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Farm Expenditures, Labor, Equipment and Facilities, Chemicals

Census Year: 1974

Within: Volume 2: Statistics By Subject

Introduction

Chapter 1: Farm Expenditures

Maps

1. 74 - MP43 - Farm Production Expenses by County: 1974			91 KB
2. 74 - MP46 - Expenditures for Feed for Livestock and Poultry, by County: 1974			112 KB
3. 74 - MP52 - Expenditures for Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuel and Oil for the Farm Business, by County: 1974			114 KB
4. 74 - MP53 - Expenditures for Hired Farm Labor, Excluding Contract Labor, by County: 1974			159 KB
5. 74 - MP54 - Farm Production Expenses as a Percent of Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			63 KB

Tables

1. Other Published Data for Farm Production Expenses: 1974			67 KB
2. Farm Expenditure Data Excluded by 1974 Farm Definition: 1974			108 KB
3. Specified Expenditure Items: 1950 to 1974			109 KB
4. Changes in Selected Farm Expenditures: 1969 to 1974			111 KB
5. Farm Production Expenses by Value of Sales: 1974			116 KB
6. Farm Production Expenses by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			114 KB
7. Specified Expenditures and Adjustments to 1910-1914 Price Levels: 1944 to 1974			94 KB
8. Feed Expenditures: 1974			95 KB
9. Percent of Feed Expenditures by Selected Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			95 KB
10. Petroleum Products Expenditures: 1974			95 KB
11. Percent of Petroleum Products Expenditures by Value of Sales Group: 1974			159 KB
12. Hired Farm Labor Expenditures by Vaue of Sales Group: 1974			160 KB
13. Machine Hire and Customwork Expenditures by Value of Sales Group: 1974			100 KB
14. Agricultural Chemical Expenditures by Purpose of Treatment: 1974			101 KB
15. Farms by Relation of Expenditures to Value of Sales: 1974			101 KB
16. Relation of Production Expenditures to Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			101 KB

All Farms

17. Farm Production Expenses by Items Purchased: 1974 and 1969			412 KB
18. Farm Production Expenses: 1974 and 1969			164 KB
19. Livestock and Poultry Purchased: 1974 and 1969			167 KB
20. Feed Purchased for Livestock and Poultry: 1974 and 1969			169 KB
21. Commercially Mixed Formula Feeds Purchased: 1974 and 1969			223 KB
22. Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, and Trees Purchased: 1974 and 1969			148 KB
23. Commercial Fertilizer Purchased: 1974 and 1969			160 KB
24. Gasoline and Other Petroleum Fuel and Oil Purchased: 1974 and 1969			159 KB
25. Lime and Agricultural Chemicals Purchased, Excluding Commercial Fertilizer: 1974			78 KB
26. Hired Farm Labor: 1974 and 1969			120 KB
27. Contract Labor: 1974			68 KB
28. Machine Hire and Customwork: 1974			77 KB
29. All Other Production Expenses: 1974 and 1969			122 KB

Farms with Sales of $2,500 and over

30. Farms by Expenditure Per Farm for Hired Labor Working 25 to 149 Days: 1974			83 KB
31. Farms by Expenditure Per Farm for Hired Labor Working Under 25 Days: 1974			84 KB
32. Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to Hired Workers, Farm Operators, and Unpaid Family Workers, by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			202 KB
33. Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to Hired Workers and Paid Members of Farm Operator's Family, by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			194 KB
34. Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to Farm Operators and Unpaid Members of Farm Operator's Family, by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			187 KB
35. Feed Ingredients Purchased for Livestock and Poultry: 1974 and 1969			196 KB
36. Whole Grains Purchased for Feed: 1974 and 1969			202 KB
37. Hay, Green Chip, and Silage Purchased for Feed: 1974 and 1969			198 KB
38. Animal Health Costs for Livestock and Poultry: 1974			72 KB
41. Total Fuel Expenses, Gasoline, and Other Petroleum Fuel and Oil Purchased: 1974 and 1969			152 KB
42. Gasoline Purchased: 1974 and 1969			117 KB
43. Diesel Fuel Purchased: 1974 and 1969			110 KB
44. LP Gas, Butane, and Propane Purchased: 1974 and 1969			107 KB
45. Motor Oil, Grease, Piped Gas, Kerosene, and Fuel Oil Purchased: 1974 and 1969			108 KB
46. Lime Purchased: 1974 and 1969			166 KB
47. Agricultural Chemicals Purchased Other Than Fertilizer and Lime: 1974 and 1969			156 KB
48. Specified Agricultural Chemicals Purchased: 1974 and 1969			260 KB
50. Contract Labor: 1974 and 1969			95 KB
51. Machine Hire and Customwork: 1974 and 1969			103 KB

