422 POULTRY PRODUCTION 



four years, at a western packing-house, is shown in Table 

 XL which is put in graphic form in Fig. 197. 



Table XXXIX. — The Pebcentage op the National Egg Crop 

 Produced Each Month. 



January . 6.6 



February 7 . 1 



March 12.4 



AprU . . 13.4 



May 13.3 



June . 10.7 



July . 9.6 



August . 8.6 



September 6 . 2 



October . . . 4.2 



November . 3.1 



December . . 4.8 



Table XL. — The Average Receipts of Poultry at a Western 



Packing-house for Each Month, Based on the Period 



1910-1915 Inclusive.! 



Pounds, 



• January . . . . 217,974 



February . . 160,167 



March . . . 196,288 



April . . 132,017- 



May 180,943 



June 224,453 



July . 256,618 



August 391,097 



September . 507,917 



October . 617,988 



November . . 705,275 



December . . . 665,829 



It must be understood that these seasons are longer and 

 are hardly so clearly defined as the seasons for strawberries 

 and vegetables. They are suflBciently marked, however, 

 so that during the egg season practically the whole force 

 at a packing establishment is employed in pacMng eggs. 

 The transition fcom the egg season to the poultry season is 

 somewhat gradual, but in October and November the whole 

 force is busy packing poultry. 



This discussion, of course, applies to the general condition. 

 Both eggs and poultry may be and are produced out of season. 



' Courtesy of Seymour Packing Company, Topeka, Kansas. 



