- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Farm statistics : Georgia counties, 1900-1976
- Creator:
- United States. Bureau of the Census
- Publisher:
- Athens, Ga. : Georgia Crop Reporting Service
- Date of Original:
- 1976
- Subject:
- Agriculture--Georgia--Statistics
Farms--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
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APPLING COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B78
Appling County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 out of treaty lands negotiated from the Creek Indians by ex-governor David B. Mitchell. It was the 40th county in Georgia in order of organization and was named in honor of Colonel Daniel Appling. When first organized, Appling included Clinch, Jeff Davis, Pierce and Ware Counties and parts of Charlton, Echols and Wayne. Holmesville was the original county seat but later the courthouse was moved to the present county seat of Baxley and even the name of the first site is all but forgotten. Baxley was named for Wilson Baxley who came to Georgia from North Carolina as an early settler.
Appling is on the extreme southern border of the Middle Coastal Plain area of the State and the soils are principally of the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series--loamy sands and sands. These soils are adapted to production of corn, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, vegetables and pecans.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture the land area was approximately 328,064 acres. There were 771 farms having a total of 163,034 acres, with land and buildings valued at $77,210,000. Livestock and products dropped slightly in relative importance in value of farm products sold while field crops showed an offsetting increase. The corn-hog enterprises are still most important, however, and the Georgia Crop Reporting Service ranks Appling County 9th among Georgia counties in swine number in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in Appling County of around 47 inches. In about one year out of five the annual total can be expected to exceed 60 inches,
and about one year in four it will be less than 40 inches. The average annual temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of last spring and first fall freezing temperatures are about March 9 and November 18 respectively, giving an average freeze-free growing season of 254 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
3,102,197
7,437,337
1974
Amount $
i V
23,620,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
2,280,697 2,249,918
23,357 7,422 7,125
98,583 715,792
30,993 63,934 620,865
73.5 72.5
.8 .2 .2 3.2 23.1 1.0 2.1 20.0
3,766,827 3,738,063
19,392 9,372 9,511
741,745 2,919,254
406,168 448,592 2,064,494
22,826,000
50.6
10,641,500
46.6
50.2
10,609,500
46.5
5,408,500
23.7
5,053,000
22.2
(Z)
31,000
.1
117,000
.5
.3
30,000
.1
.1
2,000
.1
83,000
.4
10.0
351,000
1.5
39.3 5.5 6.0
11,750,500 51.5
5,236,500
22.9
1,389,000
6.1
27.8
' 5,125,000 1,239,000 3,870,000
22.5 5.4
17.0 Received
16,000
.1
Government Payments 1/
17,000
Wf^ UV2 61979
V Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than~half of the unit reported.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & S Hort. Spec. 1.9%
Forestry Products & ' Hort. Spec. 3.4% Poultry & Poultry "Products 1.0% -Dairy Products 2.15
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 20.C
, Poultry & Poultry Products 22.9%
Dairy Products 6.1% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 22.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
APPLING COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
22,611 31,467 26,770
29,330 28,910 29,200 32,000 33,400 36,300 33,100 30,600 28,000 36,000 34,900 31,000 31,900 34,900 35,400 38,850 39,000 46,100 41,400 48,600 50,100 47,900 52,700 52,700
20,845 20,750 25,785 22,127 30,375 19,718
19,220 19,250 19,240 21,370 22,700 25,100 23,200 23,750 22,800 30,300 30,700 27,300 28,400 33,000 34,300 36,000 34,700 43,300 38,500 44,000 47,100 44,440 49,700 35,500
10.4 12.9
9.1 12.5
9.4 13.7
16.9 25.3 24.5 26.3 28.6 24.5 29.2 31.1 35.4 48.0 38.8 54.6 39.4 59.9 50.9 39.3 31.8 62.6 63.0 62.0 63.2 64.1 63.7 25.0
216,590 267,138 233,948 277,488 285,558 269,926
325,100 487,000 471,400 561,700 649,500 614,200 677,000 738,000 806,000 1,455,000 1,191,000 1,491,000 1,120,000 1,977,000 1,745,000 1,414,000 1,103,000 2,712,000 2,425,500 2,728,000 2,977,700 2,849,000 3,165,100 886,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 110 120 160 240 310 850 2,500 1,400 480 1,500 2,700 1,800 2,590 2,510 2,750 1,890 3,800
17.0
25.0
19.5
28.5 18.0 20.5 23.5 25.0 17.5 22.5 20.0 22.0 15.5 26.9 26.0 24.7 24.4 24.9
1,700 2,750 2,340 4,565 4,320 6,355 19,975 62,500 24,500 10,800 30,000 59,400 27,900 69,700 65,300 67,900 46,100 94,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield
per acre (lbs.)
Production ;i,ooo ibs.)
9,697
2,492
3
1
14,335
184
5,283
13,263
86
2,283
197
46
12,146
231
5,619
2,999
2,956
860
5,693
169
1,928
4,334
3,240
81
42
8,447
124
2,101
3,181
3,309
759
451
5,160
339
3,640
3,600
1,010
3,637
390
785
306
4,350
325
2,940
3,470
1,368
4,748
300
883
265
3,970
263
2,180
3,015
1,453
4,380
330
1,121
370
2,920
167
1,020
2,230
1,195
2,665
260
842
219
2,605
453
2,460
2,085
1,683
3,509
300
1 ,087
326
3,820
308
2,450
2,370
1,362
3,229
230
757
174
3,950
409
3,370
2,440
1,884
4,596
310
1,074
333
3,580
297
2,220
2,450
1,920
4,703
250
904
226
3,330
332
2,310
2,555
2,000
5,111
275
1,058
291
3,750
335
2,630
2,425
2,008
4,869
265
1,264
335
3,560
356
2,650
2,185
1,942
4,244
250
1,096
274
3,420
307
2,190
1,950
2,134
4,162
240
1,583
380
2,010
241
1,010
2,000
1,380
2,761
225
1 ,244
280
1,050
163
1,450
no
360
2,610
2,014
5,256
335
2,000
1,725
3,450
235 245
1,383 1,298
325 318
600
177
220
2,210
1,305
2,885
190
921
175
200
115
48
2,740
1,819
4,984
230
1,917
441
200
135
55
2,210
1,947
4,302
220
2,195
483
200
310
130
1,920
1,975
3,792
260
2,423
630
2,160
1,551
3,350
275
1,898
522
2,590
2,224
5,760
276
2,297
634
2,640
1,987
5,246
292
2,623
766
2,220
1,904
4,227
289
2,384
689
?,?nn 1 ?,nnn
4.400 1 288
2.181
fi?8
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
12,336 12,318 10,594 13,314
14,497
14,003
13,246
12,726
APPLING COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
340,742
258
386,560
72.7
280,985
184
290,560
72.7
211 ,368
153
8,696
7,494
1,202
290,560
56.5
164,127
113
8,758
7,819
939
290,560
68.4
198,847
135
9,845
8,663
1 ,182
328,960
57.9
190,480
131
7,182
328,960
58.3
191,811
131
8,680
7,482
1,198
328,960
59.3
195,057
113
328,960
63.2
208,032
148
5,161
4,547
614
328,960
52.4
172,302
158
328,960
52.1
171,310
193
3,125
2,968
157
328,064
48.0
157,515
181
328,064
49.7
163,034
211
Number of Farms
1,323 1,525 1,384 1,448 1,475 1,459 1,463
1,733 1,403 1,089
886 871 771
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
867,810 2,270,848 4,715,334 3,455,898 2,659,185 3,323,507 4,445,635 7,594,006 9,509,534 17,417,466 26,758,972 45,155,606 77,210,000
Average
(dol.)
656 1,489 3,407 2,387 1,803 2,278 3,039 4,382 6,778 15,994 30,202 51,843 100,143
Tractors
7
25 85 541 814 937 1,109 993 1,012
Trucks
174
206 366 660 838 746 816 830 893
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
546
100
409
48
492
21
630
49
658
285
662
439
831
612
747
(NA)
718 .-- (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,986 2,345 1,523
125 6
33 11 88 717 279 287 14 154
20,010 21,790 16,087
2,975 170 510 155
1 ,245 14,608
6,048 10,400
769 8,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,311 1,669 4,078 3,461
1,784 1,361 1,130 1,633
940 1,548
1,270 2,183
1,284 1,110 2,039 3,080 2,612 3,231
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
65
3,721
388
318
8,231
19,323
953
45,665
393
23,357
226
14,831
152
19,392
115
21,878
51
30,000
PEACHES 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
22,314 6,985
13,449 1,907 3,753 6,476 8,386 3,640 279 358 691
236 843 4,707 428 1,834 5,378 3,426 498
73 132 262
PECANS 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
3,731 5,946
10 3,660 18,902 3,587
8,038
8,566 7,118 3,092 4,351 2,878
241
133,525 158,898
17,616 21,349 37,219 30,849 93,573
2.231
SUEEI
POTATC ES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
734 893 1,038 1,488 1,661 1,760 1,588 1,541 832 670 281 101
63
62,189 79,638 89,542 132,392 86,504 107,254
111,783 124,515
57,842
78,899 28,398
10,636 7rnin
LAND USE IPSEES: M.
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
44,415
5,560
1934
44,519
4,489
1939
51,440
1,086
1944
47,041
4,020
1949
47,723
6,949
1954
47,849
2,102
1959
43,629
4,387
1964
42,707
4,774
1969
42,370
8,890
1974
55,017
4,523
See footnotes on last page.
6,360 938
1,377 1,394 4,097 3,916 6,512 8,042 8,992 10,787
Woodland
221,017 129,421
89,847 138,447 133,944 133,153 130,272 145,281 109,528 108,151
88,508 77,421
Other Land
6,894 26,092
16,471
6,848 2,245
5,628
6,016 8,884 8,246
7,636 8,755
15,286
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over
40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999
10,000 to 19,999
5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999
50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
55
57
82
65
154
136
146
174
130
153
78
286
126
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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APPLING COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
18,231 16,868 13,144
5,109 11,320 7,367 9,133 7,044 11,609 10,306 16,673 14,021 16,158
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,268 9,242 6,112 2,900 4,992 3,561 5,261 3,337 6,050 4,965 6,650 6,772 8.360
Milk Cows
3,103 4,75fl 2,084 1,818
2,056
1,919 1,756 1,153 1,180 1,319 2.155
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
2,012 808
3,640 5,590
77,902 65,000 61,033 142,378 370,437 855,116 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
20,463 26,389 19,994
8,927 15,735 12,567 18,097 21,814 22,917 30,257 28,842 39,554 37.493
4,348 1,522 1,817 1,980 2,886 2,608 3,925 6,448 6,161 7,767 7.626
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 77
31,939 34,750 39,249 32,939 43,540 41,539 46,083 38,556 42,493 45,039 30,416 286,277 259,698
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,434 6,782
14,021
19,932
7,739 4,527 315,616 606,507 1 ,958,846 4,250,234
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
94,060 83,052 112,677 168,563 132,830 171,035 311,412 34,732 62,855 422,795 287,750 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Heed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
Fertilizer
Hired Labor
(Thoi]<; )
$ 13,166 17,521
130,879
115,669 296,985 540,743 1,115,984
2,642,549 5,606,000
$ 160,796 146,334
465,202
1,116,797 1 ,029,009 2,995,000
$ 49.4 40 3 199 5
236 5 283 5 311 3
442.6 539 7 982 0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
17,700 17,200 16,650 16,600 15,500 16,000 16,800 17,000 17,000 16,800 19,100 19,000 18,400 16.780
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,400 1,300 1,320 1,320 1,350 1,880 1,750 2,020 2,100 1,890 2,130 2,130 2,040
1,930
5,700 5,800 5,500 5,650 5,800 5,900 5,900 5,900 5,900 6,040 7,360 7,300 6,800
5.930
All Other Cattle and Calves
10,600 10,100
9,830 9,630 8,350 8,220 9,150 9,080 9,000 8,870 9,610 9,570 9,560 8.920.
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
29,100 34,350 38,050 41,250 44,550 51 ,650 49,100 47,100 41,800 37,500 31,400 39,000 44,000
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved".
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available.
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ATKINSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Atkinson County was created by Legislative Act of August 15, 1917 from parts of Clinch
and Coffee Counties and was 151st in order of organization in Georgia counties. The county
was named for Governor William Y. Atkinson. Pearson, the county seat, took its name from
B. Pearson who was one of the early settlers and leaders of that section.
m,
Atkinson lies in the Lower Coastal Plain Province of soil classification. Approximately one-half of the county is in farms and more than 66 percent of the farmland is in woods. Farm numbers decreased by about 5 percent during the 1969 to 1974 period, increasing in
average size from 301 to 315 acres.
Despite increased value of sales, field crops have decreased in relative importance in the agricultural
economy of the county. Much of this was due to an increase in sales of poultry and poultry products, which made
up slightly over one-half of the total agricultural sales in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in
Atkinson County of around 48 inches. In about three out of five years, the annual total is between 40 and 55
inches. July is normally the wettest month, averaging around six inches of rain, and November, with an average of
deceived just under two inches, is the driest. The average annual temperature is about 66 degrees. The freeze-free growin
season averages about 255 days, extending usually from early March to mid-November, or slightly later.
N0V2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964
Amount T~~
1,939,799
3,764,691
1974 Amount V
17,172,000
DOCUMENTS r#<;A LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
1,371,168 1,346,227
13,127 11,814
70.7 69.4
.7 .6
1,615,288 1,610,855
2,240 2,193
42.9 42.8
17,122,000
5,328,000 5,251,000 2,022,000 3,092,000
21,000 116,000
76,000 (Z)
31. 30. 11. 18.1
.1 .7 .4
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
111,890
456,741 64,016 24,456
368,269
5.8
23.5 3.3 1.2
19.0
(D) 490,608
1,633,795 1 ,228,561
40,465 364,769
13.0
43.4 32.6
1.1 9.7
506,000
11,288,000 9,465,000 (D) (NA) 372,000 1,296,000
(D)
3.0 65.9 55.3
2.2 7.6
Government Payments 2/
5,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms 3/ Available only f'or 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than "Raf of the unit reported. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 .Forestry Products 5.8%
ther Livestock, Dairy their Products 20.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
.Forestry Products 3.0%
i-0ther Livestock, Dairy & their Products 10.6%
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
11,726 17,069 16,846
17,840 16,730 16,900 17,600 16,000 16,800 14,700 13,300 11,600 10,600 10,200 10,100 10,200 11,600 11,300 14,700 15,100 16,800 15,100 16,000 18,200 18,000 20,700 19,800
ATKINSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
17,920 11,308 15,568 8,349
11,420 11,470 11,290 11,920 11,100 11,600 10,200 9,400 8,700 8,800 8,900 8,780 9,000 10,500 9,900 13,500 13,450 15,900 14,000 14,000 17,800 17,820 20,400 10,500
9.5 12.2 10.7 16.3
15.1 26.6 24.6 22.8 29.5 33.4 36.0 40.1 31.6 47.4 48.4 58.8 49.9 63.0 31.3 44.7 28.3 51.1 63.0 33.0 66.2 53.3 54.9 22.0
170,947 137,656 166,779 135,916
173,000 305,000 278,200 272,100 327,300 387,300 367,000 377,000 275,000 417,000 431,000 516,000 449,000 662,000 310,000 604,000 380,000 813,000 882,000 462,000 1,178,100 949,100 1,119,300 230,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 140 200 240 400 1,200 2,100 2,600 2,400 1,520 2,110
1,530 1,850
22.0 20.0
26.0 17.5 20.5
17.5
27.0 17.0 15.3 22.5 22.7 22.4 23.5
Production (bushels)
2,200 4,060 5,200 4,200 8,200 21,000 56,700 44,200 36,700 34,200 47,900 34,300 43,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Productior
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.
3,826
Ill
658
1,021
552
4,152
212
1,765
1,652
1,592
1 ,823
1,667
136
454
2,526
2,321
259
209
2,019
177
713
1,683
2,330
240
187
1,022
376
800
1,760
1,482
2,608
150
900
135
780
356
580
1,700
1,635
2,780
150
1,220
183
760
261
410
1,485
1,567
2,327
170
1,306
222
520
219
240
1,120
1,479
1,656
210
1,157
243
305
354
230
1,035
1,592
1,648
790
320
530
1,180
1,664
1,963
960
384
770
1,200
2,121
2,545
240
1,171
250
1,284
250
1,140
281 321 285
700
274
400
1,190
2,297
2,734
500
326
340
1,255
2,185
2,742
460
307
290
1,200
2,328
2,793
450
367
340
1,070
2,239
2,396
390
313
250
970
2,313
2,244
180
278
100
1,000
1,944
1,944
45
222
20
1,155
2,333
2,695
80
200
36
960
2,160
2,074
15
200
5
1,020
1,922
1,960
240
1,208
225
1,253
220
1,277
230
1,370
235
2,081
255
1 ,663
250
2,084
245
2,086
235
1,668
290 282
281 315 489 424 521 511 392
1,100
2,339
2,573
260
2,092
544
950
2,347
2,230
275
2,553
702
910
2,350
2,139
255
3,745
955
1,000
1,754
1,754
270
2,533
684
1,340
2,498
3,347
268
2,813
754
1,370
2,077
2,845
273
2,934
801
1,170
1,932
2,260
269
2,651
713
1,310
2,094
2,743
272
2,923
795
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
7,656 6,894 7,093 7,362 6,188 5,879
ATKINSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
211,200
67.0
141,600
175
811
3,882
3,313
569
211,200
57.2
120,756
168
720
4,204
3,533
671
211,200
39.2
82,865
114
728
4,343
3,779
564
203,520
41.5
84,434
128
662
3,453
203,520
59.9
121,906
166
734
3,911
3,304
607
203,520
70.2
142,840
178
801
203,520
63.3
128,796
220
584
1,565
1,443
122
203,520
56.4
114,760
278
413
203,520
45.7
93,035
363
256
2,555
1 ,793
762
203,200
51.3
104,249
301
346
203,200
50.8
103,144
315
327
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,316,885 1,847,420 1,243,545 1,751 ,931 2,898,061 5,541,318 8,700,432 9,966,929 15,894,528 25,367,205 37,852,000
4,090 2,566 1,708 2,646 3,948 6,918
14,898 24,133 62,088
73,315 115,754
Tractors
4
25 90 264 384 468 328 458 485
Trucks
77
109 156 286 359 370 263 330 403
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
205
40
193
28
226
21
383
25
310
36
292
126
267
176
288
(NA)
347
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,716 149 16 211 62 66 558 358 25 14
21,525 2,620 275 3,680 1,155 1,560
15,743 8,780 1,101
933
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,614 873
2,573 983
283 450 387 319 326 487
568 1,432
295 418 498 552 764 1,051
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2,436
1,432
218
7,275
590
984
727
875
483
144
4,091
1,871
940
14,330
2,193
453
197
12,544
365
52
273
13,127
34
3
19
1 ,620
67
17
11
2,240
143
107
114
13,862
142
76,000
2,218
7,353
497
3,231
6,803
490
684
5,356
148,408
536
131,612
301
8,271
12,665
260
2,400
37,873
73
2,911
43,700
54
2,272
3,567
6
1,927
3,471
3
283
1.200
46,768 48,747 37,898 35,440 15,487 14,684
4,796 5,777
600 270
Year
Harvested Cropland
t ANH IISF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
22,330
7,054
1934
24,533
3,342
1939
26,891
724
1944
24,132
3,031
1949
23,142
2,864
1954
20,830
1,681
1959
19,340
3,102
1964
12,756
7,586
1969
15,896
7,030
1974
18,943
2,334
See foo :notes on last page.
2,507 981 744 391
2,642 5,394 3,685
2,473 3,294 4,690
Woodland
100,122 83,720 49,016 53,919 88,106 110,438 93,542 81,489 65,962 68,679 68,379
Other Land
4,940 4,493 4,461 1,994 6,162 3,754 7,349 7,144 4,258 9,350 8,798
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
57
65
72
50
50
51
47
67
23
27
25
86
53
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ATKINSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowinq 5/
8,799 4,618
7,601 5,769 8,028 5,686 7,271 5,319 4,726 5,369 6,766
4,724 2,470 3,839 2,724 5,162 3,348 3,678 2,780 2,599 2,604 3,780
54 862
1,346
421 521 275 129 125 124
1,335 6,985
3,490 11,092
1,675 41 ,341 189,510
(NA) (NA)
14,794
7,134 7,853 9,480 11,069 14,565 11,867 13,200 8,756 15,381 11,154
2,976 997
1 ,366 1 ,349 1 ,877 1,443 2,004 2,522 1 ,653 2,817 2,607
Chickens (4
Months and
Older) 1!
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
24,359 21,746 20,109 19,786 24,387 22,115 21,246 30,264 59,813 518,879 463,766
5,356 8,047
7,066
4,102 51,829 1,069,456 1,836,528 5,756,327 8,446,548
81,469 121 ,541
72,501 101,955
96,486 23,426 67,283 210,870 866,758 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 15,763 $ 82,352 $ 33.1
7,908
80,572
33.9
45,173
88.3
61,946
164.8
170,064
273,218
194.9
550,420
197.9
568,598
291,813
272.8
3,421,087
424,897
337.5
7,231,000
1,080,000
475.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
5,000 4,600 4,500 4,600 5,000 5,500 5,600 5,500 5,500 5,700 7,500 7,500 7,300 6,300
Cows 2 years old and older LQ/
Kept for Milk
Other
150
2,600
130
2,750
120
2,750
90
2,850
150
2,950
140
3,050
120
2,950
100
2,910
100
2,890
90
3,000
100
3,850
200
4,000
200
3,900
180
3,580
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,250 1,720 1 ,630 1,660 1,900 2,310 2,530 2,490 2,510 2,610 3,550 3,300 3,200 2,540
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
8,800 11,950 13,250 16,050 17,350 20,100 19,100 16,700 14,400 12,600 9,100 13,200 14,500
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales, farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include on nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". NA -
2/ Excludes Iris Since 1949 exclude n definition. 6/ ing with 1969 chic ly eggs sold. 1_0/
Not available.
h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s farms with less than 15-20 In 1969 and thereafter classifikens 3 months old and older.
In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BIBB COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7I
Bibb County was created by Legislative Act of December 9, 1822 from parts of Houston, Jones, Monroe and Twiggs Counties and was 54th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for Dr. W. W. Bibb, a practicing physician who was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia and later became the first Territorial Governor of Alabama. Macon, the county seat, was named for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina. Macon supplanted Fort Hawkins, the most important stronghold on the Georgia frontier in pioneer days. Macon is the home of Wesleyan College, the first chartered college in the world for awarding of degrees to women.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 162,560 acres making it 118th in size among counties in the State. There were 192 farms having a total of 27,144 acres with land and buildings valued at $15,421,000.
Bibb is on the fall line dividing the Piedmont Plateau Province from the Upper Coastal Plain Province--Sandhills. In the northern portion of the county the soils are of the Cecil, Lloyd, Appling and Madison series while in the lower portion are found Kershaw, Gilead and Vaucluse series--deep phase sands. The county is therefore adapted by areas to a wide range of crops: soybeans, cotton, peanuts, corn, truck crops, pecans and peaches. In 1974 the soybean acreage surpassed corn and cotton acreage combined.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports precipitation averages about 45 inches per year in Bibb County. Annual totals have ranged from 67.80 inches in 1929 to 26.05 inches in 1954, but fall between 35 and 55 inches during more than 80 percent of the years. July is normally the wettest month, and October the driest. The average annual temperature is about 65 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages just under 240 days, and usually extends from mid-March to mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
2,190,190
2,767,853
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
724,251 300,600
33.0 13.7
1,198,499 746,837
16,202 407,449
106,980 54,050
1,304,909 198,802 856,277 249,830
.7 18.6
4.9 2.5
59.6 9.1
39.1 11.4
22,145 429,517
149,950 88,768
1 ,330,636 258,602 842,616 229,418
i
43.3 27.0
.8 15.5
5.4 3.2 48.1 9.4 30.4 8.3
1974 Amount $
2,943,000
^W| V wvl
* V
NOV 2 6 1979
2,837,000
1,014,000 596,000 532,000
12,000 30,000 22,000 39,000 379,000
78,000 9,000
1,736,000 367,000 819,000 550,000 207,000 247,000
6,000
DOCUMENTS
UOW
21.0
JBRARIES
18.7
.4 1.1
.8 1.4 13.3
2.8
.3
61.2 12.9 28.9 19.4 10.5
8.7
.2
Government Payments 3/
2.000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.42!
Poultry & Poultry ** Products 9.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 3.1%
Poultry & Poultry --- Products 12.9%
*^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.4%
. Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.4%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
12,462 14,028 7,214
5,950 5,200 4,300 3,700 3,300 3,400 2,760 2,420 2,270 2,300 2,000 1,880 1,890 2,000 2,000 1,500 1,700
900 850 1,100 1,500 1,100 1,300 1,250
BIBB COUNTY ACREAGI:, YIELD ANC PRODUCTION, 1954- 197;
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels]
(acres)
(bu.)
21,911 15,345 18,479 11,274 13,396
6,740
3,530 4,170 3,500 3,050 2,600 3,000 2,340 2,100 1,950 1,940 1,700 1,650 1,680 1,850 1,830 1,250 1,430
800 750 990 1,400 1,020 1,210 180
10.2 13.7 11.3 13.4 11.9 16.0
8.2 26.3 31.5 31.7 38.7 35.9 30.8 31.9 25.6 42.8 35.3 49.1 42.3 54.1 43.2 38.4 37.1 62.5 49.1 62.0 48.4 54.2 55.9 12.2
222,920 209,767 209,359 151,253 159,414 107,619
28,800 109,700 110,200
96,800 100,500 107,700
72,000 67,000 50,000 83,000 60,000 81,000 71,000 100,000 79,000 48,000 53,000 50,000 36,800 61 ,400 67,800 55,300 67,600
2,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
250 930 990 1,060
2,140 2,160 1,600
1,000 1,500 2,300 3,700 3,500 3,300 2,700 2,800 4,420 4,620 2,370 2,500
18.5
23.5 16.5
14.5 20.0 17.5 19.5
20.0 25.0 17.0 26.0 19.0 24.0 11.0 17.1 21.0 26.7 26.2 15.4
Production
(bushels)
4,625 21 ,960 16,335 15,370 42,800 37 ,800 31 ,200 20,000 37,500 39,100 96,200 66,500 79,200 29,700 47,900 92,800 123,400 62,100 38,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
WHEAT
Acreage 1 Yield Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
21,492
159
24,535
192
24,927
130
5,808
176
2,745
215
2,405
337
1,450
259
1,160
484
1,110
404
440
414
125
376
800
364
690
293
630
459
560
411
700
437
820
477
520
450
350
466
160
500
270
289
240
404
240
350
200
475
220
309
35
571
70
329
t
6,869 9,419 6,474 2,039 1,180 1,620
780 1,170
940 380 100 610 420 600 480 640 820 490 340 165 165 200 175 195 140
42 48
354 166 488 394
996
860 610 560 610 300 600 470 560 350 970 1,030 910 860 1.190 1,160 780 670 1,050 320 380 740 410 560 700
22.0 13.4 19.2 17.0 28.0 27.5 31.0 30.5 30.0 33.0 36.5 30.0 32.0
29.1 29.7 31.2 39.0 41.1
19.0 26.3 25.7 26.1 32.0 28.6
3,300 3,015 5,424 3,494
14,099
18,900 8,160
10,750 10,370
8,400 16,500 14,570 17,080 10,500 32,000 37,600 27,300 27,520 34,600 34,500 24,300 26,100 43,200
6,070 10,000 19,000 10,700 17,900 20.000
1
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
50,473 56,646 71,304 77,042
83,783
114,079
141,249
143,418
BIBB COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
erage Siz e Farms
cres)
7,271 7,514 6,124 4,272 3,263
1,672
1,093
3,536 4,077 3,340
2,191
1,093
759
3,735 3,437 2,784
1,072
579
334
177,280 177,280 177,280 177,280 177,280 160,640 160,640 160,640 160,640 160,640
160,640 162,560 162,560
74.3
131,668
105
71.0
125,832
87
60.2
106,654
73
53.9
95,600
94
56.4
100,003
77
57.3
92,049
111
46.7
74,988
79
58.8
94,448
112
58.7
94,342
121
40.6
65,155
167
32.4
52,083
187
22.7
36,843
209
16.7
27,144
141
Number of Farms
1,250 1,453 1,457 1,012 1,295
829 951
845 779 391 278 176 192
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,165,770 4,003,567 6,987,113 4,597,003 3,385,071 2,998,162 2,945,530 6,552,975 7,761,956 10,845,167 12,338,752 11,588,506 15,421,000
Average (dol.)
1,733 2,755 4,796 4,542 2,614 3,617 3,097 7,755 9,964 27,737 44,384 65,843 80,320
Tractors
53
89 202 377 531 421 411 265 256
Trucks
231
235 359 507 442 364 352 229 228
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
514
148
437
149
633
322
693
492
729
444
407
333
324
256
177
(NA)
139
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,759 4,450
383 531 371 941 1,590 1,312 2,518 1,845 2,034 503 312
Production (bushels)
57,690 91,698 7,303 13,817 10,628 21,502 57,229 30,850 78,437 68,128 97,513 23,820 10,134
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SflRGHllMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,955 1,478 4,663 4,017
2,505 3,456 3,084 2,504 1,250 1,266
1,689 3,447
2,452 2,428 3,810 4,771 3,749 3,519
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,484 1,592 1,970
1,367 454 460 311 165 70
104,577
69,086 144,607
82,883 16,202 26,121 22,145 17,114 1 39.000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
77,231 81,893 355,444 111,845 61 ,201 32,650 19,171 18,229 142,091 118,312 161,913
(D)
233 20,434 74,911 59,571 25,331 42,506 11,512 24,491 103,041 116,076 83,385
(D)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
6,880 24,420
490 1,770 7,539 12,672
30,610
29,815 25,643 20,567 12,682
7,765 12.400
223,454 149,235
61,056 30,369 418,656 15,635 262,485 1 430.082
SWEE1
PUIAIUti \IHI
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
989 1,256
642 944 1,216 1 ,256 1,284 1,380 956 1,156 744
IN
50,364 93,243 48,345 71,353 74,583 118,169 121,086 117,017 43,532 145,957 97,583 19,588 1 8.080
Year
Harvested Cropland
h I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
28,372 29,260 30,027 24,164 21,617 21,770 13,711 13,600
8,491 8,774
11,326 14,204
8,052 6,726 10,697 8,043 5,245 5,544 3,494 1,918
See footnotes on last page
14,251
13,293
14,323
12,577
10,071
13,486 7,328 3,888 6,622 4,259
Woodland
48,215 34,080 26,523 36,948 28,468 23,747 43,528 38,591 31,517 18,264 13,984
7,873
Other Land
5,662 7,530 12,394 5,076
10,649 7,725 8,535
12,452 7,354
10,787 4,252 4,320
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over
40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999
10,000 to 19,999
5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999
50 to 2,499
Under 2.500
*
7
19
12
12
20
18
12
19
21
15
17
93
103
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BIBB COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1-74
All Cattle
and
Calves
4,235 4,443 5,373 5,068 6,414 5,120 7,543 7,650 10,566 7,334 6,049 5,035 4,879
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,294 3,201 3,244 3,229 3,872 2,951 4,396 4,294 6,057 4,173 3,594 3,119 2.985
Milk Cows
1,773 2,772 3,099 3,171
2,881
3,451 3,527 2,559 1,944 1,610
967
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
332,119 345,348 563,220 1,105,509
771,493 1,425,262 1,454,667 1,652,790 1,686,799 1,673,355
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,974 6,513 7,855 3,047 4,011 3,373 3,700 3,538 2,567 3,460 2,481 2,837 1,807
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,053 401 431 383 503 378 410 509 311 437 377
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) V
21,363 26,782 33,645 35,323 31,541 22,018 40,334 26,074 29,218 18,705 36,040 4,021
456
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,179 9,659 25,048
19,753
47,181 184,242 349,691
64,644 227,986 482,256
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
82,090 67,681 75,479 215,211 165,059 131,772 63,394 137,451 105,424 450,669 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
heed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 203,335
$ 74,731
$ 159.9
120,756
58,160
167.5
334,286
238.8
731,188
467.4
889,413 639,295
224,254
333.9 541.8
586,015
276,548
384.5
672,210
175,644
287.8
942,000
200,000
146.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,400 6,300 6,300 6,400 6,300 6,300 6,500 6,600 6,600 6,600 7,800 7,700 7,500 6.000
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
2,350 2,200 2,190 2,450 2,150 2,000 1,650 1,600 1,500 1,210 1,260 1,050 1,030
940
1,700 1,750 1,650 1,700 1,750 1,800 1,700 1,700
1,600 1,630 1,850 1,800 1,700 1,450
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,350 2,350 2,460 2,250 2,400 2,500 3,150 3,300 3,500 3,760 4,690 4,850 4,770 3,610
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,500 2,700 3,000 2,950 3,200 3,700 2,800 1,550 1,700 1,800 1,400 1,900 2,370
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
for individual
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved" farms. NA - Not available.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
D - Data withheld
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasto avoid disclosure of information
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BACON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Bacon County was created by Legislative Act of July 27, 1914 from parts of Appling,
Pierce and Ware Counties and was 149th in order of county organization in Georgia. It
was named for Senator Augustus 0. Bacon who served four terms as Chief Executive after
his first election to that office in 1894. Alma, the county seat, was uniquely named
by taking the first letters from the names of four Georgia capitols: Augusta, Louisville,
I91G,
Milledgeville and Atlanta. The county is in two areas of soil classification, mostly in the Middle Coastal Plain
with the remainder in the Lower Coastal Plain. Soils in the first portion are loamy sand
and sands of the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series while in the rest of the county are found Norfolk, Lakeland,
Leon, Scranton, Lynchburg and Plummer soils.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, there were 542 farms having a total of 111,181 acres with land
and buildings valued at $47,531,000. Sales value of all crops and all livestock, poultry and their products,
each make up slightly under 50 percent of the agricultural products sold in Bacon County.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation in Bacon
County of around 46 inches. Over 64 inches fell at Alma during 1947 and only 26 inches were measured there in
1954. July, with more than five and one-half inches, is normally the wettest month, and November, with an average
of just over two inches, is the driest. The temperature averages about 66 degrees for the year, ranging from
around a 50 degree average in January and December, to just over 80 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free
growing season averages about 250 days, extending usually from near mid-March to almost mid-November.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount T"
2,786,679
5,457,737
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
2,053,296 2,041,137
73.7 73.3
3,184,047 3,170,164
9,242 2,917
5,000 128,072
600,311 130,975
7,657 461 ,679
.3
5,095
.1
8,788
.2
11,300
4.6
338,455
21.5
1,923,935
4.7
848,062
.3
71,663
16.5
1,004,210
58.3 58.1
.1 .1 .2 6.2 35.3 15.6 1.3 18.4
1974
Amount $ 17,609,000
17,532 ,000
8,730 ,000 8,700 ,000 3,825 ,000 4,702 ,000
1 ,000 89 ,000 83 ,000 15 ,000 15 ,000
(D) (0)
8,342 ,000 6,193 ,000
(D) (NA) 614 ,000 1,331 ,000
(D)
NIOV 2 6 1979 TT7
DOCUMENTS U'SA LIBRARIES
49.8 49.6 21.8 26.8
.5 .5 .1 .1
47.6 35.3
3.5 7.6
Government Payments 1/
6,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.8%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 16.8
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.6%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 12.3%
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.7%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BACON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
13,166 18,669 22,571
22,480 22,110 23,200 25,500 26,500 28,600 26,000 24,100 21,900 24,500 23,700 21,170 21,500 23,600 24,100 26,400 26,200 31,100 28,000 33,000 33,700 33,000 36,300 32,200
16,030 12,909 18,174 16,585
14,730 15,160 15,950 17,770 18,900 20,900 19,100 19,170 18,400 19,800 20,000 17,770 18,500 21,700 22,600 24,500 23,300 29,200 26,000 30,000 32,700 32,390 35,430 7,000
Acreage Harvested
LUIIUN
Yield (lbs.)
8.1 11.6 13.5 13.6
16.4 32.6 27.5 27.0 24.9 24.6 30.4 43.7 34.4 45.5 43.2 52.6 37.5 62.0 58.3 39.6 30.8 57.8 63.0 36.0 60.7 62.1 46.0 17.0
Bales
USDA:
1959
129,409 150,110 245,644 225,027
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
241,900 494,200 438,600 479,100 471,300 514,700 581 ,000 838,000 633,000 901,000 863,000 934,000 694,000
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
1,346,000
1 ,318,000
969,000
718,000
1,689,000
1 ,638,000
1,080,000
1 ,986,500
2,012,600
1 ,631,500
1 118,800 L
200 200 800 450 280 700 1 ,500 900 1 ,200 530 620 620 1,320
FLUE CURED TOBA xo
Acreage Yield
Harvested per acre Production (lbs.) (1,000 lbs )
Acreage Harvested
21.5 25.5 24.0 20.0 20.0 22.0 22.0 18.0 18.9 22.1 23.7 20.4 19.8
WHEAT Vield D6T 3CT6 (bu.)
Production (bushels)
4,300 5,100 19,200 9,000 5,600 15,400 33,000 16,200 22,700 11,700 14,700 12,600 26,100
PrlmUHUUiiLr tLliOnnrl (bu.)
7,624
76
1,153
575
6,626
213
2,824
2,272
2,987
165
984
3,765
4,624
105
973
2,674
148 2,283 3,144 3,281
2,390 2,090 2,180 1,730 1,110 2,180 2,290 1,830 1,890
1,820 1,540 1,620
930 330 280
90 50 30
341
330 316 228 420 370 405 299 326 393
310 255 211 94 82
100 100 133
1,700 1,440 1,440
820 970 1,680 1,930 1,140 1,290 1,500
1,000 860
410 65 50 20 10 10
3,010 2,850 2,495 1,970 1,885 1,980 2,010 2,000 2,080 1,980 1,780 1,525 1,700 2,095 1,610 1,770 2,050 1,780
1 ,368 1,707 1 ,838 1 ,369 1 ,782 1,702 2,144 2,218 2,258 2,220 2,144 2,351 1,648 2,248 2,000 1,595 1,975 2,196
4,117 4,864 4,586 2,697 3,359 3,370 4,309 4,435 4,697 4,396 3,816 3,585 2,802 4,709 3,220 2,823 4,048 3,909
60 80 230 630
1,670
2,130
3,557
310
1,710
1,419
2,426
80
2,350
2,349
5,519
110
2,450
2,020
4,949
80
2,250
1,490
3,352
2.330 1 l.fiftR
4r3Q?
25.0 16.3 35.2 38.1 17.0 26.5 16.4 21.1
1 ,500 1 ,300 8,100 24,000 5,270 2,120 1,800 1,690
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,460 7,055 8,096 8,940 8,359 8,233
BACON COUNTY DAT/i FROM THE U .S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
hAKM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
4,946 4,866 5,364 4,456 4,924
1,008
2,361
4,640 4,614 5,007
4,603
919
2,337
173,440
66.0
114,491
143
306
173,440
57.4
99,612
117
252
173,440
65.3
113,222
132
357
187,520
55.2
103,495
104
187,520
61.4
115,127
118
321
187,520
77.5
145,344
129
187,520
70.0
131,294
133
89
187,520
66.3
124,403
158
187,520
63.1
118,336
184
24
187,520
58.3
109,357
183
187,520
59.3
111,181
205
802 850 855 994 980 1,128
986 788 643 596 542
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,130,654 1,857,599 1,355,098 1,684,715 2,896,595 6,897,720 8,734,974 14,941,268 19,058,520 28,303,344 47,531,000
3,904 2,185 1,585 1,695 2,956 6,115
8,859 18,961 29,640 47,488 87,696
Tractors
2
19 52 341 612 760 814 750 729
Trucks
77
116 215 494 548 505 527 547 623
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
313
50
287
14
322
21
458
13
442
19
563
90
641
489
525
(NA)
500
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
469
4,131
5
40
6
50
173
2,240
21
670
24
230
383
9,145
120
4,121
25
750
17
1,416
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,429 1,473 2,981 1,694
402 703 641 984 745 1,191
780 1,589
421 642 1,355 1,880 1,249 2,855
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
11,659
4,669
2,855
19,389
745
56,479
48
1,986
2,751
306
3,321
4,145
985
81,610
304
1,405
733
1,078
54,064
320
10,581
2,146
3,557
4,599
131,990
1,186
98,754
9,235
4,506
2,533
97,908
697
47,616
196
5,065
964
10
4,688
6,806
523
35,436
153
9,242
63
37
2,764
9,696
88
5,274
34
2,850
168
34
5,460
20,967
160
19,837
29
5,095
423
5
1,961
30,869
107
14,945
64
13,958
360
31
15,000
2
1,624
67,720
2.290
16.250
46
8,666
41
13.484
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
25,057
7,088
1934
26,851
3,751
1939
33,464
741
1944
31,112
5,030
1949
33,341
4,672
1954
32,511
1,828
1959
31 ,726
2,602
1964
27,125
6,340
1969
28,319
6,691
1974
34.163
3.865
See fool:notes on last page.
2,639 732 481 847
3,974 3,019 3,443 4,590 5,952 7,131
Woodland
79,196 60,224 77,696 64,046 71,930 97,984 85,631 77,747 73,772 53,545 55,556
Other Land
1,026 3,883 3,035 4,549 5,779 5,373 8,305 8,885 6,509 14,850 10,466
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2f500
*
30
42
79
67
99
103
113
127
108
106
45
151
68
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BACON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,466 5,425 8,941 5,617 8,393 5,988 9,721
9,756 11,470 7,540
9,350
5,647 3,058 4,202 2,101 4,661 3,208 5,660 4,255 4,979 3,204 4,530
1,645 1,198
996
1,159 669 636 349 281 277
8,150 12,375
3,300 15,169 14,182 14,912 139,535 136,606
(NA) (NA)
10,539 5,292 7,447 8,983
12,275 15,423 16,339 26,046 14,796 22,433 13,681
2,584 1,146 1,135 1,902 1 ,977 1,742 2,957 4,558 2,647 4,469 2,551
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced
(dozen) 2/
23,050 20,532 25,628 28,504 33,655 27,472 34,019 26,885 18,152 311,625 451,166
5,466 10,306
15,891
60,243 156,265 1,013,931 1,567,462 3,252,803 2,450,266
59,272 108,920 74,909
132,673 140,294
23,563 67,662 119,116 205,553 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 11,090 $ 109,942 $ 34.5
6,022
119,760
43.4
46,464
97.0
78,555
277.5
398,420
373,045
243.8
855,865
337.9
863,007
674,040
340.3
2,503,349
762,822
432.7
4,547,000
1,797,000
587.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,100 11,200 10,850 10,000 8,800
9,000 9,200 9,300 9,300 8,800 10,000 9,500 9,200 8,010
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
420 380 360 260 300 300 400 450 500 450 340 370 390 370
Other
4,850 4,900 4,700 4,650 4,800 4,900 4,450 4,280 3,530 3,250 4,030 4,000 3,700 3,210
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,830 5,920 5,790 5,090 3,700 3,800 4,350 4,570 5,270 5,100 5,630 5,130 5,110 4,430
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,900 18,550 20,550 23,350 25,250 29,300 27,850 26,700 22,500 19,050 13,200 15,600 16,100
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BAKER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Baker County was created by Legislative Act of December 12, 1825 from Early County and ranked 61st among all counties of the State in order of organization. At that time it included Dougherty, Mitchell and a part of Miller. The county took its name from Colonel John Baker, a Puritan and noted patriot of the War of the Revolution and member of the 1775 Provincial Congress in Savannah. Newton, the county seat, was named for Sergeant John ' 19"7Co VT^VT^S"^?"^ Newton who with others made a rescue of prisoners of war on the outskirt of Savannah in 1779.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 227,264 acres. There were 217 farms having a total of 157,224 acres, with land and buildings valued at $55,786,000. The number of farms showed a decrease of 28 percent during the 1969 and 1974 period. Baker County is in the Lower Coastal Plain area of the State with the majority of soils in the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series, mostly loamy sand and sand. These soils are well adapted to production of peanuts, cotton, corn and pecans, and other crops to a lesser degree. All crops made up about 69 percent of the total value of sales in 1964. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 52 inches in Baker County. The total is between 40 and 60 inches in two out of three years, and only rarely exceeds 65 inches or drops below 35 inches. July, with an average of more than six inches, is the wettest month, and October, the driest month, averages just under two inches. The average annual temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are around March 10 and November 15 respectively, giving an average freeze-free growing season of about 250 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
1,870,335
4,258,987
1974 Amount $
14,069,000
i V Received
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,264,099 1,241,219
18,478 4,402 1,150 96,242 508,844 31 ,361
400 477,083
14,055,000
NN DV2 6 1979
67.6
3,492,438
82.0
9,780,000
69.6
66.4
3,462,442
81.3
9,749,000
69.4 D[ OCUMENTS
2,560,000
18-fjc LIBRARIES
(D)
(D)
7,093,000
50.5
1.0
25,846
.6
10,000
.1
.2
4,150
.1
21,000
.1
.1
5.1
46,020
1.1
1,929,000
13.7
27.2
720,529
16.9
2,346,000
16.7
1.7
64,246
1.5
2,000
(D)
25.5
656,283
15.4
(MA)
1,081,000
7.7
(D)
Government Payments 2/
25,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec.
5.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec.
13.7S
.^livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 27.258
ivestock, Poultry their Prod. 16.7%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
22,291 23,896 21,709
25,270 24,580 24,800 25,500 23,800 23,600 21,100 19,000 18,500 18,200 16,400 16,300 16,000 17,700 17,400 20,100 18,700 20,400 18,300 20,800 23,500 24,200 26,200 30,100
BAKER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
21,331 22,753 32,519 22,075 23,339 20,531
21,320 21,660 22,100 23,040 22,300 22,300 19,500 18,000 16,600 16,300 15,300 15,100 15,200 16,900 16,800 18,200 17,600 19,600 17,500 20,160 22,700 23,500 25,600 15,700
7.5 9.8 9.9 10.9 6.7 10.7
12.0 20.3 20.6 21.8 26.9 22.6 28.0 33.7 29.3 39.8 36.7 53.8 38.0 57.6 41.2 19.9 27.2 46.3 52.0 50.0 51.4 59.2 68.6 19.0
160,440 223,393 323,540 239,576 156,726 219,637
255,800 440,500 455,700 502,900 600,800 503,300 546,000 606,000 487,000 649,000 562,000 812,000 578,000 973,000 692,000 363,000 478,000 907,000 910,000 1,008,000 1,166,000 1,390,700 1,755,700 297,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 480 1,700 1,300 1,300 1,100 920 2,000 3,000 4,230 4,430
3,420 4,790
22.0 23.0 23.0 15.0 22.0 24.0 27.5 17.5 28.4 28.2
31.5 31.0 23.5
Production (bushels)
2,860 11,040 39,100 19,500 28,600 26,400 25,300 35,000 85,200 119,300 139,500 106,000 112,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Y1e Id per icre
(lb ;.)
Acreage
Production 1,000 lbs.,
--Ha^r--ve^s^t^e--d
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production
(bu.r^
16,498 24,980 21,136 14,735 7,205 2,195
3,770 3,060 3,050 2,240 1,740 2,630 2,380 2,700 2,570 2,710 2.790 2,350 1,070
630 630 700 600 250 620 80 175
141
4,538
161
8,044
98
4,135
184
5,416
82
1,175
223
979
15,455 18,914 21,179
309
2,430
14,230
5: 12
350
2,230
15,420
9; !1
222
1,410
15,150
1,0! iO
271
1,260
15,010
73 3
277
1,010
15,000
1,K )2
244
1,340
14,640
1,0( )9
339
1,680
14,250
1,34 4
265
1,490
14,420
1,33 3
305
1,640
14,460
1.2C )0
466
2,640
14,450
1,6! 8
330
1,920
14,450
1,7: 2
346
1,700
14,050
1.8C 8
305
680
13,740
1,52 9
262
340
13,705
1,9 7
479
630
14,295
1,91 9
314
460
14,385
1,92 6
192
240
14,270
2,28 2
364
190
14,395
2,57 0
266
345
14,360
2,52 3
475
80
14,270
2,69 9
680
250
14,503
3,28 7
14,803
1 14,939 1 14.927
3,43 9 2,95 2 3,16 1
61
10,190 18,076
7,567 14,199 16,360 11,606 16,525 14,777 19,153 19,800 17,349 23,960 25,023 25,403 21,015 26,963 27,425 27,710 32,562 36,988 36,237 38,520 47,666 50,914 44,105 47.184
110 200 200 290 380 560 440 610 310 220 200 170 200 720 550 280 1,730 4,650 2,960 840 630 500 480 400
461
12.3 13.4 17.8 15.0 28.0 31.5 31.5 30.0 26.5 30.0 31.5 24.0 30.0 23.1 26.7 31.8 38.0 37.5 20.0 25.0 15.5 26.0 32.3 27.5
1 ,350 2,670 3,560 4,350 10,640 17,640 13,860 18,300 8,210 6,600 6,300 4,080 6,000 16,600 14,700 8,900 65,700 174,400 59,100 21,000 9,770 13,000 15,500 11.000
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,704 7,973 8,298 7,818
7,344
5,952
4,543
3,875
BAKER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,559 5,887 6,455 4.981 4.967
2,104
1,459
2,477 2,196 2,514
1,724
968
624
4,082 3,691 3,941
3,243
1 ,136
835
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
228,480 228,480 228,480 228,480 228,480 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,264 227,264
Percent in Farms
44.9 53.8 53.1 47.6 51.2 58.8 59.9 68.0 78.9 74.7 75.7 66.6 69.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
102,554 122,894 121,236 108,866 116,871 133,559 136,133 154,520 179,213 169,670 171,966 151,429 157,224
Average Size Farms
(acres)
103 95 86 85
102 122 101 165 239 339 589 503 725
Number of Farms
994 1,295 1 ,407 1,289 1,144 1,093 1,343
935 751 501 292 301 217
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
308,640 1,358,536 2,825,477 2,207,311 1,322,790 1,627,494 3,201,579 4,845,170 8,547,882 7,433,838 17,869,232
27,189,097 55,786,000
311 1,049 2,008
1,712 1,156 1,489 2,384 5,182 11,382 14,838 61,196 90,329 257,079
Tractors
28
33 109 262 493 413 404 414 423
Trucks
43
75 156 233 409 336 329 332 357
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
321
7
265
13
378
14
472
17
469
77
326
123
344
152
231
(NA)
213
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,044 2,275 1,624
Production (bushels)
10,120 31,308 21,686
53
555
949 549 1,827 823 894 438
560
29,705 9,470
47,157 25,750 33,130
24,070 24,864
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
864 3,445 10,897 17,684
7,159 10,320
3,198 2,980 1,411 2,018
1,378 2,702
3,763 4,113 4,128 6,499 3,256 4,224
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
22
764
94
33
2,519
11,144
145
8,595
333
18,478
115
6,175
311
25,846
57
5,942
33 | 10,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
6,875
2,454
12
20
1,127
951
638
125
1,000
1,134
1,355
1,252
4.089
3,997
550
169
334
26
267
30
7
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
686 15,268
4,211
2,211 7,940 2,228 4,050 2,630 1,638
2,563 5,173
65,705 91,183 22,003 12,539 10,361 14,968 83,077 47,965
SWEE1
POTAlUti l/i/
Har-
Kroauc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels}
363
37,545
370
33,618
528
38,247
269
25,442
598
44,311
333
27,246
297
20,700
82
6,144
36
2,749
104
8,277
5
250
27
5,000
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USF IN ACRFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
54,255 53,342 54,698 56,222 48,179 47,326 42,980 37,103 38,005 41.777
9,231 14,722 4,105
9,868 13,640 20,539
7,895 11.450 14,338
7,500
See foo tnotes on last page.
3,140 1,858 5,510 7,880 11,361 18,908 7,303 5,389 8,813 11,598
Woodland
37,902 33,395 31,216 41,298 31,336 54,525 72,623 85,860 100,259 101,146 49,137 49,657
Other Land
6,847 2,630 10,264 5,364 37,422 7.141 8,717 6,580 11,233 16,878 41,136 46,692
Farms by Value of Products Sold
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40.000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39.999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2.500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
31
42
47
29
40
32
35
57
17
46
23
95
24
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BAKER COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
5,395 5,766 7,711 3,282 6,839 4,805 8,418 5,752 9,767 7,380 10,543 11,813 15,102
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,421 3,711 3,881 1,806 3,199 2,215 4,149 2,983 4,785 3,457 5,713 5,424 6,797
Milk Cows
1,800 1,944 1,600 1,268
1,417
1,136 596 134 38 134 82
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 404
1,976 1,522
605 1,900
352
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,494 14,118 14,068
9,759 9,763 9,252 14,263 10,987 10,462 9,752 8,424 12,813 10,629
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,200 1,886 1,592 1,988 1,321 1,519 1,973 1,447 1,291 2,940 2,363
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) K
23,634 24,004 29,947 21,855 22,918 21,735 24,600 17,207 14,414 8,864 3,017
760 506
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,842 11,093
8,204
5,762
2,183 46,590 304,212 135,063 36,060
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
68,390 54,842 132,725 129,964 48,625 98,674 110,244 12,974 8,955 3,965 1,653
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,667 6,637
45,299
$ 107,450 78,092
$ 54.5
51.1 118.3
104,600
203.9
163,217
417,307
236.8
337,590
279.4
180,811
615,778
375.0
418,364
777,585
489.8
565,000
2,058,000
1 ,051.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,200 10,500 10,250 10,600 11,900 12,000 13,000 13,100 13,100 13,400 15,500 15,000 14,600 14,700
Cows 2 years old and older ]_py
Kept for Milk
Other
50
5,950
40
6,000
50
5,850
40
6,100
40
6,300
150
6,600
100
6,400
80
6,400
80
6,200
70
6,400
no
7,100
140
7,000
160
6,400
150
5,290
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,200 4,460 4,350 4,460 5,560 5,250 6,500 6,620 6,820 6,930 8,290 7,860 8,040 9,260
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
8,500 10,600 11,800 13,350 14,450 16,750 15,900 15,300 15,600 13,000 8,500 10,000 10,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BANKS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B
Banks County was created by Legislative Act of December 11, 1858 from parts of
Habersham and Franklin Counties and was 127th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for Dr. Richard Banks, one of the most noted practitioners of medicine on the
early upper frontier of Georgia. Homer is the county seat. The origin of the name is unau-
mti
thenticated. Banks County is on the northern border of the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil clas-
sification and the soils are largely of the Cecil, Lloyd, Appling and Madison series. The
1974 Census of Agriculture gives the number of farms as 373 making up a total of 56,118 acres
with land and buildings valued at $29,239,000.
Poultry and poultry products account for about 86 percent of the total sales of farm products with crops
having very little relative importance on the county's agricultural economy.
Precipitation varies considerably from north to south in Banks County based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--
National Weather Service reports. The yearly average ranges from about 50 inches in the southern part of the
County to 58 inches in the extreme north. For the County as a whole, the average is around 54 to 55 inches.
Temperature also shows some variation with a yearly average for the County of about 60 degrees. The freeze-free
growing season usually extends from about April 6 to November 2, giving an average freeze-free growing season of
about 210 days.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
--, 1
-
1.!
:
U i li 1
j I -- 1
1
-*
1x4 5
is,'ii I :,i ii;i
W
0 1
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
X
1964
Amount $
%
2,236,579
4,353,489
1974 Amount $
10,883,000
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES XV
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
512,001 482,685
8,456 20,860
60,357 1,664,221 1,535,458
16,939 111,824
22.9 21.6
.4 .9
2.7 74.4 68.6
.8 5.0
148,085
3.4
141 ,880
3.3
4,082 2,123
24,774 33,135
4,147,495 3,891,540
82,462 173,493
.1
.6 .7
95.3 89.4
1.9 4.0
10,625,000
276,000
2.6
228,500
2.2
202,500
1.9
26,000
4,000 43,500
(D) (D)
10,150,000 9,090,500
36,000 1,023,500
533,000 339,000
152,000
.3
.4
95.5 85.6
.3 9.6 5.0 3.2 1.4
Government Payments 1/
5,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add dile to disclosures and omi ssions. 2/ Not comparable for T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 \rere computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sale ; from All farms. 3/ Ava ilable only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentag ;s. D - Data withheld tc avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
^, Dairy, Livestock
y^*"^
s
j8^\ - 1^^.
&
their
5
8P%roducts
%'
/
/
[
jBlllitk
M^fi>S-''-v\ -Field Crops
wMiSiim Z1'M
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PIXCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
\
Dairy, Livestock
\ * & their Products
I
^^*s_ J
\
^Xr^&ii/
\ Poultry & Poultry^^'<_Veg., Fruits, Nuts,
\ Products
Jr Berries, Hort. Spec.
\. 68.6%
/
& Forestry Products
^"^^
^r
4.0%
W&9 ^ - WulM
Fielzd2%Crops
\ Poultry & Poultry
\
Products
>v 85.6%
~*9 -- /
Veg., Fruits, Nuts,
Berries, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Products
2.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
14,762 15,329 8,268
7,050 6,480 5,600 5,000 4,600 4,200 3,510 2,740 2,710 2,130 1,700 1,580 1,530 1,260 1,180 1,200 1,040 1,300 1,300 1,440 1,400 1,450 1,800 1,000
BANKS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Product Ion
(bushel! 0
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
16,890 14,526 16,465 14,559 15,070 8,207
12.7 11.4 14.8 13.1 8.9 12.5
214.41C 165.05C 243,712 190,416 133,707 102.83J
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
6,670
10.3
68.80C
1966
6,160
25.3
155.80C
1967
5,260
18.0
94.70C
1968
4,760
17.9
85 00C
1969
4,500
22.1
99.40C
1970
4,100
18.2
74.60C
1971
3,460
22.8
79.00C
1972
150
2,660
29.3
78.00C
1973
250
2,480
25.4
63,000
1974
520
2,050
33.7
69,000
1975
620
1,600
23.8
38,000
1976
490
1,520
25.7
39,000
1977
490
1,490
29.5
44,000
1,230
39.8
49,000
1,120
31.3
35,000
1,000
20.0
20,000
880
18.2
16,000
1,100
38.2
42,000
1,100
48.0
52,800
1,240
54.0
67,000
1,200
41.5
49,800
1,300
54.2
70,500
1,700
41.2
70,000
550
30.0
16,500
17.3 23.2 26.0 24.0 21.4 18.8
Production (bushels)
2,600 5,800 13,500 14,900 10,500 9,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie Id per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
20,007 25,879 29,392 21,685
9,985 6,379
3,710 3,430 2,820 1,730
830 2,130 1,730 1,300 1,130
930 690 770 480 75 150 180 180 150
7,501
225
11,643
258
15,141
194
8,432
233
4,652
184
2,344
3,423 1,483 1,108
430
963
313
2,430
1,490
16 6
466
3,330
1,160
17 2
367
2,160
1,450
20 6
482
1,740
1,860
16 0
600
1,040
1,500
20 5
405
1,800
1,880
17 0
362
1,310
1,250
19 0
314
850
1,450
25 5
303
710
490
20. 5
291
570
500
16. 0
471
680
400
17. 0
378
610
340
20. 0
369
370
290
21. 0
240
35
480
19. 0
227
70
440
22. 7
233
90
270
18. 9
383
145
300
32. 3
200
60
480
34. 4
280
28. 5
140
28. 6
210
26. 7
190
29. 8
1
150
26. 7
260 1 28. 5
19,750 10,927 7,101 3,543
10,376
24,720 19,950 29,850 29,760 30,750 31,960 23,750 36,980 10,040 8,000 6,800 6,800 6,100 9,100 10,000 5,100 9,700 16,500 7,980 4,000 5,600 5,660 4,010 10.000
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,545 11,244 11,814
9,703
8,733
6,935
6,497
6,833
BANKS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,580
7,721
859
7,692
7,113
579
7,383
6,801
582
4,525
4,803
4,506
297
1,792
1,660
132
919
893
26
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
142,080 142,080 142,080 142,080 142,080 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840
Percent in Farms
93.0 91.4 86.8 86.7 88.7 79.8 71.1 72.1 66.9 50.7 48.4 46.5 38.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
132,121 129,890 123,385 123,154 126,058 118,039 105,079 106,585
98,970 74,998 71,550 68,811 56,118
Average Size Farms
(acres)
77 63 58 74 74 86 87 98 101 119 137 155 150
Number of Farms
1,726 2,085 2,111 1,667 1,698 1,370 1,204 1,091
981 631 523 443 373
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,129,661 3,025,142 9,342,267 3,184,623 1,886,750 1,833,999 2,033,750 4,166,529 4,580,289 4,875,106 6,265,540 13,582,580 [ 29,239,000
Average (dol.)
654 1,451 4,426 1,910 1,111 1,339 1,689 3,819 4,669 7,726 11,980 30,660 78,388
Tractors
50
33 56 206 377 362 400 437 408
Trucks
78
78 73 286 334 298 440 394 391
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
591
56
510
26
546
18
585
51
615
78
564
212
572
334
443
(NA)
378
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
2,080 2,847
830 685 917 2,324 1,131 2,125 1,997 875
89 15 80
Production (bushels)
10,400 31,117
9,678 12,734 14,088 30,503 21 ,654 44,781 43,913 22,280
1,541 590
2,785
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,737 338
2,030 1,761
3,189 2,913 1,849 1,771 2,015 2,077
303 1,955
2,580 2,128 1,902 1,820 2,915 3,754
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
80
5,058
35
50
2,121
990
195
11,657
163
8,456
69
5,372
40
4,082
7
1,525
10
4,000
PEACHES 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
32,178
9,790
50,739
10,407
31,409
3,464
61,323
35,148
43,447
47,111
39,300
36,195
33,016
27,766
28,485
5,223
6,892
5,044
11,372
6,592
9,455
204
4,569
2,000
5,867
241 ,000
PECANS 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
50
130
235
1,086
613
236
615
3,446
2,052
899
1,409
100
445
213
3,691
167
344
"SWEET
POTATOES l/j/.
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
317
24,424
565
24,274
436
44,849
184
16,823
368
30,543
317
23,360
128
12,476
65
8,416
9
1,357
15
2,483
2
441
91
,IAND USE JJi
U.
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Ploowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
41,447
10,883
1934
37,297
13,216
1939 1944
1949 1954
36,737 25,375 23,029 16,691
9,571 7,667 16,048
11,158
1959 1964 1969 1974
11,464 5,149 3,373 4,216
7,902
7,378 4,494 2,312
See footnotes on last page
5,088 4,249 10,798 5,293 2,465 1,827 2,283 6,628 15,718 12,157
Woodland
54,012 53,239 50,460 57,875 45,112 53,226 53,938 51,994 42,765 39,136 33,795 23,351
Other Land
13,086 8,697
14,861 13,187 15,415 13,161 11,105 17,300 10,584 13,259 11,431 14,082
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
28
63
87
86
25
34
13
20
13
23
25
217
182
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BANKS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,241 4,571 5,092 2,836 4,129 3,044 2,663 3,081 4,925 4,021 5,680 7,420 10,685
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,090 2,800 2,923 1,728 2,382 1,907 1,536 1,593 2,446 2,112 2,882 3,882 5,878
Milk Cows 1,820 2,259 2,906 1,722
1,877
1,337 1,400
742 709 232 153
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 8,229 1,315 5,282 4,660
30,478 2,038
24,644 33,990 74,456 131,916
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
4,246
2,843
4,657
355
1,269
207
2,048
97
1,856
128
1,265
100
1,817
148
2,916
411
3,906
519
1,152
206
1,025
229
2,434
906
Chickens (4 Months and Older) If
23,474 30,957 53,393 38,964 38,302 33,974 44,373 31,298 42,103 37,355 84,611 197,185 204,324
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
31,647 21 ,284 34,226
26,082
377,167 2,294,612 3,988,930 7,110,239 11,468,990 8,939,583
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
97,560 127,240 187,926 231,067 150,675 153,200 171,297 194,178 258,699 210,812 1,043,499
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
$ 28,329 $ 153,481
(Thous ) 28.8
10,413
84,024
21.5
72,167
17.2
213,026
46.6
1,313,735
159,271
68.8
1,269,497
91.0
3,077,157
63,513
49.3
4,319,931
75,951
144.2
7,057,000
186,000
183.0
USDA LSIlMAItS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,000
5,800 5,950 6,700 7,500 7,300 9,000 9,500 9,600 9,800 11,100 11,000 10,700 9,010
Cows 2 years old and older \j/
Kept for Milk 850
800 920 950 550 300 250 240 230 190 180 150 150 120
Other
2\2b0
2,450 2,400 2,550 2,600 2,650 3,100 4,200 5,650 5,750 6,300 5,500 5,300 4,800
All Other Cattle and Calves 2,900 2,550 2,630 3,200 4,350 4,350 5,650 5,060 3,720 3,860 4,620 5,350 5,250 4,090
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 1 ,150 1 ,100 1,250 1 ,100 1 ,150 1,350 1 ,300 1 ,450 2,150 4,000 4,500 4,600 4,100
/ in 1303 ana iy/4 exciuaes Tarms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals iHclude only eggs sold sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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.en
BARROW COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Barrow County was created by Legislative Act of July 7, 1914 from parts of
Gwinnett, Jackson and Walton Counties and ranks 147th among Georgia counties in order
of organization. It was named for David C. Barrow, Chancellor of the University of
mo?
Georgia for many years. "Uncle Dave", as he was known to his students, was beloved by all as an able teacher, administrator, counselor and a Christian gentleman. Winder,
the county seat, was named for the president of the Seaboard Airline Railroad, General
John H. Winder of Raleigh, North Carolina. The town was originally known as Jug Tavern
and later as Brandon until the name was finally changed to Winder.
Barrow is in the upper part of the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification. According to the 1974
Census of Agriculture, there were 395 farms having a total of 47,957 acres with land and buildings valued at
$35,850,000. Harvested cropland acres were reduced by nearly one-half during the 1964-1974 period. More acreage
was devoted to hay than any other field crop. Poultry and eggs account for approximately 90 percent of the receipts
from sales of farm products.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 50
inches in Barrow County. Winter and early spring are usually the wettest seasons, with a second maximum in mid-summer.
On the average, March, with about six inches, has the most rainfall, and October, with less than three inches, has
the smallest average. The annual temperature averages from 61 to 62 degrees. The average length of the freeze free
growing season is about 215 days, extending from early April to early November, on the average.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1954
Amount $
X
3,401,832
816,865 807,318
24.0 23.7
2,187 7,360
300 31,494
2,553,173 2,064,661
293,023 195,489
.1 .2
.9 75.1 60.7
8.6 5.8
1964
Amount $
%
6,021,111
359,061
6.0
356,253
6.0
1,685 1,123
(D) 18,181
5,632,721 5,084,522
188,565 359,634
.3
93.5 84.4
3.1 6.0
1974 Amount $ 13,801,000
13,615,000 248,500 244,500 155,500
23,500 65,500
3,000 1,000
49,000 21,000
13,296,500 12,202,500
263,000 831,000 526,000 303,000
2,000
riOV 2 6 1979
i V
DOCUMENTS LGA LIBRARIES
1.8 1.8 1.1
.2 .5
.4 1 97.7 89.6 2.0 6.1 3.9 2.2
Government Payments 1/
11,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOU) AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.9% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 5.81
*_ Dairy Products 8.6%
All Crops l.i
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.5%
L_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 6,1% Dairy Products 2.0%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
BARROW COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Product on
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushel! .)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
14,150 17,762 12,334
8,070 7,010 6,400 6,200 5,800 5,100 4,150 3,280 2,850 2,230 1,850 1,510 1,290 1,250 1,090
780 790 1,200 1,400 960 1,120 1,200 1,450 1,350
16,220 13,406 16,679 12,236
7,570 6,660 6,020 5,900 5,600 5,000 3,910 3,050 2,580 1,980 1,700 1,400 1,210 1,200 1,050
670 660 1,050 1,250 650 600 710 950 280
19.7 12.6 8.7 17.0
10.6 23.4 21.0 15.9 23.1 19.9 19.9 26.6 22.9 33.8 31.2 36.4 33.9 44.2 26.7 25.4 18.2 49.5 30.0 31.1 39.0 45.4 47.1 20.0
319,431 168,554 144,443 207,808
79,900 155,800 126,400
93,700 129,500
99,400 78,000 81,000 59,000 67,000 53,000 51,000 41,000 53,000 28,000 17,000 12,000 52,000 37,500 20,200 23,400 32,200 44,700
5,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 250 300 300 400 300 750 980
1,280
1,580
1,880
26.0 24.0 23.0 25.0 31.0 19.0 18.0 20.5 25.8 20.4 16.4
5,200 6,000 6,900 7,500 12,400 5,700 13,500 20,100 33,000 32,200 30,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Tie Id per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
33,769
275
26,978
304
15,678
299
13,110
204
6,460
280
6,420
449
5,670
319
2,930
321
1,310
510
4,040
357
3,610
237
3,320
254
2,830
299
2,550
327
1,970
455
2,030
394
1,540
278
810
167
1,200
127
900
157
800
290
600
200
250
232
190
258
180
150
32
203
63
159
89
146
18,577 16,415
9,372 5,342
3,770 5,840 3,780 1,960 1,390 3,010 1,790 1,760 1,770 1,750 1,880 1,670
890 280 320 295 485 250 120 100 56 14 21 27
1,306 535
1,720
1,260 840 830 800 380 810 490 630 180 200 150 130 160 260 260 180 120 140 220 160 280 350 290 360
15. 4 14. 3 19. 2 18. 0
21. 0 19. 5 21. 0
23. 5 19. 5 23. 0 21. 5 22. 5 25. 0 23. 1 27. 3 28. 3 35. 8 39. 3 27. 5 29. 5 23. 3 25. 2 35. 5
29, 6
11,479 4,489
17,074
19,430 12,040 15,940 14,400
7,980 15,800 10,290 14,800
3,510 4,600 3,230 2,920 4,000 6,000 7,100 5,100 4,300 5,500 6,050 4,720 6,530 8,820 10,300 10.300
59
1,060
170
37.6
6,400
250
28.0
7,000
100
49.0
4,900
80
70.0
5,600
50
62.0
3.100
20
1 52.5
1 1.05fl
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
BARROW COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900 - 1974
Total Population
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
13,188
107,520
75.2
80,816
44
12,401
8,373
6,933
1,440
107,520
84.7
91,100
49
8,618
7,089
1,529
107,520
89.7
96,437
51
13,064
7,697
6,018
1,679
109,440
86.3
94,494
65
5,926
109.440
85.9
94,009
63
13,115
5,794
4,458
1,336
109,440
86.8
94,950
68
109,440
78.4
85,809
75
14,485
1,827
1,442
385
109,440
60.9
66,689
89
109,440
58.0
63,485
103
16,859
1.106
1.081
1
25
109,440
59.6
65,275
123
109,440
43.8
47,957
121
1,851 1 ,861 1,896 1 ,458 1,497 1,390 1,138
748 619 529 395
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
10,357,860 3,469,607 2,457,622 3,219,560 4,124,756 5,783,790 6,512,774
9,041,076 11,093,718 21,518,605 35,850,000
5,596 1,864
1,296 2,208 2,755 4,161 5,723 12,087 17,922 40,677 90,760
Tractors
25
31 113 322 356 452 554 575 476
Trucks
48
77 129 366 344 349 490 432 405
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
733
24
611
9
747
11
779
31
672
91
613
367
693
466
524
(NA)
443
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
353 284 1,181 2,526 2,454 3,062
4,685 1,456
331 45
3,787 5,077 22.636 47,253 60,430 70,908 126,047 45,713 13,515 1,445
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,082 515
2,802 3,331
5,996 5,374 3,136 3,563 2,660 2,120
446 1,868
4,798 4,617 3,683 3,915 4,704 4,245
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
101
4,878
161
88
2,525
4,072
79
2,641
46
2,187
129
8,108
33
1,685
10
2,096
5
3,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SUEE1
POTATOES 1/2/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
14,663
2,394
844
1,723
346
21,194
6,072
1,734
2,443
191
19,603
18,868
338
15,056
10,134
1,791
9,610
321
16,748
13,798
19,686
347
6,989
855
2,596
12,850
55
1,326
469
1,503
7,028
23
1,259
394
1,463
23,819
12
296
761
636
15
32
459
2,060
4
939
2,714
42,423 18,165 31,665 33,091 39,291
6,434 2,494 1,266 2,102
183
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
45,058
7,486
1934
46,113
7,307
1939
47,588
5,208
1944 1949 1954
43,793 36,632 24,735
12.567 11,377
9,425
1959 1964
14,801 8,090
9,652 8,870
1969 1974
5,290 4,725
5,689 2,657
See foo tnotes on last page.
4,367 2,967 5,009 3,053 7,000 5,225 9,163 11,098 18,338 14,081
Woodland
16,138 22,562 28,586 21,997 22,618 25,379 28,014 23,642 21,827 22,452 15,857
Other Land
5,152 11,077 10,955 14,029 11,578 14,562 18,410
9,431 13,600 13,496 10,637
Farms by Value of Products Sold
nui uer 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20.000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
36
73
76
58
31
37
16
22
22
36
25
303
189
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BARROW COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,489 2,589 3,523 2,817 4,095 5,504 7,561 6,459 9,820 11,106 12,550
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
2,143 1,777 2,155 1,742 2,302 2,764 4,032 3,133 4,939 6,044 6,322
2,102 1,764
1,711
2,160 2,360 1,461
675 790 385
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
32,045 60,075
45,829 97,823 384,737 596,218 898,465 351,271
I HA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowinq 5/
3,286
128
1,962
167
1,891
62
2,258
142
2,477
126
3,676
407
3,475
515
4,413
538
1,341
143
1,514
338
3,710
327
Chickens (4
Months and Older) II
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
38,130
31,594 37,700 40,729 53,618 48,493 152,492 142,852 320,193 333,589 355,435
7,117 26,402
31,470
1,253,780 2,086,482 4,554,327 7,344,184 10,171,019 10,691,756
106,370 218,236 103,849 213,536 232,080 181,846 1,083,370 1,332,756 3,463,372
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 34,931 $ 228,367
$ 40.1
20,422
142,296
48.0
212,027
90.7
747,405
130.4
1,236,480
193,320
112.1
2,110,395
218.9
2,897,505
313,266
346.5
4,771,117
180,029
286.9
8,147,000
242,000
894.0
USUA LSIIMAILS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,400 10,200 10,100 10,300 11,200 10,400 11,500 12,500 12,600 12,400 14,200 14,000 13,600 14,010
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
720 700 740 590 790 800 750 730 700 530 480 430 430 940
Other
4,550 4,700 4,800 5,150 5,300 5,400 5,900 6,400 6,900 6,970 7,440 7,000 6,600 6,210
All Other Cattle and Calves 5,130 4,800 4,560 4,560 5,110 4,200 4,850 5,370 5,000 4,900 6,280 . 6,570 6,570 6,870
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 1,350
1,450 1,600 1,600 1,700 2,400
3,200 3,800 4,500 6,000 4,800 5,400 4,800
1/ In 1969 and 1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
1974 excludes farm s with less than $2 farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because --"Cows and heifers that have calved" s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calv
,500 sales. 2/ Excludes trees. 4/ Since 1949 txc of change in definition.
7/ Beginning with 1969 include only eggs sold, ed". NA - Not available
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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.C7 BEN HILL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1878
Ben Hill County was created by Legislative Act of July 31, 1906 from parts of Irwin
and Wilcox Counties and was 144th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It was
named for Judge Ben Hill, the famous statesman and leader against "carpet baggers" and
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Federal military rule during Reconstruction Days following the Civil War. Fitzgerald, the county seat, was named for P. M. Fitzgerald of Indiana who founded a colony of northern
immigrants at this place, originally the little village of Swan, out of which grew the
town. The immigrants were Civil War northern veterans, organized as the American Soldiers
Colony Association, who purchased 32,000 acres of land in the neighborhood. Fitzgerald
was incorporated in 1896.
The county is in the lower part of the Middle Coastal Plain Province and principle soils belong to Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series--loamy sands and sands. These soils are adapted to tobacco, peanuts, cotton, pecans and corn production. Field crops account for nearly 74 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974 with the largest acreages being planted to corn and peanuts. The 1974 Census of Agriculture showed 253 farms totaling 64,210 acres of land in farms with a value of all farm land and buildings of $27,323,000.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches in Ben Hill County. Yearly totals at Fitzgerald have ranged from 68.52 inches in 1947 to only 23.87 inches in 1954. However, more than 80 percent of the years have had between 35 and 55 inches of rain. July and August are normally the wettest months, and October and November the driest. The average annual temperature is 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages around 255 days, extending usually from early March to midNovember.
Received NOV 2 6 197<
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS!
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
*
1,770,013
1964
Amount $
*
4,384,369
1974
Amount $
i V
9,000,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,281,045 1,250,446
18,896 11,703
25 111,569 377,374
50,539 53,594 273,241
72.4 70.6
1.1 .7
6.3 21.3
2.9 3.0 15.4
3,284,812 3,208,867
8,651 67,294
600 178,151 920,806 253,941 83,814 583,051
74.9 73.2
.2 1.5
4.1 21.0
5.8 1.9 13.3
8,923,000
6,564,000 6,462,000 1,711,000 1,333,000
511,000 32,000 2,875,000 19,000 83,000
171,000
2,188,000 1,121,500
198,000 868,500 457,500 410,000
1,000
73.6 72.4 19.2 14.9
5.7 .4
32.2 .2 .9
1.9
24.5 12.6
2.2 9.7 5.1 4.6
Government Payments 3/
12,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.83!
Forestry Products & Hortt Spec. 6.32! Poultry & Poultry Products 2.9% Dairy Products 3.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Field Crops 72.5*
Veg., Fruits, Nuts ^^^^^ .Fo&reJsetrrryiesPro1d.1u*cts &
Hort. Spec. 1.9*
Poultry & Poultry Products 12.6*
Dairy Products 2.2*
^Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 9.7*
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BEN HILL COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested "TTeTd for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
"TTeTd per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
16,966 20,232 15,881
15,810 14,830 15,400 16,700 16,100 17,200 15,200 13,800 13,500 12,900 12,400 12,200 12,300 13,800 13,540 12,500 12,900 12,300 11,200 15,200 15,900 16,200 18,600 17,500
11,160 20,854 16,221 19,672 14,264
10,990 11,330 11,930 13,120 13,000 13,800 11,900 11,300 10,400 10,500 10,500 10,300 10,500 12,300 11,600 11,500 11,500 11,700 10,400 13,500 15,200 15,790 17,900 11,600
13.5 12.2 13.5
8.4 15.7
6.1 23.2 25.0 27.3 28.9 26.3 35.8 32.4 30.6 43.9 44.9 54.1 47.6 61.9 34.3 32.8 32.5 64.1 50.0 38.0 58.7 63.1 59.8 29.9
150,707 254,995 218,341 164,924 224,502
67,000 263,000 298,000 358,000 376,000 362,500 426,000 366,000 318,000 461,000 471,000 557,000 500,000 761,000 398,000 377,000 374,000 750,000 520,000 513,000 891 ,900 996,700 1,069,800 347,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
400 1,000
560
100
800
1,700
960 1,680 1,500 3,080 1,490 1,760
17.0 21.0 15.0 24.0 21.0 24.0 12.5 16.8 26.2
25.6 23.4
23.1
6,800 21,000
8,400 2,400
16,800 40,800 12,000 28,200 39,300 78,800 34,900 40,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production , Harvested
WT 1,000 lbs.
PEANUTS
TTera
per acre
:TBTT
Production 1,000 lbs.]
15,231 18,762 16,640
8,252 6,715
6,060 5,060 4,600 3,430 2,540 4,250 4,420 4,510 4,730 4,590 4,760 4,210 2,570 2,140 2,850 2,900 2,550 2,700 2,800 2,300 3,430
820 660 405
246 95 156 182 182
324 341 358 409 418 372 388 341 356 634 562 425 450 444 360 277 318 357 455 448 435 244 298 284
7,506 3,552 5,202 3,005 2,438
4,090 3,600 3,440 2,930 2,210 3,300 3,580 3,210 3,520 6,080 5,580 3,740 2,410 1,990 2,150 1,670 1,690 2,010 2,660 2,150 3,110
415 410 240
713 569 1,150 1,224
1,330 1,265 1,110
730 630 850 860 870 905 865 785 695 725 850 660 780 855 860 690 750 835 900 830 875
894 1,396 1,475 1,201 1,317 1,176 1,624 1,690 1,873 1,943 1,896 1,970 1,519 1,962 1,650 1,491 1,536 1,808 1,950 1,456 2,193 1,707 1,837 1-880
362 492 893 1,332
1,189 1,766 1,637
877 830 1,000 1,397 1,470 1,695 1,681 1,488 1,369 1,102 1,668 1,089 1,163 1,313 1,555 1,346 1,092 1,831 1,536 1,525
1.645
3,271 7,622
7,661
5,240 6,670 6,730 6,700 6,800 6,580 6,640 6,560 6,570 6,620 6,735 6,760 6,845 6,855 6,780 6,775 6,855 6,885 6,955 7,100 7,173 7,167 7,218 7-234
375 894 1,008 1,027 1,202 1,242 1,199 1,241 892 1,674 1,845 2,149 2,042 2,361 2,096 2,061 2,546 3,001 3,237 3,125 3,388 3,404 2,802 3-389
5,550 5,508
1,963 5,960 6,782 6,880 8,174 8,172 7,959 8,139 5,860 11,085 12,426 14,530 13,979 16,185 14,211 13,966 17,454 20,664 22,514 22,188 24,300
24,393 20,226
.24.514
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,863 14,599 13,047
14,523
14,879
13,633
13,171
BEN HILL COUNTY DATA FROM THE J.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
163,840
79.3
129,970
121
163,840
66.4
108,768
92
5,416
3,617
1,799
163,840
58.4
95,724
96
5,676
3,795
1,881
163,840
72.5
118,716
129
6,068
4,036
2,032
163,200
67.5
110,151
122
3,679
163,200
62.9
102,703
118
4,201
2,782
1,419
163,200
85.4
139,364
148
163,200
89.2
145,545
222
1,839
1,321
518
163,200
75.1
122,582
229
163,200
71.5
116,631
218
856
703
153
163,136
44.9
73,328
230
163,136
39.4
64,210
254
Number of Farms
1,078 1,180
995 923 900 873 943 654 535 534 319 253
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,509,221 5,406,410 2,745,318 2,224,360 2,388,201 3,390,806 4,917,745 7,039,656 10,558,225 17,053,290 22,553,192 27,323,000
2,328 4,582 2,759 2,410 2,654 3,884 5,215 10,764 19,735 31,935
70,699 107,996
Tractors
15
42 108 345 500 506 605 488 409
Trucks
74
144 196 422 387 360 505 407 393
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
418
99
488
76
441
96
572
84
388
138
413
129
579
353
295
(NA)
258
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,357 3,387
304 18
225 371
88 950 176
51 58 66
37,089 54,217 7,310
250 2,970 5,480 1,057 21,034 5,855 2,325 4,350 3,660
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,845 3,291 6,173 7,946
6,904 4,738
706 1,658
922 1,398
1,695 2,554
2,498 2,995
673 1,889 1,828 3,373
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
374
22,621
456
308
8,766
12,804
174
12,056
491
18,896
184
8,145
63
8,651
57
9,228
27
19,000
PEACHES U 11
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,395 11,934 12,034
2,242 1,640 2,354
891 263 1,781 5,740 5,392
426 4,168 8,233 1,521
444 1,467
459 45 842
873 1,576
PECANS 1/ il
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
7,560 14,251
16,274
16,332 13,536 12,521 13,573
6,337 6,418
1,508 23,540 84,193
231,334 266,735 84,798
33,091 80,112 74,712 144,809 137,093
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
474 1,059
445 803 604 331 151
37 74 29
48,619 106,131 44,022
50,743 39,194 33,697 12,308
2,551 9,210 3,676
1 AND USE in
31
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
42,278
5,520
1934
41,858
6,991
1939
42,310
4,533
1944
34,011
9,322
1949 1954
37,542 30,632
5,247 4,818
1959 1964
1969 1974
29,957 25,860 22,296 25,507
5,790 4,663 3,277 1,877
See footnotes on last page
2,203 2,358 1,347 2,241 3,854 4,502
2,809 2,010 5,564 4,961
Woodland
88,975 44,117 38,192 64,171 52,572 50,994 83,069 97,517 76,638 76,261 33,941 23,917
Other Land
732 7,379 7,128 3,077 9,290 5,918 9,652 8,076 7,388 7,837 8,250 7,948
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2t5O0
24
27
40
42
43
62
40
50
25
36
19
102
62
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BEN HILL COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,521 3,788 2,852 4,932 4,734 4,598 4,323 7,291 5,812 8,805 8,548 9,536
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
2,696 1,918 1,612 2,387 1,749 2,201 2,169 3,878 2,778 4,318 4,429 4.686
1,321 1,335 1,498
1,414
1,309 1,241
540 345 239 354
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
18,775 25,360 54,769
96,320 121,835 113,112 126,035 300,235 120,814
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
9,216 9,350 3,482 5,051 5,189 7,757 7,942
8,355 11,668
9,895 8,878 4,811
1,793 565 619 561 994 862
1,361 1,889 1,481 1,678
768
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
17,852 30,283 23,268 24,469 22,448 24,750 25,266 21,905 71,367 40,328 115,721 121,793
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,001 8,483 18,897
11,319
5,980 23,797 167,797 30,704 157,101 58,405
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
71,691 198,704 130,117 83,598 67,520 166,071 51,416 95,180 825,944 455,854
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 35,102 $ 113,961 $ 55.5
19,198
92,600
82.8
61,511
183.7
114,542
258.8
150,815
291,193
230.9
438,931
267.9
117,481
405,192
273.2
642,897
498,168
346.6
1,053,000
1,073,000
445.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
9,350 9,100 9,250 9,500 9,500 9,500 9,700 9,800 9,900 9,600 12,500 12,200 11,800 10.000
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
410
4,150
370
4,300
260
4,500
280
4,650
280
4,800
350
4,950
300
4,630
250
4,580
250
4,510
320
4,290
310
5,360
500
5,300
560
4,800
390
4.020
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,790 4,430 4,490 4,570 4,420 4,200 4,770 4,970 5,140 4,990 6,830 6,400 6,440 5.590
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
9,950 9,700 10,750 9,250 10,000 10,600 11,050 9,650 7,500 6,600 4,200 4,700 8,130
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fu lly comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beg inning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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0.C7
BERRIEN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1870
Berrien County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1856 from parts of Coffee,
Irwin and Lowndes Counties and was 114th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It
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was named for John MacPherson Berrien, member of the United States Senate and Attorney General in the cabinet of President Andrew Jackson. Nashville, the county seat, was named for General
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Francis Nash, a distinguished soldier of the Revolutionary War for whom the capital city of Tennessee was also named.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 299,328 acres. There were
662 farms having a total of 160,207 acres with land and buildings valued at $77,191,000.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the principle soils are 1n the Norfolk, Lakeland, Leon, Scranton, Lynchburg and Plummer series, mostly loamy sands and sands. These soils are
adapted to production of soybeans, cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, truck crops and pecans. Field crops account
for almost 74 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974. The Georgia Crop Reporting Service ranked Berrien third in tobacco production.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall in Berrien
County of 48 to 50 inches, with the larger totals usually occurring in the southern part of the county. The average
for July is around six inches, and November, which is usually the driest month, averages two inches or less. More --
than seventy percent of the years have between 40 and 60 inches of rain. The average annual temperature is between R6C6IV6u
66 and 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season usually extends from early March to mid-November and averages about 250 days in length.
N0V2 61979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
5,515,201
8,725,731
1974 Amount $
20,909,000
DOCUMENTS * V AJGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops
' Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,469,978 4,307,925
134,722 27,331 36,600 105,738
902,885 69,938 39,704 793,243
81.0 78.1
6,439,643 6,353,828
2.4 .5
.7 1.9
16.4 1.3 .7
14.4
49,630 36,185
127,398 189,570
1,969,120 572,679 (D)
1,396,358
73.8 72.8
.6 .4 1.4 2.2 22.6 6.6 16.0
20,770,000
15,713,500 15,366,000
5,880,000 8,253,500
43,000 104,000 1,085,500 80,000 267,500
712,000
370,000
3,974,500 982,000
(NA) 1,036,000 1,777,000
(D)
75.7 74.0 28.3 39.8
.2 .5 5.2 .4 1.3
3.4
1.8
19.1 4.7
5.0 8.5
Government Payments 3/
9,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Horticultural Spec. .7% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.9%
Livestock, Poultry & "their Products 16.4%
^Forestry Products 1.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec. 3.4% Veg., Fruits, Nuts a Berries 1.7JS
Livestock, Poultry a their Products 19.1%
Forestry Products 1.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BERRIEN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield For grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
29,920 42,038 42,026
47,050 44,120 45,000 47,400 44,500 47,300 41,700 37,800 33,900 37,300 35,800 35,100 35,100 39,700 39,000 34,900 36,900 40,500 36,400 40,000 43,000 42,800 49,200 46,600
24,600 27,275 26,087 29,122 39,498 24,650
30,550 29,810 29,640 31,650 29,800 31,500 28,200 27,600 25,500 30,600 30,600 30,160 30,500 35,600 33,500 32,000 32,900 38,400 33,800 36,000 41,800 42,720 48,400 25,300
12.3 15.7 14.6 13.9 10.5 18.0
14.2 25.6 24.6 26.8 28.5 29.0 37.5 39.5 36.5 47.4 42.9 53.7 58.6 60.8 43.0 37.5 31.6 48.2 66.0 42.0 64.2 53.3 62.7 22.0
302,620 428,741 381,404 406,227
15,871 443,667
432,600 763,100 730,500 847,900 850,400 913,400 1,057,000 1,091,000 931,000 1,451,000 1,314,000 1,621,000 1,786,000 2,164,000 1,440,000 1,200,000 1,040,000 1,851,000 2,230,800 1,512,000 2,683,900 2,275,300 3,034,900 555,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
230 350 380 410 640 950 1,280 2,840 5,800 3,400 1,800 3,900 7,600 8,900 9,580 6,750 9,360 6,740 4,350
10.5 15.5 15.5 14.0 18.0 22.0 22.0 23.0 23.0 17.0 32.5 23.0 26.0 19.0 22.1 23.5 25.6 26.1 23.5
2,415 5,425 5,890 5,820 11,520 20,900 28,160 65,320 - 133,400 57,800 58,500 89,700 197,600 169,100 211,700 158,600 239,600 175,900 102,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) 1,000 lbs.!
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1 ,000 lbTT]
19,398 29,253 14,154
11,311 5,302 4,753
3,980 3,010 3,010 2,920 2,625 3,330 3,510 3,430 3,740 3,680 3,770 3,280 1,670
940 1,440 1,300
900 350 350 245 835
5,631
229
13,383
114
3,223
177
4,006
188
1,995
226
2,147
289
2,400
344
2,160
293
1,840
317
1,930
339
1,860
314
2,180
423
3,090
315
2,250
379
2,960
525
4,040
388
3,060
402
2,760
304
1,060
310
610
194
590
202
550
218
410
180
130
329
240
306
155
291
505
5
1,809 6,956 6,581 5,078
5,780 5,535 4,820 3,675 3,525 3,860 3,900 3,900 4,090 3,890 3,500 3,195 3,220 3,570 3,020 3,240 3,400 3,200 3,030 3,210 4,480 4,300 3,770 3.760
1,427 1,580 1,489 1,289 1,408
1,331 2,010 2,158
2,090 2,344
2,019 2,212
2,000 2,291 2,100 1,947 2,117 2,194 2,425 1,591 2,3652,018 1,840 2.321
2
752 6,653 6,069 6,634
8,248 8,746 7,179 4,736 4,964 5,136 7,838 8,418 8,547 9,120 7,067 7,067 6,438 8,179 6,342 6,309 7,198 7,020 7,348 5,106 10,593 8,677 6,936 a.727
3,471 1,708 2,517
1,210 1,820 1,920 1,890 1,890 1,990 2,010 1,990 1,930 1,950 1,965 2,005 2,075 2,085 2,100 2,075 2,065 2,150 2,145 2,190 2,208 2,226 2,212 2t?ni
574 1 ,041 1 ,164 1,052 1,171 1,152
1,199 908
1,077 1,587 1,620 2,070 1,843 2,121 1,982 1,701 2,158 2,605 3,222 2,678 3,339 3,212 2,927 ?,17<;
1,123 2,032
694 1 ,894 2,235 1 ,989 2,213 2,293 2,410 1 ,807 2,078 3,094 3,184 4,151 3,824 4,423 4,163 3,530 4,456 5,601 6,911 5,865 7,373 7,149 6,475
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
19,440 22,772 15,573 14,646
15,370
13,966
12,038
11,556
BERRIEN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
10,903
10,072
831
10,249
9,437
812
10,794
9,985
809
7,909
7,836
7,459
377
4,222
4,026
196
2,557
2,439
118
470,400 320,000 291,200 291,200 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 298,240 299,328 299,328
78.2 72.1 64.4 69.2 72.1 76.3 77.4 75.8 74.8 71.4 63.5 53.5
413,118 367,807 230,750 187,455 201 ,606 214,931 227,662 230,784 226,127 222,995 213,031 189,973 160,207
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
223 152 132
99 117 124 144 141 156 197 220 240 242
Number of Farms
1,852 2,423 1,744 1,892 1,724 1,739 1,582 1,637 1,445 1,134
968 792 662
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
4,626,140 6,670,671 4,392,577 3,107,429 4,648,303 6,737,242 11,002,277 14,059,850 20,233,962 33,221,760 57,480,992 77,191,000
1,909 3,825 2,322 1,802 2,673 4,259 6,721 9,730 17,843 34,320 72,577 116,603
Tractors
15
77 221 670 1,183 1,320 1,322 1,172 1,135
Trucks
155
248 392 607 849 847 931 857 899
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
827
103
580
24
638
31
799
59
943
83
802
161
1,050
587
719
(NA)
677
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
6,584 5,161 3,400
78 66 109 584
629 2,266
516 725 275
64
65,340 64,589 56,880
1,470 1,248 2,840 13,005 12,115 64,665 13,980 24,365 7,532 2,550
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,953 3,555 5,253 4,427
1,903 1,003
971 2,162 1,737 2,533
2,517 3,157
1,317 744
1,719 4,120 4,539 6,727
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
686 3,720 2,014
2,709 2,762
694 418 265 129
58,319
58,857 103,996 230,825 134,722
54,686 49,630 47,489 80.000
1,851
10,500 2,361 1,339 2,630 2,939 450 195 3,131 3,808 900
1,663 5,303
531 1,150
535 1,192
11 18 230 2,011 1,667
PECANS 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
5,446 10,630
15,467
16,295 12,045 13,854 14,061 23,095 12.724
7,641 28,494 16,802
332,616 253,574 121,017
83,982 221,845
75,550 234,228
(D)
SWF.E1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2,016 1,530 1,505
1,331 1,792 1,262
749 814 184 289 637 526 175
125,592 126,438 117,114
138,166 122,505 111,123
54,227 57,316
9,864 24,455 66,630 69,733 4fi.inn
LAND USE IN
M
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowabie
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
59,098
5,291
1934
66,641
4,762
1939
68,064
1,085
1944
57,694
5,258
1949
64,629
6,136
1954
61,429
2,852
1959
58,076
6,534
1964
49,876
14,669
1969
46,095
17,282
1974
50,741
2,968
See footnotes on last page
4,548 2,343 1,689 2,559 3,677 6,968 6,563 3,955 10,863 13,212
Woodland
272,478 150,963 111,525
95,065 138,086 151,196 146,582 135,824 137,656 127,688 100,129 71,025
Other Land
4,466 9,330 6,681 32,055 5,511 10,080 9,760 19,054 14,166 16,843 15,604 22,261
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
39
52
130
102
112
164
126
153
91
113
55
208
109
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BERRIEN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
20,538 23,338 16,700 8,652 15,101 11,164 14,924 9,857 14,999 11,434 17,661 16,629 20,456
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,924 13,537 8,478 4,323
7,347 4,949 8,239 5,353 7,618 5,636 8,489 8,800 10,877
Milk Cows
5,191 5,611 2,368 2,501
2,892
2,311 1,566
870 374 517 294
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
9,167 3,577 12,347 10,066
15,044 9,637 55,419 77,115 79,515
98 fNA] INA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
29,196 48,170 30,537 16,946 20,638 22,667 27,711 34,250 27,526 38,082 27,721 28,052 16,696
Sows Farrowing 5/
5,962 2,661 2,799 3,719 4,083 4,140 4,960 6,539 4,820 5,350 2,973
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
34,412 63,209 57,517 43,913 59,163 56,386 74,521 50,199 54,468 39,846 45,871 178,239 27,657
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
17,897 10,917 24,043
33,876
10,094 10,812 708,071 849,385 1,149,022
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
117,010 145,565 150,952 239,828 207,867 323,316 406,732 80,128 161,365 251,053 281,409
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Labor (Thous.)
$ 9,979 14,975
$ 272,666 221 ,087
$ 60.5 139.4
102,839 153,783
275.8 348.2
273,245
799,777
588.6
636,391
543.8
351 ,499 1 ,551,746 1,823,000
1,108,337 1,222,248 2,616,000
751.2 889.7 1,175.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
18,700 18,000 18,500 18,700 18,700 18,700 19,000 19,100 19,200 19,900 24,400 24,000 23,300 20,200
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
450
8,500
400
8,750
370
8,900
290
9,250
400
9,500
650
9,800
550
9,700
500
9,700
450
9,600
390
10,200
380
12,740
260
12,500
260
11,500
190
10,100
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,750 8,850 9,230 9,160 8,750 8,250 8,750 8,900 9,150 9,310 11,280 11,240 11,540 9,910
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
27,950 28,500 31,600 29,250 31,600 36,650 33,000 28,700 24,350 21,250 13,700 18,000 17,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved
D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BRANTLEY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
O.C7 E^
1900-1B7B
Brantley County was created by Legislative Act of August 14, 1920 from parts of
Charlton, Pierce and Wayne Counties and was 156th in order of organization of Georgia
counties. It was named for Benjamin D. Brantley, a descendant of an old Georgia family,
members of which were active patriots in the Revolutionary War. The name of Nahunta, the
county seat, was formed from a combination of initials and the surname of N. A. Hunter, an
""i
rrWr\$ff early settler connected with extensive timber operations in the county. Nahunta was first
known as Victoria and later as N. A. Hunter Siding before the present name.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 286,080 acres. There 'ICflbyiere 328 farms having a total of 39,094 acres with land and buildings valued at $19,434,000. The number of farms
is about 40 percent of the peak number in 1935. Only about 14 percent of the land area is in farms and almost 60 percent of the farm land is in timber.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Pla1n--Flatwoods--Province of the soil classification. The Okefenokee Swamp covers the western edge of the County and other areas are quite low and swampy. Poultry and poultry products account for about 74 percent of the county's agricultural economy.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports precipitation decreases some in Brantley
County, with increased distance from the Coast, but for the County as a whole, averages around 50 inches per year.
Almost half the annual total falls during the period June through September. The average annual temperature 1s
about 68 degrees, with no month averaging less than 52 degrees. Its nearness to the Coast results in the County
having a mild winter climate, and a long growing season, which usually extends from early March to past mid-
Novefflber-
Received
Value of All Farm Products
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount "$~
1,154,928
2,387,167
884,682 871,258
76.6
1,087,428
45.5
75.4
1,082,359
45.3
2,825
.3
10,599
.9
1,934 3,135
54,451
4.7
197,449
8.3
1974 Amount $ 11,426,000
11,305,000 2,120,000 2,111,000
215,000 1,868,000
27,000 1,000 9,000
-ff )V 2 6 1979
POCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
18.7 18.6
1.9 16.5
.2
246,000
2.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
215,795 38,697 18,456
158,642
18.7
1,102,290
46.2
3.4
847,973
35.5
1.6
105
13.7
254,212
10.7
8,939,000 8,403,000
536,000 291,000 244,000
1,000
79.1 74.3
4.8 2.6 2.2
Government Payments 1/
9.000
y Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 4.7%
_ Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.3
V. Poultry & Poultry Products 3.4%
All Crops 18.7%
Forestry Prod. 2.2% Livestock, Dairy & their Products 4.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
8,713 8,962 6,422
5,970 5,780 5,600 5,600 5,600 6,100 5,400 5,000 4,800 5,270 5,100 4,450 4,550 4,940 5,100 4,380 4,270 6,600 5,950 6,200 5,100 5,700 6,250 6,000
BRANTLEY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELC AND PRODUCTION, 1954- 1977
CORN
Harvested
Yield
for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
8,637 8,891 5,006
4,210 3,740 3,250 3,300 3,100 3,300 3,000 3,570 3,450 3,760 3,860 3,360 3,400 4,000 4,300 4,070 3,800 6,200 5,550 5,580 4,500 5,380 6,120 1,800
11.4 11.1 19.6
17.4 24.8 27.5 23.8 27.7 32.6 34.7 42.0 38.6 46.5 35.5 46.7 28.5 49.0 38.4 39.8 30.8 53.1 53.0 23.0 56.8 53.3 58.8 19.9
98,470 98,482 98,048
73,300 92,800 89,400 78,600 86,000 107,700 104,000 150,000 133,000 175,000 137,000 157,000 97,000 196,000 165,000 162,000 117,000 329,000 294,200 128,300 255,600 286,500 359,800 35,900
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) 1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
224
250
112
1,298
55
209
23
1 ,645
33
288
19
1,216
1,176 1,481 1,616
25
320
15
1,465
1 ,438
2,106
25
200
8
1,410
1,519
2,142
20
250
10
1,225
1,561
1,912
20
100
5
920
961
884
10
200
5
875
1,690
1,479
25
240
15
970
1,508
1 ,463
45
200
20
990
1 ,890
1,871
45
289
20
1,000
1,936
1,936
15
200
5
1,050
1,931
2,028
20
300
10
1,005
1 ,964
1,974
30
233
15
900
1,804
1 ,624
20
300
15
775
2,013
1,560
20
200
10
850
865
735
10
200
4
1,315
1,931
2,539
20
100
5
900
1,560
1,404
10
100
2
935
1,534
1 ,434
1,050
1,976
2,075
805
1,901
1,530
795
1,900
1,511
855
1,221
1,044
1,090
2,014
2,195
1,040
2,258
2,348
1 1,050 7 6.5
1,912 1 ,q?l
2,008 1,477
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
BRANTLEY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
hAKM PUHULAHUN
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
6,895
4,195
4,016
179
277,760
23.2
64,440
94
689
4,217
4,018
199
277,760
36.5
101,368
125
813
6,871
4,111
3,879
232
286,080
26.4
75,402
111
679
3,240
286,080
29.2
83,523
127
659
6,387
3,228
3,103
125
286,080
30.0
85,762
125
686
286,080
34.9
99,982
149
671
5,891
2,036
2,026
10
286,080
27.6
78,922
161
489
286,080
24.4
69,721
164
424
5,940
1,629
1,629
286,080
22.0
63,015
152
414
286,080
13.7
39,094
119
328
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
964,370
1,400
7
848,296
1,043
1,079,758
1,590
12
1,465,240
2,223
34
2,411,290
3,515
156
5,253,259
7,829
331
8,390,262
17,158
432
10,120,456
23,869
388
14,671,771
35,439
429
19,434,000
59,250
380
44
233
14
79
218
14
127
250
20
236
262
38
325
255
111
331
274
187
333
399
269
387
267
(NA)
337
277
(MA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
11
95
24
1,045
27
185
54
920
19
400
5
180
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
609 1,246
779
249 173 364 426 461 742
465 753
181 141 687 1,016 1,044 1,692
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES Uil
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS i//
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
81
4,464
3,671
172
5,996
4,531
454
130
1,155
531
583
102
5,840
3,734
406
5,432
107,865
462
895
3,421
2,136
109,662
287
121
2,000
948
21
4,025
5,577
143
73
2,825
104
18
2,200
34,431
42
18
1,530
175
49
2,624
45,306
27
16
1,934
78
2,931
10,194
23
8
1,087
867
11 ,880
1
10
9,000
486
3
36,269 28,850 38,133 : 16,892 I 11,972 !
2,575 2,326 4,196
91 151
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
12,277
2,292
1934
12,346
4,325
1939
15,694
866
1944
13,927
783
1949
11,178
2,100
1954 1959 1964
9,995 8,869 7,144
2,796 3,832 3,829
1969 1974
5,930 4,791
4,277 1,952
See fool:notes on last page.
1,766 614 745 558
1,818 2,135 4,697 1,519 3,399 4,985
Woodland
32,665 79,905 56,184 66,956 68,940 80,803 57,058 51,756 36,366 23,223
Other Land
14,892 2,956 1,875 1,199 1,726 4,253 4,466 5,473
13,043 4,143
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4.999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
35
33
21
20
24
33
42
60
57
65
39
203
110
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
WANTLEY COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
6,572 10,328
7,516 8,170 4,913 6,234 4,195 4,995 4,087
5,212
3,900 5,502 3,859 3,610 2,844 3,452 2,249 2,501 1,900 2,690
923
1 ,680
660 573 453 236 47 73
1,999
1,285 24,370 18,007 36,760 205,288
120 (NA) (NA)
5,775 5,869 6,593 7,902 8,942 8,205 7,490 4,408 7,234 3,095
668 1,037 1 ,477 1,100 1,054 1,186 1,535
954 1,353
638
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) ?/
21,803 24,185 22,509
25,586 18,672 23,232
17,971 7,879
591,753 871 ,857
14,083
15,010
4,922 11 ,315 603,900 1,749,322 1,758,330
(D)
120,033 75,275
144,355 136,409
33,259 62,210 114,379 60,632
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 11,915 $ 47,293
$ 11.4
13,544
55,577
13.6
51 ,952
59.2
106,184
76.9
163,489
169,508
122.2
308,460
1 20.2
727,651
236,140
130.9
2,512,707
219,492
169.7
5,039,000
352,000
397.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,300 5,250 5,200 5,000 4,800 5,000 5,000 5,000 4,900 4,900 5,800 5,800 5,600 5,240
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
280 240 210 150 130
50 50 50 50 50 50
40 40 50
Other
2,350 2,400 2,400 2,450 2,500 2,550 2,420 2,350 2,140 2,150 2,730 2,800 2,700 2,610
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,670 2,610 2,590 2,400 2,170 2,400 2,530 2,600 2,710 2,700 3,020
2,960 2,860 2,580
December 1 All Hogs and
4P,14J5l0S
5,750 6,400 7,550 8,150 9,450 8,950 8,600 6,050 7,150 5,800 8,200 9,810
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not avail able.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BROOKS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Brooks County is located on the southern border of the State almost at the center of
its east west dimension. It was the 128th county of the State created by Legislative Act
of December 11, 1858 from Thomas and Lowndes Counties and was named for the Honorable
Preston Brooks, a noted ante-bellum lawyer of the state of South Carolina. The same act
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authorized the Inferior Court Judges to select a site for public buildings to be called Quitman in honor of General John Quitman, an officer of the Mexican War and a vigorous
champion of States rights.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, land area was 313,920 acres making it
28th in size among counties in the State. There were 629 farms having a total of 211,316 acres, with land and
buildings valued at $92,543,000. The number of farms decreased 296 from 1964 to 1974.
Brooks County lies in the Middle Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the soils are well adapted
to the production of cotton, corn, tobacco, peanuts and truck crops. It is one of the ranking agricultural
counties of the State. Field crops represented over 49 percent of the value of farm products sold and livestock
and livestock products were slightly above 36 percent. The earliest commercial peaches in the State are produced
in the county.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 52 inches in Brooks County. Annual totals at Quitman have ranged from 81.45 inches in 1964 to 33 inches in 1927,
Received
but fall between 40 and 60 inches in five out of seven years. July, with an average of more than seven inches is
the wettest month, and October and November, with about two and one-fourth inches, are driest. The average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees. The freeze-free growing season averages about 252 days, extending usually from Nf|\/ 9 R 1<T7r
about March 9 to November 16.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
6,550,648
8,844,496
1974 Amount $
29,700,000
DOCUMENTS i 1/ JGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and O^er 2/
29,560,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage.Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
4,713,662 4,009,867
656,463 47,332
72.0 61.2
10.0 .8
6,033,321
68.2
4,920,045
55.6
675,824
7.6
437,452
5.0
16,690,000 14,566,000 7,230,000 4,171,000
610,000 95,000
2,460,000
1,534,000 590,000
56.5 49.3 24.5 14.1
2.1 .3
8.3
5.2 2.0
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
84,780 210,855
1.3
15,100
.2
3.2
130,808
1.5
683,000
2.3
289,000
1.0
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Pou'try & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,541,351
51,742 189,708 1,299,901
23.5
2,665,267
30.1
11,898,000 40.2
.8
101,353
1.1
2,000
2.9
290,381
3.3
1,191,000
4.0
19.8
2,273,533
25.7
10,705,000 36.2
5,604,500 19.0
4,505,500 15.2
1,000
594,000
2.0
Government Payments 1/
60,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
"1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
.Other Livestock, Poultry * & their Products 20.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock, Poultry & their Products 36.2%
-*-- Dairy Products 2.9%
^ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 10.8%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.5%
"" Dairy Products 4.0%
^_Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 7.2%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BROOKS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Productl an
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
46,038 56,869 49,588
60,170 56,030 55,000 55,700 51,300 52,800 46,600 42,200 41,400 44,000 42,200 41,300 41,400 46,700 45,200 44,600 46,500 45,300 40,800 41,000 47,400 47,000 53,000 53,500
38,428 40,121 50,496 44,048 52,431 33,880
39,630 41,150 41,030 42,110 40,600 41,600 36,400 34,200 31,600 37,000 36,900 36,400 36,900 42,800 40,300 40,900 41,400 43,000 37,900 36,900 45,600 45,350 52,000 33,800
10.0 13.6 12.9 11.8 10.5 15.2
12.2 20.3 24.1 27.3 29.5 29.5 31.5 39.0 30.5 43.9 37.4 50.7 42.0 57.8 39.1 35.9 26.7 57.8 58.0 45.0 59.0 57.2 73.5 35.9
384,22C 546,76C 650,396 521,87C 548,612 514,514
483,30C 837,00C 988,60C 1 .149.00C 1.197.50C 1.228.30C 1 .146.00C 1.333.00C 963.00C 1.625.00C 1.379.00C 1.847.00C 1 1 ,551 ,00C 2.472.00C l,576,0OC 1 1.468.00C 1 1.105.00C I 2,487,000 2,198,200 1,660,500 2,691,100 2,594,300 3,821,000 1,214,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
2,180 1,730 1,850 1,990 1,540 1,390 1,870 3,690 5,900 4,600 4,200 7,900 13,100 22,000 25,250 22,670 33,430
22,770 20,800
18.0 22.0 18.5 14.0 22.5 22.5 22.0 17.0 21.0 16.5 27.5 25.0 29.0 21.5 21.4 30.0 28.4
23.4 22.1
39,240 38,060 34,225 27,710 34,650 31,275 41,140 62,730 123,900 75,900 115,500
197,500 379,900 473,000 540,400 680,100 949,400
532,800 459,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.)
33,361
34,065 27,141
22,604
12,583
11,175
10,200 8,750 7,940 6,760 5,290 7,840 8,150 9,260 8,430 8,160 8,360 7,370 4,250 2,480 3,950 3,000 2,700 2,400 3,500 2,630 4,390 2,190 3,030 3.550
149 204 122 197 167 264
350 432 213 271 400 366 401 311 354 443 342 300 194 303 245 229 284 447 371 428 528 475 404 421
9,403 13,977
6,648 8,921 4,207 5,901
7,440 7,890 3,540 3,830 4,410 5,980 6,820 6,010 6,230 7,560 5,980 4,620 1,720 1,570 2,020 1,430 1,600 2,230 2,710 2,350 4,830 2,180 2,550 3.110
177 1,831 4,230 2,861
3,220 3,150 2,830 1,865 1,720 2,110 2,140 2,150 2,250 2,140 1,935 1,625 2,200 2,095 1,680 1,920 1,980 1,640 1,740 1,860 2,190 2,500 2,050
2.170
1,276 1,440 1,324 1,318 1,462 1,613 1,728 2,013 1,911 1,943 1,739 1,477 1,751 2,117 1,755 1,669 2,032 1,864 1,920 1,598 2,077 1,761 1,777 1.892
89 1,680 3,118 2,926
4,108 4,537 3,746 2,458 2,515 3,404 3,697 4,327 4,300 4,158 3,364 2,563 3,853 4,435 2,948 3,205 4,024 3,057 3,341 2,973 4,548 4,403 3,643 4.106
10,620 7,205 6,885
5,210 4,700 4,880 4,530 4,580 4,350 4,600 4,730 4,560 4,740 4,920 4,895 4,875 4,950 5,075 5,045 5,115 5,120 5,420 5,335 5,154 5,239 5,278 5.266
739 994
1,001 786
1,063 1,113
1,149 1,084
1,387 1,578 1,450 1,913 1,880 2,126 1,956 1,633 2,107 2,512 3,120 2,662 3,408 3,226
2,775 2.630
3,892 5,200
3,852 4,673 4,884 3,562 4,867 4,840 5,284 5,128 6,323 7,480 7,134 9,365 9,165 10,525 9,926 8,241 10,775 12,861 16,911 14,202 17,566 16,900 14,647 1.1,8.48
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
18,606 23,832 24,538 21,330
20,497
18,169
15,292
13,739
BROOKS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,325 13,855 14,395 10,838 10,678
6,327
3,798
6,984 6,554 6,915
5,199
3,263
2,228
8,341 7,301 7,480
5,479
3,064
1,570
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 328,960
328,960 328,960 328,960 328,960 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 313,920 313,920
Percent
in Farms 87.6
85.8 82.0 69.9 82.5 75.7 87.8 92.5 88.8 78.9 70.0 68.0 67.3
All Land in Farms (acres) 288,055
282,106 269,735 230,035 271,515 238,511 276,377 291,123 279,597 248,523 220,555 213,587 211,316
Average Size Farms
(acres) 158 --
107 99 94
117 107 102 143 164 211 238 279 336
Number of Farms
1,823 2,646 2,726 2,447 2,327 2,236 2,698 2,031
1,703 1,180
925 766 629
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,761,560
5,151,500 10,875,105
5,624,559 4,345,853 5,197,343 8,290,239 12,588,138 16,411,811 20,347,920 31,303,850 51,561,186 92,543,000
Average (dol.)
966
1,947 3,989 2,299 1,868 2,324 3,073 6,198 9,637 17,244 33,842 67,312 147,127
Tractors
42
128 427 996 1,118 1,298 1,283 1,154 1,043
Trucks
260
331 511 938 1,061 861 1,021 935 926
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
789
100
576
70
832
87
876
158
937
139
822
284
859
521
659
(NA)
602
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
n,2yy
9,512 9,281
1,412 283
1,423
3,589 846
3,499
1,647 1,528
901 492
Production (bushels)
104,530 143,120 138,479 24,199
4,273 32,215 120,967 14,135 87,369 47,193 61,886 38,049 20,515
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,630 5,341 8,120 7,017
5,678 5,389 4,484 5,811 4,635 2,572
2,816 3,936
3,133 4,480 7,910 15,178 13,444 6,871
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
8,642 7,461 7,744
11,952 12,483
5,723 6,747 3,605 3,018
440,626
210,637 778,302 862,707 656,463 358,787 675,824 660,597 1,534,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
12,728
374
2,425
1,918
12,139
6,333
3,789
1,020
4,117
3,076
3,570
2,994
2,840
1,334
8,404
72
13,186
2,639
51,385
28,161
116,046
76,105
301,641
305,261
279,315
80,580
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
320
22,994
9,283
53,295
16,604
22,652
16,416
17,943 15,326 20,234 17,727 13,725 12,871
428,202 537,144 255,084 115,642 232,516 179,247 627,371 215,557
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,136
86,549
1,239
101,267
2,592
227,692
2,589
192,196
2,880
163,597
1,903
104,278
976
67,457
1,506
91,730
343
22,519
297
35,233
151
18,487
25
3,289
24
6,646
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
100,275
19,899
1934
98,977
15,425
1939
107,855
6,952
1944
103,064
16,610
1949
96,618
17,508
1954
97,146
11,287
1959
81,821
13,588
1964
73,004
19,725
1969 1974
72,732 80,524
19,413 4,996
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
7,645 11,450
7,076 8,257 16,464 20,231 19,528 8,045 17,936 19,603
Woodland
149,315 122,383 81,261 128,611
96,111 128,979 147,485 132,474 117,120
95,100 80,161 83,165
Other Land 11,414 5,703 20,378 16,704 19,671 18,555 13,048 18,459 16,466 24,681 23,345 23,028
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
*
70
76 100
87 10?
112
83
120
81
ias 61
246
127
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BROOKS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,170 14,178 14,743 7,138 12,514
9,111 11,923
9,697 21 ,988 15,481 21,390 22,822 32,850
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,559 8,665 7,155 3,767 5,900 4,356 5,877 4,843 11,172 8,274 10,949 9,576 11,351
Milk Cows 3,277 4,895 3,505 3,101
3,079
2,350 2,242 1,290
952 1,217 1,254
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,408 9,291 8,311 54,072
95,298 102,080 242,945 364,369 785,191 555,564
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
29,885 47,210 45,142 21,163 24,782 27,665 33,183 29,277 33,717 38,093 34,409 43,248 34,950
Sows Farrowinq 5/
8,589 4,206 2,956 3,648 3,780 3,701 5,789 6,854 6,765 8,211 6,514
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
55,426 57,806 67,222 52,085 57,769 56,050 62,164 42,104 42,586 35,047 23,477
2,942 1,943
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
30,527 17,080 37,545
30,629
9,882 7,241 42,652 10,193
358 372
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
132,490 195,616 227,309 265,169 173,632 273,876 339,585
85,435 119,603 139,199 230,131
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 22,918 S 269,815 $ 192.7
72,824
239,223
158.8
114,048
454.0
380,541
620.0
369,180
948,839
781.7
538,769
702.9
810,131
1 ,446,779
827.4
1,501 ,963
1 ,616,907
1,203.3
4,705,000
3,709,000
2,127.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
22,700 22,200 21,900 22,200 22,500 23,000 28,000 31,000 34,700 35,300 44,200 43,000 41,700 35,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q7
Kept for Milk
1,150 1,050 1,020
890 1,250 1,450 1,350 1,300 1,250 1,190 1,160 1,700 1 ,790 1,450
Other
10,500 10,900 10,900 11,300 11 ,650 12,000 13,300 13,950 14,650 15,000 18,730 17,500 16,100 13,500
All Other Cattle and Calves
11,050 10,250
9,980 10,010
9,600 9,550 13,350 15,750 18,800 19,110 24,310 23,800 23,810 20,050
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
34,700 39,150 43,400 45,100 48,700 61,000 59,700 58,500 60,150 52,700 49,000 59,000 61,200
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BRYAN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Bryan County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from parts of Chatham,
Effingham and Liberty Counties and was 16th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for Jonathan Bryan, one of the original settlers who accompanied Oglethorpe from
Beaufort, South Carolina to the site of Savannah and who aided in founding this town upon the
bluffs overlooking the river. On the Ogeechee River in Bryan County are the ruins of the lost
town of Hardwick which was laid out February 4, 1755 and was once expected to become the capital
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of Georgia. Clyde, the county seat at the time, took its name from Lord Clyde (Sir Oliver Campbell), a noted field marshall of Scotland. Pembroke is the present county seat.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 283,648 acres making it 43rd in size among
counties in the State. There were 108 farms having a total of 30,769 acres, with land and buildings valued at
$9,942,000. Only about 11 percent of the land area is in farms with 18 percent of the farm land devoted to har-
vested crops.
The county is in the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--near the Atlantic Coast and is not one of the important
agricultural counties of the State.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average yearly rainfall in Bryan
County is about 50 inches. Slightly more falls in the coastal area, and less in the northern portion of the County.
About one-half the annual total occurs during the four months from June through September. The average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are in early March and
late November, giving an average freeze-free growing season of about 265 days.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
546,206
1964
Amount $
%
519,313
1974 Amount $ 1,423,000
* V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
273,105 220,663
51,899 543
84,243 188,858
18,824 17,520 152,514
50.0 40.4
268,260 263,388
9.5 .1
15.4
34.6 3.5 3.2
27.9
4,572 300
450 85,801
164,802 33,198
131,604
51.7 50.7
.9 .1 .1 16.5 31.7 6.4 25.3
1,392,000
992,500 987,500 588,500 301,000
6,000 92,000
5,000
(z)
2,500 96,500
300,500
(D)
(NA) 60,000 108,000
(D)
71.3 70.9 42.3 21.6
.4 6.6
.4
.2 6.9 21.5
4.3 7.8
Government Payments 1/
3,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than Falf of the unit reported. D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
N0V2 6 197!
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 15.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec.
9.6%
Forestry Products 6.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, - Berries & Hort. Spec
.6%
V. All Livestock, Poultry & their Products, 21.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
8,430 6,814 5,260
5,810 5,710 4,900 4,300 4,000 4,400 3,860 3,570 3,300 2,140 2,070 1,850 1,900 2,030 2,130 1,460 1,390 4,300 3,900 4,020 4,200 3,950 4,400 3,900
BRYAN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Yea r
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels
(acres)
(bu.)
8,286 9,319 13,526 8,157 6,559 3,781
3,240 3,800 3,180 2,830 2,800 3,100 2,810 2,660 2,550 1,540 1,560 1,380 1,440 1,700 1,800 1,360 1,240 4,050 3,650 3,650 4,000 3,900 4,200 2,690
11.3 12.9
8.2 10.9
9.3 14.4
13.1 26.8 24.5 20.5 30.3 29.1 33.5 41.0 47.1 53.9 35.9 53.6 40.3 62.4 46.7 33.8 46.8 51.1 40.0 45.0 58.6 61.2 54 9 37.0
93,690 119,942 111,212
88,941 61,289 54,579
42,400 101,800
77,900 58,100 84,900 90,100 94,000 109,000 120,000 83,000 56,000 74,000 58,000 106,000 84,000 46,000 58,000 207,000 146,000 164,300 23t,300 238,500 230,400 99,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
180 190 200 350 520 690 1,000 1 ,200 640 500 600 1,900 2,100 2,500 2,210 3,270 2,470 2,560
25.0 24.0 21.5 28.0 22.5 24.5 21.0 21.0 17.5 27.0 21.0 25.0 17.0 27.6 26.0 28.4 26.1 21.8
Production
(bushels)
4,500 4,560 4,300 9,800 11,700 16,905 21,000 25,200 11 ,200 13,500 12,600 47,500 35,700 69,000 57,500 92,900 64,500 55,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) [1 ,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs)
968 2,952 4,507 2,048
460 548
200 180 140 100
40 90 195 260 150 140 125 80 85 25 20
1
208
334
343
2,029
92
830
138
197
807
86
153
141
415
145
159
347
205
85
435
161
60
405
321
90
330
90
20
200
500
40
145
367
70
260
200
75
280
358
190
285
240
80
305
271
80
290
200
50
260
225
39
225
165
30
250
120
7
325
100
5
250
190
235
380
210
290
230
270
205
270
69 64 256 367
1,032
'49
1,257
509
1,252
413
1,015
203
1,269
184
1,550
403
1,450
406
1,477
421
1,534
468
1,541
447
1,577
410
1,778
400
873
218
1,695
551
1,365
341
797
152
1,281
301
1,611
612
1,485
312
1,466
425
1,927
443
2,099
567
1,364
280
2.021
546
99
179
106
399
234
130
423
55
140
807
113
180
989
178
170
735
125
140
1,114
156
120
992
119
180
894
161
160
1,238
198
185
1,308
242
170
1,300
221
190
1 ,474
280
195
1,523
297
205
1,478
303
175
1,246
218
200
1,935
387
215
1 ,084
233
245
2,090
512
245
2,645
648
250
2,792
698
250
2,668
667
288
3,226
929
300
3,767
1,130
256
3,543
907
28?
3.195
Qfll
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,122 6,702 6,343 5,952
6,288
5,965
6,226
6,539
BRYAN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. 5. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
HARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
2,823 3,348 2,017 1,742 2,070
614
272
1,893 1 ,970 1,410
1,127
455
242
930 1,378
607
943
159
30
Approximate
Land Area (acres) 275,840
275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 283,648 283,648
Percent in Farms
68.8
55.2 59.4 37.6 30.0 37.0 26.5 31.6 26.0 15.2 12.5 11.0 10.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
my.bto
152,204 163,946 103,686 82,796 103,843
74,427 88,703 73,097 42,753 35,203 31,143 30,769
Average
Size Farms (acres) 281 204 207 199 153 275 184 211 181 204 233 249 285
Number of Farnib
b/b 746 792 522 543 378 404 420 404 210 151 125 108
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
464,020
1,000,508 2,556,196 1,198,035 1,047,620 1,020,321 1,100,700 3,060,120 2,832,444 3,472,140 2,865,527 4,354,080 9,942,000
Average (dol.)
687
1,341 3,228 2,295 1,929 2,699 2,725 7,286 7,011 16,534 18,977 34,832 92,057
Tractors
6
19 76 133 167 154 116 131 94
Trucks
69
79 145 249 192 112 104 122
99
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
238
8
147
15
165
33
196
45
215
61
123
64
145
78
98
(NA)
71
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
997 1,167
488 20 17
406 31
365 16 50 23 6
Production (bushels)
9,710 11,412 4,149
115 229
I
6,900 655
10,741 224 900 920 360
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
975
263
168
853
422
717
277
157
695
516
733
1,164
648
1,526
416
1,579
287
1,069
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
150
5,309
528
317
14,642
61 ,392
221
61,666
247
51,899
41
2,583
49
4,572
14
5,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
4,593
372
1,671
432
2,064
930
2,330
821
1,971
1,144
740
287
321
75
501
25
90
9
66
27
6
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
40
1,263
590
3,736
3,468
2,007
1,724
1,414 398 355 169
19,120 33,833
4,049 1,175 2,025
780
SWEET
]
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc- '
vested
tion
(acres) (bushel s)j
352
30,460 !
384
29,600
365
28,167
323
21,839
398
16,705
198
13,843
242
20,500
173
13,166
26
1,856
22
1,705
5
509 ,
6
310 ;
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
12,641
4,332
1934
11,793
2,958
1939
10,747
1,473
1944
10,756
2,450
1949
9,492
5,230
1954
7,069
2,843
1959 1964 1969 1974
5,745 3,712 2,718 5,512
957 1,274 2,342
no
See foo tnotes on last page.
536 1,853
979 1,534
687 2,282 2,988
618 1,059 1,001
Woodland
127,650 123,075
81,154 57,850 89,817 57,828 70,445 55,505 28,468 27,248 22,102 17,425
Other Land
639 11,847
4,522
6,797 614
1,513 2,849 5,398 4,595 2,351 2,922 6,721
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
3
3
7
5
7
4
14
14
23
15
25 ,
84
Z' 1
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BRYAN COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
8,961 10,500
9,968 5,196 6,696 4,092 4,196 2,643 3,459 2,737 2,381 2,375 2,157
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,217 5,418 5,473 2,507 3,308 1,292 2,952 1,535 1,824 1,405 1,165 1,259 1,088
Milk Cows 2,098 2,245 2,835
858
500
420 467 101
36 10 8
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 2,041 400 929 537
6,762 11,615 20,933 29,766
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,575 12,538 11,576 4,994
6,593 4,531 5,999 4,744 7,311 5,911 2,480 2,378 1,392
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,109 603 606 683
1,033 548
1,173 1,083
484 509 265
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
16,197 14,772 21,838 12,356 13,664
9,165 22,788 8,196 12,899 17,035
6,639 474
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
13,794 6,567 9,071
4,724
13,942 3,060
67,435 1,261 (D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
71,890 63,172 49,196 76,951 28,376 36,790 72,190 10,706 42,484 171,218 78,475
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,270
$ 34,328
$ 22.9
9,187
37,714
20.6
26,902
66.6
31,619
308.4
65,115
99,619
108.4
145,639
66.7
58,159
63,119
52.0
106,431
80,951
54.2
161,000
179,000
72.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,500 2,350 2,350 2,300 2,400 2,400 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,600 3,400 3,200 3,200 2,600
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_QV
Kept for Milk
40 30 20 20 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
Other
1,200 1,200 1,150 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,280 1,320 1,390 1,500 1,910 1,800 1,700 1 ,370
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,260 1,120 1,180 1,130 1,180 1,180 1,200 1,170 1,100 1,090 1,480 1,380 1,480 1,210
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs 2,500 2,500 2,800 2,500 2,700 3,100 2,950 2,850 3,200 3,950 3,000 3,600 4,660
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classification changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avo id disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BULLOCH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1B7B
Bulloch County was created by Legislative Act of February 8, 1796 from treaty lands
5
acquired from the Creek Indians in 1790 and was 21st in order of organization of Georgia counties. Originally, it included portions of Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson and Toombs Counties.
It was named for Archibald Bulloch of Savannah, a noted patriot of the Revolutionary War.
\R1lo
Statesboro, the county seat, was established by Legislative Act of December 19, 1803. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 438,080 acres making it
7th in size among counties in the state. There were 955 farms having a total of 257,535
acres with land and buildings valued at $148,117,000.
The county is in both the Middle Coastal Plain and Lower Coastal Plain Provinces 4f soil classification in
Georgia and the soils are well adapted to cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, soybeans and most other Georgia crops.
Bulloch is one of the leading agricultural counties in the State. All livestock, poultry and their products
have been important sources ef farm tnoome for many years and in 1974 accounted for 31 percent of value of farm
products sold. Value of crops sold accounted for more than two-thirds of the total.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 45
inches in Bulloch County. Annual totals are between 35 and 55 inches in more than two-thirds of the years, but
have ranged from 71.31 inches in 1929 to only 26.79 inches in 1954. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed through
the year, with only July averaging over five inches and no month averaging less than two inches. The average annual temperature is 66 degrees, and the freeze-free growing season averages about 250 days, extending from
Received
around March 10 to November 15.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
7,390,821
13,866,690
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500
. and O^er 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,563,949 4,457,702
61.7 60.3
9,325,225 9,213,396
47,472
.6
58,775
.8
57,816 54,013
5,250
.1
6,800
299,543
4.1
351,133
2,522,079
34.1
4,183,532
124,911
1.7
408,638
159,832
2.1
378,250
2,237,336
30.3
3,396,644
%
67.3 66.5
.4 .4
2.5 30.2
3.0 2.7 24.5
1974 Amount $
38,550,000
N0V 2 6 1979
i V DOCUMENTS I 3A LIBRARIES
38,375,000
25,846,000 25,565,000 13,459,000 4,835,000
28,000 33,000 7,210,000 61,500 219,500
49,500
532,000
11,947,000 2,091,500 688.000 9,167,500 2,502,000 6,631,500
34,000
67.4 66.6 35.0 12.6
.1 .1 18.8 .2 .6
.1
1.4
31.1 5.4 1.8
23.9 6.5
17.3
.1
Government Payments 3/
14,000
]J Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
orestry Products 4.1% Poultry & Poultry Products 1.7% airy Products 2.1%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 30.3%
^f Forestry Products 1.4% Poultry & Poultry Products 5.4% _
^-Dairy Products 1.8%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.9%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 11 936U1I 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BULLOCK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954 -1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
SOYBEANS
Harvested
Yield
Year
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
59,973 86,962 75,661
96,050 86,210 84,400 84,000 86,400 91,500 76,900 69,000 64,500 72,000 68,700 60,400 60,700 65,800 64,700 69,300 69,700 69,700 62,600 62,800 63,600 64,000 71,000 62,300
41,815 47,087 54,969 57,872 78,579 50,778
45,280 59,100 61,320 61,860 66,300 70,000 59,800 55,000 50,700 57,500 56,400 49,580 49,900 56,400 54,400 61,500 62,000 63,700 56,800 57,800 61,800 62,000 69,700 38,700
11.1 15.8 13.6 12.3
9.9 17.3
11.7 27.1 24.5 27.3 32.5 29.3 29.1 42.2 39.6 47.2 39.1 52.9 47.4 62.2 54.0 44.4 36.9 57.8 59.9 65.0 62.2 60.2 68.6 36.9
464,090 745,646 745,415 714,081 781,050 877,377
529,900 1,600,800 1 ,502,300 1,687,900 2,154,600 2,048,000 1,738,000 2,320,000 2,010,000 2,712,000 2,205,000 2,625,000 2,367,000 3,508,000 2,940,000 2,731,000 2,288,000 3,684,000 3,402,300 3,757,000 3,54/,000 3,730.20C 4,780,200 1,429,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
4,680 4,530 4,840 5,190 6,480 8,070 10,890 18,870 26,200 17,300 14,400 20,800 29,300 35,800 50,800 51 ,680 54,000 37,200
40,160
18.5 17.0 18.5 19.0 21.0 19.5 20.5 28.0 29.0 16.0 26.0 25.5 25.0 19.0 26.0 26.7 25.7 27.2 27.4
Production
(bushels)
86,570 77,010 89,540 97,360 137,320 157,220 223,245 528,360 759,800 276,800 374,400 530,400 732,500 680,200 1,320,800 1 ,379,900 1 ,387,800 1 ,011 ,800 1 ,100,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1 ,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production 1,000 lbs.)
30,449
186
9,440
4
58,210
249
29,041
50,605
155
15,730
333
59,271
178
21,076
2,607
29,904
266
15,912
4,855
23,433
195
9,146
4,385
3
127 2,246 3,877 4,632
3,479 3,296 18,495
18,830
269
10,580
5,015
987
",950
4,370
402
15,200
300
9,510
4,875
1,419
6,916
12,460
880
14,490
351
10,620
4,250
1,423
6,047
13,010
991
11,680
328
8,000
3,030
1,172
3,550
12,260
993
9,400
498
9,770
2,560
1,417
3,628
12,840
1,181
12,720
448
11,870
3,290
1,594
5,253
12,950
1,185
13,560
423
11,960
3,360
1,632
5,483
13,180
1,283
14,440
346
10,440
3,390
1,635
5,541
13,210
1,230
16,460
406
13,970
3,535
1,766
6,243
12,590
1,130
14,800
419
12,960
3,375
1,630
5,501
13,270
1,457
14,140
374
11,040
3,020
1,715
5,178
13,455
1,531
11,840
484
11,980
2,565
1,916
4,914
13,465
1 ,893
7,290
383
5,830
2,800
1,214
3,398
13,860
1,775
3,390
346
2,450
3,520
1,853
6,523
13,595
2,101
6,070
323
4,110
2,690
1,615
4,344
13,620
2,213
6,100
249
3,160
2,830
1,116
3,159
13,610
1,715
3,300
233
1,600
3,050
1,942
5,923
13,670
2,652
1,250
374
975
3,230
1,506
4,864
13,705
2,943
750
500
780
2,810
1,730
4,861
13,635
2,802
380
482
380
2,820
1,675
4,723
13,405
3,154
230
409
195
2,850
2,153
6,136
13,758
3,804
3,180
2,104
6,691
13,902
3,602
55
436
50
2,830
1,619
4,581
13,987
2,982
120
292
73
2.840
2.106
5.981
14,052
VOR
2,518 14,095
1 ,755 10,964 12,897 12,177 15,167 15,350 16,905 16,248 14,230 19,333 20,593 25,487 24,595 28,557 30,135 23,334 36,253 40,334 38,209 42,282 52,330 50,071 41,710 43.626
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
21,377 26,464 26,133 26,509
26,010
24,740
24,263
31,585
BULLOCH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
19,235 18,221 17,706 13,856 14,003
8,274
4,773
12,127 11,152 10,969
8,595
5,039
3,195
7,108 7,069 6,737
5,408
3,235
1,578
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
567,680 427,520 427,520 427,520 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 437,760 438,080 438,080
75.0 82.8 66.2 83.1 76.6 80.8 85.0 78.1 75.0 73.9 68.6 58.8
All Land in Farms (acres) 433,694
425,502 354,015 282,880 355,275 335,335 353,892 372,109 341 ,864 328,124 323,356 300,428 257,535
Average Size Farms
(acres) 19/
118 96 89
108 118 115 127 137 166 214 235 270
Number of Farms
2,229 3,621 3,672 3,180 3,293 2,842 3,085 2,922 2,490 1,981 1,508 1,276
955
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,686,410 11,069,579 16,694,265
8,196,254 6,341,230 7,992,713 12,068,467 19,735,188 22,957,800 27,339,781 48,151,948 70,452,946 148,117,000
Average (dol.)
1,205 3,057 4,546 2,577 1,926 2,812 3,912 6,754 9,220 13,801 31 ,931 55,213 155,096
Tractors
45
128 490 1,291 1 ,799 1,817 2,090 1,692 1,406
Trucks
133
282 444 1,001 1,236 1,245 1,519 1,437 1,338
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,105
1,251 1,368 1,654 1,809 1,623 1,680 1,191
922
412
144 160 187 188 747 811 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,925 3,681 2,782
288 227 327 1,246 828 2,895 3,992 1,354 681 377
Production (bushels)
45,150 53,765 37,927
5,212 ! 2,429 ' 6,041 30,660 16.330 94,519 , 145,544 1 67,149 ! 33,189 18,330 [
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,256 2,353 5,865 5,497
12,487 5,103 2,345 3,242 1,811 2,410
1,670 2,521
6,138 3,588 3,005 5,557 4,964 5,581
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol-)
2,124 4,152 1,687
647 1,314
426 614 412 135
80,800
45,562 59,898 26,275 47,472 32,599 57,816 42,842 62,000
PEACHES 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
24,503
2,324
16,819
8,939
24,967 10,324
8,311
2,369
10,813
8,190
16,494
8,041
14,122
7,736
4,753
1,341
935
333
926
661
1,631 13,068
185
34
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
T00~
9,836
18,425
86,163
17,121
59,516
27,701
23,749 20,112 22,331 22,174 16,350 12,015
473,007 881,831
79,980 181,984 176,902
173,791 479,605 382,371
SWEET
POTATOES l/j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,105
84,542
1,230
116,010
1,359
111,645
1,268
116,704
1,611
110,002
1,205
88,230
590
57,088
630
55,105
247
18,997
406
49,675
266
24,334
39
2,947
12
1,280
Year
Harvested Cropland
lANn USF IN ACRES <;/
Idle or
Plowable
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
136,939 136,886
11,305 10,699
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
143,728 134,034 141,248 133,232 130,125 113,782 104,836 117,873
2,993 11,299
9,351 3,446 8,665 19,533 30,784 11,442
See footnotes on last page.
4,356 6,330 4,569 6,536 7,921 10,011 12,957 10,730 18,258 19,055
Woodland 271,531
166,318 111,456 183,228 173,174 162,537 196,631 178,070 158,299 153,719 120,092
83,559
Other Land 7,/94
28,815 17,949 14,369 10,633 37,248 16,958 17,105 18,078 25,592 26,458 25,606
Farms by Value of Products Sold
NumDer 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
95
88
140
148
138
200
194 '
266
143 !
230
93 !
344
152
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
BULLOCH COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
19,271 26,457 23,167
7,570 18,261 13,800 19,965 13,205 23,643 21,298 27,938 25,314 27,802
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,382 15,683 11,412 4,453 8,197 7,611 10,542 6,744 11,490 9,710 12,397 11,148 13,435
Milk Cows
4,971 6,676 4,348 3,382
5,068
3,368 3,366 1,791 1,559 1,351 1,232
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,962 6,142 21,292 51,617
79,274 113,253 102,443 294,800 418,948 721,027
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
36,854 65,428 50,436 18,641 37,289 32,227 54,699 59,989 63,839 74,140 62,184 78,254 52,265
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,469 2,658 4,461 5,461 7,168 6,716 12,045 12,390 10,482 15,930 11,254
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
60,613 116,670
98,398 75,533 136,458 91,845 105,977 74,794 83,187 65,197 79,236 79,288 238,435
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
59,561 36,628 74,456
58,701
22,720 17,463 105,420
711,018 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
173,880 344,631 256,765 393,714 494,274 484,702 500,128 144,620 257,273 393,496 742,324
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 72,737 $ 521,722
$ 170.0
36,391
334,557
241.8
202,015
510.6
245,402
715.2
504,553
1,125,254
721.8
758,215
652.0
1,108,779
2,006,055
946.0
2,385,344
2,499,420
1,227.4
4,827,000
4,805,000
1,597.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1-975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
29,700 28,800 27,800 27,900 28,200 27,900 28,300 28,500 28,500 29,500 34,200 34,000 33,000 29,200
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
1,900 1,700 1 ,500 1,480 1,480 1,700 1,800 2,000 2,000 1,080 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,240
Other
11,300 10,900 10,250 10,300 10,600 10,800 10,800 10,800 10,700 11,100 12,270 12,800 12,400 10,900
All Other Cattle and Calves
16,500 16,200 16,050 16,120 16,120 15,400 15,700 15,700 15,800 17,320 20,780 20,000 19,400 17,060
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
62,700 70,850 78,550 81,550 88,000 95,000 91,900 83,700 77,950 70,600 52,000 64,100 71,000
V In 1969 and 1954 excludes
bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha for individual
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales, farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/
ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn
s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on nged-- "Cows and heifers that have calved". D
farms. NA - Not available.
2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since Since 1949 excludes farms with less than_15-20
n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older
ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasData withheld fcfavoid disclosure of information
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
BURKE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
Burke County lies on the eastern border of Georgia about midway of the State. It was
created by the State Constitution of 1777 from the parish of St. Georgia and was named in
honor of the great orator and statesman, Edmund Burke, who espoused the cause of America in
the English Parliament. Waynesboro, the county seat, was named for General Anthony Wayne
*/97G fc^ri-55?^^s^ wn0 t00'< Part in t^le Tn"' 1 itary operations in Georgia during the last year of the Revolution. Jenkins and Jefferson Counties now include part of the land originally claimed by Burke.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 531,520 acres making it
2nd in size among counties in the State. There were 458 farms having a total of 270,777
acres, with land and buildings valued at $82,861,000. The number of farms declined 17 percent since the previous
five year census.
Burke County lies just south of the fall line and the majority of its soils are in Norfolk, Tifton and Ruston
classification of the Middle Coastal Plain Province. These soils are principally loamy sands and are well adapted
to the production of cotton, corn, soybeans and peanuts.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 45
inches in Burke County. This part of Georgia has the least average rainfall, but it is more evenly distributeA-_ j
throughout the year than in any other section. There is a maximum in mid-summer and thee usual autumn minimum,rwC6IV6G! no month averages as much as five and one-half inches, or as little as two inches. The temperature averages about
65 degrees for the year. The freeze-free growing season usually extends from just after March 20 to just before
November 10, for an average of around 230 days.
WDW 9 fi 1Q7Q
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLO (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
6,537,312
10,351,530
1974 DOC UMENTS Amount $ USfl/i
25,575,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
5,336,915 5,194,068
122,463 20,384 4,400 62,537
1,133,460 88,099 319,113 726,248
81.6 79.4
1.9 .3 .1
1.0 17.3
1.3 4.9 11.1
7,789,395 7,605,043
75.3 73.5
134,506 49,846
(D) 99,632
2,457,853 459,852 494,891
1,503,110
1.3 .5
1.0 23.7 4.4 4.8 14.5
25,303,000
21,223,000 20,996,000 12,671,000
4,710,000 102,000
3,513,000 129,000 98,000
i0,000 96,000
3,974,000 3,000
1,138,000 2,833,000 2,244,000
560,000
29,000
83.9 83.0 50.1
18.6 .4
13.9 .5 .4
.4
15.7
4.5 11.2 8.9
2.2
.1
Government Payments 3/
85,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for
individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock & Poult. & their Prod. 12.4%
Dairy Products 4.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec, & Forestry Products
3.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Poult. 4 their Prod.
11.2%
Dairy Products 4.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec, & Forestry Products
1.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
BURKE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
51,578 84,927 54,085
79,626 61,014 77,760 50,610 84,494 51 ,261
67,200 60,340 57,200 55,400 54,300 58,400 48,800 43,800 41,000 32,000 30,600 26,850 27,200 29,400 28,100 32,700 32,700 29,200 26,200 26,300 27,300 26,700 37,000 43,100
,
Acreage Harvested
53,840 54,360 51,530 50,590 50,800 54,800 45,800 41,500 38,200 29,400 29,400 25,820 26,000 28,700 27,800 29,000 29,100 26,700 23,800 24,220 26,000 25,000 35,100 21,100
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
8.4 10.5 11.9 13.1 8.6 11.3
10.0 23.7 21.0 22.8 27.0 23.9 27.2 27.4 25.1 38.4 37.2 47.5 44.7 52.5 37.9 35.9 25.2 60.7 55.0 55.0 47.1 60.2 80.3 13.0
.
Bales
667,980 639,059 928,416 661,455 722,648 578,258
540,100 1,289,000 1,082,100 1,154,500 1,370,400 1,309,000 1,246,000 1,136,000
958,000 1,128,000 1,095,000 1,226,000 1,163,000 1 ,506,000 1,054,000 1 ,041,000
733,000 1 ,621,000 1,309,000 1,332,100 1,224,800 1,504,100 2,819,900
273,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
8,390 8,790 9,390 10,080 11,690 17,220 23,240 25,850 34,500 30,800 38,600 44,500 54,300 60,600 81,690 86,270 112,900 81,290 82,890
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Productior
(lbs.) ;i,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
14.5 14.0 17.0 15.0 14.0 22.5 20.0 23.0 26.0 13.5 25.0 26.0 26.0 12.5 21.2 22.5 26.6 20.4 17.9
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bushels)
121,655 123,060 159,630 151,200 162,725 387,450 464,800 594,550 897,000 415,800 965,000 1 ,157,000 1,411,800 757,500 1 ,731,800 1 ,941 ,100 3,003,100 1 ,658,300 1,483,700
Production (bu.)
99,928 104,786 93,865 74,484 57,404 62,077
43,390 37,210 34,810 26,040 19,090 29,520 31,600 35,180 37,380 33,100 32,960 26,320 19,500 12,900 23,100 20,400 21,300 20,000 24,100 23,365 23,300 8,700 20,200 12.400
226
44,451
223
46,741
281
52,762
202
30,050
2,699
306
35,148
2,697
144
17,845 10,778
1 ,708 5,721
252
22,790
6,280
310
1,947
334
25,860
6,740
569
3,833
337
24,490
6,500
682
4,432
306
16,610
6,280
605
3,797
421
16,800
5,840
809
4,724
371
22,850
5,390
663
3,576
375
24,720
4,810
686
3,298
366
26,890
4,550
854
3,887
346
27,040
4,600
676
3,111
361
25,000
4,700
811
3,813
455
31,330
4,790 1,214
5,817
519
28,550
4,875 1,379
6,722
470
19,130
5,180 1,493
7,732
485
13,100
5,360 1,860
9,968
324
15,650
6,090 1,620
9,865
311
13,230
6,240 1,809
11,291
316
14,000
6,210 2,316
14,385
478
19,900
6,545 2,991
19,579
382
19,200
6,310 2,761
17,424
612
29,800
6,490 2,984
19,363
498
24,200
6,354 3,569
22,677
563
10,200
6,387 3,374
21,552
403
17,000
6,408 2,498
16,647
149
3,850
6.348 2.415 ln.vn
210 132 1,115 105
1,937
1,140 1,070 1,340 1,450
700 1 ,100
980 1 ,000
670 750 850 770 1,020 2,120 2,430 2,720 3,380 9,820 6,260 8,200 5,680 4,700 3,380 3r19f)
16.0 17.2 18.9 15.5
22.0 15.5 18.0 23.5 17.0 25.0 26.5 24.0 29.0 26.0 25.8 37.9 40.5 41.1
22.0 25.5 22.7 34.2 26.7
30.5
1,440 1 ,017 8,377
719
19,175
18,220 18,400 25,370 22,480 1 5,400 17,050 17,640 23,500 11,390 18,750 22,530 18,490 29,580 55,200 62,700 103,000 137,000 403,600 137,500 209,100 129,000 160,700 90,200 97.300
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Populatic
30,165 27,268 30,836 29,224
26,520
23,458
20,596
18,255
BURKE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATTOT
Total
White
NonWhite
21,721 20,590 19,053 14,440 14,778
6,650
3,588
3,080 3,067 3,159
2,648
1,551
1,309
18,641 17,523 15,894
12,130
5,099
2,279
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
611,840 611,840 611,840 611,840 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 532,480 531,520 531,520
58.0 67.8 45.4 62.4 77.1 69.1 79.4 78.8 63.3 56.0 53.4 50.9
All Land in Farms (acres) 412,270
354,712 414,582 277,738 381 ,762 410,730 368,151 422,903 419,661 337,251 298,311 284,010 270,777
Average Size Farms
(acres)
99
91
89
76 119 174 156 196 254 287 425 514 591
Number
of Farms
4,169 3,907 4,675 3,673 3,199 2,360 2,362 2,154 1,654
1,176 702 553 458
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!.)
2,858,150
5,597,396 12,758,833 6,506,588
5,119,060 6,309,103 8,104,907 9,656,382 12,550,552 18,271,512 24,513,138 47,559,149 82,861,000
Average (dol.)
686
1,433 2,729 1,771 1,600 2,673 3,431 4,483 7,588 15,537 34,919 86,002 180,919
Tractors
40
197 517 780 1,081 1,101 1,021 965 858
Trucks
46
140 319 741 728 886 774 753 838
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
586
34
903
34
837
43
1,013
109
807
229
835
319
677
304
461
(NA)
405
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) 3,378
2,087 1,646 1 ,053 2,111 9,313 20,522 6,758 17,322 10,591 4,738 1,732
959
Production (bushels)
45,180 27,697 23,021
29,679 46,447 161,972 487,944 130,322 431,999 295,827 191,125 105,445 45,830
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
3,594 3,157 6,645 5,450
10,368 11,319
5,957 5,769 3,613 2.953
1,628 3,347
5,620 5,831 7,269 10,448 8,257 7.384
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
165 612 117
6,774 6,079 3,475 2,512 1,021
494
6,651
3.177 183,675
11,057 122,463 117,408 134,506 155,100 129,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
19,918
15,168
4,182
1,486
5,880
4,745
8,573
4,700
9,354
10,174
7,446
5,294
7,569
4,302
9,017
1,429
6,650
1,867
33,242
17,861
37,773
4,010
25,997
23,280
32,440
5,908
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
350
4,537 27,983
943 26,714 57,285
28,644
31,394 32,269 33,416 28,563 22,007 7,640
175,307 489,450 168,744 41,290 318,463
99,782 186,422 149,827
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,234
79,482
1,038
85,997
1,290
135,112
953
105,808
1,590
99,811
1,155
96,282
1,136
88,056
454
34,442
136
10,870
152
11,996
14
1,719
9
883
54
10,514
LAND USE IN ACRFS R/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
137,613 154,430 186,108 179,326 165,680 161,768 133,278 103,404 103,196 135,161
46,471 67,904 38,585 37,940 52,456 40,334 27,853 38,125 31,345 11,324
See foot notes on last sage.
5,534 9,553 19,296 7,868 21,172 37,859 24,558 17,331 19,394 15,835
Woodland
105,978 120,368 57,381 118,252
144,681 121,519 161.909 153,460 141,092 121,433 109,804 78,834
Other Land 9,967 19,791
28.201 29,050
20,640 20,963
21,686
26,240 10,470 18,118
20,271 29,623
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
84
81
67
47
38
54
63
79
63
74
55
218
88
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BURKE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,761 5,457 9,669 3,066 6,466 5,622 8,418 7,040 16,955 16,068 20,505 21,962 20,232
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,877 3,904
5,027 1,962 3,163 3,029 4,492 3,964 8,251 7,531 8,768 9,965 10,009
Milk Cows 2,100 3,106 3,813 1,904
2,826
2,386 2,683 2,016 1,585 1,784 1,471
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 7,110 28,983
79,114 57,033
144,324 180,041 188,867 669,789 1,352,065 982,277
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
25,353 22,891 27,527 10,050 21 ,490 18,080 22,740 21,210 19,089 20,650 12,260 12,726
6,377
Sows Farrowing 5/
7,585 1,264 3,575 2,728 3,935 3,016 2,986 3,660 1,648 2,313 1,450
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
91,529 60,724 84,544 57,683 69,027 72,310 73,621 42,219 50,623 107,725 72,875 13,339
2,346
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
14,182 7,724
27,708
15,769
11,932 24,563 43,213 65,796
6,792 82
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
278,330 135,843 224,849 247,988 247,840 263,118 273,581
57,380 190,132 1,218,222 1,013,682
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 119,109 $ 682,882
$ 263.1
22,792
350,892
496.9
94,709
1,102.3
136,416
958.3
321 ,147
1 ,026,306
1,195.6
698,769
1,377.6
732,969
1,401,348
1,064.3
667,522
2,009,761
1,125.3
1,269,000
4,884,000
1,601.0
*
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves 21,700
20,800 20,550 20,700 22,500 23,000 23,300 23,400 23,500 24,400 28,000 27,500 26,700 21,760
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1QV
Kept for Milk 1 ,900
1,750 1,650 1,730 1,800 1,900 1,700 1,640 1,600 1,420 1,300 1,300 1 ,440 1,340
Other
7,500 7,200 7,000 7,150 7,350 7,500 8,100 8,700 9,100 9,260 10,230 10,200 9,800 8,000
All Other
Cattle and
Calves 12,300
11,850 11,900 11,820 13,350 13,600 13,500 13,060 12,800 13,720 16,470 16,000 15,460
12,420
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 12,350
12,700 14,100 13,250
14,350 16,600 15,800
15,150 13,750 11,600
8,500 9,900 10,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BALDWIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-197B
Baldwin County ranks 27th in order of organization among the counties of the State and
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was created by Legislative Acts of May ll, 1803. It was named for Senator Abraham Baldwin, member of the Continental Congress and author of the bill to establish in Georgia the first
state university in America. Baldwin originally included Jasper, Jones, Morgan, Putnam and
mi*
a small part of Twiggs. Milledgeville, the county seat, was for more than sixty years the state capitol of Georgia and was named for the Honorable John Milledge, patriot of the
Revolution, governor of the State, a member of Congress and later a member of the United
States Senate.
