Egg price at twelve year low hits Pennsylvania growers
Pennsylvania farmers saw eggs averaged 37 cents a dozen in mid April the lowest for the date in 12 years while chickens averaged 18 to 19 cents a pound live weight. Output rose slightly to 315 million eggs from 16,896,000 layers as producers culled flocks and planned to hold older layers.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
Keystone State
Coul
Philadelphia Poultry Prices and Receipts May 14
Processed poultry ready to cook and ice packed steady with near adequate supplies. Buyers held firmer on some lots as demand improved for hens and broilers. Receipts show Maryland 88 thousand pounds, Delaware 70 thousand, Virginia 37 thousand, South Carolina 23 thousand, North Carolina 22 thousand.
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USDAY
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U.S
Del
South Carolina
North Carolina
Smokey Bear To Be Feature Of Comic Strip
A new daily and Sunday Smokey the Bear comic strip will debut June 16 under a Forest Service and Columbia Features agreement. The character, aided by Little Smokey and Specs, teaches forest conservation, fire control, and woodcraft through adventures. Royalty from the strip funds forest fire prevention work, with Smokey serving as an educational icon and honorary member of several organizations.
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Forest Service
Columbia Features, Inc
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
Secretary of Agriculture
Smokey
America
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Specs
Forest Rangers
Junior Forest Rangers Organization
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
School Safety Patrol
Order of Eagles
Maryland League of Sportsmen
Oregon Green Guards
Florida
Washington
D.C
International Falls
Minn
Smokey Bear
Zoo
Beef supply to 1957 U S homes grows 103 percent
The article notes beef movement from farms through markets and packing plants into 142 million American homes has risen by 103 percent since the 1935 39 period. It highlights 60 percent of cattle production backing the nation's population needs.
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America
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