'l.5 
 
~ 
 
GAG~RIQ~U~LT<URGA~.EfXATEdNSCIO~N SREtRV.IC1E i-J-;!iP- 1-p]~1rllU,NS'. OGEP:ARST~ME1~TRO{F VA~IRICl'J<LTdURIE 
 
", 
,: 
 
.UNIV~RSITY oP. GEORGIA A.Ni). THE . ; 
 
. AGRII,;ULTl'~AL MARKET(NG ~ER\(ICE 
 
, ,STAT!; OE~ARTME~TOF.~~~lc;UhT.Uft~:: i .:. ~,~ " . . ' . 
 
319 E><TEN.C;ION ~LDG  A;rHIi,NS, ~A. 
 
BROILER CHICK REPO:R'r' tOR. 'dE;ORG~,A" , . I" 
 
" 
 
Jah uary i1-: ~)9~9 
 
.. 
 
 
 
f,'" 
 
i" 
 
~. . 
 
" 
 
... f 
 
, A THENS . GA., January 7 - - AI total of 5, 862, 000 broiler c~icks ~ere i 
 
placed \y-ith prqducers 'in Ge()r.gia .dqrillg -the week ending January 3. aq:ordi/:1g to the G~orgi.a pr6p/R&partihg,.d.ervlce ::. :this c.ompar.e,s with .the J 5. 40~.:OOO ~ 
 
p~aced tl;le p~evious week an'd '~.s: nine ,per~.ent mor.e than the 5. 401, 000 ;pl~~e<l1 
 
the same wtfek .last y e a r , :. 
 
; 
 
, 
 
.i 
 
i 
 
I 
 
; 
 
.' 
 
I 
 
! ...  " 
 
..... \ 
 
 
 
 
 
... 
 
N' 
 
.... 
 
". 
 
....~, 
 
 
 
..: E~~s ~et ,bY-.~,e,o'~~:~~I:h~t~h.~~~.~ ~: a:l?;?~1'l~ed.,to 
 
 
 
..-.' 
 
 
 
I'  
 
; 
 
~ 19, OQO; .compare4 ,w.ith: 
 
7,844.000 the prevl'ous ,week an,d'ls; i'ou:-'percent more than the 'J. 361. 00,0 f9r 
 
,I,, ... 
i '.~ 
 
tqe correspqhding week 1asty-ear. :'" , 
 
. 
 
.~. T~e n~ajdrity .?f ~h~ .'pr;~~~~P~lf!l f,?:r _h~tch..ing .egg~. we:re' re~orted .withi~ a 
 
". rang-e of 50 to 10 cents with.an aver{Clge"o 6l.:~ents per. dozen.. compared with a 
range of.57 'to 70 cents flond ap.,average 0(.64 :ce.nt.$ per dozen laDt weel<~ ~o~t 
 
price s charged; for chicks were rep~rted within a range of $7. OO~ to $11.00 
 
. w~tb, .an ~ver.age oCf.9. 5~ per. 4un.ch~d,. c.9mp~x:e~.Wi~h a range. of $9.00 to $11. 25 
and ':an ~yer~ge: ofJ ~01>50 .p'e~ t~:~!l~~e.4. 1a~t .wee~: ~'. ,!,h,~ average pric.es Jas~ year 
 
were 
 
76:>,c 
 
e 
 
nts ~:~ 
 
for 
~ 
 
eggs 
 
~a..n 
 
1 
 
:i 
 
$13 .. 50 "~....,.. 
 
f~o...r. ch,l.cka, 
 
~_ 
 
._ 
 
. , ... ". . : 
 
I 
 
~ ;' 
 
: 
 
Weigh~ed:- average price s from the ?ederal-State Market News' 3ervice., for '. 
 
.... 
 
,I 
 
 
 
bro~~ers-during ttle wee.l5 E::~ding. fa.Quar,y} "a~~ ;asf.ollows.; G~orgia. broilers, 
 
2. 3/4 -'3 3/4 Pounds . at {arms ,14~08f; ..1"'0.8 plants 15 ..01, 
 
I r ': 
 
.. :j." 
 
,Ii ' . I, . 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
t. 
: .. 
 
o 
Week ~ncUng " 
j 
~ .. 
, 
I'iov~ I 
Nov: 8' Nov. l~'i Nov. 22 lI1ov. 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. 3. 
 
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. 
 
I' :GEO~GJJ\ OI{lQ:K '~bNc:;E~NT .B.y. WEEKS : - :., .: 
 
., 
 
NOVEMBER 1,' 1958: "rHROUdH: JANUARY 3. 195'9 
 
: ... ' 
 
EGGS'SET 1/ 
 
II . CHICK3 PLACED: FOR :BROI:~,..ERS;; 
 
:; '.'19'57 ~:1-9 58 {-1~9 ~~Jl(>'59'T-; t?o::of.: ~:.: i 9-57 -195B::19-S8-!19 59 - -7o-~r: 
 
1 
 
: , 
 
' 
 
-, 0' , ... - 
 
.. 
 
 
 
 '" : Year Ago 
 
 
 
. 
 
~ 
 
 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
Ye:ar ~Ago ". 
 
I 
 
 
 
Thousand'~ 
 
Pe;~ent 
 
Thousands 
 
1 P~rc~nt t. 
 
:6,5'.81'.;:: "'7~ 3'94 ": ~. :lli.: ::" .~ A; 882 'I ;6, 5'42 ;.~- ., 7.'. $49 ~ .. 'qs' ~. .' 5; 091' 
 
{6,871 .... 1';3''11'0 . 106 - "4.923 
 
,6.868 '6.653 
 
I 7 524 
 
110 
 
7,832' 118 
 
. 4.955 4,993 
 
.6.478 
 
7,420 
 
115 
 
5,036 
 
:7.000 
 
8. 146 
 
116 
 
5,076 
 
"7.033 ~6, 890 
 
I 8,092, 115 
 
7. 844 
 
111 
 
5,094 5. 172 
 
i7.J61 ..... :.7...6.l9 ..  ,)q4,., . .. 5,401 
 
5.1:21 
 
'oo .~05 
 
\ 
 
5.0.95 
 
)oq 
 
!! 
 
5.0.16 
 
f04 
 
5. 1196 
 
105 
 
5. ::3'20 1 lOt 
 
5,3:88. 10~ 
 
! 
t :" 
 
5.2:55' 104 
 
5,1.34 
 
III 
 
\ 
 
5, 404.~ 
 
104 
 
5,8J62:.:~ J 109 
 
.. I' . 
:' ' " 
 
!! 'Inc1udes'.'eggs 'set 
 
'by 
 
hat~h~~ie's 'pro:du:cing ~hicks'for 'hci:tcher;y 
 
. 
 
. 
 
supply flo~ks. 
_. \ r ...-:. 
 
.:~. ARCHIE 'LANG~EY >' . 
 
-. 
 
. .' 
 
... \~. A .. W~G!"{ER ; 
 
I' 
 
! 
 
~gZ:i.cu1~ural S~ati~tician in .~harge : . " 
 
Ac,riG:.ultura1 Statist~ci~n I 
 
,,~. t .,... ::.,' ~, 
 
"I 
 
~ ~~I '. 
 
; - 
 
;.:- :.~ ~ i 
 
_~ ", . 
 
.~ 
 
~ 
 
I 
 
f ~:; 
 
 
 
t ': 
 
" 
 
..' 
. . ',.. ..\ ~.. 
'-', .,' :r' .': 
 
;, 
 
~ 
 
... .,' 
 
: 
 
-- ;',. 
 
.-.:,',J 
 
.. 
 
,. 
 
:"", 
 
':$':B807 94 
.1 
 
 EGGS SET' AND CHICKS' PLACED 'IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY W'EEK~ - 19-5-8 & 1959 
0 
 
1-'age 2. 
 
STATE 
~"aine 
Connecticut Fennsylvania Indiana Illinois ~~i s sou-ri Lelaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
l'~lorida 
Alabama Mis.sissippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California 
 
Dec. 20 
 
Dec. 27' 
 
I 
,:1I 
 
Jan. , . - .'-. ,.- , ';,1I "Nov. 
 
,,< :,3 
 
ii 1 
!1 
 
EGGS SET - '-THOUSANDS 
 
I,1' 
 
. W ~ek E:nding 
 
i~ ' 
 
, 
I~' 
 
I i-F Nov. : f Nov. 
 
8 
 
15 
 
I 
 
" 
 
1, 373 1. 101 1.426 I, 547 
346 1, 787 2,068 2, 505 2,115 
278 
3. 169 624 
8,092 
 
I, 33~, 1,075 1,204 1, 56~ 
31'1 1,706 I, 978 2,237 
1,969 263 
2,928 561 
7. 844 
 
.; 
 
I, 4~8 1, {)~9 
 
~I 
I 
Ii 
i 
 
1: 033 416 
 
1, 094 470 
 
1, 099 382 
 
1, 477 
 
I: 768 .' 814 
 
8-25 
 
' l I, 618 "2$0' ; ... 1,: 649' " '-, 
1,:997 " ". ," 
 
. 'l 
Ii. 
IJ ' . 
 
..,7la077 
 
'j 535 
 
1, 813 
 
2.-..:'430 
 
.I! 1,570 
 
79~  797 
 
180 
6~5 
 
-... 
 
173 ,:,6,54 
 
1,293 " 1,. ~93 
 
1, ,927 ' , r;' 871 
 
2,O~4 
285 
 
Ij 
I 
I 
 
894 ., . 796 ' . 878 
 
571 
 
61i :'574 
 
2...946 '522 
 
,i ::2,3-07 
 
' I~ - 
 
. 
 
'.-' fl 297 
 
Z;416 ;321 
 
2'-~94 : 
: ;' 364 
 
7,'"619 
 
!I 5, 121 5,095 5,oi6 
 
458 3. 375 2,:653 3,.703 
674 2: 868 
396 430 1.522 
 
368 3, 322 2,664 
3, 590 64-5 
2.689 342 445 
" 
1,643 
 
356 3.47.8 2,'451' ..' 3,'534 
'644' 
2,7?2 ' -400 
431 
.- 
1,5?7 
" 
 
'. . 
 
l:1 
 
213 .2,496 
 
" ~ ;. - J.. II :-'"'"} , :6-68 
 
,i1 -,~'... 
 
1-,2 465 r ' !"3-S7 
 
2.143 
 
I 
:: 
 
298 
 
;i 
I'; 
 
.. 
 
140 
 
!i 8"19 
 
185 . , :. it)} 
 
2,654 2._~8 
i. 0-54 1, 727 
 
2.3'08 2,'463 
 
367 
 
3..94 
 
2, 158 2, 269 
 
236 - 2'73 
 
f61 
 
'1:64 
 
8.36 
 
,812 
 
,,' Nov. '1 
22," 
 
Dec,. 
13 
 
.. 
 
CHICKS 
 
FLAC'ED 
 
,~ 
 
" 
THOUSANDS 
 
, 
 
" 
. 
 
~ 
 
1,07'5 _ 
560., ' 818 4 
797 17~ ... 616", 1,:580 1, 746, 
""'941 468 2,359' .36-.9 5.)9'6 .. 
192 2,685 1,79'6 2,550: 
38'3 - 
2, ,321' 289 )68 
861*, 
 
1, 015 1.042 
 
5,..84 
 
:522 
 
857 
 
'856 
 
86l-' 
 
81.'0 
 
127' 
 
143 
 
7.36. . :65-6 
 
1,605. 1, :.64..5 
 
1, 551 . i,.6~3 
 
1,0'08. ' -l, 00.6 
 
481 
 
506 
 
21444 2,439 
 
381 
 
347 
 
5,,: 3-20. 
 
<, 
.. 
 
5, '3~-8 
 
,- 
 
2.45' '; 24-9 
 
2,650 2,628 
L . 8'30- .; 1, ,903 
2;-.723.: 2 '9.i'l 4:46 " 457 
2,302 i, 165 
 
270' 
 
308 
 
138 -= :? f9 
 
779 - ~ 95,-5 
 
1,,125 
567 .. 953 
"9,~13 
' 163 
6-96 
C' 598 
1,7'43 
' 9.~8 .490 2.475 
342 
5, 2'55 
237 '2,'773 1,972 .2. 999 
~ 506 ' 2~ 211 
Z59 " 
'254 " . '8'78 
 
" 
 
Dec. .} 20 j 
1, '142 : 560 ' 
911 .. 819 .IS,S :, 
:.. ,'122 .1,:62-4.' .1,998 '1,076, 
51.1, 2. ,480 ,. 361 ' 5,734 : 
: :215 2,863 ' 2~ 000 ",: 
~,04b 
449 2, 126 :. 
298, 
~42 
789 
 
l' Dec. ,27 . 
" 
1, 147 601 714 743' 142 665 
1,692 1,852 1.090 
562 2 . 081 
,331 5;404 
211 2, 366 
. 1','9~6 
3, 12l '.. .. 398' 
2; 105 
2~8 
238 ' 861 .. 
 
Jan. .3 
1,,211 669 873 772 1:49 6'85 
2~O46 
1, 840 1, .Q 14 
_6:01 2, 578 
"324 5,.862 
298 2,871 1',999 3, ~51 ( 470 
i-; 277 
,269 
- 236 
1,052 
 
TOTAL 1958-59 ~ 42, 510 
I TOTAL 1957-58 i 36, 814 
I 
0/0 of Year Ago I 115 
! 
: ~ReVised. 
 
, 
40, 684. 41,047 
 
36,170 11~ 
 
38,,14, 4 108 
 
II1126,758 -27.032 27, 171 
 
, ' 1,23,644* 24,205 2~,456 
 
:,.I,I' .,' 113 
 
1~? 
 
III 
 
I 
 
28, OO,4~ 28,353. 28,878 
 
.. 24,601 24',462 :-24, 828 
: 
 
)l~ 
 
116 
 
i16 
 
, " 
29,427 '3-0, 121 28. -5i9 t. 31:. ~4 7 
~5,320 .. 25,968 : 25,293 26,741 
 
116 
 
il7 
 
'113: 
 
117 
 
 3. 
 
tGIE(Q)~CGllA CI~(Q)r JErr;:rCC))JRtIrllW(G ~JE~VllCE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
. 
 
1I. ~. DEPARTMENT OF I-\GRICULTURE AGr!ICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSIOllII3LOu., ATIIEN~. GA. 
January 9, 1959 
 
FARi"! PRICE REPORT AS OF DECEr1BER 15, 1958 
 
GEORGIA~ The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Geo~gia farmers dropped 3 points (about one percent) compared with its 1910-14 average during the 
month ended December 15, 1958. The index at 257 is 11 points or 4.5 percent above the level for the corresponding date a year earliero 
 
,The All Crops Index, at 275 of its 1910-14 average, dropped 2 points (or 
 
about one percent) during the montho Small declines for cotton, pecans, and 
 
peanuts were responsible fnr this decline. Compared with a year earlier the 
 
index is up 16 points or 6 percento 
 
' 
 
The All Li'i7estock and Livestock Products index dropped h points to 219 per'" 
cent of its 1910...14 average. Lower prices for hogs, chickens, aggs and \'lholesale milk all contributed to this drop. The index is up 2 points or 1 percent compared with a year earlier. 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers dropped 2 percent (5 points) to 246 percent of :.ts 1910~14 average during the month ended 
December 15. Primarily responsible for the decrea.se were lower prj.ces for cotton, 
citrus fruit, tomatoes, hogs, eggs, and milk~ Host liaportant increases were for corn and tobacco. The mid,December 'index \'las slightly more '~ha'1 1 percent above 
a year earlier. The 1958 annual a.-.rerage was 255 compared with 242 for 1957 
 
The Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services; including Interest, T~~es, and Farm Wage Rates (the Pa~ity IndeY) for December 15 held at its a1~time high of 308. Major changes during the month were lower prices for food, clothing, and feeder livestock, and higher prices for feed, tracto....s, and farm supplies. At 
the year 1s end the Index t'laS 3 percent above a year earlier. The annual average of 305 compares ~dth 295 for 1957~ 
 
As a result of the dec1ire in the prices received index during the month the Parity Ratio dropped 1 point in December to 80, the lowest since February 1957. 
 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _S~a!y_T~ble_f~r_t!!e_UEi~eE.~t~t~s 
 
Index 1910 -14 ~ 100 
 
:December 15, : November l.~,: December 15, = 
 
: 1957 
 
: 1958 
 
: 
 
1958 . ~ 
 
. 
 
_ 
 
~e.9.0.!:d_h~g.!:! _ Index ~ Date 
 
Prices Received 
 
243 
 
251 
 
246 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
Parity Index 1/ 
 
299 
 
308 
 
308 
 
308 ~/Nov. 1958 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
81 
 
81 
 
80 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
~rhi~e~ "Paid: Inte;e;t: Ta~e~,-a~d-W;'g;Rate~ ba~ed ~n-d~t~ fo; th; indi~ated - - 
dates .. 
g/ Also December 1958 
--------------~--------------------------- 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY AgricultUl'~l Statistioian In Charge 
 
vlILLIAM Eo KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 PRIc;S IiECE~D BY FARMERS DEC?.J.til:i'ER 15, 1958 WITH COMPARISONS 
 
!I - - - - ' - , - 
 
COM/lODITY 
... .AND UNIT 
 
Average 1910-14 
 
Gt:ORGIA. 
 
Dec.15, 
f;Y--,5_'L_- 1958 
 
Average 1909_14 
 
UNITED STAT~'S 
 
D1e9c5.7~5 
 
1958' . 
 
D1e9c5. 18 5 , 
. 
 
Wheats Bu. 
 
$ ;1.,.23 
 
1.95 
 
, ..88 
 
1.94 
 
1.74 
 
1.73 
 
Corn, Bu. 
'" 
 
~, 
'" 
 
Oata" Bu.. ,", 
 
$, 
 
Irish Fot.,Cwt. 
 
$ 
 
Sweat Pot. ,Cvrt. 
 
$ 
 
Cdttoll, 'Lb. 
 
..,'. 
 
Cot,tonseed" Tpn ,- ~ 
 
Hay,A11,(baled)Ton $ 
 
~og's, per' Cv.'t. ' 
 
$ 
 
Beef Cattle, ~rt. $ 
 
Milk Cows, Head 
 
$ 
 
Chicken0 ,All,Lb. 
 
~ 
 
\' 
 
~, 
 
Eggs, Doz. 
 
: ': ' 
 
Butterfat; tb. 
 
 
 
- Milk (wholesale), ", 
 
per 1Oi}) 
 
$ 
 
.91 
 
1.19 
 
.64" 
 
.98 
 
.94 
 
1.02 
 
.67 '1.13 
 
.84 
 
12.1 
 
;::3.-65 : : 41.00 
 
26.00 
I 70'36 'lff.CO 
.~6. 3  I 14,.60 33 .S5 1;~.0~ 
 
13.3 
 
16.0 
 
 1 
 
I 
 
I 27.20 
 
18.90 
I, IS .60 
I' 160.00 
 
,15.0 
 
 .' 
 
~: 
 
.94 II 
 
.40 
 
.e2 
 
5'-.~0" 
 
I 
'" 
 
1.14 
 
, I' 
I 
 
I 1.60 
 
,J61 5.04 
 
, 
34.2 
 
II 
 
12.4 
 
I 
J 28.2 
 
, 
 
[ 
 
1 I .. ',5~.00 I '22',55 ' (' 50.'50 
 
"27.5 
 
19.20 
 
18.10 I 7,.27, '19.10 ;11, ',' '; .~2 . 
 
, 
160.00 
 
III 
 
48 .co 
 
I' ,14,.0 
 
11.4 
 
17.SD,18.60 178.00 , 1~.9 
 
.57 
1~15 
3.35 32.4 .. 43 ;50' 
.. 
18.20 .'1.7' .90 
22.20' 222.00' 15'.1_ ' 
 
.59 1.16 4.54 30.3 43.00 18.80 17.40 , 22.30 225.00 14.7 
 
~1.4 
 
.' 54.1,': 46.0,:, 
 
25.8 I 50.0 J, 51.0 
 
2.43 
 
"tIt..,; 
 
, 
5,71 
 
'(/1/' 1-,6.00 
 
, '45.5 ,51.0 
 
2L5 
 
44.2 
 
38.3 
 
36.3 
 
26'.~, "I 59.~'" - " 58..5,l, 59.1 
 
I " 'r/ ", IU , 1 ~60 
 
4.51 l/ 4.50 ' 4.41 
 
Soybeans, Bu. Peanut s, LQ ~ 
_. -i/ "Revised'. 2/ Pr~ elimina:ry:'., 
 
- -==: ~--:;::=-=-,-~ 
 
, 
 
" 
 
,4.~. 1~:7,. --, J' <?06 : .. ' ,1.89 I 10.8 
 
1.97 10 
 
s 
 
~ . ... '" 
 
INDEX NTh~ERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA 
 
(January l~nO _ De9emb.er 1911 = 100) 
 
, 
 
'" 
 
- 
 
,'Dec.15, Nov.15, Dec.J.5" 
 
" ',1957 
_. 
 
1958' 1958 ,~ ' T 
 
All Corrmodities All Crops GraiAs ~d Hay Cotton Lint ' Peanuts Tobacoo Cottonseed and Soybean s , , Irish Potatoes & Sweetpotatoes Fruits and Nuts 
All Livestock and Livestock Products Meat An:iinal s Poultry and zggs 
- - - - -Da.iry Products 
 
,246 
 
,'J. 
 
259 
 
148 
 
,240 
 
192 
 
449 
 
.171 
 
254 
 
205 
 
217 
 
'289 
 
153 
 
'2~0 
 
260 
 
257 
 
277 
 
275 
 
148 
 
.150 
 
284 
 
2el 
 
202 
 
i98 
 
443 
 
443 
 
22408e 
 
" 
,r 
 
2C8 259 
 
167 
 
163 
 
223 , j , : 219 
 
328 
 
324 
 
135 
 
129 
 
238 
 
, 234 
 
. 
 
., 
 
.', 
 
PRIcE'S PAID BY FAR!'iERS FO~ sELECTED FEEDS DECEMBER 15, 1958 WITS CCMPARISONS 1/ 
 
;sr:: GEIR~: ~ec~5.-!-l:~~ KIND OF FEED 
 
- - ' 
 
.if .15 _I Nov .15 _I Dec 15 
 
.15 _ 
 
1957 ,1958 
 
1958!1 ~7 I 1958 ~j __ 19~~ 
 
f ,'" , 
 
 
 
 1 
 
.' ", ", Dollars per .~OO, p~un~~,I, 
 
~~ir-ed Dairv Feed: All Under 29-% Protein 16% Protein 16% Protein 2~ Protein 24c;~ Protein 
H_~h Protein Feeds Cottonseed Ivleal Soybean Meal Meat Scrap 
~in By_Prodccts Bran Ivliddl ings Corn Meal 
 
3.80 3.70 4.00 4.00 4.30 
3.45 3.75 4.55 
3.20 3.35 3.30 
 
3.95 3.85 4.20 4.00 4.30 
3.65 
-3.95 
3.15 3.35 3.20 
 
I 
I 3.90 3.80 
I 4.20 
 
3.60 3.56 3.51 
 
I 4.05 
 
3.80 
 
I 4.50 Ii 3.90 
 
i 
 
I I 
I 
 
3.70 3.95 
 
- i I 
 
3.68 
3.71 4.69 
 
I I 3.25 I 2.53 
 
I 3.50 
3.25 
 
2.70 3.22 
 
I 
3.63 
I 3.57 
I 3.55 
I 3.83 3.93 
 
3.74 3.68 3.54 3.9(, 
4.0G 
 
i 
 
I I 3.82 4.05 5.72 I 
 
4.02 4.27 5.78 
 
I 
 
I 
 
I 2.76 I 3.05 
 
I 2.87 I 3.12 3.16 I 3.18 
 
Poultry Feed 
Broiler Growing Mnsh Laying Iv'l3.sh Scratch Grains 
 
4.95 4.70 4.15 
 
4.95 4.70 4.15 
 
I,I 
 
5.00 
 
4'.81. 
 
I 4.75 I 4.28 
 
4.15 
 
3.91 
 
I, 
 
I 4.88 
4.36 3.87 
 
4.94 4.45 3.87 
 
~ (Baled) AJ,falfa .".,.l_1. Other 
l/ As repo:-ted by Feed Dealers .. 
 
I 1 
 
48 38 
 
00 .00 
 
40.00 31.00 
 
I45.CO 31 10 35.00 11 28.70 
 
I I I 29.00 27 .20 
 
30.00 28.30 
 
I 
 
  
 
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. ..' . .: 
 
. \'. . 
 
~.. 
 
~. 
 
AGRICUL. TURAL EXTENSION SEHVICE . 
UN/V"=;RSITY OF GEORGIA AND t:HE STATE:'DE~ARTMENTOF. AGRIC.ULTURE 
1}.t.h~n:s'; .Geo.rgia. , . 
 
: "U; 5, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL,TURE 
 
AGR.ICUl.TURAI,. MARKETII~G SS'.RViCE 
 
319 EXTeNSION SLOG" ATHENS, GA. 
 
UNNf i1 Jam. M.-T~0',12, ..19,59' 
 
., 
 
 
 
,":; 
 
0 
 
 
 
. . ~. .~ 
 
,..' :_ .',4-,'., "0...: 
 
...:" ,'., VEGETABLES 'FOR'FRE$H MARKET 
 
.~ ,'. 
 
~ 
 
.... 
 
I 
 
, :January 1; ,'1959.' , 
 
:.1959 UNITED 'SfJ...TES} Pr~duction of w':Lntl3r v(;geta~i~s 'in 
 
"~s exp.scted, to ~e : 12 'Pe;~.: 
 
cent 'larger than in 1958' but only :Cpercent above averago, the 
 
Crop Reporting B9ard announced tod.ay. January,.l foreqasto point.to.a g-reatqr. produqt.f"6i1 or. all winter 'vegetables .than i'n 19.5A':excep:t for carr.ots,. ca\lliflQ~ier,.. oest's',,"artiSl1:o,kes,. Brussels, sp/outs a;nd "sl'J:Llotc. '.' 'A'i~ oi ,the 'c~'ops :Jh.ow.ing a lna- . 
 
ter.i~l' ih~rease. 'over:' last year., except 'c,efery and i~ttuce, .are ,~roduced p,rinqi- .. '. 
qI- pally epti,r~ly in li'J,.orida. The,largest 8,:xpe.cted incre.~se is .in thE?, production, . 
 
of tomatoes, wnich is almost .three. titles ,thU1;.. in 1958.. , Last;.winter Florida lost 
an extre'in.e1t ~D..r;ge.prGentage 01' vege:~8?1~. pr:aduc'ti~n' :because of: :p,oo,d, ~~ag~ apd', 
 
repeated .:(re.ezes. C0lnpared 1.vith :werage" .estimated 1959 winter, production :!..S .... : 
 
consid9ra~ly'large~'fbr c~~erY, es~arolo~ '~nd,g~een peppers; small increases .~e. i 
 
in e;xpeet.e.d lettuce, ;.3VJeet cO~11 and oggplant. The . largest ,declines. fr,om average ~ 
 
were Tegister~:ct 'ror.' ~'arrots, .snap heal;1 s""cauli,flm18r,; cabbage:,' hro.ccoti and bee;ts'~,.:. 
 
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Decembe~ .: .' Btownsv'i~le w:=J.s the only, section csC;qpir..g., ,1"r'eezes, particularly .th,e, . one of D'ecember 16', ,ended grpwth of 'tend~r 'veget,ables, pu't' raQst of tl1es;e, crops. . 
 
Here near 'col;1Pletion' of harvest' ai.1d loss of' proCiuc'-t:ion. w;as, ii.ght . l\.not.lier freeze '.; 
dipped into all Texas areas on January 5 but the light drizzle ind.~et soils li.~t:.d:-.d~g'e'.. to,'}iE~~ t~p ~~n .....Maip.. .f:'f~.eit..~;il:J, b~i:.a .4elay in.hartrest .of'~=...,... 
 
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F:torid'a~-" Li'ttle: oi.' ho" daiitage-~'e.sult.e(Cas~ mO-5t 'of"'tnc-.vegetcible -acr"eage }s 10-' . 
c'ated further south. Intermittent rains fell throughout December ~nd early J~u 
 
aq. The heaviest were in mid-December. R.:lins advanced maturing of crops but ,'. 
 
hindered harvest and made cultivation and insoct control difficult." Tomatoes' . 1vere' damag'e'd, by 'the' hea~ mid-month rains but' have about' recovered.:' 'l'.hQ overall' ,. 
 
outlpok' ~s l1luclr :br.i'ghter .than 1;ast Y. e::ar' ~!,ien.. cr?p'Ei: ~({~rl, ~~.st ~I'oin ..floog.:ipg ~nd. '. 
 
freezes: 
 
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CABBb.GF:: T'h8 19,9 winter crop is forecast at 6,273,000 cwt., 3 percent ..above ~ I 
,"last :y~ear but 4 percent below average. The indicated yie,ld' per aC:fe is slightly below last year and average whi:j,c the acr!3a;e for harvest i~ 6 per-, cent above 1958 but 4 percent below averaGe. Planting continues in al~ areas of 
 
Florida. R~cent, rains have slowed ha:"vestine, and volun:~ is eXJ?~~te~~o '~nc~ease' 
 
sea6onally,j The. Texas crop 'got started under unfavorab1e cond:Ltlon~ Ftnd :vms further. ,retarded by the cold spell ..around mid:"Decemb~r... Thr;,se' cold .temp'8Tcxture 5 ..... caused some leaf damaGe and slowed growth of all 'plants. Supplies durj:ng Dec(jm-' . ~ 
 
ber ''lere lighter than expected but volwne shoUJ.d pick up in January and continue 
 
moderate",thJ:'.o.ugh Ma:rch.. Head.s have been running to small sizes but quality has 
 
been good.~ . The Arizona crop is in good condition and of gQod. ,quality.. N[irketings. 
 
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began in early' Decembcl' arld are expected to contiilUe in moderate volume through 
 
February. Supplies are now increasi~g in volume from several California districts. 
 
The bulk of the production during Ja11uary 11ill be moving from the Imperial Valley 
 
and the Los Angeles area. 
 
CUCUMBERS: Florida's winter cucumber crop is forecast at. 98,000 cwt., which is 
31 percent below aver~ge production. Last winter the crop was a 
complete loss due to the freeze. The small acreage for winter harvest in the lower ~st Coast and the Fort ~Wers-Immokalee area is only in fair condition due to cold winds in mid-December with some damage from recent heavy rains. Imports 
from Cuba have been moving through Florida in volume. 
 
i'!A.TERHELONS: Growers in Florida and California intend to have 92,600 acres of watermelons for late sprL~g harvest. This is 10 percent below the 
:'9,8 acreage but 5 percent above ave~'age. Both States expect to have less acre- 
~ge this year than last. 
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 OIUOHS: The early spring acre&ge 'of onions in south Texas is estimated at 
34,000 acres;-2b percent above the 1958 harvested acreage but 8' percent below average. The 1959 acreage is 21 percent below grmvers" "'intentions last 
fall. Heavy raD1S during the planting season left seme fields too wet until too late for planting onions. Most of the increased plantings over last year are in the non-irrigated areas of the LOlver Valley and Coastal Bond. Hore than the usual acreage in the Lower Valley was planted after mid-November and seeding con- 
tinued into December. About 25 percent of the ac'reage in the LOvler Valley is ex- 
pected to furnish production starting the first half of February but most of the acreage will be harvested from mid-March through April. Earliest plantings in the 
Coastal Bend will furnish production beginning in late Harchu 
 
Growers' intentions for late spring onions indicate 14,000' acres in 1959. This is 10 percent below the acreage harvested in 1958 and 5 percent belml average. 
In North Carolina and Georgia, g~owers intend to plant less acreage than last year because of a discouraging marketL~g season. In North Carolina weather conditions during January and quality of sets available may also have an effect on the acreage planted. The dry weather through Dec~~ber in Georgia caused some growers there to reduce their acreage. Most of the acreage reduction in north Texas occurred in the Princeton-lIcKinney area where hail caused considerable damage last year. Wet weather in early December and cold weather later in the month delayed preparation of fields. Very few plants were moved into the area by Janucuy 1. Hoisture is mnple and planting can start in late January without any serious delay in harvest. Pllli~ting of the Arizona crop has been completed. 1leather conditions in California through December were too dry for good development of transplants. Most of the fields have been planted but some growers have held off planting until after rainfall occurs. The acreage at Stockton is expected to show an increase over last year. 
Acreage and Indicated Production Reported to Date, 1959 with Comparisons 
 
CROP 
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STtm 
 
J~CrCAG[; ;roR H!.RVLST 
 
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YELD P~R i,Crr.:: 
 
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PP.ODUCTIOU 
 
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1949-57 I 
 
19-50-I- -1-959- 
 
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_ Acres _ 
 
_ Cwt. _ 
 
1959 t 1..C.-'4.9-57: 1958-t -19-59- 
_ 1,000 cwt. - 
 
. . . LETTUCE, Winter 
 
Florida.     .1 3,360 
 
Texas  
 
.: 11,820 
 
3,700 10,000 
 
3,500 III 
 
5,500 
 
97 
 
65 
 
100 
 
374 
 
240 
 
350 
 
60 
 
75 1,119 
 
600 
 
412 
 
Arizona, Yuma    : 13,780 9,700 
 
9,900 140 
 
155 
 
145 1,922 1,504 1,436 
 
California    I 34,810 
Group Total.  .: 63,TI 0 
: 
 
39,200 62,600 
 
43,000 149 
 
160 
 
155 5,167 6,272 6,665 
 
61,900 135 
 
138 
 
2.43 8,583 8,616 8,863 
 
ONIONS 
 
: 
 
y y : Early Spring Texas: 36,760 27,000 
Late Spring 
 
34,000 
 
66 
 
'95 
 
2,267 2,565 Mar.l0 
 
North Carolina  : 800 2,300 
 
1,000 
 
75 
 
75 
 
60 
 
172 
 
Georgia  I 
 
Louisiana : 
 
Texas. Q 
 
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.. Arizona      : 
California    
 
1,000 190 
7,690 1,280 4,470 
 
800 
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4,700 2,700 5,100 
 
600 
 
85 
 
90 
 
- 
 
47 
 
- 
 
4,600 
 
32 
 
25 
 
2,400 313 
 
270 
 
5,400 291 
 
245 
 
85 9 
253 397 1,259 
 
-72 
118 729 1,250 
 
May 11 
 
Group Total  : 14,710 15,600 
 
14,000 139 
 
150 
 
2,010 2,341 
 
!I 1959 prospective acreage. / Short_tTIne average. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY ~p'ricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JRQ Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
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CRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT Ol~ AORICUL.TIJ~E. 
 
JAN 1 5'59 
 
IJ, S, UEPAPTMFN r OF ~.GRICULTURE 
AGRICULTUR.'.l. MARKETING SERViCE 
319 EXTENSION 81...0G-., A'rHENS. GA. 
 
BRClILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA 
 
LIBRARiES 
 
January 14, 1959 
 
ATIIZNS, GA., January 14--A total of 5,7h4,000 broiler chicks were placed 
with producers in Georgia during the week ending January 10, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 5,862,000 placed the previous week and is four percent more than the 5,519,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries mnounted to 7,904,000 compared with 7,619,000 the previous week and is four percent more than the 7,599,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices pp,1d for hatching eggs were reported l1ithin a range of 50 to 67 cents ~1ith an averag~ of 57 cents per dozen compared with a range of 50 to 70 cents and an avera~e of 61 cents per dozen last l-leek. ilost prices charged for chicks were reported l'7ithin a range of ~n. 00 to ;.~10. 50 with an aver~ge of ~;8. 75 per hundred compared Hith a range of ~:) 7.00 to ~~;11. 00 and an average of .:~9.50 per hundred last ~leek. The average prices last year were 76 cents for eggs and ::n3. So for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State harket News Service for broilers during the week ending January 10 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 14.58; FOB plants 15.43. 
 
(See reverse side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA CHICK PLACElvJENT BY lrJEEKS 
 
" l l-Teek 
 
. NOVENBEfi. 8 TImOUGH JANUARY 10 
 
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EGGS SET 1/ 
 
i CHICKS PLACED FOR BROILERS 
 
I Ending I 1957-19,8 
 
1958-1959 
 
I ~~ of I 
Year Ago I 
 
1957-1958 
 
1958-1959 
 
]~ of Year Ago 
 
Thousands 
 
Percent II 
 
Thousands 
 
Percent 
 
Nov. 8 I 
Nov. 15 Nov. 22 
Nov. 29 Dec. 6 
Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 
 
6,542 6,871 6,868 
6,6.53 6,478 7,000 
7,033 6,890 
 
7, .549 7,311 
7,524 7,832 7,420 8,146 8,092 
7,844 
 
115 I 
 
I 106 II 
 
I 110 :1 
 
i 
I 
 
118 115 
 
II 
'I 
 
116 I 
 
111154 II 
 
.5,091 
4,923 4,9;;5 
s4,,909336 
5,076 5,094 5,172 
 
S,095' 5,016 ;;,196 5,320 5,388 5,2.5.5 S,734 .5,404 
 
, 100 
102 105 107 107 10h 113 104 
 
Jan. 3 
 
7,361 
 
7,619 
 
104 I 5,401 
 
.5,862 
 
109 
 
Jan. 10 
 
7,599 
 
7,904 
 
104 I 5,519 
 
5,744 
 
101.~ 
 
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.1 
 
11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricul~ura1 Statistician In Charge 
 
1pT. A. liVAGNErl AGricultural Statistician 
 
 STATE 
 
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Dec. 
27 
 
Jan. 
3 
 
EGC,s SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CONI1ERCIAL AREAS.l. BY HEEKS - 1958 & 1959 
 
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_Week EndI ing 
 
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I I Il I II Jan. 
 
1. 
 
10 1 
 
Nov. 
8 
 
Nov. 
15 
 
Nov. 
22 
 
Nov. 
29 
 
Dec. 
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Dec. 
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Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
II 
 
I i EGGS SET - -TH~~SANDS - -II 
 
1,3331,075 
 
1,488 1,079 
 
'I 1,446 
1,198 
 
I 
 
1,094 470 
 
1,204 1,477 1,406 . 814 
 
Indiana 
Ill~nois l~lissouri 
Delaware 
 
I 1,~_~~ 
 
II 
 
1,706 1,978 
 
1,~~g 
1,649 1,997 
 
1,~~~ 
1,694 2,086 
 
I 795 189{*" 655 1,293 
 
Maryland Virginia ~iest Virginia 
 
I 2,2~7 
I: 1,9b9' 263 
 
2,4~O 
2,0.')4 285 
 
2,.454 
i: 2,212 I, 290 
 
1,927 796 611 
 
--l- North Carolina 
South Carolina GEORGIA 
 
II 2,928 
564 
I 
'I 7, 841+ 
 
2,946 522 
7, 619 
 
3,289 'II 2,416 
 
561 
 
327 
 
7, 
 
904 
 
,I 5,095 
-T'2J~~ 
 
I, 1,654 2,308 
 
II 
 
367 2,158 
 
I 236 161 
 
836 
 
1,099 382 825 797 
187~'(- 
654 1,293 1,871 
878 574 2,294 364 
5.016 
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201 2,648 1,727 2,463 
394 2,269 
273 164 812 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
1,075 56o G18 797 189* 676 
1,580 1,746 
9~1 
468 2,359 
362* 
5.196 
192 2,685 1,796 2,550 
383 2,321 
289 168 861* 
 
1,015 584 857 861 130,'(- 
736 1,605 1,551 1,008 
L~81 
2,444 369-::- 
5 J- 
2~S 
2,650 1,830 2,723 
46?~~"~ 
2,302 270 
lL~4~*" 
779 
 
1,0).+2 
5 ,c/'3~"~ 
856 870 143 656 1,6).+5 1,653 1,006 506 2,439 347 
5.'388 
249 2,628. 1,903 2,921 
457 2,165 
308 219 955 
 
1,125 
 
1, 169~ 
 
1,1~7 
 
567 
 
56o 
 
601 
 
953 
 
911 
 
. 7,14 
 
9h3 
 
819 
 
743 
 
163 
 
155 
 
142 
 
696 
 
722 . 665 
 
1,598 1,624 1,692 
 
1,743 1,998 1,852 
 
988 1,076 1,090 
 
490 
 
511 
 
562 
 
2,475 2,480 2,081 
 
342 
 
361 
 
331 
 
__ 5,255 --_5. 7.'31 .._-5--,-4--0- 4 . 
 
237 2,773 1,972 2,999 
506 2,211 
 
215 2,863 2,000 
3,046 
449 2,126 
 
211 2,366 1,946 3,122 
39(},'(- 
2,105 
 
259 
 
298 
 
258 
 
254 
 
242 
 
238 
 
878 
 
789 
 
861 
 
1,211 669 873 772 1L.9 685 
2,046 1,840 1,014 
601 2,578 
324 
5.86 
298 2,871 1,999 3,251 
470 2,277 
269 236 1,052 
 
1,180 531 78h 737 136 765 
1,880 1,838 1,092 
557 2,407 
323 
5,744 
255 2,904 2,051 2,881 
440 2,223 
310 300 1,196 
 
158-59 
 
II 40,684 41,047 42,319 
 
27,041-::- 27 , 185~~ 28,012* 28,373-)(- 28, 909~~ 29,427 30, 14&~ 28,521-)', 31,347 30,534 
 
157-58 
 
36,170 38,lL~4 38,984 
 
24,205 24,456 24,601 24,462 24,828 25,320 25,668 25,293 26,741 27,022 
 
-%- 
 
lr Ago 
.-' 
 
112 
f,- Revised 
 
108 
 
109 
 
112 
 
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111 
 
114 
 
116 
 
116 
 
116 
 
117 
 
113 
 
117 
 
113 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION $ERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S1"ATE DEPARTMENT OF AGR'ICULTURE 
Athens, G e o r g i a . : 
 
' ,JAN 2, 't:9 
J 
 
RN~',SE~VHCJE 
. s.: DE p,ARTr,1E NT OF AGRICULTURE 
GRICULTURAL MARKETING SERV1CE 19 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
... .., January 19, 1959 
 
GEORGIA 1959 TURKEY PRODUCTION EXPECTP.J) TO BE THE SAr'iE AS 1958 NATION UP 5 PJ~CElNT 
 
GEORGIA: Turkey growers in Georgia are expected to produte 287,000 head during 1959, or the same as was produced last year, according to the Georgia 
Crop Reporting Service. This 287,000 head is the smallest number since 1948 when production amounted to 196,000 turkeys. 
 
UNITED STATES :Turkey growerl3 intend to produce -5 '.percent more. tllrkeys in 1959 
 
, 
 
than l'ast year. They plan :incr:ease9 of l~ p'ercent in light breeds 
 
and 3 percent in the heavy breeds, with heavy whites up 18 percent but other 
 
heavy breeds down 1 percent. If growers carry out their intentions, about 81.9 
 
million turkeys will be raised, compared with 77.9 million in 1958. All regions 
 
show planned increases except the North Atlantic and South Central regions. In- 
 
crease& indicated are 11 percent i~ the.West.North Central, 8 percent ~n the 
 
East North Central, 4 percent in the So~th Atlantic and 1 percent in the West. " 
 
The North Atlantic region expects a deCrease of 2 percent, and growers in the 
 
South Central region plan to raise about the same number of turkeys as last year. 
 
Heavy breed growers intend to raise 67,740;000 turkeys this year-- 3 percent more than last year. Growers plan to raise 16,146,000 heavy white breed turkeys,' . compared with 13,678,000 last year--an increase of 18 percent. According to present' ,plans heavy white breeds will account for 24 percent of all.heavies raised in 1959, compared w.ith 21 'percent in 1958. All, regions ,show increases in heavy white breeds except the North Atlantic where an 8 percent decline is inten- 
ded. Increases planned are 38 percent ,in the South Atlantic, 25 percent in the West North Centr,al, 19 per-cent in th~ East North Centr~, 16 percent in the West ~d 7 percent in the South Central" region. 
 
Growers plan to raise 51,594,000 'bronze and other heavy breed turkeys in 1959, cQmpared with 52,098~000 last year. Compared with last year expected de- , creases of 14 percent in the South Atlantic, 4 percent tn. tne East North Central , and 3 percent in the'South Central region are partially 9ffset ~y expected in- . creaseg~f 5 percent in the,Nor~h Atlantic regio~ and 4 percent in the West North Central. Growers in the West plan about the s~e number of bronze and other . heavy turkeys as raised last year. 
 
Light breed growers expect to produce 14,121,000 tU~keys, compared with 
 
12,129,000 turkeys in 1958 - an increase of 16'percent. Growers plan increases 
 
in all regions. Increases are 26 percent in the East North Central, 23 percent 
 
in the West, 16 percent in the West North Central, 15 percent in the South 
 
Atlantic, 7 percent in the South Central and 4 percent in the North Atlantic 
 
States. 
 
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The number of turkeys actually raised in 1959 may vary from January 1 intentions, the difference d~pending on growers reaction to price of feed, supply and prices of ha:tching eggs and poult,S and the sale of turkeys remaining in growers' hands. In 1958 4 percent fewer turkeys were raised than intended on January 1. During 1958 there was an ample supply of poults throughout the hatching season. Feed supplies were plentiful. TUrkey prices received'by farmers during 1958 averaged about the sanie as the previous year. The turkey-.feed price relationship was slightly more favorable to producers in' 1958 than during 1957  
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
. ARClUE LANGLEY Agricu1tural ,Statist'ici,ai1" In Charge 
 
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= .=':, =. INTE!JTIONS TO RAISE ',TURKEYS IN ,1959' 
 
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;t~t~ .~.:T.:: .=. ,: :~~b~r:r~i~e~2':!928='~/~ -= ~= =IEt~n~e~-!o~,EI1~s1'ni 1n=1252". 
 
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.~ 
 
. : . " . . : '.: 
 
: 
 
: ' .' ': 
 
: Total 'rur..::- 
 
Division;' : . i He~vy' . ' :'. Light , : 'Total : Heavy : Light I.: Total : ~eys 1959 as 
 
:, ..: breeds. :,. breeds :" 
 
: breeds: breeds: 
 
:% of 1958 
 
- - - -,- -Thousands~ Th~usands Thousands Thousands Th~usands ThousandS -'Percent- 
 
he. 
 
109 
 
. 4 ' 113 
 
86 
 
2 
 
88 
 
78 
 
N. H. 
 
131 
 
Vt. 
 
71 
 
2 
 
133' 
 
1 
 
72 
 
128 
 
2 
 
70 .'. ,. ,1. 
 
130 
 
98 
 
'71 .:, 9'9 ' 
 
I"Iass. 
 
462 ... ,' ,10, .: 472" 
 
445.."8,' 
 
453 
 
96 " 
 
R. 1. Conn. 
 
. 27 ,.,' ,1,;., .28 
 
2 5 : .1, . ' 26 
 
93" 
 
219 
 
'6 .. ",' ,'225 
 
210'. 
 
.4 
 
214 
 
95 
 
N. Y. 
 
6il' 
 
10 
 
621 
 
475 
 
9 
 
484 
 
78 
 
No J. 
 
162 
 
9 
 
171 
 
179 
 
.9 
 
188: 110 
 
fa. 
N. Atl. Ohio 
 
1,213 , " 154; 'J:,367 "1,309.. 1.68 1,477 . 108 "~3~Q05~'~ ~ ~-i97-'~'J,2P2 - - 2~927 ~:~.,-:- -204- - 3,131- - - ....98 - - 
~2-;404- - :- -: 7'"6,9:- Ti. 3;06"3. 'r ,- 2:,"741i - ~ -: -fYto - . 3,0113 - - - 1113 ~.:- 
 
Ind. 
 
2,315. 
 
462 ?; 777 
 
2,2)1 ., 
 
601 .' 2,832 
 
102 
 
Ill. 
 
968 ...' <.. 113" '1;081 
 
955' . : 107 1,062 
 
.98 ": 
 
Y1ich. 
 
894 . ' 149 '1,043 
 
. 806 ; 201 1,007. 
 
97 
 
Wis. 
 
,2,629 . '. 122 2,:7Si, 2,,886" '120 . 3,006 . 109 . . 
 
E.N.Cent. -9~210-~' -, ~1~505'-' ~~O.,,7;i.5 - ... 9,626 -:- -- -1~8~5f ~11;52S -~. -108 --~ 
 
Y1inn. 
 
:-9~125~ -; - -:i~i15~ ,-10,340 - -10, Iii2 -,.- -1;416- -11,868 - - - 115 - - 
 
Iowa 
Mo. 
 
5,866" '" ," 875 '6,741. 6,082 3,038 ,.' ,; 18,8, '3,226 ,: 3~438 
 
980 7,062 .' 105'. ' 
 
229. 3,667 
 
' li4' 
 
N.Dak. . "  682-' . " 24 " . 706: 
 
787 
 
25 
 
812 
 
'115 
 
S. Dak, .. 
 
621" . 
 
. 46, 667 
 
75'4 
 
48 
 
802 
 
120". 
 
Nebr. Kans. 
 
1,032 "  71'2 
 
. '20, .. 1,052 1',082' 
 
' 36 ,. .748 
 
724 . 
 
20' 1,102. ,50 " 774 
 
. '105 103' 
 
W.N.Cent> 21~01q- - -:-2~404-.- 23~)+8d- --23,289 _. -:- -'2~798- ~2'6,D87 ,- - -111-,~ 
 
Del. 
 
'":" -108- :-'- --397-:'- -:- ~555 - - 1013 - - - -5]:ej -, - 02"4 - ....'-124-,- 
 
I1d  
 
',' 237 :" 82 " . 319 
 
.'197 
 
'107 
 
' 304 I 95 
 
Va. W. Va. 
 
2,003 486 
 
4,401 968 
 
6,404' 2,008 
 
1~454 
 
406 
 
5,281 7,289 
 
114 
 
968 1;374 : 94' 
 
N.C. 
 
1,551, :. 184'.1,735 '1,3'59 
 
11Q 1,469 I . ,85 
 
S.C. 
 
 881. ,. ." 25 
 
906 
 
705, 
 
20 
 
725 " 
 
80 
 
Ga. 
Fla. 
5.Atl. Ky. 
 
286 
 
'.1 
 
287 
 
286 ," 
 
1 
 
287 
 
100 
 
-- ... -. . 1-65- - - - - -90- 
 
, '5,717' - ~343- 7'".- 
 
- '6-,,1. '4284- 
 
- 
- 
 
25"5, 165 -~1-,- 8- 65- '- -5~-23-4 - -3'ti7- - - 229 - 
 
- 
- 
 
- - -90- - - -25-5 -, - 
 
- 
 
7,093 ' -, 16- - 
 
1-2,3'22475 
 
.... 
 
- 
 
- ,1-0-0 - 
- -16074 -- -' 
 
Tenn. 
41 a . 
 
170 
 
17 
 
187 
 
146 
 
13 
 
159 
 
85 
 
203 
 
1 0 3 . 306 
 
183 .' ,', '55""'" 238 
 
"78 ..... 
 
Miss. 
 
179 
 
20 ' 
 
199 
 
300 
 
20' 
 
320 
 
161 , 
 
Ark. 
 
2,033 
 
348 2',381 1,917 ',' 313 2,230 
 
94. ' 
 
La. 
 
42 
 
.. 0 
 
42 
 
, 32 .' '0" 
 
32 
 
. 76 
 
Okla. 
 
873 ' 
 
182 1>055 . 666 
 
251 1,117 
 
106 
 
Texas 
 
_32.38_. 
 
4~0 
 
32.7~8__ 1,.!6~ 
 
5~0__ 1,2.6~ 
 
~02 __ 
 
S.Cent. 
Mont. Idaho 
'Wyo. 
Colo. N. Nex. 
'u'iz, 
Utah Nev. Wash. Oreg. Calif. 
West 
 
7,211 - - 19- - 
 
1,094 ~ - - -1- - 
 
- 
 
8, 
- 
 
3 
 
0250- 
 
- 
 
-7:-11491 - 
 
~ - 1-,1-66~- - .-8,,-31099,- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
100 ' :95 ~ - 
 
, 
 
'124 ,.'.. 20" .' 144 . 124 
 
" 30, 154' 107. 
 
, 6. 
 
"I' 
 
--- 
 
1,242, ':".' 13 
 
69 " ".: 6" 
 
100 
 
., ,- .- , . 
 
2;797 : .... ' 198" 
 
6 " , ' 
1,255' 75 
100 
2~905 
 
'6 . ' --" . :.', \ 6 100 
 
1~577 ,. ,9,. '1,586." 126 
 
76"', 6 . . 82,.: '. 109, 
 
.' 90 
 
.~--' " ;90 " . . 90 
 
2~702 
 
.297: 2,999'- 103 
 
,2 , . ' . -,~ 
 
2 
 
2 
 
--- 
 
2 
 
100 
 
 \508 ,.' 7 
 
515 
 
543 
 
7 
 
550 
 
107 
 
1,391 
 
139 1,530 1,321 
 
213 1,534 
 
100 
 
-1-3-,-3-8-9-3-9-7- -.-. ',-13-;7.8-6 - -1-3" ,06-3 - - - -3-97- -1-3-,46-0- - - - -9-8 - - 
 
~92.527 
 
~7~1~_ ~OL318_' .. !:92.5~3 
 
929_ _2.Q,~8~ 
 
~O! __ 
 
U. So. 
 
65,776 
 
12,129 77,905 67,740 14,121 81,861 
 
105 
 
1/ Preliminary 
. " 
 
 Ga 
flD9tJ() 
 
G-~ 
 
Ja~I~[) <Gl&(Q)~<GllA C~(Q)lP' JFRlEIP(Q)1R{1fllNCG IE~VllceI& 
 
1- . 
 
~ .' " 
 
' 
 
AGRICULTURAL I!XTENSION SERVICE . ., .. : 
 
,. 
 
U. S. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
AGRICULrIJRAL MARKETING SERVICE. 
 
STATE DEPART MENT- OF. AGRICULrTURE " ; ~ r 
 
.318 EX~e:.~'.ON ~LDG  ATHENS. GA. 
 
At~~-ns;' Georgia .., .... , , . ' ~ ..... ~ _..' ...' . Janu~fY. ?O, ,1-959 
 
I I:' '" : 
 
".. 
 
t i:. ',' } 
 
4, 
 
.. f ""i  
 
',PULLET 'CHICKS ...OiCBRO,iLER HATCHERY StJp'p'.Ly i:L:OCKS 
 
December 1958 - United States, ..,' " :. 
 
 
 
t' ! - 
 
: 
 
.. j 
 
.;1 The"indicated pI.aceme'~~ o( pu-lle.t chicks ~or broiler..hatchery supply flocks 
 
by. leading primarr 1?re~d'~r,e,of. bi'.piler..;.J'eplacement stock t.otaled 2.., 147, 000 
 
chic,k4 d,,:ring .Dec~~ber 1:9Sa.,...,~.b.i.f{ .Wa!s 4 percent. less. ~~a~.~.n.December 1957. 
 
Pune~< Chlclt placements' by t~e".e,breeders during 1958.tota~~~ 3?, 959, 000-- 
 
27 percent more than ~':l~.i~~)iI9.57,~.~:.,,. . ~ , .' ..";" ,\" , . 
 
 t":,,,.:.i" ;:: 
 
". . ' ._."':'(t':', ~ .. : ...i ~ ~... ,: 
 
.. ~ 
 
... 
 
. The: totals include pullet chicks sold during tile ~qat~,...p1us the number of 
pulle.t chicks expect~d fro~ :.e.gg~(.s.o.ld cl~lring'.the ~re~~A~pg -mont~. The con- ..... 
 
v~rSlon' fr-om eg'gs to. expec~:!i.p.\l~1.e.tchu::k6 was maqe.ron th~_ baSIS of 125 pullet chicks pel! case o~ hatching egg~ :sold,. .Theprimary" b-re~,ders included in this, repo~,t;'accouritior a very large' percentage of total supply '0" replacement pullets 
 
for broiler hatchery supply flocks. S:l.les of replacement pullets by these 
 
breeder s provide an inqi.cati.Qll,9! the potential number,..D 'pullets a vaHable for 
 
addition to hat.~hery.egg. suppl:Y'iloci<s"several months before the pullets will 
 
actuatty"move' into the flo~ks. 
 
.: .:" " 
 
':' '. " 
 
1. 
 
" 
 
t'  
 
; ,', . 
 
  ., 
 
#oIV~  
 
Pul1et..c.:~~c:k~,!! .Placements-tor"Bl'oiler Hatchery S':lpply .Flocks 
 
......._.. .. . ' " (Reported by"leadihg bz:.eeders) ,',' ~,;", ' 
 
. . ,, , , .' . .M6~th. 
 
.: : .. :' : 
 
. . . : " ::. ; J 
 
~ 
 
.. '. : .. '''re~:56'''' - '~:""" 
 
.- . 1957 
 
:.: .~. s... ,.... ... : (. -1958 
 
- - - - - - - _ .... - - 
 
...:.... 
 
j":' 
January~ ~~ ..... : 
 
';'.:. "':.": 
 
.. 
 
l,OO{):'~ '::'::, 1,'000 .. ' 
 
.chick~ 
 
... 
", 
 
.,....~. . 
 
, .. \ 
 
" 
 
,c 
1 
 
hic 
.' 
 
k. 
 
s 
 
\.. 
 
'. 
 
. 
 
. 1,912:':',,1,886'::.... 
 
.~'..,.... ... 
~. t; 000 
chicka 
., 
'1,982 
 
: 19 58 as : percent 
.. of 1957 
percent 
\. 105 
 
February.' '.< ' : .. ~, 187 ,., ." 1,997 . ,. , 
 
2,270 
 
114 
 
March 
 
: . 2, 866 
 
2, 538 . -:': 3, 118 
 
123 
 
.......... 
 
l' . ~ 
 
.. 
~ ; ; ',. 
, 1.. 
..- 
- "1'I~f;. 
\ ~', I .~ 
 
. :" 
 
~ 
 
., 
 
ApriL 
 
:, '2,996 
 
3,033 ,.' 3,320 
 
109 
 
I ~~ 
 
May 
 
: ,." . '_2, 854 
 
2, 899 '. \' 
 
3, 623 , -. . 125 
 
" 
 
June 
 
: "2,298 
 
2, 060 .. :. . 
 
3, 390 . :. 165 
 
July 
 
",:' 1,778 
 
1,676 
 
3,054 
 
:'.:. "182 
 
August .......... ":" ''-}, 884 
 
Septem.b-e-r..  
 
;.~.:., "1, 864 
 
1,410 1, 935 
 
2, 646 "2, 700 
 
.. ' . ' 188 . 140 
 
October ........... : 1, 922 
 
2, 297 
 
2, 568 
 
>112 
 
November ....... r: 1,900 
 
1,926' 
 
~ 2,"141 
 
111 
 
Decemb.er 
 
, .';- : .. 1~ 787 
 
2,238 \. 2, 147 
 
~ 
 
96 
 
Annual Total. 
 
: 26,248 
 
25,'895 
 
32,959 
 
127 
 
!.! .... -~ - --'--~ --' - - - " Includes expected pullet replacements fr~~.. ~ggs sold dur.ing the preceding 
 
". month a~.th.e ...-',- 
 
rate . of 
 
125 
 
pullet 
 
chiCKS ~ 
 
per 
 
cas-e. of 
 
eggs. 
 
. 
 
l : 0/ I . ~ : .t~: ... ..... ~.. f.~ 
 
____"... ' u. S. Froz_en Poultry Stocks as of the End .0 the Month 
 
': :I:'j 
 
.'1 ' 
 
C1 ,. 
 
: December,;: December '. ':, November 
 
ass, , 
 
: 1953-57.av.:.: : 1957 ' :.,',: ~958 
 
_ _ _ _ _ _.,_. 
 
: 
 
\' . .; ~:;. 
 
'.\ _~_\_:_.~~~~.: 
 
--"', .~~ .....,_ .....-:--1 000 ----,.-' ~TOOO-"' ,'1. : l) 000 
 
.. 
 
,.. 
 
... 
 
, 
 
, 
 
: pounds 
 
. pound~ 
 
poutlds 
 
: December 
 
.':, 
 
1958 
 
.:.l'~ 
 
." 
 
1 000 
 
I 
 
 
 
, 
 
pounds 
 
", ~; i 
~ '.'t " 
.... (~ 
. L'; 
.. '....,. 
 
Broilers or fryers.. : 24,476 
 
Roasters 
 
: 9,93~ , 
 
Hens, fowls .......: 66, 469-:-~' 
 
Turkeys , 
 
: 135,400 '. 
 
Ducks , 
 
: 7,663 
 
.Miscellaneous , .. : 11, 801 
 
Unclassified. 
 
: 28,939 
 
'rotal Poultry 
 
: 284,682 
 
23, 866 ". 6, 513 (.'. 59, 59~ , .,176,748 
5,839 -12,485 
31,409 316,455 
 
30,6j5 8,354 
83,910 297,845 
7, 5"1.:5 
... '1. 3 , 'f~'l' 
"25, 815 377,235 
 
35, 516 9,764 
88,756 161,976 . 5. 750 
15, 179 29, 551 346,492 
 
" ~; l 
 
',"f 
'1 
." ~ 
;, ,: ~ ~ 
. . . . -~ .... 
r I. ~!..!' 
 
r, ,I '. 
 
.; : l 
 
~; ," 
 
~ 
 
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I 
 
... Y' 
 
.' r' 
 
.... :. t 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF r,r~RG'1\ 
JAN') '59 
1 I 8 f V \ I < d::.S 
 
 CHICKENS TESTED 
 
In Georgia 432, 318 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs, were tested 
 
for pullorum disease during December 1958 -- " percent more than the 252,517 
 
tested in .~ 1957. Testing'S' of Egg Type chickens for December were 
 
84, 778 almost six times the number tested in December last year. 
 
' 
 
 
 
.I.'.' ~ 
 
t 
.' 
 
.~ 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
In the States for which comparisons are available, 2,794" '873 chlcke'ns for 
 
supplying broiler hatching eggs were tested during December 1958--up 27 percent 
 
from December 1957. Testings July thr.ough December 19~~, ~ere u,p 19 percent 
 
from this period in 1957. The number of chickens for oth,eJ" pur~os,es (~gg-type) 
 
tested during December 1958 tota1ed~2",4aS.. 747--4 perc~nt ~~,~s tt'an the ~umb~r 
 
tested in December 1957. The'number of:egg-type chickens, ,t~,sted July through 
 
December 1958 totaled 9,488. 948--down 3 percent from th~s' p~~iod in 19~7. 
 
This report is made :po6&ible thl'ougb the cooperat~on.pf ~be ,National Poultry 
 
Improvement Plan official state agencies. ,tile Animal HUS9~~dJi"Y Res~a'rch ' . 
 
Division, Agricultural Resea,rch Se.r,vic.e. and the Agricultu~al Estimates Division. 
 
Agricult~ral Marketing Service. ' ,',: i ' , 
 
' 
 
.- ,' , ," 
 
,' 
 
 
 
 
 
.1 
 
'.' 
 
.: 
 
J  
 
Georgia - Chickens Tested,by Official State Ag~?fies 
 
1  ~ 
For Broiler iprod-udion 
 
E'gg Type Chick,e~s 
 
Month 
~uly 
Aug. Sept. 
pet. 
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June 
 
. ., By Months 
 
. . , .. : Cumulative 
 
1957-58 : 1958-59 : ,195700:58 : 1958-59 
 
By Months 
 
1957-58 : 1958-59 
 
: 
 
.1 
 
202. 194 230,292 334,522 306,795 254, 554 252, 517 414.416 275,750 255, III 211,093 254,024 185, 343 
 
253.865 240,302 413.,264," 
458,442 
38~ 1~6' 
432.318 
 
202,194 432,486 "7,67',008 
1,073,803 
1,328,~57 
1, 580, 874 1,995, 290 2,271.040 2, 526, 121 2,737,244 2,991.268 3, 176,611 
 
253,865 17,274' 494, 167 '. 47.736 
907,431 Ie, 286. 
1,365,873 ,z? 242' 1,754,009 ,,8,325 2, 186. 327 14,836 
61,618 
: l3, 675 
12,086 
. 57,426 
.; 10, 849 . 17,445 
 
30,299 42. 581 35,652 41,043 26, 186 84,778 
 
United States - Chic~ens Tested by Official State Agencies, 
 
:. ,For BroUer Production 
 
: 
 
For Egg Type Chickens 
 
- . M, onth 
 
. ' by Months 11 
 
t 
 
.: 
 
- ,'hy Months 2/ ,. 
 
; 
 
t' 
 
1957-58 
 
1958;'59 
 
1957""158 
 
,: 
 
1 
~ 
 
9 
 
5---8- 
 
.. 
 
59- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
_ 
 
. 
 
, 
 
July Aug. Sept. ': Oct. 
Nov. : Dec. Jan. 
Feb. Mar. Apr. 
~ay 
J, une 
 
I, 310. 378 1.600, 805 2,310.549 2,723,936 
Z, 2Z5, sao 
2,208,307 2,014.868 1,282,382 1,587.391 l,701,02Z 1,554,643 1.310,490 
 
1. 628, 129 1.956, 792 Z', 643, 740 
,,; -, " . 3, 119.754 3/ 
- , Z,,951, 368' - ' ,, 
,~. 
 
. 363,. 753 
"676.'162 I, lSI, 370 Z,379,471 2,483,280 2,586.456 1,741, 051 
454,617' 
485. 136 . 245. 7~O,' , 276,,008' 289, '14l 
 
5ge.558 
S99~&07 
1,243,658 
l, 316, 782 3/ 2,342,596'- 
 
:1-/ All states except Mont., N. Mex., A~iz., Nev. 
 
~-~ ~-,------ - - 
 
~/ All states except Ohio, Del., Okla . Mont., N. Mex. Aris., Nev. 
3/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agzoicultural Statistician In Charge 
 
c". '1 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
. " 
 
 =:=:-.",,:, - . - r - ' _ ... -.-_.-. __ 40 ~_ _ .;._ -.a..~'::: ~ 
 
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3~ 
 
AGRICULTtlRI\L EXTENSION SERVICl:. ' UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND 'rHE  !;TATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
U, S. DEPARTMENT OF 'AGRICULTUFiE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG" ATHEN~. GA. 
 
BROILER CHICK REPORT FOR GEORGIA 
 
January 21,1959 
 
, ATHENS, GA., January 21 -- A total of 5,825,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in Georgia during the week ending January 17, according to the Geqrgia'Crop Reporting S~~vice. This com2ares with the 5,744,000 placed the 
 
previou~ week 'and is five percent. more than the 5,524,000.p1aced the same week 
 
last year. ' 
 
:, 
 
' 
 
, . '. 
 
. Eg~fi s'et 'py 'G~orgia ~at-cheries amounted to '8,08:L, 000 compared with , 
7,904,000 tile prevtous wee~~~nd is thre~ percent more than the 7,859,000 for the corresponding week last' ye~  
 
. The majority qf the prices paid for hatching eggs were reported"within a range of 49 to: 61 ~ents witp. an ,average of 55 cents per dozen compared with a range of 50 to 67 cents and an average' of 57 cents per dozen last week. Most prices ~hcir~~,dtfor 'chic~s, w~re reported withi~ a range ,of, $7.00 to . ~?10. 00 With an average 'of ~~8. 75 per hundred compared with a range of t;p7.00 to :)10.50 and an 'average of ~~8. 75 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 
77 cents for eggs. and to~13. 75 for chicks . 
 
~ Wei~hted average" prices from .the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the' w~~k ending January 17. are as follows: G,eorgia broilers 
 
2 3/4 - 3 3/4, poun~s, ~t farms 17.08; FOB plants 18.11. 
 
. 
 
(See reverse side f?r oth~r sta~es) 
 
:- GEORGIA'" CHI6K PIACENENT; BY, vJEEKS' " 
;' NGVENBER 15 THROUGH JANUARY 17 
 
We~k 
Ending 
 
, 
 
,EGGS SET ]/ '.... 
 
119~ICK~ PLACED FOR BROILERS 
 
I 19$7~1958 ""1958':;19,$9';' :"?''-':~I y~J)1~olr t9S1~1958 "195~~i959 Ye!;. ~~o' 
 
Nov. 15 
 
Thousands 
 
. Percent 
., 
 
Thousands 
 
I Percent 
 
6,.87'1 '::;:: 'l;'311'~ ':;::, 106' ',:: 4;923 .'..5,016 
 
102 
 
Nov. 22 : 6,86,8 " : 7,524 
 
'110 
 
4,955' 
 
5,196 
 
105 
 
Nov. 29 
 
6,,65'3 
 
7,832 
 
118, 4,993 
 
5,320, 107 
 
Dec'. 6 
Dec. 13 Dec. 20 
 
6,418 
7,000 .1,033 
 
7,420 " ~,146 '8,.092 
 
115 
 
5,036" 
 
5,388. ,101 
 
1 1 6 " 5'.,076 ' :,: ' 5,255 . 1Q4 
 
115, ' "5,094 " ' 5,' 734' , 113 
 
Ded. 21 . 6;890 
 
7, 844 
 
114 
 
5,172 
 
5,404 
 
104 
 
Jan. 3 
 
7,361 
 
Jan.: 10 
 
7,599 
 
Jan. 17~' '7, 859 
 
7,619 
 
104 
 
7, 9q4 .'.. ,lq4 
 
,~, O~l , 
 
;' , 103 
 
$,401. ,5 ;519 ' .' 5,5'24 - 
 
5,862' 109 5" 744' '104 
5; 825, , 105 
 
.. 
11 Includes egg~ se~ by hatcheries, producing chicks for hatchery sUPP1y.~locks. 
 
'ARCHIE' IANGLEY 
 
, .. " 
 
. , ~'l.: A. WAGNER ' 
 
Agri'cultural Statistician In Charge ' . I ' " , ,-: '.' .' , Agricu1tural>Statistician' 
 
UNI\'FRSITY OF GiORGrA 
JAN 2. '59, : 
~ 
LIBRAI<ILl) 
 
:. ", 
 
I, 
 
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," 
 
 '. ;... 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS 1. BY \'1EEKS 
 
1958 & 1959 
 
Page 2.. 
 
, Week End;ing 
 
STATE 
 
Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
3 
 
10 
 
:I Jan. 
 
Nov. 
 
Nov.: Nov. 
 
Dec. "1' -- Dec. 
 
Dec., ,_ De'c. 
 
Jan. 
 
:l;,7: 
 
" 15 
 
22 i 
 
29 0 
 
6 . 13 - ZO' 
 
27 
 
3 
 
'Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
10 
 
17 
 
- - l 'L' /, -.-: EGGS SET - THOlJSANDS. ' 
 
i' CHIC~ PLACED - THql!S~:~TDS_ 
 
Maine 'Connecticut 
Pen~sy.lvariia. 
Indiana Illinois .. r1issouri Delaware, Maryland' . 
Virg~nia 
We~,t: Virginia' North Carolina South Carolina 
GEO"R, GIA 
Florida Alab"ama 
Mississippi Ark;a.n-sas Loui.siana Tex'Ci.s' 1.vash..,ington , OregQn ' 
CaliFornia 
 
r 
 
 
 
TOTA;. L.' 
 
1958;.59 .: 
 
1,488 1,079 1,477 1,678 
280 1',649 ,1',:997 2,430 
Il . 2,.0$4 
. 285 2;946 ,522 
II 7,619 -.356 
3,478 - 2,'451 
3,534 . 644 2,722' 
400 .' h31 1?52( 
II . 
41:,047' 
 
1,446 
 
i ,1,62.9 - ':: 
 
1,,9.99 
 
1,075 
 
j 
1,01" ( ,1,042 ',;1",125' 
 
1,169*; ,1,147 
 
1,211 
 
1,180 
 
1,:198, .1,111' ',. 
.'1;406>, 1;315 .,., :1, ,1,564".1,677 " " 263 :' 30)." - " 
1,694 :~'1,690~: '.' :,1 
2,q8~ ":' '2,p9Z,.: I 
 
:, 382 '?,2~ . 79-( ".' 187* 
-., 654' 
1,2,EJ)- 
 
560 l 584.~ 553-:f- 
 
567 
 
560 
 
818 ~ 857 I:; 856 
 
953 
 
911 
 
797 '~ 861: :,', 870 
 
943 
 
819 
 
189~~ " '": i30* ': '; 143 
 
163 . :" :.155 
 
676 ,:~ , '736 ': 656''', :--. : '696 " 722 
 
,1,580' .~ 1;605 ' 1,645' ',.:1;598.'~ 1,624 
 
.~ 60r 
;:' :;14' ~>, 743' : ~ ': 142. :':' 665" ~: 1,692': 
 
669 ' 873 " 
772  
~~ 
2,046 
 
531 784 
737 136 
765 1,880 
 
2,454 2,212 
 
2,416 
 
I 1,871 .;1,,746 ' ;' 1,551' I 1,653 
 
?, 2,00 ':,~ I ", 8}8, 
 
941 :: 1,(j08 : 1,006 
 
i,743 988 
 
1,998 ; : ~, 852:-. 1,840 1,076 " 1,090 ' 1,014 
 
1,838 1,092 
 
"290 }',289 : 5.61 
7,904 
. 390 3,613 2';556 
 
.. 321' ),411 :.: 594 ~ 
_ 8,081 
" ",429' 3,632:, ,. 
'~, 2:;747, ',.. 
 
, 5-742,294 
3b4' 
5,_ 016.'. 
.. '201 2;648 i:, 727' 
 
',' 468 ' 481 i 506 ,~,3S9 ',' ".2,444 ; ~,439 
 
490 
 
511 ,," 562 
 
2;475 .. 2,480 _. ; ~ 2,081 
 
362-l:- 369-l:-:, 347 
 
342 
 
361 :', 331 
 
-. . ~ 
 
f . 
 
5,196, ',5,320 ; $,388." 
 
.. 
"5',255:'- 
 
5:, V4' 
 
~ :,5,404 
 
~ 
 
. 
 
192 : ': 245":. ';, 249 
 
237_ '., 215.. , " , ':-.'211 
 
2,685 -,;2;650, ,: 2,628"- '2,773 . 2,86j--' \1;'366 
~:, 79t; ~,. ~jl';830~ '1,903 1,972 2,000 '1,946 
 
601 2,578 
324 5,862 
298 2,871 1,999 
 
557 2,407 
323 
-5,744 255 
2,904 2,051 
 
3,.754 3,942. 
 
,~663,' 669 
 
,I 
 
2;665 : 2',531. : II 
 
' 457 : 389" 
 
2:,,463- ' 39.4 . 
2,2q$." '13 
 
2,550 ",: :2; 7~3 " . 2,921 :' 383 ,.;: 463* ; 457' 2-~32L' ),302,', \ 2,165 
:~' 289, '- . i '2io ." 308 
 
2,999 ,'" . ' '$06 
'2,2ii' 259 
 
,3",'-046 : 3,122 3,251 449.- ;.' 390* ll70 
2, 126 '. ;2,105 :' 2,277 
298 i i 1:258 '. : 269 
 
2,881 
440 2,223 
310 
 
373 1,.481 
 
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-'168 :',' i44-:f- :;: 219 
 
254 
 
861* :' 779;: ~ :',955 " .' ',' 8. 78 
 
242 
 
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236 
 
789 : j .861 .-: 1,052 
 
300 1,196 
 
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42,-,319 42, ?9q 
 
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2$ 27 ,185~~ 28,012* '-:373~':- "i8, 909-ll- 29,427 30;t48* 2a,,52i~l-> 31,347 30,534 
 
1,251 532 585 657 182 
732 1,797 1,688 1,016 
437 2,207 
320 
5,825 
 
205 
 
2,766 
 
1,944 
 
3,073 
 
430 
 
2,079 
 
284 
 
309 
 
1,226 
 
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29,545 
 
TOTAL, 1957-58 
 
38,144 38,984 39,918 
 
24,456 24,601 24,4"62 24,828 25,320 25 ;668' '2~\293 ,,~ 26, 741 27,022 26,821 
 
168io9 %of, Year Ago .1 . 
 
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GEORGIA::'! r,fojley .pr05Uctton-in G~6.rgia. during .19 58 .tot'al~~.~!_.6,9~" O~O".P?unds, a 
 
decrease of 2 pe'rc'ent from the 1957 produoti-on of 6, 727,.009 .pounds: 
 
The number of colonies of bees in 1958 is estimated 213,000 compa'red 'with 
 
217, 000 o:ne year igo. Honey productl.on per colony in 19.58 is placed ~t 31 
 
pounds, ~h~ same"as the 195.7' yieLi ardthe uighest in rec~nt y~ars. ' 
 
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The value ot"the 1958.:l1oney crop is estimateU at $1, ~05,.O:00 co~pared with 
 
a value of $1, 769,'000 in 19'57. The average price:recelv~jw~.s 24.0 cents.per 
 
pound for ~1l honey sOld. a decrease ..of 2. j cents from la~t ye~r' s ave.liage of 26.3 cents. < Value 0' beeswax'amounts to .:j;49, 000 compar.ed w~.t,h $6~,.:0.00 in 1957 
 
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UNITED"Sr ATES:' ~PR.ODUC.T.Io.N_:.B:-qne..Y.l?roJ~ctioll in 19.58 totaled 2p?; 629, 000 
 
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2.43, 
 
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902" '000 pounds 
 
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produced in 1957 'anC'. D 
 
perc~"~.t"a'b6v-e-t' 'h. 'E1'':1952- 
 
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of 235. 720', doo po'uhds. ac-c'orJing to:tne Cr.)p Reporting Board.' The ',crop was 
 
produce~' by:5. 420, '000 colonies ot bee3-:rup slighti'y frodithe ~'5, '397, OQ'Q co'lonies 
 
in 1957.~ Pr'oduction 'per (;:alony of i1:9; \) pounds was 8 per;c'ent appve the: 1957 
 
yield of 45.. 2' pounds per .colony and c.ompare s with;-the S- year' average'.6f 43. 5 
 
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pounds . . J!..s Q.micl-.De.c~I1(lb_~.r 1?e~':'keepe'rE" 'Felfortej appr.9:xi~ately7-3' .t'f1i~~ion 
 
pounds of'hdney on hand for sale cOrPpared with-aho.at -64- mill-ion pounds on- hand' 
a. year ea~lier. Be'eswax production ,of ~":792, 000 pounds'\lVas\ ~ ''perc~il~' gr~ater 
 
~han in , 1. 9 6 7 .  . 
 
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pound for 1.958 hone'y sales;;:::l. 3 cents fess than in ..: 
 
1957. :'9r ~U e.h.tracted honey in w~olesale lots, ,they rec'eived l3.6cents.per 
pound, :~~!TIpared-.'With' 15'. 0, c.ents "in-, ~ 957,'" Hone-y"sold wh9le~~e_in 6Q-.p.Q!:1nd .' :. " .. 
 
containe+s averaged 12.0 cents per lmund"compared-with.13 ..4.. cents ip..1957. 
 
Beeswq.lXprices .averaged ~6 cents a; pounj or 11 c-ents le'ss than in 1957. : 
 
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Ho:p.ey prqduction in '1958 was'w'ell above 19~7 in the V.'est, WeS't.No~th . ':";' 
 
Central" and South Central'Sta.tes. 'Increases were 31 pei-cent.in the West, 22 
 
percent in the West North Central, 'an-i 21 percent in the South Central States. 
 
These were partially ofIset })y decreaseS of 18 p~rcent in' the: North Atlantic, 
 
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15 perce'nt' .in the East North Centra~,.. a~d..14 perce.ntj':l :t.h~..$d.u.~l~..A.tl~~t~.c: Statzs. '.' >.- 
 
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P~oduction 'in the West,was \.\~shri~~i;fro~a"~e'~;"~~'-~if~'r:''m'4inly~due"to.:~ ,. 
 
the hig!) yielJ per colony ~n Galiforrli~.. An aver'age of &0 poupl;ls pe:r,. c;olony was 
 
produc:e.d in 1958 in Califo'rnia compal"e-d with 40.'pounds. in 19~7. 
 
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In' the Wes't North Central States. production was 22' percent ab'o:ve 1957 and Z1 per.cent above average." Product'i!on' in the SO'uth Centrall~egion ~as above ." averag~ 1 with Texa.s producing the largest crop since 1950 .. rhe No~th Atlantic, 
 
East Nel'tn Cent.r.al, and South. Atlantic 'States had a cold; wet: spring and early 
 
Bummer "re suIting in 10.w.et:_pr.Q~.Ll~t:~.~hj?~~thepi'evio'lis. ye'at ::-:"1,11' ;:.:"~lQri-da-the ( . ' 
 
late winter {reeze weakene<.\ colonie:s a~lcf b-ie s we're 'harnHeYed 'bytoo mu-ch rain 
 
early itlthe season.,and th~ crop was l,~ .percent below 1957.:; . 
 
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The 10 leading honey States wl'lich produced 61 pei':cen,t'.O.f the :.c;rop were 
 
California, Min'nesota, ?lorida, Wisc'onsll1, Texas, Idaho, Iowa, New York, 
 
Michtg'a.n and South Dakota.' 
 
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.Beekeepers receive.,;! an aver,age of 17.4 cents per' polind for ail honey sold 
 
in 1953; inclucling the co.n~binej wh;ole~ale and r~tail sales of extracted, chunk, 
 
anJ comb honey:. This was 1. 3 cen~.s less than in 1957, "anu .the lowest since 1954. 
 
These .PFi_<:~~ include sale"~ by larg~ -a;nd small apiaries' 'ow~ed by farmers and 
 
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State and Division 
 
Col.Qnies of Bees 
 
Honey Production per Colony 
 
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1957 : 1958 : 1957 : 1958' : 
 
Honey Production 
 
1957 
 
1958 
 
Thousands 
 
Pounds 
 
Thousand Pounds 
 
: Value of Honey Production 
 
1957 
 
1958 
 
Thousand Dollar s 
 
Maine N.H. Vt. 
Mass. R.I. Conn. N.Y. N.J. Pa. N. Atlantic 
Ohio Ihd. 
Ill. 
Mich. 
Wis . E. N. Cent. 
Minn. Iowa Mo. 
!'l. Dak. 
S. Dak. Nebr. 
~ansas 
W.N. Cent. 
 
6 8 11 18 2 14 189 30 1'35 .: 413 
301 186 163 158 194 : 1,002 
248 158 117 
2.4 40 57 40 684 
 
732 9 47 11 55 19 18 2 19 15 18 197 61 33 18 143 27 436 42.4 
301 26 184 35 163 45 155 67 196 74 999 46.5 
250 84 164 76 122 26 
28 110 49 145 63 70 43 33 71972.6 
 
18 30 37 16 18 ,19 44 ,26 24 33.0 
18 28 33 55 77 39.6 
110 64 31 
108 165 
90 41 83.9 
 
pe1aware Maryland V.irginia W. Virginia 
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S. C. Georgia Florida S. Atlantic 
 
3 
 
3 25 
 
29 
 
29 25 
 
146 139 24 
 
108 103 14 
 
187 183 20 
 
57 
 
58 26 
 
217 213 31 
 
263 274 72 
 
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26 26 21 16 14 24 31 57 31.5 
 
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Tenn. 
Ala. Miss. Arkansas Louisiana Okla . . 
T,exas 5'. Central 
 
136 170 191 
77 88 92 43 266 : 1,063 
 
118 155 191. 
73 88 88. 46 261 1, 020 
 
14 14 15 20. 20 23 19 45 ~3. 8 
 
24 19 19 28 22 .29 35' .50 30.0 
 
Mont. Idaho 
Wyo. 0010. N. Mexico Ariz. Utah Nev. Wash. Oregon qalifornia W'est 
 
74 
 
78 105 
 
'80 
 
182 186 73 
 
62 
 
37 
 
37 85 
 
97 
 
67 
 
67 62 
 
72 
 
10 
 
11 80 
 
95 
 
89 
 
95 63 
 
7'5 
 
53 
 
52 65 
 
50 
 
8 
 
9 95 
 
63 
 
92 
 
97 49 
 
53 
 
54 
 
53 42"34 
 
559 559 40 
 
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U. S. 
 
5,397 5,420 45.2 49.0 
 
1957 Revised. 1958 Preliminary. 
 
192 376 605 324 
38 252 11,529 -540 3, 645 17,501 
7,826 6,510 7,335 10,586 14, 3~6 46,613 
20,832 12,008 
3, 042 2,640 5,800 3, 990 1, 320 49,632 
. 75 725 3,504 1,512 3, 740 1,482 6,727 18,936 36,701 
1,904 2,380 2,865 1, 540 1, 760 2, 116 . 817 11,970 25,352 
7,770 13,28p 
3, 145 4,154 
800 5,607 3,445 
760 4, 508 2, 268 22, 360 
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243, 902 
 
126 270 407 304 
36 285 8,668 858 3, 442 14,386 
5,418 5,152 5,379 8,525 15, 092 39,566 
27,500 10,496 
3, 782 3,024 8, 085 5, 670 1,763 60,320 
78 754 2,919 1,648 2, 562 1,392 6,603 15, 618 31,574 
2,83Z 2,945 3,629 2, 044 1,936 2, 552 1,610 13,050 30,598 
6,240 11,532 
3, 589 4, 824 1,045 7,125 2,600 
5(,7 5, 141 1, 802 44,720 
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265, 629 
 
77 135 195 119 
14 91 2,041 '169 944 3,785 
 
50 97 131 114 13 ,lOS 1,491 274 872 3,147 
 
1,542 1,536 1, 577 1,916 ,2,441 9,012 
3,458 1, 981 
633" 433 928 614 244 8,291 
 
1,051 1,200 1~ 194 1,458 2,460 7,363 
4,372 . 1,658 
779 469 1, 229 , 828 326 '9,661 
 
23 . 204 . 1,090 503 1,223 468 1,769 3, 579 8,859 
 
23 205 899 524 851 419 1,585 2,952 7,458 
 
611 693 811 376 394 398 203 1,987 5,473 
 
909 869 1,020 499 426 449 398 2,075 6, 6~5 
 
1,243 2,126 
459 68"1 121 656 524 119 717 426 3,086 
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905 
 
1,672, 
 
470 I 
 
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139 
 
770 
 
359 
 
79 
 
740 
 
332 
 
5, 724 
 
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45, 578 46, 231 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
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I JAN L 9 '59 AGRICULTURAL EXTI!NSION SERVICE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA A:m THE 
 
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STATE DEPARTMNT OF AGRI.CULTUR! " 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUl.TURE' , AGRICULTURAL,MARKETING"SERV(CE, : 
319 E.XTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA. ' ... 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HA TGHER Y REPO----- 
 
January 28, .1959 
 
ATHENS, GA., Januarv 28- - A total of 5, 742, 000 broiler chicks w.ere placed with producers in Geo~gia during the week ending ~anuary '2t1, accor<,ling 
 
to the GeorBia Crop Reporting Service. This' compares with the 5,825,000 
 
placed the previous week and is :> percent less than the 6,041, 000 p1~ce;l the 
 
same week last ye.ar. 
 
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Eggs s:et by Georgia hatcnerictl amou.1ted to 8,35'1, 000 compared w~tn' 8,081,000 th:e previous week and is 2 percent more than the 8, 199,000 for 
'the corresponding weet, ,last year. 
 
The m~jority of the prices paid for hatching 'eggs were r.aported within a 
range o :>0 to 6'5 cents with an average of 57 cents per .:ioze.1 compared with a 
range of 49 to 61 cents and an average of 55 cents per dozen last week. Most prices charged for chicks were report~d within a range of $8. 00 to $10.00 with 
an average of $9. 25 per hundred compared with a ranee of $7.00 to' $10. 00 and an average of $8.75 per hundr,ed last week. The ave'rage pr~'ce,s last year were 78 cents for 'eggs and .$13.75 tor chic.ks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the ?ederal-3tate Market News Service for broilers dur.inG the week endine January 2'.:: are as follows: Georgia broHers 23/4 - 3 ::'/4 pounds, at farms 18.07f, ,TOB plants 19.00f. 
 
(See reverse sid~ for other states) 
 
GECRGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK FLP_CEMENTS 'NOVEM3ER 22 THROUGI-i JANUAR Y 24 
 
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I 1957-58 
 
1958-S9 % ot.' 11957-58 
Yr. ago, ' 
 
19S,8-59 " 
 
,1~r/0.oaf goI '1959 
 
1959 ' 
 
Thousands 
 
?A 
 
Thousands 
 
% 
 
Thuusands 
 
Nov. 22 Nov, 29 Dec. 6 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 27 Jan. :; 
Jan. 10 
Jan. 17 
Jan. 24 
 
.'6,868 ,6,653 '6,478 
7,000 7,033 6, &90 7,-361 
:7,599 :7, '859 
8, 199 
 
7,524 110 
 
4,955 
 
3,196 105 
 
7,832 118 
 
4, 993' , , 5,3'20 ' 107' 
 
7,420 8, 146 
 
I1 
 
11::116 
 
5,0:561.' 5,388 ]07 
 
5,076 
 
5, 255 10~~ 
 
8,092 115 
 
" :5,094 
 
5,734 113 
 
7, 84 L! 114 
 
5, 17~, " 5,404,,104 
 
7,619 :l 10f.t:, 5,' 40 1 
 
5,: 8,62' , !09 
 
7,901 104 
 
5,519 
 
5,744 104 532 403 
 
8,081 103 
 
.5,5,24 
 
5,825 105 659 494 
 
8,351 10,2 
 
6,041 
 
5,76.-2 
 
95 
 
672 462 
 
!.! Includes eggs set by hatcheries producil18 chicks for' hatchery slipply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultura,l S~atistician In Charg~ ,~', ,',;:' ',,: ;:' 
 
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Jan. 17 
 
Jan. 24 
 
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Ii EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
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Nov. 22 
 
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II Nov. 29 
 
II, Dec. 
 
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Dec. 13 
 
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Dec. 
 
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I Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
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10 
 
17 
 
24 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine' Connecticut 
 
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11 1,446 
Ii 1,198 
 
1,629 1,111 
 
1,512 1,.134 
 
IIIHj 1,075 560 
 
Pennsylvania Ii 1,406 
 
1, 315 
 
1,365 
 
Indiana 
 
II! 1,564 '1,677 
 
1,857 
 
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Illinois Missouri Delaware 
 
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263 
 
1,694 
 
I' 2,086 
 
301 1,690 2,092 
 
269 1,774 2,082 
 
II,II' 
 
' Maryland I 2,45I 4 2,416 2,521 1'1 
 
818 797 
189':' 676 1,580 1,746 
 
Virginia 
 
2,212 
 
We-st Virginia I 
 
290 
 
2,200 321 
 
2,219 281 
 
III 
 
941 
 
468 
 
North Carolina II 3,289 
 
South Carolina 
 
561 
 
GE()RGIA 
 
II 7, 901 
 
Florida Alabama Mississippi 
 
1 
 
390 
 
ii'II 3,613 2,556 
 
I' 3,411 
 
3,426 
 
II 2,359 
 
~, 05984 1_~35852 1111 
 
362* 5,196 
 
429 
 
. 396 
 
I 
 
192 
 
3,632 
 
3,664 
 
I' 2,685 
 
2,747 
 
2,819 
 
I 1,796 
 
Arkansas 
 
1'1 3,754 
 
3,942 
 
4,097 
 
I 2,550 
 
Louisiana T exas 
 
I: 
 
663 
 
2, 665 
 
669 2, 53 1 
 
707 2, 673 
 
I. 
 
383 
 
2, 32 1 
 
Vashington Cregon 
 
I 
 
457 373 
 
389 400 
 
447 410 
 
289 168 
 
California 
 
1,481 
 
1,413 
 
1,584 
 
861':< 
 
I 
 
1,015 
584 857 861 
136* 736 1,605 1,551 1, 008 481 2,444 
369"~ 
5,320 
245 2,650 1,830 2,723 
463* 2, 302 
270 144* 779 
 
1,042 
553::' 856 870 
143 656 1,645 1.653 1,006 506 2,439 347 5,388 
249 2,628 1,903 2,921 
457 2, 165 
308 219 955 
 
1,125 
567 953 943. 
163 696 1,598 1,743 988 ~90 2,475 342 5,255 
237 2,773 1,972 2,999 
506 2, 2 11 
259 254 878 
 
1,169* 
560 911 819 
155 722 1,624 1,998 1,076 511 2,480 361 5,734 
215 2,863 2, 000 3,046 
449 2, 126 
298 242 789 
 
1,147 
601 714 743 
142 665 1,692 1,852 1,090 562 2,081 331 5,404 
211 2,366 1,946 3,122 
390* 2, 105 
258 238 861 
 
1,211 
669 873 772 
149 685 2,046 1,840 1,014 601 2,578 324 5,862 
298 2,871 1,999 3,251 
470 2, 277 
269 236 1,052 
 
1,180. 
531. 784. 737 
136 765 1,880 1,838 1,092 557 2,407 323 5,744 
255 2,904 2,051 2,881 
440 2, 223 
310 300 1,196 
 
1,251 
532 585 657 
182 732 1,797 1,688 1.016 437 2,207 320 5,825 
205 2,766 1,944 3,073 
430 2, 079 
284 309 1,226 
 
1,274 
607 753 730 
109 723 
11,,977486 
1,058 537 
2,346 290 
5,742 
198 2,884 2,025 2,998 
397 2, 227 
342 274 1, 118 
 
~OTAL 1958-59 Ii 42,319 TOTAL 1957- 58 I,' 38, 984 
 
42,990 39, 918 
 
44,170 40, 637 
 
'I. 28,012':' 28,373* 28, 909"~ 29,427 
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24, 601 24: 462 24, 828 25, 320 
 
, 30,148* 28,521'1< 31,347 
25, 668 25, 293 26, 741 
 
30,534 27, 022 
 
29,545 26, 821 
 
30,356 28, 539 
 
% of Year Ago I' 
 
109 
 
108 
 
109 
 
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114 
 
116 
 
116 
 
116 
 
117 
 
113 
 
117 
 
113 
 
110 
 
106 
 
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:2 AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE :;;I UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA APIO THE 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICIJL.TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
319 EXTENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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GRAIN STOCKS - JANUi AB.. Y 1, _1959 
 
GEORGIA: Stocks of ~on in all storage positions on Jan~a!y I. totaled 44,607,000 busbels, an increa~c of 36 percent from the 32,802,000 bushels on . 
hand a year ago. O~ts stored in all positions amounted to 3,792,000 bushels or 30,000 bushels bclow-the 3,822,000 bushels stored on January 1, 1957. Sorghum ~~ stocks are estimated at 576,000 bushels, nearly 20 percent above the 481,000 bushels stored In all positions a year. ago. Stocks of wheat in all 
positions totaled 802,bOO bushels, an increase of five percent from the 761,000 
bushels stored at this time Iwst year. 
 
GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS - JANUARY I, 1959 WITH COMPARISONS 
 
GRl\ IN 
 
: ON FARt1S 
 
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r 1958 
 
195 : 
 
(1,000 bushels 
 
OFF FARMS 
 
: ALL POS IT IONS 
 
I~58 19..59 : 1958, 1959 
 
(J , 000 bushc Is) (1,000 bushe Is) 
 
Corn Oats Barley Sorghum Gra i n ':lheat Rye 
 
30,352 1,986 68 454 
333 19 
 
40,462 
2,550 67 
533 229 
16 
 
2,450 1,836 
40 
27 42G 
,'( 
 
4,145 1,242 
12 43 
573 
* 
 
32,C02 3,822 
108 481 
761 
,/( 
 
44,607 
),792 
79 576 802 
"I, 
',,' 
 
"Ie Unallocated -- to avoid disclosing individual operations. 
 
fEED ,'NO FOOD GRt';INS STOCKS MAINTAIN RECORD LEVEL 
 
.. , 
 
UNITED STATES: Stocks:of. wheat, corn, barley, sorghum grain, and soybeans in all positions on January I continued at record levels." Wheat 
stocks at 1.8 bill ion bushels, sorghum grain at 721 mill ion, and soybean~ 469 million bushels exceeded the previous records by 16,.39, and 23 percent, respectively. Corn stocks of 3.9 bill ion bushels were nearly 9 percent above the record leyel of. a year ago with barley stocks 8 percent larger. Oat stocks' 
at I bill ion bushels approached the record level of 1946 and were 13 percent above a year earlier. RY9 and flaxseed stocks each were sharply above the" previous year.. Stocks of feed grains--corn, oats, barley, and sorghum grain-totaled 156 mill ion tons, more than a tenth wbove the previous record of 139 
million tons in storago January 1, 1950. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES GRAIN STOCKS - ~ANUARY 1, 1959, \.J ITH COMP/\R ISONS 
 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ~i~ !h~u~a~d_b~sbelsl 
 
- GR_AIN__AN_D _PO_SI_TIO_N_____ 
 
1 
~ 
 
_Ja1n94. 6-157A_v._ 
 
: 
~ 
 
_J1a9n5. 8 1_ 
 
: Oct. 1 
: -19-58- 
 
Jan. 1 _ _1~5~ 
 
WHEAT .On Farms 11 
 
::.'. 356,943 
 
292,407 643,900 456,581 
 
Term i na Is' 2/' 
 
.272,132 
 
360,662 472 ,590 422,047 
 
Comod'i ty Cred i t Corp. ~/. 
 
47,038 
 
72,516 83,731 
 
87,230 
 
l~t.Mills,Elev.&Whses.1/~/ 464,140 
 
657,075 
 
- - -- - - -- - - - - - - - -- ------ - - ----- --- - - - - - - - - T-OTAL' 
 
- 
 
1,1-4-0,25-3- 
 
-- 
 
1-,3-8-2,6-60 
 
--2-,19-4-41-0'-,,08-5398-----1-,88-1-4-59-,,78-59-97-- 
 
- 
 
CORN On Farms 1/ 
 
2,123,545 2,468,049 344,187 2,695.993 
 
Te rm i na I s 7.1 
 
55.616 
 
104,264 85,125 
 
97.223 
 
Commodity Credit Corp.]/ 327,492 
 
642.774 611,614 633,545 : 
 
Int.Mills,Elev.&Whses1/~/ 
 
130,067 
 
396.120 429,568 499,156 
 
Oi\TS 
 
TOTAL 
On Farms 1/ Term i na 1s 'U Commodity Credit Corp. 3/ 
Int.Mills,Elev.&Whses.l/~1 
TOTAL 
 
__ 3~6l1~2Q7_ l,~7Q,~9~ _ ~,22?,~lZ 
 
849.429 15,031 271 63.497 
928,228 
 
1,202,549 952,566 
 
38,380 
 
25,526 
 
4,932 
 
3,978 
 
- - - - 89,180 
 
66,606 
 
1,335,-04-1 - 1-,04-8-,676 - 
 
B/\RLEY On Fa rms 11 Terminals 21 C6mmodity Credit Corp. ~/ 
Int.Mil1s,Elev.&Whses.l/~/ 
 
137.034 25,471 
1,733 64,118 
 
210.:;45 36,722 
559 111.978 
 
306.800 
44,333 11,787 133,943 
 
225.368 47,061 
9,381 107,840 
 
TOTAL 
 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _2~8~326_ 
 
_3?9~6Q4_ _ ~9,~6i 
 
282,5Q _ 
 
SORGHUM On Farms 1/ 
 
52,935 
 
206,996 
 
13,412 
 
193,790 
 
GRAIN Terminals 21 
 
22,210 
 
80,903 
 
84,777 
 
128,642 
 
Commodity Credit Corp.JI 
 
569 
 
15 
 
3.096 
 
2.549 
 
- - - - - Int.Mil1s,Elev.&Whses.l/~1 63;247 
 
- - -230-,243- - -20-8,-11-3 - - -39-6,-41-6 - 
 
TOTAL 
 
-1-38-.9-61- - - -5-18-,1-57- 309,398 - - -]2-1,-39-7 
 
SOYBEANS On Farms 11 
 
99.231 
 
.189,935 
 
2,191 
 
199,467 
 
Terminals 2/ 
 
14,057 
 
23.993 
 
2,635 
 
42,767 
 
Commod ity Cred i t Corp.JI 
 
133 
 
Processing Plants 51 . 
 
64.297 
 
Int.Mil1s,Elev.&Whsei.1/~/ 45.505 
 
'0 
78,S63 89,243 
 
2,012 4,649 9.596 . 
 
1.954 98;610 126,279 
 
___ IOIAk 
 
2~3~2~3 
 
3~2~024 
 
2 __ 2l.Q8 
 
~6~,Q7Z 
 
11 Estimates of the Crop Reporting Board. 
?/ Commercial stocks reported by Grain Division, AMS, at 45 Terminal cities  
 
.3/ Owned by CCC and' stored in bins or other storages owned or controlled by CCC; 
 
:other CCC-owned grain is included in the estimates by positions. 
 
~/ All off-farm storages not otherwise designated, including merchant mills. 
5/ Firms,reporting crushings and stocks of soybeans to the Bureau of the Census. 
 
t-." .. 
 
 o. 
 
3/ 
 
GJE0 ~GHAC IRi({))IP HI~,~~,~~I~llN~ IEIRl;~rllCC1E 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE 
. UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE , 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REP 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
'59 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING.SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BL.DG., 'ATHENS~GA. ' 
 
J?ebruary 4, ;1959 
 
ATI'-iENS';'::C,A:';, February 4- -A total of..5,'9:43, 000 broiler ~h~ck~",~e_r~ 
 
p1aced,with' producers in Georgia during the week endin3 January :s r~" 'a'ccording 
 
to the Georgi~ ,Crop Reporting Service. This compares ,with the 5,742, :00 
 
p1aced,the pr'eviou's week a~d is three percent less than the 6, ~42,'OOO placed 
 
~he sa~e w;eek last year. 
 
'' 
 
, 
 
EggD, set by'G~orgia hatcheries amounted to 8,390,000 compared with 
 
8,351,000 the previous week and is one percent more than t~e 8, 278, 000 for 
 
lhe corresponding week last year. 
 
' 
 
, The ~ajority of the prices paid fo~ hatchi~~ eggs wer~ reported wit hin a 
range :of 59 to 6,5 c'ents with an average of 56 cents per dozen compared with 
a. range of 50 to 65 cents and an average of 57 cents per dozen last ~eek. Most 
prices cha,'rged :for' chicks were ~eported within a range of :/>8. 00 to ,$10,.00 with an av~rag~ of $'9.25 per hundred ,compared with a range 0. $8.00 ,to,$10. 00 and an a'v,rage of $:9,25 per hundred last week. The average prices last year" wer:'e 
79 cents for eggs and $13.75 for chicl~s. 
 
'Weighted . average ,p!"j~~..E!, from the .Tedera:l-State Market New? Service for broilers during the week ending ianuay 31 are 'as follows': 'Ge,or-gia. broile.r.,s. 
Z 3/4 - 3 3/4. pound,S. at farms 16. 79~ ZOB plants 1-? 66~.: 
 
(See reverse 'side for other states) 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHING?, AND CHICK PLACEMEN,TS 
 
NOVEMBER 29 THROUGH JANUARY 31 
 
Wee~ Ending . 
 
" 
BROILER TYPE 
 
" 
 
;' 
 
" .,. I 
 
Eggs Set!'! 
 
Chicks Placed. for Broilers in Georgia 
 
" 
~GG -TY~E ' Eggs Chicks: Set ~atched 
 
1957-58 19S8-S9 
; 
Thdusands 
 
0/0 of Yr. ago 
0/0 
 
1957-58 
 
' 
 
, 
 
,'19~-8-59 
 
: % of 
'Yr;ago, 
 
1959 
 
,. 
 
I 
 
' 1959 ' 
 
ThousaI)d~ 
 
10 
 
Thop,sands 
 
Nov. 29 ' 6,653 
 
7, 832 " 118 
 
I 
 
Dec. 6 6,478 ; 7,420 ' 115 
 
Dec. 13 ' 7,000 
 
8, 146 
 
116 
 
Dec. 20 ' ,7, 033" : 8,092 
 
115 
 
Dec., 27 ' 6,.'890 , 7,844 ' 114 
 
Jan. 3 7, 3(>1 
 
,7,619 " ,', 104 
 
Jan., 10 7,599 
 
7,904 
 
104 
 
,,1:,993, : 5, 320 5,036, , 5', ~S:88 : 
 
5, 076 
 
5, 255 
 
5,,094 .: 5, 734 5,..172 ' 5', ~o'4 
 
5,401 . 5,862, 5, 519 ' , 5,744 
 
1Q7 , : ., 
 
: 107 ' 
 
i04 ' 
 
" 
 
113 ' 104 ' i09': 
'104'-0 
 
r ', 
", 
I -"', 
5'32 
 
-, 
 
," 
 
,., 
 
,'I 
 
.: 
 
. - ' 
403 : 
 
Jart; 17 7,859' 
 
8,081 
 
103 5,524 , 5, 825 
 
105 
 
659 
 
~'94 
 
Jat\.~ 2~ '8, 199 
Jan.', '31 8,i78 
 
8,351 ,8, 390 
 
102 6,' 041 
 
5, 74~ 
 
,101 
 
: 
 
. 
 
6 
 
, 
 
.' 
 
1 
 
4 
\ 
 
2. 
 
; 
 
' 
 
. 
 
5,,9~3< 
 
95 - ' 6'72 : 97 7i3 
 
.. 462 
~' 4~3 
 
l!, .. ~ncl~des ~ggs set by hatcheries producing' chicks for 'ha'tchery; stipply' flocks,. 
 
-{\RC~IE' LANG,LEY 
 
': 
 
Agricult~r3.l Statistician In Charge, 
 
,." 
 
I 
 
. 
 
~ .' ...... f: 
 
., ,,', 
:'~ 
 
. 
 
W.' A. WAGNER' 
 
Agricultl:l,ral Statistician 
 
'. I 
 
.' 
 
.'l 
 
o. ' , . t . . . . . . 0( 
 
\. I V ~_ 
 
- \,'. 
 
M" 
 
.... 
 
"0 ... 
 
_ ,1_< ~... 
 
"~ -.. 
: .. 
 
., ! ' 
..' ; 
 
- i .. 
 
.\ ~ 
" 
i 
 
 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS -- 1958-1959 
 
STATE 
 
,, 
~ 
 
.. .., 
 
 
 
'Of' 
 
" 
 
.... . 
 
Maine. 
Conne~tieut" 
 
Pe?nsy1vania 
 
Indiana 
 
'. 
 
Illinois, 
 
.. 
 
Missouri 
 
Jan. 
 
. . Jan. 
 
-. 
. :Jan,' 
 
" . 17 
 
.. 24 '. , ' , 31:' .- 
 
, 
 
- 
 
" 
 
... ..." EGGS 
 
.. 
 
.- 
, ~- l~. 6'29 
 
SET :'": 1, 
 
THOUSANDS .'.... 
 
512 
 
1,651 
 
......, ..: 
. 
 
1,1-11 1, 134 1;~315 . 1,365 
 
~ 1, 229 , 1, 244 
 
'1" 6 j 7 ,_. 1., 85't, . r,860 
 
. - 301 '. ': : 269 
 
~12 
 
. " 1,-690 .. 1,774,' ".1,901 
 
Delawa,re Mi'iryland " ," Vi,r-ginia : .' . We'sf Virginia 
 
,. .' .2,09.2 
1 ,2,416 ',2,200 ' ',321 
 
.,2082- "2,'086- 
'~2;" 521 . ';". ~ 2, 5:42, . 
 
'2;219'- 
- ':'281: 
 
2/3?9. '.. 
' 322- . 
 
North Carolina South Caroh~a GE0RGIA 
 
~, 411 ~ 594 :' 8,081 
 
. 3,~26' ., .3; 672' . 
 
.. : "582'. 
 
5CJ7 . ' 
 
'. ?, 351 : ' "8,.390 
 
Ploi-{da 
 
" 
 
, ~,29 
 
396'" ,. -436. 
 
Alabama MiJ:; s.ts sippi Arkansas 
 
. 3,(:)32 
'.0 747 
3,942 
 
. 
 
3, 664' .., 2,819,': . 
 
-3, ,763:.;. 
2.,: 94-6 . 
 
. 4,097:: ,-4;'27.7 .. 
 
Louisiana 
 
669 
 
. 707' .. . 741 
 
Texas 
 
.' 2.,531 
 
2., 673 '. ?' ~3'5 . 
 
Washington Oregon Ca1ifo:rnia 
. 
 
. :.. 3'89 .4'00 
'.:1,413 
.. 
 
447 ." '446 
 
. .' 410 :. . 463 
 
0- 
 
1; 584 
.. 
 
' .. 
 
1, 48'S .' ,. 
 
TOT1\L 1,958- 59 . 4;2',-990 44,- 170 4S,53Q 
 
Week Ending 
 
... 
 
--. 
 
.Nov. 29 
 
pee. ". Dec. 
 
6. 
 
13 
 
Dec. . Dec. ..20 '- " 27' 
 
Jan. ': ' :':.3 
 
Jan . ..... 10 
 
0"  
 
- 
 
- 
 
.... 
 
. 
 
; 
 
, 
 
CrECKS P-LACED - THOUSANDS 
 
- 
 
1,015" 1;042 1', 125, 1,.. 169'* ,~, 141 
 
584 . 553* : 567; .- 566 
 
601 
 
." . 
 
1;211 669 
 
. 
 
11 180 ... 531 
 
.' 
 
; 
 
857 861 
 
856, .' 870: 
 
; 953: .' ! 943: .' 
 
911 
 
714 
 
~ ,8,1.9.:. , ,.' 743-. 
 
813' .'. '1.77.; 
 
'. . 
 
- 784 ,737 
 
,. 
 
136* . 143', 
 
163 
 
1 5 5 . . 142. . 149" ,.: - 13 6 
 
- 
.. 
 
- 7-36 . 656 
 
: 696 . 
 
1,605 ' 1; 645' . 1,. 59,8 . 
 
722: 6:65'. 685 ,... 765 1,--62'4'" ' 1: 692' 2, 046;.:' ;. 1, 880 
 
 1, 5~1 ;.. i; :t>53\ .',' 1,: 74-3 1,998 1,852 1, 840" It~838 
 
 1,008 .1,.P06 
 
988 '. 1, 076 1,0'l0 
 
4fU 
 
'506 ' ,490" , "511 . ,.' 562 
 
" 
 
 i,442.; , 2',.43'9 : 2,'415' 2, 48t) . 2, 081 
 
,369>:<:' .347 342 . 361 
 
331 
 
1., .Or4. '60'1 
2,578' 324": 
 
1,()92 :557 
2,407 323 
 
5', 32-0 '-5;388 ' 5,255 5,734 . 5,404 .5, 86~ _ 5, 744 
 
245 
., . i, 650 
.1,830 
 
'. '249. 237' 215 :. 2-11 .. 2'98 '. 255 
2,',628 ., 2" 773 : .2, 8.63' ' '::2;'36,6 ~ ."2;; 87 i . 2,904 
}, 903' " 1-; 972 2,000 1,946 1,999' 2,051 
 
" 
.. 
 
2;-723 '.463":< 
 
-2,942.517 
 
- 
 
2',999 506. 
 
' 
 
3,046 449 
 
3, 122 3, 251 '. 39-0* .. .470 .' 
 
2,881 440 
 
i, ; 
\ .. :2'~ 302 
 
.2,"165 ~ .2;.211 
 
126' .'.:i, 105. 2:,277, 2,223 
 
:~ _ -270 . .308 ',-- 259 
. .-' 144;:< ,.219 . , 254 
 
298. '.... '25.8 ',.. 269 .- 310 
 
242 
 
238 
 
236, . 300 
 
" 779... . 955 . ..8"/8 
 
. .789 
 
861' 1,052. -: 1, 196 
 
: 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
"... 
 
, 
 
'. . 
 
~ 
 
... 
. '. 
 
. _. . ~ 
 
28,373* 28,909* .29, 4'2? . 30, 148* 28, 521>:< 31,'347 .. 30, ~~4 
 
Jan. 17 
 
Jan. 24 
 
1,251 
532 585 657 ' 182', 
73~ 
1, 797., 1, 688 1,016 
437 2,207 
320 5, 825 
205 2,766 1,944 3,073 
430 2,079 
284 309 1,226 
 
1, 274 607 753 730 109 723 
1,978 1,746 1, 058 
537 2,346 
290 5,742 
198 2,884 2,025 2,998 
397 2,227 
342 274 1, 118 
 
29, 545 30,356 
 
TOTAL 1957-58 
 
~ 
 
.. , 
 
0/0 of Year Ago' 
.. 
: 
*Revised.. 
. 
 
, 
- 
 
40, 130 
 
'--: 
 
- 
 
. 
 
. 
 
.. 
lQ7 
 
- 
 
: 
 
41,074 :.:~ 108 
 
.. ' 41, 914 .- 
 
:. ": . 
 
'. 
 
~~ 
 
.' 109' .. 
.. 
 
. 
 
.. 
-. 
 
" 
; 
 
. . ' 
, 
 
.:: 
 
24,462 
.. 
 
116 
," 
 
... 
 
, 
' 
 
24:.828 25,320 25,668 
 
.. i 
 
'.116 
 
;116 ,'.. ': 117 
 
~ .. 
 
I 
 
. . .. 
.. 
 
', 
 
. 
 
, 
 
,~. 
 
I 
 
25,293 113 
 
- 2 
 
6 
 
, 
 
7.4.1'.'.:. 
 
.2 . 
 
7 
 
' 
 
, 
 
. 
 
0 
 
) 
 
3 
 
117' . n3 
 
~ 
 
26, 816 110 
 
28, 539 106 
 
Page 2 k' 
Jan. 31 
1,280 576 709 639 174 738 
2, III 1, 741 1, 101 
532 2,681 
316 S.943 
178 2,964 2,059 3, 172 
433 2,136 
385 205 1, 108 
31,181 
28,826 
108 
 
I I I 
I I 
I 
I I I I I 
.- 
 
 3JS 
 
ce (GJECO)~.CGllA CIRi(Q)~ ,~,lE~(Q)Jf~~1r'llW(G SJEIR{Vll IE 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
. 
 
FFB b. .',59 
 
, 
 
, 
 
. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
GRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 
 
319 EXTENSION BL.DG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
~~ebruary 4, 1959 
 
GEORGIA'S COMMERCIAL BROILER INCOME EXCEEDJ .~:164, 000, 000 IN 1958 
 
Commercial broiler production in Georgia for 1958 set a new record high with a total of 292, 119,000 birds. This was the eighth consecutive year that Georgia has led the nation in broiler production. North Carolina was the second ranking 'state followed in 'Order by Arkansas, Alabama and Texas. 
 
Gross income from broilers 'produced in Ge0rgia in 1958 amounted to . \:' $164,521; 000. This is an increase of $1~, 185,000 from the 1957:income of 
 
$150,356,000 a:1d exceeds the income from any other agricu.ltural commodity in. 
 
the State. i_verage liveweight per bird. was 3.2 pounds, the same as in 1957. 
 
Average price per pound for the year was 17.6 'cents compared with 18.0 cents 
 
last year and 18.8 cents in 1956. The 1958 price ranged ircm a high of 20. 5 
 
cents per pound in March to a low of 14 cents in Decem.ber. 
 
. 
 
Several new areas of production have developed, particularly in South Georgia, but the majo:,:,ity cf the state's pr'oduction is still in'the northern part of the state. The ten leaiing counties w~re: Cherol<'ee, Hall, ~~orsyth, Whitfielq Jackson, Lumpkin, Pickens, Dawson, _i'ra~1klin and White. 
 
PRODUCTION AND VALUE 02 GEORGIA BROILER3 (Period 1948-1958) 
 
,---.Number s Value 
 
'L 
 
300 Year (000)_ (000$) 
 
300 
 
280 
240 
200 
l/l 
..o~.. ~ ~ .... 
~ 
160 
 
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 19-10 19',1 1 19'>':2 1943 19L1:4: 1945 19 L16 1947 19'",8 
19~9 
1950 1951 19S2 1953 1954 
19~5 
1956 1957 1958 
 
500 800 I, 100 I, 300 1,600 3, SOc) 6,000 10, 000 17,000 24,,000 
29. 520 22,435 2U,717 33,025 45, 574 62, 892 88,678 112,621 121,631 154,471 177,642 222,780 261,00::> '292,119 
 
230 384 539 611 
676 1,495 2,775 5, 152 12,198 
19, 116 
24,466 20,171 24, 191 29.108 32,977 45,433 68, 530 88,610 93,826 101,951 125, 700 :129,836 150.3::>6 164,521 
 
o Number BroUers 
!Bj Value, Dollars 
 
,--280 
 
I-l 
ii 
 
I- 240 
 
~I 
 
200 
 
I 
 
~.... ..~ ....... 
 
-. -- -I 
 
o 
:J 
 
I 
i 
 
::::}/y.;J 
 
1- 
 
160', 
 
til 
 
I 
 
llj~jrI .:;\):;:):):1 
 
120 
 
I- - - 
 
I 
 
I f<:' 
 
80 J 
 
::{t:\7 li,,!;l: 
:{,(:: :?,t 
 
~_.--'t""" 
 
40 _. 
 
,,":;i,i,', 
 
Ili Ilii!: 
 
~fl;:'il 
 
I\lli!; 
i~rt:\~;\: : 
 
'~<8 
 
149 '50 151 152 153 154 '55 
 
Years 
 
'56 157 
 
I- 80 
I- 40 
o 
158 
 
 195,~ BROILER PRODUCTION UP 15 PERCENT IN 22 STATES 
 
The preliminary estimate of commercial broiler prod;Iction'during 1958 in '22 important States cove~'ed by weekly chick placement reports totaled, , 1,496,864,000 birds--up 15 percent from the number produced in 1957 and the 
largest number of record for these States. These 22 States produced 90 percent 
of the Nation I 5 broiler s in 1957. 
 
Geol;'gia, the leading State, produced 292, 119, 000 bires in 1958 followed by North Carolina with 134,185,000, Arkansas with 133,331,000, Alabama with 130.. 024, 000 and Texas with 114,327,000. 
 
The average price received for the 1958 production was 18.3 cents per pound live weight--0.5 of a cent less tnan the av~rage price received per pound In 1957. B,ecause of the large number of birds produced in 1958, the gross infom,e from sales in 1958 waa 14 percent larger than the gross income received 
from sales 'in 1957. Gross'income from the sales of broilers in the 22 States fotaled $890, 245, 000, compared with ~~784, 099, 000 i."1 1957. The average yveight per bird sp1d averaged 3.2 pounds in 1958-:'the same as in 1957. 
 
Commercial Broiler Production and Gross Income in 22 States, 1957-1958!.! 
 
Str.l,te and Total 
I 
 
1957 
 
: 
 
19582:! 
 
: Number: Pounds ;produced :produced 
 
:Price :per lb. 
 
:Gross . Number': Pounds: Price: :income3-!produccd:procluced:per lb. : 
 
iGnrcoosms e~ 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
'Fhou. Cents Dollars Thou. 
 
Thou. Thou. Cents Dollars 
 
Maine Conn. Pa. Ind. Ill. 
 
50,47.4 28, 370 35,291 42,370 
8,337 
 
191,611 9<), 295 
123,518 139,821 
26,678 
 
19.5 20.4 20.5 19.2 18.7 
 
37, 364 20,256 25,321 26, 846 
4,989 
 
56,475 208,958 30, 3~,6 106,2.46 42,349 143,987 44,912 152,701 
8,224 25, Lk94 
 
19.4 19.8 20.4 18.8 18.3 
 
40, 538 21, 037 29,373 28,708 
4,665 
 
Mo. Del. Md. Va. 
W. Va. 
 
28,200 93,537 74,288 61,646 25,233 
 
84,600 318,026 252, 579 191,103 
83,269 
 
18.1 19.4 19.4 18.5 19.1 
 
15,313 61,697 49,0 1)0 35,354 15,904 
 
33,900 105,090 94,250 329,875 86,209 293, 11~. 62,879 207, 501 27,252 89,932 
 
17.8 19.0 19.0 18.3 18.8 
 
18,706 62,676 55,691 37,973 16,907 
 
NC. 
S:. C. 
-Ga-. 
F'la. Ala. 
 
106,352 15,690 
261,00') 
10,884 103,875 
 
329,691 50,208 
835,200 
33,740 332,400 
 
17.9 18.5 18.0 
19.3 18.0 
 
59,015 9,288 
150,316 
6,512 59,832 
 
134,185 442,810 17, 561 57,951 
292,.119 93'1,,781 
11,31'1 35,089 130,024 429,079 
 
17.6 18.0 17.6 
18.3 17.6 
 
77,935 10,431 164, 5;~1 
6,421 75, 518 
 
Miss. Ark. La. Tex::ls 1Nash. 
Oreg. Calif. 
 
66,597 110,191 
17,428 100,826 
11,671 :7,,6'11 
___ ~)! ;:J2 
 
206,451 18.3 37,781 
 
319,554 18.2 58,159 
 
52, 284 18.8 9,829 
 
302,478 18.9 57, 168 
 
39,681 22.0 
 
8,~i30 
 
2~1, 630 21. 7 
 
5,345 
 
__ 1}5_,_1J:~ __ ~!:. ~ }_0_,_~6_0 
 
85,424 264,814 133,331386,660 
20,650 66,080 114,37.7 342,981 
14,939 52,2fi6 S,340 26,638 
~7_,_~35__ 1_~7_,_ ~6} 
 
17.7 46,872 17.6 68,052 17. 5 11, 564 18.5 63,451 20.7 10,823 19.6 5,231 
~!:. Q__ }}_,_1_=:'2__ 
 
Total 
 
1,303, j9? 4, 175, 985 
 
18.8 
 
1,496,864 
 
784,099 
 
4,859,983 
 
18.3 890,245 
 
1/ St"'l.tes having w.:::~kl}' cbick placer.u~mt r,,~ports. 2/ Preli.rr..~nary. 3/ Includes 
:~onsllr"lption in househ01ds of producers which i.s less t:1an 1 percent of total j:'t oduction. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE If Agl."icultural Statisti.cian In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statlstician 
 
.".' 
 
" 
 
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GJE(Q)~(GllA C~(Q)IP 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SF-RVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICUI.TURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
~IEJP>(Q-)IRrrrrlN~ ~JE~VllC[ 
 
u. UNIVERSITY Of r.aoft~, 
 
S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUI.TURE 
 
AGRICUL..TURAL MARKF-TING SERVICE 
 
FEB 10'59 
 
319 EXTENSION 81..0(;., ATHENS, GA. 
 
L1BRMICS 
 
Februa ry 5, 1959 
 
FARM PRICE RtpORT~S OF JANUARY 15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increa'sed 
3 points to 260 percent of its 1910-1914 average during the month ended January 15, 1959. The index at 260 is 9 points above the level of a year 
ago. 
 
The All Crops Index at 275 percent of Its 1910-1914 average, remained un- 
changcd from the December 1958 Index. Compared to a year earl ier, the index Is up 13 points. 
 
The All Livestock and Livestock Products Index Increased 8 points to 227 percent of its 1910-1914 average. Higher prices for beef cattle, chickens and milk (wholesale) all contributed to the increase. The Index is up I point compared 
with a year earl ier. 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Paid by Farmcrs, including Interest, Taxes, 
and Farm Wage Rates has been revised, based upon data from the' 1955 Farm Expenditure Survey. The weight base period has been shifted from 193741 to 1955, and commodity coverage expandeo. The Index of Prices Received by Farmers has also been revised. 
 
The newly revised Index of Prices Received by Farmers In mid-January, at 244 percent of its 1910-14 average, held unchanged from December and was about I percent above a year earlier. Lower prices for hogs, cotton, dairy products, fruit, 
and tobacco were offset by increases for commercial vegetables, cattle, chickens, and calves. 
 
The revised Index of Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes and Farm Wage Rates was 298 on January 15, about I percent higher than a month earl ier. Prices paid for commodities, farm wage rates, and the prel iminary 1959 estimates of interest and taxes all averaged higher than in December 1958. The January index was nearly 3 
percent higher than a year earl ier. 
 
 _  _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~SumIDarY_Tfble~fQr_tbe_UDI1eQ St~tes 
 
Index 
 
. January 5, . December 15,: January: 
 
Be,ord hlgb 
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - . - - - - - . 19-10--1-4:100- 
 
- - - - - - - - - . - - - ::. -Ol-d:-RIye-Sv8-ise-d O-ld-:1-R95e-8vi-se-d 
 
15:- - - . - - - - 19I5.9,. Index'. Date 
 
Prices Received 247 241 246 244 
 
244 
 
313 Feb. 1951 
 
Parity Index 1/ 301 290 308 295 
 
298 
 
298 Jan. 1959 
 
Pari ty Rat io 
 
82 83 Go 83 
 
82 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
 
 -d-at-es-. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
RAYMOND HANCOCK 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
, 
 
 . _ - _ . ' - - - - - t1 PRICES RECEIVED :BY FARMERS .JANt1A.RY 15, 195Q WITH COMPARISONS 
 
GEORGIA. 
 
tNITED STATES 
 
I CCMMODITY----,-A-ve-r-ag-a--i-.Ja-n-.15-, ,Deo.15, .J~n.15,1, .A,,;;~;g~I-.Jan:15-'--11n;;:is-;T .Jan.15, ~ 
 
.. --_.. L-... I' I -h--- ! - 
 
_ 
 
AND 
. -- 
 
lNIT 
--_. 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
: 1910_-14-~I 
 
1958 -~. 1.9_~5.8'-.-' 
 
1 
 
9 
 
59 
_ 
 
l 
 
I: 
L 
 
1 
 
9 
. 
 
09_1 
... _. 
 
4 
'. 
 
.1--1 
 
9'.5'-8 
 
--.~I- 
 
._1. 
 
9.5.8'. 
 
>I 
 
1959 
 
Wheat, Bu. 
 
$ 1.23 
 
2.00 f 1.95 i 1.95 
 
.88 
 
1.90 
 
1.73 : 1.71 
 
Corn, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
! t '! .91 I 1.27 
 
l.19 
 
1.24 
 
.64 I .93 ' 1.02 ! 1.02 
 
Oa.ts, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
~ish Pot., Cwii. $ 
 
Sweet Pot. Owt. 
 
$ 
 
.67 1.13 
.84 
 
: .90 : 
i-I 
I 5.00 I 
 
.94! .91 
 
i _ 
5.00 
 
; 
 
_ 
 
5.25 
 
Ii .40 
II 1.14 
,I 1.60 
 
I .61 
,1.81 
I 5.18 
 
: .59 I .59 . 1.16 ! 1.21 
4.54 I 4.47 
 
Cotton, Lb. 
 
I 12.1 
 
29.5 
 
! ! 34.2 
 
I 
34.3 
 
t 
I 12.4 
 
27.4 
 
30.3 28.2 
 
Cottonseed, Ton 
 
iI 
$ 23.65 
 
! Hay ,ll):,. (baled )Ton $ 
 
I 
 
Hogs, per Cwii. 
 
$ I 7.36 
 
Beef Cattle, Cwii. $ 
 
3 .. 96 
 
46.00 
27.50 
17.80 
I 15.20 
 
50.00 
I 27.50 
12 10 1 
I 19.10 I 
 
I i 50.00 I I 27.80 
n .20 
I 19.80 
 
I 
11 
 
22 55 
 
lI I- 
 
II 7.27 
 
I 5.42 
 
51.20 , 43.00 43.30 
 
19.00 18.50 
19~70 
 
118.80 I 
I 17.40 
! 22.30 
 
19.30 
I 
/16 40 
22.90 
I 
 
MP.k Cows, Head 
 
$ 33.85 ! 130.00 1160.00' 60.00 148 00 185.00 !225.00 227.00 
 
Chickens,Al1,Lb.  13.3 
 
Eggs,Doz. 
 
 21.4 
 
19.4 50.0 
 
I 14.0 
II 45.5 
 
17.4 46.5 
 
11.4 21.5 
 
19.0 38.9 
 
I 14 7 
1 
I 36.3 
 
1 16.7 
I 36.4 
 
Butterfat, Ln. 
 
 
 
Milk (Wholesale) 
 
per 10Q(t 
 
$ 
 
30;rbeans, Bu. 
 
$ 
 
Peanuts, Lb. 
 
 
 
25.8 2.43 5.2 
 
I 49.0 
1-ill 6.00 
I 2.10 
! 10.2 
 
::::5i 
2.05 
I10.3 
 
51.0 
f1 6.05 
! 2.10 
1 103 ' 
 
26.3 
: 1.60 
I 
! 
Ii 4.8 
 
59.0 
1/4 .41 2.05 9.79 
 
1. 59 1 I~/4.45 II 1.97 
; 
; 10.6 
 
I 58.6 
I~'~/4.33 
2.02 
10.6 
 
~I Revised E:I Pre1imi!lary 
 
i 
 
I 
. . ~.~_ 
 
.... ,:""-:- . ~-'~':":":':""'--~"7' 
 
--:--,---,-.,,:_._=:...:._-.-.--.~~o:::-r..-::-'.,-~.- 
 
-" C . - - . _ '. 
 
.... _ .. ~ 
 
.-. _.-. 
 
IL. _ _~ 
.- -~..-'.-_.-. ----__.. ._--- .'- 
 
TImEX NuMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS IN GEORGIA 
 
(.January 19io _ Deoember 1914 =100) 
 
.Jan.15, 
 
Deo.15, 
 
1958 
 
1958 
 
.Tan .15, 
19~ 
 
All Commodities 
 
251 
 
All Crop 8 
 
262 
 
Grains and Hay 
 
153 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
243 
 
Peanuts 
 
196 
 
Tobacoo 
 
449 
 
Cottonseed and Soybeans 
 
192 
 
Irish Potatoes,Sweet Potatoes& Cov~eas 258 
 
:Fruit and Nuts 
 
188 
 
All Livestook & Livestook Produots 
 
226 
 
Meat Animals 
 
298 
 
II 
 
POUltry and Eggs Dairy Products 
 
162 . 236 
 
257 
 
260 
 
Z75 
 
275 
 
150 
 
152 
 
281 
 
282 
 
198 
 
198 
 
443 
 
443 
 
200 
 
208 
 
259 
 
268 
 
163 
 
163 
 
219 
 
2Z1 I 
 
324 
 
322 I' 
 
129 
 
147. 
 
236 .._ .._. :3~_1 
 
.---.-----....---.---.-.--.--.-.---. ---,-.....-. -,.----- ____1-- _.... PRICES 
 
PAID- -B-Y 
 
-F-.A-'RGMEEROS RFOGRiASE-I..E-C.'lE-D--:F-E-ED_S..-J.ANUARY 
 
i 15, 1959 ! 
 
