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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: :>< 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE :><

:>< ..... [Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the aetna! numbers of farms reporting] .....

I II Classification by size of farm

Item Total

70-99 acres 1100-139 acres 1140-179 acres 1180-219 acres 1220-259 acres 1260-499 acresl500-999 acres I \\under 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 50-69 acres 1,000 acres and over

FARMS AND FARM ACREAGE

Farms ___ ------- ___ , __________________ .. number __ 5,858,88£ 593,937 944,379 707,544 472,598 685,146 634,611 566,248 283,091 210,058 473,923 173,547 113,807 Percent distribution _______________ .percent._ 100.0 10.1 16.1 12.1 8.1 11.7 10.8 9.7 4.8 3.6 8.1 3.0 1.9

Land in farms ____ ----------------- ______ .acres •. 1,148,684,82( 2,801,029 16,852,047 27,016,598 27,198,588 56,019,387 73,203,400 89,337,754 55,840,847 49,889,7.16 164,892,132 118,985,731 466,647,.557

~' Percent distribution ________________ percent._ 100.( 0.2 . 1.5 2.4 2.4 4.9 6.4 7.8 4.9 4.3 14.4 10.4 f"40.6 Average pfr farm ____________________ .ar.res __ 196.1 4.7 17.8 38.2 57.6 81.8 115.4 1!i7.8 197.3 237.5 347.9 685.6 4,100.3

Cropland harvested ____ ..• ____ .farm~ reporting __ 5,36s9I~; 412,240 833,459 650,570 443,587 653,969 613,145 549,300 276,224 206,168 462,040 166,908 101,092 1'ercent of all farms _________________ percent .. 69.4 88.3 91.9 93.9 95.4 96.6 97.0 97.6 98.1 97.5 96.2 88.8

acfl?s __ 353,408,451 1,269,880 9,652,66!1 13,134,062 11,751,599 23,907,918 30,77.1,921 42,219,38.~ 24,673,166 24,2!>2,173 76,2~3,444 46,416,690 49,121,549 Proportion of all land in farms .... :percent __ 3~:~ 45.3 57.3 48.6 43.2 42.7 42.0 47.3 44.2 48.6 46.2 39.0 10.5 Percent distribution ________________ percent.. 100. 0.4 2.7 3.7 3.3 6.8 8.7 11.9 7.0 6.9 21.6 13.1 13.9 Average per farm reporting ___________ acres __ 65.! 3.1 11.6 20.2 26.5 36.6 50.2 76.9 89.3 117.6 165.0 277.9 485.9 ~ Farms classified by acres harvested: P> 1-19 acres .. ____________________ number._ 1,930,64 412,240 701,411 306,806 161,449 150,707 96,679 45,586 20,305 9,634 17,496 5,004 3,331

1-9 acres ___________________ number __ 1,078,93 412,240 335;102 134,932 64,416 57,276 36,107 16,475 8,145 3,646 6,740 2,088 1,770 t;:d 10-19 acres _________________ numbeL. 851,711 ------------- 366,309 171,874 97,033 93,431 60,.172 29,111 12,160 5,988 10,756 2,916 1,561 ~ 20-49 acres .. _------- __________ .number __ 1,504,72C ------------- 132,048 343,764 238,104 313,886 220,334 118,188 52,917 25,767 43,884 10,774 5,054 20-29 acres _________________ number __ 680,16 ------------- 132,048 177,972 99,741 111,212 76,.152 38,830 16,220 8,0!>.! 13,979 3,595 1,934 l/2 30-49 acres _______________ .. numbel".. 824,551 ------------- ------------- 165,792 138,363 202,674 143,782 79,358 36,697 17.686 29,905 7,179 3,120

50··99 acres ________________ • __ .. number __ 917,877 ------------- ------------- - ·----------- 44,034 189,376 260,227 195,461 82,789 46,827 73,929 16,388 8,846 P> 100-199 acres ___________________ number.. 046,37· ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ----------··-- 35,905 190,065 118,841 103,884 152,401 30,558 14,722 z 200 acres and over ______________ number.. 369,1~ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 1,372 20,056 174,330 104,274 69,139 2J0-4~9 acres _______________ number __ 310,7 ------------- ------------- -------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 1,372 20,056 174,330 83.516 31,455 t:j 500-999 acres ___________ _. ___ number __ 48,211 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------· 20,758 27,453 1,000 acres and over_ _______ number._ 10,231 ------------- ----------"--- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 10,231 ~ Not reported ________ : __________ number __ 490,091 181,697 110,920 56,974 29,011 31,177 21,466 16,948 6,867 3,890 11,88.3 6,549 12,715 P> Percent distribution in each acre group: 1-19 acres __________________ percent._ 100. 21.4 36.3 15.9 8.4 7.8 5.0 2.4 1.1 O.li 0.9 0.3 0.2 ~ 20-49 acres _________________ percent.. 100.( ------------- 8.8 22.8 15.8 20.9 14.6 7.9 3.5 1.7 2.9 0.7 0.3

~ 50-99 acres------------ _____ percent .. 10~:~ ------------- ------------- ------------- 4.8 20.6 28.4 21.3 9.0 5.1 8.1 1.8 1.0 100-199 acres _______________ percent __ 100. ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 5.6 29.4 18.4 16.1 23.6 4.7 2.3 200 acres .and over __________ percent.. 100.G ·--------37j ---------2i6 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 0.4 5.4 47.2 28.2 18.7 0 Not reported ... ____________ percent._ 100.C 11.6 5.9 6.4 4.4 3.5 1.4 0.8 2.4 1.3 2.6 ~ Percent distribution for each size-of-farm

group: 100:~

p.. All farms _____________ percent.. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 10J.O 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 t;:d

1-19 acres ------------------Percent.. 33. 69.4 74.3 43A 34.2 22.0 15.2 R.1 7.2 4.6 3.7 2.9 2.9 20-49 acres _________________ percent.. 25. ------------- 14.0 48.6 50.4 45.8 34.7 20.9 18.7 12.3 9.3 6.2 4.4 P> 50-99 acres_"-- ____ --•-- __ .. percent __ :t~ ------------- ------------- ------------- 9.3 27.6 '41.0 Z4.5 29.2 22.3 15.6 9.4 7.8

~ 100-199 acres _______________ percent __ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ·------------ 5.7 33.6 42.0 49.5 32.2 17.6 12.9 200 aeres and over __________ percent __ 6. ·------------ ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- 0.5 9.5 36.8 60.1 60.8 Not rP.ported ... __________ ... percent._ R.4 30.6 11.7 8.1 6.1 4.r. 3.4 3:0 2.4 1.9 2.5 3.8 11.2

Total pasture land _____________ farms reporting __ 4,422,169 208,080 439,191 486.729 378,509 60>.679 5~1,549 529,076 267,913 199,027 452,170 165,328 109,918 ~ Per'cent of all farms ________________ porcent.. 75.5 31.0 46.5 68.8 80.1 88.3 91.6 93.4 94.6 94.7 95.4 95.3 96.6 acres __ 628,239,540 616.113 3,624,219 7,524,931 8,381.937 18,993,46! 25,514,961 30,373,976 19,77~,193 16,531,834 58,770,537 51,258,223 386,871,152 H

Proportion of all land in farms ...•. percent .. 1M:o

22.0 21.5 27.9 30.8 33.9 34.9 34.0 35.4 33.1 35.6 43.1 82.9 l/2 Percent distribution _______________ .pe1·cent. _ 0.1 0.6 1.2 1.3 3.0 4.1 4.8 3.1 2.6 9.4 8.2 61.6 8 Average per farm reporting ___________ acres .. 142. 3.0 8.3 15.5 22.1 31.4 43.9 57.4 73.8 831 130.0 310.0 3,519.6 H

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM,'FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totais estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reportingl

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 5Q-69 acres 70-99 acres 10Q-139 acres 140-179 acres 180~219 acres 22Q-259 acres 260-499 acres •50Q-999 acres

SPECIFIED FARM VALUES

Value oi farms (land and buildings) _____ doiJars __ 47,455,994,08 1 '732,351 '413 2, 798,168,437 2,366,856,259 1,959,646,642 3,703,719,762 4,471,322,911 5,S45,602,771 S,350, 747,574 3,127,493,203 8,339,815,975 4,125,624,112 Percent distribution ________________ percent __ 100.( 3.7 5.9 5.0 4.1 7.8 9.4 11.7 7.1 6.6 17.6 8.7 Average per farm ___________________ dollars __ 8,10( 2,917 2,963 3,345 4,147 5,406 7,046 9,794 11,836 14,889 17,597 23,772 Average per acre ____________________ dollars __ 41.31 618.47 166.04 87.61 72.05 66.11 61.08 62.07 60.01 62.69 50.58 34.67 Farms, classified by value oLJand and build·

ings: 1,590,037 298,102 314,713 149,026 Under $2,000 ___________ . _______ number__ 523,499 141,317 83,577 43,289 12,697 5,603 10,670 2,223 Under $1,000 _______________ number__ 656,31' 174,716 254,878 125,649 41,791 34,602 13,&47 6,786 1,891 522 1,711 201 $1,00Q-$1,999 _______________ number __ 933,72 123,386 273,621 189,064 107,235 106,715 70,030 36,503 10,806 5,081 8,959 2,022

$2,000-$4,999 -·----···· _________ number __ 1,7&4,51 188,627 271,416 276,640 196,512 273,463 222,368 147,588 64,663 34,226 62,880 12,421 $2,00Q-$2,999 -··---· ________ number __ 735,013 82,551 150,433 123,028 90,249 108,792 82,450 47,344 20,975 10,688 14,658 2,830 $3,000-$4,999 _____ ·- _. ______ number __ 1,019,50( 106,076 120,983 153,612 106,263 164,671 139,918 100,244 43,678 23,538 48,222 9,591

$5,000-$9,999 _ ·- --·. ______ ._. ___ number~. 1,161,94 80,697 91,553 80,891 94,995 183,076 177,616 160,715 77,655 52,885 115,396 35,304 $5,000-$7,499 -----·--------_number __ 77l,Mi 63,320 68,053 61,668 75,950 114,609 121,879 97,891 46,892 30,914 65,2j)O 19,008 $7,50Q-$9,999 ___ • __ . _______ .number __ 390,40 17,377 23,500 19,223 19,045 68,467 55,737 62,824 30,763 21,971 50,106 16,2ll6 $10,000 and over _______________ number__ 1,352,39 26,511 52,911 35,300 32,065 87,290 151,050 214,656 128,086 117,344 284,977 123,599 $10,000-$14,999 ... ·--------_number __ 523,07 15,781 28,056 16,927 17,955 54,751 91,635 86,W9 45,307 37,206 84,411 30,295 $15,000-$24,999 --·--·------_number·- 466,271 7,605 15,671 10,705 8,403 24,474 46,311 96,692 53,759 46,791 94,116 39,387 $25,000-$49,999 --···------·_number __ 266,66' "2,~~ 7,069 6,022 3,879 5,548 9,916 28,752 25,523 28,852 83.045 35,489 $50,000-$99,999 -------·---·_number __ 72,47 1,737 1,238 1,446 1,874 2,239 2,308 2,855 3,972 20,473 14,858 $100,000 and over -······---number._ 23,90 102 378 408 382 643 949 605 642 523 2,932 3,570

Percent distribution in each value-of· farm group: .;

Under $2,000 _______________ percent __ 100.( 18.7 33.2 19.8 9.4 8.9 5.3 2.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.1 $2,00Q-$4,999. ___ ... _________ percent __ 100.( 10.8 15.5 15.8 11.2 15.6 12.7 8.4 3.7 2.0 3.6 0.7 $5,00Q-$9, 999 ___ . ______ • _. _ c _percent__ 100.( 6.9 7.9 7.0 8.2 15.8 15.3 13.8 6.7 4.6 9.9 3.0 $10,000 and over ____________ percent__ 100.( 2.0 3.9 2.6 2.4 6.5 11.2 15.9 9.5 8.7 21.1 9.1

Percent distribution for each size-of-farm group:

100.( All farms _____________ percent __ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under $2,000 ···-·····--·---Percent__ 27.1 50.2 56.0 44.5 31.5 20.6 13.2 7.6 4.5 2.7 2.3 1.3 $2,000-$4, 999_ .. __ . _,. _______ percent__ 29. 31.8 28.7 39.1 41.6 39.9 35.0 26.1 22.8 16.3 13.3 7.2 $5,000-$9,999 .... ___ . __ ._. __ .percent__ 19. 13.6 9.7 11.4 20.1 26.7 28.0 28.4 27.4 25.2 24.3 20.3 $10.000 and ovcr ____________ pcrcent__ 23.1 4.5 5.6 5.0 6.8 12.7 23.R 37.9 45.2 55.9 60.1 71.2

Value of implements and , machinery ___________________ brms reporting __ 4,713,50' 300,141 563,072 &43,424 399,820 607,740 5R2,726 527,923 258,923 201,574 453,752 166,596 Percent of all farms ________________ percent .. 80.1 50.5 58.6 76.8 84.6 88.7 91.8 93.2 95.0 96.0 95.7 96.0

dollars .. 5,266,226,96G 78,579,330 176,616,200 207,285, R60 207,034,060 457,833,600 594,641,0RO 725,141,270 428,917,540 382,353,000 1,014,058,250 510,784,150 Percent distribution ________________ percent_. 100.0 1.5 3.4 3.9 3.9 8.7 11.3 13.8 8.1 7.3 19.3 9.7 Average per farm reporting _________ dollars __ 1,11 262 319 381 518 753 1,020 1,374 1,595 1,897 2,235 3,0ti6 Farms classified by value of implements

and machinery: $1-$499 _______ . ______ .• _ .•... ___ number_. 2,371,53' 252,599 447,438 420,063 276,535 335,850 260,486 163,054 72,891 3S,S77 74,119 19,433

Under $100 .... ·-···--··---·numbcr .. 1,045,207 174,759 262,430 202,045 114,092 116,668 81,528 43,295 18,943 9,240 16,832 3,828 $100-$249.._ ....• _ .. _. __ . ___ number .. 885,811 51,568 132,584 157,033 112,459 145,478 114,818 74,276 33,065 18,059 33,176 8,629 $250-$499 ...•. -~ ... _._. _____ number_. 440,517 26,272 52,424 60,985 49,984 73,704 64,140 45,483 20,883 11,278 24,111 6,976

$500-$999 .... ·--·--·. -· _________ number .. ,555,311 26,901 52,269 55,632 49,113 89,338 83,569 72,079 32,772 23,348 45,863 14,084 $.?00-$749_. ·--·· _. _____ ._. __ number_. 381,813 20,502 38,057 40,704 34,897 62,312 56,948 46,327 21,369 14,471 28,977 9,613 $750-$999. __________________ number __ 173,49 6,399 13,312 14,838 14,216 26,996 26,621 25,752 11,403 8,877 16,876 4,471

$1,000-$2,499 ------------··-· ___ number .. I ,113,69i 16,596 44,550 55,063 58,588 141,181 171,570 197,011 99,7:l1 7R,543 169,421 52,652 $2,500 and over -·-···---····---numb~r_- 672,962 4,045 8,815 12,666 15,584 41,371 67,101 95,779 63,529 61,106 164,359 80,427

$2,50Q-$4,999 -----·---·. ____ number __ 505,63f . 2,941 6,820 10,679 13,160 36,140 57,232 82,189 52,473 49,106 119,696 49,065 $5,000-$9,999 _ .. ___ .. _._ •. __ number .. 133,077 702 1,415 1,698 1,901 4,689 8,892 11,911 9,716 10,542 37,944 2.1,838 $10,000 and over .. __________ number .. 34,249 402 580 289 430 536 077 1,679 t,:Ho 1,458 6,719 7,524

Not reported ____ ·---·--··.·-· _number __ 1,145,384 W3,796 391,307 164,120 72,778 77,•106 51,885 38,325 14,168 8,484 20,171 6,951 Percent distribution in each val up group:

