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JUNE 1981POULTRY FACTS 19741981
Current estimates of various aspects of the Poultry Industry are contained in
releases issued periodically throughout the year It is not possible for these
releases to contain enough information to permit comparison except to one or two
previous years This release was prepared so that comparison could be made over a
longer period of time
Our sincere gratitude goes to cooperating reporters hatcheries egg farmers
feed dealers the Poultry Improvement Association and all others who have made these
estimates possible
Other releases of poultry information by the Georgia Crop Reporting Service
Name of Release When Issued
Weekly Hatchery
Monthly Poultry Summary
Annual Summary of Livestock Poultry
Inventory Inventory Values
Annual Broiler Production
Annual Summary of Weekly
Hatchery Report on Broiler Chicks
Selected States Egg Type Eggs Set
and Chicks Hatched
Cash Receipts from Poultry
The Poultry and Egg Situation
Weekly on Wednesday
Monthly about 21st of month
Annually about February 5
Annually about March 9
Annually about March 9
Annually about March 20
Annually about April 6
Mar June Sept Dec
Compiled by
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE
Larry E Snipes 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 and Statistics Service
Kenneth R Farrell Administrator
William E Kibler Deputy Administrator for Statistics
and
Chairman Crop Reporting BoardTABLE OF CONTENTS
Table No
Page 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
4 Chickens Tested by Official State Agencies US Egg Prod
5 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US
6 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries US
7 Chickens Tested by Georgia Poultry Lab Georgia Broiler Prod
8 Broiler Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga
9 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries Ga
10 Prices Received by US Farmers for Commercial Broilers
11 Prices Received by US Farmers for All Eggs
12 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Broilers
13 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for All Eggs
14 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Commercial Eggs
15 Prices Received by Georgia Farmers for Hatching Eggs
16 Broiler Eggs Set by Weeks 21 Selected States
17 Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks 21 Selected States
18 Broiler Eggs Set by Weeks Georgia
19 Broiler Chicks Placed by Weeks Georgia
20 Egg Type Eggs Set by Weeks Selected States
21 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks Selected States
22 Egg Type Eggs Set by Weeks Georgia
23 Egg Type Chicks Hatched by Weeks Georgia
24 All Chickens on Farms by States January 1
25 Total Value of All Chickens on Farms by States January 1
26 Number of Chicken Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years
27 Egg Capacity of Hatcheries January 1 Selected Years
28 Number of Layers on Farms US
29 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers US
30 Egg Production US
31 All Flocks Number of Layers Georgia
32 All Flocks Eggs Laid per 100 Layers Georgia
33 All Flocks Egg Production Georgia
34 Number Layers in Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia
35 Eggs Laid per 100 Layers Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia
36 Egg Production Hatching Egg Flocks Georgia
37 Other Flocks Number Layers Georgia
38 Other Flocks Eggs Laid per 100 Georgia
39 Other Flocks Egg Production Georgia
40 Force Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Selected States
41 Force Molted Layers as Percent of HPLA Georgia
42 Poultry Number Slaughtered US
43 Per Capita Consumption of Eggs Chickens and Turkeys US
44 Per Capita Consumption of Red Meats US
45 Poultry Production Disposition and Income US
46 Georgia Chicken Production and Income
47 Georgia Egg Production and Income
48 State Rank in Cash Receipts from Commercial Broilers Eggs and All
Chickens and Eggs
49 Turkeys Production Disposition Gross Income US
50 Turkeys Production Disposition Gross Income Georgia
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
5
5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
18
18
19
19
19
20
20
20
21
21
21
22
22
22
23
23
24
25
26
27
28
28TABLE 1
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR BROILER HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS BY MONTHS
19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Thousands
Jan 2489 2211 2423 2585 2687 3541 3336 3523
Feb 2474 2134 2556 2419 2751 3089 3288 3553
Mar 2906 2754 2907 2919 3309 4004 3110 4119
Apr 2795 2492 3104 3275 3629 4129 3598
May 2754 2874 3164 3025 3532 3960 3307
June 2525 2459 2648 2730 3201 3486 3351
July 2259 2466 2797 2782 3376 3144 3477
Aug 2288 2645 2836 2618 2875 3040 2998
Sept 2160 2647 2584 2701 3129 3038 3357
Oct 2141 2449 2668 3013 3117 2929 3883
Nov 2171 2306 2434 2702 3091 2876 3351
Dec 2302 2379 2547 3013 3289 3232 4095
Annual
Total 29264 29816 32668 33782 37986 40468 41151
TABLE 2
Month
DOMESTIC PLACEMENTS UNITED STATES
PULLET CHICKS FOR EGG TYPE HATCHERY SUPPLY FLOCKS BY MONTHS 19741981
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec

Annual
Total
306
324
474
344
473
525
311
394
339
205
205
265
4165
183
232
321
255
406
486
332
283
319
294
135
250
3496
Thousands
221 279 184
233 300 241
356 373 389
415 365 341
353 441 322
566 533 457
438 258 322
356 333 424
251 335 282
266 245 273
284 190 195
208 321 211
3947
3973
3641
314
246
357
329
464
540
462
427
228
254
255
278
4154
239
256
308
345
328
430
439
428
263
218
181
188
3623
202
248
266
TABLE 3
BROILER TYPE CHICKS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES U S
BY MONTHS 19741981

Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
11980
1981
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
1 Revised
1895
1561
1770
1629
1978
1121
1364
1559
1905
1808
1450
1298
19338
1614
1271
1677
1393
1566
1293
1446
1687
1972
1652
1538
1306
18415
1898
1430
2383
1517
1795
1931
1662
1946
2029
1660
2016
2182
22449
Thousands
1878
1737
1810
1840
1512
2823
1632
2002
1594
1722
2139
1666
22355
1625
2167
2671
1676
2587
1948
1885
2118
2712
2245
1654
2653
25941
2374
2082
2699
1957
2638
3430
2063
2995
1972
2195
2806
2388
29599
2868
2843
2336
2201
2872
2352
1922
2256
1917
2585
1904
2077
28134
2812
2043
2588TABLE 4
EGG TYPE CHICKENS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY OFFICIAL STATE AGENCIES
U S BY MONTHS 19741981
11979
11980 21981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
725
463
440
376
353
254
294
382
510
345
464
519
5J25
658
506
475
281
158
284
226
275
361
373
296
457
4350
7
Revised 2 Preliminary
500
469
359
206
324
292
246
303
378
352
582
515
4526
Thousands
578
399
398
260
293
251
235
319
354
274
550
296
4207
497
372
267
264
280
255
217
323
436
313
310
362
3896
434
358
322
235
338
238
351
261
266
407
468
402
4080
455
443
310
142
442
336
253
320
221
352
371
597
4242
464
362
224
TABLE 5
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
BY MONTHS 19741981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Millions
Jan 2775 2537 2789 2943 3130 3408 3619 3694
Feb 2542 2390 2682 2724 2897 3142 3479 3441
Mar 2965 2781 3095 3232 3323 3688 3827 3987
Apr 2889 2753 3106 3246 3379 3753 3739
May 2975 2851 3211 3374 3606 3929 3839
June 2759 2747 3092 3201 3461 3807 3695
July 2511 2708 3039 3106 3385 3659 3622
