down 23 percent from the 1979 spring crop. The 4,000 sows farrowed produced an average 7.4 pigs per 

 litter. The 1980 fall (June-November) pig crop totaled 35,000 pigs, down 17 percent from a year ago. 

 There were 6,000 sows farrowed averaging 5.8 pigs per litter. 



Hog production totaled 16.4 million pounds during 1980, down 12 percent from 1979 and the second lowest 

 yearly production of record. The hog production in 1977 was 15.8 million pounds. The gross income from 

 hog production in 1980 was $6.5 million, down 20 percent from 1979. Farmers marketed 16.2 million pounds 

 of hogs in 1980, down 9 percent from 1979 and the second lowest marketings of record. The farmers marketed 

 14.1 million pounds of hogs in 1977. Cash receipts from marketings totaled $6.0 million, down 24 percent 

 from 1979 and except for 1977, the lowest since 1972. The decrease in cash receipts from 1979 was due to 

 both a decrease in marketings and a lower price per pound. Farmers received $37.00 per cwt. of hogs in 

 1979, down $7.00 from the $44.00 received in 1979 and the lowest price since 1977. 



SHEEP AND LAMBS 



Sheep and lambs in Massachusetts on January 1, 1981 totaled 7,200 head, 1 percent above January 1, 1980 and 

 the largest since 1976. Inventory value of the January 1, 1981 flock at $634,000 was up 14 percent from 

 January 1, 1980 due to increases in both inventory numbers and value per head. The January 1, 1981 value 

 per head was $88.00, up from the $78.50 value per head on January 1, 1980 and the highest on record. The 

 lamb crop in 1980 totaled 5,600, up 10 percent from the lamb crop in 1979. There were 428,000 pounds of 

 lamb and mutton produced during 1980, up 12 percent from the 1979 production of 382,000 pounds. Gross 

 income from the 1980 sheep and lamb production was $268,000, up from the 1979 gross income of $245,000, but 

 down from the 1978 gross income of $282,000. Sheep and lamb marketings in 1980 totaled 300,000 pounds, up 

 from the 246,000 pounds marketed in 1979, but down from the 329,000 pounds marketed in 1978. The cash 

 receipts from marketings was $179,000, up from $163,000 in 1979, but down from $215,000 in 1978. The 1980 

 market prices for sheep rose $3.00 to $42.00 per hundred pounds from the 1979 market prices, but the 1980 

 market price for lambs decreased $8.00 to $77.00 per hundred pounds from the 1979 market price. 



MOOL 



Wool production at 47,000 pounds in 1980 was up 2,000 pounds from the 1979 production and the largest 

 production since 1974. Sheep shorn in 1980 totaled 6,800 head, up 200 from the 1979 total and the largest 

 number shorn since 1976. Weight per fleece averaged 6.9 pounds, up from the 6.8 pounds per fleece in 1979. 

 The value of the wool production in 1980 was $41,000, up from the $38,000 in 1979 and the largest since 

 1966 value of production of $43,000. Farmers received 88t per pound of wool in 1980, up H per pound from 

 1979 and the highest price on record. 



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