SUCCESSFUL POULTRY KEEPING 



3,591,631 cases of eggs. Estimated at 30 dozens to the case 

 this would be 107,748,930 dozens. 



Many thousands of dozens of eggs were undoubtedly con- 

 sumed in Greater New York which do not appear in this record, 

 and these should more than offset any of the reported number 

 which may have been shipped out of the city. While it is not 

 possible to get figin-es showing the actual consumption of eggs 

 in Greater New York because of the large number of unreported 

 shipments which must necessari- 

 ly reach so large a city, and be- 

 cause of the great variety of uses 

 to which eggs are put in the trades 

 and for which no accurate data are 

 procurable, the following figures will 

 prove interesting although dealing 

 mainly with averages. - % 



The estimated population of 

 New York is 3,600,000, while the 

 average daily receipts based on the 

 above figures are 3,532,567 eggs, or 

 an average consumption of nearly 

 one egg per day for each inhabitant 

 of Greater New York. Consuming 

 as it did over 1,289,387,160 eggs in 

 ±he year. Greater New York used 

 practically 6 J per cent, of all the 

 eggs produced in the United States 

 during the year 1905. 



Figures for the City of Boston, 

 Mass., with its population of 600,- 

 000, for the same year show total 

 receipts of 1,393,456 cases, or prac- 

 tically an average daily consump- 

 tion of 2i eggs for each inhabitant. 

 As shown by these statistics Boston 

 takes 2 J per cent, of the total num- 

 ber of eggs produced in the United 

 States. 



2 0,0 0,0 0,0 



EGGS PRODUCED EVERY YEAR 

 BY HENS IN UNITED STATES 



FARMERS BENEFITTED 



In writing on the "Causes Af- 

 fecting Farm Values", Mr. George 

 K. Holmes of the U. S. Bureau of 

 Statistics, says of the poultry in- 

 dustry: 



"It may seem a matter of small 

 consequence to mention poultry and 

 eggs as an instance (referring to the 

 causes of improved financial condi- 

 tion of oui- farmers), but it should 

 be remembered that the values of 

 these products now reach an annual 

 .figure of half a biUion dollars or 

 more, or an amount about equal 

 to the value of the wheat crop. The 

 price of eggs has been high and 

 growing higher for several years, 

 because consxmiers have wanted 

 more eggs than have been produced. 



The exports are not worth mentioning. Apparently there is no 

 limit to the consumption of fresh eggs at a moderate price." 



Not long ago when tallcing with a poultryman who makes a 

 business of shipping eggs to market, we asked him what was the 

 lowest price he could afford to sell eggs at and still make a 

 reasonable profit. He lives about one hundred miles from his 

 market and makes two or three shipments a week. He assured 

 ojs that he could produce eggs to sell at 12 cents a dozen deUvered 



in his market, and still make a profit that would be satisfactory 

 to him. 



THE POULTRY MARKET 



So far we have concerned ourselves with eggs alone, but 

 every egg farmer must at regular periods renew his stock of 

 laying pullets and dispose of a proportion of his adult stock, and 

 if he raises the chickens himself he 

 will also have a considerable num- 

 ber of surplus male birds to dispose 

 of. Lest he should become alarmed 

 concerning the disposition of surplus 

 birds, male and female, it may make 

 his mind easier to know that dur- 

 ing the past year (1906) prices of 

 live poultry taking the country as a 

 whole have been maintained higher 

 and more steady than ever before. 

 At the time of present writing (Sep- 

 tember) roasting chickens are sell- 

 ing aUve at wholesale in the East 

 at from 16 to 20 cents a pound, 

 while old fowls range from 12 to 15 

 cents, according to quality. 



The figures for New York City 

 during the past year show a most 

 surprising consumption of hve poul- 

 try. During the year 1905, 2,073 

 carloads of hve poultry are reported 

 as having been received, the highest 

 number received in any one month 

 being in October, 271 carloads, the 

 lowest in February, 105 carloads. 

 The average wholesale price for live 

 fowls for the year was 13J cents per 

 pound. These figures mean that 

 New York City consumes an aver- 

 age of about 5i carloads of 16,000 

 pounds each of hve poultry per 

 day. 



New York State is credited 

 with having produced during the 

 year 1905—74,516,028 dozens of 

 eggs, not enough by nearly 33,000,- 

 000 dozens to supply New York 

 City alone. It would require prac- 

 tically all of the total egg product 

 of the states of Maine, Vermont 

 and Connecticut, added to the en- 

 tire egg production of New York 

 State to supply New York City. 

 According to the latest figures that 

 we have been able to obtain the egg 

 production of the states mentioned 

 was estimated for the year 1905 

 at,— Maine, 15,964,980 dozens; Ver- 

 mont, 7,526,256 dozens, and Con- 

 necticut, 9,551,316 dozens. 

 Massachusetts is credited with an egg production for 1905 

 of 15,514,356 dozens, not enough by over 26,000,000 dozens to 

 supply the city of Boston only. 



Judging from the figures given herein and the fact that the 

 population of the United States is increasing with surprising 

 rapidity, the rate of increase between 1890 and 1900 having 

 been shown to be nearly 22 per cent, there is little probability, 

 for the present at least, of the supply even equaUng the demand, 



THE BIRD HE LIKES BEST 



Uncle Sam's Hens Produce enough Eggs each Year 19 make a 

 Belt for the Earth at the Equator 30 Eggs wide if placed end for 

 end, and enough to spare to make a line of Eggs from New York 

 City to Pekin, China, via San Francisco. 