Baldwin is on the extreme southern border of the Piedmont Plateau area of the State. According to the 1974
Census of Agriculture, there were I8l farms having a total of 44,340 acres with land and buildings valued at
$18,764,000. Livestock, poultry and their products accounted for over 62 percent of the receipts from farm products
in 1974 compared to 81 percent in 1964.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly precipitation of about 46
inches in Baldwin County. The total is between 40 and 50 inches in about one-half the years, and between 30 and 60
inches during 9 out of 10 years. Monthly averages range from almost five and one-half inches in July to just under
two inches in October. The temperature averages just under 63 degrees for the year. The freeze-free growing season
averages about 226 days, extending usually from around March 25 to November 6.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
5T
1,057,497
1964 Amount $
1 ,989,420
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
461,977 228,037
43.7 21.6
304,999 275,729
228,747 5,193
6,200 76,437
512,883 47,048 292,284 173,551
21.6 .5
.6 7.2
48.5 4.5 27.6 16.4
7,968 21,302
9,400 59,136
1,615,885 495,741 589,122 531 ,022
i
15.3 13.8
.4 1.1
.5 3.0 81.2 24.9 29.6 26.7
1974 Amount $ 1,765,000
1,535,000 346,000 318,000 203,000
25,000 87,000
3,000 (D) (D)
N0V2 6 1979
i V
DOCUMENTS ii. GA LIBRARIES
22.5 20.7 13.2
1.6 5.7
.2
230,000
959,000 (D) (D)
575,000 485,000
90,000
(Z)
15.0 62.5
37.5 31.6
5.9
Government Payments 1/
10,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for
individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Field Crops &
Hort. Spec. 22.2%
orestry Products 7.2%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 22.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Field Crops &
Hort. Spec. 20.7%
|--Forestry Products 15.0%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
BALDWIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
16,205 19,907 10,710
11,920 11,020
9,500 8,000 6,500 7,000 5,700 5,000 4,720 2,660 2,300 2,240 2,230 2,400 2,400 2,230 2,250 2,350 2,150 2,600 3,100 3,200 3,600 3,900
(acres)
-
22,642 18,562 23,261 15,945 19,432 8,466
8,960 8,640 7,360 6,280 5,000 5,500 4,600 3,700 3,430 1,770 1,600 1,550 1,580 1,800 1,800 1,900 1,870 2,050 1,900 2,200 2,600 2,830 3,300
580
(bu.)
7.1 9.5 9.8 11.8 8.0 16.0
7.6 22.9 22.5 17.9 23.8 24.1 26.1 23.0 25.9 35.6 26.9 38.7 33.5 43.9 38.3 40.0 22.5 48.3 27.0 49.0 41.0 47.3 44.1 15.0
(bushels)
160,010 176,110 228,274 188,241 155,927 135,612
67,900 197,900 165,600 112,100 119,100 132,600 120,000 85,000 89,000
63,000 43,000 60,000 53,000 79,000 69,000 76,000 42,000 99,000 51,300 107,800 106,600 134,000 145,500
8,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
(acres)
(bu.)
130 180 600 350 150 100
720 1,300
260 710 1,060 1,120
22.0 18.0 21.0 14.0 28.0 19.0
15.0 18.1 21.5 23.7 22.4 18.8
Production (bushels)
2,860 3,240 12,600 4,900 4,200 1,900
10,800 23,500
5,600 16,800 23,700 21,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yie Id per acre (lb; )
Acreage Production Harvested (1,000 lbs.
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
29,511 32,983 28,702 10,515
6,188 4,076
,2,800 2,660 2,360 1,300 645 1,460 1,300 1,360 1,360 1,430 1,310 1,070 720 420 610 530 500 500 600 460 735 170
167
9,357
170
11,247
158
9,080
213
4,470
226
2,800
221
1,803
261
1,530
263
1,460
203
1,000
152
410
338
460
418
1,270
303
820
393
1,110
340
970
276
830
340
930
386
860
333
500
181
160
162
205
215
235
226
235
404
420
222
275
270
260
259
395
312
110
540 311 128
40
37 E
30
40C
50
42C
20
40C
20
20C
30
233
10
90C
10
50C
10
70C
5
40C
10
50C
641
12
296
139
90
45
81
15
40
12
20
21
40
8
50
4
7
20
9
30
5
7
20
2
30
5
10
10
10
50 110 100 160 190 160
1 240 140
10.8 12.5 15.2 15.0
15.5 18.0
18.1 25.0 27.5 27.0 27.0
3,960 150
2,001 1 ,307
1 ,004
430 250 610 750
310 540
360 750 275 270 270
32.0 38.2 17.5 25.5 26.1 29.2 24.8 27.5
1,600 4,200 1,750 4,080 4,960 4,670 5,950 1 3,Rfin
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
17,768 18,354 19,791 22,878
24,190
29,706
34,064
34,240
BALDWIN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
6,134 5,656 6,362 4,196 3,184
1,084
997
2,090 1,894 2,258
1,245
460
736
4,044 3,762 4,104
1,939
624
261
196,480 196,480 196.480 196,480 196,480 169,600 169,600 169,600 169,600 164,480 164,480 162,944 162,944
73.0
143,413
106
76.1
149,533
104
67.7
132,943
87
49.9
97,973
99
63.7
125,234
123
74.0
125,539
156
80.2
136,055
152
92.8
157,334
227
59.0
99,994
216
49.8
81 ,850
253
44.5
73,218
273
34.4
56,025
286
27.2
44,340
245
Number
of Farms
1,356
1,431
1,536 994
1,020 805 893 692 464 324 268 196 181
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,012,650 1,900,200 4,829,121 2,168,945 1,650,973 1,979,442 2,157,648 5,713,152 3,294,400 6,549,660 6,291,836 9,943,120 18,764,000
Average (dol.)
747 1,328 3,144 2,182 1,619 2,459 2,416 8,256 7,100 20,215 23,477 50,730 103,666
Tractors
19
25 56 204 260 209 255 237 209
Trucks
59
86 103 281 235 173 208 192 185
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
325
59
298
31
280
40
373
71
391
56
258
111
297
167
186
(NA)
149
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,927 1,779 1,003
192 370 112 541 1,177 1,879 903 77 75
10
24,800 28,794 10,158 4,539
7,832 2,779 12,599 25,669 34,432 19,915 1,650 2,450
200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,845 953
2,371 3,148
3,772 2,535 2,129 3,229 2,340 2,091
683 1,838
3,245 1,712 2,887 8,060 6,500 5,283
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,733 1,190 1,177
1,742 1,468 1,464
55 43 54
86,193
42,484 123,608 199,242 228,747 296,192
7,968 7,350
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
31,780 23,834 18,734 21,925
6,463 5,968 12,331 3,140
470 12,681 4,345
10
290 20,488
6,379 3,478 3,505 1,742 2,755
343 875 1,406 3,132
4
PECANS 1/3/
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
5,709 11,070
170 335 12,875 11,822
13,321
9,019 2,574 2,984 3,429
469 2.781
67,743 55,649
52,397
4,477 44,735
2,783
4,800 29r205
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
700
44,898
510
36,429
765
62,852
535
51,074
843
57,084
671
54,230
904
57,725
311
35,331
234
13,905
129
15,332
12
1.245
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
33,814
9,186
1934
36,219
12,580
1939
34,829
14,063
1944
34,141
11,162
1949
25,410
9.736
1954
20,660
7,232
1959
13,340
2,468
1964
7,698
3,261
1969
5,198
3,826
1974
6,069
2,462
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES y Plowable Pasture
7,581 9,984 32,324 6,600 11,793 11,679 14.211 6,719 8,051 7,281
Woodland
60,445 39,965 30,514 51,513 35,975 73,524 93,919 49,527 43,081 41,013 29,212 21,089
Other Land
8,035 9,125 16,370 14,143 8.052 9.014 16,476 10,896 8,741 14,527 9,738 7,439
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 24500
*
3
4
9
5
10
10
14
20
16
23
31
134
98
*Farm numbers with value of sale s of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
BALDWIN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,804 3,624 6,297 4,234 6,079 5,960 6,536 8,241 9,340 6,963 8,298 5,888 6,266
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,799 2,391 3,160 2,364 3,394 3,402 3,791 4,539 5,769 3,772 4,554 3,091 3,577
Milk Cows
1,447 1,863 2,556 2,279
3,136
2,814 2,091
910 1,057
308 207
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
106,080 20,375 96,387
196,185
578,755 551,657 708,334 619,900 722,662 760,823
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,700 4,721 9,563 2,712 5,225 3,803 4,188 3,775 1,721 3,965 3,453 2,887 1,107
Sows Farrowing 5/
1 ,673 410 562 457 606 414 316 620 268 459 189
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
20,702 23,562 32,448 22,658 23,327 17,152 19,182 16,112 15,014 43,646 68,410 1,823
984
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,959 15,617 12,046
9,485
5,919 9,243 333,755 114,582 (D) 366,638
Eggs Produced (dozen) i/
54,210 73,378 107,121 134,715 98,742 87,228 98,458 31 ,321 98,344 474,007 845,376 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 49,979
$ 82,717
$ 67.2
86,162
57,491
88.3
50,496
108.1
299,436
273.3
317,520
118,765
222.9
314,931
153.8
420,430
99,612
270.7
170,102
124,241
143.2
393,000
240,000
125.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,800 8,800 8,400 8,500 8,000 7,500 7,800 7,900 8,000 8,200 9,600 9,500 9,200 7,200
Cows 2 years old and older 1JJ/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,250 1,150
950 1,000
850
700 550 500 450 320 330 330 330 310
3,650 3,850 3,700 3,600 3,700 3,800 3,850 3,950 3,950 4,020 4,570 4,500 4,100 3.530
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,900 3,800 3,750 3,900 3,450 3,000 3,400 3,450 3,600 3,860 4,700 4,670 4,770 3,360
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
3,500 3,300 3,650 3,000 3,250 3,800 3,600 3,400 3,000 2,300 1,500 2,000 2,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". D - Data withheld to~~avo id disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BARTOW COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1QOO-1B7B
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Bartow County lies in the northwestern part of the State. It was the 80th county of the State created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from Cherokee County and was at first called Cass in honor of General Lewis Cass of Michigan. However, the view of General Cass on the issue of slavery made the name unpopular and on December 6, 1861 the name of the county was changed to Bartow in honor of the illustrious hero of Manassas, General FraBcis S. Bartow. Cartersville, the county seat, was named for Farish Carter, one
of the wealthiest of Georgia ante-bellum land owners. When first organized the county
included land which is now a part of Gordon County. Bartow lies in the Valley and Ridge Province of soil classification. The Valley soils are productive partic-
ularly for cotton, the most important field crop. The yield per acre of cotton in Bartow County exceeded a bale
per acre in 1955, 1958 and l962 through 1965 then in 1969, 1970 and 1971 and is usually one of the highest in
the State. Hay crops are of considerable importance, also corn, although corn acreages have been greatly decreased.
Poultry and poultry products have now surpassed cotton as an income source moving from 13 percent of the receipts
from sale of farm products in 1954 to over one-half in 1974. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture there were
494 farms having a total of 111,240 acres with land and buildings valued at $69,813,000. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average yearly precipitation in
Bartow County ranges from about 47 inches in the southeast to almost 51 inches in the northwest. January through March is usually the wettest part of the year and October is the driest month, on the average. The average annual temperature varies from north to south, ranging generally between 60 and 62 degrees. The freeze-free growing
season usually extends from early April to late October, a period of around 205 days.
Received
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
i
4,437,222
1964
Amount $
%
7,698,175
1974 Amount $ 13,708,000
* V NOtf 2 6 197
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,101,883 3,043,667
26,381 31,835
345 64,020 1,270,974 586,633 353,849 330,492
69.9 68.6
.6 .7
1.4 28.7 13.2 8.0
7.5
2,701,055 2,686,828
13,501 726 500
161,796 4,834,824 3,785,929
547,164 501 ,731
35.1 34.9
.2
2.1 62.8 49.2
7.1 6.5
13,477,000
2,837,000 2,813,000
781,000
1,976,000 56,000
16,000 9,000
(D) (D)
10,618,000 7,549,500 1 ,487 ,000 1,581,500 871,500 682,000
28,000
21.1 20.9
5.8
14.7 .4
.1 .1
78.8 56.0 11.0 11.8
6.5 5.1
.2
Government Payments 3/
38,000
]_/ Dollar amounts and percentages 1954 and 1964. Crop and 1 ivestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages foor 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for compuuttaattion of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
DOCUMENTS U RARIE
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
Poultry & Poultry Products 13.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ ^.Dairy Products 11.0%
Dairy Products 8.0%
-Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 7.4%
^_0ther Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.
All Crops, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod. 21.2%
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)
20,595 23,275 16,160
14,750 13,370 13,700 14,500 13,900 13,600 11,100
9,100 8,400 6,000 5,050 4,740 4,540 4,300 3,810 3,300 2,730 1,650 1,650 1,360 1,500 1,500 1,800 2,100
BARTOW COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Productl n
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
30,340 23,272 32,371 19,687 22,701 16,014
14,010 12,570 12,740 13,670 13,400 13,000 10,600 8,400
7,400 4,930 4,340 4,080 3,960 3,850 3,400 3,000 2,320 1,500 1,500 1,130 1,280 1,110 1,330
770
14.8 12.3 14.9 12.1 13.3 17.4
14.1 27.3 24.0 20.8 30.1 26.9 19.8 34.8 36.2 40.6 34.1 46.3 35.1 51.2 42.4 37.7 23.7 45.3 40.0 45.0 54.3 55.2 59.8 17.9
449,080 286,204 480,884 238,541 302,745 279,414
197,000 343,200 305,800 284,900 404,000 350,100 210,000 292,000 268,000 200,000 148,000 189,000 139,000 197,000 144,000 113,200
55,000 68,000 60,000 50,900 69,500 61,300 79,500 13,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130
1,400 1,800 2,800 2,000 1,200 1,100 1,170 5,700 9,100 10,580 15,590
10.0
1,300
27.0 16.5 25.5 23.5 24.0 23.0 24.4 22.1 28.6 25.3 18.6
37,800 29,700 71,400 47,000 28,800 25,300 101,700 126,000 260,300 267,700 290,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
30,308
327
12,848 18,444
46,646
169
15,731
2,181
55,357
232
25,717
3,103
50,670
203
20,592
533
25,903
291
15,080
30,869
197
12,163
2,306
109,030 19,900 23,865 3,942
33,202
268
19,480
366
14,900
2,260
19.4
18,030
533
20,070
2,020
19.1
15,700
421
13,800
2,300
21.3
11,930
347
8,640
2,540
20.5
6,635
555
7,690
1,400
23.0
14,260
518
15,400
2,750
25.0
14,720
377
11,570
1,850
22.5
15,040
357
11,210
2,250
26.0
14,820
514
15,910
850
23.0
14,100
523
15,420
460
18.5
14,380
542
16,270
480
19.5
15,080
602
18,970
320
24.0
10,100
385
8,110
300
26.0
4,140
187
1,620
570
27.0
9,050
326
6,200
380
27.4
10,100
480
10,100
190
33.2
10,700
558
12,400
230
33.9
13,000
488
13,200
340
29.7
11,800
442
10,900
290
34.0
10,740
329
7,360
120
32.6
11,200
446
10,400
370
28.1
4,690
299
2,930
370
34.9
4,300
316
2,830
660
36.7
2.830
188
1,110
920
32.5
43,770
38,590
48,990
52,070
32,200
68,750
41 ,620
58,500
19,520
18,510
9,360
7,730
7,800
15,400
10,400
63,000
7,800
10,100
230
9,860
600
3,910
560
10,400
290
12,900
570
24,200
600
29.90Q
inn
--^
39.4 37.0 45.0 43.0 39.0 47.0 15 1
7,555
9,060 22,200 25,200 12,470 22,230 28,200
l.Rin
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
20,823 25,388 24,527 25,364
25,283
27,370
28,267
32,663
BARTOW COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900- 974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
ATI Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
13,779 13,350 12,529
9,560 9,113
4,656
3,134
11,692 11,609 10,880
8,005
3,985
2,688
2,087 1,841 1,649
1,108
671
446
301,440
69.2
208,602
98
301,440
73.3
220,842
77
301 ,440
73.3
220,980
72
301 ,440
61.5
185,511
70
301,440
70.1
211,264
89
304,640
65.5
199,623
107
304,640
70.0
213,161
102
296,320
73.1
216,531
120
296,320
68.4
202,648
133
296,320
55.9
165,720
167
296,320
50.2
148,873
215
295,296
45.6
134,769
217
295,296
37.7
111,240
225
Number of Farms
,2,134 2\,873 3,091 2,692 2,373 1,861 2,095 1,799 1,519
995 693 622 494
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,438,980 4,729,663 9,214,961 6,880,810 5,372,571 4,910,205 6,674,200 10,185,938 11,319,588 13,496,180 19,354,797 29,211,702 69,813,000
Average (dol.)
1,143 1,646 2,981 2,556 2,264 2,638 3,186 5,662 7,452 13,564 27,929 46,964 141,321
Tractors
134
205 443 761 913 1,002 819 734
... -691
Trucks
165
184 396 590 700 677 658 628 601
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,022
92
687
71
919
91
849
149
1,097
523
871
477
807
518
563
(NA)
448
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,221 5,216
566 172 359 911 1,195 1,478 3,728 2,719 275
75
12,750 68,256
9,821 4,700 7,187 19,277 28,107 37,765 131,087 96,915 14,401 3,500
-
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,487 2,409 8,631 12,280
6,519 8,154 5,132 6,363 5,256 5,531
2,294 6,965
6,315 6,557 6,180 7,251 7,198 8,245
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
78
7,985
136
124
5,714
19,105
224
18,316
401
26,381
191
19,092
129
13,501
60
8,009
35
16,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
245,869
1,178
586,032 37,999
73,472 21,438
57,503 44,694 64,694
2,979 21,648 29,290
46,797
9,584
24,607 11,033
409 2,902
17,452 3,449
70
16,215 3
25
PECANS 1/s/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
617 690
746
1,109 795 633 256
1.114
188 704 983
7,134 7,143
682 7,094 6,955
566
12.960
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
251
20,953
247
21,921
425
30,741
182
13,671
448
49,036
385
29,414
342
30,325
100
9,821
19
1,825
12
887
4
332
.LAND USE inN. ACRES -5X
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
77,403
20,239
1934
70,644
23,087
1939
68,433
15,802
1944
66,400
30,402
1949
60,292
21,612
1954
49,192
15,682
1959 1964
37,930 27,493
15,301 13,706
1969
22,939
11,873
1974
23,881
4,747
See foo ;notes on last page
7,700 9,463 14,198 2,843 5,803 10,373 14,455 7,757 20,477 20,919
Woodland
91,010 90,590 54,400 87,791 72,758 81,488 105,632 104,198 80,141 73,119 64,102 45,085
Other Land
8,845 7,199 23,031 19,587 26,895 30,566 23,192 23,203 17,893 26,798 15,378 16,608
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
41
52
73
93
39
55
20
51
39
63
57
308
225
*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
BARTOW COUNTY STATISTICS- -U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,699 6,692 6,167 4,146 6,628 4,745 6,518 6,801 11,146 9,877 12,374 13,546 19,132
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,661 4,157 3,589 2,699 3,644 2,384 3,327 3,301 5,811 5,165 7,018 7,615 11,195
Milk Cows 2,491 3,290 3,456 2,623
2,224
2,447 2,917 1,970 1,509 1,294 1,545
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
7,452 11 ,468 26,361 74,818
76,000 236,375 418,637 724,626 1,338,685 957,878
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,139 5,271 7,602 1,962 3,955 3,244 4,237 5,009 6,913 10,550 4,490 4,389 6,482
Sows Farrowing 5/
738 208 370 334 343 496 1,081 1,707 733 834 1 ,581
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
47,415 56,486 84,630 54,132 71,011 54,988 72,475 53,515 57,018 144,393 199,220 137,549 54,732
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
42,932 20,445 26,882
20,142
92,203 822,757 3,364,920 5,011,777 7,946,105 8,554,172
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
203,550 218,946 274,392 324,490 250,252 267,972 406,120
94,347 167,040 1,284,618 3,105,207
(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.)
$ 142,149 $ 241,950
$ 98.8
24,407
140,286
108.0
120,874
260.8
138,381
348.0
568,950
428,349
381.2
1,780,875
588.6
2,383,799
541 ,578
466.4
3,316,839
593,524
391.7
6,866,000
822,000
441.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,100 13,000 13,100 13,300 13,800 14,000 15,500 15,800 16,000 16,300 20,200 19,300 18,700 14,500
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,800 1 ,650 1,650 1 ,650 1,520 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,550 1,650 1,610 1,800 2,300 2,200
Other
5,750 5,850 5,950 6,500 6,700 6,800 7,150 7,260 7,350 7,610 8,270 8,300 7,400 6,100
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,550 5,500 5,500 5,150 5,580 5,600 6,750 6,940 7,100 7,040 10,320 9,200 9,000 6,200
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
4,500 4,700 5,200 4,600 4,950 5,750 5,500 5,250 5,600 6,500 6,200 9,500 8,680
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 txc udes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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BLECKLEY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Bleckley County was created by Legislative Act of July 30, 1912 from a part of Pulaski County and was 145th in the organization of Georgia counties. It was named for Chief Justice Logan E. Bleckley, a prominent leader in Rabun County. Cochran, the county seat formerly known as Dykesboro, took its name from Judge Arthur E. Cochran. He was a noted jurist and businessman who as president of the old Macon and Brunswick Railroad, now the Southern, had much to do with developing this section of the State.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 140,160 acres making it 132nd in size among counties in the State. There were 338 farms having a total of 93,475 acres, with land and buildings valued at $35,302,000.
Bleckley is in two provinces of soil classification, the northwestern portion being in the Upper Coastal Plain and the remainder of the county in the Middle Coastal Plain Province. Soils in the first mentioned area are of the Greenville, Magnolia, Faceville and Carnegie series--sandy loam and loam. Soils in the remainder of the county belong to the Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer series--loamy sands and sands. This range of soils is adapted to most main field crops: cotton, peanuts, corn and soybeans.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 47 inches in Bleckley County. July, with an average of almost six inches, is the wettest month, and October and November, with averages of less than two and one-half inches, are the driest. Heavy rains that produce more than an inch in 24 hours are more likely during the warm season. The average annual temperature is about 65 degrees. The first fall freeze usually comes about the 8th of November, and the average date of the last spring freeze is just after mid-March, giving an average freeze-free season of about 235 days.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS!
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
2,175,487
3,047,795
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
1,394,016 1,243,940
64.1 57.2
1,794,445 1,609,923
19,956
.9
41 ,546
130,120
6.0
142,976
3,000
.1
25,415
1.2
(D) 51 ,429
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products
Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
753,056
65,305 82,854 604,897
34.6
3.0 3.8 27.8
1,171,771
83,166 94,976 993,629
*
58.9 52.8
1.4 4.7 1.7 38.4 2.7 3.1 32.6
1974 Amount $ 9,258,000
9,159,000 6,415,000 6,273,000 2,484,000
2,564,000 35,000
1,190,000 70,000 72,000
(D) (D)
2,542,000 50,000 (Z)
2,492,000 538,000
1,951 ,000
3,000
N0V2 6 197!
% 1/ DOCUMENTS JGA LIBRARIES
70.0 68.5 27.1 28.0
.4 13.0
.7 .8
27.8 .6
27.2 5.9
21.3
Government Payments 1/
30,000
]_/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 6.9%
-- Hort. Spec. & Forest, Prod. 1.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries
/ 1.5% ** Hort. Spec. & Forest. Prod. 2.2%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 34.6%
/-*.A11 Livestock, Poultry & their Products 27.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
26,475 33,744 25,826
26,680 24,020 23,000 22,400 22,200 22,700 18,700 16,500 15,200 13,000 11,350 11,150 11,200 11,800 11,900 12,400 12,400 12,100 10,900 11,500 14,300 14,500 16,900 15,800
BLECKLEY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Producti on
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
26,386 25,516 30,630 18,319
10,150 14,840 15,370 15,180 15,300 15,600 13,100 11,900 11,000 9,800 8,900 8,680 8,800 10,100 10,100 10,600 10,400 10,500 9,400 10,300 13,600 13,800 16,100
5,530
11.2 10.2
9.8 15.3
7.6 21.4 20.0 27.8 30.5 25.5 28.1 28.8 24.9 44.1 41.2 45.6 44.2 54.2 43.2 38.6 37.3 57.8 52.0 41.0 57.3 57.2 58.8 12.0
296,422 260,295 299,346 279,988
76,900 317,600 307,400 421,700 467,200 397,700 368,000 343,000 274,000 432,000 367,000 396,000 389,000 547,000 436,000 409,000 388,000 607,000 488,800 422,300 779,200 789,400 946,400
66,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
720 750 800 860 990
1 ,460 1,970 2,840 5,400 5,100 5,900
6,900 9,800 7,800 9,460 9,630 10,280 7,340 11,280
24.0 21.5 21.0 16.0 17.0 19.0 22.0 25.0 27.0 19.0 29.0 24.0 25.0 10.5 14.5 25.5 28.4 25.3 17.9
Production
(bushels)
17,280 16,125 16,800 13,760 16,830 27 ,740 43,340 71,000 145,800 96,900 171,100 165,600 245,000 81,900 137,200 245,600 292,000 185,700 201 ,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested
(1,000 lbs. 1
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
27,832 22,877 12,994
12,773
8,100 7,090 6,690 3,460 2,410 4,870 4,800 5,600 6,320 5,660 5,740 5,400 3,690 3,190 4,250 5,100 4,850 7,300 11,500 13,310 15,100 7,200 12,200 8,100
66
3,692
106
4,863
1,437
267
6,949
2,897
236
6,022
3,976
318
5,380
1,770
437
6,470
2,410
451
6,300
2,220
402
2,900
2,140
422
2,120
2,250
442
4,490
1,900
438
4,380
2,020
500
5,850
1,970
406
5,370
1,900
511
6,050
1,980
578
6,930
2,095
580
6,550
2,125
538
4,140
2,165
627
4,185
2,135
401
3,570
2,450
509
5,400
2,505
566
5,700
2,485
595
9,050
2,565
435
10,400
2,545
429
11,900
2,620
485
15,300
2,611
486
7,300
2,656
362
9,200
2,666
225
3.800
2.645
716 735 918 861 968 893 1,095 1,256 786 1,197 1,541 1,711 1,735 2,250 1,671 1,779 1,866 2,780 2,702 1,968 3,114 3,351 2,657 2.768
1,981 2,998
1,268 1,771 2,037 1,842 2,179 1,697 2,212 2,474 1,494 2,371 3,228 3,636 3,756 4,804 4,093 4,456 4,636 7,131 6,877 5,157 8,130 8,900 7,083 7.321
696
no
499
340 310 380 630 370 260 310 330 170 600 650 620 590 860 1,210 1,740 1,500 2,370 2,120 1,560 1,970 1,890 1,320 650
13.8 16.2 16.3 16.0 24.0 22.0 24.0 26.5 25.5 32.0 36.0 30.5 30.0 27.0 28.8 37.0 40.0 43.2 17.5 28.6 19.2 23.1 27.7 3B.5
6,323 878
3,984
4,700 5,030 6,190 10,080 8,880 5,720 7,440 8,740 4,340 19,200 23,400 18,900 17,700 23,200 34,800 64,300 60,000 102,300 37,000 44,600 37,800 43,700 36,600 ?5.nnn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,532 9,133 9,655 9,218 9,642 10,291
BLECKLEY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1i 74
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
6,767 7,456 7,190 5,160 4,622
2,016
1,472
4,380 4,755 4,775
3,178
1,320
1,314
2,387 2,701 2,415
1,444
696
158
131,200
80.9
106,091
84
131,200
85.2
111,795
109
131,200
98.6
129,313
118
140,160
88.3
123,779
135
140,160
87.9
123,199
124
140,160
85.9
120,399
138
140,160
88.8
124,469
175
140,160
71.5
100,278
207
140,160
61.2
85,835
239
140,160
52.4
73,447
213
140,160
66.7
93,475
277
1,255 1,022 1,095
916 997 870 712 485 359 345 338
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
5,712,253 2,757,533 1,726,649 2,364,462 3,651,897 4,177,740 6,630,144
6,936,470 9,878,962 15,540,945 35,302,000
4,552 2,698 1,577 2,581 3,663 4,802 9,312 14,302 27,518 45,046 104,445
Tractors
28
51 133 277 472 444 524 507 487
Trucks
55
94 185 231 284 331 382 393 412
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
323
92
302
36
346
85
326
44
460
169
372
193
363
253
307
(NA)
300
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
691 252 347 798 3,351 2,013 5,789 2,848 1,353 724 557
8,905 5,174 5.523 15,983 109,749 60,705 167,495 96,305 73,080 35,760 31,213
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,030 1,890 3,746 3,242
3,145 3,054
861 1,934
932 1,472
1,333 2,080
1,769 2,328 1,100 5,134 2,193 4,112
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
228
8,788
503
396
7,335
20,031
561
16,993
455
19,956
475
20,607
676
41,546
168
35,559
153
70,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS i/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
7,131
2,273
3,325
27,961
638
132,718 34,097
7,430
24,547
493
54,739 35,272
648
43,509 48,496
6,966
38,566
553
131,581 36,132
123,132
633
66,315
7,470
11,232
59,344
164
21,751 32.955
6,613
9,825
56
41,614 25.644
4,736
29,954
24
26,577 27,471
3,827
10,887
41
(D)
(D)
7,844 168,760
34,208
6,813
1,822
57,920
47,608 47,655 50,285 52,907 57,915 12,456
3,661 3,383 3,940
LAND USE IB ACRFS M.
Year
Harvested Idle or
TTloowwablee
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
57,665 60,441 62,855 59,048 53,266 49,329 35,391 25,445 26,518 40,014
4,300
7,299 3,222
4,205 4,862
4,050 6,550
12,296
7,940 2,057
See footnotes on last page.
,945 7,534
9,920 9,135 8,428
7,423 9,951 4,479
6,773 8,385
Woodland
34,785 39,542 38,372 42.675 32,297 46,727 52.353 43,777 32,369 25,875 36,249
Other Land
2,379 4,432 15,081 4,928 18,153 7,116 11,314 4,609 11,246 6,341 6,770
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
*
20
21
45
41
41
37
60
62
56
56
43
128
?3
*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
BLECKLEY 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
(gallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,802 2,644 4,162 3,160 5,942 4,916 9,294 6,809 10,708 7,775 10,406
1,802 1,394 1,987 1,551 2,567 2,544 4,451 2,912 3,716 3,094 5,238
1,609 1,269
1,395
1,347 1,398
618 395 256
93
1,756 155,747
62,950 30,990 58,249 175,046
174,434 (HA) (NA)
19,833
8,790 14,221 10,549 18,707 17,099 16,906 20,497 14,945 18,100 17,046
3,293 1 ,583 1 ,839 2,235 2,423 1,984 2,905 3,703 2,524 3,665 3,303
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
31,702 22,889 30,724 26,271 38,104 20,485 25,650 19,772 21,129 27,226 1,059
6,484 19,868
28,655
3,140 10,680 4,549
5,339 47,564 25,016
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
79,196 112,648 106,513 137,875 157,122 40,983 109,851 85,479 194,062
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
27,438
132,198
122.3
13,642 68,580 54,712 172,879
96,970 424,798
146.8 213.3 174.9 347.4
157,616 367,192 478,084 1 ,204,000
492,059 628,780 1,475,000
249.4 311.7 270.3 479.0
USUA LSIIMAIES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,300 11,000 10,500 10,700
9,000 9,000 9,700 9,800 9,900 10,000 11,700 11,500 11,200 9,700
Cows 2 years old and older 15/
Kept for Milk
470 450 440 420 410 450 450 420 500 270 280 350 400 370
Other
3,450 3,600 3,600 4,250 3,650 3,700 4,120 4,350 4,380 4,450 5,050 5,800 5,400 4,840
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,380 6,950 6,460 6,030 4,940 4,850 5,130 5,030 5,020 5,280 6,370 5,350 5,400
4,490
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
15,100 16,700 18,500 18,850 20,350 23,600 22,450 25,350 25,700 21 ,400 14,600 16,100 13,700
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes I rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excl udes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals sification changed--'Tows and heifers that have calv
of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
7/ Beginning with 1969 c hickens 3 months old and older.
include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
ed".
NA - Not availabl e. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms
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
D.d-7
BUTTS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1971
Butts County was created by Legislative Act of December 24, 1825 from parts of Henry and Monroe Counties and was 64th 1n order of organization of Georgia counties. It was named for Captain Samuel Butts, a brave officer of the State Militia in the War of 1812. Jackson, the county seat, was named for General Andrew Jackson, the fawous hero of the battle with the British at New Orleans and who later became the President of the United States.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 118,528 acres Mklng 1t 145th in size among counties in the State. There were 181 farms having a total of 40,979 acres, with land and buildings valued at $22,419,000. The number of farms 1s only 10 percent of the peak number
Butts is in the lower Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification and the soils are adapted to production
of cotton, corn, other general field crops and some truck crops. Value of all livestock, poultry and their products
increased considerably between 1954 and 1974 while value of all crops decreased substantially during this period.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of 48 to
49 inches in Butts County. March, with an average of around six inches, is the wettest month, and October, with
an average of about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The temperature averages around 62.5 degrees
for the year. The freeze-free season averages about 223 days, extending usually from near the end of March to
just before November 10.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD fCENSUS 1
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
1,043,598
1,063,985
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
643,642 605,455
61.7 58.0
362,709 343,587
16,320 21,867
1,150 46,997
351 ,809 59,973
153,625 138,211
1.6 2.1
.1 4.5
33.7 5.8
14.7 13.2
14,599 4,523
11,200 85,081
604,995 106,586 332,796 165,613
i
34.1 32.3
1.4 .4
1.0 8.0 56.9 10.0 31.3 15.6
1974 Amount $
1,435,000
N0V2 61979
% V DOCUMENTS
1WGA LIBRARIES
1,331,000
290,000 (NA)
210,000
(D) 23,000
1,000 (D)
32,000
3,000 107,000
931,000 435,500 236,000
259,500 256,500
3,000
21.8
15.8
1.7 .1
2.4
.2 8.0 70.0 32.7 17.8 19.5 19.3
.2
Government Payments V
30,000
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
^^^ S
^""V,^
Forestry Products &
>k^ ^ Hort. Spec. 4.6%
PRODUCTS SOLDAS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
^^
^w ^V
All Crops 21.8%
Forestry Products & S Hort. Spec. 8.2X
/ an rvnnc
y^Mfili
1 61 7% ^H
\-*^0ther Livestock &
m m P* Livestock Prod. 13.2%
:
||
|| -- Other Livestock & llll Livestock Prod. 19.5%
^-- Wt-'jH^^
***Dairy Products 14.7%
^^^^1 ^^RvX-VAVvVvv^/.^v/Aflly^
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)
13,678 14,350
7,639
4,530 3,850 3,300 2,900 2,700 2,900 2,320 2,040 1 ,990 1,190 1,030 1,000 1,000 1,070 1,070
630 840 1,150 1,050 1,100 1,080 1,100 1,500 2,000
BUTTS 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.)
18,897 16,447 14,810 13,291 14,233 7,549
4,040 3,620 3,130 2,790 2,200 2,800 2,250 1,960 1,820 1,050
940 910 930 1,050 1,020 500 690 1,000 900 940 870 710 1,060 1,000
7.7 11.3 13.0 11.0 8.5 15.7
9.7 31.6 32.0 27.3 27.3 24.4 20.9 30.1 28.0 35.2 29.8 38.5 39.8 49.5 37.3 30.0 21.7 56.0 40.0 38.0 47.5 53.2 54.9 11.c
145,600 186,142 192,227 145,646 120,950 118,584
39,300 114,400 100,200 76,100 60,100 68,300 47,000 59,000 51,000 37,000 28,000 35,000 37,000 52,000 38,000 15,000 15,000 56,000 36,000 35,700 ti,300 37,800 58,200 11,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110 110
no
120 130 190 250 370 1,200 1 ,000 1,000 1 ,000 1,100 1,200 1 ,900 1 ,300 2,590 2,290 3,800
20.5 20.5 14.5 19.5 25.0 15.0 22.0 18.0 25.5 22.0 22.5 22.5 28.0 19.0 22.0 25.0 26.7 27.2 18.5
Production
(bushels)
2,255 2,255 1 ,595 2,340 3,250 2,850 5,500 6,660 30,600 22,000 22,500 22,500 30,800 22,800 41,800 32,500 69,200 62,300 70,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yie d per <icre
(bu. )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
31,698
169
10,705
2,647
37,913
207
15,670
1 ,202
32,712
230
15,046
1,122
17,563
168
5,916
786
9,240
274
5,060
8,032
224
3,591
1,456
19,540 13,187 11 ,278 8,575
22.538
5,360
204
2,280
1,020
21. 5 1 21 ,900
4,910
321
3,290
950
11. 9
11.340
4,470
247
2,330
290
880
360
2,330
373
1,840
270
1,790
407
1,920
444
1,850
418
1,570
448
1,420
339
640
367
200
295
390
195
220
355
230
230
200
240
100
270
90
267
105
124
2,310 1,410
660 1,810 1,030 1,520 1,780 1,620 1,470 1,000
490 125 160 160
no
100 56 50 27
1,000 880 260 650 540 610 250 340 340 290 270
1,000 660 190 220 330 320
no
350
20. 1 19. 0 24. 5 23. 5 25. 5 26. 0 25. 0 26. 5 29. 0 29. 0 30. 0 27. 0 28. 8 30. 5 39. 5 42. 1 26. 5 26. 5 28. 0
20,100 16,720
6,370 15,280 13,770 15,860
6,250 9,000 9,860 8,400 8,100
27,000 19,000
5,800 8,700 13,900 8,480 2,910 9,800
320
24. 2
7,740
77
39
350
29. 7
10,400
6
43Q | 40. 5
17.400
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1 969 1974
Total Population
12,805 13,624 12,327
9,345
9,182
9,079
8,976
10,560
BUTTS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,244 6,098 5,764 4,225 4,274
1,625
1,517
2,862 2,909 2,596
1,950
952
1,084
3,382 3,189 3,168
2,324
673
433
S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
129,920 129,920 129,920 129,920 129,920 118,400 118,400 118,400 118,400 118,400 118,400 118,528 118,528
Percent in Farms
82.8 83.1 62.3 65.5 74.7 76.4 73.7 82.4 75.5 60.7 57.6 44.1 34.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
107,530 107,937
80,962 85,127 97,050 90,421 87,252 97,512 89,353 71 ,836 68,180 52,234 40,979
Average Size Farms
(acres)
71 62 50 69 80 95 83 103 124 172 238 248 226
Number
of Farms
1,517
j
1 ,734
1,626 1,241 1 ,220
950
1,049 949
720
417 287 211
181
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.)
1,314,290 3,503,247 5,523,229 2,156,139 1,645,518 1,801 ,894 2,347,490 3,796,000 3,198,960 5,227,512 7,726,040 12,340,484 22,419,000
Average (dol.)
866 2,020 3,397 1,737 1,349 1,897 2,238 4,000 4,443 12,536 26,920 58,485 123,861
Tractors
19
24 89 168 290 284 266 246 228
Trucks
43
86 134 196 258 301 266 205 180
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
501
79
454
38
606
41
485
91
517
211
342
226
371
212
215
(NA)
181
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,367 1,938
797 473 676 2,046 2,581 4,306 7,045 2,233 357
83 11
17,110 32,044 15,462 10,736 12,284 42 ,484 78,035 144,293 220,408 74,642 12,250
5,275 860
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
1 ,383 785
2,732 2,967
4,246 3,318 2,914 3,622 1 ,533 1,293
647 1,821
3,778 2,167 3,922 5,593 2,412 1,989
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
350 548 1,273
620 637 545 238 189
47
19,577
35,716 28,511 40,809 16,320 55,201 14,599 22,488
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
26,985
170
23,656
15,734
11,580
3,388
42,724
1 ,454
13,518
9,055
8,143
3,204
15,711
9,095
10,496
3,318
6,208
4,015
17,925
22,495
27,082
833
18,562
27,792
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
87/ 5,376
9,269
8,850 4,230 4,135 4,759 1,640
712
96 1,450 1,558
28,693 88,889 25,169 16,827 98,325
325 17,022 20,430
,
,
5WEE1
POTATOES Ul j
Har-
froauc- '
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)!
237
13,730
349
30,112 '
425
32,539 |
171
14,446
375
30.866 |
289
24,481 !
146
14,994 ,
79
9,264 i
14
2,097
31
2,745
4
410
5
832
4
470
Year
Harvested Cropland
1AND USE IN,
-5X
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
35,464
10,417
1934
33,975
7,994
1939
33,734
6,194
1944
32,320
4,183
1949
26,261
7,494
1954
21,210
4,322
1959
11,329
6,943
1964
7,886
6,075
1969
4,118
5,569
1974
3,813
2,297
See footnotes on last page.
6,692 15,618
5,172 2,474 3,547 3,353 8,047 4,329 8,699 12,508
Woodland
25,478 14,924 18,820 29,844 29,713 36,892 45,750 42,303 36,375 39,658 29,724 19,428
Other Land
11,201 9,718
12,920 9,332
14,454 11,317 14,460 18,165
9,142 10,232
4,124 2,933
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
*
2
6
4
3
3
14
16
14
22
40
29
134
105
*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
BUTTS COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,693 4,029 3,398 2,213 3,983 2,622 3,696 4,464 6,537 5,693 6,073 5,153 7,396
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,753 2,548 1,924 1,297 2,106 1,322 1,588 2,296 3,841 3,217 3,437 2,702 4.107
Milk Cows
1,535 2,091 1,843 1,203
1,172
1,340 1,240
833 761 642 344
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
12,376 21,430 19,830 78,164
15,453 90,345 159,893 311,679 474,778 650,379 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,343 4,620 4,830 1,811 2,905 2,366 3,872 2,232 1,984 1,398
533 233 189
Sows Farrowinq 5/
349 195 162 261 369 214 288 193 88 65 26
Chickens (4
Months and Older) I!
43,390 29,547 34,193 28,298 30,877 24,663 37,892 23,572 27,167 28,812 13,651 62,221 33,073
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,834 4,088
13,620
15,816
12,067 8,839
226,856 121,287
28,550 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
81,800 108,864 103,505 157,359 111,781 129,604 142,286 80,897 123,083 231,126 116,423
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 28,897
$ 114,403
$ 33.6
10,751
85,544
55.3
63,233
77.8
94,096
91.0
131,619
152,220
59.7
178,750
99.1
225,089
114,780
85.1
296,904
127,701
112.3
520,000
190,000
93.0
USUA ESIIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,450 6,400 6,300 6,300 6,000 6,000 6,800 7,100 7,300 7,400 8,500 9,000 8,700 7,800
Cows 2 years old and older LO/
Kept for Milk
910 850 820 930 850 900 850 850 840 700 630 500 490 390
Other
2,800 2,850 2,700 2,750 2,850 2,900 3,120 3,330 3,420 3,470 4,540 4,400 4,100 3,500
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,740 2,700 2,780 2,620 2,300 2,200 2,830 2,920 3,040 3,230 3,330 4,100 4,110 3,910
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
550
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes 3/ Since T~954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less tnanH5-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed es and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning w*th 1969 chickens 3 months old and older 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only^eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Dat> withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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CALHOUN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1878
Calhoun County was created by Legislative Act of February 20, 1854 from parts of Baker and Early Counties and was 111th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It was named for the great statesman John C. Calhoun of South Carolina who was United States Senator and later became vice president of the United States. In April of 1957 he was selected as one of the five outstanding senators of all time among the 2,000 men who have served in that
capacity. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 184,768 acres making it
105th in size among counties in the State. There were 159 farms having a total of 115,279 acres with land and buildings valued at $48,722,000. The number of farms is only 10 percent of the peak number in 1930. Field crops accounted for 86 percent of the value of all farm products sold while the importance of all livestock, poultry and their products declined to only 11 percent of the total.
Calhoun is in the Upper Coastal Plain--Redlands--Province of soil classification in Georgia with soils adapted to production of cotton, peanuts, corn, most other field crops, truck crops and pecans. Leading source of farm income is crops with peanuts being the most important.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall in Calhoun County of about 52 inches. The annual total falls between 40 and 60 inches in more than 60 percent of the years. Summer is the rainiest season, and July, with an average of more than six inches, is the wettest month. October, the driest month, has an average of just over two inches. The annual average temperature is just under 67 degrees. The freeze-free season averages about 250 days, extending usually from just before mid-March to around mid-November.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount f
1964 Amount ~$~
2,907,584
5,843,717
1974 Amount $
15,192,000
ITV
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
2,139,231 2,078,254
22,632 38,345
37,692 730,661 67,176 52,525 610,960
73.6 71.5
1.3
1.3 25.1
2.3 1.8 21.0
4,888,578 4,880,017
83.7 83.5
1,940 6,621
1,800 81 ,630
871 ,709 42,416 12,314 816,979
.1 .1
1.4
14.9 .7 .2
14.0
15,167,000 13,330,000 13,015,000
2,913,500
1,781,000 131,000
8,189,500 23,000
292,000
(D) (D)
1,702,000 271,000
1,431,000 971,000 457,000
3,000
87.9 85.8 19.2
11.7 .9
54.0 .2
1.9
11.2 1.8
9.4 6.4 3.0
Government Payments 3/
28,000
1/ Dollar- amounts anad percentages fToUTr 1ia97/*4 may nMUoLt adudu duuu<e= ttou d"i's^cl'o"s"ur'e^s TMan~d -o.m..i--ssio-n-s. =2,/ -N-o-t c""o-m5-p:arta,,b-lnenjo.r_
T954 more
and 1964 Crop and sales. Percentages
livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total for 1954 and 1964 based on sales *TM *" ftTM^^
value
from
farms with
$2500 or
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. u - Data witnneia 1:0 avoia ui
a
for individual farms.
N0V 2 6 197
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARI!
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.1% ^_ Forestry Products & . Hort. Spec. 1.3%
Poultry & Poultry Products 2.3%
\Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 22.8%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts S & Berries 2.1% ^.Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. .9% Poultry & Poultry
Products 1.8%
Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 9.4%
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
CALHOUN COUNTY ACREAGE
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
HELD AiJD PRODUCTION , 1954-1977
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,315 25,533 17,980
17,870 17,380 18,000 19,100 18,800 18,700 16,600 14,900 14,500 15,600 14,100 14,100 13,800 15,300 15,000 18,000 15,950 10,000
9,650 14,100 14,200 14,400 17,300 24,400
25,787 22,696 24,369 20,068 24,865 17,644
16,110 16,000 16,740 18,090 18,300 18,100 16,000 14,500 13,400 14,400 13,500 13,200 13,400 14,800 14,300 16,400 15,000
9,600 8,550 13,390 13,800 12,800 15,400 14,400
9.4 11.2 10.1 14.1
8.0 13.7
13.6 20.3 23.1 22.3 33.1 32.6 32.2 49.4 28.9 42.8 44.4 54.4 39.3 67.9 27.1 27.9 30.3 55.9 54.0 50.0 61.7 61.1 72.5 22.0
242,050 253,327 245,831 283,111 199,424 242,172
218,600 325,400 387,300 403,800 604,900 589,300 515,000 716,000 387,000 616,000 599,000 718,000 526,000 1,005,000 387,000 457,000 454,000 537,000 461 ,700 669,500 852,000 782,700 1,116,500 316,300
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 150 200 820 3,000 2,300 1,800 3,400 4,200 4,000 6,400 8,930 11 ,450 8,090 9,540
13.0 19.5 19.5 20.0 21.0 14.0 26.5 24.5 30.0 17.5 26.9 28.0 31 .5 25.2 14.8
1,300 2,925 3,900 16,400 63,000 32,200 47,700 83,300 126,000 70,000 172,200 250,000 360,700 203,900 141,200
ncredye Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
PEANUTS Acreage Yield Harvested per acre
(lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested
(1 ,000 lbs!
WHEAT Yield
per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
26,193 36,162 22,991 23,849
8,731 4,772
6,610 5,350 5,290 4,370 2,850 4,420 4,500 4,630 4,830 5,010 5,000 4,670 3,060 2,480 3,400 3,460 3,600 3,800 4,900 4,405 5,600 2,900 3,740 3,890
180
9,322
181
13,061
88
4,047
246
11,752
160
2,791
277
2,647
343
4,730
407
4,550
369
4,070
381
3,480
429
2,550
371
3,420
469
4,400
418
4,040
463
4,670
596
6,250
568
5,940
562
5,490
460
2,940
518
2,680
414
2,950
465
3,350
596
4,480
601
4,760
535
5,450
708
6,500
694
8,100
621
3,760
480
3,740
339
2,750
12,394 23,242 24,001
15,330 17,750 17,180 17,020 17,030 16,540 16,040 16,090 16,110 16,140 15,980 16,435 15,055 15,190 15,360 15,355 15,375 15,480 15,430 15,390 15,635 16,705 17,163 17.647
777 961 1,202 982 1,288 1,215 1 ,384 1,372 1,414 1,783 1,900 2,027 1,208 2,102 1,957 2,109 2,264 2,454 2,523 2,804 3,516 3,602 3,199 3.167
12,096 22,124
11,918 '7,052 20,656 16,717 21,933 20,104 22,206 22,070 22,786 28,775 30,362 33,314 18,182 31 ,927 30,055 32,382 34,802 37,991 38,937 43,160 54,971 60,169 54,898 55,884
50
109
4
160 80 90 120 100
no
150 330 130 350 390 320 370 630 500 280 940 2,510 1 ,840 780 1,380 1 ,120 910 880
21.9 13.4 20.6 14.5 24.5 23.0 27.0 26.5 26.0 29.0 31.5 30.0 34.0 24.0 26.8 38.6 34.9 36.5 19.0 28.5 20.3 32.0 34.4 34.5
200
1,079
90
3,510 1,070 1,850 1,740 2,450 2,530 4,050 8,740 3,380 10,150 12,280 9,600 12,580 15,100 13,400 10,800 32,800 91,600 35,000 22,200 28,000 35,800
im
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
9,274 11,334 10,225 10,576
10,438
8,578
7,341
6,606
CALHOUN ;0UNTY DATA FROM THE U. 5. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,731 7,392 7,440 5,658 5,158
1,676
2,168
1,718 1,630 1,881
1,295
700
735
6,013 5,762 5,559
3,863
976
1,433
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 184,960 184,960 184,960 184,960 184,960 184,960 184,768 184,768
Percent in Farms
62.6 61.3 68.2 60.7 68.3 63.4 70.5 79.0 81.0 76.2 68.0 66.7 62.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
113,868 111,397 123,962 110,370 124,194 117,347 130,474 146,158 149,797 140,884 125,775 123,291 115,279
Average Size Farms
(acres) 89 74 86 68 90 87 87 152 217 366 574 701 725
Number of Farms
1,282 1,509 1 ,442 1,634 1,387 1 ,347 1,493
961 690 385 219 176 159
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!.)
824,000 1,814,075 4,285,095 3,288,884 1,928,857 2,467,253 2,658,765 4,414,834 6,041,640 7,245,315 11,295,363 23,964,114 48,722,000
Average (dol.)
643 1,202 2,972 2,013 1,391 1,832 1,781 4,594 8,756 18,819 51,577 136,159 306,425
Tractors
25
58 170 411 538 595 453 434 402
Trucks
34
63 154 300 403 265 334 273 307
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
407
34
272
32
367
61
356
68
409
107
266
109
284
129
180
(NA)
153
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,894 2,233 1,145
63 25 318 782 536 3,821 1,114 574 449 165
Production (bushels)
17,740 31 ,466 12,820
880 395 7,175 23,733 11,150 129,203 35,147 23,986 23,801 6,735
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,483 5,367 19,994 20,712
8,732 7,729 1,871 3,672 2,311 1,963
2,685 4,876
3,959 4,883 4,493 5,909 5,769 5,902
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/3/
"~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
4,647
426
3,163
2,258
68
5,119
185
12
161
345
185
58
4,045
1,530
1,734
28,718
1,188
1,101
248
11,326
472
107
223
22,632
102
17
40
3,055
91
48
16
1,940
1,376
416
28
3,865
300
135
77
23,000'
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
11,275 100,301
200 12,269 13,195
24,022
61,046 43,489 44,585 22,200 28,081 54,030
188,209 489,518 107,866 119,615 138,781
15,695 1,011,620
(D)
"SWEET
|
POTATOES 1/4/ i
Harvested (acres)
Produc- ' tion
(bushels)
471
34,001
132
10,073
368
28,652
297
37,228
456
37,479
274
20,321
439
42,441
70
6,419
18
1,245
31
2,868
9
1,456
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 AND USE IN ALKhS h/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
62,133 60,748 61,357 62,175 52,966 48,224 46,229 43,134 46,346 48,132
3,918
9,791 5,311 4,151 11,109 5,712 11,031 11,184 10,078 4,254
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,861 3,933 3,753 2,737 8,199 15,790 5,168 9,992 7,823 5,560
Woodland
36,046 37,155 33,196 40,429 33,608 54,492 61 ,905 66,579 60,008 54,327 37,703 36,874
Other Land 4,088 2,176 8,602 9,095 13,093
6,847 11,979 13,492 18,448
7,138 21,341 20,459
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nuir ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
45
59
39
30
12
16
16
22
13
15
7
M
27
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
CALHOUN COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 19?') 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
2,847 2,758 2,942 1,474 3,867 2,781 5,249 5,202 10,775 12,745 12,956 11,201 11,533
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,421 1,672 1 ,490
863 1,769 1,143 2,843 2,108 5,245 3,914 7,135 6,398 6,029
Milk Cows
958 1,238 1,137
851
1,110
1,084 974 334 124 11 29
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
693 397 4,932 5,772
9,175 24,170 47,867 106,610
300
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,120 8,275 10,715 5,942 9,243 6,233 10,614 8,226 8,723 9,445 9.201 7,896 5,425
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,991 850
1,505 1,360 1,811 1,418 1,371 1 ,665 1,817 1,663
858
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
31,291 20,213 22,397 19,529 23,715 21,630 28,465 14,813 10,846 5,702 4,028
595 (D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,650 3,325 5,703 4,472 2,444 98,008 600,502
(0) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) II
64,080 66,629 59,544 84,193 60,986 102,825 157,812 8,237 17,501 10,850 31,225 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
7,637
$ 192,107
56.2
13,952
100,403
105.7
34,946
244.1
57,095 189,417
497,538
269.0 406.8
383,977
518.1
251,641 374,272
798,780 1 ,056,601
511.0 700.6
548,000
1 ,928,000
1 ,146.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
13,700 13,300 13,500 13,900 14,000 14,000 14,700 14,800 14,800 15,200 16,700 17,000 16,500 13.000
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for
Milk
150 140 130 100 100 50 50 40 40 40 40
30 30 20
Other
7,350 7,500 7,650 7,950 8,200 8,500 7,900 7,550 7,050 7,300 8,100 7,800 7,100 5.700
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,200 5,660 5,720 5,850 5,700 5,450 6,750 7,210 7,710 7,860 8,560 9,170 9,370 7.280
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
9,300 8,800 9,750 8,250 8,900 10,350 9,800 9,400 9,000 7,750 5,200 5,500 5,800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farmis with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less tha n 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/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc sification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved", individual farms. NA - Not avail able.
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 for
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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CAMDEN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1800-1B7i
Camden County was created by Legislative Act of February 5, 1777 from two of the old
Colonial parishes, Sa*t Mary and Saint Thomas and was the second county organized in Georgia.
It was named for Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, also Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor of
England. Jefferson Town, now nonexistent, was the original county. Woodbine, the present
county seat, was preceded by Saint Mary's.
J'?7C.U~I ' ' f f'-iTJf*
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 417,920 acres making It
9th in size among counties in the State. There were 66 farms having a total of 38,508 acres with land and buildings
valued at $10,896,000. The number of farms is over one-half of the number in 1960. About 9.2 percent of the land
area is in farms and slightly under two percent of the farm land is devoted to harvested crops. The county is in the southeastern corner of the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--Province of the soil classi-
fication in Georgia, bordering the Atlantic Coast. All livestock, poultry and their products account for three-
fourths of the value of farm products sold.
.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of around 52
inches in Camden County. Summer is by far the rainiest season, with about one-half the annual total falling from
June throuqh September. November is the driest month, averaging less than two inches of rain. The average annual
temperature is about 69 degrees, and no month has an average of less than 54 degrees. The freeze-free growing
season usually extends from around February 10 to early December, and averages about 300 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount T
525,371
357,960
1974 Amount $~
1,206.000
Received m 0V 2 6 1979
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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
246,249 5,278
240,180 791
4,400 109,647 165,075
82,637 6,100
76,338
46.9 1.0
75,604 16,236
45
.8 20.9 31.4 15.7
1.2 14.5
59,000 368
(D) 233,887
46,894 2,139 1,814
42,941
21.1 4.5
1,180,000
40,000 CNA)
12,000
16.5 .1
.65.3 13.1
.6 .5 12.0
(D) 1,000
(D)
5,000 238,500 896,500 593,500
303,000 84,000 180,000
39.000
DOCUMENTS U'3A LIBRARIES
3.4 1.0
.1
.4 20.2 76.0 50.3 25.7
7.1 15.3
3.3
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may m
d due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
m1in9oc5rl4eudasenaddles1in9. 64t.oPteararccClleeron^fotcaroaaemcsopmfuopturatats1it?9oi 5on4ck
ercen^a7s for 1974 were computed using total value
and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid
from farms with $2500
only for 1974. not disclosing information
or
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products 20.9%
Horticultural Spec. .85
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Dairy & " their Products 25.7%
~ All Crops 3.4%
*--Poultry & Poultry Products 15.7%
.^-Forestry Products 20.2%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.7%
Horticultural Spec. .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
CAMDEN COUNTS 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)
2,208 1,593
543
380 350 250 200 140 160 120 120 120 30 30 20 30 30 30 20
3,918 3,705 2,674 2,189 1,572
512
320 290 190 160 120 110 90 100 100 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
12.1 15.7 12.2 16.4 14.6 13.8
15.0 20.9 23.7 21.2 25.8 28.2 33.3 30.0 40.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0 50.0
47,500 58,322 32,645 35,983 22,993 7,070
4,800 6,100 4,500 3,400 3,100 3,100 3,000 3,000 4,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
150
100
59.0
5,900
acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Vield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre
Production
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
7,669 7,690 6,969 6,338
5,910
7,322
9,975
11,334
CAMDEN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGklCULTURE,
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
2,607 2,089 1,789 1,676 1 ,057
74
318
1,021 910 704
542
74
194
1,586 1,179 1,085
515
124
455,040 455,040 455,040 455,040 455,040 419,840 419,840 419,840 419,840 419,840 419,840 417,920 417,920
40.2 42.9 33.6 22.6 23.9
6.7 21.1 31.1 24.7 20.5 13.3 11.3
9.2
900-1974
All Land in Farms (acres)
182,973 195,379 152,900 103,065 108,687
28,239 88,503 130,600 103,713 85,947 55,995 47,310 38,508
Average Size Farms
(acres)
209 236 458 282 264
92 218 544 373 754 965 1,028 583
Number of Farms
876 827 334 366 412 308 405 240 278 114
58 46 66
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
630,640 1,326,422 1,457,701 1,143,120
661,291 445,515 1,092,890 2,826,000 4,059,078 6,416,376 5,251,610 4,846,262 10,896,000
Average (dol.)
720 1,604 4,364 3,123 1,605 1,446 2,698 11,775 14,601 56,284 90,545 105,353 165,087
Tractors
16
4 30 69 84 195 72 75 102
Trucks
54
39 87 90 129 143 60 48 70
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
129
6
58
10
121
30
121
20
180
36
131
31
63
34
35
(NA)
52
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
199 331
57 12 8
Production (bushels)
1,990 4,388 1,140
90 36
13
390
12
300
3
150
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
901
304
254
481
300
86
15
11
162
191
466
760
224
953
44
106
302
480
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
63
6,043
183
101
19,800
62,554
292
90,995
468
240,180
345
90,169
270
59,000
80
76,720
20
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
8,136
2,016
5,924
3,363
1,142
556
15,811
338
559
125
666
548
1,879
318
156
18
40
2
14
16
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
2,050
14,156
584
5,145
3,878
4,592
682
9,457
23,306
671
150
823
2,770
492
4,276
136
425
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels]
571
60,358
702
73,918
281
36,354
352
29,701
276
13,811
218
12,884
269
8,770
42
2,471
5
769
29
891
Year
Harvested Cropland
1AND I1SF TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
3,585 2,979 2,260 3,731 1,204 1,343 1,281
506 350 601
2,153
1,100 825
2,123 850
1,671 655
485 755 151
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,265
2,486 438 500
3,790 1,034 3,123
1,231 895
2,653
Woodland
126,355 125,788
71,826 89,784
22,686. 61,137 120,733 92,400 76,037
44,796 42,413 31 ,087
Other Land 4,865 18,515 23,821 11,866 1,917 20,957 4,023 7,265 4,851 8,977 2,897
4,016
Farms by Value of Products Sold
nur B?r
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
3
6
3
5
12
4
1
6
6
1
5
24
36
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
CAMDEN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
13,244 14,538 8,411
7,989 6,331 3,515 4,187 2,820 3,361 2,447 1,623 1,140 2,321
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,697 7,560 4,208 4,255 3,102 1,765 1,998 1,458 1,684 1,444
993 530 1,369
Milk Cows 2,030 2,727
280
272
237 105
60 34
9
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 11,819
615 390 9,545
5,727 34,350
9,989 7,500
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,232 13,275 6,717
5,336 3,695 3,215 3,722 1,911 3,826
985 124 832 3,346
Sows Farrowinq 5/
1 ,465 648 597 627
1,052 230 532 127 16 305 734
Chickens (4 Months and Older) JJ
15,370 17,890 8,281 20,761 20,756 15,613 18,415 10,530 15,348 2,333
718 50,559 54,226
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,242 6,130 18,402
16,285
105,191 64,196 1,038 228 34,427 37,004
Eggs Produced (dozen) 1/
45,090 39,017 34,532 168,037 131,504 164,716 136,123 81,013 114,221
9,965 2,408
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 37,684 $ 6,608
$ 16.8
38,697
5,617
23.1
77,012
56.4
117,134
61.1
135,827
22,935
52.7
26,917
255.7
19,586
16,713
42.5
215,022
27,487
46.1
501,000
54,000
61.0
USUA LSI1MA1ES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calve's
1,700 1,550 1,550 1,500 1,400 1 ,500 1,600 1,600 1,600 1,900 2,900 3,000 2,900 2.800
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
40 30 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20
Other
1,000 950 950 950
1,000 1,000 1,020 1,050 1,070 1,380 1,750 1,800 1,700 1,640
All Other Cattle and Calves
660 570 580 530 380 490 570 540 520 510 1,140 1,180 1,180 1,140
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
500 850 950 1 ,400 1 ,600 1 ,700 1 ,950 3,350 3,000 1 ,600 1 ,790
1/ In 1969 and 1974 T954 excludes farms
excludes farms with less than
with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ sification cha nged--"Cows
Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, and heifers that have calv ed". D - Data withheld
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasfcfavoid disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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CANDLER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
>.C7
1800-1878
Candler County was created by Legislative Act of July 17, 1914 from parts of Bulloch,
Emanuel and Tattnall Counties and was 148th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for Governor Allen D. Candler who after his retirement from office rendered
the state an important service by compiling Georgia's Colonial, Revolutionary and Confed-
5"V
erate records. Metter, located on the Central of Georgia Railroad, is the county seat of Candler.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 160,256 acres. There
'fr
were 382 farms having a total of 90,573 acres with land and buildings valued at $36,317,000.
The number of farms continued to decline from the peak number in 1920.
The county is in the lower part of the Middle Coastal Plain Province of soil classification in Georgia. Soils
are adapted to production of cotton, tobacco, peanuts, corn, soybeans and wheat. The value of all livestock,
poultry and their products sold in 1974 more than doubled their 1954 value. Poultry and poultry product sales
increased significantly during this period. The value of sales of crops in 1974 accounted for slightly over 46
percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, annual rainfall averages about 45 inches in Candler County, according to NOAA--
National Weather Service records. Although fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, there is a slight
summer maximum and a late fall minimum. The average annual temperature is between 66 and 67 degrees, with monthly
averages ranging from near 51 degrees in January and December to over 80 degrees in July and August. The freeze-
free season averages about 245 days, and usually extends from just after March 10 to just before the middle of November.
Received
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
2,531,396
1964
Amount $
i
5,252,925
1974 Amount $
17,298,000
i 1/ NOV 2 6 197
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,941,108 1,907,721
23,819 9,568
65,509 524,779 45,517
28,159 451,103
76.7 75.4
.9 .4
2.6 20.7
1.8 1.1 17.8
3,216,029 3,195,544
15,564 4,921
350 116,769 1,919,777 1,170,170
3,704 745,903
DOCUMENTS!
17,235,000
UGA LI8RARIE
61.2 60.8
.3 .1
8,009,500 7,911,000 3,808,000 2,836,000
383,000 106,000 778,000 31,000
67,500
46.5 45.9 22.1 16.5
2.2 .6
4.5 .2 .4
7,000
2.2
381,000
2.2
36.6 22.3
.1 14.2
8,837,500 6,298,500
111,000
2,428,000 771,000
1 ,651,000
51.3
36.5 .7
14.1 4.5 9.6
6,000
Government Payments 1/
7,000
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 2.6%
Other Livestock, Dairy & Livestock Products
18.9%
Poultry X Poultry Products 1.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
-Forestry Products 2.2%
S>vy.-'-'A , Other Livestock, Dairy iBBKKffl & Livestock Products
14.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
21,050 32,447 26,681
33,150 29,960 28,800 28,400 29,000 31,600 26,400 23,700 20,900 21,400 20,400 17,870 18,000 19,400 18,700 20,900 20,500 25,600 23,000 24,500 27,300 27,000 30,000 29,200
CANDLER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested ~Tr?ra
for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.;
Production (bushels)
24,901 19,565 30,963 18,928
18,280 19,950 19,530 19,520 20,600 22,400 18,600 17,400 16,000 17,000 16,500 14,460 14,600 16,200 15,600 18,600 18,300 23,400 20,900 22,800 26,100 25,700 28,500 15,600
12.2 11.0
9.6 14.8
8.5 22.2 21.5 24.8 28.0 22.0 23.6 31.6 28.4 46.5 30.3 48.4 31.5 57 39.0 41.7 36.1 57.8 42.0 59.0 56.3 44.4 55.8 21.0
304,871 214,583 296,298 279,600
154,600 443,400 419,900 484,200 577,000 493,900 439,000 549,000 454,000 791,000 500,000 700,000 460,000 930,000 609,000 775,000 660,000 1,353,000 877,800 1,345,200 1,469,600 1,140,700
1,591,600
327,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
620 920 990 1 ,060 1,620 2,390 3,230 3,540 4,000 3,100 3,100 5,100 9,500 10,000 11,520 11,960 14,590 10,300 14,670
13.5 14.0 23.5 15.0 21.5 18.5 20.5 27.5 29.0 15.0 25.0 23.0 26.0 14.5 22.6 25.7 23.8 20.5 24.3
8,370 12,880 23,265 15,900 34,830 44,215 66,215 97,350 116,000 46,500 77,500 117,300 247,000 145,000 260,400 307,400 347,200 211,200 356,500
Acreage
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.]
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage YTeTd" Harvested per acre Production
(TbsT 1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
^TTeTa--
per acre
(TbsTT
Production (1,000 lbs. J
24,877 19,454 11,991 11,518
7,880 6,610 6,210 4,960 3,650 5,530 6,000 6,780 6,840 6,180 6,590 5,580 3,660 1,960 3,050 2,850 2,650 1,600 2,100 1,905 1,580
170 745 685
153 189 210 148
258 267 279 306 524 354 377 255 338 378
310 400 322
280 300 211
299 477 429 367
496 353 426 235
7,590 7,364 5,044 3,412
4,250 3,680 3,610 3,170 4,000 4,080 4,720 3,610 4,830 4,890 4,270 4,660 2,460 1,150 1,920 1,250 1,660 1,590 1,870 1,460 1,630
125 660 335
124 2,945 2,836 2,495
2,760 2,650 2,320 1,655 1,410 1,830 1,840 1,850 1,935 1,830 1,675 1,435 1,450 2,010 1,490 1,530 1,790 1,630 1,550 1,600 1,540 1,890 1,500 1.710
969 1,361 1,372 1,175 1,591 1,620 1,670 1,754 1,865 1,854 1,872 2,049 1,230 1,927 1,805 1,333 1,856 1,756 1 ,755 1,869 2,362 2,037 2,012 1.724
96 2,281 2,295 2,811
2,674 3.607 3,183 1,944 2,244 2,965 3,072 3,245 3,609 3,393 3,135 2,941 1,783 3,873 2,689 2,040 3,323 2,862 2,720 2,990 3,638 3,849 3,018 2,948
308 23
1,889
490 1,180 1,280 1,220 1,230
980 1,210 1,480 1 ,030 1,170 1,255 1,265 1,400 1,395 1,415 1,485 1,450 1,445 1,530 1,480 1,473 1,491 1,510 1 .5?n
345 697
981
688 880 782 903 814
870 1,187
1 ,528 1,915
1 ,659
1,748 2,044
1,510
2,366 2,779 1,976 3,141 3,682 3,407 2,709 2,96.3
10 1,233
169 823 1,256 839 1,082 766 1,093 1,205 896 1,389 1,918 2,423 2,322 2,439 2,892 2,243 3,430 4,016 3,023 4,649 5,424 5,080 4,091 a, 504
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
CANDLER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATIO N
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
9,228 8,991 9,103 8,063 6,672 6,412
7,078 6,854 6,851 4,890 5,184
2,920
1,354
4,635 4,768 4,464
3,403
1,758
996
145,920
87.9
128,203
98
2,443
145,920
73.3
106,961
91
2,086
145,920
86.5
126,188
112
2,387
160,640
69.9
112,326
98
160,640
85.3
136,955
113
1,781
160,640
77.6
124,605
114
160,640
79.9
128,427
141
1,162
160,640
71.5
114,882
165
160,640
66.5
106,867
185
358
160,256
60.9
97,665
221
160,256
56.5
90,573
237
1,303
1,180 1,128
1,141
1,215
1,090 908 697 579 441 382
Yesfr
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
6,652,560 2,753,550 2,138,078 2,684,850 4,041,945 7,903,590 8,333,624 11,906,154 15,122,322
21,371,841
36,317,000
5,106 2,334 1,895 2,353 3,327 7,251 9,178 17,082 26,118 48,462 95,071
Tractors
4
30 149 466 683 702 722 657 576
Trucks
30
86 181 316 373 462 496 447 492
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
356
142
413
62
410
118
562
75
756
220
553
344
596
329
422 339
t(NoA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1899
1909
1919
1,083
1929
83
1934
55
1939
65
1944
259
1949
105
1954
1,290
1959
560
1964
145
1969
21
1974
50
13,432 965 300 845
3,790 1,765 24,492 19,122 6,010
315 1,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
415 204 1,177 1,762
793 914 565 1,061 930 1.318
182 660
S55 742 698 1,751 2,646 2.682
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 )
SWEEl
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
6,897 3,050
2,543
11,012 341
330
11,951
3,615
952
15,249
21,184 345
462
4,361
2,303
601
424
10,048 4,378 2,937
6,169 122,613 442
9,765
4,927
3,449
173,166 373
245
17,495 1,385
183
4,207
24,862 162
252
23,819
652
227
4,345
26,870
81
131
12,974
458
603
3,056
38,537
26
88
15,564
335
84
4,461
15,620
3
90
20,869
125
4,723
73,224
24
53
31,000
4.221
80,108
12
33,070 39.882 36,146
33,679 29,540 12,320
4,700 2,784
406 3,020 2,015
Year
Harvested Cropland
, ..LAND
Idle or
USE
'MSB.
s/i
Fallow
Pasture
Woodland
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
47,785 48,040 52,681 47,360 48,257 46,259 43,076 35,258 29,142 38,597
5,551 7,797 1,885 1,974 4,475 2,341 5,688 8,696 12,212 1,905
See fool(notes on last page.
8,134 810
1,705 437
1,940 5,512 3,957 4,394 6,005 8,556
60,810 37,036 65,014 52,149 75,399 65,719 66,999 55,700 51.845 37,432 32,354
Other Land
1,597 7.781 2.916 3,732 6,005 4,214 7,316 6,461 6,674 12,874 9,161
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2.499
Under 2,500
30
27
50
47
73
87
65
88
68
66
44
126
52
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
CANDLER COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowinq 5/
7,435 2,278 6,515 6,066 7,203 4,675 7,787 5,867 8,163 8,656 8,794
4,446 1,317 2,821 2,683 3,440 2,404 3,940 2,896 3,611 3,819 4,949
1,492 1,178
2,001
1,308 1,119
334 173 194 244
308 8,134
13,160 22,458 35,406 46,450
105
(NA) (NA)
19,318
5,303 10,733 10,312 14,459 16,659 15,471 21,712 15,989 22,397 18,529
3,503
1,027 1,774 2,296 2,150 2,082 2,654 3,367 2,701 4,257 3,357
Chickens (4
Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
37,660 23,946 35,707 38,327 45,261 33,029 31,364
30,288 145,550 188,171 718,309
7,151 15,225
25,765
17,793 7,988
360,045 253,075
(D) 536,667
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
75,156 116,099
91,946 240,969 208,827 45,005
91,304 195,779 2,095,279
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
$ 20,243 $ 198,551
(Thous.) $ 36.2
26,052
135,328
99.4
40,210
224.0
192,797
289.6
199,265
449,020
360.0
706,885
229.2
886,692
615,282
242.2
1,000,563
708,734
347.0
4,910,000 1,629,000
863.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,650 8,400 8,200 8,300 8,900 9,000 9,200 9,300 9,300 10,100 12,600 12,000 11,700 10,700
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
210 190 160 130 220 200 200 150 150 130 140 200 210 340
Other
3,600 3,500 3,450 3,550 3,650 3,750 3,950 4,090 4,170 4,730 5,260 5,300 5,200 4,590
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,840 4,710 4,590 4,620 5,030 5,050
5,050 5,060 4,980 5,240 7,200 6,500 6,290 5,770
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
16,100 19,250 21 ,350 23,350 25,200 29,250 27,800 26,650 23,500
22,600 18,800 23,400 25,000
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 fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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CARROLL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1870
Carroll County was created by Legislative Acts of June 8, 1825 and December 11, 1826
from lands acquired from the Creek Indians and was 66th in order of organization of Georgia
counties. It was named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Maryland, a patriot of the
Revolution who lived to be the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
The county originally included parts of five other counties: Campbell, Douglas, Haralson,
Heard and Troup. Carrollton, the county seat, took its name from the Maryland estate of
Charles Carroll.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 316,800 acres making it
27th in size among counties in the State. There were 855 farms having a total of 89,217 acres, with land and
buildings valued at $62,983,000. The number of farms is less than one-seventh of the peak number in 1920.
Carroll is in the Piedmont Plateau Province of Georgia soil classification with soils well adapted to pro-
duction of cotton, corn, small grains and other general field crops. In 1974 poultry was the leading farm enter-
prise and accounted for slightly over three-fourths of the total value of farm products sold while crop sales
amounted to only 1 percent. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
51 inches in Carroll County, with the yearly total falling between 40 and 60 inches in about four out of five
years. Monthly averages range from near six inches in March, to around two and one-half inches in October. The
temperature averages about 61 degrees for the year. The average is near 43 degrees in January and around 78
R6C6IV6CI
degrees in July. The freeze-free growing season averages about 210 days, and usually extends from early April to
near the end of October.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
4,128,400
1964 Amount ~$~
8,204,705
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
1,506,019
36.5
1,420,187
34.4
641 ,992 612,176
45,678 40,154
3,000 64,670
2,554,711 1,845,847
275,472 433,392
1.1 1.0
1.6
61.9 44.7
6.7 10.5
27,069 2,747
7,000 94,117
7,461,596 6,106,013
477,161 878,422
1974 Amount $~ 14,982,000
N0V2 6 1979
TT7 DOCUMENTS IJGA LIBRARIES
7.8 7.5
.3
.1 1.2 90.9 74.4 5.8 10.7
14,510,000
212,000 (NA)
68,000
6,000 107,000
(D) 10,000
(D)
48,000 31,000
14,219,000 11,014,500
1,616,500 1,588,000 1,328,000
183,000
77,000
1.5
.5
.7
.1
.3 .2 98.0 75.9 11.1 11.0 9.2 1.3
Government Payments 1/
33,000
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 fromIll AnlIlI_ fI arI mIlsia.. l-J/l_ Anvaai1 l1 awbl1 ec owni^li yj ^1 1.,9.7^^.-r ^, n'o"t-^ 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- 1 954 Forestry Products &
y Hort. Spec. 1.6* Dairy Products 6.7*
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 10.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.5* Dairy Products 11.1*
-All Crops 1.5*
,, Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.0*
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
CARROLL 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.)
45,755 59,527 39,123
43,149 39,160 52,769 45,049 58,235 38,537
14.2 12.3 14.6 14.2 10.1 17.1
610,930 481,918 771,230 640,634 586,254 659,093
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
31,600 27,400 23,600 20,000 16,900 15,700 12,100 10,000 9,100 7,500 6,400 6,090 6,020 5,900 4,900 2,500 2,810 2,800 3,200 2,700 2,800 3,000 3,750 3,400
29,640 26,290 22,630 19,440 16,500 15,400 11,800 8,700 7,500 6,300 5,500 5,270 5,240 5,200 4,300 2,000 2,400 2,500 2,750 1,760 1,600 1,750 2,250
760
11.8 25.3 22.0 21.3 26.9 23.3 23.6 33.2 30.1 35.6 39.1 41.9 26.1 42.3 34.0 37.0 34.6 48.0 42.0 37.0 47.4 50.3 53.9 13.0
349,800 665,100
497,900 414,700 444,400 358,400 279,000 289,000 226,000 224,000 215,000 221,000 137,000 220,000 146,000 74,000 83,000 120,000 115,500 65,100 75,900 88,000 121,200
9,900
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
170
21.2
190
25.8
230
17.4
Production (bushels)
3,600 4,900 4,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie d per icre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
53,061
113
65,646
203
74,247
231
77,848
276
42,071
232
26,336
162
12,900
254
10,680
303
9,400
332
5,240
303
2,365
333
5,700
360
5,240
295
4,370
210
2,930
328
2,250
413
2,230
446
1,930
374
1,110
204
180
172
430
170
235
409
290
255
600
182
400
225
280
296
125
272
39
167
23,409 26,591 34,246 43,042 19,508 8,526
6,850 6,740 6,510 3,320 1,640 4,280 3,230 1,920 2,010 1,940 2,080 1,510
470 65
150 200 155 225 185 175 71
14
8,858 3,587 2,330
320
740
1,200 780 790 760 290 490 410 390 140 160 200 150 140 360 220 80 80 140 200 160 110 80
218
16. 3 15. 8 23. 0 20. 0 22. 5 21. 5 24. 0 29. 0 24. 0 26. 5 29. 0 29. 0 31. 0 26. 1 27. 7 30. 0 32. 5 34. 3 26. 5 34. 5 30. 9 30. 3
11: j
47,200 28,861 18,009
2,660
10,423
19,560 12,293 18,1/0 15,200
6,520 10,540
9,840 11,310
3,360 4,240 5,800 4,350 4,340 9,400 6,100 2,400 2,600 4,800 5,300 5,520 3,400
\m2,420
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
26,576 30,855 34,752 34,272
34,156
34,112
36,451
45,404
CARROLL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S . CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
22,940 22,953 22,709 16,108 16,580
5,442
2,638
18,969 18,064 17,628
13,056
4,494
2,476
5,971 4,889 5,081
3,524
948
162
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 314,880
314,880 314,880 314,880 314,880 316,880 316,800 316,800 316,800 316,800 316,800 316,800 316,800
Percent in Farms
84.4
91.9 87.3 84.3 93.2 87.9 85.8 84.8 72.4 53.2 48.5 38.9 28.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
265,853 289,468 274,929 265,421 293,529 278,338 271 ,734 268,541 229,340 168,536 153,529 123,121
89,217
Average Size Farms
(acres) 72 57 51 50 62 64
70 70 73 96 101 116 104
Number of Farms
3,694 5,095 5,436 5,286 4,699 4,377 3,886 3,856 3,155 1,753 1 ,521 1,062
855
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,837,290 7,159,668 18,884,825 10,365,332 7,191,726 7,618,984 8,532,456 13,133,536 17,182,130 17,337,170 23,511,618 36,572,080 62,983,000
Average (dol.)
767 1,405 3,474 1,961 1,530 1,741 2,196 3,406 5,446 9,890 15,458 34,436 73,664
Tractors
52
64 182 591 760 922 1,074 936 844
Trucks
140
212 289 732 949 1,032 1,236 962 806
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
2,088
1,479 1,545 1,813 2,300 1,515 1,528
975 666
443
222 253 501 1,090 1,112 1,220 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS ]_/
Threshed (acres) 3,792 5,666 1,819
266 731 3,678 2,372 1,787 2,474 772 254
30 61
Production (bushels)
29.59U 78,028 19,542
4,431 15,531 76,605 68,817 43,476 70,849 25,020 11,242
1,650 2,595
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
3,549 2,412 9,794 12,078
8,752 8,784 4,831 5,487 5,254 5,133
2,740 8,170
8,577 6,839 5,818 7,945 9,997 11,022
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres)
137 213 186
1,491 841 510 152 36 27
7,764
5,289 41,898 92,717 45,678 60,701 27,069
7,834 10,000
PEACHES 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
42,286
T38"
54,507 28,805
56,310 19,690
46,358 14,156
42,171 33,569
33,551 20,722
28,561
8,309
19,898
1,797
7,926
3,558
4,245
1,105
541
2
938
1,665
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
2,533 4,144
1,935 4,860 10,184
5,302
5,376 1,673 1,586
489 194 1,485
27,870 32,142 24,954 13,752 20,409
545 3,316
(D)
"SWEET
POTATOES l/j/.
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
39T
52,781
762
83,724
1,076
119,425
667
57,223
1,277
132,721
995
101,242
836
89,947
397
42,789
96
9,349
66
6,947
1
306
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
132,222 128,114
13,770 17,155
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
129,927 96,109
83,771 56,528 27,562 14,965
7,830 7,801
13,052 39,200 40,035 23,148 19,288 11,833
8,602 1,701
See footnotes on last page.
14,332 17,488 24,832
6,598 13,233 17,194 15,402 20,694 35,739 32,206
Woodland
102,440 89,356 80,876 103,959 86,819 97,988 102,365 96,110 72,872 65,869 45,466 29,632
Other Land 23,270 22,221 23,266 25,101 21,285 31,368 29,137 36,360 33,412 40,168 25,484 17,877
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
29
5*6
92
108
41
62
37
63
68
93
77
680
511
*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
CARROLL COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
8,782 10,638 12,176 8,099 11,212 8,682 11,608 10,417 15,814 15,160 19,924 23,080 28,576
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,098 6,763 6,783 5,198 6,355 5,195 6,064 5,033 8,149 7,671 10,798 12,368 15,826
Milk Cows
3,621 5,303 6,427 5,127
5,079
4,265 4,192 2,223 1,431 1,532 1,749
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
12,915 14,997 50,044 81,667
107,155 255,314 323,520 559,829 1,202,831 931 ,437
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,822 6,634 10,370 3,705 5,826 6,592 7,141 8,931 8,944 11,638 3,242 3,798 3,536
Sows Farrowing 5/
675 701 255 648 497 1 ,004 1,326 1 ,762 575 355 551
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
108,292 86,677 140,147 148,746 131,652 123,174 138,252 94,694 115,691 123,887 126,515 178,680 111,498
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
79,933 43,095 95,002
62,864
646,542 2,424,414 6,294,520 11,205,718 10,730,084 10,238,146
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
421,230 489,881 500,154 1 ,042,245 566,085 736,604 821,482 328,361 519,478 1,311,559 1,479,865
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 153,064 $ 761,612
$ 103.2
68,817
357,178
142.5
204,830
133.3
538,505
144.6
1,137,025
458,435
179.3
3,508,522
268.0
3,762,429
301 ,479
340.6
4,699,477
332,515
289.3
7,962,000
547,000
357.0
USUA LSI1MATLS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
21,100 20,300 20,300 21,000 23,000 23,500 25,500 25,900 26,300 25,900 29,700 28,500 27,900 21,300
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,700 1,550 1,870 1,600 1,700 1,610 1 ,650 1,650 1,600 1,640 1 ,500 1 ,460 1,450 1.360
9,800 9,700 9,500 10,400 10,700 10,800 11,200 12,000 12,800 12,500 13,560 13,300 12,100 10,000
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,600 9,050 8,930 9,000 10,600 11,090 12,650 12,250 11,900 11,760 14,640 13,740 14,350 9,940
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
3,300 3,600 4,000 3,950 4,300 4,950 4,700 4,550 3,650 3,550 3,000 2,800 2,130
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available . D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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CATOOSA COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-187B
Catoosa County was created by Legislative Act of December 5, 1853 from parts of Walker
and Whitfield Counties and was 99th in order of county organization in Georgia. The county
took its name from the famous Catoosa Springs which began to attract health seekers before
the removal of the Cherokee Indians who first named the locality. Ringgold was named for
Major Ringgold of Maryland who lost his life in the first engagement of the Mexican War.
The town and vicinity were the scene of a fierce battle of the Civil War in the fall of 1863
between forces of the South under General Cleburne and Federal troops under the command of General Hooker.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 106,816 acres making it 151st in size among
counties in the State. There were 304 farms having a total of 39,956 acres with land and buildings valued at $23,070,000.
Catoosa is in the Valley and Ridge Province of soil classification with soils adapted to production of cotton,
corn, small grains and other general field crops grown in the northern part of the state. The leading source of
farm income is commercial broilers which accounts for about 53 percent of farm products sold, while crops nly
account for 5 percent. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average annual precipitation is
Received
about 54 inches in Catoosa County. March and October are usually the wettest and driest months, averaging around
six and three inches of rainfall, respectively. The temperature averages about 60 degrees for the year, with
monthly averages ranging from near 41 degrees in January to around 78 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 200 days, extending usually from around April 10 to late October.
NOV 2 6 1979
... Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
2,929,382
4,494,404
1974 Amount $
4,924,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES i 1/
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
301,417 244,033
47,238 10,146
23,172 2,604,793 1,819,127
606,663 179,003
10.3 8.3
1.6 .4
.8 88.9 62.1 20.7
6.1
264,389 184,669
79,010 710 (D)
33,750 4,191,385 2,931,251
909,379 350,755
5.9 4.1
1.8
.8 93.3 65.2 20.3
7.8
4,765,000 233,500 110,000 37,000
73,000
119,500 4,000
82,000 10,000
4,439,500 2,544,500 1,299,000
596,000 513,000 82,000
1,000
4.9 2.3
.8
1.5
2.5 .1
1.7 .2
93.2 53.4 27.3 12.5 10.8 1.7
Government Payments 3/
8,000
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 SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Field Crops 8.3%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts ^-& Berries 2.0% ^-^ Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 0.8% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 6.1%
Dairy Products 20.7%
field Crops 2.3% "Veg., Fruits, Nuts 1 Berries 2.6% ,, Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.9%
Other Livestock & ivestock Prod. 12.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
CATOOSA COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
narvestea Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
SOYBEANS
Harvested
Yield
Year
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
8,213 8,620 5,212
4,480 4,060 3,600 3,300 2,600 2,800 2,130 1,750 1,640 1,120
950 890 850 820 700 410 420 710 950 660 850 900 1,100 1,150
13,609 9,907
12,112 7,871 8,456 5,058
4,260 3,780 3,140 2,920 2,300 2,500 1,880 1,500 1,330
780 690 650 630 600 520 360 350 550 850 480 580 500 620 190
Acreage Harvested
LUIIUN
Yield (lbs.)
15.4 12.2 16.3 14.7 13.9 23.7
18.8 31.7 34.0 23.8 42.3 40.6 34.6 44.7 41.4 42.3 36.2 40.0 39.7 48.3 48.1 36.1 31.4 54.5 58.0 55.0 54.3 62.2 68.5 24.7
Bales
209,100 120,554 197,709 115,359 117,633 119,878
80,100 119,800 106,800
69,600 97,400 101 ,500 65,000 67,000 55,000 33,000 25,000 26,000 25,000 29,000 25,000 13,000 11 ,000 30,000 49,300 26,400 31,500 31,100 42,500 4,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1 972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
1--
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
Ibu.)
Productior (bu.)
230 350 460 410 700
Acreage Harvested
22.6 19.7 28.7 26.6 18.9
Yield per acre
_ |
Production (bushels)
5,200 6,900 13,200 10,900 13,200
Pr rrUnUriUiiLr1L, i|n(Jn11
1,422 4,002 6,797 6,599 3,750 3,302
1,480 1,360 1,260
620 295 880 1,060 970 640 610 400 350 340 20 215 120 110 140 100
223
540
178
1,426
259
3,515
160
2,111
361
2,707
365
2,410
341
1,050
402
1,140
394
1,030
335
430
498
310
597
1,090
374
830
130
260
369
490
234
300
342
290
471
340
256
180
100
4
335
150
425
105
327
75
386
110
200
41
4,560 1,055 1,388
7
392
120 180 180 170 120 110 20 20 90 100 40 30 30 120 90
14.8 16.7 19.8 19.0 23.0 29.0 24.0 25.0 24.5 22.0 22.5 21.0 26.0 24.2 26.7
27,190 7,595
11,505 29
5,296
1,780 3,010 3,560 3,230 2,760 3,190
480 500 2,200 2,200 900 630 780 2,900 2,400
50
50 50 180 450 1
27.0
32.0 32.2 30.6 * fi
1,350
1,600 1,610 5,510 lfi.nnn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
5,82* 7,184 6,677 9,421
12,199
15,146
21,101
28,271
CAT00SA COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. 5. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
5,126
4,850
276
5,798
5,516
282
6,649
6,463
186
5,064
4,601
4,514
87
1,480
1,417
63
977
977
108,160 108,160 108,160 108,160 108,160 106,880 106,880 106,880 106,880 106,880 106,880 106,816 106,816
80.0 80.4 82.4 71.9 78.3 80.6 81.2 73.6 60.1 47.6 51.7 46.2 37.4
86,527 86,984 89,147 77,817 84,741 86,115 86,751 78,710 64,247 50,888 55,234 49,340 39,956
Average Size Farms
(acres)
91 80 84 80 72 66 78 84 77 91 108 124 131
Number of Farms
952 1,084 1,057
974 1,182 1,306 1,114
940 833 561 510 398 304
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
797,530 1,475,586 4,419,860 2,854,112 1,915,374 3,210,299 3,963,290 5,843,040 6,162,534 7,317,123 11,147,580 15,584,792 23,070,000
Average (dol.)
838 1,361 4,182 2,930 1,620 2,458 3,558 6,216 7,398 13,043 21,858 39,157 75,889
Tractors
32
41 162 290 367 420 430 441 377
Trucks
118
170 233 342 469 415 414 351 338
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
532
105
653
65
653
74
472
121
706
180
500
245
510
422
382
(NA)
239
(NA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1899
419
1909
993
1919
161
1929
17
1934
34
1939
135
1944
422
1949
1,063
1954
619
1959
404
1964
45
1969
43
1974
20
3,000 12,732
2,812 330 589
3,486 9,612 33,464 17,229 17,140 1,760 1,700
800
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,723 3,902 6,303 6,514
7,239 6,636 5,418 5,837 4,619 4,881
3,316 5,792
8,317 5,933 7,556 8,122 7,837 8,117
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
996 1,501
754
793 420 378 382 163 197
117,710
49,151 153,474 92,978 47,238
58,145 79,010 97,188 119,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
52,031 69,025 19,792 26,607 14,946 7,495
3,886 3,958
799 183 119
3,940 9,806 3,456 2,010 9,547 5,686
318 197 380 35
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
500
44
47
155
18
15
250
135
410
30
10
47
187
21
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Harvested
Produc tion
(acres) (bushels)
279
21,936
657
52,195
S53
52,658
490
38,183
593
54,265
515
39,615
376
34,101
168
18,443
59
4,713
65
9,353
1
121
I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
21,117
9,591
1934
25,688
12,494
1939
22,355
12,636
1944
21,086
17,293
1949 1954
18,621 13,883
11,551 7,917
1959
9,679
4,074
1964
8,578
4,867
1969
5,703
3,134
1974
6,269
773
See foo :notes on last page
8,690 1,873 10,928 7,337 6,398 4,681 4,107 13,494 14,586 12,826
Woodland
40,022
37,905 29,222 35,505 29,308 32,265 31,168 24,884 19,368 21,788 18,798 15,159
Other Land -T7T96"
2,944
8,145 8,826 10,486 8,510 10,972 12,882 13,660 6,507 7,119
4,929
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
*
14
31
30
31
5
32
13
26
18
35
36
243
188
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
CATOOSA 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
All Cattle and
Calves
2,976 3,538 3,763 3,028 4,210 4,144 5,214 5,897 8,341 7,887 10,397 9,946 11,323
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,357 2,210 2,122 1,925 2,485 2,388 2,724 3,005 4,435 3,801 5,495 5,669 6,220
Milk Cows 1,190 1,711 1,989 1,895
2,296
2,803 3,247 2,422 2,462 2,076 1,482
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,665 6,170 124,003 190,753
397,590 698,993 989,858 1,424,550 1,182,969 1,820,860
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,675 3,230 3,068
919 1,564 2,119 1,869 1,498 2,062 3,424 1,372 1,021 1,316
Sows Farrowing 5/
401 72 41 99
186 153 327 517 265 225 290
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
21,229 27,746 38,884 31,277 40,873 35,166 41 ,104 27,157 30,349 27,467 49,319 58,885 26,651
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,711 15,882 14,178
35,929
323,798 2,770,581 3,874,468 5,514,649 3,736,051 3,015,637
...
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
103,370 126,991 174,391 160,549 129,248 221,114 251,822 83,201 253,303 222,433 650,386
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRirill TURF
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor fThnm; 1
$ 62,215 $ 51,170
$ 22.3
73,211
35,525
42 4
233,215
62 5
311,640
110 4
1,283,445
112,215
93 1
1,954,000
153.3
2,204,994
108,351
314 7
1,854,679
129,948
237 6
2,766,000
229,000
208.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,000 11,000 10,700 11,000 11,000 11,000 12,300 12,400 12,600 12,800 13,500 13,000 12,600 10,400
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
2,950 2,800 2,550 2,400 2,200 2,400 2,300 2,300 2,200 1,740 1,690 1,800 1,750 1,600
Other
3,200 3,300 3,350 3,650 3,750 3,800 3,850 3,900 3,950 4,090 4,450 4,400 4,400 3,780
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves 4,850 4,900 4,800 4,950 5,050 4,800 6,150 6,200 6,450 6,970 7,360 6,800 6,450 5,020
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs I ,400 1,250 1,400 1,050 1,150 1 ,350 1,250 1,250 1,650 1,550 1,300 1 ,800 1,700
TYL 196VndJ974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales.
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ SiHce 1949 "c ude h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
bushels harvested 5/ Not fully comparable cation changed~"Cows and heifers that have
because of change7in defi'ition calved". 7/ Beginning wth 969
6/ cHic
s In
farms 1969
with less than and thereafter
15-20 classifi-
Isiffi?cattiCohnlCkcr hang!e2dld-"C;row9sJ
aBnedginhneiinfegrsw1tthha1t 94h9avetoctaallsvedi""'.lud!NAo
-Ny9oegt avsai?ldable10"
kens 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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CHARLTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1B7B
Charlton County was created by Legislative Act of February 18, 1854 from parts of
Appling and Wayne Counties and was 110th in order of county organization in Georgia. It
was named for Robert M. Charlton of Savannah, a noted ante-bellum jurist and statesman.
Within the present border of Charlton is a large part of the Okefenokee Swamp, one of
the greatest swamps of North America, rivaled in size only by the Everglades of Florida
and the Dismal Swamp of Virginia. Formerly, one of the most important towns on the old
stage coach road between Milledgeville and Saint Mary was Center Village, where buyers
congregated to purchase cotton. Folkston, the county seat of Charlton, was named for a
prominent family of Charleston, South Carolina.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 509,504 acres making it 5th in size among
counties in the State. There were 111 farms having a total of 34,112 acres with land and buildings valued at
$13,851,000.
Charlton is in the southeastern corner of the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--Province of soil classification.
,
It is not an important agricultural county as less than 7 percent of the county is classified as farm land and
K6C6IV6Q
only 11 percent of this is in crops. About 77 percent of the farm land is in woods and swamps. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 51
inches in Charlton County. Almost one-half the yearly amount normally falls during the four months June through _.. ~ ,, ln-y0 September. July is usually the wettest month, and November, with an average of less than two inches, is the IMUV 6 0 YolJ
driest. The average annual temperature is about 68 degrees. The average for January and December is around 53 degrees, and that for July and August about 81 degrees. There is a long freeze-free growing season which normally
extends from late February to late November.
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
345,165
1964 Amount ~$~
714,469
1974 Amount 6,733,000
UGA LIBRARIES TT/
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
109,759 105,709
1,085 2,965
31.8 30.6
166,761 164,323
.3
1,893
.9
545
6,695,000
23.3
434,500
6.5
23.0
434,500
6.5
45,000
.7
336,500
5.0
53,000
.2 .1
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
91,324
144,082 47,429
4,000 92,653
26.5
41.7 13.7
1.2 26.8
(D) 236,101 309,607 234,252
75,355
33.0 43.3 32.8
10.5
336,000
5,924,500 5,537,500
387,000 126,000 260,000
1,000
5.0
88.5 82.7
5.8 1.9 3.9
Government Payments 1/
_L
1,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and om ssions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
1,,! caiPc included"n
Percentages for 1954 total forgcomptal"on
and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not of commodity percentages. 0 - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products 26.5%
Poultry & Poultry Products 13.7%
-_ Livestock, Dairy & their Products 28.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 5.8%
-All Crops 6.5%
Forestry Products 5.0%
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
CHARLTON 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)
3,924 3,651 2,041
1,670 1,500 1,300 1,300 1,200 1,350 1,170 1,080
950 1,480 1,430 1,200 1,330 1,440 1,480 1,020
970 1,250 1,150 1,400 1,200 1,100 1,200 1,350
5,346 4,344 5,544 3,745 3,455 1,778
1,210 910 630 640 480 530 490 500 480 670 650 580 600 730 760 950 860
1,200 1,020 1,270 1,000 1,020 1,140
610
10.0 12.2
9.9 11.1
9.3 10.4
12.1 20.5 22.5 20.9 19.4 21.5 28.6 32.0 37.5 46.3 35.4 44.8 36.7 53.4 46.1 40.0 34.9 57.5 58.0 44.0 50.3 48.3 50.0 33.0
53,440 52,997 54,928 41,458 32,172 18,505
14,600 18,700 14,200 13,400
9,300 11 ,400 14,000 16,000 18,000 31,000 23,000 26,000 22,000 39,000 35,000 38,000 30,000 69,000 59,200 55,900 50,300 49,300 57,000 20,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) 1,000 lbs.;
Yield per acre
Production
792
112
143
538
124
133
427
89
76
55
18
113
230
52
115
109
383
271
7
429
6
225
239
5
200
2
240
1,250
300
5
200
2
235
1,238
291
10
200
5
195
1,426
278
95
1,011
96
10
200
5
105
1,514
159
10
200
5
145
993
144
20
200
10
165
1,570
259
15
200
5
165
1,715
283
15
200
5
180
1,689
304
10
300
5
175
1,686
295
15
333
10
155
1,684
261
10
100
2
130
1,754
228
5
200
2
130
1,053
137
200
1,745
349
140
1,360
190
165
1,582
261
115
2,002
230
105
2,099
220
150
1,575
236
150
1,445
217
155
1,771
275
165
1,945
321
180
1,833
330
120
2,251
270
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
3,592 4,722 4,536 4,381
5,256
4,821
5,313
5,680
CHARLTON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
2,090
1,838
252
1,839
1,779
60
1 ,715
1,582
133
1,211
1,125
989
136
593
558
35
1 545
449
96
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
579,200 579,200 563,840 506,880 506,880 511,360 511.360 511,360 511,360 511,360
511,360 509,504 509,504
Percent in Farms
27.8 20.1 19.3 30.3 22.7
7.4 10.8 14.0 8.5
7.7
9.4 10.7
6.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
161,051 116,608 108,703 153,415 115,154
38,067 55,146 71,451 43,397 39,533
48,053 54,766 34,112
Average Size Farms
(acres) 38/ 264 202 503 358 128 222 267 226 241
293 421 307
Number of Farms
41b
442
539
305 322 297 248 268 192 164
164 130 111
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
173,910 475,788 1,137,599 1,325,000 807,761 410,255 704,651 1,257,456 1,159,872 3,593,568 4,253,012 8,134,278 13,851,000
Average
(dol.)
418 1,076 2,111 4,344 2,509 1,381 2,841 4,692 6,041 21,912 25,933 62.571 124,788
Tractors
10
3 15 90 81 111 142 146 154
Trucks
51
32 51 148 116 130 158 116 130
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
165
4
109
24
64
33
96
16
65
28
104
35
140
109
85
(NA)
102
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
317 479
15 10
Production (bushels)
2,690 4,874
155 275
3
45
3
112
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres)
tons)
1,391 176 481 341
82 503 353 415 426 1,061
176 278
72 316 1,442 1,920 999 2,437
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
85
7,138
359
58
1,424
6,178
104
1,372
36
1,085
22
1,855
22
1,893
1
PEACHES 1/37
TTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
10,954
1,708
4,598
1,252
6,099 2,645
2,028
1,066
1,140
420
2,334
37
1,118
262
261
7
60
45
11
14
PECANS 1/3/
"TTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
9,938 4,081
3,554 22,170 12,337
5,368
2,967 1,008
222 380
21,015 43,344
1,202 9,684 2,100 2,099
-SHEET
POTATOES 1/J/
Har-
Produc-
vested
(acres) "35T 422
586
tion
(bushels)
56,799 56,646 64,216
247
26,513
297
17,382
174
12,775
127
7,821
65
3,741
21
1,104
15
890
4
332
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USfc IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
5,675 6,437 5,556 5,018 3,571 2,765 2,130 2,038 1,553 2,164
3,333 2,509 1,385
766 2,135 1,465 1,891 1,150 1,014
265
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,891 271 417 891 799
2,197 1,246
544
1,167 1,431
Woodland
103,200 90,132
117,914 101,992
29,832 30.412 61,949 33,929 31,517 40,628 48,220 26,353
Other Land 2,662 3,113 23,487 3.679
790 18,057
2,997 3,041 2,749 3.693 2,812 3,899
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10.000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2.500 to 4.999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
22
2\
9
5
11
5
11
9
14
25
7
65
37
*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
CHARLTON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
10,007 12,543 13,963 9,049 11,303 6,502 7,057 3,545 3,428 2,440 2,386 2,176 1,805
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,074 6,290 7,279 3,397 6,445 2,181 3,298 1,764 2,071 1,371 1,308 1,088
993
Milk Cows
798 2,141
148 373
251
181 100 86 38
8 9
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 2,842 112 845 9,190
15,150 13,018 7,649
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,709 12,326 8,591
5,335 5,461 3,801 3,956 3,415 2,598 1,942 1,863 2,018 4,178
Sows Farrowing 5/
2,443 599 690 866 568 420 385 509 343 279 591
Chickens (4 Months and Older) TJ
7,004 11,761 15,690 13,813 10,226
7,276 11,174 10,313 14,059 13,157
5,983 450,528 623,284
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,145 7,581
13,525
3,966
5,542 9,705 56,627 1,071 891,610 796,114
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
38,590 48,152 44,478 83,044 33,609 38,631 79,414 53,489 101,286 90,175 49,406
(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.)
$ 18,752 $ 15,159
$ 24.7
16,974
15,840
11.2
34,896
18.8
48,135
51.1
122,572
24,804
22.5
40,266
17.1
264,770
79,613
56.2
1,635,942
38,478
126.5
3,567,000
137,000
197.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,550 2,350 2,300 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,200 2,800 2,300 2,200 1,700
Cows 2 years old and older lj/
Kept for Milk
Other
50
1 ,350
40
1,300
40
1,250
30
1,250
30
1,300
20
1,300
50
1 ,550
70
1,360
80
1,180
70
1,190
70
1,510
50
1,500
60
1,300
60
960
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,150 1,010 1,010
920 870 880 600 770 940 940 1,220 750 840 680
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,900 2,000 2,200 2,100 2,300 2,650 2,500 2,750 2,700 4,200 3,900 1 ,800 2,930
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 ales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
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CHATHAM COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1800-1B78
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Chatham County was created by the State Constitution of February 5, 1777 from two of the oldest Colonial Parishes: Christ Church and Saint Philip, though including only a part
of the latter. It ranks third in order of county organization in the state and was named
for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, who was one of the most illustrious of England's Prime
Ministers. Savannah, the county seat, was founded February 12, 1733 and was named for the
Savannah River which it overlooks. The word was doubtless derived from the Spanish word Sabana" meaning a grassy plain.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 284,928 acres making it
val, ued1" at!15$?1n2a,!9!4S4?,g0^00.unt1T?hse
in the
number
State- There were 94 farms havin9 a of farms is only about 13 percent of
tthoetalpeaokf
n2u1m,b5e3r6
aicnre1s945w.ith
land
and
buildings
Chatham County borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Savannah River and is a part of the lower Coastal Plain--
Flatwoods--Province. It is not an important agricultural county. Production of nursery and hothouse products and milk, chiefly for the Savannah market, are the most important agricultural enterprises.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall for Chatham
County of around 52 inches, with considerable variation from this amount in different parts of the County. Summer
is the rainiest season, with about one-half the annual total falling from June through September. November is
normally the driest month with an average of about two inches. The average annual temperature is about 66 degrees,
and the freeze-free season averages around 260 days in length. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are about March 5 and November 20, respectively.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
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 $
%
1,775,784
1964
Amount $
%
1,737,277
1974 Amount $
2,332,000
i V DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
135,265
7.6
35,773
2.0
99,514 60,783
2,296,000
5.7
307,000
13.4
3.5
303,000
13.2
296,500
12.9
91,932 7,560
291,820 84,424
1,264,275 310,524 739,704 214,047
5.2 .4
16.4 4.8
71.2 17.5 41.7 12.0
37,701 1,030
579,949 31,607
1,026,207 168,990 607,629 249,588
6,500
.3
2.2
4,000 ,
.2
33.4
897,000
39.1
1.8
38,000
1.6
59.1
1,054,000
45.9
9.7
8,000
.4
35.0
859,500 37.4
14.4
186,500
8.1
121,500
5.3
60,000
2.6
5,000
.2
Government Payments 3/
1,000
]_/ 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 .Horticultural Spec. 16.4%
AT 7 Crops 7.6% --Forestry Prod. 4.8%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 29.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Horticultural Spec. 39.1%
^-All Crops 13.4%
--. Forestry Prod. 1. ^Livestock, Poultry &
their Products 8.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
CHATHAM COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
3,309 4,972 1,514
1,680 1,650 1,300 1,200 1,000 1,100
900 850 800 1,420 1,380 1,220 1,250 1,400 1,470 910 930 850 820 1,000 1,100 1,050 1,150 1,100
2,785 2,451 4,571 2,402 3,648 1,074
1,000 1,140
850 810 750 780 660 600 570 900 910 810 820 1,040 1,120 850 840 800 770 920 1,030 920 970 490
14.7 24.5 17.0 21.6 13.3 19.0
10.9 19.4 24.5 21.4 22.1 21.3 30.3 40.0 29.8 45.6 31.9 49.4 39.0 60.6 46.4 30.6 34.5 46.3 43.0 64.0 66.2 60.2 54.8 31.0
40,940 60,066 77,539 51 ,980 48,406 20,396
10,900 22,100 20,800 17,300 16,600 16,600 20,000 24,000 17,000 41 ,000 29,000 40,000 32,000 63,000 52,000 26,000 29,000 37,000 33,100 58,900 68,200 55,400 53,200 15,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 260 270 290 380 580 570 650 700 750 1 ,100 1,100 1,200 880
1,330 1 ,230 1,450
870 1,100
13.0 13.0 13.0 11.0 20.0 16.0 19.5 22.0 23.0 18.0 24.0 24.0 25.0 17.5 21.7 23.0 28.4 27.2
16.7
2,600 3,380 3,510 3,190 7,600 9,280 11 ,115 14,300 16,100 13,500 26,400 26,400 30,000 15,400 28,900 28,300 41,200 23,700 18,400
nrraAna
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
--n
'
Acreage Yield
Acreage "" Vield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs )
P1 1rU oU dU u\c,Lt ilnUnM
31 146 1,130 144 80 44
161
10
339
89
61
138
174
50
169
27
193
17
50
260
28
35
457
35
60
240
25
10
100
2
10
200
5
25
200
10
20
300
15
5
400
5
35
200
10
5
400
5
5
200
2
9
9
16
11
5
5
10
600
6
10
800
8
10
1,100
11
5
1,000
5
5
1 ,200
6
5
800
4
5
1,250
6
6
1,000
6
5
1 ,000
5
5
1 ,200
6
5
800
4
5
400
2
5
1,281
6
--------_
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
71,239 79,690 100,032 105,431
117,970
151,481
188,299
187,767
CHATHAM COUNTY DATA FROM THE I .S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
1,978 2,417 3,123 3,411
971
409
1,058
1,066 1,368 1,961
705
373
1,013
912 1,049 1,162
266
36
45
Approximate Land Area
(acres) .236,800
236,800 236,800 236,800 236,800 282,240 282,240 282,240 282,240 282,240 282,240 284,928 284,928
Percent in Farms
31.7
20.8 44.1 16.9 24.8 21.4 20.2 24.5 32.7 21.8 16.7
8.8 7.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
74,976 49,250 104,493 39,971 58,686 60,462 56,918 69,097 92,406 61 ,409 47,214 25,047 21,536
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
117 123 167 142 147 122 77 156 186 258 207 278 229
Number
of Farms
640 402
'625 281 399 496 743 443 496 238 228
90 94
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1 ,731,840
1,516,727 5,477,370 2,630,855 2,557,490 3,023,136 3,205,425 5,628,315 7,777,776 7,576,254 16,727,676 6,694,432 12,944,000
Average (dol.)
2,706
3,773 8,764 9,362 6,410 6,095 4,314 12,705 15,681 31 ,833 75,367 74,382 137,701
Tractors
28
59 106 177 246 215 193 109
77
Trucks
106
134 321 149 265 189 235 102
85
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
140
29
327
92
469
191
238
184
377
252
253
199
286
199
66
(NA)
40
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
309 275 104
3 1 159 470 197 743 229 35 35 65
Production (bushels)
6,430
5,676 2,182
31 13 4,690 9,900 3,960
24,380 3,765 975 650 3,600
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,188 616
1,388 1,187
1,391 1,093
781 1,737
574 334
665 1,570
930 705 1,520 3,052 1,675 903
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
808
102,201
879
650
35,493
159,590
922
78,920
849
91,932
469
46,534
183
37,701
55
26,035
PEACHES 1/3/
All Trees
Production
(number) (bushels)
656
I3b
261
112
776
719
378
89
165
83
502
135
421
56
226
30
20
108
28
PECANS 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
100
786
3,307 13,531
7,201
2,885
5,335
5,500 3,225 1,647 2,025 2,510 1,118
51,222 90,634 10,228
23,470 30,091
3,304 41,266
9,200
SWEET
POTATOES 1/i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
680
50,748
444
29,878
662
64,188
277
31,106
348
24,207
310
30,430
511
63,119
83
6,935
16
1,028
2
374
7
376
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
5,928 7,944 8,915 10,477 5,835 5,907 3,244 4,400 3,049 2,898
2,133 2,850 4,457 1,308 10,436 1,969 1,530 1,327 1,737 1,382
See fool:notes on last page.
4,235 2,442 3,859 1,755 7,257 4,662 4,334 1,397 3,881 3,938
Woodland
27,970 70,688 17,344 42,533 34,120 37,872 34,770 44,518 30,156 30,100 10,685 8,416
Other Land 8,878
18,295 10,045
2,609 8,928
5,125
10,799 35,350 22,145
9,990 5,695 4,902
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
5
9
7
8
8
6
8
16
17
8
9
43
40
*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
CHATHAM COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,496 2,072 4,679 3,051 4,454 3,811 5,643
6,516 7,692 5,331 5,972 3,768 3,245
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,093 1,680 2,826 1,960 2,979 2,673 4,034 4,248 4,773 3,199 3,030 2,448 1,941
Milk Cows 1,267 1,277 1,550 1,797
2,479
3,304 2,327 2,007 1,317
756 788
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 385,305 153,798 404,310 896,276
1,209,839 1,573,176 1,807,301 1,400,406 1,357,972 1,172,176
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
2,576 2,597 12,485 1 ,013 2,912
2,388 4,171 2,073 3,395 4,212 1 ,989
975 476
4,645 131 572 302 440 200 580 657 300 170 71
Chickens (4 Months and Older) Z/
11,676 10,844 15,072 13,658 16,050 13,327 29,426 20,051 52,447 35,048 32,079 17,308 1,664
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
3,994 3,635 10,956
14,897
29,109 41 ,740 13,861 17,541 13,810
400
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
65,570 29,255 44,869 89,337 102,525 74,222 175,782 106,923 534,938 427,370 383,464 . (NA)
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor (Thnn<; \
$ 169,214
i 35,287
* 126.1
191,177
41 ,812
185.0
443,590
289.7
455,217
319.0
405,956
92,985
304.5
451,583
425 6
428,991
88,450
455.4
351 ,688
101,748
365.6
585,000
117,000
376.0
-
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,350 6,200 5,700 5,500 4,500 4,700 4,700 4,600 4,400 4,400 4,300 4,000 3,900 3,590
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
1,600 1,500 1,160 1,320 1,050
970
850 800 750 670
750 800 800 730
Other
1,800 1,800 1,750 1,650 1,700 1,750 1,500 1,420 1,390 1,400 1,780 1,600 1,400 1,200
All Other Cattle and Calves 2,950 2,900 2,790 2,530 1,750 1,980 2,350 2,380 2,260 2,330 1,770 1 ,600 1,700 1,660
December 1 All Hogs
and Pi
2,500
1 ,600 1,800 1,000 1,100 1 ,300 1 ,200 1,200
800
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 Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~~l 5-20
nange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older
ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasNA - 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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CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1978
Chattahoochee County was created by Legislative Act of February 13, 1854 from parts of
Marion and Muscogee Counties and was 108th in order of organization of counties in Georgia.
The county was named for the Chattahoochee River which forms the western boundary on the
Alabama line. The Indian meaning of the word Chattahoochee was "Red Rock" and was related
to a large red rock found on the river bank between Eufala, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia.
From this rock the Indians made red paint for use when on the war path and often came long
distances to get this paint. Cusseta, the county seat, was named for one of the principal
tribes of the Lower Creek Indians. Fort Benning, one of the largest army posts in the
United States, takes up most of this county as well as much of Muscogee, the adjoining county.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 161,920 acres. There were 19 farms having
a total of 7,268 acres with land and buildings valued at $2,004,000.
*.,,,,,
Chattahoochee lies in the Upper Coastal Plain-Sandhills-Province commonly referred to as the fall line
which separates the Piedmont Plateau and the Coastal Plains. The deep sands prevalent in a large part of the
county are particularly susceptible to drought, thus the growing of field crops and pasture.is very hazardous.
Based on 1900-1971 data-the N0AA--National Weather Service reports the average annual rainfall is around 50
inches in Chattahoochee County. March and July, with averages close to six inches, are normally the wettest
months, and October, with an average of about two inches, is the driest. The annual mean temperature is around
65 degrees, and the average length of the freeze-free season is about 240 days. The last spring freeze usually
comes just after March 15, and the average date of the first fall freeze is just before November 15.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount ~$~
87,252
76,314
1974 Amount $
67,000
N0V 2 6197'
TV
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over II
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
33,325 32,169
300 856
38.2
4,509
36.9
4,174
.3
132
1.0
203
60,000
5.9
21,000
5.5
10,000
10,000
(Z) 11,000
UGA LIBRARIES
35.0 16.7 16.7
18.3
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
22,850
31,077 25
215 30,837
26.2 35.6
.3 35.3
39,698 32,107
32,107
52.0 42.1
42.1
14,000
25,000 (Z)
25,000 23,000
2,000
23.3 41.7
41.7 38.3
3.3
Government Payments 1/
1,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions / * 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 for1974, not
included n to?S "^computation of conroodity percentages. Z - Less than "naif of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 . Vegetables 0.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Vegetables 18.3%
---Forestry Products 26.2%
Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.0%
Forestry Products 23.3X
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
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested
Yield
-
for beans
per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
5,296 6,413 1,074
970 850 760 700 700 660 480 400 350 240 200 180 180 190 170 150 140 170 100
200 150 180
14,398 13,340 8,564
5,253 6,277 1,024
880 780 590 550 500 480 390 320 280 200 160 160 150 170 150 120 120 150 100
160 130 150
8.5 8.7 7.6 6.5 4.3 7.8
8.5 19.5 15.0 14.7 16.6 15.0 15.4 18.8 21.4 25.0 18.8 25.0 20.0 29.4 20.0 33.3 33.3 40.0 30.0
38.8 43.1 45.3
122,050 115,413 64,936 34,149 27,276
8,000
7,500 15,200 8,800 8,100 8,300 7,200 6,000 6,000 6,000 5,000 3,000 4,000 3,000 5,000 3,000 4,000 4,000 6,000 3,000
6,200 5,600 6,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
14,438
200
17,729
169
7,364
71
4,778
151
2,629
103
151
60
150
153
110
145
120
108
70
100
30
200
80
138
55
164
60
117
30
133
30
200
35
200
5
200
5
200
Bales
5,699 6,000 1,052 1,447
542 18
50 35 30 15 15 25 20 15 10 10 15 2 2
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Productior
(lbs.) .1,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
' Vield per acre
1,313
529
468
192
310
690
214
300
550
165
270
659
178
220
464
102
180
500
90
140
257
36
130
585
76
130
423
55
80
350
28
55
327
18
30
733
22
20
300
6
20
400
8
25
560
14
30
433
13
85 1,094
93
105 1,314
138
65 2,246
146
55 1,582
87
67 3,567
239
72 3,681
265
1? 7,17?
IQfi
1
Pr ImUHUUuLr tL i1 rUtnll
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
5,790 5,586 5,266 8,894
15,138
12,149
13,011
25,813
CHATTAHOOCHEE 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)
2,007
704
2,214
812
2,170
849
655
640
124
116
49
212
91
139,520
97.1
135,423
220
139,520
85.2
118,814
152
139,520
43.5
60,742
143
1,303
139,520
37.0
51,593
173
1,402
139,520
56.7
79,118
237
1,321
161,920
40.7
65,840
245
161,920
17.8
28,797
300
516
161,920
16.8
27,190
353
161,920
11.7
18,914
364
67
161,920
11.7
18,989
432
161,920
9.7
15,690
523
121
161,920
4.3
6,889
530
161,920
4.5
7,268
383
Number of Farms
615 783 425 299 334 269
96 77 52 44 30 13
19
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
528,790 1,064,087
938,061 455,181 477,870 436,755 315,970 405,790 408,148 646,668 845,970 930,030 2,004,000
860 1,359 2,207 1,522 1,431 1,624 3,291 5,270 7,849 14,697 28,199 71 ,540 105,466
Tractors
3
9 5 5 5 18 15 8 30
Trucks
29
29 35 8 18 33 16 10 16
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
81
15
78
2
42
2
49
3
18
7
14
7
19
4
12
(NA)
17
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
773 1,266
56
8,010 20,659
1,154
12
350
76
2,015
57
412
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
217
729
778
397
145
505
256
95
319
153
77
112
81
141
72
174
342
466
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
126
8,540
22
21
608
3,247
118
1,175
7
300
3
60
1
132
18
11,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
30,809
141
3,644
1,240
1,279
658
2,103
355
405
337
1,920
1,136
20
20
122
5
118
36
493
67
209
6
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
337 2,032
3,385
782 1,119
771 679
1,220 1,758 1,575
9,724 9,660 1,858 2,125 6,014
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
168
9,691
199
13,523
111
8,631
110
10,845
292
13,989
173
9,148
67
3,913
46
1,823
6
410
23
2,113
2
105
..
Year
Harvested
1AND Idle or
USE
INP.AloCwRaEEbSSle
5/
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
10,831
7,696
1934
11,854
4,682
1939
11,579
6,012
1944
3,921
1,857
1949
2,503
1,296
1954
1,506
1,575
1959
1,288
1,778
1964
376
566
1969
286
82
1974
530
416
See footnotes on last page
1,660 10,085 5,031 1,439 1,538 2,360
2,987
705
465 856
Woodland
59,056 33,175 23,980 47,547 39,040 20,753 17,760 13,154 12,478 13,413
5,821 4,552
Other Land
14,172
3,425 7,391 4,926 3,946
825 4,093
319 458 630
235 914
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
*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
CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIHATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,414 2,741 1,881
923 1,928 1,414 1,060
736 878 717 625 589 1,000
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,038 1,511
876 443 700 748 567 293 382 374 333 265 362
Milk Cows
792 1,082
769 367
425
148 76 24 10
4
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 20,592
1,693 1,038
210
1,502 5,298
510 430
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,978 4,611 2,857
873 1,907 1,354 10,270
592 410 457 258
13 82
Sows Farrowinq 5/
524 134 172 306 206 99 73 56 33 12
6
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
13,188 11,585
9,078 6,453 7,294 6,769 3,139 1,740 1,094
884 359
54
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
5,848 1,731 2,302 1,705
127 20,010
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
37,600 35,922 33,910 36,861 13,541 35,080 17,232
647 50
150
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,155
$ 21,839
$ 17.5
3,961
14,116
14.5
371,617
40.1
1,974
4.5
7,023
5,463
5.6
19,904
3.7
7,934
6,189
2.9
2,781
8,147
1.9
19,000
8,000
1.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
650 600 550 600 600 600 600 600 600 700 800 . 800 800 650
USUA tSIIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
20 20 20 20 20
Other
350 350 300 350 350 350 350 320 300 400 430 500 500 390
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
280 230
230 230 230 250 250 280 300 300 370 300 300 260
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
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.
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CHATTOOGA COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Chattooga County was created by Legislative Act of December 28, 1838 from parts of
Floyd and Walker Counties and was 92nd in order of organization in Georgia. The county
was named for the principal river that flows through it which was called Chattooga by the
Cherokee Indians. The origin of the name Summerville, the county seat, is unauthentlcated
a/
J^&iS&^C^ DUt was Probably given to the town because of its picturesque setting 1n a beautiful valley
of the mountains. In the vicinity of Summerville there were once two Indian villages, known
as Broom Town and Island Town, whose chiefs were important leaders in the Cherokee Nation.
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According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 202,880 acres. There
were 386 farms having a total of 73,969 acres with land and buildings valued at $30,515,000. The nuwber of farms
is only about 21 percent of the peak number in 1920. Chattooga County 1s a part of the Valley and Ridge Province predominantly with a small segment of the land
area 1n the Cumberland Plateau. The valleys of the county are very productive but following the trend of all
north Georgia counties, field crop production has declined. The poultry enterprise has made tremendous strides
and in 1974 accounted for slightly over one-half of all farm sales. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average annual precipitation is
around 56 inches in Chattooga County. Early spring is the rainiest part of the year, with March averaging more
than six inches. The average for October, the driest month, is just over three inches. The average annual
temperature is between 60 and 61 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 42 degrees in December and
January to 78 degrees in July and August. The average length of the freeze-free growing season is about 200 days,
extending normally from around April 10 to late October.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount f" 1,612,468
1964 Amount T~
5,392,214
1974 Amount $~ 5,018,000
N0V2 6 197S
T17 DOCUMENTS
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
794,608
49.
744,742
46,
7,976
.5
41,890
2.6
424,166 414,216
9,170 780
4,804,000
UGA LIBRARIES
7.9
796,000
16.6
7.7
787,000
16.4
503,000
10.5
126,000
2.6
157,000
3.3
1,000
9,000
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
93
78,916
738,851 429,090 102,619 207,142
4.9
45.8 26.6
6.4 12.8
165,643
4,802,405 4,229,279
211,800 361 ,326
3.1
89.0 78.4
3.9 6.7
44,000
3,964,000 2,459,500
392,000 1,112,500
583,500 456,000
(Z) 73,000
82.5 51.2 8.2 23.1 12.1
9.5
1.5
7,000
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954 included in total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omiss
percentages for 1974 were computed using total v
and 1964 based on sales from All farms 3/ Avail
of commodity percentages.
Less than half of
ions. 2/ alue from able only the unit
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & .Livestock Prod. 12.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.1%
^_ Dairy Products 6.4% Forestry Products 4.9%
Dairy Products 8.2% *~ Forestry Products 0.9% All Crops 16.6%
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)
15,121 17,463 12,563
12,300 11,150 10,200
9,400 8,100 8,400 6,200 5,100 4,710 4,060 3,450 3,210 3,100 2,900 2,400 2,100 1,800 2,400 2,500 1,900 2,700 2,800 3,200 3,400
CHATT00GA 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.)
22,303 19,770 24,583 14,558 17,126 12,421
11,690 10,480
9,480 8,860 7,800 8,100 5,900 4,790 4,220 3,450 3,080 2,890 2,820 2,640 2,250 1,900 1,530 2,100 2,250 1,560 2,200 2,330 2,860
550
15.2 12.2 14.1 12.6 10.5 17.7
15.6 30.7 26.0 20.8 29.1 27.9 19.7 33.8 34.1 40.0 43.5 46.4 39.7 47.0 44.0 40.0 19.0 57.1 51.0 62.0 47.4 66.1 74.5 16.9
339,450 241,720 347,508 183,396 179,412 219,700
182,800 321 ,700 246,500 184,600 226,800 225,800 116,000 162,000 144,000 138,000 134,000 134,000 112,000 124,000 99,000 76,000 29,000 120,000 114,800 96,700 104,300 154,000 213,000
9,300
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110 160 200 200 200 400 840 1,200 2,310 3,610 3,170 4,190 5,720
17.0 28.0 26.0 17.0 34.5 20.0 22.5 24.0 21.4 20.5 23.8 24.4 18.8
Production (bushels)
1 ,870 4,480 5,200 3,400 6,900 8,000 18,900 28,800 49,400 74,000 75,400 102,200 107 ,500
Arrpa no Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie d per (icre
(bu. )
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Pr IrnUHUUuLr tLinlunll
13,938 19,472 25,110 21,149 11,466 13,690
223
5,829
194
7,567
223
11,202
266
11,253
323
7,409
163
4,467
3,935 587
1,338 13
379
21,260 4,301 7,627
109
3,175
5,100
295
3,130
5,100
437
4,640
4,560
318
3,030
2,970
252
1,560
1,790
311
1,160
3,580
429
3,200
3,930
251
2,060
3,620
210
1,590
3,090
292
1,890
2,350
480
2,360
2,660
427
2,370
3,040
439
2,790
2,250
223
1,050
20
100
4
280 290 170
19. 16. 19.
> > i >
190
19.( ]
70
22.
150
20.( )
50
18.( )
100
20.( )
70
18.( )
60
20.( )
20
23.( )
20
25.( )
20
24.( )
5,370
4.710 3,260 3,610 1,580 3,000
900 2,000 1 ,260 1 ,200
460 500 480
2,250
246
1,160
90
26.;
2,400
2,000
392
1,640
2,130
362
1,610
2,100
514
2,250
160
35.( )
110
34. E
150
34.7
5,600 3,800 5,200
2,100
357
1,560
100
31 .
3,180
1,625
280
1,530
273
1,000
225
1,050
240
830
211
950 870 470
525 365
110
34.6
170
32.4
160
38.C
180
29.7
31 n
29,c
3,810 5,500 6,080 5,350 9,150
i
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
12,952 13,608 14,312 15,407
18,532
21,197
19,954
20,541
CHATTOOGA COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,111 8,305 7,714 6,037 6,222
2,992
1,256
6,678 7,059 6,632
5,292
2,628
1,090
1,433 1,246 1,082
930
364
166
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
209,920 209,920 209,920 209,920 209,920 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880
Percent in Farms
73.2 73.7 81.9 67.9 73.8 73.3 70.2 69.9 64.8 49.4 46.2 46.6 36.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
153,580 154,662 172,018 142,609 154,883 148,718 142,341 141,890 131,503 100,315
93,734 94,454 73,969
"AT erage Siz e Farms
Ji cres)
94 83 92 90 107
120 112 110
120 143 163 201 192
Number of Farms
1,625 1,854 1,870 1,587 1,450 1,234 1,265 1,289 1,098
700 576 470 386
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.)
1,379,620 2,545,540 6,615,397 3,773,206 2,624,110 3,033,997 4,303,935 6,564,877 6,116,958 7,329,700 8,430,912 14,080,670 30,515,000
Average
849 1,373 3,538 2,378 1,810 2,459 3,402 5,093 5,571 10,471 14,637 29,958 79,055
Tractors
72
113 222 441 638 654 529 567 513
Trucks
117
168 233 436 395 421 474 489 450
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
677
143
523
45
516
42
613
57
735
112
623
147
636
302
473
(NA)
326
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,695
1,865 389 46 98 466 570 947
1,415
421 66 70
13,160 21,267
7,392 1,172 2,161 11,647 12,827 22,888 38,610 12,580 3,329 4,500
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
4,340 2,487 5,059 7,989
7,242 5,459 4,071 4,129 4,664 5,213
2,457 4,364
6,505 3,990 5,307 4,975 6,472 11,109
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
396
19,528
492
387
8,213
21,241
198
12,965
209
7,976
137
6,517
129
9,170
25
3,850
24
9,000
PEACHES 1/3/
"ATT"
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
152,001
150
436,192 43,273
82,553 17,080
67,963 12,007
50,319 42,372
47,277 39,018
54,864 37,436
58,485 35,705
12,538
6,710
7,600
3,109
570
8
PECANS 1/3/
"AIT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
952 1,729
1,529
2,005 1,458 1,578
677 1,105 1,037
315 2,287 15,934
4,085 14,664
2,411 4,962 3,255
40 8,600 1,700
SWEEr
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
172
14,825
220
16,545
351
38,617
261
20,768
389
34,430
338
25,172
203
12,783
63
6,734
25
2,059
29
3,273
3
85
Year
Harvested Cropland
. ..I AND
Idle or
USE,
[M.ACRES 51 Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
42,319
14,865
1934
41,380
17,102
1939
41,974
11,494
1944
35,398
19,068
1949
36,426
15,432
1954
25,701
13,206
1959
16,737
13,592
1964
9,816
9,734
1969
10,161
6,614
1974
11,844
1,427
See footnotes on last page
8,735 6,195 11,237 3,487 2,835 4,787 6,294 5,412 18,953 18,568
Woodland
75,787 65,376 60,648 71,470 71,418 60,918 70,587 68,683 48,899 52,325 40,642 30,114
Other Land
6,217 14,156 12,760 18,245 11,168 19,292 16,610 19,126 14,793 16,447 18,084 12,016
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
*
13
39
18
24
20
16
15
45
41
41
63
305
216
*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
I CHATTOOGA COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USOA ESTIMATES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,698 5,903 5,917 3,673 5,181 3,913 5,344 5,669 7,972 6,612 9,145 13,002 15,821
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,287 3,317 3,115 2,124 2,816 2,145 2,908 2,786 4,418 3,543 5,532 7,354 8,932
Milk Cows 1,869 2,438 2.774 2,080
2,072
1,795 1,754 1,040
719 762 413
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
13,649 16,003 42,363 172,712
195,514 207,783 240,314 213,173 1,008,219 729,795
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
9,091 4,830 7,023 1,600 2,579 1,919 3,037 3,561 4,591 6,532 1,744 2,737 2,375
Sows Farrowing 5/
887 143 153 168 256 393 769 1,064 271 454 376
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
38,845 41,665 62,755 39,899 50,278 38,696 51,313 37,814 74,078 294,930 592,565 543,028 321,441
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
26,560 19,778 21,299
13,374
17,225 302,451 953,876 587,081 1,040,135
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) j/
166,090 167,513 192,657 239,578 175,566 171,775 212,297 67,586 490,536 3,208,109 8,674,838
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Heed for
hertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
81,908 $ 115,521
$ 41.4
43,008
87,343
105.9
120,174
144.9
227,407
210.2
647,920
200,036
137.6
1,208,345
219.3
2,131,622
140,451
187.3
2,014,441
190,351
249.9
2,083,000
311,000
125.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
9,700
9,800 10,000 10,100 13,100 13,500 14,700 15,500 15,900 16,200 18,500 17,800 17,300 14.700
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
870
5,000
800
5,100
830
5,250
660
5,750
800
5,900
800
6,000
810
7,400
810
8,120
820
8,850
590
9,170
570
9,970
600
9,800
600
9,100
580
8,200
All Other Cattle and Calves 3,830
3,900 3,920 3,690 6,400 6,700 6,490 6,570 6,230 6,440 7,960 7,400 7,600 5,920
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs T7750 2,450 2,750 2,900 3,100 3,750 3,550 3,500 3,850 3,400 2,300 3,300 3,170
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than S? snn Mi(
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 frut^and nut trs 4/ Silce 1949 !xc udrs flJ^T^L H S1nCe bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because f L,,. ;f ^ excludes farms with less than 15-20
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CHEROKEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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1800-1976
Cherookkeeee Ccoouunnttyy wwaas ccrreeaateed Dby LLeegislaatiivvee w Ac.tus uo.f uDcecemmubce.r 2..1.,, 1.-8-- 30 a-.n.d- D--e-c-em--b-e-r.-24 and 26, 1831 fyr. om l1andI acqu1iredI b(-y.. tJrea.t4y... f*r~o:m *th-Ue CrhhAe^ronklreaea ITnndHi<aiannsC aAnT\dA wWaAsC 779Qtt_hh iInn oOrrddeerr
of county organization in Georgia. It took its name from the original owners. The lana
was surveyed six years prior to the deportation of these natives in 1838 and formed into
a huqe county from which 22 other counties were later formed. Canton, the county seat, was
oriqlnally called Etowah from the river of that name but in 1834 was given Its present name.
mto
The origin of the name is obscure but it is likely that it got Us name from the ancient
city of Canton in southern China.
k,ul^, ,
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 265,792 acres. There were 544 farms having a
tntal of SI 792 acres with land and buildings valued at $57,015,000. The county iesprndpally in the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification with the western portion
In the Valley and Ridge Province. Cherokee 1s an area of small farms with an average s ze In 1974 of 95 acres.
herokee was'one of the leading counties in developing the broiler industry. In 1974 ncome from poultry sales
totaled over $28,000,000 and accounted for over 92 percent of all farm sales in the county.
..... .
Base^ on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports that average annua P^}?""0" ^nches
r-hprnkPP Tountv is about 53 inches. Annual totals at Canton have varied from 83.25 inches 1n 1964 to 38.94 mcnes
ei902! but hav fallen between 46 and 60 inches in five out of seven years Monthly average s range from more
than six inches in March to about three inches in October. The average annual temperature is about 60 degrees,
and monthly averages range from about 42 degrees to 78 degrees The average length of the freeze.free season 1s
around 205 days, extending usually from about April 8 to the end of October.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount $
8,474,360
16,424,910
1974 Amount $
30,574,000
i DV 2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500
30,345,000
UGA LIBRARIES
and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
203,743
2.4
172,290
2.0
89,709 75,379
163,000
.5
162,000
.5
77,000
.2
Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed
Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
85,000
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
14,039 17,414
550 44,254
8,225,813 7,769,965
235,704 220,144
.2
12,410
.2
1,920
(Z)
16,664
.1
10,000
.5
159,135
1.0
19,000
.1
97.1
91.7 2.8 2.6
16,159,402 15,077,352
461,568 620,482
98.4
91.8 2.8 3.8
30,153,000
28,079,000 392,000
1,682,000 927,000
99.4
92.5 1.3 5.6 3.1
753,000
2.5
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
2,000
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
7,000
Government Payments 1/
2/ Not comparable for
from farms with $2500 or
5MK;
XSTZ&&
s'^.istsjss.r. TM.rSAWS
only unit
for 1974, reported.
not
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
^Dairy Prod., 2.8%
^_ Other Livestock & Lvstk. Prod., 2.6%
All Crops & Forestry Prod., 2.9%
Dairy Prod., 1.3%
Other Livestock & *" Lvstk. Prod., 5.6%
* All Crops & Forestry Prod., .6%
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)
21,150 23,558 12,844
9,180 8,070 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,700 3,700 2,920 2,560 1,990 1,650 1,360 1,160 1,140
970 680 690 350 900 700 750 500 450 670
CHEROKEE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
'
Production (bushels)
27,075 23,990 27,102 20,606 22,510 12,786
8,680 7,670 6,440 5,600 4,700 4,400 3,460 2,660 2,250 1,710 1,490 1,230 1,060 1,050
900 580 570 330 800 610 670 450 420 230
14.5 14.5 14.5 13.1 11.2 22.3
15.7 29.7 28.0 22.8 34.8 30.6 28.0 36.5 34.2 31.6 31.5 43.9 32.1 45.7 30.0 50.0 26.3 39.4 45.0 43.0 50.0 55.3 47.1 43.9
392.380 348,500 391 ,930 269,209 252,778 285,728
136,600 227,800 180,300 127,800 163,700 134,600 97,000 97,000 77,000 54,000 47,000 54,000 34,000 48,000 27,000 29,000 15,000 13,000 36,000 26,200 33,500 24,900 19,800 10,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
nULrvicaaagneo Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage " Yield Harvested per acre
Production
14,904 20,506 23,908 23,801 12,491 5,274
840 890 580 220 80 380 360 290 250 90 60 50 45
5 5
227
5,958
233
9,558
269
12,844
257
12,226
261
6,532
111
1,173
290
510
329
610
172
210
191
90
350
60
371
290
219
160
152
90
172
90
311
60
300
35
480
50
200
20
200
2
200
2
6,347 1,666 2,381
499
517
240 190 160 150 120 130 80 100 60 60 10 20 20
60 70 50 60
21.2 18.2 21.8 20.0 21.0 20.5 22.5 21.0 20.0 20.0 30.0 29.0 28.0
28.3 24.3 36.0 33.3
29,600 13,555 15,109 3,803
7,065
5,100 3,450 3,490 3,000 2,520 2,660 1 ,800 2,100 1,200 1,200
300 580 560
1,700 1,700 1,800 2,000
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
15,243 16,661 18,569 20,003
20,126
20,750
23,001
31,059
CHEROKEE 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)
274,560
74.2
203,699
89
274,560
76.4
209,823
84
274,560
77.6
213,152
81
12,464
12,054
410
274,560
68.6
188,475
77
13,606
13,218
388
274,560
84.4
231,746
92
12,411
12,165
246
273,920
73.9
202,474
83
9,485
273,920
70.9
194,216
87
8,201
8,114
87
264,960
64.3
170,299
* 83
264,960
47.7
126,374
77
3,329
3,329
264,960
36.7
97,341
80
264,960
36.1
95,661
85
1 2,526
2,506
20
265,792
28.3
75,161
99
265,792
19.5
51,792
95
Number of Farms
2,992 2,506 2,626 2,452 2,530 2,435 2,238 2,047 1,646 1,220 1,128
762 544
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,380,320 3,666,498 5,838,053 4,888,195 3,431,276 3,940,441 4,794,119 8,535,990 9,495,774 13,783,560 21,426,360 31,671,964 57,015,000
Average
(dol.)
461 1,463 2,223 1,994 1,356 1,618 2,142 4,170 5,769 11,298 18,995 41 ,564 104,806
Tractors
65
46 118 292 420 488 671 596 564
Trucks
199
227 399 699 594 654 888 693 617
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,102
380
957
116
1,002
133
1,104
228
1,040
457
1,032
661
1,285
884
636
(NA)
491
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
" OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
902 2,098
350 216 162 750 440 700 559 194
26 7
Production (bushels)
4,840 26,706
3,353 3,756 2,867 16,342 11,100 18,529 15,829 8,210
831 264
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
1,478 1,389 3,774 4,627
3,372 2,686 1,851 2,655 3,189 2,836
1,462 3,239
3,511 2,383 2,522 3,724 6,310 6,019
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
97
7,926
136
146
6,295
21,340
195
6,513
200
14,039
113
10,597
96
12,410
4
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
55,163 163,427
52,568 87,600
108 11,800
3,002 45,363
58,628 30,361 26,131 11,872
23,479 23,474
2,622 410
3,207 1,630
690 101
1,252 442 21 25
PECANS 1/3/
ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
130
286
575
482
286
430
1,499
2,454
511
21
103
257
293
3,164
200
25
SUECT
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
294
20,704
470
42,041
729
67,507
425
38,126
606
64,982
637
57,786
402
29,124
190
19,910
18
2,063
15
1,399
5
944
113
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND Idle or
USE
!$lowable
.5X
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
50,440 52,209 48,269
34,157
24,578
13,339
7,282
5,114
4,089 3,858
13,767 21,739
12,973 20,584 17,478
9,178
6,432 4,469 2,396
1,499
See foo notes on last page
7,374 10,181 16,235
3,144 4,614 8,246 7,341 6,739 16,778 14,408
Woodland
111,343 112,233
96,033
130,791 106,183 114,116 106,850
78,229 57,389 52,997
39,509 17,068
Other Land
20,301 19,401 19,887 16,030 18,083 21,899 16,599 17,382 18,897 26,342 12,389 14,959
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
87
121
109
144
38
91
33
32
24
36
28
338
225
*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
CHEROKEE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5.957 6,187 6,319 4,662 6,391 5,658 5,644 5,869 9,057 9,697 14,397 14,272 16,730
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,875 3,780 3,537 2,943 3,713 3,530 3,153 2,703 4,686 4,270 7,472 7,222 9,596
Milk Cows 2,454 2,998 3,484 2,879
3,178
2,394 2,161 1,825 1,545 1,057
424
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
932 8,840 11,508 100,192
160,813 192,548 275,754 438,858 551 ,728 720,923
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,107 4,574 5,384 1,886 2,947 3,110 3,323 5,073 5,194 6,439 2,937 8,203 8,458
Sows Farrowing 5/
334 289 109 287 245 551 834 953 483 1,298 1,479
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
50,114 54,600 80,160 63,697 67,297 66,626 67,407 45,823 79,153 342,133 876,548 1,360,647 1,000,461
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
57,412 34,948 55,351
346,862
10,124,257 12,803,923 17,048,213 18,156,797 19,600,256 21,487,719
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
182,950 266,095 290,239 431,306 290,022 383,794 483,773 212,467 630,819 2,595,511 11,983,568
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 103,677 $ 159,160
$ 32.2
151,197
94,630
25.5
2,901,316
67.3
5,283,391
122.2
5,768,365 104,199
101.8
6,602,437
224.0
8,710,505
76,145
597.9
10,301,114 119,041
703.0
19,080,000 166,000
973.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
15,300 15,000 14,500 15,200 15,200 15,900 16,300 16,400 16,500 16,300 18,500 18,300 18,700 15.400
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,850 1,750
1,370 1,230 1,200 1,300 1,100 1,050 1,000
800 720
500 500 520
6,200 6,200 6,250 6,800 7,000 7,050 7,050 7,000 6,950 7,220
7,710 7,800 6,800 6.040
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,250 7,050 6,880 7,170 7,000 7,550 8,150 8,350 8,550 8,280 10,070 10,000 11 ,400 ' 8.850
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
2,950 5,450 6,050 8,550 9,250 10,700 9,200 9,800 10,900 11 ,350 12,200 16,000 16,200
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~l 5-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
CLARKE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Clarke County was created by Legislative Act of December 5, 1801 from a part of Jackson
KC
County (originally Franklin County) and was 25th in order of organization of Georgia counties.
It was named for General Elijah Clarke, one of the leaders in the Revolutionary War. When
first organized, Clarke included Oconee County. Athens, the county seat, was named for the
renowned capital of ancient Greece and is the home of the University of Georgia (formerly
known as Franklin College) which was chartered in 1785 making it the oldest state university
in America. It was first planned to locate the college at Watkinsville but those in authority
/C feared that the distractions of town life might prevent the students from devoting proper attention toutheir studies so the Athens site was chosen instead. The College of Agriculture was added to the
,01/ University in 1872.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was approximately 74,240 acres making it the
smallest county in the State. There were 100 farms having a total of 18,477 acres with land and buildings
valued at $18,133,000. The number of farms had been drastically reduced by urbanization and was only 7 percent
of the peak number in 1910.
Clarke lies in the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification and the soils are adapted to soybeans,
cotton, corn, small grains and pasture. The farm economy has undergone considerable change from being based
principally on crops to an economy where livestock and poultry accounts for over 93 percent of the total sales.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
about 50 inches in Clarke County. Annual totals at Athens have varied from 75.80 inches in 1929 to 28.61 inches
in 1954, but have fallen between 40 and 60 inches in almost four out of five years. Monthly averages range from
slightly more than five inches in March to just under three inches in October. The average temperature is 62
degrees, and the freeze-free growing season averages 220 days in length, extending from April 1 to November 7.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964
Amount T"
X
1974
eceived
Amount $
TT
Value of All Farm Products
1,816,389
1,595,652
7,530,000
N0V2 6 197<
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
7,215,000
DOCUMENTS
All Crops Field Crops Grains
390,103 363,125
21.5
177,390
11.1
20.0
166,686
10.4
452,500 (NA)
341,000
6TJG4 LIBRARIE
4.7
Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
(D)
20,000
.3
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
11,591
.6
4,875
.3
(D)
15,387
.9
5,829
.4
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
29,385 38,525
1.6
11,400
.7
2.1
20,887
1.3
45,000
.6
11,000
.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattie & Calves
1,358,376 939,665
203,324 215,387
74.8 51.7 11.2 11.9
1,385,975 928,293
271,514 186,168
86.9 58.2 17.0 11.7
6,706,500 92.9
5,988,500 83.0
361,000 5.0 357,000 4.9 338,000 4.7
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
Government Payments 1/
19,000
.2
1 8,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1 954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or ore sales Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Availab e only for 1974, not inZcI.lAuVdAei'itn ttoot't,a!l^ffo,,^rcorommpnuuttaatiiionnn ooff"ccooTM mmooddiTttyylepercrceennttaaggeesS.:" D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
---Dairy Prod. 11.2%
.Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.7%
All Crops 21.5%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 4.9%
-Dairy Prod. 5.0% Forestry Products &
* Hort. Spec. 0.8%
All Crops 6.3%
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)
7,824 9,023 3,459
2,300 2,000 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,500 1,170
920 820 1,090 900 730 630 620 540 310 310 350 350 400 500 500 520 630
CLARKE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954- 1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Product on
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushel" .)
(acres)
(bu.)
9,956 9,172 3,402 6,633 7,545 3,309
1,760 1,660 1,460 1,480 1,400 1,300 1,000
650 550 700 590 480 420 420 420 270 270 300 300 250 200 150 210 230
5.1 11.5 20.8 18.9
9.3 15.3
14.1 23.9 15.0 16.4 31.1 19.2 28.0 33.8 30.9 38.6 44.1 47.9 31.0 52.4 42.9 25.9 33.3 43.3 39.0 44.0 59.5 47.3 53.8 14.8
50,530 105,100
70,864 125,571
70,104 50,771
24,900 39,700 21 ,900 24,200 43,500 24,900 28,000 22,000 17,000 27,000 26,000 23,000 13,000 22,000 18,000 7,000 9,000 13,000 11,700 11,000 11,900 7,100 11,300 3,400
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 180 240 300 450 1,000 700 700 1,000 1,310 2,150 2,970 2,320 3,310
19.5 27.0 26.0 27.0 24.0 22.0 25.0 31.0 20.0 22.0 26.0 28.5 26.7 20.4
Production (bushels)
2,535 4,860 6,240 8,100 10,800 22,000 17,500 21 ,700 20,000 28,800 55,900 84,600 62,000 67,500
nil coyc
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
16,614 23,007 26,710 14,475
6,319 3,972
127
3,760
203
9,346
258
13,781
245
7,102
264
3,334
221
1,756
1,313 687 458 307
1,215
7,870 6,106 4,121 2,752
11,940
2,190
301
1,380
1,740
20.8
36,260
2,010
419
1,760
1,480
15.8
23,330
1,770
296
1,090
1,650
22.3
36,"90
990
233
480
1,030
21.5
22,140
510
380
400
490
26.0
12,740
1,400
306
890
1,050
28.5
29,920
1,340
248
690
990
29.5
29,200
1,120
321
970
259
750
1,100
29.5
32,450
520
335
25.5
8,540
830
255
440
500
25.5
12,500
700
346
510
630
27.5
17,320
560
298
350
580
27.5
15,950
310
203
130
700
27.0
18,900
50
220
25
1,150
22.0
25,300
190
263
105
830
27.8
23,100
215
358
160
340
39.7
13,500
190
637
255
260
36.9
9,600
190
589
235
370
38.9
14,400
250
560
290
250
29.0
7,250
270
663
370
210
33.5
7,030
290
593
360
600
40.0
24,000
78
359
59
630
31.9
20,100
76
553
87
730
34.5
25,200
700 1 39.fi
27.700
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
17,708 23,273 26,111 25,613
28,398
36,550
45,363
65,177
CLARKE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U .S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,145 5,478 4,600 3,576 2,620
1,133
755
2,216 2,719 2,533
1,491
641
514
2,929 2,759 2,067
1,129
492
241
Approximate Land Area Percent
(acres) in Farms
72,960 72,960 72,960 72,960 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 74,240 74,240
92.0 85.0 79.0 90.8 80.5
77.9 73.8 68.6 50.4
41.7 33.4 24.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
61,310 67,152 61,980 57,667 66,232 64,418 62,357 59,005 54,892 40,333 33,329 24,807 18,477
Average Size Farms
(acres)
73 49 45 55 71 J 85 85 91
111
145
181 198
185
Number of Farms
839
1,382 1,381 1,041
939 757 730 651
495
279 184 125
100
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.)
3,157,302 7,895,680 3,475,150 2,071,920 2,393,472 3,106,615 5,497,695 6,299,370 6,870,654 8,558,208 13,396,389 18,133,000
2,285 5,717 3,338 2,207 3,162 4,256 8,445 12,726 24,626 46,512 107,171 181,329
Tractors
40
52 101 259 252 232 201 199 165
Trucks
45
84 106 226 201 223 197 138 145
Automobiles
Farms with Telephoney
450
109
406
102
360
129
473
217
471
270
302
192
251
150
114
(NA)
77
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
833 1,930
424 335 640 1,515 2,322 2,370 2,814 977 446
39 80
Production (bushels)
7,200 34,404
5,073 10,209 13,452 32,753 54,854 60,205 90,117 39,925 22,872
1,650 5,600
ALL HAY EXCEPI
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,154 1,639 4,709 3,576
4,150 4,417 2,095 1,774 1,484 1,496
1,653 3,595
3,558 3,966 3,082 2,831 2,645 3,440
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
132
8,716
177
112
7,339
43,878
116
8,545
76
11,591
37
4,909
50
4,875
52
(D)
54
(D)
PEACHES l/3/_
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
13,629
800
19,154
8,077
17,436
5,427
27,135
1,681
17,760
7,660
15,815
8,590
16,150
5,291
8,733
728
5,271 1,417
3,337 479
1,135
417
PECANS 1/3/
-ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,509 5,045
330 2,795 4,320
3,330
2,907 1,518 1,656
883
10,610 12,988 23,042
2,741 34,199
3,471
"SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Harvested (acres)
Production
(bushels)
166
8,842
177
16,513
310
38,296
156
9,786
244
18,687
316
25,814
133
11,368
63
7,471
17
1,824
5
601
1
171
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE JJNACRES U
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
26,259 26,086
26,109
22,399 15,717 12,551
7,205 5,120 3,271 4,508
7,547 8,749 5,382 5,319 8,945 4,507 4,683 3,042 2,861
171
See footnotes on last page.
