Georgia poultry facts, 1974/1975

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UNIV OF GEORGIA LIBRAKESH
GEORGIA
POULTRY FACTS

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
JUL 2 8 1975
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georgia crop reporting service
June 1975
POULTRY FACTS 1968 1975
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 HatcheryWeekly on Wednesday
Monthly Poultry SummaryMonthly about 21st of month
Annual Summary of Livestock Poultry
Inventory Inventory ValuesAnnually about February 5
Annual Broiler ProductionAnnually about March 9
Annual Summary of Weekly
Hatchery Report on Broiler ChicksAnnually about March 9
Selected States Egg Type Eggs Set
and Chicks HatchedAnnually about March 20
Cash Receipts From PoultryAnnually about April 6
The Poultry and Egg SituationMar June Sept Dec
Compiled by
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Frasier T Galloway Agricultural Statistician in Charge
Mike Hammer Assistant Statistician in Charge
Agricultural Statisticians
W A Bill Wagner Larry Massey
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 BoardTABLE OF CONTENTS
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Pullet Chicks for Broiler Hatchery Supply Flocks U S
Pullet Chicks for Egg Type Hatchery Supply Flocks U S
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies U S Broiler Prod
Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies U S Egg Prod
Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga
Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US
Prices Received by U S Farmers for Commercial Broilers
Prices Received by U S Farmers for All Eggs
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Broilers
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Eggs
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Eggs
Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Hatching Eggs
Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Georgia
Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Selected States
Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks Georgia
Egg Type Chicks Hatched Selected States
All Chickens on Farms by States January 1
Total Value of All Chickens on Farms by States January 1
Number of Chicken Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years
Egg Capacity of Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years
Number of Layers on Farms U S
Eggs Laid Per 100 Layers U S
Egg Production United States
All Layers Number Georgia
All Layers Eggs Laid Per 100 Georgia
All Layers Egg Production Georgia
Number of Layers in Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia
Eggs Laid Per 100 Layers in Hatching Flocks Georgia
Egg Production Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia
Other Layers Number Georgia
Other Layers Eggs Laid Per 100 Georgia
Other Layers Egg Production Georgia
Forced Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Selected States
Forced Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Ga
Per Capita Consumption of Eggs Chickens and Turkeys U S
Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats U S
Georgia Chicken Production and Income
Georgia Egg Production and Income
Production Disposition and Gross Income U S
State Rank in Cash Receipts from Commercial Broilers Eggs
and All Chickens and Eggs
Turkeys Production Disposition and Gross Income Georgia
Turkeys Farm Production Disposition and Gross Income U S
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24 TABLE 1
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Thousands
Jan 2488 2959 3 141 2750 2 540 2 390 2489 2 199
Feb 2 800 2 806 3 231 2 599 2 228 2 170 2474 2 128
Mar 3329 3 578 3 645 3 013 2 676 3 056 2906 2 744
Apr 3695 3493 3 811 3 160 3 308 3048 2795
May 3017 4 046 3 677 3 196 2 786 2958 2 7 54
June 3 555 3409 3420 3 031 2694 2 527 2 525
July 2 856 3 026 3 084 2 841 2753 2495 2259
Aug 2 811 3 060 2998 2929 2 530 2 588 2 288
Sept 3 118 2933 2709 2 559 2498 2 653 2 160
Oct 2955 3237 2 783 2 543 2475 2921 2 141
Nov 3 152 3 300 3 295 2 553 2371 2 306 2 171
Dec 3 148 3047 2956 2794 2249 2 383 2 302
Annual
Total 36924 38 894 38 750 33 968 31 108 31495 29264
TABLE 2
Month
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS
BY MONTHS 1971 1975
1971
1972
1973
1974
Thousands
Jan 264
Feb 386
Mar 452
Apr 589
May 482
June 681
July 412
Aug 3 57
Sept 413
Oct 297
Nov 279
Dec 257
Annual Total 4 869
295
348
306
470
533
592
385
426
409
476
236
274
47 50
314
414
453
355
511
530
423
349
268
309
302
258
4486
306
324
474
344
473
525
311
394
339
205
205
265
4 165
1975
183
232
321
TABLE 3
BROILER TYPE CHICKENS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Thousands
Jan 2435 2 823 2418 2 667 2 275 2 196 1895 1 648
Feb 2 121 1992 2964 2 576 1 849 1962 1 561 1 268
Mar 2 034 2455 2 681 2499 2 006 1992 1 770 1649
Apr 2 155 2 525 2499 2 505 1899 1995 1629
May 1 701 2 217 2 548 2 086 1 850 1 587 1978
June 1 594 1 856 2 140 2 235 1756 1 710 1 121
July 1 817 2 056 2 279 1940 1 786 1 509 1364
Aug 1 850 2 023 2 739 2 284 2 165 1 601 1 558
Sept 2453 2486 2 372 2274 2 186 1793 1901
Oct 2 312 2 740 2 955 1 828 2 047 1943 1802
Nov 2 315 2 545 2 505 2 688 1 856 1 586 1435
Dec 2 326 2 569 2 664 2263 1904 1692 1298
Total 25 113 28 287 30 764 27 845 23579 21 566 19312
TABLE 4
EGG TYPE CHICKENS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Thousands
Jan 938 712 736 778 617 605 725 615
Feb 884 556 598 618 532 428 463 50 5
Mar 442 620 483 544 511 503 440 47 5
Apr 315 382 436 506 301 411 376
May 3 50 358 411 439 502 445 3 53
June 286 363 398 433 322 200 2 54
July 319 302 320 3 54 381 360 294
Aug 378 371 412 601 436 366 382
Sept 463 358 622 376 459 395 510
