- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Farm statistics : Georgia counties, 1900-1976
- Creator:
- United States. Bureau of the Census
- Publisher:
- Athens, Ga. : Georgia Crop Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Agriculture--Georgia--Statistics
Farms--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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APPLING COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B78
Appling County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 out of treaty lands negotiated from the Creek Indians by ex-governor David B. Mitchell. It was the 40th county in Georgia in order of organization and was named in honor of Colonel Daniel Appling. When first organized, Appling included Clinch, Jeff Davis, Pierce and Ware Counties and parts of Charlton, Echols and Wayne. Holmesville was the original county seat but later the courthouse was moved to the present county seat of Baxley and even the name of the first site is all but forgotten. Baxley was named for Wilson Baxley who came to Georgia from North Carolina as an early settler.
Appling is on the extreme southern border of the Middle Coastal Plain area of the State and the soils are principally of the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series--loamy sands and sands. These soils are adapted to production of corn, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, vegetables and pecans.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture the land area was approximately 328,064 acres. There were 771 farms having a total of 163,034 acres, with land and buildings valued at $77,210,000. Livestock and products dropped slightly in relative importance in value of farm products sold while field crops showed an offsetting increase. The corn-hog enterprises are still most important, however, and the Georgia Crop Reporting Service ranks Appling County 9th among Georgia counties in swine number in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in Appling County of around 47 inches. In about one year out of five the annual total can be expected to exceed 60 inches,
and about one year in four it will be less than 40 inches. The average annual temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of last spring and first fall freezing temperatures are about March 9 and November 18 respectively, giving an average freeze-free growing season of 254 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
3,102,197
7,437,337
1974
Amount $
i V
23,620,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
2,280,697 2,249,918
23,357 7,422 7,125
98,583 715,792
30,993 63,934 620,865
73.5 72.5
.8 .2 .2 3.2 23.1 1.0 2.1 20.0
3,766,827 3,738,063
19,392 9,372 9,511
741,745 2,919,254
406,168 448,592 2,064,494
22,826,000
50.6
10,641,500
46.6
50.2
10,609,500
46.5
5,408,500
23.7
5,053,000
22.2
(Z)
31,000
.1
117,000
.5
.3
30,000
.1
.1
2,000
.1
83,000
.4
10.0
351,000
1.5
39.3 5.5 6.0
11,750,500 51.5
5,236,500
22.9
1,389,000
6.1
27.8
' 5,125,000 1,239,000 3,870,000
22.5 5.4
17.0 Received
16,000
.1
Government Payments 1/
17,000
Wf^ UV2 61979
V Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than~half of the unit reported.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & S Hort. Spec. 1.9%
Forestry Products & ' Hort. Spec. 3.4% Poultry & Poultry "Products 1.0% -Dairy Products 2.15
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 20.C
, Poultry & Poultry Products 22.9%
Dairy Products 6.1% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 22.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
APPLING COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
22,611 31,467 26,770
29,330 28,910 29,200 32,000 33,400 36,300 33,100 30,600 28,000 36,000 34,900 31,000 31,900 34,900 35,400 38,850 39,000 46,100 41,400 48,600 50,100 47,900 52,700 52,700
20,845 20,750 25,785 22,127 30,375 19,718
19,220 19,250 19,240 21,370 22,700 25,100 23,200 23,750 22,800 30,300 30,700 27,300 28,400 33,000 34,300 36,000 34,700 43,300 38,500 44,000 47,100 44,440 49,700 35,500
10.4 12.9
9.1 12.5
9.4 13.7
16.9 25.3 24.5 26.3 28.6 24.5 29.2 31.1 35.4 48.0 38.8 54.6 39.4 59.9 50.9 39.3 31.8 62.6 63.0 62.0 63.2 64.1 63.7 25.0
216,590 267,138 233,948 277,488 285,558 269,926
325,100 487,000 471,400 561,700 649,500 614,200 677,000 738,000 806,000 1,455,000 1,191,000 1,491,000 1,120,000 1,977,000 1,745,000 1,414,000 1,103,000 2,712,000 2,425,500 2,728,000 2,977,700 2,849,000 3,165,100 886,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 110 120 160 240 310 850 2,500 1,400 480 1,500 2,700 1,800 2,590 2,510 2,750 1,890 3,800
17.0
25.0
19.5
28.5 18.0 20.5 23.5 25.0 17.5 22.5 20.0 22.0 15.5 26.9 26.0 24.7 24.4 24.9
1,700 2,750 2,340 4,565 4,320 6,355 19,975 62,500 24,500 10,800 30,000 59,400 27,900 69,700 65,300 67,900 46,100 94,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield
per acre (lbs.)
Production ;i,ooo ibs.)
9,697
2,492
3
1
14,335
184
5,283
13,263
86
2,283
197
46
12,146
231
5,619
2,999
2,956
860
5,693
169
1,928
4,334
3,240
81
42
8,447
124
2,101
3,181
3,309
759
451
5,160
339
3,640
3,600
1,010
3,637
390
785
306
4,350
325
2,940
3,470
1,368
4,748
300
883
265
3,970
263
2,180
3,015
1,453
4,380
330
1,121
370
2,920
167
1,020
2,230
1,195
2,665
260
842
219
2,605
453
2,460
2,085
1,683
3,509
300
1 ,087
326
3,820
308
2,450
2,370
1,362
3,229
230
757
174
3,950
409
3,370
2,440
1,884
4,596
310
1,074
333
3,580
297
2,220
2,450
1,920
4,703
250
904
226
3,330
332
2,310
2,555
2,000
5,111
275
1,058
291
3,750
335
2,630
2,425
2,008
4,869
265
1,264
335
3,560
356
2,650
2,185
1,942
4,244
250
1,096
274
3,420
307
2,190
1,950
2,134
4,162
240
1,583
380
2,010
241
1,010
2,000
1,380
2,761
225
1 ,244
280
1,050
163
1,450
no
360
2,610
2,014
5,256
335
2,000
1,725
3,450
235 245
1,383 1,298
325 318
600
177
220
2,210
1,305
2,885
190
921
175
200
115
48
2,740
1,819
4,984
230
1,917
441
200
135
55
2,210
1,947
4,302
220
2,195
483
200
310
130
1,920
1,975
3,792
260
2,423
630
2,160
1,551
3,350
275
1,898
522
2,590
2,224
5,760
276
2,297
634
2,640
1,987
5,246
292
2,623
766
2,220
1,904
4,227
289
2,384
689
?,?nn 1 ?,nnn
4.400 1 288
2.181
fi?8
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
12,336 12,318 10,594 13,314
14,497
14,003
13,246
12,726
APPLING COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
340,742
258
386,560
72.7
280,985
184
290,560
72.7
211 ,368
153
8,696
7,494
1,202
290,560
56.5
164,127
113
8,758
7,819
939
290,560
68.4
198,847
135
9,845
8,663
1 ,182
328,960
57.9
190,480
131
7,182
328,960
58.3
191,811
131
8,680
7,482
1,198
328,960
59.3
195,057
113
328,960
63.2
208,032
148
5,161
4,547
614
328,960
52.4
172,302
158
328,960
52.1
171,310
193
3,125
2,968
157
328,064
48.0
157,515
181
328,064
49.7
163,034
211
Number of Farms
1,323 1,525 1,384 1,448 1,475 1,459 1,463
1,733 1,403 1,089
886 871 771
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
867,810 2,270,848 4,715,334 3,455,898 2,659,185 3,323,507 4,445,635 7,594,006 9,509,534 17,417,466 26,758,972 45,155,606 77,210,000
Average
(dol.)
656 1,489 3,407 2,387 1,803 2,278 3,039 4,382 6,778 15,994 30,202 51,843 100,143
Tractors
7
25 85 541 814 937 1,109 993 1,012
Trucks
174
206 366 660 838 746 816 830 893
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
546
100
409
48
492
21
630
49
658
285
662
439
831
612
747
(NA)
718 .-- (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,986 2,345 1,523
125 6
33 11 88 717 279 287 14 154
20,010 21,790 16,087
2,975 170 510 155
1 ,245 14,608
6,048 10,400
769 8,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,311 1,669 4,078 3,461
1,784 1,361 1,130 1,633
940 1,548
1,270 2,183
1,284 1,110 2,039 3,080 2,612 3,231
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
65
3,721
388
318
8,231
19,323
953
45,665
393
23,357
226
14,831
152
19,392
115
21,878
51
30,000
PEACHES 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
22,314 6,985
13,449 1,907 3,753 6,476 8,386 3,640 279 358 691
236 843 4,707 428 1,834 5,378 3,426 498
73 132 262
PECANS 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
3,731 5,946
10 3,660 18,902 3,587
8,038
8,566 7,118 3,092 4,351 2,878
241
133,525 158,898
17,616 21,349 37,219 30,849 93,573
2.231
SUEEI
POTATC ES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
734 893 1,038 1,488 1,661 1,760 1,588 1,541 832 670 281 101
63
62,189 79,638 89,542 132,392 86,504 107,254
111,783 124,515
57,842
78,899 28,398
10,636 7rnin
LAND USE IPSEES: M.
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
44,415
5,560
1934
44,519
4,489
1939
51,440
1,086
1944
47,041
4,020
1949
47,723
6,949
1954
47,849
2,102
1959
43,629
4,387
1964
42,707
4,774
1969
42,370
8,890
1974
55,017
4,523
See footnotes on last page.
6,360 938
1,377 1,394 4,097 3,916 6,512 8,042 8,992 10,787
Woodland
221,017 129,421
89,847 138,447 133,944 133,153 130,272 145,281 109,528 108,151
88,508 77,421
Other Land
6,894 26,092
16,471
6,848 2,245
5,628
6,016 8,884 8,246
7,636 8,755
15,286
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over
40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999
10,000 to 19,999
5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999
50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
55
57
82
65
154
136
146
174
130
153
78
286
126
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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APPLING COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
18,231 16,868 13,144
5,109 11,320 7,367 9,133 7,044 11,609 10,306 16,673 14,021 16,158
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,268 9,242 6,112 2,900 4,992 3,561 5,261 3,337 6,050 4,965 6,650 6,772 8.360
Milk Cows
3,103 4,75fl 2,084 1,818
2,056
1,919 1,756 1,153 1,180 1,319 2.155
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
2,012 808
3,640 5,590
77,902 65,000 61,033 142,378 370,437 855,116 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
20,463 26,389 19,994
8,927 15,735 12,567 18,097 21,814 22,917 30,257 28,842 39,554 37.493
4,348 1,522 1,817 1,980 2,886 2,608 3,925 6,448 6,161 7,767 7.626
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 77
31,939 34,750 39,249 32,939 43,540 41,539 46,083 38,556 42,493 45,039 30,416 286,277 259,698
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,434 6,782
14,021
19,932
7,739 4,527 315,616 606,507 1 ,958,846 4,250,234
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
94,060 83,052 112,677 168,563 132,830 171,035 311,412 34,732 62,855 422,795 287,750 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Heed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
Fertilizer
Hired Labor
(Thoi]<; )
$ 13,166 17,521
130,879
115,669 296,985 540,743 1,115,984
2,642,549 5,606,000
$ 160,796 146,334
465,202
1,116,797 1 ,029,009 2,995,000
$ 49.4 40 3 199 5
236 5 283 5 311 3
442.6 539 7 982 0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
17,700 17,200 16,650 16,600 15,500 16,000 16,800 17,000 17,000 16,800 19,100 19,000 18,400 16.780
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,400 1,300 1,320 1,320 1,350 1,880 1,750 2,020 2,100 1,890 2,130 2,130 2,040
1,930
5,700 5,800 5,500 5,650 5,800 5,900 5,900 5,900 5,900 6,040 7,360 7,300 6,800
5.930
All Other Cattle and Calves
10,600 10,100
9,830 9,630 8,350 8,220 9,150 9,080 9,000 8,870 9,610 9,570 9,560 8.920.
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
29,100 34,350 38,050 41,250 44,550 51 ,650 49,100 47,100 41,800 37,500 31,400 39,000 44,000
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved".
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available.
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ATKINSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Atkinson County was created by Legislative Act of August 15, 1917 from parts of Clinch
and Coffee Counties and was 151st in order of organization in Georgia counties. The county
was named for Governor William Y. Atkinson. Pearson, the county seat, took its name from
B. Pearson who was one of the early settlers and leaders of that section.
m,
Atkinson lies in the Lower Coastal Plain Province of soil classification. Approximately one-half of the county is in farms and more than 66 percent of the farmland is in woods. Farm numbers decreased by about 5 percent during the 1969 to 1974 period, increasing in
average size from 301 to 315 acres.
Despite increased value of sales, field crops have decreased in relative importance in the agricultural
economy of the county. Much of this was due to an increase in sales of poultry and poultry products, which made
up slightly over one-half of the total agricultural sales in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in
Atkinson County of around 48 inches. In about three out of five years, the annual total is between 40 and 55
inches. July is normally the wettest month, averaging around six inches of rain, and November, with an average of
deceived just under two inches, is the driest. The average annual temperature is about 66 degrees. The freeze-free growin
season averages about 255 days, extending usually from early March to mid-November, or slightly later.
N0V2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964
Amount T~~
1,939,799
3,764,691
1974 Amount V
17,172,000
DOCUMENTS r#<;A LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
1,371,168 1,346,227
13,127 11,814
70.7 69.4
.7 .6
1,615,288 1,610,855
2,240 2,193
42.9 42.8
17,122,000
5,328,000 5,251,000 2,022,000 3,092,000
21,000 116,000
76,000 (Z)
31. 30. 11. 18.1
.1 .7 .4
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
111,890
456,741 64,016 24,456
368,269
5.8
23.5 3.3 1.2
19.0
(D) 490,608
1,633,795 1 ,228,561
40,465 364,769
13.0
43.4 32.6
1.1 9.7
506,000
11,288,000 9,465,000 (D) (NA) 372,000 1,296,000
(D)
3.0 65.9 55.3
2.2 7.6
Government Payments 2/
5,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms 3/ Available only f'or 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than "Raf of the unit reported. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 .Forestry Products 5.8%
ther Livestock, Dairy their Products 20.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
.Forestry Products 3.0%
i-0ther Livestock, Dairy & their Products 10.6%
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
11,726 17,069 16,846
17,840 16,730 16,900 17,600 16,000 16,800 14,700 13,300 11,600 10,600 10,200 10,100 10,200 11,600 11,300 14,700 15,100 16,800 15,100 16,000 18,200 18,000 20,700 19,800
ATKINSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
17,920 11,308 15,568 8,349
11,420 11,470 11,290 11,920 11,100 11,600 10,200 9,400 8,700 8,800 8,900 8,780 9,000 10,500 9,900 13,500 13,450 15,900 14,000 14,000 17,800 17,820 20,400 10,500
9.5 12.2 10.7 16.3
15.1 26.6 24.6 22.8 29.5 33.4 36.0 40.1 31.6 47.4 48.4 58.8 49.9 63.0 31.3 44.7 28.3 51.1 63.0 33.0 66.2 53.3 54.9 22.0
170,947 137,656 166,779 135,916
173,000 305,000 278,200 272,100 327,300 387,300 367,000 377,000 275,000 417,000 431,000 516,000 449,000 662,000 310,000 604,000 380,000 813,000 882,000 462,000 1,178,100 949,100 1,119,300 230,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 140 200 240 400 1,200 2,100 2,600 2,400 1,520 2,110
1,530 1,850
22.0 20.0
26.0 17.5 20.5
17.5
27.0 17.0 15.3 22.5 22.7 22.4 23.5
Production (bushels)
2,200 4,060 5,200 4,200 8,200 21,000 56,700 44,200 36,700 34,200 47,900 34,300 43,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Productior
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.
3,826
Ill
658
1,021
552
4,152
212
1,765
1,652
1,592
1 ,823
1,667
136
454
2,526
2,321
259
209
2,019
177
713
1,683
2,330
240
187
1,022
376
800
1,760
1,482
2,608
150
900
135
780
356
580
1,700
1,635
2,780
150
1,220
183
760
261
410
1,485
1,567
2,327
170
1,306
222
520
219
240
1,120
1,479
1,656
210
1,157
243
305
354
230
1,035
1,592
1,648
790
320
530
1,180
1,664
1,963
960
384
770
1,200
2,121
2,545
240
1,171
250
1,284
250
1,140
281 321 285
700
274
400
1,190
2,297
2,734
500
326
340
1,255
2,185
2,742
460
307
290
1,200
2,328
2,793
450
367
340
1,070
2,239
2,396
390
313
250
970
2,313
2,244
180
278
100
1,000
1,944
1,944
45
222
20
1,155
2,333
2,695
80
200
36
960
2,160
2,074
15
200
5
1,020
1,922
1,960
240
1,208
225
1,253
220
1,277
230
1,370
235
2,081
255
1 ,663
250
2,084
245
2,086
235
1,668
290 282
281 315 489 424 521 511 392
1,100
2,339
2,573
260
2,092
544
950
2,347
2,230
275
2,553
702
910
2,350
2,139
255
3,745
955
1,000
1,754
1,754
270
2,533
684
1,340
2,498
3,347
268
2,813
754
1,370
2,077
2,845
273
2,934
801
1,170
1,932
2,260
269
2,651
713
1,310
2,094
2,743
272
2,923
795
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
7,656 6,894 7,093 7,362 6,188 5,879
ATKINSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
211,200
67.0
141,600
175
811
3,882
3,313
569
211,200
57.2
120,756
168
720
4,204
3,533
671
211,200
39.2
82,865
114
728
4,343
3,779
564
203,520
41.5
84,434
128
662
3,453
203,520
59.9
121,906
166
734
3,911
3,304
607
203,520
70.2
142,840
178
801
203,520
63.3
128,796
220
584
1,565
1,443
122
203,520
56.4
114,760
278
413
203,520
45.7
93,035
363
256
2,555
1 ,793
762
203,200
51.3
104,249
301
346
203,200
50.8
103,144
315
327
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,316,885 1,847,420 1,243,545 1,751 ,931 2,898,061 5,541,318 8,700,432 9,966,929 15,894,528 25,367,205 37,852,000
4,090 2,566 1,708 2,646 3,948 6,918
14,898 24,133 62,088
73,315 115,754
Tractors
4
25 90 264 384 468 328 458 485
Trucks
77
109 156 286 359 370 263 330 403
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
205
40
193
28
226
21
383
25
310
36
292
126
267
176
288
(NA)
347
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,716 149 16 211 62 66 558 358 25 14
21,525 2,620 275 3,680 1,155 1,560
15,743 8,780 1,101
933
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,614 873
2,573 983
283 450 387 319 326 487
568 1,432
295 418 498 552 764 1,051
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2,436
1,432
218
7,275
590
984
727
875
483
144
4,091
1,871
940
14,330
2,193
453
197
12,544
365
52
273
13,127
34
3
19
1 ,620
67
17
11
2,240
143
107
114
13,862
142
76,000
2,218
7,353
497
3,231
6,803
490
684
5,356
148,408
536
131,612
301
8,271
12,665
260
2,400
37,873
73
2,911
43,700
54
2,272
3,567
6
1,927
3,471
3
283
1.200
46,768 48,747 37,898 35,440 15,487 14,684
4,796 5,777
600 270
Year
Harvested Cropland
t ANH IISF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
22,330
7,054
1934
24,533
3,342
1939
26,891
724
1944
24,132
3,031
1949
23,142
2,864
1954
20,830
1,681
1959
19,340
3,102
1964
12,756
7,586
1969
15,896
7,030
1974
18,943
2,334
See foo :notes on last page.
2,507 981 744 391
2,642 5,394 3,685
2,473 3,294 4,690
Woodland
100,122 83,720 49,016 53,919 88,106 110,438 93,542 81,489 65,962 68,679 68,379
Other Land
4,940 4,493 4,461 1,994 6,162 3,754 7,349 7,144 4,258 9,350 8,798
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
57
65
72
50
50
51
47
67
23
27
25
86
53
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ATKINSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowinq 5/
8,799 4,618
7,601 5,769 8,028 5,686 7,271 5,319 4,726 5,369 6,766
4,724 2,470 3,839 2,724 5,162 3,348 3,678 2,780 2,599 2,604 3,780
54 862
1,346
421 521 275 129 125 124
1,335 6,985
3,490 11,092
1,675 41 ,341 189,510
(NA) (NA)
14,794
7,134 7,853 9,480 11,069 14,565 11,867 13,200 8,756 15,381 11,154
2,976 997
1 ,366 1 ,349 1 ,877 1,443 2,004 2,522 1 ,653 2,817 2,607
Chickens (4
Months and
Older) 1!