2,066 2,726 5,235 1,867
5,199 4,643 3,520 5,714 5,649 4,344
Woodland
20,730 14,615 14,967 20,846 16,211 21,063 22,171 22,637 16,494 13,899
8,839 5,987
Other Land
1,634
4,238
6,527 7,258
10,903
10,949
6,973
10,554
8,431
5,554 4,187 3,467
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 2t500
*
13
13
9
8
5
9
2
9
10
11
10
75
51
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
CLARKE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,383 2,479 2,493 1,818 2,753 2,415 3,426 3,922 5,521 3,770 4,742 4,335 5,228
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
762 1,740 1,574 1,191 1,584 1,430 1,586 2,139 2,756 1,879 2,460 2,123 2,965
Milk Cows
671 1,516 1,491 1,174
1,383
1 ,369 1,193
691 655 524 414
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 10,426 47,831 75,639
224,850
213,448 296,720 442,554 465,791 468,458 470,748
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
1 ,940
2,177
3,218
407
1 ,013
87
1 ,420
70
1 ,430
144
2,272
205
1 ,727
188
1 ,673
261
1,707
252
680
110
528
118
(D)
124
Chickens (4
Months and Older) I!
13,085 18,137 26,166 22,269 18,732 20,451 31,213 36,934 109,559 130,621 75,411 95,594 61,334
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
9,031 6,864 16,826
12,423
119,054 701,724 820,550 648,024 1,321,649
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
30,270 80,019 101,811 160,793 65,287 100,555 196,760 214,438 1,188,114 1,715,835 927,426
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 94,649 J 113,589
$118.3
51,817
50,514
77.8
146,765
148.3
274,435
227.0
564,592
139,912
197.3
679,360
266.4
633,420
74,339
154.3
868,088 1,752,000
81,878 219,000
415.7 721.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,000 5,000 5,000 5,200 5,200 5,400 5,700 5,900 5,900 5,900 6,800 6,700 6,500 5,000
Cows 2 years old and older U/
Kept for Milk
780 750 720 610 550 670 600 570 560 500 450 550 570 510
Other
1,900 2,000 2,050 2,200 2,250 2,300 2,200 2,100 2,000 2,020 2,260 2,300 2,500 1,990
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
2,320 2,250 2,230 2,390 2,400 2,430 2,900 3,230 3,340 3,380 4,090 3,850 3,430 2,500
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs 700 600 700 550 600 700 650 650 700 1,400 1,900 2,800 2,800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved" for individual farms. NA - Not available.
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20
hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to 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
CLAY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B
Clay County was created by Legislative Act of February 16, 1854 from parts of Early and Randolph Counties and was 109th in order of organization of counties in Georgia. It was named for the Honorable Henry Clay of Kentucky. In April of 1957 the name of Senator Clay was honored by being designated as one of the five outstanding men in history of the 2,000 serving the Nation in the capacity of United States Senator. Fort Gaines, the county seat, was named for Brigadier General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, an officer of the United States Army who represented the Federal Government in various negotiations with the Indians in the
South.
.
-7974? According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 128,000 acres. There were 120 farms having a
total of 63,235 acres with land and buildings valued at $20,040,000. The number of farms is only about 10 percent
of the peak number in 1920.
,
. .
.,
. .
Clay County lies in the Upper Coastal Plain--Redlands--Province of soil classification and its soils are adapted
to the production of cotton, corn and peanuts. Crop sales make up over 83 percent of the value of all farm products
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall in Clay County of about 53 inches Yearly totals have varied at Fort Gaines from 88.95 inches in 1948 to 32.25 inches in 1954, but have fallen between 40 and 60 inches in better than three out of four years. Monthly averages range from almost six and one-half inches in July to a little more than two inches in October. The temperature averages about 66 degrees for the year. The average length of the freeze-free growing season is about 240 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~ 1,367,591
1964
5* Amount
2,648
1974 Amount .
T~T7 Received
7,841,00(1
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
970,916 969,141
401 1,374 7,500 65,185 323,990 18,827 18,904 286,259
71.0 70.9
.5 4.8 23.7 1.4 1.4 20.9
2,189,305 2,188,146
230 929 ' (D) 65,752 386,575 53,744 32,940 299,891
82.7 82.6
7.817,000
6,548,000 6,548,000
821,000
943,000 97,000
4,687,000
2.5
14.6 2.0 1.3 11.3
6,000 98,000
1,165,000
(D) (NA) 606,000
(D)
(D)
0V 2 6 1979
83.8 83.8
DOCUMENTS
10.5|USA LIBRARIES
12.1 1.2
60.0
.1 1.2
14.9
7.8
16,000
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
for
1974
may
not
add
due
to
disclosures
and
omis sions.
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. included in
Percentages for 1954 total for computation
and 1964 based on sales from All /arms. of commodity percentages. Z - Less tnan
3/ Aval naiT OT
lable only for 1974, the unit reported.
not D -
Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not avaiiabi
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec. 5.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec. 1.3%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 23.7%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 14.9%
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)
14,479 17,838 12,510
14,190 13,800 13,800 14,100 12,900 12,900 11,300 10,100 9,800 8,100 7,300 7,120 7,100 7,900 7,800 7,200 6,700 6,900 6,200 7,700 8,200 8,300 9,950 10,850
CLAY 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.)
20,689 19,475 22,895 14,400 17,471 12,071
11,830 12,160 12,300 12,740 12,000 12,000 10,400 9,600 8,900 7,400 6,900 6,820 6,900 7,700 7,300 6,500 6,300 6,650 5,900 7,310 7,800 7,490 9,020 5,160
8.6 9.2 8.1 11.1 6.2 13.1
9.0 19.8 20.1 22.3 32.0 31.1 32.0 35.7 33.3 37.8 43.0 49.1 36.4 62.3 30.8 37.2 30.2 56.8 37.0 37.0 41.5 47.3 55.8 27.9
177,950 179,891 186,315 160,343 107,732 157,845
107,000 241,300 247,400 284,400 384,300 372,800 333,000 343,000 296,000 280,000 297,000 335,000 251 ,000 480,000 225,000 242,000 190,000 378,000 218,300 270,500 323,600 354,600 503,700 144,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 200 140 100 250 680 850 1,400
1,250 1,800 1,590 1 ,280
20.0 21.0 15.0 22.0 20.0 25.0 18.0 23.6 26.0 28.9 24.3
24.9
Production (bushels)
-
2,000 4,200 2,100 2,200 5,000 17,000 15,300 33,000 32,500 52,000 38,600 31,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Acreage Productior Harvested
(1,000 lbs )
WHEAT
Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
27,001 33,642 16,458 16,251 8,194 3,309
171
9,265
188
12,624
83
2,881
175
5,696
158
2,583
204
1,353
14,916 16,455
14
83
7,227
15,937
69
4,190
335
2,920
11,080
389
4,312
3,410
457
3,250
12,480
1,068
13,333
3,310
346
2,390
12,170
1,008
12,273
2,360
355
1,750
12,050
856
10,318
1,250
284
740
11,770
1,129
13,291
2.560
352
1,880
11,010
1,014
11,167
2,570
434
2,330
9,950
1,166
11,598
2,580
382
2,060
10,400
1,114
11,583
2,470 2,640 2,660
440 484 561
2,270 2,670 3,120
10,490 10,520 10,580
1,132 1,337 1,510
11,878 14,067 15,976
220 90
150
170 70
80 70 80 30 30
2,190
489
2,240
10,475
1,552
16,258
1,490
490
1,520
10,305
1,301
13,402
1,230
442
1,140
10,000
1,864
18,637
1,620
364
1,240
10,765
1,502
16,174
1,620
383
1,290
10,505
1,878
19,726
1,700 1,600 2,350
498 600 824
1,770 2,000 4,040
11,000 11,015 10,970
2,015 2,300 2,678
22,169
25,339 29,382
2,450 2,900 2,100 2,330 2,030
756 720 619 402 281
3,860 4,350 2,720 1,950
1,190
11,020
2,397
10,921
2,852
11,156
3,102
10,954
2,494
10.816 1 ?.?fiP
26,411
31,150 34,605 27,317 ?4r4fi?
80
80 50
60 110 500
100 480 380 310
18.4 13.3 17.6 16.0 24.5 20.0 24.0 25.5 25.0 25.0
23.8 25.0 36.0 36.7 35.5 18.5 27.5 19.5 30.0 35.5
50
841
455
4,050 1 ,200 2,640 2,720 1,720 1,600 1,680 2,040
750 750
1,900 2,000 1,800 2,200 3,900 9,250 2,750 9,360 11,400 11,000
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,568 8,960 7,557 6,943
7,064
5,844
4,551
3,636
CLAY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,231 5,058 5,035 4.573 3,759
1,285
960
1,158 1,452 1,301
945
682
422
3,713 3,606 3,734
2,814
603
538
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
129,920 129,920 129,920 129,920 129,920 143,360 143,360 143,360 143,360 143,360 143,360 128,000 128,000
Percent in Farms
90.2 81.6 84.9 59.3 96.3 68.5 77.0 80.7 82.4 66.4 49.6 52.7 49.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
117,154 106,068 110,238
76,999 126,087
98,157 110,324 115,696 118,152
95,151 71,105 67,476 63,235
Average Size Farms
(acres) 112 94 89 81 128 99 90 161 208 245 295 419 527
Number
of Farms 1,049 1,134
1,235 957 978 989
1,221 721 567 389 241
161 120
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.)
861,500
1,794,540 3,005,355 1,808,385 1,792.028 1,652,895 1,802,575 2,793,154 4,278,582 5,071,393 9,081,362 11,308,050 20,040,000
Average
(dol.)
821
1,582 2,433
1,890 1,832 1,671 1,476 3,874 7,546 13,037 37,682 70,236 166,997
Tractors
22
42 95 217 379 390 323 265 259
Trucks
45
67 103 174 283 273 232 213 214
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
367
35
240
31
261
35
317
53
355
79
296
95
217
117
173
(NA)
129
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,43/
1,385 698 31 13 90 655 420
1 ,611 521 196 306 98
Production
(bushels)
11,690 23,866
7,496 830 175 630
12,135 5,784
44,793 19,715
8,255 5,160 5,060
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
2,042 3,570 14,568 14,788
7,693 8,052 2,191 4,219
878 1,881
1,792 3,338
4,853 3,946 1,607 4,773 2,484 3,907
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
10
559
39
25
1,111
4,630
101
1,131
6
401
5
350
9
230
7
1,402
PEACHES 171/
~RTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
T75TT W
20,240
3
1,882
1,366
248
106
2,117
1,655
1,150
931
617
299
985
133
102
19
338
91
190
12
34
5
PECANS 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,214 4,251
4,305
6,649 2,732 4.722 1,163
792
1,400 11,658
7,917
94,848 66,602 44,366 3,812 30,213 2,631
3,160
-SWEET
POTATOES j/j
Harvested (acres)
297 94
391 131 361 196 305
59 5
17 2 1
Produc
tion
(bushels
23,063 7.033 33,647 19,077 29,915
15,740
14,941 4,023
964 3,287
215
262
IAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
46,245 40,627 43,183 46,735 34,958 32,409 27,863 21.338 20.572 24.186
3,164 18,676
2,421 3,524 8,831 7,008 7,698 4,829 7,879 3,406
See foo tnotes on last page.
2,979 7,895 6,139 1,448
5,356
8,366 4,383
1,528 7,987 7,404
Woodland
26,069 29,672 17,393 49,502 41.044 50.155 58,042 61,649 43,268 32.834 27,022 19,914
Other Land
10,146 5,901 6,994 8,343
5,010 8,314
8,509
8,720 11,939
10,576 4,016 8,325
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99.999 20,000 to 39,999 10.000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4.999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
28
27
19
21
12
20
14
22
7
15
9
56
31
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
-3-
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
CLAY COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,588 2,598 3,438 1,994 4,341 3,225 5,048 5,062 7,965 6,819 7,712 8,609 10,762
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,269 1,760 1,559
998 1,871 1,921 2,813 2,769 4,905 3,879 4,333 4,339 6,559
Milk Cows
900 1,270 1,137
756
1,503
830 699 398 208 307 243
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 2,190 665 1,705
12,553
12,390 20,510
5,217 22,500 203,488
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,650 6,620 10,799 3,891 6,645 5,095 8,623 7,235 7,319 6,570 3,443 2,830 5,261
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,936 808 940
1,029 1,634 1,210 1,230 1,197
639 606 843
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
19,234 20,603 20,671 15,027 19,852 19,822 18,356 12,221 12,032 12,729
5,561 588 307
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
3,235 4,159 5,220
9,250
3,504 2,920 392,129
100 12
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
58,480 41,649 68,284 108,148 86,970 94,575 57,695 18,370 46,592 123,125 12,063
(HA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 10,425
$ 123,481
$ 51.4
11,947
64,371
71.5
27,037
71.3
45,467
207.2
76,456
294,319
158.7
194,966
210.8
57,098
402,177
243.4
88,885
471,414
239.8
265,000
1,107,000
488.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,150 7,800 7,750 8,000 8,700 8,700 10,500 11,500 11,700 12,000 13,600 13,000 12,600 10,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older IQ/
Kept for Milk
250 230 200 160 310 450 350 300 250 230 240 260 360 310
Other
4,300 4,500 4,450 4,650 4,800 5,000 5,950 6,650 7,050 7,300 8,100 7,800 7,200 5,690
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
3,600
3,070 3,100 3,190 3,590
3,250 4,200 4,550 4,400 4,470 5,260 4,940 5,040 4,000
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 3,500 3,200
3,600 2,950 3,150
3,700 4,500 4,750 5,100 5,300 4,300 3,900 4,100
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"l5-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
C7 CLAYTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-197B
Clayton County was created by Legislative Act of November 30, 1858 from parts of Fayette
and Henry Counties and was 125th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for
the Honorable Augustine S. Clayton, a noted ante-bellum jurist and statesman of Georgia. He
974,
was appointed by the Georgia General Assembly of 1810 to compile the law statutes of Georgia. Jonesboro, the county seat, was originally Leaksville but when the Central Railroad was built
to this point, the town was given its present name as a compliment to Captain Samuel G. Jones,
one of the engineers who surveyed the line. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 95,360 acres. There were
88 farms having a total of 9,736 acres with land and buildings valued at $11,779,000. Urbanization has made drastic
inroads on farm land. Clayton County lies in the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification. In the 1930 s production of field
crops and dairy products were important sources of farm income but these have given way to housing projects and
industry. In the 10 year period, 1960-1970, the population of the county more than doubled but the portion of the
population classified as "farm" at lm035 was more than it was ten years before. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service records show an average annual precipitation in
Clayton County of about 49 inches. Although totals vary considerably from year to year, 40 inches or more may be
counted on during most years. March is normally the wettest month, and October the driest. The annual mean temper-
ature is about 62 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 44 degrees in January to nearly 79 degrees in
July. The average length of the freeze-free growing season is about 225 days.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount
902,335
785,273
1974 Amount $
irrr N0V2 6 1979
420,000
Value of All Farm Products-
DOCUMENTS
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
171,816 135,081
19.0 15.0
105,543 97,612
349,000
13.4
54,000
12.4
37,000
32,000
UGA LIBRARIES
15. 10,
9.
Tobacco
Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage
5,000
1.4
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
17,727 19,008
1.9
7,230
2.1
701
.9
15,000
4.3
.1
2.000
.6
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
44,875
5.0
20,275
2.6
34,000
9.7
30,959
3.4
30,633
3.9
16,000
4.6
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
654,685 229,227 262,242
163,216
72.6 25.4 29.1 18.1
628,822
214,779 278,571 135,472
80.
245,000
27.
35,
(Z)
17
245,000
242,000
70.2
70.2 69.3
Cattle & Calves
2,000
.6
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,000
Government Payments 1/
T.cToo
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ ^comparable tor
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using tota value from farms with $2500 or
mmoorree ssaalleess., included in
Ppeerrcceennttaaggees for 1954 total for computation
and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 19/4. of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
not
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 18.1% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 4.0%
orestry Products & Hort. Spec. 8.4%
^_ Field Crops 15.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts t Berries 4.9% Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 14.3%
field Crops 10.6%
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)
CLAYTON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield i
-
per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
9,804 10,928 4,639
13,384 10,111 12,049 9,071
10,197 4,308
11.9 12.8 14.4 13.6 9.6 15.1
158,810
129,659 173,570 122,961 97,952 65,191
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
3,850 3,320 2,600 2,000 1,400 1,200
980
800 700 530 450 420 410 440 410 320 300 400 400 350 680 750 700
400 1
2,800 2,470 1,940
1,510 1,300
960 780 620 530 380 340 320 310 350 320 260 250 350 350 280 550 690 620
140
12.4 24.8 20.5 22.8 22.3 19.4 19.2 25.8 24.5 31.6 38.2 40.6 29.0 45.7 28.1 30.8 32.0 37.1 51.1 42.9 37.5 52.3 53.9
30.0
34,700 61,300 39,800 34,400 29,000 18,600 15,000
16,000 13,000 12,000 13,000 13,000
9,000 16,000
9,000 8,000 8,000 13,000 17,900 12,000 20,600 36,100 33.400 | 4,200
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100
27.0
2,700
160
20.0
3,200
300
16.0
4,800
200
21.0
4,200
160
25.0
4,000
120
20.8
2,500
220
21.4
4,700
280
23.9
6,700
310
23.5
7,300
250
24.4
6,100
640
20.3
13,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage " Yield Harvested per acre
P1 1 rUoUdUuV,,cLti1oUnM
18,977
216
24,278
208
26,872
243
11,311
178
5,194
171
2,428
183
1,320
206
1,290
273
1,160
226
690
251
240
354
450
264
530
240
460
170
330
212
280
325
260
358
270
241
80
388
-10
200
45
311
40
350
30
300
30
233
7,948 10,119 13,070 4,038 1,772
889
570 730 550 360 175 250 260 160 150 190 190 140 65
4 30
30 19 15
2,054 610 686 237
222
240 270 360 280 50 120 70 90 50 60 30 60 50 130 80
60 180 100 90 160 190 140 100
14.6 14.8 17.3 18.0 19.5 19.5 22.0 21.5 22.0 26.0 28.0 28.0 26.0 25.4 26.3
33.3 35.0 24.0 29.4 24.5 26.2 29.7 29.5 1
13,910 7,049 5,571 1 ,813
3,088
3,500 4,000 6,230 5,040
980 2,340 1,540 1 ,940 1,100 1 ,560
840 1 ,680 1 ,300 3,300 2,100
2,000 6,300 2,400 2,650 3,920 4,980 4,160 ?r95fl
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
9,598 10,453 11,159 10,260
11,655
22,872
46,365
98,043
CLAYTON 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)
87,560
68
90,880
96.5
87,658
55
90,880
87.6
79,616
45
7,045
4,387
2,658
90,880
70.1
63,751
53
7,133
4,902
2,231
90,880
92.1
83,738
62
6,344
4,410
1,934
95,360
67.6
64,436
63
5,048
95,360
65.2
62,186
57
5,025
3,595
1,430
95,360
64.3
61,311
70
95,360
62.3
59,388
74
934
653
281
95,360
26.7
25,418
84
95,360
23.3
22,225
143
1 ,035
795
240
95,360
17.7
16,864
106
95,360
10.2
9,736
111
Number of Farms
1,280 1,585 1,777 1,210 1,353 1,023 1,094
879 804 301 155 159
88
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,440,036 7,705,272 3,735,010 2,532,426 2,449,284 3,661,730 7,421,397 7,982,112 8,232,651 14,980,285 13,458,495
11,779,000
2,170 4,336 3,087 1,872 2,394 3,347 8,443 9,928
27,351 96,647 84,644 133,857
Tractors
37
34 114 328 412 247 203 156
96
Trucks
163
133 244 369 382 176 187 153
78
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
483
50
400
78
632
143
695
292
830
464
358
242
232
145
151
(NA)
67
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,038 1,943
408 330 264 882 984 908 1,754 259
78
Production (bushels)
19,990 32,405
7,417 14,704 4,149 20,217 24,585 25,934 31,795
7,920 3,710
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
1,163 403
2,709 1,565
2,470 3,447 1,660 1,906 1,058
558
375 1,877
2,235 2,539 1,975 3,254 2,131
930
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,371 1,721
936
568 439 172
74 15 87
76,481
25,386 53,629 34,395 17,727 10,432
7,230 1,600 15,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
38,401
12
30,801
4,483
20,212
2,987
28,127
2,905
13,120 20,422
2,756 2,114
32,673 19,960
30,049 6,977
47,957
10,824 4,127 47,336
17,173
21
1,000
625
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
547 1,270
1,233
1,956 614 309 344
2,340
10 1,528 1,322
4,122 6,293 3,831 2,006 1,599
330
3,960
SWE"E1
POTATOES 1/1/
Harvested
Production
(acres) (bushels)
302
24,766
459
40,318
512
65,080
692
62,676
917
54,926
508
39,186
313
20,595
167
10,944
88
5,249
21
1,301
5
420
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USE IN,ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
25,414 30,162 24,373 21,959 13,991 11,603
4,547 3,560 1,894 1,094
11,989 12,466 6,633
9,513 10,597 7,166
2,435 2,111 1,049
295
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,743 3,958 4,186
618 4,528 5,503 5,564 2,414 4,142
2,976
Woodland
26,571 20,231 12,181 31,198 18,306 19,610 24,035 21,402
8,755 7,335 6,022 4,385
Other Land
8,438 6,278 11,673 5,750 9,914 10,330 8,160 13,914 4,117 6,805 3,757
986
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun 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
*
1
4
2
4
4
7
8
17
19
127
54
*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
CLAYTON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,028 3,194 3,907 2,552 3,854 2,468 3,820 3,459 7,269 3,514 3,458 2,995 3,258
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,632 2,350 2,369 1,766 2,439 1,732 2,277 1,721 3,504 1,783 1,742 1,562 1,696
Milk Cows 1,488 1,899 2,314 1,730
1,692
1,233 1,460
771 631 240
9
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
79,184 52,334 366,593 209,195
236,438 727,458 445,857 523,418 255,351 544,258
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
2,306 1,997 3,630 1,142 1,808 1,623 2,694 2,549 2,216 1,623
522 129
54
Sows Farrowing 5/
211 102 70 147 278 274 323 210 74 53
2
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
22,844 27,397 37,210 26,694 30,521 24,772 26,081 28,204 33,703 30,012 17,981 44,390
427
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,237 6,298
10,095 9,611
190,631 198,703
91,125 48,022
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
107,570 99,551 138,043 155,976 94,067 128,480 166,398 55,096 187,851 447,253 393,218
(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.)
$ 114,269 69,592
321,628 303,175 395,720 237,415 296,493 193,416 125,000
$ 97,456 49,693
119,681
84,419 57,991 53,000
$ 79.1 82.0
118.9 181.1 113.0
136.6 115.5
73.4 29.0
rf
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,650 3,550 3,600 3,500 3,400 3,500 3,700 3,700 3,800 3,800 4,100 3,900 3,800 2,730
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
760 730 850 790 840 600 400 250 200 80
80 40 40 30
Other
1,150 1,100 1,000 1,050 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,500 1 ,600 1,660 1,800 1,700 1,300 1,030
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,740 1,720 1,750 1,660 1,460 1,800 2,000 1,950 2,000 2,060 2,220 2,160 2,460 1,670
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
550
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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CLINCH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
>.*7 RS5r^k
1900-187B
Clinch County was created by Legislative Act of February 14, 1850 from parts of Lowndes
and Ware Counties and was 94th in order of organization in Georgia. It was named for General
Duncan L. Clinch, a noted officer of the U.S. Army who distinguished himself in the War of
1812 and was later a member of Congress. Magnolia became the first county seat of Clinch by
an act of the General Assembly in 1852. In 1860 another act authorized the transfer of the
county offices to "Station Number Eleven" of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad which in 1869
7974>
was incorporated as Homerville, the present county seat. The county embraces a part of the Okefenokee Swamp, one of the largest areas of submerged land on the North American Continent.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 509,760 acres making it 4th in size among coun-
ties in the State. There were 107 farms having a total of 32,811 acres with land and buildings valued at $7,592,000.
Clinch is in the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--Province of soil classification. A large part of the county
is low and swampy and not adapted to agricultural uses. Tobacco is the principal source of farm income and excellent
yields are obtained on the small acreage that is planted to this crop. The poultry enterprise has helped increase
the value of livestock and livestock products sold to equal almost 50 percent of the value of all farm products.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average yearly rainfall of about 51
inches in Clinch County, with considerable variation in yearly totals from north to south. Almost one-half the
annual rainfall normally falls during the period June through September. The mean annual temperature of about 67
degrees results from the mean annual highest and lowest of around 80 and 54 degrees, respectively. The freeze-free
growing season normally extends from early March to mid-November, and averages about 260 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLO (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
538,098
1964
Amount $
%
1,076,406
1974 Amount $ 2,570,000
i V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
256,638 249,568
2,600 4,470
157,329 124,131
20,636 4,454 99,041
47.7 46.4
.5 .8
29.2 23.1
3.9 .8
18.4
267,074 264,660
525 1,889
373,483 435,849 141,020 294,829
24.8 24.6
.2 34.7 40.5 13.1 27.4
2,528,000 799,000 797,000 268,000 522,000
7,000
2,000 (Z)
250,000
1,479,000 1,153,000
326,000 75,000 34,000
217,000
31.6 31.5 10.6 20.6
.3
.1
9.9 58:5 45.6
12.9 3.0 1.3
8.6
Received Government Payments 3/
7,000
]_/ 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 unit reported.
[SJQV 2 6 197'
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.9%
DOCUMENTS
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 UQA LIBRARIES
Livestock, Dairy & - their Prod. 19.2%
Livestock, Dairy & ' their Prod. 12.9%
Forestry Products 29.2%
Forestry Products 9.
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USOA: 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)
4,780 4,210 3,086
2,930 2,600 2,400 2,200 1,900 2,100 1,700 1,560 1,500 2,000 1,900 1,860 1,900 2,100 2,000 2,000 2,050 2,500 2,300 2,100 1,900 2,000 2,400 2,450
CLINCH COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
10,264 9,797
11,392 4,706 4,017 1,992
1,820 1,680 1,390 1,300 1,000 1,200
990 1,050
970 1,400 1,340 1,340 1,400 1,600 1,500 1,800 1,800 2,400 2,150 1,950 1,770 1,900 2,260
420
9.9 12.8 11.2 11.7 11.6 15.9
13.2 17.9 24.7 25.8 30.0 26.8 33.3 36.2 30.9 40.0 36.6 43.3 35.7 53.8 37.3 46.7 30.6 45.4 57.0 34.0 50.4 55.2 59.8 24.0
102,100 125,325 127,402
55,173 46,789 31,623
24,000 30,000 34,300 33,500 30,000 32,100 33,000 38,000 30,000 56,000 49,000 58,000 50,000 86,000 56,000 84,000 55,000 109,000 122,600 66,300 89,200 104,900 135.100 10,100
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100
21.0
300
26.0
520
17.5
580
20.2
520
18.5
720
30.4
200
25.5
350
23.4
Production (bushels)
2,100 7,800 9,100 11,700 9,600 21,900 5,100 8,200
i.r taye Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
3,434
153
829
4,721
169
1,596
886
120
212
119
37
505
233
235
161
128
274
197
108
362
279
151
245
74
342
3"3
120
300
100
320
70
257
50
80
20
200
65
231
105
286
50
220
50
340
60
283
40
325
70
371
40
225
5
200
5
200
80
405
1,410
57:
65
390
1,382
539
40
305
1,262
385
10
170
1,012
172
10
135
1,289
174
30
245
1,106
271
60
265
1,796
476
25
260
2,000
520
40
280
1,850
518
35
270
1,856
501
25
240
1,708
410
50
200
1,915
383
20
225
1,506
339
2
285
2,028
578
2
210
1,850
389
225
1,588
357
225
2,241
504
215
1,952
420
195
2,130
415
230
1,043
240
255
2,131
543
260
2,133
555
230
1,589
366
280
1.993
55fi
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,732 8,424 7,984 7,015
6,437
6,007
6,545
6,405
CLINCH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
"FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
2,164
1,600
564
1,608
1,390
218
1,371
1,272
99
1,798
959
882
77
408
391
17
622
506
116
Approximate
Land Area
(acres)
615,040 615,040 576,000 478,080 478,080 509,440 509,440 509,440 509,440 509,440 509,440 509,760 509,760
Percent in Farms
42.4 36.8 36.3 12.5
9.3 11.3 8.3 14.2 22.4
10.9 18.9 13.8
6.4
All Land
in Farms (acres
260,618 226,212
209,317 59,864 44,276 57,767 42,454 72,307
114,228
55,730 96,192 70,224
32,811
Average Size Farms
(acres) "TOT" 329 322 176 130 216 129 326 547 449 576 520 307
Number of Farms
687 650 340 341 268 329 222 209 124 167 135 107
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
Average
1,017,745 2,014,607
641,920 458,010 633,700 750,200 1,978,908 3,479,641 5,238,876 11,320,930 7,568,902 7,592,000
1,481
3,099
1,888
1,343
2,365 2,280 8,914 16,649 42,249 67,790 56,065 70,953
Tractors
7 3 65 128 120 108 138 141
Trucks
30
44 73 121 134 108 164 132 132
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
151
37
110
19
145
29
104
24
125
35
89
69
156
110
102
(NA)
99
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
556 818 453
34
Production (bushels)
4,380 9,012 4,639
350
140
1,155
4
30
49
1,110
Year
I 1899 I 1909
1919 1929 I 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
874
120
38
1,047
896
108
24
26
165
290
153
162
71
105
18
54
34
98
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
32
1,464
93
47
2,451
4,275
84
3,534
52
2,600
5
1,165
2
525
6
600
4
2,000
PEACHES 1/3/
~ATT Trees
Production
(number) (bushels)
6,315
319
871
4,515
888
402
92
271
159
433
174
36
71
85
5
6
3
6
3
113
12
17
PECANS 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
'number) (pounds T6TT
3,465
4,947 38,350
2,553
2,936
2,276
1,654 1,243
430 1,063
950
60,787 60,060 3,813 11,280 12,377
5,276
16,338
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
b by
57,b0b
553
80,741
797
86,416
314
27,348
344
21,541
279
22,109
376
35,568
49
3,002
24
1,944
9
1,263
2
420
LAND USE IN ACRFS 31
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
6,835 6,352
1,285 1,700
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
7,018 8,149 4,168
3,525 2,427 2,241 2,403 2,410
164 794 1,608
551 417 888 1,399 454
See foo notes on last page.
2,195 308 309
10 727
942 1,091
529 800 1,027
Woodland
202,167 164,922
47 ,428 34,194 49,395 31,379 62,750 106,072 50,390 89,388 52,335 27,348
Other Land
721
20,863 1,941 1,574 797 2,067 3,052 3,138 1,405 3,146
13,287 1,572
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
1
12
13
11
10
15
16
20
17
23
18
54
26
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
CLINCH COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
15,412 16,144 18,741 7,225
9,694 5,323 4,042 4,510 5,932 2,222 1,356 1,922 1,260
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
8,142 8,598 9,542 4,668 4,864 2,292 1,914 2,657 4,486 1,292
764 868 683
Milk Cows
1,493 3,355
909 180
358
187 97 35 4 11 5
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 160
1,430 641
3,705
1,827 11 ,550
8,128 10,370
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
13,080 16,665 13,357 4,034 4,211
5,716 3,955 4,314 3,603 2,500 1,987 3,352
627
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,483 878
1 ,395 974
1,335 570 614 366 500 486 134
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
18,824 20,771 20.658 10,441 10,769 10,724 13,404
6,272 9,128 6,053 5,611 18,470
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
2,758 6,418 4,106
6,083
1,344 10,432 111,568 246,414 1,314,740
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
48,260 51,086 50,476 46,419 42,802 91,885 44,594 15,446 26,187 53,070 57,140
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,094
$ 14,173
$ T2 5 '
4,180
17,954
19.8
300
5.0
22,542
63.5
36,392
63,474
37.4
75,175
20.3
79,575
33,578
110.1
572,223
75,812
91.0
950,000
117,000
84.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
1,450 1,250 1,300 1,300 2,000 2,000 2,100 2,200 2,200 2,300 2,400 2,400 2,300 1,860
Cows 2 years old and older ]J)/
Kept for Milk
20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10
Other
790 800 800 800 800 800 900 950 1,000 1,040 1,300 1,000 900 810
All Other Cattle and Calves
640 430 480 480 1,180 1,180 1,180 1,230 1,180 1,240 1,080 1,380 1,380 1,040
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs 2,050 2,700 3,000 3,500 3,750 4,350 4,150 4,000 3,150 2,750 2,400 2,800 2,950
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sifi'cation cha
disclosure of
974 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",
information for individual farms.
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-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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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COBB COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Cobb County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from a part of Cherokee County and was 81st in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for the Honorable Thomas W. Cobb, a prominent lawyer who served three terms in Congress and after 4 years in the United States Senate was elected Judge of the Superior Court. Marietta, the county seat, was probably named for the famous pioneer town of the Ohio Valley settled in ' I97L 3/j~A>SVTy 1788 by General Putnam. There was bitter fighting in the Civil War in the vicinity of Marietta and Kennesaw with heavy losses on both sides. There are about three thousand soldiers of the South buried in the Confederate Cemetery and about twelve thousand Northern soldiers in the Federal Cemetery at Marietta.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 219,264 acres. There were 254 farms having a total of 28,521 acres with land and buildings valued at $52,624,000. The number of farms is only about 7 percent of the peak number in 1920. Only 13 percent of the land area was in farms in 1974.
Cobb lies in the Piedmont Plateau Province of soil classification and formerly was an important field crops county. In 1974 the poultry enterprises accounted for over one-half of the value of all farm products sold. This together with livestock and livestock products and horticultural specialties accounted for slightly over 96 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, Cobb County has an average annual precipitation of about 50 inches, according to N0AA--National Weather Service. The wettest and driest months are normally March and October, with averages of around six and three inches, respectively. Measurable rain is likely to occur on about one-third of the days. The mean annual temperature is about 61 degrees, and the mean annual highest and lowest are around 73 and 49 degrees, respectively. The freeze-free growing season averages about 205 days, extending usually from early April to late October.
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
3,252,912
1964
Amount $
%
3,341,856
1974
Amount $
t V
3,760,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
3,629,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
237,276 148,881
46,491 41,904
7.3
107,614
3.2
106,000
2.9
4.6
82,648
2.5
80,500
2.2
9,000
.2
71,000
2.0
(Z)
1.4
15,903
.5
1.3
9,063
.2
25,500
.7
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
70,420 34,325
2.2
135,635
4.1
1,034,000
28.5
1.0
26,315
.8
8,000
.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs
2,910,891
2,099,867 448,538 362,486
89.5
64.6 13.8 11.1
3,072,292
2,440,312 278,491 353,489
91.9
2,481,000
73.0
2,052,000
8.3 10.6
A(NSA\)
357,000
41,000
68.4 56.5
Received
9l?.:.V 881fl0V2 6 1979
Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
(D)
DOCUMENTS
Government Payments 1/
4,000
I GA LIBRARIES
y 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, z - Less than half of the unit reported. D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
Livestock, Dairy & -their Prod. 24.956
Fruits, Nuts & *" Berries 1.3%
Field Crops & Veg. 6.0% .^.Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Dairy & "their Prod. 11.9%
Fruits, Nuts 8 ^Berries .7% wField Crops &
Veg. 2.2%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 28.7%
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)
COBB COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 -1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
24,497 26,282 12,391
32,914 28,541 39,877 23,112 24,588 12,081
13.2 12.5 13.5 13.7
7.5 17.0
433,900 356,466 538,854 316,983 184,233 205,245
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
8,400
7,050
9.0
63,100
1966
7,290
6,210
28.7
178,200
1967
5,800
4,940
20.0
98,800
1968
4,400
3,800
19.8
75,400
1969
,
3,100
2,800
27.0
75,600
1970
2,900
2,500
20.3
50,700
1971
2,160
1,910
22.5
43,000
1972
1,700
1,460
29.5
43,000
1973
1,460
1,230
27.6
34,000
1974
1,040
850
30.6
26,000
1975
860
740
27.0
20,000
1976
720
620
29.0
18,000
1977
620
530
39.6
21,000
620
530
43.4
23,000
490
430
32.6
14,000
320
270
25.9
7,000
320
260
38.5
10,000
220
200
45.0
9,000
500
450
44.0
19,800
200
170
40.0
6,800
300
240
44.6
10,700
170
140
33.6
4,700
140
130
35.4
4,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
27,062
239
32,879
242
46,491
261
34,970
264
15,778
225
5,881
93
1,150
233
1,110
315
830
202
380
176
225
262
380
282
340
224
270
159
80
175
60
283
70
300
90
222
40
150
5
200
5
400
11,542 15,978 24,261 18,464
7,095 1,088
560 730 350 140 125 220 160
90 30 40 45 40 13
2 5
5,756 2,775 2,783
289
481
250 160 130 100 80 100 20
50 30 30
10 10
17.8 15.3 17.6 18.5 20.5 20.5 21.0 21.0 20.0 18.0
20.0 21.0
28,040 27,599 19,569
2,617
5,289
4,460 2,450 2,290 1,850 1,640 2,050
420 1,050
600 540
200 210
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
COBB COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
24,664 28,397 30,437 35,408
38,272
61,830
114,174
196,793
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
16,987 16,311 15,130 11,526 10,468
2,043
3,703
14,017 14,092 13,263
9,680
2,008
3,412
2,970 2,219 1,867
788
35
291
Approximate
Land Area
(acres)
225,920
225,920 225,920 225,920 222,720 222,720 222,720 221,440 221,440 221,440 221,440 219,264 219,264
Percent in Farms
85.3
86.0 85.0 75.4
79.1 75.8 65.9 57.4 50.7 30.0 24.7 13.9 13.0
All Land in Farms (acres 192,673
194,319 192,078 170,268
176,264
168,913
146,684
127,119
112,170
66,499 54,772 30,409 28,521
Average Size Farms
(acres)
72 59 52 50 54 60 56 60 57 76 80 82 112
Number
of Farms
2,864 3,274 3,698
3,413
3,292
2,826
2,614
2,116
1,987
869
684
373
254
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,468,920 5,458,435 15,377,422 8,874,498 5,588,127 6,397,539 8,130,105 12,192,392 24,320,880 26,343,735 25,864,092 30,251 ,848 52,624,000
Average (dol.)
862 1,667 4,158 2,600 1,697 2,264 3,110 5,762 12,240 30,315 37,813 81,104 207,180
Tractors
86
90 258 472 828 589 535 322 309
Trucks
333
401 543 580 876 519 631 333 269
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,638
1,516 1,673 1,468 1,901
973 756 360 200
321
182 342 497 1,165 757 599 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,556 3,683
462 217 164 712 464 1,369 783 213
80 24
Production (bushels)
21,480 51,288 6,318 4,166
2,622 12,666 10,377 29,666 22,731
6,295 2,700
400
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,359 2,274 5,897 5,544
3,804 4,516 3,719 3,441 2,097 2.325
2,483 4,891
3,979 3,686 4,042 4,171 3,935 4.444
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,253 1,691 1,361
980 794 345 153
29 1
76,901
45,513 123,640
63,598 46,491 25,737 15,903
3,725
PEACHESl/i'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
280,262 2,624
281,323 38,075
61,471 8,001
45,679 7,193
31,120 14,306
27,441 10,642
26,098 17,012
16,489
145
8,141 1,747
2,588
363
1,058
15
324
359
PECANS L'2.1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,337 2,009
1,827
1,897 2,601
588 422
806 3,091 3,467
8,323 11,734
1,388 3,789 4,736
178
SUEE1
PUTAIUtb 1/2/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushelsj
866
76,231
1,689
152,233
1,363
136,263
1,375 1,852 1,533 1,562
104,323 136,534 111,170 136,002
939
87,165
310
15,562
96
8,355
18
1,574
3
200
1AN0 USE HNi.ACRES -5X
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
68,420 65,078
15,297 17,886
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
58,229 43,816
29,411 16,977 8,204
5,175 2,525 2,741
20,857 23,117
21,590 16,807
6,264 4,206 1,321 1,165
See footnotes on last page
9,869 5,102 15,118 2,588
6,251 8,278
8,601 3,186 9,105 7,072
Woodland
69,591 67,838 49,278 63,638 56,113 45,845 50,379 47,715 27,591 23,364
9,509 7,726
Other Land 20,556 13,865
26,310
23,520 16,271 31,041 19,488
22,393 15,839 18,841
7,949 9,817
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
4
iT
20
31
13
18
7
14
16
31
28
268
166
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
COBB COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
7,798 8,356 8,223 6,396 7,977 5,948 8,375 6,248 10,658 7,506 7,823 4,846 6.437
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,817 5.465 4,780 4,108 4,934 4,202 4,717 3,232 4,809 3,349 4.074 2,430 3,292
Milk Cows
3,249 4,316 4,686 3,885
3,992
2,794 2,985 1,364
778 424
67
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
93,833 76,089 172,814 279,805
425,651 666,575 640,964 808.592 333,080 478,288
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,378 4,476 7,501 3,253 4,474 5,386 5,453 5,690 7,496 5,717 2,570 2,771
514
Sows Farrowing 5/
767 495 131 295 514 365 1,193 594 201 134 57
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
51,879 67,248 89,203 77,379 78,769 63,283 82,710 54,826 99,892 113,575 170,005 40,648 47,488
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
63,532 33,017 58,709
37,984
591.908 2,843,158 3,063,535 2,681,303 2,531,727 2,155,044
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
266,710 286,705 287,168 463,103 344,229 343,651 522,097 243,658 640,094 1,089,611 2,700,464
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 212,107 $ 254,759
$ 135.4
161,809
141,950
116.4
573,679
137.7
555,015
156.8
2,275,825
155,650
125.3
1,754,055
474.6
1,464,585
151,437
189.3
1,042,170
64,851
97.3
1 ,688,000
128,000
244.0
4
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,300 8,000 7,900 7,200 6,500 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,800 5,500 6,300 6,000 5,800 4tann
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
Other
930
3,450
900
3,500
730
3,500
550
3,250
540
3,350
450
3,400
450
1,990
420
1,870
400
1,760
160
1,780
140
1,900
50
1,800
50
1,400
50
l.ann
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,920 3,600 3,670 3,400 2,610 1,950 3,360 3,510 3,640 3,560 4,260 4,150 4,350 3,.?Rn
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
2,600 2,700 3,000 2,900 3,100 3,600 3,050 3,200 1,900
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s 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 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 1_0/ 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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COFFEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Coffee County was created by Legislative Act of February 9, 1854 from parts of Clinch,
Irwin, Telfair and Ware Counties and was 107th in order of county organization in Georgia.
Originally it included part of Ben Hill County. It was named for General John Coffee, a
distinguished soldier of the Indian wars who came to Georgia at an early age, settling first
in Hancock and later in Telfair County. Douglas, the county seat, was named for Stephen A.
m(o
Douglas, a native of Illinois and prominent National political figure of that time. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the approximate land area was 391,616 acres
making it 12th in size among counties in the State. There were 1,034 farms having a total of
249,713 acres'with land and buildings valued at $115,742,000. The number of farms is 41 percent of the peak
number in 1945. Coffee County lies in the Middle Coastal Plain Province and the Lower Coastal Plain--Flatwoods--Province of
soil classification. The soils are well adapted to tobacco, cotton, peanuts, corn and pasture. Tobacco is the most important cash crop and Douglas is one of the leading markets in the Georgia belt. Coffee County was the first south Georgia county to begin conmercial broiler production. It has now developed into an important producer of commercial eggs. Diversification of their agriculture has enabled Coffee County farmers to resist the declining trend in agriculture apparent in most areas of Georgia. The proportion of the land area in farms and proportion of the farm land in harvested crops has remained relatively stable since the early thirties.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 49 inches in Coffee County. The wettest and driest months are July and November, with averages of more than six and less than two inches, respectively. The mean annual maximum temperature is about 78 degrees and the mean annual minimum is about 54 degrees, giving an average temperature for the year of 66. The freeze-free growing season averages about 256 days, extending usually from early March to just past mid-November.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $~ 6,172,564
1964
Amount ~$~ 15,870,490
1974 Amount $~ 48,234,000
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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
4,403,481 4,339,617
71.3 70.3
53,792 10,072
300 455,638
1,313,145 156,896 158,362 997,887
.9 J
7.4
21.3 2.5 2.6 16.2
8,001,795 50.4 7,941,786 50.1
37,736 22,273
3,363 928,515
6,936,817 4,416,663
421,147 2,099,007
.2 .1
5.9 43.7 27.8
2.7 13.2
48,076,000
16,811,000 16,672,000 4,917,000
9,528,000 133,000 32,000
2,062,000 112,000 27,000
4,000
1,071,000
30,190,000
21,634,500 1,069,000 7,486,500 1,325,500 6,110,000 (Z) 51,000
35.0 34.7 10.2 19.8
.3 .1 4.3 .2 .1
2.2
62.8 45.0
2.2 15.6
2.8 12.7
.1
Government Payments 3/
30,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry
V Products 2.5% -Dairy Products 2.6%
Other Livestock & 'Livestock Prod. 16.2%
--Forestry Products 7.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Dairy Products 2.2% ^Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 15.6%
Forestry Products 2.2%
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)
42,092 57,839 54,723
62,040 58,180 60,800 64,600 61,400 62,700 55,300 50,100 42,900 53,500 51 ,300 51,000 50,800 57,300 55,600 50,100 51,500 59,500 53,500 62,000 66,700 67,000 70,000 57,000
COFFEE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested
Yield
for grain per acre
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.
24,541 31,887 44,225 41,516 51,207 39,294
38,590 37,610 38,870 41,870 40,000 41,000 36,300 34,100 31,500 42,300 42,400 41 ,850 42,500 49,700 46,900 46,000 45,900 56,400 49,700 56,300 64,800 65,600 69,000 8,010
10.2 12.5 10.7 12.2 10.2 13.6
12.7 22.7 26.2 24.8 31.4 28.; 40.0 38.5 29.8 50.9 46.8 54.9 52.3 64.9 48.7 35.4 30.8 58.8 66.0 43.0 56.7 57.2 53.9 19.0
250,380 398,006 473,818 507,493 524,673 533,316
489,600 854,600 1,016,500 1,038,600 ,257,500 1,152,700 1 ,451 ,000 1,312,000 938,000 2,153,000 1,984,000 2,296,000 2,224,000 3,226,000 2,285,000 1,628,000 1,415,000 3,315,000 3,280,200 2,420,900 3,674,200 3,752,700 3,718,200 151 ,900
USDA:
1959
196C
1961
1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 i 975
1976
' 977
IOC 660 1 ,200 640 200 900 2,200 1 .400
2,880 2,580 3,080 2,080 1,910
16.5 19.0 22.0 17.5 30.0 21.0 27.0 19.5 16.8 25.0 23.7 26.1 21.3
Production (bushels)
1 ,650 12,540 26,400 11,200
6,000 "3,900 59,400 27,300 48,400 64,500 73,000 54,300 40,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
13,227 26,596 24,118 22,389 8,590 10,585
8,240 6,820 6,660 4,890 3,150 6,160 6,420 5,500 5,140 5,060 5,380 5,170 3,070 1,640 2,430 1,500
700 550 750 425 1,360 90 89 105
152 210
77 178 133 135
270 285 271 321 374 344 443 325 330 460 426 375 285 240 218 179 211 213 340 438 267 422 517 76
3,165 11,186
3,712 7,979 2,283 2,868
4,650 4,060 3,770 3,280 2,460 4,410 5,930 3,740 3,540 4,870 4,790 4,050 1,830
820 1,110
560 310 245 530 390 755 79 96
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FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage YTeTdHarvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1 ,000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production ,000 lbs.)
3,385 7,060 8,404 5,559
6,390 6,115 5,375 4,210 4,065 4,270 4,300 4,320 4,525 4,305 3,870 3,350 3,550 4,535 3,290 3,630 4,320 4,030 3,240 3,700 4,690 4,710 4,450
4.231)
1,297 1,625 1 ,755 1,413 1,538 1,688 2,159 2,220 2,189 2,170 2,346 2,375 1,635 2,299 2,160 1,718 1,864 2,295 2,240 1,746 2,409 2,125 1,705 2,270
1,159 7,250 6,778 6,942
8,287 9,935 9,432 5,950 6.253 7,207 9,283 9,592 9,905 9,341 9,079 7,955 5,805 10,426 7,106 6,235 8,054 9,248 7,258 6,459 11,300 10,009 7,589 9.602
3,547 3 .986
1 ,670 2,83u 3,210 3,260 3,410 3,600 3,560 3,500 3,340 3,570 3,580 3,595 3,635 3,565 3,630 3,640 3,750 3,985 4,165 4,245 4,251 4 ,Z38 4,264 4,245
352 914 1 .064
925 1,111 1,141 1,184 1,077
877 1 ,443 1 ,597 1 ,806 1 ,707 2,210 2,299 1 ,698 2,288 2,801 3,302 2,954 3,435 3,529 2,851 3,134
2,095 2,593
586 2,586 3,417 3,016 3,790 4,108 4,215 3,769 2,928 5,152 5,718 6,491 6,204 7,878 8,344 6,180 8,58i 11,162 13,753 12,538 14,603 14 ,955
J_J1'32.,515597
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 you
Populatior 16,169 21,953 18,653 19,739
21,541
23,961
21,95;
22,828
COFFEE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
r 1:ARM'POPULff [TON
Total
White
NonWhite
13,196 12,308 13,043 11,122 11 ,529
6,987
3,971
10,370 10,091 10,418
9.546
5,590
3,403
2,826 2,217 2,625
i ,983 l _397
568
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
576,640 404,480 404,480 404,480 392,320 392,320 392,32C 392,320
392,320 392,320 391,616 391 ,616
72.4 73.5 66.4 70.2 68.0 69.3 84. C 78.6 79.2 71.5 71 .1 63.8
All Land in Farms tacres) 494,029 417,272
297,215 268,526 283,954 266,790 272,011 329,647 308,330 310,625 280,458 278,612 249.713
Average Size Farms
(acres)
238 145 131 136 128 108 145 156 211 212 244 242
Number of Farms
1 ,257 1 ,755 2,049 2,046 2,090 :.087 2,508 2,274 1,979 1,471 1 ,324 1 ,141 1 ,034
T
VALUE OF FARML
feai
1900 1910 1920 '.930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total (dol.
1 ,159,870 4,307,558 9,191,726 5,389,279 4,187,660 5,139,529 8,756,578 14,435,352 22,519,041 29,917,198 40,318,448 77,674,858 115,742,000
Average
(dol.)
923 2,454 4,486 2.634 2,004 2,463 3,491 6,348
11,379 20,338 30,452 68,076 HI ,937
Tractors
22
77 220 631 1 ,347 1,672 1 ,581 1 ,633 1 ,513
Trucks
169
323 527 843 1 ,226 1 ,110 1 .161 1 ,132 1 ,201
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
858
654 846 1 ,059 1,036 1,276 1 ,278 1,019 971
92
32 41 49 178 402 743 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) 3,036 3,622 4,173 240 260 198 580 202
1,462 700 221 59 325
Production
(bushels) 29,310 50,312 61,939 4,440 4,313 3,043 8,860 1,510 33,278 18,578 9,085 2,040 15,787
A
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 ,93a 939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCfrD'r
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres)
(tons)
3,975 2,691 6,48C 5,913
3,078 2,271 1,917 2,408 1 ,494 1 2,742
1,61 3,461
2,295 2,127 3,293 3,902 3,783 5,417
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value
(acres) (dol.)
35b ;,703
704
637 1 ,067
498 160 316 284
18.453
12,614 43,404 35,544 53,792 75,320 37,736 42,539 112,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
11,987
41
5,846
246
25,371
3,76b ;,622
5,892
3,798
8,116
1,441
6,570
3,117
2,685
191
398
190
615
234
2,264 325
2,280 41
1
PECANS Uil
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds 1
7,242 8,379
2,901 22,730 15,398
17,963
13,780 6,846 8,758 7,870 4,057 5,860
211 ,232 299,586
73,101 28,934 85,237 39,631 56,903 66,206
SwF.F.1
POTATC ES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
861
60,161
1,612
154,183
1 ,633
120,345
1 ,664
,29,764
1 ,849
106,027
2,195
117,542
1 ,398
65,475
1 ,143
55,700
202
15,386
108
11,592
47
4,064
32
3,607
14
2,297
rear
Harvested Cropland
:ANC USE, IN ACRES 5/
Idle o"
Plowable
Fa 1 low
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
84,531 83,737 95,605 83,723 83,502 78,961 78,314 65,547 58,829 72,776
12,307
8,913 2,606
10,712
8,922 4,642 5,719 13,896 22,779 11,670
See footnotes on last page.
1 ,895 2,224 4,856 3,610 7,352 9,720 8,539 6,139 15,752 17,200
woodland
309,681 113,674 136,771 170,566 155,923 164,171 219,618 199,092 199,890 175,517 157,901 115,997
Other Land 19,039 74,649 31,972 14,532 7,211 6,677 10,253 15,907 18,163 19,359 23,351 32,070
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
5100,000 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
87
171
199
159
189
185
193
224
151
146
74
256
141
*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
COFFEE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
18,369 24,476 19,594 8,679 17,026 11,393 17,194 12,969 20,748 16,932 20,290 18,690 24,577
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,127 15,461
9,595 4,998 8,173 5,545 9,605 6,965 10,788 8,558 10,366 9,442 13,424
Milk Cows
1,971 3,396 3,185 2,378
3,060
2,545 2,423 1,858 1,580 1,514 1,549
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
6,728 2,682 2,140 68,957
76,356 132,299 83,320 320,410 703,099 794,939
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
21,297 43,170 31 ,491 15,945 24,583 24,902 35,037 38,559 36,548 52,593 50,138 77,600 57,159
Sows Farrowinq 5/
6,913 3,482 3,863 4,305 4,021 4,357 6,114 9,869 8,638 15,054 9,967
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
34,223 53,204 61,320 51,378 66,981 57,664 78,552 63,733 68,721 140,441 439,988 1,797,732 2,197,884
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
15,456 12,694 37,967
27,879
29,161 125,555 4,331,818 4,415,146 7,497,212 5,830,570
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
77,580 135,496 150,495 255,077 189,878 266,321 329,663
69,408 168,305 1,320,594 4,508,375
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
30,079 $ 310,841
$ 134.1
23,400
316,958
156.6
154,908
360.7
192,335
492.7
486,196
916,719
601.7
2,848,745
715.0
2,927,013 1,433,297
763.9
7,959,592 1,588,287
1,188.1
15,665,000 3,849,000
1 ,968.0
,
USUA tbllMAILS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
21,500 21,400 21,850 22,000 22,000 22,000 22,700 22,900 23,000
23,700 27,700 27,000 26,200 24,000
Cows 2 years old and older l_g/
Kept for Milk 1,900 1,800 1,600 1,540 1,540 1,750 1,550 1,550 1,500 1,400 1,370 1,600 1,690 1,520
Other
9,200 9,600 9,700 9,900 10,200 10,500 10,000 9,960 9,050 9,400 11,740 13,500 12,400 11,900
All Other Cattle and
Calves
10,400 10,000 10,550 10,560 10,260 9,750 11,150 11,390 12,450 12,900 14,590 11 ,900 12,110 10,580
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs 50,550 63,550 70,450 80,850 87,300 92,400 84,400 72,600 62,650 58,900 53,000 70,000 78,490
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than-15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals lnclUM? onl./ e99s sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available.
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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.C'/ COLQUTT COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1878
Colquitt County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1896 from part of
Thomas and Lowndes Counties. It was the 115th county in Georgia in order of organization
and was named for the Honorable Walter T. Colquitt, one of the most noted of Georgia ante-
bellum jurists and statesmen. Moultrie, the county seat, was named for General William
Moultrie, noted patriot of Revolutionary War fame. It is one of the most thriving
m<o
commercial and industrial centers of that part of the state. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture the approximate land area was 360,128 acres
making it the 15th county in size among Georgia counties. There were 1,020 farms having a
total of 240,674 acres with land and buildings valued at $118,747,000. The number of farms is 28 percent of the
peak number of 3,640 in 1945.
Colquitt County is in the Middle Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the principle soil areas
are Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer, mostly loamy sands and are well adapted to the production of cotton, tobacco,
peanuts, soybeans, corn and truck crops.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports precipitation averages about 50.5 inches
Received per year in Colquitt County but has varied from 73 inches in 1964 to less than 25 inches in 1954. July, with an
average of 6.31 inches, is the wettest month and November with just over two inches is normally the driest. The
average annual temperature is about 67 degrees. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezing
N0V2 6 1979 temperatures are about March 3 and November 20, respectively, giving an average freeze-free growing season of
261 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
11,887,722
16,658,403
1974 Amount $ 40,360,000
DOCUMENTS
Dt GA LIBRARIES
% 1/
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops
f,
Field Crops
Grains
Tobacco
Cotton & Cottonseed
Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age
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
9,366,425 8,886,965
450,034 29,426
221,820 200,153 2,099,324 153,509 331 ,835 1,613,980
78.8 74.8
12,806,207 12,414,808
3.8 .2
1.9 1.7
17.6 1.3 2.8 13.5
354,689 36,710
110,600 236,904
3,504,692 162,229 465,273
2,877,190
76.9 74.5
2.2 .2 .7
1.4 21.0
1.0 2.8 17.2
40,147,000
26,995,000 26,080,000
5,036,000 11,745,000 4,363,000
170,000 4,766,000
848,000 67,000
654,000 775,000
11,723,000 769,000
1,494,000 9,460,000 2,412,000 6,703,000
345,000
67.3 65.0 12.5 29.3 10.9
.4 11.9
2.1 .2
1.6 1.9
29.2 1.9 3.7
23.6 6.0
16.7
.9
Government Payments 2/
51,000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts h Berries 4.0% ^Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 3.6% Poultry & Poultry
Products 1.3% airy Prod. 2.8%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 13.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.3% :orestry Products & Hoourtl.trySp&ecP. o3u.5lt%ry Products 1.9% lairy Prod. 3.7%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.6%
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)
50,511 68,843 59,576
73,430 70,260 71,600 74,900 71,000 74,100 65,300 59,200 59,300 55,800 53,500 53,400 53,300 60,100 58,700 56,600 58,200 47,200 42,400 54,800 58,500 60,000 65,000 59,500
COLQUITT 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.)
15,692 24,327 48,897 47,664 63,471 42,763
49,710 53,660 55,480 58,830 58,300 60,700 53,200 49,700 45,800 48,600 48,300 47,600 48,300 56,300 53,100 52,000 51 ,800
44,800 39,400 49,200 55,800 55,200 62,070 6,720
10.4 16.8 14.3 14.1 10.6 17.0
16.1 21.2 26.8 29.8 34.4 35.1 39.5 40.0 30.1
51.9 43.8 52.7 44.6 62.9 51.7 25.3 30.0 58.8 62.0 46.0 55.7 42.4 63.7 25.0
162,480 409,029 699,407 671 ,796 670,751 725,617
801 ,700 1,139,300 1,486,700 1,751,200 2,006,500 2,130,300 2,100,000 1,989,000 1,379,000 2,522,000 2,117,000 2,510,000 2,152,000 3,542,000 2,747,000 1,318,000 1 ,552,000 2,633,000 2,442,800 2,263,200 3,110,500 2,341,100 3,952,900
167,700
USDA:
1959 1960
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 110 280 410 550 1,890 4,900 2,800 1,200 1,600 2,100 3,400 5,470
4,910
6,800
5,900 8,690
23.5
13.0 30.0 14.5 24.3 23.0 24.0 17.0 22.5 22.5 28.0 15.5 18.2
30.0 26.5 23.4 20.7
Production
(bushels)
2,350 1,430 8,400 5,945 13,365 43,470 117,600 47,600 27,000 36,000 58,800 52,700 99,600 147,300 180,200 138,100 179,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.
Bales
11,251 29,763 48,251 43,650 23,583 22,066
25,020 20,300 20,150 18,170 15,870 19,330 21,340 23,200 22,760 19,900 21,660 20,140 12,700 12,300 18,150 16,800 15,800 16,400 20,700 18,935 24,000 8,500 12,800 7.750
248 156 220 188 239
373 420 377 434 496 440 422 335 391 642 453 489 393 481 376 342 390 521 435 476 451 442 400 258
3,620 14,772 15,095 19,191 8,851 10,567
19,480 17,760 15,860 16,460 16,400 17,730 18,800 16,220 18,580 26,750 20,490 20,570 10,420 12,400 14,250 12,000 12,900 17,800 18,800 18,800 22,600 7,900 10,700 4-160
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested
per acre (lbs )
Production Harvested (1,000 lbs)
25 6
229 4,996 9,417 6,866
7,855 7,615 6,650 5,020 4,850 5,310 5,350 5,350 5,600 5,300 4,790 4,065 4,800 5,255 4,130 4,280 4,900 3,930 4,440 4,700 5,990 6,200 5,150 4.880.
1,331 1,614 1,497 1,409 1,704 1,718 1,932 2,019 2,031 2,277 2,023 2,068 1,815 2,240 2,105 1,880 2,179 1,993 2,080 1,704 2,282 1,913 1,939 2.16?
3 2 66 4,624 7,627 7,863
10,453 12,293
9,955 7,072 8,265 9,124 10,338 10,800 11,375 12,069 9,692 8,405 8,712 11,773 8,694 8,046 10,676 7,832 9,235 8,009 13,671 11,861 9,984 10,551
7,170 11,950
6,800 9,030 9,120 9,060 9,420 9,500 9,610 9,500 9,330 9,580 9,705 9,865 8,550 10,005 9,910 9,915 9,740 10,010 10,010 10,120 10,088 10,220 10,241 10.257
PErArNiTUTcSr
per acre
BsTT-
Production (1,000 lbs.
594 1,020 1,137
912
1,204 1,200 1,175 1,082
1,089 1,692 1 ,688
2,017 1,786 2,423 2,058 1,820 2,109 2,529 2,649 2,502 2,922 3,076 2,874 2,492
4,150 9,671
4,041 9,211 10,369 8,260 11,341 11,403 11,296 10,276 10,156 16,208 16,385 19,894 15,269 24,239 20,294 18,048 20,545 25,313 26,520 25,320 29,473 31,433 29,430 25,560
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,636 19,789 29,332 30,622
33,012
33,999
34,048
32,200
COLQUITT COUNTY DAT/i FROM THE U .S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
18,796 18,332 17,775 14,220 14,148
9,004
6,002
15,493 14,979 14,667
11,776
7,556
5,174
3,303 3,353 3,108
2,372
1,448
828
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
338,560 338,560 338,560 338,560 338,560 360,320 360,320 360,320 360,320 360,320 360,320 360,128 360,128
Percent in Farms
64.9 72.3 76.9 73.2 85.1 75.0 86.0 80.9 88.4 79.7 77.2 76.7 66.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
219,650 244,679 260,496 247,973 288,022 270,316 309,720 291,478 318,402 287,351 278,315 276,166 240,674
Average Size Farms L (acres)
188 109 76 80
97 94 85 110 119 161 184 223 236
Number of Farms
1,169 2,254 3,421 3,088 2,981 2,880 3.640 2,641 2,678 1,787 1,511 1,239 1,020
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
3,840,127
15,804,651 9,565,601 6,684,534 8,204,057
12,099,934 17,192,910 25,408,864 38,647,449 57,464,841 79,701,396 118,747,000
1,704
4,620 3,098 2,242 2,849 3,324 6,510 9,488 21,627 38,031 64,327 116,419
Tractors
38
103 489 1,420 2,432 2,323 1,945 1,826 1,670
Trucks
379
451 784 1,345 1,693 1,633 1,601 1,497 1,429
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
1,283
1,024 1,399 1,357 1,948 1,523 1,627 1,204 1,047
159
52 74 57 295 673 1,109 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,402 4,733 2,406
427 76
380 1,367
524 5,907 1,021 1,013
382 417
Production (bushels)
20,920 79,630 41,447 8,550
2,240 7,621 37,257 11,030 177,810 40,162 46,537 22,586 21,900
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,629 7,578 12,977 6,967
10,276 6,579 4,474 6,495 3,842 5,223
4,544 7,031
5,769 5,366 5,825 12,883 12,448 12,023
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
7,960 8,909 3,919
7,462 8,182 2,565 2,294 3,581 1,910
327,897
141,523 351,497 604,068 450,034 196,752 354,689 756,127 848,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
21,948
337
5,892 21,012
3,765 13,051
6,975
2,113
4,010
3,541
7,209
3,416
6,632 1,412
3,580 165
1,008
102
453
144
642
103
2,465
3,620
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
30
1,894
9,643
26,247
16,661
49,117
15,394
18,991 17,954 19,441 14,844
6,424 8,118
362,890 323,785 247,478
74,663 272,684 130,281 154,357 129,832
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
518 1,337 2,126
42,131 118,570
190,160
1,757
189,032
2,495
176,703
1,464
99,447
982 1,138
307 564 321 1,274 642
80,676 87,519 26,106 88,351 50,881 288,280 185.382
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
124,568
9,842
1934
133,089
6,347
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
131,854 118,022 120,022 129,555 113,650
98,745 99,400 98,587
2,724 13,154 13,479 4,906
9,215 20,322 29,451 10,578
See foo :notes on last page.
10,469 2,142 4,315
12,904 14,369 14,864 18,707
9,758 24,670 23,648
Woodland
141,773 108,206 81,190 136,302 116,510 141,042 131,186 47,885 128,596 124,831
94,576 70,695
Other Land
18,167 6,868
21,134 9,168
13,834 22,276 12,422 21,192 17,183 24,659 28,069 37,166
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
101
123
165
181
187
231
135
219
117
157
96
328
219
Farm numbers with value of sale s 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
COLQUITT COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
10,941 16,323 20,514 11,737 21,574 15,150 25,991 16,234 32,794 25,520 36,073 36,641 44,112
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,922 10,123
9,672 5,734 9,979 6,489 13,161 8,837 16,823 13,247 18,981 18,680 23,832
Milk Cows
1,842 5,559 4,990 4,304
4,410
4,420 4,268 1,971 1,499 1,840 2,030
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
3,306 16,449 41,716 105,482
133,745 419,102 435,051 635,196 224,721 818,402
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
19,536 34,015 45,631 22,313 29,401 28,622 38,898 39,972 41,050 55,281 43,303 65,382 60,406
Sows Farrowing 5/
8,665 3,273 3,586 3,861 4,619 4,625 6,871 9,478 8,771 12,325 9,627
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
29,635 50,877 81,758 70,715 84,746 80,457 87,858 64,064 83,195 56,425 27,680 35,709 80,308
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
18,088 14,560 55,799
31,118
11,083 35,572 91,608 104,836
(NA) 58,367
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
69,950 159,677 322,311 383,330 231,026 410,096 471,443 83,695 340,057 487,123 264,183
(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.)
$ 54,119 $ 486,952
$ 206.4
29,069
386,681
199.8
338,594
836.6
304,595
906.6
652,007
1 ,756,378
1,669.2
846,257
1,583.2
952,589
2,200,303
1,466.8
2,350,949
2,664,222
2,363.2
4,720,000
5,216,000
2,462.0
USUA LSI1MAIES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
38,200 38,000 38,750 39,000 39,200 39,200 41,500 41,500 41 ,600 42,900 51,300 51,000 49,500 40,700
Cows 2 years old and older 107
Kept for Milk
1,800 1,700 1,770 1,510 1 ,850 2,100 1,900 1,900 1,800 2,080 2,030 2,100 2,300 1,970
Other
18,300 18,800 19,300 20,200 20,600 21 ,200 21,100 21 ,200 21,350 22,200 27,720 27,000 24,900 20,070
All Other Cattle and Calves
18,100 17,500 17,680 17,290 16,750 15,900 18,500 18,400 18,450 18,620 21,550 21,900 22,300 18,660
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
43,650 54,150 60,050 68,100 73,600 85,350 79,100 75,600 70,950 60,500 51,000 64,000 72,500
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with le ss than $2,500 sales, 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 frui t and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparabl e because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that hav e calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1 949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 1_0/ 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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COLUMBIA COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Columbia County was the 12th county in order of organization and was created oy
Legislative Act of December 10, 1790 from a part of Richmond County. The county was namen
for Christopher Columbus, the great navigator and discoverer of the Western Hemispnere. Appling, the county seat, was named for John Appling, one of the original settlers. J""
to the south of the courthouse in Appling on the old Augusta Road rest the rema1ns or uaniei
Marshall, founder of the Baptist Church in Georgia. He established the Kiokee Baptist unurcn
976?""'"' ' rfXlRP*
on the Kiokee Creek in 1772.
T.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 185,856 acres, mere
were 219 farms having a total of 49,440 acres with land and buildings valued at $25,652,000. The land area OT
the county available for farming has been reduced by waters of the Clark Hill Reservoir.
c .k,llc
The county lies in and immediately above the fall line. The southern part of the county lies In the sananius
Province of soil classification. These soils are deep sands and are generally unproductive for agriaj'wrai
purposes. The Cecil, Lloyd, Appling and Madison soils of the Piedmont Plateau Province 1n the northern part OT
the county are the principal agricultural soils and are moderately productive for cotton and corn. Livestock,
poultry and their products now account for about 60 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports that Columbia County has an average annual precipitation of about 45 inches. Precipitation is normally distributed fairly evenly throu9h"* TMeJ^' with no month averaging more than five inches, or as little as two inches. The mean annual maximum and minimum
temperatures are around 75 and 52 degrees, respectively, giving an average temperature for the year ot about w
Received
degrees. The freeze-free season usually extends from late March to early November, with an average length OT around 225 days.
N0V2 6 197S:1!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount
1,145,688
1,403,928
1974 Amount $ 1,724,000
-TV
i DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES ;
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
246,322 239,132
,594,000
21.5 20.9
231,458 222,036
16.5 15.8
345,500 320,500 266,500
21.7 20.1
16.7
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
5,084 2,106
24,400
65,061
809,905 211,455 426,057 172,393
.4 .2
2.1
5.7
70.7 18.5 37.2 15.0
5,560 3,862
170,972 1 ,001 ,498
271,208 443,263 287,027
.4 .3
12.2 71.3 19.3 31.6 20.4
53,000 1,000
20,000 5,000
183,000
116,000
949,500 106,000 342,000 501,500 308,500
34,000
3.3 .1
1.3 .3
11.5
7.3
59.5 6.6
21.5 31.4 19.3
2.1
Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
159,000
10.0
14,000
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures antom ssions. |/ T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value Trom
mr\ sales Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 .Horticultural Spec. 2.1%
Other Livestock & .;:::;:::::::M:S:\"*"Livestock Prod. 15.0%
^Forestry Products 5.71 ^Poultry & Poultry
^Products 18.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products 7.3%
Horticultural Spec. 11.5*
' Poultry & Poultry " Products 6.6%
xDairy Products 21.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
COLUMBIA COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 -1977
CORN
Harvested
Yield
for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
14,802 22,588
7,466
5,520 4,500 3,800 3,300 3,100 3,400 2,700 2,480 2,400 1,720 1,650 1,400 1,460 1,600 1,600
840 830 1,500 1,350 900 700 650 1,000 1,150
18,300 18,517 21,237 13,801 22,169
6,896
4,420 3,880 3,050 2,690 2,500 2,700 2,160 2,000 1,840 1,290 1,300 1,140 1,150 1,300 1,300
750 750 1,350 1,250 760 500 520 730 310
7.2 10.7 11.6 10.9 7.6 10.0
8.5 19.4 12.5 13.4 19.9 16.5 20.8 22.0 19.6 31.8 25.4 29.8 25.2 37.7 26.9 20.0 24.0 43.7 24.0 58.9 55.4 48.3 69.6 11.0
130,910 197,771 246,521 150,786 168,768
68,631
37,400 75,100 38,100 36,000 49,700 44,500 45,000 44,000 36,000 41,000 33,000 34,000 29,000 49,000 35,000 15,000 18,000 59,000 30,000 44,800 27,700 25,100 50,800 3,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 100 160 250 230 220 200 120 150 150 200 400 750 1,330 1,420 400 820
11.5 9.5
15.5 20.0 18.0 18.0 22.0 15.0 28.0 16.0 22.0 13.0 19.2 23.7 22.8 23.5 17.0
1 ,150 950
2,480 5,000 4,140 3,960 4,400 1 ,800 4,200 2,400 4,400 5,200 14,400 31,500 32,400 9,400 13,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield
per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
30,889 37,938 32,394 14,974 10,659
4,791
2,300 2,120 1,790 1,090
735 1,320 1,180 1,200 1,330 1,170
930 530 290 190 190 180 130 100
70
171
10,110
405
206
15,651
222
196
12,722
391
168
5,044
212
262
5,591
138
1,323
481
245
1,170
290
273
1,210
200
197
730
260
195
440
320
275
420
150
274
750
200
263
650
150
264
660
130
214
600
310
223
550
150
225
440
100
264
290
90
307
180
120
242
95
230
189
75
170
233
90
60
177
48
60
200
40
100
60
170
140
no
200
29
70
14.3 13.4 16.0 14.0 20.0 15.0 13.0 19.5 16.0 27.0 30.0 28.0 27.0 26.1 25.9 30.0 35.0 35.0 22.0 24.5 22.9 32.2
31 K
2,540 1,703 2,765 1,794
^,943
4 140 2,f70 4,i 50 4,480 3,000 3,000 1,950 2,540 4,960 4,050 3,000 2,520 3,240 6,000 4,400 1 ,800 2,100 3,500 1,320 4,170 3,200 3,540
2,210
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,653 12,328 11,718
8,793
9,433
9,525
13,423
22,327
COLUMBIA 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)
224,000
60.9
136,496
96
224,000
61.0
136,690
71
224,000
60.4
135,308
71
7,121
2,297
4,824
224,000
47.4
106,230
85
7,674
2,688
4,986
224,000
62.7
140,538
101
7,233
2,607
4,626
195,840
67.1
131,370
110
4,406
195,840
57.8
113,240
125
3,851
1,777
2,074
195,840
66.6
130,490
167
195,840
62.4
122,194
166
1,200
705
495
185,600
54.8
101,800
240
185,600
42.6
78,981
234
1,773
1,310
463
185,856
40.0
74,349
263
185.856 1 26.6
49.440
226
Number of Farms
1,429 1,922
1,914 1,253 1,394 1,200
909 782 736 425 338 283 219
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
908,950 2,122,006 5,347,717 2,214,818
1,986,096 1,957,817 2,038,715 4,497,282 5,079,136 7,817,025 12,505,324 20,403,994 25,652,000
636 1,104 2,794 1,768 1,425 1,632 2,243 5,751 6,901 18,393 36,998 72,098 117,133
Tractors
20
48
no
161 252 207 313 344 275
Trucks
91
103 135 301 232 231 272 260 207
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
318
39
503
45
485
81
580
127
661
201
339
189
425
215
244
(NA)
214
fNAl
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,507 3,394 1,118
313 447 693 1,164 1,196 2,738 759 238
43 27
26,300 51,028 11,433
5,377 5,695 9,377 16,961 19,624 62,453 18,331 7,755 1,630
585
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,752 1,400 3,125 2,643
3,870 3,966 3,333 3,853 2,895 2,176
938 1,699
2,852 3,154 3,915 7,926 6,254 4,530
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
232
14,166
208
230
5,555
15,270
247
5,594
131
5,084
123
6,641
53
5,560
15
1 ,998
37
20,000
PEACHES 1/3/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
17,637 33,049 12,880 37,401
28,192 17,266 15,842
9,673
1,149
698 386
637 20,112
3,865 8,144 12,570 7,066 3,279
266 120 191
3
PECANS 1/3/
-ATT- Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,213 5,306
10 1,325 5,236 8,589
3,805
5,601 2,339 1,805 2,177
315 690
48,404 36,932 52,530
3,545 15,213 11,675
5,132
10.180
-5wTET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
477
24,504
612
52,568
637
48,019
485
43,376
780
42,231
728
55,248
405
25,468
211
16,957
38
3,615
45
3,470
5
669
I ANf) USE m TfcKES" -5A
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowabllee Pasture
Woodland
1909
1919
1929 1934
33,923 39,644
16,411 13,597
1939 1944
1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
43,776 32,104
21,169 15,994 10,370
7,914 4,085 4,423
7,183 8,553 12,278 8,229 3,501 4,084 2,501
836
See footnotes on last page.
8,822 9,025 12,057 5,895 14,111 13,685 5,500 7,945 12,785 10,926
48,886 46,787 33,409 60,230 51 ,554 51 ,348 73,048 71 ,509 68,435 45,664 47,537 28,103
Other Land
5,621 8,266 12,446 16,239 16,528 15,043 9,884 12,777 13,994 13,374 7,441 5,152
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
*
3
4
7
11
9
10
11
23
35
28
28
207
126
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
COLUMBIA COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,019 3,521 4,541 4,006 6,447 5,431 7,088 7,176 9,428 8,686 8,655 7,294 7,103
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,624 2,379 2,253 2,411 3,806 3,368 4,271 4,098 5,309 5,066 4,854 3,880 4,365
Milk Cows
1,262 1,850 1,670 2,076
2,713
2,694 2,724 1,931 1,214
613 412
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,940 9,180 25,875 186,135
258,841 430,567 769,190 894,852 873,356 881,787
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,339 6,790 8,052 2,868 4,252 3,506 3,888 2,841 2,245 2,784 1,385
585 585
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,248 300 617 609 485 309 304 332 281 202 105
Chickens (4 Months and L Older) U
21,878 31,109 30,234 22,638 28,410 26,266 27,139 20,812 45,764 61,409 40,707 21,460
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
14,300 4,285
13,813
10,750 6,178
47,432 58,977
25,279 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
64,800 80,003 140,368 114,855 104,707 122,692 142,272 32,592 439,931 857,445 560,825 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 50,251 34,088
183,521 234,666 467,712 488,584 244,280 290,493 425,000
$ 95,329 73,894
90,372
192,364 111,640 176,000
\ 85.7 96.1 98.3
137.0 146.9 100.6 117.7 106.7 128.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
9,200 9,000 8,400 8,600 8,600 8,600 8,900 9,000 9,100 9,300 9,800 9,800 9,500 7,730
Cows 2 years old and older 15/
Kept for Milk
1,450 1,400 1,090 1,180
900 800 700 550 500 350 370 320 330 250
Other
3,800 3,700 3,500 3,550 3,650 3,700 4,100 4,400 4,600 4,780 5,240 5,000 3,600 2,980
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
3,950 3,900 3,810 3,870 4,050 4,100 4,100 4,050 4,000 4,170 4,190 4,480 5,570 4.500
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,400 1 ,050 1,150
650 700 800 750 750 500 650 700 800 800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 T954 excludes farms
excludes farms with less than
with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
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 include only eggs sold. sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". D - Data withheld for individual farms. NA - Not available.
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichicke ns 3 months old and older.
10/ I n 1971 and thereafter clasto avo id 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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COOK COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Cook County was created by Legislative Act of July 30, 1818 from part of B^f" County and was 153rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named TorM*TMTM' Philip Cook, distinguished officer in the Confederate Army during the Civil War ana laier
Georgia's Secretary of State. Adel is the county seat but the origin of the name;is
unauthentlcated.
:
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 148,992 cres-
Tho_0 '?, !Ln
were 465 farms having a total of 90,928 acres with land and buildings valued at *M,i4.uuu.
The number of farms is 35 percent of the peak number in 1940. >-/7 /to Cook county lies in the Middle Coastal Plain Province of soil classification and the principle soil areas
are Tifton, Norfolk and Plummer, mostly loamy sands and are well adapted to the production of cotton, tobacco,
peanuts, corn and truck crops. Tobacco is the most Important cash crop. The importance of corn has increasea in
recent years with record high yields per acre, until the 1977 drought reduced both the acreage harvested ana tne
yield by more than half.
. , ,, - K-,,,*
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service records show an average yearly ralnfal I OT apoui:
50 inches in Cook County. July, with an average of around six inches, is normally the wettest month, and Novemoer,
Received with an
Monthly
average of about two inches, is the driest. The averages range from around 52 degrees 1n January
average temperature to about 81 degrees
for the in July
yanedarAiusguasbt,out^T6h7e
dfreegerezees-free
season averages about 260 days, extending usually from early March to around November 20.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $ 4,367.562
1964 Amount ~$~
7.348,535
1974
Amount $~ 16,963,000
N0V2 6 1979
TV DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
3,497,402 3,264,058
80.1 74.8
5,779,123 5,632,190
16,877,000
78.6
12,715,000
75.3
76.6
11,931,000
70.7
4,357,000
25.8
6,040,000 35.8
Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
215,000
1.3
80,000
.5
1,239,000
7.3
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
223,934 9,410
5.1 .2
136,873
1.9
10,060
.1
767,000
4.5
17,000
.1
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
75,475 71,521
723,164 130,225
31,995 560,944
1.7
214,000
2.9
(D)
1.6
87,232
1.2
(D)
16.6
1,268,180
17.3
3,773,000
22.4
3.0
441,111
6.0
2,133,000
12.7
.7 12.9
27,389
.4
799,680
10.9
1,640,000
9.7
476,000
2.8
1,163,000
6.9
Hogs a Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
1,000
M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
4.000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and om]"1ons.
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from A" farms |^dAvrliable
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974. not disclosing information
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data wnnneia zo avoia
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Horticultural Spec. / Forestry Prod. 3.351
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.0*
^.Livestock. Dairy & their Products 13.6*
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Prod. 2.3%
poultry & Poultry Products 12.71
L Livestock, Dairy * ' their Products 9.7J
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)
COOK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels!
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,975 30,542 27,848
31,550 29,580 30,900 33,100 32,000 33,100 28,900 26,200 26,300 26,800 25,700 25,800 25,600 28,900 28,300 27,300 29,100 28,800 25,900 26,500 29,300 29,300 30,700 26,800
15,980 20,460 28,975 17,648
23,380 23,460 24,540 26,650 26,200 26,900 23,500 22,000 20,300 24,100 24,100 23,750 24,100 28,000 26,400 25,000 25,900 27,300 24,100 23,900 28,800 28,950 30,300 13,400
17.2 14.6 11.3 20.0
12.2 21.7 26.2 26.8 33.4 33.0 38.0 33.8 27.6 48.2 49.6 56.8 53.8 58.7 38.1 37.8 26.6 57.8 64.0 46.0 61.2 53.3 59.8 28.0
275,302 298,236 328,114 351,650
285,100 509,800 644,100 714,000 875,300 888,600 893,000 743,000 560,000 1,162,000 1,196,000 1,348,000 1,296,000 1,644,000 1,007,000 945,000 688,000 1,579,000 1,542,400 1,099,400 1,763,800 1 ,541 ,900 1,810,900 374,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 110 220 320 430 1,010 1,800 1,400 1,200 3,500 6,300 10,200 9,210
7,370 12,100 8,300
9,130
25.0 24.0 24.0 15.0 24.5 22.0 23.5 17.0 30.0
22.0 24.0 20.0 21.8 28.2 28.4 23.4
26.6
2,500 2,640 5,280 4,800 10,535 22,220 42,300 23,800 36,000 77,000 151,200 204,000 200,800 207,800 343,600 194,200 242,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(Lbs.) (1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production 1,000 lbs.)
10,222
134
2,738
343
8,292
213
3,525
4,354
3,994
242
1,932
4,841
5,141
287
2,947
3,734
179 4,190 4,633 4,489
1,176 1,796
4,670
364
3,540
4,205
1,366
5,742
800
3,610
348
2,620
4,025
1,660
6,680
1,390
3,580
309
2,310
3,530
1,436
5,070
1,760
3,320
274
1,900
2,660
1,325
3,525
1,960
2,660
475
2,640
2,515
1,603
4,031
2,190
3,820
399
3,180
2,810
1,756
4,934
2,230
3,740
477
3,720
2,840
1,939
5,507
2,240
4,130
335
2,890
2,820
2,131
6,009
2,150
4,390
436
3,990
2.955
2,081
6,149
2,290
4,290
509
4,560
2,820
2,326
6,558
2,320
4,240
408
3,610
2,545
2,044
5,202
2,415
3,570
422
3,150
2,185
2,128
4,650
2,410
1,880
272
1,070
2.450
1,842
4,513
2,480
670
309
430
2,865
2,247
6,438
2,625
1,560
253
830
2,210
2,055
4,542
2,600
1,450
156
470
2,370
2,021
4,790
2,635
300
340
210
2,400
2,280
5,472
* 2,660
100
190
40
2,150
2,047
4,400
2,695
250
316
165
2,300
2,295
5,279
2,705
305
531
340
1,930
1,816
3,505
2,665
515
394
no
236
420
3,250
55
3,210
2,315 1,877
7,525 6,025
2,611 2,674
100
150
31
2.910
1,824
5,308
2,717
2.580
2.264
5,841
2.715
549
1,190 1,253 1,068
1,418 1,392 1,375 1,051 1,461 1,830 1,851 2,445 2,079 2,005 1,832 1,645 2.042 2.630 3,193 2,661 3,315 3,144 2,843 2.847
756 1 ,664
439 1,654 2,205 2,094 3,105 3,104 3,081 2,260 3,346 4,246 4,470 5,892 5,157 5,264 4,764 4,334 5,431 7,089 8,637 7,092 8,656 8,407 7.725 7.730
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,180 11,311 11,919 12,201 11,822 12,129
COOK COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE , 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
1n Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
154,240
73.9
113,913
93
7,556
6,100
1,456
154,240
69.4
107,086
83
7,704
6,175
1,529
154,240
85.7
132,180
100
7,423
6,103
1,320
144,640
81.8
118,326
89
5,401
144,640
93.6
135,323
117
6,175
5,041
1,134
144,640
95.3
137,776
110
144,640
85.0
122,948
108
3,277
2,758
519
144,640
84.9
122,748
151
144,640
82.9
119,955
197
1,822
1,660
162
148,992
69.3
103.297
200
148,992
61.0
90,928
196
1 ,223 1.295
1.320 1,326 1,153 1,258 1,137
814 609 517 465
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
4,804,942
3,929
2,847,191
2,199
18
117
2,708,644
2,052
3,361,029
2,535
51
162
4,772,340
4,139
222
297
9,182,142
7,299
556
519
10,046,532
8,836
875
639
13,349,600
16,400
960
538
24,190,089
39,721
919
707
29,143,265
56.369
751
618
52,142,000
112,133
753
633
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
574
99
519
61
598
53
696
72
677
88
761
355
743
417
495
(NA)
499
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
Production (bushels)
1,656 126 67 458 97 348
1.073 416 260 52 100
29.490 1,605 1,179 9,132 2,690 4,590
32,630 16,404
9,136 1,385 3,420
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres)
(tons)
2,841 2,002 5,052 3,150
2,033 1,175
872 1,787 1,165 1.424
1,170 3,111
1,583 1,151 1,670 3,171 3,652 5.139
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES yy
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,435 2,965 1,484
4,938 4,054 1,178 1,233 1,757 1 1.202
55,296
70,628 164,292 379,996 223,934
92,206 136,873 304,047 767.000
7,452
1,495 371
1,802
1,496 800 46 190 464
2,278 484 306
1,954 635 186 3 17 104
4.672 4,838
7,644
9,092 5,681 5,077 4,174 3,559 1.865
25,730 7,177
329,372 108.607 192.602
29,577 105,223
37,066 156,182
13.448
602 729
1,009 927 379 430 50 69 283 18 17
53,722 71,965 70,215 72,704 25,653 30,158
4,038 10,448 78,697
1,590 3.202
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 ANh list tN ACftFS 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
41,250 45,812
5.161 4,787
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
49,204 46,863 47,977 45,459 43,984 38,336 35,158 39.393
829 1,824 3,181 1,113 5,776 8,498 11,613 2,386
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,969 756
1,298 788
4,236 5,744 4,172 2,553 6.977 6.253
Woodland
55,473 46,421 76,510 62,730 78,353 77,112 65,645 61,896 60,504 39,266 30,086
1 Other Land
Farms by Value of Products Sold
I1UI
1969 1974
7,992 12,017
3,917 4,109 6.603 5,270 4,987 6,920 10,064 10,283 12,810
$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
*
33
37
85
74
108
100
64
102
81
69
21
135
73
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
COOK 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/
8,539 4,540 8,609 6,668 8,349 4,854 8,994 6,623 9,911 9,540 10,574
3,893 2,534 4,093 3.603 3,860 2,503 4,555 3,281 4,927 4,243 4,858
1,188 1,667
2,165
1,575 1.401
484 286 131
68
8,306 9,922
24,439 27,718 48,801 54,789 119,651
(NA) (NA)
23,739 9,892
14,743 18,845 20,196 20,993 18,025 21,384 14,912 16,992
9,680
3,981 1,353 2,434 3,273 2,702 2,355 3,202 4,140 2,881 3,337 2,076
Chickens (4
Months and
Older) 11
CHICKENS Sold 8/
38,479 25,800 40,233 39,589 40,046 38,879 31,170 55,743 109,719 262,605 241,807
9,911 16,896
22,854
8,421 168,424 171,576
19,450 99,615 260,063
Eggs Produced (dozen) V
190,529 136,788 106,322 179,316 189,458
73,438 84,742 752,678 926,931 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 13,200 $ 156,106 $ 52.3
12,090
151,384
69.2
84,150
252.8
163,653
378.2
241,195
560,654
508.1
558,840
634.2
563,873
1,021,418
1,163.4
1,024,442
782,833
871.0
2,154,000
1,979,000
1,154.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
10,500
10,000
9,800 10,000 10,000 10,000 9,000 8,700 7,800 7,900 10,200 10,500 10,200 9.150
Cows 2 years old and older lj}/
Kept for Milk
Other
340
4,850
310
5,100
220
5,100
250
5,300
200
5,450
170
5,600
170
5,120
170
5,070
170
4,810
50
5,000
50
6,240
80
6,000
80
5,500
60
4,900
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
5,310 4,590 4,480 4,450 4,350 4,230 3,710 3,460 2,820 2,850 3,910 4,420 4,620 4,190
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
15,050 16,200 18,000 17,700 19,100 22.150 21 .050 20,250 15,850 12,900 8,700
9,200 13,200
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GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
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COWETA COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
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Coweta County was created by Legislative Acts of June 9, 1825 and December 11, 1836 from land acquired from the Indians and was 67th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for the Cowetas or Lower Creek Indians. Land for the county was ceded to the whites by General William Mclntosh, Chief of the Indians, who was murdered for this act by a band of Creeks. When first organized the county incuded parts of two other counties, Campbell and Heard. Newnan, the county seat, was named for General Daniel Newnan, a soldier of the Indians Wars and a member of Congress. Bullsboro, a small village that once existed near the site of Newnan, was the original county seat
but all traces of this place are gone. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the approximate land area was 283,072 acres. There were 363
farms having a total of 76,551 acres with land and buildings valued at $62,438,000. The number of farms is only 10 percent of the peak number in 1910 and the land area in farms showed a 45 percent decrease from the 1960 census.
Coweta County is in the Piedmont Plateau area of soil classification. Its soils are well adapted to cotton,
corn, small grains and pastures.
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Based on 1900-1971 data the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
51 inches for Coweta County. Totals have been between 40 and 60 inches in over two-thirds of the years. Only
March and July have averages larger than five inches, and only October averages less than three inches. The mean
annual maximum and minimum temperatures are around 74 and 51 degrees, respectively, giving an average temperature
for the year of just over 62 degrees. The freeze-free season averages about 224 days, extending usually from
Received
around March 27 to November 6.
N0V 2 6 1979
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $~
2,298,855
1964 Amount ~$~ 2,201 ,882
1974 Amount $ 3,704,000
TT7 DOCUMENTS l|GA 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
1,295,953 965,939
21,437 308,577
35,030 92,279 875,593 197,512 254,431 423,650
56.4 42.0
1.0 13.4
1.5 4.0 38.1 8.6 11.1 18.4
613,746 583,022
26,399 4,325 32,269 116,947 ,438,920 271,267 476,600 691,053
27.9 26.5
1.2 .2
65.3 12.3 21.6 31.4
3,500,000
705,000 625,000 291,500
234,500 98,000 1,000 78,000 2,000
57,000 63,000
2,675,000 519,000 990,000
1,166,000 1 ,039,000
121,000 (Z) 6,000
20.2 17.9 8.4
6.7 2.8
2.2 .1
1.6 1.8
76.4 14.8 28.3 33.3 29.7
3.4
.2
Government Payments 1/
21,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954 included in total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to discios percentages for 1974 were computed
and 1964 based on sales from All fa of commodity percentages. Z - less
ures and omissions. 2/ using total value from rms. 3/ Available only than Falf of the unit
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 - Dairy Products 11.1%
. Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 18.4%
Poultry & Poultry -Products 8.6%
Forestry Products & eg., FHrourtit.s,SDNeuct.s 5.5% & Berries 14.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Poultry & Poultry ' Products 14.8%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.4% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 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
COWETA 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)
30,073 37,764 20,317
15,540 13,280 11,400 10,000 8,600 8,200 6,600
5,500 4,600 4,500 3,850 3,610 3,540 3,700 3,400 2,750 2,580 2,650 2,600 2,700 3,300 3,600 4,800 4,750
31,766 27,469 38,910 29,242 35,272 19,938
13,690 11,700
9,160 8,150 6,800 6,500 5,300 4,350 3,700 3,430 3,070 2,890 2,860 3,100 2,760 2,250 2,170 2,300 2,250 2,160 2,700 3,040 3,940 2,650
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
11.0 10.7 14.2 13.0
7.4 15.3
13.5 23.4 20.5 23.8 29.9 23.4 25.5 35.6 30.0 32.7 36.5 40.1 37.4 46.8 31.5 40.0 32.7 49.1 47.0 52.0 61.3 53.3 45.1 12.0
'
Bales
350,450 292,963 554,352 379,841 260,640 305,610
184,500 273,800 187,800 194,100 203,000 152,200 135,000 155,000 111,000 112,000 112,000 116,000 107,000 145,000 87,000 90,000 71,000 113,000 105,800 112,300 165,400 161,900 177,600 31,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 220 480 600 780 500 1,300 950
1,470 1,040 2,760
25.0 20.0 30.0 21.0 20.0 18.4 26.7 25.3 23.8 21.5 18.1
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
2,500 4,400 14,400 12,600 15,600 9,200 34,700 24,000 35,000 22,400 50,000
Production
67,452
200
86,849
180
67,829
225
33,058
196
18,947
206
13,537
211
8,730
251
8,230
314
7,070
344
4,210
275
2,380
351
3,750
373
3,470
252
3,520
248
2,940
334
2,920
383
2,990
395
2,550
364
2,010
356
1,120
221
1,450
223
1,430
236
1,400
465
1,600
363
1,500
247
755
269
695
358
595
306
510
406
26,885 31,249 30,525 12,943
7,811 5,716
4,580 5,390 5,070 2,420 1,750 2,920 1,830 1,820 2,050 2,330 2,470 1,940 1,490
515 680 705 1,360 1,210 770 425 520 380 430
4,096 525
1,590 554
701
390
14.2
320
13.4
230
17.1
150
19.5
190
20.5
270
20.0
70
23.0
90
25.0
20
20.0
30
20.0
30
18.0
10
18.0
10
18.0
90
24.4
140
34.3
100
34.0
130
33.8
200
24.0
150
31.2
290
33.8
310
27.2
200
31.7
240 I ?5.B
29,160 4,814 12,366 4,442
7,448
5,540 4,280 3,930 2,920 3,900 5,400 1,610 2,250
400 600 540 180 180
2,200 4,800 3,400 4,400 4,800 4,680 9,800 8,430 6,340 6,120
COWETA COUNTY DATA FROM THE J.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Approximate
All Land Average
Year
Total Population
Total
White
NonWhite
Land Area (acres)
Percent in Farms Size Farms Number
in Farms (acres)
(acres)
of Farms
1900
24,980
300,800
72.9
219,234
77
2,855
1910
28,800
300,800
81.1
243,935
68
3,612
1920
29,047
283,520
76.2
215,962
64
3,374
1930
25,127
12,949
5,652
7,297
283,520
68.4
193,965
85
2,280
I
1935
12,459
5,623
6,836
283,520
77.4
219,383
97
2,271
1940
26,972
12,482
6,065
6,417
283,520
81.7
231 ,656
125
1,853
1945
9,412
283,520
75.7
214,641
93
2,301
1950
27,786
9,203
4,640
4,563
283,520
85.6
242,594
128
1,901
1955
283,520
74.1
210,143
140
1,501
1960
28,893
1,834
1,348
486
283,520
49.4
140,108
183
766
1964
283,520
51.2
145,057
212
683
1969
32,310
881
651
230
283,072
38.8
109,729
233
470
1974
283,072
27.0
76,551
211
363
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,313,940 6,379,042 13,040,682 4,879,211 3,358,585 4,108,940 4,500,342 10,695,026 9,756,500 12,817,478 16,084,650 36,561,540 62,438,000
810 1,766 3,865
2,140 1,479 2,217 1,956 5,626 6,500 16,733 23,550 77,790 172,004
Tractors
66
98 191 490 710 608 598 592 508
Trucks
110
147 133 340 438 446 511 500 429
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
745
73
679
87
832
155
1,011
265
958
481
710
513
804
564
454
(NA)
317
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,993 4,041
947 944 1,362 3,254 2,042 3,637 3,089 1,604 386 549 104
30,710 69,559 15,830 20,860 24,453 57,763 50,319 93,397 82,190 60,401 15,893 26,130
5.140
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
3,086 5,420 4,228 6,680
5,761 6,086 5,761 5,947 4,816 3,572
2,444 3,162
5,860 4,630 6,914 9,293 7,641 7,122
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
304
18,540
501
270
8,018
19,943
466
20,710
392
21,437
233
19,862
253
26,399
213
42,525
189
78,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
37,376 38,801
42,516 267,470 244,593 410,201 402,403 205,147
72,711 66,506 4,821
30 25,605 21,079 200,981 183,280 220,548 123,730 59,528 75,452 62,611
1
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,763 10,951
8,603
8,290 6,281 6,385 3,329
950 325
1,183 5,846 8,700
92,956 27,538 31,457 45,750 121,362
5,907 16,984
(D)
SWEE1
POTATOES 1J11
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
230 720 1,012 649 1,011 719 830 297
64 42 10
17,175 57,775 89,940 58,999 82,039 60,225 47,566 22,602
5,834 4,086 1,213
1
_J
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
,
1919
1929
73,646
32,194
8,024
1934
72,878
25,393
11,942
1939
78,619
19,276
1944
58,589
31,242
1949
51,455
31,299
1954
36,522
15,059
1959
21,235
11,498
1964
15,136
6,842
1969
11,141
4,807
1974
9,252
1,790
See foo tnotes on last page.
20,465 11,350 12,337 11,452 17 537 16,798 22,403 21,311
Woodland
70,678 60,940 59,314 83,826 79,137 68,420 114,237 109,796 67,209 77,565 50,870 32,650
Other Land
19,012 19,797 20,030 24,237 32,260 44,337 33,266 37,314 22,629 28,716 20,508 11,548
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
9
16
15
23
7
23
25
22
41
41
46
345
220
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
COWETA 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
6,006 6,755 7,322 4,903 6,993 4,976 6,982 8,876 17,566 13,293 14,963 13,052 16,125
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,094 4,318 3,838 2,898 3,671 2,809 3,582 4,443 9,380 7,184 8,062 7,034 8,695
Milk Cows
2,528 3,536 3,509 2,806
2,685
2,674 2,689 1,776 1,569 1,756 1,474
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
13,936 29,370 19,236 162,947
116,049 262,765 329,658 547,494 628,976 930,576
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,977 6,450 10,439 3,581 5,100 4,879 5,091 5,078 5,657 5,483 2,004 2,610 1,499
Sows Farrowing 5/
890 287 331 398 337 610 800 802 386 530 371
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
45,312 55,647 70,061 48,563 51,728 48,827 57,039 46,322 46,795 20,379 11,553 97,511
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
23,512 12,791 30,011
15,372
69,060 136,331 230,578 503,624 187,748 89,942
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
175,240 207,399 226,457 271,279 186,215 235,785 245,437 104,604 208,236 135,176 80,540
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 81,349 33,695 90,433
144,505 263,189
$285,188 174,886
350,766
$176.4 173.6 216.3 260.6 293.5
227,569 453,835 729,568 1,075,000
238,775 390,411 416,000
346.8 160.6 371.4 281.0
.,
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
15,900 15,500 15,450 15,200 14,000 13,500 16,000 16,200 16,400 16,700 19,100 18,300 17,800 14,600
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,900 1,750 2,080 1,690 1,960 1,900 1,700 1 ,650 1,600 1,440 1 ,510 1,560 1,550 1,460
Other
6,800 6,900 6,400 6,650 6,850 6,900 6,750 6,600 6,450 6,700 7,260 7,200 7,100 6.130
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,200 6,850 6,970 6,860 5,250 4,700 7,550 7,950 8,350 8,560 10,330 9,540 9,150 7,010
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,000 2,350 2,600 2,700 2,950 3,400 3,250 3,100 2,550 2,100 1,400 1,900 2,050
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales . 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Begin ning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include o nly eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
).cn
CRAWFORD COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Crawford County was created by Legislative Act of December 9, 1822 from part of
Houston County and was 55th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It was enlarged
by subsequent additions from Hacon and Talbot Counties and from land of the Creek Indian
Agency east of the Flint River. When first organized it included a part of Upson County.
mi*
The county was named for the illustrious William H. Crawford of Georgia, a statesman, diplomat and jurist. Knoxville, the county seat, was named for General Henry Knox, patriot
of the Revolutionary War and founder of the Society of the Cincinnati.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 201,600 acres. There
were 180 farms having a total of 58,016 acres with land and buildings valued at $27,105,000. The number of farms
is only 13 percent of the peak number in 1920 and only 29 percent of the land area is in farms.
Crawford County lies on the fall line in the upper Coastal Plain--Sandhills province of soil classification
near the center of the State which is very favorable for production of peaches. Fruits and nuts, of which peaches-, . ,
are the most important, account for 22 percent of the value of all farm products sold compared to 40 percent in R6C6IV6CI
1964.
^
based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of 47 to 48
inches for Crawford County, with the total falling between 40 and 60 inches in almost three out of four years. ..-,,. n n in*7n March and July, with averages of more than five inches, are normally the wettest months, and October, with less N0V 6 0 l"/"
than two and one-half inches, is the driest. The average annual temperature is almost 65 degrees, and monthly
averages range from around 47 degrees in January, to about 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season usually
extends from just past mid-March to just before mid-November, and averages around 240 days.
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
1,456,760
2,088,502
1974 Amount $
3,916,000
UU(GJA LIBRARIES * V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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
1,097,900 331,396
24,611 741,893
41,532 317,328
69,521 93,275 154,532
75.4 22.8
1,299,453 439,365
1.7 5g.9
2.8 21.8
4.8 6.4 10.6
21 ,948 838,140
148,142 640,907 346,649 140,170 154,088
62.2 21.0
1.1 40.1
7.1 30.7 16.6
6.7 7.4
3,831,000
2,681,000 1,768,000 1,397,000
311,000 34,000 26,000 57,000
856,000
26,000
1,124,000 319,000 468,000 337,000 195,000 138,000
4,000
70.0 46.2 36.5
8.1 .9 .7
1.5 22.3
.7
29.3 8.3 12.2 8.8 5.1 3.6
.1
Government Payments 2/
7,000
]_/ 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. & Forestry Products 4.5 %
** Poultry & Poultry Products 4.8%
** Dairy Products 6.4%
"*-- Other Livestock & Livestock Products 10.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 y Veg. & Forestry Products 2.2%
Poultry & Poultry Products 8.3%
Dairy Products 12.2%
Other Livestock & Livestock Products
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)
;RAWFORD COUNTY ACREAGE
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 1977
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
1 Harvested
v<eld
for beans
per acre
(bushels)
(acres)
(DU.)
Production (bushels)
14,945 18,689 12,276
9,190 8,010 6,800 6,000 5,400 5,600 4,640 4,080 4,600 2,720 2,350 2,220 2,270 2,400 2,400 1,650 1,650 1,300 1,000 1,500 2,150 1,900 2,000 2,400
22,525 16,815 21 ,348 13,907 18,386 11,804
7,420 6,830 5,670 5,070 4,600 4,800 3,970 3,350 3,110 1,670 1,500 1 ,450 1,470 1,700 1 ,700 1,400 1,380 1,150
900 1,300 1,870 1,690 1,600
380
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
8.8 10.5
9.8 10.0 8.7 15.1
8.2 26.3 26.0 24.8 27.7 21.8 22.2 26.9 24.8 32.9 26.7 36.6 30.6 38.8 23.5 41.4 22.5 56.5 42.0 41.0 54.0 43.4 60.8 8.9
Bales
198,950 176,166 209,998 138,960 160,459 177,738
60,600 179,600 147,400 125,900 127,400 104,600
88,000 90,000 77,000 55,000 40,000 53,000 45,000 66,000 40,000 58,000 31,000 65,000 37,800 53,300 101,000 73,300 97,200 3,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 .
810 1,140 1,210 1,300 1 ,880
2,780 3,750 4,260 6,100 4,600 3,600 4,300
5,900 6,600 8,000 8,480 10,410 6,190 8,900
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
f
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
32.0 20.5 16.5 15.5 14.5 17.0 18.5 20.0 26.0 15.5 25.5 19.0 28.0 14.5 22.5 25.2 28.8 25.3 16.6
Yield per acre
25,920 23,370 19,965 20,150 27,260 47,260 69,375 85,200 158,600 71,300 91 ,800 81,700 165,200 95,700 180,000 213,700 299,800 156,600 147,700
Production
28,435
168
9,512
715
23,011
183
8,424
142
22,706
88
3,985
719
11,068
100
2,209
538
5,918
164
1,946
2,970
176
1,048
1,128
4,620 1,605 5,168 5,088
18,819
1,970
270
1,110
1,130
21.5
24,260
1,800
406
1,520
850
12.4
10,560
1,560
363
1,180
860
21.3
18,320
850
458
810
560
17.0
9,520
585
501
610
330
31.0
10,230
1,160
475
1,150
700
31.0
21 ,700
1,050
315
690
860
32.0
27,520
1,140
431
1,030
850
31.5
26,780
1,390
363
1,050
580
29.0
16,820
1,250
437
1,140
710
30.0
23,450
1,120
516
1,210
900
36.5
32,850
890
460
850
760
30.0
22,800
770
268
430
730
31.0
22,630
460
404
390
1,290
27.1
34,900
780
169
275
1,210
29.3
35,400
750
428
670
990
35.3
34,900
700
337
490
1,120
32.5
36,400
500
412
430
2,200
43.2
95,000
700
330
480
1,080
19.5
21,100
915
687
1,310
1,070
28.6
30,600
1,230
606
1,550
1,550
27.7
42,900
505
327
345
1,110
26.2
29,100
545
677
320
338
770
1,150
33.5
38,500
225
920
31.5
?q,nnn 1
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
CRAWFORD 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)
10,368 8,310 8,893 7,020
7,128
6,080
6,138
5,879 5,540 4,311 3,194
2,650 2,431 2,331
1,354
3,488 3,448 3,209
1,840
204,160 204,160
204,160 204,160 204,160 200,320 200,320 200,320 200,320
79.0
80.1 75.1 64.4 68.2 68.5 69.6 61.5 57.3
161,250 163,568 153,390 131,388 139,238 137,253 139,455 123,175 114,864
5,816 5,748
920
579
582
530
341
200,320
200,320
52
201,600
201,600
46.1 40.7 37.8 28.8
92,435 81,625 76,289 58,016
Average Size Farms
(acres)
119 136 112 137 158 185 155 196 202
273 305 412 322
Number of Farms
1,358 1,203 1,369
959 882 741 900 630 568
339 268 185 180
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
931,530 1,675,231 3,993,159 2,303,009 1,394,991 1,749,112 2,370,973 3,217,410 4,217,400 6,232,176 7,811,128 18,542,510 27,105,000
Average
(dol.)
686 1,393 2,917 2,401 1,582 2,360 2,634 5,107 7,425 18,384 29,146 100,229 150,582
Tractors
33
65 145 204 257 328 304 302 318
Trucks
125
107 220 277 216 280 335 259 255
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
352
68
298
28
444
45
349
73
405
70
353
133
296
155
203
(NA)
167
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,842 2,706
745 234 45 325 1,566 1,291 2,238 1,803 1,583 1,276 393
Production (bushels)
22,610 44,021 8,533
3,185 789
7,607 46,490 31,685 77,450 75.540 68,310 72,993 16,319
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,307 951
1,517 2,366
1,486 2,082 1,122 1,394 1,209 1,176
489 1,373
i ,381 1,282 1,745 2,625 4,350 3,469
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
709 1,520 1,784
1,604 689 565 398 186 123
29,539
31,583 76,876 59,722 24,611 31,620 21,948 19,563 57,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
161,494
14
378,477 115,809
565,227 321 ,479
417,941 126,105
348,249 206,911
423,797 166,751
348,573 222,846
219,390 40,673
294,160 191,391
450,228 437,484
452,757 164,650
421 ,400 667,013
350,411 120,924
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
500
155
4,156
9,396
11,908
8,633
9,158
7,642 8,040 9,026 11,724 11,385 9,485
58,596 85,705 74,166 15,042 207,108
210 257,696 411,662
SWF.F.1
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
396
23,337
562
41,784
415
32,783
468
37,920
680
45,784
525
35,383
602
50,272
289
19,532
85
4,151
90
6,783
12
1,269
LAND USF IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
35,474 36,937 38,039 33,689 26,706 21,170 17,802 14,847 12,858 16,922
14,958 10,796
9,571 9,808 11,699 8,647 3,686 3,574 2,528 2,686
See foo :notes on last page.
6,839 6,019 11,618 7,139 8.510 10,326 4,986 2,023
7,489 8,058
Woodland
75,500 69,515 63,356 78,833 71,576 74,213 71,552 65,096 59,776 51,983 45,122 23,496
Other Land
18,064 14,647
7,637 6,262 6.142 14,186 4,708 9,625 6,185 9,198 8,292 6,854
Farms by Value of Products Sold
NUI Der 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
13
ft
12
6
13
15
7
17
25
17
10
113
100
*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
CRAWFORD COUNTY STATISTICS -- U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,696 3,732 4,135 2,361 3,767 3,118 5,000 4,522 6,007 4,433 5,630 5,053 7,241
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,776 2,239 2,173 1,078 1,913 1,560 2,305 2,440 3,158 2,264 2,941 2,638 4,210
Milk Cows
1,239 1,605 2,055
997
1,395
1,489 1,087
590 573 305 700
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
204 1 ,545 14,569 23,422
52,730 53,677 149,128 211,243 128,691 249,594
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,174 5,404 7,880 2,445 4,366 3,266 4,436 3,519 2,885 2,376 1,085 1 ,031 1,479
Farrowinq 5/
942 305 360 380 631 455 423 429 180 188 588
Chickens (4 Months and Older) l!
22,639 24,095 31,722 19,917 21,266 18,316 26,567 23,492 22,164 13,947 43,805 88,049
810
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,174 8,492 11,093
7,727
7,141 22,004 18,487 27,867 108,945 362,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
81,230 81,754 71,401 94,175 47,855 91 ,750 175,139 86,050 136,085 81,630 776,069
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.
31,160
$ 91,542
$ 116.9
12,627
76,337
108.5
66,353
252.6
65,730
270.9
288,504
206,585
327.2
103,320
346.2
221,050
208,695
305.7
339,496
248,954
493.9
675,000
537,000
484.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,950 5,850 5,700 5,800 5,800 5,900 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,300 7,400 7,200 7,000 6,100
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
700 650 650 600 500 350 350 350 350 430 450 500 490 520
Other
2,450 2,600 2,450 2,500 2,600 2,650 2,600 2,600 2,560 2,600 2,950 2,500 2,300 2,160
All Other Cattle and Calves 2,800 2,600 2,600 2,700 2,700 2,900 3,050 3,050 3,090 3,270 4,000 4,200 4,210 3,420
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,050 1,150 1,350 1,250 1 ,250 1,150 1 ,500 1,300
800 650
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 'udes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
0/ 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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CRISP COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1878
Crisp County was created by Legislative Act of August 17, 1905 from a part of Dooly County and was 136th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for c[]ales F. Crisp, noted jurist and statesman of Georgia and at one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. Cordele, the county seat, was incorporated in 1888 and named for Miss Cordelia Hawkins of Americus. She was the daughter of Colonel H. Hawkins, President of the Savannah, Americus and Montgomery Railroad, who had much to do with choosing the location of the town.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 187,072 acres. There (974were 301 farms having a total of 123,381 acres with land and buildings valued at $64,574,000. The number of farms
is only about 15 percent of the peak number in 1920. The proportion of the land area in farms, 66 percent, is among the highest in the State. Peanuts, the most important cash crop, usually occupy about 20 percent of the harvested crop land acreage. Truck crop production, particularly watermelons and cantaloups, are important in the county and Pprp;worJ Cordele is the largest watermelon market in the State. Crops accounted for about 89 percent of all farm products i\cuciVCU
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports that the average annual rainfall in Crisp County is about 45.5 inches. July is normally the wettest month, and October and November are the driest. The MU p r> 1Q7Q;| average annual temperature is about 66 degrees. The freeze-free period usually extends from around March 10 to nuv fe u u/3,
November 12 averaging slightly less than 250 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964
Amount T~
4,326,513
8,676,U
1974 Amount $ 16,470,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES;
TT;
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
3,484,360 3,220,531
80.5
7,211,104
74.4
6,802,000
83.1 78.4
16,410,000
14.579,000 13,461,000
4,453,000 (D)
2,764,000 (D)
6,127,000
88.8 82.0 27.1
16.8
37.3
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
214,527 49,302
3,200 70,217
768,736 111,164
75,662 581,910
5.0 1.1
.1 1.6
17.8 2.6 1.7 13.5
341,327 67 ,777
6,488 155,315
1,303,281 272,954 51,379 978,948
3.9 .8
.1 1.8
15.0 3.1 .6 11.3
263,000
1.6
855,000
5.2
247,000
1.5
78,000
.5
1,506,000
9.2
U)
1,506,000
9.2
559,000
3.4
Cattle & Calves
935,000
5.7
Hogs & Pigs
5,000
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
7,000
.1
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
36,000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts" and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales Percentages for 1954
included in total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions
percentages for 1974 were computed using total value
and of
co1m96m4 odbaitysedpeorncesnatalegsesf.rom UAllD.faatamw^itA hhvealdlitloaM aveoi
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974, not d disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Vegetables 5.0* Fruits, Nuts & erries 1.1% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.7*
Livestock, Poultry & "their Products 17.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Vegetables 1.6%
/
Fruits, Nuts & " Berries 5.2%
Forestry Products & *-- Hort. Spec. 2.0%
Livestock, Poultry & 'their Products 9.2%
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
CRISP COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Producti Dn
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
~
Production (bushels)
26,234 30,211 24,535
33,960 31,240 31,200 32,100 29,600 30,800 27,000 24,500 23,600 21,200 20.300 20,\*0 20,000 22,600 22,100 29,400 30,200 18,900 16,600 18,800 23,000 22,500 25,800 23,950
21,993 31,023 26,013 29,857 24,090
27,950 28,150 28,710 29,950 28,500 29,400 25,500 23,500 21,700 19,600 19,600 19,300 19,600 22,400 21,300 27,000 26,900 17,900 15,800 16,900 22,700 22,170 25,360 13,800
12.7 11.1 12.4 10.1 21.4
10.1 19.3 23.7 27.3 30.4 28.8 33.0 29.5 26.8 49.4 49.8 57.8 54.8 65.6 31.4 33.6 31.6 59.8 63.0 51.0 48.4 53.3 53.9 15.0
278,461 343,381
321,76? ) 300,30^ \
515,44/
283,100
544,60C )
679.80C 1 817.20C I 867,OOC I
846,1 OC)
842, OOC1
693,OOC )
582, OOCI 968, OOCI 976,OOC I 1,116,OOC 1 1,075,OOC 1 1.469.00C 1 668,OOC 908,OOC 1 850,OOC I 1,070,OOC 1 995,40C 1 861 ,90C1
1.098.70C ) 1.180.80C ) 1.366.60C )
206,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
180 670 710 760 1 ,770 2,610 2,720 3,710 6,800 6,600 7,500 9,900 13,800 12,800 17,000 15,980 18,150 13,970 17,180
15.5 21.0 13.0 22.5 18.0 21.5 17.0 18.0 23.0 11.5 24.0 23.0 26.0 13.5 20.5 23.0 22.7 21.4 20.8
2,790 14,070
9,230 17,100 31,860 56,115 46,240 66,780 156,400 75,900 180,000 227,700 358,800 172,800 348,500 367,500 412,000 299,000 357,300
acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre Production (lbs.) 1 1,000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
34,668
261
18,092
40,588
108
8,804
33,021
176
11,614
16,675
233
7,755 19,648
15,090
224
6,753 20,320
53
865
170
14,556
15,932
662
11,430
342
8,160 13,230
795
10,522
380
9,520
412
8,170 14,500
1,058
15,345
650
9,650
509
10,250 14,120
1,442
20,366
1,040
7,870
481
7,900 13,960
1,342
18,739
1,900
5,975
591
7,370 14,010
1,524
21,357
1,550
8,650
447
8,070 13,950
1,573
21,937
1,800
8,950
464
8,670 13,990
1,380
19,310
1,700
11,710
471
11,510 13,990
1,435
20,074
2,700
12,870
386
10,380 13,820
1,209
16,705
1,350
11,000
538
12,370 13,940
1,728
24,083
2,400
10,420
529
11,500 14,015
1,746
24,477
2,550
9,070
579
10,980 14,295
2,136
30,539
2,240
6,200
612
7,920 14,110
2,177
30,722
2,210
5,300
535
5,930 14,075
2,336
32,878
3,830
7,650
434
6,960 14,040
2,081
29,221
3,310
7,550
475
7,500 14,080
2,277
32,062
2,270
7,200
449
6,750 14,060
2,521
35,450
2,630
11,100
614
14,200 14,325
2,541
36,394
5,330
15,200
454
14,400 14,310
2,773
39,686
1 ,480
13,975
618
18,000 14,430
2,752
39,709
1 ,670
14,200
486
14,400 14,416
3,001
43,269
1,850
3,990
551
4,590 14,375
3,349
48,141
1,790
10,200
370
I 7,700
267
7,850 4.290
14,675 14.784
3,239 3.097
47,531 45r7ft?
960 33fl
21.9 15.8 22.5 17.0 25.5 21.5 26.5 29.0 27.5 31.0 35.0 31 .0 34.0 28.0 27.8 31 .8 35.9
39.0 19.0 25.0 18.2 30.0 30.6
872 6,992 1 ,101
8,044
8,330 10,250 23,400 32,300 39,520 38,700 45,050 78,300 37,100 74,400 89,300 69.500 75,140 107,200 92,000 72,100 94,400 2c* 0yJK8J y 11 0\J0\J 28,100 41,800 33 700 53,700 29,400
9-^M.
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
CRISP 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)
16,423 18,914 17,343
17,540
17,663
17,768
18,087
9,767 8,667 8,867 6,148 6,187
2,811
1,600
5,281 4,949 4,834
3,518
1,978
1,408
4,486 3,718 4,033
2,669
833
192
177,280 177,280 177,280 177,280 189,440 189,440 189,440 189,440 189,440 189,440 187,072 187,072
74.8
81.1
79.4 86.4 81.4 85.2 88.3 96.3
86.1
77.6 82.0 66.0
132,616 143,717 140,825 153,258 154,237 161,396 167,260 182,518 163,165 146,951 1 53,441 123,381
Average Size Farms
(acres)
91 70 91 112 126 126 151 199 291 336 400 410
Number of Farms
1,451 2,052 1,544 1,368 1,226 1,278 1,106
917 560 437 384 301
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol-)
Average
2,935,841 9,221,489 4,603,133 3,118,493 4,220,741 5,875,839 8,300,530 12,309,808 15,621,200 19,325,451 36,311,697 64,574,000
2,023 4,494 2,981 2,280 3,443 4,598 7,505 13,424 27,895 44,223 94,561 214,531
Tractors
61
110 225 644 772 953 805 786 582
Trucks
122
209 322 640 608 573 669 616 527
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
597
40
462
28
583
82
709
201
790
289
547
380
575
401
397
(NA)
297
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,367 1,586
621 746 1,282
2,031 1,152
7,891 4,131 1,798
834 425
65,538 23,192 11,742 11,516 26,547 56,201 25,830 245,241 143,012 81,884 41,332 28,320
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
4,169 7,278 15,296 19,340
16,336 7,016 1,728 2,840 692 1,029
2,970 5,833
5,802 4,112 2,384 5,745 2,365 2,669
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
849 1,937 2,554
3,791 5,902 4,305 3,512 3,455 1,127
26,163
42,839 118,175 172,178 214,527 305,764 341,327 339,123 263,000
PEACHES 1/3/
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
335
12,237
1,633
1,225 5,804 6,374 21,636 12,575 36,983 30,087
(D)
87
4,787 419
832 1,700 6,700
77 3,829 30,694 6,093
(0)
PECANS 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
-5wlET
POTATOES l./j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
583
21,547
15,633 706
44,839
58,336 385
811
69,675
404,819 547 380,026 272
67,936
371,034 404
82,324
107,415 364
65,170
670,062 201
52,194
115,689
9
38,814 1,316,681
42
32,694
(D)
52,581 66,742 39,478 56,543 43,589 25,518
35,117 19,579 25,560
1,155 8,300
1
Year
Harvested Cropland
TANT) DSF, IN.ACRES M
Idle or
PTowabl e
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964
81,594 74,097 79,415 73,695 76,020 80,041 70,740 65,383
7,153
12,858
6,672 7,973 9,482 4,980 5,360 11,571
1969 1974
72,048 64,167
12,681 3,315
See footnotes on last page
2,597 1,668
6,809 5,444 6,293 8,614
9,247 5,154 9,989 4,972
Woodland
59,323 44,145 33,037 56,440 55,125 66,386 68,939 78,476 69,493 54,679 51,226 34,493
Other Land
171 2,416 15,845 7,955 5,856 6,947 6,526 10,407 8,325
10,164 7,497
16,434
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 2t500
*
46
61
57
81
54
71
39
66
31
36
26
69
48
*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
CRISP COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,449 4,628 2,905 4,635 3,686 6,670 5,075 12,950 9,960 12,665 10,365 6,881
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,942 2,294 1,782 2,247 1,908 3,024 2,599 6,998 4,957 6,240 5,218 3,496
Milk Cows
1,912 1,878 1,683
1,712
1,206 1,269
570 254
64 16
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
28,987 31,187 81,370
79,668 118,675
9,733 158,927
92,413
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
15,602 18,317
5,309 10,868
7,592 10,163
9,308 10,720 12,588 11,016 12,361 7,347
3,372 880
1,536 1,063 1,601 1,243 1,961 2,345 2,088 2,612
872
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
26,280 40,805 24,704 35,655 29,746 32,661 20,224 27,652 41,491 39,835 31,197
528
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,997 9,255
19,162
23,702
55,979 75,367 129,008 15,833
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
87,184 119,963 109,547 137,871 174,376 96,842 30,838 104,213 391,237 559,633
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Material
23,915
$ 262,867
64,019
176,623
80,920
129,250
264,286
751 ,324
299,951
643,900
1,135,994
489,379
1,549,599
540,000
2,526,000
Hired
Labor
Thous.
142.3 220.0 467.0 705.0 879.2 900.4 687.8 768.4 838.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,400 13,500 13,800 13,800 13,000 13,000 13,500 13,600 13,100
13,400 15,000 16,000 15,500 12,000
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
310 290 180 220 150 200 180 160 160 140 140 100 100 110
Other
6,250 6,450 6,600 6,700 6,900 7,100 6,400 6,150 5,700 5,900 7,370 7,200 6,600 5,210
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
6,840 6,760 7,020 6,880 5,950 5,700 6,920 7,290 7,240 7,360 7,490 8,700 8,800 6,680
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
11,100 11,900 13,200 12,900 13,900 16,150 15,350 17,850 14,100 11,350
7,600 8,300 9,530
V In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifycation changed "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chickenis sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include onily eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available.-D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
D.C*7 DADE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1978
Dade County was created by Legislative Act of December 25, 1837 from a part of Walker
County and was 9lst in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for Major
Francis Langhorne Dade of the United States Army, a native of Virginia who distinguished
m<c
himself in the Indian wars. Trenton, the county seat, was named for the famous New Jersey capital in the neighborhood of which General Washington achieved one of the most celebrated victories of the Revolutionary War.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 107,520 acres. There
were 213 farms having a total of 33,899 acres with land and buildings valued at $14,440,000.
Dade is a relatively small county, there are only nine in the State that are smaller. The location is not
favorable for production of field crops. In 1974 livestock, poultry and their products accounted for 85 percent N
of the value of all farm products sold whereas crops only accounted for 8 percent.
n
j
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about i\eCelV6CI
55 inches in Dade County. March is the wettest month with an average of just over 6 inches. October, the driest
month, has an average of more than three inches. The mean annual maximum and minimum temperatures are about 72
and 47 degrees, respectively, and the average for the year is just under 60 degrees. The freeze-free season normally extends from about April 12 to late October and averages around 200 days in length.
N0V2 6 197!1
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
441,366
622,105
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
1974
Amount $
i V
1,532,000
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
129,048 89,949
11,870 27,229 4,700 82,536 225,082 55,734 31,719 137,629
29.2 20.4
120,951 97,635
2.7 6.1
1.1 18.7
51.0 12.6
7.2 31.2
18,818 ,4,498
66,190 12,824
422,140 236,601
1,301 184,238
1,398,000
19.4
111,000
15.7
88,000
29,000
3.0 .7
10.6 2.1
67.9 38.1
.2 29.6
44,000 15,000 23,000
77.500 20,500
1,189,000 873,500
315,500 223,500 46,000
46,000
7.9 6.3 2.1
3.1 1.1 1.6
5.6 1.5
85.0 62.5
22.5 15.9
3.3
3.3
Government Payments 1/
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
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
in..ii.
Livestock, Dairy &
y^SHslS.
/N^-Ali Crops 29.2x1^ Hort. Spec. l.U
jMk
jv
|i^--:;: / fK ^rffflf
ii mk y^^SCA1' CrPS 7"9%
\ '~S?
flll^^^^^*^Forestry Prod' 18-7%
^s^
lUPlUW""'
&
Products
1P2o.6u%ltry
^^/jjgr
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)
DADE COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
5,657 5,574 4,572
3,800 3,440 3,600 4,000 3,800 3,900 3,200 2,620 2,200 1,770 1,500 1,370 1,320 1,250 1,070
600 850 550 400 260 400 300 300 650
Acreage Harvested
6,018 6,512 7,065 5,456 5,553 4,502
17.3 17.6 20.9 17.1 18.6 23.8
3,650 3,270 3,380 3,810 3,600 3,800 3,140 2,360 2,080 1,690 1,430 1,340 1,300 1,230 1,060
560 730 500 350 210 320 240 240 460
f
COTTON
19.8 35.1 30.0 32.2 32.8 33.0
29.9 35.2 36.5 35.5 38.5 44.0 35.4
46.3 46.2 34.0
31.5 50.0 49.1
53.8 50.9 67.1
71.7 18.9
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
103,910 114,911 147,677
93,502 103,322 107,293
72,200 114,800 101,400 122,800 118,100 125,300 94,000 83,000 76,000 60,000 55,000 59,000 46,000 57,000 49,000 17,000 23,000 25,000 17,200 11,300 16,300 16,100 17,200
8,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
8
187
3
2,396
108
162
35
647
854
278
474
1,034
1,637
253
829
218
1,198
331
793
1,425
270
769
198
13,170 4,030 7,312 1,662
2,242
380
224
180
410
261
220
350
200
150
270
278
160
200
255
105
390
305
250
380
403
320
370
119
90
220
129
60
250
264
140
220
332
150
240
300
150
110
273
60
10
200
4
70
386
55
60
367
45
70
457
67
90
422
80
70
414
60
180
17.7
140
16.2
50
17.6
90
16.0
40
21.5
70
18.0
50
18.0
40
20.0
30
18.5
20
17.0
20
15.0
20
15.0
3,190 2,270
880 1,440
860 1,260
900 800 555 340
300 300
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
DADE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900- 1974
Total Population
4,578 4,139 3,918 4,146
5,894
7,364
8,666
9,910
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
2,656
2,602
54
3,043
2,930
113
3,690
3,664
26
2,575
3,399
3,358
41
816
816
797
797
1
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
119,040
119,040 119,040 119,040 119,040 105,600 105,600 105,600 105,600 107,520 107,520 107,520 107,520
Percent in Farms
43.9
51.3 47.2 38.1 44.4 51.2 49.4 62.0 56.9 55.8 48.8 33.4 31.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
52,308
61,063 56,232 45,320 52,892 54,016 52,217 65,498 60,034 60,038 52,504 35,928 33,899
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
92 126 106
93 95 94 94 94 99 136 129 153 159
Number
of Farms
566 485 529 486 555 577 557 698 606 441 406 235 213
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
498,770 654,180 1 ,438,320 1,126,902 664,140 1,171,100 1,634,555 4,049,098 3,730,536 6,405,084 4,731,524 6,114,938 14,440,000
Average (dol.)
881 1,349 2,719 2,319 1,197 2,030 2,935 5,801 6,156 14,524 11,654 26,021 67,795
Tractors
28
30 61 159 228 255 232 206 214
Trucks
39
44 118 259 304 204 272 215 195
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
146
45
163
19
211
14
314
32
373
53
257
236
343
245
172
(NA) .
153
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
433 1,291
290 18 46
131 7
143 185 220
2
Production (bushels)
3,860 16,339
3,844 169 868
1,778 201
3,017 6,745 6,300
15
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,065 2,022 2,585 3,819
2,904 2,748 2,454 2,645 2,405 3,083
1,740 2,164
3,121 2,673 2,876 3,257 2,728 4,587
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
120
10,383
185
111
6,606
14,826
198
14,272
120
11,870
155
15,191
94
18,818
39
9,152
25
23,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
10,452
Ibl
34,628
6,740
18,585
4,935
18,988
9,247
10,919
5,901
8,355
4,550
6,095
232
8,174
267
3,921
3,226
1,727
313
374
79
PECANS \Jil .
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
no
24
55
49
84
111
41
125
135
12
SWEET
POTATOES W
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
73
b,3bb
116
9,104
124
13,136
78
6,872
137
15,268
120
8,840
82
7,688
95
7,227
48
3,785
29
4,695
1
268
22
1,440
I AND USE IN ACRES -5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
10,633
10,599
12,607
9,054
10,160
7,982 7,050
4,517
3,045 3,581
3,873 2,244 3,545 3,877 5,337 3,341 3,553 2,273 1,968
367
See footnotes on last page
2,961 2,398 4,703 1,031 4,214
970 3,479 7,266 5,253 6,101
Woodland
40,475 30,152 22,850 35,764 30,255 32,493 38,453 35,587 36,165 32,026 20,705 17,582
Other Land 1,246 4,235 4,394 1,761 2,455 5,348 7,334 12,154
9,791 6,422 4,957 6,268
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
4
4
6
10
6
6
7
7
23
19
10
189
157
*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
DADE COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,894 2,574 3,014 1,788 2,384 2,108 2,315 3,360 3,877 3,728 4,690 3,234 5,498
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
719 1,201 1,234
860 1,079 1,164
997 1,707 2,070 1,885 2,572 1,703 3,029
Milk Cows
649 856 847 734
921
883 813 356 253 59 46
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,010 1,420 16,758 31,290
52,932 20,484 34,175 67,612
1,250 1,484
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,769 2,910 4,202 1,072 1,790 1,653 1,163 2,007 1,730 2,966 1,125 1,011
696
Sows Farrowinq 5/
659 165 191 191 166 237 312 432 192 203 219
Chickens (4 Months and Older) JJ
13,384 16,617 20,755 18,391 19,495 17,390 19,950 22,155 22,134 10,391 36,560 42,472
562
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,193 4,842 8,164
6,749
5,859 32,510 67,508 138,152 587,062 1,065,164
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
61,510 58,723 112,206 132,413 67,301 92,545 95,091 82,056 67,021 31,699 409,596
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 17,698
$ 13,890
$ 15.1
18,024
15,211
18.8
50,092
27.8
47,578
86.6
143,697
56,979
53.6
120,389
59.7
118,928
37,273
22.7
368,616
29,774
78.2
790,000
57,000
66.0
*
USUA tSUMATLS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,000 4,900 5,000 5,100 4,500 4,500 4,700 4,900 4,900 5,000 4,100 3,900 3,800 2,600
Cows 2 years old and older LQ/
Kept for Milk
300 300 270 240 150 150 200 250 300 250 240 200 100 70
Other
2,400 2,400 2,450 2,650 2,750 2,800 1,970 1,880 1,760 1,820 1,980 1,800 1,700 1,240
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,300 2,200 2,280 2,210 1 ,600 1 ,550 2,530 2,770 2,840 2,930 1 ,880 1,900 2,000 1,290
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,150 1,150 1,250 1 ,050 1 ,150 1 ,300 1 ,250 1 ,200
750
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 T954 excludes farms with less tha n 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/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc sification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved
sales. 2/ Excludes Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude hange in definition. 6/
Beginning with 1969 chic lude only eggs sold. 10/
NA - 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-
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
A icoCl
DAWSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1000-1878
Dawson County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1857 from parts of three
counties: Forsyth, Gilraer and Lumpkin, all of which were originally Cherokee. It was 118th
in order of county organization in Georgia and was named for William Crosby Dawson, a noted
ante-bellum statesman and jurist of the State. Dawsonville, the county seat, was also
named for Judge Dawson.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 134,784 acres. There
were 187 farms having a total of 16,015 acres with land and buildings valued at $12,800,000.
I9(0>
The number of farms is only 19 percent of the peak number in 1910. Dawson lies on the upper
edge of the Georgia cotton belt and this enterprise has disappeared with no acres harvested in 1974. Poultry and
poultry products accounted for about 96 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. The value of this
enterprise more than doubled between 1964 and 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
58 inches for Dawson County. Winter is the rainiest season with a second maximum occurring in July. October, _
. .
normally the driest month, has an average of over three inches. Annual totals show large variations from year toR6C6IV6Cl
year, but almost always exceed 40 inches. The average annual temperature is about 59 degrees, and monthly averages
range from around 41 degrees in January to about 76 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 205
days in length, extending usually from around April 8 to October 30.
mw O C 1Q7Q
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
2,328,886
5,307,629
1974 Amount $
13,675,000
DOCUMENTS i ifil LIBRARIES
* V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
77,100
3.3
67,393
2.9
%
3,841
.2
5,866
, .2
29,912 21,831
7,046 1,035
13,608,000
.6
90,000
.6
.4
84,000
.6
66,500
.5
17,500
.1
.2
6,000
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
39,137
2,212,649 2,163,637
1,500 47,512
(D)
1.7
51,263
1.0
10,000
.1
95.0
5,225,310
98.4
13,508,000
99.3
92.9
5,099,644
96.1
13,102,000
96.3
.1
6,462
.1
2.0
119,204
2.2
A(N0A))
149,000
1.1
191,000
1.4
(D)
Government Payments 3/
2,000
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
All Crops & Forestry Products 5.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops & Forestry *"* Products 0.7%
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)
DAWSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
narvesiea rieia for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested " Yield
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
8,206 8,015 4,594
14,622 11,753 12,778 8,004 7,963 4,587
3,880 3,370 2,900 2,500 2,300 2,000 1,620 1,280 1,140 1,270 1,050
870 730 740 630 580 470 600 650 800 1,200 1,100 1,200 1,450
3,740 3,270 2,750 2,410 2,300 1,900 1,550 1,250 1,060 1,210
1,020 850 730 720
610 510 380
550 550
700 1,080
980 1,060
430
ACl cdijc
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
13.1 14.2 18.7 11.8 10.6 16.0
15.2 34.1 30. G 27.8 34.9 30.0 32.3 37.6 32.1 33.9 27.5 29.4 30.1 54.2 44.3 54.9 39.5 41.8 40.0 94.0 100.5 74.0 80.4 54.9
Bales
191,980 166,707 238,981 94,709 84,297 73,564
57,000 111 ,500 82,500 67,000 80,300 57,000 50,000 47,000 34,000 41,000 28,000 25,000 22,000 39,000 27,000 28,000 15,000 23,000 22,000 65,800 108,500 72,500 85,200 23,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
'
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage " Yield Harvested per acre
Production (bushels)
Pr(rnUrUiiUJPLLtinI unn
3,167
209
1,172
5,213
238
2,480
5,202
236
2,454
3,973
259
1,543
2,308
288
1,329
750
105
158
200
250
110
210
200
85
140
157
50
60
167
20
20
300
15
40
300
25
60
233
30
50
120
15
15
200
5
10
200
5
5
400
5
5
200
2
5
200
2
2,602 736
1,089 368
199
310 220 210 200 80 120 90 100 40 50 20 20 20
80
15.3 15.3 18.7 17.5 20.0 19.5 22.0 20.5 20.5 20.0 15.0 20.0 21.0
36.3
9,880 5,858 6,829 2,661
2,571
4,750 3,360 3,930 3,500 1 ,600 2,340 1 ,980 2,050
820 1,000
300 400 420
2,900
60
26.5
1,590
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
DAWSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900 - 1974
Total Populati on
5,442 4,686 4,204 3,502
4,479
3,712
3,590
3,639
EARM POPUlAnoT
Total
White
NonWhite
3,296
3,254
42
3,781
3,781
3,928
3,928
3,056
3,042
3,042
1,076
1,076
428
428
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
138,240 138,240 138,240 138,240 138,240 136,320 136,320 136,320 136,320 133,760 133,760 134,784 134,784
Percent in Farms
80.7
71.1 63.8
51.6 60.3 47.2 56.7 71.9 59.9 23.5 26.9 15.9 11.9
"All Land in Farms (acres) 111,545
98,345 88,130 71 ,377 83,406 64,314 77,348 98,063 81 ,679 31,396 35,999 21,424 16,015
verage
ze Farms (acres)
TTT
101 104 104 114 105 110 149 135
96 106
93 86
Number
of Farms
976 976 845 685 729 614
702 660 605 327 339 231 187
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.
520,340
928,094 1,759,304
947,582 738,065 706,701 1,039,330 1,603,140 3,182,905 1,944,015 6,690,843 7,116,107 12,800,000
Average
(dol.) 533
951 2,082 1,383 1,012 1,151 1,481 2,429 5,261 5,945 19,737 30,805 68,447
Tractors
32
21 53 84 198 168 233 275 210
Trucks
66
34 134 262 270 188 283 259 230
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
259
125
248
4
351
8
321
5
336
62
277
121
398
246
218
(NA)
224
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 17
Threshed (acres)
T2TT
550 305
37 84 238 234 184
162 30
2
Production (bushels)
4,290 5,356 2,209
355 794 3,408 3,646 4,037 3,791 845
30
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
643 136 701 365
1,402 994 277 566 558 676
159 692
1,168 957 415 746
1,029 1,338
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
92
2,530
63
204
3,109
2,147
168
3,654
114
3,841
52
1,620
63
7,046
53
6,200
23
6,000
PEACHES 1/J/
ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
25,625
14,545
10,674
8,009 5,504 7,050 12,620 3,651
849 313 207
8,952 906
2,406 2,724
6,048
3,477 110 573 29 2
PECANS 1/1/
"ATT Trees
(number)
Production (pounds ) 150
770
87
672
240
892
45
146
738
176
767
68
544
24
145
83
6
-SWETT
POTATOES !>*/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
157
12,844*
184
18,637
246
16,128
140
10,821
134
11,757
109
9,716
144
8,846
30
2,911
4
1,173
2
389
1
225
Year
Harvested Cropland
IdleLANoDr-USE, Fallow
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
13,752 15,619 13,193 11,790
7,630 5,610 2,532 1,778 1,437 1,769
6,700 7,667
2,916 7,044
8,778 5,260 2,332
2,120 1,379
495
See footnotes on last page
-5X PlowabTe Pasture
1,784 3,801 3,957 3,451 1,015
306 2,028 1,341 3,951 2,547
Woodland
57,424 53,193 46,011 50,030 38,703 48,373 74,727 58,398 21,439 25,384 10,608
7,192
Other Land 7,049 5,608 3,086 5,954 5,446 6,648 5,913 12,105 3,065 5,376 4,049 4,012
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
36
62
51
54
16
16
5
11
2
10
5
78
72
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
DAWSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,587 2,374 2,280 1,165 1,589 1,118 1,336 1,281 1,821 1,367 2,788 2,875 4,560
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,196 1,408 1,233
731 928 755 893 640 932 574 1,332 1,493 2,638
Milk Cows
1,023 1,214 1,218
729
730
615 764 307 405 194 130
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
200 95
627 625
570 1,635
581 2,191 4,825 1,119
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,759 2,622 2,732
680 993 861 1,071 1,841 1,766 1,975 860 810 1,430
Sows Farrowing 5/
249 35 63 61 94
212 291 357 165 148
60
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
13,218 19,073 25,114 16,217 20,853 15,971 19,300 11,094 67,130 103,986 131,128 244,105 608,612
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
18,523 12,184 10,138
12,470
1,718,777 3,023,255 3,781,005 8,044,210 10,897,924 9,576,810
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
83,710 101,948 85,422 93,984 71,681 53,606 107,868 70,472 265,658 1,090,037 2,069,458
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTIJRF
Heed for Livestock
and Poultry
Fertilizer
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor
$
7,729
5,528
1,240,149
737,130
1,473,015
1,610,970
3,071,761
4,371,904
9,182,000
$ 29,557 22,233
37,507
23,948 49,444 86,000
$ 3.8 3.0 9 4
10.6 20.6
5.8 278.4 106.0 511.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,950 2,800 2,800 3,000 3,000 3,100 3,500 3,700 3,700 3,500 4,100 5,000 4,800 4,500
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
Other
490
950
450
900
330
950
360
1,000
280
1 ,050
250
1,100
200
1 ,450
200
1,850
200
2,030
180
2,050
160
2,190
100
2,600
100
2,700
100
2,350
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
1,510 1,450 1 ,520 1,640 1,670 1,750 1 ,850 1 ,650 1,470 1,370 1,750 2,300 2,000 2,050
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
850 850 950 850 900 1,050 1 ,000 950 1,200 1,450
950 900 800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes T954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of chlange in definition. cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc ude only eggs sold. sification changed--"Cows and hei fers 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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DECATUR COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1878
Decatur County was created by Legislative Act of December 8, 1823 from part of Early
County and was 58th in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for Stephen
Decatur, an illustrious American Commodore who was killed in a duel by James Barron, an
officer of the same rank. When first organized Decatur included a part of Grady County.
Bainbridge, the county seat, was named for William Bainbridge, a gallant naval officer who
at one time was commander of the famous frigate Constitution. The town was first known as
Fort Hughes and was founded under a commission form of government under three commissioners
A settlement existed here as early as 1810 and the old fort commanded a bend in the Flint
River about a miles distance from the site of the present, frewn.
Accordinq to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 368,192 acres making it 13th in size among
counties in the State. There were 620 farms having a total of 192,315 acres with land and buildings valued at
$81,366,000. Peanuts are the most important cash crop. Corn usually occupies over one-half of the harvested
CrP Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about Received
52 inches for Decatur County. July averages almost seven inches of rainfall and is the wettest month. October,
with an average of about two and one-half inches, is the driest. but fall between 45 and 60 inches about 60 percent of the time.
Annual totals show large year The average annual temperature
to is
yearJa"atl0n.snv/ almost 68 NUV
9 6
R
b
1Q7Q
ItJ/*J
decrees and monthly averages range from just over 81 degrees in July and August to around 52 degrees in January.
The freeze-free growing season averages about 250 days, extending usually from around mid-March to just before
mid-November.
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
Amount T19- 64 %
5,889,192
9,417,596
1974 Amount $
23,510,000
UGA LIBRARIES "T7
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 8. LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,444,174 4,337,381
82,053 24,740 50,800 159,195 1,235,023 173,301 194,576 867,146
75.5 73.6
1.4 .4 .8
2.7 21.0
3.0 3.3 14.7
5,505,196 5,213,149
218,524 73,523
CD)
310,883 3,401,517 1 ,158,620
311,146 1,931,751
58.5 55.4
2.3
3.3 36.1 12.3
3.3 20.5
23,318,000
14,210,500 13,868,500
4,990,500 432,500 80,000 129,500
8,236,000 264,000 78,000
703,000
118,000
8,286,500 1,917,000
406,000 5,963,500 2,228,000 3,731,500
3,000 1,000
61.0 59.5 21.4
1.9 .3 .6
35.3 1.1 .4
3.0
.5
35.5 8.2 1.7 25.6 9.6 16.0
20,000
Government Payments 2/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
2/ from only
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
horticultural Spec. 0.8!
^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.7%
Forestry Products 2.7% Poultry & Poultry ' Products 3.0% Dairy Products 3.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ -Horticultural Spec. 3.0%
Other Livestock & ivestock Prod. 25.6%
Forestry Products 0.5%
ultry & Poultry
Products 8.2% Dairy Products 1.7%
J
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 1 976 1977
All
(acres)
41,630 47,009 41,927
54,530 53,050 56,400 60,500 58,900 58,200 52,400 47,000 44,700 50,400 47,300 43,300 43,300 43,700 42,200 35,700 37,400 38,900 37,700 41,000 42,500 43,400 50,800 48,900
DECATUR 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.)
56,817 49,661 80,762 38,583 43,256 31,073
43,370 43,640 46,440 50,460 50,500 50,200 44,700 41,500 38,300 43,000 42,100 38,200 39,500 40,200 37,000 31,000 34,600 37,300 36,000 40,160 41,700 42,200 49,600 23,300
8.2 12.7 11.9 10.9 7.6 11.1
17.6 21.2 23.6 26.8 32.5 29.0 30.8 39.9 28.8 36.4 30.2 41.8 35.7 51.0 36.8 25.3 34.8 44.8 35.0 42.0 57.0 69.0 76.4 34.9
465,260 631 ,472 962,492 419,561 328,839 343,942
763,500 926,600 1,097,700 1 ,351 ,800 1,642,900 1,457,100 1,376,000 1,656,000 1,104,000 1 ,565,000 1,270,000 1 ,597,000 1,411,000 2,049,000 1,360,000 784,000 1,204,000 1,670,000 .1,260,000 1 ,686,700 2,376,800 2,913,500 3,790,500 814,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110 110 120 250 370 500 730 3,000 1,800 950 2,000 3,600 6,700 8,200 8,830 11,320 8,580 8,740
15.5 16.5 20.0
9.5 18.5 19.0 18.0 21.0 16.0 28.0 20.0 28.0 19.0 24.9 26.5 26.9 28.2 27.9
Production
(bushels)
1,705 1,815 2,400 2,375 6,845 9,500 13,140 63,000 28,800 26,600 40,000 100,800 127,300 204,200 234,000 304,500 242,000 243,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested j>er acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs)
22,521 29,216 22,475 11,986
5,023 2,104
4,670 3,660 3,830 2,960 1,910 3,560 3,380 2,820 2,030 2,000 2,240 1,700 1,010
440 670 155
90 150 550 505 395
150
6,592
172
10,053
116
5,228
155
3,713
94
948
204
860
238
2,320
240
1,830
154
1,230
253
1,560
469
1,870
239
1,770
300
2,120
243
1,430
301
1,280
456
1,910
338
1,580
241
850
270
570
198
180
240
335
103
35
133
25
387
120
327
375
289
305
276
225
1,261 1,404
882 1,336 1,035
957
435 430 390 205 255 300 305 315 335 320 280 225 320 270 255 255 220 290 280 320 260 280 370 265
1,023 1,251 1,115 1,205 1,082 1,247 1,387 1,543 1,555 1,647 1,275 1,400 1,442 1,878 1,495 1,150 1,875 1,532 1,440 1,185 1,714 1,800 1 ,616 2,183
681 1 ,133
783 1 ,331
784 974
445 538 435 247 276 374 423 486 521 527 357 315 461 507 381 293 413 444 403 379 446 504 598 R7Q
19,997 22,915
16,480 17,140 16,870 16,840 16,840 16,830 15,960 15,970 16,050 16,230 16,350 16,575 16,475 16,410 16,600 17,290 17,490 17,650 17,635 17,700 17,767 18,198 18,454 18,290
9,381 18,698
973
16,040
1 ,146
19,649
1,063
17,932
981
16,517
1 ,222
20,585
1 ,047
17,615
1 ,159
18,498
1 ,372
21 ,915
1 ,363
21,872
1 ,509
24,494
1 ,755
28,691
1 ,759
29,162
1 ,703
28,063
1,782
29,238
1,814
30,111
1,669
28,853
2,293
40,099
2,601
45,915
2,665
47,004
2,883
51,030
3,785
67,246
3,904
71,047
3,607
66,555
3.,1KCI 1 58.159
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
29,454 29,045 31,785 23,622
22,234
23,620
25,203
22,310
DECATUR COUNTY DATA FROM THE U S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE., 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,352 11,644 11,331
7,811 8,285
4,243
2,661
6,173 5,806 5,922
4,502
2,665
1,809
5,179 5,838 5,409
3,783
1,578
852
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
526,720 526,720 373,120 373,120 391,680 391,680 391 ,680 391,680 375,040 375,040 368,192 368,192
75.9 82.3 63.4 67.1 60.7 62.6 69.3 69.9 68.8 70.6 56.4 52.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
414,260 399,874 433,521 236,575 250,355 237,782 245,008 271,537 273,756 258,187 264,749 207,520 192,315
Average Size Farms
(acres)
134 132 139 136 124 152 146 167 210 246 308 296 310
Number of Farms
3,082 3,025 3,109 1,744 2,016 1,563 1,683 1,630 1,306 1,049
859 700 620
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,882,420 5,700,509 13,671,055 4,672,201 3,306,868 3,914,717 4,627,347 11,603,970 10,421,880 25,534,758 30,352,765 37,581 ,551 81,366,000
Average (dol.)
611 1,884 4,397 2,679 1,640 2,505 2,749 7,119 7,980 24,342 35,335 53,687 131,235
Tractors
30
80 210 562 911 1,163 1,047 902 881
Trucks
121
181 348 576 803 1,069 948 856 823
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
595
52
485
39
488
59
754
151
881
110
920
565
895
595
589
(NA)
552
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
5,167 6,238 6,403
289 333 163 581 541 1,538 400 845 590 444
Production (bushels)
41,190 100,612 100,176
3,196 5,475 3,090 12,940 14,235 34,785 12,558 33,170 30,889 14,232
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,793 6,647 9,336 17,174
15,577 8,465 2,466 4,514 1,625 2,933
2,351 2,630
6,125 4,659 3,231 5,122 3,639 8,183
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
463 873 375
1,015 1,069
787 1,092
307 359
28,271
11,450 77,290 73,622 82,053 123,119 218,524 101,899 264,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
16,187
441
7,731
260
13,361
10,748
10,767
2,450
5,939
3,724
7,907
3,084
4,223
3,893
1,342
374
202
16
16,050
3,651
21,086
7,795
154
43
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
810
20,739
11,851
89,874
20,159
29,282
23,067
23,530 18,902 14,520 17,621 13,438 24,419
443,998 331 ,691 250,050
70,640 44,085 124,036 357,608 170,344
SWEE1
POTATOES 1/2/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushel sj
1,604
93,937
1,458
109,768
2,319
217,932
1,046
87,301
1,482
101,918
874
51,242
443
38,444
322
22,200
80
6,485
51
5,126
8
1 ,054
7
513
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
72,164 86,824 83,451 92,082 83,152 80,506 79,754 74,042 57,254 66,295
16,879 7,817 8,247 3,473 14,456 6,142 7,214 21,590 24,965 8,554
See footnotes on last page.
