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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



HORSES AND MULES ON FARMS 



NUMBER, VALUE PER HEAD, AND TOTAL VALUE 



NUMBER BY CLASSES 



YEAR 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



Farm Value 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



Number 



242,000 

 177,000 

 160,000 

 154,000 



Number 



218,000 

 194,000 

 229,000 

 192,000 



Per Head 



$40.41 

 30.41 

 32.15 

 26.17 



Total 



$9,780,000 



5,370,000 



5,144,000 



4,030,000 



2 Yrs. 

 Plus 



197,000 

 149,000 

 136,000 

 132,000 



1 -2 Yrs. 



22,500 

 14,000 

 12,000 

 11,000 



Under 

 1 Yr. 



22,500 

 14,000 

 12,000 

 11,000 



HOGS, On Farms January 1 



NUMBER BY CLASSES 



Farm Value 



Per Head 



$17.60 

 45.00 

 41.60 

 25.00 



Total 



$4,082,000 



8,730,000 



9,526,000 



4,300,000 



Sows & 

 Gilts 



40,000 

 33,000 

 36,000 

 28,000 



Other 

 Hogs 6-Mo. 

 Plus 

 55,000 

 64,000 

 76,000 

 58,000 



Pigs 



Under 



6 Mo. 



122,000 



97,000 



117,000 



106,000 



HOGS. Amount and Value of Farm Production 



PIG CROP (pigs saved) 



An- 

 First 6 Last 6 nual 

 Months Months Total 



Number of Head 



Shipped Out - 

 and 

 Sh'p'd Local Farm 



In ' Slaughter Slaughter 



1937-46 Av. 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



213 

 160 

 167 

 174 



140 

 107 

 125 

 119 



(ALL 

 354 

 267 

 292 

 293 



FIGURES 



2 

 1 

 1 



IN THOUSANDS) 

 228 81 



178 70 



155 68 



224 67 



Pro- 

 duction 

 Pounds ■• 



70,952 

 60,365 

 57,980 

 62,405 



Cash Gross 



Income Income 



(Dollars) 



6,637 

 11,832 



9,682 

 10,441 



8,207 

 15,234 

 12,800 

 12,821 



' Shipped in from points outside the state. 

 - Shiped to points outside the state, plus 



plants within the state. 

 ' Live w^eight. 



animals slaughtered by local butchers and at small killing 



CHICKENS 



ALL CHICKENS ON 

 FARMS JANUARY 1 



AMOUNT AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTION 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



Number 



2,244,000 

 1,896,000 

 1,896,000 

 2,054,000 



Farm Value 

 Per Head Total 



Produced Sold 



Thousand Pounds 



14,381 9,079 



13,028 8,372 



13,716 8,148 



$ .94 $2,134,000 



1.55 2,939,000 



1.70 3,223,000 



1.39 2,855,000 



CHICKEN EGGS 



Farm Production, Disposition and Income 



Price 

 Per 

 Pound 

 Cents 

 21.0 

 33.2 

 28.3 



Cash Gross 



Income Income 

 Thousand Dollars 

 2,006 3,079 



2,780 4,326 



2,306 3,690 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



ALL TURKEYS ON FARMS 

 JANUARY 1 



TURKEYS 



AMOUNT AND VALUE OF FARM PRODUCTION 



Farm Value 



1938-47 Av. 

 1948 

 1949 

 1950 



Number 



(000) 



40 

 15 



18 

 15 



Per Head 



(Dollars) 

 4.10 

 7.50 

 9.40 

 7.40 



Total 



(Thou. Dollars) 



142 

 112 

 169 

 111 



Produced 

 on 



Farms 



Consumed 



In Farm 



Household 



Number (000) 



Sold 



195 

 112 

 129 



20 

 12 

 18 



179 



97 



114 



Av. 



Price 



Per 



Pound 



(Cents) 



29.6 

 48.7 

 36.4 



Cash Gross 



Income Income 



(Thou. Dollars) 



760 853 

 798 897 

 714 827 



HONEY AND BEESWAX— Production. Price and Value 



1940-46 Av. 

 1947 

 1948 

 1949 



Honey 



Colonies Yield Honey Beeswax 



of Per Produc Produc- 



Bees Colony tion tion 



(Number) (Pounds) (Thousand Pounds) 



40,700 106 4,116 90 



64,000 70 4,480 81 



64,000 122 7,808 141 



62,000 58 3,596 61 



Price Per Pound 



Honey Beeswax 



(Cents) 



13.7 41.1 



21.9 45.0 



12.4 44.0 



12.2 36.0 



Value of 

 Production 



Honey Beeswax 

 (Thousand Dollars) 

 553 37 



981 36 



968 62 



439 22 