$1-$499 .. __ • ____ .• ______ . ___ . _. _pereent_ _ 100.f 10.7 18.9 17.7 11.7 14.2 11.0 6.0 3.1 1.6 3.1 0.8 $500-$999 ... __ ·- _ .. __ . __ . ______ -Percent_. 100.G 4.8 0.4 10.0 8.8 16.1 15.0 13.0 5.0 4.2 8.3 2.5 $1 ,000-$2,499 .....• ___ . _______ ... p'erccnt.. 100.r 1.5 4.0 4.9 5.3 J.2.7 15.4 17.7 9.0 7.1 15.2 4.7 $2,500 and ovcr.·--····----·-··-Percent._ 100.0 0.6 1.3 1.9 2.3 6.1 10.0 14.2 9.4 9.1 24.4 12.0 Not teporterL. __ .... ·-··-·. ___ percent __ 100.0 25.7 34.2 14.3 6.4 6.8 4.5 3.3 1.2 0;7 1.8 0.6

Percent distribution for each size-of-farm group:

100.( All farms .. -.-----·····---Percent.. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 $1-$499 .. __ . __ .... ___ .. _. _ .- ____ percent.. 40.5 42.5 47.4 59.4 58.5 49.0 41.0 28.8 25.7 18.4 15.6 11.2 $500-$999. _ .. ___ . ___ .. ____ .. ___ .percent_. 9.1 4.5 5.5 7.9 10.4 13.0 13.2 12.7 11.6 11.1 9.7 8.1 $1,000-$2,49L ..... __ . ·- _ .. _ .. _.percent .. 10.0 2.8 4.7 7.8 12.4 20.6 27.0 34.8 35.2 37.4 35.7 30.3 $2,500 and over. ________________ percent.. 11.1 0.7 0.0 1.8 3.3 6.0 10.6 16.9 22.4 29.1 34.7 46.3 Not reported .. _·-···--··-·· ____ percent .. 19.1 49.5 41.4 23.2 15.4 11.3 R.2 6.8 5.0 4.0 4.3 4.0

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM· PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbera of farms reporting]

Classification by size of farm

Item Total Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49acres Ji0-69 acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 50Q-999 acres

OHARAOTERISTICS OF FARM OPERA'rORS

Age ot operator: Operators reporting _______________ .number __ 5,7979~~~ 589,095 930,798 698,017 467,706 677,795 628,141 560,632 280,916 208,728 471,078 172,061 Percent of all operators _________ percent__ 99.2 98.6 98.7 99.0 98.9 99.0 99.0 99.2 99.4 99.4 99.1 Operators classified by age:

Under 35 years _________________ number __ 1,001,354 91,943 183,359 118,309 70,277 103,501 102,529 105,184 62,114 40,277 88,963 29,009 Under 25 years _____________ number.. 147,29 16,309 34,373 19,185 9,153 14,978 13,842 14,262 5,915 4,706 10,272 3,046 25-34 years _________________ number __ 854,05 75,634 148,986 99,124 61,124 88,523 88,687 90,922 46,199 35,571 78,691 25,963 35-54 years _____ ------- _________ number __ 2,756,@ . 270,974 423,604 327,396 217,360 314,499 297,138 271,382 139,922 106,103 238,650 90,095 35-44 years _________________ number._ 1,323,78 133,586 210,627 160,584 103,958 146,914 137,442 130,267 66,975 50,985 113,638 42,298 45-54 years _________________ nuinber._ 1,432,434 137,388 212,977 166,812 113,402 167,585 159,696 141,115 72,947 55,118 125,012 47,797 55 years and over ______________ number __ 2,040,061 226,178 323,835 252,312 180,069 259,795 228,474 184,066 88,880 62,348 143,465 52,957 55-64 years _________________ number __ 1,173,014 114,898 172,396 139,502 102,340 150,110 134,748 112,595 55,174 40,193 90,706 34,682 65 years and over __________ number __ . 867,04 111,280 151,439 112,810 77,729 109,635 93,726 71,471 33,706 22,155 52,759 18,275 Not reported __________________ number __ 61,254 4,842 13,581 9,527 4,892 7,351 6,470 11,616 2,175 1,830 2,845 1,486 Percent distribution In each age group:

100.( Under 35 years _________________ percent __ 9.2 18.3 11.8 7.0 10.3 10.2 10.~ 15.2 4.0 8.9 2.9 35-54 years.---- __________ . ______ percent._ 100. 9.8 15.4 11.9 7.9 11.4 10.8 9.8 5.1 3.8 8.7 3.3 55 years and over .... _ .. __________ percent •• 100. 11.1 15.9 12.4 8.8 12.7 11.2 9.0 u 3.1 7.0 2.6 Not reported ____________ -----~-percent __ 100.0 7.9 22.2 1M 8.0 12.0 10.6 9.2 3.6 2.2 4.6 2.4

Percent distribution !or each size-of-farm group:

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 All operators reporting ___ percent.. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under 35 years _________________ percent._ 17.3 15.6 1g.7 16.9 15.0 15.3 16.3 18.8 18.6 19.3 18.9 16.9 35-54 years _____________________ percent __ 47. 46.0 45.5 46.9 46.5 46.4 47.3 48.4 49.8 50.8 50.7 62.4 55 years and over _______________ percent._ 35. 38.4 34.8 36.1 38.5 38.3 36.4 32.8 31.6 29.9 30.5 30.8

Years on farm: Operators reporting ________________ number __ 5,726,543 582,790 920,380 689,450 461,467 669,947 620,191 654,099 277,428 206,167 464,409 169,504

Percent of all operators _________ percent .. 97.7 98.1 97.5 97.4 97.6 97.8 97.7 97.9 98.0 98.1 98.0 97.7 Opprators classified by years on farm:

2,432,86( 193,195 221,743 76,234 165,193 64,245 Less than 5 years·-------"-----number __ 290,734 475,063 322,729 267,380 234,411 102,032 Less than 1 year ___________ number.. 922,27 104,999 199,860 136,557 77,543 101,083 84,025 80,509 34,343 26,013 53,962 15,862 1 year ----------------------number __ 425,01 . 55,130 78,524 51,035 31,393 47,077 42,811 30,843 17,972 14,427 30,567 10,318 2 years _____________________ number __

380,?~ 44,365 70,508 45,728 29,066 42,575 37,619 35,719 18,021 12,999 28,654 10,186 3 years _____________________ number.. 307,7 37,886 53,623 36,651 23,768 33,509 31,336 30,252 13,610 10,365 23,930 8,257 4 years _____________________ number __ 397,25 48,354 72,548 52,758 31,425 43,136 38,620 35,420 18,086 12,430 28,080 9,622 5-9 years _______________________ number __ 957,48 106,186 152,324 112,166 73,672 105,443 100,103 93,680 47,122 34,839 82,684 30,183 ID-14 years _____________________ number __ 600,;~ 56,957 90,007 69,321 47,801 69,975 67,099 59,337 30,957 23,746 51,727 19,814

15 years and over ______________ number •• 1,735,8 128,913 202,986 185,234 146,799 227,149 218,578 179,339 97,317 71,348 164,805 65,262 Not reported ------------------number __ 132,341 11,147 23,999 18,094 11,131 15,199 14,420 12,149 6,663 3,891 9,514 {,043

Percent distribution in each year group: Less than 5 years _______________ percent •. 100.( 12.0 19.5 13.3 7.9 11.0 9.6 9.1 4.2 3.1 6.8 2.2

1 year and nnder ___________ percent._ 100.( 11.9 20.7 13.9 8.1 11.0 9.4 8.9 3.9 3.0 6.3 1.9 2-4 years. __________________ percent.. 10~:: 12.0 18.1 12.4 7.8 11.0 9.9 9.3 4.6 3.3 7.4 2.6 5-9 years. ______________________ percent __ 100. 11.1 15.9 11.7 7.7 11.0 10.5 9.8 4.9 3.6 8.6 3.2 1D-14 years. ____________________ percent __ 10~:: 9.5 15.0 11.5 8.0 11.7 11.2 9.9 5.2 4.0 8.6 3.3

15 years and over _______________ percent __ 100. 7.4 11.7 10.7 8.5 13.1 12.6 10.3 5.6 4.1 9.5 3.8 Not reported ___________________ percent __ 100.( 8.4 18.1 13.7 8.4 11.5 10.9 9.2 4.3 2.9 7.2 3.1 Percent distribution for each size-of-farm

group: 100.( 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 AIJ operators _____________ percent __ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 years _______________ percent __ 41. 49.0 50.3 45.6 40.9 39.0 36.9 39.2 36.0 36.3 34.9 31.3

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Table C.~FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued .

{Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the samplei not the aetual numbers of farms reporting}

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Iunder 10 acrea 10-29 acrea 30-49 acrea 50-69 acrea 70-99 acrea 100-139 acrea 140-179 acrea 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260499 acres 500-999 acres .•

OHARAOTERISTICS OF FARM OPERATORS-Continued

Work off farm: 1,660,1_~ Operators reporting ••.•.. --~------ •• number .. 322,722 347,573 225,298 135,545 177,324 140,325 106,439 50,244 35,174 79,113 26,603 Pereent ot all operators •..••..•• percent.. !~ 54.3 36.8 31.8 28.7 25.9 22.1 18.8 17.7 16.7 16.7 15.3 Days worked off farm ..•.•.•.••••.. number •• 299,692 78,425,159 70,580,839 41,300,721 23,880,741 28,690,554 20,660,430 13,272,361 6,953,382 3,744,820 8,424,824 3,034,916 Average per operator reporting ..•• days .. 18 243 203 183 176 162 147 125 118 106 106 114 Operators classified by days worked:

341,351 14,351 Under 50 days .•••••.••..•...•. number.. 44,236 39,623 26,195 42,638 41,136 40,717 20,270 16,706 37,718 12,045 50-99 days •••••.••.•.•...••••.. number .. 188,553 13,373 35,331 29,976 18,316 25,904 20,811 16.031 7,731 5,264 10,647 3,373 100 days and over .••.•.•••.•.•• number •• 1,130,25 294,998 268,006 155,699 91,034 108,782 78,378 49,691 22,243 13,204 30,748 11,185 100-149 days ••••••••.••.••. number •. 130,15 15,460 27,983 20,066 12,815 16,530 12,888 9,078 4,058 2,363 5,804 2,080 150-199 days ..••.••••.••.• ..number •• 125,63 19,291 27,174 19,159 11,004 14,643 11,434 8,325 3,836 1,951 6,545 2,137

200 days and over .. "·······number •. 874,47 260,247 212,849 116,474 67,215 77,609 54,056 32,288 14,349 S,890 19,399 6,968 Not reported ••••••••.••••.•••• number .• 4,198;72i 271,215 596,806 482,246 337,053 507,822 494,286 459,809 232,847 174,884 394,810 146,944 Pereent distribution in each day group: Under 50 days •••••.•.•••••••••. pereent.. 1~:~ 4.2 13.0 11.6 7.7 12.5 12.1 11.9 6.9 u 11.0 3.!1 W-99 days .•••••.•••..• " ..•...•• pereent .. 100. 7.1 18.7 15.9 9.7 13.7 11.0 8.5 4.1 2.8 6.6 1.8 100 days and over·~--- •.•••••.•• percent •• 100. 26.1 23.7 "13.8 8.1 9.6 6.9 4.4 2.0 1.2 2.7 1.0 1Q0-149 days •••••..••.•.•••• percent.. 100. 11.9 21.5 15.4 9.8 12.7 9.9 7.0 3.1 1.8 4.5 1.6 15Q-199 days •••.•••••••••••. pereent.. 100. 15.4 21.6 16.2 8.8 11.7 9,1 6.6 3.1 1.6 4.4 1.7

200 days and over ··-·"·----Percent •. 100. 29.8 24.3 13.3 7.7 8.9 6.2 3.7 1.6 1.0 2.2 0.8 Not reported ••••••..••.•••...•. pereent •. 100. 6.5 14.2 11.5 8.0 12.1 11.8 11.0 6.5 4.2 9.4 3.ll Pereent distribution tor each size-of-farm group:

100.~ 100.0 All operators ••.•••.•.•••• percent •. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under 50 days ••..•••.••..•••.•• pereent.. 5.8 2.4 4.7 5.6 5.5 6.2 6.5 7.2 7.2 R.O 8.0 6.9 50-99 days •••.•.••.••.•..••.•.•. percent .. a. 2.3 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.2 1.9 100 days and over ____ .••.•••..• percent.. 19. 49.7 28.4 22.0 19.3 15.9 12.4 8.8 7.9 6.3 6.5 6.4 100-149 days .•..••...•••..•. pereent .. 2. 2.6 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.& 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 150-199 days •...•..••.•...•. pereent.. 2.1 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.2 ~0 days and over ....•...•• percent.. 14. 43.8 22.6 16.5 14.2 11.3 8.5 5.7 6.1 4.2 4.1 4.0 Not reported .•••....•.••...•.•. pereent .. 71. 45.7 63.2 68.2 71.3 74.1 77.9 81.2 82.3 83.3 83.3 84.7

FARM POPUL.I\.TION

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Total populatlon ••••... : .••..•...•.•.. number .• 24,001,69 2,117,404 3,586,176 2,84.6,933 1,936,527 2,677,116 2,579,448 2,288,419 1,237,383 931,606 2,195,505 896,195 Average per !arm •.•..••. number.. 4.1 3.57 3.80 4.02 4.10 3.91 4.06 4.04 4.37 4.43 4.63 li.16 Under 14 years old, totaL .•....••. number .. 7,6ll,01C 651,961 1,217,759 977,016 632,545 825,426 782,600 703,692 374,271 282,841 665,129 283,291 Percent o! total population. percent .. 31. 30.8 34.0 34.3 32.7 30.8 30.3 30.8 30.2 30.4 30.3 31.6 Boys .••.•.....•••.•.......•••• number .. 3,885,158 330,361 618,255 494,964 322,469. 424,044 400,186 361,698 190,652 145,827 341,193 144,998 Percent distribution ........ pereent .. 100. 8.5 15.9 12.7 8.3 10.9 10.3 9.3 4.9 3.8 8.8 3.7 Oirls ••••••••••.•...•.•..••..... number .. 3,725,857 321,600 599,504 482,062 310,076 401,382 382,414 341,994 183,619 137,014 323,936 138,293 Pereent dlstribution .....•.• percent.. 100.(' 8.6 16.1 12.9 8.3 10.8 10.3 9.2 4.9 3.7 8.7 3.7 14 years old and over, totaL .•....• number .. 16,~90,68' 1,466,443 2,368,417 1,869,917 1,303,982 1,851,690 1,796,1148 1,584,727 863,112 64!!,765 1,530,376 612,904 Men and boys .•...•...•••.•••. number.. 8, 16,15[ 683,680 1,127,902 902,832 632,091 913,153 896,478 802,100 437,919 332,988 798,048 320,469 Perel'nt dlstribution ......•• percent.. 100.C 8.4 13.9 11.1 7.8 11.3 11.0 9.9 5.4 u 9.8 3.9 AvArage per farm .••.•..••. number •. 1.3 1.15 1.19 1.28 1.34 1.33 1.41 1.42 1.55 1.59 1.68 1.85 Women and Jilrls ....•...••..•• number •. 8,274,62 781,763 1,240,fl15 967,085 671,891 938,537 900,370 7!!2,627 425,193 315,777 732,328 292,435 Percent lstribution ..••..•• percent .• 100.( 0.4 15.0 11.7 8.1 11.3 10.9 9.5 5.1 3.8 8.9 3.5 A vera.ge per farm ..•••..••• number .. 1.41 1.32 1.31 1.87 1.42 1.37 1.4~ 1.38 1,50 1.00 1.56 1.69

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Cla.ssificatlqn by size of farm

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18D-219 acres 122D-259 acres pnder 10 acres 10-29acres 80-49 acres 5()--69 acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 14D-179 acres 260-499 acres 50D-999 acres 1,000 acres and over

