THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN THE UNITED STATES 9 
from the other kinds of poultry. There was an increase in chickens 
of 17 per cent. The average value per fowl in 1910 was fifty-two 
cents, while in 1900 it was only thirty-four cents, the average value 
having increased over 52.9 per cent. 
Table II shows the number and value of chickens, reported 
by geographic divisions. 
Taste II.—Geographic Distribution of Fouls. 
Chickens. 
Number. Value. 
Division or section. o 
In- 
1910. 1900. een 1910. 
Per cent. 
United States. ....| 280,345,133 | 233,566,021 20.0 | $140,205,607 
New England......... 6,841,918 6,440,678 | 6.2 4,975,551 
Middle Atlantic....... 24,449,500 21,511,436 13.7 16,346,161 
East North Central....| 69,471,413 58,104,189 19.6 36,609,410 
West North Central....) 85,192,651 65,364,879 | 30.3 41,207,295 
South Atlantic.........| 25,627,003 22,293,912 15.0 11,894,700 
East South Central....| 24,495,054 22,965,751 6.7 10,272,636 
West South Central....| 29,176,294 27,333,880 6.7 10,393,418 
Mountain............. 5,467,343 3,116,639 75.4 3,005,103 
Pacific: csi ten wlae ees 9,623,957 6,434,657 49.6 5,501,333 
The North............ 185,955,482 | 151,421,182 22.8 99,138,417 
The South............ 79,298,351 72,593,543 9.2 32,560,754 
The West............. 15,091,300 9,551,296 58.0 8,506,436 
East of the Mississippi.| 150,884,888 | 131,315,966 14.9 80,098,458 
West of the Mississippi.| 129,460,245 | 102,250,055 | 26.6 60,107,149 
It will be seen that in 1910 the West North Central division 
reported 30 per cent of the total number of fowls in the country. 
The East North Central division ranked next with 24.3 per cent, 
and the West South Central next with 10.6 per cent. 
Figure 6 shows graphically the distribution of fowls by States 
and divisions. 
The number of farms reporting fowls raised in 1909 was 5,655,- 
754, or 88.9 per cent of all farms in the United States; and the 
number of such fowls was 488,468,354, or an average of 86.4 fowls 
per farm. The total value of such fowls was $202,506,272, as 
against $136,830,152 in 1899. The value of the poultry produced 
during the decade shows an increase of over 48 per cent. 
