1. Introduction

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1. Introduction

Charts and Maps

1. Farm production regions

2. Map of the United States, showing geographical regions and divisions

3. Major uses of land, 1954

4. The trend in land utilization

5. Land in farms, agricultural land and cropland harvested, by regions, 1880 - 1954

6. Total cropland, acreage, 1954

7. Cropland harvested, acreage, 1954

8. Cropland used only for pasture, acreage, 1954

9. Cropland not harvested and not pastured, acreage, 1954

10. Cultivated summer fallow, acreage, 1954

11. Cropland harvested - increase and decrease, in acreage, 1949 - 1954

12. Cropland harvested - increase and decrease, in acreage, 1899 - 1949

13. All land in farms and cropland harvested, for the United States: 1850 - 1954

14. Cropland as a percent of total land area, 1954

15. Total cropland as a percent of all land in farms, 1954

16. Cropland harvested as a percent of the total land area, 1954

17. Uses of cropland harvested

18. Total land pastured, acreage, 1954

19. Cropland used only for pasture, acreage, 1954

20. Pasture other than cropland and woodland, acreage, 1954

21. Pasture and grazing land: 1900 - 1954

22. Woodland pastured, acreage, 1954

23. Farm operators with grazing permits, number, April 1, 1950

24. Distribution of forest land, acreage, 1953

25. Woodland in farms, acreage, 1954

26. Woodland pastured, acreage, 1954

27. Woodland not pastured, acreage, 1954

28. Major types of farming in the United States

29. Type-of-farming areas, based on type accounting for 50 percent or more of commercial farms, 1954

30. Major land use regions

31. Major uses of all land as compared with total land area, by regions, 1954

32. Major uses of nonfarmland as compared with total land area, by regions, 1954

33. Land capability as compared with total land area, by regions, 1950

34. Irrigated land in farms, acreage, 1954

35. Irrigated acreage of specified crops and pasture in the 20 States: 1954

36. Irrigated land - increase and decrease, in acreage, 1949 - 1954

37. Areas irrigated and irrigable

38. Acreage of irrigated land in the United States: 1889 - 1954

39. Farm drainage, acreage, 1947 - 1953

40. Farm drainage in the United States

41. Land cleared, acreage, 1954

42. Brush control, acreage, 1954

43. Seeding and reseeding of pasture, acreage, 1950 - 1953

44. Seeding and reseeding of pasture, 3-year averages, United States

45. Land in cover crops turned under for green manuer, acreage, 1954

46. Land in row crops or close-seeded crops grown in strips for wind erosion control, acreage, 1954

47. Cropland used for grain or row crops farmed on the contour, acreage, 1954

48. Number of farms, 1954

49. Commercial farms, number, 1954

50. Other farms, number, 1954

51. Percent of total land area in farms, number, 1954

52. All land in farms, acreage, 1954

53. Land in farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954

54. Acreage of land in farms and not in farms, for the United States: 1850 - 1954

55. Land in farms and number of farms for the United States: 1850 - 1954

56. Commercial farms as a percent of all farms, 1954

57. Average size of commercial farms, 1954

58. Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1954

59. Distribution of selected resources for the United States by regions and by commercial and other farms within regions: 1954