WITH COMPARISmS ~I UNITED'-STAiE-S .. ----- 
 
_ 
 
. 
 
KJND OF FEED 
 
I --~.-- 
l.Jan.15, Deo.15, : .Jan.15,II.Jan.15, Deo.15, .Jan.15, 
 
, 1958 
I 
 
I 1958 
 
It 1959.II 1958 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
I 
 
'Mixed Da i.ry Feed 
III Under 29% Protein 
16% Protein 
1C% Protein 2.~ Protein 24% Protein 
 
3.85 3.75 4.05 4.00 4.30 
 
I I 3.9DO0ll~rs4'.p0e0r 
 
3.80 
 
3.90 
 
~'OC? 
I 
 
EE...~ 
3.61 3.56 
 
4.20 
 
4.30 
 
3.52 
 
4.05 4.50 
 
i 4.15 
 
3.80; 
 
4.60 I 3.90 
 
3.74 
3.68 3.64 3.96 4.06 
 
3.81 3.75 
3.73 4.04 4.17 
 
H~h Protein Feeds eo1ionseed Meal 
Soybean Meal 
Meat Scrap 
 
3.45 3.75 
 
3.70 3.95 
 
3.90 4.05 
 
3.72 3.68 
 
Gx-ain By_Products IJro.n Middlings Corn Meal 
h0ultry Feed roiler Growing Mash 
 
II 3.15 3.35 
I 3.40 
i 4.95 
 
3.25 3.50 3.25 
5.00 
 
I 3.30 
3.55 3.35 
 
2.66 2.71 3.20 
 
5.10 
 
4.81 
 
Laying ll.'fash Scratoh Grains 
 
I 4.70 4.20 
 
4.75 4.15 
 
4.80 4.20 
 
4.29 ~.91,. 
 
.HualafBfa~led) 
All Other 
 
I 
 
I 50.00 
, i I 38.00 
 
45.00 35.00 
 
46.00 36.00 
 
31.30 29.10 
 
- 
 
I 
J 
---~,. 
 
iI l L I . 
 
- _"y'_~~s reported by Feed ~_ale.r~. . -.. -- .. 
 
~"'t-' ...... 
 
I 4.02 
I 4.27 
I 
! 
I 3.05 3.12 3.18 
4.94 4.45 3.87 
30.00 28.30 
 
4.27 4.45 
3.17 3.21 3.18 
4.98 4.53 3.90 
30.30 28.60 
 
--- -----_. .. ~-_ '-- ._. . .. 
 
 7/~ 
 
GIE:(Q)~GllA ce)RiO)jp) ~JElP' CO)IRfJrllN1 SlE~VllCCm: 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR . 
 
Athens, 'Georgia 
 
. .: 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION SLDG., ATHENS. GA. , 
:;. '.' February 11, 1959 
 
VEGETABLES FOR FRESH I MARKET 
 
. 
 
. 
 
, '. FebruarY'!l, 1959 
 
...... ', 
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. ' '. 
 
UNITED STATES: Winter yege.table production irr 1959 is 'expected to' be 8 percent' . 
 
l~ger than in 1958 but 3 percent below aver~ge, the' Crop Reporting Board announced. to~ay.: This. production is 4 percent belew:' the January 1 es'- . 
 
timate due mostly to.,mid-January, freezes.,in Florida which' reduced yields: on some. crops and caused some ,acreage' abandonment'in'others~' Larger'~rops than ~ year 
 
ago are forecast for all ..wi,nteT, vegetables except, carrots; 'cau1iflower, bee'ts, '. artichokes, Brqssels sprouts, andshallots.' All of 'the crops, eicep,t cele~y, showing a material increase over~la~t year'are' produced principally 'or entirely:, in Florid~.. The larges~ increase 'is:in tomatoes, which'is'nearly ~~ee.tim~s that'. 
 
produced in 1958. Last winter Florida lost an 'extremeiy 'large percentage of vege- 
 
table production because of ,.floods and repeated f-reezes'.' Small 'incr:eases "are ,ex:' . pected in green peppers, lettuce, '.and:' eg.gpl'ant. ' The iarge'st ,declines' from aver~e.. 
 
were registered for carrots, snap beans, cauliflower/, 6abbage, broccoli and . '.,., .' 
 
beets. 
 
.' 
 
Vegetable areas in, Florida ;received: light 'to' hea"y'frost"durihg' .ranu,~y a~ 
 
far south as the Everglades. : Low'est temperatures occurred 'on Janua,rY ;l.l"and .12:,' .... 
 
resulting in light frosts ne'ar La:kE:l"Okeec~obe'e 'and heavier r'rpst"away,'frpm t,h~. '. . .. 
 
Lake and northw~rd. Adequate: soil moisture reduced the s.everity of'damage,. but. some sweet c9rn.and,sn~p .beans 'in the. Everglades' were seriously damaged and some, 
 
sweet corn acreage abandoned~ Some' sweet corn and .cucumber acreage. was al'so ' 
 
abandoned in the F.ort Myers-i.Irnmokalee area where 'Q'amage, to eggplant and p,eppers :.: 
 
was also severe . Strawberries in the Plant ..City area were set back with some . . ;.. 
 
loss of blooIll; and exposed fruit,., :Warmer' weather' in' Florida near the 'end of the'" month stimulated growth but foggy:mornings, and high 'hUmidity favored developmeht~' 
 
of disease and made control difficult,. . 
 
'.,; 'i .. , 
 
'" ' 
 
ot .' '.' . Freezing temp~ra,tures dipped. into all, b~t the lower Rio': Grimde va~rey 
 
Texas several tim~s duri,ng .January..Overcast skies 'and' abundant" soil moisture 
 
limited damage to tip burn of tender vegetables. Cold weather and wet fields de- 
 
layed harvest but movement gained in volume after mid-January only to be inter- 
 
rupted by the cold snap near the month's end. 
 
SNAP BEANS Z ,.Florida.ls wi~ter::~r~p...is: now"fe~e~ast'''.~t '504,'O~'O ,:~~t,.> mo~e'than "foui'.. 
 
times the short 19.58 crop put4Q ..percen~ ..,!=>~;I.9W. .:Cl-yera.ge... :AdveI,'s~ 
weather condi.tions 9.1Iriri~ J'anuarj';'reducecCyietii:f: prospect.s i~ the 'Pompano, Bv~r 
 
glades and :pa.(~e County ar.eas .. and-re,sulted, in ..'lightvolume being 'harv:ested~' .' 
 
Younger plantings in the' Pompano area Show improved prospects. Planting of sp~ing 
 
 beans continues active  
 
., 
 
CABBAGE~ 
 
Winter pr'o~hiction is 
 
forecast 
 
at 
 
6,273,000 
 
cwt.', 
 
3 per~ent 
 
above 
 
: "'. 
last' . 
 
year but 4 perc~z:1:t. '!=>.~+9'f,: ~:v.,er.qg,e .. Har:ile-st, .c.ontinu.es m ~'all' aTe~s Qf . . :. 
 
Florida where' t:h~ .mid":'Janu.ary;:.cold, spells..,resulted' in' reduced quality. The' small'" .. , 
 
acreage in Dade County escaped serious injury and damage in the Everglades was generally light. In other areas, damage was more seve:re.':. You,ng 'plantings wer~ : : affected but are improving~ -In Texas, harvest of early"p):antings in the Lower .. 
 
Valley was active duri~g JanUary. Unfavorable w,e~t.h.~.r,. 9:~~inK,,~h,.~, mootb..retarded ' progress of lat:er' plantings~:."In ','~he :Wj,.r:r":er':.Garqen,. harve,s't ..of.. e.a:rly. planting's 
 
is nearly complete. Light harvest from the late season acreage is expected the 
 
latter part of February. Harvest continuesactive in the Imperial Valley of 
 
California. This area is furnishing the bulk of current supplies. Production is 
 
also available in the Oxnard, Los Angeles and San Diego areas. 
 
SWEET CORN: Florida's winter production is now estimated at 440,000 cwt., compared with the short 1958 crop of 92,000 cwt. and an average of: , 
447,000 cwt. Winds' and low temperatures during January in the Eyerglade~.4id . .' 
considerable damage 'and caused some acreage to be lost, Winter supplies from this area will be light. Steady supplies from the Pompano-Delray area will be available through March. Harvest from Dade County is increasing and is expected to be active about mid-February. Planting for spring harvest is active and will continue through mid-March. 
 
(OVER) 
 
UNIVERSITY Of GI!ORGfA 
FEB 13 '59 
LIOOARlf:S 
 
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LETTUCE: Winter production is now forecast at 8,6'~1';OO0 elit.,. .:[l;bt~lt;\OqU.i:I.;;(:~~Q.:~a~t 
yeex and average. Cold spells in Florida caused damagE).: .to:t!),f.:rt~ :p'pr~~,on of the crop which was at or ne:,!\r~::~").;tur~ty..,.'. Howev:er~" rounger plantings in' all sec- 
 
tions arc in good condition and the weather' damrige 's-cipcctcd to have little ef- 
fect on tote.l production. Tho EVGr.glade~ i;B t4P ,pr,incipal source of current sup- 
 
plies.' Lighter quantitios nre availablo' from' tho ':Dade County, Uanatcc-Ruskin and Sonford' areas.. In Texas, . ~~rve'st :~f tthq:,5~.~~~..}lnr~y. a?reage in thc Lower Vf\lley 
 
was d~tiv.e during ~<;m~ary. " Lat,cr. P~;t.ings ;~~d(Y )'O?~'.: pr~~~e~_s.' .d~~~e; ::~i:l.q1 ~o!l.~~.; , 
 
d c 
 
u o 
 
e m 
 
pttlae't.udn~If, e' .YVOi-eil'dabs~' ethwoe. raethw. :er.re' 
 
lHo'.nw. rv.o':.sBtn'"~,oQ.f,rt!i"o.'np'r~',ly~.t':.ipt.lina.gn~' t 
 
J.ngs :nTt e 
 
 'in tho:'.'tl ~ald.ng.. SIlt 
 
Ulter iafa. 
 
Garden J.S ct9Q ,g~lf'tith. 
 
but ar~',;not :cJcpccted to' fu:rn~ah anY prp.dti,.q~~~n. befoI'C '}1arch:~''; 'Hi:tIWcs~ .got,UIt.~qr..:'. , 
 
way at LaredO': lato :in Jcmullrv- arid,supp.ri,cs:urc :expoct'od to be I:tvni.lap'lo thoro. :th.o 
 
 
first hcUf :of .February. 
 
,.... 
 
l 
 
 
 
In Arizona, 
 
som'o.  I ;.... 'd.. 1's'e~$e" 
 
 
h:as" 
 
j. 
snown lUI:> 
 
.~. .1 .. ,', . .:, 
 
',  J',  
 
most.J,.y. 0!-1,()+d<;lr'" . 
 
.r.~:cl~~.'c?ut,. .qual~ty. :l.s g~ncr~ltY '~ood, ..1~a1''''d:H;~on, :th~ .o'arly;:..pl-aI').4Qd. ;{;\.C~9.Q~i9.},~.~:.; .. 
 
noarmg' complet:l.On. In C;,b. fornJ.a, a markO't~g .order for:wJ.nter, b-Q<\d .lot.tu,l::c . 
. cover:ing: theImP~'r.~cl .~d 'Blythe 'Vallcys has. ~p0.$dd hrrrvcsting.~ro;.~:pn9~~g:~q\i'ot~s  
 
.1'he aider hns restr,ictod' daily Im,Nest nncl: Illovoni.6nt.:. Harvest.in, th9 IIT?cr,~~~.:.~, 
V~lley 'is': curr,oI)i;.lY' nda!' 'peak with sm~l, s:i,~QS inct6as'ing. and....a:Iw.ii:-4p .rnrig.~:ci.('; ....' 
qunlity present . ! il.t Blythu, harvest ;'01' thc'.:l6te~crop..i.$ e~9.ctGJd t,Q. ~br.t",l.:;i!-c" in February. bome additionnl light suppiics 'ar'c :m:::ei[',ilC'.:ble,fr9rin.~~~.6~;'P~9~?,,~a 
 
Los i.ngclus areD,s. 
 
  
 
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f 
 
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'D: ON10N~~ ;Uninvorabl~ growing condi~ions .during' Jnnua~xot~rdG~gro~~h,Qftho .::;.: . cro-ly . 'sp:r:~g' 'crop nll,'[J'c[';s . of .Taxns:.. Plnz:ts in.. tho J:,.OW:cr::~~,9):t~9!l.de 
 
Val~ey ancrcoast.a;L Bund GXCIlS 'wurc wuakenoc?- ~y th';J .~ont:uiued.,cool. i~runP W;?~t~cr ... \. 
Thfs.hinderep. sprnying an~ blight has CR1..j.S9.d sQmc".dnmhgo:.tG tQpq~ .',:').'n.P.,C;-?'p 'i,~ .: \' 
 
GXI;>'ected to. overcome this 'setback 'with fnyor<;1ple gi;'owlng 'and sppny.=Vlg .9R~i1.it~9~~. 
 
HiJ.:ht~H5t oL the ear:l-iest plantings in' the.' Lower ~Ja:)..l.cy will :pxobnp.f.Y ~t,~~:: ~?~.~ 
mid':'F'cbruary bu:'=-. m013:t of t!lis 'acreage is:,cocpectod to be h6r:trt.stedi..fr;0!!l pdA:-:~th 
 
'if! thr'ough' :.i;'pril. Hq.rvcst .in the CoD.:stal Bend .i.s expected i;.ogot undpr:wy,y .nb.o~t, ,. " 
mid-March ,vith mas t of the acrcngo to be nsr:v:cstcd a:t:to'( mi~~April.......Tp.e .pflip; 
 
?r.-r. the ;Laredo area is mating fairly good progr'Qss although surlshinQ:.'f.!Pd 
 
,;W~f1.:t.f.10.r 
 
nre beeded, to si;.imul<:1,tc. g~owth. In the \'lintor Gardon arall 'stdnd,l3 ia.J::',c l:U}.oy:.~n).:' 
 
parti'culnrly. on. the. se.oded .ncreng<:: . Supplies ar~ not c xpcctod to be nvnil'ci.'blo 
 
in either of tho~c nrc'as untj.l lfter the first of l.priL T'hD ':'crop' J~:::th'1liEC'.glo 
Pns'S 'area' has made good progress, but needs 1'1t'.rIn d.f,y wonther for. ;'bGf?'j; ig'tQ~r..~.: '; 
 
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Acreage a:nd Estimated ProQ.uction Reported to! pa.te, 1959 ..rith Comparisons 
 
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AGRICULTURAl.. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTI.'RE 
BROILER CHICK REPOR T :TOR .GEORGIA 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGFHCUL. TllRAL MARKETING SERVICE 3t9 EXTENSI~N BLDG.! ATHENS. GA. 
.!..i'ebruary 11, 1959 
 
ATHENS, GA., i'eb. 11- -A total of. 6,233, 000' broiler chicks were placed with' produc,ers in Georgia duril1g the week ending ...~ebruary 7, a~cording to the Georgia. Crop Reporting Servic~. This compares with the '5, 943, 000 placed the 
previous week and is 1 percent more than the 6, 16'5,000 placed the same week 
last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 8, 854, 000 compared with 
 
8,390. 000 the previous week and is 5 percent thore than the 8,433,000 for the 
 
-. carre sponding week 1a'st year. 
 
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The majority of the prices paid for hatching eggs were' reported within a 
range of 50 to 65 cents wi.th.an average of S6 cents per dozen the same as last week ... Most pric.es charged for :chi'c~cs were.. reported within a range of $8.- 00 to $10.00 with ail:average of.$9. 25 the sam.e as last week. The average prices 
last year. were 79 cents for eggs and $13. 75 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the ""'edera1-State MarI<;et News Service for broile'rs during the ..we.ek.,enq~n3 ..:Tebruary 7 are as follows: Georgia broilers 
 2. 3/4 - 2$ 3/4 pounas, at farms 15': 07"; POB plants 16.00  
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACE,MENTS 
 
DECEMEER 6 THRCUGH .2EBRUARY 7 " 
 
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Week Ending: 
 
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Eggs Set !! 
 
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C11icks Placed for Broiler s in GeorJia 
 
EGG, TYPE - 
Eggs Chicks Set HatcheJ 
 
'.' I c: , 1957.- 5.8 
 
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% of Yr. ag.o. 
 
1957-58 
 
1958-59 
 
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1959 
 
, 1959 
 
, . ' Thousands, '. . 0/0 
 
: Thousands" % 
 
Thousands 
 
Dec. 6 6,478 
 
7,420 115 ~ 5,036 5,388 I 107 
 
Dec. 13' 7',000 ,. 8,146 116 
 
5','076 5, 255 ! .104 
 
Dec. ?00 f 7, 03'3 ' .. 8, 092 . 115 
 
Dec. 27. 6, 890 
 
7,844 ' 114 
 
Jan. :3 7,,361 
 
7,619 104 
 
Jan. la' 7, 599 
 
7,904 . 104 
 
5, 094 5, 172' 
, 5,401 5, 519 
 
5 734 I 113 
, . 1:;' 404 " II 104 
5, 862 I 109 
5, 74o!!: 10o!!: 
 
532 403 
 
,Jan. 17, '7,"859 
Jan. ,24 . 8, 199 
 
.8, 081 . 103 8',351 102' 
 
5~ 524 ,6, 041 
 
5,825 
'5;74i 
 
105 
 
659 
 
95 .' 672 
 
494 462 
 
Jan. .3-1 8,278 
 
8,390 101 
 
6, 142 . '5,943 
 
97 
 
713 453 
 
,teb.' 7; 8,433 
 
8,.854. 105 
 
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6, 165 6,233 101 1 I 
 
663 571 
 
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W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS 1958-1959 
 
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Maine 
 
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Indiana 
 
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Delaware 
 
Maryland 
 
Virginia 
 
West y.irginia 
 
North Carolina 
 
South Carolina 
 
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Alabama 
 
Mississippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
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Oregon, 
 
California 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS " 
 
I '. I', 512 .. 1, 651 . :-i";565 
 
I _ 1, 134 ,. '1,229 '. ,1, '2-0:8 1-, 365 . 1, 244' .' , 1, .486 
 
.' 1,857 , . 269 
 
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, 312 . 
 
1,781 '29,B 
 
.1,7.74  1,901 ' 1,,847 .. 
 
. ' 2,082 
 
4, 0'86 :. 2, 14'3 " 
 
. 2) 521  2, 5.42 : 2, 591 
 
2,219 281 
 
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2,329 322 
 
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2,381 328 
 
.3,426 :: J, 672 
 
3,861 
 
582 8,35.1 
 
.. 597 8, 390 
 
600 ...'~ .8,854 -, 
 
396 ' 3,'664 
2,819 4,097 
707 2,673 
447 410 ' 1, 584 
 
436 3, 763 
.2,946 4,277 
741 2, '835 . 446 
463 1,,488 
 
3'93 
 
3,666 
 
3,041 .4,187 
 
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TOTAL 1958-59 
 
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TOTA~ 1957-58 41, 074' 41;914 ,42,08'~ 
 
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_ .. CHI.CK_S...P..L. ACED. ~ THOUSANDS 
 
1, 04"2. 
 
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1, 169* 
 
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1, 21 r.' 
 
1~ 180 
 
55'3>:< '567 :..: '!560 
 
601 
 
669 
 
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856 
 
953 ' 911 
 
714 
 
873 
 
784 
 
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943 163 . 
 
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.737 
 
152* . 138* ' :149 '.' 1'36 
 
656 
 
696 
 
:722 ~. 665 
 
685 
 
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1,645 . 1,598 1,624 1,692 2,046 1,880 
 
1,653 . 1,743 :. 1, 998 1, 852 1,84Q ,,1,838 
 
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988 1~ 076 . 1~ 090 ' 1,014 
 
506 - 490 
 
511 . 562'- 601 
 
2,439 2,.475 ,.2,480 2,081 2, 578 
 
1,092 557 
2,407 
 
. '347 
 
362* , 361 
 
331 ' 324 
 
323 
 
5,388' ,'5,255 : 5; 734 5,AO{ 5, 862 5, 744 
 
1, 251 532 
570* ., 657 
182 732 '1,797 1,688 1,016 437 2,207 320 5,825 
 
249 -, 237 
 
215 
 
2, '628 . - 2, 773 2',863 
 
. 1,903 1,972 '. 2,000 . 2,921 2,999 3,046 
 
457 - 506 ' . 449 . 2, 165 2,211 2, 126 
 
3-08 .. 259: 298 
 
219 . 2$4 
 
223* 
 
955 
 
878 
 
7.8. 9 
 
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2, 366 2,87'1 . 
 
1,946 1,999 3) .122 3, 306* . 
 
3.90* : 477* -2; 105 .2,277 
 
258 
 
269 
 
238 
 
236 
 
861 'I, 0-52 
 
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255 2,904 2,05J 2, 88'1 
440 2,223 
310 300 1, 196 
 
205 2, 766 1,944 3,073 
430 2,079 
284 309 1,226 
 
1,274 607 753 730 109 723 
1,978 1,746 1,058 
537 2,346 
290 5,742 
198 2,884 2,025 2,998 
397 2,227 
342 274 1, 118 
 
28,929* 29; 447* 3'0, 126* 28, 555* 31,409* 30,534 29,530* 30,356 
 
24,828 ,25,320 25,668 25,293 26,,741 -27., 033- 26,816 28, 539 
 
1,280 576 709 639 174 738 
2, III 1,741 I, 101 
532 2, 681 
316 5,943 
178 2, 964 2,059 3, 172 
433 2, 136 
385 205 1, 108 
31,181 
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1,286 648 778 613 
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800 1,837 ~ 1,902 , " 1,094 
572 2,721 
363 6,233 
236 3, 104 2,046 3,044 
396 2, 127 
339 240 1,074 
31,573 
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AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE llNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 51'ATE DEPARTMENT OF Ac:.RICUL.TURE 
 
U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION al-DG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
February 16, 1959 
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LIVESTOCK ON GEORGIA FAFU1S JANUARY 1, 1959 
 
Estimated inventory n'rmoers of livcc+'ock~~nd poultry on Georgia farms as of January 1, 1959 showed decreases from a year ago in the number of cattle and calves, sheep and lambs, horses and mules, and turkeys. The number of hogs and chickens on farms showed increases compared with a year earlier. Changes in inventory numbers by species were as follows: cattle and calves, down 2 percent; 
 sheep and lambs, down 15 percent; horses and mules, down 12 percent; turkeys, down 3 percent and hogs, up 5 percent; chickens, up 10 percent. (Estimated 
number of livestock and poultry on farms is shown in the table on the back of this report). 
 
The total value of all livestock and poultry on Georgia farms January 1, 1959 was '::;218,009,000 compared with ~~178,121,000 a year ago. All species except horses and mules, sheep and lambs, and turkeys showed an increase in value. The increases were due primarily to a higher value per head as only hogs and chickens 
failed to show a decline in numbers. 
 
Valuation in thousands of dollars, by species in order of rank for 1958 and 
 
 
 
1959 respectively, are as follows: Cattle, (~119,042'and $151,500; hogs, ::~39,832 and ')46,102; chickens, $10,481 and ~}12,064; horses and mules, ~~7,57l and ~)7,425; 
 
sheep and lambs, (;1,030 and ~p758; turkeys 0165 and $160. 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF GEORGIA LIVESTOCK VALUES BY KINDS ON FARlvIS (Percen:rof~totaiValue of livestock""=JarlUary 1, 195~ 
 
Cattle $151,500,000 
 
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69.5% 
 
*Sheep and Lambs <.:i758,000 - .4% 
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ARCHIE LA.NGLEY Agricultural Stati~tician In Charge 
 
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UN1'1rRSITY OF GEORGIA 
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LIVESTOCK ON GL!:I)RGIA FAE-1S (IN THOUSltNDS) January 1, 1950 - 1959 
 
Year 
 
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CO"rs 2 Yrs. H01s 
 
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I Commero ial Broilers) I - - - ,-, ~---- 
 
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1950 ::'1,040 
 
3q4' 
 
193" 1,667. 9 , 257 , 8"llq .' ',:, 52 
 
1~5,l,,' 1,liJ ,: 364" .232, 1,800 '10 .: 244 
 
'8,029 ".,' 54, 
 
1952" 
1953 
1954 1955 
 
1',247 . ' 364 I I,' 2,$2 I  1,9,08 11 '215 
 
8,298" 51, 
 
1,,4~2' 357,',! ,', '3.75" ;!.,698" , 1 4 ' , 192 " .7,7'75. ,'.' 54', 
 
1,564" . '353"" .. :45,2' " '1,4'43 I? " : ,,;: 166 
 
"7,,941.~,,, 59, 
 
1,627 
 
346" 518"" 1,472 21 '150' 
 
8',5,3.2", ~,,, 6~, 
 
1956 1,562 1957 1,$46, 
 
332 
 
517 1,563 46 
 
138 
 
. 329" ' ,,512,. l~ 73.0 " ,63 ; 12) 
 
8,23l 
 
63 
 
8,.559, 66 
 
1958' '1,546 r ',326. d." 512 ',' 1,695 ',56 :. 
 
1959, 1,515, 
 
,J13;,' 52~, 1.\'780 4,8 
 
ll~... 8,7j4, 'L' 37. 
 
99 
 
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, "Cattle !lUmbe'r.s dn J~nu~ry 'l,~ ,1959 ,at. !96.~' m':llli:a'ri"head \"1ere, 'Jip '4' p~i~ent; or' 
 
3.5' m:i.:Uic)n head:, 'from a ye~r' earlier~, and l-1ere apo-q.t the, saine as'the ,previous record reached January 1, 1956. '~liik cow' numbers clec11ned '3 percent to 2i.6 
 
million head--the smallest number $ipce 1921. BeBf cow numbers: increased 5 per- 
cent and all'other beef stoc~'t~a_~ 'Up from," a 'year; e9-rlier.' Hog nw:nP'ers increased 
 
12 percent from January 1, 1958 largely due to the'increase in the fall pig crop. 
Inventories of all sheep and lambs were up 4 percent, and stock sheep nwnbers were 
 
also up 1.~ percent from a year earlier. Horse and mule numbers declined 8 percent during the year. Chicke~.and turkey invento;ies'ipcrease~3 and 6 percent 
 
respectively from Januqry 1, 1958. The total inveni!0ry value of all livestock and 
 
poultry on farms and ranches January 1, 1759 'Has, :!P18;1 billi'o,n--up 29 percent from 
 
a year earlier. 
 
CATTLE: The '~umber of cattle and ca~';'es 'On "farms and ranche.s in the United States increased 3,501,000 ~E!ad"or 4 percent during'1958. The total 
number on January 1, 1959 was 96,851,000 ,head, about the same as the previous 
record inventory of 96,804,000 head on January 1, 1956. The number of cattle and calves on farms and ranch~s ~t th~ beginnirlg of 1958 was 93,350,00Q head and the 19~8-57 January average i~i:87,994,DOO head. The inc~ease~during 1958 was the first since 1956 and represenus'one of the larger uptur~s tecorded in the cattle industry. This increase, however, t-las moderate in cornp~i:son with ,the massive up-surge in nwnbers which occurred during 1951 and 1952 at 6 rrdllion head each 
year. 
 
HOGS: The number of hogs on farms January 1 totaled 57,201;000 head, the 
 
largest since 1952. This number exceeds a year earlier by 12 percent 
 
ana is 4 percent larger than average. I!wnbers in the North Atlantic region were 
down 1 percent but all other regions showed increases ranging from 4 to 14 per- 
 
cent. The largest regional increase--14 percent--was shown by the North; Central" 
 
States which had 75 percent of the U. S. total. 
 
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BHEEP: The number of stock sheep and lambs on farms and ranches January 1, 
,1959 at 28~364,000 head was 4 percent above the ~1,327,000, head on 
Janu?-ry 1" 1958'. : This': j.va~, the largest inventory, number 9i~c~ ,January J., 194~., Tne number of sheep' anal~mbs on feed for market at 4,280,000'head was 7' percent more than a year earlier. All sheep and lambs, including those on feed for market: 
totaled 32,644,000 head, a gain of 4 percent from January 1, 1958. 
 
HORSES A~ID MULES: The January 1 inventory of horses and mules is estimated at 3,079,000 head. This was 8 percent below the 
3,354,000 head on January 1, 1958 and only about 51 percent of the 1948-57 average of 6,075,000. The decline during 1958 was consistent throughout lTIOSt of 
the Nation except in the Western States where the decline amounted to only 2 percent. 
 
CHIClillNS: Chickens on farms January 1, 1959, {excluding commercial broilers) totaled 383,257,000. This was 3 pe+cQnt more than the 370,884,000 
chickens on January 1, 1958, but 8 percent beloH' the 1948-57 average. The number of chickens increased from a year earlier in all regions of the country except the North Atlantic where a decrease of 1 percent occurred. Increases l-1ere 8 percent in the South Central region, 7 percent in the South Atlantic, 5 percent in 
the Hest, 3 percent in the East North Central and 2 percent in the \\Test North Central. Chickens on farms January 1, 1959, consisted of 243,829,000 pullets, 119,565,000 hens and 19,863,000 other chickens, compared with 224,619,000 pullets, 
127,891,000 hens and 18,374,000 other chickens on January 1, 1958. 
 
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GJlfl3Agricultural Extension Service 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
University of Georgia and the 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
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February IS, 1959  l. 
 
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Atl,tEms, Ga., February 18- -A. total 'of 6,270, 000 broiler chic;ks; were, pl~ced 
 
~th producers in Georgia during the week ending February 14, a~~ording to the 
 
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. Thi.s compares with the 6,233,000 placed the 
 
previous week and is 3 percent more than the 6, 108,. q,oo placed the. same 'We~ 
 
Hut year. 
 
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Eggs set by Georgia hatch~r\~s amounted to 9) 1.75, 000 compared wit~ i 
 
8j 854, 0<;)0 t~e previous wee~: apci is 9 percent .more .tJ~an the 8, 411, 000 for 'the ; 
 
c9rresponclipg. week last y~a:r. ~"':: ;. '::: ' , ' , , , 
 
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r~nge'.of 50 to,65 cents with an.. a.v.erage of 57 cents per dozen compared with' a ~ 
ra;nge ~f, 50 tb 65 cents with ah.~Y;~J:age ,of 56 cents per dozen last week ..:' Mo:st ! pll;iceEi ch.a~ged for chicks vjer~.'r:-ePortedwithin a range of $8. 00 ~o $10.00 with\ 
 
a'D! ave.rage 0, $9.25 per hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $10 ..00 and ~ 
 
a~;ave'rage of $9. 25 per hundred last week. The average prices la~t year werei 
 
80~cenfs for ~ggs and $14.00 fQ~~ Shicks. 
 
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bri~ilet"s duri~gthe week ending E"'ebruary 14 are as follows: Georgia broilers : 
 
2.:}/4 -: 3 3/4:poupds, at farms 15. 7l~; FOB plants 16.61. 
 
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Brailer.s'in Georl:!ia 
 
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EGG TYPE Eggs Chi~ks \ 
Set Placed i 
1959 1959 
 
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Dec,~ Z7 
Jan.. 3 f 
l7 Jan. 10 
Jan;.~ Jan;':a4 Jan:")l 
Feb. \7 
Feb~'1;4 
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Thousands 
 
7,000 7,033 6, 890 .7,3(>1 7, 5997,859' 8,199 8,278 8,433 8,411 
 
8, 146 8,092 7,844 7,619 7,904 8,081 8,351 8,390 8,854 9,115 
 
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115 114 104 104 103 102 101 105 109 
 
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Thousands 
 
5,076 . 5, 255 
 
I5,094 5,734 5, 172 .. 5,404 
 
5, 401 . .5, 862 
 
5, 519.' . '. i5, 744 
 
. I 5, 524 ' 5, 825 
I 6, 041 .' 5, 74~ 
I 6, 14:2 .5,943 
 
6, 16~ '. ;. 6,2.33 
 
6, 108 6,2.70 
 
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104113 104 109 104 105 
95 97 101 '103 
 
ThousandS 
532. 403 .. 659 494 672 462 713 453 663 571 653 545 
 
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 ,EGGS SE'F"ANP CHICKS:~:PLACEDIN;COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS:'1958.~1959': 
 
STATE 
 
Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
Ilhnois 
 
Missourf 
 
Delawa.r'e: 
 
Maryland" 
 
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Vir'ginia 
 
West VirgiI},ia , North Caro~ina ., : 
 
South Carolina 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida Alabama Mis 's-i ~ sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
Washington Cregon California 
 
, 
 
. 
 
~ ,Week Ending 
 
Jan., 31 
 
,:' Feb," 7 
 
. F'eb, 14 
 
Dec. .. ':. 13 
 
Dec, 20 
 
Dec. 27' 
 
Jan.. Jan. 
 
3 
 
10 
 
Jan. 17 
 
.;ran, 24 
 
Jan. 31 
 
7 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS' 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS , 
 
1; 651 1,229 1,244 1,860 _ ::312 ;.. 1,,:901 
:,' 2C, ..Ht6 
2, 542 2,329 
322 3,672 
591 8,390 
,436 3,7,63 - .2, 946. 
4,277 741 
2,835 446 463 
1,488 
 
1, 565 1,208 1,486 1; 781 
298 . 1'; 847 '2;143 
2,591 '2, 381 
328 3, 861 :. 600 8,854 
':.393 3'~ 666 
5; 041 
4, 1~7 721 
2,865 428 502 
1,620 
 
1,'637 1, 175 ... 
1, 36'2 1,968 
373 '. 1,834 : 2, 150 , 2, 713 ..2j:6~3. " 
370 3, 85.0;, . 
597 , .:; 9,175, 
449 , ~, 897 
3,076 4;'465 
709 2,996 
413 477 1,654 
 
1, 125 1, 169* 1, }85~ 1,211 
 
567 
 
560 
 
601 . 
 
669 
 
953 
 
911, 714' 
 
873 
 
943 
 
819 
 
743 
 
772 
 
163 
 
152* 
 
138* 
 
149 
 
696 
 
722, 665' 
 
685 
 
1, 598 1,624 1,692 2,046 
.. !, 743 1,998 -, ~ 1,852 1., 840 
 
, ')-88 1,016 .' 1,09,0 1,014 
 
490 
 
,'5J 1 . 562 
 
601 
 
2;,,475 2; 480 '2, 08l " 2,578 
 
362* ' 361 
 
33 ~ .. : 324 
 
, 5, 255 5, 734 , 5,,404 5, 862 .~ 
 
237 
 
215' ; 211 
 
298 
 
'2,773 '2,863; ~,366 2,871 
 
1,972 2,000' 1, 946 1,999 
 
2,999 ,},046 3,122 3,306* 
 
506 
 
449 
 
390* 477* 
 
2,211 2, 126 2, 105 2,277 
 
259 
 
298 
 
258 ' 
 
269 
 
254 
 
223* 238 
 
236 
 
878 
 
789 
 
861 1,052 
 
1, 180 1, 251 
 
531 
 
532 
 
784 
 
570* 
 
7~7 
 
657 
 
136 
 
182 
 
765 
 
732 
 
1, 880 1, 797 
 
1, 838 1, 688 1, 09 2 ,: . 1, 0 16 
 
557,, 437 
 
2,407 '.: . 2; 2'07 
 
323 
 
320 
 
5,744 5,825 
 
255 '2, 904 
2,051 2,881 
440 
2,223 
310 300 1, 196 
 
205 2, 766 
1,944 3,073 
430 
2,079 
284 309 1,226 
 
.. -. 
 
1, 274, ..: ',1,280 
 
60'7,' ~ 576 ,.753, ..' ~ 709 
 
730 :' 639 
 
: 109 
'723 
, 
,1;978 1;746 1,058 
 
.174, 
. 738 
l,l11 
i, 741 i., 101 
 
537 : 532 
 
2, :346 2', 681 
 
'290 '316 
 
5,742 5,943 
 
198 2,'884 2,025 2, 998 
397 2, 227 
342 274 1,118 
 
'178 2.'.964 2,'059 3, :172 
433 2, 136 
385 205 1,108 
 
Feb. 7 
1,286 648 778 613 120 800 
I, 837 1,902 1,094 
572 2,721 
363 6.233 
236 3, 104 2,046 3,044 
396 2. 127 
339 240 1.074 
 
Page 2 
Feb. 14 
1,272 668 724 744 130 848 
2,063 1,716 1, 168 
580 2,870 
404 6,270 
205 3,263 2, 109 3,216 
412 2,214 
382 215 1, 163 
 
TOTAL ,19:5'8,-59 TOTAL 1957.-58 11k of Year Ago 
 
45, 530 46,366 
 
41,914 42,086 
 
.l()'C) . 
 
l'io,. 
 
47,973 42,392 
:". 1:13' :'. 
 
*Revised: 
 
29,447* 30,126* 28,555*"31,409* 30,534 29,530* 30,356 31,,181 31,573 32,756 
 
25," 320 25, 668 25,293, '26, 741' 27, 033 26,81'6 28, ~39 28,.'.826 29, 209 29,495 
 
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117 
 
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113 
 
110 
 
106 
 
108 
 
108 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNNERSITY OFGEORGtA'ANO THE: STAT!E O.EPARTMENT ;OF AGRICULTU~E" 
:Athens,' Geor.gia. 
 
U. S. OEPARiMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRIC'ULTURAL Mt;RKE"J:'!NG S.ER~lCE 319 EXTE~ION BLOG~. AT~E~S. {iA . , 
.2ebrli.ary 19, 19-59: , '! 
 
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PULLET CHICKS l'''OR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY ZLOCKS 
 
,'. : . January1959- United States 
 
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,The .indicated placement of pullet chicks for broil.er; ha,tch~ry ;su.pply.'t'i..o~ks.. 
 
by leading primary breederso broiler replacement stock.totaled,Z,;} H, ,0,00. : :,: 
 
chicks tluring 'January 1959, This. wa:s 7- percent more than.in January 19p8 ...,.; 
 
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The -totals include pullet chicks :sold dUl1ing the month, ;plus the number 9f 
 
pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the ,preceding ~onth... The con~.. ';, 
 
version from eggs to expected pullet chicks was made on the basis of 1Z5 pullet 
 
chiCks per "cas:e of hatching eggs so1:..1. The ,pr.imary breeder.s', induded in this 
 
report aCCOunt for a' very large percenta'ge of tot-al supply: of ,replacement.pul- 
 
lets for 'broiler, hatchery suppl;y flocks," 'Sale s of replacement pullets by these, 
 
breeders provide an indication of the potential number :o.. plil~ets availa1Jle fQr. 
 
addition to hatchery egg supply flocks several months before the pullets will 
 
actu~lly rp.9.v~ into ~h.e gociCS. 
 
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PulletChicks 11 Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks 
 
- (rep'orted :)y'leading breeders')'" .. ,'.. 
 
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Mo~h 
 
..,- '1957 . 
 
1958' 
., ' . " " ,., 
 
'195'9' 
 
1959 as peicent . of 1958' ,_._-, 
 
~ 
 
..' .. 
 
1,000 
 
chicks 
 
,1,000 chicks 
 
. ,1, 000 chicks 
 
Januar{ . ': 
 
'.: 1,886 .' 
 
l,98Z 
 
'. 'Z, III 
 
?ebruar-y .. : , . ; : ..: March.... , .. , "'.: 
 
1,997 Z, 53'8' ::; 
 
~Z, Z70 . 3; 118 
 
April.'::.:; 
 
: .. : 3, '033 .",,", ' .. .'3,3Z0 
 
May 
 
-: ';,: Z, 899 
 
3';6Z3 
 
I" 
 
June , July , . , . , 
 
'.. :.:, Z,060 '. '. : 1,676 
 
3;390 , 3; 054 
 
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August 
 
, 
 
', .. : ' 1,410 
 
Z,646 
 
September 
 
, '.. , : " 1,935 
 
2,700 
 
October ...' ..: .. '~ :'. ;', ::' Z', 'Z97 " , .. ...... Z,'568 
 
November, . " .. , : l,9Z6 
 
Z, 141 
 
Decemoer .. ,. , , :. , Z, Z38 
 
l, 147 . 
 
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Annual Total. . ,' : "'Z5-, 895'- 
 
, 32, 959 
 
Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold dur~rig the preceding month at the rate 6f lZ5 pullet chicks per 30-dozen 'case' of eggs. 
 
U, S . .i:....rozen Poult~y Stocks as of t:h'e End. of the Mo~th 
 
C, lass 
J, ' 
 
January . 1954-,58 avo 
1,ODO 
pO,un'ds, 
 
January. 1958 , . 
 
' 
 
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Decelnber 1958' , 
 
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1, 00'0 pounds 
 
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1,000 ' pounds 
 
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January 
1959 
., 1,000 -pounds 
 
Broilers' or fryers, . ; Roasters ............. : Hens, fowls, ....... : Turkeys ........ , .. : Ducks ............ , .: Unclas sHied........: 
Total Poultry .. '.' ..: 
 
'ZZ,844 
-. 9 , 50"3" 
60, .110 138,903 
5,8'41 
35,759 Z72,960 
 
19,49,9  c ": 
 
5,477 ' . 
 
6Z,673 
 
179,390 
 
3, 597 
 
31,346 
 
, .. 301,98Z 
 
., 
 
34, 6Z1 ; '., . 3Z, 757 
 
9,773 .!  
 
9,656 
 
87, 885, 
 
t" 
 
.' 
 
80,016 
 
162, OS'5' . , 5,686' ; 
. 46,583" 
346,603 ) 
 
160,406 . ". " 4,134 , 
45, 190 ;33Z, 159 
 
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CHICKENS TESTED 
 
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t.~ ".'~:' 
 
.. " ":I~:Ge<>'r,gi~' 564,"491 chi.ckens for supplying b~~:il~r ~~tc:,lling eg~.~ .~~~~ tested 
 
for pullohitn disease during"January 1959--36 percent' more' tnan the' 414,416' 
 
tested in Ja'nliary 1'958. :Te'stings of egg-type chickens for Janua'ry were:34; 194 
 
almost 55 percent of the number tested in January last year. . 
 
 
 
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In the states for which cotnparl.-sons are available 2, 601, 927 chickens for 
 
supplying broiler hatching eggs were tested during January 1959--up, 29 p~.rcent from:.January.1'958.;. Testing.s July 1958 through January 1959 tot~led 17;'3)6,5~3 
 
up 20 p'erceht from this period a year earlier'. The number 'of 'chitk:en:s <fdr', : : .' other.purposes(egg,;.type).tested during January 1-959 tot'ciled '1', 648, 821~-5 per,;.': 
 
cent less than the number tested in Januar}r 1958. The num:':'er of egg-typ~, 
 
chickens' tested July; 1-958 through January 19'59'tcitale&'l'I, i-yi; 769-'~do~'j ~e~- 
 
cent from the per-iod a year eatlier. 
 
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:J.T,his .report is made:pos.siblethrough the' cooperation bithe N~tionarpoult~y 
 
Impro.\'.ement Plan. official state' agendes",th'eAnimal HU'Gban~ry'Re'search; ..\/.; ': 
 
Division. Agricultural Research Servi~e, and the Agric:ultural- E:sti~~te$ DiVision, 
 
Agric.ulturali Marketi.ng Service. " , ' . - 
 
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Georgia - Chickel1~ Test~(Lby Official State" A'genc.ies .,: 
 
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Month 
 
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" ...... ': 'By Months 
 
(. 
 
1 
 
.'. ',1957-58 
 
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. 1958-59 
 
,~ 
 
July .. : 202, 1<)4 . . 253,865 
 
Cumulative 
 
: 
 
By Months 
 
195~-58 :. 1958-59: '. . : 195' 7-58.: 1958-59 
 
io~, 194 
 
- - iS3., ~6'5 
 
..-. - ,. .. "'.. .. " ..... .. ..... 
 
17,274 
 
30,299 
 
Aug. 
 
: 230,292 
 
Sept. !-. ,': .334, 522 
 
240.,302 413,264 
 
432,486 767,008 
 
494, '167 47,736 907; 43'1' 18,286 
 
42,581 35,652 
 
Oct. \ : 306, 795 
 
Nov. 
 
: 254, 554 
 
458,442 388, 136 
 
1,07l,803 1, 365,,873 27, 242 . , . 41; 0'4'3" 
 
1, 328,357 1, 754~'O09; 
 
8,325 . , . 26'.:,'-lS&"'.1' .... 
 
Dec. Ja.n. Feb, Mar. Apr. May June 
 
: 252,517 : 414,416 : 275,750 : 255, 111 : 211,093 : 254,024 : 185, 343 
 
432,318 564,491 
 
1, 5e~,,874 1, 995,.Z90 2,271,040 2, 526, 121 2,737,244 2, 991,,268 3,176,611 
 
2, 186', '321' 
2,750, a18' 
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14, 836 . , 84, 778 ';. 
 
61,618 ,34,194 "". 
 
13,675 . , ..... . - , 
 
12, 0-86 . 
 
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57 426 i 
 
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10, -849, . 17,445 ' 
 
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United States - Chickens Te~te~ by Offici.~~.Sta~e Agencies,,' .', 
 
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Month 
 
For Broile'r Production . , ""'.': ,'....:~~6r,'~gg t:YPe,. thl~i~e,n~.~;: '~~:':~~- 
 
. by Months!! '., . 
 
- ,\.~ t 1 ..: ....,. I;>y. 'Months l-{;:-'i"'!: .....:. 
 
1957-58 
 
1958.- 59 
 
.-,.'.- . )9~~,-5.8,,: '!: .,19-58-59 
 
July 
Aug. Sepf." .. :. 
Oct. . 
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 
Apr ..... ; May,.: .. 
June .',. : 
 
1,310,'378 
1,600,805 2,"310, 549 2,723,936 2,225,580 2,208,307 2,014,868 1,282,382 1,587,391 1,701,022 1,554,643 1,310,490 
 
1/ Ail states except Mont., 
 
1, 628, 129 .' 
 
'363/153 
 
1, 956, 79'1. .2', 64'3'" 740 . , 3, 119.,,15'43-/ 
 
.. ,--..,6.. 7",'6.. ' :.1'6.'l' 1, 2:;t1, ,l70 2, ~.7\9, 47,1 
 
2,951,368 J 
 
2,483,28'0 
 
2, 79~, 87~: 
 
2, 5-86 .. 4,56 
 
.. 2, 60~ .. 92.7 .:: 
 
1,.741 051 ,It 54 '617 
 
p; 
 
.4'85,.\36 
 
1245.,..750 
 
~16... 008 
 
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.'2.89,'.142 
 
N. Mex. ,.. Ariz'-, 'N~~.-" .. ".' 
 
500" . ssa 
 
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599, 
243, 
 
660578 
 
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2, 316, 782~ 
 
2,342,596 
 
.. \'., 2 ...48.5, 747 I :.)': _ 
 
.. 1~ 648 .. 82I! .. ~ " j} 
 
     
 
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2/ All states except Ohio, Del., Okla., Mont., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev. 
3/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 3/5 
 
GE ORGIA CROP R E PO R TIN G S E R V ICE 
 
gricultural Extension Service 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
University of Georgia and the 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Bldg., Athens, Ga. 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
February 25, 1959 
 
Athens, Ga., February 25--A total of 6,419,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending February 21, according to the  Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6, 270, 000 placed the previous week and is 5 percent more than the 6, 132, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,615,000 compared with 9, 175, 000 the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 8, 302, 000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for hatching eggs were reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents with an average of 57 cents per dozen compared Vii: th a range of 50 to 65 cents with an average of 57 cents per dozen last week. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $8.00 to $10. 00 with an average of $9.25 per hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $10.00 and an average of $9. 25 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 80 cents for eggs and $13.75 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
broilers during the week ending February 21 are as follows: Georgia broilers 23/4 - 3 3/4 pounds at farms, 17. 05~; FOB plants 18. OO~. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Eggs Set !.! 
 
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Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
1957-58 1958-59 
 
% of . 
Yr. ago 
 
1957-58 
 
1958-59 
 
i % of 
/Yr. ago 
 
Eggs Set 
1959 
 
Chicks Hatched 
1959 
 
Thousands 
 
7Jo 
 
Thousands 
 
% 
 
Thousands 
 
Dec.20 7,033 8,092 
 
115 5,094 5, 734 
 
113 
 
Dec.27 6,890 7,844 
 
114 5, 172 5,404 
 
104 
 
Jan. 3 7,361 7,619 
 
104 5,401 5, 862 
 
109 
 
Jan. 10 7,599 7,904 
 
10~ 5,519 5, 744 
 
104 
 
532 403 
 
Jan. 17 7,859 8,081 
 
103 5, 524 5,825 
 
105 
 
659 494 
 
Jan. 24 
 
8, 199 8,351 
 
I 102 
 
6,041 5,742 
 
95 
 
672 462 
 
Jan. 31 8,278 
 
I Feb. 7 
Feb.14 
 
8,433 8,411 
 
Feb.21 8, 302 
 
. 
 
8,390 8, 854 9, 175 9,615 
 
I 101 105 109 116 
I 
 
6, 142 6, 165 6, 108 6,132 
 
5,943 6,233 6,270 6,419 
 
97 
101 
I 103 
! 105 
I 
 
713 453 663 571 653 545 732 590 
 
!J Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
W. A. WAGNER 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF 
FEB 26 '59 
L1BHA,(IL~ 
 
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AGR ICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TUR 
'Athen's, 'Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BL.OG... , ATHENS. GA. 
Pebr~ary 26, 1959 
 
CALf: CROP, 1958 
 
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GEORGIA: Th.e. 19~~ calf crop for Georgia is. estimated at 679, OQO head,,a"lie .. 
 
.. ' '.:: : crea,se. of :; pe~cent from the 1957 calf cr.op of 698, 000, head. The 
 
estimate for .19:58 'is' 27 percent above the 10-year (1947 - 56) av:era.ge 0. 534, 000 
 
head,... '" .".. ..... 
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. The~.:lecrease in the calf' ,crop' fer 19:58 was due in part to fewer 'cows and 
 
heifers two years old and over on farms January 1, 1958. The numiJer; of calves 
 
born as -a. "percent 0. 'Cows and 'heifers' two yo'ear's old and ~14~r' a.1s9. -showed a .. '. 
 
decline f'r.om:'19 57, The calf crop expre s sed a.s a. per,~e.nt.age of c'o:ws 'and he'fi'e'r s 
 
'two yea'rs .010. an'c;l :older on farms d~opped :rom 83 'percent i11 1957, to 81 percent 
 
in )958,;' ~hile the number 0, cows and heif~r5 two year s old and .o.v~r declineQ.:, 
 
from 84~;'OOO January 1, 1.9.57 to 838,000 Ja.nuary':J, 1958," 
 
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UNITED 'STATE'S':'" CP',Ll"" CROP 1 :?ERCZNT SMALLER -~ ',The Unite~ States.;' 
 
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. . .. . . ca:lf'c:rop in: 19,~8, 
 
totaled 40~ 5~4, 000' head, a decline' of 1 percent f~drri t~e. 4.0,;', 7~6., 000 h~ad 'i-n- \...... 
 
. 1951', This'vlas'the' fourth'corisecijtive ye'ar' to "show.. a.deGrease. Tpe 1958 ~~op 
 
was5 pe'r.cent b~low the rec'ord 195~ crop of 42, 691, 000 ~ead, ho'wever:it wa,s. 
 
1 'p"'er'cen:f'a:b~ve ~he 1947- 5~ average. All regions e?,c,ept the 30uth, 'C,entral an~ 
 
the West'$howed'~eclinesfrom 19~7. 
 
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:. 
 
the calf crop 'during the past. year re,'sulted. fr'o~ a de'cline" 
 
in cows ai"ld heifers 2 years' 'Old and .over. The number of all cows arid heifers .. ',-. 
 
Z years Old and. ove~ :.Janl,laJ"Y l, .195.8 was 46; 520, 000 head, 2 percentless than' 
 
a yea., r:'e~ ~. rl.ie.~. 
 
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The number of c:a.lv.es' bo~n. ip ~958 ~xp'r.e$sed as a per,ce.nt. of the cows and , heifers ~ year sold 'and over January 1, 1958 was 8.1 perc'ent, 1 percentage point 
abqve ooth.19 57 and the 1947 - 56 average. This pe~centag'~ is not s'trictly a .::' calVing rate, sirice the January 1 inventory of cows and hei,fers 2 years :010. an.d' , older do~s not include all heifers 'ov..hich would give. .birth to calves during the' year and since the inventory includes some cows that are sold before ca.-Iving .. 
The percentage is calculatedto sho'rV the trend in productivity over a period of' , 
time. It .may fluctuate from year to year due to variation in cow slaughter during the year and, trends in breeding heJ;'d replacemeht. .. . ' , . . , " . ,. . 
 
'SbUTHERN STATES: In the South Central States ttlfcalf crop in ,1958 was 
 
. . " , .. 
 
10,578,000 head, . 1 ptcent ,above "the previ'o~s year, while 
 
in ,the South. Atlantic States the calf crop totaled 3.-303, 000 hea~l, 2 percent be"; low 1957: The calf crop expressed as a percent of'cows ana h~ifers 2 years o~d 
 
and older. was 84 percent in:the Soutt} Centr~~ State $. 'compared, with 82, in 1957. 
 
The South Atlantio States, at"78 pet'cent, we're 1 p~i:'ceiltag~ 'point "lower than "in'. 
 
1957. 
 
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CALP CROP, '1958 . '" 
 
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State 
 
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: Calves born as per-cent .:: 
 
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of yr 
 
cows s. & 
 
and h older, 
 
eifer Jan. 
 
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Diviaion :10-year: 
 
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:average: 1957 : 1958 : average: 1957 1958 : average: 1957 1958 
 
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 1, ~OO:' 1,000 1,000 
 
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 head .head' head' percent percent percent head ::. head 'llead ;. 
 
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N.A. Ohio 
 
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::'3','4~8"'3, 511 3,459 
 
84" 
 
84' 85, '2,903' 2,999 '2,923 
 
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:~, ~51 1, 16~ 1, .12~, 86 
 
85 
 
86;. ..... ,.990 ' 988 '. 968 
 
Ind. '. :, 954. 942 
 
898. 90. 
 
88 
 
Ill. .... :1,i,446. 1,469 1,420' 9'0' 
 
92 
 
Mich.' ;. 1, 002... . ~.91: . .9'37: : 86 " 
 
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88, '. 854. 82.9'" 7.90 90.. LJOO 1,351 .1,.2-78, 8 6 . .  '..85.8 , 823 .80'6 
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Wis. 
 
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2-,517 
 
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2,670 
 
~,597 . 91 
 
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91. 
 
,93- .:.-. - 2,,4-89 -2-,430- ,'2,4-15-',- 
 
E.N.C. : 7,069 7,234 :;~:.,_:.~.~::. 
 
6,9.7_7_ .__8'9__ ~ _ ~8..9__ \ __9.0"::' 
 
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Minn.:. :'.1,740 1,847 1,781 Iowa ; :,.1, 949 2,.030 1,942 
 
92 
 
90 
 
93' :93 
 
91 
 
1,595'1. 662" i,"6Zi" 
 
95," .1:,807 '. 1,888; L 845' . 
 
Mo.. :','::'1,76;3: 1,928 1,834 91.,. 
 
91" 
 
92' ,1,608' 1,.754 \1,687 
 
N.Dalc .. :. ':850 1,014 974 S.Dak. ,~: 1; 335.' 1,525 . .1,530 
 
89 
 
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89 ,;.; 91 
 
90 ,. 756 882" 877, 93 ',: 1,188 1,388 :'1,,423. 
 
Nebr. : 1,749 1,845 1,819 90 
 
91 
 
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1,573 1,67.9 :1; 673 
 
Kans. : 1,690 1,548 1,526 89 
 
88 
 
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1,510 1,362 1,373 
 
-"90 - -"92 - W.N.:C. ~li,:676-li,;37-1-1,-406-'--9i - - 
 
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Del. Md. Ya, W.Ya: 
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Ga. 
Fla. 
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41 
 
42 
 
41 80 
 
275 
 
302 
 
306 
 
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81 
 
81 
 
88 
 
85 
 
33 . 232 
 
34 
 
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266" 260 
 
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6'79 t 
 
770 74Q.'; .83 
 
33.1 31.6' 85 
 
579 .585' 77 
 
356' ,. 351 77 
 
841 :' 838 78 . 
 
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273. 271 259 
 
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469' 474 285, 2:70 
 
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. aZ4 1,,052'.1,038: 64 , 6 7.. ,.68' :,532 '705 706 
 
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:_3_,5_8_4 _ _ 4',_27_3_ _4_,2_1_5_ "._76 .._. " 79_ .' _7.ta_ . _'.~,75_7'. _.3,367 3,30. 3__ 
 
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991 
 
966 87 
 
88 
 
91 
 
787 
 
872 
 
879 
 
Tenn. 
 
'918: 1,02'9 1,003": , 86 i . ':.' 8'6 
 
'86 -<.' 794 .. <i.a8S ...... 863" 
 
Ala. 
 
. .84'3 1,047.' ,I, 048 ~ . 77 
 
80 ' 81 " 
 
650 838 849 
 
Miss,' Ark. 
 
1,,095 
 
1,:481 
 
'1 , 473 
 
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7.54 
 
8'77 . 870 '"~ ,82'" ... 82 
 
80.' '. 614' . '719 \ I 696 
 
La. 
 
. . 9 58 I, 2 10 .J, 1~ 8 . 77 I . ..  7 8 . 77 ' .... 140 . 944 ":., 9 2 2 : 
 
Okla.  1~ 566, 1,669 "'1,577 !88" 
 
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'JO 1;3'17 ''1','402 ':1,41.9' 
 
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S. C. 
 
:11,756 12,803 Il, 538 82 
 
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84 . 9,664 10, -520, 10, 578 
 
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~4,298 47,670 46,520 
 
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87 37,90140,766 40,514 
 
11 Divisions- -North Atlantic; East North Central; West North Central; Total 
North Central; South Atlantic, South Central; and West~ 2/ Not strictly a calving rate. Figure represents calves born expressed a~ .percentage of the number of 
cows and heifers 2 years old and over on farms and ranches January 1. 
 
 GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE 
 
Agricultural, Extension Service 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
University of Georgia and the 
 
Agricultu:ral Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture, 
 
319 Extension Bldg: ,Athens, Ga. 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK ~ATCHERY REPORT 
 
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. Athens, Ga., March 4, -- A. total..of ,6, 626,000 broile'r chides ,were placed 
 
with 'pr'od\,icers in 'Geo~gia during the week ending l'~~br.uary 28, C!-ccor:~ing'to the 
 
Geor:gia Crop Reporting Serv:ice. This compa,res with the 6,419,000 place,'p. th.e 
 
previous week and is 6 percent more than the -6, 244, ,QOO placed the :same week', 
 
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Eggs set by Georgia hatc.heries amounted to 10,082,000 compared w~th 
 
9,615,000, the previous week and is, 22 percent more than the 8,2"91,: 000 for the 
 
cor;t:esponding week last year. 
 
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ran~e of 50 to 6? cents with an average of 57 cents per dozen, the sam~ as .:last 
week., Most prices charged for chicks wer.e reported within. a ran'g~ of .$8.00 
to $10.00 with an average of $9.2"5 pe'r hundred" the same as last week. The ave~.age pr'ices.last year wer~ 80 cents' for ,e'ggsand'$14. 00 'for chic~s, 
 
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Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News ,Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending Zebruary 28 are' as follows: Georgia broilers 
 
2 3/4 1- 
 
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15. 66~;. FqB ,pl~nts 16,: ~2~."" 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET., HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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Wee,k , Endmg 
 
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Brollers m_GeQ::,gm , , Set :' Hatched 
 
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195a~,,5.. 9 
 
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Yr. ago 
 
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% ,: :rho~san~~,: ,: :,~ 'j': "Ufo': ,,' ,Thousands .. 
 
Dec. ' 27 Jan. 3 
 
6, ,890, 7,844 7,361 !,6l9,: 
 
114 !5"172 5,,404" ,104" 1-04 '5; 401 5',:862" "109" 
 
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Jan, '10 Jan. 17 
 
7, 599 7,859 
 
7, 904 8,081 
 
104 5, 519 5,'744 103 5,,524' 5,825 
 
104 "Ids 
 
532 403 659' 494 
 
Jan. 24 8, 199 8,351 ,102, 6,..041' 5,742 
 
95" 672 ',462 
 
Jan. 3.1 8, 278 8, 390 
 
101, 6, .142 5,943" 
 
'97"- 713 453-' 
 
Feb. 7 Feb. 14 ?eb. 21 Feb. 28 
 
8,433 8,411 8,-302 8, 291 
 
8,854 9, 175 9.,615 10, Oa2' 
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105 6,165 6,'233 
 
109 6, 108 6, 270 
 
116 ", 6, 132 6~419 
 
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122 16, 244', ' 6, '626 
 
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! 101 103 
 
663 571 653" 54; 
 
'I ' i' 105 732 
 
II . 'l~6 
 
746 
 
590:' ." 
587 
 
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1/ Includes eggs se~ by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
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Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida -, Alabama Mississippi Arkansc.s Louisiana Texas' Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1958-59 ' 
 
Feb. 
14 
 
Feb. 
21 
 
Feb. " 
28 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
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1,637 '1,614 . 1, 547 
 
I, 175 
 
1, 226 
 
1, 124 
 
1,362 .: 1, 574 1,968 2,045 
 
1,356 1, 913 
 
373 " 
 
415 
 
341 
 
' 1,834 
 
1,955 
 
2, 046 
 
2, 150 , 2,245 2,074 
 
2,713 
 
2,86'0 
 
2,909 . 
 
2,633 . 2,612 2, 594 
 
370 
 
353 
 
336 
 
3, 850 3,953 4,055 
 
597 
 
609 
 
597 
 
9, 175 9,615 ,10,082 
 
449 
3, 897 31 076 4,'465 
709 2,996 
413 477 1,654 
 
384 
' 3,988 3,096 ' 
4,511 763 
2, 911 415 494 
1,544 
 
357 4,210 3,253 '4,541 
745 2,984 
415 - . 
437 I, 764 
 
47,973 49, 182 49,680 
 
,Dec,. 
27 
 
Jan. 3 
 
Jan. 
10 
 
Jan. 
17 
 
Jan., 
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Jan. 
31 
 
Feb. 
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PLACED 
 
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THOUSANDS 
 
1, 185* 601 714 
74:3 138* 665 1,692 1,892 1,090 562 -2, 081 
331 .5,40:4 - 
 
,I, 211 
669 873 -772 149 685 2,046 1, 840 1,014 : 601 
2, 578 324 
5, 862 
 
1, 180 " 53'1' 
784 737 136 765 1, 880 1,838 1,092 
557 2,407 
323 5,744 
 
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1, 251 ~J 274 532 ..' 607 
 
570* 753 
 
657 
 
730 
 
182 
 
109 - 
 
732 
 
723 
 
1, 797 1,978 
 
1,688 '-1', 746 
 
. 1,016 1,058 
 
437 _ 53~, 
 
" 2, 207 ' 2, 346 
 
320 
 
290 
 
5, 825 5, 742 
 
1, 2'80 ' 576 
709 , 639 
174 I 
738 2, 11,1 
1,741 1, 101 
532 2,681 
316' 
5,943 
 
1,286 
648 778 613 120 
800 1,837 1,902 1,094 
572 2,721 
363 6,233 
 
211 
 
298 
 
255 
 
2, 366 2', 871 ,'- 2, 904 
 
I 1,946 1,999 2,051 '3, 122 3,306* 2, 88-1 
 
390* 477>,'r- 440 
 
2" 105 , 2,277 ' 2,223 
 
258 ,269 
 
310 
 
238 ' 236 
 
'300 
 
861 1; 052 , 1, '196 
 
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28, 55~* 31~409* 30,534 
 
205 2,766 1,944 3,073 
L!:30 
2,079 284 ::';09 
1,226 
 
198 
 
178 
 
2,884 : 2,964 
 
2, :025 ' 2,059 
 
2, 998. , 3, 172 
 
397: , 433 
 
2,227, , 2, 13:6 ' 
 
342' 
 
385' 
 
274 
 
205 
 
I, 118' 1, 108 
 
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236 
3,104 2,046 3,044 
396 2, 127 
339 240 1,074 
 
29, 530'!< 30,356 31,181 31, 573 
 
.Feb. 
14 
1, 272 668 724. 744 130 84"8 
2,06~ 
1, 776 1, 168 
580 2, 870 
404 6,270 
205 3,263 2, 109 3, 276 
412 2,214 
382 215 1, 163 
32, 756 
 
Feb. 
21 
I, 229 606 737 877 168 865 
1, 769 1,967 I, 129 
586 2,903 
373 6,419 
239 3,202 2,302 3,377 
511 2,242 
393 234 1, 130 
33,258 
 
Feb. 
28 
1, 154 602 843 816 176 829 
I, 927 1,814 1,269 
700 3, 021 
360 6,626 
245 3,228 2,308 3,392 
509 2, 178 
343 283 1, 164 
33,787 
 
TOTAL 1'957-58 42, 392 41,573 40,956 
 
2-5,29J 26,741 27,033 26,816 28, 539 28, 826 29, 209 29,495 30,253 30,270 
 
% of Year Ago 
 
113 
 
118 
 
121 
 
113 
 
117 
 
113 
 
110 
 
106 
 
'108 
 
108 
 
111 
 
110 
 
112 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTFNSION SERVlCI: 
 
U. S. OEPARTMENi OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVER$ITY OF' GEORGIA AN;) THe: 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE llE;PARTMENT OF AGf'HCULTt'RE 
 
319 EXTENSION BI-DG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia . 
 
March 6, 1959 
 
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FARM PRICr; REPORT AS OF FEBRUARY 15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity I~dex of Prices Received by G~prgia Farmers decl~ed" two points. to 258 l;ercent of its 1910-1914 average during the month 
ended February 15, 1959. ~h~ Jndex at 258 is the same as'one year' earlier. 
The All Crops Index at' Z1; pe;cent of its 1910-1914 ~verage r~mained un- 
changed from the January level. Slightly higher prices for corn, wheat, and sweet potatoes wer.e offs.et by lower prices. for cotton ~d oats. Compared to a year '._ earlier, the Index is up six points. 
 
The A~l Livest9ck and Liv~stock Produc~s Inde~ decli~ed five points to 222 percent of its 1910-1914 avera:e. Lower prices for hogs, all chickens and all 
milk wholesale were' primarilJr "!'e spcmsible fbr the decline ~ Higher prices for beef cattle ~d mill<: COl'IS p.art:".ally. offset the decline. 'rhe Index. is down r;ine points when compared with the l"ebr:t~y 1958 Index. 
 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices.:Received by Fa:r;mers dropped 4 :tenths of a . percent (1 pOll,t) during the month ended February 15 to 243 per- 
cent of its'1910-14 average. \'-ith 'few exceptions, 'livestock and product prices 
were lower and crop. prices were higher. Primarily.responsible fo~ the declin~ were lower prices for hogs, milk, tomatoes, and eggs . Most in~ortant offsetting changes were higher'prices 'for-lettuce, new 'crop strawberries, and oranges. 
 
The Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, including Interest, 
 
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates declined 1 point (one-third of 1 percent) during, the' . 
 
month. Lower prices for farm production items were responsible for this decline. 
 
 
 
 
 
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With both prices received for farm products and prices paid for goods and services bought slightly lower in mid-Februar,y, the Parity Ratio held at 82, the same as in January and nearly 4 percent lower than a year earlier. 
 
Summar,y Table for the United States 
 
- - -ilidex- - - :FebMlary 15;:-January.-l'5,- -: February-l~,-: - - Record-high - - 
 
_121Q-~4_=_lQO_ 1. __125~ __ :__ ~9.29 
 
1. __ ~929__ .!.-_I~a~x_-_:_~!2a~e_-_- 
 
Prices Received 
 
246 
 
2.44 
 
'243 
 
31j Feb. 1951 
 
Parity Index ~/ 
 
291 
 
298 
 
297 
 
298 Jan. 1959 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
85 
 
82 
 
82 
 
123 Oct. 1946 
 
lrp;i~e-; Paid~ Int~e~t~ Ta~e-;;-,- a~d-W;g~ Rate-; ba-;ed ;n-d~t~ fo; th; indi~ated- 
 
- dates. 
 
,ARCHIF. LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAY110ND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GIiORCIA 
MAR If) 15 
lIf:lll'"~ltl!:.S 
 
 COMMODITY ANDtNIT 
Wheat, Bu. 
Corn, Bu. 
Oats, Bu. 
 
PRICES RECEIVED BY FAlM.:RS FEBRUARY 15, 1959 WITH COMPARISONS 
 
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: 1910-14 . 1958 '1959 : 1959 ; 1909_14 I _ _  
 
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$ 1.23 $' .91 $ . .67 
 
2 00 i. 1.38 i 
 
1.95 1.24 
 
.88 : .91 
 
1.97 I:,i 
 
.88 
 
1.28 11 .64 I I: 
 
.89 'i, .40 
 
1.92 .95 .61 
 
1.71 1.02 
.59 
 
1.74 1,04 
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Irish Pot., Cwt. Sweet Pot., Cyrt. 
 
$ 1.13 $' .84 
 
5.25 5.25 
 
1.14 
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5.50 
 
1.60 
 
2.23 5.45 
 
1.21 4.47 
 
1.10 4.36 
 
Cotton, Lb. Cottonseed, Ton Soybeans, Bu. Peanuts, Lb. 
 
 12.1 $ 23.65 
$  5.2 
 
31.0 34.3 49.00 50.00 
2.15 -2.10 
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10.4 10.3 
 
34.0 51.00 
2.10 
 
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22.55 
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4.8 
 
24.9 49.90 
2.05 9.6 
 
28.2 
 
28 .3 
 
43.30 43.80 
 
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2.02 
 
2.05 
 
10.6 
 
11.0 
 
Hay,All,(baled)Ton Hogs, per Cwt. Beef Cattle, Cwt. Milk Cows, Head Chickens, All,' Lb. 
 
$ '! 
$ 7 .36 $ 3.96 $ 33.85 ' 13.3 
 
29.20 27 .80 
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. 18.80, 17 .20 
lY .20 '19.80 
140.00 160.00 
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19.4 17.4 
 
27 .80 15.70 20.40 165.00 16.4 
 
18.70 19.3Q 19.30 
 
7.27 19.70 
 
5.42 , 20.60 
 
48.00 193.00 
 
11.4 
 
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15.40 ; 22.90 1227.00 
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16.6 
 
Eggs, Doz. 
 
 21.4 
 
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48..0 I 46.5 
 
47.2 
 
21.5 
 
36.6 
 
36.4 
 
35.4 
 
Butterfat, Lb. 
 
 , 25.8 
 
50.0, ) 51.0 
 
51.0 '. 26.3 
 
59.4 
 
58.6 
 
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58 .3 
 
Milk (Whsle. )All 
 
$' 2.43 Y 6.15' Y6.05 ;y 6.00 
 
V 1.60 
 
4.32 
 
;Y4.34 
 
gj 4.24 
 
(Pe:x> 100 Lb.) 
 
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J _ . 6.25' 6~10 
 
4.88 
 
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4.87 ;3. 26. 
 
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Preliminary Estimate'. 
 
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JNIJEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY F.ARMli:RS m GEORGIA 
(January 1,910 _. December 1914 = 100) 
 
., ~l~:~~ities' 
 
. ,~ .. ~ - .. -. ,. - 
 
Feb. 15 1958 
-. -; ~~~ 
 
. Jan.15 .1959 
260 
 
Feb .15 
1..9-5"' .9. 
258 
 
Grains and Hay " 
 
i 160 
 
275 
 
275 
 
152 
 
153 
 
Cotton Lint 
 
. 
 
I 255 
 
282 
 
280 
 
Peanuts 
 
I 200 
 
198 
 
198 
 
Tob a o c o : 
 
. 
 
I 449 
 
443 
 
443 
 
Cottonseed and Soybeans' 
 
, 204 
 
2C8 
 
212 
 
Irish Potatoes,Sweet.Potatoes and Cov~eas: 269 
 
268 
 
279 
 
I' Fruits and Nuts 
 
193 
 
163 
 
163 
 
All Livestock and Livestock Products 
 
, 231 
 
227 
 
222 
 
Meat Animals 
 
315 
 
322 
 
311 
 
Poultry and Eggs 
 
160 
 
147 
 
144 
 
Dairy Products 
 
2~0 
 
239 
 
238 
 
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Y PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR SEliECTED FEEDS FEBRUARY 15, 1959, WTIP.: COi.1PARISONS 
 
GEORGIA 
 
: 
 
LNITED STJ.TES 
 
-;-r -- KmD OF FEED ----':--"'-,--_.,. 
 
I Feb .15, TJan.i57-:-1'eb :i5-:~; Feb :15, ._; "J;;;-.15 
 
--d._ __ . ._:_...__._._,. __ ._ ,_. _ ..._.._ l.,;I.9.SI?- _\__.1_959. :_;J.~5~ __~, __ 19~.. __._: .)9?9 
 
i 
'Feb :i5-;19?.,Q.....". 
 
Mixed Dairy Feed 
 
i 
 
i 
 
D~l~~r:.~.!e:._ ~C}.?_ ~o~~s. 
 
l 
 
All Under 29% Protein 165~ Protein 185'~ Pro te in 20}~ Protein 2,;'% Protein 
Hiih Protein Feeds 
CO ton seed Mea:L 
Soybean Meal Meat Scrap 
Grain By_PrOducts Bran Middlings Corn Meal 
Poultry Feed Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains 
Hay fBaled) ilfa fa All Other 
l! As reported by feed dealers. 
 
3.90 3.80 
4.10 4.00 <.,.30 
 
I 
I ",,00 3.90 
I 4.30 ...,. ,15 
I 4.60 I 
 
33..5850 " 34..0950 
 
3.20 3.45 3.40 
 
I 
' 3.30 \ 3.55 I 3.35 
 
5.00 4.70 
I 4.20 
I 
i50.00 j40.00 
,i! 
 
5.10 
I 4.80 4.20 
46.00 
1, 36.00 
 
3.95 
 
3.60 
 
3.85 
 
3.56 
 
4.30 
 
3.51 
 
.10 . 3.79 
 
4.50 " 3.90 
 
j /, 
 
4.10 I; 3.78 
.05 Ii 3.72 
 
,.I: 
I 
 
I 
 
3.40 3.55 3.30 
 
2.71 2.76 3.17 
 
I, 
I 5.00 
4.75 :i 
4.15 " 
 
4.80 
4.29 3.8Q 
 
 "l'1Ill 
 
.. 
 
I 
 
46.00 ; 31.00 35.00 29.50 
 
3.81 3.75 3.73 4.04 4.17 
4.31 4.L',7 
 
3.81 3.75 
3.72 
4.04 .14 
4.36 4.39 
 
3.17 3.21 3.18 
' 4.98 f.53 
I, 3.90 
I 
 
3.10 3.15 3.15 
4.94 4.52 3.89 
 
30.30 
 
30.30 
 
28.60 
 
28.20 
 
J1_. ..._--1 ..--_. - 
 
 3/,6 
 
, 
 
'.. 
 
GEC.RGIA CROP. 'REP"ORxf'NG' 3liRV"lCE; 
 
:i, -<~, 
 
. 
 
,t,gt!ict:4tu~'al ixtens ioli Service ' '. 
 
. : "U:. ,'5. bep.{~tm~nt~ of Agri~u;1tur~ 
 
 University of Georgt,a and 'the '.. : . 
 
: ' . Agricultural Mark;:eting Ser~ice 
 
State Department :of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Bldg. , Athens~ Ga: . 
 
. >:. :-- G_E-O-R--G-I-A--G-r--H--C-K~-H-A-T--C-~-E--R-;--~--E-P~C-R_T:'_--'-_':',.---~--0 --.-:." -" --"--- _._L-v-1-a-rc-h~-'1-1-,'~, ;-1-9-5~9- 
 
, 
 
Athe~s, Ga., Nlarch' 11 - - P. total of 6, 888, 000 broiler chicks were piaceh 
 
with: producers in Georgia duril)g tl;1e week ending 'March'7,: according to the' Georgia Crop Reporting Ser.v,i:c~.' This 'compiiies witn the 6,626, 000 piaceq.,the 
 
previous week i=l-nd is 9 percent. mC?~e tl'tan ~he (1,,3D7, 000 placej th~ same weiek 
 
last year. . 
 
, .". 
 
i 
 
.. 
 
;. 
 
, '" 
 
':, . 
 
' .' 
 
I 
 
Eggs set by Georgia l),a.t~qeri~s,~raouritedtG'~l.O, 143; 000 compa're~ wit~ 
 
10,0'82,:'000. the previous week 'and i.s 2?:. per.cent mo!e than the 8, 003, 000 for' 
 
the corresponding 'Week last-year. 
 
, ... 
 
., 
, .' 
 
;, 
 
The majority of the prices paid for h<t~(:hing eggs wera r'eportad within: a \ 
 
range of 45 to 60 cents with an average of 5'5; cents compare'd with a range of 
 
50 to 65 cents and an average of 57 cents per dozen last week. Most pr~ces . 
 
charged for chicks were report3d within a range of ..li8. 00 to $9.25 with ~n ' 
 
average of $8. 75 per hundred compared wJth a.r:ange. of :;;8. OO,to '~10.'OO'with an '. 
 
average of $9. 25 per hundr.ed last week: :the .~y.erag~'prices last year were; 
 
j 
". 
 
80 cents for eggs and $14. QO' for chicks: . . 
 
.. , 
 
,J 
 
Weighted average price s from the ,iTedera1-State Market New~ .'Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending Mar!=h.7 a~e as Jollows ,Georgia b~oile~s ~': 
 
Z 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds, at farm~' 15: 54'f;"FOB plants 16: 52f. 
 
. 
 
./ . 
 
.'. 
 
, : .: , , ; ,; . ,(:,1 
 
: 
 
~ 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET. r-tATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
I' 
 
t 
 
~ ~.' , 
 
BROILER TY~E ,'. -' ':'" 
 
EGG TXPE, 
 
!': '. 
 
Week' Ending 
 
Eggs Set 1/ 
 
tn Chi'c'ks"Pla'ced for 
'Broiler's Georgia 
 
IEggS :Chi'C,~s Set H~tche.d ',.. 
 
I" 
 
1958 
 
10f 1959 
 
j1959 0/0 
l~ 5'8 ., 
 
1.95~,;:'. . '_;t~59 
 
1959 .n/" 0", I, of 1958-: '.19:59 
 
19.~9:,.,':,',. 
 
-. 
 
p. 
 
... 
 
 ... 
 
: 
 
- 
 
 
 
thousands 
 
percent 
 
tho\J,satids '.. percent I' t~ousa.nds'i ,'; '-': 
 
I Jan. 13 7,361 ,7,619 
 
104 
 
5,.401 . ..?,J~6?,. 109 
 
I 
..' 
 
' ~ J 
! 
 
, 
; 
 
: 
 
Jan. io ,,' 7,,599'. ,7,904 ,. 104 
 
Jan. P .-- 7; 859 8,081 
 
103 
 
. ~: :~~~ ~:~i; 
 
104" 105 
 
.,532 : 403'''' ,,' 659 ;494.. ' 
 
Jan. 24 8, 199 8, 351 
 
102 6, 041" 5, 742 
 
95 
 
6i2: 462 
 
\, ,..... 
 
Jan. 31 8,278 8,390 
 
Feb. 7. ..-,c' 8,.43) . .... 8,854 
 
Feb. 1,4 8,411 9, 175 
 
Feb. 21 8,302 9,615 
 
,lebo l~ 8.291 10,082 
 
Mar. '7 :. 8, .003 1~, 143' 
 
i 
 
1_ 
 
101 105 
 
6, 
6, 
 
142 1'65 ..  
 
~, 
0'; 
 
.2934'33 
 
.. 
 
.. 97", 10 1 
 
109 6,'108 6,270 
 
103 
 
7_l:3 _.;4.53-r.~ 
 
66:3: 57 1 : 6513 t 545 ! 
 
: 
 
116 122 127 
 
6, '132 6,419 . 105 
 
6 244 
 
I 
 
. 
 
.6~ ~'()7. 
 
.... 6-. 626 . 
 
 
 
~ .. . 
 
.. 6~ 8'88 
 
, 
 
.106 . 109 
 
' 
 
732 '746'. 
 
'558910~:, 
 
'807'~;i 53~:"; 
 
'" 
" 
 
, 
 
I' 
 
, 
 
., 
 
!.! Includes eggs set 'by hatcheries produCing chicks for hatchery supply flocks:. 
 
. 
 
i 
 
~ 
 
. 
 
. ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricul tUl"a1 Statistic,ian In Charge 
 
....., 
 
... - -' - -- . ~: - .' ,- ... """ 
 
..;.. 
 
W. A.~ WAGN~R : 
 
.' ".' 
 
AgriCult~~al ?t,i\ti't>rCl~~ 
 
_ _ ,~._.,,;.&I''''' 
 
''''~4~~'.' __ '';'''''''--: ..'' .. _''''''''_ 
 
. ..oJ _,.. 
.., . 
.- 
 
.\"110'" 
 
..... 
 
... ~ , 
 
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.. 
 
. . ,_.,,-- ,..... ,.' ....................., ... - 
 
MAR; 7 '59 
 
..' 
 
:~ 
 
.. ,at ~ ( 
 
i 
 
:', :{: '- 
. . ........ ' 
 
, '. 
.' 
" 
 
 STi~TE 
Maine Conne ctic ut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Mar ylanG. Virginia West Virginia North Carolina .3outh Carolina GEORGIA Plorida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas 
.Loui~ia"1.a 
Texas Washington Oregon Cali.lornia 
TOTAL 1959 
T~TP_L 1958 
1959 "10 of 1958 
*Revised. 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS ~LACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
Page 2 
 
Week Ending 
 
~eb. 
 
~~eb. 
 
Mar. 
 
Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
Jan. , Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
~-eb. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
Feb. 
 
21 
 
28 
 
-7 , 
 
3 
 
.. 
 
" 
 
.. 
 
EGGS SET - TH(lUSANDS 
" 
 
. 
 
10 
 
:17 
 
: 24 
 
" 
 
31 
 
, 
 
7 
 
14 
 
21, 
 
.,., 28 .- 
 
' .. 
,- 
 
,.. 
 
" 
 
'" 
 
.. 
 
" , '-CHICKS, PLACED - TH.O.... USANDS 
 
- 
 
" 
 
1,614 1,226 
 
1,547 ',' 1,121''' 
 
I, ~53 ..- 1, 216 
 
1'; 211 " ., 669 
 
1, 18q 531 
 
1., '25:1 
'53~ 
 
1,274 ',607 
 
1,280 ' 1, 2-86 576 " '648- 
 
,.. 
 
1,27,2 668 
 
1,229 " 1, 154 
 
606 
 
601 
 
1,574 
 
1,356 ',: 1,,308 
 
873 
 
784 
 
570* "753 
 
709 '.. 778', 
 
724 
 
737 
 
843 
 
2,045 415 
1,955 
 
1, 913 341:.- 
2,046, 
 
2,268 " 331 2., 126 
 
772 
- 149 
685 
 
737 136 765 
 
657, ,182 , 73'2 
 
'730 109 
 
" 
 
,,' 639, 174 
 
.. ,6,13" 
,. 120 
 
' 72~, 
 
738 ,800 
 
744 130 848 
 
877 
 
' 816 
 
168, 0" 176 
 
865 
 
829 
 
2,245 
 
2,074 
 
2, 158 
 
.. 2,046 1,8,80 . 1,797 : L 978' 2, III " 1, 837 2,06'3 1,769, 1,927 
 
2, 860 
 
2,909 
 
2,; 852 
 
1, 840 1,838 1, '~88 1,746 1,741 '1,902' 1,776 .. 1,967, 1,814 
 
2,612 353 
3,953 
 
2, 594 336 
4,055 
 
2,728 '377 
4.029. 
 
: 1,011 1,092 1, ,0 1,6 f,"058 ' i, 101 1, 094 - 1, 1~8 1, 1,,29 
 
': 
 
601 ' 
 
557 
 
; 437 
 
537 
 
532 .. ,512 
 
580 ' 58,6 
 
. " 2; 578 '2,4f)7 . Z, :207' 2, 34~, ~, 2, 681 : . 2,'721 2,87,0 :. 2,9,03: 
 
~, 269' 700 
3,021 
 
609 9,615 
384 3,988 
 
597 10,082 
357 4,210 
 
.614 
10..; '143 ,' .. 366 , 
" 
4,-398, 
 
324 
 
323 
 
5, 862 5,744 
 
" 2'98 " 2;5 
", 
2, 871 " ,2,904 
 
1320 ' 
, 5,:825' 205 
i,766, 
 
',' 290 
 
316 , 36~ " 
 
" 
 
,5,74Z 5, 943,,~ , 6" 233 " 
 
: ' 19~, , 178 
 
' 236--: 
 
2,' 884 ,,2,964 3,104 
 
404 '., 6,210,,: 
205 ' 3, 26'3 
 
313' 6,4.19 
239 3,202 
 
, , ',360 
" 
6,626 
246 ' 3,228 
 
3,Q96 4,511  763 
 
3,253 4, 541 
745' 
 
3', .141 
4; ,583 
:783 ' 
 
r, 999 2~ 051 1,944 
3,306* 2,881 3,073 471* 440,' 430 
 
~,-'025 ,,2,059 : 2,,046 
 
2"',998, 3, 172 ' 3, 0.~4 
 
" 
397 
 
.. 
 
433 
 
'3,96 
 
2, 109 2, 3,02 
 
3,276, 3,371 
 
412, 
 
511 
 
2,308 1, 392 
50,9 
 
2,911 '415 
 
2,984'-' 415," 
 
3,'052', :", 
>' 
'480 
 
2,277 ,2,223' Z,079: 2,'227 
 
269 
 
3-10, .. 284 
 
342. 
 
~, qI> 2,'127' 2,21.4 ' 2,l42 
 
3~,5 ' 
 
339 . 382,: 
 
393 
 
2, 178 ' 343 
 
494 
 
437 ' 
 
;370 
 
236 
 
300 
 
309, '274 
 
20.5 '. : 240 
 
215" 234 " 283 
 
1,544 
 
1,764 
 
L:818 " " , 
 
,~ 1,052 1, 196 
.... -. 
 
1,226 , 1, 118 1, 108 
- 
 
i; 0'74' , 1,163 1, 13Q 
: ,. 
 
1, 1~,4 
 
49, 182 49,680 5Q,694 
 
: 
31,409* 30, 534 2?, 530* 30,356 ' 31, 18L 31-, 573' "32,756 : 33,~58 33,787 
.. : 
 
41,573 118 
 
40,956' 40, :969 
,, 
121 ; 124 
 
" 
 
, 
 
. 
 
2,6,,741 
 
,27,Q33 
 
"26,816, 
! 
 
28', 539 ,28,826, 
 
" .. 
 
" 
 
29,209 :, 
 
;29,49'5.' 
.. 
 
30, 25~ 
 
30,210 
I 
 
117 
 
- 
 
" 
113 
 
110, 
 
106.., 
 
10~8 " 
 
i08 
 
11.1' 
 
110 
 
, 
 
112 
 
\ 
 
,Mar. ' 7 
. 
1, 194 501 835 765 
. 19~ 849 1, 9'64 ' 1,941 1,295 68'0 : 2,,959, 
357 ", 6,888 , 
263 3,278 2,469 3,580 ' : 450 , 2,471 
345,' 267 1, 176 
34,722 
'30,406 
114 
 
" ..! . 
 
 .3 
MAR 17'59 
 
'~JE((J)~(GllA C~(())IP ~[n(Q)~1rllWG [~vnceIE 
 
AGR IC ULTURA L EXTE NS tON ,SERV IC~ 
 
, U. S. OE'PARTME'-NT'OF "GRICUt':TURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA" ANO THE.. STATE OEPARTMENT OF 'AGRICULTURE 
 
AGRICULTURAl.. MARKETING SERVICE i '" .3.19 EXTENSION BLDG., A'rHENS, GA. 
 
 ,- " '.A.thcil-l's, ':Georgia, " : 
 
" " ," 
 
March 1'2, 1959 
 
, 'VZGETABI.E'S'''FOR -~REsi(h~CET' ''','' 
 
1 . .J";. .', 
 
, 
 
MARCH 1, 1959 
 
UNI~D, S~ATES: production of winter vego~ables fPT the 195~ season 'is'now ~s~~ated,to' b~ 3 
 
~. 
 
, , ' 'percent' larger th.m in ,1950 but 7, ,percent' below average', the Crop' Itcpo!'t~ng 
 
Board announoed'today.' The current forecast i~ 4 percent'under a ITtonth a!o., 'Redu~ed pros;Jects 
 
in Flo~ida ac'C~unt fOI: most of ,the decl,ine. Co,ns,:i.derab~y'laE1tr.,rPJ;'.ocl-.c.tion of' tOlhatbe's,' snap 
 
,,1?!il,im~, gr,e.en, pepper,s-and. sw~t oorn' 'is" e?cpc'o't-ed' thiS' year l;hi\n. last ", T1lese, were ,practically a 
 
f!.~lure,last ye~r ~n F3,Q,;r,.ida." "Mater.ially. ,le'sll' than last ye~l'" s'production is indic'ated' for- car_ 
 
. ro'\;s; 'l'et''tuoe, cabbage, and caUliflower., ,Of tho,early spring crops for which'forecasts ,have 
 
been mp.de, orily onions are expeoted to be'less ,th!l.n last ~rear. Early, spring, tomatQ acreage is 
 
cor-sidor-ably less than in 19':i8. Cirow'3r~~:'repo:r1;e,d intent:i,ons point, to a 12 pero~nt inorease in 
 
the ~ summer onion acreago and a 12 peroent:,rcdllction :i,n, early summer w~tennelons. ' 
 
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. 
 
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I 
 
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 ~ .~ 
 
 
 
, .. " Eve~ though Februa:r:y weather,was generally'favorable ip:Florida~' some crops did not over- 
 
-a come tlle,effec'ts of the January f-r9.,l?t,'p-S .:t'i~ll .. .a.s'.sx.p.ec:to4,-a mon,th ago. ,Lower y1'elds are,now in 
.. 'pro speot 'l!iIld" $'c:llt1'o 'a<ldi"tio,ii.a'1. oreage - has ',been aoandoned. 'Untoaaona'Q:(y, ;:rarm, '"rea.ther ha8' rorced ,ro.pj..d gr,o'vrth, and, ~rored 'qual itY" o'f mo S't 'w'in'tcY crop's'. HtUnici' 'vroather, morn lng fog, and heaV".f 
 
dews made it difficult to control insects and disease. Spring orops which will .'b~ginharvest 
 
about April 1 are in much better oondition. Plan'j;ing is ~,otiv:e in l-joI:tb FlCU'ida and' prae>ti_ oally oompleted' in the ~entral and South areas.' In other SouthecsteI:n ,Staxc$"heav.y February 
 
rains ~ve hindered planting of vmtonnelp~s and other early spring crops.', . ' 
 
' 
 
CABBA~; The',prel~inarY" est~t'e' of ,ca~~~1 sp~~~' ~-oreaa~:''1~: 'plac~~:'~t 16~90~ 'ao;.es,~ This 
 
',,.,is s;I: ightly b610w the acreage har-vE::steaJ.ast year and 14 peroent' ll'lss ,than' aver'a:;e. 
 
Aoreage -declines, in Mississippi 'ahd Geor~ia. more than offset inoreases iJ). Louisiana, California 
 
,and .Sq'J.1;p ..Car.Qlina.. ,.Th~, So~th, Carolina" crop"is i'epprteii -to' have"baEm 's'oriously burt 'by' cold 
 
,vrea.ther i.t;l mid_F<.:brua:r:y." In Ge0l.:g,~,a,--~)Cc~s,si ve., mo,isture, has" 'retarded develO1>rtlc:mt. :,"Harvc st fs 
expected to 'be' about 10 'days la'te. Cold, wet weather in ~f.ississippi has delayed transplanting. 
 
Growers normally fininhed setting plants to the field about March 1 but ,were only ,about half, 
 
through by~th~t d~te this year. Planting'will cont~u~ tnto March, if weather is favorable. 
 
The Louisiana" crop ,is genC'I'a'lly in--1>oor concfit'iciri." Cold wet weather during mo st of ,.F:'ebr).lary 
 
prevented cultivation and retarded orop progress. Harvest is e~pected to start ill ~he' ~portant 
 
Breaux,Bridge~area in late Baroh or early,April. "The California crop'is'iri good conqition., 
 
ONIONS: ,', The first, foreoast of the early sprin~ ,onion crop in ,Texas plac,e.s production' at, , ,~ 
, 1,788,000 cvrt., 30 percentl::ess~tl:iiti'"Ta.st,yearand 21'pcrcent belo;'/' avera,.ge ...Based on indication~,as of 1~roh 1, prospective ,yield est~ted at 55 ovrt. per ,ac~e, compares with the high yield of Q5.owt. last year. The Texas crop ~~s boen pla~ued with exc~ssive 'rain ~nd cold weather since planting. Blight is prevalent in 'all areas but more pronowlced'in tne COastal Bend and Lower yalley. Efforts to combat ,blieht hav~ not been very effeo:tive' l:iecaus,e of rain and misty weather but growers are oontinuing ~rith their oontrol efforts in ~be hopes of, getting some production fr'om as many fields as possible. Blight is more severe 1.."1 the' older. onions and the mor~ advano.e~ fields are not e~eoted to show any ~~~~y~e~t. Grass bas' taken a few fields an!i this, .acreage has, been -aba.ndoned. ,. Top 'growth in bo t'h th~ intennedj,ate and. late crops' has 
been retarded in all areas and in general stands are 'not good. A few fields in, tI,e' Lower 
Valley ,'rere pulled in"lat~ 'February but conditions vrere unfavorable for ,curing. To!,\n,age ,from' mature fields "rill be light and production from later plantin~s is depend,ent, upon development during Maroh. 
 
\':ATERMELONS: In Florida, wann weather has favored rapid growth of the spring crop. Most fields in the TImnokalee_Fort Myers area are vining and a f~7 have set melons. In cen_ 
tral Florida, earliest plantings are developing runners. Gummy stern blight is beginnin~ to show up in some fields. Planting is nearing completion in north Florida and is in progress in west Florida. 
" 
,B~s~d,on g,rowers', reports, they intend to plant 285,200 acres of watennelons for early surrmer harvest. This expected acreage is 12 percent belo;'r last year's large aoreage but only 
2 pErcent smaller than average. A small increase is in prospect in California, but all other 
States expect smaller aoreages than in 1958. Georgia, Texas and South Carolina account for most of the decrease. Lo;'r prioes for the 1958 crop 'Tere partially responsible for growers planning to reduoe their acreage this year. 1"eather conditions in the Southeast haye not been too favorable for planting and only a small acrea~e has been put in to date. Considerable acreage in the Falfurrias area of Texas was planted around mid-January but most stands were poor as a result of cold weather. Replanting continued into late February. In other areas of south Texas (Pearsall, Pleasanton, Stookdale and the Winter Garden) very little acreage had been planted before late February, and seeding will continue active in early 14arch. Planting will start in central Texas in mid.....l.,:arch and later in the month in east Texas. Seeding continues a.ctive in Arizona. Early fields there have made good progress. In California, preparation of land for the summer crop is now underway. 
 
TOMATO~S: Lcreage for earl sprin~ harvest is'e~peot0d to total 47,500 acres, 12 percent less than ,the ~cro~ge harves ed'lact year und:13 percent below avernge. Florida with 
26 peroent fcver acres than last ye~r accounts for most of the deoline. The spring crpp in 
o()ntral and south Florida has generally good, pre spect s. In the OxfoTd-Dellevic-vr_L07rell area, 
tho crop j.s trowing ra.pidly. Thinning and tpnsplanting are'eotting underv::J.y. In Texas' Lo,'er Valley, cool damp weather has~.retarded plant growth. A cold spell in early Janua:r:y caused some loss of plants but stands are generally good. Early fields are startina to blocm 
and little production is expeoted before mid-April. Harvest oontinues active in the Dnperial Valley of California. Supplies from this ~rea will remain at about present levels through March. Harvest will extend well into June. 
 
(OVER) 
 
 l:.CREAG: .AND EST:n,!A'E~ PRODUCTIOH lEPORTJ:D TO DATE, 1959 T:ITH CQ?,:PARISONS 
 
CROP 
AND STATE 
 
; 
 
tila. : 
 
lI.CIBAG: FOR HA.EV::: ST 
 
:Xverage : 1958 ; 
 
:1949_57 : 
 
: 1959 
 
; 
 
: 
 
YJELD ~R .itCR:: : 
 
PRODrCTION 
 
: Av. : 1958 : Ind. : Average: 1958 ; rna. 
 
;49_57 ; 
 
: 1959 :1949-57: 
 
:1959 
 
_ Aores _ 
 
CABBAGE: 1/ 
 
Yrinter: - 
 
Florida  : 16,540 
 
Texas : 19,610 
 
. . . Arizona  : 1,080 
 
California 
 
: 3,610 
 
15.500 16,500 
900 
4,400 
 
Group Total 0  : 40,040 
 
Early Spring; 
 
I 
 
South Carolina  : 2,090 
 
37,300 2,400 
 
Georgia. 0  0: Alabama  0  ; 
i.iississippi 0  0: Louisiana  ; 
California 0  ~ ; 
 
5.340 1,080 4,360 
3,960 2,910 
 
4,200 
900 2,900 
3,000 
3,600 
 
Group Total  : 19,730 17,000 
 
- Cwt. - 
 
18,000 198 
 
130 
 
170 
 
16,000 113 
 
150 
 
90 
 
700 226 
 
245 
 
240 
 
4,700 213 
 
315 
 
240 
 
39,400 160 
 
163 
 
147 
 
2,500 139 
 
4,100 112 
 
900 107 
 
2,200 105 
 
3,400 
 
91 
 
3,800 217 
 
16,900 125 
 
85 ' 
100 105 
85 100 225 
122, 
 
_ 1,000 O'\'rt. - 
 
3,288 2,217 
243 769 
6,517 
 
2,015 2,475 
220 1,386 
6,096 
 
3,060 1,440 
168 1;128 
5,796 
 
288 
599 116 447 366 635 
2,451 
 
2C4 
420 94 246 
300 810 
2,074 
 
Apr.l0 
 
LETTUCE; 
 
Early Spring; 
 
North Carolina 0 ; 1,620 1,000 
 
800 
 
74 
 
80 
 
South Carolina. ; 1,130 
 
600 
 
600 
 
60 
 
45 
 
y . . : Georgia     .: 
New Uexioo 
 
570 , 200 520 2,100 
 
280 
 
84 
 
90 
 
1,900 155 
 
170 
 
Arizona,S.R.V. : 14,210 28,500 
 
30,000 148 
 
160 
 
C~lifor~ia  : 29,?10 15,200 
 
18,500 119 
 
130 
 
: 
 
Group Total  : 47,160 47,'600 
 
52,080 124 
 
147 
 
TTATERMELOlJS; 
 
75 
 
119 
 
80 
 
60 
 
60 
 
68 
 
27 
 
36 
 
95 
 
49 
 
18 
 
27 
 
180 
 
86 357 342 
 
150 
 
2,096 4,560 4,500 
 
130 
 
3,469 1,976 2,405 
 
142 
 
5,818 7,018 7,370 
 
V Late Spring: 
 
; 88,230 102,700 
 
92,600 
 
84 
 
101 
 
7,441 10,386 1,fay 11 
 
Early Sumner: 3/ 
 
North Carolina. : 11,160 15,000 
 
13 ,500 
 
50 
 
60 
 
South Carol L"la  ; 41,890 42,000 
 
35,000 
 
54 
 
60 
 
Georgia  : 54,000 63,000 
 
50,000 
 
78 
 
85 
 
Alabama  ; 17,460 21,000 
 
19,500 
 
91 
 
95 
 
Mississippi  ; 11,040 16,000 
 
13 ,600 
 
70 
 
65 
 
Arkansas     ; 10,320 13,000 
 
10,90C 
 
85 
 
85 
 
Louisiana  : 4,430 4,200 
 
4,000 
 
77 
 
80 
 
Oklahoma     ; 14,520 11,500 
 
9,500 
 
54 
 
65 
 
Texas      .: 109 ,220 119,000 110,000 
 
47 
 
50 
 
Arizona  0  ; 5,170 7,400 
 
7,200 146 
 
95 
 
California    ; 10,480 11,500 
 
12,000 140 
 
150 
 
Group Total  :289,690 323,600 285,200 
 
65 
 
69 
 
555 2,264 
4,190 1,577 
773 874 342 946 5,096 757 1,464 
 
900 2,520 5,355 1,995 1,040 
1,105 336 
748 5,95,0 
703 1,725 
 
18,836 22,377 
 
.Tun.10 
 
Y. ;rnoludc s pro ce s s ing  
~ Short_time average. ~ 1959 prospective acreage. 
 
ARCHn: LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
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3/5 
 
G :s 0 R G I A C R O' P:: REP 0 R TIN G S E R V ICE 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
JJniversity of Georgia and the.', 
 
Agricult~ral Marketing' Se17vi~e . 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT' 
 
March 1'8, i 9 59 
 
. Athens,' Ca':; March 18 -~ A total of 7,094,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with pro.::1ucelZ:~ in Ge~rgia duri~g the week ending .Marrh 14, .according to the 
 
Georgia. Crop R;eporting Servi.c~. 'This c<;>mpares with the 6,.888, 000 p~ac~~ t~e 
 
previous 'week' and is -,18' percent more than. the 6,' 015, 000 placed tl}e same week 
 
last year. : I 
 
, 
 
' 
 
. 
 
, 
 
E'ggs s:et py Georgia hatcheries amo~nted to 10, 030, 000 compar~.::l with: 
 
10, 143,.000 the IprevlCiuS: we'Eik :and 'is 18 percent more than th~ 8,474, 0'00 for the 
 
co~respond.~ng,we~~..1~st' yea.r.' . '.. 
 
.., 
 
'. 
 
T,he maj<;>rity of the prices paid for hatching eggs were reported within a 
 
range of 40 to 6'0 cents with an average of. 51 cents compared with, ~ range of i 
 
45 to 60 cent.s and'a~ aVi;:rag.e pf ,55 cents 'per dozen last weel<. Most prices ! 
 
charged for. chicks were reporte.d within a range of .1t'7~ 00 to$9 ..00:with an ; 
 
sci. average of $8. 26 pet- ~Uhd.re;d.compa:red.'with a range 6f $8;00 t9 
 
25'with ail 
 
average of $6. 75 per hundred last week. The average prices last year 
 
; 
 
were 81 cents for eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service fbr 
 
broilers during ,the week ending.M.~rc~ 14 are as follows: Georgia broilers 
 
2 ~/4. - .3 -3/4 pounds,! .~~ f~~.r:ns 16,' 51; ZOB pla~ts i 7. 49f ...' 
 
. 
 
I 
 
 
 
" 
 
'. 
 
'. 
 
: 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HA'TCIDNGS, AND CHICI< 'PLACEMEl\fTS .. , 
 
, 
 
BRqIJ;..ER. TYf'~ . ., 
 
. , ; ":EGCr TYPE: 
 
Week End1 ng 
 
' " . Eg'g~ f5et 11 .", :~.' :.:, ..... . . .C~~.ck~. ~laced .f~~:.~ ; E.,ggs. Chick~ 
 
. ''", : '... , , .-.' . " ' " . 
 
B.r.O"Ilers 1n G.e.org1a : Set . Hatched 
 
. 195'8 
 
. 
 
. .. 
 
,t 
 
'i959 I 1959 '/0 1958 
 
1959 1 1959 %: 1959' 195; 
 
'019-58 . 
 
. . . / . of 1958' 
 
, 
 
, 
 
~ 
 
I 
 
. 
 
: Thou.' .T~o~. 
 
\ 
 
", 
 
P'.., e~c.en. ~ .Th. ~J ..:" )'.r.ho,.u~:. .;:P.eTc'~nt, Thou. . Thou: 
 
Jan. 10 . 
Jan. 17:', Jan. 24 Jan. 31 : Feb. 7 Feb. 14 , 
Feb.21 ~~eb. 28' , Mar. 7 : 
Mar.14 
 
, 
7,599 
7,,859 8,199 8~ '278 
 
I 
 
7,904 
 
104 5,519 5,744 
 
104: 
 
8,081.' .103: . ".?' 52~ .',:5/825, ..' 105 ~ 
 
,.8,351" .t02 ~ .b.... 041, 5., 7.42 ._ 95 
 
8.,. 3'90 .. 10} .', '6; 142 . "5~ 943 
 
97 I 
 
8',433 8, 854 8.4~L 9,175 8:,302. :9,.615 
 
105 6, 165 6,233 109 ..6,'108 6;270, 
,1-16 ...6,.:u~....6;419. 
 
101: 103 105 
 
8,'291.:' lO,:08Z' ,l2Z: .6;'244:.' 6.,.626.. 109 
 
I 8~ '003 10', 143 
8; 4~4 10,030 
 
.' i2.7 ' 6,'307' '6; 888'' 118 6, O~,~ 7.094 
 
109 118 
 
532. 
659 672,. :713 '663 653'-) .. 732. '''746 807 
864. 
 
I 
403' ~94: 
~62 
453: 
571. 545' 590~ 
'~87 
530. 
670: 
 
-1/ ,Includes egg1s :set by1'l~tcher.ies prod~cing chicks for hatchery~supp-lyflocks. 
 
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. : ARCHIE LANGLEY 
Agri.cu1tural Statistician In Charge': 
 
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Agricultural Stati.stician 
 
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MAR 1-9 '59 . ,I 
 
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Pennsylvania 
 
Indian'a 
 
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Missouri: 
 
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Marylana 
 
Virginia .. 
West Yirginia 
 
North' Carolina' 
 
South 'Carolina : 
CiE:.o.RGIA ... , 
 
.7eb. 28 
 
Mar, ; Mar. 
 
" .7 
 
. 14 .. 
 
. 
 
" 
 
EGGS SET;. THOUSANDS 
 
. 
 
1, 547 
 
1; 553 
 
1,601 
 
1, 124 " 1,216 
 
1, 169 " 
 
1,356 
 
I, 308 . 1, 360 
 
1, 913 
 
2, '2~8 
 
Z,084 . 
 
341 
 
. 331 : , .' : 3.94 .. 
 
2,046 , 2,074 
 
2,'126 .. .2,223 .. 
 
2,1'58 
 
2,2.05 : 
 
2,909 .' 2~ 852_ .2,lnO 
 
. 2,594" 336 
 
2, 72a" '~ .2, 544 . .: 
 
.377, 
 
. 354 : 
 
4,3Z9* 597:' 
 
4::328;;' , 4,266 
 
'614" 
 
620 . ,~, 
 
10, 082: 10, 14~ 10,030 " .. 
 
F1ori,la 
Alabama Mis,sissippi . 
'A ~ .<a.Il,sas 
Louisiana 
Texas WashingtV.l . 
 
.. 
 
- 
 
. 
, 
 
.. 
 
.. 
 
.., 
 
357.', 
4,2,10 3,253' 4,5!U 
745 2,984 
415. 
 
366 
 
457 
 
4,.398 
 
4:, 504 . 
 
3,: 141 .' 3, 148 . 
 
4, 583 
 
4:, 643 " 
 
783 
 
823 
 
" 
 
3,052 . 3;072 
 
.480 
 
426 .' 
 
Oregon California 
 
4371,764. 
 
370 
 
,.437 
 
1,8'18 ' r; 781 
 
. :We ek Ending 
 
, 
 
.. . 
 
Jan..: . :Jan. ' Jan. 
 
Jan. 
 
Feb. '. .?e.b, 
 
Feb. 
 
.10 
 
, 17 
 
; 
'. 
 
, . 24 . . 
 
31 
 
7 
 
14 . . 
 
21 
 
, 
 
. 
 
CHICKS' PLA C~'D -,THOUSANDS 
 
: 
 
1; 180 , .1,251 1, 274 1,280 
 
: 53'1 : 532 .. 594>1<' 
 
576 
 
1,286' .. 1, '1.7.2 
 
648 
 
668; 
 
: 784 : ,5-70* 
 
753 
 
,709 
 
778.. 724 : 
 
137 ; ',657 '. '130., .. :_ 639 , '. '613: 
 
744 : 
 
141* , . ' 7{,:5 
 
189* 732 
 
114* 723 
 
181';' 738 
 
120; ::. 130 . 
 
800, 
 
848 
 
1, 229 606 737 877 168 865 
 
1; 880 ;I,797 . 1,'978 ' :2; III 1,837' 2,063 
 
L 83.8 ,1,688 1,;746 ,1,-7.41 '. 1,902, 1,776 : 
 
1,09:2:: .1,016 . 1,05:8 ;1, 10 I, l,.094! ' 1, 168' 
 
55.7". 
 
4:~ 7 
 
537 
 
532 
 
572, 
 
580 
 
,2; 68,7* '. '2,446*." 2, 659~ ,,2.,.846>:<, ?,,932O:< 3, 084':~ 
 
331>:< .: 305*: 290 
 
316' 
 
363' 404, 
 
.'5,744', 
 
:5, 'a25 
 
. 
' 
 
5,'742:~- .:5, 943 
 
: '6,-23J: 
. 
 
6, 270 ; 
 
'. 25:5 : 205 
 
198 
 
178 
 
236: . 205: 
 
'2~ 90'4 , 2, -,766 2,884 2,964 3, 104 '. 3,263; 
 
.2 1 OS;1' ;1.; 944 " 2, 025 
~; 88:1 .' ,3,.073 2,99~ 
 
2.,059, :3,172 .. 
 
2, ,046, . 2, 1Q9 ; 3,04{ ,. 3,216 : 
 
1440 
 
430 . 397 
 
433 
 
396, .. 412' 
 
'2; 223 2,079 . 2. 227 2,136 2,127' '. 2,214' 
 
. 310 . 300 
1:. 19:.6 
 
; 28~ , 
 
342 
 
-309 
 
'274, 
 
;I, 22~ . 1,'118 
 
.. 
 
375':' 2,05: 
 
1, 108, 
 
339 
 
382' 
 
240: : 215: 
 
. 1, :074' : I,...16.3 
 
. 
 
1,769 1,967 I, 129 
586 :",070';' 
373 6,419 
239 3,202 2,302 3,377 
Sl1 2,242 
393 234 I, 130 
 
.iTeb. 28 
 
Mar . 7 
 
1, 154 601 843 816 . 176" 829 
1,92"1,8'14:" 
1,269 700 
3,214* 360 
6,626 
246 3,228 2,308 3,392 
S09 2, 178 
343 
283 1, 164 
 
1, 194 501 835 765 197 849 
1,962 1,941 1,295 
680 3, 143* 
357 6, 888 
263 3,278 2,469 3, 580 
450 2,471 
345 
267 I, 176 
 
Mar. 14 
1,255 596 962 783 197 821 
1,851 2,046 1,326 
625 3, 164 
437 7,094 
232 3,708 2,408 3,713 
S75 2,419 
363 301 1,068 
 
TOTAL 1959, 
 
.. 
49,954>:< 50,993>'.. :50,951 
 
.. 
 
30; Si7',:< l.9,761* 30,661>:< 31, 34~*. 31,784'*.32; 970>1< 33,425>'.. 33,980* 34,906>:< 35,944 
 
.. . 
 
P.. 
 
~. 
 
. 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
40,956 40,969 43,773 
 
27;467 27,092 29, 153 29,477 29,640 29,975: 30,777 30,808 30,943 29, 863 
 
1959 % of 1958 
 
122 
 
124 
 
116 
 
112 
 
110 
 
105 
 
106 
 
107 
 
110 
 
109 
 
110 
 
113 
 
120 
 
*Revised. 
 
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<GlE(Q)~CGllA CfRi(0)}P ~IEjp)(Q)~1rllNCG S)IE:lFRVllCIE 
 
,Ii AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND T'HE .' STAT'" DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
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:, " U;. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
..' AGRIC!JL.TURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
319 
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EXTENSION 
.,' 
 
eL.'~11',EARISRITEYNOSF .GGEC~'I..G.IA 
 
.. Ma rch 1;;,' '1'95'9' 
 
MAR 2'1 '59 . 
 
, 
 
PROSPECTIVE PLANTINGS REPORT 
 
.' LlBHAHlts 
 
f .' 
 
 
 
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.... 
 
 
 
The Cr.op Reporting Board of the Agricul'~1Jr~l Marke'ting S~rvice makes :the, fol10w- .. 
 
ing r~port.for the United States, on th~ in~~cated acreages of certain crops in 
 
1959 'based"upon reports from farmers, i:.n~)I~pa~ts.pf the country on or about 
 
March 1 regarding thei r acreage plans fqr., t,he .1959., season. The, acreages for 1959, 
 
are inte'r'pretations of reports from growers and are based on paSl: relationships 
 
between .such 
 
\ 
 
" 
 
reports 
 
and. 
 
acre.age.s,~ctu~.I,ly"p.laf1ted. 
 
,<., 
 
The pu'~pose of this rep~i-t' i~'t~ ~;,:~.:js\"g~ow~rs generally ,in making such:furthe,r 
 
changes, intheir acreagep..lan.s as m~y,;app~~.r desir9bl~:~ The acreages actlJa'lly 
 
planted' in 1959 may turn out to be.. large.r or smalle,r.than indiG:ated, .by reason 
 
of weather conditions, price changes, labor supply, financial conditions, the 
 
agricu.ltura' program, and ,~he effect qf . this r~port. iitself upot:!'fa.rmefS l ac.tl~~s. 
 
~ ". _ fROSl'tCT I VE_ pLANtiNGS. FQR J 959 " 
 
.' 
 
: _ : _' __ f L 8'~' J, E'D 8 C B E 8 Gf:S' 
 
_ 
 
CR0 P 
 
: Average . 
 
. 
 
. 1~59 as 'a per- , 
 
- - - - - - _. -, ... - - - - - - - ." 
 
. - - .. - - - : 1948-57 : 1958 
 
_. : 1959 : cent of 1958 
 
~~ 
 
~ 
 
. 
 
~" ~ 
 
Thousands Thousands: :'Thousands ',' Percent' . :.'., 
 
j." .-',. 
 
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, 
 
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UN! TED STATES 
 
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1 t'  Corn, 'a 
 
4 .'                
 
All Spring "'heat 
 
 
 
-8~ -7'~-5' - .~ -7~ ~5'~'~"~'~3'~9il- - 
 
I 
 
J . ' . ' :, 
 
18,603' 12,343 " 
 
J 
1'3,405 
 
- 
 
- 
 
!' - - 
I) 2.4 
108.6 ',' 
 
Du rum  OtheP Spr~~g  
 
Oa t 5 }~: ~ 
 
. 
 
Sa r1ey . 
 
Sorg~u.~s~ All  
 
Potatoes' J/ 
 
. 
 
n 2,485 ' .. 9,47 
,16, 118 ; . ,396 
 
44,028 ' .. '38,430 
 
12,924 '.' '16,Z~8 
 
iI ~484 
 
2l,176" 
 
1,507' 
 
f .498" 
 
I ,,273 
12 '. 13 2. 
35,~98 1},O'9 20',4.~0 
1 ~'3'9Z ' 
 
.1f0364.'.54.. . 
. 9'1.7. 
. , ~ I0,5 . 1 
.96~5 
92,,9 
 
, .' 
.' 
:' t': 
 
Sweet Potatoes 3/ .. 
 
361 
 
272'" 275 
 
101. I 
 
Tobacco II .. : 
 
. 
 
Soybean.s .?'/ ...,.. 
 
peariut s '~/ .... 
 
Hay 11 ........... ;' 
 
'. 
 
1, 561 16,822 2.269 74,081 
 
, 1,081 
 
I , 161 
 
'24;900 ' ....23:f7i' 
 
1 ,7-55 . " " I ;7o.~ 
 
'7J,03J. ',. 70,!-+99 
 
I 
 
 
 
I. 
 
'0\ 
 
107.4 " 9') ~:I 
 
97.0 
 
96 .. 5 
 
", 
 
GEORGIA . 
 
.. . 
 
.... " 
". 
 
-.. 
 
Corn J ' "l,I.! .. .., , ; 
 
3,015 
 
'2,733" 
 
2,'870 
 
. 105 
 
Oats ": .': 
 
" ; ' . 758 : :" . 5'39 
 
496, 
 
9i' 
 
.8a r Iey. ' : , 
 
.. 9.... .." 12 ' 
 
l2'' 
 
.. 100 
 
'. 
, 
 
Irish Potpto'es" All 
 
: " : 6.7' 
 
.; . 4.8 '. 
 
"4.5 
 
94 
 
Late Spring 3/ 
Early 'Summer' J/ 
Sweet 'Potatoes' .., / 
Tobacco~ All U J 
 
3.0 
 
2.0 
 
" . 'oj .},'j'" 
 
.... ,.:,'..2~8 . 
 
.', ,,29 ." ." '., '1 t: . ~ 
':" '95'~9' :';,' ':--; 59.1' 
 
1.8 
'2.1' 
12 . . I 72'.1" 
 
90 97: ": 10'0 '122' ,.' 
 
Sorghums, All .Soybe~ns, Alone 2/ Peanuts 2,/ 
Hay, All 1/ . 
 
54 .' .89 .1'. ,-749:..  . j: 
,', .' 96]- ~ ..... ~: 
 
69 
 
65 
 
-15921;'~5,~., 
 
117 "'574 
 
:..... 
 
:',.:63. 9. " 
 
~'.'59.'4, 
 
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94' 10.2 97. 94 .. 
 
1/ Acr~ag.~ Harvested  .2/ Grown alone:,for.all: purpos.es: .. '3/:'1949:"57' Average. 
 
Georgia farmers have indicated they plan to plant about 2,870.000 acres in corn i:Iuring 1959. If current p.l.ans material ize, the 1959 acreage wi 11 .be a~9ut; five percent larger thC)tl die 2'.733.000 planted in 1958 b,u.t .fl,ve p~rcent.smaller t.h~n the 1948-57 average plantings of 3,015,000 acres. The"increase for 1959 is attributed 
to the el imination of acreage restrictions in 28 heavy producing counties and 
Jncreased interest in the production of corn for feed and as a cash crop. 
I 
 
SMALLER OATS ACREAGE: Seedings of oats made last fall and this spring indicate 
 
, 
 
Georgia farmers have planted 496.000 acres In oats for 1959. 
 
This represents a decl ine of 8 percent from the 539,000 acres seeded the previous 
 
year and is 35 percent below the 1948-57 average seedings of 758,000 acres. The 
 
1959 seedlngs are the smallest for Georgia since 1935 when only 462,000 acres were 
 
planted. 
 
TOBACCO ACREAGE UP SHARPLY: Plantings of tobacco in Georgia are expected to reach 72,100 acres for 1959. This will be an increase of 
13,000 acres or 22 percent from the small 1958 plantings of 59,100 acres. The indicated 1959 acreage although up sharply from 1958 is still 25 percent below the average 1948-57 plantings of 95,900 acres. 
 
 PROSPECTIVE PlANTING REPORT 'FOR GEORGIA AND UNITED STATES (eonld) 
 
GEORGIA: The State's allotted acreages for 1958 and 1959 are virtually the same. Hence~ ihe larger acre~ge reflects a reduction in influence of the 
Acreage Reserve Program. 
 
PLANTING OF PEANUTS EXPECTED TO DROP: Peanut growers in Georgia will plant 574,000 acres of peanuts alone If they carry out 
their current intentions. This acreagQ would be three percent smaller than the 592,000 acres planted last year and 23 percent smaller'than the 1948-57 avera9~~' plantings of 749,OOO'acres. The',1959 expected plantings include 'peanUts alone for hogging off and for: other: purposes as well 'as for picking arid threshing. ,;',1 "  
 
SMALLER SOR-GHUM ,PLANTtNGS:.Georgia farmers have expressed intentions to plant six percent fewer acres in sorghums for all purposs'in . 
1959. The March I Indicated acreage for all purposes is 65,000 acres compared ,. with 69,OQOl,Bcres:planted in 1'958. However, the 1959 Intended 'acreage is 'still', 23 percent larger than: the 1948-57 average plantings of 53,000 acres. 
 
MORE SOYBEANS, EXPECTED: Farmers i'n Georg i'a, report they intend to p Iant 117,000 
 
.... , 
 
acres of soybeans alone1for all purposes duri,ng 1959'. ' 
 
This would be an increase of two percent compared with the 115,000 acres planted 
 
in 1958 and is ne~!ly a ,third larger than the .J948-57' average plantings of 
 
89,000 acres. 
 
,\ 
 
UNITED STAT'ES:, ,Crop plantings for 1959 now,'seem likely to be about 2 percent 
- above the low levels of the past 2 years but about 5 percent below the early 1950's~ 'Corn acreage may exceed last year by over 9 million acres for the largest planted acreage since 1949. Inte~tions for planting oats, soybeans, sorghums, and'cutting tame hay show substantial reductions from last year  
i 
 
CORN: Farmers ani planning ,torJplant the largest 2!!! acreage s'ince 1949. The 
 
intended p-l'a"tings of 83.9 million a~res are 9.3 million above plantings 
 
last year and 2~2 'million above average . The large increase from last' year 
 
results largely' from the removCll of corn allotments in the commercial area and 
 
from the expiration of the Acreage R~serve ProgrClm, wh'ich accounted for 6~7 mill~ 
 
. ion acres of corn' allotment in '1958. , 
 
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OATS: The acreage of oats seeded last fall and intended for this' spring totals 36.0 mllHo'n acres. This is a reduction of slightly more than 2.4 mil1ion 
acres, or 6 percent from 1958 plantings, '18 percent below the average, and the 
 
smallest of record'which begins with 19i6. 
 
PEANUTS: 'Peanut growers 'expect to plant 1,702,000 acres of peanuts alone, accord- 
ing to their expressed intentions about March I. This acreage would be about 3 percerit'''les's than that plante'd last year and 25 percent below the 1948- 
57 average of.2,269,OOO acres,. These acreages include peanuts to be grown alone for hogging off ~nd for other purposes a~ well as for picking and threshing. 
 
TOBACCO: As of March I, tobacco growers expressed intentions to plant 1,161,000 
 
acres of tobacco. If this acreage materializes, it will be 7 per~~nt~ 
 
abov~ the 1,080,800 acres harvested Isst vear, but excluding 1957 and 1958, th~ 
 
smallest since 191 I. 
 
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Acreage of flue-cured types Is expected to total 698,300 acres -- 9 percent above 
 
the 638,400 acres harvested last year. Excepting 1957 and 1958, this yearls 
 
acreage would be the lowest since 1934. 'Using the 5-year average yield of flue 
 
cured and this year's Intended acreage, a pro~uctio~ of 1,053 .million pounds. is 
 
de rived. ". 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA. 
March 19, 1959 
 
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HA TCHERY SUPPLY ,t"LOCKS February 1959 - United States 
 
The indicated placement of pullet chicks for broiler hatchery supply flocks 
 
by leading primary breeders of broiler replacement st'ock totaled 2,414,000 
 
chicks during -,:<"'ebruary 1959 .. This was 6 percent more than in .February 1958. 
 
Of this tota~ 2, 256-, 000 chicks were domestic placements. Pullet chick place- 
 
ments during January 1959 totaled 2, 108,000 of which 1,940, 000 were domestic 
 
placermnts. 
 
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The totals in'clude pullet chicks eold during the month, plus the number of pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceJing month. The conversion from eggs to expected pullet chicks was made on the basis of 125 pullet chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders included in this report account for a very large percentage of total supply of replacement pullets fer broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sales of replacement pullets by these breeders provide an indication of'the potential number of pullets available for addition to hatchery egg supply flocks several months before the pullets will actually move into the flocks. 
 
Pullet Chicks 11 Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply !~locks (Reported by leading breeders) 
 
Month 
 
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1,000 chicks 
 
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percent 
 
January............ : ~""ebruary. . . . . . . . . . .: March...... , ...... : April ..............: May........ , ...... : June ....... , ....... : July............... : August. ............. : September ..........: October ............ : November ..........: December .......... ; 
Annual Total. .... 
 
1, 886 1,997 2, 538 3,033 2., 899 2.,060 1,676 1,410 1,935 2, 2.97 1, 92.6 2,2.38 2.5,895 
 
1,982 2,2.70 3, 118 3, 320 3,623 3, 390 3,054 2., 646 2., 700 2,568 2., 141 2, 147 3.2,959 
 
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11 Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-dozen case of eggs. ~ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Cnarge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
UNIVERSlri (IF ([Uf-Gli'. 
MAR 24 '59 
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I~ Georgia 482,212'chi~kens for supplying broJler;~atchrng eggs 'were' tested 
 
for pullorum disease dur.ing.february 1959--75 pe'r'c'cnt"rl,ore than the '27:i,75().. 
 
tested in February 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for Febru.:3ry were' 5,20 
 
only 3~ percent of the. nUll1bef":_t~.st~~ in. February. 1a~~ .year. 
 
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In the states for which comparisons are 'ava'i'ltlble 2,363,505 chickens for 'suppiylng 'broi ler hatching, ~.gS;w~r~. te;;ted d.urin.g ,February 195~--up 84 percent 
 
frorr:'February. 1958 . Test.i~.9S).-~4~Y,J9~a ~hr~gh. f'etlr.u'ary 1~59 totaled 19,7,00,088 
 
up' 2'6 pe'rcent from .this per,ipd;;f3 y,~r earJi,~r ..:..;rtle :ovmber of thickens fo.r other' 
 
pu'rposes (egg-type) te~tE;d,'9~rLn9.,'Fe.bruarY J~59..to't.a)~d 756;079--66 percent 'more 
 
tha:n the, numbe r tested; j i.n f~i?r~ r;y 19$1> j'  The .ru"?b~r'{ ~r' *;19,- type 'ch i.6kens t.es:ted 
 
July 1958 through February I~59 totaled 11 ,893,848' dOWn aMy slightly, from' the .. 
 
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Impr6~ement Plan offici.;;I...st<Jt~, a9'en,i,es',' ,d,e':At,irriaf Husbandry Researah Di'\ijs';on, 
 
Agricul itural Resea'rchServi~~" ~nd the Agr(C;'l"ltur:~'f'E's'timates Divis'ion; A9ri.~.,.. 
 
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July.' .:.; "'202',194 
 
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"202 ~ 194 
 
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253 ;.86:5 . 494, I 67 
 
17.274 47,736 
 
S~P.t.. : 334.522 . 41),264 <767 .008'" 907.,;43 r :- 18,286 
 
Oe'C ' . ,:.: 306,795' , 458,442 ). ,0.73 ,803 I ,36$ ;873. 
 
27,242 
 
Nov.. : 254,554 
 
388, 136 1.328,357 1,754,60g' 
 
. Dec. : 252,517 ',: . '432,318 1;580,874 2,186.-327 
 
Jan. : 414,416 
 
564,491 1.995.,290 2,750;.8)8 ' 
 
8,325 .14,836 61,618 . 
 
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: 275,750 : 255, 111 : 211.093 : 254,024 : 185.343 
 
482,212 
 
2,1.7l,040 2.5~Q, 121 2 ..737,244 2.,991,268 
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500,558 . '599,607 
 
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3,119,754 
 
2,379,471 
 
2,316,782 
 
Nov. 
 
2,225,580 
 
2,951,368 
 
2,483,280 
 
2,342,596 
 
Dec. 
 
2,208.307 
 
2,794,873 
 
2.586.456 
 
2,485,747 
 
Jan. 
 
2,014.868 
 
2,601.927 
 
1.741,051 
 
1.648,821 
 
Feb. 
 
1.282,382 
 
2.363,505 
 
454,617 
 
756,079 
 
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1,587,391 
 
485, 136 
 
Apr. 
 
1.701.022 
 
245.750' 
 
May 
 
1,554,643 
 
276.008 
 
June 
 
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1/ Al I states except Mont., N. Mex  Ariz., Nev. 2/ All states except Ohio, Del  Okla  Mont., N. Mew., Ariz  Nev. 
 
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gricul tural Extension Service 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
University of G~orgia and the 
 
Agricultural Marketing ServiCe 
 
State Depart.mentof Ag:-.iculture 
 
319 Extension E1G-g., Atliens r Ga. 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
lviarch 25, 1959 
 
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Athens, Ga., March 25 -- A total of 7, 305, 000 broiler chicks ;.were placed 
 
with produce,rs in Ceorgia during the weelc ending March 21, according to the 
 
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. 'This compares with the 7,094,000 placed the 
 
previous weel, and is 25 percent more than the 5, 840, 000 placed the same week 
 
last year. . 
 
.Egg.s set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,925,00'0 compared with! 
 
1.0, 030, 000 the previous week and is 16 percent more than the 8, 586".000 for the 
 
carre s.pq.rlding week last .year. ' . . ' 
 
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The'majority of the price s paid for hatching eggs were reported within a 
 
r~nge: of 40 to 55 cents with an average of 49 cents compared \fith a range of 
 
40 to 60 cents and an average of 51 cents per dozen last week.' Most prices . 
 
charg~i for chicks were reported within a range of $7.00 to ~;9. 00 with an 
 
a'trerage 'o~ $8. 00 pe'r, hundred compared with a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an 
 
average of $8t 25 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 
 
82 cents for .eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average prices from. the _;'edera1-State Ma~icet News Service for broilers during the week ending March 21 are as follo'ws: Georgia broilers 
2 3/4 - 3 3'/4 :pounds, at farms 16.66f; FOB plants 17.51. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMZNTS 
 
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Eggs Set !! 
 
