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Chickens: Number on Farms and Value, December 11
Year Total Number Hens and Pullets
of Laying Age 		Pullets Not of
Laying Age 		Other
Chickens 		Value Per
Head 		Total Value
1,000 Head Dollars 1,000
Dollars
1963 2 10,296 8,630 1,333 333 1.10 11,326
1968 2 15,905 11,500 4,022 383 1.10 17,496
1973 13,645 8,665 4,655 325 1.85 25,243
1978 10,827 7,404 2,998 425 1.95 21,113
1983 8,000 5,204 2,401 395 2.15 17,200
1988 8,103 5,305 2,382 416 3.15 25,524
1989 8,806 5,553 2,858 395 2.90 25,537
1990 9,453 6,083 2,944 426 3.60 34,031
1991 9,709 5,979 3,244 486 3.10 30,098
1992 9,231 5,627 3,152 452 3.40 31,385
1993 10,302 6,403 3,274 625 3.80 39,148
1994 10,245 6,711 3,143 601 4.00 40,980
1995 9,745 6,231 2,909 605 4.60 44,827
1996 10,734 6,666 3,473 595 4.80 51,523
1997 11,073 6,911 3,456 706 5.10 56,472
1    Excludes broilers.
2    Reference date is January 1.

72 - Poultry
Mississippi Agricultural Statistics, Supplement 32

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