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Delaware, 47,465 



Maryland, 219,159 



Virginia, 752,467 



North Carolina, 544,125 



South Carolina, 590,594 



Georgia, 473,158 



Ohio, 734,931 



Kentucky, 536,439 



Tennessee, , . . . . 581,531 



Louisiana, 273,314 



Mississippi, 369,481 



Alabama, 829,220 



Missouri, 230,283 



Indiana, 393,228 



Illinois, 330,968 



Michigan, 82,730 



Arkansas, 93,549 



Florida, 61,007 



Wisconsin, 16,167 



Iowa, 17,101 



District Columbia, 3,092 



Total, $12,176,170 



It is probable that, since 1840, the value of poultry lias 

 doubled. 



In Bixio's Journal of Practical Agriculture and Gardening, 

 for April, 1848, it is estimated, that the whole valuation of 

 eggs consumed and exported in France will amount to fifty- 

 seven millions of dollars. The value of eggs shipped from 

 Dublin to Liverpool and London was more than five millions 

 of dollars, for the year 1848. France, in 1835, had seventy- 

 three millions of dollars invested in poultry. England, in 

 1840, had fifty millions of dollars invested in poultry. Since 

 that time, the numbers have, of course, increased. 



The committee presume it is a very important part of their 

 duty to warn amateurs and others of the impropriety of 



