The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-08
DOWNWARD PRICES
FROM Higher LEVEL
I LIKELY IN HEN Yard
Production Has Expanded, Says
@. N. Fuller, and Will Be
Reflected This Fall
COLD STORAGE IS FACTOR
More Birds Packed Away but
Fewer Eggs Stored, Accord
ing to Y. S. Figures
Q. NJ. Fuller. Asst. Farm Economist,
North Dakota Agricultural College.

y. NJ. t0llcf. ASST. farm ECOnOmlSt,
North Dakota Agricultural College.
The probable trend in poultry
prices will be downward this fall be-
cause Of increased supplies of poultry
coming to market. While egg prices
are expected to remain lower than
last year. they will be we'll maintained
through the fall. with a probable de-
crease in prices during the late win
Ter and spring months.
The demand for poultry this fall
promises to be good as there are no
signs Of a serious depression in bust
ness and general buying power in the
near future. With an increase of 10
per cent in production this year over
last. marketings this fall should show
considerable increase. Present farm
price levels for poultry are the high
est since 1920 with the June farm
price of chickens Is per cent above
the June average of 1923 to 1927. The
poultryman is in a position to sell off
at favorable prices low-producing
hens and those that have ceased to
lAy and are not to be carried over
into next year. The price for young
poultry. while probably lower than
last fall. promises to be such that he
may advantageously dispose Of not
only his surplus males but also Of un-
promising and late pullets. This
course is likely to be encouraged by
the feed situation this fall If 1t de-
velopS In line with the present carly
indications.
Dressed Poultry Receipts
Market receipts of dressed poultry
during the past six months of 1929
we're one per cent greater than in
1928 and 1 per cent greater than in
1e27. The receipts Of live poultry,
However. have shown a marked de-
dine. While smaller total quantities
II poultry have been marketed than
to this date last year. 1t should be
remembered that the important poul-
try marketing season for dressed
poultry Is In the fall months rather
than in the period covered by these
figures.
Throughout the first months Of the
year reserve stocks Of poultry in cold
storage were considerably lighter
than . year ago.. Since that time re-
ceipts were about the same or slightly
greater. This meant that market
supplies were at all times less than
IN. 1875. Only July l cold storage
holdings in the United States
amounted to II, 905 900 pounds, as
compared with 39,2 900 pounds July
I. 1928. This va the first time in
l92o when storage holdings were in
excess Of 1928.
II feed lhould be scarcer and feed
prices higher this fall. this will tend
to increase the proportion Of young
birds sens to market; the number of
which would In any event be larger
because Of the greater production this
year.
Eggs
Receipts Of eggs for the flush pro-
duction season thus far are slightly
In excess of last season, but to offset
this. storage reserves show a very
marked decline as compared with q
year ago. The egg price situation
appears favorable for the coming fall
with peak prices for fresh eggs prob
ably above those of last fall. With
probable increased receipts OF fresh
eggs during December and January
the prices for higher grades may suf-