Georgia poultry facts, 1966/1973

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POULTRY FACTS 1966 1973
Current estimates of various aspects of the Poultry Industry are contained in
releases issued periodically throughout the year It is not possible for these releases
to contain enough information to permit comparison except to one or two previous years
This release was prepared so that comparison could be made over a longer period of
time
Our sincere gratitude goes to cooperating reporters hatcheries egg farmers
feed dealers the Poultry Improvement Association and all others who have made
these estimates possible
Other releases of poultry information by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Name of Release When Issued
Weekly Hatchery Weekly on Wednesday
Monthly Poultry Summary Monthly about 21st of month
Commercial Broiler Income Annually about March 9
Annual Summary of Weekly
Hatchery Report on Broiler Chicks Annually about March 9
Cash Receipts From Poultry Annually about April 28
The Poultry and Egg Situation Feb Apr June Sept
Nov
Annual Summary Annually about March 28
Five State Egg Type Eggs Set
and Chicks Hatched Annually about March 28
Compiled by
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Frasier T Galloway Agricultural Statistician in Charge
Clyas L Crenshaw Assistant Statistician in Charge
Agricultural Statistician
W A Bill Wagner
A cooperative function of
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas T Irvin Commissioner
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Statistical Reporting Service
Harry S Trelogan Administrator
Bruce M Graham Chairman
Crop Reporting Board

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Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks 1
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies Ga Broiler Prod 1
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies Ga All other type 1
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies US Broiler Prod 2
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies US Egg Prod 2
Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga 3
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga 3
Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US 3
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US 4
Prices Received by U S Farmers for Commercial Broilers 4
Prices Received by U S Farmers for All Eggs
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Broilers 5
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Eggs 5
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial and
Hatching Eggs
Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Georgia
Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks 22 States 7
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks 45 States 8
All Chickens on Farms by States January 1 9
Total Value of All Chickens on Farms by States January 1 10
Number of Chicken Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years 11
Egg Capacity of Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years 12
Number of Layers on Farms U S 13
Eggs Laid Per 100 Layers U S 13
Egg Production United States 13
All Layers Number Georgia j4
All Layers Eggs Laid Per 100 Georgia 14
All Layers Egg Production Georgia I4
Number of Layers in Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia 15
Eggs Laid Per 100 Layers in Hatching Flocks Georgia 15
Egg Production Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia 15
Other Layers Number Georgia 1
Other Layers Eggs Laid Per 100 Georgia Id
Other Layers Egg Production Georgia 1
Per Capita Consumption of Eggs Chickens and Turkeys U S 17
Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats U S 17
Georgia Chicken Production and Income 18
Georgia Egg Production and Income 19
Production Disposition and Gross Income U S 20
State Rank in Cash Receipts from Commercial Broilers Eggs
and All Chickens and Eggs 21
Turkeys Production Disposition and Gross Income Georgia 22
Turkeys Farm Production Disposition and Gross Income US 22

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TABLE 1
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Thousands
Jan 2 623 2649 2488 2959 3 141 2750 2 540 2390
Feb 2990 2947 2 800 2 806 3231 2599 2 228 2 170
Mar 3 843 3650 3329 3 578 3 645 3013 2676 3 056
Apr 3920 3 504 3695 3493 3 811 3 160 3308
May 3 787 3 364 3017 4046 3 677 3 196 2786
June 3937 3 620 3 555 3409 3420 3031 2694
July 3091 2 673 2 856 3026 3084 2 841 2753
Aug 3 060 2 704 2 811 3060 2998 2929 2 530
Sept 3 685 3041 3 118 2933 2709 2 559 2498
Oct 3 213 2 632 2955 3 237 2 783 2 543 247 5
Nov 2794 2959 3 152 3300 3295 2 553 2371
Dec 2769 2749 3 148 3 047 2956 2794 2249
Annual
Total 39712 36492 36924 38 894 38750 33968 31 108
TABLE 2
CHICKENS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
GEORGIA BROILER PROD
Month 1966 1967 1968 T 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
lousands
Jan 548 586 657 637 607 601 498 474
Feb 427 600 571 599 600 525 442 352
Mar 640 692 614 455 601 596 562 526
Apr 461 495 384 627 695 631 398
May 381 520 385 529 514 479 433
June 408 386 373 446 484 374 416
July 500 444 491 462 554 386 401
Aug 617 729 511 581 7 52 481 390
Sept 755 568 666 658 660 668 625
Oct 794 756 654 575 673 461 421
Nov 707 548 574 719 639 601 443
Dec 735 601 513 585 698 638 434
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
TABLE 3
CHICKENS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
GEORGIA ALL OTHER TYPES
1966
38
27
26
20
20
37
8
35
33
24
62
49
1967
62
27
34
6
6
0
42
35
41
30
16
12
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
50
27
12
10
6
23
7
8
16
21
43
55
Thousands
19
16
43
16
18
41
13
43
16
20
14
22
25
39
66
9
36
30
55
70
21
16
1973
39 40 10
27 24 16
37 20 38
36 0
16 49
11 8
23 18
16 21
