RESULTS OF POULTRY SURVEYS 



531 



Figure 218 shows the very interesting yet difficult problem 

 confronting poultry producers. 



COMPARISON 



:jJ4 GROW .RECEIPTS.. - fc.fel 



FIG. 218. Comparison of pre-war with war conditions. 



Of still greater interest is a study of the detailed distribution 

 and increase in the various cost factors which go to make up the 

 cost of keeping a hen a year. The following table shows these 

 expressed in dollars as well as per cent of the whole. 



Increase ani Distribution of Cost Factors. 



Totals . . 



S3.9G 



100 



$6.41 



100 



These differences can be studied in detail and their full signifi- 

 cance appreciated by studying iigure 219, which shows the increases 

 plotted proportionately. Note the great increase in the cost of 



