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  • CHAPTER XII

    ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM

    (1107)

  • CONTENTS

    Paae Introduction .. ,.,.,, ... ,.,,, •• ,,,,,,,.,, ..•. , ..................... , ..• , ..• ,,,.,,, 1109

    Sources of data .............•.•.. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .......••....•••.... 1109

    Presentation of statistics .••••. ,,,,,,,,.,,.,,., ..••... , .. ,,., •.•.•........ ,,,... 1109 Basis of cla.ssification,,,,,,,.,,,,,,.,., .•...•... , .• , ...... , .. , •... , .. , .. ,, .. ,,. 1109

    CHARTS

    Number of farrna by economic class, for the lhited Ste.tes: Census of 1950 •........•...• ,, ....... ,, .................................. ,...... 1109

    Value of se.les of products by economic cle.ss of farm, for the United States: Census 0£ 1950 ......••..•..•.... , ..•• ,., ....• , ..•..•..•.• ,,. 1109

    Nuwber of commercial farms and other farms, by States: Census of 1950.,,,... .. . . 1111

    MAPS

    Paae Number of farms, April l, 1950................... .• .. • . • .. .. . ... .. • .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 1113 Commercial farms, number, April 1, 1950., .•.••. , ....•.. , .. ,, ... ,,,.,, •.. ,.,,.,.,, 1113 Other farms, number, April l, 1950 •••..•....••..••••••.. ,. .. . .. • . .• . . .. .•. . . •. .. . 1114 Conmercial farms as a percent of all farms, April 1, 1950.,,.,, .. ,.,,,,.,.,,,,,,, 1114 Economic: Clas.:s I farms, number, April 1, 1950 •.• ,, •.••.• , , .. , .... •• •... •,........ 1115 Economic Class II farms, number, April 1, 1950...... ......... ..... . ..... .. .. • .. .. 1115

    nEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS Page

    A £.rm ...... ··.·.··............................................................. 1110 A farm operator •• , •• ,,,, •••• , •.•••••.•...•••••••• ,., .••.••.• , ••••• ,, ••• , .... ,,,, 1110 Land in farms.,, ••.. , ....• , .• , ...• ,.,., .....•. ,,, .. ,,,,, ... , ..... , ..•.. ,, .• ,,,,, 1110 Commercial farms .. , •••••• ,, •••• , ••••••••••••••••...•• , •••••• ,., •.••.••••••.•• ,., JllO Other farms .................................................................... , 1110

    Percent distribution of cornnercial farms by economic class, by States: Census of 1950 .•.. , .••. ,,.,,,.,,,., ... ,. • ....•.•.. , .•. ,, .. ,.,,,.,,, 1111

    Percent diB:tribution of total value of all farm products sold, by economic class of farm, for commercial farm5, by States: Census of 1950 ........... , ........ ,,, .......... , ...... , .......... ,, 1112

    Page Economic Class III farms, number, April I, 1950 ••..•. , .......................... 1115 Economic Class IV farms, number, April 1, 1950 ................................. , 1115 Economic Class V farms, number, April 1, 1950 ... ,., .. , ............ , •.. .. .. .. ..... 1115 Economic Class VI farms, number, April I, 1950 .............. ,.............. .... . 1115 Part~time farms, number, April 1, 1950., .... , .. , .. , .. ,.......................... 1115 Residential farms, number, April 1, 1950 ........................................ 1115

    TABLES FOR THE UNITED STATES

    Table- Pnge 1. -Farms and farm characteristics by economic class, for the United States: Census of 1950 ....• , ......•..••...... , ..•.••........... , .. ,.,,.,., .•••••. ,., ..•.•.... , .... ,. 1116

    TABLES FOR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS, DIVISIONS, AND STATES

    Table- Page 2. -Number of farms by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 .. , ........•• , , •....•.... , .•...••...... , • , , • , , , •... , , ... , .•...••.•••••... , ............••........... , , 1132 3. -Average value of land and buildings per farm and per acre, by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 ......•. , ... , ..•.. , .. , ... , ... ,.,.,,., .... ,,,, .. ,,,........ 1134-4. -Land in farms, by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 ..••••.......•..•.•.•.•....•.••........... ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ···············•·······••••··········•••··· 1136 5. -Cropland harvested-Farms reporting and acreage, by economic class, by divisions and States: C,ensus of 19501.. .•.............•.........•..........•.. , , , ,, , ••. , . ,, , ,,,, 1138 6. -Land pastured-Farm& reporting and total acreage, by economic class, by divisions and States: Census of 1950.,,.,,,., .. ,,,,,.,,,,,, ... ,.,.,., ......... , ....•.•.. , ,.. . . 1140 7. -Other income of family ex:ceeding value of agricultural products sold-Operators of convnercial and other farms reporting, with percent of

    operators reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 .....•........•.. ,,., •.. ,,, ...• ,,., ..... , .... ,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,,, .. ,..... 1142 8. -Off-farm work of 100 days or more-Operators of commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of operators reporting in each

    economic class grOup, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 ... , .... , •. , , , •.• ,, •• , .. , ... , . , , , , , . ,, •.. , . , , ........•...•... , .... , •....•.•............• , .•.....•.• , ,,, 114'3 9. -Farm operators 65 years old and over, by economic class, by divisio.ns and States: 1950 .••...•..............•.......•... , , , ,, .•• , ...•. , . , • , , , , , , , , , .. , , , .. , , , , , , , ,, , , • 1144

    10. -Telephones-Corrrnercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950 .••••. ,.,., ••• , .. ,...... 1146 11. -Electricity-Convnercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950 ..•.... ,..... .. . .. .. .. • 1147 12. -Milking machine-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950.,,,,., .... ,,.,,,. 1148 13. -Grain combines-Convnercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class gJ.oup, by divisions end States: 1950 .•. ,,,,,., .... ,.,. •• 1149 14. -Corn pickers-Comnercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950., ••.. ,.,, .• ,, .• , .... , 1150 15. -Pick-up hay balers-CDmtt1ercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by

    divisions and States: 1950.,,,.,,.,.,,,.,,,, •••. , . , .... , .. , , , . , , , .. , . , , , .... , . , , , , , , . , , . , . , . , , , . , , . , , , , , , , • , , , .. , . , , . , • , . , . , . , , . , . , . , , , , , , . , . , , , , , , , , , , , , •• , , • , . , , , • 1151 16. -Silos-Colllltlercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950.,,,.,., .... , , ...... , . . .. .•.• 1152 17.-Motortrucks-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950 ..................•...• 1153 18.-Automobiles-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950 .. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 1154 19. -Tractors-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950 .......•. , ... , . . . . .. . .. ..• 1155 20. -No tractot", horses, or mules-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group, by

    divisions and States: 1950 .•.•.................••... ,.,, .......••.•...•.........•........................ , ,, ,, , ...• , ,,, , ... , . ,, ...•......•......•. , ...•..........•.. 1156 21.-Tractor and no horses or mules-Commercial and other farms reporting, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class group,

    by divisions and States: 1950 ... , ..•. ,, .. , ......... , ...• , ........ , ... ,,,,,,,,,,,,.,, •..... ,.,,., •.... ,.,,,,.,,.,.,,,,,,,.,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,.,,,,,,,,,,, .. ,.,, 1157 22. -Cattle and calves--NuJTber on conmercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950., ... , ...•........ , , , , •.....•.... , 1158 23. -All cows-Number on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic class, by divisions wid States: 1950 .... ,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,. ,,, ..• ,,,, 1159 24. -Hogs and pigs-Number on cormiercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950., ..•.. , . , , , . ,, , , , • , . , , . , . , , ,, , ,, ,,,,, 1160 25. -Chickens 4 months old and over-Number on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution by econamic class, by divisions and States: 1950 •.•... ··••••·•••••••• 1161 26.-Corn for all purposes-Acreage on conwnercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic clas.s, by divisions and States: 1950. ,,. ,, ,,, •. ,,, , ..••....•••..• 1162 27. -Wheat threshed-Acreage on corm1ercial and other farms 1 with percent distribution by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 •. ,,., .. ,, •. ,, .•.• ,,., .. , . ,, , ,, ,, . , • 1163 28, -Land from which hay waa cut-Acreage on conrnercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic class, by divisions and ·States: 1950.,,,, ,, , .• , ........... , 1164 29.-Family workers-Commercial and other farms reporting and number, with percentages and averages, in each economic: class, by divisions and States: 195Q,,,,,,,,, .• , ..•. 1165 30. -Hired workers-Comerciel and other farms reporting and number, with percent of farms reporting in each economic class, by divisions and States: 1950., .. , •..••... ,,, 1167 31.-Ex:penditures for gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil-Amount eJC:pended on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution,

    by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 ..• , .. , ,, . , , , ,, , , , , , , .•.•.• , . , . , •.........• ,, •. , . , •. , , , , , , , , , , , •• , , .• , . , , , .. , , .. , • , . , , .• , •..•.. , .• ;, ..• , , •.••. ,, ,,, . 1169 3~. -Expenditures for machine hire-Amount expended on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution by economic class,

    by divisions and States: 1950 .•..•......••.•.....•.. , ... ,, ... ,,,,,,,, .• , ...•. ,., .......•. , ...... , , .••... , , , .• , , , , , , .• , . , , , . , . , , , , , .. , , •.. , ...• , , •.• , •. , , ••.• , . , , . . . . 1170 31.-Expenditures for hired labor-Amount expended on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution by econanic class,

    by divisions and States: 1950.,, .. ,,, ....••............. , •........••...•••.. ,,,,, •...•••.••...•••........••••......•. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .•••.•••... 1171 34. -Expenditures for feed for livestock and poultry-Amount expended on commercial and other farms, with percent distribution by

    economic class, by divisions and States: 1950 •. ,. ,, .. , .. , , , , . , , , , , •.. , , , .. , , ,, , , . ,,, , • ,, , , , , ,, , , ..• , . , .•• , .. , , • , . , . , , , , , , ....•.. , •.. , • , . , , , ... , , , ... , , , •..•.. ,, . ,,,, 1172 35. -Expenditures for livestock and poultry purchased-Amount expended on commercial and other farms, with distribution by economic class,

    by divisions and States: 1950 ..... , ... , ... ,., .... ,,,, ..•. , .... ,.,, ....•. , ... ,,, ... ,,, .. , .. , .. ,,,.,,,.,.,., ... , •.•... , ...•..•. ,, •••.• , .••..•.. ,, •.••• , ... ,.,.,,,,.,.. 1173 36. -Value of all farm products sold, with average per farm reporting, and percent distribution by economic class, by divisions and States: 1950. ,,, ...••....••..•. ,,,,,,, 1174 37.-Perce.nt distribution of number of farms, by size of farm for each economic class group, by divisions and States: 1950,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ••••.•••... 117fi 38. -Percent distribution of number of farms, by tenure of operator for each economic class groUp, by divisions- and Ste.tes: 1950 ......• , .. ,.,,., •. , .••.....•.. ,,..... •• . .. 1180 39. -Class I farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States; Census of 1950., .... , ...•. , .• , ...•.•........ , ...... ,.,,,., •. ,, •.•• ,,, •• , ..•..•••.• , .. ,., ....•.•• • • • 11S4 40.-Class II farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 .......•••..••.......••..•..•. , ••••• ,,,, ,, , ,, ,, ,, •. ,,, .•. ,, ,,,,,,, ,,,, ••••••••••••·• 1186 41.-Class III farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States; Census of 195Q.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .•••.•....••.....•.••... , ...•..•..............•.•••.••..•....••••••• 1188 42. -Class IV farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 ••..•..•..• , .....• , ....• ,.,,, .....• ,,, ....... , ...•. ,., ...• , ......•. ,.,,., .. , .••... ·~ 1190 43.-Class V fanns-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States: Census of 1950.,, ,, .. , , , . , , ,, ..• , , , , • , , , , . , .. , , ,, , , • , , , . , , ... , .••..• , • , ... , ..• , •.• ,, . , , , .• , •... •.·•. 1192 44.-Class VI farms-Selected characteristics 1 by divisions and States: Census of 1950 ••••••.•••• ,,,,, ......•••........•...•.••.•••...... , •.••..•..•..•.•.. ,,, .. ···••••••. 1194 45.-Part-time farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 •..... , ... , ....••. , •. •••••• ····•••••• ..•.. ,,,,,,, ,, ,,,,,, ,, , .•. , ,,,,, .. , •...••.•... 1196 46. -Residential farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States; Census of 1950 .•. , •• , •• , , , , , ..••.••• , , ..•.•...•..•...............•.• , , •.......•.•.... ,,, .• , ., •• 1198 47.-Abnormal farms-Selected characteristics, by divisions and States: Census of 1950 .•... , .... , .. , , •• , ... , , ..... , • , •.• , , , • , , ...........•.• , • , ....•.•• , , , .. , ,, .... , •.• ••• 1200 48.-Part-tirne farms-Number and percent distrihution 1 by tenure of operator; by divisions and States: 1950 •.••••....•.•••... ,,,, .•••.••••..•.•.. ,, ...••. ,,,,,,,,,,, ...... 1202 49. -Residential farms-Number and percent distribution, by tenure of operator; by divisions and States: 1950 •..•.•... ,., ..•.••........••........ , ... ,, ..•... , ..••••. • • • · · 1203 50.-Ahnormal farms-Nwnber and percent distribution, by tenure of operator; by divisions and States: 1950 ..••.•• ,,,,, .• , •• ,, .• ,,,,,,,,,,., .• ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,, •• , •. 1204