Aug 2441 2683 2959 2947 3182 3596 3344
Sept 2208 2476 2719 2800 2961 3208 3302
Oct 2171 2499 2682 2909 3093 3222 3441
Nov 2284 2546 2679 2822 3070 3078 3308
Dec 2525 2719 2830 3063 3305 3486 3589
Total 31044 31691 34883 36367 3 8792 41978 42803
1 Revi sed 2 Preliminary Totals do not add due to rounding
TABLE 6
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES US
BY MONTHS 1974 1981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Millions
Jan 351 348 358 403 369 395 381 371
Feb 377 366 396 409 369 385 421 357
Mar 462 454 501 513 468 501 463 438
Apr 546 474 515 551 509 524 478
May 521 480 482 525 537 559 508
June 434 409 424 447 456 478 422
July 367 381 386 374 358 428 378
Aug 349 349 383 378 386 419 379
Sept 321 339 377 374 372 366 373
Oct 355 348 370 376 377 395 372
Nov 330 284 363 345 356 375 338
Dec 322 307 366 325 359 364 358
Total 4734 4538 4921 5020 4916 5189 4870
1 Revi sed 2 Preliminary 2
TABLE 7
BROILER TYPE CHICKS IN FLOCKS TESTED BY GEORGIA POULTRY LAB
GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Thousands
Jan 227 194 253 316 476 661 797 693
Feb 277 171 170 288 477 519 533 520
Mar 142 258 223 315 517 548 432 738
Apr 214 176 240 292 429 592 490 616
May 284 179 184 270 499 758 483
June 182 119 269 208 420 660 546
July 162 172 203 296 413 536 490
Aug 163 199 261 398 600 697 570
Sept 227 281 365 557 379 659 466
Oct 246 220 221 449 634 625 690
Nov 205 196 289 327 472 669 368
Dec 109 270 228 345 744 479 553
Total 2438 2435 2906 4061 6060 7403 6418
TABLE 8
BROILER TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
403
361
410
392
401
384
366
357
316
299
325
363
365
346
396
383
394
391
385
386
350
348
363
389
Millions
389 426 460
370 395 424
426 463 485
421 459 488
432 469 509
421 452 500
420 454 495
411 434 489
385 404 456
379 415 460
381 407 454
409 455 490
492
448
524
528
548
535
514
501
460
454
434
502
522
505
558
543
559
541
533
493
485
493
476
518
541
505
584
Total
4375
4496
4844
5234
5710
5940
6228
TABLE 9
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED
BY COMMERCIAL HATCHERIES GA BY MONTHS 19741981

Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
24
24
31
37
38
34
26
21
22
24
24
21
29
30
36
38
41
34
38
31
27
28
22
22
Millions
37 44 38
48 47 42
56 60 56
49 61 56
42 53 52
36 38 40
35 34 34
40 38 39
33 38 33
33 35 38
31 28 31
35 17 49
44
43
61
63
63
53
45
42
38
38
34
38
41
44
53
50
53
40
37
38
35
31
24
30
31
34
43
Total
327
376
474
493
509
562
474TABLE 10
PRICES RECEIVED BY US FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS
BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
11980
21981
Dec 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov

Marketing
Yr Av
200
215
234
222
210
205
190
205
209
228
228
242
215
226
238
243
235
232
246
276
297
291
296
285
270
263
Cents per Pound
239 197 205
242 219 229
252 243 248
244 242 250
235 242 278
246 241 278
243 249 305
250 259 316
238 241 262
228 238 262
206 227 246
194 213 245
236 236 263
249
274
294
287
280
295
272
247
230
230
212
249
259
261
271
251
240
226
241
251
320
321
320
314
302
277
297
302
304
297
268
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 11
PRICES RECEIVED BY US FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
11980
21981
3

Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Marketing
Yr Av
640
666
639
567
501
422
398
438
478
548
549
554
533
595
572
541
541
474
471
456
465
508
558
529
582
525
Cents per Dozen
634 698 533
612 661 492
585 655 547
535 589 548
527 554 517
547 492 492
533 473 437
551 509 496
600 516 527
614 523 544
603 478 527
655 512 580
584 557 522
627
613
610
652
604
565
560
539
531
551
534
579
583
639
570
514
553
522
473
489
511
577
617
590
658
563
726
648
626
608
644
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 12
Month
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL BROILERS BY MONTHS 19741981 1
21980
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
31981

Dec 4
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Marketing
Yr Av
205
220
225
215
200
195
185
200
205
225
225
245
211
235
230
245
235
235
255
290
310
305
300
290
280
269
Cents per Pound
245 200 205
245 225 230
255 245 250
250 250 250
240 245 275
255 245 275
240 255 310
260 260 305
245 240 2b0
230 235 265
205 225 2 5
200 210 245
240 237 60
250
270
295
290
285
295
275
235
230
220
210
250
260
270 295
275 285
250 290
235 285
215 255
235
245
310
320
325
305
285
270
1 Liveweight equivalent price 2 Revised 3 Preliminary 4 December preceding year r J TABLE 13
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR ALL EGGS
BY MONTHS 19741981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Cents pei Dozen
Dec 3 698 689 731 790 614 735 693 897
Jan 716 626 680 785 542 745 594 771
Feb 669 604 644 710 600 778 560 759
Mar 616 611 600 635 614 793 612 754
Apr 539 539 578 595 577 662 588 787
May 462 529 624 555 544 617 534
June 456 538 607 565 537 634 552
July 498 539 624 600 640 587 586
Aug 553 584 673 595 649 620 711
Sept 616 628 685 590 635 579 760
Oct 613 576 679 580 630 580 735
Nov 626 653 743 565 703 653 828
Weighted
Average 589 595 656 630 607 665 647
1 Revise d 2 Preliminary 11 December preceding year
TABLE 14
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR COMMERCIAL EGGS
BY MONTHS 19741981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Cents per Dozen
Dec 3 676 660 705 777 557 627 628 709
Jan 699 586 648 765 470 639 503 611
Feb 642 559 607 682 556 579 496 585
Mar 588 566 551 604 528 649 515 568
Apr 495 475 534 543 477 583 478 634
May 411 459 582 493 438 533 422
June 402 465 563 511 416 543 446
July 455 466 587 543 520 507 557
Aug 520 526 644 531 529 542 561
Sept 597 552 653 527 520 518 587
Oct 574 524 653 518 527 525 579
Nov 581 618 735 512 599 588 687
Weighted
Average 558 545 620 582 512 570 530
U Revise d 2 Preliminary 11 December preceding year
TABLE 15
PRICES RECEIVED BY GEORGIA FARMERS FOR HATCHING EGGS BY MONTHS 19741981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Cents per Dozen
Dec 3 800 850 870 870 940 1300 1010 1700
Jan 800 850 850 900 950 1300 1010 1500
Feb 800 850 870 870 850 1750 1000 1500
Mar 750 850 900 810 1100 1450 1000 1500
Apr 750 850 850 870 1100 1000 980 1400
May 700 850 880 880 1100 1000 930
June 700 850 880 850 1130 1050 930
July 700 850 850 920 1150 950 1070
Aug 700 850 870 930 1160 1000 1310
Sept 700 850 900 920 1160 900 1450
Oct 800 850 850 930 1130 870 1400
Nov 850 850 800 890 1250 970 1470
Weighted
Average 753 850 864 887 1090 1124 1124
1 Revise d 2 Preliminary 11 December preceding 5 year
TABLE 16
Week
No
1974
BROILER EGGS SET BY WEEKS21 SELECTED STATES 19741981 1
197519761977 1978 1979 21980
Total 35883 36675 40467
43650
46707
50195 50988
31981
Millions
1 736 656 736 782 841 937 989 993
2 742 645 741 789 851 931 994 1007
3 729 668 749 785 861 942 980 1012
4 719 685 753 777 866 941 984 1027
5 752 698 742 793 857 941 1004 1024
6 761 705 763 812 871 971 1013 1016
7 773 714 787 829 877 979 1016 1046
8 779 713 800 841 884 992 1016 1060
9 778 727 810 845 894 998 1023 1074
10 768 721 815 856 900 1004 1030 1067
11 764 716 818 860 902 1017 1008 1060
12 774 728 821 858 911 1029 1016 1056
13 782 736 828 870 929 1036 1034 1065
14 770 738 834 878 942 1044 1016 1059
15 776 733 833 880 951 1044 1018 1062
16 767 718 831 881 952 1041 1017
17 775 732 821 861 947 1035 1001
18 773 739 835 873 958 1051 1009
19 757 740 834 877 958 1049 1013
