Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-01-11
STATE HOUSE,
Figures and Comments on
Names Poultry Business.
Program fyr the Convention Of
Piscataquis Teachers.
Gorham Normal Graduates-A Ma
tionaI Guard Tansle.

| tive Saturday, of clerk RUNNER, OF
! tho board of State assessors.
! We'll. it was only u failure as re
cards its ATTIC ndance," replied that
o,fjriul whose fund Of information on
IAN Maine matters in comprehensive
rrss and accuracy is cquallcd by few
ni"n Ms far as exhibits go, | un-
d.rstand that it was Il success, but
somehow the people did not turn out
To see them; although. considering the
present high price of eggs, one would
suppose that most people would be
willing to pay the price Of admission
to see the author of such a rare
LUXURY. But cNtn if the people Of
Lewiston, or Of Maine generally. do
not take an interest in poultry shows,
they are nevertheless extensively in
tcrcstcd in the poultry business" and
here Ar. Ilummcr turned to his desk
ami took up the advance sheets of the
report Of the State assessors for 1903
I'm this report we made Il special at
tempt to give complete and accurate
figures regarding the number Of each
kind Of poultry in the State i'll 1903
ana of the estimated value Of the
Tnult"y ana their eggs produced. Most
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Importance of this industry to our
r.oplr. and it will doubtless surprise
many to read that the total valiIc of
the poultry and eggs produced in
Maine last year is returned about
S., % GEO. Practically all of this is in
Irus ana hons eggs. although turkeys.
ducks nni geese are figured in. The
t.s.al number Of hens reported for the
state Mas 1G3. f34 with 3,139 turkeys;
IiD4 ducks and ?S02 geese. There are
.l..r turkeys. ducks and geese raised
IA Main" nov than there We're a few
year; ago, AMI our Thanksgiving
taI:lr.; mr.. pretty much supplied by
turkeys from the West.
''cumE,lIand takes the lead in each
Vivid &c .poultry, and in the value of
their PRODUCTS. with York ranking
second. Pcnobscot third. Lincoln
fourth ana Kcnncbcc fifth, while
E'rlri;iim ranks lowest among the 16
counties. F'recport is the biggest
p"ultry town in the State. 5000 hens
being returned by the assessors of that
{ VI. and the total value of eggs pro-
iurrd being estimated at $4,000. In
tn. town of Cumberland, in the same
county either tn" hens are more valu-
-Ll, and more productiyc or else thu
I,4. ssnrs are more liberal in their
estimate. for with fewer than 13,Onp
hons the value Of these ana the egg
lirn.!ur"I is put at $31 2f6, as against
fhn sum uf 1000 for Frceport's 5000
mons ami their eggs.
Now TAX" your own county ol
N"nnr''"'. The returns snow That 1t
had II AHU6 hens last April, 1873 turkeys.
"a ,l,lcl. and 80 gees. and the. total
,,IlIn OF :hn pouItrv and eggs produced
is INT at about $751; coo August;'
iI;,cy Tue lead with SOL hens, ana
china ranks next with 1910 But while
tb. ,-,1un az Aurust,', hons, ana thcir
,,,.1,I,, ~ ..ti,n,+.d IL No ,see..
.nr. III $1n o15 those Of ;: smaller mum
In.r nf hons over in China are csti-
r;'"t"d 1T $20.Gal. over twice as much.
i.ith'r n" Augusta hon owners are
too h"''It or else inc hl';' poultry
J.. "' = very h'2h |r'l". 'N'r h"'l 'h'
towns III this county IAN |" return any