market due to both the shrinkage in weight of live birds, and the higher 

 cost of transportation. 



In 1949, Boston bought 6,974,388 pounds of live poultry which is 

 10.7 percent of the total poultry meat receipts in that market. New Hamp- 

 shire contributed 2,093,850 pounds or 30 percent of these receipts. In the 

 same year producers from this state shipped 8,086,715 pounds of dressed 

 poultry, making a total of 14.4 percent of all poultry meat received in Boston. 



In addition, New Hampshire shipped 1,372,255 pounds of dressed 

 poultry to New York. Secondary markets such as Manchester and Con- 

 cord, N. H., and Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass., provided outlets for dress- 

 ing plants or direct sales by producers from the state. 



Comparative Advantages of Regions 

 Competing on the Boston Market 



Technological Developments in New Hampshire 



New Hampshire's place in the poultry industry was initiated a number 

 of years ago with the development of the dual purpose New Hampshire 

 breed. This is a heavy bird, fast growing and feathering, with high hatch- 

 ability, making the bird ideal for the highly developed hatching egg and 

 baby chicks industry in the state. The high hatchability of the fertile eggs 

 is one of the most important aspects of the breed. While the egg producing 

 capabilities of the New Hampshire breed are not phenomenal, they are high 

 enough to encourage their use on farms which produce market eggs alone, 

 and the production level has risen through the years. Along with the develop- 

 ment of the New Hampshire breed, the Barred Rock cross was introduced 

 which gave broiler producers a fast growing broiler bird. The Barred Rock 

 cross results from matings of Barred Plymouth Rock males on New Hamp- 

 shire females. The hybird result gives a very superior broiler bird. 



Table 3. Annual Egg Production in New Hampshire* 



1925 

 1930 

 1935 

 1940 

 1945 

 1950t 



*For all breeds, but 8 percent of birds over six jiionths are New Hampshires. Source — New Hamp- 

 shire Poultry Improvement Board Inc. 



'\Farm Production, 1949-50, Bureau uf Agricultural Economics (B.A.E.), U.S.D.A. 



Whether New Hampshire can maintain this superiority in technology 

 through the years is not known, for every year competition becames greater 

 from the different areas of the country which are producing their own 

 strains of broiler birds. It is a primary requirement that the poultrymen in 

 the state continue to improve their birds and to develop new strains to 

 meet changes in market demand. One possibility, for example, is the crossing 

 of a dominant white male with New Hampshires to obtain hybird vigor 

 and white broilers. 