53 27
25 14
53 14
41 45

TABLE 4
CHICKENS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S FOR BROILER PRODUCTION
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Thousands
Jan 2399 3 085 2435 2 823 2418 2 667 2275 2 196
Feb 2 056 2 370 2 121 1992 2964 2 576 1849 1962
Mar 2 219 2 821 2 034 2455 2681 2499 2006 1986
Apr 2 214 2 338 2 155 2 525 2499 2 505 1899
May 1 788 2 064 1 701 2 217 2 548 2 086 1850
June 1 735 2 111 1 594 1 856 2 140 2 235 1756
July 2 208 1930 1 817 2 056 2279 1940 1786
Aug 2 292 2403 1 850 2 023 2739 2 284 2 165
Sept 2 825 2395 2453 2486 2372 2 274 2 186
Oct 2 673 2423 2 312 2 740 2955 1 828 2047
Nov 2997 2493 2 315 2 545 2 505 2 688 1856
Dec 2 716 2 305 2 326 2 569 2664 2 263 1904
TABLE 5
CHICKENS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S FOR EGG PRODUCTION
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Thousands
Jan 1072 1 192 938 712 736 778 617 605
Feb 647 648 884 556 598 618 532 428
Mar 507 594 442 620 483 544 511 456
Apr 348 533 315 382 436 506 301
May 251 2 50 3 50 3 58 411 439 502
June 294 341 286 363 398 433 322
July 331 465 319 302 320 3 54 381
Aug Sept 501 414 378 371 412 601 436
606 472 463 358 622 376 459
Oct 918 602 589 681 628 466 453
Nov 939 925 737 808 845 675 500
Dec 1 126 783 578 719 897 665 481
TABLE 6
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GA 1972 1973 1
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Millions
Jan 409 424 414 403 436 39 1 399 367
Feb 38 8 404 396 384 409 343 386 32 5
Mar 446 466 440 446 470 41 1 413 387
Apr 464 44 5 43 5 439 466 414 40 5
May 493 447 454 444 476 423 414
June 470 42 8 439 43 1 444 420 398
July 47 1 428 434 42 5 419 410 380
Aug 444 417 408 418 408 413 379
Sept 41 1 370 358 375 34 5 368 332
Oct 41 5 379 372 388 34 1 34 5 343
Nov 383 379 389 403 382 364 342
Dec 399 384 406 410 396 391 359
Total 5192 4969 494 5 4964 4990 4693 4550
U Pre liminary
TABLE 7
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
RY rOMMFRCTAL H 1968 1969 ATrHFRTFS fGAt
Month 1966 1967 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Millions
Jan 24 29 24 26 43 36 35 36
Feb 29 39 2 5 32 4 1 3 5 40 36
Mar 3 5 44 36 40 50 47 36 46
Apr 40 40 40 4 1 47 45 36
May 44 37 3 5 46 42 55 37
June 37 2 8 32 37 42 44 32
July 27 2 1 3 1 3 5 39 33 36
Aug 29 22 32 3 1 1 1 29 3 5
Sept 3 1 22 33 34 40 2 8 29
Oct 30 16 38 34 40 27 26
Nov 29 16 3 1 30 35 27 26
Dec 26 16 32 29 3 5 24 27
Total 379 sliminary 330 388 414 46 5 430 396
W Pr
TABLE 8
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMEE CIAL HATCHERIES U S
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Millions
Jan 219 7 225 3 229 8 2364 270 1 264 2 2739 2616
Feb 207 4 217 6 219 5 228 1 254 1 239 0 2694 2419
Mar 237 4 256 1 246 7 2678 2960 280 3 2973 2879
Apr MayJune 246 1 250 3 247 7 2685 2942 282 3 2939
258 0 257 0 260 9 2800 3007 289 3 3030
246 6 245 0 250 3 2662 2872 280 0 2862
July Aug 244 4 241 1 244 2 2576 2684 268 6 273 1
224 3 232 3 232 4 2467 2607 268 4 2722
Sept Oct 212 7 201 7 203 4 2310 223 8 239 9 2397
220 0 205 6 214 8 237 5 2284 238 7 2470
Nov 212 8 211 3 221 6 2489 2466 250 4 2512
Dec 218 1 215 2 227 8 2562 2590 267 0 2607
Total 2747 6 2 758 5 2799 1 3 0250 3 1892 3 168 0 32675
1 Preliminary TABLE 9
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES U S
Month
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973 1
Millions
Jan 362 398 33 5 380 463 404 39 1 392
Feb 412 463 386 403 469 429 416 416
Mar 647 66 1 538 536 646 578 480 517
Apr 81 0 744 623 603 698 646 530
May 770 68 1 594 59 5 644 602 520
June 539 479 450 474 509 493 429
July 367 340 37 1 402 45 1 414 386
Aug 344 360 37 1 380 294 382 37 5
Sept 354 346 37 5 39 5 405 344 360
Oct 379 329 404 400 422 338 379
Nov 35 5 277 358 34 1 355 329 324
Dec 354 270 340 390 355 316 324
Total 5693 minary 5348 5143 5299 571 1 527 5 4914
U Preli
TABLE 10
PRICES RECEIVED BY U S FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 1966 1973
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Cents Per Po and
Jan 163 139 134 14 1 148 130 13 5 172
Feb 164 152 149 149 143 139 144 194
Mar 172 142 146 15 1 14 5 136 143 233
Apr 158 139 14 1 147 137 136 129 25 5
May 167 132 146 155 138 146 136
June 16 1 136 150 159 134 15 1 144
July 16 1 144 15 5 17 5 133 156 155
Aug 157 130 149 16 5 13 1 143 146
Sept 146 12 5 139 157 133 140 154
Oct 132 124 127 148 124 129 146
Nov 13 5 11 8 13 5 144 129 12 5 139
Dec 120 120 13 5 136 12 1 120 140
Average 153 133 142 152 135 138 143
TABLE 11
PRICES RECEIVED BY US FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS
BY MONTHS 1966 1973
Month
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
Cents Per Dozen
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
37
41
41
38
33
33
35
39
42
41
41
410
Average 39 1
378
328
347
300
288
274
299
299
320
287
298
323
312
318
303
306
290
273
30 5
329
343
430
378
39 1
422
34 1
1973
43 5 533 3 54 300 495
39 1 474 32 5 292 42 5
398 422 320 319 472
367 348 319 278 469
304 299 293 274
314 307 283 277
377 362 28 5 306
362 332 313 299
407 386 307 339
404 323 288 309
492 357 300 370
546 379 342 432
400 377 31 1 316
TABLE 12
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 1966 1973 1970 1971 1972 1973
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969
Cents Pei Po und
Jan 15 5 12 5 12 0 130 13 5 12 5 12 5 15 5
Feb 15 5 140 14 0 13 5 13 5 13 5 135 190
Mar 16 5 130 13 5 140 13 5 12 5 130 23 5
Apr 15 0 12 5 130 13 5 12 5 12 5 120 25 5
May 16 0 120 13 5 14 5 12 5 140 130
June 15 5 12 5 13 5 150 12 5 14 5 140
July 15 5 13 5 14 5 16 5 120 150 14 5
Aug 150 120 14 0 15 5 120 13 5 13 5
Sept 140 11 5 130 14 5 120 130 145
Oct 12 0 110 11 5 13 5 110 11 5 135
Nov 12 5 10 5 12 0 130 120 110 130
Dec 11 0 110 12 5 120 110 10 5 130
Season
Average 14 5 122 13 1 140 123 128 133
TABLE 13