7,521 4,223 8,316 7,614 15,030 11,765 11,697 7,474
18,857 21 ,797
Woodland
266,170 235,356 130,037 139,864. 123,824 126,332 147,590 154,770 139,142 132,871
80,978 67,981
Other Land
3,669 21,083
9,380 10,581 12,911 15,201 11,309 20,573 20,380 28,772 25,466 27,688
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
*
62
58
69
72
81
94
74
116
87
96
63
264
184
*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
DECATUR COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
22,841 32,978 25,392 .10,070 14,813 9,528 14,543 9,891 17,825 15,684 23,694 21,937 29,136
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
10,025 18,106 12,919
5,369 6,434 4,587 5,137 5,489 9,200 8,139 11,567 11,291 15,019
Milk Cows
6,129 6,190 4,421 2,810
2,565
2,482 2,095 1,724 1,070
732 614
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
12,439 19,537 39,829 89,431
66,930 295,235 181 ,109 410,297 326,381 597,305
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
34,133 47,019 59,619 15,982 20,837 18,832 26,862 25,999 25,645 32,424 34,555 41,253 30,798
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,624 3,636 3,599 3,124 3,688 3,751 4,524 5,937 7,142 8,870 7,209
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
65,742 61,065 85,192 50,345 61,221 52,021 83,230 51,126 59,772 66,416 179,426 200,566 194,359
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
31 ,261 40,866 30,567
55,727
98,258 97,186 246,934 474,466 419,986
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
232,560 206,286 332,604 282,528 272,523 320,121 539,513 193,721 362,393 583,438 2,239,247
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 36,298 $ 207,930
$ 209.3
69,285
145,033
214.0
131,472
776 7
273,365
853.4
413,505
735,683
895.7
770,415
1,462.8
1,431,549
1,591,330
1,283.3
1,996,556
1,438,522
1,385.4
3,641,000
3,245,000
1 ,263.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
25,100 24,500 23,950 24,300 24,300 24,500 25,800 25,900 26,000 26,500 29,600 28,500 27,700 25.700
Cows 2 years old and older 1J/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,300 1,250
990 990 850 900 800 700 650 490 520 500 500 790
11,000 11,300 11,450 11,600 11,950 12,400 12,000 12,000 11,750 12,150 13,480 13,700 13,000 12.200
All Other Cattle and Calves
12,800 11,950 11,510 11,710 11,500 11,200
13,000 13,200 13,600 13,860 15,600 14,300 14,200 12,710
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
34,800 38,300 42,450 43,000 46,450 53,900 51,200 49,100 48,800 42,400 31,000 39,500 45,000
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20
hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
Beginnmg with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older lude only eggs sold. K)/ i,, 1971 and thereafter clas-
NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
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DEKALB COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-187B
DeKalb County was created by Legislative Act of December 9. 1822
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Geforrogmi.Haer,r>W;he^nw1ff"ir^st"
for Barren Johann
DeKalb, a gallant Frenchman who accompanied LaFayette to America. Decatur, the county seat,
was named for Conmodore Stephen Decatur, one of the most noted Amen can heroes. ^Kalb County is the home of Agnes Scott College, a Presbyterian Institution and one of the foremost
colleges in the south for the higher education of women. Stone Mountain, said to be tne
largest exposed body of stone in America, is in the county.
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Arrordina to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 171,968 acres. There were 98 farms having d
?74 total of 6 968 acres with land nd buildings valued at $10,331,000. DeKalb was an important """cultural county
in the 1930's when 15?531 people were classified as farm population and over 40,000 acres of crops were "arveste
A large port on of the county is now urbanized. All livestock, poultry and their products accounted for over
80 percent of"the value of ail farm products sold in 1974.
nrprinitation of RSCei'VCCl
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual P^^^ctlvely,
around 48 inches for DeKalb County. The wettest and driest months are normally March and October, respect!veiy
with averages ofaround six inches and two and one-half inches of rainfall The average annual temperature is
about 62 Agrees and monthly averages range from near 79 degrees in J" > .^'"""J^.J^Xember The freeze-free season averages about 220 days extending usually from late March to early November.
N0V l 6 '9'9
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount
1964 Amount F
1,825,958
2,334,005
1974 Amount $
2,379,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
TT7
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
118,543
6.5
60,923
3.3
58,678 49,663
2,327,000
2.5
52,000
2.2
2.1
42,500
1.8
41,000
1.8
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
46,985 10,635
43,895
20,959
1,642,561 466,823 739,225 436,513
2.6 .6
2.4
1.1
90.0 25.6 40.5 23.9
5,931 3,084
135,030
23,719
2,116,578 1,102,079
665,688 348,811
.3 .1
5.8
1.0
90.7 47.2 28.5 15.0
(Z) 1,000 9,500
308,000
4,000
1,963,000
(D) (D) 174,000 136,000 4,000 2,000 32,000
13.2 .2
84.4
7.5 5.8
.2 .1 1.4
Government Payments II 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
for
1974
may
nott
aadddd
dduuee
ttoo
ddiissccloossuureresaannad
uom,is>s.ions, .
Z2/ / from
JZL
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock Imnorrpe sa1PleSs. PPeerrcceennttaaggeess for 1954 included in total for computation
percentages for 1974 were computed using **! "' and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 1/ Available of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the
only unit
for 1974, reported.
not D -
Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.9%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 7.5%
Forestry Products & " Hort. Spec. 3.53!
* All Crops 6.5%
^_Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 13.4%
r*- All Crops 2.2%
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)
18,877 13,970 4,351
3,090 2,680 2,300 2,000 1,900 1,500 1,170
920 890 1,390 1,150 940 810 830 680 330 330 200 150 150 250 200 200
DEKALB COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954- 977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
24,220 20,447 21,575 16,317 12,739
4,018
1,940 1,700 1,510 1,340 1,300 1,050
870 580 500 730 630 520 450 470 440 280 280 190 100
no
200 170 160
11.3 12.5 13.9 11.1
9.6 15.2
14.6 26.3 24.0 20.4 27.1 26.7 21.8 27.6 32.0 45.2 54.0 51.9 44.4 53.2 52.3 25.0 25.0 52.6 40.0 45.5 46.5 52.4 48.8
274,260 255,522 298,863 180,774 121,944
61,225
28,400 44,700 36,200 27,300 35,200 28,000 19,000 16,000 16,000 33,000 34,000 27,000 20,000 25,000 23,000 7,000 7,000 10,000 4,000 5,000 9,300 8,900 7,800
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Production (bushels) .
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
18,944 25,426 34,000 14,232
4,895 1,166
560 570 490 260
140 240 215 170 120
70 30 40 45
5 20
5
211 222 250 185 189 161
282 305 173 250 350 250 256 218 200 243 400 375 222 200 100 200
7,445 11,268 17,014
5,270 1,852
375
330 360 180 140 100 130 110
75 50 40 25 30 21
2 5 2
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
TTiTC-- per acre
Production
3,041 1,407
895 298
190
210 180
90 80 30 50 90 40
20 20 10 10
14.4 13.4 19.7 19.5 22.0 23.0 25.0 25.0
23.0 22.5 23.0 24.0
21 ,590 15,740
6,805 2,606
2,347
3,020 2,410 i,770 1,560
660 1,150 2,250 1,000
460 450 230 240
70
20.0
1,400
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
DEKALB COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
21,112 27,881 44,051 70,278
86,942
136,395
256,782
415,387
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
13,426 15,531 11,174 11,272
6,322
786
2,002
10,094 12,371
8,876
5,348
676
1,638
3,332 3,160 2,298
974
no
364
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
174,080 174,080 174,080 174,080 174,080 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 171,968 171,968
Percent in Farms
86.5 82.3 72.4 64.0 71.5 53.3 57.0 33.4 31.4 20.6 14.3
5.2 4.1
All Land in Farms (acres)
150,651 143,241 126,000 111,418 124,447
91 ,754 98,141 57,580 54,055 34,439 24,697
8,916 6,968
Average Size Farms
(acres)
~W
54 43 47 46 47 39 51 52 92 125 78 71
Number
of Farms
T7Z7r 2,678 2,903 2,398
2,693
1,957 2,516 1,125
1,048
375 197 115
98
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
(dol-) 3,268,570 6,516,325 13,502,512 10,286,305 8,839,563 6,922,201 11,343,347 13,421,250 15,674,936 17,904,375 21,390,654 8,646,318 10,331,000
Average
(dol.)
1,437 2,433 4,651 4,290 3,282 3,537 4,508 11,930 14,957 47,745 108,582 75,185 105,422
Tractors
97
116 247 326 455 440 255 100 108
Trucks
440
426 567 397 444 288 190
87 98
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,177
1,180 1,824 1,091
965 544 311 89 82
212
291 647 566 831 379 197 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) TT65T
2,831 307 171 336 533
1,009 462 510 296 163 5
Production
(bushels)
14,840 47,690
4,640 4,910
4,070 9,641 20,325 11,079 11,227 6,950 7,690
125
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,521 1,598 4,366 3,545
2,690 2,874 2,768 1,244
615 313
2,304 4,854
2,196 2,675 3,433 1,597
626 548
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,050 1,001
606
444 312 409
65 41 21
74,935
25,694 152,140 47,382 46,985
32,640 5,931 8,363 9,000
PEACHES 1/3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels) 44,442 TTTTT
69,327 34,986
24,481 2,744
29,168
2,466
24,865 11,930
26,277
9,375
25,977
4,135
10,300
44
1,951 3,205
559 320
465 4,079
23
31
PECANS 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
3,858 2,974
516 8,385 1,031
1,769
1,328 949 592 170
6,832 10,582
1,052 4,084 10,888
80
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
785
63,759
965
83,414
789
71,996
593
44,511
892
63,823
536
31,701
419
30,320
70
5,336
45
2,925
33
3,818
16
1,401
lANn USE IOSEE U
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Ploiwwaabbllee Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
39,262 40,997 29,267 32,657 10,116
8,084 5,411 3,752 1,129
751
15,043
13,616 10,268
9,852 8,391 6,340
392 1,610
942 177
See footnotes on last page.
10,019 6,266 10,006 7,733 8,859 10,124
7,329 3,273 4,467 2,103
Woodland 54,825 42,648 32,173
47,811 30,457 28,959 19,630 20,227 10,392
9,178
1,507
1,850
Other Land 16,3/0 9,537 13,732
14,961 10,563 18,641 10,584
9,280 6,915 6,884
871 2,087
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
*
5
9
1
2
3
6
3
6
5
10
12
82
69
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
DEKALB COUNTY STATISTICS - U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES
HHHHHHMHHIHHHHSHHHHHMBHHHBIHBH
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
8,273 9,708 8,357 8,809 12,069 8,582 11,779 7,532 8,859 5,719 4,568 3,066 2,495
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,537 7,215 5,520 6,455 8,609 6,021 7,342 4,491 4,378 2,866 2,529 1,394 1,493
Milk Cows 4,118 6,382 5,428 6.407
5,959
3,691 2,874 1 ,585 1,074
771 612
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 721 ,948 865,229 977,970
2,052,202
2,578,362 2,972,665 1,801,292 1,479,330
553,449 106,427
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,512 3,990 7,032 2,477 3,604 3,428 6,852 3,449 4,400 3,415 2,165
86 114
Sows Farrowing 5/
827
477
265
441
514
300
687
465
490
10
14
|
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) IS
45,375 55,127 68,278 63,541 70,416 56,273 96,447 49,308 84,690 123,546 185,689 41,759
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
33,995 16,414 44,549
45,790
75,678 236,423 155,933 333,125
28,051 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 3/
210,020 306,581 207,835 461,072 293,710 350,031 728,480 257,395 691 ,422 1,556,844 2,246,052
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertillzer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Ferti1izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 663,900 $ 96,796
$ 209.2
561,812
59,038
294.9
1,442,108
413.7
762,797
423.0
1,108,540
94,990
274.1
1,288,280
286.3
1,049,991
98,654
258.3
362,064
39,265
140.1
813,000
35,000
151.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and Calves
4,850 4,700 4,700 4,000 5,000 4,500 4,500 4,000 3,600 3,600 3,800 3,000 2,900 1,900
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
1,300 1,250 1,170
880 850 800 750 720 700 530 480 550 540 560
Other
1,500 1,450 1,600 1 ,300 1,350 1,400
890 730 530 540 580 400 300 210
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,050 2,000 1,930 1,820 2,800 2,300 2,860 2,550 2,370 2,430 2,740 2,050 2,060 1,130
December 1 All Hogs and P\gs 2,200 1,250 650
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 txc ludes farms with less thanH5-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. TT- Data withheld to avoid disclosure
of information for individual farms.
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DODGE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
19M-187B
Dodge County was created by the Legislative Act of October 26, 1870 from parts of
Montgomery, Pulaski and Telfair Counties and was 134th in order of county organization in
Georgia. It was named for William E. Dodge, a wealthy financier of New York, who through
his sawmill operations had much to do with the development of south Georgia. Eastman, the
<?76
county seat, was named for W. P. Eastman of New Hampshire who came to Georgia in 1870 and was associated with Mr. Dodge in developing the lumbering industry in that part of the State.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 318,976 acres. There
were 577 farms having a total of 167,214 acres with land and buildings valued at $54,425,000.
The number of farms is only 18 percent of the peak number in 1920. In 1974, 52 percent of the total land area was
in farms and 34 percent of the farm land was in harvested crops. This compares to 90 percent of the land area in
farms in 1935 and 53 percent of the farm land in harvested crops. Corn generally occupies about 50 percent of
the harvested cropland and supports sizeable enterprises of swine and beef cattle.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 47 inches for Dodge County. Annual totals may vary considerably from year to year but fall between 40 and 55
Received
inches in almost three-fourths of the years. The wettest and driest months are normally July and November with
averages of about five and one-half inches and two and one-fourth inches respectively. The mean annual temperature
is just under 66 degrees and monthly means range from about 81 degrees in July and August to around 49 degrees in K\n\j o 1Q7C January and December. The freeze-free season averages about 250 days, extending usually from about March 12 to IN U V C O 13/
mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
3,051,475
5,118,239
1974 Amount $
15,465,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
% 1/
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
1,802,244 1,753,564
44,312 4,368 10,000
214,807 1,024,424
234,243 107,383 682,798
59.1 57.5
2,968,630 2,879,253
1.5
78,581
.1
11,096
.3
(D)
7.0
614,925
33.6
1,528,684
7.7
520,215
3.5
59,615
22.4
948,854
58.0 56.3
1.5 .2
12.0 29.9 10.2
1.2 18.5
15,306,000
8,865,000 8,741,500 2,490,000
435,000 2,351,000
180,000 3,285,500
76,500 47,000
(D) (D)
5,916,000 2,057,000
(D) (NA) 726,000 3,102,000
(D)
57.9 57.1 16.3
2.8 15.3
1.2 21.5
.5 .3
38.7 13.4
4.7 20.3
Government Payments 1/
52,000
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^Al Warms .^ 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. & Forestry Prod. 7.3%
Poultry & Poultry
^^
Products
7.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Prod.
3.4%
Poultry & Poultry Products 13.4%
Other Livestock, Dairy
& their Products 25.9%
v. Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products
25.3%
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)
51,129 70,316 43,731
44,990 40,700 39,000 38,000 37,400 38,200 31,200 27,400 23,900 23,400 20,300 19,930 20,000 21,300 21,700 21,650 21,700 26,450 24,400 29,000 32,400 33,500 38,850 ,35,900
DODGE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
33,627 42,568 68,387 50,311 68,201 33,580
16,280 23,120 23,420 23,140 22,800 23,600 19,600 18,100 16,900 16,400 15,000 14,560 14,800 17,400 17,400 18,500 16,000 22,850 21,400 24,900 29,200 32,800 38,100 16,600
8.2 11.2 8.8
9.7 6.2 11.9
5.3 20.5 20.0 21.3 27.0 17.7 28.2 26.2 20.5 39.0 34.5 41.6 40.3 56.1 21.6 26.2 28.7 50.1 44.0 46.0 46.4 42.4 44.1 10.0
274,210 476,412 603,832 487,482 423,620 398,195
86,400 474,000 468,400 493,600 615,300 418,400 552,000 475,000 346,000 639,000 517,000 605,000 596,000 977,000 375,000 485,000 459,000 1,145,000 941,600 1,145,400 1,355,700 1,391,100 1,679,800 165,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
250 210 230 250 220 330 440 640 2,500 2,000 2,300 4,000 5,600 6,600 7,020 6,540 8,030 7,270
9,700
13.0 25.0
13.0 17.5 15.0 18.0 15.5 25.0 26.0 18.5 28.0 22.0 25.0 10.5 21.1 25.0 27.9 23.4 17.8
Production
(bushels)
3,250 5,250 2,990 4,375 3,300 5,940 6,820 16,000 65,000 37,000 64,400 ' 88,000 140,000 69,300 148,100 163,500 224,000 170,100 172,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yiel<T
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.)
29,244
175
10,253
2
57,232
226
25,856
64,637
80
10,379
604
59,579
162
19,329
148
29,605
228
13,506
311
21,952
148
6,477
421
15,480
242
7,830
640
13,540
305
8,600
590
13,020
346
9,420
515
8,730
314
5,710
240
4,905
394
4,030
130
10,150
356
7,530
360
9,730
375
7,610
340
11,200
387
9,040
355
11,790
323
7,950
390
10,600
443
9,820
375
10,520
483
10,610
345
10,250
444
9,520
300
6,350
428
5,670
340
5,750
406
4,880
360
7,100
320
4,760
275
7,250
331
5,000
300
7,200
361
5,400
265
7,500
462
7,200
370
8,300
355
6,200
370
8,515
451
.8,000
275
10,400
430
9,300
260
4,470
377
3,520
330
6,350
311
4.980
183
4,110
365
1.900
405
578 1,125 1,212
888 1,292 1,069 1,285 1,332 1,310 1,400 1,467 1,413 1,024 1,789 1,300 1,302 1,612 1,395 1,390 1,484 1,994 1,855 1,552 1,527
1
201
154
201
3,331
434
11,037
370
4,170
664
7,370
624
7,530
213
7,270
168
7,170
385
6,630
437
6,250
473
6,030
511
5,520
525
6,130
506
6,185
424
6,275
348
6,040
644
5,985
358
6,900
391
6,990
427
7,105
516
7,310
514
7,210
408
7,405
518
7,458
612
7,959
f5i6ia6
1
8,072 7.996
327 799 916 711 966 854 957 971 697 1,066
1,356
1,355 1,500
1,867
1,320
1,586
2,229
2,434
2,026 2,128
3,009
3,163 2,537 ?rR47
2,130 8,062
1 ,365 5,892 6,900 5,171 6,923 5,663 5,980 5,854 3,849 6,535 8,389 8,502 9,063 11,172 9,111 11,084 15,837 17,790 14,606 15,757 22,443 25,177
Ml$
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,975 20,127 22,540 21,599
21,022
17,865
16,483
15,658
DODGE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,516 15,352 14,985
9,175 9,457
4,428
2.194
9,989 9,831 10,112
6,586
2,883
1,530
5,527 5,521 4,873
2,871
1.545
664
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
275.840 275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 318,976 318,976
Percent in Farms
85.4 89.3 87.1 76.3 90.5
75.5 69.1 82.4 76.9 65.4 54.6 56.6 52.4
All Land
in Farms (acres) 235,508 246,424 240,324 210,474
249,691 241,046 220,819 263,264 245,679 208,757 174,390 180,415 167,214
Average
Size Farms (acres) IbO 92 76 80 99 119 113 133 160 201 282
270 290
Number of Farms
2,668 3,156 2,619 2,523 2,033 1,953 1,979 1,533 1,040
619 667 577
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
4,071,257 9,407,157 5,575,159 4,183,223 4,813,531 5,192,505 9,449,725 9,671,697 17,854,720 20,502,518 32,008,113 54,425,000
1,526 2,981 2,129 1,658 2,368
2,659 4,775 6,309 17,168 33,122 47,988
94,324
Tractors
11
57 125 463 739 966 699 801 745
Trucks
62
182 271 561 759 787 647 650 701
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
715
178
586
82
644
66
841
98
891
242
705
412
604
384
538
(NA)
540
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,789 2,380 1,041
65 16 332 1,674 663 3,934 756 479 192 134
Production (bushels)
14,100 30,102 11,026
875 130 6,930 19,808 17,852 80,903 19,287 21,174 6,740 5,475
,
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,666 1,914 5,857 4,886
7,853 5,637 1,424 2,122 1,141 1,581
1,141 2,816
4,324 3,647 1,377 3,525 3,069 3,919
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,857 3,365 2,814
1,910 1,604
691 601 618 341
46,301
34,312 27,114 47,540 44,312 33,660 78,581 120,153 76,000
PEACHES U2J
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
64,339
1,299
7,230
1,034
14,285
4,299
3,048
2,221
2,871
4,321
8,094
5,302
8,510
7,293
4,729
502
495
135
432
171
301
72
24
PECANS i//
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
10
115
4,169
6,819
14,134
18,654
27,888
30,017 20,591 17,258 13,270 10,891
3,538
310,851 208,472
110,505 9,740
117,685 33,443
363,057 56,990
SWEET , .
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
610
40,519
808
72,729
1,382
107,381
982
89,617
1,937
128,026
1,177
72,353
695
47,689
251
22,159
100
8,194
41
5,072
3
220
1
189
I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
120,891 140,042 127,430 87,066
91,195 75,086 57,986 39,455
41,101 56,375
19,422 12,136
5,747 14,221 17,060 12,988 11,784 19,245 17,140
6,043
See footnotes on last page
3,726 3,960 7,331 15,739 19,453
18,730 17,909
9,739 14,180 16,464
Woodland
106,547 68,161 50,525 81,712 90,264 90,586 124,834
123,776 112,917
96,490 92,179 72,855
Other Land 3,213
9,423 14,902 11,158
9,971 12,528
10,722 15,099 8,161
9,461
15,815 15,477
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
41
39
47
41
70
63
77
97
90
105
85
322
167
*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
DODGE COUNTY STATISTICS - U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,343 11,735 12,189 5,050 12,304 7,814 12,044 9,993 15,294 9,895 10,925 10,627 13,262
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,297 7,051 6,227 3,158 5,359 4,308 6,031 4,875 7,718 5,323 5,371 5,095 7,466
Milk Cows
3,250 4,144 4,908 2,832
3,600
3,014 2,286 1,012
502 338 258
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
11,628 680
20,518 30,925
37,966 42,881 118,173 168,600 456,436 118,256
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
16,511 27,320 31,257 13,064 22,637 17,031 23,515 27,358 21,409 29,317 20,248 29,007 30,285
Farrowinq 5/
6,758 2,166 3,499 3,422 3,311 3,939 4,015 4,949 3,477 6,175 7,216
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
35,828 47,258 70,395 49,428 65,582 60,591 69,829 50,973 59,051 130,739 98,898 564,662 227,121
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,571 11,715 29,156
37,159
14,602 189,505 400,292 78,971 402,320 98,130
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
119,580 99,326
158,176 251,227 219,958 386,855 384,663 112,516 260,227 1,282,627 1,057,763
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
58,923
333,694
$ 117.1
35,155
187,862
169.1
96,851
225.6
234,765
404.6
460,407
699,057
457.4
524,133
564.8
537,902
595,387
383.8
2,578,758
843,995
610.7
2,847,000
2,067,000
704.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,600 11,700 11,300 11,500 11,500 11,600 11,000 10,000 9,200 9,300 10,600 16,500 16,000 13,200
Cows 2 years old and older L2/
Kept for Milk
Other
600
5,100
560
5,400
570
5,050
530
5,150
450
5,300
350
5,400
350
5,400
350
5,400
300
5,350
80
5,440
280
6,180
300
8,000
270
7,200
850
6,540
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
5,900 5,740 5,680 5,820 5,750 5,850 5,250 4,250 3,550 3,780 4,140 8,200 8,530 5,810
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
20,400 24,600 27,300 30,250 32,650 37,900 36,000 32,650 34,100 30,300 27,000 35,000 28,140
1/ 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. 1P_/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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DOOLY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Dooly County was created by Legislative Act of May 15, 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indians by treaty of January 8, 1821 at Indian Springs and was 48th in order of organization of Georgia counties. When first organized Dooly included Crisp and parts of Lee and Worth Counties. It was named for Colonel John Dooly, an officer in the Revolutionary War and a State Prosecutor of Tories in trials of 1779. Vienna, the county seat, was named for the famous Austrian capital on the Danube.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 252,480 acres. There were 392 farms having a total of 176,618 acres with land and buildings valued at $89,961,000.
Wfh e number of farms is only 14 percent of the peak number in 1920. Land in farms has declined moderately to 70
percent of the total land area in 1974. Cotton, peanuts, wheat and soybeans are important cash crops. Dooly County farmers have increased yields per acre from cotton at an astounding rate. About 11 percent of the harvested crop land is devoted to corn. The value of all crops sold more than doubled between 1964 and 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around 47 inches in Dooly County. July is normally the wettest month and October and November are usually the driest. The mean annual temperature is just under 66 degrees and monthly means range from almost 81 degrees in July and August to around 50 degrees in January and December. The freeze-free season usually extends from about mid-March
to just beyond mid-November and averages about 240 days.
Received
N0V 2 6 197<
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
1964
Amount j~
Amount T"
5,426,123
11,345,110
1974 Amount $ 26,498,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES:
TT
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
4,513,579 4,217,123
189,762 106,694
83.2 77.7
3 5 2 0
10,204,445 9,401,351
368,200 434,894
89.9 82.9
3.2 3.8
26,445,000
23,503,000 22,462,500
3,453,000
10,970,500 116,000
7,923,000 164,000 876,500
88.9 85.0 13.1
41.5 .4
30.0 .6
3.3
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
1,612 45,550
865,382 210,021
82,726 572,635
8
97,481
.9
60,000
.2
16 0
1,043,184
9.2
2,882,000
10.9
3 .9
230,737
2.0
127,000
.5
1 .5
59,592
.5
1,243,500
4.7
10 .6
752,855
6.7
1,511,500
5.7
605,000
2.3
905,500
3.4
1,000
160,000
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
2/
from only
Not comparable for
farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
Veg., Fruits, Nuts .& Berries 5.5%
^ Forestry Products 0.! -Dairy Products 1.55!
Other Livestock & -Livestock Prod. 10.65!
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts ,& Berries 3.9%
-Forestry Products 0.2%
L<_ Dairy Products 4.7%
^_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 5.7%
* Poultry & Poultry Products 0.5%
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 1 969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
D00LY COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PR0DUCTIOI\ , 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production (bushels)
40,835 51,119 34,412
41,970 38,960 39,200 40,700 37,500 39,100 34,200 31,000 29,200 22,700 21,800 22,100 21,700 24,500 23,600 29,400 30,300 18,800 16,900 17,500 14,000 20,000 22,600 19,500
Acreage Harvested
57,932 39,430 47,856 39,891 50,232 33,082
7.6 11.8 10.8 11.9 8.5 16.0
34,560 35,100 35,690 37,570 35,600 37,000 32,100 29,100 26,800 20,200 20,300 20,000 20,300 23,800 22,300 27,000 26,900 17,800 15,700 15,800 12,800 18,230 20,100 6,260
COTTON
10.1 19.3 24.7 26.3 29.5 23.5 28.1
31.6 26.2 47.2 37.8 45.9 42.1 54.3 23.5 33.6 25.8 59.8 58.0 50.0 51.9 51.3 53.9
1 13.0
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
441,630 466,767 517,347 474,428 428,834 530,548
350,100 679,000 880,000 987,800 1,050,400 868,900 902,000 919,000 703,000 953,000 768,000 917,000 854,000 1,293,000 524,000 908,000 694,000 1,064,000 910,600 790,000 663,800 935,000 1 ,083,100 81,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
620 1,630 1 ,730 1,870 3,350 5,830 7,860 15,290 24,700 18,200 16,400 17,200 18,800 17,600 21,380 19,200 26,600 18,260 19,540
13.5 15.5 13.5 13.5 18.0 18.0 18.5 25.0 25.0 11.0 30.5 22.0 28.0 12.5 15.0 25.3 27.5 24.3 23.5
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested (1,000 lbs)
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
8,370 25,475 23,355 25,245 61,100 104,940 145,410 382,250 617,500 200,200 500,200 378,400 526,400 220,000 320,700 485,800 731 ,500 443,700 459,200
Production (bu.)
53,164
177
18,818
71,396
248
35,365
63,394
96
12,131
57,755
159
19,470
31,565
254
16,053
19,666
30,577
187
11,436
26,838
14,958 15,536
580 297 2,590 764
812
22,290
325
15,130
17,060
463
7,900
1,740
19,470
444
18,010
18,750
746
13,990
2,100
18,570
473
18,330
18,220
1,138
'0,731
3,340
14,830
399
12,350
18,100
908
16,437
3,800
11,240
555
13,000
18,160
1,203
21,852
2,250
16,580
431
14,920
17,990
1,107
19,910
2,930
18,000
437
16,390
17,540
1,163
20,400
3,350
21,610
454
20,490
17,320
1,252
21,680
3,850
23,130
438
21,140
17,090
1 ,163
19,877
1 ,950
19,200
708
28,420
17,510
1 ,586
27,770
3,830
20,240
721
30,480
17,535
1,785
31,308
3,960
19,260
786
31,650
17,810
1,967
35,026
3,550
15,600
602
19,600
17,695
1,891
33,457
3,510
14,500
665
20,200
17,610
2,255
39,703
6,520
21,000
545
23,950
17,990
2,026
36,444
6,070
25,400
603
31 ,900
18,080
2,158
39,022
4,090
27,800
587
34,000
18,075
2,442
44,142
3,600
38,700
646
52,100
18,000
2,537
45,667
5,480
41,400
604
52,100
17,900
2,885
51,646
2,360
48,090 49,700 31,900
643 640 574
64,500 66,200 38,200
17,870 17,861 17,814
2,419 2,950 3,325
43,222 52,696 59,232
2,250 3,100 3,140
49,600 41,400
473 266
48,900 22.900
18,023 18,052
3,089 3.025
55,680 54.611
1,810 1.72(1
19.6 16.2 22.1 17.5 29.5 22.0 27.0 29.5 27.0 32.5 35.5 31.5 35.0 32.0 29.3 37.8 37.9 40.1 18.0 25.1 19.7 28.2 35.6 37.5
3,920 4,009 22,853 7,681
9,940
34,140 34,100 73,810 66,500 66,380 64,460 90,450 113,580 52,600 124,480 140,700 111 ,800 122,850 208,600 177,700 154,700 136,600 219,600 42,500 56,400 61 ,100 88,500 64,400 64,500
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
26,567 20,554 20,522 18,025
16,886
14,159
11,474
10,404
D00LY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total . White
NonWhite
14,100 13,169 12,881 10,332
8,743
6,157
1,942
I
5,868 5,612 5,352
3,921
2,407
1,310
8,242 7,557 7,529
4,822
3,750
632
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
254,080 254,080 254,080 254,080 252,160 252,160 252,160 252,160 252,160 252,160 252,480 252,480
81.4 74.9 73.5 87.5 87.3 84.1 90.6 86.5 77.7 73.7 75.2 70.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
307,795 206,936 190,272 186,829 222,282 220,190 212,070 228,460 218,216 196,008 185,737 189,926 176,615
Average Size Farms
(acres) 138 75 69 74 110 131 115 147 174 268 345 375 451
Number of Farms
2,225 2,751 2,772 2,523 2,023 1,680 1,852 1,559 1,256
730 539 507 392
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,200,850
4,873,459 12,261,456
5,430,495 4,543,236 5,474,457 6,245,530 10,074,258 12,464,544 19,470,560 26,223,428 49,310,919 89,961,000
Average (dol.)
989
1,772 4,423 2,152 2,246 3,259 3,372 6,462 9,924 26,672 48,652 97,260 229,492
Tractors
40
111 260 984 1,018 1,080 999 894 864
Trucks
94
151 199 624 700 675 711 734 737
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
884
59
702
29
726
53
760
37
902
159
590
221
747
336
543
(NA)
434
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
5,634
8,296 2,206
959 1,405 3,221 5,722 2,995 15,274 7,853 8,606 3,920
562
Production (bushels)
54,430 170,829
36,943 21,355 37,806 78,593 159,512 84,483 508,304 275,739 450,789 225,273 26,957
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,868 6,783 19,354 20,055
18,937 11,923
1,786 3,448 1,421 1,415
2,777 6,956
7,028 6,834 2,657 7,609 3,949 3,040
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
3,735 4,806 5,772
5,761 5,114 3,460 3,845 1,236
593
171,571
123,028 146,280 347,612 189,762 249,279 368,200 167,421 164,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
66,231
851
12,499
1,724
140,438
20,270
53,032
29,717
68,856
76,438
59,519
18,324
40,102
44,951
84,856
1,454
50,876
21,023
97,260 222,820
168,449
70,591
109,304 103,294
91,831 138,480
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
10
11,670 23,559
1,058 19,809 49,200
36,561
39,806 34,485 25,397 26,293 34,101 18,882
419,867 356,850 369,112
80,123 285,504 268,037 948,483
(D)
5WEE1
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,300
94,342
797
76,685
988 105,945
649
72,971
1,056
87,263
849
65,837
497
48,321
344
28,955
185
8,153
104
12,739
54
3,820
9
719
5
458
Year
Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES S/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
124,609 119,620
7,297 22,702
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
124,846 114,061 115,476 104,651
92,408 83,980 99,583 101,868
10,075 17,783 13,014
8,518 10,270 17,512 17,036
8,260
See fool:notes on last page.
5,236 3,826 6,433 8,087 6,501 9,756 7,310 7,591 11,443 10,128
Woodland
59,227 43,387 34,151 60,222 67,281 63,055 81,056 78,946 70,823 64,356 54,058 42,359
Other Land 15,594 8,150 14,631 15,243 11,288
7,792 12,413 16,345 15,197 12,298
7,806 14,000
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nut ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
83
92
91
108
55
67
44
82
31
54
27
104
61
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
DOOLY COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
9,579 4,427 5,191 2,881 5,888 3,525 6,758 5,770 12,360 9,394 12,672 10,310 12,389
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,230 3,036 2,832 1,799 2,939 2,001 2,744 2,940 6,502 5,108 7,047 5,891 7,026
Milk Cows
2,807 2,294 2,404 1,668
1,830
1,570 1,529
628 351 639 1,273
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
7,835 4,666 31 ,700 63,595
46,164 58,330 40,105 144,848 120,058 118,256
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
19,659 20,887 22,034
7,420 14,989 10,122 13,833 14,403 15,549 17,547 9,974 14,295 10,475
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,704 887
1,984 2,202 1,129 2,148 2,800 3,386 2,066 2,916 2,204
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
56,815 44,377 52,584 39,755 47,565 40,740 38,105 30,006 39,960 26,883 28,711 26,679
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,116 8,014
19,275 8,277
3,673 217,203
87,180
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
138,700 109,026 130,736 200,862 170,219 205,499 166,935
27,155 204,968 223,437 512,762
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 25,806
$ 357,479 $ 201.0
17,320
256,488
312.3
45,779
796.9
105,236
881.6
390,418
889,622
1,103.6
331,889
1,013.0
348,881
1,715,895
787.5
484,383
2,068,842
930.9
1,198,000
4,101,000
1,490.0
USUA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,400 13,600 13,450 13,300 12,500 12,500 12,800 13,000 13,100 13,300 16,000 15,000 14,500 11,500
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
420 390 410 320 640 1,000 1,100 1,200 1 ,200 1,140 1,110 1,100 900 810
Other
7,000 7,400 7,450 7,600 7,850 8,100 7,600 6,850 5,650 5,850 7,310 7,000 6,500 4,790
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,980 5,810 5,590 5,380 4,010 3,400 4,100 4,950 6,250 6,310 7,580 6,900 7,100 5,900
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
10,050 12,150 13,450 14,900 16,100 18,650 17,750 17,000 15,250 12,350
5,800 8,000 10,700
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~l 5-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include o.Mnl.yj ceygygas asoulidu.. J1J0J// iInn 1i397/1i aannud tuhieerreeaarftteerr ccliaass-sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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DOUGHERTY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900"187B
Dougherty County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1853 from Baker County
and was 102nd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Charles Dougherty a noted ante-bellum lawyer who practiced his profession at Athens in Clarke County and was
judge of the Western Circuit. Albany, the county seat, was probably named for the historic
m<o
capital of the State of New York. The town was founded in 1836 by Nelson Tift of Mystic, Connecticut who built the first house in the future city and who had much to do with developing the entire southwestern part of the State. A charter was granted Albany by the Leg-
islature in 1841. It is one of the most progressive cultural and industrial cities in
Georgia. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 207,616 acres. There were 173 farms having a
total of 146,662 acres with land and buildings valued at $81,455,000. The number of farms is only 13 percent of the peak number in 1910. Pecans are an important source of income. Slightly over one-fourth of the harvested
cropland is devoted to production of corn. Livestock and livestock products principally beef cattle but also a
sizable swine enterprise accounted for only 23 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974, compared to
46 percent in 1964. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports the average annual precipitation in
Received
Dougherty County is about 49 inches. Annual totals have varied at Albany from 31.73 inches in 1954 to 71.46 inches
in 1964 but have fallen between 40 and 55 inches in about two-thirds of the years. July is the wettest month and
N0V 2 6 197 October the driest on the average. The mean annual temperature is about 67 degrees with monthly means ranging from
82 degrees in July to about 51 in January and December. The freeze-free season averages about 260 days, extending
usually from early March to about November 20.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount ~$~
2,196,119
5,294,408
1974 Amount $
12,159,000
DOCUMENTS: TT7 UGA LIBRARIE
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
903,072 647,171
7,898 248,003 234,400
43,487 1,015,160
107,987 81,927
825,246
41.1
1,949,828
29.5
1,630,848
.3 11.3
10.7 2.0
46.2 4.9 3.7 37.6
13,819 305,161
329,265 192,789
2,822,526 129,788 251 ,659
2,441,079
36.8 30.8
6.2 3.7 53.3 2.4 4.8 46.1
12,120,000
8,522.000 4,907,000 1,771,000
(D) 36,000
(D) 2,782,000
60,000 3,555,000
662,000 98,000
2,838,000 68,000
2,770,000 2,593,000
174,000 1,000 2,000
70.3 40.5 14.6
23.0 .5
29.3
5.5 .8
23.4 .6
22.8 21.4
1.4
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms 3/Available deluded in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoic
27,000
fforno|2ml/y/
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products 2.
i\ Horticultural Spec
M*~
10.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 11.6*
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.9*
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
y Forestry Products 0.8* Horticultural Spec. 5.5*
tS(-Field Crops&ftf&i ^V 40.5* feX
Other Livestock, Dairy *" their Prod. 22.8*
Poultry & Poultry Products 0.6*
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)
DOUGHERTY 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.)
10,745 15,581 10,847
12,570 12,230 12,500 13,000 12,400 12,000 10,700
9,600 9,100 11,700 11,500 11,460 11,400 12,500 12,200 11,100 11,300 8,100 7,200 7,500 9,600 9,700 11,600 13,000
21,612 17,995 23,059 10,592 15,035 9,276
9,630 9,940 10,050 10,600 11,400 10,000 8,800 8,400 7,800 10,400 10,500 10,300 10,400 11,600 11,400 11,000 10,650 7,800 6,900 7,270 9,500 8,900 10,560 8,010
8.4 10.2 10.5 12.6 9.7 18.3
10.6 21.7 24.1 21.3 31.0 31.7 27.0 35.1 24.5 38.8 38.4 48.8 34.7 54.2 31.4 25.4 26.4 54.0 50.0 49.0 55.8 57.2 59.8 12.0
180,590 183,585 242,650 132,942 146,497 169,462
102,300 216,000 242,600 226,100 353,200 316,900 238,000 295,000 191,000 403,000 403,000 503,000 361,000 629,000 358,000 279,000 281 ,000 421,000 345,000 356,200 530,200 509,100 631 ,100 96,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
210 220 240 500 740 990 2,880 3,500 1,800 700 800 1,000 1,200 2,600 2,690 3,450 3,160 3,400
17.5 18.5 16.5 17.0 23.0 18.5 25.5 23.0 15.0 24.0 23.5 25.0 18.0 20.3 30.0 25.5 33.0 25.9
Production
(bushels)
3,675 4,070 3,960 8,500 17,020 18,315 73,440 80,500 27,000 16,800 18,800 25,000 21,600 52,800 80,700 88,000 104,300 88,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yiel<T
per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
29,589 34,270 18,270
7,201 3,080 2,526
164
9,179
192
13,164
129
4,728
185
2,658
188
1,157
153
771
2,320
261
1,260
1,810
275
1,040
1,900
239
950
1,570
215
710
1,345
282
790
1,680
250
880
1 ,680
270
950
1,750
309
1,130
1,870
299
1,170
1,710
363
1,300
1 ,790
336
1,260
1,830
350
1,340
1 ,080
318
720
770
351
565
930
218
425
850
200
355
700
147
215
250
260
135
550
364
415
230
357
170
1,280
372
950
150
240
75
155
194
62
200
265
110
12,717 7,886
5,930 6,430 6,230 6,090 6,010 5,970 5,980 6,030 6,060 6,060 6,020 6,085 6,135 6,180 6,250 6,255 6,220 5,955 5,975 5,955 6,302 6,285 6,299 5,954
597
890 969 750 1,024 1,027 1,133
1,227 966
1,535 1,670 1,759 1,605 2,018 1,711 1,896 2,004 2,345 2,635 2,438 3,022 3,262
2,484 2,754
5,877 6,432
3,542 5,725 6,034 4,569 6,152 6,130 6,773 7,397 5,852 9,305 10,056 10,703 9,845 12,470 10,695 11,858 12,462 13,967 15,747 14,517 19,047 20,503 15,646 16,396
5
131 5
93
780 690 670 480 440 750 490 490 370 1,100 1,170 950 1,100 2,310 1,660 850 680 1,040 870 570 680 510 410 290
24.1
13.9 22.7
16.0 26.5 25.5 29.0 29.0 28.0 29.0 29.5 23.5 33.0 24.0 25.8 36.8
35.9 36.4 22.0 27.5
19.0 29.0 34.6 42.4
60
1 ,471 60
1,965
18,820 9,560 15,210 7,680 11,660 19,120 14,210 14,210 10,360 31,900 34,520 22,500 36,300 55,500 42,800 31 ,300 24,400 37,900 19,100 15,700 12,900 14,800 14,200 i?..inn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,679 16,035 20,063 22,306
28,565
43,617
75,680
89,639
DOUGHERTY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
4,242 4,362 5,054 3,015 3,741
1,928
781
898 943 1,210
1,077
785
524
3,344 3,419 3,844
2,664
1,143
257
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 208,640 208,640 208,640 208,640 208,640 208,640 207,616 207,616
Percent in Farms
59.8 61.3 59.2 52.1 56.9 61.9 76.7 99.0 90.0 81.8 80.3 71.9 70.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
130,934 134,235 129,642 114,130 124,589 129,191 160,116 206,515 187,795 170,635 167,557 149,235 146,662
Average Size Farms
(acresj
128 105 151 164 152 194 179 393 352 416 582 594 848
Number of Farms
1,020 1,285
859 696 820 666 895 526 534 410 288 251 173
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
714,320 2,224,895 7,033,752 6,799,188 3,767,027 3,842,093 5,404,157 7,927,346 9,590,106 19,124,040 25,280,352 38,830,451 81 ,455,000
Average (dol.)
700 1,731 8,188 9,769 4,594 4,267 6,038 15,071 17,959 46,644 87,779 154,702 470,838
Tractors
82
84 169 289 404 452 497 398 338
Trucks
95
86 93 235 340 306 372 303 277
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
307
51
165
56
103
136
416
146
592
265
416
310
425
250
239
(NA)
153
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
2,144 2,858 1,956
140 90
850 1,566 1,107 4,279 2,362
991 991 428
Production (bushels)
16,780 40,551 23,448
1,200 2,194 10,031 44,495 24,315 134,545 94,633 35,250 55,794 16,690
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,233 3,875 5,543 10 733
4,202 6,190 4,985 4,708 2,176 1,197
1,564 1,811
2,062 5,535 8,444 11,719 4,534 3,371
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ CROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
216
5,370
538
307
5,188
21,282
283
12,054
233
7,898
203
7,474
140
13,819
140
16,838
156
60,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
17,386
91
1,747
806
7,504
92
23,807
7,972
19,388
2,400
62,400
10,500
27,480
30,696
11,934
11
258
89
113
1
56
22
4
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEE1
POTATUtb Iiy
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
254,812 415,827
207,206
252,660 228,073 243,260 266,722 212,928 208,433
5,450 357
81 ,761 195
771,659 512
147
686,245 419
1,103,040 291
191,595 210
745,341 128
631,080 11
1,053,387
2
6,893,764
10,251 ,962
25,627 8,725 16,038 14,793 23,740
18,792 12,569
8,473 1,046
559
1
1
.LAND USE
Year
Harvested Idle or
Cropland Fal 1 ow
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
46,081 52,004 49,563 54,583 40,687 48,495 43,736 44,362 37,392 34,872
21,863 13,380 18,667
8,982 16,034 22,953 14,599 14,193 13,171
6,736
See footnotes on last page
M.
PlowabTe Pasture
6,830 12,591 15,789
2,747 15,018 19,128 17,606
9,149 7,661
7,839
Woodland
38,202 31,207 30,802 27,172 37,815 66,355 108,043 78,427 80,239 78,725 67,455 69,203
Other Land
7,212 7,087
6,120 19,155
7,180
26,498 26,733
18,792
14,455 21,128
23,556
28,012
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
22
38"
15
21
17
15
28
38
22
25
15
114
54
*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
DOUGHERTY COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,248 2,214 3,453 1,997 5,594 4,566 10,879 9,734 17,073 18,939 20,129 13,800 17,952
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,274 1,631 1,735 1,123 2,957 1,882 5,210 5,408 8,733 6,270 7,897 5,473 6,428
Milk Cows
559 1,229 1,735
935
1,139
759 747 614 462 350 32
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
3,108 21,830 139,618 176,293
93,740 103,441 184,087 137,110 184,872 359,103
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,146 6,171 9,546 3,391 3,852 4,021 6,386 6,606 4,485 6,315 5,101 4,244 2,149
Farrowinq 5/
1,846 480 725 664 880 695 754 929
1,274 890 279
Chickens (4 Months and Older) I!
15,909 18,842 17,716 11,760 14,056 14,249 18,957 12,930 26,521 32,834 22,329 28,292
596
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,649 10,577 8,729
8,570
1,920 11,408 66,273
29 ,'493 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
37,640 19,101 69,785 56,414 36,393 43,911 108,909 44,286 221 ,537 353,464 287,593
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
27,952
76,245
182.4
12,628
37,772
120.2
16,056
185.8
123,618
455.4
302,210
360,845
533.0
603,368
572.6
647,523
656,103
735.9
470,640
745,626
984.5
1,234,000
1,310,000
1,992.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
21,300 20,000 19,650 19,500 17,000 17,000 20,000 22,300 23,000 23,400 25,800 24,500 23,800 19,700
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
560 500 500 600 550 380 350 320 300 170 150 50 40 30
Other
7,800 7,900 7,600 7,700 7,950 8,250 8,000 7,900 7,500 7,750 8,600 8,000' 7,400 6,530
All Other Cattle and Calves
12,940 11,600 11,550 11,200 8,500 8,370 11,650 14,080 15,200 15,480 17,050 16,450 16,360 13,140
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,150 4,800 5,350 4,400 4,700 5,350 4,250 3,150 2,800 2,400 2,000 2,700 3,300
TLA 19&9 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with ess than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ SiFce 1949 excludes farms with less than15-20
bushels harvested 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation c anged~"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 cFickens 3 months old and older
8/ All chickens sold 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter cUs-
sification changed- Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld UTavoid disclosure of information for
individual farms. NA - Not available.
l on Tor
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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DOUGLAS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-197B
Douglas County was created by Legislative Act of October 17, 1870 from parts of Campbell
and Carroll Counties and was 131st in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named
for Stephen A. Douglas, a distinguished ante-bellum Democratic Senator and a candidate for
President of the United States in 1861 against Abraham Lincoln. Douglasville, the county
seat, was also named for Senator Douglas. It is said that the original site of Douglasville
was known for almost a hundred years as Skin Chestnut.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 129,344 acres. There
were 115 farms having a total of 10,073 acres with land and buildings valued at $11,026,000.
The number of farms is only 6 percent of the peak number in 1920. The proportion of the land area devoted to farms
declined to 8 percent in 1974. Douglas was at one time a rather important agricultural county, however, industrial
opportunities in nearby metropolitan areas has hastened the exodus of the farm population. The poultry enterprise
has made significant growth and in 1974 accounted for 92 percent of the value of sales from all farm products.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
50 inches in Douglas County. March, with an average of around six inches is normally the wettest month and October
with about two and one-half monthly averages range from
inches around
is 78
usually degrees
the driest. The average annual temperature in July to near 43 degrees in January. The
is about 61 freeze-free
degrees and season averages
Received
about 215 days, extending usually from around April 1 to early November.
N0V2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
866,718
4,121,791
1974 Amount $
2,608,000
DOCUMENTS % V UGA 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
237,020 161,682
63,273 12,065
6,000 20,363 603,335 364,106 126,032 113,197
27.4 18.7
7.3 1.4
.7 2.3 69.6 42.0 14.5 13.1
76,386 61,919
13,921 546 (D)
22,908 4,017,449 3,759,341
131,077 127,031
1.9 1.5
.4
.6 97.5 91.2
3.2 3.1
2,541,000 35,000 (NA) 2,000
8,000 (D) (D)
21,000 (Z)
2,485,000 2,346,000
(D) (NA) 95,000 10,000
(D)
1.4 .1
.3
.8 97.8 92.3
3.7 .4
Government Payments 3/
1,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for . T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with JZ500 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 withFeld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
orticultural Spec. & Forestry Products 3.0?
y*&\ Crops 1.4*
torticultural Spec. &
'orestry Products 0.8% ivestock, Dairy k ;heir Products 5.5S
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 27.6%
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)
DOUGLAS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production (bushels)
12,289 14,057 8,361
6,150 5,300 4,500 3,700 2,900 2,500 2,050 1,700 1,670 1,300 1,100 1,000 1,010 1,050
860 550 520 330 500 240 300
250 200
15,061 13,396 16,336 12,084 13,683 8,182
5,710 5,030 4,180 3,490 2,800 2,400 1,980 1,220 1,050
750 650 620 620 630 540 450 430 300 450 200 210
110 50
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
12.6 11.2 14.0 12.9 8.6 14.4
11.8 25.3 22.0 23.8 25.1 19.4 24.2 27.0 27.6 30.7 26.2 37.1 30.6 41.3 31.5 22.2 32.6 40.0 36.0 40.0 35.7
190,310 149,593 229,205 156,481 117,852 117,962
67,400 127,300
92,000 83,100 70,400 46,600 48,000 33,000 29,000 23,000 17,000 23,000 19,000 26,000 17,000 10,000 14,000 12,000 16,200 8,000 7,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
39.1 26.0
Bales
4,300 1,300
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
'
Acreage Productiori Harvested
(bu.)
Yield per acre
Production
16,316 19,370 23,431 15,386 7,781 3,983
1,490 1,250
900 400 200 390 350 320 200 140 110 115 65 10 25 15
226
6,662
216
8,354
259
12,121
245
7,553
272
4,236
135
1,076
197
610
235
610
217
410
198
165
290
120
344
280
220
160
156
105
225
90
271
80
300
65
235
60
215
29
200
4
200
10
267
10
2,305 601 531 21
211
190 200 200 110
50 70 100 60 30 40 30 30 30 80 60
16.2 15.3 18.7 17.0 20.5 17.0 20.5
22.5 17.5 18.0 19.0 19.0 22.0 25.0 26.7
11,260 4,591 3,958
221
2,075
3,080 3,060 3,740 1,870 1 ,020 1,190 2,050 1,350
520 720 570 570 660 2,000 1 ,600
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,745 8,953 10,477 8,461
10,053
12,173
16,741
28,659
DOUGLAS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,792 7,341 6,424 5,072 4,864
621
1,751
4,983 5,570 4,983
3,974
614
1,705
1 ,809 1,771 1,441
890
7
46
Approximate
Land Area
(acres)
133,120 133,120 133,120 133,120 133,120 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 129,344 129,344
Percent
in Farms 72.2 80.5 77.3 68.1 80.2 71.9 69.4 61.4 57.3 40.5 25.6 15.5 7.8
All Land
in Farms
(acres 96,073 107,134 102,915 90,687 106,816 92,463 89,250 78,971 73,737 52,090 32,889 20,102 10,073
Average Size Farms
(acres)
68 58 65 75 82 75 81 83 101 105 103
Number of Farms
I ,2yu
1,565 1,783
1,396 1,423
1,135
1,196
970
890
515
314
196 115
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
934,930
1,848,195 5,094,775 2,272,638 1,755,924 1 ,802,844 2,829,076 3,733,530 4,280,900 6,392,180 7,968,378 9,721,868 11,026,000
Average
(dol.)
725
1,181 2,857 1 ,628 1,234 1,588 2,365 3,849 4,810 12,412 25,377 49,601 95,876
Tractors
25
33 67 128 372 314 244 145 133
Trucks
139
162 206 285 372 315 262 184 132
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
520
197
333
30
397
69
480
72
485
288
401
337
385
295
178
(NA)
107
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS ]_/
Threshed (acres)
1 ,b4/
1,618 111 7 87 365 345 305 632 188 10
Production
(bushels) 13,600 15,816 1,749 140 955 9,396 7,008 6,619 11,194 2,771 300
7
466
ALL HAY EXCEPT
r
Year
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944
1949 1954 1959 1964 .
1969 1974
846 724 2,286 2,599
2,551 2,701 1,829 1,318
746 528
765 1,888
2,323 1,170 2,180 1,513 1,180
722
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
540 556 568
981 1,288
330 128
9 11
32,865
23,892 90,925 59,249 63,273 33,056 13,921
1,400 (D)
fEACHES Uil
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
22,628
3
18,090
10,217
19,735
7,033
13,595 13,257
4,453 8,019
9,862
3,488
7,914
1,775
7,628
67
2,273
505
1,068
215
346
4
5
PECANS Uit
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
138 298
1,719
990 326 287 125
210 394 720
6,826 3,050
962 1,137 3,148
30
SWEET
POTATO ES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushelsj
249
21,464
253
23,702
236
28,283
327
26,563
568
43,026
511
28,138
419
36,633
247
22,036
119
5,517
19
1,770
4
406
40
4,000
'
'
LANOST Hi ACRES 31
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Plowabl e Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
30,464 31,314 28,730 23,783 17,998 12,572
5,754 2,792 1,136
895
9,534 10,849
5,676 15,544 11,338 8,176
4,230 2,544
701 651
See footnotes on last page.
2,505 1,818 6,793
608 3,114 4,564 2,932 2,966 4,131 2,967
Woodland
48,797 49,041 36,987 54,678 42,487 32,890 38,534 38,685 29,365 16,876
9,964 3,480
Other Land 4,111 3,451 10,977 7,377 8,228 16,302 7,987 9,740 9,809 7,711 4,170 2,080
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
*
4
8
4
9
4
8
3
13
8
15
7
143
85
*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
DOUGLAS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,925 3,592 3,792 2,592 3,445 2,432 3,424 2,597 4,554 3,450 3,044 2,610 2,424
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,369 2,235 2,122 1,605 2,075 1,566 1,817 1,338 1,965 1,636 1,530 1,344 1,110
Milk Cows 1,224 1,790 2,068 1,587
1,537
1,154 1,322
938 369 152 41
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 1,010 5,265 6,375
34,839
109,132 107,318 125,883 266,707 281,619 256,336
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
2,830
1,758
3,169
286
1,078
82
1,720
51
1 ,597
192
1,997
329
1 ,598
168
2,569
364
2,552
347
702
119
306
69
142
24
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
25,721 27,907 44,060 31,711 31,629 30,333 42,249 25,552 59,775 209,569 397,447 500,208 216,821
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
18,479 14,401 21,610
24,388
51,009 421,048 1,142,551 1,200,848 1,287,326 720,329'
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
135,380 143,871 171,579 226,516 116,730 188,628 312,560 102,090 209,496 2,910,384 7,476,598
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Hired Labor (Thnu<; )
$ 64,698 45,187 122,133 144,630 212,400
1,124,745 1,611,651
1,704,870 1,474,000
$ 130,393 70,039
107,850
40,072 35,327 35,000
$ 27.9 33.7 39.9 81.0 67.1
214.7 254.7 165.6 147.0
S
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves 3,250
3,100 3,000 3,100 2,800 3,000 3,000 3,000 3,300 3,800 4,100 3,900 3,800 3,100
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk 640
600 610 680 500 300 200 160 140 120 120 120 120 160
Other
1,200 1,100 1,000 1,050 1,100 1,100 1,550 1,860 2,140 2,520 2,730 2,700 2,100 1,770
All Other Cattle and Calves 1,410 1,400 1,390 1,370 1,200 1,600 1,250 980 1 ,020 1 ,160 1,250 1,080 1,580 1,170
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
700 500 550
1/ 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. 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
tT1J0^/avIonid.19d7i1sclaonsdurteheoref aifnteforrmclaatsio-n
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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EARLY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1870 Early County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 from treaty lands acquired from the Creek Indians and was 41st in order of county organization in Georgia. It was named for Peter Early, a noted Governor of Georgia who earlier served the State in Congress
rra
and as judge of the Ocmulgee Circuit. Blakely, the county seat, was named for Captain Johnston Blakely, a naval officer of the War of 1812, who was a native of Ireland and a graduate of the University of North Carolina. When first organized Early included the counties of Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Miller, Mitchell and a part of Thomas.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 335,360 acres. There were 489 farms having a total of 227,863 acres with land and buildings valued at $80,644,000. The number of farms is only
15 percent of the peak number in 1945. Early County lies in the section of the State that was somewhat late in developing its agricultural potential and it was not until 1944 that it reached the peak in cropland harvested and 1950
that the highest proportion of the land area was classified as in farms. Both of these have declined moderately but not nearly so much as in other areas. Peanuts are the most important cash crop and cotton adds significantly to the
economy. Usually about 40 percent of the cropland is devoted to corn which supports large swine and beef cattle
enterprises.
Ro^nix/orl
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation for Early r\cCclV6CI
County of about 54 inches. July, with an average of just over 6.5 inches, is normally the wettest month and October,
with just over two inches, is usually the driest. Yearly totals have varied at Blakely from 81.94 inches in 1948
,
to only 28.74 inches in 1954 but have fallen between 45 and 60 inches in over half the years. The mean annual teffl"|\jftW O C 1Q7Q
perature is about 66 degrees and monthly means range from 81 degrees in July to just over 50 degrees in January. INUV u 0 13/j
The freeze-free season averages about 255 days, extending usually from around March 10 to just past mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
t
6,337,776
9,579,359
1974 Amount $
27,083,000
DOCUMENTS l1 lGA LIBRARIES' t V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,705,311 4,646,895
47,527 10,889
1,450 73,692 1,557,323 171,680 14,893 1,370,750
74.2
7,364,360
73.3
7,312,574
.7 .2
1.2 24.6
2.7 .3
21.6
41 ,373 10,413
875 175,718
2,038,406 202,793 609
1,835,004
76.9 76.4
.4 .1
1.8 21.3
2.1 19.2
26,981,000
22,258,000 22,185,000
5,486,000
1,350,000 146,000
15,203,000 67,000 6,000
3,000
381,000
4,339,000
250,000 3,000
4,086,000 2,3?6,000 1,707,000
1,000 2,000
82.5 82.2 20.3
5.0 .5
56.4 .3
1.4 16.1
.9
15.2 8.8 6.4
Government Payments 2/
48,000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products 1.2% Poultry & Poultry Products 2.7%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 21.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 1.4% Poultry & Poultry Products 0.9%
^Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.2%
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)
EARLY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested ~ Yield
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
41,784 49,903 43,686
53,590 52,530 56,500 60,000 58,400 58,000 52,600 47,200 47,000 37,200 31,800 31,700 31,200 34,400 35,200 33,100 32,400 32,200 28,800 38,800 38,900 40,000 44,000 50,700
31,275 37,716 50,853 40,267 47,540 39,071
41,580 43,730 49,250 53,030 53,500 53,400 47,400 44,000 40,600 33,000 29,000 28,500 28,700 32,100 32,800 31,000 30,600 31,000 26,700 36,840 37,900 39,280 41,500 18,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
9.9 10.9 10.6 10.6 6.6 13.1
13.6 24.6 28.7 25.8 35.0 33.5 32.8 44.7 33.3 41.7 33.4 51.3 37.5 61.5 33.2 24.5 27.3 48.5 45.0 41.0 54.3 52.3 68.6 28.0
Bales
310,110 411,004 538,603 425,979 312,076 510,277
564,300 1,076,000 1,411,900 1,368,000 1 ,870,800 1,790,600 1,554,000 1,965,000 1,351,000 1,377,000
969,000 1,461,000 1,075,000 1,974,000 1,090,000
760,000 834,000 1 ,504,000 1,201,500 1,510,400 2,059,100 2,053,300 2,846,200 522,700
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 190 250 360 2,500
1,900 1,900 2,100 2,300 2,200 6,400 10,230 11,120 7,310 10,400
Acreage Harvested
>
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1 ,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
10.5 16.5 23.0 15.0 20.0 14.0 23.0 20.0 25.0 19.5 28.1 21.0 29.8 28.1 20.5
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
1 ,365 3,135 5,750 5,400 50,000 26,600 43,700 42,000 57,500 42,900 179,800 214,800 331 ,400 205,400 213,200
Production (bu.)
29,826
167
10,034
52,569
178
18,731
36,572
112
8,205
43,720
180
15,765
22,444
165
7,392
36,786
17,326
253
8,772
44,734
1
118
20,492
40,633
30
16,270
347
13,660
455
13,510
393
10,230
404
8,210
448
11,100
392
10,270
426
10,780
350
10,060
433
10,800
578
11,120
495
9,630
479
6,000
450
4,060
377
5,250
331
5,850
307
6,150
247
6,500
361
6,000
403
5,120
470
5,950
518
1,380
529
2,250
336
1.220
261
11,790 12,960 11,080 8,630 7,680 9,070 9,120 7,890 9,100 13,080 11,490 9,640 5,640 3,200 3,640 3,750
3,180 4,880 5,050
5,000 6,450 1,520 1,570
fifi5
32,000 34,640 33,730 33,310 33,250 32,220 30,970 31,020 30,730 31,110 31,510 31,740 30,710 29,770 30,780 31,050 30,965 31,150 31,280 31,815 33,007 33,238 33,231
33.36X1
680 1,175 1,015
872 1,167 1,061 1,199 1,123 1,389 1,528 1,632 1,765 1,556 1,835 1,690 1,794 2,144 2,267 2,215
2,526 3,040 3,193 3,004 ?,74fi
21 ,776 40,695 34,220 29,046 38,793 34,179 37,122 34,830 42,672 47,550 51 ,438 56,008 47,770 54,624 52,016 55,689 66,392 70,609 69,275 80,353 100,344 106,116 99,833
91.608 1
1,730 910
1,370 650 720
1,350 730
1,150 280 330 350 280 320
1,630
1,320 530
2,250
6,940
4,180
2,290
2,400 1,750
1,720 1.290
21.6 16.2 22.5 16.5 22.5 21.5 25.5 28.5 26.5 26.0 28.5 25.0 28.0 22.0 27.3 33.8 35.4 34.9 18.5
27.0 16.5 30.0
35.6 36.5
7
892
900
37,390 14,780 30,820 10,720 16,200 29,020 18,620 32,780 7,420 8,580 9,980 7,000 8,960 35,900 36,000 17,900 79,700 242,500 77,200 61,800 39,600 52,500 61,200 47.inn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
14,828 18,122 18,983 18,273
18,679
17,413
13,151
12,682
EARLY 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)
14,732 14,202 14,261 13,239 11,365
4,538
1,766
6,496 6,336 6,409
4,492
2,015
1,109
8,236 7,866 7,852
6,873
2,523
657
335,360
335,360 335,360 335,360
335,360 336,640 336,640 336,640 336,640 336,640 336,640 335,360 335,360
45.8
57.0 67.2 53.7
59.0 59.2 70.4 91.0 90.1 82.1 76.2
73.7 67.9
153,697 191,327 225,366 180,059 197,879 199,451 236,938
306,217 303,164 276,377 256,392
247,323 227,863
Average Size Farms
(acres)
90 76 72 62 83 89 73 138 185 267 353 367 466
Number of Farms
1,717 2,509 3,128 2,919 2,375 2,232 3,269 2,226 1,638 1,034
726 673 489
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
851,210 2,606,347 8,351,737 4,757,803 3,386,884 4,568,625 8,256,900 11,786,670 12,817,350 16,638,094 22,717,266 44,834,556 80,644,000
Average (dol.)
496 1,039 2,670 1,630 1,426 2,047 2,526 5,295 7,825 16,091 31,291 66,618 164,917
Tractors
34
88 272 548 1,110 956 916 883 824
Trucks
77
180 333 684 850 681 742 653 668
Automobiles
Farms wi th Telephones
668
35
405
18
623
41
708
28
879
101
649
286
647
382
570
(NA)
478
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,720 3,598 1,949
26 10 495 1,419 603 6,422 1,958 1,196 433 345
Production (bushels)
16,000 48,128 28,814
890 285 3,100 55,543 13,967 213,497 74,218 47,230 17,772 14,093
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
8,325 7,225 30,940 34,762
27,856 23,228 4,051 8,775
3,872 6,394
2,620 8,205
14,237 14,798
11,725 6,788
11,139
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE
Har-
,.-
vested Value
(acres) (dol.)
146
8,564
239
155
4,741
26,195
373
17,563
659
47,527
396
34,015
367
41 ,373
228
38,112
218
67,000
PEACHES- 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,852
5
3,520
262
6,174
3,996
9,368
1,533
5,451
3,488
7,023
7,305
8,348
8,831
5,637
1,394
503
535
4,659
381
2,693
1,493
710
400
PECANS 1/3/
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,913 5,941
1,002 10,954 12,010
7,647
10,053 7,060 5,762 5,634 5,124 1,743
206,262 257,888 156,124
26,434 34,888 10,338 81,098 17,132
SWEET
POTATOES!/ 4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion'
(acres) (bushels)
519 572
761 757 1,111 754
313 212
31,965 46,743 64,193 84,103 100,343 56,662 30,745 18,351
52
3,813
50
6,959
18
2,452
11
1,478
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND 1ISF IN ACRES ?/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
114,449
9,174
1934
113,833
8,771
1939
118,345
2,243
1944
130,522
10,605
1949
113,876
14,164
1954
110,363
7,768
1959
105,270
8,576
1964
79,173
21,907
1969
76,864
28,549
1974
94,670
8,939
See foo tnotes on last page.
4,992 4,300 6,532 15,719 14,082 21,882 13,007 8,913 20,314 21,708
Woodland
67,722 66,002 39,156 56,569 47,539 65,945 144,903 139,438 121,049 116,659 90,683 66,617
Other Land
12,491 7,447 11,636 13,757 23,963 13,669 19,192 23,713 28,475 29,740 30,913 35,929
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nur ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99.999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
76
76
82
76
54
75
64
109
53
95
49
242
111
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
EARLY COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,141 8,550 9,573 5,531 10,882 7,830 16,912 10,185 22,063 20,784 25,915 29,594 31,190
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,022 4,965 4,932 3,287 4,858 2,976 8,104 5,402 10,808 10,654 13,283 15,226 15,139
Milk Cows 1,945 3,019 2,876 3,088
2,536
2,452 1,788
744 279 223 134
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 1,130 5,278
39,493 37,101
11,754 28,555 37,592 23,959
693 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
16,121 22,302 39,018 14,419 21 ,628 14,435 34,536 30,270 32,226 32,367 22,460 21,656 15,360
Sows Farrowing 5/
5,627 2,282 3,288 3,228 5,013 4,676 5,843 5,890 4,590 4,809 3,989
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
43,844 40,132 53,936 44,305 48,220 45,072 64,946 41,542 48,046 36,412 33,732 75,791
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,808 8,974 13,842
14,656
13,642 84,825 33,830
159,216 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 1/
111,560 111,228 154,349 242,107 166,673 230,675 377,067 68,548 263,613 187,315 340,842
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
f-eed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$
32,615
305,720
112.0
39,501
228,396
127.5
72,613
217.3
223,212
536.6
417,856
1,052,115
749.2
449,140
765.1
725,964
1,360,911
813.2
996,227 1 ,209,000
1,800,240 3,964,000
1,004.6 1 ,645.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and Calves
27.500 26,600 26,400 28,000 30,000 31,000 35,000 38,500 39,400 40,100 44,000 42,000 40,800 35.000
Kept for Milk
330 300 310 260 260 250 250 250 200 80 80 100 100 AQ0_
Other
13,600 14,000 13,800 14,750 15,050 15,500 17,500 20,000 21,350 22,100 24,510 22,500 20,500 15.810
Cattle and
Calves
13,570 12,300 12,290 12,990 14,690 15,250 17,250 18,250 17,850 17,920 19,410 19,400 20,200 18.790
All Hogs and Pigs
22,650 22,550 25,000 22,600 24,400 28,300 26,900 25,850 24,000 20,300 14,000 16,300 17,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes I
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excl
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition.
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 c
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold,
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that individual farms. NA - Not available.
have
calv ed".
D - Data withheld to
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than_15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older
0/ In 1971 and thereafter clasavoid disclosure of information for
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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ECHOLS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1800-18 78
Echols County was created by Legislative Act of December 13, 1858 from parts of Clinch
and Lowndes Counties and was 130th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named
for General R. M. Echols, a brave officer from Georgia who lost his life in the war with
Mexico. He was born in Wilkes County but shortly afterwards his family moved to Walton
County at a place called Arrowhead. Prominent in public life he served in both branches of
the State Legislature and three times was President of the Senate. The immediate family of
General Echols has become extinct. Statenville is the county seat but the origin of the
name is unauthenticated.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 272,000 acres. There were 104 farms having a
total of 16,875 acres with land and buildings valued at $5,334,000. The number of farms is only 31 percent of the
peak number in 1910. Tobacco is the most important cash crop. About 55 percent of the harvested land is devoted
to corn which sustains a significant swine enterprise in the county.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
50 inches in Echols County. Summer is with an average just under two inches,
the wettest season with almost six inches occurring during July. November, is usually the driest month. The mean annual temperature is around 67 degrees
Received
and monthly means range from about 81 degrees in July and August to near 52 degrees in January and December. The
freeze-free period usually extends from around March 10 to around mid-November and averages about 250 days
N0V2 6 197!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
i
1964 i
441 ,329
880,128
1974 1,294,000
DOCUMENTS U1 GA LIBRARY
i* Ti7/
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
271,891 263,900
6,936 1,055
59,278 110,160
4,074 9,192 96,894
61.6 59.8
559,448 551,087
1.6
7,512
.2
849
13.4
162,519
25.0
158,161
.9
5,334
2.1
22.0
152,827
63.5 62.6
.9
18.5 18.0
.6 17.4
1,260,000 789,000 739,500 216,000 459,000
61,000 3,000 49,500
-
156,000
315,000
62.6 58.7 17.2 36.4
4.9 .2
3.9
12.4 25.0
315,000
25.0
76,000
6.0
131,500
10.5
107,500
8.5
Government Payments 3/
1,000
]_/ 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 13.4%
_ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products 12.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.9%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 25.0%
ivXv::-:-:-:-:/^,^ Livestock, Poultry & their Products 25.0%
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
ECHOLS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested neid for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushel s)
SOYBEANS
Harvested
Yield
Year
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
3,921 6,118 4,866
5,614
5,333 5,603 3,758 5,456 2,191
9.9 10.3 10.5 10.6 6.8 10.9
55,860 55,092 58,860 40,008 37,091 23,860
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
4,710
1,640
11.1
18,200
1966
4,420
2,290
17.4
39,800
1967
200
4,400
2,130
20.1
42,800
1968
4,700
2,310
24.8
57,300
1969
100 200
4,300
2,300
27.5
63,200
1970
250
4,600
2,400
31.5
75,600
1971
520
3,900
2,090
34.0
71,000
1972
120
3,540
2,100
35.2
74,000
1973
330
3,100
1,930
19.7
38,000
1974
300
4,600
3,200
35.0
112,000
1975
410
4,400
3,100
32.6
101,000
1976
300
4,310
3,100
36.8
114,000
1977
4,200
3,100
38.7
120,000
350
4,800
3,700
46.5
172,000
4,620
3,500
23.1
81,000
3,600
3,300
32.1
106,000
3,700
3,290
21.6
71,000
3,400
3,200
54.7
175,000
3,100
2,900
58.0
168,200
3,200
2,880
44.0
126,700
3,600
3,500
50.3
176,000
3,850
3,800
53.3
202,400
4,400
4,300
59.8
257,000
4,550
1,430
20.0
28,600
22.0
14.0 25.0 24.0
25.0 20.0 15.8 17.0 22.7 24.3 22.6
~1
-
Production (bushels)
4,400 1 ,400 5,000 6,000 13,000 2,400 5,200 5,100 9,300 7,300 7,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs )
Yield per acre
P1 1rU oUdUutcrltriloUnII
3,656
136
3,280
117
1,258
86
534
159
202
144
23
217
50
300
20
150
30
333
40
150
30
200
55
364
80
200
50
180
50
200
60
367
50
240
30
333
20
500
15
200
5
200
781
765
217
170
215
58
751
10
431
30
510
5
485
20
405
10
280
10
290
40
325
30
345
20
350
20
365
45
345
25
310
20
255
20
300
6
285
2
275
310
265
210
200
255
315
250
285
365
172 481 449
1,184
604
1,115
541
978
396
1,175
329
1,403
407
1,622
527
1,719
593
1,843
645
1,723
629
1,933
667
1,706
529
1,878
479
1,936
581
2,000
570
1,735
477
1,650
511
2,075
550
2,006
421
2,005
401
1,593
406
2,130
671
2,131
533
696
484
1.446
5?R
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
ECHOLS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
3,209 3,309 3,313 2,744
2,964
2,494
1,876
1,924
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
1,418
1,298
120
1,423
1,349
74
1,242
1,158
84
714
1,004
971
33
452
415
37
365
214
151
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 231,680
231,680 231,680 231 ,680 231,680 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000 272,000
Percent in Farms
55.0
52.6 36.3 23.8 30.3 27.2 23.0 32.9 23.5 17.1 20.0 14.6
6.2
All Land in Farms (acres) 127,331
121,936 84,028 55,178 70,223 74,038 62,468 89,501 63,845 46,625 54,419 39,829 16,875
Average
Size Farms
(acres) 4//
361 301 224 281 322 324 386 306 322 439 356 162
Number
of Farms
267 338 279 246 250 230
193 232 209 145 124 112 104
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
223,460 472,350 723,079 515,225 520,276 508,913 563,589 1,534,680 1,991,352 2,127,150 4,678,520 6,017,322 5,334,000
Average (dol.)
837 1,397 2,592 2,094 2,081 2,213 2,920 6,615 9,528 14,670 37,730 53,726 51,290
Tractors
1
7 35 71 102 115 200 125 104
Trucks
36
30 56 74 139 92 153 115 114
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
112
6
99
4
86
2
115
3
125
28
122
59
137
81
83
(NA)
87
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) 228 193 116
Production (bushels)
2,210 2,276 1,470
24
666
15
500
8
300
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
499
50
28
460
225
213
28
27
73
38
124
256
300
621
493
1,603
708
2,055
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
73
3,240
147
104
1,806
2,020
282
13,371
195
6,936
39
1,915
105
7,512
113
7,995
148
49,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
8
8
6
6
1,337
970
407
95
371
170
1,404
187
66
14
141
12
52
1
77
13
29
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,652 1,876
1,980
1,360 831 810 316
5,220 3,993
29,241 17,625 4,615
3,100 3,667 1,409
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
177
16,692
235
22,973
209
23,920
127
12,075
108
6,207
113
7,680
85
6,595
38
2,801
15
1,416
15
1,289
7
568
5
1 ,045
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
6,836
3,860
1934
7,127
4,262
1939
8,718
4,047
1944
6,950
3,352
1949
6,606
3,684
1954
6,102
2,622
1959
4,931
1,613
1964
5,438
2,072
1969
3,783
2,567
1974
3,432
891
See foolmotes on last page.
2,267 2,328
918
1,165 1,099
765 1,072 1,050 1,929
Woodland
32,228 57,595 38,754 55,791 59,806 50,309 77,191 50,081 36,585 39,285 23,084
8,921
Other Land
72,101 9,486 3,356 621 446 1,848 855 3,941 2,731 6,552 9,345 1,702
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nur ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
1
3
5
8
16
15
20
13
12
14
17
59
33
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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ECHOLS 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
5,774 7,182 8,379 3,060 5,506 4,503 4,153 3,409 2,757 1,498 1,964 1 ,685 1,737
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,502 4,449 4,511 1,688
2,749 1,750 1,263 1,716 1,407
868
986 818 1,065
Milk Cows
1,322 1,224
13 153
324
173 197 117 71 12
4
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 3,105 85 309
551 863 125 18,250
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,045 9,156 7,006 5,536 3,897 4,146 5,172 5,788 4,668 4,605 2,921 2,764 1,722
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,958 648 610 941 655 742 780 834 533 548 303
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
8,156 8,982 10,124 6,726 6,558 7,921
6,370 4,780 5,461 4,109 2,488
210 323
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,820 2,790 3,086
3,913
759 369 925 388 20
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
17,080 25,101 33,530 34,130 20,639 40,494 27,712 5,600 8,957 29,597 12,386
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertillzer
Livestock
and
Poultry
2,766 5,610 16,145 22,955 47,014 39,344 39,195 71,524 73,000
and Fertilizer Material $ 11,072
20,640
50,615
161,682 109,673 181,000
Hired Labor (Thous.
i 8.1 12.9 42.9 77.5 57.9 39.8
112.3 54.6 40.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and Calves
2,100 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,500 2,600 2,600 2,600 3,100 3,500 3,400 2,400
Kept for Milk
90 80 70 60 60
no
200 230 260 30 30 20 20 10
Other
960 1,000 1,000 1,050 1,100 1,150 1,200 1,200 1,280 1,330 1,660 1 ,600 1,500 1,190
Cattle and
Calves
1,050 920 930 890 840 740
1,100 1,170 1 ,060 1,240 1,410 1,880 1,880 1,200
All Hogs and Pigs
2,950 2,950 3,250 2,900 3,100 3,600 3,450 3,350 3,500 2,800 2,100 2,900 3,200
8scb11/a9ui/f5stiiA4chIonaelnleltsx1iocc9chh6hlnui9aacdnrkecvgaeshneenaddssnf-tae-g1"rdesC9md.7oos4-lw-d"s.wCe5x/oiatcwhn9Nlusd/odlteeaBhsnsfeedsugiffliealnhtyhrrnemsaiinnfscegtohrmw2saw0pittiahttfhhrrhaaualbev1tliese9ts4h9caabvnaethedtclvoaaencutnadasue"ll$tvs2eotdri5fen"70ce0c/ lhsuBa.sdnaeegNlgee4Aions/ n.ni-nSilnyiNgnd2oce/eetgwfgEiaisnt1xhv9icats4liu91oiold9alnde6ebs.9.xlceclI.u1r6- hdi0/isce/
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-
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EFFINGHAM COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Effingham County was created by the State Constitution of 1777 from two of the old
Colonial Parishes, St. Matthew and St. Phillip, and was 4th in order of counties organized
in Georgia. It was named for Lord Effingham, an English champion of Colonial rights.
Springfield 1s the present county seat but the origin of the name is unauthentlcated. The
97k
original county seat was another town that is now extinct. Historians 11st several such
towns which were established by the Salzburgers, German Immigrants numbering over fifteen
hundred, who joined the colony founded by Oglethorpe in 1733. There was Bethany, a settle-
ment started in 1751 by 160 Germans under William OeBrahm. Goshen was a German town located
about 10 miles below old Fort Ebenezer, near the road to Savannah. Another extinct settlement was Abercorn, settled
in 1733 by 10 families from the main body of settlers at Savannah. Much early Georgia history 1s closely associated
with the history of Effingham County. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 307,072 acres making it 31st in size among
counties in the State. There were 345 farms having a total of 98,012 acres with land and buildings valued at $34 552 000 The number of farms is only 29 percent of the peak number in 1920. Cotton, tobacco and peanuts are qrown iii the county but corn is the principal crop. Soybean acreage has increased considerably in the past 5 years.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA, National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 47 inches in Effingham County. Summer is normally the wettest part of the year, and late fall and winter the driest. Averaqe rainfall for July and August is greater than for the four months October through January. The mean annual temperature is about 66 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from about 81 degrees in July to about 50 degrees in Rergjwgrf January. The freeze-free season averages around 255 days, extending usually from just before March 10 to just after "vvcivcv*
mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
1964
Amount $~
Amount T"
1,299,493
2,223,111
1974 Amount i
5,377,000
'MOV ? R 1Q7Q
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DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm Products-
JGA LIBRARIES
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
5,221,000
All Crops Field Crops
Grains Tobacco
612,777 560,111
47.1
895,964
40.3
3,197,000
61.2
43.1
854,837
38.5
3,150,000
60.3
2,707,000
51.8
220,000
4.2
Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
47,138 5,528
68,000
1.3
155,000
3.0
3.6
36,555
1.6
40,000
.8
.4
4,572
.2
7,000
.1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
120,474
6,625
.3
5,000
.1
9.3
309,276
13.9
233,000
4.5
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs
566,242
126,761 33,861
405,620
43.6
9.8 2.6 31.2
1,011,246
238,023 154,210 619,013
45.5
10.7 6.9
27.9
1,786,000
132,000 183,500 1,470,500
327,000 1,142,500
34.2
2.5 3.5 28.2 6.3
21.9
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
1,000
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
Government Payments 1/
"i~6~566"
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add due to disclosures and omissions 1974 were computed using total value
sales from All farms. 3/ Available
|/ from only
Jot comparable for farms with $2500 o for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts
y & Berries 4.0% Forestry Products
-~ Hort. Spec. 9.3%
Poultry & Poultry - Products 9.8%
Dairy Products 2.6%
>- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 31.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 0.9% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.6% Poultry & Poultry -"* Products 2.5%
*-- Dairy Products 3.5%
_^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 28.2%
Year
EFFINGHAM COUNTY ACREAGE , YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 -1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
Production
]
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
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
16,045 18,768 17,044
21 ,230 19,090 17,900 17,200 16,800 18,000 15,200 13,600 11,100 15,100 14,400 10,020 10,100 11,000 10,300 12,600 12,400 12,200 10,900 13,000 13,700 13,500 15,500 14,550
11,531 13,346 18,808 15,740 17,833 13,139
12,660 11,780 10,050
9,800 9,200 9,900 8,400 8,300 7,600 11,000 10,300 9,090 9,200 10,100 9,800 11,200 11,000 11,100 9,900 11,720 12,700 12,600 14,300 8,560
11.1 17.0 12.6 13.7 12.1 16.8
12.1 23.2 20.5 24.8 26.6 24.9 29.0 30.6 30.3 40.3 37.3 52.3 31.0 59.4 43.9 44.6 31.5 56.8 55.0 55.0 57.0 51.3 49.0 30.9
127,670 226,475 237,534 215,312 216,512 221 ,357
153,100 273,500 206,000 243,100 244,500 246,500 244,000 254,000 230,000 443,000 384,000 475,000 285,000 600,000 430,000 500,000 347,000 631,000 544,500 644,600 723,900 646,200 700,000 264,900
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1 963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
2,230 2,150 2,300 2,470 2,600 3,830 5,160 7,440 9,900 8,200 8,200 9,100 10,700 10,800 12,860 13,100 15,970 11,270 14,900
13.0 20.5 16.0 20.5 26.0 19.0 19.5 21.5 25.0 15.0 23.0 27.0 24.0 19.0 20.7 25.7 24.7 24.4 23.5
28,990 44,075 36,800 50,635 67,600 72,770 100,620 159,960 247,500 123,000
188,600 245,700 256,800 205,200 266,200 336,700
394,500 275,000 350,200
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
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
1,066 5,260 7,616 5,432 3,406 3,078
1,840 1,510 1 ,380
760 435 1,120 1,510 1,520 1,460 1,440 1,310 1,260 750 360 500 200 80
272
571
316
3,326
139
2,118
152
1,652
177
1,203
159
976
358
1,370
238
750
319
920
171
270
336
300
308
720
327
1,030
231
730
404
1,230
306
920
302
830
313
830
191
300
186
140
168
175
135
55
125
21
39
333
27
175
280
100
1
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
15
7
96
68
279
185
314
188
190
585
300
1,007
302
400
748
285
1,249
356
460
804
235
1,357
379
460
963
125
1,128
141
450
880
95
1,379
131
370
1,273
170
1,471
250
330
1 ,130
195
1,482
289
470
1 ,253
200
1,410
282
410
1 ,159
210
1,505
316
470
1 ,194
200
1,235
247
425
1 ,301
185
1,308
242
445
1 ,274
145
1,628
236
450
1 ,500
160
856
137
390
1 ,146
240
1,550
372
445
1 ,580
185
1,365
253
420
1 ,379
185
878
162
355
1 ,468
160
2,026
324
455
2,336
190
1,411
268
470
2,764
160
1,615
258
480
3,029
185
1,457
270
375
2,733
180
1,662
299
389
3,144
185
1,706
316
396
2,934
150
1,517
228
394
2,949
215
1 1.7/H 1 375
407
2.4R9
Production (1,000 lbs)
224 366
299 370 443 396 471 373 589 475 561 553 567 675 447 703 579 521 1,063 1,299 1,454 1,025 1,223 1,162 1,162 1 (in
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
EFFINGHAM COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
8,334 9,971 9,985 10,164
9,646
9,133
10,144
13,632
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,576 6,001 5,462 3,803 3,809
2,114
1,583
3,591 3,921 3,428
2,762
1,556
1,445
1,985 2,080 2,034
1,047
558
138
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
286,720 286,720 286,720 286,720 286,720 307,200 307,200 307,200 307,200 307,200 307,200 307,072 307,072
Percent in Farms
67.5 75.9 64.1 45.5 62.6 48.8 57.2 52.7 52.8 45.3 45.1 41.4 31.9
All Land in Farms (acres) 193,506 217,487 183,724 130,389 179,546 149,861 175,620 161,833 162,295 139,308 138,586 126,975
98,012
Average Size Farms
(acres) 2b/ 204 156 133 175 181 214 189 201 237 294 314 284
Number
of Farms 753
1 ,066 1,176
979 1,024
827 821 856 806 588 472 405
345
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
491,240 1,618,436 3,221,678 2,067,247 1,742,645 1,697,865 3,310,904 4,078,840 6,908,226 13,874,448 12,750,136 21,167,052 34,552,000
Average (dol.)
652 1,518 2,740 2,112 1,702 2,053 4,033 4,765 8,571 23,596 27,013 52,264 100,150
Tractors
21
39 108 255 405 511 550 503 444
Trucks
144
172 263 381 450 430 481 436 395
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
432
151
377
155
359
213
365
196
490
209
536
298
615
329
392
(NA)
316
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
788 1,048
990 47 9 48 163 198
1,365 568 424 15 73
Production (bushels)
7,770 15,406 11,559
637 90
944 3,885 4,180 34,386 12,578 15,240
485 3,900
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,523 1,124 2,780 2,022
1,652 1,404 1,277 1,778
846 1,294
894 1,823
1,281 911
2,234 3,891 2,289 3,846
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,218 1,340 1,529
1,013 717 412 457 209 71
54,085
49,652 72,081 60,777 47,138 45,984 36,555 25,157 40,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
563
111
2,574
354
2,924
1,634
1,760
571
3,513
1,547
4,177
1,624
2,252
1,055
839
34
43
3
342
95
22
10
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
190
5,185
5,277
25,309
4,647
8,687
8,501
5,110 2,708 3,160 1,967 1,114
820
105,651 119,768
9,839 17,200 11 ,454
4,916 10,131
(D)
SWEET
POTATOES W
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
617
41,239
677
57,506
1,058
106,948
1,121
105,076
1,026
55,958
844
67,507
709
55,727
614
43,127
136
9,170
119
13,003
23
1,978
9
960
3
352
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
28,049
7,002
1934
28,229
8,210
1939
30,613
3,676
1944
1949 1954
27,620 27,181 27,305
4,326 7,110 3,907
1959 1964 1969 1974
24,256 22,921 21,609 25,006
4,260 5,487 9,348 5,352
See footnotes on last page.
2,860 418
1,805 626
3,150 5,134 6,514 3,213 4,948 5,488
Woodland
182,041 138,084
73,793 138,574 80,841 140,188 111,551 120,345
99,145 99,458 82,343 53,668
Other Land
536 1,321
17,161 2,699
32,359 1,402
12,841 5,604
5,133 7,507 8,727 8,498
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
*
10
17
25
23
26
28
53
56
56
67
41
214
134
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
EFFINGHAM 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
7,469 10,921 8,933
5,520 8,544 5,971 7,352 4,950 6,363 6,466 8,092 6,401 6,152
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,226 6,123 4,890 2,515 4,042 2,576 4,175 2,637 3,424 3,104 3,875 2,996 3,022
Milk Cows 1,774 3,045
244 1,233
1,426
1,172 963 658 486 377 281
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,284 2.592 6.078 31.878
7,307 16,941 11,421 64,790 369,087 296,760
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
11,238 18,057 15,068
7,937 12,597 10,753 15,463 15,108 16,052 17,793 11,944 11,791 9,810
3,355 993
1,521 1,822 2,277 1,952 2,497 2,888 2,092 2,623 1,645
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
24,255 29,049 43,389 41,044 40,656 37,998 54,641 37,274 48,600 49,396 45,278 32,586 10,267
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,709 12,660 20,180
33,606
16,186 14,213 18,575
19,344 18,341
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
84,610 136,804 179,480 240,915 168,568 221 ,448 355,593 213,432 253,418 487,880 542,747
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor (Thnns )
$ 27,179
$ 115,160
$ 78.8
30,448
109,588
104.0
127,366
184.4
127,261
137.8
191,524
252,885
124.8
384,172
179.6
142,762
490,166
193.4
494,683
498,347
191.2
659,000
1 ,090,000
226.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,600 8,300 7,900 7,900 7,900 7,900 7,900 7,800 7,700 7,900 8,000 8,000 7,800 6,500
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
580 540 510 440 440 400 350 250 250 120 130 120 120 130
Other
3,550 3,500 3,300 3,350 3,450 3,550 3,350 3,220 2,780 2,890 3,190 3,100 2,900 3,950
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
4,470 4,260 4,090 4,110 4,010 3,950 4,200 4,330 4,670 4,890 4,680 4,780 4,780 2,420
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
12,050 12,100 13,450 12,300 13,300 15,400 14,650 14,050 12,550 11,500 10,500 13,000 14,000
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude hange in definition. 6/
Beginning with 1969 ch~ic lude only eggs sold. 10/
NA - Not availableT
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 clasD - Data withheld to avoid
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ELBERT COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Elbert County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1790 from wilkes County and was 13th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Samuel
Elbert, a distinguished officer of the Revolutionary war and one of Georgia's early governors.
He was a member of Georgia's first Council of Safety, a delegate to the Provincial Congress
of July 4, 1775 and later was in supreme command of the Continental forces in Georgia. While Governor of Georgia he signed the bill chartering the University of Georgia. Four Georgia
counties, Banks, Bibb, Hart and Heard, have been named for natives of Elbert County. Elberton,
the county seat, was also named for General Elbert. Petersburg, now extinct, was a large
town for its time and was considered as a possible location for the Georgia capitol.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 228,800 acres. There were 411 farms having
a total of 66,622 acres with land and buildings valued at $22,941,000. The number of farms is only 12 percent of
the peak number in 1920. Field crops only accounted for 30 percent of the county's agricultural economy. The
poultry enterprise, principally commercial broilers, accounted for almost 46 percent of the value of all farm
products sold in 1974. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
48 inches for Elbert County. March, with an average of about five and one-half inches, is normally the wettest
month, and October with just under three inches is the driest. The mean annual temperature is about 61 degrees, ReC8IVed
with monthly averages ranging from over 79 degrees in July to about 44 degrees in January. The freeze-free season
***
averages about 215 days in length, extending usually from the first of April to early November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
2,317,094
1964 Amount ~$~
4,678,934
N0V2 6 1979
1974 Amount $
6,194,000
TT7 DOCUMENTS tGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops
Field Crops
Grains
Tobacco
i,
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
1,509,135 1,498,459
5,847 4,829
10 62,775 745,174 370,518 194,136 180,520
65.1 64.7
.2 .2
2.7 32.2 16.0
8.4 7.8
941 ,009 931,567
6,052 3,390 3,818 69,994 3,664,113 2,967,067 292,028 405,018
20.1 19.9
.1 .1 .1 1.5 78.3 63.4 6.2 8.7
5,970,000
1,813,000 (NA)
583,006
1,117,000 93,000 (D) (D)
(D) (D)
3,967,900 2,725,500
531,000 710,500 490,500 217,000
(Z) 3,000
30.4 9.8
18.7 1.6
66.4 45.6
8.9 11.9
8.2 3.6
.1
Government Payments 3/
12,000
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 withFeld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Products 16.0?
--Dairy Products 8.4%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 7. Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Products 2.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
-<Dairy Products 8.
.Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11. X Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Products 3.2%
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)
ELBERT COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
narveszea rieia for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production (bushels)
19,827 21,846 11,448
26,737 21,840 26,561 18,662 21,674 11,345
6,980 6,220 5,400 5,200 4,900 4,100 3,420 2,670 2,500 2,260 1,800 1,690 1,620 1,340 1,250 1,170 1,020 1,550 1,200 1,160 1,200 1,200 1,500 1,050
1
6,600 5,850 5,020 4,900 4,700 4,000 3,280 2,430 2,270 2,040 1,610 1,530 1,500 1,240 1,120 1,000
890 1,300 1,000
890 900 860 1,170
280
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
8.7 11.2 12.9 11.2 8.8 13.1
9.8 27.3 15.0 20.8 23.1 18.9 22.9 29.2 22.0 26.5 28.6 30.7 27.3 44.4 34.8 19.0 20.2 41.5 28.0 30.0 44.4 55.2 57.8 25.0
Bales
231,810 244,528 342,193 209,920 191,437 148,711
65,000
159,700
75,300
102,100
108,800
75,600
75,000
71,000
50,000
54,000
46,000
47,000
41,000
55,000
39,000
19,000
18,000
54,000
28,000
26,700
40,000
47,500
67.600
,
7,000
USDA: 1959 1 960 1 961 1 962 1 963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
500 1,260 5,100 4,500 2,400 2,000 1,800 2,300 3,030 3,160 5,630 6,580 9,370
1
22.0 19.5 25.0 25.0 21.5 20.5 26.5 15.2 22.1 22.5 22.8 25.1 16.3
11,000 24,570 127,500 112,500 51,600 41,000 47,700 35,000 67,000 71,100 128,400 165,200 152,700
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield
per acre
(bu. )
Productior (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested 1
"- v-
(bu.)
(bu.)
49,459 51,065 55,911 37,567 20,427 15,711
10,260 9,320 8,300 5,740 3,555 7,000 6,700 6,640 6,530 6,000 5,430 4,940 3,560 2,490 3,450 3,400 3,850 4,200 4,400 4,300 4,060 2,920 3,070 3.190
159 210 247 174 292 224
326 537 338 391 486 411 307 370 344 404 447 467 386 338 272 428 484 365 298 432 519
205 442 241
13,532 21 ,426 27,618 13,096 11,910
7,027
6,970 10,420
5,860 4,690 3,600 6,000 4,280 5,130 4,700 5,070 6,070 4,820 2,870 1,760 1,970 3,030 3,890 3,200 2,730 3,870 4,390 1,250 2,820 1.600
5,467 1,162 1,505 1,082
2,575
3,080 2,550 3,500 3,680 2,000 3,140 2,200 2,850
860 1,200 1,220 1,150
980 1,640 1,380
770 750 1,690 810 610 1,390 1,180 2,240 2.480
17. 1 16. 7 22. 3 17. 23. D 18.
21.( )
25.! 24.!
24.0 25.0
25.( ) 24.( )
22.!
24.f :
25. t
36.5 40.1 30.C 30.
27.7 22.1 33.7 40.5
27,040 7,814 8,413 6,988
24,911
52,650 42,630 70,160 64,400 46,000 58,090 46,200 72,680 21,070 28,800 30,500 28,750 23,500 36,900 34,200 19,700 27,700 67,700 24,300 18,600 38,500 26,100 75,500 inn..d--nn
230
33.5
1,050
36.7
1,000
29.0
990
40.0
1,000
43.0
1,500
m
42.0
iw
7,700 38,580 29,000 39,600 43,000 63,000
n>m nunii 1
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
19,729 24,125 23,905 18,485
19,618
18,585
17,835
17,262
ELBERT COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
12,488 11,533 11,821
7,788 7,903
4,004
1,883
6,837 6,655 6,942
4,791
2,283
1 ,502
5,651 4,878 4,879
3,112
1,721
381
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
231,040 231 ,040 231,040 231,040 231,040 231,680 231,680 231,680 231 ,680 229,760 229,760 228,800 228,800
Percent in Farms
87.2 86.3 79.8 71.1 77.9 76.6 75.0 75.8 65.1 51.2 46.7 41.2 29.1
All Land in Farms (acres)
201 ,496 199,366 184,438 164,276 179,974 177,579 173,777 175,578 150,935 117,749 107,230
94,298 66,622
Average
Size Farms
(acres) 78 64 56 68 79 94 89 96 99
115
139
169
162
Number
of Farms
T757T
3,142 3,316 2,427 2,276 1,893 1,956 1,828 1,525 1,023
769 558 411
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
(doi.:
1,901,730
5,157,676 11,551,871
4,254,940 3,496,446 3,049,449 3,960,716 7,805,560 7,054,650 7,957,917 10,429,178
16,478,439
22,941,000
Average
(doi.) 739
1,642 3,484 1,753 1,536 1,611 2,025 4,270 4,626 7,779 13,562 29,531 55,817
Tractors
54
60 163 422 635 726 640 648 515
Trucks
63
94 157 381 510 504 529 515 452
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,062
171
803
50
837
84
1,205
114
1,204
230
987
523
936
550
568
(NA)
341
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) 3,370 4,364 1,992 1,472 2,710 5,249 7,266 7,457 9,056 3,703
631 242 184
Production
(bushels) 23,410 53,562 29,381 26,881 45,546 87,216 139,168
161,919 239,410
99,927 19,806 11,562 7,414
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
2,518 1,618 5,835 3,899
8,913 8,417 5,073 6,007 3,758 3,521
1,644 5,699
8,413 6,735 4,815 7,340 5,397 5,944
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (doi.)
93
5,582
178
69
2,237
7,392
130
3,829
107
5,847
233
20,899
61
6,052
9
1,220
(D)
PEACHES 1/3/
--ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
28,171 10,268
151,406 32,254
28,373
1,019
27,754
3,137
26,676 24,875
20,355 20,763
25,786 11,243
10,109
130
2,368
534
1,587
245
2,993
710
381
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
TtO
732
1,182
2,340
3,230
2,713
3,758
4,589 2,322 2,746 2,288 1,113
17,148 21 ,188 32,490
3,433 17,974
5,181 3,042
"SWEET
POTATOES 1/j/
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels
T30
16,589
351
31,628
690
73,180
143
15,477
765
53,116
528
41,669
292
20,186
126
12,506
19
3,859
21
3,039
5
801
2
260
111
Year
Harvested Cropland
m M I AND USE N ACRFS
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
67,236 68,102 64,327 59,307 47,224 36,683 24,518 16,078 11,943 14,044
11,731 12,149 12,175 13,916 18,610 12,071 12,156 13,293
7,715 3,170
See footnotes on last page.
9,365 9,588 18,839 6,445 8,917 11,444 6,246 9,735 19,435 14,269
Woodland
77,149 56,295 48,140^ 66,190 53,305 60,176 78,136 68,468 58,541 49,856 39,218 23,959
Other Land 22,192 24,577 26,326 22,932 27,824 33,565 22,691 22,269 16,288 18,268 15,987 11,180
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
*
18
36
28
34
17
39
31
52
27
45
56
352
234
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
ELBERT COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,206 7,256 7,871 4,832 6,929 4,204 6,066 6,419 9,170 8,064 10,528 10,304 12,648
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,688 4,683 4,507 2,919 3,785 2,654 3,400 3,424 5,213 4,291 5,466 5,581 6,811
Milk Cows
2,297 3,629 4,408 2,736
2,546
2,485 2,607 1,676 1,220 1,061
784
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
3,340 12,929 8,068 41,768
6,907 104,761 235,729 392,266 671,707 527,428
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,917 5,171 6,977 1,859 3,980 3,155 3,095 2,342 2,640 3,816 2,345
759 1,817
Sows Farrowinq 5/
449 262 252 201 240 188 325 543 397 166 345
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
36,364 41,821 62,026 41,235 53,910 42,948 57,878 44,393 47,503 46,311 100,157 350,534 221,513
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,994 15,150 39,007
20,622
24,669 470,733 3,097,796 4,871,412 3,529,944 1 ,421,244
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
110,970 112,086 177,810 182,892 206,385 162,593 222,866 74,291 165,089 253,217 875,090
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 56,123 $ 199,901
$ 48.5
9,954 83,344 86,547
129,511
58.4 83.0 125.3
459,670
358,579
213.6
1,635,175 1,926,665 2,408,455
268,597 282,248
298.5 156.7 224.9
2,189,000
511,000
168.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,200 10,800 10,300 11,000 11,600 11,600 12,500 12,600 12,700 12,900 14,700 14,300 13,900 10.300
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,450 1,350 1,100 1,010 1,200 1 ,300 1,200 1,150 1,100
900 1,130 1,130 1,150 1.080
4,450 4,600 4,500 4,800 4,950 5,050 4,950 4,950 4,920 5,000 5,470 5,500 5,200 4.750
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,300 4,850 4,700 5,190 5,450 5,250 6,350 6,500 6,680 7,000 8,100 7,670 7,550 4,470
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,350 1,550 1,700
800 850 1,700 2,100 2,300 2,500 2,500 2,200 2,400 2,300
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" of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition.
Beginning with 1969 ude 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. 1P_/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure
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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EMANUEL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Emanuel County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1812 from parts of
Bui loch and Montgomery Counties and was 39th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It
was named for David Emanuel, a gallant soldier of the Revolutionary War who came from
Pennsylvania in 1744 and settled near Waynesboro in Burke County. The county was at one
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time called the "State of Emanuel" because of its size. It formerly included parts of Jenkins, Johnson and Toombs Counties. Swainsboro, the county seat, was named for Governor
David Swain of North Carolina. Paris was the original county seat but it has long since
disappeared with no trace of the site on which it stood.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 438,976 acres making it 6th in size among
counties in the State. There were 730 farms having a total of 189,245 acres with land and buildings valued at
$67,073,000. The number of farms is only 19 percent of the peak number in 1920. The value of farm land and
buildings almost tripled in the 10 year period from 1964 to 1974. Cotton, tobacco and peanuts are all grown in
the county and are important sources of farm income. Over one-half of the harvested cropland is devoted to
corn which supports the sizable swine enterprise. The poultry enterprise, principally egg production, enjoyed
Received significant growth in recent years but showed a drastic decrease in 1974, and only accounted for 3 percent of the
value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports the average annual rainfall in Emanuel
County is about 46 inches. July is the wettest month with an average of more than 5.5 inches and November, with
an average just under 2 inches, is the driest. The mean annual temperature is about 65 degrees and monthly NfW 9 R 1Q7Q
averages range from 81 degrees in July to about 49 degrees in January. The freeze-free season usually extends'*'"'" " O 13/"
from about March 20 to around November 7 and averages about 230 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
X
1964
Amount $
t
3,902,169
7,884,921
1974 Amount $
17,328,000
DOCUMENTS i 1H7 <i:5A 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
2,798,221 2,779,524
8,238 10,459
71.7 71.2
.2 .3
4,546,169 4,515,052
15,830 15,287
17,129,000
57.7
12,284,000
71.7
57.3
12,161,000
71.0
7,215,000
42.1
2,455,000
14.3
517,000
3.0
322,000
1.9
1,652,000
9.7
.2
24,000
.1
.2
99,000
.6
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,350
207,551
893,047 90,942 96,485 705,620
.1
(D)
(D)
5.3
337,899
4.3
(D)
22.9
2,997,653
38.0
4,167,000
24.3
2.3
1,684,529
21.4
552,000
3.2
2.5
71,962
.9
209,000
1.2
18.1
1,241,162
15.7
3,406,000
19.9
1 ,227,000
7.2
2,179,000
12.7
(z)
(z)
Government Payments 2/
47,000
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. 0 - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec. 5.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec. 4.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 18.1%
.Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.9%
--- Dairy Products 2.5%
Poultry & Poultry Products 2.3%
-- Dairy Products 1.2%
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.2%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1 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
EMANUEL 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.)
57,350 79,352 51,614
60,180 54,190 50,600 48,600 47,700 51,400 43,000 38,600 33,700 35,200 33,600 29,640 29,700 32,000 31,100 33,200 33,100 38,100 34,200 39,600 43,600 43,000 49,400 51,300
52,672 53,640 73,964 57,041 77,768 43,251
30,510 36,090 35,290 34,360 34,200 37,000 30,800 29,100 26,800 28,900 28,400 24,890 25,100 28,200 27,200 29,500 29,500 34,800 31,000 36,500 40,600 39,480 46,600 24,400
9.7 11.9 10.0 9.9 8.2 11.6
7.5 18.4 18.0 21.8 28.5 20.4 23.6 27.4 28.5 38.3 32.4 41.6 41.4 53.4 32.2 34.6 28.8 48.2 45.0 50.0 52.1 53.3 58.8 10.1
509,160 639,405 737,957 563,209 639,431 502,643
228,100 662,500 635,200 750,000 973,700 753,900 726,000 796,000 763,000 1,108,000 920,000 1,035,000 1,039,000 1,507,000 877,000 1,021,000 851,000 1,677,000 1,395,000 1,825,000 2,113,300 2,102,700 2,739,400 245,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969. 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
700 910 970 1 ,040
1,460 2,150 2,900 4,180 9,900 6,400 3,300 6,900 9,800 10,600 18,200 24,080 25,870 15,300 25,730
13.5 14.0 18.5
14.0 16.0 19.0 21.0 22.0 26.0 14.5 23.0 21.0 22.5 10.5 19.7 22.9
22.9 22.4 18.6
Production
(bushels)
9,450 12,740 17,945 14,560 23,360 40,850 60,900 91,960 257,400 92,800 75,900 144,900 220,500 111,300 358,500 551 ,400 592,400 342,700 478,600
Ank(.1"rCMu<UlCA-- Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
32,471
210
59,264
229
71,151
137
64,608
179
35,757
235
28,103
157
19,950
242
17,230
323
16,180
324
12,280
275
8,140
465
13,180
388
12,850
358
14,950
329
15,300
382
13,900
393
14,300
419
13,120
473
8,750
382
7,340
347
9,700
293
8,950
253
8,000
256
6,500
317
7.900
304
5,440
336
3,460
419
665
353
800
390
285
253
Bales
12,239 27,095 19,498 23,186 16,791 8,832
10,070 11,610 10,950
7,050 7,900 10,670 9,590 10,260 12,210 11,420 12,520 12,980 6,970 5,330 5,950 4,720 4,280 4,290 5,000 3,820 3,020
490 650 150
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre (lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage "' Vield
Productior Harvested per acre Product ion
(1,000 lbs )
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs.)
423 4,609
1,580 3,040 3,180 2,810 3,040 2,520 2,450 2,560 2,480 2,540 2,475 2,625 2,675 2,605 2,870 3,030 3,080 3,175 3,175 3,120 3,110 3,204 3,197 3,182
273 1,009
885
640 927 847 963 1,001 855 914
1,319 1,466 1,296 1,643 1,637 1,408
1,996 2,232 2,118
2,426 3,284 3,153 2,660 2,366
156 3,267
432 3,066 2,815 1,798 2,819 2,135 2,360 2,562 2,121 2,322 3,264 3,849 3,467 4,279 4,698 4,267 6,148 7,086 6,724 7,569 10,214 10,102 8,505 7,530
2
16 1,881 1 ,462 1,974
2,540 2,445 2,135 1 ,345
995 1 ,590 1 ,570 1 ,630 1,720 1 ,655 1 ,485 1 ,280 1,400 1,680 1 ,290 1,320 1 ,720 1,630 1,390 1,630 1,310 1,590 1,580 1,070
1
3 1,328 1,057 1,782
847
2,151
1,222
2,989
1 ,238
2,643
955
1,284
1 ,388
1,381
1 ,319
2,097
1 ,380
2,167
1 ,396
2,276
1 ,665
2,864
1 ,746
2,890
1 ,646
2,445
1 ,814
2,322
1,107
1,550
1,810
3,041
1 ,510
1,948
1,280
1,689
1 ,553
2,672
1,480
2,412
1,665
2,314
1,342
2,187
2,221
2,910
1,855
2,949
1,704
2,693
1.944 1 2.080
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
21,279 25,140 25,862 24,101
23,517
19,789
17,815
18,189
IMANUEL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
18,303 17,259 16,395 10,103 10,801
5,432
2,456
11,411 10,934 10,618
7,132
3,666
1,954
6,892 6,325 5,777
3,669
1,766
502
Approximate
Land Area
Percent
(acres)
in Farms
598,400 488,960 488,960 488,960 439,040 439,040 439,040 439,040 439,040 439,040 438,976 438,976
64.4 66.5 53.3 65.7 63.0 67.7 76.9 68.5 60.8 51.5 44.8 43.1
All Land in Farms (acres) 439,135 385,234 325,306 260,654 321,311 276,402 297,020 337,811 300,610 266,936 226,295 196,491 189,245
Average
Size Farms Number
(acres) 4 198'
-
of Farms 2,222
117
3,285
83
3,916
84
3,096
114
2,821
113
2,444
135
2,202
155
2,181
188
1,601
229
1,167
228
993
257
766
259
730
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,413,400 7,393,522 13,430,787 6,908,296 4,896,463 5,386,192 6,784,797 10,401,189 12,220,433 14,649,351 25,394,982 37,091,324 67,073,000
Average (dol.)
1,086 2,251 3,430 2,231 1,736 2,204 3,081 4,769 7,633 12,553 25,574 48,422 91,881
Tractors
15
68 181 649 1,000 912 1,084 898 928
Trucks
97
176 272 564 825 665 810 715 819
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
831
122
706
56
717
137
869
128
940
418
787
471
1,051
668
692
(NA)
662
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,838 3,997 1,364
92 11
1,297 2,367
745
3,861 1,505
931 148 172
Production (bushels)
14,980 53,226 15,540
1,660 156
9,711 45,790 11,120 61,715 45,065 37,988
6,590 10,400
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,609 725
8,948 4,207
3,171 3,435 2,117 3,176 1,897 3,084
440 2,358
2,203 2,133 1,905 5,533 4,707 7,596
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
175
7,068
344
378
18,706
27,922
663
10,300
260
8,238
127
9,880
182
15,830
35
12,472
60
24,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
38,919
23,512
9,896
1,006
24,386
14,242
5,549
2,493
11,489
12,115
11,252
7,744
13,428
9,139
4,404
288
1,679
308
1,441
1,125
1,247
93
1,681
52
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
340
3,840
11,910
46,443
21 ,461
46,315
22,070
29,380 18,681 14,117 22,852 16,552 11,910
208,510 361,573 131,404
26,542 182,150
51,308 549,525 260,876
SWEET
POTATOES !/*/
' Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) [bushels)
1,074
78,263
1,463
129,421
1,188
112,416
1,405
140,347
1,705
91,483
1,550
106,781
936
67,217
552
46,785
120
5,189
68
5,956
21
3,037
4
240
5
1,803
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
131,062
17,347
1934
131,436
17,821
1939
135,002
7,661
1944
101,068
29,290
1949
98,913
19,845
1954
88,375
12,456
1959
77,341
15,495
1964
60,801
18,079
1969
49,190
24,354
1974
73,744
5,840
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
3,167 5,243 4,126 3,613 17,405 23,692 14,914 10,852 15,811 13,503
Woodland
237,303 145,490 94,190 150,541 121,392 149,267 185,867 163,710 148,020 121,124 88,314 73,966
Other Land
4,929 13,884 13,309 14,035 7,585 12,190 15,781 12,377 11,166 15,439 18,822 22,192
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
*
43
37
62
53
90
92
113
142
138
107
107
335
177
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
EMANUEL 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
18,507 18,111 21,222 6,514 15,129 12,039 15,567 12,492 16,934 12,450 17,983 17,043 20,248
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
10,081 10,319 9,995 3,511 7,342 5,457 8,402 5,817 8,708 6,228 8,866 8,365 9,944
Milk Cows
4,840 5,234 4,890 3,046
4,198
3,438 2,035
916 799 504 474
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
5,338 2,507 7,610 35,323
63,848 77,260 171,665 223,554 181,538 134,205
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
32,932 39,048 42,475 12,975 22,623 18,081 22,277 29,907 23,589 31,909 24,798 27,469 21,046
Sows Farrowing 5/
9,336 1,930 3,415 3,563 3,948 3,641 4,270 5,327 4,526 5,142 4,518
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
64,964 67,040 91,916 56,477 72,713 66,650 62,094 45,405 55,161 80,461 269,734 268,840 68,559
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
23,482 17,206 35,008
35,491
46,293 17,060 721,808 268,192 464,480 31,035
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
160,110 171,921 236,994 240,440 180,262 297,837 249,739 39,329 166,501 384,404 3,706,348
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 82,056 $ 523,619
$ 135.4
29,750
278,330
198.3
87,226
352.0
141,705
449.7
172,178
681,219
469.1
545,999
554.4
1,087,016
1,243,755
696.1
1,541 ,474
1,264,817
665.9
1,238,000
3,018,000
809.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,100 19,000 18,700 18,800 19,000 18,800 18,800 18,500 17,900 18,500 22,800 22,-500 21,800 19,400
Cows 2 years old and older UJ/
Kept for Milk
Other
960
8,450
900
8,500
770
8,300
800
8,400
700
8,650
630
8,800
500
8,700
440
8,620
400
8,500
260
8,840
580
9,760
350
10,100
370
9,800
340
8,830
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,690 9,600 9,630 9,600 9,650 9,370 9,600 9,440 9,000 9,400 12,460 12,050 11,630 10,230
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
25,000 26,500 29,400 28,650 30,950 35,900 32,400 28,950 25,500 21,400 17,800 20,500 23,000
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 Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude hange in definition. 6/ Beginning with 1969 chic lude only eggs sold. ]0/
NA - 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-
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EVANS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-187B
Evans County was created by Legislative Act of August 11, 1914 from parts of Bulloch
and Tattnall Counties and was 150th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
named for Brigadier-General Clement A. Evans of the Confederate Army. He was also a
leading statesman of his time and after the end of the war became a Methodist Minister.
m<*
Claxton, the county seat, was formerly known as Hendrix. Origin of the name is unauthent ticated.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 118,848 acres. There
were 253 farms having a total of 67,038 acres with land and buildings valued at $32,051,000.
The number of farms is only 32 percent of the peak number in 1920. Soybeans, tobacco and peanuts are the principal
cash crops grown in the county but corn generally occupies an acreage much larger than the three principal cash
crops combined. Slightly over 50 percent of the harvested cropland is usually planted to corn. Poultry and poultry
products accounted for almost 20 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports the average annual rainfall in Evans
County is around 47 inches. July, with an average of over six inches, is usually the wettest month, and November
is normally the driest with an average of just over two inches. The mean annual temperature is near 66 degrees,
.
and monthly averages range from around 81 degrees in July and August, to about 51 degrees in January. The freezdXeCeiV6CI
free season usually extends from about March 10 to November 20, averaging around 255 days in length.
N0V2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~ 1,760,634
1964 Amount
3,664,055
1974 Amount $~ 9,431,000
BOCUMENTS HXPi 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
1 ,088,290 1,056,883
25,837 5,570
55,550 121,679 495,115
20,280 45,717 429,118
61.8 60.0
1.5 .3
3.2 6.9 28.1 1.1 2.6 24.4
1 ,904,107 1,855,624
33,160 15,323 1?3,961 60,224 1,565,763 798,833 150,674 616,256
52.0 50.7
.9 .4 3.7 1.6 42.7 21.8 4.1 16.8
9,381,000
5,383,000 5,314,000 2,388,000 2,173,000
10,000 23,000 720,000 13,000 56,000
325,000
146,000
3,527,000 1,813,000
(D) (NA) 669,000 647,000
(D)
57.4 56.7 25.5 23.2
.1 .2 7.7 .1 .6
3.5 1.5
37.6 19.3
7.1 6.9
Government Payments 3/
9,000
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
All Livestock, Poultry -_ & their Products
28.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Livestock, Poultry ,, & their Products
37.6%
Forestry Products *~ 6.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, "Berries & Hort. Spec.
5.0%
Forestry Products
"~
1.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, *Berries & Hort. Spec.
4.2%
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)
EVANS 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.)
13,594 18,972 17,509
18,160 17,860 17,000 17,600 18,400 19,900 18,000 16,700 15,800 15,000 14,500 12,800 13,200 14,500 14,700 12,930 12,900 17,700 15,900 16,500 16,000 15,400 17,250 14,200
17,251 13,248 18,643 10,736
9,940 11,890 11,530 12,100 13,500 14,600 13,300 13,300 12,700 11,700 11,840 10,540 10,900 13,100 13,700 12,000 11,500 16,600 14,800 15,000 15,600 15,000 16,870 9,210
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
11.6 13.2
9.1 14.6
14.2 22.9 24.0 > 23.5 31.9 31.3 34.2 44.2 43.6 48.5 31.3 54.1 34.9 64.8 44.9 38.8 41.1 46.3 50.0 55.0 55.5 52.3 61.7 34.9
Bales
200,920 174,826 169,673 156,815
140,700 272,300 276,700 284,200 430,900 456,700 455,000 588,000 554,000 568,000 371,000 570,000 380,000 849,000 615,000 465,000 473,000 768,000 740,000 825,000 866,000 784,100 1,041,300 321,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
^
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Productior
(lbs.) '1,000 lbs
470 500 530 580 660 980 1,110 2,730 3,900 2,600 1,900 3,000 4,200 6,300 8,800 9,100 10,730 6,680 10,760
17.0 15.5 15.5 16.5 20.0 17.0 19.5 22.0 23.0 20.0 23.0 21.0 29.0 16.0 23.6 24.8 28.4 26.3 22.6
PEANUTS
Acreage ' Yield Harvested per acre
(lbs.)
Production (bushels)
7,990 7,750 8,215 9,570 13,200 16,660 21 ,645 60,060 89,700 53,300 43,700 63,000 121,800 100,800 207,700 225,700 304,700 175,700 243,200
PI IrUoUdUu^cLtiIoUnII (i.ooo lbs.;
14,118 9,508 5,601 3,933
3,110 2,610 2,510 2,260 1,950 2,390 2,440 2,510 2,570 2,560 2,500 2,190 1,340
470 930 550 500 100 200 60 60
26
130 196 223 155
288 321 377 327 472 439 424 271 416 439 299 450 366 160 268 204 208 320 400 267 550
269
3,657 3,718 2,495 1,216
1 ,870 1,750 1,970 1,540 1,920 2,190 2,160 1,420 2,230 2,350 1,560 2,060 1,025
155 520 235 215
65 165
33 69
15
111 1,240 1,653 1,384
1,650 1,575 1,400 1,030
960 1,110 1,120 1,120 1,180 1,130 1,010
845 900 1,425 1,050 1,030 1,220 955 975 1,010 1,170 1,180 1,110 inn
938 1,422 1,432 1,303 1,518 1,853 1,927 1,897 2,047 1,868 1,828 2,222 1,001 1,890 1,865 1,263 2,013 1,898 2,055 1,712 2,176 2,119 1,806 ?r?flfi
31 997 1 ,278 1,437
1,547 2,240 2,005 1,342 1,457 2,057 2,158 2,125 2,416 2,111 1,846 1,878
901 2,693 1,958 1,301 2,456 1,813 2,004 1,729 2,546 2,500 2,005 2,449
31 1,041
130 450 670 660 780 800 890 860 890 1 ,000 900 985 1,015 1,065 1,025 1,020 1,075 1,105 1,120 1,185 1,237 1,265 1,233 1,232
400 833 1 ,134 897 991 1,194 1,267 1 ,249 1 ,539 1 ,620 1,689 1,998 1,654 1,658 2,329 1,494 2,407 2,666 2,518 2,816 3,517 3,277 3,026 3.278
n 809
52 375 760 592 773 955 1,128 1 ,074 1,370 1 ,620 1,520 1,968 1,679 1,766 2,387 1,524 2,588 2,946 2,820 3,337 4,351 4,146 3,731 4.038
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
EVANS COUNTY DATA FROf 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
6,594
183,680
44.1
81,037
103
786
7,102
4,329
2,815
1,514
183,680
32.9
60,453
87
697
4,343
2,917
1,426
183,680
41.9
76,913
113
678
7,401
4,323
2,897
1,426
119,040
62.3
74,139
105
707
3,191
119,040
55.0
65,483
91
717
6,653
3,253
1,986
1,267
119,040
68.9
82,046
133
615
119,040
70.0
83,320
137
609
6,952
1,891
1,267
624
119,040
67.7
80,545
175
461
119,040
48.8
58,032
180
323
7,290
1.079
733
346
118,848
55.6
66,044
208
317
118,848
56.4
67,038
265
253
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
3,684,713
4,688
1,778,476
2,552
4
1,021,950
1,507
1 ,771 ,832
2,506
37
2,343,295
3,268
111
3,908,940
6,356
288
3,686,886
6,054
401
10,318,102
22,382
445
11,377,675
35,225
484
16,064,048
50,675
425
32,051,000
126,685
390
Trucks
35
123 161 245 338 322 339 279 349
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
233
75
251
52
257
79
236
118
234
166
378
227
325
243
265
(NA)
250
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
487
6,963
49
1,325
61
875
128
1,500
313
6,311
394
10,840
737
18,951
802
30,205
332
14,555
101
3,806
117
6,110
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
670 460 1,102 1,222
1 ,059 470 944 978 767 773
287 726
897 472 2,299 2,239 1,513 1,516
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
FUlAIUti 1/2/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
429 384 1,051
396 531 187 225 133
35
10,282 42,511 30,775
24,492 25,837 22,867 33,160 29,905 13,000
5,380 2,528 1,453 2,757 4,635 1,596
459 266
85
3,556 1,008 1,471 1,415 2,759
308
66 156
4
.-
4,303
15,218
415
34,780
16,413
11,911
282
25,079
386
25,321
10,311 144,401
358
19,628
173,639
276
16,085
7,646
7,185
188
12,237
6,694
15,763
106
8,128
5,908
41,751
42
5,825
8,250
52,107
14
1 ,018
4,670 3,499
189,037 121,549
1
1
IB LAND USE NACRES -5Z
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Plowable Pasture
Woodland
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
26,916 27,880 30,602 26,750 29,798 27,884 26,522 22,110 18,231 24,529
3,630 3,204
845 1,343 1,328
920 1,678 4,447 8,038
1,931
See foo :notes on last page
2,106 512 290 268
2,154 2,301 3,790 1,289 5,371 6,573
38,795 19,280 42,700 40,316 34,871 45,342 47,606 44,520 25,577 28,684 28,701
Other Land
3,938 7,951 1,931 1,835 1,957 3,424 4,609 4,035 4,609 5,720 5,304
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
19
23
32
27
47
35
29
76
47
49
34
107
45
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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EVANS 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
6,923 3,020 5,871 3,929 5,315 3,529 6,572 6,304 7,214 6,796 6,649
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
3,456 1,558 2,907 1,294 2,815 1,742
3,339 2,721 3,287 3,610 3,184
787 746
1,112
923 691 478 443 687 48
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,055 1,081
13,532 30,590 80,050 90,375 290,698 290,773
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
9,818 4,230 6,758 6,219 10,438 10,354 10,532 11 ,964 8,458 10,416 7,421
2,113 942 913
1,155 1,488 1 ,435 2,146 2,043 1,278 1,995 1,395
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
23,346 17,581 25,473 24,287
23,991 15,812 19,222 19,735 53,847 227,786 135,361
5,873 12,435
9,135
9,334 2,750 308,410 682,980
(NA) 631,706
Eggs Produced (dozen) j/
52,342 98,566 88,149 130,783 66,161 29,815 41,818 87,535 1,145,893
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
f-erti 1 izer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
12,813
97,022
47.3
11,676
79,288
53.4
34,679
134.2
53,498
209.2
131,705
267,486
174.0
386,250
318.4
538,204
544,961
466.9
890,142
408,696
317.4
1,539,000
956,000
667.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
7,650 7,600 7,300 7,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 6,900 6,800 6,700 8,900 8,400 8,200 7,360
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
530 500 480 450 700 720 700 700 650 490 470 300 160 110
Other
3,000 3,100 3,000 3,050 3,150 3,200 3,200 3,200 3,210 3,230 4,010 4,000 3,700 3,110
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,120 4,000 3,820 3,500 3,150 3,080 3,100 3,000 2,940 2,980 4,420 4,100 4,340 4,140
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
8,550 9,550 10,600 10,850 11,700 13,600 12,900 12,400 12,250 10,100 10,500 15,400 16,000
ToJ" 19^9 and,1974 excludes farms with less 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit
bus els harvested 5/ Not fully comparable cation changed-"Cows and heifers that have
than $2,500 sales. and nut trees. 4/ SiFce 1949 exc
because of change in definition calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than_l 5-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older
% sifJic\lat,iCohnlCkc^haSngSe,dld -",CVow9sJ aBnedgl'nhneinifegrswitthha1t 94h9avetoctaallsvedin"c. ludNeA -onNyo'tegagvsailsaobldle 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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FANNIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Fanm'n County was created by Legislative Act of January 21, 1854 from Union and
Gilmer Counties originally Cherokee, and was 106th in order of counties organized in
Georgia. It was named for Colonel James W. Fannin, a native of Georgia who perished with
his entire regiment in the tragic massacre of prisoners at Golead in 1836 during the war
ti Krlif^t>lVf with Mexico for Texan independence. In 1885 the State of Texas erected a monument of these
" '> BzrTSHVr/ heroes. Blue Ridge, the county seat, was named for the noted range of mountains which
extends through this part of the State. Morganton, the original county seat, was named for
General Daniel Morgan who saw active service in the Revolutionary War.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 252,160 acres. There were 202 farms having a
total of 21,705 acres with land and buildings valued at $10,474,000. The number of farms is only 11 percent of
the peak number in 1935. Fannin is one of the few counties in Georgia that does not produce cotton. The valleys
are very productive for corn but the acreage is limited. Farming is mostly of the subsistence type. The poultry
enterprise accounts for one-fourth of the value of all farm products sold in the county.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports precipitation varies greatly in Fannin
County due to orographic effects. Annual averages over the county range from around 54 inches in some sections to RgCfiivPfl
as much as 85 inches in small local areas. More than 100 inches have been measured in a year at Flat Top in the
V5y
southwestern part of the county. Winter is normally the wettest season. Temperatures also show large variations
due to elevation differences. The mean annual temperature at Blue Ridge is around 57 degrees. The freeze-free
season averages about 175 days, extending usually from late April to just past mid-October.
N0V2 6 1979
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
625,383
1,681,304
1974 Amount $ 973,000
[DOCUMENTS UU<$A LIBRARIES i V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay .Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
164,786 66,900
28,000 69,886
100 23,703
26.4 10.7
4.5 11.2
3.8
173,946 85,054
22,691 66,201 8,952 32,716
10.3 5.1
1.3 3.9
.5 2.0
844,000 299,000
55,000 20,000
33,000 2,000
78,000 166,000
7,000
35.4 6.5 2.4
3.9 .2
9.2 19.7
.8
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
436,794 227,943 127,761
81,090
69.8
36.4 20.4
13.0
1,465,690 1,082,916
177,034 205,740
87.2
538,000
64.4
211,000
10.5
113,000
12.3
214,000
143,000
65,000
6,000
63.8 25.0 13.4 25.4 17.0
7.7
.7
Government Payments 2/
2.000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & Livestock Products
13.0%
"Forestry Products 3.8%
Field Crops 10.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 15.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock & Livestock Products 25.4% "Forestry Products .8% Field Crops 6.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 28.9%
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)
FANNIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
1 ruail ves*t.e-aJ 1 1ii).ei1a1
--,
for grain per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
10,611 11,293 7,333
5,200 4,510 4,200 4,100 3,900 3,800 3,240 2,560 2,260 2,170 1,800 1,470 1,260 1,270 1,060
840 780 680 1,100 720 770 800 950 700
18,784 15,092 14,817 10,582 11,266 7,300
4,920 4,330 4,030 3,990 3,900 3,750 3,180 2,510 2,120 2,030 1,730 1,430 1,230 1,240 1,030
730 650 600 950 630 700 740 880 550
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
13.4 12.3 15.8 15.6 15.2 28.7
251,090 185,986 234,192 164,854 170,986 209,710
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
27.3 42.4 40.0 35.7 42.3 41.4 41.8 41.0 41.5 45.3 51.4 55.9 52.0 60.5 59.2
61.6 41.5 56.7
134,500 183,600 161,200 142,500 164,900 155,300
133,000 103,000 88,000 92,000 89,000 80,000 64,000 75,000 61,000 45,000 27,000 34,000
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
61.1
58,000
51.0
32,100
57.3
40,100
73.9
54,700
68.6
60,400
76.9
42,300
-
Bales
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
Acreage Yield Harvested P6T 3CT6
Production (bushels)
rDrvor\Auuucrttiinon n
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,214 12,574 12,103 12,969
14,752
15,192
13,620
13,357
FANNIN 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)
7,910
7,897
13
9,420
9,410
10
9,850
9,846
4
7,516
7,666
7,665
1
1,438
1,438
774
774
256,640 256,640 256,640 256,640 256,640 253,440 253,440 253,440 253,440 253,440 253,440 252,160 252,160
75.4 73.1 57.3 50.9 58.4 44.8 45.5 41.9 32.3 27.4 22.4 12.7
8.6
193,475 187,729 147,065 130,560 149,789 113,579 115,357 106,269 81,876
69,516 56,668 32,008 21,705
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
113 117 106 89 79
69 71 69 77 92 94 104 107
Number of Farms
1,714 1,599 1,387 1,472 1,896 1,649 1,631 1,549 1,068
754 602 308 202
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
625,060 1,104,787 1,824,771 2,161,810 1,960,339 1,864,171 2,649,125 4,278,338 4,443,948 4,074,616 5,515,524 7,010,508 10,474,000
365 691 1,316 1,469 1,034 1,130 1,624 2,762 4,161 5,404 9,162 22,761 51 ,852
Tractors
21
24 74 140 270 327 321 244 189
Trucks
93
139 186 415 240 352 365 254 200
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
300
49
455
28
496
59
625
130
400
140
473
86
521
327
234
(NA)
140
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
875 215 64
2 2
Production (bushels)
5,240 1,116
580 10 10
10
174
48
1,530
23
350
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,692 2,787 2,046 2,408
2,889 2,780 3,016 3,489 1,896 1,548
2,428 2,239
3,839 3,300 3,248 4,404 2,896 2,725
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
196
12,572
212
210
9,471
40,777
265
30,996
214
28,000
119
15,818
82
22,691
39
21,399
146
78,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
7,733
100
16,619
10,504
16,505
891
9,913
428
7,762
1,565
5,884
2,243
2,223
36
717
25
252
274
325
451
102
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
17
18
25
4
3
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
129
10,289
252
18,387
224
19,469
194
13,663
269
20,851
227
16,127
106
7,598
36
6,726
7
2,621
10
2,423
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
17,628 21,995
8,193 4,370
1939
18,137
6,716
1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
14,574 12,443
8,727 7,352 5,607 2,886 2,407
6,452 8,889
4,182 3,917 2,711 1,219
316
See fool:notes on last page.
2,275 4,436 6,119 4,383 2,710 2,517
897 2,773 4,744
3,059
Woodland
139,713 105,574
91,367 107,290
74,732 82,556 70,385 59i577 49,151 39,564 19,870 11,131
Other Land 3,987 4,943 10,810 11,603 7,647 7,355 11,842
6,873 8,199 6,013 3,289 4,792
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
1
8
5
4
3
5
4
13
25
17
13
261
151
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
FANNIN COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,926 6,408 5,927 3,054 5,222 3,757 3,822 3,439 4,154 4,012 4,602 3,478 3,849
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,466 2,901 2,427 1,830 2,675 2,022 2,306 1,940 2,242 1,930 2,508 1,840 2,122
Milk Cows
2,107 2,268 2,274 1,830
1,991
1,815 1,911 1,502 1,279
537 223
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
3,200 8,524 8,078 30,040
41,380 84,286 138,774 282,495 212,817 352,153
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
11,592 6,355 8,728 1,821 2,020 1,706 2,410 2,631 2,561 3,520 1,421 1,105
821
1,427 272 234
190 182 198 384 524 261 226 144
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
26,831 27,770 39,536 40,266 46,570 45,601 59,706 61,557 69,900 54,055 53,847 58,924 27,621
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
28,034 19,274 24,504
19,611
42,612 118,536 1,362,760 787,151
(NA) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
101,890 126,404 151,228 271,046 153,664 232,616 334,878 249,790 353,658 349,432 912,632
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor (Thmi'; \
$ 43,308 47,397
$ 18,013 30,341
$ 10.0 12.9
162,747
53.1
118,340 268,765
64,395
29.8 64.8
645,845
31 0
600,257
61,625
41.2
299,670
67,395
56.3
284,000
96,000
85.0
**
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
4,900 4,800 4,500 4,700 4,500 4,500 4,800 4,900 4,900 4,600 5,200 6,400 6,300 6,210
Cows 2 years old and older l_py
Kept for
Milk
1,550 1,450
1,100 1,000
750 700 600 540 500 250 230 23Q 230 220
Other
1,300 1,400 1,450 1,450 1,500 1,550 1,950 2,050 2,560 2,590 2,770 3,000 2,900 2,710
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,050 1,950 1,950 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,250 2,310 1,840 1 ,760 2,200 3,170 3,170 3,280
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,450 1,300 1,450 1,150 1,250 2,500 2,700 3,250 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,900 2,000
1/ 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 chanqed--"Cows and heifers that have calved", closure of information for individual farms.
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 IP/ In 1971 and thereafter clas. u - Data withheld to avoid dis-
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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FAYETTE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1878
Fayette County was created by Legislative Act of May 15, 1821 out of lands acquired
from the Creek Indians under the first treaty of Indian Springs in the same year. It was
49th in order of counties organized in Georgia and was named for the brave Marquis de
LaFayette, nobleman from France who came to the aid of General Washington at the outbreak
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of the Revolutionary War and became one of the great lieutenants of the Commander-in-Chief. Originally, Fayette included parts of Campbell and Clayton Counties. Campbell no longer
exists as it was merged with Fulton County in 1932. Fayetteville, the county seat, was
also named for General de LaFayette and was incorporated in 1823.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 127,040 acres. There were 247 farms having
a total of 37,444 acres with land and buildings valued at $45,205,000. The number of farms is only 12 percent of
the peak number in 1920. Agriculture was an important part of the economy of Fayette County as late as 1950. In
1974 only about 4,037 acres were classified by the Census as being harvested cropland. Agriculture in Fayette
County is a victim of urbanization caused by nearness to Atlanta.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
Received 50 inches for Fayette County. March, with more than five and one-half inches is normally the wettest month, and
October, with about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The mean annual temperature is about 62 degrees
with monthly averages ranging from around 79 degrees in July, to about 45 degrees in January. The freeze-free
season averages about 225 days in length, extending usually from late March to early November.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount ~$~
1,318,598
1,097,039
1974 Amount $~
2,099,000
DOCUMENTS TT7LlfeA 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
696,691 659,202
52.8 50.0
36,002 1,487
6,637 78,994
536,276 327,724 41,587 166,965
2.7 .1
.5 6.0
40.7 24.8
3.2 12.7
343,142
31.3
274,918
25.1
68,062 162
21,215 70,388
662,294 109,992 121,176 431,126
6.2
1.9 6.4 60.4 10.0 11.1 39.3
1,952,000
302,500 212,500 200,500
15.5 10.9 10.3
12,000
79,000 11,000
13,000 30,000
1,606,500 (D) (D)
671,000 614,000
51,000
6,000
4.0 .6 .7
1.5 82.3
34.4 31.5
2.6
.3
Government Payments j3j/
12,000
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 comnodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 6.5*
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.2*
All Crops 15.5*
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 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
16,033 17,912 10,896
7,880 6,570 5,600 5,200 4,800 4,000 3,290 2,730 2,400 2,400 2,050 1,970 1,920 1,950 1,800 1,950 1,500 1,550 1,450 1,400 1,600 1,100 1,300 1,450
FAYETTE 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.)
19,812 16,216 19,033 15,864 17,755 10,888
7,470 6,360 5,320 5,010 4,600 3,900 3,060 2,540 2,180 2,090 1,870 1,780 1,760 1,850 1,680 1,700 1,300 1,350 1,250 1,140 1,390
980 1,200
320
11.0 11.3 14.0 14.1 7.8 15.2
13.0 25.3 19.5 20 rs 25.5 25.8 24.5 28.3 29.8 41.6 45.5 46.1 33.5 49.7 33.9 31.2 28.5 43.0 52.0 55.0 49.4 54.3 49.0 30.0
217,040 182,561 266,614 223,124 139,145 165,729
97,000 160,900 103,700 104,400 117,100 100,500 75,000 72,000 65,000 87,000 85,000 82,000 59,000 92,000 57,000 53,000 37,000 58,000 65,000 62,700 68,700 53,200 58,800
9,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110
100 100
110 300 680 1,600 1,000 600 480 1,120 870 980 880 1,090
17.5
17.0 11.5
23.0 26.0 17.5 18.0 22.0 26.0 20.8 24.2 25.7 27.8 20.5 20.4
-
Production
(bushels)
1,925
1,700 1,150
2,530 7,800 11,900 28,800 22,000 15,600 10,000 27,100 22,400 27,200 18,000 22,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
W7T
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
29,205
204
32,462
218
33,587
241
21,380
196
11,728
264
10,019
254
5,510
257
5,200
325
4,450
348
2,350
347
955
442
2,220
379
2,100
289
1,940
236
1,300
363
1,140
353
770
487
760
275
260
342
100
240
95
400
10
300
11,950 14,155 15,207 8,389 6,202 5,081
2,950 3,530 3,230 1,700
880 1,750 1,270
960 990 840
780 440 185
50
80 5
1,989 407 470 248
460
610 440 550 570 300 310 280 230 120 190 130 100 90 230 160 80 70 90 100 180 200 280 230 170
16.6
14.3 19.8 18.5 20.5 18.0 19.0 20.0
19.5 20.0 26.0 27.0 25.0
23.9 26.3
41.3 32.9 34.4
19.0 27.6 25.0 26.3 24.7 25.5
12,870 3,687 3,750 2,242
5,720
10,130 6,310
10,890 10,540
6,150 5,580 5,320 4,600 2,340 3,800 3,380 2,700 2,250 5,500 4,200 3,300 2,300 3,100 1,900 4,970 5,000 7,360 5,680 4.340
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
FAYETTE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
10,114 10,966 11,396
8,665
8,170
7,978
8,199
11,364
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,423 7,502 6,695 4,994 5,603
1,794
618
4,865 5,059 4,414
3,582
1,194
598
2,558 2,443 2,281
2,021
600
20
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
149,760 149,760 149,760 149,760 149,760 127,360 127,360 127,360 127,360 127,360 127,360 127,040 127,040
Percent in Farms
79.4 74.8 65.3 57.9 72.0 79.7 80.1 89.3 76.6 66.9 46.4 46.6 29.5
All Land in Farms (acres) 118,950 111,998
97,728 86,768 107,828 101,451 101,971 113,756 97,615 85,225 59,094 59,143 37,444
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
77 57 48 53 74 90 93 106 115 158 175 200 152
Number
of Farms 1,545 1,959 2,026 1,630 1,467 1,132 1,098 1,072 850 541 338 295 247
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,237,500
3,835,545 8,435,588 2,319,686 1,952,701 1,908,991 2,255,615 4,598,880 3,831,800 9,070,406 13,275,288 22,502,443 45,205,000
Average (dol.)
801
1,958 4,164 1,423 1,331 1,686 2,054 4,290 4,508 16,766 39,276 76,279 183,014
Tractors
19
22 109 235 351 389 308 388 321
Trucks
70
82 162 300 284 328 229 315 261
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
552
33
283
20
402
14
444
69
467
222
466
288
356
254
248
(NA)
203
(NA)
.
>
OATS 1/
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Threshed (acres)
1,137
1,822 458 231 274 631
1,969
2,588
2,423 858 214 74 10
Production (bushels)
10,910 25,892
8,282 5,751 5,762 12,501 58,218 71,109 76,870 32,403 6,911 3,137
500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,199 471
1,933 2,209
2,543 3,206 2,819 3,950 3,290 1,363
320 1,589
2,118 2,375 3,066 5,908 5,959 2,494
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
715
47,241
925
925
20,858
52,178
926
77,599
653
36,002
598 48,395
523
69,062
313
(D)
115
79,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
31,319
35,602
6,812
14,948
4,723
50,678
4,444
61,454
43,756
33,587
4,360
23,959
8,188
51,910
2,078
608
68
2,937
1,504
1,235
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
370 4,984
383 1,120 1,422
702
2,097 420
1,009 85
305 870
3,205 4,428 6,045 1,627 14,889
400 3,500 1,570
SWEET
POTATOES !//
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
152
10,250
352
35,723
443
58,124
315
22,076
508
42,286
350
24,886
81
6,746
83
8,401
31
2,716
19
3,473
2
159
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
41,087
10,614
1934
41,344
11,470
1939
39,605
8,237
1944
33,603
12,789
1949
30,942
15,632
1954
20,662
10,134
1959
11,979
10,196
1964
8,817
4,029
1969
7,624
3,588
1974
4,037
760
See fool.notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
4,211 1,209 8,922 1,828 8,796 15,225 15,214 9,651 15,571 13,525
Woodland
31,648 27,712 23,943 39,991 34,985 36,757 47,021 41,918 36,395 24,810 20,716 12,404
Other Land
13,945 5,168 6,472
13,560 9,524
16,734 11,365
9,676 11,441 11,787 11,644
6,718
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
2
9
6
11
8
18
15
21
17
30
39
206
160
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
FAYETTE 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
3,722 4,100 3,924 1,867 3,285 2,103 3,439 4,552 7,583 8,397 9,401 10,886 10,494
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,883 2,673 2,357 1,334 1,959 1,330 1,966 2,249 4,219 4,111 4,721 5,606 5,772
Milk Cows
1,472 2,056 2,339 1,323
1,282
1,073 895 532 385 362 204
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,212 23,110 10,942 6,802
31,056 22,829 18,308 75,398 5,900 235,745
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,928 3,049 4,303 1 ,329 2,149 1 ,916 2,504 2,903 2,565 3,500 1 ,185 1,196
822
Farrowinq 5/
247 105 87 161 190 312 352 532 261 183 68
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
39,699 35,495 46,641 32,906 37,277 38,720 41,801 47,324 57,340 57,924 7,822 134,206
101
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,767 6,729
20,632 12,831
395,937 245,104 203,553
87,140 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
93,650 150,192 153,509 203,061 87,945 287,513 274,297 217,650 418,834 570,255 110,729
(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.)
$ 12,866
$ 129,085
$ 31.5
29,604
90,686
47.6
66,200
82.7
228,472
169.3
481,019
198,155
89.4
184,015
126.5
53,578
170,162
96.0
448,624
239,063
195.0
770,000
312,000
123.0
^
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,000 9,800 9,600
10,200 10,900 11,000 11,700 11,800 12,000 12,100 13,800 13,200 12,800 10,000
Cows 2 years old and older 1J/
Kept for Milk
Other
460
4,550
440
4,350
530
4,050
490
4,350
450
4,500
390
4,600
390
4,950
390
5,320
380
5,650
250
5,870
240
6,360
150
6,200
140
5,600
200
4,770
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
4,990 5,010 5,020 5,360 5,950 6,010 6,360 6,090 5,970 5,980 7,200 6,850 7,060 5,030
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,200 1,200 1,350 1,250 1 ,350 1,550 1,500 1,400 1,300 1,200
800 700 1,050
V In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than" 5-20 bushels harves ted 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi cation changed Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 cFickens 3 months old and older 8/ All chickenis sold 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged-- Cows and heifers that have calved". D - Data withheld tolvoid disclosure of information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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FLOYD COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1B7B Floyd County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from Cherokee County and was 82nd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General John Floyd, a noted officer of the War of 1812, who conducted successfully a series of campaigns against the Indians. When first organized the county included parts of Chattooga and Gordon Counties. At the time of DeSoto's march through this area there was an Indian Village at the head of the Coosa River called Chiaha, this was later changed to Rome after the capital of the ancient world and in 1838 the county seat was transferred to Rome from Livingston. Rome is now a thriving city with a number of large industrial plants and is the home of Shorter College and also Darlington School for Boys. The Georgia School for the Deaf is located at Cave Spring in
the southern part of the county. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the approximate land area was 328,832 acres. There were bU8
farms having a total of 135,238 acres with land and buildings valued at $69,205,000. The number of farms is only 14 percent of the peak number in 1920. The value of sales of all crops accounted for almost 29 percent of the county's agricultural economy whereas all livestock, poultry and their products account for 69 percent.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports the average annual precipitation in Floyd County is between 52 and 53 inches. National Weather Service records show totals at Rome ranging from 31.50 inches in 1867 to 77 65 inches in 1932. However, amounts between 40 and 60 inches can be counted on in three.out of four years Winter and early spring are the wettest parts of the year with March the wettest month, averaging more than
six inches The mean annual temperature is around 61 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from about 79 degrees in July to about 42 degrees in January. The freeze-free period averages around 205 days, extending usually from
early April to late October.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
1964
Amount $
Amount ~$~
3,135,695
4,827,956
1974 Amount
6,960,000
TT7
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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
1,205,565 1,138,312
12,158 55,095 20,125 201,015 1,708,990 671,462 626,621 410,907
38.5 36.3
1,083,006 1,073,253
.4 1.8
.6 6.4
54.5 21.4 20.0 13.1
8,578 1,175
113,356 189,260
3,442,334 1,521 ,576 1,108,524
812,234
22.4 22.2
2.4 3.9 71.3 31.5 23.0 16.8
6,120,000 1,749,000 1,739,500
940,500
745,000 52,000 2,000 9,500
98,000 52,000
4,221,000 1,831,500
788,000 1 ,601,500 1,449,500
148,000
4,000
28.6 28.4 15.4
12.2 .8
1.6
69.0 29.9 12.9 26.2 23.7
2.4
.1
46,000
Government Payments 1/
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
2/ from only
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
N0V 2 6 197"
DOCUMENTS I UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock &
^, Livestock Prod. 13.1%
*-- Dairy Products 20.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 y Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 26.2%
-- Dairy Products 12.9%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.0%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.4%
Year
FLOYD COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977 CORN
SOYBEANS
J
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre Production
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
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
21,605 24,860 15,519
12,610 11,430 11 ,200 11,500 10,600 10,800 8,100 6,600 6,300 6,400 5,450 5,030 4,770 4,550 3,750 2,800 2,700 2,750 2,350 3,160 2,900 3,100 3,700 1,900
35,746 27,291 36,315 20,296 23,769 15,119
9,480 9,520 9,760 10,160 9,700 9,900 7,600 6,100 5,400 5,320 4,700 4,380 4,260 3,850 3,350 2,500 2,290 2,300 2,150 2,690 2,300 2,330 2,740
370
13.4 11.2 14.3 13.9 11.1 16.7
16.2 31.2 28.0 26.8 34.2 32.2 23.8 32.8 35.6 36.7 45.3 49.5 35.4 47.3 45.4 49.6 22.7 45.2 47.0 50.0 54.3 57.2 57.8 20.0
477,520 305,431 520,865 282,296 263,649 253,147
153,300 297,000 273,300 272,200 331,500 319,000 181,000 200,000 192,000 195,000 213,000 217,000 151,000 182,000 152,000 124,000 52,000 104,000 101,100 134,500 125,000 133,300 158,400
7,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 210 230 250 560 830 1,110 1,600 4,000 4,400 5,200 3,400 2,600 3,100 4,770 6,600 8,120 7,660 9,060
18.0 19.0 22.5 15.0 24.5 21.5 29.5 30.0 29.0 16.5 24.5 21 .0 26.0 24.0 24.8 20.6 30.4 26.2 16.2
3,600 3,940 5,175 3,750 13,785 17,845 32,745 48,000 116,000 72,600 127,400 71,400 6\J7I .96\J0\J0\J 74,400 118,300 136,000 246,800 200,700 146,800
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
nJlLr^I otraanyac
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
GRAIN SORGHUM
Yield
Der acre Production
(bu.)
(bu.)
31,300 38,150 51,523 43,197 20,586 20,374
8,070 8,130 6,770 4,330 3,270 5,530 5,460 5,860 5,430 5,690 5,300 6,050 4,590 1,380 3,750 4,250 4,500 4,800 4,550 3,485 3,790 1,420 1,910 1.500
202 183 228 243 311 136
301 428 366 342 396 504 287 316 394 387 503 465 363 161 350 490 478 . 570 462 360 448 299 434 173
12,237 13,955 23,474 21,033 12,823
5,548
5,060 7,260 5,170 3,090 2,710 5,820 3,260 3,870 4,470 4,610 5,570 5,880 3,480
460 2,750 4,340 4,500 5,700 4,370 2,610 3,540
890 1,730
540
7,744 763
1,579 60
1,372
490 500 380 360 610 560 300 250 200 100 240 230 220 370 280 140 200 520 170 80 290 280 690 1.450
19.7 16.2 19.2 17.5 22.0 22.0 20.5 25.0 21.0 20.0 22.5 28.0 27.0 27.6 26.8 32.1 35.0 30.8 31.0 33.6 35.2 33.0 32.8 35.5
40,930 5,517 8,522 436
19,239
9,630 b. 120 7,300 6,300 13,420 12,320 6,150 6,250 4,190 2,000 5,400 6,490 5,940 10,200 7,500 4,500 7,000 16,000 5,270 2,690 10,200 9,240 22,600 51..5. 0 0
350
300
390
800
690
590
26, 0,
1
38.5
37.0
41.0
45.0
44.0
46.0
l?*?U7
1
13,470 11,100 15,990 36,000 30,360 27,140
c*. aMninll 1
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
FLOYD COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
33,113 36,736 39,841 48,667
56,141
62,899
69,130
73,742
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,471 16,151 14,525
9,058 10,328
3,056
2,883
12,600 13,643 12,379
9,000
2,941
2,754
2,871 2,508 2,146
1,328
115
129
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
321,280 321,280 321,280 321 ,280 325,760 328,960 328,960 328,960 328,960 328,960 328,960 328,832 328,832
Percent in Farms
76.7 78.5 78.9 70.5 74.2 66.1 62.2 76.2 64.3 53.6 49.8 45.1 41.1
All Land in Farms (acres)
246,508 252,146 253,389 226,595 241 ,735 217,296 204,554 250,733 211,527 176,161 163,803 148,419 135,238
Average Size Farms
(acres)
92 82 72 80 85 104 98 116 136 194 219 246 266
Number of Farms
2,692 3,092 3,516 2,847 2,835 2,085 2,078 2,159 1,558
910 747 604 508
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,886,890 4,735,721 11,535,030 6,884,485 5,228,141 5,121,554 6,504,585 11,937,111 12,630,706 19,825,260 19,865,718 31,967,735 69,205,000
Average (dol.)
1,072 1,532 3,281 2,418 1,844 2,456 3,130 5,529 8,107 21,786 26,594 52,926 136,231
Tractors
140
221 391 816 972 954 876 699 663
Trucks
251
268 316 545 607 557 559 548 573
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,367
1,204 1,149 1,543 1,503
983 910 503 420
255
110 174 285 539 553 625 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,347 4,203
436 297 331 1,063 1,125 1,160 3,387 1,894 202 207
Production (bushels) 26,530 50,530
6,641 10,132 10,140 23,513 21,157 29,931 112,895 73,804
7,920 11,350
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,707 4,115 9,128 12,736
11,077 10,881
8,037 8,815 5,930 5,231
4,203 7,441
11,230 10,557 10,072 10,675
9,745 10,741
VEGETABLE!> 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
490
36,186
609
947
24,542
75,816
669
50,240
191
12,158
192
15,028
95
8,578
65
8,350
23
9,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
73,233
1,334
411,962 50,225
72,813 18,190
53,271
2,984
55,929 27,005
44,779 26,082
29,921
1 ,846
26,700
3,122
8,147
9,196
8,504
5,383
3,819
7
2,024
1
PECANS UH
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,467 1,188
10,170 3,207 1,674
1,714
3,625 608
2,101 759 143
7,522 6,400 5,332 5,104 8,064
29 1 ,092
SWEE1
POTATOES 1 / /
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
425
33,028
397
34,904
593
62,498
344
27,595
685
55,886
364
30,760
499
24,889
192
19,280
39
3,581
24
3,948
3
329
2
412
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USF TN Af.RFS 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
73,797 71,326 67,156 55,021 53,585 36,969 26,693 21,036 18,908 18,769
27,472 24,680 18,070 31,867 29,428 19,424 14,638 10,744
7,258 2,545
See foo tnotes on last page.
