POULTRY FACTS 19711978
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
poss i ble
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
Annual Summary of Livestock Poultry
Inventory Inventory Values Annually about February 5
Annual Broiler Production Annually about March 9
Annual Summary of Weekly
Hatchery Report on Broiler Chicks Annually about March 9
Selected States Egg Type Eggs Set
and Chicks Hatched Annually about March 20
Cash Receipts from Poultry Annually about April 6
The Poultry and Egg Situation Mar June Sept Dec
Comp i1ed by
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Frasier T Galloway Agricultural Statistician In Charge
Mike Hammer Assistant Statistician In Charge
Agricultural Statistician
Roy W Green
A cooperative function of
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas T Irvin Commissioner
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Economics Statistics and Cooperatives Service
Kenneth R Farrell Acting Administrator
William E Kibler Deputy Administrator Statistics
Bruce M Graham Assistant Deputy Administrator Statistics
and Chairman Crop Reporting Board
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table No PaVe No
1 Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks US
2 Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks US
3 Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies US Broiler Prod 1
4 Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies US Egg Prod
5 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US 2
6 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US
7 Chickens Tested by Georgia Poultry Lab Georgia Broiler Prod 3
8 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga 3
9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga 3
10 Prices Received by US Farmers for Commercial Broilers 4
11 Prices Received by US Farmers for All Eggs 4
12 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Broilers 4
13 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Eggs 5
1 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Eggs 5
15 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Hatching Eggs 5
16 Broiler Eggs Set by Weeks Selected States 6
17 Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Selected States 7
18 Broiler Eggs Set by Weeks Georgia 8
19 Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Georgia 9
20 Egg Type Eggs Set by Weeks Selected States 10
21 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks Selected States 11
22 Egg Type Eggs Set by Weeks Georgia 12
23 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks Georgia 13
24 All Chickens on Farms by States January 1 14
25 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms by States January 1 15
26 Number of Chicken Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years 16
27 Egg Capacity of Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years 17
28 Number of Layers on Farms US 18
29 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers US 18
30 Egg Production US 18
31 All Flocks Number of Layers Georgia 19
32 All Flocks Eggs Laid per 100 Layers Georgia 19
33 All Flocks Egg Production Georgia 19
34 Number Layers in Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia 20
35 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia 20
36 Egg Production Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia 20
37 Other Flocks Number Layers Georgia 21
38 Other Flocks Eggs Laid per 100 Georgia 21
39 Other Flocks Egg Production Georgia 21
40 Force Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Selected States 22
41 Force Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Georgia 22
42 Poultry Number Slaughtered US 22
43 Per Capita Consumption of Eggs Chickens and Turkeys US 23
kk Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats US 23
45 Poultry Production Disposition and Income US 2k
46 Georgia Chicken Production and Income 25
47 Georgia Egg Production and Income 26
48 State Rank in Cash Receipts from Commercial Broilers Eggs and All
Chickens and Eggs 27
49 Turkeys Production Disposition Gross Income US 28
50 Turkeys Production Disposition Gross Income Georgia 28TABLE 1
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS BY MONTHS 19711978
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975L2Z6L2Z7
2750
2599
3013
3J60
3196
3031
2841
2929
2559
2543
2553
279
2540
2228
2676
3308
2786
2694
2753
2530
2498
2475
2371
2249
2390
2170
3056
3048
2958
2527
2495
2588
2653
2921
2306
2383
Thousands
2489
2474
2906
2795
2754
2525
2259
2288
2160
2141
2171
2302
2211
2134
2754
2492
2874
2459
2466
2645
2647
2449
2306
2379
2423
2556
2907
3104
3164
2648
2797
2836
2584
2668
2434
2547
2585
2419
2919
3275
3025
2730
2782
2618
2701
3013
2702
3013
1978
2687
2751
3309
Annual
Total 33968 31108 31495 29264 298163266833782
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
TABLE 2
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS BY MONTHS 19711978
1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 L2ZZ
264
386
452
589
482
681
412
357
413
297
279
257
295
348
306
470
533
592
385
426
409
476
236
274
314
414
453
355
511
530
423
349
268
309
302
258
Thousands
306
324
474
344
473
525
311
394
339
205
205
265
183
232
321
255
406
486
332
283
319
294
135
250
221
233
356
415
353
566
438
356
251
266
284
208
279
300
373
365
441
533
258
333
335
245
190
321
1978
184
241
389
Annual
Total
4869
4750
4486
4165
3496
3947
3973
TABLE 3
BROILER TYPE CHICKS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES US
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 1978
Thousands
Jan 2667 2275 2196 1895 1614 1898 1878 1625
Feb 2576 1849 1962 1561 1271 1430 1737 2167
Mar 2499 2006 1992 1770 1677 2383 1810 2671
Apr 2505 1899 1995 1629 1393 1517 1 840
May 2086 1850 1587 1978 1566 1795 1 512
June 2235 1756 1710 1 121 1293 1931 2823
July 1 940 1786 1509 1364 1446 1 662 1 632
Aug 2284 2165 1 601 1559 1687 1946 2002
Sept 2274 2186 1793 1905 1972 2029 1594
Oct 1 828 2047 1943 1808 1652 1 660 1722
Nov 2688 1856 1586 1450 1538 2016 2139
Dec 2263 1904 1692 1298 1306 2182 1 666
Tota 1 27845 sed 23579 21566 19338 18415 22449 22355
1 Rev
flMonth
TABLE 4
EGG TYPE CHICKENS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S BY MONTHS 19711978
971
1972
L2Z3
197
1975 11976
L9Z7
TABLE 5
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
TABLE 6
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
I2Z8
Thousands
Jan 778 617 605 725 658 500 578 497
Feb 618 532 428 463 506 469 399 372
Mar 544 511 503 440 475 359 398 258
Apr 506 301 411 376 281 206 260
May 439 502 445 353 158 324 293
June 433 322 200 254 284 292 251
July 35 381 360 294 226 246 235
Aug 601 436 366 382 275 303 319
Sept 376 459 395 510 361 378 354
Oct 466 453 379 345 373 352 274
Nov 675 500 453 464 296 582 550
Dec 665 481 373 519 457 515 296
Total 6455 5495 4918 5125 4350 4526 4207
1 Revised
Month 1971 1972 1973 M 1974 11 ions 1975 1976 11977 21978

Jan 2642 2739 2617 2775 2537 2789 2943 3130
Feb 2390 2694 241 9 2542 2390 2682 2724 2889
Mar 2803 2973 2874 2965 2781 3095 3232 3323
Apr 2823 2939 2894 2889 2753 3106 3246
May 2893 3030 2980 2975 2851 3211 3374
June 2800 2862 2827 2759 2747 3092 3201
July 2686 2731 2584 251 1 2708 3039 3106
Aug 2684 2722 2704 244 1 2683 2959 2947
Sept 2399 2397 2463 2208 2476 2719 2800
Oct 2387 2470 2495 217 1 2499 2682 2909
Nov 2504 251 2 2539 2284 2546 2679 2822