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
24,359 21,746 20,109 19,786 24,387 22,115 21,246 30,264 59,813 518,879 463,766
5,356 8,047
7,066
4,102 51,829 1,069,456 1,836,528 5,756,327 8,446,548
81,469 121 ,541
72,501 101,955
96,486 23,426 67,283 210,870 866,758 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 15,763 $ 82,352 $ 33.1
7,908
80,572
33.9
45,173
88.3
61,946
164.8
170,064
273,218
194.9
550,420
197.9
568,598
291,813
272.8
3,421,087
424,897
337.5
7,231,000
1,080,000
475.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
5,000 4,600 4,500 4,600 5,000 5,500 5,600 5,500 5,500 5,700 7,500 7,500 7,300 6,300
Cows 2 years old and older LQ/
Kept for Milk
Other
150
2,600
130
2,750
120
2,750
90
2,850
150
2,950
140
3,050
120
2,950
100
2,910
100
2,890
90
3,000
100
3,850
200
4,000
200
3,900
180
3,580
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,250 1,720 1 ,630 1,660 1,900 2,310 2,530 2,490 2,510 2,610 3,550 3,300 3,200 2,540
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
8,800 11,950 13,250 16,050 17,350 20,100 19,100 16,700 14,400 12,600 9,100 13,200 14,500
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales, farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include on nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". NA -
2/ Excludes Iris Since 1949 exclude n definition. 6/ ing with 1969 chic ly eggs sold. 1_0/
Not available.
h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s farms with less than 15-20 In 1969 and thereafter classifikens 3 months old and older.
In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BIBB COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7I
Bibb County was created by Legislative Act of December 9, 1822 from parts of Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties and was 54th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for Dr. W. W. Bibb, a practicing physician who was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia and later became the first Territorial Governor of Alabama. Macon, the county seat, was named for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina. Macon supplanted Fort Hawkins, the most important stronghold on the Georgia frontier in pioneer days. Macon is the home of Wesleyan College, the first chartered college in the world for awarding of degrees to women.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 162,560 acres making it 118th in size among counties in the State. There were 192 farms having a total of 27,144 acres with land and buildings valued at $15,421,000.
Bibb is on the fall line dividing the Piedmont Plateau Province from the Upper Coastal Plain Province--Sandhills. In the northern portion of the county the soils are of the Cecil, Lloyd, Appling and Madison series while in the lower portion are found Kershaw, Gilead and Vaucluse series--deep phase sands. The county is therefore adapted by areas to a wide range of crops: soybeans, cotton, peanuts, corn, truck crops, pecans and peaches. In 1974 the soybean acreage surpassed corn and cotton acreage combined.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports precipitation averages about 45 inches per year in Bibb County. Annual totals have ranged from 67.80 inches in 1929 to 26.05 inches in 1954, but fall between 35 and 55 inches during more than 80 percent of the years. July is normally the wettest month, and October the driest. The average annual temperature is about 65 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages just under 240 days, and usually extends from mid-March to mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
2,190,190
2,767,853
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
724,251 300,600
33.0 13.7
1,198,499 746,837
16,202 407,449
106,980 54,050
1,304,909 198,802 856,277 249,830
.7 18.6
4.9 2.5
59.6 9.1
39.1 11.4
22,145 429,517
149,950 88,768
1 ,330,636 258,602 842,616 229,418
i
43.3 27.0
.8 15.5
5.4 3.2 48.1 9.4 30.4 8.3
1974 Amount $
2,943,000
^W| V wvl
* V
NOV 2 6 1979
2,837,000
1,014,000 596,000 532,000
12,000 30,000 22,000 39,000 379,000
78,000 9,000
1,736,000 367,000 819,000 550,000 207,000 247,000
6,000
DOCUMENTS
UOW
21.0
JBRARIES
18.7
.4 1.1
.8 1.4 13.3
2.8
.3
61.2 12.9 28.9 19.4 10.5
8.7
.2
Government Payments 3/
2.000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.42!
Poultry & Poultry ** Products 9.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 3.1%
Poultry & Poultry --- Products 12.9%
*^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.4%
. Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.4%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
12,462 14,028 7,214
5,950 5,200 4,300 3,700 3,300 3,400 2,760 2,420 2,270 2,300 2,000 1,880 1,890 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,700
900 850 1,100 1,500 1,100 1,300 1,250
BIBB COUNTY ACREAGI:, YIELD ANC PRODUCTION, 1954- 197;
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels]
(acres)
(bu.)
21,911 15,345 18,479 11,274 13,396
6,740
3,530 4,170 3,500 3,050 2,600 3,000 2,340 2,100 1,950 1,940 1,700 1,650 1,680 1,850 1,830 1,250 1,430
800 750 990 1,400 1,020 1,210 180
10.2 13.7 11.3 13.4 11.9 16.0
8.2 26.3 31.5 31.7 38.7 35.9 30.8 31.9 25.6 42.8 35.3 49.1 42.3 54.1 43.2 38.4 37.1 62.5 49.1 62.0 48.4 54.2 55.9 12.2
222,920 209,767 209,359 151,253 159,414 107,619
28,800 109,700 110,200
96,800 100,500 107,700
72,000 67,000 50,000 83,000 60,000 81,000 71,000 100,000 79,000 48,000 53,000 50,000 36,800 61 ,400 67,800 55,300 67,600
2,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
250 930 990 1,060
2,140 2,160 1,600
1,000 1,500 2,300 3,700 3,500 3,300 2,700 2,800 4,420 4,620 2,370 2,500
18.5
23.5 16.5
14.5 20.0 17.5 19.5
20.0 25.0 17.0 26.0 19.0 24.0 11.0 17.1 21.0 26.7 26.2 15.4
Production
(bushels)
4,625 21 ,960 16,335 15,370 42,800 37 ,800 31 ,200 20,000 37,500 39,100 96,200 66,500 79,200 29,700 47,900 92,800 123,400 62,100 38,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
WHEAT
Acreage 1 Yield Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
21,492
159
24,535
192
24,927
130
5,808
176
2,745
215
2,405
337
1,450
259
1,160
484
1,110
404
440
414
125
376
800
364
690
293
630
459
560
411
700
437
820
477
520
450
350
466
160
500
270
289
240
404
240
350
200
475
220
309
35
571
70
329
t
6,869 9,419 6,474 2,039 1,180 1,620
780 1,170
940 380 100 610 420 600 480 640 820 490 340 165 165 200 175 195 140
42 48
354 166 488 394
996
860 610 560 610 300 600 470 560 350 970 1,030 910 860 1.190 1,160 780 670 1,050 320 380 740 410 560 700
22.0 13.4 19.2 17.0 28.0 27.5 31.0 30.5 30.0 33.0 36.5 30.0 32.0
29.1 29.7 31.2 39.0 41.1
19.0 26.3 25.7 26.1 32.0 28.6
3,300 3,015 5,424 3,494
14,099
18,900 8,160
10,750 10,370
8,400 16,500 14,570 17,080 10,500 32,000 37,600 27,300 27,520 34,600 34,500 24,300 26,100 43,200
6,070 10,000 19,000 10,700 17,900 20.000
1
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
50,473 56,646 71,304 77,042
83,783
114,079
141,249
143,418
BIBB COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
erage Siz e Farms
cres)
7,271 7,514 6,124 4,272 3,263
1,672
1,093
3,536 4,077 3,340
2,191
1,093
759
3,735 3,437 2,784
1,072
579
334
177,280 177,280 177,280 177,280 177,280 160,640 160,640 160,640 160,640 160,640
160,640 162,560 162,560
74.3
131,668
105
71.0
125,832
87
60.2
106,654
73
53.9
95,600
94
56.4
100,003
77
57.3
92,049
111
46.7
74,988
79
58.8
94,448
112
58.7
94,342
121
40.6
65,155
167
32.4
52,083
187
22.7
36,843
209
16.7
27,144
141
Number of Farms
1,250 1,453 1,457 1,012 1,295
829 951
845 779 391 278 176 192
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,165,770 4,003,567 6,987,113 4,597,003 3,385,071 2,998,162 2,945,530 6,552,975 7,761,956 10,845,167 12,338,752 11,588,506 15,421,000
Average (dol.)
1,733 2,755 4,796 4,542 2,614 3,617 3,097 7,755 9,964 27,737 44,384 65,843 80,320
Tractors
53
89 202 377 531 421 411 265 256
Trucks
231
235 359 507 442 364 352 229 228
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
514
148
437
149
633
322
693
492
729
444
407
333
324
256
177
(NA)
139
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,759 4,450
383 531 371 941 1,590 1,312 2,518 1,845 2,034 503 312
Production (bushels)
57,690 91,698 7,303 13,817 10,628 21,502 57,229 30,850 78,437 68,128 97,513 23,820 10,134
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SflRGHllMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,955 1,478 4,663 4,017
2,505 3,456 3,084 2,504 1,250 1,266
1,689 3,447
2,452 2,428 3,810 4,771 3,749 3,519
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,484 1,592 1,970
1,367 454 460 311 165 70
104,577
69,086 144,607
82,883 16,202 26,121 22,145 17,114 1 39.000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
77,231 81,893 355,444 111,845 61 ,201 32,650 19,171 18,229 142,091 118,312 161,913
(D)
233 20,434 74,911 59,571 25,331 42,506 11,512 24,491 103,041 116,076 83,385
(D)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
6,880 24,420
490 1,770 7,539 12,672
30,610
29,815 25,643 20,567 12,682
7,765 12.400
223,454 149,235
61,056 30,369 418,656 15,635 262,485 1 430.082
SWEE1
PUIAIUti \IHI
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
989 1,256
642 944 1,216 1 ,256 1,284 1,380 956 1,156 744
IN
50,364 93,243 48,345 71,353 74,583 118,169 121,086 117,017 43,532 145,957 97,583 19,588 1 8.080
Year
Harvested Cropland
h I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
28,372 29,260 30,027 24,164 21,617 21,770 13,711 13,600
8,491 8,774
11,326 14,204
8,052 6,726 10,697 8,043 5,245 5,544 3,494 1,918
See footnotes on last page
14,251
13,293
14,323
12,577
10,071
13,486 7,328 3,888 6,622 4,259
Woodland
48,215 34,080 26,523 36,948 28,468 23,747 43,528 38,591 31,517 18,264 13,984
7,873
Other Land
5,662 7,530 12,394 5,076
10,649 7,725 8,535
12,452 7,354
10,787 4,252 4,320
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over
40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999
10,000 to 19,999
5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999
50 to 2,499
Under 2.500
*
7
19
12
12
20
18
12
19
21
15
17
93
103
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BIBB COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1-74
All Cattle
and
Calves
4,235 4,443 5,373 5,068 6,414 5,120 7,543 7,650 10,566 7,334 6,049 5,035 4,879
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,294 3,201 3,244 3,229 3,872 2,951 4,396 4,294 6,057 4,173 3,594 3,119 2.985
Milk Cows
1,773 2,772 3,099 3,171
2,881
3,451 3,527 2,559 1,944 1,610
967
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
332,119 345,348 563,220 1,105,509
771,493 1,425,262 1,454,667 1,652,790 1,686,799 1,673,355
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,974 6,513 7,855 3,047 4,011 3,373 3,700 3,538 2,567 3,460 2,481 2,837 1,807
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,053 401 431 383 503 378 410 509 311 437 377
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) V
21,363 26,782 33,645 35,323 31,541 22,018 40,334 26,074 29,218 18,705 36,040 4,021
456
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,179 9,659 25,048
19,753
47,181 184,242 349,691
64,644 227,986 482,256
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
82,090 67,681 75,479 215,211 165,059 131,772 63,394 137,451 105,424 450,669 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
heed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 203,335
$ 74,731
$ 159.9
120,756
58,160
167.5
334,286
238.8
731,188
467.4
889,413 639,295
224,254
333.9 541.8
586,015
276,548
384.5
672,210
175,644
287.8
942,000
200,000
146.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,400 6,300 6,300 6,400 6,300 6,300 6,500 6,600 6,600 6,600 7,800 7,700 7,500 6.000
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
2,350 2,200 2,190 2,450 2,150 2,000 1,650 1,600 1,500 1,210 1,260 1,050 1,030
940
1,700 1,750 1,650 1,700 1,750 1,800 1,700 1,700
1,600 1,630 1,850 1,800 1,700 1,450
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,350 2,350 2,460 2,250 2,400 2,500 3,150 3,300 3,500 3,760 4,690 4,850 4,770 3,610
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,500 2,700 3,000 2,950 3,200 3,700 2,800 1,550 1,700 1,800 1,400 1,900 2,370
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
for individual
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved" farms. NA - Not available.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
D - Data withheld
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasto avoid disclosure of information
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BACON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Bacon County was created by Legislative Act of July 27, 1914 from parts of Appling,
Pierce and Ware Counties and was 149th in order of county organization in Georgia. It
was named for Senator Augustus 0. Bacon who served four terms as Chief Executive after
his first election to that office in 1894. Alma, the county seat, was uniquely named
by taking the first letters from the names of four Georgia capitols: Augusta, Louisville,
I91G,
Milledgeville and Atlanta. The county is in two areas of soil classification, mostly in the Middle Coastal Plain
with the remainder in the Lower Coastal Plain. Soils in the first portion are loamy sand
and sands of the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series while in the rest of the county are found Norfolk, Lakeland,
Leon, Scranton, Lynchburg and Plummer soils.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, there were 542 farms having a total of 111,181 acres with land
and buildings valued at $47,531,000. Sales value of all crops and all livestock, poultry and their products,
each make up slightly under 50 percent of the agricultural products sold in Bacon County.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in Bacon
County of around 46 inches. Over 64 inches fell at Alma during 1947 and only 26 inches were measured there in
1954. July, with more than five and one-half inches, is normally the wettest month, and November, with an average
of just over two inches, is the driest. The temperature averages about 66 degrees for the year, ranging from
around a 50 degree average in January and December, to just over 80 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free
growing season averages about 250 days, extending usually from near mid-March to almost mid-November.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount T"
2,786,679
5,457,737
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
2,053,296 2,041,137
73.7 73.3
3,184,047 3,170,164
9,242 2,917
5,000 128,072
600,311 130,975
7,657 461 ,679
.3
5,095
.1
8,788
.2
11,300
4.6
338,455
21.5
1,923,935
4.7
848,062
.3
71,663
16.5
1,004,210
58.3 58.1
.1 .1 .2 6.2 35.3 15.6 1.3 18.4
1974
Amount $ 17,609,000
17,532 ,000
8,730 ,000 8,700 ,000 3,825 ,000 4,702 ,000
1 ,000 89 ,000 83 ,000 15 ,000 15 ,000
(D) (0)
8,342 ,000 6,193 ,000
(D) (NA) 614 ,000 1,331 ,000
(D)
NIOV 2 6 1979 TT7
DOCUMENTS U'SA LIBRARIES
49.8 49.6 21.8 26.8
.5 .5 .1 .1
47.6 35.3
3.5 7.6
Government Payments 1/
6,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.8%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 16.8
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.6%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 12.3%
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.7%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BACON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
13,166 18,669 22,571
22,480 22,110 23,200 25,500 26,500 28,600 26,000 24,100 21,900 24,500 23,700 21,170 21,500 23,600 24,100 26,400 26,200 31,100 28,000 33,000 33,700 33,000 36,300 32,200
16,030 12,909 18,174 16,585
14,730 15,160 15,950 17,770 18,900 20,900 19,100 19,170 18,400 19,800 20,000 17,770 18,500 21,700 22,600 24,500 23,300 29,200 26,000 30,000 32,700 32,390 35,430 7,000
Acreage Harvested
LUIIUN
Yield (lbs.)
8.1 11.6 13.5 13.6
16.4 32.6 27.5 27.0 24.9 24.6 30.4 43.7 34.4 45.5 43.2 52.6 37.5 62.0 58.3 39.6 30.8 57.8 63.0 36.0 60.7 62.1 46.0 17.0
Bales
USDA:
1959
129,409 150,110 245,644 225,027
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
241,900 494,200 438,600 479,100 471,300 514,700 581 ,000 838,000 633,000 901,000 863,000 934,000 694,000
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
1,346,000
1 ,318,000
969,000
718,000
1,689,000
1 ,638,000
1,080,000
1 ,986,500
2,012,600
1 ,631,500
1 118,800 L
200 200 800 450 280 700 1 ,500 900 1 ,200 530 620 620 1,320
FLUE CURED TOBA xo
Acreage Yield
Harvested per acre Production (lbs.) (1,000 lbs )
Acreage Harvested
21.5 25.5 24.0 20.0 20.0 22.0 22.0 18.0 18.9 22.1 23.7 20.4 19.8
WHEAT Vield D6T 3CT6 (bu.)
Production (bushels)
4,300 5,100 19,200 9,000 5,600 15,400 33,000 16,200 22,700 11,700 14,700 12,600 26,100
PrlmUHUUiiLr tLliOnnrl (bu.)
7,624
76
1,153
575
6,626
213
2,824
2,272
2,987
165
984
3,765
4,624
105
973
2,674
148 2,283 3,144 3,281
2,390 2,090 2,180 1,730 1,110 2,180 2,290 1,830 1,890
1,820 1,540 1,620
930 330 280
90 50 30
341
330 316 228 420 370 405 299 326 393
310 255 211 94 82
100 100 133
1,700 1,440 1,440
820 970 1,680 1,930 1,140 1,290 1,500
1,000 860
410 65 50 20 10 10
3,010 2,850 2,495 1,970 1,885 1,980 2,010 2,000 2,080 1,980 1,780 1,525 1,700 2,095 1,610 1,770 2,050 1,780
1 ,368 1,707 1 ,838 1 ,369 1 ,782 1,702 2,144 2,218 2,258 2,220 2,144 2,351 1,648 2,248 2,000 1,595 1,975 2,196
4,117 4,864 4,586 2,697 3,359 3,370 4,309 4,435 4,697 4,396 3,816 3,585 2,802 4,709 3,220 2,823 4,048 3,909
60 80 230 630
1,670
2,130
3,557
310
1,710
1,419
2,426
80
2,350
2,349
5,519
110
2,450
2,020
4,949
80
2,250
1,490
3,352
2.330 1 l.fiftR
4r3Q?
25.0 16.3 35.2 38.1 17.0 26.5 16.4 21.1
1 ,500 1 ,300 8,100 24,000 5,270 2,120 1,800 1,690
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,460 7,055 8,096 8,940 8,359 8,233
BACON COUNTY DAT/i FROM THE U .S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
hAKM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
4,946 4,866 5,364 4,456 4,924
1,008
2,361
4,640 4,614 5,007
4,603
919
2,337
173,440
66.0
114,491
143
306
173,440
57.4
99,612
117
252
173,440
65.3
113,222
132
357
187,520
55.2
103,495
104
187,520
61.4
115,127
118
321
187,520
77.5
145,344
129
187,520
70.0
131,294
133
89
187,520
66.3
124,403
158
187,520
63.1
118,336
184
24
187,520
58.3
109,357
183
187,520
59.3
111,181
205
802 850 855 994 980 1,128
986 788 643 596 542
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,130,654 1,857,599 1,355,098 1,684,715 2,896,595 6,897,720 8,734,974 14,941,268 19,058,520 28,303,344 47,531,000
3,904 2,185 1,585 1,695 2,956 6,115
8,859 18,961 29,640 47,488 87,696
Tractors
2
19 52 341 612 760 814 750 729
Trucks
77
116 215 494 548 505 527 547 623
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
313
50
287
14
322
21
458
13
442
19
563
90
641
489
525
(NA)
500
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
469
4,131
5
40
6
50
173
2,240
21
670
24
230
383
9,145
120
4,121
25
750
17
1,416
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,429 1,473 2,981 1,694
402 703 641 984 745 1,191
780 1,589
421 642 1,355 1,880 1,249 2,855
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
11,659
4,669
2,855
19,389
745
56,479
48
1,986
2,751
306
3,321
4,145
985
81,610
304
1,405
733
1,078
54,064
320
10,581
2,146
3,557
4,599
131,990
1,186
98,754
9,235
4,506
2,533
97,908
697
47,616
196
5,065
964
10
4,688
6,806
523
35,436
153
9,242
63
37
2,764
9,696
88
5,274
34
2,850
168
34
5,460
20,967
160
19,837
29
5,095
423
5
1,961
30,869
107
14,945
64
13,958
360
31
15,000
2
1,624
67,720
2.290
16.250
46
8,666
41
13.484
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
25,057
7,088
1934
26,851
3,751
1939
33,464
741
1944
31,112
5,030
1949
33,341
4,672
1954
32,511
1,828
1959
31 ,726
2,602
1964
27,125
6,340
1969
28,319
6,691
1974
34.163
3.865
See fool:notes on last page.
