Further examination of the data in Table 5 and Apj^endix Table III 

 suggests that only in non-commercial areas, where producer-processors 

 dominate, and in heavily-populated areas, where producers, poultry and 

 egg stores, and "other" types are numerous, would the role of processors 

 be noticeably lessened. However, in Areas 4 and 6, which meet the latter 

 conditions, the proportion of slaughter accounted for by such groups would 

 not reach 8 percent in either area. 



Relative Importance of New York Dressed 

 and Eviscerated Poultry 



Out of a total of 204 units contacted which slaughter poultry, 147, or 

 over 70 percent, also eviscerate. Of the latter, some also cut up poultry. In 

 total, however, only 37 percent or 110 million pounds of their volume of 

 slaughter is further processed into eviscerated and/or cut-up form. A higher 

 percentage of units in Areas 1, 2, 5, and 6 eviscerate than in Areas 3 and 4. 

 Evisceration by 20 non-slaughtering units, some of which handle poultry 

 from outside New England, totaled only 7.0 million pounds, dressed weight 

 basis. 



Of 110 million pounds of chicken eviscerated in slaughtering units, about 

 two-thirds was done in Area 2 plants. Thus, 64 percent of the Area 2 

 slaughter was eviscerated in the same plants, compared with 86 percent in 

 Area 1, 20-30 percent in Areas 4, 5, and 6, and only 3 percent in Area 3. 

 This indicates that the commercial areas of Maine have moved closer to 

 full country evisceration than other areas where slaughter is substantial 

 (Table 6). Central Maine's large plants eviscerated a higher percentage of 



Table 6. Slaughter and Evisceration: Relative Importance 

 by Areas and Plant Size 



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