CASH WAGES PArD

Farms reporting cash wages paid ______ number __ 2,885,974 147,954 289,812 259.966 202,358 325,479 342,556 342,518 185,285 148,985 354,800 131',504 96,757 Percent of all farms ________________ percent __ 48.4 24.9 30.7 .36.7 42.8 47.5 54.0 60.5 65.5 . 70.9 74.9 80.4 85.0

Amount paid _: _________________________ dollars __ 1,9lli,569,0RC 48,013,770 103,283,480 94,558,880 74,836,540 124,939,720 148,127,600 169,037,920 118,024,900 100,854,030 342,754,950 235,994,250 355.143,040 Percent distribution ________________ percent._ 100.0 2.5 5.4 4.9 3.9 6.5 7.7 8.8 6.2 5.3 17.9 12.3 18.5 Average per farm reportjng _________ dollars __ 675 325 356 364 370 364 432 494 637 677 966 1,692 3,670 Farms classified by amount paid: .·

1,032,961 Under $100 ____________________ number __ 97,215 154,954 130,769 94,970 144,371 133,051 111,812 50,622 34,061 60,466 14.807 5,871 $1-$49 ______________________ number __ 611,469 75,370 . 102,257 81,826 56,599 83,703 74,650 59,021 25,539 16,642 27,491 6,132 2,239 $50-$99 _____________________ number __ 421,500 21,845 52,697 48,943 3S,371 60,668 58,401 52,791 25,083 17,419 32,975 8,675 3,632

$10D-$999 ______________ : ________ number __ 1,387,273 41,415 110,871 109,584 92,040 . 155,610 176,543 190,406 10&,719 88,015 206,249 73,892 36,929 $10D-$199 ___________________ number __ 475,283 17,190 47,965 47,748 38,412 62,952 66,411 64,202 32,950 23,862 52,196 14,926 6,469 $200:$499 ______ -----------._number __ 574,124 16,185 43,796 44,321 38,390 62,974 72,513 80,296 43,123 37,156 87,52fi 32,859 14,986 $50D-$999 ___________________ number __ 337,866 8,040 19;uo 17,515 15,238 29,684 37,619 45,908 29,646 26,997 66,528 26,107 15,474

$1,000 and over ________________ number __ 415,73" 9;324 23,987 19,613 15,348 25,499 32,962 40,300 28,944 26,909 88,085 50,805 53,957 $1,000-$M99 ------- ________ number __ 275,863 5,637 16,548 12,067 10,098 17,642 23,670 30,248 21,550 20,120 62,470 29,948 25,865 $2,500· $4,99.9 _______________ number __ 82,37" 1,970 4,764 4,569 3,099 4,804 5,797 6,461 4,586 4,548 16,022 11,614 14,138 $5,000 and over ____________ number __ 57,497 1,717 2,675 2;977 2,151 3,052 3,495 3,591 2,808 2,241 9,593 P,243 1,3,954

Not reported __________________ number __ 3,022,91E 445,983 654,567 447,578 270,240 359,667 292,055 223,730 97,806 61,073 119,123 34,043 17,050 PF.rcent distribution in eacb wage group:

4.9 3.3 5.9 1.4 0.6 Under $10() ___ , _________________ percen.t __ !00.0 9.4 15.0 12.7 9.2 14.0 12.9 10.8 $1 OD-$999__ _____________________ percent__

~~:~ 3.0 8.0 7;9 6.6 11.2 12.7 13.7 7.6 6.3 14.9 5.3 2.7 $!,COO and over _________________ percent __ 100. 2.2 5.8 4.7 3.7 6.1 7.9 9.7 7.0 6.5 21.2 12.2 13.0 Not reported ______ ---------- ___ percent__ 100.0 14.8 21.7 14.8 8.9 11.9 9.7 7.4 3.2 2.0 3.9 1.1 0.6

PerCen.t distribution for eaeh size-of-farm group: -

100.~ 100.0 100.0 100.Q 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 All farms reporting _______ percent __ Under $100 ___ ------ ____________ percent __ 17.~ 16.4 16.4 !8.5 20.1 21.1 21.0 19.7 17.9 16.2 12.8 8.5 5.2 $100-$999 _______________________ percent __ 23. 7.0 11.7 15.5 19.5 22.7 27.8 33.6 37.3 41.9 43.5 42.6 32.4 $1,000 and over _________________ percent __ 7.1 1.6 2.5 2.8 3.2 3.7 5.2 7.1 10.2 12.8 . 18.6 29:3 47.4 Not reported ___ ------- ___ ------percent-. 51. 75.1 69.3 63.3 57.2 52.5 46.() 39.5 34.5 29.1 25.1 19.6 15.0

SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES

Feed for livestock, Including dairy 4,285,06 405,485 453,103 471,500 182,258 402,457 142,388 90,441 and poultry __________________ farms reporting __ 535,118 331,067 523,308 506,610 241,331

· · dollars __ 2,411,686,944 153,452,253 189,531,765 146,323,635 129,404,706 234,924,024 280,130,929 292,733,606 178,551,666 151,110,886 356,094,514 149,551,588 149,876,372 Purchase of Ii vestock and

poultry ______________________ farms reporting __ 2,765,691 184,521 252,564 237,384 189,165 341,403 352,882 360,275 184,997 149,080 326,633 115,947 70,840 dollars __ 1,317,441,017 33,056,904 44,510,849 44,809,389 37,475,620 88,067,149 109,519,311 153,456,406 91,039,863 93,966,569 266,197,698 143,682,891 211,658,368

Commercial fertilizer ___________ farms reporting __ 2,580,271 171,291 395,981 364,496 270,054 355/JOI 345,236 233,389 136,074 86,423 165,336 41,702 14,788 dollars __ · 374,021,755 6,146,329 34,664,720 37,136J181 31,327,280 41,342,469 47,217,512 35,526,382 24,849,499 18,353,563. 45,809,029 25,526,947 26,121,844

Lime and other liming materials _____________________ farms reporting __ 811,~ 24,985 60,987 68,339 65,767 119,953 138,671 113,454 '67,764 45,723 88,065 17,786 4,728

. dollars __ 69,419,6~ 553,631 2,265,972 2,995,080 3,054,396 M49,756 10,152,038 10,769,301 6,706,707 6,400,653 12,512,788 4,664,116 2,695,049 Seeds, l)ulbs, plants, and trees _farms reporting __ 3,003,0 218,820 319,305 300,214 230,270 339,408 390,609 365,197 190,569 144,346 305,181 100,003 49,106

dollars __ 296,383,09 9,845,395 11,349,592 13,406,739 11,444,673 26,230,437 32,838,454 40,123,302 25,134,767 21,957,585 54,805,495 26,812,099 22,434,561 Proportion of all farms represented by farms

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Classification by size of farm Item Total

junderJO acres lD-29 acres 3H9acres 51H19 acres 7D-99 acres 100-139 acres 14D-179 acres 18D-219 acires 220-259 acres 260499 acres SOD-999 acres

SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITUREs-· Contlnued

l!'cent diStribution of farms reporting-Feed tor livestock, including deiry

and poultry .. ---------· __________ percent__ 100. 9.5 1~.5 10.6 7.7 12.2 11.8 11.0 5.6 4.3 9.4 3.3 Purchase of livestock and poultry __ percent .. 100. 6.7 9.1 8.6 6.8 12.3 12.8 13.0 6.7 5.4 11.8 4.2 Commercial fertilizer •• _____________ percent •. 100. 6.6 15.3 14.1 10.5 13.8 13.4 9.0 5.3 3.3 6.4 1.6 ;Lime and othet liming materia!s •.• percent .. 100.( 3.1. 7.5 8.4 8.1 14.8 17.1 14.0 8.4 5.6 10.2 2.2 Seeds, bulbs, plant/!, and trees ______ percent •. 100. 7.3 10.6 10.0 7.7 13.0 13.0 12.2 6.3 4.8 10.2 3.3

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~~ and poultrY-------------------------dollars .• 378 354 323 391 449 553 621 740 829 885 1,050 Purchase of livestock and poultry .•• dollars •• 179 176 189 198 258 310 426 492 630 815 1,239 Commercial fertilizer ________ ------- .dollars._ 14f 36 88 102 116 116 137 152 183 212 277 612 Lime and other litning materials •.•• dollars .• -~ 22 37 44 46 55 73 95 99 140 151 262 Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees ______ dollars .• 45 36 45 60 67 84 110 132 152 180 268

SPECIFIED FACILITIES IN FARM DWELLING

II farm operators ---------------------number __ 5,858,88! 593,937 944,379 707,544 472,598 685,146 634,611 566,248 283,091 210,058 473,923 173,547 Resident farm operators ___________ number •• 5,486,40 568,986 881,226 661,066 445,453 640,347 599,030 531,840 269,072 198,866 443,419 157,818 Percent of all farm operators_ •• percent._ 93.( 94.1 93.3 93.4 94.3 93.5 94.4 93.9 95.0 94.7 93.6 90.9

10clfled facilities in farm dwelling: Running water _____________ farms reporting __ 1,700,~~8 261,828 236,301 140,716 106,350 165,585 174,078 159,829 94,053 70,523 162,630 70,518 Electricity -----------------farms reporting __ 2,790,4 391,998 399,545 271,424 198,484 313,437 310,740 277,946 150,155 110,951 230,861 79,537 Telephone -----------------farms reporting __ 1,873,05' 188,504 184,660 124,762 98,647 200,207 223,404 244,302 131,3tl5 108,021 236,760 81,825 Radio ______________________ farms reporting __

4,287,1~! 445,538 560;855 440,770 318,308 503,959 488,a74 459,277 235,178 11!0,416 407,330 149,278 Kitchen sink with drain l __ farms reporting __ 2,281,098 282,007 274,258 183,981 143,108 250,111 261,669 254,884 138,252 109,324 235,424 86,805 Mechanical refrigeration ! __ farms reporting __ 1,737,643 246,146 232,383 149,007 113,330 180,229 185,428 175,880 99,131 78,583 . 169,376 61,743 Power-driven washing machine ! _________________ farms reporting __ 2,512,15 266,066 262,020 187,528 140,910 279,471 295,365 314,711 162,628 133,295 292,740 108,089

:opOrtion of all farms represented by farms :eporting-

29.( Running water _____________________ percent.. 44.1 25.0 19.9 22.5 24.2 27.4 28.2 33.2 33.6 34.3 40.6 Electricity-------- __ --- __________ -- ,percent._ 4~:~ 66.0 42.3 38.4 42.0 45.7 49.0 49.1 53.0 52.8 48.7 45.8 Telefchone ____ ~ ___________________ .percent._ 32. 31.7 19.6 17.6 20.9 29.2 35.2 43.1 46.4 51.4 50.0 47.1 Rad o ••• -------- __ ------ ___________ percent •. 73. 75,0 59.4 62.3 67.4 73.6 77.0 81.1 83.1 85.9 85.9 86.0 Kitchen sink with drain ! __________ percent •.

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FARMS CLASSIFIED BY DISTANCE ro NEAREST ALL-WEATHER ROAD

1der 0.3.mlle _________________ farms reporting __ 3,769,024 474,959 656,682 457,986 299,423 443,907 406,838 340,678 179,234 129,221 262,212 77,012 :mile and over _______________ farms reporting __ 1,806,0)~: 83,160 227,256 210,398 149,109 209,475 200,458 205,026 93,741 73,125 195,464 89,943 Percent or all farms ________________ percent •• 14.0 24.1 29.7 31.6 30.6 31.6 36.2 33.1 34.8 41.2 51.8 Percent distribution ________________ percent •• ~~lb 4.6 12.6 11.6 8.3 11.6 11.1 11.4 5.2 4.0 10.8 5.0

PEOIFIED FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

1mbines (harvester-thresher), farms reporting __ 349,57( 598 1,335 2,693 4,040 14,001 24,430 43,684 29,138 31,16-1 102,654 '56,A68 Percent of all farms ________________ percent •. 6~~ 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.9 2.2 3.8 7.7 10.3 14.8 21.7 32.8 number __ 373,68 601 1,389 2,786 4,274 15,156 24,847 44,672 29,902 31,979 107,337 62,305 liking machines ______________ farms reporting __ 365,06! 1,360 5,386 9,222 12,709 43,641 66,326 69,772 45,046 31,827 61,137 13,860

Percent or all farms ________________ percent •• 6. 0.2 0.6 1.3 2.7 6.4 10.5 12.3 15.9 15.2 12.9 8.0

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of far!DB. For a statement of reliability, see t-ext on page XI. Figures for far!DB reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of far!DB reporting]

Classification by size of farm

Item Total Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 30--49 acres 50--69 acres 70-99 acres 101H39 acres 140-179 acres 18()...219 acres 22()...259 acres 260--499 acres 50()...999 acres 1,000 acres

and over

SPECIFIED FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT-Continued

Motortrucks -------------------farms reporting __ 1,311,80 69,996 113,519 97,657 80,537 129,706 139,720 139,877 85,028 69,770 199,528 103,574 82,896 Percent of all farms ________________ percent __ 22. 11.8 12.0 13.8 17.0 18.9 22.0 24.7 30.0 33.2 42.1 59.7 72.8

number.. 1,518,85 77,150 123,937 107,135 88,'748 140,796 154,225 153,427 95,064 78,723 231,973 131,680 135,996 Farms reporting by year of newest model:

Under 5 year:s of age ___________ number .. 185,60 7,896 10,564 10,479 8,127 14,983 17,076 16,313 10,641 10,018 31,889 21,299 26,321 1942 and later ______________ number.. 62,44 2,253 2,798 3,349 2,791 4,461 5,890 5,995 3,285 2,947 10,404 7,819 10,454 1941 ____ -~ ___ • ______ • ______ .number __ 123,16 5,643 7,7~ 7,130 5,336 10,522 11,186 10,318 7,356 7,071 21,485 13,480 15,867

5--9 years ofage ________________ number.. 664,Q~ 34,740 54,139 48,787 41,293 64,542 70,106 70,848 45,192 35,651 104,383 53,502 41,742 1940 ______ -----------------.number •• 143,0 6,443 10,782 9,135 8,143 12,298 14,543 13;823 9,841 7,510 22,686 14,210 13,650 1939 _______________________ .number __ 117,33 5,980 9;176 8,582 7,273 11,623 11,528 13;313 7,950 5,653 18,008 9,553 8,694 1938 ______ ---------- "--~- ___ number __ 108,71 5,665 8,588 8,139 6,835 9,691 12,489 10,690 7,213 5,568 17,900 9,101 6,837 1937 ________________________ number __ 148,60 8,302 .12,280 11,837 9,342 15,442 15,505 16,369 9,767 8,742 23,349 10,886 6,784 1936 ________ ------- _________ number __ 147,20 8,350 13,313 11,094 9,700 15,488 16,041 16,653 10,421 8,178 22,440 . 9,752 5,777

10 years and over -·------------number __ 461,271 27,360 48,816 38,391 31,117 50,181 52,538 52,716 29.195 24,101 63,256 28,773 14,833 1935 _____________________ ._.number __ 100,734 5,281 9,419 7,516 6,728 10,548 11,920 11,876 6,432 5,327 14,322 7,093 4,272 1934 __________ ------- _______ number __ 69,18 4,098 6,794 5,732 4,661 7,276 8,343 7,116 4,580 3,598 9,957 4,355 2,679 1933 _______________ ~ _______ .number __ 27,26 1,195 2,563 2,449 1,948 2,976 3,432 3,069 1,659 1,531 3,989 1,484 967 1932 ________________________ number __ 29,264 2,028 3,358 2,575 2,110 3,365 3,767 3,613 1,722 1,375 3,370 1,378 603 1931. _____ ------------- _____ number __ 45,6()~ 3,155 4,951 3,891 3,285 4,827 4,669 5,211 3,185 2,615 6,221 2,390 1,229 1930 and earlier ____________ number__ 189,2ii 11,603 21,731 16,228 12,405 21,189 20,407 21,831 11,617 9,655 25,397 12,073 5,083