60. Percent of total population represented by farm population, April 1, 1950

61. United States farm population

62. Tractors on farms, number, 1954

63. Horses and mules, number, 1954

64. Tractors - increase and decrease, in number, 1950 - 1954

65. Horses and mules, and tractors on farms, January 1

66. Principal machines on farms, 1940 and 1955

67. Farm production per acre and per animal

68. Trends in population, cropland and farm output in United States

69. Acreage on which commercial fertilizer was used, 1954

70. Changes in use of fertilizer and farm income

71. Average value of farm products sold per acre of all land in farms, 1954

72. Value of all crops sold as a percent of all farm products sold, 1954

73. Value of all farm products sold, dollars, 1954

74. Specified crops harvested - acreage and value of production, for the United States: 1954

75. Acreage in food grains, feed grains, oil seed crops, and cotton, for the United States: 1879 - 1954

76. Changes in harvested acres of principal crops, 1949 - 1954

77. All wheat threshed, acreage, 1954

78. Oats threshed, acreage, 1954

79. Barley threshed, acreage, 1954

80. Rice threshed, acreage, 1954

81. Corn for all purposes, acreage, 1954

82. Sorghums for all purposes except for sirup, acreage, 1954

83. Soybeans grown for all purposes, acreage, 1954

84. Flax threshed, acreage, 1954

85. Peanuts grown for all purposes, acreage, 1954

86. Cotton harvested, acreage, 1954

87. Tobacco harvested, acreage, 1954

88. Sugar beets harvested for sugar, acreage, 1954

89. Land in fruit orchards, groves, vineyards, and planted nut trees, acreage, 1954

90. Vegetables harvested for sale, acreage, 1954

91. Irish potatoes, acreage, 1954

92. Dry field and seed beans harvested for beans, acreage, 1954

94. Wild hay cut, acreage, 1954

95. Alfalfa cut for hay, acreage, 1954

96. Clover or timothy cut for hay, acreage, 1954

97. Feed for all livestock, percentage of all feed from all concentrates, 1949 - 1950

98. Feed for all livestock, percentage of all feed from hay, 1949 - 1950

99. Feed for all livestock, percentage of all feed from pasture and grazing, 1949 - 1950

100. Cattle on farms January 1

101. United States pig crops

102. Stock sheep and lambs on farms January 1

103. Cattle, number, 1954

104. Milk cows, number, 1954

105. Hogs, number, 1954

106. Sheep, number, 1954

107. Output of poultry and eggs compared to other products

108. Increases in efficiency in poultry industry

109. Poultry meat supply (ready-to-cook basis)

110. Broiler chick placements, for 1954 and 1955 production, selected reporting areas

111. Chickens sold, number, 1954

112. Value of poultry and poultry products sold, dollars, 1954

1. Introduction

Maps and Charts

1. Tractors on farms, number, 1954

2. Cropland harvested, acreage, 1954

3. Farms with 200 or more acres of cropland harvested, number, 1954

4. Tractors - increase in number, 1950 - 1954

5. Crawler tractors, number, 1954

6. Garden tractors, number, 1954

7. Percent of farms reporting tractors, 1954

8. Number of farms reporting field tractors for United States and areas, 1920 - 1954

9. Crop acres per field tractor on farms, all farms, United States, and areas, 1920 to 1954

10. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3, 4 or more field tractors for United States and areas: 1954

11. Number of field tractors on farms by size of farm for the United States and areas, 1954

12. Number of farms reporting field tractors by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas, 1954

13. Number of farms reporting field tractors, by economic class, for United States and areas: 1954

14. Crop acres per tractor, all farms, by economic class, for United States and areas: 1954

15. Automobiles on farms, number, 1954

16. Number of farms reporting automobiles for the United States and areas, 1920 - 1954

17. Number of farms reporting 0, 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles for United States and areas: 1954

18. Number of automobiles on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954

19. Number of automobiles on farms by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas, 1954

20. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles by tenure for United States and areas: 1954

21. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles by economic class for United States and areas: 1954

22. Motortrucks on farms, number, 1954

23. Motortrucks - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

24. Number of farms reporting motortrucks for United States and areas, 1920 - 1954

25. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks for United States and areas, 1954

26. Number of motortrucks on farms by size of farm, for United States and areas, 1954

27. Number of motortrucks on farms by tenure of operator, for United States and areas, 1954

28. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks by tenure for United States and areas, 1954

29. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks by economic class for the United States and areas, 1954

30. Farms reporting electricity - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

31. Percent of farms reporting electricity, 1954

32. Horses, number, January 1, 1920

33. Mules, number, January 1, 1920

34. Horses and mules, number, 1954

35. Horses and mules - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954

36. Number of farms reporting different number of horses and mules by type of farm, for United States and areas, 1954

37. Number of farms reporting different number of horses and mules by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954

