The Poultry and Egg Situation, Vol. 86

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Excerpt from The Poultry and Egg Situation, Vol. 86: February 1944Weather so far this winter has been conducive to unusually high rates of egg production per layer. In the North Central States, rates of production prevailed on February 1 which are not usually reached until March 1. The average number of eggs laid per bird during January was 11 percent higher than a year earlier. With the record number of layers on farms, 17 percent more eggs were produced than during January l9uj. Although more eggs were used for noncivilian purposes in January than in January last year, civilian consumption apparently was considerably larger than in January 1933. Some retail egg prices in mid-february were a little higher than a year earlier despite increased movement of eggs into civilian channels, indicating a record strong demand for eggs for this season of the year.Supplies of eggs at prevailing prices have accumulated at some markets during the last several weeks largely because production has been timed with the weather while most seasonal uses storing, drying, and hatching are timed with the calendar. From late December 19h} to February 19, 19h the War Food Administration purchased 233, 53h cases of shell eggs for price support purposes. Egg production will increase less than seasonally from the relatively high level of January and early February to the annual seasonal peak in April, while civilian demand may strengthen further as a result of seasonally reduced meat supplies.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.