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    CHAPTER XII.-ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM

    Introduction.-This chapter presents data showing character-istics of farms atJ.d farm operators by economic class of farm. The purposes of the classification of farms by economic class are to segregate groups of farms that are somewhat alike in their characteristics and problems, to show the relative scale of oper-ations and relative significance of different producing groups, and to make more useful and meaningful the statistics regarding the characteristics and organization of agricultural production.

    The data for farms grouped by economic class supplement those for other classifications which were made on the basis of size of farm (as measured by the total area in the farm), tenure of farm operator, and type of farm. To describe the organization of agriculture more fully, percentage distributions of the farms in each economic class, by size of farm and by tenure of operator, are given in this chapter. The types of farms for each economic class are given in chapter XIII of this volume.

    Sources of da.ta..-All data presented in this chapter are from the 1950 Census of Agriculture. There are no compatative figures by economic class of farm for earlier census years. A classification of this nature was made in 1945 but the criteria u~ed in making the classification were not the same as in 1950.

    All figures are estimates based upon reports for only a sample of farms. A description of the farms classified as large farms, and an explanation of the sampling plan, and of the method used in the expansion of the data to represent all farms, and data -regarding the reliability of estimates based on reports for only a sample of farms, are given in the Introduction to this volume.

    l'resenta.tion of sta.tistios.-The statistics presented herein are for the United States, for three major regions, for nine geographic divisions, and for each of the States. An outline map showing these geographic areas appears in the Introduction to this volume.

    Many of the totals by economic class are not given for States, geographic divisions, and regions in this chapter. Economic Area Tables 8 and 12 of Volume I of the 1950 Census of Agri-culture reports contain nearly all the totals available, by economic class of farm, for the States and State economic areas. All State totals given in this chapter are i'n agreement with those shown in Economic Area Tables 8 and 12 of Volume I. However, table 1

    NUMBER OF FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS, FOR THE UNITED STATES: CENSUS OF 1950

    THOUSANDS

    0 100 2 00 30 0 400 500 600 700 800 900 I 000 I 100 . COMMERCIAL

    CLASS T FARMS:

    CLASS D

    CLASS m

    CLASS 1Y

    CLASS V

    CLASS v:I OTHER FARMS

    PART-TIME

    RESIDENTIAL

    ABHOR MAL

    -:

    of this chapter presents a summary for the United States of all available basic data relating to economic class of farm. Tha.t table also contains derived figures, such as averages and percent-ages, to indicate various relationships by economic class of farm.

    Conty Table 7 of Volume I gives, for counties and for each State, the number of farms by economic class. These county totals were adjusted to equal the total number of farms, as enumerated. The State totals, shown in County Table 7 of Volume I will, therefore, vary from the State totals shown in Economic Area Tables 8 and 12 of Volume I and from those shown in this chapter. The data shown in County Table 6 of Volume I, for the characteristics for commercial farms and for other farms, are for all farms, as enu-merated.

    The number of farms of each type classified by economic class of farm are shown for States and geographic areas in Chapter XIII, "Type of Farm." Such data are not shown in this chapter except that United States totals appear in table 1. The counts of part-time farms, residential farms, and abnormal farms by tenure of operator, appear in tables 48 through 50 of this chapter, and of part-time farms by type of farm in table 51 of chapter XIII.

    Averages and percentages rather than totals are shown in this chapter for the purpose of indicating the organization of farms or the economic status of farm operators. In most tables, totals are presented for all farms, commercial farms, and other farms. In only a few tables are totals presented for each of the economic classes of commercial farms and for each of the classes comprising other farms (part-time, residential, and abnormal).

    The maps accompanying this text show the geographic distribu-tion of each class of farm and also of commercial farms and other farms, as groups. These maps serve the purpose of giving a quick visual picture of the distribution of the various classes of farms.

    Basis of classiftca.tion.-In making the classification of farms by economic class, all farms were classified into two economic groups, namely, "commercial farms," and "other farms." (The tlata for this grouping, based on all farms, appear in County Table I> of Volume I.) A sample of approximately 20 percent of the farms was further classified. The "commercial farms" were classified

    VALUE OF SALES OF PRODUCTS BY ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM,

    FOR THE UNITED STATES' CENSUS OF 1950

    MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

    000 1000 1000 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 5000 5500 6000

    ARMS' COMMERCIAL F CLASS t

    CLASSD

    CLASSm

    CLASS l:ll'

    CLASS '.!I:

    CLASS'![!

    OTHER FARMS PART-TIME

    R£SIDENTIAL

    ABNORMAL

    : -• • • ( 1109)

  • 1110 GENERAL REPORT

    into six groups-Classes I through V, solely on the basis of the value of farm products sold, and Class VI, on the basis of the value of farm products sold, off-farm work by the operator, or the rela-tionship of the income of the farm operator and members of bis family from nonfarm sources to the value of farm products sold. "Other farms" were classified as part-time, residential, and ab-normal farms.

    The data for value of fa.rm products sold from a. farm, days of off-farm work by the farm operator, and other income qf operator's family, upon which the classification by economic class of farm was made in 1950, relate to the year 1949. The total acreage in the farm and the person in charge of the farm operations at the time of the enumeration in 1950 determined the relationships of these criteria.

    DEFINITIONS AND EXPLANATIONS

    The following definitions and explanations outline the criteria used in making the classification by economic class of fa.rm.

    A farm.-For the 1950 Census of Agriculture, places- of 3 or more acres were counted as farms if the value of agricultural products in 1949, exclusive of home gardens, amounted to $150 or more. The agricultural products could have been either for home use or for sale. Places of less than 3 acres were counted as farms only if the value of sales of agricultural products in 1949 amounted to $150 or more. Places operated in 1949 for which the value of agricultural products in 1949 was less than these minima because of crop failure or other unusual situation, and places operated in 1950 for the :first time were counted as farms if normally they could be expected to produce these minimum quantities of farm products.

    All the land under the control of one person or partnership was included as one farm. Control may have been through ownership, or through lease, rental, or cropping arrangement.

    A farm opera.tor is a person who operates a farm either per-forming the labor himself or directly supervising it. He may be an owner, a hired manager, or a tenant, renter, or share cropper. If he rents land to others or has land cropped for him by others, he is listed as the operator of only that land which he retains. In the case of a partnership, one member was included as the operator. The number of farm operators is considered the same as the number of farms.

    Land in farms was determined by adding the number of acres owned, and the acres rented from or worked on shares for others, and subtracting the acres rented to or worked on shares by others

    Comm~rcial farms include all farms, except the abnormal farms, with a value ?f sales of far~ products amounting to $1,200 or more. Commermal farms also mclude the farms with a value of farm products sold of $250 to $1,199 provided the operator wor~ed off the fa.rm less than 100 days and provided further that the rncome of the farm operator and members of his family re-ceived from nonfarm sources was less than the total value of all farm products sold. The criteria for the six economie classes which comprise commercial farms and their numbers for the United States, are given below.

    [Commercial farms-3, 706,412]

    Criteria

    Olau Nu.mber Farms of fal'IIlll Value of farm excluded products sold Other

    --I 103, 231 $26,000 or more-.•••. None •...•.• -·-· •.•••• _ ••....•• Abnormal. II 381, 151 $10,000 to $24,9911 •.•• None •••.• ___ .------. ____ .----- Do.

    III 721, 211 $5,000 to $9,llQQ •••.•• None •.•... __ • -- -----. - -- --- -- - Do. IV 882, 302 $2,000 to $4,009 •••.•• None ..• ___ .•••..• --- _ ------- __ Do. v 001, 316 $1,200 to $2,400 •..... None •••.• ___ • ____ -- • -- --- -- --- Do.

    VI 711, 201 $3(0 to $1,199 •• -----· Less than 100 days of oft-farm Do. work by operator and ln· come of operator and mem-bers of bis family from non-farm sources less than value of all farm products sold.

    Other farms include those not classified as commercial. The criteria for the three classes comprising the group of other farms and their numbers, for the United States, follow;

    [Other farms-1,672,838)

    Criteria

    Class Number Flll'Illll of farms Value of excluded farm prod-ucts sold

    Other

    Part·tlme ____ 639,230 $200 to $1,199.

    100 days or more of oll'-farm work by operator or Income of farm

    Abnormal.

    operator and members ot bis family from nonlarm sources greater than value of all farm

    Residential._ 1,029, 392 Less than $250.

    products sold. None _____ --•.• __________ ... ____ • __ Do.

    Abnormal.._., 4, 216 Not a mi- Institutional farms, experimental terlon. farms, grazing associations, com·

    munlty-proJect fe.rms, etc.

    Abnormal farms comprise public and private institutional farms, experimental farms, grazing associations, cooperative farms, etc. These farms were identified on the basis of the name of the oper-ator or owner of the farm.

    The classification of farms by economic class was made upon the basis of data for only 1 year. Inasmuch as this grouping of farms is based primarily on the value of farm products sold and off-farm work by farm operator, changes in farm price levels and off-fa.rm employment would affect the number of farms in ea.ch economic class. Also, the economic class of a particular farm, based upon the records for 1 year's operation, may be affected by crop failure and by the expansion or contraction of inventory of livestock or farm products at greater than the usual yearly rate. Also, the type of farm is An important factor in determining economic class as the value of farm products sold more nearly represents net income for some types than for other types of farms.

    The completeness of the reporting of the value of farm products sold affects the accuracy of the classification of farms by economic class. The questionnaires for the 1950 Census of Agriculture con-tained from 31 to 39 inquiries, varying by States, regarding the value of a. single or a group of farm products sold. The value of a farm product sold was, in most cases, to be reported in connection with the, quantity of that product produced and the quantity sold or to be sold. In case the value of a fa.rm product or a group of products sold or to be sold was not reported, the value of sales was estimated during the office processing, if it appeared that produc-tion was sufficient for sales to have occurred. In determining whether such sales should be estimated, and how much sales were to be estimated, liberal allowances were made for requirements for farm use for production purposes as well as for use by the house,. hold of the farm opera.tor and other households on the farm. However, the values of farm products sold which were estimated during the office processing represented a. very small percentage of the value of all fa.rm products sold.

  • ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM 1111

    NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL FARMS AND OTHER FARMS, BY STATES: CENSUS OF 1950

    COMMERCIAL FARMS

    THOUSANDS

    250 2DD 150 IDO

    NEW ENGLAND MAINE

    N. H.

    VT.

    MASS.

    R. i. CONN.

    MIODLE ATLANTIC

    N. Y. I N. J.

    PA. EAST NORTH CENTRAL

    OHIO

    IND.

    ILL.

    MICH.

    WIS.

