2 VALUE OF POULTRY 



provide for a family for a year, and at the same time 

 a small enclosure for poultry may be built on a corner 

 of the lot. 



It will be an advantage in raising vegetables and 

 poultry on a small piece of ground, to practice migratory 

 yarding. This consists in moving the house and yard 

 or simply in moving 'the fence to enclose a different 

 spot of ground. In this way space occupied by the poul- 

 try one year will be highly fertilized for the growing of 

 vegetables the next year, and the fowls will be bene- 

 fited in health and vigor from having new, sweet earth 

 to travel over and scratch in. 



VALUE OF POULTRY AND POUL- 

 TRY PRODUCTS 



The U. S. census of 1910 places the value of poultry 

 and poultry products at $663,858,452. This amount is the 

 value of these products from farms, and does not include 

 poultry and eggs raised in towns and villages and on 

 small farms by persons who made no returns. 



The census separates poultry into two classes, the 

 mature fowls kept for egg production and the young ones 

 raised each year. The figures for the value of each class 

 as well as for the total value of poultry and eggs are 

 as follows: 



Total value of mature fowls $154,663,220 



Total value of young fowls raised in 1 year... 202,506,272 

 Total value of all eggs produced in 1 year 306,688,960 



Total value of both poultry and eggs $663,858,452 



The following table, taken from the U. S. Census, 

 shows the number, total value, and average value of 

 fowls and eggs as reported for 1910. The table also gives 

 the number of farms reporting and per cent, of all farms 

 reporting. 