Oct 589 681 628 466 453 379 345
Nov 737 808 845 675 500 453 464
Dec 578 719 897 665 481 373 519
Total 6279 6 230 6 786 6455 5495 4918 5 125
TABLE 5
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GA BY MONTHS
1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Millions
414 403 436 39 1 399 367 403
396 384 409 343 386 32 5 36 1
440 446 470 41 1 413 387 410
43 5 439 466 414 40 5 386 392
454 444 47 6 423 414 393 40 1
439 43 1 444 420 398 377 384
434 42 5 419 410 380 34 5 366
408 418 408 413 379 379 357
35 8 37 5 34 5 36 8 332 35 5 316
37 2 388 34 1 34 5 343 359 299
389 403 382 364 342 362 325
406 410 396 39 1 359 383 363
36 5
346
396
Total
494 5
4964
4990
4693
4550
4417
437 5
l Preliminary
TABLE 6
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GA BY MONTHS
1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1
Millions
Jan 24 26 43 36 3 5 36 24 29
Feb 2 5 32 4 1 3 5 40 36 24 30
Mar 36 40 50 47 36 46 3 1 36
Apr 40 4 1 47 4 5 36 48 37
May 3 5 46 42 5 5 37 42 38
June 32 37 42 44 32 33 34
July 3 1 3 5 39 3 3 36 40 26
Aug 32 3 1 1 1 29 3 5 43 2 1
Sept 3 3 34 40 2 8 29 44 22
Oct 38 34 40 27 26 44 24
Nov 3 1 30 3 5 27 26 38 24
Dec 32 29 3 5 24 27 3 1 2 1
Total 38 8 414 46 5 430 396 482 327
l PreliminaryTABLE 7
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1
Millions
Jan 229 8 2364 270 1 2642 2739 2617 277 5 2526
Feb 219 5 228 1 254 1 2390 2694 2419 2542 238 5
Mar 2467 2678 2960 2803 2973 2874 296 5 2774
Apr 2477 268 5 294 2 2823 2939 2894 2889
May 2609 2800 3007 2893 3030 2980 297 5
June 2503 2662 287 2 2800 2862 2827 2759
July 244 2 2576 2684 268 6 273 1 2584 251 1
Aug 2324 2467 2607 2684 2722 2704 244 1
Sept 2034 2310 223 8 2399 2397 2463 2208
Oct 2148 2375 2284 2387 2470 249 5 217 1
Nov 221 6 2489 2466 2504 2512 2539 2284
Dec 227 8 2562 2590 2670 2607 267 5 252 5
Total 2 799 1 30250 3 1892 3 1680 32675 32070 3 1044
1 Preliminary
TABLE 8
Month
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
Millions
33 5 380 463 404 39 1 386 3 5 1
386 403 469 429 416 41 5 377
53 8 536 646 57 8 480 520 462
623 603 698 646 530 540 546
594 59 5 644 602 520 554 52 1
450 474 509 493 429 447 434
37 1 402 45 1 414 386 412 367
37 1 380 294 382 37 5 425 349
37 5 39 5 40 5 344 360 429 32 1
404 400 422 33 8 379 460 35 5
35 8 34 1 35 5 329 324 403 330
340 390 35 5 316 324 353 322
1975 1
350
373
460
Total
5143
5299
571 1
527 5
4914
5343
4734
1 PreliminaryTABLE 9
PRICES RECEIVED BY U S FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 19681969197019711972197319741975
Cents Per Pound
Dec 1 136 12 1 120 144 200 219
Jan 134 14 1 148 130 13 5 172 21 5 242
Feb 149 149 143 139 144 198 234 246
Mar 14 6 15 1 14 5 136 143 232 22 2 237
Apr 14 1 147 13 7 136 129 252 210
May 14 6 15 5 138 146 136 238 20 5
June 15 0 159 134 15 1 144 243 190
July 15 5 17 5 133 156 15 5 276 20 5
Aug 149 16 5 13 1 143 146 36 5 209
Sept 139 157 133 140 154 297 228
Oct 127 14 8 124 129 146 237 228
Nov 13 5 144 129 12 5 139 194 242
Dec 13 5 136
Average 142 15 2 136 137 14 1 24 0 21 5
TABLE 10
PRICES RECEIVED BY U S FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
Cents Per Dozen
Dec 1 546 379 342 442 640 590
Jan 318 43 5 533 354 300 500 666 57 1
Feb 303 39 1 474 32 5 292 428 639 543
Mar 306 398 42 2 320 319 469 567 54 1
Apr 29 0 367 348 319 27 8 469 50 1
May 27 3 304 299 293 274 45 5 42 2
June 30 5 314 307 283 277 504 398
July 329 377 36 2 28 5 306 519 43 8
Aug 343 362 33 2 313 299 687 478
Sept 43 0 407 386 30 7 339 639 548
Oct 37 8 404 323 28 8 309 593 549
Nov 39 1 492 357 300 370 593 554
Dec 42 2 546
Average 34 1 400 39 1 314 309 52 5 533
TABLE 11
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 d 1973 1974 1975
Cent s Per Poun
Dec 1 12 0 110 10 5 140 20 5 21 5
Jan 12 0 130 13 5 12 5 12 5 16 5 22 0 230
Feb 14 0 13 5 13 5 13 5 13 5 20 5 22 5 250
Mar 13 5 140 13 5 12 5 130 22 5 21 5 240
Apr 130 13 5 12 5 12 5 120 250 200
May 13 5 14 5 12 5 140 130 23 5 195
June 13 5 150 12 5 14 5 140 23 5 18 5
July 14 5 16 5 120 150 14 5 300 200
Aug 14 0 15 5 120 13 5 13 5 370 20 5
Sept 130 14 5 120 130 14 5 330 22 5
Oct 11 5 13 5 110 11 5 13 5 21 5 22 5
Nov 120 130 120 110 130 18 5 24 5
Dec 12 5 120
Season
Average 13 1 14 1 124 129 13 1 239 21 1
December preceding yearmm
Mi
TABLE 12
Month
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
Cents Per Dozen
1974
1975
Dec 1 608 423 390 490 698
Jan 39 5 517 60 5 392 339 520 716
Feb 364 460 53 5 362 332 443 669
Mar 38 5 474 479 366 36 1 49 5 616
Apr 36 3 44 5 399 364 326 489 539
May 34 3 37 5 352 320 31 1 484 462
June 387 37 5 367 316 319 548 456
July 418 45 1 412 337 352 608 498
Aug 436 449 387 347 343 759 553
Sept 54 1 492 432 346 377 67 5 616
Oct 456 483 366 33 1 346 618 613
Nov 476 56 1 398 34 5 413 639 626
Dec 503 608
Weig hted
Average 422 47 5 447 35 5 35 1 563 589
1 December preceding year
TABLE 13
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS
FOR COMMERCIAL EGGS BY MONTHS 1970 1975
Month
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
Cents Per Dozen
684
622
610
615
1975
Dec 1 597 404 352 472 676 65 5
Jan 592 369 289 506 699 582
Feb 510 333 280 413 642 568
Mar 447 33 8 314 46 1 588 570
Apr 353 336 269 454 49 5
May 29 5 282 250 444 41 1
June 320 27 5 260 517 402
July 38 1 292 303 572 45 5
Aug 353 303 296 708 520
Sept 412 300 337 629 597
Oct 337 283 30 1 583 574
Nov 374 300 38 1 61 1 58 1
Weig hted
Average 417 32 1 304 529 554
1 Decem ber preceding year
TABLE 14
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS
FOR HATCHING EGGS BY MONTHS 1970 1975
Month
1970
1971
1972
1973
1 December preceding year
1974
1975
Cents Per Dozen
Dec 1 670 540 600 60 0 800 850
Jan 670 540 600 61 0 800 850
Feb 65 5 540 600 63 0 800 850
Mar 638 540 600 70 0 750 850
