Show PER CAPITA PRODUCTION OF EGGS 1939 18 9 1633 1899 1909 1903 l 1919 H NUMBER 0 1899 DOZENS 20 20 I V 1 YV 7 15 12 V 10 0 C v OV So rapidly Is s the poultry Industry that Hint within wIl lu n short time o e over overproduction overproduction production may cut the farmers farmer's poultry dollar unless production can bo be maIn main tamed nt t a n l lower co cost t according to the tho SC Scars Roebuck Agricultural Foundation A recent recent surrey suney e shows that more than thon farms In thIs tills country pro pro- produce duce duco uco poultry find eggs It Is estimated that hat th there ro were chickens on farms before the tir hatching season started f ThIs Tills Is nn on Increase of ot over o or nearly 12 per Iter cent over o figures of ot a n year ago neo und anti or over o 32 per cont cent tinco sinco January 1 1920 Production of ot c eggs gs Increased per cent between 1920 1020 and 1923 while the Increased only 03 53 per cent In the tir past post five years rs el the estimates of ot egg CS production have havo shown hown a n clos close correlation with the estimated estimate number of ot thickens on hand at nt the tir beginning of the year the lie ratio being belne 40 dozens per Yowl fowl If the same ratio mUo hold holds 10 good 11 egg eps production In ba 1 1921 O will rain gain gain 10 to 12 1 per cent over or 1023 when It showed a n pain gain of ot 33 per lie cent over oer four tour ars years ago Profitable poultry production at the tir present stage stape of expansion e Is dependent upon tho present high I level of or demand Up to date daf consumption lies has kept pace pac With production In l 1023 enough eggs were produced l to furnish 20 O doz dozen n n for the United States This would dozen every e vecy man woman 01 and child 1 In mean tor the tir average family ot of five |