Poultry as an Economical Producer of Food

ABSTRACT Poultry is continually becoming more important as a food producer in this country, making the question of the economy of producing poultry flesh and of egg production of considerable importance. It is estimated that the present value of the poultry industry exceeds one billion dollars. Poultry has shown a constant and quite rapid gain according to the census reports, fowls having increased 17 per cent in numbers between 1900 and 1910 and the production of eggs increased 23 per cent. During that period the population of the country increased 21 per cent but the production of live stock not only did not increase but actually decreased. Estimated production and what figures are available of receipts of eggs showed a very rapid increase in the production of poultry products up to the war and although the conditions during and since the war have upset the normal growth, the census figures for . . .