PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 



This bulletin is the third in a series dealing with various 

 aspects of the poultry industry in New England. In it, capital 

 accumulation ability of broiler farms under various physical 

 and economic conditions are analyzed. 



The authors appreciate the cooperation of the several inte- 

 grators and the many contract broiler growers that furnished 

 the data necessary for this study. They wish to acknowledge 

 the assistance of George B. Rogers of the Marketing Economics 

 Division of the Economic Research Service, United States De- 

 partment of Agriculture, during the conceptual and data col- 

 lection phases of the study. 



