13 percent more than the 4,565,000 placed tne same 
 
week las~ ye~.  
 
 
 
 .: . 
 
Eggs: set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,636, 000 compared with 6,595,000 for the 
 
previous week and is 21 percent greater than the 5,473,000 for the corresponding 
 
. ~eek  la.St year. . 
 
 ,.,......,  
 
  . 
 
~ 
 
: 
 
: 
 
Hatcher;i..es :rl.epor.ted prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 
 
57 ~ent~ per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reporteq 
 
at $10.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 60 cents and $11.00 for the pre.,. ~ 
 
tious week and with 86 cents and $15.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to 
 
.. Geor~ia : produced . 
 
hatchiqg 
 
eggs 
 
whether 
 
bought 
 
on 
 
contract 
 
or 
 
otherwise. 
 
: 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-Stat~ Market News . Service for broilers 
 
~ing the week ending February 2 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ ' ~ 3~ 
 
poun~:s; at farms 19.30; FOB plants 20.41... 
 
  
 
\. '!- 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK: PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD DECEMBER 1 19 6 THROUGH FEBRUARY 2 19 7 
 
Date ~ 
Week 
 
' Eggs Set 
 
I 
I 
 
Chicks Placed 
 
Hatched i 
in Georgia 
 
! : 
 
nshipments  1 of Chicks . , 
 
Total laced on Farms 
 
Endin 1955...56:19 6-- 7 i 1955..56:1956-5 ! 195556: 1956---57 I 1955...56:19 6--57 
 
, .Thousands 
 
Dec. . ,1 4, 722 
 
nDeece. 
Dec. 
 
. 8 1.5 22 
 
IIi 
 
4, 797 4,901 4,916 
 
Dec. 29 5,046 
 
Jan. 5 i : . 5,085 
 
Jan. 12 ! . 5,149 
 
Jan. 19 1. 5,342 
 
.Jan. 26 ! 5,380 
 
Feb. 
 
~ 
 
~ 
I 
 
. .5z41~ 
 
5, 734 4:,923 5,909 -6,;1.06 6,081 6,162 6,386 
6,455 6,595 6z63Q 
 
I 
I 
I 
.,. !j 
I 
I 
I i 
l 
I ! 
 
Thousands 
 
3,132 3,145 3,010 3,123 3,127 3,380 3,322 3,423 3,492 32599 
 
i 
 
3,831 
 
I 
I 
 
I 3,857 I 
3,812 
 
3,846 
 
I 
I 
 
3,219 
 
3,986 
 
4:,281 
 
4,348 
 
4,640 
 
4,~4p . J 
 
' I I 
 
Thousands 408 432 437 438 
600 455 701 470 638 313 617 429 673 482 670 484 709 520 966 523 
 
! 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
I 
! 
i 
:! I l I 
 
Thousands- 
 
3,540 3,582 3,610 3,824 3, 765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201 4.565 
 
4,263 4,295 4,267 4:,316 3,532 4,415 4, 763 4,832 5,160 
5,169 
 
!( Exclus.ive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
CARL 0; DOESCHER 
Agric~ltural Statistician 
 
, .,  
 
; : 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
. I 
 
' 
~.I, 
 
. '. 
 
. 
 
' - , 
 
 . STATE 
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 
 
.. 
 
.. 
 
.  
 
EGGS SET A~ CHICKS PLACED IN CQ~~CIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 195~57  
 
. . .': 
. . ;: 
 
Jan. Jan. . Feb. 
 
19 
 
26 
 
2 
 
EGGS SET -:- THOUSANDS 
 
.... . 
 
Dec. 1 
 
Week Ending 
 
Dec~ 
 
Dec. 
 
8 
 
15 
 
. .. . Dec. 
 
. Dec. Jan. ' Jan. . Jan. 
 
. . 22 
 
. 29 
 
5 . 12 
 
19 
 
CHICKS PLACED. - THOUSANDS 
 
1,111 
 
:"908 
 
1,191 
 
1,634 
 
I . 405 1,630 
 
I 
 
2,110 2,105 
 
I 1,762 
 
I 
 
. 298 2,550 
 
413 
 
6 h55 
 
10 
 
2,317 
 
1_,; ?70 
 
"'' 3.L7052 2,913 
317 270 1, b.06 
 
1,191 884 
1,196 
1,453 362 
1,619 2,126 2,072 1,897 
337 2,599 
423 61559o5o 2;253 
::.,7~1:3 
3,346 388 
2,740 308 315 
1,303 
 
II 1,165 
 
961 
 
984 
 
484 
 
962 
 
643 
 
i 1,545 
 
810 
 
401 
 
171 
 
II 1,591 
2,032' 
 
II 
 
491 1,522 
 
2,057 1,141 
 
I' 1,886 
,, 370 
 
I 
 
1,131 398 
 
2,600 ! 1,315 
 
443 I 364 
 
6z636 ,I 4z263 
 
478 r 1 229 
 
2,14h II 1,7~~ 
 
1,767 I; 1,044 
 
II 3,099 1, 713 
 
422 2, 719 
 
I.t,l' 
 
293 1,638 
 
402 311 
 
I!II 
 
230 170 
 
1,246 ~ 856 
 
976 472 546 761 185 467 1,830 1,253 1,168 
360 1,399 
. 302 
 4z295 "211 
1,709 1,149 1,803 
293 1,829 
233 151 789 
 
891 546 636 
715 197 484 1,647 1,117 1,164 
493 1,208 
302 ~ 2 267 
248 1,688 
1,142 1,826 
268 
1,844 201 169 800 
 
949 478 701 
756 129 415 1,626 
1,317 . 1,131 
512 
1,303 285 
4 2138167 1,523 1,053 1,982 
264 1,886 
199 162 
713 
 
867 448 . 472 . 
582 130 344 1,317 969 842 288 964 192 32513627  1,271 833 1,449 198 1,385 215 90 706 
 
980 
544 653 626 136 510 
1,868 .. 
1,496 1,165 
350 1,296 
.298 
4 2242125 1,791 1,116 
1,973 299 
1,998 178 118 840 
 
925 492 613 790 119 494 2,032 1,444 1,211 469 1,361 290 
4z 763 208 
1,847 1,202 
2,053 335 
2,168 190 104 848 
 
946 
 
425 
 
592 
 
712 
 
140 
 
543 2,040 
 
1,557 
 
1,242 
 
452 
 
1,383 . 295 
 
4 
 
1 
 
832 208 
 
1;783 
 
1;322 
 
1,981 
 
290 
 
2,103 
 
146 
 
170 
 
868 
 
Page 2. 
 
Jan., Feb. 
 
26 
 
2 
 
967 '518 689 ' 693 108 495 
2 ~ 055 1~615 
1J357 t446 
l j384 295 
51120680 2Jo8o 1;275 21ll8 
;303 2,254 
' 211 
1184709 
 
880 
519 648 898 136 593 2,140 1,355 1,340 466 1,521 . 274 
5zl6~ 
"231 2,004 1,302 2,328 
315 2,179 
207 209 938 
 
TOTAL 1956-57 
 
35,552 
 
TOTAL 1955-56 
 
j.31,370 
 
1956-57 ~s .% of 1955-56' . 110 
I 
.. . 
 
35,635 
32~159 
111 
 
I 
I! 35,260 I 21,593 
32,648 .I 20,276. 
 
II .11 
 
108 
 
106 
 
22,181 20,447 
108 
 
21,853 20,505 
10.7 
 
21,887 20,737 
106 
 
17,261 2Q,584 
84 
 
22,872 21,135 
108 
 
- .. 
 
23,958 21,223 
113 
 
24,030 20,677 
116 
 
I 
25,250 22; 030 
115 
 
25,652 22,797 
113 
 
 -- -"':." -- --.-- 
 
'0{) 7 
 
UNIVE!lS ITY OF GEORGIA 
 
(v -J , u r /\ 't t:..=::~_r-1Lv!,S ~' ~~""\-\~1 J1;~.~ t 0 .,.~ .  1if,;7l")1!?b7:-~r._~;-:=L~~-;r-:a:=:=:::(-~~ilh=-3\~r.. _~],:d ~.----.~;:J:?"\'n=::=:::::::nt- i-:- -~\ _-~~.~~-:~.~ ~1. 1{~f;~f'~ ;I~I\WfAl>/.1[-~ 7 \.l q:rz~l 
 
;J:"' )'tr UN ITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
 
 
 
~r_ 'E.:;_' f~t~_rl~l:rJrr~~. ((-~~TIT .r-~ 
 
A ~ R ~ C LIBRARIES MAR ~LETTIUNFUGU. lr1lr\i."4'.-~{1~,; 
 
~: ;.~~~~~~s:,~v~";R~c"u~~~~;., - ".. - ----- .-. ~ ~"-"":".G~~s~;!{R':.~~Ac . :~~ 
~~'(\~0 ~(/:J~:-_: ~~~~)~/~~~~~~~t:x~-~~ 
 
Athens, .Georgia 
 
February 12, 1957 . 
 
- --- ---- ---____ -- --------- _ ___ ACREAGE 
 
AND INDICATED PRODUCTION ~-- ~~-:...,.__~-- 
 
OF..........PR~..I...NCIP. .A. ~ L........C__._O...I..>1MERCIAL 
 
CROPS 
 
Februa:>y 1, 1957 
 
~IT~:Q_,:N~ :_ Winter vegetable production for 1957 is notv expected to be 11 per-- 
cent less than a year ago but only slightly belo'lv average, the Crop Reporting Board ann.ounced today. The most marked reductions in -output' corrfPared with last year are indicated fu._~ cabb age, lettuce, and carrots, but v-Jinter crops of celery, E3nap b e ans, green peppers , beets, sl: a.l].Q;.ts, spinach and lima beans are also significantly smaller. Pnrtially offs etting these reductions are substantial in- 
creas es in the indicated produc t j_ on of winter tomatoes, Bnd S'tveet oorn, and more modest incre as es in tonnage for cucumbers, cauliflower and artichokes. 
 
Adverse weather in Florida during January is responsible for the reduction from last 
month 1s for ecast of winter production. At that tline it appeared 1957 wint er production would be about 7 percent less than in 1956. Compared with 1ast month , this . report indicates significantly smaller 1957 production in Florida for lima b eans, 
snap b eans, cabbage, S'tveet corn, escar ol e , lettuc e , green peppers, and tomatoe s. 
 
~BAQ~: Prospects in the winter producing States declined about 12 percent during . J anuary, and production is no1v plac ed at 4, 699,000 cwt. Host of t he re- 
duction in the size of the winter crop from last month is attributable to l ess acreage for harvest and lo1ver anticipate d yj. elds in Florida. In addition, cr op prospects were down substanti ally in Arizona. The condition of Fl oriclai s crop is very irregular, r anging from v ery poor to g ood. Adverse gro~ring conditions throughout 
the s eason in that State aro reflected in a vJide variation in yi elds and quaJ.i ty. While earlrseason prospects have be ~n lower ed mate rially, ample suppli es are exPElcted and h arve st will fol1o~-J a near-normal pattern. Crop conditions have improved 
somewhat in the important Hastings area, and there is suff icient acre age for Februar: ~d March harve st to assure adequate suppli es of good quality cabbage. In the Sanford section, siz es are small and yields have been cut on some of the acreage as a r esult of prolonged drought and mid... January cold. l.fuile quality is good, the pre- 
ponderance of small siz es is caus ing some of the crop t o b e l eft in the fi eld. In 
'Ghu Everglade s, extremely h eavy r ains resulted in a substantial loss in acre age, and ~cld p~ospe cts wer e mat erially r e duc ed in many of the surviving f~elds: - t i ght m~p-ylies . are available in the Manato e- nuskin area wher e the crop is in fair t o good conditi on. In Texas, marketings of cabbage 1:ill b e available in fair volume during F~bruary. . The Lovwr Valley is expected to furnish only light supplies as total 
plantings wOr e drastically reduc ed -there b ecaus e of a shortage of wate r for irrigation. Quality of the crop has been v e ry good except in fi elds which wer e over- 
mature. Are a s outside the Lor,rer Valley will have more late s eason production than lsual, but not enough to offs et the expe cted decline in the Vall ey, In Ariz ona, 
i.cavy r ains caus ed some loss in acreage for harvest and a lowering of yi elds. S:1pplies are noior plentiful in the Imperial Valley of California, and all areas from ~ an Fr ancisco to San Diego are cutting for local markets  
 
.Lf growers follow their intentions, a _E~.2]2:rj._ng crop of 10,450 acre s will b e availt..be for harvest this ye ar. This compare s with 9, 700 acre s harve ste d a year ago and 
or: average acreage of 10,130. Acreage .~g;r_E!.,~E,e S over a year ago are in prospect in 
~ the s e State s except Maryland whore no chi~go is indicated. In Virginia, pro~ects appear ~ood. Plants were prote ct e d by snow cover during' pe riods of exc e ssive 
l'l'Jld. About 75 perc ent of the crop has beon s et in North Carolina wh ere moisture 
~m:r;::.lies e.re ample to excessive. Stands the re are good, and a tew days of f avorable 
weather can get the crop o:f'f to a good start. In Tenne s:::; ee , the ground is now 
sai-,"l.r"c:.t<c:d. , t.u':; s e:\:.ti ng sh011l .d b s gin on sche d1J.lo in lato February. 
 
- Over .., 
 
 ~E.!T.!JGE:  Production in the 1-rinter States is n(')w estimated at 8, 794,000 cwt. A 
crop this size is 14 perc ent below 1956 production but exceeds the aver~ 
 
)y 6 percent. In Florida, the growing season to date has been unfavorable for . 
 
l ettuce. A sizable portion of the Everglades crop was lost in the recent heavy _rains 
 
md supplies from this area will be comparatively light for several weeks. V>Ihile 
 
younger plantings are making a fair recovery, above~normal t emperatures have not 
 
_:avored this acreage. Most of the crop in the Palmetto-Ruskin area was planted for 
 
3arly harvest and the acreage rer,Iaining for harvest is C(')mparatively small. In the 
 
)anford..Samsula area, where acreage r emaining for harvest is also light, the crop is 
 
Ln fair condition. At Zellwood, most of the acreage for mid-wlnter harvest was lost 
 
luring the recent freeze. Younger acreage. ::wa.p da'llaged but it is making a fair re- 
 
:::overy. In the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Ta,~.as, harves_~ _ i! .., t:lell..~lcn_g_. While most 
 
)~ the February movement from Texas will o~igirtate from the Valley, shipments from 
 
t.11at area this February v1ill be consid ().'r~b:ty lightor than thos e of the past two years 
 
Jnly a small acreage in the Valley is availabl~ for early March harvest. Early 
 
 
 
aqason harvest in the Winter Garden and 1,areQ.o was practically complete in late 
 
January. The late crop in the Uvalde area of the Winter Garden is in good condition, 
 
and harvest of this acreage will st,art about mid-~vJarch and continue until early May. 
 
~~Jhile growing conditions have been generally f:lvorable, damp and misty weath er pre- 
 
vailed for about a week in late January, clearing in early February. Wnile the 
 
weather has been cool in the Yuma area of Arizona and harvest was briefly interrupted 
 
by rain, average yi el ds are still in prospect. In th e Imperial Valley of California, 
 
l ight frosts on s everal mornings in late January had little effect on the crop other 
 
t han slowing growth. Harvesting on January 29 was curtailed by rain. Supplies from 
 
t he Imperial Valley will continue at a high l evel in February, and harvest at Blythe 
 
should start again ab out mid-February. 
 
'rOMAT~: Production ~f the 2llte!:n_crop in Florida is now forecast at 2, 783,000 cwt. 
 
. 
 
31 percent m0re thai1 produced last year and 66 perc ent above average . 
 
The winter tomato deal is now at peak harvest. The prolonged period of dry, warm 
 
wenther has aff ected yi elds slightly, but pres ent rrospects are for a c ontinued good 
 
volume during the winter period. In Dade County, the crop is maturing rapidly. 
 
'f omatoe fi elds now being harvested ther e ar e in f air to good con"'di'tion1 but t he prcl opged drought is r educing size, particularly on non-irrigated land. In the 
 
Im,mokal ee-~Ft. IVIyers area, the condition of the crop is quit e varied with only a 
 
l ight harvest now in progress. Younger 1felds for late wint er ha1~es t are making 
 
r apid growth. In th e east Palm Beach s ection, the crops generally came through the 
 
heavy r ains better than expected, and the younger plantings are in fairly good 
 
~ obdition. 
 
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11 th 
 
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chick~ 
169,00 
 
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plac;ed..th~ prey:l;.ous week and .is 18 percent more than the 4,415,000 placed the same 
 
week laB(t ye ~. ; . . . 
 
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E~gS: set; by I,cqal hatche:ries amounted to 6,605,000 compared with 6,636,000 for :the 
 
prev~oust week and is 18 percent greater than the 5,617,000 for the corresponding 
 
week: las~ year. ; 
 
 
 
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Hatc~eri~~ reporled prices paid fpr hatcllinffeggs during the week at an .ave:tag~ of 
 
56 cents' per ;dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported 
 
at $10.5p ..pe.r; h~dred. Thes e prices compare with 57 cents and $10.50 for the l're"' 
 
v;tous week ~d with 86 cents and $15.50 .orie year ago. Egg prices shown relate 1to 
 
Georgia prod~ced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise, 
 
 
 
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W~:&ghted\ ave~ag~ prices from the Federal08Sta:te Market News Service for broiler~ 
d~:l:ng the 'We!ek 'ending February 9 are as follows; North Georgia broilers  2t ... : 3t 
 
ppunds; }at ffu'ms '19.70; FOB pla.nts 20.61. 
 
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'111I ~-ORGIA CH~GK: PLAS].~_BY ~~-- F~~gi!AEMBJR ~, 1~5LTH,EqUGH FEBRUARY 9~ : ~95.L, 
 
pate : . ; . 
 
Eggs - - Chicks Hatched 
 
Inshipments --- Totai - Plac~cr -  
 
WeElk ,-. : . - ; Set 
 
Placed in neprgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms  
 
1 ~~nfL J 195~-5-~~~t~?-~ 19~~__0.?12f.5'L .~~~:1~:?;~~~- 1955:~~~~B- 
 
Thousands . . . .i' -:    
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Thousands 
 
Thousands . 
 
Thousands 
 
Dec. ; ff : 4, 797Dec. ;15 ~ . 4, ~o1 
D~c-. : 22 1 4,916 Dec~ :29 ;  .5,o46 J~.:: 5 : : 5,085 
Jan, ;12 , 5,149 J~. a9  5,!342 J~. 126 . 5,;380 
 
4, 923 5, 909 
6,lo6 
6,081 
6,162 6,386 6,455 6,595 
 
3,145 . 3,857 
 
437 438 
 
3,582 ' 4,~95 
 
3,010 3,812 
 
600 455 
 
3,610 . 4,267 
 
3,123 3,846: 
 
701 
 
470 
 
3,824 4,316 
 
3,127 3,219 3,380 3,986 
 
638 617 
 
313 429 
 
I 3,765 3,532 3,997 4,415 
 
3,322 4,281: 
 
673 
 
482 
 
3,995 '4, 763 
 
3,423 4,348 . 670 484 
 
4,093 4,832 
 
3,492 4,640 
 
709 520 
 
4,201 5,160 
 
yFeb,, 2 5,4?3 6,636 
Feb. : 9 ~ . 61 6 605 
 
3,599 4,646 
-~a.6..01 ~ . .6... ::. _, .. 
 
966 808 
 
 _ 522W3t. __ 
 
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4,565 5,169 .. 5.19~.-1 
 
Exclusive! of: hatchings shipped into stat~' s outside of Georgia. 
 
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. '  <' Ag~i.~ultur<;ll Statistician In Charge 
 
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 . EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREl\.S, BY WEEKS - 195~57 
 
Pa~e 2 
 
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Dec'. 8 
 
.... : . EGGS SET ~ . THOUSANDS 
 
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15 
 
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Dec  . = ~ 
29 
 
.Jan. : .5 . : 
 
Jan. 12 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
. Jan.. Jan. 
 
19 
 
26 
 
Feb : Feb . 
 
2 
 
9 
 
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania indiana 
 
I l,l9i 1,165 1,227 
 
976 
 
891 
 
I 
 
884 
 
1,196 
 
. .984 1,006 
 
472 
 
962 1,234 
 
546 
 
546 636 
 
1,453 1,545 1,667 . 761 :115 
 
949 478 701 
756 
 
867 410 
 
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980 :544:-: 
 
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925 492 
 
472 
 
695 
 
613 
 
582 
 
626 
 
790 
 
989 . 
425 592 712 
 
967 
 
880 
 
518 519 1 - ~ ~,:. 
 
689 693 
 
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648 .89fJ 
 
909 595 774 843 
 
Illinois Mis.souri . .... 
 
362 
 
401' 404 
 
. . l 1,619 1,591 1,695 
 
184 
 
197 
 
129 
 
130 
 
136 
 
119 
 
140 
 
137 ,I 136 
 
156 
 
467 
 
484 
 
415 
 
344 
 
$10 
 
494 
 
543 
 
495 
 
593 
 
616 
 
D?laware ' . . . 
 
2,126 2,032 . 2,176 1,832 1,735 l, 774 1,471 1,.617 2,032 2,040 2,055' i '2:,140 1,888 
 
. :fi<ll'Yland 
 
' 2,072 ' 2,057 '< 2,156 1,272 1,165 1,39li. 1,063 1,496 1,444 1,557 1,615 1,355 1,528 
 
: Virginia . 
 
1,897 1,886 1,873 1,168 1,164 1,131 
 
842 . . :1,165 1,211 1,242 1,357 -1,340 1,223 
 
.West Virginia  North Caroliria 
 
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337 
 
370 
 
363 
 
2,.599 2,600 2,640 
 
360 
 
493 
 
512 
 
1,399 1,208 1,303 
 
.288  350 
 
469 
 
452 
 
446 
 
466 
 
483 
 
964 1,~96 1,361 1,383 1,384 1,.521 1,438 
 
South Carolina 
 
' 
 
423 
 
443 
 
340 
 
. 316 
 
302 
 
293 ' 192 . 298 
 
290 
 
295 
 
29.5 
 
274 . 302 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida 
 
. Alabama 
 
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62.59.5 
 
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.500 
 
2,2.53 
 
6.1..636 
478 2,144 
 
6.1..60.5 4,g95 ' 4:267 
 
621 
 
211 
 
248 
 
2,272 - 1, 709' . 1,6$8 
 
4,:316 187 
1,.523 
 
3,532 '167 
 
.4.~4212~2 
 
1,271 1,791 
 
4:;763 . 4~ 832 
 
208 
 
208 
 
1,847 1,783 
 
5zl60 . .5 z169 
 
208' 
 
231 
 
2,080 2,004 
 
.5zl91 213 v 
1,992 
 
Mississippi ', 
 
1,728 1,767 . ' 1, 775 1,149 1,142 1,0.53 
 
833 1,116 1,202 1,322 1,27.5 1,302 1,463 
 
.Arkansas  ' f 
~L.oui~dana 
 
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3,346 ' 388 
 
3,099 2,924 ' 422 . 442 
 
1,803 293 
 
1,826 268 
 
1,982 264 
 
1,449 ' . 1,973 
 
198 
 
299 
 
'2, 0.53 335 
 
1,981 290 
 
2;118 303 
 
2,328 31.5 
 
2,228 3.32 
 
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'Texas 
 
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2,740 
 
2,719 
 
2,575 
 
1,829 1,844 1,944 1,385 i,998 2,168 2,103 2,254 ' 2,179 2, 4.51 
 
Washington 
 
308 
 
402 
 
380 
 
233 
 
201 
 
199 
 
21.5 
 
178 
 
190 
 
146 
 
211 :' 207 
 
229 
 
OrE;lgon 
 
31.5 
 
311 
 
259 
 
151 
 
169 
 
162 
 
90  118 
 
111 
 
170 
 
140 
 
209 
 
192 
 
California 
 
1,303 1,246 1,246 
 
789 
 
800 
 
713 
 
706 . 840 
 
848 
 
868 
 
879 
 
938 
 
984 
 
TOTAL 1956-57 
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TOTAL l955...56 
 
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35,635 
32,.51:4 
 
.19'56-57 as .% of 195.5-5.6 
 
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:110 
 
35,260 35,880 
32,6f+8 33,224 . 
108 . 10$ ..... . 
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22 ' 215 ' 21,989 
 
20,447 20,505 
 
109 : 
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107. ... 
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22,178 
20,737 
107 
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17,471 
20,584 . 
8.5 - 
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22,863 
.21~183 . 
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23,965 24,073 25,279 
 
21,250 20,700 22,062 
 
113 
 
116 
 
11.5 
 
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25,6.52 22,797 
113 
 
26,030 23,350 
111 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVI~E . 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE . 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
U; s: oEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
, .. .AG_R;.ICULTURA'L MARKET lNG SERVICE 
319 EXT-ENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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Estimated inventory numbers of livestock on Georgia farms as of January 1, 1957 
 
showed . increases from one year ago in the numbers of hogs, sheep, chickens ( exclud- 
 
ing cbJ!Ullercial broilers), and turkeys. The numbers of cattle and workstrock on . fa.rm{: 
 
declined during the year. Changes in orde:r of importance were: a one , percent de"" . i 
 
cline in the nUinber of cattle, an increase of four .percent for hogs, Jj . perc ent for sheep, and a four percent increase in the ntlmber Gf chickens~  Workstopk on farms ; 
 
declined 11 percent while turkeys increased five . percent. (Estimateq numbers of_, 
 
livestock and poultry on farms are shown in the table on the .back of this report.) 
 
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Total value of all livestock and poultry on Ge orgia farms January 1, ~1957 wa~ . .... 
$147,535,000 compared with $134,846,000 one year ago. Percentage cha.Pges in valuation from a year ago are as follows: sheep up 46 percent, hogs 23 percent, and .'': cattle eight percent. The value of horses and mules declined eight percent  .. There 
was little change in the value of chickens and turk.eys~ . _Chickens declined ,.-5 . p~r"" '..- 
cent and turkeys .3 percent. 
 
Valuation in thousands of dollars, by species of livestock .in order of rank for 1957 
 
B.fld 1956 r-espectively, are: Cattle.. $9:5,852 and $89-,034; Hogs $33,389 and $27, 107+. ; 
 
Chickens ..$9,415 and $9,466; Horses and mules $7,626 and $8,280; Sheep and Lambs $939 \ 
 
arct $644; and 'turkeys $314 and .$315. . - . 
 
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~!~'lli!~TIQtJ_Qf_QE.QRG~A LIVE,!QQ1LY41JJ~~~!_!fi:NDS _ON l<~RiV!S _: . 
 
(Percent of total vB.lue of l:i.vestook - January 1, 1957) . . . 
 
UNIVERSITY 0 ~ GEORGiA ~. .. . -  
 
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Hogs $33,389,000 
22. 6~~ 
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F} Sheep and Lambs 
' $939,000 - . 6% 
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. Cattle $95,852,009 
65.0% 
 
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--Y-ear--~--- ~~i~~ - --~~~t:~i- --~~:~;~~::'>r n:~; -l---st~-J--;~:~-J-~(~~!~!!i~J;u~k~~: 
 
And 
 
Older Kept , 1 .And..  ,. , , . Pigs Lambs Mules 
 
Broilers) 
 
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1948 .,.' . ,, . .1067 
 
372 
 
1949 ; . ,' . ' 982 . 350 
 
' 1950 ' .1040 
 
364 
 
1951 
 
1113 
 
364 
 
19:52> '1247 . 364 
 
212 
 
1654 
 
192 
 
1588 
 
193 
 
1667 
 
232 
 
1800 
 
282 . 1908 
 
12 292 
 
10 277 
 
9 257 
 
10 
 
241~ 
 
11 215 
 
.8282 - 
79$7 . -8116 8029 8298 
 
1953 . 1422 
 
357 
 
375 
 
1698 
 
14 192 
 
7795 
 
1954 
 
1564 
 
353 
 
1955 . . 1627 - 346 
 
' 1956  : 1562 
 
332 
 
1957 .1546 
 
329 
 
452 
 
1443 
 
17 166 
 
7944 
 
518 
 
1472 
 
21 150 
 
853'2 
 
517 
 
1663 
 
46 138 
 
8231 
 
512 
 
1730 
 
61 1/ 123 
 
8559 
 
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1/ Includes 12,000 lambs on feed. 
 
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ANNUAL LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY INVENTORY - - ~ JANUARY 1, 1957 
 
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The combined livestock and poultry inventory on farxns and ranches of the Nation. ~S. 
of January 1, 1957 showed a net decline of 3 percent from 1956, and was 9 percent  below the all-time peak established on January 1, 194L~. The decline this year in 
overall numb ers was the result of reduced inventories for each of the livestock 
species. Compared with January 1, 1956 cattle were down 2 percent; hogs, down 5 percent; sheep, down 1 percent; and horses and mules, down 9 percent. Chicken and turkey inventories increased 3 and 17 percent, ~espectively, but this buildup 
 
in poultry was not sufficient to offset the decline in livestock. 
 
In evaluating the species by an index based on their economic importance, meat animals (cattle, hogs and sheep) were down 2 percent; workstock was down 9 percent; cattle kept for milk (cows, heifers and calves) were doW-n 1 percent; and poultry 
was up 3 percent. 
 
The number of cattle and calves on January 1, 1957 was down 2 percent or 1.6 
 
million head, and the total at 95.2 million head shows the first decline since 1949. 
 
Current inventories are the lowest since 1953. The total inventory includes 6.1 
 
million head on f~ed for market, an increase of 219,000 head or 4 percent over 1956 
 
and the largest number of record. Compared with January 1, 1956, all classes of 
 
cattle showed decreases.; .  : . . 
 
 
 
Hogs and pigs on farms January 1, 1957 were down 5 perc ent from 1956 and the total 
at 52.2 million head reflects the cut in the 1956 pig crop. On a classification basis, hogs and pigs under 6 months of a&8 are down 2 percent and hogs 6 months old or older are down 10 percent. Market hogs over 6 months old on January 1, 1957 (excluding sows and gilts saved for breeding) number-ed 10.5 million head, down 2 million head or 16 percent from the preceding year's inventory, The number of sows 
and gilts at 8.4 million head this year l-7as down 2 percent from the 8.6 million 
head on January 1, 1956 in line with farmers' reported intentions to cut 1957 
spring farrowings by 2 p~rcent. 
 
Sheep and lamb numbers declined 1 percent during 1956 and the January .1,- 1957 num- 
 
ber at 30. 8 million head was the smallest since 1951. The number of sheep and 
 
lamps on f(3ed at the. beginning of this year totaled 4.5 million head, up 5 percent 
 
from 1956 and the highest since 1948. Stock sheep numbers at 26~4 million head on 
 
January 1, 1957 were dow 2 .Percent or 642,000 head from 1956. . . 
 
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Inventories of h;rses and mules dropped 370,000 head, or 9 percent during 1956 and the January 1, 1957 numb er at 3~6 million head was the lowest on record  The number of horse and mule colts under 2 years of age on January 1 at 194,000 head 
was down 3 percent from 1956 but was still only 5 percent of total numbers, and 
too small to check the downtrend in horse and mule numbers. 
 
Chickens on farms January 1, 1997, (excluding commercial broilers) totaled 393 million birds, an increase of 3 percent from a year earlier, but 10 percent below 
average. Pullets were up 5 percent and hens down 2 percent. 
 
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A(i81CUL TURAL MARKETING SERVICE . . 
 
Georgia  
 
FEB 2 2 '57 ' 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENS.ION SER'!iCE 
February 20, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR ORG!~ROO~IERC L AREAS 
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During the week ending February 16 comnercial h atcheries placed 5,155,000 chicks 
 
with bro:j..ler producers in Georgia corrunerci al areas, This compares with the 
 
5,191,009 placed the previous week and is 17 percent more than the 4,415,000 placed 
 
the 
 
same i week ) 
 
last 
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Eggs 
 
1 
set by 
 
lo~al 
 
hatcheries 
 
amounted 
 
to 
 
6,596, 000 
 
compared 
 
with 
 
6, 6o5, 000 
 
for 
 
the 
 
previous ,week and is 18 percent gre ater than the 5,587,000 for the corresponding 
 
"!eek last year. 
 
Uatcheries repo'rted prices paid for hatchj.ng e,ggs during the week at an average of 
55 cents per dGz en. Average pric e charged by h atcheries for the chicks was reporteq 
at $10.00 per hundred. The s e price s compare with 56 cents and $10. 50 for the pre- ' vious week an:d vJith 85 cents and $15o50 one ye ar ago. Egg prices shown relate to 
Georgi a produced hatching eggs whether b ought on contract or othertiii.se. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal~St at e Harket News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending Februm7 16 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~- ... J~ 
 
pounds; at farms 18.44~ ; FOB plants 19.47. 
 
  
 
(See r ever se side for other states) 
 
j GEORGIA . CiilCK.W-.CENENT~J3Y-1~~B~;;. ~E!!&~~J?E~~E~J!!~ -l$_,_b956 TERquqH FEB]..J:lARY J:? .195 7 
 
Date i   ;Eggs  
 
Chi cks Hatched J:.l 1 Inshipments i 'ota1 Placed 
 
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195T 5...~hS~~eo~t?u5&s .5. 7an1I ~P1ls 9a5c1$e;h:d5c,9ui.ns:_a:!nG;9d.e$so.~rg~.7ia 
 
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Thous ands 
 
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Th our<:ncis 
 
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I  l Dec. 15 i 4,901 5,909 
 
3,010 3,812 
 
600 
 
Dec. 22 4,916 6,106 1 3,123 3,846 
 
701 
 
I 455 : 3,610 4,267 
 
470 
 
3,824 4, 316 
 
Jan.Dec. 29 j 5,0L(6 6,081 
5 i 5,o85 6,162 
Jan. 12 1 15,149 . 6,38 
Jan. 19 J 5,342 6,455 
 
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3,127 3, 38o 
3, ;322 3, 423 
 
3,219 3,986 
4,2 81 4,348 
 
j 638 
i. 617 673 
670 
 
313 
 
3, 765 3,532 
 
l..l 
 
429 
 
3,997 4)415 
 
482 l 3,995 4, 763 
 
484 
 
4,093 4,832 
 
Jan. 26 1 ,5,380 6,595 . 3,492. 41 640 . 709 
 
520 
 
! Feb.. 2 . 5,473 6,63 6 
Feb, 9 5,617 6,6o5 Feb. 16 1 }.;.5q7 . 6~.5.~6. 
 
3,599 4,646 1 966 
 
523 
 
. l . 
 
33 607 3:.106 
 
, 4,647 ~. s~ 
 
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8Q8 
zo.9 
 
544 4~7 
 
4,201 5,160 4,565 5,169 4,415 '5,191 4.415.~- 
 
~~ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into stc.tes outside of . Ge orgia. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 sTATE 
 
Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pernsylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
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 Delaware 
 
'\J Maryland 
 
I 
 
Vii~ginia 
 
i. West Virginia 
 
North Carolina 
 
South Carolina 
 
GEORGIA 
 
 Florida 
 
. Alaba;na 
 
Hississippi 
 
- Ar k .. -~ ansas Lou i s i a n a 
 
Texas 
 
vlashington 
 
Oregon 
 
Calif~rnia 
 
. TOTAL 1956-57  
TOTAL 19.55-56 
1956-57 as % of 1955-56 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN .COlvJlVIERCIAL AREAS. BY WE.ZKS .,. 1956-57 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSAI~DS 
 
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 Dec. Dec. 
 
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29 
 
. Jan. 
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19 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUS~~DS 
 
. Jan. Feb. 
 
26 
 
2 
 
Feb. . Feb. 
 
9 
 
16 
 
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1,165 984 
 
962 
 
I 1,545 
 
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401 1,591 
 
! 2, 032 
 
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2,057 1,886 
 
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370 2,600 
 
j 443 
 
I 6, 636 
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t 478 
 
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2,144 1,767 
 
3,099 
 
422 
 
2, 719 
 
402 
 
311 
 
1,246 
 
1,227 1,006 
1,234 1,667 
404 1,695 2, 176 2,156 1,873 
363 2,640 
340 6,605 
551 2,272 1, 775 2,9 24 
442 
2,575 380  259 
1, 246 
 
1,274 971 
1,254 1,721 
435 1,563 2, 076 2,189 1,982 
378 2, 6.33 
474 6,596 
476 2, 269 1,764 3,117 
414 
2,629 
304 317 1,184 
 
' . 
1 i 891 
 
546 
 
636 
 
715 
 
197 
 
484 
 
l 
i 
, 
l 
 
! 
I j 
I 
 
1,735 1,16_1) 
 
I : 1,164 
 
I ! 
I! 
: i 1 I 
 
493 1,208 
 
; i 302 
 
11 4, 267 
 
i.' ! ; 
. I! 
 
248 1,688 
 
]! 1; 142 
 
I 1 1,826 
 
1. 268 
 
! I 1, 844 
 
Ii~ .I' 
 
201 169 
 
1 1 Boo 
 
949 478 701 756 129 
415 1,774 1,394 1,131 
512 . 
1, 303 293 
1.:,316 
187 1,523 1,053 1 , 9 82 
264 1,944 
199 162 
713 
 
867 410 
472 
582 130 
344 1, 471 1.,063 . 842 
288 
964 192 3 , .532 
167 1,271 
833 1, 449 
198 1,385 
215 
90 
706 
 
980 544 695 626 136 510 1,817 1,496 ' 1,165 . 
l . 350 ' 1 ,296 ._ 
. 298 
4. 415 222 
1, 791 1, 116 
1,973 299 
1,998 178 118 840 
 
925 492 613 790 119 494 2,032 1,444 1,211 469 1,361 290 4_,_763 
208 1,847 1,202 2,053 
335 2,168 
J-90 111 848 
 
989 425 592 712 140 
543 2,040 
1,557 1,242 
452 1,383 
295 
-. 4 . 83~ 208 
1,783 1, 322 1,981 
290 
?,103 146 170 868 
 
967 518 689 693 137 495 - 2,0_[_' ,,:)., 
1,615 1,357 
446 1,384 
2~ 
5,160 
208 2,080 1,275 2, 118 
303 2, 254 
211 140 
879 
 
880 
519 648 898 136 
593 2,140 
1;355 1,340 
466 1, 521 
274 5, 169 
231 2,004 1,302 2, 328 
315 2,179 . 
20( 209 
938 
 
909 595 774 ~h3 l 56 616 
1 , 88 ~ 
1,528 1:,223 
483 1,,43.8 
302 5,191 
249 1, 992 1, 463 2,2 28 
3.32 2,451 
229 192 
984 
 
923 499 722 656 193 
'' 582 ,1, 859 l, uo9 1,122 
471 1,514 
30 j 
5~155 
212 
2,047 1,398 2,2 21 
344 2,246 
239 143 926 
 
I I 
 
35,260 32,648 
 
35,810 33,2 24 
 
36, 020 33, 293 
 
,1 l 121,989 
il 
! I 
! )20,505 
 
22,178 17,471 20,737 . 20,584 
 
22,863 21,18,3 
 
23,965 24, 073 21,250. 20,700 
 
25~279 
22,062 
 
25, 652 22,797 
 
26,066 23, 350 
 
25,184 23 , 647 
 
~ I 
 
tr  108 
 
108 
 
108 :: I, 107 
 
107 
 
85 
 
108 
 
llJ 
 
116 
 
115 
 
113 I 112 
 
106 
 
I 
 
, l 
 
L_--- ---~------- --- --d_____ _ 
 
- - - - - - - -- --- - - - - --------- -------------~- - ---------------- 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORG IA 
 
1956 CALF CROP REPORT 
 
~ 
 
- 
 
-. 
 
~- 
 
GEORGIA: The 19.56 calf crop for Georgia is estimated at 671,000-head--2 percent below the 19.5.5 crop of 683,000 head but 40 percent above the 191+5-5.4 
average crop of 479,000 calves. 
 
The nurrber of calves born in 19.56 represents 79 percent of the cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms January 1, 19.56 and is the same as for 195.5. Cows and. heifers two years old and over on farms 0'anuary 1, 1956 totaled 849,000--2 percent below the 864,000 on hand for the previous year. 
 
UNITJ?D STA~ The calf crop in 1956 totaled 42,317,000 head, down less than 1 percent from the 1+2,.566,000 head born in 19.55. The 1956 calf crop 
was 16 percent larger than the 1945-.54 average. The decrease in the calf crop during the past year resulted from a decline in cows and hel fers 2. years old and over during the year.  The number of all cows and heifers 2 years old and over r:-r, January 1, 19.56 was 48,729,000 head--l ,~rcent less than the number on hand a year earlier. Cow slaughter continued high during 1956 and cow herds were r educ ed during the year in all regions, except the South Atlantic area. 
 
The number of calves born in 1956 expressed as a percentage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956 was 87 percent -- the same as the previo~.s year, and 3 percentage poj_nts above the 10-year average of 84 percent. This pe::.~ 
centage is not strictly a calving rate since the January 1 inventory of cows a.~1d 
heifers . 2 years old and older does not include all the heifers which gave birtr, 
to calves during the year. The percentage is calculated to show the trend in productivity over a: long period of time. It, may fluctuate from year to year d~w. 
to variations in cow slaughter and trends in breeding herd r eplacements. 
 
In the South Central State s~ the calf crop is estimated at 10,973,000 head compared with 11,031,000 in 19.5.5. The numb er of all cows and heifers 2 years old and 
older on January 1, 19.56 totaled 13,056,000 head -- a decrease of 1 percent from 19.55. The calf crop expressed as a percentage of all cows and heifers 2 years ~,:_d and older was 84 percent -- unchanged from 1955. Texas, the l oading cattle pr o~~  
ducing State, showed 4,113,000 calves born-- 2 percent below the 4,200,000 head , 
born in 195.5. The numb er of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January .l, 19.56 in Texas was 4,728,000 head~- 2 percent below 195.5. 
 
In the South Atlantic States, th e calf crop was 3,305,000 head -- l ess than 1 pe~ cent ab ove the previous year. The numb er of cows and heifers 2 years old and o~Q8l on January 1, 19.56 totaled 4,2.52,000 head ~8 only slightly smaller than a year.  
Jenrlier. The calf crop was 78 percent of the number of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1956. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural. Statistici.an  
 
 CAIJF CROP REPORT, 19.56 
 
. -------.--~--------------- 
 
Cow--s. ~a~nd-.-h-e-if-ers---:C-a-l-v-es--b-or-n--as--p-er-c-e-nt--of 
 
State : . 
 
Calves born  : 
 
2 yrs. & older :cows and heifers 2 yrs-.&- 
 
and ::livision 
 
::"l=~y-r-. -:'o:---:-----:1=0---v-r.-: -~l~L: l___ 
 
:older. January : 10-yr.: 
 
1 . 1/ . 
: 
 
_ 
 
: aforage: 19.5.5 : 19.56 : aver;ge: 19.5.5 : 19.56 :average: 19.5.5 : 1956 
 
--. __;___:)9455/t= . 
 
=-~- -=--~2.:24: 
 
: 
 
:1916-.54: 
 
:. 
 
1,000 1,000 
---head  head  
 
_ -- - 1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo t,uoo ~ ,.  
 
. 
 
.h...e..,a..,d_ h--e-..a...d... 
 
h o. ~ ad 
 
head 
 
Percent ... 
 
Percent -P-o-r-c:-8--n-t- 
 
l'iaine 
 
110 11.5 
 
115 130 132 132 84 
 
87 
 
87 
 
.T .H. 
 
60 64 
 
6.3 
 
72 
 
73 
 
74 83 
 
87 
 
8.5 
 
7t. 
 
238 271 
 
268 
 
299 
 
j~3 
 
327 80 
 
84 
 
82 
 
::ass. 
 
107 109 
 
106 13h 123 12.5 80 
 
8.5 
 
8.5 
 
 I  
:onn. 
 
16 16 98 102 
 
16 
 
21 
 
19 
 
19 80 
 
101 122 122 120 81 
 
84 
 
82 
 
84 
 
84 
 
::. y. 
 
1,233 1,341+ 1,346 l,4Lr6 1,527 1,51+7 8.5 
 
88 
 
87 
 
' .123 129 ' 
 
130 1.56 161 . 161 78 . 
 
80 
 
81 
 
863 936 
 
9.53 l,Ol9 1,1~--1~,....,12_1_ _8.;..5____8~4_ _ _8_:;-:-'_ 
 
E. At~~----~~ 2, 849 _ 3, 086---~~-0_9~ 33 399 ~,_.599 _2.::...6' _2_6_ _83_____86____8.5_ 
 
Chio 
 
990 1,021 1,023 1,160 
 
!nd. ' 
 
8Lf8  890 
 
873 9.53 
 
:11. 
 
1,282 1,380 1,363 1,448 
 
llf.ich, 
 
877 848 
 
847 1, 02.5 
 
------- Wis. 
 
2,254 2,4.52 2,Lf89 . 2,50.5 
 
E. N. Cent. 6,251 6,.591 ~,.59~,_1_090 
 
1,1.73 1,162 1,000 981 1,.516 1,402 
 998 996 
2,6-6.5 -2-,676 
7,3.52 _]_,297 
 
8.5  
 
87 
 
88 
 
89 
 
89 
 
89 
 
89 
 
91 
 
92 
 
86 
 
8.5 
 
85 
 
90- - -9-2 - -9-3 - 
 
88 
 
90   90 
 
J.~'Ji nn, 
Iowa 
 
1,590 1, 702 l, 730 1, 76~ 1,990 1;997 
 
1Io . 
 
1,.534 1,810 1,793 
 
N. Dak, 
 
?20 89.5 
 
913 
 
3. Dak. 
 
1, 082 1, 492 1,393 
 
Nebr. 
 
1,48.5 1,792 1,777 
 
_K,_an_s_._____. 1,448 ~66~__2~_633 
 
1, 764 i, 830 1, 81.~0 . 90 
1,9h2 2~11fo 2,o8o  91 
 
93 . 9h 
 
93 
 
96 . 
 
1,701 2,011 1,970 90 
 
90 ' . 91 .. 
 
. 822 98U 1,026 88 
 
91 
 
89 
 
1, 239 1,.587 1, 639 87 
 
94 85 . 
 
1,680 2,036 . 1,901 88 
 
88 
 
93 
 
1,~h7_1,937 _1, 7~_L:_,__s_s____s_6___9_1_ 
 
w_.N. C ent~ . 9,62111,347 11 ,23~10, 79.5___E_,_5_2_5___J_.2_.,_2.5_o. __s_-9________9_1___. _9__2__,...._ 
 
~ Cent_._ _l_.5i871_~7 ,93~L 17,831 17 z.8~:....;:5~8..:.7..:..7__;;;;1~9..::,.5;.;.;:4~7--8:..9_,---__.;..9_0_ _..;.9_1_, 
 
LGl. 
 
. 32 . 36 
 
34 
 
l_fl 
 
4.5 
 
43 79 
 
79 
 
80 . 
 
lVId . 
 
 220 264 
 
2.59 262 311 308 84 
 
8.5 
 
8h 
 
Va, "irT, Va. N'. C. 
~. c. . 
 
546 6.50 
266 293 31~1 444 18'3 259 
 
6h7 . 661 281 316 
4.55 4Lf9 273 . 242 
 
. 803 341 
.576 34.5 
 
779 83 310 84 
.576 76 346 75 
 
81 
 
83 
 
86  
 
82 - 
 
77 
 
79 
 
7.5 
 
79 
 
1a, 
 
479 683 
 
671 . 631 861+ 849 76 
 
79  ; 79 
 
--------- - -- ______ --- F=_La_.____4_8_o__6_61 
 
68? 
 
z~~~,OOl 1,008 
 
S~ Atl. 
 
2,.5Lf8 3, 290 3, 305  3, 352 Lf, 286 4, 2.52 
 
._.___. 
 
:,..__ 
 
64 
7.5 
... ._ 
 
66 -~ 6~ 
7'7' .: . 78 . . ~ 
 
"K;';eyn. n. 
Ala, 
 
7Lf4 886 
 
876 803 995 995 86 
 
- 89 
 
 ss  
 
7.50 900 59o so9 
 
. 888 
 
872 1~0h6 1,032 86 
 
. s21.. , ,776 l,o5i_ 1, o.52 76 
 
8n 6 
 
86 ?8 
 
Miss, 
 
714 1,028 1,074 1,002 1:,408 1,432 71 
 
73 -?5 
 
J:.rk. 
 
580 703 
 
710 719 890 887 81 
 
79 
 
80 
 
La . 
 
671 966 
 
949 . ' 899 . 1,16.4 i,213 75 
 
83 
 
78: 
 
Okla.  
 
 1,.322 1~539 1;545 1,.52.7 l, 769 1, 717 86 
 
87  . 90 
 
Texas  S. Cent. 
 
- 3,849 4,200 4,113 4,771 4, 828 4,728 . 81 -~-- 
9, 221 11,031 10,973 11,430 13,1.51 .13, o56 . 8o 
 
87 
 
87 
 
84 
 
8h 
 
Mont. 
 
8.52 1,141 1,164 
 
9.5.5 1,214--1-,-2-38---~8-9-~----9-4------94--- 
 
'Idoho 
 
395 .  542 
 
.5Lf6 h66 602 600 84 
 
90 
 
91 
 
Wyo. Colo. 
 
439 483 742 -  828 
 
4 76 .533 .568 . .553 82 
 
790 
 
870~- ~ 920 
 
908 85 
 
85 
 
86 
 
90 
 
87  
 
If. Mex. 
 
.548 .579 
 
60.5 690 689 729 80 
 
Bh 
 
83 
 
;_ d z , 
 
361 377 
 
367 471 477 46.5 77 
 
79 
 
79 
 
Gtah 
 
258 331 
 
313 311 364 364 82 
 
91 
 
86 
 
]ev. 
 
216 260 
 
236 284. 317 314 76 
 
82 
 
7.5 
 
'{ash. 
 
403 .504 
 
482 482 .560 .561 Slf 
 
90 
 
86 
 
Cl::-og, 
 
481 619 
 
608 .596 728 724 So 
 
_8"-".l_i_f_._ _ _1,.:2_4.._0_1~,:..::.'.;:;_'7 l. 523 1' 59_,6_ _1'"'--=7_69 1' 792 82 
 
85 
 
84 
 
88 
 
8.5 
 
vi_e_s-'-_~,_____,:.5:...:':.9=--=-3~4......;.7,k,2_2~1~___:.7~,~l1::;.::0:..__7!...I,.::l..:6..:3~~8, 208 8, 2L1.8 83 
 
8 8 
 
8 6 
 
u. s. 
 
36,423 42,.566 42,317 43,229 49,121- 48-,729 ," ":-~1+ 
 
87 
 
87 
 
1/ Not strictly a calvipg .r ate. Figure repres ent~ calves born expressed as 
parcontage of the January 'l inventory of cows and heif~rs. 2 years old and over on cTarmary l and not the number of all cows and heifers giving birth to calves durir.& the year, 
 
 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
>() 7 
 
FEB ~ B. '57 
 
13 
 
~57 UNITED STAT OEPAfHMENT 
 
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, AGRICULTURE  
 
GIBO0~RJGTIAJ .  
 
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U eRARI A~RIC L TURAL 
.....,. ETING 
SERIIG 
 
,(!fro-jJ &epurtvno ci~rv-tcP/ 
 
; LINIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
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GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL TIJRE 
 
EXTENSION SERVIE 
 
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Fcbrtw.ry 21, 1957 
 
. BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
. - ......-- -~ 
 
.... - - ~..--..- p-  ~ -~---- ~-- -~-~ "- 
 
uring th.e we ek ending February 23 c-ommercial hatch eri e s plac ed .5, 137,000 chj.cks 
 
d.th 'Qroi;l er prodq.c ers in Ge orgia commercial ar eas. This compares with the 
 
,1.5.5;ooe, plac ed the previous week and j.s 21 perc ent more than the 4,2.56,000 plac ed 
 
ihe sqme :week f- ast year. 
 
 
 
 
 
;ggs $et ~y local h atcherie s amounted to 6,.587,000 compare d -vr.i.th 6,)96,000 for the 
 
or evious .week .tmd is 14 p ercent great er than the .5, 7.58, 000 for the corre sponding 
 
~eek l ast: ye ar~ 
 
,...,... 
 
atcheries r eported pric e s paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver age of 
54 c E;nts. per doz en. Av er age pric e charge d by hatcherie s for the chicks was r e port 
ed at $9.7.5 per hundred, The s e pric e s compare with .5.5 c ents c.nd $10,00 for the previous wciek and tdth 8.5 cents and $1.5 .50 one yoar ag o. Egg pric e s shoWn r el at e 
to Ge drgia produc e:d hatching eggs whet her bought on contract or oth erwis e . 
 
Weighted av er age pric e s from the Federal~ State Mark et News Ser vic e for broilers 
during the week ending February 23 are a s follows: Nor th Ge orgia broilers 2~ - 3! pounds; at f ar ms 17. 98; FOB plants 19, 00. 
 
(S ee r evers e side for othe r s tat e s) 
 
.! / 1 GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERI OD DECE~ffiER 22, 1956 THROUGH FEBRUARY 23,19.5 
 
Dat e . _.__._.;-Eg"g;---~Chick.;-fr;t;hed 
 
In;hj_~m;nts ~-~---Tot; lPlaced- 
 
' vleek 
 
Se t 
 
Place d in Geor gi a I of Chicks 
 
on Far ms 
 
-En-din-g 
 
19.5.5-.56:1956-57 
 
-- 19--5-5....-56:1956-.5_7 _..,..,j_1__955-56: 19)6..57 -----.~--- 
 
..........,.... _. _ ~----.... 
 
19_5_5-_5_,.6___:195--6---.-5--7r 
 
Thousands 
 
Dec, 22 4,916 
Dec. 29 5', 046 Jan.  5 .5:,085 Jan. 12 I' 5,11+9 
Jan, 19 5,342 
 
6,106 6, 081 6,162 
. 6,386 
~ 6,45.5 
 
Th ousands 
 
I .Thous ands 
 
l 3,123 3,8h6 1 701 470 
 
3,127 3,219 l 638 313 
 
3, 380 3,322 
 
34,' 
 
986 281 
 
. 
 
!. l ! 
 
617 673 
 
429 482 
 
3, 423 4, 348 1 670 
 
h8L. 
 
Th ousands 
 
3,824 3,765 3,997 3, 995 4,093 
 
4, 316 3,532 4,41.5 4,763 4, 832 
 
Jan. 26 .5,3 80 . 6,595 
 
3,492 4,640 
 
709 .520 
 
4, 201 .5' 160 
 
Feb. 2 .5 ,473 6, 636 
 
3,.599 h,646 
 
966 523 
 
4, 56.5 .5 , 169 
 
Feb.  9 .5,617 6,605 
 
3, 607 4, 647 . 808 
 
.54L~ 
 
4,415 5,191 
 
____________ feb, ,16 .5,.587 6,.596 
 
3, 7o6 4, 668 ! 7o9 h87 
 
4,415 .5,1.55 
 
Feb. 23 
,..------ 
 
.5,7.58 
 
6,58__7........_ ~ ~,2~~- 4,6~6-: j_ ~~~-~-- 48~- - 
 
- -~!.~~~- -~_!~~~ 
 
Y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into st.ates outside of Georgi a  
 
. ,. . 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultur al St&tistician 
 
' 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
'Agricult-q;r al Statistician In Charge 
 
 --------------~-------E_G_GS_S_E_T. _A_N_D_CHICKS PLACE~ IN CO:Mf.1ERCIAL ARE.t'{S t .BY 1rv"EEKS .- 1956-57 
 
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V.Teek Ending 
 
Page 2. 
 
STATE 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb . : Feb. _ :: Dec. 
 
Dec. 
 
J&~ . : J an. 
 
J an. 
 
J an. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
. . 
 
9 
 
16 
 
23 
 
EGGS SET - TH OUSANDS 
 
:.-.:..---2-2-------2-9-------5C-H-IC-K-S--P.-1LA2-C-E-D-.--.-T-H1-O9-U-SA-1-m-S--26--------2----- 9 
 
16 
 
23 
 
Maine 
 
1,227 1,274 1,012 
 
949 
 
867 
 
Connecticut 
 
'1,006 
 
971 1,016 
 
478 
 
410 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
'1,234 1,254 1,124 
 
701 
 
472 
 
Indiana 
 
1,667 1, 721 1, 712 
 
756 
 
582 
 
Illinois 
 
1 404 
 
435 
 
513 
 
129 
 
130 
 
MiBsouri Delaware 
Maryla~d 
 
:1,695 2,176 :2,156 
 
1,563 2.076 
2:189 
 
I 1,554 
2,197 
 
I 
 
415 1,774 
 
2,245 1,394 
 
344 1,471 1,063 
 
Virginia West Virginia 
 
! 1,873 1,982 2,125 1,131 
 
! 363 
 
378 
 
394 . 512 
 
842 288 
 
North Ce.:::-olina South Carolina 
GEORGIA .. 
 
} 
 
2. ' 
 
640 340 
 
1 
1 
 
p. 605 
 
-..F-lo_r_id__a--------t-- 551 
 
2,633 474 
6,r:;96 
476 
 
2,628 471 
6. 587 
h35 
 
1,303 293 
4.316 
187 
 
964 192 3,532 
 167 
 
Alabama 
 
~ 2, 272 2,269 2,348 I 1,523 1,271 
 
Mississippi 
Arkansas Louisiana . Texas . 
\eJashington 
 
! 
 
1,775 2,924 
 
442 
 
2,575 
 
380 
 
1,764 3,117 
414 2,629 
304 
 
1,714 3,185 
394 2, 743 
318 
 
I 1,053 1,982 
i 264 
1 1, 944 
l 199 
 
833 1, 449 
198 1, 385 
215 
 
Oregon 
 
259 
 
i California 
 
1,246 
 
---------- ~-------------- +~ ------- 
 
I TOTAL 1956-57 
 
35 , 810 
 
317 1,184 36,020 
 
248 i 162 
 
90 
 
1,255 
 
713 
 
706 
 
----~--~--~- 
 
36,2l8 ,.22, 178 17, 471 
 
TOTAL ~955-56 
 
l 33,224 33,293 34,351 20,737 20,584 
 
1956-57 % of 1955-56  108 
 
108 
 
105 1I 107 
 
. . 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
t 
 
1 
 
85 
 
l 
 
I 
 
980 544 695 626 136 510 1, 817 1,496 1, 165 350 1,296 298 4.h15 222 1,791 1,116 1,973 299 1,998 178 118 8hO 
22,863 
21, 183 
108 
 
:925 
h92 613 790 119 
494 2,032 1,444 1,211 
469 
~,36 1 
290 
4"763 
2os  
1,847 1,202 2,053 
335 2,168 
190 111 8h8 
 
989 h25 592 712 140 
543 2:, 040 
1, 557 1,242 
452 1 , 3 83 
295 4, 832 
2J8 
1:,783 1,322 1,981 
290 2,103 
146 170 868 
 
23,965 24,073 
21,250 20,700 
 
113 ' 116 
 
967 518 689 
693 137 
L~9 5 
2,055 1, 615 
1, 357 446 
1 , 3 84 295 
5 , 160 
208 2,080 . 
1,275 2,118 
-303 
2,254 211 
140 879 
 
880 
519 648 898 136 593 2,140 
1, 355 1,340 
466 1,521 
274 5,169 
. 231 
2;004 1;302 2, 328 
315 2,179 
207 209 93 8 
 
25 ,2 79 25 g652 
 
22,062 22,797 
 
115 
 
113 
 
909 595 774 843 156 616 1,888 
1,528 1,223 
483 1,438 
3C2 5,191 
249 1;992 1,463 2,228 
332 2,451 
229 . 
192 98& 
 
923 
 
902 
 
499 
 
576 
 
722 
 
584 
 
656 
 
765 
 
1$3 
 
152 
 
5,82 
 
624 
 
1, 859 . . 1,602 
 
1,409 . 1,418 
 
1,.122 1,221 
 
471 
 
459 
 
1,514 1,534 
 
303 . 322 
 
5 ,155 5.137. 
 
212 
 
269 
 
2;047 2,033 
 
1:,398 1,372 
 
2,221 2, 354 
 
344 
 
382 
 
2,246 2,188 
 
239 
 
265 
 
143 
 
187 
 
926 
 
827 
 
26,066 25 , 184 25, 173 23,350 23,647 23,743 
 
112 
 
106 
 
106 
 
 UfJI~D:S!TY OF GEORGIA 
MAR 8 '57 
 
~~_!CE REPqR~.~S.OF F~~UARY 15.~ 1957 
QEORGI~~ The Ali Commodity Ind ~x of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increas ed 
5 points during the month ended February 15. At the present level t ;:J.e 
Index is 248 percent of its January 1910 - December 1914 average and is 2'poin t s above the level reported in February 1956. 
 
The All Crops Index at 271 percent of its 1910 ~ 1914 average is up 6 points ~rom the previous month. Slightly higher prices for cotton lint, cottonseed, soyb.eans; sweet potatoes and grains \'Jere primarily responsible for this .increase. 
 
The All Livestock and Livestock Products Index at 203 percent of its 1910 - 1914 average reflects an increase of 2 points during the month. Farmers were r ecei:,-:.ng slightly higher prices for their chickens and beef cattle during the month c Thes increases were off..set to some extent by lower prices for hogs, wholesale milk and eggs.  
 
!!!r!TED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers declined 4 points (2 per., cent) during the month ended February 15. Declines wer e r epo~te d 
for most commodities, led by hogs, tomatoes, lettuce, milk and potatoes. Hi.f('lE.':' prices for oranges, chickens, and some cormnercial vegetables were only par tL<:ll.'.y offsetting. The February Index at 234 percent of its 1910-14 average conpo.red \:it.i 238 in January and with 227 a year earlier. 
 
A general increase in prices of both living and production goods lifted the I ndex of Pric es Paid by Farmers for Commodities aqd Services, including Interest, Taxes, and V:age Rat es (the Parity Index) nearly 1 percent during the month. Prices of f ood , fe eder livestock, and motor supplies contributed most to th e increas e, ~hiR advance established a nm-J all-time high for the Parity Index. In mid-February it 
wa.s 5 perc ent higher than a year earli er. 
 
With f arm product prices off nearly 2 perc ent this month, the Parity Ratio dr oppe d back to 80, the post..World 'tAJar II low point, first established in Novemb er 19) ;i., 
 
_ _ _ _ _____ _ _ _......,_.._s_u_mm__a,.r~.l.w..-.,.!-..ab_..,_el_~J-~-.r.,._. ,t_h,_e.._._,_u_m_..--~-e...d. _S_t_a_t_e_s,_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ .., 
 
Indexes 1910-14 = 100 
 
Feb. 15, 1956 
 
Jan. 15, 
 
. Feb. 15, 
 
Record high 
 
1957 . . : 1957 
 
fnctex - - -D~te ~ - 
 
-----------------~---------- 
 
Prices Rec eived 
 
227 
 
238 . 
 
234 
 
Feb. 19.51 
 
Parity Index ,1/ 
 
280 
 
292 
 
2,94 
 
Feb. 19:;7 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
81 
 
82 
 
80 
 
Oct. 1946 
 
1./ Prices Paid, Inter est, Taxes, and Wage Rat es. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
\rJILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 COMli/DDITY .AND UNI'r .. 
Wheat, Bu. 
 
PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS FEBRUARY 15 1957 WITH COMPliBISONS 
 
f GIDRGIA .Average . , Feb  15, Jan.15, Feb.15, 
 
an. 1910 - 1956 
 
1957 1957 
 
'!Jp". 1 Cl14 
 
$ 
 
1.23 
 
1.93 
 
2.04 2.09 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
'. 
 
.Average . Aug. 1909l.r,'f 1q14 
.88 
 
Feb.15, 1956 
1.95 
 
Jan1~, Feb.1 5 
-- 1957 1957 f-'-- - --- 
2.09 2.07 
 
Qorn, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
.91 
 
1.15 
 
1.24 )..30 
 
.64 
 
1.18 
 
1.23 1.19 
 
Oats, Bu. 
 
,. 
 
$ 
 
Irish Potatoes, Cwt. $ 
 
Sweet Potatoes, .Cwt. $ 
 
Cotton, Lb. 
 
 
 
.67 5.25 5.10 12.1 
 
.84 
---- 
4~55 
34.3 
 
.86 
- 
4.?5 
32.6 
 
.87 
--~ ..... 
5.00 
33.4 
 
.40 
1.14 . 
~~~ - 
1.60 
12.4 
 
.62 - 1.88 
3~57 
31.0 
 
.75 '  'I~ . ' 
 
. 1~56 
 
1...41 
 
4.67 ' ' 4. 73 
 
30.2 30.2 . 
 
Cottonseed, Ton Hay (baled), Ton Hogs, per cwt. Beef Cattle, cwt. 
 
$ 23.65 
$ -- 
 
$ 
 
7.36 
 
$ 
 
3~96 
 
45.00 25.40 12.40 n.2o 
 
49.00 25.00 16.20 11.90 
 
50.00 24.60 16.00 12.10 
 
22.55 
- 
7.27 
5._4Z 
 
46.20 21.20 12.00 14.0,0 
 
60.40 22.90 
 
58.60 
; 
22.50 
 
. 17.30 16.-30 
 
14.90 14.98 
 
Milk Cows, Head Chickens, Lb. Eggs, Ibz. Butterfat, Lb. 
 
$ 33.85  13.3 .  21.4  25.8 
 
100.00 20.0 49.5 51.0 
 
110.00 105.00 16.5 18.0 46.0 43.0 51.0 51.0 
 
49.18 ll.4 21.5 26.3 
 
148.00 21.0 40.2 57.3 
 
155.00 157.00 17.1 18.4 33.2 32 .8 59.1 59.0 
 
1.1 Milk (Wholesale) per 100# Soybean~, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
2.43 
 
$ ---- 
 
Peanuts, Lb. 
 
 
 
5 . 2 
 
_l} Pre liminary for February 1957. 
 
.5.90 
 
6.oo 5.95 
 
2.40 
 
2.25 2.35 
 
10.9 
 
10.7 10.8 
 
. * Revised 
 
1.60 
-- 
4.8 
 
4.14* 2.25 11.8 
 
4.44. 4.34 2.31 2.25 11.1 ll;l 
 
= Th"DEX NTJlti3ERS OF PRICES RECEIVED p;y FA!MERS)IN GEORGIA 
 
\January 1910 - December 1914 100 
 
.  
 
Feb. 15, J'an. 15, ~-Feb. 15, 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1957 
 
All Commoditie s 
 
246 
 
243. 
 
248 
 
All Crops Grain and Hay Cotton Lint 
 
271 
 
26 5* 
 
271 
 
142 
 
149 
 
153 
 
282 
 
268 
 
276 
 
Peanuts Tob acco 
 
210 
 
206 
 
208 
 
3 62 
 
383. - 383 
 
Cot tonseed and Soyb e ans 
 
188 
 
203 
 
209 
 
Irish Potatoe s, Swee t Potatoes,& Cowpeas 2 44 
 
271 
 
281 
 
Fruit s and Nuts 
 
233 
 
179. 
 
179 
 
All Live stock and Livestock Products 
 
1 98 
 
201 
 
203 
 
.Me at Animals 
 
213 
 
.. 250. 
 
254 
 
Poultry and Eggs Dairy Products  
 
165 
 
'144 
 
146 
 
232 
 
235 
 
237 
 
*Re v i s e d 
 
.", '' 
PRI C~S PAID BY FARMERS FDR SELECTED FEEDS FEBRUARY 1 5 
 
1957 WITH COMPARISONS 1/ 
 
. GEDRG!A ... 
 
. ... 
 
I 
 
TJNITED Sl'ATES 
 
KI ND OF FEEE 
 
Feb. 15, Jan. 15, 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
Feb. 15, 1957 
 
I 
 
Feb. 15, Jan. 15, 
 
I 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
Feb . 15, . 1 957 
 
Mixed Dai~ Fee d All Under ~9%"1lrot e in 
Hi'fo Protein 
~8% Prot ein 20% Protein 2., ~'% Prote in .. tli~h P rotein Feeds 
d'9ttonsee d Meal S.Ciybe an Meal  eat Scr ap 
 
3.80 3.75 3.95 4 .do 4 .20 
3.35 4.1..0 :oc5o 
 
4 .00 3.95 4 .05 4 .15 4 .35 
3.45 3. 90 4 .70 
 
Ib llars Pe r 100 Pounds 
 
'l .05 
 
3 .o 5 
 
4. 00 
 
3. 60 
 
4. 0 5 
 
3.61 
 
'4 .20 
 
3.83 
 
4.40 
 
3.99 
 
3. 45 _ 3. 80 
4.75 
 
J 
 
3.76 " 3.92 - 
 
4. 46 
 
3. 86 3.80 3.79 4.04 4.13 
3. 86 ;3 .85 4.63 
 
3 .88 3 .83 3. 83 4 . 05 4 .14 
3. 87 3 .87 4. 59 
 
Grain Bv-Pro ducts 
Bran Mi ddlings Corn Meal 
 
3 . 30 3. 50 3. 65 
 
3. 45 3 .65 3 . 55 
 
3. 4 5 3.65 3. 55 
 
2.87 2.96 3.33 
 
3.08 
3.14 3.48 
 
3 .08 
3 .13 3 . 46 
 
Foul tr;z: Fe ed 
Broiler Growing Mash Laying l!/.[ash Scratch Grains 
 
5.00 . 4.75 4 .20 
 
5.10 4 . 85 4 .30 
 
 5.20 4 . 85 4 . 40 
 
4 .81 4 .36 3.93 
 
1.93 4 .-19 4. 13 
 
4 .96 4 .51 4 .ll 
 
Ha;z: (Bale d) 
Al f a l f a All Other 
 
50.00 40.00 
 
50.00 39.00 
 
52.00 39.00 
 
> .t 3-3':"'10 29.20 
 
35.10 31.90 
 
34 .70 31.60 
 
)) As report ed b y Feed Deal ers. 
 
 . 
 
 U..'N,I.VE-RSITY 
 
OF 
.. ' 
 
GEORGIA 
.. " ; .~ . 
 
MAR 8 '57. 
 
-.~7 ~~~;J1!~!R~ . GEOIR~GK AGR CULTURAL Li BRI\RiES M RKETING . ~=-=-----oEF'NICE 
 
/ 
 
~~~~  dlffr21tCV UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
GEORGIA AGRICUI. TURAL 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
Athans, Georgia . 
 
March 6, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C011IMERCIAL AREAS 
During the week ending March 2 corrrrnercial hatcheries placed 5, 077,000 chicks with 
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,137,000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,388, 000 placed the same week last year.  
 
Eggs set by local hat.che.ries amounted to 6, 773,000 compared with 6,587,000 for the 
 