    50 0

    OTHER FARMS (PART-TIME, RESIDENTIAL

    AND ABNORMAL}

    THOUSANDS

    50 100 150

    WEST NORTH CENTRAL

    MINN. ~eeeu IOWA MO.

    N. OAK.

    S. OAK.

    NEBR.

    KANS. SOUTH ATLANTIC

    DEL

    MD.

    D. C.

    VA.

    W. VA.

    N. c. s. c. GA.

    FLA. EAST SOUTH CENTRAL

    KY.

    TENN.

    ALA.

    MISS. WEST SOUTH CENTRAL

    ARK

    LA.

    OKLA.

    TEX. MOUNTAIN

    MONT.

    IDAHO

    WYO.

    COLO. UNITED STATES TOTALS N. MEX.

    ARIZ.

    UTAH

    NEV.

    ALL FARMS 5,379,250

    PACIFIC WASH.

    OREG.

    CALIF.

    COMMERCIAL 3,706,412 OTHER 1672 838

    I W&ll.

    • •

    * DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 16 COMMERCIAL FARMS; 12 OTHER FARMS.

    PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF COMMERCIAL FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS, BY STATES: CENSUS OF 1950

    CLASSES I, JI and lII (PERCENT)

    CLASSESIIZ; :iz: and :lZr (PERCENT}

    100 75 50 25 0 25 50 75 100 NEW ENGLAND

    MAINE

    NEW HAMPSHIRE

    VERMONT

    MASSACHUSETTS

    RHODE ISLAND

    CONNECTICUT MIDDLE ATLANTIC

    NEW YORK I NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

    EAST NORTH CENTRAL

    OHIO I IN DIANA

    ILLINOIS

    ) MICHIGAN WISCONSIN

    WEST NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

    IOWA

    MISSOURI

    NORTH DAKOTA

    SOUTH DAKOTA

    NEBRASKA

    KANSAS SOUTH ATLANTIC

    DELAWARE.

    MARYLAND

    VIRGINIA

    WEST VIRGINIA

    NORTH CAROLINA

    SOUTH CAROLINA

    GEORGIA

    FLORIDA EAST SOUTH CENTRAL

    KENTUCKY

    TENNESSEE

    ALABAMA

    MISSISSIPPI WEST SOUTH CENTRAL

    ARKANSAS

    LOUISIANA OKLAHOMA

    TEXAS MOUNTAIN

    MONTANA

    IDAHO

    WYOMING

    COLORADO

    NEW MEXICO

    ARIZONA

    UTAH

    NEVADA PACIFIC

    WASHINGTON

    OREGON CAUFORN/A

    CLASS J:

    ·-IXb·:c>•·

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  • 1112 GENERAL REPORT

    PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF TOTAL VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD, BY ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM, FOR COMMERCIAL FARMS, BY STATES: CENSUS OF 1950

    NEW ENGLAND MAINE

    100 80

    NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT MASSACHUSETTS RHODE ISLAND CONNECTICUT

    MIDDLE ATLANTIC NEW YORK NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA

    EAST NORTH CENTRAL OHIO IN DIANA ILLINOIS MICHIGAN

    WISCONSIN

    WEST NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IOWA MISSOURI NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA NEBRASKA KANSAS

    SOUTH ATLANTIC DELAWARE MARYLAND VIRGINIA WEST VIRGINIA NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA FLORIDA

    EAST SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY TENNESSEE ALAB/IMA MISSISSIPPI

    WEST SOUTH CENTRAL ARK/INS/IS LOUISIANA OKLAHOMA TEXAS

    MOUNTAIN MONTANA IDAHO WYOMING COLORADO NEW MEXICO ARIZONA UTAH NEVADA

    PACIFIC WASHINGTON OREGON CALIFORNIA

    -Closs I

    CLASSES I, lI AND JII:

    60 40 20

    lllllllllllllll Class Jr ~Closs lit

    CLASSES :nz:, 3Z: AND :lZI Percent

    0 20

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  • UNITED STATES TOTAL

    5,382,162

    U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    UNITED STATES TOTAL

    3,706,412

    U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM

    NUMBER OF FARMS. APRIL 1.1950

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    COMMERCIAL FARMS NUMBER, APRlL I, 1950

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    I DOT= 500 FARMS {COUNTY UNIT BASIS)

    MAP NO. A50-210

    -··"auREAU OF THE CENSUS

    •"'suREAU OF THE CENSUS

  • 1114

    UNITED STATES TOTAL

    1,672,838

    * PART-TIME, RESIDENTIAL, AND U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

    GENERAL REPORT

    OTHER FARMS* NUMBER, APRIL I, 1950

    I DOT•500 FARMS. (COUNTY UNIT BASIS)

    MAP NO. A50-211

    COMMERCIAL FARMS AS A PERCENT OF ALL FARMS. APRIL I, 1950 .. : :

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  • ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM

    UNITED STATES TOTAL 103,231

    UNITED STATES TOTAL

    721.2.11

    UNITED STA.TES TOTAL

    901,316

    "< . .· \ . ~\ ... ·>)' .... /

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    ... ·O~A •""Wit~ Of 11'>£ tcll'SUS

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    UNITED STATES TOTAL •• • 639230 I - . ' "'

    ""Of'EffAfOR WORKwG OFF FARM 100 OR ""-J -,\. ·.·:.:://:.·.:Y"~~A;) h.'..:: \ SOURCES GREAlER THAN SALES OF FARM PRODUCTS\. '' .. : .· • I 00T•l00 FARMS '~ '_

    ·~ : \

    MORE: DAYS ANO/Of!; FAMILY INCOME FROM OTHER ··r 't! :\) ~ ICOLIP-lTTIJ.llTBAS!Sl ·

    U~OC?HIT~llT {If i;QvMl'kl..,£ ' ' MM' NO A~·!)')(! -'""P.fl[WCI' Tl!£ CEN151.f.1

    UNITED STATES TOTAL 882.,302

    ECONOMIC CLASS IV FARMS [GROSS SALES OF !lo 2,500 TO J 4,9991

    .-:-~~_;;N.:.,UM::::REfl APRIL 1,1S50

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  • 1116 GENERAL REPORT

    Table 1.-FARMS AND FARM CHARACTERISTICS BY ECONOMIC

    Item

    FARMS, ACREAGE, AND VALUE

    Farms ..... , .•..•......•... ,.,.,, .......... , .•.............•............ , •...•........ , .number .. Percent distribution ... , ..................... ;, ............. ,,,·, ... , ...... , ........ percent ..

    3 Land owned by farlll operators .. ................ , , ... , .. , .. , ..• , , •........ , .•... farms reporting .. 4 acres .. 5 Land rented from others by farm operators .... ,.,, .. , ..... , ...•..........• ,., .. farms reporting .. 6 acres .. 7 Land managed by farm operators .... ,,., .......... ,., ........... , • , • , .. , ...... , , farms reporting .. 8 acres .. 9 Land rented to others by ·farm operators,.,., •........ , .. , ......•.. , ...... , .... farms reporting.,

    10 acres •. 11 Land in farms .• , ........•.••................ ~···········································acres •. 12 Average size of farm .••.••.•.• , ........ ,,, ....•. ,, ... ,., ............. , .... ,,, .. , .. , .. acres .. 13 Percent di?tribution ..... ......... , ...........•.. , ..........•... , ...•.. , , ••.•. , . , •. percent .• 14 Vali.Je of lnnd and buildings~ ..... ,, .. , ...........• ,.,, .. , .. , ... ,_,,, .average per farm, dollars .• 15 average: per acre, dollars .. 16 Proportion of farms reporting value ............ , ..••... , ......•..•..... , ....• ,,,., .percent .. 17 Proportion of land in farms £or which value was reported.,,., ... ,.,,, ... , .. , ....... percent •.

    18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48

    49 50 51 52 53 S4 SS 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 61

    68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Bl 82 83 84 85 86

    Land in farms according to use: Cropland harvested,,.,., ...•...... ,, ..........•.• , ........ , ... , , ........ , .. farms reporting.,

    acres .. l to 9 acre.s ... , .. ,,., ........ , .... , , ..... , ... , ...•...........• , , ....... farms reporting .• 10 to 19 acres,,, ........ , .. ,.,.,,., ....... ,, .. ,., ...... , .....• , ..... ,., farms reporting .. 20 to 29 acres., .... ,,,., .........•. , ............ ,, ............ ,, ....... farms reporting .. 30 to 49 acre.s . ... , , . , ... , ...••............. ,,_,, .... , ... , .. , ...... , , ... . farms reporting., 50 to 99 acres ... ..... , .. , .......... , , .. , .......• , .. , ..... , . , ... , , ...... farms reporting .. 100 to 199 acres,, •............ ,, .•..... ,., .. ,, ... , ........ ,, ........... farms reporting .. 200 acres and over ..... ,,,, .......•... ,.,, ......•.... ,,., ... , ... ,., .. ,,. farms reporting •.

    Cropland usf:d only for pasture .........• ,, .. , .........• , .......... ,,.,,., .. farms reporting .. acres ..

    Cropland net harvested and not pastured ... ,,,., ..... , •.... ,,., ... ,, .... ,,,, farms reporting •.

    Cultivated surrrner fallow, ... , .. ,, .... , ... ,.,, .....•..... ,, ........... ,., farms reporting .. ncre.s ..

    Other ••...•.•....• , .. , ......... , ....•...... ,, .. , ........... , ..•......... farms reporting .. acre.!li .•

    Woodland pastured, ......•. ,, ............. , .... , .. , .. ,,,, ... , ....... ,, ...... farms reporting .. . acres,.

    Woodland not pastured ...... ,,,,,.,,, ...•. ,.,, .. , ..... ,,,.,, .. ,.,.,,,.,., ... farms reporting .. acres.,

    Other pasture (not cropland and not woodland).,.,., . . , , , , ........ , , .. , . , . , . farms reporting .. acres ..

    Other land (house lots, roads, wasteland, etc.), ..... ,,,,,., .. , ... ,,,.,., .. farms reporting .. acres ..

    Cropland, total .........•. , .... ,,, ... , .. ,,., •.... , ..... ,,.,,,., ........... , farms reporting .. acres ..

    Land paistured, to ta.I ....•. , ..... ,,, ..... , ....•. ,., ..... ,,,,,, .... ,,, .....•.. farms reporting .. acres,,

    Woodland, total .. ,., ..•••........ ,,,.,,,, .• , .... , ... , .. ,,, .. , ... , .. , .. ,, •.. farms reporting .. acres ..

