RESULTS OF POULTRY SURVEYS 



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Receipts per hen per year. . . 

 Total costs pel hen per year . 

 Profits per hen per year 



Pre-war 

 period 

 1915-16 



War period Per cent increase 

 1917-18 or decrease 



$4,448 

 3.960 

 0.495 



$6,628 

 6.416 

 0.218 



Increase 49.1 

 Increase 62.2. 

 Decrease 55.9 



Figure 218 shows the very interestmg yet difficult problem 

 confronting poultry producers. 



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Fia. 21S. — Comparison of pre-war with war conditions. 



Of still greater interest is a study of the detailed distribution 

 and increase in the various cost factors which go to make up the 

 cost of keeping a hen a year. The following table shows these 

 expressed in dollars as well as per cent of the whole. 



Increase and Distribution of Cost Factors. 



These differences can be studied in detail and their full signifi- 

 cance appreciated by studying ligure 219, which shows the increases 

 plotted proportionately. Note the great increase in the cost of 



