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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



CUSTER COUNTY 

 Crop Statistics, 1946 and 1947 



IRIUGATEU 



NON-IRRIGATED 



Crops Prod. Total 



Unit Acres 

 Planted 



Winter wheat bu. 



Spring- wheat bu. 



Corn, all bu. 



Oats bu. 



Barley bu. 



Rye bu. 



Flaxseed bu. 



Sorghums, hay tons 



Sugar beets tons 



Potatoes bu. 



Dry beans ,....c\vt. 



Dry peas cwt/ . 



Mustard seed cwt. . 



All hay tons . 



Alfalfa hay tons . 



Wild hay tons . 



Alfalfa seed bu. . 



Sw. CI. seed bu. . 



Cr. Wht. Or. seed. .cwt. . 



Apples, com'l. , bu. .. 



Cherries tons . 



1946: Total 



Value per acre 



5,400 



17,600 



3,100 



5,200 



3,900 



1,000 



2,100 



50 



4,260 



360 



100 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



200 



900 



1,500 



1,600 



1,400 



100 



100 



20 



3,670 



290 



100 



8,900 

 6,000 

 1,800 

 1,200 



19,980 



Produc- 

 tion 



1946 



5,800 

 18,000 

 28,500 

 59,200 

 42,000 



2,000 



1,200 



50 



45,030 



34,800 



1,300 



11,420 

 8,400 

 1,800 

 1,440 



Value 

 (Dollars) 



10,800 



33,300 



42,800 



45,000 



49,600 



4,300 



5,500 



500 



470,600t 



55,700 



10,100 



194,100 



34,700 



957,000 



Acres 

 Har- 

 vested 



3,800 



15,700 



1,400 



3,000 



2,100 



800 



1,700 



30 



30 



32,200 



9,800 



16,000 



4,000 



40 



50 



Produc- 

 tion 



64,800 



172,800 



19,600* 



87,000 



27,300 



7,200 



11,900 



40 



1,200 



19,240 



4,900 



9,600 



2,800 



100 



20 



Value 

 (Dollars) 



120,600 

 319,900 

 29,400 

 66,100 

 32,200 

 15,500 

 54,800 

 400 



1.900 



327,100 



67,500 

 600 

 300 



47.90 



64,850 1,036,300 



15.98 



Winter wheat bu. 8,200 



Spring- wheat bu. 12,200 



Corn, all bu. 4.800 



Oats - bu. 5,900 



Barley bu. 4,900 



Rye bu. 1,900 



Flaxseed bu. 2,000 



Sorg-hums, hay tons 50 



Sugar beets tons 4,150 



Potatoes bu. 250 



Dry beans cwt. 200 



Dry peas cwt 



Mustard seed cwt 



All hay tons 



Alfalfa hay tons 



Wild hay tons 



Alfalfa seed bu 



Sw. CI. seed bu 



Cr. "V\''ht. Gr. seed.. cwt 



Apples, com'l bu 



Cherries tons 



200 



1,100 



1,500 



1,300 



1,800 



200 



200 



20 



4,130 



210 



100 



8,600 

 5,800 

 1,700 

 1,100 



1947: Total 



Value per acre 



20.460 



1947 



3,800 

 19,800 

 39,000* 

 49,4(10 

 57,600 



4,200 



1.600 



50 



42,340 



27,300 



1.000 



10,010 

 6,960 

 1,700 

 2,420 



9,000 

 46,900 

 82,700 

 48,100 

 82,400 



9,200 



9,700 

 600 

 502.600t 

 57.300 



8.700 



170.200 

 t 



t 



4 9. 4 do" 



1,077.100 

 52.64 



7,700 

 10.700 

 2.700 

 3.400 

 3,000 

 1.300 

 1,700 

 30 



20 



100 



38,600 



11.700 



19,800 



1,900 



50 



100 



■1.300 



115,500 

 128.400 

 43.200* 

 85,000 

 57.000 

 22,100 

 10,700 

 30 



'i,66'6 



500 



33.520 



10.530 



17,820 



2,470 



100 



70 



272,500 

 304,300 

 91,600 

 83,300 

 81,500 

 48,700 

 64,800 

 300 



'2,106 



4.300 



'Sesisod 



t 



t 



50,400 



700 



1,400 



1,575,700 

 22.10 



LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY, 1946 and 1947 

 Number on Farms and Value, January 1 



Number 

 of head 



Horses and mules 5,300 



All cattle 58,500 



Milk cows 1.900 



Stock sheep and lambs 52,000 



Swine (including pigs) 2,700 



Chickens (over 3 months old) 28,500 



Total 



1940 



1W7 



Value 



(Dollars) 



148,100 



5,290.400 



263,900 



570,900 



84,000 



36,400 



6,393.700 



t. t — See page 46 for footnotes. 