Dec 2670 2607 2675 2525 2719 2830 3063
Total 31680 32675 32070 31044 31691 34883 36367
1 Revised 2 Prel i mi nary
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 21978
Jan Mill ions
404 391 386 351 348 358 403 368
Feb 429 416 415 377 366 396 409 371
Mar 578 480 520 462 454 501 513 470
Apr 646 530 540 546 474 515 551
May 602 520 554 521 480 482 525
June 493 429 447 434 409 424 447
July 414 386 412 367 381 386 374
Aug 382 375 425 349 349 383 378
Sept 344 360 429 321 339 377 374
Oct 338 379 460 355 348 370 376
Nov 329 324 403 330 284 363 345
Dec 316 324 353 322 307 366 325
Total 1 Revised 5275 4914 5343 4734 4538 4921 5020
2 Prel imi nary

TABLE 7
BROILER TYPE CHICKS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY GEORGIA POULTRY LAB
GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1971 1978 1975 1976 1977
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1978
Thousands
Jan 601 498 474 227 194 253 316 476
Feb 525 442 352 277 171 170 288 477
Mar 596 562 526 142 258 223 315 517
Apr 631 398 409 214 176 240 292
May 479 433 373 284 179 184 270
June 374 416 306 182 119 269 208
July 386 401 245 162 172 203 296
Aug 481 390 316 163 199 261 398
Sept 668 625 261 227 281 365 557
Oct 461 421 219 246 220 221 449
Nov 601 443 282 205 196 289 327
Dec 638 434 200 109 270 228 345
Total 6441 5463 3963 2438 2 435 2906 4061
Month

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TABLE 8
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GABY MONTHS 19711978
1972L9Z332hL9Z51976
TABLE 9
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
2Z8
1977
L9Z8
Mill ions
Jan 391 399 367 403 365 389 426 460
Feb 343 386 325 361 346 370 395 424
Mar 411 413 387 41 0 396 426 463 485
Apr 414 405 386 392 383 421 459
May 423 414 393 401 394 432 469
June 420 398 377 384 391 421 452
July 41 0 380 345 366 385 420 454
Aug 413 379 379 357 386 411 434
Sept 368 332 355 316 350 385 404
Oct 345 343 359 299 348 379 415
Nov 364 342 362 325 363 381 407
Dec 391 359 383 363 389 409 455
Total 4693 4550 4417 4375 4496 4844 5234
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Mill ions
Jan 36 35 36 24 29 37 44 38
Feb 35 40 36 24 30 48 47 42
Mar 47 36 46 31 36 56 60 56
Apr 45 36 48 37 38 49 61
May 55 37 42 38 41 42 53
June 44 32 33 34 34 36 38
July 33 36 40 26 38 35 34
Aug 29 35 43 21 31 40 38
Sept 28 29 44 22 27 33 38
Oct 27 26 44 24 28 33 35
Nov 27 26 38 24 22 31 28
Dec 24 27 31 21 22 35 17
Total 430 396 482 327 376 474 493

TABLE 10
PRICES RECEIVED BY US FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 19711978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 21978
Cents per Pound
Dec 3 121 120 144 200 226 239 197 202
Jan 130 135 172 215 238 242 219 228
Feb 139 144 198 234 243 252 243 243
Mar 136 143 232 222 235 244 242 248
Apr 136 129 252 21 0 232 235 242 281
May 146 136 238 205 246 246 241
June 151 144 243 190 276 243 249
July 156 155 276 205 297 250 259
Aug 143 146 365 209 291 238 241
Sept 140 154 297 228 296 228 238
Oct 129 146 237 228 285 206 227
Nov 125 139 194 242 270 194 213
Marketing
Yr Averaqe Revised 137 2 Prelimina 141 ry 3 240 December pr 215 263 236 236
eceding year
TABLE 11
3RICES RECEIVED BY U S FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS BY MONTHS 1971 1978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 21978
Cents per Dozen
Dec 3 379 342 442 640 595 634 698 536
Jan 354 300 500 666 572 612 661 494
Feb 325 292 428 639 541 585 655 551
Mar 320 319 469 567 541 535 589 554
Apr 319 278 469 501 474 527 554 522
May 293 274 455 422 471 547 492
June 283 277 504 398 456 533 473
July 285 306 519 438 465 551 509
Aug 313 299 687 478 508 600 516
Sept 307 339 639 548 558 614 523
Oct 288 309 593 549 529 603 478
Nov 300 370 593 554 582 655 512
Marketing
Yr Averaqe W Revised 31 4 309 525 533 525 584 557
j 2 Prel imini sry 3 December p receding year
TABLE 12
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS BY MONTHS 19711 978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 21978
Cents per Pound
Dec 3 11 0 105 140 205 235 245 200 205
Jan 125 125 165 220 230 245 225 230
Feb 135 135 205 225 245 255 245 240
Mar 125 130 225 215 235 250 250 240
Apr 125 120 250 200 235 240 245 280
May 140 130 235 195 255 255 245
June 145 140 235 185 290 240 255
July 150 145 300 200 31 0 260 260
Aug 135 135 370 205 305 245 240
Sept 130 145 330 225 300 230 235
Oct 115 135 215 225 290 205 225
Nov 1 1 0 130 185 245 280 200 21 0
Market ing
Yr Averaqe 129 131 239 21 1 269 240 237
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December p receding year
TABLE 13
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS
BY MONTHS 1971197891Q7o
1973 lV 1975 176 11977U13JA
Month1971 1972
Cents per Dozen
Dec 3 423 390 490 698 689 731 790 646
qo o ii q c n 71 6 626 680 785 5
pT 3T2 33 2 443 669 604 644 710 654
m Hi 36l 49 5 616 611 600 635 655
Mar 3dd 501 t0 ft q 2 7
Apr 364 326 489 539 539 578 595
484 462 529 624 555
July 337 352
608 498 539 624 600
Au9 37 753 IH l8A tll Hi
c ih xi 7 67 5 6 6 628 605 byu
Sept 3k6 V1 6K8 613 576 679 580

Oct 331 346
Nov 345 413 639
626 653 743 565
Weighted 656 630
Average35535J5L3i222
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 14
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL EGGS
BY MONTHS 19711978o1
1971 1972 17 1974 1975 1976 11977 2l97T
Cents per Dozen
Dec 1 404 352 472 676 660 705 777 598
q 8 9 50 6 699 586 648 765 505
SO 4K3 642 559 607 682 622
Mat 338 314 461 588 566 551 04 576
Apr 336 269 454 495 475 534 543 53
X 282 250 444 411 459 582 4
June 275 260 517 402 465 563 51
July 292 303 572 455 466 587 543
Aug 303 296 708 520 526 644 531
Sept 300 337 629 597 552 653 527
Oct 283 301 583 574 524 653 58
Nov 300 381 611 581 618 735 512
lltlt 321 304 529585J5605J1
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 15
pRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS BY MONTHS 19711978
Dec 1 540 600
Jan
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11577L
Cents per Dozen
600 800 850 870 870 940
fkO 6o0 610 800 850 850 900 950
Feb 540 600 630 800 850 870 870 950
Mar 540 60 0 700 750 850 900 810 1100
Apr 540 60 0 700 750 850 850 87 0 1100
Mav 540 600 700 700 850 880 880
5V0 600 700 700 850 880 850
580 600 780 700 850 850 920
58 0 600 1000 700 850 870 930
Zlt 590 600 900 700 850 900 920
Oct 600 600 800 800 850 850 930
Sov 600 600 800 850 850 800 890
June
July
Aug
tltll 600 75HJ50868JL2
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding yearTABLE 16
BROILER EGGS SET BY WEEKSSELECTED STATES 19711978 1
No1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 21976 21977 31978
Mill ions
1 709 742 712 736 656 736 782 839
2 720 739 706 742 645 741 789 848
3 693 749 714 729 668 749 785 859
4 704 767 713 719 685 753 777 863
5 717 777 709 752 698 742 793 857
6 720 780 734 761 705 763 812 862
7 727 788 749 773 714 787 829 875
8 731 786 763 779 713 800 841 871
9 748 790 765 778 727 810 845 890
10 752 795 766 768 721 815 856 896
11 759 797 766 764 716 818 860 901
12 764 796 783 774 728 821 858 911
13 774 804 789 782 736 828 870 927
14 768 809 786 770 738 834 878 938
15 771 812 780 776 733 833 880 947
16 762 802 770 767 718 831 881
17 762 800 782 775 732 821 861
18 768 805 783 773 739 835 873
19 766 799 779 757 740 834 877
20 769 793 783 764 740 833 882
21 779 798 779 765 742 838 873
22 772 792 774 752 746 838 868
23 771 792 760 744 742 833 866
24 768 795 695 673 703 831 871