previo~s week and is 14 percent greater tahh the 5,936,000 for the corresponding 
 
~~~t~ar. 
 
~ 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 52.5 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported .at $9. 75 per hundred. These prices compare with 54 cents and $9. 75 for the 
previous week and with 85 cents and ~~15.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate 
to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise, 
 
vfeighted avel;"age pric.es from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending March 2 are as follows:  North Georgia broilers 2-?t ... 3~c 
 
?ounds; at farms 18.95; FOB plants 19.75.  
 
 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1~TEEKS - PERIOD DECE}ffiER 29, 1956 THROUGH l1ARCH 2, 1957 
 
Dat e Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set 1955... 5 6 ; 1 9 5 6 - 5 7 
 
1/ . Chicks Hatched 
 
Inshipmonts 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1955-56:1956-57 1955-56: 1956-57 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1955-56;1956-57 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Dec, 29 5, 0Lf6 6,081 
Jan. 5 5,085 6,162 
 
3,127 .3,219 3,380 3,986 
 
638 
 
313 
 
617 
 
429 
 
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386 
 
3,322 l..J.,28l 
 
673 
 
482 
 
Jan, 19 5,342 6,455 
 
3,423 4,348 
 
670 
 
484 
 
Jan, 26 5,380 6,595 
 
3,492 4,640 
 
709 
 
520 
 
Feb, 2 5,473 6,636 
 
3,599 4,646 
 
966 
 
523 
 
Feb. 9 5,617 6,605 
 
3,607 4,647 
 
808 
 
544 
 
Feb. 16 5,587 6,596 
 
3,706 4,668 
 
709 
 
487 
 
Feb, 23 5, 758 6,587 
 
3,656 h,656 
 
600 
 
481 
 
11ar. 2 5,936 6, 773 
 
3,812 h,652 
 
576 
 
h25 
 
Y Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
3,765 3,997 3,995 4,093 4,201 
4,565 4, 1-J.l5 4,415 h,256 4,388 
 
3,532 h,415 4,763 4,832 5,160 5,169 5,191 5,155 5;137 5,077 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
, ! 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 ~ 
 
- EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN C'Ql\zU:iERCIAL AREA~BY \rJEEKS -:- 1956-57 
 
-. 
 
-- 
 
~~- - 
 
Page 2 
 
STATE 
 
- - -  - 
Feb. 16 
 
Feb. 23 
 
. . . . 
 
Har. 2 
 
..: ..: 
 
1.-Jeek Ending 
 
Dec. 
 
. . Jan. . :' Jan 
 
-29 - 5 
 
12 
 
----.- 
 
- - ----- Jan. 
19 
 
.. Jan. : Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
26 
 
.2 : 9 
 
Feb. 16 
 
. Feb. 
 
l\1ar. ~ 
 
23 
 
2 
 
- 
 
EGGS SET- THOUSANDS : : 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSAliDS 
-~---- 
 
Maine 
 
1,274 1,012 1,103 
 
Connecticut 
 
971 1,016 1,030 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,254 1,124 1,173 
 
Indiana 
 
1, 721 1,712 1,721 
 
Illinois  
 
435 
 
513 478 
 
Vl is s o u r i 
 
1,563 1,554 1,602 
 
...\' Delaware 
 
-~ 
' IJ 
 
Maryland 
 
\ Virginia 
 
2,076 2,189 
1,982 
 
2,197 2,107 2,245 2,383 2,125 2,011 
 
'! Y.Jest Virginia 
 
378 
 
394 3h5 
 
.North Garbliria 
 
2,633 2,628 2,582 
 
South Carolina 
 
474 
 
471 433 
 
GEORGL4. Florida 
 
6,596 476 
 
6,587 6 773  I :f~. 9 .. 1 435 411 
 
Alabama 
 
2,269 2,348 2,353 
 
Mississippi 
 
1:,764 1:,714 1,701 
 
Arkansas  
 
f 3,117 3,185 3,247 
 
Louisiana 
 
414 
 
394 428 
 
Texas 
 
2,629 2, 743 2,620 
 
Washington 
 
304 
 
318 361 
 
Oregon 
 
317 
 
248 346 
 
California 
 
- 1,184 1,255 1,447 
 
TOTAL 1956-57 136,020 36 _, 218 36,655 
 
867 410 
472 582 130 
344 1,471 1,063 
842 288 
964 192 . 3,53~. 
167 1,271 
833 
1,449 198 
1,385 215 90 706 
 
980 
544 695 626 136 510 1,817 1,496 1,165 350 1,772 298 
4~415 
222 
1,791 1,116 
1,973 299 
1,998 178 118 840 
 
17,471 23,339 
 
925 ' 
 
492 
 
613 
 
790 
 
119 
 
494 
 
2,032 
 
1,444 
 
1,2ll 
 
. h69 1,82h 
 
~' 
 
290 
. .427.63 . 
 
208 
 
1~847 
 
1,202 
 
2,053 
 
335 
 
2,168 
 
190 
 
111 
 
848 . 
 
989 
 
967 
 
425 
 
518 
 
592 
 
689 
 
712 
 
693 
 
140 
 
137 
 
543 
 
495 
 
2;040 2,055 
 
1,557 1,615 
 
1,242 1,357 
 
452 
 
446 
 
1,970 1,913 
 
295 
 
295 
 
4:,~3~ .  5:160 
 
208 
 
208 
 
1,783 2,080 
 
1,322 1, 275 
 
1,981 2,118 
 
290 
 
303 
 
2,103 2,254 
 
146 
 
211 
 
170 
 
140 
 
868 
 
879 
 
880 
519 648 898 136 
593 2,140 1,355 1,340 
466 2,115 
274 5.?.16~ . 
231 2,00h 1,302 2,328 
315 2,179 
207 209 938 
 
909 595 774 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1,223 
483 1,959 
302 5.191 
249 If -  1,992 
1,463 2, 22'8 
33'2 2,451 
229 192 984 
 
24,1_~28 24,660 25,808 26,246 26,587 
 
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303 5,155 
212 2,047 1,398 2,221 
344 2,246 
239 143 926 
25,691 
 
902 576 584 765 'i 
~-~ 
,, 152 ' 624 I 1,602 ' ' 1, 418 
1~221 
'' 459 \1 ;9.51 
322 ' 5:13 -~ 
269 2,033 1,372 2,354 
382 2,188 
265 181_ 
827 
 
963 510 689 792 211 610 1,811 
1;373 1,214 
498 1,934 
308 5,_077 
241 2;077 1:,403 2,260 
399 1,958 
281 
149 814 
 
25,592 25,572 
 
tOTAL 1955.;.56 
 
33,653 34,550 35,444 
 
20,799 21,551 21,537 21,236 22,522 23,195 23 , 72b 24,120 24,268 24,480 
 
195&.57% of 1955-56 
 
107 
 
105 
 
103 
 
I 84 
 
lOS 
 
~13 
 
116 
 
115 113 
 
112 
 
-- --- - -- - -- --.:..----- -~----- ------ -----~------- 
 
107 
 
105 
 
104 
 
. --- - -- ------- 
 
 UN lVERSlTY OF GEORGIA 
MAR 1 4 '57 .. 
ACREAGE AND INDICATED PTIODUCTION 
Of2_RINriTPA160Mr'1ERC IALcRoPSMARCH~ 1957 lUTED STATES: The production of vdnter vegetable crops for the 1957 season is now 
estimated to be 13 percent less than in 1956 but only 4 percent be- 
ow average, the Crop Reporting Board announced today. The largest reductions in reduction compared vdth last year are indicated for cabbage, lettuce, and carrots d.th significantly smaller output of celeryr'-beets, shallots, spinach, and lima eans expected. Partially offsetting these reductions are increases for winter vreet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, artichokes, and eggplant. During Feb- 
uary, winter crop prospects declined only 3 percent. This resulted primarily from 
ower yields for celery, cabbage, and tomatoes partially offset by improvement in he snap bean and green pepper crops. 
a f the early spring crops, for which a forecast of production has been made, a sig- 
i ficant increase over last year for lettuce and cauliflm..rer and reduction in nion production is indicated. Early spring tomato acreage is down a fourth from .ast year. Prospective acreage of late spring and summer onions is considerably , 
hove the acreage harvested in 1956. Grower9 reported intentions point to a corn- 
ined late spring and early summer watermelon acreage about 10 percent larger than .ast year. 
Ear~ S,ES~ lettuce production {s tent:atively forecast at a record 
high 6,7 3,000 cv~. which is 8 percent more than last year's large crop 
one-fifth above average. Expansion in Arj_zona is responsible for the In tlorth Carolina, there will be a larger acreage for harvest this year han last when adverse weather caused some loss. Yield prospects there are ex,ellent at this time. Because of early winter drought, setting was delayed and ~he crop is a little late. Moisture is adequate at this time. In South Carolina, creage and production are down from last year. The crop is apparently a little ~ehind its usual stage of development at this date but is in good condition. In Georgia, lettuce is also a little late. Dry weather in January and early February rorced growers to irrigate extensively. Yield prospects are satisfactory. In ~rizona, conditions have been very favorable for the growth of lettuce and the cr op d.s in excellent condition. Warm weather has enabled the deal to open early. Movement from the Phoenix area has started and is expected to pick up rapidly but heavy movement is not scheduled until late March. While the bulk of the acreage d.s for April harvest, considerable acreage was seeded to mature in May. This yearts deal features acreage in new areas near Phoenix--the Aguila district and Harguho la Talley. There is a larger acreage of spring lettuce in California's Salinas-Wat - 
~onville this year than in 1956 when adverse weather hindered planting. In the 
valinas-Watsonville area, the acreage seeded in November and December totaled about 
~' 900 acres, slightly more than the 4, 800 acres planted in this period the preced... 
ng year, but well below the average of about 10,000 acres. The acreage that went during January was about normal but much larger than the very small acreage 
seeded in that month last year. This suggests relatively light early season mar- 
ketings t his year but they will be larger than in 1956. Weather has been favor- 
able to date for lettuce. Harvest -.wi~L.$t.art in late March in a few early areas but will not be general until w:;ll into April. 
 
 , .:. .. .. 
- 2- 
CABBAGE: According to preliminary estimates, a crop of 16,000 acr ~ s is in prospect this year in the early S~in~ Stat es. Acreage at this l evel is . 
bel ow both last yearts and the 7-year average by 8 percent and 22 percent, r espec-  
i vely. A considerable r eduction in acreag e for harvest from 1956 is indic at ed in both Georgia and Louisiana, No change is indicated in the other early spring States except Mississippi where a slight increase is estimated. Cabbage is in good condition in South Carolina where recent rains are getting the crop off to a good start. In Georgia, stands are r eported to be fru.r. Harvest is expected to star t one or two v1eeks later than normal as a result of earlier dry weather in the mhl!n pr oducing areas, Cold January weather in the import ant Breaux Bridge-Arnaudville are a of Louisiana damag ed th e crop considerably in that State. Some fi elds wer e pl owed under and new fields were planted in February, but this late setting was not enough to replac e all the acreage lost. A longer harvest s eason than usual is expected this year, Movement of the crop has started with he ads t ending toward small sizes. Harvest of the California spring crop will not begin until April, 
The prospective acreage for harvest of late summer cabbage, at 19,850 acres, is 
4 perc ent below 1956 and 14 percent below-average , Reductions from last year are 
i n pros pect in all these States except Pennsylvania and Indiana wher e an increase i s ant icipated and Illinois and California wh er e no change is indicat ed. 
wA~~~: Reports fr om growers on their intentions to plant indic at e 317, 300 acres of  e arl~ ~!wat erme lons for harvest in 1957. This is 11 
perc ent mor e acreage than was harvest ed last year and 10 perc ent above ave~ age . All 3tat es, except Mississippi, Louisiana, Arizona, and California, expect an i ncrease in acrea.ge over last year with Texas and Oklahoma accounting f or the maj ori ty of t he additional acre age. 'In most areas of south Texas, moisture conditions were f avor abl e in late February and planting was active. This favorable moisture condition developed too late for additional acreage to be planted in the Falfurrias and Rivier a dry land areas, but considerable increase is expected in the Pe arsall, ?l easanton, Stockdale acreage and some increas e in the Laredo, ltJinter Gar den, and ~agl e Pass irrigated ar eas is indicated. These areas have some ac:r>eage up to an even stand and will complet e their plantings in early Narch. The Pears all ar ea wil l have a fair siz ed irrigated acreage this year, and harvest is expecte d about the same time as the usual early production in the Falfurrias area. Conditions wer e f avorable for planting to start in Hempstead, Lockhart and other south central counties and most acreage in these areas will be plant ed by mid-Mar ch. Planting in centr al and . eastern counties will start in mid-March and continue into early Apr il . Temper atut es up to this period have been f avorable for all early plantings to get a good start. 
J.n Oklahoma, soil moisture condition has b een good, and with anywh ere near normal ~r ecipit ation during March, conditions should be favorable for planting. Plantl;lg : s under way in south Georgia and will begin ab out mid-Mar ch in the central part of 1JL.~ State . Seed is r eported plentiful to dat e; with th e Charleston Grey indic ated as th-3- pr .u~ii>3.l v ar i8't.y in Georgia. 
 
 - 3- 
 
Acreage and Indi~~~ed Pr~duction Re~~rted to D~te 1 1957 .w~t~.C~mEarisons 
 
I 
ACREAGE 
 
YIEI,D PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
GROP 
 
AND 
 
STATE 
 
Average 1949-55 
 
1956 
 
Ind. 1957 
 
Av. 
49-55 
 
19~6 
 
Ind. Average 1957 1)49-55 
 
1956 
 
Ind. 1957 
 
LETTUCE: 
feIiS.Ering: North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Arizona, S.R.V. California 
Group total 
CABBAGE: 1/ 
~arly S,Eri~: 
South Carolina Georgia, South Alabama 11ississippi Louisiana California 
Group total 
 
- Acres - 
 
- Cwt. - 
 
- 1,000 cwt... 
 
1,600 1,6oo 1,190 1,000 
630 400 12,930 17,900 30,940 24,000 
L~7, 290 44,900 
 
1,800 76 850 62 400 83 
19,500 145 27,000 114 
49,550 119 
 
55 85 121 88 153 
 
52 48 
 
73 52 
 
41 
 
88 85 
 
53 35 
 
34 
 
160 170 1,854 2,864 3,315 
 
135 120 3,515 3,240 3,21-J.O 
 
1h0 137 5,615 6,279 6,783 
 
2,000 2,400 2,400 133 145 
 
5,600 4,700 4,200 111 120 
 
1,130 900 
 
900 109 100 
 
4,710 3,000 3,200 98 110 
 
4,110 3,500 2,500 89 100 
 
2,890 2,800 2,800 216 220 
- 
 
20,440 17,300 16,000 121 133 
 
258 624 123 459 378 626 
2,468 
 
348 564 90 Apr. 10 330 J:::o 616 
2, 298 
 
Late Summer: 2/ 
Pennsylvania - 
Indiana I llinois I owa lTorth Carolina Georgia 
'Jolorado Hew Nexico -t!ashington 
California 
 
4,310 4,130 2,210 1,900 2, 720 2,600 1,020 700 4, 270 4,200 
760 700 
3,400 2,900 380 250 
1,660 1,170 2,410 2,100 
 
4,400 180 187 1, 950_.l24 . . 201 2,600 178 180 
650 147 140 4,000 143 1) ~0 
600 91 100 
- - 2,400 240 237 108 112 1:,150 166 231 2,100 230 230 
 
777 773 271 3~2 - ~ ~ 483 468 152 98 610 588 July 10 
69 70 824 688 42 28 272 270 556 483 
 
Gr oup total 
 
23,140 20,650 19,850 175 186 
 
4,056 3,848 
 
;,rATERl'1ELONS : 
 
-  
 
"_arly SUiilmqr: f:./ 
 
Nor th Carolina 11,060 11,000 12,000 49 50 
 
540 550 
 
South Carolina 42,000 40,000 41,000 56 52 
 
2,350 2,080 
 
::le org i a 
 
52,710 57,000 62,000 78 78 
 
4, 109 4,446 
 
Al abama 
 
17,010 19,000 20,000 91 90 
 
1,540 1,710 June 10 
 
l~ississippi 
 
10,340 14,000 14:,000 70 67 
 
729 938 
 
J..r kansas 
 
10, 000 11,300 12;400 84 89 
 
839 1,006 
 
:S o u i s i a n a 
 
4,540 3,900 3,900 75 85 
 
344 332 
 
Gkl ahoma 
 
15,460 11,500 17_,000 64 60 
 
?99 690 
 
'.::' GX [?.S ~-riz on a 
alif.,rnia 
Group total 
 
__ 110,140 100,000 118,000 48 
 
5,100 5,000 
..,_1_0_,_370 12,000 
 
5,000 139 12 ,000 131 
 
1288, 740 
 
317,300 65 
 
44 165 
-140 
 
5,252 !~,400 710 825 
- 1,356 1,680 
18,768 
 
!/ 
 
Includes 
 
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proce ssing. 
 
28}J., 
 
-700 
 
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- - - 18,657 
 
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g/ 1957 acreage prospective . 
 
ARCHD IJmGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. 
Vegatable Crop Estimator 
 
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL A~ 
 
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During! the ':week ending March 9 commercial hatcheries placed 5,154;ooo chicks i,with 
 
broiler producer~ in Georgia commercial areas. ; This comparee with the 5, 077 ,'ooo 
 
placed the 'p:.;-.evibus .week and is 16 percent more. than the 4,441,000 plac.ed ::th~ same 
 
 week last year.   ; :. :: 
 
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,747,000 compared with 6,773,000 for the 
 
previ~us week and is 13 percent greater than th'e 5,988,000 for the correspond~ng 
 
week last year. .  : 
 
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Hatch~ries : reported prices paid f~r hatching eggs during the week at an average 
 
of 53 <cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was repor~ed at ?9 7~ per _httr1<ir?d The.se . prices colllPare with 52.5 cen:ts --and $9.75 for t.b.e prav~ous week and w.Lth 85 cents and $15.25 one year ago. Egg prices : showri' :relate ,to Georgia produced hatching eggs whathe_r bought on contract or 
 
othe~se. ~ 
 
 
 
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Weigb~d averAge ;prioes from the Federal~State Market News Service . for broileis 
 
duri~~ the ;week ending March 9 are as follows: .North Georgia broilers 2~ ... Jz- 
 
; poun~~;; at farms =19. 70; FO~ .plants 20.76. . ; 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT _BY WEEKS - PERIOD JANUARY.~--'- 1957 THORUGH !1ARCH 9, 1957 
 
Date 
 
. Eggs 
 
. Week I 
 
Set 
 
Ending ! \i956 . 
 
i957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1956 . ~ '1957 ' 1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed 
 
. I: on Farms . 
 
1956 
 
1957 .. 
 
: 
 
' 
 
~ Thousands 
 
Thous.ands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Jan. 5 Jan. i2 
! 
Jan. 19 "ran. 26 l eb. 2 :F'eb  . 9 
Feb. 16 
Feb~ 2.3 
l1ar,; 2 
Mar.  9 
 
5~085 6;162 
5;149 . 6;386 5,342 . 6,~55 5i380 6, 95 
5,473 6;636 
5;617 6,6o5 5,587 :6,596 
5~758 6,5~87 
5)936 . 6, 773 5;988 6,747 
 
3,380 3;322 
3,423 3;492 
3,599 
3,607 3,706 
3;656 
3:,812 
3,835 
 
3,986 4;281 
4,348 4i640 4,646  
4;647 4:,668 
4;656  
44,'675122 
 
617 
 
. 673 
 
I 
I 
 
670 
 
709 
 
966 
 
: 808 ' 7.09 ~ 600 ; . 576 
 
606 
 
429 482 . 484 
520 
523 544 487 481 
425 414 
 
3,,997 4,415 
3',995 4,76J 
4,093 . 4,832. 
4,201 5,16o: 
4,565 5,169; 
4,415 5,191 
4;415 5,155 
4:,256 . 5,137 
4',388 5,077 4~441 5,154' 
 
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shipped 
 
into . 
 
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of 
 
Georgia. 
 
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WIIjLIAM iA  .WAGNER , 
 
~Agricu~tural Statistician 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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:rN ==;;..;;;.....;.;;;;._--......._; ....._,_;..._ _ _ _ _ . . ::   ::EGGS :SET .AND CHICKs"PLACED OOI~H.C IA1 ht~~s '-vlliEKS - '195~7 . ~ .~ .. .. -..;........;_~:.--~~. ~ -. ~,:::..~: ~..:.;.;::;;_ ....;;----~;;.;...;o.-~;:;;.._;;;;.;;.;._.""."' 
 
B'Y.' ~ .t - ~ - ~ ~-:--- -~---:- ,-- 
 
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STATE . 
 
. Feb. : . lfo.r. : .. }'Jar . . 
23   2 .: . 9 
 
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. . . Jan. . : Jan : Jan. : Jan. : Feb.  .:  Feb. ' : Feb.: : Feb. : Mar. : Mar. 
 
5 : 12 : . :19 . , 26 : 2 .. : 9' : 16 : 23 
 
2 
 
9 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
lVfaine 
Connecticut Peruisylvania 
Indi~a 
Illinois MissouriDelaware Narjland Virginia West Virginia ~Jorth Carolina South Carolina 
GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama 1'-iississippi Arkansas Louisiana 
Texas 
Washington Oregon 
California 
 
l,Oi2 1,016 1,124 1,712 
513 1,554 2,197 2,245 2,i25 
394 2,628 
471 6_!_587 
435 2;348 1,714 3,185 
394 2, 743 
318 248 1,255 
 
1,103 1,030 1,173 1,721 
478 1,602 2,107 2:,383 2,011 
. 345 
2,582 
433 . 6. 773 
4ll 
2:,353 1,701 3,247 
428 2,620 
361 346 1,447 
 
1,169 973 
1,184 1,785 
439 1,897 2,303 2,379 1,951 
347 ' 2,593 
473 
6~747 
425 2:,393 1, 739 2,859 ' 394 2,670 
392 302 
1,379 
 
980 544 695 626 137 510 1,817 1,496 1,165 350 1,772 298 )-6_415 
. 222 
1,791 1,a13 1,973 
299 1,998 
178 . 
118 840 
 
925 481 613 790 123 494 2:;032 1,444 1,211 469 1,824 . 290 
4.763 
208 1;847 1,223 2,053 
335 2,168 
190 111 848 
 
989 425 592 712 . 140 
543 2, 040 1,557 1,242 
452 1,970 
295 4.!..832 
208 1,783 1,316 1,981 
290 2,103 
146 
170 
868 
 
967 505 674. I 693 140 
 
495 2,055 . . 1,615 
 
. . 
 
1~ 357 
446 
 
. 1,913 
 
295 5__,_160 
 
208 
 
2,080- 
 
: :L, 297 . ~,118 
 
'." 303 2,254 
211 
 
124 
 
879 
 
880 531 648 . 898 1)6 
593 . 2, 140 
1,355 1,340 . 
466 . 
2,115 274 
5,169 
231 2:,004 1,302 2,328 
315 2,179 
207 209 938 
 
'909 
 
923 . 
 
595 : 499 . 
 
712 ; 722 
 
843 
 
656 
 
156. : 193 
 
616 . 582 
 
1;888 . 1, 859 
 
1,528 . - 1, 409 
 
1,~23 : . 1,122 
 
. 483 : .. 471 
 
1,95'9 : .. 2, 021 
 
302 : 303 
 
5,191 ' . 5.!..155 . 
 
. 249 : 212 . 
 
1' 992 2' 047 .; 1,463 : 1,398 2,262 : 2,221 . 
 
332 : . 344 . 
 
2' 325 . 2' 246 . 229 : 239 
 
179 : . 1.59 . 984 : . 926 . 
 
902 
576 584 765 152 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 
459 1,953 
. 322 
5.137 
269 2,033 1,372 2,354 
382 2,188 
265 187 827 
 
963 510 689 792 211 . 610 
1:,811 1,373 1,214 
498 1,934 
308 
,5 ,071 . 
. 241 
2,077 1,403 ,260 
399 1,958 
281 
149 
814 
 
915 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629 1,945 345 5,1?,4 
232 2,037 1,403 2,365 
' 403 
1,991 244 146 
793 
 
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 . , 195-7 .%:of 1956  
 
: 36,218 
34,550 
105 ; 
 
36,655 36,793 
 
35,444 :. 35' 894 
 
. ::.-~ 103 
 
103 
 
. .. 
 
. .-: 
 
,. 
 
23,437 24,442 24,6.54 21,551 21,537 21,236 
109 113 116 
 
25,789 26,258 '22,522 23,195 
115' 113 
 
26,420 : 25,70.7 
23,..720 24,1~0 . 111 ; 107 
 
25,592 24,268 
105 
 
25,572 24,480 
104 
 
26,152 24,980 
105 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
MI\R 2 0 '57 
 
AGR ICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
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U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
.. AG'R ICULTURA L M.\R KE1.1NG SERV lCE IU~ EXTENSION BLDG., ATHEtJS , GA. 
 
M.arch 19, 1957  . ~ROSPECTIVE . PLANTINGS FOR 1957 
 
The Crop Reporting Board of the /l,griculturru. Marketing Service .rnake.s the Follmrlng 
 
r eport for the United States, on the ;i.ndic ated acre ages . of certain .crops in 1957  
 
based upon reports from farmers in all parts of the country on or about Narch: :L  
 
r egarding their acreage plans for the . l957 season, The acreages for 1957 are 
 
i nterpretations of reports from growers ru1d A.~e  based on. past relationships .b ~ ttveen 
 
such r eports and acreages actually planted , 
 
 
 
The purpos .  th-s--r~ort is t,o assis-t  growers -gemeraJ:ly r ii making su~h fl.lrtiier che.nges in their acreage plans as ms.y appear desirable, The acreages actually . 
planted in 1957 may turn out to be larger or smaller than' indicated, by reason of weather conditions, price changes, labor supply, financial conditions, the agri~ 
cultural program, and the effect of this report itself upon farmers actions . 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
. iorn, all           83 , 942 
 
. . . All Spring Wheat     
 
19,679 
 
. Du.rum           
. . Other Spring      
 
- 
 
2,547 17,132 
 
. . . . Oats  
 
   
 
44,158 
 
. . . . Barley       
 
 
 
12,132 
 
. Cor ghtuns f~r all purposes  
 
15,191 
 
. . . . ?ot atoes      
 
  
 
1,533 
 
. . :vJeet potatoes  
 
  
 
382 
 
. .. . 2;: :obacc o 
~oyb eans 
. . . :?-eanut s . h::.y ,!/. 
 
1/. 
2/. -: . 
 
 
 
 
 
!.- ~ ., 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
- _.. ___ 
  
     
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- - 1,693 
14,939 2,706 
74,248 
 
78 , 557 16,244 
2,551 13,693 44,648 14;712 21,503 1,412 
291 
-- l,366 21;970 
1,844 
73,627 
 
1/ Ar::reage harvested. ~/ Grown alone for all purposes. 
 
74;410 12,784 
1,713 
11;071 . 43 , 514 16,008 
26,h90 1,421 
282 . ~,.13 2 22,745 
1,834 72,766 
 
~4.7 
78 . 7 67. 2 80. 9 
97 . 5 108. 8 123. 2 100. 6 
96. 9 82. 8 
103. 5 
99. 5 98. 8 
 
GEORGIA 
 
PLA N TED A C R E A G E S 
 
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CR0 P 
 
Acreages : Yld,Per: 1956 
 
Indi cat ed : 1957 c:.s 1957 : perc.en t  
 
Planted :Planted: Thousands Thousands : of 1)56 
 
: Thousands : Acre : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
------.-----.-.-. --. ------------------ ---- -.-- 'iorn, bu~    
 
 
 
. . . Jats, bu,  ,   
 
  
 
. . . 3arl ey, bu.      
 
  
 
. . y . : r i sh Potatoes, All, cwt.  1/. 
 
,.,weetpotat.oes, cwt  
. . ~ubacc o, All, lbs  .- 
 
 
 .?.1. 
 
. . . . . . '.11 Sorghums . 
2oybeans , Alone   
. ?~Bnuts , (Gr own Alone ) . . . . A.ll flB.y, Tons   
 
   
 
 
 
.  
 
 
3 /. 3/. 
~/. 
 
3,096 15. 9 
 
780 14. 9 
 
8 18. 9 
 
7. 2 46.0 
 
32 . 1 38. 0 
 
101.9 1196  
 
49 
 
77 
 
904 
 
1,121 
 
.65 
 
2, 736 
 
750 
 
14 
5.0 
 
17 90.1 
 
- 
 
82 
 
107 
 
598 
 
695 
 
2,654 
 
97 
 
772 103 
 
16 114 
 
) . 0 . 100 
 
15 
 
8'8 
 
65.1 72 
 
90 110 
 
1.22 114 
 
598 100 
 
702 101 
 
~I 1949 - 55 Aver age . 
 
~/ Acreage Harvested. 
 
3/ Grown alone for all - purposes . Partly dup- 
licated in hay acreage . 
 
ARCHI E LANGLEY '\eri.".u.U .urBl S+;::;t+,i st ician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricult ural Statisti ci a.11 
 
 PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORT FOR GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES 
 
GEORGIA: According to liarch 1, 1957 reported intentions, Georgia farmers plan to plant about one percent smaller total crop acreage this year (excluding 
cotton) than they planted last year. Dec]j.nes in corn, tobacco, and sweetpotatoes 
more than offset slight increases in intended acreages of oats, barley, soybeans, sorghums and all hays. Indicated acreage of peanuts and Irish potatoes is the s ame as last year. 
 
UNITED STATES: March planting intentions for spring crops and decreased seedings 
 
of crops last fall are shaping for 1957 the smallest total nation- 
 
al planted crop acreage since World viar I. Excluding cotton, plantings of 16 
 
spring crops may be 2 .million acres less than last year. Major reductions in pros- 
 
pect for spring wheat and rice will further reduce food grain acreage already dimin- 
 
:~hed by reduced winter wheat plantings. Feed grain acreage may be slightly larger 
 
t han in 1956 from increases in sorghum and barley which offset decreases in acreage 
Of corn and oats. Soybean acreage expansion will continue. Decreases in total 
 
plantings are providing a large acreage for the 1957 Soil Bank acreage reserve pro- 
 
gram, '1-Thile important related shifts in acreages are being made between crops. It 
now appears that the total planted acreage of 59 crops may be about 12 million 
 
acres less than last year. 
 
 
 
Prospective acreage as now determined on the basis of. growers r 11arch 1 reports is 
aubject to considerable change from weather effects or changed decisions for various reasons which may develop after cooperators' reports were made. The amount of participation in the Soil Bank was somewhat in question for many farmers. Extent Of loss of winter wheat, still hard pressed for survival in some Great Plains 
areas, will greatly influence plantings of sorghum and other crops, as will soil moisture prospects~ Rain or snow over large areas during recent weeks has i~ proved chances for spring growth but many hazards remain to influence both final planting and harvest. 
 
2Q!lli: This year's intended corn acreage, at 74.4 millj.on acres; is a 70-year 
 
record low. It is 5 percent below the 1956 total of 78.6 million acres 
 
planted and 11 percent smaller than average. 
 
 
 
 
 
WHEAT: A total of 49.6 million acres of all wheat is indicated by combining the ----- intended seeded acreage of spring whe~th the acreage of winter wheat ~lanted--as stima:ted-ast Dee-ember r - This is -a GJ.ecrease- o...,.neaPly 11.2 million &cr9s from- the 60.7 million acres planted for the 1956 wheat crop~ 
~: Seedings made last fall and planned for this spring indicate total plantings of 43,514,000 acres of oats for 1957. This would be about 3 percent less 
t han total plantings for 1956 and 1 percent less than the 10-year average. The indicated decline from 1956 plantings represents a further adjustment to a more norm~l  level from the record high of 47,523,000 acres planted for 1955. 
 
f EANUTS: Reports from peanut growers on March 1 indicate that they intend to plant 1,834,000 acres of peanuts alone for all purposes in 1957. If present 
plans materialize, this yearts crop will be only a few thousand acres below that planted in 1956 but 32 percent below the 1946-55 average acreage. These intent ions include peanuts to be grown alone for picldng and threshing, hogging off and for other purposes. 
 
TOBACCO: As of March 1, tobacco producers expressed intentions to plant 1,131,600 acres of all types of tobacco, a reduction of 17 perc~nt from last year. 
 
~~ue~cure~ types are expected to total 662,900 acres, down 24 percent from the 
 
876,300 harvested last year and reaching the lowest l~vel since 1932. Applying 
 
the 1951-55 average yield of flue-cured ~o this year's acreage intentions, a pro- 
 
duction_of 868 million pounds wo~ld be indicated, compared "t-rrth the current 1956 
 
e~timate of 1,410 million po1mds. 
 
 
 
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7uNITEosTATEs DEPARTMENT OF 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
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MAR22 -'57~; 
 
GJBO~(G TI UBBARI ES-' I,A,.l....-- - - : - -- ""::RI CULTURAL 
 
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MARKETING 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICUl. TURE 
 
GEORGIA. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
Athens, Ge()rgia  
 
iIarch 20, 1957 
 
-------- - ---..--- ----------- BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
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During the w~ek ending March 16 commercial hatcheries placed 5,298,000 chicks with 
 
broiler producers in Georgia corr~ercial areas. This compares with _the 5,154,000 
 
placed the previoup week and is 18 percent more than the 4,486,000 .placed the same 
 
week last year.- : 
 
 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,471,000 compared with 6,747,000 for the previous week and is 7 percent greater than the 6,051,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 53 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was repartee at ~~9. 75 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compares ~th 84 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 Market News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending March 16 are .as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! - 3! 
 
pounds; at farms 18.51; FOB plants 19.57  
 
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GEORGIA CHICK ~C~UY WEEKS - P~~JA~RY 12.!-1957 THROUGif.)~A.BQ!:L~?.t-.~957__ 
 
Date Week Ending 
~- 
 
Eggs .  Set 1956 : 1957 
--;~ous:ds 
 
IChicks Hatched l/ 
Placed in Georgia 1956 : 1957 
J - Thousands- 
 
In.shipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 . : 1957 
 
-;:::~:-- - ---;::::::-- 
 
1 
 
Jan. 12 5,149 6,386 
 
.3,322 4,281 
 
673 
 
482 3,995 
 
Jan~ 19 5,342 6,455 
 
3,423 4,348 I 670 
 
484 4,093 
 
Jan. 26 5,3'80 6,595 
 
3,492 4,640 
 
709 
 
520 4,201 
 
Feb. 2 5,473 6, 636 
 
),599 4,646 
 
966 
 
523 4,565 
 
Feb. 9 5,617 6,605  
 
3,607 4,647 
 
808 
 
544 4,415 
 
Feb . 16 5,587 . 6,596 
 
3,706 4,668 
 
709 
 
487 4,415 
 
Feb . 23 5, 7:58 6,587 
 
3,656 4,656 
 
600 
 
481 4,256 
 
Mar . 2 5,?~6 6, 773 
 
3,812 4,652 
 
576 
 
425 4,388 
 
lVI.ar. 9 5,988 6, 747-. 
 
'3, 835 4,712 
 
606 
 
414 4,441 
 
Har. 16 6,051 . 6,471 
 
3,914 4, 718 
 
572 
 
580 4,486 
 
- --- - - - - - - - - - - 1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
4,763 4,832 5,160 
5,169 5,191 
5,155 5,137 5,077 5,154 5,298 
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CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Stat:istician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistj_cian In Char ~e 
 
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STATE 
 
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Mar. 2 
 
EGGS SET ~ND CHICKS PLACED IN COMiviERCIAL AREAS , .B! WEEKS - 195.7- 
 
- - - ---- - ' 
 
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. 
 
Week Ending 
 
. .. .: Mar. Mar. 9 . 16 : 
 
~- 
 
. . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb Mar. 
 
. . . . . . . 12 
 
19 
 
26 
 
2 
 
. 9 16 : .> .. 23 
 
2 
 
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Mar. 
 
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Page 2. 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissouri Delaware Naryland Virginia Hest Virginia 
North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama 
1-Iississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
Washington Oregon 
California 
 
1,103 1,030 
1,173 l-,721 
476 1,602 2,107 2,383 2,011 
345 2,582 
433 6..1773 
4ll 2,3.53 1,701 3,247 
428 2,620 
361 346 1,447 
 
1,169 
973 1,184 
1,785 
439 1,897 2,303 2,379 1,9.51 
347 2,.593 
473 61 747 . 42.5 
2,393 1,739 2,859 
394 2,670 
392 302 1,379 
 
1,04.5 981 
1,231 1,803 
441 1, 792 2,326 2,336 2,181 
340 2,667 
417 6__,___1 71 . 471 
2,311 1,678 2,941 . 
398 2,607 
3.51 . 368 
1,396 
 
925 . 
481 613 
790 123 . 494 2,032 
1,444 1,211 
469 1,824 
290 4_,_763 
208 
1,847 1,223 2, 053 
335 2,168 
190 111 
848 
 
989 42.5 592 712 140 543 2,040 
1,557 1,242 
452 1,970 . 
295 4.!.83:2 
208 
1, 783 1,316 1,981 
290 2,103 
146 170 868 
 
967 50.5 674 693 140 
49.5 2,0.5.5 1,615" 
i,3.57 446 
1,913 29.5 
5~160 
208 2,080 
1,297 2,118 
303 2,2.54 
211 
124 879 
 
880 
531 648 898 136 
593 2,140 1,355 1,340 . 466 
2,1~5 
274 .5, 169 
231 2,004 1,302 2,328 . 31.5 
2,179 207 209 
938 
 
909 
595 712 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1, 223 
. 483 
1,~59 
302 5 . 191 
249 1,992 1;463 2,262 
332 2,32.5 
229 179 984 
 
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 
471 2,021 
303 5 zl5.5 
212 
2,047 1,398 2,221 
344 2,246 
239 159 926 
 
. 
902 
576 584 765 152 624 . 1,602 1,418 1,221 .. 45.9  1,953  322 
5zl37 269 
2,033 1,372 2, 354 
382 2,188 
265 187 827 
 
963 510 689 
792 211 610 1,811 
1;373 1,214 
498 1,934 
308 5,077 
241 2;on 1;403 2,260 
399 1,958 
281 
149 814 
 
97.5 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 
1;410 1,232 
629 
1,945 ' 34.5 
5,154 
232 2:, 037 1,403 2,365 . 403 
1,991 244 146 
793 
 
847 
579 
734 824 2.59 647 2,102 
1,531 1,331 
491 1,985 
32.5 
.5%2~8 
209 1,968 
1;388 
2,337 
37.5 2,311 
22.5 150 890 
 
TOTAL 19.57 TOTAL 1956 1957 % oi' 19.56 
.. 
 
36,6.5.5 35,444 
103 
 
36,793 3.5,894 
103 
 
36,552 36,615 
100 
 
24,442 21,537 
113 
 
24,654 21,2.36 
"116 
 
25,789 22,522 
11.5 
 
26,258 23,195 
113 
 
26,420 25;707 
 
23,720 . 24,120 
 
111 
 
107 
 
25,592 24,268 
105 
 
2.5,572 
24~480 
104 
 
26,152 24,980 
105 
 
26,806 25,598 
105 
 
 ~ 
 
Ga.. 
 
{IJJ 9DO 7 
 
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' 3-.2 7::...57 UNITED STATES 
 
C!/ro!J G}E)off.iJGTIAG~ e.' I 
 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRI.CUI. TURE 
 
AGRICULTUR AL MARKETI NG 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
MAR2 q ~57 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
11ru.ch ..27, 19.5.7 
 
BROILER CHICK REPOR 
 
During the week ending March 23 commercial hatcheries placed 5,18~,000 chicks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,298,000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,700,000 placed the 
s~~e week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,212,000 compared with 6,471,000 f~r the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6,151,000 for the correspond- 
ing week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver~ge 
gf 53 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at $9.75 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compares with 85 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown ' relate to . 
G~ orgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
2t Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
during the week ending March 23 are as follows: North Georgia broilers - .3t ( pounds; at farms 17.27; FOB plants 18.26. 
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GEORGIA CH:rCK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD JANUARY 19, 1957 THROUGH MARCH 23, 1957 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched y 
 
Inshipments 
 
.Total Plac ed 
 
.  Week 
 
Set 
 
Ending ~956  1957 
 
. . Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1956 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
.  oh Farms 
1956 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Jan. 19 5,.342 ;Jan. 26 5,380 Feb. 2 5,473 Feb. 9 5,617 Feb. 16 5,587 Feb. 23 5,758 Na.r. 2 5,936 Har. 9 5,988 M.a:r  16 6,051 ivla,r . 23 6,151 
 
6,455 6,595 6,636 6,605 6,596 6,587 6,773 6,747 6,471 6,212 
 
3,423 3,492 3,599 3,607 .J; 706 3,656 3,812 3,835 3,914 4,034 
 
4,348 4,640 4,646 4,647 4,668 h,656 4,652 4,712 
4,718 4,648 
 
. 670 ' 709 
966 808 :I.?09 600 576 606 
572 
. 666 
 
484 4; 093 4,832 520 4,201 5,160 523 4,565 5;169 544 ' 41415 5, 191 
. 4~7' .4,415 . 5;155 
481 4,256 5,137 425 .4,388 5; 077 414 ' 4.,.441 5,154 580 :4,486 5;298 534 4,700 . 5~1 82 
 
11 Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. : 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician I.n Charge 
 
CARL 0.  tOE3CHER . Agricul.tural.Statistician 
 
..... 
. ' 
 
 STATE 
~ 
1'1aine Connecticut 
Pennsy1vania 
Indiana Illinois 
Jltis ~ouri 
Delaware Naryland Virginia Uest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama . Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas v.Jashington Oregon 
- California 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 % of 1956 
-- 
 
. . Mar. . . 9 
 
. Mar. 
 
Mar . 
 
. 16 
 
23 
 
EGGS SET .- THOUSAND$ 
 
1,169 973 
1,184 1,785 
439 1,897 2,303. 2,379 1,951 
347 2,593 
473 6, 747 
. 425 . 
2,39~ 
l, 739 2,859 
394 2,670 
392 302 1,379 . 
36,793 
35,894 
103 
 
1,045 981 
1,231 1,803 
441 1,792 2,326 . 2,336 2,181 
340 2,667 . 417 6,471 
'471 . 2,311 1,678 2,941 
398 2,607 
351 368 
1,39-6 
36,552 
36,615 
100 
 
971 1,"024 1;241 1,821 
468 1:,713 2,290 2,321 2,148 
414 2,681 
466 6,212 
478 2,283 1,586 3,028 
400 2,668 
384 ' 390 1,504 
36,491 
36,536 
100 
 
Page 2. 
 
vTeek Ending 
 
' 
 
' 
 
. . . . . Jan. : - Jan. 
 
. . . . . . . 19 
 
26 
 
. Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. : Feb. 
 
Mar . 
 
. . . 2 
 
9 
 
16 
 
23  2 
 
Mar. : Mar. : Mar  
 
9 
 
16 
 
23 
 
.. 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS  
 
989 ,: 425 592 712 ' 140 
543 2,040 1;557 
 
967 505 " 674 693 140 495 2,055 1,615 
 
I 
 
880 . 909 
 
531 
 
595 
 
648 
 
712 
 
. -:.. 898 . ! 843 
 
136 
 
156 
 
" 593 
 
616 
 
2,],40 1,888  
 
' 1,355 :1;528 . 
 
923' 499 722 656 193 . 582. 1,859 1,409 
 
f. 
 
.902 
 
963 
 
576 
 
5J:.O 
 
584 ''765 152 
 
.;~. .. 
 
68'9 792 21l 
 
624 
 
6io 
 
l, 602' ; , 1, 8ii 
 
1,418 ~1,373 
 
975 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 
 
847 579 734 824 259 647 2,102 
1,531 
 
876 
563 730 924 201 639 2,056 1,540 
 
1,242 . 1,357 
 
452 . 446 
 
: 1~970 . 1,913 
 
295 
 
295 
 
4, 832 . 5,160 
 
1,340 466 
~,115 
274 . 
5.,169 
 
1,223 483 
1,,959. 302 
5,191 
 
1,122 1,221 : ~.1,214 
 
471 : 459'.. ::- 498 
 
. 2,021 ~ . 1, 95?  : .1,934 
 
303 
 
322 . ' 308 
 
5,155 5,137 : 5,077 
 
1,232 629 
1,945 345 
5,154 
 
1,331 491 
1,985 
325 5,298 
 
1,309 501 
2,038 296 
5,182 
 
208 
 
208 
 
;- 
 
231 
 
249 
 
212 
 
269 .. 241 
 
232 
 
209 
 
200 
 
l, 783 . 2,080 . 2,004 1,992 2,047 2,033 i 2, 077 2,037 1,968 2,095 
 
1,316 1,297 1,302 1,463 1,398 1,372 : 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388 
 
1,981 290 
 
2,118 303 
 
2,328 2,262 315 .. 332 
 
2,221 344 
 
2,354 ; 2,260 
 
382 
 
399 
 
2,365 403 
 
2,337 375 
 
2,519 340 
 
2,103 2,254 2, 179  2,325 2,246 2,188 1,958 1,991 2,311 2,083 
 
146 
 
211 
 
207 
 
229 
 
239 
 
265 
 
281 
 
244 
 
225 
 
284 
 
170 
 
124 
 
209 
 
179 
 
159 
 
187 
 
149 
 
146 
 
150 
 
164 
 
- - --------- 868 
 
879 
 
938 
 
984 
 
926 
 
827 .. 814 - -79-3 -- 890 1,0-35 - 
 
24,654 25,789 26,258 26,420 25,707 25,592 25,572 26,152 26,806 26,963 
 
21,236 22,522 23,195 23,720 24,120 24,268 24,480 24,980 25,598 26,501 
 
116 
 
115 
 
113 
 
ill 
 
107 
 
105 
 
104 
 
105 
 
105 
 
102 
 
- 
 
- 
 
 HD 9tJo 7 Go_.. 
~'f A3 
 
?-).. 7~57 
. . . DUENPIATERDTMSETNATTEOSF . A G R I C U i . . T U R E 
C3ro;!J. 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERS TY OF GEORGIA 
GEORGIA AGRICUL T~RAL EXTENSION SEHVICE  
 
Athens; Georgia 
 
H.~ch ..27, 19.5.7 
 
---l 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMlViERCIAL AREAS 
During the week . e~ding March 23 commercial hatcheries placed 5,182,000 chicks  with 
broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,298,000 
placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,700,000 placed the s~~e week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,212,000 compared with 6,471,000 for the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6,151,000 for the corresponding week last year.. 
 
~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
 
of 53 cents  per dozen.  Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was re- 
 
port~d at $9.75 per hundred. These prices are the ~arne as the previous week and 
 
compares with '85 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to 
 
Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or ~ 
 
otherwise. . . 
 
. 
 
 . 
 
2t - Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
 
qur.ing the week ending March 23 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 
 
3~ 
 
pounds; at farms 17.27; FOB plants 18.26. 
 
(See 'reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK'PLACEMENT BY WEEKS- PERIOD JANUARY 19, 1957 THROUGH MARCH ' 23. 1957 
 
Date 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs ' Set' " .1956 : 1957 
 
Chicks Hatched y 
Placed in Georgia 1956 : 1957 
 
Inshipments 
 
. of Chicks 
 
. 1~56 
 
1957 
 
Total Plac ed 
. on Farms 
1956 19$7 
 
Thousands 
 
Jan. 19 5,342 Jan. 26 5,380 Feb. 2 5,473 
Feb. 9 5,617 
Feb. 16 5,587 Feb. 23 5,758 
Har. 2 5,936 Mar. 9 5,988 
1.'1ar . 16 6,051 :Mar . 23 6,151 
 
.6,455 
6,595 
6,636 
6,605 
6,596 
6,587 
6,773 6,747 
6,471 6,212 
 
Thousands 
 
3,4~3 
3,492 3,599 3,607 3,706 3,656 3,812 
3,835 
 
4,348 4,640 4,646 
4,647 4,668 
4,656 4,652 4,712 
 
3,914 4,718 4,034 4,648 
 
Thousands  
 
' 
 
670 
 
484 
 
' 709 
 
520 
 
: 966 
 
523 
 
... 808 ' . 544 
 
709 
 
48.7 
 
600 
 
481 
 
; 576 
 
425 
 
' 606 
 
414 
 
' 572 . 580 
 
666 
 
534' 
 
- Thousands 
 
4;093 
4~201 
4,565 4;415 :4;415 4;256 4;3:88 4;441 . 4,486 .. 4,_700 
 
4,832 5,160 
5,169 
5,191 
5,155 5,137 5,077 5,154 
5,2 98 
5,182 
 
~I Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states oui;;siae of Georgia. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
 .. 
 
A~ricultural $tatistician__. I~ . Charge 
 
CARL 0. :COE3CHER . 
 
' . 
 
Agricuitural Statistician 
 
 
 
 STATE 
~ 
Maine Connectic1;1t Pennsylvania Indiana  Illinois Miss oJ.i_l"i DelawareNaryland  Virginia Uest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina 
GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama Mi s.s i s s i p p i Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1:Jashington Oregon 
- - California 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 % of 1956 
- 
 
... Mar. Mar. : Mar. 
 
9 
 
16 : 23 
 
EGGS SET-- THOUSANDS 
 
-1,169 973 
1,184 1,785 
439 1,897 2,303 
2,319 
1,9$1 347 
2,593 473 
6, 747 
. 425 2,393 1,739 2,859 
394 2;670 
392 302 1,379 
36,793 
35,894 
103 
 
1,045 981 
1,231 1,803 
441 1,792 2,326 2,336 2,181 
340 2,f>7 
417 6,4,71 
471 2,311 1,678 2,941 
398 2,607 
351 368 1,396 
36,552 
36,615 
100 
 
9'71 1:,024 1,241 1,821 
468 1:,713 2,290 . 2,321 . 2,148 
414 . 2,681 
466 6,212 
478 2,283 1,586 3,028 
400 2,668 ' 
384 ' 390 1,504 
36,491 
36,536 
100 
 
"" 
Heek Ending 
.. 
 
. ... Jail . : Jan. : Feb. ' Feb. 
 
19 
 
26 :: 2 
 
9 
 
. . . 
 
Feb. 16 
 
. . : Feb. ~. : M?T. 
 
23 
 
2 
 
. . 
 
Mar. 
9 
 
. . . . 
 
Mar. 16 
 
Page 2. 
I 4 
I 
..: 11ar. 23 
 
989 425 592 712 140 543 2,040 1,557 1,242 
452 . .l,9?0. 
295 4,832 
 
CHICKS -PLACED- THOUSANDS 
 
- 
 
 
 
: 
 
967 
 
880 
 
909 
 
923 
 
902 
 
963 
 
505 
 
531 
 
595 
 
499 
 
5?6 
 
510 
 
674 
 
648 ! 712 
 
722 
 
584 ; 689 
 
693 . 898 
 
843 
 
656 
 
765 ;:. 192 
 
140 495 2,055 
 
136 ; 156 . 193 . 152 '. 211 
 
593 
 
616 
 
582 . 624 ;. . 610 
 
2_,140 ' 1:,888  1,859 .i,-6o2 :.- _ 1/ 811 
 
1,615 : 1;355 1,528 . 1;4Q9 ) .",418 : . l,B73 1,357 . 1,_340 1,223 .J . 1,122 . . 1;221 :. : 1, ~214 
 
446 ; . 466 . 483 
 
471 
 
459 i 498 
 
. 1,9J3 
. 295 
 
: 2_,115 _: 1,959 274 : 302 . 
 
2,021 . .... 303-. .. 
 
' 1 
. 
 
953 
32. 2 
 
;_ 
: 
 
.... 
 
1,934 308 
 
 5,i6o . 5,169 5,191 5,155 5,137 :. 5,077' 
 
975 575 711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629 
1,945 
345 5,154 
 
847 
579 734 824 259 647 2,102 
1,531 1,331 
491 1,985 
325 5,298 
 
1876 
563 
730 924 1201 
639 2,056 1,540 1,309 
501 2 038 
296 5,182 
 
208 1,783 
 
208 2,080 
 
2)1 2,004 
 
249 1,992 
 
- 
 
212 2,047 
 
269 ~ . 241 2,033 -:. 2,077 
 
232 2,037 
 
209 1,968 
 
200 2,095 
 
1,3i6 1,297 1:,302 1,463 1,398 1,372 :.. 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388 
 
1,981 2,118 2,328 2, 262 2,221 . 2,354 : 2,260 2,365 2,337 2,519 
 
290 
 
303 
 
315 
 
332 
 
344 
 
382 . . 399 
 
403 
 
375 
 
340 
 
2,103 146 
 
2,254 211 
 
2,179 207 
 
2,325 229 
 
2,246 239 
 
2 ' 
 
188 : 265.. 
 
. 
 
1,958 281 
 
1,991 244 
 
2,311 225 
 
2j 083 284 
 
170 
 
124 
 
209 
 
179 . 159 
 
187 
 
149 
 
146 
 
150 
 
164 
 
- - 868 
 
879 
 
938 
 
984 
 
-926 - - -827 
 
814 - - -793- - 890 1,0-35 - 
 
24,654 25,789 26,258 26,420 25,707 25,592 . 25,572 26,152 ' 26,806 26,963 
 
21,236 116 - 
 
22,522 115 
 
23,195 113 
 
23,720 111 
 
24,120 107 
 
24,268 24.,480 24,980 25,598 
 
105 . 104 
 
105 
 
105 
 
---- 
 
26,<.$01 102 
 
 CGIE(Q)~GllA CJFiCC~ C 
 
t?.>1fllNCG IE!RiVllC~ 0- 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
 
 
 
 
. 
 
~~ 
 
' AGRICUL.T\.IRAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
.U.S. C'I'EPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE . 
 
:: MAR13:'57 ...  1 UNI:I"'R:ill' Y. OF GEORGIA ANO. THE .. ...... ... . . .. - . -     A~ICUi.':'URAL.. MA:RKETIUG ' SE~VICE " 
 
. STATE. OEPARTMi::NT o r- AGR~C\.!LT.~~.E. ~ : .. 
 
at9 EXTENSION eL.OG ., ATH:Z ~s . GA. . 
 
hens, Georgia 
 
 , .  
 
 
. L,IB RM~ I ES   
 
March 1957 
 
DATA FROM GEORGIA 1956 WEEKLY HATCH .REPORTS ON BROILE..tt CHE KS 
 
(Revised February 1957) 
 
 
Week Ending 
1956 
 
Hatchings a.I]~_Qoss State Movement Shipped Hatched Shipped 
Total out of for Local into Total Hatched State Placement St&t ...-. Plac e d 
 
Received for Broiler Chicks ($) 
 
Jan. 7 5,085 3,602 222 
 
3,380 611 
 
3,997 .87 
 
16.00 
 
Jan. 14 5,149 3,589 267 Jan. 21 5,342 3,765 235 
 
3, 322 673 
- 
3,530 670 
 
3,995 .87 4,200 .87 
 
16.00 16.00 
 
Jan. 28 5,380 3,895 30)-J. 
 
3,591 709 
 
4,300 86 
 
16.00 
 
Feb. 4  5,473 3,878 279 Feb. li  5,617 3,951 344 Feb. 18 5,587 4,081 375 Feb. 25 5,758 4,054 398 
 
3,599 966 3,607 808 3,706 709 3,656 600 
 
4,565 .86 4,415 .86 4,415  85 4,256 .85 
 
1). 75 15.50 15.50 15.50 
 
Mar. 3 5,936 4:,122 310 
 
Mar. 10 5,988 4,167 332 
 
Mar. 17 6,051 4,271 357 
 
Mar. 24 6,152 4,464 430 
 
Mar. 31 6,217 4,476 
 
~6 
 
'! 
 
Apr. 7 6, 223 4,533 333 
Apr . 14 6,328 4,594 386 Apr. 21 6,365 4,565 310 Apr. 28 . 6,364 4,627 401 
 
3,812 576 3,835 606 3,914 572 4,034 6.66 
4,200 709 4,208 769 4,255 801 4,226 681 
 
4,388 .85 4,441 .85 
4,486 .84 
4,700  85 ,-825 .84 
4,909 .84 4,977  84 5,056 .83 4,907 .82 
 
15.50 15.25 15.00 15.00 15.25 
15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 
 
May 5 6,451 4,743 381 
 
May 12 6,557 4,~08 
 
318 
 
May 19 6,531 4,773 424 
 
May 26 6,537 4,771 440 
 
Jillrre 2 6,576 4,822 
 
422 
 
Jillrre 9 6,516 4,828 
 
363 
 
June 16 6,896 4,942 364 
 
June 23 6,770 4,912 466 
 
June 30 6,534 4,899 418 
 
4,362 757 4,390 732 4,349 742 4,331 799 
4,400 814 4,465 815 4,578 808 4,446 735 4,481 804 
 
5,119 .82 5,122 .82 
5' 091. ' . 82 
5,130 82 
5,214 81 5,280  79 5,386  75 5,181  72 5,285 .71 
 
14.75 14.'75 14.50 14.5.9 14.50 14.25 13.25 12.75 12.75 
 
July 7 6,152 4,958 386 July 14 6,067 4,854 382 July 21 6,251 4,868 398 July 28 6,075 4,657 301 
 
4,572 828 4,472 678 4,470 690 4,356 594 
(over) 
 
5,400  70 5,150  71 5,160 . 71 4,950 . 71 
 
12.75 12.75 12.75 13.00 
 
 .. .; 
 
- 
Week Ending 
1956 
 
 Eggs Set 
{000)_ 
 
I 
 
- H~hinf;S and Cross State Movement ~OOOl 
 
Prices 
 
Shipped Hatched Shipped 
 
Paid for Rece i~d 
 
Total out of for Local into Total Hatchj_ng for Broi.]_, 
 
Hatched State Plac ement State Placed E_ggs ( ) Chick fLi$ 
 
Aug. 4 6~152 4,550 . 332 
 
4,218 582 
 
4,800 .  72 . 1_3..00 
 
Aug. 11 6,227 4,501 334 
 
4,167 483 
 
4,650 .72 
 
13 .. 25 
 
Aug. 18 5,909 4,429 .336 
 
4,09.3 607 
 
4, 700 72 
 
13.25 
 
Aug. 25 '5, 917 4,442 344 
 
4,098 702 
 
4,800 .72 
 
13.25 
 
Sept. 1 5, 779 4,396 285 
Sept. 8 5,746 4,148 288 Sept. 15 5,923 4,ll8 281 Sept. 22 . 6,001 4,190 286 Sept. 29 5,941 4,281 254 
 
4,111 539 
3,86o 640 
3,83? 653 
3,904 646 4,027 573 
 
4,650 .72 
4,500  72 4,490  72 
4,550  72 
4,600  72 
 
13. 25 13.25  13.25 13.50 13.25 
 
Oct. 6 6,223 4,365 327 
 
4,038 492 
 
Oct. 13 6,203 4,477 293 
 
4,184 516 
 
Oct. 20 ' 5,949 4,313 281 
 
4,032 518 
 
Oct. 27 . 6,109 4,418 284 . 4,134 546 
 
4,530  71 
 
4,700 
 
~71 
 
4,550  70 
 
4,680 .68 
 
13.00 . 13.00 12.50 11.75 
 
Nov.  3 5,963 4,342 291 . 4,051 469 
 
Nov. 10 6,060 4,343 317 
 
4,026 374 
 
Nov. 17 6,164 4, 466 320 
 
4,146 404 
 
Nov. 24 6,179 4, 472 349 
 
4,123 447 
 
4,520 4,400 
4,550 
4,570 
 
.65 . 11.50 
 
.64 
 
11.25 
 
.64 
 
11.25 
 
.64 
 
11.25 
 
D~c. 1 6,138 4,527 399 Dec. 8 5,010 4,555 398 ~ec. 15 5,909 4,418 313 
Dec. 22 6,304 4,444 304 
Dec. 29 6,255 3,557 170 
 
4,128 432 4,157 438 
4,105 455 
4,140 470 3,387 313 
 
4,560 .64 
4,595 .64 
4,560 .64 4,610 .'64 3,700 .64 
 
11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 11.00 
 
TOTAL 314,989 229,121 11,568 
CARL .0. DOESCHER 
Agricultural .St atistic.ian 
 
211,553 33,012 244,565 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statist ician In Charge 
 
.... 
 
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'iuhens, Georgia 
 
FARN PRICE REPORT AS OF' 11ARCH ~S' ,_ 19.51 
GS~R~D\: The All Commodity Index nf Prices Received by Georgia farmers declined. 2 points (1 percent) during the month ended Narch 15, 1957. The inde;-: 
at 246 percent of its 1910 - 19l).J. Rverage is unchanged from the l evel f01." the corresponding month in 1956. 
 
The All Crops index at 265 was down 6 points frOlll a month earlier and is 8 point s below the March 15-1956 index of 273. Lower cottnn, peanut and oat price::; ~V'are 
primarily responsible for this decline. 
 
The All Livestock and Live stock Products Index remained unchanged from th e prev:i.. O'l~, nonth at 203 percent of the 1910-1914 average. Farmers were receiving l0wer p~ic~ s for P-ggs and 1'rholesale milk during the month. These decreas es were offset by slightly higher hog and beef cattle prices. 
trr~ITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers increased 3 points (1 percent) during the month ended March 15. Higher prices for me at 
animals, fruit, and commercial vegetables were prlinarily responsible for the i ncrease in the index , Partially offsetting were lot<Ter prices for dairy products, P.,g s, and cotton. The March index at 23 7 percent of its 1910-14 average compared ~Qth 234 in February and with 228 a year earlier. 
 
Higher prices for farm production goods raised the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers 
 
for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Ta~e s, and Wage Rates (the Parity 
 
Index ) 1 point during the month. At 295 this set another new high, The index of 
 
price s p-d for family living i terns remained at the :record high first r ecorded i '1 
 
February. 
 
- 
 
v;i th both farm product prices and prices paid by farmers averaging high er in m:i.dliar ch than a month earlier, .the Parity Ratio remai.ned at 80, about 1 percent lower than in March of last year. 
 
- ----Indexes 
- ._ -~1..910-14 .. 100 
 
Summar;r Table f-or the United States 
 
Mar. 15, 
 
Feb, 15, 
 
Har, 15, 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1957 
 
Prices Received 
 
228 
 
234 
 
237 
 
:t-o.rity Index ~/ 
 
~/ 281 
 
294 
 
295 
 
( _Fo.rity Ratio 
 
81 
 
60 
 
80 
 
J:/ y ' 
 
Pri~es 
 
Paid, 
 
--~----------------- ------ 
Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates, 
 
Revised. 
 
~e2o!:d_h~g!] - 
 
Ind ex 
 
Date 
 
313 Feb, 1951 295 Mar. 1$'57 123 Oct. 19~.0 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY J.\.gx-ic1lt'1r al Statistician In Charge 
 
WILI,IAJ'II E. KIBLER Agriculturai Stntisticien 
 
 PRICES RECEIVED BY Fl&IERS Ml.ICH 15, 1957 'IIITH COMPARISONS 
 
COMMODITY ill'Jl)ln'UT 
 
b.uvenroag-e  1914 . 
 
GIDRG!A 
Mar.15, Feb.15, 1956 ' 1957 
 
Mar.15, 1957 
 
Aver~e 190 .,1914_ 
 
UNITED SI'.!ITES 
 
Mar.15 Feb.15, 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
Whe at, Bu. Co rn, Bu. 
 
$ 1.23 
$ .91 
 
1.$ 1.19 
 
2.09 1.30 
 
2.12 1.32 
 
.88 
' 
.64 
 
1.97 1.20 
 
2.07 1.19 
 
--J.-.---- 
Mar.15, 1957 
- - -- 
2.07 
1.20 
 
Oat s , Bu. 
Iri sh Pot. ,Bu. 
 
$ .67 $ 5.25 
 
.84 
 
.87 
 
.83 
 
.40 
 
.62 
 
.73 
 
.72 
 
--- - 
 
-- ..  70 
 
1.34 
 
1.41 
 
1.33 
 
Sweet Pot. ,Bu. 
 
$ 5.10 
 
2.60 5.00 
 
5.25 
 
.88 
 
2.09 
 
4.73 
 
-1 .74 
 
Cotton, Lb. Co t . See d, Ton Hay(ba1 e d)Ton F..ogs , Per cwt . 
 
 12.1 ~ 23.65 
~ --- 
~ 7.36 
 
34 .6 47.00 25.40 11.80 
 
33.4 
50.00 
24 .60 16.00 
 
32.e 
--- 
23.80 
16.40 
 
12.4 
22.55 
--- 
- 
7.27 
 
31.6 46.80 20.60 12.30 
 
30.2 58.60 22.50 16.30 
 
29.e 
' 
60-. 60 
21.60 
16.80 
 
Beef Cattle, cwt. ~ 3.96 Milk Cows, he ad tl 33.85 
 
11.70 12.10 12.60 
100.00 105.00 uo.oo 
 
. 5. 42 14040 14 .00 48.00 150.00 157.00 
 
16 .00 159. 00 
 
Chickens, Lb. 
 
~ 13.3 
 
21.0 18.0 
 
18.5 
 
11. 4 
 
21.6 
 
18. 4 
 
18.8 
 
Eggs, Ibz. Butterfat, Lb. Milk(-:lho1es;Je ) 
per 100 # 1 
Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb. 
 
~ 21. 4 ~ 25.8 
~ 2.43 
~ --- 
Q 5.2 
 
13.5 51.0 
 
43.0 51.0 
 
38.3 51.0 
 
5.75 . 2.50 10.9 
 
5.9o 2.35 10.8 
 
5.75 2.30 10.6 
 
21.5 26.3 
 
39.6 57.2 
 
32.8 59.0 
 
1.60 
 
3.96 
 
-- 2.38 
 
I 4 .8 - 11.7 
 
4 .34 2 .25 ll.1 
 
30 .6 58 .7 
: 
4 .19 2. 26 ll.2 
 
1} Preliminary for March, 1957  Revised 
 
I llDEX Ntn.1BERS OF I'RICES mr:EIVED BY FARMERS I N GEORGIA 
 
(January 1910 - December 1914::: 100 
 
Mar.15,  F eb.l5, Ma.r .l5, 
 
19."in 
 
, 9Fi7 
 
, 9Fi7 
 
All Commodities 
 
246 .. 248 
 
246 
 
All Crops 
 
273 
 
271 
 
2p5 
 
Gr a in and Hay Cotton Lint 
 
144 
 
153 
 
1 51 
 
285 
 
276 
 
270 
 
P eanuts 
 
210 
 
208 
 
201 
 
Tobacco 
 
362 
 
383 
 
383 
 
Cottonse ed and Soybe ans 
 
197 
 
209 
 
209 
 
Irish Potato e s, Sweet Fot atoe s & Cowpe as 244 
 
281 
 
292 
 
Fruits and Nuts 
 
233 
 
179 
 
179 
 
All Live stock and Livestock I'roducts Me at 1\nimal s 
P oult~ and Eggs 
 
193 
 
203 
 
203 
 
206 
 
254 
 
261 
 
163 
 
146 
 
1 <1'1 
 
Dairy roducts 
 
228 
 
237 
 
2.32 
 
Mi xed Dai ry Feed 
An Under 29'j'o I rot e in 
16'io r rot ein 19% P r otein 20o/o F rotein 
24o/o Prote in 
 
3.85 3.80 4 .00 4 .00 4 .20 
 
4 .05 4.00 11.05 4 .20 
4.40 
 
Dollars Fer 100 Founds 
 
4.05 4 .00 4.05 4 .25 4 .40 
 
I 
 
3.65 
 
3.60 
 
3. 60 
 
3.81 
 
3.94 
 
3.88 3.83 3.83 <1.05 
4.14 
 
3. 85 3. 80 3.79 4 . 02 
4. 11 
 
Hi gh Frot ein Fee ds (.;ot ton seed bT.eal 
Soybean Meal Meat Scrap 
 
3.35 4 .05 4.60 
 
3. 45 3.80 4 .75 
 
3. 45 
3.70 L1. 70 
 
3.72 3.84 4 . 47 
 
3.87 3.87 4 .69 
 
3. 84 
3. 81 <1 . 65 
 
Grain By-Products Br an 
Mi ddlings Corn Meal 
 
3.25 3.45 3. 45 
 
3. 45 3.65 3.55 
 
3.45 
3.65 3.55 
 
2.90 2.97 3.33 
 
3.08 3.13 3. 46 
 
3. 06 3.11 3 .1l 5 
 
I ou l trz Feed l3r oiler Growing Mash .Lay i ng Mash Scratch Grains 
H~y (Bal e d) 
-:t\lr alf o. 
All Othe r 
 
5.00 4 .70 4 .20 
 
5.20 4 .85 4. 40 
 
5.20 4 .85 4 .40 
 
54 .00 43.00 
 
52.00 39.00 
 
51.00 38.00 
 
4 .81 
 
4 .96 
 
Ll: o93 
 
4 .36 
 
4 .51 
 
4.-8 
 
3.95 4.ll 
 
4 .11 
 
 
 
32.70 29. 40 
 
34.70 31.60 
 
34 . 00 31.20 
 
]} As r eport e d by Feed Deal ers. 
 
.. 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
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COLLEG E OF AGRICULT URE  
 
 
 
E X TD:.; ;6~.t SE; <  CC: 
 
Athens , Georgia 
 
April 3, 19.57 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C O~u'ffiRCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending 1'1arch 30 com;r,ercial hatcheries placed 5, 312 , 000 chicks 
w~.th broiler producers in 'Georgia coMmercial are as. Thi s compares with t he 5,182, 000 placed the previous week and is 10 percent more than the 4,82),000 pl a.ced the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 289,000 compared with 6,212,000 for the previous week and is 1 percent greater than the 6, 217 , 000 for the correspond ing week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver age 
of 53 cents per dozen. Average price charge d by hatcheries for the chicks w~s 
reported at $9.7.5 per hundred. These pri ces are t he s ame as the previ ous week 
and compare with 84 cents and $1.5. 2.5 one year ago. Egg prices shown relat e t o Geor gia produc ed hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othertdse. 
 
l;J.e:2.ghted average prices f rom the Federal-State Market News Service f or broilers tlm::.ng the week endi ng r1arch 30 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2t - 3} ( pounds ; at farms 18.18; FOB plants 19.29. 
 
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(See reverse side for other states) . 
 
- GEOHG1J\ CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1t!:B~~lt.!QI2 _Jft]'JQ:AR.Y-26-;- 19.5 l::'!FROUG~I_~Q!i-)..O , 1~2? 
 
-- ~- - -~~,. 
 
...... ..e...,., ~ 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ 
 
Insh~ pments 
 
Total Plac ed 
 
11r8ek 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Geor gia 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Fru"ms 
 
Ending 
- 
 
19.56 : 19.57 
 
- -19.56-- -1-9.5-7 r - -19.56 
 
19.57 
 
19.56 
 
19.5 7 
 
Thous ands 
 
Th.ousanda 
 
Thousands 
 
Thous ands 
 
Jan. 26 
F~b . 2 Feb , 9 Feb . 16 F"lb, 23 M<.r. 2 
Har. 9 :.'1Ip.r. 16 
Ms.r. 23 
lllie.r . 30 
 
.5 ,380 
.5,h73 .5,617 
.5:, .587 .5, 758 
5J936 
.5 ;988 6,0.51 
6;1.51 6,217 
 
6,.5 9.5 6,636 6,60.5 6,.59 6 6,.587 
6,773 
6,747 6, 471 6,212 6, 289 
 
3, '+92 3 , .599 3,607 3, 706 3; 6.56 3,812 J } 8)".:J' 
3,914 4, 034 4,040 
 
4 , 6l,J.O 
4, 646 
4, 647 4; 668 4 , 656 4,6.52 
45 TL2 
4 , 718 4, 6'+8 
4, 70.5 
 
709 
 
)20 
 
966 
 
.52 3 
 
808 
 
544 
 
709 
 
487 
 
600 
 
4t3l 
 
.576 
 
4?..5 
 
606 
 
41 4 
 
572 
 
5 50 
 
666 
 
534 
 
78.5 
 
607 
 
.5 ,160 .5,169 .5 , 191 .5 ,1.5;) .5 ,lj? 
.5 ,077 
5' l5.l.i. 
.5 , 298 .5,182 .5,312 
 
. / Exc l~sive of hatch:i.ngs shipped into state s out side of Geor gia. 
 
CARL 0 ~ DOF.:SGHER 
, .Agricultur a1 Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANG!.,EY . 
~gricultural Sc. a tisti ci an In Charge 
 
 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COM1'1ERCIAJJ AREAS, BY \-lEEKS - 1957 
 
Page 2. 
 
.. 
 
- - 
't..J"eek Ending 
 
STATE 
 
. . Mar. . 16 
 
. 
 
Mar. 23 
 
. . 
 
Mar. 30 
 
. . . . . . . Jan. Feb. 
. . . . . . 26 ; 2 
 
-- - - - - -- 
 
Feb. Feb. : Feb. 
 
9 : 16 
 
23 
 
I'1ar. Mar  2: 9 
 
Har. 16 
 
Mar. : Mar. 
 
23 
 
30 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
Haine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaw='.re Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina 
G-FElOo-RrGidIAa 
Alabama Jlli s s i s s i p p i Arkansas 
Lo~1isiana 
Texas Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 
 
1,045 981 
1,231 1,803 
441 1, 792 2,326 2,336 2,181 
340 2,667 
417 6,471 
471 2,311 1,678 2,941 
398 2$607 
351 368 
-1,396 
36,552 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
B6,615 
 
19.57 % of 1956 100 
- 
 
971 1,024 1,241 1,821 
468 
1,713 2,290 2,321 2,148 
414 2,681 
466 
-6,212 478 2,283 1,586. 
3,028 400 
2,668 
384 390 1,504 
 
1,230 951 
1,249 1, 779 
439 1, 770 2,272 2,294 2,121 
403 2,700 
474 6,289 
478 2,442 1,697 3,084 
398 2,555 
383 375 1,389 
 
36,491 36,536 
100 
 
36,772 36,631 
100 
 
967 
 
880 
 
505 
 
531 
 
674 
 
648 
 
693 
 
898 
 
140 
 
136 
 
495 
 
593 
 
2,055 2,140 
 
1,615 1,355 
 
1,357 1,340 
 
446 
 
466 
 
1,913 2,115 
 
295 
 
274 
 
- 5,160 5, 169 
 
208 
 
231 
 
2,080 2,004 
 
1,297 1,302 
 
2,118 2,328 
 
303 
 
315 
 
2,254 2,179 
 
211 
 
207 
 
124 
 
209 
 
879 
 
938 
 
25,789 22,52.2 
11.5 
 
26,258 23,19.5 
113 
 
909 595 712 843 156 616 1,888 1,528 1,223 483 1,959 302 5,191 
249 1,992 1,463 2,262 
332 2,325 
229 179 
98L~ 
26,420 
23,720 
111 
 
CHICKS PLAC--E-D- -- -TH-O-U-SANDS ------- - -- 
 
------- 
 
923 499 722 656 193 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303 
- -5_,155 212 2,047 1,398 2,221 
344 2,246 
239 159 926 
25~707 
24,120 
 
902 576 584 765 152 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 322 5,137 
269 2,033 1,372 2,354 
382 2,188 
265 187 827 
25,592 
24,268 
 
963 510 689 792 211 610 1,811 1,373 1,214 . 498 1,934 308 5,077 
241 2,077 1,403 2,260 
399 1,958 
281 149 814 
25,572 
24,480 
 
975 
 
847 
 
876 1,000 
 
575 
 
579 
 
563 
 
536 
 
711 
 
734 
 
730 
 
624 
 
852 
 
824 
 
924 
 
930 
 
177 
 
259 
 
201 
 
203 
 
521 
 
647 
 
639 
 
741 
 
2,012 2,102 2,056 2,024 
 
1,410 1,531 1,540 1,610 
 
1,232 1,3J.l 1,309 1,360 
 
629 
 
491 
 
501 . 497 
 
1,945 1,985 2,038 2,013 
 
345 
 
325 
 
296 
 
315 
 
- - - - - - - - 5,154 5, 298 5, 182 5,312 
 
232 
 
209 
 
200 
 
214 
 
2,037 1,968 2, 095 2,107 
 
1,403 1,388 1,388 1,336 
 
2,365 403 
1,991 
 
2,337 375 
2,311 
 
2,519 340 
2,083 
 
2,395 401 
2,054 
 
244 
 
225 
 
284 
 
319 
 
- ----_ 146 
 
150 
 
164 
 
793 
 
890 1,035 ,___.__ 
 
150 964 
 
26,152 26,806 26,963 27,105 
 
24,980 25,598 26,501 26,655 
 
107 
 
105 
 
104 
 
105 
 
105 
 
102 
 
102 
 
---- - 
 
--- 
 
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UNITED STATES EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
(3rojJ 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 April 10, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR G:80RGIA COMHERGIAL AREAs .  
 
During the week ending April 6 commercial hatcheries placed 5,247,000 chicks 
 
with broiler producers in Georgia pommercial areas. This compares with the 
 
5,312,000 placed the previous week and is 7 percent more than the 4,909,000 
 
placed the Sa:Jn~ we~k last year, . 
 
'  
 
Eggs set by local hatcheri.es amounted to 6,538,000 compared with 6,289,000 
for the previous week and is 5 percent greater than the 6,223,000 for the 
corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs  during the week at . an Tvarage of 5L~ cents per dozen. Average price charge d by hatcheries for the 
[,icks was reported at $10. 00 per hundred, These prices compare with 53 cents 
 <~d $9. 75 for the previous week and with 84 cents and ~15. 00 one year ago. Egg 
~~ices 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 during the week ending April 6 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2! -3! pounds; at farms 19,00; FOB plants 20.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHIC K PLACE}1ENT BY WEEKS- PERIBD FEBR~ARY 2..!. 1954-THROUGa APRIL 6C.!. 1957 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ 
 
Inshipments Total Placed 
 
.. Week 
 
Set 
 
nding 1956 1957 
 
. Placed in Georgia 1956 1957 
 
. of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
""! 
Thousands 
 
Feb. 2 Feb. 9 Feb. 16 Feb . 23 Mc1r. 2 
i:id..r . 9 16 M2..1"' . 
}'!:;r . 23 f'It...r  30 Apr. 6 
 
5,473 5:,617 
5,587 5,758 
5,936 5,988 
6,051 6,151 6,217 
6,223 
 
6,636 6,605 6,596 6,587 
6, 773 6,747 6,471 6,212 
6,289 
6,538 
 
3,599 
3,607 3,706 
3;656 ' 
3,812 
3:,835 3,914 4,034 4,040 4,200 
 
4,646 4,647 4,668 
4,656 4,652 4, 712 4, 718 
4~648 
4,705 4,626 
 
966 
 
523 4,565 5,169 
 
808 
 
544 4,415 5,191 
 
709 
 
487 4,415 5,155 
 
600 
 
481 4,256 5,137 
 
576 
 
425 4, 388 5,077 
 
606 
 
414 4,441 . 5,154 
 
572 
 
580 4,486 5,298 
 
666 
 
534 4,700 5,182 
 
785 
 
607 4,825 5,312 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
];/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
CARL 0, DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricu~tural Statis~ician In charge 
 
t . L.11 ' 1. 
 
 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1957 
 
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- - - - , - - - - - - - - - - ---- -------- - - - - -- - - 
 
1rJeek Ending 
 
STATE 
 
... 
- 
 
. Mar. : :tW. 
 
Apr. 
 
. . 23 . 30 
 
6 
 
- 
 
- . EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
. .. .. Feb. . . . . 2 
 
Feb. 
9 
 
. Feb . : Feb  . : !VIar. 
 
Mar. : r1ar. : Mar. 
 
16 . 23 : :2 : 9 
 
16 : 23 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Naine 
 
971 1,230 1,246 
 
Connecticut 
 
1,02,4 
 
951 
 
929 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,241 1,249 . 1,414 
 
Indiana 
 
.. 1,821 1,779 1, 714 - 
 
Illinois Yli s s o u r i 
 
- 468I 1,713 
 
439 1,770 
 
. 455 1,892 
 
Delaware Naryland Virginia 
 
l. 2,29~ 
2,32 2,148 
 
2;272 2,294 2,-121 
 
2,182 2,332 2,161 
 
l.rJest Virginia 
 
414 
 
.-403 
 
416 
 
North Carolina  2,681 2,700 2,803 
 
South Carolina 
 
466 
 
474 
 
469 
 
GEORGIA 
 
. 6,212 6,289 6,538 
 
' 
 
Florida 
 
478 
 
478 
 
477 
 
Alabama 
 
. 2,283 2,442 2,468 
 
Jvli s s i s s i p p i 
 
1,586 1,697 . 1,669 
 
Arkansas Louisiana 
 
3,0281 3_,084 2,881 
 
400 . 398 
 
393 
 
Texas 
 
2,668 2,555 2,591 
 
Washington 
 
384 - ;383 
 
420 
 
Oregon 
 
390 
 
375 
 
362 
 
California 
 
1,504 1, 398 1,477 
 
TOTAL 1957 
 
36; 491 36,781 37,289 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
36,536 36,631 36,355 
 
1957 % of i956  
 
100 
 
100 
 
103 
 
880 
531 648 898 139 593 2,140 1,355 1,340 466 2,115 
274 5,169 
 
909 
595 712 843 159 616 1,888 1,528 1,223 
483 1, 959 
302 5,191 
 
231 2,004 1,305 2,328 
315 . 2,179 
207 209 
938 
 
. 249 1,992 1,468 2,262 
332 2,321 
229 
179 984 
 
26,264 26,424 
 
23,195 23,720 
 
113 
 
lli 
 
923 499 722 656 190 582 1,859 1,409 1,122 471 2,021 303 5,155 
212 2,047 1,398 2,221 
344 2,246 
239 159 926 
25,704 
24,120 
107 
 
902 576 584 765 154 624 1,602 . 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 333 5,137 
269 2,033 1,377 2,354 
382 2, 188 
265 187 
82.2 
25,605 
24_, 268 
106 
 
963 490 689 792 211 610 1,811 1,373 1,214 498 1;934 308 5,077 
241 2,077 1,403 2,260 
399 1,958 
281 149 814 
25,552 
.24,480 
104 
 
975 575 -711 852 177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 6291,945 345 5, 154 
232 2,037 1,403 2,365 
403 1,991 
244 146 790 
26,149 
24,980 
105 
 
847 579 734 824 259 . 
647 2,102 
1,531 1,331 
491 1,985 
325 5,298 
 
876 '563 
730 924 201 
639 2,056 1_,540 1,309 
501 2,038 
296 5,182 
 
209 1,968 1,388 2,375 
381 2,311,' 
225 i5o 890 
26,850 
 
200 2,095 1,388 2;519 
340 2,.083 
284 164 1,_035 
26,963 
 
25,598 26,501 
 
165 
 
.102 
 
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Page 2. 
 
. . Mar. 
 
Apr. 
 
. . 30 
 
6 
 
1,000 536 624 930 203 741 
2,024 1,610 1,360 
497 2, 013 
315 5,312 
214 2,107 1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 994 
27,105 
26,655 
102 
 
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,5?5 1,354  547 2, 064 327 5,247 
195 2,170 1,319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 952 
26,822 
27,107 
99 
 
 GENER~~- CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS OF APRIL l , 
GEORGIA: Rainfall during March was belC~W nc,n:~a l in the northwestern half of the state but avera ged above normal over. the southeastern ha lf of 
the state . Thi-3 reversed the trend of the firs t two months of 1957 when the s outhern part of the state received conside~ably less than norma l r .i nfall . The precipitation was badly needed in SI')Uth Georgia . By the first of April cord i tions in the area were favorable for seeding opera tions . Planting of C'Jr n and cotton, a:nd transplanting tobacco were well underway though delayed s ome by wet weather , and p l anting of peo.nuts had started . 111fost early truck cr op s wP.re in good to excellent condition . First cuttings of cabbabe and l ettuce began around the first of ~pril with prospects of good p rices . 
or F-'1.rm work in north Georgia has been delayp,d since the first the ye a r by 
: 1squent r a i ns . 'I'he situation i s not serious , howeve~ , since planti ng of ~jJr i ng crops in the north normally lags well behind tha t in s outhern areas . ,..,. .:.n:a ll gr a ins, pastures , and c over crops have made excellent growth i n northern J.r eas a nd by April l w~re responding well to March rains in south Georgia . Pros pe ct s for a good peach crop are much better than a year ago . lvlany gr owers are ve ry optimistic while other s are reluctant to make any predictions a t the p resent t ime . Some varieties in central and southern parts of the s t a te di d n ot receive t;:r.oug h chilling hours for a normal period of dormancy . The effects of this clef i c!Gm-.;Y. reG.in t. o be seen 
bn Bas ed Ap.ril l conditions wheat producti rm in Georgia this yea r is forecast at 
2,12 8 ,000 bushels . This compares with 2,1.136 , 000 bushels pr oduced las t year and the 10- year 1946- 55 average production of 2,091 , 000 bushels . 
PEA. CHES: April l prospects for p eaches in th Southern States a r e ab ove avera ge and the best for that da te since 1953 . This year ' s r eported a verage 
corr.lition of 78 percent for the 9 Southern States compares v1ith 53 percent for .'~pril l last y ear, 2 percent f'Jr Apri l l, 1955, and the 10- year aver age of 62 J<>:ccent . All of the 9 States , except Mississ ippi, report a condition above seth last year and averag~ . 
 
Jr, north Georgia , the April l reports may not reflect fully the effe ct of low '3arl y morni ng temperatures for several days the last week of 1iarch . Ho;ever , ~he s e tempera tures could result in good thinning and not hurt fina l production . I n central a nd south Georgia ,  wher e the winte r was extremely mild , very little freeze damage has been reporte.d . In these areas , ar.d in :labama, somo varieties 
t b.at need a susta ined period of chilling temp eratures during d or1nancy , have been V'3r.y slow in blooming and leafing out . This i s expected to make such crops 10 
d"iys to two weeks late . Very favorable conditi ons are reported f or both South ~ar olina and North carolina . 
 
2xcellent prospects are also reported in Arkansas . There was very little freeze d"image during the winter c;.nd no loss is expected fr om the ver y he a vy fr ost on March 28 . Moisture supplies are abundant . 
 
PE.ACH CONDITION AS OF APRIL l BY STATES (PERCENT) 
 
Average 191!6- 55 
 
1954 
 
1955 
 
19 56 
 
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69 
 
73 
 
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65 
 
71 
 
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66 
 
79 
 
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58 
 
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58 56 
 
72 40 
 
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60 
 
41 42 
 
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50 51 
62 
 
25 18 
61 
 
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2 
 
57 
 
l 
 
50 
 
l 
 
L2 
 
15 
 
65 
 
l 
 
50 
 
4 
 
53 
 
2 
 
79 
 
5 
 
48 
 
3 
 
64 
 
4 
 
L3 
 
2 
 
53 
 
1957 
88 83 71 
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86 80 
77 6L 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY i~e.cifj1llt'lr::l.l St atistician , In Charge 
 
CARL 0 . DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GE~~RAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL 1, 1957 
Prospects for crop growth made important gains in March, especially in Great Plains drought areas. Dry fields were livened by the long hoped for. rains and snow. Irrigation prospects in the central vJest also were brightened by heavY snowfalls in the Rockies. Freeze damage to fruits and vegetables was gene~ally 
light during the month in important producing sections. Plantings of some spring crops v<ere delayed by storms or wet soils in many early sections but may still be made to advantage. 
Winter wheat has been rewarded for its dogged endurance in many Great Plains fields by Ma.rch and early April soaking rains or snows. This long awaited moisture came too late for some dead or blown-out seedings; however , general gains in growth and outcome are expected. The crop in the Pacific Northwest as well as in California has made a fine start, Wheat condition from Nissouri eastward is generally good despite lack of vigor in stands which had a poor fall start or were 
damaged by heaving during recent .weeks. The April 1 forecast of 669 million 
bushels is an increase of about 7 percent since December 1, but despite this gain 
would be the smallest winter wheat crop since 1951. The present prospective yield 
on this year.' s reduced seeded acreage has been exceeded in only one year. 
'l'he combined farm stocks of corn, oats and barley on April 1 were almost 1 percm t larger than on the same date last year. Stocks of corn were sec'ond largest of 
record for the date, being exceeded only in 1949. 
Disappearance since the first of the year has been at a near normal rate in most 
~~ea s. Oats farm stocks were smallest on April 1 since 1954 even though seedings 
have been somewhat slow and disappearance since January 1 extremely small. Barley sto cks on farms were about a tenth smaller than April 1 last year although larger in Minnesota, Washington and Oregon. Sorghum grain stocks of 27 million bushels on farms on April 1 also figure in feed grain farm stocks totals  .. 
Wheat stocks on farms April 1 were about a fourth less than a year earlier. Rye 
jn farm storage was only about 41 percent of last year, Farm stocks of both 
soybeans and flaxseed on April 1 were highest of record for the date. Soybean disappearance since January 1 has lagged behind last year's rapid rate andremaining stocks on f arms -are ne~ly. Gouble those of a year ago~ 
WINTER WHEAT: Winter wheat conditions on April 1 indicated a crop of 669 million bushels. This woul4 be 9 percent smaller than the 1956 crop of  
735 million bushels, 22 percent less than average but 44 million bushels above the 
December 1 forecast. Increases from prospects as of December 1 have been general throughout the country in central and northern Plains States. Improved prospects in Washington, Colorado, Montana, Texas, Oklahoma, Indiana and Illinois account for most of the .increase in indicated production. 
PASTURES: The 1957 spring grazing season got off to the best start in the past 
three years. Pasture feed condition for the country as a whole aver- 
aged 76 percent of normal, the highest April 1 condit ion since 1953. This high 
condition reflects the favorable top soil moisture situation that exists over much of the country at the present time. Pasture grazing prior to Ppril l was limited except in southeastern and southcentral regions where consider able f eed ~ has been available from pastures. 
MILK PRODUCTION: Production of milk on f arms during Harch to taled 10,961 million 
pounds - 1 percent above Harch last year and 12 percent above 
the 1946-55 average f or the month. 
Milk Production in Georgia during March amounted to 116 million pounds. This is 15 percent above the February production of 101 million pounds and 10 million pounds above March 1956. 
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ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION OF PRINCIPAL CO}~ffiRCIAL CROPS 
April 1, 1957 
UNITED STATES: The production of early and mid-spring vegetables in 1957 -~$ expected to be 10 percept 'less than in 1956 but 7 percent .. 
above average, the Crop Reporting 13QNd announced today. Tomatoes, onionq,  and sweet corn, in the order named, acc~t for the largest portion of .the  decline from l~st year. Production of broccoli~ cabQage and green peas will also be lighter than in 1956. Parti-F-l.ly offsett;i.ng these reductions are in-  creases in forecast for lettuce, caulitlower, asparagus, cucumbers and .snap beans. 
~r eduction estimates have been made for only a few of the other spring crops. Tne most significant changes from last year are reductions in spring carrot and green pepper production and an increase in spring celery output. Spring 1 cantaloup acreage is down 16 percent. Preliminary estimates point to a marked increase in the acreage of late spring asparAgus, onions and watermelons  ..  
. 
The month of March brought a variety of weather in vegetable producing areas. of .the country. The most outstanding feature was intermittent rains. Except for Florida the value of the moisture supplied far outweighed any damage that resulted. Rains in Florida kept the soil too wet for plant growth, caused . leaching of fertilizer and lowered the vitality of plants. Prospective jields for several crops were reduced and some acreage was a total loss. 
SNAP BEANS: The production of mid-spring snap beans is estimated at 325,000 
cwt. This is 3 percent more than the 1956 production but about 
one-fourth below average. Co~pared with last year, South Carolina's prod- . uction is expected to be larger, but all other States indicate lower prod~ uctton. Recent rains in South Carolina have been favorable for the crop~ Plant-ing in Georgia was late because of dry conditions at planting time. Wet fields delayed planting in Alabama, ~lississippi, and Louisiana. 
GABBAGE: Earlz s~rin~ cabbage production is expected to total 2,24],000 cwt., slightly less than produced last year and 9 percent below average. 
Crop prospects vary widely between States. In South Carolina, spring cabbage is in excellent condition with the highest yield in several years in prospect. Harvest has started and a heavy movement is expected by late April. In Geo~gia, ~tands are poor, sizes are small, and the crop is late because of insufficient moisture during the winter months. Recent rains proved beneficial. The Alabama crop is in good condition. In Mississippi, growers expect one of the best cabbage crops in recent years. Weather has been excellent and moisture 
adequate. Movement will begin about April 15 and be heavy in May. The 1ouis- 
iana crop was damaged by freezing temperatures in January, Stands on surviving acreage are poor. Movement is light and will not increase until around mid-month. In California, supplies of cabbage are currently light but are expected to increase after April 10 when new acreage at Oxnard and in Orange and San Diego Counties becomes available. The level of movement from California will depend in part on availability of supplies in other producing States. 
LETTUCE: Indicated production in the ear~ SErinE States at 6,595,000 cwt. 
is 5 percent higher than the 19 crop and 17 percent above aver- 
age. The crop is in fair to good condition in South Carolina where shipping is expected to get underway about mid-April. In Georgia, recent rains have benefitted the crop and above-average yields are in prospect. Harvest is expected to begin about April 1 in some of the early fields. About one-third of the Arizona crop has been harvested but the heaviest marketings are expected as usual in April. Prospects have declined slightly during March, but an average yield is still in sight. In California, harvest was underway during March in San Diego County with only a small acreage remaining for harvest in that area. Light harvest began on April 1 on a fair sized acreage in the Oxnard area with volume production not expected until mid-month. Orange County is not expected to begin until mid-April. In the Delano area, where acreage is small, harvest is ..expected to begin during early April. 
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.~ET'FUCE, Cont.: In the important Salinas-Watsonville area, first cuttings .w~r~ . 
 
made on April 1, but volume supplies are not expected until : ::" 
 
later in the month. First harvest o~..Sa,nta Maria acreage is expected during  . 
 
early ,. April. 
 
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ONIONS: The acreage of l-ate spring 'unions for harvest in 1957, estimated at: 
 
16,100 acres, is 65 percent larger than last year's small harvested 
 
acreage and only 3 percent larger than average. Growers plante.d a consider-:-  
 
ably larger acreage than was indicated by their intentions last winter. Iri.:.  
 
creased interest in onions and favorable aondit~ons for planting are apparent- 
 
ly responsible for the chBne. The North Carolina crop was planted in a to- 
 
bacco section in Robeson County. Only exp.erimental patches had been grown 
 
there previously. The crop was tr~msplanted .and consists of early varieties: 
 
--:largely yello~v-s. Harvest is expected to sta:rl about June 1 and be active  :... 
 
June 10-30. In Georgia, most of the onions are being irrigated and the. crop .: 
 
has .not suffered from inadequate moisture. The crop is earlier than normal :.. 
 
and in excellent condition. In north Texas, there was ample moisture for .  
 
onions during the planting season which made it possible for growers to trans~ 
 
pl ant a relatively large acre-age. In fact, planting was interrupted by rai.n . 
 
and .wet fields on several occasions. Moisture is plentiful and the crop i~ . 
 
in very good condition. Harvest is not ~xpected to start until late May~ In 
 
Arizona, onion acreage is up sharply this year. Weather there has been f avor- 
3.ble and the crop is in excellent ~ndition. ln California, inc~eases 'iri 
 
acreage  over last year occurred in San Joaquin, Fresno and Imperial Counties. 
 
~JcU'gest increase was in San Joaquin County where a relatively light early . .  . 
 
icreage was planted in 1956 because of heirVY rains and flooding. Ha.!'vest i$ .  
 
axpected to start in mid-April in Imperial Valley and in early May in Kern  
 
County. Because of favorabl e weather, this year's crop is well advanced  . The 
 
condition of the crop is good in all areas except San Joaquin County. Th~re , 
 
stands and sizes in early fields vary bec!luse of insufficient moisture during:. 
 
December and early January. 
 
'tlAT.ERMELONS: ~ sErin~ watermelon acreage in Florida and California is 
 
estimated at 106,1~ acres for harvest this year. This is 6 
 
percent greater than last year's harvested acreage and 26 percent above avsr.- 
 
age; ' Florida, with the majority of the acreage, reports varied conditions; 
 
In sooth Florida, excessive rains, winds and disease ~ave caused severe . .. .. , , 
 
damage and some loss of acreage. Harvest has started there and volume should 
 
increase substantially during the last half of April. In central Florida,: 
 
conditions are also variable with lowland fields having suffered from heavy . 
 
rains. . The crop on higher and better drained land is in generally goad con;: 
 
dition. Some of the crop is late and retarded from the cold weather of March 
 
9 - 11. In the Ocala-Gainesville-Trenton area, some damage from cold and ex- . 
 
~e.s:sive rains occurred. In the Live Oak-Ma.dison-Nonticello area, the crop :.    -sen~rally is off to a good start. Practically all the acreage is up in west . . , 
 
?lorida and showing generally good stands. ... ')" ... 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
  
L. H. HARRIS, JR. ,.1  , 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Ch-arge 
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GEORGIA AGRICUUTURAL EXT ENSION SERVICE 
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BROILER 
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During the week ending April 13 commercial hatcheries placed $;2o5;00q phicks 
with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with: the 
 
5,247,000 F>1.aced the previous week and is 5 percent more than ithe 4,977;000 
 
pl~ced the same week last year. 
 
 
 
Eggs set by l .Pcal hatcheries amounted to 6, 768,000 compared with 6,538,000 
 
for the previous week and .is 7 percent greater than the 6,328;000 for the 
 
corresponding week last year. 
 
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Hatcherie~ 'reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an : 
average of 54 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for ;the ~hicks was reported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices are the same a$ the previous week and compare with 84 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices s~own _ relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contr~t or otherwise. 
 
~, Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers 
 
- during the week ending April 13 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2~ - 3~ 
 
pounds; at farms 18.61; FOB plants 19.58 
 
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GEORGIA Date 
 
CHICK 
 
PLACEMENT Eggs 
 
BY 
 
WEEKS - PERIOD FEBRUARY 
Chicks Hatched )j 
 
9_, 1957 THROUGH 
Inshipments 
 
APRIL Total 
 
13_~. 1957 Placed 
 
Week Ending 
 
.Set 
1956  1957 
 
. Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
on  Farms 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 1957 1956 . : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Feb. 9 
F.eb. 16 Feb. 23 Mar. :2 
Mar. 9 
!liar. 16 Maio. 23 !'1ar. 30 Apr. 6 Apr. 13 
 
5,617 
5,587 5,758 
5,936 
5~988 
6,951 
6,151 6,217 6,223 6,)28 
 
6,605 
6,596 
6,587 
6,773 
.. 6. '' 747. 
6:,471 6,212 
6,289 6;536 
'.6,768 
 
3,601 
3,706 
3,656 
. 3',.812 
. ..3';635 ' 
3,914 4,034 
4,040 ' 4,200 4,208 
 
4,647 4,668 
4,656 4:,652 
44',771128' . 
4,648 
4;705 4,626 
4,637 
 
808 
709 600 576 . , 606 . . 572 
666 
785 709 769 
 
544 4,415 . 
 
487 4,415 ; 
 
4~1 4,256 ; 
 
445 ' 4;388 ~ 
. 414 4,441' ; 
 
580 4,486 
 
534 4,700 607 4:,825 \ 
 
621, 
 
4,909 
 
: : 
 
568 4,977 
 
5,191 
5,155 5,137 5,077 
5,154 5,298 5,182 5,312 
5,247 
5,205 
 
1/ Exclusive :of hatchings shipped into sta~es outside of Geo~gia. 
 
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( A~:dcultural Statistician In Charge ' . 
 
.WJ;LLIAM A; WAGNER Agricultural Stq_tistician 
 
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CHICKS PLACED - TII'OUSANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsyl~a.nla Indiana -:llinois 
Aissouri Delaware Haryland . Virginia llest virginia 
Horth Carolina Seuth' Carolina ] EORGIA . 
~lorida  
u:abama 
.~vfississippi Arkan~as 
:Souisiana 
Texas 
lflashington Oregon California 
 
1,230 951 
1,249 . 
1,779 439 
1, i7b 1 2,272 2,294 2,121 
403 2,700 
474 6,289 
47a 2,442 ' 1,697 . 
3,084 I 398 i 
2,555 : 383 : 375 \ 
1.398 
 
1,246 929 
1,414 1,714 
45.5 1,892 2,182 2,332 2,161 
416 2,803 
469 
~6 .538 
'477 2,468 1,669 2,881 
393 2,591 .. 420 
362 1.477 
 
1,329 996 
1,284 2,019 
425 1,536 2,153 2,317 2,084 
430 2,858 
503 6, 768 
493 ,2,478 .1, 692 3,125 
403 . 2,578 
390 . 392 
1,594 
 
909 
 
923 
 
902 
 
963 
 
975 ;847 :: 876 1,000 
 
921 
 
921 
 
595 
 
499 
 
576 
 
490 
 
575 .579 
 
563 
 
536 
 
491 
 
543 
 
712 
 
722- 584 
 
689 
 
711 
 
734 . .. 730 
 
624 
 
725 
 
666 
 
843 
 
6.56 
 
765 :.792 
 
852 :824 .. 924 
 
930 
 
8._5o 
 
968 
 
159 
 
190 
 
154 
 
211. . . 177 
 
259 . 201 
 
203 
 
204 
 
238 
 
. 616 . 582 
 
624 
 
610 
 
521 
 
647 . 639 
 
741 
 
666 . 580 
 
1,888 1,859 l,6o2 1,811 2,012 2;102 2,056 2,024 1,969 2,014 
 
1,528 1,223 
483 
 
1,409 1,122 
471 
 
1,418 1,221 
459 
 
1,373 1,-214 
498 
 
1,410 1,531 1,540 1,232 1,331 1,309 
629 . :491 : 501 
 
1,610 1,360 
497 
 
1;515 
1,354  547 
 
11',369o7o 
 558 
 
1,959 . 302 
5,191 
 
2,021 303 
51_155 
 
1,953 333 
5,137 
 
1,934 . 1,945 
 
308 
 
345 
 
5,077 5_,_154 
 
1,985 325 
5__,_298 
 
2,038 296 
5..~_182 
 
2,013 "315 
5..~_312 
 
2,064 
"327 
5.247 
 
2,099 
372 
5_,_205 
 
249 
 
212 
 
269 
 
241 
 
232 
 
209 
 
200 
 
214 
 
195 
 
225 
 
1,992 2,047 2,033 2,017 . 2,037 . 1~968 2,095 2,107 2,17.0 2,084 
 
1,468 1,398 1,377 1,403 1,403 1,388 1,388 1,336 1;3 ~9 1,300 
 
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2,262 2,221 2,354 2,26o 2,365 2;375 2,519 2,395 2,45! 2,343 
 
332 2,321 
229 
 
344 
 
3.82 
 
2,246 . 2,188 
 
239. '. 265 
 
399 1,958 . 281 
 
403 1,991 
244". 
 
381 2,311 
225 
 
340 2,083 
284 
 
401 2,054 
319 
 
375 
1,963 288 
 
337 
2,077 
309 
 
179 
 
159 : 187 
 
149 
 
146 
 
150 
 
164 
 
150 
 
1t\9 
 
197 
 
984 
 
926 . 822 
 
814 
 
790 . 890 . 1,035 
 
964 
 
992 1.02.9 
 
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 
 
36, 78l . 37,.289 37,847 1 
36,631 '. j6,355 36,557 
 
26,424 2.5!) 704 25~605 25,552 .26,149 26,850  ,26,963 27,105 26,822 27,062 23,720 24,126 24,268 24,480 24,980 25~598 26,501 26,655 27,107 27,350 
 
1957 -~ o-f _1956 100 .. ..": .103 . . ~ - 104 
 
111 
 
107 . 106 
 
104 . 105 ;105 
 
102 
 
102 
 
99 
 
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EXTENSION SERVICE 
Apr.;Ll _24, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CO~w.rnRCIAL AREAS 
During the week ending April 20 commercial hatcheries placed 5,264,000 c~icks with broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,205,000 placed the previous week and is 4 percent more than the 5,056,000 placed the . same v1eek last year, 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,139,000 compared with 6,768,000 for the : previo~s week and is 12 percent greater than the 6,365,000 for the corres ponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 54 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as the previous week and compare"with 83 cents and $15.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown r elate to 
Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othervrise. 
 
Wei~hted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers d;_;.r::.ng the week ending April 20 are as follo-vrs: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 
pt;lmds; at farms 17.48; FOB plants 18.56. 
 
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.QJ;"'_2~GIA CHICK PLACEMENT BYWEEK~PERTOD-mRU1ffiYJ,~I9.5T'l~!i.Q_~~tR 1t'PRT~OJ. _ !957 
 
D<l.t e 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
We eK En. ding 
 
.. . Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
:f-956 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
.. on Farms 
1956 1957 
 
Feb, 16 Feb. 23 Har. 2 Har, 9 l'1a.r. 16 l~a:r ~- 23 
M<r. 30 Arr" 6 Ar:r:. 13 Apr. 20 
 
Thousands 
 
I 5,587 
I 5, 758 5,936 
 
6,596 6,587 6,773 
 
5.,968 6,051 6,151 
6,217 6,223 6,328 
 
6,747 6,471 6,212 
6~289 
6,538 6,768 
 
6,365 7,139 
 
Thousands 
 
3,706 
3,656 3,812 
 
4,668 4,656 4,652 
 
3:,835 3,914 4,034 
4,040 
4~200 
4,208 
 
4, 712 4,718 4,648 
4;705 4 . 626 4:637 
 
4,255 4,645 
 
Thousands 
 
709 
 
1+87 
 
600 
 
481 
 
576 
 
425 
 
606 
 
414 
 
572 
 
580 
 
666 
 
534 
 
785 
 
607 
 
709 
 
621 
 
769 
 
568 
 
801 
 
619 
 
Th ousands 
 
4,415 
4,256 4,3 88 4, h41 4,486 4,700 4,825 4, 909 4,977 5,056 
 
5,155 
5,137 5,077 5, 154 5,298 5,182 5,312 5,247 5,205 5,264 
 
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
CARL 0, DOESCHER ~gricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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ECGS SET AN- D CHICKS- PLACED IN CO:tv~RCIAL AREA~BY \iSEKS - 195.7-- - -- - - 
 
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16 
 
23 
 
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9 
 
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30 
 
6 
 
' EGGS SET - THOUSAl~DS I 
 
Haine 
 
1,246 I 1,329 1,367 
 
Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
929 1,414 
 
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996 . 1,284 
 
i,035 1,381 
 
Indiana 
 
1, 714 2,019 1, 683 
 
Illinois 
 
455 I 425 
 
4.08 
 
lvu s s o u r i 
 
1,892 ' 1,536 1,452 
 
Delaware . 
 
2,182 2, 153 2,180 
 
Jvlaryland 
 
2,332 2,317 2,177 
 
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
 
2,161 416 
2,803 
469 6,538 
 
I 2,084 
 
 
 
430 2,858 
 
I 503 
 
6,768 
 
1, 990 424 
2,93 8 
494 7,139 
 
923 499 722 656 190 582 1, 859 1,409 1,122 
471 2, 021 
303 5 155 
 
902 
576 584 765 154 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 
45 9 1, 953 
333 5,137 
 
963 490 689 
792 211 610 1,811 
1,373 1,214 
498 1,934 
308 5,077 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
975 575 711 852 
177 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 62 9 
1,945 
345 
5~154 
 
847 579 734 824 
259 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491 
1, 985 325 
5 ,298 
 
87.6 
5:63 730 
924 201 
639 2,056 1,540 1, 309 
501 
2, 038 296 
5,182 
 
1,000 
536 624 930 203 71+1 2;024 1, 610 1, 360 
497 2,013 
315 5,312 
 
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,575 1,354 
547 2,064 
327 5.247 
 
Florida Alabama Ivlississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Ore gon California 
TOTAL 1957 
 
477 2,468 1,669 2,881 
393 2,591 
420 362 1,477 
37,289 
 
493 
 
2,478 
 
1,692 
 
I 
I I 
 
3,125 
403 2,578 
 
390 
 
I 
I 
 
392 
 
1,594 
 
' 37,847 
 
478 2,412 1,763 3,052 
391 2,606 
364 352 l,55h 
37,640 
 
212 2,047 1,398 2,221 
344 2,246 
239 159 926 
25,704 
 
269 2,033 1,377 2,354 
382 2,188 
265 187 822 
25 ,605 
 
241 2,077 1,403 2,260 
399 1,958 
281 
149 814 
 
232 2,037 1,403 2, 365 
403 1,991 
244 146 790 
 
25,552 26,149 
 
209 1,968 1,388 2,375 
381 2, 311 
225 . 150 
890 
26,850 
 
200 2,095 1,388 2, 519 
340 2,083 
284 164 1 2035 
26,963 
 
214 2,107 1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 964 
27,105 
 
195 2; 170 1, 319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 952 
26, 822 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
36,355 36,557 37,014 
 
24,120 24,268 24,480 24,980 25,598 26,501 26,655 27,107 
 
1957 % of ).956 . 103 ' 104 
 
102 
 
.. 
 
- 107 
 
106 
 
104 105 
 
105 
 
102 
 
102 
 
99 
 
-- ---- ~--- 
 
.. Apr. .. Apr . 
 
13 
 
20 
 
921 960 
543 ' 497 666 818 968 979 238 200 580 545 2,01)-J. \ 1, 885 1,600 1, 651 
1,397 1,346 558 572 
2,099 2,216 372 320 
5.205 5,264 
 
. 225 
2,084 1,300 2, 343 
337 2,077 
309 197 1.029 
 
241 2,229 1,242 2, 348 . 377 
2,009 315 200 
1.031 
 
----- 
 
27,062 27~215 
 
27,350 27' 272 
 
99 
 
100 
- 
 
  3/S 
 
Ath~n~, Georgia 
 
. FAR.11 PRICE REPORT A~ q~ APRil:! 1~,~ 
 
GEORGIA: Thirlhg the month ended in mid~April, the All Commodity Index of Prices 
 
.  Rece.ived by 6-eorgia farmers remained unc}J.anged at 246 percent C?f its :  . 
 
January 1910 : December 1914 average but is down 5 points (about 2 percent) from . 
 
one year agci. 
 
 
 
 
 
Farmers received slightly higher prices for cotton, sweetpotatoes, and soybeans during the month. These increases pushed the All Crops Index up 3 points for the month. 
 
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Lower prices received for commerci.al broilers, wholesale milk, and eggs pulled 
 
the Livestock and Livestock.lToducts' Index down 2 points during the month. 
 
Higher prices for hogs and beef cattle off"set to some extent the lower p~ices 
 
received for poultry and dairy products. A summary of these indexes with cornr 
 
/' parisons is shown on the reverse side. 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index C)f Prices Received .'by ,Farmers increaesd' 4_points (2 percent) during the month ended April 15. Higher prices for 
cattle, hogs, apples, tomatoes, .and cottonwe.re .primarily responsible for the increase in.the index. Partially offsetting were lower prices for milk, straW"'" berries, snap beans, and oranges. The April index. at 241 percent of its 1910-14 average was the highest since July of last year, and compared with 237 in Maroh of this year and with 235 a year earlier. 
 
rhe Index of ITi-ces -paicrby Farmers ~or- Conunc:>cti't!"es- an Serv~ces, ncluaing 'Inter- 
 
est, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates established another new high this month, reaching 
 
296 percent of its 1910-14 average. This was 4 percent above April 1956. A 1 
 
percent increase in the index of cash farm wage rates was the primary factor 
 
accounting for the rise in the Index. Prices paid by farmers for production goods 
 
also rose nearly 1 percent from March 15 to April 15, and retail prices of family 
 
living items advanced slightly. 
 
 
 
Over the past 12 months, the increase in farm product prices has not kept pace with the rise in prices of commodities and services bought by farmers, including interest, t.a.x:es, and wage rates. In consequence, the micl-April Parity ~atio, at  81, although 1 pcrcen~ up from March, was 2 percent lower than a year ago. 
 
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Indexes 
 
: Apr. 15, Mar. 15, 
 
~1--9...,1_...0_-....;1;;.:;4:;_,=_...1_oo~-_;;1;.:;.;95:;.;6-........__..:;19~7 
 
Apr. 15, :__ _ _ !}e_Od_h_!~ 
 
1957 
 
Index Date  . 
 
Prices Received 
 
235 
 
237 
 
' 241 
 
Par~ty Index 1/ 
 
284 
 
295 
 
296 
 
296 Apr. 19$7 
 
.. 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
83 
 
80 
 
81 
 
123 Oct. 1~46 
 
. -- 
 
~/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
dates. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agrtcu1tural Statistician In Charge 
r 
 
WILLIAM E. KIB'LER . 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
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 PBICES mx::EIVED BY FAEMERS APRIL 15 1957 T'iriTH CC'f.&PARIOONS 
 
Ca.M>Dm 
I .1..Um., um .. 
Wheat, ~ ..  ' 
 
Average 191D1914 
1.23 
 
r!lil:l"Rr A Apr.l5 M.ar.15, 
1956 1957 
1.98 2.12 
 
Apr.15, 1957 
2.08 
 
Average 100g.;. 1914 
.88 
 
UNITED STMES 
 
-- 
 
~-15, M&-.15, ~r.15, 
 
956 
 
1957 1957 
 
- - --- 
 
2.03 
 
2.rn ' 2.05 
 
' Corn,, Bu .. . 
 
.91 
 
1.26 1.32 1.34 
 
.64 
 
1.32 1.20 1.21 
 
' 
 
Oats, ~~ 
 
.67 
 
 81 
 
.83 
 
.81 . 
 
.40 
 
.62 
 
.72 
 
.712 
 
Sweet Pot.~ Cwt. 
 
1.53 
 
4.75 5.25 5.60 1.60 
 
3.15 
 
.4.74 
 
5.08 
 
.. Cotton; Lb. Cot_too,seed, Ton 
 
Hay (baled) Ton 
 
Hogs, per cwt. 
 
- awt. ___B 
 
e 
 
. ef 
...:. 
 
C-a 
 
t 
 
t 
 
l 
 
e, .- 
 
 _._,....__._ 
 
Milk Cows, bead 
 
Chickens, Lb. 
 
Eggs, Ibz. 
 
12.1 
-23.65 
7.36 
- 3.96 
.. . . 33.85 13.3 c 21.4 
 
34.6 48.00 25.00 
 
-32.8 
23.90 
 
14.00 16.40 
 
12.10 12.60 
 
- - 
 
.. 
 
105.00 110.00 
 
20.1 18.5 
 
43.0 38.3 
 
33.1 
--- 
23.50 
16.50 
13.20 
115.00 18.0 
36.3 
 
12.4 
22.55 
7.27 
5.42 - ., 48.00 
11.4 
21.5 
 
32.5 
46.00 
21.10 14.40 
-15.0-0 
152.00 20.6 38.5 
 
29.8 60.60 21.60 16.80 16.00 
- 
159.00 188 30.6 
 
3().55 
-- 
21.10 
17.40 
16.90 
161.00 
18.4 
30.8 
 
Butterfat, Lb. 
 
25.8 
 
51.0 51.0 
 
51.0 
 
Milk per 
 
(-:Tho~esale) 
100 J} 
 
Soybeans, Bu. 
 
Peanuts , Lb. 
 
-2.43 
 
5.55 2.55 
 
5.70 2.30 
 
5.55 2.45 
 
5.2 
 
10.9 10.6 10.6 
 
l 
 
I 
 
ll ~:rlimin~ f~~ l!llril 197 
 
26.3 
-1.60 
4.8 
 
57.9 
 
58.7 
 
59.1 
 
3.83 2.63 11.6 
 
4.19 2,26 11.2 
 
3.99 2.24 11.2. 
 
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l 
 
.. 
 
INIIEX NUMBERS OF PRICES ~EIVED BY F.AEMERS IN G:roRGIA 
 
(January 1910  December 1914 : 100 ~r.15,  l1ar.l6, 
 
 Apr. 15, 
 
1956 . 
 
1957 
 
1957 
 
ALl Commodities All crops 
 
251 
 
246 
 
246 
 
273 
 
265 
 
268 
 
Grain and Hay 
 
148 
 
Cotton Lint Peanuts 
 
. 
 
285 210 
 
Tobacco 
 
362 
 
Cottonseed and Soybeans 
 
200 
 
Irish Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes & Cowpaas 244 
 
Fruits and Nuts  
 
233 
 
All Livestock and Livestock Produel;s 
 
198 
 
Meat Animals 
 
233 
 
Poultry and Eggs 
 
157 
 
Dairy Products 
 
223 
 
151 270 204 
383 209 292 
179 203  261 144 232 
 
, 151 
273 204 
383 209 
307 179 201 264 
137 225 
 
}..axed Dairy Feed -:-~1 Under 29% Protein 
1.6% Protein l.B% Proteil;l 2~ Protein ~-44% Protein . 
 
Hi.~ Protein Feeds 
 
Cottonseed Meal  So:@ean-Mo.al  
 
. 
 
Meat Scrap 
 
 Gr.ain .Ey-Products 
.. .Bran . 
Middi.ngs Corn Meal 
 
Po1ll.try Feed Broiler Growing Mash Laying }~h Scratch Grains 
Hay (Baled) Alfalfa ltl1 Other 
 
3.85 3.75 4.05 4.00 4.20 
3.30 . . 
4.00 4.60 
3.35 3.50 3.60 
5 ..1 0 4.80 4.25 
51.00 40.00 
 
11 As re~rted bz Feed Doaler 
 
ioo  Ibllars !'_e_~ PQunds 
 
4.ofi 
4.00 4.05 4.25 4.40 
 
4.00 IT 
3.95 4.05 
4.15 4.40 
 
3.67 3.62 3.62 3.83 
3.97 
 
'3.45 3.70 4.70 
 
3.45 
3.60 4.70 
 
3.65 
3.~ 
4.45 
 
3.45 
3.65 3.55 
 
3.40 3.60 3.55 
 
3.02 
3.10 3.48 
 
5.20 4.85 4.40 
51..00 38.00 
 
5.20 4.85 4.40 
48.00 34.00 
 
4.91 4.42 4.05 
32.00 
29.10 
 
3.85 3.80 3.79 4.02 
4.11 
 
. 3.83 
3.78 3.77 3.98 4.09 
 
-- 
 
3.84 
3~81 
 
4.65 
 
.3.82 3.77 
4~6 6 
 
3.00 . 3.11 
3.45 
 
3.08 3.12 3.43 
 
4.93 4.48 4.11 
 
4.95 4. 48 4.11 
 
34.00 
31~20 
 
33.40 30.60 
 
 DUENPIATREDTMSETNATTEOSF 
 
GIE~ JO~\'G \ TI ~ 
 
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AGMRAIRCKUEL~TI-UNRGAL 
 
AGRICULTURE 
 
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SERVIC:E 
 
 ~R~!Mgcf~AL 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICUL1"URE 
Atnens, GeQrgia 
 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
Nay 1, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COI~il-1ERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending April 27 commercial hatcheries placed 5,371,000 chicks 
 
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares 1iLth the 
 
5,26),000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,907,000 
 
placed the same week last year. 
 
 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,121,000 compared with 7,139,000 for the previous week and is 12 percent greater than the 6,364,00Q for the corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 55 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was 
reported at $10.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 54 cents and $10.00 
for the previous week and 82 cents and ~~15. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown 
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or other1dse. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
during the week ending April 27 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 pounds; at farms 16.99; FOB plants 18.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY'VJEEKS :: PERIOD :B'EBRUARY 23~ T95TTim0tJt.m ~ ......J L T..z. 195 7 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1,/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Week Ending 
 
Set 1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
. Placed in Georgia 1956 1957 Thousands 
 
. of Chicks 
 
1956 
 
~957 
 
Thousands 
 
on Farms 
. 1956 1957 
- Thousands 
 
Feb. 23 l'iar. 2 Mar. 9 i'1ar. 16 Mar. 23 }1ar. 30 Apr. 6 .. 
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 
 
5,758 5,936 5,988 6,051 6,151 
6,217 6,223 
6,328 6,365 6,364 
 
6,587 6, 773 6,747 6;471 6,212 
6,289 6,538 6,768 
7,139 7,121 
 
3,656 3,812 
3,835 3;914 4,034 4,040 4,200 
4,208 
4,255 4,226 
 
4,656 4,652 4,712 4,718 4,648 L~, 705 4,626 
4,637 4,645 4,669 
 
600 
 
h81 4,256 5,137 
 
576 
 
425 4,388 5,077 
 
606 
 
4lh 4,441 5, 151.~ 
 
572 
 
580 4,486 5,298 
 
666 
 
534 4,700 5,182 
 
785 
 
607 4,825 5,312 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
769 
 
568 4,977 5,205 
 
801 
 
619 5,056 5,261+ 
 
681 
 
. 702 4,901 5,371 
 
~/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural St~tistician . In Charge 
 
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"STATE . 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Hary1and Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Jviississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 1957 %of 19$6 
 
EGGS .S~T AND CHICKS PLACED I1! COI-1MERCIAI; AREA~ BY WEEKS .. 1957 
 
. Apr. : Apr. Apr. 
 
13 
 
20 
 
27 
 
.. 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSA~TDS 
 
1,329 996 
1,284 2,019 
425 1,536 2,153 2,317 2,084 
430 2,858 
503 6,768 
. 493 2,478 1,692 3,125 
403 2,578 
390 392 1,594 
 
1,367 1:,035 1,381 1,683 
408 1,452 2,180 2,177 1,990 
424 2,938 
494 7,139 
478 2,412 1, 763 3,052 
391 2,606 
364 352 1,554 
 
1,330 1,008 1,471 1,689 
395 1,498 2,278 2,159 1,973 
455 2,930 
507 7,121 
461 2,351 1,784 3,135 
406 2,677 
421 338 1,453 
 
Feb. 23 
902 576 584 765 154 624 1,602 1,418 1,221 459 1,953 333 5,137 . 269 2,033 1,377 2,354 382 2,188 26.5 187 822 
 
. . . .  vJeek Ending 
 
. HB.r. 
 
Nar. 
 
. 1'-1ar. : 11ar. 
 
11ar. . . Apr. 
 
2 
 
9 
 
16 
 
23 
 
:JO 
 
6 
 
- 
 
--- - - ~ 
 
963 490 689 792 211 610 1,811 
1,373 1,214 
498 1,934 
308 5,077 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
:975 
575 711 852 177 521 2.,012 1, 410 1,232 629 1,945 345 5, 154 
 
847 579 734 824 259 647 2,102 
1,531 1,331 
491 1,985 
325 5,298 
 
876 :1;ooo  
 
563 . . 536 
 
730 '. 624 
 
924 
 
930 
 
201 
 
203 
 
639 
 
741 
 
2, 056 2,024 
 
1,540 1,610 
 
1,309 1,360 
 
501 
 
497 
 
2,038 2,013 
 
296 
 
315 
 
5,182_ _2,312 
 
- 
921 491 
725 850 204 666 
1,969 1,575 1,354 
547 2,064 
327 5,247 
 
241 2,077 1,403 2,26o 
399 1,958 
281 149 814 
 
232 2,037 1,403 2,365 
403 1,991 
244 146 
790 
 
209 1,968 1,388 
2,375 381 
2,311 225 150 890 
 
. 200 
2,095 1,388 2,519 
340 2,083 
284 164 1,035 
 
214 2,107 1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 
964 
 
195 2,170 1,319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 
952 
 
37,847 36,557 
104 
 
37,640 37,014 
102 
 
37,840 37,047 
102 
 
25,605 24,268 
106 
 
25,552 
24,480 I 104 
 
26,149 24,980 
105 
 
26,850 25,598 
105 
 
26,963 26,501 
102 
 
27,105 26,822 26,655 ' 27,107 
 
102 
 
99 
 
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. . . Apr. Apr. Apr. 
 
13 
 
20 
 
27 
 
921 543 666 968 238 580 2,014 1,600 1,397 558 2,099 372 5,205 
225 2,084 1,300 
2,3W 
337 2,077 
309 197 1,029 
 
960 467 818 979 200 
545 1, 8.85 1,651 1,346 
572 2,216 
320 5,264 
241 2,229 1,242 2,348 
377 2,009 
315 200 1,031 
 
27,062 27,21.5 27,350 27' 272 
99 100 
 
1,018 543 908 946 225 610 
1,999 1,743 1,24h 
578 2,25 7 
288 5,371 
22 8 2,046 1:,35) 2,385 
356 2,096 
281 240 
1,06~ 
27,777 
26,912 
103 
 
 G~ 
 
J c;oo 7 
 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICU I.TURE 
 
UNIVH ITY OF GEQP.SIA 
MAY 13 '57 
 
!vity 8, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COM11ERCIAL Al1EAS 
 
During the week ending May L~ c~mmercial hatcheries placed 5,592, 000 chicks with 
 
t he broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas . This compares with the 
 
5,371,000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the  5,119,000 
 
place~ the same week l ast year . 
 
 
 
Eggs s' et by .local hatcheries amounted to 7,333,000 compared with 7,121,000 for the previous week and is 14 percent greater than tho 6,451,000 for th e correspondi~g week . last year . 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 55 cents per doz en. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.25 per hundred . These pric es compare with 55 cents an d ~plO . 00 
for the previous week and 82 cents and ~14. 75 one year ago. Egg pric es shown 
relate to Geor gi a produc ed hatching eggs whether bought on contract or oth er1~s e . 
 
~Teighted aver age pric es from the Federal- State Market News Servic e for broilers during- the week ending May 4 are as foll ows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~ 3 3/4 ( pounds; at f arms 17. 03; FOB plants 18. 00 . 
 
