. Eggs: facts and fancies about them . COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 'HE Qgg trade differs from most other branches of busmess; the supply is limited, while the demand is almost unlimited. Small flocks of poultry are almost always more profitable than large ones. This affords a better opportunity for undertaking the Qgg business, as a large capital is not required. The census returns do not give a full report of the Qgg production of the United States, but furnish the figures of those which are bought and sold ; perhaps an equal quantity is con- sumed by the producers. In 1879, according to the tenth
. Eggs: facts and fancies about them . COMMERCIAL STATISTICS. 'HE Qgg trade differs from most other branches of busmess; the supply is limited, while the demand is almost unlimited. Small flocks of poultry are almost always more profitable than large ones. This affords a better opportunity for undertaking the Qgg business, as a large capital is not required. The census returns do not give a full report of the Qgg production of the United States, but furnish the figures of those which are bought and sold ; perhaps an equal quantity is con- sumed by the producers. In 1879, according to the tenth census, the number of eggs produced was 456,910,916 dozen. At fifteen cents per dozen, the Qgg crop would amount to 168,536,637. The consumption of one Qgg daily by each inhabitant of the United States could hardly be
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