CHICKENS: NUMBER, VALUE, AND CLASSES OF CHICKENS ON FARMS 

 DECEMBER 1, MASSACHUSETTS 1970-1980 



YEAR 



ALL 

 CHICKENS 



VALUE 



PER HEAD 



TOTAL 



HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE 



HENS 



PULLETS 



OTHER 

 CHICKENS 



CHICKENS: PRODUCTION, DISPOSITION, CASH RECEIPTS AND GROSS INCOME, MASSACHUSETTS, 1970-19801/ 



YEAR 



NUMBER OF BIRDS 



PRODUCED CONSUMED SOLD 

 II 3/ 



LIVEWEIGHT 



PRODUCED CONSUMED SOLD 

 2/ . 3/ .. 



PRICE 

 PER 

 LB. 



CASH 

 RECEIPTS 



VALUE OF 

 CHICKENS 

 CONSUMED 



GROSS 

 INCOME 



\l Does not include commercial broilers. 



2/ Production is the number (or pounds) available for utilization during the year, i.e., sales plus home 



consumption, plus or minus change in inventory. 



2/ Consumed in farm households on farms where produced. 



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