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surplus or deticiency may be equalized by modifying later plantings in accord- 

 ance with prospective supply and demand. 



(3) Crop and live-stock estimates by counties, in order tliat surplus or 

 deficient production may be localized, tlie agricultural resources of the county 

 shown, estimates made more accurate, and data made available for construc- 

 tive work by the agricultural colleges, county agents, and farm bureaus. 



(4) "Commercial" or marketable farm-surplus estimates, to show the por- 

 tion of the crop to be sold and marketetl, as distinguislied from estimates of 

 total production, a considerable portion of which never leaves the farms where 

 grown. 



(5) Reserve stocks on farms. 



(6) New crops for wliich quantitative estimates are not available. 



(7) Live stock and live-stock products in as much detail and with as much 

 frequency as crops, including dairy and poultry production, which are not now 

 estimated. 



(8) Special phases of agriculture, such as farm wages and hours of farm 

 labor ; prices farmers receive for their products ; prices farmers pay for equip- 

 ment, maclainery, and supplies ; progress of farm work ; quantity of binder 

 twine required ; seed requirements, supply, surplus and deficiency ; number of 

 farm tractors and other equipment; number of silos; storage capacity on 

 farms; average distance farmers must haul products to nearest market to 

 shipping point ; kinds and quantities of fertilizers required for different crops 

 and sections of the country ; farm income and outgo ; extent to whicli particu- 

 lar varieties of crops are grown and compete with each other ; methods of 

 planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops which differ in different States; 

 utilization of different crops; and similar information bearing on crop and 

 live-stocli production on a country-wide basis. 



(9) Foreign crops and live stocli by counties and for the world, to show pro- 

 duction, consumption, imports, and exports, surplus and deficiency. 



(10) Information- regarding the proper interpretation to be placed upon data 

 published in tabular form. 



In order that the Bureau of Crop Estimates might be equipped to 

 meet the special demands upon it for information along the lines 

 indicated, an enlarged program for expanding and improving the 

 service was prepared and used as a basis for its estimates of appro- 

 priation which were submitted to the 1919-20 session of Congress. 

 The main features of this program may be summarized as follows : 



(a) With respect to crop production tlie bureau proposes to show for all 

 crops ; for the United States, for each State, for eacli county, and for each dis- 

 trict of commercial importance — 



Acreage to be planted before the planting season opens. 



Seed requirements and supply. 



Fertilizer requirements and supply. 



Insecticide and fungicide requirements and supply. 



Farm equipment and machinery requirements and supply. 



Relative labor requirements and supply. 



Progress of plowing and planting and other farm woi*k. 



Acreage planted — first or early crop — second or main crop. 



Damage from insect pests. 



Damage from plant diseases. 



Daniiige from adverse weather conditions. 



Condition. 



Abandoned acreage. 



Forecasts of production. 



Yield i)er acre. 



Total production. 



Acreage and production of principal varietie.3. 



Marketable surplus production. 



Stocks on farms. 



Grade or qtiality. 



Sale, di.sposition, or utilization of crop. 



Shfinkage or loss in storage. 



Farm prices. 



Value of crops harveste<l. 