25 712 707 675 673 701 813 849
26 729 737 696 677 721 775 808
27 746 760 706 674 721 801 830
28 738 757 716 667 720 806 841
29 743 755 727 657 718 800 835
30 742 748 725 652 703 793 806
31 731 741 720 644 703 786 787
32 731 725 717 635 701 776 793
33 723 727 711 628 690 769 802
34 711 719 712 630 701 766 799
35 696 705 665 612 694 777 801
36 624 622 643 562 666 740 781
37 635 642 702 545 585 653 723
38 699 717 710 618 688 718 775
39 676 708 696 602 704 763 815
ko 622 676 619 563 674 736 807
41 604 598 606 518 595 649 763
42 654 646 683 590 639 673 731
43 698 691 723 633 699 736 770
kk 713 715 711 642 726 766 807
k5 704 704 728 644 707 747 791
k6 722 723 726 663 725 759 824
kl 725 720 720 663 721 749 825
48 726 713 726 665 723 749 818
kS 700 710 675 653 681 743 825
50 719 667 731 667 724 758 823
51 721 698 735 666 732 772 835
52 730 697 731 667 728 770 833
53 696 843
Total 37648 39331 37775 35883 36675 40467 43647
1 Prior to 197322 States included Connecticut discontinued weekly estimates in 1973
Thereafter only 21 States included 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
TABLE 17
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKSSELECTED STATES 19711978 1
Week
No 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 21976 21977 31978
Mill ions
1 565 581 562 597 553 591 621 672
2 568 579 561 594 549 600 633 680
3 557 590 564 597 554 597 634 681
4 563 599 576 599 543 606 641 677
5 576 595 574 604 535 612 646 683
6 547 602 575 598 553 614 644 692
7 561 615 573 588 573 621 637 695
8 572 624 568 618 580 605 653 689
9 577 631 597 625 580 629 668 706
10 585 634 607 535 588 646 682 707
11 588 635 619 638 588 657 693 717
12 598 632 619 638 598 669 692 726
13 603 643 626 632 600 672 703 733
14 607 643 622 624 593 674 707 730
15 615 642 635 629 600 680 703 744
16 621 647 642 635 609 686 721
17 615 650 638 633 611 687 722
18 615 659 631 635 609 689 725
19 606 649 622 626 593 684 723
20 610 642 629 629 605 671 711
21 619 649 635 634 601 685 725
22 615 647 629 618 608 687 723
23 617 640 632 621 614 687 726
24 620 636 622 620 612 689 715
25 614 635 61 5 604 606 692 715
26 611 628 607 598 607 684 708
27 603 633 547 539 579 684 711
28 554 558 537 538 572 665 687
29 567 577 551 538 587 630 650
30 585 597 566 539 590 656 669
31 580 598 572 536 584 657 674
32 581 606 582 530 584 652 659
33 577 598 584 526 577 644 636
34 570 582 577 516 572 635 619
35 576 573 574 514 571 633 635
36 569 576 569 514 564 628 646
37 562 573 565 514 570 624 640
38 544 553 530 491 563 635 645
39 485 488 505 456 544 606 629
4o 496 503 560 435 468 529 575
k 546 571 565 500 563 582 616
42 534 564 558 497 577 623 655
43 491 536 490 456 552 602 650
44 472 471 487 421 487 531 612
45 519 509 550 480 524 544 586
46 555 551 582 521 572 602 619
47 570 573 571 527 597 628 649
48 565 566 591 530 583 610 640
49 576 579 587 548 595 619 665
50 575 577 580 546 594 615 668
51 578 571 583 545 592 61 0 659
52 558 571 546 537 564 609 661
53 527 661
Total 29833 3J508 30289 29269 29987 33067 35287
Prior to 197322 States included Connecticut discontinued weekly estimates in 1973
thereafter only 21 States included 2 Revised 3 PreliminaryTABLE 18
BROILER EGGS SET BY WEEKS GEORGIA 19711978
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 11977 21978
Mill ions
111 101 113 98 106 1 15 123
105 101 113 96 106 1 17 125
109 101 113 99 106 1 19 126
114 100 105 103 108 18 128
113 94 110 104 111 15 128
115 103 111 105 108 20 130
117 103 111 105 113 21 129
113 106 112 107 114 22 131
114 107 112 107 114 23 132
114 106 111 106 115 25 133
111 104 108 104 113 26 133
114 109 112 106 115 24 135
115 111 111 107 116 27 137
116 110 111 108 117 32 138
116 107 112 108 118 28 139
112 106 106 103 118 31
112 108 113 106 116 24
115 109 112 107 116 24
114 108 110 107 117 26
116 109 111 109 117 27
115 108 111 109 119 27
115 109 111 110 119 27
113 108 108 109 118 26
111 100 99 108 117 22
101 89 97 101 118 26
105 98 101 107 112 18
110 103 100 107 111 24
108 103 99 106 115 24
108 102 98 104 114 24
107 104 97 105 115 22
107 104 95 106 111 21
104 105 94 105 110 19
105 106 94 102 109 118
105 107 94 102 111 121
102 97 93 102 112 21
88 94 81 97 110 17
95 103 81 75 95 96
104 107 90 97 97 111
105 106 86 102 111 120
103 90 76 98 109 118
77 89 76 87 99 116
94 102 87 90 95 105
100 106 92 104 108 110
102 108 93 107 112 119
99 109 95 105 107 118
101 108 97 107 110 121
103 109 99 106 110 122
101 108 97 107 110 123
101 100 96 99 110 125
93 111 98 105 110 125
102 110 97 106 111 126
101 110 99 104 113 125
99
5650
5416
5248
5374
5792
6427
1 Revised 2 PreliminaryWeek
No

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TABLE 19
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKS GEORGIA 19711978
1976
J72
1973
mh
L275
11977
Mill ions
21978
1 86 87 82 91 78 88 89 103
2 86 88 82 89 80 87 90 104
3 84 93 80 88 80 88 93 103
4 83 92 81 91 80 86 92 102
5 8if 87 83 90 81 88 97 106
6 77 89 82 92 81 88 95 102
7 79 91 80 85 81 89 94 106
8 82 93 75 86 81 86 94 106
9 85 95 82 90 79 87 99 108
10 83 96 8if 89 79 91 98 106
11 86 92 8if 91 81 94 99 106
12 87 92 85 89 85 96 104 110
13 91 92 87 90 85 93 102 111
14 90 91 83 86 87 92 104 110
15 91 93 87 90 88 96 101 114
16 92 95 90 92 87 95 105
17 91 94 88 93 88 97 104
18 91 95 86 88 88 95 108
19 87 91 83 85 86 96 102
20 90 91 87 87 86 91 100
21 93 96 89 88 87 93 107
22 94 9if 86 88 86 94 104
23 93 94 88 90 86 93 106
24 95 93 85 88 83 93 101
25 93 95 8if 87 87 94 103
26 93 92 8if 86 86 93 105
27 94 91 78 80 88 92 105
28 87 83 76 80 89 92 105
29 88 87 77 82 90 87 96
30 90 86 81 82 90 90 99
31 90 89 82 81 88 91 103
32 91 87 83 79 87 89 97
33 90 86 8if 81 80 89 96
34 89 85 82 80 86 87 98
35 89 85 83 78 86 90 97
36 87 85 83 77 86 89 97
37 87 8if 82 76 86 88 98
38 87 81 76 74 85 89 100
39 75 68 78 65 85 87 94
4o 73 73 8if 61 85 75 79
41 83 83 8if 71 84 77 88
42 81 83 84 74 83 90 99
43 69 82 69 62 84 86 96
44 6if 62 71 61 80 81 94
45 75 71 81 70 59 75 86
46 85 77 87 77 81 88 90
47 86 82 86 78 85 89 98
48 86 79 87 78 89 87 99
49 87 81 86 80 88 86 99
50 87 83 86 80 89 89 102
51 87 82 88 80 89 90 101
52 87 83 79 81 83 90 102
53 74 102
Total ifif80 if 589 4303 4277 4381 4646 5216
1 Rev sed 2 Prel imi nary
TABLE 20
Week
No
EGG TYPE EGGS SET BY WEEKS SELECTED STATES 19711977
11971 21972 21973 31974 31975HAlk
31977
Thousands
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
3782
3895
3985
3962
4101
4445
4400
4635
4793
4764
4485
4639
4751
4561
4610
4397
4293
4477
4069
3844
4003
3950
3510
3669
3588
3747
3578
2863
2395
3000
2783
3344
4001
3223
2819
2456
2733
2400
3201
3037
2651
2348
2682
2960
2640
3046
2694
2812
2523
2646
3384
3769
2828
2865
3350
3620
3126
3255
3126
2537
3382
2830
3454
3274
3284
3388
3353
3578
3272
2912
2535
2699
2724
2718
3173
3090
3350
2742
2901
2474
2934
2457
2381
2560
2723
3499
2794
2579
3021
3313
2704
3250
3100
2438
2311
2564
1943
2374
2776
2416
2466
1761
2487
3182
3059
3123
2687
3199
3634
3115
3433
3240
4012
3808
3361
3363
3665
3753
3699
3573
3450
3589
3615
3202
2909
3067
2337
2705
3216
3797
3447
2812
3035
3117
3094
3164
3112
3842
3665
3798
3327
3447
3894
3770
3500
3200
3072
2707
3007
2555
2557
2420
2985
2096
2248
2651
2380
Total 185343 1S2932 166454
Georgia Illinois California Was
Washington Mississippi J Georgia
California Washington
California Mississipp
2954
2752
2805
3254
2877
2489
2161
2774
3092
3066
3113
3387
3727
3028
3208
2878
2994
3024
2845
