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in both cases. The number of turkeys, ducks, and 

 geese, however, decreased very materially in nearly 

 every section of the country. The aggregate increase in 

 fowls was, therefore, due to the increase in the number 

 of chickens, which rose from 233,566,000 to 280,345,000, or 

 20%. The percentage of decrease for turkeys was 44.1, 

 for ducks, 39.3, and for geese 21.9. Comparable figures 

 for the minor classes of fowls guinea fowls, peafowls, 

 and pigeons are not available for 1900. The number 

 of ostriches reported in 1900 was only 684, or about one- 

 eighth as many as in 1910. 



The percentage of increase in value of poultry was 

 over four times as great as that in number, amounting 

 to 80.2%. The average value per fowl thus rose from 

 34c. in 1900 to 52c. in 1910. 



NUMBER AND VALUE OF ALL FOWLS ON FARMS 

 IN THE UNITED STATES 



The following table from the 1910 census shows 

 for continental United States, for the nine geographic 

 divisions of the country, and for each state, the num- 

 ber and value of all fowls on farms in the United 

 States in 1910 and 1900 and the per cent, of increase in 

 value for the decade. 



Every geographic division reports an increase during 

 the decade in number of fowls on farms. The greatest 

 actual additions appeared in the East North Central and 

 West North Central divisions, and these two divisions 

 also had a greater percentage of increase than any of 

 the others except the rapidly growing Mountain and 

 Pacific divisions. For the two North Central divisions 

 combined the number of fowls increased 22.7%; for the 

 Mountain and Pacific divisions combined, 55.9%; for 

 the East and West South Central divisions combined, 

 4.3%; for the New England division, 7.2%; for the 

 Middle Atlantic division, 15.7%; and for the South 

 Atlantic division, 13.8%. 



The number of chickens increased during the decade 

 in every one of the geographic divisions, but the number 



