3. Farms with 200 or more acres of cropland harvested, number, 1954
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4. Tractors - increase in number, 1950 - 1954
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5. Crawler tractors, number, 1954
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6. Garden tractors, number, 1954
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7. Percent of farms reporting tractors, 1954
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8. Number of farms reporting field tractors for United States and areas, 1920 - 1954
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9. Crop acres per field tractor on farms, all farms, United States, and areas, 1920 to 1954
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10. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3, 4 or more field tractors for United States and areas: 1954
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11. Number of field tractors on farms by size of farm for the United States and areas, 1954
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12. Number of farms reporting field tractors by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas, 1954
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13. Number of farms reporting field tractors, by economic class, for United States and areas: 1954
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14. Crop acres per tractor, all farms, by economic class, for United States and areas: 1954
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15. Automobiles on farms, number, 1954
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16. Number of farms reporting automobiles for the United States and areas, 1920 - 1954
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17. Number of farms reporting 0, 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles for United States and areas: 1954
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18. Number of automobiles on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954
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19. Number of automobiles on farms by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas, 1954
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20. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles by tenure for United States and areas: 1954
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21. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, and 3 or more automobiles by economic class for United States and areas: 1954
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22. Motortrucks on farms, number, 1954
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23. Motortrucks - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954
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24. Number of farms reporting motortrucks for United States and areas, 1920 - 1954
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25. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks for United States and areas, 1954
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26. Number of motortrucks on farms by size of farm, for United States and areas, 1954
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27. Number of motortrucks on farms by tenure of operator, for United States and areas, 1954
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28. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks by tenure for United States and areas, 1954
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29. Number of farms reporting 1, 2, 3 or more motortrucks by economic class for the United States and areas, 1954
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30. Farms reporting electricity - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954
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31. Percent of farms reporting electricity, 1954
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32. Horses, number, January 1, 1920
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33. Mules, number, January 1, 1920
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34. Horses and mules, number, 1954
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35. Horses and mules - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954
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36. Number of farms reporting different number of horses and mules by type of farm, for United States and areas, 1954
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37. Number of farms reporting different number of horses and mules by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954
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38. Farms with tractor and no horses or mules, number, 1954
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39. Farms with tractor and horses and/or mules, number, 1954
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40. Farms with horses and/or mules and no tractor, number, 1954
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41. Farms with no tractor, horses or mules, number, 1954
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42. Grain combines, number of farms reporting, 1954
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43. Grain combines - increase in number, 1950 - 1954
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44. Number of grain combines on farms, United States and areas, 1945 - 1954
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45. Number of grain combines on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954
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46. Number of farms reporting 0, 1, 2, and 3 or more combines by acreage of small grain harvested, United States and areas, 1954
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47. Corn for all purposes, acreage, 1954
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48. Corn pickers, number of farms reporting, 1954
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49. Corn pickers - increase in number, 19950 - 1954
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50. Number of mechanical corn pickers on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954
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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
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52. Land from which hay was cut, acreage, 1954
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53. Hay acreage as a percent of cropland harvested, 1954
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54. Pick-up hay balers, number of farms reporting, 1954
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55. Pick-up hay balers - increase in number, 1950 - 1954
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56. Number of pick-up balers on farms by size of farm for the United States and areas, 1954
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57. Number of pick-up balers on farms by acreage of hay harvested, for the United States and areas, 1954
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58. Field forage harvesters, number, 1954
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59. Number of field forage harvesters on farms by size of farm, for the United States and areas, 1954
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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
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61. Milking machines, number of farms reporting, 1954
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62. Whole milk sold, number of pounds, 1954
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63. Number of farms with milking machines, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
144 KB
64. Number of farms reporting milking machines by number of cows milked, for commercial farms for the United States and areas, 1954
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65. Power feed grinders, number of farms reporting, 1954
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66. Number of farms with power feed grinders by type of farm for United States and areas: 1954
108 KB
67. Number of dairy farms with power-feed grinders by size of herd for the United States and areas, 1954
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68. Electric pig brooders, number of farms reporting, 1954
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69. Number of farms reporting pig brooders by size of enterprise, for the United States and areas, 1954
142 KB
70. Percent of farms reporting telephones, 1954
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71. Telephones - increase and decrease in number of farms reporting, 1950 - 1954
211 KB
72. Television sets, number of farms reporting, October November 1954
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73. Percent of farms reporting home freezers, 1954
211 KB
74. Percent of farms reporting piped running water, 1954
