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2. Introduction

1. Specified livestock on places not counted as farms because of change in definition of farm: 1959

2. Brief description of inventory items for the various classes of livestock, census of 1959; and an indication of the comparability of data for censuses since 1920

3. Specified livestock on farms by age and sex groups, for the United States as published in censuses of 1840 to 1959

4. Specified livestock products of farms - farms reporting, quantity, and value, for the United States: 1839 to 1959

5. Items for livestock and livestock products for which data were obtained: Censuses of 1840 to 1959

6. Number of specified animals sold alive - census totals compared with estimated numbers slaughtered off farms for conterminous United States: 1959, 1954, and 1949

7. Number of farms reporting selected kinds of livestock and livestock products for the conterminous United States: 1850 to 1959

8. Farms reporting chickens on hand and dozens of eggs sold, and number for all commercial farms by size of flock: 1959 and 1954

9. Farms reporting, number of milk cows, whole milk sold, and cream sold, for farms classified by number of milk cows, for the conterminous United States: 1929 to 1959

10. Farms reporting and number of broilers sold by number of broilers sold per farm: 1959 and 1954

11. Farms reporting and number of turkeys raised for all farms classified by number raised: 1959 and 1949

12. Total value of inventories of specified classes of livestock, by divisions and States: 1920 to 1959

13. Value of inventories of specified classes of livestock, by divisions and States: 1945 to 1959

14. Percent distribution of total value of inventories of specified classes of livestock and percent of total represented by the several classes, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

15. Value of inventories of specified classes of livestock, with corresponding value of sales of live animals, by divisions and States: Census of 1959; and some comparative data from census of 1954

16. Value of specified livestock and livestock products sold, by divisions and States: 1959 and 1954

17. Horses and mules - farms reporting, number, and value of horses and mules on hand, and of horses and mules sold alive, by divisions and States: Censuses of 1959, 1954, and 1950

18. Horses and mules - farms reporting, 1925 to 1959; and number, 1840 to 1959; by divisions and States

19. Cattle and calves - farms reporting, number, and value of cattle on hand, and of cattle sold alive, by divisions and States: Censuses of 1959, 1954, and 1950

20. Cows and other cattle - farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

21. Value of cattle by classes - cows, heifers, steers and bulls, and calves, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

22. Cattle - farms reporting, 1900 to 1959; and number, 1850 to 1959; by divisions and States

23. Cows and milk cows - farms reporting, 1900 to 1945; and number, 1850 to 1940; by divisions and States

24. Farms reporting cattle and calves, by number on hand, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

25. Farms reporting cows, by number on hand, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, 1950

26. Farms reporting milk cows, by number on hand, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, 1950

27. All cows, milk cows, and cows milked - relationship between items as enumerated in the various censuses, by divisions and States: 1925 to 1959

28. Dairy products - farms reporting, quantity of milk and cream sold and value, and average date of enumeration, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1949

29. Dairy products sold - quantity of whole milk sold, 1879 to 1944; quantity of cream sold, 1899 to 1944; and quantity of butter sold, 1899 to 1944; by divisions and States

30. Farms reporting, number of cattle and calves, and milk and cream sold, for farms having 30 or more milk cows, by size of herd, by divisions and States: 1959

31. Farms reporting cattle cold alive ( excluding calves ) by number sold, by divisions and States: 1959 and 1954

32. Farms reporting calves sold alive, by number sold, by divisions and States: 1959 and 1954

33. Hogs and pigs - farms reporting, number, and value of hogs on hand and of hogs sold, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

34. All hogs and pigs - farms reporting, 1900 to 1945; and number, 1840 to 1945; by divisions and States

35. Litters farrowed - farms reporting, classified by number of litters and number, by divisions and States: 1959 and 1954

36. Farms reporting hogs and pigs sold by number sold, and number and value sold, by divisions and States: 1959 and 1954

37. Sows and gilts for spring farrowing - farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1920 to 1959

38. Sheep and wool - farms reporting, number, and value of sheep on hand and o f sheep sold; farms reporting and number of sheep shorn; and quantity and value of wool shorn; by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

39. Farms reporting sheep and lambs, ewes, and lambs by number on hand, by divisions and States: 1959

40. Ewes and other sheep and lambs - farms reporting, number and value, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

41. Sheep and lambs - farms reporting and number of all sheep, 1840 to 1945; and of age and sex groups, 1900 to 1945; by divisions and States

42. Sheep and lambs shorn and wool - farms reporting, number shorn, and pounds of wool, by divisions and States: 1839 to 1944