3137
2807
2752
2832
2552
2566
2483
2920
3075
2268
2701
2080
2443
1 800
2556
2490
2221
2731
2557
2661
2235
2668
2473
2268
2428
1568
2210
2626
2658
1397
2067
3051
1867
137576
Miss iss ippi
2524
2657
3097
2942
2802
3071
2990
3259
2890
3053
3079
2692
2618
2523
3247
3188
3431
2775
2752
3052
3016
3060
2787
2522
2822
3100
2761
2947
2484
2973
2684
2306
2406
2787
2731
1735
2997
2435
2504
2728
2566
2250
2216
2644
2019
2517
2231
2391
1842
2301
2755
2698
2808
2714
3299
3265
3691
3650
3886
3734
4029
3563
3148
3494
3712
3664
3148
3365
3381
3500
2893
2841
3245
3111
3012
2788
2930
2824
2824
2675
2662
3022
3037
3117
3119
2644
2628
2292
3089
2639
2601
2547
2518
2375
2921
2562
2315
2069
2682
2801
2438
2742
3318
3218
3119
3315
3137
3771
3809
3896
3970
3777
3714
4252
3625
3783
4404
3924
4227
4179
4367
3876
3534
3294
3267
3268
2905
3170
2964
3172
3078
2708
2677
2810
3170
3040
3033
2726
2595
3016
2666
3212
3119
2282
2936
2375
2812
2941
1923
2587
2634
2092
2453
2306
2945
2992
2737
140857 156550 168584
2 Georgia California
i Washington OregonTABLE 21
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS SELECTED STATES 19711977
Week
I No
11971 21972 21973 31974 3197531976312Z7
Thousands
1 2612 1890
2 3230 2472
3 2528 2856
4 3166 2225
5 3010 2264
6 3081 2699
7 3119 2878
8 3246 2479
9 3469 2535
10 3452 2396
11 3710 2064
12 3733 2584
13 3775 2222
14 3432 2847
15 3589 2583
16 3677 2583
17 3596 2648
18 3532 2578
19 3458 2781
20 3307 2621
21 3503 2216
22 3251 2019
23 3036 2139
24 3 169 21 24
25 2955 2079
26 2627 2378
27 2773 2450
28 2718 2603
29 2777 2063
30 2704 2298
31 2032 1958
32 1828 2280
33 2282 1908
34 2089 1756
35 2635 1932
36 3188 2118
37 2515 2660
38 2232 2137
39 1954 2028
40 2223 2308
41 1835 2537
42 2534 2091
43 2537 2604
44 2090 2386
45 1927 1960
46 2079 1909
47 2361 1986
48 2149 1458
49 2472 1866
50 2120 2123
51 2245 1959
52 2008 1857
12133
Total 145570 119738 130438 108989 109322 120055 129658
of
US
Annual
Total 276 224 244 230 241 244 258
1958 1 840 1707 1 811 2009
2422 2199 2514 2321 2643
2311 1911 1456 2243 2489
2296 2276 2036 2261 2505
2162 2124 2121 2244 2533
2545 2154 2442 2631 2490
2896 2513 2436 2688 2913
2439 2258 2177 2869 2918
2642 1994 2408 2870 2951
2652 1784 2364 2957 3079
3101 2230 2573 2888 2924
2998 2488 2358 3214 2792
2595 2464 2419 2837 3307
2670 2534 2392 2502 2717
2840 2651 2099 2657 2932
2930 2798 2130 2743 3397
2890 2489 2009 2861 3085
2795 2588 2583 2483 3234
2707 2271 2481 2607 3131
2863 2293 2759 2582 3391
2818 2362 2135 2668 2942
2572 2307 2131 2147 2740
2335 2476 2361 2124 2479
2507 2225 2331 2494 2500
1895 2212 2369 2373 2542
2092 2199 2177 2178 2251
2533 1949 1995 2182 2438
2898 2041 2188 2199 2250
2649 1933 2389 2047 2427
2123 2175 2010 2207 2269
2400 2270 2210 2028 2054
2490 1870 1875 2088 1982
2403 2128 2195 2341 2111
2462 1629 2085 2247 2289
2402 1887 1709 2337 2338
2775 1 460 1865 2344 2348
2783 1961 2218 2054 1976
2832 2021 2133 1979 1958
2603 1720 1311 1731 2341
2661 2084 2301 2321 2013
2929 1998 1877 2058 2469
2877 2166 1992 1945 2372
2681 1753 2128 2026 1805
2443 2152 1831 1937 2170
2412 1953 1759 1909 1 820
2112 1790 1722 2221 2152
2248 1922 1977 1990 2316
1947 1 224 1600 1788 1493
2078 1764 1909 1563 2050
1839 2013 1758 2067 2049
2287 2192 1840 2250 1658
1 640 1294 1477 1943 1890 1726
US
Annual
Total
W Georgia
Wash ington
527473 534256 534256 473403 453804 492180 501913
Illinois California Washington Mississippi 2 Georgia California
Mississippi 3 Georgia California Mississippi Washington Oregon
11TABLE 22
EGG TYPE EGGS SET BY WEEKS GEORGIA 19711977
Week
No
L27L
1972
L27J
L2ZfL
Thousands
L97J
A32A
1977
l
2
3
it
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
I 26
I 2
I 28
1 29
I 30
31
32
33
34
35
36
1 37
I 38
139
4o
41
42
43
44
II 45
46
47
48
149
50
51
52
53
Total
1023 941
1161 1283
1125 1131
849 1303
1075 1235
1 242 1191
1268 1 066
1348 754
1311 1154
1305 1125
1 286 1 021
1246 915
1273 1 022
1482 1015
1397 1075
1528 1269
1597 1107
1527 1049
1 602 963
1525 897
1270 924
1510 905
1291 1074
1274 1119
904 992
1 242 996
1303 1 160
1117 962
975 1242
876 1155
716 932
816 852
906 1147
1 062 924
760 851
681 792
696 750
690 850
648 727
799 848
834 834
737 637
900 847
754 909
634 651
778 828
852 884
675 864
559 704
521 721
744 710
984 954
54678
1112
51373
1019
1 081
1 106
1 141
1238
1178
1186
1367
1399
1275
1441
1396
1458
1392
1239
1 218
1 211
1312
980
928
1065
826
994
1024
1294
1194
1017
1 222
1087
1 128
1310
1319
1354
1370
1317
1458
1457
1435
1367
1309
1302
1123
1156
1151
1127
909
921
1078
741
895
710
679
60904
716
743
810
909
607
795
771
812
1054
808
910
1016
1155
1 101
1326
1125
1025
955
1 060
992
956
1114
985
792
849
679
741
669
440
717
556
623
606
746
601
652
637
569
648
710
837
768
724
777
539
623
653
655
412
438
904
615
40925
936
865
948
835
898
996
1 048
1126
902
836
1005
1005
1059
1 066
1239
983
1090
1 221
1292
998
1135
956
1 028
768
1112
1 262
1083
1199
1055
1036
840
720
834
952
829
703
801
903
746
808
929
595
584
917
575
549
533
827
515
865
829
767
47603
172
114
403
477
489
454
732
639
741
536
498
438
719
499
400
401
338
205
092
145
160
O67
214
029
149
048
988
017
192
148
376
235
103
030
046
938
131
984
090
925
898
741
1075
973
814
1145
1007
1015
897
1203
1265
1054
62449
291
383
281
523
72
626
754
578
751
980
739
797
970
735
827
730
847
645
318
295
1 10
227
124
163
964
175
128
935
078
217
157
073
222
031
041
283
251
223
041
743
267
220
904
956
575
671
508
535
627
396
1 006
1156
1157
65706
12 TABLE 23
GEORGIA
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS 19711977
Week
No 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 977
Thousands
1 965 419 634 677 397 652 892
2 783 602 828 517 741 780 041
3 766 865 924 502 499 713 878
4 787 717 763 537 808 922 998
5 891 1 026 906 565 747 964 034
6 900 905 909 652 787 1 100 069
7 727 1 060 952 682 737 1213 180
8 870 1 006 906 464 675 1171 105
9 991 953 915 664 781 1122 214
10 1 014 810 999 655 869 1302 368
11 1137 638 1093 657 879 1250 276
12 1047 869 1094 851 788 1364 283
13 1053 913 1007 687 677 1190 576
14 1003 876 1155 739 815 1161 255
15 Skk 719 1093 790 821 1038 415
16 1018 868 1185 872 903 1 202 539
17 1209 832 1098 924 873 1176 413
18 1075 906 958 1 100 1032 1098 372
19 1209 1007 953 878 789 1091 255
20 1250 904 1 024 769 886 983 473
21 1191 757 1 002 753 966 941 199
22 1315 776 791 901 1027 785 009
23 1 240 706 749 790 822 879 951
24 1 008 687 853 748 902 889 849
25 1119 694 711 899 741 823 947
26 894 755 788 759 801 772 852
27 900 895 792 610 632 796 886
28 604 765 1054 640 893 868 715
29 791 774 936 543 999 777 859
30 859 911 823 556 821 770 758
31 647 757 973 508 871 758 735
32 718 909 864 349 786 970 755
33 692 869 923 567 759 874 889
34 533 695 1030 452 653 943 821
35 664 657 1046 467 568 856 829
36 723 866 983 515 645 785 965
37 836 694 1024 579 752 804 752
38 599 708 965 493 648 759 773
39 533 699 1135 489 512 678 1 009
ko 582 547 1 101 478 602 852 959
k 555 601 994 468 684 757 901
42 525 553 979 516 575 771 755
43 702 706 955 593 616 772 547
kk 638 547 929 700 615 693 877
k5 637 516 877 621 467 607 883
46 696 712 916 601 466 818 684
kl 589 665 877 594 658 746 776
k8 544 470 826 424 452 622 443
49 674 637 805 531 430 841 580
50 657 608 686 498 408 758 389
51 596 715 801 557 594 843 413
52 447 613 525 342 413 689 454
53 536 267
Annua1
Total 43347 39895 48109 32723 37282 46988 50117
of
US
Annua1
Total 8 7 9 7 8 10 10