Percent distribution in each age group: Under 5 years of age ________ percent __ 1~:~ 4.3 5.7 5.6 4.4 8.1 9.2 8.8 5.7 5.4 17.2 11.5 14.2 5-9 years _________________ •. percent __ 100. 5.2 8.1 7.3 6.2 9.7 10.5 10.7 6.8 5.4 15.7 8.0 6.3 10 years and over ___________ percent.. 100.( 5.9 10.6 8.3 6.7 10.9 11.4 11.4 6.3 5.2 13.7 6.2 3.2

Percent distribution for each size-of-farm group: _

100.~ All farms reporting ___ percent_ _ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under 5 years of age ________ percent._ 14.1 11.3 9.3 10.7 10.1 11.6 12.2 11.7 12.5 14.4 16.0 20.6 31.8 5--9 years. ___ ------ __ • ______ percent __ 50. 49.6 47.7 50.0 51.3 49.8 50.2 50.7 53.1 51.1 52.3 51.7 50.4

·· 10 years and over ___________ percent __ 35. 39.1 ~3.0 39.3 38.6 38.7 37.6 37.7 34.3 34.5 -31.7 27.8 17.9 Tractors------------------ _____ farms reporting __ 2,016,791 40,816 ,89,248 93,964 89,861 212,746 265,742 325,849 174,508 148,944 352,900 137,096 85,117

Percent of all farms ________________ percent __ 34. 6.9 9.5 13.3 19.0 31.1 41.9 57.5 61.6 70.9 74.5 79.0 74.8 TotaL _______ ----- ____ .. number __ 2,458.~2l 42,604 95,995 100,093 96,233 227,293 290,638 36.3,808 203,959 181,885 474,937 215,908 165,275

Garden tractors.------~---<----number __ 6~;~ 16,204 16,724 7,838 4,505 5,239 4,858 3,651 2,312 1,187 3,921 ·t,716 1,590 Orawler tractors _______________ number __ 101, 2,632 7,598 5,984 4,521 7,177 7,718 6,727 5,271 3,878 15,928 12,952 20,836 Other tractors:

With rubber tires on all 1,544,561 wheels ______ ------- ______ number __ 13,582 42,959 52,931 53,362 1.30,762 175,427 232,295 134,440 125,123 324,760 150,238 108,689

With rubber tires on rear wheels only _____ • ________ number .. 103,88 1,324 3,944 4,520 4,656 10,714 12,404 16,918 8,604 6,383 18,934 8,295 7,186

With no rubber tire.s _______ number __ 639,211 8,862 24,770 28,820 29,189 73,401 90,231 104,217 53,332 45,314 111,394 42,707 26,974 Percent distribution of each kind:

too.( All tractors _______________ percent.. 1.7 3.9 4.1 3.9 9.2 11.8 14.8 8.3 7.4 19.3 8.8 6.7 Garden tractors .. ______________ percent__ 100. 23.2 24.0 11.2 6.5 7.5 7.0 5.2 3.3 1.7 5.6 2.5 2.3 Crawler tractors _________ ----- __ percent __ 100. 2.6 7.5 5.9 4.5 7.1 7.6 6.6 5.2 3.8 15.7 12.8 20.6 Other tractors:

With rubber tires on all wheels_-------- __________ percent__ 100.0 0.9 2.8 3.4 3.5 8.5 11.4 15.0 8.7 8.1 21.0 9.7 7.0

With rubber tires on rear 100.2 wheels only ______________ percent.. 1.3 3.8 4.4 4.5 10.3 11.9 16.3 8.3 6.1 18.2 8.0 6.9

With no rubber tires _______ percent __ 100.0 1.4 3.9 4.5 4.6 11.5 14.1 16.3 8.3 7.1 17.4 6.7 4.2 Percent distribution for each size-of-farm

group:

1~:~ All tractors _______________ percent __ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Garden tractors .. "-------- ---~-percent.. 2. 38.0 17.4 7.8 4.7 2.3 1.7 1.0 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 Ora wier tractors ________________ percent •• 4.1 6.2 7.9 6.0 •. 7 3.2 2.7 1.8 2.6 2.1 3.4 6.0 12.6 Other tractors:

With rubber tires on all wheels------------- ______ percent __ 62.! 31.9 44.8 52.9 55.5 57.5 60.4 63.9 65.9 68.8 68.4 69.6 65.8

With rubber tires on rear wheels only _______________ percent__ 4. 3.1 4.1 4;5 4.8 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.2 3.5 4.0 3.8 u

With no rubber tires _______ percent __ 26.( 20.8 25.8 28.8 30.3 32.3 31.0 28.6 26.1 24.9 23.5 19.8 16.3 Farms by class of work power:

1,56~,~ 455,558 503,319 217,822 102,126 109,769 49,276 No tractor, horses, or mules ________ number.. 70,598 18,132 10,185 22,821 6,542 3,393 No tractor and only 1 horse or mule.number __ 637,07 66,945 198,015 146,549 74,951 62,481 43,303 19,545 9,110 4,416 8,519 2,071 1,173 No tractor and 2 or more horses

1,635,47! 254,968 and/or mu1es _____________________ number __ 30,618 153,797 249,209 205,660 300,150 171.~78 81,341 46,512 89,683 27,838 24,124 Tractor and horses and/or mules ___ number -- 1,~~~:~~( -- 5,338 23,642 42,478 51,133 143,409 200,614 255,171 142,934 123,188 289,042 112,280 72,837 Tractor a.nil no horses or mules ____ number __ 35,478 65,606 51,486 38,723 69,337 65,128 70,678 31,574 26,756 68,858 24,816 12,230

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: . 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

(Data. based on sample ot farms. For a s·tatement of reliability. see text on page XI. :Figures for -far~ reporting r.,epreseilt totals estiuiated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting}

Classification by si1e of farm

Item Total

Iunder 10 acres 10-29acres 30-49acres 50-69 acres · 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 1S0-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-!!99 acres

- 1Q0.( 29.0 32.1 13.9 6.5 7~0 4.5 3.1 1.2 0.6 1.5 0.4

- 100.( 10.5 31.1 23.0 11.S 9.8 6.S ?.1 1.4 0.7 1.3 0.3

- 100.( 1.9 9.4 15.2 12.6 !SA 15 .. 6 10.5 5.0 2.S 5.5 1.7

- 100.( 0.4 1.6 2.9 3.5 9.8 13.7 17.5 9.~ 8.4 19.8 7.7

- 100.( 6.4 u.s 9.3 7.0 12.5 11.7 12.7 ·5.7 4.6 11.5 4.5

- 100.( 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

- 26. 76.7 53.3 30~S 21.6 16.0 11.1 8.7 6.4 4.8 4.8 3.8

- 10. 11.3 21.0 20.7 15.9 9.1 6.8 3.5 3.2 2.1 1.8 1.2

- 27. 5.2 16.3 35.2 43.5 43.8 40.2 30.3 28.7 22.1 . 18.9 16,0 . - 25. 0.9 2.5 6.0 10.8 20.9 31.6 45.1 50.5 58.6 61.0 64.7

- 9. 6.0 6.9 7.3 8.2 10.1 10.3 12.5 11.2 12.3 13.5 14.3

- 3,651,0_~ 341,195 420,776 333,586 250,603 430,421 432,609 429,712 218,079 171,666 384,984 143,574

- 62. 57.4 44.6 47.1 53.0 62.8 68.2 75.9 77.0 81.7 81.2 82.7

- 4,220,06( 371,858 459,578 362,338 276,517 472,981 484,400 491,556 258,180 210,134 491,208 194,185

- 537,507 42,039 50,811 33,537 29,393 46,515 62,229 57,811 35,193 29,764 79,916 41,630

- . 133,63 8,600 12,378 8,017 6,958 10,511 12,033 13,330 8,599 7,434 21,063 11,466

- 403,87 33,439 38,433 25,520 22,435 36,004 40,196 44,481 26,594 22,320 58,853 30,164

- 2,048,041 204,648 236,348 180,937 134,807 232,381 241,760 244,263 127,275 100,717 221,786 78,139

- 430,55 43,684 48,088 34,747 24,362 42,087 44,276 48,085 27,138 22,764 64,562 24,410

- 353,41 35,573 40,455 29,972 22,500 37,955 39,879 41,465 22,1S9 18,046 42,265 13,752

- 312,85 33,082 36,529 26,682 21,510 34,319 37,316 36,840 19,613 15,445 33,765 11,297

- 487,93 46,511 53,984 44,37S 34,175 60,334 61,784 60,831 30,233 24,134 49,230 15,532

- 463,28! 45,798 57,292 45,158 32,260 57,686 58,505 57,042 28,102 20,328 41,964 13,148

- 1,065,47 94,508 133,617 119,112 . 86,403 151,525 138,620 127,638 55,611 41,195 83,282 23,805

- zso;Ql?C 26,753 33,453 29,250 21,111 37,070 35,904 35,579 16,044 10,666 23,795 7,173 174,91Ji 15,561 22,842 20,306 14,689 23,536 22,623 20,173 9,206 7,160 13,329 3,851 84,013 7,514 10,209 8,979 6,679 12,049 11,670 9,618 4,369 3,588 6,855 1,756 68,484 7,010 10,253 7,571 5,396 9,809 8,588 7,524 3,279 2,706 4,580 1,363

116,411 9,186 14,222 12,781 11,089 16,953 15,800 13,760 6,378 4,450 8,886 2,017 341,6~ 28,484 42,638 40,225 27,439 52,108 44,035 40,984 16,335 12,625 25,837 7,645

1~:~ 7.8 9.5 6.2 5.5 8.7 9.7 10.8 6:5 5.5 14.9 7.7 100. 10.0 11.5 8.8 6.6 11.3 11.8 11.9 6.2 4.9 10.8 3.8 100.0 8.9 12.5 11.2 8.1 14.2 13.0 12.0 5.2 3.9 7.8 2.2

100.~ 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 14. 12.3 12.1 10.1 11.7 10.8 12.1 13.5 16.1 17.3 20.8 29.0 56.1 60.0 56.2 54.2 53.8 54.0 55.0 56.8 58.4 58.7 57.6 64.4 29. 27.7 31.8 35.7 34.5 35.2 32.0 20.7 25.5 24.0 21.6 16.6

1,098,22 83,129 99,952 75,356 61,321 134,170 14M66 150,584 85,592 65,086 130,878 41,159 18. 14.0 10.6 10.7 13.0 19.6 23.0 26.6 30.2 31.0 27.6 23.7

100.0 7.6 9.1 6.9 5.6 12.2 13.3 13.7 7.8 5.9 11.9 3.7 2,333,64~ 134,002 163,255 131,491 114,205 258,508 303,427 326,620 200,170 157,556 342,816 117,416

100.0 5.7 7.0 5.6 4.0 11.1 13.0 14.0 8.6 6.8 14.7 5.0 306,786 22,710 33,117 22,017 16,106 31,500 33,736 35,730 21,852 17,680 42,444 16,543

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27.9 27.3 33.1 30.4 26.3 23.5 23.1 23.7 25.5 27.2 32.4 40.2 469,924 29,517 44,298 31,590 22,022 42,574 49,031 51,603 33,153 27,367 70,326 33,320

100. 6.3 9.4 6.7 4.9 9.1 10.4 11.0 7.1 5.8 15.0 7.1

947,69 67,696 78,034 61,468 51,799 117,951 130,478 136,267 76,996 58,565 115,011 34,139 1,863,f~ 104,485 118,957 99,001 91,283 215,934 254,396 275,017 167,017 130,189 272,490 84,096

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0.2

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1.5

5.0 2.2

100.0 3.0

1.0

21.2

64.0 10.7

93,815 82.4

148,125

38,679 13,243 25,436 44,980 16,352 9,364 6,454 6,807 6,003

10,156 3,202 1,632

727 405 889

3,301

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting! --------

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 3Q-49 acres 50-69 acres 7Q-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acrea 220-259 acres 26Q-499 acres 500-999 acres

SPECIFIED FARM MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT-Continued

Stationary gasoline engines ..... farms reporting:_ 697,36C 15,969 30,197 35,269 30,314 73,796 86,097 100,463 54,250 46,270 118,976 57,917 Percent of all farms .. ______________ percent__ 11. 2.7 3.2 5.0 6.4 10.8 13.6 17.7 19.2 22.0 25.1 aa.4

number .. 914,280 18,556 35,638 42,222 37,799 89,700 109,104 127,452 71,891 61,535 159,367 81,663 Farms reporting by horsepower of largest

engine:' Under 2 horsepower ___________ number.. 289,~~ 5,489 9,606 13,097 10,275 30,246 35,753 48,545 24,666 21,546 53,900 22,596

Under 1 horsepower ....... number.. 55,0 1,643 1,935 2,760 2,072 5,751 7,095 9,674 5,021 4,386 9,523 3,456 1 horsepower _______________ number.. 80,411 1,918 4,316 5,217 3,314 8,584 10,655 12,624 6,550 5,652 12,791 5,544 Greater than 1 but less

than 2 horsepower ....... number .. 154,57C 1,928 3,355 5,120 4,889 15,911 18,003 26,247 13,095 11,50R 31,586 13,596 2-4 horsepower _______________ .. number .. 222,0~2 5,044 10,429 11,413 9,978 23,638 26,743 28,387 16,357 14,520 36,890 .19,410

2 horsepower _______________ number .. 111,8~~ 2,442 4,417 5,426 4,791 12,131 14,042 14,957 8,230 7,901 18,704 10,147 3 horsepower _______________ number.. 79,10 1,648 4,306 3,901 3,633 7,983 8,639 9,529 5,557 4,817 13,846 7,068 4 horsepower _________ ...... number __ 31,120 954 1,706 2,086 1,554 3,524 4,062 3,901 2,570 1,802 4,340 2,195

5 horsepower and over ......... number.. 185,343 5,436 10,162 10,759 10,061 19,912 23,601 23,531 13,227 10,204 28,186 15,911 5 horsepower _______________ number __ 36,52, 1,098 1,876 1,906 2,242 3,614 5,108 4,613 2,439 1,932 5,424 3,434 6 horsepower _______________ number._ 37,421 837 1,962 2,170 2,134 ·4,383 5,425 4,377 3,163 2,271 5,575 2,396 7 horsepower _______________ number._ 10,354 246 575 732 508 1,282 1,436 1,329 834 743 1,387 740 8 horsepower _______________ number __ 9,694 155 696 496 700 1,311 1,399 1,379 773 463 1,256 354

.9 horsepower _______________ number __ 2,631 66 146 74 177 314 321 345 236 121 532 120 10 horsepower and over __ .. number._ 88,718 3,034 4,907 5,381 4,300 9,008 9,912 11,488 5,782 4,674 14,012 8,867

Percent distribution in each horsepower group:

10~:~ Under 2 horsepower ________ percent __ 1.9 3.3 4.5 3.5 10.4 12.3 16.7 8.5 7.4 18.6 7.8 2-4 horsepower _____________ percent." 100. 2.3 4.7 5.1 4.5 10.6 12.Q 12.8 7.4 6.5 16.6 8.7 5 horsepower and over ______ percent __ 100.0 2.9 5.5 5.8 5.4 10.7 12.7 12.7 7.1 5.5 15.2 8.6

Percent distribution for each size-of-farm group:

All farms reporting ___ percent.. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Under 2 horsepower ________ percent __ 41.~ 34.4 31.8 37.1 33.9 41.0 41.5 48.3 45.5 46.6 45.3 39.0 2-4 horsepower _____________ percent __ 31.8 31.6 34.5 32.4 32.9 32.0 31.1 28.3 30.2 31.4 31.0 33.5 5 horsepower and over ______ percent __ 26.e 34.0 33.7 30.5 33.2 27.0 27.4 23.4 24.4 22.1 23.7 27.5