20 764 740 833 882 953 1047 1010
21 765 742 838 873 950 1051 1012
22 752 746 838 868 950 1055 1007
23 744 742 833 866 952 1040 1011
24 673 703 831 871 940 1021 1001
25 673 701 813 849 902 961 978
26 677 721 775 808 925 989 975
27 674 721 801 830 940 1008 982
28 667 720 806 841 911 988 974
29 657 718 800 835 896 1000 952
30 652 703 793 806 896 984 930
31 644 703 786 787 887 979 923
32 635 701 776 793 879 967 942
33 628 690 769 802 875 958 945
34 630 701 766 799 872 955 953
35 612 694 777 801 844 917 953
36 562 666 740 781 811 832 945
37 545 585 653 723 816 840 942
38 618 688 718 775 887 923 917
39 602 704 763 815 887 919 985
40 563 674 736 807 855 887 974
41 518 595 649 763 806 777 932
42 590 639 673 731 833 783 815
43 633 699 736 770 888 871 928
44 642 726 766 807 891 904 1006
45 644 707 747 791 910 930 976
46 663 725 759 824 911 938 987
47 663 721 749 825 905 939 987
48 665 723 749 819 915 957 982
49 653 681 743 826 880 919 928
50 667 724 758 824 932 942 974
51 666 732 772 835 927 969 990
52 667 728 770 833 929 963 991
53 843
J 21 principal broiler producing States are Ala Ark Calif Del Fla Ga Ind
La Maine Md Miss Mo NC Oreg Pa SC Tenn Tex Va Wash and W Va
2 Revised 3 PreliminaryTABLE 17
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKS21 SELECTED STATES 19741981 1
Week
No197419751976197719781979 21980 31981
Millions
1 597 553 591 621 672 738 759 778
2 594 549 600 633 679 737 780 796
3 597 554 597 634 681 739 776 794
4 599 543 606 641 679 744 790 797
5 604 535 612 646 683 742 797 805
6 598 553 614 644 693 749 788 813
7 588 573 621 637 693 746 792 819
8 618 580 605 653 693 747 814 825
9 625 580 629 668 707 776 819 817
10 535 588 646 682 707 778 823 842
11 638 588 657 693 716 794 824 854
12 638 598 669 692 725 810 829 862
13 632 600 672 703 733 813 836 865
14 624 593 674 707 731 821 814 858
15 629 600 680 703 740 823 819
16 635 609 686 721 754 830 834
17 633 611 687 722 762 839 826
18 635 609 689 725 767 838 824
19 626 593 684 723 764 836 820
20 629 605 671 711 758 825 803
21 634 601 685 725 775 842 817
22 618 608 687 723 773 842 822
23 621 614 687 726 774 844 820
24 620 612 689 715 767 847 821
25 604 606 692 715 765 849 817
26 598 607 684 708 766 840 821
27 539 579 684 711 754 814 804
28 538 572 665 687 715 766 782
29 538 587 630 650 729 785 776
30 539 590 656 669 718 797 775
31 536 584 657 674 696 782 761
32 530 584 652 659 681 788 726
33 526 577 644 636 683 783 695
34 516 572 635 619 689 774 713
35 514 571 633 635 688 763 731
36 514 564 628 646 689 748 734
37 514 570 624 640 678 754 735
38 491 563 635 645 644 717 742
39 456 544 606 629 625 648 735
40 435 468 529 575 625 657 734
41 500 563 582 616 691 726 709
42 497 577 623 655 697 730 766
43 456 552 602 650 673 708 762
44 421 487 531 612 633 606 733
45 480 524 544 586 659 618 640
46 521 572 602 619 702 699 724
47 527 597 628 649 707 721 795
48 530 583 610 641 722 743 774
49 548 595 619 665 720 750 774
50 546 594 615 668 714 756 792
51 545 592 610 660 733 770 785
52 537 564 609 661 693 735 740
53 662
Total 29269 29987 33067 35290 36915 39927 40522
J 21 principal broiler producing States are Ala Ark Calif Del Fla Ga Ind
La Maine Md Miss Mo NC Oreg Pa SC Tenn Tex Va Wash and W Va
2 Revised 3 PreliminaryTABLE 18
BROILER EGGS SET BY WEEKS GEORGIA 19741981
Week
No
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
11980
1 Revised2 Preliminary
21981
Millions
1 113 98 106 115 123 137 147 149
2 113 96 106 117 125 135 149 149
3 113 99 106 119 126 135 147 151
4 105 103 108 118 128 138 149 151
5 110 104 111 115 128 135 152 151
6 111 105 108 120 130 141 151 155
7 111 105 113 121 129 141 153 157
8 112 107 114 122 131 141 152 157
9 112 107 114 123 132 144 154 158
10 111 106 115 125 133 146 154 161
11 108 104 113 126 133 147 153 155
12 112 106 115 124 135 149 155 158
13 111 107 116 127 137 149 158 161
14 111 108 117 132 138 150 150 160
15 112 108 118 128 139 149 157 160
16 106 103 118 131 139 150 158
17 113 106 116 124 135 149 153
18 112 107 116 124 140 152 153
19 110 107 117 126 140 152 154
20 111 109 117 127 139 151 154
21 111 109 119 127 139 151 155
22 111 110 119 127 142 150 154
23 108 109 118 126 140 151 151
24 99 108 117 122 140 150 148
25 97 101 118 126 135 143 148
26 101 107 112 118 137 137 142
27 100 107 111 124 142 145 153
28 99 106 115 124 139 143 148
29 98 104 114 124 139 145 146
30 97 105 115 122 138 138 141
31 95 106 111 121 136 136 141
32 94 105 110 119 135 139 141
33 94 102 109 118 136 140 142
34 94 102 111 121 134 137 138
35 93 102 112 121 130 135 143
36 81 97 110 117 125 131 144
37 81 75 95 96 118 114 138
38 90 97 97 111 135 134 132
39 86 102 111 120 134 134 144
40 76 98 109 118 127 130 143
41 76 87 99 116 126 129 141
42 87 90 95 105 124 114 119
43 92 104 108 110 132 126 138
44 93 107 112 119 134 130 151
45 95 105 107 118 136 135 149
46 97 107 110 121 138 139 147
47 99 106 110 122 137 141 146
48 97 107 110 123 137 144 148
49 96 99 110 125 132 133 136
50 98 105 110 125 138 141 147
51 97 106 111 126 138 145 150
52 99 104 113 125 140 140 149
53 126
Total 5248 5374 5792 6427 6973 7291 7665
TABLE 19
BROILER CHICKS PLACED BY WEEKS GEORGIA 19741981
Week
No 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 11980 21981
Millions
1 91 78 88 89 103 108 113 118
2 89 80 87 90 104 106 117 123
3 88 80 88 93 103 109 115 124
4 91 80 86 92 104 107 117 122
5 90 81 88 97 106 105 119 121
6 92 81 88 95 102 107 116 122
7 85 81 89 94 106 110 115 126
8 86 81 86 94 106 106 120 122
9 90 79 87 99 108 112 121 125
10 89 79 91 98 106 113 124 129
11 91 81 94 99 106 115 124 130
12 89 85 96 104 110 115 121 136
13 90 85 93 102 110 117 126 133
14 86 87 92 104 110 119 121 127
15 90 88 96 101 112 118 118
16 92 87 95 105 113 122 124
17 93 88 97 104 114 122 121
18 88 88 95 108 112 120 126
19 85 86 96 102 113 122 124
20 87 86 91 100 110 121 116
21 88 87 93 107 113 120 122
22 88 86 94 104 111 124 124
23 90 86 93 106 115 121 122
24 88 83 93 101 116 122 120
25 87 87 94 103 114 122 122
26 86 86 93 105 115 122 122
27 80 88 92 105 110 120 119
28 80 89 92 105 107 115 114
29 82 90 87 96 110 106 113
30 82 90 90 99 106 114 118
31 81 88 91 103 106 113 114
32 79 87 89 97 107 114 110
33 81 80 89 96 112 112 103
34 80 86 87 98 108 111 105
35 78 86 90 97 109 111 112
36 77 86 89 97 107 109 112
37 76 86 88 98 105 105 107
38 74 85 89 100 102 108 113
39 65 85 87 94 101 100 112
40 61 85 75 79 91 88 105
41 71 84 77 88 107 104 101
42 74 83 90 99 109 107 112
43 62 84 86 96 103 105 111
44 61 80 81 94 97 95 107
45 70 59 75 86 99 86 90
46 77 81 88 90 104 100 105
47 78 85 89 98 109 105 118
48 78 89 87 99 107 110 121
49 80 88 86 99 112 111 119
50 80 89 89 102 106 113 115
51 80 89 90 101 111 114 117
52 81 83 90 102 104 103 111
53 102
Total 4277 4381 4646 5216 5591 5784 6013
1 Rev ised 2 Preliminary 9
TABLE 20
EGG TYPE EGGS SET BY WEEKS SELECTED STATES 19741980 1
Week
No 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Thousands
1 2954 2524 2808 3119 3592 3514 2861
2 2 752 2 657 2 714 3 315 3 027 3 330 3 140
3 2 805 3 097 3 299 3 137 2 973 3 520 3 494
4 3 254 2 942 3 265 3 771 3 709 2 979 3 692
5 2 877 2 802 3 691 3 809 3 366 3 339 3 550
6 2 489 3 071 3 650 3 896 3 700 3 827 3 251
7 2 161 2 990 3 886 3 970 2 994 3 810 3 902
8 2 774 3 259 3 734 3 777 3 705 3 729 3 640
9 3 092 2 890 4 029 3 714 3 464 3 373 4 013
10 3 066 3 053 3 563 4 252 3 503 4 186 3 146
11 3 113 3 079 3 148 3 625 3 812 4 299 3 259