38. Farms with tractor and no horses or mules, number, 1954

39. Farms with tractor and horses and/or mules, number, 1954

40. Farms with horses and/or mules and no tractor, number, 1954

41. Farms with no tractor, horses or mules, number, 1954

42. Grain combines, number of farms reporting, 1954

43. Grain combines - increase in number, 1950 - 1954

44. Number of grain combines on farms, United States and areas, 1945 - 1954

45. Number of grain combines on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954

46. Number of farms reporting 0, 1, 2, and 3 or more combines by acreage of small grain harvested, United States and areas, 1954

47. Corn for all purposes, acreage, 1954

48. Corn pickers, number of farms reporting, 1954

49. Corn pickers - increase in number, 19950 - 1954

50. Number of mechanical corn pickers on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954

51. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, and 3 or more mechanical corn pickers by acres of corn harvested for United States and areas, 1954

52. Land from which hay was cut, acreage, 1954

53. Hay acreage as a percent of cropland harvested, 1954

54. Pick-up hay balers, number of farms reporting, 1954

55. Pick-up hay balers - increase in number, 1950 - 1954

56. Number of pick-up balers on farms by size of farm for the United States and areas, 1954

57. Number of pick-up balers on farms by acreage of hay harvested, for the United States and areas, 1954

58. Field forage harvesters, number, 1954

59. Number of field forage harvesters on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954

60. Number of farms reporting 0, 1, 2, and 3 kinds o f field machines by economic class for the United States and areas: 1954

61. Milking machines, number of farms reporting, 1954

62. Whole milk sold, number of pounds, 1954

63. Number of farms with milking machines, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

64. Number of farms reporting milking machines by number of cows milked, for commercial farms for the United States and areas, 1954

65. Power feed grinders, number of farms reporting, 1954

66. Number of farms with power feed grinders by type of farm for United States and areas: 1954

67. Number of dairy farms with power-feed grinders by size of herd for the United States and areas, 1954

68. Electric pig brooders, number of farms reporting, 1954

69. Number of farms reporting pig brooders by size of enterprise, for the United States and areas, 1954

70. Percent of farms reporting telephones, 1954

71. Telephones - increase and decrease in number of farms reporting, 1950 - 1954

72. Television sets, number of farms reporting, October November 1954

73. Percent of farms reporting home freezers, 1954

74. Percent of farms reporting piped running water, 1954

75. Piped running water, number of farms reporting, 1954

76. Percent of all farm operators working 100 or more days off their farms, 1954

77. Percent of all farm operators working off their farms in 1954

78. Number of farm operators working off their farms, by number of days worked, for the United States and areas: 1930 - 1954

79. Farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more - increase and decrease in number, 1949 - 1954

80. Expenditures for machine hire, dollars, 1954

81. Number of farms reporting machine hire, by economic class for the United States and areas, 1954

82. Expenditures for gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil for the farm business, dollars, 1954

83. Total cost of petroleum products on farms by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954

84. Cost of petroleum products per farm by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954

Tables

1. Sampling reliability of the estimated number of farms and farms reporting and estimated totals for the United States and 5 areas: Census of 1954

2. Number of farms, average size of farm, and farms reporting specified number of tractors, for the United States and areas: 1954

3. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

4. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954

5. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by economic class of farm, for the United States: 1954

6. Percent distribution of all farms, and number of field tractors, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

7. Percent distribution of all farms, and number of field tractors, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954

8. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

9. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954

10. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

11. Percent distribution of all farms and number of automobiles, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

12. Percent distribution of all farms and number of automobiles, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954

13. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

14. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954

15. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

16. Percent distribution of all farms and number of motortruckss, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

17. Percent distribution of all farms and number of motortruckss, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954

18. Number of farms, and farms reporting by number of horses and mules reported, by economic class of farm, and by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

19. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of grain combines, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

20. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of grain combines, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, for the United States: 1954

21. Farms reporting and acreage of small grains harvested, and number of grain combines, by acreage of small grains harvested, for the United States and areas: 1954

22. Number of farms, farms reporting small grains harvested and farms reporting grain combines, for the United States and areas: 1954

23. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of corn pickers, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

24. Farms reporting and acres of corn harvested for all purposes, and number of farms reporting corn pickers, for the United States and areas: 1954

25. Farms reporting and acres of corn harvested for all purposes, and number of farms reporting corn pickers, by acres of corn harvested, for the United States: 1954

26. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of pick-up balers, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

27. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of forage harvesters, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954

28. Number of farms, farms reporting and acres of all hay harvested, and farms reporting pick-up balers, by acres of hay harvested and by size of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

29. Number of farms, and number of farms reporting 1, 2, or 3 kinds of field machines, by economic class of farm, and by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

30. Farms reporting milk cows and farms reporting milking machines, by number of milk cows, for all commercial farms and dairy farms, for the United States and areas: 1954

31. Number of farms, and percentof farms reporting milking machines, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

32. Number of farms, and percent of farms reporting power feed grinders, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954

33. Number of farms, expenditure, for feed, and farms reporting feed grinders, for dairy farms, classified by size of herd, for the United States: 1954

34. Farms reporting sows farrowing between December 1, 1953, and June 1, 1954, and farms reporting electric pig brooders, for the United States and areas: 1954

35. Number and percent of farms reporting electricity, telephones, and piped running water, for the United States and areas: 1954

36. Number and percent of farms reporting electricity, telephones, and piped running water, by economic class of farms, for the United States: 1954

1. Introduction

Maps and Charts with Accompanying Discussion

Section 1 - Land

1. Land in farms: Percent of total land area in farms, 1954

2. Land in farms: Land in farms as a percent of total land area, United States and regions, 1880 - 1954

3. Land ownership: Ownership of land and land in farms, United States, 1954

4. Tenure of farmland: Land in farms, by tenure of operator, United States, 1954

5. Tenure of farmland: Land in farms operated by tenants, by class of tenant, United States, 1954

6. Tenure of farmland: Percent of farms and farmland operated by tenants, and percent of total farmland under lease, United States and regions, 1880 - 1954

7. Tenure of farmland: Percent of all land in farms operated under lease, 1954

8. Tenure of farmland: Counties in which at least half of the land in farms was under lease to the operator, 1910 - 1954

9. Tenure of farms: Number of farms, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1880 - 1954

10. Tenure of farms: Number of farms, by tenure of operator, 1954

11. Tenure of farms: Comparison of changes in number of farms, by tenure of operator, United States, 1945 - 1950 and 1950 - 1954

12. Tenure of farms: Changes in number of farms, by color and tenure of operator, South, 1950 - 1954

13. Tenure of farms: Percentage of all farms operated by tenants, 1954

14. Tenure of farms: Counties in which at least half the farms were operated by tenants, 1880 - 1954

15. Tenure of farms: Most frequent method of renting farms, 1954

16. Tenure of farms: Percent of rented farms, by class of tenant, United States and regions, 1950 and 1954

17. Tenure of farms: Farms operated by class of tenant, 1954

18. Value of land and buildings: Value of land and buildings, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1900 - 1954

19. Value of land and buildings: Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1954

20. Value of land and buildings: Average value of land and buildings per acre - increase and decrease, 1950 - 1954

21. Value of land and buildings: Average value of land and buildings per farm, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1950 and 1954

22. Multiple-unit operations: Subunits in multiple units as a percent of all farms, 1954

23. Multiple-unit operations: Cotton acreage harvested in multiple units as a percent of total cotton acreage harvested, 1954

24. Multiple-unit operations: Tobacco acreage harvested in multiple units as a percent of total tobacco acreage harvested, 1954

Section 2 - Production

1. Type of farming: Type-of-farming areas, based on type accounting for 50 percent or more of commercial farms, 1954

2. Type of farming: Percent of farms in each type-of-farm group, by tenure of operator, commercial farms, United States, 1954

3. Crop and livestock output: Percent of value of specified crops and livestock sold, by tenure of operator for commercial farms, United States, 1954

4. Crop and livestock output: Percent of cropland harvested represented by acres harvested of the principal crops, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

