PRICES OF EGiG AND CHICKENS LESS FAVOIUBLE 



IN muaicfN TO rEEi> prices than a year ago 



Prices of egge and chickens continue mibetantially higher this fall than in 

 191^^2, hut ia^elation to feed costs they are less favorable than a year a^o (see chart 

 heiow) . In U^t^er the Illinois farm price of eggs averaged kO cents per dozen com- 

 pared with J)2,k cents for October 19^2. Chickens averaged 25.6 cenis per pound this 

 October compared with 19.0"^ent8 a year ago. Poultry feed costs, however, were 2S 

 percent higher in September than a year ago. On October 15 the average cost of l^^ng 

 mash to poultrymen in the United States was $5 •^5 por hundredweight compared with 

 $2.92 per hundredweight on October 15, 19i4-2. 



Despite less favorable feed-egg ratios, indications are that total egg pro- 

 duction will be somewhat larger this winter than last. Egg production per hen was 

 averaging as high early this fall as in 19i<-2, and on October 1 there were 9 percent 



more laying hens on farms. _ 



--L. F. Stice ■ 



ChicKen Prices 

 Illinois Farm 



lbs. Egg^eed Price Ratio '" -- 

 U.S. Farm ~ 



X 



19^5 



20 



15 

 10 



"^1951-^0 av. 

 Jan. Apr. July Oct. 



lbs. 



12 



10 

 8 



\l9l;2 



Chlcken-Faed Price Ratio 

 U.S. Farm 



1951-^0 av. 



\ 



\ 



Jan. Apr. July Oct. 



