TABLE 2.--Estimated total acres treated for weed control on farms in United States, 
19597 
a ae al 
Peanuts 3,000 29,130 325130 
Sorghum 2,075,000 8,000 2,083,000 
Sugar beets 44,200 78,600 122,800 
Small grain 19,475, 200 500 19,475 ,'700 
Corn 14,224,370 2,198,300 16,422,670 
Cotton 278 , 600 890,600 1,169,200 
Soybeans 10,000 518,435 528,435 
Rice 637 , 000 0) 637 , 000 
Vegetable crops 204,080 71,865 275,945 
Fruits and nuts 5,425 B35 5,460 
Strawberries 3,300 2,000 5,300 
Lawns 63,800 i220 65,050 
Ornamentals 2,240 210 2,450 
Pastures 2,212,450 30, 100 2,242,550 
Rangelands 4,296,000 0 4,296,000 
Hay 186,400 0 186,400 
Forage seed 261,300 100 261,400 
Subtotal 43,982,365 3,829,125 47,811,490 
Noncrop land 2,889,500 200 2,889,700 
Total 46,871,865 3,829,325 50,701,190 
1 From unpublished survey data accumulated by the Federal Extension Service; Farm Eco- 
nomics Research Division, and Crops Research Division, Agrigultural Research Service, 
U. S. Department of Agriculture. Estimates for Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawaii, New 
Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Washington not included. 
TABLE 3.--Estimated acreages treated for weed control in United Statest 
Year Small grains Grazing lands All other Total 
1,000 acres 1,000 acres 1,000 acres 1,000 acreS 1,000 acres 
1949 4,559 18,751 --- ~-- 23,310 
1952 8,150 16,792 2,192 2,629 29,763 
19592 15-720 19,770 5,828 eS) la 45,432 
1 Estimates for 1949 and 1952 from U. S. Department of Agriculture, Statistical Bulletin 
156, April 1955; 1959 estimates from unpublished survey data accumulated by the Federal 
Extension Service; Farm Economics Research Division and Crops Research Division, Agricul- 
tural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 
2 Estimates for Alaska, California, Delaware, Hawaii, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, and 
Washington not included. 
3 Estimated 2.9 million acres noncrop land treated not included. 
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