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Chicks P1ac.e j for 
 
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. Broilers 'in Yeorgia. I Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
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1959 1959 
 
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Ja.~. 17 
Jan. 24 Jan. 31 i'eb. 7; 
 
Thou. 
7,859 8, 199 8,278 8,433 
 
Thou. 
8,081 8, 351 
8,~90 
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Percent Thou. :Thou. Percent 
 
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103 5, 524 5, 825 
 
105 
 
102 6,041 ~, 742 . 95 
 
101 6, 112 5,943 . 97 
 
105 6,.165 . 6,233 ' 101 
 
:Thou.Thou. 
659 494 . 672 462 
713 453 . 
663 571 
 
iTeb. 14 
 
8,411 9, 175 
 
109 6,108 6,270 
 
103 
 
Feb.21 
 
8,302 9,615 
 
116 6, 13~ 6,419 
 
105 
 
?eb.28 
 
8,291 10,082 
 
122 Q,244 6,62.6 
 
106 
 
653 545 
732: 590 746 587 
 
Mar. 7 
 
8,003 10, 143 
 
127 6,307 6,888 
 
109 
 
807 530 
 
Mar.14 
 
8,474 10,030 
 
118 6,015 7,094 '" 118 
 
864 610 
 
Mar.21 
 
8, 586 9,925 
 
116 5,840' 7,305 
 
125 
 
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MAR 26 '59 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL 'AREAS. BY' WEEKS - 1959 . 
 
Mar. 7 
 
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eHrel,s PLACED - m,OUS-,,\NDS 
 
1; 553 
 
1,216 
 
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2, 26,8 
 
331 
 
2, 126 
 
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377 
 
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1~ 691 1, 169 1~' 3'60 2,084' 
394. 2,22::1, 
2,205 2,810' 2, 54Lj, 
354 4,266 
620 10,030 
 
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1, 113 ,- 
 
1,464 ", : 
2; 389 
 
410 
 
2,210 
 
2, 126- 
 
2,800 
 
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4, ,286, 616 
9,925' 
 
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1,251 1,274 " 1,280 
 
532 , 594* 
 
576 
 
, '57'0* " 753 
 
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657 
 
730 ' _,63.9' 
 
189* . 1>14* , 181 >:c 
 
' 732 
 
723 
 
738 
 
i,79'1 '; .1, 97 8' ~ 2, 11.1 
 
1,688 1,746 ,1,741 
 
1,0.16 1,058 ' 1; 10 l' 
 
,437 \ 537 
 
532 
 
2., 44Q* '2,6.59* 2,816)(: 
 
-305* '_' 290 
 
316 
 
5,825 '5,742 5,943 
 
1,286 - 1,272 1,229 
 
648 
 
668 ", 606 
 
"778 ' ' 724 
 
731 
 
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12,0 
 
130 ' 168 
 
800 
 
848 
 
865 
 
1,837 2,063 1,769 
 
1,902 - 1,77,6,' 1, 967. 
 
1,094 -I, 168 1, 12:9 , 
 
572 
 
580 
 
586- 
 
Z,-93Z* 3;084;:< 3.070* 
 
363 
 
404 
 
373, 
 
6,233 6, 270 .- -6,419 
 
.1,: 154 601 843 816 176 "829 
1,927 1,814 1,269 
700 3.Z-14* 
360 6,626 
 
366 4;398 3, 141 4, 583 
 
457 4, 504 3, 148 4,(>'43 
 
: '%05 .. 4,545 ' . 
3,295 : 4,675' ' 
 
205 
2; 7'66 
1,944' 3,0'73 ' 
 
198 2,' 884 2,'025 
2,'998 
 
178 
 
236 
 
2,964 3, 104 
 
,.2,059 2,046 
 
3, 172 , 3,044 
 
205 3,263 ' 2, 1'09 ' 3, 276 
 
239 3,202 . 
'2; 302, 
3, 377 ' 
 
246 3,228 2,308 3,392 
 
783 3,052 
480 
370 1,' 818 
 
823 3,072 
426 
437 1, 781 
 
801 , 3,005 
421 
485 1, 772 ' 
 
430 2,'079 
284,' 
'30~' 
1,226 
 
397 2,'227 
,342 
274 I, 118 
 
433' 2, 136- 
375* 205 1, 108 
 
396 ' 2, 127 
339 240 1,074 
 
412 
 
511 ' 509 
 
2,214 2, 24i ' 2, 178 
 
382 
 
393' 
 
343 
 
215 ' ~ 234' 
 
283 
 
1, 163 ' 1,130 ' 1, 104 
 
Mar. 7 
1, 194 501 835 765 197 849 " 
1, 9621,941 :. 1,295 
680 3, 143 
357 6,888 
263 3,278 2,469 3,580 
450 2,471 
345 267 1, 176 
 
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Mar. 14 
 
Mar. 21 
 
1,255 596 962 783 197 821 
1, 851 2,046 1,326 
625 3,164* 
437 7,094 
232 3,708 2,408 3,713 
575 2,419 
363 301 1,068 
 
1, 243 519 787 873 154 883 
2,051 1,886 1,219 
731 3, 384 
377 7,305 
239 3, 514 2,593 3, 822 
493 2,271 
356 257 1, 165 
 
TOTA.L .1959 TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
*Revi se .... 
 
50, '993* 50, 951 
 
41,805 43,773 
 
122 
 
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51,'055 45,493 
112 
 
29,761* 30, 661* 3~~ 343* 31,784* 32,970* 33, 42~* ,33,9&.0>:< 34,906* 35,944 
: 27, Q,92 29,'153 29,477 29,64:0 29,975 30,777 '30,808 30,943 29,863 
 
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107 
 
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120 
 
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Ath.eri:s; "Georg'ia 
 
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March 1959 
 
- .Oata from Georgia' 19'58 We~k1y. Hatchery Repo'rts on Broiler Chicks ............... 
 
r (ReV'ise'd March 1959) 
 
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Week Ending, ( .1958 
1'_ '10 
Ja.L 4 
 
Eggs Set:. 
1, 000 7,361 
 
,. Hatcliings and Cross State Movement 
 
Total' :Hatcl:ied 1/ :Shipped: i:ota1 H t h d :for Local : into : 
ace :Placement: State Placed 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 1, 000 
 
Prices' 
 
:Paid'for :Received 
 
'Hatching :for Broiler Eggs : Ch.icks" 
 
(f) 
 
(~) . 
 
5,353 
 
5,052 
 
429 
 
5,481 
 
~7f:> 
 
13.50 
 
Jan. 11 
Jan."; l'a'- 
 
7, 599 7, 859 
 
5.347 5.313 
 
tl,948 ".k,922 
 
571 
 
5, 519 
 
.76 
 
13.50 
 
602 
 
5. 1524 
 
.77, 
 
1'3. 7'~Y: '.' 
 
Jan:',25i 8,19'9 
 
5,689 
 
5; 353 
 
Feb. 1 
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Peb. 8 ?eb.' 15 Feb'.: 22' 
 
8,278 8,433 8, t.?ll 8,3'02 
 
5, 884 5,945 6,000" 6,115' 
 
5,.543 5. 564 5; 570 
S. 580 
 
688 . 6,041 
 
599 
 
6, 142 
 
601 
 
6, 165 
 
538 
 
6, 108 
 
552 
 
6,'132 
 
;78 
.79 
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:80 
 
1'3'.75 
 
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13.75 
 
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13.75 
 
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f4. 00' 
 
13 1.75"" 
 
Mart... 1: 
Mar. 8 Mar~ "15: 
Mat.. 22: 
 
8,291 
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8.003 
8,47<1 
8, 586 
 
6, 129 6. 136 5.'9"97' 
5.759 
 
5, 642 5.636 5,,474 
5,309 
 
602 
 
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6,24 
 
 80 
 
671 
 
6. 307 
 
 80 
 
541 
 
6.015: 
 
 81 
 
531 
 
5.040' 
 
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5.981 
 
5,476 
 
627 
 
6. 103 
 
.82 
 
14'.25 
 
Apr. 5 Apr. 12 
 
8.954 
9. 141 
 
6. 297 
6, 568 
 
5. 75S 
6.088 
 
t 
 
_ 
 
713 
 
6.,468 
 
..8.2\ 
 
14.25 
 
607 
 
6,695 
 
.82 
 
14.25 
 
Apr. "19' Apr'. 26: 
 
9,265 9, 544 
 
6, 567 6, 787 
 
6,055 
6,' 2.33 
 
65'4 
 
6,709 
 
.82 
 
593' 
 
6,,826 
 
.82 
 
14.25' 14~ 25' ' \' 
 
\", 
May 3 
 I 
May '10" 
May' '17 
May 24 
May 31 
 
9,428 9; 204 
9,.~89 
9,766 9,668 
 
6, 883 6,949 7, '1'01' 7.090 6,958 
 
'6: 6.~68 
 
589, 
 
6, 857 
 
6,'40'4' ~ - '''5'30'' ...... "9"34 
 
.... ; '; 
 
,;. 
 
.. 
 
6. '563 .': ." 6i4' ... , '1.237" 
 
. 
 
;.....:..:" ', .. 
 
6, 541 
 
572 
 
7. 113 
 
.82 
 
1~.25 
 
.... 82 
 
14."i5 .! 
 
 .S2 . , .' i4:Z5." .... 
 
.81 
 
14.00 
 
6,469 
 
682 
 
7, 151 
 
.80 
 
14.00 
 
June 7 June 14 June 21 June 28 
 
9,616 
9.360 
9,082 8,658 
 
7,278 7, 178 7,094 6,928 
 
6,691 6,587 6,600 6,397 
 
420 
 
7. III 
 
.80 
 
13.75 
 
476 
 
7,063 
 
.79 
 
1:;.75 
 
553 
 
7, 153 
 
.79 
 
13.75 
 
481 
 
6,878 
 
.79 
 
13.50 
 
July 5 8,741 
July 12 8.771 
UM:f&\SyTY or ~IllRGIA$. 560 
~k~ '59 $. 254 
 
6.848 6,650 6,336 
6, 337 
 
6,325 6,240 5, 898 5,908 
 
399 
 
6,724 
 
.78 
 
13.25 
 
629 
 
6,869 
 
.78 
 
13.00 
 
442 
 
6,340 
 
.76 
 
12.50 
 
421 
 
6.329 
 
.74 
 
12.00 
 
 Data from Georgia 1958 Weekly Hatchery R~ports on Broiler Chicks (Revised March 1959) 
 
Week Ending 1958 
 
Eggs Set 
1, 000 
 
; Hatchings and Cross State Movement. 
 
Prices 
 
T t 1 :Hatched!.! :Shipped: 
H:t:hed :for Loca,1' : intd : 
 
pT ~ta1 d 
 
:Paid for: Received !Hatthing: for Broiler 
 
':Placement ! State: 
 
ce! Eggs ~ Chicks 
 
1, 000 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 1, 000 (~) 
 
($) 
 
Aug. 2 8,302 
 
6, 333 
 
5,800 
 
393 
 
6, 193 
 
.72 
 
11. 50 
 
Aug. 9 8,010 
 
6, 189 
 
5,612 
 
357 
 
5,969 
 
.70 
 
11.00 
 
Aug .. 16 7,448 
 
5,968 
 
5,443 
 
425 
 
5, 868 
 
.68 
 
10.75 
 
Aug. 23 7,294 
 
5,828 
 
5,323 
 
337 
 
5,660 
 
.67 
 
10.50 
 
Aug. 30 6,968 
 
5,695 
 
5,214 
 
279 
 
5,493 
 
.66 
 
10.50 
 
pept. 6 Sept. 13 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 
 
6,971 7',298 7,319 7, 141 
 
5,318 5,113 4,996 4,963 
 
4,849 4,738 4,673 4,622 
 
330 
 
5, 179 
 
.66 
 
10.50 
 
285 
 
5,023 
 
.66 
 
10.75 
 
200 
 
4,873 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
230 
 
4, 852 
 
.67 
 
11.00 
 
Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 
 
7,110 7,248 7,234 7,239 
 
5,291 ?,277 5,263 5, 222 
 
4,907 4,815 4, 827 4,704 
 
245 
 
5, 152 
 
.67 
 
11.00 
 
302 
 
5,117 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
250 
 
5,077 
 
.67 
 
11.00 
 
330 
 
5,034 .67 
 
11. 00 
 
Nov. 1 Nov. 8 Nov. 15 Nov. 22 Nov. 29 
 
7,394 7,549 7,595 7, 524 7,832 
 
5,316 5,271 5,2.64 5,386 5,486 
 
4,768 4,712 4,692 4,861 4,983 
 
353 
 
5, 121 
 
.67 
 
11.00 
 
383 
 
5,095 .67 
 
11.00 
 
324 
 
5,016 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
335 
 
5, 196 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
337 
 
5,320 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
Dec. 6 7,420 
 
5, 582 
 
5,059 
 
329 
 
5,388 
 
.67 
 
11. 00 
 
Dec. 13 8, 146 
 
5, 529 
 
4,954 
 
301 
 
5,255 
 
.67 
 
11.00 
 
Dec. 20 8,092 
 
5,853 
 
5, 273 
 
461 
 
5,734 .67 
 
11. 00 
 
Dec. 27 7,844 
 
5, 306 
 
4,944 
 
460 
 
5,404 .64 
 
10.50 
 
TOTAL 427,108 311,946 286,864 24,233 311,097 
!J Total hatched less outshipments, breeder replacements, destroyed, etc. 
 
." 
 
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I-:r'\rt ""'''': 
 
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G E 0 R G I A C R 0 n-', REP 0 R 
~gricultural Extension Service 
Iqrq University of Georgia and the 
": tI State Department of Agriculture 
 
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4 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPPRTIBRARIEs 
 
G SER VICE S. Department of Agriculture 
 
ricultural Marketing Service 
 
9 Extension' Bldg. , Athens, Ga. 
 
 
 
------------------- 
 
April 1, 1959 
 
Athens'. Ga., April 1 -- A total of 7,440,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in Georgia during the wezk ending March 28, according to the . 
 
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. :This compares with the 7, 30~, 000 placed the 
 
previous week and is 22 percent more than the 6, 103,000 placed the same week 
 
last year. 
 
,.' 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 979.000 co:npar'ed with 9,925,000 the previous week .and is 14 percent more than the 8, 733, 000 ~or the corresponding week last year. 
 
Beginning with this release two prices for Georgia produced hatching eggs were obtained;. one for all hatching eggs, the other for eggs purchased at. the farm from flocks with hatcheTy-cwned cockerels. The averag~ reported for all eggs was 48 cents and the ".verage for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery-owned cocke:rels was 48 cents. The majority of tre prices reported were within a range of 40 to 55 cents a dozen. This compares with a range of 40 
to 55 cents and an average of 49 cents per dozen last week. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range oi $6.00 to $9.00 with an average of 
$7. 50 per hundred compared with a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $8.00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 82 cents for 
eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending Mar.ch 28 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15.42; FOB plants 16. 35. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
,. 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
I EGG TYPE 
 
Eggs Se,t !! 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
j 1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 '"10 of 1958 
 
1959 1959 
 
Thou. Thou. !percent Thou. Thou, iPercent Thou. Tho~. 
 
Jan. 24 
 
8,199 8,351 
 
102 6,041 5,742 
 
95 
 
Jan. 31 
 
8,278 8,390 
 
101 6. 142 5,943 
 
97 
 
Feb. 7 
 
8,433 8,854 
 
105 6, 165 6,233 
 
101 
 
.r""eb. 14 
 
8,411 9, 175 
 
109 6. 108 6,270 
 
103 
 
Feb.21 
 
8,302 9. 615 
 
116 6, 132 6,419 
 
105 
 
Feb. 28 
 
8,291 10,082 
 
122 6,244 6,626 
 
106 
 
Mar. 7 
 
8,003 10, 143 
 
127 6,307 6,888 
 
109 
 
Mar.14 
 
8,474 10,030 
 
118 6,015 7,094 
 
118 
 
I Mar.21 
Mar.28 
 
8, 586 9,925 8, 733 9,979 
 
116 5, 840 7,305 114 6, 103 7,440 
 
125 122 
 
672 462 713 453 663 571 653 545 732 590 746 587 807 530 864 670 923' 702 793 764 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
- 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
W. A. WAGNER 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
',-' ~ 
 
... 
 
"'''\ -.' ';, ! ..- "(_:: 
 
T 
 
 STATE 
Maine Connecticut F enl' sy1vania Indiana Illinuis Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA ,tt""'lorida Alabama Mis sis sippi Ark2.OlSaS Lot..isiana Texd.::i Washington Oregon California 
 
- . .... ' 
 
: 
i 
 
.. .~ 
 
'Mar. 
 
l4 
 
EGGS 
 
S"~'-' T 
 
AND 
 
CHIC,KS 
! 
 
PLACED'; IN 
 
~ 
 
: 
 
COMMERCIAL 
 
A-RE.'A~.:>, 
 
- - , 
 
, 
 
- 
 
: 
 
.V! eek ~~ding 
 
" 
 
" 
 
. Mar. 
 
Mar. 
 
: Jan. 
 
Jan. . . Feb. 
 
.feb. 
 
21 
 
28 
 
24 
 
31 
 
7 
 
14 
 
- 
- BY WEEKS 1959' ,- '. 
" 
.. 
 
Feb. 21 
 
Feb, 28 
 
Mar. 7 .. 
 
Mar. 14 
 
EGGS SET' - .THOUSANDS 
 
I 
 
'. 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
, 
 
,. age 2 , 
 
Mar. -21 
, 
 
Mar . 28 
 
1,601 
 
1,487 
 
I, 169 
 
1, 113 
 
.1,360 
 
1,464 
 
2,084 
 
2,386 
 
~94 
2,223 
 
410 2,210 
 
2,295 ;. 2, 126 2, 810 .2,800 
 
2, 544 35~ 
4,29'6. 
62.0 
 
2,463 
365 4,'286 
- 616 
 
10,030, 9,9l5 
 
4 !?-;r 
4, 50~. 
1, 148'. 
 
405 4, 545 3,295 
 
" 4,64'3: 
- " 823- 
i. 072" 
,~ 426- 
~~ 4.3 7 
 
4,675 801 
:3,005 42.1' 485 
 
1"',.'7-81 
 
1,772 
 
1,565 1, 107 1,370 2, 183 
414 2,075 2,065 2,606 2,427 
335 4, 279 
603 9;979 
382 4,601 3,262 4,725 
797 3,235 
478 469 I, 731 
 
~1, 274 1,280 1,286 1,272 1,229 1,15,4 1~ 194 1,25~ 1,243 
 
594* 576 
 
648 
 
668 
 
606 
 
601 
 
501 
 
59~ 
 
5i.9 
 
753 
 
709 
 
778 
 
724 
 
737. 
 
843, 
 
.835 
 
962 
 
787 
 
730 
 
639 
 
613 
 
744 
 
.877 
 
816 
 
765 
 
783 
 
873 
 
114* 
 
181* 
 
120 
 
130 
 
168 
 
116 
 
197 
 
197 .. 154 
 
.. 
 
. 72~: 
1 , 9. 7 8 ;, 
 
: ~.. 73B :2.:; III 
 
. 800. '" 8.48 J,837. ~2j, 063 
 
.86'5. 
 
8l9. 
 
~,.76_9 ., 1,927. 
 
8~9 , 82l: 
I, 9B2 '.. 1, 851 
 
88~ 
2,051 
 
- 
 
'" 1, '74h: J~' 74) 1,902". 
 
1,058' ... '537' 
 
1., 
.. :' 
 
10'i 532 
 
1,094 : 572 
 
i,659* : i; 846* . 2, 932* 
 
'f,776 'I, 9~7 
 
I, 168 ~, 129 - 
 
580 
 
586 :. 
 
3, 084* . ~,070*" 
 
1,814- 
1,269 7"00, 
3, 214:>:< 
 
1,94 1 1, .295 
 
.- 
 
'2,046 '.~, 326' 
 
680 
 
625'. 
 
3, 143 3, 164* 
 
1, 88.6 I, 219 
731 3,384 
 
290: . 316." ~ 363 
 
404 
 
373 
 
360 
 
351 
 
437: 
 
377 
 
5,742~ 5,943' 6,233 6,270 6,419 6,626 6,888 7,094 7,305 
 
- 
 
.' 
 
198 
 
178 
 
236 
 
205 
 
239 
 
246 
 
2.63 
 
2'32 . 239>: 
 
2, 884 
 
2,964 
 
3,104 
 
3,263 
 
3,202 
 
3,.228 
 
3,278 
 
3, 7'p.~ ': 
 
:-3514 J .... 
 
2,025 2,059 2,046 2, 109 2,302 - 2,308 2,469 2,408 1 .'2~:593. 
 
2,998 , 3, 172 3,044 3,276 3,377 3,392 3,580 3,71-3 3,822 
 
397 
 
433 
 
396 
 
412 
 
511 
 
509 
 
450 
 
575 
 
494 
 
2,227 2,136 2, 127 2,214 2,242 2, 178 2,471 2,419 2,271 
 
342 
 
375* 339 
 
382 
 
393 
 
343 
 
345 
 
363 ,356 
 
274 
 
205 
 
240 
 
215 
 
2.34 
 
283 
 
267 
 
301 
 
257 
 
I, 118 I, 108 1,074 1, 163 1, 130 1, 164 I, 176 1,068 I, 165 
 
I, 231 
496 690 961 183 845 1, 931 2,084 1,273 678 3,376 379 7,440 
216 3,661 2,609 3,761 
505 2,475 
350 246 1,213 
 
TOTAL 1959 TCTAL 1958 
1959 "/0 of 1958 
*Revised. 
 
, 
50,951 51,055 50, 688 
 
43,..773 45,493 46,057 
 
:116- " .... ,. 
 
112 
 
, . 110 
 
. --. ; , ~, ."' 
 
-.' 
 
" 
 
30,661* 31,343* 31,784>:< 32, 9-.70* 3'3,.425* 33,980* 34,906* 35,944* 36, 123 36,603 
 
29, 153 
,. 
105- 
," 
 
29,.477 ;106 
 
29,640 29,975 30,777 
 
, 
 
-v 
 
107 I' 
 
- ,.; -, 
 
, 
,. 
 
."11 0- ..~ 
 
109 
,. 
 
30,808 110 
 
30,943. 29,86.3. 
 
113 
 
120 
 
29,291 123 
 
30, 134 121 
 
 (GIE(Q)~CGllA C~(Q)~1rlllNJCG E~VllCJE 
 
AGRICULTURAL ~)(Te:NSION SH~VICE UNIVi::RSrrV OF G.EORGIA ANO THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT Or- AGI!I' ;ULTURE 
Athens, Georg~a 
 
U, S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE A<..;RICUI..TIJRAL MARI~ETING Sl!RVICE 319 EXTENSION i'!L.,CG., ATHENS, GA, 
April 7, 1959 
 
\ OEORGIA: The All Commod:.ty Index of Prices Received by'Georgia Farmers increased 
one point to 2';9 percent of it~ 1910-1914 average during the month ended March 15, 1959. I1creaseG in the prices received for corn, lespedeza seed, 
milk cows, beef cattle, calvcs,u~nd commercial broilers were primarily responsible for the increase. Partially offsetting w~re lower prices for wheat, oats, cottonseed, all hay, hogs, all'milk wholesale, and eggs. The March Index was approY~ ~ately one percent below a year earlier. 
UNITED STATES: The Index of Prices Received by Farmers rose 4-tenths of one per- 
cent (1 point) during the month ended March 15, to 244 percent of its 1910-14 average. Most important price increases were reported for cotton, 
peef cattle, onions, tomatoes, c\lcurnbers, corn, and wheat. Partially offsetting were lower prices for milk, e~rs, lettuce, and strawberries. The March index 
yfaS nearly 5 percent below a year earlier~ 
Th~ Index of Prices ,Paid 1~ ~armers for Commodities, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates rose one-third of 1 percent (1 point) during the month. With the 
Parity Index and farm product ].rices both.up slightly, the Parity Ratio was 82, the same as in February, but 6 percent lower thml a year earlier. 
 
Summary Table for Qeorgia and the United States 
 
Index 
 
: March 15 : February 15: March 15: 
 
Record Hlgfi 
 
1910-14 = 100: 1958 : 1959 : 1959 : Index : Date 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Prices Received: 
 
256 . 
 
Parit;y Index 1:7-: -----293 
 
Parity Ratio 
 
: 
 
87 
 
2h3 ' : 
 
2g-7 
 
: 
 
82 
 
: 
 
244 : 313 : Feb. 1951 
298 :-~>'o-- ---:-27Ja.n:-1959 
8 2 : 1.~3- --:- DeC J..9h6 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Prices Received 
 
All Commodities: 
 
262 
 
258 
 
All Crops 
 
274 
 
275 
 
Livestock and 
 
237 
 
222 
 
Products 
 
259 
 
310 
 
Mar. 1951 
 
275 
 
319 
 
Mar. 1951 
 
224 
 
295 
 
Sep. 1948 
 
II Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
- dates. 
,gl Also March 1959. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
 PRICES REi~IVED BY F.AlM:RS MARCH l,?, 195~ WTm COMPARISONS 
 
------ 
COWmDITY AIm UHT 
Vfbeai,- bu. 
Oats, bu. 
Corn, bu 
Barley, bu. 
Sorghum Grain', cwt. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
i 
 
~ 
 
i 
 
Average Mar. 151 Feb. 15 
 
1010-14 1958 1959 
 
1.23 
 
$ 
 
.67 
 
$ 
 
.91 
 
$ 
 
$ 
 
2.071 1.97 .91 I .89 
 
1.431 
1.25 
I '2.15 
 
1.28 1.20 2.20 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
i 
 
.- 
 
I is I Mar. 15 
 
Aver~g; 
 
~r. 
 
i 1959 
 
1910_14: 1958 
 
Feb':lS -r;~';:i5 
1959 ~959 
 
1.96 
 
I. .884 
 
1 :96 ,I-!-J,=-."""7,...,.4-.j: 1.76 
 
.87 
 
I .399 I 
 
.62 rJ 
 
.60 I .59 
 
1.30 
 
I .642 i 1.00 II 1.04 I 1.06 
 
I 
 
. 
 
! '1.20 I .619 
 
.85 I 
 
.92 I .90 
 
2.15 
 
1.69 
 
;t .75 
 
1~76 
 
Cotten, lb. 
 
 12.1 
 
32.0 I 34.0 
 
34.0 
 
12.4 
 
26.0 
 
28.3 I 30.2 
 
Cottonseed, ton 
 
$ 23.65 50.00 I 51.00 50.00 
 
22~55 
 
51.20 
 
43.80 I 45.40 
 
Soybeanfi, bu. 
 
$ 
 
2.15 I 2.10 
 
2.10 
 
2.1C' 
 
2.05 2.07 
 
Peanhts, lb. 
 
 5.2 
 
10.5 
 
4.8 
 
10.1 
 
1l.0 I 10.7 
 
Sweetpotatoes, cwt. $ 
 
.84 
 
5.50 I 5.50 
 
5.55 
 
1.60 
 
5.58 
 
4.36 I 3.83 
 
Lespedeza Seed,All,cwt.$ 
 
1l.60 I 12.80 14.90 
 
9.05 
 
10.00 I 10.30 
 
Hay,baled, per ton 
 
All 
 
$ 
 
Alfalfa 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza 
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowpea 
 
$ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ 
 
Wool, lb. 
 
 
 
I 3268..5300 
 
27.80 37.00 
 
30.30 e.9.50 
 
30.20 31.00 
 
23.10 23.70 
 
M . O' 39.0 
 
27.40 37.00 29.00 31.00 23.00 
39.0 
 
18.3 
 
18.50 ; 18.20 . 23.40 
29.90 
I 22.60 
! 41.7 
 
I 19.30 18.80 
I 19.90 19.50 
21.60 21.00 28.40 I 27.90 20.90 I 20.40 
I 
35.1 35.1 
 
Milk Cows, head 
 
$ I 33.85 14~.DO 1165.00 1110.00 
 
Hogs, cwt. Beef Cattle, ~~n. 
 
$ I 7.36 $ I 3.96 
 
19.50 I 15.70 
I 18.00 20.40 
 
15.50 20.90 
 
Calve s, cwt. 
 
$ 
 
22.30 25.90 26.50 
 
Milk,Wholesale,mvt.: F,luid Mkt. Manuf. All 
 
$ 
$ $ I 2.43 
 
5.951 6.05 
I 3.30 3.55 
I Y5.90 !/6.00 
 
!/5 .75 
 
Turkeys, lb. 
 
 
 
29.0 27.0 
 
25.0 
 
Chickens, per lb. 
 :F:'aJ;"lll Com'l Bro il. 
. All 
 
 
 
if. I 13.3 
 
18.5 21.0 20.9 
 
14.5 16.5 16.4 
 
14.5 17.0 16.9 
 
Eggs, doz. 
 
 ,. 21.4 
 
46.7 47.2 
 
43.0 
 
_~ 
 
0 
 
i 
 
y Revised. !/ Prelimbary Estimate. 
 
.,.-.--..--- 
 
7.27 5.42 6.75 
 
I1200.00 20.30 
I 21.70 
i 24.00 
 
212.00 1235.00 15.40 15.40 
I 22.80 23.30 
I 28.40 J 27.90 
 
1.60 14.4 
 
I 
!! !/4.1 
II 27.1 
 
11.4 21.5 
 
16.7 
 
1j 
 
21.5 ?0.8 
 
I 
40.8 
 
I 4.78 
 
,-I 3.19 
. 1/ 4.22 
 
Y4.06 
 
I. 24.9 .I. 
. II 13 .1 17.2 I 16.6 I 35.4 
 
23.6 
I 13.3 17.3 I 16.8 
33.8 
 
,_..._._. __.. _ _' t... . 
 
,i 
 _ ..... . _ ... _ _......_ ._ ._ ... _ 
 
! I PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR SELECTI:D FEEDS MAHCH 15, 1959 WITH COMPARISONS 
 
.- .- -_. ---'--1 -T:-iSW~.r;l'TFeb715JMar. _._ ----,-------_._---_. .._..-. ---_. <lND OF PEED 
 
GEORGIA Mar. 15IFeb 
19~119 59 
 
- - - :-. UNITEDSTATES- - - - - - 
 
SJ 
 
15 
 
1959I 
 
1958 1959 1959 
 
-- 
 
Mixed Dairy Feed 
 
Dollars Per 00 Pounds 
 
All Under 29% Protein 165~ Protein 18'}~ Protein 20 Pro~ein 
24% Protein 
 
3.90 3.80 4.20 4.05 4.30 
 
3 ,95 3 ,85 4 ,30 
4 ,10 4 ,50 
 
I 
3.90 3.80 4.20 4.10 4.40 
 
3.65 3.60 3.56 3.88 3.97 
 
3.81 3.75 3.72 
4.04 I 
4.14 
 
3.81 3.74 
3.70 
4.01 ;;'.10 
 
High Protein Feeds Cottonseed Meal Soybean Meal Meat Sera!, 
Grain By_Pr~ducts Bran Middlings Corn Meal 
Poultry Feed Broiler Growing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains 
 
3.80 3.85 
3.25 3.45 3.45 
5.10 4.80 4.30 
 
4 ,10 4 ,05 
. 
3 ,;;'0 3 ,55 3 .30 
5 .00 4 .75 4 .15 
 
4.10 4.05 
- 
 
3.90 3.95 5.54 
 
3.35 3.55 3.30 
- 
4!~.5_, 4.75 4.20 
 
2.86 2.90 3.20 
4.91 '-4.38 
3.93 
 
4.36 4.39 
- 
3.10 3.15 3.15 
4.94 4.52 3.89 
 
4.29 
-4.25 
3.08 3.13 3.17 
4.90 4.49 3.89 
 
Hay (Baled) lUfalfa All Other 
l! As reported by feed dealers. 
 
CI 52.00 ~~ .00 45.00 
 
45.00 
 
.00 35.00 
 
30.70 30.30 29.90 29.70 28.20 27.90 
 
 ! ,';) 
 
.' ,GE ORG:IA GR OP ~EPORTING SERVICE:. 
 
; 
 
P:ogri'cult\lral'Extensioft Serv.ice 
 
U., S. Department 'of A>gr:icu1:ture 
 
lfniversity of Georgia and the State Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 319 Extension Bld~. , Athens,!, ~a. 
 
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A~hens, Ga~, April 8 - ~ A total of 7, 173, 000 broiler chicks' we~e placed 
 
 
 
with producers in Georgia during the week ending April 4, according to 'the 1 Geo.~gia 'Cr~p Reporting Serv~ce. This compares with the 7,440,000 .p1aced. the 
 
previous' weekand is 11 percent more 'than the 6,468,000 placed the !?'ame week 
 
last year. 
 
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, Eggs 'set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 900, 000 compared with: 
 
9, 9.7'~, 000 t~e previo~s week and is 11 pe'rcen~ m'ore than the 8, 9~4, .00; for-the 
 
corresponding weC7k'last year. 
 
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The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatchipg eggs wre 
 
rep9rte~ within a range of 40 to 55 cents with an average of 47 cents for all .' 
 
hatching eggs and 46 cer.ts for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with' ' 
 
hatchery owned cockerels. This compares with a range of 40 to 55 eents 1as.t week arid an average of 48 cents for both classifications of eggs last we~k. Most pri~es charged for chicks ~e~e...reported within a range of $6.00 to $8. 0:0 w~th an 
~ve!"age. of $7.00 per hundr'ed c0r!?-pared with a range of $6.00 to $9. qo with:~n 
 
average of $7. 50 per hundred last week. The average prices 1asf year were' 82 
 
eents for eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Ser'vic~,for 
 
broilers during the week ending April 4 are as follows: Georgia broiler.s ~.j/4- 
 
33/4 pounds, at farms 15.91; FOB plants 16.40. 
 
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GECRGIA, EGGS .. 
 
SET, HATCHINGS, BROILER TYPE 
 
AND 
 
CHICK 
 
PLACEMENTS EGG TYF,E 
 
Week Ending: 
-- 
, 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 
 
19-59 . 1959 % 
 
- 
 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 of 1958 
 
Eggs ~hickj; 
,Set Hatched " 
1959 1959'~' 
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Thou. Thou. percentl Thou. 
 
, 
 
". 
 
:Jan'; 3f' 8,278 8, 390 . 101 6, 142 
 
:Feb. 7 . 8,433 8,854 
 
105 6, 165 
 
;Feb.14 
 
8,411 9, 175 
 
109 6, 108 
 
Feb, a1 
i~b: i8 
 
' 
., 
 
. 
 
8,3029,615 8,291 .. 10', 082 
 
' ,116 122 ' 
 
6,132 6,244 
 
Mar. 7 !Ma;r.1~ .. 
 
8,003 10, 143 8,'474 10,030 
 
127 6,307 118 6,015 
 
:Mar.2l: .8,586 9,925 ' 116 5,840 
 
Thou. 
5,943 6,233 6,270 6,.419 6,626 6,888 7,094 7,305 
 
Perce'nt 
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97. 101' 103 105 106 . 
109 118 125 
 
Thou. ThQu~ 
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713 453 663 '5,71' 653 545. 73~. 590 746 587: ' 807 ' 530.. 864 .. 670. --.' 92.3 '702'.~ 
 
iMar.28: ,Apr. 4 , 
 
8,'733 8,,954 
 
9,979 
 
114 
 
I 9,900 
 
III 
 
, 
 
6,103 7,440 6,468 7, 173 
 
122' 
III 
 
I; 793 ! 764 . ~ 706 : 706: 
 
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!.! )nc~~des eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
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.Agricultur~l ~tatistician In Charge 
 
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W. A. WAGNE;R Agricultural Statisti'c;ian 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
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L1eAAftiES 
 
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas VTashington Cregon Califorcia 
TOTAL 1959 
TOTAL 1958 
1959 '/0 of 1958 
*Revised.. 
 
Mar. 
21 
 
EGGS S>.J;.J;,T AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS , BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
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:.week El1ding 
 
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. 
 
Mar. 
 
Apr.. 
 
Jan. 
 
Feb. ' Feb. 
 
Feb .. ~""eb; 
 
Mar. 
 
28 
 
4 
 
31 
 
7 '. " : t4, 
 
21 
 
28 
 
7 
 
" 
 
" 
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Mar., 
14 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS, 
 
1,487 I, 113 1,464 
2,386 410 
2,210 2, 126 2, 800 2,463 
365 4,286 
616 9,925 
405 . 4, 545 " 3; 295 '4,675 " 801 
3,005 421 485 
1, 772 
 
.1, 565 I, 107 1,370' 
2, 183 414 
2,075 2,065 2, 606 2,427 
335 4,279 
603 
9,979 382 
4,601 
3,262 4,725 
791' , 
3,235 478 ,469 ' 
: I, 731 
 
1,629 'I, 131 1,412 
1,979 363 
1,863 2,,108 
2,494 2,458 
3534,235 
600 
9,900 
393 4,680 
3,375 4, 590 
829 3; l79 
455 491 " I, 711 
 
1,280 1,286 1,272 
 
576 , 648 
 
668 
 
709 
 
778 
 
724 
 
639 
 
613 
 
744 
 
181 
 
120 
 
130 
 
738 
 
800 
 
848 
 
2, III , 1,837 2,063 
 
1,741 1,901 1,776 
 
J, ,101 1,094 I, 168 
 
532 
 
572 
 
580 
 
~,846 2,932 3,084 
 
316 
 
363 
 
404 
 
5,943 6,233 6,270 
 
178 
 
236 
 
205 
 
2,964 3,104 3,263 
 
2,059 2, 04-6 2, 109 
 
3, 172 3,044 3,276 
 
, 433 
 
39'6 
 
412 
 
2,136 2, 180*, 2,21~ 
 
,375 
 
339 
 
382 
 
205 
 
240 
 
215 
 
1, 108 1,07'4 1, 163 
 
1,229 606 737 
877 
16~ 
865 1,769 1,967 1, 129 
586 3,070 
373 
6,419 
239 3,202 
.2,302 3,377 
511 2,288* 
393 234 1,130 
 
I, 154 I, 194 
 
601 
 
524* 
 
843 
 
835 
 
816 
 
765 
 
176 
 
197 
 
,8,29.' :" 849 
 
1,927 1,9'62 
 
1,814 1,941 
 
1,269, 1, 295 
 
700 
 
680 
 
3,214 3, .143 
 
360 
 
357 
 
6,626 6,888 
 
246 
 
263 
 
3,228 3,278 
 
2,308 2,469 
 
3,392 3,580 
 
509 
 
450 
 
2,267* 2, 471' 
 
343 
 
345 
 
283 ' , 267 
 
I, 164 I, '176 
 
1,221* 596' 
962 783 197 821 I, 851 2,046 1,326 625 3, 164 437 
7,094 232 
3,708 
2,408 3,713 
575 2.,419 
363 301 
1,,068 
 
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Mar.:' 
21 
1,243 519 787 873 154 883 
2,051 1,886 I, 219 
731 3,384 
377 7,305 
239 3,514 2, 593 3,822 
494 2,271 
356 257 1, 165 
 
P-age 2 
 
- 
 
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Mar;. Ap~,. 
 
28 ' " 4 
 
- '. 
 
-. 
 
1,231 
496 690 
961 183 845 1,931 12,084 :1,273 
678 3,376' 
319 7,440 
216 3,661 
2,609 3, 761 
505 2,475 
350 246 
1,213 
 
I, 229 597 985 877 
198 885 I, 914 ' 2, 021 1,356 637 3,307 413 
7, 173 
264 3, 712 
2, 540 3,745 
559 2, 558 
232 268 
1,207 
 
51, 055 45,493 
112 
 
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50, 688: '50; 228 
 
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057 
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110 
 
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46, 808 
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, 31,343 
29,477 
., 
'106 
 
31,837* 32,97,0 
 
29,640 29,975 
 
I 107 '" ': 
 
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33,471* 
 
34,069* 
 
34,929* 
 
35, 910* - 
 
36, 123 , 
. 
 
36,60-3 
 
3'6,677 
 
30,777 30,,' 808 . 3'0,,943 29" 863 2,9,/1.91' 30,134 31, 793 
 
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GEEXOTERNGSIAIO~NNSDETRHVEICE 
 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE AGRICULTURAL MAHKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE OEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
APR 1 l) '59 
 
319 EXTEN:iION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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April 13, 1959 
 
" QENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL 1, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: Freguent rains during March delayed land preparation and planting 
operations throughout most of the State. Pfogress in transplanting tobacco and planting of corn, cotton, and other spring planted crops is well be~ hind usual schedule for this time of year, 
 
Ample moisture supplies and above normal temperatures during March were favorable for growth of small grains and pastures. Pasture condition on April 1 was well above last year and slightly above average for the date. The condition of wheat and rye was also well above a year ago and slightly above average  
 
. Prospects for peaches in Georgia on April, 1 were nearly as good as a year 
 
ago. Although a forecast of production will not be made until the 11th of next 
 
month, the average condition of this yearls crop as reported by growers on 
 
April 1 has been exceeded only three times in the last 20 years. The current con- 
 
dition of 84 percent of normal is one point below the record high c0ndition for 
 
the date reported in 1945, 1953, and 1958. 1'otal production depends not only on 
 
condition but also on the number of trees of bearing age which changes from year 
 
to year. 
 
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Georgia's 1959 wheat c~op is expected to be more than 500,000 bushels above last year's short crop. Wheat conditions on April 1 indicated a crop of 2,163,000 
bushels which would be 32 percent above production last year and three percent above average. 
 
Milk production in GeQrgia during March is esti.1l1ated at 99 million pounds, 
an increas~ of Bmillion po~nds over last month. Hens on Georgia farms laid 
an esti.1l1ated 139 million eggs during Harch. The average number of layers on hand 
during the month totaled 7, 446, 000, a decline of 98,,000 from the previous month, 
but ~he highest average number of record for the month of March. 
 
PEACHES - SOUTHERN STATES: TheApril.l condition of peaches in the Southern States, 
 
reported at 84 percent, was one point below the near-' 
 
record figur.e, of last April but 24 pointG above average for that date. The con- 
 
dition was reported slightly better than last year in South Carolina, Alabama, 
 
and Mississippi; the same in Louisiana; slightly'below last year in North Caro- 
 
lina and Georgia; and significantly lower in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Frost 
 
damage to'Apri1 1 was ~eport~d light in all States except North Carolina. The 
 
87 percent condition reported for that State does not reflect fully the damage 
 
from the low temperatures of March 28. In South Carolina most varieti'es 1-Jere 
 
past full bloom by April 1. Slight frost damage ...ras reported in Orangeburg County. 
 
Excessive rains have hampered spraying 9perations in both 'South Carolina and 
 
Gecrgia. In both of these States the heavY set will require thinning in order to 
 
secure desired fruit size. In Alabama practically all varieties had bloomed by 
 
April'l with a minimum of cold damage. Arkansas reported a heavY bloom and 
 
amlndant moisture supplies. In ~ouisiana a light frost 'on March 13 apparently 
 
caused no losses and a hea~J thinning .job is in pr~5pect. Light March freezes. 
 
thinned out some of the buds in Oklahoma but Apri1; 1 prospects,were still substan- 
 
tially above average. In Texas low tomperatures Garly in March .and again on 
 
March 21 -resulted .in only very ligl').t damage.' 
 
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P.EACH CONDITION AS OF' APRIL 1 BY STATES (Percent) 
 
, State: :Av'erage 19h8-57: 
 
1956 
 
: 
 
'1957 
 
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1958 : 
 
: 
 
 N.C. 
 
66 
 
57 
 
88 
 
89 
 
.C. : 
 
61 
 
50 
 
83 
 
83 
 
3a. 
 
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 Ala. 
 
61 56 
 
42 50 
 
71 
 
85 
 
78 
 
83 
 
:1iss. : 
 
52 
 
53 
 
47 
 
67 
 
.'.rk. : 
 
61 
 
79 
 
86 
 
94 
 
..Ja. 
 :kla. 
 
59 52 
 
48 64 
 
80 
 
81 
 
77 
 
84 
 
 '.:'cxas 
 
46 
 
43 
 
64 
 
82 
 
- 
 
3tates: 
 
60 
 
53 
 
78 
 
85 
 
1959 
87 86 8!+ 84 72 88 81 7h 74 
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ARCHIE LA.NGLEY Agrir.ultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENERA.L CROP REPORT AS OF APRIL 1, 1959 
Winter wheat prospects have improved since December in the heavy producing Central Great Plains'which outweigh poorer prospects in some other' areas. A' cool, wet March hampered farming operations over the eastern third of the count~J and in the Central Plains, but open weather permitted rapid progress in the South~ west, and field work started earlier than usual in the north~n Plains. Spring vegetable production is expected to be about the same as last year. Citrus fruit prospects were maintained during March and other fruits generally escaped any serious freeze damage. Western mountain snowpack is still light in southern portions, but resevoir storage supplies are adequate. Feed grain stocks remaining on farms on April 1 were 8 percent above a year earlier, and farm-stored food grains were over a half larger than a year ago. 
Food grain stocks on farms were about 60 percent larger than a year earlier and a fourth above average. Wheat stocks show an increase of 60 perca~t over last year following the record 1958 production, and nearly a fourth more rye was farm-stored on April 1 than a year earlier. An unequalled volume of soybeans was still farm-stored on April 1-- 6 percent above last April's record and nearly double the average. Flaxseed stocks were double those on April 1, 1958 and the fourth largest of record for the date. 
Farm stocks of feed grains on April I were 8 percent above last year in total tonnage and nearly one-third above average. Compared to a year earlier corn stocks were 8 percent higher,. sorghum up 5 percent, oats up 9 percent, and barley up 1 percent. Bountiful harvests last year provided ample feed supplies to maintain the necessary feeding schedules for the increased livestock numbers during the winter which was long and relatively severe in many sections of the Nation. 
WINTER WHLAT: The fall seeded wheat crop fought through a relatively hard win~er but emerged with some minor gains. Conditions on April I 
indicated a crop of 966 million bushels. This would be 9 million bushols above the December 1 forecast, 18 percent less than the record 1958 crop of 1,180 million bushols but 19 percent a bove average. Increases since December 1 have been largely confined to the Central Great Plains. Such increases more than offset reduced production prospects in the oastern Corn Belt and the Southwest. 
MILK PRODUCTION: flilk cows on farms produced an estimated 10,667 million pounds of milk in March. This was 1 percent less than in' the same 
month last year, but 6 percent more than the March 1948-57 average. Milk production advanced soasonal1y about as rapidly as in 1958, but about 3 percent slower than usual from February to March. Totc~ output in March was sufficient to provide 1.95 pounds of milk daily to each person in the United States. This compared with 2.00 pounds in March a year earlier and the 10-year average for the month of 2.05 pounds. Milk production in tho first 3 months totaled 29.8 billion pounds comparod with 29.9 billion pounds in January-March period last year. 
POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCTION: Farm flocks laid 5,952 million eggs' during March-9 percent more then in March 1958. All regions 
showed increases ,over last yoex. Tho sharp increase in egg production is attributed to several factors. This year favorable weather prevailed over most of the country in contrast to the vary unfavorable weather of February and'rfurch last year. Also tho proportion of pullets in the laying flock is back to normal and much higher than it was a year ago when, in an effort to maintain flock numbers, farmers retained a larger numbor of hons than usual. The trend continues toward larger, well-managed flocks and improvGd laying strains. Total egg production January through March 1959 was 6 percent above the samo period last year  
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE S.TATE OEPAR!fo1ENT QF A,GRIClJl':.ToUPtE 
 
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:' A1 AGRICUL rURAL MAt~KETING SERVICE '~ '~~:gt;:~rr',EtF'~~ BL~~~. HENS GA. '.: 
 
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April 14, 1959.!. 
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UNITED $T/.TF"s: 
 
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1959 ., 
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vegethble 'production this y'ear 
 
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is '''expe~te,d." to 
 
total 
 
cibout, 
 
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..... , the pan'1e as ilast. y~ar an<:). .slightly' ab'dve' average,. tho, Crop 'Re- ., 
 
porting .Board announced -today. 'Estimated prociu'ction of vegetables ~hich rri-ak~ 1;lP 
 
about thre.e ...fourths ()f the spring' 'crop, excluding melons" is one percent .bo;Lo' 
 
the 1958" C.r')P "and two percG11t abdve avora'go. Crops with substantially smaller 
 
production than last year are t'omatoc's, onions, cucumbers, and snap b'C~il;;~' Less 
 
sweet corn, green peppcrs, beots arid eggplant are also 'forccnst. Thosc reauc- 
 
tions .are p:artly offset by a large incTEJase'in celery. More letthc'o;, \cabbage, . 
 
,'cauliflower, broccoli, spinach, green peas, carrots and' shaJ,lo'):.s i~ also expected. 
 
In addition to those crops for which forec~sts have bean made, proliminary acre- 
 
age estimptes have been pr.eparod for a number of other spring c~ops. The sp~ing 
 
acr6agEJ estimated to date is 2 percent less than in, 1958. These' crops usually,.', 
 
account for about four-fifths of the total spring acri:Jage. ' ': 
 
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hbove normal t&mperaturGs advanced the harvest o~ most vogetablcs in Cali- 
 
fornia one to three weeks and bunching of supplies of'many crops'resultod . Cori~ 
 
sequently, ,harvest of somo crops is nearing completion and overall production is 
 
ata s64sonal low. Marketings are expectod to gradually increase as harvest of 
 
major. I?pring crop,s get underway. Harm weather "alGO speeded m~turity of 1110st' 
 
crops in JuoizoI;la and TLxas. Lottuce Shipments 'from "'.rizona contin~e {wavy. :Blight 
 
has been quite troub~esomc to Te~as, oniohs, carro;ts and tomatoes, but tho rec-ent 
 
dry weathr has .brought about' improved"conditions' of th~se crops. : Some acreage losses 'ocourred in Florida as the result of heaVy ,rains. Crops in "th~ harve.sping 
 
stage gene:rally suffered'most. Planting of tho :spring cr9ps was also dolayed~ ..' 
 
HowevfJr, crops rospondDd well to the dryer weathor near the, end', of the ~onth~. 
 
Heavy rains and cold woathcr'~n tho othor Southeastern States havo dcl~yod $~raw 
 
berry. harvest. These conditions have also r,etarded devtlopment and 'delayed" 
 
plantings,of other spring vugctables. Planting of spring vegetables was ~lso' de- 
 
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SNf,P 'BEJ~NS: Tho acreage of mid:" spring ,snap beans is 'estimated a:t '14,459 aeres" 
 
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6 percent 'below las:t year and about one-fbur-th be1'0W' avorag'e. ' .:";' 
 
Compared with last year, 811 States have"less acreage, except Louisiana. " .'-: 
 
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ChBlli,GE: 'Production from the early spri~g crop is oxpected tbt~t~l 2,224,000 
 
cwt., 7 percent mor8 than last year but 9 percent below average. De- 
 
crGases from tho 1958 production in Georgia and Mississippi arc more than offset 
 
by oxpected increases in South Carolina, Louisiana and California. In South 
 
Garolina, cool Vleath8r in Fubruary and excessive rains in March causod some 
 
damage but the crop is generally in good condition. It has greonod up well and 
 
harvest is expected to start tho latter part of April. Unfavorable weather has 
 
placed the Georgia crop two to three weeks behind schedule. Heavy rains have 
 
~Gached fertilizur and prevGnted growers from getting into the fields. Harvest 
 
~as becn very limit<;d to date. PGak harvcst is expected in latG May. Cold, Het 
 
n~ather in Mississippi has retarded growth, but hoads arc beginning to form. 
 
\ith favorable growing conditions during J..pril, hQrvest is oxpected to start 
 
aOQut May 1. The Louisiana crop made good progress during March. In California, 
 
cOuditions have been favorable for harvGst and supplies arc expected to continue 
 
at aoout present lovels during most of J..pril. 
 
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LETTUCE: . Early spring production is now forecast at 7,337,000 cwt., 5 percent 
above last year and more than a fourth above average. In North and South Carolina, cold, wet weather has retarded growth. However, the crop is in generally good condition. Light harvest of early fields in Georgia is expected to start the second week in April. Above average quality and yields are expected. 
In New Mexico, cool temperatures have slowed development and the crop is 10 days 
to 2 weeks late. High winds the latter part of March destroyed some acreage in Dona Ana County and the Chavez-Eddy area. Peak ship~ents are expected about midMay from Dona Ana County and about a week later from the Chavez-Eddy area. In Arizona, shipments from the Salt River Valley are hea~/ but the Theba deal is nearing completion.. Harvest in the Aguila-Salome area should be underway by 
April 15 and is expected to start in the Wilcox-Bowie area early in M~. Wind, 
birds and rabbits cave caused some d~lage at Wilcox-Bowie but condition and quality are generally good. The California spring crop is in generally good condition. Harvest has begun in the Kern County, Santa Maria-San Luis Obispo and Oxnard areas. ~upplies from the Santa Maria-~an Luis Obispo area s10uld increase during April. The important Salinas-Watsonville area is expected to start harvest early in April. Harvest in the Brentwood-Patterson district should be underway before 
~pril 15. Total supplies are expected to remain light until the latter part of 
~pril. 
ONIONS: The late spring onion acreage is placed at 12,400 acres, 18 percent below the acreage harvested last year and 16 percent below average. Cali- 
fornia is the only St;Jtc in the group having a larger acreage than in 1958. In 
North Carolina, acreage for harvest is less than half of last year. This acreage usually provides production beginning in May. The Georgia acreage is three-fourths of last year. The excessive rains in March caused no damage. Harvest is expected to start in early May reaching a peak late in the month. North Texas growers did not plant the acreage they intended to because of unfavorable weather conditions early in the planting season and a shortage of plants later on. ~crGage for harvest is two-thirds of last year. Early planted fields made slow growth because of cool weather and high winds caused some tip burn . Plants are in fairly good condition but additional surface moisture would be beneficial. 
In Arizona, growers planted more than intended but 7 percent less than last year. 
Harvest started at Yuma about April 1. Acreage for harvest in California is 11 percent over last year. Increases arc reported in Stockton, Perris-Hemet and Los ll.ngcles areas. Harvest started in the Imperial Valley late in March (much earlier than usual) and will be in volume late in April. Harvest is expected to start in the Stockton district in IGte Ilpril but it will be wall into May before appreciable supplies are available. 1.11 tho acreage in the Kern district is in very good condition. 
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AC~AGE AND ESTlMATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE, 1959 WITH CCMPARISONS 
 
CROP 
AND STATE 
 
ACREAGE FOR HARVEST 
 
:Average: 1958 : 
 
:1949_57 : 
 
I 
 
Irid. 1959 
 
: YJELD PER ACRE 
 
: Av. : 1958 : Irid. 
 
:49_57: 
 
I 1959 
 
I PRODUCTICN 
 
I 
 
:Average: 19s8 iInd 
 
,i949~57: 
 
:1959 
 
SNAP BEANS 
Mid-Spring: South Carolina Georgia Alabama. Mississippi Louisiana 
Group Total 
C.ABBAGE y 
Early Spring: South Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana California 
Group Total 
y ONIONS 
La.te Spring: North Carolina Georgia Louisiana Texas llrizona Ca.1ifornia 
Group Total 
 
- Acres _ 
 
I 7,720 : 4,890 : 1,200 : 2,780 : 3,360 
: 19,940 
: 
: 
 
5,800 3,900 
850 1,900 3,000 
15,450 
 
: 2,090 : 5,340 I 1,000 : 4,360 : 3,960 I 2,910 
:. :9 t130 
I 
: 
 
2,400 4,200 
900 2,900 3,000 3,600 
17,000 
 
I 
 
800 
 
: 1,000 
 
: 190 
 
: 7,690 
 
I 1,280 
 
: 4,470 
 
: 14,710 
 
2,300 
-800 
4,700 2,700 4,700 
15,200 
 
_ Cwt. _ 
5,600 20 20 3,300 17 19 
750 21 23 1,700 24 28 3,100 24 28 14,450 21 22 
 
2,500 139 85 
 
145 
 
3,500 112 100 
 
100 
 
900 107 lOS 
 
105 
 
2,000 105 85 
 
120 
 
3,400 91 100 
 
95 
 
3,800 217 225 
 
225 
 
16,100 125 122 
 
138 
 
1,000 75 75 
- - 600 85 90 47 3,100 32 25 2,500 313 270 5,200 291 265 
12,400 139 154 
 
- 1,000 crwt. _ 
157 116 83 74 26 20 May 11 65 53 81 84 
412 347 
 
288 204 599 420 115 94 447 246 366 300 635 810 
2,451 2,074 
 
362 350 
94 240 323 855 
2,224 
 
60 172 
85 72 9 
253 118 
397 729 1,259 1,246 
 
May 11 
 
2,010 2,337 
 
!/ Includes processing. 
 
ARCHJE IJlNGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
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A~ri~u1tq.l-a1):;xt~n~.i,~nSe1"vic~ 
niversity of Geprgia and the S__ta_t_e_D_e_p_~_l_r_t_m_e_nJ~ of Agriculture_ 
 
REPOR.TINq. SERVICE .. I . U .. 5" Department of AgricI:i1tur~. 
Agricultural Marketing Service;. 319 Extension Bldg. , Athens, G~.. 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERy'R 
 
" ...." 
 
April 15, 1959 
 
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l 
 
Athens, Ga., April 15 -- A total of 7, 382~ 0'00 broiler chicks were p~aced, 
 
with producers in Georgia during the week ending April 11, according to tHe I 
 
Geor.gia .Crop Reporting Service. This compares wi.th. the 7, 173, '000 ;p1ace~ the; 
 
prev'i.Qus yveek and is 10' per.cent,more than the 6, 69~, ,000 .p1aced the same Weekj 
 
last year. ' 
 
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Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries' amounted to 9, 710, 000 compared with 
9,90.0, oa.o t\1:'e previous w.e,ek and is 6 percent more than the 9, 141, 000 for :,the 
 
corr'esp<?hdiI1g week last year. 
 
Th'e major'ity of the prices paid for Georgia produc,c.d ha.tching eggs were 
 
reportedwithin a range (')f 40 to 55 cents with an average of 46 cents for all 
 
hatdiing'eggs and 44 cent~ [0;<" eggs. purchas'ed at the farm from flo.cks with 
 
hatchery owned cockerels. This compares with a. range of 40 to 55 ~ent.s and :' 
 
an average of 47 cents for all hatching eggs and' 46 cents for eggs purchased at t  
 
the farm, from flocks w~th hatchery owned cockerels 1aGt week. Most prices 
 
charged for chicks were' reported within a rang~ of $6'~ 00 to .$8.00 with an aver.- 
 
age of $7.00 per hundred compared with a range of $6. 00 to $8. 00 with an aver?-ge 
 
of $7.00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year w~re 82 cents fqr 
 
eggs and :J;l4. 25,for chicks. 
, 
 
,. 
 
. 
 
': Weighted average prices from the 'Federal-State Market News Serviqe 0*': 
 
broilers during the week ending April 11 are as follows: Georgia broiler.s2 3/4 '- 
 
3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15. 75~, FOB plants 16. 65~. 
 
," 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND' CH!CK PLACEME:NTS' i 
 
Week Ending 
 
BROiLER TYPE 
 
Eggs Set 1/ 
 
Chicks Placed for Broiler s in Georgia, 
 
EGG"TY.PE 'Egg~s Chicks : Se~ I-!at:ched.. 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 70 of 1958 
 
1958 
 
. 1959 
 
195.9. J'O of 1958 
 
, 1959,:' i959,:. 
 
Thou. Thou. ercent Thou. Thou. IPercent : Thou. Thou, 
 
Feb . :... 7 .' 8,433 ,8,854 . 105 0; 165 6,233 
 
:~o 1: ' 
 
663 .. ' S1.1 
 
Feb. 14 '. 8,411 
 
Feb.21:~ 8,302 
 
F_eb~ 2.~; .. c..... ~k291 
 
Mar. 7 
 
8, 003 
 
9, 175 
9,615 
.,lQ, 082 
10, 143 
 
109 116 122 
127 
 
6, 108 6, 132 6, 244 
6, 307 
 
6, 270 6,419 6,626 6,888 
 
103 
 
653 
 
105 
 
73'2 
 
'':' 'i10096'" 
 
.... , 
 
746 807 
 
5.45 '''' . 590 . 
587 
530 
 
Mar.14 
 
8,474 10,030 
 
118 6,015 7,094 
 
118 
 
864 670 
 
Mar.21 Mar',28 Apr: . 4 Apr. 11 
 
8,586 9,925 
 
116 5,840 7,305 
 
125 
 
~, 733 9,979. 114 6; 103 7,440 
 
liZ 
 
923 702 
.\ \ 
793 , 764 
 
8,954 9,900 
 
Ill' 6,468 7',.1 7 3 
 
'111 
 
70'6 - .706 
 
9, 141 
 
9,710 
 
106 6,695 
 
I 
 
! 
 
7,,'382 II 11'0 . ,I 685 723 
 
l-/ IIfcluc;le s egg:s set by hatcherie s producing chi<;:ks for. hatc.herr supply flocks: ~: 
 
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ARCHIE ;LANGLE'Y. .- 
 
. W, A.. WAGNER 
 
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Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
A,gricu1tural: S,tati's.tician' .. 
 
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 STATE 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
Week Ending 
 
Mar. 28 
 
Apr. 4 
 
Apr. 11 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
Feb. 7 
, 
 
.r~eb. 
14 
 
Feb. 21 
 
Feb. 28 
 
Mar. 7 
 
Mar. 14 
 
Mar. 21 
 
Mar. 28 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS' 
 
Page 2 
 
Apr. 4 
 
Apr. 11 
 
Maine Connecticut Pe'l.nsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama Mississippi P.r kansas Louisiana Texas Wa shington Oregon Cal ifornia 
 
1,565 1, 107 1, 370 2, 183 
414 2,075 2,065 2,606 2,427 
 
335 4,279 
603 
 
9.979 
 
382 
 
'. 
 
,4.601 3,262 
 
- 4,725 
 
797 
 
3,235 
 
478 469 1, 731 
 
1,629 1, 131 1,412 
1,979 363 
I, 863 2, 108 2,494 2,458 
353 4, 2~,5 
600 9,900 
393 4.680 3,375 4, 590 
829 3, 179 
455 491 1,711 
 
1, 517 1, 178 1,412 2,201 
348 1,933 2,099 2,408 2,461 
363 4, 157 
489 9,710 
331 4,494 3,301 4,601 
826 3, 185 
452 447 1, 616 
 
1,286 648 778 613 120 800 
1, 837 . 1, 902 
1,094 572 
2,932 363 
6,233 
236 3, 104 2,046 3,044 
396 2, 180 
339 240 1.074 
 
1,272 668 724 744 130 848 
2,063 1, 776 1, 168 
580 3,084 
404 6. 270 
205 3,263 2, 109 3,276 
412 2,214 
382 215 1, 163 
 
1,229 606 737 877 168 865 
1,769 1, 967 1, 129 
586 3,070 
373 6.419 
239 3, 202 
2,~02 
3,377 511 
2,288 
393 234 1, 130 
 
1, 154 601 843 816 li6 829 
1,927 1,814 
1,~69 
700 3,214 
360 6,626 
246 
3,228 2,308 
3,392 509 
2,267 
343 283 1, 164 
 
1, 194 524 835 765 197 849 
1,962 1,941 1,295 
630 3, 143 
357 6,888 
263 3,278 2,469 
3, 580 450 
2,471 
345 267 1. 176 
 
1,221 596 962 783 197 821 
I, 851 2,046 1,326 
625 3, 164 
437 7,094 
232 3,708 2,408 
3,713 575 
2,419 
363 301 1,068 
 
1,243 519 787 873 154 883 
2,051 1,886 1,219 
731 3,384 
377 7,305 
239 3,514 2, 593 
3,822 494 
2,271 
356 257 1. 165 
 
1, 231 
496 690 961 183 845 1,931 2,084 1,273 
678 3,376 
379 7,440 
216 3,661 2,609 
3,761 505 
2,475 
350 246 1,213 
 
1,229 
597 
985 877 198 885 1,914 2,021 1,356 637 3,307 413 7, 173 
264 3,712 2, 540 
3,745 559 
2, 558 
332 268 1,2(n 
 
1, 187 578 865 
911 182 882 1,833 1,904 1,247 676 3,332 375 7,382 
214 3,640 2,657 
3,618 488 
2,473 
329 280 1,245 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTA..L 1958 
1959 % ,of 1958 
 
50,688 46,057 
110 
 
50,228 46, 808 
107 
 
49. 529 . 47.462 
104 
 
31, 837 32,970 33,471 34,069 34.929 35.910 36. 123 36,603 36,677 36.298 
 
29,640 29.975 30.777 30.808 30.943 29. 863 29,291 30. 134 31.793 33. 156 
 
107 
 
110 
 
109 
 
III 
 
113 
 
120 
 
123 
 
121 
 
115 
 
109 
 
 ,GEORGIA CROP .gricultural Extension Ser.vice _ University of Georgia and the State Department of ~gricultqre 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPOR 
 
SER VICE 
 
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Department of Agriculture 
 
- -'- - - - - - - - -.- - - - - - - - - - "'!- - - -- 
A?ril 22, 1959 
 
Athen's, Ga., April 22 - - A total of 7,477,1)1)0"broiler chicks were placed with produc~rs in Georgia dll.ring the week ending April 18, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 7,382,000 placed the previous week and is 11 percent more than the 6. 709. 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Egg.s setby Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9.778. 000 compared wit4 
 
9, 710, 000 the' previous week and is 6 percent more than the 9. 265, 000 for the 
 
corresponding week last year. 
 
. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 35 to 52 cents with an average of 45 cents for all hatching eggf3 and 43 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 40 to 55 cents and an average of 46 cents for all hatching eggs and 44 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $5. 00 to $8.00 with an average of $6. 75 per hundred compared with a range of $6.00 to $8.00 with an average of $7.00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 82 cents for eggs and $14.25 for chicks .. 
 
Weighted average prices from theFederal-State Market News Service for broilers dllring the week ending April 18 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 ':' 3 3/4 pounds. at farms. 15. 35f; FOB plants. 16. OOf. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
i 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
Eggs Set'!! 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Geor ia 
 
II EGG TYPE Eggs Chicks : Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1 1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1958 
 
I 1959 
 
i 1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 1959 
 
Thou. Thou. !Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
I 
 
Feb. 14 Feb.21 Feb. 28 Mar. 7 Mar.14 Mar.21 Mar.28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 
 
8,411 8,302 8,291 8,003 8,474 8, 586 8,733 8.954 9. 141 9,265 
 
9, 175 9,615 10,082 10, 143 10,030 
9.925 9,979 9,900 9,710 
9,778 
 
I 109 116 122 127 118 116 114 111 106 106 
: 
 
I 6. 108 6, 132 6,244 6,307 6,015 5,840 6, 103 6,468 
6,695 6,709 
 
6,270 
 
103 
 
653 545 
 
6.419 
 
105 
 
732 590 
 
6,626 
 
106 
 
746 587 
 
6.888 I 109 
 
7,094 
 
118 
 
807 530 864 670 
 
I 7,305 
 
125 
 
7,440 
 
122 
 
923 702 793 764 
 
7. 173 I III 
 
706 706 
 
7,382 
 
I 
I 
 
110 
 
685 723 
 
I 
 
7.477 I III 
 
725 669 
 
! 
 
-/ 
 
1/ 
 
Includes eggs set by hatcheries ARCillE LANGLEY 
 
prod.uci.ng 
 
chicks 
 
for 
 
hatchery W. A. 
 
sllpply flocks. WAGNER 
 
Agr',j cultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
'. 
 
 STATE 
 
Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
Delaware 
 
Maryland 
 
Virginia 
 
West Virginia 
 
North Carolina 
 
South Carolina 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida Alabama 
 
. 
 
Mississip~i 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California 
 
TOT AL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
 
Apr. 
4 
 
- - EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS . 
 
1959 
 
Week Ending 
 
: 
 
, .. 
 
, 
 
Apr. '11 
 
Apr. '. 
18 
 
Feb. 
' '14 
 
'Feb. 
~.~. 
 
Feb. 
28 
 
Mar. 
7 
 
Mar. 
14 
 
Mar. 
21 
 
Mar. 
28' 
 
Apr. 
4 
 
p a,2e 
 
Apr. 
n 
 
Apr. 
18 
 
EGGS SE T ~ THOUSANDS 
 
1, 629 1, 131 1,412 1,979 
363 1,863 2, 108 2,494 2,458 
353 4,235 
600 9,900 
393 4,680 3,375 4, 590 
829 3, 179 
455 491 1,711 
 
I, 517 'I, 178 1,412 2,201 
348 I, 933 2,099 2,408 2,461 
363' 4, 157 
489 9,710 
331 
4,494 3,301 4,601 
826 3, 185 
452 447 I, 616 
 
.. 
1,'601" I, 124 1,277 2,062 
G85 1,730 2, 136 2, 577 2, 504 
341 4, 197 
525 9,77,8 
364 4,411 3, 158 4,310 
6573,OiO 
405 451 1,459 
 
50,228 49,529 48,362 
 
46,808 107 
 
47~ 462, 
104 
: 
 
48,47~ 
100 
 
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I 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
1,272 1,229 
 
66S- 
 
606 
 
724 
 
737 
 
,744 
 
877 
 
.. 
 
130 
 
168 
 
-. ,,848' 
 
865 
 
2,063 1, 769 
 
" 1,776 1,967 
 
" I, 168 1, 129 580 - 586 
 
3,084 3,070 
 
404' 
 
373 
 
6,270" '6,419 
 
205 
3,26) 2, 109 
3.. 276 412 
2,214 382 215 
-I, 163 
 
.239 
3,Z.C2 
2,302 
3,377 
511 2,288 
393 234 1, 130 
 
1, 154 601 843 
' 816 
176 829 f,927 I, 814 1,269 700 3,214 360 6,626 
246 3,228 2;,308 ' 
3,392 509 
2,267 343 283 
I, 164 
 
I, 194 524 835 765 197 849 
1,962 1,941 1,295 ' 680 
3, 143 ' 357 
6,888 
263 3,278 2,469 3,580 
450 2,471 
345 267 1, 176 
 
I, 221 596 962 783 
~97 
'821 I, 851 ,2,046 1, 326 
625 3;164 
437 7,09.4 
?,32 
3,708 2,408 
3,713 575 
2,419' 363 301 
I, 06-8 
 
1, 243 519 787 873 
. 154 
883 2, 051. 1,886 I, 219 
731 3,384 
377 7,305 
239' 3, 514 2; 593 3;822 
494 2,271 
356 257 I, 165 
 
I, 231 496 690 961 183 845 
1,931 2,084 1,273 
678 3,376 
379 7,440 
216 
3.,661 2,609 3,761 
505 2,475 
350 246 I, 213 
 
1, 2,29 597 
,,985 
877 198 885 1,914 2,021 1,356 637 3,307 
413 7, 173 
'264 
3,712 2,540 3,745 
' 559 2, 558, 
232 268 1,207 
 
' I, 187 578 ' 865 911 182 882 
1,833 1,904 1,247 
676 ' 3; 332 
375 7,382 
'214 
3;640 2,657 3,618 
488 2,473 
329 280 1,245 
 
I; 21'5 598 927 871 21-8 748 
1,985 1,7?'9 1,072 
681 3,287 
390 7,477 
220 3,600 '2,633 3,625 
sob 
2;600 326 279 
I, 173 
 
32,970 33,471 34,069 34,929 35,910 36; 123 36,60~ 36,677' 36,298 36, fS4 
 
29,975 '30, 777 30,808 30.943 29,863 29,291 30,134' 31,793 33, 156 3.3, 291 
 
110 
 
109 
 
111 
 
113- 
 
120 
 
123 ' 121 
 
115 
 
109 
 
-109 
 
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GEo)~GllA C~((J)IP ~E1P(Q)~illlWG JEJRiVllCC[ 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Ath~ns, Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAI. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
April 28, 1959 
 
GEORGIA ALL CORN - 1958 COUNTY ESTIMATES 
 
ACREAGE, YIELD A}ID PRODUCTION 
 
(Preliminary) 
 
. 
 
District and County: Harvested Acres: 
 
Yield Per Acre: Production 
 
-- --- -- - - - ------- ------ - --- - - - - ----- -- 
 
Bushels 
 
Bushels 
 
c 
 
DISTRICT 1 
 
Bartow 
 
Catoosa 
 
Chattooga 
 
Dade 
 
Floyd 
 
Gordon 
 
Murray 
 
Paulding 
 
Polk 
 
Walker 
 
Whitfield 
 
12,600 3,800 
;L0,60o 
3,250 11,200 .'13,600 
9,000 8,350 9,000 9,550 9,050 
 
: 31.0 37.0 32.0 
37.0 38.0 29.0 38.0 31.0 29.0 38.0 31.0 
 
390,600 140,600 
339,200 120,200 
425,600 
394,400 342,000 258,800 261,000 362,900 280,600 
 
Total 
 
100,000 
 
33.2 
 
3,315,900 
 
DISTRICT II Barrow' Cherokee Clarke Cobb Dawson De Ka1b 
Fannin 
Forsyth Fulton 
Gilmer Gwinnett Hall Jackson Lumpkin 
Oconee Pickens Towns Union Walton lrJhite 
 
5,800 6,650 1,580 
5,580 2,550 2,000 
3,750 7,300 7,600 4,290 
9,500 7,800 
7,900 2,970 5,300 2,340 2,290 4,820 11,500 
3,480 
 
26.0 
 
150,800 
 
38.0 
 
252,700 
 
29.0 
 
45,800 
 
28.5 
 
159,000 
 
36.0 
 
91,800 
 
28.0 
 
56,000 
 
44.5 
 
166,900 
 
30.0 
 
219,000 
 
33.0 
 
250,800 
 
48.0 
 
205,900 
 
27.0 
 
256,500 
 
28.0 
 
218,400 
 
27.0 
 
213,300 
 
47.0 
 
139,600 
 
31.0 
 
164,300 
 
33.0 
 
77,200 
 
48.0 
 
109,900 
 
47.5 
 
229,000 
 
30.0 
 
345,000 
 
47.0 
 
163,600 
 
Total 
 
105,000 
 
33.5 
 
3,515,500 
 
DISTRICT III Banks Elbert Franklin Haber:?ham Hart Lincoln l'iadison Oglethorpe Rabun Stephens Hilkes 
Total 
 
5,400 
 
5,500 
 
8,350 
 
.- 
 
4,480 7,350 
 
3,460 
 
7,450 
 
6,790 
 
2,720 
 
3,250 
 
5,2 ?O 
 
60,000 UNrvERSITY OF GE'ORG'''' 
 
"'~~ 2 '59 
LlBK'''\\C.' 
 
27.0 27.0 26.5 35.0 28.5 25.0 24.0 23.0 45.0 27.5 27.0 
27.6 
 
145,800 148,500 221,300 156,800 209,500 
86,500 178,800 156,200 122,400 
89,400 141,800 
1,657,000 
 
 GEORGIA ALL CORN - 1958 County Estimates Acreage, Yield and Production 
 
(Preliminary) 
 
District and County: Harvested Acres: 
 
Yield Per Acre: Production: 
 
------ ---- --- - -------------------- --- 
 
Bushels 
 
Bushels 
 
DISTRICT IV 
 
Carroll 
 
Chattahoochee 
 
Clayton 
 
Coweta 
 
DougJ.,as 
 
Fayette 
 
Haralson 
 
Harris 
 
Heard Henry 
 
, 
 
Lamar. 
 
Macon 
 
Marioh 
 
Meriwether 
 
Muscogee 
 
Pike 
 
Schley 
 
Spalding 
 
Talbot 
 
Taylor 
 
Troup . 
 
Upson 
 
27,300 
 
790 
 
3,020 
 
12,300 
 
4,890 
 
6,100 
 
8.,250 
 
4,670 
 
8~250 
 
10,400 
 
4,500 
 
. 
 
30,000 15,800 
 
15,400 
 
960 
 
r 7,400 
 
13,500 
 
2,770 
 
5,200 
 
20,700 
 
6,600 
 
5,200 
 
31.0 24.0 25.0 
33.5 30.5 \ 24.0 27.0 
2i>.0 
27.5 30.5 
, 31.0 
39.0 29.0 33.0 24.0 32.5 32.0 38.0 25.0 37.0 29.0 34.0 
 
846,300 19,000 
75,500 412,000 119,100 
116,400 22'2,800 121,400 226,900 
317,200 139,500 1,170,000 458,200 508,200 
23,000 240,500 h32,000 105,300 130,000 
765,900 191,400 176,800 
 
Total 
 
214,000 
 
32.1 
 
6,877,400 
 
DISTRICT V 
BaIdWil\ 
Bibb 
Blackley Butts Crawford Dodge 
Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Peach Pulaski Putnam 
Roc\<dale Taliaferro Treut1en Twiggs Washington 
Wheeler Wilkinson 
 
10,000 
4,300 
22,500 
3,100 
7,050 38,500 
4,740 13,800 19,400 
3,340 32,200 1,760 88,500 2,970 20,900 8,500 7,700 
9,200 18,700 
2,430 3,560 1,790 17,060 11,700 35,300 23,700 
14,300 
 
24.0 
 
36.0 
 
32.5 
 
32.0 
 
30.0 
 
30.0 
 
20.0 
 
24.0 
 
47.5 
 
28.0 
 
28.0 
 
25.0 
 
32.5 
 
24.0 
 
27.0 
 
26.5 
 
.. , 
 
27.0 49.0 
 
29.5 
 
27.0 
 
32.0 
 
.. 21.0 
 
. ' , ' 
 
27.0 '25'.0 
 
27.0 
 
24.0 
 
25.0 
 
240,000 
154,800 731,200 
99,200 211,500 1,1$5,000 
94,800 331,200 921,.500 93,500 901,600 
44,000 2,876,200 
71,300 564,300 225,200 207,900 450,800 551,600 
65,600 113,900 
37,600 460,600 292,500 953,100 568,800 
357,500 
 
Total 
 
427,000 
 
29.9 
 
12,775,200 
 
 GEORGIA ALL CORN - 1958 County Estimates Acreage, Yield and Production 
 
(Preliminary) 
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - District and County: 
- ---- 
 
- - Harvested 
 
A-cr-es-: 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
Yield 
- 
 
Per 
- 
 
Acre: 
-- 
 
- 
 
Production 
-- -- 
 
Bushels 
 
Bushels 
 
DISTRICT VI BUlloch Burke Candler Columbia 
Effingham Emanuel Glascock Jefferson 
Jenkins I1cDuffie Riclunond 
Screven Warren 
 
77,000 58,000 26,800 
3,990 18,200 49,000 
9,770 35,000. 33,500 9,400 
4,740 56,500 12,100 
 
32.5 
 
2,502,500 
 
30.0 
 
1,740,000 
 
30.0 
 
804,000 
 
22. 0 
 
~ 87,800 
 
29.0 
 
527,800 
 
31.0 
 
1,519,000 
 
21.0 
 
205,200 
 
31.0 
 
1,085,000 
 
33.0 
 
1,105,500 
 
24.5 
 
230,300 
 
26.0 
 
123,200 
 
36.0 
 
2,034,000 
 
24.0 
 
290,400 
 
Total 
 
394,000 
 
31.1 
 
12,254,700 
 
DISTRICT VII Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur 
Dougherty Early Grady 
Lee Miller Hitchell Quitman Randolph 
Seminole 
S},ewart SUmter Terrell Thomas Webster 
 
25,600 17,900 14,100 
54,500 12,200 
53,500 52,000 21,000 
40,100 60,900 
5,500 22,600 
27,700 17,200 36,500 26,400 55,200 12,100 
 
28.0 
 
716,800 
 
33.0 
 
590,700 
 
27.0 
 
380,700 
 
37.0 
 
2,016,500 
 
33.0 
 
402,600 
 
35.0 
 
1,872,500 
 
34.0 
 
1,768,000 
 
31.0 
 
651,000 
 
28.0 
 
1,122,800 
 
33.5 
 
2,040,200 
 
27.0 
 
148,500 
 
29.0 
 
655,400 
 
34.0 
 
941,800 
 
27.0 
 
464,400 
 
34.0 
 
1,241,000 
 
30.0 
 
792,000 
 
36.0 
 
1,987,200 
 
30.0 
 
363,000 
 
Total 
DISTRICT VIII Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp DEcohoo~s Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier 
L01~'lldes 
Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth 
Total 
 
555,000 
17,400 14,900 44,200 53,000 
2,600 62,500 66,,00 29,100 33,200 3~,,690000 39,800 23,500 12,400 33,200 31,900 27,700 19,300 26,300 56,000 
638,000 
 
32.7 
 
18,155,100 
 
32.0 
 
556,800 
 
31.0 
 
461,900 
 
31.5 
 
1,392,300 
 
34.0 
 
1,802,000 
 
28.0 
 
72,800 
 
36.0 
 
2,250,000 
 
37.5 
 
2,493,800 
 
35.0 
 
1,018,500 
 
35.0 
 
1,162,000 
 
37.5 
 
1,496,200 
 
26.5 
 
121,900 
 
38.0 
 
1,512,400 
 
28.0 
 
658,000 
 
26.0 
 
322,400 
 
27.5 
 
913,000 
 
27.0 
 
861,300 
 
36.0 
 
997 ,200 
 
32.0 
 
617,600 
 
28.0 
 
736,400 
 
36.0 
 
2,016,000 
 
33.6 
 
21,462,500 
 
 GEORGIA ALL CORN - 1958 county Estimates 
Acreage, Yield and Production 
 
(Preliminary) 
 
- District and County: Harvested Acres: 
-------- --- 
 
Yield Per Acre: Production: 
 
Bushels 
 
Bushels 
 
DISTRICT IX ppling 
Bacon Brantley Bryan Camden Charlton Chatham 
Evans Glynn Liberty Long McIntosh Pierce Tattnall Toombs Ware Wayne 
 
28,100 21,600 
5,600 
5,350 330 
1,4ho 1,580 15,600 
320 
2,330 4,760 
290 26,200 
38,100 29,600 15,700 21,100 
 
31.5 
 
885,200 
 
29.5 
 
637,200 
 
26.0 
 
145,600 
 
33.0 
 
176,600 
 
30.0 
 
9,900 
 
30.0 
 
43,200 
 
26.5 
 
41,900 
 
30.0 
 
468,000 
 
32.5 
 
10,400 
 
30.0 
 
69,900 
 
29.0 
 
138,000 
 
31.0 
 
9,000 
 
29.5 
 
772,900 
 
32.5 
 
1,2)8,200 
 
31.0 
 
917,600 
 
30.5 
 
478,800 
 
33.0 
 
696,300 
 
Total 
 
218,000 
 
30.9 
 
6,738,700 
 
STATE TOTALS 
 
2,711,000 
 
32.0 
 
86,752,000 
 
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G~URGIA CHl~K,; HA TCHER Y, B.EPORT: 
 
L~E.RA11S' , 
 
Athens, 'Ga., April 29 -- A total of 7, 319,:,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in Georgia du,ring the week ~nding April 25, according to the 
 
Georgia Crqp Reporting Service. 'This compares with,the 7,477, O.QO 'placed the 
 
previous' week arid lS 7, pereent"rrJ.0re' th'an the 6; 826,,000 pi'ate:d the same week 
 
last year. 
 
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, Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,480, 000 compared with 
 
9,778,060 'the, pr-evious '~eek,and I.s:l p'ercent less than the 9:,544,000 for the 
 
. correspbn'ding week last ye~r',' , ' :... 
 
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:', T~e majority; of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching ~ggs were 
 
reported within a range of 35 to 50 cents with an, average of 44 cents ;for all 
 
hatching eg'gs':and '43 cents for eggs' purchas-ed a,t the far1;n from fioC;ks with , 
 
hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 35 to 52 c'ents' and an 
 
average Qf 45 cents for all hatching l eggs an,d 43- cents for eggs purchased at:,the farm frorI:l flo,cks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most 'p.rice s charg,ed for thic~s, were'reported witQ.in a range 'o,f $5. aO'to $,8~':OO with an average of $6. 75 per hun- 
 
dred G'ompare'd with a range of $5. 00 to $8.00 with an average of $6. 75 per 'hun- ' 
 
cited last week. The average pric~s,l~st year Were 82 cents for eggs and $14.25 
 
for: ch, lcks,.I ,', 
 
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W~ighted average prices 'from the Fe'derai";'State 'Mar'ket, News Service fo~ 
 
broilers during the week ending April 25 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -' 
 
3 3/4 pounds,: at,fa;rms, 15. 96~;, FOB pl&,nts',16. 62~. 
 
' 
 
GEO~GiA' EGGS" SE:j,:' ~~t2~nNGS,'" A~b CH:IC~:PL;'C~MENTS - 
 
BROILER TYPE ; 
 
I EGG TYPE 
 
W~ek 
En:ding , 
 
U " , !' Egg~ S.et 
 
Chicks Placed for 
 
,..' ' 
 
Br,0iler,~ 
,.,: 
 
in,G'.e.orgia, 
 
~ggs Chicks Set ,Hatched' 
 
1958 
I 
 
1959 
 
1959 1.of 19 
 
5%8 
 
1958 
 
, 1959 0/0 
1959 of 1958 1959 1959 
 
, " 'Thoi,l., Th~u,';:''lpe,~c,~~~,?'h~,~., .:, T}l~ui '~'l~e!,~.~n~JTh~u., Thpu. 
 
F~b.21: 
Feb.28 M~r. 7: Mar.14, 
Mar.2f Mar.28 Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr.25 
 
I 8,302 9,615 
 
116 
 
6,132 6,419 
 
8,291 : 10, 082 I 122., 6,2.t14 , :6,6,26 
 
~,003, 10, 143., l2t: :6, 307 " 6,,8,88, 
 
8,474 10,030 .. 1',18, 6,; 015 ',7,0'94 
 
8, 586; 9,925 
 
116 '5,'840 ':7',305 " 
 
8,733 9, 979 
 
114 6, 103 ,7,440 
 
8,954 9, 900 
 
III 6,468 7, 173 
 
9, 141 9,710 
 
106 6,695 7,382 
 
9,265 9,778 
 
106 6, 709 7,477 
 
9, 544 9,480 
 
99 I 6, 826 7,319 
 
105 106 
109 118 " 
Y25 122 111 110 III 107 
 
732 590 7:46 ' 5S7 8'07' 530 864':, 670 
923 702 793 764 706 706 685 723 725 669 559 588 
 
I 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcherie s producting chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 STATE 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
Week Ending 
 
Apr. 11 
 
Apr. 
18 
 
Apr. 
25 
 
Mar. 
21 
 
Mar. 
28 
 
Apr. 
4 
 
Apr. 
11 
 
Apr. 
18 
 
Page 2 ~ 
Apr. 
25 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1, 517 
 
1,601 
 
1, 553 
 
1,243 1, 231 1,229 1, 187 1, 215 1,350- 
 
Connecticl:t 
 
1, 178 
 
1, 124 
 
1, 071 
 
519 
 
496 
 
597 
 
578 
 
598 
 
602 
 
?ennsylvania 
 
1,412 
 
1,277 
 
1, 516 
 
787 
 
690 - 985 
 
865 
 
927 
 
735 
 
Indiana 
 
2,201 
 
2,062 
 
1,958 
 
873 
 
961 
 
877 
 
911 
 
871 
 
930 
 
" 
 
Illinois 
 
348 
 
285 
 
280 
 
154 
 
183 
 
198 
 
182 
 
218 
 
173 - 
 
II 
 
Missouri 
 
1,933 
 
1,730 
 
1,723 
 
883 
 
845 
 
885 
 
882 
 
748 
 
711 
 
Delaware 
 
2,099 
 
2, 136 
 
2,048 
 
2,051 1, 931 1,914 1,833 1,985 1, 720 
 
Maryland 
 
2,408 
 
2,577 
 
2,373 
 
1,886 2,084 2,021 1,904 1, 729 1,914 
 
Virginia 
 
2,461 
 
2, 504 
 
2,497 
 
1,219 1, 273 1,356 1,247 1,072 1,025 
 
West Virginia 
 
363 
 
341 
 
365 
 
731 
 
678 - 637 
 
676 
 
681 
 
-694 
 
North Carolina 
 
4, 157 
 
4, 197 
 
3,835 
 
3,384 3,376 3,307 3,332- '3,287 - 3,313 
 
South Car olina 
 
489 
 
525 
 
526 
 
377 
 
379 
 
413 
 
375 
 
390 
 
338 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,710 9,778 9,480 
 
7,305 7,440 7, 173 7,382 7,477 7,319 
 
lorida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California 
 
331 4,494 3,301 4,601 
826 3, 185 
452 447 1, 616 
 
364 4,411 3, 158 4,310 
657 - 3,oio 
405 451 1,459 
 
386 4,444 
3, 150 4,371 
610 2, 864 
373 435 1, 552 
 
239 
 
216 
 
264 
 
214 
 
220 
 
193 
 
3,514 3,661 3,712 3,640 3,600 3,767 
 
2,593 2,609 2,540- 2,657 2,633 2,690 
 
3,822 3,761 3,745 3,618 3,625 3, 567 
 
: 
 
494 
 
505 
 
559 
 
488 
 
500 
 
468 
 
2,271 2,475 2, 558 2,473 2,600 2,627 
 
356 
 
350 
 
232 
 
329 
 
326 
 
418 
 
257 
 
246 
 
268 
 
280 
 
279 
 
250 
 
1, 165 1, 213 1, 207 1,245 1, 173 1, 188 
 
TCTAL 1959 TCTAL 1958 1959 Vlo of 1958 
 
49, 529 
~7,462 
104 
 
48,362 48,478 
100 
 
47,410 49,461 
96 
 
! 
36, 123 36,603 36,677 36,298 36, 154 35,992 
 
29,291 30, 134 31,793 33, 156 33,291 33-,667 
 
123 
 
121 
 
115 
 
109 
 
109 
 
107 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE J,lNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
J~thens, Georgia 
 
U. S. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULT'JAAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG,; ATHENS, GA. 
II/lay 4, 1959 
 
GEORGIA CASH RECEIPTS FROM LIVESTOCK SET~ ALL TI~~ RLCORD IN 1958 
 
Cash receipts from livestock and livestock products on Georgia farms set a 
new high record of $412,7321.000 in 1958. This is 16 percent, or ~53,047,000 above the 1957 receipts of $359,685,000. Commercial broilers accounted for $164,521,000, or 39.9 percent of the total, for all livestock and was followed 
in rank by cattle and calves l-lith $69,748,000; hoes, ~;;68,807,000; eggs, $53,128,000; Dairy products $49,466,000; farm chickens, ~5,328,000; turkeys, $1,185,000; sheep and lambs, $431,000 and'wool $118,000. 
 
Cash.receipts from crops for 1958 will be available in September 1959. 
 
LIVESTOCK CASH RECEIPTS FOR GEORGIA 
 
1954 
 
195, 
 
1956 
 
1957 
 
1958 
 
'(Thousand Dollars) 
 
Hogs 
 
59.,570 
 
41,879 
 
46,888 
 
57,833 
 
68,807 
 
Cattle & Calves 28,276 
 
40,795' 
 
40,937 
 
47,610 
 
69,748 
 
pairy Products 42,717 
 
45,291 
 
48,663 
 
50,710 
 
49,466 
 
Com. Broilers 
 
101,951 
 
125,700 
 
129,836 
 
150,336 
 
164,521 
 
other Chickens Turke!,s 
 
3,998 2,502 
 
1+,171 1,912 
 
4,536 1,845 
 
.4,690 
1,839 
 
5,328 1,185 
 
Eggs 
 
33,152 
 
40,891 
 
42,115, 
 
45,991 
 
53,128 
 
Sheep & Lambs . 
 
27 
 
42 
 
245 
 
509 
 
431 
 
W-o-ol- - - - - -- -- - - -'51- -- -- - - - 5-4-- - - - - 1--11-- -- -- - -- -16-7- - - - - -11-8- 
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, 
 
CARL 0. DOESCHER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
.' 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In C&arge 
 
MAY (, '59 
LfBRft.RIC" 
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 DISTRIBUT~ON OF 1958 CASH RECEIPTS FROM GEORGIA LIVESTOCK' 
 
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CO~tiliIERCIAL BROIlERS 39. 9% 
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~k OTHER. includes farm chickBns, turkeys, sheep and lambs, and wool. 
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GE0RGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE 
\!\j F 1<_ j \/ . -JrSJ.~J 
PJ}-\~rcFfERY 
Release 5/6/59 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
LleRARIE...c:. 
 
:.Athens, Ga., May 6 -- A total of 7, 244, 000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in Georgia during the week ending May 2, according to the 
 
Geor~ia Crop Repo'rting Service. This compa.res with the 7, 319, 000 placed the 
 
previous weels: 'and is 6 percent more than th~ .6,857,000 placed the same week 
 
last year." " 
 
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, 
 
. 
 
i 
 
Egg,s set'oy Georgia hatcneries amounted to 9, 632, 000 compa'red with 
 
9,480, ood the pre.)ious week and is .2 percent more than the 9, 428, ~O(): for: the 
 
corr(~isponding week. la.s.t .y.e:ar. . 
 
 . The: maj~rity of the pric'e~ paid' for Georgia produce'd hatching eggs were 
 
reported within a range of 35 to 50 cents with an average of 44 cents for all hatching ~gg~ and 42 cents for. egK~ pu:,:"ch?-sed at the farm from floc~s, wi~h h~tch. 
 
ery 'owned coc~erels. Last week the range was from 35 to 50 cents with an aver-, 
 
age of 44 cents' for' all hatching eggs and 43 cents for eggs purchase.d at the farm 
 
from .flocks. with hatchery owned c.ookerels. ,Most prices charged for chicks 
 
were :re'p6rted within a range of.,$5 ..00 to $8.06 with an' average of $6. 75 per hundred compared with a range of ,$5.'00 to $8.00 with an average o~ $6,. 7.5 pe'r hun- : 
 
dred last 'week,. The average prices last year were 82 cents for eggs and $14.25; for c~ic,kl? 
 
 Weighted, av~rage.prices 'from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending May 2 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/43 3/~!pou~ds, fl.t f~rms 15. 48~; FOB plants 16. 38~ . 
 
.'; 
 
GBORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS ~ 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE , 
 
 
Week, Ending 
_.. 
,. 
Feb.~8 
 
; 
 
I 
Eg~s Set !J 
 
Ch~cks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Set 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 '70 
of 1958 
 
1958 
 
' '1959 
 
. ... . Thou. : 
 
' t :., 
 
~ 
 
Thou. 
 
Percent . Tho.u. ; " Thou. 
., . 
 
8', 2~ 1 ~ 10, 082 ' '., 122 . 6, 244 :.:' 6, 626 
 
11959 0/0 
of 1958 Percent 
106 
 
1959 
Thou. 
, 
746 
 
Chicks I Hatched: 
 
i959 " I 
 
i.hou. I 
 
. 
 
I 
 
J 
 
5.87 " 
 
Mar:... : 7 
 
8, 003 10, 143 
 
127 6, 307 .6,888 
 
109 
 
Mar.l4 
 
8,474 1.0, 030 
 
118 ,6,0.15. '7,094 
 
118 
 
1aX:,21 i':: 8,586 9,.92~ 
 
116 : 5, 840 . 7, 305 
 
125 
 
.v1ar .28 : '8,733 9,979 
 
114 6, 1'0-3', '7,440 
 
122 
 
Apr ..' 4 
 
8,954 9,900 
 
111 6, 468 ' 7, 173 
 
III 
 
807 530 
 
I 
 
864 670 
 
923' 702 
 
: 
 
793 764 ~. 
 
706 7'06 '. I 
 
Apr. 11 
 
9, 141 9,710 
 
106 6,695 7,382 
 
110 
 
685 723 
 
Apr. 18 
 
9,265 9,778 
 
106 6, 709 7,477 
 
111 
 
725 669 
 
Apr.25 
 
9, 544 9,480 
 
99 6,826 7,319 
 
107 
 
559 588 
 
May 2 
 
9,428 9,632 
 
102 6,857 7,244 
 
106 
 
574 513 
 
I 
 
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, 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
 STATE 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 Page 2 Week Ending 
 
Apr. 18 
 
Apr. 25 
 
May 2 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
Mar. 28 
 
Apr. 4 
 
Apr. 11 
 
Apr. 18 
 
Apr. 25 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
May 2 
 
Maine 
 
I, 601 
 
1,553 
 
I, 612 
 
I, 231 I, 229 I, 187 I, 215 I, 350 I, 234 
 
Connecticut 
 
I, 124 
 
I, 071 
 
l,Oll 
 
496 
 
597 
 
578 
 
598 
 
602 
 
666 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,277 
 
I, 516 
 
1,443 
 
690 
 
985 
 
865 
 
927 
 
735 
 
819 
 
Indiana 
 
2,062 
 
1,958 
 
1,968 
 
961 
 
877 
 
911 
 
871 
 
930 
 
843 
 
Illinois 
 
285 
 
280 
 
286 
 
183 
 
198 
 
182 
 
218 
 
173 
 
191 
 
Missouri 
 
1,730 
 
1,723 
 
1,678 
 
845 
 
885 
 
882 
 
748 
 
711 
 
843 
 
 
 
Delaware 
 
2,136 
 
2,048 
 
1,992 
 
I, 931 1,914 1,833 1,985 I, 720 1,986 
 
Maryland 
 
2,577 2,373 2,632 
 
2,084 2,021 1,904 I, 729 I, 914 I,7ll 
 
Virginia 
 
2, 504 2,497 2,377 
 
I,. 273 1,356 I, 247 1,072 1,025 1,220 
 
West Virginia 
 
341 
 
365 
 
330 
 
678 
 
637 
 
676 
 
681 
 
694 
 
601 
 
North Carolina 
 
4, 197 
 
3,835 
 
3,789 
 
3,376 3, 307 3, 332 3,287 3,313 3,213 
 
South Carolina 
 
525 
 
526 
 
529 
 
379 
 
413 
 
375 
 
390 
 
338 
 
326 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,778 
 
9,480 
 
9,632 
 
7,440 7, 173 7,382 7,477 7,319 7,244 
 
Plorida 
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
Washington 
Cregon California 
 
364 4,411 3, 158 4,310 
657 3,010 
405 
451 1,459 
 
386 4,444 3, 150 4,371 
610 2,864 
373 
435 1,552 
 
412 
4,319 3, 160 
4,~15 
600 2,839 
427 
482 1, 391 
 
216 
3, 661 2,609 3. 761 
505 2,475 
350 246 1,213 
 
264 
3,712 2, 540 3,745 
559 2, 558 
232 268 1,207 
 
214 3, 640 2,657 3,618 
488 2,473 
329 280 1,245 
 
220 3,600 2,633 3,625 
500 2,600 
326 
279 1, 173 
 
193 
3,767 2,690 3, 567 
468 2, 627 
418 
250 1, 188 
 
222 
3,802 2,531 3,465 
550 2,455 
375 258 1,054 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 1959 -jo of 1958 
 
48, 362 48,478 
100 
 
47,410 49,461 
96 
 
47, 124 50,'089 
94 
 
36,603 36,677 36,298 36, 154 35,992 35,609 
 
30, 134 31,793 33, 156 33,291 33,667 33,930 
 
121 
 
115 
 
109 
 
109 
 
107 
 
105 
 
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AGRICUL.TURAL. EXTENSION SERVICE 
OF UNIVERSiTY GEORGIA AND THI:: 
STATE OEPARTMEI\:T OF AGRICUL.TURE 
, . '(.A( T';';HENS' GEORGIA,. 
 
MAY q '59 
LIBRARIES 
 
U.S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL.TURE AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BL.DG . ATHEI'S, GA. 
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REPORT , 
 
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APRIL 
 
15, 
 
1959 
 
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:GEORGIA': ' The All, Commodity Index of Prices Recei~ed by Georgia farmers declined .' 
 
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.five po;i..nts to 252 percent of its 1910-1914 average during the montli', . " 
 
ended April 15, 1959. Lower prices for cotton, All hay, hogs, All wholesale' " " 
 
'm:i:lk, chickens and eggs were primarily responsible fo~ the de91ine. Partially." 
 
,o:(fsettiI:1g the 4e~lir..e were higher prices for milk cows, beef cattle, and calves: 
 
T,he April index of 252 wan 13 point's (5 percent) belo1rl a year earlier and ,is- ' 
 
below any' month during 1958. 
 
Demand for beef cattle was good during the month. The mid-April average 
 
price of, ~j21. 30 per cwt. for all boof cattle is th~ hiehe,st mid-month average 
 
since Augu,st 1952, when the average price was S21.50 per cwt. The ~~27 .80 per 
 
cwt. received for calves during April is above any month during the six,pre- 
 
ceding years (1953-58) and is the highest price received/or calves since,M~ 
 
,1952 when the price was $28.00 per cwt. The averaee price of'S15.40 per cwt. 
 
received for hogs during April is Below any month during 1957 or '1958 and is the 
 
lowest mid-month average price since November 1956 when the average p~ice was 
 
;",14.70 p'er C'lrlt. 
 
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UN~TED'STAT~S: During the month ended April 15 the Index of Prices Receiye~bY 
 
Farmers"remained unchanged at 244 percent of its 1910-14 averagE' 
 
During the month. egg prices droppe~ sharply, milk prices were seasonally lower,' 
 
and mOpt vegetables we~e down. These were, however, approximately offset 'by ~he' 
 
nigher' prices for' beef cattle, cotton, and corn. 
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I ,~ An ~nc.rease in the Index of Farm \vage Rate's; together with hieher pric'8s ' ! 
 
, for some items bought for production purposes,: notably feeder and stocker c~ttle, 
 
raised the Index ,of Prices Paid by Farmers ,incl~ding Interest, Taxes, and Farm 
 
Wage Rates one-third of 1 percent (1 poi'ni:.) to a neH high of 299. 
 
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Summary Table for Georgia ~nd the:Unite~ States 
 
Index 
 
':s, : April.. 
 
.lJ:arch 15, : April 15,: Record High 
 
1910-14 = 100 UNITED pT,ATES: 
Prices'Received: 
Parity lndex ~7 : 
 
1958 : 
'257: 294: 
 
.1959 
2h4 298 
 
: , 1959 : 
 
 
 
: . 244 : 
 
: 
 
299': 
 
Index 
313 299 
 
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: Feb. 1951 
 
: Apr. 1959 
 
Parity ~atio 
 
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87 ~ 
 
82 
 
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82 
 
: 123 : Oct. '1946 
 
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GEORGIA 
 
 
 
Prices Received 
 
All Commodities : 
 
\. All Crops 
 
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Livestock and , Products 
 
 
 
 
265 : 2'1'7 ~ 
238  
 
 
 
 257 
 
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2~ 
 
252 271 
 
 
 
219 
 
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: 
 
214 
 
  310 
 319 
 295 
 
  
 
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: }Iar. 1951 :2'(' Har .1951 
 
: 'S:ep.: 1948 
 
. 1/ Prices Paid, Interest; Taxe's', and 'Wage Rates based on data for the, il'1dicateo., 
 
- dates. 
 
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~/ Also April, 1951. 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistic~~~ 
 
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GEORGIA. 
 
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C"".lODITY 
Al'JD tNIT 
Wheat ,bu. 
Qats, bu.. 
 
Average 0 APr.1~ Mar. -~~APr. 15 
 
191O-J.4 .1958 
 
1959 1959 
 
$ 1.23 
 
2.03 1.96' 1.96 
 
$ .67 
 
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.87 
 
.84 
 
i 151 .Average APr. 
11910-141 1958 
 
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Mar.15 1959 
 
r!A1P95r9'.l; 
 
1 1~~.77 .894 1.95 
 
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.399i' 
 
.621 
 
.590 : . GO~ " .. 
 
Corn, bu. Ba.rley, bu. 
Sorgh\llIl GI:ain, ~. Cotton, lb. 
 
$ .91 $ 
$ 
,I 12.1 
 
1.49 
1.25 
 
'2.25 
32.0 
 
1.30 1.20 2.15 34.0 
 
1,30 
. 1.20 
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2.15 
33.0 
 
r .642 
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12.4. 
 
I 1.12 . 
I' .8~9, 
 
. 1~06 
 
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9b5 
 
1.13. 
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.' .898 
 
1'.71 
 
1.76 '1.80 
 
27 .93' 
 
30.11 31.28 
 
Gottonseed, ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts, lb. 
Sweetpotatoes,cv~. 
 
$1 23.65 $ 
I 5.2 
$1 .84 
 
50.00 
 
I .2.20 
 
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10.7 
 
2.10 
 
5.75 
 
5~55 
 
2.10 10 .2 : 5.60 
 
22.55 
4.~ 
1.60' 
 
2.16 10.5 
5.8S 
 
45.40 
z.cn 
10.7 
3.83 
 
2.10 10.6 
4.58 ' 
 
Lesped~za Seed,Al1,~~.$ 
 
~ay, baled, per'ton{ 
 
\ .All 
 
$ 
 
Alfalfa 
 
$ 
 
Lesp~de2;a 
 
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Soybean & Cav~~a 
 
$ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ 
 
Wool, lb~ 
 
 
 
Milk Cows, head 
 
$ 33.85 
 
1,1.50 I 14.90 
I ~.SO 27 .40 
37.70' 37.00 30.90 29.00 32..50 .: 31.00 24.00 '23.00 
 
14.90 
27.00 35.50 28.00 30.00 . 23.00 
 
41.0 39.0 
 
41.0 
 
145.00 110.00' '1'175.00 
 
9.30 
 
10.30 9.57 
 
18.3 
 
18.20 18.CO 23.70 30.30.. . 22.70' 
36.9 
203.00 
 
18.80 19.50 21.00 27.90 20.40 
 
18.80 19.50' 
21.00 .27.70-: 20.30 
 
35.1 
 
39.2' ,.., . 
 
~6 ~OO I 235.00 ..... 
 
~ogs, ~. 
~ef Cattle, owt.' 
 
$ 7.36 19.eO 15.50 15.40 
 
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I 3.96, 'I 18-.90 20.90 ',I 21 ..30 
 
7.27 5.42 
 
20.20 
 
15.40 
 
22'.20' I..: 23.30 
 
15.60 24.10 - 
 
Ga1ves, om. 
Milk,1~lesa1e,c,~.: 
Fluid Mkt. Manu!. 
All 
'l'urkeys, lb. 
 
$1 . 
 
23.10 26.50 27 .80 
 
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6.75 
 
'24.50 
 
.. "'27 .90 29.00 ' 
 
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53..8350 
 
5 ',71 .!I 5.60 
 
_ 5.65 
 
.~O 28 
 
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I 43..0339 
3.88 
 
43..5119 
4.06 IY 3.87 
 
!! 14.4 I 26.7 I 23.6 I 23.0 
 
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Chickens, per lb.: 
 
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II 
 
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Fam Com'l Broil. All 
 
18.5 
 
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18.6 
 
113.~ 1 18 6 
 
14.5' I 13.5 17.0-j '15.5 
16.9 115.5 
 
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I 17.0 :, 13.3 
19~4 j 17.3 
 
19.2 
 
15.8' 
 
12.6 16.3 
'15.9 
 
mggs, ~oz. 
l! Re~~s.ed. 
 
~ I I ~.1- 2~~~:.;.... 21_.4 I 54.3 43.0 
 
38.5 11 2;1..5 I. 38.5 I 
 
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PRICES Plill> BY F.A1l1E:RS FOR SELECTZD mDS APRIL 15, 19S9.VrrrH CC1'vIPARISCNS 
 
=- iAPr9~5. ~5915'lr~5~1~:-+I! :APr9~5. -~591:' iA~i95~5'1: KlND OF ","D 
 
-_..- .._ - GE:ORGIA : 
 
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J: ~ner. Mixed Dah'y o Feed 
~ All Under 29% Protein < 
 
0: 0 
 
0-0 
 
.95 '-1 3.90", 
 
Per 100 PoUnd. 
 
3 .85 ,i II 
 
3.70 
 
3.80 
 
3.79 
 
1186lf~t 
 
Protein Protein 
 
2~ Protein 
 
24~ Protein ,:. 
 
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Hith Protein Feeds.. .. 
 
CO ton seed Ma81 
 
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I 3.85 I 3.80 
 
4.25 
 
4.20 
 
I 4.05 
 
4.10 
 
I; 4.40 , 4040 
 
3.90 
 
4.10 
 
',3.75 4.<:5 
I 4.05 
III 4.40 4,10 
 
II 
 
3.65 3.64 3.94 
4.04 
 
I 3.95 
 
3.74 3.70 4.01 
4.10 
 
3.74 . 3.67 
4.01 
I 4.10 
 
4.29 
 
4.26 .'. 
 
Soybean Meal 
 
3.90 
 
4.05 
 
4.10 
 
4.21 
 
4.25 
 
4.26 
 
Meat Sorap 
Grain By_Products Bran 
 
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3.30 II 3.35 
 
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3.35', 
 
2.93 
 
3.08 
 
3.13 
 
Middlings 
 
3.50 I 3.55 I 3.55 
 
2.99 
 
3.13 
 
3.21 
 
Corn Meal 
 
3.45 : 3.30 , 3,30 I 3.26 
 
3.17 
 
3.22 
 
Poultry Feed Broiler Growing Mash 
Laying Mash Soratoh Grains 
 
II 5.10 
4.85 
 
4.95 4.75 
 
4.30 
 
4.20 
 
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4.95 
4.75 4.15 
 
II. 4.97 
 
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"1.48 3.99 
 
4.90 4.49 3.89 
 
4.93 4.52 3.93 
 
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All other 
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i 50.00 45.00 
45.00 I 35.00 
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45.00 35.00 
 
'I 30.70 29.70 
 
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I 29.90 27.90 
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I 29.50 
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Release 5/13/59 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
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Athens, Ga., May 13 -- A total of 6,996, 000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending May 9, according to the G~orgia Crop ,Reporting Service. This compares with the 7,244,000 placed the p~evious week and is 1 percent more than the 6, 934, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 570, 000 compared with 9, 632, 000 the previous week and is 4 percent more than the 9, 204, 000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 35 to 50 cents with an average of 44 cents for all hatching eggs and 42 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the 'range was ,from 35 to 50 cents with an average of 44 cents for all hatching eggs and 42 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range ,of $5.00 to $8.00 with an average of $6. 75 per hundred compared with a range of $5.00 to $8.00 with an average of $6. 75 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 82 cents for eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
broilers during the week ending May 9 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3'3/4 pounds, at farms 14.93~; FOB plants, 15.48~. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
Mar. 7 
 
8,003 10, 143 
 
127 6,307 6,888 
 
109 
 
M'ar.14 
 
8,474 10,030 
 
118 6,015 7,094 
 
118 
 
Mar.21 
 
8, 586 9,925 
 
116 5, 840 7,305 
 
125 
 
Mar.28 
 
8, 733 : 9, 979 
 
114 6, 103 7,440 
 
122 
 
Apr. 4' 8,954 9,900 
 
III 6,468 7, 173 
 
111 
 
Apr. 11 
 
9, 141 9,710 
 
106 6,695 7,382 
 
110 
 
Apr. 18 
 
9,265 9,778 
 
106 6,709 7,477 
 
111 
 
Apr.25 
 
9, 544 9,480 
 
99 6,826 7,319 
 
107 
 
May 2 
 
9,428 9,632 
 
102 6,857 7,244 
 
106 
 
May 9 
 
9,204 9,570 
 
104 6,934 6,996 
 
101 
 
807 530 864 670 923 702 793 764 706 706 685 723 725 669 559 588 574 513 395 423 
 
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1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
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Week Ending 
 
Apr. ::. . May 
 
25 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
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Apr. 11 
 
Apr. 18 
 
Apr. 25 
 
May 2 
 
May 9 
 
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSA.NDS .. 
 
Maine 
 
1, 553 
 
1, 612 
 
1, 619 
 
1, 229 1, 187 I, 215 1, 350 1, 234 1, 240 
 
Connecticut 
 
1, 071 
 
1,011 
 
1, 123 
 
611':< 
 
596* 
 
598 
 
602 
 
666 - 636 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1, 516 
 
1,443 
 
1,256 
 
985 
 
865 
 
927 
 
735 
 
819 
 
73'6 
 
Indiana Illinois 
 
1, 958 280 
 
1,968 
 
.' 1., 947 
 
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286 
 
220 
 
877 
 
911 
 
871 
 
930 
 
843 . -873 
 
198 
 
182 
 
218 
 
173 
 
191 ' . :106 
 
Missouri Delaware 
 
1,723 2,048 
 
1,678 1,992 
 
1, 756 1,962 
 
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885 1,914 
 
882 1, 833 
 
748 1,985 
 
711 1,720 
 
843 .. 702 1,986 1,996 
 
 
 
Maryland 
 
2,373 
 
2,632 
 
2,604 
 
2,021 1,904 1, 729 I, 914 I, 711 . 1,649 
 
Virginia 
 
2,497 
 
2,377 
 
2,478 
 
1, 356 . 1, 247 . 1, 072 1,025 1,220 . I, 197 
 
West Virginia 
 
365 
 
330 
 
345 
 
637 
 
676 
 
681 
 
694 
 
601 
 
633 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,835 
 
3, 789 
 
3,581 
 
3,307 3,332 3,287 3,313 3,213- 3,300 
 
30uth Carolina 
 
526 . 
 
529 
 
.. 573 
 
413 
 
375 " 390 
 
338 
 
,326 
 
320 
 
GEORGIA 
Zlorida Alabama 
 
9,480 
 
9,632 
 
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386 . 
 
412 
 
.- 
 
4,444 
 
4,319 
 
9, 570 
400 4,280 
 
'7, 173 
264 3,712 
 
7,382 
214 3,640 
 
7,477 
220 3,600 
 
7,319 , 7,2,44 
 
193 
 
222 
 
3,767 3,802 
 
6,996 
205 3, 506 
 
Mississippi Arkansas 
 
3, 150 4,371 
 
3, 160 4,215 
 
2,974 4, 149 
 
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2, 540 2,657 2,633 .2,690 2,531 2,267 3,745 3, 618 3,625 3, 567 . 3,465 3,527 
 
Louisiana 
 
610 
 
600 
 
605 . 
 
559 
 
488 
 
485* 468 
 
550 .: '485 
 
Texas 
Vv ashington - 
 
2,864 373 
 
2,839 427 
 
2,995 391 
 
2, 558 2,473 2,600 2,627 2; 455 2, 131 
 
352* 329 
 
326 
 
418 
 
315 
 
'369 
 
Oregon California 
 
435 1, 552 
 
482 1, 391 
 
491 1,417 
 
258* 280 1,207 1,245 
 
279 1, 173 
 
250 1, 188 
 
:258 -: . 219 1,054 1,055 
 
TOTAL 1959 
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TOTAL 1958 ' 
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1959 '10 of 1958 , I 
 
47,410 49,461 
96 
 
*Revised. 
 
47, 124 50,089 
94 
 
46,736 50, 110 
93 
 
36, 80.'1* 36,316* 36, 139* 3.5,9?2 
 
31,793 33,156 ~3, 29,r . 33,.667 
 
116 
 
110 
 
109 
 
101 
 
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.3 5, 6.09 33,930 
105 
 
34, 148 ,. 
34,910 
98 
 
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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
STATE DEPA-RTMENT,. OF 'AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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. S, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GrHCULTL\RAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTEHSION SLOG" ATllENS. ~~ . :.~ 
Hay 13, 1959;.-~\ 
 
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IF.. MAY 1,. 1959 
 
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...... p"~~a6on:ably cool:weather during April reduced gerniination of seed and re- .' 
 
'tarded plant growth. Heavy rains in some areas, as well as severe hail storms in 
 
of many local areas, damaged stands of tobacco, corn, cotton, and peanuts. 
siderable replanting was necessary as a result the adverse weather. 
 
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. . ~. P!lstures, small grains, and early hay' crops' mad.e rapid grmvth during April . ) 
 
desp?te the cool iveather. Pastures art: f~rnj.shing excellent grazing. 1iheat and 
 
oats are well advanced even in northern districts. 
 
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INDICATED .lrJl-mAT YIELD EQUALS RP,CORD BIGH": Current indica.tions point to ~ ivheat 
 
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yield of 23.0 bushels per acre~ "If 
 
realized, 'this .will. be equal to the record high for the"State obtained for the first time in 1958. Total producti.on is forecast at. 2,346,000 bushe.~s"la.n:increas( of 44 p,er'cent from last year"s'crop of 1,63J.,ODO bushels ,~d 12 percent above' .,- 
 
average." Acreage for harvest i's" estimated to be 102,000 acres compared ivith . 
 
71,000: 'acres harvested last yeB!. 
 
PEACH PROSPECTS DG\iN: Georgial's 1959 peach crcp is estimatGd at j;400,ooo, . 
 
15 percent below last ye'ar' s crop of' 4,000,000 bush~J,.s.. 
 
The estimate of production includes both farm and commercial peaches. If current 
 
prospects are realized, this year's crop will be the third J.ar~est in the l~st ".~'-: 
 
10 yearp,.being exceeded only by the 1951 crop of 3,975,0.00 bushels and last'year' 
 
when production totaled 4;000,000 'bushels. Picking is expected to start a little earlier. this year than in 1958 whEm first Shipments ~vere made on Hay 29. 
 
 
 
 
 
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EGG PROD,UCTION UP: The number 'of eggs laid by hens on.' Georgia farms duri~g;.ApriJ....  
 
is e's timated at 135 'million compared wi tli J,l9 milli0l?- ,for. the'.: same mQnth last year. The increase of 13 percent is attributed to 809,000 more ..~ 
 
layers on farms and to an increase of two ~ercent.in the rate of lay. 
 
11ILK PRODUCTION SHOWS INCREA~E: Hilk production in Georgia during.. April. is es-:.: ..... 
 
tinia.t'ed 'at i06 million pounds, an increase of" 
 
seven million pounds from last month. 'the increa'se was due primarily to a higbe-r . 
 
rate of production per cow. bnproved pastu!es furnished excellen~. gr~zing in, . 
 
most areas 'of the State. 
 
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..- - - - - -:- - - - - - - - - .- - - .- -ProductIon ~r 
 
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-1956 - ; - - ~957- - - ; - -1958 - - - ; -I~~9~~;d- 
 
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1,000 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 
 
bushels 
 
-bu-sh-e-ls 
 
bushels 
 
bushels 
 
bushels 
 
N. C. 
5. C. Ga. Ala. Iftiss. Ark. La. Okla. Texas 
 
1,050 2,931 2,101 
50S 
334 1,452 
74 233 
_ _ _65.5 
 
950 
L~,350 
1,600 600 
447 2,250 
80 
z2.70.0? 
 
1,500 4,400 1,825 
425 
268 1,100 
125 
19320 
 
1,350 
2/ 5,300 
2/ 4,000 
- 960 
443 2,100 
145 
350 11.120 
 
1,200 5,000 3,hOO 1,040 
420 1,850 
120 170 
820_ _ 
 
9 States : 9,308 
 
11,052 
 
10,463 
 
15,748 
 
14,050 
 
I/-F-;;r-s~me Statesi; -;;e;t"ain ye"ar-;,-p;odu-;;tion in-;;l~d~s-s~m; qu;ntities-'- - -- 
 
0- unharvested on account of economic conditions. Estimates of such quantities I were as follows (1,000 bushels): 1956-Arkansas, 195; 1957-Georgia, 30; 
1958-Georgia, 17S;Arkansas, 66. 2/ Includes excess cullage of harvested fruit (1,000 bushels): 1958-South - Carolina, 140; Georgia, SO. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENj<1?~:L, CRO!., REPORT AS OF f<~!.l, 1959 
Winter wheat prospects deelined about 'one percent during April as lowered outlook in the Northeast and northern Interior more than offset gains in the central and southern Great Plains and the Southeast. A cool, dry April over eA~ensive areas held back plant grow~h, but favored farming operations. .Spring grain seeding showed good progress and corn and cotton planting ~~ the southern sections outstripped last year's laggard season. Corn, sorghums, and soybeans. advance toward the main planting season in the heaviest producing areas with preliminary land preparation showing near normal progress. Fruits suffered limited April damage. Southern peach prospects were not as bright as a year earlier but the outlook was exceptionally good in California. Spring vege~ables, excluding .. melons, are e~'Pected to be only slightly below las-l:, year, but a fourth less watenne10ns are indicated. Pasture and hay crops show aoout average growth nationally; but development in several areas was retarded by cool temperatures and short moisturo supplies. 
WINTER WHEAT: Moderate to significant production increases in most Southern States and Nebraska helped maintain tho production level estimated 
on April 1 against rather sharp losses in some major producing Northern States. Production on May 1 is forecast at 957 million bushels, 9 million bushels less than the April 1 forecast but retained the prospect of peing the fifth largest crop of record. This production would be 19 percent less than'the record 1958 crop of'1,180 million bushels but 17 porcent above average. Major losses since April 1 in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, and Montana more than offset minor gains in most Southam States and significant gains in Nebraska and 9klahoma. 
PEACHES: Prospectivo 1959 production in tho 9 Southern States, forecast from '. May 1 conditions at 14,050,000 bushels, promises to be 11 percent bo- 
low last year, but otherwise the largest crop since 1947. Indicated prcduction is below last year in all of these States, except ~labama where the bearing acreage is up sharply in Chilton and Blount Counties, the principal commercial areas.' Oklahoma is the only State where ,the 1959 crop is expected to be below average. 
MILK PRODUCTION: Milk production on farms du,ring April totaled 11,171 million pcunds--fractiona11y below, the same month last year, but 5 
perqent above the 1948-57 average. The seasonaJ. increase from 11arch to April this year was about the same as a year earlier, but was less than usual for the period. Production this ~pril represented an equivalent of 2.11 pounds of milk available daily for every person in the United States. This was 2 percent less than in April 1958 and was 6 percent below the la-year average for the month. Cumulative milk' production during the first 4 months of 1959 totaled 40.9 billion pounds as com~ared with .41.0 billion pounds produced in January-April 1958. 
POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCTION: Farm flocks laid 5,797 million eggs during April 
5 percent more than in April 1958. All regions showed 
increases over last year. Increases were 10 percent in the South Atlantic region, 8 percent in the South Central, 7 percent in the West, 5 percent in the East North Central, 4 percent in the West North Central; and 3 percent in the North 
Atlantic' States. Total egg production Januar,y through hpril 1959 was 6 percent ' 
above the same period last year. 
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VEGETABL E' CROP REPORT, FOR MAY 1J 1959 . I' 
 
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UNtTED -STATES: Pro~uction of spring vegetqblc:;s in 1959 is expected to.be 6 pel"- 
 
cent below last year but, about equal. to avcr9ge" the Crop Reporting-Board an~o~nced' today. Estima~ed ~roduction, excluding melons, is only 1 percent below 1~5? Crops with substantiall,y, s"'!aller.expected pr<;>.du,ction ~tiaii,las't year tlre tomatoes, sweet corn, cucumbers', snap. beans al')d, onions~ ... Sizeable in 
 
creases over last 'year are predic'td for celery and ,lettuce. 'The 'forecast for 'late ~L!ls ,watermelons i5 one-fourth below last ,year's record productlon. Hater!flelon acreage for'harvest in the summer p'r,oducing States is 15. percent below last year. Other ~mcir season crops with"Coris'i.derablY', less ~creage for harvest than 
 
in 1958 are cabbage, cantaloup, and green ,peppers. A larger acreage is expected to be devoted to onioris. 
 
'Weathe~ conditiorls in the vegetable producing areas of the nation were gener- 
 
,ally favorable: during April. The first week of the month continued,the March 
 
pattern witH above normal temperatures. Tempera~~r,s dropped below normal in most of the 'country durin~ the rema~nJer of April but continued above normal i~ the, far 
 
West and Northeastern Stat~s. , Heavy precipitatipn occurred along the Central East 
 
Goast and extended through the SouthQastern States to the Gulf Coast and Louisiana. 
 
The rest of the country received 1 ight rainfall'. 
 
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,NAP BEAN1: Mid-spring product'io,n,' fore'cast at 335,000 ,cwt., is 3 percent below 
 
TaSt year-and nearly a fifth l,ess than average. The South Carol ina 
 
crop is i'n yery good'condition. Early plantings in the Chaerle,s.ton area were start- 
 
ing to bloom on May I and movement is expected to begin about J!.Jne I., In Georgia, 
 
dool, wet weather has retarded growth and delayed bloom. Harvest was cxp~cted to 
 
start In early May. Crop prospe~ts are good in Alabama and Mississippi. Light, 
 
harvest is expected to begin in Mississippi the latter part of May. In Lbuisiana, pick~ng was expected to stQrt in eari~ May with v~lume movement the. latter half of 
 
the month. 
 
CMBAGE: Early spring production is now forecas~ at 2,,167,000 cwt., 4 percent 
 
above last year b4t' 12 percent below average. The South Carolina crop 
 
has started to move. Qualify is good 'but heads are smaller than usual. Harvest 
 
in Georgia Is well underway with good qual ity be(n,g produced. Cutting is under- 
 
'-..lay in Alabama's Mobile' County and is expected to 'start in Chilton County in late 
 
~ay. In Mississippi, the crop is in good condiiion. Heads are sizing well and 
 
good yields are expected. Hovement started in late'April and is expected to end 
 
in late: May. May movement from Louisiana' i,s expected ,to continue heavy. In 
 
of ,Ca 1i fo~n ia, sh i pnl~nts a re dec 1in i ng but volume supp 1ies a re expected to cont inue 
 
available during most May. . 
 
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C.\NTI\LOU'PS: Acre'age (or harvest this year in the early summer States is forecast 
at 20,500 acres. This is 24 percent below the 1958 harvested acreage 
and 7 percent less than average. Acreage in eQch of the States is less than last 
year. At ,],,000, the South Carol ina acreage is 5 percent below la'St year,. The lanti!"'g of" 8,000 acres .in Georgia is 11 percent below that harvested in' 1958 . ne Georgia acreage was planted late because of unfavorable weather conditions. Stands are good but growth has been slow ~s a result of cool weather. Harvest is expected to start about a week later than normal. Acreage in Arizona is about half of last year. Stands arc good and plants are in good condition. In the Phoenix area the acreage is less than a third of last year and at Theba, the acreage for 1959 is less than a fifth of 1958. Other areas in Arizona have sl ightly larger acreages than last year. 
 
SWEET CORN: The first forecast places production of late spring sweet corn at 818,000 cwt., only 2 percent above last year and average. In Georgia, 
rains and cold weather delayed planting and retarded growth of early plantings. Some replanting was necessary. The importnnce of growing worm-free corn is being stressed this year by shippers. The crop is reported to be at least two weeks later than normal. Similar growing conditions have prevailed in Alabama and South Carolina. The Cal ifornia crop is reported to be in good condition in all areas. Light harvest has been underway in Calpatria and the Coachella Valley. It is now becoming active in Coachella Valley where the bulk of the acrenge is being grown. Blythe an~ Arvin will begin harvest later this month. 
 
O!IONS: Production of late spring onions is forecast at 2,896,000 cwt., nearly a fourth more than last year's production and 44 percent above average. 
~ost North Carol ina fields have irregular stands, although the crop is in good condition. In Georgia, harvest started the last week in April and by May 1 about half of the crop had been dug. Yield prospects are good. Harvest in north Texas is expected to start in late May and volume movement should be under way by midJune. Movement from the Munday-Haskell area will start the latter part of May and continue through the first half of June. In ArIzona, harvest started at Yuma about 
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ONIONS (Con Id) April I. Hot weather caused seeder trouble on a few fields but qual ity and yield have been generally good. Harvest in the Salt 
River Valley started in late April. The California crop is in good condition and yields on fields harvested to date have been very good. Harvest is ~ow active at Blythe and Imperial Val~ey. Movement will continue to increase in early May. Harvest in Kern County started late in April. The crop in tne Stockton area has ,made excellent growth. Harvest of yellows was expected to start in early May. 
TOMATOES: Late 2,Ering production is forecast at 830.000 cwt . which is a 'third less than produced, last year and down 39 percent from average. The 
lower production resulted from an acreage decl ine of 38 percent. Texas has .only about a third of last year's acreage and Georgia is down approximately 30. per- , cent. In ,South Carol ina the crop is growing well and stands are very good., In Georgia. weather conditions were very unfavorable for setting tomat~es. Early" plantings are beginning to grow and some of the lateness of the crop is expected to be overcome and reach a near normal schedule for harvest. Harvest is expected to begin in early June. Mississippi tomatoes have been hard hit by the rains and cold weather around mid-Apri 1. In east Texas. setting of plants to the field~ started the latter part of March. Transplanting in the Avery section will continue into May. With favorable weather the last half of April. the crop made good progress in all areas. Crops in the Yoakum area will furnish production beginning around mid-May. Production in east Texas is expected' to start in early June and continue Into early July. 
WATERMELONS: The first forecast of the late spring crop in Florida and Cal iforni~, places production at 7.750.000 cwt  a fourth less than was pro- 
duced last year but 4 PGrcent above average. Florida. with a sharply reduced . acreage. expects 29 pe,rcent fewer melons this year than last whereas Cal ifornia will have 13 percent more. Weather conditions have delayed the crop in all areas of"Florida. Cool nights are still slowing growth. Rate of harvest in South Fl,orida is increasing and should be most active May 1 to 15. with late fields 
~ontinuing thro~ghout the month. Light harvesting'is starting on the southern portion of the central Florida area. but it will be about May 25 before the active season gets underway. A few early fields in the Ocala-Gainesville area will start the last week of May but will not be active until the second week of June. First harvest in Trenton-Newberry are is expected the second week of June. Very little harvest will start in other North Florida sections before June 15. becoming active the week of June 25. Watermelons in the Desert areas of Cal ifornia are making excellent progress and I ight supplies may be available by May 10. General harvest is not anticipated prior to May 15. 
Prel iminary acreage in the ~ 1~~ States. estimated at 274.900 acres. is a 1ittle und~r growers intentions in March. Acreage at this level is 15 percent below last year and 5 percent less than average. All States except Louisiana and Cal ifornia have less acreage than a year ago. Rains and cool weather in the Southeast made planting and obtaining good stands difficult. Some replanting was necessary. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HA TCHER Y REFOR T 
 
Athens, Ga., May 20 -- A total of 7,165,000 broiler chicks were placed 
with yrodl,1cers in Georgia during the week ending May 16, according to the Georgia Crpp Reporting Service. This compa:':'es with the 6,996,000 placed the preyious '1.reek and is 1 percent less than the 7,237,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,251,000 compared with 9, 570, 000 the previous week and is 4 percent less than the 9, 589,000 for the corre spon.,ding week last year. 
 
