Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1877-05-27 | Page 2 | Hens and Chickens in France

Hens and Chickens in France According to the statistics given by a Taris puper Franco lupports at the present time no fewer than 40,000,-000 40,000,-000 hens, representing, at an esli mated average value ot 4S cents , each, $20,000,000. These 40,000.000 I hens give birlii annually to 100,000,-, 100,000,-, 000 chickens, of widen it is found expedient to put a.ide 10.000,000 each year for productive purposes. , Accidents and disease again roduc the number of chickens destined fori , consumption to 30,000,000, which, putting their average value at 29 cents apiece, m:iy be estimated as $2-1,000,000. To these figures must be added lbs further value due to capons and fat pullets, which may be elated as $1,200,0U0.