POULTRY STATISTICS 241 



POULTRY ON FARMS IN THE UNITED SEATES 



The following table from the 1910 census gives the 

 numbers of the various kinds of poultry reported in 1910 

 and 1900 as being on farms in the United States on the 

 dates the censuses were taken, and also the value of 

 the various kinds of poultry and the number of farms 

 reporting each kind in 1910. 



Number of Farms Reporting Poultry. The total num- 

 ber of farms reporting poultry in 1910 was 5,585,032, or 

 87.8% of all farms in continental United States. Only 

 6,507 of the farms reporting poultry failed to report 

 chickens. Turkeys were reported from 871,123 farms, 

 or 13.7%; ducks from 503,704, or 7.9%; geese from 

 662,324, or 10.4%; guinea fowls from 339,538, or 5.3%; 

 and pigeons from 109,407, or 1.7%. 



Number and Value of Fowls. The number of fowls 

 reported in 1910 was 295,880,000, and their total value 

 was $154,663,000, or an average value of 52c. Nearly 

 95% of all the fowls were chickens; they numbered 

 280,345,000, and their value was $140,206,000, the average 

 value being 50c. Turkeys numbered 3,689,000 and were 

 valued at $6,606,000, the average value being $1.79. The 

 ducks reported numbered 2,907,000, and were valued at 

 $1,567,000, with an average value of 54c. Of geese the 

 total number was 4,432,000, and the value $3,195,000, or 

 an average value of 72c. In 1910 there were also re- 

 ported 1,765,000 guinea fowls, valued at $613,000; 2,731,000 

 pigeons, valued at $762,000; and 6,458 peafowls, valued 

 at $18,300. Ostriches to the number of 5,361 were re- 

 ported, with a value of $1,696,000, or over $300 each. The 

 ostriches were reported from five states: Arizona, 

 Arkansas, California, Florida, and Texas. 



Changes in Number and Value of Fowls, 1900 to 1910. 

 The total number of fowls in the United States in- 

 creased from 250,624,000 in 1900 to 295,880,000 in 1910, a 

 gain of over 45,000,000, or 18.1%. The figures for the 

 two censuses are comparable, despite the change in date 

 of enumeration, fowls under 3 mo. old being excluded 



