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A Graphic Summary of Land Utilization

Census Year: 1959

Within: Volume 5: Special Reports

Introduction

1. Full PDF			19 MB

Chapter 1: Land Utilization

1. Introduction			6 MB

Charts and Maps

1. Farm production regions			151 KB
2. Map of the United States, showing geographic regions and divisions			152 KB
3. Major uses of land, 48 conterminous States, 1959			130 KB
4. Major uses of land, 50 States, 1959			131 KB
5. The trend in land utilization			149 KB
6. All land in farms and cropland harvested for the United States: 1850 to 1959			150 KB
7. Cropland used for crops, 48 conterminous States			150 KB
8. Principal cropland areas			141 KB
9. Total cropland, acreage, 1959			136 KB
10. Cropland harvested, acreage, 1959			137 KB
11. Cropland used only for pasture, acreage, 1959			137 KB
12. Cropland not harvested and not pastured, acreage, 1959			192 KB
13. Cultivated summer fallow, acreage, 1959			193 KB
14. Cropland harvested - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			193 KB
15. Cropland as a percent of the total land area, 1959			158 KB
16. Total cropland as a percent of all land in farms, 1959			181 KB
17. Cropland harvested as a percent of the total land area, 1959			180 KB
18. Total land pastured, acreage, 1959			139 KB
19. Pasture other than cropland and woodland, acreage, 1959			141 KB
20. Woodland pastured, acreage, 1959			141 KB
21. Distribution of forest land, acreage, 1959			156 KB
22. Woodland in farms, acreage, 1959			106 KB
23. Woodland not pastured, acreage, 1959			107 KB
24. Woodland pastured, acreage, 1959			107 KB
25. Generalized land resource areas			235 KB
26. Major types of farming in the United States			214 KB
27. Major uses of all land as compated with ttal land area, by regions, 1959			105 KB
28. Agricultural land in drainage enterprises, acreage, 1959			100 KB
29. Irrigated land in farms, acreage, 1959			96 KB
30. Irrigated land - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			204 KB
31. Acreage of irrigated land for the 17 Western States and Louisiana			205 KB
32. Irrigated acreage of specified crops and pasture in the 17 Western States and Louisiana, 1959			205 KB
33. Land in cover crops, acreage, 1959			92 KB
34. Cropland used for grain or row crops farmed on the contour, acreage, 1959			93 KB
35. Land in strip crops for soil erosion control, acreage, 1959			93 KB
36. Percent of total land area in farms, 1959			141 KB
37. All land in farms, acreage, 1959			114 KB
38. Acreage of land in farms and not in farms, for the United States, 1850 to 1960			115 KB
39. Land in farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1959			115 KB
40. Number of farms, 1959			120 KB
41. Commercial farms, number, 1959			121 KB
42. Other farms, number, 1959			121 KB
43. Commercial farms as a percent of all farms, 1959			152 KB
44. Average size of commercial farms, 1959			152 KB
45. Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1959			185 KB
46. United states farm population 1920 to 1960			94 KB
47. United states farm population by regions, 1960			95 KB
49. Tractors - increase and decrease in number, 1954 - 1959			209 KB
50. Horses and mules, number, 1959			209 KB
51. Acreage on which commercial fertilizer was used, 1959			119 KB
52. Sources of increase in farm output			119 KB
53. Average value of farm products sold per acre of all land in farms, 1959			180 KB
54. Value of all crops sold as a percent of all farm products sold, 1959			156 KB
55. Value of all crops sold, dollars, 1959			94 KB
56. Value of vegetables harvested for sale, dollars, 1959			96 KB
57. Value of fruits and nuts sold, dollars, 1959			96 KB
58. Value of horticultural specialties sold, dollars, 1959			96 KB
59. Value of forest products sold, dollars, 1959			97 KB
60. Specified crops harvested - acreage and value of production for the United States: 1959			97 KB
61. Value of dairy products sold, dollars, 1959			105 KB
62. Value of all poultry and poultry products sold, dollars, 1959			106 KB
63. Value of livestock and livestock products, other than dairy and poultry, sold, dollars, 1959			106 KB
64. All wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			95 KB
65. Winter wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			97 KB
66. Spring wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			97 KB
67. Oats harvested, acreage, 1959			96 KB
68. Barley harvested, acreage, 1959			97 KB
69. Rye harvested, acreage, 1959			97 KB
70. Rice harvested, acreage, 1959			107 KB
71. Corn for all purposes, acreage, 1959			108 KB
72. Corn harvested for grain, acreage, 1959			108 KB
73. Sorghums for all purposes, acreage, 1959			88 KB
74. Flax harvested, acreage, 1959			90 KB
75. Soybeans grown for all purposes, acreage, 1959			90 KB
76. Peanuts grown for all purposes, acreage, 1959			90 KB
77. Cotton harvested, acreage, 1959			92 KB
78. Tobacco harvested, acreage, 1959			92 KB
79. Sugar beets harvested for sugar, acreage, 1959			89 KB
80. Sugarcane harvested for sugar, acreage, 1959			90 KB
81. Irish potatoes, acreage, 1959			90 KB
82. Land in fruit orchards, groves, vineyards, and planted nut trees, acreage, 1959			91 KB
83. Vegetables harvested for sale, acreage, 1959			92 KB
84. Dry field and seed beans harvested for beans, acreage, 1959			92 KB
85. Land from which hay was cut, acreage, 1959			110 KB
86. Alfalfa cut for hay, acreage, 1959			111 KB
87. Clover or timothy cut for hay, acreage, 1959			111 KB
88. Wild hay cut, acreage, 1959			61 KB
89. Lespedeza cut for hay, acreage, 1959			62 KB
90. Cattle, number, 1959			117 KB
91. Milk cows, number, 1959			118 KB
92. Hogs, number, 1959			118 KB
93. Sheep, number, 1959			97 KB
94. Chickens sold, number, 1959			99 KB
95. Turkeys raised, number, 1959			99 KB
96. Cattle on farms, Jan. 1			136 KB
97. Sheep and lambs on farms, Jan. 1			137 KB
98. Pig crops and hog slaughter			137 KB
99. Consumption of poultry meat			137 KB