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS
BY MONTHS 1966 t973
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 Cents Per D02 1970 1971 1972 1973
en
Jan 456 434 39 5 517 605 392 339 53 1
Feb 51 1 39 1 364 460 53 5 362 332 43 1
Mar 514 412 38 5 474 479 366 36 1 529
Apr 459 350 36 3 44 5 399 364 326 504
May 399 343 343 37 5 352 320 31 1
June 41 5 333 387 37 5 367 316 319
July 452 37 5 418 45 1 412 337 352
Aug 466 352 436 449 387 347 343
Sept 522 383 54 1 492 432 346 377
Oct 487 327 45 6 483 366 33 1 346
Nov 50 2 359 476 56 1 398 34 5 413
Dec 476 39 1 503 60 8 423 390 509
Weighted
Average 47 1 37 1 422 47 5 TABLE 14 430 35 5 35 1

PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS
Fc r Commercial E ggs For Hal ching Eggs
Month 1971 1972 1973 1971 1972 1973
Cents Per Dozen
Jan 36 9 28 9 520 540 60 0 60 0
Feb 33 3 28 0 40 1 540 60 0 63 0
Mar 33 8 31 4 50 1 540 60 0 70 0
Apr 33 6 26 9 472 540 60 0 70 0
May 28 2 25 0 540 60 0
June 27 5 26 0 540 60 0
July 29 2 30 3 580 60 0
Aug 30 3 29 6 580 60 0
Sept 30 0 33 7 590 60 0
Oct 28 3 30 1 600 60 0
Nov 30 0 38 1 600 60 0
Dec 35 2 49 3 600 60 0
Weighted
Average 31 3 30 3 567 60 0
Revise i

TABLE 15
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKS GEORGIA 1966 1973
Week
No 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Millions
1 83 89 87 87 88 86 87 82
2 86 88 87 86 9 1 86 88 82
3 86 88 88 83 92 84 93 80
4 8 5 89 87 84 9 1 83 92 8 1
5 87 89 87 8 5 94 84 87 83
6 89 9 1 8 6 87 96 77 89 82
7 9 1 94 8 8 88 97 79 9 1 80
8 90 94 9 1 9 1 97 82 93 7 5
9 89 97 90 9 1 96 85 95 82
10 8 8 99 92 93 95 83 96 84
11 89 100 9 1 94 96 86 92 84
12 90 100 92 94 98 87 92 8 5
13 93 100 93 95 102 9 1 92 87
14 96 97 92 96 98 90 9 1 83
15 97 99 93 95 10 1 9 1 93 87
16 97 100 92 95 99 92 95 89
17 97 98 94 95 100 91 94
18 99 99 95 94 102 91 95
19 100 95 97 94 103 87 91
20 99 96 94 92 100 90 9 1
21 10 2 96 94 93 102 93 96
22 99 93 95 9 1 99 94 94
23 10 1 95 95 94 99 93 94
24 10 0 95 96 92 98 95 93
25 99 92 97 92 97 93 95
26 99 92 94 93 99 93 92
27 98 90 93 8 5 89 94 9 1
28 97 9 1 93 87 87 87 83
29 96 9 1 94 87 89 88 87
30 96 88 92 90 89 90 86
31 94 88 9 1 87 90 90 89
32 95 90 87 87 87 91 87
33 89 88 86 8 5 87 90 86
34 9 1 86 8 5 8 5 86 89 8 5
35 8 8 83 83 8 5 84 89 8 5
36 89 82 80 84 8 1 87 8 5
37 88 79 8 1 85 79 87 84
38 84 73 74 78 77 87 8 1
39 83 78 74 70 70 75 68
40 88 80 80 82 66 73 73
41 90 8 1 8 1 8 5 78 83 83
42 88 76 78 83 8 1 8 1 83
43 83 7 5 69 76 65 69 82
44 8 1 76 76 73 67 64 62
45 82 83 8 5 8 5 77 75 7 1
46 84 82 84 87 83 8 5 77
47 84 8 1 86 87 86 86 82
48 8 2 8 1 86 86 82 86 79
49 82 83 89 86 88 87 8 1
50 82 8 1 87 8 5 84 87 83
51 84 84 87 86 8 5 87 82
52 84 79 84 8 1 8 1 87 83
53 8 5 74
Total 471 7 4614 457 1 4547 4647 4480 4589
1 Preliminary

TABLE 16
BROILER CHICKS PLACE D BY WEEKS 22 STATES 1966 1973
Week
No 1966 1967 1968 1969 Millions 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
1 470 477 486 504 562 565 581 562
2 473 477 487 50 1 576 568 579 56 1
3 479 48 1 494 497 576 557 590 564
4 47 5 486 497 51 1 580 563 599 576
5 489 497 500 51 1 591 576 59 5 576
6 492 508 490 525 592 547 602 576
7 499 517 50 1 537 602 56 1 615 573
8 504 520 505 54 5 603 572 624 567
9 496 53 5 513 553 610 577 63 1 594
10 492 543 520 563 616 58 5 634 608
11 49 5 549 520 567 623 588 635 616
12 506 550 526 574 633 598 632 619
13 520 542 53 1 572 642 603 643 62 5
14 530 54 5 533 576 639 607 643 622
15 536 545 536 582 644 615 642 635
16 54 1 547 538 588 645 62 1 647 640
17 545 550 544 594 646 615 650
18 547 546 545 594 639 615 659
19 543 54 5 548 591 639 606 649
20 544 542 548 592 640 610 642
21 548 543 548 592 634 619 649
22 543 532 552 590 634 61 5 647
23 545 540 552 59 5 635 617 640
24 539 537 549 592 635 620 636
25 542 539 546 586 630 614 635
26 54 1 532 540 58 1 625 61 1 628
27 535 516 528 529 606 603 633
28 526 520 526 557 553 554 558
29 528 516 522 564 564 567 577
30 522 513 510 554 582 585 597
31 510 506 512 539 572 580 598
32 50 5 499 503 530 56 1 58 1 606
33 476 502 502 52 5 566 577 598
34 473 492 49 1 527 558 570 582
35 472 480 478 533 548 576 573
36 478 472 47 1 533 524 569 576
37 476 45 5 46 5 529 517 562 573
38 467 394 440 513 496 544 553
39 449 446 407 470 449 485 488
40 477 462 47 1 515 478 496 503
41 483 457 48 1 547 520 546 57 1
42 480 419 47 1 525 508 534 564
43 454 412 422 46 1 454 49 1 536
44 460 447 450 492 469 472 47 1
45 473 469 489 543 519 519 509
46 478 473 494 558 543 555 55 1
47 473 467 502 564 558 570 573
48 464 469 486 549 552 56 5 566
49 467 464 497 556 566 576 580
50 468 460 493 560 562 575 579
51 467 474 486 557 567 578 573
52 463 44 1 473 522 524 558 57 1
53 46 1 528
Total 2 5944 2 5948 26217 28462 3 0009 29833 3 1474
1 Beginning with the 14th week in 1973 and continuing thereafter only 21 States are
included Connecticut which placed an average of 6 1 birds in 1972 discontinued weekly
estimates as of April 1 1973 TABLE 17
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED 1969 1972
Week Georgia 4 States 1 5 States 2
No 1969 1970 Tho 1971 usands 1972 1969 1970 1971 1972
Thousands Thousands
1 618 900 965 419 2361 2955 2612 2 132
2 634 898 783 602 2420 3258 3230 2 698
3 454 994 766 865 2358 3377 2 528 3 116
4 660 1095 787 717 2 273 3317 3 166 2440
5 588 948 891 1 026 2373 3 526 3010 2 568
6 661 1 014 900 905 2 572 3211 3081 2949
7 824 1 035 727 1060 2762 3 635 3 119 3 252
8 801 1 022 870 1 006 2991 3655 3246 2 847
9 935 1041 991 953 3041 3704 3469 2910
10 894 1 100 1 014 810 3 268 3876 3452 2 781
11 857 1 028 1 137 638 3060 3834 3710 2389
12 986 1 207 1047 869 2798 4 132 3733 2 89 5
13 888 1 146 1053 913 3093 4 089 3775 2609
14 968 1 190 1 003 876 3367 4 121 3432 3297
15 836 1 153 944 719 3017 4085 3589 3 182
16 963 1 131 1 018 868 3444 4 101 3677 3 111
17 1 035 1075 1209 832 3254 3914 3596 3015
