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POULTRY PRODUCTION 



Tlie lirst ten states in point of eggs and chickens produced are 

 shown in Tahle II. 



Tablk n. — The Rank of the First Ten States, with Reference to 



THE Value of thi: Total Prijuuciton of Ek'js amu ('hkkens 



IN 1919.1 



Total value 



IJank. 



1 



2 



3 



4 . 

 5 

 fi 



7 



1(1 



State. 

 Iowa 

 lUinoia 

 Missouri 

 Ohio 



Ponns.\'l\"ania 

 Indiana 

 Kansas 

 Texas 

 New Yorl<: 

 California 



chicken products 

 , .11,70,2 12,544 



67,090,085 

 , 66,271,029 

 . 64,109,1.3.3 



53,709,243 

 . 52,765,970 

 . 44,199,844 



43,303,622 

 , 42,841,499 

 . 40,341,744 



Farm Incomes from Poultry. — The im[)ortaiice of a state 

 to an inihistry and tlie iinportance of an inihistry to a state 

 nia>' be, and in the case of jjonhry production are two very 

 dillrrcnt matters. AMiile ( 'alifonua, fur instaiiee, ranks tenth 

 in tlie total state income from poulti-y ])roducts (see Tahle II), 

 she ranks first in the aA'ei'age farm income deri\'ed from ])oul- 

 try (see d'ahle III). 



Table III. — The Rblatre Rank of the First Ten States with 

 Refehexce to thi: AvER\*.;i; F.\rm Income fro.m Poultry. - 



Average farm income 

 from poultry 

 products sold. 



. $636.86 



399 02 



:i7l 67 

 . .374 2!l 



329 -S2 



2S2 (17 



2.'.2 •">9 



2:"i0 71 



2.i9 92 

 . 234 S3 



' Compiled fr..in the United States Census Report for 1920. 



= For tlie aver.i^e firm inecmea fur all the states, see Table L (Appendix) 



