CHICKENS 



NUMBER, VALUE PER BIRD, and TOTAL VALUE -- DECEMBER I 



73 



Farm Va I ue 



Year 



1976. 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 



1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 



Numbers 



(000) 



1 ,005 



1 ,015 



930 



890 



965 



940 

 970 



940 

 1 ,025 

 1 ,010 



Per Bird 



Total 



000 Dols. 



1 ,910 

 1 ,979 

 1 ,721 

 2,003 

 2,364 



1,974 

 2,183 

 1 ,833 

 2,050 

 1 ,818 



PRODUCTION and INCOME FROM CHICKENS 



Year 



1976. 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 



1981 . 

 1982. 

 1983. 

 1984. 

 1985. 



FARM PRODUCTION. DISPOSITION, and INCOME FROM EGGS 



Year 1/ 



Per 

 Layers 2/ Layer 



-(000)- 



No. 



Egg 

 Product Ion 



Consumed 



In 

 Househo I d 



--Ml I I Ions- 



Sol d 



Per 

 Dozen 



Cents 



Cash 

 Rece I pts 



Gross 

 I ncome 



— (000) Dols.-- 



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 



1984 770 257 198 5 193 64.0 10,293 10,560 



1985 807 250 202 «/ 4/ 51.0 4/ 8,585 



>/ Data related to the 12 month period beginning xlth 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. 

 4/ I scon 1 1 n ued . 



HONEY and BEESWAX 



PRODUCTION. PRICE, and VALUE 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978, 

 1979, 

 1980, 

 1981 , 

 1982, 



Series Discontinued 