US
Annua1
Total 527473 534256 534256 473403 453804 492180 50 913
TABLE 24
ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS
BY STATES DEC 1 1971 1977 1 2
State 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1276 1977 3
Mill ions
Ala 198 196 202 181 187 203 209
Alaska
Ariz 11 1 0 1 0 9 8 8 6
Ark 250 250 243 225 240 239 256
Ca 1 i f 536 482 504 499 481 462 456
Colo 18 18 22 24 26 27 29
Conn 49 48 42 39 45 54 53
Del 9 9 9 8 9 1 0 1 0
Fla 180 172 171 162 170 175 170
Ga 379 366 411 346 343 340 369
Hawa i i 14 13 13 13 1 2 13 13
Idaho 9 1 0 11 1 0 1 1 11 12
111 98 92 88 86 81 78 75
Ind 186 186 188 197 195 186 190
Iowa 134 124 121 114 11 2 12 1 111
Kansas 40 38 35 33 31 32 25
Ky 33 36 36 33 30 33 35
La 48 44 43 38 40 39 38
Ma ine 79 85 93 100 107 1 1 0 10 1
Md 20 21 21 20 19 20 18
Mass 28 23 22 22 21 19 19
Mich 85 81 78 78 81 79 80
M inn 145 137 145 128 131 117 124
Miss 149 140 136 H9 113 11 0 115
Mo 88 84 82 72 70 71 73
Montana 12 12 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 10
Nebr 48 44 46 45 43 38 41
Nev
N H 16 17 15 14 14 13 14
N J 41 38 39 35 31 25 21
N Mex 1 2 13 12 1 2 15 15 20
N Y 133 124 123 11 2 107 100 104
N C 216 205 20 1 187 180 188 21 4
N D 9 8 8 8 7 6 5
Ohio 137 134 129 120 119 115 116
Okla 33 29 29 28 30 29 31
Oregon 30 29 30 29 29 28 28
Pa 161 156 145 151 139 145 165
R 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3
S C 81 83 84 80 87 71 76
S D 47 44 42 4 1 38 33 32
Tenn 61 61 61 55 52 55 56
Texas 167 153 158 141 121 146 137
Utah 18 17 19 18 17 18 2 1
Vt 6 8 7 6 6 7 7
Va 52 56 54 49 51 53 55
Wash 59 58 62 56 54 56 57
W Va 14 13 1 2 13 1 2 1 1 1 0
is 74 70 68 68 69 61 57
Wy 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
U S 4218 4042 4088 3841 3798 3782 3865
Excludes commercial broilers 2 19711976 Revised 3 Preliminary
14 TABLE 25
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS BY STATES DEC 1 1971 1977 1 2
State 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 3
Mill ion Dollars
Ala 227 225 324 316 299 294 334
Alaska 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ariz 13 14 22 19 14 16 9
Ark 263 288 377 383 396 395 487
Ca 1 i f 616 772 907 848 1034 808 707
Colo 20 23 35 39 42 49 46
Conn 87 63 85 85 103 127 116
Del 13 14 17 16 15 18 19
Fla 198 189 240 236 238 271 239
Ga 455 421 698 606 549 544 591
Hawa i i 28 27 27 30 29 31 34
Idaho 1 0 11 16 15 18 19 20
111 108 1 10 123 124 126 117 109
Ind 223 204 263 286 31 2 270 257
Iowa 168 167 175 182 174 187 177
Kansas 37 32 53 54 46 49 42
Ky 35 38 54 51 56 56 67
La 59 67 82 75 71 73 74
Ma ine 131 106 171 220 230 252 222
Md 32 33 38 39 37 37 36
Mass 51 32 45 47 49 45 39
Mich 119 98 113 137 130 131 107
Minn 159 165 232 199 184 181 217
Miss 186 196 252 233 221 208 225
Mo 85 88 114 104 109 114 109
Montana 16 16 21 17 17 19 19
Nebr 44 44 74 78 72 69 70
Nev 1 1
N H 28 24 29 32 32 31 29
N J 72 64 70 66 57 45 38
N Mex 15 18 22 22 25 27 37
N Y 206 198 215 180 213 210 208
N C 238 256 302 327 279 291 353
N D 1 0 8 13 12 10 1 0 9
Ohio 171 147 206 199 221 196 174
Okla 33 33 43 45 44 48 51
Oregon 40 37 56 55 56 56 56
Pa 273 21 8 231 263 235 268 314
R 1 6 4 6 6 6 6 6
S C 106 113 126 140 156 117 122
S D 46 46 62 60 57 59 56
Tenn 67 71 95 91 88 85 84
Texas 192 191 22 1 240 175 234 247
Utah 19 22 27 28 32 32 38
Vt 10 11 16 15 14 16 15
Va 62 73 78 76 84 95 108
Wash 82 82 112 104 95 101 94
W Va 17 18 20 20 20 18 14
Wis 93 85 113 112 127 107 95
Wy 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
U S 5172 5164 6625 6533 6600 6435 6523
U Excl jdes commercial broilers 2 1971 1976 Revised 3 Prelimina ry
15
TABLE 26
NUMBER OF CHICKEN HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1965 1977
BY STATES
State 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977
Number
Ala 84 83 81 71 53 k2 33
Ariz 4 1 k 3 1 1
Ark 63 60 58 58 37 35 31
Ca 1 i f 81 67 53 38 31 2k 22
Colo 7 6 6 5 k 5 k
Conn 15 11 9 6 k 3 3
Del 15 13 12 12 12 9 9
Fla 30 31 31 27 17 15 14
Ga 138 139 116 70 77 68 51
Hawa i i 6 1 1 1 1 1
Idaho 16 12 11 9 8 4 3
111 90 78 63 52 33 27 20
Ind 114 85 60 k5 41 2k 23
Iowa 217 143 89 Ik 5k k8 36
Kansas 65 52 39 32 2k 15 12
Ky 26 19 10 9 9 7 6
La 18 13 12 11 8 6 6
Ma ine 16 12 12 13 11 10 8
Md 21 20 20 16 16 10 6
Mass 23 17 15 14 9 7 7
Mich 45 33 17 14 12 10 6
M inn 147 118 87 77 69 5 35
Miss 37 33 3k 31 27 19 20
Mo 120 60 kS 31 29 2k 19
Montana 7 5 5 k 4 3 3
Nebr 92 75 53 kk 3k 33 28
Nev 0
N H 5 1 1 1 1 3 3
N J 31 23 13 10 8 5 4
N Mex 1 1 0 1
N Y 56 53 42 39 32 27 21
N C 84 75 63 6k 51 43 41
N D 17 12 10 1 8 3 3
Ohio 92 73 47 38 30 20 17
Okla 29 21 13 12 12 14 8
Oregon 21 21 13 10 8 8 8
Pa 115 96 61 50 39 31 26
R 1 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
S C k 22 21 9 7 7 8
S D 65 57 kk 32 27 22 14
Tenn 35 35 28 18 15 10 10
Texas 146 121 83 73 63 59 44
Utah 9 9 7 7 6 5 3
Vt 1 1 1 1 1 1
Va 31 26 17 13 11 8 8
Wash 28 23 20 k 12 10 10
W Va 5 5 k 3 1 1
Wis 73 56 kl 32 2k 16 14
Wy 1 1 1 1
U S 2357 1932 1486 1209 989 797 651
Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
16TABLE 27
EGG CAPACITY OF HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1965 1977
BY STATES
State
1965
AL
1969
1971
1973
L9Z5
977
U S
Mill ions
Ala 354 400 402 404 451 441 464
Ariz 4 1 7 5 1
Ark 362 432 473 473 484 515 528
Ca 1 i f 195 201 199 173 175 192 186
Col 0 1 0 1 0 8 7 7 7 5
Conn 57 47 33 36 11 12 12
Del 109 104 106 120 131 151 153
Fla 61 89 110 145 128 132 137
Ga 497 613 654 556 587 577 514
Hawa i i 5 1 1 1 1 1
Idaho 13 13 1 2 13 8 9 10
111 125 113 89 69 47 35 30
Ind 160 146 115 107 103 70 68
Iowa 212 146 108 96 76 73 63
Kansas 48 36 26 26 25 21 17
Ky 23 18 11 9 14 14 15
La 41 46 50 44 50 41 42
Ma ine 70 80 90 87 82 80 95
Md 179 214 21 1 224 235 202 182
Mass 30 25 25 26 20 18 18
Mich 40 30 20 19 18 15 14
Minn 188 160 132 126 111 96 90
Miss 21 3 229 237 260 267 218 233
Mo 226 88 79 72 11 68 76
Montana 7 6 6 4 4 3 5
Nebr 79 ek 50 43 36 36 25
Nev
N H 18 1 1 1 1 13 13
N J 53 42 24 22 21 23 28
N Mex 1 1 0 1
N Y 57 63 57 56 46 38 33
N C 276 31 2 325 376 333 303 376
N D 1 2 1 0 9 7 7 3 3
Ohio 98 79 63 60 51 44 47
Okla 36 30 26 34 43 42 31
Oregon 36 33 34 36 33 30 33
Pa 169 150 121 129 120 129 127
R 1 4 5 4 6 6 6 6
S C 28 37 43 32 32 35 38
S D 53 46 39 30 24 21 16
Tenn 65 68 76 46 45 28 34
Texas 276 262 251 274 269 256 271
Utah 11 1 0 9 1 0 9 7 4
Vt 1 1 1 1 1 1
Va 90 84 79 82 87 92 99
Wash 48 44 44 40 36 31 33
W Va 9 9 5 3 1 1
Wis 63 57 49 41 34 29 29
Wy 1 1 1 1 1 1
4708
4681
4537
4453
4363
4160
4201
Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
17NUMBER OF LAYERS ON FARMS
Month
11971
TABLE 28
UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19711978
11976
11972 11973 11974 11975
11977 21978
Mill ions
Dec 3 3246 3180
Jan 3232 3174
Feb 3185 3147
Mar 3153 3108
Apr 3121 3052
May 3089 2997
June 3061 2969
July 3047 2964
Aug 3056 2972
Sept 3079 2979
Oct 3117 2995
Nov 3161 3003
Av during
year3129 3045 2906
2994
2979
2958
2947
2927
1
5
1
6
4
3
2940
2937
2928
288
283
281
283
287
290
2928
290
287
282
279
277
2770
2777
2805
2841
2847
2865
2857
2835
2809
2774
2741
2721
2716
2728
2754
2779
2794
278
Revised 2 Preliminary V December preceding year
2798
2798
2788
2765
2726
2697
2686
2681
2700
2728
2750
2780
2741
2797
2783
2756
2739
2715
2688
2666
2664
2706
2769
2820
2853
2746
Month
TABLE 29
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19711978
11971 11972 11973 11974 11975 11976 11977
2871
2852
2813
2784
21978
