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of 86.4 fowls per farm. No report was published in 1900 

 showing the number of farms reporting or the number 

 of fowls raised in 1899, but the total value was given as 

 $136,830,152, as against a value in 1909 of $202,506,272. It 

 will thus be seen that the value of poultry produced in 

 1 yr. shows an increase during the decade of over 

 $65,500,000, or 48.0%. 



The last census shows that in 1909 there were pro- 

 duced in the United States 1,591,311,371 doz. eggs, 

 valued at $306,688,960. The production in 1899 was 1,- 

 293,662,433 doz. eggs, and the value was $144,240,541. 

 While the production of eggs during the 10 yr, in- 

 creased but 23.0%, the value more than doubled, the 

 exact amount of gain being $162,448,419, or 112.6%. 



Production of Poultry and Eggs by Divisions. Of the 

 nine main geographic divisions into which the census 

 divides the country, the East and West North Central 

 divisions combined reported over 46.3% of all poultry, 

 and 52.7% of the eggs produced in 1909. The latter 

 division ranks first, with a total of 123,853,667 fowls 

 raised, having a value of $52,337,180. The eggs produced 

 in this division amounted to 446,336,192 doz., valued at 

 $77,493,327. The average value per fowl was 42c., and 

 the average value per dozen of eggs was 17c. 



The East North Central division raised 102,496,192 

 fowls in 1909, valued at $47,972,887. The average value 

 per fowl was 47c. During the same year 392,304,118 doz. 

 eggs were produced, with a total value of $75,237,900, or 

 an average value per dozen of 19c. 



The three Southern divisions, comprising the South 

 Atlantic, the East, and the West South Central, to- 

 gether reported over 39% of all poultry raised in 1909. 

 Of these the South Atlantic produced the greatest num- 

 ber, 70,792,154, having a total value of $24,413,963, or an 

 average of 35c. per fowl. In the same year there were 

 produced in this division 136,073,767 doz. eggs, with a 

 total value of $26,545,679, or an average of 20c. per doz. 



The West South Central division is fifth in rank in 

 the production of poultry and third in that of eggs, but 



