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THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C.
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Poultry, Livestock Number
Expected to Climb in '60
Livestock and poultry numberscrease in numbers of layers during
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as well as feeding rates will contin
ue to Increase during the next 12
months. The rate of expansion, how
ever, has slowed down.
There will be more than enough
grain and high protein feedstuffs,
but prices for some major livestock
products have declined.
So stated the Feed Survey Com
mittee of the American Feed Manu
facturers Assn., which met recent
ly in Chicago, 111. Tlie committee
is composed of 24 college profes
sors. Among them is Dr. E. R. Bar-
rick of North Carolina State col
lege.
Here are details of the commit
tee’s report;
Beef cattle numbers will increase
eight per cent and reach a record
level. The number of hogs to be
fed in the coming 12 months will
be up Jfour per cent, turkey num
bers will increase five per cent and
sheep and lambs will be up two per
cent. Declines of four per cent for
layers, eight per cent for horses
and mules, and one per cent for
milk cows are expected. Broiler
numbers will remain unchanged.
At estimated rates of feeding,
nearly 137 million tons of grains,
oilseed meals and other concen
trates will be consumed during
1959-60. This compares with esti
mated supplies available for feed
of 189 milUon tons ... an excess
of 38 per cent. Grain supplies ex
ceed feed requirements by nearly
40 per cent while high proteins
are in excess about eight per cent.
If estimates of the committee
are realized, the 1959-60 period will
be the fourth year of expansion in
the current cycle. It will provide
consumers with one of the largest
total supplies of meat, milk, eggs
and other livestock products ever
experienced. - --r.* . v-v*
The 1959 fall pig crop is estimat
ed to be 44,912,000 head which
is six per cent more than the pig
crop of the preceding fall.
It is estimated that approximate
ly 59,664,000 pigs will be produced
in the spring of 1960, which is two
per cent more than the 58,494,000
produced in the spring of 1959.
It is expected that the average
slaughter weight of all hogs market
ed in the 1959-60 feeding year wilt
be 237 pounds which is the same as
1958-59.
There will be a four per cent de-
the 1959-60 feed year. There will
be no appreciable change in broil
er production, and turkey produc
tion will increase five per cent ov
er iast year.
The average number of layers
for the period October 1, 1959, to
September 30, 1960, will be ap
proximately 291 million.
Commercial broiler production in
the 1959-60 feed year will remain
unchanged with an anticipated pro
duction of 1,815 million.
It is anticipated that 87 million
turkeys will be raised in 1959-60
which represents a five per cent
increase over 1958-59. There will
be a shift to heavy breeds resulting
in 13 million being marketed as
light and 74 million as heavy tur
keys.
The number of cows to be milk
ed in 1960 is expected to be 19,-
116,000, a decrease of approximate
ly one per cent compared with
1959. The number of heifers and
heifer calves to be raised for re
placement is estimated to increase
about one-half of one per cent over
1959.
Total milk production of 125.8
billion pounds is an increase of
slightly more than one per cent
over 1959 and is the result of a one
per cent decline in cow numbers
coupled with a 2.5 per cent in
crease in yield per cow. The rise in
yield will be due to heavier grain
feeding to better cows.
Roughage is plentiful in most sec
tions. Concentrates are in abundant
supply and are available at more
favorable price ratios. It is estimat
ed that the feeding rate will be 2,-
160 pounds per cow, an increase
of five per cent over 1959.
It is expected that the number
of beef cattle on January 1, 1960,
will total 69,500,000 head which
would be an all-time high. This
number is approximately eight per
cent higher than a year ago. Sub
stantially more calves and yearlings
will be available for fattening.
The total number of sheep and
lambs is expected to increase about
two per cent during the feed year
ending September 30, 1960. Im
proved forage conditions and a con
tinuing increase in farm flock size
in the non-range states is expected
to result in an increase in the num
ber of lambs marketed. The num
ber of feeder lambs to be fatten
ed is expected to increase slightly.
A reduction of eight per cent is
expected in horse and mule num
bers for the 1959-60 feeding year.
The decrease in work stock is ex
pected to more than offset the in
crease in light horses and ponies.
Althpught livestock feeding ope
rations in the United States are ex
panding, feed supplies are more
than enough to take care of the
increase. The record 1959 corn
crop is largely responsible.
Nearly 190 million tons of grains,
oilseeds and other concentrates are
available for feed in 1959-60, com
pared with 143 million tons actual
ly fed last year. The excess is most
ly in grains; supplies of oilseed
meals and other by-products
for feed in 1959-60 are somewhat
larger than the amounts fed last
year. There are some shifts within
these groups. There is more corn,
but less oats. Likewise, prospective
soybean meal supplies are some
what larger, and supplies of cot
tonseed meal are much larger.
Production of the four major feed
grains in 1959 is up .seven per cent
from the previous year. Reduction
of 24 per cent in the oat crop, 13
per cent in the barley crop and sev
en per cent in the sorghum grain
crop are more than offset by a 19
per cent increase in the corn for
grain crop. Futhermore, the carry
over on October 1, 1959, of corn
and grain sorghums was record
large.
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