The ,majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 35 to 50 cents with an average of 45 cents for all hatching eggs and 42 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 35 to 50 cents with an av:~rage of 44 cents for all hatching eggs and 42 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reporte:d within a range of $6. 25 to $8.00 with an average of $7.25 per hundred compared with a range of $5.00 to $8.00 with an average of $6. 75 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 82 cents for eggs and $14.25 for chicks. 
- W~ighted average prices from the Federal-State,'Market News S~rvice for broilers during the week ending May 16 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 15. l8~; FOB plants 16.,44~. 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND 'CHICKS PLACEMENTS' 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
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8,474 8, 586 8,733 8',954 
9, 141 9,265 9, 544 9,428 9,204 9,589 
 
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9,925 9,979 9,900 9,710 9,778 9,480 9,632 9,570 9,251 
 
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W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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1, 187 I, Z15 1,350 I,Z34 I,Z40 I, Z3Z 
 
Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
1,011 1,443 
 
1, 123 I, Z56 
 
1,060 1,443 
 
596 
 
598 
 
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666 
 
636 
 
566 
 
865 
 
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735 
 
819 
 
736 
 
855 
 
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1,968 1,947 1,975 
 
911 
 
871 
 
930 
 
843 
 
873 
 
775 
 
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Z86 1,678 
 
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191 
 
106 
 
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1,99Z 1,96Z 1,956 
 
1,833 1,985 l,7Z0 1,986 1,996 1,908 
 
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2.478 345 
 
2, 711 Z,484 
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1,711 1,220 
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3,332 3,Z87 3.313 3,213 3.300 3, 128 
 
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3,640 3,600 3,767 3,802 3, 506 3,493 
 
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3, 160 2,974 3, 165 
 
2,657 2,633 2,690 .2, 531 2,267 2.416 
 
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4,215 4, 149 4,096 
 
3,618 3,625 3,567 3.465 3, 527 3,479 
 
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2,627 
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2,455 
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369 219 1,055 
 
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Athens, Ga. May 27 -- A total of 7, 053, 000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending May 23, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 7. 165.000 placed the previous week and is 1 percent less than the 7. 113,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 236, 000 compared with 9,251, 000 the previous week and is 5 percent less than the 9, 766,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 40 to 50 cents with an average of 46 cents for all hatching eggs and 44 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 35 to 50 cents with an average of 45 cents for all hatching eggs and 42 cents for eggs purchased at the farm fro~ flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $1. 00 to $8.00 with an average of $1. 50 per hundred, . compared with a range of $6. 25 to $8.00 with an average of $1. 25 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 81 cents for eggs and $14.00 for chicks. 
 
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broilers during the week ending May 23 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4- 
 
3 3/4 pounds. at farms 15. 13f; FOB plants l6.00. 
 
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. 8, 586 8, 733 8,954 9. 141 9,265 9,544 9,428 9,204 9, 589 9,766 
 
9.925 9.979 9,900 9,710 9.778 9,480 
9.632 9, 570 9,251 9,236 
 
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W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
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Maine Connecticut Penns ylvania 
 
1,619 1, 123 1, 2.56 
 
1, 581 1,660 1,443 
 
1, 557 1, 101 1,443 
 
1,215 
598 92.7 
 
1,350 602. 735 
 
1,234 666 819 
 
1,2.40 636 736 
 
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1,947 2.2.0 
 
1,975 2.2.4 
 
1,937 2.61 
 
871 
 
930 
 
843 . 873 
 
775 
 
885 
 
218 
 
173 
 
191 
 
106 
 
144 
 
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1,756 1,837 1,755 
 
748 
 
711 
 
843 
 
702 
 
782 
 
756 
 
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Delaware 
 
1,962. 1,956 1,92.9 
 
1,985 1,720 1,986 1,996 : 1, 908 1,672. 
 
Maryland 
 
2.,604 2., 711 2,918 
 
1,729 1,914 1, 711 1,649 .1, 6'37 1,884 
 
Virginia 
 
2.,478 2.,484 2., 52.9 
 
1, 072. 1,025 1,2.20 1, 197 1,241 1, 251 
 
West Virginia 
 
345 
 
344 
 
362. 
 
681 
 
694 
 
601 
 
633 
 
737' 585 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,581 3,82.3 3,935 
 
3,2.87 3, :H3 3,213 3,300 3, 128 2.,933 
 
30uth Carolina 
 
573 
 
571 
 
532. 
 
390 
 
338 
 
32.6 
 
320 
 
336 
 
337 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,570 9,251 9,2.36 
 
7,477 7,319 7,244 6,996 7, 165 7,053 
 
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400 
4,280 2,974 4, 149 
605 2.,995 
391 491 1,417 
 
351 
 
395 
 
4,393 4,421 
 
3, 165 3,087 
 
4,096 4,2.26 
 
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702 
 
2.,984 3,2.06 
 
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1,443 1,388 
 
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3,600 2,633 3,625 
485 2,600 
326 279 1, 173 
 
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468 2,627 
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550 2,455 
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485 2, 131 
369 219 1,055 
 
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3,493 2,416 3,479 
396 2,023 
343 244 1,091 
 
211 3,446 2,498 3,428 
394 2,097 
399 244 
995 . 
 
TOTAL 1959 
TOTAL L958 
, 
1959 % 0.1 1958. 
 
46,736 47,313 
 
50, 110 .50,680 
 
93 --, 
 
93 
 
47,831 51,017 
94 
 
36, 139 35,992 35,609" 34, 148 34, 187 33,828 
 
33, ~~.1 
 
33,667 
-' 
 
33,930, '34,910 35, 504 '36,390" 
 
 
 
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I 
 
'" 1 
 
 
 
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109 
 
'IQ7 
 
:105: . ' 98 ' 
 
96 
 
93 
 
 ACREAGE AND INDICATED PRODUCTION REPORTED TO DATE, 1959 WITH COMPARISONS 
 
CROP AND 
 
ACREAGE FO. R HARVEST 
 
YIELD PER ACRE: 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
STATE :Average: 
 
Ind. : Av.: 
 
: Inci:Average: 
 
: Ind. 
 
: 1949-57: 1958 : 1959 :49-57: 1958 : 1959: 1949-57: 1958 : 1959 
 
SNAP BEANS: 
 
- Acres - 
 
- Cwt. - 
 
- 1,000 cwt. - 
 
MId- Sp ring: 
 
South Carol Ina: ],720 5,800 5,600 20 20 25 157 
 
116 140 
 
Georgia 
 
: 4,890 3,900 3,300 17 19 15 83 
 
74 50 
 
Alebama 
 
: 1,200 850 
 
750 21 23 22 26 
 
20 16 
 
Mississippi : 2,780 1,900 1,700 24 28 25 65 
 
53 42 
 
Louisiana 
 
: 3,360 3,000 ~,100 24 28 28 
 
81 
 
84 87 
 
Group Total : 19,940 15,450 14,450 21 22 23 412 347 335 
 
CANTALOUPS: 
 
Early Summer: : 
 
SOuth Caro]l~a~: 5,910 7,400 7,000 34 35 
 
199 259 
 
Georgia 
 
: 8,530 9,000 8,000 55 55 
 
467 495 Jun. 10 
 
Arizona, Other: 7,680 10.500 5,>00 110 50 
 
849 525 
 
Group_Total : 22, 120 26, 9000_~500 _ 67__ 48 
 
I ,515.. 1,279 
 
SWEET CORN: 
 
Late Spring: 
 
South Carol ina: 2,110 1,300 1,200 44 40 40 93 
 
52 48 
 
Georgia 
 
: 2,100 2,300 2,600 30 31 30 63 
 
71 
 
78 
 
Alabama 
 
: 4,000 3,600 3,600 44 60 50 174 216 180 
 
California 
 
: 6,820 6,200 6,400 2 75 80 472 
 
465 512 
 
Grou~otal : 15JuQ39 __lJ,400 .... 13,800 54 60 59 802 CUCUMBERS: 
 
804 818 
 
~ate Spring: 
 
North Ca ro 1ina 5,580 6,700 6,700 47 40 40 259 268 268 
 
South Ca ro I Ina 4,160 3,200 3,000 45 50 50 187 
 
160 150 
 
Georgia 
 
830 700 
 
600 34 30 32 28 
 
21 
 
19 
 
Alabama 
 
990 600 
 
500 55 60 60 55 
 
36 30 
 
.Arkansas Louisiana 
 
570 --630 600 
 
--- 45 --- --- 
 
27 
 
650 48 55 55 31 
 
33 36 
 
Cal ifornia Group Total 
ONIONS: 17 
 
1,430 1,800 1,700 194 195 200 279 351 340 14,200 13,600 13, 150 61 64 64 86,-------a-og-----843 
 
Early Spring: 
 
Texas 
 
36,760 27,000 32,500 66 95 55 2;267 2,565 1,788 
 
Late Spring: 
 
North Carol ina :2/ 800 2,300 1,000 75 75 80 60 172 80 
 
Georgia 
 
: 1,000 800 
 
600 85 90 95 85 
 
72 57 
 
Louisiana 
 
: 190 --- 
 
--- 47 --- --- 
 
9 
 
Texas 
 
: 7,690 4,700 3,100 32 25 32 253 118 99 
 
Arizona California 
 
: 1,280 2,700 2,500 313 270 315 397 729 788 : 4,470 4.700 5,200 291 265 360 li~59 1,246 1,872 
 
Group Total : 14,710 15,200 12,400 139 154 234 2,010 2,337 2,896 
 
TOMATOES: 
 
L~te Spring~ 
 
South Carol ina: 4,720 6,300 6,200 36 32 35 170 202 217 
 
Georgia 
 
: 11,740 13,000 9,000 39 45 40 458 585 360 
 
Mississippi : 1,640 1,800 1,200 30 21 35 47 
 
38 42 
 
Louisiana Texas 
 
: 1,180 1,300 1,300 40 40 40 47 : 20,920 14,600 5,300 2~ 2~ 30 638 
 
52 52 365 159 
 
Group Total : 40,210 37,000 23,000 3 3 36 1,360 1,242 830 
 
WATERMELONS: 
 
Early'Summ~r: 
 
: 
 
N6rth 'Carol ina.: 11,160 15,000 13,500 50 60 
 
555 900 
 
South Carolina: 41,890 42,000 35,000 54 60 
 
2,264 2,520 
 
Georgia 
 
I 54,000 63,000 50,000 78 85 
 
4,190 5,355 
 
Alabama 
 
: 17,460 21,000 19,000 91 95 
 
1,577 1,995 
 
Mississippi : 11,040 16,000 12,000 70 65 
 
773 1,040 
 
Arkansas 
 
: 10,320 13,000 11,500 85 85 
 
874 1,105 Jun.l0 
 
Louisiana 
 
: 4,430 4,200 4,200 77 80 
 
342 336 
 
Oklahoma 
 
: 14,520 11,500 8,700 64 65 
 
946 748 
 
Texas 
 
: 109,220 119,000 102,000 47 50 
 
5,096 5,950 
 
~rizona 
 
: 5,170 7,400 7,200 146 95 
 
757 703 
 
California : 10,480 11.000 11,800 140 160 
 
1,464 1,760 
 
Group Total :289,690 323,100 214,900 65 69 
 
18,836 22,412 
 
'I Includes processing. 
 
~I Short-time average. 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
KAY' 1959 
 
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GEORGIA FLUE-CURED TOBACCO: 1958 PRELIMINARY COUNTY ESTIMATES 
 
! 
 
 
 
District 
 
Harvested 
 
Yield 
 
Production 
 
Caonudnty 
 
Acreage 
 
PeLr bAs.cre 
 
(000 1bs. ) 
 
DISTRICTS I, 
.!!z..}II & IV 
DISTRICT V Dodge Johnson Laurens Montgomery Treut1en \fuee1er 
Total 
DISTRICT VI Bulloch Candler Effingham Emanuel Jenkins Screven 
Total 
DISTRICT VII Baker Decatur Dougherty Grady l'1itche11 
Ste\~art 
Thomas 
Total 
DISTRICT VIII Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinoh Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Echols Irwin Jeff Davis Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox Worth 
Total 
 
o 
 
o 
 
o 
 
130 30 95 615 460 240 
1,570 
2,560 1,410 
95 .. 995 .. 
90 30 
5,180 
5 255 10 1,130 1,870 
5 1,350 
4,625 
 
1,292 1,267 1,379 1,312 1,211 1,371 
1,293 
1,417 1,591 1,379 1,388 1,367 1,167 
1,456 
1,200 1,082 
900 1,429 1,520 1,600 1,466 
1,456 
 
168 38 131 807 557 329 
2,030 
3,628 2,244 
131 1,381 
123 35 
7,542 
6 276 
9 1,615 2,843 
8 1,979 
6,736 
 
1,035 630 
3,525 1,720 
135 4,065 4,850 2,515 
20 290 1,790 1,845 . 995 
3,080 320 
2,425 
75 85 1,450 
 
1,592 
1,317 1,408 1,462 1,289 
1,538 1,704 1,603 
1,450 1,403 1,569 1,778 1,260 
1,354 1,300 
1,375 1,253 1,035 1,448 
 
30,850 
 
1,~.J 
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(continued) MAY 2 q '59 
 
lIUHARIES 
 
1,648 830 
4,964 2,515 
174 6,253 8,265 4,031 
29 407 2,808 3,281 1,254 4,171 416 3,335 94 88 2,100 
46,663 
 
 to. 
 
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GEORGL~ FLUB-CUPJW--TOBACCO: 195~preliminary County Estimates 
 
. District and County 
 
Harvested Acreage 
 
Yield Per Acre 
Lbs. 
 
Production (OOOlbs.) 
 
DISTRICT IX 
Appling Bacon Brantley Bryan Charlton Chatham Evans Liberty Long Pierce Tattnal1 Toombs tV'are Wayne 
 
2,085 1 j 885 
875 145 105 
5 960 60 2"..J";>- 
2,910 
2,725 1,490 1,180 1,115 
 
1,683 1,782 1,690 1,269 
1,514 1,200 
1,518 1,367 1,557 1,868 
1,659 
1,475 1,744 1,637 
 
3,509 3,359 1,479 
184 
159 6 
1,457 82 366 
5,437 4,520 2,198 2,058 1,825 
 
Total 
 
15,775 
 
1,689 
 
26,639 
 
STATE TOTALS 
 
58,000 
 
1,545 
 
89,610 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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Release 6/3/59 
 
GEORGIA CHicK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
Athens, Ga., June 3 -- A total of 6,951,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending May 30, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 7,053,000 placed the previous week and is 3 percent less than the 7, 151, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,236,000 compared with 
9,236, oqo the previous week and is 4 percent less than the 9,668,000 for the 
corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reporteq within a range of 40 to 54 cents with an average of 48 cents for all hatching eggs' and 45 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery' owned cockerels. Last week the range, was from 40 to 50 cents with an average of 46 cents for all hatching eggs and' 44 cents for eggs purchased at the farm' from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $8. 00 per hundred compared with a range of $7.00 to $8.00 with an average of $7. 50 per hundred last week. The a verage prices last year were 80 cents for eggs and $14.00 for chicks. 
 
W~ighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending May 30 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/43 3/4 pounds at farms 14. 7 5f. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
I 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
., 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
.. 
 
!J 1 Eggs Set 
 
1958 Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
Percent 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in G.=orgia 
 
,1958 
 
1959 
 
'1959 % 
of 1958 
 
Thou: Thou. Percent 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
1959 1959 
Thou. Thou. 
 
Mar.28 Apr. 4 Apr.11 Apr. 18 Apr. 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 
 
8,733 8.954 9, 141 9,265 9, 544 9,428 9,204 9,589 9,766 9,668 
 
9,979 
 
114 
 
9,900 
 
III 
 
9,710 
 
106 
 
9,778 
 
106 
 
9,480 
 
99 
 
9,632 
 
102 
 
9, 570 
 
104 
 
9,251 
 
96 
 
9,236 
 
95 
 
9,236 
 
96 
 
I 
 
',6" 103 6,46? 6,695 6,709 6,826 6,857 6,934 7,237 7, 113 7, 151 
 
7,440 
 
122 
 
7, 173 
 
III 
 
7,382 
 
110 
 
7,477 
 
III 
 
7,319 
 
107 
 
7,244 
 
106 
 
6,996 
 
101 
 
7, 165 
 
99 
 
7, 053 
 
99 
 
6,951 
 
97 
 
I 
 
793 764 706 706 685 723 725 669 559 588 574 513 395 423 373 494 280 435 239 184 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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U. 5. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agricultur e 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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STATE 
 
EGGS SE T AND' CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 -. 
Week Ending 
 
Page 2 
 
May 16 
 
. May 23 
 
May 30 
 
Apr . . May 
 
25 
 
2 
 
May 9 
 
May 16 
 
May 23 
 
May 30 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS, 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS . 
 
Maine 
 
1. 581 1.557 1,528 
 
1,350 1,234 1,240 1,232 1,240 1,267 
 
Connecticut 
 
1,060 1, .10 1 I, 105 
 
602 
 
666 
 
636 
 
566 
 
533 
 
664 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,443 1,443 1,256 
 
735 
 
819. 
 
736 
 
855 
 
888 
 
186 
 
Indiana 
 
1,915 1,931 1,859 
 
930 
 
843 
 
:813 
 
115 
 
885 
 
159 
 
Illinois 
 
224 
 
261 
 
234 
 
173 
 
191 
 
106 
 
144 . 99 
 
135 
 
Missouri 
 
1,831 1,755 1,732 
 
111 
 
843 
 
102 182 
 
756 
 
610 
 
 
 
Delaware 
 
1,956 1,929 1,817 
 
1.120 1,986 1,996 1.908 1,612 1,753 
 
Maryland 
 
2,111 2,918 2,885 
 
1,914 1,111 1,649 1.631 1,884 1,832 
 
Virginia 
 
2.484 .. 2. 529 2,398 
 
1.025 1. Z20 1. 191 1,241 l,251 1, 223 . 
 
West Virginia 
 
344 
 
362 
 
334 
 
694 
 
601 
 
633 
 
731 
 
585 
 
123 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,823 3.935 3,903 
 
3. 313 - 3.213 3,300 3, 128 2,933 2,998 . 
 
South Carolina 
 
511 
 
532 
 
480 
 
338 
 
326 
 
320 
 
336 
 
331 
 
365 
 
GEORGIA .. 
 
9,251 9,236 9,236 
 
7,319. 7,244 6,996 7, 165 1.053 6,951 
 
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
Washington Oregon California 
 
351 4,393 3, 165 4,096 
118 
2,984 421 
482 1,443 
 
395 4,421 3,087 4,226 
702 3',206 
421 
484 1,388 
 
394 4.215 2,973 4,050 
665 .- 
3,21~ 
394 
493 1, 561. 
 
193 3,767 
2,690 3,561 
_468 2,627 
418 250 .1, 188 
 
222 3,802 
2. 531. 3,465 
550 2,455 
375 258. I,OS4 
 
205 3.506 2,267 
3, 527 485 
2, 131 
369 219 1,055 
 
196 3,493 2,416 
3,419 
396 2,023 
343 244 1,091 
 
211 3,446 2,498 
3,428 
394 2,097 
399 244 995 
 
188 3,404 2,465 
3,501 423 
2,200 311 221 987 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
 
41,313 50,680 
93 
 
41,831 51,011 .. 94 
 
46,788 51, 233 
91 ~ . 
 
35,992 35,60.9. 34, 148 34, 181- 33, 828 33,892 33, f7 33,930 34,910 35, 504 36,390 36, 532 
 
101 
 
105 
 
98 
 
96 
 
93 
 
93 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SEFlVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
FARM PR..I~ 
 
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LIBRARIES REL'..=PO=R=T-jtSl)~ 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION SLOG., ATHENS, GA . 
June 8, 1959 15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia farmers increased five points to 258 percent of its 1910-1914 average during the month 
ended May 15, 1959. Lower prices for wheat, oats, rye,hay, cattle, chickens, eggs, wholesale milk and turkeys were more than offset by the higher prices received for the important commodities of corn, cotton, and hogs. The May Index of 
258.was nine points (3 percent) below a year earlier 
 
The mid-May average price of $15.50 a hundredweight for hogs was a small increase in price over the previous month, and tended to reflect the declining receipts at auction markets and packer plants. Over the ten-year period (1949-58) the mid-May price of hogs has been higher than the mid-April price eight times. 
 
UNITED STATES: During the month ended May 15 the Index of Prices Received by Farmers rose four-tenths of a percent (1 point) to 245 percent of 
its 1910-14 average. Sharply higher prices for potatoes,combined with higher pri~es for,oranges, new crop cantaloups and watermelons,and for cattle were primarily responsible for the increase. Partially offsetting were seasonally lower prices for milk and sharply lower prices for eggs, tomatoes and onions. 
 
The Index of Prices Paid by farmers for Commodities, Interest, Taxes,and Farm Wage Rates remained steady at the record high of last month. A 1 point decline in the production goods component was offset by a 1 point increase in the family living portion. lbe index was about 1 percent higher than a year earlier. 
 
Summary Table for Georgia and the United States 
 
Index 1910-14 = 100 UNITED STATES: 
 
May 15, 1958 
 
April 15, : May 15, 
 
1959 
 
: 1959 
 
Record High Index' : Date 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Prices Received 
 
All Commodities 267 
 
2S3 
 
All Crons 
 
27 
 
271 
 
Livestocl~ and 
 
258 
 
310 Mar. 1951 
 
2(30 
 
319 : 3/Mar. 1951 
 
Products 
 
: 246 : 
 
214 
 
: 
 
211 
 
: 295: Sep .1948 
 
~ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
 
dates. 2/ Also May 1959. 3/ Also April 1951. 
 
NOTE: The UNITED STATES Indexes presented herein are those described in the Januar~ 30, 1959 issue of Agricultural Prices, Supplement 1, pages 39-44, "The R vision of the Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers and the Index 
 
of Prices Paid by Farmers including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates." 
 
Current Parity Prices are computed from the revised index series. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HAi'iJ'COCK 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 
 
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PRIC!JS RECEIVED BY F.!l.liMERS tA:J.y 15, 1959 WITH COUPARISONS .; 
 
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~riElD, ..S~~S 
 
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"CCiiMODfXY'-:--"-'---.' lAvcro.ge lMay 15'T:.:IAPr.i5-jM;.Yi5-1'-IA';e~age 'llIay '15":',]~r:15 jMO.Y15-- 
 
AWN ITD ' 
-~';eat: bu. 
 
. 11910-14' 
$' 1.23 
 
1958 2.01 
 
1.ntw ! 1959 
 
j 
 
1959 
 
~191o..14 I 
 
lI 
 
19.58 , ' 
 
. 1959 
 
; ,1959 
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1.96 1.90 ', --:664; 1.93 
 
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Oats, bu. 
 
$ .67 
 
Corn, bu 
 
'. 
 
.$ .9i 
 
Barley, bu.. 
 
$ 
 
Sorghum Grain, owt.' $ 
 
.87! .84 
I 1.50 1.30 
1.25, .1.20 2.30 2.15 
 
. .82 " .399 
 
1.34 1.20 
 
II 
 
.642 .619 
 
I - 2.10 
 
~,594 
1,.1~~569 
 
' .602j I 
 
.599 
 
;1.13 I 1.15 
 
'.8981 .901 
 
1.76 I 1.80 I 1.85 
 
Cotton, lb. Cotton'seed" t~n 
Soybeans, bu.. 
Peanuts, lb. 
 
 12.1 
i$ 23.65 $1 - 
II 5.2 
 
32.0 33.0 I -[ - 
I 2.30, I 2.10 
10.2 
 
36.0 I_ 
I 2.15 
 
12.4 II 22.55 
I 4~'8 
 
29.10 
2.13 11.0 
 
I 31.28 I 31.82 
2.10 2.13 10.6 11.7 
 
Sweetpotatoes, owt. $ , .84 
Lespedeza ~eed'All,owt$1 
 
I Ha1~' baled, per ton: 
 
All 
 
..., $ 
 
Alfalfa 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza 
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowpea $ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ 
 
Wool, lb.' , 
 
 
 
Milk. Cows, head 
 
$1 33.85 
 
5.60 
11.50 14.90 
I 28.20 .27.00 38.00 35.50 30.00 28.00 32.00 30.00 21~80 23.00 
35.0 41.0 
1150.00 1175.00 
 
14.90 
26.30 34.00 28.00 29.50 23.00 
I 
41.0 
I175.00 : 
 
I 1.60 
'18.3 
 
Hogs, cwt. 
 
$1 7.36 20.80 15.40 15.50 
 
7.?:7 
 
5.93 
17.70 17.40 22.70 29.30 4?2.00 35.8 2C8 .00 
I 
21.10 
 
4.58 9.57 
 
4.09 10.80 
 
18.80 19.50 
21.00 ?:7.70 20.30 
 
18.40 19.10 
20.50 26.50 20.20 
 
39.2 . 42.7 
 
235'.00 1238.00 
 
15.60 15.50 
 
Beef Cattle, cut. 
, Calves, cwt;., : '.. , 
 
$! 3.96 $ 
 
20.00 2i.30 24.20 ?:7 .80 
 
21.10 ' 26.50 
 
5.42 6.75 
 
23 .10 25.60 
 
24.10 24.30 
29.00 29.io 
 
Milk,Whole sale, oWt i' .. 
 
Fluid Mkt. 
 
$ 
 
Manuf. Jill 
 
$!,$ 2.43 
 
Turkeys, lb.' 
 
. 
 
5.77 5.85 3.16 3.25 !l5.66 !lS.75 
30.0 25.0 
 
2/5.70 24 ..0 
 
- 4.20 
1.60' .1/32..7939 
144 ?:7.3 
 
2/3.74 22.4 
 
Chiokens, per lb., Farm Com'l Broil. All 
 
  
! 13.3 
 
18.0 19.4 19.4 
 
Eggs, 'dC?z. 
 
 21.4 
 
53. 
 
t~_ _ 
 
I 
 
.!/ Reyised. z./ Pre1 iminary Est 1m1l.te  
 
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13.5 15.5 
15.5 
 
11.4 
16.0 15.5 
 
,PRICES PAID BY Fl.mAERS FOR SElE.CTED JE!'::DSMay 15, 195~ WITH, CCW>ARIS(NS 
 
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Poultry reed Brc ITer Growing Ms.-sh Laying Mash Scratch Grains 
nHal {Baled) a fa luI otbel' 
 
5.20 4.90 4.40 
50.00 45.00 
 
4.95 4.75 4.15 
45.00 35.00 
 
5.06 
4.52 
3.99 
 
4.93 4.52 3.93 
 
4.89 4.51 3.94 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
Athens, Ga., June 10 -- A total of 7,002,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending June 6, according to the Georgia .Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6,951,000 placed the previous week and is 2 percent less than the 7,111,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,276,000 compared with 
 
9,236, 000 the previous week and is 4 percent less than the. 9.. 616, gOO-for the 
 
corresponding weeklast year. 
 
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The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 40 to 60 cents with an average of 50 cents for all hatching eggs and 48 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 40 to 54 cents with an average of 48 cents for all hatching eggs and 45 cents for eggs purchased at the farm, from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $8.00 to $9.25 with an average of $8.50 per hundred compared with a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $8.00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 80 cents for eggs and $13. 75 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending June 6 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3 3/4 p<;>Unds, at farms 14. 46f. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET,. HATCHINGS, AND' CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
Week " Ending 
 
B~OILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE, 
 
, Eggs Set !J 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in G~orgia 
 
Eggs Chicks, Set .Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
11959 '10 
of 1958 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou; Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
Apr. 4 Apr. 11 Apr. 18. Apr.25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 
 
8,954 9. 141 . 9.265 9, 544 9,428 9,204 9. 589 9, 766 9,668 9,616 
 
9,900 9,710 9,778 9,480 9,632 9. 570 9,251 9,236 9,236 9.276 
 
111 6,468 7, 173 106 6,695 7,382 106 '6,709 7.477 99 6. 826 7, 319 102 6,857 7,244 104 6,934 6.996 96 7,237 7, 165 95 7, 113 7.053 96 7, 151 6,951 96 7. III 7,002 
 
III . 110 111 107 106 101 
99 99 97 98 
 
706 706 685 723 725 669 559 588 574 513 395 423 373 494 280 435 239 184 245 169 
 
!! Includes eggs set by hatcheries pl'\oducing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 ECGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS.0 BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
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-, 
 
Week Ending 
 
.. 
 
STATE 
 
May 
23 
 
May 
30 
 
June 
6 
 
May 
2 
 
'May 
9 
 
May 
16 
 
May 
23 
 
May 
30 
 
June 
6 
 
ZGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylv::tnia Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia West Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
 
~"'lorida 
 
~ 
 
Alabama 
 
.' 
 
Mis'sissippi 
 
Arkansas 
 
Louisiana 
 
, 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California 
 
. 
 
1, 557 1, 101 1,443 1,937 
261 1, 755 1,929 2.918 2,429* 
362 3.935 
532 9,236 
395 4,421 3,087 4,226 
702 3,206 
427 484 1,388 
 
1,528 1, 105 1,256 1,859 
234 1,732 1, 877 2,885 2,398 
334 3,903 
480 9.236 
394 4.215 2,973 4,050 
665 3,216 
394 493 1, 561 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 1959 % of. 19 S8 
*Reovise d: 
 
. 47, 731* .46.788 
 
51,017 
'" 
94 
 
51;233 
. : 91 - 
.. 
 
1,426 'I, 019 1,287 2,'079 
239 1,664 1,873 2,972 2,247 
322 3,731 
549 9.276 
402 4. 170 3,032 3,974 
697 3, 157 
452 383 I, 570 
46, 521 
51.,023 
91 
 
. 1,234 1,240 1,232 1,240 1,267 1,275 
 
, 666 
 
601* 566 
 
533 
 
664 
 
505 
 
840* 736 
 
843 
 
873 
 
855 775 
 
. 888 :. 786 
 
885 
 
759 
 
844 ' 872 
 
191 
 
106 
 
144 
 
99 
 
135 
 
123 
 
843 
 
702 
 
782 
 
756 
 
670 
 
733 
 
. 
 
1,986 1.996 1,908 1.672 1,753 1.699 L7"l1 , 1,649 1,637 1,884 1~_832 l.832 
 
. 
 
1,220 . 1, 197 1, 24,1 1.251, . 1,"223 1.243 . 
 
601 
 
63.3 
 
737 
 
585 . : :723 
 
575 
 
3, 213 3,300 3, 128 2,93$ . 2~-998 3.016 . 
 
326 
 
320 
 
336 
 
337 . :. 365 
 
351 
 
7.244 6.996 7,165 .7, 053 6,951 7.002 
 
222 
 
205 
 
196 
 
3,802 3. 506 3,493 
 
2,531 2,267 2,416 
 
3,465 3, 52? 3.479 
 
500* 473* 396 
 
2,455 2, 131 2,023 
 
375 
 
369 
 
343 
 
258 
 
Z19 .- 244 
 
1,054 . 1, 055 .- 1,091 
 
211 
 
188 
 
178 
 
3.44& 3, 4~4 3,413 
 
2,498 2",465 . "'2.485.. 
 
3,428 . J/50 1 3, 551 
 
. '0394 " 423 
 
400 
 
?,091; 2',200 2,312 
 
39~ 
 
371 
 
377 
 
: 
; 
 
244" 
995 .' 
 
227 ". ,: 987 
 
268 .1,.033 
 
I 
 
-! 
 
.. , 
 
35,580* 34,101*-34,187 33.828 33j892. 34,087 
 
- 
 
.: 
 
33.930 ," 105 
.- .. 
 
3:4,910 98- 
 
"35,504: 36,390 
96' -, ~ '93; I . 
 
36,,.5-32 36,' 562 
. ::"93 "~ -..": ':' '93' 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERV!CE 
'UNIVERSITY OF 'GEoRGIA AND THE 
SiATE OEPAA'TM~t4T OF AGRICULTURE 
 
ATHENS; GEORGIA 
 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SE:RVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATH~NS. GA., ' 
June 11, 1959 
 
GENERAL CROP REPORT~un-~\,jtoloA Aob V~- uUJ~~ Je, Jet',? 
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Production prospects of most major field crops were reduced by heavy rains, 
 
dUring the last twelve days of May. The tobacco crop was severely damaged:' by 
 
the heavy rains, especially in the southcentral and southeastern sections of the 
 
State. Some corn, cotton, and peanuts were drowned out in low lying fields .. 
 
Rainfall in May was above normal in practically all areas of the State, with rec~ 
 
:ord 'amounts in some areas. Weather during the first part of: the month was: favor- 
 
able for crop grmrth and farm activities. 
 
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The yield from small grain crops has been reduced from earlier, expectations. Harvest operations which were underway in some areas were delayed by the heavy rains. I..odging has been severe in many fields. The wet soils which kept the combines out of the grain fields also delayed cultivation of row crops. Many fields of corn, cotton, and peanuts 'are unusually grassy due to the lack of cultivation. 
 
Pastures and hay crops made rapid growth during the last half of the month. VerY 11ttle hay was harvested as there was no favorable weather '-for curing.. ,., Insect and disease' ~~ntrol programs were ext!emely difficult to carry out. 
 
~1HEAT PROSPECTS DECLINE: Wheat production on Georgia farms for 1959 is curren~,ly estimated at 2,142,000 bushels, the Georgia ~rop Report- 
ing Service said today. This is a decline of approximately 9 percent from the r estimate. made last month. Heavy rain during the last two weeks of May was the . principal factor causing a decline in the estimated production. Harvest operations which "'Tere just beginning were delayed by the rains. Lodging was severe in many fields. 
The June production estimate of 2,142,000 bushels is 31 percent above the 1958 production of 1,633,000 bushels. Yield per acre is estimated at 21.0 bushels compared to the record high per acre.yield of 23.0 bushels made in 1958. 
The expected increase in production is due to a 44 percent increase in the bar- 
vested acreage. Acreage for harvest this year is estimated at 102,000 acres. 
 
PEACH PRODUCTION FORECAST UNCHANGED FROM MAY 1: Georgia's 1959 total peach crop (including farm and commercial 
production) is forecast at 3)400)000 bushels, the Service said today. This is the:same as the May 1 forec~st. The current forecast is 15 percent below last year's crop of 4,000)000 bushels. Based on past relationship between inspected shipments and total production which has varied considerably, inspected rail and t.ruek shipments from this year's crop could be anywhere from 3,800 to 5)600 car equivalents. This compares With inspected shipments of 6,654 eqUivalent cars last year. Picking began earller this year than in 1958. (According to Market News 'Service reports through 'June 8, total equivalent car shipments were 1,-455 compared to 380 through the same'date last year.) 
 
RECORD EGG PRODUCTION: Hens on Georgia farms laid an estimated 138 million eggs 
 
during May 1959, a new record high for the month. This 
 
is 15 percent more than the 120 million eggs produced during May 1958 and is 50 
 
percent above the 10-year (1948-51) May average production of 92 million eggs. 
 
The average ,number of layers increased from 6,459,000 in May 1958 to 7,287,000 
 
layers this year, while the rate of lay advarnced from 18.6 eggs per layer to 18.9 
 
eggs per layer. 
 
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MILK, PRODUCTION' DOWN: Milk production in Georgia during May is estimated at 105 ~lJ,:1on pounds. This is a drop of one million pounds below 
the 106 million pounds produced during May 1958. The all-time record high pro- 
duction for May was in 1946 when 114 million pounds of milk were produced. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JUNE 1, ~959 
 
Winter wheat' prospects slipped nearly 2 percent during May. Lower expected 
yields in Kansas and Nebraska overbalanced the steady to improved outlook in other sections. Spring wheat developed slowly as major producing areas were mostly cool and dry. The spring planting season is nearing completion with gene- 
ral success in spite of some sectional weather-induced set-backs. Small grain 
and hay harvest was hampered by frequent rains 'in parts of the Southeast. Pastures and ranges are mostly in good to excellent condition except in the northern Great Plains and the Southwest. A near-average hay crop is in' prospect. 
Diciduous fruits show satisfactory development and the 1958-59 citrus harvest' , 
is near .completion. May weather favored vegetable development except in the Southeast and Northwest. Moisture supplies are generally adequate to excessive for immediat,e ,needs east of the Rocky Mountains. Stored water supplies' are satisfactory in most areas, but streamflow wiD, ~e short in many western areas. 
 
Q!!: Planting of t)le 1959 Corn crop was about 85 percent completed by June l. 
Progress was somewhat slower than last year but at about the. usual rate. Planting was at a rapid pace early in May but frequent and heavy rains later in the month caused, some interruption of field operations. Stands were generally satisfactory 'and replanting caused by washing, flooding, worms, and rodents has not been extensive except in limited areas. 
 
ALL WHEAT: All Wheat production in 1959 is forecast at 1,182 million bushels. 
A crop of this size would be nearly a fifth less than the record 
1958 production of 1,462 million bushels but 10 percent more than average .. 
 
PEACHES: The 1959 peach crop is estimated at 78.9 million bushels, the largest crop since 1946. This 1s 11 percent larger than last year and 28 
percent above average. Most of ahe increase over last year can be att:r1buted 
to ,California since over the rest of the country only Alabama, .Tennessee; 
Louisiana, Utah, and Oregon expect larger crops than in 1958. 'Excluding the 
California Clingstone crop, 'Which is mostly for canning, the rest of the U. S. 
crop is forecast at 48.9 million bushels, compared with 50 million bushels last year and the average of 39.3 million. 
 
Production in the 9 Southern States is estimated at 14.3 million bushels, 
 
9 percent less than last year but 53 percent' above average. By June 1, harvest 
 
was underway in all of the Southeastern States except North Carolina.' Frequent 
 
rains during .the last half of May in Georgia hampered harvest which is 4 or 5 
 
days ahead of last year. Harvest to date has been mostly Duke of Georgia,' 
 
Cardinal, Hiland, Dixired, Red Cap and Erly-Red-Fre... Movement of Coronet, Dixi- 
 
gem, and Redhaven will be underway the week of June 8-13, while harvest of 
 
Pearson Hiley and E;arly Hiley will' begin about June 16. In South Carolina, har- 
 
vest started in late ,May. Growers did a thorough job of thinning which, to- 
 
gether with a good moisture supply, has resulted in favorable sizing. Although 
 
not all areas had a set as good as the Piedmont, the overall prospects are good 
 
with .the crop expected to be only 4 percent smaller than last year. North Caro- 
 
lina '.s early peaches are sizing well. Production from Elberta trees is expected 
 
to be below last year as a result of late March freezing temperatures. Light 
 
movement from Alabama's Chi lton County area got ,under way in late May. Al- 
 
though the crop is expected to be lai-g~r than last year there is less uniformity 
 
of set between varieties. Arkansas expects a good crop in all areas except the 
 
Northwest where late spring freezes caused considerable damage. Early peaches 
 
have sized well and harvest should be under way about June 10. Louisiana 
 
growers began picking Dixireds and HiJ.ands on May 29. Texas had favorable 
 
weather 4~ing May and expects to harvest earliest varieties in east Texas dur- 
 
ing the, first part of June. In the Fredericksb~g area, harvest will start 
 
about June 10. 
 
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MILK PRODUCTION: Production of milk on U. S. farms in May is estimated at 12,595 million pounds. This was' 1 percent below production in 
May last year and 3 percent below the record high May outturn in 1957, but 1 percent above the 1948-57 average for the month. 
POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCTION: Farm flocks laid SJ 729 million eggs during May 3 percent more than in May 1958 . 
 
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GRICULTURAL EXTENSION SEr~VICE 
 
'0. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE: 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AtlO THt::, STATE ,DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
JlJN 15 '59 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA. 
 
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VEGETABLE. CF.,OP REPORT FOR JUNE 1, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: '~rq~uction of.' Spri~g and Early Summer vegetables in Georgia ~s estima-', ted' at 33 percent below last year, the"Georgia Crop Reporting Service 
said today. This reduction reflects lower yield prospects for most crops and a FO percent ,reduction in acreage for harvest. Weather conditions during late May were very'unfavorable for most growing vegetable crops. Harvesting of cabbage, onions, and snap beans has passed peak following a relatively short season. 
 
UNITED STATES: 'Sprin6 vegetable ,and melon pro~uction is now expected to be 5 
 
percent less than last year but slightly above aver~e, t~e 
 
Crop Report~ng Board announced today. Estimated production, excl~ding melons, ..!s 
 
only one prcent below 1958. Melon production is 18 percent less. Spring crops 
 
With ~ubstan~iallylessproduction than la~t year are tomatoes, cucumbers, snap 
 
beans, 'sweet corn, onions and green peppers. Late 'spring watermelon production is 
 
28 percent less than last year while the cantaloup crop is 12 percent more. 
 
Strawberry production 'is 18, percent below 1958. 
 
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Production of summer vegetables estimated thus far, which laet year comprised 
40 percent of the total -Summer production, is 2 percent less than in 1958. Early -summer melon production is expected to be Ih percent below last year.' In . 
addition to those crops for which forecasts have been made, acreage estimates have ~een prepared for a number of others. The summer acreage estimated to date excluding 'melons is 2 percent more than last year while the melon acreage is 14 
percent less. Most significant acreage changes from last year are a dec~ne in 
tomatoes and a substantial increase in onions. 
 
CAIfrALOUPS: Production of spring cantaloups is now forecast at 3, 5?6, 000 cwt., 
 
12 percent above last year but 9 percent below average.' Both 
 
Arizona and California expect more production than in 1958. The Flor~da crop is 
 
the same size as last year's but Texas is considerably smaller. We~ther in the 
 
Desert ar~as of California has been excellent this season for produ~ing a pieh 
 
yield and good quality. Temperatures have, been'high enough to promote growth 
 
vithout ~eaching damaging levels. Disease and insect damage have been very light~ 
 
Peak movement in'the Imperial Valley was expected the first week of June. Daily 
 
volume is still increasing in the Blythe district; Harvest of the Arizona crop 
 
began about May 20. Some disease is eVident, but no badly infested fields have' 
 
been reported thus fur. Cool nights retarded the maturity ra.te but will promote 
 
larger size. In Texas, weather' was fe.vorable during most of May, and the crop 
 
is in generally good condition. ' Harvest in the Lm,rer Valley became ac~i:.jel' the 
 
last few days of May, and supplies Will, be a.vailable in volume until'abo1lt J'~e 
 
20. Light harvest began in the laredo area the last week of May and most sheds .. 
 
vere expected to be open the first week of June. Winter Garden and Presidio 'are 
 
not expected to be in production,until about Jlli~e 10. In Flordia, yield pros- 
pec~s range from very poor to good but, generally below normal. Peak ha.rvest 
 
period ~s expected to be from late May to mid-June. Harvest is now active in 
 
C~~tra~,Florida and just starting in North Florida. 
 
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The first forecast of production places the early summer~rop at 1,2io, 000 , cwt. This is 5 percent under last year's c~op and a fifth:bel~w average. The 
South Carolina' crop is reported to be in "g6od condition. Peak moveriiel1t.. is ex- . 
pected about July 1 in Barnwell and other southern counties and about three weeks later in Chesterfield. Too much rain ha~ resulted in a poor c~,QP in Ge'orgia.. Stands are poor nnd'heavy rains are causing young melons to s~ed. 'Disease is' eVid~~t in many areas. Light harvest iri the earliest planted fields ~s exPected about 'inip.-June. Harvest of the Arizona ,crop Will begin about June 20. Weather 
thus far has been ideal a.nd the crop is in good condition. Virus disease is showing up, bU~ there has been little d.aIi1age. 
 
SWEET CQRN: ~inal forecast of the early'sp~ing crop in Florida and Texas is 
2,315,000 cwt., 12 percent be'low 1958 but 9 percent above ave'rage. S~pplies from the Everglades section of Florida.' are declining with about 10 p,er- 
~cnt of the crop remaining for harvest at ~he end of May. Shipments are now Jriginating from the Zellwood and Sanford sections and will continue in volume ~hrough June. Harvest in North Florida is'underway. The crop in this area was hurt by excessive late May rains. Warmer temperatures and favorable growing waather prevailed in most areas of Texas. Supplies from the Lower:Val~ey ~dll continue into early June when marketings' from the earlier areas outside t'he ,,: .- 
'alley are expected to begin. Harvest from these areas, mostly 'around San 'Antonio, w:l.ll continue through most of the month. Plantings in scattered sections of cast Texas are also in good condition wIth sufficiont moisture available for the l'crrainder of the season. Supplies are expected to be available from mid-June to mid-July. 
 
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Vegetable. Crop Report for jtL~e 1, '1959 (co~~~nued) 
 
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SWEET CORN, Cont.: The last forecast of the late spring crop plac~s prodpct~~~ 
 
at 850,000 cvTt., 6 percent above last year .and.:average ~ '., . 
 
Harvest in the Coachella Valley of California is expected to continue un.t11 imid- 
 
June. The 1,500 acres in the Kern district has ll1lde excellent progress and har- 
 
vest vro.s expected to start in early June, reaching volume by the tenth. Other 
 
areas are expected to come into production by June 20 .. .l~rvest has started in 
 
Baldwin County, AlabOJIlD. and peak is expected about June 15. The crop made good 
 
progress in Mny. Heavy rains during the last two weeks of Mny resulted in 'some 
 
acreage abandornnent in Georgia. This also hindered spraying and dusting opera- 
 
tions. Ha.rvest is expected to get underwn:>r the second week of June. The South 
 
Carolina. crop shows excellent prospects as weather conditions have been ideal~ 
 
for good growth. Harvest is expected to begin about June 10. 
 
TOMATOES: Late spring production is forecast at 867,000 cwt., 30 percent less than last year I s production and 36 percent below average. The drop in 
production is J;o.rgely due to sll1lller acreages in Texas ana. Georgia. In South Carolina, the crop is in good condition with excellent yield prospects. Harvest was expected to begin about June 1 and reach peak in mid-June. Excessive rains in Georgi.a have ,delayed harvest about a week. Harvest is expected to get underway the second week in June. First pickings will be of poor quality. Heavy infestation of tOll1lto fruit worm is showing up in all' areas. In Mississippi, heavy rains near the end of May were' unfavorable. Harvest wo.s expected to begin about June 1. Light picking has started in the Whiteville and New Orleans areas of Louisiana'. Recent rains have been excessive and some cracking and rot have been reported. If the rains continue damage could be heavy. In Texas, the crop in the Yoakum area is later than usual due to unfavorable weather earlier in the season. The east Texas crop made good progress during the last half of May. Harvest of green wrap tomatoes will start the second week in June. Movement of "pinks" will get underway in mid-June and continue into July. 
 
WATERMELONS: Late spring production is forecast at 7,506,000 cwt., 28 percent , below the 1958 production but about the same as average. The 
Florida crop is irregulo.r in development ranging from poor to good with melon sizes averaging smaller than normal. Recent rains have improved vine growth 
in some instances, but showery weather has also increased disease activity. 
Harvest is increasing seasonally with heaviest supplies expected June 15-30. Peak movement in South Florida occurred in early May and about 'Mny 20 in the 
Desato, Polk, Hillsboro county areas. Harvest is now active in the Ocala, McIntosh and Williston areas. Light harvest got underway around June 1 in the Trenton-Newberry area. Shipments from North Florida wi'll be heaviest during the 
second half of June. West Florida will begin harvest after June 15 and continue 
into JUly. Harvest of California watermelons in the Imperial Valley wo.s expected to' rea.ch peak in early June and wo.s well underwny at Blythe during this period. The condition of melons and vines is very good as favorable growing wep.ther and ideal weather for harvest operations have existed. Supplies will dontinue through June . 
 
. , The first production forecast of early summer watermelons, at 19,197,000 
 
cwt., is 14 'p.ercent . less than 1958 production but 2 percent above average. In 
 
the Carolinas; wo.termelons made very good progress under favorable weather con- 
 
ditions in May. Movement of the South Carolina crop is expected to get unde:r:wny 
 
in the Barnwell-Hampton area in late June and peak about the first week of July. 
 
Harvest in Chesterfield county will commence the first week of July. Prospects 
 
for' the Georgia crop declined during Mayas a result of excessive rains, grassy 
 
fields' and disease. Light harvest will begin the week of June 22. In Alabamn, 
 
p~ospective yields are good. Movement is expected to.begin in Ba.ldwin County 
 
ab.out June 15. Watermelons in Mississippi ma.de good progress during May; how- 
 
ever, .prospects in the southeastern counties were lowered somewhat by heavy rain- 
 
fal~ late in the month. Harvest in the important central area will begin about 
 
JUly 1. The Louisiana crop is earlier than last year and, harvest in the Wash- 
 
ington-St. ';Ca.mmany area should begin in early July'. Supplies in the important 
 
north central area will probably be available about mid-July. In Oklo.homa., fair 
 
stands have been obtained after considerable replanting. In Texas, weather 
 
conditions have been favorable and the crop has ma.de good progress in a.ll areas  
 
.Light movement occurred in the Lower Valley in late May. In the Falfurrias, : 
 
Hebbronville and Riviera. areas volume movement is expected around June 10. .... 
 
Ha.rvest will begin in other areas of South Texas the latter Part of June. Sup- 
 
plies in, central and eastern counties will be availo.ble in early July and con~. 
 
The tinue. into August. The quality of the Arizona Crop is good as a result of, ideal 
 
weather. 
 
California crop shows good prospects. Earliest harvest is ex-. 
 
pected at .Wheeler Ridge about June 25. 
 
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 Acreage and Estimated Production Reported to Date, 1959 with Comparisons 
 
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CROP 
AND STATE 
 
ACREAGE FQ,R Hi\RVEST : YIELD PER ACRE 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
:Avero.ge: 1958 : Ind. : Av. :1958 : Ind. :Avero.ge : 1958 : Ind. 
 
:1949-57: 
 
: 1959 : 49-57:.. :.J959 :1949-57: 
 
:1959 
 
pNAP BEAUS 
t,tld-Spring: 
 
- Acres - 
 
- Cwt. - 
 
- 1,000 Cwt.- 
 
pouth Caroline.: 7,720 
 
Georgia. 
 
: 4,890 
 
~bama 
 
: 1,200 
 
~ssissippi 
 
: 2,780 
 
Loui siana 
 
: 3,360 
 
: Group Total : ,19,940 
 
5,800 3,900 
850 1,900 3,000 15,450 
 
5,600 3,300 
750 1,700 3,100 14,450 
 
20 20 25 17 19 15 21 23 22 24 28 30 24 28 25 21., 22 23 
 
157 116 140 
 
83 
 
74 50 
 
26 20 16 
 
65 
 
53 51 
 
81 84 78 
 
412 347 335 
 
CANI'ALOUPS 
$pring: 
 
Florida 
texas Ari zona, YUllIZl CaUfornia 
Group Total 
 
1,680 10,260 
13,~9P'- 
14,400 
39,820 
 
Ear~ Summer: 
 
South Carolina: 5,910 
 
Georgia 
 
: 8,530 
 
Arizona,Other : 7,680 
 
Group Tota.1 : 22,120 
 
1,600 1,800 8,000) 4,500 12, J-OO' 14,200 13,300 12,500 35,000 33,000 
 
7,400 9,000 10,500 
26,900 
 
7,000 8,000 5,500 
20,500 
 
SWEET CORN 
 
La.t~ Spring: 
 
South Carolina: 2,110 
 
Georgia 
 
: 2,100 
 
Alabama 
 
: 4,000 
 
California 
 
: 6,820 
 
Group Total : 15,030 
 
TOMATOES 
 
1,300 1,200 2,300 2,400 3,600 3,600 ! 6,200. 6,400 I 13,400 13,600 
 
Late Spring: 
 
South Carolil'lO.: 4,720 
 
Georgia Mississippi 
 
: 11.,740 : 1,640 
 
Louisiana 
 
: 1,180 
 
Texas 
 
: 20,920 
 
Group Tota.l : 40,210 
 
6,300 
13,000 1,800 1,300 
14,600 37,000 
 
6,200 
9,000 1,200 1,300 5,500 23,200 
 
45 45 40 65 80 90 120 110 120 103 85 110 98 91 108 
34 35 35 55 55 45 110 50 110 67 48 59 
44 40 45 30 31 30 44 60 50 69 75 85 54 60 62 
36 32 40 39 45 40 30 21 35 40 40 40 ~ 2~ 30 
3 3 37 
 
77 714 1,636 1,490 3,917 
 
72 72 640 405. 1; 331 1,704 1,130 1,375 3,173 3,556 
 
199 467 849 
1,515 
 
259 245 495 360 525 605 
J.,279 1,210 
 
93 52 54 63 71 72 174 216 180 472 465 544 802 804 850 
 
170 202 248 
 
458 585 360 
 
47 
 
38 42 
 
47 
 
52 52 
 
638 365 165 1,360 1,242 867 
 
WATERMELONS 
 
I 
~ar~ Summer: 
 
~orth Carolina: 11,160 15,000 13,500 
 
South Carolina: 41,890 42,000 35,000 
 
Peorgia 
 
: 54,000 63,000 50,000 
 
Alabama 
 
: 17,460 21,000 19,000 
 
Mississippi : 11,040 16,000 12,000 
 
Arlmnsa.s 
 
: 10,320 13,000 11.,500 
 
Louisiana 
 
: 4,430 4,200 4,200 
 
Oklahomo. 
 
: 14,520 11.,500 8,700 
 
Texas 
 
:109,220 119,000 107,000 
 
Arizona 
 
: 5,170 7,400 6,500 
 
California 
 
: 10,480 11.,000 11,800 
 
Grol.lJLTota1 _ :2$.9.~f)9Q323,100 279,200 
 
50 60 60 555 900 810 
 
54 60 60 2,264 2,520 2,100 
 
78 85 70 4,190 5,355 3,500 
 
91 95 90 1,577 1,995 1,710 
 
70 65 65 773 1,040 780 
 
85 85 85 874 1,105 978 
 
77 80 85 342 336 357 
 
64 65 65 
 
946 748 
 
566 
 
47 50 50 5,096 5.950 5,350 
 
146 95 160 757 703 1.,040 
 
140 160 170 1,464 1.'460 2,006 65. __69. _6918~B3(g2..L_J.g__ 19,197 
 
ARCHIE IJlliGIEY 
Agricultura.1 Sta.tistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. 
Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
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JUN 18'59 
 
Release 6(17/59 
 
 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
llBR,4,Rf 
 
Athens, Ga., June 17 -- A total of 6,961, COO broiler chicks were placed 
 
 
 
with producer s in Georgia during the week ending June 13, according to the 
 
G~orgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 7,002,000 placed the 
 
previous week and is 1 percent less than the 7,063,000 placed the same week 
 
last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 312, 000 compared with 9, 276,000 the previo'us week and is 1 percent less than the 9, 360, 000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for G ~orgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 40 to 60 cents with an average of 52 cents for all hatching eggs and' 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 40 to 60 cents with an average of 50 cents for all hatching eggs and 48 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned, cockerels. Most prices charged fOl chicks were reported within a range of $8. 00 to $9. 50, with an average of $8. 75 per hundred compared with a range of $8.00 to $9.25 with an average of $8. 50 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 79 cents for eggs and $13.75 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending June 13 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 33/4 pounds at farms 14.60f. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
.; ,Chicks Place'd ',for Broiler s in G~orgia 
 
Eggs C,hicks Set : Hatched 
 
' 1958 
 
1959 
 
" 
 
1959 % 1958 
of 1958 
 
l~ 959 
 
1959 % 1959 1959 
 
' of 1958 
 
.. 
 
Thou; 'Thou. Perc'ent Thou. Thou; Percent ''Thou. Thou. '. 
 
Apr. 11 Apr. 18 Apr.25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 
 
'9, 14 ~ ,9,265 9, 544 9,428 9,204 
9, 589 9,766 9,668 9,616 9,360 
 
9,710 9,778 9,480 9,632 9, 570 9,251 9,236 9,236 9,276 9,312 
 
106 6,695 7,382 
 
110 
 
106 6,709 7,477 
 
III 
 
99 6,826 7,319 
 
107 
 
102 6,857 7,244 
 
106 
 
104 6,934 6,996 
 
101 
 
96 7,237 7, 165 
 
99 
 
95 7,113 7,053 
 
99 
 
96 7, 151 6,951 
 
97 
 
96 7, III 7,002 
 
98 
 
I 99 7,063 6,961 
 
99 
 
I 
 
685 725 559 ,574 
395 373 280 239 245 165 
 
723 669 . 588 ' 
513 423 494 435 184 
169 179 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
W. A. WAGNER 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
u-.--S-.--D-e-p-a-r-t-m-e-n--t -o-f-A--g-r-ic-u-l-t-u-re-- 
 
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Extension Service 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, GE'orgia 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS- 1959 Page 2 
 
STATE 
 
May. 30 
 
June 6 
 
June 13 
 
EGGS SET - T.HOUSANDS 
 
Week Ending 
 
May 9 
 
May 16 
 
May 23 
- 
 
May 30 
 
June 6 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
June 13 
 
Maine 
 
I, 528 1,426 1,483 
 
1,240 1,232 1,240 1,267 1,275 1, 310 
 
Connecticut 
 
1, 105 1,019 
 
988 
 
601 
 
566 
 
533 
 
664 
 
505 
 
590 
 
Pennsylvani.a 
 
1,256 
 
1,287 
 
1,422 
 
736 
 
855 
 
888 
 
786 
 
844 
 
913 
 
Indiana 
 
1,859 
 
2,.079 
 
1,827 
 
873 
 
775 
 
885 
 
759 
 
872 
 
810 
 
Illinois 
 
234 
 
239 
 
184 
 
106 
 
144 
 
99 
 
135 
 
123 
 
100 
 
Missouri Delaware 
 
1,732 1, 877 
 
1,664 1,873 
 
1,700 1,976 
 
702 
 
782 
 
756 
 
670 
 
733 
 
742 
 
1,996 1,908 1,672 1, 753 1, 699 1, 755 
 
 
 
Maryland 
 
2,885 2,972 3,017 
 
1,649 1,637 i, 884 1,832 I, 832 1,905 
 
Virginia 
 
2,398 
 
2,247 
 
2,200 
 
1, 197 1,241 1, 251 1,223 1,243 . 1, 168 . 
 
West Virginia 
 
334 
 
322 
 
314 
 
633 . 737 
 
585 
 
723 . 575 
 
658 
 
North Carolina South Carolina 
 
3,903 480 
 
3,731 549 
 
3,708 530 
 
3,300 3, 128 . 2,933 2,998 i 3'. 016 -, 3,037 
 
320 
 
336 
 
337 
 
365 
 
351 
 
338 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,236 9,276 9,312 
 
6,996 7, 165 7,053 6,951 1.002 6,961 
 
.J!"'lorida 
 
394 
 
402 
 
404 
 
205 
 
196 
 
211 
 
188 . ; 178 . 223 
 
Alabama 
 
4,215 4, '170 4, 151 
 
3, S06 3,493 3.446 3,404 : 3, 413 3,368 
 
Mississippi 
 
2.973 3,032 3,234 
 
2.267 2,416 2,498 _ 2.465 . 2,485 . 2. 533 
 
Arkansas , Louisiana 
 
4,050 665 
 
3,974 697 
 
4, 118 696 
 
3. 527 3;479 3,428 '3.501 3, 551 3, 566 
 
473 
 
396 
 
394 
 
423 
 
400 
 
448 
 
Texas 
 
3,216 3, 157 3.262 
 
2, 131 2,023 2,097 2,200 2,312 2,307 
 
Washingt on 
 
394 
 
452 
 
386 
 
369 . 343 
 
399 
 
371 
 
377 
 
374 
 
Oregon 
 
493 
 
383 
 
413 
 
219 
 
244 
 
244 
 
227 
 
268 
 
276 
 
Californica 
 
1, 561 
 
1.570 
 
1,4.33 
 
1,055 . 1,091 
 
995 
 
987 1.0:n 
 
987 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
19 ~9 % of 1956- 
 
46,788 51, 233 
91 
 
4.6, 521 .-- 46,758 
 
51". 023 
" 
9-1 
 
50,305 93 
 
34,101 34, 187 33.828 ~3.892 34,087- 34,369 
 
34,910 35, 504 36,390 36, 532 . 3.6.562 36.900 
 
98 
 
96 
 
93 
 
93 
 
93; 
 
93 
 
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GlEOlGllA <C~O lEI?(Q)IRrrHNCG SlEl~Vll'ClE 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL EXTENSION SERVICl!' 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEOR'GIA AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI.CUL.TUREI 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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~IUN 1 q '59 
'U~ 
 
U. s. DEPA,nMENT OF AGRICULTURl! 
 
AGRICUL.TURAL. MARKl!TING SERVICl! 
 
311 EXTENSION BLDG., AT.HEN"S,,G. 'A.,. , 
 
June 18, 1959 
 
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:' ;rhis summary of poultry inlorm~b'"On on-ttatch~ry pZ:Oduction, poultr~. _,:_ ..':,,:_ sla:ughter, egg production, pertinent pi-iee d:ata and end-of-month storage s~ock8 
 
is being furnished you in a condensed fprm to enable you to have a ready current 
 
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. . . . , POULTRY SUMMAR Y, : During May 
 
MAY 1959 
 
: % of: 
 
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Jan. 
 
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through 
 
.---- - 
May:' .% 
 
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. last ' . 
 
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: 1958!! : 1959Y : year: 1958!! : 1959Y : year 
 
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Chicks Hatched by Commercia-I Hat'cheries: 
 
Broiler Type Georgia "ti~lit~eq. States 
E g"g.,T ype ' 
Georgia United States 
Commercial Slaughter:~ 
 
31,047 H~O" 72.6 
935 109, 72.2 
 
31,92.6 173, 594 
1,707 87,934 
 
103 134, 555 96 772,172 
: 
183: 6, 024 80 : 453,684 
 
148,785 834,63,1 
11, 685 436,327 
 
Ill" , 
108 
194 
96 
 
Young Chickens 
 
Georgia 
 
.. 
 
United States 
 
: 
:26, 02.0 2.7,297 105 : 108, 229 113,439 ;10.5 
:. 13,2,'354 147,560 111 :. 568, 1R4 647,928 .1)4,: 
 
Hens and Cocks Georgia United State s 
 
Egg Production: 
 
Georgia 
 
4/ " 
 
South .Atlantic- 
 
United States . 
 
2.72. 6, 028 . 
Mil. 
12.0 571 5,544 
 
429 158 : 1, 518 9,636 160 : 
 
Mil. 
138 627 5,729 
 
Pct. : Mil. 
: 
115 : ,563 110 : 2,625 103 :', 26, 534 
 
2,419 
", 
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Mil. 
 
i 
 
159 
 
.. 
: 
 
.- 
 
.' 
 
Pct., ' 
 
663 qs 
, 2,'959. "1.13,:, 27,951. 1,9:5,;.' : 
 
1/ Revised. 2/ Preliminary. 3/ Federal-State Market News Service--Fo-r ine purpose ofthis report a c0O?-~ercial .'poultry slaughter plant is defined' as a plant'which slaughters a weekly average of at least 30,000 pounds live weight while in operation. (Converted f~o~ weekly to, monthlybasis.) 4/ South Atlan- 
tic states: Del., Md., Va., W. Va., N. C., S. C., Ga., Fla. 
 
MID-MONTH PRICE'S RECEIVED' AND PRICES PAID 
 
Item 
 
.. ,-, .. 
 
.. 
 
- Prices 'Received: 
 
'Fa'rm Chickens (lb.')' 
Com. Broilers '(lb.') All Chickens (lb. ) All Eggs (dozen) 
 
Georgia 
 
: United' States 
 
:May 15 :Apr. 15 :May 15 :M,ay 1:5 .:Apr. ~.5 :May' 15 : ' 
 
1958 
,,', 
 
-.:., 
 
.1.9.59..,.:.' 
 
19'5,9.' . :.' 
 
195fj 
 
:. 1959 
 
:. 1959 . 
 
I 
 
Cents ' C_~Ilt~ .. Cents, : Cents 
 
.: 
 
. , '. 
 
Cents 
 
t 
Cents 
 
: 18. O' : 19: 4 : 19.4 : 53.9 
 
13.5 15.5 15.5 38.5 
 
: 
13.0 : 15.2 : 15. 1 : 36. 1 : 
 
16.7 20.3 
19.9 36.8 
 
12.6 16.3 15.9 28. 1 
 
" 
11. 4 16.0 15. 5 25. 1 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 lb.) : Dol 
 
Broiler growing mash : 5.20 
 
Laying mash 
 
4.90 
 
Scr.atch grains 
 
: 4.40 
 
Dol. 
4.95 4.75 4. 15 
 
Dol. : Dol. 
: 4.90 : 5.06 4.75 : 4.52 4.20 , 3.99 
 
Dol. 
4.93 4.52 3.93 
 
Dol. 
4.89 4.51 3.94 
 
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l'''or this project State funds were matched with Federal funds received from the Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA under Provisions of the Agricultural Marketing A ct of 1946. 
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 Ertd.6f-Month Sto'cks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products 
 
.. '.:', .'. 
 
United State.s 
 
., .:..' ...' 
 
'. 
. Net Changes in Stocks during May and Comparisons 
 
. ; ....; '\ 
 
" .. I 
 
Shell eggs: Increased by 466,000 cases; May 1958 increase wa-s 383, 000 ca~es; 
 
average May increase is 596, 000 cases. 
 
t.'...rQ~.e~.. ~gg.~.;, Increased by 37 ~illion p~unds; May 1958 increase was 32 million 
'. p.oun,ds,; ~.verage May increase is 37 million pounds. 
 
~""ro~en poultry: Decxeased by 17 million pounds; May 1958 decrease was 32 mil- 
 
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i 
 
o.n. 
 
.p, 
 
o 
 
u 
 
n 
 
- 
 
:l 
 
s 
 
; 
 
average 
 
May 
 
d-ecrease 
 
is 
 
20 
 
million 
 
pounds . 
 
Beef:. Increased by 1 million pounds; May 1958 change was a c13crease of 3 mil.' ~ lion.pouncis;"average May change is a decrease of 15 million pounds. 
 
h'    _ 
 
" 
 
. 
 
Pork:. Decreased by 9 million pO'una:; May 1958 decrease was 17 million 
 
pounds; average May decrease is 38 million pounds. 
 
Cth~r meats: Decreased by one-half million pounds; May 1953' decr'ease was' 2 
 
. 
 
million pounds; average May decrease is 2 million pounds. 
 
I' 
, 
Commodity 
 
Unit 
 
 May . Way 
 
: 1954- 58 a v. .: 1958 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
April 1959 
Thou. 
 
May 1959 1/ 
Thou. 
 
f:ggs: 
 
Shell. . . . . 
 
Case 
 
. .... rozen eggs, total. 
 
Whites 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Pound do . 
 
Yolks 
 
. do .. 
 
Whole or mixed. . . : do. 
 
Unclassified.. ' : do. 
 
Total eggsY(case eq.). : Case 
 
poultry, fro~en: 
 
Broilers or fryers. 
 
Roasters, .. , .. 
 
Hens, fowls. 
 
Turkeys 
 
. 
 
Ducks. ~ 
 
. 
 
Unc::1~s sHied. . 
 
Pound .10. do. do. do. do. 
 
Total poultry.... 
 
do. 
 
Beef:, .Fro~en, In cure 
 
, cure & cured... 
 
do. 
 
1,412 
 
705 
 
532 
 
998" 
 
143, 809 100,624 
 
85, 119 122, 326' '" 
 
44,465 
 
35, 159 
 
26, 511 
 
34,47.9 
 
34,565 
 
26,278 
 
24,627 
 
34~ 377 
 
58,301 
 
35,486 
 
31,287 
 
49,9.85 
 
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16, 621 5, 542 
26,880 70,408 
4, 519 24, 542 
 
15,760 2.987 
22,364 84,243 
2,066 18, 133 
 
26, 514 9,555 57,037 
86,699 2,488 
33,017 
 
25, 347. 9,883 . 
56,421 67,369 
3, 128 36,257 
 
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148, 512 145, 553 215,310 198,405 
 
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126,474 100,027 171,110 171,842 
 
:pork: 
 
l'rozen 
 
. 
 
do. 
 
296, 118 189,801 324,333 313,405 
 
In' c'ure &: cured. '" 
 
do. 
 
80,722 
 
53,038 
 
56,664 
 
58, 172 
 
Other meat and , meat,products. J. 
':rotal all red meats. 
 
do. 
 
86,608 
 
79; 129 107,858 107,365 
 
do. ~--5-8-9-,-9-2-2----4-2-1-,-9-9-5-----65-9-,-9-6-5-----6-5-0-, -7-8-4--- 
 
1/ Preliminary. 2/ .J.i'rozen eggs converted on basis of 39. 5 pounds to the cas<1 .. 
 
: ARCH~ LANGLEY Ap,ric~i.t<.lra1 .3tatisticlan In Ch~rge 
 
RAYMOND R., HANCOC.K -W. A:' WAGNER 
.. Ag~i.cu1turalSta,tistic~ans ., , 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTlIRE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING seRVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA. 
June 19, 1959 
 
PULLET CHICKS FOR BR01LER-HJ:TCH~RYSUPPLY FLOCK~ 
 
May 1959 -. United States 
 
'~ ~ .:. 
 
The indicated placement of pullet chicks for broiler hatchery supp~y flocks 
 
by leading primary breeders of broiler replacement stodt totaled 3, 007,000 
 
chicks during May 19-59. :This was 17 pel'<;ent less thanin May 1958. Domestic 
 
placements during May 1959 totaled 2,861,000'. chicks: 'Part of the decrease in . 
 
Chi.cks dur~ng May 1959, as: corr:;pared to a year earlier was due to the fact that 
 
for a number of hatcheries there were 8 days whe.n hatches were .ta~en qf.in .... 
 
May this year, compared with 9 days last year. 
 
. 
 
, 
 
.' 
 
The totals include pullet chicks sold during the month, .plua the. nu~b~r of , 
pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceding month. The c~nver sion from eggs to expected pu~let chicks was made on the. basis 10f 125 p~llet ..... , chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders i"nCluded in thls" , 
report acQQunt for a very large percentage of total supply of replacement " 
pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sa.les of replacement' .pullets b'y, these' breeders provide an ind~cation of the potential number 'of pullets avaiIa.ble for addition to .hatchery egg supply flocks several months be~o.re the pulle~s . will actually move into the flocks. 
 
Pullet Chicks 11 Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks 
 
_. 
 
- (Reported by leading breeders) 
 
Month 
 
1957 
 
: 
 
1958 
 
: 
 
January 
 
. 
 
February 
 
'. 
 
March 
 
, .. : 
 
ApriL' .......: 
 
May 
 
: 
 
June. ' 
 
: 
 
July 
 
. 
 
August. . 
 
September. 
 
October . 
 
November . 
 
December . 
 
Annual Total. 
 
1,000 
chicks .., 
 
1,000 chicks 
 
1,886 1.997 2, 538 3,033 2, 899 2,060 1,676 1, 41.0 . 1,935 2,297 1,926 2,238 25, 895 
 
1,982 
 
r: 
 
2,270 
 
. 
 
3, 118 3, 320 
 
3,623 
 
3, 390 
 
....... -;... 
 
3,054 
 
2, 646 
 
2,700 
 
. 2,568 
 
2, 141 
 
2, 147 
 
- - 32,95.9 
 
. 1959 
1,000 chicks 
2, 124 2,414 3,450 3,765 3,007 
 
1959 as : percent .: of 1958 
 
... 
 
" ..... 
 
, .. ':percent 
, 
 
107 
 
I 
 
106 
 
111 
 
1-13 
 
83 
 
.' , 
 
11 Includes expected pullet replacements f~om eggs. sold du~ing the preceding 
 
month at the rate of 125 pqllet chicks per 30-dozen case of eggs. 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY. .-. '. . 
 
.w. .A. WAGNER 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Ch.arge 
 
;. 
 
Agricu~tural Statistician ' 
 
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I 
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 CHICKENS TESTED 
, In Georgi~'242, 067 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs were'tested for pullorum Jisease during May 1959--5 percent less than the 254,024 te,sted in May 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for May were 5,561 only 51 p,ercent of the number tested in May last year. 
There were 1,647,255 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs tested in May 1959--up 6 percent from May 1958. The cumulative total July 1958 through ~ay 1959 ,of 25, 596,042 was 25 percent more than the number tested during these months a year earlier. 
In the States ,for which comparisons are available, 241,636 chickens were tested in May for supplying eggs for egg-type chicks--down 12 percent from May 1958. The number tested July 1958 through May 1959, of 12,836,160 was I, percent less than the number tested during this period a year earlier. 
This, report is made possible through the cooperation of the National, Poultry Improvement Plan official State agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research Division, Agricultural Research Service and tl1.e Agricultural Estimates Division, Agricultural Marketing Service. 
 
Month 
 
 
 
Georgia 
 
- 
 
Chicken,s 
 
Tested 
 
I 
 
". 
 
by Official 
 
State 
 
Agencies 
 
For Broiler Production 
 
;, Egg Type Chickens 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
By Months 
 
Cumulative 
 
By Months 
 
1957-58 " 1958-59 : 1957-58 ':. 1958-59 : 1957-58 : 1958-59 
 
July 
 
: 202,194 
 
Aug. 
 
: '230,292 
 
Sept. ,. , : 334, 522 
 
Oct. 
 
: 306, 795 
 
Nov.~ ,:, 254, 554 
 
Dec. 
 
: 252.517 
 
Jan. 
 
: 414,416 
 
Feb. ,: 275,750 
 
Mar. : 255, 111 
 
Apr. ': 211,093 
 
May 
 
: 254, 024 
 
June : 185, 343 
 
253, 865 240,302 , _413, 264 
458,442 388, 136 432.318 564,491 482,212 400,437 275, 275 242,067 
 
202, 194 432,486 767,008 1,073,803 1, ~2a, 357 1.580,874 1,995,290 2.271,040 2. 526, 151 2,737,244 2,991,268 3,176,611 
 
253,865 494; '167 907,,431 1, 365, 873 1,754,009 2, 186, 327 2,750,818 3,233,030 3,633,467 3,908.742 4,150,809 
 
17,274 47,736 .18, 286 27,242 
8,325 14,836 61,618 
13.675 12,086 57,426 10,849 17,445 
 
30,299 42, 581 35,6,52 41,043 26, 186 84,778 34. 194 
5.280 4,994 6,779 5, 561 
 
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United Statef! - Chickens T,ested by Official State Ag encies 
 
Month 
 
. 
: 
 
: 
 
July.!.' , : 
 
Aug., 
 
Sept. : 
 
Oct. 
 
: 
 
Nov. 
 
: 
 
Dec. 
 
Jan. 
 
: 
 
.2eb. 
 
Mar. 
 
Apr. 
 
: 
 
May 
 
June 
 
: 
 
!! ?or Broiler Production by Months 
 
: 
 
1957-58 
 
: 
 
1958-5.. 9 
 
1, 310, 378 
1,600. 805 2,310,549 2,723,936 2,225,580 2.208,307 2,014.868 1.282.382 1.587,391 1,701,022 1,554,643 1,310,490 
 
1, 628, 129 
1,596.792 2,643,740 
3. 119.754 2,951, 368 2,794.873 2.601,927 2,363,505 2,320.302 I, 928, 397 1.647.255 
 
.For Egg Type Chickens 
by Months 21 
 
: 
 
1957-58 
 
: 
 
1958- 59 
 
363, 1'53 
 
676.162 
 
1,251.370 
 
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~:2. AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AI~D THE STATE OEPARTMf:~T OF AGRICULTURE 
AthE:ris, Qeorgia 
 
JUN 24'59 
L1BRI\Rl 
 
 S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE GRICUI..TURAL MARKE"I~~G 5E;:RVICE 3:9 EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS, GA. 
. June 22, 1959 
 
GEORGIA 1959 SPRING PIG CROP UP 
 
The G~orgla spring pig crop for 1959 Is estimated at 1,787,000 head .. This is an increase of 18 ~ercent from the 1958 spring crop of I ,SII ,000 head. The 1959 spring crop' is the largest ever recorded in the State. A total of ~59,odo sows farrowed this spring and producers saved a record breaking average of 6.9 
pigs from each sow. Georgia's 1959 spring crop is the 10th largest in the 
nation being exceeded only by 9 important corn-belt States. 
 
Based on growers' breeding intentions as of June I, 195,000 sows are expected to farrow in Georgia this fall. If these plans are real ized the 1959 fall farrowings will be about 8 percent larger than last year. Georgia ranks 9th in the nation on expected fall farrowings for 1959. 
 
This report is based on a survey of farmers from all areas of Georgia. These returns were obtained in cooperation with the Post Office Department through rural mail carriers. 
 
SOWS FARROWED AND PIGS SAVED ~PRING-(Dec. I to June I): - FALL (June I to Dec I) 
 
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6.70 54,S31 5,299 7. 12 51 ,8 12 5, 12/.. 7.05 52,336 5,912 7.08 58,494 6,394* 
 
6.73 35,655 7.06 36,148 
7. 17 42,370 
 
* Number to farrow, indicated from breeding intent-ions refiorts 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES PIG CROP REPORT - JUNE 1959 
The 1959 spring pig crop totaled 58,494,000 head, an increase of 12 percent from the 1958 spring crop, dnd the largest spring pig crop since 1951. The number of sows farrowed this ~pring totaled 8,266,000 head, which was II percent more than the 7,428,000 sows farrowed in the spring of 1958. The number of pigs saved per 1itter averaged 7.08, compared with 7.05 a year earlier and the record high of 7.12 pigs per I itter in the spring of 1957. Breeding intentions reports indicate a total of 6,394,000 sows to farrow this fall. This would be an increase of 8 percent over the 5,912,000 sows that farrowed In the fall of 1958. If these 
farrowing intentions materialize and the number of pigs saved per litter equals 
the average, plus an allowance for upward trend, the 1959 fall crop would be 46 million'head. The combined spring and fall pig crops for 1959 would be 104.5 million head, 10 percent above 1958 and 16 percent above the 1948-57 average. 
The number of hogs 6 months old and over on farms and ranches June 1 was II percent mor~ than a year earlier. 
SPRING PIG CROP UP 12 PERCENT 
The number of pigs saved in the spring of 1959 (December 1958 through May 1959) is estimated at 58,494,000 head. This is 12 percent more than the 1958 spring crop of 52,336,000 head, 7 percent more than average and the largest spring crop since 1951. 
The 1959 spring crop was larger than a year earlier in all regions. Increases were as follows: North Atlantic, 10 percent; East North Central, 9; West North Central, 10; South Atlantic, 19; South Central, 24; and West, 16 percent. All regions, except the North Atlantic, saved more pigs in the spring of 1959 than the respective 1948-57 average. 
The number of sows farrowed in the spring of 1959 totaled 8,266,000 head, 
11 percent more than last spring and 1 percent more than average. Spring farrowings were down less than 1 percent from breeding intentions as reported last December. Changes by regions were varied, with farrowings up from intentions in the':North Atlantic and South Atlantic; down from intentions in the West North I Central and the West and approximately the same in the East North Central and 
South Central. The percentages by regions that the 1959 spring sows farrowed were of 1958 compared with the intentions as reported last December are as follows: North Atlantic, 109 percent now and lOS percent last December; East North Central, 108 and 108; West North Central, 110 and 112; South Atlantic, lIS and III, South Central, 121 and 121; and West, 116 and 121 percent. 
The 7.08 pigs saved per litter this spring is the second highest on record, exceeded only by the 7.12 pigs saved in the spring of 1957. The 1958 average was 7.05 per litter. The West North Central is the only region to show a smaller number of pigs per litter than in the spring of 1958. Since 1950, the average I itter size of the spring crop has increased each year except for 1958. The average for 1959 is 12 percent more, than the 1950 average. 
)95~ fA~L I~TE~rIONS y~_8 PERCENT 
Reports on breeding intentions indicate that 6,394,000 sbws will farrow during the fall season (June through November) of 1959. If these intentions are realized, the nuniber of sows farrowing this fall will be 8 percent more than during the fall of 1958, 21 percent more than the average, and the largest number since the fall of 1943. Compared with last year, all regions showed increases in 
the number of sows intended for fall farrowing. The largest percentage increase 
is reported in the South Central which is up 14 percent. The South Atlantic and the West each show a 10 percent increase. The West North Central is up 9 percent, the North Atlantic up 6 percent, and the East North Central up 4 percent  
These changes from last year are based on bre eding intentions reported by farmers about June 1. 
If fall farrowing intentions materialize and the number of pigs saved per 
I itter equals the average, with an allowance for upward trend, the 1959 fall pig crop will be about 46,000,000 head. This would be the second largest fall crop of cecord, exceeded only b,: the 47,584,000 pigs In 1943. The combined pig crop of 1959 would be 104,494,000 head, 10 percent above last year, and 16 percent 
above average. A crop this ~lze would be the third largest of record, exceeded 
only by 1942 and 1943. 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SER,VICE UNIVERSITY OF' GEORG lA' AND 'THE " STATE"D'EPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Ather,SI. ~e9rg'ia' , 
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UNliTr.SITY OF GiORGIA 
IJUN 2 b '59. 
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U. S. OEP~RTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS;'GA~ 
June 23, 1959 
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GEORGIA: ,,~,P.,;'C?du'ction 'of'lupine see~ in 1959 is es'timated at 6,400,000 pounds compared with 5,740,000 pounds in 1958, an increase of 11 percent. 
The current crop is only 22 percent of ,the 1948-57 average produ~tion Oil ~ 29,171,{l00 pounds,. Of the 6,400,000 p'ounds ha ryes ted, 5,120 ,,000..p.ounds is b,l ue lupine'~nd 1,280,000 Is sweet lupine. The Georgia crpp amounts to 64 percent of the total for country. Frequent rains during the harvesting season ca~5ed 
heavy shattering of seed and yields were reduced. Some of the intended acreage 
w?s, ~ot,hary'e~ted. 
 
, Acteage harvested for seed Is indicated at 8,000, compared w'ith 7,000 .in 1958 and 34,800 for the (1948-57) average. 
 
Yield per acre of 800 pounds is 20 pounds below 1958 but 26 pounds above the (1948-57) average of 774 pounds. 
 
UNITED STATES:" T.he 1959 production of lupine seed is f~recast at 10,025,000 
 
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pounds are sweet lupine. The current production is 3 percent under last year's 
 
crop of 10,350,000 pounds -- 8,833,000 pounds blue and 1,517,000 pounds sweet-- 
 
but only one-fifth as large as the la-year average. The deterring factors which 
 
have beset the principal use of lupine as a soil-building crop such as difficul- 
 
ties in establ ishing a stand, winter-kill, disease, insect damage and others 
 
teamed up with the rains at seed harvesting time to again reduce the acreage cut 
 
for seed. 
 
This year's prospective crops are below last year in Alabama, Florida and South Carolina. In Georgia the reduction in the establ ished acres of the southwest was more than offset by increases in the eastern producing area, resulting in a modest increase for the State. 
 
Acreage harvested for seed is indicated at only 13,000 acres, down 12 percent from last year and the smallest acreage since 1944. Sharp declines from last year occurred in all States except Georgia where the increase of 1,000 acre~ represents mostly small acreages reported by farmers in the easterly area. 
 
Carry-over of old lupine seed on farms, estimated at only 378,000 pounds, is the smallest since 1949 and compares with 1,188,000 pounds last year and the average of 1,475,700 pounds. A report on the stocks held by dealers as of June 30 will be issued on August 4. 
 
Imports of blue lupine seed durihiflhe 10-month period ending April 30, 1959 totaled 2,242,000 pounds -- all from the Union of South Africa. This is the largest total of record and compares with negl igible lupine imports a year earlier, and the 5-year average of only 20,400 pounds. 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EX'rENSloN BLDG., ATliE~IS, GA 
June 23, 1959 
 
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Crimson Clover Seed Pr.oduction Reduced by Heavy Rains 
 
GEORGIA: Heavy rains during the harvesting season drastically reduced the 1959 Crimson Clover seed crop. Forecasts, which al!ow for losses 
from s~attering and abandonment of acreage for seed harvest indicate the 1959 Georgia crimson clover seed production at 1,365,000 pounds. This is the smallest crop since 1945, with the exception of the 1955 when the severe March freeze caused serious damage. The curre~~ production is only 39 percent of last year and 33 percent of the (19~857) average. Acreage for harvest of 13,000 compares with 26,000 last year and is only 47 percent of the (1948-57) average of 27,400 acres. The prospective yield per acre of 105 pounds is 30 pounds below 1958 and 41 pounds less than the 10 year average. 
UNIT~D STATES: The 1959 crep of crimson clover seed in the Southern States is ----- forecast at 6,532,000 pounds, about one-half the 1958 crop of 
13,015,000 pounds and only two-fifths of average. The current crop is the South's smallest since 1940. Reseeding varieties, suchias Dixie, Auta~ga, Aubu~n and others, total 3,721,000 pounds compared with 7,670,000 pounds in 1958. 
A foreca~t of the late harvested crimson clover seed crop in Oregon will be released August 14 along with the forecasts for other winter-cover crop seeds. 
Last fall IS dry weather was unfavorable for establishing crimson clover stands, but the slow start was partly offset by good growing conditions this spring and seed prospects were excellent. However, when the crop matured, frequent and heavy rains during late May and early June shattered out much seed. As a result, intentions to harvest seed from some acreage were abandoned, and yields from the acreage finally harvested were much below earlier expectations. 
The forecast of 57,000 acres harvested for seed in the Southern States is 39 percent under the 93,000 acres harvested in 1958 and 49 percent under the average. All States, particularly Georgia, reported extensive abandonment of acreage. 
The prospective yield, averaging 115 pounds per acre, compares with 140 pounds in 1958 and the average of 148 pounds. This low yield reflects the heavy loss of seed from shattering caused by frequent and heavy rains. 
 
Favorable spring weather pushed crimson clover seed development to the harvest stage 5 to 10 days earl ier than last year and somewhat earl ier than the usual maturing date. The average date on which harvest began was May 20 in Georgia; May 22-24 in Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas; May 26 in South Carolina; and June I in Tennessee. 
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estimated at 519.000 pounds and cOmpares with 473,000 pounds a year ago. A 
report on stocks held by dealers as of June 30 will be issued on August 4. 
 
Imports of crimson clover seed for the ten months ending April 30, 1959 
 
totals 2,921,000 pounds -- 1,687,~00 from Italy, 496,000 fromFrance,~nd the 
 
remainder from GerrflrlJt\~~ Great Britain. Hungary, Yugoslavia. Canada, Netherlands 
 
and Denmark. Imports during a similar period a year earlier totaled.. 2.504.30Q~'.~, 
 
pounds, and for the year ending June 30, 2,5~8.300 pounds . ,. 
 
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135 105 4,Q83 ,3,510 1,365. , 
 
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145 110 S.930 3,915 1.980 
 
Ala. 28.990 24,000 15.000 147 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
JlJl~ 2 5 '59 
 
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Athens, Ga . June 2~1: -- A total of 6, 807J.,.OOO-crraUerChicks were placed 
 
with producer s in Georgia during the week ending June 20. accorditig to the 
 
G20rgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares w.th the 6,961.000 placed the 
 
preyious week and is 5 percent less' than the 7, 153, 000 placed the same week 
 
la6~ year. 
 
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. co~'responding week last year. , 
The majority of the price s paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were: reported within a range of 45 to 65 cents with an average of 54 cents for all hatch.,. ing eggs'and 51 cents for eggs purchasedat the farm from flocks with hatchery owned coc~e;rels, Last week the range. w~s from 40 to 60 cents w.it~ .an ~v:~~aG~ : of 52 cents for all hatching eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks, with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices cl}arged for .chicks were reported within a range of $8.00 to $10.00 with an average of $9. 00' per hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $9.50 with an average of $8. 75 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 79 cents for eggs and $13.75 for chicks . 
 
. ;. Weighted av~rage p~ices from the Federal:'State Ma_rket' News Service for broilers during th~ week ending June 20 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4- 
 
3 '3/4 pounds .a;t faims 15.22f. 
 
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GEORGiA: EGGS, SET, HATCHINGS, ,AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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9,265 9, 544 9,428 9,204 9,589 9.766 9,668 9.616 9,360 9.082 
 
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9.251 9.236 9,236 9.276 9,312 9,210 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 PaQe 2 
 
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EGGS SE T - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1,426 
 
1,483 . 1,513 
 
1,232 1,240 1,267 1,275 1,310 1,228 
 
Connecticut 
 
1, 019 
 
988 1,069 
 
566 
 
533 
 
664 
 
505 
 
590 
 
635 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,287 
 
1,422 
 
1,256 
 
855 
 
888 
 
786 
 
844 
 
913 
 
677 
 
Indiar.a 
 
2,079 
 
1, 827 
 
1,800 
 
775 
 
885 
 
759 
 
872 
 
810 
 
831 
 
Illinois 
 
239 
 
184 
 
203 
 
144 
 
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135 
 
123 
 
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110 
 
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1,664 
 
1,700 
 
1,837 
 
782 
 
756 
 
670 
 
733 
 
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1,976 
 
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1,908 1,672 1,753 1,699 1, 755 1, 742 
 
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3,017 2,200 
 
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GEORGIA 
 
9,276 
 
9,312 
 
9,210 
 
7, 165 7,053 6,951 7,'002 6,961 6,807 
 
Florida Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California 
 
402 4,170 3,032 3,974 
697 3, 157 
452 383 1,570 
 
404 4, 151 3,.234 '11, 118 
696 3,262 
386 
413 
1,433 
 
. 363 
4,006 3,067 4,155 
667 3, 153 
337 408 1,440 
 
196 3,493 2,416 3,479 
396 2,023 
343 244 1,091 
 
211 . 3,446 
2,498 3,428 
394 2,097 
399 244 , 995 
 
188 3,404 2,465 3, 501 
423 2,200 
371 227 987 
 
178 3,413 2,485 3,551 
400 2,312 
377 268 '1,033 
 
223 3,368 2, 533 3,566 : 
'448 
2, 306 
374 276 978 
 
231 3,470 
2,439 3,398 
468 
2,299 384 247 
1, 103 
 
TOTAL 1959 46,521 
 
TOTAL 1958 . 51, 023 
 
1959 % of 1958 
 
91 
 
46,758 50,305 
.. 93 
 
46,061 49,697 
93 
 
34, 187 33,828 33,892 34,087 34,359 33, 990 
 
35, 504: 36, 390 36, 532 36, 562 36,900 36,889 
 
96 
 
93 
 
93 
 
93 
 
93 
 
92 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
 
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June ;1959 
 
GEORGIA COTTON: ACREAG: 
 
IDUCTION, 1958 
 
J (These estimates. are 'bused on the h~~~t available da~a and. are preiimi~ry)' 
 
,Planted Acres 
 
DISTRICT I Bartow catoosa Chattooga Dade Floyd 
Gordon Murray Paulding Polk Walker Whitfield 
Total 
DISTRICT II 
Barrow Cherokee 
Clar~e 
Cobb Dawson De Kalb Fannin Forsyth Fulton 
G1lm~r 
Gwi nne t t Hall. Jackson 
Lumpki~. 
Oconee' 
P1cke~s 
To'WIls Union Walton White 
Total 
 
6,830 ,300 
1,820 200 
3,'310 4,230 1,360 
460 2,170 ... 650 
460 
21,790 
1,,330 80 520 230 20 140 o 270 500 o 510 290 
2,790 10 
2,330 .: 90 
o o 4,840 60 
14,010 
 
Harvested Acres 
 
Planted Pounds 
 
Harvested Pourids 
 
6,635 .295 
1,'790 200 
3,270 4,165 1,330 
450 2,130 
635 450 
21,350 
1,310 80 510 225 20 140 o 270 490 o 500 285 
2,730 10 
2,300 90 o o 
4,770 60 
13,790 
 
539 .. 490 ". 306 255 392 h31 246 363 429 265 239 
!~25 
502 350 373 257 300 350 
0, 
326 346 
o 
492 359 398 400 508 322 
o o 
500 
367 
456 
 
555 498 " 311 " 255 396 438 251 371 437 271 244 
434, 
510. 350 380 262 300 350, 
o.. 326 353 
o 
502 365 . 407 400 515 322 
. '0 
.0 
507 367 
463 
 
7;690 .. 310 1,160 
105 2,710 3,810 
700 350 1,940 36b 230 
19,365 
1,390 60 400 125 
. 15 
100 
o 185 
. '360 
o 
520 220 . 2,320 10 2,470 60 
o o 
5,050 45 
13,330 
 
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GEORGIA CO'ITON: ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1958 
 
. (These estimates ~re based on the latest available .data and are prelimina~y) 
 
District Q.nd 
 
,, 
 
Acreage 
 
CoUnty I Planted Hnrvested 
 
Acres : Acres 
 
: 
 
: 
 
DISTRICT III Bunks Elbert Franklin Habershom 
H~rt 
LincoL'1 Madison Oglethorpe Rilbun Stophens Hilkes 
Tot~l 
 
840 3,610 1,'660 
30 '3,470 
810 2,950 2,410 
0 200 1,270 
17,250 
 
830 
3,555 1,611-0 
30 3,420 
795 2,895 2,370 
0 195 1,245 
16,975 
 
DISTRICT IV Carroll Chattahoochee Clayton Coweta Douglas 
Fayett~ 
Ha.ra.1son Harris Hea.rd Henry Lama.r lvlacon Marion Meri't",ether Muscogee Pike Schley Spalding Talbot 
T~y1or 
Troup Upson 
 
2,390 30 
240 2,400 
200 
970 370 610 
590 1,940 
500. 
5,790 1,340 4,530 
90 2,500 1,620 
440 
530 3,270 
780 240 
 
Tota.1 
 
31,370 
 
2,365 30 240 
2,380 200 
955 365 605 580 1,915 490 5,720 1,315 4,460 90 2,485 1,595 430 525 3,240 
775 235 
30,995 
 
, 
: 
.,, 
 
Yield Lint Per l.cre 
, 
 
:, 
 
Production 500 Pound 
 
Planted : Harvested 'Gross Weight 
 
: : 
 
Pounds 
 
: : 
 
Pounds 
 
: 
,, 
 
Bules Bales 
 
593 
 
600 
 
1,040 
 
478 481 
 
486 
 
3,600 
 
487 
 
1,670 
 
333 501 
 
333 
 
20 
 
508 
 
3,630 
 
295 
 
301 
 
500 
 
525. 
 
535 
 
3,230 
 
393 
 
400 
 
1,980 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
430 
 
441 
 
180 
 
319 
 
325 
 
850 
 
464 
 
471 16,700 
 
330 200 354 348 290 435 349 331 359 437 240 525 309 399 222 404 430 
- 334 
0313 602 314 279 
424 
 
333 
 
1,640 
 
200 
 
15 
 
354 
 
175 
 
351 
 
1,750 
 
290 
 
120 
 
442 
 
880 
 
353 
 
270 
 
334 
 
420 
 
366 
 
440 
 
442 
 
1,770 
 
245 
 
250 
 
531 
 
6,350 
 
315 
 
860 
 
405 
 
3,770 
 
222 
 
40 
 
407 
 
2,110 
 
436 
 
1,450 
 
342 
 
310 
 
316 
 
350 
 
608 
 
4,110 
 
316 
 
510 
 
285 
 
140 
 
429 27,730 
 
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GEORGIA CO'ITON: 1'.CREAGE, YIELD fJID PRODUCTION, 1958 
 
(These estimates are based on the latest avaiJnb1e data and are preliminary) 
 
. District 
 and 
 
: : 
 
Acreage 
 
: 
 
Yield Lint Per Acre : Production 500 Pound 
 
County 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
:Gross Weight 
 
Planted 
 
: Harvested : Planted 
 
: 
 
: 
 
.  : Harvested Bo.les 
 
Acres 
 
: 
 
J~cre6 : Pounds : Pounds : Bales 
 
DISTRICT V 
Baldwin Bibb Bleckley Butts Crawford Dodge Greene Hancock Houston Jasper Johnson Jones Laurens Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Pea.ch Pulaski Putnam Rockdale Taliefertlo Treutlen Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson 
Total 
 
660 
130 2,480 
890 590 5,000 740 3,720 2,350 1,160 
6,730 130 
12,500 210 
1,850 
5,330 1,710 1,050 3,520 
440 810 620 1,640 1,420 6,840 
350 600 
63,470 
 
DISTRICT VI Bulloch Burke Candler Columbia Effingham Emo.nuel Glascock Jefferson Jenkins McDuffie Richmond Screven Warren 
 
9,530 19,500 3,740 
750 440 
8,330 2,520 10,800 
5,240 2,520 
660 
6,330 5,400 
 
Total 
 
75,760 
 
645 
 
330 
 
125 
 
362 
 
2,410 
 
410 
 
880 
 
356 
 
585 
 
491 
 
4,905 
 
386 
 
725 
 
359 
 
3,660 
 
313 
 
2,300 
 
463 
 
1,135 
 
386 
 
6,580 
 
444 
 
125 
 
246 
 
12,220 
 
386 
 
205 
 
281 
 
1,810 
 
358 
 
5,225 
 
440 
 
1,690 
 
408 
 
1,035 
 
584 
 
3,440 
 
386 
 
435 
 
3ll 
 
775 
 
462 
 
615 
 
263 
 
1,615 
 
388 
 
1,380 
 
337 
 
6,720 
 
471 
 
345 
 
483 
 
585 
 
220 
 
62,170 
 
405 
 
9,400 
 
491 
 
19,090 
 
413 
 
3,650 
 
512 
 
735 
 
269 
 
435 
 
332 
 
8,140 
 
455 
 
2,475 
 
407 
 
10,620 
 
439 
 
5,130 
 
433 
 
2,475 
 
417 
 
650 
 
377 
 
6,245 
 
516 
 
5,290 
 
344 
 
74,335 
 
439 
 
338 
 
460 
 
376 
 
100 
 
422 
 
2,120 
 
360 
 
660 
 
501 
 
610 
 
394 
 
4,030 
 
367 
 
560 
 
318 
 
2,430 
 
473 
 
2,270 
 
395 
 
940 
 
454 
 
6,230 
 
256 
 
65 
 
395 
 
10,100 
 
288 
 
125 
 
366 
 
1,380 
 
449 
 
4,890 
 
412 
 
1,460 
 
592 
 
1,280 
 
395 
 
2,830 
 
315 
 
290 
 
483 
 
780 
 
265 
 
340 
 
394 
 
1,330 
 
346 
 
1,000 
 
480 
 
6,740 
 
490 
 
350 
 
226 
 
280 
 
413 
 
53,650 
 
498 
 
9,770 
 
421 
 
16,800 
 
524 
 
4,000 
 
275 
 
420 
 
336 
 
300 
 
465 
 
7,900 
 
414 
 
2,140 
 
447 
 
9,900 
 
442 
 
4,730 
 
425 
 
2,190 
 
383 
 
520 
 
523 
 
6,820 
 
351 
 
3,880 
 
447 
 
69,370 
 
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GEORGIA COT:'ON: ACREJ.GE:, YIELD A_TID PRODUCTION, 1958 
 
' 
 
(Tilese e6ti~te6 are based on the ~atest available data and are preliminary) 
 
" 
 
District and 
County 
 
: : 
.: 
 
Acreage 
 
 Planted  : Acres : 
 
Ho.rvested Acres 
 
; 
 
: 
 
Yi e J.d Lint Per ....ere 
 
: Production 
: 500 Pound 
 
: 
 
:Gross Wcig~t 
 
Plo.nted : Ho.rYested : Bules 
 
: 
Pounds : 
 
: 
 
- - - . - - Pou.'1ds 
 
Bal~s 
 
DISTRICT VII 
 
Baker 
 
1,770 
 
1,740 
 
272 
 
277 
 
1,010 
 
COJllOun 
 
2,880 
 
2,850 
 
424 
 
429 
 
2,550 
 
Clay 
 
1,260 
 
1,250 
 
282 
 
284 
 
740 
 
Decatur 
 
1,950 
 
1,910 
 
459 
 
469 
 
1,870 
 
Dougherty 
 
1,370 
 
1,345 
 
277 
 
282 
 
790 
 
Er..rJ..y 
 
8,320 
 
8,210 
 
442 
 
448 
 
7,680 
 
Grady 
 
3,050 
 
3,015 
 
446 
 
451 
 
2,8)+0 
 
Lee 
 
1,750 
 
1.715 
 
422 
 
431 
 
1,540 
 
}Ililler 
 
4,450 
 
4,400 
 
390 
 
395 . 
 
3,630 
 
Mitchell 
 
9,070 
 
8,960 
 
3~rO 
 
374 
 
1,000 
 
Quitmo.n 
 
360 
 
355 
 
289 
 
293 
 
220 
 
Randolph 
 
2,620 
 
2,585 
 
453 
 
459 
 
2,480 
 
Sem.i.nole 
 
2,810 
 
2,840 
 
481 
 
1186 
 
2,880 
 
Ste'\'1art 
 
1,600 
 
I J 580 
 
391 
 
396 
 
1,300 
 
Sumter 
 
5,010 
 
4,540 
 
'560 
 
568 
 
5,860 
 
Terrell 
 
5,630 
 
5,540 
 
513 
 
521 
 
6,030 
 
Thomas 
 
4,740 
 
4,670 
 
1~88 
 
496 
 
4,830 
 
"1ebster 
 
680 
 
660 
 
329 
 
339 
 
470 
 
Total 
 
59,380 
 
58,565 
 
433 
 
439 
 
53,720 
 
DISTRICT VIII Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Clinch Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly Echols Irwin Jeff Do.v1s Lanier Lowndes Telfair Tift Turner Wilcox vlorth 
 
310 2,580 2,680 5,400 
20 3,220 16,200 2,120 6,140 11,500 
30 6,250 1,240 
230 2,080 1,240 
5,230 3,510 
4,L~60 
14,300 
 
305 2,540 2,625 5,290 
20 3,150 15,870 2,660 
5,975 11,240 
30 6,135 1,210 
225 2,040 ],.,220 
5,135 3440 4,350 14:030 
 
-348 
 
411 
 
332 
 
392 200 
 
366 
 
486 . 464 
 
'575 
 
;. 
 
542 200 
 
1\39 
 
420 
 
278 
 
'364 
 
344 
 
363 
 
345 471 
 
416 
 
354 
 
230 
 
418 
 
2,210 
 
339 
 
1,860 
 
400 
 
4,410 
 
200 
 
10 
 
374 
 
2.,460 
 
496 
 
16,400 
 
475 
 
2,640 
 
591 
 
7,370 
 
555 
 
13,000 
 
200 
 
10 
 
448 
 
5,730 
 
431 
 
1,090 
 
284 
 
13~ 
 
372 
 
1,580 
 
349 
 
890 
 
370 
 
3,960 
 
352 
 
2,530 
 
483 
 
4,390 
 
424 
 
12,400 
 
Total 
 
89,340 
 
87,490 
 
447 
 
456 
 
83,305 
 
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GEORGIA COTTON: l.CREAGE,. YIELD .1'JID PRODUCTION, 1958 (These estimates are besed on the latest evailabJ data and ere preliminary) 
 
District and County 
 
Acreage 
 
: 
 
 . : 
 
 . : Planted 
 
Harvested : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
Acres : Acres : 
 
Yield Lint Per Acre 
 
: Production 
 
: I 
 
: 500 Pound 
 
: 
 
:Gross Weight 
 
. . Planted : Harvested : Bales 
 
Pounds : Pounds : Bales 
 
DISTRICT IX Appling Bacon Brantley Bryo.n Co.mden Chc.rlton Chatho.m Evans GlYnn Liberty Long McIntosh Pierce Tc.ttnall Toombs Wa.re Wayne 
Totc.l 
STATE 
 
2, 6!~0 1,130 
10 40 
0 10 10 2,010 0 60 50 10 410 3,330 4,280 170 1,470 
15,630 
388,000 
 
2,605 1, 110f 
10 40 
0 10 10 1,950 0 60 50 10 400 3,275 4,180 170 1,450 
15,330 
381,000 
 
447 
 
453 
 
2,460 
 
412 
 
420 
 
970 
 
200 
 
200 
 
5 
 
500 
 
500 
 
40 
 
0 
 
0 
 
O. 
 
200 
 
200 
 
5 
 
200 
 
200 
 
5 
 
458 
 
472 
 
1,920 
 
0 
 
0 
 
0 
 
250 
 
250 
 
30 
 
540 
 
540 
 
55 
 
200 
 
200 
 
5 
 
373 
 
382 
 
320 
 
430 
 
438 
 
2,990 
 
511 
 
523 
 
4,560 
 
329 
 
329 
 
115 
 
439 
 
445 
 
1,350 
 
455 
 
464 
 
14,830 
 
435 
 
443 
 
352,000 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
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Athens, Ga., July 1 - - A total of 6,922, 000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the. week ending Jur.e 27, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6, 807,000 placed the previous week and is 1 percent more than the 6, 878, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9,210,000 compared with 
9,210, 000 the previous week and is 6 percent more than the 8, 658, 000 for the corresponding ~eek last year . 
 
. The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were 
 
reported within a range of 48 to 65 cents with an average of 54 cents for all 
 
, 
 
hatching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatch- 
 
ery owned cockerels'., Last week the range was from 45 to 65 cents with an aver- 
 
age of 54 cents for all hatching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm, 
 
from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks wer~ 
 
reported within a range of $8.00 to $10.00 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred' 
 
compared with a range of $8.00 to $10.00 with an average of $9.00 per hundred 
 
last week. The average prices last year were 79 cents for eggs and $13. 50 
 
for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average prices from the Federal-State Mark~t News Service for 
 
brbilers during ,the week ending June 27 are as follows: Georgia broilers 2 3/4 -. 
 
3 3/4 pounds ,at ,farms 15.90f. 
 
,GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
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BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs: Set 1.J 
I 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
19'59 % 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks S'et Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. ' Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
Apr. 25 May 2 
May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6 June 13 June 20 June 27 
 
9, 544 9,428 
9, 204' 9, 589 9,766 9,668 9,616 9,360 9,082 8,658 
 
9,480 9,632 9, 570 9,251 9,236 9,236 9,276 9,312 9, 210 9,210 
 
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99 6,826 7, 319' 102 6,857 7,244 104' ' 6,934 6,996 
96 7,237 ..7,165 95 7,113 ' 7,053 96 7, 151 6,951 96 7, 111 7,002 99 1,063 6,961 101 7, 153 6,807 106 6,878 6,922 
! 
 
107 106 101 
99 ' 9'9 
97 98 99 95 101 
I : 
 
559 588 574 513 395 423 373 494 280 4'35 239 184 245 169 165 179 218 166 49 190 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
Week Ending 
 
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Page 2 
 
June 
13 
 
June 
20 
 
June' 
27 
 
. May 
23 
 
May 
30 
 
June 
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June 
13 
 
June 
20 
 
June 
27 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS" 
 
Maine 
 
1,483 
 
1,513 
 
1,488 
 
1,240 1, 267 1,~275 I, 310 1,.228 . 1,263 
 
Connecticut 
 
988 
 
1,069 
 
I, 186 
 
533 
 
664 
 
505 . 590 .. . 635 
 
568 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,422 
 
I, 256 
 
1,225 
 
888 
 
786 
 
844 
 
913 
 
677 
 
735' 
 
Indiana 
 
1,827 
 
I, 800 
 
1,980 
 
885 
 
759 
 
872 
 
810 
 
831 
 
862 
 
Illinois 
 
184 
 
203 
 
222 
 
99 
 
135 
 
1~3 : 100 
 
110 
 
136 
 
Missouri 
 
I, 700 
 
1,837 
 
1,823 
 
756 
 
670 
 
733 
 
742 
 
839 
 
799 
 
Delaware 
 
1,976 
 
1,864 '. I, 772 
 
1,672 1,753 1,6.99 1,755 1,742 1,694 
 
Maryland 
 
3,017 3,038 3,001 
 
1,884. 1,832 1, 832 . 1,905 1,869 1,963 
 
~ 
 
Virginia 
 
2,200 2,047 2,230 
 
I, 251 1,223 1,243 I, 168 I, 322 I, 124 
 
West Virginia 
 
314 
 
319 
 
354 
 
585 
 
723 
 
'575 
 
658 . 533 
 
529 . 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,708 
 
3,772 
 
3,699 
 
2,933 2,998 3,016 3,0'37 3,'019 2,926 
 
South Carolina 
 
530 
 
537 
 
526 
 
337 
 
365 
 
351 
 
338 .339 
 
357 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,312 9,210 9,210 
 
7,053 6,951 7,002 6,961 6,807 6,922 
 
.r~lorida 
Alabama Missis sippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Oregon California 
 
404 4, 151 3,234 4, 118 
696 3,262 
386 413 1,433 
 
363 4,006 . 
3,067 4, 155 
667 3, 153. . 337 .. 408 
i,440 
 
366 4,030 3,032 4, 131 
656 . 3,039 
427 324 1, 331 
 
211 3,446 2,498 3,428 
394 2,097 
399 244 
995 
 
188 3,404 2,465 1,501 
423 2,200 
371 227 
I 987 
 
178 3,413 2,485 3,551 
400 2,312 
.377 268 1, 033 
 
223 3,368 2, 533 3,566 
448 2,306 
374 276 978 
 
231 3,470 2,439 3,398 
468 '2,299 
384 247 1, 103 
 
206 3,461 2,256 3,231 
487 2,367 
341 262 I, 108 
 
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TOTAL 1959 
 
46,758 46,061 46,052 
 
33,828 33,892 34,087 34,;359 33,990 33,597 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
50, 305 . 49,697 48,628 
 
36,390 36, 532 56, '562 36,900 36,889 36,2J~ 
 
1959 % 0 f 195-8 
 
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93 
 
95 
 
93 I 93 
 
93 
 
93 : 92 
 
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LIBRARIES 
 
JUly 7, 1959 
 
FIlRM PRICE REPORrAS-OF JUNE 15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The All Connodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia Famers declined three points to 255 percent of its 1910-1914 average during the nonth 
ended June 15, 1959. Lower prices for wheat, oats, barley, cotton, and beef cattle were prinarily responsible for the decline in the Index. Partially offsetting the decline were inproved prices for all hay, calves, turkeys, and all eggs. At nid-June, the Index was 11 points (4 percent) below a year earlier. 
 
~1e oid-June average price received by famers for the two principal snall grain crops of wheat and oats declined sharply fran the previous nonth. The nid-June price of $1.77 bushel for wheat was the lowest rud-nonth aver~e since March 1946 when the average price was $1.75 per bushel. The average price of 
$.65 a bushel for oats was lower than any nonth since Septenber 1942 whell the 
r.rid-nonth average was, also, $.65 a bushel. The sharp drop in price of these two comnodities reflected the narketing of new crop grain. Badly weathered grain was partially responsible for the lo~ prices received, especially for oats. 
 
UNITED STATES: During the nonth ended June 15 the Index of Prices Received by FanJers dropped one percent (3 points) to 242 percent of its 
1910-14 average. Prir.m.rily responsible for the decline were lower prices for meat animals, wheat, nost vegetable crops, and DiD~. Partially offsettinG were sharply higher prices for potatoes. At Did-June the index was 3 percent below 0. year earlier. 
 
The Parity Ratio dropped to 81, off 1 percent fran May 15, and 5 percent fran a year earlier. The June 15 Parity Ratio was the lowest since June 1957. 
 
Sunmary Table for Georgia and the nited States 
 
. Index 
 
: June 15: 
 
1910-14 := 100: 1958 : 
 
UNITED STATES: 
 
May 15, 1959 
 
June 15, 1959 
 
Record High Index : Date 
 
11 : Prices Received: 
Parity Inde~ 
Parity Ratio : GEORGIA 
 
250: 294: 
85 : . 
 
245: 
 
242 
 
299: 
 
298 
 
82: 
 
81 
 
: : 
 
y 313 :Feb. 1951 
299 : Apr .1959 
 
: 123 : Oct. 1946 
 
Prices Received 
 
All Comnodities 266: 
 
258: 
 
255 
 
: 310 :Mnr. 1951 
 
All Crops 
 
: 274: 
 
280: 
 
275 
 
: 319 :3!Mar. 1951 
 
Livestock and : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
17ProdUcts 
 
: 245: 
 
212: 
 
211 
 
: 295 : Sept. 1948 
 
Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
 
dates. gj Also May 1959. 1/ Also April 1951. 
 
NOTE: 
 
The UNITED STATES Indexes presented herein are those described in the 
January 30, 1959 issue of Agricultural Prices, Supplenent 1, pages 39-44, liThe Revision of the Indexes of Prices Received by Fa~~rs and the Index of Prices Paid by Farners including Interest, Taxes, and Faro Wa~e Rates." Current parity prices are compute~ fran the revised index series. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK AgriCUltural Statistician 
 
 PRICES RECEIVED BY FARME:RS JtNE IS, 1959 WITH COMPARISCNS 
 
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.AND mIT 
 
1910-14 
 
I 
 
Wheat, bu. 
 
$ 1.23 
 
1.92 i 1.90 
 
Oats, bu. 
 
$1 .67 
 
.79 
 
.82 
 
I 
 
Com, bu. 
 
$1 .91 
 
1.55 
 
1.34 
 
,'. 
 
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J~~-i5~ f;~~:1 J~~~51~~5~5'.1i~b5 
 
1.77 .65 
1.34 
 
.884.1 .399 .642 
 
1.70 .615 
1.19 
 
1.77 .599 
1.15 
 
1.69 
..611 
. 
1.16 
 
Barley, bu. SorghU'll Grain, eri. Cotton, lb. 
 
$ $' . 
;1 . 12.1 
 
1.05 2 .. 3 5 32.0 . 
 
.1.20 1.05 
 
2.10 
 
2.10 
 
.}36."O: : 34.5 
 
.619 12.4 
 
.9C17 1.76 29.09 
 
.901 .882 1.85 1.85 31.82 31.48 
 
Cottonseed, ton 
 
$1 23.65 
 
Soybeans, bu. Peanut.s, 1b. 
 
'$ 
;1 5.2 
 
Sweetpotatoes, eri  .' $1 .84 
 
'2.40 
 
2.15 
 
2.15 
 
22.55 
4.8 1.60 
 
2..13 11.0 5.S4 
 
- .I" 
2.13 i 2.09 
11.7 11.7 '. 
4.09 4.49 
 
Lespedeza. Seed,!U1,Qwt$. _,' 
 
Hay, baled, per ton 
 
lUI 
 
$ 
 
Alfalfa 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza 
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowpea::' ,$ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ 
 
Wool, 1b,'. . 
 
 
 
..' 14.90 
 
Z7 .70 36.20 28.60 
32.00 .21.80 
 
26.30 
34.00 
'~.OO 
'29.50 23.00 
 
. 41~0 
 
41~0 
 
26.60 34.00 27.50 29.00 23.00 
45.0 
 
18.3 
 
17.10 17.00 20.90 29.50 21.40 
38.6 
 
10.80 
 
18.40 19.10 20.50 26.50 20.20 
42.7 
 
17.90 18.40 20.30 26.60 19.80 
42,.9 . 
 
Milk Cows, head 
Hogs, em. 
Beef Qattle, ~. 
 
$1 33.85 $! 7.36 $1 3.96 
 
155.00 21.40 18.60 
 
17S.OO 15.50 21.10 
 
175.00 15.50 20.90 
 
7.'l7 5.42 
 
210.00 21.60 22.40 
 
236.00 . '237.00 15.50 15.00 24.30 23.60 
 
Calves, eri. 
 
$ 
 
23.00 26.50 ?6.69 
 
t? .75 
 
24.70 
 
29.10 28 .50 
 
Milk,Wholesale ,eri 
 
Fluid Mkt. Manuf. 
All 
 
$ 
 
5.75 I 5.90 
 
I Y $$ 
 
.. 2-.4' 3 
 
.. , 3.16 1/5.65 
 
I)J 53..'82~0,'1 
 
5-~75 
 
Turkey's, '1b  
 
~ 
 
28.0 . 24.0 
 
25.0 
 
1.60 14.4 
 
4.12 '2.99 Y.3.66 
25.S 
 
4.20 
 
3~03' 
 
_ 
 
lJ3 .751V3 .69 
 
2204 22.5 
 
Chiokens, per lb  
Farm . COfrft 1 "Brall .. All 
Eggs', All,' Doz. 
 
; 
 
 
 
;'1 
 
13 3  
 
 21~4 
 
17.5 20.1 20.0 
52.4 
 
13.0 15.2 15.1 
36.1 
 
!I Revised. 
 
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Y Preliminary Estimate  
 
13.5 15.0 .. 15.0 
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I ... 
,111.4 
,/21.5 / .. 
 
I 16.0 
 
11.4 1'10.1 
 
! 21.1 
 
16.0 15.8 
 
20.4- . . 15.5. 15.1 
 
! 35.2 \ 25.'1 24.9 
 
I 
 
 
 
I 
 
.~l;U~$ PAID BY FARMERS FOR SELECTED lEEDS .nNE 15,. 1959, :wITH COMPARISONS. 
 
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KIND OF JEED 
 
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June 15 
 
May 15 June 15 
 
June IS ' May 15' 
 
June 15 
 
..... , ,1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
1958' 
 
1959 . 
 
1959 
 
Mixed Dairy Feed 
 
Dollars Per,100 Poun4s. 
 
All thder 29% Protein 
16% Protein .. 18% Protein 
2~ Protein 24% Protein 
H~h Protein Feeds Cotonseed Meal '(41%) 
Soybean Meal (44% ) 
Meat Scrap 
 
3.90 3.80 4.20 .4.00 . "4.35 
4.05 3.95 
 
3.85 I 3.75 4.10 4.10 4.35 
4.00 3.95 
 
3.90 3 .80 4.00 4.05 4.25 
 
1.1 . 3.67 ~' . 3.62 
3.61 3.91 4.03 
 
II 4.05 
 
3.95 
 
4.05 
 
4.20 
 
3.78 3.72 3.68 3.99 4.C17 
4.23 4.23 
 
'3.70 3.65 3.61 3.89 
3.97 , .1 
I 
4.18 4.15 
 
Grain By_Products Bran Middlings 
Corn Meal 
Poultry Feed Broiler GroWing Mash Laying Mash Scratch Grains 
~i?JJaa1ed) 
All Other 
 
,3'.25 3045 3.50 
5.10 4.80 4.35 
II 45.00 40.00 
 
3 ... 3 5 3.60 3.40 
4.90 4.75 4.20 
,44 ..00 
I 33.00 
 
3.30 3.60 3.35 
 
2.76 2.88 3.36 
 
I.. 
 
4.90' 
 
5.01 
 
4.75 
 
4047 
 
4.20 
 
3.99 
 
44.00 ; 31.00 
 
I1 28.70 II 27.90 
 
3.05 3.12 3.24 
I 4.69 4.51 3.94 
I 29.00 
, 26.80 
 
2.85 2.96 3.24 
I 4.87 4.45 3.93 
I ! 28 .10 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCP.:ERY REPORT 
 
Athens, Ga., July 8 - - A total of 6, 776, 000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending July 4, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6.922. 000 placed the previous week and is 1 percent more than the 6. 724. 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 9, 073, 000 compared with 9,210,000 the previous week and is 4 percent more than the 8.741. 000 for the  corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were  reported within a range of 49 to 65 cents with an average of 55 cents for all hatch- 
ing eggs and 52 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 48 to 65 cents with an average of 54 cents for all hatching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $8.00 t<;> $10. 00 with an average of $9.00 per hundred compared with a range of $8.00 to $10. 00 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 78 cents for eggs and $13.25 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending July 4 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 'pounds at farms 16. 04f. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
- 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set !! . 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hat.dD.ed 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 1959 1959 
of 1958 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
May 2 May 9 May 16 May23 May30 June 6 June13 June20 June27 July 4 
 
9,428 9.632 
 
102 6,857 7,244 
 
106 
 
9~204 9, 570 
 
104 6,934 6,996 
 
101 
 
9, 589 9,251 
 
96 7.237 7. 165 
 
99 
 
9,766 9.236 
 
95 7, 113 7,053 
 
99 
 
9.668 9.236 
 
96 7, 151 6,951 
 
97 
 
9,616 9.276 
 
96 7. 111 7,002 
 
98 
 
9, 360 9, 312 
 
99 V.063 6,961 
 
99 
 
9.08~ 9,210 
 
101 7, 153 6, 807 
 
95 
 
8,658 9,2.10 
 
106 6,878 6,92? 
 
10 1 
 
8,741 9,073 
 
104 6,724 6,776 
 
101 
 
574 513 
 
395 423 
 
373 494 
 
280 435 
 
239 184 
 
245 169 
 
165 179 
 
218 166 
 
49 190 
 
113 
 
97 
 
l/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department ofAgricuiture 
 
319 Extension Building. Athens. Georgia 
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 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 Week Ending 
 
p 
 
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STATE 
 
June ZO 
 
June 
l7 
 
July 4 
 
May . 30 
 
June 6 
 
June 13 
 
June 
lO 
 
June 
l7 
 
July 4 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
I, 513 
 
1,488 
 
l,4l4 
 
l,l67 1, l75 1, 310 I, ll8 1,l63 1, 186 
 
Connecticut 
 
1,069 
 
1,186 
 
I, 144 
 
633* 
 
48l* 
 
590 
 
_ 6~5 
 
568 
 
610 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
I, l56 
 
1, ll5 
 
1, l56 
 
786 
 
844 
 
913 
 
677 
 
735 
 
814 
 
Indiana 
 
1,800 
 
1,980 
 
1,895 
 
759 
 
87l 
 
810 
 
831 . 86l 
 
778 
 
Illinois Missouri 
 
l03 
1,837 
 
III 
l,8l3 
 
184 1, 911 
 
135 . ll3 
 
190 
 
110 
 
136 
 
99 
 
670 
 
733 
 
74l ,839 
 
799 
 
818 
 
 
 
Delaware 
 
1, 864 
 
1, 77l 
 
I, 671 
 
I, 753 1,699 1,755 1,74l 1,694 l,7ll 
 
Maryland 
 
3,038 
 
3,001 
 
3,009 
 
I, 83 l I, 83 l 1,905 1,869 1,963 l, 001 
 
Virginia 
 
l,047 l,l30 l,l43 
 
1,2l3 1,243 1, 168 1,32l 1, 1l4 1,066 
 
West Virginia 
 
319 
 
354 
 
325 
 
713 
 
575 
 
658 
 
533 
 
529 
 
521 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,77l 
 
3,699 
 
3,608 
 
2,998 3,016 3,037 3,019 2,926- 2,981 
 
South Carolina 
 
537 
 
516 
 
532 
 
365 
 
351 
 
338 
 
339 
 
357 
 
327 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,210 
 
9,210 
 
9,073 
 
6,951 7,002 6,961 '6, 807 6,922 6,776 
 
~~lorida 
Alabama Mis sis sippi Arkansas Louisian... Texas Washington Oregon California 
 
363 4,006 3,067 4, 155 
667 3, 153 
337 408 1,440 
 
366 4,030 3,032 4,131 
656 3,039 
427 324 1, 331 
 
374 4,189 2,900 4, 131 
691 3, 108 
351 352 1,475 
 
188 3,404 2,465 
3, 501 423 
l,200 
371 
l27 
987 
 
178 3,413 2,485 3,551 
400 
2,31l 
377 ,268 
1, 033 
 
213 
3,461* 
l, 533 
3, 566 448 
l,306 
374 276 978 
 
231 3,470 2,439 3,' 398 
468 
l"l99 
384 247 1, 103 
 
206 3,461 
2,l56 
3, 231 487 
2,367 
341 
l62 
1, 108 
 
l25 
3,406 
l,464 
3, 580 
449 
2,l50 
332 243 1,015 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
*Revised. 
 
46,061 49,697 
93 
 
46,052 48,628 
95 
 
45,846 
47,71l 
96 
 
33,861* 34,064* 34,452* 33,990 33, 597 33,673 
 
36,532 36, 562 36,900 36,889 36,237 35,436 - 
 
, 
 
93 
 
93 
 
93 
 
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93 
 
95 
 
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AGRICl'LTURAL EXTENSION SERV1';E UNiVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPART.MENT OF" AGRICULTURE .. 
Athens, Georgia 
 
JUL 10'59 
LIBRARIES 
 
11. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETltlG SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 8, 1959 
 
Georgia Cotton Ap!~~ge Up 88 Percent 
 
The 1959 acreage of cotton planted in Georgia is estimated at 730,000 
acres,according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is an increase of 
88 percent from 388,000 planted in 1958 and fs the largest acreage since 1956. The largest acreage planted in Georgia was in 1916 when a total of 5,219,000 acres was planted., In 1911, production set a record at 2,769,000 bales. 
The first 1959 production estimates will be made on August 10. 
Planted acreage for the United Sta~es is estimated at 15,890,000 for 1959, compared with 12,379,000 in 1958 and the ten year (1948-57) average of 22,444,000 acres. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
STATE 
North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Alabama JlIississippi 
 
  .   : 
 
1949-58 
average 
Y: percent not : 
harvested 
 
, ,- 
1946-57 : 
average; 
 
Planted acres 
 
; 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
Percent 
 
1,000 
acres 
 
1,000 
~~ 
 
1,000 
acres 
 
3.3 
 
6J~1 
 
271 
 
420 
 
1.6 
 
952 
 
357 
 
625 
 
2.2 
 
1,168 
 
388 
 
730 
 
4.2 
 
746 
 
416 
 
530 
 
1.9 
 
1,370 
 
540 
 
850 
 
4.2 
 
2,202 1,185 1,525 
 
: 1959 as 
: percent 
: of 1958 
Percent 
155 175 188 127 157 129 
 
Missouri 
Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma Texas 
 
7.4 
 
508 
 
307 
 
415 
 
135 
 
5.6 
 
1,935 1,075 1,330 124 
 
4.2 
 
796 
 
379 
 
550 
 
145 
 
8.6 
 
1,075 
 
430 
 
660 
 
153 
 
9.0 
 
9,318 5,675 6,700 
 
118 
 
Ne\V' Nexico Arizona California 
other States '!:./ 
 
5.1 
 
247 
 
184 
 
205 
 
111 
 
2.3 
 
445 
 
386 
 
390 
 
101 
 
1.9 
 
959 
 
750 
 
900 
 
120 
 
6.0 
 
82 
 
36 
 
60 
 
167 
 
United States 
 
6.2 
 
22',444 12,379 15,890 
 
128 
 
Other States Virginia Florida Illinois Kentucky Nevada 
 
6.6 
 
22.8 
 
10.7 
 
17.0 
 
159 
 
4.5 
 
43.7 
 
15.0 
 
30.0 
 
200 
 
13.6 
 
3.5 
 
1.8 
 
2.0 
 
111 
 
6.4 
 
10.8 
 
5.5 
 
8.0 
 
145 
 
10.3 
 
1.6 
 
3.2 
 
3.5 
 
109 
 
y Total Amer. Egypt. 2/ 
 
3.4 
 
59.1 
 
79..6- 69.2 
 
87 
 
]/From all causes, including removed for compliance. 
 
Sums for lIother States" 
 
rounded for inclusion in United States totals. 1/ Included in State and United 
 
States totals. 
 
 GEORGIA MAP SHOONG CROP REPORTTIIG DISTRICTS 
 
Cotton Acreage Planted by 'Districts '..' 
 
- 
 
i: 
 
: 
 
: 1959 in " 
 
District : 1958 : 1959 : Percent 
 
: (000 Acres) 
 
of 1958 
 
1 
 
22 
 
52 
 
236 
 
2 
 
14 45 321 
 
3 
 
17 
 
46 
 
271 
 
4 
 
31 
 
73 
 
235 
 
5 
 
6.4 137 
 
214 
 
6 
 
76 124 
 
163 
 
) Non-Cott 
 
7 
 
59 
 
89 
 
151 
 
8 
 
89 135 152 
 
-=; l31.r:: I 
 
9 
 
16 
 
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State 
r':: 
 
388 
 
29 
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730 
 
181 
188 
 
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AGRICUl.TURAl. EXT~NSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND 'tHE ,STATE DEPARTMEI'IT OF A5RICUl."rURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
,IUL 1 b '59 
LIBRARIES 
 
U.!i. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUl.TURE AGP.ICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSIO"~ BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 13, 1959 
 
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY I, 1959 
 
Heavy rains the latter part of May and first few days of June caused considerable' damage to Georgia crops. By the last of June many areas in the southern half of the state were dry to very dry. The lack o.f moisture together with high temperatures caused ad.ditional damage to most growing crops. Corn in pa'rticular has been damaged severely by the adverse weather. The outlook for corn and cotton vias very spotty on July 1. 
 
LEAF PRODUCTION UP: Current indications point to a Georgia flue-cured . , . tobacco crop of 104, 725, 000 pounds, 17 percent above 
last year, th'e Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. This will be the largest cr'op' since 1956 when 128,040,000 pounds were produced, but it will stil~ be 11 percent below the la-year average production of 118,066,000 pounds. The yield per acre this season is forecast at 1,475 pounds compared with last . 
year's record high yield of I, 545 pounds per acre. 
 
CORN DOWN 22 PERCENT: The 1959 corn crop is currently forecast at . 
 
.. 
 
67, 344, 000 bushels, a decline of 22 percent from 
 
last year's record c:rop of 86,752,000 bushels. Corn was damagedby excessive 
 
rains in May .and -later by hot, dry weather the last week to ten days of June. 
 
The crop is very uneven. Current indications point to a yield of 23.'0 bushels 
 
per acre compared with'the 1'958 record high yield of 32.0 bushels per acre. 
 
Despite the' sharp decline from last year, both yield per acre and total produc- 
 
tion are' expected to be above average. 
 
WHEAT PRODUCTION ABOVE LAST YEAR: Wheat production in Georgia this year is now estimated at 
2,100,000 bushels compared with 1,633,000 bushels produced last year. An increase in acreage harvested from 71, 000 a year ago to laO, 000 this year more than offset a decline in yield per acre from 23. 0 in 1958 to the current estimate of 21.0 bushels. 
 
GOOD PEACH CROP: Georgia's 1959 total peach crop (including farm and commercial production) is estimated at 3,400, 000 bushels. 
Total production last year amounted to 4,000,000 bushels. 0uality of this year's crop has generally been above a year ago when a period of heavy rains during harvest caused some soft peaches; On the whole, prices have also been some- 
w. h'a.t be. tt.er than las.t. year . 
 
GBORGIA C~OPS 
 
CROP 
. Corn, All 
Wheat. 
Oats . . 
Rye ,Barley ,!:obacco, All Potatoes, Irish Potaote S, Sweet Hay, All Peanuts, Alone Soybeans, Alone Peaches, total crop Pear s, total crop Cotton, Planted 
 
Acreage (000) 
!- 
1959 
1958 1959 0/0 of 
1958 . 
 
Yield 
Indic. 1958 July 1 
1959 
 
Production (000) 
 
1958 
 
Indic. July 1 1959 
 
Bu. Bu . Bu. Bu. Bu. Lb. Cwt. Cwt. Tons 
Bu. Bu. 
 
