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B853: Cost Of Producing Milk In Maine: Results From The 2010 Dairy Cost Of Production Survey, Richard Kersbergen, Gary Anderson, George Criner, Anthony Davis
B853: Cost Of Producing Milk In Maine: Results From The 2010 Dairy Cost Of Production Survey, Richard Kersbergen, Gary Anderson, George Criner, Anthony Davis
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The present study reports on a survey conducted for the Maine Milk Commission to determine the cost of milk production for 2010. This assessment was undertaken sooner than the normal three-year update because of the difficult economic climate for dairy farms in Maine.
B851: A Comparative Analysis Of Organic Dairy Farms In Maine And Vermont: Farm Financial Information From 2004 To 2006, Timothy J. Dalton, Robert Parsons, Richard Kersbergen, Glenn Rogers
B851: A Comparative Analysis Of Organic Dairy Farms In Maine And Vermont: Farm Financial Information From 2004 To 2006, Timothy J. Dalton, Robert Parsons, Richard Kersbergen, Glenn Rogers
Bulletins
The purpose of this bulletin is to provide an insight into the relative financial performance of organic dairy farming through the examination of three years of detailed farm financial records. Farm financial records were collected in person by trained enumerators from organic dairy operations in Maine and Vermont for the 2004–2006 production years. These farm records are complemented by surveys on farm and farmer characteristics along with farmers’ motivational interests for organic dairy production and performance satisfaction. This report, therefore, provides a rich financial perspective on the evolution of organic dairy farming performance unlike single-season surveys.
B662: Costs And Returns On Maine Broiler Farms, Kenneth E. Wing, Frank D. Reed
B662: Costs And Returns On Maine Broiler Farms, Kenneth E. Wing, Frank D. Reed
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This bulletin, in addition to presenting some statistical data on the growth and development of the broiler industry in Maine, includes the results of a survey made in 1967 of a representative sample of Maine contract broiler growers. A sample of 180 out of the approximately 900 broiler farms in Maine was surveyed during the summer of 1967 to obtain operating results for 1966. From this sample, 103 farms supplied information that was analyzed in this study. The average Maine broiler farm in 1966 had 20,913 square feet of floor space, which was unoccupied for an average of 65 days …
B639: Alternative Systems For Feeding Maine Dairy Cows, Homer Metzger, Dean F. Tuthill
B639: Alternative Systems For Feeding Maine Dairy Cows, Homer Metzger, Dean F. Tuthill
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This study was undertaken as part of a northeast regional effort to ascertain the methods used in feeding forages and concentrates to daily animals and to determine the relative amount of labor used under various systems. Special emphasis was given to methods of handling silages on Maine farms. Information obtained from one-day-a-month timings of feeding chores by 39 dairymen over a period of 13 months permitted comparisons of labor used for various systems of feeding dairy animals.
B633: The Production Of Specific Pathogen Free Broilers In Maine, H. L. Chute, D. R. Stauffer, D. C. O'Meara
B633: The Production Of Specific Pathogen Free Broilers In Maine, H. L. Chute, D. R. Stauffer, D. C. O'Meara
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This bulletin describes the methods used and results obtained in the production of broiler chickens free of the common poultry diseases. It is hoped that this study may serve as a guide to those wishing to eradicate or control some of the common disease problems in broiler production.
B619: An Economic Study Of Sheep Production In Maine, Dean F. Tuthill
B619: An Economic Study Of Sheep Production In Maine, Dean F. Tuthill
Bulletins
This study of sheep production in Maine was done in the summer of 1962 on the prior year's beep operation. Records of 60 producers were included in the study, approximately a 30 percent sample of producers with 20 or more mature ewes per flock. The bulletin describes the characteristics of sheep producers and their operations, the management and marketing practices, investments, and expenses.
B606: An Economic Study Of The Beef Cattle Industry In Maine, Dean F. Tuthill, John A. Graffam
B606: An Economic Study Of The Beef Cattle Industry In Maine, Dean F. Tuthill, John A. Graffam
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This study was designed to determine the nature and location of the beef cattle industry of Maine, to investigate its economic aspects and to ascertain the conditions under which a beef enterprise would most likely succeed. This information should be useful to both present and prospective beef enterprise operators.
