Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-09
TEXAS POULTRY
PRODUCE HEAVY
Over Nineteen Millions Val.
ue of Output in State
During 1909

" A1iiNh lbFt -. -, req. ~
That poultry raising il fast becom-
Ing a source Of large revenue 10 the
Texas farmer is shown by the re-
port Of the Thirteenth federal census
Just issued which shows the value OF
the egg and poultry production In
Texas during 1903 20 be s19.425,-
GOO There vas 25.65G.OOO fowls
raised during that year valued at
S7.fsl 900 and total OF 77.s45.-
600 dozen eggs produced. valued at
t11,9if.00O
According % the report OF the
twelfth census the production OF
eggs In 1899 was 5s.Of1 900 dozen.
valued az siG72.000 The increase
In the total production Of eggs from
1899 10 1903 vas l9.s0f.273 dozen
which Is equal a. 81 per cent In
quantity and the Increase In yalua.
ton for the same period vas ST.
1000 or 1866 per cent In valuf
The value Of the poultry produced
boz 1909 shows an increase OF 81
lG9.s03 over 1893. which Is equal
TO f09 per cent The total number
OF fowls. which includes chickens.
turkeys. geese and other birds. on
Texas farms on April 10, 1910. was
- $1,000 OF the 35I3G3 farms
reporting fowls when the thirteenth
census was complied. G5.OSG did not
report any eggs produced In 1909
and 70.lGG did not report any poul-
try raised during the same year.
Eighty per cent OF all farms
In Texas reported poultry and the
average number OF fowls on hand
April -. 1910. per farm reporting
was - birds Texas has six fowls
to each person In the state and the
annual egg production Is 90 dozen
per capita The number Of fowls
decreased l,191.737. or per cent.
during the last decade while their
value increased Sl.2Os.OOO or 33.GI
per cent This decrease is account
ed for IN the increase In population
and shipment of young poultry to
outside the state This de-
crease also indicates an advance In
the breed and quality OF the poultry
'aised in the Lone Star State.
Poultry shows held In almost ey-
cry section OF the state during the
last five years have caused regular
and constant competition In breeding
birds Of every variety which ~
spread TO the city lots and fhihiAs
and raised the quality Of birds pro-
iuced TO higher standard.
The number of farms reporting /
poultry increased from 3Oi.713 to
l57,363. or l7.3 per cent Chickens
represented SO per cent OF the num-
Der and SCI per cent OF the value
Df all poultry in Texas in 1909.
The Federal Department OF Agri-
culture recently quoted eggs at an
average price throughout the United
States OF 10 cents per dozen and
10 20 cents In Texas which is among
hc lowest quotations in the United
tatcs Rhode Islands quotation on
Eggs was among the highest and was
10 cents per dozen This is the price
'aid the producer al wholesale.
The poultry industry in Texas Of
crs an Immediate profitable source
II supply, as poultry can be raised
lowhere In the United States better
han IN Texas The conditions for
caring and breeding are ideal ac-
ording TO authorities on poultry
aisiug while the state is the native
.ome OF the turkey The initial in
estment necessary to engage In IN,
Industry In Texas is the smallest ia
be- United States and by proper care
b the selection OF stock and feed
ng, returns are shown 10 be larger
n proportion to the money invested
han In any other line OF livestock
aised on the farm. Farmers iu
eNas are taking poultry raising as
ariousiy as other livestock produc. q
ons as the demand for fresh poul-
y and eggs is growing greater
very year. and how TO supply tho
cmand made by the increased pop
lation of the state and also TO keep
p the shipments 90 outside markets
becoming q problem. II is gen
rally conceded that the farmer will
p the one called upon 10 solve the
-oblem successfully in spite OF the
creasing number OF exclusive poul-
y farms.
In 1911. the value OF the produc-
on OF the hen in the United tates
placed at $3.50. O0O. goo and the
iormous production was readily alb
'rbed In 1909. the average price
r eggs for the year was IL cents
Id In 1910 the average price was
cents with a steady demand for
] eggs offered. The farmers in
nth Texas are devoting consider
lie attention to the production OF
rkeys and at Cuero alone 200, eco
rds have been marketed since the
81 Of November.
The value OF poultry In Texas In
10 was as follows: Chickens, s4,-
9.450 turkeys s440.563: ducks
0,2il. geese. si26.79l: guinea
Wis S47.O42; pigeons. sl4.536:
others ss.O56.
The following numbers of the va
ms EInHs OF nnlllfrn No. r.nnr..l III