18 975 905 1 075 906 3 102 3776 3 532 2965
19 1014 966 1209 1 007 3 353 3594 3458 3 115
20 1 069 928 1250 904 3 113 3721 3307 2990
21 1 162 967 1 191 7 57 2899 3452 3 503 2643
22 928 974 1315 776 2618 3489 3251 2478
23 852 1057 1240 706 2891 3 562 3036 2408
24 1009 975 1 008 687 2794 3266 3 169 2 553
25 772 954 1 119 694 2 545 3 168 2955 2497
26 853 962 894 755 2728 3314 2627 2699
27 658 1 053 900 895 2 169 3224 2773 2 632
28 933 993 604 765 2 583 3488 2718 2731
29 834 889 791 774 2662 3 162 2777 2 225
30 796 716 859 911 2 296 3207 2704 2 623
31 688 790 647 7 57 2 364 3 185 2032 2 220
32 679 157 718 909 2385 1941 1828 2 540
33 690 161 692 869 2296 1732 2282 2212
34 761 148 533 695 2496 1 517 2089 2 136
35 630 220 664 657 2351 1679 2635 2211
36 765 1 024 723 866 2467 3026 3 188 2 293
37 821 1 002 836 694 2745 2983 2 515 2860
38 785 1037 599 708 2799 3440 2232 2431
39 783 801 533 699 2764 2995 1954 2 278
40 828 802 582 547 2611 3 235 2223 2 576
41 659 857 555 601 2308 3 163 1835 2 847
42 785 943 525 553 2 571 3220 2 534 2293
43 758 936 702 706 2 187 2936 2 537 2 897
44 809 870 638 547 2738 2915 2090 2 643
45 840 994 637 516 2401 2995 1927 2 206
46 689 908 696 712 2 163 2625 2079 2 199
47 605 800 589 665 2 266 2623 2361 2306
48 635 594 544 470 2497 2438 2 149 1655
49 639 636 674 637 2254 2362 2472 2 151
50 677 920 657 608 2301 3 237 2 120 2337
51 714 860 596 715 2319 2 785 2245 2 144
52 564 546 447 613 2245 1774 2008 2 106
53 536 1495
Annual
Total 41 261 46 322 43347 39895 137733 166 019 145 570 135 786
of
50 Stat e
Annual
Total 78 8 1 82 8 1 260 29 1 276 276
50 Stat e
u Annual
Total 529 888 571 142 111 Calif Was 527473 491 3 54 529888 571 142 527473 491 3 54
1 Ga h 2 G i 111 C 8 alif Wash Miss

TABLE 18
ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS
BY STATES JAN 1 1966 1969DEC 1 1970 1972 1
State 1966 2 1967 2 1968 2 1969 2 1970 2 1971 2 197237
Milli ons
Maine 60 63 65 68 78 79 83
N H 2 2 23 22 20 17 17 18
Vt 7 7 6 6 5 6 7
Mass 3 1 32 30 30 29 28 3 1
R I 5 5 5 5 5 3 3
Conn 49 49 48 48 46 52 52
N Y 133 142 140 137 136 133 124
N J 73 72 60 54 48 4 1 38
Pa 189 193 177 176 182 199 187
Ohio 133 137 13 5 12 1 132 137 134
Ind 146 162 173 170 174 180 164
111 10 1 109 106 103 107 98 92
Mich 83 90 84 80 8 1 85 8 1
Wis 76 79 7 5 66 74 74 70
Minn 129 133 128 117 143 145 137
Iowa 180 172 148 129 14 1 134 117
Mo 7 5 8 1 8 1 80 90 88 84
N Dak 16 16 14 1 1 10 9 8
S Dak 73 7 5 67 52 53 47 44
Nebr 67 68 63 53 52 48 46
Kansas 52 54 52 49 44 40 38
Del 8 8 9 8 9 9 9
Md 20 19 20 20 2 1 20 2 1
Va 66 64 62 56 53 52 56
W Va 18 19 17 16 14 14 13
N C 176 194 19 1 197 218 216 209
S C 6 1 73 69 7 1 79 8 1 83
Ga 28 5 112 343 342 370 399 379 366
Fla 136 144 173 177 180 172
Ky 39 40 40 37 3 5 33 37
Tenn 6 1 64 63 63 63 6 1 6 1
Ala 157 174 184 194 199 198 196
Miss 144 162 159 156 15 5 149 144
Ark 176 224 240 239 250 250 250
La 48 54 5 1 53 46 48 44
Okla 3 1 3 1 30 30 33 33 29
Texas 17 8 204 193 174 173 167 153
Montana 10 1 1 1 1 12 12 12 12
Idaho 12 12 12 1 1 1 1 9 10
Wy 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Col 14 1 5 17 17 19 18 1 8
N Mex 9 9 9 10 13 12 13
Ariz 14 1 5 1 5 15 14 1 1 10
Utah 1 5 17 17 17 17 18 17
Nev 1 1
Wash 63 67 69 64 7 1 60 59
Oregon 30 3 1 30 3 1 29 30 29
Calif 459 490 517 509 564 536 482
Alaska 1
Hawaii 12 13 13 13 14 14 13
U S 3923 4256 4205 4133 4339 4256 406 5
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary TABLE 19
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS BY STATES
JAN 1 1966 1969 DEC 1 1970 1972 1
State 1966 2 1967 2 1968 2 1969 2 1970 2 1971 2 1972 3
Million Dollars
Maine 95 107 110 115 124 13 1 99
N H 38 40 39 36 28 29 25
Vt 12 12 10 10 10 10 9
Mass 53 56 53 54 54 52 43
R I 8 9 8 8 9 6 4
Conn 86 9 1 90 91 88 94 68
N Y 22 5 249 246 247 23 1 206 198
N J 106 11 1 87 83 82 72 64
Pa 292 299 275 28 1 283 338 262
Ohio 173 179 169 15 1 165 17 1 147
Ind 17 5 194 200 213 223 216 18 1
111 106 120 11 1 114 117 108 110
Mich 116 13 1 114 113 117 119 98
Wis 92 99 89 86 93 93 85
Minn 148 159 140 153 172 159 165
Iowa 217 206 148 142 169 168 157
Mo 68 72 65 70 85 85 88
N D 16 17 12 1 1 1 1 10 8
S D 84 86 53 50 58 46 46
Nebr 65 68 46 46 50 44 46
Kansas 48 47 43 4 5 40 37 32
Del 10 11 1 1 12 12 13 14
Md 26 26 27 30 3 1 32 33
Va 80 77 7 1 68 64 62 73
W Va 19 20 20 18 17 17 18
N C 194 213 189 207 229 238 262
S C 77 87 79 93 99 106 113
Ga 328 378 376 425 439 45 5 421
Fla 14 1 163 166 208 194 198 189
Ky 36 36 36 34 35 35 38
Tenn 54 54 56 59 70 67 71
Ala 157 164 17 5 203 20 8 227 225
Miss 159 170 17 5 180 186 186 202
Ark 174 218 218 236 250 263 288
La 55 62 59 6 1 59 59 67
Okla 26 29 25 29 33 33 33
Texas 162 214 203 183 191 192 191
Montana 13 14 13 13 15 16 16
Idaho 13 13 12 1 1 12 10 11
Wy 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Col 1 5 16 18 17 22 20 23
N Mex 9 9 10 9 16 15 18
Ariz 16 17 18 15 16 13 14
Utah 16 19 20 1 19 19 22
Nev 1 1
Wash 88 94 90 83 96 84 83
Oregon 39 4 1 38 37 37 40 37
Calif 55 1 564 568 585 676 616 772
Alaska 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Hawaii 2 8 28 26 25 27 28 27
US 4713 509 1 4812 4984 5262 524 0 i 5198
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
10TABLE 20
NUMBER OF CHICKEN HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1961 1973
BY STATES
State 1961 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973
Num ber
Maine 24 19 16 12 12 13 11
N H 14 12 5 1 1 1 1
Vt 6 6 1 11 11 1 11
Mass 47 37 23 17 13 1 1
R I 7 5 5 3 3 3 3
Conn 22 16 15 11 9 6 4
N Y 81 63 56 53 42 39 32
N J 53 41 31 23 13 10 8
Pa 169 142 115 96 61 50 39
Ohio 127 117 92 73 47 38 30
Ind 198 134 114 85 60 45 41
111 140 116 90 78 63 52 33
Mich 59 52 45 33 17 14 12
Wis 108 91 73 56 42 32 24
Minn 271 175 147 118 87 77 69
Iowa 340 282 217 143 89 74 54
Mo 182 161 120 60 49 31 29
