- 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
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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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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