Dec 3 1833 1879 1889 1917 1936 1968 1970 2022
Jan 1854 1894 1901 1920 1952 1970 1956 2007
Feb 1704 1798 1742 1759 1771 1855 1782 1807
Mar 1913 1961 1955 1976 1971 2005 2021 2035
Apr 1873 1915 1914 1931 1920 1954 1971
May 1948 1975 1990 2006 1990 2020 2034
June 1878 1900 1908 1938 1933 1962 1951
July 1909 1945 1941 1975 1995 2016 1987
Aug 1877 1919 1909 1954 1990 1994 1978
Sept 1 802 1837 1837 1879 1915 1917 1919
Oct 1 862 1887 1898 1929 1966 1971 1989
Nov 1813 1825 1846 1869 1905 1906 1945
Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December p reced ing year
TABLE 30
EGG PRODUCTION UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19711978
Month 11971 11972 11973 11974 11975 11976 11977 21978
Mill ion Eggs
Dec 3 5951 5976 5656 5635 5546 5506 5512 5805
Jan 5993 6013 5663 5638 5577 5511 5444 5724
Feb 526 5659 5152 5149 5019 5171 4912 5083
Mar 6031 6093 5760 5744 5537 5543 5536 5664
Apr 5845 5846 5601 5543 5327 5327 5351
May 6018 5919 5734 5672 5454 5449 5468
June 5749 5642 5407 5407 5261 5269 5201
July 5815 5764 5456 5482 5419 5404 5293
Aug 5737 5704 5414 5411 5428 5383 5354
Sept 5547 5471 5280 5218 5273 5229 5312
Oct 5805 5651 5510 5412 5463 5422 5609
Nov 5732 5481 5406 5309 5322 5297 5548
Total
Year 69649 69219 66039 65620 64626 year 64511 64540
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December p reced ing
18TABLE 31
ALL FLOCKS NUMBER OF LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978 1
MonthL27J1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Thousands
Dec 2 27423 26366 25020 26724 24205 23250 23932 26120
Jan 27414 26233 25009 26589 23975 23486 23331 25320
Feb 26600 25753 24770 26121 23675 23322 22981 24325
Mar 25766 25228 24699 25597 23250 22737 23200 23800
I Apr 25153 24398 24446 25190 22600 22429 23150
May 24540 23855 24117 24940 22100 22226 22770
June 23926 23561 23924 24585 21877 22173 22120
July 23794 23586 23837 24261 21977 22475 21850
Aug 23765 24030 24381 23885 22400 23129 22815
Sept 23952 24373 24990 23999 22700 23679 24270
Oct 24809 24719 25674 24336 22900 23875 25505
Nov 25801 24946 26357 24323 23100 24007 26250
Year 325245 24754 24769 25046 22897 23066 23515
Av no on hand during month 2 December preceding year 3 Av no during year
TABLE 32
ALL FLOCKS EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978
Month 1971 1841 1972 1 860 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Dec 1 1848 1919 1953 2018 2037 2058
Jan 1 882 1835 1885 1975 1972 2021 1972 2018
Feb 1708 1737 1742 1806 1770 1914 1756 1865
Mar 1869 1916 1987 2012 1916 2071 2012 2049
Apr 1836 1854 1938 1965 1824 2025 1977
May 1941 1879 1947 2046 1903 2093 2031
June 1878 1827 1839 1950 1866 2019 1938
July 1897 1900 1900 1978 1969 2040 1950
Aug 1872 1897 1848 1965 2009 2003 1969
Sept 1794 1803 1761 1869 1953 1980 1896
Oct 1854 1823 1854 1910 2003 2071 1978
Nov 1 821 1764 1803 1869 1941 1995 2016
Av per
Hen 2 222 221 223 233 231 242 235
December preceding year 2 Annual rate of lay per layer on hand eggs produced during
year divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 33
ALL FLOCKS EGG PRODUCTION GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1971 1978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
M ill on Eggs
Dec 1 505 490 462 513 473 469 487 538
Jan 516 481 471 525 473 475 460 511
Feb 454 447 431 472 419 446 404 454
Mar 482 483 491 515 445 471 467 488
Apr 462 452 474 495 412 454 458
May 476 448 470 510 421 465 462
June 449 430 440 479 408 448 429
July 451 448 453 480 433 458 426
Aug 445 456 451 469 450 463 449
Sept 430 439 440 449 443 469 460
Oct 460 451 476 465 459 494 504
Nov 470 440 475 455 448 479 529
Year 2 5600 5465 5534 5827 5284 5591 5535
1 December preced in g year 2 Total numbe r during y sa r
19TABLE 34
NUMBER OF LAYERS IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS 1 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978
Month
2L
1972
973
1974
J2Z1
J2Z1
1977
1978
Dec 2
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Year 3
4478
4427
4270
4185
4142
4308
4317
4181
4223
4308
4306
4367
293
4659
4799
4775
4730
4737
4790
4742
4522
4335
4295
4251
4275
4576
4183
4093
4183
4151
4149
4424
4656
4654
4559
4524
4505
4403
Thousands
4605
4717
4686
4772
4614
4599
4489
4361
4593
4483
4242
4036
4374 4516
3958
4127
4151
4149
4255
4380
4330
4180
4135
4085
4040
4060
154
4100
4135
4125
4115
4025
4000
3950
3875
3885
3885
3875
3878
3987
3916
3913
3905
4006
4148
4229
4014
3860
4201
4333
4129
4095
4062
4038
4034
4155
4194
Hatching Egg Flocks Eggs used principally for hatching broiler chicks 2 December
preceding year 3 Average number during year
TABLE 35
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS HATCHING EGG FLOCKS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Dec 1 1 668 1786 1717 1928 1900 1 860 1925 2046
Jan 1699 1767 1702 1900 1928 1876 1925 2040
Feb 1560 1682 1582 1708 1784 1804 1742 1798
Mar 1727 1860 1882 1907 2000 1959 2000 1912
Apr 1701 1 800 1809 1848 1878 1887 1929
May 1783 1817 1829 1962 1965 1944 1934
June 1776 1737 1749 1920 1950 1875 1833
July 1860 1804 1848 1938 1975 1919 1848
Aug 1854 1807 1922 1885 1938 1903 1900
Sept 1761 1719 1845 1 821 1863 1857 1851
Oct 1795 1761 1885 1 882 1894 1922 1975
Nov 1761 1 662 1797 1882 1 800 1872 2040
Av per
Hen 2 209 212 216 226 229 227 229
December preceding year 2 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand eggs produced during
year divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 36
EGG PRODUCTIONHATCHING EGG FLOCKS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978
Month
m
1972
1973
1974
1975
iaz6
1977
I2Z8
Mill ions
Dec 1 74 83 72 89 75 76 75
Jan 75 85 70 90 80 78 75
Feb 67 80 66 80 74 74 68
Mar 72 88 78 90 83 81 80
Apr 71 85 75 85 80 76 80
May 77 87 81 90 86 78 82
June 77 82 81 86 84 74 74
July 78 82 86 85 83 74 71
Aug 78 78 88 87 80 74 80
Sept 76 74 83 82 76 72 80
Oct 77 75 85 80 77 74 82
Nov 77 71 79 76 73 73 84
83
82
74
80
Year 2
899
970
944
1 020
951
904
31L
W December preceding year 2 Total number during year
20TABLE 37
OTHER FLOCKS NUMBER LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978 1
Month
1311
L2ZL
1973
L2Zi
975
131L
1311
1978
Tho usands
Dec 2 22945 21707 20837 221 19 20247 19150 20016 22 082
Jan 22987 21434 20916 21872 19848 19351 19418 21 286
Feb 22330 20978 20587 21435 19524 19197 19076 20 170
Mar 21581 20498 20549 20825 19101 18622 19194 19 606
Apr 21011 19661 20297 20576 18345 18404 19002
May 20232 19065 19693 20341 17720 18226 18541
June 19609 18819 19269 20097 17547 18223 18106
July 19613 19064 19183 19901 17797 18600 17991
Aug 19542 19695 19822 19292 18265 19244 18614
Sept 19 644 20078 20466 19516 18615 19794 19937
Oct 20503 20468 21170 20094 18860 20000 21376
Nov 21434 20671 21954 20287 19040 20129 22155
Year 3 20953 20178 20395 20530 18742 19078 19452
Other Flocks producing eggs for use other than for hatching 2 December preceding
year 3 Average number during year
TABLE 38
OTHER FLOCKS EGGS LAID PER 100 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711978
Month
1211
1972
921
I27JL
975
1976
1977
1313
Dec 1 1879 1876 1876 1919 1956 2052 2058 2058
Jan 1922 1851 1922 1990 1981 2052 1984 2015
Feb 1736 1749 1775 1828 1767 1937 1761 1884
Mar 1894 1928 2009 2040 1897 2096 2018 2089
Apr 1863 1869 1965 1995 1 812 2055 1991
May 1972 1894 1972 2065 1888 2124 2052
June 1896 1851 1860 1959 1845 2052 1959
July 1903 1922 1913 1987 1969 2065 1972