Apr 620 540 600 70 0 750
May 602 540 600 70 0 700
June 56 5 540 600 70 0 700
July 55 5 580 600 78 0 700
Aug 548 580 600 100 0 700
Sept 533 590 600 90 0 700
Oct 530 600 600 80 0 800
Nov 53 5 600 600 80 0 850
Weig hted
Average 597 559 600 75 1 753
TABLE 15
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKS GEORGIA 1968
1975
Week
No
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
Total
1968
87
87
8 8
87
87
86
88
9 1
90
92
9 1
92
93
92
93
92
94
95
97
94
94
95
95
96
97
94
93
93
94
92
9 1
87
86
8 5
83
80
8 1
74
74
80
8 1
78
69
76
85
84
86
86
89
87
87
84
457 1
1969
87
86
83
84
8 5
87
88
9 1
91
93
94
94
95
96
95
95
95
94
94
92
93
9 1
4
2
2
3
5
7
7
90
87
87
8 5
8 5
85
84
8 5
78
70
82
8 5
83
76
73
8 5
87
87
86
86
85
86
8 1
4547
1970
1971
1972
88
9 1
92
9 1
94
96
9
9
9
9
9
9
10
9
10 1
99
100
102
103
100
102
99
99
98
97
9
8
8
8
9
9
7
9
89
90
87
87
86
8
8
7
7
70
66
78
8 1
65
67
77
83
86
82
88
84
8 5
8 1
4647
Millions
86
86
84
83
84
77
79
82
8 5
83
86
87
9 1
90
9 1
92
9 1
9
8
9
9
94
93
95
93
93
94
87
8 8
90
90
9 1
90
89
89
87
87
87
7 5
73
83
8 1
69
64
7 5
8 5
86
86
87
87
87
87
4480
87
8 8
93
92
87
89
9 1
93
95
96
92
92
92
9 1
93
95
94
95
91
9 1
96
94
94
93
95
92
91
83
87
86
89
87
86
85
85
85
84
8 1
68
73
83
83
82
62
7 1
77
82
79
8 1
83
82
83
74
4589
1973
82
82
80
8 1
83
82
80
7 5
82
84
84
8 5
87
83
87
90
88
86
83
87
89
86
88
8
8
8
7
7
77
8 1
82
83
84
82
83
83
82
76
78
84
84
84
69
7 1
8 1
87
86
87
86
86
88
79
4303
1974
91
89
88
9 1
90
9
8
8
9
8
9
8
90
86
90
92
93
8 8
8 5
87
88
8 8
90
88
87
86
80
80
82
82
8 1
79
8 1
80
78
77
76
74
65
6 1
7 1
74
62
6 1
70
77
78
78
80
80
80
8 1
4277
8 1
8 1
80
79
79
8 1
8 5
84
86
87
87
88
88
86
86
1 PreliminaryTABLE 16
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKSSELECTED STATES 1968 1975 1
Week
No 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Millions
1 486 504 562 56 5 58 1 562 597 553
2 487 50 1 576 56 8 579 56 1 594 549
3 494 497 576 557 590 564 597 55 1
4 497 51 1 580 563 599 576 599 540
5 500 51 1 59 1 576 59 5 574 604 533
6 490 52 5 592 547 602 57 5 59 8 55 1
7 50 1 537 602 56 1 61 5 573 588 57 1
8 50 5 54 5 603 572 624 568 618 577
9 513 553 610 577 63 1 597 62 5 578
10 520 563 616 58 5 634 607 53 5 586
11 520 567 623 588 63 5 619 638 588
12 526 574 633 598 632 619 638 596
13 53 1 57 2 642 603 643 626 632 598
14 533 576 639 607 643 622 624 59 1
15 536 582 644 61 5 642 63 5 629 598
16 538 588 64 5 62 1 647 642 63 5
17 544 594 646 61 5 650 638 633
18 54 5 594 639 61 5 659 63 1 63 5
19 54 8 59 1 639 606 649 622 626
20 548 592 640 610 642 629 629
21 54 8 592 634 619 649 63 5 634
22 552 590 634 61 5 647 629 618
23 552 59 5 63 5 617 640 632 62 1
24 549 592 63 5 620 636 622 620
25 546 586 630 614 635 61 5 604
26 540 58 1 62 5 61 1 628 607 598
27 52 8 529 606 603 633 547 539
28 526 557 553 554 558 537 538
29 522 564 564 567 577 55 1 538
30 510 554 582 58 5 597 566 539
31 512 539 572 580 598 572 536
32 503 530 56 1 58 1 606 582 530
33 502 52 5 566 577 598 584 526
34 49 1 527 558 570 582 577 516
35 478 533 548 576 573 574 514
36 47 1 533 524 569 576 569 514
37 46 5 529 517 562 573 56 5 514
3 8 440 513 496 544 553 530 49 1
39 407 470 449 48 5 488 50 5 456
40 47 1 51 5 478 496 503 560 435
41 48 1 547 520 546 57 1 565 500
42 47 1 52 5 50 8 534 564 558 497
43 422 46 1 454 49 1 536 490 456
44 450 492 469 472 47 1 487 42 1
45 489 543 519 519 509 550 480
46 494 558 543 55 5 55 1 582 52 1
47 502 564 558 570 573 57 1 527
48 486 549 552 565 566 59 1 532
49 497 556 566 576 579 587 549
50 493 560 562 57 5 577 580 548
51 486 557 567 57 8 57 1 583 54 5
52 473 522 524 558 57 1 546 538
53 527
Total 2 6217 2 846 2 3 0009 2 9833 3 1508 3 0289 29269
1 Prior to 1973 22 States included Connecticut discontinued weekly estimates in
1973 thereafter only 21 States included
TABLE 17
GEORGIA
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS 1968 1974
Week
No 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Thous ands
1 497 618 900 965 419 634 677
2 598 634 898 783 602 828 517
3 414 454 994 766 865 924 502
4 626 660 1 095 787 717 763 537
5 604 588 948 891 1 026 906 565
6 664 661 1 014 900 905 909 652
7 493 824 1 035 727 1060 952 682
8 608 801 1 022 870 1 006 906 464
9 703 935 1 041 991 953 915 664
10 7 59 894 1 100 1 014 810 999 655
11 908 857 1 028 1 137 638 1 093 657
12 776 986 1 207 1 047 869 1 094 851
13 863 888 1 146 1 053 913 1 007 687
14 696 968 1 190 1 003 876 1 155 739
15 893 836 1 153 944 719 1 093 790
16 1065 963 1 131 1 018 868 1 185 872
17 1 040 1035 1 075 1 209 832 1 098 924
18 928 975 905 1 075 906 958 1 100
19 781 1 014 966 1 209 1007 953 878
20 757 1069 928 1 250 904 1 024 769
21 749 1 162 967 1 191 757 1 002 7 53
22 778 928 974 1 315 776 791 901
23 802 852 1 057 1 240 706 749 790
24 695 1009 975 1 008 687 853 748
25 793 772 954 1 119 694 711 899
26 718 853 962 894 755 788 7 59
27 629 658 1 053 900 895 792 610
28 857 933 993 604 765 1 054 640
29 713 834 889 791 774 936 543
30 637 796 716 859 911 823 556
31 585 688 790 647 757 973 508
32 733 679 157 718 909 864 349
33 640 690 161 692 869 923 567
34 727 761 148 533 695 1 030 452
35 800 630 220 664 657 1 046 467
36 729 765 1 024 723 866 983 515
37 713 821 1 002 836 694 1 024 579
38 788 785 1 037 599 708 965 493
39 823 783 801 533 699 1 135 489
40 881 828 802 582 547 1 101 478
41 812 659 857 555 601 994 468
42 862 785 943 525 553 979 516
43 878 758 936 702 706 955 593
44 839 809 870 638 547 929 700
45 752 840 994 637 516 877 621
46 787 689 908 696 712 916 601
47 705 605 800 589 665 877 594
48 572 635 594 544 470 826 424
49 792 639 636 674 637 805 531
50 794 677 920 657 608 686 498
51 756 714 860 596 715 801 557
52 548 564 546 447 613 525 342
53 536
Annual
Total