2,639 732 481 847
3,974 3,019 3,443 4,590 5,952 7,131
Woodland
79,196 60,224 77,696 64,046 71,930 97,984 85,631 77,747 73,772 53,545 55,556
Other Land
1,026 3,883 3,035 4,549 5,779 5,373 8,305 8,885 6,509 14,850 10,466
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2f500
*
30
42
79
67
99
103
113
127
108
106
45
151
68
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BACON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,466 5,425 8,941 5,617 8,393 5,988 9,721
9,756 11,470 7,540
9,350
5,647 3,058 4,202 2,101 4,661 3,208 5,660 4,255 4,979 3,204 4,530
1,645 1,198
996
1,159 669 636 349 281 277
8,150 12,375
3,300 15,169 14,182 14,912 139,535 136,606
(NA) (NA)
10,539 5,292 7,447 8,983
12,275 15,423 16,339 26,046 14,796 22,433 13,681
2,584 1,146 1,135 1,902 1 ,977 1,742 2,957 4,558 2,647 4,469 2,551
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced
(dozen) 2/
23,050 20,532 25,628 28,504 33,655 27,472 34,019 26,885 18,152 311,625 451,166
5,466 10,306
15,891
60,243 156,265 1,013,931 1,567,462 3,252,803 2,450,266
59,272 108,920 74,909
132,673 140,294
23,563 67,662 119,116 205,553 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 11,090 $ 109,942 $ 34.5
6,022
119,760
43.4
46,464
97.0
78,555
277.5
398,420
373,045
243.8
855,865
337.9
863,007
674,040
340.3
2,503,349
762,822
432.7
4,547,000
1,797,000
587.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,100 11,200 10,850 10,000 8,800
9,000 9,200 9,300 9,300 8,800 10,000 9,500 9,200 8,010
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
420 380 360 260 300 300 400 450 500 450 340 370 390 370
Other
4,850 4,900 4,700 4,650 4,800 4,900 4,450 4,280 3,530 3,250 4,030 4,000 3,700 3,210
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,830 5,920 5,790 5,090 3,700 3,800 4,350 4,570 5,270 5,100 5,630 5,130 5,110 4,430
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,900 18,550 20,550 23,350 25,250 29,300 27,850 26,700 22,500 19,050 13,200 15,600 16,100
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BAKER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Baker County was created by Legislative Act of December 12, 1825 from Early County and ranked 61st among all counties of the State in order of organization. At that time it included Dougherty, Mitchell and a part of Miller. The county took its name from Colonel John Baker, a Puritan and noted patriot of the War of the Revolution and member of the 1775 Provincial Congress in Savannah. Newton, the county seat, was named for Sergeant John ' 19"7Co VT^VT^S"^?"^ Newton who with others made a rescue of prisoners of war on the outskirt of Savannah in 1779.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 227,264 acres. There were 217 farms having a total of 157,224 acres, with land and buildings valued at $55,786,000. The number of farms showed a decrease of 28 percent during the 1969 and 1974 period. Baker County is in the Lower Coastal Plain area of the State with the majority of soils in the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series, mostly loamy sand and sand. These soils are well adapted to production of peanuts, cotton, corn and pecans, and other crops to a lesser degree. All crops made up about 69 percent of the total value of sales in 1964. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 52 inches in Baker County. The total is between 40 and 60 inches in two out of three years, and only rarely exceeds 65 inches or drops below 35 inches. July, with an average of more than six inches, is the wettest month, and October, the driest month, averages just under two inches. The average annual temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are around March 10 and November 15 respectively, giving an average freeze-free growing season of about 250 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
1,870,335
4,258,987
1974 Amount $
14,069,000
i V Received
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,264,099 1,241,219
18,478 4,402 1,150 96,242 508,844 31 ,361
400 477,083
14,055,000
NN DV2 6 1979
67.6
3,492,438
82.0
9,780,000
69.6
66.4
3,462,442
81.3
9,749,000
69.4 D[ OCUMENTS
2,560,000
18-fjc LIBRARIES
(D)
(D)
7,093,000
50.5
1.0
25,846
.6
10,000
.1
.2
4,150
.1
21,000
.1
.1
5.1
46,020
1.1
1,929,000
13.7
27.2
720,529
16.9
2,346,000
16.7
1.7
64,246
1.5
2,000
(D)
25.5
656,283
15.4
(MA)
1,081,000
7.7
(D)
Government Payments 2/
25,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec.
5.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec.
13.7S
.^livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 27.258
ivestock, Poultry their Prod. 16.7%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
22,291 23,896 21,709
25,270 24,580 24,800 25,500 23,800 23,600 21,100 19,000 18,500 18,200 16,400 16,300 16,000 17,700 17,400 20,100 18,700 20,400 18,300 20,800 23,500 24,200 26,200 30,100
BAKER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
21,331 22,753 32,519 22,075 23,339 20,531
21,320 21,660 22,100 23,040 22,300 22,300 19,500 18,000 16,600 16,300 15,300 15,100 15,200 16,900 16,800 18,200 17,600 19,600 17,500 20,160 22,700 23,500 25,600 15,700
7.5 9.8 9.9 10.9 6.7 10.7
12.0 20.3 20.6 21.8 26.9 22.6 28.0 33.7 29.3 39.8 36.7 53.8 38.0 57.6 41.2 19.9 27.2 46.3 52.0 50.0 51.4 59.2 68.6 19.0
160,440 223,393 323,540 239,576 156,726 219,637
255,800 440,500 455,700 502,900 600,800 503,300 546,000 606,000 487,000 649,000 562,000 812,000 578,000 973,000 692,000 363,000 478,000 907,000 910,000 1,008,000 1,166,000 1,390,700 1,755,700 297,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 480 1,700 1,300 1,300 1,100 920 2,000 3,000 4,230 4,430
3,420 4,790
22.0 23.0 23.0 15.0 22.0 24.0 27.5 17.5 28.4 28.2
31.5 31.0 23.5
Production (bushels)
2,860 11,040 39,100 19,500 28,600 26,400 25,300 35,000 85,200 119,300 139,500 106,000 112,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Y1e Id per icre
(lb ;.)
Acreage
Production 1,000 lbs.,
--Ha^r--ve^s^t^e--d
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production
(bu.r^
16,498 24,980 21,136 14,735 7,205 2,195
3,770 3,060 3,050 2,240 1,740 2,630 2,380 2,700 2,570 2,710 2.790 2,350 1,070
630 630 700 600 250 620 80 175
141
4,538
161
8,044
98
4,135
184
5,416
82
1,175
223
979
15,455 18,914 21,179
309
2,430
14,230
5: 12
350
2,230
15,420
9; !1
222
1,410
15,150
1,0! iO
271
1,260
15,010
73 3
277
1,010
15,000
1,K )2
244
1,340
14,640
1,0( )9
339
1,680
14,250
1,34 4
265
1,490
14,420
1,33 3
305
1,640
14,460
1.2C )0
466
2,640
14,450
1,6! 8
330
1,920
14,450
1,7: 2
346
1,700
14,050
1.8C 8
305
680
13,740
1,52 9
262
340
13,705
1,9 7
479
630
14,295
1,91 9
314
460
14,385
1,92 6
192
240
14,270
2,28 2
364
190
14,395
2,57 0
266
345
14,360
2,52 3
475
80
14,270
2,69 9
680
250
14,503
3,28 7
14,803
1 14,939 1 14.927
3,43 9 2,95 2 3,16 1
61
10,190 18,076
7,567 14,199 16,360 11,606 16,525 14,777 19,153 19,800 17,349 23,960 25,023 25,403 21,015 26,963 27,425 27,710 32,562 36,988 36,237 38,520 47,666 50,914 44,105 47.184
110 200 200 290 380 560 440 610 310 220 200 170 200 720 550 280 1,730 4,650 2,960 840 630 500 480 400
461
12.3 13.4 17.8 15.0 28.0 31.5 31.5 30.0 26.5 30.0 31.5 24.0 30.0 23.1 26.7 31.8 38.0 37.5 20.0 25.0 15.5 26.0 32.3 27.5
1 ,350 2,670 3,560 4,350 10,640 17,640 13,860 18,300 8,210 6,600 6,300 4,080 6,000 16,600 14,700 8,900 65,700 174,400 59,100 21,000 9,770 13,000 15,500 11.000
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,704 7,973 8,298 7,818
7,344
5,952
4,543
3,875
BAKER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,559 5,887 6,455 4.981 4.967
2,104
1,459
2,477 2,196 2,514
1,724
968
624
4,082 3,691 3,941
3,243
1 ,136
835
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
228,480 228,480 228,480 228,480 228,480 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,264 227,264
Percent in Farms
44.9 53.8 53.1 47.6 51.2 58.8 59.9 68.0 78.9 74.7 75.7 66.6 69.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
102,554 122,894 121,236 108,866 116,871 133,559 136,133 154,520 179,213 169,670 171,966 151,429 157,224
Average Size Farms
(acres)
103 95 86 85
102 122 101 165 239 339 589 503 725
Number of Farms
994 1,295 1 ,407 1,289 1,144 1,093 1,343
935 751 501 292 301 217
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
308,640 1,358,536 2,825,477 2,207,311 1,322,790 1,627,494 3,201,579 4,845,170 8,547,882 7,433,838 17,869,232
27,189,097 55,786,000
311 1,049 2,008
1,712 1,156 1,489 2,384 5,182 11,382 14,838 61,196 90,329 257,079
Tractors
28
33 109 262 493 413 404 414 423
Trucks
43
75 156 233 409 336 329 332 357
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
321
7
265
13
378
14
472
17
469
77
326
123
344
152
231
(NA)
213
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,044 2,275 1,624
Production (bushels)
10,120 31,308 21,686
53
555
949 549 1,827 823 894 438
560
29,705 9,470
47,157 25,750 33,130
24,070 24,864
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
864 3,445 10,897 17,684
7,159 10,320
3,198 2,980 1,411 2,018
1,378 2,702
3,763 4,113 4,128 6,499 3,256 4,224
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
22
764
94
33
2,519
11,144
145
8,595
333
18,478
115
6,175
311
25,846
57
5,942
33 | 10,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
6,875
2,454
12
20
1,127
951
638
125
1,000
1,134
1,355
1,252
4.089
3,997
550
169
334
26
267
30
7
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
686 15,268
4,211
2,211 7,940 2,228 4,050 2,630 1,638
2,563 5,173
65,705 91,183 22,003 12,539 10,361 14,968 83,077 47,965
SWEE1
POTAlUti l/i/
Har-
Kroauc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels}
363
37,545
370
33,618
528
38,247
269
25,442
598
44,311
333
27,246
297
20,700
82
6,144
36
2,749
104
8,277
5
250
27
5,000
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USF IN ACRFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
54,255 53,342 54,698 56,222 48,179 47,326 42,980 37,103 38,005 41.777
9,231 14,722 4,105
9,868 13,640 20,539
7,895 11.450 14,338
7,500
See foo tnotes on last page.
3,140 1,858 5,510 7,880 11,361 18,908 7,303 5,389 8,813 11,598
Woodland
37,902 33,395 31,216 41,298 31,336 54,525 72,623 85,860 100,259 101,146 49,137 49,657
Other Land
6,847 2,630 10,264 5,364 37,422 7.141 8,717 6,580 11,233 16,878 41,136 46,692
Farms by Value of Products Sold
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40.000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39.999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2.500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
31
42
47
29
40
32
35
57
17
46
23
95
24
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BAKER COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
5,395 5,766 7,711 3,282 6,839 4,805 8,418 5,752 9,767 7,380 10,543 11,813 15,102
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,421 3,711 3,881 1,806 3,199 2,215 4,149 2,983 4,785 3,457 5,713 5,424 6,797
Milk Cows
1,800 1,944 1,600 1,268
1,417
1,136 596 134 38 134 82
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 404
1,976 1,522
605 1,900
352
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,494 14,118 14,068
9,759 9,763 9,252 14,263 10,987 10,462 9,752 8,424 12,813 10,629
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,200 1,886 1,592 1,988 1,321 1,519 1,973 1,447 1,291 2,940 2,363
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) K
23,634 24,004 29,947 21,855 22,918 21,735 24,600 17,207 14,414 8,864 3,017
760 506
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,842 11,093
8,204
5,762
2,183 46,590 304,212 135,063 36,060
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
68,390 54,842 132,725 129,964 48,625 98,674 110,244 12,974 8,955 3,965 1,653
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,667 6,637
45,299
$ 107,450 78,092
$ 54.5
51.1 118.3
104,600
203.9
163,217
417,307
236.8
337,590
279.4
180,811
615,778
375.0
418,364
777,585
489.8
565,000
2,058,000
1 ,051.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,200 10,500 10,250 10,600 11,900 12,000 13,000 13,100 13,100 13,400 15,500 15,000 14,600 14,700
Cows 2 years old and older ]_py
Kept for Milk
Other
50
5,950
40
6,000
50
5,850
40
6,100
40
6,300
150
6,600
100
6,400
80
6,400
80
6,200
70
6,400
no
7,100
140
7,000
160
6,400
150
5,290
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,200 4,460 4,350 4,460 5,560 5,250 6,500 6,620 6,820 6,930 8,290 7,860 8,040 9,260
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
8,500 10,600 11,800 13,350 14,450 16,750 15,900 15,300 15,600 13,000 8,500 10,000 10,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BANKS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B
Banks County was created by Legislative Act of December 11, 1858 from parts of
Habersham and Franklin Counties and was 127th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for Dr. Richard Banks, one of the most noted practitioners of medicine on the
early upper frontier of Georgia. Homer is the county seat. The origin of the name is unau-
mti
thenticated. Banks County is on the northern border of the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil clas-
sification and the soils are largely of the Cecil, Lloyd, Appling and Madison series. The
1974 Census of Agriculture gives the number of farms as 373 making up a total of 56,118 acres
with land and buildings valued at $29,239,000.
Poultry and poultry products account for about 86 percent of the total sales of farm products with crops
having very little relative importance on the county's agricultural economy.
Precipitation varies considerably from north to south in Banks County based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--
National Weather Service reports. The yearly average ranges from about 50 inches in the southern part of the
County to 58 inches in the extreme north. For the County as a whole, the average is around 54 to 55 inches.
Temperature also shows some variation with a yearly average for the County of about 60 degrees. The freeze-free
growing season usually extends from about April 6 to November 2, giving an average freeze-free growing season of
about 210 days.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
--, 1
-
1.!
:
U i li 1
j I -- 1
1
-*
1x4 5
is,'ii I :,i ii;i
W
0 1
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
X
1964
Amount $
%
2,236,579
4,353,489
1974 Amount $
10,883,000
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES XV
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
512,001 482,685
8,456 20,860
60,357 1,664,221 1,535,458
16,939 111,824
22.9 21.6
.4 .9
2.7 74.4 68.6
.8 5.0
148,085
3.4
141 ,880
3.3
4,082 2,123
24,774 33,135
4,147,495 3,891,540
82,462 173,493
.1
.6 .7
95.3 89.4
1.9 4.0
10,625,000
276,000
2.6
228,500
2.2
202,500
1.9
26,000
4,000 43,500
(D) (D)
10,150,000 9,090,500
36,000 1,023,500
533,000 339,000
152,000
.3
.4
95.5 85.6
.3 9.6 5.0 3.2 1.4
Government Payments 1/
5,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add dile to disclosures and omi ssions. 2/ Not comparable for T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 \rere computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sale ; from All farms. 3/ Ava ilable only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentag ;s. D - Data withheld tc avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
^, Dairy, Livestock
y^*"^
s
j8^\ - 1^^.
&
their
5
8P%roducts
%'
/
/
[
jBlllitk
M^fi>S-''-v\ -Field Crops
wMiSiim Z1'M
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PIXCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
\
Dairy, Livestock
\ * & their Products
I
^^*s_ J
\
^Xr^&ii/
\ Poultry & Poultry^^'<_Veg., Fruits, Nuts,
\ Products
Jr Berries, Hort. Spec.
\. 68.6%
/
& Forestry Products
^"^^
^r
4.0%
W&9 ^ - WulM
Fielzd2%Crops
\ Poultry & Poultry
\
Products
>v 85.6%
~*9 -- /
Veg., Fruits, Nuts,
Berries, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Products
2.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
14,762 15,329 8,268
7,050 6,480 5,600 5,000 4,600 4,200 3,510 2,740 2,710 2,130 1,700 1,580 1,530 1,260 1,180 1,200 1,040 1,300 1,300 1,440 1,400 1,450 1,800 1,000
BANKS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Product Ion
(bushel! 0
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
16,890 14,526 16,465 14,559 15,070 8,207
12.7 11.4 14.8 13.1 8.9 12.5
214.41C 165.05C 243,712 190,416 133,707 102.83J
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
6,670
10.3
68.80C
1966
6,160
25.3
155.80C
1967
5,260
18.0
94.70C
1968
4,760
17.9
85 00C
1969
4,500
22.1
99.40C
1970
4,100
18.2
74.60C
1971
3,460
22.8
79.00C
1972
150
2,660
29.3
78.00C
1973
250
2,480
25.4
63,000
1974
520
2,050
33.7
69,000
1975
620
1,600
23.8
38,000
1976
490
1,520
25.7
39,000
1977
490
1,490
29.5
44,000
1,230
39.8
49,000
1,120
31.3
35,000
1,000
20.0
20,000
880
18.2
16,000
1,100
38.2
42,000
1,100
48.0
52,800
1,240
54.0
67,000
1,200
41.5
49,800
1,300
54.2
70,500
1,700
41.2
70,000
550
30.0
16,500
17.3 23.2 26.0 24.0 21.4 18.8
Production (bushels)
2,600 5,800 13,500 14,900 10,500 9,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie Id per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
20,007 25,879 29,392 21,685
9,985 6,379
3,710 3,430 2,820 1,730
830 2,130 1,730 1,300 1,130
930 690 770 480 75 150 180 180 150
7,501
225
11,643
258
15,141
194
8,432
233
4,652
184
2,344
3,423 1,483 1,108
430
963
313
2,430
1,490
16 6
466
3,330
1,160
17 2
367
2,160
1,450
20 6
482
1,740
1,860
16 0
600
1,040
1,500
20 5
405
1,800
1,880
17 0
362
1,310
1,250
19 0
314
850
1,450
25 5
303
710
490
20. 5
291
570
500
16. 0
471
680
400
17. 0
378
610
340
20. 0
369
370
290
21. 0
240
35
480
19. 0
227
70
440
22. 7
233
90
270
18. 9
383
145
300
32. 3
200
60
480
34. 4
280
28. 5
140
28. 6
210
26. 7
190
29. 8
1
150
26. 7
260 1 28. 5
19,750 10,927 7,101 3,543
10,376
24,720 19,950 29,850 29,760 30,750 31,960 23,750 36,980 10,040 8,000 6,800 6,800 6,100 9,100 10,000 5,100 9,700 16,500 7,980 4,000 5,600 5,660 4,010 10.000
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,545 11,244 11,814
9,703
8,733
6,935
6,497
6,833
BANKS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,580
7,721
859
7,692
7,113
579
7,383
6,801
582
4,525
4,803
4,506
297
1,792
1,660
132
919
893
26
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
142,080 142,080 142,080 142,080 142,080 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840
Percent in Farms
93.0 91.4 86.8 86.7 88.7 79.8 71.1 72.1 66.9 50.7 48.4 46.5 38.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
132,121 129,890 123,385 123,154 126,058 118,039 105,079 106,585
98,970 74,998 71,550 68,811 56,118
Average Size Farms
(acres)
77 63 58 74 74 86 87 98 101 119 137 155 150
Number of Farms
1,726 2,085 2,111 1,667 1,698 1,370 1,204 1,091
981 631 523 443 373
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,129,661 3,025,142 9,342,267 3,184,623 1,886,750 1,833,999 2,033,750 4,166,529 4,580,289 4,875,106 6,265,540 13,582,580 [ 29,239,000
Average (dol.)
654 1,451 4,426 1,910 1,111 1,339 1,689 3,819 4,669 7,726 11,980 30,660 78,388
Tractors
50
33 56 206 377 362 400 437 408
Trucks
78
78 73 286 334 298 440 394 391
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
591
56
510
26
546
18
585
51
615
78
564
212
572
334
443
(NA)
378
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
2,080 2,847
830 685 917 2,324 1,131 2,125 1,997 875
89 15 80
Production (bushels)
10,400 31,117
9,678 12,734 14,088 30,503 21 ,654 44,781 43,913 22,280
1,541 590
2,785
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,737 338
2,030 1,761
3,189 2,913 1,849 1,771 2,015 2,077
303 1,955
2,580 2,128 1,902 1,820 2,915 3,754
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
80
5,058
35
50
2,121
990
195
11,657
163
8,456
69
5,372
40
4,082
7
1,525
10
4,000
PEACHES 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
32,178
9,790
50,739
10,407
31,409
3,464
61,323
35,148
43,447
47,111
39,300
36,195
33,016
27,766
28,485
5,223
6,892
5,044
11,372
6,592
9,455
204
4,569
2,000
5,867
241 ,000
PECANS 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
50
130
235
1,086
613
236
615
3,446
2,052
899
1,409
100
445
213
3,691
167
344
"SWEET
POTATOES l/j/.
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
317
24,424
565
24,274
436
44,849
184
16,823
368
30,543
317
23,360
128
12,476
65
8,416
9
1,357
15
2,483
2
441
91
,IAND USE JJi
U.
