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FIG. 95.— Half of the poultry in the United States are m the Corn Eo t uoun.l 



Its margin, where feed is cheap. But the two most notable districts «* P'^ortuction aie 

 the counties in southeastern Pennsylvan a, near Philadelphia, «°d . ^^o»°^« ' ""^^^^^^^^ 

 Calif., especially the district around Petaluma. Si^, counties in southeast.nn I um.^^^^^^ 

 vania had nearly 5 million poultry on January 1,. 1920, or 4,000 to the ''q^'^re n"'; ; 

 while in Sonomi County there were over 3 million poultry, ^Y..l,.rp. rnnntv^^CaHf 

 chickens amounting to over 12 million dollars in 1919-„,.Los Angeles Count>alif 

 had 1,350,000 poultry. The California cities are supplied large y from tiuse two 

 counties; but the eastern cities draw their supplies from a much wider teriitory. 



