Show POULTRY AND EGGS VALUED AT MilLIONS Report of Census Department Shows Big I Increase in inin Production in inS in'S S A preliminary statement or of th the genera general gen gen- era eral results of ot the thc thirteenth census relative to the number of ot farms report fn Ins Ing the raisin raising of or poultry and of ot eggs together ether with the number of ot fowls and dozens of oC ells eggs produced and tho the value thereof in 1903 has boe been boen Issued by b Director E. E Dana Durand of ot the bure bureau u of ot the census department depart depart- ment of commerce and ond labor It wa prepared under the direction of ot Le Grand Powers chief statistician and John Lee Coulter expert special agent for tor agriculture ure Further analysis of ot the returns ma may result In slight modification of ot the thc to totals totals totals to- to here herp presented before final publication publication pub cation but It Is not expected that the they will affect materially the tho figures s given herein A statement showing the number num nurn- ber bei and value alue of or fowls on farms at the time tho the census was taken April 16 15 16 1910 has already been Issued Special attention Is called to the fact tact that tho thA present summary relates only to poultry poul poul- try tr and eggs egoS's produced on farms as no enumeration was provided b by law for tor cities towns or villages The total number of or farms reporting fowls vs raised In 1909 was wag or 89 per cent of or all farms In the United States Elates and the number of ot su such h fowls W Was or an average of fowls per farm torm No report was pub pub- In 1900 showing tho number of ot c farms reporting or the number of ot fowls raised In 1899 but tho the total value was nas f given ive ven a to LS as s against t a value In 1909 of ot It will thus be seen Deen that the value of ot poultry produced In on one year aho shows s an Increase during the decade of ot over or 48 0 Per Der cent Value of Eggs Doubled d. d Tho rho last census shows hOw that In 1 1909 1900 0 there thero were produced in the United l States dozen eggs o gs valued at The Production production 1 in fn 18 1899 was wag dozen eggs and the thA value alue While Whilo the pro production uc- uc tion of ot eggs during tho the ton ten years cars In Increased Increased In- In creased but per por cent the tho value alu more than doubled tho the exact amount of gain being or 1126 6 per cent Seven states In the country countr raised raise over 01 fowls In 1909 namely Iv Illinois Missouri Iowa 10 Texas Kansas Ohio and Indiana their combined pro- pro auction comprising over 39 per cent nf of or the poultry produced In the tho t States State anI Only four Cour states however reported reported re- re ported a production of ot over d dozen zen eggs Missouri Iowa Ohio and Illinois their combined product representing over 26 S 6 per cent of or tho the total Illinois raised 32 fowls owls In 1909 with a total value of at an trl average of 48 s cents per fowl tow vl production or of eggs amounted to dozen valued at an average value alue of ot 19 cents per pOl dozen Ml Missouri rl S Second nd In Production The production of or poultry In Missouri amounted 1 to 31 valued at I r or an erR a average e of ot 46 cents er fowl 1 ThIs h 3 ta state reported a pro pro- seT of ot do dozen o n c-n egIn eg- eg gs S In ing a total value of ot or an average value of or 17 cents per dozen Iowa with a production of ot fowls ranks third among tho the state states Tho The total value of Its poultry was 13 or an average I of ot 46 4 cents ner per fowl A total of it dozen c eggs Js were ere produced In 1909 valued at 19 or an average of ot 18 cents per dozen The Tho fowls raised In Ohio were valued alu d at the tho average e value vahe per fowl amounting to 47 cents This state produced dozen Jozen eggs having a total value ue of ot 19 i 4 S.- S. or an average value of ot 20 c cents per dozen Summary Details as asto to the tho Intermountain di division Ii- Ii t vision can be drawn from the table following following fol fol- fol- fol t. t lowing Fowls rowls lIaised Iro t i c f. f f. f t fr IT I I. I ST srn r r f E d tat 1911 Idaho iteM 4 2379 16 Colorado I H New Mexico 13 Mj 07 3 Arizona I 1112 1 Itah i GI Nevada I 23 20 1 rw l jONII Z J |