5. Crop and livestock output: Percent distribution of acres of the principal crops harvested, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

6. Land use: Percent distribution of all land in farms according to major uses, by tenure of operator, United States, 1945 - 1954

7. Land use: Percent distribution of cropland, land pastured, and woodland, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

8. Size of farm: Average size of farm, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1900 - 1954

9. Size of farm: Percent distribution of size group of cropland harvested, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

10. Irrigation: Irrigated land as a percent of all land in farms for 20 States, 1954

11. Irrigation: Percent distribution of irrigated farms, by tenure of operator, 17 Western States, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, 1954 and 1950

12. Irrigation: Percent distribution of irrigated land in farms, by tenure of operator, 17 Western States, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, 1954 and 1950

13. Farm labor: Number of family workers (including operator) and hired workers per farm reporting, commercial farms, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

14. Farm labor: Expenditure for hired labor per commercial farm, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

15. Equipment and fertilizer: Percent of farms reporting tractors (other than garden) by tenure of operator, commercial farms, United States and regions: 1954 and 1950

16. Equipment and fertilizer: Number of commercial farms by class of work power and tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

17. Equipment and fertilizer: Tractors on farms, number, 1954

18. Equipment and fertilizer: Percent of commercial farms reporting tractors, combines, milking machines, corn pickers, and pick-up balers, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

19. Equipment and fertilizer: Percent of farms using commercial fertilizer, by tenure, commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

20. Equipment and fertilizer: Average expenditure per acre for commercial fertilizer and fertilizer material, by tenure of operator, commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954

21. Specified farm expenditures: Average expenditure per commercial farm for specified cost items, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

Section 3 - People

1. Farm population: Total, nonfarm, and farm, United States, 1910 - 1954

2. Farm population: Farm population, United States, 1920 - 1954

3. Farm population: Residence of labor force, farm and nonfarm, United States, 1950

4. Farm population: Migration to and from farms, United States 1920 - 1953

5. Farm population: Percentage change in the farm population selected periods, United States and regions, 1920 - 1954

6. Farm population: Residence of farm labor force by kind of worker, United States, 1950

7. Farm population: Tenure of farm workers, United States, 1954

8. Farm income and tenure: Agricultural net income and nonagricultural net income, United States, 1910 - 1954

9. Farm income and tenure: Net income from farming received by nonfarm population, United States, 1910 - 1954

10. Farm income and tenure: Agricultural net income as percent of total National income, United States, 1910 - 1954

11. Farm income and tenure: Net income of the farm population from farming and nonfarm sources, United States, 1934 - 1954

12. Farm income and tenure: Percent distribution of commercial farms in each economic class, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954

13. Farm income and tenure: Percent of commercial farms in each tenure group reporting a telephone, electricity, and running water, United States and regions, 1954

14. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Percent of all farm operators working off their farms, 1954

15. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more - increase and decrease in number, 1949 - 1954

16. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Farm operators with other income of family exceeding value of agricultural products sold, 1954

17. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Percent of farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more, by tenure, United States and regions, 1954 and 1950

18. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Percent of farm operators with other income of family exceeding the value of farm products sold, by tenure, United States and regions, 1950 and 1954

19. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Average number of years on present farms, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954 and 1950

20. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Percent distribution of farm operators in each tenure, by years on present farms, United States and regions, 1954

21. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Years on farm - number of operators reporting by tenure, United States, 1910 - 1954

22. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Percent of farm operators on present farms 1 year or less, by tenure, United States, 1910 - 1954

23. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Percent of farm operators on present farms 1 year or less by month of occupancy, October to November 1954, United States and regions

24. Age and residence of farm operators: Average age of farm operators, by tenure, United States and regions, 1940 - 1954

25. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators 55 to 64 years of age, 1954

26. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators 65 years of age and over, 1954

27. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent distribution of farm operators in each tenure group, by age, United States and regions, 1954

28. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent distribution of tenant operators in each tenure group, by age, United States and regions, 1954

29. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators reporting residence off their farms, 1954