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tion of $15,404,028, which is an average of 48 

 cents a fowl. During the same period 100,119,418 

 dozens of eggs, valued at $18,940,454, an average 

 value of 19 cents per dozen, were produced in this 

 state. 



Missouri's production of poultry amounted to 

 31,913,210, at a total value of $14,572,585, an av- 

 erage for each fowl of 46 cents. The reported 

 total production of eggs amounted to 111,816,693, 

 aggregating a total valuation of $19,345,602, or an 

 average of 17 cents a dozen. 



Iowa, another big poultry raising state, had an 

 output of 29,999,147 fowls in 1909. The grand 

 total amounting to $13,914,985, an average of 46 

 cents for each fowl. The total amount of eggs 

 produced figured 109,760,487 dozens, with a valua- 

 tion of $19,235,600, or an average of 18 cents per 

 dozen. 



Ohio raised 23,433,005 fowls in the same year 

 and these were valued, as a total, at $10,997,633, 

 or an average of 47 cents a fowl. The 100,889,599 

 dozens of eggs produced in that state were valued 

 at $19,748,658, averaging 20 cents a dozen. 



The report as compiled by the census bureau of 

 the United States shows the production of 1,591,- 

 311,371 dozens of eggs, valued at $306,688,960. 

 The production in 1899 was 1,293,662,433 dozen 

 eggs and the value of $144,240,541, which shows 

 while the production of eggs on the farms of this 



