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GENERAL TOPICS. 



POULTRY AND EGG PRODUCTS IN THE UNITED 

 STATES. (Tenth to Twelfth Censuses.) 



Production of eggs, dozen.. 



Price per dozen, cents 



Value of poultry 



" " eggs 



Poultry on hand, June i : 



Chickens* 



Turkeys 



Geese 



Ducks 



Total 



1879- 



456,911,960 



102,265,653 



1S89. 



819,722,916 



258,871,125 



10.754,060 



8.440,175 



7,544,080 



285,609,440 



1899. 



1,293,819,186 

 I . I 



,891.877 

 286,158 



$136, 

 $144, 



233 

 6 



5 



4 



250 



,508,085 

 ,500,367 

 676,863 

 .807.358 

 .681,593 



* Including Guinea fowls. 



PRODU CTION OF HONEY AND BEESWAX IN THE 

 UNITED STATES ACCORDING TO CENSUS RE- 

 TURNS OF 1869, 1879, 1889, AND 1899. 



BEES, HONEY, AND WAX PRODUCED IN THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



(Twelfth Census.) 



Swarms of bees, June i, 1900 4,109,625 



Value of bees $10,186,513 



Pounds of honey produced in 1899 61 ,106,160 



" wax " " " 1,765,315 



Value of honey and wax produced in 1899 $6 664,904 



