Area 4 



The Bristol, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Worcester county area in 

 Massachusetts is a heavily populated and industrialized section. The area 

 is, in total, heavily deficit and contains large consuming centers. Yet agri- 

 culture is important in these counties and poultry production shares major 

 importance with dairying. The area is important in market and hatching 

 egg production. Commercial meat chickens are relatively more important 

 to processing plant volume than in southeastern New Hampshire. The area 

 can best be described as moderately commercialized. It contains most of 

 the large processing plants in the state plus a substantial share of the 

 medium-sized and small units. Because of the proximity to major consum- 

 ing centers, considerable stress is placed on direct distribution to retail 

 and jobbing outlets. It is still an important territory for live buyers. 



Area 5 



New London, Tolland, and Windham counties in eastern Connecticut con- 

 tain most of the state's commercial meat chicken production plus a sub- 

 stantial share of the output of fowl and related classes derived from market 

 and hatching egg flocks. Commercial meat chickens are of major importance, 

 though fowl and related market classes are relatively more important to 

 processing plant volume than in the central Maine area. Most of the larger 

 processing plants in the state are in this area. As is true in Central Maine, 

 small plants are unimportant. Poultry production exceeds dairying in im- 

 portance. These counties are highly commercialized and heavily surplus. 

 They are intermediate in distance from major consuming areas. Some stress 

 is placed on direct distribution to retail and jobing outlets, but not to the 

 same degree as in eastern and southeastern Massachusetts. 



In the commercial area of eastern Connecticut slaughter is substantially 

 less than the volume available for slaughter. This area still supplies an 

 important volume of live poultry to the New York City area. 



In 1948, the volum.e of live poultry from Connecticut sold through the 

 New York City Live Poultry Terminal was 26.1 million pounds. In that 

 year, Connecticut supplied more live poultry to New York than any other 

 state. The volume of live poultry now being supplied by Connecticut pro- 

 ducers to the New York market is not known, but it is believed that their 

 locational advantage has enabled them to maintain their competitive posi- 

 tion on the live market.* 



In 1948, the seven leading states supplying live poultry to New York 

 were Connecticut, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massa- 

 chusetts, and Maine. t In 1950. Metropolitan New York was the single 

 largest market for Connecticut live poultry, with 47 percent of the total 

 being shipped there. Connecticut markets were second with 36 percent, 

 Massachusetts third with 16 percent, and Rhode Island least important with 

 one percent. $ 



* Morrison, T. C. Relation of the Chicken Meat Industry in Connecticut to the 

 N. Y. City Market for Dressed and Live Poultry. University of Conn. Extension Ser- 

 vice Leaflet 47, August 1953, p. 5-6. 



t Zwick, C. J. and R. A. King, Competitive Position of the Connecticut Poultry 

 Industry: 5. The Economic Advantage of Location in Marketing Live Poultry. Storrs 

 Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin 293. September 1952, p. 5. 



$ Zwick, C. J. and R. A. King, Markets and Marketing Facilities for Connecticut 

 Live Poultry, Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station, Inf-19. October 1950, p. 7. 



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