6 VALUE OF POULTRY 



records not having been compiled when this table was 

 printed. 



RECEIPTS OF EGGS IN SEVEN OF THE LARGEST 

 CITIES DURING 1917 AND 1918 



During the years 1917 and 1918 on acount of the world 

 war, feed and grain of all kinds advanced so much in 

 price as to have an influence on the keeping of poultry. 

 Many who had been engaged in the production of poultry 

 and eggs for market reduced their flocks considerably. 

 Notwithstanding this the production of eggs was remark- 

 ably good. The receipts in both these years were in 

 excess of 1913, but not so good as in 1916, which was the 

 banner year for egg production. The world has now 

 returned to near a normal condition, and there is likely 

 to be an increased production of both market poultry and 

 eggs. 



It is difficult to state definitely the amount of poultry 

 exports, as the records of these are kept as poultry and 

 game and $1,303,379 worth was reported as having been 

 exported from this country in 1913. The greater part of 

 all the poultry and eggs put in storage and sent from 

 this to other countries is grown in the Western States. 

 They are gathered from many sections into the packing 

 houses at Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, and Chicago, 

 where the eggs are selected, candled, and graded for 



