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Livestock and Livestock Products

Census Year: 1940

Within: Volume 3: General Report

Introduction

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2. Introduction

Charts

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

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

3. Horses and mules - Number in the United States: 1840 - 1940

4. Horses and mules - Number, by States: 1940 and 1920

5. Cattle - Number in the United States: 1840 - 1940

6. Cows kept mainly for milk production - Number in the United States: 1850 - 1940

7. Whole milk sold - Number of gallons, by States: 1939 and 1929

8. Butter churned on farms - Number of pounds, by States: 1939 and 1899

9. Hogs - Number in the United States: 1840 - 1940

10. Sheep - Number in the United States: 1840 - 1940

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

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

Maps

1. Value of livestock, Apr. 1, 1940

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

3. Horses and mules

4. Horses

5. Mules

6. Hogs

7. Hogs butchered

8. Hogs sold

9. Sheep

10. Goats

11. Cattle

12. Cattle sold

13. Cows and heifers milked

14. Milk produced

15. Butter churned

16. Whole milk sold

17. Butter sold

18. Cream sold

19. Value of poultry, April 1, 1940

20. Chicken eggs produced

21. Chickens on hand

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

23. Chickens raised

24. Farms reporting 800 or more chickens raised, 1939

25. Turkeys raised

26. Ducks raised

27. Horses - Increase and decrease

28. Mules - Increase and decrease

29. Cattle - Increase and decrease

30. Cows milked - Increase and decrease

31. Hogs - Increase and decrease

32. Sows to farrow - Increase and decrease

33. Chickens on hand - Increase and decrease

34. Turkeys raised - Increase and decrease

Summary Tables for the United States

1. History of enumeration in the census of livestock and livestock products: 1840 to 1940

2. Age, sex, and other groups enumerted for various classes of livestock, 1940; with approximately comparable groups, 1900 to 1935

3. Specified livestock on farms - Farms reporting, 1900 to 1940; number, 1840 to 1940; and value, 1900 to 1940; for specified age and sex groups, in the United States

4. Specified livestock products of farms - Farms reporting, 1899 to 1939; quantity, 1839 to 1939; and value, 1899 to 1939; in the United States

5. Farms reporting specified kinds of livestock or livestock production with numbers by frequeny groups, for the United States: Censuses of 1940, 1935, and 1930

6. Livestock slaughter, purchases, and sales - Farms reporting, number, and value, 1939; with available comparative data, 1909 to 1929; for the United States

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

8. Bees and honey - Hives of bees, 1900 to 1940; and honey produced, 1849 to 1939; for the United States

9. Silver fox and mink kept in captivity - Farms reporting, number, and value of females, April 1, 1940; and pelts taken, 1939; for the United States

Tables for the Geographic Divisions and States

10. Value of specified livestock on farms, by classes, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

11. Value of specified livestock products of farms, by divisions and States, 1939 and 1929

12. Percent of total inventory value of specified livestock represented by the several classes, 1940, 1935, and 1930; and percent of total value of specified livestock products represented by the several classes, 1939 and 1929; by divisions and States

13. Horses and mules - Farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

14. Horses - Farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

15. Mules - Farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

16. Horses - Farms reporting, 1900 to 1940; and number, 1840 to 1940; by divisions and States

17. Mules - Farms reporting, 1900 to 1940; and number, 1850 to 1940; by divisions and States

18. Cattle - Farms reporting and number of cattle and of cows and heifers, with value of cattle, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

19. Cows and heifers kept for milk and for beef - Farms reporting, number, and value, 1940 and 1930; and value of cows and heifers and of other cattle, 1940, 1935, and 1930; by divisions and States

20. Cattle - Farms reporting, 1900 to 1940; and number, 1840 to 1940; with number of cows and heifers, 1900 to 1925; by divisions and States

21. Cows milked, milk produced, and butter churned - Farms reporting, number of cows milked, production of milk, and quantity and value of butter churned, by divisions and States: 1939, 1934, and 1929

22. Cows kept for milk and cows milked - Farms reporting cows kept for milk, 1900 to 1940, and number, 1850 to 1940; farms reporting cows milked, 1919 to 1939, number milked, 1924 to 1939, and milk produced, 1889 to 1939; by divisions and States

23. Butter churned on farms - Farms reporting, 1919, 1909, and 1899; and quantity, 1869 to 1939; by divisions and States

24. Dairy products sold - Farms reporting, quantity, and value of whole milk, cream, and butter sold, by divisions and States: 1939 and 1929

25. Dairy products sold - Quantity of whold milk sold, 1869 to 1939; quantity of cream sold, 1899 to 1929; and quantity of butter sold, 1899 to 1939; by divisions and States

26. Classification by number of cows milked - Farms reporting, number of cows milked, and milk production, 1939 and 1929; butter churned and dairy products sold, 1939; with number of cows kept mainly for milk production, 1940; by divisions and States

27. Hogs and pigs - Farms reporting, number, and value, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

28. Sows and gilts and other hogs and pigs - Value of sows and gilts to farrow, and number and value of other hogs and pigs, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

29. Sows and gilts to farrow - Farms reporting classified by number per farm; and number of sows and gilts; by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

30. Hogs and pigs - Farms reporting hogs and pigs, 1900 to 1940, and number, 1840 to 1940; with farms reporting sows and gilts for breeding, 1920, and number, 1925 and 1920; by divisions and States

31. Sheep and lambs - Farms reporting, number, and value of sheep and lambs, with number and value of ewes and of other sheep and lambs, by divisions and States: 1940, 1935, and 1930

32. Ewes - Farms reporting, 1940 and 1935; and number and value, 1940, 1935, and 1930; with data for yearling ewes and other ewes, 1940 and 1930; by divisions and States

33. Sheep and lambs - Farms reporting, 1900 to 1940; and number, 1840 to 1940; with number of ewes, 1900 to 1925; by divisions and States

34. Sheep and lambs shorn and wool produced - Farms reporting, number shorn, and quantity and value of wool produced, 1939, 1934, and 1929; with farms reporting classified by number shorn, 1939 and 1929; by divisions and States

35. Sheep and lambs shorn and wool produced - Farms reporting, 1899 to 1939; number shorn, 1889 to 1939; and wool produced, 1839 and 1939; by divisions and States

36. Goats and kids - Farms reporting, number, and value, 1940, 1935, and 1930; with data for Angora and other goats and kids, 1940 and 1930; and goats milked, 1939; by divisions and States

37. Goats and kids and mohair - Farms reporting and number of goats, 1900 to 1940; farms reporting and quantity of mohair clipped, 1899 to 1939; and value of mohair, 1939, 1934, and 1929; by divisions and States

38. Farm slaughter - Farms reporting and number, 1909 to 1939; and value of spqcified classes of livestock slaughtered, 1939; by divisions and States

39. Livestock purchases - Farms reporting, number, and value of specified classes of livestock purchased, by divisions and States, 1939

40. Livestock sales - Farms reporting, number, and value of specified classes of livestock sold alive, by divisions and States, 1939

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

50. Bees and honey - Farms reporting with number of hives, 1900 to 1940; farms reporting honey produced, 1939, and quantity, 1899 to 1939; and value of hives, 1940 and 1930, and of honey, 1939 and 1929; by divisions and States

51. Silver fox and mink kept in captivity - Farms reporting, number, and value, 1940, with farms reporting, number and value of pelts taken in 1939, by divisions and States

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