2, 711 71 
276 13 10 
59. 1 4.8 11 630 592 115 
388 
 
2,9~8 
100 259 
16 13 72. 1 4.1 10 632 580 109 
730. 
 
. 108 32.0 
 
. 141 23.0 
 
94 33.0 
 
123 12.5 
 
130 29.0 
 
122 1,540 
 
85 
 
46 
 
91 
 
48 
 
101 1. 02 
 
98 
 
95 
 
I 
 
188 
 
23.0 21. 0 ' 32.0 12.5 29.0 1,473 
47 45 1. 00 
 
86,752' f:>7,344 
 
'1,633 2, 100 
 
9, 108 '8,288 
 
162 
 
200 
 
290 
 
377 
 
91,018 106,210 
 
222 
 
191 
 
528 
 
450 
 
641 
 
630 
 
I 4,000 3,400 
 
98 
 
95 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 ',~ 
 
UNITED STATES -- GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY I, 1959 
 
Total crop production second only to last year's phenomenal record now 
 
se;ms likely for 1959. Planted,acreage .of 340 millic:>n is above 1957 and:1958 
 
b\1.t. well below ot~er recent yeq.rs. It now appears that the harvested acrea.g'e for 
 
al~ ,~;-ops. will total 325 .million, slightly above the low levels.. ofJhe. pa.st.3 y~ars, 
 
b~~Amaller than other years since 1939. Crop development up to July has been 
 
mainly. favorable but. top soil moisture deficiencies in the Northern Plains, :Mid- 
 
d1e'Atlaptic, .Southeast, and parts of the Ohio River Valley tak~ on ~~dec;l.. signifi- 
 
cance as the period of hottest weather and highest plant moisture requirements approac~es. The composite yield per acre based on all c~ops will ,probably be 
 
exceeded only by last year I s extremely favorable showing. 
 
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Winter wheat showed a slight further decline as hot weather, short,topson, 
 
mQisture, !~nd d~mage from streak ~osaic all took some ,toll. Prod~ctioh.0. , .. 
 
wint~r, wheat ..i.~. the fifth. largest of record, but fJpring wheat production ~s the.' .; fou.;rtl) smallest~in ~he last 20.yea;-s. A sizeable red~ction in sorghum and soy- ..-: 
 
bean acreage practically assures a smaller outp~t this year. ,The corn crop .. 
 
looks record high by a considerable margin with a 15 percent increase in acreage 
 
and generally favorable development to date in the Corn Belt. Oats pr'odu~tion ' 
 
now looks to be the lowest for 20 years on the smallest acreage harvested in th'is' 
 
centur,y.. Barley yi.eld prospects are average on a slightly increased acreag.e .. 
 
Hay tonna.ge i~ expected to be a tenth below last year I s record production. Pas~' 
 
tur,e ~nd forage g;r.owth w~s retarded by dryness in the middle and lower Atlantic 
 
Co~~~~l area~, Northern. Plains and Southwest but are generally seasonalor. 
 
better in other sections. 
 
A ;,ecord corn crop of 4. 2 billion bushels is in prospect based on July 1 
con4itions. This prodL:.ction of all co.rn would be well above the record 3. 8 billion bu,sh~ls last y~,ar ,and far above the 3.3 billion average. A 14 percent incre.q.se . in planted~creage following the removal of acreage allotments in commerCial 
 
areas accounts for this larger production than last year. The yield per har.vestee 
 
acre, indicated at 50. 1 bushels, is below the record, 51. 7 last year but far above'; the,,4Q,,6:bushel average. COrn was planted by. about the usual date but many;., '. "; 
 
sections 'have a sizeable proportion of both early and late corn because' wet, 
 
weather interrupted planting during the last half of May. 
 
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Thi'S ,year t s peach c;ro.p, i,~. forecast at 75.8 million bushelS,' 4 pe'rcent less 
 
than pn Jun.e I but 7 percell~! more than last ye,ar .. Tb.e July I for:ecast excludes 
 
Pl',oq.uc.tio~ eliminated through the "green drop" program put.into effect.under , 
 
T~e. Peach Marke~ing Order.for ,California Clingston,e peaches. T.h.is . removal 
 
program is responsible for the reduction from the June 1 forecast. Peachpro-., 
 
duction, excluding the California Clingstone crop which is mostly for canning, 
 
is now placed at 48.8 milliqn bushels, 2 percent below last year's production blit 
 
. 24 percent,above the, 1948-57 average. . 
 
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1059. 
 
1959 ns porcent ot 1958 
 
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Corn, JUI .. 
 
Vlhtii1.:t, Oats, 
 
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Cottbn, lj 
 
.JI . Hay, 1>11 
 
Ton 
 
Soyb.eans., 
 
Peanuts, 2 
 
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Pota.toos, Irish 
 
SrTeet Pota.toes Owl;. 
 
Toba~oa, lUI 
 
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Y !I Pla.nted a.ore'age. 
 
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73,470 " 84,387 
 
114.9 
 
53,'517' 53,217 
 
99.3 . 
 
31,826 " 20 .. 823 ..... 90~G' 
 
li,;379 ,15,,89,0 
 
128 .0 
 
73,G33 ;. 70,991' \ , 97 :2: 
 
2'~;900 
,1,734 
 
22,917, . ; 92.0 1,68J. . 96.9 . , 
 
,1,<;67 
 
1,3~7 
 
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274 . 102~9 
 
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1958 
 
, lnd.July 1, 1959 
 
Production in Xhou: 
 
1958 
 
rnd. Jul: 
1, 1959 
 
51.7 
 
50.1 
 
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21.7 
 
44.7 
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64"3 
 
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3,799,844 4,224,450 
 
1,452,2).8 , 1,155,132 
 
1,422,164 
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121,924 
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AGRICUl.TURAl. EXTENSION SERVICl:: UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
.,. pS,T.tAhTeEnsD,EPGAeRoTMrgEiIa'IT ClF AGRICUL.TURE 
 
JUL 15 '59 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE;; . 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERViCE' . 
 
SH) 
 
EXTENSION 
 
BLOJGu.1yAT1H3EN, Si 
 
GA. 959 
 
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LIBRARIES 
vEGETABIE CR~P RE1?OlU - "t1tY 1, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: Extremely high temperatures and dry weather during late June did con..;. ,].' siderable damage to vegetable crops in southern and central areas, 
the Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. Harvesting has passed the peak as of July 1 on practically all vegetable crops in these areas except cantaloups and watermelons. Light volume is expected through July 15 for these crops. Harvest.ing of summer vegetables in the mountain areas is get~ing underway~ , . 
UNITED. STATES:. Production of summer vegetables, excluding melons, in 1959 .is ex- 
. pected to be 3 percent more than last year and 13 percent above 
average, the Crop Reporting Board announced today. Forecasts prepared July 1 'normally account for' nearly two-thirds of the total summer production. Principal contributors to the increase over 1958 are lettuce, sweet corn, and onions. Partially offsetting are sUbstantially smaller crops of cabbage and cauliflower. In addition to those, crops for wh~ch production forecasts hav~ been made, acreage est~mates have been prepared for late ~ummer onions, green peppers andtomatoes. Total acreage of these crops is 5 percent above that harvested in. 1958 .. 
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Summer melon production--cantaloups, honeydews and wate~elons--is .11 percent below last year mainly because of a 15 percent': smt.ller watermelon crop. No 'production forecast has been made for late summer cantaloups but acreage for harvest is up 2 percent. 
 
LIMA BEANS: The first forecast for the summer crop reflects the continued down- 
 
ward trend in production for fresh market. The indicated product1'on" 
 
of 203,000 cwt. is l7'percent below last summer's crop and 35 percent below 
 
average. Yields in the earliest southern States have been adversely affected by 
 
the hot dry weather. The New Jersey and Long Island crops are growing well 
 
at this time. Harvesting is over in south Georgia and beginning in the West 
 
Central area. Light harvesting is underway in North Carolina. The New Jeroey 
 
crop is expected to begin around July 20 with the Long Island crop also ~:t.arting 
 
during the latter part of the month. 
 
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SNAP BEANS: Production of snap beans in the summer group of States is forecast at 1,481,000 cwt., which is about 2 percent more than last yeo.r!s 
but 1 percent less than average. The acreage for this group is down slightly from last year but this is offset by somewhat better yield prospects. In the New England group of States prospects are generally fnvorable. L1ght harvest has s~arted and will be most active after mid-July. The early Long Island crop was damaged by rainy weather. Peak harvest is expected during mid-July. In Upstate New York planting is expected to be completed by July 15. Some fields are suffering from dryness. Light picking has started and will be heaviest in late July and August. Early plantings in Pennsylvania are being harvested. Hot weather is reducing yields. Condition of the Ohio crop is very good with yields above 'llverage. Ho.rvest in Illinois is more advanced than at this time last year and drYness is affecting yields. In Michigan the crop is mostly in good condition. Earliest areas began harvesting around July 1 and volume production is expected by July 20-25. In the southern mountain area, which includes southwest Virginia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee, north Georgia and northeast ~lo.bama, prospects are variable with expected production slightly below last year. Planting will continue during most of July. Ha:rvesting is now in progress -andwill 
continue,' 'during July and August. Hot,' ary' weather in late June o.dverscJ..Y;.~:ff~.c.ted 
early cJ.ops but recent showers and cooler weather has resulted in some il'llprbvement.. 
 
WATERMELONS: Production in the early summer states is foreca.st a.t 18,800;000' cwt.) 
 
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which is 16 percent below last yeo.r bUt a.bout equal to OYeZ-age. 
 
Hai-vesting in Georgia will continue active until around July 15. Recent 'extremely 
hot weatper ca.used vines to die faster than usual and melons to blister. In 
 
South Ca.rolina the crop was damaged by dry weather during June and prospects are 
 
slightly below a month earlier. Early fields show more d.o.ma.ge than lo.ter.plant- 
 
i~~s. Peak ,harvest in the BI.rnwell-Ho.mpton area will be during the first half of 
 
J~y anQ the Pageland area will be heaviest during the second half of the month. 
 
In North carolina, high temperatures and dry soils greatly reduced. yields. :Crops 
 
in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana ~ere adversely affected by heavy rains in 
 
ea.rly June and by high t'ElIllPerD,tures 'dUring .the second half of the month. Har- 
 
vesting is in progress in t~~ ~o~the.rI,l.l'~:t~.ons of these statesj. central areas 
 
Will be in" active harvest by.mid.-.July, with the northern area coming .in during the 
 
second half of the month. Grow:CIig condftions in Texas have been favorable in 
 
Llost areas. Crops in south Texas are fini shing up. Harvesting. i~. active in the 
 
south central area13. Eo..st Texas is in light production with volume movement ex- 
 
pected around July 10-15. 
 
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 Acreage and Estimated Production Reported to Date, 1959 with Comparisons 
 
CROP 
AND 
STATE 
LIMh BEANS 
 
-J__ .~_~ J\~E FO~ ~VEST 
 
YlELD PER ~~~_~ __~~UcrIONt' ' 
 
I Average 1 
 
I 100, I Av. 
 
lInd. Average 
 
R I~~~ 
 
I 19;~ 1p49-57 1956 ! 1959 ,49-59. 19561 1959 1949-57; 
 
, - Ilcres - 
 
i - Cwt. - 
 
i - 1,000 cwt. - 
 
Summer: 
 
New York   . J. 1,540 
 
New Jersey  ..: 1,960 
 
Ohio . . .  ..1 ' 580 
 
Maryland 
 
 
 
 
 
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North Carolina ! 
 
Georgia. . . . 
 
Group Tota.l  
 
SNAP BEANS 
 
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: Summer: ~ New Hampshire 
 
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280 
 
MaSsa.chusetts ..", 1,330 
 
Rhode Island  
 
260 
 
Connecticut. .j 1,090 
New York, L. I ..! 2,880 
 
..! New York', Upsto.tei 10,740 
 
, Pennsyl:vo.nio. 
 
:2,980 
 
Ohio  .   . .1 3,370 
Illinois .....j 1,270 Michisan .. "1 2,530 
 
Virginia . . ." 660 
 
'j North Carolina.-. 7,400 
 
Geergio. . 
 
2,~20 
 
Tennessee.. " 1,620 
 
lUo.bo.tlO.  . . .j 1,290 
 
Colorado . . . .1 810 Group Total .1 40,530 
 
CABBAGE 1 
 
f,ate Summer: "Pennsylvo.nia . Indio.no. . . . , Illinois . . . Iowa. . . . . . . North Carolina. . Georgia    ColortJ.do .  . New Mexico. Washington  California . 
Group Total 
CANTALOUPS 
 
4,180 2,130 2,700 
970 4,190 
730 3,270 
330 1,530 2.370 22. ~90 
 
600 1,300 
280 1,400 
220 950 1,100 11,000 2,300 3,900 1,300 2,700' ,750 6,800 1,300 1,400 1,200 700 37,300 
3,600 1,700 2,900 
800 3,700 
600 2,700 
 
5501' 43 1,400, 32 
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40 45 35 33 
 
24 25 46 46 
 
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280 j 35 
 
40 40 
 
10 
 
11 
 
11 
 
1,500i 35 
 
40 40 
 
47 
 
56 
 
60 
 
220 I 36 
 
40 40 
 
9 
 
9 
 
9 
 
1,000! 35 
 
40 40 
 
37 38, 40 
 
iI 1,300i 42 
11,000 42 2,200 43 
 
40 45 42 451 45 45! 
 
117 44 58 451 462 495 128' 104 99 
 
3,800 40 
 
35 401' 133 136 152 
 
1,200 28 
 
33 33 
 
35 
 
4 3 . 40 
 
2,800,1 31 750 I 30 
 
I 31 33,1 
35 30 
 
77 20 
 
84 26 
 
92 22 
 
6,500 i 34 
 
40 40'1 251 272 260 
 
1,100' 28 
 
28 30 
 
56 36 33 
 
1,300 36 
 
45 
 
37 1' 
 
58 
 
63 48 
 
1,200 22 
I 700 I 45 
36.850 37 
 
25 25 50 451 
 
28 36 
 
d 30 30 
 
35 
 
2 
 
19 40 1.494 1.449 1. 1 
 
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185 180 215 180 1 205 190 
160 170 
160 150 100 100 
220 230 
 
666 516 366 210 
595 551 128 128 592 540 60 50 594 506 
 
Early Summer: 
i South Co.rolino. . 5,910 7,400 
 
Georgia . .. . 8,530 9,000 
 
Arizono.,other .. 7 680 1:0 500 Group Total. '0 22,120 2 .900 
 
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WATERMELONS 
 
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I, Early Summer: 
I North Co.rolino. -.! b:-, ;L60: 15,000 - 13,500 50 
 
South Carolino. .II 41~890 42,000 
Georgia . .. ., 54,000 63,000 
 
I 35,000, 54 
49,000 78 
 
Ala.ba.ma . . . . 17,460 21,000 19,000 i 91 
 
Mississippi. . 11,040 ,16,000 12,000 I 70 
 
60 - --55 555 900 
 
60 55 ',' ,2,264 2,520 
 
85 70, 4,190 5,355 
 
95 90 1,577 1,995 
 
65 55 
 
773 1,040 
 
Arkansas" .   10,320 13,000 11,500 85 
 
85 85 
 
874 1,105 
 
Lou!siano. .. . 4,430 4,200 
 
4,200 77 
 
80 75 
 
342 336 
 
I Oklohomo.  .   14, 520 11, 500 
 
9, 200 I 64 ' 65 
 
Texas. . . . lO9,220 119,000 107,000 47 - 50 
 
70 
 
946 748 
 
50 5,096 5,950 
 
Ari zona. . . . . . 5, 170 7,400 6, 500 I 146 ... 95 160 757 703 
 
California.  . 10 480 11 000 ),;1..800 140 160 170 1 464 ~ , 
 
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Group Total 
 
9, 0 323, 100 27, 700: 5 
 
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ARCHIE IJUtjIEY 
~gricu1tura1 Statistician In Charge 
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L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegeto.blc Crop Estimo.tor 
 
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GIE(Q)~CGllA C~(Q)IP ~!r 'YIffi$:Jll~(G JE~VllCC[ NlhllSlTY OF GEORGIA 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND Tt,lE STATE DEPARTMEtJT OF A::iRICULl'URE 
 
..IUL 1 '59 
 
. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE P.ICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
19 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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Athens. Georgia 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
July:13. 1959 
 
GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY 1. 1959 
 
Heavy rains the latter part of May and first few days of June caused considerable damage to Georgia crops. By the last of June many areas in the southern half of the state were dry to very dry. The lack of moisture together with high temperatures caused ad..:litional damage to most growing crops. Corn in particular has been damaged severely by the adverse weather. The outlook for corn and cotton was very spotty on July 1. 
 
LEAF PRODUCTION UP: Current indfcations point to a Georgia flue-cured tobacco crop of 104, 725, 000 pounds, 17 percent above 
last year. the Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. This will be the largest crop since 1956 when 128,040.000 pounds were produced, but it will still be 11 percent below the 10-year average production of 118, 066, 000 pounds. The yield per acre this season is forecast at 1, 475 pounds compared with last ' year's record high yield of 1.545 pounds per acre. 
 
CORN DOWN 22 PERCENT: The 1959 corn crop is currently forecast at' , 67, 344, 000 bushels, a decline of 22 percent from 
last year's record crop of 86,752, 000 bushels. Corn was damaged by excessive 
rains in May ,and lat-er by hot. dry weather the last week to ten days of June. The crop is very uneven. Current indications point to a yield of 23. a bushels 
per acre compared with the 1958 record high yield of 32. a bushels per acre. 
Despite the' sharp decline from last year, both yield per acre and total production are expected to be above average. 
 
WHEAT PRODUCTION ABOVE LAST YEAR: Wheat production in Georgia, this 'year is now estimated at ' 
2.100,000 bushels compared with 1.633.000 bushels produced last year. An increase in acreage harvested from 71, 000 a year ago to 100, 000 this year more than offset a decline in yield per acr'e' from 23. 0 in 1958 to the current e'stimate of 21. 0 bushels. 
 
GOOD PEACH CROP: Georgia's 1959 total peach crop (including farm and commercial production) is estimated at 3,400.000 bushels. 
Total production last year amounted to 4, 000, 000 bushels. 0uality of this year IS crop has generally been abov,e,a year ago when a period of heavy rains during harvest caused some soft peaches. On the whole, prices have also been somewhat b~tter than last year. 
 
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CROP 
 
GEORGIA CROPS 
 
..... Acreage (000) 
 
Yielc,l 
 
Production (000) 
 
1959 
 
Indic. 
 
Indic. 
 
1958 1959 0/0 of ' 1958 July 1 19-58 
 
July 1 
 
1958 ' 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Corn, All Wheat. Oq.ts Rye ,Barley Tobacco, All Potatoes, Irish Potaote 5, Sweet Hay, All Peanuts. Alone Soybeans, Alone Peaches, total crOp Pears. total crop Cotton. Planted 
 
Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu. Bu, Lb. Cwt. Cwt. Tons 
Bu. Bu. 
 
2, 711 71 
276 13 10 
59. 1 4.8 11 630 592 115 
 
2.928 100 
,259 
16 13 72. 1 4. 1 10 632 580 109 
 
' 108 
, 141 94 
123 130 122 
85 91 101 98 95 
 
388 730 188 
 
32.0 23.0 
 
23.0 21.0 
 
33.0 ' 32'.0 
 
12.5 12.5 
 
29.0 29.0 
 
1,540 1.473 
 
46 
 
47 
 
48 
 
45 
 
1. 02 1. 00 
 
86. 752 67.344 
 
'1,633 2, 100 
 
9. 108 '8, 288 
 
162 
 
200 
 
290 
 
377 
 
91,018 106,210 
 
222 
 
191 
 
528 
 
450 
 
641 
 
630 
 
4,000 3.400 
 
98 
 
95 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. POESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES -- GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF JULY I, 1959 
 
Total crop production second only to last year's phenomenal record now se~m~ .~iJ<.ely for 1959., Planted acreage of 340 million' is above 1957 and 1958 but, well: b.elow other recent years. It now appears that the harvested acreage for all., ~r9.p.~ will total 32.5 million, slightly above the low levels. o~ the past 3 y~ars, b~( sm~U~e.r-:than: ottter years since 1939. Crop development up to July has been mainly. 'favorable but top soil moisture deficiencies in the Northern Plains, Mid- 
dIe: Atlaptic, . Southeast, and parts of the Ohio River Valley take on added signifi- 
cance as the period of hottest weather and highest plant moisture requirements approac~es. The composite' yield per acre based on all crops will probably be exceeded only by last year I s extremely favorable showing. 
 
Winter wheat showed a slight further decline as hot weather, short topsoil rnoisture, : ~nd damage from streak mosaic all took some toll. Production ,of wint~r wheat is the ~ifth largest of record, but apring wheat production is, .the . ". fou~t~ Efrnallest in the last 2.0 years. A sizeable reduction in sorghum and soybean acreage practically assures a smaller output this year. .The corn crop' . 
looks record high by a considerable margin with a 15 percent increase in acreage and g.enerally favorable development to date in the Corn Belt. Oats produ:cti~n . no""'{,looks to be the lowest for 2.0 years on the smallest acreage harvested in this 
century. Barley yield prospects are 'average on a slightly increased acreage.; Hay tonnage is expected to ,Qe a tenth.l;>elow last year's record production. Pasture ~nd fO"1',age :growth was ;retarded by dryness in the middle and lower Atlantic Coastal areas, Northern Plains and Southwest but are generally seasonal: or better in other sections. 
 
A record corn crop of 4. 2. billion bushels is in prospect bas'ed on July 1 
 
conditions. This prod~ction of all ~orn would be well above the record 3. 8 billion 
 
bus.hels last year and far above the 3.3 billion average. A 14 pe'rcent increase 
 
in pla;q.ted acreage following the removal of acr,eage allotments in commercial 
 
areas accounts for this larger production than last year. The yield per harvestec 
 
acre,..indicated at 50. 1 bushels, is below ..the recor-d 51. 1 last year but far abo.ve' 
 
the 40. 6bushe~ average. Go~n was planted by about the usual date but many. 
 
sections have a sizeable pro'portion of both early and late corn because wet 
 
weather interrupted planting during the last half of May. 
 
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Thi's:,year's peach crop is forecast at 75.8 million bushels, 4 percent less 
 
than ~.n Jun.e 1 but 7 percent more than last year. The.July 1 forecast excludes 
 
pr,oduc-tion eliminated through the "green drop" program put into effect under' 
 
Th~ P~ach Mar.keting Order for California Clingstone pea,ches. This removal 
 
program is re sponsible for the reduction from the June 1 forecast. Peach pro- 
 
duction, excluding the California Clingstone crop which is mostly for canning, 
 
is now :placed at 48.8 million bushels, 2. percent below last ye'~r's production but 
 
, 24 percent above the 1948-57 average. " 
 
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CROP 
 
1.oroago ~~ Theus. 
 
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1958 
 
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For na.v. 
 
1059 
 
tBmD STATES 
 
1959 ~s ~ ..yield.. 
 
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1958 
 
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1958'" d. uly 1, 1959 
 
Produotion in ~hou: 
 
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1958 
 
Ind. Jul: 
 
I, 1959 
 
Co~, All 
 
Bu. 
 
73,(.70 ' 84,387 
 
114.9 
 
Vlhea.t, All 
 
BU. 
 
53,S77 
 
53,,217 
 
99.3 
 
oats, " 
 
Bu.' 
 
-al~8'26 
 
28,823 
 
90.6 
 
Cotton,!! 
 
U,'379 
 
15,890 
 
128.0 
 
Ray, '.:11 
 
Ton 
 
73,033 .', ',70,991' 
 
97~2 
 
Soyboans, gj 
 
:.2~;900 
 
22,917 .' .; 92.0 
 
Poanuts','?:z 
 
. .1 , 7 3 4 
 
1,681, 96.9 
 
PotatoQs J Irish 
 
1,:67 
 
1 ~391 
 
95.2 
 
SweetPotatoos CWt. 
 
266 
 
274 
 
102.9 
 
---------_......:.-_-------_!_-- - Tobaco.o, All Lb.. I . 1,C78 . ., 1 ~157 
 
107 ~3 
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y all 1/ Planted aoreage. 
 
Gr~"m a.lonc' for 
 
.purpo se s. 
 
I tJ' I 
 
':.. 
 
 
 
": 
 
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51.7 
 
50.1 
 
27 1 3 44.7 
 
21.7 35.0 
 
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1.67 
 
1.54 
 
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I ;65:5 1,611 
 
\_ : 64.3 
..1 ,~42 
 
3,799,844 1,462,218 1,422,164 
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121,924 
 
4,224,450 1,155,132 
- 1,009,625 109,594 
 
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17,434 ., 17,598. 1,736,204 1,783,199 
 
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE 
 
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Reiease 1./15/.59 
 
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jUL 1 7 '59 "I 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REFORT 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
.. Athen's, Ga.,. July 15 - - A total of 6. 573.000 broiler chicks were placed' 
 
with producers in Georgia during th~ week ending July 11, according to the 
 
Gebrgia Crop Reporting Service. This. compares with the 6,776,000 placed the 
 
p~evious week and is 4 percent less than the' 6, 869. 000, placed the same week 
 
last year,. 
 
. 
 
Eggs set b-y Georgia hatcheries amounted to 8,741,000 compared with 
 
9;',073, 000 the prev~ous week and is slightly les's than: the 8, 771, 000 for the 
 
co*respondiJlg week last year. 
 
' .:":,, 
 
~, 
 
,) T'he majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were 
 
reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents with an average of 55 cents for all hatch- 
 
illg eggs and 53 'cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery 
 
oWned <;ockerels'; Last week the range was from 49 to 65 cents with an average 
 
of 55 cents for all hatching eggs and 52 cents for eggs purchased at the farm 
 
from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were 
 
reported within a range of $8.00 to $10.00 with an average of $9.00 per hundred 
 
compared with a ra,nge of $8.00 to $10.0,0 with an average of $9.00 per hundred 
 
1aS,t week. The average prices last year-were 78 cents for eggs and $13. 00 for 
 
chicks. 0 
 
 
 
vieighted average price from the Federa1-~tate Market News Service for 
broilers during the week ending July 11 was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds at farm,,s 15. 46~ . 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINCS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS ..'. 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
- 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set !J 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 1958 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0;0 1959 1959 of 1958 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
: 
 
May 9 9,204 9, 570 
 
104 6,934 6,996 
 
101 
 
May 16 . 9. 589 9,251 
 
96 7,237 7. 165 
 
99 
 
May 23 9., 7~6 : 9.236 
 
9.5 7. 113 :7,053 
 
99 
 
May 30 9,66S : 9.Z36 , .96 7, 151 .6.951 
 
97 
 
June 6 9,'616 : 9,276 
 
96 7, 111 7,002 
 
98 
 
395 423 373 494 
280 .435 Z39 ,l84 245 169' 
 
June 13 9,360 9,312 
 
99 7,063 '6,961 
 
99 
 
June 20 9,:082 9.210 
 
101 7. 153 '6, 807 
 
95 
 
June 27 ".,. '.8, 658 . 9,210 
 
106 6,878 .. 6,922 
 
101 
 
165 179 218 166 
49 ..190. 
 
July 4 8.741 9,073 
 
104 '6'.7Z4 ' 6,776 
 
101 
 
113 
 
97 
 
July 11 8,:771 8,741 
 
100 6.869 6. 573 
 
96 
 
36 191 
 
- 
11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u.._._----------------------------------_._-----.-----~- ------------------- 
 
S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
-._._-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
 ~GGS SE T AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
P2 
 
'. 
 
Week Ending 
 
STATE 
 
June 
27 
 
July 
4 
 
July 
 
11 
 
~ 
 
June 
6 
 
June 
13 
 
June 
20 
 
June 
27 
 
July 
4 
 
July 
11 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
... 
 
i 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1,488 1,424 1,557 
 
I, 275 1,310 r,228 1, 263 1, 186 1,222 
 
Connecticut 
 
1, 186 I, 144 1,094 
 
482 
 
590 
 
635 
 
568 
 
620 
 
551 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
I,. 225 .1,256 
 
I, 194 
 
844 
 
913 
 
677 
 
735 
 
814 
 
719 
 
Indiana 
 
1,980 1,895 1,941 
 
872 
 
810 
 
831 
 
862 
 
778 
 
854 
 
Illinois 
 
222 
 
184 
 
205 
 
123 
 
100 
 
110 
 
136 
 
99 
 
106 
 
If 
 
Missouri 
 
I, 823 
 
1,911 
 
1,899 
 
733 
 
742 
 
839 
 
799 
 
818 
 
754 
 
.uelaware 
 
1,77Z 
 
1,671 
 
I, 59Z 
 
1,699 1,755 1,74Z 1,694 1,722 1,178 
 
Maryland 
 
3,001 3,009 2,989 
 
1,832 1,905 1,869 1,963 . 'Z,OOI 1,894 
 
Virginia 
 
2,230 'Z,243 2,000 
 
1, Z43 I, 168 1, 322 I, 124 1,066 
 
993 
 
West Virginia 
 
354 
 
3Z5 
 
297 
 
575 
 
658 
 
533 
 
529 
 
521 
 
550 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,699 3,608 3,463 
 
3,016 3,037 3,019 2,9Z6 2,981 2,919 
 
30uth Carolina 
 
5Z6 
 
53Z 
 
500 
 
351 
 
338 
 
339 
 
357 
 
327 
 
351 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,210 9,073 8,741 
 
7,002 6,961 6,807 6,922 6,776 6, 573 
 
I 
I 
 
~-'lorida 
Alabama 
 
I 
1.0 
,j 
 
Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana 
 
, 
 
Texas 
 
) 
 
t 
 
Washington 
 
I 
) 
 
:)regon 
 
,: 
 
California 
 
366 4,030 
3,032 4, 131 
656 
3,039 427 
324 I, 331 . 
 
374 4, 189 
Z,900 4, 131 
691 3, 108 
351 352 1,475 
 
342 4, 107 
2,942 3,849 
688 
3,071 346 387 
1, 311 . 
 
178 3,413 2,485 3, 551 
400 
2, 312 377 268 
1,033 
 
223 3,461 
2, 533 3,566 
448 
2,306 374 276 978 
 
231 3,470 
2,439 3,398 
468 
2,299 384 247 
I, 103 
 
206 3,461 
2,256 3,231 
487 
2,367 341 26Z 
I, 198 
 
225 3,406 
2,464 3, 580 
449 
Z,250 332 243 
1,015 
 
1723,394 2,370 3, 525 
386 
2, 301 306 238 
1,0Zl 
 
) 
 
.). 
) 
 
TOTAL 1959 
 
46,052 45,846 44,515 
 
} 
~ 
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,~' 
~ 
 
TOTAL 19 S8 
1959 % of 19 5- 8.- 
 
48,628 47,71Z' 
 
.- 
95 
 
96 
 
47,176 94. 
 
.. 
 
34',064 36, 562 
93 
 
34,452 36,90.0 
93 
 
33,990 36,889 
92 
 
33, 597 36,237 
93 
 
33,673 32,977 
 
35,436 34,912 
 
95 
 
94 
 
.- 
 
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lHING S1E1~Vn<ClE 
 
J'It, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
j 
 
2.1.11 U,NIV!EpSn:V OF O,IORGIA AND;;T'HE" 
 
'.;, .v... 
 
sTATI DEPARTMENT ()Il' AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
lJ'~" iE:s ' ., 
 
. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE "AGR,ICUL.TURA1. MAAKllt:iNG SERVICE: 
'.,',' 111 EXTENSIO~ BLDG  ATHENS. GA. July 20, 19/59 
 
" :r..' Thi'~' su~rricir'y o~,p~':lit~Y.~~~~.~~a~,;on,o~' hat'c'~~r,y p~o'duetio~.~, po~ltry'" < 
 
slaugl:'ter~ egg p~od4-ctlon,. pertJnent prlce. dat~ CW,d,'~~-qf~~onth:stQ~~ge' stocks 
 
is 'b~ihg 'furnished you in ~,c~~i:l~n'~.ed fo~p-i ~o enable :Yo~ to h,~ve ,a rea'dy current 
 
,r~f~r~n~~..", "';',", ,!' ;),'i:l ' 
 
"";",, 
 
'co 
 
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. . ~,.' ',' ,., 
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", ": "~~" 
 
I' ""I ( ' ,( 
 
... ~, 
 
POuLTR.f.'SUMMA~:Y, 'i~pe. 
 
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\. 
 
I.~' :1... 
 
.'I~.\",j....\.":~.:' 
 
I : .. : : ' ',::"'" ,', 
 
<, 
 
:',' 
 
" bilk-in' ':TuM' ", :'0 6 ',:'Jiii:' thr~u"''h':rune .;"o/g ,of',':'; , 
 
',', II.' ',\ tie'm:'" 
 
,. 1958 11: I i9' 59~i ",l~,cst,~ 19'58 1.1 19592/' "', Jaii"",'l 
 
- 
 
- 
 
year 
 
- 
 
-:' ,y~aJ:':; .: 
 
,Thou. , :,Tho,u'. Pet., Tho,u., Thou.' , 'Pet. 
 
Chicks Hatched by Com,mer dal'HatcheriE!'s :,J ... % ... 
.... 
Broil'e. r Type - , ' (If" I 
 
- -................... ........ 
 
.' ,:i 
 
. .. ./;:" ' 
 
 
 
. I.'" 
 
, , _.' . ...., .... 
 
j (' ....: 
 
' ,1 
 
., 
 
" 
 
Ge~:t:~ia 
 
,... 30,A36 30,038 99 164,:991 178,823 108 
 
Uniteu State s 
 
177', 588 166,250 94 949,760 1,000,881 105 
 
~s~ Type Geor,gia :'United States 
\,: tl 
 
Co'r;n~~rcial Slaughtere.! 
 
I 
 
, 
 
" 714 40, 376, 
 
,,722 101 
 
26r , 
 
590 " 
 
I: 
 
66 
 
.. ~. ~.: . . . ' 
 
';. ,'JO' 
. . . , :: ., 
 
':. ~, 738 ' .,12,.407 ' 184', ,~,94, 0,60 . 462, 917 ,',' 94 
 
, :'1', 
 
Young Chickens , 'Ceorgfa' - " -'ltnlted States 
 
'26, 63.7 28, 277 106 134" 866 ~41, 716 " 105,:... 13'1, ,60:~ 149, 7QO , 11.1: -699,792 194,628 114 
 
. Hens ,and Cocks 
 
. 'Ce6t:gia 
 
" 
 
,Unit'ed States 
 
,. 
 
 
 
I",: 
 
,'. t 
 
:. 'f 
 
Egg', Pr:oduction: 
 
'ci~orgia 
 
;- ,0: 
 
" 
 
, 
 
, South AtlantieY , 
 
263' 
7, 2.50 
 
263, 
7,'6~'5 
 
.Mil. 
 
o, 
Mil. 
 
9' 10 
', 
 
. , .. 
 
1,~9 
 
511. 
 
574 
 
H)O 
105 
11~ 
112, 
 
, :', " { , 
 
., 
 
, 
 
'' 
 
' 
 
1,789 
---.. . . 'Mil. 
 
,2,683 " .. 151 }: 
 
 
 
.. - - - 
 
I' 
 
. , 
 
, 
 
, Mil. 
 
,If. _,1- 
.: " . '.~ \ t, ~~ 
 
672 ,), 1~6. 
 
r" :':', 
792 118 ~, 53~,.' ''< '113;' . 
 
':Unit'e..d: States 
 
5, O,3?, ' .. 5,13,2 102 
 
31,571 33,083 105 
 
2r 11 . R,eyi,sed. 
 
'J . \ .1" 
 
'. 
 
Preliminary" 3/ Fe~eral-State Market News Service ,...:... ~"or 
 
the purpose ofthis report a commercial poultry slaughter plant is defined as a 
 
plant which slaughters a weekly average of at least 30,000 pounds live weight .,'.': 
 
while, i,n o?eration. (Converted bom w~ek1y to, monthly basis.) 41 ,South, Atlantic 
 
states: ,Del., Md., Va., W. Va.; N. C." S. C., Ga., ~",la.:, ' 
 
MID- MONTH PRIC.s;S RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID 
 
, 
 
.. , ' , 
 
,', 
,\ 
 
.. . "Geo~~'ia " ' 
 
'\ 
 
,' 
 
~ ,United States , 
 
. 
 
:, ' .,ltem " ~" ..:' ..~. " , J'une 15, ,May 15, _, June ...l5 June',lS May 15 ,Jun~ l~' "', 
 
", 
 
. l :  .' 
 
19.58 
 
1959 ' 1959' 1958 ' 1959 1959' " 
 
., 
 
. 
 
,- 
 
: 
,, 
 
,, 
 
Prices Received: 
 
.:-;CentS ' ' Cents , 
 
. Cents Cents 
 
, 
 
: 
 
Cents Cents 
 
Farm Chickens (lb) 
Com. Broilers (lb) All Chickens (lb) All Eggs (dozen) 
 
17.5 20. 1 20.0 52.4 
 
13.0 15.2 15. 1 36. 1 
 
13.5 15.0 15.0 37.2 
 
16.0 21. 1 20.4 35.2 
 
1.1.4 16.0 15.5 25.1 
 
10. 1 15.8 15. 1 24.9 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 Ib Dol. 
 
BrOiler grow. mash Laying mash Scratch grains 
 
5.10 4.80 4.35 
 
Dol. 
4.90 4.75 4.20 
 
Dol. 
4.90 4.75 4.20 
 
Dol. 
5.01 4.47 3.99 
I 
 
Dol. 
I 
4.89 4.51 3.94 
 
Dol. 
4.87 4.45 3.93 
 
.... _--.----_ 
 
_-- .. _--.--.---------------_ .. ---------------------- 
 
For this project State funds were matched with ~~ederal funds received from the 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, under Provisions of the Agricultural 
 
Marketi.ng Act of 1946 . 
... _... _--, -------------_._---------, ------.-.------------------------------ 
 
 End-of-Month Stocks of .Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products Unite1i St~tes 
 
Shell eggs: Incr~ased by 51 thousand cases; June 1958 increase was 147' thousand 
 
cases; average June increase is 198 thousand cases. 
 
Frozen ~ggs: Incre~sed by 32 million.pounds; June 1958 'increase was 34'million 
 
, : .pounds; average June incre'ase is 21 million pounds. ' 
 
', : 
 
Frozen poultry: Decreased by 2 million pounds; June 1958 decrease was 6 million 
 
pounds; average June decrease is 9 million pounds. 
 
" 
 
Beef: Decreaifed by 22 million pounds; June 1958 chanie was an increase of 8 
 
million pounds; average June change is a decrease of 11 million pounds. 
 
~: Decreased by 11 million pounds; June 1958 decrease was 33 million pounds! 
 
average June ~ecrease is 56 million pounds;', 
 
. 
 
Other meats: Decreased by 14 million poW)ds; June ,1958 decrease was' 2 'million 
 
poun~s; avera:ge June decrease is '4 million pounds . , 
 
Commodity 
 
Unit 
 
. June . 
.:1954-58av.:. 
Thou. 
 
June 1958 
Thou. 
 
May 1959 
Thou. 
 
June, 1959!! ' 
Thou. 
 
Eggs: Shell. . . . . . . .  .~ Case Frozen eggs, total. . : Pound 
 
1.610 110,120 
 
852 134,218 
 
1,004 119, 273 
 
1,055 151,344 
 
Whites 
 
: do. 
 
Yolks . . . . . . .  .: do. 
 
Whole or mixed. . . :, do. 
 
53.081 41,101 68,375 
 
45,379 37,789 46,056 
 
33,214 
33,363 48,902 
 
40,807 44,239 61, 134 
 
Unclassified 
 
: do. 
 
1, 551 
 
4,994 
 
3,794 
 
5,164 
 
Total eggs2/(case eq.).; Case 
 
Poultry, frozen: 
 
Broilers or fryers .. ; Pound 
 
Roaster s. . . . . . ..: do. 
 
Hens, fowl~ 
 
: do. 
 
Turkeys 
 
: do. 
 
Ducks........ : do. 
 
:---------------------------------~---.----- 
 
6,026 
 
4,250 
 
4,024 
 
4,886 
 
:------------------------------------------- 
 
16,029 5,268 
24, 142 63, 516 
6,619 
 
14, 564 2,414 
22,281 80, 314 
2,788 
 
24,612 9,916 
57,652 67,688 
3,230 
 
24,204 , 9, 133 
58,881 65,240 
4,816 
 
Unclassified1  : do. 
 
Total poultry 
 
: do. 
 
Beef: Frozen, In cure 
 
and cured 
 
: do. 
 
24,260 
 
17,620 
 
35,939 
 
34,631 . 
 
.-----------------------.------------------- 
 
139, 834 139, 981 199.037 
 
196,905 
 
:------------------------------------------- 
 
115, 718 108,427 173,196 
 
150,848 
 
Pork: Frozen. . . . .  . ..: do. In clire' & cured. . . .: do. 
 
243,205 77,458 
 
155,358 54, 578 
 
307,512 57,848 
 
~ 
2~3,828 
54,412 
 
Other meat and meat products. . . . . . 
Total all red meats. 
 
do. do. 
 
82,724 
 
77, 140 107,964 
 
93.608 
 
.. . ---5-1-9-',~1-0-5----' 3-9-5-;-5-0-3-----6-4-6~,-5-2-0------5-3-2-,-6-9-6- 
 
!! y P;reliminary. 
 
39:5- Frozen eg'g;-~-~~;ertedon basis of 
 
pounds to the case. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statisticlan In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. H,bNCOCK - W. A. WAGNER Agri~ultural Statisticians 
 
. 
 
 .,:E~ 
 
<GI(Q).~<IGll~<O 2" JUU~L i\ 
 
Y ,,....'" 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT QF AGRICULTUR~ 
Athens, Geol"gia 
 
1..5 
~I&:JP>(Q)~1rllNG SE~VllCIE 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
July 20, 1959 
 
PULLET CHICKS F'OR 'BROILER HATCHERY'SUPPLY FLOCKS June 1959 - United States 
 
The indicated domestic placement of pullet chicks for broiler hatchery supply flocks by "leading primary breeders of ,broiler replacement stock totaled 2, 392,000 chicks during June"19 59. Tilis was 26 percent 'less than do'mestic placements of 3, 234,000 chicks in June 1958. Total placements (domestic plus exports) were reported at 2, .575,000 as compared to 3,409,000 a yea,r earlier. 
Domestic placement of pullet c'hi'cks' d~ri'ng 1958 are published for the 
fir st time in this report. The placement data include pullet chicks sold during the month, plus the number of pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceding month.. The conversion from eggs to expected pullet ch\cks was made on the basis of 125 pullet chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders included in this report account for a very large percentage of total supply of replacement pullets for broiler hatchery tlupply flocks. Sales .of replacement pullets by these breeders provide an indication of the potential number of pullets available for addition to hatchery egg supply flocks several months before the pullets will actually move into the flocks. 
 
Pullet Chicks 11 Placements for Broilt:lr'Hatchery Supply Flocks 
 
- (Reported by leading breeders) 
 
- 
 
Total 
 
Domestic 
 
Month 
 
... 
 
1957 
 
1958Y 
 
, 
 
1959 
 
1958 
 
'.-- 
 
- 
1959 
 
1959 as 
'/0 of 1958 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. , 
 
Thou. 
 
l'hou. 
 
Percent 
 
January........ February....... Mar ch. .. '. ...... April. ......... May........... June .......... 
July.......... August . . . . . . . . . September ...... October .... ~ ..~ . November ...... December ...... Annual T ota1. .. 
 
1,886 1,997 2,538 3; 033 2,899 2,060 1,676 1,410 1, 935 2,297 1,926 2,238 25,895 
 
1, 982 2,li4 
 
2,281 2,414 
 
3, 132 3,450 
 
3, 331 3,765 
 
3,641 3,007 
 
3,409 2,575 
 
3,071 
 
2,668 
 
. 
 
~ 
 
~ 
 
,.2,718 . 
 
2, 585 2, 153 2, 165 
 
.~ - 
 
33, 136 
 
1,842 2, 162 2,997 3,234 3, 522 3,234 2,892 2,486 2, 546 . 2,473 2,048 2,004, 31,440 
 
1,884 2,256 3,209 3, 573 2,861 2,392 
,  
.. 
 
102 104 107 110 
81 74 
: , ., 
" 
 
1/ Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs .sold during the preceding 
month at the r.ate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-dozen case of eggs. 21 Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultur-al Statistician 
 
 :.' 
CHICKENS TESTED 
 
 .. .14 
G~.9R.GIA;. In Georgia 253.0'13 chickens for supplying broiler' ~atctling e~gs' were 
 
testeA for pul10rum disease during June 1959--37 peJ;cent more .than 
 
the 185,343 teste:d in June 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for June were 
 
25, 
 
032--4~ percent 
 
more 
 
than 
 
th.e. 
 
17,445 tested '.'. 
 
in 
 
June 
 
1a.-st..year. 
 
UNITED STATES: There were 1. :609,452 chickens for supplying broiler hatching 
 
. . .' 
 
eggs tes,ted in June 19~9--up 23 percent from June .1958. The 
 
cum~ative t.otal. forthe.t.esting year July 1958 through June 1959 of Z7, 205,494 
 
was 
 
2 
, 
 
' 
 
5. ,percen 
 
t, more t 
 
h 
 
a 
 
n 
 
during 
 
th'ese 
 
months 
 
a 
 
.year , 
 
earlier. 
 
. 
 
:( I~ the, State.s for which comparisons are availabl~, 323; 650 chick~~s 'were 
 
tested -in .tune for supplying eggs for egg-type chicks--up 12 percent from June 
 
1958. The number tested July 1958 through June 195.9 of 13, 159, 8~0 was about 
 
1 per~. ent le'ss than .the number tested during this . p. eriod a year ea~.lier. 
 
This report is made possible through the c~operation of th~ r,latiotial Poul~~y~inprovementPlan official State agencies, the Animal Hu.sbanclry 
 
'. 
 
Rese8:rc~ Division, Agricultural Research Service and the Agric~ural Esti~atel 
 
Division;' A~ricultural Marketing Service. 
 
. 
 
~~ 
 
Geor~~a_-_~Chickens 'Tested by Official State Agenci~s 
 
" .- 
 
For Broiler Production 
 
Month 
 
By ont~s 
. 1957-58 : 195.8-59 
 
CUl1}ulative 
. 1957-58 : 1958-59 .. 
 
July .; : 20Z, 194 
Aug. . , :,230, Z9Z Sept. , :' .334, 5Z2 
 
i53~ 86'5 
Z40,301. 
413,1.64 
 
2Q2,194 432,486 . 1.67,008 
 
Z53,865 
.49'4,167 
907,431 
 
Oct. 
 
: :306,795 458,.~42 1,073.. 803 1, 3'65, 873 
 
Nov. : 254,554 388, 136 1,328,357 1,754,009 
 
Dec. .: 25Z,517 432,318 1, 580, 874 2, 186,327 
 
Jan. :: 414,416 564,491 1,995, Z90 Z, 750.818 
 
Feb. ': Z75, 7.50. 482,21Z 2,271,040 3, 233,030 
 
Mar. ': 255, 111 400,437 Z, 5Z6, 151 3, 633,467 
 
Apr. May 
 
: Z11.09.3' 275,Z75 2,737,Z44 3,908,74Z : Z54,024: 24Z,067 ~, 991, 268 4, 150, 809 
 
June 
 
185,343 1.53,013 3,176.611 4,403,82Z 
 
Egg TyPe Chickens 
 
'Sy'l\4onths' 19~7-.58 : 1958-59 
 
] .~--- - 
17,274 
 
30~ Z9'9 
 
47,73.6 
 
4Z,581 
 
18,286.. 3'5; 65Z . 
 
27, 24Z 
 
41,043 
 
8,3Z5 
 
26, 186 
 
14,836 
 
~,778' 
 
61,618 . '34, '194:' 
 
13,675 
 
5, Z80' 
 
; lZ,086 
 
4,994' '1 
 
57,4Z6 
 
6,779' '\ 
 
10, 849 
 
5, 561 
 
. 17,445 
 
25,03Z 
 
United States - Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies 
 
For Broiler ,Production 
 
. For Egg Type Chickens 
 
Month ---- 
 
-. by MQnths 1 I ,; 
 
. 
:. 
 
. - . by Months 21 
 
July 
 
1957-58 
..; 
: 
: 1, 310, 378 
 
. 
: 
 
1958-59 
 
. 1957-58 
:  
 
1,628,IZ9 I 
 
363,753 
 
. 
: 
 
1958- 59 
 
.. 
 
500. 558 
 
Aug. : 1,600, 805 
 
1, 596,79Z 
 
676, 162 
 
599,607 
 
Sept. : 2.310.549 
 
2.643,740 
 
1.251, 370 
 
1,243.658 
 
Oct. 
 
: Z.723,936 
 
3, 119,754 
 
2,379,471 
 
Z,318.2Z9 
 
Nov. Dec. 
 
: 2,Z25,580 : 2,208,307 
 
2.951,368 Z.794,873 
 
I Z,483,280 2, 586,456 
 
2.349,994 2,487,248 
 
Jan. 
 
: 2,014,868 
 
Z,601,9Z7 
 
1.741.051 
 
1,648.909 
 
Feb. : 1. 28Z, 382 
 
2.363, 505 
 
454.617 
 
756,864 
 
Mar. : 1, 587,391 
 
Z,320,302 
 
485, 136 
 
4Z1,587 
 
Apr. : 1, 701. OZZ 
 
1. 928, 397 
 
Z45,750 
 
267,870 
 
May : 1, 554,643 
 
1,647,Z55 
 
276,008 
 
241.636 
 
June : 1.310,490 
 
1. 609,452 
 
289, 142 
 
323,650 
 
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Athens, Ga., July 22 -- A total of 6, 554,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending July 18, according to th.e Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6, 573,000 placed the previous week and is 3 percent more than the 6,340, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 8,337,000 compared with 8,741,000 the previous week and is 3 percent less than the 8, 560,000 for the corre sponding wee~ last year. 
 
The majority of the price s paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were repo'rted within a range of 50 to 65 cents with an average of 55 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchasedc;t the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 50 to 65 cents with an average of 55 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purc~lased at the farm from flocks, with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks ,were reported within a range of $8. 00 to $10.00 with an average of $8.75 per hundred compared with a range of $8.00 to $10.00 with an average of $9. 00 per hundred last week. The average price s last year were 76 cents for eggs and $12. 50 
for chicks. 
 
, Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending July 18 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds at farms 14. 82f. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
Eggs Set lJ 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
EGG TYPE 
I Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958' 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 of 1958 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent hou. Thou. 
 
May 16 9, 589 9,251 
 
96 7,237 7,165 
 
99 
 
May 23 9,766 9,236 
 
95 7, 113 7,053 
 
99 
 
May 30 9,668 9,236 
 
96 7, 151 6,951 
 
97 
 
June 6 9, 616 9,276 
 
96 7, III 6,002 
 
98 
 
June 13 9,360 9,312 , 99 7,063 6,961 
 
99 
 
June 20 9,082 9,210 
 
101 7, l53- 6,807 
 
95 
 
June 27 8,658 9,210 
 
106 6,878 6,922 
 
101 
 
:uly 4 8,741 9,073 
 
104 6,724 6,776 
 
101 
 
July 11 July 18 
 
8,771 8, 560 
 
I 8,741 
8,337 
 
100 16,869 
97 ,1 6,340 
 
6, 573 6, 554 
 
96 103 
 
373 494 
 
280 435 
 
239 184 
 
245 169 
 
165 179 
 
218 Z/ 166 81_ 190 
 
113 
 
97 
 
36 191 
 
103 
 
61 
 
II Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. '[I Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
 "-'-EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COM.M.ERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
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July 
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June 13 
 
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July 
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EGGS SE T - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1,424 
 
1, 557 
 
1, 512 
 
1, 310 1,228 1,263 1,186 1,222 1,202 
 
Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
I, 144 1,256 
 
1,094 I, 194 
 
989 I, 163 
 
590 913 
 
635 677 
 
568 735. 
 
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620 814 
 
551 . 607 
 
719 
 
833 
 
Indiana 
 
1,895 
 
1,941 
 
1,798 
 
810 
 
831 
 
862 
 
778 
 
854 
 
825 
 
Illinois 
 
184 
 
205 
 
233 
 
100 
 
110 
 
136 
 
99 
 
106 
 
129 
 
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Missouri 
 
1,911 
 
1,899 
 
1, 892 
 
742 
 
839 
 
799 
 
818 
 
754 
 
908 
 
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Delaware Maryland 
 
1,671 3,009 
 
I, 592 2,989 
 
1, 585 2,978 
 
I, 755 1,742 1, 694 1, 722 1,778' 1, 591 1,905 1, 869 1,'963 2,001 1,894 2,055 
 
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Virginia 
 
2,243 
 
2,000 
 
1,940 
 
1, 168 1,322 1, 124 1,066 
 
993 1, .11.7 
 
West yirginia 
 
325 
 
297 
 
307 
 
658 . 533 
 
529 
 
521 
 
550 
 
565 
 
North Carolina South e:a-rolina 
 
3,608 '532 
 
3,463 500 
 
3,462 487 
 
3,037 3,019 2,926 2,981 2,919 2,930 
 
338 . 339 
 
357 
 
327 
 
35i '366 
 
GEORGIA 
 
9,073 8,741 8,337 
 
6,961 6,807 6,922 6,776 6,573 6, 554 
 
Florida 
 
314 
 
342 
 
312 
 
223 
 
231 
 
206 
 
225 
 
172 
 
106 
 
Alabama 
Mis sis sippi Arkan6a.s Louisian.a Texas Washingt.on Oregon California. 
 
4, 189 2 , 9 0 0 :. . 
4, 131 691 
3, 108 351 352 
1,475. : 
 
4, 107 '2,942 3,849 
688 
3,071 346 387 
1, 311 
 
4,024 2,Q39 3,829 
662 2,915 
3'9 329 1,416 . 
 
3,461 2,533 3, 566 
448 
2,306 
374 276 978 
 
3,470 2,439 3,398 
468 
2,299 384 247 
I, 103 
 
3,461 2,256 3,231 
487, 
2,367' 
341 262 1, 108 
 
3,406 2,464 3,580 
449 
2,250 
332 243 1,015 
 
3, 394 2,370 3, 525 
386 
2,301 
306 238 1,021 
 
3, 363. 2,292 3,483 
354 
2, 157 351 -. 203 
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TOTAL 1959 . TOTAL 1958' .' 
1959 % of 1958 
 
45,846 47,712 
96 
 
44,515 47,176. 
94 
 
43,488 46, 546 
93 
 
3.4,452 33',990 33, 597: 33,673 32,977 32,936 
 
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36,900 93 
 
36~ 889 92 
 
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33,846. 97 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GF.ORGIA AND THl! 
 
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STATE DEPARTMEHT' OF ~GRICUL;jtURE': \;0. 
 
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Athens, Georgia 
 
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' . .TALL FESCUE SEED F.O~CAST ~. S.OUTBERN. AREAS ' 
 
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at GEO~QiA~. Production of' ['all Fescue' Hi <Georgi8,Js" forecast 1,330,009/Pounds" 
 
'.:,;" ~ompaz:ed ~th 1~505.rOQO. PQUIlds "in 1958 . Weather conditions were .. 
 
general~,taYdrable during the growing season. Frequent, heavy rain~.,during the 
 
harves~il'lg .season made it di~:fj,~~J;.1l<'t:Q~pr..odU'cers. .to 'carry. out harw'st-ing opera- 
 
tions ori' 'sclieduie and shattering was severe in some areas. The acreage harvested 
 
for seed 1s estimated at 7,000 or the same as for 1958. The yield ~er acre of 
 
190 ~upds is. 25 pounds. below 'last season. , . . . ' 
 
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. 'nl~, 1959 crop ot tfI,J.l fescue seed. in 9. Southern 'States~ forecaB~ at l7,820,QOO poun~s,. is 26:~ercent.under the .23,966,000 poUnds harvested last yelifr' and 18 '. 
 
percent. -pelow the fiye,:,y.ear average.:: .. Reductions i'n acreage,' particularly in Ken-' 
 
tucky" 'and generally.: sllIa.ller yields contribu.ted to the decline in this year' s 
 
. 
 
crop.,~.A report on th& ,late h.ai-vested tall fescue"'seed crops in Idaho:, Washingtoni~ 
 
and 9regon '411 be i:sS\ied on August' 9..3. The'. 1958' estimate' for thes~:~three Stat~~ _.. 
 
totaled 2,475".600 pounds. . ., 
 
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1n 'Talf fescue' $. ab111ty. t? p'r,?d}1ce early. ~p;t'ing. groJith resulted a .sparse " ..... _. 
development 'ot seed. heads this year. The early growth was over-grazed in many 
 
areas to carry 11vestock through a period of hot, dry weather. Lashing winds and 
 
-rains in late May and early June also shattered out same seed in the ripening 
 
heads. Further, some stands of tall fescue were included in the Conservation 
 
Reserve and could not be harvested for seed. However, weather during the harvest 
 
period favored recovery of seed. 
 
The Kentucky crop is off about one-third from last year, Missouri and 
Tennessee are down one-fourth and Georgia and Alabama are down about one-twelfth. 
In contrast With these declines, an increase of 5 percent is forecast for 
~outh Carolina. The larger acreage ha.rvested 1n this State more than offset the lower yield per acre. 
 
Harvesting of this season's crop began a few days later than usual but earlier than last year. The average beginning date of harvest this year was as 
follows: June 15 in Georgia and Alabama; June 17-18 in Arkansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina; June 21 1n Kentucky and Tennessee; June 24-25 in Missouri and Oklahoma. 
 
Carry-over of old crop tall fescue seed qy Southern growers on June 30, 1959 is estimated at 73'7,000 pounds and compares with 936,000 pounds a year earlier. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
(over) 
UNIVERS~TY OF GEORGIA 
JUL 24 '59 
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State :Average: 1958 :cated:Average :1958 :cated:Average: 1958: cated 
 
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:~92.9_:.!92.3.:.51 .:.. I __ .:.. _12,52 1,000 ,000 1,000 
 
Acres 
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Acres Acres Pounds FoundS Pounds pounds pounds pounds 
 
Mo. S. C. 
Ga. 
Ky. Tenn. 
 
9,100 7,100 8,600 45,400 
' 3.5,200 
 
12,000 10,000 ' 209 10,000 11,000 177 7,000 7,000 175 49,000 36,000 244 17,000 16,000 195 
 
200 175 1,919 ,2,400 .1,750 210 200 1,275 2,100 2,200 215 190 1,546 .1,505 1,330 235 200 11,093 11,515 7,200 220 175 2,963 3,740 ,2,800 
 
Ala. 
 
6,800 7,000 6,500 218 
 
Miss. ' ,:3,000 2,000 2,000 153 
 
250 240 1,483 1,750 '1,560 
 
160 160 
 
446 320' ,320 
 
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3,000 
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_117!92_ 
 
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170 
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_9_S!a!e! ~og,~ _17.1.7_ 22J..5O_ _2~3___2g3__123__21,~21 _2~,2,6._11,~2Q_ 
 
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1958 PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES 
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These estimates include all counties with a production of 300,000 or mbre 
 
cOtnmercial broilers. Production for those counties in which less than 300, 000 
 
bir,ds were p,roduced are included as other counties. These estimates are 'b'ased 
 
on 'information furnished by Hatcherymen, Feed Dealers, Processing Plants,. 
 
Producers, County Agents and other' Agricultural Workers. 
 
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Cherokee County ranked first with a production of 26, 200, 000 birds, followed in' order ~y Hall, Forsyth, Whitfield, Jackson, White, Habersham, 
Franklin, Lumpkin and Gwinnett. 
 
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Number 
 
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Cherokee ", 26,200,000 
 
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3,600,000 
 
23 
 
Hall Forsyth 
.~. W. hitfield 
J'ackson White 
 
25,200,000 
 
2 
 
21,000,000 
 
3 
 
13,600,000 
 
4 
 
12,100,000 , 
 
'. 5 
 
11,500,000 
 
6 
 
3,570,000 
3,360,000 
3, I 50,000 
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3,040,000 
2,830,000 
 
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28 
 
Habersham 
 
11,000,000 
 
7 
 
2,640,000 
 
29 
 
Franklin 
 
10,500,000 
 
8 
 
2,620,000 
 
30 
 
Lumpkin Gwinnett 
 
10,000, 000 ;." 9 
 
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8,400,000 
 
10 
 
Z,620,000 
 
31 
 
2,600,000 
 
32 
 
Gordon Carroll 
 
7.. 900,000' 
 
11 
 
" '7, 100,000 
 
12 
 
1,890,000 
 
33 
 
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1,780,000 
 
34 
 
Murray 
 
6,800,000 
 
13 
 
1,580,000 
 
35 
 
Pickens ... \.: ;', 
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6,800,000 
 
14 
 
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6,300,000 
 
15 
 
. 1, 570,.000 
 
36 
 
I :.  I ~ I; 570,' 000 
 
31 
 
Gilmer 
 
5,000,000 
 
16 
 
1,470,000 
 
38 
 
Marion 
 
4,830,000 
 
17 
 
1,470, 000 
 
39 
 
Madison 
 
4,410,000 
 
18 
 
1,410,000 
 
40 
 
Elbert 
 
4,300,000 
 
19 
 
1,260,000 
 
41 
 
Banks 
 
4,200,000 
 
20 
 
1,050, 000 
 
42 
 
Coffee 
 
4,200,000 
 
21 
 
1,000,000 
 
43 
 
Union 
 
3,670,000 
 
22 
 
960,000 
 
44 
 
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Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
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Newton Taylor Turner Lincoln Ware Heard Troup Jasper it"'loyd Oconee Irwin Emanuel -Atkinson Telfair Laurens Upson Pike Polk Baker Sumter Thomas 
 
1958 BROILER PRODUCTION BY COUNTIES 
 
N.umber 
950,000 :9,~O, 000 920,000 890,000 890,000 840,000 840,00.0 820,000 790,000 790,000 
 
Rank 
45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 
 
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450,000 440,000 430,000 420,000 
4~0,000 
400,000 390,000 380,000 370,000 360,000 
 
730,000 730,000 710,000 600,000 580,000 560,000 540,000 520,000 500,000 490,000 480,000 470,000 460,000 
 
55 
 
I! Crisp 
 
350,000 
 
56 j Morgan 
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340,000 
 
! 57 
 
Greene 
 
330,000 
 
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58 
 
Ii Brantley 
 
320,000 
 
59 
 
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60 
 
! Dodge 
 
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310,000 300,000 
 
61 
 
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300,000 
 
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64 
 
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65 
 
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66 
 
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7,739,000 292, 119, 000 
 
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Rank 
68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77' 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agl'fcultural Statistician In Charge 
 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
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GRICULTURAL EXTENSIQN S~RVICE : UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE, 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athe~s, Georgia, 
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195 
 
JUl29 '59 
,~~ARIES 
 
'" u. s. D'EPARTMEN1' OF AGRICULTURe: 
AGRICULTURAL MARt<ETING SERVICe: 3UtEXTENS'ION BL.DG  ATHEt.s. GA . 
July 27, 1955i'" 
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Georgia: The 1959 calf crop for Georgia is eXpected to total 615,000'head - one 
 
,percent iess th~n the 1958 crop ,of 679,000 head. Compared to the 
 
10year ~:verag~.. (1948-57) "~alf "crop' of, "558,00.0 hea~, 'this year's calf'crop is up 
 
21 percent. ': 
 
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United States: 
 
The 1959 c~lf crop is expected to total 41,328,000 head, 2 percent greater than the 40,514,000 calves born in 1958, and 7 percent above the 10-year average, 
according to the Crop Reporting Board. This is the first increase from the previou~ year si~ce the record crop of 42,601,000 head in 1954. 
 
The larger calf crop this year is the result ,of a larger ,number of cows and heifers 'on farms and an increase in the calving percentage. Cows and heifers 2 years old and over on January 1, 1959 totaled 47,190,000 head comp~red with 46,520,000 head ~n 1958. The expected number of calves born and to be born in 1959 expressed.as a percent of cows and heifers 2 years old and older January 1, 
1959 was' 88 percent compared to 87 percent in 1958 and 1948-57 average of 86 percent. The current percentage was equaled in 1942 and 1953 but never surpassed 
in tlie 35 y~ars of record. This percentage is not strictly a calving rate since 
the January 1 inventory of cows and heifers 2 years old or' over does not include 
all the heifers which give birth to calves during the year, and it includes sdme cows that are sold before calving. The percentage, which shows trends in pro~ 
ductivity over a period of time, fluctuates from year to year due to variations 
in cow slaughter and in Withholding for breeding ~erd replac~ment. 
 
Southern States: ~, 
The estimated 3,347,000 'calves for the South Atlantic States exceeds a year earlier by 1 percent while the 10,997,000 calves in the South Central States is 
4 percent over the 1958 crop. The 16 states in these two regions account for 
35 percent of the u. S. total. In t~e South Atlantic States the calf crop 
~xpressed as a percent of cows and h~ifers 2 years old and older is 79 percent ~nd in the South Central States, 86 percent. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
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: 
 
:10-year: 
 
: 
 
:10-year: 
 
: 
 
:average: 1958 : 1959 :average: 1958. ; 1959 :average: 1958 : 1959 
 
:1948-57: 
 
: 
 
:19'8-51-:' 
 
':'.; 
 
:1948-57:: gj 
 
i,OqO. ...  ; ~ ~~?O0 .t~q90. 1,09~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,.. - - - - - - - - r-- - .-; - - . ~ """"": 
 
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1,?OO .. 
 
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head .head head PercBIlt Percent ferc.nt,' head pead. .. f head,. 
 
Maine' . .: 
N. H. . . : Vt. . . : Mass. . : 
 
128": 
71 303 128 
 
118 . I 113 85 
 
64 
 
60 84 
 
298 289 81 
 
110 loB 82 
 
8 4 : 86 
 
82 
 
85 
 
82 
 
84 
 
83 
 
82 
 
109 99 ...... 97 
60 52 51 246 244 :.,243' 105 ..91.... ... 89" 
 
R.I. .. : 
 
20 
 
17 ..' 17 81 
 
81 
 
82 
 
. 16 14 14 
 
Conn.:: 119 110" 105 82 
 
79 
 
83 
 
97 87 81. 
 
N. Y : 1,468 1,473 '1,448 86 . 85 
 
85 
 
1,266 1,252 1,231 
 
N. J 
 
: 158 . 15.4 '152 79 
 
81 
 
82 
 
125 125 . 125 
 
S- - Pa. .. N.A. Ohio . . 
 
: 
:~-- 
 
31,,0M52 
1,150 
 
- 
- 
 
131,;14ll25l:~~;'-" 
 
1 1Z2: -'414 1-;094 - 
 
85 
 
86 
 
S4- 
8"6- 
 
- 
_ 
 
- 
... 
 
S~' ~- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
87 
 
--8~- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
896 -2-91 - .L9 
 
2,~0~652S93' 
 
...976 -2 9f3 
- .L9b3 
 
Ind. . .':. . 951 898 . 868 90 
 
88 
 
89 
 
852 790 773 ' 
 
Ill. . . :' 1,446 1,420 1,398 99 
 
90 
 
89 
 
1,307 1,27~ 1,244 
 
Mi ch .. ' :: 994 937 919 86 
 
86 
 
87 
 
851 806 Boo 
 
Wis. '. . :_ g,.z.26 _ 2,2.91 _ 2,607 _ 91 
 
23 
 
32. 
 
~32.7 2,~1.z. _~3~6. 
 
E.N.C . .:.. _7J..0b__bJ.377__biS8b__S'2. 
 
92. 
 
~__ ~ _ J20_bJ..257_ 2,.!2 
 
Minn. ' .. : 1,738 1,7S'1' 1,749 92 
 
91 
 
91 .. 1,599 1,621 1,592 
 
Iowa . .: 1,953 1,942 1,984 93 
 
95 
 
95 
 
....1,822" 1,845 ..l,885 
 
Mo. . . : J.,794 1,834 1,930 92 
 
92 
 
90 
 
' .. 1,64~- 1,687 1,737 
 
N.Dak .. ~: 871 974 980 89 
 
.90 89 
 
'.' 776. f377. 872. 
 
S. Dak. .:. 1,372' ]',530 1,575 90 
 
93 ..... 94 
 
1,231 1,423 1,480 
 
Nebr. .' .: 1,772 1,819 1,872 90 
 
92-::' 93 
 
1,597 1,673 1,732. 
 
Kans . . . :_ !,~92. _ !,226 _ !,578 _ 20__ ~ 20~ ~ _.3J. 
 
1J..514_ !,37~ _1J..468 
 
W.N.C. :_11,192. _11,~0 _11,6S' _ 21 
 
22 
 
9g 
 
.!~lg1....10,~2 .!0~...76.~ 
 
N.C . . . :_~,~1_~,38~_~,55!t _ ~O 
 
~1 
 
..3.! 
 
!bJ..~7_1,15 !6J..82.~ 
 
Del. . . : 
 
~1 41 40 00 
 
B"l . 82 :',':.' .:'. 33 . 33 33 
 
Md. . ' . : 281 306 302 85 .'85 
 
88 .'. :. ~38 '. 260 266 
 
Va . . . : .717 740 732 83 
 
.84 
 
85, 
 
592 622 622 
 
W. Va . . : '324 . 316 30B 84 
 
82:..84 
 
274 259 259 
 
N.C. ..: 494 585 598 78 
 
81 
 
79 
 
387 474. 472 
 
S. C. . .: 280 351 341 78 
 
77 
 
80 .. , 
 
219 270 .273 
 
Ga. ..': 
Fla... :__ 
 
702 
~6.! 
 
_ 
 
838 1,Q,3. 
 
_ 
 
833 1,2.92 
 
_ 
 
7.95 
 
881 
 
861. 
 
3255.98__ 
 
~7t 
10 
 
6~5 
7~7 
 
s. A. :_ ~,I0Q, _ !t,g;f _ !t,g5~ _ ~7 
 
18 
 
72 
 
2J..82.9- ~,30~ _3J..3~7 
 
Ky   . : 923. 900 995 07 
 
91 
 
92 
 
. . 806 "ff79 915 
 
Tenn : 939 1,003 993 86 
 
86 
 
89 
 
j,:' 812 863 884 . 
 
Ala 
 
: 877 1,048 1,059 78 
 
81 
 
83 
 
683 849 879 
 
Miss. .: 1,150 1,473 1,431 73 
 
73 
 
75 
 
846 1,075 1,073 
 
Ark. . .: 776 870 839 82 
 
80 
 
81 
 
632 696 680 
 
la. . . : 993 1,198 1,160 78 
 
77 
 
79 
 
Okla.. : 1,576 1,577 1,662 89 
 
90 
 
92 
 
776 922 916 l,4Q~ 1,419 1,529 
 
:= := Texas .. : 4,697 4,403 4,683 83 
 
88 
 
88 
 
S.C. ::)1,2)2: ).g,~3~ :=:tg,~2g := ~2:= := := ~:= := := :=8b 
 
3~09 3,875 4J..121 := :9J..8b5-lQ,~7rr !0~27 
 
Mont. .: }.,055 1,202 1,210 91 
 
92 
 
94 
 
9bb 1,10b 1,137 
 
Idaho . : 514 612 632 88 
 
92 
 
93 
 
453 563 588 
 
Wyo. . . : 544 552 562 8!~ 
 
89 
 
90 
 
457 491 506 
 
Colo . . . : 880 857 901 87 
 
91 
 
92 
 
765 780 829 
 
N. Mex. . : 681 631 676 80 
 
85 
 
85 
 
547 536 575 
 
Ariz..: 462 419 426 79 
 
80 
 
79 
 
364 335 337 
 
Utah . .: 333 356 360 86 
 
86 
 
87 
 
287 306 313 
 
Nev . . : 298 311 3J.5 77 
 
80 
 
80 
 
230 249 252 
 
Wash. .: 499 523 541 86 
 
90 __ 87 ~~_ 431 471 471 
 
Oreg..: 639 708 752 83 
 
86 
 
8 6  - 533 609 647 
 
Calif. .: 1,2,92. 1,754 1,772 84 
 
86 
 
86 
 
1.l,.343 1,2.08 1.z.,524 
 
West :: 1,2.0Q, := 1,2:2~ := ~,!41 := ~5:= := := ~8:= := := :=8~ := := := :=6J..31.7:= ,25!f :=7J..119 
 
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U. 
- 
 
S. 
-- 
 
-:-4-4,8-3-2 
 
46,520 
---- 
 
47,190 
---- 
 
- 
 
86 
-- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
87 
-- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
88 
-- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
38,507 40,514 
------- 
 
41,328 
--- 
 
Y Not strictly a calVing rate. Figure represents calves born expressed as per- 
 
centage of the number of cows and heifers ""2 years old and over on farms January 
 
1. 
 
gj Calves born before June 1 plus the number expected to be born after Ju..l1e 1. 
 
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GEGRGIA CROP REPGRTING-S-ER-VlACE 
 
. EEJ< Y ~\VERS\TYOF lor lKGlA 
 
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Released: 7/29/59. 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
Athens, Ga., July 29 -- A total of 6, 298, 000 broiler chicks were plac.ed 
with producers in Georgia during the. week ending July 25, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6, 554,000 placed the previous week and is slightly less than the 6, 329, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 8,231,000 compared with 8,337, 000 the previous week and is slightly less than the 8, 25~ 000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia-produced hatehing' eggs were reported within a range of 45 to 55 cents with an average of 53 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned c6ckerels. Last week the range was from 50 to 65 cents with an average 
of 55 cepts for all hatching eggs and 53 cents fot eggs purchased at the fa:rm. . from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks wer'e reported withip. a range of $7.00 to $9.25 with an average of $8.25 per hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $10.00 with an average of $8.75 per hund~ed last week. The average prices last year were 74 cents for eggs. and $12.00 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending July 25 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4' 
 
pounds at farms 14. 98f. 
 
' 
 
. GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
Week Ending 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for 
- Broilers in Georgia 
 
I Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 1959 1959 
of 1958 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
May 23 May 30 
 
9,766 9,236 9,668 9,236 
 
95 7,113 7,053 
 
96 
 
7, 151 o~-951 
 
99 
 
280 435 
 
97' -_. 239 184 
 
June 6 9,616 9,276 
 
96 7, 111 6,002 
 
98 
 
245 169 
 
June 13 9,360 9.312 
 
99' 7,063 6,961 
 
99 
 
165 17.9 
 
June 20 9,082 9,210 
 
101 7, 153 6,807 
 
95 
 
218 166 
 
June 27 July 4 
 
I 8,658 9,210 
 
106 
 
8,741 9,073 
 
104 
 
6,878 6,922 6,724 6,776 
 
101 101 
 
81 190 1842 / 97 
 
July 11 8,771 8,741 
 
100 6,869 6, 573 
 
96 
 
36 191 
 
July 18 8, 560 8,337 
 
97 6,340 6. 554 
 
103 
 
103 
 
61 
 
July 25 8,254 8,231 
 
100 6,329 6,298 
 
100 
 
131 138 
 
!-! Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
2/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agrichltura1 Statistician 
 
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Department 
 
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of Agriculture 
 
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Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS - 1959 Pag...e Z 
 
;- 
 
, 
 
.. 
.. 
 
Week Ending...... 
 
.. 
 
: 
 
, 
, 
- 
 
STATE 
 
July - July 
 
11 
 
18 
 
July 
25 
 
June 
20 
 
June 
27 
 
July , July 
 
4 
 
11 
 
July 
18 
 
July 
25 
 
: 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
, 
 
-, 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut 
 
1,557 1,094 
 
I, 512 '. 1,409 
 
989 
 
958 
 
1,228 I, 263 I, 186 1,222 1,202 ..1,212 
 
635 
 
568 
 
620 
 
551 
 
607 
 
629 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
I, 194 
 
I, 163 
 
1,349 
 
677 
 
735 
 
814 
 
719 
 
833 
 
707 
 
Indiana 
 
1,941 1,798 1,753 
 
831 
 
862 
 
778 
 
854 
 
825 
 
878 .. 
 
Illinois Missouri 
 
205 I, 899 
 
233 1,892 
 
. 196 
1,902 
 
110 
 
136 
 
99 
 
106 
 
129 
 
108 
 
839 
 
799 
 
818 
 
754 
 
908 
 
865 
 
~ 
 
Delaware 
 
I, 592 I, 585 1,483 
 
1,742 1.694 1, 722 . I, 778 I, 591 I, 625, 
 
Maryland 
 
2,989 2,978 3,010 
 
1, .869 1,963 2,.001 I, 894 2,055' . 2, (\(ll 
 
V.irginia 
 
2,000 1,940 1,984 
 
1,322 1, 124 1-, 066 . 993 1,117 . h-272 
 
West Virginia 
 
297 
 
307 
 
284 
 
533 ' 529 
 
521 
 
550 
 
565 
 
515 
 
North Carolina 
 
3,463 3,462 3,447 - . 
 
.3, 019 2,926 2,981 2;'919 2,930 2,764 
 
South Carolina 
 
500 
 
487 
 
489 .. 
 
339 
 
357 
 
327 
 
351 
 
366 
 
354 
 
GEORGIA 
 
8,741 8,337 8,231 
 
6,807 6,922 6,776, 6,573 6, 554 6,298 
 
" 
 
Florida 
 
~ 
 
342 
 
312 
 
234 
 
231 
 
206 
 
225: 
 
172 
 
160* 187 
 
Alabama 
 
4, 107 4,024 3,912 
 
3,470 3,461 3,406 3,394 3,363 3,295 
 
Mis sis sippi 
 
2,942 2,939 3, 001 
 
2,439 2,256 2,464 2,370 2,292 2,'214 
 
Arkansas 
 
3, 84.9 . 3,829 3,756 
 
3,.398 3,231 3, 580 3, 525 3,483 3, 597 
 
Louisiana 
 
688 
 
662 
 
685 
 
468 
 
487 
 
449 
 
386 . 354 .. 423 
 
Texas 
 
3,071 2,915 2,907 
 
2,299 i,367 2,250 2, ,30 1 ; 2, 157 2, 142 
 
Washington 
 
346 
 
379 
 
405 " 
 
384 
 
341 
 
332 
 
306 
 
351 
 
303 
 
Oregon 
 
387 
 
32.9 
 
325' 
 
247 
 
262 
 
243 
 
238 
 
203 
 
237 
 
California 
 
1... ~ I} 
 
1,416. 
 
I, 331 
 
I, 103 I, 108 1,015 1,021 : .. 945 -1,045 
 
., 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
 
44,515 47,176 
 
43,488 46, 546 
 
43,051 45, 166 
 
33,990 33,597 33,673 32,977 132,990*.3.2.,.671 36,889 36,237 35,436 3,4,912 33,846 33,378 
 
1959 % 0 f 1958 
,. 
 
94 
 
93 
 
95 
 
92 
 
93 
 
95 
 
94 
 
97 
 
98 
 
.... 
 
 7 
 
ts- 
 
UUITED sTATEs DEPMTUEi11' OF ItGRICULT'Umi: 
 
AGRlCULTURAt MARKETING SERVIcE 
 
WASHINGTON, D. C. ' 
 
HONEY REPORT - JULy 1959 
 
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'~[[:('uIA 
'5 
 
 
 
.. tfl-!'!/t'S Ju1l.y 31, 1959 
 
The number' of colonies of bees on hand July 1 in the United States totaled 
5,437,000, the 'Crop Reporting Board announced today. This is about the same as on July 1 a year ago. Colony numbers were above last year in 4 regions of the Nation and below in two regions. Increases were 3 percent in the West North Central and the South Central and 2 percent in the South Atlantic and Western States. Decreases were 6 percent in the East North Central and 3 percent in' , 
the North Atlantic States. These estimates are based on reports fram over 7,l06 
beekeepers, including both farm and non-farm apiaries. 
 
Colony losses during last winter and this spring averaged 15 percent of the colonies entering the winter compared with 16 percent a year earlier. Winter and spring losses were 23 percent in the East North Central States, 22 percent in the North Atlantic, 18 percent in West North Central, 12 percent in South Atlantic, 11 percent in the West and 10 percent' in the South Central States. Over 4,300 reports were received on causes of winter and spring losses. Reported causes of losses were 26 percent from starvation, 24 percent winter killing, 19 percent queenless, 4 percent from insects, 3 percent fram foul brood, 2 percent from spray poison, 2 percent fram dYsentery and 20 percent fram other, causes. 
The condition of colonies on July 1 was reported at 86 percent compared with 
88 percent last year. Condition of colonies was poorest in the West at 83 percent of normal, Which is ,6 points below a year earlier. In the West North Central it 
was 2 points below last year and in the North Atlantic region 1 point beloW. Colony conditions were reported the same as last year in the South Central and 1 point a.bove in the East North Central and South Atlantic regions. 
 
The July 1 reported condition of nectar plants was 77 percent compared with 84 percent last year. Nectar flow has been light in many areas of the 
Nation. In California hot, dry weather in the late spring and early summer limited the nectar flow. Yield of orange honey was light and qUl.lity below normal. The yield from sage was pa.rticularly disappointing. In the North Atlantic and North Central regions the beekeepers experienced a long, severe winter resulting in hea.vy colony loss. Clover stands in Minnesota were reduced by droughty soil- don-' ditions, but bloom on the remaining acreage was heavy. In Iowa, Michigan, and ' Wisconsin'clover honey fiow to date has been good, and prospects are for a good crop. In Ohio and Indiana. clover bloom was heavy and coincided with a. period 'of favorable weather. 
 
In the South Atlantic States the honey crop was generally good although excessive rainfall reduced the crop in Georgia. The sourwood cFoP in North Carolina was below normal. In Florida. rain and cold weather resulted in a below normal citrus flow. In many areas of ,the South 'Central States the honey flow to date has' been limited because of too much rainy weather early in the season followed by too dry soil conditions 1n.ter on. In Texas a heavy nectar flow was obtained from vetch. In Idaho a light honey flow has started and prospects indicate c favorable season. 
 
(See the reverse side for information by States and regions) 
 
REISSUED THROUGH GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE -- 'July 31, 1959 
 
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o.nd 
 
:- -195g -:- -1959 ... -:- -195~ - -: . test : 
 
ot :of nectar 
 
division : : 
 
11: 
 
gJ : 195 
 
:Wij}ter o.nd: colonies :plo.n'l}s 
 
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: 
 
: 
 
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11 
 
11 
 
' 100 
 
20" 
 
80 ...' 88. 
 
Mass. ..' , ." , '. ;1.9 
 
R. ' 1'. , ' " 
 
2 
 
18 
 
. 95 ' . '22'" 
 
.83 ' _ 88" 
 
2 
 
100 
 
"30 " 
 
90. . 90 . 
 
Conn. 
 
15 
 
13 
 
87 
 
'31'" 89 
 
83 
 
N. Y. 
 
191 
 
187, 
 
95 
 
23 
 
87 
 
86 
 
N. J. 
~a~ 
 
,31 ~43. 
 
33 . 
J~~3- 
 
107 ,':. . 120_ ~. 
 
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89 
 
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<+34 301 - 
 
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i I ' -,-84 
 
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Ind. 
 
184 ,.; 178 
 
97 
 
',22 
 
91, 
 
90 
 
Ill. 
 
1~3 
 
153 
 
94. ',' 19, 86,, 81 
 
.,Mich. 
 
155 
 
".147 . 
 
9 5 : . 22 
 
69.; 86 . 
 
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IoWa' 
 
164 
 
151 
 
92 
 
' ~5 
 
88 
 
" 88' 
 
Mo:' .. 
N. D6k. 
 
122 
 
122 
 
100 
 
.28 
 
32 
 
114 
 
11 
 
85 I 
 
62 
 
12 
 
89 
 
'72 
 
S. :J;>ak. 
 
49 
 
59 
 
120 
 
15 
 
75, '! 
 
63 
 
Nebr'. 
~s.:. 
li-_N.:. g,e!},t.:. 
 
64J3. 
 
!612 
 
97 2.7 
 
112 
 
7J.9 
 
123 
 
18 
 
86 
 
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~1 
 
-;:,~ 
 
76 
8~_ 
7__ 
 
Del. 
 
, 
 
3 
 
3 
 
100 ' 
 
10 
 
9<+ 
 
75 . 
 
Md.' 
 
, 
 
29 
 
30 
 
103 
 
15 
 
95 
 
82.: 
 
Va.. W: Va. " 
 
.. 139 
 
136 
 
98 
 
103 
 
,101 
 
98' 
 
12 
 
~9 , 
 
71 
 
16, 
 
82 
 
74 
 
N'. C. .' , 
s . C'_ ,.... 
 
183 . 
 
2io 
 
115 
 
58 
 
60 
 
104 
 
1 2 , 90 
 
' 75 
 
.7 
 
88 
 
72 
 
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 213 ' 
 
209 
 
98 ' 
 
7 , . 89 
 
74 
 
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155 
 
167 
 
loB 
 
14 
 
87 
 
81 
 
Ala.. 
 
191 
 
185 
 
. 97 
 
7 
 
59 
 
80 
 
Miss. . ;, , 
 
73 
 
78 
 
107 
 
7 , 93 
 
80 
 
Ark. 
 
'. 
 
'. 88 
 
89 
 
101 
 
1 3 . . . 87 . '83 
 
La.' , 
 
88 
 
92 
 
105 
 
6 
 
90 
 
81 
 
Okla. 
 
' 
 
. 46 
 
4 3 , 93 
 
.' 14.. 
 
85 . 81 
 
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Idaho 
 
186 
 
2 0 1 ' 108 
 
1 . 2 ' 91 ' 
 
87 
 
Wyo. Colo. 
 
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37 
 
" .. ' 6 7 
 
37 
 
100 
 
68 
 
101 
 
. 14 
 
91, < 
 
79 
 
'8 
 
82" 
 
69 
 
N. Mex. 
 
11 
 
11 . .,.100 " ;.11:" 82 " 
 
74 
 
Ariz. 
 
95 . 91 
 
'96 
 
"11' 
 
81 
 
74 
 
Utah 
 
54 
 
54 
 
100 
 
20 
 
83 
 
68 
 
Nev. 
 
9 
 
9 
 
100 
 
6 
 
87 
 
76 
 
Wash. 
 
97 
 
100 
 
103 
 
14 
 
83 
 
83 
 
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53 
 
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55 
 
104 
 
-14~~- - - -i~- 
 
14 
 
93 
 
86 
 
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5,420 
 
5,437 
 
100 
 
15 
 
86 
 
77 
 
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AGR Ic:ULT!JRAL E.X:TENSION $~,R.v..I~~, 
 
UNIVER~ITY OF :GEO,RGtA AND THE 
 
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0' $TATE DEPA~TMENT AGRICULTURE 
 
j Athens, Georgia 
 
...: . y. S. Q'r:~RTME",,:r OF, AG~ICt,I~!,IJR~ .. 
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July 1959 
 
CORN': ACREAGE PLANTED '~JITH HYBR'rns., INCREASES IN 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The acreage of corn planted with hybrid seed in Georgia this year 
is estimated at 2,443,000 acres according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is an increase of 175,000 acres from last year and is 
the largest acreage ever planted with hybrid seed in the state. 
 
The proportion of corn acreage planted with hybrid seed dropped from 83.0 
percent'in 1958 to 82.5 percent in 1959. Prior to the current year, both the acreage an~ percent planted with hybrid seed had increased steadily since 1941 when the first estimat~ was made. In that year .7 percent or 28,000 acres was 
planted with hybrid seed. 
 
UNITED STATES I Corn acreage planted with hybrid seed increased sharply 
this year in line with the increase in all corn acreage. 
Hybrids were planted on 81 million acres compared with 70 million last year and 68 million in 1957. The percentage of total corn acres planted with hybrids edged upward to 94.8 percent compared with 94.0 percent last year. 
 
The commercial co~n section$ in all. areas of the country have been planting 
nearly all'acreage with hybridQ for some years. About the only opportunity for further exp~sion in percentage hybrids is in the relatively minor producing areas of t~e Southeastern States, the Rocky Mountain States and western Dakotas where the pybrid fract~on ranges Qelow four-fifths. The more important producing Coastal areas of the Southeastern States; eastern Dakotas End most irrigat~on . sections of the Rocky Mountain States are' planting mostly hybrids. 
 
Percent 
 
PERCENT .OF CORN ACREAGE PLANTED WITH HYBRID SEED 
 
Percent 
 
100 
 
TATES 
 
75 
 
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'.: ..' :Percentage .: ~ndicat:ed-::-. : ::, . ,:PerQentage.: Indicate<l 
 
, :AA Corn: Planted: :Hybrid Corn:: . . . :All. Corn': _Planted : Hybrid Corn Year :A:creage: With : Acre8ie : :Year :Acre~e: Witt! ,,: Acreage 
 
: (000) :Hybrid:Seed: (000):: 
 
: (OOQ).:Hybrid Seed: (000) 
 
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CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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GEORGIA. CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
, Athens, Ga., August 5 -- A total of 6.033,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers' in Georgia during the week ending August I, according to the 
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compared with the 6,2.98,000 .placed the p'~eviou~ week and is 3 percent less than the 6, 193,000 placed the same week ~ast year. 
 
. Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7, 771,000 compared with 8; 2.31, 000 the previous week and is 6 percent less than the 8, 302., 000 for the 
corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for'Georgia produceu-n"3:tching eggs were 
 
reported within a range of 45 to 55 cents with' an average of 52. cents for all hatch- 
 
ing eggs and 50 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery 
 
owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 45 to 55 cents with an average 
 
of 53 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for, eggs purchased at the farm 
 
from flocks with hat~hery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
 
were reported ,within a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $8.00 per: hun- 
 
dred compared with a range of $7.00 to $9.2.5 with an average of $8.25 per hun- 
 
dred last week. The average prices last year were 72. ce:otQ for eggs alld $~ 1. 50 
 
for chicks. , 
 
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Weighteq average price from the Federai~Sta~'Marke~ News S~r~ice for 
 
broilers during the week ending August 1 ,was :Geo'tgia~'broilersi '3/4 - ,3. 3/4 
 
pounds at farms 15. 15~. 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEME NTS 
 
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BROILER TYPE 
 
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. . EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
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I Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 
 
1959 1959 0/0 of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for B~oilers in GeorR;i,a 
 
1958 
 
't-959 
 
1959 Ufo of 1958 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
1959 1959 
 
; 
; 
May 30, June 6 June 13 June 2.0 Jime 27 July 4 July 11 July 18 July 2.5 Aug. 1 
 
Thou. 
9,668 9,616 9,360 9.082. 8,658 8,741 8,771 8, 560 8,2.54 8, 302. 
 
Thou. 
'9.2.36 9,2.76 9,312. 9,2.10 9,2.10 9,073 8,741 8,337 8. 2.31 7,771 
 
Percent Thou. 
96 7, 151 96 7. 111 99 7,063 101 7, 153 106 6,878 104 6,724 100 6,869 97 6,340 100 6,32.9 94 6, 193 
 
Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
6,951 
 
97 ' , 2.39 . 184 
 
7,002. 
 
98' . .' 245 i69 
 
6,961 __ 99- 
 
165 179 
 
6,807 
 
95 
 
l18 166 
 
~, 92.2. ' 10l.. . , ~ 81 
 
190 
 
6. 7'16 , " 101 
 
6, 573 
 
96 
 
: 1842.i 97 
96_ 191 
 
6,554 
 
103 
 
103 
 
61 
 
6,2.98 
 
100 
 
131 138 
 
. 6,033 
 
97 
 
143 
 
72 
 
r/1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
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STATE 
 
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July 
18 
 
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25 
 
Week Ending 
 
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Aug. 
1 
 
June 
27 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS, - 
 
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July 
4 
 
July 
11 
 
July 
18 
 
July 
25' 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Aug. 
1 
. 
" 
 
Maine Connecticu.t 
 
1, 512 989 
 
1,409 958 
 
1,412 1,032 
 
1, Z63' 1, 186 
 
568 
 
620 
 
1,222 '1,202 
 
551 
 
607 
 
1,212 629 
 
1, 160 638 
 
Pennsylvania Indiana 
 
1, 163 1,798 
 
1,349 1,753 
 
1,256 1,811 
 
, 
 
735 
 
814 
 
719 
 
833 
 
707 
 
718 
 
862' 
 
778 
 
854 
 
825 
 
878 
 
797 
 
Illinois 
 
233 
 
196 
 
224 
 
136 
 
99 
 
106 
 
129 
 
108 
 
111 
 
 
 
Missouri 
 
1,892 1,902 1,795 
 
799 
 
818 
 
754 
 
908 
 
865 
 
845 
 
Delaware 
 
1,585 1,483 1,590 
 
1,694 1,722 1,778 1, 591 1,625 1,550 
 
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Maryland 
 
2,978 3,010 2,952 
 
1,963 2,001 1, 894 2,055 2-,. 001 1,898 
 
Virginia 
 
1,940 1,984 1,942 
 
1, 124 1,066 
 
993 1, 117 1, 272 1, 026 
 
West Virginia 
 
301 
 
284 
 
287 
 
529 
 
521 
 
550 
 
-565 
 
515 
 
484 
 
North Carolina 
 
3.. 462 3,447 3, 516 
 
2,926 2,981 2,919 2,930 2,764 2, 576 
 
South Carolina 
 
487 
 
489 
 
454 
 
357. 
 
327 
 
351 
 
366 
 
354 
 
331 
 
GEORGIA 
 
~,337 
 
8,231 
 
7,771 
 
6,922 6,776 6, 573 6, 554 6,298 6,033 
 
Florida 
 
312 
 
234 
 
295 
 
206 
 
2'25 
 
172 
 
160 
 
187 
 
144 
 
Alabama 
 
4,024 3,912 3,948 
 
3,461 3,406 3,394 3,363 3,295 3, 177 
 
Mississippi 
 
2,939 3', 001 2,887 
 
2, 256 ' 2,464' 2,370 2,292 2,214 2, 132 
 
Arkansas 
 
3,829 3,756 3,825 
 
3,231 3, 580 3, 525 3,483 3, 597 3,358 
 
Louisiana 
 
662 
 
' 685 
 
664 
 
487 
 
449 
 
386 
 
354 
 
423 
 
363 
 
Texas 
 
2,915 2,907 2,783 
 
2,367 2,250 2,301 2, 157 2, 142: 2,250 
 
Washingtol\ 
 
379 
 
405 
 
310 
 
341 
 
332 
 
306 
 
351 
 
303 
 
287 
 
Oregon 
 
329 
 
325 
 
317 
 
262 
 
243 
 
238 
 
203 
 
237 
 
213 
 
California 
 
1,4-16 
 
1,331 
 
1, 355 
 
1, 108' 1,015 1,021 
 
945 1,045 
 
872 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 1959 0/.; of 1958 
 
43,488 46, 546 
93 
 
43,051 45, 166 
95 
 
42,426 43,809 
97 
 
33,597 33,673 32,977 32,990 32,671 30,963 36,237 35,436 34,912 33,846 3.3,378 32,440 
 
93 
 
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AGAICULTURAL EXTbe',ON SERVICE ' 
 
UNIVERSITV OF GEORGIA AND THE 
STATE DEPARTMEN"t OF AG,UC:ULTUAa 
 
Athens, Georgi~'.," ,: 
 
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.,: ,F~ PRICE REPORT AS OF JULy 15, 1959 
 
, .GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices'Received by Georgia tarmers 
 
 
 
declined t~e points to ~52'}')ercent'ot its 1910-1914 average dma-, 
 
ing the month ended JU],y 15, 1959. ,Lower p,r.ices tor cotton, cattle, and hogs' 
 
were primari~ responsible for the 'decll~e in the Index. Partially offsetting 
 
were higher prices for peaches, eggs,' and tobacco. "At mid-July, the Index was 
 
11 points' (4 percent) below a year earlier. " 
 
" 
 
The mid-July price received by f,armers for cattle, calves, and hogs de- 
 
clined sharply from the previous month. The mi,d-July 1>rice of $14.10 a hundred- 
 
we;l.ght tor hogs was the lowest mid-month average since April 1956 when. the! .' 
 
average price was $14.00 a hundredweight., The average price ot $19.30 and., . 
 
$25.10 a hundredweight received tor beef cattle and calves, respectively, vas'" 
 
below all preceding months in 1 9 5 9 . " 
 
, 
 
,mUTED .sTATEs: During the month ended July 15 the Index of Prices Re- 
ceived by Farmers dropped 1 percent (2 points) to 240 per- 
cent of its 1910-14 average. Primarily responSible for the decline were lower prices for hogs, potatoes, oranges, beef'cattle, and watermelons. Par~ tially offsetting were higher prices for eggs,':cot'ton; and milk. The mid-July 
index was 4 percent below a year earlier and the lowest since December 1951. 
 
'!'he Parity Ratio' held. unchanged from a month earlier' at 81. perce~t,under a year earlier. 
. 
Summary Table for Georgia and the United States 
 
This was 5 
 
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Index 
 
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JU1.Y 15: 
 
June 15 : 
 
1910-14 ,~lOO: 1958 :.. 1959 : 
 
UNITED STATES : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
 
 
JUly 15: 1959 : : 
240' , 
 
Recor-aH1~7 
Index: nate: ' 
 
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GEORGIA 
 
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Priees Received: 
All Commod1ties All Cro'Ps : 
 
26~: 
272: 
 
255: 275 -: 
 
252 .- -2 
 
Livestock and : 
 
Products 
 
: 241: 
 
211: 
 
205: 
 
295 :Se 
 
1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the 
 
dates. gj Also May 1959. ~ Also April 1951. 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
'. 
 
. RAYMOND R. HANCOCK 'Agricultural Statistician 
 
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. PRI~S REcEIVED BY rA1lUll:RS JULYi:l'~'~' 1959 wrm COMPlJUSCNS 
 
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" _._ ,..:..~!~. aUTED ~S " j' , 
 
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July 15 June 15 ' July 15 Average July 15 June 151 July 15 
 
1910-14 1958 1959 
 
1959 
 
1910-14 1958 
 
1959 1 59 
 
Wheat, bu. 
 
$ 1.23 
 
1.90 1.77 
 
1.74 
 
0684 1.54 
 
1.59 1.70 
 
Oats, bu. Corn, bu. 
 
~, 
 
$ 
$ 
 
Barley, bu. 
 
$ 
 
.57 
 
.81 
 
I .91 
 
1.54 
 
1.10 
 
.65 1.34 '1.05" 
 
: 1..6~29 
1.00 I 
 
.399 " .642 
.519 
 
.575 1.18 
.923 
 
.511 1.16 
.882 
 
610 1 . 13 
895 
 
Sorgh\D1l Grain, cwt. $ 
 
2.25 2.10 
 
2.05 
 
_ 
 
1.82 
 
1.85 1.78 
 
Cotton, lb. Cottonseed, ton Soybeans, bu. Peanuts', 1b 
 
 12.1 
 
$ 23.65 
 
$ 
 
_ 
 
 5.2 
 
32.0 _ 
2.30 _ 
 
34.5 _ 2.15, _ 
 
33.5 
 
12.4 
 
.t 
 
_ 
 
22.55 
 
I - 2.10 
 
I _ 
 
4.8 
 
30.77 45.00 
2.11 - 
 
31.48 _. 2 . 0 9 
11.7 
 
34. 05 42. 00 
2. 05 - 
 
Sweetpotatoes, cwt. $ 
 
.84 
 
5.45 
 
_ 
 
Lespedeza. Seed,All ,owt$ 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
5.00 ", _ 
 
1.50 " 5.85 
 
_ 
 
_ 
 
4049 _ 
 
6.10 _ 
 
Hay, baled, per tonI 
 
All 
 
$, 
 
Alfalfa. 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza 
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowpea. $ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ 
 
27 .60 25.60 
35.8034.00 
28 .80 27 .50 30.00 29.00 22.00 23.00 
 
27 .00 
34.50 
29.50 30.50 24.00 
 
_ 
 
17 .10 
 
17.90 18.40 
 
_ 
 
17.10 
 
1804019. 00 
 
.:.. 
 
21.00 
 
20.30 20.80 
 
_ 
 
28.40 
 
26~60 '26.70 
 
_ 
 
20.80 
 
19.80 20.10 
 
Wool, lb. Milk Cows, head Hogs, ewt. 
 
 
 
39.0 45.0 
 
$ 33.85 150.00 175.00 
 
$ 7.36 21.80 15.50 
 
46.0, 
I 170.00 
I 14.10 
 
18.3 
_ 
7.27 
 
38.0 
212~00 
21.70 
 
42.9 44.1 237.00 23S. 00 
15.00 13.30 
 
Beef Cattle, owt. $ 3.96 18.40 20.90 
 
19.30 
 
5.42 22.20 
 
23.60 23.10 
 
Calves, cwt. 
 
$ 
 
23.00 26.60 
 
25.10 . '6.75 25.20 
 
28.50 28.10 
 
Milk, Wholesale, cwt.: 
 
Fluid Mkt. 
 
$ 
 
Manu!. 
 
$ 
 
All 
 
$ 
 
_ _ 2.43 
 
5061 5.85 
3.27 3.15 !/5.n !/S.75 
 
Turkeys, lb. 
 
 
 
28.0 25.0 
 
Chiokens, per lb.: 
Fam Com'l Broil. 
All 
 
  
 13.3 
 
16.5 18.2 
18.2 
 
13.5 15.0 
15.0 
 
Eggs, J.U1, doz. 
 
 21.4 
 
50.8 
 
!I Revised. 51 Pre1 iminary EstElate. 
 
37.2 I 
 
_ 
 
II 
 
~2 / 5.75 
 
, 
I 
 
23.0' 
 
13.5 lS.0 lS.0, 
40.5: 
, .1 
 
., 
 
_ 
 
4040 
 
4.15 
 
_ 
 
3.05 
 
3.02' 
 
1.60 I 1!l3' .85 /3.70 513. 88 
 
14.4 I 24.5 "22.S 22.4 
 
I 
 
: '. 
 
_ II 15.2 
 
_ 
 
19.3 
 
10.1 15.8 
 
10.8 16.1 
 
11.4 
 
18.7 
 
I 21.5 
 
36.8 
 
I 
 
11S.1 I 24.9 
I 
I 
 
15.4 
I 30.2 
 
PRICES PAID BY FAlM:RS FOR SElECTED PEEDS JULy 15~ 1959 vTiTiI .COMPllRISCNS 
 
.- 
KlND OF lEED 
MiBed Dairy Feed 
.All Under 29% Protein 
16% Protein 18% Protein 2~ Protein 24% Protein 
H~h Protein reeds 
to-tonseed Meal (41%) Soybean Meal (44%) 
Meat Scrap 
 
~ 
July 15 
I 1958 
 
, GEORGIA 
I June 15 1959 
 
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I I July"j July lS 
 
- 1959 I 
 
1958 
 
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June 15 July 15 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
3.95 
3.90 4.10 4.10 4.45 
 
3.90 
3.80 4.00 4.05 4.25 
 
Dollars Per 00 Pounds 
 
;1 
3.90 i I 3.69 
 
I 3.80 j' 
4.00 I 
II 4.10 
4.25 I I 
 
3.63 3.61 3.96 4.CJ7 
 
3.70 ' 3.65' 
3.61 3.89 3.crt 
 
3.67 3.63 3.57 3.90 3.94 
 
I I I II I I 4.05 4.05 
 
4.05 4.05 
 
4.05 4.10 
 
4.01 4047 
 
4.18 4.15 
 
4.20 4.26 
 
Grain Br-Produots Bran Middlings Corn Meal 
Poultry reed Bro ller Growing Mesh Laying Mash Scratch Grains 
fHaH:1ed) 
.All other 
 
3.25 3.50 3.50 
5.20 4.90 4.40 
 
3.30 3.60 3.35 
4.90 4.75 4.20 
 
3.25 
 
2.74 
 
3.55 
 
2.94 
 
.- 3.30 
 
3.38 
 
4.85 4.75 4.20 
 
I 5.08 
I 4.56 4.01 
 
I I I 45.00 40.00 
 
44.00 ! 
 
31.00 
 
J 
I 
 
45.00 33.00 
 
II 
I: 
 
27 .80 27.30 
 
2.85 2.96 3.24 
 
2.77 2.93 3.25 
 
4.87 4.45 3.93 
 
4.85 4047 3.93 
 
I 28.10 
26.10 
 
28.40 26.10 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE  
 
,AUG 1 2'59 
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U. S. D~PART.MENTOF AGRICULTURK AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
lit EXTENSION BLDG., ATH~NS, GA. 
 
A'th. ens,.Ge..org1a , 
 
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' ,l August 10'J 1959 
 
, GEORGIA .,;" AUGUST 1 CorrON REPORT .. 
 
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~~rg:ie.1 s 1959 ,c'otto~' c~~p' '18 ,: :f.or~cast-, 'at 585,.0~~' ba~~ based' on infonl1.8r 
 
tion repor~e.d by crop, resl'ondents 'as: of August 1" the Ge'orgia" Crop ReporliIltf .,. 
 
Service said today.' This is 233~oo.o bales, or66 percentjCmorethan last year's 
 
small crop of 352,000 bales, but is 11 percent below the state's 1948-57 
 
average crop of 655,000 bales. 
 
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. }'resent prospectE? on,Georgia faI'!!lS-p01nt to a yield Qf.,4Z5. p,oUIida per acre 
 
vh1:ch 1s .exceeded by only, the "record hlgh .1958, yield of 443 pounds per acre. 
Farmers ~re ,expected to harvest 660,000 acres of cotton this year, an i~crease 
 
"of' ~-79,QOO, acres from' the '-record low of '38~;000 'acres h8.'rvested on Georgia farms 
 
last year. 
 
. 
 
IS:- 
 
Final out~urn,of the crop comp~ed with this forecast will depend upon whether the'yar10us factors, affecting the cr,op' during,the remainder of the 
season are more or less favorable than normal  
 
. WILLIAM ,E. KIBLER 
Agricu1turai Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
Agri~u1tura1 Statistician ~ Charge 
 
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GEORGIA MAP - SHOWING AUGUST 1 CQNDITIO~ BY CROP REPORTING DISTRICTS 
 
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. UNI~D' STATES - .',CO'I'l'ON REPORT AS OF AUGUS~ '1,' '1959~,'~ ':' " 
 
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The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Servi~e makes the 
 
following report from data furnished~by ~rop correspondents, field statisticians, 
 
Bureau of the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State 
 
agencies. The final outturn of. cotton compared with this forecast will depend 
 
upon whether the variol.\S in:t'luences affecting the crop during the remainder of 
 
the season are more or 'less favorable than usual. 
 
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V - - -_-!:.c::..e!i~-_-_-_-_-l.- -ant Yield per - -:- - - Prod~ction- 
 
State:_ ~rye!t~d__: For :_ ~!~d_a~r~ __:2.00-!b.:.. !r2s! !!elg~t_b!:~s_ 
 
:19~8-57: 1958 :ha.rvest :1948-: 1958 : .1959 :19~-57: 1958 : 19~9 
 
:average: 
 
: 1959 :57 av: 
 
: ~ndic. :average : 
 
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- - - -:-1;000- -1;000- 1,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - -1;000- - -1;000- - 1,000- 
 
acres acres acres Pounds Pounds Pounds bales bales bales 
 
N. c. : 623 
 
263 
 
395 324 466 
 
S. C. .: 939, 352 
 
565 310 406 
 
Ga.  .: 1,144 
 
381 
 
660 284 443 
 
Tenn. .: 717 
 
400, 515 392 501 
 
Ala : 1;345 
 
530 
 
815 312 398 
 
Miss. .: 2,116 1,125 1,440 396 409 
 
419 
 
419 
 
256 
 
345 
 
370 
 
598 299 
 
435, 
 
425 
 
655 
 
352 
 
585 
 
522 
 
572 
 
419 
 
560 
 
418 
 
844 
 
439 
 
710 
 
505 1,710 961 1,515 
 
Mo.  .: 470 
 
295 
 
400 396 446 
 
Ark. . : 1,826 1,015 1,295 386 436 
 
la  .  : 764 
 
364 
 
495 396 392 
 
Okla. : 982 
 
410 
 
600 184 365 
 
Texas .: 8,460 5,395 6,300 232 383 
 
558 
 
386 
 
275 
 
524 1,429 925 
 
465 
 
624 297 
 
316 
 
367 313 
 
362 3,956 4,308 
 
465 '1,415 
480 
395 4,750 
 
N.Mex. : 234 
 
176 
 
198 582 820 
 
800 
 
275 301 
 
330 
 
Ariz. .: 436 
 
377 
 
380 831 931 1,011 
 
740 
 
734 
 
800 
 
Calif. 
 
943 
 
732 
 
875 748 1,049 1,086 1,424 1,604 
 
1,980 
 
Other 
 
States 
 
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78 
 
34 
 
58 304 403 
 
413 
 
48 
 
29 
 
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U. S : 21,076 11,849 14,991 329 466 
 
4..,4 14,046 11,512 14,815 
 
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E~t. ~ 57.3 76.2 66.4 435 525 
 
519 49.7 83.6 
 
71.8 
 
Y Production ginned and to be ginned. A 500-pound bale contains about 480 net 
 
pounds of lint. 
 
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'JJ~ Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, and Nevada. Included in State and United States totals. Grown in Texas, New Mexico, 
 
Arizona, and California. 
 
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GE'ORGlA CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
" Athens, qa." August lZ -- A total of 5.807.000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
witl) pr~ducers, in Georgia during the week ending August 8. according to the 
 
Gedrgi~ Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 6.033,000 placed the 
 
previous week 'and is 3 percent less than the 5,969. 000 place~ the same week 
 
last year. 
 
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~ggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7,419,000 compared with 
 
7,171, 000 th~ previous week and is 7 percent less than the 8,010,000 for the 
 
corresponding week la,lt, year. 
 
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The m~jority of the prices paid for Ge~rgia produced hatchi~g eggs were 
 
reported within a ;range of 45 to 55 cents with an average of 51 cents for all hatcb 
 
ing egg8. anq. ~9 cents fo.r ~gRs pur,ch~~,ed ,at .tt~e farm from ~ock~ with, ~~tch~ry : 
 
owned eocker.el8. Last week the range"was from 45 to 55 cents with an average', 
 
of 5Z cents for all hatching eggs and 50 cents for eggs purchased at the farm ' 
 
from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks wer~ 
 
reported within a range of $7. 00 t~ $9.00 with an average of $7.75 per hundred 
 
compared with a range of $7. 00 to $,9. 00 with an average of $8.00 per hundred 
 
last week. The average prices last year were 70 cents for eggs and $11.00 
 
for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broiler.s during the week ending August 8 was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 - 3 3/4 poUJlds ;at farms 14. 61~. - 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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Week En4ing 
June .6 June 13 
Jun,e ZO June Z7 
July 4 
Jwy n 
July 18 
July Z5 
Aug. 1 Aug. 8 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
- Eggs Set 1/ 
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1958 
Thou. 9,616 9,360 9.082 8.658 8',741 8,771 8,560 
8, Z54 8.30Z 
8,010 
 
1959 
Thou. 9,276 
9.31Z 
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9,Z10 
9,073 8.741 8.337 8, Z31 7.771 1,419 
 
1959 0/0 of 1958 
Percent 96 99 101 
- 106 
104 
100 97 100 
94 93 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
1958 
Thou. 7. III 7,063 7, 153 6.878 6,724 6.869 6,340 6,329 6, 193 5.969 
 
1959 
T ou. 
7.00Z 
6.961 6.807 
6.9ZZ 
6.776 6,573 6, 554 
6.398 6,033 5.807 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
Percent 98 ' 
99 95 101 101 
96 103 
100 97 97 
 
Eggs Chick. Set Hatched 
 
1959 1959 
 
Thou. Thou. 
 
Z45 169 ! 
 
165 '179 
 
Z18 166 
 
81 190 
 
184 
 
97 
 
96 191 
 
165Y 61 
 
131 138 
 
143 
 
7Z 
 
ZIZ 124 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
r/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS: BY W 
 
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Week Ending 
 
July. 
 
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July July July July Aug. Aug. , 
 
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EGpS SET .. THOU.SANDS 
 
CHICKS PLA<;ED' - THOUSANDS , 
 
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Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
Delaware 
 
Maryland 
 
Virginia 
 
We st Virginia 
 
North ;aro1ina 
 
South Carolina 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida 
. Alabama 
Mississippi 
 
Arkansas Louisiana 
 
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Texas 
 
WashingtonOregon 
 
California 
 
I, 4.09 958 
1,349 1,753 
196 1,902 1,483 3,010 1,984 
284 3,447 
489 8,231 
234 3,912 3,001 3,756 
685 2,907 
405 325 . 
I, 331 
 
L 412 
1,032 1,256 1, 811 
224 I, 795 1,590 2,952 1,942 
287 3, 516 
454 7,771 
295 3,948 2,887 
3,825 664 
2,783 
310 317 1,355 
 
1,334 921 
'. 1, 173 
1,604 145 
1,776 1,550 2,900 1,907 
314 3,323 
463 7,419 
324 3,769 2,752 3,666 
599 2,706 
370 313 I, 211 
 
I, 186 620 814 778 
99 818 1,722 2,OO} 1,066 521 2,981 327 6,776 
225 3,406 2,464 3, 580 
449 2,250 
332 202* 1,015 
 
1,222 551 719 854 106 754 
1,778 1,894 
993 550 2,919 351 6, 573 
172 3,394 2,370 
3,525 386 
2,301 
306 238 1,021 
 
I, 202 607 833 825 129 908 
I, 591 2,055 I, 117 
565 2,930 
366 6, 554 
160 3,363 2,292 3,483 
354 2, 157 
351 203 945 
 
I, 212 629 707 878 108 865 
1,625 2,001 1,272 
5i5 2,764 
354 6,298 
187 3,295 2,214 
3, 597 423 
2, 142 
303 237 1,045 
 
I, 160 638 718 797 . 111 
845 I, .550 I, 898 1, 026 
484 2, 576 
331 6,033 
144 3, 177 2, 132 3,358 
363 2,250 
287 213 872 
 
I, 163 487 673 736 130 857 
1,573 2,033 1, 116 
445 2,551 
348 5,807 
158 3,098 2,045 3,287 
374 2,014 
335 165 
959 
 
TOTAL 1959 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
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1959 % of 1958 
 
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. 43,051 
 
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45, 166 43,809 
 
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33,632* 32,977 32,990 32, 671 30,963 30,354 
 
.35,436 34,912 33,846 33,378 32,440 32,003 
 
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VE"GET4.BLE .CROP ~REPORT' F,OR AUGUST'. i, 1959 
 
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" ~ BEANS: Production ot 1~ beans in tije !ummer group of, States f.s~ '!l;o.~ ;'.! , .'~ '. ::; ~I~ 
 
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e~t1mateq .at ~09,000 cwt, 15 'percent lesll than 1958 and,)3, P.8.r,c,e..n.t ,<:..:/ , 
 
.bel~ aVerage. Expected yields are close to average, but tresh ;IIlarket..~c!.~~~ ~ '..." ~ 
 
h~s declined in recent year.. Wet July weather on Long Island and dry cq~,;t;Q11:S." '.: 
 
in Ups~ate Helf York wer.e rather unt~vorable, but a lIati.factory :crop' i.~ .s~.lJ::.1.,r.t.J.5..) 
 
.pr~spec,:Lt.... Har.y.est, is..underway-OR. Long ls~andf . Peak movement, f~ -New .~~r~~ ..i~/;!.~ 
 
'.e~i.C.t..tidtba .. week .of...August.17,..with huvest extending -into Sept;eiDber.~. ,~ve-~ 
 
moisture caused some loss from mold.. ~a1ns af'te:r ~uly 10 were beneficial in 
 
<' Maryland and average yields are' indicated'.. HarvEist"is well underway'. in North . . 
~.aroliQll~ with some production expected into October. A better than aver~"':'crop ~ in pr9Bpect:. Growing oonditions in Georgia have b~en variable. In-'the ettiit~~:. 
 
:areas some fields quit producing beoause of dry weather, and in other moeas' ~8ec'ts ~d diseases were prevalent. Many near normal yields are being harvested. . 'Thei", ~.~.t ' 
 
West"Centra1 airtlas should furnish supplies through August and part of Septembe~. '. .\: 
 
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SNAP B~SI The 8UD111e1:' Stat~s are harves't~ a 1,S13,OOO cwt. crop of' '8nap:'b~'W.t-.:; 
 
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this season--4 percent above 1958 production and 1 percent above' '''''',' 
 
average.. The Virginia ~rop is later than nomal. August V01U11le will be' largeir" ",' ; . 
 
than usual. In North Carolina, growing oonditions improved mater-ial1Y' during':" ~.:_<. 
 
July. Dry weather hurt early fields in the Hendereon"ri.lle area. Very good- y.fEr~QS: . 
 
ar~ indicated for late maturing fields. In'Oeorgia; light harvesting' is expe~t-~~ ~. 
 
from late plantings until frost. Excessive' rains during peak harvest- reduced oi..l~l..,~ .: 
 
production on early fi.elds. Snap beans developed well in Tennessee dllringJt4r:~;t: '.' 
 
and harvest is. past the peak. Some sections of Alabama were too dry for'belt ,,' ,. , 
 
,growth during the past month, but a satisf!c~or.Y:. yie1q, i. in~~ated. . Hea"T yi'elds . 
 
'tahnrdo'uggoOh'dSeqputaemlitbyera, r'.e,'r..ep:ort..'e.d,..-1.r"i.' C. .o'lorad.o' 
 
wh.'e,"re 
 
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supplies 
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should: COntinUE": .- 
 
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~GE.: .PrOdu~tion in the l!1!. summer' state! is now expected to to~. ., . :'.: ;'.' . 
 
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... 3,570,000 cwt. 7 percent lesll than last year and 10 percent ,below., ' 
 
.,verage .i In Pennsylvania, cabbage is in generally good condition but .late fields need rain. Vol:uiiie movement ;1s now underway. Harvest is active in Indiana.... 
 
W.eather in the major prOducing area of Illinois has favored good growth. In.; 
 
~~th C~olina, yields have been light on early fields but favorable July.weather 
 
iljtproved prospects for later planting~. VQlume movement is expected by mid .August.'- 
 
a~est . ~ Georgia vas about complete by August 1. Exces.iye moisture in .1ate .' . . 
 
July caused considerable damage in the few fields remaining for harvest. . In .. ." '. 
 
COlorado yields and quality are 80od. ShiIJllents are expected to increase steadily 
 
. ~rough August and peak in S~ptelt1ber~ 
 
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WATERMELONS: The tinal forecast for earg~ summer watermelons, at 19,152,000 ewt., 
 
is 1; percent less than 19 production but 2 percent more than.. . 
 
average. Yields :show little change from 1958 in most States but size. are .':... ' .. 
 
frequently rather small. Acreage was cut rather sharply this year. In North 
 
Carolina, most of tbe eastern commeroial crop has been harvested. July ,weather' '.. ":' 
 
waS favorable, but melons were generally .maller than usual. Harvest in South' ..... 
 
Carolina was nearing completion by August 1. ,'Excessive rains followed by hot,: ,,' 
d17 wea1!her during the growi~ season resulted in only fair yield-s in marty fiel,ds:. 
 
ffarvest from late fields in Georgia 'is expected to end around inid-AugU'St." ~te ". ,.' . 
 
~~anted fields have produced an excellent yield. Wet weather in J~e foll-owed 1:>1. 
otary, hot July oonditions cau.ed many small'mel'Ons in Alabama. In northern' c'ounties 
Mississippi harVest started about July20. Peak harvest in southeastern' ~cf .. 
cen~ral counties occurred about mid-Ju1l... ~~~..Fodueing ar.eas of Arkansas' were' , 
 
shipping in volume' about 'A~st'l~' JulY rainS .aided sizing of melons. Harv.e'st 
 
tr~ :the major proc:\ucing area of north oentroal Louisiana will be' ~earing com-.-:"-.": 
 
pletion the first week in August. Melons grew slowly early in the season and many 
 
~re still rather small at maturity. MovBllent in Oklahoma was slow until the 
 
,first week in Augu8t. Most growers will realize a good yield, but insects and 
 
fungi caused some damage. Texas has produced a good quality crop. Earliest areas 
 
in south Texas wound up harvest early in July. Central areas have provided good 
 
movement since early July, and ealt Texas movement started by mid"Ju1y. These 
 
areas are expected to oontinue shipments into August, while northwestern counties 
 
will ship through August. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Vegetable Crop Estimator 
 
L1B/-a'klfS 
 
 Acre'!,ge al1(L~tiJnatecl Product.ion: Re~rted to Date, 1959 with Comparisons 
 
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1949-57 1958 1959 
-Z7ma.. Be~1l~ '~suaaner) - 1,000 Cwt. - 
 
NF york....... 1,540 
 
600 
 
,~SO '1 43 
 
40 40 ,~ 65 
 
24 
 
22 
 
N~w Jersey  1,960 1,300- - 1,400 i 32 '35 . 33 L - 61 46 46 
 
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580'' - - 
 
--- ~ 36 - , ~ ~- 2,1 
 
M~land........ 1,130 
 
900 
 
800' i 26 ~8 ~ 25. ~ 29 
 
Nprth Carolina. 1,410 1,600 1,~ j 22 30. 25 j '33 
 
"ORPIA. .. .. .. 5,620' , 4, 100 4,SOP i 18 22 , ,18:l 103 
 
i . SnB.D "B"eans b:roup Total... 12,300 
 
9,100 
 
' 8'.850,~ 25, ,27,,' 24 i' 312 
"(~wmner) 
 
N. Hampshire... 280 
 
280 J 280: 35 ,40 40 ~ 10 
 
M~sachUsett8.. 1,330 
 
1,400 , 1,500 ~ 35 
 
40 35,' ~ ". 47 
 
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25 20 
 
48 40 
 
103 81 
 
246 209 
 
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Rhode Island... 260 
 
220 
 
220 i 36 '40 40~' 9 
 
9 
 
9 
 
Cpnnecticut.... 1,090 
 
9$0 1,000! 35 . 40 ,40 j' 37 38 40 
 
N~ ~ork, L.I.. 2,880 1,100, 1,300 i 42 . 40 '45 I 117 44 58 
 
N.YOrk, Upstate 10,740 P~nnsylvania.... 2,980 
 
ll,OOO 11,000 ~ 42 
2,300. 2,200 j' 43 
 
42 45: 451 462 495 
45 45 i,' 128 . 104 99 
 
O~o........... 3,370 
 
3,900 
 
3,800 ~ 40 
 
35' 40 f 133 136 152 
 
IlJ.inois....... 1,270 1,300 1,200: 28 33' 30 i 35' 43 36 
 
~chigan....... 2,530 
 
2,700 
 
2,8oo! 31 
 
31 '33! 77 
 
84 
 
92 
 
Vp-ginia....... N9rth Carolina. 
~CROIA~....... 
 
660 
 
75Q 
 
7,400 6,800 
 
2,020 ,1,300 
 
750 ~ ", 30 '35 35 f 20 
 
26 
 
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6,500 i, 34' 40 "45! 251 272 292 
 
1,200 i' 28 ' 28 '28' j 56 36 34 
 
T~nnessee...... 1,620 
 
1,400 
 
1,300 ~ 36 
 
45 40 1 58 
 
63 
 
52 
 
A+abama ~.... 1,290 1,200 1,200 j 22 25 25 ~ 28 30 30 
 
Ctl1orado..      810 
 
700 
 
7OO! 45 50 50'!, 36. 35 35 
 
"Oroup Total... 40330 37,300 36,950 j 37 39 4ft 11,494 1,449 1,513 
 
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CabbaCle 11 (Lat~ er) 
 
fennsy1vania.... 4,180 ~~iana........ 2,130 
 
3,600' 1,700 
 
3,200 i 119 ) ' 185 180! UI.1$1 1,500 ! 139 215 200!, 288 
 
666 576 3~ 300 
 
~~n~is 
 
;. 2,700 
 
towa........... 970 
 
2,900 800 
 
2,900 ! 181 750 i 143 
 
205 160 
 
190 170 
 
ri 
 
486 140 
 
595 128 
 
551 128 
 
&prth Carolina. 4,190 - 3,700 '3,600 j 144 160 160 j' 602 592 576 
 
9~ORGIA.      
 
730 
 
600 
 
500 ~ 93 100 110 f 68 60 55 
 
--. ~91~raQ9....... 3,270 
 
2,700 
 
2,200 j 242. 220 230! 796 594 506 
 
~,w Mexico..... 
 
330 ' 
 
- - , -:-- ~ 108 -- -- '1'" 36 - 
 
}lashington ~.. 1,530 ' 900 1,000,! 181 210 230 [ 267 189 230 
 
Q~rornia .... ~ 
~~roup Total... 
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2,370 22,390 
 
2,700 2, 700'~ 2)2 240 240 i $49 648 648 
 
Ion S 19,600 18,350 1 178 
\vYvIQ ~+:. eYme 
 
196 195 1 3,983 3,838 3,570 (Early Swmner) 
 
~orth Caro1.ip.a. 11,160 15,000 '13,500! 50 '60 '55 I 555 900 742 
 
Sputh Carpliha. 41,890 42,000 35,000 ~ 54 ',60 55 \ 2,264 2,S20 1,925 
 
"'ORGJ!l........ 54,000 ~~bama 17,460 ~88issippi.... 11,040 
 
63,000 49,000: 78 85 80 J 4,190 5,355 3,9~0 21,000' 19,000 ~ ,91 ,95 90 j 1,577 1,995 1,710 
16,000 ,12,000! 70 -, 65 ", 60 'f 773 1,040 720 
 
A:rkansas....... 10,320 . 13,000, 1l,500! 85 'r85" 90 i ' 874 1,105 1,035 
 
19uisiaQ.a,... 4,430 ,4,200 4,200 [ 77" '80 "75 j' 342 336 315 
 
~lahonia , ~.. 14,520 1l,5OO .9,200 ~ 64 ' 65' 75' ~ 946 748 690 
 
1~xas  ~  ~,  ~  109,220 119,000 107,000 1 47 ~'50 ' 50 1 5,096 5,950 5,350 
 
~rizona......... 5,170 
 
7,400" 6,500 ~ 146 
 
95' '. ISo j 757 703 975 
 
galifornia..... 10,480 11,000 ,11,800 ~ 140' 160' 150~, 1,464 1,760 1,770 
 
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II"Group Total 289,690 323,100 278,700! '65 
 
Includes Processing 
 
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69" 69 :k~8,836 22,412 19,152 
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GRICULTURAL MARKETING SERViCe:' . 
 
ST'ATE DE~A'~TMENT OF AG",ICULTURE 
 
Athetls, .Georgia.' , ..: 
 
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GENERAL CROP RE 
 
"G 13'59 11. EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS; GA'; , 
 
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August 12,., ,.' 
 
195. 9 
 
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.' Prio~p.ec,t;s fOr most', c~ops iiftproved.. dUrin's' JU~'.'~~e tp' f.av~a~le"weat'her gdn~ '. 
 
ditions. ' Rainta~l, ~n the form of thundershOwers, was ample: during most weeks. ' .. 
 
which promot~d .,good growth and development. qn p~~ctica;Lly all Georgia crops'., I  .', '. 
 
Corn, pean~ts, .tobacco and pastures made verfl.gC)od 1mp:r-ovement during' July. ',Near. ' 
 
record 'high)rields are.indicated for most Georgia crops. , 
 
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GOOD CORN ~OP: ~rent .indications point to the sec.ona. largest' corn ct-op' ever produced in Georgia. Corn production in Georgia this year is. 
now forecast at 73,200,000 bushels, a decrease 01'.13,552,000 bushels from 18~t' 
year's record crop ~t.86i752,ooo bUShels. The yield per acre' ot 25.0 bushels ~11 
be the third highest of record, surpassed only by last year's record yield of' . 
32.0 bushels and the., 1957 yield of 26.0' bushels. The decrea'sed yield wi 11 offset the 8 percent increa~e in the acreage for harvest estimated at 2,928,000 acres. An unfavorable season ,has contributed largely to the decrease in corn yields. 
 
ABOVE AVERAGE' PEANt1r CROP: The production ot peanuts in Georgia this year is tore,:, 
 
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cast at 550,000,000 pounds, 10 percent below last . 
 
year's crop bu.t approXimately 10,000,000 pounds above average. The yield per 
 
of acre at l,100.poUnds promises to be the second highest eyEtr produced in Georgia, " 
being surpassed only by last year's record high yield 1,190 pounds per acre. ... ' I 
Jiarvesting of this year's crop is well underway in southern sections ot' the stat~'" : 
 
';rhe acreage ~or picking and threshing at 500,000, is 3 pe.rcent below last year's 
 
~15,000 acres and 28 percent below average. ", ...' 
 
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TOBACCO PROSPECTS IMPROVE: The tlue-cured tob~.~~o cr9P l.n Ge~rgia, cUrrently . , 
 
estimated' at 106,500,000. poupdl!l,.1s nearly 19 percnt 
 
larger than ~st' year's crop of 89,610,000 pounds.' Yield per acre is currently 
 
of~stimated at 1,500 pounds, ~h1ch is a small increase over the July 1 estimate , . 1,475 pounds, but slightly below the record high. 9.f 195.8 'yield of 1,5~5 po~s'" :... 
 
Favorable growing c~nd1tions during July iDiproved Yields on .late planted 'fields' , 
 
1n most areaE!. The increased production tor 195'9 is' 'a~tributedto a larger 
 
acreage as Georgia tarmers harvested 71,000 a~r'es in,19;9 compared w:l:th 58,000 in 
 
1958. 
 
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SMALIER PECAN .CROP: August 1 conditions indicate that, Georgia's. p~~e.n gr.owers .. 
 
will harv:est . Q..crop ot, 35;000,'000' pounds this year, which . 
 
represents a decline of 22"'perqent from.. the revised. estj,mate ot 45,000,000 pounds 
produced duripg 1958. This 'year's crop .is 25 million pounds below:.the record . 
 
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,,7 l11gh production "of 60 million po~ds produced in 1951"aftaabouti percent below 
~e 1948... average crop cit 35.4 mi 111on pounds. Prospe cts .in ,centra1. and 
 
northern counties are generally better than those in southern: areas. ' . 
 
