Montana Agricultural Statistics 1989 



State Statistics-Livestock 73 



CHICKENS 



Number, Value Per Bird and Total Value, December 1, 1979-1988 



Year 



Farm Value 



1979 

 1980 

 1981 

 1982 

 1983 



1984 

 1985 

 1986 

 1987 

 1988 



Numbers 

 (000) 



890 

 965 

 940 



970 

 940 



1,025 



1,010 

 1,010 



990 



910 



Per Bird 

 Dollars 



2.25 

 2.45 

 2.10 

 2.25 

 1.95 



2.00 

 1.80 

 2.00 

 2.45 

 2.30 



Production & Income from Chickens, 1979-1988 



Year Produced Sold 



1979 

 1980 

 1981 

 1982 

 1983 



1984 

 1985 

 1986 

 1987 

 1988 



Price Per 

 Pound 

 -Cents- 



7.0 

 8.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 

 7.0 



8.0 

 7.0 

 8.0 

 6.0 

 6.0 



Farm Production, Disposition and Income from Eggs, 1979-1988 



Eggs Per Egg Consumed in Price Per Cash Gross 



Year ' Layers ^ Layer Production Household Sold Dozen Receipts Income 



-(000)- No. -Millions- Cents -(000) Dols.- 



1979 3 . . . . 754 236 178 7 171 62.5 8,906 9,271 



1980 727 234 170 5 165 57.5 7,906 8,146 



1981 778 224 174 3 171 62.0 8,835 8,990 



1982 767 245 188 3 185 55.0 8,479 8,617 



1983 772 250 193 5 188 55.5 8,695 8,926 



1984 770 257 198 5 193 64.0 10,293 10,560 



1985 807 250 202 ^ " 51.0 " 8,585 



1986 790 254 201 * ^ 56.0 ■* 9,380 



1987 789 260 205 * * 50.0 * 8,542 



1988 773 251 194 '' " 48.0 * 7,760 



' Data related to the 12 month period beginning with December 1, of the previous year through November of the current year. ^ Average 

 number of layers on hand during the year. ^ Included are eggs destroyed because of possible PCB contamination. ^ Discontinued. 



HONEY AND BEESWAXj Product ion^^^^^^^ 



Production Price Per Pound 



Year 



Colonies 



of Bees 



-Number- 



Yield Per 



Per Colony 



-Lbs.- 



1976 85,000 112 



1977 96,000 57 



1978 99,000 89 



1979 103,000 128 



1980 103,000 104 



1981 108,000 100 



1982-1985 . . Data Not Available 



1986 110,000 64 



1987 95,000 102 



1988 105,000 48 



Honey 



Beeswax 



-(000) Lbs.- 



9,520 



5,472 



8,811 



13,184 



10,712 

 10,800 



7,040 

 9,690 

 5,040 



162 

 104 

 159 



224 



214 

 184 



1 

 I 



1 



Value of Production 



1/ Discontinued 