Chapter 2: Farm Tenure

1. Introduction			5 MB

Charts

1. Land in farms as a percent of total land area, for the United States and regions: 1880 to 1959			94 KB
2. Number of farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1959			95 KB
3. Number and percent distribution of farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1900 to 1959			101 KB
4. Distibution of tenant-operated farms, by class of tenant, for the United States and regions: 1900 to 1959			151 KB
5. Part owners reporting specified rental arrangements, for the United States and regions: 1959			146 KB
6. Land in farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1959			147 KB
7. Percent of farms, and farm land operated by part owners and tenants, and percent of total farm land under lease, for the United States and regions: 1880 to 1959			144 KB
8. Percent of all land operated by tenants, by type of rental agreement, for the United States: 1959			88 KB
9. Value of land and buildings, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1900 to 1959			89 KB
10. Average value of land and buildings per farm, by tenure of operator for all farms in the United States and regions: 1959			64 KB
11. Land in farms and value of land and buildings, privately owned and government owned, for the conterminous United States and regions: 1961			65 KB
12. Percent of farms and land owned, by tenure of owner, for the United States and regions: 1959			66 KB
13. Percent distribution of commercial farms for each type of farm, by tenure of operator for the United States: 1959			105 KB
14. Percent of value of specified crops and livestock sold, for commercial farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1959			106 KB
15. Percent distribution of acres of corn and all hay crops harvested for commercial farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			130 KB
16. Average size of farm, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1900 to 1959			86 KB
17. Percent of all farms in each size of farm group, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			132 KB
18. Percent distribution of all land in farms according to majore uses, by tenure of operator, for the United States: 1950 to 1959			133 KB
19. Percent distribution of cropland, land pastured, and woodland, for commercial farms, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			75 KB
20. Percent of commercial farms reporting specified land-use practices, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			105 KB
21. Number of acres in specified land-use practices, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			106 KB
22. Percent distribution of irrigated farms and irrigated land in farms, by tenure of operator, for the 17 Western States, Louisiana, and Hawaii: 1959			109 KB
23. Number of hired workers per commercial farm reporting, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			86 KB
24. Expenditures for hired labor per commercial farm, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			48 KB
25. Percent of commercial farms reporting tractors (other than garden), by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1959			133 KB
26. Percent distribution of commercial farms reporting, by number of tractors (other than garden), by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			134 KB
27. Percent of commercial farms reporting tractors, grain combines, milking machines, corn pickers, and pick-up balers, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			115 KB
28. Average expenditure per commercial farm reporting specified cost items, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			112 KB
29. Population: Total, nonfarm, and farm, for the United States: 1910 to 1960			101 KB
30. Migration to and from farms, for the United States: 1920 to 1958			102 KB
31. Residence of employed persons in the farm labor force, by kind of worker, for the United States: 1960			102 KB
32. Agricultural net income and nonagricultural net income, for the United States: 1910 to 1959			98 KB
33. Agricultural net income as apercent of total national income, for the United States: 1910 to 1959			99 KB
34. Net income from farming received by nonfarm population, for the United States: 1910 to 1959			99 KB
35. Net income of farm population from farming and nonfarm sources, for the United States: 1935 to 1959			99 KB
36. Percent distribution of commercial farms in each economic class, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			99 KB
37. Average value of farm products sold per commercial farm, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959			118 KB
38. Percent of farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more, by tenure, for the United States and regions: 1959 and 1954			125 KB
39. Percent of farm operators with other income of family exceeding the value of farm products sold, by tenure, for the United States and regions: 1959 and 1954			106 KB
40. Average number of years on present farm, by tenure of operator, for the United States and regions: 1959 and 1954			107 KB
41. Percent distribution of farm operators in each tenure group, by years on present farm, for the United States and regions: 1959			107 KB
42. Percent distribution of farm operators by years on farm, by tenure, for the United States: 1910 to 1959			108 KB
43. Percent of farm operators on present farm 1 year or less, by tenure, for the United States: 1910 to 1959			143 KB
44. Average age of farm operators, by tenure, for the United States and regions: 1940 to 1959			144 KB
45. Percent distribution of farm operators in each tenure group, by age, for the United States and regions: 1959			121 KB
46. Percent distribution by age of tenant in each tenure group, for the United States and regions: 1959			122 KB
47. Percent of commercial farms in each tenure group reporting a telephone and a home freezer, for the United States and regions: 1959			124 KB
48. Percent distribution of farms in each tenure group, by kind of road on which located, for the United States and regions: 1959			136 KB