_ lSee r evgrs e side fo.t other_ Q.t_g,_t_es 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEJV1ENT BY WEEKS - PERIOD NARCH 2, THROUGH ivrAY 4, 1957 
 
Dat e Week Ending 
Mar . 2 Mar . 9 Mar . 16 Mar . 23 Mar. 30: Apr . 6Apr . 13 Apr . 20 Apr . 27' May 4 
 
Eggs 
Set 1956 1957 
. Thousands 
 
5 , 936 
5 , 9 88 6,051 6.,151 6,217 6,223 6 , 3 28 
6,365 6,364 6,451 
 
6, 773 
6,, 747 6.,471 6,212 6,289 
6,538 6,768 7,139 7,121 
7,333 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Placed in Georgi a 
1956 1957 
 
Th ousands 
 
3,812 
3,835 3,914 4,034 4,oL.o 4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4, 362 
 
4,652 
4,712 4, 718 4,645 4,705 4,626 
4,637 4,645 4,669 4,882 
 
Inshipments of Chicks 
1956 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
576 
 
425 
 
606 
 
414 
 
572 
 
580 
 
666 
 
534 
 
785 
 
607 
 
709 
 
621 
 
769 
 
568 
 
801 
 
619 
 
681 
 
702 
 
757 
 
698 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1956 1957 
 
Th ou s a nds 
 
4,388 4,441 
4,L~ 86 
4,700 4,825 4, 909 4,977 5,056 4,907 5,119 
 
5,077 5, l5L~ 5 ,298 5,182 
5,312 
5,247 5,205 5,264 
5,371 5, 592 
 
~/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
WILLIAM E KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 STATE 
Haine Connecticut Pennsylvru1i a Indiana Illinois MissoUri DelaV>rare Maryland Virginia West Virginia . Nor th Carolina South Carolina GEORGI A Florida  Al aba+na . Mississippi . ... Arkansas Louisiana Texas  Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 19.57 
TOTAL 19.56 
1957 % of 19.56 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COl1FiERCIAL AREAS, BY vJEEKS - 19.57 
 
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~'leek Ending 
 
.. Apr. :  Apr. May 
 
. . . . . . . .. 
 
Mav.  Har . 
 
Mar. 
 
. .Har. Har  : Apr. 
 
Apr . : Apr.  I Apr. 
 
Ma y 
 
20 
 
27 
 
4 
 
2 
 
9 
 
16 
 
23 
 
30 
 
6 
 
13 
 
20 
 
27 
 
- 
 
4 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
. CHICKS PLACED- THOUSANDS 
 
1,367 1,330 1,287 
 
- 
 
963 
 
97.5 . 847 
 
876 1,000 
 
921 
 
921 
 
960 1,018 1,009 
 
1, 03.5 1,008 1, 017 1, 381 1,471 . 1,429 
 
490 
 
.575 
 
.579 
 
.563 
 
.5.54 
 
491 
 
.543 
 
467 
 
.543 
 
.590 
 
'689 . 711 
 
718 
 
730 
 
624 
 
72.5 
 
666 
 
818 
 
908 
 
886 
 
1,683 1,689 1, 721 
 
408 . 39.5 
 
3.5.5 
 
792 
 
8.5-2 ' 824 
 
924 
 
930 
 
8.50 
 
968 
 
979 
 
946 
 
881 
 
211 
 
177 
 
262 
 
201 
 
203 . 204 
 
238 
 
200 
 
22.5 
 
20.5 
 
1,4.52 1,498 1,432 2,180 .2,278 2,299 
 
610 
 
.521 
 
647 
 
639 
 
741 
 
666 
 
.580 
 
.54.5 I 610 
 
621 
 
1,811 . 2,012 2,102 2, 0.56 2,024 1,969 2,014 1,88.5 1,999 1,8.53 
 
2,177 2,1.59 ' 2,191~ 1,990 1,973 1,997 
 
1,373 . 1,1~10 1,.531 1,.540 1,610 1'.5 7.5 1,600 1, 6.51 1,743 1,.568 1,214 1,232 1,331 l,J09 1,360 1,3.54 1,397 1,346 1,24l.J. 1,387 
 
424 
 
4.5.5 
 
2,938 . 2,9.30 
 
494 
 
.507 
 
42 9 2,978 
.513 
 
4.98 
 
629 . .49.1 
 
1,.971 1,988 - 2,021 
 
308 . 34.5 
 
J2.5 
 
.501 
2,038 296 
 
497 2,013 
31.5 
 
547 2,064 ; 327 
 
.5.58 2,099 
372 
 
.572 2,216 
320 
 
 .578 2, 2.57 
288 
 
.558 2, 271 
' 342 
 
7,139 
478 .'2,412 . 1, 763 . 
 
7,121 
461 2,3.51 1,784 
 
7,333 
411 2,496 1,863 
 
- .5 ~ 07'7 . .5 ,154 
 
 241 
 
2J2 
 
2,077 2,037 
 
1,403 1,403 
 
.5,298 
209 1,968 1,388 
 
.5,182 
200 2,09.5 1,388 
 
.5,312 
214 2,107 1,336 
 
.5,247 
19.5 2,170 1,319 
 
.5,20.5 
22.5 2,084 1,300 
 
.5,264 
241 2,229 1,242 
 
.5,371 228 
~ ~046 
1,3.53 
 
.5,.592 
. 233 
2~193 
1;421 
 
-3,052 3,13.5 3,199 
 
2,260 . 2,36.5 2, 37.5 2,.519 2,39.5 2' 4.51 2,343 2,31-+8 2' 38.5 2,447 
 
391 
 
406 
 
392 
 
399 
 
403 
 
381 
 
340 
 
401 
 
37.5 
 
345 
 
377 
 
3.56 
 
3.52 
 
2,606 2,677 2,661 
 
1, 9.58 1;991 2,311 2,083 2,0.54 1,963 2,077 2,009 2,096 2,039 
 
364 
 
421 
 
414 
 
281 
 
244 
 
225 
 
284 
 
319 
 
288 
 
302 
 
31.5 
 
281 
 
26.5 
 
3.52 
 
338 
 
362 
 
149 
 
146 
 
150 
 
164 
 
1.50 
 
169 
 
197 
 
200 
 
240 
 
179 
 
1,.5.54 1, 4.53 1,34.5 
 
814 
 
790 
 
890 1,03.5 
 
961 
 
983 1, 041 1,031 1,062 1,024 
 
37,640 37,840 38,127 
 
2.5,.589 26,192 26,873 26,963 27,120 26,8.53 27' 075 27,21.5 27' 777 27,916 
 
37,014 37,047 37,.502 
 
102 
 
102 
 
102 
 
24,480 24,980 2.5,.598 26,)01 26, 6.5.5 27,107 27,3.50 27' 272 26,912 27,030 
 
10.5 
 
10.5 
 
10.5 
 
102 
 
102 
 
99 
 
99 
 
100 
 
103 
 
103 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF G ORGIA 
AY 1 5 '57 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
Hay 13, 19.57 
 
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT FOR NAY 1. 19.57 
 
UNITED STATES: The production of spring vegetables and melons during the , l9.57 . . . . season is expected to be 3 percent less than the production .in 
this se_qson last year but 11 percent above average, the Crop Reporting_ Board annol.ll1ced today. Reduction in acreage from last year is the primary fact.or res- . ponsible -:for the decline from last year. Compared t-rlth last year,- significantly less. produ9tion is indicated for cantaloups, tomatoes, sweet corn and onions. P&rt~a~ly offsetting these declines were n1arked increases in the production of t:mtE)~melons, lettuce and asparagus. 'rhere were smaller changes, both up and do~vn, 1n oth~r spring crops. Summer watermelon acreage for 19.57 excee ds that harvested last year by . lO percent. Strawberry production is expected to establish a net-T  r ec ord with the 19.57 production forecast at 694 million pounds, which is 26 per~ . 
cent higher than last year's re~ord large . crop and 73 perbent above average. . 
 
\ eather .during April was quite varied over vegetable producing areas of the .natior.. 
:. n areas except the far western States had. some adverse weather, but fortunat ~ly . 
cc-mplet1 ~oss of acreage was sinall.. Heavy. rains . in southern States delayed haryest and plant~ng operations and was conducive to disease infestation, lot.Jering yield pr ospeqts. _F).ooding caused total loss of a small acreage and some r eplanting ~vas , 
ne c e ssary~ 
 
~N.'\P BEANS: ., Yield -prbspect's improved during April in some of the mid-s.E,rfn~ . States," and p~oduction is:_now estimated at 3.54,000 .cwt;,. A crop of .  
t his .size .exceeds  last year's Qy 12 ' percent, but is 18 percent below average. In S ~,1ta Carolina; the-rcrop is -iookirig good, -but i--s just- hegnnng to -feel the .. :  ' effe cts of recent dry weather. Practically all- fields ai'e :in full .bloom or .._pave.. small beaps.  Light harvest should get ~nderway Hay lG-1.5 With heavy movement May 20 to June l;, In Alabam~, .growing condi,tions have been good. Ample moisture ~as  . promoted good vegetative: growth. Cool we~ther in early April hampere d the growth of b eans in Mississippi; but the weather. has l?een more favor'able recently and . the 
crop is making good progress now. A light harvest will start about :Nay 17 and he avy movement is expected about June 1. - Condition of the snap bean crop is gen-: 
erally good in Louisiana with the yieid from first pickings heavier than usual. A 
light harvest started in late April with heaviest movement expected during the l ast half of May. 
 
Q..@.BAGE: E~rJ.:l Spring cabbage production is _forecast at 2,337,000 cWt., qnly  
slightly more than last year's pr9<:Iuction but 5 percent below a':erage. 
Cvmpared with last year, production will be up sharply in South Carolina, ..and _Mississippi but reduced substantially in Georgia and Louisiana,.  'l;l:le Spring c ab- .bage deal in South Carolina is about over but limited supplies of _good q-q.ality ... cabbage will be available "in May. Growers _have realized the best yields .of_ recent years. In Georgia:, harvest is continuing but has recently -been slowed by market conditions. Yields. 'Vary considerably between areas. In Alabama, grot-Ters r eport that the harvest ~f the late acreage has also been slowed by market conditions. 
I~ ~ussissippi, growers are moving the b est cabbage crop in r ecent years. Weather has been highly favorable the entire season and yields have b een exceptionally hi gh . Quality is reported very good. Harvest is being retarded by market con- 
ditions. Movement is expected to continue until around June 8. In Louisiana, 
r scent heavy rains reduced the quality of cabbage around Breaux Bridge and Arnaudville . A light movement will continue until mid..May but the deal is about finishe , In !Ja.lifornia supplies of spring cabbage are liberal. Most of the crop is being ma:cksted lc.ca.J.J_y bu.t. limited shiplllents are being made to out-of-state points. 
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(over) 
 
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CAIITTALOU}'S: .. Acreage fo:;. harvest in the ~8;rly SUE}m~ S.ta~es is estima~ed ! at 
. . 16, 800 acres, a decline of only 3 percent from :last ye ar but 29 per.cent .urider average. The reduction from last year and average was .all in Arizona. Small i~creases over last year's acreage in South Carolina and Georgia almost .  offset Arizona'-s reduction. The reduction in Arizona resulted from ci'OWn blight , nemat od~s and other dis~~ses in recent years. The South Carolina .crop is up to 
a g.ood. stand but is in need of rain. Fair to good stands are reported in-Ge orgia with vines beginning to run in the southern part of the State. 
 
~TEET CORN: Crop conditi.ons as .of :Hay 1 point toward a ~ .s:ering crop of 
 
. 
 
654,000 hundredweight--a reduction of 3 percent below last year and 
 
22 percent below the 7-year average, For the late spring States, as a group, both acreage for harvest and yield are slightly lowe!""' thi-s year than last~ The 
 
South C~rolina crop is up to a good stand and in good .to excellent condition. 
 
Hnw-ev er ,. additional rain would be beneficial. Growth has been slow in Georgia due 
 
to cool .wEJather in early April. However, g ood stands are reported with s_ome har- 
 
vest expected in late June, In the Baldwin County area of Alabama, the crop is up 
 
to a good stand. Adequate moisture supplies have promoted vigorous growth. In 
 
California, some decline in :acreage for harvest from a year ago is indicated in 
 
the Coachella Valley and in the Arvin district. A light harvest has begun in both 
 
t he Iinpei'ial and Coachella Valleys with peak volume expected late in the month. 
 
Quality i s generally good,  No supplies are expected from the Arvin district this 
 
month. 
 
ONIONS: The~ s:ering onion crop is forecast at 2,247,000 cwt., about a half 
 
more than was produced in this season last year. Indicated production 
 
i s nearly 10 percent above average. In North Carolina, weather has been favorabl e 
 
for the development of onions. Good yields are in prospect and harvest will stru~t 
 
soon. In Georgia, the crop has come along well and harvest is in progress. In 
 
Texas, considerable acreage was destroyed by floods, mostly in the Italy and Ferris 
 
areas of Ellis County. The loss is tentatively set at 1,400 acres. The entire 
 
c r op . n~s been adversely affected by continuous heavy rains. Prior to these rains, 
 
it had made e~cellent progress. Harvest should begin, as usual, in late May. 
 
Harv-est is just starting in Arizona. The crop there is in good condition. In 
 
California, harvest is Underway in the . Imperial Valley and starting in Kern County. 
 
S~ockton -should start May lo-15~ The crop i .s in excellent condition. 
 
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TOMATOES:' Production:: of:.late .~ring . t.ornat-p~s . iS. : est:i:ma;ted.!to. be .:a.,4]4h~ooo cwt., 
 
 . which! is . :~2 per.cent more than last. yeB.J: .and, J per_cent .abov~.. ,average. 
 
Acreage increased in all producing States except Louis;ianC!< -which ranained .the same 
 
as last year.  Tomat:o'es in South CarolinR :are in. .ifaj.r ~conditicm .but.. are. composed of fi elds 'of -various :ages due -to ~esetting. A ; li~ght :: harve.st: is expected -, about 
 
June 1o-20. ... Growth was re-tarded by ceol we.atper .in .Georgia :end ,Mississippi, but 
 
warmer weather during last two weeks in Apr:il has, enab],ed plants .:to develop 
 
rapidly. Harvest in Louisiana is expected to begin about May 15 with_peak prod~ 
 
uction from the New Orleans area around June 10 and from the Whiteville area about 
 
June 17. Acreage in Texas irs expected to be increased considerably i):l spite of.. 
 
flood loss in some areas. The large :acreage is contingent upon setting of plants 
 
b eing held in cold frames. :Favorable crop pro.spects prevailed in most are as prior 
 
t o the late April cool weather and hard rains. Harvest was expected to b egin in 
 
the Pearsall and Ingleside areas during the week of Hay 5-11. The cool weather in 
 
late April retarded growth in the Yoakum area wl'j.ere harvest is expect.ed to get . 
 
under ray about May 15th. Considerable rep].,anting occurred in the Milane-Gause 
 
area where production will start around May 20. If warm weather develops in early 
 
May, prc.du.ctior! from East Texas area vri.ll not be much later than usuai. 
 
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ACR00 A,ND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE 1 1957 \!JITH COHPARISONS 
 
AND 
 
. . : ACREAGE FOR HARVEST : YIELD PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
:Average : 
 
:Indicated : Av . : 
 
: Ind. ~:A~v-e- r e-.g-e-: - r : Indic at,_ 
 
- - -- - - -- STATE :1949- 55: l956 1957 : 49-55: 1956:1957 :1949- 55: l 950 : 1957 
 
- Acres - 
 
- Cvrt. - 
 
- l, 000 C\rt. - 
 
CANTJ\.LOUPS 
 
Early Summer 
 
Sout h Carolina 5,860 6,200 6,600 37 32 
 
Georgia 
 
8,460 8,600 9,400 57 48 
 
Arizona 
 
~230, 2z500 
 
Boo 108 96 
 
Group total 23,540 l ?,300 lb,800 73 49 
 
214 
484 1,018 
1!-~l) 
 
198 413 June 10 
- 82450"1- - 
 
S\.VEE'r CORN: :Late Spnng 
South Carolina Georgia 
Alabama 
California 
 
2,330 1,500 2,060 2,100 
4,360 2,800 7,110 6,200 
 
1,800 1.~5 37 42 2,400 29 35 33 2,500 43 40 40 5,700 68 70 70 
 
105 56 
 
76 
 
59 74 
 
79 
 
187 112 100 
 
483 434 399 
 
_QTOUj) total 15,860 12,600 l2,h00 53 51-J. 53 
 
834 676 654 
 
CUCTJllJBERS: 
 
Lato Spring 
 
North Carolina 
 
South Carolina 
 
( 
 
Georgia .I labarna 
 
Arl~ ans as 
 
Loui siana 
 
California 
 
~~up total 
 
5,440 
4,370 850 
1,090 660 . 640 
.2!,~00 
 
5,900 3,200 
750 700 300 600 
1,500 
 
141.450 12,950 
 
6,600 3,600 
800 600 270 500 1,600 
13,970 
 
48 L~l 
43 52 34 29 57 41 45 48 48 48 
------ 195 185 
. 61 60 
 
5o 
 
261 
 
55 
 
188 
 
35 
 
29 
 
45 
 
62 
 
50 
 
31 
 
45 
 
32 
 
190 - 27-4 
66 ---87-7 
 
242 330 
 
166 198 
 
22 
 
28 
 
29 
 
27 
 
14 
 
14 
 
29 
 
22 
 
- 278 
780 
 
- -304- 
--9-2-3 - 
 
ONIONS: 
 
--- --- LateSpring: 
North Carolina 
 
-- -- 1,000 
 
125 
 
--- 
 
--- 
 
125 
 
Georgia Louisiana 
 
-- -- --- --- --- 1,060 __7.0.,0 - 700 78 100 110___ _ !lli - 70_ 
 
240 
 
47 
 
12 
 
77 
 
Texas 
 
8,330 5,500 7,000 34 27 30 
 
282 148 210 
 
Arizona 
 
1,230 850 2,000 310 375 300 
 
388 319 600 
 
California Group total 
 
- 4,810 2,700 
I 15,680 9, 750 
 
3,800 270 14,500 132 
 
360 325 
-155 155 
 
-1,282 972 
2,01-J.B 1,509 
 
1,235 2, 247 
 
TOHATOES: Lat e Spring: South Carolina Ge orgia Jvlississippi Louisiana Texas 
.Group total 
 
4,310 6,000 11,590 12,000 1,570 1,500 1,210 1,000 22,470 15,000 
41,160 35,500 
 
6,700 36 12,600 39 
2,500 26 1,000 39 18,500 31 
- 41,300 34 
 
37 40 
 
157 222 
 
268 
 
40 42 
 
448 480 529 
 
45 43 
 
37 68 108 
 
40 39 
 
48 
 
40 
 
. 
 
~q 
;) , 
 
25 33 
 
27 35 
 
- 717 375 -1,407 1,185 
~ 
 
- - 500 
1, Lv-i4 .. 
 
iJ,fATERiviELONS : 
 
Early Sunnner: 
 
North Carolina ' 11,060 11,000 12,000 49 50 South Carolina 42,000 40,000 43,000 56 52 
 
540 550 2,350 2,080 
 
Georgia 
 
52,710 57,ooo 61,000 78 78 
 
4,109 4,446 
 
Al abama Missis sippi 
 
17,010 19,000 19,000 91 90 10,340 14,000 13,000 70 67 
 
1,540 1,710 729 93 8 June 10 
 
Arkansas 
 
10,000 11,300 12,000 84 89 
 
839 1,006 
 
Louisiana 
 
4,540 3,900 4,300 75 85 
 
344 332 
 
Oklahoma 
 
15,460 11,500 12,000 64 60 
 
999 690 
 
Texas 
 
110,140 JOO,OOO 126,000 48 44 
 
5, 252 4,400 
 
b.rizona 
 
5,100 5,000 5,000 139 165 
 
710 825 
 
'Jalifornia 
- - - r1roun total 
 
10,370 12 000 12,000 131 140 288' 740 284, 7(!) 319,300 ' 55" 56 
 
1,356 1,680 
18, 7oS :LB, 6f57-- - 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
 ~007 
A3 - . _ 
 
UNIV/lSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
OF. llAX 1, 19.57 
Heather conditions during;; much of April were not too favor. able for land . pr~para tion, planting operations. and crop grmrth. Continued rains over :-.1ost of the .St-ate kept so~ls tqo wet for land preparation and planting operations. Un~easonably low temperatures retarded grol-rth of small grains and early spring planted crops. : Hore. , favorable weather the last week of April improved conditions and enabled many farmers in northern areas to resume land. preparation and planting opera:tions. I'ros.. pects. for small grcd.nS are generally good to very good. 1-Jheat yields are exp ected to be :.well above average. In many areas of the State. the . peach crop has been. .hurt by lack of chilling hours during the dormant season, but .,production is still expect~d to be above average. 
 
INDICA'TLD lJHE.AT YIELD SECOND HIGHEST OF RLCORD: The condition of i:heat is .very 
 
 
 
good although the crop was retardec 
 
somewhat by cool weather during April . Current prospects point to a yield . of 20.0 
 
bushels: .per acre for 19.57 If realized, this will be th~ .sf;!cond highest of -~ecord  
 
being exceeded only by the 19.56 yield of 21.0 bushels. Indicated production .of  
 
2,040,000 bushels is 16 percent below the 1956 crop of 2,4361 000 bushels due pri- 
 
marily to a reduction in acreage of 12 percent. 
 
, . 
 
EGG PRODUCTION SETS N1W RLCCRD HIGH FCR APRIL: Farm flocks in the State ~ laid 118 
million eggs during April --- this Was 7 million above production for the corresponding month a year e.tr1ier and ivaS 2 million above the previous record high April production of 19.5.5. The average number of eggs produced per 100 layers for .April was 1,824 ---this is also above the previous April high of 11 803 in 19SS. 
 
RECoRD l'J!ILK PRODUC'I'ION IN APRILa l'1ilk produ-ction on Georgia farms duriJ;lg . the . 
 
month of April totaled ~ million pounds . This 
 
exceeds the previous record high of 110 million pounds for  the month in 19.56 by 
 
4 million pounds. Average daily milk production per. cow in herd dm-ing th~ m911th 
 
was 12.6 pounds canpared with 12.0 pounds in April 19.5~. 
 
. 
 
PEACH .PRCDUCTION EXPLCTLD TO BL 78 PIRCLNT . ABOlE 19.56: Based on reported canditior 
 
as of JVIay 11 the peac.h , 
 
crop in Georgia is expected to total 21 84q,ooo bushels  . A crop be 1,240,000 bushels (78 percent) above .last year 1s short crcp, 
 
of this s:}.ze :Yrould 
and 641 000 quahels 
 
above the 1946-.5.5 average production .of 2,7761 000 bushels. ~~yearly varieties 
 
su0h as Early Red-Free, Dixie Gems am Dixie Reds did not receive ample hou,r~ of - 
 
chilling temperatm-es and were late blooming. ,Foliage development has been qelayEd  
 
on these trees and production will be reduced sharply. .lost other varieties have 
 
a good crop set and prospects. are currently very goode 
 
PLACHES 
 
"i 5 5 $6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -rr-o'duction------ - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 
st,ate --Average-- : - - ,... : - - ~i9 5- .~:-- "i_ 
 
--Indicated-- 
 
1946-.5.5 : 9 4 : 
 
.. !. . 
 
9 
 
: 
 
1957 
 
- - - - - - - r,ooo--- -i;ooQ-: :~ ~ - .::- I,ooo .- -.~- ...1;-.ooo---- - -1-;-ooo-:- . ~..-~ 
 
bushels 
 
bushels  . . bushels: .- .pushels 
 
bushels  
 
N. c. s~ c. 
Ga. 
., Ala. 
Miss . Ark. La _, . Okla. 
 
1,3.50 3,122 
2,776 
.593 4oS 1,.530 
89 306 
 
1,100 
3,600 
3,000 
900 276 984 
4.5 so 
 
 
 
:::11. . ~ 
r. .yy ; . 
1f. ; 
 
. 
'!I 
 
950 4,3.50 ;1.,600 
600 
447 2,2.50 
80 200 
 
1,400 . 
S,ooo 
2,840 ' . 
.580 340 1,240 175 
24 
 
" Texas 
 
736 
 
1.50 . 
 
30 
 
.57.5 
 
825 .. ... 
 
u.-s: .-:-~ ~ - -io.9o7- ~- Io-10.5----- 4s~ ~- ;_ .-: I1-o$2---- -12~424- "::' - . 
 
1rtess than-:~(;-busii.eis: ,[/Includes l9~, 000 buS'hels 'Unitarvested becatis! of- ~ - . 
 
economic conditions. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
vJILLIAH E. KIBLER  Agricultural Statistician 
 
r -:r- ~ ~. 
 
 
 
     - -  -~ . 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP RLPORT N3 OF HAY 1, 1957  ..~ 
 
Crop progress generally was slow in. April, and many piantirigs were ~delayed..by 
 
r ainy weather. Prospects are promising for most crops despite some .troubles in . 
 
getting good stands for early growth. Good soil moisture  supplies are much .mor.e 
 
general .than last year giving good to .excellent promise for grain, pru;;ti.l.r:e ar.d hay 
 
crops .  ~Tinter wheat outcome continues to look more promising as the . seasori , '- .   develC?:Ps:.--Many fields in the Great Plains whi ch emerged late afte~ a dry start 
 
still have thin and uneven or weedy stands; other have thickened surprisingly 
 
under cool ani rainy April weather. ~ go't badly jostled from :r~~:Lt~on. ).n . th~.  ..", 
 
spring planting race. This cool-loving crop missed timely seeding on :mariy ~'.iel~s..~ . 
 
too .wet to work and has poorer chances than usual of filling  and maturing .a}'iead  .' 
a.. :. of . mid-summer heat. Some acreage intended for oats in several State~ . ~iJ,i .grow . 
corn, scybeans or other later . crop s or after late start be valued chiefly as ,'  ~ "' 
 
nurs e crr;>p for ne-vr forag e seedings.  
 
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" 
 
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;:  
 
:'  ~ I 
 
Cotton ~nd .!.!! p lanting has gone more slowly than usual in most Southern St.at~ s. , , ;: 
 
with much variation in stage between sections, but Southwest irrigated co_ttor ;is _.:  . 
more ;nearly on schedule. In south central Texas, some acreage intended fqr , pol;~. -,:._. _.., 
 
may o~ pla.rrted to s crghUIJ1.s - a C'..rop likely to gain acreage in many Plains   
 
s e cti ns after April rains. Pastures ov er t he Nation generally look th e bes.t for 
 
Hay 1 in five years, showing that the "more rain, more grass 11 equation is agam  
 
working. The striking contrast in pasture f eed condition with last y ear.'s poor _; .,,, -: 
 
s tat"Us in many areas is clear from a glance at the .maps on page 4. This  year the . ..~ 
 
ccndit ion average of 85 is highest s:lnce 1952; last year was lowest since the ..  . . 
 
drought year 1934. Potato crops have generally favorable prospects. The earlY. ....:.\ , .: 
 
s pring crop in Texas and Florida is now mO'iing with the total crop estimated . .  ... 
 
sl igh.:t~ larger than last year. The late spring crop looks a strong fifth larget 
 
than last year. 
 
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... . ~.. 
 
' 
 
VVI NTIR WHEAT: A winter wheat crop of 703 million bushels is indicat ed by condi~ ; . .: 
 
. . . tions to Hay 1. This would be .abo:ut 5 percent smaller than th e .. :. : .. 1956 crop of 735 million bushels, neal;"ly a fifth less than average but 5 perci:lnt ~. :, , 
 
above a month ago. The indicated yield at 22.5 bushels per acre far harvest. is 
 
, . 
 
the highest of r e cord and compares with. 20.6 qushels in 1956 and tho av er age of 
 
18~6 bushels. The indicated r ecord yield may be r eached with only New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Maryland and ~'Je st Virginia ex ceeding th~i~ current r ecord yield   
 
This indic ates .a quite uniform satisfactory development of the crop ever a major- . 
 
ity of the producing areas. 
 
. 
 
PLP.~; . 'I'he first forecast of production for the 9 Southern States is 
 
12,424,000 bush els, 12 percent above 1956 and 14 percent above the 10- 
 
ycar average which includes the near total f ailure of 1955. Prospective produc- 
 
tion as of May 1 is abov e both last  year and average in North Carolina, South 
 
Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas; and b~low. both last year ar~ average in 
 
Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas pn'd Oklq.homa. Prospects vary considerably by 
 
va1ieties; particularlY ' in :south .Carolma:,  Georg ia, Alabama, His sis sippi arid Texas . Some variet i e s -~ es pe'c'ialJi eariy' ones  -- that require longer chilling 
ptiriods during dormancy dl.d:' not' 'req'EdV\'3 .the r~quired number" of Chilling hours. As 
 
a r esult, bloom v1as late and . iriegulai-~ . The . k;I"eeS: ha.v~ b een slow in l eaf:iJ.lg out .. 
a.nd consequently a h eavy drop is eicpe.cted  . The .out:J.ook .-:for .. other variet i es 'in the 
 
s ame areas is much bett er. In South Carolina, the season is a week to 10 days 
l ater than normal in the Ridge area and 3 to 5days late in the Piedmont. Gr o-vmrs 
 
in the Ridge and Sandhills areas are pessimistic be caus e . o_f __tlw lack of . chilling 
 
t empe r atur es during dormancy. 
 
 
 
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 I. 
 
: 
 
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk. cows on farrrs produced a tota1. of ' i.~j42~ :I_TI:i.Uion polinds of - 
 
milk in April-- 1- p ercont  mcre thari fu Apcil last year hnd 
 
to 9 percent more than the 1946-55 average for the month. Milk'-:production showed  
about the same s easonal increase as last y eari but fail ed:" ga in as rr~uch as usual 
 
from March to April. Tho volume of milk pr educed on farrtiS  .ifl. the Nat ion dUr.ing 
 
April was sufficient to provide 2.24 p ounds d*1ly pc:r person;  approxima tel y the 
 
sam e rate as Apr:i,l last year but was 3 percent" b elow the 10:..year average.  Milk 
 
production in the. f:irst 4 months of this y ear .r eached a r ecord high of nearly . 
 
41.6 billion pounds, which was only slightly more than the .previous high for the 
 
s ame months last year. 
 
 
 
 
 
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POULTRY AND LGG PRODUCTION: Farm flocks laid 5, 731 million: eggs in April -- 2 per 
 
cent more than in April last y ear, but 4 percent .bela 
 
the 1946-55 average . Increases fro.m last year were 5 percent iil the West North_. .. 
 
Centr al -and South Atlantic States, 2 percent ih. the North Atlan'ti~ and 1 p erce nt  -.- 
 
in the West . In the East North Central and South Central States, production was  
 
about the same  as in April last year. Ege, production during the first four months 
 
of this year was 2 percent l arg er tha n in these months last year, but about , the  
 
same as the average. 
 
.. '  ...  .. 
 
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1)9007 
 
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UNITED STATES .. DEPARTMENT OF 
~ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia . 
 
UNIVE RSITY OF G~"On<;! ' 
~ IW17~t 
1'1ay 15, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
Duri~g the week ending May 11 commercial hatcheries placed 5,705,000 chicks with 
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5,592,000 placed the previo~s week and is 11 percent more than the 5,122,000 
placed the same week' last year, 
. ' 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,269,000 compared with 7,333 , 000 for , the P,revious week and is 11 percent greater than the 6,557,000 for the corres-  
pond~ng week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
 
of 56 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was  
 
reported at $10.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 55 cents and ~no. 25  
 
for the previous week and 82 cents and $14.75 one year ago. Egg prices sho\m 
 
r elate . 
 
to 
 
Georgia 
 
pr.o.duced 
 
hatching 
 
eggs 
 
whether 
 
bought 
 
on 
 
contract 
 
or 
 
otherwi se . 
 
vJei ghted average prices from the Federal-State Harket News Service for broi;Lers 
 
during the week ending May 11 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2, 1/2-  
 
3 3/4 pound-s-, at f-arms 17.-54; F0B plants -3..8.-h.2. - -- - - 
 
- 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY \f.EEKS - PERIOD }~RCH 9, through May 11, 1957 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched l/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Week: Ending 
 
.. . Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
19$6 1957 1956  1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
-. of Chicks 
1956 1957 
Thousands 
 
.. on Farms 
1956 . 1957 
Thousands 
 
Mar . Mar. 
 
~~ 
 
5;988 . 
6,051 
 
6,747 6,471 
 
3,835 3,914 
 
4,712 4,718 
 
606 
 
L~lL~ 4,~41 
 
5,154 
 
572 
 
580 4,486 5,298 
 
Mar. 23 . 6,151 6,212 4,034 4,648 
 
666 
 
534 4, 700 5,162 
 
Mar. 30 6,217 6,289 4,040 4,705 
 
. 785 
 
607 4,825 5,312 
 
Apr. 6 6,223 6,538 4,200 4,626 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
Apr. ll-3 6,328 6,768 4,208 4,637 
 
769 
 
568 4,977 5,205 
 
Apr. 20 6,365 7,139 4,255 .4,645 
 
801 
 
619 5,056 5,264 
 
Apr. 27 6,36L~ 7,121 4,226 4,669 
 
681 
 
702 4,907 5,371 
 
May 4 . 6,451 7,333 4,362 4,882 
 
757 
 
698 5,119 5,59-2 
 
- May  11 6,557 7,269 4,390 5,030 
 
732 
 
675 5,122 
 
;!/ Ex~lusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia . 
 
5, 705 
 
'WILLIAM E. KIBLER r? gricultural Statistician 
.; 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
.. 
 
 STATE 
~ 
" 
 
Maine 
 
" 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
~ 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
Delm-vare Naryland 
 
I 
 
Virginia 
 
West Virginia 
 
North Carolina . 
 
South Carolina . 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida 
 
Alabama 
 
Mississippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana ' 
 
,. ' 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
California ..... 
 
TOTAL 1957 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
1957 % of 1956 
 
EGGS SET AND CHIC:im PLACED IN COO'IERCIAL AREAS., BY \oJEEKS - 1957 
 
Page 2 
 
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1-Jeek Ending 
 
. . Apr. 
 
1'-iay 
 
Hay 
 
. . 27 
 
4 
 
11 
 
. . . . .. . . l-iar. 
 
}1ar. : Har. ' Har. 
 
Apr. 
 
Apr. 
 
Apr. 
 
Apr. : May 
 
May 
 
. . . . . . 9 : 16 : ' 23 
 
30 : 6 
 
13 
 
20 
 
27 
 
4 
 
11 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
1,330 1,_008 1;471 1,:689 
395 1,498 2,278 2,159 1,973 
455 2,930 
507 7,121 
461 2,351 1,784 3,135 
406 2,677 
421 338 1,453 
37,840 
37,047 
102 
 
1,287 1,017 1,429 1,721 
355 1,432 2,299 2,194 1,997 
429 2,978 
513 7,333 
411 2,496 1,863 3,199 
392 2, 661 
414 362 1,345 
38,127 
37,502 
102 
 
1,270 1,044 1,403 1, 807 ' 
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996 
414 2,996 ' 494 7,269 
486 2,459 1,861 3,243 
392 2,658 
399 336 1,299 
38,171 
38,362 ' 
100 
 
9?5 5?5 711 852 176 521 2,012 1,410 1,232 629 1,988 345 5,154 
232 2,037 1,403 2,365 
403 1,991 
244 146 790. 
26,191 
" 
24,980 
105 
: 
 
847 519 718 824 262 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491 2,021 325 5,298 209 1,968 1,388 2,375 381 2,311 225 150 890 
26,873 
25,598 
105 
 
 CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
8?6 563 730 924 200 639 2,056 1,540 1,309 501 2,038 296 5,182 
200 2,095 1,388 2,519 
340 2,083 
284 164 1,035 
26,962 
26,501 
102 
 
1,000 554 624 930 203 741 
2,024 1, 610 1,36o 
498 2,013 
315 ' 5,312 
214 2,107 1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 961 
27,121 
26,655 
102 
 
921 491 725 850 204 666 1,969 1,575 1,354 54? 2,064 327 -5,247 
195 2,170 1,319 2,451 
315 1,963 
288 169 983 
26,853 
27,107 
99 
 
921 543 666 968 
s2a3o8 
2,014 1,600 1,397 
558 2,099 
372 5,205 
225 2,084 1,300 2,343 
345 2,077 
302 197 1,041 
21,0?5 
2?,3$0 
99 
 
' 
 
96o 467 818 979 200 545 1,885 
1,6~1 
1,3 6 572 
2,216 320 
5,264 241 
2,229 1,242 2,348 
377 2,009 
315 200 1,031 
27,215 
27,272 
100 
 
- 
- 
1,018 543 908 946 225 610 
1,999 
11,,2744l 578 
2,257 288 
5,371 
228 2,046 1,353 2,385 
356 2,096 
281 240 1,062 
 
1,009 590 886 881 205 621 
1,853 1,568 1,387 
558 2,271 
342 5 , 592 
233 2,193 1,421 2,447 
356 2,039 
265 179 1,024 
 
27, 717 27,920 
 
26,912 2?,030 
 
103 
 
103 
 
1,079 652 945 935 228 580 
1,831 1,653 1,259 
518 2,303 
368 5,705 
208 2,167 1,447 2,362 
352 2,113 
265 180 1,0?0 
28,220 
2?,518 
103 
 
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UNIVERSITY 0~ GEOR~IA 
 
COLLEGE OF AGRICI'L TURE 
 
Athens, Geo:r:gia 
 
UNiVEf:S iTY OF GEORGIA 
GEORGIA AGRICULTUR.AL EXTENSION SERVICE 
. Hay 22, 1957 
 
 BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
During the week ending May 18 commercial hatcheries placed 5,?95,000 chicks with 
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5,105,000 placed the previous week and is 14 percent more than the 5,091,000 
placed the same week last ~ar. 
:Eggs set by l~cal hatcheries amounted to 7, 627,000 compared with 7,'269, 000 :ror the previous week and is 17 percent greater than the 6,531,000 for the corres- 
:.pending week last year. 
 
.. Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average . 
.; of 57 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was ; ...reported at $10. 25 per hurrl red. These prices compare with 56 cents ani $10.25  for .the previous week and 82 cents and $14.50 one year ago. Egg prices shot~ 
rela.te to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
during the week ending May 18 are as follows: ~orth Georgia broilers 2 1/2 . ) 3/4 pounds; at farms 18.52; FOB plants 19.38. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA -CHICK PLACEMENT B.Y WEEKS - PERIOD MARCH 16, THROUGH MAY 18, 1951 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Week 
-En.ding 
 
. Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 1951 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
. of Chicks 
1956 1957 
Thousands 
 
on Farms 
1956 . : 1957 
Thousands 
 
Mar. 16 6,051 6,471 3,914 4,718 
 
:572 
 
580 4,.486 5;298 
 
Mar. 23 6,151 Mar ~  30 6,217 1\.pr 6 6:,223 
 
6,212 
6,289 6,538 
 
4,034 4,040 4,200 
 
4,648 4;705 4,626 
 
666 534 4,700 5,182 
 
785 
 
6o7 4,825 . 5,312 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
Apr. 13 6,328 6,768 4,208 4,637 
 
769 568 4,971 5,205 
 
Apr. 20 6,365 7,139 4,255 4,645 
 
801 619 5,056 5,264 
 
Apr. 27 6,364 7,121 4,226 4,669 
 
681 
 
702 4,907 5,371 
 
May 4 6,451 7,3:33 . . 4,362 4,882 May .11 6;551 7;269 . 4,390 5,030 
 
757 732 
 
698 . '675 
 
5,119 5,592 5,122 5,105 
 
May 18 6,531 7,627 4,349 5,156 
 
742 
 
639 5,:091 $,195 
 
.. 
 
.. ., : 
 
ot 1/ Exclusive of hatchirtgs sh:ipped into 'st~te~ . outside.' Georgia. ; 
 
. WILLIAM E~ KIBLER 
 
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Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LA!1GLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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STATE 
. . .-.... 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois :VJissouri Delaware Maryland Virginia ~'fest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama l"Iississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California , 
. T:OTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 % of 1956 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CONHERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1957 
 
Page 2. 
 
Week Ending  
 
I May . May . May 
 
4 
 
11 
 
18 
 
. . . .. . Mar. : Mar. 
 
Mar. : Apr. 
 
Apr. : Apr. 
 
Apr. 
 
May : May May 
 
16 
 
23 
 
30 : 
 
6 . 13 
 
20 
 
27 
 
4 
 
11 
 
18 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
1,287 1,017 1,429 1, 721 
355 1,432 2,299 2,194 1,997 
429 2,978 
5131 7,333' 
 
1,270 1,044 1,403 1,807 
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996 
414 2,996 
494 7,269 
 
411. 486 2,496 2,459 1,863 1,861 3,199 3,243 
392 392 2,661 2,658 
414 399 362 1 336  1,345 1,299 
 
1,400 1,023 1,246 1,866 
456 1,494 2,354 2,247 2,039 
422 2,997 
483 7,627 
446 2,477 1,882 3,189 
402 2,703 
356 327 1,256 
 
847 519 718 824 262 647 2,102 1,531 1,331 491 2,021 
325 5,298 
209 1,968 1,388 2,375 
381 2,311 
225 150 890 
 
876 563 730 924 200 
639 2,056 1,540 1,309 
501 2,038 
296 5,182 
200 2,095 1,388 2,519 
340 2,083 
284 164 
1,035 
 
.1,000 921 
 
554 491 624 725 930 850 203 204 741 666 2,024 1,969 1,610 1,575 1,360 1,354 498 547 2,013 . 2,064 
 
315 327 5,312 5,247 
 
214 195 2,107 2,170 
 
1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 
 
1,319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 
 
961 983 
 
921 543 666 968 238 580 2,014 1,600 1,397 . 558 
2,099 372 
5,205 
225 2,084 1,300 2,343 
345 2,077 
302 197 1,041 
 
960 467 818 979 200 
545 1,885 1,651 1,346 
572 2,216 
320 5,264 
241 2,229 1,242 2,348 
377 2,009 
315 200 1,031 
 
1,018 
543 908 946 225 610 1,999 1,743 1,244 578 2,257 288 
5,371 
228 2,046 1,353 2,385 
356 2,096 
281 240 1,062 
 
1,009 
590 
8D6 881 205 621 1,853 1,568 1,387 558 2,271 342 5,592 
233 2,193 1,421 2,447 
356 2,039 
265 179 1, 024 
 
1,079 652 945 935 228 580 
1,831 1,653 1,259 
518 2,303 
368 5,105 
208 2,167 1,447 2,362 
352 2,113 
265 180 
1,070 
 
1,004 560 845 857 188 612 
1,795 1,620 1,197 
590 2,212 
348 5,795 
215 2,1I 80 1,348 2,409 
376 2, 087 
.315 155 
f 94 
 
38,127 38,171 38,692 37,502 38,362 38,469 
3..02 100 101 
 
26,873 25,598 
105 
 
26,962 26,501 
"102 
 
27~121 26,8.53 . 27,075 
 
26,655 27,107 27,350 
 
. 102 . . 99 
 
99 
 
: 27,215 
.. 
27,272 100 
 
27,777 26,912 
- 103 
 
27,920 28, 220 27,702 27,030 27 , .Sl8 27,580 
1(;.3 ::..OJ 100 
 
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UNITED STATES 
 
DEPARTMENT OF 
 
AGRICULTURE 
 
C!!7r;jJ 
 
UN lVER~ lTY OF GEORG IA 
 
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. . JUN) .'57 :Ll~~~t{lE.S ,14..:~---'--- A ,.. A!CRKUELTTIUNRGAL 
 
SERVICE 
 
a~ 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
GEORGIA AGRICUL'FURAL EXTE~ISION SERVICE 
. May ~9, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK- REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
During the week ending May 25 commercial hatcheries placed 5,914,000 chicks with 
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5, 795,000 placed the previous week and is 15 percent more than.' the 51130,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,510,000 compared with 7,627,000 for the previous week and is 15 percent greater than the 6,531,000 for the corres- 
ponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 58 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.25 per hundred. These prices compare with 57 cents and $10.25 for the previous week and 82 cents and $14.50 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 
during the week ending May 25 are as follcws: North Georgia broilers 2 1/23 3/4 pounds; at farms 19.41; FOB plants 20.41. 
 
.. GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS - PR'-"RIOD MARCH 23 THROUGH MAY 25't 1951 
 
Date Week Ending 
. Mar. 23 
Mar. 30 Apr . 6 Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May ,1_8 May 25 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched };/ 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
1956  1957 1956 ' : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
6,151 6,217 6,223 6,328 6:,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 '6,531 
6,537 
 
6,212 
6 ~ 289 
6,538 6,768 
7,139 7,121 . 7,333 7,269 7,627 1,510 
 
4:,034 - . .4,648 .I 4;040 . 4, ?05 4:,200 4,626 4,208 4,637 4,255 4,645 4,226 4,669 4,362 4,882 4;390 5,030 4:,349 5,156 4,331 . 5,276 
 
Inshipments 
.of Chicks 
1956  1957 
 
Thousands 
 
666 
 
534 
 
785 
 
607 
 
709 
 
621 
 
'769 
 
568 
 
801 
 
619 
 
681 
 
702 
 
?51 
 
698 
 
732 
 
6?5 
 
742 
 
639 
 
799 
 
638 
 
Total Placed 
 
. on 
1956 
 
F.arm1g957- 
 
Thousands 
 
4,700 5,182 4,825 . 5,312 4:,909 5,247 4,977 . 5, 205 5,056 5, 264 4,907 5, 371 5,119 5,592 5,122 5,705 5,091 . 5, ?95 5,130 5,914 
 
1/ Exclusi'e of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE! Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
,. 
 
 STATE 
- 
1-'Iaine Cormecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Iviissouri Delaware Maryland Virginia vlest Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas \rJashington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 %of 1956 
.. 
 
.. .. May 
 
0 0 
 
May 0 
 
May 
 
11 
 
18 
 
25 
 
EGGS SET - 'mOUSANDS 
 
1,270 1,044 1,403 1,807 
364 1,452 2,298 2,231 1,996 
. 414 
2,996 
494 7,_269 
486 2,459 1,861 
3,243 392 
2,658 399 336 
1,_299 
 
1;400 1,023 1,246 1,866 
456 1,494 2,354 2,247 2,039 
422 
2,997 483 
7,627 
446 2,477 1,882 
3,189 
402 2,703 
356 327 
1~256 
 
1,343 1,063 1,291 1,832 
411 1,490 2,337 2,254 2,090 
434 3,058 
548 7,510 
421 
2,534 1,861 
3,186 
369 2,884 
374 337 1,229 
 
38,171 38,692 3B,856 
 
38,362 38,469 38,?01 
 
100 101 102 
 
EGGS ~ET AND CHICKS PLACED JN COI1:lr!aCIAL. AREAS., BY -- WEEKE:, - -19-5-7------------ 
 
Week Ending 
 
-- 
 
. . . . . . . . . Mar. 
 
0 
 
Mar. 
 
0 
 
Apr. 
 
0 0 
 
Apr. 
 
Apr. 0 Apr. 
 
Jl1a! 
 
. . . . . . . 23 
 
30 
 
6 
 
13 : 20 
 
27 
 
4 
 
Nay 0 May 11 : 18 
 
876 
563 730 924 200 
639 2,056 1,540 1,309 
501 2,038 
296 
5,182 - 
200 2,095 1,388 
2,519 
340 2,083 
284 164 1,035 
 
1,000 
554 624 930 203 741 2,024 1:,610 
1,360 
498 2,013 
315 5.312 
214 2,107 
1,336 2,395 
401 2,054 
319 150 961 
 
26,962 27,121 
 
. 26,501 26,655 
 
102 
 
102 
 
CHICKS PLACED .. THOUSANDS 
 
921 
491 725 850 204 666 
1;969 1,575 1,354 
547 2,064 
327 51247 
195 2,170 1,319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 983 
 
921 
 
960 
 
543 
 
467 
 
666 
 
818 
 
968 
 
979 
 
238 
 
200 
 
580 
 
545 
 
2,014 1:,885 
 
1,600 1,651 
 
1,397 1,346 
 
. . 558 
 
572 
 
2,099 2,216 
 
. 372 
 
320 
 
5_,_205 5--'-264 
 
225 
 
241 
 
2,084 2,229 
 
1,300 1,242 
 
2,343 . 2,348 
 
345 
 
377 
 
2,077 2,009 
 
302 
 
315 
 
197 
 
200 
 
11041 . 1_,__031 
 
1,018 
543 908 946 225 610 
1,999 1, 743 1,244 
518 2,257 
288 
5--'-371 228 
2,046 
1,353 2,385 
356 2,096 
281 240 1,062 
 
1, 009 
590 886 881 
205 621 
1,853 1,568 1,387 ' 558 2,271 
342 
52592 
233 2:,193 1,421 
2,447 356 
2,039 265 . 179 
1,024 
 
26,853 27;075 27 ,215 27' 777 27,-920 
 
27,107 27,350 27,272 26,912 27,0~0 
 
99 
 
99 
 
100 
 
- - 103 
 
103 
 
- 
1,079 652 945 935 228 580 
1,831 1,653 1,259 
518 2,303 
368 
5z70~ 
208 2,167 1,447 2,362 
352 2,113 
265 180 1,070 
28,220 
27,518 
103 
 
1,004 560 845 857 188 612 
1,795 1,620 1,197 
590 2,212 
348 . 5, 795 
215 2,180 1,348 2,409 
376 2,087 
315 155 994 
27,702 
27,580 
100 
- 
 
_ _P_a=g~- - ~ 
 
..0 May 25 
 
- 
 
1,052 679 801 925 191 674 
2,175 1,438 1,218 
506 2,223 
333 52914 
205 2,097 1,430 2,503 
385 2,103 
346 150 953 
28,301 
27,529 
103 
 
 GEORGIA: During the month ende 
 
, e ! 1 Commodity Index of Prices Received 
 
by Georgia farmers increased 2 points (one percent) from the level of 
 
April 15. At 248 the index is 6 points or 2.4 percent below a year earlier. 
 
~armers on May 15 were receiving slightly lower prices for cotton, chickens, eggs, 
 
~ oybeans and peanuts compared with the same month a year earlier. 
 
The All Crops index remained unchanged during the month. Lower prices received for potatoes and sweetpotatoes were offset by higher prices for most grain crops. 
 
Farmers were receiving slightly higher prices for hogs, beef cattle and chickens during mid-May. These increases pushed the Livestock and Livestock Products index 
~P 5 points during the month. A summary of these indexes and prices with compariso! 
i~ found on the reverse side. 
 
UNITED STATES: During the month ended May 15 the Index of Prices Received by 
 
....- 
 
Farmers increased one point (4 .tenths of one percent) from the 
 
revised April index of 242. Higher prices for cattle, cantaloups, apples, and 
 
cotton were primarily responsible for the increase. Partially offsetting were 
 
lower prices for strawberries, milk, wheat, and eggs. The May index at::243 was 3 
 
points above May 1956, 
 
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services including Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates as of }iay 15 remained at the mid-April high of 296~ This was the first ru11 in - e--upwara movemen  s1nce -the ear y autlifill'lof- 19.56.- A further 
i~crease in prices paid by farmers for goods bought for living purposes offset a 
~all decline in prices paid for production items. The May Index was up 3 percent from a year earlier. 
 
A~ a result of these changes the Parity Ratio for May 15 was 82, the same as the r~vised ratio for April but 2 percent below a year earlier. 
 
~ ........ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _s~a.!:Y_T!!b_!e_f_2r_t!!e_U!!i~e~ ~t~t~s- .... ____ ........ __ _ 
 
 Indexes 
 
May 15, : April 15, i' May 15, : 
 
Reo ord high 
 
191o-14w1oo : 1956 : 1957 : 1957 :-Index--=- - -Date -- 
 
~--~--------~-~--------------------~--- 
 
Prices Received .!1 240 
 
11 242 
 
243 
 
313 
 
Feb. 1951 
 
' r Parity Index -2/ 
 
286 
 
1.': 
..-arity Ratio 
 
y 84 
 
296 
1/ 82 
 
296 
 
296 3/Apr. 1957 
 
82 
 
123 
 
Oct. 1946 
 
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1/ Revised. y Prices Paid, Int~rest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
liJILLIAM E. KIBLER 
 
.". gricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 .. 
.. CMI:>DITY 
; AND UNIT 
 
Jheat, Bu. 
 
Corn, Bu. 
 
9ats, Bu. Slreet Pot. 1Cwt. Cotton, Lb. 
 
Gottonseed, Ton 
 
IJar. . 
 
.(bale 
 
d) 
 
, 
 
Ton 
 
Hogs, per Cwt. 
 
Be~ Cat ~le_, Cwt. 
 
Milk Cows, head 
 
:PRICES RECElVED BY FARMERS MAY__15_. 19500: .liTH COMPARISONS 
 
.. 
 
Average 191D1914 
 
$ 1.23 
 
$ 
 
.91 
 
$ 
 
.67 
 
r.m'Rr.T A. May 15, Apr.l5, Ma~ 15, 
1956 1957 1 57 
 
1.93 
 
2.08 
 
2..0. 6 
 
1.32 
 
1.34' 1.37 
 
.eo 
 
.81 
 
.82 
 
Average 19091914 
.sa 
.64 
.40 
 
lfU'.l'.l!4 _STATES 
 
May 15, Apr.l5, 1:~ 15,  
 
1956 
 
1957 . '1957 
 
" 
 
2.00 
 
2.05 
 
; 
' .. 1.5~ ., 
 
1.39 
 
.. 1.21 
 
I 
 
;. ' ' 
 
l o23.  
 
.63 
 
.712 
 
: . ;7'0~ 
 
$ 1.53 
 12.i $ 23.65 
$ --- 
$ 7.36 
 
5.20 34.0 48.00 25.10 15.20 
 
5.60 
33.1 
--- 
23.50 
16.50 
 
5.50 33.2 
-- 
23.90 16.90 
 
1.60 
12.4 
..-22.55 
7.27 
 
2.31 32.0 47.30 20.90 15.50 
 
5.08 
30.55 
-- 
21.10 . 
17. '10 
 
5 .54 :. 
.... 
31. 47 
--- 
; 20, .1.,0. . 17.20 
 
$ 3.96 $ 33.85 
 
12.60 13.20 13.60 105.00 115.00 115.00 
 
5.42 15.40 16.90 48.00 154.00 161.00 
 
: .1..7.50 '. ' .. 
16~ -:00 
 
c~.:. ckens, Lb. 
 
 13.3 
 
20.5 18.0 18.5 11.4 20.7 18.4 
 
18A 
 
.E:gs s' Ihz  
 
 21.4 
 
44,0 
 
36.3 
 
37<5 
 
21.5 
 
37.5 
 
30.8 . 29. (. .. 
 
Butterfat , Lb. 
 
 25.8 
 
51.0 
 
51.0 
 
51.0 
 
26.3 
 
58,4 
 
59 .1 
 
59 , 0 
 
Milk ( :shc;le.sale) 
per 100/f J} 
Soybeans, Bu. 
 
$ 2.43 
$ --- 
 
5.60 
 
5.55 
 
5.55 
 
1.60 
 
3.86 
 
3.99 .. 3. 8S . 
 
2.90 
 
2.45 
 
2,40 
 
---- 
 
2.98 
 
2.24 ~ . 2. 23 . 
 
1?eanuts , Lb. 
 
 5.2 
 
11.2 
 
10.6 
 
10.6 
 
4.8 
 
11.8 
 
11~2 . ... 1 ~. 2 
 
. .. .. 
 
- 
 
.. 
 
]j Preliminary for MayIN1m9X5=7=NU=M=B=ER=S=O=F=P=R=IC=E=S =R=EC=E=IV=ED==B=Y =FA=R=M=ER=S=~=N=G=:O=O=RG=IA===== 
 
(January 1910 - J;ecember 1914 A 100) 
 
Ma.y 15, Apr, 15, May 15 ' 
 
. 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1957 
 
; 
 
All Commodities 
 
254 
 
246 
 
.All Crops 
 
279 
 
268 
 
Grains and Hay 
 
149 
 
151 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
279 
 
273 
 
Peanuts 
 
216 
 
204 
 
Tobacco Cottonseed and Soybeans 
 
373 
 
383 
 
203 
 
209 
 
IrishPotatoes, Sweetpotatoes, Cowpeas 276 
 
307 
 
Fruits tmd Nuts All Livestock and LivestoCk Products 
 
244 
 
179 
 
206 
 
201 
 
Meat Animals 
 
247 
 
264 
 
Poultry and Fggs. 
- -- -Da-ir-y-.:.P:. roducts 
 
161 
 
137 
 
225 
 
225 
 
- --- - - - --- 
 
248 I 
 
268 
 
153 273 
204 
 
I 
I 
 
I 383 
 
209 
 
I 
 
276 
179 206 
 
I 
I 
 
271 
 
I 
I 
 
142 i 
 
I 225 
 
PRICES F.AID BY F.ABMERS FOR SELrorED FEEDS MAY 15 1957 .iiT H COMPARISONS 1} 
 
KIND OF FEED 
 
GIDEG.I A 
 
May 15, 1956 .. 
 
Apr. 15, 1957 
 
May 15, 1957 
 
. '1' .1'; ~ A.~ ~ 
 
May 15, Apr. 15, May 1~, 
 
1956 
 
1957 . 1957 
 
i.1i:~. xed Dai!:I Feed 
::n Under 29% Protein 
16% Protein lB% Protein 20% "Protein 24'7o Protein 
 
3.95 
3.85. 4.15 
4.05 4.30 
 
4.00 a.95 
4.05 4.15 4.40 
 
Dollars Per 100 Pounds 
 
4.00 3.95 4.10 4.20 4.35 
 
3.75 3.69 
3.70 
3.15 
4.05 
 
3.83 3.78 3.77  
3.98 4.09 
 
3.80 3.75 
3.75 3.97 4 .07 
 
B_:.gh Protein Feeds 
C'J"Gtonseed Meal Eb ybean Meal i1.,at Scrap 
 
3 .30 
4.15 4.65 
 
3.45 
3.60 4.70 
 
3.45 
3.65 4.60 
 
3. 71 4.20 
4.75 
 
3.82 
3.77 4 . 66 
 
-i .so 
3.77 11.64 
 
_i-t?:in BI-Products 
B:L'tlll 
Iii cld.Ungs Com Meal 
 
3.45 
3.65 3.60 
 
3.40 3.60 3.55 
 
3.40 3.60 3.50 
 
3.18 3.29 
3.64 
 
3.08 3.12 3. 43 
 
3.02 
3.08 3.42 
 
Poultry Feed 
Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scr atch Grains 
 
5.20 
4.95 4.40 
 
5.20 4.85 4.40 
 
5.10 4.85 
4.35 
 
5.02 4.57 4.14 
 
4.95 4 .48 
4.11 
 
4.91 4 . 46 4.10 
 
H]f(BaJ.ed) faJ.fa 
All Other 
 
51.00 43.00 
 
J} As reported by Feed D:lalers 
 
48.00 34.00 
 
50.00 36.00 
 
32.80 29.40 
 
33. 40 30.60 
 
32.20 29. 80 
 
 G 
 
o7 .1)/\0I 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
' u. .A .; DEPARTMENT OF 
 
GEORGTIA 
 
- ~~::~~~~WGAL. 
 
- 1. .;> 
b-5'- 51 
c. I 'J 
 
AGRICUL. TURE 
/'C)~ 
~R~TY~~RGIA 
 
, IVE<SiTY . 
 
o~ GEORGIA AGRICUL.TURAL. 
 
l' 
 
COL.L.EGE OF AGRICUL. TURE 
 
EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
June 5, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK 
 
IA COOlERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending June 1 commercial hatcheries placed 5,890,000 chicks with 
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5,914,000 placed the previous week and is 13 percent more than the 5,214,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,212,000 compared with 7,510,000 for the previous week and is 10 percent greater than the 6,576,000 for the corres- 
ponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 59 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was 
reported at $10.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 58 cents and $10.25 for the previous week and 81 cents and $14.50 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 broiler8 
~~v::-ing the week ending June 1 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 .. ) 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
li '. GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS .. PERIOD JI1ARCH 30 THROUGH JUNE 1,.. 1957 
 
Date 
 
-Eggs 
 
- ~Cliicks!Iatchea 
 
- - inSh~pnfents - T"o""tl:O. -placed 
 
Week 
~nding 
 
. . Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 I 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
l9S6  19$7 1956 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Mar. 30 Apr. 6 
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May .11 KJ.y 18 May 25 
June 1 
 
6,217 6,223 6,328 6,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 6,531 
6,537 6,576 
 
6,289 6,538 6,768 7,139 7,121 7,333 7,269 7,627 
7,510 7,212 
 
4,040 4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4:,362 4,390 4,349 
4,331 4,400 
 
4:,705 4,626 
4, 637 4,645 4,669 4,882 5,030 5;156 5,276 5,208 
 
785 
 
607 4,825 5,312 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
769 
 
568 4,977 5,205 
 
801 
 
619 5,056 5,264 
 
681 
 
702 4,907 5,371 
 
757 
 
698 5,119 5,592 
 
732 
 
675 5,122 5,705 
 
742 
 
639 5,091 5,795 
 
799 
 
638 5,130 5,914 
 
814 
 
682 5,214 5,890 
 
lf Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
- 
 
\VILLIAM E. KIBLER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-- 
 
J 
 
. . 
 
. . 
 
o: -::.'..,'.:---- ... -- - - ----- -- - ------:----- -E-GG--: ~?r?;~ 11_\'T. _ g_;~ ;:.~-:;~:$ _tT~Q:;:-';_. :::-_::,t_:g_;~i.'iE'-{C_L.U_ ~J:g;AS >. BJ.: 1'=1~'{.? _ ::~195.1_ _________ ______ ___ .. .Ea.g.e_ 2 -...----- --- ~- ---- 
 
- -.- ---,..-' .. -----1--.. :;_ . STA_T~  ~ tiay ..: Hay : 
 
--- ---- 
Ju..YJ.e 
 
-------------:- ~\;)a-k- -E-n--d-i-n--'~:---------- - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - -- -- -- -- - - - - - - - --- - - - - -- Har. : Apr. : Apr. : Apr. : Apr. : ~:1ay : May : Hay : Iviay : June 
 
_____________ - '. -. --:- ---. - 
- - ----------+I-- 1iaine 
 
18 : 25 : 1 
E~S~E!_:_~~~~~mS 1,400 1,343 1, 314 
 
:._ 
_ 
 
 
30 : 
 
6 : 13 : 20 : 27 : 4 : ll : 18 : 25 : 
 
1 
 
. -- --- -- ------ ---- -- ----- ------~--- --- ----- --- -- --  - -- - -- ----- - -------.- -  - -- --- - - - -------- ---- ---- --------- ---- -~- 
 
-- ------ -- - _ ___________CH~g!~S _P~C_)?~__: _'JHQ!I?J31J2S- ---- -- -- -------- ------ - __ ________ ----------- - 
 
1,000  921 
 
921 
 
960 1,018 1,.609 1,079 1,004 1,052 
 
985 
 
Connecticut 
 
1,02) 1,063 1,041 
 
554 
 
491 
 
543 
 
467 
 
5!.d . 590 
 
652 
 
560 
 
679 
 
619 
 
Pennsylvania . 
 
1,:246' 1, 291 1, 221 
 
624 
 
725 
 
666 
 
818 
 
908 886 
 
945 
 
845 
 
801 
 
783 
 
Indi~~a 
 
~,$66 1,832 1,832 
 
930 
 
850 
 
908 
 
979 
 
946 881 
 
935 
 
857 
 
925 
 
916 
 
llliriois 
 
456 . 411 
 
401 
 
203 
 
204 
 
238 
 
200 
 
225 2.05 
 
22 8 
 
188 
 
191 
 
184 
 
I1i ssouri 
 
1, 494 1,490 1,492 
 
741 
 
666 
 
580 
 
545 
 
610 621 
 
580 
 
612 
 
674 
 
573 
 
Delaware  
 
2,354 2,337 2,349 
 
2,024 1,969 2,014 1, 885 1,999 1.853 1,831 1,795 2,175 1,921 
 
Maryland. Virginia  
 
2,247 2,254 2,277 2,039 2~090 2,068 
 
1,610 1,575 1, 600 1,651 1,743 1~568 1,653 1,620 1,438 1,360 1,354 1,397 1,346 1,244 1,387 1 ~259 1,197 1,218 
 
1,525 1,319 
 
\rJest Virginia Nprth Carolina South Carolina 
GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama 1,lissi~sippi 
 
 422 . -434 2,997 3,058 
483 548 
7.627 . 7,510 - 446 421 
2,477 2,534 1,"882 1;861 
 
416 
3,0~8 
492  7, 212 
398 
2,525 1,944 
 
498 2,013 
 315 
5.312 21_4 
2,107 1;336 
 
 547 2,064 
327 
5,247 195 
2,170 1,319 
 
 558 2,099 
372 
5,205 225 
2;084  1,300 
 
572 2,216 
320 
5,264 241 
2,229 1,242 
 
578 2, 257 
288 
5,_371 228 
2,046 1,353 
 
558 2,271 
342 
5,592 233 
2,193" 1,421 
 
518 2,303 
368 
5, 705 208 
2,167 1,447 
 
590 2,212 
348 
5,195 215 
2,180 1,348 
 
506 
 
544 
 
2,223 2,214 
 
333 
 
353 
 
5,914 5, 890 
 
I '2o5 
2,097 
 
264 "2,297 
 
1,430 1,464 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas : 
 
vJashin&_ton 
 
Oregon __ 
 
California " 
 
-~.. 
 
...~ 
 
TOTAL 195.'1,. > -~ 
 
. :' .... 
 
TOTAL :19,%6 ,. 
 
3,189 3,186 402 369 
2,703 2,884 35'6 374 327 337 
1,256 1,229 
:~."'' 
38,~?2 : .,38,856 
38,469 38,-201 
 
3,192 380 
2,815 393 334 
1,292 
38,406 
38,153 
 
2,395 401 
2,054 319 150 961 
27,121 
26,655 
 
2,451 375 
1,963 288 169 983 
26,853 
27,107 
 
2,343 345 
2,017 302 197 
1,041 
27~075 
27,350 
 
2,348 377 
2,009 315 200 
1,031 
27,215 
27' 272 
 
2,385 356 
2,096 281  240 
1,062 
 
2,447 356 
2,039 265 119 
1,024 
 
27,777 27,920 
 
26,912 27,039 
 
2,362 352 
2,113 265 -180 
1,070 
28,220 
27,518 
 
2,409 376 
2,087 315 155 994 
27,702 
27,580 
 
2, 503 385 
2,103 346 150 
953 
 
2,397 
3~4 
2,098 297 175 965 
28,177 
28,028 
 
1957 %Of l956 
 
101 102 
 
1C1 
 
102 
 
99 
 
99 
 
100 
 
103 103 
 
103 
 
100 
 
103 
 
101 
 
-------~------~-------------------------~--------~-------------------------------------- - ------- --------------- 
 
 . ' 
 
At hens, Georgia 
 
June 11, 
 
GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GLORGIA AS OF JUNE l, 1957 
\ieather' conditions varied considerably with,in the Stat~ . during May~ Rainf all was well -.bove long term averages for all parls of the State except the northiJ~s-t and extre 1,e n orch central sections .during the ml!>nth,- F'armng- operations were s o,newhat behind s cheau e . lii- all areas due to continued rains  Planting of all crops except those that follow small grains has been completed, Most farmers need a few days of fair weather t, cultivate crops, cut early hay and col!J)lete harvest of small  
~rains, 
Barvest of wheat has been delayed slight~ and was just beginning in most areas. Oats and barley have been damaged by lodging, especially in central and southern 
area~ where rainfall has been heaviest. MUch of the grain that has been blown 
over will~_mold due to abundant moisture and will not be picked up in harvesting. Ha~ crops  have made rapid growth and are in very good condition due t~ excellent su /plies of moisture. However, many growers encount ered difficulty with early c.Lt t ing due to continued rains that hampered harvest operations. Insect and disease . .~amag e to crops is reported much heavier than usual due to the continued damp 
~roathe r, 
 
fEACH PROSPECTS DECLINE: A very heavy drop of young fruit during May decreased 
 
r- 
 
prospects fer the Georgia peach crop  . The crop cur- 
 
rently estimated at 2,6001 000 bushels or 63 percent above last year's short crop  of 1,6oo,ooo bushels. May 1 conditions indicated a peach crop of 2,840,000 bushels 
 
but many varieties shed a good portion of the young fruit set due to lack of l eaf 
 
foliag e caused by a mild winter and the latest forecast based on June 1 condition 
 
dropped prospe cts from Hay 1 fo!'ecast by _8 percent, 
 
Harvest of early varieties - Hiland, Pm{e of Georgia, and Red Caps was underway on June 1 with volume moveme~ of Dixiered, ErlY-Red-Fre, Hiley and Dixiegem expe cted to begin about mid-June, 
 
!i_T~}-I ACRE WHE.AT YIE.ID EXPECTED: Continued rains delayed harvest of the Ge orgia 
 
. 
 
wheat crop during May but yield prospects are 
 
tr~ ~ll very good, Produc-t;.ion, based on May conditions, is forecast at 2,040,000 
 
bushtJls, 16 per~ent below the 1956 crop of 2,436, 000 bushels and due primarily 
 
to a r eduction in acreage of 12 percent, Current prospe cts, however, po jnt te a yield of 20 bushe ~ an acre, slightly below the 1956 r~cord high yield of 21 bushels. 
 
RECORD EnG PRODUCTION IN MAY: Farm flocks i~ the State laid ll7 million eggs 
during May, this is the larg est egg product ion on . 
r ecord for May. Th e previous r ecord high for May was 112 million eggs i n 1956, l'he ~ 1957 production of 117 mil lion eggs is over two. and one-half times ~r eat er than 
,.,, lowest production on r ecord -- 43 million eggs in b~th 1933 and 1935. The av- 
erage number of e ggs prcxiuced per layer in May was 18.2 - this is also above the pr ev~ous May high of 18.1 in 1956. 
 
iJITI,K PRODUCTION DECLIN.S FRCM 1956s Milk prod~etion during May 1957 totaled 109 
 
. 
 
million pounds, This is . a decline of one 
 
million pounds frcm May 1956 production of 110 million pounds-, The r ecord high for 
 
milk production during the month of May is 114 million pounds produced in 1946. 
 
The decrease in milk production d:\U'ing May is duo primarily to . th e decline in milk 
 
~ew numbers from }!lay 1956. The average daily mi lk production per cow in .Qerd 
 
d'n:i.ng May was 11 .-7 pounds compar ed with U,6 pounds in May 1956. 
 
~-.:.... 
J ARCHIE LANGlEY 
Agri~~ltural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. . KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GE<JRGIA 
JUN12 '57 
LIBRA RIES 
 
 UNITED STATES - GLNERAL CROP RLPffiT AS OF JUNE 1, 1957. 
prop prospects over much of the Nation appear favorable for a large total production. Serious delays in planting and losses of early stands from heavy and continued rains are depressing factors in a number of important Central and South Central areas. Favorable factors include generally adequate moisture supplies, good development of most fall seeded crops, fair to good starts for some spring crops and excellent forage growth. 
Cotton needs warm, dry weather in many sections to help overcome lateness and aid :replanted stands. The tobacco crop is being well set generally and getting an expellent start in most areas. Peanut stan~ look good in the Virginia-carolina and Southeastern areas. Sugar beets have been planted under favorable conditions. Rice early plantings are promising. Many spring oats seedings were late while disease and storm buffetings have reduced ~lelds in some winter plantings. Dry pea acreage in the Northwest was greatly delayed and considerable acreage was shifted to other cropso 
CORN: As of June 1, many farmers were behind schedule in planting the 1957 corn crop. Across the southern part of the Corn Belt and in the South Central 
States, excessive rains and flooding have delayed field work and washed out considerable acreage already planted. 
ALL WHEAT: All wheat production in 1957 is forecast at 971 million bushels  A crop of this size would be 3 percent less than the 1956 production of 
997 million bushels and 14 percent less than average. The prospective winter 
vyheat crop of 736 million bushels is practically the same as the 1956 crop and production of all spring wheat in 1957 is expected to be 10 percent smaller than the 1956 crop. 
PF~CHES: The 1957 peach crop is forecast at 71,398,000 bushels -- 2 percent above last year and ll percent above average. Prospects are for the largest 
U. s. crop since 1947. The crop will be below both average and the 1956 crop in 
the North Atlantic and Central States, while the South Atlantic . and Western States expect crops which will be above both average and last year. It.appears that for the second successive year California will produce a record large clirigstone peach erop. 
A crop of 11,716,000 bushels is now in prospect for the 9 Southern States, 6 per.:.. cent above last year and 7 percent above average. Compared with last month~ not quite as large a crop is expected in North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, 
~rkansas or Texas. In both South Carolina and Louisiana, prospects remain the 
same as a month ago. Oklahoma shows a slight increase over last month. In North Carolina, a good crop is still in prospect. There was som3 hail damage in the Sandhills area during May but it will affect quality rather than quantity. 1'1ayflower peaches moved in limited quantity the last week of May. South Carolina 3uffered hail damage May 15 but a 5-million bushel crop is in prospect. Abundant soil moisture is assuring good growth. Harvest of early varieties in the Ridge section will begin near June 10. In Georgia there was a heavy drop of small fruit on some varieties because of insufficient foliage. There is wide variation in the size of fruit because of irregular and prolonged bloom, Which resulted from insufficient chilling during dormancy. Harvest will be about 10 days later than 'USual. In the Fort Valley area, movement of the crop began the week of May 27 and should reach a peak about mid-June. 
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk production on farms reached a record high of 13,122 million pounds in Hay -- 2 percent more than l'Iay last year ani 6 percent 
above the 1946-55 average for the month. Production increased seasonally more rapidly than in 1956, but did not increase as much as usual from April to May. The volume of milk produced irLMs; was enpugh to provide each person in the United States with 2.48 pounds daily, almost the same quantity as May last year, but was 
5 percent less than the average for the date. Milk production in the first 5 mmths 
of 1957 totaled 54.7 billion pounds compared with 54.3 billion pounds for the same period last year. 
 
 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE 
~GOA 
~OLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 
 
J/ 
v~ol) 
 
VEGETABLE CRqP RE_EOJ!T FOR Jl!NE 1, 1951 
 
--- 11, 19.57 )/j 
 
~ UNITED STATES: AdYerse weather during May reduced prospects for the nationls 
 
, 
II~ 
 
1 
 
i 
 
s 
 
now 
 
spring estimated to be 
 
vegetable 7 percent 
 
crops. Production of spring vegetables below 19.56 but 6 percent above average, 
 
this year the Crop 
 
Reporting Board announced today. Lighter production this year resulted from a 
 
reduction in acreage and lower yield, Compared with last year, significantly less 
 
spring produ.ction is indicated -for cant-al-oups, tomatoes, sweet corn, onions, water~ 
 
melons, honeydew melons, green peppers and carrots. Partially offsetting these der 
 
clines are marked increases in production for lettuce, asparagus, cauliflower, ' 
 
cucumbers and . cabbage, Acreage estimates of summer vegetable crops made to date 
 
indicate an increase of 9 percent over 19.56. Last year these crops comprised over 
 
two-thirds of the total summer acreage, Of these summer crops, onions and water- 
 
melons show the largest increases in acreage, 
 
CAN!ALOUPS: Production of spr~~ cantaloupe is forecast at 3,334,000 cwt., 28 
 
- 
 
percent less thiiiiTast year and 1.5 percent below average, Smaller 
 
crops are indicated in all States. In California, harvest in the Imperial Valley 
began about May 5 and the heaviest shipping period was about May 29. Due to un- 
 
favorable weather during May, the California crop is not developing as well as was 
 
expected earlier, Quality and flavor of melons harvested to date have been above 
 
average, Late May rains caused additional damage in Texas. Harvesting in the 
 
Valley was practically finished but considerable acreage in the Laredo area, which 
 
did not come into production until late May and early June was affected. There is 
 
still considerable late acreage in the Laredo and Winter Garden areas remaining 
 
for harvest. If weather conditions improve, volume supplies will continue to move 
 
during June, Condition of the Florida crop is mostly poor to fair due to disease 
 
and excessive rainfall. Harvesting is now in progress with the peak movement in 
 
dicated for the last week of May and the first two weeks of June, 
 
- . 
The early 
 
~um- m~r 
 
crop 
 
of 
 
--- 
cantaloupe is forecast 
 
at 
 
890,000 
 
cwt,, 
 
5 
 
percent 
 
more 
 
than last year, but 48 percent below the average, The decrease is due to a sharp 
 
drop in acreage in Arizona, In South Carolina, the crop is in good condition but 
 
vrC_l be a little later than last year, Light marketings are expected to start 
 
arvund June 20 with the heaviest shipments likely around July 10. The Georgia crop 
 
was damaged by heavy rains in the principal areas. Light harvesting is expected 
 
in the southern areas around June 10-15,. In Arizona, the Harquahala and Parker 
 
districts are expected to start harvesting about June 17. 
 
3WEET CORN: Production of the early sprin'f crop is now forecast at 1,900,000 cwt. Loss of acreage due to excess-ve rains in Texas and decreased yield 
prospects in Florida are responsible for the decline from the May forecast. Indicated production is 36 percent below 1956 and 7 percent below average. In 
Florida, harvest was practically complete by June 1 in the Everglades area where 
blight reduced yields. Harvest in the Manatee-Ruskin area is past peak and move~J9nt is expected to decline rapidly, Active harvest is underway at Zellwood. 
~!ovement in volume from this area will continue during most of June. Harvest in 
the Lower Valley and other early areas of south Texas is expected to finish by about June 10, Progress of sweet corn in the later areas extending from the cen~ tral to northeast Texas was retarded by cool, wet weather with some loss of acreag( 
on low lands. Harvest in these areas will start the latter part of June and continue until ar_ound mid-July. 
 
Based on June 1 crop conditions, the late spr~~ crop is now forecast at 670,000 cwt., slightly .below last year and 20 percent less than average. The South Carolina crop is making good progress. Peak movement is expected in late June and early July. In Georgia, insect damage has been serious and control has been 
difficult. Harvest in the main commercial areas is expected to begin around June .0. The Alabama crop is making good progress. Harvest is  underway and volume 
movement will ccntinue during most of June. In California, harvest is near co~ pletion in the Imperial and Coachella Valleys.  The season is winding up earlier 
than usual due to the very high temperatures. Harvest in the Edison-Arvin area is expected to _begin early in June. 
 
ONIONSs Late spri~ production is now forecast at 2,200,000 cwt., 46 percent more than last year and 7 percent above average. Harvest is nearing completion 
in Georgia where yield and quality have been generally good. HarTest of the North Carolina crop will be active during June. Weather during May was unfavorable for development of onions. in practic.ally all areas of north Texas. Excessive rains 
 
 -, 
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Ve~eta~le Cr~E ~~ort for June 11 1957 (Continued) 
,ONIONS: Cont.: prevailed during most of the period. Blight reduced yield prospects on older fields and young. plants have made poor growth. . 
Hovcnient has been very light from north. :Texas .but harvc:st can be increased rapidly 
i f the...fj_ elds dry up. Harvest is  active :i..ri Atizona and movement is about at pc; alc, 
Hee.vy rriOYement is expected to continue until the crop is cleaned up. Harvest in Ker n County and the Imperial Valley, California is virtually complete but it is now active in the Stockton area. Volume movement is underway in this area.  
TOMATOES: Production of late sp~in~ tomatoes is estimated at 1,296,000 cwt., 9 
percent more thailffi e 19 6 crop but 8 percent less than average. The 
South . Carolina crop is in :.good condition. A light movement started in early June 
and peak movement is expected during the last half of the month. In Georgia, harvesting began the last wc;ek of I1ay. The first tomatoes have been of poor quality, due to excessive moisture and late blight. Harvesting of the rtlssissippi crop has started and volume movement is expected during June. In Louisiana, picking began in th e New Orleans area nround .i'-1ay 15, but did not commence in the vJhitehall area until the last week of Nay. In Texas, cool weather in cent%'al areas and excessive rain over most of East and Northeast Texas has r esulted in the low yields in prospect for these areas. Harvest in th e i~lanc-Gause and Jacksonville areas was not expected to b ogin until June 5-10, about 10 days later than usual, and will probably be finished by June 30. Very little movement is expected from. the Avery area until late June and harvesting there is expected to continue until mid-July. The quality of East Texas tomatoes will .depend on weather the r emainder of the season. 
~E~'iliLONS: Production of lat~.sEri~g watermelons is estimated at 9,213,000 c:~., 6 percent below last year but 29 percent larger than average. Th1s 
decreas e in production from last year resulted from a smaller acreage in California and lower yield prospects in Florida. Pe ak volume of harvesting in Florida is expected around mid-June. Harvesting was practically over in South Florida and about half completed in the Leesburg area on June 1. Grops in North Florida are in good condition and harvesting in this area will become very active during the first half of June. Prospects in the early summer States are for a crop of 20,604,000 ct~., 10 perc ent more than last year and average. In North and South Carolina, the crop is in good condition but a little late because of cool weather. Heavy movement in South Carolina is expected to start in early July and peruc around July 15. Movement from North Carolina will be ten days to two weeks later.  In Geo.rgia, vine growth is good but many fields are beginning to show the effects 9f too much moisture . This is causing some ear~ melons to shed, and disease to be a problem in older fields. No shipments are expected until after June 20, ah out 10 days later than usual. The Alabama crop is generally in good condition 2.- t~1ough washing rains have caused a considerable amount of replanting and some o.ands are spotty. Me lons in Hississippi are making good progress but are late Ol-caus e of wet weather, Hovement is expected from Ge orge County about July 1. The Arkansas crop is qui t e late and may be subject to damage from hot, dry weather later in th e season. In Louisiana, excessive rainfall during April and Hay has been detrimentQl to the melon crop. Stands are poor and the moro advanced plants are only sho~ving a light s et. Harvest will be later than usual , starting around July 1. In Oklahoma, excessive rains have destroyed considerable acreage and r eplanting is still in pr ogr ess. In Texas, yield prospects on the r emaining acreage eire slightly better tLan last year. A light harvest started in late May 
in Soutq Texas but voltu1te pr0ciuction will be much later than usual and will extend. V 
into July. Central Texas will not start picking until late June pnd harvesting is . not expect~d to begin in ,East Texas until after July 10. Frequent, . he ~vy r~in,s in Central, North, and..East Texas have delayed planting and caused .e. los~ of considGrable acreage  . Replanting is still going oh.  The accompanying cool weather has slowed vine growth and Texas melons are all late ~  Since inoi'sture is abundant this year, the harvest season should extend over a lopg_er periqd than sual._ .Arizona - melons began-moving May 27, a week e ar lier than last ye ~. Watermelons th ere show a r elatively light set and siz es are small. In California, harvest should begin ~bout July 1 in th e Kingsburg ar ea and will start in the Atwater-Turlock district lat~r in July. 
LIMA BEANS: S~ring production is estimated at 98,000 cwt., 26 percent more than the 1956 production but 21 percent below average. The South Carolina }) 
crop is in good condition and developing well. Light movement is eA~ect ed in early June with the heaviest movement starting around mid-June. In Florida, marketings .. r eached & peak in late May but a good volume is exppcted through the first half of June. Harvesting is about over in Central Florida and the remaining supplies will come from North Florida. 
 
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I_:_ PER ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE..!. 1957 WITH C011PARISONS 
 
CROP 
 
ACR'EAGE 
 
YIELD ACRE . ffiODUCTION 
 
AND 
 
Aver age 
 
Ind. I Av.- - - - I-nd. Average 
 
Ind. 
 
1949-55 1956 1957 49-55 1956 1957 1949-55 1956 1957 
 
STATE 
 
- Acres - 
 
- C\'rt. - 
 
- 1,000 em. - 
 
-------------~----------~--~---4----~--------T-------------- - --- 
 
Cf,11TTALOUPS : 
 
. . . .sprin_g: 
Floride.. 
 
1,590 2,400 2;000 
 
45 58 40 
 
71 139 
 
80 
 
Texas.    .1 s,69o 16,ooo 15,5oo 1 64 8o 45 
 
613 1,280 698 
 
Arizona 13,340 17,5oo 13,6oo I 123 110 110 1,659 1,925 1,496 
 
Co.1iforni n   15,090 13 ,100 10, 600 105 100 100 1,58J 1, 310 1,~~~ 
 
Group Total  - 38,- 700-4- 9,- 00- 0 ~4~ 1,7- 00;--1- 02---- 95--+- 80-'-- 3,-9- 32-- 4- ;6- 51+-.-3-, 354 
 
~~-00 Ear1_y -~uq.~~: 
South Carolina. ;,8;; 
 
6: 600 1 37 32 - ;8 . 
 
214 198 
 
251 
 
Geor gia 8,460 8,600 9;400 
 
57 48 52 
 
484 413 489 
 
Arizona.    9,230 2, 500 1,500 108 96 100 1,018 240 150 
 
Group total . , -23-,~5-40--1~7-,3-0-0--1-7~,5-0-0+----7-3----49----5-1-~--1,715 851 
 
890 
 
S~~ET CORIIT : \!Tinter:     .2.~230 6, 600_1_1..::..,3_0_o-+_ _69_ _7_5_ _7_0-t-__3_7_8__4_9_5 __7_91 
 
2~r:l:z SJ?rin_g: Fl.orida. .   22:,610 27,300 24,500 'i'Gxas.     10:300 , ?.1.~00 4....t400 
 
71 100 70 1,616 2,730 1,715 
 
hl 35 42 
 
426 25:-..2_ _1_82 
 
Gr oup total  32 , 910 3!-~.,500 28,900 L&te Spring: 
 
62- - 8-6 - - 66- - t2-,0-42 2,982 1, 900 
 
South Carolina! 2,330 1,500 1,500 1' h5 37 5o 
 
105 56 
 
75 
 
Georgia 2,060 2,100 2,400 
 
29 35 35 
 
59 74 
 
84 
 
1 Alabama.    1 
California. 
 
4,360 2,800 7 , 1~ 6,200 
 
2,500 
5,700 
 
43 L~o 45 
 
187 112 112 
 
68 - - -70- - -70t - - 483 434 
 
399 
 
Group total  15, 860 12,600 12 , 100 
 
53 54 55 
 
834 676 670 
 
-- -- ONILO~i~~S~:t!p~~~~ 
 
1 
na~- 
 
---= 
 
- 
 
-~~---~~~~ 
 
- 
 
~ 
 
- 
 
125 
 
G~ org~a .  . . 1,060 700 
 
700 
 
78 100 115 
 
--- ...,__ 
 
125 
 
84 70 
 
80 
 
Lo1.1isiana .   2!+0 --- --- 
 
47 --- --- 
 
12 --- 
 
Toxas     8,330 5,500 5;700 
 
34 27 28 
 
282 148 160 
 
Ari zona,    1,230 850 2,000 310 375 300  308 319 600 
 
Cnliforni a   ~~-..:...70~0-.-3~,w..;.8...-o_o-+_2_7:...0~---3-6._o_...3...2~~5--+-l-,-2.8 2 972 1, 235. 
 
Group total. 15, 680 9, ?50 13,200 132 155 167 .2..t~~-~8 1,509 2,200 
 
TOHATOES : Late Spring: 
 
i I 
 
South CQ.rolina 4,310 6,000 
 
I 6, 700 
 
36 
 
37 
 
40 
 
--- 
157 222 268 
 
Georgia.    11,590 12, 000 12, 600 
 
39 40 37 
 
448 430 466 
 
}Iississippi.  1,570 l, ;)oo ~ 2, 700 
 
26 45 43 
 
37 68 116 
 
Louisiana. .  1,210 l, uoo 1,000 
 
39 40 39 
 
48 40 
 
39 
 
_ Texas.     ~]Q_l~ q,QQ 18. 500 
 
3.1  _22_~_2--+_Ill_) 75 _ __kQ7 
 
_i_f __G_ro_u.p__to_t_a_l  41, 1~0 35 , 500 41,500 ~+-~--~~ 
WA.TER1'1ELONS: 
 
31+ 33 31 1';407 1,185 1,296 - 
 
~l_y Summer: 
North Carolina 11,060 11,000 12;000 South Carolina 42,000 40,000 43, 000 
 
49 50 55 
 
540 550 660 
 
56 52 60 2,350 2,080 2,560 
 
_toorgia.   - . 52,710 57,000 61;000 Alabama    17,010 19, 000 19,000 ~1ississippi.  10, 31+0 14,000 13 ,000 Arkansas  10,000 11,300 12,000 
Louisiana.   4, 540 3, 900 4; 300 Oklahoma .   15,460 11,500 10,000 
Texas      llO,l40XD,OOO 115,000 
Arizona.    5,100 5, 000 5,500 
California   10, 370 12,000 12,000 
 
78 78 78 
91 90 95 
70 67 80 84 89 80 
75 85 70 64 60 65 
48 44 47 139 165 150 131 140 135 
 
4,109 4, 446 1,540 1,710 
729 938 . 839 1,006 
344 332 999 690 
5,252 4,400 
710 825 1,356 1,680 
 
4, 758 1,805 l,OLO 
9 6~ 
3CJ. 65C 
5,40S 825 
1,620 
 
Grou!J total  288,740 2fu, 700 306,800 
 
65 66 67 1 8,768 18.5)57 20,604 
 
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~ 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY A.gricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
L. H. HAimi S, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
 s;.r 
 
~r o1 CGJ&(())~<GllA c~O>r ~IEIP>O>~JrllNG SJEJR{VllCIE: 
 
A3 I 
. 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
DEPART~NT u.s. 
 
OF AGRICULTURE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
JUN 14 '57 
 
June 12, 1957 
 
LIBRARIES 
BROILER CHICK RE~!.:nJ... _...._'-'!" ,,...,.A1 COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending June 8 commercial hatcheries placed 5,877,000 chicks with 
the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5,890,000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 5,280,000 . 
placed the same week last year, 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,213,000 compared with 7,212,000 for the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 6,516,000 for the corres- 
ponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 59 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.50 per hundred. These prices are identical with the previous week and compare with 79 cents and $14.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown 
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs wl1ether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers 
during the week ending June 8 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS ~ PERIOD APRIL 6~ ,_ THROUGH JUNE 8 1957 
 
Date 
 
E-gg'S 
 
Ghicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments ___ Total Placed 
 
Week Ending 
 
.. Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 s 1957 
 
1956 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Apr. 6 
Apr. 13 Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 
 
6,223 6,328 6,365 6,364 6,451 6,557 6,531 6,537 6,576 6,516 
 
6,538 6;768 7,139 7,121 
7,333 7,269 7,627 7,510 7,212 7,213 
 
4,200 4,208 4,255 4,226 4,362 4,390 4,349 4,331 4;400 
1~,465 
 
1+', 626 4,637 4,645 4,669 4,882 5,030 5,156 5,276 5,208 5,215 
 
709 
 
621 4,909 5,247 
 
769 
 
568 4,977 5,205 
 
801 
 
619 5,056 5,264 
 
681 
 
702 4,907 5,371 
 
757 
 
698 5,119 5,592 
 
732 
 
675 5,122 5,105 
 
742 
 
639 5,091 5,795 
 
799 
 
638 5,130 5,914 
 
814 682 5,214 5,890 
 
815 
 
662 5,280 5,877 
 
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEYAgricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 
 
,r 
 
 - - - - -- - ---- -- --E==GG=S SET AlqD CHICKS ]?LACED TilT CO}'!MERG'IAL AREAS , BY 1rJEEKS ~--'1~9~5~7_ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _~PL!a~g:,s:;e_2t-.-~ 
 
- -- - - S--T-A-T-E-- - - -  
- -Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois }1issouri Delaware l'lc>.ryland Virginia 1rJest Virgi nia North Carolina Scuth Carolina 
-FGElOcRriGdIAa 
Alabama l'lississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas vJashington Oregon California 
TOTAL -1957 
~~ ..O~:T.AL 1956 
1-~57 %.:. . .of 1956 
:: 
 
"\A!eek "Endi ng 
 
. . --M-a-y- 
 
: 
 
---J-un-e-- 
 
- 
: 
 
-Ju-n- e-- 
 
-  ....--- - -. Apr. 
 
Apr . 
 
. . .. 25 
 
1 : 
 
8 
 
.. 
 
6 : 13 
 
. Apr . ---- -~-- 
: 
 
- 
 
--Apr . 
 
- -- 
: 
 
-- J.lllay 
 
- 
 
- -- 
: 
 
-  - Nay : 
 
--M--a-y 
 
-- 
 
----: May 
 
- 
 
-- -June 
 
- 
 
Jun 
 
e 
 
- 
 
20 
 
27 : 4 : 11 : 18 : 25 
 
1 
 
8 
 
: 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
1,31..J.3 
 
1,063 
 
1,291 
 
1,832 
 
411 
 
1, 490 
 
2, 337 
 
' 2,254 2, 090 
 
I 
 
434 3,058 
 
I 548 7,510 
 
I 421 
 
l 2,534 
 
1,861 
 
3,186 
 
369 
 
I 
 
'I 2,884 
 
I I 
 
374 
 
337 
 
I 1, 229 
 
1,314 1,041 1,221 1, 832 
401 1,492 2,349 2,277 2,068 
416 3, 018 
. 492 
7,212 
398 2,525 1,944 3,192 
380 2,815 
393 334 1,292 
 
1,343 959 
1,189 1,938 
401 1,567 2,354 2,298 2, 190 
366 3,041 
. 532 
7,213 
480 
2,540 1,796 3, 181 
386 2, 8h2 
416 
299 1,112 
 
921 491 725 850 204 666 1, 969 1,575 1,354 . 547 2,064 327 5,247 
195 2,170 1,319 2,451 
375 1,963 
288 169 983 
 
CH--IC--KS- PLACED - THOUSANDS 921 ' 960 1,018 1,009 1,079 
 
543 . 467 
 
543 590 
 
652 
 
666 
 
818 
 
908 886 
 
977 
 
968 
 
979 
 
946 881 
 
935 
 
238 
 
200 
 
225 205 
 
228 
 
 580 
 
545 
 
610 621 
 
580 
 
2,014 1, 885 1, 999 1,853 1,831 
 
1,600 1,651 1,743 1,568 1, 653 
 
1, 397 1, 346 1,244 1,387 1,259 
 
558 
 
572 
 
578 558 
 
518 
 
2,099 2,216 2,257 2,271 2,303 
 
372 
 
329 
 
288 342 
 
368 
 
5,205 5,264 5, 371 5,592 5,705 
 
225 
 
241 
 
22 8 233 
 
208 
 
2,084 2,229 2,046 2,193 2,167 
 
1,300 1; 242 1,353 1,421 1,1+47 
 
2,343 2,3L.8 2,385 2,447 2, 362 
 
345 2,077 
302 
197 
 
377 25 055 
315 208 
 
356 2J096 
281 240 
 
356 2, 039 
265 
179 
 
352 2: 113 
265 180 
 
l,Ohl 1,031 1,062 1, 024 1,070 
 
1,004 560 889 857 188 612 
1, 795 1, 620 1,197 
590 2,212 
348 5, 795 
215 2,180 1,348 2,409 
376 2, 087 
315 
- .J r' 
.L>_:) 
994 
 
1 , p52 679 801 
925 191 674 2 ,175 1,438 1 ,218 506 2,223 
333 5 ,914 
18)~ 
2 ,097 1 ,430 2 ,503 
385 2, 103 
346 150 
953 
 
985 1,070 
 
619 
 
576 
 
783 
 
773 
 
916 1,091 
 
184 
 
195 
 
573 
 
657 
 
1,921 1, 923 
 
1,525 1,505 
 
1, 319 1,162 
 
544 
 
547 
 
. 2, 214 2, 287 
 
353 
 
365 
 
5,8ZQ__ 5,877 
 
264 
 
208 
 
2,297 2,171 
 
1, 464 1:, 494. 
 
2,397 2,638 
 
394 
 
445 
 
- 2,098 297 
 
2 ' 
 
21 6 270 
 
175 
 
147 
 
965 
 
888 
 
' 
I 
 
38,856 
 
i 38,201 
 
102 
 
38,406 38,153 
101 
 
38,L!.48 37,404 
103 
 
26,853 27, 075 
f7 ,107 27,350 
I 99 . 99 
1 
"j 
 
27,278 27' 272 
100 
 
27, 777 26,912 
103 
 
27,920 28 , 252 27,746 28' 280 
27 _,030 27,518 27,580 27 ,529 
 
28 ,177 28,.605 28,028 28,099 
 
103 
 
1-.03 
 
101 
 
103 
 
101 
 
102 
 
-- -------- ----- - --- ------- - ----- --- - - --------------- 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE -UHI'/ERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
JUN 21. I I 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF A\.RICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATHENS , GA. 
June 19, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
Dur i ng the week ending June 15 commercial - h~tcheries placed 6, 002, 000 chicks 
 
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with 
 
the 5, 877, 000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 5, 386, 000 
 
placed the same week last year. 
 
  
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7, 131,000 compared with 7, 213,000 for the previous week and is 3 percent greater than the 6, 896, 000 for the corres- 
ponding we ek last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver.age 
of 60 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $10.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 59 c e nts and $10. 50 for the previous week and 75 cents and $13.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown 
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or othe rwis e . 
 
Weighte d average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broile rs 
during the we e k ending June 15 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/23 3/4 pounds; at farms 20,00~; FOB plants .. ZL. OO~. 
 
(See reverse side for .other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PlJACEMENT BY WEEKS 
PERIOD APRIL 13 , THROUGH JUNE 15, 1957 
 
Date yYeek 
 
- 
 
_ Eg_gs S:et 
 
- 
 
Ending 1956 : 1957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1I 
. . Placed ht G e orgia 1956 1957 
 
- - Inshipme_nts_ 
of Chicks 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thou s ands 
 
Apr. 13 6,328 6,768 4,208 Apr. 20 6,365 . 7, 139 4,255 
 
4,637 4,645 
 
769 568 801 619 
 
Apr. 27 6,364 71 121 4, 226 4, 669 
 
681 702 
 
May 4 6,451 7,333 4,362 4,882 
 
757 698 
 
May 11 6, 557' 7., 269 4,390 
 
5,030 
 
732 675 
 
May 18 6, 531 7,627 4,349 5, 156 
 
742 639 
 
M~y 25 6;537 7, 510 4, 331 
 
5,276 
 
799 638 
 
June .1 6, 576 7,212 4, 400 5, 208 
 
814 682 
 
June 8:  6, 516 7, 213 4, 465 5, 215 
 
815 662 
 
June 15  6, 896 7, 13 i 4, 578 
 
5,266 
 
8oe 736 - 
 
1/ Exclusive of hat ching s shiPPed into states outside of Geor gia. 
 
4,977 5,056 
4,907 5, 119 5, 122 
5, 091 5, 130 5, 214 5, 280 5,386 
 
5,205 5, 264 5, 371 5, 592 5,705 
5,795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultura l Statistician In Charge 
 
r 
 
 STATE 
.. 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia We st Virginia North C-'\rolina Sout h Carolina GEORGIA 
~ lorida 
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana T exas Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL -1956 
1957 o/0 of 1956 . ' 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS- 1957 Page 2. 
 
Week Ending 
 
..... 
 
June : June . June 
 
Apr. .. Apr. . Apr. : May : May : May : May : June : 'J u ne June 
 
1 
 
.a 
 
15 
 
13 
 
2.0 
 
2.7 
 
4 
 
11 
 
18 
 
2.5 
 
1 
 
8 
 
15 
 
EGGS SET- THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLA CED - THOUSANDS 
 
1, 314 I 1, 041 1,2.2.1 1, 832. ' 
401 1, 492. 2.,3 4 9 2.,2.77 2.,068 
416 3,018 . 492. 7,2.12 
398 2, 52.5 1,944 3, 192. 
380 2.,815 
393 33 4 1, 2.92 . 
 
1, 348 
959 -1, 189 1,938 
401 1,567 2.,354 2.,2.98 2., 190 
366 3,041 
532. 7,2.13 
4 80 2., 540 1, 796 3, 181 
386 2.,842. 
416 
299 1, 112. 
 
1, 153 982. 
1, 057 1,840 
375 1, 598 2.,337 2,388 2., 130 
370 2.,995 
535 
7' 131 399 
2,575 1, 766 3,266 
395 2.,854 
2.7 4 276 1, 336 
 
.38, 406 . 3~. 448 38, 032 
 
92.1 543 666 968 2.38 580 2.,014 1,600 1, 397 558 2.,099 372. 5,2.05 2.2.5 2.,084 1,300 2,343 345 2.,077 302. 197 1, 041 
27,075 
 
960 1,018 467 543 818 908 979 946 2.00 22.5 545 610 1, 885 1,999 1, 651 1,743 1,346 1, 2.44 572. 578 2.,2.16 2.,2.57 32.9 2.88 5 2.64 5 371 2.41 228 2.,2.2.9 2.,046 1,2.42 1, 353 2.,348 2.,385 377 356 2.,055 2.,096 315 281 2.08 240 1, 031 1, 062  
2.7, 2.78 2.7, 777 
 
. 1, 009 
590 886 881 2.05 62.1 1, 853 1, 568 1, 387 . 558 2., 2.71 . .34 2. 
51 5_92. 233 
2, 193 1, 421 2., 447 . 
356 2,039 . "265 
179 1,024 
 
1,079 652. 
977 935 2.2.8 580 1, 831 1, 653 1, 2.59 518 2.,303 368 
5.705 
2.08 2., 167 1, 447 2.,362. 
3 52. . 2., 113 
2.65 180 1, 070 
 
1,004 560 
889 857 188 612. 1, 795 1, 62.0 1, 197 590 2.,2.12. 34 8 
5.72.5 215 
2, 180 1, 34 8 2, 409 
376 2.,087 
315 155 99 4 
 
1,052. 
679 
801 92.5 191 674 2., 17 5 1, 438 1,2.18 506 2.,2.2.3 333 
5.2.1 4 184 
2,097 1, 430 2, 503 
385 2, 103 . 346 
150 . 953 
 
985 
619 783 916 184 573 1, 92.1 1, 52.5 1,319 544 2.,2.14 353 
5.82.0 2.64 
2.,2.97 1, 464 
2.,397 394 
2.,098 2.97 175 965 
 
27 ;92.0 .2.8,2.52. 27,7 46 28,2.80 2.8,177 
 
1, 070 
576 773 1, 091 195 657 1,92.3 
.1, 585 1, 162. 54 7 2.,2.87 
"365 
5. 877 2.08 
2., 171 1, 494 2, 638 
44 5 2, 2.36 
270 14 7 888 
28,605 
 
. 1,:099 
: ,93 746 
1,02.2. 185 636 
1,917 1, 606 
1, 42.51 535 
2.,318 . . -356 
6. ooz , 
2.02. 2., 2.36 1 1,382. 2.,401 
379 2,338 
275 181 890 
28,82.4 
 
38, 153 37,404 36, 547 2.7,350 27,2.72 2.6, 912. 27,030 2.7, 518 2.7, 580 27, 52.9 28,028 28,099 2.8,2.19 
 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE . 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS; GA. 
June 26, 1957  
 
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
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During the week ending June 22 commercial hatcheries placed 5,873,000 chicks 
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with 
the 6,002,000 placed the previous week and is 13 percent more than the 5,181,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local -hatcheries amounted to 7,182,000 compared with 7,131,000 for the previous week and is 6 percent greater than the 6,770,000 for the corres 
pending week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 61 cents per.dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks ~as reported at $11.. 00 per hundred. These prices compare with 60 cents and $10.75 for the previous week and 72 cents and $12.75 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 
during the week ending June 22 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 ~ 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20.00; FOB plants 21.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD APRIL 20, THROUGH JUNE 22--'- 195~7 
 
I o -nate:- 
 
- gg ---- hicks~~tcheG 1/- - Inshipytent.a. ._+ 'total_,Placed 
 
Week 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 1 on Farms 
 
Ending 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 I 1956 : 1957 
 
Apr. 20 Apr. 27 May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 
 
Thousands 
 
6,365 
6;364 6,451 6,557 6,531 6,537 
6;576 
6,516 6,896 6,770 
 
7,139 7,121 . 
7,333 7,269 7,627 7,510 7,212 7,213 7,131 7,182 
 
Thousands 
 
4,255 4,226 4,362 4,390 4,349 4;331 4,400 4,465 . 
4,578 4,446 
 
4,645 4,669 4,882 
5,030 5,156 
5;276 5,208 5;215 5,266 
5,235 
 
I 
 
Thousands j Thousands 
 
801 
 
619 1 5,o56 5,264 
 
681 
 
702 4,907 5,371 
 
757 698 5,119 5,592 
 
732 
 
675 5,122 5, 705 
 
1- 
' 
 
742 799 
 
639 5,091 5,795 638 5,130 5,914 
 
814 
 
682 5,214 5,890 
 
815 
 
662 5,280 5,877 
 
808 
 
736 5,386 6,002 
 
735 
 
63'8 5,181 5,873 
 
ll Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia 
 
. WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charg1 
 
,.. l UN IVERS I rv OF GEORG'7J 
JUN2 8 '57 
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EGGS SET AND. CHICKS._PLA:CED IN COI-:iH.::RCIAIS -A..'illAS, BY vJEEKS- 1957 
 
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. STATE.. 
 
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June : June : June 
 
H"eek .Ending 
 
---- -. --- -- - - - --- 
 
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Apr . Apr. Hay May : . May Hay : June 
 
. June : June June 
 
-- - - - - ----- _____L .____l-5____ ___ ____2z_____ __ __ ,.. _fo__ ---,- 27____ ____ )J_ ____ 11 ___ _ -- ~~--~ -~ _ _?5.. - ~ __ ]-__. ______!L______ -1$__________1 2 
 
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F.Gr~ SF.'l' -:_TII.QUSANDS ------ -- --- - ----- ---- -- .:_---~-__GlilGts .J?.LACED _-:::. lli.OUSANDS -------- ___ _____ _____- - -- - --- ___ 
 
l1a.ine Connecticut Pennsyiva.nia Indiana 
Illinois Missouri De:J_aware 
Haryla.nd Virginia 
Hest Virginia 
North Carolina 
Sotit.~ Carolina 
GEORGn.  - 
Florida A1a"'uama 
Hississippi Arkansas 
Lou:i,.siana Texas V.lashington 
Qregon California 
 
TOTAL i957 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
i9-57 % of. 1956 
 
-,_ 
 
I 
 
... ,; 
 
1,348 
 
959 1,189 
 
1,938 
 
401 
 
1,567 
 
2,354 2,298 
 
2,190 
 
366 
 
3,041 
 
I 
 
532 
 
' 7j_213 
 
480 
 
2,540 
 
1, 796 
 
3,181 
 
386 
 
2,842 
 
416 
 
299 1.112 
 
38,448 
 
3.7,404  -. 103 
 
1,153 982 
1,057 1,840 
375 1,598 2,337 2,388 2,130 
370 2,995 
535 7 131 
399 2,575 1,766 3,266 
395 2,854 
274 276 1,336 
38,032 
36,547 
104 
 
1,313 950 
1,360 1,903 
342 1,695 2,341 2,290 2,201 
428 2,984 
535 7,182 
469" 2,610 1,805 . 3,251 
398 2, 772 
292 . 257 . 1,_305 
38,683 
36,626 
106 
 
960 467 818 979 200 545 1,885 1,651 1,346 
572 
2,216 329 
5.1.264 241 
2,229 1,242 2,348 
377 2,055 
315 208 1,031 
27,278 
27' 272 
100 
 
1,018 
543 908 
9L~6 
225 610 
1, 9991., 743 1,24h 
578 2,257 
288 5,_371 
22 8 2,046 
1,353 2,3 85 
356 2,096 
281 240 1, 062 
 
1,009 -590 886 881 205 621 
1,.853 :1 , 568 
1, 387 
-558 
.2,234721 
5_,_592 
233 2, 193 1,421 
2,447 356 
2, 039 265 179 
1,024 
 
1,079 652 
977 935 228 . 580 
1,831 
1,653 1,259 
518 2_,303 
368" 
5_1_ 705 
208 2,167 
1,447 2,362 
352 2,113 
265 180 1,070 
 
1,004 .560 . 889 
857 188 612 1;7.95 
1,620 1,197 
590 2;212 
348 5, 795 
215 2,180 1,348 2,409 
376 2, 087 
315 155 . 994 
 
1,052 679 801 925 191 ,674 
2,175 1,438 1,218 
506 2,2 23 
333 5z914 
184 2,097 1,430 2, 503 
385 2,103 
:346 1)0 
953 
 
985 619 783 916 184 573 1,921 1,525 1,319 
544 2,214 
353 5,,890 
264 2,297 1,464 2,397 
394 2, 098 
297 175 __265 
 
1,070 576 773 
1,091 195 657 
1,923 1,585 1,162 
547 2,287 
365 5 2 877 
208 2,171 
1,494 2,638 
445 
2~ 236 
270 147 888 
 
1,099 
693 746 1,022 185 636 1,917 1,606 
1,425 535 
2, 318 356 
6,002 
202 2,236 1 , 3 82 2,401 
379 2,3 38 
275 181 
890 
 
1,088 
648 855 1,070 
177 1 620 1,942 1,677 1,218 
604 
2,393 331 
5 ,8 73 
222 
2,209 1,391 2, 586 
405 2,272 
301 207 928 
 
27., 777 27,920 28,252 27' 746 28,280 28,177 28,6o5 28,824 29,017 
 
26,912 27,030 27,.518 27,580 27,529 28,028 28,099 23,219 27,832 
 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE  
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORG fA AND THE . 
 
UNIVFRSITY OF G-OI?GIAAGRICULTURAL MARKETIN.G SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR-ICULTURE 
 
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3ti EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens~ aeorgia 
 
JUN2 8 '57 
 
June 26, .1957 
 
GEORGIA 195 . PRINGRFIGSREP RT . 
 
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PIGS SAVED: The Georgia spring pig crop for 1957 is estimated at 1,442,000 head. 
 
 
 
This is the same as last year, but is 20 percent above Georgia's 
 
1946-55 average spring crop .The 1956 and 1957 crops are the sec~nd largest of 
 
record, being exceeded by only tpe 1943 crop of 1,485,000 head .-. There were 
 
212,000 farrowing this spring with an average of 6.8 pigs per litter. This aver 
 
age size litter equals the record set in 1956 and. reflects better breeding and 
 
management practices being carried out by producers in the State. 
 
Based on growers breeding intentions on June 1, 18!~, 000 sows are expected to farrow this fall, If these plans materialize the fall crop wlll be 7 percent above last 
year. 
 
SOWS FARROWED .AND PIGS SAVED 
 
~ORGIA: 
 
SPR.ING ~Dec. 1 tc:> june 1~ 
 
. . Sows 
 
Av. No, : Pigs 
 
Farrowed" Pigs Per saved 
 
(000) Litter : (000) 
 
FALL 
_ Sows_ :Farrowed 
: (000) 
 
~June 1 to Dec, 1~ 
 
: Av. No. : Pigs 
 
Pigs Per :Saved 
 
Litter 
 
:(000) 
,_. 
 
lCrYear, 1946-55 
 
193 
 
1955 
 
200 
 
1956 
 
212 
 
1957 
 
212 
 
6.2 
 
1,201 172 
 
6.5 
 
1,300 165 
 
6.8 
 
1,442 172 
 
6.8 
 
1,442 184* 
 
6.2 
 
1,075 
 
6.7 
 
1,106 
 
6.7 
 
1,152 
 
UNITED STATES: 
 
lG-Year, 1946-55 1955 1956 1957 
 
8,332 8,359 7,665 7' 1.~66- 
 
6.55 54,470. 5,224 
 
6.90 5?,690 5,586 
 
6.94 53,186 5,215 
 
7.12 
 
53,170 - 5,308~!- 
 
6.62 34,561 6.81 38,029 7._00 36,535 
 
~l- Number indicated to farrow from breeding intentions reports. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~ Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
vHLLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Stat:is tician 
 
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UNITED:STATF..S PIG CROP REPORT - JUNE 19,56 
 
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The 1957 spring pig crc;p  ~otaled . 53,170,ooo head, pra~ticaiiy the s~~ as the 1956 ..J 
 
spring crop of 53,186,000 head. The number of sows farrowed this sprjng at 
 
7, 466,000 head was 3 percent less than the 7, 665,000 so\'rs farrowed in the spring 
 
of 1956. The number of pigs saved per. ;l.;i.t.tJ~:r ?oVeraged. 7..l4, . a new high for spring 
 
farrowing and compar9s with 6.94 pigs per litter in 1956. Reports on breeding in- 
 
tentions indicate .a total of 5,308,000 sows to farrow this fall. This would be 
 
an increase of 2 percent over 1956 fall ' f'arrol-rings. If the intended farrowings 
 
are realized and the number of pigs saved per litter equals the average, plus an  
 
allowance for upl-Tard trend, the 1957 fall pig crop wo'uld be 37 million head. The 
 
combined .spring and 'fall pig crops .for 1957 would then be about 90 million head. 
 
This would be 1 percent above both 1956 and the 19h6-55__ average. 
 
SPRING PIG CROP: The number of pigs saved in the spring season of 1957 (December --- ~ 1956 through May 1957) is. estimated at 53,170,000 head.  This is 
only 'slightly below the 1956 spring crop of 53,186,ooo .head, but is 2 percent  below the 1946-55 average. 
 
The East North Central and the South Atlantic were the only regions showing an increase froni 1956 ih spring pigs. :All other regions were down~ rang:Lng from a 
9 percer1t c;:.ut in the o.North .Atlantic to a. 1 .Percent c}ecline._in the \'lest North 
Central. . By regio~s, the 1957 spring pig crop _as ~ percent of 1956 is as follows: 
North Atlantic, 91 .percent; East North Central, 102; West North Central, 99; 
South Atlantic, 102; South Centr~, 91; and West, 97. 
 
The number of so~vs farrowed in the spring of 1957 is estimated at 7,466, 000 heaq, 3 percent less than last year and 10 percent less than the 10-year average. The . ~ 
 
1957 spring farrowings were 1 p~rcent less than indicated by fanners' reports on. 
 
intentions last December. The decrease. in sows farrowed from the December in- 
 
tthenantiownass 
 
was wides~ead, intended. 
 
with 
 
only the 
 
East North Central region . 
 
farrowing 
 
more 
 
The 7.12 pigs saved per litter this spring compares with 6.94 in 1956 wh;i.ch wa~ the previous high for the. spring crop. The increase in average litter size was general; with all regions sholfing an increase. This is the seventh straight year of increase in the average pigs per litter for the .spring pig crop and the current . litter size is 13 percent above the 6.31 for 1950. 
 
FALL 1927 INTENTIONS: Reports on breeding intentions indicate that 5,308,000 sows will farrow dtiring 'the fall season '(June through November) 
of 1957. If these intentions are realized the number of SO~lS farrowing this fall would be 2 percent more than during the fall of 1956 and also 2 percent more than the 10 - year average. 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU~!: 
.AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
 
318 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
July 3, 1957, 
 
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BROILER CHICK REPORT ~--oR GEORGIA. COMMERCIAL AREAS 
Du~ing the .week ending June 29 commercial hatcheries placed 5, 781, 000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5, 873, 000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 5; 285, 000 placed the same week last year. 
Eggs set :by local hatcheries amount~d to. 7, 042, 000 compared with 7; 182, 000 for the; previous week and is 8 percent greater than the 6, 534, 000 for the correspo~ding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
 
o! 61 cen~s per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for. the chicks was 
 
reported  :at $11.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as for the previous 
 
we~k and compare with 71 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown 
 
rel~te to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or other- 
 
wise. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We~ghted  average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broiler during the week ending June 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 
3 3 I 4 pounds; at farms 20, OOf; FOB plants 21. 00. 
 
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, GEORGIA CHICK PL~CEMENT sy. w.EEKS :, 
PERIOD APRIL 27 THROUGH JUNE 29 , 1957 
 
Date We~k  
E n 4 i n g ' . 
 
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1I 
Placed in Georgia 1956 : .1957 
 
Inshipments of Chicks 1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed on Farms 1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
; 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands Thousanas 
; 
 
Apr.. 27 6,364 7. 121 
 
4,226 4,669 
 
681 702 . 4, 907 5, 371 
 
Mat 4 . 6:,451 7,333 
 
4,362 4, 882 
 
757 698 5. 119 . 5, 592 
 
May 11: : 6, 557 7,269 
 
4,390 5,030 
 
732 675 . 5, 122 . 5,705 
 
May 18 6, 531 7,627 
 
4,J49 5,156 ' 
 
742 639 5,091 : 5, 795 
 
May 25 6,537 7, 510 
 
4,331 5,276 
 
799 638 5, 13.0 5,914 
 
June 1 : 6, 576 7,212 
 
4, 400: 5;208 
 
~ 814: .682 5,2.14 . 5, 890 
 
Jun~ 8 6, 5.16 7, 213 .4, 465 ..5, 215 
 
815 . 662 5,280 5, 877 
 
June 15 6, 896 7, 131 Juri~ 22 6,770 7' 182 
 
4,. 578 5. 266 : 
4,446 5, 235 
 
808 736 5,386 6,002 735 638 5, 181 5, 873 
 
June 29  6, 534 7,042 
 
4,481 5,048 
 
80~ 733  5,285 
 
. 
 
_!i;Bxc1us1ve of!hatchmgs shipped into states outside of Georgia . 
 
5,781 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agrl.cu1tural Statistic.ian 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statisticia~ I~ Charge 
 
UNIVERsi ,Y Of GE()RG!A 
 
JUL 6 '57 
 
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LIBR RIES' 
 
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Page 2. 
 
. June . . June 
 
June 
 
15 
 
22 
 
29 
 
.. 
 
.. Apr. 
 
May : May : May : May : June : June : June : June : 
 
27 
 
4 
 
11 
 
18 
 
25 
 
1 
 
5 
 
15 
 
2.2 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
.. . 
June 
29 
 
Maine 
 
Conne ctl."cut 
 
Pennsy~vania . 
 
Indiana  
 
Illinois . 
 
Missouri 
 
Delaware 
 
Ma~y1and 
 
Virginia 
 
VIest Virginia 
 
North Carolina 
 
."SnUth Carolina 
 
GEORGIA 
 
. Flor1da 
 
Alabama 
 
Mississ.ippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
TLeoxuaissian....a 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon .  California - 
 
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TOTAL 1957 
 
TOTAL 1956 .. 1957 %of 195.6. . ,. 
 
1, 153 982 
1,057 1, 840 
315 1, 598 2,337 2, 388 2, 130 
370 2.,995 
535 7. 13,1 
39f1 2, 57~5 1, 766 3,26~ 
39 
2,85 ~ 
27t 2i 1, 33(> 
I 
38, 032 
36, 547 104 
 
1, 313 950 
1, 360 1,903 
342 1,695 2, 341 2,290 2, 201 
428 2,984 
535 7, 182 
469 2, 610 1, 805 3, 251 
398 2,772 
292 357 1,305 
38,783 
. 36, 626 -.. 106 
 
1, 269 "957 
1, 193 1, 840 
390 1,693 2, 217 2, 261 2,078 
397 2,897 
521 7,042 
43b 2, 560 1, 985 3, 275 
376 2,792 
380 2.87 1, 319 
;38, 165 
35; 642 107 
 
1, 018 543 908 946 225 610 
1,999 1, 743 1,244 
578 2,2.57 
2.88 5, 371 
ZZH 2,046 1, 353 2,385 
356 .2, 096 
281 2.40 1,062 
27,777 
26,912 103 
 
1, 009 590 886 881 205 6-21 
1, 853 1, 568 1, 387 
558 Z, 271 
342 5, 592 
233 2, 193 1, 421 2,447 
356 2,039 
265 179 1,024 
 
1,079 652 977 935 -228 580 
1, 831 1, 653 1, 259 
518 2, 303 . 
368 5, 705 
ZUH 2. 167 1, 447 2,362 
352 2., 113 
265 180 1, 070. 
 
1, 004 1, 052 
 
985 
 
560 
 
679 
 
619 
 
889. . 801 
 
783 
 
857 
 
925 
 
916 
 
188 
 
191 
 
184 
 
612  " 674 
 
573 
 
1, 795 . 2; 175 1, 921 
 
1, 620 1, 438 1,525 
 
1, 197 l, 2.18 .1,.319 
 
590 . ... 506 - ... 544 
 
2, 212. . -~_'2, . 223 ' ~ .214 
 
348 
 
333 
 
353 
 
5, 795 5,914 5, 890 
 
Zl5 
 
1H4 
 
Zb4 
 
2, 180 2,097 2,297 
 
1, 348 . . 1, 430 1, 464 
 
2,409 2,503 2,397 
 
376 
 
385 
 
394 
 
2,087 2, 103 2, 098 
 
315 
 
346 
 
297 
 
155 
 
150 
 
175 
 
-994 
 
953 
 
965  
 
1, 07~ 576 773 
1, 091 195 657 
1, 923 1, 585 1, 162 
547 2,287 
365 5,877 
ZUM 2, 171 1, 494 2, 6"38 
445 2, 236 
270 147. 888 
 
1, 099 693 746 
1, 022 185 636 
1, 917 1,606 1, 425 
535 2,318 
356 6,002 
lUl 2, 236 1, 382 2,401 
379 2, 338 
275 181 890 
 
1, 088 1, 048 
648 551 855 716 1, 070 1, 066 . "177 128 620 618 1,942 1, 913 
1, 677 1, 694 ; 1, 218 1, 394 
604 530 2,393 2, 289 
331 309 5, 873 5, 781 
lll Z4H 2,209 2,274 1, 391 1, 467 2, 586 2, 619 
405 357 2, 272 2, 198 
301 318 207 159 928 801 
 
27,920 28,252 27,746 213,280 28, 177 28, 605 28, 824 29,017 28,478 
 
27,030 27, 518 
 
103 
 
103 
 
27;580 27,529 28,028 28,099 28,219 27, 832 27, 661 
 
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102 102 
 
104 103 
 
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AGRICULi'URAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSI1Y OF GEORGIA AND THE S1'ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens,; Georgia 
 
UN IV SITY Of GEORGIA U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUll.TUR~ 
 
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVIC~ 
 
. 318 EXTENSION BLDG  AT-HENS, GA. 
 
JUl b '57 July 3., 19 57 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
BRPILER CHICK REPORT _.r"'OR GEORGIA-COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
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During the week ending June 29 commercial hatcheries placed 5 ,. 78.1, 000 chicks 
 
with; the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with 
 
the 5, 873, ooo placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 5, Z85, 000 
 
p1ac.ed the : same week last year. 
 
Eggs set ~y local hatcheries amounted to 7, 042, 000 compared with 7 I 182, .000 for the' previous week and is 8 perc e nt greate r than the 6, 534, 000 for the corresponaing week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
 
of 6l  cents p e r dozen. Aver a ge price charged by hatcheries for. ~h e chicks was 
 
rep~rted :at $11.. 00 per hundr e d. The.s e p 'rices. are the s a m e as for the pr e vious 
 
week and compare with 71 cen ts and $12.75 one y e ar ago. Egg p:ri ces shown 
 
relate to G e orgia produc e d h a tching e ggs whethe r bought on contract or other.- 
 
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We.i'ghte d a verage prices from the F e deral-State Market News Service for -broiler 
 
r,- during the _we e k ending June 29 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 
 
3 3.14 pounds; at farms 20. 00~; FOB plants 21.00. 
 
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see r e ve rs e siae for o her--s afes} ___ -- : 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY-- WEEKS ;, PERIOD APRIL 27 THROUGH JUNE 29, 1957 
 
Dat ~ 
Week 
En~1ng 
 
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1I 
Pla ced in Georgia 195~ ' : 1957 
 
Inshipments of Chicks "' 1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed on F a rms 19'56 : . : ~957 
 
I 
Apr ~ .27 May 4 May~ 11 : May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 Jun!'! 22 June 29 
 
Thousands 
' 
6,364 7, 1? 1 6,451 7,333 6, 557 7,269 :6, 531 7,627 ;6, 537 7 ~ 510 
-p, 576 7,212 
;6, 516. 7, 213 6, 896 7' 131 6,770 7' 182 6, 534 7, 042 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
