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Las Cruc€s, New llexico 88001 Vol . L2, No. I August 6, 1971
TABLE EGG OUTLOOK
Egg production in the first half of 1972 should be reduced 3 percent
from year earlier l-evels to avoid the extremel-y depressed prices of the first
half 1970 lut-below those of first half 197L.
A 3 percent smaller laying flock on January 1, Lg72, is desirable. Ttre
l0 percent reductLon ln pulJ-et replacements started in first half 1971 uray
result in little or no change in number of layers in the flock due to marked
lmprovement in Livability from use of Marekrs disease vaccine. Therefore, a
high rate of culLing during the rest of thl.s year is recommended.
Ihe replacement pullet hatch in first half of 1972 should be at a level
that wlLl result Ln no increase in the nurnber of layers in the fl-ock than year
earlier level-s. Although data is not available to adequately evaluate the
irnpact of the use of Marekrs disease vaccine, an increase in number of pullets
raised, lower nortality of layers housed, and in improvement in production are
anticipated. tJhere signif,lcant improvements are obtained, a directly propor-tional
reduction in the number of pullet chicks started in the first half of
L972 ls recoumended.
The July-December 1971 hatch should be reduced 6 percent below year
earl-ier Levels beeause: the January-June puL1et hatch was cut only about 10
percent, not t}:.e 22 percent recomnended last January; there ts difficulty
reducing a young flock through culling; and there are increased efficiencies
from the use of Marekrs vaccine.
To compltcate the problem s_till furth€r,
prices; Fbeit*dosts will not only depend upon
h"ppens with labor and transportation costs.
not help as prices will be forced down in the
is the uncertainty of feed
the crop but also upon what
An over production of eggs wiLl
Presence of increasing costs.
Taken in part from Egg llarketing Guide
for January-June L972 issued July L97I
WASTE I^IATER DISPOSAT
I^le received
disposal of waste
the following announceilEnt a short time ago
hrater f rom poultry plants.
relative to the