    Proportion of farms reporting-Cropland h

  • ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM 1117 CLASS, FOR THE UNITED STATES: CENSUS OF 1950

    Da.ta. :£e1r States in tables 2 to 47 and in Volume I]

    Cornne rcia l farms , by economic class-Continued Other farms

    Clasa III Class IV Class V Chss VI Othe.r 1 total Part- time Residential Abnormal

    721,211 BB2' 302 901,316 717 ,201 1,672,B3B 639 ,230 1, 029, 392 4,216 1 13.4 16.4 16.B 13. 3 31. l 11.9 19.l 0.1 2

    502, 113 615, 944 604,487 475, 859 1,390,114 522,459 866, 6BO 975 3 131,123,694 113,075,0S3 81, 706,313 49, 503. 826 96, 020,39B 43,529,064 51,502,713 98B' 621 4

    402,652 439,315 424, 377 316,409 390, 867 177,429 212, 955 483 5 90,656, 042 64,422,444 3B,463, 844 18,518,495 21,583,951 11,240,862 9,64B, 530 694, 559 6

    4, 8118 1,470 715 387 3,458 194 365 2' 899 T 4,654, 696 l, S64,283 789, 737 342,347 39,SOS,197 116,123 5S6, 811 38,B32,263 8

    71, 488 99, S78 122,234 112,231 252, 841 97. 506 15S,010 325 9 11,359,015 10,365, 713 10,277 ,B77 7 ,486,801 18,675,028 6' 587' 9B9 10,270,014 1,817,025 10

    215,07S,417 16B,696,067 110,682,017 60,B77 ,867 l3B,434,518 48,298,060 51,438,040 3B,698,418 11 29B.2 191.2 122.B B4. 9 B2.8 75.6 so.o 9,17B. 9 12

    lB.5 14.5 9.S 5.2 11.9 4.2 4.4 3.3 13 22, 918 13,162 7 ,B29 4,648 5,406 6, 117 4,675 105, 79S 14 n.58 6B. 90 63.57 54. 79 B2.09 80.90 96.36 25.91 15

    89 B8 BB 86 87 BB 86 58 16 BB BB BB' B6 69 8B B3 26 17

    700,382 BS2,186 BSl,320 662,248 1, 221, 224 533,280 6B4,676 3,268 18 91, 769' 079 66,281,238 36,116,353 16,518,434 17 ,47B,331 10,373,882 6,285, 764 818,685 19

    14 ,21B 30, 560 75,477 127 ,991 631,32B 178,399 452. 548 381 20 18,607 65 ,447 165, 781 202, 557 307 ,360 lSl ,35B 155,638 364 21 23. 063 85, B06 159,344 1S2,567 145,047 96' 932 47' 886 229 22 62' 454 170' 023 217,563 llB,743 96,842 74' 083 22,475 284 23

    206,291 290,223 171,935 4B,646 34,238 2B,251 5,471 516 24 256, 080 158, 942 49, 606 9,810 4,983 3 ,77B 589 616 25 119,669 51,185 11,614 1,934 1,425 479 69 878 26

    364' 261 384,B72 341, 774 247 ,332 565,681 234, B26 329,047 ! ,BOB 27 13,326,984 11,827 ,229 9,305,400 5,615,813 10,330,243 4, 973'134 5,103,399 253,710 2B

    193,019 249, 221 2S3, 056 207, 143 520,GOO 194, 932 324, 072 1,596 29 11'7SO, 239 9,851,24S 7,055,307 4,464, 908 10,342,308 3. 934, 456 6,144,163 263,689 30

    57' 109 so, 432 26 ,240 9,2S9 14, 9S9 7' 863 6,822 274 31 6, 023, 567 3,572,409 l,46B,731 445,498 484, 035 246, 29B 183,015 54, 722 32

    154,339 215, 988 236,410 201,034 509,498 189, 229 318. 793 1,476 33 5, 726,672 6,27B,B36 5,586,576 4,019,410 9,85B,273 3,6BB,158 5,961,148 208, 967 34

    228 '2B7 30B,313 314, 102 2SO, 452 492,5B9 216,511 274,860 1, 118 3S 20, 125,lBl 20,309,578 16, 485,313 9,9B0,596 25,119,177 B,624,013 7' 707. 904 8,7B7,260 36

    177 ,339 252, 812 283,17\ 250, 530 590,219 219, 799 369,031 1,389 37 10, 185,637 12 ,B27' 071 13,503,861 10,726, 503 24,910,047 9,3B6,1S7 15,04B,276 475, 614 38

    355,387 388, 748 328,317 237' 91B 514,683 217,58B 295,127 1,968 39 58,993,811 39,486,510 22, 6\3' 418 10,201,B77 42,927,662 8,00B,974 7,146,289 27. 772,399 40

    679,411 795,S28 755, 702 584,785 1,442,073 5S6, 72B BBl,717 3,628 41 8,922,4B6 B,113,195 5,502,365 3,369,736 7,326,750 2, 997 ,444 4,002,245 327,061 42

    709, 2B5 865, 093 873,250 6B5, 769 1,457' 220 584' 571 86B,'B05 3,844 43 116, 846, 302 87' 959, 712 52, 477' 060 26,599, 15S 38,150,882 19,281,472 17,533,326 1,336,084 44

    636, 564 723,343 658, 165 497,212 1, 144, 759 463' 785 677,742 3,232 45 92,446,976 71,623,317 48,404,131 25,79B,286 78,377,082 21,606,121 19, 957 ,592 36 'Bl3,369 46

    332,517 453' 881 477 ,2B8 396,559 907' B70 357 ,4.47 548,417 2, 006 47 30,312, BIB 33, 136,649 29,989,174 20, 707' 099 50,029,224 18,010,170 22, 756, lBO 9,262,B74 48

    97 .1 96. 6 94.5 92.3 73.0 83,4 66.5 77. 5 49 2.0 3.5 B.4 17. B 37. 7 27 .9 44.0 9.0 50 2.6 7 .4 lB.4 2B. 2 18.4 23. 7 15. l 8.6 51 3.2 9. 7 17. 7 21.3 8.7 15.2 4.7 5.4 52 B. 7 19.3 24.1 16.6 5.8 11.6 2.2 6.7 53

    2B.6 32.9 19. l 6,8 2.0 4.4 o.s 12.2 54 35.5 18.0 5. 5 1.4 o. 3 0.6 0.1 J4.6 SS 16.6 5.8 1.3 o. 3 0, l O, l (1) 20.8 56

    50.5 43.6 37 .9 34. 5 33. 8 36.7 32. 0 42.9 57 26.8 28.2 2B.l 28.9 31, l 30.5 31. 5 37.9 SB 7.9 5. 7 2. 9 1.3 0, 9 1.2 o. 7 6.5 59

    21.4 24.5 26.2 28.0 30.5 29.6 31.0 35. 0 60 3L. 7 34.9 34.8 34.9 29. 4 33.9 26. 7 26. 5 61 24.6 28. 7 31.4 34.9 35.3 34.4 35.6 32. 9 62 49. 3 44.1 36.4 33. l 30, B 34.0 28. 7 46. 7 63 94.2 90.2 B3.8 Bl.5 86.2 87 .1 85. 7 B6. l 64

    98.3 9B.O 96.9 95.6 B7 .1 91.4 84.4 91. 2 65 8B.3 82.0· 73.0 69.3 6B.4 72. 6 65.8 16. 7 66 45.l 51.4 53,0 55.3 54.3 SS. 9 53.3 47 .6 67

    14.B 18.0 17.9 14.0 25. 7 11. 2 14.4 0.1 68 1.6 3.4 B.5 14.4 70.9 20. 0 so. 9

  • 1118 GENERAL REPORT

    Table 1.-FARMS AND FARM CHARACTERISTICS BY ECONOMIC

    l 2 3 4 s

    6 7 8 9

    10 ll 12

    13 14 lS 16 17

    18 19 20 21

    22 23 24

    25 26 27 28 29

    30 31 32 33

    34 35 36

    37 38 39 40 41 42 43

    Item

    FARMS, ACREAGE, Al'IO VALUE-Continued

    Average acreage per fa.rm reporting-Cropland harvested •.••••.••..••...•...•...•.•••.••..•.. , .. , •. •., ..••• , ..••..• ,, ..•••. acre$ •• Cropland used only for pa$ture •• , ••••••••• •• ••• • •••••• · · • · • •• • •, ·,.,, ••••••.••••••••• acrel!S., Cropland not. harvested and not pastured .•••••••••. ,, •..•• ,,., ••••• , •.••.••.•••• ,,,, •• acres •.

    Cultivated suirvner fallow ••••••••••• , •••••••• , ••••••• •• •••• •··· ••.•••••••••••.•.. ,.,.acres .• Other., , , , , , , , .......................... · • ••.••.•... • . · •.•. • · • • •••..•..••.••.• , , ••• acres ••

    Woodland pastured,, .. ,.,,, •• ,.,.,,,,,,, ••• , •. ,, ••.••• , •..••.. , .•• ,.,,,,, .• , .•••.. ,, .• .acres,. Woodland not pastured .••..•. , •••••..•.•••...• , •.• , ..•.. ,,,,, .•...••• ,, .•.•••••. ,, ..•. acres •• Other pasture {not cropland and not woodland),, ••••. ,, ..•... ,, .•••. ,.,,,.,., •••..•• , .acres •• Other land (house Jots, roads, wasteland, etc.) .••.••..•...•.• •••,,., ..••.••••• ,., ••• acres •.

    Cropland, total,, ..•... , ...•••••..••..• , ...• ,,,,,,.•••••• ...•••••.•••. ,.,, ••••.• ,., .• acres., Land paz tu red, to ta 1. , , , , , , ••••• , •.••.••.•.• , , , ..•. , • , •..• , .• , ••.• , • , , •..••••.••• , , , , acres • , Waodland, total ....•..•..•...•..••..•••....... , •• ••••••••• ••.•••.••••.••.•.••••••.••• acres ..

    Proportlon of land in farms represented by-Cropland harvested.,,,,.,., ...•.•• , .•.••••...•.•.•.••.• , •. ,, ............. , •. ,.,.,,., percent., Cropland used only for pasture .•....••• , ... ,,.,,,, .••...•••.•.•...• ,.,,,,,, •••••••• ,percent •• Cropland not harvested and not pastured ..•.•••..••..• , ••.•..•. ,,.,,., ...• , ••••••••• percent •.

    Cultivated summer fallow ..•...• ,, •..• , .•.. ,, .•. ,,,,,,,, ....•..•.••. ,, ••• ,,.,,., .percent .• Other.,, ••.•• , •... , ..... , ..••••.. , , , •••••• , , , ••..•. , ... , ..• , , • , .• , , ... , , •..•••.. percent. ,

    Woodland pas tu red. , ....................... , , , • , , , , •. , , , , • , .• , , ...••.•••••.•• , , .•••• , percent .. Woodland not pastured •....•... , .••.••••• ,.,,,,.,,., .•... , •.. , .• ,,.,.,, .•. , ••..•••.. percent •• Other pasture (not cropland and not woodland} .• , •. , .. , .• , .• ,, •.•.•.•...•• , .•.•••••• per-cent •. Other land (house lots, roads, wasteland, etc, J.,, ..•..•.•.........••. ,,,., , ...... ,percent •.

    Cropland, total •••..••••. ,.,,., •. , •....• , .....•.••••..• ,,,., ...••..••••••.... , •.••. percent .. Land pastured, total •••••....• , .....•.•• , •.. ,,,,., •. , .•.•.•...•.•. ,,., .•• ,,, .•.•••• percent;.,, Woodland, total ..• , •...••••. ,., •. , ..•.•• , •.•...••.........•.•.. ,, ..••..••.. , ..•• ,. ,percent.,

    Percent distribution of acreage of-Cropland harvested .•••• ,.,., .. ,.,,.,.,.,.,,,,., ....... , ...•... , .•• , .... , •. ,., ..•.•.• percent .. Cropland used only for pasture .•• , •• , ..• , .•• ,,,,,., ••• ,,,,.,,, ..••• , ••.••.. , .•••• , .percent •. Cropland not. harvested and not pastured ••• ,,,,,,, •.•....... , ..•.• , •• , •.••• ,,, •••••• percent.,

    Cultivated sunmet" fallow.,.,,,., .••.••• ,,.,.,, .....••.••..•.. ,,, .. , •.••.. , ... ,., ,percent •• Other ..•• , ... , .. , .• , ••.•......• , .. , •• , ••• ,, .. ,,,,,, ....•.. ,,,., .•......•.• ,,,., ,percent ••

    Woodland pastured •••• , •.• ,,,,,, •• , .....•...• ,,,,,,,,, •.•• , ••• ,,,,,, ............ , •••• percent .• Woodland not pastured ••••. ,., ....• ,,, •••.. ,,,, .•.. , ... , •••• , .....• ,., •.• ,,,,,,, ••.• percent .• Other pasture (not cropland and not woodland).,,., .. ,,., •.• ,.,, .• ,,, .. , ....•.. ,.,. ,percent., Other land (house Jcita, roads, wasteland, etc,}..,,,,, ...•.•.•..........• ,.,,,,,,, ,percent .•

    Cropland, total.,.,, •..•.. , •...•........ , .••. ,,,,,,,,,,,,, ..• , •...••...••.• , •...... percent •• Land pastured, total, . , • , , •• , .• , . , ..... , , , , •. , •....•...•..•.• , ••• , • , , , , , , , • , , . , •... percent •. Woodland, total ... ,, •.. ,,., •• ,,, .•.. ,., ••.•• ,, ••. ,, .•... ,, •.•.••.... , ............... percent ••