12 3 387 2 692 3 494 3 783 3 352 4 181 4 065
13 3 727 2 618 3 712 4 404 3 813 4 153 3 105
14 3 028 2 523 3 664 3 924 3 734 3 802 3 841
15 3 208 3 247 3 148 4 227 4 048 3 816 2 992
16 2 878 3 188 3 365 4 179 4 066 3 890 3 668
17 2 994 3 431 3 381 4 367 4 063 4 393 4 095
18 3 024 2 775 3 500 3 876 3 846 4 102 3 922
19 2 845 2 752 2 893 3 534 4 038 3 902 2 784
20 3 137 3 052 2 841 3 294 3 740 3 425 2 685
21 2 807 3 016 3 245 3 267 3 581 3 979 2 907
22 2 752 3 060 3 111 3 268 3 429 3 440 2 885
23 2 832 2 787 3 012 2 905 3 027 3 747 3 467
24 2 552 2 522 2 788 3 170 2 606 3 474 2 596
25 2 566 2 822 2 930 2 964 3 209 3 257 2 590
26 2 483 3 100 2 824 3 172 2 539 3 576 2 775
27 2 920 2 761 2 824 3 078 2 493 3 344 3 113
28 3 075 2 947 2 675 2 708 3 132 3 316 2 577
29 2 268 2 484 2 662 2 677 2 383 3 071 2 819
30 2 701 2 973 3 022 2 810 2 953 3 166 2 920
31 2 080 2 684 3 037 3 170 2 897 3 226 3 079
32 2 443 2 306 3 117 3 040 3 356 2 948 3 119
33 1 800 2 406 3 119 3 033 2 418 3 006 2 464
34 2 556 2 787 2 644 2 726 2 452 3 219 2 895
35 2 490 2 731 2 628 2 595 3 147 3 507 3 384
36 2 221 1 735 2 292 3 016 3 672 3 018 2 932
37 2 731 2 997 3 089 2 666 3 324 3 166 2 693
38 2 557 2 435 2 639 3 212 3 202 3 087 2 263
39 2 661 2 504 2 601 3 119 2 891 3 172 2 521
40 2 235 2 728 2 547 2 282 2 605 3 047 2 542
41 2 668 2 566 2 518 2 936 2 869 2 408 2 108
42 2 473 2 250 2 375 2 375 2 730 2 461 2 246
43 2 268 2 216 2 921 2 812 2 899 3 001 2 655
44 2 428 2 644 2 562 2 941 2 581 2 253 2 416
45 1 568 2 019 2 315 1 923 2 434 3 115 1 474
46 2 210 2 517 2 069 2 587 3 177 3 285 1 728
47 2 626 2 231 2 682 2 634 3 114 3 032 2 471
48 2 658 2 391 2 801 2 092 3 422 2 781 2 525
49 1 397 1 842 2 438 2 453 2 800 2 321 1 902
50 2 067 2 301 2 742 2 306 2 633 2 430 2 780
51 3 051 2 755 3 318 2 945 3 110 3 294 2 976
52 1 867 2 698 3 218 2 992 3 422 3 091 2 862
53 2 737
Total 137576 140857 156550 168584 167052 174808 153789
1 Georgia California Mississippi Washington Oregon
10Week
No
TABLE 21
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS SELECTED STATES 19741980 1
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Thousands
1 1 840 1 707 1 811 2 009 2 351 1 918 1 923
2 2 199 2 514 2 321 2 643 2 379 2 510 2 650
3 1 911 1 456 2 243 2 489 2 138 2 744 2 525
4 2 276 2 036 2 261 2 505 2 790 2 801 2 348
5 2 124 2 121 2 244 2 533 2 369 2 644 2 491
6 2 154 2 442 2 631 2 490 2 285 2 683 2 897
7 2 513 2 436 2 688 2 913 2 905 2 333 2 891
8 2 258 2 177 2 869 2 918 2 625 2 632 2 924
9 1 994 2 408 2 870 2 951 2 926 3 008 2 658
10 1 784 2 364 2 957 3 079 2 349 3 114 3 073
11 2 230 2 573 2 888 2 924 2 868 2 964 2 987
12 2 488 2 358 3 214 2 792 2 695 2 769 3 307
13 2 464 2 419 2 837 3 307 2 678 3 331 2 480
14 2 534 2 392 2 502 2 717 2 931 3 521 2 593
15 2 651 2 099 2 657 2 932 2 623 3 293 3 242
16 2 798 2 130 2 743 3 397 3 030 3 164 2 540
17 2 489 2 009 2 861 3 085 2 897 3 050 3 122
18 2 588 2 583 2 483 3 234 3 138 2 837 2 314
19 2 271 2 481 2 607 3 131 3 173 3 136 2 801
20 2 293 2 759 2 582 3 391 3 193 3 451 3 218
21 2 362 2 135 2 668 2 942 2 951 3 201 3 087
22 2 307 2 131 2 147 2 740 2 935 2 944 2 297
23 2 476 2 361 2 124 2 479 2 808 2 608 2 085
24 2 225 2 331 2 494 2 500 2 659 3 021 2 348
25 2 212 2 369 2 373 2 542 2 568 2 674 2 327
26 2 199 2 177 2 178 2 251 2 233 2 787 2 611
27 1 949 1 995 2 182 2 438 1 962 2 631 1 843
28 2 041 2 188 2 199 2 250 2 400 2 382 2 013
29 1 933 2 389 2 047 2 427 1 964 2 761 2 190
30 2 175 2 010 2 207 2 269 1 675 2 362 2 337
31 2 270 2 210 2 028 2 054 2 304 2 524 1 955
32 1 870 1 875 2 088 1 982 1 862 2 275 2 257
33 2 128 2 195 2 341 2 111 2 229 2 356 2 168
34 1 629 2 085 2 247 2 289 2 288 2 349 2 266
35 1 887 1 709 2 337 2 338 2 505 2 210 2 512
36 1 460 1 865 2 344 2 348 1 731 2 272 1 980
37 1 961 2 218 2 054 1 976 1 869 2 431 2 201
38 2 021 2 133 1 979 1 958 2 322 2 554 2 684
39 1 720 1 311 1 731 2 341 2 664 2 288 2 283
40 2 084 2 301 2 321 2 013 2 590 2 418 2 153
41 1 998 1 877 2 058 2 469 2 482 2 464 1 797
42 2 166 1 992 1 945 2 372 2 232 2 533 1 929
43 1 753 2 128 2 026 1 805 1 926 2 259 1 951
44 2 152 1 831 1 937 2 170 2 227 1 903 1 628
45 1 953 1 759 1 909 1 820 2 067 1 963 1 744
46 1 790 1 722 2 221 2 152 2 126 2 388 2 122
47 1 922 1 977 1 990 2 316 1 902 1 791 1 973
48 1 224 1 600 1 788 1 493 1 808 2 429 1 142
49 1 764 1 909 1 563 2 050 2 381 2 601 1 411
50 2 013 1 758 2 067 2 049 2 422 2 331 2 005
51 2 192 1 840 2 250 1 658 2 569 2 231 2 142
52 1 294 1 477 1 943 1 890 2 193 1 867 1 538
53 1 726

Annual
Total
108989 109322 120055 129658 127197 135711 121963
of
US
Annual
Total
230
241
244
258
259
262
250
US
Annual
Total
473403
453804 492180
501913
491578
518953
486968
1 Georgia California Mississippi Washington Oregon TABLE 22
EGG TYPE EGGS SET BY WEEKS GEORGIA 1974 1980
Week
No 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Thousands
1 716 936 1172 1291 1161 1419 1082
2 743 865 1114 1383 876 1442 1436
3 810 948 1403 1281 1200 1593 1233
4 909 835 1477 1523 1533 1216 1532
5 607 898 1489 1472 1620 1406 1482
6 795 996 1454 1626 1419 1562 1061
7 771 1048 1732 1754 1621 1605 1652
8 812 1126 1639 1578 1781 1650 1531
9 1054 902 1741 1751 1618 1700 1597
10 808 836 1536 1980 1782 2050 1389
11 910 1005 1498 1739 1767 1902 1486
12 1016 1005 1438 1797 1627 1980 1846
13 1155 1059 1719 1970 1798 2050 1322
14 1101 1066 1499 1735 1690 1774 1472
15 1326 1239 1400 1827 1626 1835 1168
16 1125 983 1401 1730 1756 1724 1697
17 1025 1090 1338 1847 1613 2053 1897
18 955 1221 1205 1645 1399 1873 1512
19 1060 1292 1092 1318 1603 1872 1313
20 992 998 1145 1295 1431 1849 1104
21 956 1135 1160 1110 1374 1745 1269
22 1114 956 1067 1227 1172 1504 1071
23 985 1028 1214 1124 1250 1692 1397
24 792 768 1029 1163 1214 1429 1185
25 849 1112 1149 964 1123 1438 1159
26 679 1262 1048 1175 944 1655 1218
27 741 1083 988 1128 1182 1526 1109
28 669 1199 1017 935 1220 1362 1011
29 440 1055 1192 1078 1129 1433 1102
30 717 1036 1148 1217 1232 1218 878
31 556 840 1376 1157 1225 1286 1456
32 623 720 1235 1073 1363 1451 1215
33 606 834 1103 1222 1025 1040 1087
34 746 952 1030 1031 989 1213 1088
35 601 829 1046 1041 1080 1491 1144
36 652 703 938 1283 1499 1317 944
37 637 801 1131 1251 1209 1165 1071
38 569 903 984 1223 1196 1160 1082
39 648 746 1090 1041 1209 1161 981
40 710 808 925 743 1203 1134 945
41 837 929 898 1267 978 1082 610
42 768 595 741 1220 1197 1070 716
43 724 584 1075 904 1162 1032 836
44 777 917 973 956 1085 830 717
45 539 575 814 575 816 1255 637
46 623 549 1145 671 1256 1212 789
47 653 533 1007 508 1124 1253 1122
48 655 827 1015 535 1225 1204 918
49 412 515 897 627 1180 877 483
50 438 865 1203 396 1271 913 885
51 904 829 1265 1006 1058 1127 974
52 615 767 1054 1156 1284 1163 879
53 1157
Total 40925 47603 62449 65706 68395 74993 60790
12 TABLE 23
GEORGIA
EGG TYPE CHICKS HATCHED BY WEEKS 19741980
Week
No 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
Thousands
1 677 397 652 892 818 863 713
2 517 741 780 1041 932 843 925
3 502 499 713 878 857 1035 981
4 537 808 922 998 895 1163 839
5 565 747 964 1034 664 1139 1131
6 652 787 1100 1069 888 1154 977
7 682 737 1213 1180 1225 923 1101
8 464 675 1171 1105 1246 1085 1222
9 664 781 1122 1214 1130 1177 852
10 655 869 1302 1368 1237 1300 1283
11 657 879 1250 1276 1322 1277 1245
12 851 788 1364 1283 1236 1391 1260
13 687 677 1190 1576 1352 1630 1027
14 739 815 1161 1255 1327 1550 1126
15 790 821 1038 1415 1264 1529 1452