38 560
41 261
46 322
43347
39895
48 109
32723TABLE 18
SELECTED STATES
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS 1968 1974
Week
No
1968 1
1969 1
1970 2 1971 2 1972 3 1973 3
1974 4
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
Annual
Total
of
50 State
Annual
Total
50 State
Annual
Total
1883
2 195
2091
2 534
2210
2731
23 57
2427
2 810
2709
3 150
3 001
2936
3036
3004
3 375
2785
3038
2 876
3059
2651
2690
2603
2 577
2902
2931
2044
2947
2 531
2 050
2283
2 151
2 197
2326
2764
2 538
2 741
2724
2687
2569
2 520
2 574
2611
2519
2492
2358
2 135
1606
2082
2670
2 266
1775
258
514301
2361
2420
2358
2273
2373
2 572
2 762
2991
3041
3268
3060
2798
3093
3367
3017
3444
3 254
3 102
3353
3 113
2899
2618
2891
2794
2 545
2728
2 169
2 583
2662
2296
2364
2385
2296
2496
2351
2467
2745
2799
2764
2611
2308
2 571
2 187
2738
2401
2 163
2 266
2497
2254
2301
2319
2245
Thous
2955
3258
3377
3 317
3 526
3 211
3635
3655
3704
3876
3 834
4 132
4 089
4 121
4085
4 101
3914
3776
3594
3721
3452
3489
3 562
3 266
3 168
3314
3 224
3488
3 162
3 207
3 185
1941
1732
1 517
1679
3026
2983
3440
2995
3 235
3 163
3220
2936
2915
2995
2625
2 623
2438
2 362
3 237
2785
1774
ands
2612
3230
2 528
3 166
3010
3081
3 119
3246
3469
3452
3710
3733
3775
3432
3589
3 677
3596
3 532
3458
3307
3 503
3251
3036
3 169
2955
2 627
2773
2718
2777
2704
2 032
1 828
2 282
2089
2635
3 188
2 515
2 232
1954
2 223
1 835
2 534
2 537
2090
1927
2079
2361
2 149
2472
2 120
2245
2008
1890
2472
2856
2225
2264
2699
2878
2479
2 535
2396
2064
2 584
2222
2 847
2 583
2 583
2648
2 578
2781
2621
2216
2019
2139
2 124
2079
2378
2450
2603
2063
2298
1958
2280
1908
1756
1932
2 118
2660
2 137
2028
2308
2 537
2091
2604
2386
1960
1909
1986
1458
1 866
2 123
1959
1857
1343
1958
2422
2311
2296
2 162
2 545
2896
2439
2642
2652
3 101
2998
2595
2670
2840
2930
2890
2795
2707
2863
2818
2 572
2335
2507
1895
2092
2 533
2898
2649
2 123
2400
2490
2403
2462
2402
2775
2783
2832
2603
2661
2929
2877
2681
2443
2412
2 112
2248
1947
2078
1839
2287
1640
260
529888
29 1
276
224
244
1 840
2 199
1911
2276
2 124
2 154
2 513
2258
1994
1784
2 230
2488
2464
2 534
2651
2798
2489
2 588
2271
2293
2362
2307
2476
2 225
2212
2 199
1949
2041
1933
2 175
2270
1870
2 128
1629
1 887
1460
1961
2021
1720
2084
1998
2 166
1753
2 152
1953
1 790
1922
1224
1764
2013
2 192
1294
132721 137733 166019 145570 119738 130438 108989
230
571142 527473 534256 534256 473403
1 Georgia Illinois California Washington 2 Georgia Illinois California
Washington Mississippi 3 Georgia California Washington Mississippi
4 Georgia California MTssissippi Washington OregonTABLE 19
State
1968
ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS
BY STATES JAN 1 1968 1969DEC 1 1970
1971 1972
1974 1
1969
1970
1973 2 1974 3
Ala
Alaska
Ariz
Ark
Calif
Col
Conn
Del
Fla
Ga
Hawaii
Idaho
111
Ind
Iowa
Kansas
Ky
La
Maine
Md
Mass
Mich
Minn
Miss
Mo
Montana
Nebr
Nev
N H
N J
N Mex
N Y
N C
N D
Ohio
Okla
Oregon
Pa
R I
S C
S D
Tenn
Texas
Utah
Vt
Va
Wash
W Va
Wis
Wy
U S
Millions
184
1 5
240
517
17
48
9
144
342
13
12
106
173
148
52
40
5 1
6 5
20
30
84
128
159
8 1
1 1
63
22
60
9
140
19 1
14
13 5
30
30
177
5
69
67
63
19
1
6
6
1
7
3
7
6
2
9
7
5
2
194
15
239
509
17
48
8
173
370
420 5
13
1 1
103
170
129
49
37
53
68
20
30
80
117
156
80
12
53
20
54
10
137
197
1 1
12 1
30
31
176
5
7 1
52
63
174
17
6
56
64
16
66
2
4133
199
14
250
564
19
46
9
177
399
14
1 1
107
174
14 1
44
3 5
46
78
2 1
29
8 1
143
155
90
12
52
17
48
13
136
218
10
132
33
29
182
5
79
53
63
173
17
5
53
7 1
14
74
2
4339
198
1 1
250
536
18
52
9
180
379
14
9
98
180
134
40
33
48
79
20
28
85
14 5
149
88
12
48
17
4 1
12
133
216
9
137
33
30
199
3
8 1
47
61
167
18
6
52
60
14
74
2
4256
196
10
250
482
18
52
9
172
366
13
10
92
164
120
38
36
44
8 5
2 1
3 1
8 1
137
140
84
12
44
18
38
13
124
20 5
8
134
29
29
187
3
83
44
6 1
153
17
8
56
59
13
70
2
4062
202
10
243
504
22
50
9
17 1
41 1
13
11
88
168
119
35
36
43
93
2 1
29
78
145
136
82
12
46
17
39
12
123
20 1
8
12 1
29
30
194
3
84
42
61
158
19
7
54
64
12
68
2
412 5
18 1
9
22 5
499
23
47
8
162
346
13
10
86
163
108
33
33
38
97
20
3 1
72
128
119
72
10
45
16
35
12
112
187
8
11 5
29
29
18 1
4
80
4 1
53
136
18
6
49
58
13
68
2
3828
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
10State
TABLE 20
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS BY STATES
JAN 1 1968 1969DEC 1 1970 1974 1
1968
1969
1970
1971
Million Dollars
1972
1973 2
1974 3

Ala 17 5 203 208 227 22 5 324 316
Alaska 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ariz 18 1 5 16 13 14 22 19
Ark 21 8 236 250 263 288 377 383
Calif 568 58 5 676 616 772 907 848
Col 18 17 22 20 23 3 5 38
Conn 90 9 1 88 94 68 100 10 1
Del 1 1 12 12 13 14 17 1 5
Fla 166 208 194 198 189 240 236
Ga 376 26 42 5 439 45 5 42 1 698 606
Hawaii 2 5 27 2 8 27 27 30
Idaho 12 1 1 12 10 1 1 16 1 5
111 11 1 114 117 10 8 110 123 124
Ind 200 213 223 216 18 1 23 5 236
Iowa 148 142 169 168 163 172 173
Kansas 43 4 5 40 37 32 53 54
Ky 36 34 3 5 3 5 38 54 5 1
La 59 6 1 59 59 67 82 7 5
Maine 110 11 5 124 13 1 106 17 1 214
Md 27 30 3 1 32 33 38 39
Mass 53 54 54 52 43 59 65
Mich 114 113 117 119 98 113 127
Minn 140 153 172 159 16 5 232 199
Miss 17 5 180 186 186 196 252 233
Mo 65 70 8 5 8 5 88 114 104
Montana 13 13 1 5 16 16 2 1 17
Nebr 46 46 50 44 44 74 78
Nev 1
N H 39 36 28 29 2 5 32 3 5
N J 87 83 82 72 64 70 66
N Mex 10 9 16 1 5 18 22 22
N Y 246 247 23 1 206 198 21 5 180
N C 189 207 229 238 256 302 327
N D 12 1 1 1 1 10 8 13 12
Ohio 169 15 1 16 5 17 1 147 194 190
Okla 2 5 29 33 33 33 43 46
Oregon 38 37 37 40 37 56 5 5
Pa 27 5 28 1 283 33 8 262 310 316
R I 8 8 9 6 4 6 8
S C 79 93 99 106 113 126 140
S D 53 50 58 46 46 62 60
Tenn 56 59 70 67 7 1 95 87
Texas 203 183 19 1 192 19 1 22 1 23 1
Utah 20 18 19 19 22 27 2 8