4,226 . . 4; 669-. 
 
s.. 4; 362 . : 4, ~82, . 
'4 , 390 ,~ . 03'0: " 
 
4,349 5, 156 
 
4,331 4, 400 . 
4, 465 4, 578 ' 
 
5. 27~ 5, 208. 
5, 215 
s; 266 
 
4,446 5, 235 
 
4, 4 81 5,04 8 
 
681 702 
'i 7-57 698 
' . 73:2 .:. .. -675 742 639 !9.9 ' 638 814 682 
.. 815 662 808 736 735 638 
:- ao 4 733 
 
Thousands 
 
4,.907 5, 119 5, 122 5, o91 
5, 130 5,214 5, 280 5, 386 5, 181 5,285 
 
5, 371 5, 592 5,705 5, 795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002 5, 873 5,781 
 
_!i_ .:l:xclus ~ve of ha~chmgs sh1ppedmto state s o~ts1de of G e org1a. 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER 
 
_ 
 
Agricultural . 
 
S.tatist~cian 
 
ARCHIE LANG;LEY Agr~icul~ural Statistician In Ch~rg e 
 
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STATE 
 
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. . 
 
. ~.... . 
 
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June ; :  Jun~ 
 
June 
 
,15 
 
22 
 
29 
 
. 
 
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S 
 
SET 
 
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THOUSANDS 
 
.. 
 
Page 2 
 
W_eek Ending  
 
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Apr. : May : May :  May : May : June : June : June : June : June 
 
27 .. 
 
4 
 
ll 
 
18 
 
25 
 
1 
 
e 
 
15 
 
2.2 
 
29 
 
' 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut 
 
. '~~. 1, 153 
 
' 
 
982 
 
1, 313 1, 269 
 
950 
 
957 
 
1, 018 543 
 
1, 009 1, 079 
 
590 
 
652 
 
1, 004 1, 052 
 
560 
 
679 
 
985 1, 070 1, 099 1, 088 \ 1, 048 
 
619 
 
576 693 
 
648 I 551 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1, 057 
 
1, 360 1, 193 
 
908 
 
. 886 
 
977 
 
889 . ...801 
 
783 
 
773 746 
 
855 716 
 
Indiana 
 
1, 840 . 1, 903 1, 840 
 
946 
 
881 
 
935 
 
857 
 
925 
 
916 1, 091 1, 022 1,070 1, 066 
 
illinois 
 
375 
 
342 
 
390 
 
225 
 
205 
 
228 
 
' 188 - .. 1:91 
 
184 
 
195 185 
 
177 128 
 
Missouri Delaware 
 
1, 598 2,337 
 
1,695 1, 693 2, 341 2,217 
 
610 1,999 
 
621 
 
580 
 
1, 853 . 1, 831 
 
:z-. ' 612 . :'- 674 
 
573 
 
657 636 
 
620 618 
 
1~ 795 
 
175 -1, 921 1, 923 1, 917 1, 942 1, 913 
 
Ma:wy1and 
 
2,388 
 
2, 290 2, 261 
 
1,743 
 
1,568 1, 653 
 
1, 620 1, 438 1, 525 1, 585 1,606 1, 677 1, 694 
 
; 
 
Virginia 
 
2, 130 
 
2, 201 2,018 
 
1,244 
 
1, 387 1, 259 
 
1, 197 . . l, ~.18 _1, 319 1, 162 1, 425 1, 218 1, 394 : 
 
West Virginia North Carolina ."'S.GUth Carolina 
 
370 2,995 
535 
 
428 2,984 
535 
 
397 2,897 
521 
 
578 2,257 
288 
 
558 . 2, 211 
342 
 
518 2,303 
368 
 
2 
 
590  212 '348' 
 
.  ' 
 
. 
- -~ 
. 
 
- 
f 
-~ 
 
~0.6 
i23: 333' 
 
. -.S44 . - ~. 214 . 
353 
 
547 535 2,287 2,318 
365 356 
 
604 530 2,393 2.. 289 
331 309 
 
I  
 
GEORGIA 
 
1, 131 
 
7, 182 7,042 
 
5, 371 
 
5, -592 5, 705 
 
5;795 5,914 5,890 5,877 6, 002 s, 873 ] 5, 781 
 
, Florida 
 
3~9 
 
4b9 
 
43b 
 
ZZH 
 
233 
 
Z08 
 
Zl5 . ' 184 . . Zb4 
 
ZOH zoz 
 
lll 
 
Z4H 
 
Alabama   
 
2, 575 
 
2, 610 2, 560 
 
2,046 
 
z. 193 2, 167 
 
2, 180 2,097 2,297 2, 171 2, 236 2,209 2,274 
 
Mississippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
' 
., 
 
1, 766 . 1, 805 1, 985 
 
3,266 
 
3, 251 3,275 
 
z1,, 
 
353 385 
 
1, 421 1, 447 2,447 2."362 
 
1, 348 1, 430 1, 464 . 1, 494 . 1, 382 1, 391 1, 467 
2, 409 . -i, 503 2,397 2, 638 2,401 2, 586 2, 619 
 
Louisiana 
 
395 
 
398 
 
376 
 
356 .. 356 ' 
 
352 . 
 
376 
 
385 
 
394 
 
445 379 
 
405 357 
 
Texas WashingtQn Oregon 
California  ~ -- 
 
-. 2,854 
 
. ' 
 
Z74 
 
. ~ ! 
-~: 
 
.. ' 
 
. 
 
276 1, 336 
 
- 2,772 Z92 357 
1, 305 
 
2,792 380 287 
1, 319 
 
2,096 Z81 240 
1, 062 
 
2,039 265 
179 1,024 
 
2, 113  265 18.0 
1, 070 
 
2,087. 315 155 994 
 
2, 103 2,098 
 
346 
 
Z97 
 
150 
 
175 
 
953 - 965 
 
2, 236 210 147 888 
 
2, 338 215 181 890 
 
2, 27Z 301 207 928 
 
2, 198 318 159 801 
 
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 195'6 
 
:.. . 38, 032 
. 36, 547 
 
1957 
 
o/o 
 
of. 
 
1 
.~ 
 
9 
..., 
 
5 
 
6 
 
..: 
 
' 
" 
 
~~ 
 
104 : 
I 
 
38, 783 
36,626 . 106 
 
38, 165 
35,642 107 
. 
 
27,777 
26,912 103 
: 
 
27,920 
27,030 103 
 
28, 252 
27, 518 103 
 
27,746 
27,580 101 
 
28, 280 
27,51.9 103 
 
28, 177 
 
-28 
 
, 
 
028 101 
 
28, 605 28, 824 
28,099 28, 219 102 102 
 
29, 011 28,478 
Z7, 832 27, 661 104 103 
 
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AGRICUI,.TUR~L EX..ti!NSION SERViCE 
 
:.;': ~~~i~-~T:A~r!:EN~~A~~c!uHCTURE 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
~ 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
" 
 
311 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA  
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
JUL 10 57 
 
July 8; 1951 
 
Georgia Cotton Ac a5~ 1 ~educed 31 Percent From 1956 
 
Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1, 1957 is estimated at 590,000 
acres, according to the Georgia Crop Reporti-ng Service. - This is a decrease 
of 31 percent from the 854,000 acres in cultivation one year ago and is the smalle~t . acreage since estimates were started in 1866. The largest cotton acreage planted in Georgia was: in 1916 with a total 5,219,000. 
 
United States current acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 14,224,000 or a   decrease of 15 percent from the 16,833,000 last year and 37 percent below  
the .lO -year average (1946-55) of 22,743,000 acres. 
 
CARL O. OOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
. _ARCHlE:'LANGLEY -.  Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
State 
 
N. Carolina 
 
r 
 
s. Carolina 
Georgia 
 
Tennessee 
 
Alabama 
 
Mississippi 
 
.. 1947-56 
t average 
 
: percent not 
 
harvested 1/ 
 
: . 
 
1,8 
 
1.0 
 
- 
 
1.2 1.8 
 
0.9 
 
2.5 
 
Acreage in cultivation July 1 
 
Acres (in thousands) 
 
1946-55 a:mx:age 
 
1956 
 
j 
1957 
 
681 
 
457 360 
 
1;,030 
 
695 510 
 
1,265 
 
854 590 
 
?64 
 
558 490 
 
1;,488 1,001 ?50 
 
2,344 1,641 1400 
 
1957 as 
 
f 
 
percent" of J~56 
 
79 
 
73 
 
69 
 
88 
 
15 
 
85 
 
Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma 
Texas 
 
3.1 
 
501 
 
373 315 
 
84 
 
2.5 
 
2_,003 1,405 1165 
 
83 
 
1~9 
 
825 
 
586 470 
 
80 
 
6.4 
 
1,135 
 
802 600 
 
75 
 
5.2 
 
9,093 7,065 6250 
 
88 
 
New Mexico 
 
3.3 
 
Arizona 
 
1.4 
 
California 
 
1.2 
 
Other States 2L 
 
3.6 
 
233 
 
189 187 
 
99 
 
406 
 
372 361 
 
91 
 
894 
 
712 730 
 
95 
 
83 
 
63 .46 
 
13 
 
United States 
 
3.4 
 
22,743 16,833 14,224 
 
85 
 
other States- 
Virginia Florida Illinois Kentucky Nevada 
 
3,9 
 
23.7 ' 15.8 13.8 
 
87 
 
3.0 
 
43.1 
 
34.4 21.0 
 
61 
 
7~8 
 
3.5 
 
3.0 2.6 
 
87 
 
3~0 
3/8.5 - 
 
11~4 
 
7.4 6.4 
 
1,1 
 
2.3 2.3 
 
86 100 
 
Total Amer. Egypt ~/ 2.1 
 
46.4 
 
43.5 82.4 
 
189 
 
l/Includes acres abandoned, removed for compliance, and placed in Soil Bank Acreage Reserve. g/Sums of acreage for 11other States" rounded for inclusion in United States totals. ~/Short-time average. ~/Included in State and United States totals. 
 
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GEORGIA MAP ShOviTNG CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS 
 
.. 
 
Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts 
 
Acres (000) in Cu1tivatio~ July 1 
 
: 
 
 
 
July 1957 '-4< 
 
District : 1956 1957 in Percent 
 
of 1956 
 
{ 
~~ 
 
1 
 
56 
 
38 
 
68 
 
2 
 
57 
 
32 
 
. 56 
 
3 
 
56 : 
 
4 
 
~6  
 
. . 5" > : , 170 
 
36 . 68 105 
 
6.4 ''' 71 . 62 
 
6 
 
149 
 
105. 
 
70 
 
7 
 
lOZ 
 
81 
 
79 
 
8 
 
141 
 
103 
 
73 
 
-St~:-t-e----8~;:~---5~;~: ~----~:-:---- 
 
' ~\~------------------- 
 
Athens 
 
I__ ~Atlant~ / 
 
   -~ ""' ~ 
 
/ 
 
\A~u- , ~ 
 
-~J ~ 5 " ~ 
 
/ Macon - 
 
~ C) .\ 
 
(0Co1umbu~ \ . J_\ 
 
~- ~A 
 
L-\,/ '-" ( 
 
. Sav:;; 
 
l ------ --- .. . 
 
c) 
 
[ 
 
.c~) ~) 
 
_Ya1~_sta_  . 
 
J C') . 
'-J . ) 
V;( 
~~ -~__JV 
 
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\-J 
 
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.: ~ 
 
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r-~-s7 . . . . ~ .... . 
 
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CGJEO>JRGHA C~(Q)lP' ~JE!F-OJ~JrllNG SJE~VllCJE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE . UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
JUL10 o7 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3UI EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 8, 1957 
 
ercent From 1956 
 
Georgia cotton acreage in cultivation on July 1, 1957 is estimated at 590,000 
acres, according to .the Georgi8: Crop Reporting Service. This  is a decrease 
of 31 percent from the 854,000 acres in cultivation one year ago and is the smallest acreage since estimates were started in 1866. The largest cotton acreage planted in Georgia was: in 1916 with a total 5,219,000. 
 
United States current acreage in cultivation on July 1 is 14,224,000 or a decrease of 15 percent from the 16,833,000 last year and 37 percent below the 10 year average (1946-55) of 22,743,000 acres. 
 
CARL 0. OOESCHER 
Agricultural ~tatistician 
 
. ARCHIE.""LA.NGLEY . : Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
State 
N. Carolina 
r s. Carolina Georgia Tennessee Alabama Mississippi 
 
... 1947-56 
t average : percent not 
harvested 1/ 
1.8 1.0 1.2 1.8 0.9 2.5 
 
Acreage in cultivation July 1 
 
Acres (in thousands) 
 
1946-505 am:t:age 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
681 
 
457 360 
 
1;030 
 
695 510 
 
1,265 
 
854 590 
 
. 764 
 
558 490 
 
1;,488 1,001 750 
 
2,344 1,641 1400 
 
1957 as 
 
f 
 
percent 
o J256 
 
79 
 
6793 : 
 
88 
 
75 
 
85 
 
Missouri Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas 
 
3.1 
 
501 
 
373 315 
 
84 
 
2.5 
 
2,003 1,405 1165 
 
83 
 
1.9 
 
825 
 
586 470 
 
80 
 
6.4 
 
1,135 
 
802 600 
 
75 
 
5.2 
 
9,093 7,065 6250 
 
88 
 
New Mexico 
 
3.3 
 
Arizona 
 
1.4 
 
California 
 
1.2 
 
Other States 2/_ 
 
3.6 
 
233 
 
189 187 
 
99 
 
406 
 
372 361 
 
97 
 
894 
 
772 730 
 
95 
 
83 
 
63 .46 
 
73 
 
United States 
 
3.4 
 
22,743 16,833 14,224 
 
85 
 
other States 
Vi rginia Flori da Illinois Kentucky Nevada 
Total Amer. Egypt y/ 
 
3.9 3.0 
7~8 
3~0 
3/8.5 
2.1 
 
23.7 ' 15.8 13.8 
 
87 
 
43.1 
 
34.4 21.0 
 
61 
 
3.. 5 
 
3.0 2.6 
 
87 
 
11~4 
 
7.4 6.4 
 
86 
 
1.1 
 
2.3 2.3 
 
100 
 
46.4 
 
43.5 82.4 
 
189 
 
1/Includes acres abandoned r emoved for compliance, and placed in Soil Bank 
Acreage Reserve. g/sums' of acr eage for "other States" rounded for inclusion in United States totals. ~/Short-time average. ~/Included in State and United States totals 
 
., 
 
 GEORGIA MAP ffiiOWING CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS 
 
Georgia Cotton Acreage by Districts 
 
Acres (000) in Cultivation July l 
 
: 
 
: July 1957 
 
District : 1956 1957 : in Percent 
 
 : of 1956 
 
.., 
 
- - ---~ 
 
") -7~- 
 
)Non-Cotto~ 
 
~ 
 
1 
 
56 
 
38 
 
68 
 
2 
 
57 
 
32 
 
56 
 
3 
 
56 
 
36 
 
64 
 
4 
 
96 
 
68 
 
71 
 
5 . 170 
 
105 
 
62 
 
6 
 
149 . 105~ 
 
70 
 
7 
 
102' 
 
i31 
 
79 
 
8 
 
141 
 
103 
 
73 
 
-S9t~a-te. --27--8~5~422----~--8-1-~~- 
 
590 
 
69 
 
~ Athens 
 
~v l_ -... Atlanta 
 
-. 
 
~ 
~~,~ 
 
. l 
-~J 
 
l I 
 
.-J . \ 
 
Augusta. \ 
 
C) \ I "'\ 
 
r Macon 
 
~ () 
 
\ columbus \ _ - 
 
--~---\ v~ 
 
- 
 
\ 
 
Albany 
 
C) 
C) ) 
 
Savannah 
 
('\ 
') 
 
Jt}....r.v 
 
. ~l_/ y~ctosta \~ r~J~q 
 
------~~---- -~- 
 
~\J 
 
 900 7 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT oF AGRICULTURE  
 
UI'JIV' ,~ 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
1rllN\G .SJE~VHCCIE: 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRIC:.JLTURE . AGRICULTURAL M~RKETING SERVICE 
31!a EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 9' 1957 " . 
 
.JBiQ.~ Dur:i:ng the month ended June .15, the All Commodity Index of Prices Received . . by Georgia Farmers incre.ased 3 points (1. 2 percent) from the level of I1ay 
15 . At 25l .the index is 5 points or 2.0 percent below a year earlier. 
 
The . All Crops index remained unchanged during the month. Farmers received slightly higher prices for cotton during the month. This increase offset the lower prices received for most grain crops and peanuts, with potato prices unchanged. 
 
The All Livestock and Livestock Products index increased 10 points during the month. Hog prices moved upward during the month. The average price on .June 15 
was $18.50 a cwt. -- $1.60 above the May 15 average of $16.90 a cwt. The June 15 price for hogs was the highest ~ice received by Georgia fanners since Juhe 1955, when the average price \-las $18.90 a cwt. Beef cattle prices advanced 40 cents during the month over the May 15 price. All items in the Livestock and Livestock Pr oducts showed an increase with the exception of Butterfat and Milk Cows, which r emained unchanged from the previous month. A summary of these indexes with c~. parisons is ~hown on the reverse sid~ . 
 
UNITED STATES: During the month ended June 15 the Index of Prices Received by 
r Farmers increased 1 point (4 tenths of one percent). Higher prices for meat animals, fruit, and cotton were primarily r esponsible for the increase. Pqrtially offsetting were lower prices for commercial vegetables, grain, and hay. The June index at 244 percent of its 1910-14 average was one point below June 1956, 
 
Higher prices for consumer goods were offset by lower prices of farm production 
goods to leave the June 15 index of Prices Paid for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (th e Parity Index) at 296, the smae as a month earlier, As in May, th~ June index was 3 percent higher than a year earlier. 
 
The advance in farm product prices during the month was not enough to raise the 
Parity Ratio. At 82, it was 5 percent lower than in June of last year, and the - 
lowest June ratio since 1940. 
 
----------------------------------- ------ Summary Table for the United States 
 
____________________________ ____ _ ------ Indexes 
1910-14=100 
 
June 15,  Hay 15, : June 15, :___ _!ie.s:,or.d_h_!g!l __ _ 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1957 : Index : ..,..Date 
 
Prices Received 
 
245 
 
243 
 
244 
 
313 Feb, 1951 
 
Parity Index 1./ 
 
286 
 
296 
 
296 
 
296 /Apr. 1957 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
86 
 
82 
 
82 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
1-.1-P-ri-ce-s -Pa-id-, ~In-te-re-st-, -Ta-xe-s,-a-nd-W-ag-e -R-ate-s -ba-se-d -on-d-a-ta-fo-r -th-e -in-d-ica-te-d- 
 
( 
 
dates. 2/ Also fiiay and June 1957. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYNOND R. HANCOCK 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 :   ' t; 
 
I . ' l ---~-,-..........,--,-----.-t--~--:-.!.tG:l.r.L~...,~O~R~.!:.i(l"!r.o,A-A-....---,----- 
 
COMM)PITY'. . .AND ti~IT . 
 
.A'vle~ri~oe- 
 
. 
 
.. . 
 
June- 
 
15, 
 
May 
 
15, 
 
June 15 
 
. . 1914 1956 1957 1957 
 
------~--+---~-!- 
 
--- ----- 
 
tlheat, Bu. 
 
$ 1.2~ -. 1.88 
 
2.~061 1.91 
 
Corn, Bu 
 
$ 
 
91 . 1-.37.... . 1-.,37 .. 1.3? 
 
Oa.ts, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
Irish Fot., c~vt . ' . $ 
 
Sweet Pot  , Cvrl;. 
 
$ 
 
Cot'ton, Lb. 
 
d 
 
Cottonseed, Ton 
 
$ 
 
Hay, (baled), Ton $ 
 
Hogs, per cwt. 
 
Beef ~attie, cwt. 
 
Milk Cpws., Head 
 
.67 1.88 1.53 12.1 . 23.65 
- 
7.36 3. 96 33.85 
 
I .68 
1.30 . 
I 5.20 I 34.1 
46 .00 
2<1.60 i 
 
.,82  .70 2.-50 2.50 5.50 ,. 33.2 33.7 
l - 
I 23:90 2:L70 
 
1 16 .10 r 16;9o 1 1a.5o 
 
l I r 12.10 
 
13.60 1 1-1.00 
 
lno.oo 
 
ns.co 
 
i 
1115.00 
 
Chickens, Lb. 
 
13.3 20.0 
 
18.5 20.0 
 
Eggs, Doz. 
 
21.4 41.0 
 
37.5 37.9 
 
Butterfat, Lb. 
 
25.8 
 
52.0 
 
51.0 51'.0 
 
Milk (whoies~e) per 100# jj . 
Soybeans, .Bu. 
Peanuts, Lb. 
 
2.43 5.2 
 
5.70 2.80 
11.2 
 
p.65~ 5.75 
2.-10 i 2.35 
I I 
10.6 10.5 
 
J) Preliminary for June 1957. ~~-~.i.:._______ 
 
---., 
.. ~ . . . 
 
.63 
 
1.14 4.39 
1.6o I 5.29 
 
12~4 
 
32~3 
 
22.55 47.40 
 
19.90 
 
7.27 15.70 
 
15.40 
 
48.00 154.00 
 
11.4 19.8 
 
21.5 
 
36.4 
 
26 .3 58.3 
 
.703 
1~36 
5.54 31, c17 
 
~.661 ': 
. 1.27 5.60 3189 
 
20.10 1. 18.60 17.20 I 1?.40 
I 17. 50 17.70 
163.00 163.00 
 
1.8.4 
 
19.4 
 
29.0 
 
29.0 
 
59.0 
 
5 8 . 9 
 
3.81 
 
3.85 - 3.84 
 
2.87 2.23 
 
2.18 
 
I . <1.8 u.s 11.2 
 
10.9 
 
___.._ _________ 
 
= ! NDE"i .NUMBERS OF PRICES IlECEIYED BY ~ATIW..S r:: GEORGIA (January 1910 - !eceober 1914 100) 
 
June 15, 1956 _ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _--=...;;..;::..::;._ 
 
. All .Commodities 
 
256 
 
All Crops 
 
281 
 
Grain s and. Hay 
 
1'1:6 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
282 
 
Peanuts 
 
216 
 
Tobacco 
 
373 
 
Cottonseed and &lybeans 
 
Irish Pot atoes ,and Sweetpctatoes 
 
 Frt~.it s  -and Nuts 
 
All Livestoek and LivestoCk Products 
 
 Meat Animals 
 
 
 
194 286 2 74 
.?03 . 250 
 
Poultry and ::ggs 
 
152 
 
Dairy Products 
 
228 
 
Ha.v 15, 1'957 
248 268 153 273 
20 
383 209 276 179 
206 
271 
B2 225 
 
June 15, 1957 
2 1 
268 
1'18 276 
202 383 209 275 179 
221a68. 
150 2:)0 
 
~--------------------~--------------------------7---- -------- 
 
EUCES FAID BY F.1\BMRS  :ED9. S'iLEOrED F~EDS ..JUNE -15 1957 :.'liTH COMU~ISONS 1 
 
.. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
UNI1'ED STA:r ~S 
 
KIND Qi :fEED 
Mixed Dairy ~e e d All Under 2~1.- Prot.ain 16%Protein  18% P r o t e i n 20% Protein 24~ Protein 
 
June 15, 
]~56 
.. i. 
3.95 3.85 4.15 i- .05 4.30 
 
MBlf 15, JUne 15, 
 
1952 
 
_ _l$_'L_ 
 
June 15, May 15, 
 
1~56 
 
1~57 
 
,.  '~ r 
 
~lla.t:s Ee:t 'J 00 ~Eounds : ' ' 
 
1.00 3.95 
 
II 3. 00 
 
3.73 
 
3.85 
 
3.66 
 
3.80 3.7S 
 
4.10 
 
1 .05 
 
3.68 3.75 
 
1.20 
 
4.10 
 
3.93 3.97 
 
4.35 
 
4.30 
 
4.05 4.07 
 
J\me 15, 
195~ 
.. : 
3 .73 3. 68 3.67 3.91 4.02 
 
High Protein Feeds Cottonseed MeoJ. Soybean Meal Meat Scrap 
 
3.30 4.15 4.65 
 
3.45 3.65 4 . 60 
 
3. 45 3.65 4.70 
 
3.72 3.80 4.29 3.77 1.81 4 . 64 
 
3.75 3.74 4. 62 
 
G;:a.in BI-Products .bran Hi d d l i n g s 
Corn Meal 
 
3.40 
3.55 3.60 
 
3.40 
 
3.35 
 
3.00 3.02 
 
2.89 
 
3.60 
 
3.50 
 
3.16 3.08 
 
2.97 
 
3.50 
 
3.60 
 
3.66 2.42 
 
3.39 
 
Foultry Feed Broiler Growing Hash Layi ng Mash Scratch Grains 
~ay Ukled ) Alfalfa .PJ.1 Other 
 
5.30 4.95 4.10 45.00 39.00 
 
5.10 4.85 4.35 
50.00 36,00 
 
5.00 4.75 4.35 
50.00 36 . 00 
 
5.06 4.91 4.57 4 . 46 4.14 4.10 30.80 32.20 27.70 29.80 
 
4.87 4. 42 4.06 
29.20 27.40 
 
.11 As re?orted by Feed Dealers. 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
UNI VERS'T uF GEORG'\ U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
,JUL 12 '57 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG.~ ATH~NS. GA. 
July 10, 19 57 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT F 
 
OMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending July 6 commercial hatcheries placed 5, 733, 000 chicks 
with the broiler producers . in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with 
the 5, 781, 000 placed the previous week and is 6 percent more than the. 5, 400, 000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 803, 000 compared with 7, 042, 000 for the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the  6, 152, 000 for the corres- 
ponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 62 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $11. 00 per hundred. These prices compare with 61 cents and $11. 00  for the previous week and 70 cents and $12.75 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 Mark(3t News Service for broilers 
during the week ending July 6 are as follows: North Georgia, broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4 pounds; at farms 20. OOf; FOB plants 21. O.Of. .  
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
Date Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS 
PERI01) MAY 4, THROUGH JULY 6, 1957 
 
E ggs 
 
Chicks Hatched!/ 
 
In shipments 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
.1.nousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
May 4 May 11 May 18 May 25 
June 1 June 8 June 15 
June 22 
June 29 July 6 
 
.6. 451 6, 557 6, 531 6, 537 6, 576 6, 516 6,896 6,770 6, 534 6, 152 
 
7,333 
7, 269 7,627 7, 510 7,212 7, 213 7, 131 7, 182 7,042 6, 803 
 
4,362 
4,390 4,349 4,331 4,400 4,465 4,578 4;446 4,481 4, 572 
 
4, 882 
5,030 5, 156 5, 276 5,208 5, 215 5, 266 5,235 5,048 5, 051 
 
757 698 
732 675 742 639 799 638 814 682 815 662 808 736 735 638 804 733 828 682 
 
5, 119 5, 122 
5, 091 5, 130 5, 214 5, 280 5,386 5, 181 5,285 5,400 
 
!_/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
5, 592 
5,705 5,795 5,914 5, 890 5, 877 6,002 5, 873 5, 781 5,733 
 
WEYMAN G. O'NEAL Agricultural Statistician 
r 
 
AR.CHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Stati.sticianIn Charge 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICI_{S PLACED IN C OMMERCIAL AREAS, .BY WEEKS- 1957 
 
P age 2. 
 
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Week Ending 
 
S'TATE 
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... 
 
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Maine ~- ; 
 
Conrie c'~i.cut 
 
P eiinsyhiahia 
 
Indiana  . 
 
Illirwis : 
 
Mis.souri 
 
Delaware  
 
June : June : July 
 
22 
 
29 
 
6 
 
EGGS SET - T HC U~ANDS 
 
" 
 
-- 1, 313 
'950 ' 
1, 36.0 : 
1, 903 I ... 342 ... . 1, 695 
~. 34 1 
 
1, '269 .957 
1, 193 1, 840 
390 '1, 693 2, 217 
 
1., 288 
 
852 
 
~. 294 
 
1, 821 
 
34 0 
 
1, 617 2, 189 
 
.. 
 
May . May : May : May : : .run-e . : June . : June : June : June : July 
 
4 
 
u 
 
18 
 
25 .. . 
 
1 
 
.a 
 
15 
 
22 
 
29 
 
6 
 
1, ~009 590 886 881 205 621 
1, 853 
 
1, 079 638 977 935 228 580 
1, 831 
 
1,004 . . 560 
889 857 188 612 1,795 
 
CHICI-cS P L .l...CED - TH O USANDS 
 
" 
 
... 
 
1, 052 679 
 
- 985 1,070 1, 099 
 
619. 
 
576 693 
 
1, 088 6 -1 8 
 
786 
 
783 
 
773 783 
 
855 
 
925 
 
916 1, 091 1, 022 1, 070 
 
191 
 
184 
 
195 185 
 
177 
 
674 
 
573 
 
657 636 
 
620 
 
2, 175 1, 921 1, 923 1, 917 1,942 
 
1, 048 551 716 
1, 066 128 618 
1, 913 
 
1,006 548 
629 1, 074 
180 669 1, 983 
 
.. Maryland 
 
" 
 
2,290 
 
Virginia 
WAst Virginia 
 
: 
 
2;:,20.1 
. 428 
 
North Carolina 2,984 
 
2,261 _:2,:.078 
397 2,897 
 
2,241 
2, 124 
.. 367 
2, 891 
 
1, 568 1, 387 
558 2, 271 
 
1, 653 1, 259 
518 2, 303 
 
1, 620 1, 438 1, 197 1, 218 
590 506 2,212 .2, 223 
 
1, 525 1, 319 
544 2, 214 
 
1, 585 . 1, 606 1, 162 1, 425 
547 535 2, 287 2,318 
 
1, 677 1, 218 
604 2,393 
 
1, 694 1, 394 
530 2, 289 
 
1, 714 1, 426 
486 2,295 
 
South Carolina  , 
 
GE ORGIA 
 
'lorida 
 
. ... 
 
Alabama 
 
Missis~ippi 
 
A rkansas L ou isiana::: T e:X;as  .  
 
Washington 
C regon~ 
Cal~for~ia.: 
 
535 
7., 182 
.. 4o9 2,610 1,805 3,251 
398 2,772 
. 292 3 57 
1., 305 
 
521 '7,042 
4 36 2, 560 1, 985 3,275 
376 2,792 
380 287 1, 319 
 
513 6, 803 . 
377 2, 3~55 2,080 3, 202 
402 2, 713 
355 . 
281 1, 277 
 
342 5, 592 
233 2, 193 1, 421 2,44 7 
356 2,039 
265 179 1, 024 
 
368 5, 705 
208 2, 167 1, 447 2,362 
352 2, 113 
265 180 1, 070 
 
348 5, 795 
215 2, 1'80 1, 34 8 2,409 
376 2, 087 
315 155 
994 
 
... 333 
 
353 
 
5, 914 5, 890 
 
205 
 
. 264 
 
2,097 2, 297 
 
1, 430 1, 464 
 
2, 503 2,397 
 
385 ~ 394 
 
2, 103 2,098 
 
346 
 
297 
 
: .. 150 ... .-.. . 17 5 
 
953 
 
965 
 
365 310 5,877 6,002 
208 202 2, 171 2,236 1, 494 1, 382 . 2,638 2,401 
44 5 390 2, 236 . 2, 338 
270 '.275 147 181 888 890 
 
331 5, 873 
222 2, 209 1, 391 2, 586 
405 2,272 
301 207 928 
 
309 5, 781 
24 8 2,274 1, 467 2, 619 
357 2, 198 
318 159 801 
 
367 5,733 
218 1,985 1, 519 2, 617 
367 2, 275 
220 l 166 
941 
 
 
T OT AL 1957 
 
~ 38, 783 38,165 37,382 27,920 28, 238 27-# 74 6 28, 286 28, 177 28, 605 28, 8?9 29, 017 28, 4 78 28,418 
 
' 
TOTAL. 1956 
 
.. 
;36, 626 3 5, 642 34 , 686 27,030 27,518 27, 580 27, 529 28,028 28, 099 28, 219 27,832 27,661 26, 520 
 
1957 %of 1956 " 
 
106 
 
107 108 
 
103 
 
103 
 
101 103 
 
101 .' '102 . 102 
 
104 103 
 
107 
 
I 
 
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 AGRICULTI,.!~AL EXTE.NSION SERVICE UNIVERSIT'v'.OF' G.EbRGIA AND THE STATE ~~f=tARiME.NT .OF AGRICULTURE 
Athons, G.. e,-a:r gia  
. . .._ .... 
 
um 
JU.L l t; '57 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT-OF -AGRICULTURIE . _ , . :. 
 
. ' . AGR.ICOLTliRAL MARKETING SERViCE . . . . ' . 
 
 ' 319 EXTENSION BLDG.; ATHENS; GA.  :.. ) '  
 
  . ~uly 11,. ~951  
 
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FLUE-CURED TOBACCO POODUCTION" SMALLEST SINCE 1943: Curr'en~ prospects point  to 
a tobacco crop ..of 83,-475,000 pounds for 1957, the smallest crop since 
 
1943. This will be a reduction of 35 percent from 1956 and is only 56 percent . 
 
as to 
 
large as the record 1955 erop of 147 ;9651000 
harvest 63,000 acres this year, the smallest 
 
pounds,  Growers are eXpected since 1934; and a re.duction ~ . 
 
 . . 
 
of 28 percent from 1956., . Yield per acre is estimated  at 1325 pounds -~- 130 ' 
 
pounds below last year. Shade tobacco production (Type 62) is e.x,Pc.cted to be 
 
1, 485,000 pounds- this -year, 
 
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GEORGIA EXPECTS NEAR RECORD CORN CROP FHOM S~~LLEST ACREAGE SINCE 1890: 
 
The State_rs 1957 corn crop is currently estimated a.t 65,750,000 bushels . 
 
This will be the second largest crop of record being exceeded only by the . 
 
1955 crop of 67 ,o8o,ooo bushels.  A near record production is expe'cte.d from 
 
2,630,-ooo acres - -  3 percent below . last year and. the smallest acreage since 
 
1890, Acreage allotments in 14 commercial counties of South Georgia anq 
continued smaller  plantings throughout tho Piedn1ont are resp'onsibl'E~ for :the  
 
small acreage. . Average yield per acre is estimated at 25.0 bushels -- the 
 
highest. bf- rec'ord,. surpassing the previous high 1955 and ;t956' yields bf 24;0 
 
bushels. '  
 
   ' 
 
WHEAT PROSPECTS DECLTINE: The 1957 wheat crop is cu~rently estimated at 1,734,000 
 
bushels, a d;rop of 15 percent from the June 1 'forecp.s~~ Tpis .large decline 
 
resulted from adverse weather conditions which hampered harves't dudng June  . 
 
causing a reduction in yield and some abandonment. Excessive rainfall at harvest  
 
time reduced the quality of the grain ..harvested and cause'd more lodging than 
 
normal.  Current -forecast of 1,734,000 bushels is 29 percent below the 1956 ctop 
 
of 21 4-361000 bushels.   
 
  
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Yield per acre on July 1 was estimated at 17.0 bushels per acre, a decrease of 
4 )?ushels . ~~~ tho record high of 21.0 bushels :per acre in 1~?? The Ju~:'f 1. . . ... 
 
harvested acreage is estimated at 102,.000 acres or 12 percent less than the 
 
116,000 ac.res harvested inl956,  and,- tf;l_e s'mallest acreage. to be .harvested since  - 
 
. i93' l..;...w. hen ..6' 11 000 . ; 
 
acres 
: 
 
were harvest~d~  
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  . 
. 
 
be P.~ACH PRODUCTION DNCHANO'SD FROM JUNE~. 1: Georgia Is. 19~7 'total p,each crop . .. .. ..,... 
(including farni .and co$Jlt3rcial 'production~ is expec'ted to '2;6qo;ooo bu~}lels ' :..;. 
 
as :Qf :.July  l This is. the same as the June 1 estimate, and ~s. 11'0001 000 .    bu.shels' more tpa,n 'tlms produced laat ycart . ..Harvest in the Fort VallEly area is  
 
virtually completed and_ early EJ,.berta harvcs.t is becoming act~ve . in Meriwether;  
 
Upson -County section0 Volume movement from northcrrn counties.' ~fs  expecteda.fte.r  : 
 
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PEANUTS: Acreage of peanuts plan~ed alone is es.:timated at 616 
 
acres or 
 
three percent more than the 598~000 'ticre's planted alohe ' last  year. 'The first  
 
t. production estimate for 1956 will be made as of August lo 
 
CROP 
 
I 
 
Corn 
 
Bu. 
 
vJheat 
 
Bu. 
 
Oat a 
 
Bu. 
 
eye 
Barley 
 
BBuu.j 
 
Toba cco, 1~11 
 
Lb 
 
Potatoes, Irish Potatoes, Swuot 
 
CCwwtt ~ 
 
Hay, All 
 
Tons, 
 
Peanuts, Alone 
 
3oybeans, Alone 
 
Poaches, total crop 
 
Pears, total crop 
 
Cotton 
.. 
 
GEORGIA CROPS 
 
AQREAGE ( 000) 
 
1956 : I 1957 . i 1957 
 
n i 
j 
 
iPerccnt of 1956 
 
2, 711 2,b30 
 
116 102 
 
85 
 
433 411 95 
12 13 108 
 
12 16 130 
 
859..1 
 
64.1 4.8 
 
71 96 
 
I 16 13 
 
569958 
 
691 616 
 
81 
99 
103 
 
107 l 112 105 
 
854 I 590 
 
YIELD 
 
1956 IIndio. 
!July 1 
 
11957 
 
24~0 2;,.o 
 
21.0 17.0 33.0 28~0 
 
11.5 10.5 
 
28.0 26.5 
 
:1.452 1325 
 
46 47,$ 
 
46 
 
50 
 
.89 
 
.92 
 
I 
 
PRODUCTION (000) 
 
1956 I Indio. 
 
July 1 
 
1957 
bS jOb4 bS, rso 
 
2:,436 1;734 
 
14,289 11,508 
 
138 
 
136 
 
336 
 
424 
 
129,371 84,960 
 
229 
 
228 
 
736 
 
650 
 
616 
 
637 
 
I 1,600 216oo 
 
80 
 
86 
 
I 
 
ARCHIE LL\NGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
William E. Kibler Agricultural statiStician 
 
 UNITED sTATES GEl'JERr L CRoP RE:Poa1 As OF JULY i, 1957 
 
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Total crop output t~i's year now seems likely to be the smallest since 19.51 .  -r _ 
 
because of slow and unpromisin'g sta rts for main crops planted last fall  and .. .. _. ,. . 
 
this spring in importe.nt areaso' : Harve sted acreage may edge slightly above.. 
 
l ast year's total from record sorghum gains and increased acreages of barley 
and oats although total planted acreage me.y be the smallest in nearly 40 years. 
 
Some improvement in prospects is possible if favorable conditions predominate 
 
for growth, maturity and harvest, but the spring r everses have lowered . chance,s ... 
 
for matching 1-ast ycart s record high.' level of per acre yields. 
 
. ' 
 
' . .:. 
 
. . 
 
Prospects for com, cotton, soybeans and other crops have been retarded or 
 
reduced by lateness and difficulty in establishing good stands. Harvesting _: 
 
delays forced by wet Heather have cut th e t akeuhome pay yields of many ea.rly ., ... 
 
ripenin g fall grain :fioldso Pasture s and hay crops gonerD:lly ha ve k ept up .: ., . . ~ ~ :'', 
f a st and heavy growth., Soil moisture has been abundant to excessive over . 
 
much l arger areas than last year. This abundance could cut l at e r losses from 
 
drought and heat.~ Irrigati~:m water supplies are best in recent years. 
 
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The 1957 corn crop needs consistently good weather to approach the large totals : . , : 
 
of recent years. Prospects  arc better than last year in much of -~owa~ Kansas,. .., : 
 
Nebraska, and South Dakota 1-lhero drought damage was severe. Pla!ftt.ng 'delays  ... . _. , .,: 
 
have been worst in years in large parts .of Illinois, Indiana and low , areas .  . . . 
 
in other States, ' mostly southt.vard.  Mc.my  early plantings also made slow growth,, . .: .--: 
 
suffered loss or  thinning of stands and have had tough week competitionr The  .. 
 
3.0 billion 'bushel crop is based on per acre yields which average well below 
 
... .. 
 
last year's record but higher than for any other year, except 1948.  A much  ... -= 
 
l a rger oat crop than last year's is in prospect; good yields are expected 
 
in le'a ding North Central States where the crop was poor last year. Winter 
 
oats in Southern States, already harvested, had yields cut by 'di"scase and 
 
storms. Barley production 1:rill be all-time record, swelled by h:l,.gh yields . 1n 
 
Northern and Western State s on la rgest acreage since 1942 0 Prospective ,ton- ., . ., 
 
nage of coz-n; oats and barley is' about 6 percent less than last  year's.; 
 
J   
 
Nearly a'' half more sorghum than last yc2.rts record change is in line for  . 
 
harvest from 1.vell-soakcd Great Plains land probably indicating a. record crop ,  .' . 
 
of sorghum grain. 
 
WITED STATES 
 
CBOP 
 
;J,.CREAGE IN THOUS. : 1957 As a  YIElD 
 
PRODUCTION IN THOUS . 
 
Ha.rv. :]'or Sa.rv : Peroent of &' 
 
;Ind. JUly 
 
&Ind. July 1.   
 
1956 . : 195-'i! 
 
1956 
 
z 1956 1, 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
Corn, All 
 
Bu: . 75,950 72,289 
 
Wheat, All 
 
Bu: ~9,817 13,161 
 
Oats, Cotton, 
 
J./ 
 
. : Bu: 33,639 . 35,774 16,833  14,224 
 
Hay, Ail 
 
Ton: 73,627 73,:499  
 
Soybeans, 2/ 
 
.:. 21,970 22,551 
 
Peanuts, 27 
 
t 1,840 
 
1,832 
 
Potatoe s,-lrish Cwt; 1,385.5 1,400.1 
 
Sweet Potatoes Cwt: 284.7 
 
273.8 
 
Tobacco, All. 
 
Lb: 1,~65.1 1,~2~.3 
 
95.2 
86.6 100.3 
84.5 99.8 102.6 99.6 
101.1 96.2 
82 .. 7 
 
.45.4 
20.0 34.3 
. 1.48 
-: 
59.4 
~598 
 
41.7 ~h.8 
- .38',4 
1.63 
-  
60.7 1472 
 
: 
 
I . 
 
. 
 
3,451,292 , 3;011~9!2' 
 
. '997;207 . 940; 093 
 
1,152 ,6 52 i 1, 3 74 1 304 
 
108 ,708 
 
119,608 
 
16,922 
 
'16,610 . 
 
2t18Q;805 " 1,660,756 
 
y Acreage in cultivation July 1, . gf Grown Alo;ne for .all. Pm.;J'oses  
 
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- , AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE . 
 
't_ .  . UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ' AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens; Georgia 
 
VEGETABLE. CRO 
 
U.S . DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR!: AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE SJ9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHE.NS, GA. 
July. 12, l957 
 
UNITED STATES: . The production of summer vegetables and melons durmg 1957 is expected to be slight~ ab01.1e production in this season ;:Last year, 
the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Forecasts prepared July 1 ~or crops 
which constituted three-fourths of the sununer production last year, indicate that .total production will be 2 per cent above 19.56. Increased acreage is the p::t;'imary fact contributing to the indicated i ncrease in production. Compared to last year 
significantly more summer production is indicated for watermelons, onions, cantaloups, celery and sweet corn0 Partially offsetting th ese increases were marked declines in pr~uction for l ettuce, cabbage, carrots and honey dew melons. 
 
LIMA BE.A.NSi The first forecast of production in .the sununer States, at 210,000 cmt., is down 16 percent from last year and37 percent below average A re- 
duction in acreage is primarily r esponsible for the declineG Exc essiv e rains at planting time contributed to the r educed acreage in Georgia. Insect damage and heavy rains short ened the harvest season in southern Ge orgia. However, later areas r eport good vine growtho Weather in North Carolina has g encralzy favor8d good crop .p.evelopment.. .In New J ersey, the drylarrl acre age has been advursely affected by hot dryweather but the irrigated acreage is progressing satisfactorily. Harvest is .expected .to ~ start about July 1.50 Hot, dry weather on Long Island, where most o:f 
r . . . . . the Now York crop is grown, has h eld back development. 
CABBAGE1 Early sununer production fa- fresh market ani kraut is now fore cast at ~,000 cwt~, .5 percent below last year an4 avorage. Harvest was ac- 
tive in New Jersey during most of June 0 Early fields produc ed good yields but hot1 dry _"l'e ather has been unfavorable for lhl.or fie lds., On Long Island, light harvest started late in June . The crop has boon advers ely affe cted by hot, dry weatherc In Chio, weather during Juno was generally favorable for good growth. Light harvest started oh early fields tho last half of Junco With ample moistur e supplies, yield prospects in Virginia arc good., Harvest started the first wee k in July with 1 volume moveme nt expe ct ed about mid-montho Hot, dry weather has r educed yield pros-:pocts in New England. 1'1ovomont is about at pe ak. Cabbage in Minnesota has made satisfactcr-y progr osss Hoisture fs plentiful_ but warll!I!I.Jr weather is needed for ~ptimum dev elopmonto 
 
CANTALOUPS2 The oarly summer crop is now for e cast at 748,000 cwt0 , 12 percent 
 
. . 
 
under last y ear's production and 56 percent below average. Tho . cur- 
 
r ent estimat e is down 16 percent from that o:f June 1. 1'his r esulted from low~r 
 
yield prospects in South Carolina and Ge orgia. Loss o:f production in thos e .two 
 
States was a r esult of June r ains 0 Damage was more s ever o in South Carolina~ Disease is prevalent and some acreage is cxpocted to be abandoned. Harvest has 
 
~ndec;l in South Georgia ani is past peak in the central areas . Arizona 's oxp octod 
 
yield is higher than in ~956 but production will bo l oss be cause of a much lower  
 
acreage. Hartest is undorway witl;l. daily product.ion increasing, but th e l ev el .cannot 
 
t eaCh that of; last season~ 
 
 
 
r~NAP BEANS: Production of summer snapboans is for.ocast at 1,4.21,000 cv:t., up n early 
 
.. 
 
2 percent from tho 1956 crop af 1,4oo, 000 cwt., but about 6 porcvnt  
 
4-o ss .than the average crop of 11 .5083 000 cwt. Changes from last year by Stat es  wore mostly small to moderate. North Carolina harvest started about July 10 and 
 
--ifili be. heavy by. the middle of tho month. Growing conditions have bE;J on favorable 
 
....~d -. a good . c;rop is expe cted. Harvest in Ge orgia began the f:irst week in July. Ex- 
 
cessive rains in th o mountairi areas result ed in abov e normal vine growth. Ins e ct ~amage is considerable . In Tenness ee, amplo moistur e has r osultGd in early matur- 
 
ity, high quality and excellent yields. Most of th e pr es ent moveme nt is being- 
 
bought by processors. Peak supplies arc indicat ed about mid-July" Ample moistur e 
 
in ~labama is producing good yields. In Colorado, growth was de layed early in the 
 
~e ason by cool, wet -vwathor but the crop is now progres.sing r apidly. 
 
1~A'I'E;'m1ELONS: Early sununor production is now for~ cast nt 19,83Q,OOO cwt., 6 percent 
mor e than last year and averagc& Waterme lons in North and South (' arolina wer e seriously damaged by excessive rains during Jun~ o. Shipping is activo 
~ th o important Barnwoll-Allonda lo-Hampt o D arqa of So,uth C.arolina but will be lighter than expect ed earlier. The rains set .up ideal  conditions for dis ease such 
as .mildew and- blight.. Vines are not holding up well and th or u .is an unusually ' ....;Light .sot qr ' melons . . I1ov emont began about July l from .tho Poe :noe areas w}'_ler e the 
crop .is in better cond,iti on  Harvest 'has pas sed tho p oak in s quthorn areas of 
 Ge orgia and is ncar .th e p eak in the Gorde l e. area. Excessive rains have caus ed some damage; sun blist er and second growth are resulting in poor qunlity. Har vest 
is activ o in Alabama mere the crop continues in good condition. Some areas of 
Mississippi have boon damaged by excessive rains with some blight and end-rot r eported. Harvest is underway with vo~ume movement expe cted about mid-Ju]y. \fith favor able soil and weather conditions, prospects in Arkansas improv ed during June. 
(Over) 
 
 ..:, 2 - 
WATERME.LOl\TS, Cont.: The - crop is still late nnd some nic.lons mnyb;o d~agcd by }jot1 
dry weather later in tho season. Excessive rains  have caused some damage: in the north central area of Louisiana nnd favor ed dise.ase dc.volopmont. Harvest of a good . crop in the early area of tho State started about June 20 but  
little harvest is expected in the important north central area before July lOo 
A sizable acreage had to bb replanted ih Oklahoma and the crop is very l at e . - In Texas heavy rains in May that continued int ermittently during June rosultod in dis eas e development in many fields iri central and eastern counties. Howevor 1 conditions improved .1n many areas during tho second half of Juno. Supplies continuo . avaiJ:.abl e from southern producmg aroas 0 Harvest is getting underway in central  Texas but is not expected to start in eastern areas until mid~UJ.y.. Most areas have good moisture r es erves and harvest is exp ected to ext end over a longer por~od : . than in r e cent years 0 Harvest of th e s'ununor crop in tho San Joaquin Va lley started early in July but supplies. will be limited until mid-montho 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
Agricultural Statistician~ In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
**** * **~~** 
 
s Acreage and Indic at ed Production Ropartod to Date, 19 7 with Comparisons 
 
CROP . AND STATE 
 
ACRE.AGE 
 
I Average 
 
~Indo 
 
1949-55 1956 1957 
 
I YIELD .P'~ ACRE 
 
.PR ODUCTION 
 
I I Av~ 
 
Indo Av orago j 
 
I Ind. 
 
49-SS 1956 1957 1949-SS 1956 . 1957 
 
LI:t-Af BEANS: 
 
-Acres - 
 
... cwt. - 
 
- 1_,000 cwt. - 
 
Surnmor : 
 
NOwYork 
 
1,800 
 
New . Jers ey :. 
 
2~100 
 
Ohio 
 
720 
 
I1ncyland  
 
1,170 
 
North Carolina 1,460 
 
Ge o r g i a 
 
5~,890 
 
GrauE total 13,130 
 
650 l,Soo 
180 1,ooo 
13500 
4~,900 
9, 730 
 
soo 
-1,400 
 1,000 1.;soo 
4~,300 
8.!700 
 
SNAP BEANS: 
 
Summer t 
 
~ow Hampshire 
 
290 
 
250 250 
 
Masso . 
 
1,370 1,200 1,300 
 
Rhode Island 
 
270 200 200 
 
Conn. 
 
1,120 
 
950 1,ooo 
 
Now York, Leio 1,870 1,300 1,200 
 
New Y'ork 
 
12,100 ll~ 600 11_,100 
 
Fa . 
 
3,170 2,300 2_,'200 
 
Ohio 
 
3,310 3~300 3,600 
 
Illinois l'l1ch. . 
 
1,290 1,200 1,200 : 2~530 2~500 2,Soo 
 
Virginia 
:N c. 
 
660 
 
650 700 
 
7, 630 8_,200 7~800 
 
 J c;:;orgia 
 
2,170 1,6oo 1,460 
 
Te n n . 
 
1~760 . 1,100 1_,200 
 
Alabama 
 
1,300 1_,200 1,200 
 
Colorado 
 
840 
 
750 700 
 
. Group total . 41,_680 38,300 37,550 
 
~ABBAGE: jj 
 
- Late Summar 2 ? ao !ndiana Illinois Iowa . . N. Co  Goorgia 
Golornd:o Nc;.w I1cxico 
itlash;i.ngton Cal i f 0 Gr oup to~al . 
 
4~310 4,130 4~000 
 
2,210 1,900 1,950 
 
2,720 2,600 2,600 
 
1~0~0 
 
700 900 
 
.4j270 4,200 4,ooo 
 
760 700 600 
 
- 3,400 2, 900 2,600 380 . 250 1_,660 1,170 1,2oo 
 
. 2~,410 22100 22100 
 
23,110 20, 55o 19,950 
 
42 45 
32 35 37 31 26 26 21 26 18 20 ~> 25 
.. 
.. 
' .. 
 
41 
 
76 
 
-34 
 
65 
 
27 
 
26 31 
 
26 31 
 
18 lOS 
24 33~ 
 
.. 
 
.. 
29 52  
6 26 
39 98 
2~0 
. . 
.. .. 
 
20 
--48 .. 
26 39 77 210 . 
. . 
 
33 40 40 
 
10 
 
10 
 
10 
 
34 * 40.- . 40 
 
47 * 48 
 
52 
 
35 . 40 40 
 
9 
 
: 8 
 
8 
 
34 .38 35 
 
38 : . 36 
 
35 
 
42 40 . 40 79 
 
52 
 
48 
 
42 3.8 . : 43 Sc:S 441 
 
477 
 
42 .so- -  48 133 . us 
 
106 
 
40 40 . 40 131  132 
 
144 
 
27 '30 ' 26 
 
34 
 
36 
 
. 31 
 
30 33 ' 30 76 
 
82 
 
75  
 
29 39 33 19 
 
25  
 
2) 
 
31 33 33 238 
 
271 
 
257 
 
28 26 29 35 38 40 
 
61 62 
 
.. 
 
42~ 
42 
 
: 
 
41 '48 
 
21 22 27 . 28 
 
26 
 
32 
 
44 45 48 . 37 . J4 : 34 
 
- 36 . 37 38 1;508 '*1,400 . 1,42l 
 
., 
 
.. . .. 
 
,. 
 
- 
 
~ 
 
180 187 175 717 
 
773 
 
124 201 130 271 382 . 178 . 180 ' 175 483 . 468 
 
147 140 155 152 
 
98 
 
143 140 150 610 588' 
 
91 100 100 69 
 
70 
 
- 240 237 255 . 824 
 
108_ ll2 
 
42 
 
688 28 
 
166< 231 205 272 
 
270 
 
230. 230 230 556 483 
. 175 186 181 4,o56 .3, 648 
 
. 700 254 . . 
455 140 . .. . 600 
60 
-663 
.. 246 
. 483 
J~bOl  
.. 
 
. : ,, .. ;..:. 
 
t :. 
 
: ~ .. ~ : 
 
.,.. 
 
. . .~ 
. . 
. I .... . . 
 
 - 3- 
 
ACREAGE AND INDICATED fRODUCTION R.E.PCRTLD TO DATE., 19.57 WITH CONPARISONS 
 
CROP AND STATE 
- 
 
I 
I Average 1949-.5.5 
 
ACREAGE 
 
I 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
19.56 
 
Indo Avfl> 
 
Inde Average 
 
Indo 
 
19.57 49-.5.5 19.56 19.57 1949-.5.5 19.56 19.57 
 
~f1Nl'AI.OUPS.. : 
- 
~arly Summer : 
 
-Acres - 
 
- Cwto - 
 
- 1,000 cwte - 
 
South Carolina .5,86o 6,200 6,600 37 
 
Ge o r g i a 
 
8,460 8,600 9,400 57 
 
Arizona 
 
9,z230 "22 sao 1.2.500 108 
 
- Group total 
 
23,.540 17,300 17,.500 73 
 
32 22 48 4.5 96 120 
49 43 
 
2ll+ 484 l.z018 1,71~ 
 
198 14.5 413 423 240 180 
851 748 
 
WATERMELONS: 
 
F.ar1;}: Summer: 
 
North Carolina 11,060 u,ooo 12,000 49 so So 
 
.540 
 
.5.50 600 
 
South Carolina 42,000 4o,ooo 43,000 .56 .52 .51 2,3.50 2, 080 2,193 
 
Ge orgia 
 
52,710 57 ,ooo 61,000 78 78 7.5 4,109 4,446 4,.57.5 
 
Alabama 
 
17,o1o 19,000 19,000 91 90 9.5 l,S4o 1,710 1,80.5 
 
1:i.ss is sippi 
 
10,340 14,ooo 13,000 70 67 7.5 
 
729 
 
938 97.5 
 
.rkansas 
 
10,000 11,300 12,000 84 89 83 
 
839 1,006 996 
 
Louisiana 
 
4, .540 3,900 4,300 7.5 8.5 70 
 
344 
 
332 301 
 
Oklahoma 
 
1.5,460 11,.500 10,000 64 60 6.5 
 
999 
 
690 6.50 
 
Texas Arizona California 
 
110,140 100~000 us,ooo 48 44 46 
.5,100 s.~ ooo s,soo 139 16.5 1.50 10~370 12.!000 122 000 131 140 13.5 
 
.5,2.52 710 
113.56 
 
4, 400 .5' 290 82.5 82.5 
l.z680 1~620 
 
Group total 288,740 284:;700 306,800 6.5 66 6.5 18,768 18,6.57 19,830 
 
* Revised 1/ Includes proccssingo 
 
 Ga.- 
 
ICJ007 
 
A3 
 
17-!;-7 
?.; CGIE(())~~ll~ C_Iffi()]JP: . ..  .. ~: D  : U:J~~: sm:~vncJE ;,: 
 
AGRICULTU~AL EXTENSION SERVICE. . 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
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STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . 
 
. .' 0 I-~'PI~ IT\. OF GE.ORGIA 
 
 . 
 
s. 
 
  :.  '  DEPARTMENT 
 
OF 
 
. AGRICULTURE 
 
l: ,. 
 
GRICU I._TURAL MARKETING SERVICE ~ 
 
319_EXTENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA. i 
 
Athens, G13orgia 
 
uly 17, 1957 
 
.;: ; 
 
i 
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l 
.COMMERCIAL AREA* 
 
During the week ending July 13 commercial hatcheties placed 5,809,000 chicks ; 
 
with the broiler producers in Geor;gia' ,COJlllTlercial are.aso . This compares with the: 
 
5,733,000 placed the previous we.ek and ;ls ;l) percent more thari the 5,150,000 ' ! 
 
placed the same week. last year.    -'   
 
  
 
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Eggs set by local hatcheries amoUil:ted to 6,970;000 compared with -6,.803,000. for ; 
 
the previous week and is 15 perc_en't gr'eater than' the 6, 0'67, 000 for :the cor-res- ; 
 
pending week last y~ar~ . 
 
  
 
..  
 
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. 
 
 41 
 
- 
 
HatcherieS: reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week q.t an average. 
 
of 63 cents :per aozeno Ave rage price charged by. hatc}leries  for ttk chicks was : 
 
reported q,t : ~~10. 75 per hundred.  These prices compare wit-h 62 cents and $lloGO  
 
for the pveVious week and 71 cents and $'12'o 75 one year agoo Egg prlces shown : 
 
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
I 
 
' 
 
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~ 
 
. 
 
Weighted av$rage pri~es from the Federal...state :Market .News Servi_ce ;for. br9ilers 
 
during the veek ending July. 13 are as  follmr~s: . North Georgia broiJ;.ers 2 1/2 - 
 
3 3/4 pound~; a't farms 20.,42; FOB plants 21.47 ' ~ 
 
 
 
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(See .reverse__ ; s:iro.~ '.t.b:.r ~dther s-~a~~) 
 
Date Week Ending 
 
GEORG-IA CHICK PLACEMENT- BY wEEKS 
 
 E_ggs 
 
. PERIOD 
 
MAY 
 
11, ... 
 
THROUGH 
. 
 
JULY 
 
1. 3, 
 
1957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/  Inshiprnents 
 
. :.Set 
 
 Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
'1956. . : . 1957 1956 : 1957 1956 t 1957 . 
 
.Thousands . 
 
. 
 
!' 
 
~ Tho:usantlS" ' 
 
Thou.$~ds 
 
 
 
.. ' 
 
... 
Total Placed  , on Farms 
1956 : : . 1957 
, Thousands .. 
 
May 11 May 18 
May 25 
June 1 June 8 
June 15 
June 22 
June 29 July 6 July 13 
 
4,390 5,030 
 
41349 
4., 33'1_. 
 
. 5,156 5,276 
 
,. 
 
'4;40.0 .\ : 5, 208 ~. 
 
4,465 5,215 
 
4,578 5,266 
 
4,4h6 5,23$ 
 
4,481' _' 
4,572 :\ 
 
55;,005418 
 
.. 
 
4,472 5,075 
 
732 675 
742 639 7/9 .  6'38 81!4 . 682 
BI5 662 
808 736 7~ . 6.38 804 733 828 682 678 734 
 
55,,019212 ' . 
5,130 
5,214 
5,280 5,386 
5,181 
;. 5, ~85 
5,400 
5_,150 
 
5, 705.5,795 .5,914 5,890 5, 877 ; 
6,002 : 
5,8.7.3 ; 5,781 
5,733 ; 5,809 . 
 
l/ Exclusive of hat.ching$ shipped~t~~states out~side .of Ge~,l"gia. 
 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge c . . 
 
tl- 
 
 
 
 .. 
 
WEYMAN G. O'NEAL 
 
 . .A~r?-cul~ural Sta~istician . 
 
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EGGS SET AND : CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 195T 
 
9a.ge 2. 
 
state 
 
: 
 
June 
 
July I . JUly 
 
. 29 
 
6 
 
. 13 
 
' EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
i 
 
E Miiy 
~ 11 
I 
 
Week Ending 
 
. . May May June : June 
 
. 18 r  25 . 
 
1 
 
e 
 
. June I June 
 
June : July : JUly 
 
15 : 22 : 29 r 
 
6 : 13 
 
CHICKS PlACED - THOUSANDS . 
 
.. 
 
Maine  Connecticut .Pennsylvania 
 
I I 
 
1,269 957 
 
i 1,193 
 
1,288 852 
1,294 
 
1,334 95'7 
1,173 
 
1,0'19 1,004 1,052 985 1,070 1,()99 1,088 . 1,048 1,006 
 
638 
 
560 
 
6'19 619 
 
576 
 
693 
 
648 
 
551 
 
548 
 
9'77 
 
889 
 
786 783 
 
773 
 
783 
 
855 
 
716 
 
629 
 
967 610 '101 
 
' Indiana 
 
I I 
 
1,840 
 
1,821 
 
1,812 
 
935 
 
857 
 
925 916 1,091 ;1.,022 1,070 1,066 1,074 1,019 
 
Illinois Misscniri Delaware 
 
390 
I 1,693 
I 2,217 
 
340 1,617 2,189 
 
.325 1,68"9 2.-208 
 
228 680 1,831 
 
188 612 1,795 
 
191 184 674 573 2,175 1,921 
 
195 657 1,923 
 
18~. 
636 1,917 
 
177 620 1,942 
 
128 618 1,913 
 
180 669 1.,983 
 
180 736 2,();42 . 
 
Maryland 
 
2,261 2,241 2,285 
 
1,653 1,620 1,438' 1,625 1,585 1,606 1,677 1,694 1,714 1,622 
 
Virginia 
 
2,078 2,1.24 
 
2,135 
 
1,259 1,197 1,2.18 1,319 1,162 1,4:25 1,218 1.394 1,426 1,436 
 
West Virginia North Carolina 
 
397 2,.897 
 
367 2,891 
 
363 2,894 
 
518 
 
590 . : 506 544 
 
2,303 2,21? ' - 2~22 '3 2,214 
 
547 
 
.535 ;,\ 604 
 
2,287 . 2,318; 2.393 
 
530 2,289 
 
486 
 
612 
 
2,295 2,200 
 
.South Carolina 
 
521 
 
513 
 
473 
 
368 
 
348: . ~33 
 
353 
 
366 
 
310 
 
331 
 
309 
 
Zti'T 
 
394 
 
. GEORG I.A __ 
 
7,042 
 
5,'705 
 
5,914 5,890 5,87'7 6 ..002 5,873 5,781 5,733 5,809 
 
or a 
 
Alabama 
 
2,560 2,505 2,476 
 
2,167 2,180 2,097 2 ,29'7 2,171 2,236 2,209 2,274 2,115 2,118 
 
. Mississippi 
 
1,985 2,080 2,020 
 
1,44'7 1,348 1,4;30 1,464 1,494 1,382 1,391 1,.467 1,519 1,59' 
 
.Arkansa~. 
 
3,275 3,202 3,218 
 
2,362 2,409 ;;2,503 2,391 2,638 2,401 2,586 2,619 2,617 2,504 
 
Louisiana 
 
3'76 
 
402 
 
377 
 
352 
 
376 .: : 385 394 
 
445 
 
390 
 
405 
 
357 
 
367 
 
385 
 
Texas. Washington 
 
2, 792 380 
 
2 , .7 1 3 355 
 
2,530 321 
 
2,113 2,087 2,103 2,098 
 
265 
 
315 
 
346 297 
 
2,236 270 
 
2,338 275 
 
2,272 2,198 
 
301 .. 
 
318 
 
2,275 2,102 
 
220 
 
224 
 
Oregon 
 
287 
 
281 
 
258 
 
180 
 
155 
 
150 175 
 
147 
 
181 
 
20'7 
 
159 
 
166 
 
220 
 
California 
 
1,319 1,27'7 1,237 
 
1,070 
 
994 
 
953 965 
 
888 
 
890 
 
928 .' 801 
 
941 
 
976 
 
TOTAL. 1957 TOTAL 1956 
 
., 
 
I . ..,!. 
 
.3..8 
' 
 
, 
 
1 
 
6 
 
5 
. 
 
. .. 35,642 
 
37,532 34,686 
 
37,451 34,37'1 
 
28,238 
 
27,746 
 
28,286 28,1'77 
, .. 
 
2'7,518 27,680. 2"&9 2.8 '028 
 
28,605 28,099 
 
28,826 28,219 
 
29,01'7 
21 ,e32 
 
28,478 27,661 
 
28,548 28,719 26,520 26,265 
 
:I, 1957 .'f. of 1956 _:. 
 
107 . 
 
108 
 
109 
 
103 
 
101: 103 10). . 
 
102 
 
102 
 
104 
 
103 
 
107 
 
109 
 
 -. r'l l~ '~ 
 
f1 ,-, 1-, l-:-l " ,.., T":"I 
 
""1:?'-r "t":"\ T T""'\ 
 
fi "" TT""\ n~,""'I ~TT-rn"'T"n""' T 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
U'IIVfP<: TY OF rEQ::>GlJ!. 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURI! 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANO THE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICI! 
 
( 
 
AStThAeTnEsD, EGPAeRoTrMgEiaNT OF  AGRICULTURE 
 
 JUl 2 7 '57 
 
319 EXTENSION BLDG., ~THENS, GA. ' 
. ' 
 
UBRAt l S 
 
July 24, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending July 20 commercial hatcheries placed 5,860,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia conunercial areas. This compares With . the~ 
5,809,000 placed the previous week and is 14 percent more than the 5;160,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 7,051,000 compared with 6,9tO,OOO for  
 
the previous week and is 13 percent greater than the 6,251,000 for t~e corres-  
 
pending \veek last year. 
 
: 
 
: 
 
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Hatcheries . reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at .an average_ 
of 63 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was  reported at .$llo00 per hundred. These prices compare with 63 cents and ~10.75 for the previous week and 71 cents and $12.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract o~ otherwise. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State lfurket News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending July 20 are as follows: North Georgia -broilers 2 l/2 - 
 
3 3/4 pounds; at farms 21.00; FOB plants 22.00. 
 
 
 
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( See reverse side for other states) 
 
DateWeek Ending 
May 18 May 25 June 1 June 8 June 15 June 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 July 20 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS 
 
~ 
- Eggs Set 
1956 : 
 
' PERIOD MAY 1a, THROUGH JULY 20, 1957 ~ Chicks Hatch-ed l/ ~ Insni.pments I - T-o-tal- Plaeed 
 
. . Placed in Georgia of Chicl<:s 
 
on Farms 
 
1957 1956 : 1957 
 
1956  1957 1956  1957 
 
Thou~ands' 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands . 
 
Thousands 
 
.. 
 
6,531 
6,531 6,516 
6,516 
 
7,627 ?;510 
7~212 
7,213 
 
4,349 :' 5',156 
4,331 . 5~276 
4,400 5,208 
4,465 5,215 
 
742 639 5,091 5,795  799 638 5,130 5,914 814 682 5,214 5,890 
815 662 5,280 5;"877 
 
6,896 7,131 4,578 " 5,266; 
 
808 736 5,386 . 6,002 
 
6, 7'70 
6,5~4 
6,152 
6,067 
6,251 
 
7,182 
 
7,042 
 
6,803 
 
6,970 
 
. .. j 
 
7,051 
 
4,446 4,481 
4,572 4,472 . 4,470 
 
5,235 5,048 5,051 
5,o?~ : 
5,141 
 
735 638 5,181 5,873 
804 133 5,285 .5,781 828 682 5,400 5,133 678 734 5,150 5,.809 
690 719 5,160 5,860 
 
-1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states outside of Georgia. : 
 
CARL (1).. roESC~ 
 
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. :~. ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
Agricult~ral Statistician in Gha~ge 
 
. ... .... 
 
 . ' 
 
State 
 
-- EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED HI COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS 
 
~~ 
 
ry===;nr=: 
 
Week Ending 
 
July 
e 
 
July 13 
 
July 20 
 
~ May 18 
 
May 
 
June 
 
25 : 
 
1 
 
June 8 
 
June 15 
 
: EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
~~=er, ~ 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
1957 
June 22 
 
June 29 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsy 1vania Indiana I l l i n oi s Missouri Delaware 
Maryland 
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mi ssissippi  Arkansas Louisiana Te:xa.5 Washingt()n Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 
 
1,288 1,334 S52 957 
1,294 1,.173 1,821" 1,.812 
340 325 l&e17 1,689 2,189 2,2a..~ 2,241 2,28.6 2,124 2,.135 
387 383 2,891 2,8 ~4 
513 473 e,.8q: 3 6,970 
377 396 2,505 2,476 2",. 080 2, c:20 3,202 3,218 
402 377 2, 713 2,530 
355 321 281 258 1,277 1,237 
 
1,365 Sl3 
1,319 1,. 755 
373 1,.599 2,.171 2,.258 2,.2 0 3 
391 2, 8 64 
4c'4 7, C51 
399 2,477 1,. 620 3,105 
388 2,451 
305 245 1,175 
 
37,.532 37,451 37,111 
 
1,004 560 889 
as? 
188 612 1,.795 1,620 1,.197 590 
2,212 
343 5, 79~ 
215 
2,180 
 
1,.052 679 786 
~25 
191 674 2,175 1,438 1,218 5CS 2,223 333 5,914 
2o5 
2,Q;97 
 
985 6.19 ' 783 
916 184 6 ! 3 1,.921 1,525 1,319 544 2,.214: 353 5,.890 24 2,297 " 
 
1,. 34B 1,430 1,464 2,409 2,5('3 2,397 
 
37S 2,C&'l 
315 
I 155 
I 9S4 
 
385 2,103 
34 150 953 
 
$4 2,098 
297 175 S65 
 
27, 748 28,286 . 2e,,111 
 
1,.070 576 
--773 
1,001 195 657 
1,~23 
1,585 1,162 
547 2,287 
365 5,.877 
2o8 
2,171 1,494 2,638 
445 2,236 
27()' 
147 888 
28,E05 . 
 
1,099 >93 783 
1,022 165 836 
1,917 1,606 1,425 
535 2,.318 
310 e.oo2 
2o2 
2,236 
1,~2 
2,401 390 
2,338 275 181 890 
2B,.82ti 
 
1,.088 1,N8 
 
E48 
 
551 
 
855 
 
716 
 
1,070 1,066 
 
177 
 
128 
 
E2C 
 
618 
 
1,942 1,913 
 
1,677 1,694 
 
. 1,218 1,394 
 
E04 
 
530 
 
2,.393 . 2,.289 
 
331 
 
3C.9 
 
5,.873 5,. 781 
 
222 
 
248 
 
2,209 2,274 
 
1,391 1,467 
 
2, 5Sti 2,19 
 
4:0 5 
 
357 
 
2,.272 2,198 
 
301 
 
318 
 
207 
 
159 
 
928 
 
801 
 
29,017 28,.478 
 
TOTAL "195ti 
1957 % of 195 
 
34,.68ti 34,377 
 
1~ 
 
1 GS 
 
34, 047 1('9 
 
27,5130 2'7<~529 28, 028 
 
101 
 
103 : 1Cl 
 
28.099 102 
 
2i' .219 1G2 
 
27,~32 27,661 
 
10-! 
 
103 
 
Page 2. 
 
JUly E 
 
JUly 13 
 
JUly 20 
 
l,WS 548 E29 
1,074 180 669 
1,sg3 1,714 1,426 
48E 2,295 
367 5,733 
21& 
2,115 1,519 2,617 
367 2,275 
220 ltiti 941 
 
967 610 701 
1,0~9 ; 
180 736 2,042 1,622 1,436 fl2 2,200 394 5,809 
26 ? 
2,11~ 
1,59~ 
2,504 385 
2,102 224 220 978 
 
1,023 619 756 
958 167 637 1,827 1,.688 1,326 593 2,.125 393 5,\60 
221 
2,157 
1,.584 2,4!>0 
3e5 2,0)9 
292 163 
S4~ 
 
28,548 28,719 2f-,222 
 
2ti_.520 2ti,265 25,540 
 
107 
 
1C9 
 
111 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
.JUL 30 7 
 
1.1 . s. CEPAR TME I\lT :OF At; R: CU !. T' ll E 
AGRICULTURAl.. MAl KETING SERVICE 319 EX~ENSION : BL.DG., A T HENS, GA . 
 
Athens, -(}eorgia . 
 
LIB At\lt.::. 
 
July 29, 195.? 
 
GEORGIA CORN: 195.6 ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION 
 
District and County:'  Harvested Acres:  Yield Per Acre: Production 
-- - ~. -. -- ..... ------------ .... ------------- 
 
DISTRIC.T I 
 
Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade  
Floyd _ Gordon lVJurray 
Pau,lding Polk Walker 
~.Thitfield 
 
12,680 3,710 10,580 3,260 10,840 13,200 
8' 4.50 7,690 8,940 9,480 8,470 
 
. 23.7 33.2 28 .5 37.1 33.2 32.3 30.4 22.8 26.6 
38.0 38.0 
 
301,100 123,300 301,500 120,800 
)60,300 426,300 
?56, 80,0 . 
175, 300 237,700 
360,200 321,800 
 
Total 
 
97,300 
 
30.7 
 
2,985,100 
 
_DISTRICT . II 
Barrow Cherokee . Clarke 
Cobb . Dawson DeKalb  . Fannin' 
Forsyth . Fulton Gilniei'  
Gwinnett Half" .. 
Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens 
To~-ms 
Union '\rJalt.oh vJhite 
 
6,550 7,250 
1,750 6,520 
3,140 2,490 4,270 8,910 9, 360 4, 890 11,790 8,940 9,050 3,370 5,960 2, 620 2,620 
5,360 13,530 4,130 
 
20.9 
 
136,900 
 
33.2 
 
241,000 
 
20.9 
 
36,600 
 
22.8 
 
148,600 
 
34.2 
 
107,400 
 
21.8 
 
54,400 . 
 
47.5 
 
202;800 
 
38.0 
 
338 ,500 . 
 
29.4 
 
275,600 
 
33.3 
 
162,600 . 
 
29.4 
 
347,100 
 
27 .s 
 
246, 200' 
 
20.9 
 
189,100 . 
 
45.6 
 
153, 600 . .,. 
 
18.1 
 
107,600 
 
34.2 
 
89, 600 
 
44.7 
 
117,000 
 
42.7 
 
229,100 
 
20.9 
 
282,700 
 
38.9 
 
160,800 
 
Total 
-- DISTRICT III 
Banks Elbert Franklin Habersham Hart Lincoln Nadison Ogle't;horpe Rabun   Steph.ens vlilke.s  
'  Total 
 
122,500 
 
5,970 
 
5,540 
 
9,190 
 
'.. 
 
4,950 7,440 
 
3,590 
 
' . 8,350 
 
6,900 
 
2,960 
 
3,690 
 
' 
 
5,.590 
 
64,170 
 
29.6 
 
3, 627,200 
 
19.0 
 
113,!~00 
 
19.9 
 
110,500 
 
19.0 
 
174;600 . 
 
32.3 
 
159,-800 
 
19.0 
 
141,300 
 
113.1 
 
64,800 . . 
 
17.1 
 
1!+2,800 
 
16.1 
 
111,400 
 
47.5 
 
140,600 
 
21.8 
 
8o;6oo 
 
13.3 
 
74,300 
 
20.5 
 
1,314,100 
 
DISTRICT IV 
Carroll Chat tahoochee Clayton Cowet a ..  - ' 
Dougla~:f Faye~te 
Haral's6n Harris..  ' .  
Heard : . .. Henry..  , . Lamar 
 
25,500 
780 2,930 11,970 
4,930 6,100 I , 7,820 4:,370 8,120 10:,470 4,260 
 
30.4 
 
19.0 
 
20.9 
 
' .. f 
.. 
I ' ;.,  : ' 
..( .. ' ,. " ' . 
 
21.8 
23.8 23.7 22.8 
 
35.1 
 
I' 20.9 
 
.. ... ~ :... \' 18.0 . ,...... . 22.8 
 
( 
 
Dis.t.r, .ict 
 
.-4, 
 
.,CQl:lt:tnued) ' 
 
 
 
775,"200 : . 
 
14,800 
 
61, 200 
 
261,100 
 
117,100' . 
 
, 117484' 
 
800 300' 
 
" . 
 
' , :.. ;.' 
 
153,600 
 
169,700 
 
188, 90'0 
 
97,100 
 
 --- ~ 
 
 . GEORGIA CORN: 1926 A:CREAGEz IIELD AND PRODUCTION 
 
. 
 
- 
 
. .. . . . .  . 
. .. 
 
.Q~~t!~.~-~d-c~uatz: _ !!arv!:.s_!..e_2 !c!:e~:_ Xi~l_2 Ee! _!c!e.:. _P.!:o_2u_t_!o_l2 . .. . 
-. 
 
I) 
 
 DISTRICT ~,Conttd, 
 
Macon lvici.ri ori 
Heriwether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding 
Talbot Taylor Troup 
Upson 
 
30,520 15,790 14,440 
890 6,920 13,890 2,620 
4,970 21,180 
5,970 4,790 
 
33.2 19.0 20:9 24.7 23o 7.. 
29.5 . 27.6 35.2 23.7 19.0 26.6 
 
1,014,500 299,900 301,700 22,000 
164,300 409,000 
72,200 
174;700 502,900 113,400 . 127,400 
 
Total 
 
209,230 
 
25.6 
 
5,363,800 
 
DISTRICT V 
Baldwin Bibb 
Bleckley . Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston 
Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan 
Ne-vrton Peach Pulaski Putnam  
Rockdale Taliaferro Treutlep Twiggs Washington "Hheeler 
V.Tilkinson 
 
10,330 h,760 23,020 2,820 7,260 38,720 4,300 13,290 19,220 
2,780 
33,030 1,470 90,310 2,180 20,600 
8,540 7,140 9,200 18,680 2,280 
3,640 1,590 16,910 11,410 
35,490 23,840 14,290 
 
19.0 
 
196,200 
 
35.1 
 
167,300 
 
23.7 
 
546,600 
 
32.3 
 
91,100 
 
31.3 
 
227,500 
 
20Q9 
 
809,100 
 
1930 
 
81,700 
 
17.1 
 
227,200 
 
33.2 
 
638,900 
 
28.5 
 
79,200 
 
14.2 
 
470,400 
 
24.7 
 
36,300 
 
18.0 
 
1,629, 700. 
 
21.8 
 
47,600 " 
 
16.1 
 
332,600 . 
 
16. 1 
 
137,900 
 
25.6 
 
183,100 
 
38.9 
 
358:,300 
 
23.7 
 
443,500 
 
24.7 
 
56,300 . 
 
23.7 
 
86,400 
 
16.1 
 
25,700 
 
18.0 
 
305,200 
 
2546 
 
292,600 
 
18.0 
 
640,400 
 
21.8 
 
520,800 . 
 
18.0 
 
257,900 
 
Total 
 
427,100 
 
20.8 
 
8, 889.,500 
 
DISTRICT VI 
Bulloch 
Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren 
 
82,830 
57,220 . 28,470 
3,940 . -18,180 
50,960 9,570 ' 33,910 33,540 9,080 
4,340 59,190 11,840 
 
26.6 
. 18oO . 20.9 
10.5 23.7 12.3 17.1 10.4 17.1 9.5 16.2 
23.7 17.1 
 
.. 
2,203,100 " 
1,032,300 594,900 . 4J.,200 431,700 629,200 . 163,600 . 354,300 573,400 86,200 70,100 
1,405,400 202,400 
 
Total 
DISTRICT VII Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Miller 1VIitchel1 
 
403,070 
. :24,780 ,16,660 13,590 ?2,630 .11,940 52,510 52,930 20;520 . 39,670 59,430 
 
193 
20.9 24.7 . 19.0 26.6 27.5 21.8 3i.3 29.4 22.8 26.6 
 
1, 7B7,8. oo . 
517,800 411,400 258,100 1,399,600 328,900 ; 1,147,100 1,659,000 604,200 904,300 1,580,500 
 
I .. 
. . 
 
{ District 7, .continued) 
 
 ... . _ , ""'~ 
~ 
 
GEORGIA CORN: 1956 ACR~GE ~ YIELD AND 1JlQQ1JQ_TION 
 
District and County: Harvested Acres: Yield Per Acre: Production 
---------~---------------------- - - 
 
DISTRICT VII, Conttd, 
 
Quitman Randolph Seminole 
Stewart Sumter Terrell Thomas 
V.Tebster 
 
4,920 21,510 27,210 15,680 
35,160 26,570 53,620 11,670 
 
24.7 
 
121,500 
 
20.9 
 
449,500 
 
29.h 
 
801,100 
 
20.9 
 
327,600 
 
31.3 
 
1,102,000 
 
27e5 
 
731,800 
 
24.7 
 
1,324,100 
 
22.8 
 
266,000 
 
Total 
 
541,000 
 
25.8 
 
13,934,500 
 
DISTRICT VIII 
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth 
 
15,870 l).l,090 
42,740 51+, 980 2,320 56,360 69,560 28,650 31,160 
38,230 4,290 
37,090 20,900 10,980 
33,710 29,680 28,210 16,900 2h,ll0 52,800 
 
29.h 
 
467,000 
 
20.9 
 
29h,400 
 
22.8 
 
. 974,200 
 
29.4 
 
1,618,800 
 
34.2 
 
79,300 
 
26.6 
 
1,498,800 
 
25.6 
 
1,783,800 
 
22.8 
 
653,100 
 
25~6 
 
799,100 
 
23.7 
 
907,800 
 
26.6 
 
114,100 
 
31.3 
 
1,162,500 
 
28.5 
 
595,500 
 
31.3 
 
344,100 
 
28.5 
 
960,500 
 
19.0 
 
563,800 
 
30.4 
 
857,400 
 
19.9 
 
337,100 
 
19.9 
 
480,900 
 
23.7 
 
1,253,700 
 
Total 
 
612,630 
 
25.7 
 
15,745,900 
 
DISTRICT IX 
Appling Bacon 
Brantley Bryan 
Camden 
Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long 
l1cintosh Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne 
 
28,840 
21,680 
5,370 5,750 
320 
1,390 1,590 17,400 
320 2,190 
5,140 2h0 
27,100 
43,810 
34,240 15,910 22,710 
 
21.8 
 
630,000 
 
28.5 
 
617' 700 
 
25.6 
 
137,700 
 
23.7 
 
136,500 
 
23.8 
 
7,600 
 
23.7 
 
33,000 
 
27.5 
 
43,800 
 
21.8 
 
380,100 
 
25~6 
 
8,200 
 
24.7 
 
54,100 
 
28 n5 
 
146,500 
 
23.8 
 
5,?00 
 
22.8 
 
617,700 
 
24.7 
 
1,081,800 
 
19.0 
 
650,400 
 
21.8 
 
347,600 
 
22.8 
 
517,700 
 
Total 
 
234,000 
 
23.1 
 
5,416,100 
 
STATE TOTALS 
 
2,711,000 
 
24.0 
 
65,064,000 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KmLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT 0~ AGRJC.U.L.TURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
 UG , l 57 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU~E AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 29, 1957 
 
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GEORGIA: Stocks  of corn in all storage posiM.ons on July 1 totaled 6,898,000 . ,. bushels. This is a decrease of 30 percent from the 9,831,000 bushels 
in storage on July 1,1956 and is two percent less than the ten year, 1946-1955, average stocks of 7,041,000 bushels on July 1. Old oats stored in all positions on July 1 totaled 2,817,000 bushels, a six percent increase compared with the 
2,66Q,OOO bushels in storage on Juiy 1, 1956. The 2,817,000 bushels of old.oats in st.orage is the second largest amount ever recorded for July l stocks, be1ng .. ~ -exceeded only by the 3,020,000 recorded in 1954. Records on oat stoc}::s extend ..: . back .i;.o 19!~4. Old wheat stocks are estimated nt 40,000 bushels. This is the ' '  smallest holdines of old wheat ever recorded on July 1, since records were started in 1945, and is 4i times smaller than the 180,000 bushels in storage  on July 1, : 1956. 
 
___GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS JUJ1Y l.1. 19,21 'IATITH COMPARISONS 
 
GRAIN 
 
ON I<'ARHS 
 
OFF FARMS 
 
ALL POSITIONS 
 
1956 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
Corn,(l,OOO Bu.) 
 
9,107 
 
Oats,(l;OOO Bu.) 
 
230 
 
Barley;(l,OOO Bu.) 
 
5 
 
Sorghum''Grain(l,OOO Bu 53 
 
_ l'lheat(l;ooo Bu.) 
 
48 
 
Rye (1,000 Bu.) 
 
1 
 
6,232 286 
.")" 
55 
24 1 
 
724 2,430 
2 
13*2 
* 
 
666 
2~$31 
4 7 16 1 
 
-11- Unallocated to avoid disclosing individual operation. 
 
9,831 2.,660 
7 
~{- 
180 
. ''h4 
 
6,898 . 2, 817 
7 62 40 2 
 
UNITED STATSS: Stocks of corn and soybeans in all positions on July 1 continued . 
 
- 
 
at record levels, Corn stocks of 2 billion bushel~ and soybean .'  ' '. 
 
stocks of 87 million bushels exceeded the previous record by 13 and .31 percent; ,. 
respectively. Stocks of feed grains..-corn, oats and barley--add to a total of .  '  
nearly 62 million tons -- the largest in the 15 years for t-lhich comparable data  
 
are available. 
 
~~eat stocks of 905 million bushels stored in all positions on July 1 were the fOUrth largest of record for that date but were 128 million bushels less _than the previous year and the smallest carryover stocks since 1953. Total stocks were more than double the 1946-55 average July 1 stocks' but nearly 9 percent less than the 1956 production. July 1 stocks were less than April 1,1957 stocks by 283 
million -bushels, compared With a disappenrance of nearly 288 million during the same period a year earlier. 
 
Off-farm wheat stocks of 846 million bushels were more than 12 percent less than the holdings a year earlier with only the merchant mills reporting larger stocks. The Commodity Cr~dit Corporation had a total of 91 million bushels stored in bins under CCC control and aboard ships in the "mothball fleet" -- a reduction of 34 million bushels or 27 percent from the previous year and 11 million -bushels less than on April 1, 1957. Stocks in terminals and interior mills showed declines from the previous year of 6 and 15 percent_, respectively. 
 Corn stocks in all storage positions July 1 are estimated at 1,963 million bushels~ ~3 percent above the previous July record of 1,742 million bushels a year ago. c ~ocks on farms at 1,118 million bushels were about 13 million bushels above a ]ear earlier. Storage at interior mills, elevators, and warehouses were 126 :ullion above a year earlier and at terminals 71 million above . Corn stored in :cc-ovmed bins was down 106 million bushels from July 1, 1956. Nearly seven-tenths ~f the total July 1 stocks were under. support or owned by CCC, a little above a ~ear earlier. Disappearance of corn from all storage positions during the April~me quarter was 624 million bushels compared with 567 million bushels the same ~1arter last year and the highest for the quarter since 1947. 
~ stocks. of 238 million bushels made the smallest July 1 carryover since 1954 ~d with that exception the smallest since 1950. They were about a third less tnan th stocks carried over last year from the large 1955 crop. About 80 percent 
or the total was on farms, a slightly higher proportion than a year earlier. About 
one-eighth of the total holdings were CCC owned or under support as compared with about a sixth of the larger July 1, 1956 stocks. Disappearance of oats for the April-June quarter was 237 million bushels--about half the April 1 stocks--much lower than a year earlier and less than in any April-June quarter since 1945. 
 
(Over) 
 
 _______UN_IT_E_D_ST_1i_T_ES_GRAIN STOCKS- JULY 1, . 1957 WITH COMPARISON~-- 
 
Grain and Position 
 
:Jul.l Av.:July l 
: 1946--55 : 1956 
 
! April 1  July 1 
: 1957 : 1957 
 
Thousal}E Bushels 
 
\roJ1I2AT 
 
On Farms 1/ 
 
67,156 67,246 165,959 59,540 
 
Terminals-~/ 
Commodity Credit Corp. 1/ 
 
156,799 332,323 28,489 125,429 
 
360,702 313,481 102,380 91,010 
 
liferchant Mills 1/!i/ 
 
45,554 64,741 
 
108,918 
 
65,257 
 
ln~.-~l_!s.:. !l~v.:.&_VJ.hs~s.:.!L2L __ !3..t_g9_ _ ~41,.7_ ___4~9..~.812___315.~.9z2. 
 
TOTAL 434,294 1,033,415 1,187,791 905,240 
 
----------~----~~-------------~~----~----- 
 
qoRN On Farms 1/ 
 
816,956 988,823 1,615,149 1,118,383 
 
Jl Terminals~ 
Commodity Credit Corp. 
 
22,973 78,045 187,014 512,331 
 
124,300 149,264 526,469 406,164 
 
-------------------------------------- Int,Hills, Elev. ,& Whses. J/2/ 56,789 162,637 
 
320,987 288,788 
 
TOTAL 1,083,732 1,741,836 2,586,905 1,962,599 
 
-------------~--~-----~----~--------------- 
 
QATS On Farms 1/ 
 
228,134 272,127 
 
410,427 191,840 
 
' 
 
Terminals~ 
 
9,106 27,585 
 
14,994 12,066 
 
Commodity Credit Corp, 2/ 
 
989 6,697 
 
2,551 
 
2,079 
 
Int.Mills, Elev. &Whses. 1/2/ 20,375 40,580 
 
47,640 
 
32,502 
 
------------------------------------------ -----------~-T-OT-AL---25-8- ,60-4--34-6- ,98~9~--- 47-5,6-12----23-8,- 48- 7 ~ 
 
BARLEY On Farms!/ 
Terminals g/ 
Commodity Credit Corp. J/ 
Int. ~ulls, Elev. &Whses.1/2/ 
 
36,828 13,844 
889 25,098 
 
39,439 35,980 
723 40,954 
 
104,052'30,111 
925 65,825 
 
41,546 31,252 4,082 51,348 
 
------~-----~T- OT- AL---7- 6,6-59~-- 11- 7,0-9- 6 -- --2- 00~ ,91-3---1- 28- ,22-8 
 
1-/-E-st- im-at- es-o-f - th- e - Cr- op-R-ep-o- rti- ng-B-oa-rd-, ---~-------------~--~ 
gj Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division, AMS, at 45 Terminal cities. j/ Owned by CCC and stored in bins or other storages owned or controlled by CCC, 
 
also CCC-owned grain in transit;other CCC-owned grain is included in the est~ ates by positions. ~~ Firms reporting to the Bureau of the Census, on millings and stocks of flour and 
 
crushings and stocks of soybeans  .~/All off-farm storages not otherwise designated. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYiviOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
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JJ 007 
 
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' AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE  
 
u.s . OEPARTMEN.T OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE . 
 
AGR~CUI-TURAL ' MARKETING :SERVICE .. 
 
[ 
 
STATE DEPARTME NT OF AGRICULT'URE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
.... 319 EXTENSION BL.OG., ATHENS,.GA. . 
 
July 31, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPO :FO'R:llEORGIA C0!1NERCIAL AREAS 
--------~--~--~~--~~~--~~--------- 
 
During the w~ek ending July 27.' co:nmercial hatcheries placed 5, 753,000 chicks with 
 
is the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas(> This compares -v1ith the  
5,860,000 placed, the previous week and 16 percent more than the 4,950,000 
 
placed the same week' last year. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted tq> 6,927,000 compared with 7~051,000 for 
the previous week and is 14 percent greater than the 6,075,000 for the corres-  
ponding week last yearo  
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching  eggs during the. week at an average of 64 cents per dozen~ Average . prie charged by hatcheries or .the chicks was reported at $lloZ5 per hundredo These prices compare with 63 cents and ~ll.do for the previous week and 71 cents and $13a00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate ~o Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending July 27 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 1/2 3 3/4-pounds; at farms 2lo00;. FOB plants 22oOO. 
 
( See reverse side for other states) 
 
Date Week Ending  
 
, GEORGIA CHICK PLACE}ffiNT BY ~v.EFKS 
PERIO.,D MAY 25' THROUGH JULY 27 1957 
 
I I Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks - 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
May 25 June 1 
June 8 June :15 
 
6,537 6,576 
6,$16 
6,896 
 
7 ,.510 
. 7,212 7,213 7,131 
 
4,331 4;4oo 
4,465 4,578 
 
5,276 
$,208 
5,215 
5,266 
 
199 . 
: 814 815 808 
 
638 5,130 682' 5,214 
662 ' 1 . 5, 280 736 5,386 
 
June 22 6,770 June 29 6,534 July '6. 6,152 July 13 I 6,067 July: 20 6,251 
July 27 6,075 
 
7,182 
7~042 
6,803 
6,970 7,051 6,92? 
 
4,446 4,481 4,572 
4,472 4,470 4,356 
 
5,235 
5,048 5,051 
5,075 
5,14;1. 
5,005 
 
.. 
 
73$ 804 
 
828 
 
678 
 
690 
 
594 
 
638 5,181 
133 5,285 
682 ,. 5,400 
734 5,150 
719 5,160 748 4,950 
 
!/ 
 
' 
Exclusive 
 
of 
 
hatchings 
 
shipped 
 
into 
 
States 
 
outside 
 
of 
 
Georgia. 
 
5,914 
5,89.0 5,877 
6,002 
5,873 
5,781 
5,733 5,809 5,860 5,153 
 
CARL 0. ' DOESCHER. 
Agricultural Stat,isticiari 
 
. . 
I ' . 
 
ARCHIE LANGlEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
J , 
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' ,. 
 
 . ' 
 
~ 
State 
 
EGGS SET !.l-ID CHICKS PLACED I N Cmlil\!TIID. CIAL AREAS, BY 11\JEEKS - 1957 
 
July 13 
 
July 20 
 
. July 27 
 
.... EGGS SET -THOUSA1~S 
 
Week Ending 
 
.. :May : Jtme 
 
25 
 
1 
 
June 8 
 
. June  June 
 
15 
 
22 
 
C'lfiCKS PLACED ~ THOUSAlmS 
 
June 29 
 
Page 2. 
 
July 6 
 
July 13 
 
July 20 
 
July 27 
 
~5aine 
 
1.,334< 1,365 
 
Conneot;i ~ut 
 
96'7 
 
913 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1;173 1 ;; 319 
 
Indiana 
 
1,812 1,755 
 
Elinois 
 
325 
 
3'73 
 
1'1ri s s o u r i Delaware 
 
1i689 2,208 
 
10 599 2,171 
 
~ ..,, 
 
Ma;..yl8Ild -- ' 'Virgfnia 
 
? o.2B5 
2 ,~~ 135 
 
2,258 2,203 
 
West Vj.rginia 
 
363 
 
391 
 
n-1orth Carolina 2,894 2,864 
 
South Carolina 
 
473 
 
484 
 
GEORGIA 
Fiox-ida 
 
6,970 -396 
 
70 051 399 
 
A1&be.ma 
 
2:;476 2,477 
 
J.t:1i ssissippi 
 
2,0~0 
 
1 .,820 
 
Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
 
3,218 3-'l'f 
2,530 
 
311 105 388 
2,451 
 
Washington 
 
321 
 
305 
 
Oregon 
 
258 
 
245 
 
California 
 
.2 ~ ~7 ___1 D175  
 
1~260 
959 1; 473 1,754 
337 1,551 211084 2.114.3 2.Pl76 
340 2, 744 
400 
6 " 927 404 
2p424 l r. 682 2,944 
390 2,422 
344 
249 1,322 
 
1?052 679 786 925 191 674 
2,175 1,438 1,218 
506 2,223 
333 5J914 
205 2.1>097 1.o43C 2,503 
385 2,103 .. 346 
150 9-53 
 
985 619 . r/83 
916 i84 5'73 1,921 
1,~~525 
1,319 544 
2,214 353 
5~890 
264 2;297 1s464 2.?397 . 394 
2110~8 
297 
175 965 
 
1 .~ 070 576 773 
l s-091 195 657 
l,o923 10 535 1 !' 162 
547 2,287 
365 5;877 
2o8 2,171 1; 494' 2,638 
445 2,236 
2'70 
117 ' 
888 
 
1.o099 693 ;a;:; 
1,022 185 635 
1~917 
1,606 
1,~~425 
535 2,318 
310 
6 ~ 002 
262 
2.,236 1 ,:: 382 
2.~~401 
390 2!1338 
2'75 
101 890 
 
l v088 G13 855 
1,0.70 1'77 620 . 
1 !>942 1 !>677 19 218 
604 2,393 
331 5 ., 873 
' 222 2,209 1., 391 2,586 
405 2p272 
301 
207 928 
 
 1s048 551 716 
l.o06Q 128 618 
10 913 
~,.694 
1,394 530 
2 ;. 289 309 
5;, 781 
248 
2 ,.2. ;14 
1,467 2,619 
357 2,198 
318 
159 ' 801 
 
1#006 513 629 
, 1p074 180 669 
1,.983 
1::> 714 
1,426 486 
2.~ 295 
367 5..733 
218 
2,~~115 1,~~519 
2,,617 367 
2,275 220 
166 941 
 
967 610 701 1,019 180 736 2,042 1,622 1 ..,436 612 2 p200 394 5; 809 
268 
2 !' 118 1,594 2.. 504 
385 2;)102 
224 
220 976 
 
1&023 619 750 958 167 637 
1 ,:~ 827 1 ~ 688 
1s326 593 
2 :; 125 393 
5~86q 
221 26157 1.?584 2,490 
385 2,009 
292 
163 949 
 
1;042 518 823 983 200 710 
1p784 1.,595 1;279 
592 2,117 
320 5,753 
1 '76 2;062 1,620 2,527 
342 
2,009 
289 
161 986 
 
TOTAL 1957 
 
37,451 37,111 36,329 
 
28,286 28,177 28,605 28,82'5 29,017 28,478 28,~~543 28,719 28,222 21,888 
 
TOTAL 1956 
- - 1957 %of 1956 
 
34,377 109 
 
34,047 109 
 
33,932 107 
 
27~529 ~8,028 
 
103 
 
101 
 
28,099 102 
 
. 28,219 102 
 
27,832 104 
 
2'7; 661 26,520 26!-265 25,540 
 
103 
 
107- - -1-0-9---- 111 
 
24,618 113 
 
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... :GEORGIA COTTON: 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 1957 
..; :' 
ODUCTION, 1956 
 
(These ~~timates are based on the latest available data and are prelin:d.n~y) 
 
District : 
 
. and 
 
In 
 
.: Yield Lint per Acre 
In 
 
.. Cultivation: Harvested :Cultivation : Harvested 
 
Count.Y"  July 1 
 
: July 1, 1}: 
 
Acres 
 
Acres 
 
Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
DISTRICT I 
 
Bartow 
 
16,420 
 
15,700 
 
408 
 
421 
 
Catoosa 
 
1,3h0 
 
1,260 
 
373 
 
394 
 
Chattooga 
 
4,690 
 
4,560 
 
312 
 
318 
 
Dade 
 
370 
 
350 
 
189 
 
200 
 
Floyd 
 
7,100 
 
6, 770 
 
353 
 
366 
 
Gordon 
 
9,700 
 
9,280 
 
386 
 
400 
 
Murray 
 
3; 730 
 
3,390 
 
275 
 
296 
 
Paulding 
 
2,650 
 
2,330 
 
238 
 
26)-J. 
 
Polk 
 
6;150 
 
5:,940 
 
350 
 
357 
 
r: irlalker 
 
2,410 
 
2;200 
 
291 
 
314 
 
Whitfield 
 
1,890 
 
1,680 
 
298 
 
330 
 
Total : 
 
56,450 
 
53,460 
 
355 
 
370 
 
DISTRICT II 
Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson 
DeKalb Forsyth Fulton Gwinnett Hall Jackson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens \IJ'alton White 
Total 
 
5,790 
6l~o 
1, 840 900 150 
500 1,850 2:,070 3, 720 1,880 9,1.J.20 
50 
7,890 . 440 19,180 360 
56,680 
 
5,670 . 580 
1, 770 
830 140 490 1,750 2,020 3,550 1,810 9,130 40 7,560 . 370 18,600 200 
54,510 
 
316 
 
319 
 
159 
 
172 
 
290 
 
296 
 
191 
 
202 
 
147 
 
157 
 
173 212 
 
(' . . 
 
173 222 
 
273 
 
276 
 
250 
 
260 
 
179 
 
183 
 
300 
 
306 
 
180 
 
225 
 
378 
 
390 
 
236 
 
249 
 
335 
 
339 
 
lh7 
 
265 
 
306 
 
314 
 
Production 50<r.,Pciurycf  Gross Weight Bales 
-Bales 
13,800 1:,030 3,030 
150 5:,170 7,740 2;090 . 1,290 4:,420 1;440 1,160 
41,320 
3,780 210 
1,090 350 
50 
180 810 1,160 1,930 690 5,820 20 6,160 190 13,170 
110 
35,720 
 
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, l956 
 
District 
and 
County 
 
= 
 
Acreage 
 
: Yield Lint per Acre : 
 
:;----I-n-----:--~~------:----In------:-------- : 
 
Cultivation : .Harvestad .Cultivation. Harvested. 
 
,July 1 
 
: July 1 1/~ 
 
DISTRICT III 
 
Acres 
 
~.~.cres ~ ---- 
 
Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
Banks 
 
3,090 
 
2~820 
 
339 
 
367 
 
Elbert 
 
8,640 
 
8,300 
 
325 
 
338 
 
Franklin 
 
7,470 
 
7,030 
 
302 
 
. 316 
 
Habersham  
 
.. ~90 
 
230 
 
238 
 
300 .. 
 
Hart 
 
11,840 
 
11,600 
 
320 
 
323 
 
Lincoln 
 
2,420 
 
2,320 
 
167 
 
172 
 
Madison 
 
10,110 
 
9, 890 
 
276 
 
279 
 
Oglethorpe 
 
7,440 
 
7,130 
 
246 
 
253 
 
Stephens 
 
790 
 
720 
 
303 
 
328 
 
Wilkes 
 
4, 280 
 
4,210 
 
193 
 
193 
 
Total 
 
56,370 
 
54,250 
 
285 
 
293 
 
DISTRICT IV 
 
Carroll 
 
9,730 
 
9,400 
 
323 
 
332 
 
Chattahoochee 
 
120 
 
120 
 
108 
 
108 
 
Clayton 
 
1,160 
 
1,160 
 
226 
 
226 
 
Coweta 
 
7,180 
 
7,070 
 
341 
 
344 
 
Douglas 
 
1,020 
 
900 
 
193 
 
217 
 
Fayette 
 
4,570 
 
4,450 
 
345 
 
348 
 
Haralson 
 
2,590 
 
2,430 
 
263 
 
279 
 
Harris 
 
1,620 
 
1,580 
 
266 
 
268 
 
Heard 
 
2, 710 
 
2, 630 
 
360 
 
364 
 
Henry 
 
11,060 
 
10,690 
 
275 
 
283 
 
Lamar 
 
2,460 
 
2,410 
 
307 
 
309 
 
Macon 
 
11,890 
 
11,580 
 
351 
 
354 
 
Marion 
 
3,700 
 
3,640 
 
298 
 
298 
 
Meriwether 
 
11,700 
 
 11,470 
 
372 
 
374 
 
Muscogee 
 
200 
 
200 
 
225 
 
225 
 
Pike 
 
6,400 
 
6,310 
 
399 
 
400 
 
Schley 
 
3,930 
 
3,860 
 
357 
 
361 
 
Spalding 
 
2, 530 
 
2:,460 
 
307 
 
313 
 
Talbot 
 
1,260 
 
1,200 
 
233 
 
241 
 
Taylor 
 
6,950 
 
. 6,810 
 
440 
 
444 
 
Troup 
 
1,770 
 
1,750 
 
313 
 
313 
 
Upson 
 
1,250 
 
1,210 
 
327 
 
330 
 
Total 
 
95,800 
 
9,3,330 
 
337 
 
341 
 
Production 500 - Pound Gross ir.feight 
Bales 
2,160 . 5,860 4,630 
140 7,810 
830 
5, 760 
3,760 500 
1,690 33,140 
6,510 30 
550 
5,070 
410 
3,230 1,410 
880 
2,000 
6,300 1,550 8,570 2,260 8,960 
90 5,270 2,910 1,610 
600 6,330 1,140 
830 
66,510 
 
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1956 
 
. 
District ~ 
 
Acreage 
 
In 
 
and 
 
Cultivation Harvested 
 
County 
 
July 1 
 
Jel"~s 
 
~<;~~~ 
 
DISTRICT V .  
 
Baldwin 
 
Bibb 
 
Bleckley 
 
Butts 
 
Crawford 
 
Dodge 
 
Greene 
 
Hancock 
 
Houston 
 
Jasper 
 
Johnson 
 
Jones 
 
Laurens 
 
Nonroe 
 
Montgomery 
 
1'1organ 
 
_,_ 
 
Newton Peach 
 
Pulaski 
 
Putnam 
 
Rockdale 
 
Taliaferro 
 
Treutlen 
 
Twi ggs 
 
Washington 
 
"iiJh e e l e r 
 
Wilkinson 
 
2,450 
1,180 6,820 
4,550 1,700 13,190 2,850 8;750 5,190 4,320 16,210 
500 29,000 
1;420 3,760 14;330 7,460 2,260 
8,790 1,570 3,160 1;630 3,400 3,440 16,960 3,380 2,140 
 
Total 170,410 
 
-DISTRICT VI 
Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven 
lvarren 
 
. 14,710 
35,520 6,370 1,840 1,430 16,450 4,920 19,890 11,510 6,120 
2,350 16,570 11,270 
 
Total 148,950 
 
2,360 1,110 6,690 4,470 1,560 13,020 2,610 8,640 5;080 4,270 15,760 
490 28,470 1,380 3, 700 14,020 7,260 2,130 8, 640 1,560 3,050 1,530 3,340 3,320 16,710 3,230 2,080 
166,480 
14,490 34,810 6,210 1,790 1,380 16,180 4,800 19,630 11,310 6,ooo 2,260 16,270 10,910 . 
146,040 
 
. Yield Lint per Acre In Cultivation : Harvested 
July 1 _/: 
 
- - Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
198 
 
203 
 
390 
 
404 
 
447 
 
451 
 
245 
 
247 
 
340 
 
363 
 
346 
 
31+6 
 
199 
 
213 
 
271 
 
272 
 
301 
 
302 
 
295 
 
296 
 
283 
 
288 
 
224 
 
229 
 
340 
 
341 
 
276 
 
278 
 
239 
 
239 
 
320 
 
322 
 
294 
 
297 
 
459 
 
478 
 
328 
 
329 
 
236 
 
236 
 
194 
 
199 
 
155 
 
163 
 
344 
 
347 
 
287 
 
289 
 
313 
 
314 
 
299 
 
310 
 
274 
 
277 
 
310 
 
313 
 
350 
 
351 
 
337 
 
337 
 
278 
 
279 
 
194 
 
197 
 
310 
 
319 
 
323 
 
324 
 
339 
 
343 
 
286 
 
287 
 
319 
 
322 
 
262 
 
264 
 
220 
 
226 
 
2!35 
 
288 
 
251 
 
254 
 
307 
 
308 
 
Production 500 - Pound Gross Weight 
Bales 
Bal~ 
1,000 940 
6,300 2,310 1,180 9,420 1,160 4,900 3,200 2,640 9,450 
230 20,240 
800 1,850 9,410 4,500 2,130 5,940 
770 1,270 
520 2,420 2,000 10,960 2,090 1,200 
108,830 
10,620 24,490 3,610 
730 920 10,950 3,440 11,750 7,600 3,310 1,060 9, 770 5, 790 
94,040 
 
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AJID PRODUCTION, 1956 
 
District and 
County 
 
Acreage 
 
: Yield Lint per Acre 
 
Production 
 
In Cultivation 
Jul;z 1 
 
500 .. Pound 
 
In 
 
:  Gross Wei ght 
 
Harvested : Cultivation : Harves1;.~d : Jul;y; 1 lb' 
 
Bales 
 
-Acres 
 
DISTRICT VII 
 
Baker CaThoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee Hiller 1'-Iitchell Quitman Randolph Seminole Stev1art Sumter 
Terrell 
Thomas 
Webster 
 
3,120 5,400 3,400 3,900 1,950 13,640 3,630 3,690 5,850 12,440 1,570 5,510 4;620 2;870 10,770 
11,940 5,880 
1,450 
 
Total 101,710 
 
Acres 
3,050 5,290 3,310 3,830 1,900 13,510 3,570 3,600 5,750 12,020 1,530 5,370 4;370 . 2,830 10:,460 11,810 5,590 1,400 
99,190 
 
Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
220 
 
222 
 
366 
 
369 
 
340 
 
346 
 
151 
 
154 
 
235 
 
239 
 
392 
 
393 
 
228 
 
229 
 
315 
 
320 
 
299 
 
302 
 
350 
 
359 
 
200 
 
201 
 
389 
 
394 
 
312 
 
326 
 
290 
 
292 
 
475 
 
482 
 
495 
 
496 
 
301 
 
311 
 
291 ' 
 
297 
 
357 
 
362 
 
~ 
1,410 4,070 2,390 1,230  
950 11,080 1,710 
2,410 3,620 9,000 
640 4,420 2,970 1,720 10,520 12,240 3,630 
870 
74,880 
 
DISTRICT VIII 
 
Atkinson 
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lovmdes Telfair Tift Turner 'VTilcox 
\~ or th 
 
820 4,890 3,100 8,620 
 110 6,840 20,600 3,730 9,850 18,840 
. 30 
9,980 2,110 
550 3,020 4, 250 6,910 7;690 10,790 18,290 
 
Total 141,020 
 
760 4,600 3,010 7,940 
70 6,660 20;150 3:,580 9:,650 18,570 
30 9,860 2,010 
!60 2,840 4,100 6, 740 7,570 10,510 17,990 
137,090 
 
244 
 
261 
 
410 
 
34C 
 
358 
 
3,440 
 
287 
 
293 
 
1,840 
 
199 . 
 
213 
 
3,540 
 
164 
 
257 
 
40 
 
269 
 
271 
 
3, 770 . 
 
372 
 
377 
 
15,860 
 
300 
 
309 
 
2,310 
 
508 
 
509 
 
10,250 
 
473 
 
473 
 
18,330 
 
333 
 
333 
 
20 
 
365 
 
366 
 
7,530 
 
285 
 
296 
 
1,240 
 
184 
 
224 
 
210 
 
219 
 
230 
 
1,360 
 
340 
 
350 
 
2,990 
 
373 
 
376 
 
5,290 
 
403 
 
404 
 
6,380 
 
391 
 
398 
 
8,720 
 
389 
 
391 
 
14,680 
 
372 
 
378 
 
108,210 
 
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GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1956 
 
District and 
County 
 
Acreage In 
 
Yteld Lint Eer Acre 
.. In 
 
Cultivation Harvested :Cultivation .Harvested 
 
July 1 
 
July 1 lL; 
 
DISTRICT IX 
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattnall Toombs 
~-Jare 
~-layne 
 
- - Acres 
4,190 2,220 
20 160 10 
50 
2,560 120 
440 
2;020 4,820 7,010 
. 690 2,300 
 
Acres 
3,970 2,180 
20 140 10 
50 
2,510 120 400 
1,870 4,700 6,860 
610 2,210 
 
Pounds 
252 
313 
250 
281 200 2!ro 372 158 247 22 3 277 354 
177 
275 
 
POU.'1dS 
263 316 
250 
321 200 240 377 158 
265 
243 281 
356 
200 283 
 
Total 
 
26,610 
 
25,650 
 
298 
 
305 
 
.. Production 500 - Pound Gross \t.feight Bales 
-Bales 
2,180 1,440 
10 90 
5 
25 1,970 
irO 220 950 2,760 5,100 250 1,310 
16,350 
 
STATE: 
 
85h,OOO 
 
830,000 
 
329 
 
334 
 
5?9,000 
 
)} Based on acreage in cultivation July 1 less acreage r..emoved to meet allotments. 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician in Charge 
 
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1957 CALF CROP REPORT 
 
GEORGIA: . 'The 1957 calf crop for Georgia is estimated at 664,000 head --- 1  , . 
 
. percent below the 1956 crop of 671,000 heada Reports from livestoc.k . 
 
producers ' 'listing spring calves dropped and the expected fall crop indicates  .. 
 
tn~' 1957 -' calf crop will be 31 percent above the 1946-55 avera.ge crop of 5o6;ooo ,. 
 
cal-ves but is 3 percent bel01r1 the all time record high crop of 683,000 calves  
 
bo.r..u. in 1955. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
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The number of calves born and to be born in 1956 represents 79 percent of the ~. 
 - cows "arid heifers 2 years old and over on farms January 1, 1957 and is the .s.ame .,_. 
. a- s.: l-'o...r. .. .1.956 
 
UNI'':f.'ED STATES: The 1957 calf crop for the United States is expected to total ..: .,, 
 
in 
 
. 
~956. 
 
; This 
 
41,3471 000 head, 2 percent less than is the third cons.ecutive decrease in 
 
the the 
 
42,317 1 000 calves bo~ : _ calf crop and this year's 
 
expected ~umber is 3 percent below the record 1954 crop of 42,6011 000 head. _ : ~ 
 
. .The small~r 1957 calf crop is the result of a smaller number of cows and heifers_ 
 
on: fanns and a slight decrease in the calving percentage. The number of cows  
 
and-:heifers 2 years and older on January 1, .1957 was 47 s964_,000 head, 2 percent 
 
below the number of hand a year earlier, but 10 percent above the 1946-55 
 
 
 
average. 
 
  
 
The : expected number of calves born or to be born in 1957 expressed as a per-     
centage of cows and heifers 2 years old and older on January 1, 1957 is 86 per.. :: - 
.. c'eiit  ;..~ 1 percentage poi nt belov1 1956o This figure is not strictly a calving  
 rat~ since the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old and older  does not include all the heifers which would give birth to calves during the 
- year, m d since the inventory does include some cows that are sold before calving. The percentage is calculated to shm-1 the trend in productivity over a period of   time. It may fluctuate from year to year due to variatlons in cow slaughter during the year and trends in breeding herd replacements. 
 
SOUTH CENTRAL STATES 
 
In the South Central States, 
a decrease of 3 percent from 
 
a total calr crop 
1956. ~he number 
 
of of 
 
1Q,6391 000 head is expected ._.. .  cows and heifers on January  
 
1, 1957 totaled 12,803,009 head, cqmpa~ed _with 13,056,000 head on January 1, 
 
" 1956~ The calf crop expressed as a percentage of cows and heifers is 83 percent, 
 
1 percentage point below 1956. 
 
SOUTH ATLANTIC STATES 
 
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A 1957 calf crop or 3,331,000. head i-s: expected in the South Atlantic States, 1 
 
percent more than -' the numbarof calve:s born ii1 1956 0 - The number of cows and . . ~- heifers 2 ~ 'years old and older -on j_ap~ary l-,  1957'was: 4,285,000 head, also l ' per-. 
ceilf .iargerCt.h.an a: year earliero  The  estimated calf crop expressed as a per~  
 
.. .c@.~~ge .o!. :'  . 
 
cows 
 
~d .heifers ..is..78 
 
percent 
 
in 
 
both 
 
,1957 
 
anQ. . 
 
19560 
 
     
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agt;l.:.bultu.ra.l Statisti0ian In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER .. Agricultural statistician  
 
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 CAI,F CROP REFORI' 1 1957 
 
Cows and -heifers :Calves born as percent d 
 
State  :  Calves bom 
 
 2yr.s. & older  :cows and heifers 2 yrs .8 
 
 ?nc;i   
lli.visic~m .,:. 10-:Xr.: 
 
 Januaty 1 . :10-yr. : 
 
 :older JanuarY 1 2/  
 
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   " :'average; 19.56 :195'7 1/:averaBe: 1956 : 195!. : a.verage: . 1956 1957 
 
. i 1946-$2. ' ' ; . . . 1946-,5. 
 
. 
 
. =1946-25: . 
 
: 
 
1,ooo 1,ooo ~,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo 
 
head 
 
Naine 
 
110- 
 
N. H. .. ... . 60 
 
vt. ,  ....  241 
 
Mass'   
 
107 
 
R. r. 
 
16 
 
Conn~  
 
98 
 
he~d 
115 
63 
268 106 
16 101 
 
head ~ head head Percent Percent Percent  
 
112 
61 \ 266 106 
15 98 
 
129  
. 72 .  301 132 
20 121 . 
 
132 
74 . 327 
125 
19 120 
 
130 
i~~ 
 324. 125 
18 119 
 
85 
 
87 86 
 
er  84 . 85 . 82.. ' 
, 8o  '\ 82 
 
81 
 
85 85 
 
8o . 82 B2 
 
 82 
 
84 82 
 
N. Y. 
 
11 246 11 346 11 324 11 448 11 547 11 522 
 
86 . 87 87 
 
N. J. 
 
124 
 
130 130 157 161 159 
 
79 
 
81 82 
 
_Pa_.______.8..,;69;.__ ___;9;..,;.5.:;3._~972 _J.,028 11121 11130  
 
85 
 
85 . e6 
 
N. At1. 21 872 3,098 3,084 31 408 31626 3,601 
 
84 . 85 : 86 
 
Ohio Ind. . . 
 
988 11 023 11 011 11 154 11 162 1,162 
 
851 
 
873 838 952 981  942 
 
86 
 
88 . 87 .. 
 
90  89 .. . ..89. .. 
 
Ill.; 
 
. 1, 292 . 1,363 1,363 1; 443 1,482 1,482 
 
90 
 
92 . .- 92 
 
M:i!ch. . 
 
866 
 
847 . 842 1,-012  996 991 
 
86 
 
85  85. 
 
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_E_.~N~._c_e_n__t _6~,_2_6_7_____61~5_9~5 __6~,~5_o_8____~7,~0~7_1_~7,~2~9~7~7~,2~7~4~____8_8~~~9_o______8_9_.._ __ 
 
Mj~~- :..:. . 1, 592 1, 730 1,689 1:, 7!(7 1,81-lo 1, 856 
 
91 
 
94 91 ..  
 
Iol-Ja 
Mo. N. Dak 
 
1,.781 1,571 
737 
 
1,.997 . 1;,961 1,944 . 21 080 2,043 1, 793 11 697 1, 728 11 970 11 928 
913 911 831 1,026 1,035 
 
92 
 
96 96  
 
91  91 88  
89 89 sa .. 
 
S. Dak 1,142 
 
Nebr. ,. 1,534 
 
Ka11s. .. 
 
1,483 
 
w. N. Cent 9,841 
 
N. Cent.- . 16,108 
 
11 393 11 3'72 
111,673773 . 111,472086 
11,236 101 764 17,831 17,272 
 
1,284 11,1676196 
10,918 
17,989 
 
11639 1,525 
11 901 1,865 1, 794 11 605 12,250,11,857 19,54"/ 19 1131 
 
89 
 
85 90 
 
89 
 
93  9). 
 
89  91 :89 '-:. 
 
--;.~90____..._;,..9;:..2___,_..;.9_1...:.,.... 
 
90. -9~ 99   
 
D~l. , . 
 
. 33 
 
t4d.- ' 227 
 
Va. 
 
.564 
 
W., Va. 
 
271 
 
N. C. 
 
355 
 
s. c. 
 
194 
 
Ga. 
 
506 
 
Fla.. 
 
. . 5o5 
 
S. Atl.  2,654 
 
34 
 
34 
 
259 ." 257 
 
. 647 649 
 
281 . 271 
 
455 452 
 
273 278 
 
671 664 685 .   . 726 3,3~5 . 31331' 
 
41 
 
43 42 
 
80 
 
80 81  . 
 
269 308 . 302 
 
8'4 
 
84 .85 ., '. 
 
680 779    782 
 
8.3 : 83 B,:f ' : 
 
 319 -343 331 
 
85 
 
 82 
 
82: :  
 
463 576 579 
 
76 
 
79 78 
 
254 346 356 
 
.76 . .79 :?B ... .. 
 
655 849 841 
 
77 
 
79 79 
 
 789  :r.,ooe : 1;o52 :  64 
 
68 69. . 
 
3:,46( 4,252' 412~~--. ~..:-.-oo:~ri-6-----. =7m8-~7::;;.8,--,-- 
 
ley.. . -.. 
'tenn. Ala. 
}liss. 
Ark. La. Okla. Texas,  ~ cent .. 
 
766 . 773 621 754 597 708 11 351 3,868 
9,436 
 
8.76 ' ~ . :l392 .. -882 
 
995 . 991 
 
888 906 094 1,032 1;029 
 
821 
 
827 
 
810 1,052 11 047 
 
11 074 11 096 1,047 11 432 1,481 
 
710 710 735  887 877 
 
946  9h4 .. 926  1;, 213 ..1, 210  
 
1,545 1,485 . 1,:539  1,717 :.- 1,669"  
4,113 . 3,719  4,~52 . 4,728 - 4;499 ' 
 
10,973  10,639 ., 11,584  13,056 l2r803 
 
1. " 
87 .! . ' 88 .. 9d- , 
86  .  86..  ,._...  sa : ; 
 
76 
 
78 79 . .. 
 
72 . 
 
75. . .. 74 .. . 
 
81 
 
80 81 
 
76 78 ' 78 : . : 
 
88 . . 9'0 ' ... '89 "' i 
 
. 81 
 
87 , : .84 ;:' 
 
81 . .. 84.: .' 8,3 . :' 
 
' .. 
 
:t:Iont. I daho 
~;Jyo. 
Colo 1{. Hex. 
).riz. 
Utah 
Nev. 
\oJash. Oreg. Galif, west 
 
E.\90 
413 
44'7 
756 542 366 270 220 
413 499 1,278 
6,094 
 
1,164 
. .546 
.476 ' 790 
605 367 
313 236 482 608 1,523 7,110 
 
1,130 
560 
492 760 
546 364 
317 
244 480 
598 
1,530 7,021 
 
986 
479 
537 876 
683 469 
318 289 486 608 1,537 7,268 
 
1,238 1,228 
600 622 
553 . '565 
908 864 
729 658 465 461 
364 364 314 325. 561 545 724 712 1,792 1,800 8,248 8,1~- 
 
90 
 
94 
 
86. :' 91 
83 86  
 
86 
 
87 
 
7r98 
 
83 79 
 
84 
 
86 
 
76 
 
75 
 
85 
 
86 
 
82 
 
84 
 
83 
 
85 
 
84 
 
86 
 
92 90 87 .'' : 
88 
83 79 87 
75 88 
84 85 86 
 
u. s.. 37,164 42,3l7 41,347 43,718 48,729 47,964 
 
85 
 
87 86 
 
1/ Calves born before June 1 plus the number expected to be born after June 1. 
2/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves bom expressed as percentage of the number of cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms January 1 
 
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UNITED STATES DEPARhmNT OF AEUUCULTURi- 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE - WASHINGTON, D. C. ,. . 
 
t ~~ 
 
I  
 
HONEY REPO,RT - :JULY 19.57 . 
 
August ;'2, 1957 
 
~\ .. . ' 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
: \: .: (~ / .' 
 
A.. ~.c:>.t.~t- of :5,406;ooo colonies of bees were on hand July 1 i.ri the United States 
 
the .crop Reporti.ilg 'J3oa~d .~ounced today.  This is 1 percent..mor-e than-on .. July .1. _. .. 
 
last year. Colony numbers were above last year in a~l regions of the countr,y 
 
exc~t the South Central and North Atlantic where decr.eases of 2 percent and 3 
perqent occurre~ respectively. Increases were 4 percent in the West North Central  
 
and ' in the South Atlantic, 3 percent in the West and 1 percent in the EastiNorth   
 
Cen~ral States. This estimate is based on reports from about 10,000 beekeepers';     
 
incl,uding both fann and non-farm apiaries, 
 
' > ' .' _, . .. 
 
1  ,. 
 I  ',. 
 
Colony losses during last winter and this spring averaged 14 percent, compared  ,._  
 
with 16 percent a year earlier. Winter and spring losses were 19 percent in the . . 
 
Wes~ ~North Central, 16 percent in the North Atlantic, 15 percent in the West; :1.3    
 
per~ent in the East North Central, li percent in the South Central and .10 ;P'~l:~Em.~ ~ :~ : . 
 
.iJl..the South ~tlantic States. Over 5,000 reports were received on causes .of :1os.:s _ . 
 
during the winter and spring. Reported causes of loss were 32 percent fro-m  ..  -- ---- 
 
starV.ation, 18 percent were queenless, lh percent froJJ.l winter killing, 5 percent ' .' ' 1 
 
from~ insects, 3 percent from foul brood, 2 percent from spray poison, 2 percent  :,...._.; 
 
from rodents, 24 percent from all other causes. 
 
 ' ': _r ~  
 
  , , . 
 
f' . 
 
l  . ' . 
 
Tlie. condition of colonies about July 1 was reported at 87 percent, compar.~d w.J,t.lL ~-.  . 86 percent last year. However, by regions, condition of colonies compared wit~ . .. 
 
last .year-were well above last year in the North Atlantic, :Worth .Central.~n~ ~C?~t~ . . Atlantic, about the same in the West, but below last year in the South Cmtral  ..o':  
 
States. 
 
1 :. 
 
July 1 conditim of nectar plants was 82 percent, compared with 77 percent Ja st ..,  
 
year. The cool wet spring over most of the country got plants off to a slow start-,but ;they were: in above average condition in most areas on July 1_, In the East  :  
 
1forth central -states rainy weather early in the season retarded .bee activity and .  
 
flow ' of honey :was relatively slow, but is expected to improve. Ohio has a goo(i ,..  
 
'plovj9r grO:wth_; but honey flow is slow. Indiana has prospects for . a very good . .. .. . 
 
prop. in the Northern part of the State. Illinois after a slow start now has  : 
 
prospects fora normal or above norJIDrl-crop.- In Michj,gan and irlisconsn the sea!soh.:. 
 
~s late, bees are working clover and if weather is favorable, good yields can be 
 
~xpected. 
 
 
 
The West North Central Sta~es report poor yields in the early part of the seasoh p.ue to cool wet weather, but prospects have improved and a good crop is now .; :.::  ~xpe,c'ted. In the West crop prospects are varied. Montana, 1-Tyoming, Colorado,  . .1 ; ~.Ne~.. M~xico expect a good crop, while Idaho, Washington and Southwest Oregon expect . a crop below last year. Crop."prosi>ec;ts iri California are not too bright. Oratige - - ~ !lo# was about normal in the Ventura. area, but short in other areas. Sage ancf bucKwheat were poor. Tho . ~falfa flo:w to date has been below average. 
. .. , 
The',South Central States because of very wet ;weather .had a poor early crop. Spring weather was favorable in the North Atlantic St-ates, l;>ut was followed by dr,y weather. NewEngland expects an average crop. A good orop is .~.~xpected in Western New Yolk_, . but. in Central and Northeastern areas of the.State cool weather has been a hindranc.e ... tn :~ennsy'lvarifa 'arid New ~Jersey the early- season was good, later dr.y- we~.ther .. injured ..nectar .plan~.~, . In :t~c So.':lth Atlantic area spring flow was generally good oveir   . most of the area. Florida's citrus:riOw was 'below last year and the.. tupelo crop was_short, but the palmetto flow has been heavy especially in South Florida~ .~.. .  
 
.,, 
 
(.See the reverse side for information by States and regions) 
 
.. ..  1 ~  
. 
 
REJ:SSUED THROUGH GEORGIA CROP REPORTD.JG SERVICE - August 2, 1957 
 
. : 
 
:" 
 
 .:  
.. 
 
' ' 
. . ~. ..... - .... .. .. 
 ' 
 
..~ . - ' , ...,. ........ ..... . 
 
.. . ... 
 
.  ' . 
 
.. . 
 
\- 
.,. .. ' ... 
 
 COLONIES OF BEES AND COL'lDITI OU OF COLONIES AND NECTAR PLANTS ON JULY 1 
 
, 
y._ .= 
 
S-atnadte  
 
div~sion 
 
:  ;  .... . . 
 
.. .. . 
":' ' 
 
'. 
 
.. 
 
i . ... 
 
: Colonies =condition :conditio 
 
---..,.-.-.--__,;__.;...__ lost 
 
of 
 
=or nectar 
 
:winter and: colonies : plants 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
. . =spring of : July 1, .. . Ju1Y 1,. . 
 
: 1956-57 .:: 1957 : . 1951 '': .. 
 
' 
 
:  . . . ... . . . :-: l,,t 
 
' 
 
-3/  Percent Percent 
 
Percent ef ' ri'O'rriial :. 
 
:: , 
 
.} ~; .: . -~ .:' . 
 
Ma:ilh:e -, .  = _. ; '  
New Hampshire Verrnopt: :. . ,: . Ma s sachusetts 
 
6 
 
6 
 
100 
 
 27  
 
8 
 
 8 
 
100 
 
34 
 
10 
 
11 
 
109 
 
12 
 
19 
 
18 
 
95  
 
17 
 
"81 
 
.1 C01J)4; ... . : . 
 
90 
86 89 
 
:,: ''89 :;.. ,, ., ; '88 :::.  
.... ' ,!"., "7.'7...:.: 
 
Rhode Island 
ponnect'icut 
New Yo!k  
New J~rsey  
Pennsylvania = 
 
2 
 
2 
 
100 
 
10 
 
14 
 
14 
 
lQO 
 
8 
 
191 189 
 
99 
 
14 
 
29 
 
31 
 
107 
 
17 
 
147 135 
 
92 
 
19 
 
89 :91 
 
.' . 6650'; .. 
 
89 9.0 
 
.. : .9708....,,.~~ 
 
88 
 
. sa::=.._ 
 
N o r t n A t l a n t i c 
 
426 
 
hl4 
 
97 
 
'16 
 
84: .. I' 
'. ) . 
 
Ohio :. i'' -  Indiana 
Illinois 
 
292 301 
 
103 
 
9 
 
 186  186 
 
100  
 
8 
 
161 166  103 
 
12 
 
84 91 
 
.: 82:.' ,-- 
. -:85 .. . 
 
88. ' ::'.85 . ' 
 
Michigan 
 
176 178 
 
101 
 
19 
 
w_ 1_s_c_on_s_in-:---------_1"-9_6 _ . 194 
 
99 
 
20 
 
86 
 
86 
 
86 
 
9'2 ''. ~ 
 
East North central 
 
1,011 1,025 
 
101 
 
13 
 
.j . .. :' . . 
 
Minnesota   I owa 
 
241 
 
248 
 
103 
 
24 
 
155 158 
 
102 
 
13 
 
87 
 
86 ' 
 
90 
 
96 .. . 
 
87 
 
89  ... : ..._ 
 
Missouri North Dakata  
South - D~kota 
Nebraska ' Kansas 
 
111 117 
 
105 
 
16 
 
18 
 
24 
 
135 
 
13 
 
36 
 
36 
 
100 
 
20 
 
52 
 
55 
 
106 
 
15 
 
42 
 
40 
 
95 
 
26 
 
82 89 
 
791 .: . . 
 
92 91 
 
96 ~: . 
. 90 . .... 
 
81 
 
. 87 . ' 
 
West North .Central 
 
655 
 
678 . . 10~ 
 
19 
 
88 
 
Delaware 
 
3 
 
3 
 
lOO 
 
10 
 
1'1aryl.and . 
 
28 
 
28 
 
100  
 
 12 
 
Virginj,a .. 
 
143 150 
 
105 
 
 7 
 
West Virginia 
 
113 108 
 
96 
 
21 
 
Nor th Carolina 
 
176 187 
 
106 
 
16 
 
South Carolina 
 
52 
 
55 
 
106 
 
6 
 
qeorgia 
 
207 
 
217 
 
105 
 
4 
 
~Fl_o~r~i~M~~: ~ --------------~24~8~--~26~3~--~106_______~0_ 
 
9.outh At lantic 
 
970 1,011 
 
104 
 
10 
 
95 
 
75 . 
 
95 
 
70 
 
90 
 
77 : 
 
87 
 
81 
 
81 
 
84 
 
90 
 
85 
 
89 
 
81 
 
91 
 
~ 82 
 
88 
 
81 " 
 
lCentucky . 
Tennessee Alabama Mi~sis:Sipp:i,   Arkansas . Lo~i si~na . Oklahoma Te~a s : . 
South Central 
 
136 167- 
191 
. 15 
98 91 46 2.71 
1,075 
 
136 
 
100 
 
170 . 102 
 
189 i.:?-J ' .. 94 
89. . 
 
99 
-97 : 96 :. 
. 98  
 
43- : . . 94 . 
 
. 260 
 
96 . 
 
1,054 : 
 
98 
 
15 12 
6 1- 
. 19 6 < 
' ;22 ;1.2 
. 12 .. 
 
88 86 92 -84 . . . "84 . 90 . 
82 87 
87 
 
so .  
83 82 70 74 . .. .. .  8:} -., . 
77 
76 . 
 
'~Montana 
'I daho vJyoming colorado 
New 11exieo Arizona Utah 
Nevada \vashington Ore gon Californi a. Western 
 
69 
 
72 
 
104 
 
41 
 
177 173 
 
98 
 
17 
 
35 
 
37 
 
106 
 
12 
 
66 
 
67 
 
102 
 
10 
 
17 
 
18 . 108 . 
 
1.3 . 
 
83 
 
89 
 
107 
 
11 
 
51 
 
54 
 
105 
 
20 
 
15 
 
15 
 
100 
 
18 
 
82 
 
86 
 
105 
 
27 
 
51 
 
54 
 
106 
 
15 
 
548 559 
 
102 
 
10 
 
1,194 1,224 
 
l03 
 
15 
 
90 
 
91 
 
88 
 
85 
 
89 ' . 
 
92 
 
84 
 
84 
 
88 ,, ,' 79 . 
 
83 
 
73 
 
84 
 
90 
 
80 
 
80 
 
91 
 
84 
 
93 
 
89 
 
84 
 
74 
 
86 
 
80 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
5,331 5,406 
 
101 
 
!/ Revised. g/ Preliminary. 
21 Percent of colonies entering winter, as reported. 
 
- 2- 
 
87 
 
82 
 
 G'CL. 
W9otJ7 
 
~t./ A3 
 
-;-r7 (GIE,(Q)~GllA C~OIP' ~JEJP>()) JrllNG SI&~Vll<CIE 
 
, r <":::';{G\i\ 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
UNI' 
 
r. '57 UNIV.ERStTY.OF..GEOF.tG.IA AND THE .. . . . . 
 
STATE DEPARTMEJ'ff9F AGRICULTURE 
 
1\. g 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
3!9 EXT.ENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA . 
 
Athens, Georgia   ..   
 
August 6, 1957 
 
'. 
 
; :. 
 
..... ~. 
 
' 
: 
 
, . 
 
FARM 
 
PRICE 
 
RE.~T 
 
L 
AS 
 
OF  JULY 
 
15, 
 
19~1 
 
. ., ... ... 
 
.: .': . ' ~; 
 
' 2;~ 
 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity .Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the . . , month en<:led Juiy 15 was 254 pe..cent of January 1910 .. December 1914   
average. : Tllls was' a ' rise of 3 points from the June level of 251 percent but''.a. drop of 2.points rom the July 15, 1956 lev~l of.256 percent. A 254 percent, the . Al~ , Co:r:nmo<;iity Jndex of Prices Received is at the highest level it has been since the  
corresponding month a year ago. 
 
The AJ:l Cr.ops c oinponent of the index advanced 3 points iduring the month to  2'71:    
 
percent of :i:ts 1910 .. 1914 average. Higher prices were received for corn, oats:, '. 
 
hays.,.-cotton .lint, peanuts and tooa~co were the contributing factors to the incre{l~ 
 
Low.er prices received for soybeans, wheat, fruits and nuts were only partially 'off~ 
 
setting. 
 
. , 
 
Th~  All Livestock ~d Livestock Products component of the index advanced 6 points 
du:rltig the month ended July 15. At 222 percent of its 1910-19lh av~rage the !ive- 
 
stock index is at its highest level since August 1955 when the index was the same, . 
 
Higher "prices were received by Georgia fanners for hogs, beef cattle, chickens;:: .. 
 
egg& and milk were the casual factors for the incr~ase in the index. Milk .c.ows . - 
 
an~ butterf.a;l{ .prices remained unchanged from the pr.evious month. 
 
 ' '  . 
 
4 
 
 
 
'  
 
.. 
 
; 
 
' 
 
 
 
I 
 
'  
 
 
 
,I .: , 
 
I 
 
r UNI'l\ED STATES: During the month ended July 15 the , Index of- Prices Recei,ved b.Y : , farmers increase 3 points (one percent). Higher prioes recel:ved 
 
for ,D:leat; ~mala, poultry . and eggs, and dairy products w,ere primarily respon,sfble  
 
for, the increase while lower prices for fruit and feed ;graim and hay were partl.'al+. 
 
offsetting.. The July index at 247 percent of its 1910-14--average was 4 pcllnt~L : : 
 
.. abq~a .. July ' 
 
1956 
 
and. is 
 
a,t 
 
its 
 
highest ' 
 
level 
 
s.inc. e 
 
August 
 
1954. 
 
. ......' . 
 
The !ndex of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm. Wage Rates declined 1 point (about 1/3 of 1 percent) during the month ended July 15. This resulted from the 2 percent ,qecline in the seasonally adjusted wage rate component of the Index as farm wage rates failed to advance as much as usual. ,.: .The prices paid- component of the Index showed no .ehange. during the month. At 295, the .July Index was '3 percent higher than a year earlier. 
 
With tpe Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates off slightly and 
 
farm products prices up, the Parity Ratio rese to 84 in rnid..July, 2 percent above 
 
June, but about 1 percent below a year earlier. 
 
  
 
' 
 
Summar,y Table for the United States 
 
! Indexes 
 
..: 
 
1910- 14   lQO '. : 
 
I 
 
'. 
 
, 
 
Prices Received.. 
Parity Index dl 
Parity Ra~f<V::: 
 
July ,l5, 1956 
243 287 
85' 
 
June 15, .1 
1957 : 
244. 
296 " ! -.. 82 ' .. 
 
Ju1y 15., 
1 95 7 
... 
247 
 
.:_ ___R~c_2r3 _!!i~- __ 
 
: Index 
 
Date 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
295 
 
296 /Apr. 1957 
 
84 .o .I 
 
123 ' Oct. 1946 
 
~/ :rrf.ces .:Pclia, Interest, T~es, and -vJage Rat~f! .based on data for the indicated 
dates. _g/Also May anct J1me 19,5-7. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
Agx;.~~ultural ~tatist~~.ian In Charge 
..'  
;.. . < 
. .' : 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
;-. -: . 
 
.., .. 
.. ,:,  
.. 
 
.. 
. .~ : :. ~ 
 
... 
>I. . ~ t 
 
 ; I 
 
.. . " 
 
COMr.bDITY AND UNIT 
 
.ibeat, Bu. 
 
Corn, Bu, 
 
Jo  : ~. ~ 
 
'( I 
 
Oats, Bu.  ;  
 
.~ ~ 
 
. , 
 
. .. ... 
 
- 
 
. 
- t ~-- :P.vc~ag~' Jtify 
 
June 1 
 
uly 15 
 
Aver ig~' 
 
July' 
 
-~..---------'--~ ..r..:..:-   
i 5;.- J~~ ' 15; i~i'y\t''. 
 
, 
 
... 
 
,~:.:: .I' ~.~-::.~ 1.9l0;-H, 1956 
 
(ji 
 
1.23 ' ,1.90" 
 
.. 
 
$ 
 
~- ... 
.91 
 
' .....:.... . ~ .. 
1. 38 
 
-_i:37 _ ~- _i .38. 
 
1909-14 
.88 ' ............' .",  
.64 
 
1956 1. 90 1. 43 
 
_ $ .' .67- ' 
 
! 
.74 
 
. 
 
" ' 1.:. 
 
 70 
 
. . 74 .'. 
 
.. 
.. .40 
 
.65 
 
1957 ~ - . Hl5? , -~ 
 
l . ~Jl ~91 
 
1..2.2 
.661 
 
.1.23 
. :.. ' 
.62 
 
Iri'sh' Poti~ , Cvit. 
 
$ 
 
Sweet ~.PF~ . ~ C~Tt  . $ 
 
Cotton, Lb. 
 
 
 
Cottons eed~ ;Ton 
 
$ 
 
Hay (bale./!.), '!'on $ 
 
.. 
 
Hogs ,: pel' Cwt~ 
 
$ 
 
1.88 1.53 12.1 23,65 
__ _.._ 
7.36 
 
'5,50 
..s. 55 
34.5 44 .00 24.20 16.00 
 
2.50 
---- 
33.7 
---- 
23.70 
18.50 
 
2.67 
5.30 33.8 
--- 
' 24.40 
19.40 
 
1.14 
1.60 
12.4 
22 . 55 
---- 
7'.27- 
 
5.19 
' .' '~ I 
 
- i ~ 27 . 
..... \ . 
 
3 .98  .5._7<1 
 
32.36 19.00 19.70 
 
. 31.89 
--- 
18~60 
 
15.30. 18.40 
 
1.56.' .__ ; ;.: . ..' 
 
; t, 
~~~q 
 