    I rrl gated I .and in farms. •....• , •.•• ,, .•.... ,.,.,,.,,., ..••..•.• ,, .•.• , .• , .•• ,,. farms reporting •. Proportion o.f farms reporting.,,,, .•. , ..•••• , •••.•... , ..•... , ••.••. , ......•...•.•. ,percent., Percent distribution ••••. , ••..•...•....• , .•••. ,,,, ........••.•••.• , •• ,,, ...•• , ...•. percent ..

    acres.,

    ~;:~~~~i~~r oial:~d'i~' £~~~::: ::: : ::: : : : :::::: ::: : : :: :: :::: ::: : : : : :: : :: : :::.::::::: :~:~~:~:: Percent distribution .•••.• ,.,, •...•. , .. , •• ,,, •• , ... ,.,, .•. ,,, .... ,., ••.....•.. , •.. , .percent ••

    44 Land irrigated by sprinklers •.••.•. , ••• ,,,,,,,,, .•....... , ... , •••••• ,,,,,,,,,. farms reporting •. 45 Proportion of irrigated farms ••••• ,.,, •• , ••..••••• ,,,.,,,,,, •• , ••••• , •••••••••. ,, •• percent •• 46 Percent distribution •.•••..•..•• ,, .•..• ,,, •• ,, ••••. , .•. ,, ....• , ••.. ,, •• ,, ... , •• ,.,, .percent •• 47 48 49 so

    acres., Average per farm .... , •.• ,,, •• , •• ,.,,,,,., •...••• ,,,,,,,,.,.,, •••.. , .. ,,.,.,.,.,.,., .• acres •• Percent of tPta.l irrigated land •••..• ,., ••• ,, •••.•..•• ,, ••• , .••.• ,.,,.,, ••• ,, •• ,, •• percent •• Percent distribution .•.•. ,,,, .•.•. ,,,,,, .•..•••.••• , ••. ,,.,,,,,.,,,,,,,, •.• , .•••• , .percen.t ••

    FARM OPERATORS

    51 Residing on farm operated., •.•..••.•...•• ,,,,,,, .•. ,, .•••.••. ,.,,,,, ••.• ,.operators reporting •. 52 Not residing on farm operated ••• ,.,,,., ••.• ,.,.,, ••.•• ,,.,,.,.,,, •.••••• ,, operators reporting.,

    t'roportion of operatDrs i:-eporting as to residence-53 Re.siding on farm operated .••. , ••... ,,,,,,,,.,,,, •••. ,,, •• ,.,,, •• ,,,,.,.,., ••.••• , •. percent., 54 Not residing on farm operated .•.. ,,, .••..• ,,,.,, •••• ,,.,,,.,,,,., ..••••... ,., ...••• percent.,

    55 With other incolfle of family e,.:.:ceeding value of agricultural products sold •. operators reporting •• 56 Proportion of operators reporting .• , ... ,.,.,,.,,.,,,,.,, .•. ,,, •..••. , ••• ,,,,,,,.,. ,percent •• 57 Percent distribution.,,,,, •••.•.. , •..••. ,,.,,, ••.••••••.••••. ,,,,,,,,.,,., ........... percent ••

    Off-farm work: 58 Working off their farms, total,, ...•• , .•.•.• ,.,.,,., .•.•..• , ...••.• ,., .operators reporting., 59 l to 99 days •....•••..••••••• , •••..•••. ,,, •• , •..•.•.••.•• ,,,,,,, •• ,.operators reporting •. 60 100 days or more •••...••.. , •. ,, .••• , ..•••..• , •• ,.,.,., .•. , ...• , •• ,,., operators reporting.,

    61 Not working off their farms •. , •.. , .•••.•. , •. , ••..••..•..• ,,,.,,, ••• ,., .operators reporting., Proportion of operators reporting as to off·Iarm work-

    62 Working o!f their farms, total ..••..•.•.• , •• , ••••. ,, •.. , •.. , .••••••. ,,,, ••• ,, .•• percent •• 63 l to 99 days ••.......•.••.•••..•. , •• ,,, ••••..•••.••. ,,,,,,,, ••• , .• , ..• , •.•.•• percent., 64 100 days or more,.,,, •••••••. ,,., .••.•.••••••..• ,.,,, •..•.• , .•••••.• ,,,, ••••. percent .• 65 NCJt working off their farms •.•.•... ,., .•. , •• ,, •• , ••. ,, ... ,.,, •• , .• ,.,,,,, •. ,, ••• percent ...

    See footnotes at encl of table.

    [Data are based on reports for only a sample of farms. See te>et.

    Taul, all

    farms

    72.8 32.6 41.l

    122.2 27,2

    78.9 Sl.3

    201.8 9.6

    94.8 1S2.4

    80.0

    29. 8 6.0 s.s 2.2 3.3

    11. 7 7.3

    3S.8 3.9

    41.3 S3.4 19.0

    100. 0 100.0 100. 0 100.0 100.0

    100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

    100. 0 100.0 100, 0

    306,617 s. 7

    100,0 25, 832, 480

    84.2 2.2

    100,0

    2S, 987 8.5

    100.0 660, 913

    2S.4 2.6

    100.0

    S,005,595 248,685

    9S.3 4. 7

    1,S66,154 29.l

    100.0

    2,089,834 83S,224

    1,2S4,610

    3,150,267

    39.9 15. 9 23.9 60.1

    Corrrnercial farms, by economic class

    C'.orrunercial, total Class I Class II

    93. l 442.2 209,6 37. 7 190.4 57.0 Sl.8 290, 1 112.6

    129.l 466.l 193.6 31. 6 136. 2 55, 3

    90.2 1, 168.2 195.3 S6.4 276. 5 88.6

    241.3 3,426.5 4Sl.9 11. 7 54. s 19.4

    122. s 604.S 267 .o 185.3 2,434.3 347.2

    92.2 862.3 176.4

    32.l 16.4 3S.3 S.8 3.3 5.2 S.3 3.6 S.3 2.s 2. 5 3.4 2.8 1.1 1.9

    10.8 9.6 8.9 s. 9 2.2 3.S

    36.4 62.8 38.6 3. 7 2.0 3.2

    43.2 23.4 4S.8 S3.0 7S. 7 52.6 16. 7 11.B 12.3

    94. 9 11.9 22.1 8S.2 11.9 15.9 83.8 14.1 18. 0 98. l 24.2 28.9 74.3 7 .4 10. 7

    81.4 17. 7 14.2 70. 7 6.4 8.8 89. 6 37 .9 20.l 83. 9 11.2 lS.4

    92. 0 12.2 20.6 87 .4 30.6 18.3 77 .3 13. 4 12. l

    246,463 29,477 so, 500 6.6 28.6 13.2

    80.4 9,6 16.5 24,941,641 10,S72,940 6,138,394

    101.2 3S8. 7 121.6 2.4 4.2 2.8

    96. 6 40.9 23.8

    20, 602 3,698 4,934 8.4 12.S 9.8

    79.3 14.2 19,0 629,627 316,248 145,304

    30.6 85. s 29.4 2.S 3.0 2.4

    9S.3 47. 9 22.0

    3,4Sl,932 8S,206 350,370 174, 793 lS, S49 24, 381

    9S.2 84.6 93,5 4.8 lS.4 6.5

    33S,S47 4, 773 15' ass 9.1 4.6 4.'2

    21.4 0.3 1.0

    990,387 19,062 82,888 6S3' S91 10,697 56, 768 336, 796 8,365 24, 120

    2,617,742 80,442 286, 9SO

    27.4 19.2 22.3 18.l 10.8 15,8

    9.3 8.4 6, s 72.6 80.8 77.7

  • ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM 1119

    CLASS"FOR THE UNITED STATES: CENSUS OF 1950-Continued Data for States in tables 2 to 47 and in Volume I]

    Commercial farms, by economic class-Continued Other farms

    Class III Class IV Class V Class VI Other, total Part· time Residential Abnormal

    131. 0 77 .8 42.4 24.9 14..3 19. 5 9. 2 250.5 l 36.6 30. 7 27.2 22. 7 18.3 21.2 15. 5 140.3 2 60.9 39.5 27.9 21.6 19. 9 20;2 19.0 165.2 3

    105.5 70.8 56.0 48.l 32.4 31.3 26.8 199. 7 4 37 .1 29. l 23.6 20.0 19.3 19.5 18.7 141.6 5

    88.2 65. 9 52. 5 39.9 51. 0 39.8 28. 0 7,859.8 6 57 .4 50. 7 47. 7 42.B 42.2 42. 7 40.8 342.4 7

    166. 0 101.6 68.9 42.9 83. 4 36.8 24.2 14, 112. 0 e 13.1 10.2 7 .4 5.8 5.1 5.4 4.5 90.1 9

    164. 7 101. 7 60.l 38. 8 26.2 33. 0 20.2 347 .6 10 145.2 99.0 73.5 51.9 68. 5 46.6 29,4 11,390.3 11

    91.2 73.0 62.8 52.2 55. l 50.4 41.5 4,617.6 12

    42. 7 39,3 32,6 27. l 12.6 21. 5 12.2 2.1 13 6.2 7 .o 8.4 9.2 7.5 10.3 9. 9 o. 7 14 5. 5 5.8 6.4 7 .3 7 .5 8.1 11.9 0. 7 15 2. 8 2.1 1.3 0.7 0.3 o. 5 0.4 0.1 16 2. 7 3. 7 5,0 6.6 7.1 7 .6 ll.6 o. 5 17

    9.4 12. 0 14.9 16.4 18, l 17. 9 15.0 22. 7 lB 4. 7 7 .6 12.2 17.6 18.0 19.4 29.3 1.2 19

    27 .4 23.4 20. 41 16. 8 31.0 16.6 13.9 71. 8 20 4.1 4,8 5.1 5. 5 5.3 6.2 7.8 O. 8 21

    54.3 52. l 47 .4 43. 7 27 .6 39.9 34. l 3.5 22 43.0 42. 5 43. 7 42.4 56.6 44. 7 38.8 95. l 23 14.1 19.6 27 .l 34. 0 36.l 37.3 44.2 23. 9 24

    26.6 19.2 10. 5 4. 8 5.1 3.0 l.8 0.2 25 19.1 16.9 13.3 8. 0 14.8 7.1 7 .3 0.4 26 18.4 15. 4 11.0 7 .o 16.2 6.1 9.6 0.4 27 23. 5 14.0 5. 7 1. 7 1.9 l. 0 o. 7 0.2 28 14.9 16.4 14. 5 10. 5 25. 7 9.6 15. 5 o. 5 29

    14.9 15. 0 12.2 7.4 18.6 6.4 5. 7 6. 5 30 12.0 15. l 15. 9 12.6 29,3 11.0 17. 7 0.6 31 14.2 9.5 5.5 2. 5 10.4 1.9 1. 7 6. 7 32 19,6 17. 9 12.3 7. 4 16. l 6.6 8. 8 0.7 33

    24.4 18.3 10.9 5. 5 0. o 4.0 3. 7 0.3 34 14.9 11.6 7.8 4.2 12. 6 3. 5 3.2 5.9 35 13.8 15.0 13.6 9.4 22. 7 8.2 10.3 4.2 36

    59' 073 52, 940 39, 348 15, 125 60, 154 29, 726 29,644 784 37 8,2 6.0 4.4 2.1 3.6 4. 7 2. 9 18.6 38

    19. 3 17.3 12.8 4. 9 19.6 9. 7 9. 7 0.3 39 4,260' 028 2' 464, 502 1,171,470 334, 307 890, 839 412' 895 297' 346 180, 598 40

    72. l 46.6 29.8 22.1 14.8 13.9 10.0 230.4 41 2. 0 1. 5 1.1 o. 5 0.6 0.9 0,6 0.5 42

    16. 5 9.5 4. 5 1.3 3.4 1. 6 1.2 o. 7 43

    4,470 3, 709 2,849 942 5,385 2,500 2,637 248 44 7. 6 7. 0 7.2 6.2 9.0 8.4 8.9 31.6 45

    17 .2 14.3 11.0 3.6 20. 7 9.6 10.1 1. 0 46 82 ,458 52,658 26, 192 6, 767 31,286 13,595 11, 645 6, 046 47