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1958; Indicated; 
 
Averag~; 
 
1958 
 
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WHEAT ~ .bu:: 100 
 
16.7 
 
32.0 23'.0 
 
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Z5~O~' 54,-176 
21.0, 2,099 
 
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66,75273,200 . 1,633' 2,100' '. 
 
OATS  bu.: 259 ~IEY  bu.: 13 ~YE  ~   bu.: 16 
 
28 .0 23 9 .... , 10:0 
 
33.0 
 
32.0' 11,'412 
 
.29. "Q._.... 29.. 0 .... '" ''189', 
 
12.5 
 
12.5 
 
.~ 78 
 
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: '! 290 
 
'377' 
 
162 
 
200 
 
'fAY, ALL  tons: 632 
 
.73 1.02 
 
1.00 
 
679 
 
641 
 
636 
 
'lOBACCO,ALL  1bs: 72.1 1,248 1,540 1,498 
 
119,353 
 
91,018 107,985 
 
PalATOES, IRISH. cwt. : 4.1 46 
 
46 
 
53 
 
312 
 
222 
 
215 
 
1:1 11 POTATOES1 SWEET cwt  : 10.0 
 
42 
 
48 
 
45 
 
corrON  bale8 : 660 Y284 
 
443 
 
425 
 
l!EAWTS(P&T) . 1ba.: 500 
 
866 1,190 1,100 
 
1,137 
655 540,052 
 
528 
 
450 
 
352 
 
585 
 
612,850 550,000 
 
SOYBEANS 
 
For beans SORGHUM 
 
bu. : 82 
 
11.1 125 
 
135 
 
536 
 
1,125 1,107 
 
For grain . bu.: 
 
PEACHES 
 
: 
 
gj 581 
 
888 
 
693 
 
~Toltal 
 
Crop Crop 
 
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bbuu..:~ 
 
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- 
 
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- 
 
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2,101 
 
4,000 3,200 
 
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147 
 
98 
 
85 
 
PECANS  1 PASTURE, CONDITION 
 
b~s:: 
 
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76 
 
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1953-57 average 
 
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91 
 
85 
 
35,370 _ 
 
45,000 35,000 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agr1eultural Statistician In Charge 
 
WILLIAM E. KIBLER AgriCUltural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF AUGUST 1, 1959 
 
Totnlcrop production prospeets edged upward during July to within 3 percent 
of last year's outstanding record. Rains in the South Central and Southeastern portions of the Nation boos~ed prospects for fall maturing crops, and la~e july showers. in the Ohio River Valley broke an extended dry period. 
 
Toto.l feed grain tonnage seems likely to nearly equal last year. The record volume of corn from ~he sharply'increased acreage offgets reduced outturns of oats, barley, and sorghums. Corn prospects were down slightly from July 1 
as reduced outlook in several,major produc;i.ng Sto.tes overbalancedgenerolly improve~ prospects in southern and ~~stern sections. Winter wheat showed a further decline during J-uly with Yields failing to reach earlier expectations in 
most of the Cqrn Belt. A cotton crop 29 percent above lo.st year's small pro- 
duction is in prospect with a record Yield on nearly a fourth more acreage. Large soybean and sorghum grain crops now seem likely as Yields prospects are 
favorable on the reduced acreage . 
 
CORN: Production of all corn is forecast at nearly 4.2 billion bushels--one percent under the July forecast but 10 percent above t~e previous record last 
year. The small change' from last month's forecast resulted from the decline in Yield prospects in Illinois~. Indiana, Nebraska., and South Dakota being lnrgely compensated for by improvedprospects in Iown., Ohio, and Atlantic States. The 
Yield per ho.rvested acre of..49.5 bushels is under the record 51. 7 .last year but far above the avero.ge of 40.6 bushels. 
 
PEANUTS: Based on August 1 conditions it is estimated that 1,496,000 acres of 
peanuts will be picked and threshed this year, 2 percent below the 
1,523,000 acres p1ck~d and threshed lo.st year and 20 percent below average. 
Acrea.ge in the Virginia-Co.rolina area. is about the same as lo.st year. In the 
Southea.st area., where peanut acreage plo.ced in the Conservation Reserve was rela- 
tively heavy, ,acreage is down 3.4 percent. Production of peanuts is estimated at 1,121 million pounds, about 6 percent below the 1958 production of 1,836 million but 5 percent above average. Production in the Virginia-Carolina area is esti~ted a.t 543 million pounds, about 2 percent below the 1958 productio~. 
In the Soutneast area, indicated production of 198 million pounds is down 12 
percent from 1958. 
 
PECANS:Production is forecast at 138 million pounds, 21 percent less than lo.st 
 
,year, and 8 percent below a.verage. All Sta.tes east of;the Mississippi 
 
River expect 0. smnller crop.than last year with their combined production only 
 
about ha.lf as large as in 1958. West of the Mississippi, all States expect a 
 
somewha.t larger crop with their production tota.ling about one-third more than in 
 
1958. 
 
UNITED STATES 
 
Acreo.ge : 
 
Yield 
 
: 
 
Production 
 
CROP 
 
: Un!t: For Ha.rv.: 
 
: Indicated : 
 
: Indicated 
 
1959 : 1958 :August 1,1959: 195~ :Aug\!St__1L l259 1,000 
 
a.cres 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 
 
CORN, ALL 
 
Bu. 84,381 51.1 
 
49.5 3,199,844 4,113,410 
 
WHEAT, ALL 
 
Bu. 53,211 27.3 
 
21.0 1,462,218 1,118,960 
 
OATS 
 
Bu. 
 
COTTON 
 
Bales 
 
HAY, ALL 
 
. Ton 
 
y SOYBEANS, for beans, Bu. 
 
PEANUTS 
 
Ton 
 
4!i.5 . 28.,823 
14,991 10,991 
 
44.1 466 gj 
1.61 
 
36.4 
 
.21,968 .. 24.2 
 
24.2 
 
1,496 1,205 1,154 
 
1,422,164 11,512 
. 121,924 
514,413 1,835,800 
 
1,048,533 14,815 109,339 531,439 
1,126,995 
 
POTATOES, IRISH POTATOES, SWEET 
 
Cwt. 1,391 181.1 
 
Cwt. 
 
214 . 65.5 
 
116.1 65.2 
 
265,129 11,598 
 
245,992 11,852 
 
TOBACCO, ALL 
 
Lb. 1,151 1,611 1,611 
 
1,136,204 :1.,863,801 
 
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Released: 8/19/59' 
 
GEO~GIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
L1BRARIE.s 
 
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, Athe,ns, ,Ga., August 19 -- A total.of 5, 730, 000 broiler chicks we-re placed 
 
wittt' producer s \n Georgia during the' week ending August 15, accordi'ng to the ' 
 
Georgia Crop Rep,or~ing Service. This compare s with the 5. 807. 000 placed the pre~ous week and is 2 percent less than the 5, 868, 000 placed the same week 
 
last: year. 
 
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, Eggs set by Georgia. 'hatcheries amou.nted to 6,932,000 compared with .,. 
 
7,419, OOO,the previous week and is 7 percent less than the'7,448, 000 for the 
 
corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported Within a range of 40 to 60 cents with an aver~-Q.f;..:il.,centsfor all hatching 'eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels'.. ~ast week the range was from 45 to 55 cents with an average of 51 cents for all hatching eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm 
from, flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks' , 
wer.e: reported within a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $7.75 per hun- 
dred 'compar'ed with a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $7. 75 per hundred 'la~t ~eek. The average' prices last year were 68 cents for' eggs and $10.75 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the ,Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending August 15 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 
 
pounds at farms 14. 50~. ' , . . ' 
 
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Wee.k Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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Eggs Set !.! 
 
Chicks Placed for Broiler s in Georgi~ 
 
Eggs Chic.ks Set Hatched 
 
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1958 ;' 1959 ' 1959 0/0 1958 
 
1959 1959 0/0 ,1959 1959 
 
of 1958 
 
of 1958 
 
June 13 June 20 June 27 July' 4 
July!11 July 18 July 25 Aug. ' 1 
Aug. 8 Aug. 15 
 
Thou. 
9,36,0 9,082 ,~, 658 8,741 8. 77'1 8, 560 8,254 8,302 8.010 7,448 
 
Thou. 
9,312 ,9.210 :9,210 9,073 8, '741 8,337 8,231 7,771 7.419 6,932 
 
Percent Thou. Thou,. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
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99 7,06'3 6,961, 
 
99 
 
16,5 ' 179 ~ 
 
101 7, 153 6,807 
 
95 
 
218 166 
 
106 6,878 6,922 = ",-_lQ. +.~'" 
 
81 190 
 
104 ' 6, 724 , '6, 776 
 
101 
 
184 
 
97 
 
100, 6.869 ','6,,573 
 
96 
 
96 191 
 
97 6,340 6; 554 
 
103 
 
165 
 
61 
 
100 6,329 6,398 
 
100 
 
131 138 
 
94 6, 193 6,033 
 
97 
 
143 
 
72 
 
93 5,969 5.807 
 
97 
 
212 124 
 
93 5.868 5,730 
 
. 98 
 
168 
 
97 
 
11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS 
 
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Week Ending 
 
1959 
 
P 2. 
 
STATE 
 
Aug. 
 
Aug. 
 
Aug. 
 
1 
 
8 
 
15 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
July 11 
 
r July 18 
 
July 2.5 
 
Aug. 1 
 
Aug. 8 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS' 
 
Aug. 15 
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Maine 
 
1,412. 1,334 I, 369 
 
1; 2.2.2. ' 1,2.02 1,2.12 I, 160 1.. 163 I, 082. 
 
Connecticut 
 
1, 032. 
 
92.1 
 
773 
 
551 
 
607 
 
62.9 
 
638 ' 487 
 
505 
 
Fennsylvania 
 
1,256 
 
I, 173 
 
1,235 
 
719 
 
833 
 
707 
 
718 
 
673 
 
757 
 
Indiana Illinois 
 
I, 811 2.2.4 
 
1,604 145 
 
1,654 2.16 
 
854 
 
82.5 
 
878 
 
797 
 
736 
 
791 
 
106 , 129 
 
108 . 111 
 
J30 
 
103 
 
Missouri Delaware 
 
1,795 1,590 
 
1,776 1,550 
 
1,624 I, 349 
 
. 
 
754 I, 778 
 
908 I, 591 
 
. 865 
 
845 
 
l,625 : 1,550 
 
. 857 1,573 
 
815 1,742. 
 
Maryland 
 
2., 952 
 
2,900 
 
2,771 ~ 
 
1,894 2,055 2,001 : 1,898 2,033 1,782 
 
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Virginia 
 
1,942 
 
1,907 
 
1,813 
 
993 I, 117 1,272 : 1,.026 1, 116 1,009 
 
" est Virginia 
 
287 
 
314 
 
287 
 
550 
 
565 . 515 
 
484 
 
445 
 
528 . 
 
North Carolina 
 
3, 516 3,323 3, 172 
 
2,919 2;930 2,764 2, '576 2,551 . 2,660 
 
South Carolina 
 
454 
 
463 
 
446 , 
 
351 
 
366 
 
354 
 
331 
 
348 
 
292 
 
GEORGIA 
 
7,771 7,419 6,932 
 
6, 573 . '6,' 554 6,298 6,033 5,807 5,730 
 
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
 
295 3,948 2,887 3,825 
664 2,783 
 
3tA 
3,769 
2,7~~ 
3,666 
599 2.,706 
 
320 3, 6~i5 
2,72A 
3,399 505 
2,497 
 
172 
 
160 . 187 
 
144 
 
158 . 177 
 
3,394 '3,363 3,295' 3, 177 3,098 2,973 
 
2,370 2.,292 2,214 ' 2, 132 2.,045 2, 169 
 
~ 3, 525 3,483 3, 597 3,358 3,287 3,C77 
 
386 
 
354 
 
423 
 
363 
 
374 
 
413 
 
2,301 2, 157 2, 142 2,250 2,014 2.,073 
 
VI ashington Oregon California. 
 
310 317 1,355 
 
370 313 1,2.11 
 
357 290 1,245 
 
306 
 
351 
 
303 
 
287 
 
335 
 
340 
 
238 I, 021 
 
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203 945 
 
. 237 1,045 
 
213 872 
 
165 959 
 
186 878 
 
TOTAL 1959 
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TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
 
42,426 43,809 
97 - 
 
40,539 
4 2 , 4 0. 1 
96 
 
38,633 40,696 
95 
 
32,977 32,990 32,671' 30,963 30,354 30,082 
 
34,912 33,846 3'3, 378 32~440 32,003 31,232. 
 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS. GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
August 19, 1959 
 
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PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHltRY SUPPLY FLOCKS 
July 1959 - Unit'ed States 
 
3/5 
 
The indicated domestic placement of, pullet chicks for broiler hatchery supply flocks by leading primary breeders' of broiler replacement stock totaled 2, 279, 000 chicks during July 1959. This was 21 percent less than domestic placements of 2,892,000 chicks in Juiy 1958. Total placements (domestic plus exports) were reported at 2,408, 000 as compared to 3, 071, 000 a year earlier. 
 
The placement data include pullet chicks sold during the month, plus the number of pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceding month. The conversion from eggs to expected pullet chicks was made on the basis of 125 pullet chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders included in this report account for a very large percent~ge of total supply of replacement pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sales of replacement pullets by these breeders provide an indication of the potential number of pullets available for addition to hatchery egg supply flocks several months before the pullets will actually move into the flocks. 
 
Pullet Chicks!.! Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks 
 
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Total 
 
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1957 
 
19582 ./ , 1959 
 
1958 
 
Thou. Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Domestic 
1959 
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Thou. 
 
1959 as % 
of 1958 
Percent 
 
January.', .. , ... 1,886 February.... , . , 1,997 March. , ........ 2,538 ~pril. , ......... 3,033 ~ay..... , ...... 2,899 June. , ......... 2,060 July, .......... 1,676 .t\ugu at ......... 1,410 ~eptember. . . . . . 1,935 October........ 2,297 ~ovember...... 1,926 December...... 2,238 
Annual Total. . 25, 895 
 
1, 982 2,281 3, 132 3,331 3',641 3,409 3,071 2,668 2,718 2, 585 2, 153 2, 165 33, 136 
 
2, 124 2,414 3,450 3,765 3,007 2,575 2,408 
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1,842 2, 162 
2,997 3,234 3,522 3,234 2,892 2,486 2, 546 2,473 2,048 2,004 31,440 
 
1,884 2,256 
3,209 3, 573 2,861 2,392 2,279 
 
102 104 '. 107 
110 81 74 79 
 
l! Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs sold during the preceding 
month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-dozen case of,'eggs. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agric ultural Statistician 
 
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CHICKENS TESTED 
 
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pEORGDAt~'. 'In Georgia 245,365 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs' ,were 
 
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teste,d:for pullorum disease during July 1959--3 percent less th!in 
 
~he 253,865 tested in July 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for July wer'e 
 
1,i0, 259--3-3 ,perc~nt mO,re than the 30,299 tested in July last year. 
 
UNITED STATES: There were 1, 533, 153 chickens for supplying broiler hatching 
 
,;, " , eggs tested during July--down 6 percent from Ju1Y.1958. The 
 
cumlilative total. for the testing year, July 1958 through June 1959. totaled 
 
~7, 205. 491.up 25 rpercent from,the number tested during these'months a year 
 
~arlier. .' 
 
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In the States for which comparisons are available 443, 579 chickens were 
 
~ested in 'July, for' supplying eggs for egg-type ~hicks--down 11 percent from 
 
July 1958. The number tested July 1958 through June 1959 totaled 13,159,81,0-- 
 
~bout 1 percent less than the number tested during this period a year earlier'. ' 
 
This report is made ,possib~e through the cooperation of the NationCl:I poultry Improvement Plan official State age~cies, the Animal Husbandry ~esearch Division, Agricultural Research Service, and the AgricUltural Estima.tes 
Division, Agricultural Marketing Service. , 
 
Georgia - Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies 
 
Month 
-luly . Aug. Sept.: ' Oct. ' Nov.',,' " Dec. ' Jan. i'eb. ' Mar. A.pr. 
~ay 
June 
 
For Broiler Production 
 
, : :' Egg Typ'e Chickens 
 
By Months. 
 
Cumulative 
 
By Months 
 
1958-59: 1959-60: 1958-59: 1959-60 ~ 1958-59: 19~9-60 
 
." 
: 253,,865 
: 240.302 : 413.264 : 458.442 : 388, 136 : 432.318 : 564.491 :482.212 : 400,437 : 275.275 : 242,067 : 253.013 
 
245, '365 
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' 253, 8'65 
494. 167 907.431 1. 365, 873 I, 754. 009 2,186,327 2,750.818 3, '23~" 030 3.633-.467 3.908,742 4,150.809 4.403.822 
 
2~~, 365 r 
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, 30,299 42,581 
35.652 41.043 26, 186 84. 778 34, 194 
5.280 ' 4,994 ,6, 779 
'5. 561 25.032 
 
40,259 
 
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United States - Chickens Tested by Official State 'Agencies 
 
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. . ' , 1958-59 
 
,195"9~60 )'" 
 
,July 
 
: 1.628, 129 
 
1. 533, 153 
 
500, 558 
 
443, 579 
 
1\ug. 'Sept. 
 
: 1,596,792 : 2.643,740 
 
599,607 1, 243, 658 
 
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 
 
: 3.119.754 : 2,951,368 : 2,794.873 : 2.601.927 : 2,363, 505 
 
2,318,229 
 
- 
 
2,349,994 2,487,248 
 
"I. 648, 909 
 
756,864 
 
Mar. Apr. May June 
 
: 2,320.302 : 1,928.397 
1.647,255 : 1, 609.452 
 
421. 587 267,870 241,636 323.650 
 
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Released: 8/Z6/59 
 
GEORGIA CI-tICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
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, 
 
Athens, Ga., August Z6 -- A total of 5,370.000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in'Georgia during the week ending August ZZ, according to the 
 
Georgia Crop R~por~ing,Service. This compares with the 5,730,000 placed the 
 
previous we:ek and'is 5 percent 1e~s than the 5, 6~0, 000 placed the same week 
 
last year. . ' ... ' 
 
, 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6,775,000 compared with 
 
6.932.000 the previous week and is 7 percent less than the 7; Z94. OOO.for the 
 
corresponding week las~ year. 
 
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. The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within "a. range of 40 to 60 cents with an average of 50 cents for all hatch- 
ing 'eggs and 48 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery . own.ed cockerels. Last week the range' was -from' 40' to 60 cents with an average .. 
all of 51 cents for hatching eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm 
f:l:'om. flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $7.00 to $9.00 with an average of $7.75 per hundred compared with a range of $7: 00 to $9.00 with an average of $7. 75 per hun- ' dred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for eggs and $10. 50 ilr chicks . 
 
. Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending August 2Z was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds at farms 15.01f. 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET,' HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
I Week 
Ending I 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
11959 % 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set ,Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
June ZO 9.08Z 9,Z10 
 
101 7, 153 6.807 
 
95 
 
Z18: 166 
 
June 27 8,658 9,210 
 
106 6,878 6,92Z 
 
101 
 
81: 190 
 
July 4 8,741 9.073 
 
104 6.7Z4 6,776 
 
101 
 
184 . 97 
 
July 11 8.771 8,741 
 
100 6.869 6, 573 
 
96 
 
96; 191 
 
July 18 8, 560 8,337 
 
97 6,340 6.554 
 
103 
 
165 
 
61 
 
July Z5 8.254 8,231 
 
100 6.329 6,398 
 
100 
 
131 138 
 
Aug. 1 8,302 7.771 
 
94 6, 193 6,033 
 
97 
 
192Y 72 
 
..Aug. 8 8,010 7,419 
 
93 5,969 5,807 
 
97 
 
Z12 1Z4 
 
Aug. 15 Aug. ZZ 
 
7.448 7.294 
 
6,93Z 6,775 
 
I 93 
I 93 
I 
 
5.868 5,660 
! 
 
5,730 5,370 
 
98 
 
168 
 
97 
 
95 I ZlZ 
 
144 
 
I 
 
!J Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
2/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens. Georgia 
 
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 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, BY WEEKS 
 
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Week Ending 
 
STATE 
 
Aug. 8 
 
Aug. 15. 
 
Aug. 22 
 
EGGS SE T - THOUSANDS < 
 
July 18 
 
July 25 
 
Aug. 1 
 
Aug. 8 
 
Aug. 15 
 
Aug. 22 
- 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1,334 1,369 1, 118 
 
1,202 1, 212 1, 160 1, 163 1,082 
 
980 
 
Connecticut 
 
921 
 
773 
 
673 
 
607 
 
629 
 
638 
 
487 
 
505 
 
420 
 
Penns y1vania 
 
I, 173 
 
1,235 
 
1,298 
 
833 
 
707 
 
718 
 
673 
 
757 
 
859 
 
Indiana 
 
1,604 1,654 I, 521 
 
825 
 
878 
 
797 
 
736 
 
791 
 
767 
 
Illinois 
 
145 
 
216 
 
211 
 
129 
 
108 
 
III 
 
130 
 
103 
 
138 
 
Missouri 
 
I, 776 1,624 1,386 
 
908 
 
865 
 
845 
 
857 
 
815 
 
805 
 
Delaware 
 
1,550 
 
1,349 
 
I, 172 
 
1, 591 1,625 1, 550 1,573 1,742 1,607 
 
~ 
 
Maryland 
 
2,900 2,771 2,651 
 
2,055 2,001 1, 898 2,033 1, 782 1,967 
 
Virginia 
 
1,907 
 
I, 813 
 
1,607 
 
I, 117 1,272 1,026 I, 116 1,009 1,060 
 
West Virginia North Carolina 
 
314 
 
287 
 
3,323 . 3, 172 
 
282 3,033 
 
565 
 
515 
 
484 
 
445 
 
528 
 
463 
 
' 2,930 2,764 2, 576 2, 551 2,660 2,581 
 
South Carolina 
 
463 
 
446 
 
401 
 
366 
 
354 
 
331 
 
348 
 
292 
 
272 
 
GEORGIA 
 
7,419 6,932 6,775 
 
6,554 6,298 6,033 5,807 5,730 5,370' 
 
Florida 
 
, 
 
324 
 
320 
 
361 
 
160 
 
187 
 
144 
 
158 
 
177 
 
205 
 
Alabama Mis sis sippi 
 
3,769 2,752 
 
3,655 2,724 
 
3,466 2,386 
 
3,363 3,295 3, 177 3,098 2,973 3,019 2,292 2,214 2, 132 2,045 2, 169 2,035 
 
Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
 
3,666 
599 2,706 
 
3,399 505 
2,497 
 
3,248 465 
2,405 
 
3,483 354 
2, 157 
 
3, 597 423 
2, 142 
 
3,358 363 
2,250 
 
3,287 374 
2,014 
 
3,077 413 
2,073 
 
3,024 366 
2,028 
 
Washington Oregon 
California 
 
370 313 1,211 
 
357 290 
1,245 
 
380 313 1, 251 
: 
 
351 
 
303 
 
287 
 
335 
 
340 
 
292 
 
203 
 
237 
 
213 
 
165 
 
186 
 
161' 
 
945 1,045 
 
872 
 
959 
 
878 
 
888 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
 
40, 539 42,407 
96 
 
38,633 40, 696 
95 
 
36,403 39,950 
91 
 
I 
,, 32,990 32,671 30,963 30,354 30,082 29,307, I 
 
~ 33,846 33,378 32,440 32,003 31,232 30,025 
 
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97 
 
98 
 
95 
 
95 
 
96 
 
98. 
 
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UNIVE~S1TV CSFGEORGIA AND' TH! ... 
 
: AGRI<:ULTU'ML MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATI:' DEPARTMENT OF AGR'ICULTURE 
 
 
 
Athens, , ~org1:a 
 
',,,' aXTIE'NS.ON..LDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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Se~t~mDer 'l~ 1959 
 
GEORGIA ,:,TURKEY PR0DUarION UNCHANGED 
 
Georgia: The 1959 turkey production in Georgia is expected to be 284,000 head, or the same as last year. Heavy breed turkeys will smount to 280,000 
birds and light breed 4,000. The largest production was in 1952 when 618,000' head vere produced. 
 
RECORD UNITED STATES TURKEY CROP EXPECl'ED 
 
Un!ted states: Farmers are raising ~'l?out 82 million turlteys this year--5 percent 
 
_. 
 
, 
 
. more:than in 195a, and, one percent more than the previous record 
 
established in 1951 according to a preliminary estimate of the Crop Reporting : 
 
Board. The total humber of heavy breed turkeys is about the' same as in 195~., 
 
With a sharp' increase in the number of heavy whites being offset by a decrease 
 
in bronze and other heavy breeds. The nUll1ber of light breed turkeys being 
 
?6 raised is' up ?6 percent fr~ las:t year, a~counting for 19 percent of the total 
, ' raised comp~d.with percent in both 1957 aJl 1958. 
 
He~ breed turkeys being raised total 66",427,,000, compared with 66,,121,000 
 
raised st year. The number of heavy white turkeys increased,sharp1 this year, 
 
accounting'for about 28 percent of all heavy breeds" compared 'with' 21 percent 
 
last year. 
 
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Light bz:eed turkeys ra,ised are expected to total 15,448" 000,_ up 26 percez:1t 
tr.om ~s~ year. Inoreases occurre~ in all regions except the North' Atlantic'.' 
 
Turkeys being raised during 1959 are trom poults hatched from September'; , 
 
1958 through 'August 1959. The hatch for the September through December period 
 
of 1958 was 65 percent above' a year earlier. This increase, about 2.1 million' 
 
poults more than the previous year, accounted for 3 percent of the 1959 crop.' 
 
The total turkey hatch January through May 1959 was 6 percent above last year. 
 
_J~~~ch d~1ng June 1n!oS 3 pe+c~n~ J>.e).ow June ,l958, and the hatch in, JU1 was 9' 
 
, . per~~nt below a year earlier. Eggs in incubators on August 1 were- 1 percent' 
 
,~ss than August 1, 1958. 
 
' 
 
. 
 
Pr1c~s received by farmers for turkeys March through July averaged 13" 
 
percent less than the same period in '1958. Turkey-teed ratios have been below 
 
a year ear.l1er sinc!! JanuarY' 1 9 5 9 . ' 
 
.' 
 
In this report, light breed turkeys include Beltsville small White, 
. Jersey B\1tf, Royal Palm, and Wild turkeys. Heavy breed turkeys include Heavy Wh1~eJ Brq~ze, .o~her Qeavy ~~eds and'Grosses With light breeds. 
 
cARL o. DOESCHER 
Agricultural Statistie1an 
 
(OVER) 
ARCHIE LANG~ Agricu~tural Statistician In Charge 
 
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- - - - - - _.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ," -,..t State : 
 
- - - -" Turkeys: Number Raised on Farms 
 
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1-, 
 
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'::,'" and, : - __-1~!e-!'V-l - !?r!-:.e- 2:s- __-- .:.. - _- _1- 4g- ~t- _b~-!:-.d-.!-_- _:---T-.9- .t!-l_~ a.!-l_- bE.-e!- :.~-~~-_-_ 
 
Division: 
 
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: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
:,~.as 
 
______ .:.. _ 192.8__ .:..1:929__:__12.5. _ .:.. _12.52. _ .:.. 1:.92.8_ .:.. _ 1:.92.9_ ~_of ~ 
 
: Thous. Thous. Thous. Theus. Thous. Thous. Percent 
 
Maine 
 
: 94 
 
62 
 
4 
 
2 
 
98 
 
64 
 
65 
 
N. H. 
 
: 121 
 
122 
 
2 
 
1 
 
123 
 
123 
 
100 
 
Vt. 
 
: 71 
 
52 
 
1 
 
0 
 
72 
 
52 
 
72 
 
Mass. 
 
: 462 
 
434 
 
10 
 
8 
 
472 
 
442 
 
94 
 
R.I. 
 
: 27 
 
26 
 
1 
 
2 
 
28 
 
28 
 
100 
 
Conn. 
 
: 219 
 
234 
 
6 
 
2 
 
225 
 
236 
 
105 
 
N. Y. 
 
: 646 
 
550 
 
12 
 
9 
 
658 
 
559 
 
85 
 
N. J. 
 
: 150 
 
150 
 
13 
 
13 
 
163 
 
163 
 
100 
 
Pa. 
 
:_ !,~ 
 
!'ft 
 
15 
 
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y~ _ 
 
N. Atl. :_ g,9~~ 
 
g,_2 
 
~02. 
 
!3! __ ~,!5~ _ _2.13285- __ y __ 
 
Ohio 
 
: 2,402 
 
1,935 
 
091 1,123 3,153 3,05 
 
97 
 
Ind. 
 
: 2,539 
 
2,139 
 
478 
 
655 3,017 2,794 
 
93 
 
Ill. 
 
: 981 
 
963 
 
113 
 
120 1,094 1,083 
 
99 
 
Mich. 
 
: 853 
 
Wis. 
 
:_ g,64~ 
 
E. N. Cent.:_ 2.,~~ 
 
690 
 
149 
 
200 1,002 
 
890' 89 
 
1,18. 
 
l2. 
 
128 __ g, 771 __3.1316 
 
!41 _ 
 
2.,512 __ !,2.59 __ g,22~ __1l,Q41 _ !1.z...7~1 __ !Ob _ 
 
Minn. 
 
: 9,313 
 
11,347 1,22b 1,b49 10,539 13,49b 12g 
 
Iowa 
 
: 5,929 
 
6,656 
 
875 
 
1,373 
 
6,804 8,~ 
 
118 
 
Mo. 
 
: 2,957 
 
3,087 
 
174 
 
424 3,131 3,511 
 
112 \ 
 
N. Dak. 
 
: 682 
 
800 
 
24 
 
19 
 
706 
 
819 
 
116 
 
S. Dak. 
 
: 616 
 
729 
 
32 
 
68 
 
708 
 
797 
 
113 
 
Nebr. 
 
: 1,055 
 
1,016 
 
24 
 
40 1,079 1,056 
 
98 
 
Kans. 
 
: 110 
 
698 
 
38 
 
80 
 
748 
 
778 
 
104 
 
W. N. Cent ..:..-g1J..3g2_- _- _-gfiJ..g~-83-- 2J..323_-_-_3J..b23_-_-g3J..7!"5_-_2.~_-_-_~~- 
 
Del. 
 
: 113 
 
12 
 
399 
 
3t>4 
 
512 
 
1+92 
 
90 
 
Md. 
 
: 241 
 
'200 
 
8'7 
 
43 
 
328 
 
243 
 
74 
 
Va. 
 
: 2,021 
 
1,602 4,455 5,133 6,476 6,735 
 
~04 
 
w. Va. 
 
: 477 
 
266 
 
916 
 
834 1,393 1,100 
 
79 
 
N. C. 
s. C. 
 
: 1,557 : 880 
 
1,504 
 
196 
 
214 1,753 1,118 
 
98 
 
807 
 
14 
 
42 
 
894 
 
849 
 
95 
 
Ga. 
 
: 283 
 
280 
 
1 
 
4 
 
284 
 
284 
 
100 
 
Fla. S. Atl. 
Ky. 
 
: 165 :- 5,737 - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
lEo 
fi,967 - 
 
- 
 
97 b,165 - 
 
- 
 
212 b,34b - 
 
262 -11.902 - 
 
392 1i:-813- - 
 
- 
 
-1i5J0 - 
 
:- - 334 - - - - 380 - - - -23 - - - -lb - - -- 357 - - -39b - - III - 
 
Tenn. Ala. Miss. Ark. 
La. Okla. 
Texas 
S. Cent. Mont. Idaho Wyo. Colo. N. Mex. Ariz. Utah Nev. Wash. Oreg. 
Calif. West 
 
: 170 
 
: 203 
 
: 181 
 
: 2,044 
 
: 
 
42 
 
: 847, 
 
:_ 
:_ 
 
11,,3~2Q~ 
 
:..LO 
 
: 179 
 
: 
 
6 
 
: 1,312 
 
: 74 
 
: 100 
 
: 2.591 
 
: 
 
2 
 
: 508 
 
: 1,462 
:_11,~! 
.:_12,_ ~ 
 
91 
 
11 
 
36 
 
187 
 
127 
 
68 
 
139 
 
103 
 
57 
 
306 
 
196 
 
64 
 
171 
 
20 
 
71 
 
207 
 
248 
 
120 
 
1,459 31 
 
337 
 
 ,303 2,381 1,762 
 
42 
 
31 
 
74 74 
 
866 
 
187 
 
127 1,034 
 
993 
 
96 
 
~3,,2!.59Q1 
 
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i:,g81 
 
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72. !,g82. 
 
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!3i,,1g230~ 
 
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!OQ_ 
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23 
 
1 
 
3 
 
19 
 
2 0 ' 137 
 
199 
 
35 
 
41 
 
2,14 
 
240 
 
112 
 
4 
 
0 
 
1 
 
6 
 
5 
 
83 
 
1,352 
 
14 
 
14 1,326 1,366 
 
103 
 
63 
 
6 
 
5 
 
80 
 
68 
 
85 
 
103 
 
0 
 
0 
 
100 
 
103 
 
103 
 
2,384 
1 
 
207 
0 
 
331 2,198 2,721 
 
2 
 
1 
 
97 50 
 
546 
 
1 
 
14 
 
515 
 
560 
 
109 
 
1,248 
~,!7g 
,2.92 
 
141 
 
243 1,603 1,491 
 
~O. __ ..;; ~ __1~,.32. _l2{gl 
 
12 __ !,191 _ _2Q,,lOg _ !9J.. Q2 
 
93 
..9~_ 
_ 
 
' 
 
Umted States 66, 121 
 
66,427 12,228 15,448 78,349 81,875 
 
105 
 
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REPOR~s..E.ILV-lCE 
IUNIVERSlh OF GEORGIA 
 
~v Ej-EJ ;J-<\-LrYC, ~B~f J~Y SEP 4'59 
 
Released 9/2/59 
 
gEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
, 
Athens, Ga., September 2--A total of 5,331,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending August 29, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting .Service. This compares with the 5,370,000 placed the' Jirevi~s week,and is J percent lessthan the 5,493,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6,485,000 compared with. 6,775,000 the previous week and is 7 percent less than the 6,968,000 for the 
corresponding week .last Year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 40 to 60 cents with an average of 51 cents: f'or all 
hatching eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery 
owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 40 to 60 cents with an average of 
Sp cents for all hatching eggs and 48 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from 
flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported ~thin a range of :~7.00 to ;~9.00 with an average of ~~8.00 per hundred compared w1th a range of ~7.00 to ~~9.00 with an average of ~p7. 75 per hundred last week. The' ayerage prices last year were-66 cents for eggs and $10.50 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending August 29 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds at farms 14. 90. 
 
- GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week 
~nding 
! 
J\U1e 27 JU.. ly 4 JUly 11' July 18 July 25 Aug., 1 Aug. 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 
 
.' 
1958 
 
Eggs Set 11 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers .in Georgia 
 
1959 
 
1959 ~o of 1958 
 
1~9.S 
 
- '19S9' 
 
~ 
, 
 
1.~59 c( 
9'1958 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent mnQ~ -. Th.ou. Percent 
 
Eggs I Chicks 
Set IHatched 1959 1959 
Thou. I Thou. 
 
8,658 9,210 106 6,878 6,922 . 101 
 
81 190 
 
8,741 9,073" 104 6,724 6,776 101 184' 
 
97 
 
8,771 8,741 100 6,869 6,573 96 
 
96 191 
 
8,560 8,337 
 
97 6,340 6,554 103 165' 
 
61 
 
8,254 8,231 100 6,329 6,398 100 131. 138 
 
8,304 7,771 
 
94 6,193 6,033 97 . 192 
 
72 
 
8,010 7,419 
 
93 5,969 5,807 97 212 124 
 
7,448 6,932 
 
93 5,868 5,730 98 168 
 
97 
 
7,294 6,775 
 
93 5,660 5,370 95 212 144 
 
6,968 6,485 
 
93 5,493 5,331 97 161 168 
 
11 
 
Includes 
 
eggs 
 
set 
 
by 
 
hatcheries 
 
producing 
 
. 
chicks for 
 
hatchery 
 
supply 
 
flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. lrJAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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tr.--S~--De~p~-ct-1t- -o~ f A~g-ri- cu-lt- ur- e ~-~-------A-g- ri- cu- ltu-ra~l -E- xte-n- sio-n-S- er- vic-e 
 
\gricUltijrqi ~~ketlng Service" 
 
State Depar~ment of Agriculture 
 
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3i9 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 . EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN CQ1MERCIAL AREAS BY 'WEEKS 
 
STATE 
 
Aug. 
 
~ug. ,Aug. 
 
IS 
 
' 22 
 
29 
 
Week Ending 
 
July 
25 ' 
 
Aug . , 
1 
 
:' 
Aug. ' 
6 .. 
 
:Aug. ~ 
15 
 
. 
Aug~; 
22 
 
- 
" 
,AUg'. 
. 29 
 
t" 
 
: 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
J ,", 
 
" 
 
.' . 
 
I 
 
.. 
 
Maine 
 
1,369 1;116 :513 
 
1,212 .' 1,160 1,16.3 1;062 
 
960 1,046 
 
Connecticut 
 
773 '673 . : 729 
 
629 
 
636 . : 467 
 
505 
 
420 
 
469 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,235 1,,296 1,100 
 
707'" .716 
 
673 ' 757 ' ' 659: 
 
714 
 
Indiana Illinois 
 
I 
 
1,654 216 
 
1,521 ' 1,554 '2ll ~,,', :l.90 
 
678 
 
797 
 
108 
 
III 
 
'736 
130 
 
791 ,103' , 
 
i 
 
767 138, 
 
'-. 
 
710 100 ' 
 
I Missour;i. . 
Delaware , .' 
 
Maryland Virginia 
 
- 
 
- ...... 
 
West Virginia ' 
 
1,624 1,349 2,771 1,813 
287 
 
1;386 . 1,332 
 
1,172 1',171 
 
2,651 2,568 
 
1,607 1,352 
 
262 
 
237 " 
 
865 
 
845 . , .85.7 
 
1,625 1,550 1,$73 
 
2,001 :' 1,'898 2,033 
 
1,272 1,026 1;116 
 
515 484 . 445 
 
: '815 ~ " : 805i 
 
1,742; 1,607 
,I' 782~. l!,967 
 
1~009 1,060 
 
. 528 
 
463 
 
768 
 
1,569 
 
1,934 
 
1,001 486 
 
. 
 
 
, 
 
North CarOlina ' 
 
3,172 3,033 2,7'84 
 
2,764 ,2,576 2,551 2,660 2,581 2,396 
 
! 
 
South 'Carolina 
 
446 
 
401 387 
 
.' 354 .. 3.~1 . 
 
348 
 
292 
 
272.' 
 
303 
 
.... 
 
G!mGIA 
 
: 
 
.6,932 6,775 6,485 
 
6,298 5,033 5;807 5,730 5,370 5,331 
 
Florida .... '.'. Alabama MississiPPi Arkansas Louisiana Texas' Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1959 
TarAL 1958 
1959 % of 1958 
 
.' . 320 
 
361 283 
 
187 
 
144 
 
'158 
 
177. : 205 
 
170 
 
3,655 3,466 3,386 
 
3,295 3,177 3,098 2,973 3,019 3,034 
 
'2,724 2,386 2,451 
 
2,214 .2,132 2,045 2,169 . 2,03S 1,780 
 
3,399 3,248 . 3,300 . , 
 
3,597 . 3~J58 , 3,281 3,011 '. 3,02~.: 2.,669 
 
505 
 
465 . 523 
 
2,497 2,405 2,.225 - 
 
. 423 
 
363 
 
2,142 . 2,250 
 
374 2,014 
 
. 413: .' 366 
 
~,073 
 
2,028 
 
. '391 1,915 
 
; 357 
 
380 311 
 
303 
 
287 
 
335 : 340' . 292 
 
'277 
 
290 1,245 
 
313 259 1,251 1,084 
 
.. 
 
237 1,045 
 
213 . 165 
 
872 
 
'959 
 
: 186 t 878 
 
. 161 888, 
 
200 . '800 , 
 
I 
: 
 
I- 
 
38.633 36,403 34,230 40,696 39,950 37,908 
 
32,671 30,963 33,378 32,440 
 
30,354 32,003 
 
3~,082 3~,232 
 
' .2~,jO?: 28;325 
. . . .. 
'3F>,02S 28,883 
 
.' 
 
95 
 
91 ,90 
 
. 98 
 
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CGE(Q)~GllA <ClR{(Q)l[).1O) m' 16~ 1rllNG SJE~Vll<CJE 
 
AGRICULTURAL I!XTENSION SERVICE 
 
UNIVI!RS'TY"OF GEORGI'. AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
. 
 
SEP 11'59 
LIBRARIES 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 118 EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS, GA. 
September 8, 1959 
 
-.GEORGtLt- C'01'!I'GlV REPORTAS, OFL.BEPrEMBER 1 
 
.\ 
Prospects on September 1 indicated a Georgia cotton crop of 575,000 bales (500 poUIids gross weight) According to information .reported by crop correspondentr to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The current production is 63 percent . above last year f s short cro~ of 352, 000 ba~es but 12 percent below the 10-year (1948-57) average of 655,000 bales. Indicated yield of lint per acre is 418 pounds and has been exceeded only by the 1958 record yield of 443 pounds. The acreage for harvest is estimated at 660,000 acres. 
 
Weather conditions during At~t were generally favorab~ for harvesting operations and good progress was made in southern and central districts. Be- 
tween' 35 and 40 percent of the crop was ginned in southern districts prior to September 1 and the central area had ginned about 30 percent. Harve,st,tns opera- 
tions were becoming active in most of the northern area. The hot, dry weather during August in portions of the central and northern districts retarded vegetative growth and caused rather heavy shedding of squares and small bolls. Prospective yields were reduced below August 1 expectations in these areas. 
 
Final outturn of the crop, c.ompared with the forecast, will depend on . whether or not the various factors affecting the cotton crop during the remainder of the season are more or less favorable than usual. 
 
The Burea~ of the Census reports 133,000 running bales ginned prior to September 1 compared with 93,000 to that date in 1958 and 148,000 in 1957. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE IANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
GEORGIA MAP SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 1959 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1958 &1957 
 
1959 production indicated on September 1 
 
- STATE - 
 
1959 - 575,000 1958 - 352,000 1957 - 396,000 
 
Districts shown are Crop Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts. 
 
) 
\ VII 
1959-69,000 1958-53,700 1957-55,000 
 
VIII 
1959-116,700 1958- 83,300 1957- 90,000 
VALDOSTA 
 
IX 
1959-23,000 1958-14,800 1957-12,000 
))[1 
 
PLEASE TURN PAGE FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATION 
 
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. 
 
UNITED STATES - C~ON EEPORT AS OF'SEPrEMBER 1, 1959 
 
The Crop Reporting Board. of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the fdl~oWing report fram data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, 
 
Bureau of the Census, Commodity Stabilization Service, and cooperating State 
 
agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend 
 
upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the remainder of the 
 
season are more or less favorable than usual. - - - - - - - -: Acres -:- - - L1nt-yie1d7 per- - 
 
-:- - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-Production -g; - - - - 
 
: for :_ 
 
!!.8!Y~s~e~ !c,e 
 
:_ ~OQ-~oE?~ .6.r.s~ :!!e'!'g!!,t_b!~s_ 
 
State 
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - y : :harvest : 1948'-51 : H':}l!ii'l: 1959 : 1948'-51: 1958: 
 
;195,9 
 
average : ~~q: indic.: average:, 
 
.: 
 
1,000 
 
1,000 1,000 
 
1959 indic. 1,000 
 
acres 
 
North Carolina: South Carolina: Georgia  : 
. . .. Tennessee   : 
Alabama Mississippi  : 
 
395 565 660 
515 815 1,440 
 
Pounds 
324 310 284 392 312 396 
 
Pounds 'Pounds 
 
466 
 
383 
 
406 
 
381 
 
443 '418 
 
501 550 
 
398 421 
 
409 533 
 
bales 
419 598 655 512 844 1,110 
 
-bales 256 
299 
352 419 
439 961 
 
bales 
315 455 515 590 125 1,600 
 
Missouri .. : 
 
400 
 
396 
 
Arkansas .. : 1,295 
 
386 
 
Louisiana   : 
 
495 
 
396 
 
Oklahoma   . : 
 
600 
 
184 
 
Texas '  . : 6,300 232 
 
446 
 
540 
 
386 
 
436 524 1,429 
 
392 
 
415 
 
624 
 
365 
 
312 
 
361 
 
,383 
 
345 
 
3,956 
 
275 925 
291 313 4,308 
 
450 1,415 
490 
390 4,525 
 
New Mexico .  : 
 
198 
 
582 
 
820 812 
 
215 
 
301 
 
335 
 
Arizona .  .: 
 
380 831 
 
931 992 
 
140 
 
134 
 
185 
 
California other States 
 
.'J:/ 
 
815 58 
 
148 1,049 1,086 
 
304 
 
403 393 
 
1,424 48 
 
1,604 
29 
 
1,980 
48 
 
----------------------------------------- 
 
United States: 14,991 329 
 
466 470 14,046 
 
11,512 
 
14,618 
 
- Am;r:--Ewt.~7 -66.4 - - 435 - - -525- - 54"1 - - - 49-:1- ~ - -83.6 - - - -14.8 
 
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A 509-1b. bale Illinois, Kentucky, 
 
!!J and Nevada. 
 
Included in State 9J1d United States totals. Grown in Texas, 
 
New Mexico, Arizona, and California. 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
.. 
 
 <GJEO)~(GllA C~(Q)IP' ~~llNG SI&:~VH<CJE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
SEP11 '59 
LIBRARIES 
 
 S. DEPARTMENT 0'" AGRICULTURE GRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 19 EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS. GA. 
September 9, 1959 
 
IS- 
 
FARM P~ICE REPORT AS OF AUGUST 15, 1959 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index 'ot Prices Received by Georgia Farmers declined 
. three points to 249 percent of'its 1910-1914 average during the JIlonth ended August 15, 1959. Primarily responsible for the decline were lower prices for peanuts, corn, and tobacco. Partially offsetting were increases for cotton. hogs, and beef 'cattle. At mid..August the Index',was 16' points (6 percent) b~low a year earlier. 
 
UNITED STATES: During the month ended August 15 the Index of Prices Received by 
Farmers dropped one-half of one,percent (1 point) to 239 percent 
of its 1910-14 average. Primarily responsible for the decline were lower prices for potatoes, cattle, and cotton. Nearly offsetting were increases for milk, hogs, and wheat. The August index was nearly 4 percent below a year earlier. 
 
The Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services including Interest, 
Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates "Tas 291 on August 15, down one-third of 1 percent (1 point) from July. It was 1 pel'cent higher than a year earlier. Prices paid for commodities were only slightly higher than in August 1958, but interest, taxes, and wage rates were all substantially higher than a year ago. 
 
r,he Parity Ratio was 80 in mid-August, down 1 percent fram a month earlier, 6 percent fram August of last year, and the lowest since March 1951. 
 
Summary Table for Georgia and the United States 
 
Index : -Aug. -15 : - Ju1yr5-" :-Aug.15 1.9.J.0-J-1+__ -=,__ J-OO: 1958 : 1959 :. . _1959 UNITED STATES 
Prices' R- e-ceive.. d) : 248 
 
Record high Index : Date 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Prices Received: 
 
, All Commodities 26 
 
'252 
 
All Crocs : 280 
 
21 
 
Livestock and 
 
Products ' : 213 : 204 
 
: 
 
204: 2 
 
1/ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for 
 
dates. gj Also May 1959. 'jj Also April 1951., 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
., 
 
 ......__. -'- 
 
--",-., - _ -_ -. - _. PRICES RE:CEntD BY FARME:RS AUGUST 15, 1959 VITm COMPARISCNS 
 
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cc:MdODITY ANDLNIT 
Wh~~t';'b~=-" --.-.... 
 
I I : Average i Aug .15: July 15 Aug. 15 I I Average Aug .15 : July 15! Aug15 
 
'1910-141 1958' 1959 1959 i 1910-14; 1958 I 1959 i 1959 
 
II : f(."-l:231'-i~ea;:--i::;4-II-i~77--~"-"'~8a4t-i.64 
 
i 
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i.jo; 
 
1.75 
 
Oats, bu. 
 
, 
. .$ 
 
.67 II 
 
I. 
 
.85 ~I 
 
.69 I" 
 
I' 
.75: 
 
'1 
3991 
 
I 
.536 Il 
 
i 
.610;i .6a:! 
 
Corn,' bu. . .. 
 
$: 
 
I .91 
 
I 
 
I 
 
1.52; 1.32 i 1.28 
 
Barley, bu. Sorghun Grain, cwt. Cotton, Ib 
 
$' 
 
IJ 1.15 I 1.00: 1.05 
 
1 
$: 
j 
! 
 
II 12.1 
 
I 
2.251, 2.05 
34.5 j 33.5 
 
I 1.95 
I 35.0 
 
Cottonseed, ton 
 
$! I 
 
I 
 
23.65: 49.00, 
 
_ 
 
I 40.00 
 
Soybeans, bu. 
 
. II 
$1 
 
.I - I I I 2.10 
 
2.10 
 
Peanuts, lb. 
 
I 5.2 I 11.0' _ ., 9.5 
 
I 
 
! 
 
Sweetpotatoes, owt. 
 
$: 
 
I 
 
Lespedeza Seed, Al1,owt.$ ; .. 
 
I.84 : 
 
5.00. 
II 
 
6.00 
 
5.80 
 
' 
 
Hay, baled, per ton: All Alfalfa Lespedeza 
Soybean & Cowpea 
Pea.nut 
Wool, lb. 
Milk Cows, head 
Hogs, cwt. 
Beef Cattle, owt. 
 
 
 
$1 
 
26.00 : 27.00 25.70 
 
$~ 
 
34.80 i 34.50 33.00 
 
$. 
 
28.00 i 29.50 27.50 
 
$$1' 
 
I 30.00 I 30.50 
22.00 24.00 
 
29.50 23.00 
 
I 
I, 
$! I 
 
I 
 
I II 4C.0 46.0 
 
II 44.0 
 
33.85 1 155.00 ,II 110.'00 
 
'! 170.00 I 
 
i 
$1 , 
 
I 7 .~61 
 
21.50 : 14.10 
 
14.20 
I 
 
$; 3.96 17.901 19.30 I 19.40 
 
Calves, cwt. 
Milk,Wbolesale,cwt.: Fluid Mkt. Mn.nuf. All 
Turkeys, lb. 
Chickens, per lb.: Pam Com'l Broil. All 
Eggs, doz. 
 
I 
$1 
 
Ii 22.80! 25.10 24.80 
 
I 
 
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$'1 
J , 
 
- I i _ IIV 2.43 
 
5.87 : 5.80 3.37; 3.25 5.78 !J5~70 
 
I . ) ,26.0 23.0 
 
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:y'5.75 
 
I 23.0 
 
I 
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13.3 
 
I 
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14.5 
 
I: 
 
I 16.6 I 16.5! 
 
13.5 15.0 15.0 
 
21.4 47.7 40.5 
 
! 12.5 14.5 14.4 
39.8 
 
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II 
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I .642l 
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11 12.4 
 
1.18 
 
I' I 
1.13 I 
 
i. .855 
 
~895 
 
I 
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I 1.72 ' II  1: .78 
 
1.13 .833 1.61 
 
I 33.22 
 
34.05133.28 
 
I~I 22.55 
 
I 47.60 
 
42.00; 42.80 
 
'I,I 
 
- 
 
I. 4.8 
 
2.11 "I 10.9! 
 
2.05,I 1.98 _ . II 9.54 
 
III, 
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I 
1.60 Ii 
 
3.73 
 
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6.10., 2.94 
 
i 
 
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17.20 
 
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i lS.40 i 
 
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19.40 
 
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17.30 
 
19.00 I 20.10 
 
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II 
 
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18.3 
 
20.00 27.S0 19.80 
37.9 
 
20.80 I 21.00 
i 26.70 i 26.00 
20.10 19J.0 
44.1 iI 44.3 
 
!I 
 
212.00 235.001 236 00 
 
II 7.27 20080 
 
I 13 .30 14.00 
 
I, 
 
! 
 
: i, 1 5.42 
 
21.60 
 
: I 6.75 iI 25.10 
 
23 .10' 22.70 28.10 i 27 040 
 
IIiI 
 
I 
 
II 
,II ~ 
 
_ I: 4.61 
 
4.43 j 
 
3.13 , 3.05. _ 
 
y :V 1.60 : 4.05 
 
3.90 'y'4J.0 
 
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i 14.4 
 
24.8 
 
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I 
22.4 : 21.9 
 
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11.4 
 
14.0 17.6 17.0 
 
I 21.5 
 
37.7 
 
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PRICES PAID BY FARMERS FOR SELECTED lEEDS AUGUST 15,1959 
 
WITH COMPARISCN S 
 
._ - 
 
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XJND OF FEED 
 
I . Aug. 15 ! Jul,y 15 au. . 15 ; Aug. 15 ; July 15 i.Aug. 15 
 
- 
 
- 
 
----.-0 ... . ..._.._ _ I, 1958. --+.I--...... 195._9 _.i... 1959 .... ' : 1 958 .~!- _1_9- 5- 9--_~: __ ,_1" 959 I 
 
.1JlIDtpd b4tvPkd 
 
r 
 
! 
 
Dollars Por.l00 Pounds' 
 
11.11 Under 29% Protein 
16% Protein 18% Protein 20J' Protein 24% Protein 
H~h Protein Feeds 
CO tonseed Meat (41%) 
Soybean Meal (44%) Meat Scrap 
 
BGrraanin By-Products Middlings 
Corn Meal 
 
Poultry Feed 
 
Broiler GrOwing Mash Lo.ying Mash 
 
Scratch Grains 
 
lttf naled 
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4.00 3.90 
4.30 4.15 4.50 
 
3.90 3.80 4.00 4.10 4.25 
 
33..9800 
 
: Ii ! 
 
I 4.05 I 
4.00 
 
4.25 
 
I 
 
3.70 3.M 3.62 3.95 
3.97 
 
3.67 3.63 3.57 3.90 3.94 
 
4.10 4.15 
 
4.05 4.10 
 
4.05 4.10 
 
4.07 4.62 
 
4.20 4.26 
 
I i !I 
 
3.30 
 
3.25 
 
3.30 
 
2.71 
 
2.77 
 
3.50! 3.55 
 
I 
 
3.40 I 3.30 
 
I 3.55 
3.~ 
 
2.88 3.39 
 
2.93 3.25 
 
.' 
 
I 5.20 II 
4.95 4.45 
 
4.85 4.75 4.20 
 
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4.75 I'" 
4.75 4.20 
 
5.11 4.58 4.00 
 
4.85 4.47 3.93 
 
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28.20 : 28.40 
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3.66 3.61 3.58 3.86 3.94 
4.16 4.20 
2.75 2.95 3.25 
4.83 4.44 3.93 
29.10 
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Released 9/9/59 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPOR~ 
 
Athens, Ga., September 9--A total of 4~812,000 broiler chicks were placed 
with Producers in Georgia during the week ending September 5, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 5,331,000 placed the previous week and is 7 percent less than tl1e 5,179,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6,373,000 compared with 6,~85,000 the previous week ~d is 7 percent less than the 6,97;1.,000 for the corresponding' week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatohing eggs were 
reported within a range of 40 to 60 cents with an average of 52 cents for all ha~ching eggs; and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with 
hatchery owned cockerels.. Last week the range was from 40 to 60 cents with an 
l average of 51 i cents for all hatching eggs and 49 cents for eggs purchased at the 
far.m from flocks with hatchery awned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
lolere reported within a range of $7.50 to $8.50 with an average of $8.00 per hundred compared with a range of $7.00 to ~~9.00 with an average of $8.00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 66 cents for eggs and $10.50 for chicks. ' 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 2 3/4- 
3 3/4 poUnd Georgia broilers at tarzr.a during,the week ending September 5 was 
14.90. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET. HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACErr!ENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
y Eggs Set 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
I EGG TIPE 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 1959 
 
1959 % 
Of 1958 1958 
 
I 19S9 o1f915995%8 1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
July 4 July '11 July 18 ; 
July,25 ' Aug. ' 1 Aug. 8 
Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 
 
8,741 8,771 8,560 8,254 8,302 8,010 
7,448 7,294 6,968 6,971 
 
9,073 8,741 8,337 8,231 7,771 7,419 6,932 6,775 6,485 6,373 
 
104 6,724 6,776 101 184 
 
97 
 
100 6,869 6,573 
 
96 
 
96 
 
191 
 
97 6,340 6,554 103 165 
 
61 
 
100 6,329 6,398 100 131 
 
138 
 
94 6,193 6,033 
 
97 192 
 
72 
 
93 5,969 5,807 
93 5,868 5,730 93 5,660 5,370 
 
Y 97 212 
 
124 
 
98 205 
 
97 
 
95 212 - 144 
 
93 5,493 5,331 
 
97 161 
 
168 
 
93 5,179 4,812 
 
93 
 
91 
 
154 
 
11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
y Revised. 
 
ARCHIE IANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. v.TAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
---------~----~-~------------------------ 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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STATE 
 
- 
 
-. 
 
Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
Indiana . . .. 
 
Illinois 
 
liisS:Oltt'-i ',"-. 
Delaware: 
 
.. 
 
Maryland -- 
 
Virginia 
 
Wes,t Viz:ginia 
 
NOt:th; C~o;u.na . 
 
South Carolina'- 
 
GEORGiA ;... : 
 
EGGS SET- AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS.. BY WEEKS 
 
-'';: 
EaGd SET - THOUSANDS 
'. I. 
 
Week Ending 
 
, 
 
.~. 
 
CHICKS pTACF.n - 'lHOUSANDS 
 
! Au~. 
 
Aug. 
 
Sept. 
 
Aug. 
 
Aug. Aug. 
 
Aug. 
 
Aug . 
 
22 
 
29 
 
5 
 
1 
 
8 
 
15 
 
. 22 
 
29 . 
 
, 
 
: 
 
: 
 
1,118 ' 613 
1,298 1,521; 
211 1,386. 1,172 
2,65~ 
1,607 282 
3,033 . 401 
 
513 729 1,100 1,554 190 
1,332 . 1,111 ": 2,568 .' 1,352 
237 :2., 784 
387: 
 
1,099 746 976 
1,303 172 
1,294 1,138 . 2,708 1,289 
196 2,961 
385 
 
.1,160 1,i63 
 
61~ ." "-470* 
 
718 " 673 
 
- 797 
 
736 
 
111 . 130 
 
845 - 857 
 
1,550 i,573 
 
. 1,898 2,033 
 
1,026 1,116 
 
484 . '.445 
 
2,576 2,551 
 
331 
 
348 
 
1,054* 485* 757 791 i03 81S' 
1,742 1,782 1,009 
528 2,660 
292 
 
. 980: 1,048 
 
4201 469 
 
.659 - 714 
 
767 . 710 
 
~38' 
 
100 
 
805 
 
768 
 
1,6,07 : 1,569 
 
1,967 . 1,934 
 
1,0-60:. 1,001 
 
ll6J 
 
&86 : 
 
2,581 2,396 
 
272 . 303 
 
6,775 6,485 6,.373 
 
6,033 5,80i 5,.730 5,~70 _ 5,331 
 
.. - 
Sept. 
5 
1,061 427 774 604 '. 156 724 
1,326 1,871 
984 467 2,405 263 4,812 
 
Florida 
 
-', 
 
Ala-pama '. 
 
Mississippi 
 
-I 
, 
 
Ark.ans~s 
 
Louisiana' . , 
 
Texas 
 
" 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
L. 
 
California 
 
, 
 
361 3,466 2,386 3,248 
465 2,405 
380 
313 1,251 
 
- 283 :),386 2,451 
3,.300 . 523 
. 2,225 
317 259r 1,084' 
;, 
 
407 3,106 2,318 3,122 
417 2,172 
303 253 1)332 
 
144 
 
158 
 
3,177 ),998 
 
2,132 2,045 
 
3,358 . :.3,487 
 
379* 
 
2,250 
 
287 
 
.'" 
 
213 913* 
 
374 2,0+4 
335 165 959 
 
.. 
 
177 2,973 2,169 
3,077. 
413 2,073 
,340. 186 ,878 
 
205 ' . 170 
 
3,019 - 3:,034 
 
2,035 1,780 3,.024 i 2~869  
 
..3P6 j - 391' 
 
2,028 1,975 . 
 
292 . 277 
 
161 
 
200 
 
888 
 
800 
 
213 2,906 1,664 2,769 
366 1,870 . 
317 121 839 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
 
:36)403 34,230 34,130 39,950 37,908 37,213 
 
30;996Jt 30,337* 30,03l.$- 29,307 28,}25 : 26,939 32,440 32,003 31,232 30,025 : 28,883 28,117 
 
1959 %of 1958:" 
 
- 91 90 .. 
"> 
., . 
 
,: 
 
92 
 
* Revised 
 
9~' 
 
95 
 
96 
 
98 .. :,98 
 
96 
 
: 
 
.. : 
--. . ". 
 
.-- 
 
.' ~1 
 
.. _ 
 
... , 
 
'f 
 
i- 
 
 <GIEQ)~(GllA,ce~(Q)~~ 
 
, 
 
r 
 
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i .Vii "\r lif-:"GIA 
 
ACiRICULTURAL EXTENSJON SEIWICE, . :, ;:, , \" 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
. 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT :OF AG~I~U,LT~~E ' l~EP 
 
~thens Georgi's ,. ' '... , '... .. 
 
. 
 
, 
 
, llSRflRIES 
 
U:.S,:DEPARTMENT qF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE lie EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
September 9, 1959 
 
GEORGIA PEANUTS "PICKEDAND THm..sHED  1958 CROP 
 
 (Ih~s~ ~sj;.j;e ~r~ ~B,eg ~n.. tb~lltIS.t vliJ.a~l~ ga,ta.BDd.are.PteJ.iztdDBlY.l 
 
District and: 
 
: ,.,.. 
 
: 
 
___Co_un_ty_____ !~ 
 
Harvested Acres 
 
!: 
 
_Y_ie1 ldP~P~edr!A)_c_re!: 
 
Production 
iOQO_P~~d~) 
 
_ 
 
DISTRICTS I, 
II &III 
- -DISTRICT IV 
Chattahoochee Harris Macon }larion Muscogee Schley Talbot, , Taylor Upson 
Total 
DISTRICT V 
Baldwin B1eck1ey Crawford Dodge Hancock Houston Johnson Laurens Mongtomery Newton Peach Pulaski Treut1en Twiggs Washington Wheeler Wilkinson 
Total 
DISTRICT VI 
Bulloch Burke Candler Effingham Emanuel 
G1asc~ck 
Jefferson Jenkins Richmond Screven Warren 
Total 
DISTRICT VII 
Baker Calhoun Clay Decatur Dougherty Early Grady Lee 
 
o 
 
o 
 
180 5 
5,450 3,280 
10 3,140 
150 2,100 
JS 
14,330 
 
517 200 975 901 500 1,095 667 1,111 661 
995 
 
20 2,210 
20 7,240 
5 5,600 
390 7,950 1,060 
15 570 9,420 50 1,350 1,550 940 680 
39,130 
 
200 994 850 991 400 989 149 946 788 533 1,033 1,145 280 815 634 902 812 
981 
 
1~,910 
5,900 . ~,240 
370 3,010 
330" 2,630 3,05c. 
290 4,610 
30 
34,490 
 
1,211 829 904 
1,319 951 558 159 190 662 876 533 
985 
 
15,150 17,200 11,890 17,010 6,070 33,580 
8,670 15,910 
(Continued) 
 
1,130 1,321 
1,158 1,254 1,050 1,197 1,077 
1,104 
 
o 
93 
1 
5,316 2,955 
5 
3,438 100 
2,334 10 
14,25~ 
4 
2,251 11 
7,172 
2 
5,540 292 
1,520 835 8 589 
10,784 14 
1,181 982 848 593 
38,638 
15,712 4,894 1,121 
488 2,920 
184 1,995 2,411 
192 4,038' 
16 
33,971 
17,119 22,721 13,168 21,324 6,373 40,186 9,336 11,635 
 
. ....,;. ~ 
 
 ;1:" 
 
'0.-'" .,' 
 
'f.. 
 
. .'. 
 
" " 
 
GEORGIA lDNUTS PICKED AND THRESHED - 1956 CROP 
 
,.(!h!S! !s~i~~e! !I"~'~Ii!f':Ig En_the.l!t!s~ !"!1!~1! ~a~a_~9_~~_p!e~s!yl. 
 
District' and __ ...Cgunt;I 
 
':' H t d A 
 
: Yield Per Acre .0:' , Production 
 
 :. _ ~e~ ~ _ :r:s. :. __ !Pg\JDd>' _ :. '!OQO.Pgundt ,;. _ 
 
DISTRICT VII (Cont'd) 
Miller Uitche11 Quitman Randolph Seminole Stewart Sumter Terrell 
Thomas 
Webster 
 
20,160 21,170 4,270 22,220 13,090 8,350 15,860 
23,380 4,550 9,090 
 
1,464 1,347 1,018 
1,193 1,244 
869 1,214 1,213 
922 1,142 
 
29,510 28,518 
4,347 26,502 16,286 ,7,254 ' 
1.9,254 28,359 4,195 10,384 
 
Total 
 
267,680 
 
1,201 
 
323,071 
 
DISTRICT VIII 
 
Atkinson Ben Hill Berrien Brooks Coffee Colquitt Cook Crisp Dooly 
Irwin Jeff Darls Lanier 
Lowndes Telfair ' 
Tift 
Turner 
Wilcox Worth 
 
240 6,870 1,910 4,620 
3,450 9,510 2,210 
14,150 18,340 15,570 
90 10 600 
3,300 12,380 20,000 12,510 29,520 
 
1,212 1,233 1,200 
1,091 1,138 1,235 
1,456 
1,564 1,234 1,426 
989 700 975 874 1,330 1,204 1,260 1,245 
 
291 8,468 2,292 5,042 3,926 11,748 3,217 22,124 22,637 22,196 
89 
7 
585 2,883 16,468 24,087 15,763 36,761 
 
Total 
 
155,280 
 
1,279 
 
198,584 
 
DISTRICT IX 
 
Appling Bacon 
Bryan 
Evans 
Pierce Tattnal1 Toombs Wayne 
 
300 
15 
140 790 15 1,040 1,780 10 
 
1,127 
867 1,157 1,014 
800 1,124 1,028 
900 
 
338 13 162 801 12 1',169 1,830 
9 
 
Total 
 
4,090 
 
1,060 
 
4,334 
 
STATE 
 
515,000 
 
1,190 
 
612,850 
 
-- --- -- --- -~ ---- - -~ - ~ - --- - - -~ - -~ --~ ----- 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agrioultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
\.., 
 
. 
 
 31!J- 
 
__~JRi<GtfA-.C~(Q)lP'~~ THN~. SI~Vll(c[ 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF 'AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia. 
,., 
 
SEP17'59 
LIBRARIES 
 
u .. s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULlURE 
 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
318 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS"GA. 
September 14. 1959 
 
GENERAL~ROP REPORT AS OF SEPTEMBER I. 1959 
 
Prospects for mO$~~crops In Georgia either held, t~ir own or improved during A~gust with the excepttO~ of cotton. Hot, .dry.weather in portions of. central and northern d'~tricts reta,ded vegetative growth and. caused rather heavy shedding of squares and,small bolls~ Although the current season has not been as favorable as 1958. the yield per acr~~for most major crops this year now promisesto be second only to.las~ year's record high yields. 
 
GOOD CORN CROP: Current indications point to the second largest corn crop ever 
produced In the State, the Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. Production is now forecast at 79,056.000 hushels. a decrease of 7,696,000 bushels or 9 percent from last year's record crop of d6.752.000 bushels. The yield per acre of 27.0 bushels also. promises to be the second highest of record. bei~g surpassed 'only by, the .195u record yield of )2.0 bushels. The decline in yield prospects from last year is due primarily to a lack of moisture at various times during the growing season. 
 
ABOVE AVERAGE PEANUT CROP': The production ~f peanuts in Georgia this year is fore~ 
 
. 
 
. cast at 562.500.,000 pounds. 8 percent below the 1958 
 
,crop, but approximately 22 million pounds above average. The yield per acre at 
 
1.125 pounds will be second only to last year's record high yield of 1,190 pounds 
 
per acre. Harvesting of this year's crop progressed rapidly the last half of 
 
August under generally favorable condltlons~. The acreage for picking and thresh- 
 
ing is estimated at 500.000. three percent below a year ago and 21 percent below 
 
average. 
 
LEAF PRODUCTION UP: The State's flue-cured tobacco crop. currently estimated at 
106,500,000 pounds. Is nearly 19 percent larger than last year's crop of '09,610.000 pounds. The estimated yield per acre of 1,500 pounds 
is.only 45 pounds below the record 1958 yield of 1.545 pounds. The increase in production over last year is due to a larger acreage as Georgia farmers harvested 71,000 acres this year compared with 58.000 acres In 1958, 
 
AVERAGE PECAN CROP: Indications on September I pointed to a pecan crop of )6 million pounds. 9 million pounds less than production last year. 
but slightly above the 1943-57 average of 35,370.000 pounds. The crop Is unusually light in the Albany area. Prospects in central and northern counties are general- 
ly fair to good. Damage from scab to susceptible varieties has been heavy again this year. especially Schleys and Moneymakers. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
CROP AND 
UNIT 
 
: ACREAGE: 
 
: 
 
(000) : 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
: TOTAL PRODUCTION (OQO) 
 
. 1959 : Average : 1953 : Ind I cated: Average 1958 
 
. : 1940-57 : 
 
; 1959 : 1948-57 
 
: Indi: cated 
Ll959 
 
CORN. AII .. ~.bu.: 2.928 
 
18.5 32.0 
 
27.0 54,176 86,752 79,056 . 
 
WHEAT 
 
bu.: 100 
 
16.7 23.0 
 
21.0 2.099 I ,633 2.100 
 
OATS 
 
bu.: 259 
 
28.0 33.0 
 
]2.0 11,412 9.108 U,283 
 
",!BARLEY ...... bu.: 13 bu. : 16 
 
23.9 29.0 10.0 12.5 
 
29.0 12.5 
 
189 
 
290 
 
377 
 
78 
 
162 
 
200 
 
HAY, ALL .. tons~ 632 
 
.73 1.02 
 
1.01 
 
679 
 
641 
 
636 
 
TOBACCO.ALL ... lbs.: 72.1 
 
1.248 1.540 
 
1.498 119,353 91.018 107,985 
 
POTATOES.IRISH.cwt.: 4. I 
 
46 46 
 
53 
 
312 
 
222 
 
215 
 
POTATOES,SVEET.cwt.: 10.0 
 
42 
 
48 
 
45 1,137 
 
528 
 
450 
 
~OTTON ...... bales: 660 1/ 284 1/ 443 1/ 418 
 
655 
 
352 
 
575 
 
PeANUTS(P&T) ... lbs.: 500 - 866 -I ,190 -I .125 540,052 612,850 562.500 
 
SOYBEANS 
 
: 
 
for beans ... bu. : 82 
 
II. I 12.5 
 
14.5 
 
536 I ,125 I ,189 
 
SORGHUM 
 
for grain ... bu.: 33 
 
19. I 24.0 
 
24.0 1/ 581 
 
888 
 
792 
 
PEACHES iotal Crop .. bu.:: 
 
2. 101 I.. ,000 3,200 
 
PEARS 
 
Total Crop .... bu.: PECANS. . . . .   .. Ibs: 
 
147 
 
98 
 
85 
 
35,370 45,000 36,000 
 
PASTURE.CONDITION %: 
 
72 
 
85 
 
76 
 
1/ Pounds 1/ 1953-57 average 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
I 
 
.... _ _ ~\._-..-.,.. 
 
 UNITED 
 
STATES ~ 
 
GENERAL ,CRO.P,R;. EPORT 
 
AS 
 
OF SEPTEMBER ~,~. 
 
I, 
 
1.959 
 
To ta I crop prOduc t ion jus t und~ r I as t' 'y'ea r I ~ '''~t~n~ I n~i', r'eco rd now' seems 
 
~) 
 
likely, gIven succe'ssfu'J ,harvest of fall maturing crops. 'late" 'season crops 'develop 
 
ed rapidly during August heat and virtually all a~e expect~d to mature by average 
 
frost ~ate5. Lack 9f moisture threatened many localities during AU,gust, bvt most 
 
sections were favored by timely showers. 
 
' .. , , 
 
 I 
 
 
 
f9.B!!: Production of all co"," 'i'~"iorecas:t at a record of 4,382 million bushels, up 
 
5 percent f.rom the August .1 forecast, 15 percent above the previ-ous record 
 
last year and 35 percent above. average... Declines during the mooth in Mirinesota, ' 
 
North Dakota, New Yor~, Texas, Arkansas, and some of the f~r western States were 
 
far more than offset by Improvements,. ,inmost other.states .. The 'indicated yield per acre of 51.9 bus~1s Is an al.I-.time. r~cord '~tigh, b'Jt .only slightly above the 
 
previous record last year. The Dakotas aild Montana',.are the, only Sta.tes with below 
 
average yields this year. 
 
PEANUTS: Based on cond It Ions abol.,lt~ 5epte~ber, 1 ,the' product,ion.-pf Pea'nuts for 
 
'picking and threshing 15 estlmate~ at 1,710 mi 1J i.on pou.nd,s,,; about one 
 
percent, below the August 1 forecast. A decl ine In pr.o,sp'ect.lv~ production for:, 
 
Virginia and Texas was partially offset by higher production ~~tlmates.for South 
 
Carol'ina, Georgia, Flo,rlcta. 'a,,~ New Mexl~o. 
 
, 
 
.. 
 
PECANS: Production Is forec,%t at 132 million pounds. 24 percent below last. year 
and 12 percent below average. Prospective production is down from a month 
ago as: the result of declines in Oklahoma. Texas. Arkansas, and North end South Carolina- which more than offset Increa,ses. In Georgia and' Louisiana. Prospects. are for more seedling pecans than la~t year but fewer Improvad varieties. All States east of the Mlssisslppl'Rlver expect a smaller crop than, in 1958 while 
west of the Mississippi all States except Texas expect a larger crop. 
 
. . PEANUTS PICKED AND THRESHED ' ' 
 
;" . 
 
- - - - - - - - - :_-_-_-_-if~..Tf4-e!.-!c!.e_-_-.:::.-_-_-_-_-_-~-fr!!.dE.c{f!!.n_-~~_-_-_-_ 
 
State 
 
: Average: 1958 : 1959 : Average: 1958 
 
: 1948-57 : 
 
: 
 
:.. 1948-57: . 
 
: 1959 : 
 
.. , . ' 1 ,000 1 ,000 1 ,000 - - - - - - ' - - - -p, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - :... - ....... - - - 
 
'".. 
 
: Pounds f.2.u.!!&! Pounds po~nds pounds 
 
pOlJnCls 
 
Va. 
 
1,736 
 
2, 100 
 
2,000 217.107 220,500 
 
210,000 
 
N. C. 
 
1.382' 
 
1,860 
 
1,800 284,998 ' 331 ,080 
 
'320,400 
 
Tenn. 
 
785 
 
850 
 
900 
 
2,542 
 
2,550 
 
1,800 
 
S. C. 
 
799 
 
1 060 
 
1, 100' 11,208 
 
1'3",780 
 
13,200 
 
GA. Fla. 
 
866 
'----;-~-:~~--S97 
 
1, 190_~~ J~ 125 
 
1,.120 
 
1,025 
 
540,05Z. 6ll.,850 
 
5i 1192 
 
58,2/.0 
 
562,500 51,250 
 
'Ala. Miss. 
 
: 838 386 
 
1,060 
 
925 
 
400 " 425 
 
225,593 221,540 
3,074 ., 2,400 
 
185.925 
. 2, 125 
 
Ark. 
 
395 
 
450 . 
 
450 
 
2 1 380' . 1.800 
 
1,350 
 
Okla. 
 
657 
 
1,075. - 1,025 
 
97,751 133,300 
 
120.950 
 
Texas 
 
508 
 
730 
 
725 193.061 224.110 
 
229.100 
 
N. Mex. 
, 
 
. 
 
1,140 
 
1,950 
 
1,950 
 
7,067 ' ,13,650 
 
11,700 
 
 - _U.-_S-_. -_-_-_-_-_-_~_-_-_-9_0-2_-_-_-1_,-2_0-5_-_-_-1_-,1_4-3_-_-1._-64_-2,_-50_-2 _-1_-,8- _35-_,8-_00-_-_-1_,-7_1-0a.3-0.0_ 
 
. 
 
PECANS 
 
_~- _- _S- t_at- _e-_-_-_-_-.::_ .- _.-__- ~-v-.- !-r- .!-g-.A!-- l1l-9-V~l- Ja::r-- .i5.e- 1-t_i- -e1s- .- --- P--r- o-d1- ~u-5c- ~t-i- _o-n- _--.:..--_-l-nf--4. i- -a- -!.e~-f4-.- .~ !-9,- 2-9- _-'_-_ 
 
Thousand Pounds 
 
N, C. 
 
: 
 
2.023 
 
3,200,. 1.100 
 
S. C. 
 
GA. 
 
;, 
 
: 
 
3,640 ' . 
 
. 
 
8.000 
 
..0  3 ,600. 
 
\' 
 
:I 
 
35.370 
 
'~II.' 
 
45.000" :.:,""; 3.~,~00 
 
Fla.' A1a . ~ 
 
: 
 
4,860 
 
,.. 
 
. 2.600 
 
:. 
 
16.688 > 
 
'. 37 ,600 
 
2,SOO L l' 7 ..000 
 
Mis s . ' ,Ark; . ! 
 
: : t:' 
 
9,51 5 :' ,', 5.549c!.,r 
 
16.000 I" 2,350 
 
- 4.700 :.'~: 5,500' 
 
La. Okla." 
 
: 
 
16.490 
 
14.000, 
 
20.000 
 
: 
 
18,620 " '~, 
 
,,: 15.500 
 
'.,( 21.000 
 
Texas 
!!._M.!x~ 
 
: 
 
35,040 
 
~ .:.. 
 
3..t.010 
 
,':;.-: 
 
26,000'"'" 26.000 , 
 
~,.20.Q, 
 
.~ .20.Q 
 
_ 
 
, -=~U~ ~'" _ .. = =:z i.:  = .1~0=5ll_ -= =_ -= =II: =~7_Z52  .... _ .. :l3ll0~ = = 
 
. 
: ,I. 
01 ..... 
 
 -.315 
 
CGE(()).J~GllA (C~q~E~'IlF?G 
 
I AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE 1. ,UNIVERSlrV OF GEORGIA ANO THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR 
 
Athens,. Georgia 
 
. 
 
SEP 1 5 '59 
 
~1rllNCG [~VllCJE 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING,SERVICE 
318 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
September 14, 1959 
 
VEGETABLE CROP REPORT 
September 1, 1959 I 
 
UNITED STATES: Production of fall vegetables in 1959 is expected to be 12 percent 
 
smaller than i'ii'n.58 and 13 percent below average, the Crop 
 
Reporting 'Board announced tod~. Estimates prepared as of September 1 usually 
tor B,c.co'uilt abolit four-fifths o 'the total fall 'production. . Substantially' sm;:ilI'ar' crops than' last 'year are' in prospect' foi'""cabbage, carrots' and-lettucEt. "'Pro~, , 
 
duction of green peas and cucumbers is expected; to be slightly larger than in :' 
 
1958.' 
 
. 
 
Unusually warm and humid weather covered most of the Nation east ot the 
 
Rocky Mountains~during the last half of August. This has made it difficult to' 
 
control insects and disease, and as a result, quality of some yege~~bles has been 
 
,lpwered.. 'Rains near the end of August and in early beptember benefited most 
 
crops although some were damaged from too much precipitation. 
 
'. 
 
Planting of fall and winter crops is making normal progress in most areas. , Seeding and transplanting are active in Florida. Early fields are making good 
growth. Late August rains brought needed moisture to the fall and winter vegetable areas of Texas and growers made good progress getting crops in. Planting of winter crops is active in the Desert and Southern California areas. 
 
LH1A BEANS: The final forecast for the summer producing States is for a crop of 
202,000 cwt., '18 percent below last year and 35 'Percent below 
average. The New York crop made, normal progress despite earlier unfavorable weather conditions. Peak harvest is past in all commercial areas of New Jersey and ~eptember marketings are expected to be very light. The North Carolina crop did not turn out as well as expected earlier because of heavy vegetative growth 
and excess shedding during August. Light harvest continues in Georgia, but will 
be completed by, mid-September. 
 
fJNAP BEANS: The final forecast of summer production, at 1,4715,000 cwt. is about 
 
the same as last year and average. Supplies from the New England 
 
States ar.e expected to continue, moderate until the end of September. Volume 
 
harvest continues in Upstate New York after reaching a peak in August. Light 
 
movement will continue from Long Island through September. Supplies are declin:j.ng 
 
iii"Fennsylvama after' ,th'e':pealC'l'aovement of. August 1.5..'25. ,Beans in Ohio made 
 
good progress despite the -effects, of too much"rain in some areas and dry weather 
 
in other seotions. Light to moderate supplies remain to be harvested in Ohio as 
 
well as Illinois. Dry weather in Nichigan has reduced yields and harvest will end 
 
about mid-September. Favorable weather conditions prevailed in most Virginia 
 
areas and remaining supplies are limited to production from the late fields. 
 
Harvest is nearly over in North Carolina and Georgia. August rains in the Noun-' 
 
tain, City area of Tennessee were beneficial, but too much moisture on the Cumber- 
 
land Plat.eau has lowered quality. ' ,Beans, w;ill 'be a.v:ailable fro.U1 both areas uritil 
 
October 1. Dry 'weather, reduced. the, Alabama .erop,.b,e1ow, earlie!' ,'expect,at;i.on and 
 
present supplies are light. Peak harvest is over in Colorado, but supplies will 
 
remain fairly stead;y through most of September. 
 
' 
 
CABBAGE: The final forecast of the late Summer crop places production at 
3,530,000 cwt., 8 percent O'erow last year and 11 percent less than 
average. , ,In Pennsylvania, continued dry weather in the ~ie-Crawford County area has reduced'yields. However, rains in central and southern counties the latter part of the month were beneficial and good yields are reported. Weather in Indiana and Illinois was generally favorable during August. In Iowa, hot weather during the last half of August was unfavorable, particularly for late fields. August weather was favorable in North Carolina and the crop continues to make good progress. Harvest in Georgia was finished by mid-August. Movement from Colorado is expected to be relatively heavy during September and October tapering off sharply in November and ending in early December. In California supplies are ample for local markets. 
 
CUCillOERS: First forecast for the early fall crop places production at 526,000 
cwt. This is 4 percent above~ 1958 crop and nearly a third above 
ave~age. The larger acreage than last year in Virginia and South Carolina more than offset the slight reduction in Georgia and Louisiana and total acreage for 
the 5 States is 11 percent above last year. The crop is making good progress in 
South Carolina exce~t for some areas where dry weather retarded growth. Harvest is expected to get underway late in September. In Georgia dry weather has 
limited stands in some areas. Little harvesting is expected before September 15. 
Volume harvesting in Louisiana is not expected'until after mid-September. 
I 
(OVER) 
 
 _ _---_ _--- Acreage and Estimated Product~on Reported to Date, 1959 with comparisons 
 
... 
 
.. 
 
CROP 
AND. STATE 
 
I I ! ACREAGE FOR HARVEm' ; YIELD PER ACRE ! 
~...- .. -' '-'j .__ . '."-' - .-;-....----. "+'--"--1-- -"-'-',---','-- 
 
---P-BTOD-U-cr-IO-N-r- 
 
-- 
 
:Average ; 1958 ; Ind. Av. : 1958; Ind. IAverage ~ 1958 Ind. 
 
,1949-51 1 
 
1 1959 .49-57 I 
 
! 1959 ,1949~'l..l-. . _._-.....J.259._.- 
 
- Acres - 
 
- CWt. - 
 
- 1,000 cwt, - 
 
LIMA BEANS: S\IIIDer 
 
New York ,  .: 1,540 
 
600 550' 43 40 40 
 
65 24 
 
22 
 
New Jersey, .: 1,960 1,300 1,400 32 35 27 
 
61 46 
 
38 
 
Ohio ,  , , : 580 MarYland  . ': 1,130 No~hcarolina: 1,410 Georgia, , . : ~ 620 
Group Total : :306 
 
--- --- 36 900 800 . 26 
 
1,600 1,600 22 
 
=to 94: 
 
100 122 
 
~ . 
 
2158 . 
 
SNAP BEANS: S\llllDer 
New Hampshire. : 280 
 
:" 
280 269 ~, 
 
Massachusetts.: 1,330 1,400 1,500 35 
 
Rhode Island .: 260 
 
220 220 36 
 
Connecticut . : 1,090 
 
950 1,000 35 
 
New: York,L.I, : 2,880 1,100 1,300 42 
 
New York,Upstat 10.140 11,000 11,000 42 
 
Pennsylvania.: 2,980 2,300 2,200 43 
 
Ohio  .. : 3,310 3,900 3,800 40 
 
Illinois , . ': 1,210 1,300 1,200 28 
 
MilCh1gan   . : 2,530 2,100 2,800 31 
 
Virginia . . .: 660 
 
150 750 30 
 
North carolina: 1,400 Georgi's. . .  : 2,020 
 
6J 800 6J 500 1,300 1,200 
 
34 
28: 
 
Tennessee . : 1,620 1,400 . 1,300,. '36 
 
Alabama    : 1,290 1,200 1,200 22 
 
Colorado . . : 810 (.~oo 700 4~ 
 
GroUR CABBAGE 
 
Ty otal 40,530 
 
' 37720 
 
36,950 
 
- 
 
3 
 
-- -28 2, 
 
30 20 
 
2221 
 
20 23 
 
21 
 
29 25 
 
20 
 
33 
 
48 
 
32 
 
103 312' 
 
r~. 
 
.~ 
 
40 40 
 
10 '11 
 
40 35 
 
41 56 
 
40 40 
 
9 
 
9 
 
40 40 
 
31 38 
 
40 45 .' 111 ' 44 
 
42 42"f '451 462 
 
4.5' 45 - 1.28 lO4 
 
35 40 
 
133 ].36 
 
33 30, 35 43 
 
31 30 
 
71 84 
 
35 35. 20 86 
 
40 45' 251 272' 
 
28 30.,.; 56' 36 
 
45 42 
 
58 63 
 
25 
 
23. ~ 28 
 
30 
 
~o ~o :90 
 
i , L~ 
 
~ 
1., 
 
11 
52 
9 40 
58 
462 . 99 
152 
36 84 26 292 36 55 28 ~ 
1,4 
 
Late S\DID8r: :. 
 
Pe.~sy:1van1a .: . 4,180 '),600 3,200 119 185 180 
 
151 666 576 
 
Indi'ana  . ',: 2,130' 1,700 1,500' 139 215 180 
 
288 366 270 
 
Illinois . . ~: 2,'700 2,900 2,9'00' 181 205 190 
 
486 595 551 
 
Iowa  . . . : 910 
 
800 750 143 160 110 
 
140 128 128 
 
North carolina: 4,19Q 3,100 3,600 144 160 160 
 
602 592 576 
 
Georgia . . . : 730 
 
600 500 93 100 110 
 
68 60 
 
55 
 
Colorado .  . : 3,270 2,700 . 2;~ 242 220 230 
 
796 594 506 
 
New Mexico . : 330 
 
--~ -. :_~- 108 
 
36 
 
Washington, : 1,530 
 
900 'l~OOO 181 
 
261 
 
CaGlriofUoDrnTiaotal,: =2*,3~10* 
 
2,100 
.1 I_X 
 
el2i ,1-=00* 
 
2~2 Ci 
 
_. _ 
4S' 
 
_._ 
'_A 
 
~ -- 
x:::r _ B_a 
 
.- 
A IC-..A 
 
CUCUMBERS 
 
Early Fall: 
 
Virginia gj.: 2,350 
 
2,900 
 
South carolina: 820 
 
1,200' 
 
~orgia .  . : 510 
 
Louisiana  . : 860 
 
C aGlriofloIOr nTi ao t a l :: - +; O0 
 
-,~-,.,..,... 
 
6-,0~.-..-. 
 
.-; 
 
-8-9 
 
-8,-i 
 
Y!I. 
 
Includes 
 
proeeseing. 
 
.r 
. 
 
Short-time average. 
 
1 4-<""-1 -5,0-8 .. 
 
ARCHIE .LANGlEY 
Agricultural statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. BARRIS,JR. 
Truck Crop E8t~tor 
 
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,:;:'7;"-1 GE ORGIA CROP RE POR TING SER VICE 
 
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Released: 
 
.' 
GEORGIA CHICK HA TCHER Y REPOR T 
 
LlBRAf?lf 
 
5/~- 
 
Athens, Ga., Sept. 16 -- A total of 4,668,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in Georgia during tbe week ending September 12, according to the 
 
georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 4, 812, 0.00 placed the 
 
previous week and is 7' percent less than the 5,023, 000 placed the same week 
 
last year. 
 
' 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6, 141,. 000 compared with 6,373, 000 the previous week and is 16 percent less than the 7,298,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching egGs were reported within a range of 45 to 60 cents with an average of 53 cents for all hatching eggs and .51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery qwned cockerels. Last week the range was from 40 to 60 cents with an ave'rage qf 52 cents for all hatching eggs and 49 tents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
were reported within a range of $8.00 to $9.00 with an average of $8. 25 per ~undred compared with a range of $7. 50 to $8. 50 with an average of $8. 00 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 66 cents for eggs and $10.75 for chicks . 
 
. Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the week endin.;; September 12 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 
 
3 3/4., pounds at farms 14. 85~. 
 
I I ., GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICKS PLACEMENTS' 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week J;:nding 
 
Eggs Set!! 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs! Set IHatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Thou. Thou. 
 
ercent IThou. Thou. 
 
ercenti Thou. Thou. 
 
,tu1y 11 july 18 
July 25 
Aug. 1 Aug. 8 ~ug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. 29 Sept. 5 Sept. 12 
 
8, 771 8, 560 8,254 8,302 8,010 7,448 7,294 6,968 6,971 7, 298 
 
8,741 8,337 8,231 7, 771 7,419 6,932 6,775 6,485 6,373 6, 141 
 
100 6,869 6, 573 97 6,340 6, 554 100 6,329 6,398 94 6, 193 6, Q33 93 5,969 5,807 
93 5,868 5,730 93 5,660 5,370 93 5,493 5, 331 93 5, 179 4,812 84 5,023 4,668 
 
96 I 96 191 
 
103 I 165' 61 
 
100 
 
131 
 
~38 
 
97 
 
192 . 72 
 
97 
 
212 124 
 
98 
 
205 
 
97 
 
95 
 
212 144 
 
97 
 
161 168 
 
93 
 
91 154 
 
93 I 149 
 
166 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
"j. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriciliture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 STATE 
 
. 
 
. 
 
-' 
 
EGQS SET ANI) CmCKS PLACED- IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS' 
 
., 
 
, 
 
" 
 
., 
, " 
 
" 
 
' 
 
., 
 
.'. 
 
, 
Week Ending: 
 
' 
 
, 
 
; 
 
Aug. ' , Sept. ' Sept. 
 
~9 
 
~ 
 
, 
 
5 ' ", lZ, 
 
Aug. : Aug. 
 
8 
 
15 
 
~ug. , Aug. 
 
,'~Z 
 
29 
 
Sept. 5 
 
: 
EGOS SET ,- THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS pLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
, 
 
. 
 
Sept. , ,Il " 
 
" 
,, 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware MarylanC:l Virginia West Virginia North Carolina ~outh Carolina GEORGIA 
Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana , Texas Washington Oregon California 
TOTAL 1959 
0' 
TOTAL 19'58 
1959 %oi 1958 ' 
 
. 513 
 
I, 099' ',' 1. 023 
 
129 
 
146 
 
141 
 
,I, 100 
 
916 
 
1,554 
 
1.303 
 
190 . , 112 
 
 1.059 
1,202 162 " 
 
1,'33?, 1.171 , 2,568 .' 1,352 
 
1,294 I, 138 2,708 1.289 
 
 ' 1. 1Z4 I, 175 ., 
. , 2,616 -.' 
1,404 
 
Z37 2.784 
387 6,485 
 
- 196 
 
233 
 
2.961 
 
. 2.935 
 
385 ' 
 
387 , 
 
o 
 
 
 
6,313 ' 6,141 
 
283 
 
401 
 
368 
 
3.38,6 
 
3. 106 ' 3, 100 , 
 
2,451 ' 2, 318 .. : 2,354  
 
3,300 
 
3, 122 
 
3, 14'6 
 
523 
 
477 
 
412 
 
Z,22S 
 
2, 172 
 
2,2Z"1 
 
317 
 
303 
 
278 
 
259 o. . 253 
 
279 
 
1,084 , 1,332 
 
1,478 
- 
 
1. 16'3 
 
. 410 
 
.' 
 
6'73 136 
 
130 
 
857 
 
I, 513 
 
Z,033 
, r. 116 
 
' ' '445 
 
2., 5:51 
 
348 
 
,: 5, 807 
 
158 3,098 2.0453.287 
374 ,2,014 
335 165 
959 
 
34, 23(J ~ ',34, 130 
 
. 33,904 , . , 
 
, 
 
30, 3-37 
 
37,908 .0' 31,213 " 38,815 
 
' 32,003 
 
90 ' 
 
92 
 
81 .. 
 
.. 95 
 
1.054 48'5 151' 791 '. 
103 815 I, 142. 1.182 1.009 52-8 2.,660 292 5,730 
'l77 2.913 2,16,9 3,077 
413 2,073 
340 186 
878 
 
980 1,048 
 
.. 420 
 
469' 
 
859 
 
714 
 
,.161 , ' 110 
 
138 
 
100 
 
805 
 
768 
 
1. 607 I, 569 
 
1,967 1,934 
 
1,060 1.001 
 
463 
 
486 
 
2, 581 2..396 272 ' )03 
 
5,370 , 5,331 
 
205 3,019 2,035 3,024 
366 2,028 
292 161 
888 
 
170 3,034 
1,780 
2~869 
391 1,975 
277 ZOO 
. 800 
 
30,"034 31,232 
96 
 
29,307 
.. 
30,02'5 
98 
 
,28,325 
28,883 
, 
: 98 
 
1,061 421' . 
, 114 ! 604 i 156 
 
838 -352, 
124 633 111 
 
I 724 
 
627, 
 
1,32.6 1,419' 
 
1, 871 I, 718 
 
984 
 
896 
 
467 
 
386 
 
2,405 2, 355 2.63 " 257 
 
; 4, , 81Z 4.668 
 
213 
 
234 
 
~ Z. 906 l, ,568 
 
' i, 664 " "'1, '618' 
 
,2,769 2,657 ,0 366 ' '3'18 
 
1,870 '.I, 895 
 
317 , 121 
 
282' 177 
 
839 
 
852 
 
: 
 
 
 
eo. 
 
, 
 
26,939 25,585 
 
2.8. 111 , 27 .2Q5 ... 
~ 
 
I 
 
96 
 
94 
 
, 
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 <GE(Q)~GllA C~((J)~ 
 
TnN<G S[~VllCE 
 
, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
2 2'59 ~rp 
 
,AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERViCe: 31i EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
AtheIls, Georgia 
 
l . ,  September 18, 1959 
 
" 
 
, 
 
' 
 
This summary of poultry information on hatchery production, poultry 
 
slaughter, egg production. pertinent price data and end-of-month storage stocks 
 
is being furnished you in a condenlled for~ ~o ena1)le you to have a ready current 
 
reference. 
 
. 
 
. 
 
POULTRY SUMMARY, AUGUST 1959 
 
Item 
 
During August ';/0 of 
19581_/, 19592- lyaesatr 
 
,Jan. through Aug. 
1958I~I' 19592_/ 
 
% of 
last year 
 
ThQu. j 
 
Thou. Pet., 
 
Thou. . .Thou. Pet. 
 
Chicks Hatched b; Com- 
mercial Hatcherles: 
Broiler Type Georgia U,nited State s 
 
., 
26,248 24,670 153,013 145,430 
 
941 219,975 233, 363 106 95 1,274,800 1, 309;'487 103 
 
Egg Type Georgia United States 
 
585 14,825 
 
587 100 
 
7,932 
 
13,024 88 527,074 
 
13. 501 170 490, 326 93 
 
Commercial Slaughter: 3/ 
 
Young Chickens Georgia . United States 
 
30, 131 29, 519 981 194,316 1,99,'786 103 155, 540 154,998 100 1,002,200 I, 102., 838 110 
 
Hens and Cocks Georgia United States 
 
442 13,063 ' 
 
543 123 8,474. 65 
 
2,539 
 
3,'510 138, 
 
Egg Production: 
 
Mil. 
 
Mil. 
 
Mil. 
 
Mil. 
 
Georgia 
 
109 
 
130 119 
 
889 
 
1,051118 
 
South AtlanticY 
 
482 
 
540 112 
 
4,112 
 
4,634 113 
 
United States' 
 
4,693 
 
4,731 101 
 
41, 156 
 
42,752 104 
 
2r 1/ Revised. 
 
Preliminary. 3/ Federal~State Market News 3ervice--For the 
 
pur.pose of thisreport a commerCial po-ultry slaughter plant is defined as a plant 
 
which slaughters a weekly average of at least 30, OOO'pounds live weight while in 
 
operation. (Converted from weekly to monthly basis.) 4/ So~th Atlantic states: 
 
Del., Md., Va., W.v.a., N.,C., S.C., Ga .. , .t~la. 
 
, 
 
MID-MONTH 
 
PRICES 
 
RECEIVED 
 
AND 
 
PRICES 
 
P. 
 
A 
, 
 
I 
 
D 
i 
 
. ~ -- 
 
Georgia 
 
United States 
 
Item 
.." '. 
-. '" ~. " , I, I 
Prices Received: 
Farm Chickens (lb. ) 
 
Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15 Aug. 15 July 15 Aug. 15 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 . ! 
 
Cents 14. 5 
 
Cents C.:mts 
13.5 12. 5 
 
Cents ,, 
14.0 
 
Cents Cents 
 
" 
 
,I 
 
j 
 
-. 
. 
 
.- 
 
.,. 
 
10.8 10.2 
 
Com. Broile:.-s (lb.) 
 
16.6 
 
15.0 
 
14.5 
 
17.6 
 
16. 1 
 
15.7 
 
All Chickens \lb. ) 
 
16.5 
 
15.0 
 
14.4 
 
17.0 
 
15.,4 
 
14.7 "~l 
 
All Eggs (dozen)- 
 
47.7 40. 5 39.8 37.7 30.2 30.9 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 lb. ) Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Broiler grow. mash Laying mash Scratch grains 
 
5.20 4.95 4.45 
 
4.85 4.75 4.20 
 
4.75 4.75 4.20 
 
5.11 4.58 
4.00 
 
4.85 4.47 
3.93 
 
4.83 4.44 
3.93 
 
-.-.. ---------------- .. -._---------.------------------------------------- 
For this project State funds were matched with Federal funds received from the Agricultural Marketing Service. USDA under Provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 
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 ......~,.-.. ~ .,'1  .. ..... '1  ' 
 
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. . ... , , ~., 
 
..t , , ~"t 
 
'.. ~tt ,_~, , '. 
 
 
 
- 
 
~-.. "' . 
 
End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products, United States 
 
Shell eggs: Decreased by 147,000 cases; -!\ugust 19'58 decrease was 218,000 cases; average August decrease is 351, 000 cases. 
 
Frozen eggs: Decreased by 4 million pounds; August 1958 decrease was 6 mil- 
 
lion pounds; average August decr~ase is 12 million pounds. 
 
' 
 
Frozen poultry: Increased by 26 million pounds; August 1958 increase w'as 49 million pounds; average August increase 'is 25 million pounds. 
~: Increased by 1 ~illion pounds; August 1958 increase was 6 million pounds; average August increase is 2 million 'pounds. 
 
Pork; Decreased by 65 million pounds; August 1958 decrease was 24 million pounds; average August decrease, is 64 million pounds. 
 
Other meats: Decreased by 14 million pounds; August 1958 de,crease was 9 
 
. 
 
million pounds; average August decrease is 10 million pO,unds; 
 
Commodity 
 
1 I Unit 
 
August 
 
August 
 
,1954-58av., 1958 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
July 1959 
Thou. 
 
A~g:st-!! 
1959 
Thou. 
 
Eggs: 
 
Shell 
 
. 
 
Frozen eggs. total .. 
 
Whites 
 
. 
 
Yolks 
 
. 
 
Whole or mixed..... 
 
Unclassified...... 
 
Total eggs2 / (case eq. ). 
 
Poultry, frozen: 
 
Broilers or fryers ..... 
 
Roasters ............. 
 
Hens, fowls .......... 
 
Turkeys 
 
~ .... 
 
Ducks 
 
. 
 
Unclassified.. , 
 
. 
 
Total poultry......... 
 
Beef: Frozen, In cure and cured....', .. 
 
Case 
 
1,080 
 
494 
 
888 
 
741 
 
Pound 161,433 
 
do. 
 
48,832 
 
133.777 44.571 
 
152,105 38, 564 
 
147.803 36,083 
 
do.' 
 
38,493 
 
34,902 
 
41. 537 
 
37,726 
 
do. 
 
66,030 
 
48,357 
 
64.314 
 
65,440 
 
do. 
 
8,078 
 
5,947 
 
7,690 
 
8,554 
 
Case ~---5--,2-5-5-------3-, -8-81-------4-,-7-3-9------4-,-4-8-3---- 
 
~------------------------------------------ 
 
Pound 16,309 
 
18,485 
 
26,075 
 
25,650 
 
do. 
 
5, 575 
 
3,090 
 
9.361 
 
8.989 
 
do. 
 
32.917 
 
39,492 
 
52,037 
 
57,54Z 
 
do. 
 
71,415 103. 562 
 
66.885 
 
84,354 
 
do. 
 
11.275 
 
6,860 
 
8, 108 
 
10, 169 
 
do. 
 
28,354 
 
24, 713 
 
33,972 
 
35,471 
 
do. ~--1-6-5,-8-4-5-----1~9-6-,~2-0-2---,-1-9-6-,-4-3-8-----Z-2-2-,1-7-5---- 
-----------------------------------------.- 
 
do. 
 
114,605 117.850 164, 6~8 165. 876 
 
Pork: 
Frozen In cure Or cured 
 
. 
'. do. . do. 
 
122,951 '66,475 
 
99, 173 49,955 
 
198,067 50.285' 
 
140, 100 43. 135 
 
Other meats and meat products ........... 
Total ,all red meats .... 
 
do. 
 
66.477 
 
65;743 
 
99,473 
 
85.960 
 
do. --3-7-0-,-5-0-8----~3-3-2-,7-2-1-----5-1-~-.-5-2-3----4-3-5-,-0-7-1---- 
 
-11 Pre1imTnary. 2- 7 Frozen eggs converted on basis of 39. 5 pounds to the case. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
R. R. HANCOCK- W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statisticians 
 
t ............ 
 
. 
 
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CEOIRGHA C~OJP ~EP',Q~'fHNG SEIRVHCE g/5" 
 
A<:;RtCULTURAL EXTENSION SERViCE .. UNlVERSITY OP' GEO'UJ lA' AND THE " . 
'S-TATE DEflARTMENT OF 'AGRtCULTURE 
 
U. S. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ':AGRICULTURAL MARKETING. SEllV,lC:J.:, . 
, . I:'~ IlXTE"'ON .LOG., ATHENS. GA. 
 
Athcms, Georgia" 
 
September '18, 1959' ".,: :,.~:: 
 
'~. 'r 
 
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS 
 
': .... , .' . 
 
August '1959 "'United States ," 
 
", The indicated domesti'c placement or-pullet chicks for broiler hatchery 
 
supply flocks by leading primary breeders of broiler replacement stock totaled: 
1,706,000 chicks duri~g August 1959. T,hie was ~1 percent le8s than domestic plac;:'etnents of l', 486"000 chicks in Augu.t 1958.: Total placements ~domestic plus exports) were re'ported at 1, 834~ 000 as c!ompared to Z, 668, 000 a year earlier. 
 
f.".' 
 
I 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
., 
 
.. 
 
The placement data include 'pullet chicks sold during th~ month, plus the 
 
number of pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceding mOl\th. The conversion from eggs to"'~xpecte"d pullet chicks was made on the basis' of lZ5 pullet chicks'per case o{h'~cl\ing eggs sold. Th.e primary breeders in-:; elude'd ~n this' report account for' a very,large percentage of ,total supply of'. '.. ', 
replacement pullets for broiler hatchery supply, flocks. Sales of replacement: .~ . 
 
pullets br these breeders provide 'an indication of the potential number of pullets 
 
;lva,ilable tor ~ddit~~n to hatchery egg suppl'y', floc~. s,e.veral mont~. befC?r~ tl:t~..._ 
 
pullets will, actu~lly move into the flocks. 
 
' 
 
pui~~t ..Chicks 1/ Placements ,for BroUe~ Hatchery Supply Floc'ks' .,.', '\ 
 
. ' - (Repo~ted by leading br~eders) 
 
. 
 
'" Month 
 
1957 , Thou. 
 
Total 1958 Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1958 Thou. 
 
Domestic 
 
1959 
 
1959 as 10, 
of 1958, ' 
 
Thou. Percent 
 
January. . . . . .  . . I, 886 
 
1,98Z Z,IZ4 
 
1,84Z 
 
1,884 
 
10Z 
 
February. . . . . . .. 1, 997 
 
Z, Z81 
 
Z.414 
 
l, 16Z 
 
Z,Z56 
 
104 
 
March. . . .  . .  . . Z, 538 
 
3, 13Z 
 
3,450 
 
Z,997 
 
3,Z09 
 
107 
 
April. ..   ..  .. . 3/033 
 
3, 331 
 
3,765 
 
3, Z34 
 
3,,573 
 
110 
 
May. . . . . . . . .    Z,899 June.  . . . . . . . . .. Z,060 
 
3,641 3,409 
 
3,007 Z,575 
 
3. 5ZZ 3, Z34 
 
Z,861 Z,39l 
 
81 
 
,, 
 
, 
 
74 
 
July. . . . . .  .  . . . August. . . . .. . . 
 
I, 676 1,410 
 
~, 071 Z,668 
 
Z,408 1,834 
 
Z, 89Z Z,486 
 
Z,Z79 1,706 
 
79 
69'" " 
 
September...... 1,935 Z,718 
 
Z,546 
 
October. . . . .  . . Z, Z91 
 
Z, 585 
 
, 
 
Z,413 
 
Novemb.er.  . . . . 
 
1, 9Z6 
 
Z.1 5 3 : ' >' 
 
Z,  I .Of; _ 
 
04~ 
 
December.   . . .. Z, Z38 ..' ,A.nnual Total. . . Z5,895 
 
Z, 165 33, 136 
 
... 
 
Z,004 
 
31~ 440 
 
!! Ip.cludes exptcted pul1~t teplacements from eggs sold during the preceding 
 
month at t~e rate of lZ5 pullet chi.cks per 30-dozen case of eggs. 
 
. ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Ch~rge 
 
w. A. WAGNER' " 
Agricultural Statistician 
.. 
 
 CHICKENS TESTEO 
 
GEORGIA: In Georgia 3'57, 772 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs were tested for pullorum disease during August 1959--49 percent ~,,?re 
than the 240,302 tested in August 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for'j,AJ.lgust were 19,898--53 percent less than the 42, 581 tested in August last year. 
 
UNITED STATES: There were 1,918, 545 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs tested in August 1959--up 20 percent from August 1958. 
Testings July and August totaled 3,455,618, compared with 3,224,921 tested during ,the same period in 1958. 
'J \ 
, In, the States for which comparisons are available, 581, 132 chickens were tested during August for 'supplying eggs for egg-type chicks':-down 3 percent from August 1958. The number tested during July and August of this year totaled 1,024, 711--down 7 percent from the same months in 1958. 
 
This report is made possible through the cooperation of the National . Poultry;Improvement Plan official State agencies, the Animal Husbandry , Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, and the Agricultural Esti~ mates Division, Agricultural Marketing Service. 
 
Month 
~ 
 
Georgia - Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies 
 
. 
 
For a'roi'ler Production .., 
 
; Egg':Type Chickens" . --. 
 
By ~onths 
 
: 
 
Cum.u1ative: 
 
By.Months 
 
:__ 19_58-~9 ; 1959-60 ; 1958-59 ; 1959-60 ; 1958-59 ; 1959-60 
 
July 
 
253,865 
 
Aug. 
 
240,302 
 
Sept... : 413,264 
 
Oct. ' Nov. 
 
 
: 
 
458,442 388, 136 
 
Dec. 
 
: 432,318 
 
Jan. 
 
: 564,491 
 
Feb. 
 
: 482,212 
 
Mar. : 400,437 
 
Apr. 
 
: 275,275 
 
May.' , 
 
242,067 
 
June 
 
2S3,013 
 
245,365 357,772 
- .' 
I, 
., 
, 
. 
 
2S3,865 494, 167 907,431 1, 365, 873 1, 754,009 2,186,327 2,750,818 3,233,030 3,633,467 3, 908, 742 4, ISO, 809 4,403,822 
 
245, 365 60'), 137 
", 
", 
 
30,299 42,581 35, 652 41,043 26, 186 84,778 34, 194 
5,280 4,994 6,779 5, 561 25,032 
 
40,259 19,898 
 
United States - Chick~ens_Te~ted by Official State Agencies 
 
Month 
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. . Apr. May June 
 
 
 
!! For Broiler Production by Months 
 
1958-59 : 
 
1959-60 
 
: 1, 628, 129 : 1,596,792 : 2,643,740 : 3,119,754 : 2,951,368 : 2,794,873 
2,601,927 
 2,363,505 
: 2,320,302 : 1,928,397 
1,647,255 
 1, 609,452 
 
1,'537,073 
. 1, 918, 545 
 
: 
 
For Egg-Type Chickens 
 
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599,607 1,243,658 2,318,229 2,349,994 .. 2,487,248 1,648,909 
756, 864 421,587 
. 267,870 241,636 323,650 
 
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443,579 ,. "'-.1 581, 132 
 
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RECORD 1958 GJ*}RGIA-FAm4-J1lCOME 
 
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Cash farm income (including government payments) for Georgia amounted to 
$769,122,000 in 1958, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This is a record, exceeding the pre~ous high of ~671,592,OOO in 1955 by 98 million dollars. The 1958 income was 105 million above the 664 million in 1957. 
 
Income from all crops totaled 305 million dollars compared with 271 million dollars in 1957. Livestock and livestock products brought farmers 416 million dollars, an increase 'of 15 percent or 53 million dollars above 1957 and a record 
.for the State. Government payments with the Soil,Bank Program reached an all- 
time high of 48 million dollars, exceeding last year bY' 17 million dollars. 
 
Income from cOlMlercial broilers exceeded all other commodities with 165 
million dollars followed by cotton with 72 million; cat-tIe and calves, 70 million; 
hogs, 69 million; peanuts, 63 million; tobacco, 54 mUlion; eggs, 53 million; and dairy products, 50 million dollars. 
 
Percentage contributions to cash tann income by' commodities are as follows: 
 
Commercial broilers, 21.4 percent; ootton and cottonseed, 9.3 percent; cattle and 
 
calves, 9.1 percent; hogs, 9.0 percent; peanuts, 8.2 percent; tobacco, 7.0 percent; 
 
eggs, 6.9 percent; and dair,y products, 6.5 percent. 
 
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DISTRIBUTION OF 1958 CASH INCQ1E FROM GEORGIA CROPS AND LIVESTOCK 
 
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CASH FARM INCOME FOR GEORGIA 1/ 
 
- 1952 1953 1954 1955 
 
1956 
 
(Thousand Po11ars) 
 
154,321 125,005 112,941 124,112 95,516 
 
1957 62,263 
 
'.... 17,996:, .14,153 12,935. 11,3~9 9,610.:' 7,481 
 
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.. ":172,317 139,158 125,876 '135,431 ....~05,126 69,744 
 
42,513 55~397 29,119 57,673' 60,1~~ 46,887. 
 
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65,386 6,218 
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71,604 62,951 
 
Tobacco 
 
62,924 69,407 58,769 72,326 ,'i 64,573 48,125 54,068 
 
Fruits & Pecans 
 
19,865 18,855 17,341 4,017 17,985 9,208 19,780 
 
Truck Crops*' 
 
.16,726 .17,128 10,663 11,32$ 10,744 11,796 6,931 
 
Corn' 
 
8,765 9,160 8,390 14,524 20, 75~ 23,241 31,7lJb 
 
Forest Products 
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36,382 34,634 31,854 43,163 35,650 40,724 30,590 22,760 
 
59,802 34,728 33,338 ?9,420 26,854 24,1lJb 
 
TOTAL CROPS 
 
395,142 384,463 312,602 361,219 368,591 270,583 304,560 
 
*Exc1uding Irish and Sweetpotatoes and minor truck crops~ which are included 
 
in all other crops. 
 
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Hogs Cattle & Calves Dairy Products Com. Broilers other Chickens Turkeys Eggs other 
 
50,190 29,681 41,610 88,610 4,537 3,496 29,187 2,207 
 
54,776 59,570 41,879 46,888 57,833 68,807 24,169 28,276 40,795 40,937 47,610 69,748 43,349 42,717 45,291 49,423 51,ho6 50,089 93,826 101,951 125,700 129,836 150,336 164,521 4,912 3,998 4,171 4,536 4,690 5,328 2,363 2,502 1,912 1,~45 1,839 1,185 37,469 33,152 40,891 42,115 45,991 53,128 2,224' 1,728 1,362 2,995 3,316 3,343 
 
TOTAL LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCTS GOVERN1"JENT P~~NTS-~ '" TOTAL CASH INCOME ALL SOURCES HOME CONSUMPTION 
Crops 
Livestock 
 
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249,518 263,088 273,894 302,001 318,575 363,021 416,149 
 
7,589 4; 719 .6,640 - .8,:372.. - 8,388. 30,.727 ....48,413 652,249 652,270 593,136 671,592 695,554 664,331 769,122~ 
 
36,921 52,624 36,844 35,554 74,236 75,613 60,085 53,229 
 
37,458 30,570 26,319 56,695 57,303 59,407 
 
TOTAL INCOME INCLUDING HGlE CONSUMPTION BUT NO GOVERNMENT PAIMENTS 
 
Crops 
 
432,063 437,087 349,446 396,773 406,049 301,153 330,879 
 
Livestock 
 
323,754 338,701 333,979 355,230 375,270 420,324 475,556 
 
All Commodities 755,817 775,788 683,425 752,003 781,319 721,477 806,43$ 
 
TOTAL INCOME, ALL COMHODITIES, 
 
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AND GOV. PAYMENTS 163,406 780,507 690,065 760,375 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPOR T 
 
Athens, Ga. Sept. 23 - - A total of 4, 537,000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending September 19, according to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 4, 668,000 placed, the previous week and is 7 percent less than the 4,873,000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs se't by Georgia hatcherie-6 amounted to 6, 392, 000 compared with 6, 141,,000 the previous week and is 13 percent less than the 7, 319, 000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were' 
 
reported within a range of 45 to 60 cents with an average of 53 cents for all hatch- 
 
ing eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery' 
 
owned cockerels. Last week thEf -range was from 45 to 60 cents with an average 
 
of 53 cents for all hatching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at'the farm 
 
from flocks'with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
 
were reported within a range of $8. 00 to $9.25 with an average of $8.75 per hun- 
 
dred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $9.00 with an average. of $8.25 per hun- 
 
dred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for eggs and $11. 00 
 
for chicks. 
 
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Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for broilers during the week ending September 19 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3 3/4 pounds at farms 15. 15f. 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
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Eggs Set !! 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1959 % I 1958 
of 1958 
Percent Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1959 '10 1959 1959 
of 1958 Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
July 18 8, 560 8,337 1 97 6,340 6, 554 
 
103 
 
,I July 25 8,254 8,231 
 
100 
 
Aug. 1 8,302 7,771 
 
94 
 
6,329 6,398 6, 193 6,033 
 
100 97 
 
165 
 
61 
 
131 138 . 
 
192 
 
72 
 
Aug. 8 8,010 7,419 
 
93 5,969 5,8Q7 
 
97 
 
212 
 
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\ug. 15 7,448 6,932 r 93 5,868 5,730 
 
98 
 
205 
 
97 . 
 
Aug. 22 7,294 6,775 
 
93 5,660 5,370 
 
95 
 
212 144 
 
Aug. ~9 6,968 6,485 , 93 
 
Sept. <Sj 6,971 6,373 
 
93 
 
5,493, 5, 331 5,179 4,812 
 
97 
 
161 
 
93 : 91 
 
168 154 . 
 
Sept, 12 1,298 6, 141 
 
84 5,023 4,668 
 
93 
 
149 166 ' 
 
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176 123 
 
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W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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  EGGS 
 
SET 
 
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CHICK 
 
PL, ACED 
 
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COMMERCIAL 
 
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BY WEEKS - 
 
1959 
 
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STATE 
 
Sept. ' Sept. 
 
Sept. 
 
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12 
 
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~ EGGS' SET - THOUSA~S .. 
 
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,Aug. ' 22 
 
Aug. ' Sept. 
 
29 
 
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Sept. ; Sept. 
 
12 
 
19 
 
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CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS ; 
 
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Maine 
 
-: ,:' 1,099 
 
1,023 
 
1,1074 
 
1,054 
 
980 11,048 1,061 
 
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838 ! 407 
 
Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana 
 
. 746 
 
741 
 
~ 976 ' . 1,059 
 
' :' 1, 303 
 
1,202 
 
;863 :872 1,.295 
 
. 485 
 
420 
 
469 
 
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757 
 
859 
 
714 
 
.21 774 
 
352 ; 402 724 : ,. 667 
 
791 
 
767 
 
110 
 
604 
 
633. 
 
622 
 
Illinois 
 
172 
 
162 
 
,198 
 
103 
 
138 
 
100 
 
156 
 
111 ' 106 
 
Missouri 
 
1"294 
 
I, 124 
 
1, 154 
 
815 
 
805 ' 768 
 
724 
 
621 . 557 
 
,Delaware 
 
, 1, 138 
 
1, 175 
 
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1,742 1,607 1, 569 1,326 1,419 : 1,119 
 
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2,708 1.289 
 
2,676 1,404 
 
2,,646 
1,~509 
 
1,182 1.961 1,934 1, 871 1, 118 ' 1,871 . 
 
1,009 1,060 1,001 
 
984 
 
896 ; 688 ' 
 
West Virginia North Car-olina 
 
196 2.,961 
 
233 2.935 
 
266 2,'878 
 
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528 '2,660 
 
463 2.. 581 
 
486 2.396 
 
467 2,405 
 
386 
 
374 
 
2, 355 :. 2, e89 
 
South Carolina GEO'RGIA 
 
385 : 387 
 
6,313 
 
6, 141 
 
:392 6, :392 
 
' 292 
 
272 
 
303 
 
263 
 
257 : 267 
 
5,730 5,370 ' 5, 33 I ,4,81Z 4, 668 ~ 4, 537" 
 
Florida 
 
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Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California 
 
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TOTAL 1959 . 
TOTAL 1958 
 
1959 % of 1958 
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' 407 
3, 106 2,318 3, 122 
477 2, 172 
 
368 
3, 1-00 2,354 3, 146 
412 2,221 
 
303 
 
278 
 
253 
 
279 
 
1,332 . 1,478 
 
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34, 130 33,904 
 
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37.. ~13 38,8,7S' 
 
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3,;053 2.'225 
 
177 
2.973 Z, 169 
 
3,;022 ' 433 2,i221 137 Z:256 
1,'394 
 
' , 3.077 
 
413 
 
2,073 
 
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186 
 
818 
 
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33,\939 
 
30,034 
 
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88 
 
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205 - 3.019 
2.035 3,024 
366 2,028 
292 . , 161 . "888 
29,:1C7 
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170 ,3.034 1,780 '2,869 
391 1.975 
277 
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213 
 
2,906 
 
1,664 
 
2.769 
 
366 
 
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317 121 
 
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234 I 168 
 
2; 568 ; 2,,596, 
 
1; 618 1 1,689 
 
2.,657 ; Z,'648 
 
318 
 
308 
 
1,895 : 1,711 
 
,282 ' 244 
 
177 
 
107 
 
852 ' 726 
 
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. ,28,325, 26,939 , 25, 585, ; 2.3. 963 , 
 
i8,883 28, 117 27,265 i 25,781 
 
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GE, ORGIA CHICK HATCHER Y REPORT 
Athens, Ga., Sept. 30 -- A total of 4, 452, 000 broiler chicks were placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending September' 26, according to the Georgia Crop Reportjng Service. This compares with the 4, 537,000 placed the previous week and is 8 percent; less than the 4, 852, 000 placed the same week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6,300, 000 compared wit,h 
 
6,392,000 the previous week and is 12 percent less than the 7,141,000 for:the 
 
corresponding week last year. 
 
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The majorit}r of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were reported within a range of 45 to 60 cents with an average of 54 cellts for all hatching eggs and 52 cents for eggs .pur,chased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last ~eek the range was from 45 to 60 cents' with an average of 53 cents for all hatching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm 
from flocks witq hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
were reported Witl)in a range of $8.00 to $9.25 with an average of $8. 75 per hundred'compared with a range of $8.00 to $9.25 with an average of $8.75 per hundred last week; The average prices last year were 67 cents for eggs and $11. 00 for chi'cl$s. . . 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
broilers during the week ending September 26 was' Georgia broilers 2 3/4 3 3/4 pounds at farms 14. 50~. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
Eggs Set 1/ 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
I EGG TYPE 
I Eggs Chicks 
Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 195.9 % I 19'58 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
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Th0l.1. Thou. ercent Thou. Thou. Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
July 25 8,254 . 8, 231 10'0 
 
6,329 6,398 
 
100 
 
,131 138 
 
Aug. 1 8~302 7,771 
 
94 
 
6, 193 6,033 
 
97 
 
192 
 
72 
 
Aug. 8 8,010 7,419 93 
 
5,969 5,807 
 
97 
 
212 124 
 
Aug. 15 7,448 6,932 93 
 
5,868 5,730 
 
98 
 
205 
 
97 
 
Aug. 22 7,294' 6,775 93 
 
5,660 5,370 
 
95 
 
212 144 
 
Aug. 29 6,968 6,485 93 Sept.' 5 6, ,971 6,373 93 
 
5,493 5,331 5, 179 4,812 
 
97 93 
 
.1162112_/ 
 
168 154 
 
Sept. 12 7,298 6, 141 84 
 
5,023 4,668 
 
93 
 
149 166 
 
-'Sept. 19 7,319 6,392 
 
87 
 
4,873 4, 537 
 
93 
 
176.. 123 
 
Sept. 26 7, 141 6,300 88 
 
4,852 4,452 
 
92 
 
.179 
 
91 
 
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Sept. 19 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
Aug. 
 
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Sept. 5 
 
Sept, 12 
 
Sept. 19 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Sept. 26, 
 
Maine 
 
1,023 . 1,074'. ~ 781 
 
980 1.048 1,061. 
 
838 .407 
 
817 
 
Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
747 1,059 
 
863 872 
 
906 866 
 
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420 859 
 
469': '714 ' 
 
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427 774 
 
352 . 402 , 346 
 
724 
 
667 
 
590, 
 
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Indiana 
- Illinois ...-. , Missouri 
 
- I 1.202 -' 1, 295 ' .~~ 208 
 
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162 
 
198 
 
'204 
 
I, ,124 
 
1, 154 
 
1, 166 
 
767 _ 138 
805 
 
710 ., 604 . 633 
 
100 
 
156 
 
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76~': 724 ~ 627 
 
622 106 557 
 
571 121 598 
 
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I, 175 ~, '676 
 
1,070 2.646 
 
996 
2.601  
 
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Virginia 
 
1,404 
 
1. 509 
 
1,'354' 
 
,- 1.060 1. 00 l' . 984 . 896 
 
-688 
 
739 
 
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West -Virginia 
 
233 
 
266 
 
208 
 
463 
 
486 .' 467 ' 386 ' 374 296 
 
North Carolina 
 
2.,935 
 
2..878 '2,535 " . 
 
2.. 581 2,396,' . 2,405 2,355 2,089 2, 186 
 
South Carolina 
 
381, . 392 
 
'40~ 
 
272 ' 303 -2-63- 
 
l57 
 
267 
 
272 
 
GEORGIA 
 
6, 141 
 
6,392 
 
6, 300' 
 
5,370 5.331-,' 4;812 4,668 ,4,537 4,452 
 
Florida Alabama. 
 
,368 3.100 
 
354 3,053 
 
353' 2. '970 
 
, ' 205 
 
170 ' tol3 ; 234 
 
168 
 
179 
 
3,,019 . 3.034 2. ~06 ' 2" 568 2. 596 2,405 
 
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Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
Washingto'n 
 
Orego~ 
California 
 
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TOTAL 1959'" 
 
2.354-. 3. 146" 
41Z: ' ~, 221' 
278 2.79. 1, ~78 . , 
 
2.225 3,022 
433 2.2.2.1 
372. 256 1.394 
 
33.904 33,939 
 
 2.302 
2.998. .', 460' , 
 
 2.229 3Q4 
 
251 
 
1,255 
 
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32,651 - 
 
2,035 I, 780 ' I, 664' I 1. 6,18 
 
3,024 2., 869 " 2,,769 t 2.,6'57 
 
366 -' 391 
 
366',; 318 
 
2,028 . 1,975 ' 1,870' ,; 1, 895 
 
292 
 
277 , 317 
 
161 ' .. 200' 
 
121 
 
888 : 800 " 839 
 
2.82 .. 177 
8'52 
 
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29",.'307 ''28,325' 2.6.939. :25, 5~5 
 
1.689 1.675 
 
2., 648 2., 554 
 
308 
 
32.7 
 
1.71.1 1,689 
 
2.44 
 
194 
 
107 
 
160 
 
. 72.6 
 
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23.963 2.4,039 
 
TOTAL 1958' 
 
38, 8~5 ' 38.615 37,-"48,7' , 
 
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- 30,02.5 28.883 '2.8, 11( ,2.1,,2.65 2.5, 781 25,502 ' " 
 
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AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 31. EXTE"ION BLOG., ATHE", GA. 
October 5, 1959 
 
FARM PRICE REPORT AS OF ~ER 15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The All Commodity Index of Prices Received by Georgia Farmers declined four points to 245 percent of its 1910-1914 average during the month 
ended September 15, 1959. Primarily responsi"le for the decline were lower prices for cotton, corn, peanu~s) and hogs. Higher prices for eggs, wholesa:le milk) and most hays were partial~ offsetting. 
 
The mid-month average price of $1.17 per bushel for corn was a decline of 11 cents below the August 15th price 'of $1.28 per bUShel. The September 'price was, also, the lowest mid-month average price Georgia farmers have received for their corn during September since 1942, when the average price was $1.02 per bushel. 
a All hogs averaged $13.60 per hundredweight during September, decline 
of 60 cents from the previous month. Tl!e September mid-month average price of $13.60 was below the average price for 0.11 months since February 1956, when the average price was $12.00 per hundredweight. 
 
UNITED STATES: During the month ended September 15 the Index of Prices Received 
by Farmers remained unchanged at 239 percent of its 1910-14 aver- 
age. wwer prices for meat animals, grt:l.ins, oil bearing crops, and potatoes 
were offset by higher prices for dairy products, fruit; and eggs. The mid- 
. September index was 6 percent (16 points) below 0. year earlier. " The Index of Prices Paid including Interest, 'Taxes, and Farm Wage 
Rates as of September 15 remained at 297) unchanged from August. Small increases in prices paid by farmers for clothing) building materia1s~ and items bought for household operations raised the family living 'component of the index slightly 
and lower prices for feed, motor vehicles, feeder livestock, and building and fencing materials lowere~ the production component. 
 
Summary Table for Georgia and the Uni1ed States 
 
--- -_._.--- ---------._--_. 
 
1910-1In4de=x 
 
: ')Sept  15 100:' 1958 
 
INITED STATES 
 
Prices Received: 255 : 
 
Parit)" Jna.ex _11 : _.. 294 : 
 
Parity Ratio: 
 
87: 
 
Aug. 15 1959 
 
239: 
 
297 
 
: 
 
80 
 
: 
 
Sept. 15 1959 
239 297 80 
 
hie : RecOTd 
: Index : Da e 
: 313 :Feb. 1951 
: 299 ~ 2/ADr~ 1~9 
: 123: Oct~ 1946 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Prices Received: 
 
All Commodities 265 :: 
 
249 
 
245 
 
: 310 :Mar. 1951 
 
All Crops : 280 
 
271 
 
265 
 
: 319: d!Mar.1951 
 
Livestock and : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
_. Products 
 
: 232 : 
 
203 
 
: 
 
203 
 
: ?95: Sept. 1948 
 
<~ Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
 
. dates. gj Also May 1959. 'jj Also April 1951. 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY Agri cultural Statistidan In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
 PRICES lECEIVED BY FARMERS SEPTEMBER'15, 1959 WITH CClJPARISCl'l.'S 
 
i' J 
 
 
 
' I 
 
"--_._~~:....:..;;. 
Cc:MJODlTY 
J1NDtNIT 
'.' 
Wheat, bu. 
 
I: 
 
. .; . 
 
"I 
 
, GEO;;------il 
 
WrIED STA1$S.. 
 
: 
 
I 
 
I ':~ ., ,'Average/sept.15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15 A-.erage Sept. 15 J ,15 !Sept15 
 
. 1910-14 1958 
 
1959 
- 
 
1959 
 
1910-14 1958 
 
9 ; 1959 
 
.-~. --r----- 
 
$ 1.23 
 
1o8e 1,n 
 
1.75 
 
'.884 1.68 .. 
 
75 ,I 1.72 
 
'O&llh"b~. 
 
,, 
 
$ 
 
Corn, bu. c ~ar1ey, bu. 
 
.'. .: 
 
$ 
$ 
 
~rghlXll Crain, cwt. 
 
$ 
 
.67 
 
.91 
 
.91 . 1.24 
 
,1.15 
;~,. 
 
.. 
 
