Excerpt from Costs and Economies of Scale in Egg-Type Chick HatcheriesA nationwide survey of the hatchery industry in 1959 indicated that the industry was changing Since that time, both the number of firms and the incubator capacities have decreased steadily. On January 1, 1961, there were chick hatcheries (broiler and egg-type) in the United States. These firms had a total incubator capacity of eggs. Four years later, on January 1, 1965, there were only chick hatcheries with an incubator capacity Of eggs All size groups of hatcheries have decreased in number except the largest-those with an incubator capacity of eggs or more. The continuing movement to fewer and larger hatcheries suggests that economies of scale exist, that is, that costs per unit of output decrease as size Of hatchery increases. Small or inefficient hatcheries are experiencing greater difficulty in remaining competitive. Decreases in the number of farms that raise chickens and eggs, shifts in regional output of broilers and eggs, and increases in the size of the remain ing flocks are also contributing to the difficulties of many small hatcheries.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.