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Ploowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
41,447
10,883
1934
37,297
13,216
1939 1944
1949 1954
36,737 25,375 23,029 16,691
9,571 7,667 16,048
11,158
1959 1964 1969 1974
11,464 5,149 3,373 4,216
7,902
7,378 4,494 2,312
See footnotes on last page
5,088 4,249 10,798 5,293 2,465 1,827 2,283 6,628 15,718 12,157
Woodland
54,012 53,239 50,460 57,875 45,112 53,226 53,938 51,994 42,765 39,136 33,795 23,351
Other Land
13,086 8,697
14,861 13,187 15,415 13,161 11,105 17,300 10,584 13,259 11,431 14,082
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
28
63
87
86
25
34
13
20
13
23
25
217
182
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BANKS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,241 4,571 5,092 2,836 4,129 3,044 2,663 3,081 4,925 4,021 5,680 7,420 10,685
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,090 2,800 2,923 1,728 2,382 1,907 1,536 1,593 2,446 2,112 2,882 3,882 5,878
Milk Cows 1,820 2,259 2,906 1,722
1,877
1,337 1,400
742 709 232 153
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 8,229 1,315 5,282 4,660
30,478 2,038
24,644 33,990 74,456 131,916
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
4,246
2,843
4,657
355
1,269
207
2,048
97
1,856
128
1,265
100
1,817
148
2,916
411
3,906
519
1,152
206
1,025
229
2,434
906
Chickens (4 Months and Older) If
23,474 30,957 53,393 38,964 38,302 33,974 44,373 31,298 42,103 37,355 84,611 197,185 204,324
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
31,647 21 ,284 34,226
26,082
377,167 2,294,612 3,988,930 7,110,239 11,468,990 8,939,583
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
97,560 127,240 187,926 231,067 150,675 153,200 171,297 194,178 258,699 210,812 1,043,499
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
$ 28,329 $ 153,481
(Thous ) 28.8
10,413
84,024
21.5
72,167
17.2
213,026
46.6
1,313,735
159,271
68.8
1,269,497
91.0
3,077,157
63,513
49.3
4,319,931
75,951
144.2
7,057,000
186,000
183.0
USDA LSIlMAItS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,000
5,800 5,950 6,700 7,500 7,300 9,000 9,500 9,600 9,800 11,100 11,000 10,700 9,010
Cows 2 years old and older \j/
Kept for Milk 850
800 920 950 550 300 250 240 230 190 180 150 150 120
Other
2\2b0
2,450 2,400 2,550 2,600 2,650 3,100 4,200 5,650 5,750 6,300 5,500 5,300 4,800
All Other Cattle and Calves 2,900 2,550 2,630 3,200 4,350 4,350 5,650 5,060 3,720 3,860 4,620 5,350 5,250 4,090
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 1 ,150 1 ,100 1,250 1 ,100 1 ,150 1,350 1 ,300 1 ,450 2,150 4,000 4,500 4,600 4,100
/ in 1303 ana iy/4 exciuaes Tarms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals iHclude only eggs sold sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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.en
BARROW COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Barrow County was created by Legislative Act of July 7, 1914 from parts of
Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton Counties and ranks 147th among Georgia counties in order
of organization. It was named for David C. Barrow, Chancellor of the University of
mo?
Georgia for many years. "Uncle Dave", as he was known to his students, was beloved by all as an able teacher, administrator, counselor and a Christian gentleman. Winder,
the county seat, was named for the president of the Seaboard Airline Railroad, General
John H. Winder of Raleigh, North Carolina. The town was originally known as Jug Tavern
and later as Brandon until the name was finally changed to Winder.
Barrow is in the upper part of the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification. According to the 1974
Census of Agriculture, there were 395 farms having a total of 47,957 acres with land and buildings valued at
$35,850,000. Harvested cropland acres were reduced by nearly one-half during the 1964-1974 period. More acreage
was devoted to hay than any other field crop. Poultry and eggs account for approximately 90 percent of the receipts
from sales of farm products.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 50
inches in Barrow County. Winter and early spring are usually the wettest seasons, with a second maximum in mid-summer.
On the average, March, with about six inches, has the most rainfall, and October, with less than three inches, has
the smallest average. The annual temperature averages from 61 to 62 degrees. The average length of the freeze free
growing season is about 215 days, extending from early April to early November, on the average.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1954
Amount $
X
3,401,832
816,865 807,318
24.0 23.7
2,187 7,360
300 31,494
2,553,173 2,064,661
293,023 195,489
.1 .2
.9 75.1 60.7
8.6 5.8
1964
Amount $
%
6,021,111
359,061
6.0
356,253
6.0
1,685 1,123
(D) 18,181
5,632,721 5,084,522
188,565 359,634
.3
93.5 84.4
3.1 6.0
1974 Amount $ 13,801,000
13,615,000 248,500 244,500 155,500
23,500 65,500
3,000 1,000
49,000 21,000
13,296,500 12,202,500
263,000 831,000 526,000 303,000
2,000
riOV 2 6 1979
i V
DOCUMENTS LGA LIBRARIES
1.8 1.8 1.1
.2 .5
.4 1 97.7 89.6 2.0 6.1 3.9 2.2
Government Payments 1/
11,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOU) AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.9% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 5.81
*_ Dairy Products 8.6%
All Crops l.i
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.5%
L_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 6,1% Dairy Products 2.0%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
BARROW COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Product on
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushel! .)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
14,150 17,762 12,334
8,070 7,010 6,400 6,200 5,800 5,100 4,150 3,280 2,850 2,230 1,850 1,510 1,290 1,250 1,090
780 790 1,200 1,400 960 1,120 1,200 1,450 1,350
16,220 13,406 16,679 12,236
7,570 6,660 6,020 5,900 5,600 5,000 3,910 3,050 2,580 1,980 1,700 1,400 1,210 1,200 1,050
670 660 1,050 1,250 650 600 710 950 280
19.7 12.6 8.7 17.0
10.6 23.4 21.0 15.9 23.1 19.9 19.9 26.6 22.9 33.8 31.2 36.4 33.9 44.2 26.7 25.4 18.2 49.5 30.0 31.1 39.0 45.4 47.1 20.0
319,431 168,554 144,443 207,808
79,900 155,800 126,400
93,700 129,500
99,400 78,000 81,000 59,000 67,000 53,000 51,000 41,000 53,000 28,000 17,000 12,000 52,000 37,500 20,200 23,400 32,200 44,700
5,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 250 300 300 400 300 750 980
1,280
1,580
1,880
26.0 24.0 23.0 25.0 31.0 19.0 18.0 20.5 25.8 20.4 16.4
5,200 6,000 6,900 7,500 12,400 5,700 13,500 20,100 33,000 32,200 30,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Tie Id per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
33,769
275
26,978
304
15,678
299
13,110
204
6,460
280
6,420
449
5,670
319
2,930
321
1,310
510
4,040
357
3,610
237
3,320
254
2,830
299
2,550
327
1,970
455
2,030
394
1,540
278
810
167
1,200
127
900
157
800
290
600
200
250
232
190
258
180
150
32
203
63
159
89
146
18,577 16,415
9,372 5,342
3,770 5,840 3,780 1,960 1,390 3,010 1,790 1,760 1,770 1,750 1,880 1,670
890 280 320 295 485 250 120 100 56 14 21 27
1,306 535
1,720
1,260 840 830 800 380 810 490 630 180 200 150 130 160 260 260 180 120 140 220 160 280 350 290 360
15. 4 14. 3 19. 2 18. 0
21. 0 19. 5 21. 0
23. 5 19. 5 23. 0 21. 5 22. 5 25. 0 23. 1 27. 3 28. 3 35. 8 39. 3 27. 5 29. 5 23. 3 25. 2 35. 5
29, 6
11,479 4,489
17,074
19,430 12,040 15,940 14,400
7,980 15,800 10,290 14,800
3,510 4,600 3,230 2,920 4,000 6,000 7,100 5,100 4,300 5,500 6,050 4,720 6,530 8,820 10,300 10.300
59
1,060
170
37.6
6,400
250
28.0
7,000
100
49.0
4,900
80
70.0
5,600
50
62.0
3.100
20
1 52.5
1 1.05fl
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
BARROW COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900 - 1974
Total Population
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
13,188
107,520
75.2
80,816
44
12,401
8,373
6,933
1,440
107,520
84.7
91,100
49
8,618
7,089
1,529
107,520
89.7
96,437
51
13,064
7,697
6,018
1,679
109,440
86.3
94,494
65
5,926
109.440
85.9
94,009
63
13,115
5,794
4,458
1,336
109,440
86.8
94,950
68
109,440
78.4
85,809
75
14,485
1,827
1,442
385
109,440
60.9
66,689
89
109,440
58.0
63,485
103
16,859
1.106
1.081
1
25
109,440
59.6
65,275
123
109,440
43.8
47,957
121
1,851 1 ,861 1,896 1 ,458 1,497 1,390 1,138
748 619 529 395
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
10,357,860 3,469,607 2,457,622 3,219,560 4,124,756 5,783,790 6,512,774
9,041,076 11,093,718 21,518,605 35,850,000
5,596 1,864
1,296 2,208 2,755 4,161 5,723 12,087 17,922 40,677 90,760
Tractors
25
31 113 322 356 452 554 575 476
Trucks
48
77 129 366 344 349 490 432 405
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
733
24
611
9
747
11
779
31
672
91
613
367
693
466
524
(NA)
443
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
353 284 1,181 2,526 2,454 3,062
4,685 1,456
331 45
3,787 5,077 22.636 47,253 60,430 70,908 126,047 45,713 13,515 1,445
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,082 515
2,802 3,331
5,996 5,374 3,136 3,563 2,660 2,120
446 1,868
4,798 4,617 3,683 3,915 4,704 4,245
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
101
4,878
161
88
2,525
4,072
79
2,641
46
2,187
129
8,108
33
1,685
10
2,096
5
3,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SUEE1
POTATOES 1/2/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
14,663
2,394
844
1,723
346
21,194
6,072
1,734
2,443
191
19,603
18,868
338
15,056
10,134
1,791
9,610
321
16,748
13,798
19,686
347
6,989
855
2,596
12,850
55
1,326
469
1,503
7,028
23
1,259
394
1,463
23,819
12
296
761
636
15
32
459
2,060
4
939
2,714
42,423 18,165 31,665 33,091 39,291
6,434 2,494 1,266 2,102
183
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
45,058
7,486
1934
46,113
7,307
1939
47,588
5,208
1944 1949 1954
43,793 36,632 24,735
12.567 11,377
9,425
1959 1964
14,801 8,090
9,652 8,870
1969 1974
5,290 4,725
5,689 2,657
See foo tnotes on last page.
4,367 2,967 5,009 3,053 7,000 5,225 9,163 11,098 18,338 14,081
Woodland
16,138 22,562 28,586 21,997 22,618 25,379 28,014 23,642 21,827 22,452 15,857
Other Land
5,152 11,077 10,955 14,029 11,578 14,562 18,410
9,431 13,600 13,496 10,637
Farms by Value of Products Sold
nui uer 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20.000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
36
73
76
58
31
37
16
22
22
36
25
303
189
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BARROW COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,489 2,589 3,523 2,817 4,095 5,504 7,561 6,459 9,820 11,106 12,550
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
2,143 1,777 2,155 1,742 2,302 2,764 4,032 3,133 4,939 6,044 6,322
2,102 1,764
1,711
2,160 2,360 1,461
675 790 385
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
32,045 60,075
45,829 97,823 384,737 596,218 898,465 351,271
I HA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowinq 5/
3,286
128
1,962
167
1,891
62
2,258
142
2,477
126
3,676
407
3,475
515
4,413
538
1,341
143
1,514
338
3,710
327
Chickens (4
Months and Older) II
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
38,130
31,594 37,700 40,729 53,618 48,493 152,492 142,852 320,193 333,589 355,435
7,117 26,402
31,470
1,253,780 2,086,482 4,554,327 7,344,184 10,171,019 10,691,756
106,370 218,236 103,849 213,536 232,080 181,846 1,083,370 1,332,756 3,463,372
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 34,931 $ 228,367
$ 40.1
20,422
142,296
48.0
212,027
90.7
747,405
130.4
1,236,480
193,320
112.1
2,110,395
218.9
2,897,505
313,266
346.5
4,771,117
180,029
286.9
8,147,000
242,000
894.0
USUA LSIIMAILS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,400 10,200 10,100 10,300 11,200 10,400 11,500 12,500 12,600 12,400 14,200 14,000 13,600 14,010
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
720 700 740 590 790 800 750 730 700 530 480 430 430 940
Other
4,550 4,700 4,800 5,150 5,300 5,400 5,900 6,400 6,900 6,970 7,440 7,000 6,600 6,210
All Other Cattle and Calves 5,130 4,800 4,560 4,560 5,110 4,200 4,850 5,370 5,000 4,900 6,280 . 6,570 6,570 6,870
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 1,350
1,450 1,600 1,600 1,700 2,400
3,200 3,800 4,500 6,000 4,800 5,400 4,800
1/ In 1969 and 1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
1974 excludes farm s with less than $2 farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because --"Cows and heifers that have calved" s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calv
,500 sales. 2/ Excludes trees. 4/ Since 1949 txc of change in definition.
7/ Beginning with 1969 include only eggs sold, ed". NA - Not available
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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.C7 BEN HILL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1878
Ben Hill County was created by Legislative Act of July 31, 1906 from parts of Irwin
and Wilcox Counties and was 144th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It was
named for Judge Ben Hill, the famous statesman and leader against "carpet baggers" and
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Federal military rule during Reconstruction Days following the Civil War. Fitzgerald, the county seat, was named for P. M. Fitzgerald of Indiana who founded a colony of northern
immigrants at this place, originally the little village of Swan, out of which grew the
town. The immigrants were Civil War northern veterans, organized as the American Soldiers
Colony Association, who purchased 32,000 acres of land in the neighborhood. Fitzgerald
was incorporated in 1896.
The county is in the lower part of the Middle Coastal Plain Province and principle soils belong to Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series--loamy sands and sands. These soils are adapted to tobacco, peanuts, cotton, pecans and corn production. Field crops account for nearly 74 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974 with the largest acreages being planted to corn and peanuts. The 1974 Census of Agriculture showed 253 farms totaling 64,210 acres of land in farms with a value of all farm land and buildings of $27,323,000.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches in Ben Hill County. Yearly totals at Fitzgerald have ranged from 68.52 inches in 1947 to only 23.87 inches in 1954. However, more than 80 percent of the years have had between 35 and 55 inches of rain. July and August are normally the wettest months, and October and November the driest. The average annual temperature is 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages around 255 days, extending usually from early March to midNovember.
Received NOV 2 6 197<
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS!
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
*
1,770,013
1964
Amount $
*
4,384,369
1974
Amount $
i V
9,000,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,281,045 1,250,446
18,896 11,703
25 111,569 377,374
50,539 53,594 273,241
72.4 70.6
1.1 .7
6.3 21.3
2.9 3.0 15.4
3,284,812 3,208,867
8,651 67,294
600 178,151 920,806 253,941 83,814 583,051
74.9 73.2
.2 1.5
4.1 21.0
5.8 1.9 13.3
8,923,000
6,564,000 6,462,000 1,711,000 1,333,000
511,000 32,000 2,875,000 19,000 83,000
171,000
2,188,000 1,121,500
198,000 868,500 457,500 410,000
1,000
73.6 72.4 19.2 14.9
5.7 .4
32.2 .2 .9
1.9
24.5 12.6
2.2 9.7 5.1 4.6
Government Payments 3/
12,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.83!
Forestry Products & Hortt Spec. 6.32! Poultry & Poultry Products 2.9% Dairy Products 3.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Field Crops 72.5*
Veg., Fruits, Nuts ^^^^^ .Fo&reJsetrrryiesPro1d.1u*cts &
Hort. Spec. 1.9*
Poultry & Poultry Products 12.6*
Dairy Products 2.2*
^Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 9.7*
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BEN HILL COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested "TTeTd for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
"TTeTd per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
16,966 20,232 15,881
15,810 14,830 15,400 16,700 16,100 17,200 15,200 13,800 13,500 12,900 12,400 12,200 12,300 13,800 13,540 12,500 12,900 12,300 11,200 15,200 15,900 16,200 18,600 17,500
11,160 20,854 16,221 19,672 14,264
10,990 11,330 11,930 13,120 13,000 13,800 11,900 11,300 10,400 10,500 10,500 10,300 10,500 12,300 11,600 11,500 11,500 11,700 10,400 13,500 15,200 15,790 17,900 11,600
13.5 12.2 13.5
8.4 15.7
6.1 23.2 25.0 27.3 28.9 26.3 35.8 32.4 30.6 43.9 44.9 54.1 47.6 61.9 34.3 32.8 32.5 64.1 50.0 38.0 58.7 63.1 59.8 29.9
150,707 254,995 218,341 164,924 224,502
67,000 263,000 298,000 358,000 376,000 362,500 426,000 366,000 318,000 461,000 471,000 557,000 500,000 761,000 398,000 377,000 374,000 750,000 520,000 513,000 891 ,900 996,700 1,069,800 347,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
400 1,000
560
100
800
1,700
960 1,680 1,500 3,080 1,490 1,760
17.0 21.0 15.0 24.0 21.0 24.0 12.5 16.8 26.2
25.6 23.4
23.1
6,800 21,000
8,400 2,400
16,800 40,800 12,000 28,200 39,300 78,800 34,900 40,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production , Harvested
WT 1,000 lbs.
PEANUTS
TTera
per acre
:TBTT
Production 1,000 lbs.]
