4 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS 



cropped) was 26 percent of the total value. In the severe drought year of 1934, 

 the value of crops taken from irrigated land was 63 percent of the total. County 

 values per acre for irrigated and non-irrigated crops, pages 12 and 13, vary widely 

 because of soil productivity and length of season which limits the growing of some 

 high value crops. 



Stale Crop Tables, pages 14-24, present total, irrigated and non-irrigated, data 

 for the 12 years 1944-55. Crops grown principally or entirely on irrigated or on 

 non-irrigated land are so indicated by appropriate sub-titles. 



State Livestock Tables, pages 25-30, also cover the 1944-55 period. They contain 

 inventory numbers by age and sex groups, disposition and value of the principal 

 kinds of livestock and livestock products. 



County Crop Tables, pages 31-59, show 1954 and 1955 acres planted and har- 

 vested, yield per acre, production and value for the total crop, acres harvested 

 and yield per acre separately for irrigated and non-irrigated land. Counties with 

 insignificant production are ommitted from these tables. 



County Livestock Tables, pages 60-65, list the January 1 inventory numbers of 

 the principal livestock and poultry for the years 1950-56. The 1956 inventory is 

 tentative and subject to revision. 



Wheat Variety and Cropping Practice Data, pages 66-82, relate to thirty-two 

 principal wheat producing counties. Acreage, yield and production in 1955 appear 

 for the leading varieties grown in the State. The cropping practice data reflect 

 a continued trend in alternate summer fallowing of wheat land during the years 

 1945 to 1955. This is most pronounced in spring wheat as readily noted from the 

 State table on page 82. 



Wheal Production By Protein Groups and cropping practices, pages 83-88, sum- 

 marizes and brings up-to-date similar information previously issued. County data 

 points up the areas in the State where wheat protein is significant. 



County Wheat Tables, pages 89 to 96, covering the years 1952-55, continue and 

 supersede the last two years of the series which appeared in Volume V. Page 97 

 presents similar data for the State from 1916 to 1955. 



County Census Tables, pages 98-103, contain farm numbers, acreage, farm facil- 

 ities and equipment and farms reporting principal kinds of livestock for 1950 

 and 1954. 



