Low Temperatures Slow Pennsylvania Poultry Egg Output
Severe March snow and cold reduced flock lay in Pennsylvania. March egg rate fell to 1767 eggs per layer from 1879, lowest since 1951, with 17,176,000 layers down 3 percent. Total egg production dropped nine percent year over year to 303 million, January–March output at 896 million, 14.5 percent below 1957. Chickens and broilers saw price increases. turkeys rose slightly from February lows but remained below year-ago levels.
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Don’t Invite Death Aid Farm Of Old Chemicals
State Agriculture urges disposal of unlabeled farm chemicals around barns and workshops. Delmar K. Myers notes over 200 poisonous chemicals exist and can be fatal if misused. He stresses reading labels and keeping poisons away from children during use.
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State Department of Agriculture
Delmar K Myers
Bureau of Foods and Chemistry
Myers
Farm Chemical Exposure Pinpoints Summer Illnesses
Myers links summer illness spikes to low level chemical exposure. A farm worker after a day spraying fruit orchards may suffer respiratory congestion from over exposure. The Department official says education is the biggest task despite labeling requirements and urges keeping chemicals away from children and migrant workers who cannot read English.
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Farming Starts As Sun Finally Begins to Shine
The report notes tobacco seed beds planted and potato planting in full swing while oats are limited in Lancaster County. Early cobblers two weeks late, farmers expect cool weather for oats but acknowledge reduced returns. one farmer quips it’s better than shoveling snow.
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