Chapter 2: Labor

Maps

1. 74 - M92 - Hired Farm Workers Working 150 Days and Over: 1974			63 KB
2. 74 - M93 - Hired Farm Workers Working 25 to 149 Days: 1974			63 KB
3. 74 - M94 - Hired Farm Workers Working Under 25 Days: 1974			78 KB

Tables

1. Other Published Data for Hired Farms Labor: 1974			100 KB
2. Proportion of Farms with Hired Labor by Value of Sales Group: 1974 and 1969			109 KB
3. Percent of Farms by Standard Industrial Classification by Expenditures for Hired Farm Labor: 1974			110 KB
4. Percent of Farms by Number of Regular Hired Workers: 1974 and 1969			101 KB
5. Regular Hired Workers by Value of Sales Group: 1974 and 1969			102 KB
6. Seasonal Workers by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			102 KB
7. Seasonal and Casual Workers by Valkue of Sales Group: 1974			102 KB
8. Casual Workers by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			102 KB
9. Contract Labor by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			78 KB
10. Percent of Corporations Reporting Salaried Officers and Average Salary Per Officer: 1974			39 KB
11. Comparison of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to Hired Labor by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			40 KB

Farms with Sales of $2,500 and over

12. Farms With Hired Workers Working 150 Days and Over: 1974 and 1969			94 KB
13. Farms With Hired Workers Working 150 Days and Over by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			78 KB
14. Hired Workers Working 150 Days and Over by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			80 KB
15. Farms With Hired Workers Working 150 Days and Over by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			815 KB
16. Hired Workers Working 150 Days and Over by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			90 KB
17. Farms by Number of Hired Workers Working 25 to 149 Days: 1974			85 KB
18. Farms With Hired Workers Working 25 to 149 Days by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			76 KB
19. Hired Workers Working 25 to 149 Days by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			79 KB
20. Farms With Hired Workers Working 25 to 149 Days by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			1 MB
21. Hired Workers Working 25 to 149 Days by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			96 KB
22. Farms by Number of Hired Workers Working Under 25 Days: 1974			95 KB
23. Farms With Hired Workers Working Under 25 Days by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			76 KB
24. Hired Workers Working Under 25 Days by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			86 KB
25. Farms With Hired Workers Working Under 25 Days by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			1 MB
27. Grain Storage Capacity on Place: 1974			72 KB
28. Farms With Contract Labor by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			79 KB
29. Farms by Expenditure Per Farm for Hired Labor Working 150 Days and Over: 1974			88 KB

Chapter 3: Equipment

Maps

1. 74 - M99 - Tractors, Excluding Garden Tractors and Motor Tillers: 1974			154 KB
2. 74 - MP64 - Average Estimated Market Value Per Farm Reporting of All Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1974			155 KB

Tables

1. Other Published Data for Farm Equipment: 1974			90 KB
2. Farm Equipment by Census Year: 1920 to 1974			74 KB
3. Farm Equipment: 1950 to 1974			85 KB
4. Comparison of Selected Machinery and Equipment on All Farms With Those on Places Not Qualifying as Farms by 1974 Definition: 1974			86 KB
5. Tractors, Cropland Harvested, and Acres Harvested Per Tractor, by Value of Sales : 1974			108 KB
6. Tractors, Cropland Harvested, and Acres Harvested Per Tractor, by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			109 KB
7. Cornpickers, Corn Heads, and Picker-Shellers, by Value of Agricultural Products Sold: 1974			57 KB
9. Percent of Farms by Value of Machinery and Equipment: 1974			58 KB
9. Fertilizer Used: 1954 to 1974			116 KB
10. Percent of Farms by Value of Sales and Value of Machinery and Equipment: 1974			58 KB

Farms with Sales of $2,500 and over

19. Selected Machinery and Equipment on Place: 1950 to 1974			115 KB
21. Motortrucks, Including Pickups on Place: 1974 and 1969			330 KB
22. Tractors, Excluding Garden Tractors and Motor Tillers: 1974 and 1969			325 KB
23. Wheel Tractors, Excluding Garden Tractors and Motor Tillers, on Place: 1974 and 1969			106 KB
24. Crawler Tractors on Place: 1974 and 1969			88 KB
25. Liquid Fertilizer Used: 1974 and 1969			79 KB
26. Hired Workers Working Under 25 Days by Standard Industrial Classification of Farms: 1974			103 KB
27. Farms by Number of Contract Workers: 1974			77 KB
28. Fuel Storage for Farm Use by Type of Fuel: 1974			169 KB

