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Show Poultrymen of IllinoisFind Illinois IllinoisFind Find the Cost of Eggs EggsEggs EggsEggs Eggs Bggs , . of which wlllch Illinois firmers f'lrmers flrmers farmers ' were wereproducing wereproducing wereproducing producing almost 137 137000000 000 000 dozens dozensannually dozensannually dozensannually annually In the last census year , were wereproduced wereproduced wereproduced produced at an a\crage a crage mernge atiernge \ cost of 13cents 13 13cents % cents a dozen in 1932 19'32 1332 ' on a ti group of ofrecord ofrecord ofrecord record keeping poultry ' firms f'lrms flrms farms in fn thm this thmstate thisstate thisstate state , according nccordmg to figures announced announcedby by R It M 31 WUcox Wilcox , . of the department departmentof of agricultural economics College of ofAgrIculture ofAgriculture otAgriculture AgrIculture , University of Illinois Atthis At Atthis Atthis this rate the farmers ' bill on the an annual ananal annual nual anal production produchon reported in the last lastcensus lastcensus lastcensus census would have been more than than$18,000000 than18000000 than$18,000000While $18.000 18.000 18000 $18,000 $ , . 000 000Whl1e 000While While Whl1e this was the avenge aver'1ge aver1ge aver'ige averige ' ' cost for fora fora fora a relatively relatlvely large group of ot poultrymenin poultrymen1D poultrymen 1D in the stite st'lte stlte state ' , . , some of the flock fiock owners ownersIn ownersin ownersIn In the group . kept l.ept lept their costs down as aslow aslow 10 low " as 6 or 7 cents a dozen d07en doyen The low low'Cost lowcost lowcost 'Cost Cost ' on all nIl these farms was the result resultmainly result , , mamly mainly , of the very low prices of feeds feedsdurIng feedsduring feedsduring durIng the past year Higher feed feedprIces feedprices teedprices prIces will ,111 111 hill , mike m'1he m1he ' costs much higher in inl ( In1933 In1933The n I IThe l 1933 1933The The average cost of renting real ing mg a pullet pulleton pulleton pulleton on these poultry farms was 40 4G 46 cents centsbut , but here igain 1gam again ' Indi\Iduil Indi Iduil Indrtldual Indn \ IrIu'11 IrIu11 ' poltilmen poltilmenusing polti p01tI menusing men menusmg usmg using better m minagcmcnt m'lnagement mlnagement inagcment ' kept hept their theirpu11et theirpullet theirpullet pu11et pullet raising ralsmg costs below 30 centsAnother centsAnother cents centsAnother Another group of men not special special111ng specialtying specialIzing 111ng tying in poultr pou1tr poultr3 ; production productton but usmg using usmgtheIr usingtheir usingtheir theIr flocks fIocl.s fIocls . as a souice somce source of Income Incomealong Incomealong Incomealong along along1th \ with \\1th 1th \ other fmn f'llm fllm faun ' enteqwI enterprises 3es < hept kept heptcost keptcost keptcost cost records on their poultry pou1tr poultr3 ilongwith 11ong ilong 11ongwith ' ilongwith with their Illinois farm account a-ccount a ccount - boo1 book bookrecords bookrecords . records Tlie The cost of producing prodllcm . ; eggs eggson egg cggaon : . on these farms \ was as 9C 96 G cents a doyen d01en |