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POULTRY FARMING 



In 1909 there were produced in the United States 1,591,311,371 

 dozens of eggs, valued at $306,688,960. The production in 1899 

 was 1,293,662,433 dozens of eggs, and the value $144,240,541. 

 While the production of eggs during the ten years increased but 

 twenty-three per cent, the value more than doubled, the exact 

 amount of gain being $162,488,419, or 112.6 per cent. These 

 numbers show an increase in the value of poultry and poultry 



FIG. 6. Distribution of poultry in the United States. Each black dot represents one 

 million birds on farms. 



products. This has been brought about by an increased demand 

 for good products and by an improvement in quality of products. 

 The ten States leading in their total value of poultry are: 



Iowa $12,270,000 



Missouri 11,871.000 



Illinois 11,697^000 



Ohio 9,533,000 



New York 7.879,000 



Indiana 



Pennsylvania 



Kansas 



Michigan 



Texas. . . 



$7,762,000 

 7,674,000 

 7,377,000 

 5,611,000 

 4,807,000 



In these ten States the total value of the poultry is $86,481,000, 

 or 55.9 per cent of the total value of poultry in the continental 

 portion of the United States. 



Noted Centres of Production. While the production of eggs 

 in the United States is widespread, only the central States of 

 Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, and Kentucky produce more than 

 are consumed in their immediate vicinity. The great numbers of 



