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tv-U& farpers'- intentions reppred about February 1, 1945 a d
ur6hasez of baby chicks, compared with 1944. Egg
thspeobi4bly will continue above lost year, and with am pl J
t,' th"atJM'number of' chi cken raised in 1445 wi I I decr,,aik'
4,'&ft ppast relationships, this may result in a slight Jecr
'1`041,fets on f ar-n s At, t he end Of compared with becem
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I ovTrt mu,1b. 1939-41 9273. 401 0,k I
iv er~t pa Pie I, Cent 193-4a 1 s 1. t
IL 1.I r% Niwa%.pa p a 1 00 Z b.n 1926-48 L431 ,i
At er Moud'", .prP-M .:0 1b et 19at-443 4.a 1s to9 .
revy Aer poa.. C tn 1934-4 mg 12. SET W IO

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.g . ... Mi 1. do. 1OW943 j10 188'a 1 W,693!
o doeng . & Klam do. 1984-40 187 12: 44. I&
t ~ pres .0 404 Li. 19144 a ae AIL4 13 1Ia.
perd pon A. ant low.48 18 4.71s 124.4 9.
Pait .rc pi 4 C ..S ant 1934,43 16.8 1ISO 19.51
26caaeo 7 poim 1 10 #9 IS 1 4b. An 2W,43 81 8. .
11 1 h, 13-48 405 96 1.

Party, pric e powir ati Centa 1939-49 10.& t9.4 24.0 2-
Percentg of pari-ty W a Idexn 128&32"s 6. 110,. 138.5 4 11
closto 1( 96at --30 e Ala)Inex no, 1934-43" its. 116. no187.1,', t
a1 fadslmer Inddn N l (4 11 Zjm o rt AI jg
-atsaa 14= par dozen Cente 3 19284-43 270 2. 141 1 7 .9 16
bevykee6 per posed C .one 1929-43 19D1 M1.96 2: .
atro ctnem % per ps doe C .Ogt 1929-4: 21,B 1.1 268.9 2.

or sta,, 2-0 ee s co p ers
pe pound . Caexst 1024-42' 18 9 47.6 117. s $7.
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for P eaound l. .... :...cs 18-2 24 2 71 o, 3'
ehfowls.s No8-6be po ad Derebe L 934 vrg. Sadrs 4pudDcme 94
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1ighest cm record, I e i. n'g' sikWd, o ni r'b' tlTat""O I r I a$

%phi dkene bn:farms, on bir",, was 89 pitrL-p t -,q
Turkey numberfivwere shght qaillion b, q
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but the nmberof breeder ienel.:,Oh ',hpnd -was at a record

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BACKROUD.-Egg prices during,194',140 s
rose under th~e imZpetUs Of' strogg wattj*4, A-
Thi s was ref 04tq in'a iZe44i Of
raised enac year, a,44 the, 94 aidLIin fiickens r
in 1943 was a record number. Hoverer, in 19 44
cause of burdensome egg'supplies aad r5jatively
egg prizes., the number of chickens ra44vd wat oas1
fifth less than in -93.As a' result the aae
hens,,oxd pulletia on forms Jamuary .1, 19,45 was 9,
cent lesetthan op Janukary 1,19.
tarmers, intend to Purchase Fewer Baby'
Chicks in 19 hain19

Based oln reports from crop correspondents, farmers intend t
approximately, 4 perce At fewer bahj chicks in 1945 than in 1944.
pronounced are the declines in the West gorth Centrpa and Rlodky,
regions, where a 10 percent decrease in rut~ihAses is ibaicatecl.
North Centrril area reports that a declineO of 9 percent in puychati
chicks 'All take place. In these'three areas, extensive p~i ce
activities were, In. operation during 1944.

-On the other hand, farme~rv intend to increase baby ch-kce psiydh
in those areas where the demand for eggs in '1544 was relatively ztrd
and where at. present it appears that requirements will be .dIX4
the Pacific Coast, the South Atlantic, and Middle Atlanticreis.7
those regions increases- of 6. 7, inct 10,percent., reqpectiveLy, -re Ind
The Tew England area indicated a decrease of 6 -percentjin chidks to bt#
bought, while. the East. South Central. and'Ifest South 10entrnl regions'
showed a decline of 4 percent in intentions to purchase- tince the in-11'
tentions report is as of Vebrunry 1, actual -purchases Vill veary, fro'' t11
intentions depending on developments during the hatching season.

Factors affecting. actual purchases 'are the prices of eggs and_ fee&
as they affect the egg-feel price ratio, the chicken-feed price ratio,
and some psychologically factors which cannot be measured. Although the
poultry products-feed price relationships Will probably continue to be
favorable for increasing the rnaiber of chickens raised, offsetting facttrfi
will probably be the marketing difficulties, especially transportation,
iand. the relatively low prices received by farmers for eggs'durin'& thke
early part of 1944% Thus, it 'appears that the intentions might be tanketL
as a good indication of the number of chicks to be purchased in. 1945,

Becamse of f arif hatchings, yearly changes in the number of chickens
raised vary from the number of those purchased. Thp propor..tion, of chit"A
%hatched by commercial hatcheries has been increasing., In 154,3,,84 per-
cent of the chitks hatched came from commer-cial hatcheries. -This compaftes
with 34 percent in 1934.




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price!S paid -fdr -dxid egg In tA' the
tont factors effecting farm egg p2rices. Re-
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Market ingg' 01`poitry MeAtr'WA,,akpi-kne te,490,
mcathg and, will. be taterfolly I
decline' In n=berk of chictens'r.aige4,A 1944
more, the raie of: culling probably 0,1, *ziol, Im as gr',64
as in e4riy9,44* Higher egg 7d
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