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CHICKENS 



NUMBER. VALUE PER BIRD and TOTAL VALUE. DECEMBER 1 



Year 



1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 



Farm Va I ue 

 Per Bl rd Total 



Dol lars 000 Dol s . 



1 .80 

 1 .70 

 1 .70 

 1 .90 

 1 .95 



1 .85 

 2.25 



45 

 10 

 25 



1 .95 



2,142 

 1 ,743 

 1 ,734 

 1 ,910 

 1 ,979 



1 ,721 

 2,003 

 2,364 

 1 ,974 

 2,183 

 1 ,833 



PRODUCTION and INCOME FROM CHICKENS 



Year 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 



FARM PRODUCTION. DISPOSITION and INCOME FROM EGGS 



Year •' 



Layers 2/ 

 -(000)- 



Per 

 Layer 



No. 



Egg 



Product I on 



Consumed 



In 

 Househo I d 



Sold 



-Mill lons-- 



Per 

 Dozen 



Cents 



Cash 

 Rece I pts 



Gross 

 I ncome 



--(000) Dols.-- 



1972 942 230 217 10 207 36.8 6,348 6,655 



1973 933 230 215 9 206 57.8 9,922 10,356 



1974 884 230 203 8 195 58.5 9,506 9,896 



1975 844 236 199 8 191 55.4 8,818 9,187 



1976 794 233 185 8 177 59.0 8,703 9,096 



1977 770 232 179 8 171 57.0 8,123 8,503 



1978 797 242 193 8 185 54.3 8,371 8,733 



1979 3/ 754 236 178 7 171 62.5 8,906 9,271 



1980 727 234 170 5 165 57.5 7,906 8,146 



1981 778 224 174 3 171 62.0 8,835 8,990 



1982 767 245 188 3 185 55.0 8,479 8,617 



1983 772 250 193 5 188 55.5 8,695 8,926 



" Data related to the 12 month period beginning with December 1, of the previous year through Novem 



ber of the current year. 



2/ Average number of layers on hand during the year. 



3/ Included are eggs destroyed because of possible PCB contamination. 



Year 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981 . 

 1982. 



Co Ion les 



of 



Bees 



-Number- 



74,000 

 78,000 

 81 ,000 

 80,000 

 85,000 

 96,000 



Honey 

 Yield 



per 

 Co I ony 



-Lbs.- 



1 10 



101 



88 



94 



1 12 



57 



99,000 89 

 103,000 128 

 103,000 104 

 108,000 100 

 Series Discontinued 



HONEY and BEESWAX 



PRODUCTION. PRICE and VALUE 



Production Price Per Pound 

 Honey Beeswax Honey Beeswax 

 -(000) Lbs.- -Cents- 



8,140 

 7,878 

 7,128 

 7,520 

 9,520 

 5,472 



8,81 1 

 13,184 

 10,712 

 1 0,800 



163 

 158 

 1 14 

 135 

 162 

 104 



159 

 224 



214 

 184 



30.4 

 41.4 

 50.1 

 47.3 

 46.9 

 53.9 



53.8 

 57.7 

 56.0 

 57.0 