15,231 18,762 16,640
8,252 6,715
6,060 5,060 4,600 3,430 2,540 4,250 4,420 4,510 4,730 4,590 4,760 4,210 2,570 2,140 2,850 2,900 2,550 2,700 2,800 2,300 3,430
820 660 405
246 95 156 182 182
324 341 358 409 418 372 388 341 356 634 562 425 450 444 360 277 318 357 455 448 435 244 298 284
7,506 3,552 5,202 3,005 2,438
4,090 3,600 3,440 2,930 2,210 3,300 3,580 3,210 3,520 6,080 5,580 3,740 2,410 1,990 2,150 1,670 1,690 2,010 2,660 2,150 3,110
415 410 240
713 569 1,150 1,224
1,330 1,265 1,110
730 630 850 860 870 905 865 785 695 725 850 660 780 855 860 690 750 835 900 830 875
894 1,396 1,475 1,201 1,317 1,176 1,624 1,690 1,873 1,943 1,896 1,970 1,519 1,962 1,650 1,491 1,536 1,808 1,950 1,456 2,193 1,707 1,837 1-880
362 492 893 1,332
1,189 1,766 1,637
877 830 1,000 1,397 1,470 1,695 1,681 1,488 1,369 1,102 1,668 1,089 1,163 1,313 1,555 1,346 1,092 1,831 1,536 1,525
1.645
3,271 7,622
7,661
5,240 6,670 6,730 6,700 6,800 6,580 6,640 6,560 6,570 6,620 6,735 6,760 6,845 6,855 6,780 6,775 6,855 6,885 6,955 7,100 7,173 7,167 7,218 7-234
375 894 1,008 1,027 1,202 1,242 1,199 1,241 892 1,674 1,845 2,149 2,042 2,361 2,096 2,061 2,546 3,001 3,237 3,125 3,388 3,404 2,802 3-389
5,550 5,508
1,963 5,960 6,782 6,880 8,174 8,172 7,959 8,139 5,860 11,085 12,426 14,530 13,979 16,185 14,211 13,966 17,454 20,664 22,514 22,188 24,300
24,393 20,226
.24.514
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,863 14,599 13,047
14,523
14,879
13,633
13,171
BEN HILL COUNTY DATA FROM THE J.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
163,840
79.3
129,970
121
163,840
66.4
108,768
92
5,416
3,617
1,799
163,840
58.4
95,724
96
5,676
3,795
1,881
163,840
72.5
118,716
129
6,068
4,036
2,032
163,200
67.5
110,151
122
3,679
163,200
62.9
102,703
118
4,201
2,782
1,419
163,200
85.4
139,364
148
163,200
89.2
145,545
222
1,839
1,321
518
163,200
75.1
122,582
229
163,200
71.5
116,631
218
856
703
153
163,136
44.9
73,328
230
163,136
39.4
64,210
254
Number of Farms
1,078 1,180
995 923 900 873 943 654 535 534 319 253
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,509,221 5,406,410 2,745,318 2,224,360 2,388,201 3,390,806 4,917,745 7,039,656 10,558,225 17,053,290 22,553,192 27,323,000
2,328 4,582 2,759 2,410 2,654 3,884 5,215 10,764 19,735 31,935
70,699 107,996
Tractors
15
42 108 345 500 506 605 488 409
Trucks
74
144 196 422 387 360 505 407 393
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
418
99
488
76
441
96
572
84
388
138
413
129
579
353
295
(NA)
258
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,357 3,387
304 18
225 371
88 950 176
51 58 66
37,089 54,217 7,310
250 2,970 5,480 1,057 21,034 5,855 2,325 4,350 3,660
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,845 3,291 6,173 7,946
6,904 4,738
706 1,658
922 1,398
1,695 2,554
2,498 2,995
673 1,889 1,828 3,373
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
374
22,621
456
308
8,766
12,804
174
12,056
491
18,896
184
8,145
63
8,651
57
9,228
27
19,000
PEACHES U 11
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,395 11,934 12,034
2,242 1,640 2,354
891 263 1,781 5,740 5,392
426 4,168 8,233 1,521
444 1,467
459 45 842
873 1,576
PECANS 1/ il
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
7,560 14,251
16,274
16,332 13,536 12,521 13,573
6,337 6,418
1,508 23,540 84,193
231,334 266,735 84,798
33,091 80,112 74,712 144,809 137,093
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
474 1,059
445 803 604 331 151
37 74 29
48,619 106,131 44,022
50,743 39,194 33,697 12,308
2,551 9,210 3,676
1 AND USE in
31
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
42,278
5,520
1934
41,858
6,991
1939
42,310
4,533
1944
34,011
9,322
1949 1954
37,542 30,632
5,247 4,818
1959 1964
1969 1974
29,957 25,860 22,296 25,507
5,790 4,663 3,277 1,877
See footnotes on last page
2,203 2,358 1,347 2,241 3,854 4,502
2,809 2,010 5,564 4,961
Woodland
88,975 44,117 38,192 64,171 52,572 50,994 83,069 97,517 76,638 76,261 33,941 23,917
Other Land
732 7,379 7,128 3,077 9,290 5,918 9,652 8,076 7,388 7,837 8,250 7,948
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2t5O0
24
27
40
42
43
62
40
50
25
36
19
102
62
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BEN HILL COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,521 3,788 2,852 4,932 4,734 4,598 4,323 7,291 5,812 8,805 8,548 9,536
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
2,696 1,918 1,612 2,387 1,749 2,201 2,169 3,878 2,778 4,318 4,429 4.686
1,321 1,335 1,498
1,414
1,309 1,241
540 345 239 354
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
18,775 25,360 54,769
96,320 121,835 113,112 126,035 300,235 120,814
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
9,216 9,350 3,482 5,051 5,189 7,757 7,942
8,355 11,668
9,895 8,878 4,811
1,793 565 619 561 994 862
1,361 1,889 1,481 1,678
768
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
17,852 30,283 23,268 24,469 22,448 24,750 25,266 21,905 71,367 40,328 115,721 121,793
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,001 8,483 18,897
11,319
5,980 23,797 167,797 30,704 157,101 58,405
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
71,691 198,704 130,117 83,598 67,520 166,071 51,416 95,180 825,944 455,854
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 35,102 $ 113,961 $ 55.5
19,198
92,600
82.8
61,511
183.7
114,542
258.8
150,815
291,193
230.9
438,931
267.9
117,481
405,192
273.2
642,897
498,168
346.6
1,053,000
1,073,000
445.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
9,350 9,100 9,250 9,500 9,500 9,500 9,700 9,800 9,900 9,600 12,500 12,200 11,800 10.000
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
410
4,150
370
4,300
260
4,500
280
4,650
280
4,800
350
4,950
300
4,630
250
4,580
250
4,510
320
4,290
310
5,360
500
5,300
560
4,800
390
4.020
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,790 4,430 4,490 4,570 4,420 4,200 4,770 4,970 5,140 4,990 6,830 6,400 6,440 5.590
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
9,950 9,700 10,750 9,250 10,000 10,600 11,050 9,650 7,500 6,600 4,200 4,700 8,130
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fu lly comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beg inning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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0.C7
BERRIEN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1870
Berrien County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1856 from parts of Coffee,
Irwin and Lowndes Counties and was 114th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It
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was named for John MacPherson Berrien, member of the United States Senate and Attorney General in the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. Nashville, the county seat, was named for General
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Francis Nash, a distinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War for whom the capital city of Tennessee was also named.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 299,328 acres. There were
662 farms having a total of 160,207 acres with land and buildings valued at $77,191,000.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the principle soils are 1n the Norfolk, Lakeland, Leon, Scranton, Lynchburg and Plummer series, mostly loamy sands and sands. These soils are
adapted to production of soybeans, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, truck crops and pecans. Field crops account
for almost 74 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974. The Georgia Crop Reporting Service ranked Berrien third in tobacco production.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall in Berrien
County of 48 to 50 inches, with the larger totals usually occurring in the southern part of the county. The average
for July is around six inches, and November, which is usually the driest month, averages two inches or less. More --
than seventy percent of the years have between 40 and 60 inches of rain. The average annual temperature is between R6C6IV6u
66 and 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season usually extends from early March to mid-November and averages about 250 days in length.
N0V2 61979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
5,515,201
8,725,731
1974 Amount $
20,909,000
DOCUMENTS * V AJGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops
' Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,469,978 4,307,925
134,722 27,331 36,600 105,738
902,885 69,938 39,704 793,243
81.0 78.1
6,439,643 6,353,828
2.4 .5
.7 1.9
16.4 1.3 .7
14.4
49,630 36,185
127,398 189,570
1,969,120 572,679 (D)
1,396,358
73.8 72.8
.6 .4 1.4 2.2 22.6 6.6 16.0
20,770,000
15,713,500 15,366,000
5,880,000 8,253,500
43,000 104,000 1,085,500 80,000 267,500
712,000
370,000
3,974,500 982,000
(NA) 1,036,000 1,777,000
(D)
75.7 74.0 28.3 39.8
.2 .5 5.2 .4 1.3
3.4
1.8
19.1 4.7
5.0 8.5
Government Payments 3/
9,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Horticultural Spec. .7% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.9%
Livestock, Poultry & "their Products 16.4%
^Forestry Products 1.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec. 3.4% Veg., Fruits, Nuts a Berries 1.7JS
Livestock, Poultry a their Products 19.1%
Forestry Products 1.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BERRIEN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield For grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
29,920 42,038 42,026
47,050 44,120 45,000 47,400 44,500 47,300 41,700 37,800 33,900 37,300 35,800 35,100 35,100 39,700 39,000 34,900 36,900 40,500 36,400 40,000 43,000 42,800 49,200 46,600
24,600 27,275 26,087 29,122 39,498 24,650
30,550 29,810 29,640 31,650 29,800 31,500 28,200 27,600 25,500 30,600 30,600 30,160 30,500 35,600 33,500 32,000 32,900 38,400 33,800 36,000 41,800 42,720 48,400 25,300
12.3 15.7 14.6 13.9 10.5 18.0
14.2 25.6 24.6 26.8 28.5 29.0 37.5 39.5 36.5 47.4 42.9 53.7 58.6 60.8 43.0 37.5 31.6 48.2 66.0 42.0 64.2 53.3 62.7 22.0
302,620 428,741 381,404 406,227
15,871 443,667
432,600 763,100 730,500 847,900 850,400 913,400 1,057,000 1,091,000 931,000 1,451,000 1,314,000 1,621,000 1,786,000 2,164,000 1,440,000 1,200,000 1,040,000 1,851,000 2,230,800 1,512,000 2,683,900 2,275,300 3,034,900 555,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
230 350 380 410 640 950 1,280 2,840 5,800 3,400 1,800 3,900 7,600 8,900 9,580 6,750 9,360 6,740 4,350
10.5 15.5 15.5 14.0 18.0 22.0 22.0 23.0 23.0 17.0 32.5 23.0 26.0 19.0 22.1 23.5 25.6 26.1 23.5
2,415 5,425 5,890 5,820 11,520 20,900 28,160 65,320 - 133,400 57,800 58,500 89,700 197,600 169,100 211,700 158,600 239,600 175,900 102,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) 1,000 lbs.!
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1 ,000 lbTT]
19,398 29,253 14,154
11,311 5,302 4,753
3,980 3,010 3,010 2,920 2,625 3,330 3,510 3,430 3,740 3,680 3,770 3,280 1,670
940 1,440 1,300
900 350 350 245 835
5,631
229
13,383
114
3,223
177
4,006
188
1,995
226
2,147
289
2,400
344
2,160
293
1,840
317
1,930
339
1,860
314
2,180
423
3,090
315
2,250
379
2,960
525
4,040
388
3,060
402
2,760
304
1,060
310
610
194
590
202
550
218
410
180
130
329
240
306
155
291
505
5
1,809 6,956 6,581 5,078
5,780 5,535 4,820 3,675 3,525 3,860 3,900 3,900 4,090 3,890 3,500 3,195 3,220 3,570 3,020 3,240 3,400 3,200 3,030 3,210 4,480 4,300 3,770 3.760
1,427 1,580 1,489 1,289 1,408
1,331 2,010 2,158
2,090 2,344
2,019 2,212
2,000 2,291 2,100 1,947 2,117 2,194 2,425 1,591 2,3652,018 1,840 2.321
2
752 6,653 6,069 6,634
8,248 8,746 7,179 4,736 4,964 5,136 7,838 8,418 8,547 9,120 7,067 7,067 6,438 8,179 6,342 6,309 7,198 7,020 7,348 5,106 10,593 8,677 6,936 a.727
3,471 1,708 2,517
1,210 1,820 1,920 1,890 1,890 1,990 2,010 1,990 1,930 1,950 1,965 2,005 2,075 2,085 2,100 2,075 2,065 2,150 2,145 2,190 2,208 2,226 2,212 2t?ni
574 1 ,041 1 ,164 1,052 1,171 1,152
1,199 908
1,077 1,587 1,620 2,070 1,843 2,121 1,982 1,701 2,158 2,605 3,222 2,678 3,339 3,212 2,927 ?,17<;
1,123 2,032
694 1 ,894 2,235 1 ,989 2,213 2,293 2,410 1 ,807 2,078 3,094 3,184 4,151 3,824 4,423 4,163 3,530 4,456 5,601 6,911 5,865 7,373 7,149 6,475
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
19,440 22,772 15,573 14,646
15,370
13,966
12,038
11,556
BERRIEN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
10,903
10,072
831
10,249
9,437
812
10,794
9,985
809
7,909
7,836
7,459
377
4,222
4,026
196
2,557
2,439
118
470,400 320,000 291,200 291,200 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 299,328 299,328
78.2 72.1 64.4 69.2 72.1 76.3 77.4 75.8 74.8 71.4 63.5 53.5
413,118 367,807 230,750 187,455 201 ,606 214,931 227,662 230,784 226,127 222,995 213,031 189,973 160,207
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
223 152 132
99 117 124 144 141 156 197 220 240 242
Number of Farms
1,852 2,423 1,744 1,892 1,724 1,739 1,582 1,637 1,445 1,134
968 792 662
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
4,626,140 6,670,671 4,392,577 3,107,429 4,648,303 6,737,242 11,002,277 14,059,850 20,233,962 33,221,760 57,480,992 77,191,000
1,909 3,825 2,322 1,802 2,673 4,259 6,721 9,730 17,843 34,320 72,577 116,603
Tractors
15
77 221 670 1,183 1,320 1,322 1,172 1,135
Trucks
155
248 392 607 849 847 931 857 899
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
827
103
580
24
638
31
799
59
943
83
802
161
1,050
587
719
(NA)
677
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
6,584 5,161 3,400
78 66 109 584
629 2,266
516 725 275
64
65,340 64,589 56,880
1,470 1,248 2,840 13,005 12,115 64,665 13,980 24,365 7,532 2,550
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,953 3,555 5,253 4,427
1,903 1,003
971 2,162 1,737 2,533
2,517 3,157
1,317 744
1,719 4,120 4,539 6,727
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
686 3,720 2,014
2,709 2,762
694 418 265 129
58,319
58,857 103,996 230,825 134,722
54,686 49,630 47,489 80.000
1,851
10,500 2,361 1,339 2,630 2,939 450 195 3,131 3,808 900
1,663 5,303
531 1,150
535 1,192
11 18 230 2,011 1,667
PECANS 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
5,446 10,630
15,467
16,295 12,045 13,854 14,061 23,095 12.724
7,641 28,494 16,802
332,616 253,574 121,017
83,982 221,845
75,550 234,228
(D)
SWF.E1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2,016 1,530 1,505
1,331 1,792 1,262
749 814 184 289 637 526 175
125,592 126,438 117,114
138,166 122,505 111,123
54,227 57,316
9,864 24,455 66,630 69,733 4fi.inn
LAND USE IN
M
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowabie
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
59,098
5,291
1934
66,641
4,762
1939
68,064
1,085
1944
57,694
5,258
1949
64,629
6,136
1954
61,429
2,852
1959
58,076
6,534
1964
49,876
14,669
1969
46,095
17,282
1974
50,741
2,968
See footnotes on last page
4,548 2,343 1,689 2,559 3,677 6,968 6,563 3,955 10,863 13,212
Woodland
272,478 150,963 111,525
95,065 138,086 151,196 146,582 135,824 137,656 127,688 100,129 71,025
Other Land
4,466 9,330 6,681 32,055 5,511 10,080 9,760 19,054 14,166 16,843 15,604 22,261
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
39
52
130
102
112
164
126
153
91
113
55
208
109
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BERRIEN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
20,538 23,338 16,700 8,652 15,101 11,164 14,924 9,857 14,999 11,434 17,661 16,629 20,456
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,924 13,537 8,478 4,323
7,347 4,949 8,239 5,353 7,618 5,636 8,489 8,800 10,877
Milk Cows
5,191 5,611 2,368 2,501
2,892
2,311 1,566
870 374 517 294
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
9,167 3,577 12,347 10,066
15,044 9,637 55,419 77,115 79,515
98 fNA] INA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
29,196 48,170 30,537 16,946 20,638 22,667 27,711 34,250 27,526 38,082 27,721 28,052 16,696
Sows Farrowing 5/
5,962 2,661 2,799 3,719 4,083 4,140 4,960 6,539 4,820 5,350 2,973
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
34,412 63,209 57,517 43,913 59,163 56,386 74,521 50,199 54,468 39,846 45,871 178,239 27,657
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
17,897 10,917 24,043
33,876
10,094 10,812 708,071 849,385 1,149,022
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
117,010 145,565 150,952 239,828 207,867 323,316 406,732 80,128 161,365 251,053 281,409
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Labor (Thous.)
$ 9,979 14,975
$ 272,666 221 ,087
$ 60.5 139.4
102,839 153,783
275.8 348.2
273,245
799,777
588.6
636,391
543.8
351 ,499 1 ,551,746 1,823,000
1,108,337 1,222,248 2,616,000
751.2 889.7 1,175.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
18,700 18,000 18,500 18,700 18,700 18,700 19,000 19,100 19,200 19,900 24,400 24,000 23,300 20,200
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
450
8,500
400
8,750
370
8,900
290
9,250
400
9,500
650
9,800
550
9,700
500
9,700
450
9,600
390
10,200
380
12,740
260
12,500
260
11,500
190
10,100
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,750 8,850 9,230 9,160 8,750 8,250 8,750 8,900 9,150 9,310 11,280 11,240 11,540 9,910
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
27,950 28,500 31,600 29,250 31,600 36,650 33,000 28,700 24,350 21,250 13,700 18,000 17,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved
D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BRANTLEY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
O.C7 E^
1900-1B7B
Brantley County was created by Legislative Act of August 14, 1920 from parts of
Charlton, Pierce and Wayne Counties and was 156th in order of organization of Georgia
counties. It was named for Benjamin D. Brantley, a descendant of an old Georgia family,
members of which were active patriots in the Revolutionary War. The name of Nahunta, the
county seat, was formed from a combination of initials and the surname of N. A. Hunter, an
""i
rrWr\$ff early settler connected with extensive timber operations in the county. Nahunta was first
known as Victoria and later as N. A. Hunter Siding before the present name.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 286,080 acres. There 'ICflbyiere 328 farms having a total of 39,094 acres with land and buildings valued at $19,434,000. The number of farms
is about 40 percent of the peak number in 1935. Only about 14 percent of the land area is in farms and almost 60 percent of the farm land is in timber.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Pla1n--Flatwoods--Province of the soil classification. The Okefenokee Swamp covers the western edge of the County and other areas are quite low and swampy. Poultry and poultry products account for about 74 percent of the county's agricultural economy.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports precipitation decreases some in Brantley
County, with increased distance from the Coast, but for the County as a whole, averages around 50 inches per year.
Almost half the annual total falls during the period June through September. The average annual temperature 1s
about 68 degrees, with no month averaging less than 52 degrees. Its nearness to the Coast results in the County
having a mild winter climate, and a long growing season, which usually extends from early March to past mid-
Novefflber-
Received
Value of All Farm Products
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount "$~
1,154,928
2,387,167
884,682 871,258
76.6
1,087,428
45.5
75.4
1,082,359
45.3
2,825
.3
10,599
.9
1,934 3,135
54,451
4.7
197,449
8.3
1974 Amount $ 11,426,000
11,305,000 2,120,000 2,111,000
215,000 1,868,000
27,000 1,000 9,000
-ff )V 2 6 1979
POCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
18.7 18.6
1.9 16.5
.2
246,000
2.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
215,795 38,697 18,456
158,642
18.7
1,102,290
46.2
3.4
847,973
35.5
1.6
105
13.7
254,212
10.7
8,939,000 8,403,000
536,000 291,000 244,000
1,000
79.1 74.3
4.8 2.6 2.2
Government Payments 1/
9.000
y Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 4.7%
_ Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.3
V. Poultry & Poultry Products 3.4%
All Crops 18.7%
Forestry Prod. 2.2% Livestock, Dairy & their Products 4.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
8,713 8,962 6,422
5,970 5,780 5,600 5,600 5,600 6,100 5,400 5,000 4,800 5,270 5,100 4,450 4,550 4,940 5,100 4,380 4,270 6,600 5,950 6,200 5,100 5,700 6,250 6,000
BRANTLEY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELC AND PRODUCTION, 1954- 1977
CORN
Harvested
Yield
for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
8,637 8,891 5,006
4,210 3,740 3,250 3,300 3,100 3,300 3,000 3,570 3,450 3,760 3,860 3,360 3,400 4,000 4,300 4,070 3,800 6,200 5,550 5,580 4,500 5,380 6,120 1,800
11.4 11.1 19.6
17.4 24.8 27.5 23.8 27.7 32.6 34.7 42.0 38.6 46.5 35.5 46.7 28.5 49.0 38.4 39.8 30.8 53.1 53.0 23.0 56.8 53.3 58.8 19.9
98,470 98,482 98,048
73,300 92,800 89,400 78,600 86,000 107,700 104,000 150,000 133,000 175,000 137,000 157,000 97,000 196,000 165,000 162,000 117,000 329,000 294,200 128,300 255,600 286,500 359,800 35,900
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) 1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
224
250
112
1,298
55
209
23
1 ,645
33
288
19
1,216
1,176 1,481 1,616
25
320
15
1,465
1 ,438
2,106
25
200
8
1,410
1,519
2,142
20
250
10
1,225
1,561
1,912
20
100
5
920
961
884
10
200
5
875
1,690
1,479
25
240
15
970
1,508
1 ,463
45
200
20
990
1 ,890
1,871
45
289
20
1,000
1,936
1,936
15
200
5
1,050
1,931
2,028
20
300
10
1,005
1 ,964
1,974
30
233
15
900
1,804
1 ,624
20
300
15
775
2,013
1,560
20
200
10
850
865
735
10
200
4
1,315
1,931
2,539
20
100
5
900
1,560
1,404
10
100
2
935
1,534
1 ,434
1,050
1,976
2,075
805
1,901
1,530
795
1,900
1,511
855
1,221
1,044
1,090
2,014
2,195
1,040
2,258
2,348
1 1,050 7 6.5
1,912 1 ,q?l
2,008 1,477
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
BRANTLEY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
hAKM PUHULAHUN
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
6,895
4,195
4,016
179
277,760
23.2
64,440
94
689
4,217
4,018
199
277,760
36.5
101,368
125
813
6,871
4,111
3,879
232
286,080
26.4
75,402
111
679
3,240
286,080
29.2
83,523
127
659
6,387
3,228
3,103
125
286,080
30.0
85,762
125
686
286,080
34.9
99,982
149
671
5,891
2,036
2,026
10
286,080
27.6
78,922
161
489
286,080
24.4
69,721
164
424
5,940
1,629
1,629
286,080
22.0
63,015
152
414
286,080
13.7
39,094
119
328
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
964,370
1,400
7
848,296
1,043
1,079,758
1,590
12
1,465,240
2,223
34
2,411,290
3,515
156
5,253,259
7,829
331
8,390,262
17,158
432
10,120,456
23,869
388
14,671,771
35,439
429
19,434,000
59,250
380
44
233
14
79
218
14
127
250
20
236
262
38
325
255
111
331
274
187
333
399
269
387
267
(NA)
337
277
(MA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
11
95
24
1,045
27
185
54
920
19
400
5
180
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
609 1,246
779
249 173 364 426 461 742
465 753
181 141 687 1,016 1,044 1,692
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES Uil
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS i//
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
81
4,464
3,671
172
5,996
4,531
454
130
1,155
531
583
102
5,840
3,734
406
5,432
107,865
462
895
3,421
2,136
109,662
287
121
2,000
948
21
4,025
5,577
143
73
2,825
104
18
2,200
34,431
42
18
1,530
175
49
2,624
45,306
27
16
1,934
78
2,931
10,194
23
8
1,087
867
11 ,880
1
10
9,000
486
3
36,269 28,850 38,133 : 16,892 I 11,972 !
