2 BULLETIN 1385, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
difficult to conceive that within a few years the United States will 
be producing more e<r<rs and poultry than can be readily consumed 
within its borders. 
INDEX 
NUMBERS 
500 
400 
300 
200 
100 
1880-10 
} 
I 
__j 
// 
t 
Cgas p 
Chickens raised 
y 
roduced .-'' / 
Chickens on far 
V 
// 
ms / 
~~~ — ^\ 
/ 
Population 
1880 
1890 
1900 
1910 
1920 
1925 
Fig. 1. 
-Comparison of increase in human population, chickens raised, and ck^s 
produced in the United States, 1880 L924 
Table 1. — Production of eggs, number of chickens raised and on hand, and 
population of the United states, with rates of increase, census years 1880, 
1920, and 1925* 
Eggs pro- 
duced 2 
Chickens 
raised 2 
Index numbers (1880=100) 
Year 
Chickens l^ggS" 
Eggs pro- 
duced 
Chickens 
raised 
Chickens 
on farms 
Popu- 
lation 
United 
States 
1880 (Junel). 
1890 (June 1) - 
1900 (June 1) - 
1910 (Apr. 15). 
1920 (Jan. 1).. 
1925 (Jan. 1)3. 
Thousands 
5, 482, 931 
9, 836, 675 
15,523,949 
18, 899, 753 
19,848,539 
23, 619, 312 
Thousands 
125, 507 
285,609 
250, 624 
460,611 
473, 302 
678, 300 
Thousands 
102, 272 
258,87] 
233, 566 
280, 341 
359, 537 
427,000 
Thousands 
50,156 
62, 948 
75, 995 
91, 972 
105,711 
112,786 
Per cent 
100.00 
179. 41 
283. 13 
344. 70 
362. 01 
430. 78 
Per cent 
100.00 
227.56 
199. 69 
367. 00 
377. 1 1 
540. 45 
Per cent 
100.00 
253. 12 
228. 38 
274.11 
351. 55 
417.5b 
Per cent 
100.00 
125.50 
151. 52 
183.37 
210. 76 
224. 87 
1 Compiled from annual reports of Bureau of the Census, except as otherwise stated. 
2 Production figures are for the preceding year. 
3 Data for 1925 compiled from estimates published in United States Department of Agriculture. Number 
and value of livestock, Jan. 1. In Crops and Markets, vol. 2, sup. 2, p. 44. 1925. 
