THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES 9 



from the other kinds of poultry. There was an increase in chickens 

 of 17 per cent. The average value per fowl in 1910 was fifty-two 

 cents, while in 1900 it was only thirty-four cents, the average value 

 having increased over 52.9 per cent. 



Table II shows the number and value of chickens, reported 

 by geographic divisions. 



TABLE II. Geographic Distribution of Fowls. 



It will be seen that in 1910 the West North Central division 

 reported 30 per cent of the total number of fowls in the country. 

 The East North Central division ranked next with 24.3 per cent, 

 and the West South Central next with 10.6 per cent. 



Figure 6 shows graphically the distribution of fowls by States 

 and divisions. 



The number of farms reporting fowls raised in 1909 was 5,655,- 

 754, or 88.9 per cent of all farms in the United States; and the 

 number of such fowls was 488,468,354, or an average of 86.4 fowls 

 per farm. The total value of such fowls was $202,506,272, as 

 against $136,830,152 in 1899. The value of the poultry produced 

 during the decade shows an increase of over 48 per cent. 