Vt 10 10 10 10 1 1 16 13
Va 7 1 68 64 62 73 78 76
Wash 90 83 96 84 83 115 107
W Va 20 18 17 17 18 20 20
Wis 89 86 93 93 8 5 113 112
Wy 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
U S 481 2 4984 5262 5240 5199 6696 652 8
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
11TABLE 21
NUMBER OF CHICKEN HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1963 1975
BY STATES
State 1963 1965 1967 1969 Number 1971 1973 1975

Ala 79 84 83 81 71 53 42
Ariz 7 4 1 4 3 1
Ark 78 63 60 58 58 37 35
Calif 92 81 67 53 38 31 24
Col 12 7 6 6 5 4 5
Conn 16 15 11 9 6 4 3
Del 18 15 13 12 12 12 9
Fla 27 30 31 31 27 17 15
Ga 157 138 139 116 70 77 68
Hawaii 6 1 1 1 1
Idaho 18 16 12 11 9 8 4
111 116 90 78 63 52 33 27
Ind 134 114 85 60 45 41 24
Iowa 282 217 143 89 74 54 48
Kansas 83 65 52 39 32 24 15
Ky 33 26 19 10 9 9 7
La 19 18 13 12 11 8 6
Maine 19 16 12 12 13 11 10
Md 23 21 20 20 16 16 10
Mass 37 23 17 15 14 9 7
Mich 52 45 33 17 14 12 10
Minn 175 147 118 87 77 69 54
Miss 51 37 33 34 31 27 19
Mo 161 120 60 49 31 29 24
Montana 13 7 5 5 4 4 3
Nebr 98 92 75 53 44 34 33
Nev 0
N H 12 5 1 1 1 1 3
N J 41 31 23 13 10 8 5
N Mex 1 1 1 0 1
N Y 63 56 53 42 39 32 27
N C 99 84 75 63 64 51 43
N Dak 22 17 12 10 7 8 3
Ohio 117 92 73 47 38 30 20
Okla 43 29 21 13 12 12 14
Oregon 25 21 21 13 10 8 8
Pa 142 115 96 61 50 39 31
R I 5 5 3 3 3 3 3
S C 38 14 22 21 9 7 7
S Dak 79 65 57 44 32 27 22
Tenn 48 35 35 28 18 15 10
Texas 170 146 121 83 73 63 59
Utah 10 9 9 7 7 6 5
Vt 6 1 1 1 1 1
Va 45 31 26 17 13 11 8
Wash 32 28 23 20 14 12 10
W Va 8 5 5 4 3 1
Wis 91 73 56 42 32 24 16
Wy U U 1 U U U
U S 2 900 2 357 1932 1486 1209 989 797
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
12

TABLE 22
EGG CAPACITY OF HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1963 1975
BY STATES
State 1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1975
Millions
Ala 26 1 354 400 402 404 45 1 44 1
Ariz 6 4 1 7 5 1
Ark 314 362 432 473 473 484 51 5
Calif 219 19 5 20 1 199 173 17 5 192
Col 12 10 10 8 7 7 7
Conn 70 57 47 33 36 1 1 12
Del 99 109 104 106 120 13 1 15 1
Fla 33 6 1 89 110 14 5 128 132
Ga 508 497 613 654 556 587 577
Hawaii 5 1 1 1 1
Idaho 1 5 13 13 12 13 8 9
111 144 12 5 113 89 69 47 3 5
Ind 190 160 146 11 5 107 103 70
Iowa 257 21 2 146 108 96 76 73
Kansas 62 48 36 26 26 25 2 1
Ky 36 23 18 1 1 9 14 14
La 3 5 41 46 50 44 50 4 1
Maine 76 70 80 90 87 82 80
Md 168 179 214 21 1 224 23 5 202
Mass 50 30 2 5 2 5 26 20 18
Mich 4 5 40 30 20 19 18 1 5
Minn 203 188 160 132 126 11 1 96
Miss 193 213 229 237 260 267 218
Mo 276 226 88 79 72 77 68
Montana 9 7 6 6 4 4 3
Nebr 86 79 64 50 43 36 36
Nev
N H 2 5 18 1 1 1 1 13
N J 59 53 42 24 22 2 1 23
N Mex 1 1 1 0 1
N Y 59 57 673 57 576 46 38
N C 264 276 312 32 5 376 333 303
N D 18 12 10 9 7 7 3
Ohio 13 5 98 79 63 60 5 1 44
Okla 49 36 30 26 34 43 42
Oregon Pa 36 188 6 1 34 12 1 3 6 3 3 3 0
D U 169 150 129 120 129
R I 4 4 5 4 6 6 6
S C 42 28 37 43 32 32 35
S D 66 53 46 39 30 24 2 1
Tenn 7 5 65 68 76 46 45 28
Texas 289 276 262 25 1 274 269 256
Utah 12 1 1 10 9 10 9 7
Vt 2 1 1 1 1 1
Va 11 1 90 84 79 82 87 92
Wash 42 48 44 44 40 36 3 1
W Va 1 5 9 9 5 3 1
Wis 80 63 57 49 4 1 34 29
Wy U 1 1 1 U U
U S 4938 4708 468 1 4537 4453 4363 4160
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations
13TABLE 23
Month
mttxrfp OF LAYERS ON FARMS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19681975
u 1Q68 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1 1974 1 197 52
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
3
5
5
3
6
5
3
322
318
316
312
307
303
3014
3019
304
308
310
310
3099
308 5
3070
3060
304 1
302 1
301 1
302 5
305 5
3087
3118
315 5
5
3
6
7
5
0
1
Av during
ve
ar
3098
3069
315
316
314
313
311
309
307
3069
3086
313 5
318 5
3220
3139
Millions
3257
324 1
3197
3166
3137
3107
3080
3068
308 1
310 5
314 5
319 1
3148
3212
3207
3178
3137
308 1
3027
2999
2994
3000
3004
3016
302 1
3073
3014
300 1
2982
297 1
2949
2902
2857
2833
2860
2899
2928
2954
2929
2966
2963
2958
2939
2896
2848
2812
2794
2783
2784
280 5
2830
286 5
2848
2842
282 1
278 8
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3
December preceding year
TABLE 24
Month
Dec 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 1968 1975
1973 W 1974 1 1975 2
1968
1969
1 830
1746
1915
1 886
1946
1 858
1953
1 839
1749
1 804
1 742
1797
1 807
1 680
1918
1885
1962
1 868
1 887
1 853
1 768
1819
1 755
1 814
1970
1 814
1 814
1 653
1 881
1 857
1921
1 832
1 868
1 843
1759
1809
1 762
1971
1 834
1 854
1702
1913
1 873
1947
1879
1910
1 880
1 802
1 863
1 813
1972
1 880
1896
1799
1962
1916
1975
1900
1944
1920
1 837
1 887
1 826
1 890
1901
1742
1954
1915
1991
1908
1941
1908
1 836
1899
1 847
1917
1920
1759
1977
1932
2 006
1938
1975
1955
1879
1930
1 870
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
Month
EGG PRODUCTION
1968 1969
TABLE 25
UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 1968 1975
1970
1971
1972
Million Eggs
Dec 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
5902
5 562
6 056
5898
5985
5 635
5692
5 550
5329
5 564
5407
5 576
5 599
5 181
5 887
5767
5967
5 645
5682
5605
5401
5616
5473
5725
5725
5738
5 201
5901
5 783
5937
5627
5733
5 688
5 515
5761
5673
5973
6009
5441
6058
587 5
6 050
5 787
5 862
5794
5 596
5859
5786
6038
6080
5717
6 154
5905
5977
5699
5 822
57 59
5 519
5692
5 517
5696
5706
5 196
5 807
5649
5 777
5451
5 500
5458
5 323
5 561
5455
5685
5691
5 203
5 811
5 596
5 714
5449
5 518
5440
5 231
5414
5293
1934
1950
1770
1973
1973 1 1974 1 1975 2
5 508
5 540
4995
5 500
Total
Year
68 156 67 546 68282 70090 69879 66579 66045
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
14

TABLE 26
ALL LAYERS NUMBER GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975 1
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 2

