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" The, same authority exhibits the total valuation 

 of poultry, in various states and territories of the 

 Union : 



Maine, $123,171 



New Hampshire, . . 97,862 



Vermont, . 176,437 



Massachusetts, . 540,295 



Rhode Island, .... 61,492 



Connecticut, .... 176,659 



New York, .... 2,373,029 



New Jersey, .... 412,487 



Pennsylvania, .... '1,033,172 



Delaware, .... 47,465 



Maryland, 219,159 



Virginia, .... 752,467 



North Carolina, .... 544,125 



South Carolina, . . . 590,594 



Georgia, 473,158 



Ohio, 734,931 



Kentucky, 536,439 



Tennesee, . . . ' . 581,531 



Louisiana, . , ^ 4 . . . 273,314 



Mississippi, .... 369,481 



Alabama, 829,220 



Missouri, ... * 230,283 



Indiana, 393,228 



Illinois, 335,968 



Michigan, 82,730 



Arkansas, .... 93,549 



Florida, . .;> . . . 61,007 



Wisconsin, * . ,. . 16,167 



Iowa, 17,101 



District of Columbia, . . - ; . 3,092 



Total, .... $12,176,170 



" It is probable that, since 1840, the value of poultry 

 has doubled." 



WEIGHT OF POULTRY. 



As the size and weight ascribed to various breeds of 

 fowls is often greatly exaggerated, I insert for the benefit 