N Dak 24 22 17 12 10 7 8
S Dak 83 79 65 57 44 32 27
Nebr 116 98 92 75 53 44 34
Kansas 103 83 65 52 39 32 24
Del 19 18 15 13 12 12 12
Md 32 23 21 20 20 16 16
Va 58 45 31 26 17 13 11
W Va 13 8 5 5 4 3 1
N C 106 99 84 75 63 64 5T
S C 33 38 14 22 21 9 7
Ga Fla 176 157 138 139 116 70 77
34 27 30 31 3l 27 17
Ky Tenn 59 33 26 19 10 9 9
58 48 35 35 28 18 15
Ala 83 79 84 83 81 71 53
Miss 57 51 37 33 34 31 27
Ark 87 78 63 60 58 58 37
La 20 19 18 13 12 11 8
Okla 51 43 29 21 13 12 12
Texas 200 170 146 121 83 73 63
Montana 14 13 7 5 5 4 4
Idaho 18 18 16 12 11 9 8
Wy Col 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
15 12 7 Z 6 3 4
N Mex 4 1 1 1 0 1
Ariz 6 7 4 11 4 3 1
Utah 10 10 9 9 7 7 1
Nev 0
Wash 43 32 28 23 20 14 12
Oregon 40 25 21 21 13 10 8
Calif 101 92 81 67 53 38 31
Hawaii 6 1 1 U
U S 3 513 2900 23 57 1932 1486 1209 989
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
11

State
mr
TABLE 21
EGG CAPACITY OF HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1961 1973
BY STATES
1959
TW
1965
1967
T9TT
T97T
Milli ons
Maine 68 76 70 80 90 87 82
N H 32 25 18 1 1 1 1
Vt 2 2 1 TV 1 1 1
Mass 5 1 50 30 25 25 ZZ 20
R I 6 4 4 5 4 6 6
Conn 73 70 57 47 33 36 1 1
N Y 70 59 57 63 57 56 46
N J 94 59 53 42 24 22 2 1
Pa 193 188 169 150 12 1 129 120
Ohio 137 13 5 98 79 63 60 5 1
Ind 263 190 160 146 11 5 107 103
111 162 144 12 5 113 89 69 47
Mich 48 4 5 40 30 20 19 18
Wis 90 80 63 57 49 4 1 34
Minn 279 203 188 160 132 126 11 1
Iowa 299 257 212 146 108 96 76
Mo 286 276 226 88 79 72 77
N D 19 18 12 10 9 7 7
S D 69 66 53 46 39 30 24
Nebr 99 86 79 64 50 43 36
Kansas 8 5 62 48 36 26 26 2 5
Del 102 99 109 104 106 120 13 1
Md 164 168 179 214 21 1 224 23 5
Va 128 11 1 90 84 79 82 87
W Va 20 1 5 9 9 5 3 1
N C 23 5 264 276 312 325 376 333
S C 39 42 28 37 43 32 32
Ga Fla 472 508 497 613 654 556 587
49 33 6 1 89 110 14 5 1278
Ky Tenn 52 36 23 18 1 1 9 14
75 7 5 65 68 76 46 4 5
Ala 224 26 1 354 400 402 404 45 1
Miss 17 5 193 213 229 237 260 267
Ark 243 314 362 432 473 473 484
La 34 35 4 1 46 50 44 50
Okla 5 1 49 36 30 26 34 43
Texas 26 5 289 276 262 25 1 274 269
Montana 9 9 7 6 6 4 4
Idaho 1 5 15 13 13 12 13 8
Wy Col 1 1 1 1 lTJ 1 17J 1 g 1 7 1 7
N Mex 1 1 1 1 0 1
Ariz 6 6 4 11 7 5 1
Utah 12 12 1 1 17J 9 10
Nev m
Wash 48 42 48 44 44 40 36
Oregon 37 36 36 33 34 36 33
Calif 192 219 195 20 1 199 173 17 5
Hawaii 5 U 1 U
U S 508 5 4938 4708 468 1 4537 4453 4363
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
12

TABLE 22
NUMBER OF LAYERS ON FARMS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19661973 1
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 Millions 1970 1971 1972 1973 2
Jan 3063 3199 322 5 3099 3163 324 1 3208 3000
Feb 3037 3160 318 5 3085 3146 3197 3177 2979
Mar 3016 3136 3163 3070 3137 3166 3135 296 8
Apr 2987 3106 3126 3060 3115 3137 3079
May 2954 3073 307 5 304 1 3090 3107 3024
June 2929 3049 3033 302 1 307 1 3080 2995
July 292 5 304 5 3014 301 1 3069 3068 299 1
Aug 2966 3076 3019 302 5 3086 308 1 2996
Sept 305 1 3137 3047 305 5 3135 3105 3000
Oct 3130 3196 308 5 3087 3185 3145 3013
Nov 318 5 322 5 3103 3118 3220 319 1 302 1
Dec 3216 3244 3103 315 5 3257 3213 3015
Av during
year 3038 3137 3098 3069 3140 3144 305 5
1 1966 1972 Revised 2 Prelim inary
TABLE 23
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 1971 1966 1973 1972 1895 1 All 1
Month 1966 1 792 1967 1 832 1968 1969 1970 1973 2 1901
Jan 1 830 1 807 1814 1854
Feb 1650 1696 1746 1 680 1 653 1702 1799 1 741
Mar 1901 1931 1915 1918 1881 1913 1962 1952
Apr 1894 1908 1 886 1885 1857 1873 1915
May 1964 1971 1946 1962 1921 1947 1974
June 1 871 1 883 1858 1 868 1 832 1879 1900
July 1 868 1904 1953 1 887 1868 1910 1944
Aug Sept Oct 1 817 1858 1839 1 853 1843 1 880 1918
1738 1764 1749 1768 1759 1 802 1837
1 781 1 805 1 804 1819 1809 1 863 1 886
Nov 1 731 1 748 1742 1755 1 762 1 813 1825
Dec 1 801 1 811 1797 1 814 1 834 1 880 1900
1 1966 1972 R e vised 2 Preliminary
TABLE ZA
EGG PRODUCTION UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 1966 1973 1
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 2
Million Eggs
Jan 5488 5859 5902 5599 5738 6009 6080 5703
Feb 5 011 5 360 5 562 5 181 5201 5441 5717 5 186
Mar 5 734 6055 6 056 5 887 5901 6058 6 149 5794
Apr May June 5 658 5927 5898 5 767 5783 5 875 5896
5 801 6055 5985 5967 5937 6 050 5967
5480 5742 5635 5645 5627 5787 5690
July Aug Sept Oct 5463 5798 5692 5682 5 733 5862 5813
5390 5717 5 550 5605 5688 5794 5747
5302 5 534 5329 5401 5 515 5 596 5 511
5 574 5769 5 564 5616 5761 5859 5684
Nov 5 514 5 637 5407 5473 5673 5786 5 512
Dec 5792 5 875 5 576 5725 5973 6038 5729
Total
Year 66205 69327 68 156 67 546 68 530 70 155 69495
1 1966 1972 B evised 2 Preliminary
13TABLE 25
Month 1966
ALL LAYERS NUMBER GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1966 1973 1
1972
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973 2
Thousands
Jan 20066 22 872 24 598 25 244 26 544 27414 26233 25 009
Feb 19844 22 385 23906 24839 25 836 26600 25753 24 770
Mar 19 864 22040 23454 24396 25 266 25766 25228 24 699
Apr 20460 21 679 22 688 24186 24884 25 153 24398
May 20 892 21494 21 879 23964 24368 24 540 23 855
June 20849 21 675 21 820 23806 23862 23926 23561
July 20995 21933 22 173 23 792 23835 23794 23 586
Aug 21479 22351 22 610 24 148 24109 23765 24030
Sept 22 250 22 912 23370 24642 24518 23952 24373
Oct 22759 23810 24 022 25 225 25256 24809 24719
Nov 23 012 24 529 24485 25736 26432 25801 24 946
Dec 23 107 24804 25 036 26477 27423 26366 25 020
Year 3 21 298 22707 23337 24705 25 194 25 157 24 642
1 Av No on hand during month 2 Preliminary 3 Av No during year
Revised
TABLE 26
ALL LAYERS EGGS LAID PER 100 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1966 1973
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Jan 1 699 1798 1826 1829 1792 1 882 1835 1885