. ,2.10 
 
qotton, lb. 
 
'~ . i2.1 
 
. , I ''I' 
 
~ 
 
Cottonseed, ton 
 
oJ $. ~.65 
 
.. 
 
Soybeans, bu. 
 
'$ 
 
-' 1 .' ~; I 
 
- 
 
Peanuts, lb. 
 
 5.2 
 
35.6 50.00 
2.10 10.5 
 
Sweetpotatoes, ant. 
 
!. 
 
. 
 
... $., 
 
Lespedeza Seed,.A11,cwt. $ 
 
Ray,ba1cd, per toni 
 
All 
 
$ 
 
Alfalfa 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza: 
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowpea 
 
$ 
 
Peanut 
 
$ , 
 
Wool, lb. 
 
~ 
 
.84 
,. 
. ., , 
 
4.75 
- 
25.80 35.80 27.80 29.00 20.50 
39.0 
 
Milk Cows, head 
 
~ogs, awt. C~ves, awt. 
 
. I .. ~ 
 
.. $ 33.85 160.00 
 
$ . 7.36 20.60 
 
$ 
 
'. 23 .00 
 
.75 1.28 
 
.eo 1.17 
 
. .399 .642 
 
1.05 '.: 1.05 
 
.61~ 
 
1.9~ 
35.0 
 
1.95 
 
- 
 
I 34.5 
 
12.4 
 
40.00 
 
39.00 
 
22.55 
 
2.10 
 
- 2.00. I 
 
9.5 
 
9.0 I 4.8 
 
I - . 5.80 
. 
 
4.75 
 
1.60 
 
u~~ r' .~" 25.70 " 
I - 33.00 . 34.50 
 
27 .50 29.50 
 
29.00' .. _ 
29.50 I ' - . 
 
23.00 
 
23.00 I 
 
- 
 
44.0 
 
II 
 
44.0 
 
18.3 
 
i 170,00 165',00 
 
- 
 
14.20 
 
13.60 i 7.?:7 
 
24.80 24.50'1 6.75 
 
.556 ,e 1.13 . 
 
.861 
 
1.68 
 
34.54 
 
45.50 
 
1.98 
 
10.4 
 
2.74 
 
- . .. ' " 
 
, ~ 
 
17.60 17.90 19.60 27 .60 19.50. 
.. 
3508 
 
21"7 ~oo 
 
; 
 
19.90 
 
26.00 
 
6<1! .620 13 1.00 833 .846 61 1.52 26 33.12 
.eO 37.90 
98 1.90 
54 81J7 94 I 2.:6 
40 19.90 10 20.70 00 20080 
66 26J.0 
10 19J.O 3 43.4 
00 1233 00 
00 13040 40 I 26.80 
 
MUk,Who1esa.le,0'Wt '.' Fluid Mkt. Manuf. All 
Turkeys, lb. 
qhiokens, per lb.' J" Fa.nn : Com'l Broil. 
11.11 
 
$ 
$ 
$ 
 
-- Y 2.43 
 
6.33 5.70 3.56 3.25 
6.25 !/5.60 
 
, 
:- 
,/5:90 
 
4.87 
 
--1.60 
 
!/ 
 
3.26 4.32 
 
~ 
 
63 
13 
11 09 4035 
 
~ 
 
.. 
 
26.0 23.0 
 
23.0 
 
114.4 
 
::'3.7 
 
9 22.6 
 
I 
 
~ ~ ~ 13.3 
 
14.5 15.5 15.5 
 
12.5 14.5 1404 
 
12.5 
I -- I 14.8 
 
12.5 16.3 
 
14.7 
 
1104 
 
15.5 
 
2 I 9.fJ 
7 15.7 7 14.4 
 
Eggs, doz. 
Beef Cattle, cwt. 
 
~ 
$ 
 
21.4 
I I 3.96 
 
49.1 39.8 
18.10 1 19040 I 
 
! 
 
! 
 
; 
 
.!f Rovised. 
 
V Prel1minary ~st.ima==.::t-=-e..:.. 
 
40.7 
 
21.5 
 
I 
 
' I 19.20 I 5.42 
 
!.. 
 
i 
 
~~--- 
 
. 
 
41.8 22.30 
 
9 32.8 
70 I 22.50 
I --.L.._ 
--=- _ 
 
PRICES PAID BY F.ARMERS FOR SELECTED lEEDS SEPTEMBER 15, 1959 WITH COMPARISCNS 
 
,- 
 
GEORGIA 
 
KIND OF lEED 
 
" 
 
. 
 
~PI t19.58 15 
 
Aug. 15 1959 
 
.- 
Sept. 15 
1959 , 
 
t.N ITED STATES 
 
Sept. 15 Aug. 15 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
Sept. 15 1959 
 
! 
 
- 
 
ixed Dairy Feed 
 
D-o-1l-a.-rs-Per 100 Pounds I 
 
All Undor 29% Protein 
" 1~ Prote'in .,' 18% Protein 
2CY~ Protein 24% Protein 
 
4.00 
3.90 4.30 
4.10 4.40 
 
3.90 
3.80 
. 4.05' 4.00 4.25 
 
3.85 
. 3.75 
4.00 4.00 4.15 
 
3.65 
3.58 3.59 3.90 4.02 
 
3.66 
3.61 3.58 3.86 3.94 
 
3.61 
3.57 3.49 3.82 3.90 
 
Hilth Protein Feeds Cottonseed Me~l ;~41%) 
Soybean Mell.1 (44% 
Meat Sora.p 
Grain By-Products 
Diin 
Middlings Corn Meal 
 
4.00 
-4.15 
3..l5 3.40 3.40 
 
4.05 
-4.10 
3.30 3.55 3.25 
 
3.65 
-4.00 
3.25 3.50 3.20 
 
3.97 4.41 6.37 
2.68 2.82 3.34 
 
4.16 4.20 5.44 
2.75 2.95 3.25 
 
3.97 4.12 5.29 
2.70 2.85 3.19 
 
:eroPoultry Feed ner GroWing Mash Laying Mash Soratch Grains 
 
5.20 4.90 4.35 
 
4.75 
4.75 4.20 
 
4.70 
4.7Q. 4,15 
 
5.06 4.50 3.96 
 
4.83 4.44 3.93 
 
4.75 4.37 3 ..8 6 
 
m 
 
Jj ~ 
 
a 
 
.al 
 
e 
 
d 
 
) 
 
All Other 
 
40.00 31.00 
 
42.50 
30.00 
i 
 
42.50 33.00 
I 
 
26.30 26.70 
 
29.10 26.40 
 
29.40 
i 26.40 -1-... 
 
 .- . , I~.I'" 
 
~ 
" .. 
: 
 
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~II 
 
I 
,;. 
 
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE 
 
LY ~ ~J< 
 
J)-\ -rc J-J E Y -U-N-l':"~~-I"TY"::-:-,-,w~ 
 
R 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
Released: 10/1/59 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
,Athens, Ga.', '9ctobe~ 1 -- A total of 4, 383, 000 bJroiler chicks were placed 
 
with producers in G~'orgia during the week endins October 3, according to the 
 
Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with th-e 4,452,000 placed the 
 
previ.ous week and is 1'5 percent less than the 5. 15Z, 000 placed the same week 
 
last year. 
 
. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6, 538,000 compa)"ed with 
6,300-,000 the previou~ week and is 8 percent less than the 1, 110, 000 for the" 
corresponding week last year . 
 
. .'The majority of 'the prices paid far Georgia produced hatching eggs were repo'rted within a range of 50 to 60 cents with a.n aver'ageof 55 cents for all hatch- 
ing eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 45 to 60 cents with an average of 54"'cents for all hatching eggs and 5Z cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery pwned cockerels.. M;ost prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $8. 00 to$9. Z5 with'an average of $9.-00 per" hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $9. Z5 with an average of $8. 75 per bundred last week. The average prices last year were 61 cents for eggs and $11.00 for chicks. 
 
Weighted ~verage price from the Feder.al-S'tate Market News Service for broilers during tbe week ending October 3 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 
pounds a,t farms 13 .. 85. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
Eggs Set !.! 
 
1958 
 
1959 1959 0/0 
of 1'158 
 
.: Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 , 1959 % I 19 59 I 1959 
of 1958 
 
Thou. ,Thou. IPercent Thou. Thou. Percent IThou. Thou. 
 
Aug. 1 Aug . 8 Aug. 15 Aug. 22 Aug. Z9 Sept.. 5 Sept.12 Sept. 19 sept.Z6 Oct. 3 
 
8,3.0zl 
8.010 
1,44~ 
1,Z94 6,968 6, 9 7~ 1,Z98 
7.319 1, 141 7,110 
 
7,111 . 7,419 
6,93Z 6,715 6,485 6,313 6, 141 6,39Z 6,300 6.538 
 
94 
 
6, 193 6,033 
 
97 
 
93 
 
5,969. 5,801 
 
97 
 
93 
 
5,868 5,130 
 
98 
 
. 93 
 
5,660 5,370 
 
93 
 
5,493 5,331 
 
95 91 
 
93 
 
5, 119 4,812 
 
93 
 
84 
 
5, 02-3 4,668 
 
93 
 
81 
 
4,873 4, 531 
 
93 
 
88 
 
4,8SZ 4,45Z 
 
9Z 
 
9Z 
 
5, 15Z 4,383 I 85 
 
19Z 
 
1Z 
 
Z12 124 
 
205 
 
97 
 
ZiZ 144 
 
161 168 
 
11Z1I6Z-1 
 
154 166 
 
176 12,3 
 
179 
 
91 
 
146 132, 
 
r/11 Includes egIS set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
.M. 
 
 
 
 
 
~ 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
~-------- 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture ., 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Service, Athens, Georgia 
-----------------.---------------------------------------------.--------- 
 
 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
P 
 
z 
 
. 
 
STATE 
Maine Connecticut Fennsylvania Indiana Illinois Missouri Delaware Maryland Virginia .. est Virginia North Carolina South Carolina GEORGIA Florida Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas Washington Cregon CalHornia 
 
Sept. 
19 
 
Sept. 
26 
 
Oct. 
3 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
1,074 863 812 
1,295 198 
I, 154 1,070 2.646 
1. 509 266 
2,818 
392 6,392 
354 3,053 2,225 3.022 
433 
2,221 372 256 
1,394 
 
781 
 
906 
 
866 
 
1,208 
 
204 1, 166 
 
.996 
 
2,601' 
 
1,354 
 
- 
 
208 2, 535 
 
404 
 
,6.300 
 
353 
 
2.970 
 
2,302 
 
2,998 
 
460 
 
2,229 304 
 
251 
 
1,255 
 
I, (,98 
845 835 1,269 164 1~ 113 1.206 2, 562 
1.019 217 
2,751 425 
6, 538 
316 3,041 2,373 2,71:1 
457 
2,249 30'1 
' 145 
1.. 185 
 
Week Ending 
 
Aug. 
29 
 
Sept. 
5 
 
Sept. 
12 
 
Sept. 
19 
 
Sept. 
26 
 
- 
Oct. 
3 .. 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
.- 
 
1,048 1, 061 
 
838 
 
407 
 
817 
 
898 
 
469 
 
427 
 
352 
 
402 
 
346 
 
372 
 
714 
 
774 
 
124 
 
667 
 
590 
 
658 
 
710 
 
604 
 
633 
 
622 
 
571 
 
494 
 
100 
 
156 
 
111 
 
106 
 
121 
 
83 
 
768 
 
724 
 
627 
 
557 
 
598 
 
506 
 
1, 569' 1, 326 1,419 I, 179 I, 125 1.097 
 
1, 934 I, 871 1. 718 1.871 1,827 1.797 
 
, 
 
1,001 
 
984 
 
896 
 
688 
 
739 
 
832 
 
486 2,396 
303 5,331 
 
467 2,405 
263 4,812 
 
386 2,355 
257 4,668 
 
374 2,089 
267 4, 531 
 
296 
 
391 
 
2, 186 . 2.232 
 
272 
 
270 
 
4.452 4,383 
 
170 
 
213 
 
234 
 
168 
 
179 
 
145 
 
3,034 2,906 2, 568 2, 596 2,405 2.284 
 
1,780 1.664 1,618 1,689 1,675 1,656 2, 869 2,769 2,657 2,648 2, 554 2,620 
 
391 
1,975 277 200 800 
 
366 
1, 870 317 121 
839 
 
318 
1,895 282 177 
852 
 
308 
1, 711 244 107 
726 
 
327 
1,689 194 160 
916 
 
331 1, 596 
211 172 962 
 
TOTAL 1959 
 
33.939 32,651 32:, 850 
 
28,325 26,939 25,585 23,963 24,039' 23,990 
 
. 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
38,615 37,487 36,241 
 
28,883 28, 117 27,265 25.781 25, 502 27,134 
 
~ 
 
1959 % of 1958 
 
88 
 
87 
 
91 
 
I 
 
98 
 
96 
 
94 
 
93 
 
94 
 
88 
 
, 
 
 I~ 
 
(G[(Q)JRGHA (CJR{O!P ~1rllNGi S[~Vll(clE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY ~ GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens> Georgia 
 
;;;IJERSIIY OF GEORGIA 
OCT 10'59 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRacULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 31t EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS. GA. 
October 8, 1959 
 
.. 
GEORGIA CO'}:'rON 
 
~QR':Ltl'BR~AR\SE-Sor- OCTOBER 
 
1 
 
The 1959 Georgia cotton crop will be 535,000 bales (500 pounds gross weight) according to October 1 information furnished by crop correspondents to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. The current forecast is 40,000 bales below 
the September 1 forecast but 52 percent above the 352,000 bales harvested in 1958. Indicated yield per acre of '389'pounds is 54 pounds below the 1958 record 
of 443 pounds, but exceeds all other years of record. 
 
Production is expected to be 111 percent above last year in the northern 
districts; 58 percent in the central districts; and 21 percent larger in the southern area. 
 
Frequent rains during the first two weeks of September delayed harvesting 
operations in most areas of the State. The excessive moisture and'rank vegetative growth caused some rotting ot bolls and reduced the quality of the- crop. Heavy grass and weed growth and shortage of cotton pickers have delayed progress of harvest in many areas. Hurricane Gracie caused heavy damage to unharvested cotton in those counties adjacent to the Savannah River, with the intensity of 
the damage declining rapidly away from the River area. 
 
Census ginnings to October 1 were 344,000 running bales compared with 280,000 bales to the same date last season and 218,000 ba.les in 1951. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY 
Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
GEORGIA'MAP SHOWING INDICATED PRODUCTION 1959 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1958~1951 
 
\ 1959-41,1" 1958-19,4 1951-25,0 
L 
 
1959 production indicated on October 1. 
- STATE - 
1959 - 535;000 1958 - 352,000 1951 - 396,000 
 
Districts shown are Crop Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts. 
1959-88,800 1958-69 . 400 1951-66,000 
 
VII 
ALBANY 
1959-63,100 1958-53,100 1957-55,000 
 
VIII 
1959-107,500 1958- 83,300 1951- 90, 000 
VALDOSTA 
 
I 
 
".. 
 
IX 
 
1959-21,400 
 
1958-14) 800 
 
1957-12,000 
 
J;i1; ( 
 
PlEASE TURN PAGE FOR 
 
UNITED STATES INFORMATION 
 
 ., 
UNITED ,STATES - C<Yl'I'ON REPORT AS OF OO1'OBER 1, 1959 
 
The Crop Reporting Board of the Agricultural Marketing Service makes the 
 
following report fram data furnished by crop correspondents, field statisticians, Bureau of the Census) Commodity Stabilization SerVice, and cooperating State 
 
agencies. The final outturn of cotton compared with this forecast will depend 
 
upon whether the various influences affecting the crop during the' reDiD.inder. of the 
 
season 
- -, - - 
 
are more', 
- - - -: 
 
or less 
- Acres, 
 
favorable 
:- - - Lint 
 
YthiaenIdu-spuearl-. 
 
.- 
 
- 
 
:- - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
Product""1Oil- 
 
'g"":" - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
,State .," ': ,I for: :_ h!~e!t~d_a.r~ __ ~: _ 500-~o~ S.I"S! ~i~t_b!l~s_ 
Y;.. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.:_1h2a,5r2v,est: !1~~r-!58~7 ;:.. _19_58_:. _ i1n9.599;i...;:.. !1v9~4r8~!":-.57;:.. 1958 ;:.. i1n9.59;9i...__' 
 
1,000 
acres North Carolina ' : 395 South Carolina : 565 
Georgia,.,'.  .: 660 
Tennessee    : 515 Alabama, ., ,' .: 815 Mis,Sissip~i '. ',.: 1,440 
 
Pounds 
~--- 
310 
284 392 312 396 
 
Pounds 
466 
406 
443 ' 501 398 409 
 
Pounds 401 
370 389 550 427 517 
 
1,000 bales 
419 
598 655 572 844 1,710 
 
1,000 1,000 
 
bales bales 
 
256 
 
330 
 
299 
 
435 
 
352 
 
535 
 
419 
 
590 
 
439 
 
725 
 
961, 1,55,0 
 
t-lissouri  .,  : 400 396 
 
446 
 
Arkansas  .: 1,295 386 
 
436 
 
Louisio.na .  .: 495 396 
 
392 
 
Oklahoma .   : 600 184 
 
365 
 
Texas .   .  : 6,300 232 
 
383 
 
516 
 
386 
 
547 1,429 
 
451 
 
624 
 
320 
 
367 
 
350 3,956 
 
275 
 
480 
 
925 . 1,475 
 
297 
 
465 
 
313, 400 
 
4,308 4,600 
 
New Mexico  : 198 582 
 
820 
 
832 
 
275 
 
301 
 
343 
 
Arizona .   .: 380 831 
 
931 
 
973 
 
740 
 
734 
 
770 
 
'J/: California .: 875 748 1,049 
 
Other States 
 
'58 304 
 
403 
 
1,070 1)424 
 
365 
 
48 
 
1,604 1,950 
 
29 
 
44 
 
United-States -: -14,991 - -329- - - 465 - - - !j:70 - 14704"0' - - I175I2- -1!j:,09~ - 
 
V : - Ame"r:--Egypt 
 
-60.4 - 435- - - 525 - - - 544 - - 49:-7- - - - 8'3:-0' - -75.3- 
 
YAUgUst I esti~te.:-. ~gJProductroii giDned-~-to ,~e-grnned.~ A 500-1b:- ba.1e- - - 
 
conta.ins about: 480 net' pounds of lint .. . .1IVi.,rgima, .Fldrida, I1linofs, Kentucky and Nevada. ~Inc1ude.d in State and ,United States totals. Grown in Tems, New Mexico, Arizona, and 'Co.lifornia. ,', I 
 
CROP REPORTING BOARD 
 
" ... 
 
 /S" 
 
(GI&CO~CGllA CCIRtOIP ~ElP'(Q)~1rlllNCG [JR{VllCCI& 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA ANO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Athens. Georgia 
 
IN\VU<~\I" m \;Ern;lt, 
OCT 14' 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG  ATHENS. GA. 
October 12. 1959 
 
1 RQ~f.ll::; 
HONEY PRODUCTION REPORT - OCTOBER 1959 
 
GEORGIA: Estimated honey production in Georgia for 1959 is 6.479.000 p/?unds. This is a decline of approximately two percent from the 1958 produc- 
tion of 6.603.000 pounds. Total colonies of bees were estimated at 209.000 compared with 213. 000 last year. Honey production per colony is estima. ted at 31 pounds this year the same' as last year. 
 
UNITED STATES: The ~959 honey crop is estimated at 247.885.000 pounds--7 percent less than last year's large crop. according to the 
Crop Reporting Board. This year's honey crop is being produced by 5.437.000 
colonies of bees--about the same number as in 1958. Honey production per, colony averaged 45.6 pounds. compared with 49.0 in 1958 'and the 1953-57 average of,42. 7 pounds. In mid-September, beekeepers had about 101 million pounds of honey on hand for sale--about 41 percent of the estimat~d 1959 production. 
 
Honey production was 40 percent below last year in the Western Region. with the largest reduction in California. Production in the .3outh Central region was 9 percent below last year. These decreases were partially offset by in,~, creases, of 39 percent in the East North Central. 15 percent in the North Atlantic. 6 percent in the South Atlantic and 2 percent in the West North Central States. 
 
p'roduction in New York and Pennsylvania was above average .. and New Jersey',produced the largest crop since ~949. In each of the East North Central States both yield per colony and total production were above average as the, 
season was particularly favorable for nectar flow. Yield per colony in Michigan was highest of any year since 1939. and in Ohio and Indiana the highest since. ' 1941. The honey crops in Minnesota and Iowa were above last year and above average. Production in North and South Dakota was well above average despite drought conditions. Honey production in South Georgia was very good but in ' North Georgia was almost a complete failure. The Florida crop was below last year and average. A poor citrus flow resulted from rain and cold weather. In Texas, weath~r ~as favorable for nectar flow and production was well above average, although 'below last year. Very dry conditions in Wyoming. Colorado, 
Utah. and Nevada reduced plant development and nectar flow. Colorado had the smallest crop of record. In Montana and Idaho weather conditions in late July 
and August were unfavorable and yields per colony were below average. Production in California was lowest since 1945. and yield per colony lowest of record. This year's yield per colony at 30 pounds compares with the unusually high yield of 80 pounds in 1958 and the 1953-57 average of 51 pounds. Dry weather in the spring and early summer sharply reduced nectar flow. The honey yield from orange was light and the sage crop was particularly disappointing. 
 
The 10 leading honey States which produced 58 percent of the crop are Minnesota. California. Wisconsin, Florida. Iowa. Texas, Ohio, Michigan, New York, and Indiana. 
 
(over) 
 
 ..Produc;tion ~er .colony' i.~c.rease.:i'fr~m:,33. O pounds' last year:'t~j9!:i.; ,:' 
 
pounds in the North Atlantic. 39.6 to S&.8 in the East North Central. and 31. 5 to :32~'7 :irt.'~he South Atlai)tic State:s. Yields per colony dec~eased ~rQ'j:n'''$~.~:;~:~o 83 ..l.in,the We.st NortbCentral. 30.0 to 26.7 in the Sout,h.Cent~al.a~9~1i~m.Z:.l.7 
 
to 42.1 in the Western States. 
 
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Estimated stocks of honey o.n ha~~ for sal~ by producers .i~ mid-September totaled 101.275,000 pounds. compared' with 107.690.000 pounds a year earlier. The~~. stocks amounted to 41 percent of Production. Stocks as a percent. of ::(... 
P.l'!J4uction were 52 percent in the East North Cc,niral. 45 per,cent.in the West. 39 'percent, in the West North Central. 37 percent in the Nort.b.At1a~tic. ')1 ~.~~. 
ce~~ in the Soq.t~,A~~~tic. and i8 percent in the South Centra,l-,S~ates.: ...... ; j 
 
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1959 HONEY PRODUCTION AND STOCKS ON HAND SEPTEM'BER 15 FOR SALE 
 
Stat~ .. :Colonies of bees :Yield pe.r colony :Honeyproduction: Honeyfor;sa'le~in 
 
&?4. . ,:' , : ' , .' '1/ : 
 
:.: 11: 
 
. division :. 1958 : 1.959_ : 1958 : 1959-:- : 1958 .L __ -'- __ ~_. ~ _ 
 
: ' . 11 ::producer'a han~.:~n 
 
. : 1959- :Sept. 15 .195,9 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thousands 
 
Pounds 
 
; Thousand Pouna.; Thousand Pound. 
 
GA. . : 213 ... 209 ~ 31 
 
31 
 
~ 6.603 . 6. 479 ~ 
 
"'1.490 
 
Del. 
 
: 
 
3 
 
3 : 26 
 
24 
 
: 
 
78 
 
72 : .... 25 
 
Md., .. 29 
 
10 26 
 
24 
 
.' , 754 
 
';120 '. "274 
 
Va';' . ; 139 .'. 136 ; 21 ". "26: ; 2,919 3',536; 
 
1.061 
 
W. Va. :' '103. 
 
101: .16 
 
18 
 
: '1.648 '1.818 : 
 
,454 
 
N. C. .: 183 
 
210: 14 :'. 22 
 
:Z.562 '4,620: 
 
''1.478 
 
S. C. : 58 
 
60: l4 ". Z2 . : 1',39l . 1'..320 : 
 
. '238 
 
... Fla. 
 
: 274 
 
277: 57 
 
54 
 
: 15,618 14,958: 
 
5, 534 
 
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45.~.. :Z65, 677 247,88.5 : 101,275 
 
!! '. Preliminary. 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
OCT 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3'9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS .. GA. 
 
Athens; Georgia 
 
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October 12 J 1959 
 
GENERAL CROP REPOR'r FOR GEORGIA AS OF OCTOBER 1) 1959 
 
SECOND LARGEST CORN CROP: ~rent indications point to a Georgia corn crop 
 
of 81,984,000 bushels, the Georgia Crop Report- 
 
ing Service said today. If realized, this would be the second largest crop ever 
 
produced in the State being surpassed only by last year's record crop of 
 
86,752,000 bushels. The yield per acre of 28.0 bushels also promises to be the 
 
second highest of record. The record produced in 1958 is 32.0 bushels per acre. 
 
The decline in yield prospects from last year is due primarily to a lack of 
 
m6isture at various times during the groWing season. 
 
.' 
 
ABOVE AVERAGE PEANUT PRODUCTION: The production of peanuts in Georgia this year is forecast at 550,000,000 pounds, 
10 percent below the 1958 crop of 612,850;000 pounds} but apprOXimately 10 million pounds above average. The indicated yield per acre of 1,100 pounds. is 90 pounds below the 1958 record of 1,190 pounds per acre; but exceeds all other years of record. 
 
Frequent showers and cloudy weather durj.ng the first half o September delayed harvest of peanuts. The delay together with excessive moisture damaged peanuts that were in the process of being harvested, resulting in some loss of nuts and extensive loss of quality. Open weather the last half of September enabled farmers to finish harvesting most of the peanut crop by the first of October. 
 
LEAF PRODUCTION UP: The. State's flue-cured tobacco crop, currently estimated at 106,500,000 pounds, is nearly 19 percent larger than 
. ~st year's crop of ~9, 610; 000 pounds. . The' estimated yield per acre of 1,500' pounds is only 45 pounds below the record high 1958 yield of 1,545 pounds per acre. The increase in production from last year is due to a larger acreage as Georgia farmers harvested 71,000 acres this year compared with 58,000 acres in 1958. 
 
PECAN CROP SLIGIn'LY.ABOVE AVERAGE: Indications on 'October 1 pointed to a pecan crop of 37 million pounds, 
8 million pounds less than production last year, but slightly above the 1948-57 average of 35,370,000 pounds. The crop is unusually light in the Albany area. Prospects in central and northern counties are generally fair to good. A larger than normal percentage' of thi s year's crop will come from seedlings. Harvest is just beginning on a small scale which is somewhat earlier than last year. 
 
CRQP AND UNIT 
 
: ACREAGE: 
 
GEORGIA 
 
. 
 
:. (000) ': 
 
 
 
: 
 
..YIELD PER ACRE : 
 
. : TOTAL PRODUCTION (000) 
 
: 
 
: Indi- 
 
: 1959 
 
:Avera~e : :1948-57 : 
 
1958 
 
: Indicated: Average: : 1~59 : 1948-57 : 
 
1958 . 
 
: cated : 1959 
 
CORN,ALL    bu.: 2,928 
 
18.5 32.0 
 
"TREAT      bu.: 100 
 
16.7 230 
 
OATS     . bu. : 259 
 
28.0 330 
 
:BIRIEY . . . . bu.: 13 
 
23.9 29.0 
 
RYE       bu.: 16 
 
10.0 12.5 
 
HAY, ALL    tons: 632 
 
.73 1.02 
 
~OBACCO,ALL lbs. : 72.1 
 
1,248 1,540 
 
~OTATOES,IRlSH,cwt.: 4.1 
 
46 
 
46 
 
~OTA'roES, SWEET, cWt. : ' 10.0 ~OTl'ON    bales: 660 ~ANUTS( P&Ir) 1bs. : 500 
 
y 
 
42 284 
 
48 
Y 443 
 
866 1,190 
 
SOYBEANS 
 
tor beans   bu. : 82 
 
11.1 12.5 
 
SORGHUM 
 
'for grain   .bu. : 33 gj 19.1 24.0 
 
PEACHES 
 Total Crop.  bu. : 
PEARS Total Crop   bu.: 
 
- 
 
PECANS 
 
. ,:Lbs ~ : 
 
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11 Y PASTURE, CONDITION ~: 
 
- 
 
72 
 
Pounds. 
 
Short-time average. 
 
78 
 
28.0 21.0 
32.0 29.0 12.5 1.03 1,498 
53 45 
Y 389 
1)100 
 
54,176 2,099 
11,412 
189 78 
679 119,353 
312 1)137 
655 540,052 
 
16.0 
25.0 
- 
- 
~ 
82 
 
536 
gj 581 
2,101 
147 35,370 
 
86,752 . 81,984 
 
1,633 . 2,100 
 
9,108 8,28 f} 
 
290 
 
377 
 
162 
 
200 
 
641 
 
651 
 
91,0,18 ~07,985 
 
222 
 
215 
 
528 " 450 
 
352 
 
535 
 
612,850 550,000 
 
1,125 1,312 
 
888 
 
825 
 
4,000 3,200 
 
98 
 
85 
 
45,000 37,000 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY AgriCUltural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 UNITED STATES - GENERAL CROP REPORT AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1959 
 
Total crop production equal to the record of last year now seems likely, given 
successful harvest of late crops. Frosts, earlier than usual in sane northern areas caused only minor damage as crop maturity was well advanced. September rains, excessive in some sections, hampered harvesting with losses of both volume and quality in some localities, mainly in southern sections. 
 
CORN'is estimated at a record 4,429 million bushels, up 1 percent, frOm September 1, up 17 percent from last year and 36 percent above the 1948-57 average. 
 
it SOYBEAN production is now estimated at 5.30 million bushels, down nearly 1 per- 
cent fr'om September 1, down 8 percent from last year, but about times the average 
 
SORGHUM GRAm Production is estimated at 573 million bushels, 7 percent below 
 
last year but over 2t times the average. 
 
, 
 
AlL WHEAT output at 1,117 million bUshels, is about the same as September 1, 24 percent below last year but 4 percent above average. 
 
PEANUTS are estimated at 1,673 million pounds, down 2 percent from September 1, and 9 percent from last year but 2 percent above average. 
 
~ is estimated at 114 million tons, 7 :percent below last year, but 6 percent 
 
above average. 
 
. 
 
QQ2 laid during September are estimated at 4,539 million, nearly 1 percent more than were 1ai,d during September 1958, and 14 percent above average. 
 
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Acreage 
 
1959 
 
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Acre Ind1c. 
 
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1958 _____ 
 
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VCT.t.- ~ 
 
(000) 
 
(000) 
 
(000) 
 
Corn,411bu. 84,387 
 
Wheat, All'. ~.bu. 53,217 
 
Oatsbu. 28,823 
 
Cottonbales 14,991 
 
H~, A11 to~ 70,991 
 
SPoeaynbuetasns,yfo.r.b..e'a.n..s.. 
 
bu. 
1b. 
 
.21,968 1,496 
 
Tobacco ;  1b. 1,157 
 
52.5 
 
21.0 
 
y 
 
37.3 470 
 
1.60 . 
 
24.1 
 
1,118 
 
1,573 
 
3,251,064 1,075,391 1,306,458 
14,046 
107,134 326,020 1,642,502 2,090,481 
 
3,799,~ 
1,462,218 1,422,164 
11,512 121,924 
574,413 1,835,800 1,736,204 
 
4,429,154 1,117,430 1,075,376 
14,692 113,864 
529,793 1,673,120 1,819,689 
 
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1,000 pounds 
 
1,00, 0 pounds 
 
1,000 eounds 
 
N. C. 
 
2,023 -. - ~ . 3,200 
 
Boo 
 
S. C. 
 
3,640 
 
. 8,000 
 
3,000 
 
GA. 
 
35,370 
 
. , 45,000 
 
. 
 
31,000 
 
Fla. 
 
4, 860 
 
2,600 
 
-. - 
 
2,500 
 
. Ala. 
 
16,688 
 
31,600" 
 
8,000 
 
Miss. Ark. La. 
 
9,515 . . 16,000 
 
.. 4,500 
 
5,549 16,4 9 0 ' 
 
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18, 620 
 
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35,040 
 
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GEORGIA' CHI,CK HATCHER Y REPOR. T 
 
~:, A~hens, :Ga. ~ October 14 -~ A total of 4,. 510, 000 broiler chicks wer'e piaced wlth propucers ~'n Georgia during the week ending October 10, according to the 
 
Georgia 'Orop Reporting Service. This compares with the. 4,383,000 .placed the' 
 
pr'eviou~ we,~k alld, is 'lZ percent less than the 5.. 117~ 0,00 pla.ced the same week , 
 
1a:~,t year. ' ; . . 
 
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Eggs se~ by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 6,896,000 compared with 
 
6, ,538.000 the1 previous week and is 5 pe:rcent less than the 7, Z4:8, 000 for ,the 
 
co~respo~d~.ng week last year,.. ' 
 
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',~' The majority of ~he prices paid for Georgia 'pr~d~ce~d b,~t~hirig egg's were 
 
reported within a range of 50 to 60 cents with an average of 55 cents for all hatchilig eggft ~nd 53 cents for .Jggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery: owned c~ckerels.. -: L-a:s't 'week th.e 'ra:nge' Was from 50 to 60' cents' with' an. ;aveJ,.a:g~; 
 
o{, 55 .ce~ts for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchased at the farm : 
 
f~~m :loc~s with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks 
 
wet-e reported wit~iri:a'r~ng~ ~f $8. 0'0 to '$9.25 with an aveI:age of $9. 00 per 
 
hundred compareq with a, range' of $8.00 to $9.25 with an aveTage of $9.00 pe'1' 
 
ht#!dred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for eggs and 
 
$.t 1. 00 for chicks. 
 
, 
 
, 
 
, 
 
'::! W~ighte;d average price fro~ the' F~~eral-S,t~t~'Mark~t N'ews Service for: 
 
bl'oilers during the week ending October 'lb was O'eorgia broilers Z 3/4 - 3 3}4 ! 
 
pounds ?,t,farms ,f3. 76~. 
 
: GEORGIA EGGS SET, 
 
 . HATCHINGS. AND .CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
.... " 
 
, 
 
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: 
 
: 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE. 
 
Week ... 
Ending. 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
', 
 
 Chicks Placed for 
 
' . ': '.~ ~r,oilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs C'l\icks \ Set Hatc...ed'I 
 
" 
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A~g. 8, 
 
: 
1958 
; 
, 
T'ho'i.j...1 
8,010 
 
1959 
.. 
Thou.- 
7,419 
 
1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
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1959 Thou. 
 
~ 
.1959 
I 
, 
.Thou.: 
 
93 5, r'/69 5.807 
 
97 
 
' ZlZ _' 1Z4 
 
Aug. 15' 7.448 6,932. 
 
At!g.2.2. " , 7,2.94; '6. 175 
 
Aug. 2.9 
 
6; 968: 6,485 
 
93' 5,868, 5,730 . 98 
 
2.05 
 
97 ; 
 
,.93: :. 93', 
 
'5, 660.:" ':5.''.3.7Q 
5,493',;:', 5.331 
 
- 
 
' 
 
95 97 - 
 
: ZlZ 161 
 
. 144 . . 1':8 ; 
 
Sept. 5 6, 971' 6,373 
 
93 5, 179 4. 81Z ' 93 
 
1Zl 154 
 
Sept.lZ 
 
7,Z98 6, 141 
 
84 5,02.3 4,668 
 
93 
 
176 166 
 
Sept. 19 7,319 6,39Z 
 
87 4.873 4,537 
 
93 
 
176 12.3 
 
Sept.Z6 
 
7, 141 6.300 
 
88 4.852 4,452. 
 
92. 
 
179 
 
91 
 
Oct. 3 7. 110 6,538 
 
9Z 5.15Z 4,383 
 
85 
 
146 132. 
 
Oct. 10 7,2.48 6.896 
 
95 5. 117 4, 510 
 
88 
 
2.63 132. 
 
1/ Incll1des eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 STATE 
 
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. 
 
EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN. COM 
 
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- 
 
,' 
 
Week Ending, 
 
Sept. 26 
 
Oct. 3 
 
. Oct. 10  
 
S,ept~ 
5 
 
Sept. 12 
 
. 
Sept. 19 
 
19 
 
Sept. 26 
 
Oct. 3 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
z 
Oct. 10 
 
Maine 
 
781 
 
1,098 
 
1, 101 
 
1,061 
 
838 
 
407 
 
817 
 
898 
 
831 
 
Connecticut Penns ylvani.a Indiana 
 
906 866 1,208 
 
845 
835 1,269 
 
. 872 
955 , 1, 386 
 
427 
 
332* 402 
 
346 
 
312 
 
514 
 
714 
 
724 
 
661 
 
590 
 
658 ; 591 
 
604 
 
~33 
 
622 
 
511 
 
494 
 
566 : 
 
Illinois Missouri 
 
204 1, 166 
 
164 I, 113 
 
175 1, 133 ' 
 
156 
 
III 
 
106 
 
121 
 
' 83 
 
114 
 
724 ' 621 
 
551 
 
598 
 
506, 
 
564 
 
Delaware 
 
996 
 
1,206 
 
1,326 
 
. 1, 326 1,419 1, 119 I, 125 1,097 1,022 
 
Maryland 
 
2,601 
 
2,562 
 
2,821 
 
1,871 1, 118 1,871 1,821 1, 191 1,880 
 
Virginia 
 
1,354 
 
1, 019 
 
1,312 
 
984 
 
896 
 
688 
 
139 
 
832 
 
831 
 
( 
 
West Virginia 
 
208 
 
211 
 
224 
 
467 
 
386 
 
314 
 
296 
 
391 
 
381 
 
North Carolina 
 
2, 535 
 
2,751 
 
2,649 
 
2,405 2,355 2,089 2, 186 2,232 2,20Z 
 
South Carolina 
 
404 
 
425 
 
448' 
 
263 
 
257 
 
267 
 
21Z 
 
210 
 
283 
 
GEORGIA 
 
6,300 
 
6, 538 
 
6.896 
 
4,812 4,668 4, 531 4,452 4,383 4, 510 
 
.21orida 
 
- 
 
353 
 
316 
 
345 
 
213 
 
234 
 
168 
 
119 
 
145 
 
161 
 
Alabama c 
Mississippi 
 
2,910 2,302 
 
3,041 2.313 
 
3, 143 2,331 
 
2,906 2, 568 2. 596 2,405 2.284 2,421 1,664 1,618 1,689 1,675 ' 1.656 1. 554 
 
Arkansas 
 
2,998 
 
2,141 
 
3, 145 
 
2,769 2.657 2.648 2,554 2,620 2,483 
 
Louisiana Texas 
 
460 2,229 
 
451 2,249 
 
418 2,295 
 
' 337* 318. 
 
308 
 
321 
 
331 
 
392 
 
1,870 1,895 1.711 1,689 1. 5~6 1,512 
 
Washington Oregon 
 
304 
 
301 
 
217 
 
251 
 
145 ~ 
 
200 
 
311 
 
282 
 
128* 177 
 
Z44 107 
 
194 160 
 
211 112 
 
. 
 
260 185 
 
California 
 
1, 255 
 
1, 185 
 
1,429 
 
839 
 
852 
 
126 
 
916 
 
962 
 
951 
 
. 
 
, 
 
TOTAL 1959 
 
32, 651 32.850 35.001 
 
26,917* 25,565* Z3.963 24.039 23,990 24,226 
 
TOTAL 1958 
1959 % of .1958 '. 
*ReviseJ. 
 
31,481 87 
 
36,241 91 
 
31,901 92 
 
28, 117 21.265 25,181 25.502 21, 1.34 27.271 
 
, 
 
9'6 
 
94 
 
. 93 
 
94 
 
88 
 
. 89 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE 
 
tier 
 
u. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
3'9 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. ' 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
I 
 
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October 14, 1959 
 
ACREAGE AND ESTIMATED PRODuCTION 
 
OF PRINCIPAL COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CROPS 
 
OCTOBER 1, 1959 
 
UNITED STATES: Production 01' tall vegetables this ~ar is expected to be 12 
percent less tliiil'in 1958, the Crop Reporting Board announced today Estimates prepared as ot October 1) Which normally account tor about 97 rrcent 
01' the production in the fall season, indicate total production will be percent below average. Compared with last year, substantially smaller crops 01' cabbage, carrots and lettuce are in prospect. Slightly smaller production 01' tanatoes, 
cauliflower, snap beans and sweet corn is torecast. Larger production of cucumbers, egg-plant, and green 'peas is expected. 
 
September weather was generally unfavorable tor best development at vege- 
table crops. Nearly every kind 01' weather occurred in some area 01' the country during the month. Hot, dry, col~, and wet weather, frost, snow storms and a hurricane dotted the vegetable producing areas. The most extensive loss was 
caused by hmTicane Gracie in South carolina on september 29. Many crops 
were severely damaged and considerable acreage was abaIidoned. Prospective pro- 
.duction was lowered on the remaining acreage and the quality 01' produce is in 
.dou.bt. However, Gracie was not entirely destructive, tor as she moved north- 
ward, winds diminished and much needed rains fell over the east central' and 
northeastern States on September 30 and October 1. Hot, dry September weather in the northeastern States was detrimental for most tall vegetables, especially 
snap beans, cabbage, cauliflower and spinach, but these drought conditions were favorable for harvesting onions. Dry soil conditions in most of the north central States slowed vegetable growth until rains covered most of the area after september 20. Sunny days were favorable for harvest of vegetables, especially 
om,ons. Conditions were generally favorable for development of crops in' the 
central and southern States, except South Carolina. Some areas in the South received too much rain which made disease control difficult. Florida vegetables made fairly good progress, but rains caused some damage. Heavy rains and a 
blanket of snow covered vegetable areas of Colorado and Nebraska in late September, temporarily stopping harvest of vegetables and making curing of onions 
difficult. Conditions were favorable for growth in the Texas panhandle but in the 1A:Jwer Valley it was too hot and dry 'tor best crop development. In the Northwest 'September temperatures were cool and rainfall was ample. This benefited 
most growing crops but hindered harvesting and curing of onions. In california 
non-seasonal and abnormally heavy rains fell in the Sacramento Valley, north Ban Joaquin Valley and coastal districts as far south as Salinas on September 
18-19. The rains interrupted all field activity and caused considerable damage, 
particularly to tomatoes, straWberries, snap beans, lettuce and onions. 
 
SWEET CORN: Fall production in Florida and california is forecast at 622,000 cwt., 20 percent below the 1958 crop but nearly double average. Acreage 
in both states is less than last year. Some fields in Florida I s Everglades sec- 
tion have been damaged by too much water and have poor stands, but most fields 
look good. Light harvest is expected to begin about October 12. The small 
acreage at Zellwood looks good and first. picking is expected about October 10. 
Shipping from the Arvin-Wheeler Ridge area of california has started and harvest was expected to get underway from Visalia in early October. The acreage in both areas is considerably below last year. 
 
CUCUMBERS: Earll ~ production is now forecast at 499,000 cwt., 2 percent below the 1958 crop, but 24 percent above average. In Virginia, yields 
and quality have been good. Harvest reached a peak in late September but will 
continue in volume through mid-October. In South Carolina, the crop was damaged 
extensively by the high wind and heavy rains at the recent hurricane. A third 01' 
the acreage has been abandoned and production from the remaining acreage will be 
of poor quality. Harvest has passed the peak in Georgia and will end about Oc- 
tober 15. Quality has been good. Harvest began about mid-september in louisiana. 
'!'he crop is in fair condition after some damage trom hot weather and showers. 
 
LE'l'roCE: Earll fall lettuce production is now torecast at 4,110;000 ewt.) 12 percen't"b'elow last year and 30 percent below averase  In california 
moderate supplies Will continue to be available until mid-October when a sharp decline is expected. The Oregon crop is in good condition and harvest continues. Cool, wet September weather in Washington resulted in mildew and mosaic problems and the crop 1s not turning out as well as expected. In New Mexico, harvest is eoxpected to get underway before mid-October. September weather was generally favorable for good growth in the Texas Panhandle. Quality is exceptionally good. Light harvest began the last of September and peak marltetings are expected about mid-October. Supplies are expected to be available into early November. 
(Continued) 
 
 In New Jersey, harvest start~ci in the Cedarville-Vin~1andarea in late Septem- 
 
ber. Volume is expected to gradually incre'ase to a peak about October 25-30. 
 
Wet weather early in the month and hot, dry conditions late in September re- 
 
duced yield prospects. 
 
' 
 
Acreage and Indicated Production Reported to Date, 1959 
 
With Comparisons, 
 
= 
 
I I CROP AND STATE 
 
ACREAGE FOR HARVEST 
 
Average 1958 Ind. 
 
1949-57 
 
1959 
 
CABBAGEy 
 
-Acres- 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
Av. 1 
49-57 
 
1958 
 
I Ind. 
1959 
 
-Cwt.- 
 
PRODUCTION 
 
A19v49e-5- r~- 5~ 
 
Ind. 
1959 - 
 
-1,000 cwt.- 
 
Early Fall: 
 
New 1friopsh:Lre. ,360 . 250 250 156 190 ,170 . 56 48 42 
 
Massachusetts. 1,160 1,060 1,000 162 175 170 
 
188 175 170 
 
Rhode Island.. 170 
 
150 140 149 180 160 
 
26 
 
27 
 
22 
 
Connecticut... 760 
 
850 750 160 175 140 
 
122 149.. 105 
 
New York,L.I.. 1)180 1,100 1,300 214 ,240 190 
 
251 264 247 
 
New York,Upst. 1':1.190 13,800' 13,100 262 330 230 4,492 4.554 3,013 
 
New Jersey.... 2,030 1,900 1,700 159 225 ,190 
 
323 428 323 
 
Pennsylvania~. 1,690 1,,500 1,400 185 210 170 " 313 
 
315 2,38 
 
Ohio  1,950 2,400 1,900 233 315 230 
 
459 156 437 
 
Michigan  4,150 4,600 4,200 182 190 170 
 
755 874 714 
 
Wisconsin  8,090 6,400 6,000 244 300 250 1;976 1,920 1,500 
 
Minnesota  1) 590 1.100 1,000 188 210 210 
 
301 231 210 
 
Idaho & Utah.. 630 ,560 670 318 218 313 
 
201 122 210 
 
Oregon .~  1,810 1 / 900 1;900 189 185 230 
 
338 
 
352 4~ 
 
Group Total.. 42,760 37,510 35,310 229 272 217 9,800 10;215 7,6 
 
SWEET CORN 
 
Fall: 
 
Florida  2,380 9,700 8,500 51 60 60 
 
139 
 
510 
 
california.    2 I 800 3 300 1.600 65 
 
60 
 
70 
 
184 
 
112 
 
Group Total.. 5, lBO. __13J 999~__10J 100 __ 59 
 
60 
 
62323 
 
>22 
 
CUCUMBERS 
 
Early Fall:. 
 
Virginia gj.. 2) 350 
 
2,900 
 
174 
 
So. Carolina  820 
 
800 
 
40 
 
Georgia  510 
 
'250 
 
8 
 
Louisiana 
 
22 
 
California  
 
2 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Truck Crop Estimator 
 
. 
 
 )~- 
 
GlEJ)JR{<GllA C~C01? ~IE:lP'(Q)~1rllN(G SJE,IR{VllCE 
 
r AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICEi UNivERSITY OF GfllPClIJ 
1 UNIVERSITY OF' GEORGIA AND THE 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTU E 
 
, 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
OCT2159 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA. 
October 19, 1959 
 
Th.u summary of ..poultry (I. lnforIfm.RAaPt,l.ro" n o~ hatchery productl.on, poultry slaughter, egg p~Qduction, pertinent price data and end-of-month storage stocks is being furnished you in a condensed form to enable you to have a ready current 
reference. 
 
Item 
 
POULtRY SUMMARY. SEPTEMBER 1959 
0/0 of 
t----~.,.....,----~~ last an. year 
 
ClJo 
1a 
 
sotf 
 
year 
 
~hic;ks Hatch,ed by; Com; mercial Hatcherles: 
! 
. Broiler Type Georgia United State s 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. Pet. 
 
Thou. Thou. Pct. 
 
2.1,899 19,973 130,303 118,672. 
 
911 2.41, 874 2.53,336 105 91 1,405, 103 1,42.8. 159 102. 
 
Egg Type Georgia United States 
- Commercial S~a.ughter:3/ 
, 
, Young Chickens Ge<;>rgia United States 
 
833 16, 550 
 
565 68 
 
8.765 
 
13, 82.7 84 543,62.4 
 
14.066 160 504, 153 93 
 
2.7.113 2.6.478 981 22.1,42.9 226,2.64 102. 143, 573 143,800 10o! 1, 145~ 773 1. 2.46,638 109 
 
Hens and Cocks Georgia ! 
United State s 
 
419 14, 169 
 
587 140 14, 065 99 
 
2.,958 
 
,4. 097 ,139 
 
fgg ,Production: 
 
Mil. 
 
Mil. 
 
Mil. ! 
 
Mil~ ,', 
 
Georgia 
South Atlantic 41 
Unlted States - 
 
109 475 4,515 
 
130 119 52.4 110 4,539 101 
 
998 4, 587 
45. 671 
 
1.181 118 '5, '158 112. 
47,2.91 104 
 
,II Revised. 21 ~Pr-eliminary. - 31 Federal-State Market News Service--For the 
purpose of thisreport a commercial poultry slaughter plant is defined as a plant 
which slaughters a weekly average of at least 30, 000 pounds live weight while in operation. (Converted from weekly to monthly basis.) ySouth Atla~tic states: Del., Md., Va., W. Va., N. C." S. C., Ga., Fla. 
 
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID 
 
Georgia 
 
United States 
 
I 
 
Item 
 
, 
 
Sept. 15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15 Sept. 15 Aug. 15 Sept. 15, 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Cents' Cents Cents Cents Cents Cents 
 
Prices Received: 
. Farm Chickens (lb.) Com. Broilers (lb.) All Chickens (lb. ) All Eggs (doz. ) 
 
14.5 , 15.5 
15.5 49. 1 
 
- 
12.5 14.5 14.4 39.8 
 
12..5 14.8 14.7 40.7 
 
12..5 16.3 15. 5 41. 8 
 
10.2. 15.7 14.7 30.9 
 
>, 
9.6 15.7 14.4 32..8 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 lb. ) Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Broiler grow. mash Laying mash Scratch grains 
 
5.2.0 4.90 4.35 
 
4.75 4.75 4.2.0 
 
4.70 4.70 4. 15 
 
5.06 4.50 3.96 
 
4.83 4.44 3.93 
 
4.75 4.37 3.86 
 
--------------------------------------------._._--.---.'.-.---------_.-.-- 
For this project State funds were matched with Federal funds received from the Agricultural Marketing Service. USDA, under provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Att of 1946. 
------------------------------------- ... ----_._---------------------- .. _- 
 
 End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products, United States 
Shell eggs: Decrea,sed by 183,000 cases; September 1958 decrease wa~" 204,000 cases; average September decrease is 303,000 cases. 
 
frozen eggs: Decreased by 13 million pounds; September 1958 decrease,,~as 17 , million pounds; average ~eptember'decrease is 19 r,nillion p~llnds., " 
 
Frozen poultry: Increased by 50 million pounds; September 1958 increase was 82 million pounds; average September increase is 59 million pounds. 
 
Beef: Increased QY 6 ,1l1illion pounds; September 1958 increase was 6 million 
 
- 
 
pounds; ave~age September change i,s a decrease, of 2 million pounds. , 
 
Pork: Decreased by 21 million pounds; September 1958 decrease was 22 million 
 
i 
 
pounds; average September decrease is 25 million pounds. 
 
Other meats: Decreased by 11 million pounds; September 1958 change was an increase of 1 million pounds; average September change is a decrease 'of 5 million pounds. 
 
Commodity 
 
Unit 
 
I ISeptember Septemberi 
 
I1954-58av, 1958 
 
I 
 
/ 
 
t 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
I A ugust September 
 
1959 
 
1959 1I 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Eggs: 
 
Shell 
 
, , .. ' 
 
. 
 
Frozen eggs, totaL . 
 
Whites 
 
, 
 
Yolks 
 
, .. , 
 
'. 
 
Whole or mixed. , . 
 
Unclassified 
 
,. 
 
Total eggs 21 (case eq.) .. 
 
Poultry, frozen: 
 
Broilers or fryers , . 
 
Roasters .. , , .. , 
 
. 
 
Hens. fowls 
 
,. 
 
Turkeys , 
 
. 
 
Ducks 
 
, , , .. 
 
Unclassified. , .', . , , ,' ... 
 
rotal poultry.. , . : . ~ .... 
 
Beef:' Frozen, In cure 
 
& cured 
 
. 
 
Case 
 
777 
 
290 
 
' 739 
 
556 
 
Pound 142,047 116,645 149,086 136,313 
 
do. 42,637 
 
39,687 
 
36,327 
 
J3,911 
 
do. 34, 153 
 
30',077 
 
38,750 
 
34,051 
 
do', 58,963 
 
42,441 
 
66, 833 
 
61,010 
 
do, 
 
6,294 
 
4.440 
 
7. 176 
 
7.341 
 
------------------------------------------ 
 
Case 
 
4,451 
 
3,243 
 
4, 513 
 
4,007 
 
------------------------------------------ 
 
Poun 17,709 
 
21, 817, 
 
26, 133 
 
23, 525 
 
do. 
 
5,776 
 
3,678 
 
8,867 
 
7,754 
 
do. 44, 551 
 
54,270, 
 
58,475 
 
67,990 
 
do. 112.486 160,808 
 
87, 115 132,747 
 
do. 12,247 
 
8,492 
 
10,765 
 
11, 563 
 
do. 32,295 
 
29, 584 ,35, 119 
 
33,369' 
 
----------------------------------------- 
 
do. ~ 225,064 278, 649 226,474 276,948 
 
-~--------------------------------------- 
I 
 
I 
 
do. I 113,061 
 
123,459 
 
162,835 
 
168,767 
 
Pork: 
 
~ Frozen 
 
,.,,. 
 
In cure or cured , , . , 
 
'Ido. ' 97, '307 
do. 66,878 
 
79,372 47,716 
 
139,925 43,820 
 
119,961 43, 184 
 
Other meats and meat products, ..... , ..... ,'. 
Tutal all red meats. , .. , . 
 
do. 61.326 
 
66,891 
 
85. 564 
 
74,450 
 
------------------------------------------- 
 
do. 338. 572, 317,438 432. 144 406,362 
 
II Preliminary. 2/ Frozen eggs converted on basis of 39.5 pounds to the case. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLE Y Agricu~tural Statistician In Charge 
 
R. R. HANCOCK - W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statisticians 
 
'" 
 
 tf.Q. 
 
q()()1 
s~~3 GJE(Q)lR{CGllA <C~(Q)1P' 
 
TUNG )]ElR{VllC[ 
 
N~ 
d, ')...f) 
 
AGRrCULTURAL EXTENSION SERVIC~ UNIV~RSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
aAthens, G~orgi~ 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEO~GIA ~ 
, ' 
OCT 23 '59 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 319 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA'. , 
October 20, ' 1959 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
", 
 
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROIb~!t P!A I'CRE'R Y; SUPPLY FLOCKS 
 
September 1959 - United States 
 
IS 
; 
 
The indicate'd d6m~stic placement of pullet chicks for broiler hatchery 
 
supply flocks by leading primary bree'ders of broiler replacement stock totaled 
 
1,480,000 chicks during September 1959. This was 42 percent less than domes- 
 
tic placements ,of 2, 546, 000 chicks in September 1958. Total placements 
 
(dome stic plus, e?,ports) were reported at 1, 727,000 as cOn:'lpared to 2, 718, 000 
 
a year earlier. ' 
 
, 
 
The pla~e'm~nt data include pullet chlcks sold during the month, plus the number of pullet chicks expected from eggs sold during the preceding month. The conversion from eggs to expected pullet chicks was made on the basis of 125 pullet chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders included in this report account for a very large percentage of total supply of replacement pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sales of replacement pullets by 
these breeders provide an indication of the potential numbe{of' pullets available for addition to hatchery egg supply flocks several months before the pullets will ' actually move into the flocks. 
 
,Pullet Chicks 1/ Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply Floc;ks (Reported by,leading breeders) 
 
Month . 
 
', 
1957 
 
Total 1958 
 
1959 
 
Domestic 
 
1958 
 
1959 ' 
 
1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Percent 
 
January... , ..... 1, 886 
 
1,982 
 
2, 124 
 
1,842 
 
1,884 
 
102 
 
February........ 1,997 
 
2,281 
 
2,414 
 
2, 162 
 
2,256 
 
104 
 
March.......... 2,538 
 
3,132 
 
3,450 
 
2,997 
 
3,209 
 
107 
 
April. .......... May............ 
 
3,033 2, 899 
 
3, 331 3,641 
 
3,765 3,007 
 
3,234 3,522 
 
3, 573 2,861 
 
110 81 ", 
 
June ............ 2,060 
 
3,409 
 
2,575 
 
3,234 
 
2,392 
 
74 ' 
 
July...... , ..... 1,676 
 
3,071 
 
2,408 
 
2, 892 
 
2,279 
 
79 
 
August.......... 1,410 
 
2,668 
 
1,834 
 
2,486 
 
1',706 
 
69 
 
3eptember ....... 1,935 
 
2,718 
 
1, 727 
 
2, 546 
 
1,480 
 
58 
 
October ......... 2,297 
 
2,585' 
 
2,473 
 
November .. , .... 1,926 
 
2, 153 
 
2,048 
 
December ....... 2,238 
 
2, 165 
 
2,004 
 
, , --------------------------- ----._---------" --,-------.---- 
 
Annual Total. .... 25,895 33, 136 
 
31,440 
 
~ 
 
1/ Includes expected pullet replacements from eggs 'sold during the preceding month at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30-dozen case of eggs. 
 
,ARCHIE LANGLEY 
 
Agricultural ,Statistician In Charge 
 
- (' 
 
 " . .. 
 
.. I ,'.' 
 
," 
 
W. A. WAGNER 
 
., 
 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
 .? 
 
l.':;:. . 
\'.'" . . 
 
. 
 
C!i'rCKENS TESTED 
 
.. . 
 
. 
 
,. 
 
. ..~'.. ..: . ..:1 
 
GEOR9IA,~' In Georgia. '512, 3~5 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs were :.1;.../,' .<'.'; , tested for, plil1or~m disease during September 1959--24 percent more 
 
thartthe \4:13, 264 tested in September 1958. Testings of egg-type chickens for 
 
September were 15, 187-- 57 percent less than the 3,5, f,52 teste.d in September 
 
last year. 
 
UNITED STATES: There were 2,376,006 chickens for supplying ~roile,l' hatching 
 
. 
 
eggs tested in September 1959~-down 10 percent from Sept~q.l 
 
ber 1958. Te~tings July through September totaled'S, '827,000 compared with ',': ' 
 
5,868; 6-61 during the' same period in 1958. 
 
. 
 
" 
 
.. 
 
, '.,\ ,'i 
 
. . .' " ~ 
 
',' 
 
, 
 
. ..' 
 
. , . . . " , " ;.~. 
 
. \. 
 
,'~ 
 
1~ the States for which compC\tisons are available, 988,683 chickeRs for. , 
 
supplying egg-type chicks were tested during September--down 21 percent from 
 
September 1958. Cumulative testings of egg-type br~eds, J'uly ~h,rough Septem- 
 
ber, were 2,018,018, compared with 2,343': 823 during the same pe~iod  year... ' 
 
earlier,.. . ' 
 
. _. 
 
.. 
 
" . , 'I~: 
 
. 
 
...  I ,\ 
 
. This rep.crt is made possible through the cooperation of the National ." 
 
Poultl'y.. rmprovement. Plaz:l official State agencies, the Animal Husbandry Re- ;:' 
 
search'Division, AgJ:icultural Research Service, and the Agricultural Esti- 
 
". 
 
mates Division, Agr1.cult.ural Marketing Service. 
." 
 
'.,. ' 
 
Month 
 
Geo:rgia - Chickens Tested by Official State Agel!~~~~ 
 
 - - - - ~ - - ~ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : . - - , 
 
~-~-----~T 
 
For B'roiler Production .:. ':. ',:,.,Egg-Type Chickens 
 
By Months 
 
: Cumulative' " 
 
:, " ., ., By Months 
 
1958.. 59 : ).9,59-60 : 1958-59 : lfI59.:.60; 1958-59, ; 1959-60 
 
July '-:,':.,253,865 
 
Aug!..... ~ ..: ~ 24.0, 302 
 
Sept.'i... : 413,264 
 
Oct. 
 
: 458,442 
 
Nov. ': 388, 136 
 
Dec. : 132,318 
 
Jan. 
 
~,564,491 
 
Feb. ,.: .482,212 
 
Mar. :. ~.' 400,437 
 
Apr. .:' 275,275 
 
May:, 242, 067 
 
June (':,253,013 
 
245,365 357,772 512,325 
 
253, 865 
494, 167 907,431 1,365,.873 I, 754, 009 Z, 186,,327 2,750,818 .3, 233, 030 
3,633~467 
3,908,742 4, 1'50, 809 4, 4.o3~,822 
 
24.S,.3.65 603, 131 1, 115,462 
 
30,299 42,581 35,652 41,043 26, 186 84,778 34, 194 
5,280 
4,994 6,179 5, 561 25, 032 
 
40,259 19,898 15, 181 
 
United States - Chickens, Tested by Official State Agencies 
 
Month 
 
... Fo"r' Bro'iler Production 
 
by Months!! 
 
.' " " ... ' 
:... '.. 1958-'59 
 
.: 1959-60 
 
: 
 
For Egg-Type Chickens 
 
: 
 
by Months 2/ 
 
: 1958.. 59 
; 
 
... i959-60 
: 
 
July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June 
 
: ",'1;',628, 129' 
::';'l~ 596,792- 
: 2,643,740 : 3, 119,754 : 2,951,368 : 2,794.873 : 2,601,927 : 2,363,505 : 2,320,302 : 1,928,397 
.: 1, 647, 255 1,609,452 
 
1,537,073 1,913,921 
 
3-/ 
 
500, S58 599,607 
 
2,376,006 
 
1,243,658 
 
2,318,229 
 
2,349,994 
 
2,487,248 
 
... 
 
1,648,909 156,864 
 
421,587 
 
267,870 
 
241,636 
 
323,650 
 
' 454835,,5775963-/ 988,683 
 
1/ All States except Mont., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev. 
'/ All States except Ohio, Del., Okla., Mont., N. Mex., Ariz., Nev. 3'/ Revised. 
 
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Released: 10/Z 11 59 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
GEORGiA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
.4 
 
; 
 
.' 
 
Athens, Gal., Oct. Z1  A total of 4, 500.000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
w~th producers .11\ Georgia during the week ending October 17, according to the 
 
Gf!lorgia Crop ~eporti~g Service, This compares with the 4, 510,000 placed the 
 
pl;"evious we~k.and!ifJ 11 percent les8 t~an the 5,077,000 placed the same week 
 
last year. :'. 
 
'. 
 
.. Eggs s'~t by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7. 000, 000 compared with 
6, :.896,00.0 the previous week and is' 3 percent 1es8 than the 7, 'l34, 000 for the. 
co.rre~ponding week last year. 
 
. The majority of the prices paid for Ge'orgia produced hatching eggs were 
 
r.ej)orted within a range of 50 to 60 cents with an average of 55 cents for all 
 
hatching egg~ and 53 cents for eggs pU:f.chased at the farm from flocks with 
 
I~' 
 
h'a~chery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 50 to 60 cents with 
an 'aveJ\'age ot 55 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchased at 
 
the far~'from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices ~charged for 
 
chl:Ck. were reported within a r.ange of $8,00 to $9, 'l5 with an average of $9.00 
 
pe~ hundred compared with a range of $8. 00 to $9. Z5 with an average of $9, 00 
 
pe~ b~dred last week. The average prices last year wer.e 67 cents for eggs 
 
an4 $11. 00 for chicks. 
 
, 
 
::. Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers during the week ending October 17 was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 - 3 3/4 pounds, at farms 14. 45~. 
 
, 
: ,. GEORGIA~EGGS $.E_T._IihTC_ffiNGS,.AND. CHICJ< PLACEMENTS $ 
 
 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 
I Eggs S~t.!J 
 
Chicks placed for . Eggs Chicks Broilers in Georgia Set . Hatched' 
 
'. 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
~ I 
 
, 
 
... : ' i 
 
Thou.' Thou. Percent Thou. . ~hou. lPercent Thou. Thou. - 
 
Aug'. 15 Aug~ ZZ 
Aug.~'l9 
Sept~ 5' sept.1Z Sept. 19 Sept.'l6 Oct. 3. 
Oct. 10 Oct. 17 
 
7,448 
7.'l94 
6,968 6,971 
7,'l98 
7,319 7, 141 7, 110 
'.'l48 
7.Z34 
 
6,93Z 6,775 6,485 6,373 
6. 141 
6.39'l 
6.300 6. 538 
".896 7,000 
 
93 5.868 5,730 93 5,660 5.370. 93 5,493 .5,331 '. 9.3 5. 179 4~81'l 84 5.023 4,668 
87 4,873 4,537 
88 4,85'l 4.45Z 9Z 5,15'l 4,383 
95 5, 117 4, 510 97 5.077 4, 500 
! 
 
98 
 
205 
 
97 
 
95 
 
'lIZ 144 
 
97 
 
161 168 
 
93 
 
lZl 154 
 
93 
 
189Z/ 166 
 
93 
 
ZOl Z1 1Z3 
 
9Z 85 
 
'l17'fj 
146 
 
91 
14'l 
 
Z/ 
 
88 
 
Z63 154ZI 
 
89 
 
150 163 
 
t 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
T/ Revised, 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
--_ . . . ----._--------------.--.-----_.---_._----.-----------_.-.-.--------- 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia' . 
 
. 
 
-~----.-.-------------.-----------._--------.-.------- ------------------- 
 
 EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 Palle Z 
 
STATE 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
3 
 
10 
 
17 
 
Week Ending 
 
Sept. lZ 
 
Sept. 19 
 
Sept. Z6 
 
, 
 
- 
Oct. Oct. 
 
3 
 
.10 
 
~. 
 
o 
 
Oct. 17 
 
, 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
. 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana 
 
1,098 845 835 
I,Z69 
 
1, 101 87Z 
955 1,386 
 
I, 1"97 
973 966 1,4Z4 
 
i 
 
I 
 
838 I, 407 
 
817 
 
898 
 
831 
 
7Z4 
 
33Z \ 40Z 
 
346 
 
37Z 
 
514 
 
445 
 
I 
 
7Z4 
 
667 
 
633 , 6ZZ 
 
590 571 
 
658 494 
 
597 566 
 
483 5Z4 
 
Illinois 
 
164 
 
175 
 
167 
 
III 
 
106 
 
lZI 
 
83 
 
114 
 
106 
 
Missouri 
 
I, 113 
 
I, 133 
 
I, 169 
 
6Z7 
 
557 
 
598 
 
506 
 
564 
 
574 
 
Delaware 
 
I,Z06 1,3Z6 1,489 
 
1,419 I, 179 I, lZ5 1,097 I,OZZ 1, 189 
 
~ 
 
Maryland 
 
Z,56Z 
 
Z,8Z1 
 
Z,93Z 
 
I, 718 1,871 1,8Z7 1,797 1,880 1,833 
 
Virginia West Virginia North Carolina 
 
1,019 Z17 
Z,751 
 
l,37Z ZZ4 
2,649 
 
1,755 ZZI 
Z,771 
 
896 386 Z,355 
 
688 374 Z,089 
 
7'39 Z96 Z,186 
 
83Z 
391 Z,Z3Z 
 
831 381 Z,ZOZ 
 
658 344r ,. 1,841 
 
South Carolina 
 
425 
 
448 
 
445 
 
Z57 
 
1.67 
 
Z71- 
 
Z70 
 
Z83 
 
Z95 
 
GEORGIA 
 
6,538 6,896 7,000 
 
4,668 4, 537 4,452 4,383 4,510 4, 500 
 
~""lorida 
 
316 
 
345 
 
309 
 
Z34 
 
168 
 
179 
 
145 
 
167 
 
155 
 
Alabama 
Mississip~i 
 
3,041 Z,373 
 
3, 143 Z,331 
 
Z,958 Z,3Z9 
 
Z, 568 Z,596 Z,405 Z,Z84 Z,4Z7 Z,306 I, 618 1,689 1,675 1,656 1,554 1,614 
 
E-4 
o~ 
 
Arkansas 
 
Z,741 
 
3, 145 
 
3,07Z 
 
Z;657 Z,648 Z,554 Z,6Z0 Z,483 Z,656 
 
114 
 
LouisialUl Texas Washington 
 
457 2,Z49 
301 
 
478 Z,Z95 
277 
 
497 2,316 
354 
 
318 1,895 
Z8Z 
 
308 1,711 
244 
 
3Z7 1,689 
194 
 
331I, 596' 
Zl1 
 
39Z 
 
432 
 
I, 51Z ,. I, 560 
 
260 
 
205 
 
~ ~ ~ ~ 
 
Oregon 
 
145 
 
200 
 
Z81 
 
177 
 
107 
 
160 
 
172 
 
185 
 
172 
 
~ 
 
California 
 
1, 185 1,429 1, 526 
 
852 '7Z6 
 
916 
 
962 
 
951 
 
859 
 
::x:: 
u 
 
f-4 
 
~ 
 
TOTAL 1959 
 
3Z,850 35,001 36, 151 
 
Z5, 565 23,963 Z4,039 Z3,990 Z4,ZZ6 Z3,475 
 
::x:: 
 
~ 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
36,Z41 37,907 38,08Z 
 
Z7,Z65 Z5,781 Z5, 50Z Z7, 134 Z7,Z77 Z6,158 
 
~ ~ 
 
~ 
 
1959 '10 of 1958 
 
91 
 
9Z 
 
95 
 
94 
 
93 
 
94 
 
88 
 
&9 
 
90 
 
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GEORp~A CROP REPOR",TING SERyICE 31,5' 
 
\/\/ r 1< L Jf ~~ ,~J 
 
Ulih 1.1~:;'TY OF GEORQlA 
OCT3?'59 
 
t Fz Y LIBRARIES 
}-J ;-\j Cbr] 
 
Released: 10/28/59 
 
GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPOR T 
 
I 
 
, 
 
. Athens, Ga., October 28 - - A total. of 4, 802, 000 broiler chicks were 
 
placed with producers in Georgia during the week ending October 24, acco'rding 
 
to. the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 4. 500, 009 
 
placed the previous week and is 5 percent less than the 5, 034, 000 placed the 
 
same week last year . .. ~ 
Eggs se't by Georgia hatchories amounted to 1, 138,000 compared ~ith 
 
1) 000,000 the previous week and is 1 percent less than the 1.239,000 for the c0rres~onding week last year. 
 
. . The majority of the prices paid for' Georgia produced hatching eggs were 
 
x:eported within. a range of 50 t~ 60 cents with an average of 56 .cents for all 
 
hatching eggs and ,54 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks wit.h 
 
hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 50 to 60 cents with 
 
ani average of 55 cents for all hatching eggs and 53 cents for eggs purchased at 
 
 
 
the fa'rm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels: Most prices 'charged for cQicks were reported within a range of $8.50 to $9.25 with an average of $9.00 
 
per hundred compared with a range of $8.00 to $9.25 with an average ~f $~. 00 
 
per h\:lndred last week. The average prices last year' were 61 cents for eggs 
 
and $11. 0.0 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service for 
 
broilers duringthe week ending October 24 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 3 3/4 
 
polinds, at far ms 15. 18~. 
 
: 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Week Ending 
 ." 
 
 
 
: 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
1958 Thou. 
 
19-59 
 
1959 % 
of 1958 
 
Thou. Percent 
 
Chicks Placed for . E;ggs Chicks 
 
Broilers in Georgia 
 
Set Hatched 
 
1958 1959 Thou. :Thou. 
 
. 1959 Ufo 
of 1958 
 
1959 
 
Percent Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
Aug. 22 
Aug.29 : Sept. 5 Sept. 12 Sept. 19 Sept.26 Oct. 3 Oct. 10 Oct. 17 Oct. 24 
 
1,294 6,968 6,911 7,298 7,319 7. 141 7, 110 7,248 7,234 7,239 
 
6,115 6.485 6,313 6, 141 6.392 6,300 6, 538 
6,896 1,000 1, 138 
 
93 . . 5,660 5, 310 . 95 
 
93 
 
5,493 ~, 331 
 
97 
 
93 
 
5, 119 4,812 
 
93 
 
84 
 
5,02J 4,668 
 
93 
 
87 
 
4.873 4, 537 
 
93 
 
88 
 
4,852 4,452 
 
92 
 
92 
 
5, 152 4,383 
 
85 
 
95 
 
5, 117 4,510 
 
88 
 
91 
 
5,077 4, 500 
 
89 
 
99 
 
5, (B4 4,802 
 
95 
 
212 144 
 
~61 
 
168 
 
121 154 
 
189 166 . 2Q 1 123 
 
2119702_/ 
 
91 142 
 
263 154 
 
150 163 
 
123 143 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
Z/ R~vised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Cha~ge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u-.. 
 
--S. 
 
----------- 
Department 
 
---------------------- 
of Agriculture 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
------------ 
Agricultural 
 
---------------- 
Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 ,Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
--- ~----------------------------------------------------- -.-------------- 
 
 , STATE 
 
. - EGOS SET AND CHICKS' PLACED IN COMMERCIAL oAR - 
 
.. 
 
. 
 
- - - ,-, ......~. .. 
 
-: 
 
,, 
 
: Week Ending 
 
-, 
 
. 
 
I 
.> 
 
Oct. 10 
 
. Oct. 
 
Oct.. 
 
'17<~'~' 24 
 
,. 
 
Sept. - ' . 19. 
 
. ; Sept. Oct. .' Oct. 26 " , 3 I 10 
: 
", 
 
Oct. ' 17 
:. 
 
Oct. 24 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSAND'S , 
 
CHICKS: pLACED - 'I'HOUSANDS 
 
.' 
 
.,- 
 
Maine 
 
Connecticut 
 
Penn~ylvania 
 
Indiana 
 
Winoia 
 
Missouri' 
 
Dela~e 
 
Maryland Virginia 
 
_. - 
 
West Virginia 
 
~'S:~oou~tthb_C~a~r~oo!liin.ana 
 
GEORGIA 
 
Florida 
 
Alabama Mississippi 
 
:: 
 
Ar)uulsas 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
' 
 
Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California 
 
1. 101 872 
 
-- 
 
1, 
 
191 ,973 
 
955' 
 
,966 
 
1.386 ;'1.424 
 
175 
 
167 
 
1. 133 . .1, 169- 
 
1,326 1,489 
 
2,821 2.932 
 
1,372 
 
1,755' 
 
224 
 
221 
 
2,649 
 
~;1'H . 
 
448 
 
44S 
 
6,896 .,. 7,000 
 
345 
 
'309 
 
3,143 
2.331 3,1.5 
.18 '2,295 
277 200 1,429 
 
2.958 2,3'29 3,072 
497 . Z,316 
: 354 
281 '1,526: 
 
1.2.15" . ~ '893 996 
1~ 410 , '183 
1, 160 " 1,371 , 2.989 1.133 
252 2,864 
466 7,1'38 
289 
3.159 
2:'454 3, 147 
495 2.201 
338 262 1,608 
 
,. 
,, 
407 I 
 
817 
 
402 . 346 
 
667 
 
590 
 
622 
 
571 
 
106 
 
121 
 
557 
 
598 
 
1, 179 1, 125 
 
1,871 1.827 
 
688 
 
739 
 
374,. , '296 
 
2,089 2, 186 
 
267 
 
272 
 
4,537 4.452 
 
168 
 
179 
 
2.596' 2.,405 1,689 ....675 
 
' 2,648 , 2,554 
 
'. 308 
 
321 
 
1,711 1,689 
 
244 
 
194 
 
107 
 
160 
 
..- .. 726 
 
916 
 
'898 ,- 372 . 
 
658 
 
494 
 
~ 
 
83 
 
506 
 
1-,097 
 
1.797 
 
832 
 
391 
 
2.232 
 
270 
 
" 4.383 
 
145 
2.284 
1.656 2,620 
331 1,596 . 211 
172 " 96Z 
 
831 
 
724 
 
949 
 
. 514 r 445 
597 , 483 
 
:493 . 
440 
 
566 - 524 
 
633 
 
114 I ' 106 
 
95 
 
564 I 574' , 511 
 
1,022 I 1, 189 ',1.428 
 
1,880 831 
 
i 
 
. 
 
1 
 
.833 658 
 
1.765 443 
 
~ 3~1 
 
344 
 
235 
 
2.202 ' 1,841 2, '045 .' 
 
283 
 
295' 293 
 
4,510 4,500 4,802 
 
161 
2.427 1,554 2,483 
392 1.512 
260 185 951 
 
155 2,306 1,614 2,656 
432 I, 560, 
205 
, 172 859 
 
1.8 
2.200 '1,771 
2.451 325 
1,542 252 91 831 
 
TOTAL 1959 . 35,001 
 
TOTAL 1958 . 37,907 
 
1959 ~ of 1958' , 
 
.. 92 
 
36, 151 
38,,082: .. 95 
 
36,623 38;.12,1 
95 
 
" 
. 23,963 2,~,039 23', 990 24, 226' 23,475 'i3,743 
., 
 
25,781 25, SOZ 27, 13. 21~ '217 '26, 158 -'2,6, 076 " , , 
 
93 - 
 
94 ., 88 
 
~9 
 
90 
 
91 
 
, 
 
.~ ;. - .., 
, 
~" 
 
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31j- 
 
GIE:OImGHA C1R{O!P..'.".. JR{lEJP'O~1rJ(N,<G Slf:~VHCm: 
 
,~,AO:It~U"TURAL 
 
, 
I!XTENSIDN,sERVICE: 
 
UNt~lJE''R-s-ir~rQ.F..Gt,o..PG.1,A~ :,~ U. '.,OSPAR""NT-<M' AGRIGUt.TUIINIo',,,, 
 
8 U.NIV~ASITY t# GEORGIA AND THE . 
 
' . AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SIRVICE 
 
' .. ST.~,,! DI"ARTME~~ AGRICU"T,U~E: () , ' , :59~; .~. 
 
EXTENSION .LDO  ATttf;~e4.~::r 
 
.._,,~~~~.ns!. georg~a 
 
~..:' _ n T.~, ':.J'~~', ,O~tOQ~r. 208" 1959. .. . _ 
 
,. 
 
j ,~:,- 1., ,: , 
 
GRAI~ Sl~ 
 
.. 't ,\ 
 
,,3 ' . 
 
TOBER 1, 1959 
: 
 
t\ ,~ ;'-4 ~~l~ 
," ,..; .;, '. i:.:". J 
 
GEORGIA: Stocks of old corn (cr6p of:1958 .orearlier) in all storage p08iticms"~' .,; '. ' . on October 1 totai'ed 3,..070.000 bushels. an h~c'rease of 38 percertt.'::; 
 
from ~~e 2;. 224. 000 bushels in .stora8~.. a year 'ago. Oats .stor.e~ ~n a~l pos~t-i.~1\8~.. 
 
aino~ted to 4, '972.000 busheb on. Qclober. 1.a decline of 20 ,percent from the 6,.17.8~..000 bushels in stbrage ;i.:: y~ar '&go. '. Total bushels of wheat stored in aU - ..... 
 
positions increased 30 percent from last year to 1. 837.000 bushels. Stocks 9'~(1' '. :~ 
 
barle.~ rose 32 percent ~o 192. 000 ,bushels. Rye stocks were up 17 percep~..~~ r :;' . 
 
119. Q~O bushels. ' . 
 
,. 
 
. 
 
,'" r 
 
.. " .. ,jo' 
 
.'  
 
..... 
 
" 
 
' 
 
 
 
 
: .'. 
 
 e ....... 
.,~ ~ " , 
 
!;',: 1; 'GEORGIA GRAIN STOCKS;' OCTOBER' 1959 'WITH COMPA'R'ISONS 
 
,. ' 
 
ON J.t~ARMS 
 
. Oi'F FARMS .' ALL POSITIONS .. 
 
~ GRAIN" : 1958 : 1959 :' 1958 : 1959 : 1958 : 1959 .. 
 
~4'4 
 
. I, 000 bushels' , 
 
'I. 000 bus,hels 
 
1,000 bushels' . . " .~ : 
 
r" 
Corn 
 
,: Z.043 
 
z, 9~3 
 
181 
 
1~7 . 2,224' '3,070 '. 
 
Oats. 
 
: 4, 736 
 
4~ 1~4 
 
1,442 
 
828 6, 178' 4, 972 I~.; 
 
Barley 
 
130 
 
'173 
 
Sor.gh.um' Grain 
 
.'17 
 
,1'8~ 
 
-1-5 
 
_1.9- 
 
'14~ 
 17 
 
19i' '. 18 .. - . -., 
 
Wheat 
 
653 
 
777 
 
762 
 
1.060 
 
1,415 1, 8~1.. \. i .~- 
 
Rye 1," 
 
.. 97 
~_. .~~-'-~. 
 
-':'""'-------------------- - 108 
 
5 
 
. ._---' 
 
11 
 
102 
 
119',. 1.... '.' 
 
.... ! ; ." 'I .. 
 
UNITEO'STATES:' Stocks of old corn. sorghum grain, and oici, soybeans ilt~li''': 
: .  ' '.... ". ,:... , poslIt\. OnS' on, October 1 jncr.ealiled-to,' . new. recoI rd levels. f'o. z. i l_'_ 
 
the d~t-e .. ~ .Corn stocks;of 1. 5 bil.ion bushels, sorghum grain at 501 million and soybeans at '62 'million 'bushels 'exceeded the prev'iousrecords' by~:4. 6~ and-rlJ6~".; ;" percent, respectively. Oat stocks weresbarply below last year and the sm~Ue8(;' 
 
since1944.. 'Barley'stocks were a tenth 'smaller than last year's record'i)'old-' .-'; 
 
ing.. Increased holdings of c'orn and sorghum grain above a year ago were" .':- 
 
.. ' 
 
I 
 
..., t 
 
largely offset by decreased stocks of oats and barley; 'resulting in less than one' .... 
 
percent increase in feed grains. Wheat stocks of 2. I billion bushels were, a~out .~~ 
 
the same as the' previous year but rye holdings were down 15 percent. So~b~a:Q. ):.' 
 
stocks were roughly three times larg'er ,than the previous record carry-over ..... ". stocks ollast year but flaxseed holdings shrank to the lowest level for the dai~:)~'l'" '; 
 
since stocks reports began in 1947. 
 
Stocks of 2, 125 million bushels of wheat stored in all positions on October 1 were the second laraest of record for that date, slightly smaller than the record stocks of the previous year but nearly one-half larger than the 10-year average. The stocks total is nearly double the 1959 production, reflecting a continued large carry-over of old wheat on July 1. 
 
Off-farm wheat stocks of 1.678 million bushels were the largest of record and more than a tenth larger than a year earlier with stocks in terminals and mills. elevators, and warehouses increasing well above previous record levels. About three-fourths of the total off-farm stocks were either owned by the Government or were under GQvernment loan. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
 , 
 
. UNITED STATES 
 
Stocks of'Grains, October 1. 1959 with Comparisons 
 
>, 
Grain 'and Position 
 
. . (In thousand bushels) 
 
. 
 
Oct. 1 Av.: Oct. ,1 
 
1948-57: 1958 
 
July 1 : " Oct. l' 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
WHEAT 
On Farms 11 
 
472.718 643,900 114.908 447.305 
 
Terminals "1.1 
 
338. 543 472. 590 391.378 526', 717 
 
CommodityCredit Corp. 3/ 
 
55. 30Z 
 
83, 731 
 
81. 067 
 
77.006 
 
-In-t.-M-i-lls-..-E-l.e-v.-8-tW-h-se.s.. .1.1.4/-_5-7-3,-99-. 1---9-4. 0-,-83-8---6-91-, -Z4-1--1-,0-73-.8-0-'9-,-. 
 
TOTAL 
 
' 1,440.554' 2, 141.059 1,278,594 2.124,837 
 
----~~-----------------------------------~-- 
 
CORN 
 
On Farms1'" 
 
348,633 344. 187 1. 115. 366 329,632 
 
Terminals-21 
 
34, 157 
 
85, 125 112,944 
 
98, 184 
 
CommodityCredit Corp. 3/ 
 
346. 505 611.614 532,214 564,817 
 
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. - - - - - - ... - - - -- - - Int. Mills. Elev. &Whses.1/4/ 102.343 
 
~ -~- 
 
~ 
 
. 
 
- 429.568 
 
- - - 445.090 536,354 
 
------.---T-OT-A-L----'----83-1-.6-38--1-.4-70-,-49-4--2, -Z0-5-, 6-14--1-.5-28-,9-8,-7- 
 
OATS 
 
On Farms 11 
 
1,052, lZ0 1.202.549 
 
Terminals 7.1 
 
28.997 
 
38.380 
 
CommodityCredit Corp. 3/ 
 
3.370 
 
4,932 
 
':n!: Mi1~~El~:..~Wh~e~'R~ __ ~4.:..54: __ !9, ~80 
 
299.734 898.819 
 
15,847 
 
30.984 
 
6.665 
 
3, 188. 
 
~~63~__ ~~ 06~_ 
 
- - - - - - - - -T-O-TA-L- - - - - - -1-.1-49-.0-3-1 - -1,-33-5-,0-41- - - -36-8,-87-9- -1-.0-11-.0-5-6'- 
 
SORGHUM GRAIN 
 
On Farmsll 
 
! 
 
5, 173 
 
13.412 
 
34.553 
 
19.336 
 
Terminals~1 
 
10,667 
 
84.777 119,392 116,804 
 
CommodityCredit, Corp. 31 
 
1,039 
 
3,096 
 
5. lZ2 
 
3.855 
 
-In-t. 
 
----- 'Mills. El '. 
 
e-v-. 8-tW- 
 
TOTAL 
 
h-s-es-. -I-T4--1- 
 
- 
 
-2-2.-99-9-.- 
39.878 
 
-2-08-. -11-3 
309,398 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-357Z-09..-~5-0358- 
 
- 
 
-3-6 50 
 
1-.4-9-6 
1.491 
 
- 
 
!J, E~tirnii_tes of the Crop Reporting Board. 
 
21 CQ~~ercial stocks reported by Grain Division, ,AMS. at 44 Terminal cities. 
 
'31 Owne,d py C. C. C. and, stored in bins,' ships or other storages owned or con.. 
Golle,d, by .q. C. y. ; other C. C. C. -owned grain is included in the estimates by 
 
posi~ions." 
 
, 
 
, 
 
41 ~ll off-farm ,storages not otherwise designated. including merchant mills. 
 
[j OctC?ber estimates reported by C:rop Reporting Bo.ard. July estimates 
 
repor,t.e-d by Census B~reau. 
 
I, 
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CEORGIA CHICK HATCHER! REPORT' . ,. " 
 
1.. ,. '. 
 
NIl\/ b '59" 
j ES" 
 
\ 
 
'.' 
 
.. 
 
... 
 
LlBRA'RI', 
 
. 
 
, Athen~, qa. No~. 4 - ~ Ato~ai of 5, '080, 000 br~iler chi s were placed 
 
w~th pr:tOduce.rs in Georgia during the week ending October 31, according to the : q~orgi~ Cr~p Reporting Servi:ce. Tl1is compares with the 4, 802, OOO"placed the: 
 
p.evious' week and is 1 percent less than the S, 121,0.00 placed the same week 
 
l~st year. : , 
, .' 
., 
 
. . ,"" 
 
. .. . 
 
'. : Eggs set by Georgia iJ,atcheries amounted to 7,267,000 compared with 
 
7.: 138. 000 the previous week and i.s 2 perce,nt less than t~e 7,394,.000 for the 
 
co, 
 
r 
 
r 
 
e 
 
sp 
 
o 
 
n 
 
d 
 
i 
 
ng 
~ 
 
..~Iw:. e'ek 
 
. las~ 
 
year. 
 
., 
 
., ~. 
 
. ' I . :." ' 
 
-' I 
 
 
 
,: I 'the majority of the prices paid for Oeorgia produced hatching eggs were r~portE!d within a range of 50 to 60 cents with an average of 56 cents for all 
 
hatching eggs and 54 cents for eggs purchased at the fa.rm from flocks with 
 
l\~tchery owned" cocktlrels. Last week'the range was "'from '50 to 60 centa',With . 
 
~~ a~erage of 56 cents for all hatching eggs and 54 ce1\ts for eggs purchc"sed 
 
;t.~, the farm from flocks with hatchery oVl(ned cockerels. . Most prices ch'arged 
 
ldr chicks were reported -wi~hin. a range of $8. 50 to $9. Z5 with' an average oj 
 
~9. 0.0 per hundred compared with a range of'$8. 50 to $9.25 with an aver"age 'of 
 
$9. OQ per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for 
 
eggs:ll~d $11. 00 for chicks. . 
 
..' 
 
;.':. ; . Weighted average price from 'the Federal-State M~rket' Nerws Service for 
~~oilers during the week ending October 31 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 - 33/4 PQunds, at f~rn.ts 14. 71~. 
 
. 
 
'0 . - -- 
 
l 
 
. 
 
-r 
 
j 
 
- 
 
- _. -. --- - - 
 
--_.~ 
 
--- --- - 
 
- 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
W;eek : 
 
E 
, 
_. 
 
".d 
i 
 
i 
 
ng' 
 
: 
. 
 
. '. ' 
". . 
 
~ 
 
!.! ' . " 
. ':' i 
 
Eg.gs Set. 
.- . 
 
." 
 
~ 19:58 
! 
 
1959 1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
Ch i cks Plac;ed for 
 
.:Broilers in Ge6rgi'a '. 
 
, 
 
 
 
~ 
 
 
 
I 
 
1958 
 
1959 1959 % 
of 1958 
 
, , 
 
! 
 
" 
'. 
 
, 
';t'hou. 
 
; 
 
Thou. ' Pereen., t. Thou.. T.:h:.ou. -" Percent 
 
.' ! 
 
, 
 
A.ug. Z9 ~,968 6,485 
 
93 5,493 5.331 
 
97 
 
Sept. Sept. 
 
:5 1,2 
 
.; 
 
.' 
 
6y,. 
 
971 298 
 
6,373 
 
93 
 
.6:, 14J . ..' 84 . 
 
5,' 179 4.812 5,' 023 ........; 6M:\ .' 
 
93 93 
 
Sept. ~9 7,31~ o. 6'~ 39'Z . 87" 4~ 873 . 4, 53'1 . 93 
 
Sept. 2'6 7, 141 6,300 
 
88 4,852 4,452 
 
92 
 
Oct. 3 7, 110 6. 538 
 
92 5, 152 4,383 
 
85 
 
Oct. 10 7.248 6,896 
 
95 5, 117 4. 510 
 
88 
 
Oct. 17 7,234 7,000 
 
97 5,077 4, 500 
 
89 
 
Oct. 24 7,239 7, 138 
 
99 5,034 4,80Z 
 
95 
 
Oct. 31 7,394 7,267 
 
98 5, 121 5,080 
 
99 
 
-,.- _. -- . 
EGG TYPE 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched' 
: 
1959 ,1959 
 
T h o u .. . 
 
' 
" 
 
. 
 
Tho.. u. 
 
' 1.61 121 
1~9 
201 217 190 263 150 
123 98 
 
.. 168 154 
. 166 
1~) 
91 142 154 163 143 210 
 
11 Includes e'ggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANOELY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
u--. -S-.--D--ep--a.r-tm.-e-n-t--o.f_A.g-r.ic.u_lt-\-lr-e_.-._.-----------A--g-r-i-c-u-l_tu.r-a-l-E--x-te-n-s-i-o-n--S-e-r-v-i-c-e 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
... ----------_.-------_.-----------------------_.-.---------------------- 
 
 . EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL ARE 
 
- WEEKS - 195. 
 
~ 
 
,: 
 
Week Ending 
 
, 
 
J .. 
 
I 
 
! 
 
STATE 
 
Oct. 11 
 
Oct. 24 
 
Oct. , 31 : 
 
Sept. Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
Oct. 
 
26 
 
3 
 
10 
 
11 
 
24 
 
31 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS : ' 
 
CHICKS Pl4\CED - THOUSANDS 
 
,; 
 
Maine 
 
1, 197 1,215 1,115' 
 
811 
 
898 
 
831 
 
724 
 
949 
 
931 
 
Connecticut 
 
973 
 
893 
 
949, 
 
346 
 
372 
 
514 
 
445 
 
493 
 
452 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
966 
 
996 1,075: 
 
590 
 
658 
 
597 
 
483 
 
440 
 
623 
 
Indiana 
 
1,424 1,410 1,532 
 
571 
 
494 
 
566 
 
524 
 
633 
 
579 
 
Illinois 
 
167 
 
183 
 
190' 
 
121 
 
83 
 
114 
 
106 
 
95 
 
68 
 
Missouri 
 
1, 169 1, 160 1,216' 
 
598 
 
506 
 
564 
 
514 
 
511 
 
'539 
 
Delaware 
 
1,489 1,371 1,409 
 
I, 125 1,097 1,022 1, 189 1,428 1,563 
 
Maryland 
 
2, '932 2,989 3,052 
 
1,821 1,791 1,880 1,833 1,765 1,869 
 
Virginia 
 
1,755 1,733 1,646 
 
139 
 
832 
 
831 
 
658 
 
443 
 
641 
 
West Virginia 
 
221 
 
252 
 
243. 
 
296 
 
391 
 
381 
 
344 
 
235 
 
405 
 
I; 
 
North Carolina 
 
2,771 
 
2,864 
 
2, 898~ 
 
2, 186 2,232 2,202 1,841 2,045 2, ;106 
 
South Carolina 
 
445 
 
466 
 
462, 
 
272 
 
270 
 
283 
 
295 
 
293 
 
302 
 
GEORGIA 
 
7,000 1, 138 7,267 
 
4,452 4,383 4, 510 4,500 4,802 5,080 
 
.r~lorida 
Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas 
Washington Oregon California 
 
309 2,958 2,329 3,072 
497 2,316 
354 281 1, 52.6 
 
289 3, 159 2.,454 
3, 147 
495 2.,201 
338 262 1,608 
 
304 3,313' 
2.,390: 3,2.21: 
491' 2,275 
349 2.50 1, 507, 
 
119 2,405 1,675 2,554 
32.7 1,689 
194 160 916 
 
145 2,284 1,656 2,620 
331 1,596 
211 172 962. 
 
161 2,427 1,554 2,483 
392 I, 512 
260 185 951 
 
155 2,306 1,614 2,656 
432 1, 560 
205 172 859 
 
148 2,200 1, 771 2,451 
32.5 1, 542 
252. 91 831 
 
151 2.,667 
I, .801 2,723 
323 1,336 
210 134 ,991 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 1959 Cfo of 19 58 
 
36, 151 38,082 
95 
 
36,62.3 38,721 
95 
 
37,220 39,430 : 
94, 
 
'24,039 23.990 2.4,226 23,475 2.3,743 25,494 
 
25, 502 2.7, 134 27,2.77 2.6, i58 2.6,076 2.7, ,170 ., 
 
94 
 
88 
 
89 
 
90 
 
91 
 
' 94 
 
 3/6 
 
GJEO~GnA CROff ~ia7dB;\i 
 
UNIVERSITY 0 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTEte'ON SERVICE 
 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPART_NT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
NOVl2'59 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
L1BRARIEJ 
 
1rllN<G SJEJR{VllCE 
U. S. DEPART_NT OF AGRICULTURE AGitlCULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 118a:XTE"'ON BLDG., ATHEte, GA. 
Novet1ber 9, 1959 
 
GEORGIA C<Y1"1'Olf REPORT AS or NOVEMBER 1 
 
Athens, Ga., Nov. 9 .- GeoJ"gia cotton prospects declined still further dur- 
ing OCtober as a result of ac1verse weather c0n4itions, the Georgia Crop Reporting 
Service said today. ,Based on information twnished by .crop correspondents as of 
Noveober 1,. production 1s now forecast at 520,000 bales, a decline of 15,000 
bales, or apprOXimatel three percent froa a month ago. The current crop prClJises 
to be 48 percent larger than the 352,000 bales produced a year ago, but 21 percent below the 1948-51 average of 655, 000 ba~s. 
 
The indicated yield per acre of 378 pounds will be the second highest of 
record, beill8 exceeded only by the record yield of 443 pounds obtained in 1958. 
 
. Frequent rains during October delayed harvesting operations throughout most 
 
of the state. The excessive I:1oisture and rank vegetative growth caused some rot- 
 
ting of bolls and reduced qual1ty of the crop. Heavy growth ot grass and weeds 
 
as well as cotton plantsJ resulting frcx.l the acple ~isture supplies are makiog 
 
harvest difficult. 
 
. 
 
. census ginnings to Novetlber 1 were 450,000 running bales canpared witb 
 
338,000 to the sace elate last season and 360,000 bales in 1951 
 
.. 
 
CARL O. DOESCHER Agricultural Statistician 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY 
.Agricultural statistician In Charge 
" 
 
GEORGIA MAP SHOWING IND~CATE~ PRODUCTION ] 959 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR 1958&1957 
 
,,; 
i~:1~; ~<(,. .". . .".~~~~.;;~M 
1957-25,000 
I 
RIME 
 
1959 production indicated on 
November 1. 
. - STATE - 
1959 - 520,000 1958 - 352,000 1957 - 396,000 
Districts shown are Cr~ Reporting Districts and NOT Congressional Districts. 
 
AUGUSTA 
 
. ".' 
 
1959-94,100 
 
1958-69,400 
 
1957-66,000 
 
VII 
 
VIII 
 
IX 
 
1959-64,500 1958-53,700 1957-55,000 
 
1959-95,500 1958-83,300 1957-90,000 
VALDOSTA 
 
1959-19,800 
1958-14, Boo 195712,000 
.~ 
 
 
PLEASE TURN PAGE FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATION 
 
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tJmTED STATES - COTTON REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 19S9 
 
o 
 
 ." 
The .9rop, Re.pQrt1nl BoUd 
 
of 
 
the 
 
Agricultural 
 
Marketins- .1. 
 
.. 
 
'. 
 
,S.~e .,' .' -i 
 
 
 
J 
 
.. 
 
makes the 
 
to11cnd.Dg l"tlport trOll data tuPn1ahed by crop correapoaclellts, field statiat1c:1aDa, 
 
Bureau ot the Cenna, Commod1t1' Stabilization Service, and cooperating 'State 
 
1... dunnc ageneie. The final outturn of cotton compared with thi. forecast will depend 
 
upon whether the variO\l. ~_noe. a!t..t1ni the orop. 
 
the remainder ot 
 
the .eason are more or 
 
tavorable than uaual. 
 
..Unto y' - 
 
... - 
. 
 
- ' - ... "'- - - - ~ -- - ~ ~J"",:-' ..,. - -",'::;''' ... ' - , - ... - ..' - 
 
" . _ t. Ac;res t. 
 
)'ielel per 
 
I 
 
- 
 
-~o' "du-ct.i;.o'r-i- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
-- - .. 
 
State. ~, 
. 
 
: tor S 
 
'hanested 
 
:hanest:191iS=S7s- -.- - 
 
.&Cl'e ",SOO-~ 
-7 19~9- -rI9lia.;S;7 
 
~o-s"J:-w1e"!gh1t9.b59al-e- 
 
'1/:.,r..el . I :19S9 
 
19,8 . : indica :avel"age' 19S8 . : .\ indic. '\ 
 
. ,\ I - . . . " " - - - -"..- - :- - - ... - - - .- - - .. - . ... - - .' 1_:.. 
 
.f 
1,000 acres 
 
"'l~ 
Pound. 
 
~_ ~ 
 
'-'I - 
 
~- 
 
-- _ ......... - 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
- 
 
... ~ 
 
" 
 
.. \ ' . 
 
,'., 
 
'\..' 
Pounds 
 
Pound. 
 
-.:.___ 
 
1~OOO bJ!e, 
 
1,000 
~l~s 
 
1,000 
bale. 
 
North Carolina 
South Caro11.na Georgia~  TeMeee  ~'~ 
 
3~ ')24 " -466 
 
395 
 
56, 310 
 
660 
S15 
 
,238921 
 
406 . 443 
SOl'" 
 
3S3 .378 597 
 
,49189 ,67525 . 
 
2S6 
 
325 
 
,20 . : 299 4lS IT')' 
352- 
 
419 
 
640 
 
Alabama ~. , 815' 312 ' '98 
 
MiasilS8~ppi '1,440 
 
396 " 409 
 
427 
 
844 
 
S.33 1,710 
 
439 
 
125 
 
9.61 1,600 
 
AH1rk8asnoura,.1,b, 
 
400 
1,29$ 
 
)96 
.)86 
 
446 \ 612 4.36 . "S71 . 
 
366 
1,429 
 
275 
 
510 
 
925 : 1,540 
 
Louisiana 
 
495 
 
396 
 
.392 
 
470 
 
624 
 
297 
 
485 
 
Oklahoma       
 
600 
 
184 
 
)65 
 
300 
 
367 
 
)1) 
 
)15 
 
Texas  6,300 .232 
 
)8j 
 
348 
 
.3,95.6' "4.,.306 
 
4,S70 
 
New MeX:l.co.~  
 
198" ',82 
 
'820 
 
8)2 
 
27, 
 
301 
 
34.1 
 
Arizona. )80 8.31 
 
9.31 
 
~60 
 
740 
 
734 
 
760 
 
California 875 748 1,049 1,070 1,424 1,604 1,9$0 
 
other States )/ 58 304 
 
403 
 
.3S8 
 
48 
 
29 
 
43 
 
= = '= ~~~=r~~= =~~:= =~~= =~~= =~~~:==~i~~==~~:~~= = 
 
1/ 'lI --- Au-gu-st-1-e-st~im-J- t8- . ~-~ Pr-od~uc-ti- ol- l g-in-ne-d-an-d-to-- be-g-iM-e-d.--A-SO-O--1-b.~ba.le_J/ oonta1ns about 480 net pounds ot l:tnt. Virginia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucq, W and Nevada. Illc1uded 11\ State Md United States totala. Grown in Texu, N 
 
.~ex1co, Arizona, and california. 
 
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CROP REPORTIIO BOARD '. 
 
... 
t'''"! ' 
~ 
 
 <GlEO~GnA C~OI? ~lEJP>O~TnN<G SJEJR{vnCIE 
 
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY CW GEORGIA AND THE 
 
lI"" c.,,~JlY OF GEORIIA 
 
STATE DEPARTMENT C)If AGRICULTURE 
 
Athens 1 Georgia 
 
.. 
 
NOV 1 b '59 
 
LIBRARIES 
 
U. S. DIPART.NT 01' AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE III EXTINSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
November 101 1959 
 
GEORGIA: The AU 'Commo41ty Index Of Prices Received by 'Georgia i'amers de'elined 
 
nine points to 236 percent ot 1ts 1910-~914 average during the. mOnth ' 
 
eDded October 15 I 1959. The October 1959 Index was 25 points (approximately 
 
'. 
 
10 percent) belOw the October 1958 Index of 
 
any 
 
month , 
 
since 
 
Ja. nuary 
 
1.950 
 
when 
 
the 
 
Inde.x 
 
261 vas 
 
1 
 
'and 
232. 
 
was 
 
at 
 
the 
 
lowest 
 
level 
 
tor 
 
Lower prices, tor hogs; catt1e-. cottonI corni and peanuts were primarily responsible tor the decline in the Index . Part1~lly offsetting were price in... creases for wholesale milk" wheat) oats; and rye. 
 
The mid-month average ot 8.9 cents a pound (.$178.00 a ton) tor peanuts vas the lowest average price Georgia fB.rmers have reeeived tor their peanuts in the ~st 13 years. In October 1946 the mid-month avvase was 8.6 cents a pbund or 
$172.00 a ton. 
 
mUTED STATES: During the month ended October 15 the Index ot Prices Received by 
 
Farmers dropped nearly 1 2/3 percent (4 points) to 235 percent 
 
ot its 19,10-14 average. Primarily,res1'OllS1ble for the decline were lower prices 
 
tor cattleI hogs", corn) grapefruit) calves 1 and eggs. Partially offsetting were 
 
Fiee increases tor wholesale milk; tcmatoes. and wheat. The mid-October Index 
 
w..as. 6 pe',r'cent (1,4'.points) below a year earUer. 
 
' 
 
The Index of-Prices Paid inc1\l41ng InterestI , Tues; and Parm Wase Rates declined 1/3 percent (1 point) I as declines in the "easonally adJusted index ot 
tarm wage rates aDd in the index of production goods were only partially offset 
by an increase in the index of prices paid'tor goads tor 'family living. The 
In, dex was. about 2/3 percept above ~ year earlier. 
 
Summary '!'able tor Georgia and the United States 
 
1910-1In44e=x . 
 
100: 
 
Oct. 15 1958- 
 
UNITED STATES 
Prices Re~eived : 
Parity Index Y: 
Parity Ratio : ,. 
 
249: 
?94: 85: 
 
GEORGIA 
 
sept. 15 : Oct. 15 
 
1959_ .. ~_ __ 1959 
 
, 
 
 
 
, 
 
I 
 
239 : '~35 
 
'297 : ?96 
 
. 80 ...L.- 79 
 
, Record b~gh . IDa.ex :lJite 
 
. : 313 :Yeb. 
 
195J 
 
: 299:Y APr. 1955 
 
 : 123:Oct. 
 
1949 
 
Prices Received :' 
 
. :, 
 
:. 
 
All Commodities 261: 
 
245 
 
: 
 
236 
 
: 310 :Mar. 
 
195) 
 
All Crops : . 276: 
 
265 : 257 
 
: 319: J/Mar. 19..21 
 
Livestock and : . 
 
: 
 
Prod~ct8 
 
:' 229: 
 
." .: 203 : 194 
 
: 295: Sept. _194e 
 
Y y 'J/ Prir.es Paid1 Interest I Taxes; ancl Wage Rates based on elata tor the ind1cate4 
 
dates. 
 
Also May 1959. 
 
Also April 1951. 
 
., 
 
ARCHIE IAIJIEY  Agricultural Stati'st1cian In Charge . 
 
' RAYMOND R. HAN.COCK 
 
.~ 
 
A(!ricultural statistician 
 
 
 
l' I 
 
c- ,- 
 
 '~tucEs RECZJ;VED' BY' FARMERS OCTOBER 15, 1959 WITH COMPARISCilS 
 
.~ ;: ,. 
 
.. . I . , . . ". ' 
 
.: ...., 
 
r './: 
CO!.fAODITY .lIND WIT 
Wheat, bu. 
 
It::,., . 17 
 
..... ., . ~a ,.; .. ~~"'. :.: 4: ....1 
 
' 
 
... ;.... 
 
'. 
 
GI!: 0 RG I/\. 
 
,~ 11~Verag;TOot. 151' Sept. J5 
 
1910-1411958 
 
1959 
 
Oot. 15, 1959 
 
UN ITE n S'l'ATE S 
 
I 
 
I 
 
Average Oot. 15, ! Sept. 151 Oct .15 
 
1910-14 1958 I 1959 1959 
 
I 
 
I 
 
I .' I 
 
II 
 
$ 1.23 
 
1.,~4 
 
1.75 
 
1.80 
 
I 
 
I 
 
I ._- 
 
.884 I 1.73 
 
1.72 
 
1.76 
 
Oa.ts, bu. 
 
$ .67 I .95 
 
.80 
 
.83 
 
Corn, bu~ . Barley, bu Sorghum GhinjO'Wt. Cotton, lb. 
 
..;" $ 
~. $1 
$ 
." 
f 
 
.91 12.1 
 
I 
I' 
 
1.15 
 
1.1.5 
I 2.10 
I 34.7 
 
1.17 
 
1.07 
 
1.05,.1., 1.10, 
 
1.95 
 
1.95 
 
34.5 
 
~~.5 
 
Cottonseed, ton 
 
$1 23.65 I 49.00 
 
Soybeans, bu. 
 
$1 
 
I 
 
Peanuts, '~b'. 
 
 
 
SWeetpotatoes,owt. 
 
$ 
 
Lespedeza Seed,Al1,awt.$ 
 
'5.2 .84 
 
2.00 10.4' 
iI 4.70 
i 
 
Hay, b~ed, per toni 
 
All 
 
$ 
 
Alfalfa.' , 
 
$ 
 
Le ipede~a : 
 
$ 
 
Soybean, & ,Cowpea, $ 
 
 Peanut 
 
$ 
 
 I ", Z7.00 
,": I 3259..7000 
I 29.00 22.00 
 
39.00 '35.00 
 
I 2.00 
 
1.95 
 
9.0 
 
8.9 
 
4.75 
~I 
26.00 34.50 29.00 
29.50 
23.00 
 
4.20 
I 
I 
..II -, 2:5.80 
j"34.00 'Z7.00 ag.50 23,.00 
 
Wool, lb. 
MUk caws .~, ' head' .' 
Hogs, cwt. 
 
I I 
$1 
 
33',.'8,~, 
 
'1~3~8O..0oo 
 
I 
 
44.0 1.65.00 
 
44.0 .[170.00 
 
I $ 7 .36 19.40 13.60 12.40 
 
Beef Cattle, owt. 
 
Calves,owt  
 
MUk,Who1esale,cwt .1 J'luid Mkt. Manut. All 
 
Turkeys, ~. 
 
per 9hiokens, 
 
Ib: 
 
, Fa.xm 
 
Com l 1 BroU. 
All 
 
$ 3.96" 1~.20 19.20 
 
~. 
'lli 
 
I ~3.30 I 24.5~ 
 
17.20 22.80 
 
- :' I' $ 
 
6.39 6.00 
 
I $ 
 
- 
 
I 3.69 3.50 
 
$ 2.43 Y6.33 !IS.90 Y6.10 
 
 
 
I 24.0 
 
23 .0 11 23.0 
 
 
 
 13.3 
 
15.0 15.2 15.2 
 
12.5 14.8 14.7 
 
11.5 14.2 14.1 
 
Egg~, doz ... 
 
I (; 21.4 ,'49.6 40.7 
 
41~3 
 
Y !I Revised. 
 
PreHminary Est ima.te  
 
I 
 
.3991 .552 
I .642 1.04 
 
.520 .65C' 
 
1.09 
 
.990 
 
..619 I .865. 
 
.~46 
 
.866 
 
1~.4 
22.55 
 
1.57 
33.26 I '43.20' 
 
1.52 I 1.48 
.. 33.12 ,I . ~2.51 
'r 37.90 T '39 .10 
 
1.Q3 .. 1_, ,l!~O 
 
1.93 
 
4.8 
 
10.5 
 
?8.97 ' 8"~93 
 
1.60 
 
2.97 I 2.68 
 
2;54 
 
I 
 
"I, 
 
18.00 18.40 
 
19.90 
 
Z7 .20 
 
19.80 
 
18.3 
" 
7.V 
 
", 36.1 220.00 18.50 
 
5.42 ,,22.30 
 
6.86 
 
19.90 " 20.5 20.70 21.30 20.80: 21.50 26.10 _ 26..60 i9.10 .. 1~.30 
 
.,43.4 
 
41.8 
 
233.00 I; 2?8.pO 
 
13.40 12.60 ". 
22.50 ,I -21.30 
 
6.75 26.10 
 
26.80 25.40 
 
1.60 14.4 
 
4.98 3.34 1/4.46 
23.9 
 
, 4.89 
I 3.26 
!/4.36 
22.6 
 
?/4.49 
22.5 
 
11.e 
 
15.8 
 
11.4 
 
14.9 
 
'I I 21.5' 39.0 
 
I, 
 
. 
 
9.6 15.7 14.4 
j 32.8 
 
9.3 15.0 
I 13.6 31.6 
 
,-L'- - - - 1 ,..- - - 
 
PRICES PAID BY FAM;RS roR Sl:IEC'IED lEEDS OCTOBER 15, 1959 WITH CGAPARISQlS 
.' '. 
 
---_._------------ 
 
- - - - - - - - - - _. 
KlND OF """"D 
 
GEORGI/\. 
 
I , mITED STATES 
 
'---r~t-: 15--1 :Sept. i51--O:t~'-15 "\ Oct. 15 
 
SePt.l;--00-t-.-1-5-1 
 
,,:~~ ~59 !. '~59. I ~ ,,' . 
 
_ 
 
, 1959, ,'959 
 
1959 
 
 
 
~ 7 ~~ Mixe.t llo1rx Feed 
 
JDol: ars Per 
 
Pound,s' 
 
,' 
 
All Under 29'~ Protein 
 
1168%"~ 
 
~tein Protein 
 
20}~ Protein 
 
245~ Protein 
 
3.90 
3.80 4.10 4.00 4.30 
 
3.85 
3.75 4.00 
 
I'I, 3.85 l! 
3.75 4.00 
 
3.63 
3.57 3.56 
 
3.61 
3.57 3.49 
 
4.00~, 4.00 \" 
 
3.86 
 
3.82 
 
4.15 
 
4.25 ,I 3.99 I 3.90 
 
3.63 
3.58 ,3.54 
< 3.B3 
3.89 
 
H~h Protein Feeds 
~ tonseed Meal (41%) 
Soybean Meal (44~~) Meat Sorap 
 
3.80 4.05 
 
3.65 4.00 
 
3.55 4.00 
 
3.79 4.32 
 
3.97 4.12 
 
3.90 4.12 
 
Grain ~-Produots 
Irra.n - 
Middlings Corn Meal 
 
3.15 3.35 3.25 
 
3.25 3.50 3.20 
 
3.25 3.55 3.20 
 
2.66 2.79 3.28 
 
2.70 2.85 3.19 
 
2.76 2.93 3.11 
 
Poultry Feed tfroiler GroWing Mash 
Laying Mash Sera.toh Grains 
 
&1' III 
 
a.l 
 
~Baled) 
a. 
 
All Other 
 
 
 
5.00 4.75 4.20 
 
4.70 
4.70 4.15 
 
I 38.00 
31.00 .....1I_ . _ _.J... 
 
42.50 33.00 
 
4.60 4.70 4.10 
 
4.97 4.45 
. 3.91 
 
I II 42.50 
I 31.00 -J 
 
28.90 Z7 .20 
 
4.75 4.37 3.86 
29.40 26.40 
 
4.69 4.36 3.85 
30.60 2'7.40 
 
- 
 
 316- 
 
II I  r 
 
" " " "~ 
 
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'CEOR'GIA CHICK HA TCHER Y REPOR T 
 
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~thens, Ga. Nov. lZ -- A total of 5,051,000 broiler chicks were placed 
 
,with producers in Geo:cgia during the week ending November 7, ~ccording to the 
 
:Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 5,080, OQO placed the 
 
previous week and is 1 percent less than the 5,095,000 placed the same week 
 
last year. 
 
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Eggs 'set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7,4$5,000 compared with 7, Z67; 000 the previous week and is 1 percent less than the 7,549, OPO for the ~orresponding week last year. 
 
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The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were, 
 
:reported within a range of 50 to 65 cents with an average of 57 cents for all 
 
'hatching eris and 55 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with 
 
,hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 50 to 60 cents with 
 
'an average of 56 cents for all hatching eggs and 54 centa for eggs purchased 
 
:~i the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged 
 
for chicks were reported within a range of $9.00 to $10.00 with an averase of 
 
$9. Z5 per hundred compared with a range of $8.50 to $9. Z5 with an average 
 
:of $9. 00 pe~ hundred last week. The averas.e prices last year were 67 cents 
 
f~r egg sand $11. 00 for chicks. 
 
, , Weighted average price from the Federal-State Market News Service 
 
fqr broilers during the week ending November 7 was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 - 
 
3-)/4 poUnd~ at farms 13. 99~. 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS~SET.'HATCHINGS. AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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,Week EJ1ding 
 
BROIl...ER TYPE 
 
EGG TYPE 
 
Eggs Set.!! ..:~ ... 
 
Chicks Placed for 
 
,Eggs 'Chicks 
 
Broiler s in Georgia 
 
Set Hatched 
 
1958 Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1959 0/0 1958 
o~ 1,958 Percent Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
1959 % ' 1959 .. 19 59 ' 
of 1958 
Percent Thou. '. Thou. 
 
Sept. 5 6,971 6,373 
 
,93 5, 179 4,81Z 
 
93 
 
1Zl 154 
 
Sept.1Z 
 
7,Z98 6, 141 
 
84 5,OZ3 4,668 
 
93 
 
189 166 
 
Sept.19 
 
7,319 6,39Z 
 
87 4,873 4,537 
 
93 
 
ZOI 1Z3 
 
s;pt.Z6 
 
7, 141 . 6,300 
 
88 4,85Z 4.45Z 
 
9Z 
 
Z17 
 
91 
 
Oct. 3 7, 110 6, 538 
 
9Z 5, 15Z 4,383 
 
85 
 
190 14Z 
 
Oct. 10 7,Z48 6.896 
 
95 5, 117 4,510 
 
88 
 
Z63 154 
 
Oct. 17 
 
7,Z34 7,000 
 
97 5,077 4,500 
 
89 
 
150 163 
 
Oct. Z4 
 
7,Z39 7, 138 
 
99 5,034 4.80Z 
 
95 
 
1Z3 143 
 
Oct. 31 
 
7,394 7.Z67 
 
98 5, 1Z 1 5,080 
 
99 
 
98 Z10 
 
Nov. 7 
 
7,549 7,45$ 
 
99 5,095 5,051 
 
99 
 
140 113 
 
1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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Maine 
 
1,215 
 
I, 175 
 
I, 183 
 
967* 92'S*- ,-724 
 
949 
 
931 
 
960 
 
Connecticut 
 
893 
 
949 
 
767 
 
3,72~' , 500* ":445 1 493 
 
452 
 
309 '-, 
 
.Pennsylvania 
 
996 . 1,075 
 
1,036 
 
5~ 
 
597 
 
483 
 
440 
 
623 - 710 
 
lDdiana 
 
1,410 
 
1, 532 " 1,469 
 
494" 
 
566' -~ '524 
 
633 
 
,579 
 
617 ' 
 
lllinois 
 
183 
 
190 
 
184' 
 
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114 . :'106 ' , 95 
 
68 
 
51 
 
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I, 160 .., 1,216 " I, 518:' .~ 1,371 '. 1,409 ' ' 1,633 .. 
 
:, ,506, 1,097 
 
564", ' "574, 
 
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511 
 
1,022 I, 189 1,428 
 
539 1,563 
 
500 1,484 
 
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Virginia 
 
2,989 
 
~,052 " 3,056, , 
 
1,733 " , i,646 
 
1,716 
 
1,797 832 
 
1,880 831 
 
1,833 I, 765 " 1, 869 '658 ' 443 ' 641 
 
2,069 860 
 
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" West Virginia 
 
252 . 
 
243 
 
241 
 
391 
 
381 
 
344, 
 
235 
 
405 
 
467 
 
.Ncirth Carolina 
 
2, 864~ , "2', 898 
 
2,858 
 
2,232 2,202 1, 841 ' 2,045 2, 106 2, 103. 
 
South Carolina, 
 
466 
 
' 462 
 
489 
 
270 
 
283 
 
295, . ,293 
 
302 , 300 
 
~~ GEORGIA 
 
b~lorida: , " 
 
Alabama 
 
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7, 138 
289 3, 159 
 
7,267 
304 3,313 
 
7,455 
286 3, 150 
 
.. ,: 4,383 .:: 145 .\ 2,284 
 
4,510 
167 ' 2,427 
 
. 4,.500 : 4,802 ., .. :1,55 ; , ,148 
2,306 ' 2,'ZOO. 
 
5,080 ' 
151 2,667, 
 
5, 0:51 
151 2'; S~8, '" 
 
Mis'si8~iPlri , . 
 
2,454 
 
2,390 
 
2, 591 '-OJ  
 
1,656 I, ~54 1,614 l,7'U.> 1,.-801,' ~1.706 .. 
 
Arkansas' 
 
3, 147 3,227 -: 3 395 " " 
 
2,'620, 2,483 2~~6'56 2,451:::' 2,.723,:, '. 2, b90 ..... 
 
Louisiana 
 
495 
 
' 491 ' . ' 46i .' .,,: . 
 
331 
 
392 
 
'~32 
 
.325 
 
323 
 
279 
 
Texas 
 
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Washington 
 
2,201. 338' 
 
2,275 . 2,229 . . . I, '596 1,512 1,560 I, 542 ,1, 336 1,490 
 
349 
 
319 
 
211 
 
260. 
 
205 
 
252 ,; , 210 
 
290 
 
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Oregon 
 
262 ' 
 
250 . . I 227 
 
112 
 
UJ5 
 
,172 
 
9(-. 134 
 
170 
 
California 
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1,608 
 
1,507 
 
1, 594' .. 
 
"978* 951 
 
859 ' ! 831 '. 991 I, 131 
 
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36,623 
 
.37,220 
 
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'37, 857 
 
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23,999~ 24,306* 23,47~ 23, 743, '25,494 
 
25,976 
 
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TOTAL 1958 
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39,430 
 
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88' 
 
89 
 
26, 158' 
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27,170 
 
27,429 
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AGRIC-ULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT 01' AGRICULTURE 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF' AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 111 EXTE... ION .L.OG  ATHENS. GA. 
 
Athens, 'Georgia 
 
November 12, 1959 
 
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rem  GENERAL CROP REPORT dEWY:-"ns.Jp NOVEMBER 1, 1959 
 
BIG CORN CROP: Corn production in Georgia is forecast at 81,984,000 bushels baSed on conditions prevailing on November 1, the Georgia 
Crop Reporting service said today. The 1959 indicated production is second o~ 
to the record crop ot 86,752,000 bushels produced 1n 1958. The current~ est1rJated yield per acre ot 28.0 bushels 1s exceeded only by the record high yield ot 
32.0 bushels produced in 1958. Harvest operations were delayed in October by continuous rains during most of the l:1onth. 
 
GOOD SOYBEAN CROP: Soybean production in Georgia 1s forecast at 1)312,000 
bushe ls, an increase of 17 percent above the 1958 production of 1,125,000 bushels. The current yield per acre estimate of 16.0 
bushels is a new record high for the State exceeding the previous record ot 14.0 
bushels made in 1957 by two bushels. Conditions have been tavorab1e for soybean growth this year with most fields having a heavy set of beans. Combining is underway although rank vine gro~rth has harJpered harvest operations" 
 
PECAN CROP DOWN: Current indications point to a Georgia pecan crop of 37 rJillion pounds, 18 percent below the 45 million pounds 
harvested in 1958 but up slightly from the 1O-year (1948-57) average production 
of 35, 370,000 pounds. Harvest of the pecan crop was hampered by the continuous rains and cloudy, damp days that prevailed during most of OCtober. Production 
v~ies considerably among the ditfe~ent areas ot the State. 
 
PEAN'l1l' PROSPECTS DECLINE: Georgia peanut production is estimated at 545 .. 000,000 pounds based on indications as of 
November 1, the Georgia Crop Reporting Service said today. This is a drop of about one percent from the October 1 forecast as continuous rains during October lowered yield prospects. Peanuts harvested in October were dacaged by the rains 
With the reduction in quality causing LlanY of the peanuts to go for oilstock  
.The. Novelll'ber 1 indicated yield per acre of 1,090 pounds is 100 pounds below the 195e r~c;ord per acre yield of 1; 190 pounds but 1s higher than all other years of record except 1956 when 11 090 pounds per acre was also produced. 
MILK PRODUCTION UP: Cows on Georgia tams produced an estimated 100 million pounds of milk during OCtober I an increase of two per.. 
cent over the 98 million pounds produqed during OCtober 1958. Excellent 'sucmer pastures in all areas of the State prOVided good grazing considerably. later in the tall than usual. 
 
GEORGIA 
 
:ACREAGE: 
 
 CROP 
 
:. (000) ': 
 
YIELD PER ACRE 
 
Ta.rAL PRODUcrION (000 
 
. . .  . . AND 
 
 
 
: Incti.cated: 
 
: Indi- 
 
. UNIT 
 
: 1959 :Averase : 1958 
 
Nov. 1 : Average : 1958 : 'cated 
 
. 9 
~~5 CORN, ALL .... bu.: 2,928 
 
32.0 
 
19~ : lt48-~7 : :0 5,17 86,752 
 
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'Bi, 
 
~  bu.: 100 
 
16.7 230 
 
.21.0 2;099 
 
1;633 2,100 
 
OATS  bu.: 259 
 
28.0 330 
 
32.0 11,412 9,108 8;288 
 
BARLEY  bu.: . 13 
 
239 290 
 
29.0 
 
189 
 
290 
 
377 
 
R'XE  bu.: 16 
 
10.0 125 
 
125 
 
78 
 
HAY, ALL  tons: 611 
 
.73 1.02 .. 1.03 
 
679 
 
162 
 
200 
 
641 
 
651 
 
TOBACCO, ALL .lbs.: 72.1 1,248 1,540 1,498 119,353 91,018 W7,985 
 
POTATOES, IRISH, CWT: . 4.1 
 
46 
 
46 
 
53 
 
312 
 
222 
 
215 
 
ParATOESJ SWEET, C\-lr: 10.0 
CO'ITON  bales: 660 PEANUTS (P&ll') lbs.: 500 
 
42 
 
48 
 
.!/2J83646 -,414903 
 
47 1,137 
 
528 
 
470 
 
,308990 
 
655 540)052 
 
352 
 
535 
 
612,850 545,000 
 
SOYBEANS 
 
tor beans  bu.: 82 
 
11.1 12.5 
 
16.0 
 
536 1,125 1,312 
 
SORGHUM 
 
tor grain  bu.: 33 gj19. 1 24.0 
 
250 gj581 
 
888 
 
825 
 
PEACHES Total Crop  bu.: 
 
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2,101 
 
4,000 3;200 
 
PtARS 
Total Crop  bu.: 
PECANS  lbs.: PASTURE, CONDITI~: 
 
--- 
 
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68 
 
68 
 
-- 147 35;370 85 
 
98 
 
85 
 
45,000 37,000 
 
g Y Pounds. 
 
Short-time average. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
PLEASE TURN PAGE FOO UNITED STATES INFORMATION 
 
 UNI'1'ED STATES - GENmw. CROP REPORT AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 1959' .' 
 
.t 'Tpta1 i:lrop. p~oduction equal to last year's record now 'seems assured. A 
 
slight~.improved outlook for. cotton, sorghum; rice a~ sugar beets counteracted 
 
small r~duc~ions in corn and soybean prospects. Harvest progress is lagging be- 
 
him, the rapid advance during the sunny October days in 1958 but is ahead of the 
 
unusually slow. rate during the' cool) 
 
tall of 1951.' 
 
CORN is estimated at a record 4,402 million bUShels, 1 percent less than 
October 1, but 16 percent above 1.958, 'and' 35' percent above aver.age. 
SOYBEANS, second to the record crop of last year,' are estimated at 528 
million bushels, down 8 percent from 1958, but about 62 percent above the 10-~ar average. 
 
SORGHUM GRAIN is estimated at a r~cord 589 million bushels, down 4 percent 
 
from 1958. but abo.ut 2 3/4 times' the '10-year average. 
 
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RICE is estimated at 53 mi'llion lOO-poUhd. bags, '1 percent above october 1. 
 
13 percent above 1958) and 11 percent above average. ' 
 
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APPLES are estimated at 118 million bushels, '1 percent below last year, 
 
but 8 percent above average.' 
 
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PECANS are estimated at 123 million pounds, 5 percent below OCtober 1, 
29 ~er.cent below last year, and 18 percent below average. 
 
CRANBERRIES, es'tilDated at 1.2 million barrels, are down 2 percent from October 1, bu~ 1 percent above 1958, and 28 percent above average. 
 
EGGS laid during October, at 4,784 million, were down 1 percent from 1958 but 12 percent above average. : . 
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CROP 
 
': Acreage: Acre Indic.: Average: 
 
: Nov. 1, 
 
-'" - -. - - - - - - - ~ ~: .- \o15ao5J~'-::-N-:o- v.-.1~ -19.~"-9:~ -1\9o4O8o-Jl7- -::-., \O1O95oT8 - -::- \O1O95o.2T- - 
 
Corn, All  ~  bu.: 84,387: 
 
52.2: 3,251,064 : 3,799;844 :4,402,416 
 
Wheat, 'Al1 .. bu.: 53,217: 
 
21.0: 1,075.391 : 1,462,218 :1,117;430 
 
Oats . bu.: Cotton . ,'...bales: Hay, All ... ton: 
Soybeans, for beans bu: 
Peanuts gJ ...~.. lb.: 
 
28,823: 14,991:. 70,991:" 
21,968: 1,496' : 
 
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37.3: 474; 
 
1;306,458 : '1,422,164 :1,075,3'78 14,046:. 11,512,: 14,801 
 
'1.60: 107,134' : ", 121>~: 113,884 
 
24.0: 326,020.: 574,413: 528, ~ 
 
,'1,107 ' : 1,642,502 . : '~,835',800 :1)65~,~ 
 
Tobacco ... lb.: 1,157: 1,557: 2;090,481 : 1,736;204 :1;800,,251 
 
Y Y Pounds. 
 
Picked and threshed. 
 
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Aye!.as.e_1~~-.2.7 _' __: 
 
1:92,8 
 
l P".e.!i!!!i~_1252, 
 
': .. ,_ . ,1,000 pounds 
 
. . .1,000 pounds 
 
1,000 E0unds 
 
N. C. 
 
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2,023 
 
. 3, 200 
 
'. 950 
 
s. c. ' 
 
:.,. 3,640' 
 
. 8,000 
 
3,000  
 
Ga. 
 
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35,370 
 
',. 45,000 
 
" 37,000 
 
Fla. 
 
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4,860 
 
2,600 
 
2,500 
 
.Ala., 
 
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~6,688 ; 
 
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37:,600' 
 
9,000 
 
Miss. 
 
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'9,515 .' ~ 
 
16,'000 
 
4,000 
 
Ark. La. 
 