12,727 7,887
17,471 7,317 9,811
18,322 13,790 16,325 27,999 30,976
Woodland
121,792 98,746 79,212
105,926 94,464 84,504
134,592 108,692
94,115 90,145 76,282 60,286
Other Land 8,972 21,980 26,720 30,405 , 17,434 24,137 23,317 28,120 26,925 25,553 17,972 22,662
Farms by Value of Products Sold
I1UI
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
17
34
23
24
27
22
33
54
38
87
56
383
314
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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FLOYD 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
8,120 8,907 9,673 6,197 9,241 6,836 9,482 9,953 16,195 14,821 18,420 18,451 24,397
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,654 5,810 5,338 3,820 5,499 4,050 5,046 5,022 8,430 7,466 9,870 10,077 13,920
Milk Cows
3,123 4,778 4,951 3,715
3,854
3,843 4,125 2,803 2,640 1,442 1,487
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
118,656 176,707 168,600 376,224
538,582 930,450 754,073 1,235,023 1,597,299 1,909,246
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
12,606 6,921 9,281 2,411 4,176 3,207 4,611 5,148 7,636 11,451 5,317 4,501 1,111
Sows Farrowing 5/
975 244 332 384 398 523 1,283 1,892 1,137 1 ,060 203
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
63,164 68,993 102,597 69,795 85,293 68,264 80,856 71,672 116,842 209,897 189,641 153,876 118,535
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
40,991 29,028 34,882
36,552
112,823 463,077 766,077 575,107 932,020 1,331,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
280,080 251,572 401,181 353,994 368,002 388,181 443,121 239,947 773,290 2,304,482 2,569,953
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTI1RF
f-eed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Ferti1izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thnu<; \
$ 189,241 $ 227,885
$ 100.6
140,239
122,768
148.6
342,784
169.3
560,821
276.4
877,917
328,639
396.3
1,614,556
675 9
1,429,008
389,011
519 9
1,291,025
405,113
474 3
2,580,000
696,000
647 0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,500 19,300 19,400 19,700 19,600 19,600 20,200 20,400 20,500 20,500 22,900 22,000 21,400 18,000
Cows 2 years old and older UJ/
Kept for
Milk
3,200 3,000 2,950 2,630 2,450 1,700 1,600 1,550 1,500
960 930 1,400 1,800 1,650
Other
7,600 7,700 7,750 8,500 8,750 8,800 9,100 9,250 9,500 9,840 10,700 10,800 10,000 8,270
All Other Cattle and Calves
8,700 8,600 8,700 8,570 8,400 9,100 9,500 9,600 9,500 9,700 11,270 9,800 9,600 8,080
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,350 5,150 5,700 4,700 5,100 5,800 5,500 5,150 4,900 4,600 3,400 2,600 2,500
1/ In 1969 a nd 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 1954 exclude s farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harv ested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation chang ed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chick ens sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc sification c hanged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved".
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 *xc 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-
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FORSYTH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
19DO-1B7B
Forsyth County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from part of Cherokee
County and was 83rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for the noted
John Forsyth, lawyer, diplomat, statesman and orator. He became Attorney-General of the State
in 1808, a Congressman in 1812, United States Senator in 1815 and later Minister to Spain where
he negotiated the purchase of Florida on terms satisfactory to both powers. His brilliant
I97G
career was closed as Secretary of State after serving in such capacity under two Presidents.
Cumming, the county seat, was named for Colonel William Cumming of Augusta, lawyer, editor, and
army officer of the War of 1812.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 139,840 acres. There were
583 farms having a total of 55,744 acres with land and buildings valued at $69,473,000. Value of farm land and buildings
has increased 85 percent since 1959 being influenced by proximity to Lake Lanier. The number of farms is only 25 percent
of the peak number in 1920. Forsyth County was one of the leading counties in development of the commercial broiler
enterprise in the State. Now production of hatching eggs and commercial eggs are important enterprises. All live-
stock, poultry and their products accounted for 99 percent of the value of agricultural products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation in Forsyth
County of about 54 inches. March, with an average of near 6.50 inches is normally the wettest month and October, with
just over 3 inches, is the driest. The mean annual temperature is about 60 degrees, with monthly averages ranging
from 77 degrees in July to around 42 degrees in January. The average length of the freeze-free period is nearly 215 RSCCIVSCl
days. The last spring freeze normally occurs around April 5 and the first fall freeze is usually in early November.
**
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
9,038,758
17,183,572
1974 Amount $
29,561,000
N0V 2 6 197!;
% 1/ DOCUMENTS,; UGA 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
448,714 395,360
36,735 16,619
1,065 83,003
5.0
128,178
4.4
106,053
.4
20,540
.2
1 ,585
9,743
.9
140,993
29,381,000
.7
235,000
.8
.6
(NA)
79,000
.3
110,000
.4
(D)
.1
(D)
.1
11,000
.8
44,000
.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
8,505,976
8,181,101 129,797 195,078
94.1
90.5 1.4 2.2
16,904,658 16,292,304
116,798 495,556
98.4
29,091,000
99.0
94.8
27,319,500
93.0
.7
387,000
1.3
2.9
1,384,500
4.7
1 ,086,500
3.7
277,000
.9
3,000
18,000
.1
Government Payments 3/
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
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
,-- Forestry Prod. 0.9%
!---All Crops 5.0% ',,_ Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 2.2% Dairy Products 1.4%
Forestry Prod. 0.2%
--All Crops 0.8% ^m Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 4.7% Dairy Products 1.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
FORSYTH 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.)
17,384 22,494 15,779
10,890 9,450 8,200 7,300 6,400 5,600 4,510 3,560 3,100 2,900 2,400 1,970 1,670 1,700 1,460 970 1,050 450 1,100 1,200 1,700 1,500 1,600 2,550
21,871 21 ,267 20,972 16,928 22,158 15,539
10,420 9,170 7,790 7,020 6,300 5,500 4,370 3,350 2,830 2,580 2,230 1,840 1,590 1,630 1,400 820 880 420 950 960 1,300 990 1,170 290
12.5 13.4 13.8 11.6 10.7 17.2
12.6 29.2 34.0 23.8 29.1 28.4 26.1 31.0 27.2 29.5 28.3 33.2 30.2 40.5 44.3 31.7 40.9 57.1 55.1 60.0 54.3 61.1 69.6 14.8
274,290 285,143 289,242 196,009 236,601 266,877
131,200 267,800 264,900 167,200 183,300 156,400 114,000 107,000 77,000 76,000 63,000 61,000 48,000 66,000 62,000 26,000 36,000 24,000 52,300 57,600 70,600 60,500 81,400
4,300
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yie Id
per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
GRAIN SORGHUM
Vield
per acre Production
(bu.)
(bu.)
17,454 23,426 23,322 24,960 14,514
9,299
2,420 2,490 1,750
620 270 780 780 480 310 190 130 80 70 20 20 10
226
6,789
239
11,209
287
13,372
274
13,678
296
8,588
132
2,455
295
1,490
357
1,850
222
810
223
290
326
185
423
690
335
540
146
150
158
100
237
90
592
160
412
70
257
40
150
6
150
5
100
2
5,559 2,452 2,168
598
1,116
860
17 1
570
14 8
470
17 8
600
19 5
390
21 0
590
19 5
350
22 0
360
24 0
180
22 5
160
21. 5
110
20. 5
90
25 0
120
24. 0
190
25. 3
90
26. 7
50
32. 0
100
38. 0
80
22. 0
100
30. 9
220
24. 5
330
34. 8
600
29. 7
670 1 34. 5
26,610 19,092 13,667
3,692
13,270
14,740 8,440
f ,370 11,700
8,190 11,500
7,700 8,640 4,050 3,440 2,260 2,250 2,880 4,800 2,400
1,600
270
3,800
500
1,760
400
3,090
330
5,390
11,500
220
17,800
300
23,inn 1
29.4 35.9 38.0 39.0
39.0 45.0
7,940 17,950 15,200 12,870
8,580 13,500
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,550 11,940 11,755 10,624
11,322
11,005
12,170
16,928
FORSYTH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
" All Land
Land Area Percent in Farms
(acres)
in Farms (acres)
158,080
89.5
141,450
158,080
92.7
146,484
158,080
92.0
145,394
9,923 10,062 10,128
7,892 8,498
9,906 10,055 10,087
8,452
17 7
41
46
158,080 158,080 155,520 155,520 155,520 155,520
74.2 90.3 85.6 79.0 86.9 74.5
117,223 142,759 133,192 122,924 135,169 115,928
3,725
3,725
142,720 142,720
55.8 58.7
79,664 83,835
2,662
2,662
139,840 139,840
52.7 39.9
73,680 55,744
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
77 65 62 54 68 66 70 67 67 67 74 73 96
Number of Farms
1,835 2,243 2,329 2,169 2,116 2,009 1,766 2,034 1,735 1,197 1,134 1,009
583
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
(do!-)
981,630 2,756,886 6,281,156 3,182,361 2,602,930 2,619,847 3,755,066 6,276,924 10,885,390 10,492,902 23,003,190 49,729,912 69,473,000
Average
(dol.)
535 1,2292,697 1,467 1,230 1,304 2,126 3,086 6,274 8,766 20,285 49,286 119,165
Tractors
53
49 114 323 541 558 733 798 627
Trucks
131
150 317 618 773 740 688 879 654
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
962
214
797
14
732
64
1,120
282
1,089
492
986
832
1,299
965
998
(NA)
592
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
782 2,599
306 231 276 1,484 1,802 1,201 1,182 753
50
Production
(bushels)
3,960 23,343
3,102 3,396 3,624 25,468 35,770 27,751 35,293 29,848 1,605
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,078 377
3,045 1,933
3,548 3,859 1,812 2,498 2,355 2,148
321 1,899
3,132 3,844 2,290 3,453 3,699 4,127
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (do!-)
38
2,306
114
535
13,133
88,025
714
26,802
680
36,735
474
34,298
235
20,540
15
1,413
35
(0)
PEACHES 1/3/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
34,924
900
39,215
12,626
27,916
2,083
22,375
6,868
19,391
13,773
25,652
27,490
22,988
6,489
11,463
47
2,764
1,241
768
48
640
3
26
8
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
235
134
734
1,796
643
284
1,775
1,392
993
1,061
740
1,178
525
6,455
820
SWEEr
POTATOES l/j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
235
17,674
311
32,850
376
36,451
395
36,689
556
51,998
507
42,600
330
24,206
140
16,294
66
7,057
28
5,944
9
1,042
36
20
4,259
Year
Harvested Cropland
ZZHHUDJJSJE
Idle o
IO
Ploiwabllee
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Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
46,048 46,303 48,633 40,463 32,727 19,981
9,893
5,891 4,973
4,171
9,456 9,045 5,317 10,634
17,699 14,741
8,354 6,846 3,733 1,359
See footnotes on last page.
4,015 3,581 9,872 7,532 3,134 6,512 1,407 4,246 19,105 13,620
Woodland
61,503 63,956 41,189 69,043 56,343 48,017 65,799 58,424 40,938 43,278 28,786 21,779
Other Land
18,157 8,551 15,915 13,975 12,543 16,135 15,810 16,270 19,072 23,574 17,083 14,815
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1 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
85
155
154
226
48
117
21
46
39
37
34
428
202
*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
FORSYTH COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,918 5,358 5,219 3,535 4,864 3,601 3,997 4,599 7,556 6,517 13,392 15,615 16,509
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years
and Older)
2,259 3,670 3,090 2,287 2,906 2,382 2,367 2,448 3,669 3,040 7,038 7,676 9,665
Milk Cows
1,993 2,869 3,037 2,283
2,368
2,232 2,457 1,356
998 509 636
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
102 2,318 13,010 7,956
6,013 10,915 125,860 292,258 112,334 227,237
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,511 3,550 4,433 1,194 2,389 2,704 3,360 4,907 5,569 5,312 2,980 4,193 3,509
Sows Farrowing 5/
249 142 61 159 173 586 863 663 398 613 678
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) U
27,473 41,743 63,970 47,318 52,881 52,485 59,882 83,439 156,766 353,018 815,370 1,464,252 859,683
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
60,305 40,881 58,613
372,675
5,875,482 11,227,343 16,667,486 24,443,808 33,413,572 24,578,591
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
131,120 187,324 251 ,860 308,358 169,861 267,494 286,987 497,350 817,987 3,276,406 9,824,030
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
46,766 74,114 3,105,272 3,217,245 5,201,225
8,185,745 10,761,549 14,340,571 19,681 ,000
$ 196,028 128,902
144,965
126,620 151 ,890 265,000
9.7 10.2 48.2 66.2 50.5 251.9 413.2 646.9 512.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,200 14,000 13,600 14,800 15,700 16,000 17,200 17,400 17,500 17,700 20,100 20,100 19,500 17,700
Cows 2 years old and older 1J/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,200 1,100
780 880 680 650 650 650 650 790 720 700 630 630
6,300 6,500 6,550 7,400 7,600 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,800 7,860 8,290 9,000 9,100 8,350
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,700 6,400 6,270 6,520 7,420 7,650 8,850 9,050 9,050 9,050 11,090 10,400 9,770 8.730
December 1
All Hogs and
Pigs
3,000 3,600 4,000 4,350 4,700 5,500 4,800 5,000 4,050 5,800 5,600 8,100 8,250
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition.
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold.
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" individual farms. NA - Not available.
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 19/ In 1971 and thereafter clasto avoid disclosing information for
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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FRANKLIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Franklin County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1784 from lands acquired
by treaty with the Cherokee and Creek Indians in 1783 at Augusta and was ninth in order of
counties organized in Georgia. These lands were divided into two large counties, one in the
upper part of the State to be called Franklin and one in the lower part of the State to be
m<p
called Washington. Originally Franklin included the counties of Banks, Jackson, Clarke, Oconee and part of Madison and Stephens. Much of the land was given as bounty warrants to
Revolutionary soldiers. Franklin took its name from the great New England philosopher and
patriot, Benjamin Franklin. Carnesville, the county seat, was named for Judge Thomas Carnes,
a noted Congressman and lawyer of the early ante-bellum days. It was made the permanent site for public buildings in
the county by Legislative Act of November 29, 1806. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 168,320 acres. There were 665 farms having a total
of 74,567 acres with land and buildings valued at $38,905,000. The number of farms is only 20 percent of the peak number in 1920. The importance of field crops in the agricultural economy has declined considerably from 1954 to 1974. Value of poultry and poultry products sales accounted for about 89 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1964, and the value of all other livestock and livestock products accounted for only 7 percent with the combined total
being 96 percent of agricultural products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of almost 5U
inches for Franklin County. March, with an average of around 5.50 inches, is normally the wettest month, and October,
with close to 3.00 inches, is usually the driest. The mean annual temperature is about 62 degrees. Monthly averages
range from just over 79 degrees in July, to about 44 degrees in January and December. Freezing occurs on approximately
55 days during an average year. The length of the freeze-free period averages about 215 days, extending usually from
the first of April to early in November.
Received
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount
4,574,607
1964 Amount $~
10,902,159
1974 Amount
18,525,000
TT N0V2 6197S;
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
1,073,978 1,034,415
23,067 16,496
50 46,971 3,453,608 3,012,189 251,415 190,004
23.5 22.6
.5 .4
1.0 75.5 65.8
5.5 4.2
617,016 592,291
19,210 5,515
63,065 10,216,578
9,503,500 301 ,894 411,184
5.7 5.4
.2 .1
.6 93.7 87.2
2.7 3.8
18,178,000
505,000 490,000 338,500
82,500 41,000 28,000
6,000 9,000
75,000 54,000
17,544,000 16,132,000
152,000 1,260,000 1,174,000
85,000
1,000
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
2.8 2.7 1.9
.5 .2 .1
.1
.4 .3
96.5 88.8
.8 6.9 6.4
.5
Government Payments 1/ / Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
2/ from only
15,000
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954 ^ All Crops 23.5%
Forestry Products & " Hort. Spec. 1.0% -*-- Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 4.2% Poultry^sM ^-Dairy Products 5.5%
DD.O/o
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops 2.8% -. Forestry Products & ^ Hort. Spec. 0.7% _ Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 6.9% *-- Dairy Products 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
All
(acres)
19,119 21,146 13,408
10,720 9,730 8,600 8,000 7,700 6,400 5,300 4,140 3,950 3,960 3,150 3,000 2,910 2,370 2,230 1,650 1,430 2,050 2,100 1,950 2,000 2,200 3,000 2,200
FRANKLIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushe' S)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
28,525 20,089 23,641 16,963 20,607 13,267
8,550 9,020 7,750 7,320 7,400 6,100 5,200 3,560 3,310 3,300 2,650 2,520 2,470 2,050 1,860 1,380 1,220 1,750 1,750 1,600 1,600 1,850 2,630
350
10.6 12.3 14.7 13.9
9.3 15.2
10.3 25.8 17.0 20.1 26.3 20.7 27.3 28.7 26.6 37.6 32.1 39.7 25.5 44.4 34.4 23.2 23.0 41.1 37.0 40.0 44.4 60.2 49.0 8.0
302,090 246,192 347,133 235,878 191,463 201,855
88,300 232,700 131,800 147,200 194,800 126,300 142,000 102,000 88,000 124,000 85,000 100,000 63,000 91,000 64,000 32,000 28,000 72,000 64,800 64,000 71,100 111,300 128,800
2,800
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
580 2,200 1,500
700 1,000 1 ,300 1,400 2,380 2,590 4,660 4,450 4,590
24.5 26.0 22.0 22.0 23.5 22.0 14.0 20.8 20.0 23.8 22.4 17.1
.
Production (bushels)
14,210 57,200 33,000 15,400 23,500 28,600 19,600 49,500 51,800 110,900 99,700 78,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
36,474 43,595 49,428 39,209 21,802 15,946
8,980 8,040 7,030 3,890 1,640 5,190 4,560 4,150 4,030 3,120 3,150 3,570 3,230 1,640 3,120 2,950 1,800 2,700 2,580 1,400 1,020
270 175
34 |
194 221 263 205 281 215
269 493 316 306 487 369 330 361 337 454 510 462 266 260 204 260 312 200 194 201 292 141
246
176
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield
per acre (bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
GRAIN SORGHUM
Yield
per acre
PrimuHunur*i ti "liunnn
(bu.)
(bu.)
13,070 19,312 25,971 16,087 12,239 6,842
8,105 3,249 2,815 1,637
3,549
39,910 23,732 17,929
9 ,922
41,177
5,040 4,320
17.8
76,870
8,260 4,010
15.8
63,210
4,630 5,000
22.5
1". 2,690
2,480 6,100
18.0
109,800
1,670 3,800
21.0
79,800
4,000 5,250
19.5
102,380
3,140 5,200
21.5
111 ,800
3,130 5,500
25.0
137,500
2,840 2,200
22.5
49,400
2,960 2,010
21.0
42,200
3,350 2,050
22.0
45,100
3,450 1,900
22.0
41,800
1,790 1,630
22.5
36,600
890 2i600
23.0
59,800
1,330 1,760
25.8
45,400
1,600
580
25.3
14,700
1,170
750
31.9
23,900
1,130 1,260
34.9
44,000
260
1,040
890
27.0
24,000
250
585
340
28.5
9,700
620 1,100
25.0
27,500
200
80 1,050
27.0
28,400
380
90 1,120
27.6
30,900
410
13 1.290 1 33.5
4.3. ?nn
150
34.1 25.0
34.0 37.0 46.0 11.3
8,870 6,250
6,800 14,060 18,860
i.7nn
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
FRANKLIN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
17,700 17,894 19,957 15,902
15,612
14,446
13,274
12,784
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
12,693 11,697 11,869
8,604 8,637
4,032
1,528
10,556 9,917
10,170
7,486
3,525
1,499
2,137 1,780 1,699
1,151
507
29
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
178,560 178,560 178,560 178,560 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 172,160 168,320 168,320
82.7 79.6 80.5 83.7 87.7 85.7 88.1 86.1 67.8 60.0 55.3 44.3
All Land in Farms (acres) 184,936 147,629 142,058 143,655 149,387 150,905 147,507 151,670 148,161 116,670 103,359
93,155 74,567
Average Size Farms
(acres) 65 50 42 55 63 71 66 75 87 102
112 117 112
Number of Farms
2,849 2,933 3,378 2,631 2,355 2,139 2,247 2,018 1,713 1,149
924 793 665
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,894,640 5,539,574 15,191,697 4,869,249 3,192,571 3,675,426 4,701,523 8,051,820 8,479,350 13,130,772 13,386,912 22,034,642 38,905,000
Average (dol.)
665 1,889 4,497 1,851 1,356 1,718 2,092 3,990 4,950 11,428 14,488 27,786 58,504
Tractors
77
66 170 525 725 764 761 766 762
Trucks
71
111 188 366 612 671 739 708 714
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
986
856 988 1,239 1,269 1,224 1,046 768 699
83
53 47 91 177 512 607 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,921 3,860 1,626 3,150 4,487 6,867 5,648 8,032 6,825 3,967
767 166
70
Production (bushels)
9,840 44,260 23,472 56,174 64,397 115,728 127,798 178,491 179,541 121,383 22,795
7,180 2,398
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
2,967 429
2,805 3,325
6,290 5,074 3,988 4,579 4,257 4,683
376 1,873
5,256 3,769 5,059 5,549 5,985 8,161
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
44
2,995
154
73
1,886
9,377
241
9,151
690
23,067
276
15,819
236
19,210
196
22,605
25
6,000
PEACHES V3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
51,566
1,909
32,073
6,723
26,855
3,210
22,782
3,145
20,433 23,980
24,164 19,247
22,043 13,311
12,647
398
8,305
1,462
5,204
1,628
4,264
500
11
5
PECANS yy
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
350
730
1,274
9,566
2,891
3,037
5,474
3,666 2,493 2,080 1,053
37 973
12,080 12,371 11,925
9,374 40,694
2,158 1,600
(D)
-SWEET
POTATOES 1/j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
435
37,376
337
33,953
505
68,702
226
17,736
580
55,084
493
48,537
350
29,609
101
10,089
10
2,492
S
1,542
3
631
111
29
2,369
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE M
M
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
67,066 65,815 63,858 54,927 48,471 37,093 25,578 14,619
9,724 10,065
13,416 10,979 10,650 15,941 23,650 16,434 13,670 13,843
7,195 3,455
See footnotes on last page.
13,460 9,523 8,527 778
3,151 7,192 6,446 10,737 23,506
23,415
Woodland
49,094 40,330 33,889 43,438 41 ,892 44,900 56,918 60,499 49,770 40,440 33,011 22,379
Other Land 12,648 11,150 13,778 19,009
24,776 30,734 19,480 26,943 21,206 23,720 19,719 15,253
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 2t500
*
51
80
101
107
30
63
30
46
31
51
49
446
373
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
FRANKLIN 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
6,122 5,723 7,384 4,119
6,648 5,207 6,390 6,651 10,509 9,271 13,289 18,213 23,590
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,051 3,901 4,269 2,661 3,898 3,090 3,622 3,412 5,836 4,722 7,359 8,506 13,127
Milk Cows 2,610 3,155 4,193 2,575
2,944
2,957 3,831 2,241 1,641
828 416
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,412 5,371 23,343 28,805
25,985 44,910 183,748 711,881 572,240 578,470
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,840 3,781 6,021 1,758 3,170 2,742 2,923 3,462 3,896 4,867 2,000 1 ,059 1,168
Sows Farrowing 5/
336 301 243 298 260 248 591 676 305 197 184
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1J
41,979 40,481 71,482 45,573 61,541 55,913 68,194 67,489 67,647 163,998 235,815 397,772 304,852
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
Eggs
Produced (dozen) /
123,850 35,879 160,211
28,521 221,527
77,927 246,068
258,396
59,969 278,741
428,989
955,090 159,870
3,959,467 531,214
9,607,880 1 ,118,788
15,586,015 2,195,985
13,975,291
(NA)
13,060,490
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICIII TURF
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Hired Labor
$
37,594
22,264
142,632
751,254
2,090,375
5,061,820
5,778,499
7,062,605
10,879,000
$ 278,670 178,077
355,278
266,212 276,769 417,000
$ 42.1 55 6 75 1
103 7 147.4 285 0
217.0 328.6 379 0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,100 14,000 13,700 15,500 18,300 18,500 22,000 24,000 24,600 26,600 30,200 32,000 32,000 33,600
Cows 2 years old and older 1J/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,950 1,800 1,380 1,560 1,150 1,000
900 860 800 550 510 480 460 450
6,000 6,200 6,250 7,000 7,200 7,200 9,300 11,500 12,800 14,300 15,650 17,400 16,800 15.610
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,150 6,000 6,070 6,940 9,950 10,300 11,800 11,640 11,000 11,750 14,040 14,120 14,740 17.540
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,000 1,550 1,700 1,100 1,200 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,500 2,700 4,500 4,200
V In 1969 and 1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken
974 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
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20 hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginnmg with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older
sification cha for individua
nged--"Cows farms. NA
and heifers that - Not available.
have
calved"
Du6 - DuaayttaaTwiiUthhJeilddH- *to-a'vofidt Vd7is1cl,oansdurteheorfeainftfeorrmcalatios-n
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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FULTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B78
Fulton County was created by Legislative Act of December 20, 1853 from a part of DeKilb
County and was 104th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was merged with Campbell
and Milton Counties by Legislative Act of January 1, 1932. The county was named for the
celebrated inventor, Robert Fulton, whose pioneer steamboat Clermont first plowed the waters
; -m(o
of the Hudson River in 1807. Atlanta, the county seat and State capital, was earlier known as Terminus which antedated the county. In 1843 this name was changed to Marthasville in honor of the daughter of Governor Lumpkin. With metropolitan prospects ahead another name
was needed to meet the growing demands of the community and on December 29, 1847, an act
was passed by the Legislature incorporating the "City of Atlanta". It became the capital of Georgia in 1868. A
divergence of opinion exists regarding the origin of the name.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 339,200 acres making it 18th in size among counties
in the State. There were 317 farms having 47,653 acres with land and buildings valued at $69,469,000. The number of
farms was only 7 percent of the peak number in 1920. Livestock and livestock products accounted for 25 percent of the
total value of all products sold. Value of poultry and poultry products sold in 1964 was 26 percent of the total value
of all products in the county. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service records show an average annual precipitation of 48
to 49 inches for Fulton County. Annual totals in Atlanta have fallen between 40 and 60 inches during two out of every
three years, but have ranged from as low as 31.80 in 1954 to 71.45 in 1948. March and October, with averages just
under 6.00 and 3.00 inches, respectively, are normally the wettest and driest months. The mean annual temperature
p
is about 61 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 78 degrees in July to around 43 degrees in January. The R6C6IV6QI
freeze-free season averages about 220 days, extending usually from near the end of March to early November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount ~$~
4,534,503
5,262,143
1974 Amount $~
3,759,000
TV
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
582,819 462,576
77,879 42,364 356,379 109,849 3,485,456 2,509,859 536,665 438,932
12.8 10.2
1.7 .9
7.9 2.4 76.9 55.4 11.8 9.7
237,423 195,151
39,634 2,638
491 ,800 61,645
4,471,275 3,449,277
450,196 571,802
4.5 3.7
9.3 1.2 85.0 65.5 8.6 10.9
3,588,000 361,000 327,000 188,000
7,000 132,000
16,000 18,000
1,288,000 53,000
1,886,000 922,000 (D) (NA) 831,000 62,000
(D)
10.0 9.1 5.2
.2 3.7
.4 .5
35.9 1.5
52.6 25.7
23.2 1.7
Government Payments 1/
11,000
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.
N0V2 6197;
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIE
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Horticultural Spec. 7.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ All Crops 10.0% Forestry Products 1.5%
All Crops 12.8%
Forestry Products 2.4%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 21.5%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products
26.9%
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 1 976 1977
FULTON 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.)
27,419 28,031 15,232
11,490 9,980 8,600 7,300 6,300 5,200 4,150 3,280 3,020 2,900 2,400 1 ,990 1,690 1,650 1,350 720 830 450 650 400 560 500 600 800
37,857 31,106 35,322 26,007 26,114 14,764
10,660 9,380 7,910 6,810 6,000 4,900 4,010 2,760 2,340 2,100 1 ,840 1 ,520 1,310 1,260 1,100 600 690 410 550 340 460 430 530 180
13.3 12.7 14.6 13.0
9.4 19.0
11.6 26.3 26.0 23.8 30.7 24.3 22.9 33.0 32.5 34.8 38.0 38.2 35.9 45.2 35.5 30.0 27.5 41.5 45.1 47.9 54.3 49.3 63.8 22.8
504,740 396,561 517,381 337,177 245,958 280,340
123,700 246,700 205,700 162,100 184,400 119,100
92,000 91,000 76,000 73,000 70,000 58,000 47,000 57,000 39,000 18,000 19,000 17,000 24,800 16,300 25,000 21,200 33,800 4,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
160 200 980 1,300 1,700 2,230 2,480
27.5 19.0 29.6 24.6 24.5 23.4 24.6
Production (bushels)
4,400 3,800 29,000 32,000 41,700 52,200 61,000
--fnl<\"*"iVc*aAyflAc
Harvested
35,763 45,219 55,627 28,666 13,249 7,705
2,720 2,460 2,020 1,020
490 880 780 620 400 450 360 330 300 125 100 40 50 90 50
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
200 216 256 273 238 187
263 339 276 270 353 433 331 242 345 300 361 442 310 176 160 375 400 367 300
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu. )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
GRAIN SORGHUM
Yield
per acre
Pr 1mUHUUuLr tL i1nunll
(bu.)
(bu.)
14,328 19,264 28,431 15,631 6,294 2,879
5,228 1,845 1,765
484
696
30,720 19,786 14,637
4,935
10,563
1,490 1,740 1,160
570 360 790 540 310 290 280 270 310 194 45
600
20. 5
12,320
260
13. 4
3,480
320
21. 2
f,780
310
20. 0
6,200
70
24. 5
1 ,720
230
23. 5
5,400
90
25. 0
2,250
80
27. 0
2,160
30
24. 5
730
40
20. 5
820
30
23. 0
690
20
23. 0
460
20
24. 0
480
35
30
42
70
230
31
70
25. 3
1,750
200
90
28. 5
2,570
190
27. 1
5,200
290
260
29. 2
7,590
410
300
24. 1
7,410
220
270
35. 5 1 9.590
ISO
39.3 39.0
43.0 40.0 45.0 22.7
9,050 7,800
12,470 16.400
9,900 1 3.410
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
FULTON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
133,644 195,846 251,200 335,220
392,886
473,572
556,146
607,592
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
17,478 19,303 16,770 14,357
9,516
2,718
3,524
13,708 16,036 13,961
8,318
2,433
3,298
3,770 3,267 2,809
1,198
285
226
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
346,240 346,240 346,240 349,440 334,720 334,720 334,720 334,720 334,720 334,720 339,200 339,200
74.1 73.3 61.1 60.3 56.7 56.7 47.3 48.8 33.9 26.0 16.4 14.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
256,710 253,785 211,409 210,787 189,844 189,876 158,206 163,400 113,343
86,918 55,540 47,653
Average Size Farms
(acres)
61 58 56 59 64 57 76 77 104 108 110 150
Number of Farms 3,548 4,243 4,357
3,759 3,605 2,952 3,324 2,087 2,127 1,086
806 507 317
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
10,417,504 22,645,294 14,639,725
7,951,229 9,246,680 13,473,839 15,854,939 22,248,420 33,475,950 43,906,850 51,339,121 69,469,000
2,455 5,197 3,895 2,206 3,132 4,054 7,597 10,460 30,825 54,475 101,260 219,146
Tractors
164
138 361 626 938 1,014 636 503 392
Trucks
558
490 640 655 983 840 639 464 354
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,926
1,608 2,044 1,307 1,962 1,390
992 421 242
450
306 680 583 1,070 961 742 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,901 3,758
564 367 485 1,833 2,838 2,097 2,840 1,193 300
20 93
Production (bushels)
26,350 47,507
7,130 8,746 8,389 34,980 69,806 58,282 94,573 46,857 12,864 1,400 5,032
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,453 1,742 5,539 5,534
6,036 7,601 4,760 4,388 3,232 3,977
2,132 4,845
6,037 6,245 6,551 9,203 5,358 7,197
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol-)
2,803 2,957 1,678
1,168 646 500 179 22 30
221 ,782
68,571 149,856 101,460
77,879 42,946 39,634 13,498 16,000
PEACHES 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
81,032
115
77,151
9,851
57,814
7,008
38,650
6,894
41,882
17,768
29,172
14,351
36,221
3,106
9,769 7,148
202 5,766
5,757
589
6,790
8
3,545
1,691
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
150
176
833 2,549
3,768 2,549
2,789
1,193 1,627 1,433
369 107 228
11,222
10,287 627
6,349 12,949
30
1,476 2,450
SWEET
POTATOES 1/j/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,222
83,073
1,364
115,077
1,750
152,295
1,395
107,662
1,675
125,317
759
63,221
727
50,053
298
27,833
91
7,827
27
2,760
3
406
Year
Harvested Cropland
AND USE, IN
SI
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
67,581 70,262
21,986 17,726
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
57,851
56,711 38,364 26,765 13,932
8,639 4,502 6,373
16,060 22,628 21,346 15,525 11,149
7,945 1,604 1,528
See footnotes on last page.
8,708 6,842 14,102 1,681 9,969 7,988 14,756 11,333
15,762
15,740
Woodland
99,866 95,761 85,414 87,837 74,145 69,491 69,004 82,379 53,463 36,198 20,580 14,519
Other Land
26,138 26,500 25,557 26,788 25,884 38,796 19,523 30,733 20,043
22,803 13,092
9,493
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
*
6
31
lb
24
17
28
23
28
27
59
33
337
196
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
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FULTON 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
11,670 11,223 10,703 10,036 11,490 8,369 10,021 8,587 14,869 12,590 13,170 10,589 11,668
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,308 7,660 6,164 6,427 7,564 6,060 6,000 4,321 7,548 6,161 7,183 5,208 6,327
Milk Cows
5,491 6,740 6,008 6,301
5,918
3,203 3,450 2,043 1 ,253
452 108
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
783,454 416,979 436,694 1,123,104
1,352,201 1,193,896 1,098,285 1 ,051 ,405 1,031,988
872,243 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
9,063 6,553 11,183 4,291 5,339 5,305 7,542 8,299 6,363 6,272 1,977 2,462
747
1,151 340 264 442 610 541
1,014 933 279 162 154
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
90,314 82,327 116,669 97,174 98,482 87,760 113,534 58,724 140,427 292,048 341,380 179,044
749
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
54,565 48,697 74,441
75,435
1,972,276 3,316,172 3,312,084 2,622,534 2,514,820
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
374,830 395,160 471,645 1,668,862 409,033 590,453 948,543 246,128 1,036,948 3,665,049 5,138,754
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 524,639 $ 254,444
$ 200.4
307,363
133,875
240.6
1,097,478
434.9
1,284,364
240.8
2,452,025
273,275
434.7
3,020,840
706.5
2,201,167
168,699
537.1
1,534,238
182,042
336.9
977,000
357,000
496.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,000 13,900 13,600 14,000 14,000 13,000 13,100 13,100 13,100 12,900 14,600 14,400 13,000 12,000
Cows 2 years old and older 1JJ/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,500 1,400
900 760 650 480 460 460 450 300 270 400 390 360
6,200 6,200 6,250 6,800 7,000 7,050 6,350 6,300 5,150 5,200 5,550 6,400 6,200 5,730
All Other Cattle and Cal.ves
6,300 6,300 6,450 6,440 6,350 5,470 6,290 6,340 7,500 7,400 8,780 7,600 6,410 5,910
December
All Hogs
and
PiSgsi 2,000 2,250 2,500 2,550 2,750 3,200 3,050 2,950 2,100 2,100 1,200 1,600 1,600
1/ 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" closure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude hange in definition. 6/ Beginning with 1969 chic lude only eggs sold. 10/
NA - Not available. ~D~
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- Data withheld to avoid dis-
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
0.C7
GILMER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Gilmer County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from Cherokee County
and was 84th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Georgia R. Gilmer,
Governor of Georgia. Ellija, an Indian town formerly stood where the present county seat of
Ellijay is now located. The chief of the town was White Path, who just before the removal
of his people accompanied the Indian leader, John Ross, to Washington in 1834 as guests of
President Jackson. Ellijay was incorporated under Legislative Act of December 20, 1834 with
the following commissioners: William P. King, K. Quillian, B. L. Goodman, Nathan Smith and
Josua Bourn.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 281,024 acres making it 46th in size among
counties in the State. There were 286 farms having a total of 40.187 acres with land and buildings valued at
$21,079,000. The number of farms is only 17 percent of the peak in 1900. Apple production is an important enter-
prise in the county. The poultry enterprise accounts for 71. percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of 60 inches
or more over most of Gilmer County. Due to terrain effects, amounts vary considerably over the county, with a general
increase from south to north. December through March are the rainiest months, and October the driest. The mean
annual temperature also shows moderate variations, but averages around 58 degrees. The length of the freeze-free panat..ara
season ranges from around 175 days in some of the colder areas to as much as 195 days in other sections.
KcCclVcGI
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
1,656,149
4,791,688
N0V2 6 197S
1974 Amount $
7,430,000
* l/ 10CUMENTS
uc 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
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
413,726 90,366
66,234 257,126
1,615 87,801 1,153,007 1 ,003,381 48,830 100,796
25.0 5.5
4.0 15.5
.1 5.3 69.6 60.6 2.9 6.1
206,176 48,522
20,236 137,418
5,500 56,279 4,523,733 4,246,813 78,899 198,021
4.3 1.0
.4 2.9
.1 1.2 94.4 88.6 1.7 4.1
7,299,000
816,000 86,500 53,500
21,000 12,000 19,000 710,500
22,000
128,000
6,333,000 5,161,000
488,000 684,000 271,000 411,000
(Z) 2,000
11.2 1.2 .7
.3 .2 .3 9.7
.3
1.7
86.8 70.7
6.7 9.4 3.7 5.7
Government Payments 1/
8,000
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 $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
-->^
Other Livestock &
^^w^ Livestock Prod. 6.1%
/^Mlhw-""" Dairy Products 2-9%
/fejSMjJ^ Forestry Products S /^P1!^r^'*'Hort. Spec. 5.4%
\V *$V#
i
1 WL-
/,-- Fruits, Nuts &
&$&%/ Berries 15.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
"***s^
Other Livestock &
y#Vy Livestock Prod. 9.4%
/
Jmjk /* /&^^MfflV^-Dairy Products 6.7%
l -^*s*
i 'imfllilnllliiM\lMlinill
*KttaDBMK 9^. Forestry Products & >p$7?!!H Hort. Spec. 2.0%
yj&$::$ilm-. Fruits, Nuts & y&jjj/ Berries 9.7%
B^T Field Crops &
J^^
Vegetables 9.5%
^S ^ Field Crops & Vegetables 1.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
11,887 10,320 7,881
5,950 5,170 4,800 4,800 4,600 4,500 3,700 2,920 2,570 1,750 1,450 1,190
990 990 860 610 620 730 1,000 750 900 850 1,050 700
A rnr,pr atraaynta?
Harvested
GILMER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
narvestea rieia for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
19,826 15,817 16,566 11,886 10,288 7,855
5,690 5,010 4,600 4,660 4,600 4,400 3,550 2,890 2,440 1,670 1,410 1,170
990 980 820 520 510 700 900 600 650 650 820 280
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
14.2 13.3 14.5 14.9 16.3 24.6
28.9 34.1 41.0 41.7 45.8 39.8 38.0 37.0 40.2 41.9 44.7 46.2 46.5 60.2 41.5 53.8 52.9 47.1 58.0 50.0 54.3 56.2 54.9 50.0
Bales
282,240 209,862 239,804 176,948 167,544 192,913
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
164,500
1966
170,800
1967
188,600 ' 194,200
1968 1969
210,700
1970
175,000
1971
135,000
1972
107,000
1973
120
98,000
1974
150
70,000
1975
200
63,000
1976
54,000
1977
110
46,000
59,000
34,000
28,000
27,000
33,000
52,200
30,000
35,300
36,500
45,000
14,000
,-
1
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Productior Harvested
21.7 23.3 20.0 20.0
Yield
P6T 3CT6
Production (bushels)
2,600 3,500 4,000 2,200
DrrVo*/"u\/HU1 iC/* +uiioAnn
404
160
120
504
172
173
495
216
214
737
193
284
410
307
252
102
78
16
15
267
10
I
1
.
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,198 9,237 8,406 7,344
9,001
9,963
8,922
8,956
GILMER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,141
6,131
10
7,222
7,213
9
6,432
6,411
21
4,674
5,755
5,740
15
1,544
1,544
964
959
5
Approximate Land Area
(acresj
281,600 281,600 281,600 281,600 281,600 280,960 280,960
280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 281,024 281,024
Percent in Farms
77.6
70.0 64.0 52.5 59.4
46.9 44.4 46.2 40.1 31.7 26.4 17.3 14.3
All Land
in Farms (acres) 218,455 197,139 180,119 147,784
167,133 131,689 124,783 129,712 112,604 89,148 74,108 48,669 40,187
Average
Size Farms Number
(acres)
of Farms
132 ' -- l.fabb
133
1,480
126
1,433
120
1,234
121
1,379
107
1,226
117
1,066
104
1,245
116
968
128
695
148
499
140
348
141
286
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
659,570 1,162,608
3,077,040 2,086,585 1,374,623 1,558,675 2,173,954 4,220,550 4,583,480 5,054,735 5,748,480 10,560,499 21,079,000
399 786 2,147 1,691 997 1,271 2,039 3,390 4,735 7,273 11,520 30,346 73,702
Tractors
19
11 49 161 229 268 297 327 307
Trucks
109
115 211 456 412 412 430 344 316
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
210
145
225
23
177
10
356
25
330
30
398
236
354
285
263
(NA)
257
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
757 133 65
2
2
Production (bushels)
6,200 804 723 20
24
14
240
22
260
52
894
6
200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,324 990 849
1,251
1,104 1,167 1,279 1,862 1,160 1,450
1,095 726
1,353 1,441 1,575 2,686 1,847 2,576
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
132
12,473
433
158
10,141
85,531
505
74,468
302
66,234
170
34,574
117
20,236
59
9,911
70
19,000
^<
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
13,010
200
30,346
10,607
6,676 6,346
1,861 891
2,741
716
5,154 3,541 1,490
1,847 3,416
97
276
307
69
33
90
20
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
58
1,255
36
20
31
100
359
44
370
62
10
11
3
2
200
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres! (bushels)
201
16,361
201
18,633
222
17,439
188
15,001
200
16,864
201
15,553
119
8,080
22
5,332
10
3,147
10
1,923
1
622
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
17,089
6,347
1934
18,505
6,029
1939
16,263
7,277
1944
14,566
5,204
1949
11,481
6,865
1954
8,441
3,956
1959
6,389
2,465
1964
4,249
2,025
1969 1974
2,709 3,593
824 1,678
See fool:notes on last page.
IN ACRES y Plowable Pasture
3,363 2,349 7,347 2,815 1,573
906 497 3,168 5,684 5,420
Woodland
150,205 137,417
93,370 131,397
94,030 95,279 101,186 93,309 71,219 58,108 30,306 23,291
Other Land 3,127 5,462 27,405 8,601 5,767 6,866 8,607 8,992 8,578 6,558 9,146 6,205
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
*
24
45
42
57
10
19
28
23
14
17
31
187
137
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
GILMER 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
5,646 5,657 5,094 2,511 3,992 2,845 3,384 2,909 4,117 4,042 4,881 4,821 6,098
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,359 2,559 2,267 1,431 2,059 1,584 1,773 1,579 2,293 1,901 2,701 2,525 3,624
Milk Cows
2,053 2,108 2,181 1,401
1,523
1,457 1,626
966 926 494 585
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,404 2,419 4,115 6,278
13,950 93,370 43,608 94,904 273,754 157,029
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
13,401 6,264 9,614 1,170 1 ,868 1,396 1,961 2,343 2,568 3,606 1,482 1 ,850 2,918
Sows Farrowinq 5/
1,878 133 170 152 200 201 370 548 242 232 62
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
25,366 33,296 43,865 36,220 42,016 38,387 41,102 43,064 100,119 120,573 129,069 127,046 139,912
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
43,665 24,432 36,820
21,415
157,469 1,114,518 3,386,241 7,509,927 7,869,076 5,179,056
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
151 ,360 152,468 182,499 249,998 152,082 227,852 227,768 156,489 857,962 1,243,393 1,715,242
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertil izer
Livestock and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 30,881 22,171
$ 19,863 24,614
$ 12.6 18.0
112,876
41.3
143,650
70.5
624,935
91 ,421
52.2
1 ,803,746 2,597,960 2,885,026 4,359,000
51 ,937 54,553 156,000
67.5 118.4 190.0 320.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,150 5,000 5,200 5,200 5,300 5,300 7,000 8,000 8,200 8,200 9,200 9,100 8,800 7,000
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,100 1,000 1,030
820
670 550 550
570 600 550
500 650 700 720
1,850 1,950 2,100 2,150 2,200 2,250 3,250 3,600 5,700 5,550 5,930 4,500 3,800 3.040
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
2,200 2,050 2,070 2,230 2,430 2,500 3,200 3,830 1,900 2,100 2,770 3,950 4,300 3,240
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
1,500 1,700 1,850 1,950 2,100 3,000 3,500 4,600 4,650 4,000 2,700 3,300 3,200
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 Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude hange in definition. 6/ Beginning with 1969 chic lude only eggs sold. 10/
NA - 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-
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GLASCOCK COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Glascock County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1857 from a part of Warren County and was 120th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Thomas Glascock, a distinguished officer of the State Militia in the War of 1812 and a lawyer of reputation who was elected to Congress. Gibson, the county seat, was named for Judge William Gibson, who gave $500 toward the erection of the courthouse.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 91,520 acres making it 157th in size among counties in the State. There were 126 farms having a total of 33,146 acres with land and buildings valued at $8,582,000. The number of farms is only 16 percent of the peak number in 1910. Glascock County lies in the Upper Coastal Plain-Sandhill Province of soil classification, this is an area of deep sands that is susceptible to drought and thus crop yields are not very dependable. Crop enterprises account for a little under three-fourths the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 47 inches in Glascock County. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, with only July averaging more than five inches, and October and November less than three inches. The mean annual temperature is about 64 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 47 degrees in January to about 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free season usually extends from around March 25 to November 10, averaging about 230 days in length.
Received
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
730,710
1964
Amount $
%
751,442
NUV 2 6 197
1974
D1OCUMENTS;
Amount $ 1,365,000
---%--VW.' aA LIBRARIE
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
608,075 602,966
1,475 3,634
9,160 113,475
9,584 5,435 98,456
83.2 82.5
589,240 571,938
.2
17,106
.5
196
1.3
28,355
15.5
133,847
1.3
5,130
.7
274
13.5
128,443
78.4 76.1
2.3
3.8 17.8
.7 17.1
1,300,000
952,500 928,500 526,500
318,000 72,000 12,000 22,000 2,000
2,000
40,000
305,500 (Z)
305,500 179,500 126,000
73.2 71.4 40.5
24.5 5.5 .9 1.7 .1 .2 3.1
23.5
23.5 13.8
9.7
Government Payments 3/
14,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
,Forestry Products 1.3%
All Livestock, Poultry ** & their Products
15.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 3.1%
11 Livestock, Poultry & their Products 23.5%
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
GLASCOCK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954- 1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
12,595 16,832 13,255
12,010 10,400 9,200 8,600 8,100 8,900 7,400 6,600 6,200 3,720 3,550 3,120 3,110 3,400 3,300 2,600 2,550 4,800 4,250 4,000 3,800 4,000 4,800 4,850
13,273 13,430 12,754 12,365 16,832 11,968
9,720 8,960 7,300 6,920 6,400 7,100 6,000 5,300 4,890 2,900 2,850 2,530 2,550 2,850 2,750 2,300 2,270 4,400 3,850 3,640 3,400 3,680 4,580 2,540
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
6.8 9.0 9.9 10.4 7.3 8.5
6.9 20.2 17.5 18.9 18.1 17.4 23.5 25.3 19.6 31.4 40.7 41.1 41.2 47.7 36.0 34.3 24.2 50.2 47.0 54.0 46.0 53.3 50.0 18.0
Bales
90,410 120,525 126,258 128,791 122,306 101,361
66,900 181,400 127,800 130,500 116,000 123,200 141,000 134,000 96,000 91,000 116,000 104,000 105,000 136,000 99,000 79,000 55,000 221,000 181,000 196,600 156,500 196,000 228,900 45,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110
100 300 1 ,200 680 400 750 1,100 2,100 2,800 2,550 3,110 2,200 5,370
-^
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
4.5
22.5 21.5 24.0 15.0 22.0 16.0 20.0 11.0 15.9 19.8 24.7 16.6 21.2
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
495
2,250 6,450 28,800 10,200 8,800 12,000 22,000 23,100 44,500 50,500 76,800 36,500 113,800
Production (bu.)
11,717 13,327 11,912 12,762
7,643 8,852
5,850 5,280 4,800 3,700 2,475 3,960 3,720 3,940 3,950 3,860 3,080 2,970 1,910 1,580 2,100 2,080 2,100 2,150 2,000 1,450 1,680
755 690 110
176
4,099
184
4,895
202
4,806
194
4,954
306
4,678
188
3,331
217
2,650
258
2,840
343
3,440
306
2,360
414
2,140
323
2,670
290
2,250
334
2,750
357
2,950
284
2,290
422
2,710
332
2,060
364
1,450
378
1,250
171
750
337
1,460
254
1,120
309
1,390
330
1,370
459
1,390
355
1,240
450
710
229
330
227
52
140 1,053
430 460 400 340 330 270 250 210 170 80 55 35 15 45 80 120 140 165 160 145 140 150 155 155
71 575
:,,288
124
409
188
552
221
462
157
539
178
526
142
576
144
557
117
435
74
625
50
1,000
55
743
26
733
11
844
38
838
67
1,967
236
1,993
279
1,588
262
1,344
215
1,503
218
2,064
289
1,393
209
723
112
2.187
339
1,703 417 597 171 960 230
400 540 660 620 370 370 370 300 110 80 40 40 50 450 310 50 110 280 250 380 750 650 460
340
15.3 15.3 20.1 17.0 23.5 15.5
19.0 26.0 21.0
22.0 25.0 26.0 27.0 23.1
25.8 30.0 37.3 37.9
20.0 27.4
24.5 26.2 24.8
31.5
5,890 2,051 3,062 1 ,319 8,087 2,048
6,110 8,250 13,250 10,540 8,700 5,740 7,030 7,800 2,310 1,750 1,000 1,040 1 ,350 10,400 8,000 1,500 4,100 10,600 5,000 10,400 18,400 17,000 11 ,400 10,7Q0
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
GLASCOCK COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900- 1974
Total Population
4,516 4,669 4,192 4,388
4,547
3,579
2,672
2,280
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
3,575 3,624 3,467 3,121 2,504
884
457
2,470 2,641 2,589
1,845
675
309
1,105 983 878
659
209
148
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
108,800 108,800 108,800 108,800 108,800
90,880 90,880 90,880 90,880 90,880 90,880 91,520 91,520
Percent in Farms
60.4 61.1 61.0 64.3 61.8 66.8 74.8 86.5 77.9 63.7 55.5 35.2 36.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
65,730 66,529 66,314 69,946 67,276 60,665 67,997 78,644 70,751 57,873 50,400 32,199 33,146
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
105 85 98 100 98 108 89 138 167 202 264 254 263
Number
of Farms
624 780 675 702 684 561 765 570 425 286 191 127 126
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
431,800 755,076 1,824,985 1,160,851 908,665 851,877 1,541,865 2,114,130 2,041,275 2,258,828 3,332,568 3,880,508 8,582,000
Average (dol.)
692 968 2,704 1,654 1,328 1,518 2,016 3,709 4,803 7,898 17,448 30,555 68,110
Tractors
6
27 111 178 151 194 162 150
Trucks
28
25 57 126 191 156 154 146 142
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
269
73
208
9
400
12
284
1
274
11
191
48
131
91
125
(NA)
103
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
526 737 256 289
30 188 151 308 816 143
Production (bushels)
4,370
9,301 2,772 6,603 5,515 2,252 2,512 5,385 20,755 3,114
53
1,950
135
6,916
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
104 12 92
1,407
1,281 914 418 606 393 508
15 46
776 619 492 974 1,049 1,336
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
68
1,981
21
20,770
276
758
107
1,475
292
12,518
303
17,106
657
41,224
203
22,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,475
372
20,177
4,218
22,722 17,240
37,408 6,641
3,865
3,408
2,739
1,729
3,892
7,682
2,533
121
483
241
447
239
270
20
40
63
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
100
50
941
3,466
5,671
8,934
3,064
4,774 3,925 2,525 2,261
855 98
38,959 139,930 44,606
8,765 59,077
275 6,918 4,680
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
83
8,510
134
15,175
282
27,033
275
35,176
419
30,099
131
12,839
217
38,850
60
7,462
24
2,580
4
710
5
902
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
28,087 28,003
6,019 7,114
1939
28,542
2,727
1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
28,068 25,513 20,026 14,201 8,725
6,582 8,626
5,255 7,132 6,614 8,183 6,833 3,934 2,327
See fool:notes on last page.
1,114 3,559 4,209
549 2,152 3,885 3,563 3,352 2,376 4,608
Woodland
20,939 28,247 21,980 22,105 13,615 30,725 39,678 36,792 28,971 27,936 15,114 14,660
Other Land
9,744 3,496 12,056 6,210 11,245 3,380 4,169 3,434 2,955 3,554 4,193 2,925
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 24500
*
1
2
8
6
9
12
21
19
19
14
10
74
58
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
GLASCOCK 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
1,719 1,305 1,799
942 1,224 1,022 1,673 1,330 2,135 1,650 2,416 2,787 3,014
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
829 798 981 636 814 694 1,314 804 1,142 923 1,106 1,331 1,692
Milk Cows
587 626 897 625
670
662 365 142 103 88 35
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
108 225 2,218 660
2,352 5,020 9,531 12,005
260
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,121 4,974 4,722 2,230 3,063 3,248 3,786 4,227 3,794 5,486 3,355 3,261 1,876
Sows Farrowing 5/
720 278 260 481 674 558 595 875 549 541 314
Chickens (4 Months and Older) I!
8,956 12,629 17,339 14,340 17,919 16,227 28,678 11,129 9,934 9,470 3,398
721 615
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
3,960 2,810 10,055
6,289
3,243 2,188 2,940
860 ' 198
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
35,740 39,453 48,887 95,978 41,754 44,665 90,819 16,543 18,384 14,852 11,119
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Heed for
l-ertil izer
Livestock and
_Poultrv__
4,432 1,423 16,327 27,618 55,645 59,612 53,987 96,364 100,000
and Fertilizer Material 99,630 65,299
179,379
165,688 149,519 422,000
Hired Labor Thous.
$ 25.3 17.5 15.7 44.9 86.6 45.8 65.0 55.1 72.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and Calves
2,550 2,300 2,150 2,200 2,800 2,900 3,000 3,100 3,200 3,300 3,800 4,100 3,800 3.500
Kept for Milk
120 110 100 90 90 100 100 70 70 60 60 50 30 170
Other
1 ,050 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,150 1,150 1 ,350 1,500 1 ,600 1,670 1,840 2.Q00 2,000 1,760
Cattle and
Calves
1,380 1,090
950 1,010 1,560 1,650 1,550 1,530 1,530 1,570 1,900 2,050 1,770 1 ,570
All Hogs and Pigs
3,400 3,400 3,750 3,400 3,650 4,250 4,050 3,900 3,600 3,300 3,000 3,800 4,300
ILIU 19" and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/
bushels harvested 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i
cation changed~"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn / All chickens sold 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on sitication changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA -
2/ Excludes Iris Since 1949 exclude n definition. 6/ ing with 1969 chic ly eggs sold. 10/
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-
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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6LYNN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Glynn County was created by the State Constitution of February 5, 1777 from two of the
former parishes, St. Patrick and St. David, and was fifth in order of counties organized in
Georgia. It was named for John Glynn, a noted member of Parliament, who befriended the
Colonies and who acted as counsel for John Wilkes, famous English writer who espoused the
cause of the Colonies. Brunswick, the county seat, was named for the royal house of England.
It was first incorporated as a town in 1837 but the charter lapsed in two years and in 1856
another charter was granted under which the city is now governed. Perhaps the finest natural
harbor on the South Atlantic Coast is at Brunswick. The county is rich in history of Georgia's
early days. Fort Frederica, on St. Simons Island, was the home of the great leader and founder of Georgia.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 263,936 acres. There were 54 farms having a total
of 12,185 acres with land and buildings valued at $4,389,000. The number of farms is only 14 percent of the peak
number in 1945. Glynn County lies near the coast in an area that has never produced many field crops. Livestock
enterprises account for 65 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around
53 inches for Glynn County. June through September are the rainiest months, with more than one-half the annual total
normally falling during this period. November, with an average of less than two inches is the driest month. The
, .1
average annual temperature is about 69 degrees, and monthly averages range from around 82 degrees in July and August KeCeiVefj
to about 54 degrees in January. The freeze-free period usually extends from around mid-February to early December
and averages just over 300 days in length. Freezing occurs on only 11 or 12 days during an average winter.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
657,417
590,146
1974 Amount $
377,000
DOCUMENTS % 1/ U| GA 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
3,136 1,003
560 1,573 49,019 141,355 463,907 205,056 175,399 83,452
.5
16,601
.2
16,401
.1
200
.2
7.4
36,650
21.5
97,002
70.6
439,893
31.2
152,133
26.7
129,200
12.7
158,560
340,000
2.8
7,000
2.8
7,000
6,000
1,000
6.2 16.4
74.6 25.8 21.9 26.9
58,000 54,000 221,000
221,000 54,000
167,000
2.1 2.1 1.8
.3
17.1 15.9 65.D
65.0 15.9 49.1
Government Payments 3/ 11// DDoollllaarr aammoouunnttss aanndd ppeerrcceennttaaggeess ffoorr 11?974 mmaay noott add duile ttoo dii sscc.lloossuurreess aanndd oommii ssssiioonnss,.
2ci/ Not comFparab le f'o"'r
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
mmoorree ssaalleess. PPeerrcceennttaaggees 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 All Crops 0.5% ,Horticultural Spec. 7.4%
* Forestry Products 21.5%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ -All Crops 2.1% ^_Hort. Spec. 17.0%
Forestry Products 15.9%
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
14,317 15,720 19,370 19,400
21,920
29,046
41,954
50,528
GLYNN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
1,151
653
498
1,384
885
499
1,468
724
744
1,789
376
259
117
216
196
20
624
596
28
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 280,960 270,720 270,720 270,720 270,720 270,720 270,720 263,936 263,936
Percent
in Farms
27.7 22.3 26.3 17.0 21.5 19.7 17.3 32.2 32.8 10.8 16.7 7.5 4.6
All Land
in Farms (acres) 77,933 62,782 73,857
47,724 60,359 53,249 46,952 87,202 88,820 29,129 45,131 19,703 12,185
Average Size Farms
(acres)
359 223 283 202 313 121 601 398 196 358 394 226
Number of Farms ~ZZ5~
175 331 169 299 170 387 145 223 149 126
50 54
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.)
376,940 359,685 1,158,980 1,412,880 1,192,930 964,399 2,012,050 2,735,135 5,438,524 2,561,310 4,921,560 2,533,050 4,389,000
Average
(dol.)
1,675 2,055 3,501 8,360 3,990 5,673 5,199 18,863 24,388 17,190 39,060 50,661 81,271
Tractors
12 36 46 100 121 58 44 68
Trucks
41
52 137
66 132 115
77 35 48
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
18
90
21
222
71
71
14
145
65
128
104
112
84
31
(NA)
25
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acrrcers) 53 46 13
Production
(bushels 2,bbU 710 567 210 130
20 25 50
ALL HAY :XCEPT
SORGHUt 1S
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
384
134
126
483
305
123
26
16
215
321
593
663
409
1,332
165
382
411
742
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
296
30,829
305
34
2,747
14,555
73
4,750
13
560
21
2,093
4
200
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
310
27
237
90
381
270
1,066
48
251
109
1,168
72
317
31
43
4
63
9
40
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
4,578 2,641
665 7,548
856
1,822
431 984 1,220 591
17,352
12,910 307
4,897 4,584
SWEET
POTATOFS 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
(acres)
243
20,334
203
25,861
368
31,598
129
9,493
177
9,731
74
3,656
156
5,943
6
433
6
684
3
292
Year
1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Harvested Cropland
1,851 2,229 1,860 2,543
527 1,091
958 705 244 553
,LAND US , IN.ACRFS y
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
796 1,576
625 1,090 1,297
600 1,518
130 72
349
Jage.
2,433 223 681 607
1,683 863
2,031 1,877
1,416 1,228
Woodland
55,410 63,843 28,923 25,016 47,933 24,139 68,495 72,103 18,431 39,305 16,189 9,200
Other Land 3,190 3,077 13,649 31,015 2,049 18,472 15,200 14,163 6,191 3,114 1,782
855
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
1
1
2
5
3
13
5
2
41
31
*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
GLYNN COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,731 4,959 5,030 4,061 4,208 3,217 3,471 2,846 3,582 2,155 2,349
879 1,369
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,115 2,577 2,767 2,568 1,824 2,241 1 ,236 1,322 1,891 1,482 1,342
464 870
Milk Cows
634 995 287 425
483
451 611 728 316
2 3
WHOLES LK Sold
(qallons)
23,256 1,345
36,404 127,245
171,740 247,855 196,527 266,226 734,390 248,061
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
1,854 3,915 4,811 2,676 2,752 1,678 4,893 3,017 2,360 1,728 1,816
657 1,257
Sows Farrowinq 5/
860 242 919 377 444 385 405 281 162
90 300
Chickens (4 Months and Older) ~II
5,668 4,735 9,079 7,482 12,808 7,809 14,711 5,019 15,230 24,551 11,171
375 144
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
2,939 2,308 7,790 10,826 1,916 6,739 5,424
3
Eggs Produced (dozen) 5/
13,710 7,760 30,427 43,600 67,777 81,713 80,627 26,623 108,120 213,805 151,643
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 43,565
$ 12,860
$ 36.9
66,825
3,140
42.6
217,585
70.8
47,432
22.4
218,170
18,905
62.7
293,321
79.2
105,035
8,141
12.2
29,509
9,568
22.3
149,000
40,000
32.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,500 2,350 2,200 2,000 1,400 1,500 1,900 2,100 2,200 2,300 2,600 2,400 2,300 2,100
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_QV
Kept for Milk
380 360 240 220 150
50 50 50 50 50 50 20 20 20
Other
1,050 1 ,000
950 850 900 900 1,100 1,190 1,230 1,340 1,200 1,200 1,100 990
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,070 990
1,010 930 350 550 750 860 920 910
1,350 1,180 1,180 1,090
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,850 1,400 1,550
700 750 1,100 1,300 1,450 1,550 2,000 1,500 1,600 2,170
]_/ 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 harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification 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
GORDON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Gordon County was created by Legislative Act of February 13, 1850 from parts of Floyd and Cass (now Bartow) Counties and was 93rd in order of counties organized in Georgia, ix was named for William Washington Gordon of Savannah, the first President of the Central OT Georgia Railroad and one of the most distinguished pioneers in the development of tne =>tate. After the formation of Gordon County an election was held at a place called Center (now Big Spring) to determine if the county seat would be located at Center or at a place termed "Railroad". The latter location won and was named Calhoun in honor of John C. Calnoun or
South Carolina. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 229,120 acres. There were 684 farms having a total of 96,919 acres with land and buildings valued at $61,187,000. The number of farms is only 25 percent or the peak number in 1920. All livestock and poultry and their products account for 90 percent of all farm products sold. The poultry enterprise--commercial broiler production, hatching egg production and commercial egg production
--accounted for 78 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of arouna
54 inches for Gordon County. Winter and early spring months are wettest, with December through April each averaging
more than five inches. October, with an average of just over three inches, is normally the driest month. The average annual temperature is near 60 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 78 degrees in July to around
Received
41 in January. The freeze-free period averages about 205 days and usually extends from early April to the end of
October.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
3,768,826
1964 Amount 11,465,958
1974 Amount $
28,805,000
DOCUMENTS OZZUGA LIBRARIE
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
2,066,175 2,043,598
3,275 19,302
29,176 1,673,475 1,197,438
235,649 240,388
54.8
1,308,280
11.4
54.2
1,296,693
11.3
.1 .5
44.4 31.8
6.2 6.4
8,651 2,936
7,850 84,068
10,065,760 8,834,189 383,273 848,298
.1
.7
87.8 77.1
3.3 7.4
28,586,000
2,714,500
9.5
2,678,500
9.4
2,343,500
8.2
185,500
.7
149,500
.5
36,000
.1
117,000
25,754,500 22,331,500
805,500 2,617,500 2,264,500
345,000
8,000
90.1 78.1
2.8 9.2 7.9 1.2
.1
37,000 Government Payments 3/ 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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54
Dairy Products 6.2%
Other Livestock & 'Livestock Prod. 6.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ All Crops & Forestry Products 9.9%
^ Dairy Products 2.8%
Other Livestock & "Livestock Prod. 9.2%
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)
16,487 22,689 17,554
15,360 13,920 14,200 15,000 14,200 14,000 10,200 8,400 7,900 9,400 8,000 7,540 7,230 6,900 6,000 3,780 4,340 4,000 3,200 2,700 3,500 3,600 4,600 2,400
GORDON 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.)
26,412 23,396 28,289 16,067 22,465 17,192
14,590 13,080 13,060 13,990 13,400 13,300 9,900 8,000 7,100 8,100 7,200 6,820 6,570 6,200 5,400 3,300 3,690 3,400 2,850 2,000 1,600 1,420 2,070
440
15.2 14.3 16.9 14.4 12.4 18.9
17.7 30.2 22.0 23.3 27.4 27.4 25.8 34.4 33.7 33.7 50.6 53.4 37.7 50.3 46.5 46.1 26.3 48.2 35.0 39.0 49.4 57.2 56.8 17.0
402,250 334,029 479,419 232,030 278,007 324,870
258,300 395,000 287,300 326,300 367,700 364,500 255,000 275,000 239,000 273,000 364,000 364,000 248,000 312,000 251,000 152,000 97,000 164,000 99,800 78,000 79,000 81,200 117,600
7,500
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 440
470 510 980 1 ,450 1,940 2,800 4,700 5,100 6,600 5,700 5,900 6,800 10,740 16,720 16,820 13,900 11,410
18.0 17.0 12.0 13.5 17.5 22.0 27.0 25.5 26.0 20.0 31.0 24.0 27.0 25.5 25.8
23.3 28.5 19.4 18.4
Production
(bushels)
3,600 7,480 5,660 6,885 17,150 31,900 52,380 71,400 122,200 102,000 204,600 136,800 159,300 173,400 277,100 389,600 479,400 269,700 209,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
15,993
211
6,461 13,159
22,840
210
9,614
2,947
32,315
244
15,780
3,317
30,252
278
16,802
241
18,481
342
12,654
24,261
246
11,923
649
86,430 24,587 22,651
2,124
7,981
11,770
392
9,630
480
18.0
8,620
11,010
460
10,550
490
15.3
7,490
9,280
400
7,740
510
19.7
10,050
6,630
382
5,280
620
17.5
10,850
4,165
438
3,810
430
20.5
8,820
8,490
545
9,650
700
23.5
16,450
8,940
422
7,860
600
20.0
12,000
8,970
231
4,320
750
25.0
18,750
7,680
436
6,990
430
20.5
8,800
6,850
385
5,520
280
21.0
5,880
6,260
427
5,590
200
20.0
4,000
6,250
574
7,490
190
25.0
4,750
4,910
242
2,480
170
25.0
4,250
160
181
60
310
23.9
7,400
4,400
244
2,250
220
25.9
5,700
4,450
430
3,990
80
36.3
2,900
4,900
409
4,190
80
35.0
2,800
4,000
445
3,710
120
31.7
3,800
4,000
270
2,250
630
30.0
18,900
970
370
750
700
33.3
23,300
1,150
384
920
1,250
27.1
33,900
190
368
145
920
32.9
30,300
225
253
120
730
33.6
24,500
66
136
19
410
36,6.
15.000 1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
GORDON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
14,119 15,861 17,736 16,846
18,445
18,922
19,228
23,570
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,933
11,396
537
12,014
11,555
459
11,069
10,581
488
8,676
9,280
8,853
427
3,623
3,374
249
2,208
2,190
18
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
240,000 240,000 240,000 240,000 235,520 229,120 229,120 229,120 229,120 229,120 229,120 229,120 229,120
Percent in Farms
81.0 82.6 81.8 71.6 86.6 79.2 75.7 86.2 65.0 60.0 53.9 47.8 42.3
All Land in Farms (acres) 194,516 198,253 196,262 171,944 204,018 181 ,533 173,547 197,433 148,855 137,459 123,398 109,485
96,919
Average
Size Farms
(acres) 102 75 72 71 78 84 89 101 94 112 123 136 142
Number of Farms
1,903 "' 2,656 2,736 2,409 2,632 2,158 1 ,943 1,964 1,579 1,222 1,006
808 684
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,702,080 3,504,111 8,692,037
5,100,422 4,614,396 5,193,715
6,177,043 9,747,332 9,046,091 11,180,078 19,397,692 30,734,314 61,187,000
894 1,319 3,177 2,117 1,753 2,407 3,179 4,963 5,729 9,149 19,282 38,037 89,454
Tractors
99
151 316 698 815 908 883 884 835
Trucks
95
142 221 404 421 545 690 743 768
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,011
72
905
47
973
36
1,231
96
996
383
983
572
1,092
795
703
(NA)
522
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
952 4,693
728 72 101 185 524
851 1,054
942 146
71 160
Production (bushels)
6,140 60,184
7,996 973
1 ,671 3,228 20,717 26,927 34,780 39,349 6,670 1,846
(D)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY-EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,118 2,333 6,963 9,798
7,308 5,811 4,745 4,994 4,897 4,378
2,242 5,785
7,515 4,740 7,072 6,619 8,439 7,511
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
92
6,628
200
67
3,164
2,264
56
3,740
62
3,275
42
3,997
95
8,651
31
3,000
48
36,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
309,339
415
322,138 31,604
55,921 11,026
57,904 3,703
38,662 16,789
49,123 18,521
28,208 3,443
23,784
876
5,768 1,534
2,456
294
615
62
1
PECANS LIU
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
20
195
402
1,264
716
642
239
1,590
1,677
802
1,960
200
267
438
3,707
201
32
SUEE1
POTATOES I//
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
no
9,147
202
18,964
331
29,387
205
19,036
449
42,209
473
31,923
250
20,210
92
11,832
21
2,454
10
2,645
2
634
1
LAND USF IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
52,326 60,342 56,099 48,251 52,617 34,229 27,994 21,219 20,241 23,566
23,903 21,571 19,418 30,324 26,843 24,451 18,736 13,319
9,810 2,791
See foo tnotes on last page.
9,766 12,694 15,456 4,629
3,474 2,189 5,006 9,509 24,402 23,467
Woodland
92,151 81,349 56,628 94,600 68,853 60,899 87,322 62,984 58,322 48,926 35,896 31,142
Other Land 5,035 11,714 24,981 13,855 19,943 28,326 27,177 24,903 27,401 30,425 19,136 15,953
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nur ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
82
85
122
98
60
71
38
63
62
55
49
436
271
*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
GORDON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,705 6,860 6,575 4,473 6,649 4,562 6,768 6,606 9,530 11,362 15,428 17,362 23,292
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,533 4,141 3,726 2,817 3,715 2,845 3,519 3,173 4,670 4,700 8,095 9,588 12,031
Milk Cows
2,296 3,364 3,650 2,706
2,727
2,497 2,760 2,138 1,729 1,404
974
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,665 5,119 34,938 56,911 111,584 261,029
285,846 469,088
14,124 772,006
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,550 5,603 5,358 1,785 3,526 2,672 3,134 3,801 4,965 9,118 5,538 3,220 2,196
Sows Farrowing 5/
467 179 262 165 161 407 863 1,305 1,209 577 587
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
47,629 61,593 89,383 58,620 78,216 61,202 67,362 55,768 63,795 202,935 583,509 833,494 541,298
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
69,029 36,806 42,516
43,282
96,378 1,559,179 6,221,540 9,283,418 12,138,849 18,958,286
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
247,720 273,902 321,762 377,297 283,631 427,796 344,454 160,585 217,407 1,439,693 9,187,870
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
Fertilizer and
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$
73,692 $ 157,025
$ 30.1
41,146 119,144
54.1
112,535
108.2
260,619
167.4
872,060 230,996
137.9
2,720,382 4,493,077
333,544
272.1 427.3
6,039,776 422,745
592.4
15,421,000 816,000
849.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
16,400 16,200 16,300 16,500 17,500 18,000 19,000 19,800 20,000 20,400 23,600 22,600 21,900 18.170
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
2,100 1,950 1 ,950 1 ,580 1,500 1,650 1,650 1,770 1,950 1,540 1,500 1 ,450 1 ,450 1,370
Other
6,650 6,600 6,650 7,300 7,500 7,550 8,850 9,830 10,800 11,200 12,170 12,200 10,400 8,400
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,650 7,650 7,700 7,620 8,500 8,800 8,500 8,200 7,250 7,660 9,930 8,950 10,050 8,400
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,600 4,450 4,950 3,350 3,650 4,200 4,000 3,850 3,500 3,000 1,900 2,400 2,700
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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GRADY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
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Decatur Counties, both originally Early Cou a ; Georgia. It was named for the brilliant orator an
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tne civil War and
enterpBraisseeds onin 1t9h0e0-1c9o7u1ntdy.ata, the N0AA~National uWea+thherr w Seurviircpe rreeopoorrttss aann aa veragge^ annua^l rainfa^ll ^ of 52 to 53 inches
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^^%l^Z^ 8.-525.:- T^St^E-! avenges around 2S0 days in length, S: Sl^^ly Ma^chto theVast half of November.
Received
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount T
6,634,809
9,670,846
1974
Amount T~
28,716,000
N0V 2 6 1975
mr DOCUMENTS
UGA 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
4,545,122 3,905,940
545,100 94,082 61,594 156,065
1,872,028 542,481 72,965
1,256,582
68.5 58.9
5,760,809 4,981,538
8.2 1.4
.9 2.4
28.2 8.2 1.1 18.9
656,706 122,565
511,712 173,567
3,224,758 1,164,894
77,510 1,982,354
59.6 51.5
6.8 1.3 5.3 1.8 33.3 12.0
.8 20.5
28,529,000
14,095,000 12,844,000
5,394,500 2,647,000
21,000 114,000 4,667,500 989,000 262,000
2,533,500
600,000
11,300,500
3,516,000 322,000
7,462,500 1,498,000 5,952,000
7,000 5,000
49.4 45.0 18.9
9.3 .1 .4
16.3 3.5 .9
8.9
2.1
39.6
12.3 1.1 26.2 5.3 20.9
29,000
Government Payments V 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
tor
'**
t "'
add "--
due
to disclosures and omissions computed using total valu
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974, not
ScfuSSn total for comput.tlon ol co-odity percont.got.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
*-Hort. Spec. .9% Forestry Products 2.4%
...Poultry & Poultry Products 8.2%
*- Dairy Products 1.1% -V. Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 18.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Hort. Spec. 8.9% ^..Forestry Products 2.1%
Poultry & Poultry -- Products 12.3*
Dairy Products 1.1% .Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 26.2%
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)
GRADY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
40,869 43,890 45,418
54,230 52,950 56,800 61.000 60,300 59,800 53,700 48,200 46,400 46,400 41,900 41,600 40,700 44,900 45,700 46,000 41,200 46,700 40,100 47,200 49,200 50,400 57,200 49,300
37,562 44,714 39,446 41,974 34,595
43,660 44,080 47,320 51,500 52,400 52,000 46,900 43,000 39,700 40,900 38,500 37,800 38,100 42,400 43,000 40,000 39,000 44,900 39,200 45,300 47,900 49,000 56,700 17,000
12.7 12.3 13.8 10.9 16.4
23.2 27.1 30.7 28.8 34.0 34.6 34.3 45.2 32.8 41.3 43.3 50.7 51.2 55.4 29.7 30.0 33.4 53.7 45.0 46.0 55.8 52.3 71.5 22.0
475,759 550,240 544,439 455,789 567,32
1,013,300 1,194,000 1,451,800 1,481 ,900 1,781,700 1,798,900 1 ,608,000 1,942,000 1,302,000 1,691,000 1,667,000 1,918,000 1,951,000 2,348,000 1,276,000 1,200,000 1,302,000 2,412,000 1,764,000 2,083,800 2,673,400 2,561,400 4,055,300
373,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
450 540 560 610 760 1,130 1,530 2,200 2,500 1,800 1,800 2,900 3,400 4,200 6,330 7,200 9,230 6,340 5,500
17.5 21.5 21.0 22.0 17.0 19.5 20.0 25.0 23.0 14.5 19.0 20.0 23.0 22.0 26.3 27.0 24.1 24.4 26.9
Production
(bushels)
7,875 11,610 11,760 13,415 12,920 22,035 30,600 55,000 57,500 26,100 34,200 58,000 78,200 92,400 166,500 194,400 222,400 154,700 148,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production 1,000 lbs.)
20,964
15,357
10,053 4,719 3,102
4,350 3,270 3,570 2,680 3,015 3,590 3,450 2,500 1,880 2,480 2,910 2,450 1,580
490 2,100 1,950 1,200
600 700
65 150
177
7,417
102
3,127
165
3,324
176
1,657
242
1,503
378
3,430
450
3,070
229
1,710
336
1,880
451
2,840
283
2,120
321
2,310
235
1,230
384
1,510
496
2,570
358
2,170
304
1,550
289
950
261
270
247
1,090
262
1,060
187
465
213
265
393
570
185
25
353
110
282 385 1,824 2,264 2,019
1,795 1,790 1,575 1,105 1,130 1,250 1,280 1,300 1,360 1,315 1,180
970 1,300 1,235
990 1,090 1,250 1,100 1,090 1,230 1,250 1,350 1,430 1.050
1,274 1,492 . 1,330 1,426 1,429 1,464 1,624 1,808 1,784 1,910 1,631 1,693 1,599 1,998 1,740 1,516 1,815 1,627 1,755 1,434 2,022 1,864 1,701 2.001
228 347 1,721 1,574 2,015
2,287 ..671 2,094 1,576 1,615 1,830 2,079 2,351 2,426 2,511 1,925 1,642 2,079 2,467 1,723 1,652 2,269 1,790 1,913 1,764 2,527 2,516 2,433 ?-im
12,795 12,263
8,120 8,500 8,590 8,640 8,590 8,390 8,390 8,190 8,300 8,470 8,495 8,600 8,630 8,605 8,400 8,415 8,435 8,575 8,655 8,645 8,644 8,685 8,694 R.71R
950 1,036 1,054
983 1,049 1,000 1,233 1,260 1,413 1,626 1,707 1,702 1,599 2,004 1,908 1,861 2,228 2,300 2,827 2,505 3,523 3,331 3,158
2.54R
7,616 9,815
7,714 8,804 9,055 8,495 9,012 8,387 10,342 10,322 11,724 13,773 14,499 14,640 13,799 17,246 16,027 15,661 18,790 19,719 24,470 21,656 30,457 28,928 27,452 ??.?(17
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
18,457 20,306 19,200
19,654
18,928
18,015
17,826
GRAOY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S.
FARM P0PULAT1W
Total
White
NonWhite
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE,
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
1900-1974
All Land in Farms (acres)
13,507 13,225 12,922 10,042 10,768
6,608
3,432
9,651 9,468 9,050
7,477
4,500
2,546
3,856 3,757 3,872
3,291
2,108
886
284,160 284,160 284,160 284,160 298,880 298,880 298,880 298,880 298,880 298,880 298,304 298,304
81.8 78.0 82.4 80.6 74.0 72.2 86.0 81.7 76.4 71.4 74.0 72.8
232,545 221 ,614 234,253 229,033 221,178 215,812 257,095 244,059 228,291 213,255 220,640 217,081
Average Size Farms
(acres)
99 87 107 105 115 92 135 148 183 204 215 257
Number of Farms
2,342 2,555 2,181 2,175 1,923 2,337 1,899 1,648 1,248 1,045 1,028
844
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 (do!)
Average
3,410,080
9,618,246 5,961,284 3,955,962 5,079,736 7,808,453 11,684,547 16,224,560
22,481,472
32,547,570 52,962,733 97,318,000
1,456 3,764 2,733
1,819 2,642 3,341
6,153 9,845 18,014
31,146
51 ,520 115,305
Tractors
54
79 276 806 1,299 1,316 1,344 1,320 1,268
Trucks
172
315 509 791 1,073 948 985 1,123 1,152
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
798
690 863 1,118 1,096 962 1,006 877 767
94
60 62 89 251 473 544 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,809 2,172
201 222 614 1,170 141 1,533 871 936 835 1,101
32,514
38,908 4,215 6,357 12,603 32,287 3,628 40,034 23,295 41,718 50,756 36,755
ALL HAY EXCEPI
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
2,970 5,494 5,402 10,264
9,887 3,937 1,584 4,300 2,283 3,389
2,482 2,248
4,220 2,925 2,589 6,046 5,254 6,893
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
2,493 2,068 3,520
4,339 4,540 2,450 2,827 1,787 1,982
131,636
156,969 456,306 515,447 545,100 373,667 656,706 540,201 989,000
PEACHES 1/1/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
4,218 11,363
4,911 4,136 7,847 6,838 3,824
3,252 409
2,795 323 550
1,027 7,121
623 1,896 3,839 3,072
123 400
42 1,345
209
(D)
PECANS 1/3/
-ATT~~ Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds
"SHEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
25,417 41,041
37,861
36,943 36,915 38,614 36,693 35,307 29,982
12,175 149,028
73,558
1,134,203 998,106 558,942 267,201 236,236 410,414
1,446,651 486,198
958 1,615 1,656 2,377 1,663 1,154
902 201 152
84 36 51
74,998 128,119 149,897 143,642 103,373
74,169 58,115
13,967 17,496
9,577 5,891 13,065
Year
Harvested Cropland
LMLUSE TNACRFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
79,684 85,905 86,210 84,820 80,277 79,607 78,113 64,566
62,784 73,516
12,328 12,872
4,075 7,438 9,194 6,487 8,594 13,166 17,225 7,845
See footnotes on last page
13,502
10,630 7,946 3,446 11,755 9,602 9,192
7,231
13,591 15,877
Woodland
128,022 96,424 113,153 105,076 113,109 109,557 143,067 135,827 119,790 111,398 99,795 99,992
Other Land
9,952 12,353 14,996 13,900
8,649 9,041 12,802 12,266 12,602 16,894 27,245 19,851
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 2^00
*
56
69
116
107
135
135
134
169
125
159
93
389
185
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
GRADY COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,609 13,408
5,859 10,260
6,898 10,653 7,706 13,980 12,398 18,676 20,009 27.436
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,627 6,321 3,283 4,888 3,658 5,469 3,943 6,308 5,131 8,867 9,352 13.423
Milk Cows
3,637 5,016 2,650
2,857
2,728 2,440 1,024
530 537
422
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,231 53,139 57,765
25,839 66,468 60,116 133,148 138,170 149,475
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
30,608 32,779 19,709 22,193 24,830 32,889 30,025 34,254 39,520 32,218 48,122 49.834
6,155 2,905 3,163 3,842 4,185 3,649 5,741 6,667 6,478 10,675 11.569
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
49,497 69,677 59,553 91,564 91,278 133,236 88,569 170,393 166,722 218,390 408,120 358,130
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
27,206 25,757 39,973
74,075
67,614 110,311 88,361
526,547 556,059
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
154,371 248,659 356,655 435,929 718,738 1,086,134 704,451 1,311,536 1,700,015 2,550,217
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 23,389 $ 278,152 $ 204.1
115,474
226,570
221.4
432,382
631.5
444,900
783.3
932,300
879,550
793.7
1,140,744
1,254.4
1,008,576
1 ,181 ,538
1,091.7
3,061,930
1,668,368
1 ,776.1
5,243,000
3,569,000
2,326.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,800 19,400 18,900 20,000 20,100 20,500 21,500 21 ,700 21,900 22,700 25,900 24,500 23,800 22,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
640 550 490 430 550 650 550 500 450 710 720 550 500 480
Other
8,700 9,000 8,900 9,500 9,800 10,200 10,900 11,200 11,750 12,200 13,530 13,000 12,000 10,600
All Other Cattle and Calves
10,460 9,850 9,510
10,070 9,750 9,650
10,050 10,000
9,700 9,790 11,650 10,950 11,300 10,920
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
32,450 40,200 44,550 50,150 54,200 62,850 59,700 57,350 62,050
53,900 52,900 67,700 72,000
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 thanH5-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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GREENE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1B7B
Greene County was created by Legislative Act of February 3, 1786 from Washington County
and was 11th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for the famous General
Nathaniel Greene of the Revolutionary War. Next to General Washington, historians credit
him with being the foremost leader of the Colonial struggle for independence. Greensboro,
the county seat, was also named for General Greene. The county originally Included parts of
five other counties: Hancock, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro and Clarke. It was at the
little town of Penfield in this county that a Baptist manual school called Mercer Institute
mi*
was established which is now Mercer University at Macon.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 257,856 acres. There were 254 farms having a
total of 79 108 acres with land and buildings valued at $27,805,000. The number of farms is only 8 percent of the
Deak number'in 1920. In the pre-boll weevil days of 1919 almost 57,000 acres were planted to cotton 1n comparison
to less than 25 acres in 1974. The value of dairy products sold more than doubled between 1964 and 1974. The value
of poultry and poultry products sold, principally hatching eggs and commercial eggs, in 1974 was almost three times
the 1964 value of these comnodities. All livestock, poultry and their products accounted for 97 percent of the
value of all farm products sold in 1974.
wh
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of 49 Inches
for Greene County Annual totals at Greensboro have ranged from 73.41 inches in 1929 to only 25.61 inches in 1954.
March with an average of almost six inches, is usually the wettest month, and October, with almost three inches. 1s Received
normally the driest The average annual temperature is about 63 degrees, and monthly averages range from 80 degrees
in July to just over 45 degrees in January. The freeze-free season averages about 222 days in length,, extending
usually from about March 30 to November 7.
NDV 9 fi 1Q7Q
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount
1,491,482
4,527,288
1974 Amount $ 10,680,000
~^TT| DOCUMENTS IJGA 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
326,546 319,390
3,437 3,719
21.9 21.4
.2 .3
176,954 175,508
810 636
10,580,000
3.9
213,000
2.0
3.9
201,000
1.9
63,000
.6
128,000
1.2
10,000
.1
8,000
.1
4,000
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
2,000 156,181
1,006,755
199,786 648,125 158,844
.1 10.5
67.5 13.4 43.5 10.6
290,881
4,059,453
2,452,718 1,339,476
267.259
6.4
89.7
54.2 29.6
5.9
139,000
10,228,000 6,724.000 2,918,000 586,000 581.000 5,000
(Z)
1.3
96.7
63.6 27.6
5.5 5.5
6,000
Government Payments 2/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms 3/ Available only included in total for computation of conmodity percentages. Z - Less thanlialf of the unit
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Products 13.4% Other Livestock & 'Livestock Products 10.6%
*. Forestry Products 10.5%
All Crops & Hort. Spec.
22.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & L- Livestock Products
5.5% Forestry Products 1.3% All Crops S Hort. Spec. 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
All (acres)
GREENE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
17,607 20,528
9,248
5,990 5,120 4,400 3,800 3,300 3,200 2,580 2,270 2,230 1,910 1,650 1,600 1,610 1,700 1,720 1,120 1,130 1,000 1,100
900 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,250
24,134 22,135 27,149 16,378 20,224
8,723
4,110 3,760 3,320 2,910 2,600 2,500 2,070 1,770 1,640 1,330 1,200 1,170 1,190 1,350 1,400
950 930 850 950 630 800 710 800 210
6.5 10.1 11.5
9.7 8.0 10.6
8.6 23.4 16.5 16.4 18.3 14.1 23.7 18.6 20.1 28.6 21.7 28.2 28.6 37.8 34.3 23.2 28.0 42.4 34.0 60.0 42.5 49.3 44.1
9.0
157,830 222,547 311,525 158,870 161,506
92,853
35,200 88.00C 54,80C 47.60C 47.60C 35.20C 49.00C 33.00C 33.00C 38.00C 26.00C 33.00C 34.00C 51,00C 48.00C 22.00C 26.00C 36.00C 32.30C 37.80C 34.00C 1 35.00C 35.30C 1
1.90C 1
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100
20.0
2,000
130
18.5
2,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
GRAIN SORGHUM
Yield
per acre Production
(bu.)
(bu.)
42,854
121
10,349
4,170
51,834
179
18,548
730
56,705
197
22,343
654
17,392
215
7,485
484
9,952
249
4,954
7,361
201
2,952
689
21,980 5,013 4,632 3,683
5,263
3,710
187
1,440
540
12.7
6,850
3,320
273
1,890
370
13.4
4,950
2,610
213
1,160
470
16.1
7,570
1,430
218
650
440
15.0
6,600
725
367
560
110
24.5
2,700
1,660
268
930
170
15.5
2,640
1,490
205
640
140
18.5
2,590
1,370
229
660
170
20.5
3,480
1,350
227
640
30
19.5
580
1,140
217
520
50
17.5
870
840
213
370
60
18.0
1,080
650
203
280
10
19.0
950
350
203
150
40
20.0
800
180
150
55
340
19.1
6,500
120
133
35
220
21.8
4,800
6a
233
30
110
30.9
3,400
150
32.0
4,800
120
290
37.6
10,900
230
500
22.0
11,000
150
600
30.5
18,300
190
500
31.4
15,700
480
550
27.3
15,000
500
28.6
14,300
70
RIO
ST.K
lQ.inn
25.3 34.1 32.0 39.0 43.0
41.0
3,040 7,850 4,800 7,410 20,640
2,870
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
GREENE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900 -1974
Total Population
16,542 18,512 18,972 12,616
13,709
12,843
11,193
10,212
FARM POPULATTM
Total
White
NonWhite
7,805 9,607 8,144 6,569 4,900
1,468
724
2,839 3,456 3,056
1,833
639
594
4,966 6,151 5,088
3,067
829
130
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
266,240 266,240 266,240 266,240 266,240 258,560 258,560 258,560 258,560 257,920 257,920 257,856 257,856
Percent
in Farms
79.1 76.0 73.7 53.9 74.4 63.4
65.5 68.8 60.5 50.4 46.4 36.3 30.7
All Land
in Farms
(acres)
210,556 202,225 196,102 143,416
198,196 163,846 169,484
177,893 156,473 129,951 119,662
93,669 79,108
Average Size Farms
(acres) T00~
72 65 92 113 123 112 158
165 233
271 275 311
Number
of Farms T7TTT 2,830 3,000 1,557 1,761 1,337
1,520 1,124
947 558 441 341 254
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
(do!-)
1,545,710
4,309,143 10,392,360
2,277,201 2,133,563 2,039,782 2,607,501 5,286,172 6,151,712 9,664,560 13,263,957 16,274,137 27,805,000
Average
(dol.)
732 1,523 3,464 1,463 1,212 1,526 1,715 4,703 6,496 17,320 30,077 47,724 109,467
Tractors
40
43 102 197 330 348 407 406 355
Trucks
60
60 56 288 351 338 411 350 314
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
438
59
400
56
663
159
576
161
631
220
462
270
446
282
291
(NA)
248
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,556 2,186
553 417 998 1,194 557 1,141
1,690 512 382
Production
(bushels)
31,950 27,741
6,593 6,092 10,617 14,709 12,005 25,121 39,360 10,822 15,544
47
1,560
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres). (tons)
2,567 1,356 3,530 5,533
6,986 5,620 5,121 5,100 3,491 4,705
1,180 2,764
7,588 3,784 6,447 8,066 7,271 10,430
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
26
1,321
200
73
3,788
5,825
153
3,422
47
3,437
82
4,326
19
810
2
15
8,000
an PEACHES 1/3/ Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
47,725
ITT
23,354
13,982
22,613
4,590
6,699
1,908
13,443
9,218
14,534
7,782
8,113
2,657
12,218
201
2,535
303
1,097
529
450
5
4
90
291
PECANS 1/3/
TTT Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
4,503 1,544
3,368 12,942
6,900
3,033
3,411 1,746 1,190
954 22 273
28,008 23,006
9,203 2,511 25,503
687
3,420
1 SWEET ""
POTATOES 1/j Har- I Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
TBT 27,886
539 45,497
595 45,422
475 28,255
1,097
56,725
712
61,066
896
60,789
233
20,723
26
3,527
64
6,061
9
798
Year
Harvested Cropland
IdleLAoNr O Fallow
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
40,211 52,403 46,068
51,296 30,098
18,472 13,125
10,081
5,647 7,718
19,087
17,876 10,896 11,084
11,085
5,507 3,980
3,691 3,195 1,884
See footnotes on last page
PPlloowwaabbTlee -5A
Pasture
Woodland
71,564
63,986
9,194 31,198 29,759 15,351
9,551 11,156
6,465 16,528 15,330 12,114
46,620 74,263 60,505 61,253 100,282 94,292
81,501 69,507 55,133 43,991
Other Land 24,195 20,658 26,855 21,405 15,475 29.599 26,877 27,046 24,880 19,855 14,364 13,401
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Hymber. 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
41
63
35
48
10
9
10
21
25
18
22
182
111
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
GREENE 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
5,221 6,962 7.219 4,746 7.301 5,346 8,431 8,642 13,697 11,496 14,252 13,331 13,993
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,705 4,638 4,303 2,969 3,971 2,972 4,930 4,803 8,160 6,821 8,714 7,880 8.438
Milk Cows
2,225 3,849 3,905 2,810
2,701
3,301 4,182 4,062 4,030 4,118 3.502
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
5,888 156,822
77,139 240,153
143,959 511,595 764,786 1,454,564 1,491,036 2,617,775
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,646 6,111 7,143 2,501 3,697 3,653 4,6532.534 2,077 1,975
889 207
99
Sows Farrowing 5/
682 226 381 470 - 417 302 272 244 150 44
9
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
34,786 37,237 50,501 24,384 35,280 30,050 39,905 30,253 41,997 102,778 458,567 929,155 526,046
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,288 7,859 15,376
13,071
12,413 159,315 286,443 818,802 1,660,090 1,446,059
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
93,000 118,610 180,377 142,871 115,155 141,707 190,304 61.716 270,318 753,117 4,661,991
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertil izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 56,338 $ 90,298
$ 57.5
24,038
73,221
68.7
48,649
100.0
233,002
143.7
508,745
142,448
96.7
1,174,148
359.9
1,606,429
161 ,565
266.1
3,938,665
223,319
606.7
5,424,000
452,000
670.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
15,100 15,000 15,000 15,300 15,300 15,500 15,500 15,300 15.300 15,800 18,400 18,000 17,500 14,200
4,750 4,300 4,280 4,480 4,250 4.700 4,700 4,750 4,800 4,640 4,820 4,850 4,780 4.450
4.950 5,150 4,850 4,950 5.100 5,200 5,600 5,900
6,100 6,190 7,030 6,500 5,800 4.980
5,400
900
5,550
600
5,870
700
5,870
5,950
5,600
5,200
4,650
4,400
4,970
6,550
6,650
6.920
4.770
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 ly comparable because of ch ange 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 incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
0WINNETT COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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N0V2 6197J
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount
1964
Amount T~
4,634,651
6,924,062
1974 Amount $~
~TTT
DOCUMENTS
6,263,000
UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500
6,023,000
and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops
815,672 730,365
17.6
280,018
4.0
15.7
261 ,790
3.8
279,500
4.6
217,500
3.6
141,500
2.4
Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry 4 their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves
31,421 53,886
10,293 94,816
3,713,870 3,152,561
278,510 282,799
6,000
.1
68,000
1.1
2,000
.7
15,186
1.2
3,042
51,000
.8
11,000
.2
.2
4,709
.1
2.1
67,582
1.0
75,500
1.3
25,500
.4
80.1 68.0
6.0 6.1
6,571,753 5,937,986
212,327
421,440
94.9 85.7
3.1 6.1
5,642,500 4,312,500
473,000
857,000 486,000
93.7
71.6 7.9
14.2 8.1
277 ,000
4.6
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool
94,000
1.5
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
11.000
Government Payments 3/ / Dollar amounts and percentages
Tor
iy/H
TMy
no<t
add due """"";
to
disclosures and omissions. comDUted using total value
2/ from
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or
only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of co^odity percentages.
PKODL^SOLDASPERCEXTOFTOTALSALES- 1954 I Veg., Fruits, Nuts
- & Berries 1.9* ^.Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 2.3%
-Field Crops 15.7*
Dairv Products 6.0*
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod 6.1*
PRODUCTS SOU, AS PERCENT OF TOTAL 5ALSS- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nut$ ., & Berries 1.0* V/orestry Products & ' Hort. Spec. 1.7*
Field Crops 3.6*
Dairy Products 7.9*
. Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.2*
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
GWINNETT COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
36,961 39,956 22,126
14,460 12,540 10,500
8,800 7,900 7,400 5,900 4,660 4,020 3,500 2,900 2,410 2,000 1,960 1,660
870 1,190 1,150 1,500
950 1,600 1,500 1,550 1,550
46,218 42,936 45,757 36,071 39,337 21,835
13,400 11,930
9,860 8,390 7,700 7,200 5,600 4,330 3,660 3,100 2,650 2,190 1,900 1,840 1,570
700 980 1,000 1,300 790 1,300 1,020 1,160 290
11.2 11.6 13.7 11.3
7.7 14.8
11.6 31.2 24.0 20.3 23.0 21.9 20.9 30.9 29.8 30.3 33.2 33.8 30.5 42.9 43.3 31.4 21.4 40.0 44.0 42.0 44.5 55.2 55.9 22.1
516,340 497,300 624,739 408,649 302,734 323,643
155,000 372,200 236,600 170,700 177,100 157,400 117,000 134,000 109,000
94,000 88,000 74,000 58,000 79,000 68,000 22,000 21,000 40,000 57,200 33,200 57,800 56,300 64,800
6,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
140 100 120 120 100 160 220 300 2,200 1,400 1,000 720 360 5C0 630 580 760 700 1,020
11.0 11.0 25.0 15.0 14.5 13.0 18.0 16.0 24.0 23.0 18.5 22.5 25.0 19.0 22.1 22.4 21.1 20.7 20.1
Production
(bushels)
1,540 1,100 3,000 1,800 1,450 2,080 3,960 4,800 52,800 32,200 18,500 16,200 9,000 9,500 13,900 13,000 16,000 14,500 20,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
WHEAT Acreage Yield Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
40,898 54,342
57,457 50,089 25,454
13,793
4,900 4,350 3,550 1,420
500 1,690 1,780 1,580 1,150 1,060
820 850 800 120 440 290 320 350 350
30 75
216
15,798
10,168
224
24,292
3,448
268
30,771
3,072
259
25,984
708
247
12,596
190
5,252
2,148
289
2,950
1,860
405
3,670
1,280
260
1,930
1,090
311
920
800
502
520
440
417
1,470
1,030
308
1,150
980
228
750
1,150
319
770
425
258
570
320
462
790
290
427
760
260
190
315
310
258
65
480
170
160
330
210
125
170
397
265
120
320
235
160
189
140
100
133
8
280
45
no
90
no
240
17.5 14.8 20.5 19.0 22.0 19.5 22.0 24.5 24.0 25.0 25.0 24.0 25.0 24.0 26.7 31.2 32.5 35.6 23.5
25.2 20.1 30.7 36.5
53,910 24,609 21,809
5,447
21 ,696
32,610 .8,950 2J.340 15,200 9,680 20,080 21,560 28,180 10,200 8,000
7,250 6,240 7,750 11,500 8,800 . 5,300 3,900 5,700 2,350
2.770 1,810 3,380 8.760
Total Population
25,585 28,824 30,327 27,853
,S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974 GWINNETT COUNTY DATA FROM THE U
-- FARM POPULA'I lON
White
NonWhite
19,396 19,142 18,445 14,696 14,078
17,586 17,610 17,034
13,139
2,662
4,009
1,810 1,532 1,411
939
131
121
Approximate
Land Area (acres)
314,240 314,240
281,600 281,600 281,600 279,680 279,680 279,680 279,680 279,040 279,040 279,552 279,552
Percent
in Farms
90.2 90.9 85.7 82.5 85.7 79.2 85.6 73.9 66.5 42.5 33.7 18.5 13.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
283,362 285,548 241 ,320 232,298 241,357 221 ,528 239,494
206,669 186,052 118,695
93,967 51,615 38,530
Average Size Farms
(acres) ST 65 54 59 63 67 69 67 70 88 95 87 86
Number of Farms
3,442 _ 4,410 4,460 3,925 3,811 3,309 3,452 3,104 2,659 1,345
991 591 449
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
2,545,060 7,092,133 20,114,725 6,717,312 5,018,316 5,222,166 7,718,570 13,846,944 18,418,893 17,213,310 27,353,582 32,600,500 59,186,000
739 1,608 4,510 1,711 1,317 1,578 2,236 4,461 6,927 12,798 27,602 55,161 131,817
Tractors
66
69 235 517 923 815 733 587 547
Trucks
244
308 433 897 1,090 744 751 550 502
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,629
1,255 1,741 1,734 2,018 1,083 1,108
539 381
224
75 161 536 1,393 923 826 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres) T7S6T
3,349 427 219 539
1,452 2,106 2,603 3,572 1,366
193 100
46
Production
(bushels) ^ 13,460
31,950 5,782 2,420 8,989 22,454 43,746 54,828
97,271 48,879
6,098 2,740 2,280
ALL HAY txctp'i
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,893 1,359 5,242 5,866
6,419 6,297 3,665 4,513 2,843 2,370
1,313 4,256
5,332 4,687 3,755 6,227 4,499 4,054
VEGETABLES 1/22//
GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested
Value
(acres) (dol-)
349
21,521
563
557
17,444
58,123
711
43,685
507
31,421
456
33,135
196
15,186
164
57,322
168
51,000
PEACHES 1/3/
-ATT
Produc
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
80,075
107,545
48,270
43,868
43,809
42,336
56,487
37,394
9,499
2,303
812
288
PECANS 1/1/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,801 2,430
324
3,949 3,546
2,641
3,582 1,001 1,600 1,160
23,236 11,906
8,436 14,478 13,125
1,022
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
"Har
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
910
63,207
733
68,664
909
95,068
373
30,308
991
84,389
794
74,501
746
59,448
311
31,970
86
7,741
45
5,812
7
1,018
1
86
32HOSOPEEEOSA
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowable Pasture
Woodland 115,307
1909
89,765
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
92,011 93,665 86,139 83,244
52,827 32,400 17,183
9,542 5,791 5,137
19,185.
17,755 16,428 25,832
36,812 29,029 15,080
9,049 3,063 1,153
13,642 10,878 18,137
6,632 8,385 10,327 11,082 9,020 14,349 10,972
74,059
97,386 75,075 71,927 84,528 83,316 57,335 45,220 18,773 14,456
See foo ;notes on last page.
Other Land 19,907 17,887 30,496 20,791 24,182 50,848 24,117 30,980 18,015 21,136
9,639 6,812
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
14
45
38
42
19
30
16
37
26
54
33
388
303
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
GWINNETT COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
9,967 10,156
9,900 6,844 9,212 7,156 9,461 7,898 12,822 8,641 11,762 9,763 10,649
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,181 6,352 5,896 4,416 5,585 4,936 5,654 3,890 6,171 3,632 5,875 4,861 6,042
Milk Cows
4,707 5,455 5,855 4,339
4,784
3,438 3,716 1,424
878 468 532
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
9,000 6,070 18,280 59,084
248,493 341,322 380,922 560,487 316,286 412,341
(NA) (HA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,314 6,575 8,710 3,626 4,292 4,658 6,254 6,238 7,560 7,424 2,390 2,690 2,022
Sows Farrowing 5/
625 131 104 253 345 650 1,041 1,073 457 522 171
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
59,864 78,886 113,441 91,205 98,312 85,243 100,686 81,109 137,722 255,670 354,754 382,319 89,124
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
58,370 38,678 67,155
61,104
1,366,214 4,371,129 6,776,361 7,680,859 7,226,754 4,213,495
Eggs Produced (dozen) 5/
335,880 294,410 368,920 529,757 416,445 473,814 525,724 270,484 876,814 2,562,252 4,991,622
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED f ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 117,112 $ 355,492
$ 55.5
87,591
211,046
50.9
478,531
81.9
931 ,030
165.5
2,043,680
295,832
193.1
3,032,120
126.7
3,943,862
198,686
288.5
4,009,273
166,808
1,386.1
3,578,000
243,000
176.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,500 12,500 12,700 12,500 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 11,900 13,500 13,000 12,600
9,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
1,050 1,000
950 750 600 550 500 480 470 420 380 200 200 190
Other
5,250 5,400 5,600 5,700 5,900 6,000 5,500 5,450 5,150 5,200 5,550 4,500 3,200 2,750
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,200 6,100 6,150 6,050 5,500 5,450 6,000 6,070 6,380 6,280 7,570 8,300 9,200 6,060
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,400 2,600 2,850 2,800 3,050 3,500 1,450
900 1,400 2,050 1,600
600 600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farmis with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and hei fers 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
),C?
HABERSHAM COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Habersham County lies in the Blue Ridge Mountains and Piedmont Plateau of the north-
eastern corner of Georgia. It was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 out of
/97k
treaty lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the same year and was 43rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. At a later date a part of its area was used in the formation of Banks, Rabun and White Counties and in 1895 approximately one-half of the remaining
portion was taken in the formation of Stephens County. The county was named for Major
Joseph Habersham, a patriot of the Revolutionary War, member of Congress and Postmaster
General in the cabinet of President Washington. Clarkesville, the county seat, was named for Governor John Clarke of Georgia.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 180,672 acres. There were 367 farms having a
total of 36,746 acres with land and buildings valued at $26,190,000. The number of farms is only 25 percent of
the peak number in 1945. Production of field crops has declined to near insignificant proportions and in 1974
only 3,491 acres were devoted to harvested crops. The poultry enterprise: commercial broilers and hatching egg production, accounted for 93 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1964.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
60 inches for Habersham County. The months January through March and July each have averages of more than five and one-half inches, and October, the driest month, gets almost three and one-half inches, on the average. The
Received
average annual temperature is around 58 degrees, and monthly averages range from less than 42 degrees in December
and January, to about 75 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free period averages around 200 days in length,
extending usually from about April 10 to the last of October.
N0V2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
2,704,242
8,242,116
1974 Amount $
17,644,000
DOCUMENTS ji-jTl/^v, GA 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
330,868 88,842
15,177 226,849
17,493,000
12.2
251,103
3.0
3.3
77,848
.9
361,500
2.1
31,000
.2
9,000
.1
.6
2,758
8.3
170,497
2.1
21,000
.1
1,000
330,500
1.9
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
7,317 29,218
2,336,839 2,100,959
81,001 154,879
.3 1.1
86.4 77.7
3.0 5.7
288 44,596
7,946,129 7,394,596
76,972 474,561
.5
96.4
89.7 .9
5.8
24,000
17,107,500 16,310,500
164,000 633,000 551,000
59,000
23,000
.1
97.8 93.3
.9 3.6 3.2
.3
.1
Government Payments 3/
4,000
]_/ 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
Other Livestock & .Livestock Prod. 5.7%
-Dairy Products 3.
All Crops, Hort. Spec. '"A Forestry Prod. 13.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 3.6% --airy Products 0.9% All Crops, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod. 2.2%
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)
HABERSHAM COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
11,973 14,023 8,443
19,987 13,250 14,474 11,573 13,873 8,182
12.4 11.9 15.8 14.7 13.5 16.0
248,710 157,474 228,870 170,098 187,366 130,847
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965
6,030
5,590
15.0
84,100
1966
5,460 4,600 4,000 3,600 3,300 2,810 2,190
5,190 4,320
3,810 3,500 3,200 2,750 1,800
31.2 27.0 30.3 31.1 30.8 36.0
40.0
161,900 116,600 115,300 108,800
98,400 99,000 72,000
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
2,050
1,680
36.3
61,000
1974
1,630
1,280
43.0
55,000
1975
1,300
1,040
39.4
41,000
1976
1,270
990
50.5
50,000
1977
1,230
980
41.8
41,000
1,010 940 450 390 500 900
800
52.5
720
48.6
400
42.5
350
37.1
450
44.4
750
45.1
42,000 35,000 17,000 13,000 20,000 33,800
500
380
45.0
17,100
700
450
59.3
26,700
900
400
60.3
24,100
1,100
600
52.8
31,700
1,500
290
30.0
8,700
'
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per icre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
3,463 2,976 3,684 5,548 3,113 1,433
420 380 230 110 30 95 140 90 60 20 20 15 20
5
179
1,239
2,322
177
1,053
610
253
1,862
1,324
172
1,908
283
290
1,806
151
432
240
11,690 3,743
10,092 2,184
3,018
226
200
170
16 3
2,770
376
300
130
17. 7
2,300
300
140
200
19. 6
3,910
436
100
230
18. 0
4,140
333
20
220
23. 0
5,060
305
60
310
19. 5
6,040
300
90
90
21. 0
1 ,890
200
40
120
24. 5
2,940
217
30
60
24. 0
1,440
200
10
70
20. 0
1,400
250
10
40
18. 0
720
467
15
40
17. 5
700
350
15
40
20. 0
800
100
19. 0
1,900
200
2
70
24. 3
1,700
70
28. 1
1,970
160
35.5
5.680 1
1
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HABERSHAM 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)
13,604
183,013
10,134
185,600
70.8
131,426
10,730
185,600
59.0
109,471
12,748
6,914
6,707
207
185,600
56.2
104,229
7,491
7,274
217
185,600
62.3
115,541
14,771
7,654
7,501
153
181,120
54.7
99,159
6,625
181,120
55.6
100,744
16,553 18,116 20,691
6,410 1,548 1,214
6,344 1,548 1,214
66
181,120
55.1
99,709
181,120
52.8
95,691
181,120
35.8
64,890
181,120
38.3
69,366
180,672
28.2
50,921
180,672
20.3
36,746
Average Size Farms
(acres) 125 96 92 86 83 72 67
71 79 89 96 104 100
Number of Farms 1,461 1,369 1,185 1,216 1,401 1,386 1,495
1,413 1 ,207
728 719 491 367
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
999,590 2,054,714 7,653,596 4,083,221 2,829,795 2,583,153 3,605,994 5,014,737 8,689,193 8,030,568 14,817,871 17,333,657 26,190,000
Average (dol.)
684 1,501 6,459 3,368 2,020 1,864 2,412 3,549 7,199 11,031 20,609 35,302 71,364
Tractors
78
37 97 163 308 427 597 418 376
Trucks
130
135 211 347 565 461 679 475 434
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
468
90
380
67
524
122
688
76
854
243
527
315
844
561
449
(NA)
350
(NA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production
(acres) (bushels)
1899
623
1909
506
1919
234
1929
39
1934
133
1939
325
1944
175
1949
507
1954
489
1959
126
1964
34
5,500 4,381
3,249 478
1,614 6,271 4,585 9,355 13,820 2,785 1,459
1969
1974
.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,594 558
1,372 1,606
2,218 2,515 2,567 3,102 1,921 2,415
627 1,343
2,369 2,034 3,142 4,694 3,630 4,671
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
330
25,199
236
263
7,610
28,262
171
13,851
159
15,177
159
32,376
20
2,758
1
-
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
26,909
1,847
259,096
23,840
228,914
13,400
174,486
117,141
92,173
96,409
152,766
177,616
88,895
74,780
64,730
13,768
30,481
24,443
40,051
28,093
18,312
1,815
3,804
4,754
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
730
97
45
206
41
178
568
3,125
506
497
159
425
173
490
75
50
SWEET
POTATOES 1/V
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
196
15,177
244
23,557
248
21,663
176
14,234
322
29,430
299
23,941
182
22,313
50
5,671
4
1,941
8
1,033
2
130
LAND USE INNAACCRREES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Ploowwaabble
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
26,588
7,112
1934
30,550
7,239
1939
26,852
7,246
1944
20,995
10,569
1949
15,826
13,056
1954
10,605
11,797
1959
7,163
4,723
1964
5,528
3,143
1969
3,287
2,051
1974
3,491
1,075
See footnotes on TasT page.
4,837
5,999 8,083
3,067 1,558
536 4,008
5,278 10,612
9,456
Woodland
87,403 67,994 55,179 68,405 51.098 54,971 56,475 56,542 39,335 41.099 26,948 16,266
Other Land
3,205 2,212 8,803 2,735 5,463 10,829 12,794 16,211 9,661 14,318 8,023 6,458
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
48
101
77
79
26
18
8
21
10
28
19
244
179
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
HABERSHAM COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,708 3,579 3,738 2,666 4,230 3,435 4,220 3,808 5,864 6,446 11.119 11.414 12,326
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1.641 2,150 1,849 1,509 2,193 2,068 2,198 1,971 2,925 2,907 5,192 6,342 6,207
Milk Cows
1,518 1,858 1,760 1,495
2,016
1,704 1,789 1,198 1,198
362 267
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
4,857 18,637 27,767 66,142
103,080 110,937 152,545 163,027 292,695 141,467
(MA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5.512 2,520 3,871 1,426 2,005 2,333 2,318 2,542 3,581 4,635 3,441 1,912
723
Sows Farrowing 5/
445 145 106 242 227 300 608 751 535 419 252
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
30,058 23,522 33,588 29,750 37,081 36,731 52,681 55,109 99,005 124,062 228,514 399,102 457,592
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
21,930 21,340 32,418
31,002
644,4JO 3,159,290 9,847,185 12,322,525 16,819,757 15,756,379
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
115,750 76.038 178,112 176,403 104,359 237,867 342,058 394,428 376,878 838,064 3,253,051
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
36,834 $ 83,962
$ 137.9
36,122
63,373
63.9
208,228
123.5
444,355
63.3
1,304,897
127,763
99.0
4,216,898
135.4
5,757,258
179,588
358.3
6,574,268
110,290
533.1
12,015,000
153,000
905.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,800 11,600 11,100 12,000 12,000 12,600 13,400 13,700 13,800 13,000 14,700 . 14,000 13,400 9,400
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,050 950 890 670 590 500 400 340 300 150 140 240 250 250
Other
4,500 4,600 4,400 4,900 5,050 5,100 5,600 6,100 6,500 5,820 6,370 7,000 5,200 4.370
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,250 6,050 5,810 6,430 6,360 7,000 7,400 7,260 7,000 7,030 8,190 6,760 7,950 4,780
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
3.450 2,700 3,000 2,000 2,150 2,500 2,400 2,300 1,600 2,550 2,300 * 5,200 4,960
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of 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
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HALL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Hall County was created by Legislative Acts of December 15 and 19, 1818 from treaty
lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians the same year and was 44th in order of counties
NIC
organized in Georgia. It was named for Dr. Lyman Hall who with Button Gwinnett and George Walton was a Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence. Gainesville, the county
seat was named for a local family according to some authorities. It is the home of Brenau
College for Women, first chartered in 1878 as the Georgia Baptist Seminary.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 241,600 acres. There
were 793 farms Fiaving a total of 64,889 acres with land and buildings valued at $66,528,000. The number of farms is
only 24 percent of the peak number in 1935. The land area has been reduced by backwater of Lake Lanier. The production of field crops was at one time a very important segment of the agriculture of Hall County but with the de-
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velopment of the poultry enterprise, crop production has declined significantly. The commercial broiler enterprise
had its beginning in the county and associated industries such as feed mills, hatcheries and dressing plants were Mn\/ O n in
developed to service the industry. Production of hatching eggs and commercial eggs are also important in the county.I'UV 6 0 ]9
The value of poultry and poultry products sold exceeded $41,600,000 in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of over 54
inches for Hall County. Yearly totals at Gainesville have ranged from 32.10 inches in 1904 to 82.92 inches in 1929, but have fallen between 45 and 60 inches in two out of three years. March, with an average of over six inches, and
DOCUMENT
October with just over three inches, are normally the wettest and driest months, respectively. The average annual UGA UBf
temperature is about 60 degrees, and monthly averages range from around 42 degrees in January to 77 degrees in July.
The freeze-free season averages about 213 days in length, and normally extends from early April to early November.
, Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
t
10,466,424
22,080,838
1974 Amount $
47,130,000
t 1/
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
396,216 376,891
7,540 " 11,785
6,675 123,558 9,939,975 9,284,873 433,464 221 ,638
3.8 3.6
.1 .1
1.2 95.0 88.7 4.2
2.1
141,782 129,999
5,179 6,604 4,705 67,193 21,867,158 20,489,198 836,509 541 ,451
.1 .6
.1
.3 99.0 92.8 3.8
2.4
46,809,000
380,000 175,500 64,000
107,500 4,000 3,000
201,500
19,000
29,000
46,381,000 41,640,000
2,061,000 2,680,000 1,214,000 1,453,000
(Z) 13,000
.8 .4 .2
.2
'A
.1 99.1 89.0 4.4
5.7 2.6 3.1
Government Payments 1/
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Dairy Products
"~
4.2%
Other Livestock & Livestock Products
2.1%
"V. All Crops &
Forestry Products 5.0%
Dairy Products ~* 4.4%
Other Livestock & -Livestock Products
5.7%
** All Crops & Forestry Products 0.9%
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)
HALL 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.)
24,173 26,252 15,833
11,460 9,950 8,400 6,900 6,100 5,300 4,240 3,350 2,860 .2,960 2,450 2,010 1,680 1,680 1,450 1,100 1,120 750 1,250 1,100 1,900 1,900 2,100 2,400
33,727 28,614 31,477 23,270 25,623 15,593
10,960 9,650 7,-970 6,640 5,900 5,200 4,100 2,880 2,440 2,340 2,010 1,650 1,430 1,420 1,240 940 920 700 1,100 850 1,300 1,330 1,550 280
12.2 12.8 12.9 11.9 10.8 14.2
13.7 28.2 23.0 19.4 27.0 26.3 28.5 27.8 27.9 32.5 35.8 39.4 37.8 45.1 31.5 33.0 21.7 42.9 50.0 50.0 56.3 62.1 53.9 30.0
411,290 364,872 404,922 276,585 275,487 221,927
149,800 272,100 183,300 128,500 159,500 136,700 117,000 80,000 68,000 76,000 72,000 65,000 54,000 64,000 39,000 31 ,000 20,000 30,000 55,000 42,500 73,200 82,600 83,500
8,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
*
Acreage Harvested
fLf\U~Tr~TrOr\Nn
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
-
Production (bushels)
P1 1 rUoUdUu^rLtiIoUnM
19,765 31,961 37,571 32,390 16,731 7,232
2,910 2,550 1,810
740 285 880 990 840 620 480 310 270 210 10 65 70 50 50
194
7,234
211 13,473
241 18,122
219 14,170
273
9,124
119
1,719
271
1,650
356
1,890
183
690
207
320
365
220
422
770
315
650
175
310
160
210
183
180
265
170
330
190
148
65
200
4
246
35
229
35
180
19
200
20
8,345 3,575 2,689 1,229 2,003
697
940 770 650 530 310 480 270 350 120 90 120 100 120 190 130
50 60
90 90 270 650
16.1 15.3 18.7 18.0 18.5 16.5 19.0 22.0 22.5 19.5 20.0 22.5 23.0 25.3 27.7
36.0 26.0
20.9 23.1 33.7 37.5
32,860 25,960 16,746 8,772 18,858 7,110
15,160 11 77n 12.15(1 9,540 5,740 7,920 5,130 7,700 2,700 1,750 2,400 2,250 2,760 4,800 3,600
1,800 1,560
1,880 2,080 9,100 24.400
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HALL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900- 1974
Total Population
20,752 25,730 26,822 30,313
34,822
40,113
49,739
59,405
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
14,342 15,276 13,755 12,624 11,314
3,966
3,620
13,208 14,370 12,969
10,875
3,821
3,449
1,134 906 786
439
145
171
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
279,680
279,680 279,680 279,680 279,680 272,640 272,640 272,640 272,640 250,880 250,880 241,600 241,600
Percent in Farms
82.6
86.0 75.2 73.4 83.5 68.8 78.0 73.5 63.8 45.1 45.9 34.5 26.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
231,147
240,455 210,431 205,234 233,493 187,712 212,742 200,407 174,058 113,056 115,236
83,290 64,889
Average Size Farms
(acres) 93 75 70 73 72 78 76 80 76 76 81 77 82
Number of Farms
2,489 3,226 2,997 2,832 3,257 2,405 2,785 2,522 2,277 1,489 1,419 1,086
793
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,631,320 4,609,573 10,031,827 5,048,094 4,324,281 3,665,657 6,392,280 10,065,302 15,476,769 18,197,069 23,802,306 36,771,700 66,528,000
655 1,429 3,347 1,783 1,328 1,524 2,295 3,991 6,797 12,221 16,774 33,859 83,894
Tractors
62
39 153 252 646 693 597 915 821
Trucks
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
205
189 522 776 1,142 913 679 961 912
1,007
853 1,143 1,168 1,492 1 ,305 1 ,596 1,004
717
152
49 111 313 1,052 858 561 (NA) (NA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production
(acres) (bushels)
1899
1,092
1909
2,164
1919
677
1929
344
1934
519
1939
1,915
1944
1,597
1949
1,854
1954
1,407
1959
345
1964
37
1969
23
1974
5
6,800 20,843 6,492
5,096 6,706 30,238 33,540 36,164 33,730 12,995 1,095
920 250
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
1,246 432
1,821 2,465
4,124 4,057 2,318 4,262 3,676 3.023
483 1,688
3,656 3,233 3,229 5,673 6,129 6,127
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
170
10,493
373
172
5,984
14,514
152
5,415
103
7,540
53
5,199
57
5,179
15
1,598
7
3,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
42,324
1,422
93,362 18,040
36,387
4,181
38,122
6,863
38,904 43,480
36,610 37,758
24,445 8,632
14,283
117
4,337
1,637
7,019
3,494
4,785
438
7,260
4,175
9,360 17,274
PECANS 1/3/
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
284 1,043
25 338 1,010
1,089
1,334 561 536 329 108
4,311 7,676 1,637 1,083 4,088
187 600
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
393
30,039
470
39,727
605
55,399
352
27,333
927
65,338
692
48,271
616
36,629
184
20,287
42
4,284
18
2,749
1
191
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND US^ IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
61,555 65,652
18,480 16,662
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
57,368
47,893 32,104 21,046
9,260 7,742 5,468 6,142
12,502 21,672 22,646 15,998 11,324
7,039
4,091 1,564
See fool:notes on last page.
12,537 9,620 17,932 6,954 6,527 2,901 14,521 8,335 23,476 17,567
Woodland
122,739 97,686 83,949 118,141 80,501 106,429 112,737 92,904 57,384 60,110 32,988 20,641
Other Land 17,776 16,895 25,654 22,713
18,069 29,453
26,393 41 ,209 20,567
32,013 17,267
18,975
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
101
229
183
236
63
99
34
46
24
63
39
413
349
*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
HALL COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,073 6,788 6,883 5,019 7,759 5,422 7,445 7,572 12,254 11,617 17,963 19,363 21,256
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,921 4,598 3,973 3,186 4,777 3,586 4,154 3,932 6,057 5,812 9,421 10,350 12,441
Milk Cows
2,551 3,604 3,774 3,101
3,474
3,257 4,105 3,328 3,302 2,821 2,574
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
13,454 16,252 30,911 84,544
278,399 337,625 479,368 758,592 945,280 1,578,796
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,647 4,652 6,990 1 ,968 3,372 3,164 4,319 4,586 4,971 5,329 3,170 1 ,532 9,050
Sows Farrowinq 5/
905 109 142 209 300 376 747 671 535 253 2,059
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
44,144 50,403 77,731 256,076 70,791 59,151 114,086 191,439 310,169 732,141 1 ,585,232 1,744,022 1,879,937
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
48,557 34,218 83,590
210,100
6,883,197 12,958,165 18,328,224 24,971,947 31,484,484 19,658,517
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
152,440 164,087 206,257 303,026 218,900 352,590 648,579 1,062,043 2,515,436 7,164,160 17,362,368
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and
Poultry
Fertilizer
Hired Labor
(Thnu<; \
$
83,427 $ 202,467
$ 30.7
138,463 131,878
54.7
2,947,172
79 9
3,979,131
127.1
7,204,315 164,001
198.5
7,756,720
302.9
13,563,513 15,383,196
149,713 189,138
608.4 678.7
23,278,000 331,000
1 ,790.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,000 19,000 18,700 19,500 20,000 20,500 21,700 21,900 22,000 21,800 24,900 23,500 22,800 19,600
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
Other
3,950 3,800
3,530 3,170 3,060 3,200 3,300 3,450 3,600 3,150 2,860 2,860 2,620 2,450
6,400 6,350 6,550 7,150 7,400 7,450 7,850 7,800 8,250 8,330 8,900 8,900 8,800 7,770
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
8,650 8,850 8,620 9,180 9,540 9,850 10,550 10,650 10,150 10,320 13,140 11,740 11,380
9,390
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
3,200 2,450 2,750 1,600 1,750 7,500 9,150 12,200 8,600 18,000 15,000 17,300 16,100
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 Iris s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude bange in definition. 6/ Beginning with 1969 chic lude only eggs sold. 10/
NA - 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-
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JO.C 7
HANCOCK COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1976
Hancock County was created by Legislative Act of December 17, 1793 from parts of
Greene and Washington counties and was 15th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It
was named for the great patriot of the Revolution, John Hancock, whose name heads the list
of signers of the Declaration of Independence. When the scroll of freedom was signed in
1776, Oohn Hancock was President of the Continental Congress. Sparta, the county seat, was
named for the ancient metropolis of Peloponessus, once the rival of the famed city of Athens,
Greece. When organized Hancock County included part of Taliaferro County.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 305,664 acres. There
were 184 farms having a total of 66,686 acres with land and buildings valued at $22,277,000. The number of
farms was only 6 percent of the peak number in 1910. The land area has been reduced by backwaters of Lake
Sinclair. Hancock County lies along and just north of the fall line and some soils in this area are deep sands
that are especially susceptible to drought. Field crop production had declined appreciably in recent years but
this had been compensated by an increase in livestock enterprises. The farm population remained fairly stable
during the period 1960-1970, unlike the trend in most other counties in the state.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
over 45 inches for Hancock County. March is normally the wettest month and October the driest. However, no month averages as much as five and one-half inches of rainfall or as little as two inches. The average annual
Received
temperature is around 63 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 46 degrees in December and January to
nearly 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages about 225 days in length, extending usually from
late March to early November.
N0V 2 6 197
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
1,539,573
1964
Amount $
%
1,825,382
1974 Amount $
1,576,000
DOCUMENTS t W 3A LIBRAR1E
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
966,888 949,917
62.8 61.7
6,398 10,573
127,981
444,704 56,101
208,533 180,070
.4 .7
8.3
28.9 3.6
13.6 11.7
868,640 821,486
44,823 2,331
244,006 712,736 272,588 226,356 213,792
47.6 45.0
2.5 .1
13.4 39.0 14.9 12.4 11.7
1,472,000
312,000 286,500 167,500
63,000 42,000 14,000
6,000 19,500
21.2 19.5 11.3
4.3 2.9 1.0
.4 1.3
213,500
946,500 226,000 314,000 406,500 284,000
(D)
(D)
14.5
64.3 15.4 21.3 27.6 19.3
Government Payments 3/
21,000
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 $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts " & Berries 1.1$
Forestry Products 8.3$ Poultry & Poultry Products 3.6$
"-- Dairy Products 13.6$
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.7$
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts
^ & Berries 1.7$
..-Forestry Products 14.5$
Poultry & Poultry Products 15.4%
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 191 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All
(acres)
27,007 34,663 19,907
16,770 14,620 12,600 11,000
9,500 9,700 7,900 7,000 6,550 5,210 4,500 4,340 4,350 4,600 4,550 3,600 3,620 2,600 2,350 2,400 2,500 2,500 2,850 3,700
HANCOCK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushel 5)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
38,599 36,794 36,541 26,772 34,477 19,169
14,620 13,460 11,590 10,260
9,100 9,300 7,400 6,600 6,100 4,690 4,200 4,080 4,130 4,500 4,500 3,100 3,050 2,300 2,050 2,060 2,150 1,900 2,370 1,880
6.8 8.5 8.9 10.1 6.7 8.6
9.1 21.4 17.0 16.9 17.0 14.5 20.1 25.8 19.0 26.0 21.2 25.2 25.7 36.9 28.9 24.2 26.9 38.7 30.0 36.0 37.5 57.2 49.0 12.0
261,540 313,346 326,253 269,402 230,213 164,93 1
133,700 288,000 197,000 173,000 154,300 134,600 149,000 170,000 116,000 122,000 89,000 103,000 106,000 166,000 130,000 71,000 82,000 89,000 61,500 74,200 80,700 108,700
116,IOC ) 22.50C )
USDA: 19591960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 180 300 280 300 400 640 840 1 ,040 1,320 3,300 1 ,990 1 ,630
27.0 21.5 25.0 17.5 24.0 21.5 27.5 17.5 21.1
22.0 17.9 19.4 16.5
Production (bushels)
3,510 3,870 7,500 4,900 7,200 8,600 17,600 14,700 21,900 29,000 59,100 38,600 26,900
--Anftpl ocaayntar-- Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage ' Yield Harvested per acre
Production
45,204
164
14,250
3,436
59,511
180
21,379
117
48,462
200
19,402
520
18,698
197
7,381
212
13,241
248
6,556
1,464
15,999
221
7,080
246
18,500 756
2,660 1,432 10,933 2,489
10,080
251
9,420
317
8,640
272
5,780
304
3,660
318
6,670
343
6,590
309
7,270
343
7,420
349
6,930
270
6,000
336
4,570
292
2,860
272
1,760
225
1,730
163
1,870
200
1,050
264
770
231
1,550
137
585
212
640
322
5,280 6,230 4,900 3,670 2,430 4,770 4,250 5,210 5,410 3,900 4,220 2,790 1,620
830 590 780 580 370 440 260 430
410 330 410 220 110 160 130
80
50 70 60 40 . 210
no
130 180 240 270 580
770
13.2 11.5 16.3 14.5 23.5 18.5 22.0 21.5
12.0 12.0 15.0 18.0 20.0 27.3
5,410 3,780 6,680 3,190 2,580 2,960 2,860 1,720
600 840 900 720 4,200 3,000
22.0 25.5 25.5 28.2 26.7 32.5
2,860 4,590 6,120 7,610 15,500
25.000
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HANCOCK COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
18,277 19,189 18,357 13,070
12,764
11,052
9,979
9,019
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,402 10,211 10,302
7,630 6,290
2,630
2,054
2,592 2,686 2,467
1,317
542
446
7,810 7,525 7,835
4,973
2,088
1,608
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
339,200 339,200 339,200 339,200 339,200 310,400 310,400 310,400 310,400 305,920 305,920 305,664 305,664
Percent in Farms
71.8 74.7 61.6 43.1 59.2 68.2 70.1 67.7 63.7 41.9 41.1 26.7 21.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
243,470 253,508 208,801 146,174 200,723 211,606 217,597 210,159 197,729 128,108 125,817
81,644 66,686
Average Size Farms
(acres)
no
89 75 84 113 126 135 160 175 199 244 286 362
Number
of Farms 2,215 2,839 2,772 1,748 1,780 1,679 1,611 1,317 1,130 643 515 285 184
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,531,790 3,514,913 7,307,683 2,043,885 2,088,406 2,200,357 4,249,424 4,518.627 4,115,460 5,479,646 9,619,685 12,029,109 22,277,000
Average (dol.)
692 1,238 2,636 1,169 1,173 1,311 2,638 3,431 3,642 8,522 18,679 42,207 121,069
Tractors
34
22 83 206 340 336 418 274 207
Trucks
42
38 104 341 329 273 351 224 186
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
359
26
325
20
385
81
514
61
583
79
402
124
494
203
148
(NA)
132
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
4,378 3,642
617 420 360 911 1,183 373 1,016 482
55 110
50
Production (bushels)
45,930 51,354
8,073 3,542 6,385 15,173 29,469 6,651 25,612 20,295 1,620 3,300 2,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,981 870
2,123 3,323
3,714 3,740 2,003 2,736 1,845 1,823
710 1,509
3,361 2,289 2,541 6,213 4,338 4,786
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
82
3,877
238
41
1,408
6,616
194
4,372
196
6,398
63
3,600
619
44,823
110
23,451
28 [ 6,000
PEACHES 1/5/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
107,511 5,458
178,372 97,415
75,328 28,431
41,398 8,446
11,896 9,141
14,638 3,935
29,165 5,713
19,908
752
16,509 2,031
515
280
502
48
PECANS 1/3/
All Trees (number)
Production (pounds) 380
9,312 7,018
8,836 40,627 18,680
11,941
11,299 7,718 5,265
10,081 6,245 5,795
110,421 121,720 42,556
6,266 67,338
6,929 19,887 38,100
SUEFI
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
997
73,604
1,153
88,190
885
70,205
706
60,904
1,109
64,475
794
59,494
799
54,595
343
23,303
60
6,387
46
3,464
18
2,212
6
825
14
2,240
Year
Harvested Cropland
IANn USE ttLACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
53,288 57,565 60,680 53,430 46,826 32,373 19,208 15,064
6,228 5.473
12,910 20,828 10,461 27,899 17,144
8,692 8,038 6,661 3,441
804
See foo notes on last page
7,715 10,820 22,009
2,236 7,106 11,735 10,309 6,006 12,654 14,788
Woodland
93,674 66,669 38,367 96,138 87,765 114,954 123,783 123,697 77,329 78,235 49,461 32,678
Other Land 24,610 20,489 32,173 13,617 30,401 18,754
15,300 21,232 13,224 19,851
9,860 12,943
Farms by Value of Products Sold
flumbjjr.
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 2A500
*
3
7
6
11
9
11
17
23
13
25
18
208
118
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
HANCOCK COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,590 8,402 6,517 3,870 6,787 4,704 6,993 6,012 9,991 6,632 7,911
5,651 7,570
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,894 5,212 3,473 2,237 3,476 2,610 4,218 3,500 5,799 3,945 4,318 3,304 4,623
Milk Cows
2,182 3,551 2,502 2.147
2,439
2,155 2,373 1,384 1,052
513 521
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
22,338 9,587 21,814 38,159
30,245 115,564 253,744 492,833 559,788 449,681
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
11,262 14,215 10,443 4,148 6,885 6,442 9,427 5,654 4,682 4,497 2,198 1,100 1,150
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,350 398 780 860 843 654 612 625 329 210 175
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
58,390 48,768 43,135 27,835 33,432 33,997 38,330 25,039 29,308 45,709 31,077 44,377
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
28,070 8,724 12,276
9,804
8,082 10,519 14,216 31,707 37,915
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
134,340 165,450 109,099 140,491 76,205 176,848 254,095 25,166 137,632 281,105 613,044
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
herti1izer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
55,701 5,271
42,111
100,852 228,271 195,313 457,617 294,864 475,000
$ 107,229 91 ,648
229,888
307,462 128,761 184,000
59.2 76.1 106.4 137.7 145.1 152.3 237.4 104.3 99.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and Calves
8,400 8,100 7,650 7,600 7,000 7,000 7,500 7,600 7,700 7,800 9,200 9,000 8,700 6.790
Kept for Milk
1,250 1,150 1,040 1,000
850 750 700 700 650 410 330 330 320 300
Other
3,400 3,600 3,350 3,250 3,350 3,400 3,600 3,700 3,740 3,790 4,300 4,000 3,500 2,910
Cattle
and
Calves
3,750 3,350 3,260 3,350 2,800 2,850 3,200 3,200 3,310 3,600 4,570 4,670 4,880 3,580
All Hogs and
P'3S 2,200 1,750 1,950 1,150 1,250 1,450
1,350 1,300 1,150 1,150 1,000 1,400 1,050
1/ T9E
i 1969
excl. ^zt wStss^
a^ffJSWta^n-s&^ifijsa
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^
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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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HARALSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7S
Haralson County was created by Legislative Act of January 26, 1856 from parts of
Carroll and Polk counties and was 112th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It
was named for General Hugh A. Haralson, an officer of the State Militia. The same act
creating the county provided for its annexation to the then Fifth Congressional District,
the Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit and to the First Brigade of the Eleventh Division of the
Georgia Militia. When the new county was organized the Justices of the Superior Court
were authorized to locate a site for public buildings. Under instructions of this Act,
the town of Buchanan, the present county seat, was founded and its charter of incorporation was dated December 22, 1857.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 182,400 acres. There were 300 farms
having a total of 37,690 acres with land and buildings valued at $23,770,000. The number of farms was only
15 percent of the peak number in 1920. Crop production had declined considerably in recent years. In 1974
only 4,696 acres were classified by the Census as harvested cropland compared to 17,606 acres in 1954. The
livestock enterprise, principally poultry and poultry products, accounted for over 91 percent of the value
of all farm products sold in 1974. The county population increased from 1960-1970, but the farm population decreased from 1,646 to 863, a 48 percent drop.
Recelve(
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation
of about 51 inches for Haralson County. March, with an average of about six inches of rainfall and October,
with about two and one-half inches, are normally the wettest and driest months, respectively. The average annual temperature is about 60 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 43 degrees in December
N0V 2 6 19;
and January to about 77 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 200 days and usually extends
from early April to late October.
DOCUMENT!!
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
1,147,160
1964
Amount $
9!
2,739,801
1974 Amount $
4,060,000
J1 JGA LIBRAR1I t V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
499,253 418,653
43.5 36.5
48,479 32,121
100 37,214
610,593 320,345 142,378 147,870
4.2 2.8
3.3 53.2 27.9 12.4 12.9
128,246 106,032
20,973 1,241 7,195
75,134 2,529,226 2,101,356
246,208 181,662
4.7 3.9
.8
.3 2.7 92.3 76.7 9.0 6.6
3,883,000 275,000 223,000 163,000
58,000 2,000
50,000 2,000
70,000
3,538,000 2,882,000
287,000 369,000 254,000 107,000
8,000
7.1 5.7 4.2
1.5
1.3 .1
1.8 91.1 74.2
7.4 9.5 6.5 2.8
.2
Government Payments 3/
8,000
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 3.3% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 7.0%
::jf--- Dairy Products 12.4%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
*-- Field Crops 5.7% -- Forestry Products 1.8%
*- Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.4%
"""Dairy Products 7.4%
. Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 9.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
All (acres)
HARALSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
16,251 19,113 13,246
9,950 8,400 7,400 6,400 5,600 5,200 4,180 3,470 3,020 2,710 2,300 2,210 2,140 2,200 2,000 1,880 1,760 1,450 1,450
920 1,200 1,250 1,550
950
16,905 16,512 20,483 15,526 18,520 13,133
9,050 8,060 7,020 6,160 5,500 5,100 4,140 3,300 2,840 2,430 2,160 2,060 2,040 2,150 1,900 1,550 1,500 1,300 1,250
780 1,050
960 1,130
180
13.4 10.3 13.5 12.4 8.3 15.4
11.8 24.3 21.5 23.8 23.5 21.7 20.3 23.6 25.4 30.5 30.1 30.1 28.4 37.7 30.5 42.6 42.0 53.1 52.0 44.0 59.2 56.3 62.7 30.0
227,360 170,327 276,124 192,379 153,886 201,963
106,800 195,900 150,900 146,700 129,500 110,500 84,000 78,000 72,000 74,000 65,000 62,000 58,000 81,000 58,000 66,000 63,000 69,000 65,000 34,300 62,200 54,000 70,900
5,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1 962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
120
20.0
2,400
300
18.0
5,400
240
22.5
5,400
200
23.0
4,600
330
21.2
7,000
440
22.0
9,700
690
26.7
18,400
490
27.1
13,300
620
20.6
12,800
1
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
11,849
227
21,838
168
24,123
216
19,791
253
11,745
310
9,587
212
3,390
262
2,750
345
2,430
279
820
370
365
353
1,020
434
970
225
620
174
240
212
170
318
240
400
230
287
120
242
30
233
45
178
40.
200
4,682
7,349
10,401
10,002
62
7,292 289
4,069 501
1,850
1,980
1,410
630
270
920
450
230
110
110
200
135
60
15
.50
15
160
15
290
150
90
2,654 5,513
26.0 27.5 34.1 33.3 34.4
1,300 4,400 9,900 5,000 3,100
90
27.0
2,430
100
31.2
3,120
220
33.6
7,390
170
34.5
5.R70.
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HARALSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.
Total Population
FARM POPULATTOT
Total
White
NonWhite
11,922
13,514
14,440
13,263
9,382
8,476
906
10,268
9,449
819
14,377
9,287
8,426
861
6,686
14,663
7,012
6,612
400
14,543
1,646
1,642
15,927
863
863
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Approximate
Land Area (acres) 181,760
181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 182,400 182,400 182,400 182,400 182,400 182,400 182,400 182,400
Percent in Farms
70.5
81.9 77.6 77.3 80.8 80.7 77.1 73.5 58.4 37.9 33.4 30.5 20.7
Land in Farms (acres)
128,226
148,852 141,050 140,425 146,855 147,173 140,623 134,003 106,506
69,160 60,892 55,550 37,690
Average Size Farms
(acres)
77 68 76 74 90 93 88 94 105 129 165 126
Number
of Farms
-TT5TT
1,925 2,068
1,841 1,982 1,629 1,519 1,530 1,129
659 472 337 300
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)
966,670 2,127,755 5,010,598 3,386,873 2,441,030 2,672,307 3,314,039 4,926,600 5,244,205 5,739,231 7,475,064 12,000,018 23,770,000
Average
(do!.)
637 1,105 2,423 1,840 1,232 1,640 2,182 3,220 4,645 8,709 15,837 35,608 79,233
Tractors
30
41 93 214 308 439 340 313 312
Trucks
98
164 179 427 454 426 436 303 305
Automobiles
Farms with Telephone^
639
116
487
40
564
58
545
82
654
326
533
388
468
373
276
(NA)
243
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
2,212 1,854
472 22 62 340
472 525 721 296
85 138
Production
(bushels)
16,100 18,296
4,679 297 470
5,793 9,907 13,333 21,694 11,466 4,110 6,615
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,264 861
2,060 3,506
3,236 3,074 1,963 2,109 1,632 2,902
874 1,814
3,016 2,481 2,033 2,437 2,721 4,551
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) IdoLl
139
9,533
316
256
9,505
26,404
376
23,720
740
48,479
580
57,419
254
20,973
67
23,988
208
50,000
PEACHES \JH
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
"6754T
19
25,904
4,107
17,882
7,164
51,577
6,125
58,521
68,930
79,594 47,825
39,889
2,946
20,606
3,262
7,882
4,260
3,460
1,370
1,238
35
80
36
PECANS 1/3/
-RTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
270
302
801
772
654
2,032
1,724 510 497 307
8,810 7,902 6,812 1,959
6,290 42
-SWEET "
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2UI
14,420
313
31,465
354
36,258
169
12,217
474
38,507
400
35,843
408
20,530
136
13,988
27
3,045
21
2,955
5
768
Year
Harvested Cropland
Waft I AND U5t TNACRES
Idle or
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
39,697
40,887 40,964 30,657
29,841
17,606 9,127 5,072 3,730 4,696
13,604 12,010 10,382 20,013 18,274
11,302 6,490 4,898 3,695 579
See footnotes on last page.
7,030 8,235 10,117 3,594 3,997
1,199 1,957 4,860
10,560 9,600
5/,
Woodland
82,909 61,386 69,724 78,799 74,366 74,218 67,752 62,021 39,868 36,772 26,859 14,098
Other Land 6,298 13,655 8,624 5,181 8,824 11,329 14,139 14,378 11,718 9,290 10,706 8,717
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
2!
34
22
11
19
9
14
31
38
16
219
192
*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
HARALSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,612 4,632 4,946 3,183 4,817 3,300 4,006 4,305 5,273 4,088 5,388 6,295 8,973
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,699 2,890 2,683 1,960 2,721 1,966 2,119 1,978 2,726 1,826 2,809 3,040 5,055
Milk Cows 1,447 2,333 2,582 1,931
1,895
1,554 1,601
822 710 436 340
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 8,720 10,731
29,052 35,389
36,259 76,848 96,214 277,812 708,753 444,728
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,925 2,576 3,846 1,295 1,925 2,113 2,530 2,643 2,853 3,132 1,308 1,317
842
Sows Farrowing 5/
311 140
79 173 205 271 426 337 282 188 285
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
29,786 36,239 55,427 40,120 48,750 47,023 41,878 41,366 59,777 141,558 163,532 175,253
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
30,169 20,528 26,757
22,445
190,973 271,905 1,225,025 1,922,816 2,120,646
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
146,240 155,626 288,767 232,949 195,528 200,224 259,928 128,765 365,456 1 ,580,953 2,116,207
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
53,890 $ 149,627
46.3
19,027
121,580
73.7
81,175
48.5
229,285
98.7
444,490
185,130
77.2
1,053,175
41.5
1,172,537
73,018
75.2
1,157,302
139,869
62.2
2,419,000
135,000
75.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,700 5,400 5,400 5,600 6,300 6,300 6,800 7,000 7,100 7,200 8,100 9,500 9,400 9,640
Cows 2 years old and older JJ}/
Kept for Milk 850 800 810 730 550 580 480 440 420 380 370 370 390 370
Other
2,200 2,200 2,200 2,300 2,400 2,450 2,950 3,750 4,060 4,220 4,570 4,900 4,900 4,720
All Other Cattle and Calves 2,650 2,400 2,390 2,570 3,350 3,270 3,370 2,810 2,620 2,600 3,160 4,230 4,110 4,550
December 1
All Hogs
and
1Pr,i3$g0rsa0
1,350 1,500 1,350 1,500 1,700 1,650 1,550 1,200 1,350 1,600 2,400 2,540
1/ In 1969 and 1974 T954 excludes farms bushels harves ted.
excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes I rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excl udes farms with less thanH5-20 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classif
cation changed -"Cows and 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ sification cha nged--"Cows
heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 c hickens 3 months old and older. Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasand heifers that have calved". NA - Not available, D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
D.C7
HARRIS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1800-1978
Harris County was created by Legislative Act of December 14, 1827 from parts of Muscogee and Troup counties and was 71st in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Charles Harris, a noted lawyer of the early ante-bellum period. Hamilton, the county seat, was named for George W. Hamilton, a high tariff Democrat of South Carolina. Some of his kinsmen of that name were among the earliest pioneer settlers.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 297,344 acres making it 36th in size among counties in the state. There were 247 farms having a total of 76,601 acres with land and buildings valued at $30,450,000. The number of farms was only 9 percent of the peak number in 1910. Harris County lies just north of the fall line in an area in which production of crops had declined steadily in recent years. In 1974 only 6,396 acres were classified by the Census as harvested cropland which was about 44 percent of the amount in 1954. The livestock and poultry enterprise accounted for about 45 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. In 1960, the Census showed the farm population to be only 29 percent as many as were counted in 1950. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 53 inches for Harris County. March, with an average of around six inches of rainfall and October with about two and one-fourth inches, are normally the wettest and driest months, respectively. The average annual temperature is about 63 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 46 degrees in January to close to 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages about 225 days in length, extending usually from the last week in March to the first week of November.
Received N0V 2 6 1979
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
1,096,506
1,402,657
1974 Amount $
1,906,000
DOCUMENTS UU(GA LIBRARIES
% V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
285,109 240,813
26.0 22.0
22,431
2.0
21,865
2.0
14,700
1.3
65,891
6.0
261,165 234,587
20,958 5,620
16,050 136,886
18.6 16.7
1.5 .4
1.1 9.8
1,736,000
480,000 432,500 325,500
27.7
24.9 18.8
39,000 67,000
1 ,000 21,000 26,500
160,000 '
320,000
2.2 3.9
1.2 1.6
9.2 18.4
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
730,806
66.7
170,066
15.5
296,407
27.1
264,333
24.1
988,556 361,302 307,937 319,317
60.5 25.8
21.9 22.8
776,000
(z)
(D) (NA) 605,000 80,000
(D)
44.7
34.9 4.6
Government Payments 1/
8,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may T954 and 1964 Crop and livestock percentages
not for
add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ 1974 were computed using total value from
Nfoatrmscowmiptahrab$l2e500foroor
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 D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- I 954 ^, Field Crops 22.0%
Horticultural Spec. 1.3%
Torest Products 6.0%
---- Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 4.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec.
**"
9.2%
Forestry Products 18.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
HARRIS 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)
18,999 21,094 8,377
29,510 25,980 28,948 18,595 20,705 8,278
5,730 4,870 4,400 4,000 3,800 3,500 2,850 2,360 2,920 2,650 2,250 2,150 2,110 2,200 1,960 1,380 1,480 1,000
650 800 2,400 2,000 2,100 1,750
Acreage Harvested
5,100 4,390 3,840 3,540 3,200 3,100 2,520 2,010 2,380 2,020 1,800 1,710 1,700 1,800 1,610 1,100 1,250
900 550 680 2,000 1,540 1,500 230
*
COTTON
Yield
(lbs.)
10.6 10.1 10.0 10.3 7.4 13.1
10.1 23.4 20.5 18.9 20.7 19.0 20.2 21.3 23.9 23.3 23.9 28.1 25.3 34.4 31.7 30.9 31.2 36.7 42.0 36.0 44.5 44.4 42.1 34.8
313,250 262,103 290,618 192,035 152,281 108,733
51 ,600 102,700
78,700 66,800 66,300 59,000 51,000 43,000 57,000 45,000 43,000 48,000 43,000 62,000 51,000 34.000 39,000 33,000 23,100 24,500 88,900 68,400 63,200 8,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
110 160
230 480 500 640 500
250 300 600 1,350 1,510 800 590
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu. )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
15.5 25.0 18.0 22.5 19.0 22.5 22.0 24.0 11.3 20.0 23.0 24.2 24.4 20.5
7>
Yield per acre
1,705 4,000 4,140 10,800 9,500 14,400 11,000 6,000 3,400 12,000 31,100 36,500 19,500 12,100
Production
52,618 61,864
38,667
16,233 7,060 3,619
156
19,422
159
19,685
92
7,105
141
4,562
194
2,740
170
1,232
1,892 168 644
6 166 441
9,770 1,955
3,775 60
1,353 3,358
1,980
241
1,000
160
16.5
2,640
1,790
311
1,160
70
11.4
800
1,580
268
880
120
20.7
2,480
1,010
266
560
160
17.5
2,800
605
334
420
70
20.5
1,440
950
314
620
80
20.5
1,640
680
357
510
30
23.0
690
820
298
510
50
24.0
1,200
870
467
850
50
22.5
1,120
970
416
840
50
21.5
1,080
970
424
860
50
21.0
1,050
960
322
650
30
21.0
630
620
397
510
30
22.0
660
440
298
275
80
22.5
1,800
450
211
200
60
25.0
1,500
520
354
385
500
412
430
200
260
110
200
250
105
190
295
115
110
345
79
180
30.0
5,400
210
23.2
4,870
70
27.7
1,940
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HARRIS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
18,009 17,886 15,775 11,140
11,428
11,265
11,167
11,520
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,959 8,287 8,816 4,027 4,812
1,402
724
1,973 2,471 3,237
2,305
684
460
5,986 5,816 5,579
2,507
718
264
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
320,640
320,640 320,640 320,640 320,640 297,600 297,600 297,600 297,600 297,600 297,600 297,344 297,344
Percent in Farms
78.5
76.3 58.3 52.4 60.7 56.4 39.4 60.2 48.3 39.1 36.2 26.1 25.8
All Land in Farms (acres) 251,730
244,564 186,849 167,911 194,499 167,716 117,143 179,126 143,717 116,359 107,811
77,712 76,601
Average Size Farms
(acres)
97 88 78 115 133 138 129 173 172 230 232 331 310
Number of Farms
2,592 2,784 2,388 1,463 1,462 1,212
905 1,036
837 507
465 235 247
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,777,160 3,627,933 4,901,731 2,211,411 1,803,374 2,169,282 1,946,234 4,802,896 7,095,249 8,458,281 8,459,745 13,023,152 30,459,000
Average (dol.)
686 1,303 2,053 1,512 1,233 1,790 2,151 4,636 8,477 16,683 18,193 55,417 123,314
Tractors
16
40 74 207 283 255 233 243 310
Trucks
83
125 153 406 349 310 329 203 288
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
387
92
362
30
241
20
599
169
626
241
394
302
472
304
183
(NA)
205
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
4,904 4,060
822 82
108 756 907 966 1,166 452 128
Production (bushels)
52,300 72,402 12,119
1,031 1,366 15,691 19,505 24,616 31,763 10,339 5,973
20
1,200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,265 516
2,996 4,376
2,395 3,514 2,681 3,148 2,053 2.Q14
329 1,290
2,567 2,423 3,046 4,676 4,663 3,974
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
211
17,825
395
453
13,384
19,578
469
20,095
442
22,431
421
31,160
206
20,958
131
21,054
48
21.000
PEACHES 1/1/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
79,445
152
35,530
11,009
35,012
10,108
39,946
5,291
21,359
14,412
14,619
5,083
4,158
150
3,019
155
543
265
644
201
453
PECANS M/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion^
(number) (pounds)
200
746
7,171
4,784
7,131
10,197 5,959 4,862 5,069 4,081 3,972
41,266 46,435 31,015
30,112 173.011
690 37.271 32,098
-5WETT
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
676
38,283
627
48,986
966
78,928
949
74,940
1,529
97,559
1,424
97,696
1,035
77,135
506
29,381
198
9.869
97
7.649
6
842
440
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
39,437
18,195
1934
43,137
26,234
1939
37,721
17,672
1944
24,959
9,833
1949
21,141
16,975
1954
14,599
4,579
1959
9,452
4,908
1964
7,845
4,979
1969
5,222
3,638
1974
6,396
2,465
See foo tnotes on last page.
10,793 12,593 24,286
7,866 13,601
9,634 11,248 18,576 10,949 11,963
Woodland
96,504
64,791 70,599 94,504
72,031 64,960 112,306 92,070 74,923 68,767 46,584 40,972
Other Land 29,654 21,812 28,243 17,098
15,188 9,367 15,103 22,835 15,828 7,644 11,319 14,805
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99.999 20,000 to 39.999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,49?
