PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Table No. 1. — Poultry in United States. 



The number of chickens produced in 1919 was 473,923,935 

 and the number of eggs produced in that year was 1.656,267,200 

 dozens. In 1909 the Secretary of Agriculture estimated the 

 annual income from poultry products at $750,000,000, and that 

 was equal to the combined value of all the gold, silver, iron, 

 and coal mined in that year. According to the table given 

 above the total value of all poultry products in 1919 is esti- 

 mated at $1,340,000,000. This is equal to all the oats, barley, 

 rye, buckwheat, flax, and rice produced in that year. This 

 large income is a great asset to the nation for which the farmer 

 receives due credit and full measure of reward. 



The value of the industry, measured in money, is not the 

 highest consideration. The food value to the nation is even 

 more important. Consider the quality of the food product. 

 What is more appetizing and nutritious than the flesh of fowl? 

 And the tgg, the universal article of diet, finding its way into 

 every home, is the great tissue builder. It supplies the needs 

 of the brain worker as well as the manual laborer. It furnishes 

 the vitamines so much needed by growing children — the 

 growth principles so essential to health and physical develop- 

 ment. 



If all the farms should cease in poultry production, or if for 

 any cause all the hens should cease to lay, it would be a 

 national calamity. . 



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