Aug 1879 1916 1832 1987 2024 2024 1984
Sept 1803 1 818 1746 1881 1974 2004 1905
Oct 1866 1835 1851 1916 2027 2099 1975
Nov 1833 1785 1803 1868 1971 2019 2010
Av per
Hen 2 224 223 225 234 231 246 237
December preceding year 2 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand eggs produced during
year divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 39
OTHER FLOCKS EGG PRODUCTION GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19711 978
Month 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Mi 11 ions
Dec 1 431 407 390 424 398 393 412 455
Jan 441 396 401 435 393 397 385 429
Feb 387 367 365 392 345 372 336 380
Mar 410 395 413 425 362 390 387 408
Apr 391 367 399 410 332 378 378
May 399 361 389 420 335 387 380
June 372 348 359 393 324 374 355
July 373 366 367 395 350 384 355
Aug 367 378 363 382 370 389 369
Sept 354 365 357 367 367 397 380
Oct 383 376 391 385 382 420 422
Nov 393 369 396 379 375 406 445
Year 2 4701 4495 4590 4807 4333 4687 4604
December preceding year 2 Total number during year
21TABLE 40
FORCED MOLTED LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF
FIRST OF MONTH SELECTED STATES
HENS AND PULLETS
BY MONTHS 1973
OF LAYING
1978 1
AGE
Percent be ing Molted Percent wi th Molt Complete
Month 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1973 1974 975 1976 977 1978
Jan 39 25 30 22 32 2 4 145 92 117 160 151 136
Feb 26 30 48 36 34 3 7 106 88 123 145 144 119
Mar 35 26 46 33 39 3 8 102 79 117 121 138 127
Apr 26 24 46 32 27 3 3 97 80 119 132 125 121
May 30 43 64 47 51 92 79 130 130 118
June 38 37 47 66 55 72 74 137 135 113
July 35 40 43 43 41 81 86 152 144 133
Aug 28 35 42 47 36 85 105 153 154 143
Sept 30 30 33 35 32 81 103 152 139 144
Oct 28 33 38 36 46 83 107 167 150 139
Nov 34 33 43 46 38 86 120 157 149 147
Dec 24 35 30 33 30 102 121 153 159 154
States included Ala Ark Calif Fla Ga Ind Iowa Miss NY NC Ohio Oreg
Pa SC Tenn Tex Wash
TABLE 41
FORCED MOLTED LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF Percent beir MONTH g Moll GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19731978
ed Percent wi th Molt Complete
Month 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Jan 20 20 20 40 65 40 200 110 125 180 185 115
Feb 50 40 80 25 45 30 180 80 135 130 145 100
Mar 20 20 90 40 35 70 180 70 150 115 120 105
Apr 25 15 100 45 25 40 120 75 165 85 90 95
May 25 40 95 85 45 115 90 180 100 95
June 50 60 25 80 65 55 70 185 145 95
July 40 70 85 40 60 100 95 210 165 105
Aug 30 55 35 55 35 100 150 170 190 140
Sept 35 30 20 35 30 50 100 195 150 130
Oct 40 40 45 20 40 50 130 200 160 100
Nov 35 15 60 40 35 75 170 210 160 120
Dec 25 25 20 20 40 80 125 160 185 120
TABLE 42
POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION UNITED STATES 19761978
1976 1977 1978
Month Younq Mature Total Younq Mature Total Younq Mature Total
Thousands
Jan 261239 17284 278523 257303 16437 273740 278993 17883 296876
Feb 229676 15986 245662 240234 116672 1256906 257934 17285 275219
Mar 270021 16687 286708 279305 18644 297949 292390 19564 311954
Apr 267287 18522 285809 276436 19458 295894
May 281368 13457 294825 289931 16659 306590
June 294898 13736 308634 297186 17302 314488
July 290637 14458 305095 290584 12297 302881
Aug 288523 13529 302052 311290 13596 324886
Sept 282322 13996 296318 281832 15358 297190
Oct 281086 14904 295990 282986 15450 298436
Nov 248398 12653 261051 256523 13793 270316
Dec 252714 3248169 14791 267505 3428172 267966 16615 192281 284581
Total 180003 331576 3523857
1 Revi 5ed
22TABLE 43
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS CHICKENS AND TURKEYS FOR US BY YEARS 19531977 1
EGGS POULTRY READY TOCOOK BASIS
Shell Pro Total Ch icken Turkey
Year Comme r Total
cessed cial Total Broilers
Number
Pounds
1953 354 25 379 123 219 48 267
195 351 25 376 137 228 53 281
1955 346 25 371 138 213 50 263
1956 345 24 369 173 244 52 296
1957 335 27 362 191 255 59 314
1958 328 26 354 220 281 59 340
1959 319 33 352 228 289 63 352
I960 306 28 334 234 278 62 340
1961 298 30 328 258 300 74 374
1962 296 30 326 257 300 70 370
1963 290 27 317 270 307 68 375
1964 287 31 318 276 311 74 385
1965 285 29 314 296 334 75 409
1966 282 30 312 320 356 78 434
1967 285 35 320 324 365 86 451
1968 284 32 316 328 367 79 446
1969 279 31 310 348 384 83 467
1970 277 34 311 369 405 80 485
1971 277 37 314 367 404 84 488
1972 272 35 307 384 420 90 510
1973 262 32 294 374 407 85 492
1974 253 34 287 375 411 89 500
1975 2248 31 279 369 403 86 489
1976 243 231 2274 404 2433 92 2525
1977 235 37 272 417 449 92 541
TABLE 44
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS FOR JS BY YEARS 19531977 1
Red meats carcass we qht equivalent
Beef Pork Lamb
Year and Vea 1 exclud ing lard and Total Mutton
Pou nds
1953 871 635 47 155
1954 901 600 46 155
1955 914 668 46 163
1956 949 673 45 167
1957 934 611 42 159
1958 872 602 42 152
1959 87I 676 48 160
I960 912 649 48 161
1961 934 620 51 160
1962 944 635 52 163
1963 994 654 49 170
1964 1051 654 42 175
1965 1047 587 37 167
1966 1088 581 40 171
1967 1103 641 39 178
1968 1133 662 37 183
1969 1141 65O 34 183
1970 1166 664 33 186
1971 1157 730 31 192
1972 1183 674 33 189
1973 1114 616 27 176
1974 1191 2691 23 188
1975 1243 2561 20 181
1976 21332 2596 19 193
1977 3 1298 618 17 193
11 Incl jdes available data for Al aska and Hawai i beg inn ng in I960 2 Revised
1 Prel imina ry
23TABLE 45
POULTRY PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND INCOME US
BY YEARS 19731977 1
I tern
Unit
21973
21974 21975
21976
Average No of
Layers during year
I Eggs per Layer
I Eggs Produced
Eggs Consumed
Farm Household 4
Eggs Sold
Price per Doz jj
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumption
Gross Income
CHICKENS 6
Number Produced
Number Consumed
on Fa rms 4
Number Sold
Pounds Produced
Pounds Consumed
on Fa rms 4
Pounds Sold
Price per Pound
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumpt ion
Gross Income
COMMERCIAL
BROILERS 7
Mill ions
No
Bill ions
Bill ions
Bill ions
Cents
Mil Dol
Mil Dol
Mil Dol
Mill ions
Mill ions
Mill ions
Mill ions
Mill ions
Mill ions
Cents
Mil Dol
2906
227
660
2847
230
656
2781
232
646
2741
235
645
1
2511
147
2318
1722
Mil
Mil
Dol
Dol
562
11215
151
1695
79
1774
2421
144
2524
11861
552
1 2026
97
1164
52
121 6
2328
135
2237
10665
514
10470
99
1041
52
1093
2285
128
2173
11071
491
10467
129
1355
62
1417
The production year begins December 1 previous year and ends November 30 current
2 Revised 3 Preliminary 4 Consumed on farms where produced Jj Weighted average
price of all eggs sold for hatching purposes fresh market retail at the farm and other
sales 6 Does not include commercial broilers Includes consumption in household of
producers which is less than 1 percent of total production
Gross Income Farm
Chickens Commercial
Broilers and Eggs
Mil Dol
31977
2746
235
645
6 654 525 28593 6 65O 532 28845 5 641 524 27968 5 640 583 31099 5 641 557 29723
265 28858 250 29095 225 28193 236 31335 213 29936
2471
122
2266
1 1900
470
10996
121
1326
55
1381
Number Produced Mill ions 30087 29928 29501 32828 34000
Pounds Produced Mill ions 112199 113204 110960 125173 129924
Price per Pound Cents 240 215 263 236 236
Gross Income Mil Dol 26904 24362 29150 29533 30668
ALL CHICKENS
Pounds Sold Mill ions 123414 125230 121430 135641 140919
Price per Pound Cents 232 204 249 228 227
Value of Sales Mil Dol 28599 25526 30191 30888 31994
57535 54674 58436 62285 61985