Th ousands
26477 27423 26 366 25 020 26724 24 205
24 598 2 5 244 26 544 27414 26 233 25 009 26 589 24 044
23906 24 839 25 836 26 600 25753 24770 26 121 23 867
23454 24 396 25 266 25 766 25 228 24699 25 597 23 373
22 688 24186 24884 25 153 24 398 24446 25 190
21 879 23964 24 368 24 540 23855 24 117 24 940
21 820 23806 23862 23926 23 561 23924 24 585
22 173 23792 23 835 23794 23586 23837 24 261
22 610 24 148 24109 23765 24030 24 381 23 885
23370 24642 24518 23952 24373 24 990 23999
24022 25 225 25 256 24809 24719 25 674 24336
24485 25 736 26432 25 801 24 946 26357 24323
25 036 26477
Dec 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year 4 23337 24705 25116 25245 247 54 24769 25046
1 Av No on hand during month
37 Av No during year
2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 27
ALL LAYERS EGGS LAID PER 100 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1

Dec 2 1 838 1 841 1 860 1 848 1919 1944
Jan 1 826 1829 1 792 1 882 1 835 1 885 1975 1962
Feb 1711 1 714 1 602 1 708 1 737 1 742 1 806 1 770
Mar 1 857 1950 1 820 1 869 1 916 1 987 2012 1916
Apr 1 836 1890 1 821 1 836 1 854 1 938 1965
May 1903 1953 1 931 1 941 1 879 1 947 2046
June 1794 1 818 1 806 1 878 1 827 1 839 1950
July 1 814 1 832 1 832 1 897 1 900 1 900 1978
Aug 1742 1 844 1 807 1 872 1 897 1 848 1965
Sept 1 656 1758 1 713 1 794 1 803 1 761 1869
Oct 1 755 1795 1 779 1 854 1 823 1 854 1910
Nov 1 710 1749 1 752 1 821 1 764 1 803 1869
Dec 1798 1 838
Av Per
Hen 3 214 220 215 222 221 223 233
1 Preliminary 2
Xeggs produced during
December preceding year 3 Annual rate of lay per layer on hand
year divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 28
ALL LAYERS EGG PRODUCTION GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1

Dec 2
Jan
I Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year 3 4992
449
409
436
417
416
391
402
394
387
422
419
450
462
426
476
457
468
433
436
445
433
453
450
487
5426
Million Eggs
487 505 490
476 516 481
414 454 447
460 482 483
453 462 452
471 476 448
431 449 430
437 451 448
436 445 456
420 430 439
449 460 451
463 470 440
5397
5 600
5465
462
471
431
491
474
470
440
453
451
440
476
475
5 534
513
525
472
515
495
510
479
480
469
449
465
455
5 827
471
472
422
448
l Preliminary 2 December preceding year 3 Total number during year
15 TABLE 29
NUMBEF OF LAYERS IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS 1 Georgia 1968 1975
1969 BY MONTHS
Month 1968 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 2
Thousands
Dec 3 5038 4 478 4659 4 183 4 605 3958
Jan 4 666 4920 4918 4 427 4799 4093 4 717 4 140
Feb 4 689 4968 4 844 4 270 4 775 4 183 4 686 4 185
Mar 4 760 5 030 4796 4 185 4730 4 151 4 772 4 171
Apr MayJune 4 830 5 066 4915 4 142 4 737 4 149 4614
4 782 5 192 5 159 4 308 4790 4424 4 599
4 686 5370 5 128 4 317 4742 4 656 4489
July 4 569 5477 4947 4 181 4 522 4654 4 361
Aug Sept Oct 4 544 5392 4 824 4 223 4 335 4 559 4 593
4 726 5 173 4 631 4 308 4295 4 524 4483
4 864 4993 4 580 4 306 4 251 4 505 4 242
Nov 4 864 4986 4 531 4 367 4 275 4403 4 036
Dec 4 868 5 038
Year 4 4 737 5 134 4859 4 293 4 576 4 374 4 516
1 Hate ling Egg FlocksEggs used principally for hatching broiler chic ks 2 Pre liminary
3 December preceding year 4 Average number during year
TABLE 30
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS HATCHING EGG FLOCKS GEORGIA
BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1
Dec 2 1 606 1 668 1 786 1 717 1928 1903
Jan 1 786 1 674 1 730 1 699 1767 1 702 1900 1919
Feb 1 647 1 674 1 618 1 560 1 682 1 582 1 708 1 770
Mar 1 764 1897 1779 1 727 1 860 1 882 1907 2 015
Apr 1 845 1 842 1 722 1 701 1 800 1809 1 848
May 1 906 1879 1 885 1 783 1 817 1829 1962
June 1 773 1 785 1 770 1 776 1 737 1749 1920
July 1 798 1 832 1742 1 860 1 804 1 848 1938
Aug 1 717 1 804 1 736 1 854 1 807 1922 1 885
Sept 1 608 1 674 1 653 1 761 1719 1 845 1 821
Oct 1 655 1649 1 655 1 795 1761 1 885 1 882
Nov 1 506 1497 1 620 1 761 1 662 1797 1 882
Dec 1 507 1 606
Av Per
Hen 3 205 208 205 209 212 216 226
1 Prel Lminary 2 Decemb er prece iing year 3 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand
eggs produce d during year divided by average numb er of layers during year
TABLE 31
to
at
to
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BY MONTHS
GEORGIA 1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1
2
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Year 3
83
77
84
89
91
83
82
78
76
81
73
73
970
82
83
95
93
98
96
100
97
87
82
74
81
1 068
81
85
78
85
85
97
91
86
84
77
76
73
998
illions
74 83
75 85
67 80
72 88
71 85
77 87
77 82
78 82
78 78
76 74
77 75
77 71
899
970
72
70
66
78
75
81
81
86
88
83
85
79
944
89
90
80
90
85
90
86
85
87
82
80
76
1 020
75
79
74
84
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U Preliminary 2 December preceding year 37 Total number during year
16
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TABLE 32
OTHER LAYERS 1 NUMBER GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 2
Thousands
Dec 3 21439 22 945 21 707 20 837 22 119 20 247
Jan 19932 20324 21 626 22 987 21434 20916 21 872 19905
Feb 19217 19 871 20 992 22 330 20 978 20 587 21435 19682
Mar 18 694 19366 20470 21 581 20498 20 549 20 825 19 202
Apr 17 858 19 120 19969 21011 19661 20 297 20 576
May 17 097 18 772 19209 20 232 19 065 19693 20 341
June 17134 18436 18734 19609 18 819 19269 20 097
July 17 604 18315 18 888 19613 19064 19 183 19901
Aug 18 066 18 757 19285 19 542 19695 19822 19292
Sept 18 644 19469 19887 19 644 20078 20466 19 516
Oct 19 158 20 232 20 676 20 503 20468 21 170 20 094
Nov 19 621 20 750 21 901 21434 20 671 21 954 20287
Dec 20 168 21439
Year 4 18 599 19 571 20 256 20 953 20 178 20 395 20 530
