#8 POULTRY STATISTICS 



EGG PRODUCTION AS INDICATED BY MARKET 

 RECEIPTS 



According to the census figures, the production of 

 eggs increased 23% from 1899 to 1909; but the commercial 

 movement shows a much greater increase. Seven cities 

 combined (New York, Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, Cin- 

 cinnati, Milwaukee, and San Francisco), as shown in 

 the preceding table, received about 369 million doz. 

 eggs in 1909, an increase of 70% over their receipts in 

 1899. Population had increased between 1900 and 1910 

 about 21% in the United States, but 31% in the seven 

 cities named above. The receipts at these seven cities 

 in 1909 were equivalent to about 23% of the production 

 as reported by the census, as compared with 16% in 1899. 



MONTHLY RATE OF EGG PRODUCTION AND MAR- 

 KETING AND VARIATIONS IN PRICES 



Monthly Rate of Egg Production. As shown in the 

 following table, the production of eggs varies con- 

 siderably from month to month. A record made from a 

 large number of flocks in the past several years, cov- 

 ering various portions of the United States, shows that 

 for every 1,000 eggs produced in a year approximately 

 66 are laid in Jan., 71 in Feb., 124 in Mar., 134 in 

 Apr., 133 in May, 107 in June, 96 in July, 86 in Aug., 

 62 in Sept., 42 in Oct., 31 in Nov., and 48 in Dec. A 

 good laying hen ought to produce 200 eggs a year, but 

 the average run of hens do not produce much, if any, 

 more than 100 a year. 



Monthly Rate of Marketing of Eggs. For every 1,000 

 eggs marketed (based upon receipts at New York, St. 

 Louis, and Milwaukee in the last 10 yr.) approxi- 

 mately 33 are marketed in Jan., 47 in Feb., 128 in 

 Mar., 168 in Apr., 153 in May, 119 in June, 87 in July, 

 76 in Aug., 64 in Sept., 53 in Oct., 39 in Nov., and 33 

 in Dec. 



Variations in Prices of Eggs. If the sum of the 

 monthly index figures of prices (average prices of fresh 



