>9 int ;v- 3lf »iy im Friday, November 13, 1959 THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Page Sevet Poultry, Livestock Number Expected to Climb in '60 Livestock and poultry numberscrease in numbers of layers during «irAl1 Off aatmlf al- _ it . a «i 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. 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