Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-05-07
PRODUCTION OF
POULTRY and
eggs FURNISHED
The U. S. CENSUS BUREAU
Production for Each State
Given

Washington, D. c., May ga pre-
hminary statement of the general re-
suits of the thirteenth census rela-
tive to the number of farms report
ing the raising of poultry and pro-
duction of eggs, together with the
number of fowls and dozens of eggs
produced, and the value thereof, in
1909, was issued today by Director E.
Dana Durand, of the bureau of the
census, department of commerce and
labor. It was prepared under the di-
rection of LIE Grand Powers, chief
statistician, and John Lee Coulter, ex-
pert special agent, for agriculture.
Further analysis of the returns may
result in slight notifications of the
totals here presented before final pub
LEGATION, but it is not expected that
they will affect materially the figures
given herein. A statement showing
the number and value of fowls on
farms at the time the census was
taken april Is, 1910 has alrea
been issued. Special attention is
called to the fact that the present
summary relates only to poultry and
eggs produced on farms, as no enum-
Grafton was provided by law for cit
les, towns or villages.
Large Increase in Value of Poultry.
The total number of farms report
ing fowls raised in 1909 was 5,655,754,
or 1873 per cent, of all farms in the
United States, and the number of
such fowls was 488,468,354, or an
average of 1914 fowls per farm. No
report was published in 1900 showing
the number of farms reporting, or the
number of fowls raised in 1899, but
the total value was given as $780,
S30,152 as against a value in 1909 of
1902, 506,272. 1t will thus be seen
that the value Of poultry produced in
one year shows an increase during
the decade of over 65,5OO,OOO, or $50
per cent.
The last census shows that in 1909
there were produced in the United
States 1,591,311,371 dozen eggs, valued
at 1906, $3.50 The production in
1899 was 1928, 662, 433 dozen eggs, and
the value, $144,24O,541. While the
production of eggs during the ten
years increased but 22.0 per cent,
the value more than doubled, the ex-
act amount of gain being 1852, 448,419.
or 1926 per cent
Distribution by Divisions.
Of the nine main geographic divis
ions into which the census divides the
country, the east and west north cen
trail divisions combined reported over
1853 per cent. of all poultry, and 52.7
per cent. of the eggs produced in 1909.
The latter division ranks first, with
total of 123,S53, 667 fowls raised, hav-
ing a value of $52,337,1S0 The eggs
produced in this division amounted
to 446, 1886, 1872 dozen, valued at ST.
493,, 1927. The average value per fowl
was AZ cents, and the average value
per dozen of eggs was II cents.
The east north central division
raised 102, 496,192 fowls in 1909, val
ued at $47,971,SS7. The average value
per fowl was At cents. During the
same year was 392,3O4,11S dozen eggs
were produced, with total value OF
$75, 237 900, or an average value per
dozen of 10 cents.
The three southern divisions, COM
prising the South Atlantic and the
east and the west south central, to-
gether reported over SO per cent. Of
all poultry raised in 1909.
Of these the South Atlantic produc-
ed the greatest number, 70,792,154,
having a total value of $24,413,963, or
an average of 35 cents per fowl In
the same year there were produced
in this divisions 136,O73,767 dozen
eggs: with total value of $26,545.-
go. or an average of 20 cents per
dozen.
The west south central division is
fifth in rank in tn eproduction of
poultry and third in that of eggs; but
the middle Atlantic division reports
higher total value of eggs than any
of the southern divisions. In the for
mer the number of fowls raised was
59,O66,127, valued at $176S1, 1915. The
eggs produced amounted to 165, 1851, S65
dozen, and the value to $26,395, 765.
The average value per fowl was 80
cents; and of eggs, 16 cents per
dozen.
The poultry production in the mid
die Atlantic division, 36,313,031 fowls,
was valued at $21,627,077, or an av-
erage of SO cents per fowl; and the
161, 1921, 598 dozen eggs produced were
valued at $375O7,552, or an average
of % cents per dozen.
Distribution By States.
Seven states in the country raised