CHICKENS: NUMBER, VALUE, AND CLASSES OF CHICKENS ON FARMS, DECEMBER 1, MASS., 1970-1979 



CHICKENS: PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, CASH RECEIPTS, AND GROSS INCOME, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-1979 



YEAR 



NUMBER OF BIRDS 



PRODUCED CONSUMED SOLD 

 2/ 3/ 



LIVEWEIGHT 



PRODUCED CONSUMED 

 2/ 3/ 



SOLD 



PRICE 

 PER 

 LB. 



CASH 

 RECEIPTS 



VALUE 



OF 



CHICKENS 



CONSUMED 



GROSS 

 INCOME 



y Does not include commercial broilers. 



2/ Production is the mumber (or pounds) available for utilization during the year, i.e. 



consumption, plus or minus change in inventory. 

 3/ Consumed in farm households on farms where produced. 



sales plus home 



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