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NEI{ I'{'E XI CO MARKET REPORT Fred A. Gerk
State Egg Inspector
State Department of Agriculture
(Average whol esa 1e . pri ces Lo
retail stores ofi cartoned eggs as
August t , L963, according to
State Egg Inspeption Department.
NEt{ I{EXICO A}[D U, S. SHOWS ONE
PERCENT INCREASE IN NI]I.{BER OF CHICKENS
H. L. Mathews
Extension Poul tryrnan
The number of egg- type
United States (50 srares)
tota 1 319 ,367 ,000, only one
record low
chickens raised in the
in L964 is expecred ro
percent above the 1963
Compared with last year, chickens raised in
L964 are exPected to increase six percent in the
South Central region, four percent in the Sough Atlantic, one Percent in the West and remain r'-
changed in the East North Central. On the other
hand' numbers raised will decrease six percent in
the North Atlantic and four percent in the West North Centrat regions.
In the eleven Western States, with its one
Percent increas€, New l"lexico shows a seven percent
increase and California a four percent increase
over 1963. The remainder of these eleven states
show a slight decrease in chickens raised. Neut Mexico raised 672,000 L"yers in 1963 and 7L9,000 in L964.
Prices received by farmers for eggs in mid-
June na t iona 1ly ltere above L9 63 , but in ea r 1i er
months of L964 ltere generally below a year earll-er.,
Feed Prices during this period were generally high-er
which resulted in monthly egg-feed price ratios
being less favorable than the corresponding period
a year earlier,
Aggregate egg production January through June
was two percent above the same period last year.
current egg prices are slightly above a year
earl ier o 2The number of layers in f locks on July l,
L964, totalled 286.8 million birds, one percent
above July 1, 1963.
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