16 872 903 1202 1539 1417 1479 1101
17 924 873 1176 1413 1268 1430 1197
18 1100 1032 1098 1372 1226 1230 850
19 878 789 1091 1255 1332 1404 1232
20 769 886 983 1473 1214 1577 1502
21 753 966 941 1199 1025 1516 1115
22 901 1027 785 1009 1068 1295 1094
23 790 822 879 951 1033 1339 819
24 748 902 889 849 992 1297 1052
25 899 741 823 947 827 1188 868
26 759 801 772 852 856 1123 1001
27 610 632 796 886 906 1024 749
28 640 893 868 715 767 928 868
29 543 999 777 859 706 1245 950
30 556 821 770 758 632 905 805
31 508 871 758 735 813 940 718
32 349 786 970 755 834 1005 858
33 567 759 874 889 892 918 615
34 452 653 943 821 889 815 1009
35 467 568 856 829 962 1062 1007
36 515 645 785 965 656 781 880
37 579 752 804 752 712 843 747
38 493 648 759 773 777 964 896
39 489 512 678 1009 925 933 699
40 478 602 852 959 882 818 835
41 468 684 757 901 900 923 850
42 516 575 771 755 871 952 669
43 593 616 772 547 844 772 664
44 700 615 693 877 716 859 465
45 621 467 607 883 828 840 510
46 601 466 818 684 747 801 658
47 594 658 746 776 727 641 620
48 424 452 622 443 580 918 457
49 531 430 841 580 857 901 633
50 498 408 758 389 851 912 932
51 557 594 843 413 867 941 832
52 342 413 689 454 871 720 369
53 267
Annual
Total 32723 37282 46988 50117 49663 56298 47260
of
US
Annual
Total 7 8 10 10 10 11 10
US
Annual
Total 473403 453804 492180 501913 491578 518953 486968
13
TABLE 24
ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS
BY STATES DEC 1 19741980 1
State 1974 1975 21976 21977 21978 21979 31980
Millions
Ala 181 187 203 209 206 220 207
1 Alaska
Ariz 9 8 8 6 7 6 6
i Ark 225 240 239 256 257 270 275
Calif 499 481 462 456 460 455 433
Colo 24 26 27 29 30 23 26
Conn 39 45 54 53 59 59 60
Del 8 9 10 10 10 9 11
i Fla 162 170 175 170 173 185 172
Ga 346 343 340 351 368 369 333
i Hawaii 13 12 13 13 13 13 13
Idaho 10 11 11 12 12 10 13
111 86 81 78 77 76 70 69
Ind 197 195 186 198 209 205 218
Iowa 114 112 121 111 107 96 105
Kansas 33 31 32 26 26 25 21
Ky 33 30 33 35 35 35 31
La 38 40 39 38 39 35 32
1 Maine 100 107 110 101 121 112 92
Md 20 19 21 19 20 22 26
Mass 22 21 19 20 16 17 18
1 Mich 78 81 79 80 81 80 82
Minn 128 131 117 124 119 125 130
Miss 119 113 110 115 108 106 102
Mo 72 70 71 77 80 77 74
Montana 10 10 10 10 9 9 10
Nebr 45 43 38 41 42 39 40
Nev
N H 14 14 13 14 14 13 10
1 N J 35 31 25 21 17 16 14
N Mex 12 15 15 20 21 22 21
N Y 112 107 100 101 99 102 105
N C 187 180 188 194 207 208 193
N D 8 7 6 6 6 5 4
Ohio 120 119 115 125 123 120 127
Okla 28 30 29 31 37 44 38
Oregon 29 29 28 28 30 33 34
Pa 151 139 145 172 190 209 210
R I 3 2 2 3 3 3 5
S C 80 87 71 78 81 98 95
S D 41 38 33 30 28 27 24
i Tenn 55 52 55 56 54 53 57
Texas 141 121 146 143 168 175 178
Utah 18 17 18 21 22 20 21
Vt 6 6 6 6 5 5 4
Va 49 51 53 55 55 59 58
Wash 56 54 56 58 62 60 66
W Va 13 12 11 10 10 9 10
Wis 68 69 61 57 54 54 51
Wy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
U S 3841 3798 3784 3865 3969 4006 3922
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
14
TABLE 25
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CHICKENS ON FARMS BY STATES DEC 1 19741980 1
State 1974 1975 21976 21977 21978 21979 31980
Million Dollars
Ala 316 299 294 334 340 407 455
Alaska 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ariz 19 14 16 9 10 9 10
Ark 383 396 395 487 527 581 604
Calif 848 1034 808 707 713 774 757
Colo 39 42 49 46 48 51 47
Conn 85 103 127 116 122 120 132
Del 16 15 18 19 20 14 20
Fla 236 238 271 239 268 269 276
Ga 606 549 544 562 681 664 649
i Hawaii 30 29 31 34 37 40 42
Idaho 15 18 19 20 24 16 20
111 124 126 117 112 110 115 106
Ind 286 312 270 267 314 297 294
Iowa 182 174 187 177 177 144 179
Kansas 54 46 49 44 39 43 34
Ky 51 56 56 67 61 63 57
La 75 71 73 74 74 68 67
Maine 220 230 252 222 254 229 207
Md 39 37 40 39 41 39 49
Mass 47 49 45 41 32 37 41
Mich 137 130 131 107 126 116 111
Minn 199 184 181 217 179 188 202
Miss 233 221 208 225 211 216 229
Mo 104 109 114 119 128 127 133
Montana 17 17 19 20 17 20 24
Nebr 78 72 69 70 74 71 76
Nev 1 1
N H 32 32 31 30 29 26 22
N J 66 57 45 38 30 29 27
N Mex 22 25 27 37 45 48 36
N Y 180 213 210 197 177 184 179
N C 327 279 291 320 404 426 473
N D 12 10 11 10 9 8 9
Ohio 199 221 196 188 184 203 188
Okla 45 44 48 51 63 99 89
Oregon 55 56 56 56 64 61 69
Pa 263 235 268 327 342 356 346
R I 6 6 6 6 6 8 12
S C 140 156 117 124 125 161 180
S D 60 57 59 52 40 43 40
Tenn 91 88 85 84 104 101 86
Texas 240 175 234 257 302 368 347
Utah 28 32 32 38 44 44 35
Vt 15 14 15 14 12 12 10
Va 76 84 95 108 105 126 153
Wash 104 95 101 95 140 127 142
1 W Va 20 20 18 14 17 16 26
1 Wis 112 127 107 95 89 100 93
Wy 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
1 U S 6533 6600 6437 6519 6960 7264 7385
1 Excludes commercial broilers 2 Revised 3 Preliminary
15
TABLE 2t
NUMBER OF CHICKEN HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1969 1981
BY STATES
State 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981
Number
Ala 81 71 53 42 33 32 34
Ariz 4 3 1 1 1 1
Ark 58 58 37 35 31 32 29
Calif 53 38 31 24 22 21 16
Colo 6 5 4 5 4 4 4
Conn 9 6 4 3 3 3 1
Del 12 12 12 9 9 7 4
Fla 31 27 17 15 14 13 15
Ga 116 70 77 68 51 55 55
Hawaii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Idaho 11 9 8 4 3 3 1
111 63 52 33 27 20 18 11
Ind 60 45 41 24 23 26 24
Iowa 89 74 54 48 36 34 25
Kansas 39 32 24 15 12 11 10
Ky 10 9 9 7 6 3 4
La 12 11 8 6 6 4 3
Maine 12 13 11 10 8 8 7
Md 20 16 16 10 6 6 10
Mass 15 14 9 7 7 7 7
Mich 17 14 12 10 6 6 6
Minn 87 77 69 54 35 32 21
Miss 34 31 27 19 20 21 18
Mo 49 31 29 24 19 17 16
Montana 5 4 4 3 3 3 3
Nebr 53 44 34 33 28 26 22
Nev 0 1 1
N H 1 1 1 3 3 1 1
N J 13 10 8 5 4 3 4
N Mex 0 1 1
N Y 42 39 32 27 21 19 9
N C 63 64 51 43 41 41 35
N D 10 7 8 3 3 1 3
Ohio 47 38 30 20 17 16 12
lOkla 13 12 12 14 8 6 1
iOregon 13 10 8 8 8 9 9
Pa 61 50 39 31 26 23 19
R I 33 3 3 3 3 1 1
1S C 21 9 7 7 8 8 7
S D 44 32 27 22 14 12 11
Tenn 28 18 15 10 10 9 8
Texas 83 73 63 59 44 41 37
Utah 7 7 6 5 3 1 1
Vt 1 1 1 1 1 1
Va 17 13 11 8 8 9 9
Wash 20 14 12 10 10 8 6
W Va 4 3 1 1 1 1
Wis 42 32 24 16 14 14 8
Wy y y y y 1 1
U S 2 1486 1209 989 797 651 618 538
1 Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations y Includes Arizona Nevada
Vermont and Wyoming
16TABLE 27
EGG CAPACITY OF HATCHERIES
JAN 1 SELECTED YEARS 1969 1981
BY STATES
State 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981
Millio ns
Ala 402 404 451 441 464 578 562
Ariz 7 5 1 1 1
Ark 473 473 484 515 528 654 640
Calif 199 173 175 192 186 211 189
Colo 8 7 7 7 5 5 5
Conn 33 36 11 12 12 20 1
Del 106 120 131 151 153 150 111
Fla 110 145 128 132 137 143 160
Ga 654 556 587 577 514 590 674
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 2
1
12
89
115
108
26
11
50
90
211
25
20
132
237
79
6
50
1
24
0
57
325
9
63
26
34
121
4
43
39
76
251
9

79
44
5
49
y
4537
y
13
69
107
96
26
9
44
87
224
26
19
126
260
72
4
43
y
22
y
56
376
7
60
34
36
129
6
32
30
46
274
10
y
82
40
3
41
1
4453
y
8
47
103
76
25
14
50
82
235
20
18
111
267
77
4
36
y
21
46
333
7
51
43
33
120
6
32
24
45
269
9
y
87
36
y
34
y
4363
y
9
35
70
73
21
14
41
80
202
18
15
96
218
68
3
36
13
23
38
303
3
44
42
30
129
6
35
21
28
256
7
92
31
29
4160
y
10
30
68
63
17
15
42
95
182
18
14
90
233
76
5
25
13
28
33
376
3
47
31
33
127
6
38
16
34
271
4
y
99
33
y
29
y
4201
y
10
28
77
62
21
10
63
98
221
23
19
87
303
73
4
25
y
y
3
28
398
y
42
28
38
131
y
41
15
33
263
y
y
114
31
y
33
y
4690
y
y
26
91
62
16
13
57
67
221
22
13
70
251
70
3
