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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



City. 



Worcester, . 

 Springfield, . 

 Holyoke, 

 Fitehbnrg, 

 Lowell, 

 Lawrence, 

 Haverhill, 

 Lynn, . 

 Salem, . 

 Tannton, 

 Brockton, 

 New Bedford, 

 Fall River, . 



Total, . 

 Value, . 



No. of Cases. 



About L'30,0()0 

 About 100,000 

 About 50,000 

 About 20,000 

 About 145,000 



About 

 About 

 About 

 About 

 About 

 About 

 About 

 About 



30,000 

 20,000 

 50,000 

 40,000 

 50,000 

 40,000 

 40,000 

 70,000 



805,000 

 $5,433,750 



This total value is a little more than five-sevenths of that of 

 eggs received in Boston; and, as we are assured the proportions 

 of dressed poultry are substantially the same as of eggs, we take 

 five-sevenths of the value of dressed poultry received iu Boston as 

 the value of dressed poultry received in those cities, and have 

 $3,219,155, the grand total of eggs and dressed poultry received 

 in Boston and the thirteen other cities named being $20,263,686. 



It is certain that a part of the eggs and dressed poultry' appear- 

 ing iu the receipts of other cities appears also in the receipts in 

 Boston, being bought in the latter city by dealers in near-by cities, 

 such as Lynn, Salem, Haverhill, Lawrence, Lowell, etc. ; but deal- 

 ers assure us that those figures would be quite balanced by the 

 poultry and eggs brought into cities near the borders of the State 

 by producers living over the line. Then, too, the cities and large 

 towns in the western part of the State receive their supplies from 

 New York City and Albany ; and we have left out of the reckon- 

 ing several cities, such as Newburyport, Gloucester, Marlborough 

 and Northampton. To be perfectly fair in the figures, however, 

 let us deduct $2,263,686 from the total, considering that the figures 

 are duplicated to that amount, and we then have $18,000,000 as the 

 money value of poultiy and eggs coming into the State last year. 



Advantages and Importance of the Poultry Industry. 



Some of the reasons for the evident increase of poultr}'^ 

 keeping as an occupation are the following : — 



1. Only a small amount of capital is necessary, if the 

 })ouItry keeper is satisfied to begin with a few fowls and to 

 develop the business gradually. 