1 Other Flocks producing eggs for use other than for hatching
3 December preceding year 4 Average number during year
TABLE 33
2 Preliminary
OTHER LAYERS EGGS LAID PER 100 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975
Month
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1
Dec 2 1894 1879 1 876 1 876 1919 1 956
Jan 1 835 1 866 1 807 1922 1 851 1922 1990 1 981
Feb 1 726 1725 1 602 1 736 1749 1 775 1 828 1 767
Mar 1 883 1962 1 832 1894 1928 2 009 2040 1 897
Apr 1 836 1902 1 842 1 863 1869 1965 1995
May 1903 1972 1944 1972 1894 1972 2065
June 1794 1 824 1 815 1896 1 851 1 860 1959
July 1 817 1 835 1 854 1903 1922 1913 1987
Aug 1 748 1 857 1 826 1879 1916 1 832 1987
Sept 1 668 1779 1 725 1 803 1 818 1 746 1 881
Oct 1779 1 832 1 807 1 866 1 835 1 851 1916
Nov 1 764 1 812 1779 1 833 1 785 1 803 1 868
Dec 1 869 1894
Av Per
Hen 3 216 223 217 224 223 225 234
1 P feggs reli minary 2 December preceding year 3 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand
pre duced during year divided by avei age number of layers during year
TABLE 34
Month
OTHER LAYERS EGG PRODUCTION GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1968 1975
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975 1
Dec 2
Jan 366
Feb 332
Mar 352
Apr 328
May 325
June 308
July 320
Aug 316
Sept 311
Oct 341
Nov 346
Dec 377
1 Preliminary 2 December preceding year 3 Total number during year
Year 3 4 022
380
343
381
364
370
337
336
348
346
371
376
406
4 358
Millions
406 431 407
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
4399
4 701
4495
390
401
365
413
399
3 89
3 59
367
363
357
391
396
4 590
424
43 5
392
425
410
420
393
395
382
367
385
379
4 807
396
393
348
364
17TABLE 35
ETRS1 U muini PERCENT WITH MOLT COMPLETE
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1 States included Ala Ark Calif Fla Ga Ind Iowa Miss N Y N C
Ohio Oreg Pa S C Tenn Tex Wash
TABLE 36
FORCED MOLTED LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND
FIRST OF MONTH GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1
PERCENT BEING MOLTED PERCENT
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
970 1975
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
20
40
60
40
3 5
2 5
3 5
40
4 5
40
35
30
20
40
20
35
40
60
50
60
60
40
20
2 5
30
2 5
40
50
100
100
60
2 5
50
50
25
30
20
50
20
2 5
2 5
50
40
30
35
40
35
25
20
40
20
15
40
60
70
55
30
40
1 5
25
20
80
90
100
WITH MOLT COMPLETE
1 1972 1973 1974 1975
110
100
130
110
120
100
100
130
120
130
130
120
10
8
8
8
8
8
10
10
11
14
10
12
0 200 200 110 125
0 115 180 80 135
11 5
130
90
120
170
180
190
220
200
200
18
12
11
5
10
0
0
5
5
0
100
50
50
75
80
70
7 5
90
70
95
150
100
130
170
12 5
150
16 5
18TABLE 37
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS CHICKENS AND TURKEYS FOR
BY YEARS 1950 1974 1
U S

i
Year
E
BE1
Year Shell Processed
Number
1950 364 25
1951 365 27
1952 362 28
1953 3 54 25
1954 351 25
1955 346 25
1956 345 24
1957 335 27
1958 328 26
1959 319 33
I960 306 28
1961 298 30
1962 296 30
1963 290 27
1964 287 31
1965 285 29
1966 282 30
1967 285 35
1968 284 32
1969 279 31
1970 277 34
1971 277 37
1972 271 36
1973 2
1974 3 f
Total
Poultry readytocook basis
Chicken
Commer
cial
broilers
Total
Turkey
Total
389
392
390
379
376
371
369
362
3 54
3 52
334
328
326
317
318
314
312
320
316
310
311
314
307
294
285
Pounds
87
104
117
123
137
138
173
19 1
220
228
234
258
257
270
276
294
323
328
33 1
352
374
37 1
388
38 1
206
217
22 1
219
228
213
244
255
28 1
289
280
300
300
307
31 1
334
36 1
372
374
39 1
41 5
414
430
414
414
4 1
44
47
48
53
50
52
59
59
63
61
74
70
68
74
74
78
86
80
83
82
85
91
87
90
247
26 1
268
267
28 1
263
296
314
340
352
34 1
374
370
37 5
38 5
408
439
458
454
474
497
499
52 1
50 1
504
TABLE 38
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS FOR U
BY YEARS 1950 1974 1
S
Recbawjats carcass weight equivalent
Beef Pork Lamb
and excluding and
Veal lard mutton
Total
714
627
694
87 1
90 1
914
949
934
872
87 1
912
934
944
994
105 1
1047
1088
1103
1133
114 1
1166
1157
1183
1114
1187
Pounds
692
719
724
63 5
600
668
673
61 1
602
676
649
620
635
654
654
587
58 1
64
66
65
66
73
674
616
660
40
34
42
47
46
46
45
42
42
48
48
5 1
52
49
42
37
40
39
37
34
33
3 1
33
27
23
s available data for Alaska and Hawaii beginning in I960 2
i irartly forecast
19
145
138
146
155
155
163
167
159
152
160
161
160
163
170
175
167
171
178
183
182
186
192
189
176
187
PreliminaryTABLE 39
GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS 1966 1974 1
Cash
No
Sold
Thous
Pounds
Sold
Thous
Price
Per Lb
Cents
Receipts
1 000 dol
Commercial
Broilers 2
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
456 192 1 551 053 14 5 224903
447123 1 564930 122 190921
436748 1 528 618 13 1 200249
442 221 L 547774 14 1 218 236
453 886 1 588 601 124 196 987
431 307 L 552 705 129 200 299
442 937 1 638 867 13 1 214692
412 986 1 528048 239 365 203
426 857 1 579371 21 1 333247
Hatching
Egg Flocks
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
Other
Flocks 3
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
5481
6 098
4960
5 135
7 178
5921
5348
5 100
6 581
10 687
14088
10646
14 888
16 586
19796
15 173
16 201
19224
41 108 15 0 6 157
46 345 127 5 886
37696 143 5391
39026 159 6 205
51 682 130 6719
42 631 130 5 542
38 506 144 5 545
36 210 220 7966
46 917 150 7 020
42 748 73 3 151
54 585 5 1 2794
40 334 52 2 100
57084 88 5 040
60009 59 3 557
75 667 50 3 804
55 891 60 3 328
57 514 14 5 8 342
69 206 63 4360
All Chickens
Including
Comm Broilers
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
472 360
467309
452 3 54
462 244
477 650
457 024
463458
434287
452 662
1 631 622 143 233 846
1 665 860 120 199601
1 606 648 129 207740
1 643 884 140 229481
1 700 292 12 2 207263