Feb 1 571 1669 1711 1 714 1602 1708 1737 1742
Mar 1 841 1919 1 857 1950 1820 1869 1916 1987
Apr 1890 1926 1 836 1890 1 821 1 836 1854
May 1953 1959 1903 1953 1931 1941 1879
June 1 818 1878 1794 1 818 1806 1 878 1827
July 1 817 1910 1 814 1 832 1832 1897 1900
Aug 1779 1 835 1742 1844 1807 1872 1897
Sept 1692 1743 1656 1758 1713 1794 1803
Oct 1696 1786 1755 1795 1779 1854 1823
Nov 1 650 1740 1710 1749 1752 1821 1764
Dec 1 742 1 823 1798 1 838 1841 1 860 1 848
Av per
hen 2 211 220 214 220 215 222 221
1 Pre iminary 2 Annual rate of lay per layer on hand eggs pr aduced during year
divided by average number of layers during year Revised
TABLE 27
ALL LAYERS EGG PRODUCTION GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1966 1973
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Million Eggs
Jan 341 411 449 462 476 516 481 471
Feb 312 374 409 426 414 454 447 431
Mar 366 423 436 476 460 482 483 491
Apr May 387 418 417 457 453 462 452
408 421 416 468 471 476 448
June 379 407 391 433 431 449 430
July 381 419 402 436 437 451 448
Aug 382 410 394 445 436 445 456
Sept 376 399 387 433 420 430 439
Oct 386 425 422 453 449 460 451
Nov 380 427 419 450 463 470 440
Dec 403 452 450 487 505 490 462
Year
2 4 501 4 986 4992 5426 5415 5 585 5437
1 Pre liminarv 2 Tot al number during year Revise d
14TABLE 28
Number of Layers in Hatching Egg Flocks 1 Georgia By Months 1966
Month 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973
1973 2
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
4 152
4318
4498
4624
4638
4498
4332
4368
4431
4 364
4 380
4 534
4650
4764
4907
4904
4 810
4735
4740
4748
4 674
4726
4769
4690
4760
4666
4689
4760
4 830
4782
4686
4 569
4 544
4 726
4 864
4 864
4 868
4 737
Thousands
4920
4968
5030
5 066
5 192
5370
5477
5392
5 173
4993
4986
5038
5 134
4918
4 844
4796
4915
5 159
5 128
4947
4824
4631
4 580
4 531
4478
4 813
4427
4 270
4 185
4 142
4308
4317
4 181
4223
4308
4306
4367
4659
4308
4799
4775
4730
4737
4790
4742
4 522
4335
4295
4251
4 275
4 183
4 536
4093
4 183
4 151
Year 3 4428
1 Hatching Egg Flocks Eggs used principally for hatching broiler chicks
II Preliminary 3 Average number during year
Eggs Laid Per 100 Layers
Month 1966 1967
TABLE 29
Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia By Months 1966 1973
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Av Per
Hen 2
1 662
1 576
1 835
1 818
1 841
1704
1 652
1 618
1 569
1 581
1 506
1 593
200
1 733
1663
1910
1 881
1897
1758
1761
1705
1 554
1469
1419
1624
204
1786
1647
1 764
1845
1906
1773
1798
1 717
1 608
1655
1 506
1 507
205
1674
1674
1897
1842
1879
1785
1832
1 804
1674
1649
1497
1606
208
1730
1618
1779
1722
1885
1770
1742
1736
1653
1655
1620
1668
206
1699
1 560
1727
1701
1783
1776
1860
1854
1761
1795
1761
1786
211
1767
1 682
1860
1 800
1817
1737
1804
1 807
1719
1761
1662
1717
211
1702
1 582
1 882
1 Preliminary 2 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand eggs produced during year
divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 30
Egg Production Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia by Months 19661973
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
Month
1973 1
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
69
68
82
84
85
77
72
71
69
69
66
72
Year 2 884
Millions
80 83 82 85 75 85 70
79 77 83 78 67 80 66
94 84 95 85 72 88 78
92 89 93 85 71 85
91 91 98 97 77 87
83 83 96 91 77 82
84 82 100 86 78 82
81 78 97 84 78 78
73 76 87 77 76 74
69 81 82 76 77 75
67 73 74 73 77 71
76 73 81 74 83 72
969 970 1 068 991 908 959
1 Preliminary 2 Total number during year
15
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
TABLE 31
Other Layers 1 Number Georgia by Months 1966 1973
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
15914
15 526
15 366
15 836
16254
16 351
16663
17 111
17819
18395
18 632
18 573
18222
17 621
17 133
16775
16684
16940
17193
17603
18237
19084
19760
20 114
19932
19217
18694
17858
17097
17 134
17604
18066
18644
19 158
19621
20 168
Thousands
20324
19871
19366
19120
18772
18436
18315
18757
19469
20232
20750
21439
21626
20992
20470
19969
19209
18734
18 888
19285
19887
20 676
21 901
22945
22987
22 330
21 581
21011
20 232
19609
19613
19 542
19 644
20503
21434
21707
21434
20978
20498
19661
19065
18 819
19064
19695
20078
20468
20671
20837
Year 3 16870 17947 18599 19571 20382 20849 20106
1973 2
20916
20 587
20 549
1 Other Flocks producing eggs for use other than for hatching 2 Preliminary
37 Average number during year Revised
TABLE 32
Other Layers Eggs Laii I Per 100 Georgia by Months 19661973
Month 1966 1 709 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1922 1972 1851 1973 1
Jan 1 816 1835 1866 1807 1922
Feb 1 572 1674 1 726 1725 1602 1 736 1749 1775
Mar 1 848 1920 1 883 1962 1832 1894 1928 2009
Apr 1913 1943 1 836 1902 1 842 1863 1869
May 1987 1978 1903 1972 1944 1972 1894
June 1 847 1913 1794 1 824 1815 1896 1 851
July 1 854 1948 1 817 1835 1854 1903 1922
Aug 1 818 1869 1748 1 857 1826 1879 1916
Sept 1 723 1788 1668 1779 1725 1 803 1818
Oct 1 723 1 865 1779 1 832 1807 1866 1835
Nov 1685 1819 1764 1 812 1779 1833 1785
Dec 1 782 1 872 1869 1894 1879 1876 1876
Av Per
Hen 2 214 224 216 223 217 224 223
1 Preliminary 2 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand eggs produced during year
divided by average number of layers during year
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Other Layers
1967
1966
TABLE 33
Egg Production Georgia by Months 19661973
1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
272 331
244 295
284 329
303 326
323 330
302 324
309 335
311 329
307 326
317 356
314 360
331 376
Millions
366 380
332 343
3 52 381
328 364
325 370
308 337
320 336
316 348
311 346
341 371
346 376
377 406
4017 4022
4358
391 441 396
336 387 367
375 410 395
368 391 367
374 399 361
340 372 348