    18.4 14.2 9.2 7 .2 5. 8 5.4 4.4 24.4 48 1. 9 2.1 2.2 2.0 3. 5 3.3 3.9 3.3 49

    12. 5 8,0 4.0 1.0 4, 7 2.1 l.8 0. 9 so

    677' 267 826, 444 841, 184 671, 461 1, 553,663 596, 060 954, 382 3,221 51 32 ,205 38, 882 39, us 24, 661 73, 892 31, 597 41, 594 701 52

    95. 5 95. 5 95.6 96.S 95. 5 95. 0 95.8 82.l 53 4. 5 4.5 4.4 3.5 4,5 5.0 4.2 17 .9 54

    38, 377 90, 249 186,293 ···················· 1,230,607 550, 872 678, 736 999 55 5. 3 10.2 20. 7 ···················· 73.6 86.2 65.9 23. 7 56 2. 5 5.8 11.9 .................... 78.6 35.2 43.3 0.1 57

    173,149 249 ,466 316,323 149,499 1,099,447 469, 570 628,888 989 58 122' 407 152,303 159,917 149 ,499 181,633 74, 541 106' 926 166 59

    50, 742 97 ,163 156,406 ···················· 917,814 395, 029 521, 962 823 60 531, 157 612 ,452 566, 307 538 ,434 532,525 165,103 364,942 2,480 61

    24.6 28.9 35.8 21. 7 67.4 74.0 63.3 28.5 62 17 .4 17. 7 18.1 21. 7 11.l 11. 7 10,B 4.8 63 7 .2 11.3 17. 7 ···················· 56.2 62.2 52. 5 23. 7 64 75.4 71.1 64.2 78.3 32.6 26.0 36.7 71.5 6fi

  • 1120 GENERAL REPORT

    Table 1.-FARMS AND FARM CHARACTERISTICS BY ECONOMIC

    Item

    FARM OPERATORS-Continued

    Operators by age: Under 25 years ......•.••..•.... , .. , •.•.....•.••...... ,,,,, .•.••.•.• ,,,. operators reporting .. 25 to 34 years:.,,, .•••••.••..•..•..•.....••..•.•.........•.. ,,_ .••.•.••. operators reporting •• 35 to 44 years .... , .•..•..•.•.••.•.•.....•• · .•.... · ... , ...•.. , ..••.• ,, .operators reporting •. 45 to- 54 years .. ,,,,, •..•••••..•...••...•.. ••••••• .•.•.•.••• ,, •••...•.. operators reporting .• 55. to 64 years ..•..••.•...••••.•.. ,, •••..•••••.•..•. ,,, •....••..••. ,, •• operators reporting •• 65 years and over, •••• ,,,,,, ••••••.••.•...•••• ,., ••.••••••.•••••••••••• operators reporting ••

    Average age .. , ... , ...•.•.•.•..•.•. , ..• ,, •••••...•.. ,,,, ..•.•••..• ,., ••• , ••.•....•. yeara •• Proportion 0£ operators reporting as to age-

    B Under 25 years.,,,, •.. , •.••.••...•..•.• , •••••••.....•. ,,,., ..•..• ,.,, ••••• ,., .•• percent •. 9 25 to 34 ye.a rs ....•• , ..•.•..•• ,.,, .......•..••.••••. ,.,., ..•.•.••. , •.•••..••.•.• percent.,

    10 35 to 44 years,,,,,,,,,,,, •.•.••...•..•.•••.••.••.......••••• ~ •••...•••.•••••••• percent •• 11 45 to 54 years .... , •..•.. , •.• , •.•••••..•••..•..•.••••..•.••.••••.•• ,,,A,,,,,, .•• percent,, 12 55 to 64 years .... ,, .. , .. , ..• , ... , ... , ... , .. , .••••..•. , .....••..•.•.••...••• ,,, .percent •. 13 65 years and over .. , ... , ...••.• , ... ,,.,,., ...•••.•...•.• ,,,,, •• , •••• , .••.•. ,, ..• percent.,

    Operators by years on present fa.rm: 14 Less than 5 y.ears ••....... , ... , ..••.. ,, ..• , •.••.•. , ••.. ,,, .••....•••. ,. operators reporting., 15 I year or less .. , ... , .....• , •.•.....••... , ... , ••••. ,, .. , ..••••..•..• -operators reporting •. 16 5 to 9 years ••...••••••••.•.•..•••.••.•..•••...•.•••••.• ,,.,., ...•....• operators .reporting •• 17 10 years or more ••..•..•••••••• , •••••••••••••.•••• , •••••.••••••••• ,,, •• operators reporting •• 18 Average on present farm, ....•.• , ••.. ,,,,, .•• , .•••••.• ,,,,,, ... , ..••. ,.,,,,,,, .•.•. years,,

    Proport.ion of operators reporting as to years on farm-19 Less then S years. , , , . , •....•••..•.. , , , , •.••...•••. , • , •. , , • , • , •.. , •..... , •... , •• percent .• 20 1 year or less .. ,., ...••.. ,.,, ••. , ...•.....•••••.•.•..• , •....•••. ,,,., ••. , ..• percent .. 21 S to 9 years •••.••.... ,, ..•••.•.••. ~ ......••••••••.••...•.•.•.•••••.••......•.•• percent .• 22 10 years or more., .•..•.•... ,,., •• ,.,,,,, .....••.••••• ,,,, .••.... , ... ,.,.,,,.,, .percent ..

    Percent. dis,tribution -0£ operators on present farm-23 kss than 5 years.,.,,, .. ,, •....••..... ,,,, ................. ,,, •.•.•.•...•...• ,, .percent .• 24 1 year or less, •.. , ...... , .• ,, ••• ,., .•..•. ,., ••. ,.,, •• , .....•...• ,,,.,, .••••. percent., 25 5 to 9 years •••.. , ••. ,.,, ••..•••.•.• , .•.• , ..•. , ............. , ••••. , , .• , .••••• , ... percent., 26 10 years or more.,, .. , ...• , ..•• ,, •.•... , .......•.• , •• ,,, •..••••••.•.• ,., .. ,, •.•. percent ..

    SPECIFIED FACILITIES

    27 Telephone, .••.••• , •••.• , •. ,, .•.... , ••.•• , •.•.....••....• ,,,,,,, .....•..•••• ,,, farms reporting,. 28 Electricity.,,., •••.•••. , •. ,,,, •..••.•.•.•... ,,,,,,,,, •• ,, •.••. ,., ... ,,,.,,,,. farms reporting., 29 From o. power line.,,,, ••..• ,, ......•• ,,, •..•........ ,, ••• ,,,,,, ......•••.• , farms reporting .• 30 Average of last monthly electric bill •..•.. ,,, ••.••••••.•....•.•• , •.•.•.•. , ..... dollars., 31 From a home plant •.••••••....••..••••••. ,,, ........ , •. , .•• ,.,,, •• ,,., •.• , •. farms reporting ..

    32 Electric water pump ••••• , ••• ,., ••.••..••••••• ,,,,,, •••.•..•••• , ••••• ,,, •• , •••• farms reporting., 33 Electric hot·water heater ••• , ...• ,,., .••.••.•••. ,, ...•. ,,, •.•.....•..•....•.• , farms reporting ... 34 Home freezer,, .......•• , •• , ... ,,., ... , .•........• ,,,,, •...•. , ••.. ,,,, .••. ,,, •. farms reporting,, 35 Electric washing machine ••......... ,., •• , •. , ••.. , ..... , ..••...• ,, .• ,, .••• , •... farms reporting .. 36 Electric chick brooder ......... ,,., .....•.... ,,,., •. , •. ,,, .•...••.•..... ,.,.,., farms reporting .. 37 Electric power feed grinder •..•... ,, ....•.•.••••••..•••.•..•..... , ..• ,,,,, .•... farms reporting •.

    Proporti°'n of farms reporting-38 Telephone ......•...• , ••••••.•.......•.•..• , ... ,,, .•....•......... ,., •• , ••.•.•...... percent,, 39 Electricity ..•••...• , •• , •.••• ,, ..• ,, •••.•••• , .....•. , .•• ,, •.•.... ;., .......•• ,,, .•• percent,, 40 Electric water pump ••••••....•.. , .•••••.••••.. ,,,,,, ..•.......•....... ,,,,, ••.. , ... percent .. 41 Electric hot•water heater .•....... , .•...••. , , , , , .•...... , , .•• , • , , , , , • , ....•... , ... , percent •• 42 Home free:ter .•.. ,,, •••••• ,., •. , ••• ,, ••••.•......... ,,.,,.,,,.,., ....... ,,,.,.,,, •.. percent .• 43 Electric washing machine •.• ,, ....••••.•••••• ,,,,,,,,, ....•..•.... ,,,,,,, •...• ,,, ... percent,, 44 Electric chick brooder •••...........••••.••....... , .•..• , .••• , ...•...•......•. ,,,., percent •. 45 Electric power feed grinder.,,,,., •.•.•..•......• ,.,,,,, ....•......•.. ,,,, ..•.. ,., .percent.,

    Proportion of farms reporting electricity that al.so reported-46 Electric water pump., •.••................•••.. ,,,, •........••....•.•••.........•. , .percent .. 47 Electric hot-water heater ......... , .. ,.,, •••.... , ..... ,,,,, •..•..•..•..• , •• ,., .•• , .percent,. 48 Home freezer .•.•.•••••••. , •.• ,,,, .•......•.•... ,,, •. ,,,,, ••......... , ... ,, •.••••• , .percent., 49 Electric washing machine •..•............••.• ,,, ........... ,., •• ,, •• ,., ••....••.• ,, .percent .. 50 Electric: chick brooder •••......... ,,,,, •••••............ ,, .••..•.•.•.....••. ,,,, .•. percent .. 51 Electric power feed grinder,,,, .... , .....• ,.,,.,,,, ••..... , .... ,, •• ,,,.,., .....•... percent.,

    SPECIFIED EQUIPMENT ON FARMS

    52 Milking machine ........ ' .•••• ,, •.•......•. , , , , •• , .•.•.. , ..... , , • , , , , , • , , •..... , farms reporting., 53 Grain combines •.... , ... , ••••..•.•...... ,.,.,, .•..•... , .. ,,,,,,,, .....•••.....• farms reporting,. 54 number .• 55 56 57 58 59

    60 61 62 63 64

    Corn pickers ••...... , ....••• , ••.•...... , .• , , .. , •.••••.•... , . , .•. , .•.•••....... £arms reporting .• number ••

    Pick·up hay balers •.....•..•..•.• ,, ........ ,, ..••• ,., .••.• , ••...•. ,,,,,., •. , .. farms reporting •. number.,

    Silos ...•• · ..••.. , ................... , •..... , •.••.•••. ,, .•..•.•...••• ,,, ..•. ,., farms reporting .. Proportion of farms reporting-

    Milking machine.,, •.. , .•...•....•.•.•..•..•...••. ,.,, ••.•..•.. , .. , ••.•• , •.. , •.... ~ .percent., Grain combines .•.... , •...• ,., •..•.•.•....•• ,,, .•...•.•• , •..... ,,,., ...•.• , ..••• ,,, .percent •.

    ~H~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :: : : : : : : : : :~=~~:~L ~~ Mltp~~;~~~~~~ ·~r · f~;~· ~~~;~~i~~::::::: ::: :: : : : ::: :: ::: ::: :::::: :: ::: : :: :: :::::~~~.~~;:~~!~~:: 67 Percent distribution,.,, .... ,~ ..••• ,, ... ,, ..• ,, .• ,,, .• ,, ••. ,, •. ,, •.• ,,.,,,,,,,,., •• percent •• 68 number •• 69 Percent distribution.,., .••..•.•.••• ,., ...•..•.•. ,,, .•.•••.••....• , .. ,.,.,,.,,,,, .• percent,, 70 Year of newest model ...•.••. ,,, •••••.•. ,,.,,.,.,,, ••.•... , ... ,,,., , , ••• , •.. farms reporting., 71 Proportion of !arms reporting motortrucks,, •. ,,,,,.,,,,,., ••..••. ,.,,.,,,,,., percent,. 72 Under 5 years .. , .. ,, ... , ••..•.. ~,,., ..••.. , , , , • , , , , .••• , . , • , ••. , •.•• , , , , farms reporting., 73 5 to 9 years •••.•.......••• ,, ...•...• ,.,,,., .•. ,., .. , •.•..• ,,,, •. , •..• ,, farms reporting •• 74 10 years and over ....•.•...... ,.•••••·· .••.••. ,,,,.,, ................. , .. farms reporting~.