19
y
y
2
y
20
395
2
41
y
47
150
y
44
16
19
288
y
y
149
20
y
27
y
4661
y Not published to avoid disclosing individual operations 2 Includes Arizona Nevada
Vermont and Wyoming
17TABLE 28
NUMBER OF LAYERS ON FARMS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
11976
11977
11978
11979
11980
21981
Dec 3
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
2940
2937
2928
2907
2870
2827
2791
2776
2770
2777
2805
2841
Av during
year 2847
2865
2857
2835
2809
2774
2741
2721
2716
2728
2754
2779
2794
2781
2798
2797
2787
2764
2726
2696
2686
2682
2701
2728
2750
2781
2741
Millions
2799 2872
2785 2857
2759 2822
2744 2802
2720 2789
2693 2777
2673 2761
2674 2751
2715 2771
2769 2814
2809 2861
2845 2908
2749
2815
2925
2919
2912
2894
2869
2843
2836
2844
2861
2887
2910
2933
2886
2955
2948
2911
2865
2824
2801
2798
2811
2850
2877
2923
2935
2875
2940
2920
2906
2873
1Revised2 Preliminary3 December preceding year
TABLE 29
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19741981
1974 1975 11976 1977 11978 11979 11980
Month
21981
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
3
1917
1920
1759
1976
1931
2006
1938
1975
1954
1879
1929
1869
1936
1952
1771
1971
1920
1990
1933
1995
1990
1915
1966
1905
1968
1970
1855
2005
1954
2021
1962
2016
1994
1917
1971
1906
1971
1956
1782
2021
1971
2034
1950
1986
1978
1921
1990
1944
2021
2009
1808
2035
1993
2061
1979
2016
2012
1954
2011
1955
2033
2018
1817
2042
1994
2062
1992
2038
2030
1958
2021
1976
2052
2050
1921
2079
2023
2070
1995
2030
2018
1990
2036
1975
2062
2052
1857
2081
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
TABLE 30
EGG PRODUCTION UNITED STATES BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
11976
11977
11978
11979 11980
21981
Dec 3 5635
Jan 5638
Feb 5149
Mar 5744
Apr 5543
May 5672
June 5407
July 5482
Aug 5411
Sept 5218
Oct 5412
Nov 5309
Total
Year
65620
5546
5577
5019
5537
5327
5454
5261
5419
5428
5273
5463
5322
64626
5506
5510
5170
5543
5326
5448
5270
5406
5384
5228
5421
5299
64511
Million Eggs
5517 5805
5448 5741
4918 5103
5546 5701
5360 5559
5478 5725
5212 5465
5311 5545
5370 5574
5319 5499
5591 5754
5532 5686
64j602
67157
5948 6064
5892 6045
5290 5593
5909 5955
5721 5715
5862 5799
5648 5582
5798 5706
5810 5751
5653 5724
5881 5951
5797 5798
69209 69683
6046
5992
5396
5981
1 Revised 2 Preliminary 3 December preceding year
18Month
TABLE 31
ALL FLOCKS NUMBER OF LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981 1
1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 19791980
1981
2
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Year 3
26724
26589
26121
25597
25190
24940
24585
24261
23885
23999
24336
24323
25046
24205
23975
23675
23250
22600
22100
21877
21977
22400
22700
22900
23100
22897
23250
23486
23322
22737
22429
22226
22173
22475
23129
23679
23875
24007
23066
Thousands
23932
23331
22981
23200
23150
22770
22120
21850
22500
23400
24250
24850
23J95
24800
24300
23200
22850
23400
23350
23100
23100
23350
24000
24900
25400
23813
25300
25050
25000
24650
24500
24600
24850
25400
25500
25300
25200
25450
25067
25450
25100
24030
22868
22167
22002
22245
22177
22405
22857
23207
23527
23J70
23647
23528
23503
22895
1 Av no on hand during month 1 December preceding year 3 Av no during year
TABLE 32
ALL 1974 1919 FLOCKS EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Dec 1 1953 2018 2037 2058 2083 2102 2114
Jan 1975 1972 2021 1972 2018 2099 2116 2100
Feb 1806 1770 1914 1756 1865 1865 2010 1889
Mar 2012 1916 2071 2012 2049 2055 2130 2149
Apr 1965 1824 2025 1977 1950 2025 2017
May 2046 1903 2093 2031 2083 2133 2023
June 1950 1866 2019 1938 2001 1992 1938
July 1978 1969 2040 1950 1916 1969 2002
Aug 1965 2009 2003 1969 1962 2015 2017
Sept 1869 1953 1980 1914 1968 1980 1960
Oct 1910 2003 2071 1993 1965 2006 2008
Nov 1869 1941 1995 2016 1950 1980 1989
Av per
Hen 2 233 231 242 236 238 242 243
1 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 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
1
Year 2
513
525
472
515
495
510
479
480
469
449
465
455
5827
473
473
419
445
412
421
408
433
450
443
459
448
5284
Million Eggs
469 487 510
475 460 490
446 404 433
471 467 468
454 458 456
465 462 486
448 429 462
458 426 443
463 443 458
469 448 472
494 483 489
479 501 495
559154685662
1 December preceding year 2 Total number during year
527 535
526 531
466 483
507 487
496 447
525 445
495 431
500 444
514 452
501 448
506 466
504 468
6067 5637
500
494
444
492
19TABLE 34
NUMBER OF LAYERS IN HATCHING EGG FLOCKS 1 GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
21980
1981
Thousands
Dec 3 4605 3958 4100 3916 3870 4900 5077 5209
Jan 4717 4127 4135 3913 3874 4950 5302 5239
Feb 4686 4151 4125 3905 3964 5072 5383 5451
Mar 4772 4149 4115 4007 4034 5137 5273 5372
Apr 4614 4255 4025 4148 4130 5158 5262
May 4599 4380 4000 4229 4064 5112 5390
June 4489 4330 3950 4014 4107 5009 5414
July 4361 4180 3875 3860 4250 4927 5302
Aug 4593 4135 3885 4140 4350 4845 5356
Sept 4483 4085 3885 4185 4500 4769 5478
Oct 4242 4040 3875 3876 4600 4814 5328
Nov 4036 4060 3878 3853 4771 4907 5250
Year 4
4 516
4J54
3987
4004
4210
4967
5318
1 Hatching Egg Flocks Eggs used principally for hatching broiler chicks 2 Revised
3 December preceding year 4 Average number during year
TABLE 35
EGGS LAID PER 100 LAYERS HATCHING EGG FLOCKS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
11980
1981
Dec 2 1928
Jan 1900
Feb 1708
Mar 1907
Apr 1848
May 1962
June 1920
July 1938
Aug 1885
Sept 1821
Oct 1882
Nov 1882
Av per
Hen 3 226
1900
1928
1784
2000
1878
1965
1950
1975
1938
1863
1894
1800
229
1860
1876
1804
1959
1887
1944
1875
1919
1903
1857
1922
1872
227
1925
1928
1744
2000
1929
1934
1833
1848
1900
1851
1975
2034
229
2071
2040
1798
1913
1890
1984
1908
1972
1959
1848
1826
1698
228
1829
1854
1624
1913
1911
1972
1920
1925
1857
1791
1838
1803
222
1879
1891
1818
2000
1932
1953
1821
1823
1832
1737
1748
1728
222
1876
1888
1714
1934
1 Revised 2 December preceding year 3 Annual rate of lay per layers on hand eggs
produced during year divided by average number of layers during year
TABLE 36
EGG PRODUCTION HATCHING EGG FLOCKS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
Millions
i Dec 1 89 75 76 75 80 90 95 98
Jan 90 80 78 75 79 92 100 99
Feb 80 74 74 68 71 82 98 93
Mar 90 83 81 80 77 98 105 104
Apr 85 80 76 80 78 99 102
May 90 86 78 82 81 101 105
June 86 84 74 74 78 96 99
July 85 83 74 71 84 95 97
Aug 87 80 74 79 85 90 98
a Sept 82 76 72 77 83 85 95
i Oct 80 77 74 76 84 89 93
Nov 76 73 73 78 81 88 91
Year 2 1020 951 904 915 961 1105 1178
1 December preceding year 2 Total number 20 during year
TABLE 37
OTHER FLOCKS NUMBER LAYERS GEORGIA BY MONTHS 1974 1981 1
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Thousands
Dec 2 22119 20247 19150 20016 20930 20400 20373 18438
Jan 21872 19848 19351 19418 20426 20100 19798 18289
Feb 21435 19524 19197 19076 19236 19928 18647 18052
Mar 20825 19101 18622 19193 18816 19513 17595 17523
Apr 20576 18345 18404 19002 19270 19342 16905
May 20341 17720 18226 18541 19286 19488 16612
June 20097 17547 18223 18106 18993 19841 16831
July 19901 17797 18600 17990 18850 20473 16875
Aug 19292 18265 19244 18360 19000 20655 17049
Sept 19516 18615 19794 19215 19500 20531 17379
Oct 20094 18860 20000 20374 20300 20386 17879
Nov 20287 19040 20129 20997 20629 20543 18277
Year 3 20530 18742 19078 19191 19603 20100 17852
1 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 1974 1981