Maps

1. Map of the United States showing geographic regions and divisions			320 KB
2. Percent of total land area in farms, 1959			153 KB
3. Number of farms - increase and decrease, 1954 - 1959			199 KB
4. Decrease in number of farms, 1950 - 1954			200 KB
5. Farms operated by full owners - increase and decrease in number, 1954 - 1959			182 KB
6. Farms operated by full owners - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954			181 KB
7. Farms operated by all tenants - increase and decrease in number, 1954 - 1959			181 KB
8. Farms operated by all tenants - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954			181 KB
9. Nonwhite farm operators (South only) - increase and decrease in number, 1954 - 1959			181 KB
10. Farms operated by nonwhite operators - increase and decrease in number, 1950 - 1954			181 KB
11. Farm operators, number, 1959			151 KB
12. Farms operated by full owners, number, 1959			152 KB
13. Farms operated by part owners, number, 1959			152 KB
14. Farms operated by all tenants, number, 1959			152 KB
15. Nonwhite farm operators (South only), number, 1959			152 KB
16. Percent of all farms operated by tenants, 1959			165 KB
17. Most frequent method of renting farms, 1959			166 KB
18. Farms operated by all tenants, number, 1959			115 KB
19. Farms operated by share-cash, number, 1959			116 KB
20. Farms operated by cash tenants, number, 1959			116 KB
21. Farms operated by crop-share tenants, number, 1959			116 KB
22. Farms operated by croppers (South only), number, 1959			116 KB
23. Farms operated by livestock-share, number, 1959			116 KB
24. Percent of all farms operated by part owners, 1959			151 KB
25. Most frequent method of renting land by part owner farm operators, 1959			146 KB
26. Percent of all land in farms operated under lease, 1959			144 KB
27. Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1959			192 KB
28. Dominant types of farming, based on number of commercial farms, 1959			169 KB
29. Tractors on farms, number, 1959			115 KB
30. Percent of all farm operators working off their farms, 1959			278 KB
31. Farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more, number, 1959			279 KB
32. Farm operators working off their farms 100 days or more - increase and decrease, in number, 1954 - 1959			279 KB
33. Farm operators with other income of family exceeding value of agricultural products sold, 1959			125 KB
34. Percent of farm operators 65 years of age and over, 1959			143 KB
35. Percent of farm operators reporting residence off their farms, 1959			124 KB