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75. Piped running water, number of farms reporting, 1954
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76. Percent of all farm operators working 100 or more days off their farms, 1954
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77. Percent of all farm operators working off their farms in 1954
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78. Number of farm operators working off their farms, by number of days worked, for the United States and areas: 1930 - 1954
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79. Farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more - increase and decrease in number, 1949 - 1954
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80. Expenditures for machine hire, dollars, 1954
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81. Number of farms reporting machine hire, by economic class for the United States and areas, 1954
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82. Expenditures for gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil for the farm business, dollars, 1954
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83. Total cost of petroleum products on farms by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954
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84. Cost of petroleum products per farm by economic class; for United States and areas: 1954
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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
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2. Number of farms, average size of farm, and farms reporting specified number of tractors, for the United States and areas: 1954
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3. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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4. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954
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5. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of field tractors, by economic class of farm, for the United States: 1954
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6. Percent distribution of all farms, and number of field tractors, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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7. Percent distribution of all farms, and number of field tractors, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954
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8. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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9. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954
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10. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of automobiles, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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11. Percent distribution of all farms and number of automobiles, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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12. Percent distribution of all farms and number of automobiles, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954
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13. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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14. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1954
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15. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of motortrucks, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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16. Percent distribution of all farms and number of motortruckss, by economic class of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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17. Percent distribution of all farms and number of motortruckss, by tenure of operator, for the United States and areas: 1954
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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
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19. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of grain combines, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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20. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of grain combines, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, for the United States: 1954
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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
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22. Number of farms, farms reporting small grains harvested and farms reporting grain combines, for the United States and areas: 1954
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23. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of corn pickers, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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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
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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
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26. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of pick-up balers, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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27. Number of farms, and farms reporting and number of forage harvesters, by size of farm, for the United States: 1954
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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
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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
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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
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31. Number of farms, and percentof farms reporting milking machines, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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32. Number of farms, and percent of farms reporting power feed grinders, by type of farm, for the United States and areas: 1954
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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
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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
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35. Number and percent of farms reporting electricity, telephones, and piped running water, for the United States and areas: 1954
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36. Number and percent of farms reporting electricity, telephones, and piped running water, by economic class of farms, for the United States: 1954
1. Land in farms: Percent of total land area in farms, 1954
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2. Land in farms: Land in farms as a percent of total land area, United States and regions, 1880 - 1954
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3. Land ownership: Ownership of land and land in farms, United States, 1954
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4. Tenure of farmland: Land in farms, by tenure of operator, United States, 1954
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5. Tenure of farmland: Land in farms operated by tenants, by class of tenant, United States, 1954
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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
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7. Tenure of farmland: Percent of all land in farms operated under lease, 1954
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8. Tenure of farmland: Counties in which at least half of the land in farms was under lease to the operator, 1910 - 1954
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9. Tenure of farms: Number of farms, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1880 - 1954
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10. Tenure of farms: Number of farms, by tenure of operator, 1954
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11. Tenure of farms: Comparison of changes in number of farms, by tenure of operator, United States, 1945 - 1950 and 1950 - 1954
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12. Tenure of farms: Changes in number of farms, by color and tenure of operator, South, 1950 - 1954
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13. Tenure of farms: Percentage of all farms operated by tenants, 1954
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14. Tenure of farms: Counties in which at least half the farms were operated by tenants, 1880 - 1954
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15. Tenure of farms: Most frequent method of renting farms, 1954
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16. Tenure of farms: Percent of rented farms, by class of tenant, United States and regions, 1950 and 1954
