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Charts

1. Workers on farms by months, for the United States and regions: 1954

2. Farm labor - Number of persons working during specified periods, for the United States: 1935 to 1954

3. Average wage rates for hired workers on farms, by basis of payment, for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1950

4. Trends in population, farm labor force, and farm output in the United States: 1820 to 1954

Maps

1. Hired workers on farms, number, 1954

Tables for the United States

1. Comparison of important points in the instructions for enumerating farm workers in the Census of Agriculture for 1935 to 1954

2. Relation of labor force in agriculture to total labor force and to total population of the United States, Census years: 1820 to 1954

3. Workers on farms during specified weeks, by kind of workers, for the United States: 1935 to 1954

4. Workers on commercial and other farms, for the United States: Censuses of 1954 and 1950

5. Farm wages by basis of payment, by tenure of operator (color and tenure for the South); for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: Censuses of 1954 and 1950

6. Farm wage rates by basis of payment and by type of farm, for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: Censuses of 1954 and 1950

7. Farm wage rates by basis of payment and number of workers, by economic class of farm; for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: Censuses of 1954 and 1950

Tables for Geographic Regions, Divisions and States

18. Workers on farms specified week, by divisions and States: 1954

19. Farms by kind of workers specified week, by divisions and States: 1954

20. Farms by number of hired workers specified week, and farms by type of workers; by divisions and States: 1954

21. Workers on farms during specified weeks, by divisions and States: 1954 and 1939

22. Regular hired workers employed specified week, by divisions and States: 1954 and 1950

23. Hired workers by basis of payment and wage rates, by divisions and States: 1954 and 1950

Maps

1. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer per acre of total cropland, 1954

2. Expenditures for lime and liming materials per acre of total cropland, 1954

3. Farms reporting expenditures for commercial fertilizers as a percent of all farms, 1954

4. Expenditures for lime and liming materials, dollars, 1954

5. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer, dollars, 1954

6. Farms reporting expenditures for lime and liming materials as a percent of all farms, 1954

7. Acreage on which commercial fertilizer was used, 1954

Tables for the United States

8. Purchase and use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material, for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: 1954

9. Lime and liming materials - Farms reporting, tons purchased, acres limed, and expenditures; for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: 1954

10. Use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material on crops and pasture, for the United States: 1954

11. Use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material on irrigated and nonirrigated farms - Summary for 20 specified States: 1954

Tables for Geographic Regions, Divisions and States

24. Purchase and use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material, by divisions and States: 1954

25. Lime and liming materials - Farms reporting, tons purchased, acres limed, and expenditures; by divisions and States: 1954

26. Use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material on crops and pasture, by States: 1954

27. Use of commercial fertilizer and fertilizing material on crops and pasture, on irrigated and nonirrigated farms; for 20 specified States: 1954

Charts

1. Specified farm expenditures for commercial farms and other farms, for the United States: 1954

2. Cash expenditures for hired labgr on farms, for the United States: 1899 to 1954

3. Index numbers of average farm-wage rates, for the United States: 1910 to 1954

4. Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry, for the United States: 1909 to 1954

5. Index numbers of prices paid by farmers for feed for livestock and poultry, for the United States: 1910 to 1954

6. Average feed expenditure per dairy farm, by number of milk cows, for the United States and areas: 1954

Maps

1. Expenditures for hired labor on farms, dollars, 1954

2. Expenditures for machine hire, dollars, 1954

3. Farms with expenditures for hired labor of $2,500 or more, number, 1954

4. Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry, dollars, 1954

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

6. Farms reporting expenditures for lime and liming materials as a percent of all farms, 1954

7. Acreage on which commercial fertilizer was used, 1954

8. Farms reporting expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry as a percent of all farms, 1954

9. Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry as a percent of all livestock and livestock products sold, 1954

10. Farms reporting expenditures for commercial fertilizers as a percent of all farms, 1954

11. Expenditures for commercial fertilizer per acre of total cropland, 1953

12. Farms reporting expenditures for lime and liming materials as a percent of all farms, 1954

13. Expenditures for lime and liming materials per acre of total cropland, 1954

Tables for the United States

12. Index numbers of price paid by farmers for specified commodities bought for use in production and of farm wage rates, for the United States, 1910 to 1954

13. Specified farm expenditures, for the United States: 1869 to 1954

14. Farms by amount of cash expenditures for hired labor; for the United States: 1954, 1949, and 1944

15. Specified farm expenditures for commercial and other farms, for the United States: 1954 and 1949

Tables for Geographic Regions, Divisions and States

28. Specified farm expenditures, by divisions and States: 1939 to 1954

29. Percent of all farms reporting specified expenditures, by divisions and States: 1949 to 1954

30. Average expenditures per farm reporting for specified items, by divisions and States: 1949 to 1954

31. Number of farms reporting specified amounts of expenditures for hired labor, by divisions and States: 1954, 1949 and 1944

32. Percent distribution of farms reporting cash expenditures for labor by amount expended, by divisions and States: 1954, 1949 and 1944

Maps

1. Most frequent method of renting farms, 1954

2. Farms operated by cash tenants, number, 1954

Tables for the United States

16. Cash rent paid by cash tenants, 1930 to 1954, for the United States; and by nonwhite cash tenants, 1954 and 1940, for the South

17. Cash rent paid by cash tenants, by type of farm; for the United States, the North, the South, and the West: 1954

Tables for Geographic Regions, Divisions and States

33. Cash rent paid by cash tenants, 1930 to 1954; with number, acreage, and value of cash tenant farms, 1954: by divisions and States

34. Cash rent paid by cash tenants, for commercial and other farms, 1954 and 1950; with number, acreage, and value of cash tenant farms, 1954: by divisions and States

35. Cash rent paid by cash tenants, 1954 and 1940; and for commercial and other farms, with number, acreage, and value of cash tenant farms, 1954; by color of operator: for the South, by divisions and States