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS

rnventories: . Mules and mule colts ______ farms reporting __ 1,466,53 38,056 210,087 254,105 182,490 203,462 188,440 121,163 70,010 44,238 97,568 35,453

number._ 3,096,441 49,339 293,421 421,854 335,561 400,554 401,688 276,916 168,431 114,805 205,505 16-3,522 Horses and colts ____________ farms reporting __ 2,789,~~ 70,433 201,835 238,531 196,989 374,954 386,678 385,470 199,839 155,028 351,082 132,753

number__ 8,425,2 107,815 322,656 442,238 396,244 873,221 974,567 1,147,359 605,206 513,460 1,337,406 655,776 Cattle and calves ........... farms reporting .. 4,465,03 278,815 531,901 505,698 372,070 575,985 555,729 503,464 258,540 193,275 432,935 155,878

number.. 80,589,934 784,137 1,962,212 2,545,727 2,433,739 5,832,649 7,521,272 9,364,967 5,623,248 5,050,327 14,388,786 8,151,312 Cows and heifers 2 years

old and over _____________ farms reporting __ 4,347,247 261,100 506,353 439,080 360,841 563,492 545,424 495,545 255,113 190,700 428,102 153,221 number __ 42,761,075 500,877 1,230,940 1,567,029 1,468,950 3,474,064 4,404,907 5,059,892 3,058,398 2,562,473 7,091,086 3,986,236

Hogs and pigs ______________ farms reporting __ 3,305,501 160,084 418,216 377,899 272,583 406,804 412,625 383,621 201,117 154,235 338,511 115,769 number __ 46,854,78 744,013 2,068,446 2,286,638 1,844,534 3,900,844 5,241,191 7,477,365 4,34.5,256 4,110,466 9,406,532 3,340,199

Sows and gilts ______________ farms reporting __ 1,844,30 43,459 151,222 166,273 126,146 223,712 248,709 260,166 140,201 113,396 245,032 83,247 number__ 8,451,675. 95,133 284,821 330,591 282,726 668,046 933;'584 1,504,775 848,264 812,765 1,780,364 580,069

Sheep and lambs ___________ farms reporting __ 472,88C 8,409 16,518 17,474 17;449 47,269 64,981 73,577 43,932 37,349 85,634 33,982 number __ 41,345,325 233,531 368,101 445,279 466,571 1,267,375 1,858,474 2,866,087 1,576,094 1,612,645 5,496,307 3,909,022

Goats and kids _____________ farms reporting __ 132,~~ 11,183 14,482 12,938 9,999 14,072 15,283 12,829 7,291 4,860 14,141 6,906 number __ 4,168,88 61,174 67,138 79,523 57,818 97,921 132,449 133,612 94,431 71,471 355,558 458,612

Chickens on hand __________ farms reporting __ 4,896,374 436,224 732,139 584,491 401,510 585,699 552,477 494,728 252,350 188,084 421,243 151,554 number,_ 4~6,654,46/ 30,727,974 41,251,490 33,685,547 26,332,097 48,768,331 52,799,424 56,596,092 29,673,610 24,581,823 54,065,509 17,992,868

Proportion of all farms represented by farms reporting- . ,

Mules and mule colts __________ percent __ 25.( 6.4 22.2 35.9 38.6 29.7 29.7 21.4 24.7 21.1 20.6 20.4 Horses and coJts ________________ percent __ 47.( 11.9 21.4 33.7 41.7 54.7 60.9 68.1 70.6 73.8 74.1 76.5 Cattle and calves __________ . _____ percent __ 76. 46.9 56.3 71.5 78.7 84.1 87.6 88.9 91.3 92.0 91.4 89.8 Cows and heifers 2 years old

and over ---------------------Percent __ 74. 44.0 53.6 69.1 76.4 82.2 85.9 87.5 90.1 90.8 90.3 88.3 Hogs and pigs __________________ percent __ 56. 27.0 44.3 53.4 . 57.7 59.4 65.0 67.7 71.0 73.4 71.4 66.7 Sows and gilts __________________ percent __ 31., 7.3 16.0 23.5 26.7 32.7 39.2 45.9 49.5 54.0 51.7 48.0 Sheep and lambs ______ " ________ percent._ 8.1 1.4 1.7 2.5 3.7 6.9 10.2 13.0 15.5 17.8 18.1 19.6 Goats and kids _________________ percent._ 2. 1.9 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.3 3.0 4.0 Chickens on hand ______________ percent __ 83. 73.4 77.5 82.6 85.0 85.5 87.1 87.4 89.1 89.5 88.9 87.3 Percent distribution. of all farms ____ percent__ 100. 10.1 16.1 12.1 8.1 11.7 10.8 9.7 4.8 3.6 8.1 3.0

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1,000 acres and over

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16,931,558

98,276 8,356,223

64,037 2,089,298

42,739 330,537

26,306 21,245,839

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Table C.~FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOJt THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE~Continued . . .

[Data ~d on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text ·on page XI. Figures for farms reporting repruent totals estimated from the sainple, not the act~ numbers of farms reporting]

Classification by size of farm Item. Total

Under 10 acres 10-29 acre9 3()-49 acres 50-69acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCT~Continued

Perc:ent distribution Qf farms reporting-

1~:~ 14.3 13.9 Mules and mule colts ______________ percent .• 2.6 17.3 12.4 12.8 8.3 4.8 3.0 6.7 2.4 HQrses and coJts ____________________ percent __ 1~:c 2.5 7.2 8.6 7.1 13.4 13.9 13.8 7.2 5.6 12.6 4.8 Cattle and calves ___________________ percent •• 100. 6.2 11.9 11.3 . 8.3 12.9 12.4 11.3 5.8 4.3 9.7 3.5

Cows and heifers 2 years old and

1~:~ over ______________________ ----- ___ percent __ 6.0 11.6 11.3 8.3 13.0 12.5 U.4 5.9 4.4 9.8 3.5 Hogs and pigs ______________________ percent __ 4.8 12.7 11.4 8.2 12.3 12.5 11.6 6.1 4.7 10.2 3.5 Sows and giJts ______________________ percent._ ~gg:c 2.4 8.2 9.0 6.8 12.1 13.5 14.1 7.6 6.1 13.3 4.5 Sheep and Jambs ___________________ percent •• 100. 1.8 3.5 3.7 3.7 10.0 13.7 15.6 9.3 7.9 18.1 7 .. 2

Goats and kids.------"-------------Percent.. 100. 8.4 10.9 9.8 7.6 10.6 11.5 9.7 5.5 3.7 10.7 5.2 Chickens on hand __________________ percent__ 100. 8.9 15.0 11.9 8.2 12.0 11.3 10.1 5.2 3.8 8.6 3.1 Percent distribution of numbers of-'-

100. 1.6 9.5 13.6 10.8 12.9 13.0 3.7 Mules and mule colts ______________ percent •• 8.9 5.4 9.5 5.3 Horses and colts ____________________ percent __ 100. 1.3 3.8 5.2 4.7 10.4 11.6 13.6 7.2 6.1 15.9 7.8 Cattle and calves ___________________ percent__ 100. 1.0 2.4 3.2 3.0 7.2 9.3 11.6 7.0 6.3 17.9 10.1 Cows and heifers 2 years old and ·

100. 1.2 2.9 3.7 3.4 8.1 10.3 11.8 7.2 6.0 over---- ___________ -~~ __ -• ________ peFcent.- 16.6 9.3 Hogs and pigs ______________________ percent •• 100. 1.6 4.4 4.9 3.9 8.3 11.2 16.0 9.3 8.8 20.1 7.1 Sows and gilts ______________________ percent .. 100. 1.1 3.4 3.9 3.3 7.9 11.0 17.8 10.0 9.6 21.1 6.9 Sheep and lambs ___________________ percent __ 100. 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.1 3.1 4.5 6.9 3.8 3.9 13.3 9.5 Goats and kids _____________________ percent .• 100. 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.4 2.3 3.2 3.2 2.3 1.7 8.5 11.0 Chickens on hand __________________ percent •• 100. 7.2 9.7 7.9 6.2 11.4 12.4 13.3 7.0 5.8 12.7 4.2

Average number per farm reporting-

::t 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.6 3.0 Mules and mule colts ______________ number •• 4.6 Horses and colts ___________________ number •. 1.5 1.6 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.8 4.9 Cattle and calves __________________ number __ 18.( 2.8 3.7 6.0 6.5 10.1 13.5 18.6 21.8 26.1 33.2 52.3 Cows and heifers 2 years old and ·

9.~ 1.9 2.4 3.2 4.1 6.2 8.1 10.2 12.0 13.4 '16.6 over--------------------------- __ number __ 26.0 Hogs and pigs _____________________ number __ - 1!:f

4.6 4.9 6.1 6.8 9.6 12.7 19.5 21.6 26.7 27.8 ~.9 Sows and giJts _____________________ number •• 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.2 3.0 3.8 5.8 6.1 7.2 7.3 7.0 Sheep and Jambs __________________ number •• 87:t 27.8 22.3 25.5 26.7 26.8 28.6 39.0 35.9 43.2 64.2 115.0 Goats and kids --------------------number-- ' 318i 5.5 4.6 6.1 5.8 7.0 8.7 10.4 13.0 14.7 25.1 66.4 Chickens on hand _________________ number •• 70 56 58 66 83 96 114 118 131 128 119

Livestock production, sales, and slaughter: 4,481,3~ 290,395 544,454 517,288 375,946 577,394 555,253 500,890 257,066 191,371 426,506 150,682 Cows mllked _______________ farms reporttng __

num er •• 22,756,68 472,642 1,035,425 1,265,071 1,172,057 2,746,264 3,356,431 3,563,021 2,070,102 1,571,123 3,620,138 1,256,971 Milk produced _____________________ gall<?ns •. 12,719,737,33 266,635,963 522,022,554 633,500,967 612,561,131 1,531,201,914 1,932,113,007 2,043,176,003 1,210,108,212 896,139,331 2,039,077,394 684,017,585 Whole milk sold ___________ farms reportmg __ 1,162,11! 53,020 77,388 92,667 84,440 190,123 200,129 164,344 93,856 61,545 111,083 24,525

gallons •• 7,553,083,0~: 106,110,527 224,087,568 304,910,570 343,920,088 992,859,455 1,316,627, 720 1,226,843, 700 804,049,865 536,732,947 1,163,850,078 354,249,594 Cream sold _________________ farms reporting __ 1,185,49 31,375 54,970 65,132 58,339 134,103 143,948 200,554 90,458 85,318 205,172 77,690

pounds of butterfat •• 801,729,961 5,753,084 13,852,827 20,742,343 20,696,849 68,6Q6,599 91,825,191 161,505,804 76,504,820 74,345,122 177,195,078 64,269,645 Butter sold ................. farms reporting __ 230,93 19,787 31,466 36,442 30,301 32,Y75 30,020 17,227 9,829 5,474 11,775 3,558

pounds •• 35,933,~~ 1,771,633 3,305,754 4,150,497 4,230,241 5,583,946 5,623,683 3,549,223 1,848,040 1,213,749 2,932,333 1,008,697 Chicken eggs produced _____ farms reporting __ 4,750,7 419,583 705,908 566,668 301,466 569,517 538,219 480,970 245,363 183,067 410,127 147,365

dozens .• 3,352,382,88 267,441,714 323,985,670 249,871,948 196,578,784 387,422,516 419,267,046 448,540,627 236,177,878 195,140,413 417,658,137 134,989,036 Chickens raised ____________ farms reporting __ 4,681,054 413,887 696,267 557,440 385,707 559,263 520,613 473,302 242,454 180,374 405,007 146,085

number •. 930,23~:~3 101,861,607 110,944,223 80,640,230 69,587,516 100,452,851 109,166,800 105,329,528 55,276,446 46,848,325 97,582;887 33,118,175 Turkeys raised _______ " _____ farms reporting __ 205, 10,700 17,523 15,289 13,887 21,661 23,037 21,459 11,860 9,511 29,930 17,106

number .. . 26,784,46 1,438,997 2,472,789 2,086,608 1,416,880 2,596,786 3,074,195 2,648,508 1,629,439 1,678,647 4,120,807 1,929,422 Cattle and calves sold alive.farms reporting •• 3,015,56 113,424 215,074 250,812 214,308 405,297 421,195 413,194 212,983 166,809 373,890 187,145

number .. 36,448,14 365,446 768,390 1,018,026 971,117 2,540,392 3,261,820 4,032,127 2,451,000 2,298,096 6,511,736 3,920,793 Hogs and pigs sold allve .... rarms reporting __ 2,105~~!! 51,032 111,284 149,568 132,422 272,843 208,397 321,644 169,984 137,930 301,918 105,096

number •• 68,321,1 665,023 1,438,356 1,828,666 1,767,836 li,388,032 7,793,588 11,848,928 6,946,849 6,688,685 15,322,997 5,449,589 Sheep and Jambs sold allve.farms reporting .. 336,89 3,778 7,636 10,219 10,981 31,483 44,744 53,400 32,526 27,639 66,690 26,532

number •• 28,426,58 162,975 240,491 256,584 292,135 850,756 1,236,631 2,154,283 1,067,059 1,134,968 3,894,235 2,754,464 Cattle butchered .• _ • _ •• _._.farms reporting __ 687,984 12,507 24,330 30,419 29,027 74,104 91,358 108,907 61,208 53,928 120,388 46,100

number .• 931,~~ 17,444 30,563 35,723 34,099 95,535 112,000 125,533 73,670 65,632 163,704 75,458 Calves butchered __________ farms reporting __ 425,2 19,380 30,198 28,753 21,816 46,594 51,023 60,936 30,708 26,275 65,430 26,672

number __ 639,3 23,223 38,763 39,608 28,882 71,161 76,630 82,225 43,669 38,188 98,184 48,677 Hogs and pigs butchered ___ farms reporting •• 3,822,15 235.015 518,495 463,010 325,705 472,383 463,208 415,921 218,069 163,653 362,988 125,194

. number •• 10,495,481 451,807 1,202,138 1,190,346 899,851 1,252,157 1,305,757 1,147,490 643,655 473,943 1,123,178 461,702

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

!Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting].

