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Outlook For 1950
Fewer chickens raised, continued high egg production, and poultry meat production at a states quo—that’s the probable outlook for 1950’s poultry farmer.
Dr. Harry Love, head of the agricultural economics department at V.P.I., says prices received by farmers for eggs and poultry meat probably will average less than in 1949. As a result, the gross farm value of poultry and egg products will decline.
Egg production during toe first six to eight months of 1950 likely will be from three to four per cent above the same period in 1949. Egg prices in the first half of 1950 may be 10 'o 15 per cent below those of 1949 unless support prices prevent the drop. S pports seem unlikely, since they are discretionary between. 0 and 90 per cent of parity.
The supply of broilers, plus frozen poultry, likely will be enough to keep prices from rising much during the first three to four months of 1950. If egg _ prices slip as expected, enough laying hens may be moving to market as culls by March and April to keep poultry meat prices from rising during spring and early summer.
Broiler production in the first lew months of the year probably will be a record level, and for the entire year likely will average abo t as in 1949.
1 urkey production will be %letermined to a huge extent by what happens to the rest of the 1949 crop. If prices continue strong the rest of the season, there piobably will be an increase in turkey numbers in 1950. Otherwise—aboyt the same. Turkeys, like eggs and broilers, are in t.ie group of non-basic eonymodities and without mandatory supports.
Leaders To Meet
Tentative dates have been announced for a series of 14 meetings to be held this month for vegetable gardening and poultry leaders in Virginia home demonstration clubs. *,
Harry L. Moore, head of the V.P.I. poultry department, or some member of his staff, will conduct the poultry training. Vegetable gardening training will lie conducted by F. H. Scott, assstant horticulturist at V.P.I.
Meetings to include both poultry and gardening instruction will be held:
Today, January 12, at Charlottesville; Jan aiy IS, Halifax: January 19, Charlotte Court House; and Januayr 20, Appamattox.
Meetings to be held for vegetable gardening leaders only are scheduled for:
January 13, Warrenton; January 24, Harrisonburg; January 27, Winchester; and January 31, Clintwood.
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