2,575 2,326 4,196
91 151
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
12,277
2,292
1934
12,346
4,325
1939
15,694
866
1944
13,927
783
1949
11,178
2,100
1954 1959 1964
9,995 8,869 7,144
2,796 3,832 3,829
1969 1974
5,930 4,791
4,277 1,952
See fool:notes on last page.
1,766 614 745 558
1,818 2,135 4,697 1,519 3,399 4,985
Woodland
32,665 79,905 56,184 66,956 68,940 80,803 57,058 51,756 36,366 23,223
Other Land
14,892 2,956 1,875 1,199 1,726 4,253 4,466 5,473
13,043 4,143
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4.999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
35
33
21
20
24
33
42
60
57
65
39
203
110
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
WANTLEY COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
6,572 10,328
7,516 8,170 4,913 6,234 4,195 4,995 4,087
5,212
3,900 5,502 3,859 3,610 2,844 3,452 2,249 2,501 1,900 2,690
923
1 ,680
660 573 453 236 47 73
1,999
1,285 24,370 18,007 36,760 205,288
120 (NA) (NA)
5,775 5,869 6,593 7,902 8,942 8,205 7,490 4,408 7,234 3,095
668 1,037 1 ,477 1,100 1,054 1,186 1,535
954 1,353
638
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) ?/
21,803 24,185 22,509
25,586 18,672 23,232
17,971 7,879
591,753 871 ,857
14,083
15,010
4,922 11 ,315 603,900 1,749,322 1,758,330
(D)
120,033 75,275
144,355 136,409
33,259 62,210 114,379 60,632
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 11,915 $ 47,293
$ 11.4
13,544
55,577
13.6
51 ,952
59.2
106,184
76.9
163,489
169,508
122.2
308,460
1 20.2
727,651
236,140
130.9
2,512,707
219,492
169.7
5,039,000
352,000
397.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,300 5,250 5,200 5,000 4,800 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,900 4,900 5,800 5,800 5,600 5,240
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
280 240 210 150 130
50 50 50 50 50 50
40 40 50
Other
2,350 2,400 2,400 2,450 2,500 2,550 2,420 2,350 2,140 2,150 2,730 2,800 2,700 2,610
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,670 2,610 2,590 2,400 2,170 2,400 2,530 2,600 2,710 2,700 3,020
2,960 2,860 2,580
December 1 All Hogs and
4P,14J5l0S
5,750 6,400 7,550 8,150 9,450 8,950 8,600 6,050 7,150 5,800 8,200 9,810
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not avail able.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BROOKS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Brooks County is located on the southern border of the State almost at the center of
its east west dimension. It was the 128th county of the State created by Legislative Act
of December 11, 1858 from Thomas and Lowndes Counties and was named for the Honorable
Preston Brooks, a noted ante-bellum lawyer of the state of South Carolina. The same act
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authorized the Inferior Court Judges to select a site for public buildings to be called Quitman in honor of General John Quitman, an officer of the Mexican War and a vigorous
champion of States rights.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, land area was 313,920 acres making it
28th in size among counties in the State. There were 629 farms having a total of 211,316 acres, with land and
buildings valued at $92,543,000. The number of farms decreased 296 from 1964 to 1974.
Brooks County lies in the Middle Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the soils are well adapted
to the production of cotton, corn, tobacco, peanuts and truck crops. It is one of the ranking agricultural
counties of the State. Field crops represented over 49 percent of the value of farm products sold and livestock
and livestock products were slightly above 36 percent. The earliest commercial peaches in the State are produced
in the county.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 52 inches in Brooks County. Annual totals at Quitman have ranged from 81.45 inches in 1964 to 33 inches in 1927,
Received
but fall between 40 and 60 inches in five out of seven years. July, with an average of more than seven inches is
the wettest month, and October and November, with about two and one-fourth inches, are driest. The average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages about 252 days, extending usually from Nf|\/ 9 R 1<T7r
about March 9 to November 16.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
6,550,648
8,844,496
1974 Amount $
29,700,000
DOCUMENTS i 1/ JGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and O^er 2/
29,560,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage.Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
4,713,662 4,009,867
656,463 47,332
72.0 61.2
10.0 .8
6,033,321
68.2
4,920,045
55.6
675,824
7.6
437,452
5.0
16,690,000 14,566,000 7,230,000 4,171,000
610,000 95,000
2,460,000
1,534,000 590,000
56.5 49.3 24.5 14.1
2.1 .3
8.3
5.2 2.0
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
84,780 210,855
1.3
15,100
.2
3.2
130,808
1.5
683,000
2.3
289,000
1.0
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Pou'try & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,541,351
51,742 189,708 1,299,901
23.5
2,665,267
30.1
11,898,000 40.2
.8
101,353
1.1
2,000
2.9
290,381
3.3
1,191,000
4.0
19.8
2,273,533
25.7
10,705,000 36.2
5,604,500 19.0
4,505,500 15.2
1,000
594,000
2.0
Government Payments 1/
60,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
"1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
.Other Livestock, Poultry * & their Products 20.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock, Poultry & their Products 36.2%
-*-- Dairy Products 2.9%
^ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 10.8%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.5%
"" Dairy Products 4.0%
^_Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 7.2%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BROOKS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Productl an
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
46,038 56,869 49,588
60,170 56,030 55,000 55,700 51,300 52,800 46,600 42,200 41,400 44,000 42,200 41,300 41,400 46,700 45,200 44,600 46,500 45,300 40,800 41,000 47,400 47,000 53,000 53,500
38,428 40,121 50,496 44,048 52,431 33,880
39,630 41,150 41,030 42,110 40,600 41,600 36,400 34,200 31,600 37,000 36,900 36,400 36,900 42,800 40,300 40,900 41,400 43,000 37,900 36,900 45,600 45,350 52,000 33,800
10.0 13.6 12.9 11.8 10.5 15.2
12.2 20.3 24.1 27.3 29.5 29.5 31.5 39.0 30.5 43.9 37.4 50.7 42.0 57.8 39.1 35.9 26.7 57.8 58.0 45.0 59.0 57.2 73.5 35.9
384,22C 546,76C 650,396 521,87C 548,612 514,514
483,30C 837,00C 988,60C 1 .149.00C 1.197.50C 1.228.30C 1 .146.00C 1.333.00C 963.00C 1.625.00C 1.379.00C 1.847.00C 1 1 ,551 ,00C 2.472.00C l,576,0OC 1 1.468.00C 1 1.105.00C I 2,487,000 2,198,200 1,660,500 2,691,100 2,594,300 3,821,000 1,214,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
2,180 1,730 1,850 1,990 1,540 1,390 1,870 3,690 5,900 4,600 4,200 7,900 13,100 22,000 25,250 22,670 33,430
22,770 20,800
18.0 22.0 18.5 14.0 22.5 22.5 22.0 17.0 21.0 16.5 27.5 25.0 29.0 21.5 21.4 30.0 28.4
23.4 22.1
39,240 38,060 34,225 27,710 34,650 31,275 41,140 62,730 123,900 75,900 115,500
197,500 379,900 473,000 540,400 680,100 949,400
532,800 459,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.)
33,361
34,065 27,141
22,604
12,583
11,175
10,200 8,750 7,940 6,760 5,290 7,840 8,150 9,260 8,430 8,160 8,360 7,370 4,250 2,480 3,950 3,000 2,700 2,400 3,500 2,630 4,390 2,190 3,030 3.550
149 204 122 197 167 264
350 432 213 271 400 366 401 311 354 443 342 300 194 303 245 229 284 447 371 428 528 475 404 421
9,403 13,977
6,648 8,921 4,207 5,901
7,440 7,890 3,540 3,830 4,410 5,980 6,820 6,010 6,230 7,560 5,980 4,620 1,720 1,570 2,020 1,430 1,600 2,230 2,710 2,350 4,830 2,180 2,550 3.110
177 1,831 4,230 2,861
3,220 3,150 2,830 1,865 1,720 2,110 2,140 2,150 2,250 2,140 1,935 1,625 2,200 2,095 1,680 1,920 1,980 1,640 1,740 1,860 2,190 2,500 2,050
2.170
1,276 1,440 1,324 1,318 1,462 1,613 1,728 2,013 1,911 1,943 1,739 1,477 1,751 2,117 1,755 1,669 2,032 1,864 1,920 1,598 2,077 1,761 1,777 1.892
89 1,680 3,118 2,926
4,108 4,537 3,746 2,458 2,515 3,404 3,697 4,327 4,300 4,158 3,364 2,563 3,853 4,435 2,948 3,205 4,024 3,057 3,341 2,973 4,548 4,403 3,643 4.106
10,620 7,205 6,885
5,210 4,700 4,880 4,530 4,580 4,350 4,600 4,730 4,560 4,740 4,920 4,895 4,875 4,950 5,075 5,045 5,115 5,120 5,420 5,335 5,154 5,239 5,278 5.266
739 994
1,001 786
1,063 1,113
1,149 1,084
1,387 1,578 1,450 1,913 1,880 2,126 1,956 1,633 2,107 2,512 3,120 2,662 3,408 3,226
2,775 2.630
3,892 5,200
3,852 4,673 4,884 3,562 4,867 4,840 5,284 5,128 6,323 7,480 7,134 9,365 9,165 10,525 9,926 8,241 10,775 12,861 16,911 14,202 17,566 16,900 14,647 1.1,8.48
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
18,606 23,832 24,538 21,330
20,497
18,169
15,292
13,739
BROOKS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,325 13,855 14,395 10,838 10,678
6,327
3,798
6,984 6,554 6,915
5,199
3,263
2,228
8,341 7,301 7,480
5,479
3,064
1,570
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 328,960
328,960 328,960 328,960 328,960 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 313,920 313,920
Percent
in Farms 87.6
85.8 82.0 69.9 82.5 75.7 87.8 92.5 88.8 78.9 70.0 68.0 67.3
All Land in Farms (acres) 288,055
282,106 269,735 230,035 271,515 238,511 276,377 291,123 279,597 248,523 220,555 213,587 211,316
Average Size Farms
(acres) 158 --
107 99 94
117 107 102 143 164 211 238 279 336
Number of Farms
1,823 2,646 2,726 2,447 2,327 2,236 2,698 2,031
1,703 1,180
925 766 629
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,761,560
5,151,500 10,875,105
5,624,559 4,345,853 5,197,343 8,290,239 12,588,138 16,411,811 20,347,920 31,303,850 51,561,186 92,543,000
Average (dol.)
966
1,947 3,989 2,299 1,868 2,324 3,073 6,198 9,637 17,244 33,842 67,312 147,127
Tractors
42
128 427 996 1,118 1,298 1,283 1,154 1,043
Trucks
260
331 511 938 1,061 861 1,021 935 926
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
789
100
576
70
832
87
876
158
937
139
822
284
859
521
659
(NA)
602
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
n,2yy
9,512 9,281
1,412 283
1,423
3,589 846
3,499
1,647 1,528
901 492
Production (bushels)
104,530 143,120 138,479 24,199
4,273 32,215 120,967 14,135 87,369 47,193 61,886 38,049 20,515
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,630 5,341 8,120 7,017
5,678 5,389 4,484 5,811 4,635 2,572
2,816 3,936
3,133 4,480 7,910 15,178 13,444 6,871
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
8,642 7,461 7,744
11,952 12,483
5,723 6,747 3,605 3,018
440,626
210,637 778,302 862,707 656,463 358,787 675,824 660,597 1,534,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
12,728
374
2,425
1,918
12,139
6,333
3,789
1,020
4,117
3,076
3,570
2,994
2,840
1,334
8,404
72
13,186
2,639
51,385
28,161
116,046
76,105
301,641
305,261
279,315
80,580
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
320
22,994
9,283
53,295
16,604
22,652
16,416
17,943 15,326 20,234 17,727 13,725 12,871
428,202 537,144 255,084 115,642 232,516 179,247 627,371 215,557
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,136
86,549
1,239
101,267
2,592
227,692
2,589
192,196
2,880
163,597
1,903
104,278
976
67,457
1,506
91,730
343
22,519
297
35,233
151
18,487
25
3,289
24
6,646
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
100,275
19,899
1934
98,977
15,425
1939
107,855
6,952
1944
103,064
16,610
1949
96,618
17,508
1954
97,146
11,287
1959
81,821
13,588
1964
73,004
19,725
1969 1974
72,732 80,524
19,413 4,996
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
7,645 11,450
7,076 8,257 16,464 20,231 19,528 8,045 17,936 19,603
Woodland
149,315 122,383 81,261 128,611
96,111 128,979 147,485 132,474 117,120
95,100 80,161 83,165
Other Land 11,414 5,703 20,378 16,704 19,671 18,555 13,048 18,459 16,466 24,681 23,345 23,028
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
*
70
76 100
87 10?
112
83
120
81
ias 61
246
127
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BROOKS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,170 14,178 14,743 7,138 12,514
9,111 11,923
9,697 21 ,988 15,481 21,390 22,822 32,850
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,559 8,665 7,155 3,767 5,900 4,356 5,877 4,843 11,172 8,274 10,949 9,576 11,351
Milk Cows 3,277 4,895 3,505 3,101
3,079
2,350 2,242 1,290
952 1,217 1,254
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,408 9,291 8,311 54,072
95,298 102,080 242,945 364,369 785,191 555,564
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
29,885 47,210 45,142 21,163 24,782 27,665 33,183 29,277 33,717 38,093 34,409 43,248 34,950
Sows Farrowinq 5/
8,589 4,206 2,956 3,648 3,780 3,701 5,789 6,854 6,765 8,211 6,514
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
55,426 57,806 67,222 52,085 57,769 56,050 62,164 42,104 42,586 35,047 23,477
2,942 1,943
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
30,527 17,080 37,545
30,629
9,882 7,241 42,652 10,193
358 372
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
132,490 195,616 227,309 265,169 173,632 273,876 339,585
85,435 119,603 139,199 230,131
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 22,918 S 269,815 $ 192.7
72,824
239,223
158.8
114,048
454.0
380,541
620.0
369,180
948,839
781.7
538,769
702.9
810,131
1 ,446,779
827.4
1,501 ,963
1 ,616,907
1,203.3
4,705,000
3,709,000
2,127.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
22,700 22,200 21,900 22,200 22,500 23,000 28,000 31,000 34,700 35,300 44,200 43,000 41,700 35,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q7
Kept for Milk
1,150 1,050 1,020
890 1,250 1,450 1,350 1,300 1,250 1,190 1,160 1,700 1 ,790 1,450
Other
10,500 10,900 10,900 11,300 11 ,650 12,000 13,300 13,950 14,650 15,000 18,730 17,500 16,100 13,500
All Other Cattle and Calves
11,050 10,250
9,980 10,010
9,600 9,550 13,350 15,750 18,800 19,110 24,310 23,800 23,810 20,050
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
34,700 39,150 43,400 45,100 48,700 61,000 59,700 58,500 60,150 52,700 49,000 59,000 61,200
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BRYAN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Bryan County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from parts of Chatham,
Effingham and Liberty Counties and was 16th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for Jonathan Bryan, one of the original settlers who accompanied Oglethorpe from
Beaufort, South Carolina to the site of Savannah and who aided in founding this town upon the
bluffs overlooking the river. On the Ogeechee River in Bryan County are the ruins of the lost
town of Hardwick which was laid out February 4, 1755 and was once expected to become the capital
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of Georgia. Clyde, the county seat at the time, took its name from Lord Clyde (Sir Oliver Campbell), a noted field marshall of Scotland. Pembroke is the present county seat.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 283,648 acres making it 43rd in size among
counties in the State. There were 108 farms having a total of 30,769 acres, with land and buildings valued at
$9,942,000. Only about 11 percent of the land area is in farms with 18 percent of the farm land devoted to har-
vested crops.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--near the Atlantic Coast and is not one of the important
agricultural counties of the State.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average yearly rainfall in Bryan
County is about 50 inches. Slightly more falls in the coastal area, and less in the northern portion of the County.
About one-half the annual total occurs during the four months from June through September. The average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are in early March and
late November, giving an average freeze-free growing season of about 265 days.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
546,206
1964
Amount $
%
519,313
1974 Amount $ 1,423,000
* V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
273,105 220,663
51,899 543
84,243 188,858
18,824 17,520 152,514
50.0 40.4
268,260 263,388
9.5 .1
15.4
34.6 3.5 3.2
27.9
4,572 300
450 85,801
164,802 33,198
131,604
51.7 50.7
.9 .1 .1 16.5 31.7 6.4 25.3
1,392,000
992,500 987,500 588,500 301,000
6,000 92,000
5,000
(z)
2,500 96,500
300,500
(D)
(NA) 60,000 108,000
(D)
71.3 70.9 42.3 21.6
.4 6.6
.4
.2 6.9 21.5
4.3 7.8
Government Payments 1/
3,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than Falf of the unit reported. D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
N0V2 6 197!
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 15.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec.
9.6%
Forestry Products 6.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, - Berries & Hort. Spec
.6%
V. All Livestock, Poultry & their Products, 21.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
8,430 6,814 5,260
5,810 5,710 4,900 4,300 4,000 4,400 3,860 3,570 3,300 2,140 2,070 1,850 1,900 2,030 2,130 1,460 1,390 4,300 3,900 4,020 4,200 3,950 4,400 3,900
BRYAN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Yea r
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels
(acres)
(bu.)
8,286 9,319 13,526 8,157 6,559 3,781
3,240 3,800 3,180 2,830 2,800 3,100 2,810 2,660 2,550 1,540 1,560 1,380 1,440 1,700 1,800 1,360 1,240 4,050 3,650 3,650 4,000 3,900 4,200 2,690
11.3 12.9
8.2 10.9
9.3 14.4
13.1 26.8 24.5 20.5 30.3 29.1 33.5 41.0 47.1 53.9 35.9 53.6 40.3 62.4 46.7 33.8 46.8 51.1 40.0 45.0 58.6 61.2 54 9 37.0
93,690 119,942 111,212
88,941 61,289 54,579
42,400 101,800
77,900 58,100 84,900 90,100 94,000 109,000 120,000 83,000 56,000 74,000 58,000 106,000 84,000 46,000 58,000 207,000 146,000 164,300 23t,300 238,500 230,400 99,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
180 190 200 350 520 690 1,000 1 ,200 640 500 600 1,900 2,100 2,500 2,210 3,270 2,470 2,560
25.0 24.0 21.5 28.0 22.5 24.5 21.0 21.0 17.5 27.0 21.0 25.0 17.0 27.6 26.0 28.4 26.1 21.8
Production
(bushels)
4,500 4,560 4,300 9,800 11,700 16,905 21,000 25,200 11 ,200 13,500 12,600 47,500 35,700 69,000 57,500 92,900 64,500 55,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) [1 ,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs)
968 2,952 4,507 2,048
460 548
200 180 140 100
40 90 195 260 150 140 125 80 85 25 20
1
208
334
343
2,029
92
830
138
197
807
86
153
141
415
145
159
347
205
85
435
161
60
405
321
90
330
90
20
200
500
40
145
367
70
260
200
75
280
358
190
285
240
80
305
271
80
290
200
50
260
225
39
225
165
30
250
120
7
325
100
5
250
190
235
380
210
290
230
270
205
270
69 64 256 367
1,032
'49
1,257
509
1,252
413
1,015
203
1,269
184
1,550
403
1,450
406
1,477
421
1,534
468
1,541
447
1,577
410
1,778
400
873
218
1,695
551
1,365
341
797
152
1,281
301
1,611
612
1,485
312
1,466
425
1,927
443
2,099
567
1,364
280
2.021
546
99
179
106
399
234
130
423
55
140
807
113
180
989
178
170
735
125
140
1,114
156
120
992
119
180
894
161
160
1,238
198
185
1,308
242
170
1,300
221
190
1 ,474
280
195
1,523
297
205
1,478
303
175
1,246
218
200
1,935
387
215
1 ,084
233
245
2,090
512
245
2,645
648
250
2,792
698
250
2,668
667
288
3,226
929
300
3,767
1,130
256
3,543
907
28?
3.195
Qfll
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,122 6,702 6,343 5,952
6,288
5,965
6,226
6,539
BRYAN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. 5. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
HARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
2,823 3,348 2,017 1,742 2,070
614
272
1,893 1 ,970 1,410
1,127
455
242
930 1,378
607
943
159
30
Approximate
Land Area (acres) 275,840
275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 283,648 283,648
Percent in Farms
68.8
55.2 59.4 37.6 30.0 37.0 26.5 31.6 26.0 15.2 12.5 11.0 10.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
my.bto
152,204 163,946 103,686 82,796 103,843
74,427 88,703 73,097 42,753 35,203 31,143 30,769
Average
Size Farms (acres) 281 204 207 199 153 275 184 211 181 204 233 249 285
Number of Farnib
b/b 746 792 522 543 378 404 420 404 210 151 125 108
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
464,020
1,000,508 2,556,196 1,198,035 1,047,620 1,020,321 1,100,700 3,060,120 2,832,444 3,472,140 2,865,527 4,354,080 9,942,000
Average (dol.)
