

New York AGRicutturAL Experiment STATION. a9 
Bye According to the census of 1880, there was, June 1, 1880, an 



__ aggregate of “poultry on hand, exclusive of spring hatching :” 
a ‘ Barn-yard fowls in United States... 0.0.0 000000002. 102 , 272,135 
me Barn-yard fowls in New York... 0200006000056 005 0000. 6,448 , 886 
F eer owls in United: Stakes 606 ha. eo ei taille gee 23 , 235,187 
mer eOtner fowls.in New York wee bys a eee. 496,406 
| There were produced of eges in 1879: 
; Dozens. 
MRD DULCG) OLALES. oe Sin hk koe esos oleh. OE ee 456,910,916 
| SEE nY Ec r bem acre) Lwin tN Cal did SURV iii my ehh 31,958,739 
AMEN MEARE 
' 
P The “orchard products of all kinds sold or consumed in 1879” 
4 were as follows: 
Min tha United States... 6) i006. 60 bey wees seek ees $50,876, 154 
g DOO O NM EEMUS ON VN ae eeu Geka eth ale Wee ge 8,409, 794 















The “market garden products sold in 1879” were as follows: 
OPAC MIIC GO OURLOR c's li ieee acres alae walat kee betta $21, 761, 250 
SRE LT IMPs is ROM aE ahs SP CEA MaDe a Le Hea MSE 4 211,642 
The “population in 1880” was: 
Be In the United States..........0.-. 0. ssc see ae 50,155,783 
Berrin New York... ei Cla BUA tg a Pea Rn 5,082,871 
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Of those “engaged in agriculture” there were: 
Re teal 
BP OHO NILE SUALOR i to. 5 2 yd as wins seed ae lele 7,670,493 15.3 
Te err OE aa Mur OL a te ale yu id'e ale Meow's ale 377,460— 7.4 



It needs but a glance at the above statistics to see that, whether 
_ considered absolutely or relatively, the poultry interest is one of 
' great magnitude and importance, and well deserving no small 
. - share of our attention. It will be seen that New York had about 
_ six per cent of all the poultry, and produced over seven per cent 
of all the eggs produced in the United States. 
__ It also appears that while the average production of eggs was 
a sufficient to give a supply to each man, woman and child of over 
_ nine dozens (9.12) annually, the production in New York was 
q equal only to an annual supply of a little over six dozens (6.29), 
