Show More Chic Chickens and Eggs Are Produced ed Average Fowl vl Raised Worth Seven Per Cent More Prepared by the United States Stales Department ent of ot Agriculture An increase of 47 per cent In the number of hens and pullets of layIng layIng laying lay- lay Ing age on farms January 1 this year over January 1 1925 1025 and a production production production I 4 42 tion of chickens on farms year last per cent greater grenter than In 1024 1924 are estimated estimated esti estt- mated by the Department of ture The total value of ot the chickens produced produced produced pro pro- on farms last year ear was about 12 per cent greater than in 1924 and the average chicken produced was worth 7 per cent more The largest Increase in the production production production tion of chickens last year was 14 per percent percent percent cent in the East North Central states es followed by increases of 13 per cent in the North Atlantic division 12 per percent percent percent cent in the Pacific Coast Const and 7 per percent percent percent cent in the West North Central di dl- vision Decreases of ot 4 per cent are reported for the South Central states and 7 v per r cent in the South Atlantic Total production of eggs in 1025 1925 was slightly larger than In 1924 receipts receipts re re- re- re at the five principal markets being about cases or about 1 per cent more than In 1924 1024 The farm price of eggs In 1925 1025 averaged 80 cents a dozen compared with cents In 1924 1024 and 27 cents In In ht 1923 The rhe total value of the 1925 egg crop Increased about 17 per cent over that of 1924 1024 Incomplete returns from large largo commercial commercial com com- mercial poultry plants Indicate Increases increases In In- creases during the past year greater than shown for farm flocks |