CHICKENS 



Number. Value Per Bird and Total Value, December 1 



73 



Farm Value 



Year 



1973. 



1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 

 1977. 



1978. 



1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 



Year 



Numbers 



1,000 



1,190 

 1,025 

 1,020 

 1,005 

 1,015 



930 

 890 

 965 

 940 



Produced 



Per Bird 

 Dollars 



1.80 

 1.70 

 1.70 

 1.90 

 1.95 



1.85 

 2.25 

 2.45 

 2.10 



Production and Income from Chickens 



Price 

 Per 

 Sold Pound 



1,000 Pounds 



Cash 

 Receipts 



Gross 

 Income 



Total 

 1,000 Dels. 



2,142 

 1,743 

 1,734 

 1,910 

 1,979 



1,721 

 2,003 

 2,364 

 1,974 



1,000 Dollars 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 



Year 



1/ 



3,863 

 4,072 

 3,710 

 4,036 

 3,399 



2,761 

 2,607 

 1,444 

 2,450 

 3,362 



Per 

 Layers" Layer 

 1 ,000 Number 



3,216 

 3,200 

 3,620 

 3,320 

 2,920 



2,060 

 2,180 

 1,180 

 1,460 

 2,900 



6.0 



10, 

 7. 

 5, 

 8. 



8.0 

 7.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 

 6.0 



Fann Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs 



Egg 



Production 



Consumed 



in 

 Household 



193 

 336 

 253 

 183 

 234 



165 

 153 

 83 

 117 

 174 



Sold 



Millions 



Per 

 Dozen 

 Cents 



Cash 

 Receipts 



236 

 412 

 303 

 222 

 288 



218 

 198 

 126 

 159 

 204 



Gross 

 Income 



1,000 Dollars 



1972. 

 1973. 

 1974. 

 1975. 

 1976. 



1977. 

 1978. 

 1979. 

 1980. 

 1981. 



942 



933 

 884 

 844 

 794 



770 

 797 

 754 

 727 

 778 



230 



230 

 230 

 236 

 233 



232 

 242 

 236 

 234 

 224 



217 

 215 

 203 

 199 

 185 



179 

 193 

 178 

 170 

 174 



10 

 9 

 8 

 8 

 8 



8 

 8 

 7 

 5 

 4 



207 

 206 

 195 

 191 

 177 



171 

 185 

 165 

 165 



170 



36.8 

 57.8 

 58.5 

 55.4 

 59.0 



57.0 

 54.3 

 62.5 

 57.5 

 62.0 



6,348 

 9,922 

 9,506 

 8,818 

 8,703 



8,123 

 8,371 

 8,594 

 7,906 

 8,783 



6,655 

 10,356 

 9,896 

 9,187 

 9,096 



8,503 

 8,733 

 8,959 

 8,146 

 8,990 



1/ Average, number of layers on hand durin* 

 2/ Data related to the 12 month 



current year. 



period be§inning with December 1, of the previous year through November of the 

 HONEY AND BEESWAX 



Production. Price and Value 