' , : 
 
32.;29.........._..; ' 
 
. -!-~-- 
 
.. ~ 
 
17.60 
 
.. : ~ 
 
:~  ,  'I 
 
. . 19 . ~0 .. ~- ; 
 
Bee Cattle, Cwt, $ 
 
3.96 12.00 J,4.0Q 14 , 10 
 
5. 42 
 
15.30 
 
17.70 
 
," ,. I ' 
18,'40  -.J  
 
Milk Qows, Head 
. Chickdn~:. L? ~ .  Eggs , Doz i . 
 
:1l .33.85 110.00 1J: 5.00 
 
 13.3 
 
20.5 20.0 
 
 '21.1 
 
<15 ,0 37.9 
 
Butterf at , Lb. 
Milk( ,'iho1 e s~e) per 100/1: ]J 
 
r;f 25.8 ' 52 .0 51.0 
 
$, 2, 43 
 
5.80 5.70 
 
Soybeans, Bu. 
 
la.70 2.35 
 
Fean-q~ s< Lb . 
 
. : :-. 6-.2 .: . 11.2 10.5 
 
- -----~---"---,...--+----'-' ]J Prolimi~<:~;y for July 1957. . 
 
115.00 ' 20.1 I 40.7 51.0 
5.75 2.25 10.7 
- 
 
-18.00 11.'1 21.5 26 .3 
1.60 
--- 
4:.8 
 
154',00 . 163~00 
 
20.6 
 
19.4 
 
36.6 29.0 
 
58.3 
 
58.9 
 
' 
 
165.00 \. . :- 
1~.-8  . '';' :' . . 
32~1 . 
.. 
58.6 . 
 
3.97 - 3.8~ 
 
2 .47 
 
2.18 
 
~ u.s : 
 
. -10.9 ' 
'. 
 
_3. .;.9. . .7. 
2.24 '_j I 
'10.9 
 
. .  \. : 
'.' : 
 
I NDEX NtJMBE.RS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F/IBMERS IN GEORGIA 
 
(Jonu'll'Y 1910 ,- Iecembor 1914 = 100) 
July 15, Jme 15, July 15, 
 
'. 
 
: - - . - -- - 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1956 
 
All CommoiH t i~ s 
 
256 
 
251 
 
254 
 
' ,,;_ ; 
 
All Crops 
 
279 
 
268 
 
271 
 
Grains QJld Ha.y 
 
149 
 
1'18 ' , 119 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
285 
 
. 276 
 
279 
 
Pecill.uts 
 
216 
 
202 
 
206 
 
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Tob a c co 
 
373 
 
383 
 
40 4 
 
Cottonse.e d and. Soybeans 
 
185 
 
209 
 
209 
 
Irish Potatoes & Swvet Potatoe s .  
 
. 318 . 
 
276 
 
271 
 
Fruit s and Nuts 
 
313 
 
179 
 
H3 
 
All Livestock and Liv~ stock Products 
 
2 08 
 
216 
 
222 
 
Meat Animals .    
Foultry an<r Eggs  " 
 
250 161 
 
218580 .. 
 
302 155 
 
Dairy Pr_o ::1ucts   
 
232 
 
. -230 
 
230 
 
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COMPARISONS 
 
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July ,15, Ju,ne 
 
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Mi xed Da-i ry Foed iU1lrn ner 2 9%"Prot<::in 
 
1956 3.90 
 
1957 
 
1957 _ 1r- 1956 
 
1957 
 
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- --  : Dollars Pl~ r 100-Founds .   . . ' 
 
3 .90 
 
3.90 
 
:3:71 I '  3.?3 
 
1957 . .. -. 
3.73 
 
16'% Prot uin 1 8~~ P rote i n 20% P.rotoin 
 
3.80 
4 .10 4.05 
 
3.85 4.05 
4 .10 
 
3.80 1.05 tl,05 
 
3.61 3.68 3.67 : . ,' ::3.67 3~90 . : ;3.,91  
 
3.68 . 3.67 
3, a9 , .. _. .- 
 
24% Frotoin 
 
. 4 .25 
 
4 .30 
 
11.30 
 
4.04 
 
11.02 
 
3.99 
 
Hi gh PFote in Feeds 
Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Y.eat Scrap 
 
3. 40 11,20 4.70 
 
3. 45 3. 65 4.70 
 
3.45 3.55 1 .70 
 
3.76 1 .27 4.85 
 
3.76 3.74 
1 . 6 2 
 
3. 7'1 3.73 4 .69 
 
Gra in B~-Product~ 
Bran Mi d dl i n g s Corn Meal 
 
3.30 
3.65 3.70 
 
3.35 3.50 3.60 
 
3.25 3.50 3.60 
 
2.91 
 
2.89 
 
2.85 
 
J.._. 
 
3.13 2. 97 
 
2.91 
 
3, 71 
 
3.39 
 
3.38 
 
Poultry Foo d 
B1oiler Grovring..llash Lo.ying Mash Scratch Gra ins 
 
5.30 
4.95 4. 45 
 
5.00 4.75 4 .35 
 
5.00 
4.75 1.30 
 
5.08 4 .58 1.16 
 
4.87 4, 42 4 .06 
 
4.87 .:1, :12 11.05 
 
Ha.y (Ba1od ) .b.lfalf a All Other 
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11 As report ed by Food Do~l e rs 
 
45.00 50.00 39,00 36.00 
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50.00 34 .00 
 
30. 30 27.70 
 
29.20 27.40 
 
28 .80 27.50 
 
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{! . I G.JE(Q)~CGllA (CJR(Q)IP? .JRI&lF(Q)JRTllNCG SIE~VllCJE 
 
1\GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERV.JCE 
 
' UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
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~TATE D_EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
 
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U.s. DEpAATMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING,SERVICE _319 EXTENS ION BLDG :, ATHENS, G~ . 
August 7, 1957 
 
 
 
L\BqARli:S 
 
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FO -EOIDIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
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Du~ing t~e week ending August 3, commercial hatcheries placed 5, 708,000 chicks 
wi~h the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
5,753,000 placed the previous week and is 19 percent more than the 4,8oo,ooo : 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set ~ by local th~ previous week 
 
hatche and is 
 
ries amounted 11 percent g 
 
to rea 
 
6,843,000 ter than th 
 
ecom6,p1a5r2ed,0w00ithfo6r 1 
 
927,000 the corr 
 
for e fi- 
 
POJ?.ding we.ek last year. 
 
 
 
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H~tcheries report~d prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver~ge 
 
of ,65 cents per dozen. Average price charged :bY hatcheries for the chicks w~s 
 
reported. at $11.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 64 cents and $11.25 
 
fqr the previous week and 72 cents and $13.00 one year ago. E88 prices shown : 
 
relate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherWise. 
 
Wet ghted' average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending August 3 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 
 
3l ' pound$; at farms 20.38; FOB plants 21.39.. 
 
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GEOifGIA CHICK PLACE:t:1ENT BrWEEKS 
 
Dat-e v.teek , . Ending 
 
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PERIOD JUNE 1, THROUGH -..AUG-UST 3, 1957 
 
I l 
 
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Chicks Hatched 1/ : 
 
Inshipments 
 
1957 
 
.. . Placed in Georgia ; of Chicks 
1956 1957 l 1956 1957 
 
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Thousands 
 
June 1 6,576 
 
I June 8 
 
6,516 
 
Juhe 15  6,896 
 
7,212 
7,213 7,131 
 
Thousands .. 
 
4,400 
 
5~ 208 
 
4,465 4,578 
 
5,215 
5,266 
 
! Tnousanas 
 
I 
I I 
 
814 
 
682 
 
I 
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815 808 
 
662 736 
 
JUhe 22  6, 770 June 29 ' 6;,534 
 
7,182 7,042 
 
i 44',448461 
 
5,235 
5,04~.' 
 
735 804 
 
638 733 
 
July 6 
 
6,152 6,803 4,572 5,051 : 828 682 
 
Ju;t.y 13 Ju;J..y 20 
July 27 . 
Aug 3 
 
6,067 6,251 
6,015 
6,.152 
 
6,970 4,472 5,015 
 
678 734 
 
I 7,051 4,470 
6,927 I 4,356 
 
6,843 
 
I 
. I I 
 
4,218 
 
.5,141 .' 690 ' 
 
: 
 
5,005 .5,035 . 
 
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594 582 
 
719 748 673 
 
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Total Placed 
. on Fann~ 
1956  1957 Tnousanlils 
 
'5;214 5,280 
5,386 5,181 5,285 '5,400 
5,150 
. 5,160 
4,950 ' 4,800 
 
$,890 
5,877 
9,002 5,873 
- 5,781 
5,733 
5,809 
5,860 
5,753 
5,708 
 
!/: Excl~sive of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia. 
 
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July : July July July Aug 
 
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:E'GGS SET - TB:OUSANDS 
 
_CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
 Maine . 
 
i '1, 365 
 
Connecticut . Pennsylvania 
 
913- 
r. 319 
 
 Indiana 
 
.; 1, 75S 
 
. Illinois  
 
: _J 373 
 
Missouri 
 
l 1, 599 
 
Delaware . 
Maryla~d 
 
2, 171 
- - ~.258 
 
Virginia 
 
~.203 
 
West Virginia . 
 
391 
 
North ' .Carolin~ 
 
2,864 
 
South Carolina 
 
484 
 
GEORdiA 
 
7,051 
 
Florida 
 
399 
 
Alabama 
M~ssissippi ' 
Arkansas  
 
I. 2. 477 1. 820 3, 105 
 
L~uisiana 
 
.. .- 388 
 
T ,exas 
- Washingtoh 
' Oregon. 
 
2, 4_51 .. 
 
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24S 
 
California ... 
 
1, 175 
 
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TOTAL 1'rrS7 .. <.  37, 111 
 
TOTAL 19S6 . 
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1951 o/o of :l9S6 
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3~,047 
 
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109 
 
1. 260' 9S9 
1, 473 1, 7_S4 
3_37. 1, S51  2,084 2, 143 2, 176 
340 2,744 
400 6,927 
404 2,424 1, 68Z 
2~944 
390 2,422 
344 249 1,322 
36,329 
3_3, 9;3'2 
- 10.7 . . . ..'.. 
 
1,259 
 
98S 1, 070, 1,099 
 
1,088 1,048 
 
974 1, 380 1,616 
325 
 
619 
 
783 
 
i . 
I 
 
916 
 
184 
 
576 773 1,: 091 195 
 
693 '783 1, OZ2 18S 
 
648 
ass 
1~ 070 . 177 . 
 
SS1 716 1, 066.~ 128 
 
1, 468 2,046 
 
S73 
 
657 
 
636 
 
1;921 1, 923 . 1, 917 
 
620 . 618 ' 1, 94:2 .1, 913 .; 
 
2, 175 
 
1, .525 1, 535 : 1,606 
 
1,677 1,,694 : 
 
2,024 
 
1,319 1, 162 1,425 
 
1, 218 .. 1, 394 
 
321 .. 
 
544 
 
' 547 
 
535 
 
604 
 
S30 
 
2,661 
 
t 2,21'* 2,287 2,318 
 
2, 393  . ~. 289 
 
455 
 
.353 
 
365 
 
310 .  . 331 
 
309 
 
6,843 
 
5, 890 . .5; 877 6, 002 .-.: 5, 873 5, 781 . 
 
362 
 
264 . 208 
 
202 
 
z22 
 
Z48 
 
2,36S 
 
2,297 2, 171 2,236 
 
2, 209  ..:2, 274 
 
1,78S 2, 873 ' 
 
z,1, 464 1, 494 1,382 
 
1, 391 . 1,467 
 
397' 2,638 21401 . 2, S86  2,619 
 
. 376 2, 347 _ 
34i , Z65 . 
' 1, 24 7 
 
394 ' 445 . 390 
 
. 2, 098 ' 2,236 .. 2,_~38 
 
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297 175 
 
. . 965 
 
270 147 888 
 
~75 1~H . 
890 
 
405 .. 357 
 
2,272 2, 198 
 
3 0 1 ;. 207' 
 
318 1S9 . . 
 
928. 
 
80'1 
 
1,006 S48 629 
1,074 180 669 
1, 983 1. 714 1, 426 
486 
2, 295 367 
5,733 Zl8 
2, 115 1, Sl9 2, 617 
367 2,275 
220 166 941 
 
967 610 701 1,019 180. 
736 2,042 1, 622 1, 436 
612 2,200 
394 5,809 
Z68 2, 118 1, S94 2,S04 
385 2, 102 
224 220 
976 
 
1,023 
619 756 958 167 637 1,827 1, 688 1,326 S93 2, 125 
393 5,860 
2Zl 2, 157 1,584 2,490 
385 2,009 
292 163 
949 
 
35,..51S . 
33, 897 . 
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-28, 177 28;028 
j 101 
 
28,605 28,826 28, 099  28, 219 
 
. 29, 017: 
 
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27, 832' 
 
.; ' 102 
 
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I. 
 
102 
 
104 
 
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28, 478' 
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27, 66- 1. 
103"~ 
 
28, 54828,719 26, S20 26, 26S 
107 109 
 
28,222 25, S40 
111 
 
_l. 042 S18 823 983 200 710 
1,784 1, 595 1,279 
592 2, 117 
320 
s, 753 
176 2,062 1,620 2,S27 
342 2,009 
289 161 986 
 
993 5S5 700 976 161 S8S 1, 749 l, 444 1,380 544 2, 156 332 5,708 
199 2,019 1,387 2,463 
394 1,874 
225 168 867 
 
27, 888 26, 879 
 
24. 618 24, 642 
 
113 109 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEOR(;I_A AND THf::! . ' .-. 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . 
 
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UG 12 5 . 
 
. t , . ; _- . :"'. .AGRIC.YLTURAL MAR~ETING SERVICE 
 
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319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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GEORGIA. - AUGUST 1 COTTON REPORT 
 
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Prosp~~tive co~ton . pr~ducti9n in Georgia .for 1957 . of 460,000. bales .( 500 .-pounds' rgt-os~;f' 
 
~eight) was indicated on August 1 by information. reported\ by crop correspondents. to ,: 
 
~he Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is 21 percent below the 579,000 bales 
 
produced last year and is the smallest crop since 1875 when 413,000 bales were 
 
.harvested  
 
Indi'c.ated .lint yield per acre of 379 pounds is the highest on record.. The previous 
 
recp;rd w~s in 1955. with an average yie.ld of 376 pounds. 'I'm ten year ayer~ge 
 
p94e;..55) yield is 264 pounds. Preliminary estimated .acreage for harvest is 
 
$83,~00 compared with 83o,noo last year and is the smallest acre~ge sj,.nce estima~~s~ 
 
"e~:, ; $~~ted in ~866. 
 
 
 
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Unfav,.~rable weather during the spring months delayed planting oper~ti~ns in the 
 
southern .part' of the State and the crop was somewha-t;. later than nsual~ Heavy rains 
 
and cool -temperatures made it necessary to do more replanting than usual. Stands 
 
~re generally good in most areas of the State. Frequent rains during May and early 
~une made it difficult to control weevils, infestation became very'- heavy and th~ . . < 
 
~ott9m crop was damaged in most areas. Hot, dry weather prevailed 'during July . and ', , ; 
 
prod~cers carried out an effective spray program and the crop improired during .the . . ~ ; 
 
month. As of August 1, prospects were generally good and record or near recoPd   :::': 
 
yi~lds per  a. cre were expecte.d in all districts~ 
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l"iniu outt.UX.n of the crop compared with this forecaSt wi11 depend upon whethell or.  .: ' 
 
not. the various factors affecting the crop during the remainder of the season .are  '., : 
 
m: ore .or less .favorable than usual. 
 
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_GEORGIA MAP .. SHOWING AUGUST 1 CONDITION BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS 
 
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. 1957-76% 1956-76% l955-79% 
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Non-cotton 
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195776% 1956-78% . . 1955;,.82% 
 
STATEi 1957 - 78% 1956 - 75% 1955 - 80% 
 
 
 
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Districts 'shown are crop . . ~ . . 
reporting districts and NQ! .,:: 
Congressional Districts.. . . : 
 
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1957-80% 1956-77% 1955-81% 
 
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I1AQmL 
1957-77% 1956-74% 1955-81% 
 
1957-78% 1956-74% 1955-75% 
 
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ALBANY 
1957-80% 1956-75% 1955-83% 
 
1957-78% 
1956-75% 1955-80% 
 
IX 
1957-68% 1956-79% 1955-79% 
 
VALDOSTA 
 
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.~lf!LSTATES - CO!'TON ~PORT j...._~gus~ 1 a. 12.U 
 
The Ci~pp' Reporting. Boa.rd ,..~,:f<t.n.e -Agricultur~ Harketing Service makes the .foll.owing 
 
report fpo~n d9-ta ..furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians:, Bureau of  
 
i;he Census, Conunodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agend.es. The 
 
final outturn of cotton compared ~th this forecast will depend upon whether the 
 
~arious influences affecting the crop duririg the remainder of the season are more 
 
ar less favorable than usual. 
 
 
 
 
 
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I Acres in 
 
August 1 
 
.  1- C-ultivation --.:..c.ariditian 
 
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STATE 
 
! i .July 1,195? 
less average percent not 
 
Aver-:-: : 
 
Aver- ; 
 
:~95? : Aver- 
 
19ag4&e :1956: 1957 
 
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1956: 
 
J.ndJ.c.: Aug.l  
 
19ag4e6_ 
 
:  :1956 
 
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19d5" 7. 
 
 
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Thous. 
 
Percent 
 
. Pounds 
 
Thous. Bales  
 
..-acres ----- - - - - - -     ------- :~---- 
 
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354 
505 
 
80 87 82 320 '391  339 
74 83 76 305 360 337 ' 
 
449 647 
 
359 513 
 
250 ._.., 
."355 : 
 
Ga........ 
 
583 
 
72 75  78 264 334 379 
 
679 579 
 
460 : 
 
Tenn.      
 
481 
 
79 92 8'3  3 7h 488 4 79 
 
579 552 :4'8.0 : ~ 
 
Af.a.       
Miss...... 
 
743 1,365 
 
74 77 80 296 3 70  404 
 
891 ?50 
 
625' ' 
 
79 86 81 363 483 471 1,702 1,609 l~340 . 
 
M~  ~. 
 
305 
 
80 96 66 384 586 386 
 
385 41+8 
 
245 ' 
 
I AL ~rk .. .... 
 
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1,136 461 
 
79 90 77 360 500 473 1,444 1,426 " 1,120 .. 
 
75 85 73 357 496 406 
 
606 581 
 
390 ' 
 
Okla : 
 
562 
 
75 81 ?!~ 170 175  209 
 
374 261 
 
245 " 
 
Texas..... 
 
5,926 
 
?6 73 ?8 208 280 306 3,14"2 3,615 3,775 
 
NT Mex.... 
 
181 
 
A~iz  ~  ~ 
 
356 
 
92 94 87 94 97 94 
 
551 718 
 
797 1,108 
 
729 1,119 
 
1 ! 
 
253 620 
 
301 829 
 
275 I 830 
 
Calif..... Other 
 
721 
 
92 96 96 
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683 
 
I 924 982 i 1,249 1,446 1,475 
 
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}/1947-56 Average percent not harvested includes acres abandoned, removed for . . 
.  compliance, and placed in Soil Bank Acreage Reserve , 2/ On acres in cultivation July 1 less average percent not harvested. . 3/ Production ginned ~d to be gi~ed. A 500-p'ounq bale cont.ains about 480 net pounds of lint. 4/ Virginia, Florid'a,- . 
Illinois; Kentucky, Kansas and Nevada. 5/ Included in State and united States  totals, Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona .and California. 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
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GE}~RJ~L CROP REPORT FOR GEORG+A AS OF AUGUST 1, 1957 
 
- - - - - .SI'1ALL,ER PEANUT CROP EXPECTED: 
 
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 Georgia's 1957 peanut crop, currently -estimated at 5401 175,000 pounds, 
 
is expected to be about 5 percent smalle.r than the crop of 568,980,000 pounds  
 
produced last .year. 
 
Growers this year plan to harvest 527,ooo acres for nuts, a 1 percent increase  
from 1956. The Serv:i.ce sa.:i.d p rospects on August 1 pointed to a yield of 1025 
? ounds per aere -vrhich is the third highest of record being t:)XCeeded by only the 
1956 yield of 1090 pounds and 1917 when 1043 pounds per acre wer~ produced. 
 
_s!ORN _PROSPECTS DECLINE : 
Hot dey Ttmq.ther during mid-July decreased prospects for Georgia r s corn crop, currently estim<>.ted at 64,435,000 bushels or one percent below last year's crop of 65,064,000 bushels. July 1 conditions indicated a crop of 65,750,000 bushels 
but lack of rainfall in some s.ecti ons along lvi th high temperatures reduced prospects  2 percent during the month. Damage to corn has been heaviest in northwestern areas of the Stateo The indicated yield at ~~.5 bushels is still a record high for the State surpassing the old record of 24~0 set in 1955 and matched la'st year, 
 
TOBACCO ESTII"iATE INCREASED: 
 
Georgia flue-cured tobacco production, estimated at 85,050,000 pounds, is 34 per 
below. last year's. crop of 12B,o4o,ooo pounds and the smallest crop since 1943. The August 1 estimate places production of l$575,000 pounds above the July 1 forecasto Although the crop 1-Tas plagued by unfavorable weather most of the growing season yi'elds turned out very good and better than earlier expectationso Reports 
from gr01-1ers indicate a yield of 1350 pounds this year which "t-Jill be the third 
highest on  record being exceeded by only the 1955 and 19.56 yields of 1465 and 
:4.55 pottnds respectively0 
 
BELOVl AVERAGE PECAN CROP ~ 
 
Based an reports' from :groTtrers as of August 1, Georgia's 19.57 _pecan crop is ejq>~cted ~o tetal 20,000,000 pounds. This is only one-third as large as last year1 s crop 
 
and 39 percent belcH the 1946-5.5 average crop of 32,946,000 pounds. Varieties that 
 
produced heavily last year have a very swEll crop set in most instances. Many 
 
$chleys set a fair crop but shedding and scab have caused a heavy drop. Seedlings 
 
~..re expected to account for a larger portion of the crop than usualo 
 
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GEORGIA 
 
:ACREAGE: 
 
YIELD PER ACRTI> 
 
: TOT.\t PRODUCTION(I~I THo'USAND 
 
CROP 
 
:-cooo) .Average. 
 
.indicated:Average : 
 
 :Indicated 
 
: 1957 :1946-5.5: 19.56  19.5.7 ' :1946-55 : 19..59 t 19.57 
 
bu: Corn.      
 
2630 . 16.2 : 24.0 24.5 
 
48,978  65;o64 64,43~ 
 
Vfueat. o     bU: 102 
 
15.6 I 2le0 
 
17~0 
 
2,091 2,436 1,734 
 
Oats     bu: 411 27.1 33o0 j 28.0 
 
11,683 14,289 11,.508 
 
Hay (All)    ton: 
(? T,obacco (All)  , lb: 
Potatoes,Irish, bu: 
Potatoes,Sweet, bu: Cotton     bale~ Peanuts( for picking: 
 
691 , .65 : 
64.J4 1196 I 
4o8! 46.2 ' 
13 ! 41 
l 58.3i 264 
 
.89 : 14.52 1 4.5o8 
46 334 
 
.87 1350 47.5 
48 379 
 
1 706 
 
616 
 
:121,920 1291 371 
 
j 333 
 
229 
 
1 ~ 1264 
 
736 
 
' 679 579 
 
604 86,.535 
228 624 460 
 
a1.d threshing) lb, : .527 i 803 
 
1090 1025 586,5.52 68,980 540,115 
 
Soybeans btu 
 
96 : 10~1 ! 12.5 13.0 
 
305 1038 1248 
 
Peaches, total crop: 
 
.,        bu. : 1'e2.rs, total crop,  t.        bu. .>ecans     .lb : Pa sture, Condition%: 
 
76 
 
81 
 
Bl 
 
2,776 1600 23.50 
 
I 
 
196 32,946 
 
1 I 
 
8o 60,000 
 
I 
 
86 20,000 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY, Agr. Stat. In Charge 
 
WilLIAM E. KIBLER, Agr. Stat. 
 
 Ui'HTF:D ST.tiTES - o:;rm:lAL CROP RE:?01T AS OF P..UGUST 1, 1957 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Crops gaini~g in production prospects dt~ring the pa.st month include corn, rice and 
 
tJnga r beets~ Significant to sr.iall decre-:ases in o.utput since July 1 eire i nd;tcated 
 
for '1-r.inter 91ld sp rlng wheat, oats, barley, flaxseed, hay, tobac.c'o ini.d potatoes. :. 
 
The August 1 cotton esimate of 11.9 million bales represent s near:-record_jields 
 
p_er acre bnt is 11 percent less than the -1956 crop. The sorghum grain crop l{'loks 
nearly three-fourths larger than the 1955 record. The soybean cro:;;, despite 
~crea sed acreage, looks 6 percent under lRst ye8.r. 
 
 ~!:. ~roduc:t;ion.. of all t>orn is forecast at .3,066 miD.ion bushels -- 2 p8rcent 
 
above the July 1 forecast, 11 percent below last year and 2 percent below 
 
average . The change from last month is attributed largely to .a transition ;from 
 
cool wet weather to near normal weather in most of the main p roducing StAtes. The 
 
yield is indicated at 42o4 bushels ;)er harvested acre compared vr.i.th the recqrd of 
 
45.4 last year and the average of .37.8. 
 
 
 
.SOYBEANS: ,Soybean production; based on .August 1 conditions, :l.s indi cated at 428 
 
million .bushe_ls . This is 6 percent belo l>r last year but, vr.i.th that exception, is  
 
the highest of record and is 58 percent above the 10-year average. The dro]J in 
 
production from last year is due to lower prospective yields because the expected 
 
acreage for harvest is at an all-time high  The August 1 yield is iridicatod at  
 
1? . 8 bushels per acre compared with 21~8 . bushcJ.s last year and the 10-year average 
 
of 20 e2 bushels per acre., . 
 
 
 
  
 
PE/IJnJTS: An estimated 1~536,000 acre s of peanuts for picking and thr,eshing in 1957 
 
is about 11 percent above the 1,.385,000 acres harvG.sted in 1956,. but 
 
about 31 percent below the ten year average of 2,238,000 acres. Pronuction of pea- 
 
nut s is, f orecast at 1,590 mi'llion pounds, about 1 pe rcent les s than the 1,502  ' 
 
million pounds produced in 1956o In the Virginia-Carol ina area, -vrhe re both acreage 
 
and .indicated yields are belo-vr last year, 1957 product:i.on 'is expected to be 20 ::J er- 
 
cent below 1956~ In the Southeast, production is expected to be down about . 4 
 
~ 
 
percent  . 'h1hile yields in Fl orida are expe cted to be at a r ecord high thi s year, 
 
yields.i il other States in this area are fa l ling short of the unusua l ly high yields 
 
obtained -last ,year. Productio:'1 in.. the Southwestern area  is ind:i.cated at 290 million 
 
pounds, almost double last year's production. This increase is mainly due to the 
 
increa se in acreage, although yields in Texas this year are eJ~e cted to exceed 19,56. 
 
PECANS: Production is forecast at 119 million pounds, approximately one-third less t Mn in .1956, and 14 percent bel01f average. The decline from last year is in the i mp roved varieti es : - August 1 prospects indicate more -see dling or wild ~ cans than la.st year but f evrer than aver age . Indicated total productj.on of i mp roved and see dling pe cans is greate r than i n 1956 in Texas, Oklahoma , end Arkansas; unchanged in Flor i da, Louj_siana and Nmr Mexico; but smaller in all other p ecan state. All States ea-st of the l1ississippi lli.V"r except Florida ha d a light set of nuts. 
 
_ _____ _____ ___ ____ ______ CROP ___......._ 
 
Acres In (000 ) 
 
Yield 
 
/ redaction In (000) 
 
- Harv:-- For irarv 
 
~ I.-n-d-.~A-u-g-., -= 
 
Ind. Aug 1 
 
_;... 1956 
 
.___1: 957 _.__,1_9_.5_6 ! 1,, 1957 ' .._ 1956 
 
1957 . ....;...;...;..-- 
 
c~ :rn, All 
 
Bu 75,950 7,2,289 
 
'4So4 42 ..'h 3, h.51,292 3,065,771 
 
~.lhoat, ,. All 
 
Bu 
 
Oats .  . Cotton ~/ 
 
Bu  
 
Hay, All 
 
Tons: 
 
Soybeans, g( .Bu; 
 
?~anut s. ~/  Lbs: 
 
?ota.toes, All . cwt: 
 
Sv7ect Potatoe s Cwt: 
 
Tob acco , All  Lb: 
 
49,817 'hJ,l61 
 
33,639 35; 774 . 
 
16:,833 11.f, 22Lf 
 
73,627 
 
73,499 
 
20 ,926 . 21,650 
 
1,385 
 
1:,536 
 
1,366 
 
1,400 
 
285 
 
274 
 
136S. - ~ .-:: 1128 
 
20 .0 21.2 
 
 3!~.3 . .38,1 
 
409 
1~48 
 
416 1.62 
 
21.8 19.8 
 
1157 1035 
 
175.9 167 . i3 594 : . 58.6 
 
1598 .. 1426 :.. 
 
997,2.07  914.978 
1,152;6521,361,456 13,310 11,897.  
108,708 118,897 455, 869 428,356 1,602,260 1,590,195 ,2Lf3, 716 234,974 .16,922 16,046 2,:18.0 , 805 1;.608, 83l . 
 
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. . . AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTE~ION SE~VICE _: :: ".:. . .: . 
 
. u.s. ptP~U~TME~t. OF AG~JCJ,!!;.!\1"~ .. 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGtA AND THE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
ST~TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
. 31t EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Geot"gia 
 
August 13, :t9'5J  f:.  
: r:.;.': _. .. 
 
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT FOR AUGUST 1,1957 
 
I. 
 
 
 
.L(MA BEANS: Prospective p reduction of green lima beans in the summel' < < 
 
States, estimated at 191, 000 cwt., is 9 percent less than in:di~:a.ted 
 
:an July 1, due primarily. to a severe drought condition prevailing in Mary1and an.d 
 
'New. J .er.sey. The . current forecast is 2.4 percent less than the 1956 productioil"!and 
 
-43' -percent below average. Supplies in August are expected frorn Nor~P. .C~rg,.,i~a, 
 
.where dry crops received beneficial rains the latter part of July, and from Mary- 
 
land, New Jers,~y. and the relatively small acreage in New Yc.rk. Relati:vely . . . 
 
_good yields are being harvested from irrigated fields in the latter States.---H~~v,,e~t-; 
 
ing is complete in southern areas of Georgia. Yields in central sections .of, t~t  
 
State were cut by inadequate moisture. 
 
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~NAP BEANS: Summer snap bean production is now forecast at 1, 404, 000 . c~~~-. ~  
 
  
 
slightly above 1a.st year but ~ percent below average.  T.he '8eas9n 
 
has been generally favorable for anap beans in New Hampshire. Ha'rvest ~$, . \mder r- 
 
w~y with. peak movement expected about mid-month. In c.e!tral New ~pJ:):(~ .g.r.O.w- 
 
ing conditions have been favorable. Harvest started in mid-July and volumEt;_', supplies will be available during August. o n Long Island, dry land acreag~-:. ~5>~'-  
 
tinues to show the effects of drought but irrigated fields are making good Y.i.-:el.ds .. 
In Pennsylvania, continued hot, dry weather has reduced yield prospects ;It ~h~ , 
r south-eastern section. Recent rains will benefit late plantings th~re. .With {a,..,..:-: 
orable weather in Ohio, the cr JP continues to make good progress. Volum~: 'move; 
 
rnent is underway. Harvest is active in Illinois where wet weather has reduc~cl 
 
yield prospects. In Michigan, prospects improved during July. Harvest ~~s::; :. 
 
~tarted but pickings were relatively light during the last half of July. The,,Vi.r .gipia 
 
rop is _in generally good condition. Weather conditions in North Carolina have 
 
favored gtowth. Movement is about at peak from these two States. Harvest is' 
 
~ctive in north Georgia where moisture deficiency is becoming serious. In Tenn- 
 
essee, favorable growing conditions have resulted in excellent yields and hfgh'- : 
 
quality. Movement is past the peak, but volume supplies will be available .through 
 
August. Local areas of centra~ and north Alabama report an acute shortaga of 
 
~oieture , resulting in -reduced yield prospects. 
 
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CABBAGE: Production of late summer cabbage for fresh market and sauerkraut 
 
. 
 
is forecast at 3, 639, 000 cwt., 5 percent less than last year's pro 
 
duction and 10 percent below average. Hot, dry weather r.aduced yield prospects 
 
in southeastern Pennsylvania, but growing -conditions have been good in the other 
 
sections of the State. Harvest was completed in the Quincy area of Illinofs:.early ~n: July and is now active in northern sections. Weather in western North Carolina 
 
ha:s favored crop development  . Crop con4!tio.ns .are go_od and record yields: are  
 
~xpected. In Georgia , movement is about at peak. . Cabbage in Colorado con~in 
 
ties to make good progress. Ha:rvest has started-in northern Colorado and is ex 
 
pected to begin in the San Luis Valley about August 10. In California, amplf;l 
 
supplies are moving to local markets With only small quantities being shipped out 
 
.of State~ 
 
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r WATERME.LONS: Productio~ of early summer ,;.,atermelons is now forecas:i'at 
 
. 
 
19, 413, 000 cwt .. . This is about 4 percent more than last y~~r 
 
c,.l'l~ .average. Decreases from the July 1 indication were forecast in Texa~ and  
 
South Carolina, slight increases were forecast in Mississippi and Oklahomc,l.;. .but 
 
~ll other States in this group remain unchanged. In'Texas the lower yield r _e .hects 
 
~ shorter crop in south central and south western areas where hot, dry ~e~ther, 
 
~~rnt vines before melons ripened. Supplies during August are. expected fo be . ~n 
 
~e  avy. volume. In the so.utheastern St:1.tes, volume continues but on a dimi~hed . 
 
basi,s.  G_rowing, conditions have ranged f-air to good. Volume, movement-is .~n4er 
 
. ~ayi,n.Ar~ans~s. _and is just starting in : Okla~oma). So-me melons rern.ain to be 
 
 har':veiitetfin.. Ariton~  .wh,il_e..~P Califo~ri~~ : .!Jl~ ..pe~~- has . bee~__pa~~e_c;l in:_t;he ~:-~"i-~~ -  
 
burg area but light movement will continue through August. 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 - 2- 
 
=-- Acreage and Indicated Production Reported to Date, 1957 with Comparisons 
 
Acn:-~AGE 
 
-,-YiBiD-Pill-i:C"P.E---: PR.onucrr6N - - 
 
CROP 
 
: 
 
.....1.- -  
 
,;..._:,. 
 
-- - - - 
 
. ~-'~.f...i.,.l. i-..D.;.~'.)s;~J.A:.T;E. . , ~ . t:A1v94er9a-g5e5.::. i9~'6 .=:.: 
 
.. .. ~-- : . 
.' i;; ._,.... 
S=e~~~~ey J;~gg 1~~ 1,~I ~~ . ' -~i :~ .l ~~ .~~,.:,..'d:~~ LIMA,JlEANS: 
 
' .:,. ...... .. . . 
. , ..;  Acres~ '- 
 
..:1.9I5n~d( , 
. 
 
:. (f .'.;~A51 -v;5.; $!:.:--1'.,_9,$.5'::6::1";9-I.n51d;:: '-L1v9-4e~ra..g;.e55::l.'{-';-.:~?6', ~(~ ,.!:;,I1n9d57. 
 
. -:,:::.= 
 
! - C'Wt.;...; 
 
- 1,000 Cwt: .J- 
 
I 
 
..  .. . " 
 
Ohio 
 
' ~ .. , ~720 
 
r180 
 
, --- . 37  j l 1 !  .;.._. 
 
27 
 
6 
 
3l i1ary1and 
; N.orth .e'aro 
:G.~.or;g_ia 1  ,.. 
 
1in 
. ... , 
 
a 
 
 
 
: 
 
. 
 
..,1 ,~1_'.1f5.-.,.,;1.~8,!_7_6900b_._4-'11,-,,'059_000.00_9_.---'111.J,,-05,,0q_30o'-0_o+-_22i~61~ 
 
 
 
26 . . .. ~o ..! 
 
. ::t.1 . . .26: .. ~ 4~) 
 
. .26'.: '' 26. ! ,, 
 
39 39 
 
20  18 . j . :.!.,..10.5.. .: 9.& . .-77 
 
'Gr~up total 
 
 13,130 9, '? 30 8, ~wo 1 25 26. 22 1 .  ;335 . 2'50  ' 191 
 
.:.NJ: P'BEANS 
Gununer1. : 
 ' New :rr~npshire 
Hassaciiusetts Rhode Island Connecticut 
New lYotkj t.I. .rqew"Y:0rk 
r 'lJ~nnsylvania 
.. Ohio ... .:-. .. 
Il1irioia: ;' 
Niehig.arf 
v!itgl:na  
Nortl~ C~rolina 
Q'eorgi~ ; .\ 
. Tennessee ' 
.f\labrunS:  Colot-ooo '  
q~9~~ ~~tal . 
. : :.. 
CL~B~ftf;E-t : 
Late Summer: . ii~~~y1vania- 
Indiana .,. i1i:i.!iois Iowa 
1-tor.~q c.aro1~na 
de o:r,gia Co),orado  . .  rf~w :!1'~-xico 
\hJ ~ ~;i.ngton ,; 
. qa;t.:i/()rt1ia 
 
 l 
 
J. " ~ : .. : 
 
I . 
 
} 
 
. . ~ . . ": . :.. 
 
290 
 
250 
 
! I 
250 . 33 40 !~O 
 
. .,'.: ":. - ~- ':. ;.. : ) .: . : 10 . ; !.t()' !. :i-10 
 
1,370 270 
1,120 
 
1~200 
200 
950 
 
1,300 ~4 
 
200 
1,~ !I . 
 
3345 
 
40 40 38 
 
30 26 
 
I 
 
28 ~ 
 
:s 47 "-'"48 ':.::)~? 
9 . 8 ;.J . ' 
3~ 36 ... 28 
 
i. 1, 870 1, 300 1, 200 ' 12,100 11,600 11,100 
 
41~22 
 
3' 170 2'300 
I 3,310 . 3,300 
I 1,290 1,2oo 
 
2, 200 3,600 
1,2oo 
 
42 40 
27 
 
40 42 '1. 
 
79   52   5o 
 
38 43 I 505 441 477 
 
so 42 -1 . 133 . .. 115: ;. 92 
 
40 40 . . . 131 ..: 1.32 '! '.'144 
 
30 25 .1 
 
34 :: ;i )6 1  '' JO 
 
l 2,530 2,500 
 
660 
 
650 
 
2,500 700 
 
)) 29 
 
33 39 
 
32 1 
35 l 
 
7,630 8,200 ?,800 31 33 35 ! 
 
7&  ' 82:: r~-:: 8o 
19:;,; . 25 .: .:24 
 238    ~n: :27  
 
2,170 . 1,600 1,400 28 26 29 
 
61 I~2  '; ~ - 4]: 
 
1,760 1,100 1,200 35 ' 38 40 
 
62 '42 i >- '4-8 
 
1,300 1,200 1,200 1 21 22 24 
 
840 
 
750 
 
?00 ! 4h 45 48 
 
28 26 ::. 2"9 
Yr . JU : _;~  ;4 
 
i,4oo). t~-O~-o'-...-.6._8-_0-_ --3_8-;,-:3_0-_ 0--_.-_ 3-7-.,;_-55-6. ~.t!j --- 3~-'- 3'1--- 37-~ 1,so8 
 
-".4P4 
 
.. ...r .:- . 
 
h,310 2,210 
2, no 
1,020 
 
4,~.30 
1,9oo 2,6oo 
700 
 
I 
4,ooo ! 1Bo 187 165 , 1,9oo1 l2h 201 195 
l 2, 6oo1 J.78 180 1;;o . 900 147 14') 155 I 
 
.. .. 
.. : . 
777 ni.! 6.6G> 271 382 .. .,;nb 
483 468 .! . .J90 152 98 11.~0 
 
. h,270 4,200 4,00) . 143 140 160 I 610 588 .. 64o 
 
760 . 700 
 
600 , . 91 100 100 . 
 
69 70 60 
 
3,400 .. 2, 900 ' 2,600 2}~0 237 250 l 
 
82h 688 .. 650 
 
1J~g  1,i~g . 1:;~ol 'i~~ ~~i . 20~ I ~~~. . 2~~- ..:..24~ 
 
_._2,~4_1._o~~2,~1_o_o _~2~#_lo_ol . 23o .  ?~Jo~-2~3_o~l~r -~-55~6~_4.~8_3' ~_4_8_3 
 
'Group .:tota].  l 
<>.: . 
 
23,140 20,650 
 
19,900j 
 
115 
,. 
 
186 
 
 
 
1. 8-3- 
 
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r 
 
- 
 
-4-,05-6-- 
 
3,848 J;GJ9 
----r.:r- ~ 
 
W~~A~TE;R~lh!I5E=LO~N~S~: n a ...,outh Carolina 
 
.4101,,~ 1423:,,0o0oo0~ ~ ~ I ~. : 6~o 11,o6o 
l.f2,000 
 
   
o.o-o... .. 
000 
 
1 
4; ... . so  56 52 
 
I 
so 47 ! 
 
'  : 
54o 55o 2, 350 2,080 2;021 
 
Qeorgia 
 
52,710 57,000 61,000 78 78 75 I 4,109 4,446 . 4,575 
 
JUabama 
 
17,010 19, 000 -- 19,:oooj .:.91 90 95 1;:540 1,710 1, 065 
 
Mississippi  
 
 10,340 14,000 ;13,DOO   70 67 ..  80 
 
729 938 1~040 
 
Arkailsas 
 
'  10,000 ;11,~00  1~, ooo[  . 8l.f  89 83 
 
839 l,oo6 : '996 
 
:r.ouisiana   , ' L~,54o 3,9oo - 4;300 75 85 ,  70  
 
344  332.  I )01 
 
 Okl8:hoi:na  
 
 15,460 11,500  1D,ooo  64 '6o   8o 
 
999..  69Cf . Boo 
 
Texas Arizona'  
 
I . 110-,140 1oo.~ooo ll5;oo.o S,loo  s,ooo 5,5oo 
 
48 139 
 
 44 h2 ' 
165 150 
 
 5,2~i 
71D 
 
l'J ~"48g2p5-: Lh~'823$0 
 
 :G~p~p ia:768~~~57~4l3 Cal:u~ o:rnia , .. . 10,370 12:,ooo:  12,000  13~  140  135 ' 1 356 ':J>68o' l ';62b 
'-totai':. ,. . 288., 74.0 . 284,7.00 . 306,8oo .. :65 : : .66 63: 1... 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVIC~ : 
 
U.S.'DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE ' 
 
''  " A"GRICULTURAL MARKETING Sf:RVICE 
 
S'i"ATE DC:PARTMENT OF AGRICUI..TURE 
 
AUG 1 6 ~ : 
 
3 'g E)\TENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
August 141 1957 
 
L 
 
I 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
~~ 
 
During the week ending August 10~ commercial hatcheries placed 5,408,000 chicks 
with the broiler produ.cers in Georgia commercial a:reaso This compares with the 
5,708,000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,650,000 
placed the same week last yearo 
 
. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,739~000 compared with 6~843,000 for 
 
the previous week and is 8 percent greater than the 6, 227,ooo for the correspond- 
 
ing week last yearo 
 
 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 65 cents per dozen!} Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was 
reported at $llo50 per hundred~ These prices are the same as for the previous 'tveek and compare with 72 cents and $13o25 one year agoo 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 during the 'tveek ending August 10 are as follows: . North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3~ potmds; at farms 20~00; FOB plants 2loOO. . _. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
Date Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS -c PERIOD JUNE 8~ THROUGH AUGUST 101 19.57 
 
Eggs Set 
 
- Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments- 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
I I 
I1 Total Placed on Farms 
 
1956 .: 191)7 Thousands 
 
1956 t 19t;7 Thous.ands 
 
1.9)6 ; 19~7 Thousands 
 
19~6  125.1 Thousands 
 
June 8 
 
6;.516 
 
7,213 4,465 5;21.5 81.5 
 
662 
 
June 15 6:,896 
 
7,131 4$.578 5:,266 808 
 
736 
 
June 22 6;770 
 
7,182 4,446 5;235 135 
 
638 
 
June 29 61534 
 
7,042 1-J.-,481 5:,048 804 
 
733 
 
July 6 
 
6;152 
 
6,803 4:572 5,051 828 
 
682 
 
July 13 6,067 
 
6;910 4,472 5;015 678 
 
734 
 
July 20 6,251 
 
7,051 4,470 5,141 690 
 
719 
 
July 27 6,075 
 
6,927 4,359 5,005 594 
 
748 
 
Aug 3 
 
6,152 
 
6,843 4,218 5,035 582 
 
673 
 
Aug 10 
 
6,227 
 
6,739 4,167 4,867 483 
 
541 
 
1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia. 
 
5;?80 . 5;386 
5;181 
5;285 
5:,400 5,1.50 
5,160 4:,950 4,800 4,650 
 
5;877 6;002 
5;,873 5:,781 
5,133 5;809 5,860 5,153 5, 708 
5,408 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WED1AN G 0 t NEAL 
Agricultural St<.'l.tistician 
 
  c; 
-~:~07CGIE:(Q)~GllA (C~(())jp) ~EIP 
 
157 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNI'r'i~r OC:: GEO GIA 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
.. 
 
. ltj STATE DEPARTft\ENT OF AGRICULTUR 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., A~HENS, GA. 
 
August 19, 1957 
 
GEORGIA CORH: 
 
ITE.LD AND PRODUCTION 
 
(CGRRE.CTED COfY) 
 
District 'and County: Harvested Acres: Yielq Per Acre: Production 
 
DISTRICT I Bartow Catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker wnitfield 
Total 
DIS1RICT II Barrow Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson De Kalb Fannin Forsyth . Fulton   Gilmer Gwinnett Ha l l J a ckson Lumpkin Oconee Pickens Towns Uni on 
v~a lton 
vJhi te 
Total 
. DISTRICT III 'Banks Llbert Franklin  Habersham Hart Lincoln 11adison Ogle t h o r p e Rabun Stephens Wilkes 
Total 
DISTRIC'I' . IV 
Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Coweta Douglas l<'ayette Haralson Harris Heard 
 
12, 800 
 
23.3 
 
3,840 
 
32 .o 
 
10,690 
 
26.2 
 
3,290 
 
31.0 
 
11,000 
 
2?.2 
 
13,340 
 
23.3 
 
. 8,740 
 
26.2 
 
7,970 
 
18 .. 4 
 
. 9,100 
 
22.3 
 
&,.580 
 
30.1 
 
~ ,6 5 0 
 
25.2 
 
99,000 
 
25.2 
 
6,090 . "( ' 010 
1, 7L~o 
6, 340 2,920 2,330 3)920 8 ,220 8,660 . .4,490 i0, 890 . 8, 640 8, 71.+0. . 3, 270 5,460 2,680 2, 400 
s,ooo 
12,420 3,7C3 0 
115,000 
 
19.6 28.9 14.0 20 . 6 28.9 23.7 39.2 32.0 26.8 41.2 26.8 22.7 20 . 6 39.2 16.5 25. 8 46.0 41.2 23.7 30 . 9 
27.2 
 
5,980 5, 71.+0 0, 960 5,040 7,800 3,940 8,460 7,560 
2, 970 
3,700 5,850 
66,000 
 
17.9 i4.o 16 .9 25.9 15.9 18.9 13.0 12.9 37. 8 17. 9 18.9 
17.7 
 
25,970 
 
22 .2 
 
790 
 
19.4 
 
3,050 
 
20 .3 
 
12,620 
 
20.3 
 
4,940 
 
21.3 
 
6,170 
 
19.3 
 
7, 1;1-80 
 
21.3 
 
4,530 
 
20,3 
 
8,180. 
 
18.4 
 
(District 4, Continued) 
 
298,000 122,900 280,000 102,100 298, 800 310,700 228, 900 146, 900 203,100 288,100 218,200 
2, 497, 700 
119,300 202,400 24,300 130,700 84,300 55 ,300 153,600 262,700 232,2.90 1R5,200 291,900 196 ,000 180,200 128 ,100 
90,100 69,100 110,400 206,200 291+.600 116, 900 
3,133,500 
107,200 80,100 . 151, 800 130,600 . 124,Joo  74,600 109,600 97,900 112,400 66,400 110, 700  
1,165.600 
577,100 15,300 61,900 256,000 10) ,000 119,200 167, 500 91,900 150,200 
 
 t , , .  
 
. . . . .. . ;.. : 
 
. ,, :r:"!i"i .r ::.' ...  ...'-,,.  
:_\::--~ :/  . . ,  '(rJiffihlA'.' coiu'f ~ 
 
. 1956 ACRLAcL, 
 
YILLD Alm 
 
.. . ~. \ . PRGvucTroN!  
 
.. 
 
. ~ 
 
'. . . 
 
. . .': .   '  t ; . ; :  : ~ ~ ; : ~) 
 
.:. ' ~ : 
 
. 
 
DJSTRI CT IV, Cont 1d. 
Henry Lamar Hacon Harion r:Ieriwether Huscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot Taylor Troup Upson 
Total 
- DISTRI CT V 
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Cra-v1ford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laur ens Monroe i"Iontgomery Ho r gan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam Ro c k d a l e Taliaferro Tr eutlen 'l'vng gs Has h i ngt o n trJheel er Hilkinson 
Total 
DIS'l'RIC'l' VI . Bu l l o c h - Burke CanG.ler Columbia Eff ingham Lmanuel Glas cock J eff er son Jenkins IicDuffie Ri chmond Screven Warren 
Total  
 
10,590 45290 29,130 15,160 14,?10 
960 7, 090 . 12,760 2, 630 5, 030 . 20, 110 6, 520 4, 890 
208,000 
'10, 810 4,890 
'23, 560 3,h80 7, 600 39,890 5, 010 
' 14,230 19, 600 . . 3,490 33,310 . 1, 82 0 '91, 640 
2, 950 21,560 8, 840 7,950 . 9, 610 '18, 92 0 2, 650 . 3, 920 1, 860 1? , 250 '11, 940 '36, 95 0 24, 530 1.4, 740 
443, 000 
' 82, 800 - 58,020 
28' .58 0 h , l 90 18,320 . 51,700 ' 9,8 ?0 . 35,030 . 33, 520 9,560 
4,7~0 
60,010 12,110 
408,500 
 
19.3 26.1 26.1 18 . 4 18 . 4 20 .. 3 24 .1 21o3 . 24~1  24.2 27.1 
22. 2 
23.2 
22.2 
 
204,600 111, 900 759,900 2?8,300 . 270,000 19,500 171,200 2?1, 200 63,)00 121,500 544,000 144, 900 113, 400 
4,618,000 
 
24.1 31.4 '19.9 32.5 31.4 22.0 1? . 8 18 . 9 36.7 32. 5 19.9 20.9 "22.0 25 . 2 26. 2 
'l'l .8 
20.9 36. 7 
'23 .o 
20.9 23.0 l )o 7 19. 9 20. 9 17.8 22.0 
22 .o 
. 22 0 7 
 
260,400 
 
153,700 
 
468,900 
 
113,000 
 
238, 800 
 
877 ,hoo 
 
89,200 
 
268 ,300 
 
718, 500 
 
113,300 
 
662,900 
 
38,100 
 
2,015,6 00 
 
74,200 
 
564 ,500 157 ,400 
 
' . 
 
166, 500 
 
352,300 
 
.i.. 
 
43-s6:r:>:,,05,0000 
 
90,300 
 
29,200 
 
.343,300 
 
2)0,100 
 
657, 900 
 
.539,600 
 
324, 200 
 
1 0 , 059 , 100 
 
23.6 
 
1, 9.55,100 
 
'-" 
 
2L2 
 
1,227,300 
 
. 21.6 
 
618,600 
 
'12. 8 
 
53, 600 
 
19.7 
 
360,500 
 
17.7 
 
915,600 
 
19.7 
 
194,200 . 
 
18.7 
 
654, 800 
 
20.2 
 
676,000 
 
12.8 
 
122,300 
 
18.7 
 
89, 500 
 
23.6 
 
1,416,900 
 
13.8 
 
166, 800 
 
20.7 
 
8,451,200 
 
 GLORGIA CORN: 1956 ACREAGE 2 TIELD AND PRO!JUCTJ:ON 
 
Qi~_t!_i_s:t_a!!d_C_qll!!t;z::: _ Jia!:.v~s_!:e~ !cEe~: - !i~l~ ~eE. ~cE_e!... _PE_o~U.tio!! 
 
DISTRICT VII l aker Calh oun Clay Decatur Dougherty E.arly Grady Lee Hiller Ni t c h el l Quitman Randolph Seminole S t ew a r t Sumter Terrell Th omas \r-iebster 
 
23,890 16,890 
13,410 51, 800 11,520 51,160 51,7 50 20,300 
38,470 58 , 810 5, 210 21,840 26,270 15, 950 33,960 25,800 
52' 750 11,720 
 
20.8 
 
497,700 
 
22.e 
 
385,300 
 
19.8 
 
266,000 
 
23. 8 
 
1, 233,200 
 
26o8 
 
308,500 
 
28. 8 
 
l,L~7l, 700 
 
30.7 
 
1,591,300 
 
22.8 
 
463,100 
 
27 .8 
 
1,068,500 
 
28.8 
 
1,691,700 
 
26.8 
 
139,500 
 
22.8 
 
498,300 
 
25.8 
 
677' 500 
 
25 .8 
 
411,400 
 
26 .8 
 
909, 600 
 
22.8 
 
588 , 600 
 
27.8 
 
1,465,100 
 
23.8 
 
279, 000 
 
Total 
 
531,500 
 
26.2 
 
13,946,000 
 
DISTRICT VIII 
 
r 
 
Atkinson Ben Hill 
 
Berrien 
 
Brooks 
 
Clinch 
 
Coffee 
 
Colquitt 
 
Cook 
 
Crisp 
 
Dooly 
 
Echols 
 
Irwin 
 
Jeff Davis 
 
Lani er 
 
Lowndes 
 
Telfa:iir 
 
Tift 
 
Turner 
 
Wilcox 
 
Worth 
 
16,310 
14,150 
42,970 54,640 2, 540 56, 820 68,500 28,840 30,460 38,220 
4,300 36,840 21,630 
11,340 33,920 
29, 850 28,380 
l7' 750 24, 650 51, 890 
 
24.4 
 
398 ,200 
 
26.4 
 
374, 200 
 
24.4 
 
1,049,000 
 
22.4 
 
1,222, 800 
 
24.4 
 
62,000 
 
26.4 
 
1, 502, 800 
 
27.5 
 
1, 881,400 
 
26.4 
 
762, 800 
 
22.4 
 
681,700 
 
24.4 
 
933,100 
 
20.3 
 
87,500 
 
31.-5 
 
1,161,700 
 
21.4 
 
462,100 
 
26.4 
 
299 ,900 
 
23~4 
 
793, 600 
 
22.7 
 
678,000 
 
25.4 
 
721,700 
 
26.4 
 
469,400 
 
23.4 
 
576,700 
 
26.4 
 
l, 372, l.J.OO 
 
Total 
 
614,000 
 
25.2 
 
15,491,000 
 
DISTRICT IX Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham Evans Glynn Liberty Long 
. Mcintosh Pierce Tatnall Toombs viare \riayne 
 
27,250 21,140 5,580 5,420 
330 1,420 
1,570 17,050 
31 0 2,280 
4,800 280 
25,850 42,130 32,480 15,190 22,920 
 
24.7 
 
672,000 
 
27.6 
 
583,900 
 
27.6 
 
154,100 
 
24.7 
 
133,700 
 
23.6 
 
7,800 
 
22.7 
 
32,200 
 
24.6 
 
38,700 
 
23.7 
 
403,700 
 
23.5 
 
7,300 
 
24.6 
 
56, 200 
 
25.6 
 
123,100 
 
23.6 
 
6,600 
 
25.6 
 
663 ,ooo 
 
25.6 
 
1,080,500 
 
23.7 
 
769,000 
 
23.7 
 
359,600 
 
26.6 
 
610,500 
 
Total 
 
226,000 
 
25.2 
 
5,701,900 
 
STATE TOTALS 
 
2,711,000 
 
24.0 
 
65,064,000 
 
ARCHIE. LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Ctiarge 
 
\rJILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 c 
]) 900 7 
'/-A 3 
21- :i"/ 
CGIE(())~<GllA (C}Ri(() 
AG~ICUl.TURAl. EXTENSION SERVICE UNtVCRSITY OF GEORGIA AND 1HE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
0 JEJP>(Q) r\11rll~~G SJE~\\/llCIE 
 
,...,p Ufiii'!E ' '( C'" (' 
 
L'\ 
 
AUG 2 2 '.57 
 
U.S. DEPAR TMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL1' URAL MARKETING SERVICE 3t9 EXT Et"HON Sl.OG., ATH~ tJS , GA. 
 
August 21, 1957 
 
~s 
, 
 
_ - - - ..BRO., ILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CO:tvllIERCIAL AJ.'tEAS 
 
During the week ending August 17, c onunercial hatcheries placed 5,211,000 chicks 
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares vdth the 
5,1-+08,000 placed the previous week and is ll percent mere than the 4, 700,000 
placed: the same ,-;eek last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 703,000 compared vri.th 6, 739,000 for t he previous week and is 13 percent greater than the 5,909,000 for the correspond- 
ing week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 67 ce;J.ts per dozen~ 1'\.verage pri ce charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at ~11. 75 per hundred. These prices compare l-Tith 65 cents and $11.50 for the pr.evious week and 72 cents and $13.25 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate t:"o Ge'cirgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise.   
 
Weighted  average prices from the Federal-State Market Nev1S Service for broilers 
during the w'cek ending August 17 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 .. J} pounds, at farms 20.03; FOB plants 21.00. 
 
(See reverse side for other . statos) 
 
Date \feek Endj.ng 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACE1-'1ENT BY ~'lEEKS 
 
------ ------.-------- PEHIOD JUNE 5 THROUGH 'AUGUST 17, 1957 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/- Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia : of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 
 
1957 1956 : 19.575' 1956 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
June 15 June 22 June 29 
July 6 
July 13 Jul y 20 July 27 Aug . 3 Aug . 10 Aug, 17 
 
6,896 
6,770 6,53h 6,152 6,067 6,251 6,075 6,152 6,227 '5,909 
 
7,131 7,182 7,042 6,803 6,970 7,051 6,927 6,843 
6~739 
6,703 
 
4,578 
4,446 4,481 4,572 
4,L~72 
4,470 4,356 4,218 4,167 4,093 
 
5,266 808 5,235 735 5,048 80h 5,051 828 5,075 678 5,lL~l 690 5,005 594 5~035 582 4, 867 483 4,723 607 
 
736. 5,386 638 5,181 733 5,285 682 5,400 734 5,150 719 5,160 748 4,950 673 4,800 541 1+,650 488 4,700 
 
JJ Exclusive of hatchings shipped into t?tates 9utside of Georgia. 
 
6,002 
5,873 5,781 5,733 5,809 5,860 5, ?53 5,708 5,408 5,211 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WEYMAN G. 0: NEAL Agr icultural Statistician 
 
Aft~r Five Days Return to 
United States Department of Agriculture 
Agricultural Harketing Servic e 
319 Extension Building 
Athens, Georgia OFFICIAL BUSiliSSS 
 
Penalty For Private Use To Avoid 
Payment of Postage, $300 
 
GI 
 
D EX C NGE S~CTIQN 
 
TH U! I VE ~ITY LI RIES 
 
r 
 
M AI ~ C A~ US UJI VERSITY OF GA. 
 
AT HE S GA. 
 
REG-TC-BR 
 
 - 
 
EGGS SET .:J..TLJ CHICY..S PL!1CED D I CCHi:'iERCI:~L f~REf',S, BY vrK~S - 1957 
 
Page 2 
 
STAT:;I; 
l 
 
. . .ug. Aug. JJ.ug. 
 
.. 3 
 
10 
 
17 
 
EGGS SET - THOU~J~.JDS 
 
Hc.i n e Connecticut 
 
l 1,259 974 
 
I Penns;rlva."lia 
I ndiana 
 
1,380 1,616 
 
I l linois 
 
325 
 
Uissouri 
 
1,468 
 
De l e .w a r e 
 
2;046 
 
:r.:c.ryland 
 
2,17.5 
 
V i r gi n i a 
 
2,024 
 
~Te st Virginia 
 
321 
 
North Carolina 2,661 
 
South Carolina 
 
455 
 
GEORGIA 
 
6, 8L:3 
 
Flor ida Alab ama His sissippi Lr ka'l.sas Louisiana Texas 
Ha sh i n g t o n Ore g on California 
 
. 362 
2,365 1,785 2, C73 
376 2,347 
348 265 1,247 
 
1,240 908 
1,321 1,566 
336 1,375 2,039 2,131 2,031 
324 2,576 
471 6,739 
412 2,379 1_. 805 2, 734 
361 2, 293 
310 185 1,_260 
 
1,234 945 
1,301 1,537 
350 
1,373 5 l_ , q,.l4 
2,l33 1,970 
. 333 2,.539 . 460 6 )0) 
4l 7 2, 430 l, 736 2,535 
372 2,514 
300 204 1,157 
 
June 
15 
 
i,099 693 783 
1,022 185 
636 1,917 1,606 1",425 
535 2,318 
310 6,002 
 
. 
 
202 2,236 
 
1, 382 
 
2,401 
 
390 
 
2,336 
 
275 
 
181 
 
890 
 
'1/lee.<: Ending 
--.- 
 
.;Ui.l.e 
22 
 
June 
29 
 
July 
6 
 
. July 
 
July 
 
13 
 
20 
 
CHICKS PI.J'.CED - 'I'H OlJS~"J.IDS 
--- 
 
1,088 1,048 
 
6h8 551 
 
855 
 
744 
 
1,070 1,066 
 
177 
 
128 
 
620 
 
618 
 
1,942 1,913 
 
1, 677 1,694 
 
1,218 1,394 
 
604 
 
530 
 
2,347 2,289 
 
331 
 
322 
 
5,;_-873- - 5, 781 
 
1,006 
548 629 1,074 180 669 1,983 1,714 1,426 486 . 2,295 
357 5, 733 
 
967 610 
701 1,019 
100 
736 2,042 1,622 1,1!.36 
612 2,200 
39h 5;809 
 
1,023 619 
756 958 167 
637 1, 827 1, 668 1, 326 
593 2, 125 
393 5,860 
 
222 2, 209 
1,391 2, 586 
405 2,272 
301 207 928 
 
. 248 
2,274 1;467 2,619 
357 2, 198 
318 159 801 
 
218 2,115 1,519 . 2,617 
367 2,275 
220 166 941 
 
268 2,110 
1, 59L~ 2,50~~ 
385 2,102 
22 L~ 
220 976 
 
221 2, 157 1,584 2,490 
385 2,009 
292 1o/_<_, 
1,004 
 
- -. : 
 
July 
27 
 
J~ug. 
3 
 
.. fmg . 
 
Aug . 
 
10 
 
17 
 
1,042 518 823 983 200 710 
1,784 1,595 1,279 
592 2,117 
320 5, 753 
176 2,062 1, 620 2,527 
. 342 2,009 
289 161 986 
 
993 555 700 976 161 585 1,749 1,444 1 , 3 80 544 2,156 332 5,708 
.199 
2, 019 1,:3 87 2, 463 
. 394 1, 87!i 
225 :1.68 867 
 
1,013 559 837 
1,018 156 661 
1,753 1, 396 1;309 
564 2,205 
303 5,408 
193 2,119 1, 314 2,273 
3_39 1, 792 
239 127 826 
 
978 570 847 867 175 577 1,780 1,1+46 1,324 575 1,978 320 5.211 
211 ,2,175 1, 346 2, 044 
308 1,888 
252 162 916 
 
TOT.'.L 1957 
 
35, 515 3h, 795 34, 538 
 
28,82 6 28, 971 28,519 28,548 28,719 28,277 27, 883 26, 879 26, 409 25,950 
 
TOT."..L 1956 
 
33, 89 7 33,290 31,801 
 
1957 % of 1956 
 
105 105 
 
109 
 
28,219 102 
 
27,832 lOh 
 
27,661 103. 
 
26,520 2o(-. , 2o'_.-,' 
 
107 
 
109 
 
25,540 
 
24 
. 
 
' 
 
618 
 
24,642 
 
24,553 
 
24,380 
 
~ 11-1 - -- --1--1-3-~ ... -1-0-9-- --- -1-0-8- - -- - 1--0 
 
 P..GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND .TH!:: ~ 1' ~TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
. R.i\E(.tS 
 
S. DI:':FARTMl!NT OF AGR!CULTURE 
 
--- U 8--~RICllLTURAL M.D.RKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION P.LDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
August 27, 1957 
 
PEANUT. COTJNTY ESTI I"J.ATES 
 
1955 Revised - - - .. 1956 .PrBliminary 
 
Dist rict 
And 
County 
 
:__ ~c_e~ !!~51s_!:e~ __ :__ _!i~l~ _EeE ~c!e_ . :_ __ r_d~c_!;i_n___ .. 
 
: 
 
~ : 
 
: 
 
: : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
1955 
 
1956 
 
1955 , : 1956 
 
1955 : 1956 
 
DISTRICT IV 
Chattahoochee Harris 11acon Marion Huscogee Schley Talbot Taylor Upson 
(. 
DISTRICT V 
BaldvJin Bleckley Crawford Dod ge Hancock Houston Johnson Laur ens 11ontgomery Newton Peach Pulaski Tr eu t l e n Twiggs . Hashington \..Jheeler vJi lki n s o n 
DISTRICT. VI 
Bulloch  Burke r--- )andl er Effi ngham Emanuel Gla s coc k Jef ferson Jenkins "vicDuffie Richmond S c r ev en v-rarren 
- DISTRICT VI I 
Baker r-- Calhoun 
Clay Decatur Dougherty Early nr ady Lee J'1il ler hi t chell 
 
Acres 
 
._pounds 
 
i'h<m,sand Pourrl s 
 
300 
J.O 
5:,750 . 3,950 
20 3,350 
230 2,410 
20 
16, Oi~O 
 
270 10 5:,670 3,710 20 3,210 210 2,430 20 
15,550 
 
550 
 
659 
 
500 
 
500 
 
620 
 
898 
 
615 
 
919 
 
500 
 
. 500 
 
760 1,084 
 
509 
 
710 
 
806 1,052 
 
-600 __100 
 
673 
 
958 
 
165 
5 
3,563 2,429 
10 2,545 
117 1, 9Lf3 
12 
10,789 
 
178 
5 
5,091 3,408 
. -10 3,479 
149 2,556 
14 
14, 890 
 
30 2,410 
40 7,370 
10 6,010  4oo 8,300 1,010 
10 . 610 9,890 
60 1,480 2,020 
950 . 820 
41,420 
12,460 6, 740 1,180 
460 3,040 
. 460 3,2 00 3,300 
20 320 5,290 30 
36,500 
 
50 2,220 
45 7,530 
10 5,960 .: 
390 8,220 1,150 
15 . 690. 
9,490 70 
1,840 1,900 1,010 
860 
41,450 
 
).].00 
 
420 
 
735 
 
918 
 
Lfoo 
 
622 
 
799 
 
916 
 
400 
 
500 
 
661-~. 
 
967 
 
675 
 
554 
 
795 
 
827 
 
706 
 
978 
 
500 
 
533 
 
831 
 
919 
 
704 1,011 
 
~.17 
 
600 
 
645 
 
460 
 
482 
 
552 
 
98L~ 1, 043 
 
621+ 
 
783 
 
728 
 
887 
 
13,010 
 
880 
 
991 
 
6,500 
 
569 
 
682 
 
1 , 2 80 
 
697 
 
981 
 
. 460 
 
804 
 
963 
 
3,180 
 
1,009 ~ 
 
885 
 
. 400 
 
1+09 
 
552 
 
3,240 
 
565 
 
616 
 
3,130 
 
983 
 
696 
 
0 
 
500 
 
0 
 
330 
 
503 
 
545 
 
5,120 
 
835 
 
864 
 
30 36,680 
 
hOO 792 
 
-667 
841 
 
12 1,771 
16 
5, 892 
4 
3,992 270 
6,602 
713 5 
507 6,961 
25 
955 974 935 
- -512 
 
21 2,037 
28 6,900 
5 5,763 
216 
6,795 1,125 
8 
634 9,590 
42 846 1,049 1, 053 
- - -673 
36,78:5 
 
10,964 3,833 
823 .370 3,066 188 1, 807 3,244 10 161 Lf,417 12 
28,895 
 
12' 897 4,432 1,256 
443 2, 815 
221 1,995 2,177 
0 
180 i~, 422 
20 
30, 858 
 
15,420 17,750 12,480 17,140 6,430 36,640 
8:,500 
16,480 20,700 21, Lf70 
 
15:,150 17:,180 12:,170 16,870 6,230 
33:,730 8,590 15,980 20;100 21,240 
 
921 961 1:,068 1,146 . 890 
1;175 1,036 
834 1,290 
987 
 
(Continued) 
 
1,080 
1~~02 
1,008 1,063 
969 1:,015 1,054 1,178 1,086 1,226 
 
14,199 17,052 13;333 19:,649 5, 725 40;695 
8, 804 
13' 73 7 26,713 21,195 
 
16,360 20,656 12,273 17,932 6,031-J. 31-J., 220 
9,055 18,82 9 21, 829 26, 037 
 
 ... 
 
. 
 
. . 
 
. 
 
..., 
 
. 
 
. . ' 
 
Distri ct 
 
.:_ _ ~.ar~sJI.ar::e~t.ecL _ .:. _ Ii~1..<j J2e! ~ere__ .:~  _ _ho.dlUltion -. __ 
 
 and 
County 
 
l&?~ : 1956 
 
1955 ~ 1956 : :19.55 : 1956 
 
Acres QI..'!!ICT_Y~J, Continued 
 
Quitman 
 
4,250 
 
4,450 
 
 Randolph Semirfqle 
St~wart 
Sumter 
 
23 , 220 13, '?40 . 8:>430 16,240 
 
22,420 13,090 8,870 16,120 
 
Ter rell Thomas Webster 
 
23,900 4,960 
~ 
275,880 
 
23,390 4,930 
- - - 9.510 
270,020 
 
Pounds 
 
929 
898 1,447 
761 892 921 948 -12.0 1,020 
 
900 
1,077 1,093 
981 1, 1?9 1,371 
862 
J...J.~ 
1,114 
 
Thousand Pounds 
 
3,949 20,856 19, ,884 6,418 14,485 22,018 4,704 8,006 
281,422 
 
4,003 2h,136 14,) 06 8, 702 . 19,013 32,060 4,249 11,233 
300,927 
 
DISTRI.C.oT.:;V...,I-I-I- 
At,ldnson 
Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee 
Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lolmdes 
Telfair Tift 
Turner "lilcox \AJorth 
 
150 6;670 1,820 4,700 2,830 9,030 1,390 14,500 18,750 15,280 
80 
0 
610 
3,350 12,520 20,330 12,610 30,260 
154,880 
 
170 6, 730 1,920 4,880 3,210 9,120 1,760 14,120 18,220 15,390 
110 10 620 3,590 12,330 19,890 12,490 
29,6~ 
154,240 
 
1,220 894 
1,041 994 
91L~ 
1,020 1,190 l,o58 . 
746' 1,096 
925 
0 
902 881 1,068 1,039 847 959 
968 
 
1,306 1,008 1,164 1,001 1,064 1,137 1,2.53 1,442 1,138 1,283 1,255 
800 805 1,222 1,123 1j220 1,077 1,117 
1,172 
 
183 5,960 1,894 4,673 2,586 9,211 1,654 15,31+5 13,990 16,655 
74 
0 
550 2,952 13,369 21,126 10,683 29,033 
149,938 
 
222 6,782 2,235 4,884 3,417 10,369 2,205 20,366 ' 20;131 19,750 
138 
8 
499 4,387 13,851 24,266 13,455 33,162 
180,727 
 
~ DISTRI. .C.T..I.X. 
Appling Bacon Bryan Evans Pierce Tattnall Toombs Wayne 
STATE 
 
300 20 140 450 10 920 
-1,400 40 
3,280 
528,000 
 
330 20 180 670 20 1,060 1, ?30 50 4,o6o 
522,000 
 
883 1,121 
 
700 1,350 
 
807 
 
989 
 
833 1,134 
 
700 
 
600 
 
.949 1,319 
 
983 1,161 
 
- - 675 
 
780 
 
930 1,181 
 
265 14 113 375 
7 
873 1,376 
27 
3,050 
 
370 27 178 760 12 1,398 2,009 39 
4,793 
 
955 1,090 504,240 568,980 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK . _) Agricultural Statistician 
 
 6-A 
 
s is 
 
~ ~;:<dJE:O!R{(GHA CCJR{O 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION seRVicE: 
 
 A.US J0:. ~. 7.  . 
 
U. s. DEI"!A~.ENT OF ' AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A;ND '1'HE . . . . 
 
  AGRICUL.TURA&.: MARKETiNG SERVICE : 
 
S'fATE O~FARTMENT or:: :AGRICUL'f'ljRE; , 
 
319 EXTENSION B.L.DG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia . 
 
 
 
 
 
I  ,~ 
 
LIBRARIES . 
 
 
 
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. .'August 28~ .:195-7 
 
BROILER CHICK -~REPORT FOR GEORGIA COOIERCIAL AHEAS 
 
During the week ending August 24, commercial hatcheries placed 5,272;0QO chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This. compares  with the 5,2il,OOO placed the previous week and is 10 perc~nt more than the 4,8oo,ooo placed the same week last year. 
 
Egg~ set by local hatche.ries apiou,nted to 6,4)1,000 c;mp;ll'ed with ::6, 703;,000 f~r1 
 
the ; previous }'leek and is ~9' 'percent . greater than t!):e 5,917,000 'fpr. th~.. corresponc- 
 
ing ' \veek last year. ' 
 
 
 
 
 
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.. 
 
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. : 
 
Hataheries reported ~ices p~id. for patching eggs during the week at : an average 
 
of 67 cen~s per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for the ohicks was 
 
reported at $11.75 per hundred. These prices are the srune as for the previous wee~ and compare with .72 cents apd ~j;J.3. 25 one year ago. Egg prices shown rela~e 
 
to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or .otherwise. 
 
the. 
 
. 
 
..: 
 
. 
 
. 
 
\'leighted average prices from 
 
Federal-State Market News &er:v:ioe for broilers 
 
dT'ing th~ week ending August 21.J. are as follows: : North Georgia .broilers 2 3/4 - 
 
32 :~;:>Ounds,, at farms 19.56; FOB plants 20.54. 
 
:: 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
,,.-::-- 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 'WEEKS 
 
-D-a-teET 
 
PERIOD JUNE 22 THROUGH AUGUST 24,1957 
 
. 
Eggs .: 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ I Inshipments 
 
vJeek 
 
.. . Set 
 
Placed in Georgia . of Chicks 
 
Ending 
 
1956 : 1957 1 1956 _: '. 1957 . 1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed 
 
. ,. on Farms- 
 
1956 
 
l~i7 
 
Thousands , .. 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousan.d;3 
 
Thousands 
 
< 
 
Jurie 22 June 29 July 6 July 13 
 
6, 71.0 
6, 53'4 
6,152 6,067 
 
I 7,182 
7,042 6,803 6,970 
 
4,446 4, 1.~81 4,572 : 
4,472 ' 
 
5,235 735 
 
I'  5,o48 
. 5,051 .. 5,075 
 
. 804 828 
678 . 
 
638 5,181 
733 5,285 682 5,400 
134 5,150 
 
July 20 
July 27 
Aug._ \ 3 
 
6,251 6,075 . 6,152 
 
'7,051 6:,927 6,843 
 
h,470 
4,356 4,218  
 
l ' 5,141 . 690 
 
5,005 5, 035 
 
594 ' 582 
 
719 5,160 
748 4,950 . 673 h, 800 . 
 
Aug. 10 Aug . 17 Aug. 24 
 
6,227 
5,909 .5,917 
 
6:,739 6,703 6 ,451 
 
4,167 4;093 4,098 
 
1+, 867 h,723 4,577 
 
-t, .468o37 
:j 702 
 
541! . :U/650 _: 
 
488' 610 
 
. 
 
L..' 
4, 
 
700 :8oo. 
 
' 
 
1/ :Exclusiv~ of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia. - 
 
' 
5,"873 5,781 5;733 5,809 
5,860 
5, 753 5,708 
55',426i.8l 
5,272 
 
ARCHIE :LANGLEY . ' 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
I . . . ; 
 
. ~ 
 
l 
 
WEYMAN G, OfNW~L  
Agricultural Statistician 
 
. ' 
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. . ~. 
: 1..  
 