351 373 366
352 367 378
343 3 54 365
373 383 376
390 393 369
431 407 390
Year 2 3 617
1 Preliminary 2 Total number during year Revised
4424 4677 4478
1973 1
401
365
413
16TABLE 34
k
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS
Eggs
Year
CHICKENS AND TURKEYS FOR
Poultry readytocook ba
U S 1
sis
Shell
Year
Pro
cessed
Total
Chicken
Commer
cial
broilers
Total
Turkey
Red meats carcass weight equivalent
Beef
and
Veal
Pork
excluding
lard
Lamb
and
mutton
Total
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
19 54
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
I960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 2
1972 3
1 Include
37 Partly
726
728
714
627
694
87 1
90 1
914
949
934
872
87 1
91 2
934
944
994
105 1
1047
1088
1103
1133
114 1
1166
1160
118 1
Pounds
678 5 1
677 4 1
692 40
719 34
724 42
63 5 47
600 46
668 46
673 4 5
61 1 42
602 42
676 48
649 48
620 5 1
63 5 52
654 49
654 42
587 37
58 1 40
64 1 39
662 37
650 34
664 33
72 8 32
674 3 3
Total
Number Pounds
1948 361 28 389 5 5 183 3 1 214
1949 3 58 25 383 7 1 196 33 229
1950 364 25 389 87 206 4 1 247
1951 365 27 392 104 217 44 26 1
1952 362 28 390 117 22 1 47 268
1953 3 54 25 379 123 219 48 267
1954 351 25 376 137 22 8 53 28 1
1955 346 25 371 138 213 50 263
1956 345 24 369 173 244 52 296
1957 335 27 362 19 1 25 5 59 314
1958 328 26 3 54 220 28 1 59 340
1959 319 33 352 228 289 63 352
I960 306 29 335 234 28 1 6 1 342
1961 298 30 328 25 8 300 74 374
1962 296 30 326 257 299 70 369
1963 290 27 317 270 30 7 68 37 5
1964 287 31 318 276 310 74 384
1965 285 29 314 29 5 333 7 5 408
1966 283 30 313 323 360 78 438
1967 288 36 324 328 37 2 86 458
1968 288 32 320 33 1 374 79 453
1969 287 31 318 352 391 83 474
1970 286 33 319 373 414 82 496
1971 2 288 34 322 372 414 85 499
1972 3 281 34 315 395 429 89 518
TABLE 3 5
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS FOR U S 1
s available data for Alaska and Hawaii beginning in I960
forecast
145
145
145
138
146
155
155
163
167
159
152
160
161
160
163
170
175
167
171
178
183
182
186
192
189
Z Preliminary
17

TABLE 36
GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME 1964 1972 1
No Pounds Price Cash
Sold Thous Sold Per Lb Receipts
Thous Cents 1 000 dol
Commercial
Broilers 2
1964 373880 1 271 192 137 174 153
1965 402770 1 369418 14 5 198566
1966 456 192 1 551 053 14 5 224903
1967 447123 1564930 122 190921
1968 436748 1 528 618 13 1 200249
1969 442 221 1 547 774 14 1 218 236
1970 453 886 1 588 601 124 196 987
1971 431 307 1 552705 129 200299
1972 442937 1 638 867 13 1 214 692
Hatching
Egg Flocks
1964 4 807 36052 158 5709
1965 493 5 37012 160 5922
1966 5481 41 108 150 6 157
1967 6098 46345 127 5 886
1968 4 960 37696 143 5391
1969 5 135 39026 159 6205
1970 7 178 51682 130 6719
1971 5921 42 631 130 5 542
1972 5348 38 506 144 5 545
Other
Flocks 3
1964 9 020 34744 70 2 586
1965 9972 38 572 64 2614
1966 10687 42748 73 3 151
1967 14088 54585 5 1 2794
1968 10 646 40 334 52 2 100
1969 14888 57084 88 5 040
1970 16 586 60009 59 3 557
1971 19796 75 667 50 3 804
1972 15 173 55891 60 3328
All Chickens
Including
Comm Broilers
1964 387 707 1343324 136 182448
1965 417677 1445444 143 207005
1966 472360 1 631622 143 233846
1967 467309 1 665 860 120 199601
1968 452 354 1 606 648 129 207740
1969 462244 1 643 884 140 229481
1970 477650 1 700 292 122 207263
1971 457024 1 671003 12 5 209645
1972 463458 1 733 264 129 223565
All Chickens
Eggs Including
Broilers
1964 308 284
1965 348 601
1966 409019
1967 352 639
1968 381613
1969 443 310
1970 407519
1971 374690
1972 382 831
1 19641969 The production year is the calendar year
19701972 The production year begins December 1 previous year and ends
November 30 current year
2 Cash receipts include home consumption which is less than 1 percent of total
production
3 Includes both commercial and farm flocks eggs principally for human consumption
Revised
HHOflBBBBBimMHR
TABLE 37
GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION AND INCOME 1964 1972 1
Ave No
Layers
Eggs Per
Layer
Eggs
Produced
Eggs Sold
Comm I Hatch
All
Price Per Doz
Comm Hatch
All
Cash Receipts
Comm
Hatch
All
1 000 mead No Millions Millions Cents 1 000 dollars
Hatching
Eggs 1964 3 650 196 717 70 645 715 370 593 2 158 31 874 34 032
1965 3 909 201 785 76 707 783 38 1 629 2413 37 059 39472
1966 4 428 200 884 88 794 882 43 1 654 3 161 43 248 46409
1967 4 760 204 969 97 870 967 32 8 572 2 651 41 500 44 151
1968 4 737 205 970 97 871 968 380 614 3 072 44 566 47 638
1969 5 134 208 1 068 105 961 1 066 44 1 632 3859 50 612 54471
1970 4 859 205 998 100 896 996 417 597 3475 44 560 48 035
1971 4 292 209 899 90 807 897 320 559 2400 37 594 39994
1972 4 576 212 970 97 871 968 304 600 2457 43 549 46006
Other
Eggs 2
1964 13 941 217 3 026 2 977 2 977 370 91 804 91 804
1965 14 883 219 3 257 3 215 3 215 38 1 102 124 102124
1966 16 870 214 3 617 3 581 3 581 43 1 128764 128 764
1967 17 947 224 4 017 3 983 3 983 328 108 887 108887
1968 18 600 216 4 022 3 988 3 988 380 126 235 126 235
1969 19 571 223 4 358 4 336 4 336 44 1 159 3 58 159 358
1970 20 2 57 217 4 399 4 380 4 380 417 152 221 152221
1971 20 953 224 4 701 4 682 4 682 32 1 125 051 125 051
1972 20 178 223 4495 4 477 4 477 304 113260 113260
All Eggs 1964 17 591 213 3 743 3 047 645 3 692 370 593 40 9 93962 31 874 125 836
1965 18 792 215 4 042 3 291 707 3 998 38 1 629 42 5 104 537 37 059 141 596
1966 21 298 211 4 501 3 669 794 4 463 43 1 654 47 1 131925 43248 175 173
1967 22 707 220 4986 4 080 870 4 9 50 32 8 57 2 37 1 111 538 41 500 153 038
1968 23 337 214 4992 4 085 871 4 9 56 38 0 614 42 1 129307 44 566 173873
1969 24 705 220 5426 4 441 961 5 402 44 1 63 2 47 5 163217 50 612 213829
1970 25 116 215 5397 4 480 896 5 376 41 7 597 44 7 155 696 44 560 200 256
1971 25 245 222 5 600 4 772 807 5 579 32 1 559 35 5 127451 37 594 165 045