Month 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Dec 1 1919 1956 2052 2058 2055 2142 2158 2182
Jan 1990 1981 2052 1984 2012 2161 2176 2158
Feb 1828 1767 1937 1761 1884 1929 2065 1946
Mar 2040 1897 2096 2018 2077 2096 2170 2213
Apr 1995 1812 2055 1989 1962 2055 2043
May 2065 1888 2124 2049 2102 2176 2049
June 1959 1845 2052 1959 2022 2010 1974
July 1987 1969 2065 1972 1907 1978 2058
Aug 1987 2024 2024 1984 1962 2052 2077
Sept 1881 1974 2004 1932 1995 2025 2031
Oct 1916 2027 2099 1996 1996 2046 2086
Nov 1868 1971 2019 2016 2007 2025 2061
Av per
Hen 2 234 231 246 237 240 247 250
J 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 19741981
Month
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Year 2
424
435
392
425
410
420
393
395
382
367
385
379
4807
398
393
345
362
332
335
324
350
370
367
382
375
4333
393
397
372
390
378
387
374
384
389
397
420
406
4687
Millions
412 430
385 411
336 362
387 391
378 378
380 405
355 384
355 359
364 373
371 389
407 405
423 414
4553 4701
437
434
384
409
397
424
399
405
424
416
417
416
4962
440
431
385
382
345
340
332
347
354
353
373
377
4459
402
395
351
388
1 December preceding year 2 Total number during year
21
TABLE 40
FORCED MOLTED LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF MONTH SELECTED STATES BY MONTHS 19761981 1
Percent being Molted Percent with Molt Com plete
Month 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Jan 22 32 24 25 22 34 160 151 136 141 140 180
Feb 36 34 37 35 36 36 145 144 119 138 140 165
Mar 33 39 38 38 36 36 121 138 127 134 135 156
Apr 32 27 33 29 32 57 132 125 121 131 130 152
May 47 51 49 45 53 130 118 106 120 118
June 66 55 49 50 54 135 113 119 123 142
July 43 41 50 41 44 144 133 120 137 145
Aug 47 36 45 43 46 154 143 137 140 160
Sept 35 32 37 41 39 139 144 140 145 165
Oct 36 46 41 42 47 150 139 134 142 162
Nov 46 38 35 41 48 149 147 133 148 168
Dec 33 30 25 24 28 159 154 149 150 179
1 States inc luded Ala Ark Calif Fla Ga Ind Iowa Miss N Y N J y Ohio
Oreg Pa S C Tenn Tex Wa sh
TABLE 41
FORCED MOLTED LAYERS AS A PERCENT OF HENS AND PULLETS OF LAYING AGE
FIRST OF MONTH GEORGIA BY MONTHS 19761981
Month 1976
Percent being Molted
1977 1978 1979
1980 1981
1976
Percent with Molt Complete
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Jan 40 65 40 15 10 2 0 180 185 115 135 120 195
Feb 25 45 30 35 20 4 0 130 145 100 140 125 180
Mar 40 35 70 40 30 4 0 115 120 105 140 105 170
Apr 45 25 40 25 35 9 0 85 90 95 105 110 160
May 85 45 40 50 60 100 95 85 95 95
June 80 65 55 60 70 145 95 105 120 140
July 40 60 70 60 50 165 105 90 125 125
Aug 55 35 80 40 50 190 140 125 140 165
Sept 35 30 20 30 30 150 130 140 125 155
Oct 20 40 50 70 55 160 100 115 140 145
Nov 40 35 30 60 50 160 120 130 145 175
Dec 20 40 10 40 10 185 120 180 155 240
TABLE 42
POULTRY SLAUGHTERED UNDER FEDERAL INSPECTION UNITED STATES 19791980
1979
Mature
1980
Mature
Month
Young
Light
Heavy
Total
Young
Light
Heavy
Total
Thousands
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
June
July
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Total
317262
268597
321418
315707
360006
334845
344163
366235
298215
356311
283723
276841
3843323
15508
13529
15947
16552
14142
11570
11985
14086
12315
14910
11618
12551
164713
2815
2441
2993
2719
2905
3179
2822
3887
3452
4013
2551
2523
335585
284567
340358
334978
377053
349594
358970
384208
313982
375234
297892
291915
330323
304020
315588
338294
344166
333368
338892
328937
322964
337685
273409
312989
19051
18764
15816
17458
14264
11786
11078
9940
10783
14253
9168
13284
36300 4044336 3880636 165645
3482
3281
3129
3265
2985
2741
1458
1708
3093
3452
497
2624
33715
352856
326065
334533
359017
361415
347895
351428
340585
336840
355390
285074
328897
4079996
22TABLE 43
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF EGGS CHICKENS AND TURKEYS FOR US BY YEARS 19561980 1
EGGS POULTRY READYTOCOOK BASIS
Chicken
Year Shell Pro Total Commer Turkey Total cessed cial Total Broilers
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Year
Number
345 24
335 27
328 26
319 33
291 28
288 30
289 30
286 27
287 31
284 29
282 30
286 35
284 32
279 31
276 34
275 37
269 35
260 32
252 34
248 31
241 33
235 37
242 35
247 37
243 36
Pounds
369
362
354
352
321
318
320
314
318
313
312
321
316
310
309
312
304
291
286
280
274
272
277
284
279
173
191
220
228
234
258
257
270
276
296
320
324
328
348
369
367
384
374
375
372
404
417
445
486
480
244 52
255 59
281 59
289 63
278 62
300 74
300 70
307 68
311 74
334 75
356 78
365 86
367 79
384 83
405 80
404 83
420 89
407 85
411 89
403 86
433 92
449 93
477 93
516 101
511 106
TABLE 44
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION OF RED MEATS FOR US BY YEARS 19561980 1
Beef
and
Veal
Red meats carcass weight equivalent
Lamb
and
Mutton
Pork
excluding
lard
296
314
340
352
340
374
370
375
385
409
434
451
446
467
485
488
509
492
500
492
525
541
568
617
617
Total
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 2
949
934
872
871
912
934
944
994
1051
1047
1088
1103
1133
1141
1166
1157
1183
1114
1191
1243
1333
1298
1231
1096
1077
Pounds
673
611
602
676
649
620
635
654
654
587
581
641
662
650
727
790
713
639
691
561
595
615
614
703
756
45
42
42
48
48
51
52
49
42
37
40
39
37
34
33
31
33
27
23
20
19
17
16
15
15
167
159
152
160
161
160
163
170
175
167
171
178
183
183
203
198
193
178
191
182
195
193
186
181
185
J Includes available data for Alaska and Hawaii beginning In 1960 2 Preliminary
Revised
23Item
TABLE 45
POULTRY PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND INCOME US
BY YEARS 19761980 1
Unit
1976
1977
1978
21979
31980
5
Average No of
Layers during year
Eggs per Layer
Eggs Produced
Eggs Consumed
Farm Household kj
Eggs Sold
Price per Doz
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumption
Gross Income
CHICKENS 6
Number Produced
Number Consumed
on Farms 4
Number Sold
Pounds Produced
Pounds Consumed
on Farms 4
Pounds Sold
Price per Pound
Cash Receipts
Value of Farm
Consumption
Gross Income
COMMERCIAL
BROILERS 7
Number Produced
Pounds Produced
Price per Pound
Gross Income
ALL CHICKENS
Pounds Sold
Price per Pound
Value of Sales

Millions 2741 2749 2815 2886 2852
No 235 235 239 240 244
Billions 645 646 671 692 697
Billions 5 5 5 4 4
Billions 640 641 667 688 692
Cents 583 556 522 583 563
Mil Dol 3 1099 2 9733 2 9005 3 3388 3 2476
Mil Dol 236 213 193 211 202
Mil Dol 3 1335 2 9947 2 9197 3 3600 3 2678
Millions 2285 2448 2379 2478 2414
Millions 128 122 114 112 111
Millions 2173 2245 2171 2330 2377
Millions 1 1071 1 1666 1 1189 1 2019 1 2046
Millions 491 470 441 432 430
Millions 1 0467 1 0772 1 0369 1 1350 1 1833
Cents 129 120 124 144 110
Mil Dol 1355 1295 1287 1636 1299
Mil Dol
Mil Dol
Millions
Millions
Cents
Mil Dol
62
1417
32828
125173
236
29533
Millions 135641
Cents 228
Mil Dol 30888
55
1351
34000
129925
236
30668
140698
227
31964
55
1341
36131
140219
263
36819
150588
253
38106
63
1699
39508
155194
260
40313
166544
252
41949
46
1345
39639
155411
277
43037
167243
265
44336
Gross Income Farm
Chickens Commercial
Broilers and Eggs Mil Dol
62285
61966
67357 75612
77060
T7 The production year begins December 1 previous year and ends November 30 current
2 Revised 3 Preliminary 4 Consumed on farms where produced 5 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 7 Includes consumption in household of
producers which is less than 1 percent of total production
24TABLE 46