Chapter 3: Agricultural Resources and Production

1. Introduction			8 MB

Charts

1. All land in farms in the United States: 1850 to 1959			131 KB
2. Cropland harvested for the United States: 1879 to 1959			128 KB
3. Pasture and grazing land for the United States: 1930 to 1959			129 KB
4. Average value of land per farm: 1850 to 1959			170 KB
5. Irrigated acreage of specified crops and pasture in the 17 Western States and Louisiana: 1959			127 KB
6. Number of horses and mules, and tractors, for the United States: 1920 to 1959			136 KB
7. Percent of farms reporting pick-up balers for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1959			128 KB
8. Percent of farms reporting field forage harvesters for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1959			129 KB
9. Percent of farms reporting telephone for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1959			108 KB
10. Percent of farms reporting home freezer for the United States and regions: 1954 and 1959			109 KB
11. Trends in population, farm labor force, and farm output in the United States: 1820 to 1959			90 KB
12. Farm labor - Number of unpaid family and hired workers: 1939 to 1959			91 KB
13. Number of hired workers by basis of payment by regions: 1959 and 1954			126 KB
14. Commercial fertilizer: Farms reporting, tons, and acres fertilized, by regions: 1959 and 1954			106 KB
15. Selected farm expenditures: 1959 and 1954			135 KB
16. Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry: 1909 to 1959			136 KB
17. Expenditures for hired labor: 1869 to 1959			71 KB
18. Number of farms by size of farm, for the United States: 1959, 1954, and 1950			97 KB
19. Average size of farm, for the United States: 1850 to 1959			135 KB