 ' 
 
-- - EGGS 
 
SET 
 
AND CHICI(S 
 
PlJ1.C:ill 
 
I N COMNEP.CL'.L Alill'\.S, 
 
. 
 
- 
 
BY h'EEKS 
 
- 
 
1957 
 
... STATE 
l ,. 
'' . 
 
.. - 
 
.-. fug. ... 10 
 
Aug. 
11 
 
. . 
.Aug..  :. 24 ' : 
 
,; 
 
.. . ' 
 
' ' 
; 
 
 Iv.l.cine Connecticut 
P(mn~~rlvania 
 Indiana 
Illinois fli.ssouri 
 
( 
i 
 
EGGS SET - THOUS.t~TI)S 
 
1':   
 
I 
 
J i ,?:4o" . 1, 234 1;207 
 
-; J ' - 998 . 9.45 
 
939 
 
. .:!' 
 
1, 321 
 
1.. 
 
t:66 '3~ 36 
 
.1, 301 . 1,537 
350 
 
1,337 1, 453 . 
361 
 
1,__'J..75" 1, 373 1,321 
 
-Delaware 
 
2,039. 1~945. 2,-072 . 
 
.}la r-yland 
 
. 2,1.31 2,:;1.33 2,200 
 
:Virginia 
west Virginia  
North Carolina . .S~uth Carolina  GEORGIA 
 
2, 031 
324 2,576 . ~71 6, 739 
 
1, 970 
333 2, 539 
460 6,703 
 
1,948 . 
J32 2j497 
460 6,451 
 
 Fl o r i d a 
 
Ll2 4i7 
 
'..A12bama )Tis si ~sfppi JI..rkari.sas 
.!Ll'oexuaiss_ia:n;-_a 
 
....1 2,.3 79 .,J 1, &05 ' .2. , _73"3614- ?,293". 
 
2,4:30 
1, 7.3 6 2,585 
372 2,514 
 
.'\-!ashington ; 
 
. 310 300 
 
. . { )r:egori: .: 
...Ca.li ';.t'o.rriia 
 
185 2o4 ,1-;26f? 1,157 
 
.. TOTAL 1'957 
 
34, 7_96 34,538 
 
408 2,382 1,708 
2, 694 378 
2,-463 278 
214 
1,39 6 
34;'499 - ! 
 
. TCT:~i ) 956- 
 
I13.3/2. 9~. 31,801 30,808 
 
., l9.5T..:%.:. of 1956 ' 10;, 
 
io~. 
 
112 
 
: re ek ~d ing 
 
: . June 22 
 
June . July 
 
29 
 
6 
 
J].l1y 13 
 
.. July : . July 
 
Aug. 
 
20 
 
27 . 
 
-:) ..1 
 
i 
I 
,.. ~~ ~~~ . 
 
1 r 
 
855 1,070 
 
I 177 
 
I1 62o 1,942 
 
1,677 
 
1 1,21s 
 
I 6o4 
 
! 2~347 
 
I 
I 
 
331 
 
5, 873 
I 222 I 2,209 
 
.,. 12,,538961 
 
405 
 
I 
 
2,272 301 
 
I 207 928 
I 
 
!28,971 
 
127' 832 
 
I 
I 
 
104 
 
l, Oi.~8 
551 744 1,066 128 618 1,913 1, 694 1,_394 530 2}289 3.22 5, 7Bl 248 2, 27Li 1,467 2,-619 357 2,198 318 159 8:01 
28,519 
27, 661, 
103 
 
CHICKS P:UCED - THOUSAliDS 
 
. . 
 
1,oo6  
548 . 629 
l,074 180 669 
1,983 1,714 :1,, 426 
486 2,295 
. 367 . 5, 733 
218 2,115 1,519 2,617 
367 2,275 
220 " . 166 . 
941 
 
967. .. 1,023 
 
610 
 
619 
 
701 
 
756 
 
1,019 
 
958 
 
180 
 
167 
 
736 
 
63 7 
 
2;042 1, 82 7 1~622 1, 688 
 
1,436 1,326 
 
612 
 
593 
 
2,200 2,125 
 
394 
 
.393 
 
5~809 5, 860 
 
268 
 
221 
 
2,118 2,157 
 
1,594 1,584 
 
2,504 2,490 
 
385 
 
385 
 
. 2 ,_1C~ . 2, 009 
 
224 
 
292 
 
220 
 
163 
 
976 1,004 
 
28, 548 28, 719 2.8,277 
 
26, 520 26,265 25,540 
 
107 .. 109 
 
111 
 
1, 01 2 5'"-8 223 
~J 83 
~ (}j 
7J..0 
-1,784 l ,.S95 1,279 
592 2,ll7 
320 
5, 753 
176 2,062 1, 620 2,527 
342 
2~ 009 
289 161 
986 
 
993 
555 
700 976 161 
585 1,749 1,444 1,380 
544 2,156 
33?. 
5, 708 
199 2,019 1,387 2,463 
394 1,874 
225 168 
867 
 
27' 888 ~ .. 26, 879 24 , 618 24,642 
 
113 
 
109 
 
Page 2 
 
Aug. .Aug. 
 
Aug  
 
10 
 
17 
 
24 
 
1,013 
559 837 1,018 156 661 
1,753 1,396 1,309 
564 2,205 
308 5, 408 
193 2,119 1,314 2,273 
339 1, 792 
239 127 826 
 
978 570 847 867 
175 577 1,780 1,4h6 1, 324 
575 1,978 
320 5 ,211 
211 
2, 175 1, 346 2, 044 
308 1,888 
252 162 
916 
 
26, 409 25,950 
 
24, 553 24,380 
 
108 106 
 
981 539 815 843 181 575 1, 669 1,502 1,230 514 1,979 317 5 2 272 226 2,068 1,292 2,009 376 1,827 271 137 894 
25, 517 
24,429 
104 
 
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AGRICUlTURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE :U~liVER$1TY OF GEORGIA AND TH~ STt.:.TE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI..Tt.:RE . 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U.S. DEPART NT OF AG?.ICULTURE .AGRICUl.TURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
319 EXTENSION.BLOG., ATHCt~S. GA. 
August 30, 1957 
 
TURKEYS RAISED IN 1957 
 
GEORGIA: The preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in Georgia this year 
is estima-l:.ed at. 342,000 birds compared with 360;000 in 1956,or 
a decrease of S percent. Heavy breed turkeys account for 335,000 birds and 
light breeds 7,000. 
 
UNITED STATES: Farmers are ra1s1ng about 8i million turkeys this year - 
S percent more than in 1956, according to the preliminary 
estimate of the Crop Reporting Board. About 6 percent more heavy .breed tur- 
keys are being raised this year than last, while li ght breeds . show a de- 
crease of 3 percent. Light breeds are 17 percent of the total raised this 
year, compared with 18 percent last year and 26 percent in 1955. 
 
Heavy breed . increases from last year were 12 percent in the West, 10 percent 
in the East North Central, 6 percent in the West North Central, 5 percent in , the South Central and 1 percent in the South atlantic States. Ther.e was an 
8 percent decrease in heavy breeds in the North iLtlantic .States. Heavy white ~urkeys raised this year will be about 22 percent of all heavies raised. 
 
Light breed turkeys decreased 3 percent from last year. Decreases were . 1:;1 percent in the North Atlantic, 18 percent in the \!{est North Central, 6 percent in the West and l percent in the East North Central States. Light breeds 
increased 5 percent in the South Atlantic and 4 percent in the South Central 
States. 
 
Turkeys raised during 1957 are from poults hatched September 1956 through August 1957. The . hatch September through December 1956 was 1 percent higher than a year earlier. This increase of over two million turkeys in the fall . accounted for about 3 percent of the 1957 crop. i n January, the hatch compared with that of 1956 was up 43 percent and in February was up 15 percent. The very heavy early season hatch coupled with prices that were below a year earlier caused producers to reduce their purchase of poults later inthe y13ar. 
 
Turkey prices during the first half of 1957 averaged 15 percent below the comparable period in 1956, while feed prices increased 1 percent above last year. 
 
In this report, light breed turkeys include Beltsville Small White, Jersey 
Buff, Royal Palm and Wild turkeys. Heavy breed turkeys inqlude Heavy White, Bronze, and other heavy breeds. 
 
ARCHIE LANGUY  Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 ...,. __ _ .... ..... 
 
. Turkeys: Number Raised on Far ms 
 
________ _ 
 
State 
 
: - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- .- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
.- . ~- :- :-: - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-.- 7 
 
- - 
 
7 - ; .-;- .- 
 
7 
 
- 
 
~- - 
 
 
 
and :-- -Heiavy~bi=eeds -  - : - ~- Ei';!"ht oreeds...,;...:. _- -=-- Total ali breeds-- 
 
Divisi'on:-=- 19~6-:-::-1957 -:I9~7as% :-195b: I9'57- :r957. a9:-%~ :-i9.5~ -=-.i9rf7 i'i9s'7..as% 
 
 : 
 
. 
 
i 19.56 : 
 
: of 1956  :.. 
 
: 
 
.: of 1956 
 
- - - - -Thou: - Th'oU..- -Percent- Thou:- -Thou.- Percent ..;. ~ Tho U. - Th'o11: - Per-cent-- 
 
tvla ine 
 
121 126 104  16 
 
7 lrb 
 
137 133 
 
97 
 
N. H. 
 
118 127 108 
 
.3  
 
2 67 
 
121 129 107 
 
Vt . 
 
113 112 
 
99 
 
2 
 
2 100 
 
115 
 
l l L~ 
 
99 
 
Mass . 
 
561 555 
 
99 
 
10 
 
10 r oo 
 
S71 565 
 
99 
 
R. I . 
 
41 39 
 
95 . 
 
4 
 
2 50 
 
~S 
 
41 
 
91 
 
Conn. 
 
268  262 
 
98 
 
11 
 
11 100 
 
279 273 
 
98 
 
N. Y. 
 
898 709 
 
79 
 
37 
 
30 Cl 
 
935 739 
 
79 
 
N. J . 
 
.. 212 , 1 199 :, 9h 
 
55 
 
23 h2 
 
267 222 
 
83 
 
-Pa-. -- 
N. At 1. 
 
-. 
 
- - - 1,742 
4,074 
 
-13-,,670-321-..- 
 
- 
 
-9922- 
 
- 
 
-53-0719- 
 
- 
 
-23-1025- 
 
- 
 
-55-89 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- - - - 2 ,113 4,.5.83 
 
- - - - 1;817 
 4,033 
 
-.. 
 
-.-:.8886- 
 
- 
 
Jhio- -: - .2 ,"~2I :-2~403'"" -- 95"" - -67b- - -600- - - 89. - ~ -3"il95'". -3;003-- - 94- - 
 
Ind. "   1,638 .2,oa2  127 416 5o6 122 : 2,o54  2, 588 126 
 
Ill. 
 
1,079 1,209 112 
 
77 
 
63 82 : .. :.1,156 1,272 110 
 
Mich . 
 
915 Y87 100 174 276 159 
 
1, 089 1, 263 116 
 
Wis . 
 
2,2 05 2,522 
 
114 
 
338 
 
2:4 
 
66'.. 2, 5L~3 2~746 . 108 
 
' 
 
I 
 
. 
 
E.N.cent: ""8 ,35'"8 -9-;203- --rio- -r-;679- -r-;669- - - 99' - - Io;o37- -Io-;872- - -i68- - 
 
Minn:--- 7,936 - 8-;577-- -roe- -r-;624- -1-;2?o-- ia - - - 9-;56o- -9~847-- -1o3-- 
 
Iowa  
Mo. N. j)ak . 
S  .Oa k. Neb r Kc'l.ns . 
 
5,516 
2,723 532 
549 895 860 
 
5,810 
2, 870 612 
546 865 817 
 
105 317 
 
105 378 
 
1],5 . h6 
 
99 
 
93 
 
97 
 
60 
 
95 
 
74 
 
490 155 ' 5, 833 6,300  108 
 
169 45 
 
3,101 3,039 
 
98 
 
18 39 
 
. 578 630 109 
 
64 69 
 
.6h2 610 
 
95 
 
Al l02  61 82 
 
955 926  97 
 
93li 878 
 
91~ 
 
W . N .~ent:lg ,aiT Z0~0g7-- -ro6- -2~ 592- -2~133--  - 8 z - - Zl~6ry3- 72~2}0-- -1TI3-- 
 
Tiei .--- - ~ .tss- ~rii- - - 12-- -sio-- .- 536-- -66 - --- --9.65- ~ ~647-- - 67-- 
 
Md . 
 
300 300 100 . 107 .. 164 153 
 
407 . 1~ 64 
 
114 
 
Va. 
 
2,625 : 2, 518 
 
96 3, 844 . 4 ,274 111 
 
6 ,[~69 . 6,7 92 
 
105 
 
w. Va . . . . 757 637 
 
8L~ 1,092 1,027 
 
91+ 
 
. J.,8!_,9 1,664 
 
90 
 
N. c. 
 
1,241 1, 700 . 137 . 
 
Sh 
 
100 185 
 
s. c. l,l91 1,124 . 9h 
 
2$ 
 
56 224 
 
1,295 1, 800 139 
 
1,216 1,180 
 
97 
 
Ga . 
 
351 335 
 
95 
 
9 
 
7 78 
 
360 342 ' 95 
 
Fla . 
 
154 1 38 
 
90 
 
69 
 
lh3 :~07 . 
 
. 223 281 126 
 
s .-~~"tr:  - 'b/T7Ii -6-;8'"63- - -1o1- -6-;oio-: ~6~307-- Io~- ~ : r2-;i84- I3-;17o-- -163-- 
 
us- - - "Ry: -- - - - 33"8 - -2"97- - - 
 
2o- - - Is- - - 9o - - - -3~8- - -315- - - 138- - 
 
Tenn. 
 
189 : 181 
 
96 
 
21 . . 16 . 76 
 
Al a . 
Miss . 
 
208 154 
 
7h 
 
171 179 105 
 
57 132 232 
 
5 
 
4 80 
 
Ar k. 
 
1,743 2,090 120 484 382 79 
 
La. 
 
79 80 101 
 
3 
 
3 100 
 
Okla . 
 
736 741 lQl 
 
224 1112 63 
 
Texas 4,050 h,l)O 102 407 574 141 
 
210 197 
 
94 
 
265 286 108 
 
.176 . 183 104 
 
2, 22 7 2,472 111 
 
82 
 
83 101 
 
960 88.3 
 
92 
 
4,457 l+, 724 106 
 
s.-Cent.- 7,514 -i;S72-- -io5 -1-;-221- -1:271-- Io4-- - s-;i35- -9-;143-- -105-- 
'Mont: - - --56 - - 46- - - ai- - - 2s- -- - -7- - -is - - - - 84- - - ~3- - - 63- - 
 
Idaho 
 
140 206 l h7 
 
30 
 
29 97 
 
170 235 138 )) 
 
Wyo. 
 
10 
 
6 
 
60 
 
)_j 
 
2 
 
50 
 
14 
 
8 
 
57 
 
Colo . 1,116 1,192 107 
 
45 
 
27 60 
 
1,161 1,219 105 
 
N. l1Jex. 
 
51~ 
 
71 
 
131 
 
l~ 
 
3 75 
 
58 
 
74 128 
 
Ar:Lz. 
 
120 107 
 
89 
 
2 
 
2 100 
 
122 109 
 
89 
 
Utah 
 
2,322 2,496 107 395 221 56 
 
2,717 2,717 100 
 
:{ev . 
 
7 
 
6 
 
86 
 
h 
 
1 25 
 
11 
 
7 
 
64 
 
Wash . 
 
693 669 
 
97 
 
50 
 
22 44 
 
7113 691 
 
93 
 
Greg , 1,252 1,243 
 
99 176 214 122 
 
1,428 1,457 102 
 
Calif . 11, 656 13,1154 115 987 1,0B5 110 12, 643 14,539 115 
 
w~st: -- -r7,42'b I 9-;49b - -1I2- -1;72s- -1-;6I3-- -94-- I9-;1~1- 2r;ro9-- -rio- - 
 
u. 3 . 63, 157 67,2 62 
 
106 13,736 13,2 95 
 
97 
 
76, 893 80, 557 
 
105 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE s r ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU R E 
At hens, Georgia 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS , GA. 
August 1957 
 
GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO: 195~ HAR~STED ACR.EJ\GE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION 
 
District and 
Count_y 
 
Harvested 
Acz:~age 
 
Yield Per\ Acre 
Lbe,.. 
 
Production ~OOQ. Lbs.) 
 
DISTRICTS I, 
 
II,III & IV 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
DISTRICT V 
Dodge Johnson Laurens Hontgomery Pulaski Treutlen Hashington \fueeler 
 
515 115 . 36) 
1,200 15 
1,145 5 
685 
 
1,212 1,009 1,137 1,.175 1,267 1,077 
Boo 
1,296 
 
624 116 
415 1, 410 
19 1,233 
4 888 
 
Total 
 
4,045 
 
1,164 
 
4,709 
 
DISTRICT VI 
Bulloch Candler Effingham Emanuel Jenldns Screven 
 
4,250 2,320 
235 2,135 
235 135 
 
1,423 1,372 1,357 1,238 1,209 1,165 
 
6,047 3,183 
319 2,643 
2t34 160 
 
Total 
 
9,310 
 
1,357 
 
12,636 
 
DISTRICT VII 
Baker De c a t u r Dougherty Grady I'1itchell Stev-rart Thomas 
 
5 
,3.90 20 
1,575 2, 720 
10 1,970 
 
1,400 1,115 
1, 200 
1,330 1 , 2 86 
700 1,314 
 
7 435 24 2,094 3,499 
7 2,588 
 
Total 
 
6,690 
 
1,294 
 
8,654 
 
DI STRICT VIII 
A t~d nson 
B.on Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Ech o l s Irwin Jeff Davis Lani er Lownd es Telfair Tift Turner 1/llilcox Worth 
 
1,485 1, 110 4,820 2,830 
305 5, 375 6,650 3,530 
35 
10 
. 405 
2,665 2,365 1,550 4,690 
855 3,460 
240 275 2,125 
 
1,567 
1:, L~75 
1,489 1,324 1,262 
1,755 1,497 1, 436 1,514 1,000 
. 978 
1,685 
1,735 1,202 1,162 
1,363 1,509 1,371 1,080 1,407 
 
2,327 1,637 7, 179 3,746 
385 9,432 
9,955 
5,070 
53 
10 
396 4,491 4,104 1, 863 5,448 1,165 5,220 
329 297 2,990 
 
Total 
 
44,780 
 
1,476 
 
66,097 
 
(continued) 
 
 _____ ___ ---------......-------- GEORGIA .F'L U'E'-,CU.R'ED.TOBACCO: .    District 
 
1956 HARVESTED ACRF;AqE, 
. Yield ... 
 
mtb AND PRODUCTION 
~~~- ~ -----..  
 
and- .  1  .  
 
Hart,ested 
 
:i?er Ao~e 
 
ProductiOn  ... ....  
 
  Coun...t.y..,.. 
 
....... Acreage 
.-...~.._~ 
 
Lbs. 
 
(OO() ' tbs~  ) 
 
: . 
 
 
 
 
 
\: '....:.. 
 
. 
' 
 
DISTRICT IX 
 
. , 
 
... 
 
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Appling 
 
:3,01~ 
 
1,453 
 
4,380 
 
..   .Bacon  . .. 
 
.2,495 . 
 
' 1,838 
 
4,586 
 
Brantley 
 
1,225 ' 
 
1,561 
 
1,-912 
 
Bryan .  
 
.330 
 
1,,252 
 
413 
 
Ql;l~lto.~ . Chatham 
 
1 19o5 ' . 
 
1,426 '1,100 
 
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27-B. 
11 
 
Evans 
 
1,400 
 
1,432 
 
2,005 . -. ! 
 
Liberty 
 
100 
 
1,080 
 
108 
 
LOng 
 
390 
 
1,382 
 
. 539 ' 
 
Pierce 
 
3, 750 
 
1,786 
 
6;699 
 
Tattna11 
 
3,875 
 
- 1,489 ' 
 
. 5, 768 . 
 
Toombs 
 
2,650 
 
1,208' 
 
3,202 
 
vlare 
 
1, 885 .. 
 
1, 734 
 
3,268 
 
vlayne 
 
1,855 
 
1,496 
 
.2, 775 
 
Tot~l 
 
23,175 
 
1,551 
 
35,944 
 
STATE TOTALS 
 
88,000 
 
1,455 
 
128,olio 
 
CARL 0, DOESCHER 
Agricultural Statisticj.an 
 
AieHIE LANGLEY . 
Agrieultutal Statistie~an In Charge 
 
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C-r/.fA-3 lqs-7 seP 3 
 
AGRICU&,.TURAL EXTENSt0!-1 SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A!'ID TH ~! s r ATE DEPART~C::NT, OF AG~ICU'-!TUilE 
.A~hens, Georgia 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL'!'URAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EX'rENSION a:..DG., Al liENS, ~;;A. 
September 3, 19.57 
 
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF A!JGtT~'Ll.5, 19.21 
 
GEORG!~t  The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the - - -- mo!lth .ended August 1!) we.s 249 percent of t.he January 1910 .. December . . 
1914 average<> Tr..is tms .a decline of 5 points (2 percent) from the previous month 
but is only 2 points below the level of August 1.5, 1956. Slightly lower prices received for tobacco, cotton, peanuts, beef cattle a.nd poultry products all con- 
tributed ~o the ~ecline. 
 
The All Crops component of the index declined 9 points during the month to 262, which is the lowest point reached during the year. Farmers were receiving lower prices for  tobacco, cotton ar.d peanuts which more than offset higher prices being received for grains and potat oes. 
 
Tne Livestock and Livestock Products index declined 2 points during the month after climbing steadily during the past 3 months. Lower prices for beef. pattle, chickens _and dairy products pushed ~e index do~m although slightly higher hog prices cushioned the drop. 
UNITED STATES: The Inde~ of Prices Received by Farmers increased 1 point (4 tenth of a percent) during the month ended August 15, the Crop Reporting 
Board announced today. Higher prices received for eggs, dairy products, and hogs were nearly offset by lower prices for noncitrus fruit and most vegetables. The 
August Index  at 248 percent of its 1910.14 average was 5 percent higher than a 
year earlier. 
 
The Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, 
 
and Farm Wage Rates remained unch~ged at 29.5 as of August 15. Prices of items used for family living and items used for far.m production both averaged the same 
 
as in mid-July. The August Index was 3 percent higher than in August of last year 
 
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With farm product prices moving up only slightly during the month, and the Index 
 
of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm 
 
Wc.ge Rates unchanged, the Parity Ratio remained at 84, its July 15 level. The 
 
August ratio was 2 percent higher than a year earlier. 
 
Sunnnary Table for the United States 
 
Indexes 1910 ... 14 .. 100 
 
Aug~ 1.5, 19.56 
 
July 1.5 19.57 
 
--------..------- Aug~ 1.5, :  Record high 1957 : Index z Date 
 
Prices Received Parity Index '};./ Parity Ratio 
 
236 
g._/ 2G7 
82 
 
247 
 
248 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
295 
 
29.5 
 
296 2./Apr. 19.57 
 
84 
 
84 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
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Prices dates. 
 
yPaiRd,evIinseted.res2t,,/ 
 
Taxes, and Wage Rates based Also May and June 1957o 
 
on 
 
data 
 
for 
 
tae 
 
indicated 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural S~atistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
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 PRICES RECEIVED BY FAF~S AUGU9r 15, 1957 ':liTH COMPARISONS 
 
COMhODITY .AND UNIT 
,/beat, Bu. 
Com, Bu. 
Oats, Bu. 
Irish Pot. ,Cwt. Sweet Pot. , C.vt. 
 
-r-- 
Average 1910-14 
 
$ 1.23 
 
$ 
 
 91 
 
$ 
 
.67 
 
$ 1.13 
 
$ 
 
.84 
 
_GEQBGIA 
.I I 
I Aug.15, 
 
July 15,Aug.l5, I 
 
__ Avorogo 
 
WTITED sr4!'~S 
1 
,Aug.l5, July 15 Aug.l5, 
 
1956 1. 92 
 
195'1 
-- 
 
~957__ , 1909-14 
 
1.86 
 
1.911 
 
 88 
 
1956 
 
1 957 
 
I I 
1. 93 1. 91 
 
1957 1  30 
 
1.33 
 
1.38 
 
I 1.36j 
 
.64 
 
I 1 
1.45 1.23 1,23 
 
.75 
 
.74 ..aol .40 
 
I 
 
.68 
 
.62o 1 .577 
 
4.60 
 
2.67 
 
I 2.80 
 
.70 
 
2.48 . 1.56 
 
1.80 
 
6.05 
 
5.30 
 
S.!iO I 
 
.88 
 
3.51 5.30 
 
3.87 
 
Cotton, Lb. 
 
 12.1 
 
33.5 
 
33.8 
 
I 33.6 
 
12.4 
 
31.1 32.29 32.83 
 
Cottonseed, Ton $ 23.65 
 
44.00 
 
50.00 1 22.55 
 
51.00 
 
55.70 
 
--,.-- Hay, All {baled)Ton $ 
 
24.20 
 
24.40 23.601 
 
20.10 17.60 18.00 
 
Hogs, per Cwt. 
 
$ 
 
7.36 
 
Beef Cattle, Cwt. $ 3.96 
 
16.00 12.30 
 
19.40 14.10 
 
19.6o 1 13.701 
 
7.27 5.42 
 
16.20 19.30 
16.1o I 1a.4o 
 
20.00 18.20 
 
Milk Cows 1 Head $ Cbickens,All,lb.  
 
33.85 13.3 
 
110.00 19.0 
 
115.00 115.00 
 
20.4 
 
19.9 
 
48.00 11.4 
 
155.00 1165.00 168.00 
 
18.8 19.8 
 
19.2 
 
Eggs, toz. 
 
 21.4 
 
47.0 
 
40.7 
 
41.5 
 
21.5 
 
36.9 32.1 
 
36.3 
 
Butterfat, Lb. 
 
 25.8 
 
52.0 
 
51.0 
 
51.0 
 
26.3 
 
58.2 58.6 
 
58.7 
 
Milk (wholesale) 
 
per 100# 1} 
 
$ 
 
2.43 
 
5.80 
 
5.60 
 
5.65 
 
Soyb eans, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
2.40 
 
2.25 
 
2.25 
 
Peanuts, Lb. 
 
 5.2 
 
11.2 
 
10.7 
 
10.5 
 
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 - ~ - - ~- -- --------- 
 
1LPreliminary for Aumst 19~?=- - 
 
- - - 
 
1.60 
4.!3 
 
4.13 
. ' 
2.33 
u.s 
 
3.99 i .,2 4 '!0.9 
 
4.17 2.27 ' 10.7 
 
HTDEX tlJEBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA 
 
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(Januar y 1910- Decomber 1914 : 100) 
 
Aug.15, July 15, Aug. 15, 
 
.-1-956-- - - -19.::..5.::.7.:---=1_9__5::7_:_ 
 
All Commodities 
 
 ., 
 
251 
 
All Crops 
 
273 
 
Grain s and Hay 
 
148 
 
Cotton I,int 
 
276 
 
Pe.muts 
 
216 
 
Tobacco 
 
366 
 
Cottonseed and Soybe ans 
 
. 
 
185 
 
Irish Pot ntoe s & Sweet Potatoes 
 
328 
 
Fruits rmd Nuts 
 
225 
 
All Livestock and I .ive stock Products 
 
206 
 
Meat Animals 
 
250 
 
Poultry and Eggs 
 
157 
 
Dairy Pro d.uct s 
 
232 
 
254 249 
 
271 
 
262 
 
149 150 
 
279 276 
 
206 202 
 
404 370 
 
209 208 
 
271 281 
 
143 138 
 
222 . 220 
 
302 
 
298 
 
155 154 
 
225. 227 
 
*Revised 
 
J../ PRICES PAID BY FABM~S FOR SE:LrorED FEEDS AUGU8r 15, 1957 ';f!TH COMPARISONS 
KIN_D. OF ~~==-!:~:15, ~~A11;, Aug. 15,  r-~.u.: 15~I~:y~~E!ug. l-5-,-~- __) 
 
1956 
 
1957 . ; 1957 . . 
 
1956 
 
1 957 1957 , 
 
-I 
 
. 
 
i 
 
llars Pe 100__Round!l 
 
Mixed Dnirz Feed 
All Under '291~ Protein 16% Protein 18% Protein 20o/>Protein 24% Protein 
 
3.95 3.90 
4.10 4.10 4.25 
 
3.90 3. 80 
4.05 4. 05 1.30 
 
3,90 3.85 . 
<1.05 
~1.05 
11. 110 
 
3.71 3,65 
3 .66 3.89 4.04 
 
3.73 3.68 
3.67 3.89 3 .99 
 
3.70 
3.65 ' 3.64 3.87 :1.01 
 
Eigh Prot~in Feeds 
Cottonseed Me al Zoyb ean Meal Me at Scrap 
 
3.55 
4.15 4.50 
 
3.45 3. 55 4.70 
 
3.45 
3.70 4,60 
 
3.88 
4.13 4.87 
 
3.74 
3.73 4.69 
 
3.78 
3.85 t1. 85 
 
Gr ~in Bz-Products 
3r an Middlings Co rn MeRJ. 
 
3.30 3. 65 3.65 
 
3.25 3.50 3.60 
 
3.30 3.50 3.55 
 
2.94 3.17 3.75 
 
2.85 2. 94 
3.38 
 
2.80 2.91 3.39 
 
Poultry Feed 
 
3r oi l er Growing Mash Laying Mash Scxatch Grains 1-b y, BP-lcd, Alfalfa 
- ---- --  All Other 
 
6.~ 
4,95 4,45 
46.00 
-1 0.00 
 
]) As reported by Feed Dealers 
 
5.00 4.75 4.30 50.00 34.00 
 
5.00 4,85 4.35 47.00 34.00 
 
5.10 
 
4.87 4.91 
 
4.57 
 
1:.42 4. 43 
 
4.19 
 
4.05 4.03 
 
30.90 
 
28.80 29.00 
 
28--.7-0- - -27.5-0--2-7-,3--0-- -..- 
 
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AGRICUL'rURAL EXTENSI~ SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE ' STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL1:URE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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September 4, 1957 
 
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BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA CONMERCIAL AREAS 
 
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During the week :endi11g August 31, connneroial .natcheriel=! pl;aced 5,088,009 cf4pk~. .. ... 
 
with the broiler .producers in Georgia ' commercial areas. This compares with the  
 
5,272,000 placed th.e previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,650,000  . . 
 
placed the same :week last year. 
 
 
 
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Eggs set by loc~i hatch~ries amounted to 6,430,000 compared with 6,45l,000 'fqr 
 
the previous week and is 11 percent greater than the 5,"779,000 for the corre~- 
 
ponding we~k last year. 
 
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Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during "the week . at an average 3 ; 
of 69 cents per dozen. Ave;r-age price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices compare with 67 cents and ~~ 11.75 for the pr~vious week and 72 cents and $13 .25 one year ag6. Egg prices shown 
relate: to Georgia pr~duced hatching egg~ whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
Weighted ~:a"{erage prfc~s from the Federal-State. Market News Service for broilers . : ... 
 
during thE3 week ending August :31 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/h - :... 
 
3~ pounds, at farms 18.60;  FOB plants 19.56.  
 
 
 
 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK PLACEr-lENT BY WEEKS 
PERIOD JUNE 29 THROUGH AUGUS.T 31, 1957 
 
::. . 
 . 
 
Date 
 
,Eigs -~Chicks Hatched~ Inship~ents 
 
Total Placed 
 
\-leek 
 
Set  . Placed in Georg~a of Chicks 
 
on Farms  
 
Ending 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
.. 
 
Thousand's 
 
1956, : . 1957 Thousands 
 
1956 : 19$7 Thousands 
 
1956 : 1957 ,.,'. '-). ...: . .~ Thousands 
 
' 
 
June 29 
 
6,534 7,042 
 
h~481 5,048 
 
804 733 5,285 ' 5, 781 
 
July 6 
 
6,152 6,803 . 4:,572 5,051 
 
828 682 5,400 5-,733 
 
July 13 ' 6;067 6, 970 : .. 4:,472 $,075 
 
678 734 5,150 5,809 
 
July 20 
 
6,251 7,051 
 
4,470 5,141 
 
690 719 5,160 5,86o 
 
July 27 . 6,075 6,927 
 
4:,356 5,005 
 
594 748 4,950 5,753 
 
Aug. 3 
 
6,152 6,843 ,. 4,218 5,035 
 
.. 582 673 4,800 5,708 
 
Aug. 10 . 6,227 6,139 
 
4,167" 4,867 
 
'483 . 541 4,650 . 5,408 
 
Aug. 17 
 
5,909 
 
6,703 
 
; ; 
 
4,093 
 
4,723 
 
607 : 488 4,700 5,211 
 
Aug. 24  5,917 6,451 
 
4,098 4,577- 
 
7.02 . -~ 610.. 4,800 5,272 ... 
 
Aug, 31 
 
5;779 6,430 
 
:4, l .Jrl ;" .. .- 4, 614.. : S,39 ..: - 474 4,650 
 
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Exclu. sive 
 
of 
 
hatching:s . 
 
shipped 
 
i'nt 
 
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o.utside of G.e.orgia. 
 
5,088 
 
CARL O. DOESCimR Agricultural Statistician 
 
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STATE  . 
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Aug. Aug. 17 : 24 
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Aug. 31 :. 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSfJNDS 
 
Haina Con:i~ 
 
c!ticut ' 
 
1,234 1,207 945 939 
 
Pen.>isy1vania 
 
1,301 1,337 
 
Indic.na 
 
1,537 1,453 
 
I1Unois 
 
350 361 
 
Hissouri 
 
1~373 1,321 
 
Delaware 
 
1,945 2,072 
 
Hary1n."ld 
 
2,133- 2,200 
 
Virginia 
 
1,970 1,948 
 
West Virginia 
 
333 332 
 
No1.-"i:.:. :r.~rolina South Caro:l..:!..na 
 
2,539 . 460 
 
.. 
 
2,497 h6o 
 
-' GEO-:.GIA 
 
)" 
 
~"'lori cl a 
 
' 6.1703 6,451 
 
1 417 
 
408 
 
1<.?bmn.a 
 
2,430 2,382 
 
Mississippi 
 
1,736 1,708 
 
Arkansas 
 
2, 585 2 .~ 694 
 
Louisiana 
 
372 378 
 
Texas 
 
2,514 2,463 
 
Wash:i_ngton 
 
300 278 
 
Orego~  
 
204 214 
 
Cal:iforn:ic. 
 
1,157 1,396 
 
1,074 875 
.1,210 1,453 
334 1,2?8 2,106 2,142 1,927 
315 2,418 
447 6,)Qo 
415 2,369 1,695 2, 635 
389 2,523 
266 169 1,263 
 
TarAt 1957 
 
34,538 34,499 33,733 
 
TOTAL 1956 
 
31,801 30,808 30,644 
 
1957 % of 1956 
 
109 112 
 
110 
 
. . Jun<J : July 29 : 6 
 
1,048 551 744 
1,066 128 618 
1,913 1,694 1,394 
530 2,289 
322 5,781 
248 2,274 1,467 2,619 
357 2,198 
318 159 801 
28,519 
27,661 
103 
 
1,006 548 629 
1,074 180 669 
1,983 1:,714 1,426 
486 2,295 
367 5, 733 
218 2,115 1,519 2,617 
367 2,275 
220 166 941 
28,548 
26,520 
107 
 
. . 
 
July : July July 
 
Aug. 
 
13 
 
20 : 27 : . 3" 
 
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CHICKS PLACED - 'lliOUS.hliDS ' 
 
.. -' .. .. 
 
967 610 701 1,019 180 ?36 2,042 1,622 . 1,436 612 2,200 394 5, 8Q9 268 2,118 1,594 2,504 385 2,102 224 220 976 
28,719 
26,265 ; 
109 
 
1,023 619 756 958 167 637 
1,827 1,688 1,326 
593 2,125 
393 5,860 
2'21 2,157 1,584 2,490 
385 2,009 
292 163 1,004 
.. 
28,277 
25,540 
111 
- 
 
1,042 
 
993" 
 
518 - 555 
 
823 ' :700 
 
983 
 
976 
 
200 .. 710 
 
161 :'. -585 
 
1, 784 . . 1, 749 
 
1,595 1,444 
 
1,257929.. 
 
1,380 . 544 
 
2,117 2.,156~ 
 
320 - : 332 
 
5, l 
 
753 
 
, 
 
5,708 
 
176 
 
199 
 
2,062 _2,0i9 
 
1,620 1, 387 
 
2,527 2,463 
 
342 
 
394 
 
2,009 1,874 
 
289 
 
225 
 
161 
 
168 
 
986 
 
867 
 
27,888 26,879 
 
24,618 24,642 
 
113 
 
109 
 
Aug. : . 10 
1,013 559 837 
1,018 156 661 
1, 753 1,396 1,309 
564 2, 205 
308 5:408 
193 2,119 1,314 2,273 
339 1,792 
239 127 826 
26,409 
24,553 108 
 
Aug. 17 
- 
978 570 847 867 175 577 
1,7~ 
1,446 1,324 
575 1,978 
320 5a211 
211 2,175 1,346 2,044 
308 1,888 
252 162 916 
25,950 
24,380 
106 
 
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Aug  24 : 
 
Aug. 31 
 
- 
 
981 539 815 843 181 575 1,669 1,502 1,230 514 1,979 317 5,272 226 2,068 1,292 2,009 376 1,827 271 137 894 
25,517 
24,429 
104 
 
1,007 503 739 839 131 530 
1,589 1,620 1,271 
524 1,939 
296 5z088 
229 1,911 1,284 1,972 
339 1,805 
216 107 919 
24,858 
23,718 
105 
 
 ;. :~ : AGRICULTURAL. EXTENSIOl\fSERVlC  . ,  
 
 , ; . liN.IVfi;~S ITY QF. GEORG lA ,A,NDi THE 
-;;:; Si~TE. o~.~ARTM~.~~. OF A.P~~UL.T,U~E . 
 
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GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 1 COTTON .REPORT 
 
Prospects on September 1 indicated a Georgia cotton crop of h45,000 bales (500 
 
, pounds gross weight) according to information .rep-orted by crop correqpondents to --the<oe;orgia Crop .Repdrtirg  S~ryice of the Uni~e_ci states Depar~lJlent of Agriculture. 
 
=  ThS :fg\lre is 23 'perc'ent below the i956 production of 579;000 ba1es and is 33 
 
perqent less than the 10 year average (1946- 1955) of 679,000 bales. Indicated 
 
.\ ~eld qf lint per acre .is 370 .pourids on. th~ 578,000 acres estmated for harv~st, 'alla;wii:'lg fqr _2.0 P.~rCeJ;J.t abandonment fom the 59.0,000 acres.. .in cultivation on 
 
July: 1. 
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Extr~mely hot, dry weather diiring August checked fruiting a~<;l, :cause.d the top crop 
 
to .shed in the northern districts. The crop is opening prernatl.lrely in the dry 
 
.areas .and prospects have declined in these sections during the past month. . : 
 
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:-'Barvest;ing operations have made good progress during Augl.;J,st in the southern , . 
 
' : ~;Lstr:i;cts and is now underw.ay in most areas of th~ State. : More than 56 per'c'ent:  . 
 
.:.o_r the_. c;rop 1-iad been ginned in southern districts prior ,t,o September :1.' . . . . . . ~ : , 
 
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.tin'al outturn of the crop,. b6mpared t-Jith this f orecast, wil1 depend' u~on l,rh'ethe~- p~ 
 
. pbt.. th( various factors affecting. the cotton crop during the r emq.i'nder 'o' th'e . .. '., 
 
 s~asort~are more or less favorable , than usual. 
 
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::.;T~e . B~e.au of c~nsus report~ 11..~9, 000 ru~ing . bale~: ginri~d prior to' :So.pt'emher .i. ~ -.' 
 
: ccmipa:red with 
 
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135,000 
 
to 
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date 
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1956 
 
an.d 
 
J.16,ooo 
 
).:i'l' 1955  .. 
 
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. G'$0RG. IA \ , M. A. P SHCWING INDICATED. PRODUCTION . l957 Aim .FINAL PRODUCTIO_N......F..O_R 1956 & 1. .9. 5...5 
 
195'727,000 1956;;;41,000 
1955-58,000 
 
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1957.. 22,000 
 
1956-36' 000 
1955-5~,qoo 
 
1957 production indicated ~n .. 
 
. SepteiJlber 1. 
 
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1957 - l-t45' 000 
 
19$6- . 5.79,000 1955 ... 701,ooo 
 
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Districts shovm are Crop .. 
Repoi'ting Districts :imc3 NOT , 
 
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1956-67,000 1955-80,000 
 
MACON 
 
1957-79 , oo 1956-94,000 1955-98,000 
 
COLUMBUS \ 
 
1957 78' 000 1956-109,000 
1955130,000 
 
VII 
 
lVI;;-v~f IX 
 
ALBANY 
 
1957- 83,000 1956-108:,000 
1955-113,000 
 
1957-63,000 1956-?5,000 1955-87,000 
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VALDOSTA 
 
1957-14, 000 1956-16,000 1955-18 ,ooo 
 
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UNITED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1957.'    
 
The b~qp Reparting Board of the Agricultural 1'1arketing Service .inB.k~s .the foll oWing 
 
r ep'a;rt frc;m data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of 
 
t he _Census, Connnodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies. 'fhe 
 
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 less favorable than usual. 
 
 
 
- - ,...;.. -- - _.., - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :-- - - -- ~ - 
 
: 1957 
 
: September 1 : Lint yield per : Production,_y' 
 
: acreage 1/ : condition : harvested acre :50(}-lb. gr. wt. bales 
 
State 
 
7A-ba-n--. :----:--- -: --:---: ---:---: ---- : - - -: - - - : - -~ 
 
: doned :after 
 
s . For : :harvest: 
 
1946- : 
55 av,: 
 
1956:: 
 
1957::159546a-v.:: 
 
1956:n.n1d9?ic?. 
 
:1946-:- : 
:55 av.: 
 
1956 
 
. 
 
:. . 19?7 nnd1c. 
 
_:_J~l! ~:--------- -------- -- - - ~----- - --- - . 
 
: Pot. :  Thou. : Percent 
 
Pounds 
 
Thou, bales 
 
: 
 
:acres : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
--- - ----: ----- ~ ---------- - ------ - --- -~- -- -~ -. 
 
N. C : 1.4 
s. c......... : 2.0 
9'a.. : 2.0 
Tenn.. :. 3.1 
 
355 74 83 79 320 391 352 449 359 260 500 69 73 71 305 360 360 647 513 375 
578 70 71 74 . 264 334 370 679 579 . .445 475 75 77 82 374 488 500 579 552 . 495 
 
~la... .... : 1.3 
 
740 69 67 73 296 370 405 891 750 625 
 
Miss .. : 3.6 Ivlo   ~  : 2.5 
 
1,350 72 75 80 363 483 551 1,702 1,609 1,550 
307 78 85 68 384 586 391 385 4t~8 . 250 
 
Ark : 2.6 
La. : 3.2 Okla. : 4.2 Texas ,  :"" 5.2 
 
1,135 
455 575 5, 925 
 
73 73 80 360 68 78 70 357 62 46 75 170 70 67 81 208 
 
500 543 1,444 1,426 1~285 496 464 606 581 440 175 263 374  261 . 315 280 328 3,742 3,615 4,050 
 
N. Mex : 3.2 
 
181 89 91+ 89 551 797 756 253 301 285 
 
Ariz  : 3.0 Calif : 1.9 
 
350 92 96 92 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830 
716 92 96 96 683 924 989 1,"249 1,446 1,475 
 
Other 
 
: 
 
----- --- --- ------- ---------- -------------- Statesl/.: 3.9 
 
44 
 
295 341 361 49 41 33 
 
. ~-----~------------- - --- - ----------- - ---- ~  
 
v.s. : ' 3. 8 13,686 73 75 81 300 409 446 i3,669 13,310 12,713 
 
A.mer~ 
 
: 
 
.Egypt  41 : 1,6 
 
81.0 
 
408 583 566 36.8 50.3 .955 
 
_!I Preliminary 
y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-lb. bale contains about 480 net 
 pounds of lint. 
 
~~ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. 
~ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
; . 
 
 LHT 
 
qoo1 
 
; 
 
~!7A-s GIE~~CGllA: (C~Q)jp) . 
 
,II- 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: A RICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
L - - - - - 9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
September 11, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
purihg the week ending September 7, . comm~rcial hatcheries pla~ed 4,995,000 chi~ks 
 
With the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
 
$,088,000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 4,500,000 
 
placed the same week last year. 
 
 
 
Eggs set by iocal. hatch~ries amounted to 6,430~000 which is the same as the previous week and .is _12 percent greater than the 5, 746,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 69 cent$ per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices are identical tilth the previous week and compare with 72 cents and .~~13. 25 one year ago. Egg prices shotm relate 
to Georgia produced. hatching .eggs whether bought- on contract or othenr.i,se. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal~State Market News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending Septen~er 7 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4- 
 
3! pounds, at fanns 17.51; FOB plants 18.50. 
 
 
 
 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS 
 
PERIOD JULY 6 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 7, 1957 
 
-D-at-e ~ ----.-. ----E-g-g-s---------C-h-icks Hatehed1/-ri_n_s_h_i-pm_e_n_t_s~~---T-o_t_a_l_P_l_a_c_e_d._-- 
 
Week Ending 
 
I 
 
- - 
 
' 
~uly 
 
6 
 
:Set 
1956 : 1957 
 
' 
 
Thousands 
 
. , .' 
 
6,152 6,803 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
. ! 1956'!'ho-usa1n-9d-5s-7---.~-19-5T-6h-o-:u-s1a-9n-5d-7s -~--19-5T-6h-o-u:-sa-n-1d-9s5-7-- 
 
l 4,572 5,051 
 
828 682 5,400 5, 733 
 
~uly 13 July 20 July 27 
 
6,067 6,970 6,251 7,051 6, 075 6,927 
 
4,472 4,470 4,356 
 
5,075 5 .141 5~005 
 
678 734 5,150 5,809 690 719 5,160 5,860 594 748 4,950 5,753 
 
Aug. 3 Aug. 10 A.ug. 17  1\ug. ' 24 Aug. 31 Sept. 7 
 
6,152 6,227 
5,909 
5,917 . 
5' 779 . 
5, 746 
 
6,843 6,739 6,703 6, h51 6,430 . 6,430 
 
4,218 4,167 4,093 . 
4,098 4,111 3,860 
 
5 ,035 
4 ,867 h'723 4,577 4 ,611+ .4 ,538 
 
582 673 4,800 5,708 483 541 4, 650' 5,408 607 488 4,700 5,211 
702 610 4, Boo. 5,272 539 47h 4,650 5,088 640 457 4,500 . 4,995 
 
!(ExclusivE; of hatchings 'shipped into Statesooutside of Georgia. 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER 
~gricultural Statistici~ 
 
ARCHill LANGLEY ~griculttiral Statistician In Charge 
 
' 
 
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' 
 
EGGS >$ET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COI\fi'ERCIAL AREAS, BX 'h1E2KS - 1957 
 
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1I EGGS SET THOUSlJIDS 
 
July 
6 
 
l{eek Ending 
 
July 13 
 
July 
20 
 
July 27 . 
 
. 11.ug.: .t\ ug. . ; f:..ug.:: Jlug. . :  Aug. 
 
.':.:,( 
 
. 10 
 
17 : 24 
 
31 
 
CHICKS PU-tCED - THOUSJ:JIDS 
 
Sept. 7 
 
Ma:i,.ne . . C.ormecticut ~S?timq.yiv.ania 
 
1 1,207 939 1,337 
 
1,074 875 
1,210 
 
1,241 814 
1,284 
 
1,006 548 
629 
 
9b1 1,023 1,042 
 
610 
 
,619 
 
518 
 
101 
 
756 
 
82.3 
 
993 1,013 
555 559 100 8J7 
 
978 
 
981 1,007 
 
. 939 
 
570 
 
527 
 
503 
 
598 
 
847 
 
815 
 
739 
 
773 
 
..rndiana ... 
 
1,453 1,453 1,413 
 
1,074 1,019 
 
958 
 
983 
 
976 1,018 
 
867 
 
843 
 
839 
 
866 
 
):i1inois 
p~asouri 
 
361 334 
 
320 
 
1,321 1,278 1,313 
 
180 
 
180 
 
167 
 
200 
 
161 156 
 
175 
 
181 
 
131 
 
189 
 
669 
 
736 
 
637 
 
710 
 
585 661 
 
577 
 
575 
 
530 
 
421 
 
pelaware 
'Maryla~d 
~~irginia 
I ;.west Virginia : . 
.North Carolina 
 
2,072 2,200 1,948 
332 .:2,678 
 
 2,106 2,142 1,927 -315 2,601 
 
2,069 2,183 1,832 
32:L 2,624 
 
1,983 1,?14 1,426 
486 2,364 
 
2,042 1,622 1,436 
612 2,312 
 
1,827 1,688 
1,326 
593 
2,217 
 
1,784 
1,595 
1,279 592 
2,250 
 
1,749 1,444 1,380 
541 2, 289 
 
1,?53 1; 396 1,309 
564 2,276 
 
1;?80 1,446 
1,324 
575 
2,104 
 
1,669 1,502 1,230 
514 2,102 
 
1,589 1,620 1,271 
524 2,067 
 
1,754 1,420 1,252 
495 2,087 
 
South Carolina 
 
460 447 
 
473 
 
377 
 
417 
 
404 
 
320 
 
332 308 
 
320 
 
317 
 
296 
 
277 
 
~-~~ o_R~Gu~~------- ~t~6~,4~5~1--6~~,4~J~o_ 
 
f.loriga 
 
408 ID-5 
 
__6~4,1~04~30~~----~5~J7~2J1~8J--~5~,~2s~6o98~~5,8~6~2o2-1-~5~,~71~7563~--~5~,71~o9~9a--~s,~149~3o~B--~5~.2~l2l1~1~~5~2,226~7~2--I~ 2o~2s~98----4~,~9293~65~ 
 
Alabama. : :~'lissi~S:i:ppi 
-Arkansas 
:L9risicm~ .. Texas  
Washingt~n ;oregon_ ~ Galifornia 
 
2;382 
1, 708 2,694 
-:378 2,463 
278 214 1,396 
 
2,369 
1,695 2,635 
389 2,523 
2.66 169 1,263 _ 
 
2,300 
 
2,115 2,113 2,157 2,062 2, 019 2,119 2,175 2,068 1,911 2,053 
 
lI 1,675 
2,515 388 
2 ~ 458  
 
1~5:9 2,617 
367 2,275 
 
1,594 
2,5o4 
385 
2,102 
 
1,584 
2,49o 
 385 
2,009 
 
1, 620 2,527 
 348 2,009 
 
1, 307 2,463 
394 1, 874 
 
1,314 2,273 
339 1, 792 
 
1,346 2,o44 
301 1,888 
 
1,292 2,009 
376 1,827 
 
1,2Bh 
!L,972 
339 
1,8o5 
 
1,214 1,97e 
416 1,874 
 
255  1 
 
220 
 
22h 
 
292 
 
289 
 
233 239 . 
 
252 
 
271 
 
216 
 
220 
 
1,~166_99__1.__ 
 
___ 
 
_.1;.6.9~64_1 
 
220 ___:.9....;7_6_ 
 
_l..:.1o,_6o_34~---:.9..:..5.1;:6..15_ 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
168 _86_7;...__ 
 
127 _8_26__ 
 
_ 
 
162 _'-91_6_ 
 
_ 
 
_18_39_7.L~_ 
 
_ 
 
101 _:'-_9_1_9_ 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
113 836 
 
'.1:c~.~r: 1957 
 
34,68o 33,916 33,616 1 
 
28,627 
 
-TC'l'LL_:: ~9,?6 
 
3d,8o8 30,6LJ+ 30,914 1 _ 26,52o 
 
I . 19-~7 ;(:Of 1956 
 
llJ 
 
lli 
 
I ;109 
 
108 
 
. ' " 
 
-- --- -------~- - ----- -- 
 
28,854 28,380 27,996 26,265 .. 25,540 24,618 
 
27,020 26,4Bo 24,642 24,553 
 
1l0 
 
111 
 
114 
 
110 103 
 
----- - - - - ---- ---- ----- ------ --- --- - - 
 
26,o69 24, 380 
107 
 
25,62 8 24,429 
105 
 
2~, 9 8 6 23,718 
105 
 
25,oo6 22,279 
112 
 
 AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE . . . 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE " . ' . 
 
OF STATE DEPARTMENT. AGRICUL.T"'RI! 
 
 
 
f 
 
 
 
' 
 
   
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
.. . 
 
UN IVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
s . sEP 1{)'57 .. 
1rR~NG: -~vnCJE .':_: 
.. J. $..DE~ARTMEN~ OF AGRICUL.TUJ~~ .. . : . A(;RICUL.IfURA .L. MARKETING SERVICE  319 EXTENS10N BL.DG., ATHENS, Gi\', .September 11, 1957 
 
GENEnAL : CROP REPORT  FOR GEORGIA AS -OF -SEPTi:i1BER 1~ 1957  
 
PECAN PROSPECTS DECLINE:- Hot, dry :weather during late August' cut back prospects fer deorgiats pecan crop and the estimate on September 1 -~ms for 17,000,000 poUnds 
 
Conditions on August 1 indicated a crop of 20,000,000 pounds, but lack of mci_sture 
 
along with hieh temperature-s brought- considerable shedding which reduced prospects . 
 
by 15 percent during the month. The latest estimate plac es this year f s crop 72 . 
 
perc ent .below. last year's crop of 60;000:,000. pounds 'and is slightly more than one~ . 
 
half the 1946-55 average production of 32,91.J.6,ooo pounds.  
 
 
 
SNALLER PEANUT CROP: 'l'he peanut crop ..in .Geo:i-gia, currently estimated at 540, 1 75, 000 pounds, is abouiS'percent smaller thal'l last year's crop of 568,980,000 pounds . . . Prospects  on September 1 pointed to a sQeld of l,025 pounds an acre which will be the third highest of r ecord, being exceeded only by the 1956 yield of 1,090 pounds and in 1917 when l,Ol.d pounds an acre were harvested. Digging of the Spanish crop 
is past peak and early Runner harvesting operations are underway. 
 
EXCELLENT CORN ~ FORECAST: Georgi at s 1957 corn crop, currently estimated at 
 
w,?5o,ooo bushels, will be the second largest of record, being exceeded only by 
 
the 1955 crop of 67,080,000 bushels. The latest estimate is 1 percent above last 
 
year 1s crop of 65,064,000 bushels despite _a 3 percent drop in acreage, This year's 
 
near record .production is being achieved c.lthough farmers are expected to harvest 
 
the sm.allest acre age sinc e records bBgan in 1866. The indicated per-acre yield of 
 
25 bushels is a new r ecord high in the State , exceeding th~ previous high of 24 
 
bushels, s et in 1955 and match last yoar; by 1 bushel. 
 
 
 
. 
 
. :, 
SMALLER _TOBACCO OROP: Georgials flue~curcd tobacco crop, estimated at . 81,900,00?'  
 
pounds as of September 1, was  J6 percent smaller than last year 1s crop of    . . 128;040 ,000 pounds and the f?mallest since l9L~3 . A~though the crop was plagued by 
 
unfavorable weather most of the grot-ling soaeon, yields turned out very-. good and 
 
were better than early expectations.  Reports from growers indicate a yield of 
 
1,300 poun.ds per acre this YBar which \vi:).l b e the third high est of rocQrd, b eing 
exceeded only by the 1955 and th e 1956 per-aero yielci.s of 1,465 and 1,_455 pounds; 
 
respectively, 
 
RECORD . ~-~~ IN AUGUST: HGns on Georgia farins laid 108 million eggs during 
 
August, the Ge orgia Crop Reporting Service. said today. This is a r ecord high for 
 
egg production in August and is i2 percent above tne previous August high at 96 
 
~llion eggs produced in 1956. 
 
 
 
iif:j:LK PRODUCTION BELOtrJ IJ1.ST YEAR~ Hilk production in Ge orgia during August .is 
 
estimated at 100-miiiion-pounds, a drop of 2  million pounds fron1 thc .August 1956 
 
production. The decline in rililk production .:from l~st yef'.l' .i s due primarily to a 
 
decrease in milk cows on fann s. Milk production pe:r cow in herd averaged 335 
 
pounds during August, th e S0COnd "highost en r ecord, bGing surpass ed only by the 
 
--- ~ pounds for August 1956. 
 
 
 
. 
 
. 
 
 GEORGIA 
 
:ACREAGE : YIELD PER ACRE 
 
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.1 
 
. CROP 
 
; 
 
(ooo};Avorage.: 1957 :194~55: 
 
1956 
 
Indio.: A-vqragu : 1957 194~55 
 
'Jorn,    ,  'bu.: 2630 
 
16.2 : 24,0 25.0 : 48,9!78: 
 
1956 ; Indic .   1957 .. 
65, 064: 65,750 
 
,fueat      bu. : 102 
 
15.6 : 21.0 17.0 : 
 
Jats.      bu. : 411 . : . 27.l : 33.0 ': 28.0 : 
 
nay (~11)    ton: 691 : 65:  89: ~ 88 : 
 
?obacco(all).  lb: 64.1 :1196 :1452 :1301 
 
2,091 :  . 2,436: . _l .,i34 . 11.~683": " 14, _289 :. . 11,508 
706 ..L . . .616 .: .. ' . 605 121,920 129,371 83,385 
 
?otatoes,Irish, Cwt: Potatoes,Sweot, Cwt: ~otton,    bales: 
?eanuts(for picking: ~~ threshing) lb: buybeans     ~ bu: Peaches, tct.crop; bu: Pears, tot, crop,bu: 
 
4.8 46.2 45.8 47.5 
 
13 
 
41 
 
46 
 
47 
 
578 
 
264 
 
. 334 
 
370 
 
 
 
527 : 803 :1090 :1025 
 
96 
 
10.1 12.5 13.0 
 
333 1,264 
679 
586,552 
305 2, 776 
196 
 
229 
 
228 
 
736 
 
611 
 
579 
 
445 
 
568,980 5L~O,l75 
 
1,038 1,248 
 
1,600 : 2,100 
 
80 
 
86 
 
Pecans ,.    .lb: 
 
32,946 60,000 : 17,000 
 
Pasture , Condition%: 
 
73 
 
69 
 
70 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY \gricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL 0, DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 - _____ . _.,______ UNITED STATES - GENERAL CRO_.P._R..E....P.. OHT AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 19.S7 
 
' . 
 
Further gains in t otal crop p.ro.sr:Jc,ts during August are. help:i,ng make 1957 prod- 
u.Jtion the third largest of reqord.  Feed. q:i:-ops ' are goo:d over much of the Nation 
~utside of an eastern drought belt which wldened during the month. Crops with 
:mportant August pros.pect gains include cotton, sorghum grain, corn and sbybeq.ns  ~dvancing harvest also supports sizeable to relatively small increases in "estimates .:'or spring wheat, rice, hay, peanuts~ tobacco, dry pea.s, sugar cane and sugar beets 
 
Corn: Improved in yield prospects in several important arens in August despite - - need for more warm weather t o produc e dry c:ovn in mnny "late planted Corn Belt fields. Although the 3. 2 billion buahel crop ranks s eventh in .size, it. is excooded to a largo extent only by 195"6. .and 19h8. 
 
Soybeans now promise a 459 million bushel re<:ord crop af t er f .avorable development in most"leadine producing States  . Yield averages are not up to last yefl.I' r s and thi3 lateness of the crop may prolonr: harvest more than usual. Nost late plantings, h6~-Jever ' have good chanc e of r uaching maturity. 
 
Peanuts: Production of peq.nuts for picking and threshing is vstimatcd at 1,594 million pounds _, up sligbtly frOIIl August 1 prospects. At this lavel, 1957 
production is only one-half percent below 1956, and about 9 percent below the 10- 
year average production of ' I, 760 million pounds. 
 
Pecans: Production is for ~cast at 121,850,000 pounds, . an increase of 2 percent over the August 1 forecast, but 30 percent less than the 1956 crop and 12 
porc ont b elow th e averag e production. 
 
PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED 
 
- ~ - - - - - : - - - - :-Yici~CPer- A-cre - - - - : - ~ - - - -Prod"uC'tioil - - - -: -~ :- 
 
..  ; - 6- 6 - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
... 
 
- 
 
- 
 
~~;4~:~5-:- 
- - ... - - - 
 
- 
 
1; 
- 
 
5~- 
 
- 
 
-:-rnf~5atecl; 
- - - - 1- - 
 
1;e 
- Jj. 
 
~~~-;- 
- ...- - - - 
 
~956 
-- - 
 
~; 
-- 
 
rn~~~~ted 
- -- - - - 
 
P. o u n d s - - 
 
T h. 0 us and Pounds 
 
Va. 
 
1,572 
 
2,080 
 
1,950 209,616 245,41+0 
 
204,75"0 
 
N.C. 
 
1,230 
 
1, 750 
 
1,5.50 ~7.6,616 346;500 
 
274,350 
 
Tenn. 
s.c. 
 
778 
 
850 
 
716 
 
1~05"0 
 
8.5b : 2:;840 
 
900 
 
11,898 
 
. 2~550 12,600 
 
2,550 9,900 
 
~\ . 
 
803 
 
1 ,090 
 
1,025 : ",286.5.52 568,980 
 
5~0;,_175 . 
 
Fla. 
 
"81h 
 
1,07~ 
 
l,loo58,17G. . 6o;2oo 
 
o,5oo 
 
Ala. 
 
790 
 
1,010 
 
900 : 245 :, 578 .. , . 216:,lh0 
 
190,800 
 
Miss. 
 
372 
 
400 
 
400 ": 3,449 
 
2,400 
 
2,400 
 
Ark. 
 
382 
 
400 
 
42.5: 2,617 
 
2,000 
 
1,700 
 
Okla. 
 
602 
 
725 
 
790 : 110,294 .50,7.50 
 
87,hOO 
 
Texas 
 
.500 
 
sao 
 
675. : 244,274 87' 500 
 
21.2' 625 
 
-N.-H-ex-. ---------- 1,0)~8 - --~,-20-0 --- ---- 1,200 : ----- 7,477 -----7,200 ------- 7,200 
 
--u. 
 
-s-. 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
. 818 
---- 
 
- 
 
---1,-1-5-7- 
 
-- 
 
-- 
 
--- 
 
- -- l,Oj8 
-- 
 
- - - - - - :1,760,097 
- - 
 
- - - - - 1,602,260 
- 
 
- 
 
----1-,5-94--,3.--50-- 
 
- - - - -. - - 
 
: - .-- 
 
- - - 
 
ihi 
 
-PECANS v nrieti es :: 'Productj_on--- 
 
-- 
 
- . - - .-:- 
 
~.,.-- 
 
- ;- 
 
-: 
~ 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-: 
 
-- 
 
-- A-v er-a-e--i9-h-b--"->T-5h---o-.4u=--s---a.--n--d1-9-)6--P-~o--u- -n--:cl--s--I 
 
n..ct-fc-at-;-d_-.1-95-7--:-- 
 
N.c. 
 
~,981 
 
2,6oo 
 
~- 
 
1,200 
 
s.c. 
 
3,146 
 
8,600 
 
2,500 
 
l _J 
 
GA. 
FIE: 
 
~2,9~6 
4,89s- 
 
60&000 4,ooo 
 
17&900 3,3oo 
 
Ala. . 
 
: .. 
 
. 14, 8.56 
 
 30; 500 
 
8, 000 
 
Miss. 
 
8,26o 
 
12,100 
 
5,500 
 
Ark.- 
 
.. h, 754 
 
3, 800 
 
6,100 
 
La. 
 
14,875 
 
lh,ooo  
 
l).J.,ooo 
 
Okla.  
 
19, 910 
 
7., 100 
 
23,000 
 
Texas 
 
: 
 
3:t,.~ J.hO _ 
 
27,_500 
 
. _ 
 
37,500 
 
!J. _ N-!. 1o~- ___:__ _ ~,~21! ____ ~ - - __ _1,~0.Q ___ .- _ . __ _ 3.i ~~0- _ __ _ 
 
u.s .;.; ____ _;, __ _. _12 ..\. .29__ .. __ :_..;. __l13..\.7QO_ _____ :..12_~,_ , _Q ___ _ 
 
V1 Short-time average . . 
 
. . 
 
.. . 
 
: 
 
 ., 
 
 
 
'\ )\ 
 
. ' 
 
. 
 
 . 
 
. 
 
 ....  AGRICULTURA~ EXTE,NSIOI\1 St::RVICE . . 
 
: . ' UNIVERSITY OF GEOR~IA A'ND THE  '. 
 
 : STATE DEPART-MltNT OF AGRICULTURE 
.... Athens, G~orgia    .... 
 
.. '. 
 
ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION Septen~ber 1, 1957  . 
 
' ' :   I ...~ ! ' ' 
. .. . 
. ;. : : 
 
tJNITED STATESt Production of fall vegetables in 1957 will be smaller than :;t.n:,f~56 
 
  
 
' but about equal to average production, the Crop Repor.t~ ..B.v~d. :: 
 
.announced today. Estimates prepared as of September" 1; whi"ch account for abo'llt.. 
 
'" thr~~7fo~t.hs _of the production in the fall s e as.on~ -- indicate that -total produc-:f,~on 
 
. "t-:?:.11 be. 9 percent under 1956. Cabbage, .with a sharp reduction. in acreage_'.as : we}:3: 
 
as poorer yield prospects, accounts for the majority of the reduction froili).:ast 
 
year. A sizeable decline in carrot production and smaller decreases i~ ceie:r;Y') '  
 
cauliflower and spinach. are expected. Partially offsetting these decline's _ w,~~~  ... 
 
indicated increases in production of several fall crops. Early Fall lettuce'" _sllo~;s 
 
Is the largest gain becatise-:-of a sizeable acreage increase. The productiO.n. o.f"  . . 
 
tomatoes' 
 
cucumbers 
 
and 
 
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LD1A BEANS: The. final forecast of summer lima beans indicate~ a crop of : i~i;,~qbt 
 
cwt., 22 percent under last year's production and 42 percent be1o;w  
 
average. Harvest in New York is expected :t;o continue through September. Hary.est. 
 
in New Jersey has peaked and suppL-i..es are diminishing. Rains improved the  c.on-;-., :. 
 
dition of late fields in Haryland but only. a small volume is now moving to~ maf.k~t. 
 
Harvest of a larger than average crop is almost completed in North Caro;I.ina,.  Pro7, 
 
longed hot, .dry weather has practically ended harvest fn Georgia. 
 
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SNAP BEANS= The forecast of sUmmer snap beans;. at l,J.89,000 _cwt., ;is slighy:J;:f ,,; , . 
 
below last year Is produ.Ction and 8 percent below average. High,r : : - 
 
~elds th<3:I1 ~ndicate d, .a . m9~~h ago . in New .England and J..ong Island ,.were m9r,.e ,.than;:<, 
 
 oi'rs et .by lo~:er yieids in Pennsylvania, Ohio, -Ivti.ch;i.gru:I, Georgia and. Alab ama,. :_. :-Ir'l --- 
 
New England, a nioderae' vo1\ime is ex.Pec.ted to continue to be marketed throUgh.th8, 
 
first half of September unless frost terminntes the s eason earlier. : on :.J.,ong;. ... :..:'-.-. 
 
Island, movement is declin:Lng but limited supplies will.continuc to ,b e avaiHibl~ _-: 
 
until late Octoper. In _\lpstate New York, quality has been generally good. Har~  :. 
 
vest is past its peak and volume will  decline during September. In Pennsyivama.: 
 
prospects  .continue good in northwestern s ections but hot, dry tve ather in s ol,lth~. ; , . eastern and .central areas has cut yields of the . l ate acreage there. ; ;.Dry we ~yh, ~r' ( 
 
in Ohio has also reduc ed. prospects for late plantings. In Illinois; volume  mqye , 
 
ment is expected to continue through September tvith -diminishing supplies avh:fl...; .' : 
able during October. Harvest is active in .1'-:Iichigan where dry weathGr duri~ef .  .< 
 
August reduced yield prospects. Volume supplie s will be available throug!1 "S ept:.:;~:; . 
 
ember. In ,the mountain arep.s of Virginia harvest is about oy~;r: ... Harvest 'i;'s rieai4 
 
ing completion in north "Georg"ia. , Dr'y .weiatner .r educed the ~ e~ds .?::n late . .fi ~~rA:~-~-- :. 
 
 and sh0rteriecl the harvest season  Vol'lll'no movement of a good crop in Tenne ~~~~-- -'~. .< : 
 
and North Carolina is expected to continue through most of Septemb e)\' with .Mgh.t<: .:_:. 
 
supplies available until frost ~ . Harvest is pas:t the .peak in northE;Jrn Alab.cima  -::  
 
wlicre dry weather. has r edub ed yields. In Oolorado, yield and quality has b-een ;_....  
 
very good. Dim:i,.nishing :supplie ~ wiiJ;. conti.nu~ available until early October:. . ... . 
 
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'oelow CABBAGE: Late 'summer cabbage p~pdu~tl.~ i~ . fqrecas~. ~t !3,609.,0.00 c~., 6.ipe~&nt>  
 
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. -l ess than last ~ye ars: cr,irouuction: ;and :"'ll ' pei:""d~nt 
 
average:~ . .Yield ,-;  
 
prospe.cts in Pennsylvania oonti:nuod-.-te decl'rte in,Augus't: b ecause of. insu;fticO..ont :::~ 
 
rainfall. In Indiana, "dry ~e ather :was aetrimentai' -eo  fr esh market . cabbage . .Kra.ut" 
 
cabbage prospects are good, reflecting a variation in growing .conditions. Harvest of cabbage continuEJ s aroimd Chicago in Illinois. Ip .Iowa, harvest has beon: .cOlJl"".. .. pleted onmost of the summer acreage. In western North Carolina, harvest 'of"..cab;.. 
 
bage is active. Growers ther e report we ather has been favorable and thnt yields arc excellent. Some cabbage is available in north Georgia.  In Colorado, cabbage has mnde excellent progress after a late start due to a cool, wet spring. Harvest 
 
i s active and volume shipments will be available during September. Growing con 
 
ditions in Washington have been favorable. Harvest for both fr esh market and kraut ~s active there. In California, cabbage is in ample supply for local market needs. 
 
CUCUMBERS: Production of qarlx ~cucumbers is forecast at 507,000 cwt., 17 percent more than last yearts production and 34 percent abovo aver age . 
There was a siz eable increase over l ast yoar in Virginia's acreage, but changes in oth ur States wer e small. A f ew early cucumbers moved from Virginia in late August, but it will be the week of September 9 before volume can b e expected. The crop in South Carolina is r eported to b e only in fair condition and suffering fran the lack of moisture . E ar~ plantings in Louisiana germinat ed well and tile crop is 
in good condition. However, later plantings are not in as good condition because lack of moisture affected stands. A light volume will be harvested in Louisiana in midSept amber but volume is not expected before October 1. Supplies from California continue to be omple for tm local market, 
 
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' ':, ''"AOREAGE:AND~ ThTDICATED P,RODUCTION REPORTED l'O .DAT$,'..19$7 WITH cOMPARIBO~S 
 
CROP - '  :.:. 
 
ACRfAGE .~ -.. nELD PER ACRE  ' PRODUCTION .-.. 
 
.~sTA1iE~ .-~~49.~~5 . 1~56 ~7 4~:55 1956 ~~~ . t;4~~~5 195~..-._.-:-:!~7 
 
  
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sunn1'ler:  
 
New York 
 
New Jersey 
 
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cwt.   . 1: - 1, 000 .Cwt. -.  ~ ~~. 
 
1 
 
1, 800 650 500 . 42 45 411 
 
76 29 
 
20 
 
2,100 1,500 1,400 32  35 2~ 
 
65 52 
 
38 
 
Ohio NBl'y.lan.d . 
 
720 180 --. 1,170 1, ooo 1, ooo : 
 
37 26 
 
31  26 
 
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27 6 
 
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31  . 26. ... .::.:2o 
 
North CBl'olina 1, 460 1,500 1,500\ 21 26 26j   31 39 
 
39 
 
Georgia 
 
 5:..890 4i900 4,300 
 
18 20;-.....;;l-it81-~~1G~5,__~9~8-.,..:_ . -,o_::o:7*T7._ 
 
 Group total 
 
13;130 9, 730 8,_ 700L__,~>~_:2_6_._2-t21-......3o.:;.3.._?_2_..?.,..o_;:-:""".'-1..;.9._.._4 
 
SNAP BEANS; 
 
  
 
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New Hampshire  290 250 ' 250 33 40 45 
 
10 10 ' il 
 
l'Iassachusetts Rhode I sland 
 
1,370 1,200  1,300 270 200  200 
 
34 35 
 
40 40 
 
35 
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47 
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48 8 
 
  46 ...  6 
 
Ponnecticut 
 
1,120 950 1,000 
 
tiew York; :1. I 1, 870 1, 300 1, 200 
 
New York 
 
12,100 11,600 11,100 
 
34 J8 32 
42 40 45 
42 38 43 
 
3'8 36 .... .32 
 
79  52 
 
54 
 
50$ 441. _477 
 
Pelll'lsyivania. Ohio ,. 
;nrr.ino:ts 
 
3,170 2,300 2,200 
3-, 310 3, 300 3, 600 
,  1, 290 1, 200 1;2oo 
 
.h2 50  38 40 40 39 27 30 25 
 
133 115 
 
84 
 
131 132 
 
140 
 
34  36 .' 
 
)o 
 
Michigan 
 
. 2,530 2,500 2,500 
 
Virginia , ' .' :660 650 700 
 
30 33 28 
29  39 35 
 
76 82. 
 
70 
 
19 25. 
 
.24 
 
North Carolina 7,630 8,200 7,800 31  33 35 
 
238 271 ' 273 
 
Georgia 
 
.2,170 1,600 1;400 2'8 26  27 
 
61 42  
 
38 
 
+ennessee 
 
1,760 1,100 1,200 35 38 40 
 
62 42 
 
48 
 
Alabama 
 
. . 1,300 1~200  1,200  21 .. . .22  18 
 
28 26 . .. .. .: -22 
 
Colorado; . Group :total 
 
- uos  840 750  700. 
41,6B03B,300 37,55ol 
 
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3464 
 
 
 
-4!5!3~7-.~43~871 ~. 
 
 . 37 34 
1,4oo 
 
34  i;389 
 
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Late Summ:er: 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
4,310 .. '4;130 4,000 180 . 187 i5.5 
 
' 777 773. 
 
620 
 
:j:ndiana - 
 
I1lin 
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North Carolina 
Georgia Golorado   
 
Nel-rMexico  
 
2:,210'" 1,900 1,900- 124 201 '),.85 
 
271 382 
 
352 
 
2,720 . 2,600  2,600 178 180 160 
 
483 468 
 
4i$ 
 
1,020 700 900 147 . 140 145 4,270 4',200 4,000 143 140 160 
 
152 . 98. ,. 130 610 588 . . . - ~4Q 
 
760  100 6oo 
 
1   ioo 100 _ ~ _ 69 _ _ 10 _ _ 6o 
 
3,406 -2,96o - 2: 6oo~ - -:-240 ~ 237  25o 
 
824 688 
 
-ei5o 
 
380 
 
250 . ' --~ 108 . 112 --- 
 
42 28 ...... -~ 
 
Washington  
 
1,660 1,170 1,200 166' -231 215 
 
272 2.70 
 
-258 
 
California 
 
2,410 2 100 2_,_100 . 230 . 230 230 
 
556 483 . 483 
 
o:roup total +-2~3~,o::oi14~(o~2~o,-6~501 19, 9oo 1[5_ lB6 ."="l""=a:1~__,..J.!-:::,o~~r-r-:63~,~~ 5_4t!.r.---._ ~.-.---=-3,~o.~J09;.;- 
 
QUCtJlOIBERS, 
 
Early F~ll: 
 
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V:'Irginia Y 
 
.. ~,950 ... 2;,400- : 2,900 : .47 ... 45.  ..50 
 
84 108, .1:45 
 
South Carolina G-eorgia 
 
 850 . 650 . 100 . . 6!m- : : 71 67  5)0*  .45Q .. . 4oo:  -.' . , . 25{~> . 30  : : 34 
 
;' 59~f- 46  
 
' 47- 
 
13*.. 14 . . 13 
 
~ouisfana 
California 'Group totat . 
 
910* 6oo   700  42* 44 45 
 
l4_,~J1l!9O~. 
 
1!500 .. .1.t5oo 5,600 . .6,2QO 
 
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181* 91*. 
 
.'1. _670~ 
 
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.l80   . 1:32 ..  
 
39* 243* 3713* 
 
26 
 
32 
 
240 . ' ..270 
 
434 
 
507 
 
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During the wee~ ending September 14, commercial hatcheries placed 5,013,00q 
 
chicks with th~ broiler. prod-ucers in Georg:i;a >COmmero.*l ~r~ae~ This com~ar~s 
with th~ 4, 995j 000 placed ~ the pz.:evi"ous ...week ;$d is  1~2 ' P.~rcent more ~han thE'L ., 
 
4,49o,oqo placed .the same _week .last yeari:. ~-.:. ~~ . . (" " .. ~ ... :-; 
 
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of 69 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries;,fpr the chicks was 
 
reported at !~12-.00 per hundred., These .prices ~re:. identical with the previous . 
 
week and compare with 72 cimta ~.and -$13o25. one yea:r "agon Egg prices shown 
 
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relate .to Georgia -producedi hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
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during the week ending September 14 are as follows: Nor'l:ih Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3! poun~s, at farm~ 17o41; FOB plants 18.,43. 
 
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of Chicks 
 
19.56 . : .. 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed , on Farms 
1956 : 1957 
 
. Thousa.ncts 
 
Thousands ,. , 
 
'l'hpusands 
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Thousands; 
 
July 13 : : 6,067 ..' 6,910 
 
678 734 . 5,150 5,809 
 
' . July 20 July 27 
 
6,251 7,051 
6,07$ ' . (:>,921 
 
690 719 594. . 748 : 
 
5,160 . 5,860 
4,950 5,753 
 
Aug. 3 6,152 6,843 
 
582 . b13 
 
4.;800.. ' 5,708 
 
Aug,. 10 .. 6,227 6,739 
 
483 - "541 . 4,65o 5,4o8 
 
Aug. 17  5,909 
Aug. 24 5,917' 
Aug. 31 5, 779. 
 
6,103 
6,451 
6,430 
 
607 488 
 
4, 700 t-;5,211 
 
702  i 610 '  u,8oo s;212 
 
539 . 47.4 ' . .4:65o . 5,-o8B:- 
 
Se];t. 7 5,7l.P 6,430 
 
640" . 457 
 
4,5oo  .  4,995 
 
Sept. 14 5,923. 6,386 
 
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653 520. ' 4.1_490 '5J 013 
 
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EGGS SET THOUSANDS 
 
Maine  
 
'1,074 
 
1,241 1,110 
 
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Conneoti~ut 
 
875 
 
814 
 
837 
 
Pennsylvania '  1,210 I. 
 
1,284 1,348 
 
Indiana 
 
1453 
 
1,413 1,379 
 
Il!'inoi B 
Missouri 
D~laware 
 
I 334 JI . l,Z78 
2,106 
 
320 1,313 2,069 
 
~37 
1D222 
2D008 
 
Maryland 
 
1 2,142 
 
Virginia 
 
; l$192? 
 
West Virginia j 3!'5 
 
2,183 
1"8 32 321 
 
2"144 1,853 
305 
 
B"Orth Carolina j.  2,601 - 2,624 2,6!?9 
 
.Scuth Carolina!  447 
 
473 
 
404 . 
 
GEORGIA I ~.l~orida Al~bama . Mississippi .Arkerisas Louisiana 
 
' 5,430 
i 415  
, . 2, 369 
1.,695 ! 2,635 
389 
 
6,4&) 
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2.-300 
1~675 
2 0 575 388 
 
6~386 
402 . 
2,444 ' 1.767 2,623 
397 
 
Texas Warmington Oregon 
 
2,523 I 266 i  169 
 
2.458 . 255 169 
 
2,461 243 180 
 
 California 
 
1~263 
 
1!>069 1 ~ 38.3 
 
. TOTAL 1957 
 
33,916 
 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 %of 1956 : 
 
30;914 30,555 
 
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Week Ending 
 
July / 13 
 
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Sep.t,o ; 
 
Sept. 14 
 
CHICKS PLACED  THOUSANDS 
 
967 610 701 : 
1~019 ' 
.~ 180 736 
~ 2~042 . 1.622 
1g43Ef 612 
. 2,312' 417 
5,809: 
268. 
2.118 1.594 
2:~504 
385 2,102 
224 220 
975 
28;.854 
26,265 
110 
 
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1.023 
 
1.042 
 
619 : 
 
5t8 
 
756 
 
823 
 
958 . 
 
983 
 
167 - '200 
 
63? . .. ' 710 
 
:..1~827- . 1, 784 
 
.1,688  .: 1,595 
 
'1.326 ..'' . 1.,.2-rn. 
 
593 
 
. 592 
 
. . 993 . 1~01.3 . 9'78 
 
981,. 
 
555 
 
.559 570 
 
521 
 
700 . 837 .847 
 
815 
 
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843 
 
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181 
 
585 : :... 661 .'57.7 
 
575 
 
1~ 749 1~753 1,780 1,,669 
 
1,444 1.396 1,446 1~502 
 
J..-#380 ~_. ! ,.,309  . 1,324 .. 1~230 
 
54.4 , ~ 575 
 
514 
 
"2,217 404 
. 5,860 
221 
 
- 2,250 . . 320 
5, 753 
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332 5_, 708 
199 
 
2,276 : 2,1~ 
3C6 320 5,408 5.211 . 
t93 211 
 
21) 102 317 
5::o272 
226 
 
2,157 
1~584 
2:,.490 385 
2,009 
292 163 
1.004 28,38~ _::- 
 
2,062 1,620 . 2,527 
348 
2.,009 289 161 955 
 2'1~996 
 
2,019 ... 2,11~r . 2,175 
1,387 i 0 3l4 1.346 
2,463 2,273 2,044 
 
2,068 1292 2p009 
 
394 
 
339 .. . 301 
 
376 
 
'1,874' - ~ :. 1:.192' . 1~888 1,827 
 
233 
 
239 252 . 271 
 
168 
 
12? 162 .. ;1.37 
 
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826 916 
 
894 
 
27,'02'0 . 26.4:E)Q.:'2.6-069 25,.62~ 
 
25,540 24,618 24,642 24._553 24,380 24~ 429 
 
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939 
 
881 
 
503 
 
598 
 
554 
 
739 
 
773 
 
S66 
 
839 
 
866 
 
775 
 
131 
 
189 
 
187 
 
530 
 
421 
 
416 
 
lD589 
1~620 
1,271 524 
2 ~ 067 
296 5.,083 
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1.,754 1 .. 4 2 0 10 252 
495 
2D087 277 
4~995 
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1.772 
1DS43 
1c218 516 
2.,.osa 
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5,,013 
206 
 
1.911 1g284 
1~972 
339 
 
20 053 1t'2l4 
1"9 78 
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lc921 1,283 2.062 
379 
 
lg805 
216 107 
 
1,874 
220 113 
 
1.835 218 118 
 
919 
 
836 
 
945 
 
24,986 25,006 24,873 
 
23,718 22,279 21,932 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY !)F GEORGIA AND THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF .~GRICUL. TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU!..TURAL MARKETING SERVICE , 319 EXTENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA. 
September 23, 1957 
 
GEORGIA CASH FAR11 INCONE SETS. ALL TD1E . RECORD IN 1956 
 
Cash income (including government payment.s) of Georgia farmers set a new high . 
 
record of ~692,617,000 in 19.56 This was ~i~20 ,025,;000 increase over tl1e previous 
 
record in 1955 of $ 671,592,000. Income from crops rose l percent from 19.55 tvhile 
livestock returns advanced 5 perc ent. Co~~mercial broiler income exceeded c otton 
 
ancl cotton seed for the first time. Cash rec eipts from broil.ers a'Jlounted to 
 
nno $129, 836,000 compared with ~pl05, 187, 000 for c ott. on 
 
cotton seed. Tobacco ranked 
 
third with $6h,635, 000, The rank of othe1 l eading cormncdities wer"' as foll ows: 
 
Forest products, peanuts, dairy prod ucts, hogs, eggs, and . cattle nnd calves. 
 
Income from all crops amounted to :~366,;384,000 and .52. 9 percent o:f thd t.:-tal cash income, livestock and livestock products acc ounted for ~317, 845 , 000 and 4.5 .9 per' c.en~, and government pajments totaled ~~'8,388,000 and l.2 .percent. 
 
Pe.rcentage contributions to cash farm income by cormnodities are as fo l lot-IS: 
 
, Commercial broilers 18. 8%; cotton and . cottonseed 1.5. 2%; tobacco 9.3%; :forest 
 
products 8.6%; peanuts 8.5%; dairy products T. O% ; hogs 6.8%; eggs 6 .1%; cattle and 
 
alves 5.9%. 
 
 
 
- - -- -- DISTRIBUTION OF 1956 CASH INCOME FROM GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK 
 
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1} Government Payments $ ' 8, 388,000 
vJ. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician . 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY AgricultUral St8:tistician, In Charge 
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 CROPS Cott on L;i.nt 
 
- - - CASH J.<'AHN FOR GEORGIA 1/ .. INC OJ>~ ~~....,.._ ,_....._...,__ 
 
- 
 
1950 
 
1951 
 
~~ 
 
1953 
- .~ - 
 
~~ 1955 
 
(Thousand .Do11ars) 
 
101,630 144,498 154,321 125,005 112,941 124,112 
 
1956?} 95,518 
 
Cotton Seed 
 
14;on 22,135 17,996 14,153 12,935 11, 319 9,669 
 
Cotton, Total 115,722 166,633 172,317 139,158 125,876 135, 431 105,187 
 
Peanut s 
 
69,277 56,295 42,513 55,397 29,119 51 ,673 58, 967 
 
Tobacco 
 
50,669 64,760 62,924 . 69,407 58,769 ... 72, 3~6 64,635 
 
Fr uits & Pecans 15,723 19 ~ 358 19,86.5 18,855 17,341 4,017 16,968 
 
Truck Crops ~~ 
 
15,774 16,638 16,726 17,128 10,663 11, 325 12,480 
 
Corn 
 
7,789 8,929 8,765 9,160 8,390 1L~,524 20,005 
 
Forest Products '' 36,619 39,380 36, .382 34,634 31,854 43,163 59 .802 
 
All Other Crops 31,155 23;641 35,650 },J.0,724 30,590 22 , 760 28,340 
 
TOTAL CROPS 
 
342,728 3.95,634 395,142 384,463 312,602 . 361,219 366,384 
 
* Excluding Irish and Sweetpotatoes anq m~inor truck crops, ~-rhich are included 
in all other crops. 
 
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Hogs Cattle & Calves Dairy Products Com. Broilers Other Chickens Turke ys 
~gg s 
Other 
 
43,896 32,441 36,836 45,433 4,216 1,964 19,108 1,528 
 
53,055 34,.723 39,390 68,530 4,280 4,172 29,280 2,598 
 
50,190 29,681 41,610 88,610 4,537 3,496 29,187 2,207 
 
54,776 24,169 43,349 93,826 4,912 
2,363 37,469 2,224 
 
59,570 41,879 46,888 28,276 40,795 40,937 42,717 45,291 48,813 101,951 125,700 129,836 3,998 ).j.,l71 4,536 2,502 1,912 1,845 33,152 ).j.0,891 42,115 1,728 1, 362 2,875 
 
TOTAL LIVESTOCK 
 
& PRODUCTS 
 
185,422 236,028 249 ,5ll:l 263,088 273,894 302,001 317,845 
 
OOVERNHENT PAYMENTS 
 
10,500 8,634 7,589 4, 719 6,640 8,372 8,388 
 
fOTAL CASH INCO~lli 
 
ALL SOURCES 
 
538,730 640,296 652,249 652,270 
 
HOHE CO!i,SUMPTION  ' 
 
-593,136 671,592 692,617 
! _., 
 
Crops 
 
35,791 36,606 36,921 . 52,624 36,844 35,554 37,535 
 
Livestock 
 
65,390 78,761 71+, 236 75,613 60,085 53,229 52,774 
 
- - ---- -------- TOTAL INCOME INCLUDING HONE CONSUMPTION BUT NO GOVERNHENT PATI'J.ENTS 
 
Crops 
 
378,519 432,240 432,063 h37,087 349,446 396,773 L~03, 919 
 
Liv-estock 
 
250,812 314,789 323,754 338,701 333,979 355,230 370,619 
 
~-11 Commodities 629,331 747,029 755,817 775,788 . 683,425 752 , 003 774,538 
 
TO'I'AL INCOME, ALL COHMODITIES, ~ GOV.PATI-lliNTS 639,911 755,663 763,406 780,507 
!/ 195G-1955 Revised ?J Preliminary. 
 
690,065 760,, 375 782 , 926 
 
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UNIV ER m GEORG\,t. 
 
;-JS-57 ~!E:O)JR~llA ~~~ ...lEIP'.(Q)~IR~(G SIJRV~C~. 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSIO SERV~E: . 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A D !1'~\e RA I'tl ~~ 
 
STA~ D.EPARTMENT OF A . 
 
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Athens, : Georgia 
 
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: U ;S. DEPARTMENT: OF AGRI<;Ul..TURE  . .AGRICULTURAI..' MAR:KETING SERVlCE 
3f~ EXTENSION Bl..DG., ATtiENS, GA  . 
September 25, l95:7  
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA coM}maciAL AREAS 
During the week. end~g Septe~er ~1, commercial hatche~ies placed ..4,832,000 
chicks with the broiler produ~.er~ i.n Georgia commerciaJ, ::areas. Th~.s .compares .with the _5,013,000 placed: the previoua week and is 6 percent more than the 4,550,000  placed ~he same week: last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,293,000 compared with 6,386,000 .the 
 
previou13 week  and is 5 percent gre_ater than the 6,001,000 for the corresponding 
 
week last ye~. 
 
 
 
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Hatcher~es reported prices paid for hatching .eggs during the the week at an average 
 
of 70 cents per doze~. Avera:ge price charged by hatch~r;i.es for the chicks was .. 
 
reporte~ at $12.00 per hundred . These prices qompare With 69 cents and $12 .00 
 
last week and 72 cents and : $13. 25 one year ago~ Egg prices shown relate ;to Georgi_a 
 
. . producep hatching eggs whether bought on contract or : otherwise. 
 
: 
 
1~eight~ct average pripes from the Federal-State Market News Service for br~ilers . 
 
during ~he week ending September 14 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~ 
 
3 l/2 :pounds, at far~s 17.42; FOB plants 18.42. 
 
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~EORG!A CHICK PLAcEMENT BY NEEKS 
 
PERI9D_JULY 20 THROU~H SEPTEMBER: 21, 1957 
 
Date 
 
:Eggs ~ 
 
y .Chicks .Hatched  
 
.. 
Inshipments . 
 
Tot~l - f>laced . 
 
Week Ending 
 
Set 19~6 : . 1957 
Thousands 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
1956 
 
0 0 
 
 1957 
 
Thousand'.s.. .. 
 
of  Chicks 1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
. on Farms 
1956 ' 195? 
 
Thousand13 
 
; 
 
. 
 
I 
 
July 20 6,251 7,051 
 
4,4?0 
 
5,141 690 719 5,160 5,860 ; 
 
July 2? , Aug. 3 Aug. 10 
Aug. 17 : Aug. 24; Aug. 31; Sept. 7: 
 
6,075 6,152 
6,2~7 
5,909 5,917 5,779 5,746 
 
6;927 6;843 6;739 
6~703 6~451 
6;430 . 6~430 
 
4,356 . 
 
4,218 
 
4,167 
 
l 
 
' 4,093 
 
' t 
i 
 
4,098 
 
.. . 
. 
 
'4 11i . 3,860. 
 
.. 
 
5,005 .5,035 . 4:,867 
4,723 
4~577 
4,614 4,538 
 
59.4 582 
483 607 
70?  539 . . 64b 
 
748 . 4,950 . 5,.753 . 
 
673 .'. _:4,.800 
 
541 488 
 
'4}.,';(760500 
 
, . 55,'4700B8 ':. 
. 5,211 
 
610 4,800 
 
5,~72 
 
. 474 4, 650 . 5,088- 
 
457 4,500 4,995 
 
Sept.l4; 5,9~3 . 6~386 
 
3,831 
 
4,493 653 520 4,490 ' 5,013 
 
Sept.21. 6, oqn 
);,/ Exc1fsive of 
 
6~293 
hatchings 
 
3,904 . 4,346 646 sh~pped . into:,states .outside of 
 
486 4,550 Georgia . 
 
. 4', 832 
 
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Agricultural Statistician . : 
 
: :ARCHIE .LANGLEY 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMNERCIAL AREAS, BY vJEEKS - 1957 
 
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STATE 
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Sept. 7 
 
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Sept. 
14 
 
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Sept. 21 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSAliDS 
 
lC'.aoinnn8ecticut 11.~8~114 . 
 
Pennsylvania 1,284. 
 
Indiana 
 
I 1,413 
 
Illinois 
 
320 
 
M:l.ssouri 
 
1,313 
 
.Delaware 
 
2;069 
 
M~land 
 
2;183 
 
Virginia 
 
1,832 
 
V.!. Virginia 
 
321 
 
N.Carolina 2,624 . 
 
1 S.Carolina 
GEORGIA 
 
473 6,430 
 
Florida . ..Alabama I Mississippi 
Arkansas. Louisiana 
-Texas Washington Oregon 
Cali.fornia 
 
I 410 2;300 
~ 1,675 
2,515 ; 
388 
. 2,458 
255 
169 1,069 
 
TOTAL 1957 . . 33,616 . 
 
~OTAL . l9,56 30,914 
 
1957% 1956 
 
109 
 
1,11& 
8.37 
1,3.48 ' 1,379 
337 1:,222 2,008 2,144 
1,85J 
305 
2,69~ 
404 6,386 
402 2,444 1,767 2,623 
397 2,461 
243 180 1,383 
33,932 
30,555 
111 
 
"J-,23,0 779 . 
1,159 1,346 
. 295 
1,149 . . 1,929 2,047 
1,779 . 267 . 
2,6~ 
476 6,293 
 
377 2,404 1, 772 
2,487 
399 
2,572 : 275 199 
1,359 
 
l 33,271 
 
29,947 111 
 
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Week Ending 
 
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July 20 
 
. .: ;July 
27 
 
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Aug. 3 
 
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Aug. 10 
 
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Aug  : Aug. 17 : . 2h 
 
Aug. 31 
 
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Sept. 7 
 
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Sept. 14 
 
. . : 
 
Sept. 21 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
.. 
 
1,023 / 1,042 993 1,013 978 981 1,007 
 
939 
 
881 
 
777 
 
619 . 518 555 559 570 527 503 
 
598 
 
554 
 
494 
 
756 
 
823 .700 . 837  . 847: . 815 739 
 
773 
 
666 
 
587 
 
958 
 
983 976 1,018 867 843 839 
 
866 
 
775 
 
762 
 
167 
 
200 161 156 175 181 131 
 
189 
 
187 
 
113 
 
. 637 
 
710 585 661 . 577 .575 "' 530 .421 . 416 
 
411 
 
1:,827 1,784 1,749. 1;153. 1,780 . 1,669 .. 1,589 1;754 1,772 1,846 
 
1,688 1,326 
 
1,595 
1,279 
 
1,444 1,380 
 
1,396 1,309 
 
11;'342464 
 
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. 
 
.1;502 :1,230 
 
: 1,620 1,271 
 
1,420 1,252 
 
1,543 1,218 
 
1,471 1,185 
 
593 
 
592 544 564 575 514 524 
 
495 
 
516 
 
470 
 
2,217 2,250 2;289 2,276 2,104 2,102' 2,067 2,087 2,o63 1,977 
 
404 
 
320 332 308 320 317 296 
 
277 
 
302 "350 
 
.. 
 
5,860 "221 
 
5,153 . 5,708 5,408 5,211 5,272 5,088 
176 199 193 2ll . 226 229 
 
4,995 5,013 236 . 206 
 
4,832 255 
 
2,157 2,062 2,019 2,119 2,.175 2,068 1,911 2,053 1,921  1,884 
 
1,584 1,620 . 1,387 1,314 1,346 1,292 1,284 1;214 1,283 1,258 
 
2,490 2,527 2,463 2,273 2,044 2,009 1,972 1,978 2,062 2,019 
 
385 
 
348 394 339 301 376 339 
 
416 . 379 
 
402 
 
2,009 2,009 1,874 1,792 1,888 1,827 : 1,805 1,874 1,835 1,877 
 
292 
 
289. 233 239 252 271 216 
 
220 
 
218 
 
178 
 
163 
 
161: . 168 127 162 137 107 
 
113 
 
118 
 
120 
 
1,004 
 
955 867 . . 826 916 . 894 . 919 . . 836 . 945 
 
932 
 
28,380 27,996 27,020 . 26,480 26,069 25,628 24,986 25,oo6 24,873 24,200 
 
?5,540 24,618 24,642 24,553 24,389 . 24,429 23,718 22,279 21,932 22,013 
 
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114 110 108 I 107 105 105 
 
112 -ll3 
 
110 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
,U.S . DEPARTMENT 0 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA coMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending September 28,- commercial hatcheries placed 4,876,000 
chicks with the broiler pzoducers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares . with the 4,832,000. placed the previous week and is 6 percent more than the 4,6oo,ooo placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted -to 6;.497,000 compared with 6,293,000 the previous week and is 9 percent greater than the 5~941~000 for the corresponding 
week last yearo  
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid !or hatohing eggs during the .week at an average  
of 70 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chioks was  reported at $12~00 per hundred. These pr~es are the same as for last week and compare with 72 cents and $13 ~ 25 one year agoo Egg prices shown relate to Geor,gia 
produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise? 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending September 28 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 
 
- 3' ~pounds, at farms 16o39; FOB plants 17o37~ . 
 
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(See reverse side .for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY 1NEEKS PERIOD JULY 27 THROUGH 'SEP!EMBER 28, 1957 
 
Date 1tJ'eek Ending 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched l/ 1 Inshipments 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia i of Chicks 
 
1956 : 
 
1957 . 
 
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1956 : 1957 . 11956 : 1957 
 
Total Placed on Farms . 
1956 : 1957 -~ 
 
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July 27 
Augo 3 
Aug. 10 
 
Thousands i 
 
Thousands l Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
6,075 6,152 
6,227 
 
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6,927 I 4,356: 
6,843 4,218. 
6,?39 4,167 
 
I. 
 
5,oo5 . . 5i'035 
4,867 
 
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594 ' 582 483 
 
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74'8 .4,950 . 673 . 4,800 
541 .4,650 
 
5,153 
5,708 $)408 
 
Aug. 17 5,909 6,703 4,093 . 4,723 607 I -488 4,700 5$211 
 
l Aug. 21~ 
Aug. 31 
 
5,917 5,779 
 
Sept. 7 I 5,71:1> 
 
Sept  14 1I 5,923 
 
6,451 
 
6,430 6,,430 
 
: 
I 
 
6,386 
 
4J098  
 
.4,111 
 
3 
. 
 
1 
 
860 
13 
 
4,577 702 
4,614 539 4,538 640 4,493 65'3 
 
'610 4,800 5,272 . 
474 4,650 5J088 457 4,500 4,995 
520 4,490. 5, 013 
 
Sept. 21 6,001 6,293 
 
4,346 646 ' .-486 4,550' 4, 8,32 
 
Sept. 28 5,941 6,4.97 
 
4,390 573 
 
486 4,600 4,876 
 
-1/ Exclusive of hatchings shipped in~o States outside of Georgi<h 
 
W. A. trfAGNER 
 
. ' : . ' AR8HIE LANGLEY . 
 
Agricultural Statisticien 
 
Agricultura+ Statistician, In Charge 
 
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Week En~ing 
 
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Sept. 21 
 
Sept. 28 
 
EOGS~~;~~~=r,_ 
 
July 
27 
 
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. : Aug. 
 
3 
 
10 
 
17 
 
24 
 
31 
 
CH,_.I-C_K_S_P_LA__CE_D___T_~-:<O_U_S_AND_S_ __ 
 
Sept!> 1 
 
Sept. Sept. 14 : 21 
 
Septo 28 
 
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1:-a j_n<;) 
 
 1;110 
 
1,2ZO 
 
1,166 . 
 
1,042 993 
 
1,013 . 978 
 
981 ..1,007 
 
939 
 
881 
 
777 
 
903 
 
Connecticut 
 
837 
 
779 
 
817 
 
518 : 555 
 
559 
 
570 
 
52 7 
 
. 503 
 
598 
 
554 
 
494 
 
508 
 
Pennsylvania 1,348 
 
1,159 
 
1,3..24 
 
623 100 
 
S~? : 8:47 
 
815  
 
"/~9 
 
713 
 
666 
 
587 
 
634 
 
Indiana 
 
1~3~9 
 
lg346 
 
1.221 
 
983 976 
 
1,018 
 
867 
 
843 
 
839 
 
866 
 
775 
 
762 
 
723 
 
Illinois 
 
. 3a7 
 
295 . 
 
311 
 
200 161 
 
156 
 
175 
 
181 
 
131 
 
189 
 
187 
 
113 
 
100 
 
. Missouri 
 
1.. 222 
 
1,149 
 
1,114 
 
710 585 
 
661 
 
577,. . . 5.75 ... . 5ro 
 
421 
 
416 
 
411 
 
458 
 
Delaware Maryland 
 
2~008 
2,144 
 
1#929 2.047 
 
13869 2,116 
 
1,:~784 : 1,749 1,595 1,444 
 
1 11 753  1~ ?eo: .1~6?9 
13396 1g446 1t 502' 
 
1589 
1~620 
 
1~ 754 1,420 
 
1~ 772 
1;~543 
 
1,846 1,471 
 
1, 700 1 .. 631 
 
Virginia 
 
11 853 
 
1, 779 
 
1,526 
 
1,279 11)380 
 
1.309 1. 324 1,230 
 
1~271 1,252 1,218 1,185 
 
1,176 
 
W. Virginia 
 
.305 
 
26'7 
 
233 . 
 
592 544 
 
.564 
 
575 
 
514 
 
524 
 
495 
 
516 
 
470 
 
433 
 
N. Carolina . S ., Carolina 
 
2.699 4d4 
 
2 11 678 476 
 
2 ~ eo1 1 
. 447 i 
 
2,250 2,289 320 332 
 
2,,276 2,104 . 2.102 
 
we 
 
320 
 
317 
 
'2;067 . 2#087 
 
  .296 
 
211 
 
2 ,p 063 302 
 
1,977 350 
 
1..,971 288 
 
GEORGIA 
F"torffi 
 
6 ~ 386 
4o2 
 
3601 6.239=737,__ _ 6.,. 497 I 
 
5, 753 5, .,;..,70;,8~-~5:...,4;.,08~--5...:.'.,;.2..:-11~-5..;;..2..72 
 
s,o88 _..:...4::..~:~9;..;;9,..;5_ _s~,::..,;o;..;1;.:3,__4.;:.;,=-.:e:-:32~;::---4::..::.,;a~7~6-- 
 
. 176 199 
 
193 
 
211 
 
226 -'229 
 
236 
 
2C6 
 
255 
 
206 
 
Alabama 
 
i 2, 444 
 
I Ivii ssiasippi  ! lJ~767 
 
Arkansas 
 
. 2.. e23 
 
Louisiana 
 
j 397 
 
Te:xalJ . 
 
2 ~461 
 
Washington 
 
243 
 
Oregan 
 
180 
 
_c_a_l_i.t_o_r_,n=i:.:a:___,-=ltl 38 3 
 
_ 2,4o4 
1,112 . 2,487 
399 2, 572 
275 
199 1,359 
 
I 2,416 . 
1, 754 1 2 ,.417 
379 1 2., 516 
209 
125 1 
1j,233 ~ 
 
2,062 ' 2,019 1.,620 1,387 
2~527 2,463 348 394 
211009 1,874 289 233 161 168 955 867 
 
2,119 1,314 
2~273 
339 
1,r92 239 
12 7 82'6 
 
2,175 1,346 
2,044 301 
1 .v B86 252 162 916 
 
2,068 1,292 
2,C~9 
376 
1.821 271 
137 894 
 
1,911 1,284 
1,972 339 
1g805 216 107 919 
 
2~053 
1.214 
1 ~ 978 
416 
1,874 220 
113 836 
 
1,921 1.283 
2.C62 379 
1g835 218 118 945 
 
1,884 1.258 
2 1 019 402 
1 ~ 877 
178 
120 932 
 
1,883 1,267 
2,007 340 
11 836 193 
94 741 
 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 %1958 
 
j 33,932 
! zo , 555 
I 111 
 
33,271 32,457 1 
 
29,947 
 
28,738 
 
t 
i 
 
- - -11-1 -- - -113 ~ 
 
27,996 27,020 24,618 24,642 
114 110 
 
' 26,480 24,553 
108 
 
28,069 24,380 
107 
 
25.628 24,986 25,006 24p873 24,429 23,718 2.2,279 21.932 
10:._5::.___~10..5:.___r'-- l:!.?_ _ _ 1~~ . 
 
23,992 
 
22.013 22,364 
 
,_.- 
 
110 
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AGRICUlTUR~L EXTENSION SERVI... E UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA. MJD THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
U.S. O:::PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGH!CULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3~9 EXTENSiON BLOG., ATIIENS, GA. 
 
_ Athens,  Georgia 
 
October 7, 1957 
 
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FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF SEPrEMJJEH 15...2-.1957. 
 
GEORGIA: During the month ended Septenfuer 15, the All Oommodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers remained steady at the same level of a 
month earlier. The index at 249 is now 3 points above the level of a year .earlier. Farmers on September 15 were receiving slight~y lower prices fo~ cotton, corn, chickens, hogs, and beef cattle. However, higher egg, milk, cottonseed, oats and 
wheat prices offset tl}e lower prices for other commodities. 
 
The All Crops index at 262 was unchanged durir.g the month but is more than 3 points (1 percent) below the September 1956 index of 265. 
 
The Livestock and Livestock Products index at 221 is up 1 point from the previous  ~onth and 18 points (9 percent) from last year. The increase from last year is due to higher hog and beef cattle prices~ 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 3 points (1 percent) during the month ended in mid-September the Crop Reporting Board 
announced today. Lower prices for meat animals and for most commercial vegeta0les vere primari~y responsible for the decline. Partially offsetting were higher prices for dairy products and eggs. The September Index at 245 percent of its 1910-14 average was 4 percent above September 1956. 
 
( '\.t 296 the Index of Prices Paid by Farmers for Commodities and Services, Interest, r -~'axes, and Farm Wage Rates was 1 point (1/3 of one percent) higher in mid-September 
than a month earlier, and 9 points (3 percent) above September last year. The family living index and the production index were both l .point higher than on August 15. 
 
With the Index of Prices Received down during the month and with the Index of Prices Paid for Commodities . and Services, Interest, T a~es, and Wage Rates up slightly the Parity Ratio went down 1 point to 83. This was 1 point higher than on September 15, 1956. 
 
Indexes 1910 - 14 ts 100 
 
Summary Table for the United States 
 
September 15, August 15, September 15,:~ _R~c~r~ gigh__ 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
. 1957 : Index : Date _ 
 
Prices Received 
 
236 
 
248 
 
Parity Index 1/ 
 
287 
 
295 
 
245 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
296 
 
296 ~/Apr.l957 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
82 
 
84 
 
83 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
y );,/ Prices Paid,. Interest, Taxes, and V.Jage Rates based on data for the indicated dates. Also May, June and September 195.7  . 
 
