Record Egg Output In Pennsylvania Reaches Peak August
Pennsylvania poultry industry reports a record August with 288 million eggs produced and a 4 percent rise from 1957. The rate of lay per layer hit 1699 eggs, the fourth straight monthly record for August, while layers on farms rose to 16.9 million. Egg prices climbed to 44 cents per dozen by mid August, up from July and above 1957 levels.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
State Crop Reporting Service
August Milk Production Sets Commonwealth Record
State Department of Agriculture reports August milk output at 532 million pounds, 1 percent above two years ago and 2 percent above August 1956, with 930,600 cows milking and an average 572 pounds per cow for 30 days. Prices for cows average $265, hay costs steady at $34 per ton for baled alfalfa.
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Crop Reporting Service
Commonwealth
Grain Standards Act boosts appeal fees nationwide
The USDA raises inspection appeal charges effective Sept 29 1958 increasing car fees from 5 to 8 per car and cargo grain from 150 to 2 per thousand bushels with similar hikes for trucklots and samples overtime fees rise to 580 per manhour per employee to cover travel costs and improve service at interior markets and ports as amended regulations under the United States Grain Standards Act are published in the Federal Register.
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US Department of Agriculture
United States Grain Standards Act
USDA
Federal Register
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