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Iunder 10 acres 10-29 acres 3()--49 acres 50-69acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres 1,000 acres and over

LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRO:OUCTS-Continued

Proportion or all farms represented by farms reporting-

Cows milked _____ ._-----___________ percent._ 76. 48.9 57.7 73.1 79.5 84.3 87.5 88.5 90.8 91.1 90.0 86.8 82.7 Whole milk sold ___________________ percent __ 19. 8.9 8.2 13.1 17.9 27.7 31.5 . 29.0 33.2 29.3 23.4 14.1 7.9 Cream sold _________________________ percent__ 20. 5.3 5.8 9.2 12.3 19.6 22.7 35.4 32.0 40.6 43.3 44.8 33.8 Butter sold.. ________________________ percent __ 3. 3.3 3.3 5.2 6.4 4.8 4.7 3.0 3.5 2.6 2.5 2.1 1.8 Any dairy products sold ___________ percent__ 42. 16.2 16.4 26.2 35.3 50.6 57.3 65.6 66.7 70.7 67.3 59.3 42.1 Chicken eggs produced _____________ percent __

~~:t 70.6 74.7 80.1 82.8 83.1 84.8 84.9 86.7 87.2 86.5 84.9 81.3 Chickens raised ____________________ percent __ 69.7 73.7 78.8 81.6 81.6 83.5 83.6 85.6 85.9 85.5 84.2 80.5 Turkeys raised.. ____________________ percent.. 3. 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.5 6.3 9.9 12.2 Cattle and calves sold alive ________ percent __ 51. 19.1 22.8 35.4 45.4 59.2 66.4 73.0 75.2 79.4 78.9 79.0 80,3 Hogs and pi!(s sold alive ____________ percent __ 35. 8.6 11.8 21.1 28.0 39.8 47.0 56.8 60.0 65.7 63.7 60.6 46.5 Sheep and lambs sold alive _________ percent __ 5.1 0.6 0.8 1.4 2.3 4.6 7.1 9.4 11.5 13.2 14.1 15.3 18.7 Value or Jive animals, wool, mo-

hair, meat, etc., sold _____________ percent __ 59. 25.3 29.3 44.5 55.0 68.2 75.2 81.3 83.2 87.3 86.6 85.5 88.4 Cattle butchered .•• ________________ percent._ 11. 2.1 2.6 4.3 6.1 10.8 14.4 19.2 21.6 25.7 25.4 26.6 31.4 Calves butchered __________________ percent __ 7. 3.3 3.2 4.1 4.6 6.8 8.0 10.8 10.8 12.5 13.8 15.4 15.4 Hogs and pigs butchered ___________ percent__ 65. 39.6 54.9 64.0 68.9 68.9 73.0 73.5 77.0 77.9 76.6 72.1 60.2

Percent distribut'ion of !arms reporting-. 100.( Cows milked •.• ---------------- ____ percent.. 6.5 12.1 11.5 8.4 12.9 12.4 11.2 5.7 4.3 9.5 3.4 2.1

Whole milk sold ___________________ percent __ 100. 4.6 6.7 8.0 7.3 16.4 17.2 '14.1 8.1 5.3 9.6 2.1 0.8 Cream sold _________________________ percent.. 100.( 2.6 4.6 6.5 4.9 11.3 12.1 16.9 7.6 7.2 17.3 6.6 . 3.2 Butter sold _________________________ percent.. 100.( 8.6 13.6 15.8 13.1 14.3 13:o 7.5 4.3 2.4 5.1 1.5 0.9 Chicken eggs produced _____________ percent__ 100. 8.8 14.9 11.9 8.2 12.0 11.3 10.1 5.2 3.9 8.6 3.1 1.9 Cattle and calves sold alive ________ percent._ 100. 3.8 7.1 8.3 7.1 13.4 14.0 13.7 7.1 5.5 12.4 4.5 3.0 Hogs and pigs sold alive ____________ percent __ 100. 2.4 5.3 7.1 6.3 13.0 14.2 15.3 8-1 6.6 14.3 5.0 2.5 Sheep and lambs sold alive.~-------Percent __ 100.( 1.1 2.3 3.0 3.3 9.3 13.3 15.9 9.7 8.2 19.8 7.9 6.3 Value or live animals, wool, mo- ·

hair, meat, etc., sold _____________ percent.. 100. 4.3 7.9 9.0 7.5 13.4 13.7 13.2 6.8 5.3 11.8 4.3 2.9 Cattle butctiered _________ ------ ____ percent__ 100. 1.8 3.5 4.4 4.2 10.8 13.3 15.8 8.9 7.8 17.5 . • 6.7 5.2 Calves butchered __________________ percent__ 100. 4.6 7.1 6.8 5.1 11.0 12.0 14.3 7.2 6.2 15.4 6.3 4.1 Hogs and pi!(s butchered ___________ percent._ 100.( 6.1 13.6 11.9 8.5 12.4 12.1 10.9 5.7 4.3 9.5 3.3 1.8

Percent distribution of-Cows milked _______________________ percent.. 100. 2.1 4.5 5.6 5,2 12.1 14.7 15.7 9.1 6.9 15.9 5.5 2.8 Whole milk sold ___________________ percent." 100. 1.4 3.0 4.0 4.6 13.1 17.4 16.2 10.6 7.1 15.4 4.7 2.4 Cream sold _________________________ percent.. 100. 0.7 1.7 2.6 2.6 8.6 11.5 20.1 9.5 9.3 22.1 8.0 3.3 Butter sold--"------------------ ____ percent__ 100. 4.9 9.2 11.6 11.8 15.5 15.7 9.9 5.1 3.4 8.2 2.8 2.0 .Chicken eggs produced _____________ percent__ 100. 8.0 9.7 7.5 5.9 11.6 12.5 13.4 7.0 5.8 12.5 4.0 2.2 Cattle and calves sold alive ________ percent.. 100. 1.0 2,1 2.8 2.7 7.0 8.9 11.1 6.7 6.3 17.9 10.8 22.8 Hogs and pigs sold alive ____________ percent __ 100. 1.0 2.1 2.8 2.6 7.9 11.4 17.3 10.2 9.8 22.4 8.0 4.7 Sheep and lambs sold alive _________ percent__ 100. 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 3.0 4.3 7.6 3.8 4.0 13.7 9.7 50.6 Cattle butchered ___________________ percent.. 100. 1.9 3.3 3.8 3.7 10.3 12.0 13.5 7.9 7.0 17.6 8.1 10.9 Calves butchered----------~------- percent__ 100.0 3.6 6.1 6.2 4.5 11.1 12.0 12.9 6.8 6.0 15.4 7.6 7.8 Hogs and pigs butchered. __________ percent__ 100.0 4.3 11.5 11.3 8.6 11.9 12.4 10.9 6.1 4.5 10.7 4.4 3.2

Average per farm reporting-Cows milked· _____ ------- _________ .number __ 5.1 1.6 1.9 2.4 3.1 4.8 6.0 7.1 8.1 8.2 8.5 8.3 6.7 Milk prodnced ______________________ gallons __ 2,8~~ 918 959 1,225 1,629 2,652 3,480 4,079 4,707 4,683 4,781 4,539 3,709 Chicken egg-s pro!Juced ______________ dozens __ 70 637 459 441 502 RRO 779 933 963 1,066 1,018 916 814 Chickens raised ____________________ number __ ~~g 246 159 145 180 IRQ 206 223 228 260 241 227 212 Turkeys rais~d ---------- __________ number __ 1~4 141 136 102 120 133 123 137 176 138 113 121 Cattle and calves sold alive ________ number __ 12.1 3.2 3.6 4.1 4.5 6.3 7.7 9.8 11.5 13.8 17.4 28.6 91.0 Hogs and pigs sold alive ___________ number __ 32. 13.0 12.9 12.2 13.4 19.8 26.1 36.8 40.9 48.5 50.8 51.9 60.2 Sheep and lambs sold alive ________ number __ 84.4 43.1 31.5 2.5.1 26.6 27.0 27.6 40.3 32.8 41.1 58.4 103.8 676.4 Cattle butcllered __________________ number __ 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.9 Calves butchered __________________ number __ l. 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.8 2'9 Hoe:s and nil!ll butchered ___________ number __ 2. 1.9 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.9 3.1 3.7 6.0

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[Data based on sample of farms. For a. statement of reliability, see text on page XI. FigureS for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting]

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 3()-49 acres 5()-69 acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 22()-259 acres 26()-499 acres 50()-999 acres

. 3,894,924 130,731 535,010 485,425 353,136 523,169 513,100 448,137 234,777 172,974 351,086 103,497 - 91,439,03" 318,155 3,312,370 4,633,612 4,007,717 7,653,575 9,931,695 13,775,136 8,124,727 8,151,967 20,184,232 7,378,687 - 83,577,4~~ 305,645 3,238,146 4,472,015 3,806,203 7,000,731 8,983,201 12,610,833 7,397,583 7,516,424 18,581,840 6,530,860 - 2, 770,033,~~ 7,307,785 63,953,360 88,822,868 82,489,114 200,337,850 288,421,151 483,697,307 280,217,442 297,389,537 698,369,454 202,296,773 - 1,461,1 5,114 29,379 . 61,170 66,943 190,624 222,379 254,236 135,960 115,123 248,977 82,824

35,260,19(; 13,779 127,335 381,359 517,273 2,162,595 3,311,235 5,808,308 3,245,243 3,454,514 9,467,455 4,155,589 - 1,035, 772,363 436,361 3,851,474 11,785,818 16,066,160 70,264,245 104,136,043 169,433,364 95,051,177 98,496,166 268,519,593 119,756,455 - 364,1~~ 1,369 6,912 10,812 11,097 29,322 34,956 45,440 23,600 23,730 86,296 55.681 - 11,653:24fl 4,432 31,568 71,366 82,798 247,196 327,024 715,465 365,646 496,985 2,853,992 2,899,478 - 262,233,413 141,534 1,009,492 2,258,468 2,473,508 7,451,948 8,977,846 17,058,397 8,664,926 10,557,335 57,774,417 63,691,049 - 57,779,4:ljl 17,997 205,544 440,180 593,943 1,473,419 2,130,746 3,859,115 1,994,776 2,480,681 13,809,582 14,102,732 - 1,023,700,174 378,166 3,891,191 8,775,163 11,998,005 30,496,620 42,688,930 69,624,538 37,539,880 42,410,880 230,708,467 238,0ll,358 - 69,315,4~ 173,775 985.099 2,008,722 2,310,255 5,830,182 7,706,776 8,661,441 5,515,662 4,599,301 12,777,608 7,344,729 - 95,239,93 278,511 1,498.021 2,965,648 3,209,125 8,673,071 10,975,697 12,964,742 8,006,813 6,709,612 17,909,216 9,335,869 - 1,201,4~~ 40,121 299,375 235,548 139,025 145,011 116,305 81,576 39,685 23,676 54,429 18,930 - 18,754:~ 181,485 2,639,010 2,437,332 1,579,847 1,839,425 1,824,567 1,792,443 924,993 730,079 2,245,619 1,366,917 - 11,806,9~~ 165,060 2,157,519 1,751,579 1,032,805 . 1,137,062 1,011,009 928,748 494,100 388,081 1,128,312 826,990 - 486,88 28,980 100,512 80,985 68,181 66,811 61,438 32,068 18,456 9,469 15,846 3,368 - 1,614,231 61,824 306,338 259,142 218,248 215,940 207,463 118,240 69,889 40,876 82,022 23,'!46 - 1 '753,086,8!~ 70,915,586 327,130,537 275,739,087 236,226,167 234,961,687 225,740,142 131,407,221 79,656,643 43,081,843 90,270,221 25,446,143

2,105,75 136,222 263,818 261,805 193,946 290,014 279,060 223,337 120,062 82,959 174,o78 56,626 - 2,531,018 40,157 110,033 161,956 142,426 294,833 295,625 299,810 181,500 155,039 403,964 253,421

350,403,8~~ 2,936,469 9,082,764 16,428,954 15,338,846 40,016,642 36,940,626 42,967,982 27,281,209 22,830,604 64,104,424 40,822,81i6 - 1,040,6,'5 66,075 210,784 197,898 131,704 137,503 115,994 66,358 37,442 20,534 41,041 11,320 - 684,981 21,632 115,771 142,874 88,014 87,770 73,467 40,476 28,216 16,167 33,093 17,006 - 64,458,47 1,933,928 10,645,662 14,092,384 7,973,589 8,588,003 6,910,292 3,714,964 2,363,687 1,717,684 3,087,530 1,505,770

- 4,035,836 477,172 771,829 605,076 416,727 592,852 559,228 483,282 249,349 181,410 393,499 132,445 - 466,166,914 46,638,715 67,822,675 57,170,149 41,272,459 55,502,403 53,702,834 43,218,053 23,648,827 16,525,071 37,326,163 13,924,325

- 592,803 51,169 92,336 81,596 61,358 82,175 74,733 51,212 29,777 18,935 34,429 10,089 - 394,73 7,767 31,470 33,307 26,247 35,890 42,033 29,050 23,835 10,857 55,495 40,468 - 221,3~~ 3,033 22,771 23,587 23,117 26,967 25,253 19,210 9,077 9,757 28,815 14,444 - 694,25 14,992 66,783 70,272 64,532 95,158 80,316 65,342 37,850 29,293 77,995 47,449

489,912 2,317 9,281 17,587 17,875 42,759 55,659 51,340 36,690 29,808 63,570 54,733 - 2,701,375 60,085 198,508 228,096 166,737 248,596 252,900 236,355 158,773 122,441 379,007 284,040

- 1,242,383 120,056 180,445 152,664 121,196 174,244 168,195 na,560 63,333 39,198 77,391 21,228 5,081,229 11)8,033 611,135 508,597 395,883 516,891 524,870 381,085 281,005 176,009 595,050 359,393 1,898,992 171,681 246,461 231,747 182·,266 271,862 259,462 197,736 103,6.37 69,229 124,299 28,796

67,105,832 2,111,781 6,327,052 6,113,979 5,925,585 8,347,826 8,792,698 6,544,731 4,771,700 2,905,527 8,401,647 4,138,790 - 131,609,81 3,271,318 15,749,680 13,075,650 10,803,571 13,203,716 13,755,449 10,340,626 9,154,384 5,072,869 19,469,465 10,092,413

1,467,924 134,722 202,530 204,002 155,331 204,930 189,128 132,302 71,816 45,213 92,208 24,587 67,38R,7~Q 1,864,126 6,257,636 6, 71l,Q64 5,493,141 7,732,438 7,486,882 5,519,622 4,119,030 2,536,348 8,680,118 4,790,367 68,942,84R 1,394,717 8,203,085 7,447,101 5,849,918 7,249,475 6,220,497. 4,722,227 4,650,503 2,521,110 8, 124,178 5,297,487

- J,016,09r 98,8'14 132,872 121,419 100,245 141,235 137,943 07,301 54,318 35,460 69,605 18,727 - 14,487,674 514,777 1,778,001 1 ,550,92.~ 1,455,964 1,874,702 1, 748,233 973,473 1,186,417 416,982 1,682.249 562,397 - 30,352,612 827,155 4,659,644 3,695,690 3,154,920 2,164,2:ll 3,507,120 1.733,000 3,070,011 513,870 3,625,226 1,033,298

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE 01<' FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample·of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting]

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Iunder 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 50-69 acres 70-99 acres 100,-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acr~ 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres 1,000 acres and over

SPECIFIED CROPS HARVESTED~ Continued

Proportion . ol all farms represented by farms reporting-Continued Apples---------~ ___ ------------- ___ pereent .• 32. 28.9 26.1 32.8 38.6 39.7 40.9 34.9 36.6 33.0 26.2 16.6 10.4 Peaches ____________________________ pereent.. 25.1 22.7 2i.4 28.8 32.9 29.9. 29.8 23.4 25.4 21.5 19.5 14.2 9.8

· Pears--------------------: _________ percent •. 17.3 16.6 14.1 17.2 21.2 20.6 21.7 17.2 19.2 16.9 14.7 10.8 7.2 Percent of total cropland harvested represented

by acreage in- · 25.1 Corn for all pnrposes _______________ percenL. 25.1 34.3 35.3 3U 32.0 32.3 32.6 32.9 33.6 26.5 15.9 8.1 Harvested for grain ____________ percent __ 23.! 24.1 33.5 34.0 32.4 29.3 29.2 29.9 30.0 31.0 24.4 14.1 6.4

Oats threshed __ ---_ .. c.------ ______ pereent •. 10.( 1.1 1.3 2.9 4.4 9.0 10.8 13.8 13.2 14.2 12.4 9.0 5.3 Barley threshed ____________________ percent •• 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.1 1.7 1.5 2.0 3.7 6.2 7.2 All wheat threshed _________________ pet'cent __ 16.3 1.4 2.1 3.4 5.1 6.2 6.9 9.1 8.1 10.2 18.1 30.4 33.9 All hay cut _________________________ pereent •• 19.! 13.7 10.2 15.3 19.7 24.4 25.0 20.5 22.4 19.0 16.8 15.8 2-U Cotton harvested------"------ _____ percent •• 5.3 14.3 27.3 18.6 13.4 7.7 5.9 4.2 3.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.4 Tobacco harvested _________________ percent .. 0. 4.9 3.2 2.0 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 (I) Irish potatqes harvestcd, ___________ percent .• o. 3.2 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 Sweetpotatoes harvested ______ c ____ pereent.. 0. 1.7 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 (I) (I) (1) Fresh beans (snap, string, or wax) _percent __ 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 ·o.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 (I) 0.1 0.1 O.t

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Peas (green)------------- __ ------ ___ pereent__ 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 All other vegetables and melons ____ pereent..:. 0.! 4.7 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 Land in fruit orchards, vineyards.

