Agricultural Production and Prices

George K. Holmes

No 338583, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Tables included: Percentage of increase or decrease of number and acreage of farms, by geographical divisions and by census decades (1850-1890). -- Value of farm property and products in 1890, by geographical divisions. -- Percentage of increase or decrease of acreage of farm crops (corn, wheat, rye, oats, barley, buckwheat, cotton, hay, tobacco), 1880 to 1890, by geographical divisions. -- Percentage of increase or decrease of production of farm crops, by geographical divisions and by time period (1840-1890). -- Percentage of increase or decrease of farm animals in the United States, by census decades 1840-1890). -- Number of persons in the United States ten years of age and over engaged in agriculture, by specified, occupations, 1890. -- Percentage of farms cultivated by owners and tenants, 1880 and 1890, by geographical divisions. -- Wages of farm labor per month without board, by geographical divisions and by years. -- Average acreage of farms, by geographical divisions and by census years (1850-1890). -- Average value of capital and products per farm, by geographical divisions and by census years (1870-1890). --Average value and yield of cereal crops in the United States, by geographical divisions and by periods of years. -- Charges for marketing a bale of cotton, 1840 and 1897. -- Hand and machine labor in agriculture in the United States.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Labor and Human Capital; Livestock Production/Industries; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 1898
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.338583

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