687
1,341 3,228 2,295 1,929 2,699 2,725 7,286 7,011 16,534 18,977 34,832 92,057
Tractors
6
19 76 133 167 154 116 131 94
Trucks
69
79 145 249 192 112 104 122
99
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
238
8
147
15
165
33
196
45
215
61
123
64
145
78
98
(NA)
71
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
997 1,167
488 20 17
406 31
365 16 50 23 6
Production (bushels)
9,710 11,412 4,149
115 229
I
6,900 655
10,741 224 900 920 360
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
975
263
168
853
422
717
277
157
695
516
733
1,164
648
1,526
416
1,579
287
1,069
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
150
5,309
528
317
14,642
61 ,392
221
61,666
247
51,899
41
2,583
49
4,572
14
5,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
4,593
372
1,671
432
2,064
930
2,330
821
1,971
1,144
740
287
321
75
501
25
90
9
66
27
6
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
40
1,263
590
3,736
3,468
2,007
1,724
1,414 398 355 169
19,120 33,833
4,049 1,175 2,025
780
SWEET
]
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc- '
vested
tion
(acres) (bushel s)j
352
30,460 !
384
29,600
365
28,167
323
21,839
398
16,705
198
13,843
242
20,500
173
13,166
26
1,856
22
1,705
5
509 ,
6
310 ;
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
12,641
4,332
1934
11,793
2,958
1939
10,747
1,473
1944
10,756
2,450
1949
9,492
5,230
1954
7,069
2,843
1959 1964 1969 1974
5,745 3,712 2,718 5,512
957 1,274 2,342
no
See foo tnotes on last page.
536 1,853
979 1,534
687 2,282 2,988
618 1,059 1,001
Woodland
127,650 123,075
81,154 57,850 89,817 57,828 70,445 55,505 28,468 27,248 22,102 17,425
Other Land
639 11,847
4,522
6,797 614
1,513 2,849 5,398 4,595 2,351 2,922 6,721
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
3
3
7
5
7
4
14
14
23
15
25 ,
84
Z' 1
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BRYAN COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
8,961 10,500
9,968 5,196 6,696 4,092 4,196 2,643 3,459 2,737 2,381 2,375 2,157
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,217 5,418 5,473 2,507 3,308 1,292 2,952 1,535 1,824 1,405 1,165 1,259 1,088
Milk Cows 2,098 2,245 2,835
858
500
420 467 101
36 10 8
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 2,041 400 929 537
6,762 11,615 20,933 29,766
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,575 12,538 11,576 4,994
6,593 4,531 5,999 4,744 7,311 5,911 2,480 2,378 1,392
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,109 603 606 683
1,033 548
1,173 1,083
484 509 265
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
16,197 14,772 21,838 12,356 13,664
9,165 22,788 8,196 12,899 17,035
6,639 474
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
13,794 6,567 9,071
4,724
13,942 3,060
67,435 1,261 (D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
71,890 63,172 49,196 76,951 28,376 36,790 72,190 10,706 42,484 171,218 78,475
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,270
$ 34,328
$ 22.9
9,187
37,714
20.6
26,902
66.6
31,619
308.4
65,115
99,619
108.4
145,639
66.7
58,159
63,119
52.0
106,431
80,951
54.2
161,000
179,000
72.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,500 2,350 2,350 2,300 2,400 2,400 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,600 3,400 3,200 3,200 2,600
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_QV
Kept for Milk
40 30 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
Other
1,200 1,200 1,150 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,280 1,320 1,390 1,500 1,910 1,800 1,700 1 ,370
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,260 1,120 1,180 1,130 1,180 1,180 1,200 1,170 1,100 1,090 1,480 1,380 1,480 1,210
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs 2,500 2,500 2,800 2,500 2,700 3,100 2,950 2,850 3,200 3,950 3,000 3,600 4,660
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classification changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avo id disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BULLOCH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1B7B
Bulloch County was created by Legislative Act of February 8, 1796 from treaty lands
5
acquired from the Creek Indians in 1790 and was 21st in order of organization of Georgia counties. Originally, it included portions of Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson and Toombs Counties.
It was named for Archibald Bulloch of Savannah, a noted patriot of the Revolutionary War.
\R1lo
Statesboro, the county seat, was established by Legislative Act of December 19, 1803. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 438,080 acres making it
7th in size among counties in the state. There were 955 farms having a total of 257,535
acres with land and buildings valued at $148,117,000.
The county is in both the Middle Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain Provinces 4f soil classification in
Georgia and the soils are well adapted to cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, soybeans and most other Georgia crops.
Bulloch is one of the leading agricultural counties in the State. All livestock, poultry and their products
have been important sources ef farm tnoome for many years and in 1974 accounted for 31 percent of value of farm
products sold. Value of crops sold accounted for more than two-thirds of the total.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 45
inches in Bulloch County. Annual totals are between 35 and 55 inches in more than two-thirds of the years, but
have ranged from 71.31 inches in 1929 to only 26.79 inches in 1954. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed through
the year, with only July averaging over five inches and no month averaging less than two inches. The average annual temperature is 66 degrees, and the freeze-free growing season averages about 250 days, extending from
Received
around March 10 to November 15.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
7,390,821
13,866,690
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500
. and O^er 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,563,949 4,457,702
61.7 60.3
9,325,225 9,213,396
47,472
.6
58,775
.8
57,816 54,013
5,250
.1
6,800
299,543
4.1
351,133
2,522,079
34.1
4,183,532
124,911
1.7
408,638
159,832
2.1
378,250
2,237,336
30.3
3,396,644
%
67.3 66.5
.4 .4
2.5 30.2
3.0 2.7 24.5
1974 Amount $
38,550,000
N0V 2 6 1979
i V DOCUMENTS I 3A LIBRARIES
38,375,000
25,846,000 25,565,000 13,459,000 4,835,000
28,000 33,000 7,210,000 61,500 219,500
49,500
532,000
11,947,000 2,091,500 688.000 9,167,500 2,502,000 6,631,500
34,000
67.4 66.6 35.0 12.6
.1 .1 18.8 .2 .6
.1
1.4
31.1 5.4 1.8
23.9 6.5
17.3
.1
Government Payments 3/
14,000
]J Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
orestry Products 4.1% Poultry & Poultry Products 1.7% airy Products 2.1%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 30.3%
^f Forestry Products 1.4% Poultry & Poultry Products 5.4% _
^-Dairy Products 1.8%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.9%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 11 936U1I 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BULLOCK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954 -1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
SOYBEANS
Harvested
Yield
Year
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
59,973 86,962 75,661
96,050 86,210 84,400 84,000 86,400 91,500 76,900 69,000 64,500 72,000 68,700 60,400 60,700 65,800 64,700 69,300 69,700 69,700 62,600 62,800 63,600 64,000 71,000 62,300
41,815 47,087 54,969 57,872 78,579 50,778
45,280 59,100 61,320 61,860 66,300 70,000 59,800 55,000 50,700 57,500 56,400 49,580 49,900 56,400 54,400 61,500 62,000 63,700 56,800 57,800 61,800 62,000 69,700 38,700
11.1 15.8 13.6 12.3
9.9 17.3
11.7 27.1 24.5 27.3 32.5 29.3 29.1 42.2 39.6 47.2 39.1 52.9 47.4 62.2 54.0 44.4 36.9 57.8 59.9 65.0 62.2 60.2 68.6 36.9
464,090 745,646 745,415 714,081 781,050 877,377
529,900 1,600,800 1 ,502,300 1,687,900 2,154,600 2,048,000 1,738,000 2,320,000 2,010,000 2,712,000 2,205,000 2,625,000 2,367,000 3,508,000 2,940,000 2,731,000 2,288,000 3,684,000 3,402,300 3,757,000 3,54/,000 3,730.20C 4,780,200 1,429,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
4,680 4,530 4,840 5,190 6,480 8,070 10,890 18,870 26,200 17,300 14,400 20,800 29,300 35,800 50,800 51 ,680 54,000 37,200
40,160
18.5 17.0 18.5 19.0 21.0 19.5 20.5 28.0 29.0 16.0 26.0 25.5 25.0 19.0 26.0 26.7 25.7 27.2 27.4
Production
(bushels)
86,570 77,010 89,540 97,360 137,320 157,220 223,245 528,360 759,800 276,800 374,400 530,400 732,500 680,200 1,320,800 1 ,379,900 1 ,387,800 1 ,011 ,800 1 ,100,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1 ,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production 1,000 lbs.)
30,449
186
9,440
4
58,210
249
29,041
50,605
155
15,730
333
59,271
178
21,076
2,607
29,904
266
15,912
4,855
23,433
195
9,146
4,385
3
127 2,246 3,877 4,632
3,479 3,296 18,495
18,830
269
10,580
5,015
987
",950
4,370
402
15,200
300
9,510
4,875
1,419
6,916
12,460
880
14,490
351
10,620
4,250
1,423
6,047
13,010
991
11,680
328
8,000
3,030
1,172
3,550
12,260
993
9,400
498
9,770
2,560
1,417
3,628
12,840
1,181
12,720
448
11,870
3,290
1,594
5,253
12,950
1,185
13,560
423
11,960
3,360
1,632
5,483
13,180
1,283
14,440
346
10,440
3,390
1,635
5,541
13,210
1,230
16,460
406
13,970
3,535
1,766
6,243
12,590
1,130
14,800
419
12,960
3,375
1,630
5,501
13,270
1,457
14,140
374
11,040
3,020
1,715
5,178
13,455
1,531
11,840
484
11,980
2,565
1,916
4,914
13,465
1 ,893
7,290
383
5,830
2,800
1,214
3,398
13,860
1,775
3,390
346
2,450
3,520
1,853
6,523
13,595
2,101
6,070
323
4,110
2,690
1,615
4,344
13,620
2,213
6,100
249
3,160
2,830
1,116
3,159
13,610
1,715
3,300
233
1,600
3,050
1,942
5,923
13,670
2,652
1,250
374
975
3,230
1,506
4,864
13,705
2,943
750
500
780
2,810
1,730
4,861
13,635
2,802
380
482
380
2,820
1,675
4,723
13,405
3,154
230
409
195
2,850
2,153
6,136
13,758
3,804
3,180
2,104
6,691
13,902
3,602
55
436
50
2,830
1,619
4,581
13,987
2,982
120
292
73
2.840
2.106
5.981
14,052
VOR
2,518 14,095
1 ,755 10,964 12,897 12,177 15,167 15,350 16,905 16,248 14,230 19,333 20,593 25,487 24,595 28,557 30,135 23,334 36,253 40,334 38,209 42,282 52,330 50,071 41,710 43.626
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
21,377 26,464 26,133 26,509
26,010
24,740
24,263
31,585
BULLOCH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
19,235 18,221 17,706 13,856 14,003
8,274
4,773
12,127 11,152 10,969
8,595
5,039
3,195
7,108 7,069 6,737
5,408
3,235
1,578
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
567,680 427,520 427,520 427,520 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 438,080 438,080
75.0 82.8 66.2 83.1 76.6 80.8 85.0 78.1 75.0 73.9 68.6 58.8
All Land in Farms (acres) 433,694
425,502 354,015 282,880 355,275 335,335 353,892 372,109 341 ,864 328,124 323,356 300,428 257,535
Average Size Farms
(acres) 19/
118 96 89
108 118 115 127 137 166 214 235 270
Number of Farms
2,229 3,621 3,672 3,180 3,293 2,842 3,085 2,922 2,490 1,981 1,508 1,276
955
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,686,410 11,069,579 16,694,265
8,196,254 6,341,230 7,992,713 12,068,467 19,735,188 22,957,800 27,339,781 48,151,948 70,452,946 148,117,000
Average (dol.)
1,205 3,057 4,546 2,577 1,926 2,812 3,912 6,754 9,220 13,801 31 ,931 55,213 155,096
Tractors
45
128 490 1,291 1 ,799 1,817 2,090 1,692 1,406
Trucks
133
282 444 1,001 1,236 1,245 1,519 1,437 1,338
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,105
1,251 1,368 1,654 1,809 1,623 1,680 1,191
922
412
144 160 187 188 747 811 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,925 3,681 2,782
288 227 327 1,246 828 2,895 3,992 1,354 681 377
Production (bushels)
45,150 53,765 37,927
5,212 ! 2,429 ' 6,041 30,660 16.330 94,519 , 145,544 1 67,149 ! 33,189 18,330 [
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,256 2,353 5,865 5,497
12,487 5,103 2,345 3,242 1,811 2,410
1,670 2,521
6,138 3,588 3,005 5,557 4,964 5,581
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol-)
2,124 4,152 1,687
647 1,314
426 614 412 135
80,800
45,562 59,898 26,275 47,472 32,599 57,816 42,842 62,000
PEACHES 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
24,503
2,324
16,819
8,939
24,967 10,324
8,311
2,369
10,813
8,190
16,494
8,041
14,122
7,736
4,753
1,341
935
333
926
661
1,631 13,068
185
34
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
T00~
9,836
18,425
86,163
17,121
59,516
27,701
23,749 20,112 22,331 22,174 16,350 12,015
473,007 881,831
79,980 181,984 176,902
173,791 479,605 382,371
SWEET
POTATOES l/j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,105
84,542
1,230
116,010
1,359
111,645
1,268
116,704
1,611
110,002
1,205
88,230
590
57,088
630
55,105
247
18,997
406
49,675
266
24,334
39
2,947
12
1,280
Year
Harvested Cropland
lANn USF IN ACRES <;/
Idle or
Plowable
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
136,939 136,886
11,305 10,699
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
143,728 134,034 141,248 133,232 130,125 113,782 104,836 117,873
2,993 11,299
9,351 3,446 8,665 19,533 30,784 11,442
See footnotes on last page.
4,356 6,330 4,569 6,536 7,921 10,011 12,957 10,730 18,258 19,055
Woodland 271,531
166,318 111,456 183,228 173,174 162,537 196,631 178,070 158,299 153,719 120,092
83,559
Other Land 7,/94
28,815 17,949 14,369 10,633 37,248 16,958 17,105 18,078 25,592 26,458 25,606
Farms by Value of Products Sold
NumDer 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
95
88
140
148
138
200
194 '
266
143 !
230
93 !
344
152
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BULLOCH COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
19,271 26,457 23,167
7,570 18,261 13,800 19,965 13,205 23,643 21,298 27,938 25,314 27,802
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,382 15,683 11,412 4,453 8,197 7,611 10,542 6,744 11,490 9,710 12,397 11,148 13,435
Milk Cows
4,971 6,676 4,348 3,382
5,068
3,368 3,366 1,791 1,559 1,351 1,232
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,962 6,142 21,292 51,617
79,274 113,253 102,443 294,800 418,948 721,027
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
36,854 65,428 50,436 18,641 37,289 32,227 54,699 59,989 63,839 74,140 62,184 78,254 52,265
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,469 2,658 4,461 5,461 7,168 6,716 12,045 12,390 10,482 15,930 11,254
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
60,613 116,670
98,398 75,533 136,458 91,845 105,977 74,794 83,187 65,197 79,236 79,288 238,435
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
59,561 36,628 74,456
58,701
22,720 17,463 105,420
711,018 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
173,880 344,631 256,765 393,714 494,274 484,702 500,128 144,620 257,273 393,496 742,324
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 72,737 $ 521,722
$ 170.0
36,391
334,557
241.8
202,015
510.6
245,402
715.2
504,553
1,125,254
721.8
758,215
652.0
1,108,779
2,006,055
946.0
2,385,344
2,499,420
1,227.4
4,827,000
4,805,000
1,597.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1-975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
29,700 28,800 27,800 27,900 28,200 27,900 28,300 28,500 28,500 29,500 34,200 34,000 33,000 29,200
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
1,900 1,700 1 ,500 1,480 1,480 1,700 1,800 2,000 2,000 1,080 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,240
Other
11,300 10,900 10,250 10,300 10,600 10,800 10,800 10,800 10,700 11,100 12,270 12,800 12,400 10,900
All Other Cattle and Calves
16,500 16,200 16,050 16,120 16,120 15,400 15,700 15,700 15,800 17,320 20,780 20,000 19,400 17,060
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
62,700 70,850 78,550 81,550 88,000 95,000 91,900 83,700 77,950 70,600 52,000 64,100 71,000
V In 1969 and 1954 excludes
bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha for individual
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales, farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/
ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn
s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on nged-- "Cows and heifers that have calved". D
farms. NA - Not available.
2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since Since 1949 excludes farms with less than_15-20
n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older
ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasData withheld fcfavoid disclosure of information
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BURKE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
Burke County lies on the eastern border of Georgia about midway of the State. It was
created by the State Constitution of 1777 from the parish of St. Georgia and was named in
honor of the great orator and statesman, Edmund Burke, who espoused the cause of America in
the English Parliament. Waynesboro, the county seat, was named for General Anthony Wayne
*/97G fc^ri-55?^^s^ wn0 t00'< Part in t^le Tn"' 1 itary operations in Georgia during the last year of the Revolution. Jenkins and Jefferson Counties now include part of the land originally claimed by Burke.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 531,520 acres making it
2nd in size among counties in the State. There were 458 farms having a total of 270,777
acres, with land and buildings valued at $82,861,000. The number of farms declined 17 percent since the previous
five year census.
Burke County lies just south of the fall line and the majority of its soils are in Norfolk, Tifton and Ruston
classification of the Middle Coastal Plain Province. These soils are principally loamy sands and are well adapted
to the production of cotton, corn, soybeans and peanuts.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 45
inches in Burke County. This part of Georgia has the least average rainfall, but it is more evenly distributeA-_ j
throughout the year than in any other section. There is a maximum in mid-summer and thee usual autumn minimum,rwC6IV6G! no month averages as much as five and one-half inches, or as little as two inches. The temperature averages about
65 degrees for the year. The freeze-free growing season usually extends from just after March 20 to just before
November 10, for an average of around 230 days.
WDW 9 fi 1Q7Q
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLO (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
6,537,312
10,351,530
1974 DOC UMENTS Amount $ USfl/i
25,575,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
5,336,915 5,194,068
122,463 20,384 4,400 62,537
1,133,460 88,099 319,113 726,248
81.6 79.4
1.9 .3 .1
1.0 17.3
1.3 4.9 11.1
7,789,395 7,605,043
75.3 73.5
134,506 49,846
(D) 99,632
2,457,853 459,852 494,891
1,503,110
1.3 .5
1.0 23.7 4.4 4.8 14.5
25,303,000
21,223,000 20,996,000 12,671,000
4,710,000 102,000
3,513,000 129,000 98,000
i0,000 96,000
3,974,000 3,000
1,138,000 2,833,000 2,244,000
560,000
29,000
83.9 83.0 50.1
18.6 .4
13.9 .5 .4
.4
15.7
4.5 11.2 8.9
2.2
.1
Government Payments 3/
85,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for
individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock & Poult. & their Prod. 12.4%
Dairy Products 4.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec, & Forestry Products
3.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Poult. 4 their Prod.
11.2%
Dairy Products 4.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec, & Forestry Products
1.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BURKE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
51,578 84,927 54,085
79,626 61,014 77,760 50,610 84,494 51 ,261
67,200 60,340 57,200 55,400 54,300 58,400 48,800 43,800 41,000 32,000 30,600 26,850 27,200 29,400 28,100 32,700 32,700 29,200 26,200 26,300 27,300 26,700 37,000 43,100
,
Acreage Harvested
53,840 54,360 51,530 50,590 50,800 54,800 45,800 41,500 38,200 29,400 29,400 25,820 26,000 28,700 27,800 29,000 29,100 26,700 23,800 24,220 26,000 25,000 35,100 21,100
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
8.4 10.5 11.9 13.1 8.6 11.3
10.0 23.7 21.0 22.8 27.0 23.9 27.2 27.4 25.1 38.4 37.2 47.5 44.7 52.5 37.9 35.9 25.2 60.7 55.0 55.0 47.1 60.2 80.3 13.0
.
Bales
667,980 639,059 928,416 661,455 722,648 578,258
540,100 1,289,000 1,082,100 1,154,500 1,370,400 1,309,000 1,246,000 1,136,000
958,000 1,128,000 1,095,000 1,226,000 1,163,000 1 ,506,000 1,054,000 1 ,041,000
733,000 1 ,621,000 1,309,000 1,332,100 1,224,800 1,504,100 2,819,900
273,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
8,390 8,790 9,390 10,080 11,690 17,220 23,240 25,850 34,500 30,800 38,600 44,500 54,300 60,600 81,690 86,270 112,900 81,290 82,890
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Productior
(lbs.) ;i,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
14.5 14.0 17.0 15.0 14.0 22.5 20.0 23.0 26.0 13.5 25.0 26.0 26.0 12.5 21.2 22.5 26.6 20.4 17.9
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bushels)
121,655 123,060 159,630 151,200 162,725 387,450 464,800 594,550 897,000 415,800 965,000 1 ,157,000 1,411,800 757,500 1 ,731,800 1 ,941 ,100 3,003,100 1 ,658,300 1,483,700
Production (bu.)
