No. 4.] 



POULTRY KEEPING. 



55 



tbe i)rico been over 45 cents, and even at present priecs llic 

 snj)})lj is not eqnal to the demand. 



A stndy of the range of prices of eggs in Massachusetts, 

 in comparison with some other States, lends snpport to my 

 statement that our ])()idtry keepers have little to fear from 

 western competiti'ou. Mr. Thompson gives the figures for 

 production for thirty years in decades from 1879, and the 

 average price in 189!), in his paper already quoted from. 

 These figures show that for these years Massachusetts stands 

 fifth in the list of all the States and Territories in which 

 high prices have ruled for eggs. 



Average Price ])er Dozen. 



In Nevada, 



In Montana, 



In Rhode Island, 



In Arizoua, 



In Massaehnsetts, 



Cenls. 



20.8 

 20.6 

 20.4 

 20.0 

 19.9 



A comparison of these high, with some of the low figures 

 magnilies these prices. 



Average Price per Dozen. 



In Texas, . 



In Arkansas, . ( 



In Indian Territory, | 



In Oklahoma, 



In Alabama, 



111 



111 Kentucky, ) 

 In Mississippi, ( 



(^ents. 



7.7 

 9.0 



9.3 

 9.7 



9.8 



In Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Ohio, the States of largest 

 egg production, the price varies from 10 to 11.1 cents; the 

 average for all the States and Territories is 11.1 cents. 



In the thirty years mentioned the production of eggs in 

 nearly all the States has doubled, and in many of the large 

 producing ones trebled and even quadrujded ; the price has 

 almost without exception advanced from year to year. 



According to Bulletin ISTo. 99 of the Arkansas Experiment 



