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lines of American agriculture, contributing many mil- 

 lions of dollars to its wealth, and, next to the dairy, fur- 

 nishing the most important and acceptable supply of food. 



475. In the year 1909, there were 5,578,525 farms 

 where chickens were raised. On each farm there was 

 an average of 50.3 chickens. How many were there on 

 farms that year in the United States ? This is a gain of 

 20 per cent over 1899. How many in 1899 ? 



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No farm is complete without its flock of poultry for eggs and meat. In the 

 aggregate the poultry crop adds hundreds of millions of dollars to the annual 

 returns of farming. 



476. There was an average in 1909 of about 5.7 dozen 

 eggs laid by each chicken; what was the production of 

 eggs? 



477. The average value of chickens on each farm on 



