Show poultry flocks ks reach reaching ing danler danger point wes weg farmers formers and commercial t aro oro being warne wiimer d uy y the U S department of agriculture that expansion of flocks must bo be curbed in order to to avoid a surplus of eggs in 1950 paull paul C adams western area representative for lor the poultry branch of the tion and marketing tra lim tim taen at san francisco urges farrr farri jers to complete their pur ii ases of baby chicks for flock r replacement pur bur purposes poses by no inter later than mid mida june une C commercial ommer ai hatchery men are urged not to set sot eggs after af ter mid may except to u fill firm orders there is every indication that chick output aside from that used in broiler production will be iv sufficient by mid june to supply the goal of million chickens to be raised on farms in 1949 1049 an increase of 10 percent over the number raised in 1148 04 8 ad adams ms points out that thelt early in february poultry men indicated that they intended to purchase only seven percent more chicks than last year however f arnier s have apparently changed their minds and their buying of chicks indicates they will raise perhaps 15 percent more this year vir than in 1948 that the national laying flock was too large on jan 1 1949 is indicated by the fact that since the beginning of the year the U S department of agriculture has purchased approximately four million cases of eggs in dried tried form thru its price support program current indications are arc that c consumer incomes m may a y be slightly reduced and that supplies of red meats and other competing foods will not only be larger iuri r but oui pm hll prices i s iol ivi for alin out such n pro ducts may be lower if II 11 farmers iosi llo IS raise dilisi more mogu pullets pom pum w than the national goal calls for it is probable that egg prices will decline particularly i n view of a possible reduction in demand and a lowering of the price support |