Maps

1. Map of the United States, showing geographic regions and divisions			214 KB
2. All land in farms, acreage, 1959			226 KB
3. All land in farms - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			227 KB
4. Percent of total land area in farms, 1959			227 KB
5. Total cropland, acreage, 1959			177 KB
6. Cropland harvested, acreage, 1959			178 KB
7. Total land pastured, acreage, 1959			178 KB
8. Total pasture as a percent of all land in farms, 1959			178 KB
9. Woodland in farms, acreage, 1959			178 KB
10. Woodland pastured, acreage, 1959			131 KB
11. Average value of land and buildings per farm, 1959			170 KB
12. Average value of land and buildings per acre, 1959			171 KB
13. Farms with irrigation, number, 1959			127 KB
14. Irrigated land in farms, acreage, 1959			128 KB
15. Irrigated land as a percent of all land in farms, 1959			128 KB
16. Percent of farm operators 65 years of age and over, 1959			176 KB
17. Farm operators with other income of family exceeding value of agricultural products sold, 1959			159 KB
18. Cattle, number, 1959			136 KB
19. Milk cows, number, 1959			138 KB
20. Chickens on hand, number over 4 months old, 1959			138 KB
21. Hogs, number, 1959			137 KB
22. Sheep, number, 1959			138 KB
23. Horses and mules, number, 1959			138 KB
24. Tractors on farms, number, 1959			136 KB
25. Percent of farms located on hard-surfaced roads, 1959			108 KB
26. Farms reporting regular hired workers, number, 1959			126 KB
27. Acreage on which commercial fertilizer was used, 1959			154 KB
28. Farms reporting commercial fertilizers used as a percent of all farms, 1959			155 KB
29. Farms reporting lime and liming materials used as a percent of all farms, 1959			106 KB
30. Acreage on which lime and liming materials were used, 1959			107 KB
31. Farms reporting expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry as a percent of all farms, 1959			135 KB
32. Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry, dollars, 1959			136 KB
33. Expenditures for machine hire on farms, dollars, 1959			136 KB
34. Expenditures for gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil for the farm business, dollars, 1959			71 KB
35. Expenditures for hired labor on farms, dollars, 1959			71 KB
36. Average size of farms, 1959			135 KB
37. Average size of commercial farms, 1959			136 KB
38. Commercial farms, number, 1959			156 KB
39. Commercial farms as a percent of all farms, 1959			157 KB
40. Class I farms (gross sales of $40,000 or more), number, 1959			125 KB
41. Class I, II, and III farms (gross sales of $10,000 or more), number, 1959			126 KB
42. Farms with less than $2,500 gross sales, number, 1959			146 KB
43. Farms with less than $2,500 gross sales as a percent of all farms, 1959			147 KB
44. Other farms, number, 1959			143 KB
45. Part-time farms, number, 1959			144 KB
46. Part-retirement farms, number, 1959			142 KB
47. Type-of-farming areas based on value of farm products providing one-half or more of all farm products sold, 1959			171 KB
48. Dominant types of farming, based on number of commercial farms, 1959			172 KB
49. Cash-grain farms, number, 1959			134 KB
50. Cotton farms, number, 1959			136 KB
51. Tobacco farms, number, 1959			136 KB
52. Other field-crop farms, number, 1959			142 KB
53. Vegetable farms, number, 1959			143 KB
54. Fruit-and-nut farms, number, 1959			153 KB
55. Livestock farms and ranches, number, 1959			154 KB
56. Poultry farms, number, 1959			143 KB
57. Dairy farms, number, 1959			144 KB
58. General farms, number, 1959			144 KB
59. Value of all farm products sold, dollars, 1959			165 KB
60. Average value per farm of farm products sold, 1959			167 KB
61. Average value of farm products sold per acre of all land in farms, 1959			167 KB
62. Value of all crops sold, dollars, 1959			139 KB
63. Value of all crops sold as a percent of all farm products sold, 1959			141 KB
64. Value of field crops sold, dollars, 1959			141 KB
65. Value of vegetables harvested for sale, dollars, 1959			141 KB
66. Value of fruits and nuts sold, dollars, 1959			122 KB
67. Value of horticultural specialties sold, dollars, 1959			123 KB
68. Value of forest products sold, dollars, 1959			123 KB
69. Value of all livestock sold alive, dollars, 1959			123 KB
70. Value of cattle and calves sold alive, dollars, 1959			123 KB
71. Value of hogs and pigs sold alive, dollars, 1959			123 KB
72. Value of sheep and lambs sold alive, dollars, 1959			128 KB
73. Value of dairy products sold, dollars, 1959			129 KB
74. Value of all poultry and poultry products sold, dollars, 1959			129 KB
75. Value of broilers, other chickens, and chicken eggs sold, dollars, 1959			129 KB
76. Acres of corn for all purposes as a percent of cropland harvested, 1959			237 KB
77. Corn for all purposes, acreage, 1959			238 KB
78. Corn for all purposes - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			238 KB
79. Corn harvested for grain, acreage, 1959			238 KB
80. Corn cut for silage, acreage, 1959			238 KB
81. Cotton harvested, acreage, 1959			237 KB
82. Acres of cotton harvested as a percent of cropland harvested, 1959			238 KB
83. Cotton harvested - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			238 KB
84. Acres of all wheat harvested as a percent of cropland harvested, 1959			238 KB
85. All wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			234 KB
86. Winter wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			234 KB
87. Spring wheat harvested, acreage, 1959			234 KB
88. All wheat harvested - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			234 KB
89. Hay acreage as a percent of cropland harvested, 1959			229 KB
90. Land from which hay was cut, acreage, 1959			230 KB
91. Land from which hay was cut - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			230 KB
92. Alfalfa cut for hay, acreage, 1959			230 KB
93. Clover or timothy cut for hay, acreage, 1959			230 KB
94. Wild hay cut, acreage, 1959			236 KB
95. Lespedeza cut for hay, acreage, 1959			237 KB
96. Soybeans grown for all purposes, acreage, 1959			237 KB
97. Soybeans harvested for beans, acreage, 1959			237 KB
98. Soybeans for all purposes - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			237 KB
99. Tobacco harvested, acreage, 1959			214 KB
100. Oats harvested, acreage, 1959			216 KB
101. Oats harvested - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			216 KB
102. Sorghums for all purposes, acreage, 1959			233 KB
103. Sorghums for all purposes - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			235 KB
104. Sorghums harvested for grain or for seed, acreage, 1959			235 KB
105. Sorghums cut for silage, acreage, 1959			235 KB
106. Irish potatoes, acreage, 1959			235 KB
107. Barley harvested, acreage, 1959			235 KB
108. Barley harvested - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			236 KB
109. Rice harvested, acreage, 1959			236 KB
110. Sugar beets harvested for sugar, acreage, 1959			105 KB
111. Peanuts grown for all purposes, acreage, 1959			106 KB
112. Dry field and seed beans harvested for beans, acreage, 1959			106 KB
113. Sugarcane harvested for sugar, acreage, 1959			106 KB
114. Vegetables harvested for sale, acreage, 1959			106 KB
115. Strawberries harvested for sale, acreage, 1959			222 KB
116. Land in fruit orchards, groves, vineyards, and planted nut trees, acreage, 1959			223 KB
117. Land in fruit orchards, groves, vineyards, and planted nut trees - increase and decrease in acreage, 1954 - 1959			223 KB
118. Oranges - trees of all ages, number, 1959			117 KB
119. Grapefruit - trees of all ages, number, 1959			118 KB
120. Whole milk sold, pounds, 1959			128 KB
121. Value of horses and mules sold alive, dollars, 1959			129 KB
122. Wool shorn, number of pounds, 1959			129 KB
123. Chickens sold, number, 1959			124 KB
124. Broilers sold, number, 1959			126 KB
125. Chicken eggs sold, number of dozens, 1959			126 KB
126. Turkeys raised, number, 1959			56 KB

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Chapter 1: Land Utilization

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