~ 
 
ARCHIE L~NGLEY 
 
.gricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
lirLLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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., 
 
-~D~~: . , ~;i~;i ~~:.1 Ar~~~;r~b;/~[ f~s~:x~~j~~E~~~s~~,~s~;-.-_ :~'PRICES ~IVED.BY UF.l)ERf .EPT.Jl.@JJi.l.h_l9~lTH CO}.;~LBI SONS 
 
. 
 
1/'h~ .qt, Bu. Corn, Bu., .. :. \ , 
.. . . 
0 8.t s , Bu. 
 
- 
 
.11 Ill 
 
1.23 
 
$ $ .. 
 
l 1 . 92~  lI -1'- .91- . -- 1,9- ..~ 
 
. 1.25_ 
 
1.36 1.25 
 
-- -- -~ 
 
. 138 
 
'1.95 
 
.64 
 
1.13 
 
. 81 i 
 
.80 
 
.87 . 
 
. 10 
 
.681 
 
--- 1.90 I; 1.90 
 
1.23 
 
l.15 ... 
 
' .577 . .603 
 
Iri sh Pot. ,Cwt. Swee t Pot., Cvrt . Cotton , Lb. 
 
$ 1.13 
 
$ 
 
.8-1 
 
 12.1 
 
~.75 . , 2 . 90 
I5 5.50 
3::: : 33.6 
 
2.85 5.10 33.3 
 
.70 . 88 12. 4 
 
1.so 1.80 
3.32 3.87 32. 50 32. 83 
 
. 1... 7.0 
2 . 98 32.97 
 
Cottonseed, Ton 
 
$ 23.65 
 
45 .00 1 50 . 00 51. 00 
 
22.55 
 
47 . 70 55 . 70 53.20 
 
Hay,All (baled)Ton $ 
 
24.80 1 23 . 60 25.],0 
 
20.70 r8.oo 18.20 
 
Ho gs, per Cv;t . 
 
7. 36 
 
I 15. so 
 
19.60  19.50 
 
7.27 
 
15.70 20.00 19.10 
 
B..;ef Ca ttl e , O:it. 
 
N'rl. lk Cows, H~nd 
Chicken s; Lb:. :... 
 
Egg s, :toz.  
 
Buttorf n.t, Lb ~ ! . 
> .:: 
 
Milk (wholes[Qo ) 
 
por 100# J) 
 
$ 
 
3. 96 33 .135 13 .3 21. '1 25 . 8 
2 . 43 
 
12.20 
n5.oo 
17.5 
 
' 13.70 
1. 
I 115.00 
I 19. 9 
 
13 .15 115.00 
18.0 
 
47. 5 
 
41.-5: . 47. 1 
 
51.0 
 
5L'b 51.0 
 
5. 90 
 
5.65 5.90 
 
48. 00 
 
16.10 18.20 
 
156.00 168 . 00 
 
17. ..2. . . 
38.6 .. . 
58.2 . 
 
19. 2 36.3 58.7 
 
17.70 
171.00 . . :. 
. 17.2 ::. : 
40.. 0 .. 59 . 0 .  .: 
 
1.60 
 
4.36 4 .16 
 
4.39 
 
Soyb eDn s; Bu.: P.e'Jlluts, Lb , . 
 
$ 
 
 
 
5.2 
 
2.25 . 10.8 
 
2. 25 2.25 10. 5 10. 5 
 
---  ---  ~ - -- 
1.( Pre liminary For Septemb er ~  Revised . 
 
2.07 2.27 2 . 13' . 
 
____ ' 1,8 
 
11. 5 10.7 
 
10 . $ .._ 
 
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. . '. ,. 
 
! : '. 
 
= INDEX 1!1JMBE1lS OF PRICES RECEIVED :FlY F IBMERS IN GEORGIA.. : 
 
(J F.lnul'lry 1910.-Ibccrnb_l3r 1914 100) . . 
 
. . :. . ..     
 
. 
 
Sept. 15, Autt,.l5, S~pt' .l5 , . 
 
l92f2 
 
1937' .. . 1951 ._,. 
 
::" .; ~. :. ' 
 
An Commod.itics 
 
All Crops  .....  . ..  Gra i ns 'lr',d, Hay 
 
.. 
 
. . 
 
2 116 . . . 265 . 
' 1'16 
 
249 
 
249 
 
262 15{) 
 
... 
 
. 
 
.. 
 
262 . 148 
 
. 
 
  Cotton Li n t 
 
273 ' 
 
276 
 
271 
 
.. F,..mnuts 
 
208 
 
Tob n.c co 
 
' 383 
 
...'.. . 
 
Cottonseed mld Soyber:ms 
 
188 
 
 Iri sh Pot atoe s, Sweet Pot nto os 'nd Co11po ~ s 
 
2 92 
 
.'... ..~-. .. 
 
Fruits ~"nd Nuts 
 4n 1-ive st ock P2~d Live stoc1~ Pro ducts 
 
156 203 
 
M..;at Ani mal s 
 
2117 
 
Poult ~ <u~d Egg s 
 
150 
 
Wry  roducts 
 
23'9 
 
202 370'' 
208 281 138 220 298 154 2 27 
 
.. 
 
202 . . 370 . 
 
... 
 
. ~ . I' 
 
224 264' 
 
. . - ... 
 
149 
 
22.1 296 
 
,.) .. : ' 
 
152 237 : 
 
 :. 
 
- .  
 
 
 
-~ 
 
.. 'r 
 
PRICES FAID BY FAt'\J:.fERS FOR SELECTED Ft EDS SEFTEMBER 15, 1957 :i!TH COMPARISONS I{  ''. 
 
KI ND OF FEJID . 
 
Gi0ltGIA 
 
Sopt. 15, 
 
Aug . 15 
 
l~ ~ ~l Sept . 
 
I UNIT~ sr.AT ES  
Sept. 15, Aug . 15, 
 
Sep t . l 5 , 
 
_ _ _,_ __;__ _:...._ _. _19_5_6_-"-----'-1..:9..5.:.7_ _ _1957 . 1 956 
 
1957 
 
1957:  : :' ' 
 
-.._) 
 
Mi xed ]}liry Fe ed 
All Under 29 %Fro toi n 
16% Prote in 18"/o Prot e in 20% Prot e in 2 4o/o Prot e i n 
 
3.90 3. 85 
3.90 4 .05 
4 . 25 
 
3.90 3,85 4 . 05 4 .05 4 . 40 
 
3,90 3.85 4 . 00 1 .00 
1. 30 
 
3, 72 
3 . 66 
3 .68 3.8:-l 
4 . 04 
 
3.70 
3.65 3 . 6-1 3 . 87 1. 01 
 
3. 67 3 .62 3.60 
3.86 4 . 00 
 
3 i Gh Protein Fee ds Cot tonseed Meal Soybean lv'J.C al Me a t Scrap 
";r :;~,in. By-Product s 
:Or 8Il ~~iddling s C'lrn Meal 
 
3.35 4 .15 4 . 95 
3 .25 3 ,55 3,65 
 
3, ,15 
 
3. 45 
 
3 . 70 1. 60 
 
34..5850 
 
3.30 3.50 3.55 
 
3 .20 3. 40 3.45 
 
3 . 84 4 .04 4 .99 
2 . 00 
3.oa 
3. 76 
 
3.78 3. 85 1.85 
2. 80 2.91 3.39 
 
3.77 
3. 92 4 .85 
2 .75 2.86 3.33 
 
? oultry Feed 
3 roil er Growing M::~sh LSac.ryaintc~rhlvkG.rshc.in s 
 
5 . 20 4 .90 4 . 40 
 
5.00 4 .85 4 .35 
 
5.00 4.80 4 . 30 
 
555.05 
tl , tl. l8 
 
4 . 91 ! . 13 4 .03 
 
-1 .89 4 . 41 3.98 
 
1/ F..s r eport e d b y Feed Dco.l e rs. 
 
47.00 35.00 
 
~97,. 308 
 
3467.. 88 
 
  ~ .. ' .~ .~.~R-I~ULTURAL XTENSION sERVICI! 
 
, 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
~ :  , . .S'tATE DEPARTMENT OF ~GRICULTYRE 
 
"J 1 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
OCT 
 
U.S. DEPA.RTMENT OF AGRICULTUR!: 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERV:ICE 319 EXTENSION BLI;)G., ~TH~NS . G"~ 
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October .~, ::: 1957 
 
Gi:ORGI - OC-~TO..BER. 
 
O'l'TOi'.i RLPCRT 
 
.: :. ,:~-G~orgia is . pro9ucing a cotton crop--;f about 41S,ooo bales (Soo pounds gross  weight) 
.. ... .according to October prospects reported to t Le Ge orgia Crop Reporting bervice of ; .. :=_;the Unite~ . btates Department. of Agriculture. This is a decrease of 28 percent from 
. :..;,_.,.1 ~he 579,000 bales harvested last season {lnd is 39 percent below the 10 y~ ap(l94655: . . .- a:verage p):-'oductit:m of 679,000 bales. Indicated yield per acre of 345 pounds is the . 
~- S(3cond highe s t of record being exceeded only by. t :.:e .record 1955 yield of 376 pounds. 
 
Frequeny rains during September delayed harvesting oper?-tiq_ns in- all areas of 
 
.  t be Stp.te.  The Northwest and Southwest sections receive d t he greatest rainfall, 
 
:..'_, with totals amounting to more t !,an t hr ee times the ave rage for S~pt emb.e_r. Host 
 
:_ , .: other' areas received above normal rainfall, a.nd for the St ate as . a wi-:ole,' September 
 
 11ras .one of t he "ltrettest months in recent years. According to t he Bure.au of C!'l.nsus 
 
  only:129,000 bales were r, inned during September. : 
 
. . . . -:.  
 
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..;. ._. . The excessive rain, along -vJith warm W.t~ at re r, caused the s ee d to sprout 'in t:h.e boll 
 
:_-...' and reports indic ate t he quality of t he crop has been r educed in most s ectiC;ins. 
 
:::  : From 90 to 95 percent of t he crop h ad been h arve~'ted pri~-r to the heavj . rains in 
>..' the southern districts, about ?0 pe:t:c~nt in t he central portion, and close to So 
 
> ,.percent in t he northern area s. Fair~ 'yle at her is 'b adly nee ded to complete' h~u:vcst on 
 
;,:. - s ch:edule. . 
 
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.... 
 
. . . .. .. . 
 
-" .". About 67 Percent of t oe crop had b8en ginned to r Gport date . Bureau 'of Ce nsus ginnings to 'octobe r 1 were 278,000 r unning balGs compared -..dtb 376 ,0dd oal~ s to t he 
 
:~ .' same date .la5t s eason and 432,000 bales in 1955. 
 
' '  
 
C11.{lL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural .Statistician 
 
ARCHIB; LANGLEY .~ Agricultural Stati stician In Charge 
 
GEORGIA l1AP :.>HOvII".~G INDICATED PRODUCTION 195? AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1956 & 1955 
 
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:.\- 1957..o24;000\ l\JOH - COTTON.,( . . / 
 
1957 production indipatGd on October l. : 
 
t-------- / \ '\ 1 1956-LU..,OOO J 
, 1955-58,000 
 
~~ '~-./ 
 
. \, 
 
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I .' 
 
.. ~ 
 
. . 
 
Ij .~ . 
 
' - .....__'. . . 
 
- STJ\TE' . ...; 1957 - '415~GOO ,' 1 956 - 5. 79,000 
 
/ 1957-20,000 
 
\ 
 
1955 :.. 70I,noo  
 
\ ROHE 
 
.--.J 
 
11995~~S-- 
 
~566 
 
' 
, 
 
.O0O0O0 
 
 
 
\ \. 
 
- E-LBI.}.~!.t~l'. O..N . 
 
Di strictG shown are Crop 
 
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A_!Jf.l~ ~Sl_ 1 957-2 4,'060 ATLA Wl'A  .  ! 19. 5633,000, , . . 
 
Reporting Districts and ~TOT Congr e ssional Districts. 
 
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,....-".._/''-19.55-61,000 -.. . : ..~ . . .. < ,.'. : ..: ' \:: 
 
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, 
 
V 
 
) 
 
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) 
 
I 
 
\ 
 
AUr.!USTA' 
 
195 7-47,000 r 
 
I 
 
' 1956-67'000 ., 
 
....... 1957-73, 0~0"' 
 
1955-80,000 I 
 
\. . 1956-94,000  
 
.I 
 
( 
j MACO.~ 
 
\ 1955-98,000 \ 
 
) 
 
! 
 
/ 
 
\ 
 
\ COLU!JJBUS 
 
( 
 
- - / 
. 
 
..c. . 
 
i 
 
'-- 
 
;I VII 
 
IX 
 
{ 
 
( 1957- 80,000 
 
i 
 
'\ 1956-108, 000 
~I'! ( 1 955 -113,000 
 
( 1957-14,000 
 
1 956 -16,000 
 
! 
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1955-18,000 
 
[.. AVAl\JIIJJl.H 
,---,.'.. 
.. ,~:::. 
 
1957-59' 000 ( 
 
---r \ \ 
 
1956-75 ,000 't 
1955-87 ,ooo 
 
\ 
 
\ 
 
,; 
 
\ 
 
\ 
 
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VA LD OS TA 
 
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.  ' . . UNITED STATES ... COTTON REPORT AS Of OCTOBER 1, 1957 
 
... .... (. .. 
 
. 
 
._The.Crop:RePorti_n;g Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the following 
 
~eport from data: furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau 
 
) 
 
~f the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies  
 
. ~ 'fhe .final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether 
 
tJle various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are 
 
more or less favorable than usual, 
 
. 
 
. 
 
------------------------------------------ : .. . . 
 
----------------------------- . . ~-. State ---------------------------------.-- .. 
 
. 
 
: Acreage . for 
 
: : : 
 
0ccotnd0b~.te~~o1n 
 
: : 
 
L.;nt 
 
vield 
J- 
 
per 
 
harve-sted acre 
 
.:  ;soo 
 
-Plbro.gdruocstsionwt~ .2b1ale~ 
 
: 
 
h1a9r.5v7es)t_.j 
 
;:515946av-.;:1 
 
9 
 
5 
 
6 
 
 .  
 
  ;1957; 
 
1 
 
: 
 
159546av-;!1956 
 
 . 
 
;~ 9 5? 
: ~nd~c. 
 
;:5l9546a-v. 
 
 ;1956 : 
 
 ; : 
 
~95? 
~nd~c. 
 
:Thousand  : . Percent : . Pounds 
 
: Thousand Bales 
 
: acres : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
~~--------~~-------------~~-~-------~-~~-- 
 
N.c - : 
s.c.......... : 
 
_.; 
 
Ga    
 +enn. ~ 
 
.,~ .. 
 
..... 
 
: 
~ 
 
Ala;.,. . ... : 
 
:ti'.li:;;s  ~        : 
M9    ~        : 
Ark. . . : 
 
La.. : 
 
Okla.. : 
 
Texas . : 
 
355 500 
578 
475 740 1,350 
307 1,135 
455 575 5,925 
 
71 .83 70 320 391 338 449 359 250 69 75 70 305 360 336 647 513 350 
 
69 73 73 264 334 345 679 579 415 
 
74 82 76 374 488 455 579 552 450 
 
71 72 70 296 370 357 891 750 ' 550 
 
73 81 74 363 . 493 498 1,702 1,609 1,400 
 
76 90 64 384 586 391 385 448 250 
 
71 79 78 360 500 543 1,444 1,426 1,285 
 
72 
59 
 
83 46 
 
64 75 
 
357 496 422 170 175 275 
 
606 374 
 
581 261 
 
400 330 
 
)) 
 
70 68 83 208 280 332 3,742 3,615 4,100 
 
N.Mex.. : 181 
Ariz  ,  : 350 
Qalif..... : 716 
 
89 94 89 551 797 756 253 301 285 
91 95 91 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830 
92 96 96 683 924 989 1,249 1,446 1,475 
 
Qther 
 
: 
 
2/ :  States 
 
44 
 
~- 295 341 333 . 49 41 31,". 
 
. ----------------------------------------~ 
 
u.s . . 
 
: 13,686 
 
77 80 300 409 435 13,669 13,310 12,401 
 
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- -: - 
 
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Amer.- 
 
. Egypt .!!/ 
 
. 81.0 . 
 
408 583 548 36.8 50.3 92.5 
 
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"J:./ September 1 estimate. 
 
y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 50o-lb. bale contains about 480 net 
. pounds of lint. 
 
2./ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nevada. 
 
4/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, - and California. 
 
CROP REPORTJ.NG BOARD 
 
 CGJE(Q)~CGllA CC~OJP> 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICe ' 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORG IA AND THE STAi'f'J!'. QEF.-'!AT~NT OF .AGR ICULTU_RE 
 
. . {.:~ . .' ~ 
 
Athens, GA9rgia. 
 
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s.' 
 
. .... ~ 
 
. 
 
ti. DEPART~NT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE. .. 31-9.XTENSION BCDG., ATfiEN!( GA. .  
 
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GbOJ10IA ,- OCT-OBER 1 . CO'l'TOH RLPCRT r   
 
.. .. . 
 
v .. j .:. .. :.:\: 
 
Georgia is producing a cotton crop of about 415,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) 
 
according to October prospects report19d to t Le Georgia Crop Reporting bervice of 
 
the United ~tates Department of Agriculture. This ~s a . decre ase of 28 percent from - 
 
t he 579;ooo bales harve'stect last season . and is 39 percr.nt below the 10 yeai-(1946 - 55: 
 
!fVerage production of 679 ,000 bale s~  Indj!catud yield per acre of 345 pounds is the  
 
of s 
 
e 
 
c 
 
o 
 
r 
 
t 
 
d'...h 
 
i ~ 
 
gh.. 
 
e 
 
s 
 
t 
 
of 
 
r ecord 
 
being . 
 
exceede d 
 
. 
 
. . 
 
ohly 
. 
 
by 
 
t ,..e 
 
recor.d '1955 yield  . 
 
' 
 
.31:6 
 
pounc~..s..~..... 
 
Frequen!J.rains during September delaye~r' harve stir1g operations  in all areas 'of 
 
t he State. The Northwest and Southwest se ctions ;ecoive d the gr eatest rai.rifall, 
 
with totals .a.mounting to more t han t hree t;i.mes the aye ra.ge for Sept ember.  :Host 
 
other are as received above normal rainfall, and for the St ate as a 1-ll:ole, .September . was one of t he 1t1ettest month s in recent years ~ According to . t be Bure au of Census 
 
only 129,000 bales v1ere r, inned during Sepi;.ember. 
. ' 
 
.      ,    ..  . 
\  r  , '  \  I 1  l 
 
The excess;ive r .ain, aiong -vJith warm W(: atl_e r, cau s ed the s ee d to sprout j_n t'be- .bo1J:.    -' . . 
 
and repor..ts indic_a te t he quality o.{ t he crop hn.s been r educed in most s ecti:on&.    '  ;  From 90 ~.6: 95 percent ~f t he crop h~<{ bGE:Jn:.harves'ted prior to t he heavy rains. in , .  . ,-;, .~ 
~he southern dis tricts~ .about '10 percent ,in t he ~;entr al portion, and close to 5o... .  . 
percent ih t he northern area s;." ".' Fair,-~ :weather is badly n~e ded to compl ete harlle.&t on. . . . 
 
r 
 
schedule. 
 
.. . .... ..... . . , 
 
. ... . . . " ' 
 
A;bout 67. Pe~cent of tr:~ crop ~~.~ b(;~ri  ginned. to r Gport date . Bureau of Censu~:: ~ ~ : : ~ .-:. ; 
 
ginnings to Octobe r 1 werE;: 27:8,.000 r unning .b a.lGs compar ed witJ J 3?6,000 . b~le s ;to. t he .::: 
 
same date la:5t ~eason and 432',000 balk:s in 1955. 
 
,  
 
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CARL 0. DOE~C HER 
 
. 
 
ARC HI B LAHGLEY 
 
, .. .  . ,  .- ' 
 
Agricultural Statistician  
 
Agricultural 
 
Stat istician 
 
In 
 
..C_harge : ! .. '  
 
GEORGIA HAP SH.cn1H~JG I NDICATED PHODUC'fiON .1St57 AND FI NAL PRODUCTION FOR 1956. & i9~5 
 
. 195? proctuction irtdicated on October 1~ 
 
- STATE 
 
195f 415,ooo ' 
 
1956 579, GO(J  
 
. 1955 
 
- 
 
70.1 
 
, 
~ 
 
0 
: 
 
0 
 
0 
 
. . 
 
. 
 
. \ 
 
.. t ~ ~ . 
.  
~.' . t. 
 
\. :. .. ..,,.. 
 
Districts s :-town are .C~,op . :.i .  Reporting Districts .~na troT ... 
' .. . I ~ . 
Congressional Districts . 
 
.... . . . ~ ~ 
;   . ,, 
 
' .' ' 
 
. , . ' 1957-47,000 1956- 67 ,000 1955-80,000 . 
 
I 
 
' ' ', 
 
.. . . :. .  , , -. !~ 
 
 r . 
 
: ' 
 
.~  !, 
 
/ .MA<2Q~ 
 
\ -COL-!IT1-B-US 
 
\ - 
 
11995576--10?h9 ~000000 
 
' 1955-130, 000 
.~---\, 
 
\\ 
,!.:,___.----- \.....-,, / /~{, 
 
I. 
 
; 
..I VII 
I 
 
\ 
 
l.----~ 
 
,_/"'-, 
 
.i 
I 
 
} VIII I./ 
 
"'' .... ..\ I X 
 
' ~ AVANNAH 
 
( 
' \ 
I 
 
f 
\ 
Ji.LDAF[ ( 
 
1957 - 80,000 1956-108, 000 1 955-113,000 
 
( 
( ; 1957-14,000 
1956-16,000 
 
I 
1957-59,000 ' 
 
. .... ) 
 
1955-18,000 
 
1956-75 ,000 \ 
 
\ 
 
\ 
 
i 
 
1955-87,000 -' -- - i I 
 
\ 
 
.{ 
 
\ 
 
(..~ 
 
\ 
\ 
 
___ ) VALDOSTA 
-\ -- ._ 
 
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:  -./:. :_:_ ; ~ - UNI'l'ED. STA'l,'ES ... COTTON RE'PQRTAS OF OCTOBER~ 1; 1957' 
 
:._.:.. __ ._.-.-~- -.. -. ~.: . ~ - ~ -----:::. -  \ ' . . 
 
. 
 
_:- .- 
 
. 
 
fhe Crop Reporting Board of theAgricultural Marketing S~rvice makes the following 
 
~eport. from data furnished by crop correspondents, field  statisticians, . Bur~a~.  ~ 
 
9f the census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State agencies ;  
 
fhe final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend upon whether 
 
tJle various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are  
 
more or less favo_rab1e than usual. 
 
----------------------------- ~. -_~. ~ ---:--A-cfr-oear'-ge--:: -0c-ocnt-d01b.-.9t1:-.o1n--.--:.--hL-ainr-vteJvs--tiee1-dd-apc-reer--:.5-0-0-P-lbro.-gdru-ocst-iso-nw-t~2.b-1a-le:. 
 
Stat 
e. 
 
h1a9r5v7e s]t j 
 
; 1946 
 
    
-;1956-;1957; 
 
1946-; 1956  ;~95? 
 
. 
; 
 
1946- 
 
. 
;1956 
 
. 
; 
 
~95? 
 
:  
 
:55 av. : s : 55 av! . : 1.nd1.c. :55 av. : : 1.nd1.c. 
 
- - - :Thousand- 7 - - ;e;c:n~ - - 7 - - - p~~d~ - - - ~. - fuo~s~d iaie~ 
 
. 
 
: acres : 
 
: 
 
-~-~-----------------------------------~~- 
 
N.C  : 355 
 
71 83 0 70 320 391 338 449 359 250 
 
s .Q.. . it  : 
 
500 
 
69 75 70 305 360 336 647 513 .350 
 
 Ga 1 .       : 
fenh. ~- 1   : 
 
578 475 
 
69 73 13 264 334 345 679 579 415 
74 82 76 374 488 455 579 552 450 
 
Ala,;,  .-,  : 740 
 
71 72 70 296, 370 357 891 750 550 
 
:trliss . , . : 1,350 
 
73 81 74 363 493 498 1,702 1,609 1,400 
 
Mo  : 307 
 
76 90 64 384 586 391 385 448 250 
 
Ark .. : 1,135 
 
71 79 78 360 500 543 1,444 1,426 1,265 
 
La : 455 
 
72 83 64 357 496 422 606 581. ', 400 
 
0kla... . .. .... : 575 
 
59 46 75 170 175 275 374 261 330 # 
 
'l'exas : 5,925 
 
70 . 68- 83 208 280 332 3, 742  3,615 4,100 
 
N.Mex   : 181 
 
89 94 89 . 551 797 756 253 301 285. 
 
Ariz   ,  , .. : 350 
 
91 95 91 718 1,108 1,138 620 829 830 
 
Calif : -716 
 
92 96 96 683 924 989 1,249 1,446 1,475 
 
other 
 
  
 
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-44 
 
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-3-41- 
 
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- -333 
 
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-49 
 
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-41- 
 
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-3-f- 
 
u.s. 
 
.: 13,686 
 
73 77 80 . 300 409 _ 435 13, 669 13, JlO 12, 401 
 
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Amer,- 
 
. Egypt 1!/ 
 
81.0 
 
408 583 548 36.8 50.3 92.5 
 
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1/ September 1 estimate. 
 
y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-1b. bale contains about 480 net 
pounds of lint. 
 
J/ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, .Kentucky, and Nevada. 
 
4/ Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, - and California. 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
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AGRICULTURAl. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR ICULTURE 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULlURE AGRICUL.TUR.C.L MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATiiENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia ~ 
 
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October 9, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK. REPORT .FOR GEORGIA C0~1ERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending October 5, commercial hatcheries placed 4,838,000 chicks 
with .the broiler -producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4,876,000 placed the previous week and is 7 percent more than the 4,530,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,183,000 compared with 6,497,000 the.  previous week and is 1 percent less than the 6,223,000 for the corresponding week :last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the we~ at an average 
of 70 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.00 per hundred. These prices are the same as for last week and compare with 71 cents and $13.00 one year ago, Egg prices shown 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 
 
during the week endi.ng October 5 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 
 
3 1/2 pounds, at farms 15.69; FOB plants 16.h8. 
 
. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS 
PERIOD AUGUST 3 THROUGH OCTOBER 5, 1957 
 
Date Week . . Ending 
 
. . E~gs 
Set : 1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
y Chicks Hatched 
Placed in Georgia 
. 1956 : 1957 Tho1.B ands 
 
Inshipments of Chicks 1956 : 1957 Thousands 
 
Total Placed 
. on Farms 
1956 1957 Thousands 
 
Aug. 3 6,152 6,843 4,218 
 
5,035 582 673 4,800 
 
Aug. 10 6,227 6,739 4,167 
 
4,867 483 541 4,650 
 
Aug. 17 5,909 6,703 4,093 
 
4,723 607 488 4,700 
 
Aug. 24 5,917 6,451 4,098 
 
4,577 702 610 4,800 
 
Aug. 31 5,179 6,430 4,111 
 
4,614 539 474 4,650 
 
Sept. 7 5,746 6,430 3,860 
 
4,538 640 457 4,500 
 
Sept. 14 5,923 6,386 3,837 
 
4,493 653 520 4,490 
 
Sept. 21. 6,001 6,293 3,904 
 
4,346 646 486 4:,550 
 
Sept. 28 . 5,941 6,497 4,027 
 
4,390 513 486 _4,600 
 
Pet, 5 6,223 ' 6,183 4,036 
 
4,418 492 420 4,530 
 
1/ Exclus~ve of hatchings shipped into States outside of Georgia. 
 
5,708 5,408 5,211 
5,272 5,088 
4,995 5,013 4,832 4,876 4,838 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
W. A, V.TAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
l 
T' 
 
 STATE 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COll.fi1ERCIAL AREAS , BY 1-vEEKS - 1957 
 
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Sept. 
 
Sept. ... Oct. 
 
21 
 
28 
 
5 
 
Week Ending 
 
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3 
 
Aug. 10 
 
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Aug. 17 
 
Aug. 24 
 
Aug. 31 
 
Sept. 7 
 
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. Sept. Sept. 
 
14 
 
21 
 
Sept. 28 
 
Oct. 
5 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PU.CED -. THOUSANDS 
 
Maine.:-.._. .. 
Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissouri D$1aflare Ea!Yiand 
wV:irVgiinrgiainia 
N. Carol ina S. Carolina 
-QJ;.;ORGL'\. 
F l ori d a . .Al abama 
l ~ississ'ippi 
Ark ansas Louisiana Texas lfashington Oregon 
Cal iforni a 
 
 ~; 230 '. 
779 1,159 1,346 ' 
2?5 1,149 '1,929 .. 2,047 ' 
.1, 779 
267 ' 2, 678 
476 1 6, 293 1 
377 2,404 1,772 2,487 
300 // 
2, 572 275 199 
1, 359 
 
1,166 1,294 
 
817 
 
804 
 
1,124 1,137 
 
1,221 1,288 
 
311 
 
326 
 
l , il4 1,02.8 
 
1, 869 
12,' 5ll266.. 
 
1,922 2,091 . 
1,678 
 
233 
 
237 
 
2, 607 2,503 
 
447 
 
466 
 
6,L~ 97 
3b0 
 
. 
 
6,183 . 285 .. 
 
2,416 2,440 
 
1,754 1, 715 
 
2, 417 2,234 
 
379 
 
273 
 
2,516 2,032 
 
209 
 
252 
 
125 
 
115 
 
1,233  1,160 
 
TOTAL 1957 TOTLL 1956 
-195 7-% 19-5-6 
 
j 33;271 29 ,94~ lll 
 
32, 457 31,463 
 
28,738 29,262 
 
- - 113 
 
108 
 
993 555 
700 976 161 
585 
1,749 1,444 1,380 
544 2,289 
332 
5, 708 
199 2, 019 1,387 2,463 
394 1,874 
233 168 867 
 
1,013 
559 
837 1,018 
156 661 
1,753 1, 396 1, 309 
561+ 
2, 276 308 
.5,408 193 2,119 
1,314 2}273 
339 1,792 
239 127 826 
 
978 
510 
847 867 175 577 1,780 1,446 1,324 
575 
2,104 320 
5,211 
211 2,175 1,346 2, 044 
301 1,888 
252 162 916 
 
981 1,007 
527 503 
815 739 843 839 181 131 
5?5 530 
1,669 1,589 1,502 1, 620 1,230 1,271 
514 524 2,102 2,067 
317 296 5,272 5, 088 
22b-229 
2,068 1,911 1,292 1,284 2,009 1, 972 
376 339 1,827 1,805 
271 216 137 107 894 919 
 
939 598 
673 866 
189 421 1,754 1,420 1, 252 
495 2,087 
277 4,995 
236 2, 053 1,214 1,978 
416 1, 874 
220 
113 836 
 
881 
554 666 
775 187 416 1, 772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302 5, 013 
206 1,921 1,283 2,062 
379 1,835 
218 118 
945 
 
777 494 
591 
762 113 411 1,846 1,471 1,185 470 1,977 
350 
4,832 
255 
1, 884 1, 258 2, 019 
402 1,877 
178 120 
932 
 
903 506 
634 723 100 
458 1,709 1,637 1,176 
433 1,977 
288 
4, 876 .206 
1,883 1,267 2,007 
340 1,836 
193 94 747 
 
863 
535 
737 770 
164 513 1,740 1,503 1,176 488 2, 059 286 
4, 838 
228 2,001 
1,323 1,899 
378 1,828 
179 87 
96.~ 
 
27,020 26,480 26,069 25,628 24, 986 
 
24,642 24,553 24,380 24,429 23,718 
 
110 108 107 -10-5 - ---#--~---- ------.----~ -- 
 
105 
 
24,906 22,279 
112 
 
.24, 873 24,210 23,993 21,932 22,013 22,364 
--11-3- -- 1-10---1-07 
 
24,560 22,06.3 
111 
 
 U N I VE~w liY OF GCORG IA 
 
AGRICULTURA'L E:x'f'ENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE' .. 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
' ' 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U.S , DE.PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 'AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
319 EXTENSION B!...DG., ATHENS, GA. 
October 11, 1957 
 
v 
GENERAL CROP RB~PORI' FOR GEORGIA 'AS OF OCTOBER 11 1957 ( 
 
PEA!\TUTS DJ\}1AGED BY RAINS: The pea.rmt crop in Georgia, currently e ntimated at 
too,65o,ooo pounds, is about 12. pe,rcent  smaller than last year's crop of . 
$.?8,980_,000 pounds. Conditions. on September 1 pointed to a  crop of 540,175,000 lJOunds but continued heavy 1~ains h it a good portion of the runner cro p that had been plo~-1e d up and not picked, G.;:iusing heavy losses in both quantity and quality 
of the crop. These unfavorable conditions reduced prospects by 7 percent or 
.39,525,000 pou.."lds during t he month,. Yield per acre is estimated at 950 pounds 
compared with 1090 for 19560) 
 
PECAN PROSPECTS DECLH)E AGAIN: Hot dry .weather during early September following a 
+dry August cut back prospects for Georgia rs pecan crop and the estimate en October was for l4,5oo,ooo pounds. Prospects on September 1 indicated a cro p of 
l7,000,000 pounds but unfavorable weathe r conditions caused heavy shedding to con- 
.tinue and prospects v-rere reduced by 15 percent during the month. The latest estimate places this year's production 76 percent below last year's record break- 
ing crop of 6o,ooo,ooo pounds and is only 44 percent of the 1946-55 ave rage pro- 
duction of 32,946,000 pounds. 
 
EXCELIE~IT CORN CROP FORECAST:  Georgia's 1957 corn crop , currently estimated at 
r 65,750,000 bushels, ,,rill be the second largest of record, being exceeded only by 
,.. .the 1955 crop of 67,080,000 bushels. The latest estimate is 1 percent above last year's crop of 65,064,000 bushels despite a 3 percent drop in acreage. This year 1s near record production is being a chieved although farme rs are expected to harvest t he smallest acreage since records began in 1866. The indicated per-acre yield of 25 bushels is a ne1-1 record high in the State, exceeding the pr evious high of 24 bushels set in 1955 and ma tched last y ear, by 1 bushel. 
GOOD HAY CROP: Ample supplies of moisture d~ring September improved Alfalfa, ~-espe deza-and soybean hay prospects somm-1hat. The production of all hay is expe cted to be 616,000 tons for 1957 ~ich is t~e s~e as a yea~ ear~iero 
 
EGG PRODUCTION ~: Hens on Georgia f arms laid 102 million eggs during Sept ember. This is a record high egg production for September and is 10 percent above the previous high of 93 million eggs produced in 1956. Georgia f armers continue d to 
increase their laying flocks as the estimated 6,699,000 hens on farms during .   
September is 11ell above the 6,177,ooo hens on farms for the corresponding month a y'ear earlier and sets a nevi r ecord high for September. 
 
MILK PRODUCTION ~: Milk production in Georgia during September is estimated at 9bi;iillion pounds, a dro p of 2 million pounds from the Septembe r 1956 production. This decline is due to a decrease in milk cows on f arms and a smalle r production PFJr .cow. 1'-ti.lk production per cow in herd average d 320 pounds during September, the second highest of record, being surpassed only by the 325 pounds for Sept ember 1956. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
CROP 
 
:ACRF.AGE 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.) 
 
(000) :Average 1957 : l 946-55 
 
1956 
 
I n dio.: Ave rage 1957 1946-55 
 
1956 
 
Indic. 1957 
 
Corn       bu : 2630 
 
16.2 24.0 25.0 : 48, 978 65; 064 65,750 
 
\fheat       En.: 102 
 
15.6 21.0 17.0 : e;o91 2;436 1; 731~ 
 
Oats  bu: 411 
 
27.1 33.0 28 .0 : 11;683 14 , 289 11,508 
 
Hay (all)     ton: 691 
 
. 65 : . 89 : . 89: 
 
706 
 
. 616 
 
616 
 
Tobacco (Al l)  lb: 64.1:1196 :1452 :1301 
 
121,920 :129,371 83,385 
 
Potatoes, Irish, Cwt:. 
 
4.8: 46.2 
 
45.8: 47.5 
 
333 
 
229 : 228 
 
Fntatoes,Swcet, Cvrt: 13 
 
41 
 
Cot ton    bales: .578 264 
 
. 46 
 
47 
 
334 345 
 
1,264 679 
 
. 736 
 
611 
 
579  41.5 
 
Peanuts(for picking: 
 
: 
 
. : 
 
r anq thre sl1ing) lb: 527 803 
 
1090 950 586,552 :568,980 5oo,65o 
 
Soybeans      bu: 96 Pca che s,tot.crop ,bu: 
Pea r s ,tot.crop , bu: 
 
10.1 
 
125: 13.0 
 
30.5 2,776 
196 
 
1_,038 1,600 
80 
 
1,248 2,100 
86 
 
Pecans      lb: h .sturs , Condi tion% : 
 
32,946 6o,ooo 14,500 
 
71 
 
72 82 
 
ARCHIE LANGlEY ~gricu1tural Statistician In Charge 
 
V.JILLIAH E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STPTES - GENERf_L CROP R'!':PORT f.S OF OCTOBER 1, 1957 
 
Aft er f urthe r gains during September total crop producti.on this .year now looks 
 
equal to the p revious r ecord, J,ate crops in important areas made notco.bl-c maturity 
 
e.dvances as kilHng frosts hold off. Timely rainfall aided pastur es and late hay 
 
growth and gave fall seedings a go od start, Excessive rains caused considerable 
 
damage by delaying ha.rve st of cotton and other Southern crop s. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
CO ~: 
 
 
The producti on percent from a 
 
of all com 
month ago. 
 
is Th 
 
fo is 
 
r i 
 
e s 
 
cast at 
4 perc 
 
31 305 
ent bel 
 
mi ow 
 
llion last 
 
bushels-- up -3 
year's crop; but 
 
6 
 
percent above ave rage.  The yield of 45o 7 bushels per acre slightly exceeds last 
 
ycart s record and is f e.r above the aver age of 37.8 bushels. 
 
PEA~WTS: f roduction of p eanut s for picking and threshing, estimated at 1,536 ~----- mill ion pounds, is down about 4 percent from the September  l forecast. 
 
Lower yield per a cre pro spects jn Virginia and the i mpor tant Southeastern States 
 
offset higher yields e stimated for Oklahoma and Texaso 
 
 
 
PECANS: -.- Production for 1957 is estimat ed at 122,1.50,000 pounds, 30 percent less than last year, and 12 percent below average . - Improved va rieties are even shorter than in 1955. The estinm.te of 37,350,000 pounds this season 
is 6.5 percent belOl-1 last year and 41 percent below ave rage. Seedling ve.rieties, po:wever, at 84,800,000 pounds, arc 26 percent above last year and 12 percent above 
average. 
 
PEANUTS PICKF.D JJITD THRESHED 
 
l _____ :___ ____ - __ .!::r.dC!i.Il__ ____ _ ~..... - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
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- 
 
E_OE_ 
 
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- 
 
- 
 
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- 
 
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.: State 
 
: Average : 1956 : Indicated : Average : 1956 : Indicated - 
 
- ------..!. 19_k6::5.2.-.!.---.:..- _1.251-- _:_12.4.9.-5_5_:_...;.--..:.- _1251-- 
 
1,ooo 1,ooo 1,ooo 
 
Pounds 
 
- - Pounds Pounds 
 
. Pounds Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
Va . 
 
1,.572 
 
2,080 1,8.50 
 
:209,616 24.5,440 i94,2.50 
 
N, C, 
Tenn. 
 
1,230 778 
 
11 7.50 1,550 
 
850 
 
850 
 
:276,616 346,500 274,350 
 
2,840 
 
2~550 
 
2,.5.50 
 
s. c. 
 
716 
 
1,050 
 
900 
 
: 11,898 12,600 
 
9,900 
 
PA. 
 
803 
 
1,090 
 
950 
 
:586,552 568,980 500,650 
 
Fl a. 
 
814 
 
1,075 1,ooo 
 
: 58,176 60,200 551 000 
 
Ala-. - 
 
790 
 
1,010 
 
775 
 
:245,578 216,140 16-4,300 
 
~liss. 
 
372 
 
400 
 
42.5 
 
: 3,449 2,400 
 
2,5.50 
 
Ark, 
 
382 
 
400 425 
 
: 2,617 2,000 
 
1,700 
 
Okla . 
 
: 602 
 
725 
 
820 
 
:110,294 50,750 94,.300 
 
:L'exas 
 
 : 500 
 
-500 
 
725 
 
: 24L~, 274 87,.500 228,375 
 
-N.-M-ex-. ----: -1,0-4-8 ---J1 -20-0 --123-00-----: J7 -47-7 - -J7 2-0-0 ---L 7 80-0-- 
 
U. s. 
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- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
818 
-- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
1,157 
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- 
 
1,ooo 
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- 
 
- 
 
---------------- 1,7601097 . 1,6o2,260 1,535,725 
 
- 
 
PEC ANS 
 
--state--- 7----- 'Ali varteties :- -rroctuct~m-------------- .... 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
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Thousand Pounds 
 
N. c. 
 
1;981 
 
2,600 
 
1,200 
 
s. c. 
 
3,146 
 
8,600 
 
2,000 
 
Ga. 
 
32,946 
 
6o,o~o 
 
14,500 
 
Fla. 
 
4,895 
 
4,000 
 
3,300 
 
Ala. 
 
14,856 
 
30,500 - 
 
7,000 
 
Niss. 
 
8,260 
 
12,100 
 
.5,800 
 
Ark. 
 
7 j751+ 
 
31 800  
 
6,100 
 
La . 
 
14,875 
 
_14r000 
 
i4,000 
 
Okla . 
 
~ 
 
19,910 
 
7,100 
 
25,000 
 
Tex a s ?!_M~!- 
 
.  __ 
 
: __.:. 
 
__ 
 
lf_ 
 
31;140 
.._2L63_4~- 
 
.  _...,. _ ~ 
 
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27 1 .500 _3i_5QO_ 
 
_ 
 
 
~ 
 
__ 
 
39;500 
_ :_ J.;lSQ 
 
 
~ 
 
_ __ 
 
_ 
 
u. s . 
 
138,599 . . 
 
i73,700 . 
 
122,1.50 
 
R/-0ho;t:tim; 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF G~ORGIA AND THE . STATEDEPARTMENFOFAGR~ULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
October 16, 1957 
 
HONEY PRODUCTION REPORT - OCTOBER 1957 
 
G!~OHGIA: ;.;;stimated honey production in Georgia for 1957 is 6,076,000 pounds . Tnis is a decline of approximately one percent from t he 1956 produc- 
tion of 6,210,000 pounds. Total colonies of bees were estimated at 217,000 compared vlith 207,000 last year. Honey production per colony is estimated at 28 pounds this year compared with 30 pounds in 1956. 
 
UNITF:D ~rrATI; E : The 1957 honey crop is estimated at 23.5,413,000 pounds - 10 per- 
cent more than last year's crop, according to the Crop Report- 
ing Board. This year's crop is being produced by 5,406,000 colonies of bees -~ 1 percent more colonies than in 19.56 . ijoney production per colony averaged 43 .5 pounds, which compares with 40.2 in 1956 and t,1e 1951-55 average of 44.8 pounds. In mid-September, producers had about 99 million pounds of honey on hand for sale -- about 42 percent of t he estimated 1957 production. 
 
'{oney production 1-1as above last year iri all areas of the country except the West -v1here it was down 9 percent, mainly due to the short crop in California. 
Increases from last year were 60 percent in t he North Atlantic States, 53 per- 
cent in the ~ast North Central, 11 percent in the i:;outh Central, 4 percent in 
the West North Central, and 2 percent in t he South Atlantic btates . Production ~n t he North Atlantic States, although up sharply from last y ear, wa5 only sli~htly above average . In New York and t he three norti1ern New .sngl and States .condttions v1ere favorable for bees and 110ne;y- production, but were unfavor- 
able in Penm;ylvania and Nevl Jersey. In t ne :bast Nortn Central ~ tates a cold wet spring \vas followed by very favorable weather, resulting in a crop well above last year's short crop. The ~"le5 t Nortil Central ;.,tates had a cold and wet 
spring, and although the crop is above last year it is below average. In 
North and South Dakota a good honey crop was obtained. In South Carolina, 
Georgia, and Florida t he crop was well above average. Conditions in the South 
Central .States were generally less favorable than last year. Ho-vJever, 'fexas 
production was 92 percent above last year's short crop whi ch was produced under 
severe drought conditions. In t he \fe st, conditions were generally good t hrough-: out the year with t he exception of California. Production was do~1 36 percent in California. Orange crop wa s below normal and alfalfa ' crop was poor throughout t he season. 
 
Honey yields per colony t his year averaged 43.5 pounds compar ed -vlith last year's yield of 40.2 pounds. Yields increased from 24.9 to 41 .0 pounds in t he North Atlantic; from 29.4 to 44.4 in t he ~ast North Central; from 69.9 to 70.3 in the \rJest North Central; and from 22.6 to 25.5 in the couth Central States. Yield per colony decreased from 37.1 to 36.2 in t he uouth Atlantic States, and from 57. 0 to )0.4 pounds in t lie ~vest. 
 
(O ve r ) 
 
 .Jo  
 
1957 rrOJIJEY PRODUCTICN i'.ND :::.TOCK;__ O~J ! 'AND ~ E:P'l'L .;:-, R. 15 .''JR. ~-ALJ!, 
 
:Colonies of bees: Yield per colony: ' oney production d oney f or s~Te 
 
... tate ,- - - - - - - - - -; -- - -- -: -- - -- - - . - - - - - - -- -  in producer 1 13 
 
=_: ____ :____ =_ and . 1956 ; 1957 1/ ; 1956 ; 1957 1/ . 1956 ; . l YS? 1/ iJa.nt:!' m ;.ept  
 
.Qiyi.i.Qn.i ___ _ 1. ____ 
 
1. ___ .t ___ __--_ ~SL .~?2_'1_ _ - 
 
Thousand 
 
T,1ousa.nds 
-- ~ -- - ------ 
 
Pounds 
 
'l' t <2_~~nd pounds 
 
punds 
 
Gi:::ORGIA 
 
207 
 
217 
 
Delaware 
 
3 
 
3 
 
liaryland 
 
28 
 
28 
 
Virg:i.nia 
 
143 
 
150 
 
W. 1/irginia 113 
 
108 
 
. sN.. 
 
Carolina Carolina 
 
176 52 
 
187 55 
 
Florida 
 
21~ 8 
 
263 
 
30 
 
28 
 
6,210 6,076 
 
26 
 
22 
 
70 
 
66 
 
26 
 
20 
 
728 560 
 
27 
 
23 
 
3, 861 3,450 
 
16 
 
14 
 
1, 808 1,512 
 
28 
 
21 
 
4,928 3,927 
 
20 
 
24 
 
l,OhO 1,320 
 
70 
 
75 17,360 19,725 
 
1,519 26 280 
1,24.2 318 
1,296 238 
5,918 
 
S. Atlantic 970 1,011 
 
37.1 .36 .2 36,013 36,636 
 
10,837 
 
U"'TITED 
:..TATES 5,331 .5,406 
 
hJ.S 211.~ ,501 235,413 
 
98,931 
 
RAY~ ;01TD R. HANCOCK 
Agricultural ~tatistician 
 
/-..RCTIIL LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
 l-3--1 a-o-1.-----~--..~..  .  ~.v- ~ 
Lf (.13 - 
/1,-)7 GIEQ)JRCGllA CC~OlP 
A.GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNI'IERSITY C...'F GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR .ICULTUR~ 
Athens, Georgia 
 
' ;~I)RGIII- 
IRilEfPJO!R{Tll ~tSIE~ llCCIE 
 
U.S. DE 
 
.R-9~\ tJT 
 
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OF AGRI 
 
ULTURE 
 
AGRICUL URAL M.:\RI;<~J"ING ERVICE 
 
.......----- 319 EXTE IOiii- B'L~~~ ... 
 
ENS, GA. 
 
October 16, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COMMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending October 12, commercial hatcheries placed 4,826,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4, 838,000 placed the previous u.reek and is 3 p~rcent more than the 4, 700,000 placed the same week last year, 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6, 230,000 compared with 6, 183", 000 the 
 
previous week and is less than 1% more than the 6,20J,OOO for the corresponding 
 
week last year.  
 
 
 
 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatchD1g eggs during the week at an average 1.. of 70 cents per dozen~ Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was 
reported at $11.75 per hundred;, These pr;i.ces compare with 70 and $12 ; 00~last . week and 71 cents and $13.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia 
produced hatching eggs \vhether bought on contract or otherwise~ 
 
vleighted average prices fro m the Federal-state Market News Service for broilers during the week ending October 12 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 3 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15.45; FOB plants 16.43. 
(See rever~e side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD AUGUST 10 THHOUGH OCTOBER 12, 1957 
 
Date r Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments Total Placed 
 
vleek 
 
1 
 
Set 
 
Ending __ , 1956 1957 
 
Placed in Georgia ]256 1957 
 
of Chicks on Farms 1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 
I 
 
I Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands Thousands 
 
Aug. 10 1 6, 221 Aug. 17 5,909 Aug. 24 5,917 
 
6,739 6,703 6,451 
 
4,167 
4,093 4,098 
 
4,867 
4, 723 4,577 
 
483 541 4,650 5,408 
607 488 4,700 5,211 702 610 4,800 5,272 
 
Aug. 31 5, 779 6,430= 4,111 
 
4)614 
 
539 474 4,650 5;088 
 
Sept. 7 5,746 
Septo 14 5,923 
 
6,430 6,386 
 
3,860 
 
4,538 
 
3,837 .. 4,493 
 
6ho 457 4,500 4,995 653 520 4,490 5,013 
 
Sept. 21 6,001 6,293 3,904 . 4,346 
 
646 486 4,550 4,832 
 
3ept. 28 5,941 6,497 4,027 
 
4,390 
 
573 486 4,600 4,876 
 
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183 4,038 
 
4,418 
 
492 420 4,530 4,838 
 
Oct. 12 6,203 6,230 4 184 
 
Lb352 ' 516 1+74 4,700 4J826 
 
1/ Exc1uslve of hatchings shlpped into States out~iae of Geo~gia 
 
ARCHIE LAJTGLEY  Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
'< i' 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 STATE 
 
... Sept. Oct. 
 
.. 28 
 
5 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CO:Mi-1ERCIAL AREAS, BY \-.rEEKS - 1957 
 
) , , . 
 
1rTeek Ending 
 
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Oct. 
12 
 
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17 
 
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Eqine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Nissour;i. Delaware 1-iaryland Virginia V.~eot Virginia North Carolina South Carolina 
GEORGIA 
. 
Florida Alabama Nississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 1riashinaton 
b 
Oregon Cali.fornia 
TOTAL 1957 
TOTAL 1956 
1957 % 1956 
 
EGGS SET - 'IHOUSANDS 
 
-1,166 817 
1,124 1,221 
3ll 1,llh 1,869 2,116 1,526 
233 2,&:J? 
447 6,497 
 
1,294 804 
1,137 1,288 
326 
1.,028- 
1,922 
2,091 
1,678 
237 
2,503 466 
6,183 
 
360 2,416 1, 754 2:417 
379 2,516 
209 125 
1,233 
 
285 2,_440 1,715 2,234 
213 2,032 
252 115 
l,l6o 
 
32 , 457 31,463 
 
28,738 29,262 
 
113 108 
 
1,223 159 
1,071 1,330 
302 1,134 1,867 1,971 11801 
256 2,595 
455 6,230 
344 2,468 1,717 2,286 
267 2,123 
222 163 1,218 
31,802 
29,634 
107 
 
I 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
I . 
 
b,013 . 
I! 559 8~7 1,oi8 
 
~ 
 
156 661 
 
1,111,,,331905693 
 
564 
 
12,276 308 
 
l 5,408 
 
978 570 847 867 175 577 1,780 1,446 1,324 
575 2,104 
320 5,211 
 
981 527 815 843 181 
515 1,669 1,502 1,230 
514 2,102 
317 5,272 
 
1,007 503 
739 839 131 530 1,589 1,620 1,271 
524 2,067 
296 5,088 
 
939 598 673 866 189 421 
1, 754 1,420 1,252 
495 2,087 
277 4,995 
 
881 
554 666 
115 187 416 1,772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302 5,013 
 
777 494 597 762 113 411 1,846 1,471 1,185 
470 1,977 
350 4,832 
 
903 506 
634 723 100 458 1,709 1,637 1,176 
433 1,977 
286 4,876 
 
863 
535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1,503 1,176 488 2;{)59 286 
4, 838 
 
874 535 546 744 144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105 
442 
2,068 
344 4,826 
 
193 2,119 1,314 2,273 
339 1,792 
239 127 826 
r44,58503 
108 
 
211 2,175 1,346 2,044 
301 1,888 
252 162 916 
26,069 
24,3Bo 
107 
 
226 2,068 1,292 2,009 
376 1,-827 
271 137 894 
25;'628 
24,429 
105 
 
~29 
1,911 1,284 1,972 
339 1,805 
216 
107 919 
 
236 2,053 1,214 
1,978 416 
1,814 220 
113 836 
 
24,986 24,906 
 
23,718 22,279 
 
105-- --- 112 
 
206 1,921 1,283 2,062 
379 1,835 
218 ],.18 
945 
 
255 1,884 1,258 2,019 
402 1,877 
178 120 
932 
 
206 1,883 1,267 2,007 
340 1,836 
193 94 747 
 
228 2,001 1,323 1,899 
378 1,828 
179 87 965 
 
182 1,978 1,315 1,922 
392 1,962 
176 
134 963 
 
24,873 24,210 23,993 24,560 24,102 
 
21,932 22,013 22,364 22,063 21,830 
 
ll3 
 
no 
 
_ __ 107 111 
 
110 , 
 
~- - -- .... --~ 
 
-~ -- -- --- - - 
 
 AGRICU!..TURAL EXTENSION SERVIO:E UNIVERS ITY OF GECRG IA AND THE ' 
 
STATE D:::PART Ml:NT OF AGRICULTURE : 
 
I' Athens, Georgia 
 
 
 
U. $ . .DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
~ . : 
 
AGR!C Ul.TIJRAl.. MARKET ' NG SERVICE 
 
:; 3~ J E S<TENsiON BL.CIJ ., AT hE NS, GA  . 
 
October 23 .; 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGI A GOJ-JMERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending October 19, commercial h atc!1ed.es placed 4, 927,000 chicks 
 
with the broiler produc:ers in Georgia commerciaJ. areas. This compares with the 
 
4,826,090 placed the previous week and is 8 percent more than the 4,550,000 
 
placed the same week last year .  
 
 
 
Eggs set by loc ~l hatcheries amounted to 6,3.56~000 r. ornpared .with 6,230,000 the previous week and is 7%  mor e t.hal'l the 5, 949,000 f or the corresponding week last 
;rear.  
 
Hatcheries reported prices p.1:'i.::l for hatching ~ ggs du:rj.r..g the week at an average 
pf 70 cents per dozen. Ave::-:;..ge pr ice charge ci by hatch 8ries for -t.he chicks vms reported at $11.50 per hundre d, Thes e prices compar e wit-h 70~~ and $11.75 last eek and 71 cents and $12.50 one .year ago~ Egg prices sh own relate to Georgia 
produced hatching. eggs whether bought -on contr act or otherwise . 
 
Weighted average p~ic es from the Federal-State r-1arket News Servic~ for broilers 
 
during the week ending October 19 are as follot...rs: North Georgia broilers 3 - 
 
~ 
 
farms 16. 46; FOB plants 17.45 . 
 
\ 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY \rJEEKS 
PERIOD AUGUST . 17 THRO~GH OCTOBER 19 , 1957 
 
~: 
 
Date 
 
i: 
f: 
 
Eggs 
 
Week 
 
f~ 
!! 
 
Set 
 
r Ending 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
' ' 
Aug . 
 
=- r~{ 
 
i: 
 
:1.7 
 
H 
!: 
 
~ ::mr- 
Thousands 
5, 909 6,703 
 
Aug . 
 
24 ~ ;: 
 
5,917 
 
6,451 
 
Aug. 31 5, 719 6;430 
 
11 Chicks Hatched]} 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
II -. .;; 
 
1956 
; _ _ _ . ..... 
 
1957 
 
~ 
 
Thol.B ands 
 
t ~ 
 
If. 
 
I ~ 
:; 
 
4, 093 4,098 
 
4,111 
 
4,723 4,571 4,614 
 
Sept, Sept. 
 
7 
14 
 
!1 
~: 
f: 
 
5,746 5,923 
 
Sept. 21 1: 6,001 
 
Sept , 28 ~i 5,941 
 
6,430 6,386 6,293 6,497 
 
~ 3,860 
j 3, 837 
J 3,90h 
J 4,027 
 
4,538 4,493 4,346 4,390 
 
Oct~ . 5 1: 6,223 
 
qct. Qct. 
 
12 19 
 
,i:' 
 
6,203 5,949 
 
!iG""' ; = 
 
6,18"3 6,230 
 
1 
~ 
 
4,038 4,184 
 
4,418 4,352 
 
6,356 t 4,032 4,482 
 
,~- 
 
....:..::..-..~~ 
 
~  
~ 
 
~ 
Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
~ of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
 . i 
. :E 
 
1956 
 
:~:: 
 
1957 
 
:t 
~ 
 
1956 : 
 
1957 
 
:=to:::=.=-  . . . ! _ . . , _ 
 
;, ~ 
 
Thousands 
 
;: 
~ 
 
Thousands 
 
I ~ 
 
I~ 
:f 
 
607 
 
488 
 
4,700 5,211 
 
~f 
!~ 
 
702 
 
:i 
l=i~ ~~ 
 
539 640 653 
 
610 
 
;; z 
 
4,800 
 
I 474 4,650 
 
457 520 
 
~ 
 
4,500 4, 490 
 
5,272 5, 088 4,995 5, 013 
 
=~ 
!l 
:t 
~~ 
~ 
;:; 
 
646 573 49 2 516 518 
 
486 486 420 474 445 
 
~ 
~ 
~ 
 
4,550 
4 ~ 600 
 
~ 
~ 
:sE. 
~ 
 
4,530 4, 700 4,550 
 
4,832 4,876 4,838 4,826 4,927 
 
'jj Exclusive of hatchings sh;i.pped into States outside of Ge orgia. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
' 
Agricultural Statis~~c ian, In Charge 
 
w. A. \ITAGNER 
Agricultural Stat istician 
 
(, 
 
 ) 
 
.... 
 
EGG__S SET .AliJ'D CHICKS PLACED IN COIVUIJ:::ERC::LAL_A__R-:E7---ASL-l~ -=B-=Y_-W,E.i!_.;:.:EK=.:..:..S_.---=1:..9.::..5.:._7--------~;;.sPoa_gek-2,______ 
 
vJeek Ending 
 
STATE 
 
Oct. I - -~----.....----~ Oot. 
 
5 
 
12 
 
f 
 
Oct. 19 
 
! . l u - A ug.--l Aug. Aug. Sept. Sept. Sept. sept. 
 
J 17 i 24 
 
31 
 
1 1 .  14 1 21 
 
28 
 
:' 
 
: 
 
d 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
!I - - - - . , . .- -- - - - ------------------"'---------~--------- 
 
il I'Iaine.  
 
1,294 1,223 1,323 
 
978 981 1,007 
 
939 - 
 
881- -77_7___903. 
 
Conne~ticut 
Pennsylyania  Indiana 
IllinOis HDieslsao~qurrei i'-laryland 
Vir~~~a 
1lest ~V.irginia North>carolina 
South...Caxolina 
 
- 804 1,137 1 , 2 38 3 26 1,028 
1,922 2,091 1,678 
237 
?,503 
466 
 
759 1,071 1,330 
. 302 1,134 
1,867 1,971 1, 801 
256 
2, 595 
455 
 
712 1,029 1,401 
320 1,115 
1,931 1,975 1,803 
215 
2,653 
479 
 
!,'I1 
 
570 . 527 847  815 
 
503 739 
 
 
 
867 843 839 
 
1 ! 
 
175 181 131 
 
! 577 515. 530 
 
'.I 1,780 1,669 1J589 
 
1,446 1,502 1,620 
p 1,324 1,230 1,271 
 
1, 
 
575 
 
514 
 
524 
 
i 2,104 2, 102 2,067' 
 
j 320 317 29-6 
 
598 673 866 189 421 
1,754 1,420 1,252 
495 2,087 
277 
 
554 666 775 187 416 
1,772 1,543 1,218 
516 2,063 
302 
 
494 597 762 113 . 411 
1,846 1,471 1,185 
470 1,977  
350 
 
506 634 7?3 100 458 
1,709 1,637 1,176 
433 1,977 
288 
 
GEo:actrA 
 
_____6,183 
 
Florida.-- - - - ---r- 285- 
 
--6--,323404 -365,3546_ 
 
__ 
 
---- 
 
11 5,211 
1~----211 
 
5,272 
____22 
 
6 
 
5,088 --22 
 
9- 
 
4,995 5,013 - 236_____206 
 
4,832 ___ 255 
 
 . 
 
4,8 76 206 
 
Alaba~2 
Hississippi Arka~sas .   
Louisiana Texas 'lt>Jashington Oregon  
Calif ornia . 
 
2, 44o 1,715 2,234 
273 2,032 
252 1_15 11;160 
 
2,468 1,717 2,286 
267 2,123 
222 163 
1 , _218 
 
2, 335 1,731 2,372 
304 2,3 86 
191 151 
1,242 
 
1 2,175 2, 068 .1, 911 
i 1,346 1,292 : 1,284 
 
I 2,044 2,009 1.,972 
 
j 
 
301 376 3.39 
 
1,868 1, 827 1, 805 
 
252 271 216 
 
. !1 
 
162 916 
 
137 894 
 
107 919 
 
2,053 1;214 1,978 
416 1, 874 
220 113 
836 
 
1,921 1,283 2,062 
379 1, 835 
218 118 
945 
 
1,884 1, 258 2,019 
402 1,877 
178 120 93~ 
 
1,883 1,267 . 2, 007 
340 1, 836  193 
94 
747 
 
TUI'AL l957 TOTAL 1956 
 
I 
31,463 
29, 262 
 
31,802 29,634 
 
. -- - - 
32, 378 
29,900 
 
26,069 25,628 24,986 24, 906 24,873 24, 210' ,: 23,993 24,3 80 24,429 23,718 22, 279 21,932 22,013 22,364 
 
1957 % 1956 \. :- 
 
108 
 
107 
 
io8 
 
107 105, 105 
 
112 113 110 ), 107 
 
Oct. Oct. Oct. 
 
5 
 
12 
 
19 
 
863 
535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1,503 1,17'6 488 2,059 286 
 
874 
535 546 744 144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105 442 2,068 344 
 
884 
508 664 754 106 425 1,787 1,285 999 
353 2,039 
284 
 
4,838 4,826 4,927 
 
221r-----~18~2~--~1~9=3-- 
 
2,001 1,323 1,899 
378 1,828 
179 87 
965 
 
1,978 
1,315 1,922 
392 1,962 ' 176 
134 963 
 
2, 020 
1,234 1,996 
359 1,946 
147 80 810 
 
24,560 24,102 23,800 
 
22,063 21,830 20,663 
 
111 
 
110 
 
115 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
STATE DEPART MEN"\' bF AGRICUi..TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
0 T31 I 
LII3RARIES 
 
IJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG.,,I~T11E.NS, GA.. 
October 30, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA C~ll1ERCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending October 26, commercial hatcheries placed 4,846,000 chicks 
 
with the broiler. producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
 
4,927,000 pl?ced .the "previous week and is 4 'percent more than the 4,680,000 
 
placed the same week last year. 
 
 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,274,000 compared with 6,356,000 the 
 
previous week and is 3" percent more than the 6,109,000 for the correspoi}ding .week 
 
:last year. 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
' 
 
. ~atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an aver?ge 
pf 70 cents per dozen . Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $11.50 per hundred.  These prices are the same as for last week and compare with 68 cents and $11.75 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia 
 produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
vleighted average prices from the Federal..State Harket News Servtce for broilers 
 
during the week ending October 26 are as follo\vs: North Georgia broilers 3 - 
 
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 16.56; FOB plants 17.1+6. 
 
. 
 
(See reverse sid.e for other states) 
 
GEORGIA - CHIGK PLAC~~T BY WEEKS 
PERIOD AUGUST 24 nlROUGH OCTOBER 26,1957 
 
~~~~~========~=====:====~~==~~====~==~~~====~ 
 
' Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipmentsl Total Placed 
 
l EWnde~enkg 
 
i f 
 
Set 
 
\ 1956 : 1957 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks ! on Farms 
1956_ : 1957. 1956: 1957.! 1956: 1957 
 
======~====T=ho=u=sa=nd=s===  = T~ho=us=an~ ds==~~=T=ho~us= an= ds ~~!l~ .'ho~us~ and=s = 
 
Ii i~  H!! Aug. 24 
Aug. 31 Sept. 7 Sept. 14 Sept . 21 i 
 
4,098 4,111 3,860 3,837 3,904 
 
4,577 4,614 4,538 4,493 4;346 
 
Sept. 28 
 
I)" 
 
Hi Oct. .5 
Oct. 12 Oct. 19 Oct. 26 11 
 
ml~ 4,027 4,038 4,184 4,032 I. 4,134 
 
h,390 4,418 4, .352 4,482 4,339 
 
: ' 
702 610 4,800 5,272 539 474 4,650 5,088 6L~o 457 4,500 4,995 653 520 4,490 5,013 646 486 "1 4,550 4,832 573 486 l 4,600 4,876 492 420 1 4,530 4,838 5.16 . 474 l 4,700 4,826 
l 518 445 1 4,550 L~, 927 
546 507 4,680 4, 846 
 
.~/!Exclusive of hatchings shipped into Stat;-;t;id~f Georgia. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
W. A. 1rlAGNER 
 
Agr~cultural Siatistician, In Charge 
 
Agricultural S~atistician 
 
 .,.. EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLAeED IN COMMERCI~L lu'i.EAS:; BX WEEKS :_ 195~ 
 
Page 2 
 
Week Ending 
 
BTATE 
 
Oct. 12 
 
Oct. 26 
 
1.1, Aug. 
 
Aug. Sept. Sept. ~ Sept. Sept. 
 
O.::t. 
 
11 24 
 
. 31 
 
1 ~  14 1 21 
 
28 
 
5 
 
--~-1:-~-~e-e~-t_;_i_c.,u-t.----l'-1-,-;~;-9-.:_s_~-,-;-i-;_o_u_s:~~-~-~--_--~+---~;l,~gj --~-~-~-CHIC;tPLRC;l- THOU~DS 863 
 
535 
 
t~-~ 
~!~~~~~gL!ia 
~~~~~~~~~ 
 
::11 ::111 ::111 
1,~~~. 1,~~ 1, ~t~ 
::~~! ::~!~ ::~~l 
 
i:l! i:l i;~! i;~ i:l!l i:l 737 
 
710 
 
164 
 
513 
 
::~~! ::~!! ::~;1 ::~~~ ::!!~ ::~~~ II 1,740 
 
II 1,~~4 
 
1,~~t 
 
1,~~~ 
 
1,~~~ 1,t~g 
 
1,tj~ 
 
1,503 1,176 
488 
 
2,059 
 
!i 
 
286 4,838 
 
i 2 2 b F1~cr--:-i-da-----+--..,.,;.-=34,_..,._4 ____35-=-4----3.,.....,8=9---- l 
 
--.2=2=9--......,2=3,_,..6---,.2~--..n25....,5~--2=o,....6-- 
 
228 
 
!I A1ab~na 
 
i;468 2,335 2,259 
 
2,068 1,911 2,053 1,921 1,884 1,883 2,001 
 
Eississi:i)p;t. 
 
1, 717 1, 731 1,840 
 
U 1,292 1,284 1,214 1,283 1,258 1,267 1,323 
 
Arkansas .. 
 
2,-286 2,372 2,372 
 
!l 2,009 1,972 1,978 2,062 2,019 2,007 1,899 
 
Louisiana 
 
267 
 
304 
 
374 
 
H 376 
 
339 
 
416 
 
379 402 
 
340 
 
378 
 
Texas 
 
2,123 2,386 2,428 
 
i1 1,827 1,805 1,874 1,335 1,877 1,836 1,828 
 
~-~ashi::1gton . 
 
.222 
 
191 
 
281 
 
i i  271 
 
216 
 
220 
 
218 178 
 
193 
 
179 
 
Oregon ~ CaJ.iforn:L'a 
 
163 
 
151 
 
173 
 
1,218 1,242 1,293 
 
:\jl'1 
 
137 894 
 
107 919 
 
113 836 
 
118 120 
945 932 
 
94 747 
 
87 
965 
 
TOTAL 1957 TOTAL 1956 
 
31, 802 32,378 33,202 29,634 29,900 30,254 
 
i! 25,628 
ll j /1 124,429 
 
24,986 23,718 
 
24,906 
22~279 
 
24,873 24,210 21,932 22,013 
 
23,993 22,364 
 
24,560 22,063 
 
1957 %1956 
 
107 
 
108 
 
110 
 
l l1 105 
 
105 
 
112 
 
113 110 
 
107 
 
111 
 
\! 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
12 
 
19 
 
874 
535 
546 
744 
144 425 1,627 1,398 1,105 442 2,068 
344 
4,826 
182 1,978 1,315 1,922 
392 1,962 
176 
134 963 
 
884 
508 664 
754 106 
425 
1, 787 1,285 
999 
353 
2,039 284 
4,927 
193 
2,020 1,234 1,996 
359 
1,946 147 80 810 
 
24,102 23,800 
 
21,830 . 20,663 
 
110 
 
115 
 
Oct . 26 
974 
503 614 851 
118 366 1,630 1,446 1,130 336 1,930 334 4,846 157 1,920 1,200 1,962 268 1,599 170 
75 821 
23,256 
20,943 
111 
 
 !JN~~TATES - GENE~..Q~ REPORT_A_.~..liQ~EJi 1! ,19~7. 
Cool wet weather stalled October harvest of late crops in many, a!eas but failed to 
cut expected total overall output. The 1957 outcome is still expected to equal any 
previous year. 
 
Cotton has suffered important late season damage with the estimated crop .of 11.8 
million bales down 5 percent from a month ago. Average yields on the reduced. 1957 
acr eage  now look not quite equal to the 1955 record after sizeable losses _fiom rain 
damage floods and freezes. Weather damage also contributed to lower est~mates for peanut~, dry beans and some fruits. Increases over last month are estimated for corn, sorghum grain, soybeans, rice, fall po't;atoes, tobacco, sugar beets, sweet. 
potatoes and apples. . 
 
Corn .and .sorghum grain need some stretches of drying weather in many sections 'to r eady them for safe storage but given that help,promise even . h~gher outturn than 
formerly expected. The 3.3 billion bushel corn crop is third largest of record 
with a new National recDrd. yield per acre ~ndely supported in the Western Corn Belt r 
The sorghum grain crop of 527 million bushels moved up 2 percent in October to an 
all time peak. A much larger part of both corn and sorghum grain was still in the field on November 1 than last year or usual. Iowa corn was still three~fourths '\IDpicked, IVJinnesota and Nebraska about four-fifths, and Hissouri and Kansas about half.  Sorghum grain was still about three-fourths unharvested. Counting the large 
corn cr.op and record out-put of sorghum grain with the average oats crop and large 
barley crop already in bins gives a feed grain total of nearly 140 million tons, 4 percent larger than the old champion 1948 and 8 percent mor~ than produced last 
year. 
 
CORN: The production of all corn is forecast at 3,333 million bushels, up 1 pereentfrorn a month ago, and 7 percent above average but 3 percent below 1956. Of the all corn production, 2,975 million bushels are expected to be harvested for grain. The all corn yield at 46.1 bushels per acre is slightly above the previous record last year and greatly exceeds the average of 37.8 bushels. October weather 
was generally wet but frosts in central areas were later than usual and most late 
plant ed. corn reached maturity. However, wet fields and high moisture content of 
ears have caused a late harvest. 
 
PEANUTS: Based on November 1 conditions, the production of peanuts for picking and 
 
threshin:g is estimate.d at 1,504 million pounds, down 2 percent from the October 1 
 
for ecast. Rainfall was a problem in the Southeast and Southwest areas during the 
 
month, hampering harvesting operations and causing further losses in production. 
 
Losses were greatest in th.ose Stat-es where sizeable quantities of peanuts were on 
 
the ground when the rains hit. 
 
 
 
In the Southeastern area, late September rains continued into early October and ~dded to the uncertainty of the crop. Clearing weather beginning the second week in October enabled some light digging to start, but cloudy weather and high humi~~ 
ity retarded the drying out of the crop and mechanical driers were used where -. available. Shattering and losses in ~nndrows were fairly heavy, particularly in 
Alabama where many of the nuts dropped off the ' vines when picked up for combining. 
 
~S: The Nationfs pecan crop is estimated at 121,550,000 pounds, 30 percent 
less than last year and 12 percent below average. Expected production of improved yarieties continued to decline as the harvest s~ason approached .and the current 
estimateof 33,400,000 pounds is l ess than one-third of last year and only a little 
over half of average . In contrast, . production of . wild and seedling varieties, 
estimated at 88,150,000 pounds, is 31 percent .larger than last year and 17 percent above average. The esti~Ates of the total crop, for five out of the 11 States for 
which estimates are made, are smaller than a month earlier.  Howaver, Texas pros-.  
pects have improved markedly since October 1 and Oklahoma expects a little larger . 
crop. These two States had favorable moisture conditions the past month. No charige in prospects are indicated for Arkansas, New Nexico and North and South Carolina. . .  
 
~~: Pastures continued to improve during October and on November 1 were in the 
best condition for the country as a whole since 1950. Condition was 82 percent of normal on November 1, canpared with 80 percen:t on October 1 and o~ly 58 percent on 
November l last year. Farm pastures showed some gain in October when normally a 
small seasonal decline in condition may be expected, October precipitation and 
favorable weather improved pasture feed iri most sections of the country, and par... 
ticularly in the NOrth Atlantic States and the West. Winter grasses ahd fall seed~d grains are, providing ~enerally good grazing in the central and southern Great Plains 
 
 ITCCIE 
 
AGRICULTtiRAI.. EXTENSION SF.'.RVIc'i:: 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S:f'ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI(':UI..TURE 
/lthens, Georgia 
 
s.  l!. 
 
PARTMENT OF AGRIC~LTURE 
 
. AG P.ICIJLT UR AL MARKETING .SERVICE 
 
 31 9 EX 'rENSION BI..OG., ATHENS, GA.  
 
November 1, 19.57 
 
.. : 
 
., ' 
 
GRAI N ;::oCKS -  ocTOBER 1, 195? 
 
G:DORGr.:  Stocks of old corn in 'all storage positions ori October 1 totaled 
, .  2,118,000 bus11eiS:' This is a decrease of h.5 percent from t lle 3, C3S,ooo .. 
bushels on hand a year ago and 19 percent below t .e 10-year 19h6-5.5 c.verage lwldings of 2,602,000 bushds. Oats in all storage positions on October 1 totaled 8, 154., 000 busLels, a drop of~percent from t.r,.e ll, 80?, 000 bushels in storage a y13ar ago. The poor quality of the OCJ.t crop t his year accounts for part of the d(:lcline  in oat stocks. \Jbea t and rye stocl~s are do;.m, when compared uith October 1 stocks a year earlier -- -- 
 
-------------------- GEORGIJ.. GRAIN ~~TOCKS - OCTOBJ:.;R l, 19) 7 ~JI'l':: COLPARISON[. 
 
GRAHl 
 
'Li:.L i..)OSITIONS 
 
19.56. . . 1957 
 
Corn,-(1,000 bu.) 
Oat.s,(l,OOO bu.) Barley,(l,OOO bu.) 
SorghUJn Grain, (1)000 bu.) vlheat, (1,000 bu. R~e, (1:, 000 bu.) 
 
3, 7.50 . 
7,430 1Lt4 
18 
706 lOS 
 
2,077 5 , 1 79 
16.5 16 
5.5.5 7.5 
 
19.56 
'8.5 
4,377 18 
- 
l~llO 
9 
 
1 9.57 
 
l 9S6 
 
41 2,975 
54 1 
624 
4 
 
3,835 11, 807 
162 18 
1, 816 114 
 
19.57 
2,118 8,154 
219 
17 
1,179 79 
 
UNITED .::..TATE~: Stocks of corn and barley in all po sitions on Octobe r 1 reached new record ni gh levels for t hat date and sorghum grain stocks pusi:ed 
to a near record level. Corn stocks o.f 1,357 million bushels and barley stocks of 464 million bushels exceeded t he previous r e cords by 16 and 14 p>rcent, respectively. St.ocks of sorghum grain 'i'lere only 1 percent less t i an tlle record stocks of a y~ar earlier and whe at stocks 11 percent less than the prev-ious ye ar 1 s record holdings. 0tocks of f ee d <> re.ins ---c orn, oats, barley and sorg Lum grain---add to a total of 70.3 mil:Lion tons--t,1e largest of recorc. and coHpe r es w1:t h 61.1 million tons a year earlier and the record holdings of 62.1 million tonsoctober 1, 19.5.5. 
' . ~ 
~tocks of 1,.599 million bus i:els of wo.e C~ t stored in all positions on C. ctober 1 were tJ:le smallest since 19.53 but still t i..e fourth large st of record.  The total is significantly smaJ_ler t .1an t he record stocks of a ye "'r earlier .but more than a fift i1 larger t ,an .,average. 'L e stocks total is three-fourths larger than t he 19.57. production, reflecting t.~e large carry-over of old wheat on J uly 1. 
 
R;ie stocks of . 29.6 mi1lion bushels stored i n all positions on. O'ctober 1 we're ~. per~t above a year earlier and 30 per cent above t l:J.e 1946-.5.5 average. Off -farm ... .. ... . 
 
stocks of 14. 2 milb.on bushels were 10 percent belovl October 1, .19.56 <md v:e:re .!the 
 
smalle::t .since 19..53. 
 
.  .. 
 
,  
 
O+d corn in all storage positions of 1,..3.57 million bus ~1els on .October Lwer-e the 
 
l9-rg est s~ocks of record for that date. They were 16 percent_ l~rger.. than:.the pre- . 
 
vious hirh in 19.56 . This r epresents t he fifth conse cutive yec-.r carry.-over of-old , . . 
 
corn has increased. Stocks on farms of ~16 million bushels  were.:39 c.percent larg:er -.: 
 
than a year earlier and highe :::.t for October since 19.50, altlwugh well below record  
 
level. 
 
.; . : 
 
Oats 'stocks of 1,184 million busl::els on Octobr::r 1, were 1.1 percent larger t ll an a 
year: earlier but smaller t !lan for t he s ame date t !,e t1-vo pre ceding years . Farm stocks 
of 1,079 million bushels were 17 percent l ar ger t han a year earlier. btocks off- 
farm were 18 percent below October 1, 1956, and smallest f or the date in four years. 
 
0tocks of barley on October 1 were a r ecord 463.7 million busiels and were 19 percent larger t ..an t ;!e 38D. 9 million busHels on ; and a year earlier. 'l'de previous :record was t 11e October 1, 19.5.5, stocks of 405. 8 million bus ~~e ls. October 1 stocks 
,-.....Jere record large in all but the t err.unal storap-e positions. 
 
(Over) 
 
 UNITED 6l'ATL~ 
 
GRAI N S'l.'OCKS 
 
- 
 
OCTOBER ,, 
 
1, 
 
1957, 
.. 
 
vJIT Ti 
 
COlPARI00NS 
 
(in thousand bushels) ----:- ------ -- ---- -:-oct: I xv:: -o-ct: I-: -July I -- : -o-ct:l- 
 
- __ ~ 2r~i~ . ~n~ ~o~i!i~n- ___ :_ !9~6~52 _ ~ _ !9z6__ ~ _ !927___ ~ _ !9~7- 
 
w-JEAT On Farms 1/ Terminals -2/ 
 
507,425 27 8,460 
 
417,276 467,254 
 
59,540 
~ 13,481 
 
388,390 412,237 
 
___ Commodity Gredit Corp. 3/ 
 
34,194 
 
~n!. ~i!l~,~l~v-=-&~r.~e~!7~/~.. _ ~8.z,.zl~ 
 
134,362 
 
91,010 
 
82,883 
 
l7~,~6! ___4~4-t3~6- __ 1l2,3P1 
 
______ !O!A~ _________l_t3~7.t722_ _lL727.t323_ __ zo~,]5l __l.t528.t6!3 
 
RYE On F'arms 1/ 
 
12,065 
 
12,601 
 
2,066 
 
15,373 
 
Terminals -2/ 
 
5,924 
 
10,517 
 
2,023 
 
7,684 
 
:Commodity Credit Corp. 3/ 
 
331 
 
225 
 
149 
 
25 
 
__!n!. ~ii!li, ~l~v:..~~L~e~-!7~/- __ ~,~4~ ___ ~,_28_2 ____2-t4!6____ ~,20~ - 
 
____ :._ _ !_O!Af __________ ~2L7~8- __ ~8L3~8~ ___ ~,~5~ ___ ~9L5~4 
 
CORN On Farms 1/ 
 
317,034 300,095 1,118,383 
 
416,276 
 
Terminals 2/ 
 
17,443 
 
64,13h 
 
149,264 
 
115,856 
 
Commodity Credit corp. 3/ 229,246 599,768 
 
406,164 
 
514,023 
 
_!n_!:.~!l~,~l~v.!&~h~e~. I/4/ _ _5~,_20] __ ~Ol:,~9~ ___2~8_t9_~9___ ]1~,~91 
 
______ !O!Af __________6!8L6~7- _1Ll~5L4.25_ ~ !, 26~,~0 __1L326.t622 
 
On Farms 1/ 
 
1,061,048 923,394 
 
191,840 1,079,183 
 
Terminals -2/ 
 
27,309 
 
38,424 
 
12,066 
 
25,420 
 
: Commodity Credit Corp. 3/ 
 
2,454 
 
6,881 
 
2,079 
 
2,277 
 
_!n!.~i!l~,~l~v:..f,~h~e~. 174/ __5~,~42 __ _8~,26~ ___ 12-t527:... ___71,!82 
 
TOTAL 
 
1,148,856 1,051,261 
 
238,542 1,184,069 
 
BA'R.LEY On Farms 1/ 
Terminals 2/ 
 
180,409 24,729 
 
225,013 51,4h7 
 
41,546 31,252 
 
272,305 44,855 
 
Commodity Tiredit Corp. 3/ 
 
1,561 
 
1,983 
 
4,082 
 
4,615 
 
_!n_!:. tli!l~, ~l~v.!~c~h~e~. 174/ __72,~1~ __ !1Q,~4~ ___ ~9L8]0_ __ l:4!,252 . 
 
-------TO-TA-L.----------2-82-,5-11---3-88-,8-89----12-6,-71-0 ---4-63-,7-30 
 
spYBEAN6  On Farms 1/ 
 
' 
 
Terminals 2/"""" 
 
2,464 746 
 
1,995 369 
 
36,805 5,583 
 
3,657 
3,539 
 
Commodity Credit Corp. 3/ 
 
166 
 
0 
 
74 
 
0 
 
frocessing Plants 6/- 
 
834 
 
291 
 
18,724 
 
1,493 
 
252 ___ _!n_!: .._1i~l~,!:l~v:_(~h~e~. 1/4/ ___ 
 
3:,7~ ___ ~6-tl9____ 3:,~43: 
 
______ !_O!A~ ___________4L7~3- __ _3L7]l_ __ _8l,~92 ___ _9L9]0 
 
00RGHUI'i On Farms 1/ 
 
2/ 
 
5,178 
 
5,553 
 
8,606 
 
3,412 
 
GRAIN Terminals -2/ 
 
6,976  23,755 
 
19,922 
 
18,806 
 
Comrnodity Credit Corp. 3/ 
 
1,036 
 
6 
 
8 
 
20 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
__-I_n-t_.-i:1!iOl['lAs!:,:.E__le_v__._q_J_h-s_e:s_. -_-1-g/4_/-_-31.72L,129:!4o_-_-_- 
 
52,062 
 
70,462 
 
58,402 
 
_11..31"6_-_-_-_9.-;29.______-_oJ..""b}iB 
 
1/ Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board. 
2/ Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division> A11'iS, at 45 terminal cities. 3/ Owned by CCC and stored in bins or other storage s owned or controlled by CCC; 
other CCC-owned grain is included in the estimates by positions. 
4/ All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including merchant mills ~~ 1947-55 average . ~Y Firms reporting crushings and stocks of soybeans to the Bureau of the Census. 
 
AR.cr.n:E LANC,' LEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
HAY}10ND R. Jif\N'COCK Agricultural Statistic,ia~ 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENliON SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORG :A AND THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT o,:: AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Geoi'gia 
 
l 0'' If 
 
0 , ~U RSI. 
 
EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
XTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
November 4, 19.57 
 
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1.54 12$7 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity .lndex of Prices. Received by. Georgia farmers for the month ended October 15, 1957, was 237 percent of the January 1910- 
December 1911+ average. This was a decline of 13 points (5 percent) from the previous month but only 6 points (2 percent) below the October 15, 1956 index of 243. - ~ower prices for corn, cotton, cottonseed, hog~, chickens, and peanuts all contributed heavily to the decline. This is the lowest the All Commodity indeJc has been since January 15, 1950, when it was 232o 
 
The Ail Crops component of the index was 248 on October 15. This was a decline 
 
of 14 points (5 percent) from the previous month and the October 15, 1956 level 
 
. of 262. . 
 
. 
 
The Livestock and Livestock Products index for the month ended October 15, 1957 declined 9 points (4 percent) from the September 15 inctex of 221 but is up 11 
points (5 percent) from the October 15, 1956 index of 201. 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 5 points ( 2 
percent) during the month ended in mid-October the Crop Reporting Board . announced today. Lower prices for most rneat animals, oranges, corn, and cotton were primarily responsible for the decline. Partially offsetting were higher prices for dairy products and eggs. The October Index at 240 percent of , its 1910-14 average '.Jas 3 percent above a year earlier. 
 
The Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, including Interest, Taxes, 
and Farm Wage Rates was 296 on October 15, the same as in mid-September and 3 
percent higher than a year earlier. Prices paid for family living items declined slightly during the month, but prices paid for production goods were unchanged. The farm wage index advance i . 2 percent to a new alJ.,-time high. 
 
With the . Inde~ ~f Prices :Received by Farmers off moderately and the Index of Prices Paid including Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates steady, the October Parity 
Ratio dropped 2 poir.ts under mid-September to 81, 
 
. . 
 
. S~~y Table for the United States 
 
. 
 
- - - Inde~e-; - ~ -:Oct0be; 15: -;S;pte;b;r-15,-:0ctobe; l5: 7- -R;c~rd hiEh-- 
 
---------------------------------------- 1910. - 14=100 : 1956 
 
Prices~ Received 
 
234  
 
: 1957 
 
: 1957 
 
245 :' 
 
240 
 
: -Index- : Date-- 313 Feb. 1951 
 
Parity Index ll. ?i 288 . 
 
296 
 
296 
 
296 2/Apr.l957 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
?/ 81 
 
83 
 
81 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
ll Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates basedcon data for the indicated 
dates. ~/Revised. )./ Also May,. June, September, and october 1957. 
 
.. ' . ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
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' 
 
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1.~.1.. ..195. _7 
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I ----~-ACQi.lm..~.~mO.iaJITTY-.-.- -i -A1o.v._~uor -a1go4 
 
11 
t. 
 
C_ <1 :9:t.~1-5...,~~1\-Svpl~t.~~1-5~ -~11 -O- ~c~t-5.1?_5.,1!~' 
 
Avc r cgu 1909-14 
.. .. ... 
 
j 0ct.15, ! So:;:.t.15,i Oct.15, I 1956 ' 1957 i 1 957 
.;.- - - -  -  - --  .. ... l._, .. -. 
 
.ihaat 1 Bu. Corn,_ Bu. .. 
 
~ L...: .~p i 
 
I 
1_. I->13 .,i- 
 
, . 9 1 .  . 
 
i. Oats,~:. ' ., . _:,:_:.: $ 
 
.67 '  
 
Tr;~shJ-':- .ot.., 
 
: 
Cwt . 
 
. 
 
. . : . ... 
 
..$ '. 
. ' 
 
Sv~e;3 t Pot~ ,  cwt .:  :. $ -!: 
 
1.13 . 84 
 
Cot to~ 1  Lb  
 
12.1 
 
' 
 
1 96 ow 
 
1 
I 
 
. 1.15 . 1 
 
. 85 
 
5.10 32.4 
 
1 a4 i o '  ) 
1'.25 ! 
.87 
 
' 
 
i 
 
1 97 o 
 
:!;  
 
1.18 . ;.  
.~  : I , 
 
 2.e5 5.10 
~3 . 3 
 
5.00 ,,.. Z9.9 
 
.':l8 . ' - 1. 98 
 
.64 . li 1.19 
 
' I 
I 
.40 ~~ 
 
.69 ., 
 
,-1 .70 - ~ ,. 1.34 
 
l. 90 
 
l. 92 
 
... ' l: i '-,:--~ ~ . 
1 .1 :-; . 'i  i ~o6 
 
I 
r . 603" t: ' :.: - ~ 1:; 12 q 
1 . 70 i ..l .:58 
 
r r .88 1' . 3.52 2,98 II ..3...2.7 
 
12.1 
 
2"1.9 1 32. 97 1 32. 33 
 
Cottonseed, Ton 
 
23.65 
 
46. 00 
21.~0 
 
54.00 25.10 
 
48.00 ,, 
:?.4.20 i: 
 
.! _22. 55 
 
. 54.10 
 
I i" 
 
53:2o : .i! 
 
.4~ ; ~o 
 
I 
l I 
 
21.50 
 
1 8-~2o . 1.~ :.1.3: oo 
 
Hogs, por Cvrt. 
Beef Ca.btlC;,; , C,,rt;, l:i 1k Cci,i s~  Ho8 ,1 
 
;t . 7.36 
I 
t- -) 3 . 96 
-~-~>,J  33. 85 
 
15.30 
 
19.50 
 
,, 
 
l l..70 l .. \3.)5 ~ 3 .40 ~; 
 
n o .oo 
 
~: . n5. no .!115.00 
 
I 
i 
 
7.27 
 
I 
15.50 I 19.I0 . i. 
 
i 
j,. , 16: :~ 
 
5.42.  . 15~ 3o 1 17.7_0 ;  17 ~ 3D 
 
J 
 
1 . . i' .,: : .: 
 
48.00 : 1ss:oo j i n.oo 172.00 
 
Chickens, .Au, Ib. 'I 
 
-::g15s, ;Joi . 
 
j 
 
Putt erf.a.tl Lb  . . . <?!i 
 
13.3 21.4 25.1;3 
 
17.1 
 
H 113.0 i 11.5 
 
!i 47. 2 ~- , :. ~7.4 ::ir_ 4~.7 
 
51.0 ; . .51.0 .; 51.0 ij 
 
u.4 l1s.n ! 17.~ : .1 . 1~5~i{ 
 
. 
 
I 
 
21.5 , 3B.1 1 40.Q . 4300 
 
I. I ! 26 . :3 
 
:59 .3 
 
1 
59.0 s9:i 
 
l i; ' J.Iilpk~r 
 
( 
 
who1 <f 100# 
 
Sl~J~.::_)_. 
 
.1; :~ . 
 
I 
2.13 : . 6.10. : .;_. 6.00 . ; . 6; J O 
 
 
 
' 
 
1.60.."!) 
 
'l4:4g : 
 
4.40 I"  4.50 
 
Soyb eans, Bu. 
 
I j 
 
2.10 
 
2.25 2.25 
 
1 
 
J.JTa:Jriuts,. Lb. . 
 
~ ! 
 
;;",2_ 
 
10 .8  ' .. 10.5 1 0 .~ .t 
 
4, g 
 
~;,:,:;:;~;~a':;;~ f;;:. O~t:~b;~ i957"'~. ~. 
 
,, ~ ..... -~--; .,_,. . ......; ---" - - .. 
 
l i 2.07 [ 3.13 : : 2.04. 
 
~. 11.6  j 10,5 . ! . 9.93 
 
~-- . ~ - } I . .. 
 
__; .. - --,: 
 
--'"'"' - 
 
-- -- ---.-:: : :.-:-::--:_-:--\- . ... .... : ~... . ,j:-: .  "7-   .~ -~-.:.~ ~.:.. ~~--- --:-_. --::. .. ~~ ~ .. -.. - . ~ : ....... ~ ~ :.::::.:::-.::.::- ___.. ---~--:-:..:- _ __:. 
 
_; . :_ t,_- : ::.... . : : . \t 
 
-  - .. - - ~ 
 
IND~\ ..}'Ui.~Z.l~S OF ? ~1 IC:~S :- EC~IVED BY FA':C~ ;. Dr n.m~t;IA 
= (Jru,ma~y . ],910 - Dacumbux- 1914 100 ) 
 
 ..-.   . _, . . , 
 
 Oct. 15,  S.:.:pt.l5, Oct~ 15,  
 
....._ .. '... ;.. ., 
 
.. . 1956 
 
. 1957 ' .. 1957 . 
 
. . .. . ... -~ 
 
~- - ~ -.. 
 
i 
i 
 
All Cummodities All Srops 
 
243 
 
250 
 
237 
 
262 
 
262 
 
218 i 
 
I 
 
Grains and Hay 
Cotton Lint  1-o::muts 
 
! .  1.i. obecc.o 
 
i 
I  
 
.. Cottons.::ed ~-J.n.c] Soyb., ens 
Irish Fo t ato0 s tm.i &mt~tpot.J.tooa FTuits r:nd r1uts 
 
... II 
 
All Live stock PHd Livestock Fr('lducts  ?::e'.t .linimnls 
 
::-oultry end. :.:ggs 
 
. ~ , 
 
I . . . D; i_ry. Products ' 
 
'j 
 
142 2.68, 208 383 . 
HH 
281 166 
201 
240 
146 244 
 
148 274 . 
 
202 370 224 
 
264 149 
 
221 
 
296 
 
~-~ 15'2 
 
239 
 
-- .. 
 
 -~~ --- 
 
145" t 
 
246 I 
 
' l SS .. II , 370 I .  
 
.. 
 
. ' .. 
 
200 . j " -. 
 
I 261 
 
. 149 
 
212 274 
 
II . 
 
: ; . 
 
!. ' 147 
242 
 
~ .. '. 
 
... ... 
 
'  . 
 
__ .. _ .!' ~1'::: ~8 PAI 
 
i-Aixe d Dn.iry Fee d All Uudc729,;- 2" l":>tein 16'1~ Frotein 1 8~ Prot e in 
20~: Frot~in 
24:'j Frotein 
High ~ r<;>tein ~e~_ns :ottonseed Mt:; "cl Soybe rn:. i.vit.:::-1 i>le , t Scre.p 
Gr c-.h1 L[:ro.~~~-~ Br rn i1iiddlings Corn !liec:1 
 
Oct. 
 
. G"'XF:;IA 15, Sep t. 
 
. __ . 1 :-: ,  Oct. 
 
.... 15, 
 
;~~,.. 
 
.. UNIT;~!! o"ct."_1S . 
 
s r ATJ'i.:S 
Sept; .J.5, 
 
b~.t.:- .i5'f~::- . 
 
1 '1,56 
 
1957 
 
1957 II . . ' . ' %6 _. 'i .   1 ~ 57 ' . 1957' . 
 
. . ; .. ... .. 
 
. .. - 
 
t . ' . ... . .. ... 
 
..;;ou~s. l'".l' .lQO..Jounds 
 
3.90 3.85 3.90 4.00 4.20 
3.30 3.9::> 4. 95 
3 . 30 
3.60 
3.4:0 
 
3.90 3.85 4.')1 4.01") 
4.~0 
3.45 3 . .30 4 . 55 
3.20 3. 40 3. 4 5 
 
3.85 
 
li 
i; 
 
3. 80 I, 
 
4.00 
;4 .00 
 
I 
i' 
 
-1.30 'II 
 
I 
 
~ j 
 
i' 3.40 I' 3. 80 ,i.~ 
 
4.55 l! 
 
" 
 
3.30 
 
3. 45 
 
3. Ll0 
 
3 .71 3.6R 
~ -65 
3.88 3.99 
3.78 
35.. 8m7 
2, tYj 
3.03 3. 63 
 
3.67 3.62 3.60 3. 86 4.00 
3.77 
3. ~ 2 
4.85 
2.75 2.86 
3 .~3 
 
3.63 3.57 3.58 3. 83 :~ . 9r-i 
:_:>,. 72 3.85 4.84 
2,68 2.79 3.27 
 
~ oultry Feed 
 
.:::roi1t~r }ro:rin~ E: sh J":1\Ying ~h.sh 
Scr,..tch Gr nins 
 
5.20 4,85 1L 30 
 
!.!r:y ( B11 ed ) 
 
~f ~fR 
.. ..t\.11 Oth.n.r. . 
 
W,CO 
.-11 ,po 
 
.!./ A::._ ~-~lJO!'~:?.cl b_;r :<i'eell. I:eulers  
 
.-.. 
 
- .r. . . - -  . . . . # 
 
- 
 
. .. .  - 
 
- r , .,, _ ""= ~:.. : 
 
5.00 4.80 
<1.30 
47.00 
.. .3G..OQ. . 
 
4.95 4.70 
4.20 
 
4.97 4.49 4.13 
 
4.89 4.41 3.98 
 
! 
 
47.00 11 33.20 
 
29.60 
 
~6!_QO... - .!!_ ____;?~ ~.?.2__ ____3_?.: ~ 
 
4.8:~ 
4 .36 
::\, 92 
30.30 27. <';0 
 
 . 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3,9 EXTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA. 
November 6, 1957 
 
BROILER C'!ICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COflYtERCIAL LREf.[:; 
 
During the week ending November 2, commercial hatcheries placed 4,882,000 chicks 
with the broiler producers in Georgi~ commercial areas. This compares with the 
4,846,000 placed the previous week and is 8 percent more than the 4,520,000 
placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,261,000 compared with 6,274,000 the 
previous week and is 5 percent more than t he 5,963,000 for the corresponding week 
last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 70 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was 
reported at ~n1 . 15 per hundred. These prices compare with 70 cents and $11.50 
for last week and with 65 cents and t.':.ll.50 one year ago. Egg prices shown re- 
late to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise. 
 
Weighted average prices from t he Federal-State Harket News .Service for broilers 
during the week ending November 2 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 3 - 
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15. 33; FOB plants 16.22. 
 
(bee reverce side for other states ) 
 
: ~. 
 
GEORGIA C'UCK PLACEi''lENT BY WEEKS 
 
... Date 
.... Week 
... ~nding 
............ Aug. 31 
.... ;..ept~ 7 
... 0ept,l4 
 
PERIOD AUGUf.T 31 T"-JROUGu NOVJ<iV(BER 2, 1957 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatcnea-v:-J.nshipments: Touu Placed 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia of Chicks 
 
on Farms 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 1956 : 1957 
 
Tt ousands 
 
Thousands 
 
~usands Thousands 
 
5, 719 
5,746 
5,923 
 
6,430 6,430 
6,386 
 
4,111 
3,860 
3,837 
 
4,614 4,538 4,493 
 
539 474 :4,650 5,088 640 457 :1~., 500 4,995 653 520 :4,490 5,013 
 
~ept .21 :: 6,001 
... .::;ept.28 5,941 
.. Oct. 5 6,223 
 
6,293 6,497 6,183 
 
3,904 4,027 4,038 
 
4,346 4,390 4,418 
 
646 
: 573 
492 
 
486 :4,550 4,832 486 :4,600 4,876 
420 :4,530 4,838 
 
Oct. 12 : : 6,203 
 
6,230 
 
4,184 4,352 : 516 474 :4,700 4,826 
 
Oct . 19 : : 5,9h9 
 
6,356 
 
4,032 4,482 
 
518 445 :4,550 4,927 
 
Oct. 26 : : 6,109 
 
6,274 
 
4,134 4,339 : 546 507 :4,680 4,846 
 
Nov. 2 : : 5,963 
 
6,261 
 
4,051 4, 3L~O 
 
469 542 a4,520 4,882 
 
11 ~xclusive of hatchings ~hipped into states outside of Georgia. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY '~ ricultural Stati stician, I n CharP-e 
 
CARL 0. DOESC11J;_,"""'R 
Ar ricultural Statistician 
 
 STATE 
Maine 
c..nnecticut 
Pennsylvania 
Ir~diana 
Illinois Yri.SS"ll"i 
Delaware 
:Haryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina 
GEORGIA Florida 
Al ab a m a V.li s s i s s i p p i Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washingtoo Oregcn 
a 
TOTAL 1957 TO!AL 1956 
1957 % 1956 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PM!.iED IN C<HiERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1J57 
 
p e 2 
 
Week Ending 
 
Qct. 
 
Oct. Nov. 
 
19 
 
26 
 
J 
! 
 
2 
 
i 
 
j 
 
I 
 
E'.GCE SET- niOUSANDS 
 
I ~~..JaJ 7l2 
 
1,267 1,294 
 
686 
 
724 
 
.i 1,029 1,401 
 
1,362 1,224 1,438 1,326 
 
l 
I 
 
320 1,115 
 
364 
 
JoB 
 
1,255 1,322 
 
1,931 1,981 1,973 
 
1,975 1,922 2,058 
 
1,803 1, 768 1,838 
 
215 
 
245 
 
255 
 
2,653 2,728 2,634 
 
479 
 
503 . 463 
 
6,356 6,274 6,261 
 
354 2,335 1, 731 2,372 
304 2,386 
191 151 
 
389 2,259 1,840 
2,372 
374 2,428 
281 
173 1 2 
 
358 2,319 1,675 2,422 . 
359 2,444 
238 
148 11 
 
32,378 33,202 32,820 
 
29,900 )0,254 29,779 
 
108 
 
110 
 
llO 
 
l [ 
 
AU. 31 
 
:: 
 
Sept. 
7 
 
Sept. 
14 
 
Sept. j Sept. 
21 ! 28 
 
6$ 
5 
 
i 
 
CHICKS PLACED - momANDS 
 
l 5l . ;ljq{l/ 73 
 
599 ~ 
673 
 
B) 
 
866 
 
1)1 189 
 
5~ 
 
421 
 
1,589 1, 754 
 
,' 1,620 1,420 1,271 1,252 
 
524 495 
 
2,067 2,087 
 
296 277 
 
!: 5,02123-98 -4,-929356 
 
u H 
 
. 
 
1,911 1,284 
 
2,053 1,2:!.4 
 
II 1,972 1,978 339 416 
 
:: 1,805 1,874 
 
216 220 
 
li 107 113 
 
n 
 
919 24,986 
 
836 24,906 
 
II 23,718 22,279 105 112 
 
H 
 
881 554 Y>6 
715 
187 416 1,772 1,543 1,218 516 2,063 302 
5,013 
206 1,921 1,283 2,062 
379 1, 835 
218 118 945 
24,873 
21, 932 
113 
 
TT? 903 863 494 506 535 
 
597 762 
113 4ll 1,846 
1,471 1,185 
470 1,977 
350 
 
634 723 100 458 1,709 1,637 1,176 
433 1,977 
288 
 
737 770 16k 513 1,740 
1,503 1,176 
488 
2,059 286 
 
4,832 4,876 4,838 
 
255 1,884 1,258 2,019 
402 1,877 
178 120 932 
24,210 
 
2o6 1,883 1,267 2,007 
340 1,836 
193 
94 
747 
23,993 
 
228 2,001 1,32.3 1,899 
3?8 1,828 
179 87 
965 
24,560 
 
22,013 22,364 22,o63 
 
110 107 ill 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. . :!Nov. 
 
12 
 
19 
 
26 
 
2 
 
874 535 
546 744 
144 
425 1,627 1,398 1,105 
442 2,o68 
3:..4 
 
884 508 
664 754 106 
haS 
1,787 1,285 
999 353 2,039 284 
 
4,826 4,927 
 
182 1,978 1,315 1,922 
392 
1,962 176 134 963 
 
193 2,020 
1,234 1,996 
359 1,946 
147 
80 
810 
 
24,1~ 23,800 
 
21,830 20,663 
 
llO 115 
 
974 503 614 857 
liB 
366 1,630 1,446 1,130 
336 1,930 
334 
4,846 
157 1,9201,200' 1,962 ' 
268 1,599 
170 
a~f 
 
86o 548 688 ' 771 122 
166 
1,489 1,397 1,195 
437 1,991 
286 
4,88! 
182 2,051 1,273 1,880 
241 1,&7 
169 
8~~ 
 
23,256 23,48) 2(>,943 21,403 
 
lll 
 
110 
 
 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION' SERVI CC: U N IVERS IT Y OF GE ORG IA AND TH E STAT E OEP.( RT ME NT OF A GR ICULTURE 
Athens, . Georgia 
 
. ' 
 
'U . S. DEPA RTMENT OF AGRICULTUR E 
 
. AGRICIJ Ln :IRAL MA RKETI NG SERVIC E 
 
3,19 EX T E.NSION E3L.OG..,, AT HEto:S; GA. 
 
No~e ~b e. r .8~ 19 57 
 
Cotton prospe cts for Georgia as of November 1 were ' for a production of 390,000 . ba~e s (50 0 po1,1nds gross w e ight) a s a nnounce d by the G e orgia Crop R e porting ~e rvice of the. United State s D e p a rtm e n t of Agricult ure. The. es tima t e wa s 25,000 oa!e s unde r indicat e d production a month earlie r and 189, 000 ba l es b elow the 579, 000 h a.rve ste d in 1956 . The cur.r e nt production. is the sma lle st crop since 
1871 whe n 373, 000 b a l es w e r e h a rve sted.. Indi c a t e d yield p e r acr e on t he othe r 
ha nd of 324 pounds ha s bee n exceede d only by the r e cord 1955 yield of 376 pounds ~nd the 1956 yield of 33 4 pounds p e r a cre. 
 
- 
 
- 
 
Production in the no!"the rn districts of the Sta te will b e a bout 41 p e rc e nt below 
 
las t year. The c entra l districts show a de cline of 33 percent a nd the southe rn 
 
a r ea s ha v e the sma lle st d e cr ea s e wit~ 2 8 p e rc ent. T h e c e n t r a l a nd northe rn 
 
di s tricts pla c ed a highe r p e rc ent a ge of the ir acr eage i n th e Soil Bank t~1an the 
 
soutb.'e r n a r ea s. 
 
F ollowinp, the he a vy r a i n s o S e pte mb e r 27 through Octob e r 5, the w e athe r h a s  
 
been fa vorable for ha rve sting and by the la st of October picking wa s virtually 
 
complete in south .G e or gia ar~1 a bout 90 p e rc e nt compl e t e in the no1the rn a r ea s~ 
 
The h eavy r a ins of l a t e Sept emb e r and ea rly O ctober lowe r e d the qua lity of. t he  
 
crop tha t wa s sti ll in the fi d d a nd r e duc e d quantity to some exte nt . Da m a ge to 
 
1 ,--... e~ d wa s proba bly gr eat e r t han to t he li n t . . This m a y c a us e a sca rcity of see d 
 
.wr pla nting n ext year's crop. 
 
 
 
The Bureau of Census r ep orte d 360, 000 running b a l e s ginne d to Nove mbe r 1 compa r ed with 530,000 to s a me da t e l a st year and 62 8, 000 in 1955. 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER Agricultural Statisticia n 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultura l Sta tisticia n In Charge .. 
. . '. 
 