99,928 104,786 93,865 74,484 57,404 62,077
43,390 37,210 34,810 26,040 19,090 29,520 31,600 35,180 37,380 33,100 32,960 26,320 19,500 12,900 23,100 20,400 21,300 20,000 24,100 23,365 23,300 8,700 20,200 12.400
226
44,451
223
46,741
281
52,762
202
30,050
2,699
306
35,148
2,697
144
17,845 10,778
1 ,708 5,721
252
22,790
6,280
310
1,947
334
25,860
6,740
569
3,833
337
24,490
6,500
682
4,432
306
16,610
6,280
605
3,797
421
16,800
5,840
809
4,724
371
22,850
5,390
663
3,576
375
24,720
4,810
686
3,298
366
26,890
4,550
854
3,887
346
27,040
4,600
676
3,111
361
25,000
4,700
811
3,813
455
31,330
4,790 1,214
5,817
519
28,550
4,875 1,379
6,722
470
19,130
5,180 1,493
7,732
485
13,100
5,360 1,860
9,968
324
15,650
6,090 1,620
9,865
311
13,230
6,240 1,809
11,291
316
14,000
6,210 2,316
14,385
478
19,900
6,545 2,991
19,579
382
19,200
6,310 2,761
17,424
612
29,800
6,490 2,984
19,363
498
24,200
6,354 3,569
22,677
563
10,200
6,387 3,374
21,552
403
17,000
6,408 2,498
16,647
149
3,850
6.348 2.415 ln.vn
210 132 1,115 105
1,937
1,140 1,070 1,340 1,450
700 1 ,100
980 1 ,000
670 750 850 770 1,020 2,120 2,430 2,720 3,380 9,820 6,260 8,200 5,680 4,700 3,380 3r19f)
16.0 17.2 18.9 15.5
22.0 15.5 18.0 23.5 17.0 25.0 26.5 24.0 29.0 26.0 25.8 37.9 40.5 41.1
22.0 25.5 22.7 34.2 26.7
30.5
1,440 1 ,017 8,377
719
19,175
18,220 18,400 25,370 22,480 1 5,400 17,050 17,640 23,500 11,390 18,750 22,530 18,490 29,580 55,200 62,700 103,000 137,000 403,600 137,500 209,100 129,000 160,700 90,200 97.300
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Populatic
30,165 27,268 30,836 29,224
26,520
23,458
20,596
18,255
BURKE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATTOT
Total
White
NonWhite
21,721 20,590 19,053 14,440 14,778
6,650
3,588
3,080 3,067 3,159
2,648
1,551
1,309
18,641 17,523 15,894
12,130
5,099
2,279
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
611,840 611,840 611,840 611,840 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 531,520 531,520
58.0 67.8 45.4 62.4 77.1 69.1 79.4 78.8 63.3 56.0 53.4 50.9
All Land in Farms (acres) 412,270
354,712 414,582 277,738 381 ,762 410,730 368,151 422,903 419,661 337,251 298,311 284,010 270,777
Average Size Farms
(acres)
99
91
89
76 119 174 156 196 254 287 425 514 591
Number
of Farms
4,169 3,907 4,675 3,673 3,199 2,360 2,362 2,154 1,654
1,176 702 553 458
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!.)
2,858,150
5,597,396 12,758,833 6,506,588
5,119,060 6,309,103 8,104,907 9,656,382 12,550,552 18,271,512 24,513,138 47,559,149 82,861,000
Average (dol.)
686
1,433 2,729 1,771 1,600 2,673 3,431 4,483 7,588 15,537 34,919 86,002 180,919
Tractors
40
197 517 780 1,081 1,101 1,021 965 858
Trucks
46
140 319 741 728 886 774 753 838
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
586
34
903
34
837
43
1,013
109
807
229
835
319
677
304
461
(NA)
405
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) 3,378
2,087 1,646 1 ,053 2,111 9,313 20,522 6,758 17,322 10,591 4,738 1,732
959
Production (bushels)
45,180 27,697 23,021
29,679 46,447 161,972 487,944 130,322 431,999 295,827 191,125 105,445 45,830
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
3,594 3,157 6,645 5,450
10,368 11,319
5,957 5,769 3,613 2.953
1,628 3,347
5,620 5,831 7,269 10,448 8,257 7.384
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
165 612 117
6,774 6,079 3,475 2,512 1,021
494
6,651
3.177 183,675
11,057 122,463 117,408 134,506 155,100 129,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
19,918
15,168
4,182
1,486
5,880
4,745
8,573
4,700
9,354
10,174
7,446
5,294
7,569
4,302
9,017
1,429
6,650
1,867
33,242
17,861
37,773
4,010
25,997
23,280
32,440
5,908
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
350
4,537 27,983
943 26,714 57,285
28,644
31,394 32,269 33,416 28,563 22,007 7,640
175,307 489,450 168,744 41,290 318,463
99,782 186,422 149,827
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,234
79,482
1,038
85,997
1,290
135,112
953
105,808
1,590
99,811
1,155
96,282
1,136
88,056
454
34,442
136
10,870
152
11,996
14
1,719
9
883
54
10,514
LAND USE IN ACRFS R/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
137,613 154,430 186,108 179,326 165,680 161,768 133,278 103,404 103,196 135,161
46,471 67,904 38,585 37,940 52,456 40,334 27,853 38,125 31,345 11,324
See foot notes on last sage.
5,534 9,553 19,296 7,868 21,172 37,859 24,558 17,331 19,394 15,835
Woodland
105,978 120,368 57,381 118,252
144,681 121,519 161.909 153,460 141,092 121,433 109,804 78,834
Other Land 9,967 19,791
28.201 29,050
20,640 20,963
21,686
26,240 10,470 18,118
20,271 29,623
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
84
81
67
47
38
54
63
79
63
74
55
218
88
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BURKE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,761 5,457 9,669 3,066 6,466 5,622 8,418 7,040 16,955 16,068 20,505 21,962 20,232
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,877 3,904
5,027 1,962 3,163 3,029 4,492 3,964 8,251 7,531 8,768 9,965 10,009
Milk Cows 2,100 3,106 3,813 1,904
2,826
2,386 2,683 2,016 1,585 1,784 1,471
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 7,110 28,983
79,114 57,033
144,324 180,041 188,867 669,789 1,352,065 982,277
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
25,353 22,891 27,527 10,050 21 ,490 18,080 22,740 21,210 19,089 20,650 12,260 12,726
6,377
Sows Farrowing 5/
7,585 1,264 3,575 2,728 3,935 3,016 2,986 3,660 1,648 2,313 1,450
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
91,529 60,724 84,544 57,683 69,027 72,310 73,621 42,219 50,623 107,725 72,875 13,339
2,346
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
14,182 7,724
27,708
15,769
11,932 24,563 43,213 65,796
6,792 82
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
278,330 135,843 224,849 247,988 247,840 263,118 273,581
57,380 190,132 1,218,222 1,013,682
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 119,109 $ 682,882
$ 263.1
22,792
350,892
496.9
94,709
1,102.3
136,416
958.3
321 ,147
1 ,026,306
1,195.6
698,769
1,377.6
732,969
1,401,348
1,064.3
667,522
2,009,761
1,125.3
1,269,000
4,884,000
1,601.0
*
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves 21,700
20,800 20,550 20,700 22,500 23,000 23,300 23,400 23,500 24,400 28,000 27,500 26,700 21,760
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1QV
Kept for Milk 1 ,900
1,750 1,650 1,730 1,800 1,900 1,700 1,640 1,600 1,420 1,300 1,300 1 ,440 1,340
Other
7,500 7,200 7,000 7,150 7,350 7,500 8,100 8,700 9,100 9,260 10,230 10,200 9,800 8,000
All Other
Cattle and
Calves 12,300
11,850 11,900 11,820 13,350 13,600 13,500 13,060 12,800 13,720 16,470 16,000 15,460
12,420
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 12,350
12,700 14,100 13,250
14,350 16,600 15,800
15,150 13,750 11,600
8,500 9,900 10,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BALDWIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-197B
Baldwin County ranks 27th in order of organization among the counties of the State and
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was created by Legislative Acts of May ll, 1803. It was named for Senator Abraham Baldwin, member of the Continental Congress and author of the bill to establish in Georgia the first
state university in America. Baldwin originally included Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and
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a small part of Twiggs. Milledgeville, the county seat, was for more than sixty years the state capitol of Georgia and was named for the Honorable John Milledge, patriot of the
Revolution, governor of the State, a member of Congress and later a member of the United
States Senate.
Baldwin is on the extreme southern border of the Piedmont Plateau area of the State. According to the 1974
Census of Agriculture, there were I8l farms having a total of 44,340 acres with land and buildings valued at
$18,764,000. Livestock, poultry and their products accounted for over 62 percent of the receipts from farm products
in 1974 compared to 81 percent in 1964.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 46
inches in Baldwin County. The total is between 40 and 50 inches in about one-half the years, and between 30 and 60
inches during 9 out of 10 years. Monthly averages range from almost five and one-half inches in July to just under
two inches in October. The temperature averages just under 63 degrees for the year. The freeze-free growing season
averages about 226 days, extending usually from around March 25 to November 6.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
5T
1,057,497
1964 Amount $
1 ,989,420
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
461,977 228,037
43.7 21.6
304,999 275,729
228,747 5,193
6,200 76,437
512,883 47,048 292,284 173,551
21.6 .5
.6 7.2
48.5 4.5 27.6 16.4
7,968 21,302
9,400 59,136
1,615,885 495,741 589,122 531 ,022
i
15.3 13.8
.4 1.1
.5 3.0 81.2 24.9 29.6 26.7
1974 Amount $ 1,765,000
1,535,000 346,000 318,000 203,000
25,000 87,000
3,000 (D) (D)
N0V2 6 1979
i V
DOCUMENTS ii. GA LIBRARIES
22.5 20.7 13.2
1.6 5.7
.2
230,000
959,000 (D) (D)
575,000 485,000
90,000
(Z)
15.0 62.5
37.5 31.6
5.9
Government Payments 1/
10,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for
individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Field Crops &
Hort. Spec. 22.2%
orestry Products 7.2%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 22.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Field Crops &
Hort. Spec. 20.7%
|--Forestry Products 15.0%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
BALDWIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
16,205 19,907 10,710
11,920 11,020
9,500 8,000 6,500 7,000 5,700 5,000 4,720 2,660 2,300 2,240 2,230 2,400 2,400 2,230 2,250 2,350 2,150 2,600 3,100 3,200 3,600 3,900
(acres)
-
22,642 18,562 23,261 15,945 19,432 8,466
8,960 8,640 7,360 6,280 5,000 5,500 4,600 3,700 3,430 1,770 1,600 1,550 1,580 1,800 1,800 1,900 1,870 2,050 1,900 2,200 2,600 2,830 3,300
580
(bu.)
7.1 9.5 9.8 11.8 8.0 16.0
7.6 22.9 22.5 17.9 23.8 24.1 26.1 23.0 25.9 35.6 26.9 38.7 33.5 43.9 38.3 40.0 22.5 48.3 27.0 49.0 41.0 47.3 44.1 15.0
(bushels)
160,010 176,110 228,274 188,241 155,927 135,612
67,900 197,900 165,600 112,100 119,100 132,600 120,000 85,000 89,000
63,000 43,000 60,000 53,000 79,000 69,000 76,000 42,000 99,000 51,300 107,800 106,600 134,000 145,500
8,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
(acres)
(bu.)
130 180 600 350 150 100
720 1,300
260 710 1,060 1,120
22.0 18.0 21.0 14.0 28.0 19.0
15.0 18.1 21.5 23.7 22.4 18.8
Production (bushels)
2,860 3,240 12,600 4,900 4,200 1,900
10,800 23,500
5,600 16,800 23,700 21,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yie Id per acre (lb; )
Acreage Production Harvested (1,000 lbs.
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
29,511 32,983 28,702 10,515
6,188 4,076
,2,800 2,660 2,360 1,300 645 1,460 1,300 1,360 1,360 1,430 1,310 1,070 720 420 610 530 500 500 600 460 735 170
167
9,357
170
11,247
158
9,080
213
4,470
226
2,800
221
1,803
261
1,530
263
1,460
203
1,000
152
410
338
460
418
1,270
303
820
393
1,110
340
970
276
830
340
930
386
860
333
500
181
160
162
205
215
235
226
235
404
420
222
275
270
260
259
395
312
110
540 311 128
40
37 E
30
40C
50
42C
20
40C
20
20C
30
233
10
90C
10
50C
10
70C
5
40C
10
50C
641
12
296
139
90
45
81
15
40
12
20
21
40
8
50
4
7
20
9
30
5
7
20
2
30
5
10
10
10
50 110 100 160 190 160
1 240 140
10.8 12.5 15.2 15.0
15.5 18.0
18.1 25.0 27.5 27.0 27.0
3,960 150
2,001 1 ,307
1 ,004
430 250 610 750
310 540
360 750 275 270 270
32.0 38.2 17.5 25.5 26.1 29.2 24.8 27.5
1,600 4,200 1,750 4,080 4,960 4,670 5,950 1 3,Rfin
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
17,768 18,354 19,791 22,878
24,190
29,706
34,064
34,240
BALDWIN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
6,134 5,656 6,362 4,196 3,184
1,084
997
2,090 1,894 2,258
1,245
460
736
4,044 3,762 4,104
1,939
624
261
196,480 196,480 196.480 196,480 196,480 169,600 169,600 169,600 169,600 164,480 164,480 162,944 162,944
73.0
143,413
106
76.1
149,533
104
67.7
132,943
87
49.9
97,973
99
63.7
125,234
123
74.0
125,539
156
80.2
136,055
152
92.8
157,334
227
59.0
99,994
216
49.8
81 ,850
253
44.5
73,218
273
34.4
56,025
286
27.2
44,340
245
Number
of Farms
1,356
1,431
1,536 994
1,020 805 893 692 464 324 268 196 181
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,012,650 1,900,200 4,829,121 2,168,945 1,650,973 1,979,442 2,157,648 5,713,152 3,294,400 6,549,660 6,291,836 9,943,120 18,764,000
Average (dol.)
747 1,328 3,144 2,182 1,619 2,459 2,416 8,256 7,100 20,215 23,477 50,730 103,666
Tractors
19
25 56 204 260 209 255 237 209
Trucks
59
86 103 281 235 173 208 192 185
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
325
59
298
31
280
40
373
71
391
56
258
111
297
167
186
(NA)
149
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,927 1,779 1,003
192 370 112 541 1,177 1,879 903 77 75
10
24,800 28,794 10,158 4,539
7,832 2,779 12,599 25,669 34,432 19,915 1,650 2,450
200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,845 953
2,371 3,148
3,772 2,535 2,129 3,229 2,340 2,091
683 1,838
3,245 1,712 2,887 8,060 6,500 5,283
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,733 1,190 1,177
1,742 1,468 1,464
55 43 54
86,193
42,484 123,608 199,242 228,747 296,192
7,968 7,350
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
31,780 23,834 18,734 21,925
6,463 5,968 12,331 3,140
470 12,681 4,345
10
290 20,488
6,379 3,478 3,505 1,742 2,755
343 875 1,406 3,132
4
PECANS 1/3/
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
5,709 11,070
170 335 12,875 11,822
13,321
9,019 2,574 2,984 3,429
469 2.781
67,743 55,649
52,397
4,477 44,735
2,783
4,800 29r205
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
700
44,898
510
36,429
765
62,852
535
51,074
843
57,084
671
54,230
904
57,725
311
35,331
234
13,905
129
15,332
12
1.245
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
33,814
9,186
1934
36,219
12,580
1939
34,829
14,063
1944
34,141
11,162
1949
25,410
9.736
1954
20,660
7,232
1959
13,340
2,468
1964
7,698
3,261
1969
5,198
3,826
1974
6,069
2,462
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES y Plowable Pasture
7,581 9,984 32,324 6,600 11,793 11,679 14.211 6,719 8,051 7,281
Woodland
60,445 39,965 30,514 51,513 35,975 73,524 93,919 49,527 43,081 41,013 29,212 21,089
Other Land
8,035 9,125 16,370 14,143 8.052 9.014 16,476 10,896 8,741 14,527 9,738 7,439
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 24500
*
3
4
9
5
10
10
14
20
16
23
31
134
98
*Farm numbers with value of sale s of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BALDWIN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,804 3,624 6,297 4,234 6,079 5,960 6,536 8,241 9,340 6,963 8,298 5,888 6,266
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,799 2,391 3,160 2,364 3,394 3,402 3,791 4,539 5,769 3,772 4,554 3,091 3,577
Milk Cows
1,447 1,863 2,556 2,279
3,136
2,814 2,091
910 1,057
308 207
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
106,080 20,375 96,387
196,185
578,755 551,657 708,334 619,900 722,662 760,823
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,700 4,721 9,563 2,712 5,225 3,803 4,188 3,775 1,721 3,965 3,453 2,887 1,107
Sows Farrowing 5/
1 ,673 410 562 457 606 414 316 620 268 459 189
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
20,702 23,562 32,448 22,658 23,327 17,152 19,182 16,112 15,014 43,646 68,410 1,823
984
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,959 15,617 12,046
9,485
5,919 9,243 333,755 114,582 (D) 366,638
Eggs Produced (dozen) i/
54,210 73,378 107,121 134,715 98,742 87,228 98,458 31 ,321 98,344 474,007 845,376 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 49,979
$ 82,717
$ 67.2
86,162
57,491
88.3
50,496
108.1
299,436
273.3
317,520
118,765
222.9
314,931
153.8
420,430
99,612
270.7
170,102
124,241
143.2
393,000
240,000
125.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,800 8,800 8,400 8,500 8,000 7,500 7,800 7,900 8,000 8,200 9,600 9,500 9,200 7,200
Cows 2 years old and older 1JJ/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,250 1,150
950 1,000
850
700 550 500 450 320 330 330 330 310
3,650 3,850 3,700 3,600 3,700 3,800 3,850 3,950 3,950 4,020 4,570 4,500 4,100 3.530
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,900 3,800 3,750 3,900 3,450 3,000 3,400 3,450 3,600 3,860 4,700 4,670 4,770 3,360
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
3,500 3,300 3,650 3,000 3,250 3,800 3,600 3,400 3,000 2,300 1,500 2,000 2,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". D - Data withheld to~~avo id disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BARTOW COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1QOO-1B7B
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Bartow County lies in the northwestern part of the State. It was the 80th county of the State created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from Cherokee County and was at first called Cass in honor of General Lewis Cass of Michigan. However, the view of General Cass on the issue of slavery made the name unpopular and on December 6, 1861 the name of the county was changed to Bartow in honor of the illustrious hero of Manassas, General FraBcis S. Bartow. Cartersville, the county seat, was named for Farish Carter, one
of the wealthiest of Georgia ante-bellum land owners. When first organized the county
included land which is now a part of Gordon County. Bartow lies in the Valley and Ridge Province of soil classification. The Valley soils are productive partic-
ularly for cotton, the most important field crop. The yield per acre of cotton in Bartow County exceeded a bale
per acre in 1955, 1958 and l962 through 1965 then in 1969, 1970 and 1971 and is usually one of the highest in
the State. Hay crops are of considerable importance, also corn, although corn acreages have been greatly decreased.
Poultry and poultry products have now surpassed cotton as an income source moving from 13 percent of the receipts
from sale of farm products in 1954 to over one-half in 1974. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture there were
494 farms having a total of 111,240 acres with land and buildings valued at $69,813,000. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average yearly precipitation in
Bartow County ranges from about 47 inches in the southeast to almost 51 inches in the northwest. January through March is usually the wettest part of the year and October is the driest month, on the average. The average annual temperature varies from north to south, ranging generally between 60 and 62 degrees. The freeze-free growing
season usually extends from early April to late October, a period of around 205 days.
Received
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
i
4,437,222
1964
Amount $
%
7,698,175
1974 Amount $ 13,708,000
* V NOtf 2 6 197
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,101,883 3,043,667
26,381 31,835
345 64,020 1,270,974 586,633 353,849 330,492
69.9 68.6
.6 .7
1.4 28.7 13.2 8.0
7.5
2,701,055 2,686,828
13,501 726 500
161,796 4,834,824 3,785,929
547,164 501 ,731
35.1 34.9
.2
2.1 62.8 49.2
7.1 6.5
13,477,000
2,837,000 2,813,000
781,000
1,976,000 56,000
16,000 9,000
(D) (D)
10,618,000 7,549,500 1 ,487 ,000 1,581,500 871,500 682,000
28,000
21.1 20.9
5.8
14.7 .4
.1 .1
78.8 56.0 11.0 11.8
6.5 5.1
.2
Government Payments 3/
38,000
]_/ Dollar amounts and percentages 1954 and 1964. Crop and 1 ivestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages foor 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for compuuttaattion of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
DOCUMENTS U RARIE
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
Pou