Chapter 4: Chemicals

Section A. Fertilizer and Lime

Maps

1. 74 - MP65 - Acres of Crops Harvested on Which Commercial Fertilizer Was Used as a Percent of All Harvested Cropland: 1974			106 KB
2. 74 - MP66 - Average Total Pounds of Fertilizer Applied Per Acre Fertilized: 1974			107 KB

Tables

1. Other Published Data for Commercial Fertilizer: 1974			76 KB
2. Fertilizer Computer Edited for Specified Crops: 1974			78 KB
3. Fertilizer Computer Edited for Crops Irrigated: 1974			78 KB
4. Distribution of Fertilizer Used by Crop: 1974			110 KB
5. Dry and Liquid Fertilizer Used for Selected Crops: 1974			111 KB
6. Dry and Liquid Fertilizer by Amount Used: 1974			111 KB
7. Percent of Harvested Acres Fertilized for Selected Crops by Value of Sales: 1974			111 KB
8. Comparison of Value of Machinery and Equipment With Index of Prices Paid: 1900 to 1974			58 KB
8. Fertilizer Used or Purchased: 1909 to 1974			115 KB
10. Dry and Liquid Fertilizer Used: 1959 to 1974			116 KB
11. Acres Fertilized for Selected Crops: 1969 and 1974			116 KB
12. Fertilizer Usage on Fully Irrigated and Nonirrigated Selected Crops: 1974			116 KB
13. Percent of Farms by Tons of Lime Used: 1974			59 KB
14. Lime and Liming Materials Used: 1954 to 1974			60 KB

Farms with Sales of $2,500 and over

15. Fertilizer Used on Selected Crops for Irrigated and Nonirrigated Land: 1974			235 KB
16. Lime: 1974 and 1969			142 KB
17. Fertilizer Expenditures: 1974 and 1969			100 KB
18. Commercial Fertilizer Used: 1974 and 1969			119 KB
19. Cropland Pasture Fertilized: 1974 and 1969			87 KB
20. Improved Pasture Fertilized: 1974 and 1969			86 KB
21. Selected Crops Fertilized: 1974 and 1969			1 MB
22. Comparison of Farms Reporting Acres Fertilized and Tons of Fertilizer Used With Farms Reporting Expenditures for Fertilizer and Not Reporting Use: 1974			96 KB
23. Dry and Liquid Fertilizer Used by Farms, Tons, and Percent Distribution: 1974 and 1969			66 KB
24. Dry Fertilizer Used: 1974 and 1969			86 KB

Section B. Insecticide, Herbicides, Fungicides, Other Pesticides, and Other Chemicals

Maps

1. 74 - MP72 - Acres of Crops Treated for Weed or Grass Control as a Percent of Harvested Cropland: 1974			134 KB
2. 74 - MP68 - Acres of Crops Treated for Insect Control as a Percent of Harvested Cropland: 1974			133 KB

Tables

1. Other Published Data for Agricultural Chemicals: 1974			83 KB
2. Crops Which Must Be Sprayed for Insect Control: 1974			78 KB
3. Land Treated for Weeds, Insects, and Disease Control: 1974 and 1969			89 KB
4. Chemicals Used and Expenditures: 1974			113 KB
5. Average Cost of Chemicals Per Acre Treated: 1974			132 KB

Farms with Sales of $2,500 and over

6. Sprays, Dusts, Granules, Fumigants, and Other Chemicals Used: 1974 and 1969			387 KB
7. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Insect Control on Hay Crops: 1974			70 KB
8. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Insect Control on Other Crops: 1974			91 KB
9. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Nematode Control in Crops: 1974			72 KB
10. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Disease Control in Crops: 1974			78 KB
11. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Weed or Grass Control in Crops: 1974			94 KB
12. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Weed or Grass Control in Pasture: 1974			69 KB
13. Farms, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Weed Control on All Other Land: 1974			71 KB
14. Farms, Acres Treated, Expenditures, and Farms by Expenditure for Defoliation or Growth Control of Crops or Thining of Crops: 1974			77 KB
15. Farms, Expenditures, and Frms by Expenditure for Insect Control on Livestock and Poultry: 1974			68 KB
16. Farms, Expenditures, and Frms by Expenditure for Other Chemicals: 1974			71 KB

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