    Percent distribution: 75 All farms reporting .••......• ,,.,,,, .. ,, ..•. ,,,,,,,,,,, •.•..• ,, .. ,.,,,, •• ,, .• percent .. 15 Under 5 years •• ,,,,, ...... , •.. ,,, .. , •..•• , •. ,,,,, •• , .••..••..•• , •••••• , ••.. ,, ... percent,, 77 5 to 9 years ••.•. , •...• , •. , ••. , .. , •..• ,., .• ,.,, .•..•••. , •.• ,., ••••••.• , .•..•• , •• percent •. 78 10 years and over •. , •• ,,., ..•..• , .• , •• ,.,,.,,,,,.,.,,., •••• ,,, ... , •. ,.,,,,,.,, •• percent ..

    See footnotes at end of table,

    [Data are based on reports for only a sample of !arma, See text.

    Total, all

    !arms

    163, 726 791,323

    1,186, 918 1,157,085 1, 000,350

    744,594 48.3

    3.2 15. 7 23.5 22.9 19.8 14.8

    1,855,558 471,320

    1,0l!,185 2, 191,287

    13

    36. 7 9,3

    20. 0 43.3

    100. 0 100. 0 100. 0 100. 0

    2' 057. 556 4,213,599 4,154,359

    7.39 59,240

    2,018,578 936, 066 650, 512

    3,160, 141 800, 477 61, 923

    38.2 78.3 37 .5 17 .4 12.1 58. 7 14.9 1.2

    47. 9 22.2 15. 4 75.0 19. 0

    1.5

    636, 341 665,378 713, 633 447' 387 455, 519 191,658 195, 858 557 ,188

    ll.8 12.4 8.3 3.6

    10.4

    1,840,391 34.2

    100.0 2,206, 670

    100. 0 1,789,974

    97 .3 864, 949 231, 374 693,651

    100. 0 48.3 12.9 38.8

    Commercial farms, by economic class

    Commercial. total Class I Class II

    121,380 l,627 8, 038 573,283 15' 766 68, 390 832, 925 27' 027 102, 796 806, 949 25, 009 93, 603 696, 096 17 ,441 62, 792 452, 191 7 ,515 26,077

    47.6 46.4 45.5

    3. 5 l.7 2.2 16. 5 16. 7 18.9 23.9 28.6 28.4 23.2 26.5 25.9 20.0 IB.5 17.4 13. 0 8. 0 7.2

    1,240,238 24, 765 101,854 287. 736 3,691 15, 650 703,266 21,214 83' 483

    1, 554, 174 50, 810 176. 749 13 14 13

    35.5 25.6 28.1 8.2 3.6 4.3

    20.1 21. 9 23.1 44.4 52. 5 48.8

    66.8 l.3 5. 5 61. 0 O.B 3. 3 69. 5 2. I 8. 3 70.9 2.3 B.l

    1, 583' 467 73, 383 271, 063 2. 980, 354 93,754 357' 055 2,927,852 89' 589 346,386

    8.29 32,84 13. 36 52, 502 4, 165 10,669

    1,536,582 71, 791 265, 922 728,774 48, 893 162, 966 518,245 37. 618 115,295

    2,289,966 78,201 314, 784 647 ,316 ·23. 979 113, 674 51, 999 5, 510 10,400

    42. 7 71. l 71.1 80.4 90. 8 93. 7 41. 5 69. 5 69.8 19. 7 47.4 42.8 14.0 36.4 30.2 61.8 75.8 82.6 17 .5 23.2 29.8 1.4 5.3 2.7

    51.6 76.6 74.5 24.5 52.2 45.6 17.4 40. l 32.3 76.8 83.4 88.2 21. 7 25. 6 31.8 l. 7 5.9 2.9

    614,347 17 ,601 117,830 647' 857 42,176 167,694 694, 951 57 ,694 183, 081 442. 599 23,176 128,717 450,603 25,465 131, 713 183' 906 18,821 53,593 187 ,821 20, 141 54, 618 534,250 25, 655 110,599

    16.6 17.l 30.9 17. 5 40. 9 44. 0 ll. 9 22.5 33.8 5.0 18.2 14.1

    14.4 24.9 29.0

    l,484,156 87, 113 267' 710 40. 0 84.4 ?O. 2 80.6 4.7 14.5

    l,810,744 197,353 355,613 82. l 8. 9 16. l

    1,442,012 83 ,164 259, 479 97 .2 95. 5 96. 9

    720,393 65 ,333 157' 778 183,519 8,034 32, 063 538,100 9, 797 69,638

    100.0 100.0 100. 0 so.o 78.6 60.8 12. 7 9. 7 12., 37 .3 11. 8 26.8

  • ' ECONOMIC CLASS OF FARM 1121 CLASS, FOR THE UNITED STATES: CENSUS OF 1950-Continued

    Data for Sta tea in tables 2 to 47 and in Volume I]

    Commercial farms, by economic class-Continued Other farlIIS

    Class III Cl.as.s IV Class V Class VI Other, total Part•time Residential Abnormal

    1B,5BB 27 ,261 35,253 30,613 42 ,346 18,955 23,329 62 I 129, 531 142,257 137. 749 79' 590 218,040 98 ,350 119,230 460 2 IB7,164 20B, 305 194,090 113. 543 353, 993 147,B71 205,499 623 3 170,904 19B,470 !BB, 159 130, B04 350, 136 141,100 208,171 865 4 124, 511 166, 767 171, 146 153,439 304,254 114,022 189,576 656 5

    55,341 B9, 693 116 '727 156' 83B 292,403 B2. 037 209,9Bl 3BS 6 45. 7 46. 9 47. 7 51.6 49.B 47 .8 51.1 48.9 7

    2. 7 3.3 4.2 4.6 2. 7 3.1 2.4 2.0 8 lB.9 17 ,1 16.3 12.0 14.0 16.3 12.5 IS.I 9 27 .3 25. 0 23,0 17 .1 22. 7 24.5 21.5 20.4 10 24. 9 23.8 22.3 19. 7 22.4 23.4 21. B 28. 4 II JB,l 20. 0 20.3 23.1 19.5 IB,9 19.B 21.5 12 B, l 10.B 13.B 23.6 lB. 7 13,6 22. 0 12. 6 13

    213' 239 298, 916 346,612 254, B52 615,320 25"3. 469 360, 416 1,435 14 35,B69 65, OBI 92,317 75,12B 1B3' 5B4 68, 058 114, 916 610 15

    154,693 171,077 160, 053 112,746 307,919 123,B94 183,431 594 16 31B,946 366,5B4 343,361 297. 724 637, 113 230, 975 404, 5BB 1,550 17

    12 13 12 14 12 11 13 15 18

    31.0 35. 7 40. B 38.3 39.4 41. 7 3B.O 40.1 19 5.2 7. 8 JO. 9 11.3 II. B 11.2 12.1 17 .o 20

    22. 5 20,4 lB.B 16.9 19. 7 20.4 19,3 16.6 21 46. 4 43.B 40.4 44. 7 40.B 3B.O 42. 7 43.3 22

    11. 5 16. J IB. 7 13, 7 33.2 13. 7 19.4 0,1 23 7. 6 13.8 19.6 15.9 39.0 14.4 24.4 0.1 24

    15,3 16. 9 15.B 11. l 30.5 12.3 JB,I O.l 25 14. 6 16. 7 15. 7 13.6 29. l 10.5 18. 5 0.1 26

    456'12B 397. 905 264, BBB 120, JOO 474, 089 207. B66 263,695 2,52B 27 661,117 751,459 680, 769 436 ,200 1,233,245 501, 569 728,648 3,02B 28 646.102 738, 90B 673. 773 433' 094 l,226,507 498,816 724, B40 2,B51 29

    9. 75 6.89 5.20 3. Bl 5.16 5. 47 4.91 24.20 30 15,015 12, 551 6, 996 3, 106 6, 73B 2, 753 3,BOB 177 31

    437 ,248 3B9, 557 262' 079 J09,9B5 4Bl. 996 210,2Bl 269, 752 1,963 32 224,611 158,224 96, BBS 37' 195 207 ,292 B8,655 117,323 l,314 33 lSl ,315 112,25B 71,434 30,325 132,267 SB, 761 72. 408 l,09B 34 581, 532 602' 285 472, 125 241, 039 B70, 175 368,676 499 ,271 2,22B 35 192,B?l 167' l 03 lOB,632 4l, 057 153, 161 Bl ,579 70,66B 914 36

    13,082 11,461 7. 705 3 ,B4l 9, 924 4,904 4,430 590 37

    63,2 45. l 29.4 16. 7 2B.3 32.5 25.6 60.0 38 91. 7 85.2 75. 5 60.8 73. 7 7B.5 70,B 71.8 39 60. 6 44.2 29. l 15.3 2B.8 32.9 26.2 46.6 40 'l. l 17. 9 10. 7 5.2 12.4 13.9 ll.4 31.2 41 21. 0 12. 7 7 ,9 4.2 7. 9 9.2 7.0 26.0 42 80.6 6B.3 52.4 33. 6 52. 0 57. 7 48.5 52.B 43 26. 7 18. 9 12. l 5. 7 9.2 12.B 6.9 21. 7 44 1. B 1.3 o. 9 0.5 0,6 0.8 0.4 14.0 45

    66. l 51.B 3B. 5 25.2 39. l 41.9 37 .o 64.8 46 34. 0 21.1 14.2 B. 5 16.8 17. 7 16. l 43.4 47 22. 9 14.9 10.5 7.0 JO. 7 11. 7 9.9 36.3 48 BB, 0 80.1 69.4 55.3 70.6 73.5 68.5 73.6 49 29,2 22.2 16,0 9.4 J2,4 16.3 9. 7 30.2 50 2. 0 1.5 1.1 0.9 0, B 1.0 0.6 19. 5 51

    237 ,295 170, 49B 59, 72J I!, 402 21,994 13, 517 7 ,513 964 52 224, 061 141,935 56,454 15, 537 17 ,521 11, 571 5,247 703 53 233,120 146,404 58,520 16, 132 lB,682 12,044 5, 73B 900 54 176. 837 BS, 443 23,367 5, 059 4, 7BB 3,2B8 l ,216 284 55 17B,560 86, 149 23,606 5, l!O 4,916 3,34B 1,267 301 56

    56,220 33, 426 16,321 5, 525 7, 752 4,545 2,497 710 57 56,972 33' 8B2 16, 617 5, 591 B, 037 4,622 2,569 846 58

    192,631 140,326 52, 983 12,056 22' 938 14,276 7 ,438 1,224 59

    32. 9 19. 3 6.6 1.6 l.3 2.l o. 7 22.9 60 31.1 16.1 6.3 2.2 1. 0 1.8 o. 5 16. 7 61 24. 5 9. 7 2.6 0. 7 0.3 0.5 O, l 6, 7 62 7. 8 3.B 1.8 0,B 0.5 o. 7 0,2 16.B 63

    26. 7 15. 9 5.9 1. 7 1.4 2.2 o. 7 29.0 64

    37B,397 344, 153 267' 3B4 139,399 356' 235 172,B31 181,017 2,387 65 52.5 39. 0 29. 7 19.4 21.3 27 .o 17 .6 56.6 66 20. 6 18. 7 14.S 7.6 19.4 9,4 9.8 0.1 67

    437,516 3BO, 607 291, 928 147. 727 395' 926 190,097 19B, 723 7, 106 68 19. B 17 .2 13.2 6. 7 17 .9 8.6 9.0 0.3 69

    367 ,66B 334, 843 260,865 135,993 347. 962 169,219 176,472 2,271 70 97 .2 97 .3 97 .6 97.6 97. 7 97.9 97 .5 95.l 71

    180,875 151,592 114,214 50,601 144, 556 73, 042 69, 956 1,558 72 46,624 42 ,643 34, 747 19,40B 41. 855 23,419 24, 124 312 73

    140,169 140,60B 111,904 65, 9B4 155,551 72,758 82 ,392 401 74

    100. 0 100, 0 100.0 100.0 too. o 100.0 100. 0 100.0 75 49.2 45.3 43.B 37 .2 41.5 43.2 39.6 68.6 76 12. 7 12. 7 13.3 14.3 13.B 13.8 13, 7 13, 7 77 3B.1 42.0 42.9 4B.5 44. 7 43.0 46. 7 17. 7 78

    237460 0 - 53 - 74

  • 1122 GENERAL REPORT

    Table 1.-FARMS AND FARM CHARACTERISTICS BY ECONOMIC

    [Data are based on reports for only a sample of Ia.nns. See ltxt.

