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GENERAL TOPICS. 



POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCT IN THE 

 UNITED STATES, 



According to the Census of 1880 and 1890. 



Poultry on hand June i. Number. 



Barnyard fowl (chickens) 



Gcese, ducks, turkeys, etc 



E^'-},''s produced (dozens) 



1879-1S80. 



102,265,653 



23,234,687 



456,875,080 



1889-1890. 



258,472.155 



26,816,545 



817,211,146 



At 12 cents a dozen, a very moderate estimate, the annual value of the 

 egg product on the farm rose from $55,000,000 in 1879 to $98,000,000 in 

 1889, an increase of 79 per cent. There was an increase of 153 per cent in 

 the number of barnyard fowl during the decade considered, and of other 

 fowl (geese, ducks, turkeys, etc.) an increase of 15 per cent. 



IMPORTANCE OF APIARIAN INDUSTRY IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



(U. S. Department of Agriculture.) 



j\piarian societies in the United States no 



Apiarian journals 8 



Steam factories for the manufacture of beehives 



and apiarian implements 15 



Persons engaged in the culture of bees (esti- 

 mated) 300,000 



Honey and wax produced, at wholesale rates 



(eleventh census) $7,000,000 



Estimate of the present annual value of apiarian 



products §20,000,000 



PRODUCTION OF HONEY AND BEESWAX IN THE 

 UNITED STATES ACCORDING TO CENSUS RE- 

 TURNS OP 1869, 1879, AND 1889. 



Honey, lbs . . 

 Beeswax, lbs. 



14,702,815 

 631,129 



1878 



25,741,485 

 I. 1051556 



[889 



63,894,186 

 1,166,543 