Under 2,.500
*
4
5
5
7
4
17
11
20
28
29
28
157
167
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
-3-
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
HARRIS COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,951 6,849 8,474 4,493 7,605 5,516 6,979 7,952 12,049 9,130 9,332 6,510 9,477
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,366 4,335 4,128 2,401 4,007 2,912 3,321 4,033 6,505 5,404 5,720 2,933 4,874
Milk Cows 2,615 3,362 3,220 2,268
2,734
2,280 2,166 1,576
893 315 211
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
24,716 2,260
15,216 178,332
301,042 429,175 395,354 601,820 608,569 607,795
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,922 7,391 10,818 3,184 4,472 4,178 4,278 3,188 2,305 2,738 1,310 1,594
779
Farrowinq 5/
1 ,122 262 579 728 450 366 316 386 116 134 90
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
43,540 42,041 44,239 25,425 32,351 53,001 36,684 30,844 53,473 70,392 75,778
806 535
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,447 15,376 15,074
131,369
58,783 44,121 676,900 36,106
400 90
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
120,300 131,120 126,561 121,243 106,224 422,089 281,010 121,153 393,457 765,144 772,772
(NA) " (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 23,632
$ 85,768
$ 37.4
116,610
62,360
110.8
191,238
209.9
267,517
188.7
265,708
159,695
192.0
558,396
227.0
424,755
114,328
150.7
175,167
158,303
131.2
248,000
286,000
260.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
9,900 9,400 9,150 9,200
7,200 8,200 10,000 11,000 11,600 11,600 12,900 12,400 12,000 9,200
Cows 2 years old and older T_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,050 1,000
790
l.l1i20
550 400 420 420 430 190 190 250 200 330
Other
5,050 4,900 4,800 4,550 5,100 5,200 5,700 5,900 6,100 6,330 6,860 6,700 5,800 4,910
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
3,800 3,500 3,560 3,530 1,550 2,600 3,880 4,680 5,070 5,080 5,850 5,450 6,000 3,960
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,300 1,500 1,650 1,650 1,800 2,200 2,600 2,850 3,000 2,900 3,000 2,800 2,350
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have
than $2,500 and nut tree because of c calved". 7/
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20 hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ sification changed--"Cows
Beginning with 1949 totals inc and heifers that have calved".
ludeMNnAnl-yMNeo2t9Savsa(iUldaLbli e1.2/
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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HEARD COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B78
,C1
Heard County was created by Legislative Act of December 22, 1830 from parts of Carroll, Coweta and Troup counties and was 76th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Stephen Heard whose family moved from Virginia in 1769 and settled in St. Paul Parish. Among his many public offices was that of Governor of Georgia. When the Tories captured the State Capitol in Augusta, he transferred the government to Heard's
Fort where it remained until Augusta was retaken. Franklin, the county seat, was named for Benjamin Franklin, the great New England philosopher and statesman of the Revolution.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 190,080 acres. There were 222 farms
/?76hav1 ng a total of 35,337 acres with land and buildings valued at $13,478,000. The number of farms was only 10 percent of the peak number in 1920. In 1974 only 19 percent of the land area was classified as farm
land and only 10 percent of the farm land was classified as being devoted to harvested crops. This was an
indication of the drastic decline that had occurred in production of field crops in recent years. The livestock enterprises had increased substantially and accounted for 88 percent of the value of all farm
Received
products sold. During the 10-year period, 1960-1970, the total population for Heard County remained approxi-
mately the same while the farm population dropped from 1,239 to 548, a 56 percent decrease.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 52 inches for Heard County. Monthly averages range from around six inches of rainfall in March to
N0V 2 6 1979
less than three inches in October. The average annual temperature is about 62 degrees. Monthly averages
are around 45 degrees in January and about 79 degrees in July. The freeze-free period normally extends
from early April to early November and averages about 215 days in length.
DOCUMENTS
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
UGA LIBRARIES
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
1974 Amount $
* 1/
Value of All Farm Products
1,024,363
1,597,060
1,556,000
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
445,159 413,376
43.5 40.4
26,615
2.6
5,168
.5
181,024 148,750
32,087 187
11.3 9.3
2.0
1,419,000
134,000
9.4
132,000
9.3
59,000
4.1
72,000
5.1
1,000
.1
2,000
.1
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
44,353
534,851 307,841 112,916 114,094
4.3
52.2 30.1 11.0 11.1
61,271
1,354,765 1,086,546
81,433 186,786
3.9
84.8 68.0
5.1 11.7
33,500
1 ,251,500 546,500 220,000 485,000 345,000 135,000
5,000
2.4
88.2 38.5 15.5 34.2 24.3
9.5
.4
Government Payments 3/
7,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value
s wit
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
^Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.1%
-- Dairy Prod. 11.0% Forestry Products 4.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock &
-"-" Livestock Prod. 34.2%
..-- Dairy Products 15.5%
*> Forestry Products 2.4% All Crops 9.4%
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 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
HEARD COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
18,820 22,944 13,684
10,020 8,720 7,200 5,800 4,600 4,400 3,560 2,950 2,500 2,410 2,050 1,940 1,890 1,950 1,800 1,500 1,600 1,300 1,200 1,240 1,750 1,750 2,200 2,300
25,149 22,001 26,001 18,649 22,526 13,582
9,300 8,200 6,560 5,350 4,200 4,100 3,330 2,680 2,300 2,170 1,900 1,810 1,800 1,900 1,720 1,200 1,350 1,150 1,050 1,010 1,400 1,490 1,910
610
11.9 10.7 11.8 11.7
6.1 15.1
10.1 21.9 18.5 20.3 26.4 20.5 25.2 26.9 27.8 34.1 36.8 42.0 30.6 50.0 39.5 29.2 28.1 50.4 45.0 46.0 39.5 49.3 47.0 13.9
298,090 235,103 307,926 218,479 137,641 205,490
94,200 179,600 121,400 108,800 110,800
83,900 84,000 72,000 64,000 74,000 70,000 76,000 55,000 95,000 68,000 35,000 38,000 58,000 47,300 46,500 55,300 73,500 89,800
8,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
150
19.3
2,900
100
no
24.0 20.9
2,400 2,300
190
18.4
3,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
30,469 33,076 27,399 24,119 12,445 7,106
3,290 2,830 2,630 1,290
580 1,440 1,130 1,000
740 590 500 530 260 150 120 100 100 160 250 175 55
211
12,498
3,559
189
12,521
714
168
9,197
488
207
10,006
60
165
4,103
280
139
1,970
160
208
1,430
620
361
2,130
480
364
2,000
510
374
1,000
320
366
440
160
426
1,280
300
304
720
220
244
510
180
330
510
40
481
590
40
418
440
302
330
30
354
190
30
160
50
80
208
50
no
310
65
160
400
84
100
375
130
130
280
145
100
331
120
70
255
29
310
320
340
330
20.1 15.3 22.4 19.0 23.5 22.0 24.5 27.5 25.5 27.5
30.0 31.0 26.3 29.1 25.6 34.0 33.8 20.0 32.6 25.5 20.1 29.7 25.5
22,330 5,337 3,128 435 2,372 2,327
.2,460 7,340 11,420 6,080 3,760 6,600 . 5,390 4,950 1,020 1,100
900 930 2,100 3,200 4,100 3,400 4,400 2,000 2,280 7,900 6,430 10,100 8,420
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HEARD COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900- 1974
Total Population
11,177 11,189 11,126
9,102
8,610
6,975
5,333
5,354
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,402 8,228 7,699 5,422 4,682
1,239
548
6,155 5,835 5,319
3,417
1,007
522
2,247 2,393 2,380
1,265
232
26
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
165,120 165,120 182,400 182,400 182,400 192,640 192,640 192,640 192,640 192,640 192,640 190,080 190,080
Percent in Farms
90.4 98.0 84.9 70.7 81.9 76.4 70.6 66.6 59.5 33.5 28.5 27.4 18.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
149,191 161,812 154,824 129,916 149,459 147,239 136,049 128,302 114,544
64,622 54,930 52,123 35,337
Average Size Farms
(acres) 89 78 72 74 90 111 112 122 126 142 167 189 159
Number of Farms
1 ,681 2,070 2,147 1,748 1,657 1,324 1 ,216 1,053
911 455 329 276 222
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
988,900 2,365,311 4,369,502 2,562,559 2,005,992 1,821,508 2,416,320 3,263,247 3,350,658 3,682,770 4,110,855 9,170,444 13,478,000
Average (dol.)
588 1,143 2,035 1,466 1,211 1,376 1,987 3,099 3,678 8,094 12,495 33,226 60,714
Tractors
18
25 52 306 208 273 230 247 241
Trucks
90
106 130 256 356 270 217 236 239
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
605
123
350
22
369
37
421
18
546
48
409
135
305
246
243 195
&i(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,593 3,611
557 114 126 929 651 400 698 496
64
Production (bushels)
26,950 42,882
5,146 1 ,547 1,920 14,329 17,103 11,450 19,967 19,563 3,700
50
3,000
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
600 448 2,319 3,930 2,994 3,410 1,191 1,254 1,426 1,415
505 1,726
2,767 2,611 1,592 2,190 2,769 3,110
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
51
3,689
112
46
1,726
2,540
204 15,232
544 26,615
142 22,599
156 32,087
17
4,922
10 1 2,000
PEACHES!/i'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
26,985
1,167
32,061
21,774
28,014
11,373
33,748
12,970
15,022
10,400
29,310
11,650
10,889
2,811
4,962
880
976
305
377
64
34
1
PECANSl/i/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
292 2,650
1,050 620
3,498
1,424
2,305 312 239 21
7,518 9,904 9,998 1 ,792 6,451
SWEE1
POTATC ES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
313
26,805
425
43,281
616
50,765
234
20,285
510
46,223
422
33,157
286
29,307
140
15,082
56
4,845
20
1,437
4
489
1
1
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 AND USE .IN.ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
45,352 47,172 46,243 31,779 26,266 18,699
8,047 4,243 2,797 3,600
15,596 15,180
9,268 18,548 14,942
8,171 3,160 2,748 2,307 1,508
See foo tnotes on last page.
5,926 8,634 17,027 1,971 8,272 10,907 8,836 6,656 11,929 11,166
Woodland
59,413 66,133 43,219 58,068 57,253 64,664 65,087 66,863 36,320 29,351 28,407 12,754
Other Land 17,072 10,978 18,505 19,819 16,007 18,825 13,735 9,904 8,259 11,932 6,683 6,309
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nuir ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99.999 20,000 to 39.999 10.000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
3
9*
4
13
8
15
7
16
17
28
27
195
156
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
HEARD COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,524 5,241 6,228 3,146 5,796 3,262 4,817 4,415 6,320 4,850 5,991 5,742 7,064
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,064 2,986 3,165 1,879 2,905 1,920 2,472 2,151 3,411 2,696 3,464 2,963 4,010
Milk Cows 1,744 2,285 3,107 1,837
1,751
1,685 1,753
709 388 323 280
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,695 3,609 8,643
1,117 12,299 98,055 237,863 815,436 158,237
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,077 4,419 6,154 1,700 3,230 2,783 3,029 3,396 2,637 2,285
719 734 1,398
Sows Farrowing 5/
453 206 324 341 337 445 342 290 125 151 29
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
30,856 35,315 52,098 34,352 38,981 34,655 38,548 30,069 64,072 69,281 93,011 45,427 20,698
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
21,816 18,196 21,853
20,409
48,932 308,253 642,492 1,186,895 1,061,875
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
116,380 148,356 179,874 235,347 133,614 155,910 240,783 97,905 292,273 767,900 1,265,742
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 34,388
$ 194,352
$ 31.6
8,864
89,210
29.0
74,617
30.8
81 ,423
61.5
171,070
188,143
72.0
622,335
204.7
692,877
87,099
68.3
625,446
122,716
88.4
633,000
203,000
77.0
USUA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,350 6,200 6,300 6,400 6,400 6,700 7,000 7,200 7,300 7,400 8,400 8,100 7,900 5,900
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
460 430 520 390 450 350 350 320 300 270 260 210 210 200
Other
3,200 3,100 2,850 3,000 3,100 3,200 3,100 3,100 3,000 3,120 3,380 3,200 2,600 2,240
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,690 2,670 2,930 3,010 2,850 3,150 3,550 3,780 4,000 4,010 4,760 4,690 5,090 3,460
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
750 750 800 750 850 950 900 950 1 ,000 1 ,400 1 ,000 1 ,300 1,070
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 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. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
HENRY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-117B
Henry County was created by Legislative Act of May 15, 1821 from lands acquired from the Creek Indians under the first treaty of Indian Springs during the same year and was 50th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for the great Virginia patriot and orator, Patrick Henry, whose impassioned speeches fired the patriotism of the colonies. His famous phrase: "Give me liberty or give me death," is often quoted today. Originally Henry County included Rockdale County and parts of Butts, Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Newton and Spaldlng counties. McDonough, the county seat, was named for Captain James McDonough, a gallant hero of Lake Champlain and one of the brave
leaders in the War of 1812. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 211,776 acres. There were 343 farms
having a total of 57,887 acres with land and buildings valued at $63,972,000. The number of farms was only 10 percent of the peak number in 1920. Livestock enterprises had increased so that in 1974, they accounted for 57 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around 50 inches for Henry County. March, with an average of about six inches of rainfall, and October, with just over two and one-half inches, are normally the wettest and driest months, respectively. The average annual temperature is around 62 degrees and monthly averages range from about 44 degrees in January to around 79 degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages about 220 days in length, and
normally extends from the last of March to early November.
Received
NUV2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $"
2,726,028
1964
Amount T~
2,532,930
1974 Amount $~
4,337,000
TT7
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
1,701,982 1,425,764
83,613 192,605
10,030 74,073 939,943 256,834 447,671 235,438
62.4 52.3
917,139 859,846
3.1
55,736
7.0
1,557
26,496
2.7
110,632
34.5 1,478,663
9.4
398,342
16.4
627,985
8.7
452,336
36.2 33.9
2.2 .1
1.0 4.4 58.4 15.7 24.8 17.9
4,169,000
1,573,000 1,034,500
711,500
251,000 71,000 1,000 79,000 459,500
(D) (D)
2,372,000 416,000
1 ,040,500 915,500 876,500* 6,000
33.000
37.7 24.8 17.1
6.0 1.7
1.9 11.0
56.9 10.0 24.9 22.0 21.0
.2
.8
Government Payments 1/
28,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omis sions. 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. included in
Percentages for 1954 total for computation
and of
1964 based on sales from commodity percentages. D
All -
farms. 3/_ Aval Data withheld to
lable avoid
only for 1974, not disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 ^g. Dairy Products 16.4%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 8.7%
<_ Poultry & Poultry Products 9.4%
"-- Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.1%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 10.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock &
~~ Livestock Prod. 22.0%
4*0* Poultry & Poultry Products 10.0%
-- Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 5.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 12.9%
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 19/6 1977
HENRY 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)
20,016 31,293 18,403
13,320 11,250 10,200 8,700 8,700 8,100 6,500 5,400 5,700 3,760 3,200 3,060 3,000 3,100 2,850 1,950 1,830 2,300 3,050 2,400 3,000 3,000 3,800 4,100
Acreage Harvpstprl
29,589 26,688 29,764 25,273 30,795 18,250
9,800 9,700 8,400 7,270 7,700 7,100 5,800 4,430 3,810 2,400 2,150 2,050 2,030 2,200 2,000 1,600 1,550 1,900 2,650 1,780 1,800 1,680 2,580
450 J
11.5 12.2 13.3 12.3
9.2 14.7
9.1 25.8 19.5 27.8 29.9 21.7 24.8 30.5 31.5 37.5 31.6 34.6 34.5 47.7 33.0 32.5 38.1 41.6 45.0 35.0 54.3 59.2 56.8 18.0
340,270 324,573 395,335 310,450 282,609 268,584
88,700 250,300 163,800 202,000 230,000 154,300 144,000 135,000 120,000 90,000 68,000 71 ,000 70,000 105,000 66,000 52,000 59,000 79,000 119,300 62,300 97,800 99,400 146,600
8,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
470 380 410 440 250 370 500 720 2,200 2,500 3,300 3,400 3,500 3,200 4,600 3,570 4,800 3,870 7,110
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.j
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
10.5 18.5 20.0 22.5 22.5 18.5 15.5 22.5 26.0 21.0 21.0 25.0 27.0 20.4 17.7 24.0 25.7 22.4 20.2
Yield per acre
4,935 7,030 8,200 9,900 5,625 6,845 7,750 16,200 57,200 52,500 69,300 85,000 94,500 65,300 81,400 85,700 123,400 86,700 143,600
P 1rwoVdJUuVc* tL. i1o\Jn1 1
53,166 63,899 66,238 42,351 24,455 21,237
13,600 12,100 10,690
5,330 1,915 4,980 4,530 4,520 4,440 5,500 5,090 4,960 2,940 2,290 3,000 2,410 2,000 2,300 2,600 1,830 1,300
100 245 105
213
22,130
204
26,133
254
33,726
193
16,330
305
14,938
204
8,660
229
6,490
384
9,690
283
6,300
268
2,990
442
1,770
443
4,600
266
2,520
377
3,560
405
3,750
405
4,650
407
4,330
331
3,440
392
2,410
293
1,400
236
1,480
327
1,640
409
1,700
443
2,120
387
2,090
373
1,430
518
1,400
590
125
416
210
276
60
6,305 2,327 1,516 1,223 4,233 2,620
1,670 1,400 1,540 1,570
790 1,480
980 1,000
400 430 470 430 400 1,250 830 330 300 500 490 170 1,370 1,360 1,100 1,070
16.3 13.4 20.9 20.5 22.0 23.5 25.5 25.0 25.5 28.5 28.0 29.0 29.0 25.0 28.8 25.8
36.0 36.4 24.1 28.6 26.9 25.2 31.6 34.5
46,150 24,303 17,006 11,929 54,361 33,784
27,220 18,720 32,180 32,180 17,380 34,780 24,990 25,000 10,200 12,250 13,160 12,470 11,600 31,300 23,900 8,500 10,800 18,200 11,800 4,860 36,800 34,300 34,800 36.900
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
18,602 19,927 20,420 15,924
15,119
15,857
17,619
23,724
HENRY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRi CULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
12,714 12,866 11,907 8,785
8,337
2,985
1,449
5,777 6,262 5,661
4,023
1,804
1,334
6,937 6,604 6,246
4,314
1,181
115
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
207,360 207,360 207,360 207,360 207,360 211,840 211,840 211,840 211,840 211,840 211,840 211,776 211,776
Percent in Farms
90.1 92.6 84.0 78.3 90.2 85.0 83.6 85.5 74.5 60.6 50.7 43.0 27.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
186,847 192,009 174,127 162,365 186,951 180,101 177,093 181,222 157,828 128,371 107,507
90,971 57,887
Average Size Farms
(acres)
76 63 53 64 81 95 88 102 105 140 169.6 171 169
Number of Farms
2,471 3,062 3,276 2,554 2,314 1,893 2,023 1,769 1,507
917 634 531 343
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,389,990 5,444,735 14,423,846 4,256,680 3,747,031 4,572,433 5,249,274 9,506,606 9,038,986 13,694,478 20,793,932 40,953,081 63,972,000
Average (dol.)
967 1,778 4,403 1,667 1,619 2,415 2,595 5,374 5,998 14,934 32,798 77,124 186,507
Tractors
63
106 235 485 604 707 667 615 420
Trucks
144
206 290 502 587 588 448 511 393
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,037
862 926 1,009 1,123 919 796 578 355
125
45 66 190 433 519 507 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,374 3,319
627 634 1,108 3,118 5,046 7,529 8,303 3,260 427 200 485
Production (bushels)
23,840 57,015 11,553 14,360 24,826 73,844 167,995 217,512 223,689 95,621 12,990 10,980 17,514
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959" 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,275 389
4,906 5,159
7,856 8,816 4,761 4,748 2,539 2,425
240 2,723
6,636 6,256 4,719 5,967 4,032 4,275
VEGETABLE!> 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,260 1,189 2,237
2,111 2,314 1,693
622 204 224
64,766
57,944 87,423 131,672 83,613 121,135 55,736 30,955 79,000
PEACHES 1/i/
All Trees
Production
(number) (bushels)
65,102 37,228 42,825 85,565
310 30,211
8,911 30,826
114,848 79,463
118,341 81,810 61,180 32,983
80,037 66,363 36,550 20,760
67,843 60,642 22,844 46,803 116,159
104 73,949 50,317
PECANSl/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,335 2,214
405 3,662 1,309
4,493
4,748 2,612 5,711 4,919 3,847
30,075 34,817 15,984 29,573
77,788 751
21,660
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har- | produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushelsj
250
17,824
442
37,934
697
59,489
267
23,163
832
66,480
626
55,345
205
15,576
190
18,443
80
5,569
50
4,299
3
519
LMDJJiE Itj.ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
74,209 80,117 78,641 72,169 62,521 47,478 26,892 16,849 12,578 12,854
14,916 15,762 13,885 21,705 20,300 17,046 17,074 10,706
6,123 1,998
See footnotes on last page
6,774 4,087 9,536 4,059 9,479 8,290 17,971 10,714 20,817 19,041
Woodland
59,507 43,962 45,120 72,881 63,298 60,374 72,781 62,762 50,663 45,736 37,825 13,136
Other Land 17,246 16,503 20,485 12,821 14,180 18,313 16,141 22,252
15,771 23,502 13,628 10,858
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 2X500
*
7
18
16
19
17
19
19
43
33
66
58
366
193
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
HENRY 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
All Cattle and
Calves
5,360 5,965 7,327 3,236 5,552 4.308 5,404 6,649 10,716 11,097 12,152 12,513 14,144
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,691 4,221 3,557 2,170 3,124 2,561 2,941 3,323 5,751 5,496 6,333 6,587 7,982
Milk Cows 2,221 3,073 3,220 2,122
2,409
2,367 2,879 2,168 1,527 1,816 1,086
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
12,444 13,332 30,952 148,455
172,732 245,710 360,962 909,911 1,155,025 1,227,139
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,228 5,613 8,730 2,839 5,199 4,626 4,968 4,827 4,256 6,796 1,190
345 420
Farrowinq 5/
663 223 244 366 446 450 572 781 201 125 85
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
43,493 52,349 71,401 42,343 55,283 45,440 56,306 38,288 49,836 67,338 62,216 54,937 41,716
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,211 13,702 18,641
22,452
32,282 123,619 130,515
50,381 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
198,660 174,418 160,362 217,862 168,347 199,247 259,118 102,519 359,808 589,262 762,228
(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
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 46,993
$ 303,698
$ 115.9
36,678
196,877
156.5
76,526
268.9
258,815
297.9
533,060
403,5U
248.1
503,920
324.8
392,709
337,581
206.8
734,774
396,527
322.4
921,000
638,000
295.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,900 12,400 12,450 12,800 12,600 12,600 13,800 13,900 14,300 14,300 16,200 15,600 15,200 12,500
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
1,850 1,700 1,970 1,800 1,950 1,700 1,600 1,540 1,500 1,150 1,120 1,160 1,150 1 ,050
Other
5,050 5,000 4,650 5,000 5,150 5,250 5,250 5,200 5,150 5,250 5,690 5,200 5,100 5,170
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
6,000 5,700 5,830 6,000 5,500 5,650 6,950 7,160 7,650 7,900 9,390 9,240 8,950 6,280
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,200 800 850
inJn ?9 and 1974 1954 excludes farms
excludes farms with less than
with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not cation changed--"Cows and 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ sification changed--"Cows
fully comparable because of change in definition 6/ I heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chick Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold 10/ and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available--D
n 1969 and thereafter classifiens 3 months old and older.
In 1971 and thereafter clas- Data withheld to avoid dis-
closure of information for individual farms.
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
1 Mn^Txy
HOUSTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
Houston County was created by Legislative Act of May 15, 1821 from land acquired
from the Creek Indians under the first treaty of Indian Springs in the same year and was
51st in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for John Houston, a noted
patriot of the Revolution, and later Governor of Georgia. Perry, the county seat, was
976>
named for Captain Oliver H. Perry, a famous naval officer in the battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812. When organized Houston included portions of five other counties: Bibb,
Crawford, Macon, Peach and Pulaski.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 243,200 acres.
There were 285 farms having a total of 101,206 acres with land and buildings valued at $55,073,000. The
number of farms was only 11 percent of the peak number in 1910 when the county was much larger. Houston
County lies just south of the fall line and is in an area that is well adapted to the production of peaches.
Good yields were obtained from field crops and although there had been a decline in the acreage of field
crops, it was not so pronounced here as in other areas. In 1964 soybeans became the leading field crop.
Received Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation
of about 48 inches in Houston County. July, with an average of more than five and one-half inches of rain-
fall, is normally the wettest month and October, with less than two and one-half inches, is usually the
driest. The average annual temperature is around 64 degrees and monthly averages range from close to 47 Mn\/ n / 1Q7Q
degrees in January to 81 degrees or more in July and August. The freeze-free season averages about 235 dayHUV 6 0 13/3
in length, extending usually from just after mid-March to about November 10.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
t
1964
Amount $
%
3,452,849
5,820,163
1974 Amount $
14,595,000
DOCUMENTS UGA Li IBRARIES
% 1/
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
14,407,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
2,609,053 1,760,951
55,758 792,344
75.6 51.0
3,873,473 3,169,995
1.6 23.0
58,540 644,938
66.6 54.5
1.0 11.1
10,717,500 7,342,500 4,448,500
497,000 315,000 2,082,000 327,000 3,048,000
74.4 51.0 30.9
3.4 2.2 14.5 2.3 21.1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
7,500
.2
12,000
.2
38,908
1.1
192,195
3.3
103,000
.7
435,000
3.0
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
797,388
23.1
1,742,495
29.9
3,151,500
21.9
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs
92,736 205,314 499,338
2.7 5.9 14.5
203,445 662,537 876,513
3.5 11.4 15.0
208,000 1,476,500 1,467,000 1,056,000
408,000
1.4 10.3 10.2
7.4 2.8
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,000
Government Payments 3/
43,000
1
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts ' & Berries 24.6% Poultry & Poultry Products 2.7% --Dairy Products 5.i
- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.5%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts ' & Berries 23.4% Poultry & Poultry Products 1.4% --Dairy Products 10.3%
_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 10.2%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.7%
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
HOUSTON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested YielcT for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
26,052 33,519 25,862
22,110 20,100 19,600 19,600 19,700 20,500 16,800 14,800 14,200 11,900 10,300 10,020 10,230 10,900 11,100 10,780 11,740
9,700 8,550 8,600 9,900 10,300 11,850 12,850
Acreage Harvested
49,447 52,860 49,116 24,849 32,624 23,738
17,440 17,520 17,280 17,520 17,700 18,800 15,900 13,600 12,600 10,000
9,000 8,780 8,960 10,300 10,300 9,080 9,830 8,600 7,450 7,390 8,650 7,690 9,700 2,880
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
7.7 11.2 12.0 11.5 10.9 18.4
9.1 30.7 36.5 32.7 45.1 29.2 30.1 46.3 36.0 51.6 42.6 52.7 50.4 66.5 40.1 51.0 32.6 61.5 58.0 74.0 55.3 68.0 76.4 10.0
Bales
380,810 592,807 591,894 285,646 354,338 436,090
159,500 537,900 630,700 573,700 797,600 548,900 478,000 630,000 453,000 516,000 383,000 463,000 452,000 685,000 413,000 463,000 320,000 529,000 432,100 546,900 478,500 523,300 741,300
28,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
8,930 8,660 9,210 9,900 10,530 15,540 20,960 24,660 29,500 22,800 21,200 22,200 25,100 26,400 28,000 23,950 29,600 26,600 27,950
Acreage Harvested
-
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Production
(lbs. J ( 1,000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
18.5 17.5 14.5 20.5 11.5 18.0 23.0 22.0 25.0 17.5 27.5 20.5 27.0 14.5 20.8 24.8 27.7 27.2 16.9
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
165,205 151,550 133,830 201,140 121,575 279,720 480,000 542,500 737,500 399,000 583,000 455,100 677,700 382,800 582,400 594,000 819,900 723,500 472,400
Production (bu.)
62,032
165
20,483
77,961
188
29,422
43,728
72
6,381
25,333
136
6,887
13,339
223
5,936
13,348
10,126
258
5,219
10,100
9,690 6,423
1 ,754 1,487 2,832 1,750 3,003 3,756
6,020
264
5,530
312
5,080
302
3,230
328
2,300
473
3,760
458
3,720
371
4,010
453
4,430
350
4,270
485
4,160
519
4,190
563
2,380
305
1,530
379
3,080
408
2,800
392
2,750
371
4,500
450
4,200
524
4,090
626
4,790
456
2,030
426
3,730
344
2,220
314
3,320 3,600 3,200 2,210 2,270 3,590 2,880 3,790 3,240 4,330 4,510 4,930 1,520 1,205 2,630 2,290 2,130 4,220 4,600 5,350 4,560 1,810 2,670 1,450
5,890 6,010 5,960 5,910 5,550 5,400 4,970 5,080 5,110 5,280 5,300 5,495 5,340 5,415 6,040 6,155 6,480 6,460 6,485 6,400 6,442 6,539 6,539 6,542
440 664 967 773 964 959 1,073 1,101 1,051 1,316 1,484 1,814 1,679 2,049 2,079 1,923 2,134 2,428 2,816 2,331 2,409 2,705 2,588 2,056
2,591 3,992 5,763 4,566 5,348 5,179 5,332 5,595 5,369 6,949 7,867 .. 9,969 8,965 11,095 12,555 11,839 13,827 15,683 18,264 14,918 15,517 17,687 16,923 13,453
4,390 4,230 5,120 3,420 2,400 4,050 4,050 4,300 3,320 4,810 5,250 4,680 4,450 7,740 8,050 6,970 6,010 9,200 5,100 6,120 10,650 9,720 8,800 7,360
23.4 16.7 22.4 18.5 32.0 29.5 33.0 33.0 30.0 39.5 42.0 38.0 36.5 29.0 30.3 36.8 39.0 43.2 22.8 30.6 22.7 26.1 36.6 37.5
12,730 15,949 24,118 13,633 42,942 66,835
102,630 70,720
114,690 63,270 76,800
119,480 133,650 141,900
99,660 190,000 220,500 177,800 162,600 224,800 243,700 256,200 234,300 397,100 116,500 187,200 241,800 253,700 322,100 276,000
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
HOUSTON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
22,641 23,609 21,964 11,280
11,303
20,964
39,154
62,924
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,760 8,505 8,634 6,037 5,676
2,408
2,022
2,338 2,457 2,588
1,995
1,005
1,143
6,422 6,048 6,046
3,681
1,403
879
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
374,400 374,400 374,400 283,520 283,520 242,560 242,560 242,560 242,560 242,560 242,560 243,200 243,200
Percent in Farms
72.2 77.6 66.4 56.8 68.6 77.1 74.4 76.4 69.9 57.6 55.6 50.0 41.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
270,389 290,578 248,581 160,924 194,393 187,061 180,487 185,428 169,452 139,705 134,844 121,653 101,206
Average Size Farms
(acres) 137 108 120 130 174 186 183 205 271 310 451 381 355
Number of Farms
1,972 2,692 2,076 1,241 1,120 1,008
988 905 625 451 299 319 285
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,317,120 6,510,725 16,196,267 3,872,931 3,747,620 3,392,518 4,854,180 6,935,920 10,061,865 18,265,500 27,731,054 31,858,871 55,073,000
Average (dol.)
1,175 2,419 7,802 3,121 3,346 3,366 4,913 7,664 16,099 40,500 92,746 99,871 193,237
Tractors
65
142 312 639 670 745 619 558 522
Trucks
122
159 242 499 480 532 399 428 448
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
441
68
416
61
444
74
591
111
614
131
481
254
415
243
299
(NA)
285
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
8,622 9,798 2,516
719 1,331 3,235 5,861 7,192 19,831 9,312 11,055 4,071 2,201
Production (bushels)
97,140 187,857
38,775 13,989 28,589 76,584 213,349 236,142 712,238 412,836 585,562 244,050 127,321
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
17,855 2,867 9,531
12,521
7,871 7,272 3,233 4,511 3,296 2,827
1,597 4,296
3,549 4,376 5,671 13,818 10,909 8,993
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
2,751 2,592 4,154
2,775 958
1,016 831 400 867
119,262
63,859 136,747
95,870 55,758 59,054 58,540 72,298 327,000
PEACHES!/3-/
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
829,738
1,604
1,385,904 393,486
3,395,466 1,632,030
529,258 173,255
336,808 487,636
138,023 259,388
551,134 542,338
480,977 127,900
414,485 197,519
212,059 178,979
79,520
188,853 117,354 201,185
171,637 264,822
PECANS1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
47,118 33,623
2,589 60,771 38,170
41 ,999
48,518 39,348 32,789 38,184 37,993 21,715
268,235 509,845 309,045
98,445 677,821 164,997
1,041 ,475 623,834
-SWEET ~~
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,109
60,457
1,182 106,465
816
78,721
599
63,376
892
72,553
1,117 101,510
1,501 148,718
1,398 150,613
357
17,733
181
21,195
30
3,828
13
3,772
IflNfl IISF TN ACRES V
_
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowable Pasture
Woodland
1909 1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
71,422 72,339 85,051 78,267 79,332 68,528 54,992 48,841 49,570 50,408
14,349 24,154 14,184 16,152 12,555
6,002 7,144 10,115 9,714 4,560
3,940 7,041 11,756 8,919 8,124 5,071 8,419 6,566 9,535 9,268
90,991 82,009 57,860 83,078 69,376 69,069 76,386 68,101 59,848 58,494 43,080 24,338
See footnotes on last page.
Other Land 11,799 6,820 11,609
6,832 5,697 7,227 9,031 21,750 9,302 10,828 9,754 12,632
.--
Farms by Value of Products Sold
1969 1974
$100,000 and Over
*
38
40,000 to 99,999
51
17
20,000 to 39,999
26
32
10,000 to 19,999
30
49
5,000 to 9,999
35
43
2,500 to 4,999
42
27
50 to 2,499
135
Under 2,500
79
*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
HOUSTON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,311 4,246 5,273 2,004 4,687 3,778 5,968 5,502 12,386 10,484 13,442 13,909 12,600
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,700 3,038 2,748 1,108 2,346 1,952 2,864 2,950 6,276 5,269 6,453 5,641 6,893
Milk Cows
1,313 2,476 2,017 1 ,001
1,500
1,048 1,395 1 ,400 1 ,061 1,266 1,245
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
7,398 14,015 40,728 14,512
86,901 65,800 37,129 403,692 1 ,826,085 1,316,861
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,338 17,306 20,121
5,128 10,069 8,081 10,980
9,978 7,210 9,366 5,425 4,075 4,305
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,597 588
1 ,256 1,419 1,436 1,427 1,148 1 ,314 1 ,315
738 964
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
48,655 50,295 50,380 22,535 28,620 27,008 34,828 20,294 26,792 29,713 33,196 28,538 21,917
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
17,127 12,289 13,592
8,965
4,364 45,019 74,740 16,611
(0) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
118,940 137,872 158,454 127,545 100,760 126,179 134,012 38,632 172,356 336,056 461,020
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 23,604
$ 174,140
$ 182.5
16,373
164,307
277.1
23,873
638.6
77,669
591.0
329,650
636,597
632.5
596,454
773.5
278,651
912,866
593.6
536,937
1,002,711
743.7
861,000
2,029,000
1,110.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,200 13,800 13,250 13,500 14,000 14,000 15,300 16,000 16,600 17,100 19,600 19,000 18,400 14,900
Cows 2 years old and older 1_07
Kept for Milk
Other
1,250 1,150 1,140 1,220 1,300 1,450 1 ,450 1,450 1,400 1,310 1 ,360 1,340 1,320 1,290
5,650 5,800 5,550 5,650 5,800 5,900 5,850 5,760 5,650 5,740 6,520 6,500 6,100 5,170
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,300 6,850 6,560 6,630 6,900 6,650 8,000 8,790 9,550 10,050 11,720 11,160 10,980 8,440
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,450 4,950 5,500 4,250 4,600 5,300 5,050 4,850 4,700 4,300 3,500 5,800 6,300
1/ In 1969 and 1974 T954 excludes farms
excludes farms with less than
with less than $2 ,500 sales. 2/ Excludes 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc
rish udes
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not cation changed--"Cows and 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ sification changed--"Cows
fully comparable because heifers that have calved" Beginning with 1949 totals and heifers that have calv
of change in definition. 27 Beginning with 1969 include only eggs sold,
ed". NA - Not available.
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas~U - Data withheld to avoid dis-
closure of information for individual farms.
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
IRWIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-197B
Irwin County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 from lands acquired
under treaty with the Creek Indians in 1814 and 1818 and was 45th in order of counties organized In
Georgia. It was named for Governor Jared Irwin, an officer in the Revolution and a noted
Chief-Magistrate of Georgia. Ocilla, the present county seat, was Incorporated on Novenber
ri(.
24, 1897. It was at Irwinville, the original county seat, on the morning of May 10, 1865 that Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, was overtaken by the Fourth
Regiment of Michigan Calvary and put under arrest.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 238.080 acres. There
were 548 farms having a total of 153,562 acres with land and buildings valued at $75,146,000. The number of
farms was only 33 percent of the peak number in 1920. Irwin County lies in one of the better agricultural
sections of the State and has three important cash crops: cotton, tobacco and peanuts. There had been
little change in acreages of tobacco, peanuts and corn in recent years. Cotton acreage had declined while
the soybean acreage had increased sharply. The value of cotton, corn, tobacco and peanuts accounted for a high percentage of the total value of all farm products sold.
RGC6JV6C v
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--Nationa1 Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
about 47 inches for Irwin County. July, with an average of around five and one-half inches of rainfall, is
J
normally the wettest month, and November, with slightly more than two inches is usually the driest. The
NOV 2 0 19/
temperature averages about 66 degrees for the year, with monthly averages ranging from around 51 degrees in
December and January to about 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 255 days in length,
extending usually from the first week in March to just past mid-November.
DOCUMENT;
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
UGA LIBRARY
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount $~
1974
Amount $~
TT7
Value of All Farm Products
4,134,875
10,788,613
24,517,000
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
i Fruits, Nuts & Berries
i Horticultural Specialties
i forestry Products
j Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock A LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,259,162 3,097,577
78.8 74.9
152,286 9,299
2,825
126,981
745,907 48,123 40,924 656,860
3.7 .2
.1
3.1
18.0 1.1 1.0 15.9
8,738,461 8,637,440
81.0 80.1
76,988
.7
24,033
.2
202,934
1.9
1,847,218 17.1
297,772
2.7
71,327
.7
1,478,119 13.7
24,449,000
18,983,500 18,594,500
5,385,000 4,237,000
953,000 44,000
7,976,500 334,000 55,000
77.7 76.1 22.0 17.4
3.9 .2
32.6 1.4 .2
395,000
5,070,500 466,000 160,000
4,444,500 1,347,000 3,066,500
32,000
1.6
20.7 1.9 .6
18.2 5.5
12.6
.1
,.ov ernnent ra.yments 1/
30,Q0Q
liar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T>,4 ard i%4 Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with SZbUU or ..en s?!es. 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 3.9% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.2%
, Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.9%
---Dairy Products 1.0% Poultry & Poultry Products 1.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries l.j>% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.6%
_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 18.2%
Dairy Products 0.6% Npoultry & Poultry
Products 1.9%
IRWIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
32,839 42,010 33,262
39,200 37,780 40,400 44,700 "42,600 44,700 39,200 35,500 34,400 37,500 36,000 35,500 35,700 40,300 39,200 37,100 39,200 37,200 33,600 41,500 44,500 46,900 54,000 49,400
18,430 12,763 27,419 31,647 40,502 25,184
26,910 28,490 30,520 34,240 33,700 35,300 30,720 28,800 26,600 30,800 31,000 30,600 31,000 36,400 34,300 34,000 34,900 35,300 31,200 38,760 43,700 45,050 52,030 32,200
11.0 15.7 13.9 12.7 9.6 17.2
12.2 21.2 29.2 28.3 33.4
32.0 37.0
36.9
31.7
51.9
49.3 55.7
58.9 59.6 43.8 33.8 31.6 61.2 57.0 50.0 57.1 53.3 54.9 23.0
202,430 199,894 381,788 401,729 390,029 432,966
328,200 604,900
891,000
968,200
1,125,000 1,129,900 1,136,000 1,064,000
843,000 1,599,000 1,529,000 1,705,000 1,826,000 2,171,000 1,503,000 1,150,000 1,103,000 2,161,000 1,778,400
1,938,000
2,495,200 2,399,400 2,854,700
739,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 100 110 170
250 1,340 2,900 4,000
1,800
800
3,000
4,900 3,900 5,840 5,250 5,280 4,240 4,450
18.5 18.0 18.0 10.0 17.0 17.0 15.0 21.0 15.5 28.0 24.5 25.0 12.0 23.0 28.0 25.6 23.3 23.1
1,850 1,800 1,980 1,400 4,250 22,780 43,500 84,000 27,900 22,400 73,500
122,500
46,800
134,300
147,000
135,200
98,800 102,800
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
Acreage Harvested
11,313 22,580 22,946 26,808 14,019 12,735
11,780
9,650
9,860
8,030
6,135 8,420
8,710
8,820
7,700
8,950
9,610
8,610
4,400
2,900
4,750
4,550
4,200
v
4,000
3,600 3,260
4,410
1,210 1,070
1,050
COTTON
Yield lbs.
199 293 110 176 183 196
281 387 366 338 448 369 381 280 344 538 423" 364 427 410 351 298 225 282 447 427 464 405 336 224
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(Tb?T ;i000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
n^TiTa--
per acre
TTbI7
Production (1000 lbs.)
4,103 13,268
5,058 9,441 5,133 5,000
6,910 7,780 7,530 5,670
5,730 6,470 6,920 5,160 5,540 10,070 8,490 6,560 3,920 2,490 3,490 2,830 1,970 2,350 3,350 2,900 4,260 1,020
750 490
21
1,077 1,871 3,313 2,760
3,140 3,045 2,665 1,960 1,790 2,110 2,140 2,140 2,235 2,140 1,920 1,700 1,800 1,930 1,680 1,790 1,980 1,900 1,690 1,800 2,270 2,290 2,110 2,250
1,076 1,575 1,685 1,363 1,569 1,550 2,002 2,124 2,253 2,309 2,?61 2,272 2,042 2,321 2,095 1,909 1,929 2,276 2,255 1,831 2,348 2,027 1,851 2,155
492
1,859 2,947 3,335
3,378 4,795 4,491 2,672 2,808 3,270 4,284 4,545 5,036 4,941 4,341 3,862 3,675 4,480 3,520 3,418 3,819 4,324 3,811 3,296 5,329 4,642 3,906 4,849
14,793 20,976
8,120 15,280 15,390 15,180 15,420 15,400 15,390 15,340 15,240 15,480 15,520 15,520 15,655 15,580 15,530 15,500 15,465 15,355 15,415 15,360 15,363 15,424 15,498 15,229
429 1,090 1,283 1,262 1,389 1,474 1,311 1,241 1,126 1,846 1,976 2,259 2,201 2,510 2,500 2,120 2,520 3,077 3,140 3,103 3,615 3,539 2,565 3,540
12,296 18,726
3,474 16,655 19,750 19,163 21 ,426 22,706 20,170 19,036 17,165 28,580 30,674 35,058 34,462 39,102 38,823 32,861 38,966 47,253 48,405 47,667 55,532 54,581 39,757
53, m
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,645 10,461 12,670 12,199
12,936
11,973
9,211
8,036
IRWIN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,339 8,998 9,925 7,431 7,801
3,879
2,545
6,264 6,144 6,658
5,317
2,775
2,064
3,075 2,854 3,267
2,484
1,104
481
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 241,920
241,920 241,920 241,920 241,920 238,080 238,080 238,080 238,080 238,080 238,080 238,080 238,080
Percent in Farms
77.9 71.1 79.8 82.8 81.6 77.0 92.9 79.7 77.7 74.3 64.9 64.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
311,964 188,394 171,956 192,961 200,419 194,274 183,248 221,218 189,734 184,894 176,795 154,544 153,562
Average Size Farms
(acres)
236 168 104 120 124 123 113 145 145 192 234 268 280
Number of Farms
1 ,321 1,125 1,659 1,608 1,622 1,586 1,618 1,528 1,308
962 756 576 548
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.)
1,570,080 4,374,336 8,954,809 5,145,870 3,739,676 4,678,996 6,946,840 11,435,552 15,149,256 21,500,700 28,817,208 46,186,254 75,146,000
Average (dol.)
1,189 3,888 5,398 3,200 2,306 2,950 4,293 7,484 11,582 22,350 38,118 80,184 137,128
Tractors
34
59 211 673 953 1,172 1,068 959 1,025
Trucks
114
185 343 604 829 793 725 749 850
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
642
99
523
20
576
44
721
29
860
150
777
208
828
516
579
(NA)
603
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,675 2,670 4,112
378 250 167 327 293 1,425 617 128
72 39
Production (bushels)
42,250 50,813 70,772 10,324
7,210 5,624 10,805 4,617 37,952 21,913 4,885 3,690
975
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,735 3,645 10,164 14,424
17,159 7,060 961 2,849 1,359 2,475
2,520 4,417
9,192 5,681 1,938 4,791 2,988 4,024
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol-)
982 2,579
951
1,136 3,116
623 524 454 668
78,653
19,182 36,590 75,514 152,286 56,100 76,988 101,254 334,000
PEACHES 1/1/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
38,131 T720T
6,503 2,524
15,059 8,737
7,943 2,260
4,423 2,431
2,892 1,484
700
540
2,078
293
362
48
1,135
647
2,464
920
29
26
PECANS 14/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
600
3,579
4,265
15,087
10,956
27,873
15,110
13,950 10,662 18,213 13,208
8,394 3,611
302,325
119,671 137,762
27 ,845 243,389
65,730 232,745
(D)
"SWET 77"
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
,408
103,721
915
81,867
1,327
121,883
1,091
104,424
1,603
116,993
1,168
83,955
466
29,891
312
23,065
100
5,297
222
32,380
191
22,487
146
19,402
66
13,010
Year
Harvested Cropland
'flNn USE; MN ACRES M
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
79,184 78,119 84,228 71,963 76,067 66,867 70,919 65,783 59,761 70,061
3,625 5,665 2,707 7,738 6,627 5,489 4,451 8,460 12,915 5,128
See footnotes on last page.
2,404 7,001 7,444 3,363 3,342 8,010 4,604 6,405 12,805 13,916
Woodland
118,665 77,228 99,078 98,085 92,264 87,645 122,954 102,012 89,772 82,563 53,618 45,156
Other Land 14,803
4,803 8,298 10,608 7,297 11,836 12,228 7,356 15,148 13,584 15,445 19,301
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
60
65
129
117
114
162
81
110
51
60
38
72
75
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
IRWIN 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
12,336 7,225 8,684 4,788 8,964 7,404
10,424 7,554
12,676 11,996 16,920 17,176 20,491
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,483 3,838 4,103 2,428 4,037 3,424 5,296 4,025 6,764 6,242 8,604 8,562 9,789
Milk Cows
2,333 1,733 2,665 1,862
2,503
2,056 1,755
921 416 300 181
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
11,040 1,530 5,449
20,488
12,080 23,969 68,038 82,852 543,016 136,664
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
20,099 18,256 26,365 12,905 16,316 16,635 18,740 23,327 25,328 34,210 27,946 30,393 28,448
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,875 2,509 2,062 2,896 2,296 3,339 4,187 6,063 4,563 6,211 6,150
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7]
36,677 29,352 47,888 31,741 49,687 44,052 53,794 37,415 34,453 26,134 50,205 63,584 53,128
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
7,001 4,377 15,264
20,640
5,140 63,903 880,677
(D) 40,035
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
88,290 62,486 134,506 163,826 207,908 223,233 297,450 42,357 36,425 143,837 598,173
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 18,250 $ 274,538 $ 130.0
14,707
190,647
117.5
57,931
428.6
110,070
424.8
203,915
556,526
378.9
573,350
615.9
423,868
1,176,026
509.6
1,067,415
1 ,322,855
796.4
1 ,808,000
3,350,000
1,101.0
USUA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
17,900 17,400 18,100 18,300 18,300 18,300 20,300 22,500 23,600 24,100 27,300 27,500 26,700 23.900
Cows 2 years old and older LQ/
Kept for Milk
Other
500
8,550
460
8,800
440
9,150
340
9,500
340
9,800
300
10,100
300
11,300
300
12,200
300
12,800
360
13,300
350
16,500
400
16,000
360
14,800
420
12.500
All Other Cattle and Calves
8,850 8,140 8,510 8,460 .8,160 7,900 8,700 10,000 10,500 10,440 10,450 11,100 11,540 10.980
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
28,150 29,700 32,900 31,700 34,250 44,000 46,000 51,300 50,650 44,400 33,000 35,500 35,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved
NA - Not available.^) - Data withheld to avoid dis-
closure of information for individual farms.
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
.en
JACKSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B78
Jackson County was created by Legislative Act of February 11, 1796 from part of
Franklin County and was 22nd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It .was named for
the illustrious Revolutionary Patriot, General James Jackson, who afterwards resigned his
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seat in the United States Senate to fight the Yazoo Fraud and who still later became Governor of Georgia. Originally Jackson included parts of Clarke, Oconee and Madison
Counties. Jefferson, the county seat, was named for Thomas Jefferson, President of the
United States. It was in the town of Jefferson on March 20, 1842 that Dr. Crawford W. Long
performed the first operation in which an anesthetic was used.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 221,440 acres. There were 743 farms having a
total of 99,309 acres with land and buildings valued at $66,689,000. The number of farms is only 16 percent of the
peak number in 1910, however, the county had considerably more land area at that time. Field crop production has
Received declined considerably in recent years. Poultry and poultry products, principally production of commercial broilers
and hatching eggs, accounted for about nine-tenths of the value of all farm products sold in 1974 and was valued in
excess of 31 million dollars.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
N0V2 6 1979 52 inches in Jackson County. March has an average of about six inches, and is normally the wettest month, while
October, with an average of around three inches, is usually the driest. The average temperature for the year is
about 61 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 43 degrees in January to about 78 degrees in July.
The freeze-free period averages about 215 days, extending usually from early April to the first week in November. DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
*
5,448,073
1964
Amount $
i
12,467,299
1974 Amount $
34,970,000
X V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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 ,651 ,343 1,302,848
17,813 330,682
100 75,875 3,720,755 3,345,752 153,010 221,993
30.3 23.9
445,881
3.6
414,813
3.4
.3
27,341
.2
6.1
3,727
1.4
99,890
.8
68.3
11,921,528
95.6
61.4
11 ,315,002
90.8
2.8
177,107
1.4
4.1
429,419
3.4
34,640,000
561 ,000 477,000 357,000
3,000 89,000 28,000 36,000 48,000
23,000 177,000
33,879,000 31,101,500
566,000 2,211,500 1,485,500
719,000
7,000
1.6 1.4 1.0
.3 .1 .1 .1
.1 .5
97.8 89.8
1.6 6.4 4.3 2.1
Government Payments 3/
27,000
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
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & *"Livestock Prod. 4.1% --Dairy Products 2.8%
All Crops, Forestry Prod & Hort. Spec. 31.7%
Other Livestock & ""Livestock Prod. 6.4%
^-Dairy Products 1.6% All Crops, Forestry Prod
& Hort. Spec. 2.2%
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
JACKSON 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.)
22,528 25,439 14,481
11,600 10,070 8,800 7,700 6,900 6,300 5,100 4,030 3,450 2,600 2,150 1,780 1,510 1,500 1,280
810 760 920 1,300 1,000 880 1,200 1,450 1,350
37,558 32,405 30,554 21,384 23,824 14,370
10,550 9,370 8,270 7,340 6,700 6,200 4,920 3,790 3,210 2,320 2,000 1,640 1,420 1,420 1,230
700 630 850 1,150 810 670 880 1,020 520
8.6 11.1 14.0 13.0 10.2 16.7
11.6 24.4 20.5 17.4 24.1 23.7 25.6 26.9 21.5 26.7 29.5 32.3 33.8 47.2 30.1 22.9 22.2 49.4 37.0 39.0 39.6 44.4 37.3 40.0
321,770 360,865 427,753 277,123 243,152 239,640
122,400 228,600 169,500 127,400 161,600 147,100 126,000 102,000 69,000 62,000 59,000 53,000 48,000 67,000 37,000 16,000 14,000 42,000 42,600 31,600 26,500 39,100 38,000 20,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1 963
1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 280 500 880 1,100 1,400 1,760 2,290 3,000 2,200 2,900
26.0 22.5 28.0 27.5 33.0 19.5 21.2 25.0 28.9 21.4
21.2
Production (bushels)
5,200 6,300 14,000 24,200 36,300 27,300 37,300 57,300 86,700 47,100 61,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
54,693
172
82,893
222
70,152
267
50,145
253
25,535
242
20,064
229
11,130
248
10,300
399
9,130
306
5,060
348
2,730
407
6,580
353
5,650
249
4,730
260
3,480
312
2,770
361
2,010
512
1,760
431
1,250
309
410
217
600
130
250
240
160
188
140
243
40
225
75
533
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.
Productior (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
18,760 36,767 37,471
25,410 12,363
9,201
9,947 5,029 2,310
692 5,115
3,642
54,990
38,666
19,727
5,418
54,430
45,835
37
5,760
3,600
17.5
63,110
8,560
2,730
15.3
41,730
5,820
3,500
21.3
74,550
3,670
3,140
21.0
65,940
2,320
1,900
23.5
44,650
4,840
2,750
20.3
55,820
2,940
2,000
23.0
46,000
2,570
2,400
24.5
58,800
2,270
700
23.0
16,100
2,090
800
21.0
16,800
2,150
720
21.5
15,480
1,590
690
25.5
17,600
810
850
26.0
22,100
185
1,350
24.0
32,400
160
830
26.7
22,200
125
260
32.7
8,500
63
370
37.6
13,900
70
820
39.5
32,400
19
660
27.6
18,200
650 300
340
30.3
10,300
84
700
30.0
21,000
470 200
820
24.6
20,200
430
950
36.5
34,700
350
1,280
40.5
51 ,800
250
475
37.4 29.0 33.0 30.0 36.0 43.0 41.6
24,340 8,700 15,510 6,000 15,480 15,050 10,400
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
24,039 30,169 24,654 21,609
20,089
18,997
18,499
21,093
JACKSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,206 14,368 12,753 10,661
9,857
3,365
3,788
12,159 11,773 10,585
8,300
3,002
3,537
3,047 2,595 2,168
1,557
363
251
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
277,120
277,120 227,200 227,200 227,200 215,680 215,680 215,680 215,680 215,680 215,680 221 ,440 221 ,440
Percent in Farms
88.2
92.3 82.2 75.4 85.2 82.0 88.6 86.5 82.3 62.0 52.8 46.3 44.8
All Land in Farms (acres) 244,400
255,701 186,762 171,416 193,484 176,873 191,025 186,519 177,541 133,709 113,941 102,576
99,309
Average Size Farms
(acres) //
56 51 58 69 80 84 90 106 127 145 131 134
Number
of Farms 3,185
4,603 3,680
2,979 2,826 2,223 2,279 2,071 1,676 1,052
783 784 743
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
9,862,158 18,713,007
5,951,808 3,802,012 4,118,496 5,711,125 7,979,563 8,762,128
12,458,836 14,206,752 32,368,216 66,689,000
2,143 5,085 1,998 1,345 1,853 2,506 3,853 5,228 11,843 18,144 41,285 89,756
Tractors
54
73 203 482 685 736 624 764 832
Trucks
75
121 201 490 550 535 567 707 790
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1 ,110
72
836
46
1,070
174
1,225
170
1,199
267
974
516
886
556
794
(NA)
697
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,325 5,967
626 803 2,292 4,512 5,037 5,345 5,527 2,073 329 145 124
Production (bushels)
17,420 68,779
8,870 18,628 39,003 83,683 105,946 124,065 155,386 65,477 13,513
6,891 4,200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,537 971
6,318 8,641
7,506 7,137 4,437 4,609 4,201 4,859
877 4,701
6,357 5,032 5,550 5,736 7,122 8,248
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
261
14,294
359
195
5,273
18,754
246
13,106
296
17,813
257
31,172
191
27,341
132
21,783
96
36,000
PEACHES 1/21
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
65,340
10,288
104,716 85,901 146,706 137,421
33,705 15,413 52,126 137,547
137,100
93,126
140,450 196,885 133,077
145,126 41 ,676 84,368
102,822 34,500 13,310
107,201 2
10,362
PECANS 1121
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,729 3,345
62 1,952 4,530
3,337
2,280 1,168 1,288
576 28
18,331 43,668 10,280
3,538 12,991
168 150
SWEET
POTATOES 1! 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acresj (bushels)
399
28,977
569
54,116
837
83,203
199
19,689
718
61,312
503
42,828
545
37,456
118
15,964
25
4,424
21
3,517
4
712
12
735
11
1,595
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND US^ Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
80,602
17,733
1934
79,795
26,730
1939
76,653
14,308
1944
68,433
35,412
1949 1954
54,760 39,767
31,449 23,934
1959
23,443
24,022
1964
11,245
17,075
1969
7,289
11,585
1974
8,973
2,573
See fool:notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
8,562 5,828 14,999 4,257 6,773 6,093 10,972 7,834 25,826 26,344
Woodland
77,505 44,818 34,389 53,620 46,464 57,206 65,247 72,289 51,646 47,761 34,146 40,048
Other Land 19,884 16,493 28,615 26,808 23,216 24,694 28,290 35,458
23,626 30,026 23,730 21,371
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2f500
*
101
162
188
166
58
81
25
40
48
57
51
278
272
Farm numbers with value of sale s 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
JACKSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
7,766 9,288 7,647 4,332 6,370 4,604 5,856 6,161 10,539 8,679 12,061 16,142 25,953
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,856 6,010 4,339 2,816 3,883 2,654 3,560 2,911 5,588 4,373 6,206 8,146 13,586
Milk Cows
3,372 5,110 4,224 2,756
2,560
2,316 2,781 1,511
875 752 860
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
18,698 35,764 16,432 44,882
65,976 113,332 103,368 366,143 284,870 334,054
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,550 5,635 6,981 1,768 3,365 3,242 3,574 4,216 4,152 4,121 1 ,355 5,026 8,363
Sows Farrowing 5/
417 288 134 228 237 451 537 505 138 655 827
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
60,606 61,620 88,498 52,608 64,488 55,869 76,323 87,346 181,273 307,632 505,093 1,060,036 798,068
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
57,160 27,242 64,424
70,709
1 ,884,642 4,509,587 9,493,854 15,773,257 27,827,788 26,983,609
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
237,950 200,227 238,458 256,163 218,527 314,838 419,378 406,399 1,041 ,255 2,432,776 5,631,567
(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.)
$
68,836 $ 346,486
$ 101.7
37,971 196,166
119.0
314,847
240.8
968,885
248.3
2,492,040 355,407
247.6
3,919,123
299.3
5,881,804 123,124
390.5
12,320,331 201 ,339
706.1
21,607,000 305,000
627.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,800 12,800 12,700 14,000 16,000 17,000 17,800 18,000 18,000 17,800 20,300 20,100 19,500 19,400
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older ]_py
Kept for Milk
1,050 1,000
880 730 760 900 1,100 1,250 1,400 1,060 960 930 950 1,010
Other
5,600 5,800 5,900 6,800 7,000 7,150 8,250 8,100 9,600 9,700 10,360 10,400 9,200 9,070
All Other Cattl e and Calves
6,150 6,000 5,920 6,470 8,240 8,950 8,450 8,650 7,000 7,040 8,980 8,770 9,350 9,320
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,350 3,100 4,150 5,250 5,650 6,550 5,850 6,000 9,000 16,000 15,100 19,600 19,140
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/'Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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JASPER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1876
Jasper County was first created as Randolph County by Legislative Act of December 10,
1807 from Baldwin County and was 34th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
named for John Randolph of Virginia but he became unpopular in Georgia because of his stand
on certain public matters, so on December 10, 1812 the name of the county was changed to
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Jasper. It was named for Sergeant Jasper who fell mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah in the Revolution while engaged in the rescue of his flag from the British. Monticello, the
county seat, was named for the estate of the great patriot and President of the United States
Thomas Jefferson of Monticello in Virginia.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 238,464 acres. There were 219 farms having a
total of 79,788 acres with land and buildings valued at $36,690,000. The number of farms is only 8 percent of the
peak number in 1910. Harvested cropland in 1974 was only 10 percent of the amount in 1924, the farm population
declined from 974 in 1960 to 523 in 1969. Value of field crops sold has declined almost continuously in the past 2
decades and in 1974 accounted for only about 2 percent of the value of all farm products. Fruits and nuts, principal iy
peaches, accounted for 12 percent of the value of farm products in 1944 but only .1 percent in 1974. In 1974, dairy
products accounted for 20 percent and poultry and poultry products about 63 percent of the value of all farm products
The production of both broilers and commercial eggs are important enterprises.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around 48
inches in Jasper County. March, with an average of just under six inches, is normally the wettest month, and October
with about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The temperature averages about 63 degrees for the year,
and monthly averages range from close to 45 degrees in January, to 79 degrees in July. The length of time from the
last spring to the first fall freeze averages about 223 days.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Receive
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
1 ,882,708
1964
Amount $
*
3,218,436
1974
Amount $
i V'
8,250,000
N0V2 6 19
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
727,700 548,095
38.6
296,033
29.1
240,860
9,563 170,042
1,275 ' 176,842
976,891 130,915 602,818 243,158
.5 9.0
.1 9.4
51.9 7.0 32.0 12.9
55,173
20,950 137,097
2,764,356 1,148,558 1 ,095,326
520,472
9.2 7.5
1.7 .6
4.3 85.9 35.7 34.0 16.2
8,142,000 174,000 161,000 90,500
70,500
4,000 9,000
537,000 7,431,000 5,103,500 1,634,500
693,000 629,000
4,000
60,000
2.1 2.0 1.1
.9
.1
6.6 91.3 62.7 20.1 8.5
7.7 .1
.7
Government Payments 2/
29,000
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.
DOCUMENT' UGA LIBRAR]
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Products 7.0%
Forestry Products 9.4%
^_0ther Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 6.6%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 8.5% All Crops & Hort. Spec. 2.1%
Dairy Products 20.1%
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
JASPER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,386 14,852 8,619
4,650 3,760 3,000 2,600 2,300 2,400 1,960 1,720 1 ,950 1 ,220 1,050 1,040 1,040 1,140 1,150
780 780 550 700 730 1,200 1,300 1,400 1,600
26,008 20,324 27,171 14,243 14,438 8,054
3,620 3,200 2,560 2,250 1,900 2,200 1,800 1,430 1,330
800 740 720 730 850 860 660 650 480 600 570 850 920 800 310
7.0 10.8 11.6 11.5 10.0 16.8
9.1 24.8 30.0 27.8 29.4 22.6 22.8 35.7 24.8 32.5 31.1 36.1 35.6 45.9 33.7 25.8 23.1 47.9 50.0 47.0 61.3 53.3 54.9 14.8
180,900 219,968 314,088 163,531 143,866 135,492
33,100 79,400 76,800 62,500 55,900 49,700 41,000 51,000 33,000 26,000 23,000 26,000 26,000 39,000 29,000 17,000 15,000 23,000 30,000 26,800 52,100 49,000 43,900 4,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production
(bushels)
100 200 460 560 560 2,150
16.0 19.5 22.0 28.2 24.3 16.9
1,600 3,900 10,100 15,800 13,600 36,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
46,536
146
68,168
190
55,917
174
13,404
151
10,121
307
9,865
262
5,180
223
4,760
384
4,270
296
2,110
362
1,135
395
2,090
394
1,740
269
1,700
424
1,780
267
1,770
268
1,310
266
1,270
349
770
401
180
333
160
162
100
260
100
420
150
793
150
273
95
421
135
578
140
71
120
367
55
109
Bales
13,491 25,848 19,495 4,035 6,210 5,163
2,410 3,820 2,640 1,590
940 1,720
980 1,500
990 990 730 930 640 125 55 55 88 245 85 85 160 21 92 13
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
2,403 441
1,279 831
1,536 911
490 480 390 210 70 180 70 30 20 80 140 110 100 280 180
18.8
11.5 19.4 16.5 22.0
22.0 25.0 24.5 23.5 26.5 28.0 26.5 25.0 26.1 27.8
20,300 4,942 17,197 9,267 21 ,610 13,049
9,230 5,500 7,570 3,460 1,540 3,960 1,750
740 470 2,120 3,920 2,910 2,500 7,300 5,000
80
50 60
120 290 1
43.8
27.4 27.2
30.0 31.5
3,500
1 ,370 1,630
3. firm 9.140
Yield per acre
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
15,033 16,552 16,362 8,594
8,772
7,473
6,135
5,760
JASPER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,545 6,470 6,095 4,103 3,249
974
523
2,037 2,480 2,378
1,326
586
423
3,508 3,990 3,717
1,923
388
100
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
205,440 205,440 205,440 205,440 238,720 238,720 238,720 238,720 238,720 238,720 238,464 238,464
87.5 85.0 64.5 81.1 61.8 58.1 67.8 62.7 48.8 50.7 33.8 33.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
178,823 179,815 174,671 132,418 166,608 147,616 138,688 161,874 149,681 116,599 120,969 80,582 79,788
Average Size Farms
(acres)
84 70 71 116 144 184 163 223 262' 370 538 316 364
Number of Farms
2,131 2,584 2,453 1,140 1,157
802 849 725 571 315 225 255 219
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969
1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,387,410 3,730,290 8,813,862 2,425,028 1,706,443 2,098,744 3,051,664 4,373,200 6,045,177 7,601,580 10,814,625 16,444,113 36,690,000
Average (dol.)
651 1,444 3,593 2,127 1,475 2,617 3,594 6,032 10,587 24,132 48,065 64,486 167,533
Tractors
50
66 130 255 359 364 275 276 287
Trucks
78
99 130 234 308 379 267 258 259
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
333
12
355
15
375
42
401
28
453
79
275
147
270
160
205
(NA)
144
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,617 1,559
839 335 407 2,327 4,618 4,920 4,917 2,179 539 20 62
Production (bushels)
38,430 24,180 16,661 12,190 10,736 63,406 164.015 148,664 147,541 91,074 28,850
400 3,720
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 ' 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,847 5,131 5,603 5,516
7,145 5.093 5,437 5,181 2,625 3,152
3,259 3,723
6,262 3,811 6,383 6,512 3,925 6,719
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
60
3,534
77
414
14,323
2,687
236
10,495
198
9,563
34
2,259
2
10
4,000
. _
-
.....
PEACHES 1' 1/
All Trees
Production
(number) (bushels)
55,753 52,597
7,337 29,376
160,540 22,475 275,991 103,224
227,269 154,522
256,161 100,027 147,974 77,059
84,643 61,226 51,354
30,587 39,652 120,521
12,248 900
10,625 1,042
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds}
1,717 5,114
960 1,528 11,890 6,663
5,823
8,518 9,070 3,715 6,515 3,153
907
35,013 38,832 26,731 28,023 99,862
200 24,331 24,404
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
320
25,334
471
40,922
563
39,569
209
20,450
419
32,610
296
32,657
116
15,250
77
7,506
10
1,064
22
3,929
'
LAND USE IN ACRES R/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
37,216
21,295
1934
42,646
14,960
1939
41,816
10,042
1944
38,501
9,183
1949
34,601
10,202
1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
22,725 13,450 9,852 3,602 4,948
6,435 5,812 3,188 6,380 1,549
See fod tnotes on last page.
15,626 11,704 14,632 6,558
18,715 21,926 14,333 20,152 19,680 16,193
Woodland
54,738 42,092 33,871 85,920 59,767 27,516 85,487 80,152 66,752 71,724 39,253 40,476
Other Land
13,481 25,601 22,069 10,579 20,793 56,585 12,869 18,443 16,252 16,053 11,667 16,622
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
32
36
27
20
4
17
10
18
19
24
23
140
104
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
JASPER 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
All Cattle and
Calves
3,454 4,439 5,085 5,545 5,638 4,061 6,660 8,282 12,558
10,757
10,915
12,025
15,306
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,911 2,997 2,879 3,345 3,486 2,452 3,819 4,732 7,017 6,342 6,648 6,861 8,360
Milk Cows 1,661 2,517 2,214 3,260
2,360
2,530 3,126 2,880 2,443 1,746 1,773
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons) 1,919 860 2,575
635,279
375,287 725,724 865,616 1,350,992 2,094,128 2,138,358 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,307 6,500 9,208 2,139 2,938 2,762 2,753 2,222 1,688 1,450
506 134 198
Sows Farrowing 5/
676 165 364 430 115 167 243 220 57 22 26
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
30,206 33,372 43,917 23,924 29,930 28,150 25,753 23,965 16,379 21,093 95,416 344,540 246,684
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,501 5,650 22,419
14,103
20,666 166,190 504,377 596,527 1,895,474
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
103,650 74,481 96,923 137,920 92,832 156,859 99,831 132,306 54,175 157,522 1,645,396 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
Fertilizer and
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 62,660 28,288
156,644
215,815 442,808
772,430 1,219,344 1 ,946,926 4,543,000
$ 80,818 95,524
225,272
275,999 173,481 309,000
$ 102.5 127.8 255.6 320.3 350.3 458.8 395.3 308.7
354.0
"
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,600 11,500 11,400 11,600 12,100 12,200 13,000 13,100 13,100 13,500 15,600 15,000 14,600. 12,400
Cows 2 years old and older 12/
Kept for Milk
2,950 2,700 2,640 2,820 2,550 1,900 1,850 1,850 1,800 1,820 2,390 2,200 2,200 1,990
Other
4,400 4,600 4,350 4,450 4,600 4,700 5,150 5,400 5,550 5,640 6,400 5,800 5,400 4,910
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,250 4,200 4,410 4,330 4,950 5,600 6,000 5,850 5,750 6,040 6,810 7,000 7,000 5,500
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
500
V In 1969 and 1974 1954 excludes farms
excludes farms with less than
with less 20 fruit
than $2 and nut
,500 sales. trees. 4/
2/ Since
Excludes 1949 exc
Irish ludes
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5_/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available "TJ" - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-187B
Jeff Davis County was created by Legislative Act of August 18, 1905 from parts of
Appling and Coffee Counties and was 140th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America. Hazlehurst, the
county seat, was named for the civil engineer who surveyed the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
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some time in the late 1850's. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 211,520 acres. There were
435 farms having a total of 102,852 acres with land and buildings valued at $43,030,000. The
number of farms is only 40 percent of the peak number in 1950. Harvested cropland has declined
moderately in recent years. Soils and climate of the county are very favorable for production of cotton, tobacco and
corn. All crops accounted for nearly 55 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. Sizeable gains have
been made in livestock and poultry sales in recent years and these sources accounted for 42 percent of the value of
farm sales.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 47 inches
in Jeff Davis County. July, with an average of almost six inches, is normally the rainiest month, and November, with
an average of just over two inches, is usually the driest. The temperature averages about 66 degrees for the year,
and monthly averages range from around 50 degrees in January, to about 81 degrees in July. The average dates of the
last spring and first fall freezes are around the first week in March and just past mid-November, giving an average
freeze-free period of about 250 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
2,586,099
4,679,434
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
2,061,376 2,036,631
79.7 78.8
3,059,241 3,057,750
65.4 65.4
16,194 8,551
400 115,045
409,278 49,796 12,733 346,749
.6
.3
1,491
4.5
509,539
10.9
15.8
1,110,654
23.7
1.9
373,308
8.0
.5
51 ,310
1.1
13.4
686,036
14.6
1974 Amount $
15,336,000
Received
% 1/
N 0V 2 6 1979
15,260,000
8,317,000 8,305,000 3,686,500 4,447,500
9,000 15,000 147,000 10,000
2,000
6,000
498,000
6,439,000 4,584,000
(D) (NA) 237,000 1,343,000
(Z) (D)
DOCUMENTS
54.5 l)i 54.4 24.1 29.1
.1 .1 1.0 .1
LIBRARIES
3.3 42.2 30.0
1.6 8.8
Government Payments 1/
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. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information for
individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products 4.5% Livestock, Dairy & their Products 13.9%
\ Poultry & Poultry Products 1.9%
PRODUCTS SOU) AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ .Forestry Products 3.3% _ Livestock, Dairy & their Products 12.2%
Poultry & Poultry " Products 30.0%
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
JEFF DAVIS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Productior (bushels)
15,513 20,904 20,869
23,080 22,190 22,100 22,900 20,700 21,500 18,700 17,000 16,600 21,400 20,500 20,130 20,400 22,900 22,100 31,000 25,700 26,800 24,100 27,500 28,500 28,700 33,000 26,400
9,471 19,032 13,727 20,112 14,811
15,200 14,780 13,700 14,400 12,400 12,800 11,300 11,400 11,200 17,600 17,600 17,350 17,600 20,500 19,300 29,000 22,950 25,400 22,400 24,700 27,800 27,330 32,300 11,600
12.6 8.2 13.3 10.1 16.0
15.1 24.1 21.6 22.8 24.6 21.4 32.1 37.5 33.6 42.2 47.5 52.3 47.5 55.7 45.9 40.0 29.1 54.0 60.0 48.0 58.7 57.2 68.6 27.0
119,261 155,685 182,368 203,333 236,785
230,200 356,400 296,300 328,600 305,600 273,400 363,000 427,000 376,000 742,000 836,000 907,000 836,000 1,142,000 885,000 1 ,160,000 668,000 1,371,000 1,344,000 1,185,600 1,632,700 1,563,400 2,215,200 312,700
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
120 160 230 500 440 450 750 1,400 2,000 3,600 1 ,850 3,570 3,850 8,790
20.0 24.5 21 .0 22.0 12.5 32.0 24.0 23.0 14.5 21 .1 30.1 25.6 27.0 24.8
2,400 3,920 4,830 11,000 5,500 14,400 18,000 32,200 29,000 76,000 55,700 91 ,400 104,000 218,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested
per acre (lbs.)
Productior-, Harvested (1000 lbs
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
5,597
218
2,445
7,536
81
1,214
879
212
6,281
171
2,143
2,958
2,816
2,806
149
837
4,171
183
1,527
3,518 2,395
2,811
160
3,294
190
125 98
2,610
344
2,110
261
2,010
296
1,800
243
1,210
431
1,950
302
2,000
406
1,240
340
1,350
305
1,410
391
1,640
425
1,770
415
1,190
304
710
221
800
312
700
173
350
217
300
367
200
220
1,880
1,150 1,240
910
1,090 1,230 1,690
880 860 1,150 1,460 1,530
760 330 520 250 160 230 90
2,865
2,735 2,365 1,860
1,845 1,850 1,910 1,930 2,015 1,920 1,720 1,530 1,560 1,980 1,580 1,670 2,050 1,730 1,500
1,344
1,511 1,735 1,512
1,778 1,172 2,186 2,094
2,163 1,988 2,281 2,290
1,605 2,157 1,995 1,325 2,054 2,147 2,185
3,850
4,132 4,104 2,813 3,281 2,168 4,175 4,041
4,359 3,817 3,924 3,504 2,504
4,270 3,152 2,212 4,211 3,714 3,278
100
590
80
925
no
1 ,255
100
970
90
956
75
1 ,333
95
1 ,063
70
829
70
1 ,200
55
1 ,618
75
1 ,867
70
1 ,900
75
1 ,947
75
1 ,987
80
2,388
105
1 ,657
100
1,990
100
2,620
105
3,248
59 74 138 97 86 100 101 58 84
89
140 133 146 149
191
174
199
262
341
140
393
1,660
1,666
2,766
115
2,040
2,429
4,955
100
2,410
98
3,490
241 342
2,060
2,182
4,495
105
3,590
377
43
140
13
1 ,880
1,921
3,612
108
1.670 1 2.173
3.629 1
115
3,389 3.313
366 381
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 ,964 1969 1974
OEFF DAVIS 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
6,050
7,322
8,118
5,552
4,741
811
5,786
5,076
710
8,841
6,422
5,467
955
5,157
9,299
5,027
4,227
800
8,914
1,886
1,431
455
9,425
2.379
2,054
325
192,000 192,000
192,000 192,000 211,840 211,840 211,840
211,840 211,840 211,840 211,520 211,520
83.8
160,809
233
72.7
139,656
154
53.8
103,387
106
61.1
117,322
115
43.1
91,383
95
58.3
123,464
122
70.0
148,354
137
68.4
144,974
154'
58.0
122,876
175
55.2
116,872
210
60.1
127,174
233
48.6
102,852
236
689 908 977 1,023 961 1,015 1 ,083 941 703 556
546 435
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,472,975 3,361,209 2,461,874 1,638,595 1,932,572 2,887,186 6,456,846 7,181,712 9,534,086 17,456,732 29,788,568 43,030,000
2,138 3,702
2,520 1,602
2,011 2,845 5,962 7,632 13,562 31,397 54,557
98,920
Tractors
9
16 61 312 560 664 610 710 597
Trucks
84
96 172 317 418 472 437 494 487
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
310
44
301
11
369
12
447
54
548
80
559
243
543
290
408
(NA)
404
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,279 559 29 10 13 37
199 218
99 5
146
14,280 6,014 373 50 300 964
3,256 5,675 4,230
200 7,750
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres)
(tons)
1,497 2,028 2,630 2,732
656 656 452 680 742 729
1,098 1,497
528 542 748 1,286 2,232 1,903
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
15
1,293
329
16
722
4,586
194
16,663
291
16,194
38
2,610
132
30,157
21
10,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
8,357 7,796 1,540
501 3,741 3,936 2,184
220 139
73
10
103 2,097
362 26
1,332 3,209
169 9 24
12
2
PECANS \J 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
3,483 5,812
626 8,073 5,832
6,522
4,259 3,234 2,522 1,045
738 362
92,715 86,464
7,201 26,376 13,271 4,921
5,628 8,000
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
313
27,092
446
34,274
315
36,921
521
37,332
543
41,394
366
31,080
205
18,150
72
6,863
96
11,889
16
4,353
5
1,170
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
27,764 28,243
5,615 3,102
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
32,290 31,985 20,317 28,667 24,735 23,636 32,877 30,848
746 5,022 2,880 2,146 4,122 4,181 4,708 6,140
See foo bnotes on last page.
2,573 668
738 973 2,495 3,569 5,454 2,476 5,121 4,033
Woodland 134,565
96,387
61 ,297 76,320
55,736 82,589 109,406 104,954 84,320 78,177 74,443 54,259
Other Land
2,268 3,632
5,819 7,850
1,673 2,437 3,256 5,638 4,245 8,402 10,025 7,572
Farms by Value of Products Sold
nun 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
35
4$
60
36
74
78
92
106
65
95
43
182
66
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
JEFF DAVIS 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
7,818 8,447 3,589 8,349 4,694 7,096 4,914 8,008 6,335 7,022 5,819 5,561
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
4,218 4,393 2,056 3,188 2,243 3,575 2,565 3,981 2,957 3,583 2,758 2,761
2,250 1,215 1,406
1,448
1,242 1,283
571 311 277 336
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,935 5,140 13,859
17,390 24,425 37,018 22,440
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
10,672
12,153
5,957 7,808 7,436 12,790 14,090 13,834 18,285 15,826 20,571 12,594
2,768 883
1 ,061 1,298 1 ,368 1,763 2,295
3,656 2,904 3,732 2,749
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
14,945 23,877 21,418 27,470 23,982 37,716 33,265 32,685 28,239 55,460 549,560 373,367
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,794 5,112 10,725
13,654
7,578 23,885 192,636
(D) (0)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
32,166 56,873 106,633 76,042 158,279 192,368 62,601 82,177 130,981 447,634 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
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SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
12,494 $127,250
$48.7
12,530 114,551
37.8
40,736
88.9
95,064
191.4
120,469 368,479
216.4
223,245
225.2
424,885 581,012
276.7
2,278,312 826,238
474.7
3,480,000 1 ,504,000
599.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
7,450 7,250 7,150 7,300 7,300 7,300 7,500 7,600 7,700 7,800 7,900 7,700 7,500 6,500
Cows 2 years old and older 1_0/
Kept for Milk
370 340 330 320 320 290 290 290 290 250 240 180 180 170
Other
3,400 3,700 3,800 3,950 4,100 4,200 4,300 4,330 4,380 4,550 5,080 5,000 4,600 3,700
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,680 3,210 3,020 3,030 2,880 2,810 2,910 2,980 3,030 3,000 2,580 2,520 2,720 2,630
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
15,950 18,350 20,350 21 ,450 23,150 26,850 25,500 24,500 21,650 18,000 13,000 18,000 19,400
V In 1969 and 1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha disclosure of
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" information for individual farms.
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-
U - Data withheld to avoid
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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JENKINS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
Jenkins County lies near the eastern border of Georgia about the middle of the State.
It was the 138th county of the State created by Legislative Act of August 17, 1905 from
imc
parts of four counties: Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel and Screven and was named in honor of Governor Charles J. Jenkins. Millen, the county seat, was named in honor of a distinguished Georgia lawyer, the Honorable John Millen of Savannah. Origin of the town dates back to the
building of the Central Railroad, but it was not incorporated until September 30, 1881 when
it was given a municipal form of government. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 224,576 acres. There
were 293 farms having a total of 126,066 acres with land and buildings valued at $42,214,000.
The number of farms is only 14 percent of the peak number in 1920. Dairying accounted for over one-fourth the value
of all farm products sold in 1974. The poultry enterprise has gained in importance in recent years. Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about
47 inches for Jenkins County. July is usually the wettest month and November, the driest, but no month averages as
much as five inches, or as little as two inches of rain. The temperature average for the year is just over 65 degrees,
and monthly averages range from about 49 degrees for the coldest month, to about 81 degrees for the warmest. The
average dates of the last spring and first fall freeze are about March 23 and November 7, respectively, giving an
average freeze-free season of around 230 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $ 2,969,356
1964 Amount ~$~ 5,384,460
1974 Amount $ 15,912,000
TV
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
1,590,496 1,574,229
12,153 4,114
94,844 1,284,016
111,311 689,165 483,540
53.6 53.0
3.2 43.2
3.7 23.2 16.3
2,329,199 2,227,929
32,528 68,742
107,862 2,947,399
944,798 1 ,152,140
740,461
43.3 41.4
.6 1.3
2.0 54.7 17.5 23.4 13.8
15,846,000
8,135,000 7,926,000 4,671,000
248,000 960,000 268,000 1,779,000
10,000 199,000
5,000
306,000
7,400,000 901,000
4,437,000 2,062,000 1 ,180,000
881,000
1,000
51.4 50.0 29.5 1.6
6.0 1.7 11.2
.1 1.3
1.9
46.7 5.7
28.0 13.0
7.4 5.6
25,000
Government Payments 1/
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
2/ from only
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
Receive'
N0V2 6 19
DOCUMENT UGA LIBF
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 0.6% orestry Products 3.2%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 16.c
Poultry & Poultry Products 3.7%
Dairy Products 23.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts y & Berries 1.4%
"-Forestry Products l.S
_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 13.C
Poultry & Poultry * Products 5.7%
Dairy Products 28.
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
JENKIN! COUNTY A CRE \GE, YIEL D AND PROD UCTION, 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)
25,017 38,458 29,598
38,530 34,630 31,800 29,900 27,900 29,400 25,000 22,400 21,400 18,200 17,400 15,280 15,500 16,700 16,200 19,500 19,200 23,700 21,200 28,000 29,200 29,000 33,300 33,000
22,930 36,565 24,186 37,683 26,850
27,760 28,830 27,100 25,850 24,500 26,200 22,100 20,100 18,500 15,500 15,300 13,430 13,500 15,100 14,500 17,300 17,000 21,600 19,300 25,500 26,100 26,120 31,000 13,600
10.6 12.1 12.0
9.5 12.2
9.5 20.3 20.0 22.8 31.1 24.0 26.3 29.6 23.5 30.0 36.9 42.1 39.4 53.2 33.1 42.1 31.6 55.9 48.0 61.0 53.3 59.2 63.7 14.0
242,013 443,389 290,000 357,143 328,625
264,800 586,400 542,000 590,000 761,300 628,600 582,000 594,000 435,000 512,000 564,000 565,000 532,000 803,000 480,000 728,000 538,000 1,208,000 926,400 1,555,500 1,390,600 1,545,700 1,974,200 190,100
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
830 1 ,160 1,240 1,330 1,950 2,870 3,870 5,580 10,800 8,200 7,800 9,900 12,700 12,600 19,850 20,600 25,120 17,740 21,130
14.5 14.0 16.0 14.0
9.0 24.5 16.5 19.0 24.0 12.5 27.0 21.0 25.0 12.5 21.2 21.7 25.7 21.4 23.1
12,035 16,240 19,840 18,620 17,550 70,315 63,855 106,020 259,200 102,500 210,600 207,900 317,500 157,500 420,800 447,000 645,600 379,600 488,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Vie d Harvested per icre Production
(lb s.) (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
32,003 30,213 34,287 22,178 22,032
13,840 12,450 11,310
7,440 5,130 8,920 9,050 10,830 10,760 9,700 9,250 8,320 5,650 3,500 6,750 6,400 6,000 3,700 5,100 3,095 3,140
230 740 220
211 264 205 308 172
242 312 322 299 442 359 381 340 341 387 384 494 404 454 312 290 225 368 294 568 430 565 366 59
13,552 15,947 14,068 13,664
7,592
7,000 8,100 7,600 4,640 4,730 6,680 7,200 7,690 7,670 7,850 7,420 8,590 4,760 3,320 4,410 3,870 2,820 2,840 3,130 3,670 2,810
270 565
27
28 175
43 202
275 270 235 115
90 160 170 175 185 180 160 140 140 185 140 160 200 175 160 155 155 185 135 130
9 129
32 191
307
222
1, 211
327
1, 209
284
361
99
1, 367
123
1, 356
217
1, 324
225
1, 274
223
1, 527
301
1, 528
275
1,475
236
1,693
237
975
136
1,795
332
1,355
190
1,101
176
1,400
280
1,479
259
1,555
249
1,642
255
1,831
284
1,839
340
1,891
255
1,846
240
318 4,093
1,140 3,300 3,130 2,880 3,020 2,560 2,590 2,520 2,520 2,270 2,380 2,575 2,690 2,595 3,000 3,050 3,130 3,165 3,215 3,170 3,218 3,209 3,183 3,122
232 983 696 582 771 812 975 914 732 973 1 ,265 1 ,421 1,414 1 ,757 1 ,733 1 ,471 2,160 2,436 2,175 2,677 3,396 3,234 2,271 2,422
239 3,522
265 3,244 2,177 1 ,677 2,327 2,079 2,525 2,304 1 ,844 2,209 3,011 3,660 3,804 4,559 5,200 4,486 6,761 7,711 6,992 8,486 10,927 10,377 7,230
7,563
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,520 14,328 12,908
11 ,843
10,264
9,148
8,332
JENKINS 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)
9,871 8,853 8,559 5,375 6,426
3,211
1,356
3,768 3,497 3,527
2,645
1,420
1,133
6,103 5,356 5,032
3,781
1,791
223
218,880 218,880 218,880
218,880 224,640 224,640 224,640 224,640 224,640 224,640 224,576 224,576
74.2
162,319
114
75.8
165,854
78
58.6
128,166
77
74.9
164,013
112
71.7
161,085
130
74.5
167,281
154
84.3
189,279
186
84.0
188,668
206
66.2
148,712
257
61.7
138,676
285
59.0
132,579
393
56.1
126,066
430
Number of Farms
1,423 2,119 1,667
1,468 1,243 1,087 1 ,016
914 578 486 337 293
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,649,074
6,654,495 3,178,047 2,924,715 3,436,130 3,451 ,386 5,479,288 6,375,150 8,187,948 12,761,388
23,658,356 42,214,000
1,862 3,140 1,906 1,992 2,764 3,175 5,393 6,975 14,166 26,258
70,202 144,075
Tractors
14
76 189 347 525 552 562 548 526
Trucks
58
96 147 236 449 380 412 448 469
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
406
42
364
54
375
87
487
246
521
333
318
282
502
304
364
(NA)
294
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,517 521
134 522 3,612
8,006 2,564
4,045 2,128
712 752 636
15,628 6,585
3,900 12,546 81,215 199,894 55,314 99,686 53,821 30,795 25,264 28,330
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,173 687
2,482 2,964
4,216 7,148 3,041 3,247 3,567 2,817
397 1,130
2,328 5,075 4,347 8,625 10,020 7,332
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
75 124 195
1,192 665 261 448 58 39
2,925
5,522 43,771
1,983 12,153 12,961 32,528 12,428 10,000
PEACHES 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
2,217
4,926 2,900 6,445 4,593 5,609 2,687
242 455
562 95
546 2,677 1,163 5,005 3,502 4,994 2,985
96 331
7 36
PECANS V 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,416 6,228
9,606
7,200 8,929 7,975 13,445 16,462 11,941
6,126 19,133
7,458
94,353 156,870 49,673
11,336 102,951 236,268 372,261 384,436
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
447
36,064
676
61,889
364
38,477
623
33,977
544
41,331
437
32,392
174
14,700
36
3,331
18
1,834
5
446
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
62,996
8,873
1934
64,529
14,140
1939
75,481
8,947
1944
68,196
12,400
1949
69,256
22,450
1954
67,217
12,159
1959
49,374
14,255
1964
37,523
22,439
1969
43,719
15,851
1974
57,863
2,788
See fool:notes on last page.
2,541 9.388 5,023 5,086 12,694 14,078 7,903 7,904 9,562 10,869
Woodland
78,435 78,135 42,845 69,477 63,334 74,278 78,268 83,875 71,319 62,346 45,044 38,453
Other Land
5,157 3,642 10,163 5,483 7,927 7,039
6,611 11,339
5,861 8,464 18,403 16,093
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
*
52
48 47
33
29
39
39
44
45
47
25
122 60
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own 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
JENKINS COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,862 6,353 1,851 4,370 5,709 6,359 5,787 12,058 8,607 10,785 16,380 18,536
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,794 3,086 1,086 2,148 2,006 2,851 3,268 6,549 4,752 5,678 8,835 10,745
Milk Cows
1,764 1,594 1,002
1,567
2,146 3,701 3,634 3,493 4,699 5,415
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
9,735 68,670 26,639
26,710 70,315 447,292 1,473,254 2,673,281 2,406,430 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
14,325
19,042
4,614
8,872
9,996 12,036 10,266 8,308 10,620 7,022 10,168 8,954
3,712 822
1,522 1 ,665 1,668 1 ,489 1,298 1 ,830 1,319 1 ,853 1,357
Chickens (4 Months and Older) TJ
20,798 47,660 28,286 42,441 38,444 36,162 29,465 49,184 79,940 161,596 658,354 94,499
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
7,633 4,875 15,202
12,376
7,728 19,295 180,630 69,387 541,812 71,591
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
54,519 118,833 152,459 162,692 174,379 146,392 33,597 289,713 763,150 2,078,868 (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.)
$ 41,276 $ 322,191
$ 101.6
18,368
160,469
178.3
107,142
299.5
112,210
325.2
372,670
505,333
494.8
476,132
563.0
681 ,251
689,828
493.3
1 ,918,663
1,000,331
757.4
2,310,000
2,296,000
1 ,062.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,400 11,000 10,700 13,000 16,000 16,400 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,600 19,300 19,000 18,500 16,000
Cows 2 years old and older ]/
Kept for Milk
Other
4,200 3,900 3,660 4,060 4,800 4,900 4,900 4,600 4,800 4,980 5,180 5,250
4,950 4,720
2,300 2,400 2,250 3,300 3,400
3,500 4,100 4,350 4,490 4,670
5,160 5,000 4,200 3,520
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
4,900 4,700 4,790 5,640 7,800 8,000 8,000 8,050 7,710 7,950 8,960 8,750 9,350 7,760
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
7,050 8,650 9,550 10,600 11,450 13,250 12,600 12,150 12,200 16,200 13,400 15,500 18,700
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
ted. 5/ Not --"Cows and s sold. 9/ nged--"Cows
fu hei Beg and
lly comparable because of ch fers that have calved". 7/ inning with 1949 totals incl
heifers that have calved".
ange in definition. Beginning with 1969
ude only eggs sold. NA - Not available
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
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JOHNSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-197B
Johnson County was created by Legislative Act of December 11, 1858 from parts of
Laurens, Washington and Emanuel County and was 129th in order of counties organized in
mi*
Georgia. It was named for Hershel V. Johnson, jurist, governor, United States Senator and unsuccessful candidate for Vice-President of the United States on the Douglas ticket
in 1860 against Abraham Lincoln. Wrightsville, the county seat, was named for John B.
Wright, a leading pioneer resident. It was incorporated by Legislative Act of February 23,
1866. Johnson is said to have been the first county in the State to enforce prohibition.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 200,256 acres. There
were 410 farms having a total of 97,558 acres with land and buildings valued at $22,831,000. The number of farms
is only 22 percent of the peak number in 1920. Value of all crops increased considerably in the 10 year period from
1964 to 1974 as harvested cropland decreased from 36,234 acres to 31,957 acres. Value of livestock and livestock
products sold almost tripled during this period.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of just over
45 inches in Johnson County. July is usually the wettest month, with an average rainfall of just under five inches,
and November, with an average of slightly more than two inches, is normally the driest. The average annual temperature
is close to 65 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 48 degrees in January, to 81 degrees in July. The average
length of the freeze-free season is about 230 days, with average dates of last spring and first fall freezes just
after March 20 and just before November 10, respectively.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
2,738,914
1964
Amount $
%
3,782,262
1974 Amount $ 6,758,000
% 1/
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
1,992,136 1,986,698
3,920 1,518
Received
6,617,000
72.7 72.5
2,583,722 2,504,774
68.3 66.2
3,527,000 3,471,000
53.3 52.4
N0V 2 6 1979
1,806,500
27.3
96,000
1.4
1,302,500 19.7 DOCUMENTS
41,000 225,000
.6 3.4
UGA LIBRARIES
.1
76,819
2.0
44,000
.7
.1
2,129
.1
12,000
.2
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
54,640
2.0
168,708
4.5
281,000
4.2
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
692,138
111,412 40,937 539,789
25.3
1,029,832
27.2
2,809,000
42.5
4.1
426,231
11.3
(D)
1.5
1,462
(D)
19.7
602,139
15.9
2,186,000
33.0
594,000
9.0
1,592,000
24.0
Government Payments 3/
43,000
]_/ 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 SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products 2.C
Poultry & Dairy -- Products 5.6%
Other Livestock & 'Livestock Prod. 19.7%
Forestry Products 4.2%
Poultry & Dairy Products 9.5%
^_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 33.0%
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
JOHNSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested ^7TiTa-- for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
32,047 51,909 32,042
36,800 33,990 31,800 30,000 28,900 30,000 24,600 21,600 19,900 18,400 15,900 15,380 15,500 16,400 16,400 16,200 16,250 17,300 16,400 20,500 23,700 24,000 26,000 23,900
29,523 28,758 35,030 31 ,453 51,602 28,082
18,780 19,970 19,100 18,260 17,900 18,800 17,800 14,500 13,400 13,500 12,000 11,670 11,900 13,700 13,700 13,850 13,600 15,000 14,100 17,400 21,700 23,280 24,700 2,740
7.6 9.8 9.6 10.3 8.9 10.8
5.3 21.9 19.0 20.8 24.0 18.0 20.5 23.7 21.9 34.9 32.1 36.6 40.4 48.0 26.6 30.3 17.8 42.4 31.0 43.0 42.5 42.4 49.0 10.0
225,660 280,665 336,209 325,271 458,865 303,664
99,700 437,300 362,900 380,500 429,900 337,600 365,000 344,000 294,000 471,000 385,000 427,000 481,000 657,000 365,000 419,000 242,000 636,000 437,100 748,200 921,700 987,300 1,210,000 27,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
_ Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
340 380 410 440 540 800 1,080 1 ,560 3,200 2,100 1,100 2,400 4,100 3,900 6,080 5,530
7,790
6,840
16,800
16.0 20.5 15.0 12.5 20.0 18.0
15.5 17.0 21.0 19.0 22.0 20.5 26.0 10.0 18.1 19.0 19.0 21.4 17.4
5,440 7,790 6,150 5,280 10,800 14,400 16,740 26,520 67,200 39,900 24,200
49,200
106,600
39,000
110,000 105,000
148,000
146,400 292,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
28,052 37,682 38,841 33,677 23,387 26,251
18,820 16,710
15,760 10,510
6,580 13,370 12,820 14,050 14,410 13,500 13,750 12,900 8,970 8,260 9,600 9,250 9,500 9,500 9,700 8,830 7,750 2,770 3,320 1.510
197 188 110 185 266 180
250 332 288 321 454 320 341 293 361 378 430 458 394 362 262 351 297 458 268 433 460 307 312 211
10,795 14,186
8,533 12,471 12,456
9,444
9,820 11,570
9,450 7,040 6,230 8,930 9,120 8,610 10,880 10,670 12,350 12,340 7,370 6,240 5,260 6,750 5,900 9,050 5,400 8,000 7,450 1,780 2,160
665
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production bu^
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS "Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production "1000 lbs.)
299 64
250
326
710 480 700 790 300 280 300 270 110 300 350 320 300 680 550 270 380 1,280 1,740 1,640 2,000 1,990 1,670
M30
1 ,860 506
2,416
12.1 16.2 14.3 15.5 22.0 16.5 19.5 20.5 19.5 22.0 25.5 26.0 26.0 25.0 29.3 35.6 38.9 42.1 17.0 28.6 20.6 23.2 28.6 26.5
3,406
8,590 7,800 10,010 12,240 6,600 4,620 5,850 5,540 2,140 6,600 8,930 8,320 7,800 17,000 16,100 9,600 14,800 53,900 29,500 46,900 41,200 46,200 47,800 29,900
508 2,093
340 400 390 390 390 260 260 250 220 190 190 240 270 265 350 380 385 390 390 395 375 387 396 406
303 675 554 464 723 588 765 892 741 679 1,363 1,312
1,307
1 ,506 1,580
1,745
1,917
2,138
1 ,690 2,418 2,539 2,729 2,179 2,148
289 1 ,060
103 270 216 181 282 153 199 223 163 129 259 315 353 399 553 663 738 834 659 955 952 1,056 863 872
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,409 - 12,897
13,546 12,681
12,953
9,893
8,048
7,727
JOHNSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S . CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,705 9,861 9,973 7,021 5,618
2,294
1,488
5,908 6,116 6,061
3,746
1,598
1,149
3,797 3,745 3,912
1,872
696
339
Approximate Land Area
(acres) 186,880
186,880 186,880 186,880 186,880 200,320 200,320 200,320 200,320
200,320 200,320 200,256 200,256
Percent in Farms
80.2 77.2 69.8 63.5 95.1 78.2 81.2 91.0 86.6
75.8 67.5 55.8 48.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
149,820 144,193 130,391 118,680 177,791 156,657 162,733 182,226 173,521
151,799 135,316 111,682
97,558
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
108 84 69 68
100 99
105 144 181
229 277 246 238
Number of Farms
1,384 1,721 1,887 1,742 1,779 1 ,586 1,549 1,263
957
663 489 454 410
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,047,640 2,365,079 5,010,726 2,699,248 2,387,476 3,068,804 3,726,146 4,910,544 5,831,958 7,603,947 11,829,399 19,868,124 22,831,000
Average (dol.)
757 1,374 2,655 1,550 1,342 1,935 2,406 3,888 6,094 11,469 24,191 43,762 55,686
Tractors
13
22 102 346 640 609 645 568 519
Trucks
54
71 186 368 550 409 492 409 456
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
379
94
360
25
490
38
628
76
508
151
487
212
437
245
373
(NA)
331
(NA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production
(acres) (bushels)
1899 2,442
1909 2,997
1919
533
1929
52
1934
488
1939
135
1944 2,092
1949 1,458
1954 6,000
1959 2,398
1964
767
1969
181
1974
46
25,080 36,299 7,108
1,275 3,436 1,492 31,624 32,329 112,458 57,191 33,410 7,040 2,320
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
944 1,590
883 2,543
2,245 2,302 1,454 1,925
993 1,499
804 501
1,390 1,187 1,040 4,621 2,395 2,807
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
47 346
51
627 132 463 1,516 988 135
3,263
915 29,354 9,468
3,920 11,920 76,819 125,070 44,000
PEACHES U il
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
29,470 4,001 9,608 2,312 3,933 2,573 9,135 1,824 793 855 1,281
8,726 422
2,024 1,273
2,729
2,082 9,011
583
89 405
13
PECANS U 1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,937 5,363
4,451
13,046 8,743 2,502 4,413 1,910
447 3,912 9,760
45,874 160,075
39,056 3,139
49,538 5,599
30,733
SWEET
POTATOES 1/i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
545 703 658 642 1,010 982 712 210
91 82 19
5
3
47,460 71,139 41,499 69,912 74,619 85,402 61,464 15,781
6,550 10,389
2,224 575 353
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
70,412
12,361
1934
85,833
12,630
1939
86,093
6,628
1944
73,592
16,561
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
69,829 67,511 48,980 36,234 27,572 31,957
20,635 15,718 10,848 15,510 19,435 4,876
See foo tnotes on last page.
4,533 4,477 4,349 4,381 12,331 13,139 11,438 10,058 11,473 12,208
Woodland
57,594 38,197 22,952 55,036 52,691 53,565 67,293 62,611 73,243 60,724 41,262 36,631
Other Land
1,857 1,772 7,690 18,921 6,851 14,407 12,138 14,542 7,290 12,790 11,940 11,886
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9.999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2.499
Under 2,500
#
11
24
39
24
41
28
49
62
77
88
60
228
133
*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
JOHNSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
AI I tattle and
Calves
4,491 3,983 5,276 2,546 5,452 3,974 6,541 6,244 10,092 6,291 9,883 9,155 10,090
AI1 Lows b/b/ (2 Years and Older)
2,184 2,501 2,733 1,494 2,361 2,252 2,958 3,290 5,015 3,265 4,957 4,368 4,987
Milk Cows
1,646 1,664 2,091 1,303
1,898
1,426 1 ,313
322 240 243 166
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
545 1,153 10,725 16,848
39,695 10,311 22,659 61,706
1,800
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,420 13,663 13,840
6,063 10,997
9,544 12,497 12,499 10,748 17,035 10,725 17,430 15,057
Sows Farrowinq 5/
2,956 674
1 ,472 1 ,587 1,873 1 ,813 1,823 2,765 1 ,982 3,105 3,129
Chickens (4 Months and Older) XI
23,766 30,199 36,995 25,148 37,013 31,473 44,208 29,508 34,922 47,109 65,532 115,557 56,255
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
9,361 2,197 20,623
8,958
29,240 13,277 109,283 27,483 117,100 76,335
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
69,710 90,177 94,124 107,957 89,232 150,988 250,647 69,470 227,028 496,434 713,128
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 45,175
$ 212,310
$ 69.6
4,394
155,553
133.8
65,968
210.7
165,516
295.1
262,530
519,483
400.2
263,485
362.4
229,680
658,357
390.4
739,127
642,798
251.9
1 ,163,000
1 ,133,000
202.0
USDA ESTIMJVTES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves 10,500 10,300
9,900 10,100 10,100 10,200 10,900 10,900 11,000 11,200 13,100 14,500 14,100 11,600
Cows 2 year? old ind older 1_QV
Kept for Milk 300 280 270 240 250 250 250 200 200 80 80 90 90 90
Other
4,950 5,100 4,750 4,850 5,000 5,100 5,100 5,100 5,150 5,230 5,940 7,000 6,400 5,410
All Other Cattle and Calves 5,250 4,920 4,880 5,010 4,850 4,850 5,550 5,600 5,650 5,890 7,080 7,410 7,610 6,100
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs 10,800 13,950 15,500 18,150 19,600 22,750 21,600 20,700 19,350 17,250 11 ,000 13,000 13,500
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less tha n 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/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and hei fers 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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JEFFERSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1978
Jefferson County was created by Legislative Act of February 20, 1796 from parts of
Burke and Warren Counties and was 23rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
-/
named for Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party, author of the Declaration of
Independence and third President of the United States. Louisville, the county seat, was
/976
named for Louisville, Kentucky, a town founded in 1779 by Colonel George Rogers Clarke and named for Louis XVI of France. There stands in Louisville today a little structure which
used to be the old slave market. The date of its erection is uncertain but must have been
when Louisville was the State Capitol in 1795.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 339,328 acres making it 17th in size among
counties in the State. There were 430 farms having a total of 181,067 acres with land and buildings valued at
$54,072,000. The number of farms is only 13 percent of the peak number in 1920. Harvested cropland declined from
126,369 acres in 1949 to 82,821 acres in 1974. The livestock enterprises, principally beef and swine production,
have increased substantially in recent years and in 1974 accounted for more than 37 percent of the value of all farm
products sold. Soybeans have become an important crop in recent years.
Jefferson County is located in what is generally the driest section of Georgia. Yearly rainfall averages only
about 45 inches, according to the N0AA--National Weather Service. However, rainfall is more evenly distributed in
this part of the State than in any other. Only March averages as much as five inches, and no month averages as
little as two inches of rain. The average annual temperature is about 65 degrees, and monthly averages range from
just over 48 degrees in December and January to just over 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about
230 days extending usually from just past March 20 to just before November 10.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~~
1964 Amount $~
3,804,055
6,614,709
1974 Amount $~
19,705,000
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
3,052,568 3,007,974
22,707 21 ,887
80.2
4,431,731
79.1
4,327,106
6
74,637
5
29,988
67.0 65.5
1.1 .5
19,581,000
12,094,500 11,809,500 8,234,500
2,274,000 223,000
1,078,000 70,000 215,000
NUV 2 6 1979
61.8 60.3
42.1 DOCUMENTS
11.6 IUGA LIBRARIES
1.1 5.5
.4 1.1
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
1,000 75,364
675,123 59,006 71,082
545,035
2 0
17 8 1 6 1 .9
14 3
9,600 152,163
,021,215
511,374 396,933 ,112,908
2.3
30.6
7.8 6.0 16.8
185,000
7,301,500
375,000 1,612,000 5,314,500 4,073,500 1,234,000
7,000
.9
37.3 1.9 8.2 27.2
20.8 6.3
.1
Government Payments 1/
45,000
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 Prod. 2.0% . Poultry & Poultry
Products 1.6% -Dairy Prod. 1.9%
_ Other Livestock & Livestock Products 14.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Prod. 0.9% . Poultry & Poultry
Products 1.9%
*-- Dairy Prod. 8.2%
Other Livestock & *"" Livestock Products
27.2%
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
JEFFERSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
48,299 72,480 46,864
40,140 36,830 31,200 29,200 27,500 29,200 24,400 21,900 20,600 15,600 14,900 13,010 13,000 14,000 13,700 13,600 13,400 16,900 15,100 15,500 15,600 15,900 22,000 27,600
44,282
51,039 53,324 47,789 72,323 45,056
31,420 31,380 26,290 24,940 23,400 25,200 20,900 18,700 17,200 12,800 12,600 11,050 11,100 12,300 11,850 12,100 11,900 15,400 13,700 14,110 14,400 13,830 18,700
9,760
8.1 10.5 10.5
9.5 8.4 11.0
6.4 20.7 19.0 25.8 28.5 22.3 29.4 33.7 21.5 47.1 33.7 42.5 44.9 62.4 44.2 38.3 29.7 62.7 46.0 52.0 62.6 43.4 72.5 15.0
357,630 536,598 559,154 456,303 605,028 497,851
200,800 650,700 499,500 643,300 667,100 561,300 615,000 631,000 370,000 603,000 424,000 470,000 498,000 768,000 524,000 463,000 353,000 965,000 630,200 733,700 900,900 600,200 1,355,800 146,200
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
2,070 3,050 3,260 3,490 5,320 7,830 10,570 15,220 22,200 18,200 17,800 24,600 34,000 37,600 41 ,540 43,100 52,560 37,520 50,100
12.0 11.5 13.5
9.5 15.0 20.5 21.5 21.0 25.5 16.0 26.5 21.5 28.0 11.5 15.9 25.2 17.3 18.5 17.9
24,840 35,075 43,955 33,155 79,800 160,515 227,255 323,675 566,100 291,200 471,700 528,900 952,000 432,400 660,500 1 ,086,100 909,300 694,100 896,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yie Id
per acre
(1 t>s.)
Acreage Production Harvested (1000 lbs.;
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
41,055 63,256 62,745 50,675 34,367 38,591
23,970 20,760 19,630 13,750 10,620 15,630 16,120 18,900 20,090 17,400 17,530 15,420 10,300 8,690 11,850 13,050 13,200 11,500 13,100 11,935 13,600 5,850 8,750 3.960
203
16,105
213
26,967
194
24,302
202
20,483
265
18,234
2,906
164
12,664
6,978
231
11,550
2,720
325
14,050
3,200
287
11,750
3,240
321
9,190
3,030
447
9,900
2,600
388
12,640
2,220
387
13,020
1,830
387
15,270
1,640
322
13,510
1 ,280
380
13,830
1 ,000
499
18,260
905
497
16,020
1,280
472
10,150
1,525
438
7,950
1,680
291
7,230
2,410
331
9,010
2,650
341
9,400
2,750
431
10,300
2,800
286
7,800
2,840
497
12,400
2,870
444
12,600
2,846
325
3,970
2,875
264
4,810
2,852
122
1.010
2.862
228 565 516 569 741 552 581
709 193 710
1, 250 1, 198 1, 552
1, 757 1, 755 1, 316 2, 307 2, 333 1, 599 2, 297 2, 741 2, 347 1, H4 2.352
1,689 3,429
621 1,807 1,995 1,723 1,926 1,447 1,247 1,162
631 710 1,131 1,533 2,367 2,951 4,230 4,813 6,345 6,533 4,541 6,592 7,801 6,748 4,887 6,732
2,213 1,197 3,455 1 ,565
12,930
10,000 8,640
11,160 7,950 4,000 7,780 7,300 7,450 4,750 6,350 6,850 6,050 8,050
14,400 11,030
6,690 7,510 15,690 5,690 7,900 12,150 10,740 8,160 7,200
18.3 19.1 22.4 15.5 26.0 20.0 22.5 28.5 26.0 29.5 31.5 28.0 28.5 24.5 26.3 35.0 38.5 43.2 22.0 28.6 26.2 25.2 31.0 29.0
Production (bu.)
9,320 8,387 19,627 16,681
107,104
182,890 165,080 250,370 123,220 104,000 155,600 164,250 212,350 123,380 187,000 215,400 169,400 229,400 353,000 290,100 233,900 289,000 677,200 125,000 225,900 318,300 270,600 253,000 208.800
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
JEFFERSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
18,212 21,379 22,602 20,727
20,040
18,855
17,468
17,174
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,208 15,195 14,355 12,941
9,988
3,770
1,413
5,639 5,917 5,478
3,679
1,629
1,009
9,569 9,278 8,877
6,309
2,141
404
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
460,800 460,800 413,440 413,440 413,440 340,480 340,480 340,480 340,480 340,480 340,480 339,328 339,328
Percent in Farms
60.5 56.7 56.9 56.7 68.1 73.3 76.2 87.8 78.0 72.1 58.4 53.7 53.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
278,725 261,469 235,331 234,376 281 ,442 249,721 259,394 298,962 265,689 245,361 198,881 182,191 181,067
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
132 92 72 91
118 129 124 179 216 282 292 350 421
Number of Farms
2,114 2,856 3,258 2,580 2,393 1,936 2,086 1 ,669 1,230
871 680 521 430
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,778,290 4,841,738 10,330,041 4,565,291 3,716,784 5,584,703 5,970,550 8,628,730 9,822,780 14,205,139 16,313,200 29,208,367 54,072,000
Average
(dol.)
841
1,695 3,171 1,769 1,553 2,885 2,862 5,170 7,986 16,309 23,990 56,062 125,748
Tractors
38
117 343 742 855 854 812 732 695
Trucks
61
105 216 471 539 608 561 573 599
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
615
50
741
45
1,027
81
899
172
985
261
756
281
717
370
443
(NA)
419
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,853 4,541 1,636
391 526 2,476 8,861 5,742 16,359 7,929 2,478 1 ,855 1,979
Production (bushels)
39,240 62,442 20,814
6,982 7,981 37,676 203,378 129,607 535,614 252,026 112,841 116,291 135,272
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,046 4,007 7,363 7,057
5,778 6,921 4,772 4,245 2,203 3,115
1,798 3,045
2,837 3,707 5,073 7,125 5,048 7,947
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Marvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
76 296
61
2,043 1,341 2,106 1,451
897 234
4,763
2,203 44,476
8,360 22,707 71,347 74,637 132,212 70,000
PEACHES V 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
32,227
11,164
16,754
1,527
11,205
5,550
10,756
4,576
10,752
8,910
5,886
5,073
8,580
8,962
4,386
553
1,735
517
8,583
5,515
10,423
64
6,010
18,750
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
100
3,952
9,195
22,750
9,873
25,781
11,316
13,915 12,552 12,353 23,536 20,024 11,012
89,234 281,359
67,554 59,386 272,009 98,029 403,627 544,868
SUEE1
POTATC ESI/ !/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
507
39,011
885
90,884
827
88,009
658
84,379
1,226
84,088
1,014
86,302
935
52,859
245
22,796
57
4,029
46
4,857
21
2,391
6
240
1
210
Year
Harvested Cropland
1ANn IKF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
110,840 121,386 133,457 128,950 126,369 103,152
79,696 62,381 61,315 82,821
27,937 27,579 10,982 33,984 21,442 15,149 25,723 24,708 20,202 15,471
See footnotes on last page.
5,819 12,046 15,955
2,500 7,776 14,025 12,965 8,957 12,472 11,659
Woodland
83,674 81,598 74,431 107,151 75,600 78,437 124,690 120,804 116,133 89,818 73,215 48.914
Other Land
8,286 12,708 14,569 11,001 13,352 14,966 18,685 12,559 10,844 13,017 14,987 22,202
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
53
4?
63
36
52
41
51
69
44
76
40
252
127
*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
JEFFERSON COUNTY STATISTICS-U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,446 4,643 5,891
2,914 5,549 4,281 6,532 5,918 11,036 10,874 13,757 17,638 19,711
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,179 3,006 3,048 1,715 2,944 2,408 3,804 3,271
5,791 5,224 5,439 6,821 7,942
Milk Cows 1,594 2,465 2,668 1,620
2,245
1,992 1,552 1,119 1,145 1 ,004 1 ,649
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,266 3,370 11,406 21,265
21,848 121,510 161,935 198,225 557,692 787,950
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
16,564 16,706 14,920 6,694 13,367 12,058 15,500 15,475 12,420 18,590 10,263 10,211 9,893
Sows Farrowing 5/
2,458 849
1,537 1,531 2,041 1,901 2,158 2,732 1 ,562 1,643 2,099
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
42,191 55,821 66,531 47,358 62,274 55,404 80,301 40,696 38,237 90,269 78,593 40,479 26,938
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,659 11,199 32,790
22,858
9,874 10,126 101,640 35,479 34,107
(0)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
136,720 154,677 197,524 229,771 169,269 286,930 420,009 71,856 120,192 600,939 1,101,312 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and Poultry
$ 41,807' 20,661 24,927
111,001 174,664 418,355 553,602
and Ferti1izer Material $387,461 286,107
937,769
1,024,714
Hired
Labor (Thniic \
$fOI.8 252.5 350.9 597.2 612.4 760.7 684.7
744,691
1 ,383,756
725.7
',513,000
3,190,000
843.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,600 14,300 13,900 13,900 14,700 16,400 19,500 19,500 19,700
21,000 24,000 24,000 23,300 23,500
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
1,400 1,300 1,170 1,160 1,100 1,300 1,400 1,500 1,550 1,880 1,990 2,100 2,290 2,150
Other
4,500 4,600 4,300 5,200 4,950 5,100 5,800 6,200 6,400 6,650 7,340 7,000 5,800 5,330
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
8,700 8,400 8,430 7,540 8,650 10,000 12,300 11,800 11,750 12,470 14,670 14,900 15,210 16,020
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 10,350 10,450 11,600 10,650 11,500 13,300 12,650 12,150 12,550
13,500 13,000 16,000 17,000
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms.
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~~l 5-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older
10/ In 1971. and .thereaf ter, cl asTT- Data withheld to avoid
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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JONES COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1876
Jones County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1807 from a part of
Baldwin County and was 30th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
James Jones of Savannah, an able lawyer of the early ante-bellum period Gray, the county
'976
seat was named for a pioneer family. Long before Macon was founded, the town of Clinton, first known as Albany, was famous for the manufacture of cotton gins.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 257,152 acres
makinq it 59th in size among counties in the State. There were 170 farms having a total
of 45 422 acres with land and buildings valued at $21,056,000. The number of farms was
onlv 9 percent of the peak number in 1910. Jones County lies in an area of the State where the impact of
?hi Kni? wopii invasion in the early 1920's was the most difficult to overcome. Farmers in this area
ttemo ed m ny a te t enterprises! one of which was peach production. In 1974 the livestock enterprise
accounted for 94 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Dairying, poultry and beef production
Were alLSrainnfall avIr^lTtleTnc^n Jones County, according to the NOAA-National Weather Service July and March with averages of just over five inches are normally the wettest months and 0 er', witharound two and one-fourth inches, is usually the driest T he average an ual tern perat r i= ahmit fil decrees and monthly averages range from around 46 degrees in January to aDout au aegreeb July The avera e dates of th/last spring and first fall freezes are about March 25 and November 7,
respectively, giving an average freeze-free season of around 225 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1,478,366
1964 Amount
2,186,854
1974 Amount $
4,597,000
TTT7
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
356,514
24.1
66,086
4.5
189,565
8.6
168,394
7.7
4,523,000 165,000 160,000 74,000
86,000
Received
3.7 3.5
fliOV
2 6
1979
1.6
DOCUMENTS 1.9 LjGA LIBRARIES
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
11,001 279,427
21,800 70,018
1 ,030,034 247,019 557,818 225,197
.7 18.9
1.5 4.7
69.7 16.7 37.8 15.2
7,143 14,028
(D) 88,146
1,891 ,343 477,598 886,009 527,736
4.0
86.5
21.9 40, 24,
2,000 3,000
5,000 109,000
4,244,000 1 ,084,500 2,594,500
565,000 538,000
22,000
5,000
.1 .1
.1 2.4
93.8 24.0 57.3 12.5 11.9
.5
.1
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock
more sales. Percentages for 1954 included in total for computation
9,000 foaonpfdrecrco11e99m76nm44taogmdbeaiatsyysednfpooerotrncea1d9nsd7ata4legdsuweese,freTMtoTMco/dDmis1p-c1u^ lDotesadtuTMarue^swsinitgha.nh3dte/o.lAdotavmaltiosl vsI aiaolvunoesidfornod2mliys/ cNfflaooorsrmt insc1go9wm74iipnt,ahfronar$obm2tle5a0t0fioonor r
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 6.2%
Other Livestock & ivestock Prod. 15.2%
^Ktt&SSXXPoultry & Poultry
fRfcaSSP^
Products 16.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops 3.7% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.5% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.5%
Poultry & Poultry Products 24.0%
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
JONES COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
16,117 14,712 4,154
2,350 1,880 1,600 1,500 1,400 1,600 1,240 1,090 1,070 2,140 1,850 1,720 1,790 1,860 1,900
940 940 600 500 760 1,500 1,600 1,600 1,150
26,685 25,072 28,221 14,731 14,548 4,034
1,940 1,570 1,210 1,150 1,000 1,100
900 760 700 880 800 770 790 950 940 800 790 520 450 380 490 400 400 230
7.4 10.4
9.8 10.9
9.2 14.3
9.7 23.4 17.5 18.8 24.9 20.7 23.3 25.0 21.4 33.0 37.5 35.1 35.4 43.2 40.4 27.5 20.3 48.1 31.1 42.9 42.4 34.5 44.0 10.0
198,470 261,708 276,073 160,055 133,962 57,876
18,800 36,700 21,200 21,600 24,900 22,800 21,000 19,000 15,000 29,000 30,000 27,000 28,000 41,000 38,000 22,000 16,000 25,000 14,000 16,300 20,800 13,800 17,600 2,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
300
23.0
6,900
200
16.5
3,300
420
15.0
6,300
330
16.4
5,400
310
19.0
5,900
380
16.6
6,300
310
19.4
6,000
360
16.1
5,800
A7--creage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
35,474
152
48,520
179
36,743
129
5,558
143
3,528
195
876
192
490
171
550
256
490
229
220
345
125
256
320
259
185
232
140
200
200
155
120
417
140
250
95
253
50
400
5
200
5
400
--
Bales
WHEAT
Acreage Yield Harvested per icre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
10,474
17,391
8,767
1,585
93
1,373
374
336
170
170
290
230
160
65
170
90
60
60
100
70
10
50
10
40
10
2
5
110
150
150
340
70
100
130
110
80
60
4,410 2,223
18 5 18 0 19 0
26 4 33 3 39 3 42. 6 20. 0 26. 5 29. 0 27. 2 30. 3 32. 5
185 180 190
2,900 5,000 5,900 14,500 1,400 2,650 3,770 2,990 2,420 1,950
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,358 13,103 13,269 8,992
8,331
7,538
8,468
12,218
JONES COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,049 7,769 6,104 3,670 3,178
1,228
516
2,248 2,699 2,136
1,339
768
393
4,801 5,070 3,968
1,839
460
123
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
241,280 241,280 241 ,280 241 ,280 241,280 257,280 257,280 257,280 257,280 257,280 257,280 257,152 257,152
Percent in Farms
80.2 89.6 75.6 63.9 74.0 53.3 48.5 46.0 42.1 30.9 31.8 20.6 17.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
193,546 216,153 182,445 154,226 178,433 137,112 124,686 118,306 108,278 79,536 81 ,741 52,940 45,422
Average Size Farms
(acres)
132 113
98 168 152 185 167 188 224 252 322 291 267
Number of Farms
1,472 1 ,922 1,867
921 1,176
740 748 631 483 316 254 182 170
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,201,550 2,681,134 5,891,061 2,344,724 1,681,633 1,856,898 2,402,200 2,922,161 5,136,705 5,067,060 10,222,992 10,268,097 21,056,000
Average (dol.)
816 1,395 3,155 2,546 1,430 2,509 3,211 4,631 10,635 16,035 40,248 56,418 123,860
Tractors
76
47 115 194 279 263 248 234 264
Trucks
148
148 202 263 294 207 268 210 241
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
370
55
288
46
421
90
291
109
442
203
298
233
303
190
194
(NA)
154
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,428
1,880 263 36 34 178
1,021 1,772 1 ,655
461 168
34 14
36,380 29,209
3,260 762 745
3,666 28,973 35,582 48,439 11,845
9,010 1,254
840
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,085 1,568 2,754 2,577
2,183 2,959 3,530 3,325 2,169 1,923
1,607 2,300
2,266 2,213 4,138 7,098 5,264 5,290
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
2,327 2,443 2,989
1,466 362 43 48 15 4
101,065
81,093 65,786 108,096 11,001 4,137
7,143 2,176 2,000
PEACHES 1121
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
52,346
203
472,581
80,264
1,008,147 337,227
127,602 169,231
428,733 319,817
466,534 133,780
321,414
70,745
227,836
38,828
95,931
71 ,873
49,319
67,998
46,769
175
23,212
49,103
4,040
(D)
PECANS !_/ 1'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,814 6,227
7,489
8,983 4,611 3,481 3,528 2,504
630
500 2,026 3,610
20,599 36,783 10,259 8,190 83,608
850 23,400
6.398
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
683
37,067
633
54,057
775
49,943
806
64,556
890
56,818
646
46,999
582
42,749
185
13,399
30
1,775
21
2,699
12
1,102
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN.ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
37,537
23,517
1934
37,136
12,534
1939 1944 1949 1954
34,352 22,378 15,134 10,161
7,933 17,069 11,290
3,257
1959 1964 1969 1974
7,805
6,955 5,543 5,248
1,746 1,185 1,172
612
See footnotes on last page.
12,380 7,349
17,963 13,976 17,702
9,416
5,119 6,559 10,357
10,236
Wood!and
88,056 66,480 58,953 86,370 58,202 53,083 63,568 62,714 45,338 46,725 25,284 21,014
Other Land
19,225 16,955 19,722 34,611 17,413 18,113 10,612 22,730 19,528 20,317 10,584 8,312
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
17
27
13
8
5
9
4
14
18
22
23
102
90
*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
JONES COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,679 5,534 6,015 4,403 6,810 5,055 6,371 7,483 10,026 8,524 9,490 8,896 9,930
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years
and Older)
2,745 3,634 3,168 2,346 3,726 2,306 3,107 4,177 6,030 5,018 5,356 4,795 5,775
Milk Cows
1,834 2,597 3,004 2,196
2,021
2,595 2,636 2,291 1,812 2,290 2,446
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
216 1,570 54,432 173,939
254,529 483,370 578,728 1,223,591 843,674 1,760,277
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,472 9,256 9,097 3,339 5,228 3,182 2,762 1,946 2,266 2,518
896 686 567
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,385 433 585 446 303 238 345 388 143 143 142
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
28,998 29,592 39,274 21,078 29,918 20,662 25,136 21,153 10,557 29,830 19,995 22,300
753
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,586 11,471 14,013
8,769
15,121 396,183 1,022,844 639,139
(D) 1,372,600
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
96,270 104,267 106,612 100,922 101,580
93,717 163,917
69,850 36,130 156,566 253,921
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED CENSUS
Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
$ 46,789 38,140
136,936 164,383 1 ,069,389 438,000 769,210 894,074 2,207,000
rARM EXPENDITURES
DF AGRICULTURE Fertilizer
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Material
(Thous.)
$ 65,630 57,070
$ 143.1 119.9
123.8
98,819
141.2 164.6
150,244 161,191
257.5 199.2 238.0
279,000
213.0
USUA LSIIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,100 9,800 9,900 9,700 9,700
10,100 11,500 12,000 12,500 12,500 14,500 14,000 13,600 10,700
Cows 2 years old and older ]J}/
Kept for Milk
2,150 2,000 2,390 2,110 2,300 2,550 2,800 3,400 3,800 3,200 3,320 3,330 3,060 2,900
Other
3,700 4,000 3,750 3,850 4,000 4,100 4,000 3,980 3,740 3,790 4,900 4,000 3,700 3,300
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,250 3,800 3,760 3,740 3,400 3,450 4,700 4,620 4,960 5,510 6,280 6,670 6,840 4,500
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
900 850 900 700 800 1 ,200 1 ,600 2,000 1 ,800 1 ,500 1 ,200 1,400 1 ,300
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fu lly comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older,
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beg inning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold, ]0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". disclosure of information for individual farms.
NA Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
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
LAURENS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Laurens County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1807 from parts of Washington and Wilkinson counties and was 31st in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Lieutenant-Colonel John Laurens of South Carolina, a gallant officer of the Revolution who fell in battle near the close of the struggle. He was a son of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress. Dublin, the county seat, was named for the historic capital of Ireland. When organized the county included Bleckley, Pulaski
and a part of Dodge County. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 518,208 acres making
it 3rd in size among counties in the state. There were 978 farms having a total of 274,245 acres with land and buildings valued at $87,020,000. The number of farms was only 18 percent of the peak number in 1920. There was little change in the relative importance of crops and livestock in value of products sold during the Census years of 1964 and 1974. Crops accounted for about 62 percent and livestock, poultry and their products accounted for 35 percent of the total value of products sold in 1974. The importance of individual crops had changed. The acreage planted to cotton had declined and soybeans had become more popular as a
cash crop. Significant also, were the sharp increases in average yields for most crops. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
around 46 inches for Laurens County. March and July, with just over five inches of rainfall are normally the wettest months. November, with an average of just over two inches is usually the driest. The temperature averages about 65 degrees for the year, with monthly averages ranging from near 48 degrees in January to just over 81 degrees in July. On the average the temperature reaches or exceeds 90 degrees on 98 days and drops to 32 degrees or below on 45 days during the year. The freeze-free season averages about 232
days in length, extending usually from March 20 to around November 7.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
1974 Amount $
* 1/
Value of All Farm Products
6,373,871
8,721,699
22,408,000
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
Government Payments 1/
4,238,845 4,190,124
36,801 11,920 15,000 379,895 1,740,131 90,238 207,345 1,442,548
66.5
5,503,531
65.7
5,434,302
.6
62,559
.2
6,670
.2
(D)
6.0
704,881
27.3
2,509,687
1.4
380,840
3.3
118,251
22.6
2,010,596
63.1 62.3
.7 .1
8.1 28.8 4.4
1.4 23.0
22,153,000
13,814,000 13,687,500
7,049,500 223,000
2,434,000 77,000
3,904,000 55,500 71,000
124,000
462,000
7,753,000 1,728,000
(D) (NA) 1,172,000 4,819,000
62.3 61.8 31.8
1.0 11.0
.4 17.6
.2 .3
.6 2.1
35.0 7.8
5.3 21.7
(D) 111,000
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
Livestock, Dairy
& their Products
^
25.9%
Poultry & Poultry
*"
Products
1.4%
<_ Forestry Products
6.0%
*> Veg., Fruits, Nuts,
Berries & Hort. Spec,
1.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Dairy ^ & their Products
27.2%
^ Poultry & Poultry Products 7.8%
^ Forestry Products 2.1%
*"* Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec 1.1%
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
LAURENS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
80,968 102,234 83,709
61,606 69,437 99,531 79,608 100,259 67,712
100,900 93,190 90,400
89,000 88,500 91,900 75,100 66,000 59,100 53,300 46,100 44,600 45,000 47,700 48,400 53,500 51,650 56,700 49,100 57,000 60,400 61,500 68,000 57,000
48,700 59,310 60,440 60,300 61,200 62,900 52,500 47,500
44,000 40,100 36,300 35,220 35,800 41,000 41,300 46,000 43,300 49,200 42,800 49,300 55,900
60,100 66,600 12,700
8.7 11.4 10.3 10.3
9.5 11.7
7.6 24.3 20.5 22.8 27.9 19.9 26.5 33.9 28.3 39.0 37.4 43.6 44.4 55.3 32.9 35.9 24.2 50.1 44.0 41.0 48.1 55.2 50.9
9.0
534,600 790,538 1,028,885 817,384 954,756 791,215
368,400 1,441,200 1,239,000 1,376,100 1,707,400 1,254,000 1,393,000 1,611,000 1,245,000 1 ,564,000 1,356,000 1,537,000 1 ,589,000 2,266,000 1,359,000 1,652,000 1,048,000 2,465,000 1,883,200 2,021,300 2,688,000 3,319,500 3,393,100
114,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested' for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
410 880 940 1 ,010 1,790 2,640 4,060 6,120 13,800
8,200 6,400 10,800 19,100 21,900 28,440
26,560 30,530 24,260 24,200
14.0 14.5 19.5 18.0 21.0 17.4
22.0 25.0 25.5 18.5 26.5 25.0 25.0 12.0 17.1 22.0 25.9 24.4
20.0
5,740 12,760 18,330 18,180 37,590 46,200 89,320 153,000 351,900 151,700 169,600 270,000 477,500 262,800 486,300 584,300 790,700 591,900 484,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested j>er acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
58,376
188
21,910
100,253
209
41,884
106,667
95
20,362
8
83,891
152
25,473
298
50,248
239
23,987
246
54,023
185
19,990
287
33,850
261
18,450
445
587
30,140
322
20,250
420
1,114
28,470
341
20,240
365
1,137
18,100
318
12,020
165
909
12,220
395
10,100
95
1,379
21,620
347
15,650
270
1,067
21,730
334
15,150
270
1,322
24,490
319
16,290
285
1,147
24,460
346
17,650
300
1,300
19,900
461
19,170
290
1,390
22,070
465
21,450
260
1,496
21,500
484
21,750
225
1,493
14,500
457
13,840
225
1,026
12,300
435
11,200
280
1,611
16,700
297
10,400
220
1,240
16,700
309
10,800
225
1,182
16,500
275
9,500
175
1,697
16,700
430
15,000
250
1,322
16,900
278
9,800
245
1,290
14,150
389
11,500
250
1,348
15,300
414
13,200
260
1,680
4,850
278
2,820
265
1,711
5,600
317
3,700
210
1,774
3,550
191
1.410
285
1.51?
3
187
172
7,055
247
13,060
4,241 8,625
261
4,150
243
1 ,009
468
8,300
795
6,602
415
8,220
827
6,795
150
7,530
703
5,296
131
7,870
922
7,258
288
7,060
875
6,179
357
7,170
905
6,489
327
6,890
1 ,008
6,947
390
6,960
808
5,627
403
6,800
1,000
6,799
389
7,140
1 ,278
9,125
336
6,970
1 ,360
9,476
231
7,210
1 ,550
11 ,178
451
7,315
1,785
13,054
273
7,950
1 ,364
10,840
266
8,075
1 ,587
12,819
297
8,220
1 ,902
15,631
331
8,165
2,419
19,753
316
8,215
1 ,980
16,264
337
8,185
2,042
16,714
437
8,287
2,875
23,824
453
8,393
3,033
25,457
373 431
8,435 8.442
2,244 2.678
18 924 22.605
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
LAURENS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
25,908 35,501 39,605 32,693
33,606
33,123
32,313
32,738
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
23,250 23,663 23,430 15,932 14,824
6,816
3,716
13,472 13,615 13,569
8,597
4,322
2,654
9,778 10,048
9,861
6,227
2,494
1,062
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
515,840 515,840 515,840 515,840 515,840 519,040 519,040 519,040 519,040 519,040 519,040 518,208 518,208
Percent in Farms
64.1 79.6 71.8 65.8 80.9 69.8 70.7 85.0 81.6 72.7 64.0 59.6 52.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
330,721 410,774 370,557 339,527 417,364 362,524 367,206 441 ,269 423,697 377,349 332,156 308,690 274,245
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
114 83 69 82 105 102 98 136 171 235 274 271 280
Number of Farms
2,900 4,923 5,337 4,166 3,959 3,569 3,741 3,235 2,472 1,606 1,213 1,139
978
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,395,640 7,833,812 19,729,993 8,069,770 6,176,477 8,386,600 10,161 ,167 14,741,895 15,039,648 28,395,686 35,970,302 51,964,053 87,020,000
Average
(dol.)
826 1,591 3,697 1,937 1,560 2,350 2,716 4,557 6,084 17,681 29,654 45,622 88,978
Tractors
37
65 310 926 1,303 1,571 1,501 1,403 1,194
Trucks
189
284 514 954 1,133 1,123 1,155 1,202 1,125
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
994
263
915
103
1,168
102
1,548
101
1,600
281
1,251
632
1,267
791
866
(NA)
849
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,848 7,023 4,699
810 1,572 3,429 5,789 2,039 12,611 5,226 2,230 1,140
914
Production (bushels)
19,230 105,848 59,527 14,436 25,466 81,455 146,477 45,641 286,459 164,547 103,069
68,130 60,435
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,218 2,367 8,662 10,075
10,537 11,852 4,897 4,526
2,808 3,050
1,774 4,421
5,056 8,371 7,013 9,483 7,946 7,005
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
1,782 3,624 2,288
1,897 1,484
543 734 501 193
67,513
29,141 40,231 57,180 36,801 30,782 62,559 94,730 55,000
PEACHES U 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,873 21,142 15,927 10,722
6,545 18,185
8,851 1,704 1,550 2,021
495
884 9,852 5,344 9,321 4,253 10,580 1,046 1,384 1,797
213 165
PECANS !_/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
5,464 14,328
50 561 12,333 25,629
15,821
20,957 20,958 18,620 13,481 8,083
6.788
287,975 243,376
130,211 18,696
218,816
15,749 95,979 159.082
SWICT
POTATOES 1/ /
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
741 1,491 1,815 1,637 2,051 1,836 1,515
583 84 77
43 39 mi
58,838 141 ,897 152,290 179,271 149,719 158,706 131,995
49,904 5,501 6,071 4,138 5,893
?fi,R7>;
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
183,175 195,777 199,964 179,117 172,181 167,137 133,192
86,541 85,102 104,816
26,886 27,810 17,259 20,155 32,437 19,995 17,151 42,980 40,137 15,213
See footnotes on last page
-5X Plowabie Pasture
7,005 9,626 14,427 9,534 18,423 31,700 19,127 11,553 24,997 23,152
Woodland
159,845 109,666 102,105 165,521 115,135 131,878 196,094 185,308 192,093 167,258 120,510 104,930
Other Land
17,325 10,613 18,767 16,541 15,015 25,973 22,134 19,557 15,786 23,824 37,944 26,134
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
42
53
90
76
128
140
186
192
166
216
138
462
228
*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
LAURENS COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,568 15,104 16,882 6,988 14,656 10,253 15,942 13,820 25,601 19,080 22,512 21 ,458 24,554
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,798 8,902 7,903 3,894 6,534 5,499 7,970 7,304 13,413 9,718 10,233 10,838 13,533
Milk Cows
3,957 5,704 5,381 3,722
5,064
4,817 4,282 1,944
815 662 330
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
9,452 11,771 52,767 88,778
179,958 263,875 339,155 460,641 302,664 235,044
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
27,678 44,387 51 ,333 16,590 32,496 27,977 37,455 38,843 38,733 55,078 39,387 52,040 45,214
Farrowinq 5/
8,695 3,258 5,181 5,287 6,563 5,524 6,786 9,191 6,844 10,588 10,129
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
56,310 76,822 108,453 73,140 92,953 84,559 91,510 68,980 64,794 49,492 27,859 108,192 177,816
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,648 17,726 68,457
34,275
27,972 20,805 194,873 309,349
(D) 235,140
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
182,880 218,894 267,687 347,600 271,839 386,242 468,279 68,796 192,203 160,693 221,523
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 82,210 $ 477,482
$ 191.0
38,748
318,591
307.3
105,219
413.0
255,581
867.7
516,027
1,002,456
651.6
594,358
826.3
650,822
1,470,767
761 .1
1 ,615,839
1,981,938
764.4
3,141,000
3,812,000
940.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older ]_07
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
23,900
980
23,000
900
22,300
870
22,800
840
22,800
840
23,000
800
23,800
700
24,000
620
24,100
500
26,800
470
31,200
490
30,500
670
29,600
660
24,000
610
9,850 10,000
9,350 9,650 9,950 10,150 10,300 10,800 10,900 11,070 12,580 12,200 11,300 10.400
13,070 12,100
12,080 12,310 12,010
12,050 12,800 12,580 12,700 15,260 18,130 17,630 17,640 12.990
39,700 45,950 50,950 54,250 58,500 67,550 64,400 60,650 50,000 48,100 45,000 55,500 54,500
1/ In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than" 5-20
bushels harves ted 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi
cation changed Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 cFickens 3 months old and older
8/ All chicken sification cha
disclosure of
s sold 9/ 2 infotrTM maZ tio,n
Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/
7for indH ive-idHua'w l farhmaVse. CalVed"-
NA - Not "vallable.-D
In -
1971 Data
and thereafter claswithheld to avoid
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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LEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Lee County was created by Legislative Acts of June 9, 1825 and December 11, 1826 from
treaty land acquired from the Creek Indians in 1825 and was 68th in order of counties
organized in Georgia. It was named for Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, who in the Continental
Congress at Philadelphia on June 7, 1776 was active in the movement for the independence of
the Colonies Leesburg, the county seat, was also named for the great Virginia patriot.
Originally Lee included Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Webster and
part of Chattahoochee, Clay and Marion counties.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 226,880 acres There
Dprp:. H
were 205 farms having a total of 180,497 acres with land and buildings valued at $86,023,000. ntfUeiVeCI
The number of farms was only 12 percent of the peak number in 1910. Value of all crops accounted for 80 percent Jf the value of TM1 farm products. All farm products value was $6,843,547 in 1964 compared to $19,103,000 in
1974'Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of NUV I 6 1979
about 49 inches for Lee County. July is normally the wettest month with an average of more than five and
one-half inches of rainfall and October, with just over two inches, is the driest, on the average The
temperature average for the year is approximately 66 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from about 50
DOCUMENTS
degrees in January to 81 degrees in July. The average length of the freeze-free season is about 250 days,
lqt?
with the average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes about March 10 and November 15, respective!^ LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $ 2,965,826
1964 Amount
6,843,547
1974 Amount $"~
19,103,000
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
1,804,431 1,755,041
36,949 12,441 36,200 98,359 1,026,836 175,351
41,433 810,052
60.9
3,625,977
59.2
3,565,717
1.3
24,938
.4
35,322
1.2
(D)
3.3
96,250
34.6
3,021,320
5.9
360,035
1.4
180,061
27.3
2,481,224
53.0 52.1
.4 .5
1.4 44.1
5.3 2.6 36.2
19,041,000
15,169,000 13,357,000 4,653,000
506,000 196,000 8,002,000 170,000 1,642,000
(D)
(D)
3,663,000 (D)
939,000 (NA)
1,611,000 718,000
(D)
79.7 70.2 24.5
2.7 1.0 42.0
.9 8.6
19.2
4.9
8.5 3.8
22,000
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
for
1974
may
not
add
due
to
disclosures
and
omis sions.
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/
Aval
lable avoid
only for 1974, not disclosing information
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Vegetables 1.3% "^ Fruits, Nuts & "-- Berries 0.4% , Forestry Products
Hort. Spec. 4.5%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 34.67.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
^.Vegetables 0.?
Fruits, Nuts & "Berries 8.6%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.1%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 19.2%
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)
20,812 21,350 16,750
21 ,460 20,880 21,500 22,600 21,700 21 ,500 19,000 17,000 16,500 15,400 13,900 15,740 15,000 18,700 16,800 18,100 15,900 18,200 15,400 21,800 28,100 29,300 31,100 30,600
LEE 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.)
30,086 35,885 33,275 20,356 20,997 15,395
18,100 18,200 18,540 19,750 19,600 19,300 16,900 15,500 14,300 13,400 12,600 14,100 13,800 17,500 15,900 16,600 15,100 17,500 14,700 21,130 26,800 28,340 30,000 18,400
8.3 10.4 10.7 10.9 9.4 17.9
10.6 20.3 22.6 24.3 34.0 32.4 34.0 38.9 29.3 47.9 43.3 44.1 38.3 49.8 33.5 43.0 32.1 59.1 50.0 60.0 64.6 57.2 58.8 12.0
249,480 374,298 354,974 222,221 197,080 275,412
192,300 370,200 419,700 480,100 666,100 624,500 574,000 603,000 419,000 642,000 546,000 622,000 529,000 871,000 533,000 714,000 484,000 1,034,000 735,000 1,267,800 1,731,400 1,621,200 1 ,763,600 220,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
440 630 660
720 1 ,020 1,510 2,030 2,930 5,800 4,600 4,300 4,400 5,200 7,400 7,680 7,410 9,500 9,230 11 ,860
12.5 14.5
11.0 14.0 14.5 19.5 19.0 19.5 20.5 12.5 25.0 23.5 30.0 16.5 24.5 28.5 21.6 25.3
23.9
Production
(bushels)
5,500 9,135 7,325 10,080 14,790 29,445 38,570 57,135 118,900 57,500 107,500 103,400 156,000 122,100 188,200 211 ,200 205,200 233,500 283,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Productior
(1,000 lbs )
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
36,973 53,154 37,901 12,618 4,540 3,799
4,440 3,390 3,600 2,450 1,715 2,900 3,010 3,890 3,920 3,590 3,240 3,080 1,950 1,590 2,510 2,200 1,800 2,000 2,300 2,230 2,630
345 630 285
154
10,970
223
23,715
103
7,744
156
3,932
155
1,410 29,346
179
1,361 21,377
309
2,860 15,480
357
2,520 16,480
320
2,410 15,980
291
1,490 15,900
431
1,540 15,810
339
2,050 15,380
410
2,570 14,760
371
3,010 14,980
371
3,040 14,830
443
3,330 15,040
506
3,420 14,975
443
2,850 15,090
462
1,880 15,020
455
1,510 15,040
301
1 ,580 15,670
373
1,710 15,495
339
1,280 15,540
353
1,470 15,560
413
1,980 15,630
503
2,350 15,600
472
2,590 16,073
501
360 16,078
397
520 16,192
84
50 16.206
658 834 1,178 822 1,077 1,121 1,282 1,230 974 1,688 1,719 1,854 1,708 2,108
1,947 1,868 2,106 2,324 2,965 2,693 3,420 3,413 2,951 2.633
14,302 15,309
10,185 13,737 18,829 13,069 17,024 17,245 18,921 18,428 14,446 25,391 25,744 27,971 25,659 31,703 30,516 28,940 32,733 36,160 46,346 42,009 54,974 54,871 47,779 42.671
88
286 7
417
500 360 350
60 160 430 380 350 170 300 270 250 290 720 720 450 380 570 1,880 880 1,120 900 1,010 lr280
21.8 16.7
20.8 14.5 27.5 25.0 28.5 28.5
27.0 30.5 34.0 26.0 33.0 23.1
30.7 40.2 37.9 38.6 21 .5 27.5
19.6 35.0 33.6 31 .5
760
1,914 57
7,275
10,910 6,020 7,280 870 4,400
10,750 10,830
9,980 4,590 9,150 9,180 6,500 9,570 16,600 22,100 18,100 14,400 22,000 40,400 24,200 22,000 31,500 33,900 4n,,3nn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,344 11,679 10,904
8,328
7,837
6,674
6,204
7,044
LEE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1500-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,716 5,456 6,347 5,135 4,013
2,991
1,174
1,126 1,060 1,147
889
859
457
5,590 4,396 5,200
3,124
2,132
717
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
208,640 208,640 208,640 208,640 208,640 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 227,200 226,880 226,880
Percent in Farms
81.7 88.0 82.5 68.4 77.8 65.3 91.4 86.3 81.0 77.0 67.2 67.0 79.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
170,433 183,627 172,048 142,690 162,253 148,360 207,749 196,154 184,067 174,939 152,713 152,000 180,497
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
128 104 102 122 167 157 216 276 314 442 727 623 880
Number
of Farms
1,329 1,772
1,691
1,169 971 946 964 712 587 396 210 244 205
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
890,230 3,154,687 6,949,494 4,305,194 2,338,188 2,415,213 4,625,158 6,720,568 6,652,471 12,898,908 18,938,430 37,260,685 86,023,000
Average
(dol.)
670 1,780 4,110 3,683 2,408 2,553 4,798 9,439 11,333 32,573 90,183 152,707 419,625
Tractors
69
88 244 445 481 604 483 512 526
Trucks
50
96 205 299 283 370 331 401 444
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
345
31
346
42
422
55
453
80
476
96
355
144
255
151
233
(NA)
227
(NA)
OATS 1/
Year Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1899
2,021
1909
4,213
1919
2,855
1929
542
1934
808
1939
1 ,989
1944
2,973
1949
2,157
1954
5,912
1959
2,962
1964
1,665
1969
1,131
1974
1 ,962
22,840 66,005 44,944
9,075
18,689 28,125 96,590 44,305 195,589 127,918 83,309 64,299 123,386
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,462 6,324 20,164 23,549
11,281 8,488 4,107 4,243 1,064 1.914
2,558 6,375
4,234 4,247 5,525 9,289 3,391 5,856
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
264 495 1,228
861 944 639 319 375 ?^4
11,827
30,110 17,392 47,775 36,949 47,437 24,938 55,834 nn.nnn
PEACHES u 1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
23,273
996 17,004 14,179 20,482
278 121 18,242 363 5,401 659
1,190 623
15,834 11,616 4,843
269 110
17 12 55 38
PECANS '_/ 1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
73,359 123,990
3,588 56,979 140,014
59,755
130,819 83,005 120,503 61 ,685 91,147 118,863
139,992 591,352
124,560 36,839
215,625 121,979 3,750,236 3.197.179
SWEET
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
421
22,604
508
36,960
466
38,093
153
13,786
313
19,982
238
18,174
185
9,956
160
14,309
244
17,394
674
84,297
412
88,324
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fal low
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
61 ,869 57,306 65,276 65,472 58,900 56,206
16,843 30,233 17,945 33,174 26,926 14,943
1959
57,089
1964
44,728
1969
48,077
1974
60,459
14,023 12,261 15,722
7,494
See footnotes on last page.
5,975 8,122 6,449 22,226 24,313 14,275 21,059 9,407 11,369 13,192
Woodland
57,486 53,272 35,317 55,842 51,811 81,168 74,398 81,573 72,789 66,592 53,216 66,464
Other Land
6,443 7,761 21,561 9,954 4,641 5,536 11,617 17,070 9,979 19,725 23,616 32,888
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
*
51
49
24
34
30
29
25
38
22
29
16
65
37
*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
LEE COUNTY STATISTICS- U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,131 2,634 3,878 1,800 5,592 3,586 9,407 7,117 15,238 16,884 24,554 17,847 18,687
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,136 1,787 1,995
966 2,582 1,422 4,271 3,665 7,741 7,262 8,208 8,358 8,821
Milk Cows
720 1,381 1,682
907
1,253
804 665 552 353 302 844
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,938 5,026 20,183 100,030
162,760 115,121 69,094 83,941 359,040 343,238 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,210 11,070 12,475 5,440 7,407 5,761 8,791 7,937 7,832 9,615 5,141 9,574 5,818
Farrowinq 5/
2,066 686
1,192 1,081 1,758 1,044 1,288 1,744 1,207 2,241 2,044
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
27,077 28,318 26,900 13,653 16,880 20,555 21,935 13,926 14,733 12,078 56,072
U(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
5,498 5,910 5,775
7,195
2,033 4,543 230,932 44,912
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
45,150 80,161 92,226 70,860 74,456 66,036 53,741 34,965 89,211 67,176 804,640
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 35,106 69,428 86,162 68,423
220,482 389,856 581,116 429,988 1,366,000
$ 115,574 61,533
484,528
800,486 1,288,175 2,901,000
$ 123 7 131.0 428.8 499.0 418.3 485.7 583.9 913.6
1,734.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
26,000 25,200 25,000 24,000 22,000 22,000 22,700 22,900 23,000 23,700 26,200 25,000 24,300
21,700
Cows 2 years old and older T_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
430 400 350 290 320 420 520 590 640 780 830 900 970 1.020
8,200 8,300
8,200 7,450
7,700 8,000
8,200 8,450 8,650 8,950 9,930 9,500 8,700 7.940
All Other Cattle and Calves
17,370 16,500 16,450 16,260 13,980 13,580 13,980 13,860 13,710 13,970 15,440 14,600 14,630 12.740
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,150 7,300 8,100 10,000 10,800 12,500 11,900 11,400 11,850 10,200 10,000 12,500 14,000
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. cation changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 8/ All chickenis sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
d isclosure of information for individual farms.
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. D - Data withheld to avoid
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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I.c7
LIBERTY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1978 i <hovtu m.mtv was created by the State Constitution of February 5, 1777 from land
organ^7Tl777, Liberty cK included Mclntosh County and ..port or.of Bryj gunjy
9
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land arewas 3|B.768 acres "ag bui
size valued
a^ng counties in the State There were farm an a tot 1 of ^3 acres ^ ^ county ^
Received
at $7,495,000. The number of farms was only 4 percent or tne p
ductive for agricuitural crops. Only 8
ably larger. The lands along the Georgia coast have never been ve y p
^ ^
icuUural economy
percent of the land area Is classified as being n farms ineiP
^ lg74_
N0V2 6 1979
has increased from 15 percent of the value ^.^J^Xrlerv ce reports an average annual precipitation of
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-Nationa Weather bervit P
h a
eral
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount
272,619
484,198
1974 Amount
706,000
TV
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
Government Payments 1/ / Dollar amounts and oercenta
85,214 79,888
4,806 520
660,000
31.3 29.3
72,795 72,489
15.1 15.0
267,000 262,500 86,000
40.5 39.8 13.0
172,500
26.2
4,000
.6
300
4,500
6
53,439
133,966 7,430 26,600 99,936
19.6
49.1 2.7 9.8 36.6
58,286
353,117 163,887 114,892
74,338
12.0
72.9 33.8 23.7 15.4
121,000 272,000
(D) (NA) 98,000 (0)
18.3 41.2
14.8
(z)
I
1,000
974
may
not for
add due to disclosures and omissions. |/ 1974 were computed using total value from
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
closing information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Field Crops 29.3%
-Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.0%
Forestry Products 19.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Field Crops 39.8%
-Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 0.7%
-Forestry Products 18.3%
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
LIBERTY COUNTY ACREAGE
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
YIELD AND PRODUCTS , 1954-1977
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
10,443 10,379
3,022
2,600 2,400 1,800 1,500 1,300 1,550 1,350 1,250 1,200 1,090 1,060
930 970 1,080 1,150 1,100 1,120 1,300 1,100 1,200 1,500 1,300 1,400 1,050
15,198 15,757 22,572 10,109 10,038
2,470
1,860 1,660 1,180 1,000
850 970 880 900 860 800 820 720 750 890 960 1,020 1,000 1,150 1,000 1,100 1,300 1,100 1,170 420
11.0 14.5 10.1 13.2
8.9 13.8
10.4 29.2 22.0 20.8 21.9 22.4 26.1 27.8 31.4 45.0 31.7 45.8 34.7 55.1 43.8 36.3 31.0 46.1 44.0 50.0 51.8 55.3 50.0 20.0
166,550 228,450 228,734 133,795
89,595 34,099
19,400 48,500 26,000 20,800 18,600 21,700 23,000 25,000 27,000 36,000 26,000 33,000 26,000 49,000 42,000 37,000 31,000 53,000 44,000 55,000 67,400 60,800 58,500
8,400
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
1,159
167
4,804
224
4,329
76
1,501
182
690
142
244
227
110
173
95
137
120
158
90
111
60
250
no
309
120
183
55
164
55
145
30
233
35
257
25
200
15
200
10
100
10
100
Bales
' 323 2,154
662 546 196 111
40 25 40 20 30 70 45 20 20 15 20 10
6 2 2
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) (1 ,000 lbs)
Yield per acre
109
40
386
292
664
402
104
108
115
1,009
116
115
1,278
147
100
1,080
108
80
700
56
60
1,367
82
80
1,363
109
80
1,438
115
80
1,625
130
90
1,533
138
90
1,444
130
80
1,425
114
65
1,692
110
70
1,111
78
100
1,540
154
69
1,225
85
79
827
65
83
1,482
123
105
1,851
194
51
1 ,750
89
70
1,794
126
78
2,078
162
80
1,903
152
80
1,608
129
76
2,080
158
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,093 12,924 12,707
8,153
8,595
8,444
14,487
17,569
LIBERTY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,642 5,026 4,675 3,103 2,399
364
902
1,414 1,326 1,284
617
270
559
4,228 3,700 3,391
1,782
94
343
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
599,040 599,040 599,040 347,520 347,520 326,400 326,400 326,400 326,400 326,400 326,400 328,768 328,768
Percent
in Farms
44.2 38.7 38.1 37.6 40.0 47.5 24.4 33.0 31.0 27.1 21.6
6.4 8.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
264,647 231,529 228,445 130,706 139,116 155,087
79,748 107,554 101,029 88,424
70,373 21,154 27,123
Average Size Farms
(acres)
155 129 121 118 142 169 111 196 166 438 818 194 387
Number of Farms
1,710 1,799 1,890 1,107
980 917 721
548 607
202 86
109 70
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.)
