Government and private lenders agree on poultry credit stabilization
Acting Secretary of Agriculture True D Morse announced July 11 that government and private lending agencies will cooperate to stabilize poultry credit and balance production with demand. The move follows conferences with the American Feed Manufacturers Assn and other credit bodies to prevent price declines for producers amid postwar expansion and persistently high production since 1954.
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True D Morse
USDA
Department
State crop report shows corn down while wheat oats rise
Initial 1957 spring crop estimates from Pennsylvania cite reduced corn and wheat plantings versus 1956, with oats and hay up. Corn yield slated at 54 bushels per acre, wheat 28, oats 41. tobacco output near 48.75 million pounds. Total corn production about 67.1 million bushels from 1.243 million acres, above 10 year average, while wheat and tobacco show declines along with the crop mix.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Grain Blower System Offers Practical Benefits
A Michigan State University agricultural engineer reports a blower system for moving grain from storage to feeding areas is simple with one moving part, flexible with turns, and uses light sheet steel pipe that can be overhead and waterproofed. High power needs and dust management are chief drawbacks.
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R. W. Kleis
Michigan State University Agricultural Engineer
Canada’s Wheat and Flour Exports Hold Steady
The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports fiscal year exports to June 30 at about the 289 million bushels of 1955-56. July to April exports total 241 million, up from 210 million a year earlier. May and June inspections suggest about 50 million bushels shipped abroad.
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Canada
International Trade Division
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
State Agriculture Bureaus Named Foods and Chemistry
The four bureaus of the State Department of Agriculture are Foods and Chemistry, Markets, Animal Industry and Plant Industry.
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The
State Department of Agriculture
Entries Open for SPABC Cattle Show in Lancaster
Entries are being accepted for the sixth annual Southeastern Pennsylvania Artificial Breeding Cooperative Cattle Show to be held August 1 at the co op grounds in Lancaster. Judging starts at 10 am with two rings, Holsteins and Ayrshires in one, Jerseys Guernseys and Brown Swiss in the other.
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Southeastern Pennsylvania
Harvey Worthington
West Chester
Co-Op
Lancaster
Othr
W H Cloninger
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