| Show Poultry men of illinois find the cost of eggs eggs of which illinois farmers were producing almost dozens annually in the last census year were produced at an average cost of 13 cents a dozen in 1932 on a group of record keeping poultry farms in this state according to figures announced by it it II wilcox of 0 the department of agricultural economics college of agriculture university of illinois at tills rate the farmers fan ners bill on the annual production reported in the last census would have been more than while this was the average cost tor for A relatively large group of poultry inen men in the state some of the flock owners in the group kept their costs down as low as 0 or 7 cents a dozen the low cost on all these farms was the results result mainly of the very low prices of feeds during the past year higher feed prices will make costs much higher in 1033 1933 the average cost of rearing a pullet on these poultry farms was ag cents but here again individual using better management kept their pullet raising costs below 0 30 0 cents another group of men not specializing in poultry production but using their locks flocks as a source of income along with other farm enterprises kept cost records on their poultry along with their illinois farm account book records the cost of producing eggs on these farms was ag cents a dozen |
