Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-21
STATE HOUSE.
Kennebec Poultry Figures, as
Given to Assessors.
Pres Francis Of St. Louis Exposition
Praises Maine Building.
Heavy Sale Of Hunting Licenses
Notes of the Capitol.

The returns received by the State as
SCISSOR show that Lincoln county is the
manner county in the State in number
ana value of hens. The number of hens
Kept for the year was 132.403. The
Value OF which and their products was
$lSi,'4C. With 25,971 hens, WaldobOro
leads Off as the hen-prOducing town of
Maine. jefferson had ,l17S2; Noble
zorro, 5000, and Bristol. 1898. Stockton
Springs is the leader in ducks, 10000
having been raised, the value Of which
at So cents each was $l2,350. The re-
turns show a scarcity of ducks, but
comparatively few turkeys are raised,
less than in the past
The record of kennebec county, how
ever, is not by any means to be
ashamed of. The total number of hens
is estimated at 1866 and their total
paying value for the year is $1S0G77.50
or about Sl.50 apiece The value Of the
agg product is $i4. 5O73 80 and that of the
poultry product is S135, 5.0.20 Augusta
leads the county in number of hens.
having S3z1, with q producing value of
$l0,2O5.o6. China comes next, with
1872 hens. but leads Augusta in value
of product, the total being $20,G9l 30
Unity has the least number, 321 hens,
valued at $1S5. The average number
for the county is 1868 per township.
Rome leads in turkeys, having Sc,
valued at $257. Belgrade comes next
with u. Waterville, Wayne, West
Gardiner and Chelsea have only . each.
VIII" IA towns have none. The total
| number in the county is 159 and the
Value, S5S".S5 making the producing
value OF the average THANKSGIVING
bird about 1854.
Unity, for all its small size, beats
them all on ducks. having As Mt. Yer
non has "A. Gardiner and West Gardi-
ner have each. and towns have none
The duck record is not very encourage
ing, there being only 273 in the whole
county, with an estimated producing
value of s47O75.
Litchfield holds the record for geese
with *. Mt. Vernon is second in geese
as we'll as ducks, having IA. Three
towns have three each and Il have none
at all. A lesson in easy addition
| makes total of $50 geese for the
county, valued at S398SO.
China is the banner poultry town of
the county in value of product, and has
1872 hens, no turkeys, 4 ducks and s
geese. Benton makes the most money
per head off her hens. having 1878 with
a producing value of 1926 each. China s
producing value OH hens is estimated
at $2.S1. Augusta has IL turkeys, "a
ducks and ) geese. Unity has only
hens ana ducks. Winthrop has nothing
in the poultry line, except hens, and
the same applies to Sidney, Randolph
and Manchester. There are ~ towns in
the county which have all four va
rletles of poultry, and Augusta is one
| Of the To- In comparing these figures
with those of five years ago, it is seen
| that the numper of mems in the count
has decreased Ia, 1922. but that the value
hassincreased S2S,615.S5. The number OF
turkeys has decreased POI and the
Value, sI4c.60 The number of ducks has
decreased PSI, and the value, $J80.G5.
The number of geese has decreased "a
and the value. 1924. All this would in
dieate that the poultry business is
rather going out in this county, and
may perhaps be explained by the great
increase in dairying mentioned in these
columns. some time ago, when it was
stated that over 1000 cows had been
brought into the county since last year
1t certainly does not indicate a decline
IN property, whatever be the reason
Tor the falling off in the poultry line.