STATE OF MONTANA 



CHICKENS AND EGGS, 1929-1947 

 Egg Production and Income 



41 



All Chickens On 

 Farms January 1 



Egg Produolion and Income 



Year 



■Jsumber 



1929 2,577 



1930 2,581 



1931 2,593 



1932 2,361 



1933 2,443 



1934 2,422 



1935 2,088 



1936 _ 2,092 



1937..._ 1,863 



1938 1,700 



1939 1,950 



1940 2,244 



1941 2,163 



1942 2,297 



1943 2,661 



1944 _ 2,738 



1945 2,413 



1946 2,205 



1947 2,069 



Total 

 Value 



(Thousands) 



$2,165 



2,065 



1,556 



1,253 



1,026 



920 



919 

 1,381 

 1,174 



1,224 

 1,424 

 1,436 

 1,409 

 1,861 



2,608 

 3,203 

 2,606 

 2,668 

 2,897 



Hens and 



Pullets 



Jan. 1 



2,294 

 2,291 

 2.291 

 2,107 



2,173 

 2,129 

 1,873 

 1,845 

 1,649 



1,527 

 1,745 

 1,986 

 1,967 

 2,110 



2,437 

 2,460 

 2,246 

 2,033 

 1,931 



Eggs 

 Produced 



(Millions) 



213 

 220 

 23 4 

 194 



200 

 196 

 171 

 163 

 162 



168 

 182 

 197 

 211 

 236 



250 

 265 

 246 

 230 

 225 



Av. Farm 

 Price 

 Per Doz. 



(Cents) 

 27.2 

 22.2 

 15.7 

 14.7 



13.6 

 15.2 



23.1 

 22.9 

 24.4 



23.3 

 18.9 

 16.2 

 21.1 

 27.0 



34.0 

 29.1 

 35.8 

 36.9 

 44.1 



Gross 

 Income 



$4,828 

 4,070 

 3,061 

 2,376 



2,267 

 2,483 

 3,292 

 3,111 

 3,294 



3,262 

 2,866 

 2,632 

 3,674 

 5,265 



6,998 

 6,378 

 7,280 

 7,042 

 8,232 



Chicken Production 

 and Income 



Number 



Chickens 



Produced 



(Thousands) 



3,722 



4,127 



3,677 



3,739 



3,645 

 2,942 

 2,929 

 3,201 

 2,564 



3,021 

 3,428 

 3,030 

 3,381 

 3,922 



4,488 

 3,421 

 3,747 

 3,344 

 3,300 



Gross 

 Income 



$2,829 

 2.683 

 1.986 

 1,720 



1,495 

 1,089 

 1,552 

 1,889 

 1,744 



1,994 

 2,023 

 1,729 

 1,930 

 2,749 



4,526 

 3,518 

 4,325 

 4,189 

 4,142 



TURKEYS, 1929-1947 



All Turkeys On Farms Turkey Production 

 January 1 and Disposition 



Produced Consumed 



Farm Value On In Farm 



Per Total Farms Household Sold 

 Year Number Head (Thousand 



(000) (Dollars) Dollars) Number (000) 



1929 160 3.40 544 475 56 419 



1930 160 2.94 464 419 57 393 



1931 129 2.50 322 351 49 327 



1932 104 2.50 260 373 50 317 



1933 110 1.65 182 422 50 374 



1934 108 1.40 151 422 45 398 



1935 87 2.25 196 336 37 311 



1936 75 3.05 229 368 36 332 



1937 75 2.20 165 256 31 248 



1938 52 2.65 138 243 29 216 



1939 50 2.75 138 267 24 228 



1940 65 2.30 150 245 21 239 



1941._ 50 2.35 118 216 23 195 



1942 48 3.05 146 204 21 194 



1943 37 4.45 165 182 17 171 



1944 31 5.20 161 153 14 150 



1945 20 5.50 110 153 16 136 



1946 21 5.70 120 169 19 146 



1947 25 7.00 175 117 15 112 