GEORGI A MAP SHCAr~ IUG I NDI CATED FRODUCTION 1957 AND FINAL PR ODUCTI ON FOR 1956 & 19.$5 
 
\ 19 .57-2;,-~-~~ --;0~=~~T~;-L----- ~ 
 
1957 production indic a ted '..t>n   
 
11995556--4SB1,, O0O0t~D:--~ 
 
!) '\.... r' 
,/<; '-.__ 
 
s "''-...._ I 
 
I(- - 
 
~ I 
 
( 1957-,19 ..000 
 
III \ 
 
Nove mbe r 1. STATE 
1957 - 390, 000 
 
R OME 11956-36,000 11 1955-56 000 
 
\ . 
 
EL_~y!s.RT ON . 
 
1956 - 57.9,000 1955- 701,000 
 
) 
 
' A THE:NS 
 
1 9 5'1~~ ~. 000 
 
\ 
\ 
 
( 
 
. 
 
, 
 
_ 
 
_- _~1)A,T--L-A-.N) T""A""' 
 
/,..\/f'----.._. 
 
1 
1 
 
9 
9 
 
56~, 
~ ?.:_~1). 
 
000000 
 
?:P~ip.sotrritcitnsg.sDhoiswtnria~trse ~CnrdopNO T 
 
/ _ ) \..__ 
~--- IV 
1957- 4 2.; 000 /~ 
 
' - V 
 
"; 
 
"-....'\.. Con g re s swnal D1stncts. 
 
( ..~ 
 
\ 
 
\ VI 
 
'--\ 
 
1956-67, 000 ( 
19 55-80,000 ~ 
~ . 
 
l 
 
\ 
 
\ \ ."\ AUGUST-'\'"--- 
 
(. 1957-70, oo o\ 
 
(__ MAC ON 
 
{ 19 56 -94 , 000 \ 
 
.L 
 
(_ 19 5 5 -98, ooo \ 
 
C OLU M BUS \_,i 1957- 69,000 I l 
 
~ 
 
. \ 
I \ ..- \ / .---)'- 
 
~--l l 9 56- 10 9 J 0 0 0 
 
......__r---.(1I 
 
L19 55-130, 0 0 0 
 
~----- - - -...._, 
 
I 
 
~ - 
 
'--' 
 
\ ~ 
 
----~\. _,./ //~"v---fi 
 
.~ 
/ 
 
/ 
 
~~ 
 
' 
A\T'A--D--..~.,~T 
 
 
A 
 
H 
 
I 
 
J 
 
IX 
 
~.,_..::-  
 
/ 
 
VII 
 
/ 
 
' i 
 
t' 
 
VIII 
 
\)\ 
 
,.,/ 
( '-~.'; 
 
A L BArfY 
 
1957-13,000 :; 
 
----+) 1957-56,000\ 
 
1957- 75,000 1956-108,000 
 
~ ( 
 
1956-16,000 c 
1955-1 8,000 }\_) 
 
1956-75,000\ 1955-113,000 \ , 
 
\ 
 
1955-87,0-0-0-1:..~-~DOSTA\ ~lO..J 
 
 . . 
 
. ... 
 
U~TITED S~ATES - CarTON RLPOO.T. AS OF NQ_VE:tvffiF.R ],., 1957 
 
The Crop Reporting .B.oard of the Agricultural .iliarketing Service makes the following '~ report from data furnished by c::-op correspondents, field statistici ans, Bureau of the Census, Co!nrriodity Stabili:Btion Service , and cooperating State agencies o 'fhe .final outturn of cotton compared wlth this fprecast will depend upon whether the yarious influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the season are mare or less favorable than usualo 
 
LINT YILLD PER 
 
 
 
PIWDUCTION 2/ 
 
.. 
 
:ACREAGE : HJIR.VLSTED ACRE 
 
 500-lb2 Gross 1,/t,-Bales 
 
=- - ..- - -- - - -- - - - - - -- .:_ - - - - - -- - - - STATL  
 
1.: . ;~~T :-i946..S5~ -- -71957-~-1946--55-=----- --;- --19$7-- 
 
! ;].957 1;; Average: 1956 : indict Average : 1956 . 
 
Indicated.. 
 
N-.-c~~-o-l-in-a--r--:---Arl-,-h3c-or5-eu-s5s-.-:-1; '---3-F2o-u0n-ds~39-1--~325_;i_l 
 
Thousand Bales 
 
449 
 
359 
 
240 
 
S. Carolina 
Gi~eo~r:g:iaee 
 
500 . 305 
 
~L6578 1 I 
 
2~6~4~ 
 
360 
3~3~4~ 
 
331 
 
647 
 
I 324 
 
679 
 
579 
 
~&~ I' 891 
 
513 
579 
552 
750 
 
345 ' 390 450 5.35 
 
Mississippi 
 
1,350 ' 363 
 
483 459 1.~702 
 
1~609 
 
1,290 
 
Missouri 
Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas 
 
I 307 
 
384 
 
I 1,135 I 360 
 
455 
 
357 
 
I 575 
 
170 
 
5,925 
 
208 
 
586 336 385 
 
500 491 1,444 
 
496 417 
 
606 
 
175 242 
 
374 
 
280 316 3,742 
 
448 
1.'1426 
581 
261 
3,615 
 
215 
1,160 
395 .. 290 
3,900 
 
N., Mexico Arizona California other 
States 2./ 
 
I 181 
350 1 
716 i 
441 
 
551 
 
797 663 
 
253 
 
718 1,108 1, 097 
 
620 
 
683 
 
924 1,006 1,249 
 
295 341 309 
 
49 
 
301 829 1,446 
 
. 250 800 
1,500 
28 
 
-------+------L1 - 
 
_E_g_yp_t_._~_~ I 1  I UlUTED STATES 
 
I 
13,686 
 
300 
 
409 413 13,669 
 
13,310 
 
11,788 
 
Amero 
 
_ __,__ _8_1-o0...1..__4_0_ 8 _ 583--51-2 -36 o8 ---5-0-"3_ _ _ _86_._5_ 
 
lf September 1 estimate. 3._/ Production ginned and to be ginnedo A 500-lb .. bale 
 
2./ c;:ontaine about 480 net pounds of lint. 
 
Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, 
 
Kentucky, and Nevada. 4/ Included in State and United States totalso Grown in 
 
Texas, New Mexico, Arizom, and Calii'arniao 
 
CROP RLPORTING BOARD 
 
 G-a.- 
H.P rt croJ 
~:,jg CGIE((J)~GllA CC~OlP 
 
/'"'c 
 
AGRICULTUR A. L EXTE"'SI ON SERVICE    . UNIVERSIT Y OF GEORGIA AND THE: 
STATE DEPa R7r ME NT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
BROILER 9HICK ' REPORT FOR G ORGIA COMMERCIAL ARh~S 
 
During the week ending November 9 commercial hatcheries placed 5,09:,000 chicks 
 
wit.h the broiler producers in Georgia co:mmercial areas o This compares with the 
 
4,:; 882;;000 placed the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 4,400,000 placed 
 
the same week last y~aro . ,. 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted . to ' 6,?223;000 compared w:Lth 6s26l,OOO th~ 
 
previous week and is 3 percent more than the 6,060,000 for the corresponding week 
 
last ye:aro   
 
 
 
f{atcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average. 
of 71 cents per .dozen,. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12 p00 per hundreu o Th,ese .prices compare with 70 .cent.s and $11.75 . 
fol;' last week and with 64 cent s and $110 25 one year ago. Egg prices shovtn relate to GeQrgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwiseo <' 
 
Ueighted average prices from the Federal..,.State Market News Service for 'br:oilers " during the week :ending November 9 are as follows:  North Georgia broilers . 3 - 
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15.45; FOB plants 16o45.o 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
. GEORGIA CHICK PLAC1MENT BY \rJEEKS  -PERIOD SEFTLHBE.R' 7 THROUGH NOVEMBER 9, . 1957' 
 
Date  
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched ll Ir;tshipments , 
 
Total Placed 
 
Week ' 
 
 set. 
 
Ending~ 
 
195'6 : 1957 
 
.. Placed in Georgia . of Chicks 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1956 a 1957 
 
_on Farms 1956 : . 1957 
 
,. ' Thousands 
 
'0 
 
' 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Sept. 7 5,746 6,430 
 
3,860 
 
4,538 
 
640 457 
 
. ~' 500 4,995' 
 
Septo i4 5,923 - 6,386 
 
3,837 
 
4,493' 
 
653 520 
 
4;490 5,013 
 
Septo 21 6;001 6,293 
 
3, 904 . 4,346 
 
646 486 
 
4,550 4,832 
 
Septo 28 5,941 6,497 
 
4,027 
 
4,390 
 
573 486 
 
4,600 4, 876. 
 
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183 
 
4,038 
 
4,418 
 
492 ; 420 
 
4lf530 4,.838 
 
Get~ l2 6,203 0 6,230 
 
4,184 
 
4,352 : 516 474 
 
4,700 4,'826 ,. 
 
Get. 19 5,949 ~ 6,356 
 
4,032 .. 4~482 . 0 518 445 
 
4,550 . 4,927 
 
Oct. 2'6 6,109 6,274 
 
4,134 0 4;339 : 546 507 
 
4., 680 4,846 
 
~ov. 
Nov. 
 
2.. 5,963 6,261  0 
 
9 
 
6,060 6,223 
.. . 
 
4,051 4,026 
 
,4,340 
 
469 
 
4 422 , . ' 
 
374 
 
542 669 '' ' 
 
 Exclu. .sive 
 
of .hatchings 
 
shipped 
 
( 
into' states 
 
outside 
 
of 
 
Georg.J.' .ao 
 
4,520 4,400 
 
4,882 . 5,.091 
 
. ARCHIE LANGLEY A. gricult.Ural Statistician: In Ch~ge. 
 
. 
 
' 
 
WILLIAH A. vlAG~ 
 
Agr:i,cul_tural Statistician : 
 
... '- . 
 
' 
. i 
 
. ~ 
 
.,,. : 
 
~I . ,    i; 
 
. ~ 
 
.. : t '.~ 
 
 - - - - - - - - --- - 
 
-- 
EGGS SET AND CHI CKS PLACED m COMME..ttGIAL APEAs; BY -~lEEK'S - 1957 - 
 
\llleek Ending 
 
STATE 
 
' i 
 
. - 
 
N~o-v_.__,__N_o_v_. ~ Oc2t6o.. - ,:__: __ 
 
_ _...__ _ Sept,; '  
 
9 
 
7 
 
---- 
 
_ _ _ __:_~ --. - - - - 
 
.it.'S.e14p 
 
tc: . 
 
-l~ I S.epto. j Septo Octo 
 
21 1 28 
 
Q . 
 
.-~ - -- --- 
 
Octo 12 
 
Oct~ 
19 
 
; ~ . . - - ----...... _ _.i.-+-_.. -~ -------.... .. . 
 
___.....:._.:.,.,._ _ _ __: 
 
. -c:7 [~ -9~';- - -a~~ EGGS SET TI10USANDS __ - 
 
~~:n-~-~:s~-n~~~-:- 
 
Mo.ine Con.ne c +. i cut Perm sy1vania Indiana Illinois ~J.:i ::: souri Delaware 
 
1,267 686 
1,362 1,438 
364 "1,255 1,981 
 
1,294 724 
1,224 1,326 
30 8 1,322 1,973 
 
1,235 698 988 
1,311 319 
1,265 2,111 
 
j~, 
11 
 
J!l 
 
J~ 1,~. J~ 
 
Maryland Vi r g i n i a We st 7ir ginia 
 
1,922 1, '768 
245 
 
2,058 1,838 
255 
 
1,971 1, 770 
280 
 
1!:; .. :; 1,420 
1 
 
1,543 1,471  . 1,637 . 1,W3 
1,~~~ - 1,~~~ 1,~~~ ~;~~~ 
 
1\o rth Carolina :louth Carolina 
 
2~ 728 503 
 
2,634 4J3 
 
2,658 497 
 
H 2~~~;. 
 
2,063 
302 
 
1,977 1,977 2,059 
 
31 .8 
 
313 
 
. 286 
 
- - - - - - - - - - GJ ~O RGIA 
"li'1or i da Al abama l' ii s s i s s i p p i Ar kansas Louis;i..ana Texas 
 
6 s 2 74 
i;~3!8~9 
2,372 
2,~;: 
 
6, 2_6.;..;.1__ __;6'-"---2_2...;;..3__ _ _-+,..:. 4. 99 5 
 
i:~3~5~8 -~:4~1~~0 
 
11. i-:' 2~~36! 
 
2,422 2,357 
2,~!! 2,;!~ 
 
1,9-78 
~~ 1,:;: 
 
5,013 
20 6 1,921 1,283 2,062 
379 1,8 35 
 
4,832 
255 1,884 1,258 2,019 
402 1,877 
 
4, 87S 
1,883 1,267 2,007 
340 1,836 
 
4,838 
225 
2,001 1, 323 1,899 
378 1,828 
 
'"ra s.hir,g ton Oregon 
 
281 
 
238 
 
287 
 
173 
 
148 
 
177 
 
l1 220 
113 
 
218 
 
178 
 
193 
 
179 
 
118 
 
12 0 ' .. . 9"4 . 87 
 
Ca J;ifornia 
 
1:o293 
 
1,177 . 1,101 
 
H 836 
 
945 
 
932 - 747 
 
965 
 
------~----------~-- ~--------------------~--~----------------------------- 
 
TOTAL 195 7 
 
33 , 202 
 
32,820 .,32. ,255 
 
H24, 906 ; ~ 
 
24,873 24,193 24,016 24, 560 
 
30 ,254 
 
29 ,779 30, 444 
 
!12 2, 2 79 
 
21, 932" 22, 013 22,364 . 22,C63 
 
J!l 
1,398 
1,~~~ 
2,868 
344 4,826 
182 1, 978 1, 315 1,922 
392 1,962 
176 134 
963 
24,102 
21,830 
 
884 521 664 754 10 6 425 1, 787 1,285 999 353 2,039 284 4.927 
193 2,020 1,234 1,996 
359 1,946 
147 80 
810 
23,813 
20,663 
 
19 57 %l9GS 
 
110 
 
llO 
 
106 
 
i: 
 
~ 
~ 
 
112 
 
113 
 
llO 
 
10 7 
 
1ll 
 
110 
 
. 115 
 
/ Page 2 
 
Oct. 26 
 
Novo 2 
 
Novo 9 
 
974 f03 614 857 
118 
366 1,6W 1,446 1,130 
336 1,930 
334 4.846 
157 1,920 lr200 1,962 
268 1,599 
170 75 
821 
 
860 548 688 771 124 456 1,489 1, 397 1,195 437 1,991 286 
4~882 
182 2,051 1,273 1,880 
241 1,627 
169 
82 
856 
 
983 429 746 876 131 483 l t 636 1,399 
1,~~149 
361 2,002 
320 5.09] 
201 2,027 1,338 1, 932 
243 1,619 
153 8V 
925 
 
23,256 23,483 
 
20 ,943 21,403 
 
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GJE0 IRs:GITA CCfR{CD~ IfRlEW(f'j) J.Rt1rll w~?-'I~~. ITC"IE. 
 
AG R IC UL..T!JRA !.. EXTENSION SERVIC E 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGI A AND THE . 
STA1E DEPAfHMENT OP AGR ICULTlJH E 
Athens, Georgj. a 
 
U .S . DEP.t\ RTME NT OF AGRICUL..T URE AGRICUL TIJR'Ai.: MARI ( EiiNG S ERVICE . 3t!) EXTENS:ION BLDG., AT HE N:>, "G A .  . 
Novemb er 14, 1 95 7 
 
?F GENERAL CROP REPORT FOR GEORGIA AS NOVEJVJBEP;._b_ 1957 
 
;rg P&~WuTS DMvffiGED BY HAI NS : The peanut crop in Georgi a , currently estimated at 
40 7 ,"000pounds, - fsab out 14 percent smaller than last year IS crop Of 
568,980,000 pounds. Conditions on Octob er l pointed to a crop of 500_,650,000 pounds but heavy r ains that continued into October hit a good pottion of"the runner  crop that -had b een plowed up and not picked, causing more loss es ;'in both quantity   and . quality of th e crop. These unfavorable c onditions re duc e d ' prospects by 3 per-  : cent or 13,175,000 pounds during the month. Yi eld per . acre is estimated at 925 
pounds colhpared\vith 1090 for 1956. 
 
l\'IALI; PECA~ CRO FORECAST;_ : Unfavorable vmather conditions sinc e Augus t have 
 
r educ ed prospects for pecans he avily eac!1 month and conditions on l'~oven1ber 1 point    
 
to a crop of -only 10,300,000 pcunds.  'l'he Octob er 1 for ec ast tv-as for lh , 5oo,ooo   
 
pounds but the crop is not turning out as  well as early expec t ations. Prospec ts .  :. ..-. 
 
were r educ.ed 29 percent during the month. The late st estimate plac es this year ' s 
 
production 83 perc ent b el ow l ast year ' s r ecord br eaking crop of 60,000 , 000 pounds   
 
and is 69 perc ent b elovJ the 19M-55 av (Jrage production of 32,9l.t6 ,00~ pounds . 
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EXC-~LIJr~NT CORN CROP FORECAST :  Georgia ts  1957 corn- crop, currently estimated at ' ~75o7ooo bu~h-e ls-; will~e-th e s econd l arg e st of -record, b eing exce eded only by 
 
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1Vhe 1955 crop of 67 _,080 ,000 bushels. The latest ::estimate i s 1 perc ")nt above last 
 
yearJ:s crop of 65,064,000 bushels despit.E:J a 3 perc ent drop irt acreage . This ycar"s 
 
n ear r ecord .production is :b eing achieved although  fo.rmers are expecte d to harvest . 
 
the smallest .acreage since :t:' ec'ords b e~an  in 1866.  The indic at ed per-acr e yiel d  of 
 
25 bushels is a ne<-r r ecord hi gh in tho State; exceedL ng by 1 bush.:.:il the pr evious  
 
hi gh of 2h bushels for 1955 and 1956 . 
 
on  ~ PRODUCTION UP: Hen~ Ge orgia farms l 'aid 104 million eggs during Octoher . 
This is. a .:r ecord hi gh egg production .for Oct<t.>ber and is 5 perc ent above the previous 
hi gh of; 99 .million eggs produc ed in 1956. . Ge orgia farmel:'s continued to  increase 
t heir Jaying fJ.ocks as the e stirnated 6, 739,000 he ns on farms during Octob er is well above the 6, 298,000 he ns on farms for the corr esponding month a year earli er and s ets a now r ecord high for Octob er . 
 
i'1JLK PRODUCTI ON DO\r.JN : ~1ilk production in GO'orgia during Octob er is estimated at l00 million ,pounds;-a drop of. 1 million pounds from the October 1956 prodi..<ct:Lon. Ttis decline is due .to a decreas e in milk cmv-s on farms and a slightly smaller  production per cow. f.li. lk production per cot-v in herd averaged 332 pounds during OctobeiC, . t he s eccr..d highest of r ecord, l;:>eing surpasse d only by the 335 p ounds f'or October 1956. 
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GEORGIA. 
: 
 
; ACREAGE 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
TOTAL PRODUCTION (IN THOUS.) 
 
CROP 
 
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 , .:  Indic.:  Average 
195 :  195 7  : 191+6-55 
 
: 
 
: Indtc.19_56_,.._ _1.-'9-+-5""-7- 
 
Corn .       bu.: 2,630  : ~lheat       bu.: 102 
Oats.-;;    , .bu.: 411 2ay (all)   ton : 691  
 
16.2 2J~ .o ~5!0; . 4.8,978 65,o64: 
 
is.6  : 21.0. : . 17~0 . ;. 2, 091 
 
2,h36r 
 
27.1 .: ~j~-:9 ', ; 2f3. 0.:... lf. ,.683 .: .. ).4;289': 
 
: ' ~ 65' : ..89:  /89':  706 
 
616: 
 
65,-7$0 
1,734 11 ~ 508 
616 
 
':obacco (all)  lb.: ?.)tatoos,Ir'ish, cwt.: 
?otatoe s ;Sweet, cwt.: 
 
64.1:1196 :145? ,... ;~301. . . : . 121,.92.9 .: ).29 ,371: 83,385 ' 
 
. i.f:8 : 46 .2.  .: 45.~ 8, : 47~5 1'-: . . .-333 
 
229: 
 
228 
 
13 : 41 ~ : 46 ;.: : ._- 47 .: 1~ 264 
 
736: 
 
611 . 
 
'Jotton . -~    bale s: 518 ?Ganuts(for picking :  
 
264   : 33h i .324 : . . 679 . : 
 
  = ' 
 
 
 
579: 
: 
 
390 . 
 
o.nd thre shing) lb.: 527 : 803 :1090 : 925 
 
586,552 568',980: 487,~. 75 
 
:::r.:ybeahs~    bu.: 
 
96 
 
10.1  i~~ 5: ;_.13. _0 : 
 
305 
 
1, 03 8: i ,.248 
 
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, 32, 946 60,000.: 10, 300 
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AHCHIE LANGLEY .f_gricu.lblr c.l Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAN E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 :rJNJ;.~_~ES - GENE~liQ!' REPORTB_OF JiQ'@.~Eii_l! _195.1 
Cool wet weather stalled October harvest of late crops in many areas but failed to 
cut expected total" overall output. The 1957 outcome is still expected -to equal any 
previous year. 
Cott~h has suffered important late season damage with the ~stimated crop of ll~.8 million bales down 5 percent from a month ago. Average yields on the reduced 1957 acr eage now look not quite equal to the 1955 record after sizeable losses: from rain damage, floods and freezes. \veather damage also contributed to lower estimates for peanuts , dry beans and some fruits. Increases over last month are _estimated for corn, sorghum grain, soybeans, rice, fall pot-atoes, tobacco, sugar beets , sweet potatoes and apples. 
Corn and sorghum grain need some stretches of drying weather in many sections to r eady them for safe st0rage but given that help;promise even higher outturn than formerly expected. The 3. 3 billion bushel corn crop is third largest of record with a new National recDrd yield per acre widely supported in the Western Corn Belt, The sorghum gr.ain crop of 527 million bushels moved up . 2 percent in October to an  all time peak. A much larger part of both corn and sorghum grain was still in the field on November 1 than last year or usual. Iowa corn was still three..fourths unpicked, Ninnesota and Nebraska about four-fifths, and Hissouri and Kansas about half.- Sorghum grain was still about three-fourths unharvested. Counting the large corn crop and record out-put of sorghum grro.n with the average oats crop and large 
barley crop already in bins gives a feed grain total of nearly 140 million tons, 
4 percent larger than the old champion 1948 and 8 percent mor~ than produced last 
year. 
CORN: The production of all corn is forecast at 3,333 million bushels, up 1 peree~from a month ago, and 7 percent above average but 3 percent below 1956. Of the all corn production, 2,975 million bushels are expected to be harvested for grain:. . The all corn yield at 46.1 bushels per acre is slightly above the previous 'record last year and greatly exceeds the average of 37.8 bushels. October weather 
was generally wet but frosts in central areas were later than usual and most late planted corn reached maturity. However, wet fields and high moisture content of ears have caused a late harvest. 
PEANUTS: Based on November 1 conditions, the production of peanuts for picking and 
threshing is estimated at 1,504 million pounds, down 2 percent from the October 1 
for ecast. Rainfall was a problem in the Southeast and Southwest areas during the month, hampering harvesting operations and causing further losses in production. Losses were greatest in those States where sizeaole quantities of peanuts were on the .ground when tb.e rains hit. 
In the Squ1heastern area, late September rains continued into early October and added to . the uncertainty of the crop. Clearing weather beginning the second week ~n October enabled some light digging to start, but cloudy weather and high humid~ty r etarded the drying out of the crop and mechanical driers were used where . available. Shattering and losses in windrows were fairly heavy_, particularly iri Alal;>ama where many of the nuts dropped off the vines when picked up for combining. 
~~ The Nationrs pecan crop is estimated at 121,550,000 pounds, 30 percent less than last year and 12 percent below average. Expected production. o~. improved 
varieties continued to decline as the harvest season approached and the current 
estimateof 33,400,000 pounds is l ess than one-third of last year and only a little 
over half of average . In contrast, production of wild _and seedling varieties, 
estimated at 88,150,000 pounds, is 31 percent larger . than last year and 17 percent ~ above average. Tho e stiw~tes of the total crop, for five out of the 11 States- for 
which estimates are made, are smaller than a month earlier. . However:, Texas .pros-. pects have improved markedly since October 1 and Oklahoma expects a little la:r:ger crop. These two States had favorable moisture conditions the past month. No change in prospects are indicated for Arkansas, New Nexico anq North and South Carolina. .. 
~~: Pastures continued to improve during Oct.ober .and on November 1 were in the 
best condition for the country as a whole 'since 1950. Condition was 82 percent of normal on November 1, compared with 80 percent on October 1 and o~ly 58 percent on 
November 1 last year. Farm pas.tures showed some gain in October when normaliy a small seasonal decline in condition may be e~~ected. October precipitation and favorable weather improved pasture feed in mo~t sections of  the country, and :par.. tioularly in the NOrth Atlantic States and the West. Winter grasses and fal.l .seeded grains are, .~roviding ~.e.nerally good grazing in the central and southern Great Plains _____ 
 
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AGRIC,ULTUFV.L EXTENSiON S~RVICE, ,... 
UNIVERS!T:y OF GEGRGIA AND THE . STA'iE DEPART!t.Etfr OF :AGRICUl,Ti.JRE 
 
fJ.s. OEPAR l'ME ~IT OF AGRICUL.. I URE: : 
AGRICl)LTUPAl.. tAARKETING SERVICE . 319 E~TENSION BLpG., ATHE~S. GA. . 
 
November 21, 1957 
 
LLSPED1ZA SL1D FORECAST 
 
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GEORGIA : . The 1957 Georgia lespedeza seed production is estimated at 3,700,000 
 
potmds. This is Jl percent below the 1956 c~op o~ S;4o0,000 pounds . 
 
The decline in production is due to the large decrease in acreage. The current  ..  acreage .is 'forecast'at 20,000 cotnparedri.th 30_s000 iast year ..  Yield per acre~is 
 
placed at 185 pounds clean seed compared with 180 pounds in 1956 and 172 pounds 
 
for the 10-year .average, Dry we ather during the swnrner damaged the crop in the 
 
north-v1e~tern portion of the State.  ~veather conditions Here favorable in most 
 
other a;r:eas and yields were above averageQ The current production .by variE:rties 
 
is as .f.ollows; Sericea  l,924,ooo:, Kobe 1,:591,000 and Korean 1 85,-000 poundS~~ ;. 
 
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UNITED ' S"l'ATES : . The 1957 lespedeza seed crob is forecast at 148, 85o; 000 : po~ds of , :. 
 
 clean seed, the Crop Repo'rting Board reported today. This . is 3 pel!;~ ; 
cerit more th~ - the 141..J.,595,ooo pounds harvested in 1956 but .3 p'ereent oe'lo-r{.the ~.= . 
 
1949..:5s. aver:age "of 153:,552,000 ppunds . Production is Eixpected to be larg.er: uiis ... \, 
 
Y!3a'r in :Stat;e~ . ~est of: .the f'1issis.sippi River 1-1here  drought. was severe; last~ 3f'!ear1llri' , . = Hissouri, At;kansas, Kansas, and Olclahoma  ..Jilore seed is also : iridicat'ed =Hi.' ~eJ!mes~ee.,: 
 
?outh G?fOl:lna .and Nississippi . Sharpest .decr.e.~~~s , qr~ expecteg in .Y~r.g1~i.'~j. . .-.....L'.: 
 
11arylah~, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia and Illinois .9   Production irt Iridiaria:. ?ild 
 
~ 
 
Nor..th C.arol:lna is ' almcst . et}ual to last year'o ;.,  
 
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By i/ari~~ie~, production this year and last, in th:ousarids .of pounds; i~ :e~~itnate,d\;:;~. 
 
as l'ollc5'ws: .. Korean 9S,l97, (100, 056 last year),. Kobe 42,"514 (32, 9.63), .Se'riLcea 1 >i.': :. 8,862 (9, 728)', Tennessee 76 and common 731 (443)) and other  variet."j..es 1:,546: (1,405~}~-. 
 
Acr e ag~ pf lespedeza harvested. and to be . )1arvested f.or s.eE?d .is estimated .at 
747 J 000 .acres ' only slightly below the 757' 000 act'es har:vested iif J.956 . and .4 per:.;.:~ . :.~ 
cent less _than the 10-year average . Drought. in July and Aug ust in easter11 S.ta:.~e.s ... .. curtailed acreage saved for seed harvest, particularly i.n Naryland and Virginia 
and to a lesser extent in the Carolinas and parts of Georgia . Grm:ring :eonditicihs \'.. were generally fav orable in other States,. but wet weather this fall has delayed maturity and prevented some acreagBfrom beJ..ng:.. harve'sfed~ esp'eti.a:l'ly il'l' IViissouri , Arka."1sas, Mississippi, and Alabamao 
 
Yields .per acre :are expected to equal .or e~ceed last year in all States ex.cepf - ... 
 
Indiand; :V.ir 'ginia, Kent.ucky 'and . Alabe:mi:a~ However, they a,re not particularly high 
 
in any 6f the States tri.th the resUlt that the indicated U~ s. yield of 199 pounds 
 
per . aqr~ is ., onl-j slight~ a'bove the 1956 yield of 191 pounds and the 10-year aver- 
 
age of 194 pounds.    '   '     ....  ... 
 
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this year 's 
 
crop began, 
 
on 
 
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at ab~11t  ..I 
 
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the 
 
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tin; t::~:;;J,.~~' .~:. :f:;' ,;;~::~....". .:-~~. 
 
last 'year but 1 to 2 days later tb.an usuaL Dates on whi ch harvesting began or :!was 
 
expected to begin ' averaged as follo1-m: October 28 .-,31. tn . IncU.a~a, Qkla4oma, : 
 
Kentud:y , ~hssissippi and Alabama ; . November l - 2 in Illinois, Hissour~, Georg~a , 
 
Vi rgiRia, and Tennessee; November 3 - 5 in Kansas, .North CarQlina, .. sou.th Carol~na, 
 
r- and. :Arkan~ as; and Novei(lber 15 in Haryland. 
 
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G~ry-over'.of lespedeza :by farmers on, .June 30, is estimated at 7,973,000 . pqtind.s~ .:   
 
most::..y. in Missouri, Georgia, the Caroiinas , and .T(;lr:m.ess ee . It. i~  .18 . pe:r:'cE?nf swati.~ 
 
than  !tas'f..,,ye\ir but . 27 percent :larger than average.  
 
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(Over) 
 
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Domestic disappearance duri~g the 1956-57 season is indicated at 149,261,000 pounds, 
 
compared with 157,232,000 in the preceding season and the 10-year average of . 
 
1S6,758~ooo pounds. 
 
 
 
Current supply of lespedeza seed, inclading estimated production this year and carry-over by dealers and farmers as of June 30,1957, is 169,046,000 pounds. This i~ ~thin one percent of last year's supp~ and the 10-year average. 
 
Lespedeza Seed: Acreage harvested, Yield per acre, and Production Av~rage 1946-55, Annual 1956 and 1957 
 
== - - - ~_(A:r~aie=h~!e~t~c( = l = Ii~J4 ~e! ~ce: = === =~o~u~tio~ -~1~~ ~e~d: 
 
.! State : =.Ave~age! 1956 s Indi-:Average= 1956 : Indi- =Average: l956 : ~ndi- 
 
.. ' .i946-55: 
 
i cated :1946-55: . 
 
cated :1946-55: 
 
.  ca~ed . 
 
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-Acr-es Pounds Pounds 
 
Pounds 
 
pounds po_unds pounds:. 
 
Inde 23,300 34,000 35,000 192 Il1o :,' 21,600 3.2' 000 26' 000 174 Mo .,  215; 400 224,000 224, 000 192 K~ns.  .J5i650 9,000 13,000 203 Hd. I/18,5oo  22, ooo 12, ooo 1/239 V~a  -. .Z5,000 25,000 14,000 - 178 N. co 149,600 14o,.ooo 133,000 191 
s, c. .-46' 500 .34, 000 45,000 170 
Gao ' 48@0 30~000 20,000 172 
Kyo ---cJ,1oo 85,ooo 70,000 214 T~nn. 54,100 56,000 84,000 180 Ala~ . 13, 700 15,000 11,000 148 
Miss. '14,050 8,ooo 9,000 125 Ark., . '39,000 42,000 49,000 231 
Okla. 8,800 1,000 2,000 154 
 
240 220 170 140 225 150 
170 150 180 235 .. 
180 
.150 150 320 110 
 
225 
 
4,543 
 
220 
 
3,834 
 
200 43,673 
 
210 
 
7,986 
 
225 1/4,547 
 
135 - 4,618 
 
175 28,954 
 
160 .. 8,468 
 
185 
 
8z809 
 
200 14,168 
 
185 10,174 
 
140 
 
2,074 
 
160 
 
1,852 
 
330 
 
9,343 
 
135 
 
1,516 
 
8,160 7,875 7' 040 . 5, 720 38,080 44,8'00 1,260 2,.73.0 4,.950 ' 2, 700 
3,750 1;890 23,800 .23,275 . 5,100 . . 7., 2,00 . 
5~400 . )-,700 19,975 .. 1,4,ooo 
10,080 15,540 2,250 1,_540 / 1,200 1,440 13,440 . .16,170 
110 . 270 
 
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Lespedeza-seed Supply: Average 1946-55, Annual 1956 and ~957 
 
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Average : 1956 1946-55 
 
Indicated 1957 
 
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~odU:ction of clean seed. :in pounds 
 
Percentage that is Korean 
 
11 
 
II  11 Kobe 
 
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 II 11 Common & Tenn. #76 
 
11 
 
II II  Sericea 
 
n 
 
II II Other varieties 
 
Farm carry-over on June 30 in pounds 
 
De.aler and Government carry-over on 
 
June 30 in pounds 
 
Supply of clean seed (production plus 
 
carry-over) in pounds 
 
153,552,000 69o3 23.3 1.4 5.9 Ool 
6,271,500 
10,768,700 
170,592,200 
 
144,595,000 69.2 22.8 
0.3 6.7 1.0 9,738,000 
 
l48,85o;ooo 64.0 28.6 . 0~5 
5.. 9 
1.0 
7,973,000 
 
15,124,000 12,223,000 
 
169,457,000 169,046,000 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVEF:SITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S"a"ATE DEPARTMENT OF l\GRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
27, 1957 
 
BROILER CHICK BEFORT FOR GEOFI.GIA CO~lMERCIJ\L AFlEAS 
 
During the week end:ing November 23 commercial hatcheries: placed 4,955,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4,923,000 placed the previous week and is 8 per cent more than the 4,570,000 placed the same week last yearo 
 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6_,539,000 compared with 6,512,000 the previous week and is 6 percent more than the 6,179,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatching eggs during the week at an average of 72 cents per dozeno Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at ~:)2.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 71 cents and ::>12.00 last week and with 6h cents and r,,11.25 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 Narket News Service for broilers 
during the week ending November 23 are as f ollows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 .. 
3 1/2 pounds, at farms 10;67; FOB plants 17.54. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICI\ PI.ACE:t-lENT EY 1:JEEKS 
 
( 
 
PERIOD SEPl'EMBt:R 21 TBROUiiH NOVEIJBER 23, 1957 
 
Date 
 
Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatche? !/ Inshipments 
 
Total Placed 
 
Weok Ending 
 
.Set 
1956  1957 ;thousands 
 
. Placed in Georgia 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
Thou sands 
 
of Chicks 1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
. on Farms 
1956 1957 Thous ands 
 
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Sept. 21 6,001 6,293 
 
3, 904 
 
h,346 
 
646 
 
h86 h, 550 4,832 
 
0ept. 28 5,9hl 6,497 
Oct. 5 6,223 6,183 
Oct. 12 6,203 6,230 
 
h,027 4,038 4,Hl4 
 
4,390 4,418 
4,352 
 
573 
 
486 4,600 4, 876 
 
492 
 
420 L.,530 4,838 
 
516 
 
474 4,700 h,826 
 
Oct. 19 5,949 6,356 Oct. 26 6,109 6,274 'Nov. 2 5,963 6,261 
 
4,032 4,134 4,051 
 
4, L.82 
4,339 L,340 
 
518 
 
445 4,550 4, 927 
 
5l~6 
 
507 4,680 4, 846 
 
469 
 
5h2 4,520 h,882 
 
Nov. 9 6,060 6,223 
 
4,026 
 
4,422 
 
374 
 
669 4,hOO 5,091 
 
Nov. 16 6,164 6,512 
 
4,146 
 
4,378 
 
404 
 
545 
 
Nov. 23 6, 179 6,539 I 4, 123 
 
4,473 
 
447 
 
482 
 
l l ~xclus~ve of hatch~ngs sh.i.pped ~nto states outs~de o:fGeorg ~a  
 
4,550 4,570 
 
4,923 
4,9-5-5 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAN A. I!>JAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
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l~ ~:>.ine 
Connecticut Pe:J.nsyl vania  Indiana Illinpis N.lissour i De l aw a r e Maryland  Virginia 
- West Virginia North Caro lina Sou t h Caro lina 
GEOR.GI A F lo::. :i.da Al a barr.a Mis sis s i ppi Ar lu.l.l1 s a s Louis i ana Texas Wash ington . Oregon California 
TOTAL 1957 
TO";:AL 19 56 
 
I' 1,2 35 
698 
 
fl 
,, 
 
1, 224 
 
1, 311 
 
31~ 
 
1, 265 2,111 1 ,9 71 1,770 
280 2,6 58 
497 
 
6 ,223 
 
4 iO 
2 ~ 285 
1 _. 710 2,357 
359 2,24 3 
28 7 177 1, 101 
~- 
I 32,491 
I . 30,444 
 
1,269 689 
1~ 3 52 
1, 430 36 2 
1 , :<62 2,175 1,962 1, 72 8 
281 2 , 659 
545 
6 . 512 422 
2. 328 1 ,631 
2~492 
357 2, 345 
267 198 1,14 5 
 
1 ,333 72 8 
1 , 1 52 1, 586 
361 l,298 2 ,114 1,945 1,813 
294 2, 722 
505 6. 539 
'42o 2. ::.54 
1, '353 2 ,6 51 
34 2 2,277 
225 225 1,169 
 
33,56 1 33, '122 
 
31,161 31, 412 
 
777 494 612 762 
 
113 
 
411 
 
1, 846 
 
1, 471 
 
1,13 5 
 
4 70 
 
1, 977 
 
~ 
 
318 
4 : 8 32 2 55 
 
II' 
 
1, 834 1; 2 58 
 
2, 019 
 
402 
 
1,877 
 
178 
 
120 
 
12fi 4,199332 
 
22 ,013 
 
903 506 634 72 3 
98 458 1,709 1,6 37 1,176 433 J. . <?7'i 313 
4 ;8 ?6 286 
1 , 883 1 ~26 '7 2 , 00 7 
340 1 , 83G 
193 94 
74 7 
 
863 535 737 770 164 513 1, 740 1 3503 1,176 488 2. () f 9 286 
4,838 228 
2,001 1 ;;>323 1, 899 
3 78 1, 828 
179 87 
96 5 
 
874 505 546 744 144 425 1,62 7 1, 398 1,105 442 2,068 344 
4,825 182 
1, 9 78 1, 31 5 1,922 
392 1, 96 2 
176 1 34 963 
 
2 4~016 24,560 24,102 
 
22, 364 22,063 21,830 
 
884 521 664 754 106 425 1, 787 1, 285 999 353 2,039 . 284 
4 ,927 19 3 
2,020 1,2 34 1, 996 
?i59 1, 946 
147 80 
8 10 
 
974 503 614 857 118 366 1,6 30 1,446 1g130 336 1,9 30 334 
4 ,846 157 
1,920 1, 200 
1~9 6 2 
268 1,599 
1 70 76 
821 
 
23,813 23,256 
 
20, 66 3 20,94 3 
 
860 548 688 771 122 456 1; 489 1 ~ 397 1,195 437 1,991 286 
4,882 182 
2, 051 1,273 
1~880 
241 1, 6 27 
169 82 
8 56 
23 ~ 48 3 
21,403 
 
983 429 74 6 876 1 31 483 1,6 36 1,399 1,149 361 2, 002 320 
 
920 417. 896 793 133 484 1,84 7 1,225 1 . 1 38 435 2, 004 309 
 
5,091 4 , 923 251---r8s 
 
2,027 1, 338 1,9 32 
243 1, 6 19 
153 87 
925 
 
2,019 1, 307 2,053 
267 1, 823 
189 1 35 910 
 
987 445 76 2 794 149 4 51 1, 705 1,532 1,206 447 2,09 7 326 4 ,955 184 1,986 1,2 32 1,992 292 1, 79 7 169 102 875 
 
24 ,1 31 24 , 415 24, 485 
 
21,9G9 22,061 21,978 
 
_ _ 19 57 "{ of 19 56 
 
107 
 
108 
 
107 
 
- 110 
 
10 7 
 
111 
 
110 
 
115 
 
111 
 
110 
 
110 -- 1-1--1 - 111 
 
 ,.JIJ 
 
f 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTE NSION SE':RV!CE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
STA1'E DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
U . s,. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL TURA !.. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., AT HE NS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
December 4, 1957 
 
-BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA cru~~ERCIAL AREAS 
; 
During the week ending November 30, commercial hatcheries placed 4,993,000 chicks with the br0iler producers in Georgia corrunercial areas. This compares with the 
4,955,000 placed the previous week and is 9 percent more than the 4,560,000 ! 
placed the same' week last year. 
 
Eggs set by J,oc:al hatcheries amounted to 6,371, 000 compared With 6,539,000 ~the previous week . and is 4 percent more than the 6,138,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices p-aid for hatching eggs during the week at an average 
of 73 cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was reported at $12.50 per hundred. These prices compare with 72 cents and $12.50 last week and ~th 64 cents and $11. 00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to: Georgia produced hatching eggs whether b ooght on contract or otherwise. 
 
\feighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers 
 
during the week ending November 30 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 
 
2 ; 3/4- 3 . 1/2 pounds, at farms 15,29; FOB plants 16.25. . 
 
 
 
r 
 
  (See reverse side for other states) 
 
Date Week Enning 
 
GEORGIA GHICK PLACEMENT BY 1rJEEKS 
 
PERIOD SEPTEiffiER 28 THROUGH NOVEHBER. 30, 1957 
 
I - - ~g-s--1-chicks H9-tched .Y  Inship.ments 
 
Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Cbioks . 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
, 
 
Thousands I Thousands .. 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
sept. 28 
Oct. 5 
 
5,941 6,223 
 
6,1+97 6,183 
 
4,027 4,038 
 
4,390 4,418 
 
\ 573 492 
 
486 4,6op 4,876 420 4,530 4,838 
 
Oct. 12 oe:t. 19 
Oct. 26 
 
6,203 5,949 6,109 
 
6,230 6,356 6,274 
 
4,184 4,032 4,134 
 
4,352 4,482 4,339 
 
516 
 
474 4,700 4,826 
 
518 
 
L~45 4,550 4,927 
 
546 
 
507 4,680 4,846 
 
Nov. 2' 5,963 6,261 4,051 4,340 
 
469 
 
542 4,520 4,882 
 
Nov. 9 
Nov. 16 
IIJ'ovo 23 Nov. 30 
 
6,o6o 
6,164 6,179 6,lj8 . 
 
6,223 
I 6,512 
6,539 6,371 
 
4,o26 
4,146 4,123 4,128 
 
4,422 . 1 374 
 
4,3u8 404 
 
4,473 
 
447 
 
4,483 
 
432 
 
669 4,4oo 5,091 
545 4,550 4,923 L.82 4,570 4,955 510 4,560 4,993 
 
--:----  - - - 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
4 _ _ _ _ __ 
 
..._ 
 
-----'--------- 
 
};./ Exclusive .of hcitchings .s~pp~d into states  outside of Georgia.  
 
: ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
,~ 
 
' .t - 
 
 .. 
. . 
STATE 
 
Maine Connecticut P e m:u , y J: van i a Ind:i.ana Illlnois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Caro.lina GECRGIA 
 
Florida 
 
Ale.b~1.:-:a.a 
 
Mississippi 
 
Arks.ns a:; 
 
Lou.:h>iana 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
: 
 
California . 
 
TO'l'AL 195'1 
 
TO TAL 1956 
1957 %of 1956 
 
.. 
 
- 
 
.,EGCfS SET AND .C:U:CKS. PLACED IN COMME RCIAL AREAS, -BY vVE!~ KS - 1957 
 
,. ,. ' 
.. 
 
l . '. 
.. 
 
' .. . 
 
.. 
 
 ~ .: l 
 
)'Veek Ending 
 
,.. 
 
' . 
' .. 
 
N'ov. 
I 16 
 
' 
 
Nov. 23 
 
; Nov. 30 
 
I Sept. 2} 
 
-Oot~ 
5 
 
I Oot.l Oot. Oct. 
 
Nov . :Nov. Nov. 
 
12 1 . 19 ~ 
 
26 . 
 
2  
 
9 
- 
 
16 
 
I 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
. ., 
C' iiCKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
L__ 
1~269 
689 1, 3~2 
 
1,333 728 
1,152 
 
.. 
1, 336 726 
1,381 
 
l 903 506 634 
 
- - 
 
863 
 
874 
 
884 
 
974 
 
860 
 
983 
 
920 
 
535 
 
535 
 
521 
 
503 
 
548  
 
429 
 
417 
 
737 
 
545 
 
664 
 
614 
 
683 
 
r/46 
 
896 
 
1,480 
 
1~586 
 
1,558 
 
723 
 
770 
 
744 
 
?'54 
 
857 
 
771 
 
8'16 
 
793 
 
362 
 
361 
 
341 
 
98 
 
164 
 
144 
 
106 . 118 
 
122 
 
131 
 
133 
 
1, 362 
 
1,298 1,378 
 
458 
 
513 
 
425 
 
425 
 
366 
 
456 
 
483 
 
484 
 
2,175 
 
2,114 2,277 
 
1, 709 
 
1,"740 . 1~627 1, 787 1,630 1,489 l:-636 1,847 
 
1)962 1, 72.8 
 
1,945 . . 1, 949 - 
1,818 1, 716 
 
1;637 1,176 
 
1,503 1,175 
 
1,~98 1,285 1,446 1.1397 
 
1,105 
 
999 1,130 1,195 
 
1,399 1,225 1,149 1,138 
 
281 
 
294 
 
276 
 
433 
 
'488 
 
442 
 
353 
 
336 
 
437 - 361 
 
435 
 
2,659 
 
2, 722 2,681 
 
1:~JH7 
 
2,059 2,068 2,039 1.9w 1,991 ' 2,002 2:004 
 
545 6,512 
I 
422 2,328 1,631  
I 2:,4'92 357 
 
505 6,539 
425 2,354 1,653 2,657 . 
342 
 
529 
6' 3'll 
419 2,311 1, 703 2, 727 
330 
 
I 313 
 
! 4,876 
 
I 
 
206 1,883 
 
l 1,267 2lo007 
 
340 
 
286 4,838 
228 2,001 1,323 1,899 
378 
 
344 4,-826 
182 1,978 1,315 
1,~22 
392 
 
284 4,927 
193 2,020 1 , 2 3 4 1,995 
359 
 
334 4,846 
 
15'1 
 
1 
. 
 
' 
 
9 
 
20 
 
. 
 
1,v.200 
 
1,962 
 
268 
 
286 4,882 
182 2 ,051 1,273 1,880 
241 
 
320 5,091 
201 
2 :, 0~7 1 ~ 668 
1,932 243 
 
309 4,923 
188 2,019 1 !, 307 2,053 
267 
 
2,345 
 
2,277 2,353 
 
1,836 
 
1,828 1,962 1,946 1,599 1,627 1 ;. 619 lp823 
 
267 
 
225 
 
324 
 
193 
 
179 
 
176 
 
147 
 
170 
 
169 
 
153 
 
189 
 
198 1,145 
33, 56'1 
 
l24,016 225 
1,169 33, ?22 
 
206 1, 195 ' 
34,092 
 
I 94 747 
 
87 
 
134 
 
80 
 
75 
 
82 
 
965 
 
963 
 
810 
 
821 
 
856 
 
24,560 : 24,102 23,8l3 23,256 23,463 
 
87 
 
135 
 
925 
 
910 
 
24,131 24,415 
 
Page 2 
I Novo 23 
987 445 762 7S4 1-19 451 lp '105 lg532 1,206 447 2,097 326 4,955 184 1,986 
1~232 1~~92 
292 1, 19'i 
169 102 875 
24,485 
 
Nov. 30 
934 477 886 784 110 446 1,671 1,353 1 .,224 354 2,042 1 
ZB2 
4,993 
180 1;993 1p240 2;187 
28 3 1,633 
223 135 812 
24,342 
 
31,161 108 
 
31,412 107 
 
31,147 109 
 
2? 11364 
1' 107 
 
22,063 21,8Z!l . 20,663 20,943 21,403 
 
111 ' 
 
110 : 115 - 111 
 
llO 
 
21,969 22,061 
 
llQ 
 
ll1 
 
21,978 Hl 
 
22,340 
lO~ 
 
 q 
 
p:4tt3 7 ~~?u~~T~~ON~~C?jp) !R{!EfPJ(O~ 
 
VllCJE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STA,TE DEP~fiTMENT .OF AGRICULTURE 
 
U.S. OEPART~Elf'r=OF AGRICUI..TliRE 
 
AGF. ICIJLTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
. 319 EXTENSION OLDG., ATtiENS, G~. 
 
. 
 
/ Athens, Georgia 
 
'i 
 
'I . 
 
December 9, 1957 
 
Fl\.RV PRICE REPORT Af: OF NOVEtmrm 15, 1957 
 
.. : . } 
 
GF~ORGiA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers for the    
 
. month ended November 15, 1957, was 236 per cent of the January 1910- 
1911.1 average. This was a decline of one point ( .u percent) from the October T5,' 
 
1957 I ndeJ of 237 and two points ( . 8 percent) below the November 15, 1956 Ind~x :: , 
 
of 2) t1 . LQwer prices for corn, cotton, cottonseed, peanuts , and hogs all oor:tr:~-:-. . .. 
 
butod heavily to the decline. 
 
 
 
The . All Crops component of the index was 247 on November 15. This was a decline of one point ( .4 per cent) from the October Index of 248 and 10 points (3 . 9 per cent:) below the November 15 , 1956 Index of 257. blip;htly higher prices f or wheat,. hay, and. Pe.cans were more than. offset by lower prices f or rain and weather damaged cotton, ' cottonse ed and peanuts . 0easonnl price deciines were pre sent for corn, s oybeahs, and s~eet potatoes. 
 
The Livestock and Livestock 1.)roducts Index f or the month ended ' November 15, 195.7, declined two. points ( .9 percent) fr om the October 15 Index of 212, but was 1.2 points (6.1 per cent) higher than the November 15, 19S'7 I ndex of 198. Lower prices . 
f or ,}fqgs and milk contributed heavily to the decline from the previous r.10rit'ri,  
 more than off setting the incre a se in price b(}(;.f coH::, and eggs:. 
 
reePNITEDSTATE0 : The Index of frices Re ce i ve: p uy Farmers rose 2 points ( 8-tenths .- 
 
d1 
 
per cent) during the month ended in mi d-November the Crop Report- 
 
ine Board announced today. Increase s in avera ge prices received f or meat animals, 
 
vegetables, poultry and ege; s were only parti ally off set by decre ase s in pric.~s of 
 
cotton, feed grain s and toba cco . 'l'he November indo:x at 2h2 per cent of its 
 
1910-14 average v-ras 3 per cent above a year earlier. 
 
A rather general rise in retail price s l ift ed the index of Prices Paid f or Commodities and Service s, including I nterest , Taxes and Farm Hage Rates nearly 1 per cent to 298 on November 15, a new high. Prices paid for commoditie s used in family living and f ar m producti on both advanced during thelllonth-. - -The i.ndex was 3 per cent higher than in November 1956. 
 
Summary Table for the United ~ tates 
 
----Indexes--- 71~ovember IS""":- october I), -:November-15,:_-_-}joor<I_li;bg h____ 
 
1910 - 14 =100 : 1956 
 
: 
 
1957  : 1957 : Index : Date 
 
----~-------.,. - 
 
.tlrices Received 
 
234 
 
240 
 
242 
 
313 Feb.l951 
 
l'arity Index ~/ 
 
289 
 
296 
 
29 8 
 
298 Nov.l957 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
61 
 
81 
 
81 
 
123 Oct.l946 
 
IrPrfces Paid-; Interest-; Taxes ,-and'\r1a ge Hat es 'ba[:ea on-da ta for t rie Indi cated - dates . 
 
r 
 
J...RCHI!_o; LANGLLY 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAn Oli:D R. IIAl~COCF Agricultural 5tatistician 
 
.. 
 
 GEORGIA .  . .  
 
. . . UNITED .:::TATE S . . 
 
--r-- -.  I,.  r...... COHHODITY 
1 \fD UNIT 
 
--1~_i__f.~..~..~.4-T.;i~~s~15, 
 
oii~f5-rf~..f..;~-~-5---;iri:_1_.;-~_.~__~__~_j_ ~T! 
 
-~jt~~~sr:~~~:~5f~~ 
_______ .... ---~---" -... 
 
~~~~ 
 
5 
 
~ 
 
WhPe.t, Bu. 
 
I$ 1. 23 
 
. 2. o3 ill 1.97  1.95 !1 .as . 
 
2.05  ; 1,92 . . '1.93 
 
Corn1 flu. C8ts , Bu . 
 
~ 
 
.91 
 
. 67 
 
1.15 . 87 
 
1.1a 
 
1.13 1I .64 
 
1 
 
, 
 
! .90 
 
i . 90 1 .4n 
 
1.21 
l. ,72 
 
1. C6 ,61 
 
II1 1~ 01 .61 
 
l rish Pot . , CwT Sweet Po t,, CWT 
 
$ i  1.13 
 
I 
 
$ 
 
.84 
 
-. 
3.75 
 
I' . 5 . ('lt'l 
; 
 
I' ,i 
I; 
4. 65 i l ,88 
 
1,53 
 
1.58 3.27 
 
1.68 
. '. 
 
cotton , Lb 
 
Cottonseed , Ton 
 
Hay,Al l, (baled)Ton 
 
Hogs , per 
' 
 
CWT. 
 
Beef Ca ttle,QWT  
 
Milk Cows ,He a~  
 
Chickens ,All ,Lb, 
 
i:ggs, Doz . 
 
$ 7,36 
$ 3, 96 
$ ; 33,85 
i 13.3 
 !! 21.4 
 
31.4 
4 7 , 0 ('1 
24.20 
..,14.70 
1i . 11,51') 
I 
I 110. 01 
16.1 
48.4 
 
'I. i 29.9 
 
I 48.00 
 
I 
 
I 
l 
 
24 .20 
 
i 13.40 
I 
: 115,31 
I 
49.7 
 
28.8 : ; 1 2.4 
 
40 .0('1 ' 
': 
24.40 !: 
!_ l j 
16.91 i 
! I 
i 13.50 : 
 
5.42 
 
115.1')1') : I 48 .01 
Ii 16.5 I ; 11.:4 
I! 
52. 2 
 
59 . 20 21.9 0 
14~30 
14, 50 154. 0(') 
37 . 2 
 
32.3 I ::::0 . 
49.81 
 
18.50 r  1~. ~ 0.. 
 
l 16.90 
 
:).6~70 ' .. 
 
.1 17~80 ' 
 
 1 17-4~(10 ' 
 
I 15.8 
 
~5.~ . 
 
I 43.0 
 
45.3 
 
Butterfat, Lh 
 
. 
 
. 
 
; I 25.8 
 
.53, 0 '! 51,1') 
 
51,1 
 
60 ,4 
 
59 .1 
 
! 
 
I ~9.0 
 
Milk ( whole sale ) per l uO,r }/ 
Scybeans, Bu . 
fe anut s, Lb, 
 
.p 2.43 
$ I 
'I ii 5 , 2 
 
. 6 ,15 2, 20 
 
! 6,1() 
i 2, 25 
110. 2 
 
5, 85 
 
2,10 
 
9. 8 
 
4.8 
 
I I 
 
4.66 
 
4.56 
 
4.65 
 
l 2 .~l7 2. 04 
., I  1=:~ __j __~ ~-- ---L-l~-~7- . : 
 
, --w-- - - . '' --~  --- - - ---- --- 
 
-Nooo    -  
 
 - - - Oo   ~  - - ,. _ .,.  -- - - - - -  - - -- --  - -- - - - - - - -- - -- ,.,_. -  -; 
 
 ---- - - -- -  - -- - -  -   - - - - -   --- ----- -  . ..... ,.  ._...... .. - ------- ... . .... __ _ , __.;~ --------- 
]/ Pre limi~ary 
 
-- --.---- - - 
 
- - - : :-.r.,: 
 
l 1~DEX l'l' H"l.BER!i OF PRICES RECE I V~~D BY FARMERS I N GEORG IA 
 
(January 1910- December 1914 = lOt) 
 
. 
 
Nv.l5 
 
Oct ,l5 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
I 
j All Commodities 
 
23 8 
 
237 
 
, All Crops 
 
257 
 
248 
 
Gr ains and Hlil.y 
 
144 
 
145 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
259 
 
246 
 
Peanuts 
 
200 
 
196 
 
1',bacc e 
 
383 
 
370 
 
Co ttonseed ~nd Soybeans 
 
197 
 
200 
 
I 1 
 
Irish Pe tatoes & Swe~t P ot at ~es 
 
Fruits and riuts 
 
. 
 
2 26 
 
26 1 
 
174 
 
149 
 
! All Livestock Md Livest ock Products 
i MMt Anime.ls ! f'"u l t ry and r~ ggs 
 
198 
 
212 
 
233 
 
274 
 
144 
 
147 
 
D11.iry Prl'l duct s 
 
242 
 
2'12 
 
No t,l5 
-- .1293E51. r 
 
247 II 
I 142 
237 188' I 407 . 
 
167 1 
 
245 1 70 
 
I j 
 
I 210 I 
21 0 
 
151 1 233 I 
! 
.i 
 
. PRICt:S PAID BY FARI1ERS FOR SELECTSD F~ t;DS ll ov, 15, 1957 WITH COMP ARISONS . ];/ 
 
.. 
. ' 
 
KIND OF FE.W 
l1ix'ld Dairy Feed 
All Und'lr 29'ft Pr otein l~ Protein 
l~fo P r~t ein 
20i'o Prete in 2~o Protein 
Hi ~ Prtin Feeds Cl'lt t ons eed i'Jeal S oyb~an !"'eal J'leat Scra p 
Gre.in By- Products Bran Middlings Corn i'leal 
 
-Nov-G:'EisOR-GI.A. 
1956 
3,90 3 , 85 3. 95 4. 05 4 , 25 
3, 40 3. YO 4 . 75 
3,30 3. 60 3, 35 
 
. . act :15...... -   -~-~ . - - -  .. - .'. .L. .  -   Nov.15 i J Nov , l5 
 
1957 
 
1957 ! I 1956 
 
... .. i : . ' ~ ~ ... 
 
-~ ~~I~~D..?~~T~L....- .. -- - 
 
Oct ,l5 
 
N ~v .1 5 
 
1957 
 
1957 
 
- - -...-. -...w-~-- 
 
3,85 3, 80 4, 00 4, 00 4.30 
3,40 3,80 4 ,55 
3.30 3. 45 3. 40 
 
Do~l~trs Pe r 100 Pounds 
 
i I 3, 85 
3,75 
 
4,00 4 , 05 4 , 35 
 
IIi ;' 3. ~ 3 
i 4. 03 
 
:I 
 
3. 45 3, 1)0 4 ,55 
3,20 3, 40 3 , 30 
 
3, 82 
 
r 
I 
I 
 
I 1 
I 
 
3. 86 4, 80 
 
I r 1. 
 
2.93 
 
I 3, 06 
 
1 3,50 
 
3, 63 3. 57 3, 58 3, 83 3, 96 
3, 72 3, 85 4 . 84 
2, 68 2,7 Y 3, 27 
 
.. 
3.6i 
 
,.. J 
 
3.56 
 
3,54 
 
3,81 
 
3, 9 2 
 
3,65 3,75 4,75 
 
2.65 2.7 4 
3.23 
 
Poultr y Fee d 
 
dro ile r Growing Ma s h Laying !"lash Scratch Grains 
Hay (dal ed) Alfalfa 
- A..l.. l--O-..t-h-e r ----- -- 
 
5. 10 4 . 81 4 . 20 
55. 00 40 , 00 
 
4. 95 4.7 0 
 
4 , 95 4. 65 
 
I 4.91 4 , 47 
 
4 . 83 4.36 
 
4.80 4 . 32 
 
4 . 20 
 
4 . 20 
 
I 4.ll 
 
3, 92 
 
3,90 
 
J 
 
' I 
 
I 
 
47 . oo 
 
48. 00 ! j 34, 30 
 
30 . 30 
 
30,7 0 
 
,___ 3~ .?o _________._______..~_e__.~~ -.-l t ___~~_.~o____ .... __2_?.-.~n___________ .. ---- _2_~..-~? __ .. 
 
J/ As _r~.~~~ed -~-~-_:eed Dea l er s  . -  - ~--- - . - ---. . :: ..-:: :.:..:.-..::-= '".i::-:. :~~,:_- ::..;::.=..::: .::.::-::.:_..=:.:::--.-.- .-- .-.:-.:-_::-:::=:.:-..=.-.-:.-::-::::...:_-=-.~:::.~::...-....::...::.:.-:~=--- .:.::::= .~.:.._::::..~: :: :~--- .._ 
 
 AGRIC':ULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVE RSiTY OF (~ EORG IA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens', Georgia 
 
. 
U . S. OEPA RTMf:: NT OF P.GR IO.:lll T UHE AGRIC'JLTiJRAI. MARKETi rIG SER VI CE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., AT\HE ~S. GA . 
December 101 1957 
 
GEORGIA - DECEMBER 1 COTTON REPORT 
 
~Georgia has harvested a 1?57 cott~n crop of 395,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) 
 
which is 32 percent below the 579 1 000 bales of last year and 42 percent below the 10-year average (1?46-1955 of 67? ,ooo). Of the estimated 57fl,OOO acres in culti- 
 
.vation July l, 1.4 percent was abandoned which left 5701 000 acres for ha r vest. 
 
This - is :of lint 
 
a decrease o'f per harvested 
 
31 ac 
 
r 
 
p e 
 
erc of 
 
ent f 333 
 
rom pou 
 
the nds 
 
i 
 
830 1 s 43 
 
000 acre pounds 
 
s b 
 
har elcw 
 
vest the 
 
ed in 
,1955 
 
1956. record 
 
Yield yield 
 
t')f 3}6 pounds and has been exce_eded cmly by 1?55 and 1956 crops. 
 
I 
 
, 
 
 
 
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;Productfon in the nerthern districts of the State will be 40 percent belo'W last 
 
:seas on, the central districts_ show 9- decline of 34 percent and the southern dis- 
 
:tricts have 24 percent less production than the 1956 crop. 
 
unf~vorable weather during the- spring months delayed planting operations in the 
 
:southern part of the State and the crop was later than usual. Heavy rains and 
 
:coa.;l temperatures made it necessary to do more replanting than usual. Frequent 
 
;rains during May and June made it very difficult to c ontrol weevils. Infestation 
 
became very heavy an:i the bottom crop was damaged in most areas. Hot, dry weather 
 
'during July and August :tmde it pos<;;ible to carry out an effective spray program. 
 
Extremely hot, dry weather during August checked. fruiting and caused the top crop 
 
to she~ in northern districts. Harvesting operations made good progress during 
 
August and early September. Frequent rains the last half ~f September and early 
 
/ October delayed harvest a~n damaged the crop still in -the field. f ee. 
 
d, 
 
The Bur.eau of Census with. 5'~9,000 to same 
 
rep~rted 381~ 1 000 running bales ginned 
date last year and 681,000 in 195.5. 
 
to 
 
December 
 
1 
 
compared 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER 
Agricultt,i.ral Sta tistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
 Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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'GEORGIA M/;,P SHOVHNG IND.ICATED PRODUCTION 1957 AND FINAL PRODUCTION :.FOR 1956 & 1955 
 
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1957 production indicated on December 1.    : 
-STATE .....  
1957 - 395,000 " :' 
 
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1956-3 6, 00~ 
 
. ELBERTQ~ 
 
,- - -, -l f . l955-56,000ATHENS 1957-2~,000 
 
1956 ... 579, 000 1955 - 701,000 
 
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1956-75,000 
 
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500- lb , grosswt ..-ba1es 
 
1946=5> : l956- : - 19>7- 
 
-av-er-ag-e :- 
 
  
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Thousand acres 
 
i 
 
~ounds 
 
Thousand bales 
 
N. C. 
s. ..c . 
Ga. Tenn. Ala. hiss . 
 
671 
 
440 347 1 320 391 325 
 
4h9 
 
359- - 235 
 
.. 1,022 
 
6.82 498 I 305 360 333 
 
.647 513 . 345 
 
1,252 
 
830 570 1 264 334 333 
 
679 579 
 
395 
 
752 
1,477 2,280 
 
I . 51.13 972 1, 595 
 
477?, I 
1,33.)5~ 
 
374 296 
363 
 
488 370 483 
 
424 346 417 
 
579 552 
 
42 0 
 
~91 ' ?50 . '' 530 
 
1,702 1,.609 . . 1 ; 160 
 
Mo. 
 
484 
 
 :366 
 
29~. I 384 586 302 
 
305 448 
 
185 
 
Ark . La. 
Ok l a . Texas 
 
1,952 1,365 1,130 360 .500 418 1,444 1,426 
 
985 
 
810 
1 , 0 70 8,684 
 
562 
715 6, 200 
 
!.~46 
 
357 
 
I 51-~.o 
 
170 
 
5,900 203 
 
496 
175 280 
 
I - 398  606 
 
218 
 
374 
 
581 261 . 
 
3 70 245 
 
291 . 3,7~.2 3,615 ..  3,575 
 
.N. Hex . 
 
226 
 
181 
 
l .. Hh I 551  797 629 
 
253 
 
301 
 
237 
 
Ariz: . 
 
402 .  358 350 ., 718 1,108 . 1, 097 1 620  829 
 
Boo 
 
Calif. Other 
 
, 886 ! 
 
7L~9 
 
716 
 
I  683 924 1,006 I 1,249 1,446 1,500  
 
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57  4Lf ': ( 295 31+1 - : 305 ; 49  ... . 41 
 
28 
 
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l)Pr(;d;cti~n-gi~ed and t-o-b~ - gi~n~d---A-.)JO:lb . bale-c(;ntains ab.out 486 net pounds- 
- of lint . 2/ 0ther states include Virginia, Florida,' .Illinois , Kentucky, and Nevada, 37 Amer. - Egypt pr.oduced in Texc..s, New r-1exico, Arizona, and California. Included In State and United States totals .   
 
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~_j;?ilGJE:(Q)~GllA C~(Q)JP> ffii[JP>(Q)~1I'llNG SIE~VllCIE: 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
r , UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
, ( Athens, Georgia 
 
U . S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU LTURAL MARKETING SERVICE / 319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATI1ENS, GA. 
December 11, 1957 
 
BROI LER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA COHMF.RCIAL AREAS 
During the week ending December 7, commercial hatcheries placed 5,036,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 4, 993,000 placed the previous week and is 10 per cent more than the 4,595,000 placed the same wee k last year . 
Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,240,000 compared with 6,371,000 the previous week and is 25 per cent more than the 5,010,000 f or the corresponding week l ast year. 
 
Hatcheries reported prices paid for hatchingeggs during the week at an average of 73 
 
cents per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries f or the chicks was reported at 
 
~:-l-2. 75 per hundred, These prices compare with 73 cents and f?l2.50 last week and 
 
w;i. th 64 cents and ;,;,11.00 one year ago. l!.gg prices shown relate to Georgia produced 
 
hatching eggs whether bought on contract or . otherwise. 
 
 
 
v~ eighted average prices f rom the Federal - ~tate Market News Service for broilers dur ing the week ending December 7 are as f ollows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 1/2 pounds, at farms 15. 82; FOB plants 16.71. 
 
(5ee rever 5e side for other st ates) 
 
Date I Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA CHICl~ PLACEMSNT BY WEEKS 
 
PEniOD OCTOBER 5 T~lROUGH DECBHBER 7, 195-7 
 
I Eggs 
 
Chicks Hatched 3:._/ Inshipments 
 
I Set 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
. . 1956 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 1957 
 
I 
 
Total Placed on Farms 
1956 s 1957 
 
I 
 
I Oct. 5 
r Oct. 12 
 
Thousands 
6,223 6,183 6,203 6,230 
 
Thousands 
4,038 4,418 4,184 4,352 
 
Oct. 19 5,949 6,356 4,032 4,482 
 
Oct. 26 6,109 6,274 h,l34 4,339 
 
Nov. 2 
 
5,963 6,261 4,0.51 4,340 
 
Nov. 9 
 
6,060 6,223 
 
4,026 4,4~2 
 
Nov. 16 6,164 6,512 4,146 4,378 
 
Nov. 23 6,179 6,539 4,123 4,u73 
 
Nov. 30 6,138 6,371 4,128 4,483 
 
Dec. 7 
f/ ~xclusive 
 
5,010 of ha 
 
tc 
 
6,2h0 hings 
 
I , h,l57 
shipped into 
 
4,5h3 states 
 
Thousands 
 
492 h20 
 
516 . 474 
 
518 
 
41 .~- 5 
 
546 507 
 
469 542 
 
374 669 
 
404 545 
 
447 482 
 
432 510 
 
438 493 
 
Thousands  
 
I 4,530 
I 4, 700 
 
4,838 4,826 
 
h,55b 4,927 . 4.; 680 4,846 
 
I 4,520 4, 882 
l 4,400 5,091 
 
4,550 4,923 
 
4,570 4,955 
 
4,560 4,993 
 
4,595 5,036 
 
eorgia.  
 
ARCHIE LAN::LEY 
Agri m~lt.ural St a r.i st:l.c.: .a:':1. I!} C'l:: .~ :t ~ e 
 
W. A. \iAGNER Ag.':'i" n] t :1ral St~+,j..:;ti -;ian 
 
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1, 58cl:: 
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425 l, 73 7 
 
366 456 48 3 1,6 ~0 1,489 . l, 6v6 
 
484 11 8':!:7 
 
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550 
 
1, 6 71 1, 724 
 
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2,681- .2,55 3 ' 
 
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529. 
 
521 . 
 
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2 ,657 
 
1,108 2, 727 
 
1,662 2, 744 
 
1, 32 3 1, 8 99 
 
11:398 . 1, 28 5 . l;-.;4:46 l, .j97 l, 399 1, 22 5 11 532 
 
11 35 0 1,499 
 
1,105 
 
999 1;1 )0 1,195 . 1,149 1, 1 >8 1, 206 
 
1 , ~ 24 111 90 
 
442 ~' , D,38 
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336 4 37 361 
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447 2 1097 
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354 2,042 
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329 2 ,097 
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1, 9 78  
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2 , 020 .1, 234 1,996 
 
1, 920 2,051 2, 027 1, 200 . 1,273 . 1, 338 ' 1,962 . ' 1;88Q 1,9 32 
 
2,019 
11 607 ~ . 050 
 
11986 112 02 1, 992 
 
11 99 3 1, 340 2 ,187 
 
11996 1, 207 2 1115 
 
l )l;'ui.siana 
:.Texas -~ -,: 
 
: , 342 
. 2,277 
 
.3 30 2 , 353 
 
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2, ~44 
 
.ws 
1, 5 28" 
 
-- ;_~ 92 1, 962 
 
35 9 11 946 
 
268 241 . 243 1, b99 1) 627 11619 
 
2S7 1, 8 2 3 
 
292 1,727 
 
28 0 
 
307 
 
11 6 33 1, 74 7 
 
':_ 'f 1fashibgioi:l 
 
225 
 
324 . 267 
 
179 
 
176 
 
147 
 
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189 
 
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216 
 
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24 ,552 22 ,06 3 
 
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20; 94 ~; 2 1140 ~ 21,969 
 
24 , 394 22 ,061 
 
241485 21, 9 78 
 
24 1342 24 ,733 22, 340 221980 
 
1957 -~; of 19 56 
 
107 
 
109 
 
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109 
 
108 
 
 . AGRICULTURAL I!XTI!NSION SERVICE  UNIVEJ:tSr,r'Y OF G~OJilGIA AND THE  . S1ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE . 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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. \J , S. DEPARTMENT Otr AGRIC.!JLTURE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SEf\VICI! 
 
 319 EXTENSION BLDG ., ATHI..S,,.GA. 
 
  
 
December 184 1957 
 
i 
 
During the weet e~ding December 14 commerciai hatcheries placed 5,076,000 chicki 
 
with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 
 
5,036,000 plaeed the previous week and is 11 per cent more than the 4,560,000  
 
placed the same week last year. 
 
 
 
 
 
' . -. Eggs set by local hatcheries amounted to 6,708i000 .compared with 6,240,000 the pre- 
 
vious week and is 14 per cent more than the 5,909,000 for the corresponding week 
 
las_t year, 
 
. . ., Hatcheries reported prices paid for batching eggs during the we~k at an a~e~~ge of 
 
75 cents :per dozen. Average price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was report- 
 
ed at $12.75 per hundred. These prices compare with 73 Gents and $12.75 last week 
 
~nd with 64 cents and $11.00 one year ago. Egg prices shown relate to Georgia pro- 
 
~uced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise~ 
 
Weighted .average prices from the Federal-State Market News Serv,ice for broilers  d~ring the week ending December 14 are as follows: North Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ~  112 pounds, at farms 16.01~; FOB plants 17 . 00~. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
'. 
' . 
:Date 
Week :~!-:: Endina., 
 
,. ' 
 
Oet ~ 12 
 
Qct. 19 
 
Oet. 26 
~o:v. 2 
 
~ov. 9 
 
Nov. 
Nov. 
 
16 23 
 
~~v. 30 
 
Dec. 7 
 
Dec  14 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACEMENT BY WEEKS PERIOD OCTOBER 12 THROUGH DECEMBER 14, 1957 
 
Eggs Set 1956 : 1957 
 
Chicks Hatched 1/ Inshipments 
 
Placed in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1956  1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Total Pbeed oft Farms 
1956 : 1957 
Thousands 
 
6,203 5,949 
6,109 5,963 
6,060 6,164 6,179 6,138 
5,010 5,909 
 
6,230 6,356 6,274 6,261 6,223 6,512 
6,539 
6,371 6,240 
6,708 
 
4,184 4,352 
 
516 
 
474 4, 700 .- 4,8.26 
 
4,032 4,482 
 
518 
 
445 4,550 4,927 
 
4,134 . "4,339 
 
546 
 
507 4,680 ~ 4,846 
 
4,051 . 4,340 
 
469 
 
542 4,520 : 4,882 
 
4,026 4,422 
 
374 
 
669 4,400 5,0.91 
 
4,146 4,378 
 
404 
 
545 4,550 4,923 
 
4,123 4,473 
 
447 
 
482 4j570 4,955 
 
4,128 . 4,483 
 
432 
 
510 4,560 :4 1993 
 
4,157 4,543 
 
438 
 
493 4,595 5,036 
 
4,105 4,596 
 
455 
 
480 4,560 . ' 5,076 
 
l/ :Exclusive of hatchings shipped into states OUt$ide of Georgia. 
 
. . 
 
. . Archie Langley 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. Wagner::. Agricultural Statitl~ian 
 
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987 
 
934 
 
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417 
 
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746 r.: 875 
 
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886 
 
492 
 
495 
 
751 
 
701 
 
876 
 
793 
 
794 
 
784 
 
805 
 
894 
 
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149 
 
llO 
 
124 
 
13) 
 
. '483 
 
484 
 
451 
 
446 
 
550 
 
520 
 
1, 787 
 
1,630 1,.489< i;:036 1,847 1, 705 1,671 
 
1, 724 1,745 
 
1,285 
 
1,446 1, 397 1;::399 1,225 1,532 1,353 
 
1,499 1,632 
 
999 
 
1,130 1,195 l;d49 1,138 1,206 
 
353 . . . 3:38 .. . .4:3:7" .. ~ 361 
 
435 
 
447 
 
1,224 354 
 
1,190 1,107 
 
329 
 
412 
 
.,2. 039 ;. 1, 930 .: ' 1 ,.9!1). .:. 2;()o2 2,004 2,097 
 
284 
 
326 . - 279 : ' 320 
 
309 
 
326 
 
2,042 382 
 
2,097 2,065 
 
398 
 
360 
 
4,846 
 
-~. -----  - ~ 
 
193 . ..: l,57 
 
2,920 . . . 1,!120 
 
.: .1 -234 
1,'9 96 
 
1,200 1,962 
 
4,882 5,:091 
 
, - ~  . 182 .; 
'2 .'051 . 1,273 1,880 
 
. '201 
2,027 1, ;338 
1:,932 
 
4,92 3 
las 
2,019 .1.... 307 2,053 
 
4,955 
184 1, 986 1,232 1, 992 
 
4,993 
180 1,993 1,240 2,187 
 
5,036 5,076 
---- -------.--- -- -- 
 
199 
 
214 
 
1,996 2,106 
 
1,237 1,233 
 
2 , 115 2,235 
 
'1,934569 
 
268 1, 599 
 
241 . 243 .., 267 
 
292 
 
1,627 1,619 . 1,823 1, 797 
 
283 1,633 
 
307 
 
269 
 
1,747 1,731 
 
147 
 
170 
 
169 
 
153 
 
189 
 
169 
 
22 3 
 
216 
 
169 
 
80 810 
 
75 821 
 
. 
 
.. 
 
82 
 
87 
 
- 8.56-. -9-25- -- 
 
135 
9--10 
 
102 875 
 
135 
 
135 
 
180 
 
812- -- - --83-1-- -- - 8-6-9-- 
 
.23,248. .:~ 23,476 24,131  .2 ~ , 394 .. 24,485 24,342 
 
24,733 25,148 
 
20,943 21,403 21)969 ; 2'2',061 21,978 22,340 22,980 22,953 
 
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. . 1)1 ,._ . 110 
 
' 110 
 
111 
 
111 
 
109 
 
108 
 
110 
 
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 AGRICULTUR/\L EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THF..: STATE DE::PARTMEN'f OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U.S . DEPARTMENT OF .c-...,RICULTURE AGRICU ..TURAL MARKE.TING SE.P.V lCE 
3 19 E~<TENSION BLDG., A 'r HENS, GA. 
D~camb e r 19, 1957 
 
GEORGIA COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE C;ROPS SUMMARY 1956-1957 
 
GEORGIA: Value of Georgia's ten principal fresh market vegdables ani melons included in this report was $12, .14-1,000 in 1957, an increase of 3 
percent from the 1956 value of $12,423,000. This increase in value was due mainly to better prices received for the m elon crop in 1957. Harvested acreage amounted to 100, 850 acres compared with 97, 600 acr e s for last season. 
 
UNITED STATES: Total 19 57 production of the 28 principal fr e sh market veg- 
 
- 
 
etables and melons amounted to 204, 900, 000 cwt. - a 5 per- 
 
cent decrease from the year befor 3 . Seve ral in1portant crops were in lighter 
 
supply in 195? than a year earlier. Georgia ranked fourth in acreage harvested. 
 
in 1957, seventh in production and ninth in value of the l eading fresh market 
 
vegetables and melons. 
 
ANNUAL SUMMARY OP COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CROP STATISTICS 
 
19 .?7 WI'ff.I COMP_;A...;.R:..:.;.I~S_O..;;.N..;..~.S-----~---=----- 
 
: Acreage : Yield 
 
Pro- : Price 
 
: Weight 
 
Crop 
 
=Year: Harv-~oted: : Per Acre: du.ction: Per CWT :Value =.P er Unit 
 
------~--------~~ 
 
Acres 
 
Cwt. 
 
l, 000 Dol. 
 
1, 000 
 
Cwt. 
 
dol. 
 
Beans, Lima 
 
1957 
 
4, 500 
 
21 
 
for Market 
 
1956 
 
4, 900 
 
20 
 
Beans, Snap 
 
1957 
 
3, 700 
 
20 
 
------------------------ fOr Market S.Ga. 1956 
 
Beans, Snap 
 
1957 
 
3, 700 
 
17 
 
1, 400 
 
27 
 
for Market N.Ga. 1956 
 
1, 600 
 
26 
 
~abbage, S. Ga. 19 57 
 
4J 200 110 
 
1956 
 
4, 700 120 
 
94 98 74 63 
38 42 
1I 462 
l/564 
 
0. 20 8. 50 5. CO 8. 30 
7. 20 :.1 . 30 
1. 35 . 85 
 
 771 Bushel  833  (32 lbs.) . 
429 Bushel 523 (30 1bs) 
274 Bushel 349 (30 lbs) 
513 Ton 357 (2000 lbs) 
 
Cabbage N. Ga. 1957 
 
600 100 
 
60 2. 45 
 
14 7 Ton 
 
-:::---:-----~1956 
 
700 100 
 
70 2. 15 
 
150 (2000 lbs) 
 
Cantaloups 
 
1957 
 
9, 000 
 
45 
 
405 3. 50 1, 418 Jumbo Crs. 
 
1956 
 
8, 600 
 
48 
 
413 3. 05 1, 260 (83 lbs) 
 
Co-rn-,--S-w--e-e-t -----1~9-5-7------2-,~4-0-0-----3-3---------7-9-----4-.-5-5----~-3-5-9 Crate 
 
-------------~1~9~56_____2~,.-l0_0_~_3_5______7_4______3_.~9-0_____2_89 (4 0 lbs) 
 
Cucumbers for 1957 
 
Mkt. Early 
 
1956 
 
800 
 
34 
 
750 
 
29 
 
27 3. 65 22 4 . 20 
 
99 Bushel 92 (48 lbs) 
 
Cucumbers for 1957 
 
Mkt. Late 
 
1956 
 
400 
 
22 
 
4 .50 
 
30 
 
9 3. 95 14 4. 35 
 
36 Bushel 61 (48 lbs) 
 
Lettuce 
 
1957 
 
19 56 O~n-io-n-s---------~19 57 
 
1956 
 
350 
 
85 
 
4 0 0 
 
(' 13 
 
900 115 
 
700 100 
 
30 1 /3 5 
104 70 
 
5.70 4. 55 
4 . 25 3. 45 
 
171 Cr.4-6doz. 12 3 (7 0 1b s} 
442 Bags 24 2 ( 100 lbs) 
 
Tomatoes 
 
1957 
 
12, 600 
 
39 
 
1956 
 
12,000 
 
40 
 
491 4. 75 2, 332 Bushel 480 7. 00 3,744 (53lbs) 
 
Watermelons 
TOTAL ABOVE CROPS 2/ 
 
1957 1956 
1957 19 56 
 
60,000 57,000 
100, cso 
97, 600 
 
75 
 
4,500 1.30 5, 8 50 Melon 
 
7 8 1/4,446 1. 10 4, 400 (28 lbs) 
 
1;6, 373 
 
12, 341 
 
1,6, 391 
 
12, 423 
 
a/ Cucumber for pickle, not shown to avoid individual operations; Pimento 
pepper for proces sing estimattJS not available. Potatoes, Irish, include d in 
Gene ral Crop Sumrnary. 
1 I Includes some quantities not marketed and excluded in computing value. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician, In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Statistical Assistant 
 
 DIAGRAM SHOWING ACREAGE AND VALUE DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA TRUCK C.ROP,S FOR 1957 -ACREAGE BY CROPS (Pe rcent of Total) 
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Wate rmelons 59. 4o/o 
 
j 
 
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I 
 
1/ Includes  
acreage for 
 
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,/ 
 
Svree t Corn , Cucumber, Lettuce 
 
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and 'Onions. 
 
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VALUE BY CROPS (!Fer cent of Total) . 
 
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,/, . 
 
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for Sweet C\ ictimber 
 
Cs, orLne, 
 
t 
 
t 
 
uc 
 
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and Onions . 
 
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. . rl Watermelons 4$. 6o/o I 
 
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AGRICULT\JRAL EXTENSION SE'RVICE . ~'iV SITY 
 
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
3 '::> UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
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STATE DEPARTMENT 'OF AGRICU'L.:TuaE -J~N 
 
.AGRICULTURAL MARKE'f!NG SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, G e orgia 
 
'l . 
 
. Dece mbe r 20, 195 7 
 
GEORGIA 1957 CROPS v-ALUED AT $3l2, 02S, 000 
 
Va lue of G e orgia crops produc e d in 19 57 is estiinated at $322, 025, 000 or 17 per- 
c .:mt b e low the $390, 104,000 v a.lua tion for 1956. Th e d e clin e in value of . $68, 079 , 000 is due largely to the declin e in producti on of cotton, toba cco and p eanuts. Cotton crop was down 18,1, 000 bales or 32 p.3rcc nt. Tobacco production w a s down 36 perc e nt and p eanuts 14 percent. The a cr eag e plante d in cotton Was 260 , 000 l e ss than 1956 and wa s the smallest acr eagl! sinc e e stimat<'!s were st<lrte d in 1866. Tobacco acreage WJ.S down 28 percent or 25, 000 acr e s. The p e c a n crop showe d th e la rg~st d .:3 cline percenta ge wis .:_. of :.:tny crop in production  a nd v a lue with 83 and 71 perc e nt, respe ctiv.aly. Yie ld of corn was 26. 0 bushels . p e r acre . This was the high~st of record and the production of 71 million bushels for 1957 sets an all time r e cord for thG Sta te exceodi g the previous record 9f 19 55 by 1 million bushels. 
 
Weather conditions v a ri e d widdy during the crop season. W e t, cool w eather d~r ing the spring months made it difficult to secure good stands of spring planted crops and more replanting w a s n.::cessary tha n usu.:tl. The fr .a que nt r a ins d e -  hyed harvesting ope rations of small grains and s0 c d crops and r e duced yizlds in som e areas. The abundnnc e of moistur e during the s;.1mme r months in centr _.l <tnd southe rn parts of the Stat.a w a s v e ry avor...b1.3 for fee d crops a nd p a stur e and r e cord yields w e r e produc e d in the s e arev..s. In northwe ste rn :>.re:l of the Stat\:; d ry w e ath8r r e duc.e d yie lds of most crops~ Fr ;.) que nt h e avy rains during latte r S e pt<: mb -.: r a nd e a rly Octob e r da m a g e d the qua lity of Lmh2. rvest e d cotton and peanat crops a nd r e duced production in most areas. 
 
VA .t....UE COM:f.)A RISONS TEN M OST IMPORTANT CROPS F OR 1957 AND 1956 IN ORDER OJ? 1957 RANK (IN THOUSA ND DOLLA RS) 
 
19 :; '7 . : 
 
R1.nk Crop I 
1. C o rn 
 
1957 
 
19 56 ~.!. S o/o : R Z1!1r: Crop 
 
$ 
 
$ of 1256: 
 
88,';1 8 5 so ;679 110 : 6. H a y 
 
1957 $ 
13, 7 50 
 
2. C ottO il & S o c d 70,131 101 , 926 67 :7. Oa ts 
 
8,605 
 
3. P ean uts 
 
50,2.10 6 1, 4 50 82 : 8. ~' ea cb'~ s 
 
6, 510 
 
4. T ob ::\. cco 5. C o m. V e g. 
 
L18,43 5 64.~ 95 75 :9. Wh L-a t 
 
3,511 
 
13,887 13, 2 e 2 105 :10~ Sw ~ d Pot a to -.; s 3,3 4 9 
 
1') 57 
19 56 as o/o $ ofl2 S6 
14 , 774 9J"' 11,003 78 
6,800 96 4,914 71 3,614 93 
 
DISTRIBUTICN CF 1957 CROP V AL UE IN PE RCENT 1\ GE C.iT TOT A L Vid.. UL:-; 
 
Toba cco 15. 0% 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 1\ gricultural Sta tis L c~ an 
In Cha rge 
 
 GEORGIA SUMMARY OF CROP STATISTICS*- 1957 AND 1956 
 
Yield 
 
Crop 
 
:Ye ar: .A cr ea g e :x"'e r A cre: 
 
~---------------------1, 000 
 
Unit 
 
Unit : P roduction: ? r i c e 
 
A cr <; s 
 
1, QOO 
 
dol. 
 
T otal Value 
1, 0 00 dol. 
 
C otton Lint !} 
C ott .)ne e ed 
 
1957 570 
- - 19 5 6 830 
1957 1956 
 
333 334. 
 
Ba le s T ons 
 
395 
 
.314 62, 015 
 
579 
 
'326 94 , 304 
 
16 2 50. 10 G, 11 6 2 3 !:, <~5 . 20 . 10, 6 22 
 
----------------~19~5~.~7~2-,7~3-8~----~2~6-.o~--~B-u-sh~-e~1-s~7~1.~1 88  
 
1.25 
 
80,9 85 
 
Corn, All P urpos e s 
.....- - - - 
 
1956 
 
2, 711 
 
Sorghum Grain 
 
19 57 
 
40 
 
1956 
 
L1, Q 
 
24 . 0 
 
65, 064 1. 24 80, 679 
 
21. 0---B- us- h-- e ls---- 31:!:- 0 -- 1- . '1- 5 --- 96~ 6 
 
19. 5 
 
7 80 . 1. 16 
 
90 5 
 
wheat, Ha r~-,-~~-t~-, d-1.9.57 112 
 
16. 5 
 
B u she ls l,""b4 8--1:90--3-, 511 
 
Oa--ts-,--H--a-rv--e-s-t-e-d-----119-955-76-----3-192'01 
 
21.0 28.0 
 
2,520 B ushels 11, 032 
 
1956 4 33 
 
33.0 
 
l 'l: , ZG9 
 
- - - : : - : - - - - - - - - :. 
 
P otatoe s, 
 
Iri 
- 
 
sh 
- 
 
- 
 
1957 
-19 5 6 
 
- - P otato e s, Swe e t 
 
1957 1956 
 
5.2 5. 0 
14 16 
 
'19 
 
Cwt. 
 
2 54 
 
4 6 
 
2 2 9 
 
4 6 Cwt. 61 4 ~-----------:- 
 
'1: 6 
 
736 
 
Toba cco, All 
 
1957 
 
64 .- 1 1, 295 
 
P ounda 83,026 
 
- -1-95-6  89.1 1, !152 
 
129, 3 '71 
 
-------------- Hay, All 
Sorghum Syrup 
 
1957 571 
 
19 56 677 
 
19 57 
 
3 
 
.96 . 90 62 
 
T ons Ga llons 
 
s so 60 8 
186 
 
1956 
 
3 
 
70 . 
 
210 
 
1.95 
. 78 .77 
2.72 4 . 53 
5. 20 4 . 91 
 583 .499 25.00 24 . 30 
2. 4 5 2. 30 
 
1,914 
8, 605 11,003 
' 691 1 ' 0 3 /l 
3, 34 9 3,614 
48, 4 35 
- - 64 , 4 95 
13,750 11:, 774 
456 4 C3 
 
1957 Su ga r Can e Syrup 1956 
 
"1- 
 
185 
 
5 
 
1<30 
 
Y P eanuts, H a rv~ st e d 1957 
 
for Nuts 
 
19 56 
 
527 
 
925 
 
522 1, 090 
 
<;:owpea s, Hn.,rve sbd 1957 
 
L~ 7- 
 
6. 5 
 
_ _fo r P e as '0 
 
1~~-~_L _ _?. 5_ 
 
Ga llons Pounds 
 
7 4:0 900 
L}87, ~: 75 568, 980 
 
Bush e ls 
 
306 
 
344 
 
1. 4 5 1. 50 
. 103 . 10 8 
3 . 70 3: 20 
 
l, 073 1, 350 
50, 210 6 1, 4 50 
l, 132 1, 10 1 
 
Soybeans, H a rve ste d 19 57 100 
 
for B oans Y 
 
1956 
 
83 
 
Velve t B e ans, A lone 1957 -164 
 
and Int e rpla.nt e d 1956 235 
 
L ~ sp e d .:J z il , lia r- 
 
1957 
 
20 
 
v e ste d for See d - -19-56- --30 
 
Lupine , Harve ste d 1957 
 
15 
 
for Se e d 
 
1956 
 
11 
 
Cri mson Clove r, 
 
1957 
 
19 
 
H a r. for S eed 
 
1956 
 
21 
 
14 .0 13. 5 
 
Bushds 
 
1, -100 1, 120 
 
2. 15 2. 23 
 
3, 010 2, ~98 
 
9 75 
 
To_ns__ _ _ CO 32.00 2, 560 
 
90_0_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _10___3_~ . 00 4 , 02 8 
 
190 180 
 
______ P ounds 
 
3, eOO 
 
5, 
 
<.:: 00 , 
 
 105  1-19 
 
399 805 
 
820 
 
P ound s 12, 300 
 
. 048 
 
597 
 
711100-------P-o-un-d-:-J ---72-,, 
 
3 10 09 0 
 
.. 0251-55- - - 
 
4 30 4 '19 
 
135 
 
2, 835 
 
. 270 
 
765 
 
F es cu0 , H a rve:: ste d 
~ Se e d 
Pe ach ::. s, T ot a l  Production 
. 
Pe a rs, Tot2.l ,: Product ion 
Peca ns , Total Pro d uction 
 
1957 19 56 19 57 19 56 19 57 19 56 
1957 1956 
 
5 . 5 200 5. 0 180 
 
Poun ds B ushels Bushels Poua ds 
 
1, 100 
 
. lO u 
 
119 
 
900 2, 100 
 
. 3. 
 
1103~5-,...6-,51-2120 
 
1, 600 4 . 25 6, 800 
 
_..;..__-:: ~-- 
 
~----'--:-:--~ 
 
86 1. 3 5 
 
116 
 
80 10 , 300 
 
l. 45 
 
11 6 
 
oe 4 ~-~-:::-:- 
. 299 3, 
 
60 , 000 
 
. 176 10,530 
 
Comme rcia l V eget ::J.bL:s 
 
19 57 19 S6 
 
107. 8 103.9 
 
13, 8C 7 13, 232 
 
TOT A L i l. B OVE 
 
CROPS (e xcl. 1cr e - 1957 5, 520.6 
 
322,02 5 
 
a g \:l s o f p e anut ha y, 1956 5, 9 9 3 .0 fruits a n d p ~ c an s) 
 
390, lO .t~ 
 
* , 1957 pr i c e :tnd va lue fi gur e s a r :J pr e li rn i.n <:>,ry. !J C o tton l.int yidd in pound s . 
 
2 / Cove r s only m a tur (;; crops (a cr e <.1g e v.lon0 :lnd inte rpla nt e d) h a rve ste d for p e <l- 
 
nuts, peas and beans. 
 
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b-Lf~~A-3-? \GJE(Q)IF&GilA C!F& 
 
JAN 3 '58 
L-JP_Limi_JEJI___. 
 
A GRJC ULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
''  t.: NI\i C::RS ti y (;)F .G F. CRG iA AND TH E . STA ' t:: IJEPAR'rMENT- OF AGRICi.iLTURif  
 .Athens,: Georgia : 
 
U . S. DEPARTMENT CF AGRICULTURE . AGH ICULTUFV\L MARI<ETING SERVICE  . 319 EXTENSION BL.DG., Al'ti ~NS, GA. . 
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DECErffiER 1957 PIG REPORT . 
 
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..GEORGIA:  The .total number or' pigs produced in Georgia during 1957 is 'estimated at 
 
2,590,000 head, only 4,000 head less than the 2,594,000 head produced 
 
in 1956. This i s the first time since 1953 that the total pig crop in Georgia h.as 
 
shawn .a decline from the previous year. Georgia ranked ninth in the United States 
 
in the number  of pigs produced in 1957 and produced the largest nuntber of pigs .fo.r 
 
any state .:outside of the Co~n Belt. 
 
  
 
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During the current year the spring pig crop at 1,442,000 head was the same as the. . 
 
spring crop a ye ar ag o~ The fall crop, however, droppe d 4,000 head to l,lh8,oo0'. 
 
The declli1e in the fall pig crop was due to a smaller average size litter ~s the 
 
.number of sows  farrowing showed an increase of 2,000 he ad, 'I'otal number farrow~ 
 
_;ing s during the year i s estimated to be 386,000 'compared with 384,000 in 1956. 
 
Aclmo~led~ement-is -;-d-;tothe- Postm~sters~-Rural-an~St~; Rou~~~:rr~~ ] 
 
ers over the State for their assistance in coll ecting the basic infor-   
 
mation from which these estimate s were made. The splendid coov1eration 
shown by .several thousand of the ir patrons who furnished reports for . J 
 
their individual 
 
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farms 
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also 
 
ap-pr-ec-ia.t-e--d-. 
 
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Year 
 
SOWS FARROWING , PIGC. PER LITTER, .1\ ND Pir' :::. SAVJ:D, SPRI~G AND FALL, ~I 
GEORGIA. 1946 - 1958 
 
Sows Farrowing 
 
Spring 
 
:r' all 
 
Sp r i n g 
 
igs Sayee! F al l 
 
Year 
 
+946 1947 i948 . 
1949 1950 1951  1952 ' 
1953 
1954 1955 1956 
1957 1958 
 
1,000 head 
195 187 170 182 J.98. 20 8 220 . 
178 194 200 212 212 ~/ 229 
 
1,000 head 
182 173 163 173 1 90 205 
172 
138 159 165 172 174 
 
Number 
5.8 5.;9 5. 9 6 .1 6.) 6,1 6.3 
6.5 
6.7 
6.5 
6.8 6. 8 
 
Number 
6 .0 6.0 6 .1 6.1 6 .1 6.3 6 .2 6.6 
6.5 
6.7 
6 .7 6 .6 
 
1,000 head 
1,131 1,103 1, 003 1,110 _ 1 , 247.' . 1, 269 ' 1, 386 . . 1,157 1,300 1, 300 ' 
1,4L~2 
l, hh2 
 
1,000 head 
... 1,092 
1,038 
.994 1, 055 1,159 1,292 1, 066 
911 
1,034 1,106 1,152 1,148 
 
1, 000 head 
2,223 2,141 . 1, 99 7 , 2,165. 2,406 . 2,561 2,452  2,068  2, 33L~ 2,406 2,594 
.. 2'' 590 . 
 
!/1/ Spring , December: th~ough Nay; Fall, ,Tune through November. Spring farrowing indicated from breedine intentions reports. 
 
SEE HEVERSE SIDE FOH UNI TED STATES REPORT . 
 
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. ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
r~gricu1tural Statistician In Charge 
 
V.JILLIAi.-I E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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 . DECEiil;JER 1957 PIG RLPORT 
 
UNITED STATES:  The l957 'pig crop totaled 89.7 million head, only slightly larger 
 
'than t he 1956 crop of 89 . 6 million he 2d. The spring pig crop at 
 
52~6 million head was down 1 percent, but the fall crop at 37.1 million he.ad w.as 2 
 
percent larger than last year. This :Lnyrease in the fall crop resulted f rom a 1 
 
percent increase in the number of sows farrowed and a corresponding increase in the 
 
pi gs saved per litter. The number of pigs saved per litter at 7.06 was the :highe st 
 
qn record for the fall crop. 
 
 
 
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For the 1'958 spring pig crop, reports on breeding intentions indicate a total of . 7, 801,000 scrvrs to farrow, 6 percent above the- number farrowing last spring .  If the ihtentions for spring farrowings materialize, and the number of. pigs saved per ~itte J equals the 10-year average with an allowance for upward trend, the 1958 spring pig crop would be 56.0 million hea.d. A crop of this size would be 6 percent above.  last spring: 
The humber of  pigs saved in the 1957 fall season (June through November) is estimated at 37,094,000 head.  This is 708,000 head or 2 percent larger than the l956 .fall crop and 7 percent above the 1946-55 average. Fall pig numbers were above last year in all regions except the North Atlantic, ~outh Atlantic and South Central States. 
The number of sows farrowing in the fall of 1957 is estimated at 5,255,ooo head, 1 percent more than in the fall of 1956 and only slightly more than the 10-year average. The percentage increase in 1957 fall farrowings from 1956 was 1 percent less than indicated by farmers' reports last June l. 
The 7.06 pigs saved per litter compare s with 7. 00 in 1956 which was the previous higl f9r the fall crop. This continues the upward trend in litter size which has resulte f;rom the specialization of hog production and imprbved management practices. Weathe1 cpnditions were generally favorable for farrowings during the fall season. Gom- . pared with a year earlier, the monthly distribution of farrowings in the 1957 fall season shows a larger percentage of litters in June and July and smaller percentage s in August, beptember, October, and November. 
Tpe number of hogs over 6 months old (induding sows') on farms December l this y(?ar was reported about 3 percent below the number on farms December 1 last year. T~e : f~rrowing pattern for t he 1957 spring pig crop was not much different from the spring of 1956 when farrowings were the earliest of record. Total conwercial hog slaughter from August through October was down 2 percent, while Federally inspected slaughter for November was down 16 percent. Marketings during tho first half of December were below a year earlier. 
SOWS FARROWING , PIGS PJ<~R. LITTER, AND PIGS .SAVF:D, SPRING AND FALL, "J:_/ UNITED STA1~S 1946 - 58 
 
Year 
1946 1947 1~48 1949 19$0 1951 1952 1~53 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 
 
Sows Farrowing .Spring Fall 
,ooo i,ooo head head 
 
8,077 8,548 7,833 8,820 
9,179 9,484 8,311 
7,045 7,669 8,359 7, 665 7,385 ~/ 7,801 
 
4,704 4,866 5,070 5,568 
5,927 5,955 5,067 
L~,479 
5,014 5 , 5 86 5,191+ 
5,255 
 
Pi 0rr s B er Litter Spring Fall 
Number Number 
 
6.46 6.11 
6.44 6.lj.6 
6.31 6.46 
6.6L~ 
6.80 
6.89 6.90 6 .94 7.12 
1.1 7.15 
 
6.49 6.39 6.58 6.52 6.65 6 . 60 
6.65 6.69 6.78 6.81 7.00 7.06 
 
Spring 1 ooo 
 h' e a d  
52,191 . 52,199 50,468 56,969 . 
57,958 61,298 55,135 47,940 52.852 57,690 53,186 52,591 56,000 
 
l)i gs [:'.aved 
F'all 
' 1,0~ 
head 
 
.Year 
1,000 head 
 
30,503 31,090 
33,358 36,275 
.39,423 39,288 
3.3,694 29,974 33,978 38,029 36,386 
37,094 
 
82,694 83.289 83.826 
9.3;244 97,381 100,586 88,829 
77,914 86.830 
95,719 89,572 89,685 
 
1/ Spring, December through May; fall, June through Nover.mer. 
2/ Spring farrowing indicated from breeding intentions reports. 
3/ Average number of pigs per litter wj_th allowance for trend used to compute 
- indicated number of spring pigs; number rounded to nearest 500,000 head. 
 
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AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEO~'tGIA A ND THE STAT E DEPARTMEN1 OF AGrHCUL.TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GIORGIA 
JAN 3 '58 
 
LIBRA R:k:S 
BROILER CHICK RhP R'P-i'~ 
 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICU !..TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA. 
December 26, 1957 
CQI\'lrJl-;RCIAL AREAS 
 
During the week ending December 21 commercial hatcherie s placed 5,094,000 chicks with the broiler producers in Georgia commercial areas. This compares with the 5,076,000 placed the previous week and is 10 per cent more than the 4,610,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
bggs set by local hat cherie s amounted to 6,718,000 compared with 6,708,000 the pr evious we ek and is 7 per cent more than the 6,304,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
Hatcheries r eported prices paid for hatching egg s during the week at an aver age of 75 cents per doz en. Averag e price charged by hatcheries for the chicks was r eported at ~13.00 per hundred. These !)rices compare with 75 cents and 12.75 last we ek and with 64 cents and r:ill.OO one year ago. Egg prices shown r elate to Georgia produced hatching eggs whether bought on contract or otherwise . 
 
Weighted average prices f rom the F e dera l-~tate Market News 5ervice for broilers during the week ending De cember 21 are as follows: North Georgia broil6r s 2 3/4 3 l/2 pounds, at farmc 15. 04; F'OB plants 16 . 00. 
 
(~ee reverse side for other states) 
 
- Date 
Wee k 1nding 
 
GEORGI A CHICl\ PLACEJI'lEN'r BY 'W"EEKS 
 
PERIOD OCTOBER 19 TiffiOUGH DECErffiER 21, 1957 
 
~ 
 
Egg s 
 
Chicks Hatched  ~~-shipme nts 
 
..5et 
1956 1957 
 
?l aced in Georgia 
 
of Chicks 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
1956 : 1957 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Thousands 
 
Total Placed 
. on Farms 
1956 1957 
Thousands 
 
Oct. 19 
Oct . 26 
Nov. 2 
Nov. 9 Nov. 16 
Nov. 23 Nov. .30 Dec. '7 Dec. 14 
Dec . 2l 
 
5,949 6,109 
5,963 6, 060 
6,164 
6,179 6,138 5,010 
5,909 6,304 
 
6, 356 6,274 6,261 
6,223 6,512 
6,5.39 
6,371 6,240 6,708 6,718 
 
4,032 4 , 1 34 4,051 4,026 4,146 4,123 4,128 4,157 4,105 4,140 
 
4,482 
4,339 4,340 
4,1~22 
4,378 4,473 4,483 4,543 4,596 4;596 
 
518 
 
445 
 
546 
 
501 
 
469 
 
542 
 
374 
 
669 
 
404 
 
545 
 
447 
 
482 
 
432 
 
510 
 
438 
 
493 
 
455 
 
480 
 
470 
 
498 
 
lf 1xclusive of hatchings shipped into state s outside of Georgia. 
 
4,550 4,680 1.+, 520 4,400 
4,550 4,570 4,560 
4,595 4,560 4,610 
 
4,927 4,846 4,882 5,091 
4,923 4,955 4,993 5,036 5,076 5,094 
 
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Agricultural ~tatistician 
 
JIRCHTI~ LAI\TGLEY tgricultural Statistician In Charg e 
 
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688 771 122 456 1,489 
 
746 876 1 31 483 1, 636 
 
8 75 793 1 33 484 1, 8 47 
 
762 794 149 451 1,705 
 
886 78 4 
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446 1,671 
 
751 805 124 550 1, 724 
 
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754 913 121 555 1, 895 
 
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326 
 
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4 67 
 
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447 
 
354 
 
329 
 
412 
 
359 
 
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2, 042 
 
2 , 09 7 
 
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2 ,148 
 
519 
 
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279 
 
620 
 
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382 
 
398 
 
360 
 
357 
 
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! j 193 
 
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182 
 
201 188 
 
184 
 
180 
 
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214 
 
266 
 
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1, 920 . 2 , 051 
 
2 , 02 7 2 , 0 19 1,986 
 
1, 99 3 
 
1, 9 96 
 
2 ,106 
 
2,103 
 
Eissiseippi Ar kansas Louisiana 'ft::xa s Washingt en Or eg on: 
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1 , 662 
2 ,744 
311 
2 , 344 
267 
231 ~, 048 
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320 215 
 
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1 , 273 1 , 380 
2 .:H 1, 62 7 
169 82 
856 
 
23 , 248 2 3 , 4 76 
 
1, 338 1,307 1 , 2 32 
 
1, 9 32 2 , 053 1, 992 
 
243 267 
 
292 
 
1, 619 1, 823 1 , '79 7 
 
1 53 189 
 
169 
 
87 
 
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102 
 
925 910 
 
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30 7 
 
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223 
 
216 
 
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1,1:33 1, 282 
 
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269 
 
307 
 
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1, 71 3 
 
169 
 
232 
 
180 
 
147 
 
869 
 
86 1 
 
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25 , 1-8 25 , 485 
 
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1957 . ~:' of ' i956 : 
 
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3_2 , 08 7 112 
 
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21 , 403 110 
 
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