STATE OF MONTANA 



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CHICKENS ON FARMS AND RANCHES 



Number, Value Per Mead, Total Value, Production and Income 



NUMBER, VALUE PER BIRD AND TOTAL VALUE 



Year 



Birds 



Number 



January 1 



1962 1,163,000 



1963 1,129,000 



1964 1,052,000 



1965 1,042,000 



1966 1,034,000 



1967 1,169,000 



1968 1,219,000 



1969 1,297,000 



December 1 



1969 1,209,000 



1970 1,381,000 



1971 1,359,000 



Production and Income from Chickens 



PRODUCTION, SALES AND INCOME 



Year 



1962. 

 1963. 

 1964. 

 1965. 

 1966. 



1967. 

 1968. 

 1969. 

 1970' 

 1971. 



Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs 



EGG PRODUCTION FARM DISPOSITION 



INCOME 



LAYERS^ 



Year Number 



1962 97.3,000 



1963 945.000 



1964 884,000 



1965 867,000 



1966 881,000 



1967 940,000 



1968 986,000 



1969 1,019,000 



1970' 1,094,000 



1971 1,154,000 



Per 



Layer 



Number 



203 

 206 

 206 

 205 

 213 



214 

 215 



217 

 218 

 223 



Total 



Milli. 



198 

 195 

 182 

 178 

 188 



201 

 212 

 223 

 238 

 257 



Consumed 

 In 



Household 



Sold 



Millions 



.30 

 27 

 26 

 23 

 20 



19 

 18 

 15 

 13 

 12 



168 

 168 

 156 

 155 

 168 



182 

 194 

 208 

 225 

 245 



Price 



Per 



Dozen 



Cents 



36.6 

 .35.7 

 34.4 

 34.3 

 39.6 



33.5 

 36.1 

 44.2 

 45.8 

 36.3 



Cash 

 Receipts 



Gross 

 Income 



1,000 Dollars 



5,124 

 4,998 

 4,472 

 4,4.30 

 5,544 



5,081 

 5,8.36 

 7,661 

 8,587 

 7,411 



6,039 

 5,801 

 5,217 

 5,087 

 6,204 



5,611 

 6,377 

 8,213 

 9,084 



7,774 



' Beginning 1970, data relate to the 12 month period beginning with December 1 

 of the current year. 

 ' .\verage numlier of layers on hand during the year. 



)l the previous year through November 