24TABLE 46
GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS 19691977 1
No
Sold
Pounds
Sold
Price
per Lb
Cash
Rece ipts
Commerc ia1
Broilers 2
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Hatch ing
Egg Flocks
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
197
1975
1976
1977
Other
Flocks 3
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
197
1975
1976
1977
All Chickens
Includ ing
Comm Broilers
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
All Chic
Eggs Inc
Broilers
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
I 1977
kens S
1ud ing
Thous
442221
453886
431307
442937
412986
426857
416599
451531
485879
5135
7178
5921
5348
5100
6581
3265
2944
3100
14888
16586
19796
15173
16201
19224
14577
14656
14993
462244
477650
457024
463458
434287
452662
434 tl
469131
503972
Thous
1547774
1588601
1552705
1638867
1528048
1579371
1541416
1670665
1797752
39026
51682
42631
38506
36210
46917
24161
21786
22630
57084
60009
75667
55891
57514
69206
56128
57414
56979
1643884
1700292
1671003
1733264
1621772
1695494
1621705
1749865
1877361
Cents
141
124
129
131
239
21 1
269
240
237
159
130
130
144
220
150
232
230
190
88
59
5
6
14
6
59
106
113
140
122
125
129
235
203
261
235
233
1969 The production year is the calendar year 19701977 The production y
1 previous year and ends November 30 current year 2 Cash receipts in
ion which is less than 1 percent of total production 3 Includes both
flocks eggs principally for human consumption
1000 dol
218236
196987
200299
214692
365203
333247
414641
400960
426067
6205
6719
5542
5545
7966
7020
5600
5002
4300
5040
3557
3804
3328
8342
4360
3312
6086
6447
229481
207263
209645
223565
381511
344627
423553
412048
436814
443310
407519
374690
382831
640397
629850
685055
717197
726982
December
Iconsumpt
and farm
ear begins
elude home
commerc ial
25TABLE 47
Year
Hatching
Eggs
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Other
Eggs 2
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
All Eggs
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
Ave No
Layers
1 1969The
November 30
1000
Head
5134
4859
4292
4576
4374
4516
4155
3988
4063
19571
20257
20953
20178
20395
20530
18742
19078
19452
24705
25116
25245
24754
24769
25046
22897
23066
23515
Eggs per
Layer
No
208
205
209
212
216
226
229
227
229
223
217
224
223
225
234
231
246
237
220
215
222
221
223
233
231
242
235
Eggs
Produced
GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS 1969 1977 1
Millions
1068
998
899
970
944
1020
951
904
931
4358
4399
4701
4495
4590
4807
4333
4687
4604
5426
5397
5600
5465
5534
5827
5284
5591
5535
Comm
Eggs Sold
Hatch
All
Millions
4336
4380
4682
4477
4576
4793
4324
4679
4596
4441
4480
4772
4574
4670
4895
4409
4751
4652
961
896
807
871
848
916
865
831
875
4336
4380
4682
4477
4576
4793
4324
4679
4596
5402
5376
5579
5445
5518
5811
5274
5582
5527
Price per Doz
Comm Hatch
All
105 961 1066 441
100 896 996 417
90 807 897 320
97 871 968 304
94 848 942 529
102 916 1018 558
85 865 950 545
72 831 903 620
56 875 931 582
Cents
632
597
559
600
751
753
850
864
897
441
417
321
304
529
558
545
620
582
441
417
321
304
529
558
545
620
582
632
597
559
600
751
753
850
864
887
475
447
355
351
563
589
595
656
630
Comm
Cash Receipts
Hatch
All
1000 Dollars
3859 50612 54471
3475 44560 48035
2400 37594 39994
2457 43549 46006
4144 53071 57215
4743 57479 62222
3860 61271 65131
3720 59832 63552
2714 64677 67391
production year is the calendar
current year 2 Includes eggs
year 19701976The production year
from both commercial and farm flocks
159358
152221
125051
113260
201671
223001
196372
241597
222777
163217
155696
127451
115717
205815
227744
200232
245317
225491
50612
44560
37594
43549
53071
57479
61271
59832
64677
begins December 1 the previous year and ends
used principally for human consumption
159358
152221
125051
113260
201671
223001
196372
241597
222777
213829
200256
165045
159266
258886
285223
261503
305149
290168
TABLE 48
STATE RANK IN CASH RECEIPTS FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS EGGS AND
ALL CHICKENS AND EGGS 1977
Rank
Commercia1
Broi lers
000
12
Eggs
000
All Chicke ns
Eggs
000
Ga 726982
Ark 672681
Ala 515878
N C 494388
Calif 491386
Miss 339972
Tex 310263
Pa 231130
Md 200968
Ma ine 190637
Fla 185275
Ind 152525
Del 151249
Va 131189
Ohio 97739
Minn 95320
La 90089
Tenn 89218
S C 87260
N Y 83205
Iowa 81727
Mo 74312
111 66345
Mich 65526
Wash 64988
Wis 56615
Conn 54599
Okla 50100
Oreg 41757
Nebr 27736
Ky 26273
W Va 23717
N J 23301
Colo 22707
Mass 21655
Kans 20311
S Dak 18987
Hawa i i 15533
N Mex 14411
Utah 13541
N H 12862
Idaho 8190
Mont 8139
Vt 7626
Ariz 5766
R 1 3046
N Dak 2804
Wyo 994
Alas 629
Nev 111
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Ark 477745
Ga 426067
Ala 348473
N C 317558
Miss 236248
Tex 182857
Md 182628
Del 143595
Calif 132165
Pa 88845
Va 84928
Ma Ine 84347
Fla 66155
La 56036
Tenn 39792
S C 26913
Okla 24783
Mo 21295
Wash 19676
Oreg 17784
Ohio 16581
M inn 16547
W Va 13606
Ind 11796
Wis 10732
Iowa 9591
Hawa i i 2901
Ky 2772
Nebr 2352
Conn 1051
Mich 974
Calif 353060
Ga 290168
Ark 180500
N C 162932
Ala 160085
Ind 136543
Pa 130894
Tex 121537
Fla 114521
Ma ine 101640
Miss 97663
N Y 80634
Ohio 77917
Minn 77700
Iowa 69560
111 64787
Mich 62620
S C 58590
Conn 51936
Mo 47971
Tenn 47155
Wash 44022
Va 43805
Wis 43321
La 32248
Nebr 24969
Okla 24387
Oreg 23480
Ky 22475
N J 22473
Colo 22172
Mass 20562
Kans 19000
S Dak 18518
Md 17252
N Mex 14111
Utah 13400
Hawa i i 12408
N H 12105
W Va 9688
Mont 7933
Idaho 7833
Vt 7447
Del 7251
Ariz 5615
R 1 2962
N Dak 2744
Wyo 977
Alas 620
Nev 104
u s
3066793
2972295
6171662
Commercial broiler production including production of other meattype breedsexcl udes
states producing less than 500000 2 Liveweight equivalent price
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TURKEYS FARM PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME
UNITED STATES BY YEARS 19611977
1 Price U
Year Number Number Pounds per Gross
Ra ised Sold Produced Pound 1ncome
Mill ions Mill ions Mill ions Cents Mil Dol
1961 1077 1081 1882 189 3558
1962 921 919 1627 216 3515
1963 941 942 1694 223 3773
1964 1011 1008 1 824 21 0 3834
1965 1059 1049 1901 222 4213
1966 1165 1154 2107 231 4858
1967 1266 1268 2354 195 4596
1968 1067 1073 2028 205 4167
1969 1067 1064 2027 224 4541
1970 1164 2203 226 4988
1971 1201 2264 221 5013
1972 1291 2432 222 5388
1973 1322 2451 382 9355
1974 1314 2426 280 6798
1975 1243 2278 348 7936
1976 21400 22605 317 28248
1977 1356 2548 355 9052
TABLE 50
TURKEYS PRODUCTION GEORGIA DISPOSITION AND GROSS BY YEARS 19611977 INCOME
1 Price 1
Year Number Number Pounds per Gross
Ra ised Sold Produced Pound 1ncome
Thous Thous Thous Cents Thous Dollars
1961 670 655 12052 230 2772
1962 663 674 12267 228 2797
1963 1177 1 160 22040 219 4827
1964 1486 1494 28834 215 6199
1965 1336 1326 25459 219 5576
1966 1709 1679 31733 234 7426
1967 1917 1877 36226 208 7535
1968 1820 1826 37250 210 7823
1969 1635 1637 32904 206 6778
1970 2283 45660 220 10045
1971 2238 40428 220 8862
1972 1 806 32508 235 7639
1973 1936 36784 320 11771
1974 1712 32528 270 8783
1975 1 216 22496 302 6794
1976 1853 33910 307 10410
1977 1633 30374 356 10813
19611969 estimates are of pounds sol
and value of production Includes home
d and value of sales rather than of
consumption for the years 19701977
pounds produced
2 Revised
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