1.2 and planted nut trees _______ " ____ pereent __ 1.4 12.4 6.3 3.9 3.4 2.2 1.7 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.8 Percent distribution of acres in-

4.3 Com for aJI P\ll"POSes _______________ percent .. 100.0 0.3 3.6 5.1 4.4 8.4 10.9 15.1 8.9 8.9 22.1 8.1 Harvested for grain ____________ percent __ 100.0 0.4 3.9 5.4 4.6 8.4 10.7 15.1 8.9 9.0 22.2 7.8 3.7

Oats threshed _________ ------ _______ pereent.. ~~:~ (1) 0.4 .1.1 1.5 6.1 9.4 16.5 9.2 9.8 26.9 11.8 7.4 Barley threshed ____________________ pereent __ (1) 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.1 2.8 6.1 3.1 4.3 24.5 24.9 30.5

All wh~at threshed ________________ ,percent.. 100.( (I) 0.4 0.8 1.0 2.6 3.7 6.7 3.5 4.3 23.9 24.4 28.9 All hay cut _________________________ pereent __ 100.0 0.3 1.4 2.9 3.3 8.4 11.1 12.5 8.0 6.6 18.4 10.6 16.4 Ootton harv~.sted ------ ____________ pereent •. 100.0 1.0 14.1 13.0 8.4 9.8 9.7 9.6 4.9 3.9 12.0 7.3 6.4 Tobacco harvested _________________ percent.. 100.( 3.8 19.0 16.1 13.5 13.4 12.9 7.3 4.3 2.5 5.1 1.5 0.7 Irish potatoes harvested .. __________ pereent. _ 100.0 1.6 4.3 6.4 5.6 11.6 11.7 11.8 7.2 6.1 16.0 10.0 7.6 sweetpotatoes harvested ___________ pereent__ 100.0 3.2 16.9 20.9 12.8 12.8 10.7 5.9 4.1 2.4 4.8 2.5 3.0 Fresh beans (snap, string, or wax) _pereent __

~~:~ ·z.o 8.0 8.4 6.6 9.1 10.6 7.6 6.0 2.8 14.1 10.3 14.5

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Peas (green) _______ --,--- ___________ pereent __ 10~:: 0.5 1.9 3.6 3.6 8.7 11.4 10.5 7.5 6.1 13.0 11.2 22.1

All other vegetables and melons ___ "pereent __ 100. ,, 2.2 7.4 8.4 6.2 9.2 9.4 8.7 5.9 u 14.0 10.5 13.5 Land in fruit orchards, vineyards,

100.( . 3.5 . 11.7 7.1 11.3 and planted nut trees ____________ pereent __ 3.1 12.0 10.0 7.8 10.2 10.3 7.5 5.5 Average yield per acre:

Com harvested for grain ___________ bushels .• 33.1 23.9 19.7 19.9 21.7 28.6 32.1 38.4 37.9 39.6 37.6 31.0 24.5 Oat.• threshed .. _------------- ______ bu.•hels __ 29.4 31.7 30.2 30.9 31.1 32.5 31.4 29.2 29.3 28.5 28.4 28.8 29.8 Barley tbreshed ____________________ bushels __ 22.5 31.9 . 32.0 31.6 29.9 30.1 27.5 23.8 23.7 21.2 20.2 22.0 23.1 All wheat threshe<L. ______________ bushels __ 17.7 21.0 18.9 19.9 20.2 20.7 20.0 18.0 18.8 17.1 16.7 16.9 18.4 All hay cut ____________________________ tons __ 1.3t 1.60 1.52 1.48 1.39 1.49 1.42 1.50 1.45 1.46 1.40 1.27 1.12 Cotton harvested ___ ------- __________ ._bales._ 0.63 0.91 0.82 0.72 0.65 0.62 0.55 0.52 0.53 0.53 0.50 0.61 0.66 Tobacco harvested ______________ ~ __ poundS __ 1;08t 1,147 1,068 1,064 1,082 1,088 1,088 - 1,111 1,140 1,064 1,101 1,085 1,158 Irish potatoes harvested ________ . ____ bushels __ 138.4 73.1 82.5 101.4 107.7 135.7 125.0 143.3 150.3 147.3 158.7 161.1 164.6 Sweetpotatoes harvested ______ : ____ bushels __ 94.1 89.4 92.0 98.6 90.6 97.8 94.1 91.8 83.8 106.2 93.3 88.5 93.9

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE~Continued

(Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on Page XI. Figures f9r farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting}

Classification by size of farm Item Total

!Under 10 acres 1Q-29 acres 30-49 acres 50-69acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 14Q-179 acres 180~219 acres 22Q-259 acres 260-499 acres 50Q-999 acres

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD OR USED BY FARM HOUSEHOLDS

Value of all farm products sold 5,751,?~ or used by farm households __ farms reporting __ 578,032 920,393 691,803 463,617 672,208 625,491 558,177 280,325 208,155 469,598 171,676

dollars __ 18,237,978,174 607,797,214 1,278,513,817 1,123,928,107 873,264,807 1,633,596,797 1, 795,384,272 2,070,100,384 1,247,603,830 1,088,030,741 2,988,235,870 1,601,895,176 Value of all farm products sold ______ dollars __ 16,333, 729,96f 466,512,338 1,048,242,276 917,865,557 720,039,746 1,311,982,538 1,571,141,777 1,865,131,530 1,136,216,635 1,002,713,643 2, 790,316,964 1,526,682,341

Fruits and nuts ________ farms reporting __ 547,11 67,175 97,919 71,577 50,678 68,173 61,960 40,736 23,526 14,580 31,788 11,574 dollars __ 1,084,645,96' 39,435,239 184,.515,019 120,270,949 81,947,917 98,257,295 98,501,.769 59,523,595 58,309,171 26,801,209 115,324,852 71,148,036

Vegetables. ____________ farms reporting __ 592,803 51,169 92,336 81,596 6t,358 82,175 74,733 51,212 29,777 18,935 34,429 10,089 dollars __ 615,820,218 18,750,093 60,810,704 56,405,275 43,946,420 55,161,614 54,320,656 44,915,815 31,180,194 21,959,970 71,792,836 62,595,287

Horticultliral 34,~~ specialties __________ . _farms reporting __ 11.254 6,212 a,429 2,314 3,419 2,890 1,742 877 789 1,155 563

dollars __ 225,239,83 67,207,077 43,355,843 18,858,097 9,458,991 12,542,599 13,875,839 8,913,840 7,918,203 3,137.789 13,351,393 15,274,185 All other crops (field

3,218,?~ crops) ________________ farms rPporting __ 111,085 469,171 398,917 273,887 381,768 366,381 357,263 178,531 144,579 340,987 129,088 dollars __ 5,617,049,161 58,284,514 435,734,399 403,368,289 284,402,387 406,544,288 424,766,183 546,556,155 312,962,718 308,302,906 1,010,240,991 677,206,357

D:~iry products. ________ farms reporting __ 2,492,051 95,999 154,881; 185,667 167,027 . 346,350 363,506 371,700 188,781 148,532 318,722 102,916 dollars __ 2,538,055,29 38,881,007 78,34.3,562 100,629,377 111,664,407 301,07R,130 403,336,422 409,303,729 260,460,250 185,082,931 425,222,415 147,452,574

Poultry and po11!try products -------~-----farms reporting __ 3,419,231 245,327 349,010 341,956 264,130 441,215 435,705 416,752 211,824 163,539 362,629 123,847

dollars __ 1,585,707,203 200,531,024 164,538,295 123,235,515 98,001,746 166,170,031 188,316,710 184,904,681 101,334,174 87,898,140 178,197,866 56,722,711 Livestock and Jive-

stock products (0ther than dairy and poultry) _______ "_farms reporting __ 3,-185,00£ 150,528 276,992 314,768 260,133 467,091 477,186 460,171 235,480 183,444 410,250 148,346

dollars __ 4,582,243, 70' 42,861,726 79,159,237 91,542,287 86,515,982 264,663,842 377,139,570 599,631,443 355,833,016 363,704,983 961,774,761 487,652,679 Forest products ________ farms reporting __ 231,49 3,298 10,447 19,217 18,171 32,311 37,997 32,191 20,489 13,680 29,103 9,666

dollars __ 84,968,58! 558,658 1, 785,2F 3,555,768 4,101,896 7,564,739 10,884,628 11,382,27~ 8,218,909 5,825, 715 14,411,850 8,630,512 Value of farm products used by .

farm households __________ farms reporting_. 5,52~:~ 541,697 873,023 66.1,506 449.600 648,167 607,254 538,008 273,141 202,672 452,799 163,364 dollars __ 1,904,248, 141,284,876 230,271,541 206,062,550 15a,225,061 221,614,259 224,242,495 204,968,854 111,387,195 85,317,098 197,918,906 75,212,835

Proportion of all farms represented by farms reporting value of- ·

All farm products solei or used by · farm housP holds __________________ percent_. 9&. 97.3 97.5 97.8 98.1 98.1 98.6 98.6 99.0 99.1 99.1 98.9

Fruits and nuts sold ___________ percent__ 9. 11.3 10.4 10.1 10.7 10.0 9.8 7.2 8.3 6.9 6.7 6.7 Vegetables sold _____ . ___ . _____ • _percent_. 10.1 8.6 9.8 11.5 13.0 12.0 ll.8 9.0 10.5 9.0 7.3 5.8 Horticultural specialties sold. __ percent__ O.f . 1.9 0.7 0.5 . 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 .t\11 other crops (field crops) sold.prrcent. _ 54.1 18.7 49.7 56.4 58.0 55.7 57.7 63.1 63.1 68.8 71.9 74.4 Dairy products sold ___________ .percent __ 42. 16.2 16.4 26.2 35.3 fi0.6 57.3 65.6 66.7 70.7 67.3 59.3 Poultry and poultry products

sold. __________ .. __ • __________ percent__ 58. 41.3 37.0 48.3 55.9 64.4 68.7 73.6 74.8 77.9 76.5 71.4 l-ivestock and lh·estock prod-

nets (other than dairy and poultry)_------------------ .. percent __ 59 .• 25.3 29.3 44.5 55.0 68.2 75.2 81.3 83.2 87.3 86.6 85.5

Forest products sold ___________ percent__ 4.r 0.6 1.1 2.7 3.8 4.7 6.0 5.7 7.2 6.5 6.1 5.6 Farm products used by farm

households ... ________ ._ .• __ ...• _. percent_. 94.3 91.7 92.4 94.1 95.1 94.6 95.7 95.0 96.5 96.5 95.5 94.1

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM C;HARACTERISTlCS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: . 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actua,l numbers of farms reporting! --·---

Classification by size of farm Item Total

Under 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 60-69 acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres 1,000 acres and over

VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD OR USED BY FARM HOUSEHOLDS-

Continued

Proportion of total value of farm products repre· sented by-

Value offarm products sold ________ percent __ 89.! 76.8 82.0 81.7 82.5 85.6 87.5 90.1 91.1 92.2 93.4 95.3 97.4 Fruits and nuts ________________ percent .• 5. 6.5 14.4 10.7 9.4 6.4 5.5 2.9 4.7 2.6 3.9 4.4 6.4 Vegetables------· __ --·-. -•- _____ percent •• 3. 3.1 4.8 6.0 6.0 3.6 3.0 2.2 2.5 2.0 2.4 3.9 4.6 Horticultural specialties. _______ percent •• 1. 11.1 3.4 1.7 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.4 1.0 0.6 All other crops (field crops) •••• :Percent •• 30. 9.6 34.1 35.9 32.6 21\.5 23.7 26.4 25.1 28.3 33.8 42.3 36.9 Dairy products _________________ perceut .• 13 •. 6.4 6.1 9.0 12.8 19.6 22.5 19.8 20.9 17.0 14.2 9.2 3.8 Poultry· and poultry products .• percent •• 8. 33.0 12.9 11.0 11.2 10.8 10.5 8.9 8.1 8.1 6.0 3.5 1.8 Livestock and livestock prod·

ucts (other than dairy and . 43.0 poultry) ---------------------Percent •. zg:~ 7.1 6.2 8.1 9.9 17.3 21.0 29.0 28.5 33.4 32.2 30.4

Foreilt products .••••••• _ ••• _ ••• percent._ 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0,5 0.4 Value of farm products used by

farm households ••• ----------- --~percent~. 10.4 23.2 18.0 18.3 17.5 14.6 12.6 9.9 8.9 7.8 6.6 4.7 2.6 Per~t dlstributi()n of each value of products:

Value of all farm products sold or 7.0 9.8 16.4 8.8 11.1 used by farm households ••••••••• percent •• ~gg:~ 3.3 6.2 4.8 8.4 11.4 6.8 6.0

Value offarm!roducts sold ____ percent •. 2.9 6.4 6.6 4.4 8.0 9.6 11.4 7.0 6.1 17.1 9.3 12.1 Fruits au nuts ••••••••.••• percent •• 10~:~ 3.6 17-0 1~.1 7.6 9.1 '9.1 5.5 5.4 2.5 10.6 :6.6 12.0 Vegetables--"-- .••• _______ .percent._ 100. 3.0 9.9 9.2 7.1 9.0 8.8 7.3 6.1 3.6 11.7 . 10.2 15.3 Horticultural specialties ••.• percent •• 100.~ 29.8 19.2 8.4 -4.2 6.6 6.2 4.0 3.6 1.4 5.9 6.8 6.0 All other cr<!PS (field crops).percent •• 10~:~ 1.0 7.8 7.2 6.1 7.2 '7.6 9.7 6.6 6.6 18.0 12.1 13.3 Dairy producits ••.. J. ___ • __ .percent •• 100. . 1.5 3.1 4.0 4.4 11.9 16.9 16.1 10.3 7.3 16.8 5.8 3.0 ·Poultry and poultry prod-

100.C 12.6 10.4 .10.6 11.9 11.7 6.4 5.5 11.2 3.6 2.3 Li!~;~ock-·ancr-iivesfoc:k __ percent •• 7.8 6,2

. prodUcts (other than 10~:~ ' dairy and poultry) •••• ___ percent .. 0.9 1.7 2.0 1.9 5.8 8.2 13.1 7.8 7.9 21.0 10.6 19.0

Forest prodticts •••••••••••• percent •• . 100. 0.7 2.1 4.2 4.8 8.9 12.8 13.4 9.7 6.9 17.0 10.2 9.1i · Value of farin products used

10~.0 4.5 3.9 2.8 ))y farm households .•••••..•• percent •• 7.4 12.1 10.8 8.0 11.6 11.8 10.8 5.8 10,4 Average value per tarm reporting- :

Value Of all farm products sold or 4,451 6,363 9,331 18,044 used by farm households •••••••••• dollars •• 3,17 1,051 1,389 1,625 1,884 2,281 2,870 3,709 5,227

Value offarm products sold: 1,9?2 1,590 3,628 Fruits au<j, nuts •••••.••.•..•• <).ollars .• 687 1,884 1,680 1,617 1,441 1,461 2,478 1,838 6,147 17,588

Vegetables ••••••.•..••.••••• dollars •• 1,~~ 366 659 691 716 671 727 .877• 1,047 1,160 2,085 6,204 18,819 Horticultural specialties ••••• dollars •• 6,4 6,972 6,979 5,500 4,088 3,668 4,801 5,117 9,029 3,977 11,560 27,130 38,331 All other crops (field crops)"dollars •• 1,74 625 929 1,011 1,038 1,065 1,159 1,630 1,753 2,132 ~.963 5,241! 11,155 Dairy products ••••••••••••• dollars •• 1,0l 405 506 542 669 869 1,110 1,101 1,380 1,246 1,334 1,433 1,597 Poultry and poultry prod·

4(jj 458 666 ucts •••••••••••• _ •• ___ ••••• dollars •• 817 471 360 371 377 432 444 478 637 491 Livestock and livestock.

products· (other than 286' 3,287 8,664 dairy and poultry) .•.•• c •• dollars •• 1,31 285 291 333 667 790 1,303 1,611 1,983 2,344

