Birds shine as Hubbard Farms sweep at NEPPCO Egg to Chick show
Hubbard Farms Inc Lan caster and DeKalb York Hatchery led a large field at the 1958 Egg to Chick Show in Harrisburg. Hubbard s Cornish Cross scored 89.43 in Meat Production, DeKalb York Hatchery won Champion honors in Crosshied Egg, and Bur ling s Hatchery White Leghorns led the Leghorn Egg class. Multiple hatcheries from Penn a and neighboring states earned top honors in Pure Breed Meat and Crossbred divisions, with Indian River Lancaster and Longeneckers Elizabeth town among top finishers. The event featured 38 entries from 19 hatcheries and included a group of DeKalb 101s and White Plymouth Rocks. (Continued on page five).
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Harrisburg
Hubbard Farms, Inc
Lancaster
DeKalb Hatchery
York
Northeastern Poultry Producers Council Exposition
Farm Show
Hubbard
DeKalb York Hatchery
Keystone States
Burling’s Hatchery
Oxford
Mountain View
Dillsburg
Burling
New Hampshire
Penna Farm Bureau Hatchery
Plymouth Rock
Penna FB
New
Indian River Poultry Farm
Hubbard Farms
Moore Farms
Hubbard Champs
Moore Farms, Inc
White Rock
Longeneckers Hatchery
Elizabethtown
DeKalb York
Top Hen Crowned National Champion Laying Hen
A White Leghorn owned by Darby Leghorn Farm Somerville NJ was named national champion after the Massour Egg Laying Test. The bird and Darby’s team produced 330 eggs in 350 days for a 94.17 percent laying average. Top birds nationwide qualify for this prestige contest.
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Darby Leghorn Farm
Somerville
State Crop Round-up
Harrisburg reports the first killing frost of the year hit October and covered most of the north while another frost reached the central region on October 6. Haying and vegetable harvests are complete with apple harvest and silage cutting ongoing. Winter grains germinated well and statewide temps averaged five degrees below normal with 60 percent of normal rainfall.
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Harrisburg
Keystone
Pennsylvania Crop Reporting Service
North Central Area
Emporium
Philadelphia
Commonwealth
US India pact signs 2388 million in farm sales
The United States and India announce a PL 480 financing agreement for 2.388 billion dollars of U S agricultural commodities, including ocean transport, to ease India's food shortages. Wheat flour sorghum and corn are listed with estimated tonnages and values, with 25 percent of rupees used for loans to U S and Indian private enterprises via the Export-Import Bank.
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US Department of Agriculture
United States
India
ExportImport Bank of Washington
State Farm Prices Show Slight Rise
The September 15 farm price index rose nearly three percent due to record highs for grapefruit and near record orange prices, with beef cattle eggs milk and cotton rising. Prices paid by farmers increased one third of one percent from the prior month, keeping the farm buying dollar near last year's level.
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Washington
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Quarryville
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