10 POULTRY FARMING 
In 1909 there were produced in the United States 1,591,311,371 
dozens of eggs, valued at $306,688,960. The production in 1899 
was 1,293,662,433 dozens of eggs, and the value $144,240,541. 
While the production of eggs during the ten years increased but 
twenty-three per cent, the value more than doubled, the exact 
amount of gain being $162,488,419, or 112.6 per cent. These 
numbers show an increase in the value of poultry and poultry 
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Fie. 6.—Distribution of poultry in the United States. Each black dot represents one 
million birds on farms. 
products. This has been brought about by an increased demand 
for good products and by an improvement in quality of products. 
The ten States leading in their total value of poultry are: 
TOW: camara eaaaaunan $12,270,000 Indiana............... $7,762,000 
Missouri.............. 11,871,000 Pennsylvania.......... 7,674,000 
FAMINOS sa ye4 eae ee 11,697,000 Kansas................ 7,377,000 
ODIO esas es eae pay 9,533,000 Michigan.............. 5,611,000 
New York............. 7,879,000 Texas................. 4,807,000 
In these ten States the total value of the poultry is $86,481,000, 
or 55.9 per cent of the total value of poultry in the continental 
portion of the United States. 
Noted Centres of Production.—While the production of eggs 
in the United States is widespread, only the central States of 
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, 
Missouri, Texas, Tennessee, and Kentucky produce more than 
are consumed in their immediate vicinity. The great numbers of 