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- 5,549 16,490 " 
 
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2,350 
 
5,000 
 
14~'OOO': . . 20,000 
 
Okla. : ' , : 
 
'18,620 
 
15;'500 
 
14]000 
 
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35)040 
 
26,000 
 
23,000 
 
N. Max.' 
 
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gj 3,030 
 
4, 590 
 
4,900 
 
u. S. 
 
- - - - - - 150,521 - ,- - - - - ~ - 174,750 - - - ~ - -1237350- 
 
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GEORGIA: The 1959 J.espedeze. seed production :in' Ge~a -is e~,cted ,to be, 4,200,000 pounds i ac~'orCUDg -t~, the' Oeorsia, CrOP. Reporting ,service  
The current," crop 1s 38 'percent "above the ,3,040,oo(f pounds harVes~d .1n",1958.' ~ 
increase in productioh i8 due 'to a larger acreaae and' yie,ld ,~r' acre than" last: ~ar. Indicated acres. tor b&rvest is 21,000, or 5,,000 ~,~ :~s,t 'se~son.' ','; aExvpeectread,gyieel.d',per acre of 20' 0 PQ~s is. 1..0 poUD4a above 19,58 and 25 p.o. .~s a'.bove ' 
 
veri . Weather cOndti0D8 were 
 
't~~orabl.i 'for the :leBpe!deza seed-~ ~~a~ 'dup- 
 
ing September arid :OctOber enabled the Kobe and 8ericeai varieties to 8t$7, green 
 
and growing mueb~ .lOnger than us\B1. Harvesting ,.operations are ,l:ater t~ normal: ,. 
 
The 1959 prodtmt1on by varieties is as follows: 1J oo8,OOOiand ,~rean) 252.000 pounds. 
 
SericeaJ 
 
.2,940J OOC)i 
 
Ko~, 
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UNITED STAT!s..tESPEDEzA SEED 1fARVEST LATE: CROP SMALIEST IN' FIVE 
 
''!'he 1959,:-:c~QP Qt~:M"ped~~a 
Crop,Re~ing'Board announced t 
 
seed i oday.' 
 
sTfhoisre 
 
cast at 123:,740,000 is ~ per~ent, less :t 
 
pounds, han: las 
 
the 
t ;ye 
 
ar's 
 
,., 
 
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outtUrn Of l4S)015,OOO pounds and 17 percent less than the 10-year avera8e pro- 
 
duction. . 
 
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crop ",turni s 
 
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forecast 
 
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be 
 
the: small.est' 
 
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',fhe cur~t;lt fore~~st' . ,1ndi:cates a marked shitt in production by species. and 
 
'- varictties. ~uetiot;1:of. ~:re'an is _~ sharp~, but .prospect:t.ve .crops, are . .'.', . 
 
!Ounds, larger tor Kobe, Sericea,: e.n4 'Tennessee 76 and C~on. The estimated production .. .. 
 
for each' in thousand 
 
with last year in parenthesis fol+ows: 
 
.': 
 
Korean 74,567 (101,470 j Kobe 37,014 (36,332); 8ericea 10,428 (8,371); Tennessee 
 
76 and Cc:mnon 725 (666 i and other varieties 946 (1,176). 
 
Product1cm is eXpected to be ,smaller than last year in 8 of the, 15. Statel! -- 
4. along the Western edge of the producing area inc1Ucung illinOis, Milisour1';: 
Kansas, and Oklahanai and 4 states along the Atlantic Coast from Maryland to 
South Carolina. However, increases are expected in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Arkansas, Tennessee) Kentucky', and Indiana. The bulk of this year's decline in 
production occurred in Missouri, the leading lespedeza seed producing State. Growth of lespedeza in this State was retarded by trosts in late spring and dry 
weather in July and August. As a result of the general need for hay, much of the lespedeza that made a fair growth' was cut for hay leaving less for seed harvest. Heavy rains and floods in October further reduced the acreage that was intended for seed not on~ in ltl.ssouri but also in Oklahoma and I<ansas. The Missouri crop ill forecast at on~ 22,800,000 pounds, less than one-halt the 46,800,000 pounds produced last year. In North CarolinaI the 2nd ranking State last year, lespedeza made good growth but wet weather in OCtober caused abandonment of some acreage intended for seed. Production in this State is estimated at lBJ 81O,OOO pounds, down 10 percent trom 1958 crop of 20,800,000 pounds. 
 
In contrast with the declines in the west and east, the srOW1ng season from Kentucky southward to the Gul:t ''laS favorable for lespedeza, and larger seed crops are in prospect. Increases over last year of 38) 20, 17) and 14 percent, 
respectively, are indicated for Georgia, Mississippi; AJa.bama, and. Tennessee. The Kentucky crop 1s up 8 percent with increases in the Franklin-Russellville 
area and in the central part of the State, but prospects are not so good in the western part and in counties along the Ohio River. 
 
The acreage harvested and to be harvested tor seed is estimated at 604,000 acres) 12 percent below last year and 19 percent below averaae. '!'he U. 8. yield of 205 pounds per acre is 10 pounds less than last year. Because of the late harvest) estimates of both acreage and yield contain a greater than usual elmnent of growers' intentions and appraisals. 
(OVER) 
 
 Supply of 1espedeza seed (1959 production plus carry-over by 'farmers and dealers, on June 30, 1959) for the 1960 planting season is indica-ted at 138;647,000 ,pounds,'~,~, 15 percent less than the 162,374,000 poWlds last year an4 16 percent less than averege. The current~ indicated supply is 6 percent short of last year's domestic 41sappearance of 14~1;467; 000 pounds and also the 1O-year average usage of 147,873,000 pounds. 
 
Lespedeza Seed: Acre8.8e harvested, Yield per acre, and 
 
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ ~2d~C!i20__A!e~_124-2.7L~~1_12.5~ ~ !929 
 
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: Indi'- 
 
State :Average: 1958 : cated :Average: 1958 : cated :Average: '1958 :,cated 
 
___ ~124-2.7~ 
 
1 _1252 ~12~-2.71 __ '__:_ !92.9_:!9~::.51: 
 
~ ~1252._ 
 
:- 
 
1)000 1,000 1,000 
 
: Acres Acres Acres Pounds Pounds Pounds pounds pounds 'POunds 
 
Ind. : 25,600 21,000 22,000 200 220 
 
5;264 4,620 !i,840 
 
Ill. : 24,000 26,000 26,000 181 200 
 
4;458 5;200 4)160 
 
Mo. : 206; 500 208) 000 114)000 196 225 
 
42,440 46,800 22) 800 
 
Kans. : 29,450 14,000 14;000 200 240 
 
6; 740 ,3,360. 2,870 
 
Md. y18,167 19,000 18,000 y236 210 
 
y4,386 3,990 3,240 
 
Va. : 24,100 28,000 21)000 173 160 
 
4;348 4,480 3,150 
 
NC. : 139" 300 104, 000 99; 000 100 200 
 
26, 524 20,800 18,810 
 
S.C. : '42,000 47,000 47,000 166 170 
 
7,468 7;990 7;755 
 
Oa. : 41 1 0 16 000 21 000 175 1 
 
7 
 
040 4 200 
 
Ky. ': 3,000 5,000 70;000 
 
0 
 
13,710 :, 5, 00 , 00 
 
Tenn.' :'" 51,700 88,000 100,000 178, 200 
 
9;546' 17;600 20,000 
 
Ala. : 14,700 9,000 10)000 149 190 
 
2;230 1,710 2,000 
 
Miss. ': 12,450 8,000 9,000 136 150 
 
1,775 1,2QO 1,440 
 
Arlt. : 42,500 30,000 29,000, '258 350 
 
375 11) 195 10,500. 10;875 
 
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7, 45~, QOO~the pr,evious week and is ~ pe.rcent less than the .7, ;~95, 000 for~the 
 
corre's~c;lilfg week'last y.e-ar': ". .; 
 
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reported ~thin a ral1ge of 50 to 70 ceI\ts with an average of 68 cents for ~ll 
 
hatching eggs. and 57 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks wi~h . 
 
~~tchery 6wnE;<k:~QC~erds.,::: ..L,~.:,~~e.~\,t~e,:~ang~. ~.~!:f!!'.9m 50 to 65.~n.t'S':~ith 
 
an average. of 57 cents for all hatching'eggs and 55 cents for eggs purcha~ed 
 
_. at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cocke~e1s. Most prices cha~ged 
 
of for chicks were".~eported within a1ral),g~ of. $.9 ...00. to $UkZ5 With an ave.~age of 
$9.50 per hundred comparEld with' a range $9.:.0(r~ '$1'0. 0.0 with an a:Yerage of 
 
. $9. Z5 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for 
 
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: " Weig~~ed ay.,er.age pr'ice from tbe. "''''ederal~St~~ Ma.rk~t ~ew~ Se~.viJe for 
 
broilers. during the .week ending November 14 w~.Is'G'eo-rgia broller'l:J Z 3'/4~- 
 
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GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS! 
 
f. '" ..~ 
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EGG T;YPE 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
Chicks ,Placed for 
 
Eggs Cthcks 
 
, ~roi~ers.in .G.e~rgia .. Set Hatched 
 
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. 1-958 :" :. l cis9- 
 
1959 % ,1': 1958 
 
. 1959 
 
./195,9 0/0 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
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of 1958 
 
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7/2908 .; 6: 141 ,7,319 6.39Z 
 
84 .S,. Ot3' 4,668 
87 4,873 4, 537 
 
93 
 
-189 . : 166 
 
93 
 
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97 5,077 
 
4,3.83 
4; 510.. 4, 500 
 
85 
88 
89 
 
Oct. Z4 
 
7,Z39 7, 138 
 
99 5,034 4,80Z 
 
95 
 
'190 i 14Z 
 
lZ63:t ,154 
 
11555021 
 
'163 143 
 
Oct. 31 Nov. 7 Nov. 14 
 
7,394 7, 549 7,595 
 
7,Z67 7,455 7, 501 
 
98 5, 1Z 1 5,080 
 
99 
 
99 5,095 5,051 
 
99 
 
99 5,016 5,054 
 
101 
 
98 
 
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140 113 
 
1Z4 116 
 
r,1/ Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
---------._._----.---------------.----.----_.---------------------._._.-- 
 
U. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Departm~nt of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS..- BY -- 
o Week Ending 
 
KS - 1959 P 
 
STATE 
 
Oct. 31 
 
Nov. 7 
 
Nov. 14 
 
Oct. 10 
 
 
 
Oct. 17 
 
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Oct 31 
 
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Nov: 14 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS' PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
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Maine 
 
I, 175 I, 183 '1. 186 
 
9Z5 
 
7Z4 
 
949 
 
9Jl 
 
960 
 
975 
 
Connecticut 
 
949 
 
. 767 
 
785 
 
500: 445 
 
493 
 
45Z 
 
309 
 
435 
 
Pennsylvania 
 
1,075 1,036 1,085 
 
597 
 
483 
 
440 
 
6Z3 
 
710 
 
70Z 
 
Indiana 
 
1,53Z 1,469 1,493 
 
566 
 
5Z4 
 
633 
 
579 
 
617 
 
62.8 
 
Illinois 
 
190 
 
184 
 
ZZl 
 
114 
 
106 
 
95 
 
68 
 
SI 
 
99 . 
 
Missouri 
 
1, Z16 I, 518 1,493 
 
564 
 
574 
 
511 
 
539 
 
500 
 
557 
 
Delaware 
 
1,409 1,633 1,660 
 
I,02.Z 1, 189 1,4Z8 1,563 1,484 1, 506 
 
Maryland 
 
3,052. 3,056 3,Z8Z 
 
1,880 1, 833.. ,I, 765 1,869 2,069 2.,09Z 
 
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Virginia 
 
1,646 1,716 1,774 
 
831 
 
658 .. 443 
 
641 
 
860 
 
840 
 
West Virginia 
 
Z43 
 
Z41 
 
Z4Z 
 
381 
 
344 
 
Z35 
 
405 
 
467 
 
489 . 
 
North Carolina 
 
Z,89& 
 
Z', ~58 
 
3, 151 
 
Z,ZOZ 1,841 2.,045 2., 106 2., 103 Z, 190 
 
South Carolina 
 
46Z 
 
489 -' 383 
 
Z83 
 
Z95 
 
Z93 
 
30Z 
 
300 
 
344 
 
GEORGIA 
 
7,Z67 7,455 7,501 
 
4, 510 4, 500 ..; '4, 80Z 5,080 5, 0.51 5,054 
 
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Florida 
 
304 
 
Z86 
 
2.47 
 
167 
 
155 
 
148 
 
151 
 
151 
 
150. 
 
Alabama 
 
3,313 3, 150 3,Z45 
 
Z,42.1 2.,306 2., ZOO Z,667 2, 588 Z,591 
 
Mississippi 
 
Z,390 2, 591 2,65Z 
 
1, 55-4 1,614 1,771 1,801 1,706 .. .1, 793 
 
Arkansas 
 
3,227 3.395 3, 593 
 
Z,483 Z"'656 2,451 . Z,723 . 2;6~b Z,815 
 
Louisiana 
 
491 
 
461 
 
503 
 
39Z 43Z 
 
325 
 
3Z3 
 
_279 . .~Z79 
 
Texas 
 
2,275 2.229 2,390 
 
I, 512 1, 560 1, S4Z 1,336 1,490 '1, 508 
 
Washington Oregon 
 
349 
 
319 
 
343 
 
Z50 
 
2.Z7 
 
315 
 
Z60 
 
205 
 
Z52. 
 
.210 
 
:~290 
 
282 
 
185 
 
17Z 
 
91 
 
134 . 170 
 
157 
 
California 
 
1, 507 I, 594 1,555 
 
951 
 
859 
 
831 '. 991 1, 131' 1, 172 
 
TOTAL 1959 TOTAL 1958 
- 
1959 % of 1958 
 
37,220 
39,430 
: 
94 
 
37,851 40,010 
95 
 
39, 099-' 40,611 
96 
 
24, 30:~ 2.3,475 Z3.743 25,494 25,976 Z6,658 
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27,Z77 Z6, 158 Z6,076 2.1,. 170 27,429 27,651 
 
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90 
 
91 
 
94 
 
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96 
 
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AGRICULTUlltAL iXTENSION SERYICE 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT M AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIYERStT,y oit GEORGIA AND THE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERYICE 
 
ST~T. D.PMTMENT M AGRICUI.TURE 
 
II' EXTENSION .LOG., ATHENS. GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
November IS, 1959 
 
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This summary of poultry information 'on hatchery pz:oduction, poultry slaughter, 
 
egg production, pertinent price data and end-of-month storage stocks is being 
 
furnished you in a cQndensed fC?rm to enable you to have a ready current" 
 
reference. 
 
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POULTRY SUMMARY. OCTOBER, 1959 
 
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I During October '10 of 
 
1955!! 
 
last 1959Y year 
 
Thou! 
 
Thou. Pet. , 
 
Jan. throulZh Oct. 
 
1 1955!! 
 
1959~1 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries: , 
 
Broiler Type 
 
Georgia 
 
, . United States 
 
, 
 
' 
 
Egg Type 
 
" 
 
Ge.orgia ,- 
 
United Stahu 
 
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~3,343 21.433 92 133, 512 119.667 90 
 
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-. . .. :' 
 
265,217 274,769 1, 538,615 1, 547,826 
 
., .' 
 
1,004 16,904 
 
I 705 70 14,375 85 
 
9,769 560,528 
 
14,771 518, 528 
 
0/0 of 
last year Pet. 
, "j 
104 101 
151 93 
 
Commercial Slaushter:~ 
 
Young Chickens .' 
 
Georgia 
 
United States I 
 
- Hens and Cocks Georgia 
 
.- 
 
 
" 
 
. 
 
United States : 
 
. 
 
Egg Production: 
 
24,945 143, 575 
487 17,723 
Mil. 
 
Georgia 
 
41 
 
South Atlantic- , 
 
United State s 
 
119 
I 
511 
4,818 
 
24,795 140,033 
 
.J  , 
 
99 
 
246,374 
 
98 1,289.348 
 
. 
251,059 102 1,386,671 108 
 
, 
559 115 17,015 96 
 
--- 3,445 
 
-- --- -4,656 135 
 
Mil. 
136 114 
J 
546 107 4,784 99 
 
Mil. 
.~< - 
1,117 5,098 50,489 
 
Mil. 
1, 317 118 5,704 112 52,075 103 
 
11 Revised. 21 Preliminary. 31 Federal-State Market News Service--For the 
 
purpose of this-report a commerCial poultry slaughter plant is defined as a plant 
 
which slaughters a weekly average of at least 30, 000 pounds live weight while in ' 
 
operation. (Converted from weekly to monthly basis.) 41 South Atlantic states: 
 
Del., Md., Va . W. Va., N. C., S. C . Ga., Fla. 
 
- 
 
.. , Item ,. 
 
MID-MONTH PRICES RECEIVED AND PRICES PAID 
 
Georgia 
 
United States 
 
Oct. 15 Sept. 15 Oct. 15 
 
1958 
 
1959 1959 
 
Oct. 15 Sept. 1~ Oct. 15 
 
1958 1959 
 
1959 
 
Cents Cents Cents Cents Cents Cents.. 
 
Prices Received: 
 
-- - 
 
-, 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Farm Chickens (lb) Com. 'Broilers (lb) All Chickens (lb) All Eggs (dozen) 
 
15.0 15.2 15.2 49.6 
 
12.5 14.8 14.7 40.7 
 
11.5 14.2 14. 1 41. 3 
 
11.8 15.8 14.9 39.0 
 
9.6 15.7 
14.4 32.8 
 
9.3 15.0 
', 
13.6 
31. 6 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 lb. ) Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Broiler grow. mash Laying mash Scratch grains 
 
5.00 4.75 4.20 
 
4.70 4.70 4.15 
 
4.60 4.70 4.10 
 
4.97 4.45 3.91 
 
4.75 4.37 3.86 
 
4.69 4.36 3.85 
 
. ~-.------------ .... -._--_.-._--.---_._---------------------------------- 
For this project State funds were matched with Federal funds received from the Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA, under provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946. 
---._ ..-.---------------.-.---------------_._-------.-------------------- 
 
 End-of-Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat Products, 
 
United States - October 1959 
 
. 
 
~: Decreased by 6 million pounds; October 1958 change was an increase of 14 million pounds; average. October change is an'increase of 15 million pounds. 
Pork: Increased by 21 million pounds; October 195'8 increase was 7 million ". pounds; average 'October increase is 12 million pounds . 
. .. ). 
Other meats: Decreased by 2 million pounds; October 1958 change was an increase of 8 million pounds; average October change is an increase of 3 million pounds. 
 
Commodity 
!, 
 
Unit 
 
October 1954-58av. 
Thou. 
 
October 1958 
Thou. 
 
September 1959 
Thou. 
 
October .. 1959 
Thou. 
 
Eggs: 
 
Shell .......... ...... Case 
 
563,' 
 
207 
 
554 
 
465 
 
Frozen eggs, total. .. Poun 119, 062 
 
'rn,687 134,786 119.910 
 
White s ............ do. 
 
35,875 
 
32,281 
 
33, 192 
 
28,643 
 
Yolks ............. do. 
 
28,870 
 
25, i43..: :: 33, 850 
 
29,6.3 
 
Whole or mixed.... do. 
 
48,821 
 
33, 133 '. 60,432 
 
56,010 
 
.. ----------------------------.--- Uncl~..ssified....... 
Total egg's21 (case eq.). 
 
do . 
 
5,496 
 
Case ~'---3-,-6-4-3 
 
3, 130 2, 579 
 
7,312 3,966 
 
5,,614 ,3, 501 
 
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Po'4try, frozen: 
 
Broilers or fryers ... Poun 
 
21,385 
 
27,276 
 
23,864: 
 
25,622 
 
Roasters........... do. 
 
'7,676- 
 
6,267 
 
8,250 
 
8, 154 
 
Hens, fowls ......... T;~::'keys. . . . . . . . . . . . 
 
do. 
 
61, 505 
 
75,538 
 
do. : 195,604. 254,849 
 
65, 556 133, 501 
 
78,888 216,271 
 
D'lCks .............. do. 
 
U:;'1.c1as sifiei:l~ ~ ...... 
 
do. 
 
I ~otal.po<ultry... '... ~ ~ . do. 
 
12,007 
 
9, 136 
 
12,'191 
 
II, 565 
 
' 37,955 
 
34,973 
 
33, 724 , 37, 503 
 
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I I Beef: Frozen, In Cur'e & cured......... do. 
 
127,878 
 
13'1. '~'17, 171,089 
 
l64,6~4 
 
Pork: Frozen............. do. In cure or cured..... do. 
 
109, ,620 66,287 
 
89, 141 45,220 
 
121,039 42,408 
 
142,084 42,282 
 
Other meat and meat 
 
products ........... 
 
do. " 64,641 
 
74,'854 
 
73. 703 
 
72, 190 
 
Total all red meats ..... I 
 
do.. , 
 
-----------------------------------------368,426 346,492 408,239 421, 160 
 
!! Preliminary. 2/ Frozen eggs co~verted on basis of 39. 5 pounds to the case. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
R. R. HANCOCK - W. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statisticians 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVIC~ 
 
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U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGFtlC4LTUR~ 
 
1 UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA .ANO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
AIO'/2 1 '59 A ~ICULTURAL MARK~TING SERVICE 
 
I~ 
 
8 EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS. GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
oveinbe~ 19, 1959 ' ' 
 
LIBRARIES" 
 
PULLET CHICKS l'""OR BROILER rIA TCHER Y SUPPLY FLOCKS 
October 1959 - United States 
 
J/rI 
 
" 
 
, 
 
The indicated dOq1e stic placement of pullet chic~s for broiler hatchery 
 
supply flocks by lead~ng primary breeders ~f broiler replacement stock totaled 
 
1,994,OQO chicks during October 1959. Thi's was 19 percent less than domestic 
 
pla<;~men~s of 2,473,000 'chicks in October 1958. Total placements (domestic, ' 
plus exp9rts) were reported at 2, 121,000 'as compa,red to ?' 585,000 a year 
 
earlier. 
 
' 
 
The placement. data, include pullet chicks sold during the month, plus the number of pullet chicks expected fz:om egg~ sold during the preceding month. The conversion from eggs to expect~d'pullet chicks was made on the basis of 
125 pullet chicks per case of hatching eggs sold. The primary breeders in- 
cluded in this report account for a very large percentage of total supply of 
replacement pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sales of replacement pullets by these breeders provide an indication of the potential number of 
pullets available for addition 'to hatchery egg supply flocks several months, 
before the pullets will actually move into the flocks. 
 
Pullet Chicks 1/ Placements for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks 
 
(Reported by leading breeders) 
 
.' 
 
" 
Month 
 
1957 
 
Total 1'958 
 
1959 
 
1958 
 
Domestic 
1959 1959 as 0/0 
of 1958 
 
Thou. .. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
January....... 
 
1,886 
 
1, 982 
 
2, 124 
 
February....... March........ ' April. ......... 
 
1,997 2, 538 3,033 
 
2,281 3, 132 3,331 
 
2,414 3,450 3,765 
 
May . . . . . . . . . . . June ........... 
 
2, 899 2,060 
 
3,641 3,409 
 
3,007 2,575 
 
July........... August ......... 
 
1,676 1,410 
 
3, 071 2,668 
 
2,408 1,834 
 
September ..... 
 
1,935 
 
2,718 
 
1,727 
 
October ....... November ..... December ..... 
 
2, 297 1,926 2,238 
 
2, 585 2, 153 2, lei 
 
2, 121 
 
~---------------------------." Annual Total ... 25,895 33, 136 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. Percent 
 
1,842 2, 162 
2,997 3,234 3, 522 3,234 2,892 2,486 2, 546 2,473 2,048 2,004 
 
1, 884 
 
102 
 
2,256 3,209 
 
, 
 
104 107 
 
3, 573 2, 86 ~ 
 
", 
 
110 81 
 
2,392 
 
74 
 
2, 279 
 
79 
 
1, 706 
 
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1,480 
 
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GEORGIA: InGeprgia 370, 1.,6 chickens for supplying broiler hatching eggs were 
 
tested for pullorum disease during October 1959--19 percent less 
 
than the 458, 44Z. te.sted i'n,Ootober 19.58.. :' .T.estings of .egg:-type chic~ns for 
 
October were 65,138--59 pe1'.cent more thall th,e 41,043 tested in October last 
 
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UNITED:STATES:. Inthe States for'1!Vhfch compari80~s .are available 2,.881,615 
 
.chiGkens..for supplying. broiler hatc;:hing eggs were tested 
 
during O.ctob.er-~down 8. p~rcent 'from Oetober 1958. Testings July through, 
 
October of this.year totaled 8.108, 615--down 3 percent from the testings qur,ing 
 
this .period in 1958. The number 'of chickens for other purposes (egg-type)' .". 
 
tested in October totaled 1,909, 435--down 18 percent from October 1958. The 
 
number tested July through 'October 1959 totaled 3,927,453- -down 16 perce~t 
 
from the number tested duri:ng this pe.riod in .1958. 
 
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Poultry Improvement Plan official State agencie 8, the; Animal.l:Ju~bit-l\~ry '. .; 
 
Research.Division, Agricultural Re.8-ea~(:hService, and the Agricult~r~l Esti~: . 
 
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July" .' ; lo53, 865 245, 365 Aug.. -.~ 240,'302: 357, 77.1. 
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Nov. ,':: 388, 136 . 
 
Dec. ..,,: 432  .318 .' 
 
Jan. ',':: 564,49.1 ',. 
 
Feb. '. : 482, ZIZ .. 
 
Mar. : 400,43,7" 
 
Apr. : 275,275 
 
May : 242, .067 .. 
 
June 
 
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3.90'8,742 4, ISO, 809 
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I, 596,792 2.643,740 3. 119,754 2,951,368 2,794,813 2,601.927 2, 363, 505 2,320,302 1.928,397 I, 647,255 1, 609.452 
 
1,537.073 1.913,921 2,376,006 2,881.615 
 
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599,6tl7 1,243,658 2,318,229 2,349,994 2,487.248 1,648.909 
756,864 421, 587 267,870 241,636 323,650 
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;~ Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7,692,000 compared with 
 
.7~ 50 1,~000 the previous week and is Z percent more than the 7, 524,0.00 for the 
 
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If"~ported within a range of 55 to 70 cents with an average of 59 cent. for all ! 
 
wa. ~\ tching eggs and 51 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from ~ocICs with iJ 
 
.oatche.ry oWned cocKerels: ' Last week the range' 
 
from 50 to 10' c'e-nt.' ~tlf"'~ 
 
~h ~ye;r~ge 9f 58 cents for all hatching eggs and ,57 cent~ for eggs purchas,ed r 
 
,:pt tl(e utm fro~ flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged . 
 
:l~r ch~cks were ;reported wittlin. a range of $9.00 to $1'0. Z5.with an average of ; 
 
.$9. 5~ :per hundred compared 'With a' range 01 $9.00 to $10.25 with an average of 
 
*cl $'9. S~ 'per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 67 cents for : 
 
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\~:roilets duri~g ~he week ending November ~~1 was Georgia ~roile'r8 2 3/4 - 
 
..~: 3/4 pound. at 'arms 13. 69~. 
 
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5,'077, 4, 50'0 . ',. 89~" 
 
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Oct. 24 7.239 7, 138 
 
99 5,034 4,802 
 
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155 143 
 
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Nov. 7 7.549 7,455 
 
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Nov. 14 7, 595 7, 501 
 
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ARCHIE UNGLE Y Agricu.ltural Statistician In Charge 
 
w. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statistician 
 
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u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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 ECGS 
 
SET 
 
AND 
 
CHICKS 
 
PLACED 
 
IN 
 
COMMERCIAL 
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AREAS.- 
 
BY WEEKS - 
 
1959 
 
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W.eek Ending 
 
Palle Z 
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. STATE 
 
Nov. 7 
 
Nov. - . 14 
 
Nov. 21 
 
Oct. 17 
 
Oct. 24 
 
Oct. 31 
 
Nov. 7 
 
Nov. 14 
 
Nov. 21 
 
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Maine 
 
EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
I, 183 
 
. I, 186 
 
I, 206 ~ 
 
. ~HlqKS PLACED - THOPSANDS 
 
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'724 
 
949 
 
931 
 
960 
 
975 
 
934 
 
Connecrticut - 
 
767 ~. 
 
785 
 
794 : 
 
445 
 
493 
 
452 
 
309 
 
435 
 
462 
 
Pennsylvania Indiana Dlinois 
 
1,036 1,469 
184 
 
1,085 
 
1,255 
 
1,493 
 
1, 531 
 
221 < . 213 
 
483 
 
440 
 
62) 
 
710 
 
702 
 
741 
 
524 .. 633 
 
579 
 
617 , 628 
 
583 
 
106 
 
95 
 
68 
 
51 
 
. 99 
 
92 
 
Missouri 
 
1, 518 . 1,493 
 
1.460 
 
574 
 
511 
 
53~ 
 
500 
 
557 
 
'629 
 
Delaware 
 
1,633 , '. 1, 660 
 
1,703 
 
_ 1, 189 1,428 . I, 563 1,484 1, 506 1,664 
 
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.Maryl~nd 
 
3,056 
 
3,282 
 
3,265 
 
-1.833 1.765 1.869 2,069 2,092 1, -838 
 
Virginia 
 
1,716 
 
1,774 
 
1,922 
 
658 
 
443 
 
641 
 
860 
 
840 1,017 
 
West Virginia 
 
241 
 
242 
 
279 
 
344 . 235 
 
405 
 
467 
 
489 
 
402 
 
Nor.th.:Cu-olina 
 
2,858 
 
3, 151 
 
3,265 
 
1,841 2,045 2, 106 2, 103 2,-190 2,284 
 
Sotith Carolina 
 
489 
 
383 
 
495 
 
295. 293 
 
3~ . ,300 
 
'344 
 
317 
 
GEORGIA 
'-Fl-orida Alabama 
 
7,455 
' 286 3, 150 
 
7. SOl 
247 -3,245 
 
7,692 303 .. 
3, 189 .' 
 
4.500 
155 2,306 
 
4,802 . 5,080, 
 
. 148 
 
151 
 
2,200 ' 2,667 
 
5,-051 
151 ?,588 
 
5,054 
-150 2,591 
 
5, 173 -- 
148 ~,674 . 
 
Mississippi 
 
2,591 
 
2,652 
 
2,636 , 
 
1,61:4 1,771 1.801 1,-706 .. I, 793 1,792 
 
.Arkansas Louisiana 
 
3,395 . 3,- 593 
 
461 
 
'503 
 
3. 556 474 
 
. 2,656 432. 
 
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2,451 32.5 
 
2,72332.3 
 
2.690' , 2, 815 
 
2.79 
 
2.79 
 
2,813 . 302. 
 
Texas Washingt.on 
 
2, Z29 319 
 
2.390 343 
 
2,451 417 
 
1, 560 2.05 
 
1, 542. 2. 52. 
 
. 1, 336' 1,490 " 
 
2.10 
 
2.90 
 
1, '508 '2-82 
 
1,607 282 
 
Or'egon 
 
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315 
 
2.68 
 
172 
 
91 
 
134 
 
170 
 
157 
 
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'California 
 
1,594 
 
1, 555 
 
1,413 
 
859 
 
831 
 
991 1, 131 1, 172. 1,097 
 
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37,857 '; ~9,099 
 
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2~,475 2.3,743 '~5,494 2.5,976 26,658 26,991 
 
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.-.; .1959 % of 1958 
 
.40,010 
. 95 
 
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26, 158 90 
 
26,076 27, 170 
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27,429 
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27,651 
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GEORGIA CHICK HATCHERY REPORT 
 
Atnens, Ga. Dec. Z -- A total of 5, 40Z, 000 broiler chicks were p1a~~d 
 
with producers in Georgia dllring the week end~ng NO,vember Z8, accordingto the 
 
Georgia Crop Repo~ting Service. This compaJl'es with th-e 5, 173,000 place.d the 
 
previous week' and is Z percent more than 'the ~, 3Z0, 000 placed the :same w'eek 
 
last, year. 
 
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Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 7, 633, 000 cempared with 
 
7,69Z, 000 the previous week and is 3 percent,l:ess than the 7, 83Z, 000 for the 
 
corresponding weel~ l~st year. 
 
Th~ majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were 
reported within a range of 5.5 to 70 cents with an average of 60 cents for all hatching ,eggs and 58 cents for eggs pu'rchased at the 'farm from flocks' with 
hatchery' owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 55 to 70 cents with an average o~ 59 cents for all hatching eggs and 57 cents for egg~ purchased at the farm -from flocks: vritt~ qatchery ..owned coc~erels. Mos~ prices charged 
for chicks were reported within a range of $9. 00 to $10. Z5 with an average of ' $9:75 pe~ hundred compared with a range of.$9. 00 to $10. Z5 with an aver~ge of $9.50 per hundred last week. The ~verage prices last year were 67 cents for egs sand $1l'. 00 fot c~i,ck~. 
 
Weighted average price from the ~""'ederal-State Market News -Service for 
 
broUers 'during the week ending November, Z8 was Georgia broilers: Z 3/4 -: 4 
 
pounds at farms 14" 50~.. 
 
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BROILER T Y:pE 
 
Eggs Set !.! 
 
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Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
.1958. 1959 Thou. , Thou. 
 
1959 % . 1958 
of 1958 ,, 
Percent Thou. 
 
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1959 0/0 
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. 7,141,6,300 
'7,'110 . 6,538 7,Z48 6,,896 7,Z34 7,000 
7,Z39 7, 138 7,394 7,Z67 7,549 7,455 7,595 7, 501 7, 5Z4 7,69Z 7,83Z 7,633 
 
88 4,85Z 4, '452 ' 9Z 
 
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85 
 
95 5, 117 4, '510 
 
88 
 
97 5,077 4, 500 
 
89 
 
99 5,034 4,80Z 
 
95 
 
98 5, lZ 1 5,080 
 
99 
 
99 5,095 5,051 
 
99 
 
99 5,016 5,054 
 
101 
 
10Z 5, 196 5, 173 
 
100 
 
97 5,3Z0 5,40Z 
 
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1959 19.59 
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91 
 
190 14Z 
 
263' 154 
 
150 163 
 
155 143 
 
110 Z10 
 
140 113 
 
1Z4 116 
 
90 
 
8Z 
 
1Z9 108 
 
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ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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GEORGIA 
 
I, 186 785 
1,085 1,493 
221 '. 
1,493 , 1,660 .. 
3.282 1,774 
3: 242 151 383 7. 501 
 
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1. Z~6 ' 794 . 
1, 25.,5.: . 
I, .53} :. 21-3 
1,469 I, 703 . 3. ~65 . 1,922 
279 . 
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495 7,692 
 
I, 197' ; 846 ~ 
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1,)lt)"O. , 
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1,:526 i 1,'121 ,:I 
, 3,20,8 j .. 
1,840 . 
276 3,'.201 
487 7,633 ! 
 
949 , 931 
 
493 
 
452 
 
440 
 
623 
 
: (i33 
 
579 
 
:"'; "95 
 
68 
 
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539 
 
:-'.I~ 4~8 1,':563 . ~~ 1,65 . 1,869 
 
,: 4'43' :'. '. ,641 
 
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Z, 045 ' '2,:.106 293 "'~ .302 
.., 80~ ~ '..5,;080 
 
<160'-, 975 '. 309 .~:..: 435 
710 .... 702 
 
617 
 
628 
 
51 
 
99 
 
500 : 557 
 
, 1.484," 1, 506 
 
2, 069 .': 2, '092 : ~. 860 : 0;'840 
 
467 2, 103 
 
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489 1'1 
 
300 : 344' 
 
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934'.. 931 
462: 4Z:o 741 ' 'lli1 
 
583 
 
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92: -". . 9-Z 
. ':6Z9:" 648 
 
1,'664, I, '7~: . '. 
 
1"83.8 1,90,8 
 
1,017, . 97~ 
 
.402 
 
.1'4 
 
2,284 2,173 
 
'317 
 
'.324- 
 
5, 173 5,402 
 
 Florida .Alabama  Mississippi . Arkansas Louisiana 
Texas Washington .Oregon California 
 
247 3,245 2,652 3,593 
503 
2,390 343 315 
1,555 ,. 
 
' ,303 3. 189 .: 
2,636' 3, 556 . 
474: 2,451 . " '417 . 268 
1,413 
 
330 
 
I I 
 
3,2~3 ~ 
 
2".702 ! 
3;'.544 I 
'~78 1 
 
2,426 ; 
 
315 '319 
 
, 
 
1,476 ! .. 
 
1.48 ,: ';lSI 
 
.: 2,200 '. 2,667 
 
.; 1.771 '1,'SOl .-: ~, 45i 2,'::723 
 
:' ~ 325 .. 323 
 
I, 542 I, ~36 
 
252 
 
210 
 
91 " '134 
 
$31 . '991 
 
151 , 150 -.2:, 588 : '2, 591 :: 1~' 706 : ), 7~3. 
 
.... 2, 690 " '2,815 ~::279 ,'. 279 
 
1; 490 ,.: I, 508 
 
.. . 290 . . 28Z' 
 
170 
 
157 
 
1;. 131 .I, 172 
 
, , 148,'.. 1ZO 2. i~74: 2, 587 
 
I, 791" 1. 9()J ' 
 
2,813 2,962 
 
302 ' Z92 
 
J.607' 1,646 
 
: ' Ze,2 
 
l5.?' , 
 
140 
 
130 
 
1,097 1,09-6 
 
-- . :.: ... , 
 
".~: 
 
. v- 
 
- 
 
 ~# 
 
- . ~. 
 
' 
 
_. -;:"',J 
 
.~. 
 
'.' 
 
'TOTAL 1959 
 
'I '39,099 39,787 39,516 
... 
 
2 
. 
 
3 
 
"-,'7 
 
43 
 
'." 25,~494 
: 
 
25, 976 :26~'658 26,990: 27,'267 
 
I  :~OTAL 1955 i 
 
}O,611 41.34P 41,973 
 
267 076 '21,-170 l7.429 27,651 Z8,426 Z8,Sr.7 
 
'0 --1959 of 1958 I 
 
96 
 
96 .:, 
 
94 
 
91 
 
" 94 
 
95 ; 96 
 
95 
 
'95 
 
.; 
 
, .''" 
" 
 
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AGRICULTURAL EXTENS'ON SERViCe: ' UNIVERSITY 01' 'GEORGIA AND THE STATE DiPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 
Athens, Georgia 
 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE I I ' EXTE. .,ON BLDG  ATHENS. GA. 
December 1, 1959 
 
~ER15, 1959 
 
GEORGIA: ' TOe All Commodity Index of Prices Received 'by Georgia farmers declined , nine points to '227 ,percent of its 1910-1914 average during the month' . ' 
ended IQovember 15, 1959. The November 1959 Index MaS 34 points (approximately 13 'percent) below'the November 1958 Index of 261 and Was at the lowest leve1'for 
, any. month since June, 1946 when the Index was 222. 
A three' and one-half cent drop in the average price of cotton was a main contributor to the decline in the Index from the previous month. Cottonseed was also down sharply with farmers receiving $8.00 per ton less in November than one month earlier. Other commodities contributing to the decline were peanuts, sweetpotatoes, beef cattle and all chickens. small price increases were recorded' for corn, hogs, eggs: and turlteys which help to modify the decline of the ~dex. 
 
pUITED STATES: During the month ended November 15 the Index of Prices Received by 
 
, 
 
Farmers dropped 2 percent (5 points) to 230 percent ot its , 
 
1910-'14 average, the Crop Reporting Board annoWlced today. Primarily responsible 
 
for the decline were lower prices for meat animals, cotton, and oranges. The most 
 
important increases were reported for millt. potatoes;' wheat, turkeys, and soybeans. 
 
~e mid-November Index was 1 percent below a year earlier and the lowest since . 
 
March 1951. : 
 
. ~' 
 
. 
 
. 
 
Higher prices of fami~ living items pushed the Index of Prices P81d by Farmers for 'Commodities and Services including Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage 
Rates. up one-third of one percent to 297 , its late-summer level. This was eo new 
November high. 
 
. 
 
Summary Table for Georgia and. the United States 
 
Index- . : - Nov. -15- ':'- 15 -Oc~;--15'-'-:-Nov" 
 
1910-14 = 100: 1958 : 
 
1959 
 
: 
 
195 
 
!TED STATES 
 
: -Recorcf high 
Iridex : Date 
 
 
Prices Received 
 
235 
 
230 
 
1 
 
I 
 
bEORGIA 
 
: 
 
Prices Received : 
 
All Commodities: 
 
261: 
 
236 
 
: 
 
.. 
227 
 
 
 
All crops' 
 
: 
 
277 - '--: - --257--" : 
 
243 
 
L1vestock ana. : 
 
: 
 
: 
 
:: 
 
I Products 
 
: 
 
226 : . 194.: 
 
193 
 
: ~5 : Sept. 1948 
 
11 Prices Paid, Interest, Taxes, and Wage Rates based on data for the indicated 
 
y JJ dates. 
 
Also May 1959. 
 
Also April 1951. 
 
ARCHm LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
RAYMOND R. HANCOCK Agricultural Statistician 
 
 . PRICES R.ECEIVED B.Y., J'AURI, N. OV. E.MB- Ji;R.15, .19'59 W'ITH.. COOARISCN$ . 
 
, 
 
.. 
 
~., 
 
- 
 
'. 
 
, 
 
GEORGIA 
 
' LNmD STATES 
 
CQ.t,.{ODITY " ANDlNIT 
 
Average Nov. 15 Oot. 15 NOT. 15 Average Nov. 15 
 
1910-14 1958 1959 1959 
 
1910-14 1958 
 
Wheat, bu. 
 
$ 1.23 ,1.93 1.80' 1.80 
 
.884 1.74 
 
Oats, bu. Corn, bu. 
 
$ .67 
 
.93 
 
.83 
 
087 " 
 
.399 
 
.569 
 
.' 
 
$ .91 1.17 1.07 1.09, 
 
.642 
 
.942 
 
Barley, bu. 
 
$ 
 
, 
 
Sorghum Grain, owt. $ 
 
1.20 2.10 
 
1.10 1.95 
 
1.15 
, ~ - 1.90 
 
.619 , .891 1.63 
 
Cotton, lb. 
 
~ 12.1 ,34;.5 
 
Cottonseed, ton Soybeans, bu. . 
\ 
Peanuts, lb. Sweetpotatoes, owt. 
 
$. 23.65 .' 50.00 
 
$ 
 
-! ;':., 2.00 
 
~ 5.2..i. 
$ .84 
 
10.5 4.75 
 
Lespedeza Seed,All.owt$ 
 
Hay, b~ed, per to~' . All ." '. , $ 
 
Alfalfa ", 
 
$ 
 
Le,Jpedeza '  
 
$ 
 
Soybean & Cowp~a '$ , 
 
Peanut .' 
 
...... ' $ 
 
.. 12.20 
 
, . 27 ,20 
 
,. 
 
, 35.00 '28 .00 
 
.' 
 
29.:;50 ' 
 
22.00 
 
32.5 '35.00 .' 1.95 
8.9 4.20 
. .- 
25.80 34.bo 27.00 29.50 23.00 
 
29.0'"' " I 
27~OO 
' 1.90 8.6,. 4.10 12.40 
 
12.4 
22.55 
- 
4.8 
1.60 
.- 
 
32.38 43.50 1.89 lC.7 3.35 
" 
. 6.83 
 
25.70 3.6.00 27.00 29.50 22.00 
 
- 
" '----. 
 
lS.20 18.50 21.00 27.40 19.50 
 
Wool, lb. Milk Cows. head Hogs, owt. 
 
~ 
 
39.0 
 
$ 33.~5 . 160.00 
 
$ 7.36 lS.90 
 
44.0 44.0 '," 
170.00 : 1165.00 12.40 12080 
 
18.3 
- 
7.27 
 
35.2 222.00 17.90 
 
Beet Cattle, owt. Calves. owt. Milk,Whole sale.owt.s 
F.Luld Mkt. Manut. All 
 
$ 3.96 
$ 
. 
$/... _ .. 
$ Sl 2.4~ 
 
18.60 23.00 
6.16. ., 3.72 ' !I5.10 
 
p.20 16040 
.. 
22.S0 20.90 
.. ... ... 
- 6.15 
!I,36..7100" 2/ 5.95 
 
5.42 
. ',' 
6.75 
--., , 
1.50 
 
22.30 26.20 
5.02 3.34 4.49 
 
Turkey., lb. 
Chriacmken' s, pe'~,'' lb. 
Com'l' Broil." All Eggs, doz. 
 
~ 
. . ,.;..... 
.,~ , ' ~ 
~ 13.3 ~ 21.4 
 
23.0 
', 
15.0 15.0, . 15.0 50.4 
 
. 23.0., ' .. 25.0 
 
14.4 
 
11.5' , 14.2.:, 14.1 
 
12.5 ... ' , . 
 
- 14.0' - 13.9 
 
11.4 
 
I 
 
41.3 43.1 
 
21.5 
 
23.0 
12.0 15.8 14.9 3S.9 
 
Oct. 15 Nov.15 1959 1959 1.76 1.79 
.650 .669 .990 .982 .8156 .879 1.48 1.51 32.51 30084 39.10 38.80 1.93 2.00 8.93 9.87 2.54 2.61 6.86 8.30 
 
20.50 21.30 21.50 26.60 19.30 
 
21.00 22.00 21.90 26.50 19.20 
 
41.S 40.9 
 
233.00 223.00 
 
12.60 12.20 
 
21.30 20.00 
 
25.40 23.90 
 
5.06 3.38 4.54 
 
--4.60 
 
22.5 24.9 
 
9.3 9.6 15.(' 15.0 13.5 13.8 31.6 31.3 
 
!J Revised .... y .. Preliminary Estate. ,\ 
 
':nTH , 
 
0 
 
PRICES PAID 13Y fARMERS .roR SElECTED lEEDS NOVEMBB:R 15, 1959 
 
CCNPARIOCNS 
 
. 
ItlND or JEED 
 
Mixed Dairy reed 
 
All Under 29% Protein 
16% Protein 18% Protein 20% Protein 24% Protein 
 
H~h Protein Feeds 
 
t,;o'ttonseed Meal ~ 4~~ J 
 
Soybean Meal 
 
44% 
 
Nov. 15 '. -19'58 
 
.. 0 
 
., 
 
3.95 3.85 4.20 4.00 4.30 
 
3.75 3.95 
 
GEORGIA 
 
4 I' 
., 
 
tlUTED STATES 
 
Oot. 15 Nov. 15 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
Nov. 15 1958 
 
Oct. 15 1959 
 
3.85 3.75 4.00 4.00 4.25 3.55 4.00 
 
Dollars Per 100 Pounds 
 
.3oB5 
3.75 4.05 4.00 4.30 
-' 
 
3.63 3.57 3.55 3.83 3.93 
 
3.75 4.05 
 
3.S4 4.11 
 
3.63 3.58 3.54 3.83 3.89 
3.90 4.12 
 
Nov. 15 1959 
3.68 3.62 3.57 3.90 3.96 4.05 4.19 
 
Grain By-Products Bran Middlings Corn Meal Poultry reed BroUer Growing Mash Laying Ma.h Scratoh Grains lMa"U :le'd} lll"9ther' 
-- 
 
3.15 3.35 3.20 4.95 4.70 4.15 40.00 31.0Q 
 
3.25 3.55 3.20 4.60 4.70 4.10 42.S0 31,.00 
 
3.25 3.50 3.15 4.65 4.65 4.05 
43.00 31.60 
.... 
 
2.76 2.87 3.16 " 4.eS 4.38 3.87 29.00 27-.20 
 
2.76 2.93 3.11 4.69 4.36 3.85 30.60 27.40 
 
2.82 2.95 3.07 4.72 4.34 3.94 31.10 27.90 
 
 3/~ 
 
CGIE(Q)~<GHA,C~OU,'> ,~L-'W'.A~,UM.G SElR{VHC]E 
 
AGRICULTURAL 'EXftN$loN "RVIC. 
 
U.NIVC~S.IT,Y OF GEORG'IAU. t. OEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
 
UNIVERSITY W GEoRGIA ANO THE . STATE OEPARTMENT OF, AGRICULTURE 
 
OEC 1 1'59 
 
AGJltICULTURA,L IMRICETtNG SERVICE 31. EXTE. .ION BLOG., AT HE", GA. 
 
.) ,Athens, Georgia 
 
December 8,1959 
 
I tBR.~ '''''c:: 
 
GEORGIA CCYl'TON !REPOR'.P-- AS-OF-DECEMBER 1 
 
durtni' . Cotton production in Georgia 
 
'1959 is estimated at 525,000 bales 
 
(500 pounds gross weight) or 49 percent ~bove the, 352,000 bales' harvested in 1958 
 
but 20 percent below the 10-year (1948-57) a.verage ot 655;000 bale8!, The indica- 
 
ted lint yield per acre of 383 pounds is th~ second highest of recot,d, being ex- 
 
ceeded only by the record yield of 443 pounds obtained in 1958. The harvested 
 
acreage of 658,000 acres i8 73 percent above the 381,000 hnrvested last year but 
 
.... 
 
it is still 42 percent below the lO-year a.verage of 1,144,000 ac:ces. The largest ac.reage harvested in the State since 1866 when estimates were started ~s 
 
(1 5}157;, 000 a.cres in 1914. Acreage harvested last year is by far the lowest of 
record for the period. 
 
The sharp drop in the yield. per acre obtained this year canpared 'nth a year 
ago was due to unfavorable weather tllat plagued the crop at various times during the groWing and harvesting seasons. ' Wet weathe-r in early spring months delayed planting and made it difficult to secure good stands. Unusually heavy rains the last halt of May drowned out the crop in low places in many fields and hampered cultivation. Some domge occurred iran dry weather early in JU~, and again about mid-August. Frequent rains the first halt of September and duripg the month of October delayed harvest and .reduced quality ~d yield per acre.'; " 
 
, '. 
 
, The Bureau of the Census reported 509,552 running bales. sinned to December 1 
 
compared With 346;787 bales ginned to the .same :~te ~8tl';~,.r. ....,._... '. 
 
. - ~. ~:, .,. 
 
 
 
". 
 
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0' 
 
 
 
. '. , 
 
.... . ", 
 
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" 
 
~ri~ul~ur~l ato.t18~ic:[an In -Charge 
 
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, :':-::" GEORGIA MAP SHOWING nmICATED PRODUCTIO~ 1959 AND FINAL PRODUCTION FOR' 19'28&l!'7 
 
.; :. 
 
" ,. 
 
....... 
 
'. } 
 
,"S' : 
 
.~ 
 
...l: 
 
195942, 1958 - 19, 4~ . 
 
:1,. ;, 19.57.- 25, . ' 
 
.- .':, . 
 
"; 
 
~. 
 
I 
 
I 
 
',. 
 
~1. I ~ 
 
\ 1,0' .: ~.  
 
1':' 
t' 
 
- STATE' 
 
........ , 
 
, 
 
:~ :.. 
 
1959 - '25,000 ':-", ' 
 
1958 - 352', OO~ ., : ;' .. 
 
~95.7  396:,000 
 
\. 
 
., 
 
" ...... 
   , .h 
JnBtr1c~~ shown .flI."e :er.6p 
~eportiDg D1str1ct~~ 
 
NOT C0D3::r\'68s1Q11Ql Ms-. 
 
..... _ " t, r1c~s J  
 
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, 
 
.. 
 
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VII 
 
( 
 
VIII 
 
1959 - 64,000 
1958 - 53,700 957 - 55,000 
 
1959 - 97,000 1958 - 83,300 
1957 - 90,000 
'VALDOSTA 
 
rx~~ 
:J 1959 - 20,000 
1958 - 14,800 "c) 
1957 - 12,000 }U 
),i 
PIEASE TURN PAGE FOR UNITED STATES INFORMATIOI~ 
 
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~ .5 
~ 
 
ACREAGE AND PRODUCTfON OF COTTON IN GEORGIA 
1949-19S9 - Pre~ Estimate 19S9 
 
.1, 
 
' 
 
.; 
 
< .2.0 
 
ACRES HARVESTED 
 
~ 
1.5 ~ 
 
i 
 
" 
. /.l , .. 
 
1.0 
 
t2! 
.~ 
 
/ 
 
 . , _ -   0.., 
 
~~,~ 
 
.f 
 
-.".......... ..." ,.,_... 
 
i 
 
,.. 
 
, BALFS .PRODUCED' 
 
_.y , / _ .~__.. 
 
.5 
 
O! 
 
. 
 
+ 
 
Io 
 
1949 50' Sl ..'. S2' S3 S4 ~5 .56 'S7 58 59 
 
i 
 
. Years 
 
, 
 
____ ':" 
 
UL.2_~Q1!0! ~T-.A2 QF_D!C~E! 1,_12.$2 - - - - - - ~ r __ 
 
. Acreage harvested  Lirtt yield p e r : 
 
Production 11 
 
State l ~w ~ - - - - - - - ;:t _: __ !:!.arv!S~2 !cz:e__ D20;:12.,..O!,s_W1._b!1!S_ :19qo-~7: 1958 : 19~9: 1948- : 19S8: 190$9: 19q8-57: 1958 : 19S9 
 
____ lqet 8&el 
 
:_ !8!_~S.7_ax._: 
 
l _eat., l !.v!.ry!: 
 
J_e!,tL, 
 
= !qi 
 
!' 
Thousand 
 
acres 
 
; 
f 
i 
 
Pounds 
 
I! 
 
Thousand bales 
 
i 
 
N.C 1i 623 263 390 i 324 466 400 I 419 256 32S 
 
S.C  i1 . 939 352 S6S 1 310 406 353 I 598 299 4lS 
 
Ga"~n '1~144 
Tenn....I] '17 
A1a1f 1,345 
 
381 65.8 j 284 
 
400 
S30, 
 
S83039. !i 
 
392 312 
 
443 
SOl 
398 
 
383 627 
US 
 
'!1 i 
 
6SS 
S72 
84h 
 
3S2 
419 
439 
 
52S 
66S 
720 
 
Miss....i! 2,116 1,12S 1,46O! 396 409 516: 1,710 961 1,570 
 
!! 
Mo n47~ .29S 
 
! 
398! 396 
 
446 609 it 
 
386 
 
275 
 
50s 
 
Arkli 1,826 1,015 1,303: 386 436 573 [ 1,429 92S 1,55S 
 
La Okla 
 
iHl 
 
764 982 
 
-364 410 
 
495! 396 62S! 184 
 
Texas li 8,460 S,39S 6,415! 232 
 
I 392 480 1 
36S 296 
 
624 367 
 
297 313 
 
49S 38S 
 
383 337 i 3,956 4,308 4,500 
 
l! 
 
I .' 
 
! 
 
N.Mexn 234 176 198. i - . 582 820 793 1.. 27S 301 327 
 
Ariz !l 436 Calif :1 .. 943 
other .q 
States"V 78 
 
377 732 
 
382 1 877: 
 
831 748 
 
931 1,OU9 
 
942 1,051 
 
!i' 
 
740 1,424 
 
734 1,604 
 
750 1,920 
 
34 
 
I: 
56 304 
 
i' i 
403 373 
 
48 
 
29 
 
44 
 
tr.~.- 
Total 
 
-jJ:T~ 
 
2-1-;0-76-- 
 
1-1-;8-49-- 
 
1-5-:1-64--i'-- 
 
-329- 
--- 
 
- 
- 
 
-466- 
--- 
 
- 
- 
 
4-6-5T! --1-4,0-4-6 
 
--11-,5-1-2 
 
--1-4,7-0-i 
 
AEmgayrp-t !in!l 57.3 76.2. 6S.9:;f 435 
 
I 
525 S31!i . 4~. 7 '. 83.6 72.8 
 
:l 
 
.: 
 
.... 
 
.y "1-:P-ro-du-c-tio-n-gi-nn-ed-a-nd-t-o ''be-g-in-ne-d.--A -50-0--1b-. -ba-le-c~on~ta~in-s -ab-ou-t -48-0 -ne-t ---~ 
unds of lint. Sums of acreage BnP production for "other States" rounded for 
 
1usion in United States totals. Estimates'for these States are shown separa~ 
 
JI ~l, \lded in Stat~ and United States t o t a l s . ' . 
 
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GEORCiIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE 
\I\/'I~~~~J1<, ~J\j 
}-LA\-rC }-JE RY 
 
Ui,l, 'r.\-Il 1 Of GEORGIA 
1 
DEC11 '59 
 
Released: lZ/9/59 
 
CiEORGIA CHICK HA TCHER Y REPORT 
 
IBRARIES 
 
Athens. Cia . Dec. 9 -- A total of 5.381.000 broiler chicks'were placed 
 
with pr9ducers in Georgia during the week eqding December 5. according to the (\ieorgia Crop Reporting Service. This compiiLr~s with the 5. 40Z. 000 placed the 
 
previous week and is slightly less than the 5. 388.000 placed the same week 
 
iast year. 
 
' 
 
Eggs set by Cieorgia hatcheries amounted to 6, 396,000 compared with 
 
1. 633. 000 the previous week and is 14 percent les9 than the 7, 4ZQ, 000 for the 
 
corresponding week last year. 
 
.,' 
 
The majority of the prices paid for Georgia produced hatching eggs were 
reported within a, range of 59 to 70 cents with an average of 6Z cents for all 
Ilatching aggs and 60 cents for .eggs pur.cha..ed at the farm from flocks' with, 
llatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 55 to 70 cents 'Yith ~l) average of 60 cents for all hatching eggs'and 58 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with h~tchery owned cockerels. Most price~ charged for qhicks were reported within a range of $9.00 to $11. 00 with an average of $10. 00 ~er hundred' compared with a range of $9.00 to $10. Z5 With an a~erage of $9.75 Iter hundred 1ast week. The average prices las~ year were 67 ,cents for eggs a;nd $11. 00 fQr chick. 
 
, Weighted average price from the Federal-State Marke't News Service for 
 
~roilers during the week ending December 5 was Georgia broilers Z ,3/4,  3 31. 
 
Rounds~ at farms 16.19~. 
 
. i ~,-: 
 
, 
j 
Week 
~nding ., 
I I 
. 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET,' HATCffiNGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
BROILER TYPE 
 
, 
 
, 
 
Egga Set!!. :' 
 
Chicks Placed for Broiler s 'in Georgia" 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 0/0 
of -1958 
 
1958 
 
195~ 
 
1959 0/0 
of 1958 
 
EGG TYPE 
Eggs' Chicks Set Hatched 
~959, 1959 
 
Thou. Thou. Percent Thou'. Thou. , Percent Thou. Thou. 
 
I 
Oct. 
 
3 
 
Oct. 10 
 
Oct. 17 
 
Oct. Z4 
 
Qct. 31 
 
Nov. 7 
 
lo{ov. 14 
 
~ov.Zl 
 
Nov.Z8 
 
Dec. 5 
 
7, 110 
7.Z48 7.Z34 7,Z39 7. 394 7. 549 7. 595 7, 5Z4 7,83Z 
7.4Z0 
 
6,538 
6.896 7,000 7, 138 7,Z67 7,455 7, 501 
7.69Z 7,633 6,396 
 
9Z 
95 ,:. 97 
99 98 
99 99 10Z 
97 86 
 
5.15Z 5. 117 . 5,077 
5.034 I 5. lZ 1 5,095 5,016 5, 196 5.3Z0 5,388 
 
4,383 4,510 4, 500 4,80Z 
5.080 5,051 5,054 
5. 173 5,40Z S,381 
 
85 
.I 88 
 
'' ,. 
 
89 
 
95 
 
99 
 
99 
 
101 
 
100 
 
102 
 
100 
 
190 ..' 142 
 
263 154- 
 
ISO 163 155 ' 143 
 
110 ZlO 
 
1l4408Z-1 
 
113 116 
 
90 
 
82 
 
lZ9 108 
 
79 111 
 
11 Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. rl Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANCiLEY Agricultural Statistician In Cha'l'ge 
 
W. A. WACiNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIAL AREAS. 
 
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BY WEEKS - 1959 p 
 
Nov. 14 
 
Nov. 21 
 
Nov. 28 
 
. EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
2 
- 
Dec. 5 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana illinois Missouri Delaware )4aryland Virginia West Virginia North Garolina South Carolina GEORGIA 
Florida ~ 
Alabama, Mississippi Arkansas LOuisiana Te:xa.s Washington 
O~egon 
California 
 
1,206 . I, 197 
 
794 
 
846 
 
1.255 1. 118 
 
1,531 1,400 
 
213 1.460 1. 703 ' 
 
210 
1. 526 I, 721 
 
3.265 1,922 
279 3,265 
 
3.208 1,840 
276 3,201 
 
495 7,692 
 
487 7,633 
 
303 3, 189 2,636 
3. 556 474 
 
330 3.263 2,;702 3~: 544 
,478 
 
2.451 
417 268 1.413 
 
'2>426 315, 
319 1,476 
 
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TO.'-TAL 1959, ' ,39,787 
 
,- 
 
TOTAL 1958 
 
41,340 
 
1959 % of 1958 
*R~vised. 
 
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96 
 
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1,242 703 
 
1.069 1,308 , 
165 
 
1.421 
1.514 3.066 
 
1. 157 249 
2,278 
 
471 6,396 
 
312 3,262 
 
2,580 3. 147 
 
. 
 
382 
 
1.825 
 
275 2.84 
 
~. 338 
 
931.' 452 606* 
5~9 
68 539 I, 563 1.869 641 405 2. 106 , 302 5,080 
151 2,667 1,801 2,723 
323 1,459* 
210 134 
991 
 
9'60 
309 663* 617 
51 500 1,484 2.069 860 467 2.103 300 5.051 
I 151 2,588 1,706 
2.690 279 
1,490 
290 170 I, 131 
 
975 435 702 
628 
99 557 I, 506 2,092 . 840 
489 2, 190 
318* 5.054 
150 
2. 591 1,793 
2. 815. 279 
, I, 508 
282 157 I, 172. 
 
934 462 760* 583 
92 629 1,664 1,838 
1.017 402 
2,284 317 
5. 173 
148 2,674 
1,791 2.813 
302 1,607 
282 140 1,097 
 
931 426 664 
524 
92 648 1.790 1,908 
916 414 2,173 324 5,402 
120 2,587 
1.903 2.962 
292 1,646 
2.59 130 1.096 
 
912 - 420 
600 
576 77 616 
1.904 2.053 
1.024 401 
2.354 328 
5.381 r 
148 
2.772 2,030 
3. 192 358 
I, 771 
2.82 204 1~ ~42 . 
 
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2...5.600* 25.929* 26.632* 27.009* 2.7.2.67 
 
2.8.605 
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39;'.644 
 
27. 170 2.7,42.9 2.7.651 28,42.6 28. 817 2.9,306 
 
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GEORGIA v!u'J ......... __ . ~.,ER Y REPORT 
 
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Athens, Ga., Dec. 16 -- A t'.. tal of 5, 506,000 broiler,'chicks were pla~:ed i 
 
.\Y\ ;ith ..producers in Georgia during the week ending December 12, according to th~, 
.Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with th;e 5,381,000 placed-,the' '. 
 
:pf..evious week and is 5 percent more than the '5, 255; 00,0 placed the same week . 
 
~st year. 
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\ E;ggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 1,865,000 compared with .';., 
 
'(),,:396, 000 the previous week :a.nd is 3 percent less than the 8, 146,000 for the 
 
..c:,Qrres~onding week last year. 
 
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'"~: The majorit)t' of the prices paid for Georgia p~oduced hatching eggs were It 
 
r~epor,ted . within a .range of 6'0 ~o. 70 cents, with an .ay.~r.age :0 .64.. ~.~~~E! ...f9.z: .~ll_"""::"'_-i_'M' 
 
hatchlng eggs and 62 cents for eggs purchased:at the farm from flocks wlth 
 
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h~~chery owned cockerels . . Last week the range was from 59 to 70 cents with 
 
~n\ average of 62 cents for all hatching eggs .and 6~ ceJ)ts for eggs purchased at 
 
~t!'e farm from flocks with 'hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charg~4 for 
 
~hicks were, r'eported within a range.-of $9.00 to $ 1-1 .,25 with an aver,age ,of. ~;l0:...25: 
 
pE;t hundred:compared with a range of $9. 00 to $,11.00 with an average of $1.0.00 i 
 
p~i; hundred last we~k. The average prices last yeaI: were 67 cents for eggs 
 
artd $11. 00 for chicks. , 
 
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. "; ~ Weighted average price from the Fed~ral-State Mark~t News s'~~vice.'f~~ , . 
 
~r:CSilers'during the week ending December 12 was Georgia broilers Z 3/4 ~.3 3/4 
 
p. o."unds, at farms 17. 60. 
 
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:GEORGIA.EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, AND CHICK PLACEMENTS 
 
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Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
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EGG TY.PE 
ggs .Chi~ks 
 
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Set Hatched 
 
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. 1958 1959 
'Thou. :Thou. 
 
1959 %' 1958 of 1958 Percent Thou. 
 
1959 Thou. 
 
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. 1959 %'. "1959 ' 19~ 
 
of 1958 
 
-, 
 
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Percent Thou. ~. Tho,., u. 
 
Oct:.: 10 
 
7,248 6,896 
 
95 . 5, 117 4, 510 
 
':-:88 
 
26'3 - 154 
 
Oct~~ 17 
 
7.234 7,000 
 
97 ' 5,077 4, 500 
 
89 
 
159 163 .. 
 
Oct.; 24 
 
7.239 7.138 
 
99 5,0,34 ,: 4. 802 
 
9~ 
 
155 143 
 
Oct.. 31 Noy. 7 Nov., 14 Nov.;21 Nov.~28 Dec.,' 5 Dec,,12 
 
7,394 7,549 7,595 
7,5Z4 
7,832 7.420 8,146 
 
7,267 7,455 
 
98 
 
5, 121 51 O~O. 
 
99 5,095 5, 05'1 
 
. 99 
99" 
 
. 
 
. 110 ~i40 
 
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210 113 
 
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7, 501 
 
99 .. ~ 5; 016 5,054 
 
101 
 
148 11't> 
 
7,69Z 
 
102 
 
5,r 19() '. 5~"173 
 
100 
 
:~., 
 
90 
 
82 
 
7,633 ' ' 91 ',. 5, 3'20 5~ 40'i " 'i02 
 
129 108 
 
6,396 
 
86 5,388 5,381 
 
100 
 
79 In 
 
. 7,865 
 
97 
 
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5, 50~ ..: ~ 10'S 
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244 
 
77 
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1/ 'Includes eggs set by,h~t.ch~ries prod'ucirig chicks fO'r" hatchery supply flocks. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agri.cultura1 Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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EGG~ SET ,AND CHICKS PU""CED IN~OMMERCIALAR - . . - 
 
K5 - 1959 
 
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Dec'; : lZ' . ,-" 
 
N-ov.' 1 
 
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N.ov. 
 
Nov. 
 
14 " ' Z I - 2,8 
 
Dec. .,' 'D~c~ 
5 " 12. 
 
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Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania Indiana Ulinoi. 
 
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. 
 
. 
 
EGqS SET - THOUSANDS' 
 
<: ~1. 1. 19'7 '. 1, 2.4Z '. . 359:,' 
 
846 . 
 
103 
 
1, 118 1,069 . 
 
1,4'00 ': ' 1,308, 
 
i 10 
 
165 
 
827", 1, 42.'5~: :' I, 478~ 
zoi. 
 
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- CHICKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
, 
 
. 
 
.. 
 
!.- 
 
. .%0 
 
915 
 
934 
 
931 
 
91~ 
 
r 
891  
 
309' 
 
435 
 
46Z '. 42,6 
 
42,0 
 
'318 
 
6.63 
 
102 - ..760 : 664': 600' 841 
 
(,11 
 
62.8 
 
583' . 52.4 .' 516 
 
62.8 
 
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51.' 99 
 
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92.' 11 
 
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Missouri Delaware Mar:yland V,irginia West Virginia: 
 
1.5Z6 . 1,42,1. 1.146:' 
 
1. ~~1 .' ~'. 514 .... 1.899. ~ 
 
3. ZOB. 3., 666 
 
3. 587 
 
l.MO '1,157 ". 1, '152,',.' , 
 
Z76 . __ Z49 
 
2.83' 
 
500 ,.1.484' 
2-,069 860 
, . 467 
 
557 1. 506 Z,09Z 
840 . 489 
 
62.9 
 
648 616 
 
695 
 
1,664 1. 790' : 1,904 1;141 
 
1'-83'8 1.908 i 2.,053-" 2.,,2.34 
 
1,017' ,976 : 1; 02.4 (:', 'i,'056 .. 
 
4G2. 
 
414 
 
401 ~ 346 
 
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North Carolina" SOQth Carolina CEORQIA ." 
 
3,ZOl:.. i.Z78 3,64l . 
48' : '.471 '. - 505'" 7,6)3..' ,-6~ 396' '7,865 .. :, 
 
Z,.103. 300 
5,051: 
 
2.196 318 
5, ()'54 
 
2.2.84 311 
5" 113 
 
2.173 .2.,354 32.4' 32.8 
5,40Z (5, 381, 
 
2,,506 348 
S,' 506 
 
. Florida' Alabama Missis8ippi Arkansas Louiaian. 
 
330" 
 
. 312. . . 344! 
 
3.2.63 ,'3.2.62, '.:. . 3, 51 ci. 
 
Z, 70~ " i, 580:' 2.,954 
 
3. S44 '. 3. 147 ., 3.76$.. . 
 
478 " - 382. 
 
5Z4' 
 
151 150 
 
i . .588' '2.,591 
 
1,706 1.793' 
 
~, 69.0 "2., &15 
 
'279 
 
1.19 
 
148 2 ....6 1 4 1,791 
 
12.0: . 148 2.~ 581 2..172. 1, 90~ .. 2.,030 
 
Z.813 , :2.,96Z' 3; 192. 
 
302, 
 
2,9Z '. 358 
 
.171 
Z;111 
1,,944 
3~'140 
Z90 
 
Texas' 
 
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Washington 
 
Oregon 
 
California .' 
 
TOT.I\L 19',59 TOTAL 1958 .. 
 
:Z.4Z6 
 
1.825 
 
2,370' 
 
.. 315 .- "'Z75' ' 334 
 
319 '. .~. Z84 
 
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" 1.476 . I~ 338 . 1,469... 
 
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44. 39. 
41. 
 
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34~444 
39~'" 644 
 
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142,.4l6S9~", 
 
1.490 2,9'0 
.' 170" 1. 131 ~ 
 
1.508 Z82, 1'.51 
1. 17Z 
 
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Z6,63i' Z7.651 
 
1.,607:, 
"z.~Z; 
1"40' 
1;097 
 
1.646 2.59. 130 
1,096 
 
1.771 .1.72.5 
 
2.82, .' 319 
 
~ 2,04 
 
': 111 
 
1. 142.' ... 96~ 
 
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2,7.009 '~7,Z67 Z8.60~. 2,8~12,5 
Z8. 4~~: 2.8~-8:11' 2,'9;306: Z9. '967 . 
 
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~~.T. CHICKS. FOR ~R9~L~.R HATCHER.Y SUPPL ~~,LOC~. ;,(';' 
 
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~" .Novemb.er 1959 -.UnitedStates 
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Tl'ie indicated domestic placement of. p'ull~t chicks for broiler h"tch.el1'.y 
 
supply.flocks by leading primary breeders of broiler replacement stock totaled 
 
1. 6:97. OOOchicks. dur.ing November 1959 .. T..his was 17'pe-rcent less than domesti, 
 
. ,pla-ce-mentso!-Z, 04-8,'000- chicks in'November 1958. Total J>la:cements (dDriH!!fltic 
 
plus expo~ts) were reported at 1, 84Z. 000 as compared to Z; 153,000 a year 
 
.~ar~{~~;~ . . " . 
 
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4' 
 
\. .:.::' Ij:,~r~e .plc~cel!1ent data: ~nclude pu~let,chicks sold during the m,p.,nth,: plus tl'ie" 
 
nu'mber of pullet chioks expected from eggs sold during the preceding: month. 
 
.. The' convarsion from eggs to expected pullet chicks 'was made on the' ba:fiis 'cif' 
 
lZ.5. pullet chicks per cas~ of ha.tching eggs sold.. The primar,y:bt:eeders in~~.: r. 
 
clucied .in this repoFt acco,unt for a very large percentage~of tot~l supply of. ~ -: " 
 
r~pla~ement pullets for broiler hatchery supply flocks. Sales of .replacem~nt 
 
p.W1,ets by thes~".breeders.provid~ an 'indication of the pote'ntial~umber of p.ul)..~ts avail~ble for addition to hatchety-eg'g supply flocks several mo*ths' before the/: 
 
pul1.et~ wi.ll a~~ual.1.y move into the flocks. 
 
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Pullet Chicks 11 Place.ments for Broiler Hatchery SlJPp1y Flocks '; .: ~ 
 
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- (Reported by laadini breeders) 
 
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Month , 
 
1957 . 
 
Total ' . 
 
1958 
 
'1959 
 
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1959:-:'10' of 1958 
 
Thou. . T.hou .. 
 
Thou. I Thou. 
 
Thou. Percent 
 
Jan~ary, ., '.... February '.' ... March.. ~ ..' .. ~  ~ . 
 
I, '886 ... 'i~ 98Z.: . 2,1Z4 
 
1,99.1. Z,~81 .~.4l4 
 
~, 538 
 
3,I3Z. 3,450 
 
1. 84z'''.,' .. 1,,884.:< .... 
z, 16Z .. ;2~ ~S6 ~ 
 
...lOZ 104 
 
Z, 997,  1 ), Z~ Q9  
 
1.(n, 
 
l' pril, 
 
. 3.033 .... 3. 33.1' . ~,:76-S 
 
l..,Z34.- .:J,573.' 
 
11o'~ 
 
May 
 
'.' .... Z.899 
 
3,641 
 
3,007 
 
3, 5ZZ. .Z, 861 
 
81 
 
June. ..~ .~ ,' ..... 2,060 
 
3,409 
 
Z~'575 
 
3, Z34:" 
 
Z~ 39Z 
 
74 
 
Jul.y.. 
 
AUg~8t          
 
September; ... 
 
October 
 
. 
 
Nov~mber ... 
 
1,676.. 1,410 
1.935'" Z, Z97- ". 1.9Z6 
 
-3,0,71 
2,66~ 
2.. 718 2, 58 5 Z,153 
 
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i.'834 1; "~1' 
i, i 21 , 
.1,84Z 
 
Zi89Z ..Z, Z7:9 
 
Z, 486. 1,706 
 
Z. 546' 1,480' 
 
Z,473 
 
.1.9'94 
 
Z. 048 . .1, 697 
 
., "7-9' 69 
5~a 
8'1' 
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- - -- - -- -- - .' .. - - - -- . - -- Dece.m.' :bei 
 
.. - . .'. . Z,23l . Z,165 .. 
 
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Annual Total. .. J i5, 895 33, 136 
 
i,004' 
.3-1--,4-4-0--.-:-, --------'-------.-:-- 
 
11 InClu~es expected pullet: ~eplacements from eggs sold .during the preceding.~ 
 
month at t~e rate of lZS puliet. chicks per 30-dozen case of...eggs.. 
 
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ARCHIE LANG~EY 
 
Agricultu. ral 
 
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.Agricultur~l Statistician 
 
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Gi:ORG'IA:' -InGeorgia 41.5,352 chickens for supplying broiler"hatchidg eg"gi were :.~.. ;,.... '; . tested 'fo'r'p'ullorum disease during November 1959--7 percent"<~ore 
than the 388- .136 te' sted in November 1958. Testi~ngs of egg-type chickens for November were 21,355--18 percent less than the 26, 186 tested.inN.Qv~mber 
 
last year. 
 
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UNITED STATES: The number of chickens for supplying broiler hatching';eggs 
 
'j (: . ' " \,' :.:' tested during November totaled 2,.673,057--down lO:.pert-e'nt: fr.9Q1. November 1958.- Testi"ngs July through Novern~e:r of this year, totaled':' .... , 
p.,..3.92~: q29--down 5 percent frain the testings during this periodin 1958.. The-: 
 
t~.Ef~i~gs .of chickens for other purposes (egg-type) during November ,totaled" .' " " 
 
2,025, .586 compared with 2,388,479 in November 1958--a decrease of 15pei"C:ent 
 
The number tested July through November 1959 totaled 6, OIl, 207--down 16 
 
percent from the number tested during this period in 1958. 
 
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This ;report is made possible thro~h the cooperation t;> the National Poultr'Y' j 
 
Improvement Plan official State agencies, the Animal Husbandry Research ,,'.. ' 
 
Divisi.on, Agricultural Research'Service, and the Agricultural Estimates D'ivi '. 
 
sion, Agri.cultural Marketing Service. 
 
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" 
Month 
 
Georgia - Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies 
 
 
 
,.' 
 
For Broiler. Production 
 
: Egg Type Chickens 
 
By Months 1958-59: 1959-60 
 
Cumulative: 
 
By Months 
 
1958-59- : 1959-60 : 1958-59 : 1959-60 
 
July' 
Aug. Sept. Oct. 
Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June 
 
: 
 
: 253~865 
 
245, 365, 
 
253,'865 
 
245,365: 30,299 
 
: 240, '30.2' . 357, 1,7,2 
 
494, 1.67 603, 137 : 42, 581 
 
: 413,264. 512,3~5 
 
907,431' 1,,115,462: 35,652 
 
: 458,442 370, 146 1, 3'65, 873 1,485,608 : 41',043 
 
: ;388, 136 415,352 I, ~ 54, 009' 1, 900, 960 : 26, 186 
 
: 432,318 564.491 
 
. oi:  : 
 
2, 186, 327 2.750,8.18 
 
84,778 : 34. 194 
 
: 482,212 : 400,437 _ : 275,275 
24~,097 
: 253,013. 
 
. ~ .. : 3.233.030 . 
 
... . 3, 6.33,467 
 
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3,90~,74~ 
 
.t 
 
,. ~, 150,809 < 4, '403. 82'Z 
 
, : 5. 280 
 
; 
 
4,994 
 
: 6, 779 .. 
 
. 
 
S,.56 i 
 
:' 25,032 .. 
 
40,259 19,898 15, 187 65,138 21,355 
 
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United.States - Ch~ckea!? Test:ed by Official State Agencies 
 
~ 
 
- 
 
- 
 
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; Month: 
 
ifor Broiler Productibn by Months 2/ - 
 
; : 
 
!! y For 'Egg 'J. ype Chickens by Mo~ths 
 
1958-59' 
 
.. . . 1959-60 .. 
 
July ": . l, 628, 129 ' 
 
1, 537-,073 
 
Aug" _, . ',,' Ii 599, 159 
 
Sept. 
 
2, 650~'308 
 
Oct. 
 
: 3, '12 5, '447 
 
Nov. : 2,95'4, 061 
 
Dec. 
 
: ~, 801,459 
 
Jan. 
 
: 2,601,927 
 
Feb. 
 
; 2,3'63,505 
 
Mar. 
 
2,320,302 
 
Apr. 
 
1, 9'30, 848 
 
May 
 
1,647,'255 
 
June 
 
: 1~ 609~ 452 
 
.. 1,919,301 
 
~ ". 
 
2,377,31~ 
 
2,885;886 
 
'2, 673,.051 
 
, 
 
. 
 
' ., 
 
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,, 
 
1/ All States e'xcept, Ohio. 
2/ Revised. 
 
: 
 
1958- 59 
 
: 
 
: 
 
: 
 
500, 558 
 
602,' 00 1 
 
: 'I, 269-., 046 
 2,358,549 
 
: 2,388,479 
 
: 2,497,300 
 
: 1,658,650 
 
 771,225 
4.28,393 ..... 270, 594 
 
: 
 
253,846 
 
328,077 
\ 
I 
 
: 
 
1959-60 
 
. 
 
443, 57~ 
 
587,827 
 
1,006,977 
 
1,947,238 
 
2,025, 586 
 
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, 
 
\ 
 
I 
 
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
ate EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
Athens, Georgia 
 
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GEO~GIA- COMMERCIAL VE 
 
December 18, 1959 
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TABLE CROP SUMMARY, 19581959 
 
GEORGIA: The value of Georgia's 12. principal fresh market and processing vegetable crops and melons listed in this report is $14, 800, 000 for 
1959, an increase of 2.5 percent from the 1958 value of $11. 855, 000. The increase was due mainly to higher prices receive'd for most major grown 
vegetable afld melon crops compkred with last year. Watermelons accounted for 30.5 percent of the total value. 
 
ANNUAL COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CROP SUMMARY. 1958-1959 Fresh Market and Processing 
 
Crop 
 
Year 
 
Acreage 
 
Yield 
 
HarvesteJ Pe.r Elcre 
 
Production 
 
Price Per Cwt. 
 
Value 
 
Acres 
 
C(..,t. 
 
1,000 cwt. Dollars 
 
1, 000 dol. 
 
Beans, Lima 
Beans, Snap South Ga. i3 ~ans, Snap North Ga. Cabbage South Ga. abbage ~orth Ga. 
.C, antaloups 
~orn, Sweet 
 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
 
Cucumbers Early 
 
1959 1958 
 
~ucumbers 
Late 
Lettuce 
 
1959 195'8 
1959 1958 
 
Onions 
 
1959 1958 
 
~ 
Tomatoes 
Watermelons 
 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
 
:potatoes, Irish Sweet Potatoes 
 
1959 1958 
1959 1958 
 
4,500 
 
~ 2.0 
 
4,700 
 
22. 
 
3.600 
 
16 
 
3, 900 j 19 
 
1,2.00 
 
30 
 
1,300 
 
28 
 
3,300' 
 
100 
 
4,200 
 
100 
 
500 
 
100 
 
600 
 
110 
 
8,000 
 
40 
 
9,000 
 
55 
 
2.,600 
 
30 
 
2.,300 
 
31 
 
800 
 
32 
 
700 
 
30 
 
250 
 
36 
 
300 
 
2.7 
 
2.50 
 
95 
 
'2.00 
 
90 
 
700 
 
90 
 
800 
 
90 
 
9, 800 
 
42 
 
13,000 
 
45 
 
49,000 
 
80 
 
63,000 
 
85 
 
4, 500 
 
51 
 
4,800 
 
46 
 
13,000 
 
47 
 
11,000 
 
48 
 
90 103 
58 74 
36 36 
1/330 
r/420 
50 66 
32.0 495 
78 71 
2.6 2.1 
9 8 
24 18 
63 72. 
412. 1/585 
3,920 1/5,355 
228 2.2.2 
611 52.8 
 
9.70 8.00 
7.30 7.30 
8.40 8.30 
1. 40 1. 45 
2.45 1. 40 
3.80 2..50 
4.50 3.75 
4.60 3.40 
5.20 5.20 
4.05 5.70 
3.55 3.40 
4.25 2.75 
1. 15 .55 
3.46 2.62 
4.70 5.00 
 
873 82.4 
42.3 540 
302 299 
420 508 
122. 92 
1, 216 1,238 
351 266 
12.0 71 
47 42 
.97 103 
224 2.45 
1, 751 1, 196 
4, 508 2,200 
788 581 
2,872. 2,640 
 
TOTAL FRESH 1959 102,000 
 
MARKET 
 
1958 119,800 
 
xxx 
 
1/6,2.55 
 
xxx 
 
i7 8, 074 
 
xxxx xxxx 
 
14, 114 10, 845 
 
TOTAL 
 
1959 
 
6, 100 
 
xxx 
 
PROCESSING 1958 
 
8,400 
 
xxx 
 
xxxxx xxxxx 
 
xxxx xxxx 
 
686 1,010 
 
TOTAL ABOVE 1959 108, 100 
 
xxx 
 
CROPS 
 
1958 128,2.00 
 
xxx 
 
xxxxx xxxxx 
 
xxxx xxxx 
 
14, 800 11, 855 
 
!! Includes some quantities not ma;ket~d ~~d excluded in computing value. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
L. H. HARRIS, JR. Statistical Assistant 
 
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 ACREAGE.AND VALUE OF GEORGIA VEGETABLE CROPS 
 
ACREAGE 8 Y CROPS 
 
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Watermelons 45.3% 
 
1/ Includes 
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,:.~A~~ 'G~~~' QRO~ g~. - ~~. v~ue ~i 'th'e"~inc1~al crops' Pr~C~9 in",Q~or~:a".::. 
.......:- ,- " _ , : , , during 1959 ier,estimated at $371,584,000,' or one percent 
.. ~boVe the:' 1958 value of $367,606,000. The increase was d~e primarily to 8-.'tttQe~"" 
~. l8i'ger cotton crop together with a mOderate increase in the production at tobacco' 
, ~nd. slightly higher prices rece'ived tor,'::to.bacco. Corn 1s Georgiais-most' valuable.. , 
 
: ctop with.. s value at $94,l?5,OOO, followed, c10s811 by cotton (lint and .seed:) .at " . 
 
$93,524,.:000. The tobacco crop ranked third at $64,083,000, and, peanuts' tourth at .. 
'. $~9,2>;~. These tour crops accounted tor ll1.2 percent .ot the total :value; of: ..... 
 
~ll crops.. 
 
" , -" 
 
,' DOW AmpE mLOO PER ACRE: Unfav~able:'weathel" conditio~8: that plagued ,'.t~~..:.~ .. 
 
i 
 
".'. 
 
crops at. various times during the growiJ1l and ,,' . 
 
.:,l1arvesting. 'seasons reduced yields below the 1958 re~o~,d yields. The 1959 yield'S' , :~t corn" cotton, peanuts, and tobacco have been exc~eded o~y by lAst seasoD While . 
 
,ojbeans for. beans, cowpeas fQr peas, sugarcane sirup, sorghum for grain, and .all 
 
hay set new record high Yields.' 
 
, 
 
" .clEatoIA CORN PRODuCTION NEAR ROOORDz Production or corn at 81,2.09,QOO bush~ls is . 
 
. :. 
 
: 
 
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the largest ~n the hist~ry of,the State with 
 
.:...the,.. excePt10n of the record crop of 86,752,000 bushels produced in 1958. :. Frequent 
 
. rains during September and October delayed harvesting ope~tion8 and damaged the , 
 
<tuality and reduced,yields in many area~. Cotton production is 49 p~cent. ~,O'\T...,. 
 
~ast' season but 20 percent below the 1948-57 averag~ production. Pea.cb and p~ 
 
'. crops : 
 
dropp. ed 
 
bel,ow. ~e. .' 1958 
 
production 'but 
 
were 
 
above 
 
th.e . ten-year 
 
average, 
 
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, 
 
 
 
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,. ,.~ ,: VAWE COMPARISONS TEN MOST DrlPoRTANT' diWps' FOR 1959 and 1958 
 
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,Rank Crop. 
 
IN ORDER OF RANK (IN mOUSAND "DOLIARS) 
 
"f' ! 1" '5 
 
t! 
 
1 
 
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~ - ~ - 1959 . : -~~ - 
1958. Of''.!:,Rank Crpp 
 
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$...:1958:...  ' 
 
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1959' .". ,',  '. . 
 
1959 19,$8. %.of $ "$'.' 1-9%8 
 
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'1. Corn 
 
...94,195 106,705:', 88' 6.. Peeans ,... 
 
. "12,.2-2; ,12,900,~ .9> ' 
 
2. Cotton & Seed .~3,524. 70,450' 133 7. Com. Vegetables 1:l~lhO' 8,634" "129< 
 
,). Tobacco' .. 64:,083., 54,2)4, "U8 8. Peaches 
 
7,358 8,494 87 
 
4. Peanuts' 
 
50,266 64,962' 77 9. Oats 
 
. .6~447 7~~51" '-a4 . 
 
. S. Hay'" 
 
":.'..:(.J4,.9~ .." 
 
17',435' " 
 
.. 
 
86' 
 
lO~ Wheat' 
 
" 
 
':, 4,059 
 
3,'0.31. 
 
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VALUE OF ~ODUCT~~ BY CROPS ;;. 1959 
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Agricultm'al Statistician 
 
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In CMrge 
 
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GEORGIA ANNUAL CROP StHtiARI 1/ 1959 AND 1958 
 
: 
 
: Yield: 
 
: 
 
: Unit 
 
. . . . . . :Iear :Acreage,: Per. Acre: Unit :Production : Price 
 
1,000 
 
f 
 
f 
 
f 
 
acres 
 
'1;000 do;. 
 
: Total 
.: Value 
1,000 
dol 
 
90tton Lint gj 
 
1959 658 1958 381 
 
383 Bales 443 
 
I~ 
5 2 5 .~.~ ;, '.. ~5 , 515 
 
352 
 
.366 .. 63,308 
 
Cottonseed 
 
9<>rn, All Purposes 
 
Sorghum Grain 
 
." ...: . 
 
f 
 
':. .~... ....::). 
 
Wheat, Harvested.. 
 
 
 
Qats, Harvested 
 
~Iotatoes, Irish 
 
1959 . 
1958 
 
1959 2,874 19~ 2,711 
 
1959 . 39 1 9 5 8 . 'Sr:r 
 
.'::1~995~98 
 
l11O. ,. '.,.69-, 
 
., 
 
1959 .21b 
 
1958 276 
 
11995598' 
 
4.5 
4;8 
 
Tons 
 
216 36.80 7;9\9 
 
144 49.60 7, 142 
 
28.5 Bushels "81;909 ~~.,T~;1~15 '"94,195 
 
32.0 
 
86,752.... ' 1.23-. ;,106,705 
 
25.0 . Bushe1B:::. 915 .~ ~1.10 1,072 
 
24.0 
 
- :;', ' , .. 888, ,1.19 '... '1,057 
 
26.5 Bushels. :2,255'.' ('1~86:i" .4,059 
23.0 . "......1,587 ." '1.91.' 3,031 
 
'32.0 BushelS 
33.0 
 
8,832 .73 . 6,441 
9,108.84 . ;: 7,651 
 
~l M. 
6 
 
" 222228 
 
3.46 
2.62 
 
1BB 
581 
 
Potatoes, Sweet Tobacco, All 
 
1959 
 
13 
 
47 CWt. 
 
611 
 
1958 
 
11 
 
48 
 
528 
 
1959 '70.2 --. 1,-5'18-- Po~cl~-- - 106,548 
 
1958 59.2 1,538 
 
'., '. : :'91,074.' 
 
4.70 5.00 
.601 '.595 
 
2,812 2,640 
64,083 54,234 
 
~YI All 
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S,orghum Syrup 
 
1959 531 1958 631 
 
1959 
 
'2 
 
1958 '.' 2 
 
1.08 Tons 
 
. 574. 
 
1.02 
 
.... '.. ..: 641 
 
60 Gallons 
 
120 
 
75 
 
150 
 
26.00 14,924 27.20'' '17,435 
 
2.70 
 
324 
 
2.75 . 41' 
 
1959 
 
Sugar cane Syrup 
 
1958 
 
3  ' 190 Gallons 
 
3 
 
175' 
 
570 . 1.40 798 
525' 1.45 . 761 
 
Peanuts, Harvested for Nuts 
'U Oowpeas, Harvested 
. for Peas 
 
1959 491 1958 ,515 
 
1959 
 
5 
 
1958" . 50 
 
1,125 .1,190 
7.0 . '6.0 
 
Pounds 
Bushels . 
 
552,375 
 
.091' 50,266 
 
612,850..106 64,962 
 
378 ~_ 4.40 1,663 
 
300" 5.00 '1,500 
 
31 Soybeans, Barwsted 1959 .. 87 
 
for Beans 
 
1958 
 
90 
 
Velvet Beans,~ Alone '1959 
 
90- 
 
,and Interplanted 1958 100 
 
-Iespedeza, Harvested 1959 
 
21 
 
for Seed 
 
1958 
 
16 
 
~ine, Harvested 
 
.for seed 
 
J... 
 
1959 
 
7 
 
1958, c 7 
 
Crimson Clover, 
 
1959 
 
13 
 
; Bar. for seed. 
 
i956 
 
26 
 
~scue, Harvested. 1959 
 
7 
 
for seed. 
 
1958 
 
7 
 
JY Peaches, Total 
Production 
 
1959 1958 
 
16.0 Bushels .12.5 
 
1,050 'TOJ1'$ . 
 
1,060 
 
. ' .. 
 
205 Pounds 
1~0 
 
800 pounds 820., .. ' 
105 Pounds 
135 
 
190 Pounds 215 
 
Bushe'l& :," 
 
1,392 1,125 
"47 53 
 
1.95 2.05 
35.00 37.00 
 
4,305 ' 13.00 
 
3,~ 
 
12.90 
 
5,600 
 
4.30 
 
5,740. 5.00 
 
1,365 3,510 
 
25.50 24,50 
 
1,330 1,505 
3,200 4,000 
 
i6.50 15.00 
2.40 2.25 
 
2,714 2,306 
1,645 1,961 
560 392 
241 
287 
348 860 
219 
226 
7,358 8,494 
 
Pears, Total 
 
1959 
 
Production 
 
1958 
 
Pecans, Total 
 
1959 
 
; Production 
 
1958 
 
'Bushels Pounds 
 
85 
98 
39,000 45,000 
 
1.40 U9 1.30 127 .314 12,225 
.287 12,900 
 
CamDercia1 Vegetables ~ 
 
1959 90.6 1958 112.4 
 
11,140 
 
' 
 
8,634 
 
'MAL ABOVEOPS 1959 5,372.3 
 
.. 
 
(exe1, acreage of' 1958 4,978.4 
 
371,584 
367,~ 
 
peanut hayI truits 
 
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price and value~gures are prelimfnary. y cotton~1int y.1e14 in po' 
 
_ Cov'ers o~ mature crops(acreage alone and interplanted) harvested. for peanuts, 
 
JY ~ and beans. 
 
Includes Sem8"quantities not marketed and excluded in <XIJIPUt1D8  
 
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hatc~,ry production, poultr' y 
 
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slaughter. egg production,' 'pertinent p:rice'-~a~ ~n~ end-of-month storage stocks 
 
is being furnished you in a condensed form to enable' you to nave a ready, current 
 
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mercial Ha~,cheries: 
 
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Z2.966 ' . Z3, 1 
 
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,1 I,, . 1, ZOO" ' ,; 451 
 
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10,,969 , 15.222 139 576,776 53Z~ 001'" . 92 
 
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19,877 111,911 
484 13.647 
Mil ... 
 
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120 51-i 4.925 
 
130 l0i 
530 10 4,745', 9 
 
1,Z37 5,609 55,414 
 
1,.447,. 117 6,~34'\ 111 
56,820 103 
 
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;purpose of thTs repo'rt a, c'ommercial' poultry slau;ghtei" plant is defin..e.d al a plan! 
 
which slauihters a weekly average of at least 30,000 pounds live weight while in operation. (Converted from weekly' to 'monthly basis,. ~ 4/.' South Atlantic states: 
 
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1959 - 1959 Cents Cents 
 
Prices Received: 
 
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Farm Chickens(lb) Com. Broilers (lb) All Chickens (lb) 
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15.0 15.0 15.0 50.4 
 
11.5 14.2 14. 1 41. 3 
 
1Z.5 14.0 
13.9 43.1 
 
12.0 15.8 14.9 38.9 
 
9.3 15.0 13.6 
31. 6 
 
9.6 15.0 13.8 31. 3 
 
Prices Paid: (per 100 lb) Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
Dol. 
 
DToUer grow. mash Laying mash Scratch grains 
 
4.95 
4.70 4. 15 
 
4.bO 4.70 4 .10 
 
4.65 
4.65 4.05 
 
4.88 
4.38 3.87 
 
4.69 4.36 3.85 
 
4.72 4.34 3.94 
 
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For this project State funds were matched with ~~ederal funds received from th~ 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service. USDA. under provisions of the Agricultural 
 
--._- M-.-a-r-k-e-t-in_g._A._ct-._o.f.1946. ..-----------..._--------------------._------------ 
 
 End.'6fo:-'Month Stocks of Poultry, Poultry Products, Meat and Meat'Pi'od~~ts, 
 
:.::.' .~ 
 
United States - November 1959 
 
" 
 
. 
 
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J 
 
Shell' e)Jgs: Decreased by 163,000 caseSj November 1958 :decrease 'was 67.,000 
 
caseSj average November decrease is 238,000 cases. 
 
' 
 
Frozen e~as: Decreased by 23 million poundsj November 1958 decrease was 20 
 
, millon pounds; ~verage November decreas~ is 24 million pounds. 
 
. . .. 
 
, '. ~ 
 
Frozen poultry: Decreased by 33 million p'oundsj 'November 1958:decrease ,'"vas 
 
31 million pounds; average November decrease is 4 million pounds. 
 
'Bee'f:, Increased b/6 million, p'~'~ndsj'November ,l?S8 increase was 21 million 
 
: ," pound,sj average Novemper increase is 34 million pounds. ' ," 
 
',Pork: Increased by 31 million pounds; November 1958 increase was 50 million - pounds; average November increase is 73 million pounds. 
 
Other meats: Increased by 4 million pounds; November 1958 increase was 1 minion pounds; average November increase is 6 million pounds. 
 
, 'Commodity 
"ot  
 
j Unit 
 
INovember Nov.ember 1954-58 avo 1958 
 
October'" November!: 
 
1959 
 
1959 
 
., . 
"Egg',st: ,', 
 
i 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
Thou. 
 
I 
 
I 
 
, She'lL'.......... Case Frozen eggs, total. .. Pound 
 
325 95,474 
 
140 73,403 
 
469 119,355 
 
' 306 '96~ 341 
 
Whites . . . . . . . . . do. 
 
29,340 
 
26,674 
 
28,696 
 
24,635 
 
Yolks........ do. 
 
Z3,361 
 
20, 144 
 
29,640 
 
25, 323 
 
Whole or mixed.... do. 
 
38, 142 
 
24, 356 
 
55,445 
 
41,515 
 
Unclassified ..... , do. 
 
4,631 
 
2,229 
 
5, 574 
 
4,868 
 
Total eggs~~case eq.). " 
 
CO.s,t.:: 
 
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2,795 
 
1,998 
 
3,491 
 
2,745 
 
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Pou1try~ fr~zen: 
 
Broilers or fryers. 
 
Pound 23,794 
 
30,635 
 
26,467 
 
25, 826 
 
Roasters 
 
. 
 
do. 
 
8,531 
 
8,354 
 
8,389 
 
8, 842 
 
Hen's," fowls . . ',' .. do. 
 
70, 354 
 
83,910 
 
79,993 
 
85,964 
 
Turk~ys 
Ducks 
 
" . do. '.' . do. 
 
179,428 9,704 
 
207,845 7, 545 
 
220,370 182,088 ,11,640 ,:,,9, 214 
 
Unclassified. .,.. . 
 
. 
 
T~tal poultry. ...... . . . . . 
 
Beef: 'Froz~n, In Cure 8 cured. 
 
do. 
 
39,961 
 
38,946 
 
37,752 
 
39,659 
 
.. .... ---~-----_ -~--------------~----------_ 
 
. .. dO'l 331,772. ,'" .377,235 
 
... 
 
3 " 
 
8 
 
-4. ~,.6 
 
1 
 
1 
 
351,593 
 
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do. r 
 
. .; 
161,981 
 
 
 
''i 58, 636 
 
162~665 169,085 
 
Pork: 
 
Frozen 
 
. 
 
In cure or cured. . 
 
do. .164,469 
 
do. 
 
84, 395 
 
129,481 54,957 
 
141, 120 43,705 
 
165, 773 50,004 
 
Other meats and meat 
 
products 
 
. 
 
Total all red meats., . 
 
do. 
 
70,405 
 
75,641 
 
73, 127 
 
77, 5eO 
 
do. ri --4-8-1-,-2-~-0-----4-1-8-,-7-1-5-----4-2-0-,-6-1-7-----4-6-2-,-4-2-2-- 
 
!! y Preliminary. 
 
Frozen eggs converted on basis of 39. 5 pounds to the case. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
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R. R. HANCOCK - W. A. WAGNER 
Agricultural Statisticians 
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DEPARTtENT 
 
OF 
 
AGRICULTURE 
 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
'1; EXTENSION BLDG., ATHENS, GA. 
 
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December 18, 1959 
 
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I 
 
OP SUMMARY~ 19~8~1959 
 
GEORGIA: The value of Georgia's 12 principal fresh market and processing 
 
I 
 
\ vegetable crops and melons listed in this report is $14,800,000 for 
 
i959, art increase of 25 percent from the 1958 value of $11, 855, 000. The 
 
incteq.se was due mainly to higher prices received 'for most major grown 
 
'" vegetable and melon crops compared with last year i Watermelons accounted 
for 3v:,5 p.\ ercent of the total value. 
 
ANNUAL COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE C'ROP'SUMMARY, 1958-1959 Fresh Market and Processing . 
 
Crop 
 
Year 
 
Acreage 'Y\eld Harve steu Pe,r 1-\ ere 
 
Production 
 
Price Per Cwt. 
 
Value 
 
Acres , I Cwt . 
 
1, 000 cwt. Dollars 
 
I, 000 dol. 
 
Beans, Lima 
Beans, Snap South Ga. Beans, Snap North Ga. 
~abbage 
South Ga. Cabbage tI0rth Ga. 
~antaloups 
Corn, Sweet 
Cucumbers Early 
Cucumbers 
~ate 
I 
Lettuce 
\ 
~nions 
 
1959 1958 
 
4,500 4,700 
 
1959 1958 
 
3,600 3,900 
 
1959 1958 
 
1,2qO 1,300 
 
1959 
 
3,300 
 
1958 
 
4,200 
 
--- 
 
- - ---- 
 
-- 
 
1959 
 
500 
 
1958 
 
600 
 
1959 . 1958 
 
8,000 9,000 
 
1959 1958 
 
2,600 2, 300 
 
1959 1958 
 
80P 700:" 
 
1959 
 
Z50 
 
1958 
 
300 
 
1959 
 
250 
 
1958 
 
200 
 
1959 
 
700 
 
1958 
 
800 
 
20 
 
90 
 
22 
 
103 
 
16 
 
58 
 
19 
 
74 
 
30 
 
36 
 
28 
 
36 
 
100 
 
100 
 
-- 
 
-- 
 
100 
 
110 
 
1/330 
 
1/420 
 
- ._- -.,.- 
 
50 
 
66 
 
40 
 
320 
 
55 
 
495 
 
30 
 
78 
 
31 
 
71 .,,,,,. 
 
32 
 
2'6 
 
30 
 
21 
 
36 
 
9 
 
27 
 
8 
 
95 
 
24 
 
90 
 
18 
 
90 
 
63 
 
90 
 
72 
 
9.70 8.00 
7.30 7.30 
8.40 8.30 
1. 40 1. 45 
2.45 1. 40 
3.80 2. 50 
4.50 3.75 
4.6'0 3.40 
5.20 5.20 
4.05 5.70 
3.55 3.40 
 
873 824 
423 540 
302 299 
420 508 
122 92 
1,216 1,238 
351 266 
120 71 
47 42 
.97 103 
224 245' 
 
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Tomatoes 
 
1959 
 
9,800 
 
42 
 
1958 
 
13,000 
 
45 
 
Watermelons 
 
1959 1958 
 
49,000 63-,000 
 
80 85 
 
412 1/585 
3,920 
1 IS, 355 
 
4.25 2.75 
1. 15 .55 
 
I, 751 I, 196' 
4, 508 2,200 
 
Potatoes, Irish 
 
1959 1958 
 
4, 500 4, 800 
 
51 46 
 
~weet PotC\.toes 
 
1959 1958 
 
13,000 11,000 
 
47 48 
 
228 
 
3.46 
 
222 
 
2.62 
 
611 
 
4~70 
 
528 
 
,5.00 
 
788 581 
2,,872 2,640 
 
TOTAL FRESH 1959 102,000 
 
MARKET 
 
1958 119,800 
 
xxx 
 
1/6,255 
 
xxxx 
 
xxx 
 
118, 074 
 
'xxxx 
 
14, 114 1.0, 845 
 
TOTAL 
 
1959 
 
6, 100 
 
xxx 
 
PROCESSING 
 
1958 
 
8,400 
 
xxx 
 
xxxxx xxxxx 
 
xxxx xxxx 
 
686 1,010 
 
TOTAL ABOVE 1959 108, 100 
 
xxx 
 
xxxxx 
 
xxxx 
 
14, 800 
 
CROPS 
 
1958 128,200 
 
xxx 
 
xxxxx 
 
xxxx 
 
11, 855 
 
!! Includes some quantities not marketed and excluded in computing value. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY . Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
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L. H. HARRIS, JR. Statistical Assistant 
 
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ACREAGE BY CROPS 
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Wa.termelons 45.30/0 
 
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':--- Athe;ns, :da; ,,':' J;>~c. ~3, ':' - ',A':~~~al o...,.'5;~,b4~~~ Q.OO 'btoi--a1r .c~i~ks w~re p~aced 
 
wi~p 'producers ;in Cieo:':-gia during the week ending Dec'ember 19, according to the 
 
oqo Ge~)l:gia .Crop Repo'rting Service. This compa~e8 with the 5, 506, 
 
placed the 
 
p'r'~vious: week and)~ l percent less"than the 5,} 734,.,9QO pla,ced the soi\.ine week 
 
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Eg~s set by Cieorgh\ hatcheries amounted to '1, 9l3~ 000' compared with 7:"~~5, o~q t,he:pre,vious week and is Z percent less than the 8, 09l, 000 for the 
 
c0t:l1e 
 
spqriding. 
 
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Th~':majority: of th~:pz:'iCespa~4fo.;-.G,eorgia, pi':O,Q.(l~e9,~at~liing Ef.ggs wer~ 
 
....LeW'.l'te.d;w~b{n.a :~~~g.,e:o.f QO t9. to e~~s.'.With,al1.~.:,~!erag~'q!. .951'Ct;!n~l:! fo.~ all. ,,~ 
 
h~U'chingjeggs~and Q3 cents for eggs pu'rchased at the farm from flocks with 
 
h~t'chery:()wn~cl cOGk~rels. Last week the range was from 60 to 70, cents with 
 
aila.verage of 16,4, cents fo.r all hatclihig' eggs a.n~,62c.ents,.for eggs -pUrcha~d at 
 
th'e farm; from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices '.charge~ for di1.cks:',wer:e r~ported within ~ range."of $10.. 00 to'$1l,?5w~than av~rage 0($10.50 
perhu~.dt~d.. compared'wi.th a. 1;ange ~.($9. 00 t?' $1 L.Z5.witb an.average- of $10. Z5 ' 
 
pe~: hun4~ed la'st w~ek; T~eav,erage;::pr'ices la;st year, were . ~7c;ents (or e'ggs,., 
 
and $1 L 00 for chicks. 
 
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broiler's ,during the:' week '~ding DeceQlPer I 9'.,was.C'eorgia 6roi1:ers~ l 3/4 ," : 
 
3.'3/4 pounds ~t ~a..rms 17.19-f. ~. " 
 
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GEORGIA ;EGGS SET, HATCHINGS, A NO"CHlCKPLACEMENTS '.; 
 
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Eggs Set II 
 
Chicks Placed for . ,.. " Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs ICh~Cks Set> Hatched 
 
18'-r 1958," : 'i9.59 ~~~\ -1 <'58 '. , ,: i;959 ,:-:"'-I~i ~~;~ . 195~: I 1959 
 
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~~;~~~~~ !h:ou., ;: Thou'-," re~c~n~ ~T~o~:. 
 
::97:'" " , 
Oct. 17' 7 ,:;l34,. 7,000' ,. 
 
5,'017 :,:'4,'500" ." 89 
 
'."'1 
:15'0 
 
Thou. 
y ... 
~"163" 
 
Oct. l4; 7,:Z39' 7,138 
 
99 5. 034 ': 4, 80Zo' 
 
Oct. 3 1' , 7,,\394 ;< 7,l67 
 
98', 5,121' " 5,080 
 
No"... 7"' 
Nov.14 
 
...~ ~:t,:549'--7- '7; 455 ~ . 
 
, 
 
I 
 
, 
 
: . 7,:595 ' 7,501", 
 
..-.;,,-7,9. '_.--.- '5, 0-7 05"".4;1f 05l"' 
. 9'9 . 5) .916 '. 5'-0 54' 
 
95 
99 '9-9' : 10-1 
 
155. ..143 110 '. 210 '1,.0 ' 113 148 "116 
 
s 
 
Nov.ll Nov.l8 
 
7,'5l4; 7,69Z 7,83l 7,633 
 
102 5,196 5,173 97 5.320 5,40Z 
 
100 lOl 
 
90 l67 
 
Z1 
 
8l 108 
 
Dec. 5 7,4l0 6,396 
 
86 5.388 5,381 
 
100 
 
79 III 
 
Dec.ll 
 
8,146 7,865 
 
97 5,Z55 5,506 
 
105 
 
244 
 
77 
 
Dec. 19 
 
8,09l 7,913 
 
98 5,734 5,64l 
 
98 
 
311 ll5 
 
II Includes eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks for hatchery supply flocks. 'EI Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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u. S. Department of Agriculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marketing Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
 
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EGGS SET AND CHICKS PLACED IN COMMERCIA1" AREAS. BY WEEKS - 1959 
 
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Dec. ,5 
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Dec. 12 
 
Dec. 19 
 
Nov. 
 
Nov. 
 
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Dec. 
 
Dec. 
 
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EGGS SET - THOUSANDS 
 
- 
 
. 
 
i CHlCKS PLACED - THOUSANDS 
 
Maine 
 
1,242 
 
1,359 
 
 1,446 
 
975 
 
934 
 
931 
 
912 
 
891 1,012 
 
Connecticut 
 
703 
 
827 
 
844 
 
435 
 
462 
 
426 
 
420 
 
378 
 
404 
 
P.ennsyivania 
 
1,069 1,425 1,425 
 
702 
 
760 
 
664 
 
600 
 
847 
 
664 
 
Indiana 
 
1,308 1,478 1,739 
 
628 
 
583 
 
524 
 
576 
 
628 
 
571 
 
Illinois 
 
165 
 
202 
 
258 
 
99 
 
92 
 
92 
 
77 
 
106 
 
101 
 
Mis'souJ'\ DeJaware 
 
1,421 I, 514 
 
1,746 1,899 
 
 1,690 
1,949 
 
557 
 
629 
 
648 
 
676 
 
695 
 
644 
 
I, 506 1,664 1,790 1,904 1,,747 1,840 
 
( 
 
Maryland 
 
3,066 3. 587 3,635 
 
2,092 1,838 1,908 2,OS3 2,234 2,170 
 
Virginia 
 
1. 157 1,952 1.908 
 
840 1,011 
 
976 . 1,024 1,056 
 
987 
 
West Virginia North Carolina 
 
249 2,278 
 
283 3,641 
 
225 3,677 .:. 
 
 
 
489 
 
402 
 
414 
 
401 
 
346 
 
368 
 
2, 190 2,28~ 2, 173 2,354 2, 506 2,597 
 
Soutq Carolina 
 
471 
 
505 
 
501 
 
318 
 
317 
 
324 . 328 
 
348 
 
348 
 
GEORGIA 
 
6,,96 7,865 .' 7,913 
 
5,054 5, 173 5, '402 . 5,381, 5,506 5,642 
 
Florida 
 
'312 
 
344 
 
381 
 
150 . 148 
 
.ll0 
 
148 ' P7 
 
198 
 
Alabama 
 
3,262 3, 519 3,579 
 
2, 591 2,674 2, 587 2,772 2, 711 2,770 
 
, Mississippi 
 
2,'580 2,954 3,014 
 
1,793 1,791 1,903 2,030 1,944 1,996 
 
Arkansas 
 
3, 147 3,765 3,673 
 
2, 815 I 2,813 2,.962 3, 192 3, 140 3,021 
 
Louisiana 1 _Texas 
 
382 1,825 
 
524 2,370 
 
556 2,738 
 
279 . 30Z 
 
292 
 
358 
 
290 
 
319 " 
 
I, 508 1,:60.7 1~ 646 1,771 1,725 1,74.8 
 
Washington 
 
275 
 
334 
 
404 
 
282' 
 
282 
 
259 
 
282 
 
319 
 
281 
 
I 
 
Oregon California " 
 
284 1,338 
 
421 
 
3~Jl 
 
1,469 , 1,547 
 
157 
 
140 
 
130 
 
204 
 
I, 172 1,097 1,096 I, 142 
 
171 
 
188 
 
960 1,042 
 
TOTAL 1959 
.. 
. TOTAL 1958 
 
34,444 39,644 
 
42,469 44, 156 
 
43,493 42,982 
 
26,632 27,009 27,267 28,605 28,725 28,911 27,651 28,426 28,811 29,306 29,:967 30, 579 
 
. 
 
. 
 
1959 % of 1958 . 
 
87 
 
96 
 
101 
 
96 
 
95 
 
95 
 
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96 
 
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G~IPU.LTURAL EX"TENSION SERVICE : ' 
NIVERSITY OF'GEORGIA AND THE. 
 
JAN 4 'SO 
 
u. S; b'EPARTMI!NT' 0" AdRICULtUR~ 
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 
 
STATE 'DEPARTMENT O~ AGR,eULl'U'-E 
 
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.' It. EJ(T.'.... IO~ BLDG., ATHENS, GA, .. 
 
Athen-S, Georgie. . ' .':: '\1 .:II~' ,.' 'LI~RAR .' . ':., ;'.~ .",' " 'December 23, .1959 
 
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GEORGJA,..~ 1959 PIG CROP 'REPQR'1' 
 
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PIG 
 
CRO. Pa:Gndeo.rigs..iat"' hj.seIV1,.9la59r,'gtea; sitlloptigreccoror' dp):1tsh.e~sGtiemoartgeida 
 
at 
 
1)306,000' .~",eB. .d :,', 
 
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. 
 
Crop Reporttlls" . ',:." 
 
8eriiee sai~d today. The 1,3~.~;m ..pigsl'saved this tall is 3 percent large~ than 
 
the. 1958 tall' pig crop, whicl;1.. ~Q1:8~~~ 1;267j'0Q0 head';and is near~ 20 perC!e~t'. . 
 
~bbv~ the 1948-57 average tall crop' ot 1,092,000 pigs.,. 
 
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A total of 195,000 sows farrowed this tall)" an' increase ot 8 perce1'1~. tram :,.. ! 
 
the 181,000 that saved' per litter 
 
farrowed during the tall ot 
from this .fa11's farrowings 
 
1958. The average number.ot. was 6.7, down 4 percent from 
 
pthieg' s' 
 
.,. 
 
1955" average of 7.0 piijS. per 'liiter. ' 
 
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. 'Georgia I s 1959 spring pig crop of 1; 787:, 000 :combined with the fal,l cr.op of 
 
1)3~,'OOO head gives a total 1959 crop 'of 3}093,OOO.pigs which is the h!ghe~1i'6f 
 
ree6rCi. :The 1959 crop surpasss ~he previous rEtcord.. of .2,778;000 set in 1955"bf 
 
more t);lan' 11 percent . Georgia now ranlts 9th' in: .the)United States in prbduction,' 
 
of pi~s compared With a lOth re.nkl:ng in 1958. . ..:.;.... . 
 
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1960 smnqa INrENrIONS DOWN: Reports on breeding lnte~tions indicate 'that '231;'000 
 
. 
 
sows will farrow during the spring season 
 
(December 1959 - May 1960) on' Georgia farms ... =ct'(b)1~se intentions are realized, 
 
the number of BOWS farrO'td,na this spring Will .be. l~ 'Percent less than during the spring of 1959, but 17 percent above the 1948-57 '~verage of 197,000 sows. 
 
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i' Aoknowledgement is made to the Pos1mastera, ~al and Star i" ' 
 
I !t 
 
Route Carriers over the state' leotiDg :the basic intoJ1ll&t1on 
 
to~ their assistanoe 1ft -001_ from whioh these estim&tes 
 
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.i were mad~. The splendid cooperation shown "by !Several '. l 
 
II thousand ot their P",:trons who ful'Dished reports tor their' ! 
 
indiTidual tams is also appreoiated. 
 
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BCMS FARROWING, PIGS PER LIT'i'ER, AND PIGS SAVED} SPRmO AND FAlJ" 
 
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GEORG,I.A 1948 - '1960 
 
:,,: 
 
. Pigs. Per Litter 
 
Spring. 
 
:"F~11 
 
um er ; - 
 
Pigs' Saved 
 
. . Spring Fall, 
 
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... 19.46 
 
170 
 
1949'" "'182" 
 
1950 
 
198 
 
1951 
 
208 
 
1952'" , 220 
 
1953' .:.'" 178 
 
1954 
 
194 
 
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163 
 
5.9 
 
. 6.1 
 
1}003 
 
994 
 
1',991 
 
173 
 
6.1 
 
'. 6.1 
 
1,llO 1,055 
 
2,165 
 
190 
 
6.3 
 
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1,247 1,159 '.. 2,4:06 
 
205 
 
6 ..1 
 
. 6.3 
 
1,269 1,292 "':'2)56... 1 
 
172 138 
 
6.3 6.'5. 
 
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6.2 
6~6 
 
1,386 1,066 
 
' . 1,157 
 
911 
 
.. 2)452 
. 2",068 
 
159 
 
' 6.7 
 
6.5 
 
1)3.00 1,034 
 
'2,334 
 
1955 
 
200 
 
165 
 
6.5 
 
1956 
 
212 
 
172 
 
6.8 
 
6.7 
 
1,300 1,106 
 
2)406 
 
6.7 
 
1)442 1,152 
 
2,594 
 
1957 
 
212 
 
174 
 
6.8 
 
6.6 
 
1}442 1,148 
 
2,590 
 
1958 
 
229 
 
181 
 
6.6 
 
7.0 
 
1)511 1,267 
 
2,778 
 
1959 
 
259 
 
195 
 
6.9 
 
1960 gj 231 
 
6.7 
 
1.,787 1,306 
 
3,093 
 
Y Spring} December through May; Fall, June through November. 
gj Spring farrowing indicated from breeding intentions reports. 
 
SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR UNITED STATES REPORT 
 
ARCHIE LANGIEY , Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
, WILLIAM E. KIBLER Agricultural Statistician 
 
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bRlTJi:D 8'lNmS ])E~.1959 PIG caoP'REPaRr 
 
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The 1959 pis crop totaled 101.6 million heed, 8 percent more than the 1958 
 
~rop of 94.5 lIl1ll1~ hea4. ~s;year'. crop _s the Jargest siliCe the record 
 
3.21.~~~~~~ heac1 prOduced' ~n ,l943. ~;:.pr1ns ~8"~ at 58.6 1I1ll1.~>.~~, 
 
).2 pet-'cent- trail that ot 1958; 'and the tall crop oti.:,4.3NO~011l1ODwas up ',a;.pe~~l},t. 
 
~ 1~~,1n the, sp~ '\~QPI.resultec1 tl!Clll an in~ i~ the number. ~~;"~~~ 
tarr~~i ..,~1ed With a Bl1sbt increase 11i pip save~, per litter. . I': ':I.:k'/;') 
 
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.'t..Be~rts on breed1na 1ntentions 1M1eate 7,310,000 sows to farrow 1.,i.~. ,':,i,>tlt;\ 
 
,pring at 1960, 12 percent les. thaD the number 1'arroW1DS last spr!D8. If the.. 
 
lntentiona materialize aDd ~ .DuiDber of. pigs per;. Utter eq\1a1a the lO-year 
,ve,rBoP with an allowance tor upward trend, the i966' aprins~pi'g .~ vbuld be ap- 
 
1F 0o hX e,1 :"..J .1:",D .9, -:a :5. t9.8<qq."r 
 
52.0 mill1 
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S1Z-8, woUJ4 . 1.1 percent,." :~:~ 
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PALL' CROP up., 2 PERCEN'l: The n\1lDber ot pig. eav8cLduriug the tall ot 1959. '.. '.' 
 
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(JUDe throDSli November) .;1s estimated at 43,029.,00Q.:~ 
 
4ead. ~s 18 2 ~rcent larger than the 1958 taU crop and 21 percent above tbe 
 
194&-'7 1"all averaae.. The 1959 tall piS:-arOpwaa the third largest ot r.eoor4" 
 
qe1n6'''eX~ 'on~"1n 1942 and 19'1-3. 'D1e :mQ'ber ot sows tarrowiOS 1D _ .~U~::)" 
 
of )959' 18 est:liDatec1 at 6,168,000 ~, 5 ])8rceDt more than tarrowed'''j,;n:the.(;~a.u:.;. 
 
qt 1958 aDd 16 perce~t above average. P1ss saved per l1tter ~verage4. 6.28.a8; ~. 
 
pared W1~~ record hiGh of 7.17 piGS .perlitter in the tall of 1958. . 
 
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1949 
 
8,820 
 
5,568;" 6.46 
 
6.5~ .~.. 56,969 
 
36,275 
 
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1950 
 
9,179 
 
5,927' 6.31 6.65 57,958 39,423 
 
97,381 
 
1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 
1957 
 
98,,438114~' 
 
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. 6.46 
'.. 6.64 
 
.7,045 .... :,4~., 
 
6.80 
 
'7,669 .". 'f"5,0 i 6.89' 
 
8,359 :. . "5,586 
 
6.90 
 
77,,6m65 
 
5,194 5,J.21I. 
 
6.~ 
7.12 
 
6.60 
6.65 
6.69 
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7.00 7.06 
 
61,298 55,135 47,94Q' 52,582 57,~ 53, 51,812 
 
39,288 33,69'f. 29,974 '33;978 
,3368~' 032896 36,l48 
 
100,586 
 
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8778,9,~ 
86,830 
 
95,719 
 
89,572 
 
87,960 
 
1958 1959 
 
'.7,428 '8,282 
 
5,883 , 6,168 
 
1960 Y7,310 
 
 
 
7.~ .. :.;r.~.. 52,336 7.07 .:~. . 58,607 7.'10 " . Jj52,OOO 
 
42,'163 
-43,029 
 
;: 9",411-9 . 101,636 
 
 
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gf 'Spr1rc tarrowing iDd1cated from breed1ng,~j,~ten~1ons reports. 
 
iI,.A;"er:ase n\1lllber ot pigs per 11tter with allowance for trend used to caupute 
 
.~ .f~cated n\lllber ot spring pigs; number roUDdecJ to nearest 500,000 bead. ,\'p.i 
 
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GEORGIA CHICK HA TCHER Y R~POR T 
 
JAH4 '60 
1./BR/fRIES 
 
Athens, Ga., Dec. 30 -- A total of 4, 824, 000 broiler chicks ~ere placed with producers in Georgia during the week ',ending December 26, ac.cording to the Georgia Crop Reporting Service. This compares with the 5, 64~, 000 placed the previous week ilnd is 11 percent less than the 5,404,000 p1aeed the same 
week last year. 
 
Eggs set by Georgia hatcheries amounted to 8,062,000 compared with 7, 913, OO~ the prev~ous week and is 3 percent more than the 7,844,000 for the corresponding week last year. 
 
The majority of the prices paid'for Georgia produced hatching eggs were r~ort~~,~_~~in.a~~ng~ of 60 to 7Q ,c.e~t~ V!i~h an,av~raU,J)f.~~.S~p.,ts_.for_.all hatching eggs and 64 cents for eggs purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Last week the range was from 60 to 70 cents with 
an average of 65 c:;ents for all hatching eggs and 63 cents for egiS purchased at the farm from flocks with hatchery owned cockerels. Most prices charged for chicks were reported within a range of $10.00 to $11. 25 with an avera.ge of $10.50 per hundred compared with a range of $10.00 to $11. 25 with an average of $10. 50 per hundred last week. The average prices last year were 64 cents for egg,s and $10. 50 for chicks. 
 
Weighted average price from the Federal-State Mar.ket News Service for broilers dU:ri~g the week ending December 26 was Georgia broilers 2 3/4 .' 3 3/4 pounds 'at larms 16. 13~. 
 
Week Ending 
 
GEORGIA EGGS SET, HATCffiNGS, AND CHICK PLACEME'NTS 
 
EROILER. TYPE 
 
~ 
 
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EGG TYPE 
 
; 
 
Eggs Set !! 
 
Chicks Placed for Broilers in Georgia 
 
Eggs Chicks Set Hatched 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 Ofo of 195'8 
 
1958 
 
1959 
 
1959 ~o of-1958 
 
1959 1959 
 
I _Thou. Thou. 
 
Oct. 24 , 7,239 7, 138 
 
Oct. 31 
 
7,394 7,267 
 
Nov; 7 7,549 7,455 
 
Nov.'-l4- -, -1. 595 ,', 7,50 1 
 
Nov~21 
 
7,524 7,692 
 
Nov. 28 
 
7,832 7,633 
 
Dec. 5 7,420 i 6,396 
 
Dec.lZ 
 
8, 146 7,865 
 
Dec. 19 
 
8,092 7,913 
 
Dec. 26 
 
7,844 8,062 
 
Percent Tho..u. 
 
99 98 99 99 . 
102 97 8Q 
97 98 103 
 
5,034 
5, 121 5,095 5,016 5, 196 5,320 5,388 
5,255 5,734 5,404 
 
Thou. 
-4,802 5,080 5,051 5,054 5, 173 ,5,402 5,381 ' 5, 506 5,642 4,824 
 
Percent 
 
95 
 
99 
 
99 ~ ..lO'l 
 
.. 
 
100 
 
102 
 
100 
 
105 
 
98 
 
89 
 
Thou. Thou. 
 
155 143 
 
110 210 
 
140 113 
 
148 ' 116 
 
90 
 
82 
 
1161772_1 
 
108 III 
 
244 
 
77 
 
321 125 
 
255 
 
88 
 
1/ Inclucies eggs set by hatcheries producing chicks {or hatchery supply flocks. Z/ Revised. 
 
ARCHIE LANGLEY Agricultural Statistician In Charge 
 
W. A. WAGNER Agricultural Statistician 
 
u. S. Department of A.griculture 
 
Agricultural Extension Service 
 
Agricultural Marke1.a.l1g Service 
 
State Department of Agriculture 
 
319 Extension Building, Athens, Georgia 
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EGG~ SET AND CHlCKS PLACED INo:COM~~CIALA~EAS, 
 
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BY WEEKS - 
 
1959 
 
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STATE 
 
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Dec. 
 
Dec. 
 
:.: Nov.\ ':Nov~ 
 
Dec, 
 
Dec.  Dec. 
 
Dec. 
 
12 
 
19': 
 
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,:., 28'  
 
5 
 
1Z 
 
19 
 
26 
 
~;,EGGS SET - TaeUSANDS -; 
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"':11 ':M ~, ~: ~:: . ~ ... ..; . 
 
'~H. l.-CKS ':PLACED ~'THOU5ANDS 
 
Maine Connecticut Pennsylvania 
 
1, 359, '~': 827 
,::'1.425', 
 
1, 4# - . 1;':H9 
 
844 ' . 
 
~67 
 
1.4Z:5: 1,375 
 
,~ fJ4' 
462 
760 
 
.. 
';0 
 
;492361 
 
..:' 664 
 
91Z 
 
891 
 
4Z0 , ;: 378 
 
609 .. :847 
 
1.012. 930 
404"', 38$ 664' . 663 
 
Indiana 
 
Illinois 
 
Missouri 
 
-." 
 
Delaware 
 
,Maryland 
 
Virlini~ 
 
, - , I. 478' . I. 739..:, 
 
202 :' 258.: 
 
'J.. ; I 746;- 
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,:' 1,899 . 1.949,, 
 
" 3. 587' 3, 63'~ ,;' 
 
, . 1,952, 
 
1,908 0' 
 
1,772 195 . 
1,'\848 1.,:769- . 
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583. 9Z 
. 629 
1~ 664 1-; 838 1-,017 
 
524 " 9Z 
 
648 
 
1.790 
 
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" ~76 77 
616 1, 904 1., 'O~3 I. 02;4 
 
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695 1~ 747 2, Z34 I~ 056 
 
571 
 
637 
 
101 
 
75 
 
6~4. 611 
 
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'i, 84(}, '. 1.; 5-30 
 
2. 170 Z,140 
 
987 610 
 
)Nest Vj~gi,nia 
 
-Nctrth Carolina 
 
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So~th Carolina 
 
,GEORGLA. 
 
Florida 
 
Alabama 
 
Mississ~ppi 
Arkansas' 
 
Louisiana 
 
Texas 
 
Washington Oregon. California 
 
283': 
 
~25- 
 
3.641 ':. 3,677:' 
 
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3,445 
 
40Z 
 
414 
 
'401 
 
346 
 
308: ' ,346- 
 
2,284 ,~. ,173- 2, '354 ,Z. 506 ~, 5'7.': .' ~, Z.75 
 
505 ' 
 
501 :' 
 
5~1' 
 
317 
 
324 
 
3Z8' 
 
348 
 
348 ' 314 
 
7, -86 5 " 7 , 9 (3 , 8.062 
 
'~~: 173 5,40Z 5, 381 :,' 5, 506 5.04Z 4;824 
 
344 ~ 381 
 
323~ 
 
. -:-- 148 
 
120 
 
148,', 177 
 
198 
 
165 
 
- 
 
3,519 2,954 
 
3,579: :i, 014 
 
3,'129,' 3,059 
 
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6.74 
791 
 
?,587 'Z,772., Z;711 
1.903 i, 030 . 1,944 
 
2,77-0 1.99-6 
 
2,641 
h 843 
 
! 
 
3,765 3,673 
 
524 
 
556 
 
Z.370; 2, 738 -~ 
 
334 .~: . 404 . 
 
3,746,. ,555 
Z,76-8 
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.~2,; 8''13 
 
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30Z 
 
1.607 -" zSZ 
 
2.:-962 ., 292, 
1.646 Z59 
 
3,lcjZ 358 
I, 77'1 Z8Z 
 
'3; 140 3,OZl 
 
. ~90 
 
319 
 
;1, ",Z5 1. 748 
 
3-19 j  281 
 
. 2, 770 
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1,409.. 214 
 
4Z,1 " '; 39 (: 1,469 ,F I, 547"~ 
 
395 l/~~O 
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140 
 
130 
 
Z04 
 
1,097 -1.096 ,1,14Z 
 
171: 188 
 
165 
 
:960 1, 042 ; ,l~ 011 
 
TOTA~ 1959 :; TOTAL'1958 
 
42,469 - 
44, ,156 
 
~ :: 
,43, 49.3~ 
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42,.98:2 ,. 
 
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41,2,1,9 
 
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1959 V/o of 1958 
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101 
 
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