St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-06-08
Egg Statistics.

Quoting from articles compiled by James
=. White, Chicago: Belgium with an
area off II 1878 square miles and popula-
ton oN 1858, 821 is one of the smallest and
most densely populated powers on earth,
ana this little country, no larger than the
static of Georgia, produces, as shown by
j statistics, 274, 967. 1874 eggs annually, or
forty eight eggs for each man, woman and
u child in Belgium, and this is done not
Z outstanding the fact that only about sixty
per cent of the land is productive.
France, with an area of 204, lat square
miles, of which only SO, AGO are capable
of cultivation, realizes 5000, 900, 600 an
nually from her poultry interests. She
furnishes England each year over $780,
1000 eggs. In addition to this enormous
expectation to England the French people
annually consume over 1000, 600, 900
eggs, thus making grand total of g.
800, 000,0 600 eggs annually produced by our
little sister republic. The value in cash
of her expectation to England each year is
$4,000, 600. Those consumed at home is
placed at $50, 600, 900, and adding to these
the poultry exported and consumed at
home $75, 600, 900, and S45,000000 for
stock carried over each year, and we see
that the poultry industry in France an
nually represents business of $16S, OO0,-
0O0. The egg producing districts of France
are cold and damp as compared to this
country; vastly inferior in climate and
natural conditions, and yet in spite of
these and other disadvantages the French
poultry farmer realizes net profit of over
twenty per cent. from the poultry industry.
Careful inquiry reveals the fact that the
United States, instead of producing more
epgs than are required for home consump-
ton. imports annually over So, 000,000 In
1868 convention of butter, cheese and
egg producers was held in Chicago and
snch reliable statistics as could be were
gathered, disclosing the fact that the egg
trade alone In this country amounted to
$3.50. DOC, 900 and with her poultry mar
keted to $3.50, 000, 900 per annum. Careful
research reveals the fact that New York
State Consumes and supplies to her mer-
chants and sailing vessels from her ports
abont 800. 000, 900 worth of this kind of
food annually. New York City and State
with her 8, 082, 900 population, indepen-
dent Of her transient population, consumes
S45. 600 600 worth of poultry and eggs an
nnally. therefore, the United States with
har formulation of over 30, 600, 600 must
consume 1896, 000, 900, and in order to de-
terminate the value of the entire poultry
industry of this country, we must add to
this S6i. 00O, 900 as the value Of fowls re-
tanned for bree ling and laying stock, and
sa0O. 900 the value of blooded fowls and
eogs. and it is revealed that the sum total
for this industry in America is $559, $780,
b mn or as the full statistics would more
I han show $500, O00, 600 annually. 1t is
IL ola and true maxim that whatever is
worth doing at all is worth doing we'll. Ii
Won will apply this principle to yonr care
and breeding of poultry. and vii keep
c.arefnf account of expense and profits,
yon win be astonished when you foot up
he results at the end of the year. 1t is
not not 4 difficult or tedious thing TO do. any
how how can do it. In fact, it is just the bust
ness for boy, and the farmer who does
not grasp this fact and make use OF It as
means OF educating his boys loses golden
opportunity