    Item

    SPECIFIED EQCIPMENT ON FARMS-Continued 1 Tractors •••• ,,,.,,,.,., .• , •.•• , ..•.. ,, •..•...•.....•. , ....••...••.•.•••••••••. farms reporting .• 2 Proportion of farms reporting .••••••.••••.•• , .•• , •. ,.,., •. ,, ......•..•..•••..•...•. percent.· 3 Percent distribution,, •.•... , .•..•.•.. , ..••..••.. , ...•••......••.••••••..••....••.• percent •• 4 number .. 5 Percent distribution •••••..•...•.•.••••••.••..•.......••••.......•.•.•••....... ,,, .percent •. 6 Wheel {other than garden) and/or crawler tract.ors,,.,, .. , .• , ......•.•••••••• farms reporting,. 7 Wheel tractors (other than garden) .••• , ••.••. ,, •.•••..• ,., .•. , .•••..••••.•. farms reporting,. 8 number •. 9 Garden tractors ............. , ...••••••.•.•••. , •.... , •...• ,.,,,,, •. ,,.,.,, •• , farms reporting ..

    10 number •• II Crawler tractors,.,.,,, .• ,.,,,,.,., •••. ,.,.,, •.. , •••. , •..•...• , •.•.•.•.•..• farms reporting .. 12 number ••

    13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

    Percent distribution of number: Wheel tractors (other than garden} ....................... , •.•••. , ..••••••• ,, •••. , percent., Ciarden tractors •• , •• , ••••• ,,,••••• ....... ,, •• ••••,.••••• .....•••.•.••..••...•••.• percent •. Crawler tractors ••..••.••.•••.••••••••••• ,,,, .••• , .•...•..• ,,, •...• ,.,,,,,.,.,,. percent •.

    Year of newest model of wheel tractors (other than garden) •••.. , .•.•.• , •... farms reporting., Proportion of farms reporting wheel tractors (other than garden) ............. percent •.

    Under S years ................. ••·•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •• farms reporting,, 5 to 9 years ... , •• , .•.•.••.••• , •.••.•••.••.. , •.•.•.••..••......•.•.•.•... farms reporting .• 10 years and over .••• ,,,,,,, .••••.•••• ,,, ••. , •• , .. ••••·•,, .. ,,,.,,,,., •• farms reporting ••

    Percent distribution: 21 All farms reporting .•.•••••••••.•.•••..••.•.....•••• ,., ...•. ,, .. ,,,,, •.. ,.,, .percent., 22 Under 5 years ••••••••••..•.•••••••.•••••••..••.•...••.••.•........••..•.....•... percent .. 23 5 to 9 years .•••.••..........••.....•.•.•. , .••• , .....•.•.••.•. ,, .• , .. , •. , .• ,,,., percent,, 24 10 years and over •• ,,,,, .• ,,,.,, ••.••. ,,,.,,,, .•• ,, ••.• ,.,.,,, •...•...•.• ,,.,.,. percent ..

    ~~ Aut~~~:!!~~~~ · ~r· r~;~~ · ;~~~;~i~~:::::::: ::: : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ::~~~. ~~~:~!!~t: 27 .Percent distribution •• ,,.,, ••• ,,,.,, .••• ,,,,,, .••.•••...••••.•.• ,, ...•..••• , ...•• ,. percent., 28 number,,

    ~~ ;:~~e:~ ~!=~~~b:~:J:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: '.:::::::::::::::::::: f;~~. ~~~:~~~:~:: 31 Proportion of farms reporting automobiles.,,.,,,,,.,., ..•..• ,,,, •••••••..•• ,. percent •.

    H t~~:~:~~=~~~~~~::::::::::::::::: ::: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :: :~:= ~=:~m~r: 35 36 37 38

    39 40 41 42 43

    44 45 46 47 48 49

    Percent distribution:

    t~~:;:;~m~~~I~~~~~~~ ~: ~:: ~ ~ ~: ~ ~ ~: ~ ~ ~::: ~:: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~: ~ ~ ~:::::::: ~::: ~::::::::::::: ~mrn: ~ Class of work power:

    No tractor, horses, or mules ...•••••.••• , ••• ,,.,,.,,.,, .•••• ,,,,,, .••••• , •. farms reporting,, No tractor and only l horse or mule .................................... , ... farms reporting .. No tractor and 2 or more horses and/or mules.,,,,,,., ••••• ,.~,,,,., •• ,, •••. farms reporting., Tractor and horses and/or mules,,,, ••• ,,,, .. ,, ••••••••••••.•.• , ..•••••...•• farms reporting., ~~~~~:~ di:t~ib~~r::~ or mules ................................... , ....... H farms reporting ..

    All N!a~~=~~~;:, h~~~;;:. ~~· ~~i~~::: ::: : :: : : :: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :::~~=~~:: No tractor and only 1 horse or mule ..•••• ,., ••• ,,,,,.,~.,,,,.,.,, ••• , •••.. ,,, percent •• No tractor and 2 or mare horses and/or mules .•••. ,, .•. ,, .•.. , ...•• , ••• ,,,,,, .percent •. Tractor and horses and/or mules .•..•...•....•. ,,.,, ••••• ,,,,,,,, .••• ,.,,, ••.• percent .. Tractor and no horses or mules, •••.... , ... , •..•• ,,,, •• , •.••.• , ....•• , .• ,,,, •. percent.,

    F~RMS BY KIND OF ROAD ON WHICH LOCATED

    ~~ ~:~ei~r~~~~i: '~~. ~h~i~::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::~: reporting,. reporting .. reporting., 52 Dirt or unimproved ••••.•••. ,,.,,,,,,, ••. , ••.•..•. , .......•••••• ~,,,,,, •• , ...• , £arms

    Percent distribution: 53 54 55 56

    57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 62 83

    8~ I 85

    ~id:!fr:~m~~;~:~;~~;: ~:: ~~~~~ ~ ~: ~: :: : : : ~:::: :: : : : : : : : : ~ ~ ~::: ~ ~ ~::::: ~~:::::: :: : :mmr: FARM LABOR WEEK PRECEDING ENUMERATION

    Family and/or hired workers, •••...•••••.••• , .•. , ..•...•......• , •• ,,,,,.,., ••• , farms reporting,,

    Family workers including operators .•• ,, ••• , ...... , ... , .• ,,,,., •••• ,,,,., •• , farms re::;~~~:::

    Oper~tors working l or more hour.s .... H ............................ ,, ........... ~:~:~~=:: Unpaid members of opera tor's family working 15 hours or more., •. , .. , .••• farms reporting.,

    Hired workers,.,, .•.••• ,,.,,.,, ..•.•...••.. ,.,.,., •••. , •••••. , •... ,, •• ,,,, ••• farms re::~~~~;:: l · d persons, .

    ~ ;~~:\~~;=::~~~~;: :: : : : : ::: ::::: ::: :: : : : : : : : :: : : : : : : : :: : : : : : : : : : : J:~: ;::~;~~~::: 5 to 9 hired workers ••• ,,, •••••.••. , •• ,.,.,,,,,, •• ,, ..• ,., ••• , •.• ,,., farms reporting 10 hired workers or more ••.••.•••.•••• ,.,, ••• , ..••• ,., .• ,,,.,, ••• , .• , farms reporting::

    Regular workers (to be employed 150 days or more)., •• , •• ,., .... , ... ,, .• , farms reporting •.

    ~Jfi~~im=~~~~~~:: ::: : :: :~~:~:::~:: :: ~ :: : ~ :: : : : : : : : ~ ~::::::::::::Jg~ ~~~mm:: hired workers or more •• , ............... , •• ,.,, ......... ,.,, ••• ,,,,., farms reporting

    Seasonal workers (to be employed less than 150 days) ............. ,, ..••• , far1118 reporting::

    1 h' d k persons ..

    ~ ~~~~d~mflb~~~::: ~:: ~~::::: ::~~ ::~: ~::::: :: :~: ~::::::::::::::: :i~~ ~~E~mr: 10 h1r~d workers or more •.•. ···•:••••·······• •••• ,,,, •••.... , ••. ,,, •• farms reporting,,

    Regular h1 red workers and no seasonal hired workers,., ..••• ,, ••••.•••• ,. farms reporting.,

    See footnotes at end of table.

    Total, all

    farms

    2,525,206 46.9

    100. 0 3,609,281

    100.0 2,433,168 2' 362' 951 3,249,666

    206,024 215,521 120,272 143,694

    100.0 100. 0 100. 0

    2,162,342 90. 7

    1, 031, 942 497 ,367 633 ,033

    100, 0 47. 7 23. 0 29.3

    3,389, 773 63.0

    100,0 4,199,224

    100.0 3,205,137

    94.6 l, 370. 496

    452,575 l, 362' 066

    100.0 42.6 14. l 43.1

    1,213,125 494, 106

    1,146,813 1,276,133 1,249,073

    100.0 22.6 9,2

    21.3 23. 7 23.2

    1,646,886 l,807,370 1,677,604

    100.0 32.1 35.2 32. 7

    4, 547' 947 8,538,064 4,470,603 6, 982 '795 4,246, 072 1, 847. 973 2,736,723

    703' 134 1,555,269

    447, 144 133, 695 72, 872 33, 762 15, 661

    504,041 1,014,518

    343,309 88,120 43, 013 19, 799

    9, 740 271,340 540, 751 1P7, 549

    45,293 23,932

    9,871 4,695

    431, 794

    Corrme re i al farms, by economic class

    Convnercinl * total Class I Closs 11

    2,181,954 88, 843 3311, 551 SB. 9 B6. l 89. l 86.4 3. 5 13. ~

    3,217,B4B 279, 507 66:1,240 89.2 7. 7 18.f

    2,146,861 87' 556 3316,026 2,106,999 83, 934 32:8, 576 2,951,620 231, 796 600, H3

    130' 068 9,213 28,551 137. 794 11,147 3'0,507 105, 970 22,341 27,602 12B,434 36, 562 31, 990

    90. 8 7 .1 18.5 63. 9 s.2 14.2 B9.3 25.4 22.2

    l, 922 ,458 73, 422 299, \35 91.2 85. 7 91.0

    928,687 55,501 183,117 453 '733 11, 419 67' 583 540,038 6, 502 0,775

    100.0 100,0 100.0 48.3 75,6 61.4 23.6 15.6 22.6 28. l 8.9 16.0

    2,511,151 92. OB3 339,478 67. 8 89, 2 89.1 74. l 2. 7 10.0

    3, 164, 658 203. 3B6 4B8,5!>:! 75. 4 4.8 ll.6

    2,360,261 Bl ,633 31\ ,98S 94. 0 BB. 7 91.9

    l,092,229 71, 963 237 ,534 321,628 4, 836 31,188 946' 404 4,634 43 ,263

    100. 0 100. 0 100,0 46.3 BB. 2 76.1 13. 6 5. 9 10.0 40.1 5. 9 13.9

    527,523 7' 067 2·0,61! 195 '225 972 3,159 801, 710 6, 349 17,76t

    l, 165 ,471 49,274 112 ,628 1,016,403 39. 569 16,6,929

    100. 0 100. 0 100,0 14.2 6. B s. 4

    5. 3 o. 9 0. l 21.6 6.2 4. 7 31.4 47. 7 ·15.3 27. 4 38. 3 43.8

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