POULTRY AND ITS ENEMIES. 



CHAPTER I. 



MISOELLANEUUS INTKODUOTOin NOTES 



THE VALUE OF PENNSYLVANJA S POULTRY 



It is estimated (iiat the value of ijoultr^ of all Ivinds 

 and the eggs produced in Penusylvania last year was; 

 about $22,000,000. Ry these figures it will be seeu 

 that the iudustn- is one of great importance; in fact 

 it is one of the most important branches of agricul 

 ture. as statistics show that "the annual poultry pro 

 duct.s of the United States are equal in value lo the 

 wheat crop." 



THE VALUE OF FOWLS AND EGOS l.M THE UNITED 

 STATES. 



I'ciuisylvauia. oue of the leading States in the Uniou 

 in the production of poultry, has, it is stated, about 

 275,000 persons engaged, on a more or less extensive 

 scale, in the poultry raising business. My esteemed 

 colleague, Dr. Pearson, says, basing his statement on 

 a recent estimate published in the American Agricul 

 turist, that 



"According to a recent estimate of the Am-rirHn Agricul- 

 turist, based on th.- I;isl i-cnsus and ..n nn extiMisivf inmiirv 

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