796,400 1,927,222 4,163,790 1,942,803 1,171,972 1,284,895 1,609,069 3,297,864 6,201,719 4,177,562 5,543,990 3,735,754 7,495,000
Average
(dol.)
466 1,071 2,203 1,755 1,196 1,401 2,232 6,018 10,217 20,681 64,465 34,272 107,067
F
Tractors
18
22 25 75 103 114 47 96 76
Trucks
94
86 91 161 225 115 63 84 60
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
269
46
183
32
253
22
198
14
205
37
156
76
69
62
60
(NA)
63 1 (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS V
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,463
1,721 1,201
72 22 119
3 518
68
14,950
19,063 13,953
1,065 265
1,812 100
6,932 800
65
2,600
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres). (tons)
925
276
184
514
11
625
419
494
413
223
356
531
452
692
235
797
193
.?92
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
47
3,401
58
19
995
1,943
132
4,534
105
4,806
38
2,008
8
300
45
(D)
18
PEACHES y_JL
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
7,587 1,583 1,869 2,984 1,740 2,731 1,651
613 115 119
307 353 1,121 1,039 806 475 494
27
59
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,754 3,554
660 1,290 11,511 2,014
2,321
1,215 404 561 22
31,807 8,960
4,008 889
3,386 25
SWEET
POTATOES l/j/
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
648 1,301 1,271
625 514 491
605
158 29 21 1
50,475 114,589
98,089 42,546 15,270 23,347 51,336
8,529 1,908
1,563
30
TlNTi IISF IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Cropland
IdleP or Fal 1 ow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
15,106
5,941
1934
11,621
5,185
1939
14,130
1,714
1944
7,896
3,194
1949
5,618
1,167
1954
4,038
2,507
1959
2,228
5,668
1964
1969 1974
2,703 1,992 1,581
393 1,206
335
See footnotes on last page.
1,941 3,305 1,499 1,690 4,389 1,962
3,376 1,190 2,110 1,572
Woodland
190,913 125,516 94,813 111,932
91,040 55,381 88,028 70,683 65,899 64,384 12,512 11,340
Other Land
814 50,990 11,942
5,486 46,298 11,462
8,352 21,839 11,253
1,703 3,334 12,295
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
*
1
3
3
1
2
6
17
6
13
14
74
39
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
LIBERTY COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
19,958 26,888 15,561 8,696 8,085
6,146 5,789 5,798 5,794 2,481 2,347 1 ,277 1 ,520
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
9,419 17,254 8,992 4,914 3,962 2,643 2,496 3,403 3,361 1,369 1,425
653 719
Milk Cows
3,181 5,327
853 1 ,356
1,204
326 328 248 242 24 154
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
6,688 180
4,090 13,059
1,016 3,639 26,157 54,300 231,083
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,903 25,671 19,818
7,586 7,947 6,696 6,726 4,517 4,873 2,596 1 ,516 1 ,204
348
Sows Farrowinq 5/
5,526 1 ,012 1 ,453 1 ,311
975 605 696 433 198 225 119
Chickens (4
Months and
Older) If
33,227 42,484 37,277 17,165 17,831 18,251 16,956 8,723 12,452 47,516 20,920 (D)
143
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
23,334 18,883 16,101 8,491 2,061
380 279,055
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
93,350 79,131 133,855 81 ,012 38,850 76,175 72,280 8,709 12,670 519,336 362,214 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
1
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 14,985
$ 28,129
$ 26.4
8,997 47,166
27,559
25.0 44.5
87,822
65.6
104,043 153,160 87,847 144,925
60,578
45,630 48,524
47.6 72.6 25.2 50.5
103,000
103,000
47.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
2,500 2,400 2,200 2,200 1,600 1,800 2,200 2,300 2,400 2,400 3,000 2,700 2,600 1,960
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
290
1,250
250
1,150
130
1,100
170
1,000
140
1,150
200
1,200
300
1,300
300
1,380
350
1,440
310
1,450
300
1,840
170
1,800
160
1,700
160
1,020
All Other Cattle and Calves
960 1 ,000
970 1,030
310 400 600 620 610 640 860 730 740 780
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1,500 1,400 1 ,600 1 ,250 1,350 1 ,550 1 ,500 1,450 1,350 1,250
900 900 800
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales, 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change" i cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn 8/ All chickenis sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA disclosure of information for individual farms.
2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20
n definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classifi-
ing with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older.
ly eggs sold. 1_0/ Not available. D
In -
1971 Data
and thereafter claswithheld to avoid
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
i.c7 vm,
LONG COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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1979
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DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964
Amount T~
486,547
675,449
1974 Amount $ 1,599,000
-TV
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500
1,560,000
and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
280,769 269,224
57.7
270,566
55.3
263,753
40.0 39.0
753,500 742,500 461,500 185,000
48.3 47.6 29.6 11.9
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 8> LS Products Cattle & Calves
10,993 552
72,409 133,369
8,175 100
125,094
2.3 .1
14.9 27.4
1.7
25.7
6,273 540
600 261,200
143,083 618
39,463 103,002
.9 .1
.1 38.7
21.2 .1
5.8 15.3
96,000
8,000 3,000
121,000 685,500
(D)
(NA) (D)
344,000
6.1 .5 .2
7.8 43.9
22.1
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
(Z)
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3,000
Government Payments II
^__
^L.
' Hisr'losures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
y Dollar amounts and Pontageosc,kfoprerc.9e7n4tagmeasy T954 and 1964. Crop and lives
nfoort
^ 197^ 4 w^er^ e cK ompH utednusg ing
ttootUal
valuUee
frromm
farms with $2500 for 1974, not
or
more sales. Percentages for 1 ?** 1964^sed" ^"cfrmnM1n ^ithFelS'o'avoVdir closing information
inc for individual farms
NA - Not available. d1?-TessenanShalfDo; .8? uStTporUd.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts
y & Berries 2.4%
<--- Forestry Products 14.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts >* & Berries 0.7% *-Forestry Products
7.8%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 27.4%
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)
6,935 8,356 3,190
4,960 5,000 4,700 4,700 4,700 5,100 4,670 4,320 4,100 2,870 2,720 2,370 2,500 2,670 2,800 3,000 3,000 4,700 4,150 4,700 5,100 5,200 5,500 5,250
LONG COUNTY ACREAGE HELD AND PRODUCTION , 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested
Yield
for grain per acre
Production
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.) (bushels)
(acres)
(bu.)
[
Production (bushels)
USDA:
1959
1960
6,633 7,991 2,246
12.1 9.1
13.0
80,379 72,506 29,146
1961 1962
1963 1964
* ,
1965
2,860
12.5
35,700
1966
2,940
31.2
91,700
1967
2,730
25.0
68,200
1968
2,770 2,800
18.8 27.0
52,200 75,600
1969 1970
200
21.5
4,300
3,100
21.4
66,300
1971
460
25.0
11,500
2,810 2,850
36.7 33.7
103,000 96,000
1972 1973
200
15.5
3,100
670
17.5
11,700
2,730 1,850 1,780 1,580
37.7 47.0 33.1 42.4
103,000 87,000 59,000 67,000
1974 1975 1976 1977
620
26.0
16,100
730
22.7
16,600
220
18.2
4,000
550
16.5
9,100
1,650
34.5
57,000
1,940
55.2
107,000
2,040
53.9
110,000
2,800
38.9
109,000
2,650
32.8
87,000
4,400
46.1
203,000
3,850
48.0
184,800
4,300
45.0
193,500
4,900
54.3
266,200
4,920
59.2
291,200
5,280
43.1
227,600
3,680
46.9
172,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
Yield per acre
Production
1,699
190
646
774
184
285
537
192
206
540
352
400
490
265
270
400
265
220
220
73
33
50
540
55
300
297
190
440
291
270
220
245
110
65
292
40
150
227
70
190
358
140
185
233
90
85
129
22
15
67
2
90
156
33
25
160
10
35
371
27
30
233
15
290
229
592
362
284
283
465
1,101
512
455
1,266
576
390
1,382
539
290
783
227
235
1,557
336
305
1,492
455
315
1,714
540
320
1,653
529
335
1,797
602
315
1,749
551
285
1,740
496
255
1,918
489
250
978
245
360
1,811
652
260
1,575
410
265
1,283
340
325
1,505
489
285
1,915
546
240
1,770
425
265
1,711
453
285
1,855
529
295
1,900
561
250
1,635
409
270
1.QR4
5?R
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
LONG 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
4,180
2,618
1,716
902
2,679
1,850
829
4,086
2,205
1,642
563
1,334
3,598
1,202
851
351
251,520 251,520 257,920 257,920 257,920 257,920
22.8 31.7 22.1 13.2 20.0 18.3
57,241
122
79,720
151
56,994
143
34,102
135
51,501
211
47,221
143
468 529 400 253 244 331
3,874
821
589
232
257,920 257,920
15.1 14.9
38,885
180
38,502
239
216 161
3,746
558
384
174
257,216 ?S7.?1fi
14.1 9.4
36,332 24.192
247 _L25_
147 124
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
TotaT (do!.:
Average (dol-)
Tractors
Trucks
817,400
1,747
1
32
624,469
1,180
660,465
1,651
5
54
487,841
1,928
13
59
923,540
3,785
53
66
2,899,229
8,759
158
224
2,371,032
10,977
194
167
4,736,620
29,420
115
100
5,335,236
36,294
138
121
8,234,000
66,403
127
125
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
155
73
139
39
116
24
123
27
148
25
130
81
129
109
81
(NA)
96
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
27
410
9
32
40
604
2
30
20
389
27
1,439
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPI
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
124
98
343
193
352
98
80
182
300
318
424
212
550
375
994
546
2,752
VEGETABLES 172/
GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value
(acres) JMJ.
PEACHES 1J 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/ 1/
-RTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
3WEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tlon
(acres) (bushels)
37
3,545
34
54
2,580
2,694
60
5,845
150
10,993
18
762
69
6,273
706 1,549 2,257
983 38
153
879 1,049
561 4
3,682
3,510
176 573 211 225
1,133
37,701 19,759
137 1,725 1,182 1,825
272 342 219 138
63 40 35
2
24,556 17,401 14,986
9,470 5,082 2,430
2,817
187
_2L
LxQffiL
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND Idle or
USE
TNPloAwtat& f&$le
5/
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944
10,824 10,437 11,467
5,675
2,626 2,285
567 80
1949
4,783
902
1954
6,472
569
1959
5,954
2,353
1964
3,615
976
1969 1974
3,689 4.928
1,866 415
See footnotes on last page.
522 135 351 4,855 410 203 1,381 1,094 1,407 1,792
Woodland
33,154 64,231 42,502 22,868 44,699 37,826 27,991 31,966 27,411 15,235
Other Land
9,775 2,366 1,971
338 707 2,151 1,206 851 1,959 1,822
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
3
1
2
4
18
6
20
24
26
30
14
82 41
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
LONG 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
(gallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,332
2,396
409
6,954
3,689
4,571
2,330
354
3,821
2,172
2,758
1,736
95
3,382
2,071
148
1,839
926
186
1,896
996
121
1,587
889
61
1,751
835
19
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
8,989 13,875 8,947 8,342 4,734 7,127 4,890 1,871
631 8,511
8,617 3,228
543 398 12,390
(D)
50,564 37,529 48,320 27,855 4,472 16,166
6,546 1,471 (NA) (NA)
2,143
3,050 250 150
50,000
(NA) (NA)
4,566 6,120 4,049 4,634 3,900 4,755 5,067 2,161 3,465 2,562
755 1,182 1,099 1,059
374 1,219
813 448 701 485
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS ()F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 4,907 2,794
$ 29,172 25,486
$ 19.0 7.0
7,876
14.6
9,140
24.8
45,500
79,586
66.0
40,855 24,043
64,416
34.9 31.3
66,721
90,207
40.3
294,000
282,000
46.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
All Other Cattle
December 1 All Hogs
and
Kept for
Other
and
and
Calves
Milk
Calves
Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
2,000
140
1,900
120
1,800
100
1,700
70
1,700
70
1,700
200
2,000
150
2,100
100
2,200
100
2,200
90
2,700
90
2,600
90
2,500
90
?,n
an
900 850 800 800 800 800 950 1,020 1,070 1,080 1,370 1,300 1,200 1,28.0
960 930 900 830 830 700 900 980 1,030 1,030 1,240 1,210 1,210 1 ,lqn
2,150 2,800 3,100 3,600 3,900 4,550 4,300 4,150 2,950 2,700 2,000 2,500 3,340
1/ In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed -"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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LOWNDES COUNTY FARM STATISTICS iaoo-ia7B
>X7
Lowndes County was created ^ Legislative Act of December 23. 1825JTMVggr ,
Irwin County and was 62nd in order of countleorganized In GeorglJ
,,, 1821 for
distinguished statesman of South Carolina, Mil"*" "*Vr!:-reafter. Originally the
Vice President of the United States but who g ^^{{^Jg^. valdosta, the county included Barrier.and parts of^rooks EchoH nd Tut
county seat, was named for one of the large p lanwi
ha
a tota1
7
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, there were ow
accounted
of 153.602 acres,with land ^buildings "^'^WW^ soybeans were all
m, for about 73 percent of the value .1J .11 fan, products ef ^^ac coring 1 '"k grown 1n the county with corn utll zing the ^ -crM^ of ^ ^^
t0 ""Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOM-National ^- Service reports an -erage annual^r.^tatlon
23 Sn-J-S ySrfg at5Stfi'-tfS: -- averages about 250 days extending usually from arouno narcn
The f free -DOCUMENTS UQA LiBRAR]ES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF AIL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
5,618,885
1964 Amount
7,085.469
1974
Amount T"
TT7
15,272,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Oairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
3,987,018 3,812,070
71.0 67.9
4,844.676 4,701,592
68.4 66.4
142,741 32,207
177,100
298,180
1,156,587 78,622 392,730 685,235
2.5 .6
3.1
5.3
20.6 1.4 7.0 12.2
65,965 77,119
42,864
272,740
1,925,189 479,963 555.454 889,772
.9 .1
.6
.8
27 2 6 8 7 ,8 12 ,6
15,094,000
11,071,000 (NA)
4,253,000 6,105,000
(D) 218,000 315,000 (D) 106,000
132,000
313,000.
3,578.000 451,000 849,000
2,278,000 1,074,000 1,126,000
1,000 77,000
73.3
28.2 40.4
1.4 2.1
.7
.9 2.1 23.7 3.0 5.6 15.1 7.1 7.5
.5
43.000
2/ Not comparable for
from farms with $2500 or
lore sale
Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All fr-
^
Av^1laWe
only for 1974, not disclosing information
included in total for computation of coninodity percentages. D - Data wlthneio
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Horticultural Spec. 3.1*
.Forestry Products 5.35! - Poultry & Poultry Products 1.4% Dairy Products 7.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec. .9% ^^Forestry Products 2.1%
^Poultry & Poultry Products 3.0%
--Dairy Products 5.6%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.2%
- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.1%
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
LOWNDES COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTIOI 1, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield
All
for grain per acre Producti on
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
(bushels )
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
28,589 40,682 35,856
37,110 34,800 34,600 35,600 33,500 34,900 30,600 27,700 26,200 31,000 29,700 29,300 29,600 33,400 32,300 29,400 30,300 31,700 28,600 30,100 35,600 36,000 42,000 36,300
25,885 28,467 37,051 27,940 38,790 27,295
23,760 24,200 24,130 25,170 24,600 25,600 22,600 21,300 19,700 25,400 25,300 25,000 25,400 29,700 27,900 27,000 26,900 30,100 26,600 27,020 33,900 35,000 41,320 12,200
10.8 12.5 12.7 12.7 10.5 15.3
13.7 18.9 23.6 24.8 24.5 29.0 31.1 36.9 26.7 45.1 38.5 48.8 50.5 61.6 39.1 34.3 25.0 48.2 53.0 38.0 57.3 58.2 50.0 21.0
279,560 354,933 470,563 355,308 407,447 417,22
324,800 456,200 570,400 624,300 602,900 741,500 703,000 787,000 526,000 1,146,000 974,000 1,219,000 1,282,000 1,829,000 1,091,000 927,000 672,000 1,451,000 1,409,800 1,026,800 1,942,200 2,036,700 2,064,700 255,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
380 410 440 470 510 760 1,020 1,470 3,500 2,000 1,400 2,400 3,900 4,900 6,600 5,950 7,250 4,950 5,310
11.5
26.0
25.5
26.5
30.0
20.5 15.5 21.5 23.0 18.0 28.5 22.5 29.0 20.0 22.0 28.0 24.6 24.4 23.5
4,370 10,660 11,235 12,455 15,300 15,580 15,810 31,605 80,500 36,000 39,900 54,000 113,100 98,000 145,200 166,600 178,400 120,800 124,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Harvested per acre Production Harvested
(lbs.) (1,000 lbs)
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,000 lbs.)
21,176 27,777
9,407 11,518
5,489 3,832
3,690 2,930 2,840 2,540 2,040 2,990 2,870 2,350 1,990 2,280 2,640 1,980 1,290
760 740 200
50
168
5,660
182
10,087
114
2,136
244
5,625
171
1,882
208
1,592
373
2,870
352
2,150
230
1,360
268
1,420
372
1,580
272
1,700
338
2,020
240
1,180
288
1,200
407
1,940
297
1,640
311
1,290
154
415
192
310
201
310
220
90
80
10
863 4,951 6,635 5,136
5,690 5,465 4,690 3,220 3,080 3,740 3,810 3,820 4,020 3,795 3,440 2,985 3,750 3,645 3,080 3,260 3,670 2,920 3,060 3,220 4,100 4,060 3,690
4.2QQ
1,268 1,346 1,162 1,323 1,354 1,361 1,641 1,906 1,887 1,959 1,660 1,709 1,690 1,973 1,800 1,633 1,982 1,913 1,900 1,462 2,126 1,877 1,660 1.715
442 4,197 5,105 5,355
7,216 7,355 5,448 4,260 4,171 5,091 6,251 7,282 7,584 7,434 5,709 5,100 6,338 7,192 5,544 5,325 7,273 5,587 5,814 4,707 8,716 7,621 6,126 7.203
1,392 941
580 610 620 550 590 500 410 590 575 575 580 590 600 610 605 610 600 655 630 605 620 647 638 fi.3ft
855 902 805 773 956 884 988 915 903 1,254 1,172 1,408 1,417 1,598 1,673 748 1,295 1,994 2,879 1,962 2,795 2,867 2,197
?.S9?
1,050 693
496 550 499 425 564 442 405 540 519 721 680 831 850 975 1,012 456 777 1,306 1,814 1,187 1,733 1,855 1,402 l.fiM
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940
1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
LOWNDES COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
20,036 24,436 26,521 29,994
31,860
35,211
49,270
55,112
FARM POPULATION"
Total
White
NonWhite
11,933 11,168 11,636
8,538 7,989
4,683
4,133
6,584 6,219 6,209
4,524
2,650
2,286
5,349 4,949 5,427
3,465
2,033
1,847
Approximate
Land Area (acres)
308,480 308,480 304,640 309,120 309,120 323,840 323,840 323,840 323,840 323,840 323,840 324,800 324.800
Percent in Farms
85.3 92.1 89.9 66.4 73.0 61.0 65.7 72.3 77.2 56.9 53.1 50.0 47.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
263,091 284,224 273,927 205,258 225,673 197,537 212,667 234,108 249,977 184,236 172,112 162,291 153.602
Average Size Farms
(acres)
149 122 133 107 123 107 111 143 164 172 188 210 235
Number of Farms
1,768 2,322 2,065 1,925 1,842 1,852 1,913 1,636 1,521 1,071
917 774 K53
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-)
1,002,450 4,216,661 8,023,803 5,922,878 4,352,005 5,327,141 6,741,501 10,357,516 16,981,965 19,335,834 31,197,257 34,640,050 60,978,000
Average
(dol.)
567 1,816 3,886 3,077 2,363 2,876 3,524 6,331 11,165 18,054 34,021 44,754 93.381
Tractors
35
109 321 678 1,052 1,157 1,055 920 917
Trucks
208
277 461 640 832 829 815 725 778
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
820
851 908 794 1,103 1,069 916 616 KS3
123
114 177 259 422 515 697 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
4,976 4,282 3,015
103 158 598 2,043 291 2,186 774 930 131 107
42,600 54,543 45,953
1,965 1,599 9,697 54,854 2,928 66,314
19,032 29,440
6,018
2.886
ALL HAY txcLPi
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
7,657 6,632 6,605 2,837
1,779 2,861 2,663 3,816 1,896 3,068
3,816 3,596
1,312 3,018 4,925 5,904 5,154 9.338
VEGETABLES 1/2/ BROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
2,800 3,663 2,121
3,831 2,750
476 712 294 LSI
156,230
54,520 219,161 259,964 142,741
37,361 65.965 44,343
L0i_
PEACHES 1/ 3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
11,319 1,927 6,105 1,908 1,988 3,807 3,610 828 107 1,612 1,529 85
4,169 1,151 3,601
542 876 809 2,347 117
6 18 435
PECANS 17 3/
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
8,897 12,663
5,350 21,520 40,824 56,353
19,747
19,754 11,044 16,190 13,276
9,029
382,227 370,660 168,731 102,341 148,914 272,430 207.553 240T253
TWEET
POTATOES!/ 4/
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels]
786 850 1,743 1,759 1,694 1,038
978 906
331 628 250
52
St
54,555 73,667 171,665
159,682 96,873
65,106 75,944 67,466 38,648 106,914 45,965
7,138 fl.147
Year
Harvested Cropland
.,JftNn USE :TNACR|S 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
60,286 65,274 71,293 72,216 60,882 55,751 49,488 43,439 35,103 42,346
17,093
13,456 4,835 7,753 11,352 6,426 9,416 10,877 12,015 3,671
See foo notes on last page
5,687 6,655 5,046 3,140 11,863 8,877 10,082
4,024 10,970 15.459
Woodland
171,118 121,737
107,558 128,053 109,681 112,294 132,193 161,634
96,221 92,089 87,058 75.514
Other Land
12,610 45,683
13,660 11,796
6,324 16,344 17,818 17,289 19,029 21,683 17,145 16.612
Farms by Value of Products Sold
tetes. 1969 1 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 2X500
29
36
67
62
91
99
119
U3 108
143
81
321
158
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
LOWNDES COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
12,416 17,032 16,976 8,487 13,407
9,812 14,246
9,954 15,268 11,949 13,883 12,484 17.327
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,050 10,168 8,678 4,778 6,899
5,236 6,885 5,473 7,834 6,071 7,018 6,489 9.348
Milk Cows
3,159 4,669 4,736 2,368
3.368
2,034 2,542 1,884 1,930 1,667
968
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
9.940 61,618 54,983 146,179
208,367 403,712 378,676 749,004 841,019 1,030,230
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
21,202 34,773 36.776 14.096 19,671 20,962 27,314 23,843 20,960 20,582 14,236 17,348 11,901
Sows Farrowinq 5/
7,201 2,129 2,264 3,625 3,183 2,974 3,548 3,780 2,576 3,223 2,715
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
34,408 49,719 57,970 48,286 57,883 64,218 67,311 51,749 46,048 48,113 66,465 50,423 56,684
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
17,860 20,801 30,486 42,597
13,911 11,359 56,467
20,536 41,628
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
95,060 107,746 176,923 233,127 200,325 358.975 410.054 148,182 184,718 329,432 1,062,665
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry $ 45,438
Material $ 246,991
(Thous.) $ 196.7
78,383
206,739
167.4
200,145
389.0
306,006
479.3
753,774
629,650
721.2
659,080
630.7
531,666
966,049
694.6
914,326
969,683
848.2
1,511,000
2.164,000
1,034.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,700 14,400 14,400 14,900 14,500 14,500 15,300 15,300 15,300 15,700 17,900 18.500 18,000 12,500
Cows 2 years old and older ]$/
Kept for Milk
2.350 2,200 1,850 1,810 1,760 1,960 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,480 1,050 1,100 1 ,300 1,070
Other
5,350 5,500 5,650 5,850 6,000 6,200 6,200 6,200 6,200 6,440 8,040 8,000 7,400 6,060
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,000 6,700 6,900 7,240 6,740 6,340 7,300 7,300 7,400 7,780 8,810 9,400 9,300 5,370
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,350 16,000 17,750 18.100 19.550 22,650 21,550 20,650 17,150 15,100 11.000 12,500 14,000
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves
cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha disclosure of
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes I farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excl ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 c s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available information for individual farms.
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi hickens 3 months old and older. "0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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LUMPKIN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
)l
Lumpkin County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from parts of Cherokee, Habersham and Hall counties and was 85th 1n order of counties organized In Georgia It was named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor, Congressman and United States
Senator for Georgia. Dahlonega, the county seat, was named from a title given the locality by the Cherokee Indians. The term signifies "yellow metal referring to the gold found in the area some time before 1828. In 1836 a branch of the United States Mint was established at Dahlonega and operated until 1861, coming 1,381,748 pieces of
l I97(*
gold valued at $6,115,569.
. .
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 186,688 acres. There were 300 farms
ha^naTtotal of 30 171 acres with land and buildings valued at $22,386,000. The number of farms was 30 "per e t8o t plfnumberTlS Poultry and poultry products accounted for over 911 percent of theja ue
of all farm products sold' iin 1974. Broiler production^hatching egg production and more recently commercial egg production had become the predominant features of the agricultural economy of the county,
r
. ,
Received
been a considerable increase in the beef cattle and swine enterprises.
M,t4nn,i
Precipitation averages about 62 inches per year in Lumpkin County according to the N0AA~Nat1onal
N0V2 6 1979
Weather Service March receives over seven inches of rainfall on the average, and no month averages as
^lUtle as three inches" The average annual temperature is just under 59 degrees, and monthly averages
ranoe from about 41 degrees in January to 76 degrees in July. Night temperatures are Pleasantly cool
DOCUMENTS
ev2n 1n mVsu^r. The freeze-free season averages about 207 days, extending usually from about April 8 UGA LIBRARIES
to the first of November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount J~
5,361,401
9,633,384
1974 Amount $
20.391,000
TT7~
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
154,821 76,024
49,418 29.379
62 36,110 5,170,408 5,065,826 20.376 84,206
2.9
48,597
1.4
34,497
.9
13.341
.6
759
20
.7
25,876
96.4
9,558,891
94.5 9,258,766
.4
46,450
1.5
253,675
20.297.000
78.000
.4
56,000
.3
28,000
.1
28,000
(D^ (D
13,000
99.2
20,206.000 99.5
96.1
18.555.000 91.4
.5 2.6
((NSA2.)
319.000
1.6
1.205,000
5.9
(D)
Government Payments 3/
11,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and om ssions. 2/ Notcomparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms21th*?500 r
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 37 Available only for 1974, not^ TMc?uded In total for computation of co-miodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing Information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops, Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec.
3.63;
Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 1.9%
All Crops, Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec.
0.5*
.Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 8.IX
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)
LUMPKIN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION,
CORN
neia for grain per acre
Production
Year
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
1954-1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
9,577 8,536 4,753
4,340 3,770 3,300 3,200 3,200 2,800 2,340 1,850 1,640 1,510 1,250 1,020
870 870 750 870 500 1,000 950 840 950 900 1,100 1,150
15,013 11,520 12,949 9,422 8,485 4,475
4,200 3,690 3,200 3,110 3,000 2,800 2,190 1,630 1,380 1,190 1,030
850 730 730 650 800 410 800 850 690 740 720 800
400
11.1 10.8 11.2 11.7 11.8 18.7
27.8 43.8 37.0 35.7 42.7 39.9 40.2 39.3 37.7 44.5 46.6 52.9 39.7 61.6 61.5 58.8 24.4 57.5 67.1 52.0 54.3 74.0 63.6 45.0
166,570 124,799 144,435 110,554 100,345 83,476
116,900 161 ,600 118,400 111,100 128,000 111 ,800 88,000 64,000 52,000 53,000 48,000 45,000 29,000 45,000 40,000 47,000 10,000 46,000 57,000 35,900 40,200 53,300 sn.qnn 1 18,000
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1 969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
-
Acreage Harvested
OUIIUN
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Productior
Acreage Harvested
Yield
Production (bushels)
Production
403
129
89
1,823
180
655
1,836
218
800
2,329
144
672
1,474
264
778
293
157
92
85
294
50
90
300
55
40
225
20
20
350
15
10
400
10
10
500
10
25
280
15
10
200
5
5
400
5
10
200
5
_.. It
1
LUMPKIN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
7,433 5,444 5,240 4,927
6,223
6,574
7,241
8,728
TARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
3,974
3,885
89
4,214
4,097
117
4,432
4,337
95
3,808
3,609
3,591
18
1,490
1,490
633
633
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
179,200 179,200 179,200 179,200 179,200
186,880 186,880 186,880 186,880 186,240 186.240 186,688 186,688
Percent in Farms
61.3 55.4 53.9 41.5 39.0 40.3 42.1 35.2 38.9 27.8 25.9 20.3 16.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
109,826 99,249 96,602 74,366 69,943 75,375 78,715 65,830 72,661 51,819 48,251 37,832 30,171
Average Size Farms
(acres)
109 108 104
91
81 90 88 83 81 90 104 103 101
Number of Farms
1,012 917 925 817
865 841 894 789 893 575 462 369 300
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)
364,290 579,328 1,150,541 860,419 746,045 855,223 1,282,565 2,278,632 4,744,509 5,494,125 8,576,106 11,986,272 22.386,000
Average
(dol-)
360 632 1,244 1,053 862 1,017 1,435 2,888 5,313 9,555 18,563 32,483 74.621
Tractors
16
11 33 80 270 278 289 310 311
Trucks
61
120 164 208 612 403 447 374 356
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
206
77
173
40
177
40
224
478
56
378
126
579
261
349
(NA)
255
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
377
2,100
384
3,968
281
2,167
10
126
31
299
266
5,239
140
3,677
159
1,945
76
1,678
22
690
"ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
361 153 808 550
519 1,141
506 1,187 1,128 1,195
178 468
689 1,351
672 1,762 1,620 2,539
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
133
10,437
369
584
28,500
108,973
410
30,837
464
49,418
274
23,310
72
13,341
31
6,596
28
(D)
PEACHES J7 3/
TTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
13,967 12,468
6,025 6,862 6,197 10,679 8,406 5,689 2,419
563 192
50
4,024 351
1,185 2,662 10,508 2,163
28 3,448
83
1
PECANS IV j/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
22 62
11
5
385
284
250
122
390
124
175
17
-SWIFT
POTATOES 1/1/
Har- | Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
208
15,036
175
15,546
239
14,293
90
7,775
126
10,138
215
14,693
163
12,256
30
2,604
6
1,885
7
967
277
Year
Harvested Cropland
M '&Nn USE i1M.ACRES
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
13,762
13,096 13,520
12,065 6,893 6,406 3,600 2,664 2,026
1,960
6,166 2,856 3,249 4,343 6,068 4,074 3,047 2,218 1,918
836
See footnotes on last page
4,223 2,456 2,912
804 1,459
325
774 2,676 6,828 5,941
Woodland
68,102 62,367 42,280 48,192 52,267 54,573 47,383 54,065 38,161 32,426 18,824 14,238
Other
Land
5,502 7,223 7,524 3,207 3,266 6,890 4,027 7,791 6,237 8,267 8,236 7,196
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
*
44
84
85
76
39
31
13
15
10
31
7
132
102
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
LUMPKIN COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,626 2,886 2,523 1,388 2,119 1,658 1,848 1,627 3,009 3,071 5,100 5,292 7,315
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,079 1,736 1,316
830 1,157 1,086 1,200
887 1,649 1,487 2,719 2,904 3,963
Milk Cows
976 1,211 1,253
785
1,018
866 969 645 654 361 197
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,326 150
14,868 5,858
17,720 77,363 53,988 41 ,947 219,343 87,616
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
5,666
3,788
4,595
609
719
85
1,129
62
908
114
1,426
147
1,554
169
2,330
348
3,834
420
3,393
554
5,558
851
5,858
282
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) U
22,520 15,729 24,766 18,930 21,222 22,461 29,214 37,387 148,367 226,283 910,903 1,074,699 632,928
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
21,689 7,802
17,147
15,988
2,208,975 6,305,363 5,470,881 7,970,438 10,316,179 12,117,242
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
75,610 56,741 73,655 114,744 71,286 119,729 229,415 298,471 1,134,401 2,688,729 12,858,812 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$
6,196 $ 21,044
$ 3.4
13,094
33,480
6.8
405,985
16.5
1,140,155 4,950,447 2,431,100 4,802,642
65,706 44,474
11.6 89.0 97.3 248.6
6,286,842 11,296,000
60,186 95,000
401.3 1,612.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,400 5,400 5,500 5,700 5,800 5,800 6,200 6,400 6,400 6,500 7,400 7,300 7,100 6.000
Cows 2 years old and older IQ/
Kept for Milk
Other
780
2,150
750
2,300
680
2,300
550
2,450
430
2,500
400
2,550
400
2,650
380
2,630
360
2,780
420
2,810
380
3,000
330
3,500
320
3,600
500
2.910
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,470 2,350 2,520 2,700 2,870 2,850 3,150 3,390 3,260 3,270 4,020 3,470 3,180 2.540
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
3,400 4,450 4,950 5,800 6,250 7,250 6,900 6,650 6,000 6,500 4,900 5,600 5,500
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
disclosure of
1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes
ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition 6/ I "Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 cFick
s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold 10/ nged-"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available-D information for individual farms.
and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since farms with less than 15-20
n 1969 and thereafter classifil ens 3 months old and older. In 1971 and thereafter clas- Data withheld to avoid
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
LAMAR COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
Monroe
Umar County was and Pike counties
created and was
^ 158thJin^ ord^ er OT C^ "^^l. 2 ytn?ClonX federfatfe iArm1 y atnd
Sed for Colonel Lucius quintalj Clnclnnatus Lamar office; ^
^
later a member of Congress, United States Senator, becret j
^% named for
CfevelanHnd. Justice of the Supra*> Cour Barnes ille tt * co^y & ^^ ^ ^
sfflrSTsSriaNrta?^ s ass1?--* ^ -the civii war wweere
I&2bH . ,,,,,,,,,
S desttrS oyed tn thP 1974
whheenn fFeeddeerraall ffoorrcceess ^ caprteurAe^^teetatm own.. Census of Agriculture, the land area was
1ii1a5,f840
acres
making
it
d
146th In size d bul1dingS
for 80 oercent of the total value of all products sold
.
Received aver
annual precipitation
R
1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National "rather Service sports
normally the
of about 50 inches fir Lamar County. March, with" average of close to six n^. ^ ^^
of March and about November 10, respectively, g
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~ 1,151,080
1964
Amount T~
1,054,060
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton a Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry a their Products
Poultry a Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock a LS Products
Cattle a Calves Hogs a Pigs Sheep, Lambs a Wool Misc Livestock a LS Products
584,780
50.8
336,735
29.3
323,765 299,969
24,670 223,375
200
47,343
518,757 155,050 195,696 168,011
2.1 19.4
4.1 45.1 13.5 17.0 14.6
13,890 9,906
450
40,135
689,710 162,951 220,377 306,382
Government Payments 3/
1/ Dollar amounts and . T/954 and 1964. Crop and more sales. Percentag included in total for computati for individual farms
30.7 28.5
1.3 .9 .1 3.8
65.4 15.4 20.9 29.1
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
1974 Amount $ 2,852,000
TT71
2,763,000
525,500 454,000 345,000
(D) 71,000
(0) 9,000 62,500
40,000
2,197,500 704,000 737,000 756,500 640,500 90,000 2,000 24,00.0
19,000 2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974. not disclosing Information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 21.5% Forestry Products 4.1%
--Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
_, Field Crops 16.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts * & Berries 2.6% ^-Forestry Products
1.4*
Poultry & Poultry Products 13.5%
*- Other Livestock &
'] Livestock Prod. 27.4%
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
LAMAR 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)
13,674 14,662
6,867
5,360 4,570 4,500 4,800 4,800 4,300 3,470 2,880 2,420 2,240 1,900 1,830 1,800 1,850 1,750 1,580 1.48U 2,050 1,750 2,300 3,000 3,000 3,100 2,950
13,129 14,378
6,803
4,670 4,070 3,920 4,240 4,400 3,900 3,150 2,530 2,180 1,950 1,750 1,660 1,650 1,750 1,600 1,300 1,250
1,800 1,500 1,890 2,460 2,280 2,230
380
11.9 9.8
15.9
10.1 28.2 25.0 23.8 29.7 26.0 23.8 33.2 33.9 36.4 33.7 39.8 32.1 48.6 37.5 34.6 38.4 46.1 45.0 50.0 44.5 49.3 56.8 12.1
156,739 140,208 108,368
47,300 114,800
98,000 101,000 130,500 101,500
75,000 84,000 74,000 71,000 59,000 66,000 53,000 85,000 60,000 45,000 48,000
83,000 67,500 94,500 109,400 112,400 126,700 4,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
500 550
640 720 620 740 1,180 1,320 1,040 1,720
26.0 22.0
17.5 20.0 20.3 17.7 23.0 23.8 28.3 20.7
13,000 12,100
11,200 14,400 12,600 13,100 27,100 31,400 29,400 35,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage Harvested
Yield
per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
13,625
153
7,225
231
4,940
224
2,820
240
2,570
354
2,410
309
1,280
235
490
245
1,230
278
1,330
268
1,310
315
1,370
328
1,570
328
1,540
306
1,280
270
590
334
230
187
320
206
100
370
140
529
90
389
125
360
100
700
140
493
100
270
145
621
150
287
4,162 3,344 2,213
1,265 1,525 1,124
12,444
18,961
15,711
100
1,410 1,900 1,550
630 250 710 740 860 940 1,080 990 720 410
90 140
75 155
70 90 145 145 56 185 90
550
17.3
9,520
540
15.3
8,250
630
20.6
12,980
580
18.5
10,730
270
23.0
6,210 "
350
23.0
8,050
360
25.5
9,180
340
25.5
8,670
110
22.0
2,420
170
23.0
3,900
210
24.0
5,040
180
26.0
4,680
160
30.0
4,800
400
27.0
10,800
280
28.6
8,000
60
30.0
1,800
150
34.7
5,200
370
36.5
13,500
120
140
24.5
3,430
150
180
24.5
4,410
120
370
24.0
8,880
160
430
28.1
12,100
230
600
32.7
19,600
120
570
29.5
16.800
180
35.8 32.7 38.0 33.0 38.0 43.0 34.0
3,700
4,300 4,910 4,560 5,280 8,740 5,160 6.120
LAMAR COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 ! 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
9,745 10,091 10,242 10,240 10,688
FARM-POPulAtW
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
l All Land
Land Area Percent in Farms
(acres)
in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
Number of Farms
5,384 5,389 5,051 3,643 3,815
2,216 2,344 2,217
1,741
3,168 3,045 2,834
2,074
117,760 117,760 115,840 115,840 115,840 115,840
73.9 85.8
80.5
78.0
83.9 73.4
87,014 101,022
93,291 90,409 97,203 85,000
95 114 126 115 128 133
920 883 742 788 757 639
1,292
778
514
115,840
115,840
59.2 55.6
68,635 64,420
162 166
423 389
827
462
365
115,840
115,840
45.9 40.5
53,121 46,891
204 213
261 220
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
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
3,049,075
3,314
50
55
2,337,662
2,647
1,910,778
2,575
54
2,226,697
2,826
101
74 78
4,457,216
5,888
187
209
5,392,521
8,439
297
213
5,081,499
12,013
322
199
8,233,963
21,167
378
307
12,084,890
46,302
279
210
26,313,000 119,605
269
215
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
349
92
383
60
458
114
600
198
668
315
421
257
488
295
260 207
IS)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
902 799 1,539 3,397 3,158 2,971 1,198 410 243 174
21,005 17,083 30,933 11,709 93,267 95,425 44,094 20,835 12,180
8,508
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
VEGETABLES l_/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (do!-)
PEACHES 1/ 3/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS V 1/
"AIT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
-5WTET
I
POTATOES yy _1
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
907 1,117 2,718
2,054 2,741 2,475 2,241 1,300 1,414
732 877
2,035 2,523 3,547 3,200 2,675 2,601
559 448 794
789 556 174 122
12 15
30,386
17,611 12,092 55,168 24,670 13,754 13,890
3,436 9,000
43,731
56,752
29,681 15,969
5,700 18,862 24,175
22,811 100
13,490 22,314
5,949 7,120
501 38,866 64,626
37,759
53,609
219
22,687
493
31,044
41,874 214,309
327
28,433
301,955
243
21,335
57,492 204,981
96
8,403
45,446 217,794
38
2,964
38,840 503,485
24
2,616
37,094
30,690
1
168
26,349 137,504
2
65
15,887 131.750
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND Idle or
USE
IEEEESZSZ Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
Woodland
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
32,757 34,907 33,808 29,549 24,621 17,737 13,536
9,890 5,827 7,429
10,138 11,759
7,882 11,624 11,095
8,043 6,145 4,293 3,362 1,468
See footnotes on last page.
8,448 11,939 10,566
3,047 7,780 3,953 6,185 3,487 12,645 12,992
25,871 37,975 32,599
31,869 45,615 38,451 30,466 28,504
21,295 16,685
Other Land
9,220 4,150 8,104 14,225 8,089 16,816 12,303 18,246 9,992 8,317
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Hwater
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
*
8
8
8
8
13
16
12
16
21
39
48
174
110
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.
4699 :. 1910? 1919 1929
1959 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
LAMAR 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
(gallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,053 3,591 2,865 4,010 7,886 7,487 7,095 7,316 8,019 11,804
1,735 2,006 1,638 1,980 2,417 4,057 3,895 3,934 4,002 6,062
1,528
1,418
1,667 1,472 1,194
699 883 890
187,904
139,026 219,865 297,525 399,966 983,989 411,275
(NA) (NA)
1,802
148
2,756
178
2,699
227
2,641
308
1,674
159
1,985
277
2,059
379
883
130
856
105
829
233
1
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
CHICKENS Sold 8/
19,517 23,708 17,982 27,407 19,308 31,393 20,476 12,760 17,067
550
14,876
12,766
6,773 16,177 41,688 10,899
(0) 772,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) V
103,480 70,154 67,583
137,593 57,305
233,609 197,396 146,193
P
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 46,757
$ 96,309
$ 68.2
23,543
66,740
66.7
109,010
103.9
98,360
187.2
485,585
205,066
129.0
429,915
148.3
240,175
270,885
110.8
348,361
190.717
95.7
994,000
447,000
140.0
USDA ESTIMATES
fear
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older ID/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968
1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
7,750 7,550 7,650 7,700 8,100 8,200 8,800 8,900 9,000 9,900 11,400 10,900 10,600 n,?nn
840 800 1,030 840 1,000 1,000 900 860 800 820 800 850 910 ?,?R(1
3,400 3,350 3,100 3,250 3,350 3,400 3,450 3,450 3,550 4,190 4,540 4,900 4,900 4,430
3,510
3,400
3,520
3,610
3,750
3,800
4,450
4,590
4,650
4,890
6,060
5,150
4,790
1
4.4Q0
900 900 1,000 900 950 1,100 1,050 1,000 850 1,050 900 . 1,200 1.180
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 thanH5-20 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. H)/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
lo.C-7
LANIER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Lanier County was created by Legislative Act of August 7, 1920 from parts of Berrien, Clinch and Lowndes counties and was 155th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Sidney Lanier, poet, musician, lawyer and soldier. As a poet his "The Song of the Chattahoochee" and The Marshes of Glynn" placed him among the great American poets. Lakeland, the coun ty seat, took its name from the lakes in the area.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 113,408 acres making it 147th in size among counties in the state There were 184 farms having a total of 50,643 acres with land and buildings valued at $18,925,000. The number of farms was only 29 percent of the peak number in 1945. Value of all farm products sold was 242 percent higher in 1974 than it was 10 years earlier in 1964. The value of field crops had more than doubled during the period 19641974. Beef and swine production accounted for almost 9 percent of the v alue of all farm products sold in 1974. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service report s an average annual precipitation in Lanier County of about 50 inches. July averages almost six inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month, while November, with an average of less than two inches, is usually the driest month. The temperature averages about 67 degrees for the year with monthly averages ranging from around 52 degrees in January to about 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 250 days in length, extending usually from about March 10 to mid-November.
Received
NuV 2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
1,833,823
2,196,355
1974
Amount $
i 1/
7,121,000
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
1,458,052 1,435,214
79.5 78.3
1 ,565,226 1,557,508
16,232
.9
6,606
.3
1 ,000
.1
95,046
5.2
279,725
15.2
15,181
.8
340
264,204
14.4
1,813 5,905
50 127,189 503,890 175,796
328,094
71.3 70.9
.1 .3
5.8 22.9
8.0 14.9
7,089,000
3,999,000 3,998,000 1,378,000 2,514,000
99,000 7,000
((Zz!)
(D) (D)
1,856,000 1,250,000
606,000 138,000 468,000
56.4 56.4 19.4 35.5
1.4 .1
26.2 17.6
8.6 2.0 6.6
Government Payments 1/
5,000
]_/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 5.3% oultry & Poultry Products 0.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 17.4%
..Poultry & Poultry Products 17.6%
v Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 14.4%
Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 8.6%
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
LANIER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
8,913
11,868 12,702
12,410 11,640 11,600 12,000 10,600 11,600 10,100
9,200 8,100 8,700 8,400 8,200 8,200 9,200 8,900 8,800 9,050 11,600 10,500 11,800 12,000 11,800 13,500 12,550
8,519
11,327 7,753
7,720 7,760 7,530 7,890 6,900 7,700 6,800 6,300 5,800 6,900 6,900 6,820 6,900 8,000 7,500 8,100 8,080 11,000 9,750 10,600 11,700 11,340 13,100 2,850
12.4 15.0 20.4
10.6 22.2 26.2 23.8 27.8 28.8 31.9 42.1 28.4 43.3 42.5 54.0 49.3 54.6 34.4 42.0 29.1 43.4 63.0 44.0 62.2 61.1 56.8 22.0
105,698 170,353 158,435
82,000 172,400 197,000 187,900 191,600 221,600 217,000 265,000 165,000 299,000 293,000 368,000 340,000 437,000 258,000 340,000 235,000 477,000 614,300
466,400 728,100 693.400 744,400
62,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production
(bushels)
120 170 300 200 200 300 480 900 700 1 ,050 1,460 1,050 870
16.0 23.5 23.0 13.0 11 .0 24.0 25.0 20.0 22.1 27.0 33.1 27.9 20.7
1 ,920 3,995 6,900 2,600 2,200 7,200 12,000 18,000 15,500 28,400 48,300 29,300 18,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
PI 1 rU oU dU u^cttiIokJnM
1,838 1,097 1,092
730 530 450 360 225 540 620 480 440 530 570 500 310 170 350 75 50
217
797
209
458
181
396
355
540
242
270
224
210
111
80
284
135
315
350
326
420
315
315
323
300
392
430
340
410
332
350
181
115
294
105
257
190
147
20
140
14
1
1,808 2,120 1,739
1,945 1,865 1,550 1,100
995 1,300 1,310 1,310 1,375 1,310 1,175 1,060 1,100 1,195 1,000 1,130 1,180
985 990 1,000 1,590 1,580 1,280 1,210
1,427 1,469 1,202
965 1,260 1,184 1,804 1,923 1,809 2,116 1,837 1,915 1,877 2,084 1,905 1,705 2,081 2,039 2,125 1,369 2,125 1,808 1,655 2,016
1 ,659 1 ,942 2,162
2,776 2,740 1 ,863 1 ,061 1,254 1,539 2,363 2,519 2,488 2,772 2,158 2,030 2,065 2,490 1,905 1 ,927 2,455 2,008 2,104 1,369 3,378 2,857 2,119 2,439 l
-I-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
LANIER 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
5,190
3,211
2,355
856
3,232
2,525
707
5,632
3,478
2,743
735
2,663
5,151
2,669
2,046
623
122,240
66.0
80,633
142
122,240
63.5
77,573
132
106,880
69.3
74,084
128
106,880
58.8
62,814
99
106,880
81.8
87,384
153
569 587 580 637 573
5,097
1,499
1,140
359
106,880
79.5
84,987
173
106,880
54.3
58,004
180
490 322
5,031
771
106,880
48.6
51 ,899
174
298
699
72
113,408
43.7
49,533
211
235
113.408
44.7
5n,64.i
275
184
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,366,755
2,402
6
1,176,582
2,004
1,408,755
2,429
18
1,735,902
2,725
59
4,104,399
7,163
190
4,528,580
9,242
272
5,709,704
17,732
290
6,580,734
22,083
296
11,826,290
50,324
366
18,925,000 102,851
293
65
254
16
54
182
5
108
249
9
172
260
187
300
25
191
268
50
249
255
160
260
193
(NA)
231
140
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS ]_/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
21 28 162 124 173 1,065 309 20
385 287
3,935 4,365 5,031 35,319 10,185 1,000
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,138 2,542 1,418
362 341
96 140 173 240
1,092 1,339
241 423 196 234 682 882
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES V 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/ 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES V4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
123
9,218
404
736
552
139
6,845
953
35,194
515
537
44,104
455
264
16,232
261
29
2,171
100
25
1,813
418
19
(D)
(01
(D)
126
3,298
5,938
560
47,854
389
660
43,925
1,479
28,801 130,647
460
52,306
361
124,112
217
31,738
16
3,134
18,329
177
11,073
50
1,973
19,817
89
7,708
48
2,033
28,856
77
9,663
171
1,416
18,897
76
10,528
348
18,400
19
4,753
359
840
11
1,874
LAND US^ IN ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
16,375
1934
18,504
1,438 1,955
1939
18,212
274
1944
17,146
649
1949 1954 1959 1964
18,087 15,885 13,693 10,679
2,485 1,330 2,254 4,496
1969
10,088
4,789
1974
11,530
652
See fool.notes on last page.
645 537 438 171 1,009 3,366 2,013 1,569 2,675 2,222
Woodland
20,493 55,074 51,508 42,951 63,817 61,437 34,161 30,542 27,269 29,079
Other Land
41,534 1,436 3,638 1,788 1,986 2,969 5,883 4,613 4,712 7,160
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
* 19
16 22
23
28
26
42
49
30
44
18
74
28
*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
LANIER 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
4,688
2,833
670
6,870
3,475
5,307
1,601
545
5,593
3,645
3,649
2,069
461
3,782
2,060
333
2,176
1,127
191
3,218
1,483
95
2,573
1,339
190
2,742
1 ,385
30
2,040 1,588 2,785
640
(NA) (NA)
6,504 7,538 7,383 11,068 11,057 9,174 10,504 7,269 7,238 4,181
852 1,010 1 ,505 1 ,409 1 ,141 1 483 2,012 1,368 1 ,335
982
Chickens (4
Months and Older) U
CHICKENS Sold 8/
15,235 20,027 17,006 15,688 14,545 15,207 12,894 5,703 12,824
298
10,891
7,006
2,426 1,335 174,462 356,842 991,060 1,455,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
77,542 50,084 109,005 97,815 25,551 26,461 96,671 19,365
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry 5,085
Material
$ 74,500
(Thous. 33.4
2,699
57,823
42.8
15,397
66.6
35,717 80,171
198,872
97.7 193.1
88,166
132.2
232,677 510,129
167,638 320,052
161.7 432.0
,133,000
692,000
473.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,450 3,200 3,150 3,100 3,000 3,000 3,200 3,300 3,300 4,000 4,300 4,300 4,200 3,890
Cows 2 years old and older l_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
110
1 ,450
90
1,550
80
1 ,500
70
1 ,550
200
1,600
200
1,650
200
1 ,850
150
2,050
150
2,300
30
2,790
30
2,480
30
2,400
20
2,200
130
1.960
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,890 1,560 1,570 1 ,480 1,200 1,150 1,150 1,100
850 1,180 1,790 1,870 1,980 1.800
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
7,350 7,400 8,200 7,550 8,150 9,450 8,950 8,600 8,550 7,500 6,000 8,100 7,900
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chickenis sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved", disclosure of information for ind ividual farms.
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-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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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LINCOLN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B
>.C7
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Lincoln County was created by Legislative Act of February 20, 1796 from part of Wilkes County and was 24th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Benjamin Lincoln, a distinguished officer of the Revolution who was in command of the Southern Department. In 1781 he was transferred to Virginia under Washington and was chosen by him to receive the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. He was afterward Secretary of War in the cabinet of President Washington. Lincolnton, the county seat, was also named
for General Lincoln.
_. __
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 123,200 acres. There
were 187 farms having a total of 37,461 acres with land and buildings valued at $13,781,000. The number of
farms was only 11 percent of the peak number in 1920. Clark Hill Dam Reservoir has reduced the land area in
the county in recent years. Harvested cropland declined from 12,740 acres in 1954 to 3,118 acres in 1974
The value of all livestock, poultry and their products accounted for almost 91 percent of the value of all
farm products in 1974 with poultry and poultry products accounting for almost 68 percent of the value ot all
RprpfwarJ \C^tilVeCI
Um Precipitation'averages about 47 inches per year in Lincoln County according to the MAA--ltat1oral Weather NOV 2 fi 1Q7
Service. March and July average slightly more than five inches of rainfall and are usually the wettest months,"
13/
while October, with an average'of just under three inches, is normally the driest. The average annual tempera-
ture is around 62 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 45 degrees in December and January, to near 79
degrees in July and August The average length of the freeze-free season is approximately 215 days with average dates of last spring and first fall freeze around early April and early November, respectively.
DOCUMENTS UGA LiBRARiE!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount ~$~
565,498
1,662.554
1974 Amount $
2,735,000
TV
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
241,409
42.
235,793
41
1,977
.4
3,639
.6
81,994 78,456
2,353 1,185
2,610,000
4.9
86,000
3.3
4.7
86,000
3.3
51,000
2.0
34,000
1.3
1,000
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
379 64,903
258,807 124,025
25,518 109,264
.1
11.5
113,359
6.8
159,500
6.1
45.7
1,467,201
88.
21.9
1,158,005
69.
4.5
78.775
4.
19.3
230,421
13,
2,364,500 1,768,000
(D) (NA) 274,000
(D)
90.6 67.7
10.5
21,000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954 lauded in total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions.
percentages for 1974 were computed using total value and 1964 based on sales ^om Al Ifarms. 3/ Available of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974, not disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products &
' Hort. Spec. 11.6%
Other Livestock, Dair> & their Prod. 23.8%
Poultry & Poultry Products 21.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 y
^All Crops 3.3% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 6.1%
Other Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 22.9%
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)
LINCOLN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954-1977
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Product on (bushel! )
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
12,796 14,510
7,566
4,720 4,270 3,800 3,500 3,400 3,300 2,630 2,050 1,910 1,520 1,200 1,130 1,090
900 830 700 610 1,200 800 820 930 950 1,200 1,350
11,806 13,176 15,924 12,661 14,491
7,220
4,420 3,980 3,420 3,200 3,200 3,000 2,390 1,840 1,720 1,360 1,070 1,010
990 820 740 590 520 1,000 650 650 700 740 840 280
8.1 12.6 14.5 11.9
8.8 10.8
9.3 24.4 17.5 15.9 19.8 18.3 19.2 22.8 23.3 29.4 28.0 34.7 25.3 39.0 27.0 20.3 19.2 37.0 38.0 42.0 54.3 47.3 44.0 43.9
95,140 166,336 231,168 150,533 128,174
77,862
41,300 97,100 59,800 50,800 63,200 54,900 46,000 42,000 40,000 40,000 30,000 35,000 25,000 32,000 20,000 12,000 10,000 37,000 24,700 27,300 38,000 35,000 37,000 12,300
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yie Id per acre
(bu. )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
15,939 25,165 25,051 14,300
9,053 5,254
170
5,401
217
10,933
226
11,342
206
5,904
278
5,037
180
1,890
1,552 195 704 780
430
10,240 1,361 5,405 7,234
4,439
2,910
218
1,320
2,590
329
1,780
2,320
172
830
1,300
226
610
795
301
500
1,400
281
820
1,270
225
600
1,150
209
500
940
186
370
810
198
330
530
257
280
420
250
215
280
246
140
120
217
55
480
12. 2
250
13. 4
320
18. 0
320
15. 0
140
18. 5
220
15. 5
150
18. 0
100
23. 0
50
20. 0
60
18. 0
70
18. 5
50
18. 0
40
20. 0
5,860 3,340 5,760 4,800 2,590 3,410 2,700 2,300 1,000 1,080 1,300
900 800
150
173
55
100
280
60
90
356
67
80
263
45
50
200
35
86
21
140
25. 0
3,500
6
80
no
23. 0 34. 5
1.840 3,800
90
28. 1
2,530
90
29. 7
22,670
200 1 29. 5
5.900
i
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
7,156 8,714 9,739 7,847
7,042
6,462
5,906
5,895
LINCOLN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,863 6,550 6,145 3,840 3,758
1,144
536
3,032 3,075 2,805
1,826
750
484
3,831 3,475 3,340
1,932
394
52
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
186,240 186,240 186,240 186,240 186,240 161,920 161,920 161,920 161,920 132,480 132,480 123,200 123,200
Percent in Farms
65.1 72.3 69.2 49.5 65.6 66.0 62.9 66.9 54.9 50.5 51.7 37.3
30.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
121,310 134,598 128,828
92,111 122,148 106,925 101,802 108,395
88,906 66,880 68,482 45,970 37,461
Average Size Farms
(acres)
118 87 77 62 76 104 118 145 130 175 200 196 200
Number of Farms
1,029 1,548 1,668 1,481 1,614 1,032
860 748 684 383 342 235 187
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.)
638,050 2,130,317 5,457,279 2,027,875 1,329,346 1,253,735 1,462,612 3,437,060 3,242,844 3,824,255 7,405,668 7,429,763 13,781,000
620 1,376 3,272 1,369
824 1,215 1,701 4,595 4,741 9,985 21,654 31,616 73,694
Tractors
24
25 72 172 201 256 307 207 184
Trucks
60
46 38 213 225 197 221 201 184
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
520
124
322
62
343
58
454
61
- 484
64
374
207
390
239
204
(NA)
156 1 (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,397 4,490 2,744
756 1,440 1,933
983 1,513 1,714
743 152
31,920 60,008 38,129 12,554 16.154 22,635 19,708 21,896 33,992 13,850
4,499
26
920
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,223 329
1,489 1,544
4,129 2,914 1,883 2,092 1,516 2.065
293 922
3,227 2,337 1,708 2,685 3,090 4.061
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
35
3,319
16
33
1,466
1,250
62
421
55
1,977
49 10,650
21
2,353
(D)
PEACHES 1/ J/
"ATI- Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
9,190 14,096 19,755 11,106 13,092 10,874 11,373
5,732 1,454
700
3,534 9,064 2,335 6,789 12,288
12,830
4,893 1,094
321 573
119
PECANS V H
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
957 1,398
1,384
2,430 1,291
771 519
200 1,181 4,122
12,137 13,956 63,515
2,668 19,364
2,175
SWETT--"
POTATOES 1/j/
Har vested (acres)
Production
(bushels)
151
9,508
262
28,500
330
30,948
169
15,348
459
27,490
369
26,135
210
15,144
72
8,269
10
1,905
15
1,361
4
398
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 ANO USE TN Af.RFS R/
Idle or
Plowable .
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939
32,563 40,180 35,382
9,022 9,324 5,635
1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
27,194 20.706 12,740
7.829 4.165 2,436 3,118
11,021 21,517
6,562 4,370 2,487 2,182
953
See foo tnotes on last page.
3,795 3,792 13,809 3,777 6,955 5,855 10,279 1,881 9,490 11,799
Woodland
61,577 62,770 36,392 61,263 44,566 54,976 49,690 51,297 37,921 40,861 26,103 16,701
Other Land
16,967 9,889 9,470 6,785 7,482 4,592 9,527 12,452 6.481 19,088 5,759 4,890
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun 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
4
21
19
24
11
7 12
7 15
13
18
158 113
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
LINCOLN COUNTY STATISTICS -- U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,722 4,039 4,286 2,905 3,807 2,660 3,167 4,072 5,508 5,038 6,353 5,238 7.501
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,374 2,758 2,469 1,948 2,550 1,916 1,869 2,348 3,444 3,145 3,895 2,877 4.515
Milk Cows
1,066 2,019 2,341 1,887
1,712
1,363 1,241
474 321 207 183
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
73 65 3,475 6,193
3,954 18,011 85,158 56,617 176,565 148,942
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,978 4,530 5.893 2,948 3,633 3,813 2,964 2,244 2,280 1,738
709 434 1.612
Sows Farrowinq 5/
600 299 179 361 315 291 300 227 126 107 348
Chickens (4 Months and Older) It
18,145 25,944 35,451 32,057 32,311 28,104 28,435 17,235 31,418 33,093 155,933 281,059 90,544
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,108 5,378
20,004
12,536
4,452 130,288 1,362,989 377,689 523,956 701,942
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
59,370 87,502 110,934 204,649 156,392 142,642 122,535 26,590 118,471 274,340 1,708,748 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS ()F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
. and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
% 32,035 * 79,575
$ 19.7
6,045
54,224
22.9
33,495
31.8
39,640
54.3
147,420
89,742
43.5
490,727
71.2
693,841
87,282
99.1
1,023,390
75,453
105.8
1,279,000
153,000
85.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,750 6,700 6,700 6,800 6,000 6,800 7,000 7,100 7,200 7,400 8,400 8,300 8,000 7,290
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
400
3,750
350
3,900
420
3,900
320
3,950
300
4,100
250
4,150
250
4,150
250
4,150
200
4,170
150
4,250
140
4,650
180
4,500
180
4,300
290
3.620
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,600 2,450 2.380 2,530 1,600 2,400 2,600 2,700 2,830 3,000 3,610 3,620 3,520 3.380
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
700 600 650
500 550 550 650 750 1,000 1,000 1 ,500 1 ,800
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 tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved", NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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MARION COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Marion County was created by Legislative Act of December 14, 1827 from parts of Lee and Muscogee Counties and was 72nd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for the noted "Swamp Fox" of the Revolutionary War, General Francis Marion of South Carolina. Horry, the original county seat and now nonexistent, was situated in what is now Schley County. Tazewell was the second county seat established by Legislative Act of December 27, 1838. Buena Vista, known as Pea Ridge from about 1830 to 1847 in commemoration of the famous battle of the Mexican War, is the present county seat and was so designated by Legislative Act of January 26, 1850. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 233,600 acres. There were 185 farms having a total of 57,662 acres with land and buildings valued at $17,403,000. The number of farms was only 13 percent of the peak number in 1910. Marion County lies immediately below the fall line in an area which is adapted to the production of cotton, peanuts, corn and to a lesser degree, wheat. Part of the soils in the county are deep sands which are susceptible to drought and crop yields are uncertain. In 1974 the value of poultry and poultry products sold was 56 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Rainfall averages around 49 inches per year in Marion County, according to the N0AA--National Weather Service. July, with an average of over five and one-half inches, is normally the wettest month and October, with just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is between 64 and 65 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 49 degrees in January to near 80 degrees in July and August. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are just past mid-March and just before mid-November, respectively, giving an average freeze-free season of about 235 days.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LI3RAR!ES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount ~$~
1,230,299
3,694,730
1974 Amount $
6,915,000
TV
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
799,402
65.0
922,708
781,032
63.5
890,422
11,085 7,285
.9
31,643
.6
643
6,852,000
25.0
1,702,000
24.8
24.1
(NA)
739,000
10.8
(D)
30,000
.4
826,000 12.1
64,000
.9
(D)
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
4,000
53,406
373,491 145,994
59,855 167,642
.3
750
4.3
180,789
30.4 2,590,483
11.9 2,183,969
4.9
28,078
13.6
378,436
2,000
4.9
525,000
7.7
70.1 4,623,000 67.5
59.1 3,862,000 56.4
.8
(D)
10.2
(NA)
487,000
7.1
157,000
2.3
(D)
Government Payments 2/
17,000
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. 4.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
_, Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 11.1%
Poultry & Poultry Products 11.9%
-- All Crops 24.
Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 18.5%
. Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.7%
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
MARION COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,939 19,885 13,849
16,700 15,790 14,500 13,600 12,700 12,200 9,900 8,220 7,000 10,100 8,600
6,400 8,070 8,500 7,900 6,300 5,480 7,850 7,000 8,100 8,300 9,900 12,350 12,100
32,347 26,940 25,101 20,543 19,753 13,052
13,590 13,140 10,960 10,420
9,500 9,200 7,500 6,100 5,200 7,200 6,400 6,090 6,070 6,600 6,000 5,300 4,670 7,000 6,050 6,560 7,500 7,520 11,500 5,250
6.8 8.4 7.6 8.3 6.2 10.5
11.8 20.5 17.5 22.8 23.1 18.5 17.5 28.5 26.7 32.1 28.4 40.1 23.9 53.2 33.0 25.1 24.2 54.0 40.0 37.0 52.4 42.4 44.1 15.0
219,480 225,397 190,964 169,653 121,648 137,361
160,400 269,400 191,800 237,800 219,600 169,800 131,000 174,000 139,000 231,000 182,000 244,000 145,000 351 ,000 198,000 133,000 113,000 378,000 242,000 242,700 392,700 318,900 507,000 78,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
140
200 250 300 400 850 980 1,190 1,350 1,060 3,290
25.0 20.0 30.0 20.0 23.0 12.2 19.8 21.0 20.9 21.5 17.2
3,500 4,000 7,500 6,000 9,200 10,400 19,400 25,000 28,200 22,800 56,600
Acreage Hflrvpsteri
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production 1000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
"mra--
per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
29,885
177
30,176
162
19,154
86
16,831
131
7,908
130
5,537
146
4,430
230
3,860
366
3,640
298
2,340
259
1,315
315
2,640
288
2,420
307
2,490
348
2,630
442
2,640
500
2,790
498
2,660
382
1,510
399
1,250
294
1,430
355
1,350
287
1,300
342
1,500
589
750
227
455
308
230
483
34
500
10,221 9,798 3,314 4,410 2,062 1,618
2,130 2,950 2,260 1,270
860
1,590 1,550 1,810 2,430
2,760 2,900
2,120 1,260
770 1,060
805
925
1,840 355 290 230
35
5,701 5,653
3,910 3,950 3,710 3,600 3,250 3,000 2,650 2,600 2,660 2,700 2,655 2,845 2,685 2,690 3,160 3,420 3,400 3,490 3,415 3,355 3,360 3,321 3,502 3.494
686
615
919
614
878
678 928 958 935
1,113
1,293
1,296 1,147
1,305
1,605
1,283 1,759
1,702
1,716
1,746
2,543 2,982 2,718 2.356
2,739 3,262
2,682 2,429 3,408 2,209 2,853 2,033 2,460 2,492 2,486 3,004 3,432 3,686 3,080 3,511 5,073 4,389 5,980 5,940 5,860 5,857 8,544 9,903 9,519 8.232
2,201 82
300
336
300 150 150 120
60 120 140 210 120 150 110 100 90 230 260 240 260 490 390 230 520 660 370 80
17.5
11. 19. 16. 21. 21. 24.0
25.0
23.0 31.0 36.0 32.5 32.5 29.1
30.8
41.3 35.8 36.9 17.0 26.5
19.2 26.1 24.8 25.5
10,920 511
1,912
3,743
5,250 1,790 2,880 1,980 1 ,290 2,580 3,360 5,250 2,760 4,650 3,960 3,250 2,930 6,700 8,000 9,900 9,300 18,100 6,630 6,090 10,000 17,200 9,180 2.040
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,080 9,147 7,604 6,968
6,954
6,521
5,477
5,099
MARION COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,543 5,498 5,237 3,809 4,292
1,272
757
2,483 2,409 2,194
1,765
653
415
3,060 3,089 3,043
2,527
619
342
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
230,400 230,400 230,400 230,400 230,400 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600
Percent in Farms
80.8 80.9 71.4 65.1 79.7 69.8 69.5 73.5 72.6 46.5 38.9 29.8 24.7
All Land in Farms L (acres)
186,053 186,483 164,552 149,888 183,688 162,960 162,379 171,718 169,568 108,677
90,900 69,718 57,662
Average Size Farms
(acres)
147 133 155 137 192 206 200 219 261 304 309 345 312
Number of Farms
1,262 1,404 1,059 1,094
955 792 814 785 650 357 294 202 185
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
961,460 1,447,294 2,513,626 1,701,960 1,478,430 1,384,870 2,066,100 2,542,615 6,253,650 7,065,744 5,699,778 8,419,575 17,403,000
762 1,031 2,374 1,556 1,548 1,749 2,538 3,239 9,621 19,792 19,387 41,681 94,069
Tractors
3
15 45 113 253 222 256 243 252
Trucks
35
61 94 185 276 226 270 221 240
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
339
83
265
37
250
29
324
50
358
92
235
91
286
84
167
(NA)
170
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,913 2,172
474 7
98 92 319 395 1,033 391 78 55 86
25,130 30,020
5,687 245
2,043 2,255 12,570 11,025 18,800 12,776 5,150 3,072 3.700
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,713 462
1,752 5,440
4,987 3,770 1,624 1,419 1,207 1,498
350 695
1,433 2,196 1,222 3,049 4,195 4.434
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
256
11,215
174
110
1,700
6,067
473
12,393
381
11,085
173
10,643
519
31,643
204
23,168
339
64.000
PEACHES 1' &
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
155,498 33,338 24,418
1,660 5,045 5,812 3,297 2,108
910 15,277
396
82 9,053 11,074
345 5,020 3,377 1,452
183 205 15,152
57
PECANS iJ 21
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
990 11,010
6,920
6,678 11,079
3,381 2,240
563 1.925
310 1,839 6,695
38,350 87,769 42,393 17,170 73,160
925 9,400 44,82?
SWEET
POTATOES!' /
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
527
32,035
412
28,180
501
39,756
445
36,604
758
54,072
433
33,807
308
24,059
205
15,910
50
3,665
60
5,086
11
1,507
39
9,770
19
1.198
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 1/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
41,489
27,717
1934
41,454
24,951
1939
38,243
17,939
1944
33,529
23,190
1949
29,999
13,757
1954
29,759
13,250
1959
19,807
10,559
1964
16,300
7,008
1969
11,997
6,485
1974
12,153
2,409
See fool:notes on last page.
12,602 20,700 13,052 8,994
9,144 8,020 4,705 2,718
5,206 6,262
Woodland
74,728 68,445 39,597 85,426 88,925 74,853 109,017 103,856 62,670 53,700 31,942 23,998
Other Land
21,930 15,353 27,392 10,775 4,650 21,640
9,801 14,683 10,936 11,174 14,088 12,840
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun ber
1969 1974
*
16
28
31
33
12
20
22
15
20
31
16
75
68
*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
MARION COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3.975 4,058 4,748 3,044 5,646 3,365 4,604 3,511 6,467 4,782 7,259 5,807 6,981
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1.851 2,457 2,370 1.638 2.588 1.752 2.032 1,810 3,365 2,398 4,013 3,404 3,997
Milk Cows 1,503 1,775 1,775 1,411
1,428
1,011 1,129
474 340 299 211
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1.005 660
9,210 17,929
8,041 11,715 3,000 119,405 153,136 52,002 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
10,223 11,313
9,978 3,689 6,268 4,485 6.598 6.731 6,141
5,876 5,383 4,599 2,099
1,502 435 825 877 759 892 942
1,005 1,058
982 309
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
20,390 '20,696 24,776 18,348 20,590 19,809 ' 23,570 17,976 18,452
8.447 165,038 309,935 148,592
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,189 3,922 11,359
7.173
10,067 202,970 2,730,560 2,031,718 3,387,055 2,577,988
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
62,620 61,108 66,514 84,892 79,310 109,299 129,203 26,750 44,736 66,086 2,316,586 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor
$
8,918 $ 91,451
$ 21.3
10,635
56,446
41.5
24,484 80,568 225,325 1,502,896 1,326,149 2,225,758 2,506,000
213,141
214,082 293,612 574,000
53 2 58 8 107.7 170 0 132.3 225.5 177.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
7,700 7,500 7,300 7,300 7,000 7,000 7,500 7,600 7,700 7,700 8,500 8,200 8,000 6,380
Cows 2 years old and older lj)/
Kept for Milk
Other
410
3,850
380
3,800
370
3.500
350
3,600
310
3,700
310
3,750
310
4,050
310
4,400
300
4,600
170
4,780
170
5,180
180
5,000
180
4,200
170
3,370
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
3,440 3,320 3,430 3,350 2,990 2,940 3,140 2,890 2,800 2,750 3,150 3,020 3,620 2,840
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
5,400 5,100 5,650 4,800 5,200 6.000 5,300 4,400 4,500 3,900 3,300 4.000 4,110
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2 500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exclude
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved"
NA - 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-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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MERIWETHER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Meriwether County was created by Legislative Act of December 14, 1827 from a part of
Troup County and was named for General David Meriwether, a distinguished officer of the
State Militia, who was frequently employed by the Federal Government in treaty negotiations
with the Indians. He was a member of Congress from 1802-1807. Greenville is the county
seat of Meriwether County and was named for General Nathaniel Greene of Revolutionary War
fame.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 319,232 acres making
it 25th in size among counties in the State. There were 393 farms having a total of
118,751 acres with land and buildings valued at $51,759,000. The number of farms was only 10 percent of the
Received peak number in 1910. Crop production had declined considerably in Meriwether County; the harvested cropland
in 1974 was 71 percent of the amount so classified in 1964. Livestock and livestock products accounted for
about 42 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 51 inches for Meriwether County. March has an average of over six inches of rainfall and is
N0V 2 6 19791
normally the wettest month while October, with about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The
average annual temperature is around 63 degrees and monthly averages range from about 46 degrees in January
to about 79 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 225 days in length, extending usually from late March to early November.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
t
4,034,224
3,327,658
1974 Amount $
5,531,000
% V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
2,905,728 1,841,904
72.0 45.6
180,699 883,125
4.5 21.9
1,533,162 1,344,801
151,961 36,400
46.1 40.4
4.6 1.1
5,339,000
1,571,500 1,225,500
602,500
248,000 370,000
5,000 51,500 294,500
29.4 22.9 11.3
4.6 6.9
.1 1.0 5.5
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
31,213
.8
214,953
5.3
49,000
1.5
223,627
6.7
239,000
4.5
366,000
6.9
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
882,330 100,217 497,317 284,796
21.9 2.5
12.3 7.1
1,521,869 232,554
734,062 555,253
45.7
7.0
22.0 16.7
3.162,500
927,000 2,235,500 1,868,000
355,000
12,000
59.2
T7.3 41.9 35.0
6.7
.2
Government Payments 3/
32,000
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 $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
^*-~ ^r
**>,. ^sv
Other Livestock & 'Livestock Prod. 7.1%
/
^
jdu%$l%.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
**0 imifUw^
>>2M^?i^<fS::!V5:!3VV
J^^^^^^K
Dairy, Poultry & ^ their Prod. 17.3%
I ./^ .^^m _ Dairy, Poultry & ti^'-r< _^vrS^y'V;:V-U"-'''::.'-".-iiiiiii
^
^(lllllTMit'^"^^'-^1
their Prod. 14.8%
\ >||j]jj| |iliJKjp^
W^ctfOt'Sr \1
Vlill! IllIB b/
\jsjSr
Field yM
xfl| Nuts & Berrie^fflj^^^ ""--i-orestrv Products 6.1% y{
Crops TH
^H'HHUIUiIiIiIIlIPlPI"P^
Nv
22.9%
y
^
^^ --"^
""Forestry Prod. 11.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 6.5%
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
MERIWETHER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
38,474 43,578
23,815
43,459 37,402 47,345 37,277 42,096 23,640
18,220 15,510 14,000 12,800 11,700 11,100
9,000 7,500 6,600 6,700 5,650 5,470 5,330 5,600 5,100 3,430 3,200 3,000 2,650 2,800 4,400 4,600 5,950 5,600
16,740 14,580 12,610 11,690 10,700 10,100
8,000 6,800 5,900 6,100 5,400 5,160 5,100 5,500 4,950 3,000 2,900 2,700 2,300 2,270 3,300 3,630 5,050 3,130
10.1 10.1 12.5 11.5
8.0 14.6
12.4 24.8 18.5 18.9 31.9 18.6 25.0 35.9 30.8 37.5 32.0 42.1 30.4 47.3 34.1 30.3 26.9 47.0 44.0 51.0 48.4 60.2 49.5 11.0
439,200 378,593 590,345 426,831 336,696 346,069
207,400 361,600 233,300 220,400 341,800 187,400 200,000 244,000 182,000 229,000 173,000 217,000 155,000 260,000 169,000
91,000 78,000 127,000 101,200 115,800 159,700 218,400 247,400 34,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
480 350 240 400 720 1,200 1,940 1,030 3,160 3,020 5,200
25.0 18.0 30.0 23.0 22.5 18.9 19.6 23.5 25.7 24.3 19.3
12,000 6,300 7,200 9,200
16,200 22,700 38,000 24,200 81 ,200 73,400 100,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
73,850
194
92,325
174
75,161
144
37,543
165
22,904
221
21,754
208
28,563 32,218 21,669 12,424 10,143
9,046
4,412 501
1,879 248
1,049
25,510 5,521
14,585 1,984
14,750
13,580
289
8,200
680
19.6
13,330
12,110
424
10,710
320
13.4
4,280
11,470
374
8,960
320
22.9
7,330
7,490
317
4,950
300
17.5
5,250
4,460
405
3,770
140
22.0
3,080
8,310
378
6,540
200
19.0
3,800
7,190
323
7,210
408
4,840 6,150
120
21.5
120
25.5
2,580 3,060
7,640
420
6,700
20
22.5
450
7,700
480
7,720
50
27.5
1,380
7,620
445
7,090
20
29.0
580
6,370
382
5,080
10
29.0
290
3,930
363
2,980
10
27.0
270
3,070
244
1,560
3,300
278
1,920
70
28.6
2,000
3,250
316
2,140
90
36.7
3,300
3,600
318
2,390
210
33.8
7,100
3,100
328
2,120
400
35.0
14,000
2,600
288
1,560
1,020
22.5
22,900
1,395
398
1,160
390
27.4
10,700
1,870
335
1,300
900
35.4
31,900
465
245
240
460
24.1
11,100
770
299
480
630
32.7
20,600
200
115
48
640
28.4
IS.200
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
MERIWETHER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
23,339 25,180 26,168 22,437
22,055
21,055
19,756
19,461
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
14,240 14,503 14,116
9,978 8,929
3,715
1,295
5,353 5,854 5,251
3,508
1,393
673
8,887 8,649 8,865
5,421
2,322
622
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
317,440 317,440 317,440 317,440 317,440 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,360 319,232 319,232
Percent in Farms
81.9 83.6 72.4 72.2 75.6 77.0 73.4 79.0 70.6 56.5 44.9 39.5 37.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
260,097 265,266 229,732 229,296 239,957 245,868 234,408 252,300 225,332 180,293 143,448 125,973 118,751
Average Size Farms
(acres)
89 71 63 94 105 133 121 139 143 198 202 247 302
Number of Farms
2,939 3,754 3,652 2,430 2,286 1,856 1,941 1,820 1,573
909 709 509 393
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,747,630 6,369,610 11,642,153 5,156,987 3,802,623 4,415,209 4,985,075 6,282,640 6,814,236 10,548,945 12,074,979 22,306,471 51,759,000
935 1,697 3,188 2,122 1,663 2,379 2,568 3,452 4,332 11,605 17,031 43,824 131,702
Tractors
66
94 194 325 517 509 607 604 527
Trucks
112
202 236 412 600 415 549 505 456
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
767
112
507
61
581
106
781
137
908
483
596
319
661
369
411
(NA)
347
(MA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,497 4,188 1,573
441 944 2,915 2,779 2,311 3,757 1,570 105 194
40,080 67,760 23,688
9,258 18,715 57,362 84,582 67,366 112,117 50,736
5,232 7,350
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,252 2,225 3,874 4,763
4,186 8,180 5,408 3,526 4,158 4,643
1,863 2,473
4,043 7,251 5,585 6,625 11,890 14,142
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1J -1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
759 943 2,485
1,524 2,457 1,445
907 370 111
49,421 142,582 261,867 49,113 549,819 i 655,424 78,401 1,016,453 65,888 680,882 82,541 414,770 180,699 303,154 161,927 294,357 151,961 156,770 118,542 72,810 52,000 83,200
325 43,024 146,085 204,300 545,599 436,907 229,081 192,736 224,440 385,897
5,875 336,202 45.625
PECANS -1 -1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,390 27,615
46,512
29,229 15,002 13,552
8,507 5,802 3.425
4,195 5,586 13,168
79,620 38,111 69,469 37,225 155,129
4,095 65,395 (D)
SWEET
POTATOES -' -'
Har-
Troduc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
717 575 1,136 1,032 1,371 1,010 609 371
102 66 12 3
52,900 54,412
106,472 100,039
98,862 74,011 43,701 27,215
8,397 5,444 2,275
335
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE INACR.ES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
90,282
28,949
1934
89,394
24,550
1939
95,942
20,278
1944
73,643
29,518
1949
67,043
34,626
1954
51,512
16,002
1959
32,210
11,067
1964
21,314
11,320
1969
12,381
9,432
1974
15,151
3,425
See footnotes on last page
7,678 9,585 26,430 8,535 12,787
6,048 8,857 11,003 23,804 26,598
Woodland
75,550 63,024 65,015 86,881 87,061 84,251 109,398 111,912 98,665 68,911 51,759 48,622
Other Land
21,488 19,495 35,997 27,876 15,301 37,892 28,446 39,858 29,494 30,900 28,597 24,955
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Mmjer. 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
11
25
16
25
24
19
39
32
37
52
45
356
221
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
MERIWETHER COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,815 7,877 9,262 5,658 9,202 6,036 8,021 9,459 15,553 12,814 13,572 19,457 23,210
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,481 4,958 4.881 3,262 4,846 3,923 4,373 5,393 9,066 7,382 7,722 10,188 13,663
Milk Cows
2,886 3,936 4,574 3,053
3,692
3,681 3,659 2,508 2,008 1,569 1,197
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
5,786 7,660 85,719 206,785
504,684 646,328 960,985 1,108,760 1,163,754 1,437,036 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,806 8,759 14,016 5,191 7,068 6,072 6,429 6,034 4,972 5,641 2,446 2,579 2,756
Sows Farrowing 5/
1 ,166 499 739 815 723 626 629 801 334 388 215
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
52,912 55,587 71,418 41,100 51,298 40,953 51,728 35,609 37,142 54,218 17,797
(D) 693
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
19,281 15,559 23,066 11,289 10,467 43,852 46,324
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
162,180 167,306 239,484 239,011 186,219 183,211 273,766
82,453 159,474 503,657 242,665
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertillzer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 58,032 $ 333,419
$ 229.3
67,817
230,910
269.5
202,234
487.7
515,775
546.6
468,015
611,987
581.2
396,005
599.2
468,295
514,383
378.9
1,092,796
440,406
726.4
982,000
869,000
630.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and Calves
14,400 14,000 13,900 15,000 19,600 18.700 23,000 24.000 25,300 26,000 29,800 29,100 28,500 23,790
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
2,400 2,200 2,260 2.210 1.800 1,900 1,900 1,900 1,970 2,080 1,940 1,750 1,620 1,510
Other
6,000 5,800 5,400 6,000 6,200 6.300 8,400 12.100 13,900 14,400 15,600 15,000 13,000 10,900
TUT Other Cattle and Calves
6,000 6,000 6,240 6,790 11,600 10,500 12,700 10,000 9,430 9,520 12,260 12,350 13,880 11,380
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
2,500 2,550 2,850 2,700 2,900 3,350 3,200 3,100 3,200 2,900 2,400 3,000 2,120
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
MILLER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Miller County was created by Legislative Act of February 26, 1856 from parts of Baker and Early counties and was 116th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Andrew J. Miller of Augusta, a distinguished ante-bellum legislator and jurist. He served in the Senate of Georgia for nearly twenty years and for a time was President of that body. Colquitt, the county seat, was named for Judge Walter T. Colquitt, jurist and statesman. The town was incorporated December 19, 1860.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 183,680 acres. There were 398 farms having a total of 139,842 acres with land and buildings valued at $55,602,000. The land devoted to peanuts and corn accounted for 81 percent of the total cropland harvested. Field crops accounted for over three-fourths of the value of all farm products sold in 1974; receipts from sales of cattle and hogs accounted for 33 percent. Miller County has an average annual rainfall of about 52 inches, according to the N0AA~National Weather Service. July has an average of over six inches of rain, and is usually the wettest month. October is normally the driest month averaging a little more than two inches. The average annual temperature is around 67 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 51 degrees in January to about 81 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free season averages close to 255 days in length, extending usually from early March to around mid-November.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount ~$~
3,336,668
8,145,251
1974 Amount $
20,215,000
TV
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
2,321,118 2,272,816
43,870 4,432
69.6 68.2
1.3 .1
5,532,507 5,447,589
71,117 13,801
67.9 66.9
.9 .1
20,165,000
15,566,500 15,313,500
3,724,000
180,000 89,000 11,320,500 9,239,000 14,000
77.2 75.9 18.5
.9 .4 56.1 1.2 .1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
50,576
1.5
60,539
.8
3,000 220,000 1.1
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products
Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
-
M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
964,974 107,495
20,418 837,061
28.9 3.2
.6 25.1
2,552,205 448,167
18,556 2,085,482
31.3 5.5
.2 25.6
4,375,500 73,000
(D) (NA) 1,756,000 2,522,000
21.7 .4
8.7 12.5
(D)
Government Payments 3/
22,000
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 withfield to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.4%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.5%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 28.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.3%
Forestry Products 8 Hort. Spec. l.U
All Livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 21.7%
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
MILLER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
24,213 38,826 30,186
40,690 39,580 41,000 42,900 41,000 40,600 36,500 32,800 31,500 35,200 31,800 31,500 30,900 34,000 34,300 35,000 33,500 27,400 24,700 31,900 34,000 36,300 42,600 38,500
16,638 16,183 27,039 23,253 37,392 25,187
29,200 32,170 33,360 35,390 35,600 35,300 31,600 28,900 26,700 30,300 28,400 27,900 28,200 31,300 31,900 31,800 31,700 26,400 23,600 30,610 32,900 32,700 39,520 26,500
8.1 11.6 11.7 10.6
6.8 11.7
12.6 24.1 27.7 24.8 27.0 28.3 26.8 34.7 26.0
39.0 33.2 48.7 37.9 56.3 37.0 21.0 28.3 48.2 43.0 34.0 49.4 56.2 73.5 52.9
134,510 187,483 315,971 247,119 253,360 295,259
367,600 775,600 922,800 877,900 962,300 999,400 848,000 1,002,000 693,000 1,183,000 944,000 1,358,000 1,069,000 1,763,000 1,181,000 667,000 897,000 1,272,000 1,014,800 1,040,700 1,624,900 1,838,400 2,904,000 1,402,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested fo r beans
Yield per acre
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
2,000 1 ,800
900 350 1,200 2,100 3,400 4,270 4,860 7,230 6,020 5,190
20.5 22.0 16.0 18.0 22.0 25.0 18.0 20.1 26.0 28.8 32.0 18.2
41,000 39,600 14,400
6,300 26,400 52,500 61,200 85,800 126,400 208,200 192,600 94,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
8,389
171
12,461
180
13,921
112
17,829
182
7,815
153
4,362
232
7,170
379
5,500
369
5,750
302
4,320
397
4,400
395
5,190
370
4,850
394
5,510
321
5,210
416
5,590
530
5,800
530
5,120
362
2,860
399
1,760
315
2,300
334
2,550
267
2,800
393
1,200
563
1,550
323
880
376
645
392
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
2,864 4,489 3,122 6,494 2,393 2,020
5,670 4,230 3,620 3,580 3,630 4,000 3,990 3,700 4,530 6,190 6,420 3,880 2,380 1,160 1,610 1,420 2,290 1,410 1,040
690 525
23,151 28,044
18,840 20,700 20,100 19,410 19,990 19,970 19,820 19,830 19,820 19,920 19,870 20,050 20,040 19,830 19,745 19,725 19,870 19,725 19,805 19,730 19,729 19,654 19,611 19,771
597 1,290 1,086
994 1,425 1,167 1,238 1,324 1,404 1,650 1,821 1,831 1,898 2,147 2,085 1,944 2,380 2,812 2,409 2,761 3,626 3,693 3,317 3,277
12,413 25,763
11,241 26,713 21,829 19,290 28,487 23,314 24,528 26,256 27,818 32,863 36,175 36,704 38,040 42,570 41,176 38,355 47,290 55,475 47,701 54,478 71,539 72,576 65,049 64.786
3
32
410 440 370 1,100 680 970 540 720 340 250 220 180 210 960 770 460 2,250 6,700 930 600 980 870 740 460
17.6 15.8 19.5 17.5 25.5 22.5 26.0 28.0 26.0 22.0 23.0 24.0 29.0 24.0 25.8 30.2 33.9 32.9 21.0 26.0 14.8 25.1 27.6 41.5
Production (bu.)
10
480
7,220 6,940 7,220 19,250 17,340 21,820 14,040 20,160 8,840 5,500 5,060 4,320 6,090 23,000 19,900 13,900 76,200 220,300 19,500 15,600 14,500 21 ,800 20,400 19,100
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,319 7,986 9,565 9,076
9,998
9,023
6,908
6,397
MILLER 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)
7,737 7,396 8,134 6,377 6,543
3,557
2,135
5,206 5,072 5,636
4,620
2,697
1,440
2,531 2,324 2,498
1,923
860
695
161,920 161,920 161,920 161,920 161,920 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680
73.2 67.3 66.1 66.1 67.5 64.9
77.3 83.6 86.0 81.2 83.3 82.5 76.1
118,573 109,020 106,976 107,053 109,273
119,258 141,999 153,592 158,017 149,057 153,043 151,452 139,842
Average Size Farms
(acres)
166
107
79 73 77 85
89 112
141
201 275 277 351
Number of Farms
715 1,019 1,363 1,474 1,415 1,400 1,603 1,362 1,118
743
556 546 398
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
(dol.)
365,140 1 ,202,298 3,736,351 2,642,157
1,911,409 2,410,289 3,021,974
6,593,442 9,993,802
13,020,332 18,294,624
34,896,338 55,602,000
Average
(dol-)
511 1,180 2,741 1,793 1,351 1,722 1,885 4,841 8,939 17,524 32,904 63,912 139,703
Tractors
18
38 147 504 910 788 696 696 727
Trucks
61
131 184 381 643 635 651 601 579
Automobiles
Farms with Tele-
phones
366
20
277
5
381
17
651
7
637
186
569
415
543
432
452
(NA)
403
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,715 1,368 1,511
82 52 99 318
120
1,735
1,276 491
248
440
Production (bushels)
14,010 17,599 20,873
1,626 707
942 7,400
1,690 46,024 35,346 18,294 10,080 14,540
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(aces) (tons)
15,455 3,758
15,143 15,465
18,605 7,648 628 5,451 2,746 3,833
1,114 4,832
7,125 4,746
897 7,018 4,423 7,118
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
8 137 130
150 789 490 586 361 1,014
1,045
3,466 20,803 8,321 43,870 37,377 71,117
(D) 239,000
PEACHES V 3/
--ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) bushels)
1,056
495
51
5
2,145
1,677
2,810
268
2,317
1,293
6,787
3,478
426 109 2,275 832 19
3,179
3,959
127 3
98 148
PECANS -1'/ 3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds '.
926 2,983
5,136
3,356 6,954 5,791 5,092 4,145 2,427
585 6,448 9,473
98,268
119,196
69,065
13,875 22,773 48,112 124,205
(D)
POSWTAETEOTES1y7
4/
-'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
199
17,936
241
16,369
457
38,367
270
30,048
491
51 ,956
417
29,345
285
27,408
131
11,381
32
2,569
25
3,457
5
1,542
13
3,100
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
57,794
5,001
1934
59,533
3,309
1939
76,611
1,839
1944
75,261
1,298
1949
67,935
3,226
1954
71,268
2,373
1959
67,964
2,649
1964
63,526
8,811
1969
64,558
16,019
1974
64,382
5,978
See foot notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
7,579 645
4,939 1,870 6,793 8,588 6,044 3,304 13,386 14,014
Woodland
53,442 33,334 26,277 43,497 33,296 54,436 70,032 62,008 55,682 54,136 42,275 34,802
Other Land
7,244 2,342 9,379 2,039 1,944 9,046 5,606 13,780 16,718 23,266 15,214 20,666
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun iber
1969 1974
*
55
66
103
88
75
79
55
92
37
79
30
142
43
*Farm numbers with value of sale s of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
MILLER COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,097 8,723 10,043 4,526 8,123 6,910 10,442 6,821 13,501 13,425 22,487 23,403 26,056
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,332 5,774 5,372 2,549 3,864 2.726 4,853 3,827 6,981 6,602 10,394 11,604 11,791
Milk Cows
1.556 2,849 2,359 1,347
1,441
1,449 1,379
573 252 267 84
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,907
3,028 11,041
4,426 19,260 33,441 37,350 8,160 35,177
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,258 16,744 18,197 11,126 15,798 15,348 25,710 23,858 27,895 32,007 21,867 27,380 20,809
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,809 2,167 2,473 2,697 3,827 3,174 5,115 5,984 4,470 4,934 4,388
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
19,057 23,544 29,622 23,984 30,708 29,222 42,059 26,407 25,416 24,414 75,040 118,959
728
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,346 9,893 12,393
11,435
4,619 136,030 129,924
70,500 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
63,680 37,927 79,931 123,087 64,064 134,526 194,690 18,136 56,949 84,039 1,018,904 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
Fertil izer and
Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$
8,108 $ 119,240 1 42.0
31,297
106,101
48.9
19,258
56.9
88,792
199.0
297,081 605,487
554,181
325.3 379.4
835,325
949,312
440.4
1,237,087
1,398,971
489.1
1,191,000
3,116,000
685.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
23,800 22,500 21,950 23,500 24,000 24,000 24,800 25,000 25,200 25,700 28,900 28,500 28,000 26.900
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
300 280 240 200 280 280 250 200 200 80 80 350 450 360
Other
10,600 10,600 10,500 10,900 11,250 11,700 11,900 12,400 12,800 13,250 14,700 14,800 14,700 13.200
All Other Cattle and Calves
12,900 11,620 11,210 12,400 12,470 12,020 12,650 12,400 12,200 12,370 14,120 13,350 12,850 13.340
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
22,050 24,800 27,500 28,550 30,800 35,750 33,950 32.600 31,950 27,000 23,300 29,000 31,000
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~l5-20
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. K)/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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Received
MITCHELL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1971
N0V 2 6 19791
Mitchell County was created By Legislative Act of December 21, 1857 from part of
Baker County and was 121st in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
General David B. Mitchell, an officer of the State Militia and twice Governor of Georgia. DOCUMENTS
Camilla, the county seat, was named for Governor Mitchell's daughter. The town was incorporated in 1858.
UGA !
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 326,080 acres' making
it 23rd in size among counties in the State. There were 616 farms having a total of
249,023 acres with land and buildings valued at $108,661,000. The number of farms was only 18 percent of the peak number in 1920. Cotton, tobacco, peanuts and corn were grown 1n the
county and all four contributed considerably to the agricultural economy of the county. Of these cash crops, however, corn utilized approximately 47 percent of harvested cropland in the county and supported the beef
cattle and swine enterprises. Beef cattle and swine enterprises accounted for over 14 percent the value of all
farm products sold in 1974. The county ranked very high in production of pecans of the improved varieties. Soybean acreage increased from 220 in 1964 to 5,164 in 1974. Commercial vegetable acreage declined 1n recent
years but value of sales in 1974 was almost three times as much as in 1964.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about
51 inches for Mitchell County. July, with an average of more than six inches of rainfall, is usually the wettest
month, while October, with about two inches, is normally the driest. The temperature average for the year is 68 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from just over 52 degrees in January to slightly more than 82 degrees
in July and August. The freeze-free season averages around 255 days in length, extending usually from early
March to after mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
6,940,307
11,673,534
1974
Amount $
* V
32,687,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
32,559,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
5,026,793 4,664,861
237,455 124,477
72.4 67.2
3.4 1.8
8,369,071 7,894,760
71.7 67.6
237,023
2.0
237,288
2.1
25,127,000 21,110,000
6,534,000 4,021,000
534,000 118,000 9,903,000 640,000 3,377,000
77.2 64.8 20.1 12.3
1.6 .4
30.4 2.0 10.4
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
7,995
.1
148,887
2.2
31,500
.3
142,276
1.2
3,000
991,000
3.0
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,756,632 78,608 273,791
1,404,233
25.3 1.1 4.0 20.2
3,130,687 496,789 414,874
2,219,024
26.8 4.3 3.5 19.0
6,438,000
1,014,500
794,000 4,629,500 2,754,500 1,860,500
2,000 12,500
19.8
3.1
2.5 14.2
8.5 5.7
Government Payments 1/
141 ,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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 20.2%
Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.8% Poultry & Prod. 1.1% 'Dairy Products 4.0% Forestry Products & Horticultural Spec.
2.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.2%
,Fruits, Nuts & Berries 10.4%
-Poultry & Prod. 3.1% - Dairy Products 2.5% Forestry Products &
Horticultural Spec. 3.0%
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
MITCHELL COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
54,456 74,428 58,960
62,190 60,500 63,400 67,800 66,600 66,000 59,100 53,000 50,400 49,100 44,300 43,900 42,900 47,200 47,700 50,800 48,700 53,000 47,800 52,500 54,300 56,000 62,600 68,200
40,083 49,029 60,846 50,630 70,979 47,319
43,430 47,400 49,740 53,930 56,500 55,900 50,000 46,400 42,700 42,200 39,500 38,800 39,100 43,800 44,300 47,000 45,900 51,000 45,600 50,390 52,900 54,300 61,300 33,200
9.4 12.7 11.9 12.1
6.8 16.4
10.6 25.1 28.7 27.8 31.5 29.3 34.8 39.9 28.3 42.4 36.9 47.2 44.6 60.5 43.6 30.7 34.5 50.1 47.0 41.0 50.9 58.2 74.5 29.9
375,710 621,831 726,507 611,220 481,962 778,247
461,200 1,189,800 1,425,900 1,498,200 1,778,600 1,635,300 1,740,000 1,852,000 1,209,000 1,788,000 1,456,000 1,831,000 1,744,000 2,649,000 1,930,000 1,444,000 1,585,000 2,556,000 2,143,200 2,066,000 2,691,100 3,159,800 4,564,500
994,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 100 100 150 220 1,290 1,880 3,000 1,800 1,200 2,000 2,700 2,600 3,800 6,110 8,830 6,410 8,420
13.0 24.0 12.5
9.5 20.0 24.5 29.5 24.0 16.0 20.5 23.5 23.0 17.0 22.8 26.6 26.0 23.4 19.7
1,300 2,400 1,250 1 ,425 4,400 31,605 55,460 72,000 28,800 24,600 47,000 62,100 44,200 86,600 162,500 229,600 150,000 165,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
30,111
175
10,284
56,912
225
25,629
50,428
137
13,822
10
38,938
208
16,228
2,828
22,051
138
6,095
2,677
11,381
209
4,747
2,811
4 2,552 1,727 2,712
25,721 31,289
15,560
307
12,050
393
12,020
359
9,340
373
8,960
374
10,530
300
9,930
343
9,720
288
8,410
371
9,040
518
9,860
382
8,710
363
5,700
327
3,840
349
6,650
315
5,900
295
5,000
231
3,500
490
5,100
343
3,565
378
3,910
394
515
485
970
529
165
127
9,960 9,860 9,000 7,260 7,000 6,580 7,100 5,840 6,510 9,880 7,860 6,610 3,890 2,800 4,400 3,640 2,420 3,570 3,650 2,810 3,210
520 1,070
44
3,190 3,120 2,720 1,810 1,870 2,110 2,140 2,130 2,260 2,165 1,955 1,635 2,100 1,900 1,700 1,870 1,950 1,800 1,950 2,020 2,270 2,280 2,190 1.590
1,123 1,406 1,286 1,464 1,520 1,567 1,803 1,868 1,852 2,082 1,736 1,846 1,887 2,106 1,845 1,564 2,176 1,641 1,900 1,492 2,161 1,961 2,079 2.307
3,581 4,388 3,499 2,649 2,843 3,306 3,858 3,978 4,185 4,507 3,394 3,019 3,963 4,002 3,136 2,925 4,243 2,954 3,705 3,013 4,905 4,471 4,554 3.668
19,810 21,470 21,240 20,980 20,980 20,530 20,270 20,070 20,090 20,210 20,400 20,525 20,570 20,035 20,450 20,365 20,480 20,540 20,700 20,535 20,634 21,248 21,545 21.696
549 987 1,226 1,032 1,312 1,198 1,294 1,253 1,185 1,698 1,708 1,777 1,620 2,041 2,057 2,035 2,262 2,318 2,405 2,293 2,942 3,340 3,093 3.027
14,616 25,672
10,873 21,195 26,037 21,660 27,526 24,590 26,236 25,143 23,806 34,312 34,848 36,468 33,329 40,893 42,072 41 ,444 46,332 47,607 49,774 47,086 60,713 70,967 66,631 65.683
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1956 1960 1964 1969 1974
MITCHELL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
14,767 22,114 25,588 23,620
23,261
22,528
19,652
18,956
hARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
17,170 15,932 16,738 12,848 11,940
6,770
4,179
8,054 7,730 7,491
5,708
3,522
2,445
9,116 8,202 9,247
6,232
3,248
1,734
| Approximate Land Area (acres)
350,720 350,720 350,720 350,720 350,720 327,040 327,040 327,040 327,040 327,040 327,040 326,080 326,080
Percent in Farms
64.8 79.3 66.1 63.8 75.7 86.3 87.2 91.8 91.0 83.7 81.7 80.9 76.4
All Land
in Farms
(acres)
227,137 278,193 231,791 223,643 265,488 282,126 285,194 300,067 297,462 273,878 267,153 263,815 249,023
Average Size Farms
(acres)
127 93 67 78 94 99 97
142
167
243 346 373 404
Number
of Farms
1,785
2,997 3,444 2,879 2,839 2,862 2,941 2,121 1,777 1,127
773 708 616
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,381,670 5,434,694 12,761,468 8,248,364 5,186,925 6,809,911 8,665,918 14,817,306 17,467,910 23,911,559 34,811,282 61,208,451 108,661,000
Average (dol.)
774 1,813 3,705 2,865 1,827 2,379 2,947 6,986 9,830 21,217 45,034 86,452 176,398
Tractors
76
90 316 916 1,271 1,407 1,370 1,188 1,085
Trucks
140
219 410 773 875 1,010 936 873 959
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
880
42
710
42
937
83
1,144
85
1,218
307
945
599
876
590
648
(NA)
631
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,197 4,832 1,921
133
20,970 65,950 29,111 2,915
208 481 844 547 5,374 907 497 479
3,870 7,217 20,831
10,359
131,791
27,663
20,723 18.135
1,698 | 75,520
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,239 9,102 13,169 23,304
15,446 12,008
1,515 5,892 2,702 4,728
3,945 4,434
7,004 5,758 2,925 7,982 5,730 9,958
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
2,258 3,278 2,956
4,184 3,867 1,742 1,769 1,290
923
91,700
84,131 313,068 331,228 237,455 113,622 237,023 424,869 640,000
PEACHES I' '
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
3,636
no
173
87
17,356
11,395
1,859
960
3,828
3,010
4,274
2,717
6,061
6,836
1,606
348
497
132
268
160
242
72
1,817
2,118
PECANS 1/ 1'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
77,876 141,788
4,000 12,256 254,388 424,105
214,922
151,194 184,595 124,068 176,215 200,285 237.361
1,840,541 1,802,231
668,928 388,439 692,951 830,244 5,256,176 7,426,566
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
500
45,377
557
47,073
1,237 133,247
881
94,914
1,605 1,134
575 675
123,619 69,515 41,766 56,085
280
16,055
679 101,219
462
54,558
71
2,300
44
5.448
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
131,167
14,565
1934
134,013
20,412
1939
154,895
7,642
1944
139,471
8,975
1949
128,320
16,837
1954
125,368
10,339
1959
109,683
11,712
1964
93,734
35,646
1969
95,336
32,858
1974
102,322
12,617
See fool.notes on last Mge.
IN ACRES R/ Plowable Pasture
13,041 4,086 6,532 7,022 22,905 30,363 16,752 12,420 25,849 29,807
Woodland
120,352 53,408 48,200 91,011 99,222
112,745' 115,468 109,493 104,651 99,829 87,813 74,039
Other Land
5,694 5,878 15,148 15,068 12,914 15,356 16,537 21,899 31,080
25,524 21,959 30,238
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2t500
* 100 no 115
105
73
119
75
108
61
93
46
173
146
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
MITCHELL COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,640 16,422 14,502
7,580 16,232 12,373 22,180 18,441 33,471 24,794 35,397 36,114 38,518
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
5,695 9,454 7,488 4,573 7,714 6,324 11,555 9,674 17,761 12,230 15,219 16,677 19,993
Milk Cows 3,900 5,183 5,182 3,265
3,551
2,503 2,297 1,488
974 1,215 1,050
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
769 2,990 10,284 37,434
29,296 105,254 256,512 564,433 867,499 795,054
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
22,715 38,563 36,778 19,647 27,769 25,335 36,494 35,247 30,983 37,747 20,632 23,008 14,915
Sows Farrowing 5/
7,413 2,653 3,691 4,658 5,809 4,725 5,475 7,721 3,974 4,680 3,143
Chickens (4 Months and Older) I!
48,146 57,957 75,058 59,494 78,868 71,503 76,145 50,894 47,903 35,949 82,218 65,941 58,855
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
19,198 14,214 34,572
29,562
13,426 11,597 806,956
663,080 894,218
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
112,740 151,280 223,738 308,132 289,289 467,970 569,946 127,139 182,674 223,420 902,567
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 28,231 $ 353,994
$ 250.8
89,453
283,318
236.0
145,453
481.0
387,304
788.0
381,504
1,063,708
945.6
874,112
991.7
752,175
1,605,029
1,124.2
1,417,710
2,318,257
1,508.9
2,054,000
5,015,000
2,319.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
37,500 37,800 37,500 39,000 39,000 40,100 42,300 42,500 42,700 43,600 49,100 47,000 45,400 35,000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,150 1,000
910 870 1,220 1,350 1,250 1,250 1,250 1,030 790 500 460 550
Other
14,900 15,300 15,400 16,200 16,700 17,300 17,300 17,300 17,100 17,700 20,030 18,500 16,800 13,700
All Other Cattle and Calves
21,450 21,500 21,190 21 ,930 21,080 21,450 23,750 23,950 24,350 24,870 28,280 28,000 28,140 20,750
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
20,800 22,150 24,550 24,000 25,900 30,050 28,550 27,400 27,650 23,500 14,900 17,400 18,000
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 fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens Z months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have 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
MORGAN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7I
D0.C7
Morgan County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1807 from part of Baldwin County and was 32nd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
General Daniel Morgan of the Revolutionary War. Madison, the county seat, was named for
James Madison, Father of the Constitution and fourth President of the United States. The
town was incorporated by Legislative Act of December 12, 1809. The process of manufactur-
ing cottonseed oil was originated in Morgan County by a cotton planter, Launcelot Johnson.
He invented and patented the first cottonseed huller around 1830 and produced considerable
quantities of oil. His crude invention was a forerunner of the great cottonseed oil
industry of the United States.
O'lyile According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 228,032 acres. There were 343 farms
naving a total of 120,540 acres with land and buildings valued at $73,180,000. Harvested cropland declined
from 26,200 acres in 1964 to 22,721 acres in 1974. The value of crops sold had declined from 29.3 percent
1n 1964 to 16.7 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974. The dairy industry accounted fo.* 45
percent of the value of farm products sold.
Morgan County receives a yearly average precipitation of about 48 inches according to the N0AA--
National Weather Service. March is normally the wettest month with an average of about six inches of
rainfall and October, with an average of just over two and one-half inches,is usually the driest. The
average annual temperature is about 63 degrees and monthly averages range from near 46 degrees in December
and January to 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages about 220 days in length, extending
usually from late March to early November.
Received!
NOV2 6 797!
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
*
1964
Amount $
%
4,463,902
6,877,573
1974
Amount $
i V
16,545,000
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
2,163,940 1,951,394
2,361 210,185
92,245 2,207,717
192,153 1,660,952
354,612
48.5 43.7
.1 4.7
2.1 49.4
4.3 37.2
7.9
2,019,398
29.3
1,950,762
28.4
3,036 65,600
66,821
4,791,354 1,210,235 3,067,628
513,491
.9
1.0 69.7 17.6 44.6
7.5
16,431,000
2,741,000 1,971,000
488,000
1,258,000 225,000 (Z) 12,000 758,000
(D) (D)
13,314,000 3,982,000 7,456,000 (NA) 1,432,000 443,000
(Z)
16.7 12.0 3.0
7.6 1.4
.1 4.6
81.0 24.2 45.4
8.7 2.7
Government Payments 3/
43,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 9 54
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.3% ^.Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 7.9%
-^Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec. 2.1% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 4.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry
"*Products 24.2%
Other Livestock & """Livestock Prod. 11.6%
,,Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec. 2.3%
'Veg., Fruits, Nutj s Berries 4.7%
Field Crops 12.0%
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
MORGAN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
17,330 24,465 9,547
10,010 9,110 7,600 6,600 5,800 6,200 5,100 4,470 4,520 4,230 3,650 3,550 3,510 3,700 3,670 2,230 2,640 3,900 3,550 3,900 5,500 5,700 6,300 6,300
26,044 22,097 25,646 16,748 23,780
9,402
8,080 7,490 6,030 5,310 4,200 5,000 4,140 3,580 3,320 2,850 2,600 2,520 2,500 2,850 2,800 1,850 2,200 3,400 3,050 2,850 3,600 3,130 3,020
920
7.2 10.9 14.1 10.7 11.1 12.4
10.2 22.9 18.0 21.8 25.2 19.1 23.4 29.9 23.8 34.0 27.7 35.3 26.8 46.3 49.3 18.4 17.7 38.5 42.0 53.0 50.4 49.3 49.0 9.0
187,400 240,458 361,580 179,140 264,296 116,308
82,600 171,500 108,500 115,900 105,700
95,300 97,000 107,000 79,000 97,000 72,000 89,000 67,000 132,000 138,000 34,000 39,000 131,000 128,100 151,100 181,400 154,400 147,900 8,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
800 1,000 1,400
980 520 750 1,850 1,880 3,310 3,560 6,200
25.0 21.5 20.5 20.0 25.0 16.0 16.2 22.5 27.7 20.4 16.9
20,000 21 ,500 28,700 19,600 13,000 12,000 30,000 42,300 91,700 72,600 104,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie Id per acre
(bu )
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
50,626
151
14.530
2,914
75,774
193
29,296
305
76,041
238
36,197
656
30,887
215
13,256
438
20,790
353
14,670
3,437
26,650
232
12,390
1,479
16,790
260
9,120
1,140
19.2
15,070
458
14,400
800
14.3
14,020
322
9,410
960
18.5
8,890
319
5,920
910
17.0
5,225
449
4,890
770
22.0
10,300
373
8,020
880
20.0
9,590
301
6,010
710
22.5
10,420
449
9,760
420
23.0
11,060
347
8,010
220
22.5
10,300
410
8,840
290
21.5
10,300
449
9,660
290
23.0
9,400
438
8,600
220
25.0
6,530
317
4,320
210
28.0
5,700
281
3,350
810
24.1
6,150
315
4,060
440
26.8
6,900
244
3,500
100
36.0
7,350
413
6,350
150
34.7
7,600
442
7,000
390
40.5
6,900
377
5,400
300
21.5
7,070
380
5,600
430
33.5
6,450
485
6,500
680
30.7
5,300
262
2,910
780
26.2
5,400
507
5,700
1,540
28.7
5,750
200
2,400
2,580
35.5
23,520 3,171 6,159 4,042
40,187 14,663
21,940 11,460 17,760 15,470 16,940 17,600 15,980
9,660 4,950 6,210 6,670 5,500 5,900 19,500 11,800 3,600 5,200 15,800 6,450 14,400 20,900 20,400 44,200 91,600
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
15,813 19,717 20,143 12,488
12,713
11,899
10,280
9,904
MORGAN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,168 9,793 9,313 7,569 7,083
3,727
1,561
3,569 4,015 4,006
3,000
1,849
1,128
5,599 5,778 5,307
4,083
1,878
433
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
249,600 249,600 249,600 249,600 249,600 227,840 227,840 227,840 227,840 228,480 228,480 228,032 228,032
Percent in Farms
71.3 73.0 66.1 54.1 70.6 77.4 85.8 89.0 81.3 67.9 68.1 66.7 52.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
177,952 182,255 164,989 135,025 176,334 176,254 195,473 202,695 185,221 155,243 155,616 152,047 120,540
Average Size Farms
(acres)
90 62 57 75 102 132 133 156 168 234 290 345 351
Number of Farms
1,989 2,922 2,916 1,791 1,732 1,333 1,469 1,298 1,104
662 536 441 343
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,714,090 4,942,972 4,412,507 3,129,263 2,629,676 3,154,305 4,751,479 7,971,018 9,786,960 12,517,096 18.297,432 36,287,104 73,180,000
Average (dol.)
862 1,692 1,513 1,747 1,518 2,366 3,234 6,141 8,865 18,908 34,137 82,283 213,353
Tractors
83
108 267 601 716 629 756 792 638
Trucks
67
89 154 403 544 496 599 574 480
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
600
30
588
33
768
65
708
115
901
298
537
308
636
369
464
(NA)
381
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,063 2,307
280 632 1,537 4,375 4,673 3,876 5,692 2,686 640 486 317
Production (bushels)
26,540 38,909 4,034 13,828 27,306 100,277 130,516 97,748 179,015 107,323 26,570 16,130 17,733
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,643 3,865 8,947 7,773
8,648 7,721 7,902 7,722 5,574 6,753
2,676 5,469
7,451 6,015 8,829 12,960 11,134 15,591
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
103
8,946
96
122
4,043
3,925
227
12,707
43
2,361
49
1,750
27
3,036
10
(D)
22
12,000
PEACHES
_1/
3/ -
ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
43,146
116
37,164
16,547
18,025
2,577
47,231
8,546
47,909
63,347
76,980
67,041
106,660
17,856
68,180 76,979
12,210 53,190
80,953 76,334
86,763 12,584
100,876 231,881
63,205
(D)
1/ 3/ PECANS -' ~
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,131 3,324
30 730 4,264 5,059
4,018
5,327 5,719 3,556 3,971 4,431 1,151
27,831 61,944 35,144 13,325 A5.594
3,803 10,670
9,000
SWEET y 4/ POTATOES-' ~
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
471
28,595
422
39,641
749
80,001
199
18,666
583
44,963
406
34,016
150
8,872
108
10,999
17
2,134
29
2.496
6
436
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
53,872
17.810
1934
62,416
19,504
1939
67,211
8,341
1944
61,850
13,372
1949
54,444
14,819
1954
43.020
8,113
1959
30.259
8,964
1964
26.200
13,679
1969
21.610
9,342
1974
22.721
2,789
See fooi:notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
10,842 2,892
21,241 6,729 20,928
18,813 26,021 21,362 32,067 32,031
Woodland
48,456 33,721 35,596 70,470 49,325 84,618 91,952 86,316 72,486 68,246 66,394 41.408
Other Land
9,902 12,334 16,307 20,171 29,233 28,772 20,552 28,959 17,513 26,129 22,634 21,591
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39.999 10,000 to 19.999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2fc500
*
53
99
59
39
23
29
24
28
37
34
23
212
124
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
MORGAN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,624 5,109 4,984 4,245 5,699 4,795 7,877 12,099 19,947 17,553 20,091 25,805 28,020
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,930 3.374 3,104 2,815 3,343 3,196 4,557 6,815 11,932 10,276 12,087 15,135 15,836
Milk Cows 1,677 2,660 2,975 2,725
3,063
5,306 7,802 7,941 7,895 8,782 8,462
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
18,245 17,831 46,788 483,919
588,327 1,062,853 1,757,961 3,620,256 3,937,425 5,995,827
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,206 5,641 8,246 2.097 4,115 3,450 3,395 2,824 2,651 2,430 1,402
867 4,146
Sows Farrowing 5/
703 108 366 309 283 248 368 297 202 251 854
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
32.050 38,808 50,516 28,630 40,305 33,857 40,861 24,277 39,582 18,922 29,668 177,904 134,598
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,675 7,727
17,118
9,432
35,463 139,306 548,426 1,512,279 3,063,899 3,473,710
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
79,220 111,183 132,471 150,662 165,249 130,852 139,543
36,172 188,585 85,058 36,882
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 78,649 $ 205,459 $ 143.0
43,329
170,470
194.5
206,045
320.3
508,888
587.4
1 ,008,978
527,442
587.0
1,111.746
587.1
1,846,559
632,049
892.8
3,467,429
699,723
922.0
6,962,000
1.226,000
1,341.0
USUA LSI1MA1ES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
21,300 21,000 21,000 21,300 25,900 26,000 27,300 27,400 27,400 27,000 29,900 29,000 28,200 25.400
Cows 2 years old and older LS/
Kept for Milk
9,450 8,800 8,760 9,340 9,350 9,700 9,700 9,600 9,600 8,780 9.110 8,700 8.680 8.660
Other
4,400 4,650 4,400 4,500 4,650 4,750 5.450 6.280 6,850 6,960 7,800 7,000 6,300 5.610
All Other Cattle and Calves
7,450 7,550 7,840 7,460 11,900 11,550 12,150 11,520 10,950 11,260 12,990 13,300 13,220 11,130
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,400 1,200 1 ,350
900 1 ,000 1 .150 1,100 1 ,050 2,200 4,150 4,000 4,200 3,800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of chlange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available Tf - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-197B
I06.C1
\n
Montgomery County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from parts of
Washington County and was 18th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named
for General Richard Montgomery, a leader in the Revolutionary War who fell mortally wounded
at the siege of Quebec in 1775. When organized, Montgomery County included Tattnall,
Wheeler and parts of Johnson and Emanuel counties. Mt. Vernon, the county seat, was named
for George Washington's home on the Potomac River.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 151,424 acres. There were 360 farms having a total of 93,414 acres with land and buildings valued at $34,035,000
Received
Corn, tobacco and peanuts were the principal cash crops in the county. Corn was usually planted on 77 percent
of the acreage devoted to harvested crops. Soybeans were harvested from 2,892 acres in 1974 and that exceeded
the acreage in all other crops except corn. The livestock enterprises had remained rather stable in volume but price increases had resulted in some increase in the value of sales. Forest product sales were also
N0V 2 6 197|
an important source of income on some farms.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches for Montgomery County. July has an average of about six inches of rainfall and is normally
DOCUMENTS
the wettest month, while November, with just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual
UGA LIBRARIES
temperature is close to 66 degrees and monthly averages range from just under 50 degrees in January to about
81 degrees in July. The average length of the freeze-free season is around 240 days and average dates of the
last spring and first fall freeze are about mid-March and November 10th, respectively.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
*
1964
Amount $
i
1,586,959
2,911,214
1974
Amount $
i 1/
7,574,000
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
984,045 978,372
62.0 61.6
1,807,589 1,684,900
2,970 2,703
4,200
106,900
491,814 55,516 27,187
409,111
.2 .2
.3
6.7
31.0 3.5
1.7 25.8
2,025 120,664
336,539 767,086
99,669 97,600 569,817
62.1 57.9
.1 4.1
11.6 26.3
3.4 3.3 19.6
7,502,000
4,385,000 4,286,500 2,671,500 1,128,000
19,000 14,000 454,000 15,000 83,500
58.4 57.1 35.6 15.0
.3 .2 6.0 .2 1.1
627,000
2,490,000 1,000 (D) (NA)
707,000 1,682,000
(0)
8.4 33.2
9.4 22.4
Government Payments 3/
13. (inn
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
Lvstk., Pit. and their Prod. 31.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Lvstk., Pit. and their Prod. 33.2Z
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, _ Berries & Hort.
Spec. 0.7%
"** Forestry Prod. 6.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, *" Berries & Hort.
Spec. 1.3%
Forestry Prod. 8.4%
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
MONTGOMERY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
22,469 28,494 22,944
23,970 21,990 21,000 20,600 20,400 21,300 17,500 15,400 13,200 15,300 13,300 13,010 13,000 13,800 13,800 19,900 16,440 20,800 18,700 20,600 23,200 23,600 27,100 26,100
33,597 40,682 26,097 22,017 27,982 15,437
14,230 13,350 12,610 12,540 12,200 12,800 10,500 10,000
9,300 10,800
9,900 9,610 9,800 11,400 11,400 17,500 15,000 18,000 16,300 17,700 22,400 22,270 26,580 10,600
10.3 12.7 11.3 13.4 7.2 12.6
6.5 21.4 24.5 20.8 24.0 21.4 30.0 27.4 21.0 42.1 39.3 46.6 40.0 53.9 50.3 39.9 36.2 49.2 37.0 51.0 63.8 43.4 60.7 10.0
346,600 516,037 294,675 294,381 200,969 193,784
92,300 285,700 308,900 261,200 293,100 274,400 315,000 274,000 195,000 455,000 389,000 448,000 392,000 615,000 573,000 698,000 543,000 885,000 603,100 902,700 1,429,700 966,500 1,614,600 105,800
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
590 760 810 870 1 ,210 1,790 2,410 2,920 2,800 1,800 1,400 1,700 2,200 2,500 3,420 3,420 5,200 3,400 4,200
17.0 19.5 22.5 16.0 17.5
18.0 18.5 20.0 24.0 17.0 25.5 21.0 22.0 11.0 20.6 24.0 24.5 27.2 16.0
10,030 14,820 18,225 13,920 21 ,175
32,220 44,585 58,400 67,200 30,600 35,700 35,700 48,400 27,500 70,500 82,100 127,400 92,500 67,200
--xA--c:reage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
12,574 44,036 21,771 22,960 11,050
7,662
4,620 4,100 3,700 2,790 1,810 3,260 3,210 3,590 3,340 2,990 3,160 2,870 1,810
890 1,950 1,420
200 100 180 100 120
, 33
204
4,745
237
no
20,899 4,798
178
8,164
156
3,457
181
2,773
287
2,760
288
2,460
239
1,850
255
1,480
366
1,380
295
2,000
379
2,540
276
2,070
257
1,800
365
2,280
363
2,400
376
2,250
312
1,180
238
440
230
940
193
570
215
90
250
50
250
90
160
34
350
88
242
16
1
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre (lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Production Harvested per acre
(1000 lbs.)
(lbs.)
113 1,658
580 1,010 1,150 1,010 1,050
950 970 980 950 915 1,025 1,000 965 890 960 1,065 1,110 1,080 1,135 1,165 1,180 1,263 1,230 1,235
426 j 706 978 769 768 603 993 855 786 995 1,149 1,482
1,226 1,691 2,004 1,340 2,191 2,931
2,053 2,528 2,944
2,683 2,535 2,564
22 846
247 713 1,125 777 806 573 963 838 747 910 1,178 1,482 1,183 1,505 1,924 1,427 2,432 3,165 2,330 2,945 3,474 3,388 3,118 3,167
4
378 1 ,037 1,010 1,221
1 ,460 1,380 1,200
790 615 940 940 965 1,020 985 875 775 800 995 770 840 835 765 790 770 875 900 775 760
797 1,167 1,175
981 1,312 1,094 1 ,397 1 ,430 1,536 1,668 1,609 1 ,745 1,119 1,651 1,540 1,324 1,795 1,523 1,515 1,539 1.951 1,752 2,026 1,734
Production (1000 lbs.)
1
147 794 684 1,113
1 ,163 1 ,610 1 ,410
775 807 1 ,028 1 ,313 1 ,380 1,567 1 ,643 1 ,408 1 ,352 895 1,610 1,186 1,112 1,499 1,165 1,197 1,185 1,707 1,577 1,570 1,318
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
16,359 19,638
9,167 10,020
9,668
7,901
6,284
6,099
MONTGOMERY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,384 6,998 6,330 4,053 4,591
1,668
1,327
4,069 4,070 3,936
2,798
1,137
934
3,315 2,928 2,394
1,793
531
393
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
378,240 121,600 121,600 121,600 150,400 150,400 150,400 150,400 150,400 150,400 151,424 151,424
78.8 92.5 74.3 99.1 64.6 72.6 87.3 78.4 68.3 61.7 64.8 61.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
282,819 298,197 112,431
90,293 120,507
97,090 109,193 131,330 117,853 102,760 92,802 98,190 93,414
Average Size Farms
(acres)
181 105 86
70 102
90 126 134 158 189 253 249 259
Number of Farms
1,560 2,844 1 ,315 1 ,288 1,177 1,085
865 981 745 545 367 394 360
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,541,000 5,282,371 4,988,257 2,736,438 2,812,121 2,532,383 3,196,497 4,716,648 6,287,055 9,099,320 11,319,014 19,414,915 34,035,000
988 1,857 3,793 2,125 2,389 2,334 3,695 4,808 8,439 16,696 30,842 49,276 94,541
Tractors
10
6 56 196 305 396 402 429 451
Trucks
34
61 93 307 350 326 351 424 414
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
382
90
261
45
261
50
419
89
372
115
387
174
344
208
319
(NA)
285
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,302 3,319 1,665
129 103 293 568
308 885 509 914
n4n4
27,900 53,972 26,915 1,527
1,556 4,484
11,840 5,055
22,286 12,810 31,888
1,765 fi,47?
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,855 723
1,642 1,577
1,529 1,136
513 788 447 610
481 1,131
883 844 715 2,411 1,409 1.521
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
3
60
186
26
1,059
2,430
155
11,070
55
2,970
95
3,849
16
2,025
11
2,320
39
15.000
PEACHES -1 -1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
40,828 11,020
4,731 1,343 3,391 3,983 6,017 1,458 1.062
707 9,513
4,069 629
2,676 378
3,526 1.770 2,758
33 85 370 20,815
PECANS - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,622 12.929
60 1,400 15,794 20.072
14.393
16.899 14,338
9,838 8,702 8,648
121,425 85,676 17,072 7,125 92,897 44.218
206,351 184,470
SWEET 1/4/ POTATOES- -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
761 1,422
376 390 687 534 524 292
94 30
7 13
6
58.764 131,222
33,748 39,298 46.090 33,541 34,956 21.978 4,569 2,860
571 838 1 tB7S
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
49,732
4,347
1934
50,156
4,548
1939
48,361
2,090
1944
37,388
6,306
1949
39,419
5,766
1954
34,924
2,601
1959
28,256
5,665
1964
22,326
5,836
1969
23,905
5,036
1974
27,480
2,871
See fool:notes on last page.
3,439 1,559 3,140 1,240 6,691 5,786 6,656 3,444 7,473 7,461
Woodland
185,651 50,639 24,134 57,115 41.673 59,107 75,376 68,344 56,862 54,796 53,698 44,291
Other Land
1,592 1,843 8,130 6,846 1,709 4,876 4,078 6,198 5,321 6,400 8,078 11,311
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun iber 1969 1974
*
15
17
28
39
59
53
72
66
59
66
59
153
68
*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
MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
17,725 17,219 7,325 3,420 7,938 4,688 5,884 5,228 6,984 5,445 6,301 6,426 8,232
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years
and Older)
8,356 9,804 3,700 1,914 3,660 2,301 2,673 2,822 3,693 2,975 3,180 3,359 4,237
Milk Cows
3,658 4,947 1,047 1,152
1,546
1,051 872 533 255 285 71
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
11,480 2,792 2,810 10,310
5,125 26,500 15,122 49,513 2,000
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
21,279 34,754 15,930
5,144 12,064 8,121 10,989 13,918 12,206 13,832 11,075 19,053 17,761
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,173 1,101 1,822 1 ,651 1,717 2,009 2,069 2,262 1,945 3,559 3,380
Chickens (4 Months and Older) JJ
28,722 56,478 30,140 22,976 30,431
23,597 27,844 21,762 28,881 12,567 13,011 68,060
881
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
18,692 3,905 17,325
10,183
5,164 11,670 43,993
52,516 12
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
141,240 179,329
65,795 98,908 65,329 112,495 129,059 28,087
142,436 63,023 186,295 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hi red La bor
Poultry
Material
mi ous.
19,235 3,980 20,347 61 ,846 103,494 180,093 238,576 646,189 669,000
162,494 79,895
248,530
350,477 502,464 1,113,000
54.9 47.6 140.3 200.5 208.4 165.8 206.8 357.0 336.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,700 6,500 6,450 6,600 6,600 6,700 7,000 7,100 7,100 7,300 8,500 8,900 8,600 7,820
Cows 2 years old and older l_g/
Kept for
Milk
310 290 280 270 300 300 300 300 250 230 240 270 200 180
Other
3,050 3,200 3,000 3,050 3,150 3,200 3,310 3,390 3,420 3,470 3,940 4,500 4,500 4,010
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,340 3,010 3,170 3,280 3,150 3,200 3,390 3,410 3,430 3,600 4,320 4,130 3,900 3,630
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
11,200 .14,900 16,500 19,850 21,450 24,900 23,650 22,700 19,800 18,900 17,000 22,200 31 ,300
1/ 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 life 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-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
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MCDUFFIE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1800-1976
McDuffie County was created by Legislative Act of October 18, 1870 from parts
of Columbia and Warren counties and was 132nd in order of """^es orgamzed in Georgia.
It was named for George McDuffie, the great orator and statesman of South Carolina who
was born in Georgia. He was a member of Congress in 1821, Governor of South Carolina
in 1834 and United States Senator in 1842. Thomson, the county seat, was probably
named for a pioneer settler family but the name is ^authenticated
147(0
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the and area was61,792 acres There were 189 farms having a total of 48,415 acres with land and bui dings valued at
$20 450 000 The number offIrms was only 11 percent of the peak number in 1920. McDuffie County 1eson
The fall line in an area that has soils sometimes consisting of deep sands which are very susceptible to
drOU9ht-BaSVon1d90C0:i^rddahtaa: SS-SSSUlTct St, an average annual precipitation
month y averages ranging from about 47 degrees in December and January, to 80 degrees ir, July The
November 10.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount T~
1,429,261
1,515,064
1974 Amount $~
1,704,000
TT7
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
740,948
51.8
716,434
50.1
8,840 15,674
30,650 84,750
572,913 194,782 165,453 212,678
.6 1.1
2.2 5.9
40.1 13.6 11.6 14.9
508,905 488,609
18,645 1,651
47,125 235,863 723,171 337,211 157,657 228,303
33.6 32.3
1.2 .1
3.1 15.6 47.7 22.2 10.4 15.1
1,598,000
634,000 599,000 379,000
166,000 54,000
8,000 27,000
139,500
38,000
786,500 (D) (D)
397,000 298,000
61,000 1,000
37,000
39.7 37.5 23.7
10.4 3.4
.5 1.7
8.7 2.4
49.2
24.8 18.6
3.8 .1
2.3
Government Payments 1/
16,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T~954 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.^^/^Available^onl^for^^^^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- 1 954 Poultry & Dairy Prod. 25.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 24.
--Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.
'Horticultural Spec. 2.2% Forestry Products 5.9%
Veg. Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.7%
Horticultural Spec. 8.7%
-- Forestry Products 2.4% Veg. Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.2%
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
MCDUFFIE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,324 22,130 13,871
11,310 10,020 8,000
7,000 5,900 6,600 5,600 5,000 4,900 3,140 3,000 2,640 2,700 3,000 2,830 1,690 1,660 3,700 3,350 3,400 3,200 3,500 4,250 3,700
17,130 15,172 22,177 14,832 21,958 10,228
9,060 8,830 7,050 6,260 5,400 6,000 5,100 4,550 4,200 2,580 2,570 2,270 2,260 2,600 2,500 1,500 1,500 3,400 3,050 2,850 2,270 2,560 2,890
740
6.5 10.0 11.7 10.3 8.4 9.9
6.9 21.2 12.5 15.9 21.9 16.6 21.0 23.3 19.5 27.1 22.2 24.7 23.0 38.5 39.2 32.7 20.7 57.9 50.0 51.0 54.3 53.2 52.9 22.0
111,650 151,178 259,614 152,302 183,680 101,609
62,400 187,500 88,100
99,400 118,100
99,400 107,000 106,000 82,000 70,000
57,000 56,700 52,000 100,000 98,000 49,000 31,000 197,000 152,500 145,400 123,300 136,300 152,900 16,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130 170 230 1,200 9,100 750 1,000 1,500 1,600 1,880 1,950 2,380 1,680 3,800
16.5 17.5 17.0 22.5 15.0 22.0 20.5 20.0 14.5 19.3 23.7 23.8 16.8 19.5
2,145 2,975 3,910 27 ,000 136,500 15,000 20,500 30,000 23,200 36,300 46,200 56,600 28,200 74,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
24,038
27,857
32,147
18,443
12,445
12,749
7,900 6,970 6,000 4,120 2,475 4,620 4,660 4,790 5,010 4,740 3,510 3,040 2,080 1,680 1,720 1,400 1,350 1,300 1,500 1,185
880 405 165 140
176
7,104
185
10,284
193
12,389
189
6,987
280
6,973
181
4,618
211
3,470
249
3,620
264
3,310
346
2,970
425
2,190
332
3,200
286
2,780
381
3,810
302
3,160
221
2,190
325
2,380
353
2,240
433
1,880
269
940
178
640
301
880
430
1,210
295
795
208
650
365
900
451
825
291
245
358
120
143
42
Acreage Harvested
WHFAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
1,106 238 518 102
263
280 260 330 400 200 190 200 150 40 80 100 90 120 230 170 70
no
210 210 240 640 530 340 380
13.7 14.3 18.6 14.5 21.5 17.5 20.0 21.5 20.0 25.0 28.0 28.5
28.0 25.7 24.7 31.4 33.6 33.8 22.0 24.5 20.5 30.2 24.8 31.6
4,510 1,223 3,565
865
2,124
3,830 3,730 6,150 5,800 4,300 3,320 4,000 3,220
800 1,750 2,800 2,570 3,360 5,900 4,200 2,200 3,700 7,100 4,610 5,880 13,100 16,000 8,430 12.000
Production
!
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
9,804 10,325 11,509
9,014
10,878
11,443
12,627
15,276
MCDUFFIE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,369 6,575 6,893 4,786 4,259
1,983
800
2,648 3,038 3,026
2,001
1,014
732
3,721 3,537 3,867
2,258
969
68
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 183,680 168,320 168,320 168,320 168,320 164,480 164,480 161,792 161.792
Percent in Farms
68.4 63.9 70.3 48.9 62.5 69.4 69.4 76.7 86.5 61.7 52.5 39.1
29.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
125,550 117,302 129,040 89,893 114,840 116,820 116,795 129,018 145,572 101,432 86,433 63,305 48.415
Average Size Farms L (acres)
104 82 74 75 88 117 117 143 176 214 242 261 256
Number of Farms
1,213 1,430 1,735 1 ,193 1,312
995 1,002
905 826 473 357 243 189
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
788,990 1,577,989 4,157,602 1,500,879 1,413,202 1,536,634
2,269,595 3,794,665 6,042,190 7,305,012 7,137,501 12,770,530 20,450,000
650 1,103 2,396 1,258 1,077 1,544
2,265 4,193 7,315 15,444 19,993 52,553 108,201
Tractors
8
17 89 162 349 333 279 285 246
Trucks
39
45 95 195 261 302 257 225 205
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
347
25
404
21
479
59
493
115
708
289
343
217
379
182
229
(NA)
177
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,826 2,563
749 124 234 469 1 ,669 937 2,251 919 442 30 36
26,870 30,768 8,760 3,263 3,724 7,938 39,096 13,747 51,652 25,192 16,421
800 800
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
729 285 1,263 1,812
3,620 3,256 2,860 2,762 1,815 2,281
291 738
3,750 1,974 3,336 4,848 4,965 6,062
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SAlE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
426
7,012
305
206
5,966
40,507
472
19,977
227
8,840
205
11,267
282
18,645
240
31,659
25
8.000
PEACHES LI I'
AIT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
56,655 13,547 29,690
6,782 12,654 10,107 8,403 4,309 17,913 11,002
658
727 2,733 6,403 1,527 6,701 4,750 4,349
359 3,459 6,361
49
PECANS y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,553 4,466
4,977
4,089 4,534 4,692
m4,199
4,775 9,473
41,408 64,928 39,403
6,128 41,032
3,273
23;82
SWEET
POTATOES I7 y
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
541
32,262
546
38,455
446
44,173
396
35,400
523
34,680
503
40,716
636
40,568
166
12,750
48
4,715
49
3,420
5
790
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USF, Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
36,683
9,872
1934
43,191
9,501
1939
44,900
6,348
1944
40,284
8,605
1949
34,986
12,052
1954
26,269
10,965
1959
17,195
8,697
1964
11,899
6,359
1969
7,165
3,536
1974
8,152
1,383
See fool:notes on last page.
IN ACRES y Plowable Pasture
2,861 3,690 9,213 4,670 6,999 13,943 16,559 8,923 10,066 9,868
Woodland
41,001 56,038 24,840 49,764 45,653 52,308 61,664 78,641 52,496 47,093 29,925 22,685
Other Land
14,240 9,973 15,150 7,682 10,370 10,381 13,317 15,754 6,485 12,159 12,613 6,327
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
8Q
5 6
5
6
10
4
29
28
26
24
165
116
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own 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
MCDUFFIE COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,451 2,409 3,989 2,052 3,551 2,960 4,581 4,854 8,490 5,748 7,089 7,608 7.591
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,316 1,739 2,181 1,360 2,054 1,973 2,835 3,066 4,728 3,306 3,754 3,932 4.075
Milk Cows
1,066 1,523 1,942 1,258
1,651
1,988 1,639
855 659 572 269
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,836 3,247 17,479 10,966
26,267 146,510 385,240 372,369 412,044 312,104
NA (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,312 4,736 7,531 2,759 3,920 3,240 4,326 3,567 3,477 4,522 1,621 1,168
858
Sows Farrowing 5/
742 229 413 371 471 372 539 622 370 257 106
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
18,358 27,404 33,635 19,520 25,423 25,180 30,340 19,434 52,560 18,247 40,087 56,023
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,185 6,237 13,515
8,419
21,518 51,414 57,413
36,207 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
64,970 60,107 101,405 87,201 64,636 104,936 127,274 32,494 395,617 180,602 577,402 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS )F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 25,757
$ 138,723
$ 55.1
8,963
93,704
59.1
70,951
118.4
136,812
120.9
345,730
234,539
172.1
176,678
234.2
342,104
196,005
164.6
422,963
210,926
176.8
349,000
315,000
184.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
7,500 7,400 7,050 7,100 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,700 7,700 8,000 9,900 9,900 9,600 8,200
Cows 2 years old and older ]_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
790
3,250
750
3,300
680
3,250
610
3,300
610
3,400
600
3,500
500
3,550
450
3,600
400
3,630
360
3,770
380
4,160
360
4,300
360
4,200
440
3,690
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,460
3,350
3,120 3,190 3,690 3,600
3,650 3,650 3,670 3,870 5,360 5,240
5,040 4,070
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,650 1,450 1,600 1,250 1,350 1,550 1,450 1,450 1,300 1,100
800 1,000 1,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chicke ns 3 months old and older, 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 1_0/ I n 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
MURRAY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Murray County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from part of
Cherokee County and was 86th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
named for Thomas w. Murray, a leading ante-bellum lawyer and legislator. When first
organized Murray included parts of Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Whitfield and Walker
7
Counties. Spring Place, taking its name from a large spring in the vicinity was a favorite gathering place of the Cherokee Indians and was the original county seat.
mc
Near Spring Place stands the famous brick home of Chief Joseph Vann. The house was built in the latter part of the 18th century. In 1912 the town of Chatsworth was
made the county seat.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 218,880 acres. There were 362
farms having a total of 55,381 acres with land and buildings valued at $28,543,000. The number of
farms is only 23 percent of the peak number in 1935. Soybean acreage has doubled since 1969. Crops
accounted for over 70 percent of the value of all farm sales in 1944 and only 9 percent in 1974. The
poultry enterprise: commercial broilers, hatching egg production and commercial egg production
accounted for 83 percent of the value of all farm sales in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation
of almost 55 inches for Murray County. Local terrain differences result in considerable variation in
amounts from one part of the county to another. March is normally the wettest month with an average
of about six inches, and October, with close to three inches, is usually the driest. Temperatures also
show large local variations, but the annual average for the county is around 59 degrees. Monthly
averages are around 41 degrees in mid-winter, and 77 to 78 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free period
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
averages about 190 to 200 days. VAU|E QF fla FftRM pR0DUCTS S0LD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $ 2,374,362
1964 Amount "$~ 6,356,988
1974 Amount T~ 9,093,000
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Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
8,965,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
818,083
34.4
764,795
32.2
334,277 330,625
34,322
1.4
18,966
.8
565 3,087
5.3
811,000
9.0
5.2
808,000
9.0
790,000
8.8
9,000
.1
9,000
.1
3,000 .1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
96,557
4.1
180 50,901
.8
41,000
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs
1,459,722 1,288,866
49,313 121,543
61.5 5,971,630
54.3 5,606,381
2.1
83,571
5.1
281,678
93.9 88.2
1.3 4.4
8,113,000 7,406,500
201,000 505,500 303,500 198,000
90.5 82.6 2.3
5.6 3.4 2.2
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
4,000
Misc. Livestock & LS Products Government Payments 3/
7,000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
<_ Dairy Products 2.1*
.^Other Livestock & Livestock Products 5.1%
-- Dairy Products 2.3*
Other Livestock & ^Livestock Products
5.6*
All Crops & Forestry Products
9.5*
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
MURRAY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
14,369 15,038 12,621
10,050 9,110 9,000 9,200 8,300 8,200 6,200 5,100 4,730 4,360 3,700 3,460 3,330 3,150 2,680 2,540 2,130 3,100 1,800 1,700 2,400 2,200 2,500 3,350
19,519 14,666 18,276 14,001 14,924 12,591
9,840 8,750 8,460 8,760 8,100 8,000 6,000 5,000 4,420 4,010 3,530 3,330 3,220 3,050 2,650 2,300 1,820 2,500 1,600 1,360 1,940 1,870 2,240 2,530
15.2 13.1 17.5 15.7 17.1 21.7
18.7 28.2 28.4 21.8 32.0 28.6 30.7 32.6 36.9 32.7 43.6 50.5 41.0 47.2 47.5 46.1 36.3 48.0 53.0 58.0 54.3 50.3 53.9 65.9
297,640 191,758 319,230 219,994 254,546 273,630
183,900 246,800 239,900 191,200 259,000 228,900 184,000 163,000 163,000 131,000 154,000 168,000 132,000 144,000 126,000 106,000
66,000 120,000
84,800 78,900 105,400 94,100 120,700 166,700
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
1,080 1,120 1,210 1,290 1,480 2,190 2,930 4,230 4,500 3,700 3,300 3,500 4,800 4,300 5,230 6,620 8,240 7,690 8,340
17.0 15.5 17.5 16.0 19.0 17.0 25.0 22.5 23.0 19.0 27.0 21.0 23.0 22.0 21.3 19.5 21.9 20.5 19.3
18,360 17,360 21,175 20,410 28,120 37,230
73,250 95,175 103,500 70,300 89,100 73,500 110,400 94,600 111,400 129,100 180,500 157,600 161,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie Id per acre
(b u.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
7,061
182
2,398
5,078
8,911
189
3,367
2,316
13,052
237
6,200
2,553
14,315
229
6,548
327
8,907
312
5,564
369
9,298
243
4,518
836
3,900
324
2,640
1,240
3,920
347
2,840
1,170
3,390
296
2,090
1,040
2,580
228
1,230
1,100
1,330
251
700
810
2,510
345
1,810
1,200
2,520
383
2,010
900
2,400
170
850
1,000
1,750
238
870
670
1,560
238
780
530
960
294
590
610
960
385
770
620
950
188
380
600
1,060
680
212
300
880
430
251
225
550
400
308
255
410
450
362
340
520
450
273
260
390
165
97
34
230
60
167
21
480
410
350
590
18.3 17.2 20.2 18.5 22.0 22.0 21.5 25.0 23.0 23.5 26.0 29.0 27.0 22.5 29.8 30.9 40.0 34.4 27.2 32.9 36.0 24.9 27.7 28.6
19,180 15,163 20,869
2,156 3,559 11,039
22,650 20,120 '1,010 20,350 17,820 26,400 19,350 25,000 15,380 12,400 15,860 18,100 16,200 23 ,900 26,200 17,000 16,400 17,900 10,600
7,560 17,300 10,200
9,700 16,900
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
MURRAY 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)
8,623
9,763
9,490
9,215
7,774
7,487
287
8,144
7,850
294
11,137
8,420
8,103
317
5,722
10,676
6,166
6,066
100
10,447
2,694
2,694
12,986
945
945
218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880
69.4 71.3 59.7 55.1 65.5 58.0 53.0 58.6 45.2 38.4 33.9 25.9 25.3
151,919 156,170 130,641 120,566 143,446 126,899 115,899 128,337
98,949 83,962
74,196 56,666 55,381
Average Size Farms
(acres)
131 110 84 81 91 101
96 96 97 119 130 126 153
Number of Farms
1,158 1,418 1,557 1,498 1,581 1,258 1,206 1,334 1,023
705 572 450 362
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
863,510 1,539,744 3,661,211 2,999,347 2,221,830 2,378,967 3,160,145 5,910,954 4,331,382 7,432,110 9,762,324 13,709,828 28,543,000
Average (dol.)
746 1,086 2,351 2,002 1,405 1,891 2,620 4,431 4,234 10,542 17,067 30,466 78,847
Tractors
no
102 189 373 522 544 453 470 406
Trucks
77
87 145 371 351 353 392 371 387
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
570
78
398
43
412
35
552
38
522
39
554
109
631
362
340
(NA)
292
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
482 705 154
35 24 130 176 425 707 520 255 232 209
Production (bushels)
4,990 7,119 2,243
786 541 2,955 3,407 14,132 23,093 21,100 10,462 8,460 9,155
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,010 4,536 5,492 7,971
4,805 3,557 2,559 3,117 2,224 2,387
5,083 4,826
4,844 3,302 3,477 4,017 3,158 3,063
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
22
1,476
28
9
478
791
72
6,293 l
435
34,322
28
3,376
5
565
9
1,080
5
3,000
PEACHES 1/ %
ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
10,994 29,090 16,164 14,939 10,263
7,761 4,158 6,808 1,170
667 139 248
120 19,349
9,301 2,160 6,782 4,184
98 397 633 125
23
PECANS 1/ 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
30
7
10
221
659
91
871
500
470
2,261
171
163
100
1,239
57
103
145
1,932
SWEET ....
POTATOES 1/ !'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
133
8,179
151
14,437
153
13,806
126
12,756
212
25,740
168
11,651
84
7,785
32
4,932
6
1,587
4
986
2
227
1
113
Year
"Harvested Cropland
I AND USE, IN ACRES M.
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
34,953
10,635
1934
33,409
12,719
1939
35,124
7,316
1944
27,672
14,618
1949
30,174
15,541
1954
20,810
10,959
1959
15,242-
10,215
1964
10,522
8,783
1969
8,531
4,986
1974
10,949
1,346
See footnotes on last page
6,162 4,321 8,336 2,037 2,560 2,164 3,056 3,189 9,490 8,850
Woodland
96,084 67,120 58,559 85,426 64,860 58,108 68,946 55,429 44,741 40,137 23,761 27,717
Other Land
2,879 6,974 8,699 6,926 10,399 13,159 11,116 9,587 10,708 11,565 9,898 6,519
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 2t00
18
33
51
68
30
52
35
33
28
38
34
226
166
*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 1S64 1969 1974
MURRAY COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4.412 4,875 4,733 2,929 4,573 3,232 4,023 3,576 4,610 4,390 6,280 6,796 7,385
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,971 2,634 2,356 1,784 2,668 1,886 2,136 1,857 2,365 2,152 3,023 3,256 4,030
Milk Cows
1,600 2,188 2,202 1.727
1,801
1,490 1,346
945 608 460 353
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
4,646 1.662 3,894 5,405
74.463 76,935 57,967 79,215 218.647 167,432 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,839 5,394 4,794 1,448 2,589 2,243 2,508 3,184 3,545 6,244 3,398 2.156 2,399
Sows Farrowing 5/
590 154 194 190 198 320 582 1,114 715 347 342
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7J
32,602 34,520 52,485 37,206 44,378 38,710 48,043 50,465 71,245 281,425 502,943 285,235 191,021
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
31,404 26,242 28,765
23,042
164,314 1,626,488 4,497,440 5,886,778
343,371 4,812,912
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
115,620 164,778 221,619 198,634 161,583 232,640 253,831 200,303 485,958 1,705,027 6,486,251 (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.)
$ 31,292 $
70,935 $ 24.1
21,396
47,191
17.7
68,000
51.3
101.815
41.4
424,185
107,811
74.2
1,759,496
78.8
3,479,665
61,162
120.0
2,788,000
120,219
112.6
4,122,000
139,000
327.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
All Other Cattle
December 1 All Hogs
and
Kept for
Other
and
and
Calves
Milk
Calves
Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
6,700
730
6,800
650
6,900
600
7,000
490
7,000
490
7,000
480
7,400
470
7,600
470
7,700
460
7,800
390
7,600
380
7,300
400
7,100
400
5.620
410
2,500 2,450 2,550 2,800 2,900 2,950 3,000 3,000 3,100 3,200 3,480 3,400 3,100 2.460
3,470 3,700 3,750 3,710 3,610 3,570 3,930 4,130 4,140 4,210 3,740 3,500 3,600
2.75Q
3,400 2,850 3,150 2,250 2,450 2,800 2,700 2,550 2,250 2,400 1,100 1,400 1,480
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 harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification chanqed--"Cows and heifer^ that have calv ed". 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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MCINTOSH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Mclntosh County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from part of Liberty County and was 17th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for the Scotch Mclntosh family of Georgia whose members have been prominent in the State since the days of Oglethorpe. Origin of the name of Darien, the county seat, is unauthenticated but may have been taken from a settlement established on the Isthmus of Darian by Scotch merchants in 1695. Scotch Highlanders were among the first settlers of the county and they established Fort Darien in the locality called New Iverness.
Upon the remains of this place arose the town of Darien. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 272,448 acres. There were 31 farms having a total of 4,732 acres with land and buildings valued at $2,080,000. The number of farms was only 7 percent of the peak number in 1925. Mclntosh County borders the Atlantic Ocean 1n an area in which production of crops had not been important for quite a number of years. The 1974 Census of Agriculture
classified only 363 acres as being devoted to crops. Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall ot
about 52 inches for Mclntosh County. Summer and early fall are the rainiest times of the year, with about half the annual average coming during the period June to September. November, with an average of about two inches, is the driest month. The temperature averages around 68 degrees for the year and the monthly averaqes range from nearly 54 degrees in January to almost 82 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free period averages around 285 days in length extending usually from around mid-February to early December.
