POULTRY AND ITS ENEMIES. 



CHAPTER I. 



MlSOELLANEOUiS lNTKOi>UCrr<>HV NOTKS. 



THE VALUE OF PENNSYLV ANJ AS POULTRY. 



It is estimated tLat tlie value ot poultiy of all kiudf 

 and the eggs produced in Pennsylvania last year was 

 about $22,000,000. By these figures it will be seen 

 that the industry is one of great importance; in faci 

 it is one of the most important branches of agricul 

 ture. as statistics show that "the annual poultry pro 

 ducts of the United States are equal in value to the 

 wheat crop." 



THE VALUE OF FOWLS AND EGOS IN THE UNITKD 

 STATES. 



I'ennsylvania, one of the leading Stalts in tlu- Union 

 in the production of poultry, has, it is stated, about 

 275,000 persons engaged, on a more or less extensive- 

 scale, in the poultry raising business. My esteemed 

 colleague. Dr. Pearson, says, basing his statement on 

 a recent estimate published in the .American ,\grirul 

 tuiist, that 



"According to a recent estimate of the American Agricul- 

 turt.st. base<1 f'n the las! oPiisus and on an extensive inqniri . 



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