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2. Introduction

1. Value of specified species of livestock in the United States: 1850 - 1940

2. Value of chickens in the United States: 1910 - 1940

3. Chickens - Number on hand in the United States: 1880 - 1940

4. Chickens - Farms reporting 400 or more on hand, by States: 1940 and 1930

1. Poultry and poultry products farms, 1939

2. Value of poultry and poultry products sold or traded, 1939

3. Value of poultry, April 1, 1940

4. Chicken eggs produced

5. Chickens on hand

6. Farms reporting 400 or more chickens on hand, April 1, 1940

7. Chickens raised

8. Farms reporting 800 or more chickens raised, 1939

9. Turkeys raised

10. Ducks raised

11. Chickens on hand (increase and decrease)

12. Turkeys raised (increase and decrease)

1. History of enumeration of poultry and poultry products - Facsimile copies of portions of schedules devoted to these items in censuses of 1840 to 1940

2. Poultry on hand and poultry products - Farms reporting, number, dozens of eggs, and value, 1880 to 1940; with value of poultry, 1840; for the United States

3. Value of farm products - Farms reporting and value of farm products sold, traded, or used by farm households classified by source of income, 1939; for the United States

4. Classification by major source of income - Farms classified by major source of income and income from major source on farms as classified, 1939; for the United States

5. Chickens on hand - Farms reporting, 1910 to 1940; number, 1880 to 1940; and value, 1940, 1935, and 1930; and farms reporting any poultry on hand, 1940, 1910, and 1900, and raised, 1939; by divisions and States

6. Chickens by size of flock - Farms reporting classified by number of chickens on hand, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

7. Classification by number of chickens on hand - Farms reporting and number of chickens on hand, 1940, 1935, and 1930; of eggs produced and chickens raised, 1939, 1934, and 1929; and of chickens sold, 1939 and 1929; by divisions and States

8. Chickens raised - Farms reporting, 1919 to 1939; number, 1909 to 1939; and value, 1939, 1934, 1929, and 1899; with farms reporting for 1939 classified by number of chickens raised; by divisions and States

9. Chickens sold - Farms reporting, number, and value, 1939, 1929, and 1919, and percent distribution of farms reporting chickens raised and turkeys raised by numbers raised, 1939; by divisions and States

10. Eggs produced - Farms reporting, 1939, 1934, and 1919; number of dozens, 1879 to 1939; and value, 1939, 1934, and 1929; by divisions and States

11. Turkeys on hand and raised - Farms reporting and number of turkeys on hand, 1890 to 1940; and value, 1940 and 1935; and farms reporting, number, and value of turkeys raised, 1939 and 1929, with farms reporting turkeys raised for 1939 classified by number raised; by divisions and States

12. Ducks and geese - Farms reporting number on hand, 1940, 1920, and 1910, with number, 1890 to 1940, and value, 1940; and farms reporting number raised, with number raised and value, 1939 and 1929; by divisions and States

13. Guineas and pigeons - Farms reporting, number, and value of guineas and pigeons on hand, 1940, and raised, 1939; with available comparative data for guineas, 1920 and 1910; by divisions and States

14. Quail, pheasants, and unspecified and other poultry - Farms reporting, number, and value on hand, 1940, and raised, 1939; by divisions and States

15. Farm income - Income on poultry farms compared with income on all farms, by divisions and States, 1939

16. Income from all farm production on poultry farms - Percent reporting other farm production with percent of total farm income, by source of income, by divisions and States, 1939

17. Poultry and egg production per capita - Eggs produced 1879 to 1939, chickens raised and chickens sold, 1909 to 1939, per capita based on total population; by divisions and States

1. County table 1. - Chickens on farms 1940, 1935, and 1930, chicken eggs produced and chickens raised 1939, 1934, and 1929, and chickens sold, 1939 and 1929, by number on hand (all States included in this file)

2. County table 2. - Chickens and turkeys raised, with farms reporting by number raised, by counties: 1939 (all States included in this file)