7. An index of the relative advantages of states shipping poultry to 

 the Boston market is given in Fig. 1. The states with the highest numbers, 

 Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, have the greatest advantage followed 

 by other states in decreasing order. 



Those states which produce most of their own feed are assumed to 

 use corn, oats, and wheat in a 1:1:1 ratio to arrive at the average cost of 

 a hundred pounds of this mixture at farm prices paid in September, 1950. 

 In those states which do not raise their own feed. New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Maryland, and Delaware, the average price of commercial feed and com- 

 mercial scratch was averaged. 



The Midwest presents a solid block of states with advantages in the 

 production of poultry meat for delivery to Boston. This is followed by New 

 Hampshire and the southern states of South Carolina and Georgia which 

 have an advantage not yet fully developed. The Del-Mar-Va area has less 

 advantage than New Hampshire on this market. 



Figurei- ESTIMATED RATINGS (R) OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF SELECTED 

 STATES COMPETING ON THE BOSTON MARKET 

 SEPTEMBER 1950 PRICE LEVELS 



Pj,* Price of 25 pounds of poultry meotin Boston 



T • Tronsportotion charges of poultry meat from point of origin to Boston 



Pg" Price of grain per hundred pounds in individuol stotes 



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