43. Goats and kids - farms reporting, number, and value of goats on hand, 1959, 1954, and 1950; and number and value of goats sold in 1959; by divisions and States

44. Goats and kids - farms reporting and number, by divisions and States: 1900 to 1945

45. Angora and other goats and mohair - Angora and other goats and kids, goats clipped, and mohair, 1899 to 1959; value of mohair, 1959 and 1954; and value of sales from goats, 1949; for specified States

46. Chickens on hand, chickens sold, and chicken eggs sold - farms reporting and number (or quantity), and value of sales, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, and 1950

47. Chickens on hand - farms reporting, 1910 to 1959; number, 1880 to 1959; and value, 1959, 1954, and 1950; by divisions and States

48. Farms reporting chickens on hand classified by number on hand, by divisions and States: 1930 to 1959

49. Chickens sold - farms reporting and number of all chickens sold, by divisions and States: 1919 to 1959

50. Broilers sold - farms reporting classified by number of broilers sold, and number and value of broilers sold, by divisions and States: 1959

51. Broilers sold - farms reporting classified by number of broilers sold, and number and value of broilers sold, by divisions and States: 1954

52. Chickens other than broilers sold - farms reporting classified by number sold, 1959; and farms reporting, number and value, 1959 and 1954; by divisions and States

53. Chicken eggs sold - farms reporting and dozens, by divisions and States: 1959, 1954, 1949, 1929, and 1919

54. Farms reporting, number of chickens 4 months old and over, eggs sold, chickens sold, and turkeys raised by size of flock for commercial farms, commercial poultry farms, and other farms, by States: 1959

55. Farms reporting, number of chickens 4 months old and over, and eggs sold for all commercial farms, commercial poultry farms, and other farms, classified by dozens of eggs sold, by States: 1959

56. Farms reporting and number of broilers sold for all commercial farms, commercial poultry farms, and other farms, classified by number of broilers sold, by States: 1959

57. Turkey hens kept for breeding - farms reporting, 1920 to 1959; number, 1890 to 1959; and value, 1959; by divisions and States

58. Turkeys raised - farms reporting and number, 1929 to 1959, and value of sales of miscellaneous poultry and their eggs sold, 1949 to 1959, by divisions and States

59. Farms reporting and number of turkeys raised for all commercial farms, commercial poultry farms, and other farms, classified by number of turkeys raised, by States: 1959

60. Ducks, geese, and guineas sold or raised - farms reporting and number, 1959, 1954, 1949, 1939, and 1929; and farms reporting and value of sales of miscellaneous poultry and their eggs sold, 1959 and 1954; by divisions and States

1. Cattle - Number shown by the census on specified dates of enumeration in relation to cyclical changes indicated by annual estimates of January 1 inventories by Agricultural Marketing Service, for the conterminous United States

2. Hogs - Number shown by the census on specified dates of enumeration in relation to cyclical changes indicated by annual estimates of January 1 inventories by Agricultural Marketing Service, for the conterminous United States

3. Sheep - Number shown by the census on specified dates of enumeration in relation to cyclical changes indicated by annual estimates of January 1 inventories by Agricultural Marketing Service, for the conterminous United States

4. Number of cows other than milk cows and number of milk cows, for the United States: 1920 to 1959

5. Number of cows, including heifers that have calved, and milk cows, for the United States: 1850 to 1959

6. Farms reporting milk cows by size of herd: 1940 to 1959

7. Number of horses and mules, and tractors, for the United States: 1920 to 1959

8. Number of milk cows by size of herd: 1940 to 1959

9. Whole milk sold by size of herd: Censuses of 1940 to 1959

10. Number of chickens on hand by size of flock: 1940 to 1959

11. Chicken eggs sold, by size of flock: Censuses of 1940 to 1959

12. Number of broilers sold in 16 leading producing States: 1959

13. Horses and mules

14. Cattle

15. Milk cows

16. Cows, other than milk cows, including heifers that have calved

17. Value of dairy products sold

18. Whole milk sold

19. Hogs

20. Value of cattle and calves sold alive

21. Value of horses and mules sold alive

22. Value of hogs and pigs sold alive

23. Value of sheep and lambs sold alive

24. Sheep

25. Wool shorn

26. Value of all livestock sold alive

27. Chickens on hand

28. Chickens sold

29. Broilers sold

30. Turkeys raised

31. Value of all poultry and poultry products sold

32. Cattle - increase and decrease

33. Milk cows - increase and decrease

34. Cows, other than milk cows - increase and decrease

35. Chickens 4 months old and over on hand - increase and decrease