B593: Handling And Processing Broilers In Maine: Part Ii—Quality Losses In Live Broilers, And Methods Of Handling To Reduce Bruising And To Improve Efficiency, Lloyd J. Jewett, Richard Saunders
B593: Handling And Processing Broilers In Maine: Part Ii—Quality Losses In Live Broilers, And Methods Of Handling To Reduce Bruising And To Improve Efficiency, Lloyd J. Jewett, Richard Saunders
Bulletins
The time spent in getting broilers from the farm to the processing plant is a brief interval, yet it is during this period that most bruising occurs. Bruising lowers the quality of birds. This study from 1960 looks at the cause and amount of quality losses in broilers when they are moved from the farm to the plant; devises methods of reducing quality losses and improving labor efficiency, and evaluates the economic significance of these methods.
B592: Handling And Processing Broilers In Maine: Part 1—Costs And Efficiencies In Assembling Live Broilers For Processing, Lloyd J. Jewett
B592: Handling And Processing Broilers In Maine: Part 1—Costs And Efficiencies In Assembling Live Broilers For Processing, Lloyd J. Jewett
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Processor-truckers are faced with the problem of how to move live broilers from the farm to the plant at lower cost and with less bruising. This study from 1960 was designed (1) to determine the costs and man-hour requirements for assembling live broilers, (2) to determine the importance of factors affecting assembly costs and labor requirements, and (3) to find ways of improving present conditions. An attempt was made to measure the effect of various types of broiler houses, load-out facilities, flock size and distance from farm to plant. Also an attempt was made to determine the effect of assembly …
B584: Controlling Infectious Bronchitis In Maine Chickens, Harold L. Chute, David C. O'Meara, J. Franklin Witter
B584: Controlling Infectious Bronchitis In Maine Chickens, Harold L. Chute, David C. O'Meara, J. Franklin Witter
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This publication reports on the investigations of some of the respiratory disease problems of domestic chickens and steps taken to improve the vaccines created to prevent the diseases.
B582: Competition Among Areas In Supplying Broilers To The New York Market, Elwood R. Littlefield, Charles H. Merchant
B582: Competition Among Areas In Supplying Broilers To The New York Market, Elwood R. Littlefield, Charles H. Merchant
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Many factors are responsible for the rapid expansion of the broiler industry in the United States from 356 million, birds in 1948 to 1,452 million in 1957. This report describes the factors such as larger units of production, greatly improved feeds, better disease control, and increased consumer demand for broilers.
B571: Contract Broiler Growing In Maine, Richard F. Saunders
B571: Contract Broiler Growing In Maine, Richard F. Saunders
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The Maine broiler industry had its beginning in the late 1920s and early 1930s with the greatest development occurring after World War II. Live poultry buyers, who later became processors, were the originators of the industry and have played the leading role in its development. Processing and broiler production along with hatching egg production and hatchery operations are vertically integrated to a relatively high degree in Maine. Broiler production in Maine has continued to increase at a more rapid rate than broiler production in the entire United States. By 1957 broiler production in Maine had reached 50 million birds which …
B536: Consumer Poultry Meat Studies In The Northeast, Richard Saunders
B536: Consumer Poultry Meat Studies In The Northeast, Richard Saunders
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In 1953, the subcommittee of the Northeast Regional Poultry Marketing Committee, considering the project "Consumer Preferences for, Consumer Purchases of, and the Market Demand for Poultry Products," decided to bring together in summary form the work completed and under way by research workers in the Northeast. The project was designed to address revolutionary changes in the poultry industry that had made it in increasingly important that the production and distribution of poultry meat and eggs be oriented to consumer preferences and market demand for these products.
B214: The Biology Of Poultry Keeping, Raymond Pearl
B214: The Biology Of Poultry Keeping, Raymond Pearl
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This bulletin from 1913 reports early work on the biology of poultry keeping. It includes sections on good stock, recognizing individuality, constitutional vigor, inbreeding, housing, and feeding.