984 



POULTRY. 



while, in 1883, the wheat product was officially estimated at $488,- 

 000,000, the cotton product at $410,000,000, and the dairy product 



at $254,000,000, the 



poultry product amounted to $560,000,000, 

 being almost half as large again 

 as the cotton product, and larger, . 

 also, than the iron and steel prod- 

 ucts put together. The reason 

 of the surprising growth of this 

 interest among our farmers is to 

 be found in the fact that it pays 



Fig. 1321.— Houdans. 



larger and safer net profits on investments than any other branch 

 of farming industry. 