Forest products ___ " ________ .dollars •• 36 169 171 185 226 234 286 354 401 426 495 893 1,633 V a.lue of farm products used by

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{Data based on sampJe of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XI. Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not ihe actual numbers of farms reporting} --

... . . "Ciassificaiion by si~e of fa~in Item Total ·

pnder 10 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 50-69acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres

CLASSIFIG.,\.TION OF FARMS BY VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS

umber of farms: 5,858,881 707,544 . All farms __________________ number •• 593,937 944,379 472,598 685,146 634,611 566,248 283,091 210,058 473,923 173,547 $(1-.$249. ________ . _ .. __ .. _________ .number __ 559,32 139,816 149,404 86,129 45,862 50,542 33,913 23,539 7,974 4,663 10,647 4,127

$250-$399 ___________ • _____ ·--- ____ number"- 433,64 132,156 113,992 61,680 34,041 36,065 24,718 13,974 5,537 3,084 5,639 1,728 $400-$599 _____ . __ .. _____ •. _. _____ .number __ 514,3~1 119,058 126,872 82,626 48,221 53,445 37,215 21,194 8,481 4,436 9,022 2,725 $600-$999 _____ • _. ____ •. _ ..... _____ number._ 780,12 100,760 182,894 136,075 81,779 101,085 73,768 44,681 20,433 10,198 20,523 5,502 $1,000-$1,499 ---·---------- .•..... number __ 717,951 41,153 148,792 118,638 78,444 108,152 85,058 57,570 25,617 14,791 29,320 6,871 $1,500-$2,499 ---· _____ . _ .. _ ... ____ number __ 908,68 26,096 126,776 121,124 93,123 143,318 128,551 106,212 47,432 30,504 60,450 17,036 $2,500-$3,999 -·---·-·-------------number __ 742,15 13,553 51,661 59,372 53,450 105,697 122,097 115,602 55,582 40,819 87,400 . 24,842 $4,000-$5,999 --·----------·-------number .• 514,501 8,343 18,968 21,369 20,738 51,809 75,635 94,467 51,055 40,823 87,645 29,118 $6,000-$9,999 _ ..... __ . _. ____ . ___ .. number __ 39~:W 5,815 14,204 11,349 9,691 23,378 38,930 65,829 42,717 39,369 89,455 37,345 $10,000-$39,999 ·····---------------number __ 263, 6,112 9,732 8,512 6,632 10,858 13,627 21,969 17,006 20,609 69,913 40,034 $40,000 and over -----·-----------number •• 26,113 1,075 1,084 670 617 797 1,099 1,211 1,207 762 3,909 4,219

lrcent distribution of farms in each value-of-product group:

100.( 10.1 16.1 12.1 8.1 11.7 10.8 9.7 3.6 8.1 3.0 All farms ____ "·-------------Percent __ 4.8 $0-$249 _________ . ____ ·<·· _. ________ percent.. 100.( 25.0 26.7 15.4 8.2 9.0 6.1 4.2 1.4 0.8 1.9 0.7 $250-$399. ____ . ___________ . _______ percent __

10~:~ 30.5 26.3 14.2 7.8 8.3 6.7 3.2 1.3 0.7 1.3 0.4 $400-$599 _________________ ._. _____ percent __ 100. 23.1 24.7 16.1 9.4 10.4 7.2 4.1 1.6 0.9 1.8 0.6 $600-$999 ___ . _______ ------. ______ .percent __ 100.( 12.9 23.4 17.4 10.5 13.0 9.5 5.7 2.6 1.3 2.6 0.7 $1,000-$1,499 •... __ • _______________ percent._ 100.( 5.7 20.7 16.5 10.9 15.1 11.8 8.0 3.6 2.1 4.1 1.0 $1,500-$2,499 .. _. __________________ pereent.. 100.( 2.9 14.0 13.3 10.2 15.8 14.1 11.7 5.2 3.4 6.7 1.9 $2,500-$3,999 ______________________ percent.. 100.0 1.8 7.0 8.0 7.2 14.2 16.5 15.6 7.5 5.6 11.8 3.3 $4,000-$5,999 ____________________ .. percent..

10~:~ 1.6 3.7 4.2 4.0 10.1 14.7 18.4 9.9 7.9 17.0 5.7 $6,000-$9.999 ________ . _______ . ____ .percent •• 100. 1.5 3.6 2.9 2.4 5.9 9.8 16.6 10.7 9.9 22.5 9.4 $10,000-$3~999 .. __________________ percent..

10~:~ 2.3 3.7 3.2 2.5 4.1 6.2 8.3 6.4 7.8 26.5 15.2 $40,000 an over __________________ percent __ 100. 4.1 4.2 2.6 2.4 3.1 4.2 4.6 4.6 2.9 15.0 16.2

!!cent distribution of farms for each size·of· farm group:

100.( 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 All farms ___________________ percent.. $0-$249 ______________ ----- ____ . __ .percent._ 9. 23.5 15.8 12.2 9.7 7.4 5.3 4.2 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.4 $250-$399 ___________ . ___________ ._percent._ 7.4 22.3 12.1 8;7 7.2 5.3 3.9 2.5 2;0 1.5 1.2 1.0 $400-$599 •• _____________________ ._percent._ 8. 20.0 13.4 11.7 10.2 7.8 5.9 3.7 3;0 2.1 1.9 1.6 $600-$999 ___ . ________ • ____ . _______ percent.. "13.3 17.0 19.4 19.2 17.3 14.8 11.6 7.9 7.2 u 4.3 3.2 $1,000-$1,499 •... _ -·.- __ . ___ . ___ • _ .• percent._ 12.3 6.9 15.8 16.8 16.6 15.8 13.4 10.2 9.0 7.0 6.2 4.0 $1,500-$2,499 .• ______ • _________ ._._percent__

g:~ 4.4 13.4 17.1 19.7 20.9 20.3 18.8 16.8 14.5 12.8 9.8 $2,500-$3,999---- __________________ percent._ 2.3 5.5 8.4 11.3 15.4 19.2 20.4 19.6 19.4 18.4 14.3 $4,000-$5,999 _____________________ .percent._ 8.1 1.4 2.0 3.0 4.4 7.6 11.9 16.7 18.0 19.4 18.5 16.8 $6,000-$9, 999 ____________ . ___ ._--~_.percent._ 6.1 1.0 1.5 1.6 2.1 3.4 6.1 11.6 15.1 18.7 18.9 21.5 $10,000-$39,999 ... ___________ ---- .. percent._ 4. 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 3.9 6.0 9.8 14.8 23.1 $40,000 and over·--"--------------Percent •• 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 2.4

CLASSIFICA'T'ION OF FARMS BY TYPE OF FARM

11mber of farms: 106,92! Farms not classified by type _____ number •. 15,664 23,910 15,923 8,981 12,992 9,066 8,178 2,784 1,880 4,324 1,878

Fruit-and-nut farms _____________ number __ 132,873 25,706 45,335 18,726 9,965 9,771 8,247 4,680 2,795 1,244 3,793 1,476 Veg~table farms-----·----- ______ number __ 93,64! 15,651 25,969 15,587 8,905 9,166 6,179 4,057 1,966 1,329 2,980 1,185 Hortlcultural·speclalty farms .... number __ 14,841 8,191 2,890 972 M7 624 490 363 240 128 185 143 All-other-crop farms. ____________ number __ 1,860,644 72,088 371,3RI 287.96R 177,85R 206,381 174,777 156,712 73,834 69,632 166,054 76,289 Dairy farms _____________________ number __ 658,66 16,061 31,155 42,552 39,996 102,142 110,596 83,427 46,798 27,680 47,411 8,745 Poultry farms ---·-----·---------numher __ 273,12! 68,291) 56,002 35,423 23,565 30,211 23,735 14,431 7,043 4,250 7,736 1,831 Lh·estock farms-·---·----- ______ number __ R09,8I 24,843 36,663 39,919 33,672 82,178 97,806 124,410 67,690 67,847 131,235 53,910 Forest-rroducts farms ___________ numhr.r __ 30,6~1 793 1,836 2,790 2,772 4,323 4,853 3,049 2,226 1,568 3,380 1,388 Genera farms---·---·----· .••..• number __ 688,80 15,737 35,126 48,185 46,ooq 104,074 109,253 117,052 66,078 43,902 80,654 20,434 Farms producing products pri-

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Table C.-FARMS, FARM CHARACTERISTICS, AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTS, BY SIZE OF FARM, FOR THE UNITED STATES: 1945 CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE-Continued

[Data based on sample of farms. For a statement of reliability, see text on page XL Figures for farms reporting represent totals estimated from the sample, not the actual numbers of farms reporting]

Classification by size of farm

Item Total Under I 0 acres 10-29 acres 30-49 acres 50-69 acres 70-99 acres 100-139 acres 140-179 acres 180-219 acres 220-259 acres 260-499 acres 500-999 acres

CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TYPE OF FARM-Continued

PercPnt distribution of farms in each type-of-farm group:

Farms not classified by type _____ percent .. 100.0 14.6 22.4 14.9 8.4 12.2 8.S 7.6 2.6 1.8 4.0 1.8

Fruit-and-nut farms _____________ .percent.. 10~:~ 19.3 34.1 14.1 7.5 7.4 6.2 3.5 2.1 0.9 2.9 1.1

Vegetable farms ________ . ___ .•... _percent.. 100. 16.7 27.7 16.6 9.5 9.8 6.6 4.3 2.1 1.4 3.2 1.3

Horticultural-specialty farms _____ percent .• 100.0 55.2 19.5 6.5 3.7 4.2 3.3 2.4 1.6 0.9 1.2 1.0

AU-other-crop farms .... ___ . _____ .percent __ 100.( 3.0 20.0 15.5 9.6 11.1 9.4 8.4 4.0 3.2 8.9 4.1

Dairy farms .. --------------------Percent .. 100.( 2.9 5.6 7.6 7.2 18.3 19.8 14.9 8.4 5.0 8.5 1.6 Poultry farms. ___________________ percent._ 10~:~ 25.0 20.5 13.0 8.6 ILl 8.7 5.3 2.6 1.6 2.8 0.7

Livestock farms. _________________ percent .. 100. 3.1 4.6 4.9 4.2 10.1 12.1 15.4 8.4 7.1 16.2 6.7

Forest-products farms ...... ______ pprcent__ 100.0 2.6 6.0 9.1 9.0 14.1 15.8 12.9 7.3 5.1 11.0 4.5 General farms. ____ . __ ._. _________ percent .. 100.( 2.3 5.1 7.0 6.8 15.1 15.9 17.0 8.1 6.4 12.4 3.0

Farms producing products pri-marily for own household use .. percent .. 100.0 25.7 24.4 15.5 9.3 9.6 7.0 3.8 1.7 0.8 1.7 0.5

Percent distribution of farms for each size-of-farm group:

10~::. All farm< ___________________ percent .. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Farms not classified by type _____ percent .. 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.9 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.1

Fruit-and-nut farms ... ------. __ . _percent._ 2.3 4.3 4.8 2.6 2.1 1.4 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.9

Vegetable farms ... _____ . ___ . _____ percent .. 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7

Horticultural-specialty farms .. ___ percent._ 0.3 1.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 (1) 0.1

All-other-crop farms ... __ •• _______ percent .. 3U 12.1 39.3 40.7 37.6 30.1 27.5 27.7 26.1 28.4 35.0 44.0

Dairy farms ... ------- ____________ percent.. 9. 2.7 3.3 6.0 8.5 14.0 17.4 14.7 16.5 13.2 10.0 5.0 Poultry farms. _______ . ___ ~_ .• ____ percent._ 4. 11.5 5.9 5.0 5.0 4.4 3.7 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.6 1.1

Livestock farms .. _____ ~---- ____ .. percent __ 13.! 4.2 3.9 5.6 7.1 12.0 15.4 22.0 23.9 27.5 27.7 31.1

Forest-products farms. ___________ percent.. 0. 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8

General farms. -------------------Percent .. 1U 2.6 3.7 6.8 9.9 15.2 17.2 20.7 19.8 20.9 18.1 11.8

Farms prodliC!TJfr products pri-marily for own household use .. percent .. 22.( 55.7 33.3 28.2 25.3 18.0 14.1 8.7 7.6 5.0 4.5 3.6

CLASSIFICATION OF FARMS BY TENURE OF OPERATOR

Number of farms operated by-Full owners ______________________ number __ 3,292,063 431,705 499,298 420,223 299,326 456,927 387,680 300,502 134,956 88,528 182,638 60,281

Part ow11ers _--------~-----------number __ 661,1~! 15,100 38,109 34,834 34,199 50,880 69,742 66,314 53,588 45,367 128,035 64,960 Managers _____________________ • __ number __ 47,35 1,944 3,239 2,077 1,769 2,310 3,421 4,063 3,053 2,637 8,277 6,253

· All tenants ______________________ number __ 1,858,313 145,188 40.3,733 250,410 137,304 175,029 173,768 195,369 91,494 73,526 154,973 42,053

Cash ----------------------number __ 410,091 62,971 70,056 55,028 32,399 47,842 41,051 39,200 16,600 11,176 21,437 6,754

Share-cash ______ -------_ .. _number_. 137,330 705 3.856 5,773 3,237 8,717 12,988 30,143 13,744 14,897 33,043 8,168 Share' _____________________ number __ 682,561 . 16,357 79,704 76.297 50,359 76,696 83,678 100,476 48,567 39,313 82,549 22,302

Croppers (South only) ..... number .. 446,8~ 45~495 215,645 88,603 36,572 21,764 17,441 8,176 4,777 2,170 4,916 1,071

. Other and unspecified _____ number._ 181,481 19,660 34,472 24,709 14,737 20,010 18,610 17,374 7,806 5,970 13,028 3,758

Percent distribution of farms for each tenure: Full owners __ ------------~----_._ percent_. 10~:~ 13.1 15.2 12.8 9.1 13.9 11.8 9.1 4.1 2.7 5.5 1.8 Part owners ________ .. ____________ percent.. 2.3 5.8 5.3 5.2 7.7 10.5 10.0 8.1 6.9 19.4 9.8 Man:1gers. __ ... __ ... _____________ percent __ i~~:~ 4.1 6.8 4.4 3.7 4.9 7.2 8.6 6.4 5.6 17.5 13.2

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Croppers (South only) _____ percent .. 10.2 48.3 19.8 8.2 4.9 3.9 1.8 1.1 0.5 1.1 0.2

Other and unspecitied .. ____ percent .. 100.0 10.8 19.0 13.6 8.1 11.0 10.3 9.6 4.3 3.3 7.2 2.1

Percent distribution of farms for each size-of-farm group:

All farms ___________________ percent .. 100.l 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Full owners .. _________ •. ___ . _____ percent __ 56. 72.7 52.9 59.4 63.3 66.7 61.1 53.1 47.7 42.1 38.5 34.7

Part owners ... _ ---·--------------Percent._ 11.3 2.5 4.0 4.9 7.2 7.4 11.0 11.7 18.9 21.6 27.0 37.4 Managers. ___ ._. _____ . ________ ._. percent __ O.l 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.7 3.6 All tenants ___________ .. __________ percent.. 31. 24.4 42.8 35.4 29.1 25.5 27.4 34.5 32.3 35.0 32.7 24.2

Cash ... ____________ . __ .. ___ percent .. 7.~ 10.6 7.4 7.8 6.9 7.0 6.5 6.9 5.9 5.3 4.5 3.9 Share-cash _________________ percent .. · 2.3 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 1.3 2.0 5.3 4.9 7.1 7.0 4.7 ::\hare' _____________________ percent __ 11. 2.8 8.4 10.8 10.7 11.2 13.2 17.7 17.2 18.7 17.4 12.9

Croppers (South o~!y) _____ percent .. 7.1 7.7 22.8 12.5 ' 7.7 3.2 2.7 1.4 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.6

Other and unspecified ... ___ percent .. 3.1 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.2

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