ot: COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 
COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 
‘ho HE egg trade differs from most other 
EX: branches of business; the supply is 
oH limited, while the demand is almost 
oe unlimited. 
Small flocks of poultry are almost always more 
profitable than large ones. This affords a better 
opportunity for undertaking the egg business, 
as a large capital is not required. 
The census returns do not give a full report 
of the egg production of the United States, but 
furnish the figures of those which are bought 
and sold; perhaps an equal quantity is con- 
sumed by the producers. 
In 1879, according to the tenth census, the 
number of eggs produced was 456,910,916 
dozen. At fifteen cents per dozen, the egg crop 
would amount to $68,536,637. 
The consumption of one egg daily by each 
inhabitant of the United States could hardly be 
