No. 4.] 



POULTRY CULTURE. 



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1893, and the high average price of last year was exactly equal to 

 the average price in 1S90; these figures indicate a fairly steady 

 price, taking several years together. 



17,334 Tons ok Poultry. 

 The steady increase in the consumption of eggs is outdone by 

 the greater increase in the consumption of poultry ; in each of the 

 three years last past there was received in Boston markets more 

 than three times as much dressed poultry as in 1H90 or 1891 ; the 

 receipts more than trebled in ten years. Poultry packages are 

 not uniform in size, but the statistics clerk of the Chamber of 

 Commerce gives the average of the packages as 150 pounds. 



Year. 



1890, 

 1891, 

 1892, 

 1893, 

 1894, 

 1895, 

 1896, 

 1897, 

 1898, 

 1899, 

 1900, 

 1901, 

 1902, 



Of the 316,319 i: 



Number of 

 Packages. 



102,113 

 95,900 

 132,409 

 143,200 

 164,480 

 198,237 

 192,236 

 211,695 

 207,308 

 223,481 

 314,943 

 319,129 

 316,319 



)ackages of poultry received in Boston last 

 year, 85,200 packages were for export (through shipments to 

 Europe), leaving 231,119 packages for consumption, a total of 

 34,667,850 pounds, — almost 17,334 tons. The average value of 

 this dressed poultry last year is given as 13 cents a pound, the 

 total value being $4,506,817.50; the grand total for eggs and 

 poultry received in Boston being $11,614,781.25. 



Probably $18,000,000 m the A\^hole State. 



There are quite a number of cities in Massachusetts, and inquiry 

 reveals that they too receive considerable quantities of eggs and 

 poultry in direct shipments from outside the State. There are no 

 Chamber of Commerce statistics for these cities, but estimates 

 furnished us by wholesale produce dealers or the managers of cold 

 storage warehouses give us the following figures of receipts of 

 eggs last year : — 