1972 1 19641969 24 7 54 221 5 465 4 574 871 5 445 304 600 35 1 115 717 43 549 159266
The Droduc tion year is the ca lendar year 1970 1972 The produc tion year begins December 1 the previous year and ends
November 30 current year 2 Inc udes egg s f rom both commercia 1 and fa rm floe ksused principally for human consumption
o
I

HitwnfttwIWXIPTABLE 38
Production Disposition and Gross Income U S
From Poultry 1968 1972
Item
Unit
Average No of
Layers during year
Eggs Per Layer
Eggs Produced
Eggs Consumed
Farm Household 2
Eggs Sold
Price Per Doz 3
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumption
Gross Income
CHICKENS 4
Number Produced
Number Consumed
on Farms 2
Number Sold
Pounds Produced
Pounds Consumed
on Farms 2
Pounds Sold
Price Per Pound
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumption
Gross Income
1968
1969
1970 1 1971 1 1972
Millions No Billions 3100 221 682 3069 220 67 5 3129 218 683 3148 223 70 1 307 1 227 698
Billions Billions Cents Mil Dol 14 668 340 1 8928 2 12 664 400 2122 2 10 673 39 1 1915 8 693 314 1 8127 7 69 1 309 17812
Mil Dol Mil Dol 380 1 9308 2 382 2504 2 32 1 2236 205 1 8332 167 17979
Millions 2438 2522 2640 2583 2332
Millions Millions Millions 256 2254 1 1088 1 222 2189 1440 1 194 2328 1959 178 2488 12043 164 2358 1 1187
Millions Millions Cents Mil Dol 960 10904 82 896 1 839 0630 97 1036 1 735 1184 91 102 1 68 1 1 1720 77 907 628 1 1325 93 1055
Mil Dol Mil Dol 76 972 76 111 1 64 1084 53 960 56 111 1
COMMERCIAL
BROILERS 5
Number Produced
Pounds Produced
Price Per Pound
Gross Income
Millions 26199 27887 29868 29454 30747
Millions 93263 100478 108190 108177 114779
Cents 142 152 136 137 141
Mil Dol 13257 15314 14747 14871 16220
ALL CHICKENS
Pounds Sold
Price Per Pound
Value of Sales
Millions 104168 111107 119374 119898 126104
Cents 136 147 132 132 137
Mil Dol 14152 16350 15768 15778 17275
Gross Income Farm
Chickens Commer
cial Broilers and
Eggs
Mil Dol 33537 38929 38067 34163 35310
iy Revised
2 Consumed on farms where produced
37 Weighted average price of all eggs sold for hatching purposes fresh market retail
at the farm and other sales
4 Does not include commercial broilers
5 Includes consumption in household of producers which is less than 1 percent of
total production
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3sMF TABLE 3i 1
State Rank in Cash Receipts from Commercial Broil srs Eggs and
All Chickens and Eggs 1972
Commercial All Chickens
Rank Broilers Eggs Eggs
000J72 000 000
1 Ark 255 159 Calif 202461 Ga 382 831
2 Ga 214692 Ga 159266 Ark 378 139
3 Ala 188298 Ark 113 805 Ala 272979
4 N C 163 591 N C 97639 N C 271 598
5 Miss 125 159 Pa 90992 Calif 269485
6 Md 108 528 Ala 80 504 Miss 206997
7 Texas 93790 Miss 76 347 Texas 172 169
8 Del 80746 Texas 73719 Pa 142 241
9 Calif 63226 Ind 72959 Md 121 764
10 Maine 49698 Fla 58 847 Maine 98 866
11 Va 41 987 N Y 58734 Fla 88 889
12 Pa 39919 Ohio 49 536 Del 86710
13 La 28 682 Maine 46467 Ind 83028
14 Fla 27 880 Minn 43 545 Va 71497
15 Tenn 25920 Iowa 43416 N Y 63234
16 S C 13058 Conn 38 689 Tenn 61 083
17 Mo 11981 111 36980 Ohio 59393
18 Wash 11766 S C 34302 Minn 52498
19 Oreg 11050 3 Tenn 33 516 Iowa 51 585
20 Okla 10 681 Mich 32985 La 49477
21 Wis 8 52 5 Mo 29698 S C 49 272
22 Minn 7642 Wis 27778 Mo 45 056
23 Ind 7329 Va 27 504 Conn 42468
24 W Va 6979 Wash 22768 Wis 37876
25 Ohio 6756 N J 21948 111 36980
26 Iowa 6 120 La 19528 Mich 35 309
27 Ky 3723 Mass 19091 Wash 35 184
28 Hawaii 2399 Oreg 15098 Oreg 30 947
29 Conn 2 211 Okla 12719 Okla 24129
30 N Y 1 592 Md 12458 N J 23861
31 N J 1 073 Nebr 12298 Mass 20092
32 Nebr 783 Ky 12 277 Ky 16800
33 Mich 544 Kans 12 273 W Va 15 008
34 Kans 347 S Dak 11 880 Nebr 13356
35 Mass 166 N H 11 674 Kans 13293
36 Colo 8096 S Dak 12375
37 Hawaii 7951 N H 12 238
38 W Va 7 506 Hawaii 10491
39 N Mex 6971 Colo 8452
40 Utah 6788 N Mex 7 108
41 Mont 6379 Utah 6936
42 Del 5579 Mont 6 564
43 Idaho 4455 Vt 4092
44 Vt 3917 Ariz 3 572
45 Ariz 3 572 N D 2 657
46 N Dak 2 550 R I 2413
47 R I 2 337 Wyo 854
48 Wyo 838 Alaska 53 5
49 Alaska 518 Nev 56
50 Nev 55 Idaho 3
U S 1 622 000 1 781 213 3 508721
1 Commercial broiler production including production of other meattype breeds
excludes states producing less than 500000 2 Includes home consumption which is
less than 1 percent of total production 3 Idaho included with Oregon to avoid
disclosing individual operations
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Year
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
TABLE 40
Turkeys Production Disposition and Gross Income
Georgia 1961 1972
Number
Raised
Thous
Number
Sold
Pounds
Sold
Price
per
Pound
Thous
Thous
Cents
Gross
Income
Thous Dollars
670 655 12 052 230 2 772
663 674 12 267 228 2797
1 177 1 160 22 040 219 4827
1486 1494 28 834 21 5 6 199
1 336 1326 25459 219 5 576
1709 1679 31733 234 7426
1917 1 877 36226 208 7 53 5
1 820 1 826 37250 210 7823
1635 1 637 32904 206 6 778
2 283 45660 1 220 10045 1
2 238 40428 1 220 88621
1 806 32 508 1 23 5 7639 1
TABLE 41
Turkeys Farm Production Disposition and Gross Income
U S 1961 1972
Year
Price
Number Number Pounds per
Raised Sold Sold Pound
Millions Millions Millions Cents
1077 108 1 1 882 189
92 1 919 1627 216
94 1 942 1694 223
101 1 1008 1 824 210
1059 1049 1901 222
116 5 1154 2 107 23 1
1266 1268 23 54 195
1067 1073 2 028 205
1067 1064 2 027 224
1164 2 203 1 226
120 1 2 2641 22 1
1288 2424 1 222
Gross
Income
Mil Dol
3558
3515
3773
3834
4213
4858
4596
4167
4541
4988 1
5013 TV
5372 T
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1 19701972 estimates are of pounds produced and value of production rather than
of pounds sold and value of sales Includes home consumption which is less than 1
percent of total production Revised
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