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in Iowa is corn. A dozen eggs will buy 23 pounds oi corn 

 in Iowa and 21 pounds in New York, 24 pounds in Massa- 

 chusetts, 14 pounds in South Carolina and 14 pounds in 

 Mississippi. There is about the same difference on 

 poultry as on eggs. (Table 10.) 



TABLE 10. AVERAGE PRICE RECEIVED BY FARMERS FOR 

 EGGS AND POULTRY (1910 AND 1911). l 



1 U. S. Dept. Agr., Yearbook, 1910, pp. 643, 644, and 1911, pp. 634, 648. 



The prices are the averages for the first of each month. A farmer will 

 receive a lower average for the total eggs or meat sold, because the largest 

 sales conn in tho months of lowest prices. 



With better methods of handling eggs and poultry, and 

 more promptness in shipment, the ratio may be changed, 

 but it appears as if the regions near market will always 

 find egg production a profitable business. The home 

 market will always be largely supplied by a home-grown 

 product, even though it may ship in butter, flour, beef, 

 and pork. 



There seems to be no question but that hens pay better 

 in the North than in the South. 



If we assume that a hen lays 8 dozen eggs and that there 