GEORGIA CHICKEN PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS 19721980 1
No
Sold
Pounds
Sold
Commercial
Broilers 2
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Hatching
Egg Flocks
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Other
Flocks 3
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
All Chickens
Including
Comm Broilers
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
All Chickens
Eggs Including
Broilers
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Thous
Price
per Lb
5348
5100
6581
3265
2944
3334
4801
7680
7500
15173
16201
19224
14577
14656
15344
15107
16320
16000
463458
434287
452662
434441
469131
504557
551797
585268
597399
Thous
1733
1621
1695
1621
1749
1879
2114
2252
2298
264
772
494
705
865
935
746
818
316
Cents
Cash
Receipts
442937 1638867 131
412986 1528048 239
426857 1579371 211
416599 1541416 269
451531 1670665 240
485879 1797752 237
531889 2021178 260
561268 2132818 260
573899 2180816 270
38 506 14 4
36 210 22 0
46 917 15 0
24 161 23 2
21 786 23 0
24 338 19 0
36 968 20 8
59 904 19 4
58 500 15 1
55891 60
57514 145
69206 63
56128 59
57414 106
57845 112
56600 100
60096 126
59000 89
129
235
203
261
235
233
255
255
262
1000 Dol
214692
365203
333247
414641
400960
426067
525506
554533
588820
5545
7966
7020
5600
5002
4624
7689
11621
8834
3328
8342
4360
3312
6086
6471
5785
7579
5266
223565
381511
344627
423553
412048
437162
538980
573733
602920
j The production year begins December 1 previous year and ends November 30 cur
year 2 Cash receipts include home consumption which is less than 1 percent o
production 3 Includes both commercial and farm flocks eggs principally for
consumption
382831
640397
629850
685055
717197
723812
822201
909558
906471
rent
f total
human
25TABLE 47
GEORGIA EGG PRODUCTION AND INCOME BY YEARS 19721980 1
Year
Hatching
Eggs
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Ave Noi
Layers
1000
Head
4576
4374
4516
4155
3988
4004
4210
4967
5318
Eggs per
Layer
No
212
216
226
229
227
228
228
222
222
Eggs
Produced
Millions
970
944
1020
951
904
915
961
1105
1178
Eggs Sold
Comm
Hatch
All
Millions
97
94
102
85
72
55
57
66
71
871
848
916
865
831
860
903
1039
1106
968
942
1018
950
903
915
960
1105
1177
Price per Doz
Comm
Hatch
All
Cash Receipts
Comm
Hatch
All
Cents
304
529
558
545
620
582
508
570
530
600
751
753
850
864
887
1091
1124
1124
1000 Dollars
2457
4144
4743
3860
3720
2667
2411
3135
3138
43549
53071
57479
61271
59832
63568
82098
97320
103595
46006
57215
62222
65131
63552
66235
84509
100455
106733
Other
Eggs 2
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
20178
20395
20530
18742
19078
19191
19602
20100
17852
223
225
234
231
246
237
240
247
250
4495
4590
4807
4333
4687
4553
4701
4962
4459
4477
4576
4793
4324
4679
4545
4695
4955
4453
4477
4576
4793
4324
4679
4545
4695
4955
4453
304
529
558
545
620
582
508
570
530
113260
201671
223001
196372
241597
220415
198712
235370
196818
113260
201671
223001
196372
241597
220415
198712
235370
196818

All Eggs
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
24754
24769
25046
22897
23066
23195
23813
25067
23170
221
223
233
231
242
236
238
242
243
5465
5534
5827
5284
5591
5468
5662
6067
5637
4574
4670
4895
4409
4751
4600
4752
5021
4524
871
848
916
865
831
860
903
1039
1106
5445
5518
5811
5274
5582
5460
5655
6060
5j630
304
529
558
545
620
582
508
570
530
600
751
753
850
864
887
1091
1124
1124
351
563
589
595
656
630
601
665
647
115717
205815
227744
200232
245317
223082
201123
238505
1 The production year begins December 1 the
commercial and farm flocks used principally
i
previous year and ends November 30
for human consumption
199956
43549
53071
57479
61271
59832
63568
82098
97320
103595
159266
258886
285223
261503
305149
286650
283221
335825
303551
current year 2 Includes eggs from bothTABLE 48
STATE RANK IN CASH RECEIPTS FROM COMMERCIAL BROILERS EGGS AND
ALL CHICKENS AND EGGS 1980
C ommercial
Broilers Eggs All Chickens
Rank 000 12 000 Eggs 000
1 Ark 657733 Calif 369744 Ga 906471
2 Ga 588820 Ga 303551 Ark 880063
3 Ala 488772 Ark 209121 Ala 676134
4 N C 407584 Ala 180082 Calif 598836
5 Miss 304128 Pa 179903 N C 597920
6 Md 288569 N C 174369 Tex 423945
7 Tex 254354 Tex 165171 Miss 398482
8 Calif 220828 Ind 163983 Pa 323656
9 Del 199575 Fla 117040 Md 309396
10 Va 137983 Maine 104624 Fla 214196
11 Pa 127170 Ohio 94570 Del 207263
12 La 109991 Miss 90283 Va 193631
13 Fla 94114 Minn 82579 Maine 189802
14 Maine 81698 S C 75474 Ind 184650
15 Tenn 61909 N Y 73941 La 141547
16 Okla 45802 Iowa 69129 S C 120681
17 S C 43426 Conn 65613 Ohio 113198
18 Wash 26875 Mo 63777 Minn 110231
19 Mo 26860 Mich 57760 Tenn 108373
20 Minn 26627 111 55473 Mo 94719
21 W Va 23638 Va 53416 Okla 90346
22 Oreg 23342 Wash 52890 Wash 80667
23 Ind 16562 Tenn 44588 Iowa 77187
24 Ohio 15758 Okla 42969 N Y 75902
25 Wis 12985 Wis 36270 Conn 66745
26 Iowa 6000 La 30147 Mich 61400
27 Haw 3941 Nebr 27453 111 56685
28 Nebr 3780 Oreg 27316 Oreg 51336
29 Ky 3019 Ky 22274 Wis 50440
30 Mich 1876 Colo 20992 W Va 31943
31 Mass 20177 Nebr 31701
32 Md 20107 Ky 25941
33 N Mex 18850 Colo 21547
34 Utah 16905 Mass 20505
35 Kans 15284 N Mex 19119
36 Haw 14005 Haw 18186
37 N J 13388 Utah 17149
38 S Dak 13090 Kans 16604
39 N H 10966 N J 13918
40 W Va 7976 S Dak 13414
41 Mont 7906 N H 11459
42 Idaho 7880 Idaho 8068
43 Del 7307 Mont 8023
44 Vt 6909 Vt 7010
45 R I 5138 R I 5289
46 Ariz 4078 Ariz 4136
47 N Dak 2280 N Dak 2414
48 Alas 440 Alas 452
49 Wyo 390 Wyo 405
50 Nev 42 Nev 43
U S 4303719 3247620 1 681228
1 Commercial broiler production including production of other meattype breedsexcludes
states producing less than 500000 2 Liveweight equivalent price
27 TABLE 49
TURKEYS FARM PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME
UNITED STATES BY YEARS 19631980
U 2 Price 1
Year Number Number Pounds per Gross
Raised Sold Produced Pound Income
Millions Millions Millions Cents Mil Dol
1963 941 942 1694 223 3773
1964 1011 1008 1824 210 3834
1965 1059 1049 1901 222 4213
1966 1165 1154 2107 231 4858
1 1967 1266 1268 2354 195 4596
1968 1067 1073 2028 205 4167
1969 1067 1064 2027 224 4541
J 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 1400 2605 317 8248
1977 1356 2548 355 9052
1978 1389 2653 436 11566
1979 1565 2958 414 12258
1980 1647 3032 413 12530

Year
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
11977
1978
11979
11980
ll Based on turkeys hatched September 1
2 19631969 estimates are of pounds so
and value of production Includes home
Revised
1
Number
Raised
Thous
1177
1486
1336
1709
1917
1820
1635
2283
2238
1806
1936
1712
216
853
633
799
516
380
TABLE 50
TURKEYS PRODUCTION DISPOSITION AND GROSS INCOME
GEORGIA BY YEARS 19631980
Number
Sold
Pounds
Produced
Price
per
Pound
Thous
1160
1494
1326
1679
1877
1826
1637
Thous
22
28
25
31
36
37
32
45
40
32
36
32
22
33
30
41
61
54
040
834
459
733
226
250
904
660
428
508
784
528
496
910
374
197
894
502
Cents
219
215
219
234
208
210
206
220
220
235
320
270
302
307
356
396
400
420
2
Gross
Income
Thous Dols
4827
6199
5576
7426
7535
7823
6778
10045
8862
7639
11771
8783
6794
10410
10813
16314
24758
22891
August 31
Id and value
consumption
Excludes young turkeys 1
of sales rather than of
for the years 19701980
ost
pounds produced
28US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
POSTAGE AND FEES PAID
US DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
AGR 101
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