1 671003 12 5 209 645
1 733 264 129 223 565
1 621 772 23 5 381 511
1695494 203 344627
All Chickens
Eggs Including
Broilers
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
409019
352 639
381 613
443 310
407 519
374690
382 831
640397
629850
1 19661969 The production year is the calendar year
19701974 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
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PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME U S
FROM POULTRY BY YEARS 1970 1974 1
Item
Unit
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
Average No of
Layers during year
Eggs Per Layer
Eggs Produced
Eggs Consumed
Farm Household
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
Millions 3129 3148 307 3 2929 286 5
No 218 223 227 227 231
Billions 683 70 1 699 666 660
Billions 10 8 7 6 6
Billions 673 693 692 660 65 5
Cents 39 1 314 309 52 5 533
Mil Dol 2 191 5 1 8127 1 7832 2 886 1 29099
Mil Dol 32 1 20 5 167 263 246
Mil Dol 2 2236 1 8332 17999 2 912 5 2934 5
Millions 2640 2583 2324 2497 2376
Millions 194 17 8 16 1 148 148
Millions 232 8 2488 2357 2286 252 5
Millions 1 1959 1 2043 1 1160 1 161 5 1 1710
Millions 73 5 68 1 61 5 570 56 7
Millions 1 1184 1 1720 1 1324 1 1039 1 2056
Cents 9 1 77 90 15 1 97
Mil Dol 102 1 907 1009 166 1 1173
Mil Dol 64 53 5 1 80 53
Mil Dol 1084 960 1060 174 1 122 6
COMMERCIAL
BROILERS 5
Number Produced
Pounds Produced
Price Per Pound
Gross Income
ALL CHICKENS
Pounds Sold
Price Per Pound
Value of Sales
Millions
Millions
Cents
Mil Dol
Millions
Cents
Mil Dol
2 986 8
10 8190
136
14747
11 9374
132
1 5768
2 9454
10 8177
137
1487 1
119898
132
1 5778
3 0749
11480 1
14 1
1 622 6
12 612 5
137
1 7282
3 0087
112199
240
2 6904
12 3238
232
2 856 5
29928
11 3216
21 5
2437 1
12 5272
204
2 5543
Gross Income Farm
Chickens Commer
cial Broilers and
Eggs Mil
Dol
3 8067
34163
3 5285
5 7770
54942
1 The production year begins December 1 previous year and ends November 30 current
year 2 Consumed on farms where produced 3 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
22TABLE 42
STATE RANK IN CASH RECEIPTS FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS EGGS AND
ALL CHICKENS AND EGGS 1974
Eggs
Commercial
Broilers
Rank 000 12
1 Ark 368 167
2 Ga 333247
3 Ala 286 77
4 N C 243001
5 Miss 172346
6 Md 163909
7 Texas 140 502
8 Del 127 548
9 Calif 97 553
10 Pa 76462
11 Maine 73168
12 Va 61 143
13 Fla 45 166
14 La 42 531
15 Tenn 28 022
16 Okla 23 252
17 S C 21348
18 Wash 18 863
19 Mo 15 827
20 Oreg 15 008
21 W Va 13440
22 Minn 11 301
23 Iowa 10 574
24 Wis 10465
25 Ind 10 056
26 Ohio 10 044
27 Ky 6 362
28 Hawaii 2 627
29 Nebr 2 081
30 N Y 1814
31 Conn 1 735
32 N J L 189
33 Mich 815
34 Kans 706
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Calif
Ga
Ark
N C
Pa
Ala
Ind
Fla
Texas
Miss
N Y
Minn
Maine
Ohio
Iowa
111
S C
Mich
Conn
Tenn
Mo
Wis
Wash
Va
N J
La
Mass
Oreg
S Dak
Nebr
Ky
Kans
Md
Okla
Colo
N H
Utah
W Va
Hawaii
N Mex
Mont
Idaho
Del
Vt
Ariz
N Dak
R I
Wyo
Alaska
Nev
338 533
285 223
188 318
160 747
156 330
131 118
109729
108 224
104 204
96965
89 261
87995
82 750
80462
70 021
62 189
57386
54 732
53 650
48 791
48 714
46 964
42 586
39060
36 628
30 372
27359
23 357
23093
22 910
21 668
20 056
18 674
17913
17 087
14 545
11961
11 809
11385
9 555
9409
8 084
7481
6457
5 784
4 352
4 070
1303
499
170
All Chicke ns
Eggs
000
Ga 629850
Ark 567946
Calif 441 639
Ala 422681
N C 417 503
Miss 274823
Texas 249998
Pa 245969
Md 183166
Maine 159301
Fla 156 116
Del 135 345
Ind 122370
Va 102363
Minn 100 930
N Y 93342
Ohio 92 565
Iowa 82429
S C 80496
Tenn 78 376
La 74 265
Mo 67 879
111 63940
Wash 62645
Wis 59590
Conn 57380
Mich 57 270
Okla 42 071
N J 38926
Oreg 38 893
Ky 29109
Mass 28390
W Va 25605
Nebr 25 344
S Dak 23888
Kans 21 802
Colo 17411
N H 15366
Hawaii 14 192
Utah 12 170
Mont 9678
N Mex 9 672
Idaho 8279
Vt 6698
Ariz 5910
N Dak 4 503
R I 4 180
Wyo 1324
Alaska 509
Nev 173
u s
2437 050
2 909933
5464 270
1 Commercial broiler production including production of other meattvpe breeds
excludes states producing less than 500 000 2 Liveweight equlvalentrice
23
TABLE 43
Year
TURKEYS PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME
GEORGIA BY YEARS 1961 1974
Number
Raised
Thous
Number
Sold
Thous
1961 670 655
1962 663 674
1963 1 177 1 160
1964 1486 1494
1965 1 336 1326
1966 1709 1 679
1967 1917 1 877
1968 1 820 1 826
1969 1 635 1 637
1970 2 283
1971 2 238
1972 1 806
1973 1936
1974 1 712
Pounds
Sold
Thous
Price
per
Pound
Cents
12052 230
12 267 228
22 040 219
28 834 21 5
25459 219
31733 234
36226 208
37250 210
32904 206
45 660 1 220
40428 T 220
32 508 T 23 5
36784 11 320
32 528 1 270
Gross
Income
Thous Dollars
2 772
2 797
4 827
6 199
5 576
7426
7 535
7 823
6 778
10 045
8 862 T
7639 1
11771
8 783
1
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II
TABLE 44
Year
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
TURKEYS FARM PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME
UNITED STATES BY YEARS 1961 1974
Number
Raised
Millions
1077
92 1
94 1
101 1
1059
116 5
1266
1067
1067
1164
120 1
129 1
1322
1314
Number
Sold
Millions
108 1
919
942
1008
1049
1154
1268
1073
1064
Pounds
Sold
Millions
1 882
1 627
1694
1 824
1901
2 107
2 354
2 028
2 027
2 203
2 264
2432
2451
2426
1
T
T7
T7
1
Price
per
Pound
Cents
189
216
22 3
210
222
23
19
20
22
22
22
22
382
280
1
5
5
4
6
1
2
Gross
Income
Mil Dol
355 8
351 5
3773
3834
4213
4858
4596
4167
454 1
498 8
5013
5388
935 5
679 8
1
T
T
II
II
1 19701974 estimates are of
pounds sold and value of sales
of total production
pounds produced and value of production rather than of
Includes home consumption which is less than 1 percent
24UNIVFRSITY OF GEORGIA
JUL2 81975
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