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17. Tenure of farms: Farms operated by class of tenant, 1954
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18. Value of land and buildings: Value of land and buildings, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1900 - 1954
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19. Value of land and buildings: Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1954
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20. Value of land and buildings: Average value of land and buildings per acre - increase and decrease, 1950 - 1954
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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
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22. Multiple-unit operations: Subunits in multiple units as a percent of all farms, 1954
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23. Multiple-unit operations: Cotton acreage harvested in multiple units as a percent of total cotton acreage harvested, 1954
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24. Multiple-unit operations: Tobacco acreage harvested in multiple units as a percent of total tobacco acreage harvested, 1954
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Section 2 - Production
1. Type of farming: Type-of-farming areas, based on type accounting for 50 percent or more of commercial farms, 1954
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2. Type of farming: Percent of farms in each type-of-farm group, by tenure of operator, commercial farms, United States, 1954
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3. Crop and livestock output: Percent of value of specified crops and livestock sold, by tenure of operator for commercial farms, United States, 1954
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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
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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
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6. Land use: Percent distribution of all land in farms according to major uses, by tenure of operator, United States, 1945 - 1954
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7. Land use: Percent distribution of cropland, land pastured, and woodland, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954
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8. Size of farm: Average size of farm, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1900 - 1954
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9. Size of farm: Percent distribution of size group of cropland harvested, by tenure of operator, for commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954
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10. Irrigation: Irrigated land as a percent of all land in farms for 20 States, 1954
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11. Irrigation: Percent distribution of irrigated farms, by tenure of operator, 17 Western States, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, 1954 and 1950
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12. Irrigation: Percent distribution of irrigated land in farms, by tenure of operator, 17 Western States, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Florida, 1954 and 1950
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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
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14. Farm labor: Expenditure for hired labor per commercial farm, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954
95 KB
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
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16. Equipment and fertilizer: Number of commercial farms by class of work power and tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954
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17. Equipment and fertilizer: Tractors on farms, number, 1954
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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
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19. Equipment and fertilizer: Percent of farms using commercial fertilizer, by tenure, commercial farms, United States and regions, 1954
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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
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21. Specified farm expenditures: Average expenditure per commercial farm for specified cost items, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954
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Section 3 - People
1. Farm population: Total, nonfarm, and farm, United States, 1910 - 1954
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2. Farm population: Farm population, United States, 1920 - 1954
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3. Farm population: Residence of labor force, farm and nonfarm, United States, 1950
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4. Farm population: Migration to and from farms, United States 1920 - 1953
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5. Farm population: Percentage change in the farm population selected periods, United States and regions, 1920 - 1954
135 KB
6. Farm population: Residence of farm labor force by kind of worker, United States, 1950
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7. Farm population: Tenure of farm workers, United States, 1954
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8. Farm income and tenure: Agricultural net income and nonagricultural net income, United States, 1910 - 1954
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9. Farm income and tenure: Net income from farming received by nonfarm population, United States, 1910 - 1954
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10. Farm income and tenure: Agricultural net income as percent of total National income, United States, 1910 - 1954
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11. Farm income and tenure: Net income of the farm population from farming and nonfarm sources, United States, 1934 - 1954
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12. Farm income and tenure: Percent distribution of commercial farms in each economic class, by tenure of operator, United States and regions, 1954
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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
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14. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Percent of all farm operators working off their farms, 1954
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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
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16. Off-farm employment and part-time farming: Farm operators with other income of family exceeding value of agricultural products sold, 1954
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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
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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
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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
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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
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21. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Years on farm - number of operators reporting by tenure, United States, 1910 - 1954
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22. Occupancy, mobility, and length of tenure: Percent of farm operators on present farms 1 year or less, by tenure, United States, 1910 - 1954
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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
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24. Age and residence of farm operators: Average age of farm operators, by tenure, United States and regions, 1940 - 1954
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25. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators 55 to 64 years of age, 1954
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26. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators 65 years of age and over, 1954
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27. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent distribution of farm operators in each tenure group, by age, United States and regions, 1954
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28. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent distribution of tenant operators in each tenure group, by age, United States and regions, 1954
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29. Age and residence of farm operators: Percent of farm operators reporting residence off their farms, 1954