Receiv
NOV26 1
DOCUMEN UGA LI3I
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
186,165
165,825
1974 Amount $
391,000
X V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,527
2.4
4,417
2.4
110
87,034 94,604 23,096
7,325 64,183
46.8
50.8
12.4 3.9
34.5
11,297
6.8
9,077
5.5
2,215 5
500 21,300
132,728 2,233
79,300 51,195
1.3
.3 12.9 80.0
1.3 47.8 30.9
371,000
8,000
2.2
8,000
2.2
5,000
1.4
3,000
.8
363,000 97.8
f(Dt!)
(NA)
(D)
4,000
1.1
Government Payments 2/ 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 All Crops 2.4%
<--Poultry & Poultry Products 12.4%
*-- Dairy Products 3.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ All Crops 2.2%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 34.5%
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
6,537 6,442 5,119 5,763
5,292
6,008
6,364
7,371
MCINTOSH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
1,556
501
1,464
524
769
324
1,367
707
320
44
44
181
153
1,055 940 445 387
28
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
300,800 300,800 300,800 300,800 300,800 275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 275,840 272,448 272.44a
Percent in Farms
18.5 10.5 33.8 11.7 12.7 14.7 16.6 14.4 13.5 20.5 15.1 2.7 17
All Land i n Farms (acres)
55,607 31,540 101,802 35,315 38,335 40,666 45,721 39,806 37,193 56,564 41,613 7,378 4,73?
Average size Farms (acres)
137 148 269 132 117 313 157 168 200 698 578 231 153
Number of Farms
406 213 378 268 328 130 291 237 186 81 72 32 31
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
Average
319,880 349,332 747,275 531,270 610,620 914,305 1,334,741 818,598 608,406 3,535,812 3,245,760 788,206 2,080,000
788 1,640 1,977 1,982 1,862 7,033 4,587 3,454 3,271 43,652 45,080 24,631 67,082
Tractors
6 16 54 36 64 79 29 37
Trucks
26
22 36 71 86 67 76 23 39
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
106
16
30
3
78
31
65
12
94
8
34
12
90
53
22
(NA)
17
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
77
840
70
940
54
1,077
2
30
4
80
4
20
15
600
1
25
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
60
88
84
49
30
60
38
39
73
73
207
320
88
225
128
138
230
460
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres)
30
1.614
159
24
905
83,375
28
1,593
1
110
. 9
433
22
2,215
PEACHES II 3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
585 1,055
952 1,078
133 221 3<7
49
59 1,471
518 413
87 116
72 19
21
16
25
10
PECANS V 3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,122 989
500 25,365 8,216
2,866
107
1,990
8,861
405
250
86
385
100
"SWETT
POTATOES 1/1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels;
547
41,265
418
55,673
335
64,213
214
14,372
255
12,425
123
10,735
160
5,846
46
3,424
14
623
12
1,232
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE tM ACftK y
Idle or
Plloowwabbilee
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
2,085 2,013
2,569 1,429
1939 1944
1,446 1,761
204 1,586
1949 1954
917
1,760
490
774
1959
512
3,073
1964 1969
759
357
242
553
1974
363
125
See foo ;notes on last page
933 264 794 303 670 1,042 934 781 692 640
Woodland
17,090 14,884 28,007 32,017 37,137 28,643 23,939 28,084 26,686 35,541 4,812
2,427
Other Land
10,498 78,813
1,644 2,174 1,059 13,414 12,520 6,803 25,359 4,175 1,079 1,177
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
1
2
1
3
27
25
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
MCINTOSH 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
5,066 4,155 7,597 5,101 4,348 4,174 6,102 2,514 2,702 1,812 1,306
831 804
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,295 2,573 3,961 2,532 2,271 2,360 2,233 1.339 1.489
957 984 618 582
Milk Cows
412 726
38 85
81
111 72
207 207 (D) 188
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,875 265 55
9,592
1,182 16,960
8,613 16.441 454,674
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
1,552 5,973 7,109 2,069 3,268
977 5,988 1,449 2,283
991 663 150 324
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,628 194 699 249 706 214 341 166 101 26 36
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
8,343 5,490 7.558 4,581 5,274 2,109 6,237 4,265 7,919 1,471
899 102 10,505
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
9,662 7,803 3,710
930
4,220 2,596
67 153
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 1!
28,240 30,141 12,559 28,426 11,722
8,662 35,200
3,387 50,050
5.419 5,200 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 11,454
$ 3,836
$ 14.5
11,056
2,600
22.7
30,358
42.1
21,310
11.5
15,917
7,540
17.8
69,390
46.0
53,072
14,500
3.5
72,237
14,740
19.3
237,000
18,000
20.0
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
1,400
250
1,300
240
1,550
120
1,200
160
1,000
140
1,100
130
1,500
170
1,600
200
1,600
220
1,600
190
1,800
190
1,800
190
1,700
170
l.din
Tin
800 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 800 810 1,030 1,000 1.000 77fl
350
650
310
680
500
290
no
220
580
650
580
600
580
610
530
530
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
O.C7
HART COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 19DO-197B
Hart County was created by Legislative Act of December 7, 1853 from parts of
three counties: Elbert, Franklin and Madison, and was 101st in order of counties
organized in Georgia. It was named for the famous heroine of the Revolution, Nancy Hart,
whose bold exploits occurred in this section of Georgia. Hart County enjoys the
>tTf(o
distinction of being the only county in the State named for a woman and one of few such
counties in the United States. Hartwell, the county seat, was likewise named for Nancy
Hart.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 147,840 acres.
There were 580 farms having a total of 75,575 acres with land and buildings valued at $39,738,000. The
number of farms was only 19 percent of the peak number in 1920. Hart County lies in one of the better
agricultural areas of north Georgia but this has not prevented a decline in production of most field
crops. This decline has not been nearly as much as in other less favored areas. The poultry enterprise
accounted for about 57 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation
of about 49 inches for Hart County. Annual totals at Hartwell have ranged from 31.41 inches in 1925 to
74.45 inches in 1974, but have fallen between 45 and 55 inches in almost one-half the years. March, with
an average of almost six inches, is normally the wettest month, and October, with about three inches, is
the driest. The average annual temperature is about 62 degrees, and monthly averages range from around
44 degrees in January to almost 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages almost 220 days,
extending normally from the first of April to early November.
Received N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $~
3,629,747
1964 Amount T"
6,960,556
1974 Amount $
10,905,000
TT7
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, Nu*s & 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
2,169,292 2,115,658
59.8
1,647,515
23.7
58.3
1,624,161
23.3
27,904 25,730
7,050
33,503
1,419,902 947,737 331,517 140,648
.7
.2
.9
39.1 26.1
9.1 3.9
18,405 4,949^
53J36
17,962
5,241,743 4,511,953
428,585 301,205
75.3 64.8
6.2 4.3
10,615,000
2,091,500 2,053,500 1,280,500
19.7 19.3 12.1
706,500 63,500
3,000 22,000 16,000
36,000
42,000
8,445,500 6,035,500 1,454,000
956,000 895,000
45,000 5,000
11,000
6.6 .6
.2 .2
.3
.4
79.6 56.9 13.7 9.0 8.4
.4 .1 .1
Government Payments 3/
18,000
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 V& Berries 1.5%
-- Dairy Products 9.1% Forestry Products &
--^Hort. Spec. 1.1% -- Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 3.9%
Poultry & Poultry Products 26.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts * Berries 0.4%
_Dairy Products 13.7%
Forestry Products & " Hort. Spec. 0.7%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 9.0%
Poultry & Poultry Products 56.9%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1.965 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
HART COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested YielcT for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested fc r beans
Yield per acre
Production
( acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
16,581 22,485 12,300
9,450 8,450 7,200 6,200> 5,900 4,900 4,040 3,150 3,070 3,450 2,750 2,610 2,530 2,060 1,920 1,400 1,220 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,900 2,000 2,500 3,500
20,718 18,114 22,279 11,894 22,242 12,260
8,760 8,030 6,760 5,900 5,800 4,800 3,810 3,020 2,820 3,260 2,610 2,480 2,440 2,000 1,800 1,180 1,050
950 950 960 1,200 810 1,310 520
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
9.3 11.9 16.0
9.5 10.0 18.8
15.5 22.9 16.0 18.4 26.1 20.5 25.7 34.4 23.0 38.0 35.2 38.7 28.3 47.0 37.2 33.1 21.0 57.9 44.0 59.0 59.3 62.1 52.9 16.9
Bales
192,900 215,380 357,273 112,862 223,519 230,849
136,100 183,900 108,200 108,300 151,200
98,400 98,000 104,000 65,000 124,000 92,000 96,000 69,000 94,000 67,000 39,000 22,000 55,000 41,800 56,600 71,100 50,300 69,300
8,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 100 150 300 450 500 1,650 4,200 4,200 5,000 5,200 5,300 4,200 8,710 8,580 11,050 7,990 15,690
16.5 12.0 11.5 15.0 20.0 22.0 23.5
25.5 24.0 ,, 23.5 24.0 22.0 14.1 20.3 21.0
24.7 20.5 18.6
1,650 1 ,200 1 ,740 4,500 9,000 11,000 38,775 107,100 100,800 117,500 124,800 116,600 59,200 176,800 180,200 272,900 163,800 291 ,800
Acreage Harvested
*T
WHEAT Yie Id
per acre
( bu.)
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
37,097
45,058
49,805
43,056 27,748 23,427
13,790
12,450
11,600 7,190 3,420 8,535 7,760 7,520 7,620 7,200 7,060 7,260 4,940 3,550 4,950 5,360 5,400 7,000 7,100 5,475 4,000 1,310 1,820 320
157
11,641
206
18,622
265
26,412
184
15,907
332
18,418
229
10,740
271
7,790
544
14,120
323
7,810
308
4,610
508
3,630
408
7,270
370
5,990
408
6,400
348
5,530
408
6,130
560
8,260
482
7,310
327
3,370
357
2,650
227
2,360
312
3,490
380
4,230
333
4,860
189
2,800
319
3,640
435
3,620
183
500
271
1,030
100
67
5,312
2,626 2,240 1,154 5,662 4,581
5,390 5,450 8,300 9,200 6,100 7,450 6,300 6,750 2,500 3,230 3,300 3,050 2,610 4,330 2,760 1,000 1,500 2,640 1,570 1,460 3,780 3,080 3,040 3,350
28,760 20,399 16,891
8,315 63,601 62,256
1 9.8 1 3.2 2 2.7 1 3.5 2 3.5 1 9.8 2 2.0 2 7.0
2 *.o
2 5.0 2 7.0 2 5.0 2 1.0 2 5.0 2 5.8 2 7.1 3 1.9 3 7.5 2 9.5 2 9.5 2 3.1 2 3.2 3 1.7 3 3.5 |
106,680 98,970
188,770 170,200 143,350 147,510 138,600 182,250
60,000 80,300 89,100 79,300 62,600 108,300 74,000 27,100 52,300 99,000 46,300
43,000 106,200 86,900
96,400
112,200
21
120 590 200 930 1,430 2,030 1,510 480
238
31.4 34.1 20.0 34.0 39.0 42.0 48.0 22.7
3,770 20,130 4,000 31,620 55,770 85,260 72,480 10,900
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
14,492 16,216 17,944 15,174
15,512
14,495
15,229
15,814
HART COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
12,912 12,645 13,000
9,535 9,434
4,132
1,927
9,668 9,491 9,728
6,903
3,155
1,599
3,244 3,154 3,272
2,531
977
328
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
167,040 167,040 167,040 167,040 167,040 164,480 164,480 164,480 164,480 164,480 164,480 147,840 147,840
Percent in Farms
87.3 88.2 82.4 80.7 91.8 90.8 87.8 89.7 83.5 63.0 52.4 57.6 51.1
All Land in Farms (acres)
145,883 147,355 137,594 134,863 153,304 149,311 144,495 147,540 137,376 103,563 86,137 85,204 75,575
Average Size Farms
(acres)
70 53 44 52 60 65 60 67 74 86 94 118 130
Number of Farms
2,089 2,803 3,103 2,593 2,549 2,308 2,413 2,206 1 ,857 1,201
914 722 580
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,417,520 5,363,516 12,536,566 4,463,022 3,352,250 4,072,736 5,305,916 9,108,574 10,116,936 11,375,872 13,893,714 21,697,163 39,738,000
679 1,913 4,040 1,721 1,315 1,765 2,199 4,129 5,448 9,472 15,201 30,051 68,513
Tractors
65
60 179 542 703 970 783 839 758
Trucks
61
72 112 298 454 645 677 607 636
Automobiles
Farms * with Telephones
1,076
135
1,040
72
1,131
53
1,467
117
1,011
161
1,143
362
1,113
595
745
(NA)
569
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,290 3,657 2,635 2,252 4,045 9,484 10,260 18,951 21,422 8,683 1,889
720 1,035
Production (bushels)
8,420 47,064 37,651 41,998 77,275 204,058 272,826 616,971 699,911 287,872 76,005 45,009 61,681
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,599 671
5,283 4,165
7,271 12,388
3,643 4,977 3,276 4,409
85 3,827
6,554 7,577 4,083 6,069 6,000 7,621
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE^ Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
48
2,648
78
39
1,211
6,103
436
41,427
538
27,904
477
53,297
122
18,405
120
10,198
109
22,000
PEACHESl/i/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
29,785
3,453
33,957 11,113
23,649 3,340
26,528
2,078
23,016 28,383
22,321 22,319
23,264 11,407
13,807
654
5,936
4,088
9,385
4,155
6,888
153
1,500
2,708
PECANS 1IV
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
310
4,207
9,663
9,544
4,316
5,274
4,837
7,331 7,535 3,796 3,119 1,476
774
50,175 14,824 43,485 23,105 48,575 4,645 109,850 11,157
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
346
23,524
357
34,810
706
67,714
226
20,065
614
61,020
479
37,994
322
34,423
60
6,701
7
1,715
20
3,190
3
1,256
1
50
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fal 1 ow
1909
1919
1929
66,967
10,177
1934
74,171
10,935
1939
76,665
4,926
1944
69,474
11,785
1949
65,751
13,792
1954
56,032
10,812
1959
34,775
15,250
1964
22,348
15,128
1969
16,997
12,548
1974
22,285
2,184
See fool:notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
11,425 4,373 12,335 1,123 2,133 5,909 6,752 7,189 17,732 24,145
Woodland
51,171 38,019 30,954 43,469 33,614 41,639 47,154 45,473 31,298 25,663 21,030 16,285
Other Land
12,059 9,670
14,527 19,371 21,422 19,623 18,710 19,150 15,488 15,809 16,897 10,676
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
31
49
52
48
26
45
45
59
43
53
77
468
306
*Farm numbers with value of sale s of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
HART COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,922 5,657 6,624 3,656 6,460 4,784 6,231 6,202 8,891 7,014 10,044 12,229 21,974
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,443 3,851 3,732 2,431 3,701 3,110 3,493 3,365 4,928 3,561 5,103 6,491 12,675
Milk Cows
1,983 3,208 3,628 2,401
2,852
2,859 3,350 2,165 1,715 1,106 1,561
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
140 2,669 11,522 16,307
57,621 124,219 359,681 782,161 1,100,103 810,173
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,164 3,725 6,095 1,619 3,801 3,609 3,640 3,553 3,569 6,718 2,078 2,053 1,140
Sows Farrowinq 5/
347 410 222 177 351 326 475 978 368 362 253
Chickens (4
Months and Older) V
25,806 34,919 62,719 44,826 62,765 58,750 64,827 52,629 73,101 105,791 144,920 335,979 356,442
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
27,022 15,643 51 ,586
75,639
165,415 1,212,474 3,444,662 7,798,087 7,073,145 3,890,272
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
105,440 135,738 186,327 260,393 253,908 304,072 376,818 101,953 283,974 870,609 1 ,848,223
(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.)
$ 46,047 $ 272,880
$ 40.6
16,157
245,349
58.0
82,810
73.5
128,585
168.7
450,875
474,000
171.6
1 ,878,300
287.1
3,034,391
402,739
321.1
3,437,914
372,873
317.0
4,838,000
833,000
360.0
USUA ESI1MATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,600 10,400 10,300 10,800 12,600 12,700 13,700 14,100 14,200 14,900 16,800 16,000 15,100 14,500
Cows 2 years old and older IQ/
Kept for Milk
2,000 1,850 1,730 1,300 1,170 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,350 1,250 1,200 1,160 1,260
Other
3,550 3,700 3,600 3,850 3,950 4,050 5,250 6,360 7,050 7,200 7,880 7,900 7,800 7,190
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,050 4,850 4,970 5,650 7,480 7,350 7,150 6,450 5,850 6,350 7,670 6,900 6,140 6,050
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,100 2,150 2,400 2,150 2,300 2,700 2,550 2,500 1 ,200 1,150 1 ,100
900 1,450
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s 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 chic kens 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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MACON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1IOO-197I
Macon County was created by Legislative Act of December 14, 1837 from parts of Houston and Marion counties and was 90th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Nathaniel Macon of North Carolina, a noted statesman. Oglethorpe, the county seat since 1854, was named for the illustrious founder of the Colony of Georgia. Originally the county seat was Lanier, a town now extinct but which had a population of
several thousand people during the period from 1838 to 1852. Sam Henry Rumph of this county developed the famous Elberta peach, named after his wife, and laid the founda-
tion for the enterprise that brought Georgia worldwide fame. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 257,664 acres. There were 344 farms having a total of 170,820 acres with land and buildings valued at $64,495,000. The number of farms was only 18 percent of the peak number in 1930. Macon County lies just below the fall line in an area that is adapted to the production of cotton, peanuts, wheat, corn, soybeans and peaches. The cotton and wheat yields
Received
per acre are among the best in the state. Value of sales from beef cattle, swine and poultry more than
doubled between 1964 and 1974. Macon County has an average yearly rainfall of about 48 inches, according to the N0AA--National
MflV/ 9 ft 1Q7Q INUV u u \OI D
Weather Service. July averages over five and one-half inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month,
while October, with just over two inches is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is about
65 degrees and monthly averages range from near 49 degrees in December and January to over 80 degrees In
DOCUMENTS
July and August. The average dates of last spring and first fall freezes are just past mid-March and just
LIBRARIES
before mid-November, giving an average freeze-free period of about 240 days.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
4,103,234
7,962,093
1974
Amount $
t V
20,269,000
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 M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
3,359,034 2,665,828
154,868 538,338
16,500 48,657 679,043 75,927 73,898 529,218
81.9 65.0
3.8 13.1
.4 1.2 16.5 1.8 1.8 12.9
5,107,765 4,025,037
253,818 828,910
3,978 210,964 2,639,386 449,754 848,884 1,340,748
64.2 50.6
3.2 10.4
.1 2.6 33.1 5.6 10.7 16.8
20,175,000
13,701,000 10,641,000
6,773,000
1,423,000 148,000
2,297,000 624,000
2,436,000
(D) (D)
6,305,000
1,786,500 2,779,500 1,739,000 1,381,000
357,000
.1,000
67.9 52.7 33.6
7.0 .7
11.4 3.1
12.1
31.3
8.9 13.8 8.6
6.8 1.8
Government Payments 3/
23,000
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 Poultry & Poultry Products 1.8*
Other Livestock & -^livestock Prod. 12.9%
-- Dairy Products 1.
\wMw ' ' ' * iiw',^FHoorretsStrp)'ecPr1odu6cts & Fruits, Nuts & Berries 13.1*
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry Products 8.9%
ftther Livestock & ^livestock Prod. 8.6*
-Dairy Products 13.8*
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.8* Fruits, Nuts & erries 12.1*
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
WCON COUNTY ACREAGE YIELD AND 'RODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
37,380 46,188 30,008
32,900 30,140 28,600 28,000 27,700 27,600 22,600 18,720 16,200 16,300 13,800 13,220 12,950 13,700 12,700 16,000 13,400 14,050 9,200 14,000 17,000 18,200 22,750 20,600
33,292 36,579 42,302 36,209 44,120 28,261
27,390 25,690 23,000 22,770 22,300 22,200 18,500 15,200 12,700 12,300 10,900 10,330 10,200 11,400 10,500 13,200 11,100 12,800
7,950 11,400 13,940 15,590 20,400 13,900
7.9 9.3 9.6 10.2 8.6 14.5
12.4 24.3 26.0 25.8 37.0 25.6 25.9 38.4 33.0 41.5 41.2 52.9 39.7 56.9 32.7 52.0 42.9 49.1 56.0 51.0 59.3 59.2 62.7 29.9
262,160 338,591 405,560 367,676 379,090 409,375
339,400 624,300 598,000 587,400 824,500 567,700 480,000 584,000 419,000 511,000 449,000 546,000 405,000 649,000 343,000 686,000 476,000 629,000 445,200 581,400 826,200 922,600 1,279,200 416,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
2,680 3,510 3,810 4,030 5,860 8,610 10,550 10,760 14,700
16,400 21,400 19,300 18,800 25,800 32,150 34,080 36,100 29,610 37,620
25.5 16.5 16.0 13.5 15.5 22.5 22.0 24.0 27.0 19.5 27.5 24.0 24.0 14.7 20.8 24.5 25.7 24.3 17.4
68,340
57,940 60,960 53,780 92,155 193,725 232,100 258,240 396,900 319,800 588,500 463,200 451,200 379,300 668,700 835,000 927,800 719,500 654,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre (lbs.)
Production (1,600 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
35,764
193
13,722
45,755
207
18,907
42,297
99
8,365
48,048
148
14,233
24,780
211
10,474
7,241
19,907
184
7,332
9,253
3,898 5,084
13,680
320
9,130
4,890
407
1,989
12,540
426
11,130
5,750
620
3,563
11,580
354
8,570
5,670
898
5,091
8,060
414
6,960
5,570
628
3,499
5,720
531
6,350
5,390
952
5,131
9,110
462
8,780
5,150
906
4,665
8,830
402
7,400
4,870
928
4,517
10,420
525
11,430
4,880
1,244
6,070
11,300
439
10,350
4,910
1,142
5,608
10,400
572
12,420
5,120
1,575
8,066
10,700
626
13,980
5,260
1,693
8,903
9,820
579
11,890
5,295
1,752
9,275
6,480
389
5,270
5,315
1,389
7,382
5,420
471
5,340
5,200
1,795
9,326
7,450
382
5,960
5,360
1,648
8,831
7,500
483
7,560
5,430
1,802
9,783
7,300
475
7,250
5,520
2,122
11,712
6,800
557
7,900
5,565
2,282
12,701
9,700
376
7,600
5,590
2,609
14,587
7,265
487
7,400
5,615
1,951
10,957
7,900
541
8,900
5,639
2,918
16,452
1,990
447
1,860
5,762
2,913
16,782
4,510
350
3,290
5,774
2,850
16,457
2.740
280
1,600
5,848
2.561
14.979
854 61
1,315 1,083
3,865
1,850 1,810 2,040 1,610 1,200 1,650 1,650 1,600 1,200 1,950 2,100 1,900 1,740 2,560 2,810 2,540 2,250 3,740 1,620 2,820 4,050 5,100 4,610
3.800
19.1 15.3 23.4 18.5 31.0 31.9 33.5 32.0 29.0 36.0 40.5 35.0 36.5 27.5 29.3 37.5 38.5 40.1 19.5 27.7 30.1 33.2 33.5 31.5
5,090 691
7,802 9,843
50,387
35,350 27,670 47,740 29,780 37,200 52,640 55,280 51,200 34,800 70,200 85,050 66,900 63,300 70,400 82,300 95,200 86,600 149,900 31 ,600 78,000 121,900 169,300 154,400 119.7(1(1
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
14,903 15,016 17,667 16,643
15,947
14,213
13,170
12,933
MACON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,688 11,355 11,122 8,584
8,047
4,025
910
3,063 3,140 2,854
2,030
1,231
613
8,625 8,215 8,268
6,017
2,794
297
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
236,160 236,160 236,160 212,480 212,480 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 257,664 257,664
Percent in Farms
74.5 84.1 91.8 105.3 102.8 84.3 90.8 90.1 84.6 76.4 67.5 70.0 66.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
175,842 198,655 216,784 223,691 218,467 215,211 231,751 230,088 216,033 195,119 172,422 180,426 170,820
Average Size Farms
(acres)
132 113 113 117 134 160 139 194 218 296 399 452 497
Number of Farms
1,332 1,764 1,912 1,917 1,628 1,349 1,665 1,186
991 660 432 399 344
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,322,790 2,956,800 9,464,635 5,893,041 4,489,874 5,083,671 6,552,395 7,464,684 8,319,445 14,446,740 23,525,424 36,593,097 64,495,000
Average (dol.)
993 1,676 4,950 3,074 2,758 3,768 3,935 6,294 8,395 21,889 54,457 91,712 187,486
Tractors
85
156 308 668 782 726 781 831 718
Trucks
134
126 235 415 594 556 575 595 621
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
730
125
553
59
812
81
753
105
767
200
515
238
544
277
394
(NA)
382
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
4,374 4,933 3,000 1,470 1,636 3,318 7,426 7.402 10,807 5,849 4,801 3,562 1,825
50,010 89,274 39,708 30,891 33,456 55,341 224,639 200,965 335,019 238,676 249,078 225,885 115.414
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,792 2,877 10,657 9,058
7,492 6,671 3,584 4,176 2,820 3.435
1,529 3,667
4,551 5,097 6,030 13,315 7,712 9.483
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
3,160 2,526 2,422
2,961 2,840 3,130 3,756 1,784 3.190
128,770
42.575 59,944 89,997 154,868 160,684 253,818 271,028 fi?4,nnn
PEACH ES V 2/
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECAN S 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
293,337 576,266 1,789,393 621,970 489,322 666,501 542,913 568,406 247,693 430,431 324,352 349,616 Iftfl.l??
2,097 151,889 758,575 351,967 259,585 258,142 439,916
85,678 121,026 381,093 158,303 324,307 n.lRP.lQft 1
26,129 82,043
58,950
109,014 52,522 46,890 45,443 56,774
53,405
80 3,518 21,706 106,680
233,447 506,488 469,589 221,954 988,945
73,672 1,162,933 1.472.528
SUEE1 1 / A 1 POTATOES x ^
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
437
33,382
487
39,822
624
57,269
555
56,810
867
68.645
697
51,161
164
16,350
347
25,096
108
6,095
57
4,893
43
4,314
18
3,352
Year
Harvested Cropland
lANn IISF IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
108.269
16,578
1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
99,796 103,544
96,326 92,935
80,365 67,823 58,498
65,121 74,665
21,770 12,544 8,778 17,856
9,998 9,585 11,101
14,406 3,636
See foo :notes on last page.
5,572 6,540 13,579 5,677 11,170 19,401 11,953 6,978
12,136 14,064
Woodland
75,805 79,697 77,582 84,910 78,013 107,802 93,322 92,859 84,361 65,391 68,186 60,703
Other Land
9,771 5,450 15,350 4,963 6,316 11,588 14,805 13,410 21,397 30.454 20.577 17.752
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nut ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2.500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
68
88
45
30
32
42
59
52
38
58
21
129
81
*Farw numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
MACON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF APICULTURE
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
2,674 3,140 4,480 2,823 5,394 3,995 8,973 7,471 15,906 19,844 23,352 20,791 22,131
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,312 2,069 2,292 1,527 2,469 2,065 4,050 3,836 8,431 7,002 13,876 9,985 10,968
Milk Cows
1,033 1,681 1,524 1,401
1,867
1,654 1,391 1,547 1,661 2,192 2,619
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
533 3,588 42,625 66,950
27,320 95,867 92,979 155,193 1,127,367 1,683,866 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,991 11,533 16,421
5,260 11,187 8,944 10,422 10,745 9,420 16,635 8,984 8,123 4,742
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,150 767
1,346 1,946 1,249 1,602 1,613 2,543 1,621 1,509
568
Chickens (4 Months and Older) TJ
23,701 29,071 36,982 27,782 32,866 35,148 44,815 29,010 30,438 18,999 62,036 170,091 63,952
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,488 6,849
12,532
15,058
10,793 19,196 762,438 307,904 (D) 1,302,198
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
77,090 118,441 115,053 146,619 85,893 185,012 301,884 89,834 173,547 107,547 670,021
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS ()F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 37,367 $ 374,193 $ 396.1
14,703
193,875
277.0
74,832
506.2
110,667
784.4
206,314
761 ,520
624.1
622,756
849.3
653,926
1,184,428
987.0
1,279,264
1 ,455,969 1,128.4
2,278,000
2,544,000 1,500.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
24,800
23,000 23,250 23,400 23,500 23,500 24,500 24,800 25,700 26,200 28,400 26,000 25,000 18,300
Cows 2 years old and older IQ/
Kept for Milk
2,000 1,850 2,500 2,160 2,400 2,100 2,450 2,500 2,550 2,390 2,640 2,250 2,250 1,960
Other
12,800 12,400 11,850 12,550 12,950 13,100 11,500 10,400
9,600 9,970 10,800 10,000 8,800 6,510
All Other Cattle and Calves
10,000 8,750 8,900 8,690 8,150 8,300 10,550 11,900 13,550 13,840 14,960 13,750 13,950 9,830
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
9,050
8,750 9,700 8,450 9,150 10,600 10,050 9,700 9,850 9,150 6,800 7,300 6,300
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 fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc ude only eggs sold. 0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available ~D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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MADISON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1876
Madison County was created by Legislative Act of December 6, 1811 from parts of
Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson and Oglethorpe and was 38th in order of counties
organized in Georgia. It was named for James Madison, Father of the Constitution and
fourth President of the United States. Danielsville, the county seat, was incorporated
by Legislative Act of November 28, 1817 and was named for General Allen Daniel, an
officer of the State Militia who held the rank of Captain in the Revolutionary War.
Dr. Crawford W. Long, discoverer of anesthesia, was born in Danielsville.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 179,904 acres.
There were 573 farms having a total of 69,194 acres with land and buildings valued at $36,513,000. Cotton,
Received corn, soybeans and wheat are grown in the county, but all field crops accounted for only 12 percent of the
value of all farm products sold in 1974. Poultry and poultry products, mostly commercial broiler produc-
tion, accounted for almost 80 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. Commercial egg
production has increased considerably in recent years.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation NOV 2 6 1979
of near 49 inches for Madison County. March, with an average of more than five and one-half inches of
W* J
rainfall is normally the wettest month, and October, with an average of just under three inches is usually
the driest. The average annual temperature is about 62 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 44 nnriiMc-M-ro
degrees in mid-winter to about 79 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free season averages around 220 days L'UUUIViENTS
in length, and usually extends from about April 1 to early November.
UGA LI3RARIES
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
3,413,109
8,070,004
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
1,574,739 1,553,858
46.1 45.5
1,203,409 1,186,395
14,593
.4
6,288
.2
16,130 884
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
50
69,986
2.1
450 68,430
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products
Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,768,334 1,554,051
81,997 132,286
51.8
45.5 2.4 3.9
6,797,715 6,399,447
117,248 281,020
i
14.9 14.7
.2
.9 84.2 79.3
1.4 3.5
1974 Amount $
16,628,000
5! 1/
16,409,000 1,979,000 1,937,000 1,646,000
241,000 50,000
42,000
12.1 11.8 10.0
1.5 .3
.3
(D) (D)
14,266,000 13,071,500
275,000 919,500 552,000 362,000
5,000
86.9
79.6
1.7 5.6 3.4 2.2
Government Payments 3/
28,000
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 SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
'JJairy Products 2.4%
Other Livestock & Lvstk. Prod., 3.9%
Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod.,2.1 %
All Crops * i2.n
_ Dairy Products 1.7%
, Other Livestock & Lvstk. Prod., 5.6%
Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod., 1.0%
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
MADISON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
21,524 22,517 13,310
9,850 9,170 7,800 6,600 6,400 5,400 4,470 3,490 3,330 3,890 3,100 2,980 2,840 2,370 2,180 1,650 1,450 1,800 1,600 1,600 1,300 1,250 1,900 1,300
22,356 22,621 26,265 20,221 22,287 13,201
8,740 8,620 7,330 6,280 6,300 5,300 4,350 3,350 3,130 3,800 3,010 2,860 2,810 2,310 2,090 1,380 1,200 1,550 1,350 1,260 1,000
920 1,330
210
9.0 9.7 14.5 10.7 9.0 15.0
8.9 23.9 14.0 21.3 23.5 20.9 22.3 30.4 26.5 36.8 37.5 39.5 26.7 48.5 42.6 29.0 21.7 52.3 36.0 35.0 39.5 48.4 50.0 20.0
200,300 218,517 380,104 217,040 201,638 197,761
77,400 206,000 102,600 133,900 148,100 110,800
97,000 102,000
83,000 140,000 113,000 113,000
75,000 112,000
89,000 40,000 26,000 81,000 48,600 44,100 39,500 44,500 66,500
4,200
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 * 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
1,500 7,000 5,400 3,000 3,600 4,500 6,800 9,610 11,520 11,960 9,270 13,870
23.0
25.5
20.5
25.5 21.0 25.0 19.3 20.9 24.0 23.8 22.4 20.7
34,500 178,500 110,700
76,500 75,600 112,500 131,200 200,800 276,500 284,600 207,600 287,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
31,831
187
46,160
211
52,672
275
38,652
243
20,961
293
20,401
258
11,830
237
10,710
456
9,890
279
5,610
344
2,895
535
7,730
337
6,660
328
5,800
361
5,520
371
5,070
307
5,140
451
5,090
375
3,630
279
2,130
270
2,950
239
2,800
246
2,700
291
3,500
306
3,000
200
1,970
295
1,400
490
1,340
245
1,160
328
905
146
Bales
10,809 19,444 28,992 18,781 12,303 10,509
5,860 10,180
5,760 4,030 3,230 5,440 4,560 4,370 4,280 3,250 4,840 3,990 2,120 1,200 1,480 1.440 1,640 2,230 1,250 1,210 1,430
685 790 275
Acreage Harvested
*
WHEAT
Yield^ per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
6,113 3,073 3,236 1,834
34,640 23,746 24,296 12,411
6,134
63,605
9,290 8,260 10,050 8,600 4,950 6,950 6,250 7,100 2,950 3,690 4,200 3,900 3,340 5,480 3,310 1,570 1,720 . 2,970 1,810
750 2,980 2,380 1,750 2.060
17.4 16.7 20.7 15.5 21.0 19.5 21.5 26.0 23.0 24.5 26.5 26.0 24.5 24.0 25.8 31.8 36.9 39.6 29.0 27.5 31.4 25.2 30.6 30.5
161,580 .38,090 2';7 ,890 133,300 103,950 135,530 134,380 184,600 67,750 90,400 111,300 101,500 82,400 131,500 85,400 49,900 63,500 117,500 52,500 20,600 93,600 60,000 53,600 6?. 80(1
Yield per acre
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
MADISON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CTW5US OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
13,224 16,851 18,803 14,921
13,431
12,238
11,246
13,517
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
12,659 12,821 11,026
8,023 8,926
3,381
1,347
10,293 10,725
9,060
7,203
2,861
1,207
2,366 2,096 1,966
1,723
520
140
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,904 179,904
Percent in Farms
88.3 86.1 82.6 75.9 95.2 84.8 83.1 87.8 85.0 61.6 53.3 48.5 38.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
160,436 156,423 150,049 137,908 173,120 152,448 149,522 157,947 152,833 110,742
95,877 87,266 69,194
Average Size Farms
(acres)
75 51 45 53 73 81 82 83 99 106 111 124 121
Number of Farms
2,148 3,078 3,305 2,601 2,358 1,876 1,831 1,893 1,545 1,042
865 704 573
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,456,150 4,567,802 14,219,123 4,204,481 3,570,171 3,342,475 4,311,011 7,043,853 7,320,210 8,753,842 11,906,725 20,306,042 36,513,000
Average (dol.)
678 1,484 4,302 1,616 1,514 1,782 2,354 3,721 4,738 8,401 13,765 28,843 63,723
Tractors
53
68 176 367 583 739 713 785 701
Trucks
73
82 185 334 436 631 708 668 637
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
940
826 975 1,069 1,146 964 958 706 569
126
53 60 82 254 445 533 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,641 3,268 1,388 1,744 3,659 5,971 6,140 8,902 10,315 5,605 1,648
294 792
Production (bushels)
11,370 40,198 22,622 32,554 64,987 115,216 136,648 199,764 258,457 154,973 62,706 16,980 45,120
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,385 1,049 5,158 4,238
6,154 6,164 3,156 3,540 2,491 3,293
631 3,480
5,412 3,729 5,124 4,431 3,691 5,961
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
53
3,226
81
33
1,574
8,122
182
8,410
251
14,593
384
42,427
72
16,130
107
24,549
114
42,000
1/3/
PEACHES - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
23,743
2,844
33,751
7,370
28,398
7,533
24,888
3,253
24,715 29,496
20,231 20,462
18,479
5,996
13,858
299
5,350
736
2,664
3,225
6,963
1/ 3/ PECANS - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
427 1,462
1,520
2,383 855 474 836
1,559 2,619
8,442 10,284
5,140 2,320 6,747
780
SWEE1 .1/ 4/ POTATOES- -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
127
8,052
227
20,113
733
77,482
220
18,300
525
45,720
494
43,973
329
26,004
76
13,277
17
2,929
35
5,464
6
344
Year
Harvested Cropland
..IAND USE IN,ACRES -51
Idle or
Plowabl
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
68,152 74,645
68,561 62,525 57,724 45,327 29,226 20,678 10,912 18,047
11,593 10,176
6,180 13,150 17,645 13,360 11,826 14,653 12,454
2,560
See footnotes on last page
8,316 6,840 8,219 2,737 2,143 5,262 5,305 3,980 16,182 17,577
Woodland
61,623 47,166 38,118 66,993 53,298 53,251 62,210 68,359 51,678 41,508 31,278 19,115
Other Land 7,126 8,231 10,883 13,547 15,349 17,658 18,225 20,525 12,707 15,058 16,440 11,895
Farms by Value of Products Sold
dumber.
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
52
70
105
88
38
50
25
43
41
38
39
415
273
*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
MADISON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,510 5,799 6,341 3,825 5,961 3,842 4,944 4.595 7,219 5,076 8.014 9.796 15,876
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,422 3,823 3,961 2.574 3,571 2,603 2,825 2,361 3,990 2,726 4,181 4,689 8,687
Milk Cows
1,998 3,290 3,901 2,530
2,560
2,118 2,037 1,176
679 531 455
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,836 1,525 9,802 7,138
34,146 26,580 103,645 190,535 498,657 221,522 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,135 4,515 5,792 1,999 3,578 2,981 3,532 3,336 3,753 6,062 2,346 3,744 2,566
Sows Farrowinq 5/
330 178 151 261 259 274 479 769 484 390 542
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
30,999 39,480 66,740 39,404 53,611 43,626 55,615 42,906 41,987 65.345 88,478 151,917 63,893
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
32,227 20,224 47,934
32,304
245,477 2,454,169 6,616,153 10,695,715 12,778,026 14,989,434
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
119,450 181,672 195,608 205,410 176,574 179,918 227,260 104,661 140,328 497,021 916,621
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
heed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 29,390 $ 286,234
$ 68.9
8,915
177,065
90.6
52,378
148.9
254,613
132.3
1,272,215
381,750
139.3
2,728,403
201.9
3,950,841
308,967
263.5
4,868,848
227,328
216.4
10,204,000
500,000
189.0
USOA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
8,500
8,300
8,200
8,600 9,800 10,000 12,000 13,500 13,800 14,100 16,000 15,800 15,400 14,600
Cows 2 years old and older U)/
Kept for Milk
Other
800
3,650
750
3,700
690
3,650
510
3,900
540
4,000
670
4,050
500
5,200
500
7,200
450
8,100
270
8,250
250
9,030
270
8,300
340
8,300
320
7.480
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
4,050 3,850 3,860 4,190 5,260 5,280 6,300 5,800 5,250 5,580 6,720 7,230 6,760 6,800
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
2,350 3,200 3,550 3,900 4,250 4,200 3,450 2,850 2,700 2,800 3,300 3,900 3,800
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes f T954 excludes farms with less bushels harvested. 5/ Not ful
cation changed--"Cows and heif 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Begi sification changed--"Cows and
arms with less than $2,500 than 20 fruit and nut tree ly comparable because of c ers that have calved". 7/ nning with 1949 totals inc heifers that have calved"
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not availabl
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 clase.
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
MONROE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
18M-197B
D.C7
Monroe County was created by Legislative Act of May 15, 1821 from land acquired from the Creek Indians under the first treaty of Indian Springs in the same year and was 52nd in
order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for James Monroe, author of the
famous Monroe Doctrine and fifth President of the United States. When organized, Monroe
County included Pike and Upson counties and portions of Bibb, Butts and Spalding. Forsyth,
^7
the county seat, was named for the illustrious orator and statesman, John Forsyth of Georgia who, while filling the office of the United States Minister to Spain, handled the purchase of Florida from that country in 1819. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 254,976 acres. There were 178 farms
Received
mc having a total of 57,081 acres with land and buildings valued at $25,158,000. The county's proximity to Macon 1s very favorable for the development of the dairy industry and as early as 1944 dairy products
NOV 2 6 1979
accounted for 45 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Increased production per cow has enabled
the county's producers to double the value of dairy products sold each decade since 1944 and in 1974 dairy
products accounted for 53 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Production of commercial eggs and DOCUMENTS
the growth of the broiler industry has increased considerably since 1954 and in 1974 poultry and poultry [JQft LIBPA^JF*?
products accounted for 31.7 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
rtnmto
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
about 49 inches for Monroe County. March has an average of better than five and one-half inches of rainfall,
and is usually slightly wetter than July. October averages just over two inches, and is normally the driest
month. The average annual temperature is about 63 degrees and monthly averages range from near 46 degrees
in December and January to just about 80 degrees 1n July and August. The freeze-free period averages almost
230 days in length and usually "^fy^^r^y^ifglgr^
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
1,924,999
1964
Amount $
%
3,365,454
1974 Amount $
7,823,000
* 1/
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
7,735,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
206,216
10.7
118,044
3.5
172,613
9.0
110,200
3.3
4,506
.2
7,111
.2
29,097
1.5
733
(D)
185,901
9.7
160,709
4.8
280,000 3.6 266,000 3.4 169,000 2.2
97,000 1.2
(z)
13,000
.2
75,000 1.0
60,000
.8
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,532,882 82,657
1,202,792 247,433
79.6 4.3
62.5 12.8
3,085,501 414,449
2,308,472 362,580
91.7 12.3
68.6 10.8
7,320,000 2,449,500 4,124,500
746,000 729,000
8,000
9,000
94.6 31.7 53.3
9.6 9.4
.1
.1
Government Payments 3/
1
16,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Products 4.3*
_ All Crops ^ 10.7%
---Other Livestock & Livestock Products 12.8%
Hort. Spec. & Forest. Prod, 9,7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Poultry I Poultry Products 31.7*
---- All Crops 3.6%
Other Livestock & Livestock Products 9.6%
Hort. Spec. a Forest. Prod. 1 .8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 ' 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
MONROE COUNTY ACREAGE. YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushel 5)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
16,451 15.817
6,112
- 3,870 3,100 2,600 2,300 2,100 2,300 1,780 1,570 1,970 1.450 1,250 1,150 1,290 1,340 1,350 540 540 1,200 1,100 1,300 1,800 1,800 2,100 2,650
37,015 30,141 33,931 15,962 14,892
5,693
2,520 2,130 1,730 1,560 1,500 1,600 1,260 1,020
950 470 420 400 400 550 550 460 450 1,050 500 590 800 900 880 530
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
7.3 11.6 11.2
9.7 8.9 16.5
271,000 349,277 381,583 154,211 132,434
93,931
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
10.2 26.3 23.5 23.8 24.9 22.6 26.2 27.5 24.2 34.0 31.0 32.5 35.0 43.6 29.1 34.8 22.2 38.1 32.0 40.0 60.0 55.2 50.0 7.9
25,800 56,000 40,700 37,100 37,300 36,200 33,000 28,000 23,000 16,000 13,000 13,000 14,000 24,000 16,000 16,000 10,000 40,000 16,000 23,600 48,000 49,700 44,000 4,200
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200
25.5
5,100
200
17.5
3,500
350
26.0
9,100
240
22.5
5,400
100
23.0
2,300
240
22.9
5,500
300
24.7
7,400
230
21.3
4,900
890
19.8
17,600
. -
L_
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
GRAIN SORGHUM
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
55,729 60,708 57,455 13,061
5,927 3,173
1,820 1.570 1,380
740 205 550 570 520 530 480 380 370 160 140 115 40 35
156
17,392
3,862
189
22,954
909
96
17,018
1,678
140
3,659
1,044
225
2,671
1,282
203
1,290
319
197
750
320
297
970
240
278
800
270
178
280
310
288
125
130
307
350
150
198
240
160
325
350
130
300
330
30
277
280
100
282
220
200
246
190
180
256
85
170
164
50
260
183
45
170
300
25
50
143
10
80
130
170
100
210
180
500
930
17.8 12.4 18.9 16.5 21.5 18.0 21.0 21.5 20.5 26.0 29.0 26.0 26.0 23.8 25.9 24.0 33.8 40.8 20.0 25.5 26.0 26.2 33.8 34.5
26,110 10,557 16,199 12,596 13,724
5,139
5,700 ,980 5 100 5,120 2,800 2,700 3,360 2,800
620 2,600 5,800 4,680 4,420 6,200 4,400 1,200 2,700 5,300 3,400 2,550 5,460 4,720 16,900 32.100
22
193
8
125
50
20.2
1 ,010
400
26.1
10,450
70
29.7
2,080
10
36.0
360
240
39.0
9,360
290
33.0
9,570
200
w
m35.0
7,000
mi
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
20,682 20,450 20,138 11,606
10,749
10,523
10,495
10,991
MONROE 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)
7,254 6,960 6,537 4,733 3,587
1,338
686
2.467 2,526 2,412
1,537
848
5U
4,787 4,434 4,125
2,050
490
175
373,760 373,760 373,760 300,800 300,800 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 255,360 254,976 254.976
72.1 70.8 62.8 52.2 63.7 70.9 67.6 64.3 69.7 57.5 55.9 27.5 22.4
269,405 264,460 234,897 157,074 191,610 181,049 172,654 164,208 178,080 146,842 142,766 70,199 57,081
Average Size Farms
(acres)
107 95 79
123 149 186 171 202 254 379 417 323 321
Number of Farms
2,518 2,789 2,958 1,277 1,285
975 1,008
812 702 387 342 217 178
Year
1900 1910 . 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!.)
Average (dol.)
2,256,770 4,316,784 9,097,824' 2,341,665 2,041,008 1,927,141 2,866,904 4,552,072 6,878,898 8,686,989 12,997,368 14.117,483 25,158,000
896 1,548 3,076 1,834 1,588 1,977 2,844 5,606 9,799 22,447 38,004 65,057 141,339
Tractors
54
44 90 225 337 372 266 305 261
Trucks
89
116 114 237 319 304 289 249 238
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
393
65
424
62
520
131
468
160
554
248
348
234
404
209
222
(NA)
168
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
5,054 5,011 1,914
587 778 1,189 983 1,089 2,198 634 459 249 238
68,260 91,423 39,351 10,908 13,242 24,402 29,864 31,676 71,190 22,100 26,355 13,500 9,80(1
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,334 1,164 3,298 3,183
3,704 4,776 2,835 3,431 2,093 3,919
1,077 2,745
3,796 4,913 3,950 6,729 5,396 9,931
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
151 242 1,261
508 145
72 54 19
6,021
39,899 14,979 31,832
4,506 4,765 7,111 4,098
PEACHES 1' i
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
129,065 145,496
171 67,693
167,956
46,929
145,472 103,741
44,751
35,795 86,524 17,628
16,641 18,726
9,660 2,308
22,534
5,898
4,938 3,613
4,965 53
3,271
677
PECANS 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
4,703 9,725
11,789
11,018 9,831 5,557 5,073 5,640 849
1,481 14,041
3,335
65,798 75,385 34,607 15,222 109,840
235 31,666 17,907
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
767
47,066
749
69,130
776
65,189
391
34,245
583
43,008
474
36,822
299
22,415
128
7,871
24
2,013
21
1,899
4
419
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN.ACRES 5/
Idle or
PlowabTe
Fallow
Pasture
36,429
23,637
36,108
20,084
34,408
9,798
27,884
13,702
18,628
12,080
14,634
4,367
7,303
3,030
7,495
2,936
5,942
5,094
8,637
969
See footnotes on last page
20,999 27,903 36,310 16,677 27,347 17,343 12,685 10,267 14,381 13,256
Woodland
85,663 83,260 62,107 96,454 79,844 82,090 91,684 118,635 105,232 100,537 32,878 24,794
Other Land
36,372 23,923 12,456 10,343 20,421 32,136 14,469 23,101 18,592 21,531 11,904
9,425
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 2^00
17
30
17
10
6
16
7
11
16
30
23
120
92
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
MONROE COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,464 6,658 7,457 5,666 9,220 8,146 11,049 12,005 16,590 11,794 13,146 12,718 14,623
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,291 4,471 4,143 3,031 5,207 4,858 7,043 6,704 9,560 6,536 7,462 6,530 8,899
Milk Cows
2,326 3,408 3,846 2,778
4,391
5,122 6,072 4,325 5,137 3,782 5,111
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
7,585 13,641 45,236 599,711
957,783 1,332,171 2,015,540 2,654,828 3,134,757 4,510,737
(HA (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,958 8,125 10,706 2,244 4,089 2,758 3,176 2,291 1,763 1,364
591 794
53
Sows Farrowing 5/
954 228 325 355 327 241 256 178 108 85
8
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
40,425 42,802 59,076 24,701 29,308 25,587 29,441 20,557 28,507 45,821 52,843
679 446
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,695 9,023
13,239
12,529
10,141 10,020 30,298
(D) 338,080
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
196,670 144,273 151,730 105,092 157,489 156,690 206,939
85,457 148,542 471,288 807,356
(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.)
$
98,344 $ 72,517
$ 66.5
86,038 363,334 439,218 853,060
54,690 143,533
96.0 128.8 153.3 192.5
954,905 1,059,304
169,744
249.4 202.7
1,139,116 2,477,000
267,851 460,000
303.2 610.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,900 13,500 12,950 13,200 13,200 13,300 13,800 13,900 14,000 15,200 17,700 16,500 16,000 12,000
Cows 2 years old and older lj}/
Kept for Milk
Other
6,150 5,650 5,510 6,100 5,600 4,400 4,300 4,300 4,200 4,780 4,960 4,960 4,940 4.590
2,450 2,550 2,350 2,400
2,500 2,550 2,750 2,970 2,990 3,040 3,450 3,300 3,100 2,690
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
5,300 5,300 5,090 4,700 5,100 6,350 6,750 6,630 6,810 7,380 9,290 8,240 7,960 4,720
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs
600 700 800 850 900 1,050 1 ,000 750 550
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatbes. 3/ Since 1954 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. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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MUSCOGEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS iaoo-ia7a
Muscogee County was created by Legislative Acts of June 9, 1825 and December 11, 1826 from land acquired by treaty with the Creek Indians and was 69th 1n order of
counties organized 1n Georgia. It was named for the Muscogees, another term applied to the Creek Indians. Originally Muscogee Included 1n whole or 1n part Harris, Chattahoochee, Marlon, Talbot and Taylor. Columbus, the county seat, was founded 1n 1827 and was named for the great Italian navigator who discovered the Western Hemisphere. Much of Muscogee County 1s now included 1n Fort Bennlng, one of the largest army camps in the nation.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 141,056 acres. There were 46 farms having a total of 10,129 acres with land and buildings valued at $5,157,000. The number of farms Is only 5 percent of the peak number in 1900. Due to expansion of Fort Bennlng and the dty of Columbus, all agricultural enterprises have declined in volume 1n recent years. The livestock enterprises accounted for 86 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Annual precipitation averages close to 51 inches in Muscogee County, according to the N0AA--National Weather Service. However, amounts vary greatly from year to year and at Columbus have ranged from only 30.23 inches in 1954 to 73.50 Inches in 1929. March Is normally the wettest month, with an average of about six Inches, and October, with just under two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature 1s about 64 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 47 degrees in December and January to almost 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season extends from around mid-March to mid-November, on the average.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $ 758,479
x:1964
Amount 542,587
1974
Amount $
XC
161,000
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
44,300 26,571
13,338 4,391
89,350 142,845
5.8
30,501
3.5
24,105
1.7
2,636
.6
3,760
11.8
17,640
18.8
28,997
156.000
5.6
19,000
4.4
18,000
(Z)
18,000
.5
.7
1,000
3.3
5.3
2,000
12.2 11.5
11.5 .7
1.3
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products
Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
481,984
80,584 221,182 180,218
63.6
10.6 29.2 23.8
465,449
193,933 143,971 127,545
85.8
135,000
35.8
26.5
6,000
23.5
129,000
82,000
32,000
15,000
86.5
3.8 82.7 52.6 20.5
9.6
Government Payments 1/
5,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
V
T954 ore
and 1964. Crop and sales. Percentages
livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
from only
farms with $2500 for 1974, not
or
Included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 All Crops 5.8%
Horticultural Spec. 11.8%
Poultry & Poultry Products 10.6*
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 23.81
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
--Dairy Products 3.8% -Forestry Products 1.3%
All Crops 12.2%
Rece/Ved
NOV2 6 197!
DOCUMENTS ! UGA LIBRARY
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
MUSCOGEE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
7,531 8,508 2,265
1,220 1,020
740 700 500 440 320 270 270 450 380 330 370 380 360 170 160 100 100
70 120 190
13,808 11,038 11.212
6,994 7,852 1,670
1,040 880 630 610 400 360 310 180 150 190 160 150 160 180 160 130 130 100 100
60
no
160
10.2 11.0
9.4 10.1
9.5 11.4
8.9 21.4 16.5 15.9 23.2 20.0 22.6 22.2 26.7 26.3 31.2 33.3 18.8 38.9 18.8 30.8 23.1 40.0 30.0
35.0 48.2 45.0
140,470 121,910 105,645
70,591 74,415 19,069
9,300 18,800 10,400
9,700 9,300 7,200 7,000 4,000 4,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 3,000 7,000 3,000 4,000 3,000 4,000 3,000
2,100 5,300 7,200
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield
per acre
Ubs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield
per acre
Production
17,214
185
6,317
19,358
166
6,425
11,304
93
2,105
5,913
103
1,224
2,139
130
555
450
188
316
165
104
70
27
220
191
90
20
700
14
180
339
125
20
500
10
200
225
90
20
500
10
110
391
90
15
333
5
90
222
40
10
500
5
190
226
90
5
200
1
170
247
90
10
400
4
70
286
40
10
400
4
65
185
30
5
400
2
40
225
20
10
400
4
35
286
20
10
500
5
40
175
15
5
800
4
10
200
4
5
400
2
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
29,836 36,227 44,195 57,558
75,494
118,028
158,623
167,377
MUSCOGEE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
TARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
3,938 5,206 5,107 2,209 1,305
427
123
1,567 2,249 2,531
801
350
79
2,371 2,957 2,576
504
77
44
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
150,400 150,400 150,400 150,400 150,400 140,800 140,800 140,800 140,800 140,800 140,800 141,056 141,056
Percent in Farms
63.7 71.1 45.7 40.3 52.9 51.0 28.6 30.1 33.7 17.6 15.8 12.7 7.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
95,836 106,954
68,797 60,686 79,504 71,865 40,317 42,389 47,457 24,815 22,269 17,931 10,129
Average Size Farms
(acres)
94 105 84 100 121 134 131 118 136 203 160 289 220
Number of Farms
1,020 1,019
817 609 659 538 309 358 350 122 139 62 46
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,376,660 2,051,120 3,468,647 3,342,970 2,481,534 2,106,200 2,108,188 5,870,126 5,972,050 5,479,142 3,964,419 4,086,626 5,157,000
Average (dol.)
1,350 2,013 4,246 3,847 3,766 3,915 6,823 16,397 17,063 44,911 28,521 65,913 112,105
Tractors
15
38 52 146 247 113 101 54 57
Trucks
119
96 142 137 223 112 118
55 46
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
253
59
311
93
196
112
304
215
407
230
146
106
190
122
39
(NA)
23
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,808 1,873
421 139
57 370
97 527 487 138 30
Production (bushels)
26,440 30,210
5,006 3,442 1,775 11,246 2,765 18,583 12,042 2,995 1,000
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
615 745 1,774 1,279
640 2,049 1,090
674 696 440
741 1,272
723 1,911 1,614 1,003 1,224
898
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
626
53,398
576
303
11,257
20,634
237
13,957
163
13,338
37
5,830
27
2,636
15
480
PEACHES 1/ 1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
74,480 16,521
75 3,957
3,651
826
4,649 1,109
3,881
867
3,608 1,967 1,184
462 188
1,170 78
111 533 22
136
6
PECANS I' I'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,501 4,181
2,050 7,030 20,728 11,140
6,675
3,013 2,934 1,550 1,127
32,538 17,835 36,265 4,648 33,900 10,807
SWEE" '
POTATOES 1/ 1/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
732
47,763
735
42,885
667
51,588
568
42,756
635
45,988
456
28,268
263
14,781
89
5,628
34
2,634
17
1,010
1
50
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRP$ V
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939 1944
16,969 19,170 16,751 10,814
9,083 10,803 8,202
1,613
1949 1954
5,204 5.375
5,391 3,797
1959
2.260
588
1964
1.597
1,120
1969 "
1,138
170
1974
591
593
See fool:notes on last page.
8,653 7,021 11,804 4,420 6,582 4,433 5,631 1,659 5,400
2,506
Woodland
41,727 25,185 19,996 38,718 27,051 15,378 19,161 28,813 13,047 10,304
5,976 3,476
Other Land
11,717 3,857 5,594 3,684 6,850 8,083 6,051 5,039 3,289 7,589 5,247
2,963
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10.000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499 Under 24500
Nun iber 1969 1974
*
2
2
2
3
4
7
5
11
4
37
31
*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
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
MUSCOGEE COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,089 3,633 3,705 4,058 5,784 3,827 4,733 4,049 4,645 2,962 2,823 2,203 1,383
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,778 2.545 1,920 2,550 3,464 2,250 2,932 2,518 2,416 1,689 1,435 1,245
678
Milk Cows
1,409 1.947 1,759 2,475
2,145
1,676 1,045
417
296 266
7
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
194,291 179,824 180.475 690,764
731,444 1,290,460
698,242 424,560 274,602 285,873
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,442 3,610 4,889 1,692 2,114 1,824 1,704 1,390 1,196 1,694 1,045
240 364
Sows Farrowing 5/
945 169 238 293 237 172 234 344 131 47 54
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
20,307 19,006 18,589 19,204 18,775 16,289 20,552 23,855 25,798 23,873 38,280
158 251
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
7,985 7,889 15,194
18,491
28,855 13,091 81,990 15,414
56
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
82,910
67,423
88,232 112,030
43,116 81,428 186,181 136,830 160,641 281,138 447,823 (NA)
(MA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous
$ 188,457 T" 44,464
66.7
131,158
26,579
92.0
409,820
151.9
384,955 343,495
79,027
218.8 287.2
225,450 213,115
56,878
104.3 102.2
130,780
43,628
50.7
71,000
33,000
46.0
All Cattle and
Calves
3,000 2,750 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,800 3,000 3,100 3,100 3,200 3,600 3,500 3,400 2,700
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older Ifl/
Kept for Milk
Other
360
1,200
340
1,250
340
1,250
320
1,250
310
1,300
310
1,300
300
1,200
300
1,100
270
1,060
240
1,100
130
1,190
100
1,100
50
900
30
1,060
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,440 1,160 1,210 1,230 1,190 1,190 1,500 1,700 1,770 1,860 2,280 2,300
2,450 1-610
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,050 650 700
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS. AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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NEWTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7a
Newton County was created by Legislative Act of December 24, 1821 from parts of Baldwin, Henry, Jasper and Walton counties, and was 53rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Sergeant John Newton of South Carolina who was a brave associate of the famous Sergeant William Jasper in the Revolutnonary War Covington. the county seat, was named for General Leonard Covington who was also a leader In the Revolutionary War. Covington was incorporated as a town in 1822 and later as a city 1n
i-/<?76>
^'According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 173,632 acres. There were 270 farms having a total of 58,460 acres with land and buildings valued at $44,488,000.
Harvested cropland in 1974 was 58 percent of the acreage so utilized 10 years earlier. Nearness to the
Atlanta market has stimulated the dairy enterprise and in 1974 about 33 percent of the value of all farm
sales were from this source Commercial egg production together with commercial broilers accounted for 37
PerCeSased oSei900-1971 dalal^NOM-lltonal Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of ahout 48 inches for Newton County. March, with an average of six inches of rainfall, is usually the wettes
moTth whe October,^ith just under three inches, is usually the driest. The annual temperature average ^fi?dearees and monthly averages range from about 44 degrees in January to 79 degrees in July. The last
pring anS ? rstfan freezls normally occur In early April and early November giving an average freeze-fre
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DOCUMENT:' UGA LIBRAS!
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount
2,285,058
4,231,524
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
1,055,398
46.2
1,033,537
45.2
570,902 555,639
13,594 8,267
4,000 75,856
1,149,804 205,299 584,925 359,580
.6
12,741
.4
2,522
.2
17,500
3.3
76,693
50.3 3,566,429
9.0 1,993,597
25.6
1,134,305
15.7
438,527
for individual farms.
1974 Amount $~
5,438,000
TV
5,289,000
13.5
418,000
7.9
13.1
384,000
7.3
105,000
2.0
.3 .1
.4
1.8
84.3 47.1 26.8 10.4
182,000 96,000 1,000 34,000
(D)
(D)
4,783,000 1,965,000 1,731,000 1,087,000
953,000 131,000
3,COO
3.5 1.8
.6
90.4 37.1 32.7 20.6 18.0
2.5 .1
28,000
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $2500 or only for 1974, not disclosing information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
-Poultry & Poultry r Products 9.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.7%
^ Forestry Products & * Hort. Spec. 3.5%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 20.6%
w. Fores try Products a Hort. Spec. 1.7%
All Crops 7.9%
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
NEWTON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
17,820 18,778 11,219
9,380 8,150 7,000 6,200 5,600 5,700 4,640 4,060 4,960 2,600 2,250 2,170 2,270 2,390 2,450
950 950 2,400 2,200 2,250 2,200 2,300 2,750 2,750
22,105 17,249 21,031 16,122 18,340 10,527
8,180 7,190 5,150 4,630 4,100 4,100 3,420 2,880 2,670 1,190 1,100 1,060 1,050 1,150 1,200
800 790 2,100 1,900 1,580 1,250 1,420 1,600 580
7.5 10.6 14.6 11.5 9.1 15.5
9.1 25.3 20.5 20.8 26.0 22.2 30.1 30.6 23.2 40.3 33.6 38.7 40.0 50.4 45.8 22.5 21.5 51.0 34.0 48.0 48.1 59.2 50.9 16.0
166,580 182,502 306,623 185,338 166,507 163,613
74,800 181,900 105,600 96,400 106,700 91,100 103,000 88,000 62,000 48,000 37,000 41,000 42,000 58,000
55,000 18,000 17,000 107,000 64,600 75,800 60,100 84,000 81.500
9,300
Year
UbuA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
400 450 600 500 200 250 530 500 610 490 2,110
23.5 16.0 20.5 20.0 23.0 18.0 19.6 26.2 22.8 20.4 23.5
9,400 7,200 12,300 10,000 4,600 4,500 10,400 13,100 13,900 10,000 49,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.J
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Pr 1rnUUriUuLr tI i1 nUrIIt
46,372
145
13,374
3,740
55,069
177
19,518
863
60,077
231
27,795
930
24,942
187
9,334
669
14,232
323
9,199
2,027
14,145
238
6,726
768
9,180
230
4,400
540
7,960
431
7,160
530
7,260
297
4,500
460
3,910
273
2,220
370
1,690
412
1,460
170
4,340
371
3,340
280
3,960
249
2,050
210
3,850
386
3,100
180
3,670
313
2,400
30
3,380
367
2,590
40
2,670
413
2,300
60
2,220
362
1,680
50
1,450
359
1,090
50
1,020
210
450
280
1,120
304
710
220
1.180
299
735
80
1,400
514
1,500
110
1,900
464
1,840
220
2,000
255
1,060
130
1,605
335
1.120
130
1,720
303
1,090
290
1,010
277
585
290
1,130
350
1,060
222
820
110
490
130
16.7 13.4 17.7
17.5 20.5 18.0 20.5 22.5 20.0 22.5 26.0 24.0 24.0 22.9 23.6 25.0 32.7 37.7
21.0 28.5 30.0 30?
28.7 31.5
25,800 8,018 9,259 5,752
20,209 11,053
9,030 7,090 8,140 6,480 3,480 5,040 4,310 4,050
600 900 1 ,560 1 ,200 1 ,200 6,400 5,200 2,000 3,600 8,300 2,730 3,710 8,700 8,760 3,160 4,100
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
NEWTON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
16,734 18,449 21,680 17,290
18,576
20,185
20,999
26,282
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,223 9.001 8,649 7,241 6,133
1,966
1,143
4,450 4,586 4,564
3,414
1,047
802
4,773 4,415 4,085
2,719
919
341
Approximate
Land Area
Percent
(acres)
in Farms
167,680 167,680 167,680 167,680 174,720 174,720 174,720 174,720 174,720 174,720 173,632 173,632
90.8 86.1 76.2 83.5 79.1 81.9 84.1 74.9 55.8 56.9 48.2 33.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
150,636 152,216 144,313 127,713 139,939 138,249 143,179 146,910 130,791
97,564 99,384 83,622 58,460
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
71 60 59 72 89 115 87 123 133 191 227 247 217
Number of Farms
2,124 2.548 2.439 1,786 1,577
1,198 1,648 1,197
984 511 437 339 270
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,599,320 4,273,026 9,948,243 3,241,117 2,649,602 2,517,424 4,080,724 5,595,975 6,751,224 11,127,536 15,301,118 26,814,778 44,488,000
Average (dol.)
753 1,677 4,079 1,815 1,680 2,101 2,476 4,675 6,861 21,776 35,014 79,099 164,772
Tractors
36
62 135 300 522 590 472 434 356
Trucks
60
95 97 289 401 403 371 363 287
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
599
45
457
31
602
121
610
93
801
333
569
342
520
318
333
(NA)
226
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
3,078 3,357
608 328 1,059 3,135 4,321 4,690 3,843 1,545 432 515
30
Production (bushels)
32,210 55,333
9,321 6,396 20,038 80,130 149,127 165,761 131,101 55,455 22,445 16,200 1,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres)
(tons)
2,955 2,385 5,373 6,051
9,372 7,543 6,169 6,144 3,501 2,704
2,326 3.575
8,041 4,898 7,704 11,344 6,932 5.531
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
107
6,361
328
145
4,701
5,404
356
27,986
348
13,594
74
5,231
105
12,741
29
5,445
72
34.000
PEACHES -1 -1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
49,925 41,943 27,422
42,500 41,886 74,370 56,959 35,835
7,162 7,577 5,283
36
20 17,344
7,062 13,674
40.111 43,174 38,746
1,229 414
4,357
PECANS -1 -1
All
I Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,677 2,749
2,464
2,672 2,596 2,287 1,848
735
1
1,980 7,431 5,447
17,521 39,538 12,398 16,550 43,771
5,696 4,510
POTATOES^ ^
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
439
33,479
398
39,620
564
59.059
211
19.154
429
44,519
414
41,890
349
46,667
89
8,987
24
2,398
7
1,522
6
616
1
1
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 AND 1ISF IN ACRES R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
48,969
17,991
1934
52,794
14,663
1939
51,243
12,345
1944
57,224
14,498
1949
44,043
12,316
1954
30,523
8,932
1959
19,063
7,785
1964
13,115
11,068
1969
8,509
4,920
1974
7,567
898
See foo tnotes on last page.
6,112 7,069 13,748 15,983 10,019 12,386 16,594
5,952
16,935 15,491
Woodland
42,085 31,480 35,119 47,590 48,320 41,483 64,870 59,168 40,090 42,371 37,873 21,754
Other Land
7,962 14,236 18,961 17,107 12,267 13,955 15,662 19,782 14,032 26,878 15,385 12,750
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nui ber 1969 1974
*
17
35
18
18
9
17
14
21
24
38
32
210
156
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
NEWTON 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
4,294 4,714 4,450 4,359 5,888 4,662 6,921 8,624 12,457 11,329 12,881 12,819 15,304
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,156 3,041 2,452 2,557 3,708 2.865 3.740 4.523 6.606 6,110 7,154 7,254 8,402
Milk Cows
1,853 2,388 2,363 2,477
2,751
3,035 3,196 2,637 2,333 2,082 1,629
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
40,600 18,028 34,103 405,416
550,038 861,501 866,648 1,236,532 2,184,183 2,216,101
HA (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
5,157
4,765
6,156
417
2,210
202
3,155
165
2,637
229
3,619
269
3,139
342
2,228
326
2,325
316
669
97
2,062
354
805
Chickens (4
Months and Older) 7/
43,555 38,9l0 50,111 30.626 38,930 34,731 41,897 28,284 38,742 72,903 250,788 189,478 96,746
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
19,403 7,854
12,087
19,628
31,676 92,799 956,163 492,156 855,945 921,159
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
142,990 122,502 146,614 143,682 116,737 136,014 177,095 81,645 252,230 1,153,673 3,371,746 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
t-eed for
F-ertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Material
60,372
164,491
48.830
119,378
224,410 234,268
299,180 1,173,303
305,767
1,499,472
1,464,380 2,156,000
282,245 298,412 452,000
Hired
Labor
Thous.
76.3 113.1 208.0 257.8 267.4 380.2 360.0 386.8 451.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and Calves
13.700 13,600 13,500 13,900 13,900 14,100 14,700 14,800 14,800 15,500 18,100 17,500 17,000 13.200
Kept for
Milk
2,800 2,650 2,490 2,970 2,450 2,200 2,150 2,100 2,050 2,240 2,030 2,000 ,750 J4L
Other
5,050 5,150 4,900 5,000 5,150 5,250 5.450 5.540 5.650 5.740 6.620 6,600 6,100 5.510
Cattle and
Calves
5,850 5,800 6,110 5,930 6,300 6,650 7,100 7,160 7,100 7,520 9,450 8,900 9,150 5-950
All Hogs and Pigs
650 1,300 1,450 2,150 2,350 2,700 2,550 2,750 2,600 3,250 3,500 3,900 3,060
ToJ" 1g69 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales.
T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4'Since 1949 !xc Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
ludes farms with less than 15-20
ccaattioon6 Scchaannge^d-r"Crows"J anNdHhVeUilfelyrs W that^hlaeve c"eaclvaeusde". of7c/ hBaengginfinningdewfiinthitio19n69 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
ssIiffi?cattiioonnCrckhha,nnnSngLedld -""Crows/
" andW heife9rsWltthha]t94h9avetoctaallsved^"l.udeNA
o-nlNy'oetgavasiloalbdle
chickens 10/ In
3 months 1971 and
old and older 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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OCONEE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Oconee County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1875 from part of Clarke
County and was 135th 1n order of counties organized 1n Georgia. It took its name (a term
of Cherokee Indian origin) from the Oconee River which bounds the county on the east.
Hatkinsvllle, the county seat, was named for Robert Watkins of Augusta, a leading lawyer
who was instrumental in compiling an early Digest of Georgia laws. When Clarke County was
created 1n 1801, Watkinsvllle was designated as county seat until 1871 when Athens
replaced it in that role. This change aroused dissatisfaction in that section of Clarke
County which gave rise to creating the new county of Oconee 1n 1875 with watkinsvllle as
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county seat.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 119,104 acres making it 143rd in size
among counties 1n the State. There were 298 farms having a total of 56,556 acres with land and buildings
valued at $37,964,000. The number of farms was only 15 percent of the peak number in 1920. The Importance
of crops 1n the agricultural economy had declined from 43.7 percent in 1964 to 16.4 percent of the value of
agricultural products sold in 1974. Value of poultry and poultry products sold more than doubled in the
10 years from 1964 to 1974 and accounted for over two-thirds of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-- National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of
about 49 Inches for Oconee County. March is normally the wettest month, with an average of over five and
one-half inches, while October, with an average of about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest.
Monthly and annual totals show rather large variations from year to year. The average annual temperature
is just under 62 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 44 degrees in December and January to about
79 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages around 220 days in length, extending usually from the
first of April to about November 8. VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $" 2,222,080
1964 Amount T~ 2,792,529
1974 Amount $~
9,068,000
TT7
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 M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
1,425.899 1.344,596
7,924 73,379
1,100 49,927 745,154 411,934 200,615 132,605
64.2
1,219,022
60.5
1,205.755
3.3
.1 2.2
33.5 18.5
9.0 6.0
11,146 2,121
20,375 47,111
1,506,021 908,358 310,331 287,332
43.7 43.2
.4 .1 .7 1.7 53.9 32.5 11.1 10.3
8,861,000 1,453,000 1,382,500 1,059,000
316,000 7,000
2,000 69,000
85,500 75.000
7,247.000
6,127,500 379,000 740,500 398,000 331,000 4,000 8,000
16.4 15.6 11.9
3.6 .1
.8
1.0 .8
81.8 69.1
4.3 8.4 4.5 3.7
.1 .1
Government Payments 3/
61,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T/954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with JZSOO 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
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Products 18.5% ,Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.3%
*-Dairy Prod. 9.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 6.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Field Crops 16.4%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.8% --Dairy Prod. 4.3%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 8.4%
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
OCONEE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
14,203 16,987 8,792
7,250 6,290 5,400 5,200 4,800 4,300 3,420 2,700 2,350 2,230 1,850 1,530 1,290 1,320 1,100
710 720 950 650 520 610 700 900 1,150
13,962 15,185 16,961 13,422 16,390
8,691
6,370 5.600 4,810 4,690 4,400 3,900 3,190 2,290 1,940 T.770 1,540 1,270 1,100 1,100
950 610 600 880 550 400
450 510 610 160
4.6 11.7 12.3 11.5
7.7 15.8
10.4 24.8 17.0 19.8 29.4 19.4 22.6 27.9 25.3 35.6 33.8 35.4 23.6 48.2 43.2 26.2 23.3 47.7 32.0 30.0 33.8 53.3 49.0 13.1
64,260 178,169 209,053 154,026 125,448 137,138
66,400 138,900 81,800
93,100 129,500
75,600 72,000 64,000 49,000 63,000 52,000 45,000 26,000 53,000 41,000 16,000 14,000 42,000 17,600 12,000 15,200 27,200 29,900
2,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
300 1,500 1,800 2,300 2,800 3,200 4,400 6,500 8,450 8,700 6,870 9,480
20.5 26.0 22.5 24.0 22.5 32.0 18.5 18.1 22.5 26.6 21.4 22.1
6,150 39,000 40,500 55,200 63,000 102,400 81,400 117,700 190,100 232,300 147,000 209,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.J
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
24,716 34,843 38,562 23,535 12,779 14,460
9,250 8,420 7,560 4,340 2,300 6,320 5,890 6,540 6,480 5,870 5,620 5,410 3,590 3,010 3,400 3,280 3,600 3,800 4,050 3,280 2,330 1.100 1,360 1,030
117
5,511
223
15,544
254
18,564
235
11,047
285
7,286
229
6,634
293
5,650
455
7,980
390
6,160
369
3,340
515
2,470
416
5,480
351
4,320
470
6,420
396
5,350
393
4,820
531
6,240
509
5,750
352
2,630
290
1,830
266
1,900
205
1,400
434
3,248
374
2,960
289
2.440
320
2.190
460
2.230
418
965
490
1,390
198
425
3,621 1,347 1,127 1,192 4,495 2,513
2,770 2,200 2,920 2,780 1,400 2,400 2,000 1,950
820 1.010 1,420 1,350 1,640 2.300 1,760 1,000
820 1,150
800 780 2,570 2,840 1,850 1,320
19.7
14.3 21.5 18.5 22.5 20.4 23.5 27.0 25.5 31.0 32.5 33.5 33.5 27.5 33.2 34.4 37.0 40.1 30.0 32.7 35.8 25.0 34.6 31.5
22,070 12,519
9,573 10,284 42,420 26,213
54,670 31,500 62,780 51,430 31,500 48,960 47,000 52,650 20,890 31,300 45,860 45,200 55,000 63,300 58,500 34,400 30,300 46,100 24,000 25,500 92,000 71,000 64,000 41,BOO
Year
19Q0 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,602 11,104 11,067 8,082
7,576
7,009
6,304
7,915
OCONEE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,009 7,123 6,425 4,737 4,591
1,915
1,286
4,769 4,872 4,309
3,319
1,539
1,009
'
2,240 2,251 2,116
1,272
376
277
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
110,080 110,080 110,080 110,080 110,080 119,040 119,040 119,040 119,040 119,040 119,040 119,104 119.104
Percent in Farms
93.1 95.3 83.5 83-7 97.4 83.6 88.2 89.6 81.8 68.5 61.4 48.6 47.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
102,524 104,879
91,920 92,190 107,219 99,537 104,983 106,603 97,387 81,590 73,054 57,855 56,556
Average Size Farms
(acres)
88 54 47 68 79 108 100 103 119 171 203 190 190
Number of Farms
1,171 1,936 1,952 1,348 1,354
924 1,046 1,037
818 478 360 304 298
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 (do!)
Average (<tol.)
1,061,070 3,722,342
8,211,540 2,519,533 2,126,873 2,225,977 2,895,699 6,992,491 5,739,088 11,190,458
8,084,160 14,535,496 37,964,000
906 1,923
4,207 1,869
1,571 2,409 2,768 6,743
7,016 23,411 22,456 47,814
127,396
Tractors
41
67 151 480 554 514 382 421 382
Trucks
37
70 131 294 311 340 315 305 351
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
561
448
17
474
27
758
79
676
202
563
343
415
283
286 267
(SI
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,721
1,972
671 788
1,082 3,286 3,058 6,050
7,991 3,090
624
192 163
14,570 35,188 11,795 16,544 21,178 56,312 75,042 165,641 230,356 104,555 30,525
13,599 5,430
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,746 857
3,794 3,229
5,842 5,672 2,963 3,835 1,890 2,636
634 2,290
4,604 4,064 3,349 4,859 3,477
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
30
2,245
85
35
1,271
3,835
80
4,695
109
7,924
183
15,335
131
11,146
15
3,520
9
2,000
PEACHES 1/ 3/
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
25,258
118
21,474 21,447
13,677 4,667
28,204 33,331
1,707 20,706
26,088
10,810
27,486
18,377
18,724
8,351
22,790 30,194
18,210 26,537
22,381
6,000
12,250
7.720
5.021
PECANS y 1/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,234 3,449
30 1,060 3,416 2,253
1,310
3,321 1,774 1,960 1,502
12,159 18,162 14,924
5,228 19,332
3,865
-5WCT --
POTATOES Ll -'
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres (bushels)
115
5,433
247
18,883
379
39,524
78
7,835
271
25,608
197
20,618
328
20,694
61
6,815
22
2,011
36
3,869
13
1,762
6
1,570
I AND USE tlj.ACRES 5/
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idle or Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
43,265
11,529
1934
46,110
11,115
1939
45,310
5,062
1944
41,054
9,622
1949
37,399
10,917
1954
32,073
6,508
1959
19,564
10,624
1964
15,509
7,801
1969
10,170
6,442
1974
13,289
1,988
See foo motes on last page
4,317 1,012 2,109 2,616 4,800 9,660 8,062 7,422 10,461 14.019
Woodland
24,310 20,311 26,154 34,354 32,995 38,746 40,745 41,359 35,546 31,492 20,574 17,346
Other Land
8,313 4,888 6,691 13,657 13,808
12,150 12,743
7,787 7,794
10,830 10,208
9,914
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
21
25
26
17
13
14
25
30
36
40
30
178
147
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
OCONEE COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,562 3,989 3,378 2,245 3,368 2,569 3,684 4,542 6,396 5,718 7,313 6,568 11,971
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1.342 2.562 2,214 1,456 2,075 1,531 2,192 2,454 3.529 3.010 3.911 3,382 6,632
Milk Cows
1,236 2,330 2,176 1,448
1,505
1,950 1,683 1,196
991 715 491
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,910 6.027 12,219 50,821
64,401 194,187 413,961 401,181 383,522 586,285
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,456 3,567 4,159 1,445 2.392 2,173 1,983 2,673 2,821 3,503 1,046 1,188 3.271
Sows Farrowing 5/
278 180 124 151 137 286 377 548 168 238 112
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
16.147 29,022 38,428 23.981 30,498 22,870 29,737 24,660 29.821 17,142 54,486 52,821 78.194
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,010 4.099
13,985
13,656
146,559 445,478 474.389 690,370 2,294.080 2,753,005
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
52,760 116,170
80,232 123,114
80,469 105,738 141,274
62,841 206.625
64,593 761,237
(NA) NA
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertil izer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 42.912 8,593
100,490 143,657 510.336 471,825 616,621 2,016,978 4,638,000
$ 185,400 111,349
289,990
228,331 220,139 493,000
$ 64.9
74.8 156.3 317.3 189.9 238.1 284.0 309.1 488.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
7,750 7,700 7,600 7,800 7,800 7,800 8,300 8,500 8,500 8,400 9,500 9,400 9,100 7,snn
1,200 1,150 1,030
970 910 900 800 750 750 580 530 300 270 250
3,050 3,200 3,250 3,500 3,600 3,700 3,850 3,950 4,170 4,210 4,500 4.200 4.200
3.670
3,500
3 ,350 3.320 3,330
3,290 3,200 3,650 3,800 3,580 3,610 4,470 4,900 4,630
3.5fi0
1,050 1,150 1.250 1,250
1,350 3,450 3,550 4,400 3,450 3,300 2,400 2,700 3,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
D.C'J
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OGLETHORPE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
isoo-ia?*
Oglethorpe County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from part of Wllkes County and was 19th 1n order of counties organized 1n Georgia. It was named for the Founder of the Colony of Georgia, General James Edward Oglethorpe. Lexington, the county seat, was named for the historic town 1n Massachusetts where the famous battle of the American Revolution was fought. Lexington was incorporated November 24, 1806. The Presbyterian Church at Lexington is said to be the oldest 1n the Presbyterian Synod of
""^According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 278,400 acres. There
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were 365 farms having a total of 82,946 acres with land and buildings valued at $32,869,000.
Harvested cropland declined from 17,708 acres in 1964 to 12.350 acres in 1974 Cotton and wheat, once the aln-
stays In the agricultural economy of the county were harvested from less than 2,000 acres 1n 1974. Contrastingly
the livestock enterprises were expanding; the value of poultry and poultry products sold accounted for 82.3 R
. .
Dercent of the value of all agricultural products sold 1n 1974.
I\CV,CIVCU
P Based on 1900-1971 data, the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual prec^itatlon of
about 48 inches for Oglethorpe County. March and July each average over five Inches and are normally the
wettest months, while October, with an average of almost three inches, is usually the driest. The annual Nf>w 0 fi *,,-,* averale temperature is about 62 degrees and monthly averages range from about 44 degrees in January to near IMUV , O 13/3
?9 degreesT 3uly and August. The freeze-free period averages about 215 days in length, extending usually
from April 1 to early November.
DOCUMENTS
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964
Amount T~
2,226.726
6,099,026
1974 Amount $"
14,768,000
UGA LIBRARIES
TV
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
1,241,601
55.8
1,224,301
55.0
14,593,000
827,270 819,547
13.6 13.4
1,089,500
7.5
1,069,500 7.3
792,500 5.4
Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry 4 Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs
6,784 10,516
21,000
101,754
862,371 495,392
85,543 281,436
.3 .5
.9
4.6
38.7 22.3
3.8 12.6
3,981 3,742
24,950
140,130
5,106,676 4,171,000
402,464 533,212
.1 .1
.4
2.3
83.7 68.4
6.6 8.7
153,000 121.000
3,000 8,000 13,000
61,000
140,000
13,302,500 12,015,500
417,500 869,500 805,000
62,000
1.1 .8
.1 .1
.4
.9
91.2 82.3
2.9 6.0 5.5 " .5
Sheep, Lambs a Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products Government Payments V
2,000 lS.QQv 2/ Not comparable for
from farms with $2500 or
lore 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 Dairy Products 3.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 12.6*
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 5.5?
|_ Dairy Products 2.9*
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 6.0* Forestry Products It Hort. Spec. 1.3* All Crops 7.5*
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
OGLETHORPE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
23,581 24,801 13,420
9,100 8,190 7,000 6,400 6,000 5,100 4,210 3,280 3,160 2,700 2,150 2,110 2,000 1,650 1,560 1,400 1,220 1,650 1,400 1,500 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,300
30,183 26,796 32,861 21,443 24,330 13,319
8,800 7,860 6,580 6,100 5,900 4,900 4,080 3,150 2,940 2,600 2,090 1,990 1,950 1,610 1,470 1,170 1,030 1,400 1,200 1,160 1,580 1,480 1,350
420
7.5 9.9 14.7 9.3 8.7 13.2
8.3 24.4 13.0 15.9 21.1 18.4 20.3 31.7 26.2 30.8 30.6 34.2 27.2 42.2 38.1 25.6 32.0 43.6 46.0 48.0 42.5 43.4 49.0 11.0
226,500 266,194 483,190 199,179 212,025 175,806
72,700 191,800 85,500
96,800 124,300
90,100 83,000 100,000 77,000 80,000 64,000 68,000 53,000 68,000 56,000 30,000 33,000 61,000 55,200 55,700 67,100 64,200 66,100 4,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
580 2,400 2,500 2,900 2,500 2,400 3,000 4,650 4,620 5,470 4,290 7,350
17.0 26.0 24.0 24.0 26.0 26.5 20.0 25.3 23.0 21.0 21.4 20.4
9,860 62,400 60,000 69,600 65,000 63,600 60,000 117,600 106,300 114,900 91,800 149,900
Acreage
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield
per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
57,605
142
59,128
194
59,468
249
31,141
194
19,306
288
15,317
248
8,560
279
7,830
501
7,130
253
4,080
299
2,370
400
5,430
422
5,050
309
5,070
306
4,790
343
4,290
278
3,640
415
3,380
432
2,470
275
1,000
256
1,620
201
1,000
368
2,000
467
1,700
436
2,000
220
1,100
176
1,000
530
660
242
745
370
600
100
15,113 22,970 29,567 12,078 11.131
7.597
4,990 8,190 3,760 2,540 1,980 4,780 3,250 3,240 3,430 2,490 3,160 3,050 1,420
535 680 765 1,950 1,550 920 405 1,100 335 575 125
8,832 1.980 1.539 1,896 6,478 4,878
5,590 4,800 5,200 3,620 1,400 3,180 2,550 2,700 1,300 1,350 2,000 1,700 1,460 2,450 1,990
920 900 1,420 550 410 1,600 1.410 1,360 1,700 1
18.0 14.3 19.1 15.5 21.5 22.5 23.0 26.0 22.5 29.0 31.0 30.0 30.0 25.0 25.8 32.2 31.8 36.0 24.9 28.5 28.2 25.2 27.7 35.5
49,450 14,723 10,707 15,970 54,187 41,992
100,580 68,780 99,540 56,110 30,100 71,550 58,650 70,200 29,250 39,150 62,000 51 ,000 43,800 61,300 51,300 29,600 28,600 51,100 13,700 11,700 45,100 35,500 37,700 60,400
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
OGLETHORPE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
17,881 18,680 20,287 12,927
12,430
9,958
7,926
7,598
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,597 11,677 10,357
7,234 7,032
2,722
1,052
5,433 6,136 5,538
3,723
1,407
922
5,164 5,541 4,819
3,309
1,315
130
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
322,560 322,560 322,560 322,560 276,480 276,480 276,480 276,480 276,480 276,480 278,400 278,400
70.8 62.9
56.1 69.2 74.7 64.6 70.1 64.1 45.0 36.6 32.6 29.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
239,326 228,331 202,960 180,947 223,090 206,647 178,489 193,826 177,121 124,392 101,274
90,629 82 ,946
Average Size Farms
(acres)
96 72 58 86 100 130 112 127 148 178 195 210 227
Number of Farms
2,488 3,192 3,503 2,115 2,233 1,593 1,600 1,528 1,201
697 518 431 365
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
2,221,150 5,105,611 14,813,413 3,977,124 3,038,111 2,793,640 3,213,252 5,563,448 7,369,336 7,430,717 12,464,116 18,722,864 32,869,000
Average
(dol.) 893
1,600 4,229 1,880 1,361 1,754 2,008 3,641 6,136 10,661 24,062 43,440 90,053
Tractors
62
93 189 397 557 566 507 521 486
Trucks
61
79 132 264 445 481 473 472 488
Automobiles
Farms with Telephone^
679
92
632
69
716
70
965
109
878
140
697
244
552
311
464
(NA)
380
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS V
Threshed
(acres)
4,071 3,746 1,228 2,291 2,995 4,732 5,739 6,268 8,336 4,209 1,240
270 306
Production (bushels)
32,110
45,471
18,745
42,845 51,966 80,948 127,976 137,689 223,678 144,738 48,281 13,130 16,311
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,172 2,044 4,112 4,648
7,054 7,584 4,017 4,948 3,327 4,117
1,581 3,691
6,960 5,852 4,723 6,634 5,405 8,110
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
167
8,311
255
62
4,116
8,177
365
4,411
104
6,784
120
12,710
51
3,981
47
5,325
13
8,000
1/ 3/ PEACHES
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
56,694 14,703
44,969 22,061
30,333 7,165
24,681
20,544
3,184 14,607
26,017 19,422
14,696
4,832
10,150
371
1,659
912
1,206
365
820
191
167
1/ 3/
PECANS
"JIT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,020
427
1,628
7,382
3,029
5,615
3,364
4,468 1,557 2,057 1,170 1,197
180
30,080 27,038 14,649
2,137 28,321
2,524
2,993
(D)
SWEET
POTATOES
1/
4/
Har-
Produc
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
468
29,220
700
50,633
978
113,658
336
27,985
666
54,877
654
62,338
402
27,832
151
17,031
32
4,501
8
1,093
4
768
6
1,570
Year
Harvested Cropland
, lANt) USF,
-5X
Idle or
TTToowwaabblTei
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
65,859
22,995
1934
68,228
23,149
1939
67,921
8,009
1944
61,875
12,290
1949
51,381
19,666
1954
39,099
9,532
1959
23,944
10,441
1964
17,708
7,670
1969
10,849
9,686
1974
12.350
1,035
See foo :notes on last page.
11,937
14,052
22,697 3,495 8,630
12,602
11,120
5,795 17,109 20,290
Woodland
78,571 60,461 53,402 71,259 73,754 69,918 95,565 94,787 66,124 49,087 42,397 32,503
Other Land
27,597 19,801 24,764 45,310 30,534 30,247 18,584 21,101 12,763 21,014 10,588 16,768
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
50
71
54
29
14
20
18
21
25
43
22
247
182
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
OGLETHORPE 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
5,467 6,998 7,266 3.613 6,406 4,216 5,740 7,405 10,948 8,292 11,413 11,866 16,184
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,997 4,546 4,492 2,394 3,821 2,571 3,227 4,066 6,364 4,347 6,387 6,771 8,450
Milk Cows
2,250 3,558 4,287 2,216
2,340
2,320 2,004 1,091 1,197 1,307
372
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
812 2,279 16,596 14,709
52,716 71,214 151,503 211,851 461,437 760,033 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,658 7,264 10,244 2,683 4,625 4,087 3,674 3,177 3,967 3,615 1,731 1,658
932
Farrowing 5/
876 344 265 515 366 316 552 521 252 168 116
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 77
35,687 47,209 66,916 35,782 48,929 38,609 43,863 31,214 40,675 51,653 233,602 200,612 (D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
14,956 6,695 15,123
15,849
25,968 644,116 3,227,285 5,431,573 9,511,824 10,885,479
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
102,960 101,830 168,045 144,917 141,633 192,410 191,005 42,001 203,077 414,662 2,753,634 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Labor (Thous.)
$
33.319 t 230,264
9,477 139,702
$ 118.3 109.7
36,847 61,187 375,549
365,070
129.5 162.1 272.1
1,106,282 2,844,750 4,328,477 9,127,000
324,980 218,598 408,000
286.5 304.6 372.4 393.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,100 11,800 12,000 12,300 12,500 13,000 13,800 14,000 14,200 14,400 16,400 16,200 15,600 11,900
Cows 2 years old and older LPV
Kept for Milk
Other
1,450 1,350
1,370 1,040
1,310 1,450
1,150 1,090
1,000 600 460 400 410
400
5.400 5,550
5,600 6,000
6,200
6,200 6,100 6,000
5,900 6,000
6,570
6,200 6,000 5,540
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
5,250 4,900 5,030 5,260 4,990 5,350 6,550 6,910 7,300 7,800 9,370 9,600 9,190 5,960
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,750 1,750 1,950 1,750 1,900 2,200 2,050 1,900 1,200 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms 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 include only eggs sold
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-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available . D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
PAULDING COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
Pauldlng County MS created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 fromPrtof Cherokee County and was 87th In order of counties organized In Georgia. It IU mi for John Pauldlng, active 1n the Revolutionary War and one of the captors of Najor Andre Van Wert was the original county seat and was named for another captor of 53TM"Andre The town was an important center of the slate mining industry In Georgia It was supplanted as county seat in 1854 by Dallas and 1s now only a suburb of the city of Rockmart. Dallas was named for George M. Dallas of Pennsylvania who
was afterwards Vice President of the United States.
I|C>-'W>
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 203.456 acres. There were 336 farms
hinQ a ?otal of 30 773 acres with land and buildings valued at $29,802,000. Row crops, once the <1n-
stav of the agHcuTture of the county, are no longer significant with only 8 5 acres of corn and no cotton
harvested in 1974 Poultry and poultry products, principally commercial broilers,accounted for 93 percent
Received
of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
N0V2 61979
Yearlv orecioitation averages around 50 inches in Paulding County, according to the N0AA--Nat1ona1
SrHir'i^^^
DOCUMENTS
late October. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1,882,535
Amount T19~64
4,815,875
197A
Amount i
TT7
8,472,000
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops
528,259 452,136
28.1 24.0
87,649 51,405
8,326,000
1.8
100,000
1.2
1.1
61,500
.7
13,000
.2
Grains
Tobacco
Cotton & Cottonseed
45,500
.5
Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
3,000
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
58,857 17,266
187 55,298
1,298,791 971,109 226,832 100,850
3.2 .9
2.9 69.0 51.6 12.0
5.4
34.940 1,304
35.624 4,692,602 4,168,773
298,750 225,079
.7
97.5 86.6
6.2 4.7
38,500
11.000 17,000
8,196,000 7,708,500
104,000 385,500 332,000
50,000
.5
.1 .2
96.5 92.6 1.3 4.6
4.0 .6
Hogs a Pigs
(Z)
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
3,000
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
7,000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954
for 1974 may nnoott percentages for
and 1964 based on
aa1dd9sdd7a4leddswuueeefrrettooomcoddmAiissplcclulltooefssadruumrrueessssingaann3dat/oooAtmamvlaisvolsaafiobluntlheese.
2/ Not comparable for from farms with $uu or only for 1974. not
unit reported.
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. I - Less man nan
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 All Crops, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Products 31.0%
Dairy Products *" 12.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Products
5.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops, Hort. Spec
& Forestry Products
<
1.5%
mm. Dairy Products
1.3%
^Other Livestock &
Livestock Products 4.6%
PAULDING COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 J966 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)
18,164 20.326 14.897
9.180 8.320 #.600 7.300 5,700 5.400 4,090 3,350 3,010 2,060 1.750 1,640 1,580 1,500 1,300
820 1,050
900 950 700 900 700 700 560
Acreage Harvested
CORN Harvested ' Vield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
1 : Yield
per acre
Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
24,080
19,734 23,404 17,804 19,940 14,846
12.7 10.7 13.2
13.5 8.8 13.3
305.500 211,641
309,702 240,243 176,107 197,631
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
9,000 8,070 7,280 7,100 5.500 5,300 4,040 3,250 2,870 1,940 1,710 1,610 1,560 1.490
1.270 700 880 800 850 600 830 650
9.4 26.3 18.9 19.8 23.7 22.1 20.3 22.8 24.0 31.4 29.2 33.5 34.0 40.3 37.8 34.0 35.2
41.3 33.1 34.0 44.5 40.5
84,500 212,200 137,700 140,900 130,500 117,000 82.000
74 000 69.000 61,000 50,000 54,000 53,000 60,000 48,000 23,800 31,000
33,000 28,100 20,400 36,900 26.3(M
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
680
44.1
30.nnn
230
20.() 1
4,600
.
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Productior (bu.)'
Acreage Harvested
Yield
Production
20,883
248
28,054
209
29,179
250
23,844
266
12,998
286
11,701
133
3.320
242
3,130
378
2,330
264
1,020
275
450
371
1,210
371
1,420
250
850
160
380
200
240
308
230
283
140
307
90
211
10
200
5
600
9,376 11,740 14,609 12,698 7,430 3,104
1,680 2,460 1,290
590 350 940 740 280 160 150 130 90 40
5 6
4,709 1,119
931 124 443
380 260 170 140
70 140
90 50 20 10 10 20 20
13.4 15.8 18.7 16.5 19.5 22.5 20.0 25.0 20.5
23.0 30.0 30.0 24.0
19,940 8.864 6,956 1,137 5,466
5,080 4,100 3,180 2.310 1,360 3,150 1,800 1.240
410 230 300 600 480
...
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
PAULDING COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
12.969 14,124 14,025 12,327
12,832
11,752
13,101
17,520
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,344 9,387
957
9,783 8,981
802
9,842 8,932
910
7,335
7,325 6,479
846
1,351 1,207
144
1,114 1,107
7
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
207,350 207,360 207,360 207,360 207,360 203,520 203,520 203,520 ' 203,520 203,520 203,520 203,456 203,456
Percent in Farms
81.5 81.2 80.3 68.8 75.1 78.4 66.5 74.0 53.2 30.1 31.3 19.5 15.1
All Land in Farms L (acres)
168,988 168,396 166,445 142,562 155,713 159,534 135,436 150,563 108,192 61,183 63,707 39,652 30,773
Average Size Farms
(acres)
78 69 68 63 75 89 70 96 94 100 109 101 92
Number of Farms
2,159 2.453 2,467 2,254 2.088 1.788 1,926 1,565 1.149
612 582 391 336
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,193.010 2,592,765 5.681,138 2.992.235 2,486.775 2,715,751 3,844.867 6.219,310 5,827,728 5,522,688 9,065,232 16,998,781 29,802,000
553 1,057 2,303 1.328 1.191 1.519 1.996 3.974 5,072 9.024 15.576 43,475 88,695
Tractors
16
19 101 247 305 317 357 346 360
Trucks
199
215 297 507 536 386 485 363 395
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
733
74
463
20
596
29
473
111
717
271
541
305
603
475
345
(NA)
276
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS y
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,390 2,414
441 30 50
236 86 363 829 126
8 20 3
8,470 25,901 4,208
529 745 3,989 1,990 5,890 20,502 2,430 500 900 75
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
881 548 3,031 3,090
2,751 3,049 1,843 2,168 1,093 1.726
625 2,723
2,589 2,739 1,472 2,429 2,006 2.503
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (S( acres) (dol.)
343 643 709
1,561 1,240
488 358 78 82
19,853
15,649 72,908 70,453 58,857 29,182 34,940
9,300 38.000
PEACHES y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
59,669 43,318 23,708
5,155 8,892 7,492
20,429 17,033 18,641
4,799 15,358 11,178
17,802
6,612
8,488
240
1,907
969
607
185
619
1
10
PECANS y &
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
169
323
570
2,312
604
2,399
4,542
875
2,113
283
1,177
165
1,328
272
73
SWEET ....
POTATOES y 3/
Harvested
Production
(acres) (bushels)
236
17,817
416
37,444
329
35,844
360
28,158
681
60,285
459
39,595
587
53,240
341
26,346
94
5,382
31
3,167
5
439
LAND USE
Year
Harvested Idle or
Cropland Fallow
1909
1919
1929
46,332
11,507
1934
47,370
16,006
1939
41,949
11,083
1944
37,859
13,280
1949
33,288
15,382
1954
18,331
13,727
1959
9,105
6,835
1964
4,955
5,199
1969
1,998
1,840
11974
2,733
1,423
See foo notes on last page.
5/ pTowabTi Pasture
7,120 6,732 9,901 2,024 3.246 2,451 2,606 1,933 10.688 7,515
Woodland
76.236 76.888 61,263 74,422 79,678 54,746 81,457 57,738 32.239 37,741 17,210 11,713
Other Land
13,022 12,717 15,549 10,276 15,674 27,318 17.190 15,945 10,398 13,879
7,916 7,389
Farms by Value of Products Sold
tonfeejL.
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 2t500
*
18
45
64
65
20
29
8
11
13
9
29
232
184
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
PAULDING 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
5,369 6,074 5,659 3,470 4,755 3,639 4,644 3,766 4,982 3,437 6,230 5,845 fi.RPfl
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years and Older)
2,455
3,364
3,194
2,266
2,748
2,099
2,559
1,973
2,515
1,715
3,201
3,037
4.104
|
Milk Cows
2,107 2,937 3,105 2,226
1,987
1,777 1,913 1,121
946 392 13fi
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,609 9,088 15,001 2,939
12,177 167,365 205,404 426,510 773,380 583,530
NA (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
5,726
3,007
4,011
303
1,659
214
2,171
41
2,072
89
2,964
89
2,559
210
3,935
512
3,109
419
2,399
219
781
108
843
174
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
46,861 40,191 63,751 45,408 50,870 44,931 56,085 34,323 28,392 30,310 97,610 136,560 48,579
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
40,082 27,324 33,732
24,105
34,366 1,512,615 3,762,615 7,453,418 8,503,536 8,597,920
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
179,010 235,536 214,675 267,156 154,517 215,563 248,928 51,391 75,487 298,720 1,283,331 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF ARRirillTiiDF
Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
Fertilizer and
Fertilizer Material
Hired
Labor (Thruis \
$ 35,439 14,103 83,854
150,163 935,545 1,650,745 2,587,455 3,172,396 5,534,000
$ 196,311 117,929
166,136
102,572 112,781 122,000
$ 12.0 21.0 29.8 55.1 76.3 66 4
132.7 82.7
53.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 19bo 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
6,600 6,400 6,300 6,400 6,300 6,300 6,700 6,800 6,900 6,900 7,200 6,900 6,700 5.410
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,000 850 800 670 550 500 500 500 450 280 270 200 180 230
2,350 2,400 2,450
2,700 2,800
2,850
2,850
2,850
2,890 2,990 3,250 3,200 3,000
2,590
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
3,250 3,150 3,050 3,030 2,950 2,950 3,350 3,450 3,560 3,630 3,680 3,500 3,520 2,590
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
2,400 1,550 1,750
800 900 1,000 950 950 700 950 1,100 1,500 1,400
1/ 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 ex hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not availabl
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since eludes farms with less than"!5-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older
e. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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PEACH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B
Peach County was created by Legislative Act of July 18, 1924 from parts of Houston and Macon Counties and was the 159th and last county to be organized in Georgia. It took Its name from the fruit grown there in such abundance. The area once held first place among all counties of the United States in production of peaches for fresh market It was in this vicinity that the world famous Elberta peach was developed by the Rumph family. Fort Valley, the county seat, was intended to be named Fox Valley but was misspelled in the Legislative Act of Incorporation and passed before the error was discovered. It was then decided to
AccorcMnq to ^1974 Cens?Is of Agriculture, the land area was 96,640 acres making it 155th in size among
ounties^n the State. There were 158 farms having a total of 55,716 acres with land and build ngs valued at
$26 724 000 The number of farms was only 20 percent of the peak number in 1930, however, the and area of the
county was larger at that time In 1974 crops sold accounted for 80 percent of the value of all agricultural
products soilTwith 31 percent of the value of all farm products sold accounted for by fruits and nuts. In
1974 soybeans occupied a larger acreage than cotton, corn, peanuts and wheat combined.
,..<,,,. nf
tased Sn 1900-1971 data! the NOAA-National Weather Service reports an ^erage annual precipitation of
about 48 5 inches for Peach County. July averages slightly more than five and one-half inches and is TMrma <y
Received
the The
wettest averse
mTM^nnutha,
while October, temperature is
with just
just under two and under 65 degrees.
one-half inches Average maximum
for an average, is temperatures range
usually the driest^ from near 58 degrees
N0V2
6
1979
in January to around 91 degrees from June through August. The range of the average minimum is from about 36
degrees in the coldest month to about 70 degrees in the warmest. The freeze-free period averages just under 240 days, and usually extends from right after mid-March to about November 10.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount 3,474,718
Amount T19- 64
4,434,002
1974
Amount T"~ TT7
8,042,000
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
7,961,000
3,096,496 816,274
89.1 23.5
3,585,592 1,382,780
80.9 31.2
6,367,000 80.0 3,893,000 48.9 3,246,000 40.8
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
15,647 2,264,575
37,587 340,635
36,492 53,072 251,071
.4 65.2
1.1 9.8 1.1 1.5 7.2
30,331 2,172,481
13,050
128,670
706,690 160,628 174,847 371,215
.7 49.0
.3
2.9
15.9 3.6 3.9 8.4
234,000 197,000 216,000
3,000 2,471,000
107,000
23,000
1,464,000
245,000 817,500 401,500 352,000
49,000
2.9 2.5 2.7
31.1
1.3
.3
18.4 3.1
10.3 5.0 4.4 .6
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
(Z)
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
24,000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and om ssions T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value mmoorree ssaalleess. PPeerrcceennttaaggeess for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less than half of the
2/ from only
unit
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products Hort. Spec. 1.1%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 9.8%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.6%
.All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 18.4%
J
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
PEACH COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
13,185 17,080 13,267
11,070 9,820 9,200 9,200 9,300 10,000 8,200 7,200 6,750 5,150 4,450 4,340 4,370 4,650 4,650 3,650 4,160 3,700 3,350 3,300 3,200 3,600 4,150 4,850
12,837 16,481 12,161
8,220 8,180 8,020 8,130 8,300 9,100 7,400 6,700 6,200 4,630 4,200 4,080 4,150 4,600 4,620 3,050 3,500 3,200 2,900 2,840 2,700 3,140 3,700 1,380
17.4 14.1 26.0
12.9 36.0 36.5 34.7 48.9 34.4 38.9 49.4 39.7 49.0 46.0 56.6 48.2 68.7 37.0 50.2 46.0 48.1 58.0 52.0 67.2 56.2 74.5 9.0
223,163 232,063 315,606
105,900 294,500 292,700 282,400 406,100 312,800 288,000 331,000 246,000 227,000 193,000 231,000 200,000 316,000 171,000 153,000 161,000 154,000 168,200 147,700 181,400 176,500 275,500 12,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.]
Production (bushels)
4,590
4,710
5,000 5,380 6,090 8,990 10,130 11,520 15,400 15,300 17,800 15,800 15,000 16,800 20,230 18,830 22,110 17,700 18,600
24.0 18.5 17.5 17.5 14.5 21.5 20.5 28.0 28.0 15.0
25.5 25.5 25.0 12.5 22.0 26.0 27.7 28.2 15.5
110,160 87,840 87,010 94,150 85,260 193,285 207,665 322,560 431,200
229,500
453,900
402,900 375,000
210,000
446,100
489,600 612,400
499,100 288,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS TTeTT per acre
(lbs. )
Production 1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
"TTeTa--
per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
13,244
165
7,515
243
3,243
355
2,960
323
2,370
515
2,130
478
1,010
424
1,035
592
1,770
501
1,800
406
1,810
483
1,930
400
1,830
530
1,750
619
1,560
625
1,010
332
270
507
950
325
1,000
600
1,200
400
900
497
1,100
482
890
690
895
532
285
288
250
572
140
333
4,365 3,648 2,301
2,000 2,540 2,130
890
1,280 1,850 1,530 1,830 1,610
2,030
2,260 2,040
700 285 650
1,250 1,000
930
1,100
1,280
990
170 300
115
2,477 1,478
790 610 690 530 560 440 500 460 490 490 510 510 450 490 515 555 585 610 605 630 620 640
_i6a4a4_l
510 831 919 868 1,016 1,027 984 1,133 1,043 1,088 1,408 1,406 1,542 1,580 1,596 1,710 2,145 1,972 2,212 2,019
2,140
1,983
2,528 1.710
1,605 1,003
403 507 634 460 569 452
492 521 511 533 718 717
694 774
822 949 1,255 1,203 1,338 1,272 1,327 1,269 1,628 1-024
1,793 2,809 3,086
1,960 1,790 1,920 1,440 1,100 1,550 1,650 1,700 1,300 1,800 1,950 1,750 1,650 2,780 3,640 4,210 3,230 4,400 2,780 3,600 4,290 3,950 3,370 2-590
20.8 17.7 21.0 18.5 32.0 31.0 33.0 33.5 33.0 34.0 38.5 34.0 34.0 27.1 29.8 36.0 39.0 44.7 20.5 30.6 26.2 29.2 30.8 39.5
19.229 52,448 52,457
40,690
31,640 40,320
26,640 35i200 48,050 54,450 56,950 42,900
61,200 75,080
59,500
56,100
75.300 108,400 151.400 125.900
196.700
56.900 110,100 112,400 115,300 103.800
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
PEACH 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
10,268
5,055
1,276
3,779
114,560
68.9
78,932
101
785
5,202
1,524
3,678
114,560
70.8
81,128
118
688
10,378
4,646 3,649
1,401
3,245 --
96,640 96,640
84.6 86.0
81,780 83,154
189 155
433 537
11,705
2,916
1,079
1,837
96,640
91.7
88,655
214
414
96,640
91.2
88,099
279
316
13,846
1,689
654
1,035
96,640
77.5
74,882
294
255
96,640
73.3
70,877
275
258
15,990
1,204
911
293
96,640
70.4
68,038
338
201
96,640
57.7
55,716
353
158
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.)
Tractors
Trucks
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
3,471,690
4,423
82
96
241
69
2,323,844
3,378
2,656,490
6,135
136
112
220
53
3,038,365
5,658
253
182
300
65
4,761,828
11,502
392
221
254
84
8,084,228
25,583
425
233
274
90
9,804,240
38,448
444
255
255
167
11,682,240
45,280
463
356
327
230
17,945,608
89,281
502
357
211
(NA)
26,724,000
169,137
. 403
333
149
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
890 783 2,031
5,661 5,588 8,021 5,967 5,534 4,144 2,239
21,472 19,738 58,107 194,935 169,758 344,983 294,878
267 ,761 253,020 126,980
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES y %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS 1/ %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEE1
POTATC ESI/*/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,385 5,813 4,016
2,306 2,097 1,876 2,070 1,140 1,738
889 2,579
1,551 1,239 2,128 4,685 2,569 5,488
1,939 1,141 1,700
988 523 137 428
42 24
77,833
30,983 47,745 53,300 15,647
7,668 30,331
5,224 3,000
787,146 161,229 42,361
69,012 343
621,129 412,023
602
665,809 392,979 68,357
406,409 962
592,684 451,218
501,862 783
675,977 152,792 59,607
448,732 912
762,653 579,304 44,125
97,111
98
859,117 714,962 42,675 1,072,582 275
533,957 424,842 66,219
40,505
4
479,290 558,472 51,509 1,259,047
2
392,114 238,297 40.902 1 1.099.660
33,456 51,249 96,867 81,068 98,799
3,815 31,055
857 250
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAND USE ITB.ACRES 57
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
42,216
5,844
1934
43,930
6,306
1939
47,006
3,410
1944
45,135
5,771
1949
44,209
6,864
1954
38,537
3,320
1959
37,129
5,148
1964
32,877
5,275
1969
35,254
4,383
1974
31.579
697
See foo tnotes on last page.
1,602 2,331 4,270 2,457
4,107 7,172 4,631 1,543 4,885 5.205
Woodland
22,542 24,749 24,263 24,590 28,357 33,207 23,046 23,855 20,216 14.290
Other Land
2,934 3,374 2,248 4,792 5,118 5,863 4 928 7,327 3,300 3.945
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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 2^00
1969
*
25 28 22 26 27 73
1974
21 30 13 13 21 14
46
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
PEACH 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
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
879 1,582 1,336 2,648 3.423 5,415 5,004 6,450 5,935 6,623
524
497
843
735
660
1,452
1,738
674
2,833
660
2,143
451
2,957
354
2,565
588
3,715
835
31,510
2,388
361
5,239
561
50,172
3,977
671
112,271
5,282
740
84,422
5,293
807
103,386
4,224
827
383,721
4,089
597
332,558
2,610
407
(NA)
2,666
521
(NA)
745
111
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
14,197 16,458 14,257 15,862 10,871 13,057 12,631 24,874
(D) (D)
8,472
9,010
4,473 3,571 216,050 13,769 (D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
88,983 35,236 66,591 77,196 33,485 65,782 106,818 363,783 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.;
30,695 12,236 47,396 57,094 80,014
188,871
200,116 820,945 631,000
$ 154,059 133,756
408,261
428,441 507,783 943,000
232.1 238.2
507.5 486.6 807.2 857.8
570.3 954.6 929.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,850 6,800 6,500 6,600 6,600 6,700 6,800 6,800 6,800 7,000 8,100 7,500 7,300 5.800
Cows 2 years old and older \$/
Kept for Milk
Other
420
2,700
400
2,900
390
2,700
450
2,750
600
2,850
600
2,900
650
2,600
700
2,550
750
2,350
710
2,390
740
2,410
500
2,400
360
2,400
690
2.180
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,730 3,500 3,410 3,400 3,150 3,200 3,550 3,550 3,700 3,900 4,950 4,600 4,540 2,930
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs
2,650 2,700 3,000 2,800 3,000 3,500 3,300 3,200 2,400 1,950 1,100 1,400 1,140
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older lude only eggs sold 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
NA - Not available . D - Data withheld to avoid
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PICKENS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Pickens County was created by Legislative Act of December 5, 1853 from parts of Cherokee and Gilmer Counties and was 100th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Andrew Pickens of the Revolutionary War whose field of operations covered much of upper Georgia. Jasper, the county seat, was incorporated December 22, 1857 and was named for the brave Sergeant William Jasper of South Carolina, who fell mortally wounded at the seige of Savannah while rescuing his fallen colors. Near Jasper is the famous Tate Marble Quarries from which marble is shipped to all parts of the country.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 143,808 acres. There were 256 farms having a total of 24,815 acres with land and buildings valued at $19,022,000. The importance of crops in the agricultural economy has declined to only .2 percent of the value of farm products sold in 1974. Poultry and poultry products accounted for over 97 percent of the value of all farm
products sold in 1974.
Pickens County has an average precipitation of about 55 inches, according to the N0AA--National Weather Service. March, with an average of more than six inches, is normally the wettest month, and October, with just under three inches, is the driest. The average annual temperature is about 59.5 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 42 degrees in January to around 77 degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages about 205 days, extending usually from early April to late October.
Received
N0V 2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
2,533,632
1964
Amount $
i
4,699,706
1974 Amount $
9,516,000
t V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
72,520
2.9
66,416
2.6
365 5,739
73,635
2,387,477 2,291,944
36,622 58,911
.3
2.9
94.2 90.5
1.4 2.3
29,972
.7
27,712
.7
556 1,704
1,180 31,894
4,036,660 3,884,966
4,188 147,506
.8
98.5 94.8
.1 3.6
9,402,000
22,000
.2
21,000
.2
3,000
17,000
.2
1,000
1,000
6,000 8,000
9,366,000 9,149,000
4,000 213,000 205,000
7,000
1,000
.1 .1
99.6 97.3
2.3 2.2
.1
Government Payments 2/
3,000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOU) AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 3.7%
"V All Crops, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod. 5.8%
LOitvheesrtoLcikvesPtroodc.k
& 2.3%
\ All Crops, Hort. Spec & Forestry Prod, 0.4%
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 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
PlLRtNi COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 197>
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
9,118 9,717 5,997
3,660 3,080 2,700 2,600 2,400 2,200 1,710 1,350 1,180
910 750 610 510 520 480 300 330 300 450 150 200 250 350 400
14,253 11,499 12,410
9,091 9,663 5,987
3,530 3,020 2,620 2,530 2,400 2,200 1,680 1,320 1,120
870 730 600 510 510 440 250 280 190 400 120 150 190 270 130
13.8 13.9 15.1 12.9 13.6 17.0
14.8 28.2 26.0 25.8 32.2 32.2 36.3 38.6 38.4 39.1 38.4 40.0 39.2 49.0 50.0 40.0 35.7 42.1 40.0 45.0 55.3 71.1 58.9 20.0 J
196,370 160,213 186,999 117,335 131,499 101,738
52,100 85,200 68,100 65,300 77,300 70,900 61,000 51,000 43,000 34,000 28,000 24,000 20,000 25,000 22,000 10,000 10,000
8,000 16,000
5,400 8,300 13,500 15,900 2,600
Year
USDA: 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Y1el<r
per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
4,024 5,643 7,630 6,703 4,757 2,812
400 760 370 200
90 230 225 210 110
50 30 35 20
5
174
1,254
180
2,036
206
3,146
198
2,658
293
2,792
108
607
202
170
270
430
249
190
170
75
322
60
387
190
409
190
171
75
145
30
260
30
300
20
286
20
100
4
200
2
3,777 1,457 1,234
58 84 86
120 80 90 110 70 90 50 60 20 20 15 10 10
19.6 17.6 20.0 16.5 18.5 17.0 20.0 21.5 23.0 22.0 24.5 26.0 24.0
15,370 8,283 7,070
257 744 867
2,350 1,410 1,800 1,820 1,300 1,530 1,000 1,290
460 440 370 260 240
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,641 9,041 8,222 9,687
9,136
8,855
8,903
9,620
PICKENS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,448
5,376
72
5,645
5,589
56
5,792
5,760
32
4,125
3,864
3,854
10
986
986
993
987
6
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 144,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 144,000 143,808 143.808
Percent in Farms
87.0 81.1 81.0 68.1 66.8 70.0 59.6 70.4 51.3 44.7 27.7 18.0 17.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
128,611 119,940 119^,769 100,674
98,790 100,730
85,835 101,435
73,869 64,347 39,819 25,870 24.815
Average Size Farms
(acres)
112 90
103 94 82
107 93
111 97
135 103
98 97
Number of Farms
1,145 1,248 1,162 1,073 1,212
939 926 911 765 477 388 264 25fi
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
525,040 987,715 2,259,460 1,774,420 1,313,658 1,427,230 1,563,437 3,142,039 3,470,805 3,962,916 4,758,044 6,835,809 19,022,000
Average (dol.)
459 791 1,944 1,654 1,084 1,520 1,688 3,449 4,537 8,308 12,263 25,893 74,306
Tractors
16
12 45 159 131 212 164217 234
Trucks
62
74 101 301 218 269 278 229 265
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
319
16
271
11
271
33
456
41
453
154
348
172
422
243
205
(NA)
237
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS U
Threshed (acres)
745 906 201
3 5 9 14 25 47 2
Production (bushels)
5,640 6,411 1,546
62 36 181 258 681 1,651 60
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
388 262 1,207 1,316
989 751 514 838 708 1,395
311 884
*
1,099 818 692
1,022 1,145 1,667
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SW.E Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
16
1,132
8
14
330
1,862
24
648
9
365
6
280
3
556
2
100
3
1.000
PEACHES 1/ 11
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
85,525 187,426
11,914 13,108 10,356 13,219
6,064 5,615
900 525 345
3,841 2,247 1,900 6,929 10,406 1,006
150 495
71 46
PECANS LI J/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
11
100
30
130
1,075
200
255
16
45
71
118
61
5
SWEE1 '
POTATOES 1/ *J
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
126
9,902
142
14,988
276
22,973
136
11,968
178
18,083
215
15,996
172
9,617
67
6,281
6
1,158
7
2,065
1
243
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
18,051
8,832
1934
18,312
7,905
1939
17,943
6,582
1944
12,794
10,696
1949 1954
1959 1964
1969 1974
10,407 4,936 2,815 1,658 908 1,639
18,794 4,502 2,315 2,964
669 440
See fooi:notes on last page.
INACRK ;/ PlowaBTe Pasture
3,555 4,403 4,889 2,972 4,054
614 1,075 2,518 6,240 6,710
Woodland
74,968 79,298 64,832 63,312 66,173 54,223 59,464 53,000 48,715 24,788 13,264 12,050
Other Land
7,611 4,223 4,471 4,645 4,911 5,099 8,716 10,817 9,427 7,891 4,789 3,976
Farms by Value of Products Sold
NUR iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^00
*
34
45
58
45
5
27
1
20
12
7
10
120
136
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
PICKENS COUNTY STATISTICS--". S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,740 2,853 2,728 1,693 2,646 1,962 2,326 1,979 3,080 3,483 4,414 4,299 5,959
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,248 1,712 1,482 1,127 1.537 1,294 1,364 1,100 1,686 1,626 2,421 2,344 3,202
Milk Cows 1,161 1,494 1,445 1,105
1,261
955 922 486 290 77 49
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
505 1,260 2,529 9,169
55,781 117,140
64,165 83,971
6,176 7,704 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,679 2,329 2,341
713 1 ,140
998 1,474 1 ,767 1,765 1,890
693 393
66
Farrowinq 5/
182 55 41 81
104 182 242 241 46 136 18
Chickens (4 Months and Older) J]
17,513 26,790 37,118 25,355 28,782 26,411 31,566 25,265 18,564 46,717 34,626 22,952
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
34,808 17,118 16,467
20,545
1 ,226,090 3,583,482 3,897,823 7,973,680
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
92,860 140,842 122,649 159,736 109,696 149,313 176,687 85,108 54,946 351,349 324,050
(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 )
* 31 ,397 * 36,813
$ 92
24,745 211,989 628,900 2,245,100
32,934 44,013
9 9 11.4 7 9 21 6
1,868,065
30.6
2,644,689 2,941,182 6,657,000
19,687 24,557 57,000
58 2 49 6 50.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
4,650 4,600 4,500 4,600 4,600 4,800 5,800 6,100 6,200 6,200 7,000 6,900 6,700 5,820
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
350 300 270 230 190 100 100 100 100 100 90 70 50 50
Other
2,250 2,400 2,400 2,600 2,700 2,750 3,420 3,400 4,300 4,340 4,630 3,800 3,300 2,870
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,050 1,900 1,830 1,770 1,710 1,950 2,280 2,600 1,800 1,760 2,280 3,030 3,350 2,900
December 1 All Hogs
and PiSS
700 550 650
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Begin 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include o sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved" NA disclosure of information for individual farms.
2/ Excludes Irish and*sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20 in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifining with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older nly eggs sold. ]QJ In 1971 and thereafter clasNot available.- D - Data withheld to avoid
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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PIERCE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1S7I Pierce County was created by Legislative Act of December 18, 1857 from parts of Appling and Ware Counties and was 119th in order of counties nian1zed in Georgia It wSs named for General Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire who became the 14th President of the United States. Blackshear, the county seat, was named for General David Blackshear, a wealth^Planter and distinguished leader against the Indians of Georgia and Florida 1n
the dAccording'to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 218.880 acres. There were oJTfarms having a total of 124,637 acres with land and building:j valued at
$59,768,000. Tobacco was the most Important cash crop and the yields P'V^fEriTlQn and^76 An
h{^^dha?oar a ^rir^
was SsMllTdevoS to corn which wa used as a cash crop and to support beef cattle and swine Production,
Received N0V2 6 1971
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIE
average, from early March to mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $"
Amount ~19r6~4
4,226,058
7,643,063
1974 Amount $
24,303,000
TT7
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
3.201,487 3,172,049
12,835 16,603 50,665 116,087 857,819 244,475 40,508 572,836
75.8 75.1
.3 .4 i. 2 2. 7 20. 3 5, 8 1 0 13 5
4,735,988 4,677,170
62.0 61.2
15,926 42,892
34,300 316,354
2,556,421 1,294,466
182,226 1.079,729
.2 .6
.5 4.1
33.4 16.9
2.4 14.1
24.171,000
11,672,000 11,575,500
4,675.500 6,760,000
135,000 5,000
8,000 88,500
(D)
(D)
11,687,000
6,801,000 809,000
4,077,000 1,065.000 2,975,000
(Z) 37,000
48.3 47.9 19.3 28.0
.6
48.4 28.1
3.4 16.9
4.4 12.3
15_j000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954
included in total for computation
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for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Poultry & Poultry Products 5.856
iry Products 1.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 13.5%
Forestry Products 8 Hort. Spec. 3.9%
Dairy Products 3.4%
^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 16.9%
\ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.3%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
PIERCE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
narvesiea
yield
for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
18,850 29,116 24,417
27,370 26,920 27,800 30,000 31,400 33,800 30,800 28,500 23,400 35,300 34,200 29,900 31,500 34,500 35,200 30,400 37,700 32,000 28,900 31,200 32,000 30,000 32,000 29,800
13.849 15,951 18,161 18,711 27,407 17,828
19,270 17,670 17,770 19,440 19,400 20,800 19,200 20,300 19,500 30,000 30,200 26,850 28,000 32,800 34,200 27,640 33,600 30,100 26,950 28,700 30,800 29,400 31,450 10,000
Acreage Harvested
UJ1 1 UN
Yield (lbs.)
11.3 14.2 14.8 14.9 12.2 15.0
12.5 25.3 25.5 25.8 29.5 27.8 36.0 38.5 39.7 46.5 39.5 58.7 37.5 65.9 51.8 44.1 32.7 59.8 67.0 45.0 67.2 63.1 59.8 11.0
156,210 225,890 269,085 278,427 335,529 268,195
240,700 447,100 453,100 501,500 571,800 578,900 691,000 781,000 774,000 1,395,000 1,192,000 1,576,000 1,050,000 2,163,000 1,773,000 1,219,000 1,098,000 1,800,000 1,805,700 1,291,500 2,068,900 1,855,800 1,879,600 109,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
200 200 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,500 4,700 2,200 3,920 3,640 4,290 3,190 2,880
1
14.5 23.0 23.0 18.0 21.0 23.0 24.0 18.5 18.8 21.6 21.8 21.4 23.0
2,900 4,600 23,000 18,000 21,000 57,500 112,800 40,700 73,700 78,600 93,500 68,300 66,200
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Productior 1000 lbs.
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Vield
Harvested
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
5,186 9.352 4,743 8,171 2,754 3,569
2,360 2,030 1,870 1.340
400 1,700 2,060 1,280
820 970 630 800 720 250 740 225 300 150 100
169 182 103 222 206 184
321 312 243 167 382 362 350 260 306 316 263 395 199 148 143 124 150 220 290
1,282 3,416
983 3,639 1,132 1,315
1,580 1,320
950 470 320 1,280 1,510 700 520 640 350 660 300 75 220 60 94 70 60
181
10
700
20
600
15
800
15
800
10
700
25
640
20
800
15
600
5
600
15
1,000
1
1,059
5,153
6,492
131
3,823
4,550
1,392
7
4,325
1,664
12
3,750
1,786
12
3,000
1,497
12
2,910
1,868
7
3,010
1,708
16
3,040
2,160
16
3,050
2,254
9
3,185
2,254
3
3,040
2,088
15
2,750
2,148
2,285
2,474
2,550
1,387
3,450
2,264
2,500
2,065
2,620
2,026
2,700
2,274
2,320
2,345
2,240
2,240
2,550
1,569
3,310
2,377
3,390
2,268
3,080 3.020
1,938 ?.1R4
441 5,129 5,721
4,427
6,332 7,196 6,699 4,491 5,437 5,141 6,567 6,874 7,179 6,348 5,908 5,652 3,537 7,811 5,162 5,308 6,141 5,440 5,018 4,002 7,868 7,689
MB
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,100 10,749 11,934 12,522
11,800
11,112
9,678
9,281
PIERCE COUNTY DATA FROI> THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,719 7,697 8,479 5,990 7,223
4,244
2,261
7,085 6,674 7,130
5,928
3,492
2,060
1,634 1,023 1,349
1,295
752
201
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
387,200 330,880 220,800 220,800 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880 218,880
60.4 57.3 58.0 74.8
71.1 76.7 76.1 75.5 65.3 63.4 65.1 56.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
258,265
300
233,756
178
189,500
138
128,164
103
165,244
113
155,596
113
167,783
127
166,478
115
165,290
128
142,982
171
138,878
182
142,404
208
124,637
194
Number of Farms
861 1,312 1,376 1,248 1,458 1,375 1,318 1,448 1,287
838 765 683 642
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
778,260 2,139,549 5,244,166 3,109,030 2,993,773 3,344,218 5,066,538 8,045,088 11,653,785 19,730,710 25,710,120 37,113,353 59,768,000
Average
(dol.)
904 1,631 3,811 2,491 2,053 2,432 3,844 5,556 9,055 23,545 33,608 54,338 93,097
Tractors
10
39
1ST
424 816 822 840 845 807
Trucks
87
184 287 557 654 608 682 704 745
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
461
63
500
91
495
66
563
97
676
196
549
366
660
559
612
(NA)
613
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed production (acres) (bushels)
1,720 2,516 1,963
12
15,590 29,558 25,212
290
51
1,045
102
1,915
368
11,487
263
4,484
22
380
89
4,850
290
14,800
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres] (tons)
3,320 1,853 3,352 4,885
281 996 426 983 948 2,223
1,222 1,922
211 851 834 2,050 2,154 6,504
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
183 1,230
151
383 327 124 125 163
24
13,579
8,330 10,455 21,201 12,835 11,920 15,926 13,781
8,000
PEACHES 1/ 3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
8,705
4,463 15,864
2,161 1,076 6,529 4,871 '4,464
32 143 2,447 128
63 570 5,252 461 487 1,808 2,240
98
2 50 403 263
PECANS 1/ 1/
""ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
14,679 12,007
550 6,280 89,851 33,903
20,064
17,333 14,136 17,290 17,028 11,059
8,362
551,157 418,525
9,207
51,904
71,080
141,510
157,300 223,023
"SWIFT
POTATOES-^ 5/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
689 1,341 2,186 1,508 1,641 1,402
1,063
658
143
281
25
16
2
58,920 129,726 211,018
140,511
85,098 106,427
92,436 42,007 10,618 51,840
2,492
2,008 168
Year
Harvested Cropland
1 AND USfc TN ACRFS S/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
38,419 45,686 49,959 45,079 39,663 43,551 40,337 38,715 32,200 40.251
1,715 4,349
339 2,005 6,848 2,080 3,731
7,111 16,246
6,299
See foo tnotes on last page.
6,202 1,977
363 237 8,128 6,271 8,212 2,975 7,153 8,252
Woodland
179,073 106,549
70,868 103,082 102,984 117,242 108,216 107,270
84,631 82,368 75,366 59,590
Other Land
13,170 31,945 10,595
9,559 1,885 2,789 3,623 6,118 6,071 7,709 11,439 10,245
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun
1969
*
80 78 102 129 93 201
1974
52 89 100 122 100 65
114
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
PIERCE 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
13,001 17,526 17,600 7,835 13,341 8,656 10,877 8,117 12,425 10,296 14,735 10,099 13,821
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,405 9,565 9,466 4,159 6,434 4,244 5,747 4,587 6,620 5,081 5,607 4,631 6,151
Milk Cows
2,167 4,770
800 1,410
1,510
1,396 1,231
759 648 604 1,003
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
1,040 2,799 7,345 14,870
38,767 62,420 34,900 79,953 139,535 348,198 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,237 27,989 20,170 11,549 12,827 14,637 18,485 23,353 19,932 24,660 14,995 20,133 18,941
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,637 1,553 2,205 2,474 1,575 2,377 3,358 4,517 2,484 3,420 3,352
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
17,851 36,921 45,182 43,307 52,363 58,197 59,014 52,927 53,350 29,789 75,590 563,164 578,221
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
15,779 11,365 29,910
43,258
7,462 281,253 1,105,856 1,852,982 5,220,094 1,564,801
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
67,360 107,031 114,415 293,239 194,635 368,825 358,556 162,577 160,946 133,778 1,014,192 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Hertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
T 26,572 1 215,668
(Thous.: $ 67.3
26,660
165,419
94.2
49,913
233.1
179,114
334.7
164,154
447,221
465.6
823,530
403.9
1,236,201
972,501
556.7
3,667,946
861,706
727.7
6,513,000
2,108,000
1,060.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older joy
All Other
December 1
and Calves
Kept for Milk
Other
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
15,600 15,000 14,350 14,300 13,400 14,000 14,100 14,200 14,200 14,300 16,400 16,400 15,900 14.000
780 730
620 600 650
670 670
670
650
790 760
970 890 1.300
5,200 5,150 5,050 5,100 5,250 5,400 5,320 5,230 5,150 5,180 6,580 6,500 6,000 4,920
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farmis with less than 1954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nu bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable becaus cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 tota sification changed--"Cows and hei fers that have ca
$2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris t trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude e of change in definition. 6/
7/ Beginning with 1969 chic Is include only eggs sold. 10/ 'ved". NA - Not available.-
Cattle and
Calves
9,620 9,120 8,680 8,600 7,500 7,930 8,110 8,300 8,400 8,330 9,060 8,930 9,010 7,780
All Hogs and Pigs
15,100 17,700 19,600 21,000 22,650 26,300 25,000 24,000 26,600 29,000 24,700 32,200 33,110
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-
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PIKE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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P1ke County was created by Legislative Act of December 9, 1822 from part of
Monroe County and was 57th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
General Zebulon M. P1ke of the United States Army, who discovered Pike's Peak in the Rocky
Mountains while on an expedition to trace the sources of the Mississippi River. Zebulon,
re
the county seat, was also named for General Pike.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 147,200 acres.
There were 275 farms having a total of 61,695 acres with land and buildings valued at
$32,304,000. Production of pimento pepper was an important source of income in the 40's
ru>
iQ7t ' "
and early 50's but iss no longer of any significance. Over 50 percent of the harvested acres were devoted to soybeans i1n 1974. Poultry and poultry products accounted for 30 percent of the value of all farm
products sold 1n 1974. Turkey and broiler production were the principal contributors to income from poultry.
Annual rainfall averages about 50 inches 1n P1ke County, according to the NOAA--National Weather Service. March has an average of over six inches and is usually the wettest month, and October, with
Received
slightly more than two inches, is normally the driest. The average annual temperature is almost 63 degrees,
and monthly averages range from around 46 degrees in mid-winter to about 79 degrees in mid-summer. The
average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are near March 31 and November 10, respectively, NQV 2 6 1Q7Q
giving an average freeze-free season of around 225 days.
131 Zl
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
2,282,053
3,526,648
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
1974 Amount $
3,993,000
I V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
1,482,756 1,178,016
65.0 51.6
1,006,753 940,781
122,504 182,236
39,640 53,056
706,601 363,263
97,372 245,966
5.4 8.0
1.7 2.3
31.0 15.9 4.3 10.8
61,811 4,161
81,904 97,376
2,340,615 1,763,662
94,080 482,873
28.5 26.7
1.7 .1
2.3 2.8 66.4 50.0 2.7 13.7
3,859,000
1,136,000 1,029,000
960,000
(D) 51,000 (D) 19,000 88,000
253,500 44,500
2,425,000 1,177,000
(D) (HA) 935,000 ?4,000
(D)
29.4 26.6 24.9
1.3
.5 2.3 6.6 1.2 62.8 30.5
24.2 .6
Government Payments 1/
17,000
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 informa-
tion for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry
/ Products 15.9%
Forestry Products 2.3% -Hort. Spec. 1.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts " & Berries 13.4%
V. Other Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 15.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry Products 30.5%
.^Forestry Products 1.2% Hor+. Spec. 6.6%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts *~ & Berries 2.8%
Other Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 32.3%
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
PIKE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
19,648 22,091 10,683
8,880 7,480 7,000 6,600 6,400 6,000 4,900 4,060 3,420 3,890 3,300 3,170 3,130 3,200 2,900 1,590 1,440 2,550 1,900 1,870 2,380 2,600 3,000 2,300
29,990 27,203 32,343 19,359 22,008 10,609
8,330 7,180 6,510 6,260 6,100 5,700 4,670 3,780 3,250 3,520 3,170 3,020 3,000 3,150 2,800 1,320 1,220 2,200 1,650 1,520 1,990 2,030 2,340
920
7.3 10.7 13.3 13.4 11.1 15.0
11.2 30.2 23.0 20.8 31.6 22.7 21.8 37.8 28.9 37.5 32.8 42.1 39.7 50.8 40.0 31.8 28.7 49.1 53.0 44.0 54.3 60.1 49.0 14.0
219,220 291,237 431,803 259,508 243,954 159,055
93,400 216,800 149,700 130,500 192,700 129,500 102,000 143,000
94,000 132,000 104,000 127,000 119,000 160,000 112,000 42,000 35,000 108,000 87,500 66,900 108,100 122,100 114,600 12,900
Year
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 140 190 710 3,500 4,100 6,300 4,900 4,100 3,000 5,190 7,140 7,400 4,840 9,640
28.0 22.0 24.5 26.5 27.0 22.0 21.0 21.0 26.0 19.4 22.1 24.3 23.8 23.3 19.6
2,800 3,080 4,655 18,815 94,500 90,200 132,300 102,900 106,600 58,200 114,700 173,500 176,100 112,800 188,900
i
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
42,198
166
57,117
191
60,211
195
26,734
176
15,004
253
10,858
203
7,240
330
6,750
409
6,310
400
4,290
328
2,485
407
4,760
399
4,090
351
4,420
439
4,800
424
4,740
471
4,470
408
4,090
419
2,740
423
2,180
314
2,670
343
2,050
376
2,400
393
2,450
291
2,200
143
460
267
230
313
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yie Id per acre
{b J.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
14,007 21,810 23,540
9,409 7,580 4,405
4,980 5,750 5,270 2,930 2,110 3,960 3,000 4,050 4,250 4,660 3,800 3,580 2,420 1,430 1,920 1,610 1,970 1,490
655 255 150
4,285 907
1,820 626
1,704
840 750 1,140 1,090 630 820 750 840 430 520 650 660 600 1,060 660 330 570 1,450 1,230 840 1,200 1,450 1,640 2,880
2( ).4 1< 1.3 2 3.2
1! ).0 2' 1.0 1< ).5 2 2.5 2 '.0 2 2.5 2 5.0 2' 1.5 2' 1.0
21 3.0 2 2.0 2 3.2 2 3.3 3 5.4 3 5.0 2' 1.5 2 3.6 2 5.1 2 3.2 3 2.7 3 5.5
22,050 9,585
18,649 6,665
27,873
17,140 10,750 26,450 20,710 15,120 15,990 16,880 22,680
9,680 13,000 15,920 15,880 16,800 23,300 19,300
7,700 20,200 52,200 30,100 19,800 31,300 33,600 53,600 102,200
Production
PIKE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
-'' M ?')~'\y -T. N
tear
--
_ Po'j-H-r. in
j
o*sl
Un.ni fI .
Ron-
White
1000 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955
18,761 :
19,495
21,212 '
10,853 1 8,874
1 8,337
10,375
j
8,535 5,378
8,459 | 4,968
1
4,093 4,059 4,056
2,531
4,781 4,278 4,479
2,437
1960 1964
7,138 , 2,033
938
1,095
1969 1974
7,316
1,031
642
389
1 .
Apcm* mate
Lanu Ar'i-a
l,dC:'t'S)
196,480 196,480 196,480 151,680 151,680 147,200 147,200 147,200 147,200 147,200 147,200 147,200 147,200
Percent in Farms
89.9 91.2 83.6 72.2 77.3 79.6 74.8 82.3 80.9 66.6 63.3 59.1 41.9
Ail Land in Farms (acres)
176,601 179,215 164,191 109,474 117,241 117,177 110,174 121,211 119,108 98,024 93,178 86,994 61,695
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
91 70 54 70 84 101 93 112 136 190 218 272 224
Number
of Farms
1,940
2,560 3,039 1,561 1,396 1,159 1,187 1,078
875 515 427 320 275
'sir
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total >1.)
1,870,830 3,837,651 10,849,928 3,213,150 2,248,420 2,685,537 2,785,705 5,190,570 5,316,500 7,448,445 9,107,910 17,460,195 32,304,000
Average
(do!.)
964 1,499 3,570 2,058 1,611 2,317 2,347 4,815 6,076 14,463 21,330 54,563 117,468
Tractors
53
66 137 317 494 488 425 438 359
Trucks
68
127 184 283 388 310 406 347 318
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
569
58
465
59
502
96
516
172
627
238
462
285
497
291
359
(NA)
257
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,850 3,728 2,462
849 960 2,371 3,587 4,609 5,933 2,251 377 186 278
Production (bushels)
30,350 76,158 51,914 19,799 21,826 60,796 115,477 140,120 203,023 70,124 11,710
9,288 13,600
'-.HAT
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
CORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,080 739
2,937 3,305
3,344 5,032 1,810 3,212 1,564 1.564
767 2,108
3,421 4,143 1,781 4,106 2,646 3.174
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE
Har-
vested
Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,444 2,308 2,244
2,541 1,760 1,215
343 162
53
117,264
73,720 91,475 191,939 122,504 117.303 61,811 30.247
i9.nnn
PEACh ES1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
128,993 275,363
97,904 281,096 265,388 329,773 236,217
57,977 19,406 49,389 59,884 45,102 ?4,9?9
7,896 61,615 25,606 123,117 188,472 104,022 102,398 19,886 39,016 16,703
47,831 10,568
1/0/
PECANS-' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
19,397 16,548
10 3,050 62,485 16,016
15,090
13,218 11,898
9,900 10,613
6,760 2,804
77,494 126,198 110.479
91,556 234,645
2.823 81,547 79,172
SWEET y 4/
POTATOES-^ ^
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
467
33,505
601
52,005
493
53,257
242
27,135
420
36.950
356
36,616
145
13,885
74
7,602
28
2,447
24
1,810
12
660
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IM,ACRS 57
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
55,625
13.207
1934
54,259
9,522
1939
55,568
8,193
1944
43.897
18,694
1949
37,058
19,628
1954
30,776
8,506
1959
19,817
9,266
1964
15,919
8,473
1969
14.148
6,179
1974
11.130
834
See footnotes on last page
3,825 2,701 4,522 2,285 5,694 16,787 13,192 14,892
16,852
18,220
Woodland
49,062 44,274 26,920 27,367 33,439 28,348 44,813 45,220 41,127 39,922 36,060 22,294
Other Land
18,483 7,072 9,417
23,131
14,994
16,635 14,018 17,819 14,622 13,972 13,755
9,217
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
11
24
15
13
17
20
17
35
32
36
52
192
131
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
PIKE COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,826 5,119 6,078 2,544 3,552 2,788 3,944 5,300 10,007 8,909 9,009 9,602 12,909
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,542 3,154 3,169 1,501 1,932 1,586 2,071 2,566 5,263 4,255 4,664 4,384 7,193
Milk Cows
1,893 2,659 3,082 1,399
1,454
1,357 1,177
560 263 428 (D)
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
17,835 8,469
24,024 71,802
35,313 88,306 129,311 231,621 167.942 178,761
(HA) (HA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,406 5,692 9,033 2,538 3,525 3,224 3,294 2,769 2,200 2,682
748 1,268
402
Sows Farrowinq 5/
696 372 223 366 337 291 369 435 102 185 61
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
44,179 39,683 57,011 26,882 34,073 29,049 32,997 22,549 26,272 29,917 114,177 108,709
939
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,695 10,532 19,274
19,864
59,338 76,003 194,458 288,725 629,250 663,517
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
144,550 146,850 184,100 145,830 176,953 144,296 161,586 70,423 104,674 238,090 1,752,621
(HA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
*
57,869 *
14,638
61,400
262,616
166,878
495,948
1,337.688
1,023,562
1,175,000
243,988 $ 143.4
144,384
148.6
172.0
240.0
406,909
306.9
401.6
380,253
389.9
338,208
273.6
407,000
276.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older ID/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
9,550
320
4,600
9,400
300
4.700
9,350
590
4.350
9,300
330
4.600
9.700
500
4,750
10.000
550
4,850
10,800
450
5,150
10,900
420
5,200
11,000
400
5,350
11,200
360
5,560
13,000
350
6,020
12,500
250
6,000
12,100
250
6,300
lQ.OOfl
230
5.040
4,630 4,400 4,410 4,370 4,450 4,600 5,200 5,280 5,250 5,280 6,630 6,250 5,550 4.730
750 1,050 1.150 1.300 1,450 1,450 1,050
800 600 600 800 900 790
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have
because calved".
of
change 7/ Begin
in definition. ning with 1969
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include o nly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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POLK COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Polk County was created by Legislative Act of December 20, 1851 chiefly from
Paulding County which was originally a part of Cherokee. It was the 95th Georgia county
in order of organization and was named for President James K. Polk of Tennessee, during
whose administration the United States was involved in the war with Mexico. Cedartown,
the county seat, took its name from the luxuriant cedars which grew in this neighborhood.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 199,616 acres.
There were 349 farms having a total of 56,783 acres with land and buildings valued at
$25,907,000. Harvested cropland had decreased by 18 percent since 1969. The most
important crops were cotton and soybeans. Livestock, poultry and their products accounted for 73 percent
of the value of all farm products sold.
Roron/o/l
Based on 1900-1971 data, the N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation r\CCclVctl
of about 51 inches in Polk County. March and October are normally the wettest and driest months,
respectively, with averages of around six inches and two and one-half inches. The average annual tempera-
ture is about in July. The
61 degrees, freeze-free
and monthly averages range from season extends, on the average,
near from
43 degrees in January, to around 79 degrMQW early April to late October and averages
O
u
a
u
1Q7Q "313
about 205 days in length.
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
1,772,109
3,394,180
1974 Amount $
3,829,000
IT/
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
3,633,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains
959,916 932,436
54.2 52.6
700,359 697,944
20.6 20.6
956,500 932,500 279,000
26.3 25.7
7.7
Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
13,030
.8
14,450
.8
1,074 1,341
599,500 53,000 1,000 23,000 (Z)
16.5 1.5
.6
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
1,100
20,773
1.2
(D)
16,827
.5
18,000
.5
27,000
.7
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
790,320
49.6
649,194
78.1
2,631,500 72.5
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs
240,990 347,347 201,983
13.6 19.6 11.4
1,652,499 618,239 378,456
48.7 18.2 11.2
986,500 786,000 859,000 662,000 188,000
27.2 21.6 23.7 18.2
5.2
Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
Government Payments 3/
9,000
.3
9,000
1
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. included in
Percentages for 1954 total for computation
and of
1964 based on sales from commodity percentages. Z
All farms_. Less than
3/ Available "half of the
only unit
for 1974, reported.
not D -
Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Dairy Products 19.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
_Poultry & Poultry Products 13.6%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 11.4% \ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.2%
Other Livestock & "Livestock Prod. 23.7%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.2%
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
POLK COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,724 18,901 13,658
10,450 9,470 8,600 8,300 6,800 6,500 4,890 4,000 3,780 2,650 2,250 2,120 2,050 1,950 1,600 1,200 1,230 1,500 1,200 830 850 1,000 1,200 540
22,360 19,296 23,649 14,902 18,480 13,480
10,030 9,000 8,170 7,980 6,600 6,400 4,760 3,840 3,390 2,310 2,050 1,930 1,880 1,790 1,530 1,060 1,040 1,400 1,050 660 670 490 770 200
14.3 10.6 13.8 11.9 10.8 14.9
9.9 24.3 22.5 20.8 27.5 26.4 24.4 28.4 30.4 39.0 35.1 43.5 38.8 42.5 47.1 47.2 34.6 45.7 47.0 47.0 48.4 53.3 58.8 13.0
319,280 204,367 327,316 177,898 199,325 201 ,404
99,600 218,700 183,800 166,300 181,300 168,800 116,000 109,000 103,000
90,000 72,000 84,000 73,000 76,000 72,000 50,000 36,000 64,000 49,400 31,000 32,400 26,100 45,300
2,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested fo r beans
Yield per acre
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130 770 1,550 2,000 2,100 2,200 1,500 1,200 800 1,400 2,180 3,350 3,030 3,270
16.0 21.5 25.5 28.5 21.0 19.0 24.0 27.0 20.0 25.0 21.3 29.6 30.2 20.4
2,080 16,555 39,525 57,000 44,100 41,800 36,000 32,400 16,000 35,000 46,400 99,200 91,500 66,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(buj
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
20,590
226
29,034
179
34,259
239
30,291
251
16,146
306
19,829
179
8,915 10,419 16,382 15,218
9,885 7,083
5,867 2,514 2,367
160 375 605
33,850 17,968 14,767
1,095 3,161 9,101
e
7,100
299
4,430
930
17.2
15,970
6,670
393
5,460
740
14.3
10,600
5,940
357
4,420
730
18.0
13,140
3,910
332
2,710
810
17.0
13,770
2,130
437
1,940
280
20.0
5,600
.
4,820
494
4,960
680
24.0
16,320
5,600
334
3,900
570
21.5
12,260
5,660
240
2,830
680
22.5
15,300
5,130
384
4,110
210
21.5
4,505
4,640
395
3,830
130
22.5
2,920
4,470
408
3,810
140
25.5
3,570
4,440
474
4,400
140
26.5
3,690
3,220
339
2,280
130
25.5
3,320
1,280
165
440
240
25.8
6,200
2,400
255
1,280
180
26.7
4,800
2,800
542
3,000
504
3,170 3,160
130
31.5
no
29.1
4,100 3,200
3,200
546
3,640
150
28.0
4,200
3,200
406
2,710
80
32.5
2,600
2,795
280
1,630
70
32.7
2,290
3,020
405
2,550
390
28.7
11,200
1,630
199
675
360
31.9
11,500
< 1,410
235
690
540
35.6
J9.200
915
131
250
490
30.4
14,900
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
POLK COUNTY DATA FROM THE S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
17,856 20,203 20,357 25,141
28,467
30,976
28,015
29,656
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,624 10,417
9,300 6,712 8,822
2,183
3,250
8,310 8,499 7,590
7,198
1,954
2,899
2,314 1,918 1,710
1,624
229
351
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 199,680 199,680 199,680 199,680 199,680 199,680 199,616 199,616
Percent in Farms
69.0 75.8 71.7 62.0 67.1 67.9 59.8 74.0 59.4 43.7 39.6 39.3 28.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
140,083 153,812 145,545 125,809 136,056 135,541 119,365 147,847 118,524
87,215 79,143 78,493 56,783
Average Size Farms
(acres)
79 69 65 65 70
91
78
86
95 126 130 163 163
Number of Farms
1,775 2,226 2,229 1 ,936 1,933 1,493 1,526 1,713 1,253
691 611 482 349
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,499,050 2,975,529 5,790,156 3,726,340 3,372,858 3,115,163 4,101,465 7,456,689 6,234,928 7,129,738 10,375,391 16,226,799 25,907,000
845 1,337 2,598 1,925 1,745 2,087 2,688 4,353 4,976 10,318 16,981 33,665 74,233
Tractors
47
86 191 505 595 546 490 479 419
Trucks
58
140 207 457 516 452 464 428 366
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
674
98
666
43
723
60
771
209
859
483
577
394
726
475
436
(NA)
298
(MA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,822 2,308
519 136 189 339 303 954 2,124 963
84 76
1
17,710 28,376
6,237 3,147 2,220 6,231 5,020 23,247 57,898 35,225 2,850 4,340
. 1
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Production
(acres) (tons)
2,072 1,655 5,347 6,541
6,292 4,639 4,116 3,898 4,100 3,058
1,901 4,509
6,226 4,033 4,601 4,327 5,973 5,005
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Marvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
98
6,086
257
59
2,697
13,491
207
12,133
247
13,030
52
4,188
18
1,074
60
8,489
34 1 23.000
PEACHES -' -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
28,195 60,489 23,663 16,977 24,870 16,073 29,200 13,154
2,888 1,745
403
1,677 10,637 10,940
1,408 13,600
20,726 1,626 1,234 1,338 310 25
PECANS -1 M
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
20
500
381
1,562
532
1,432
593
7,682
5,108
1,012
930
343
876
363
2,556
256
530
1
SWEET
POTATC ES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
199
16,201
341
31,145
206
20,612
165
11,288
517
42,080
350
28,357
396
29,157
109
10,705
10
1,407
19
2,006
2
184
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRFS 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
50,071
15,104
1934
48,503
17,029
1939
46,196
14,180
1944
36,044
23,383
1949
43,299
18,662
1954
25,521
17,229
1959 1964 1969 1974
17,322 10,882 10,557
8,691
12,805 8,630 5,586 2,481
See footnotes on last page
5,127 6,306 9,870 4,448 4,551 6,922 5,114 5,622 17,337 12,410
Woodland
64,651 54,067 43,213 54,341 49,227 40,902 63,378 51,780 35,307 33,265 34,081 22,063
Other Land
7,415 9,799 10,390 9,036 15,382 14,352 17,957 17,072 16,667 20,744 10,932 11,138
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
9
22
18
21
17
20
20
34
20
55
42
330
223
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
POLK COUNTY STATISTICS-^. 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
3,752 5,340 4,863 3,193 4,769 3,109 4,432 4,862 7,596 6,840 10,052 11,835 12.392
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,746 3,325 2,808 1,993 2,758 2,184 2,482 2,463 3,892 3,564 5,472 6,462
6,459
Milk Cows
1,559 2,827 2,740 1,989
2,172
2,157 2,660 1,780 1,593 1,464 1 -051
WHOLE MILK Sold
gallons)
33,027 33,020 81,937 120,071
156,092 307,280 414,416 766,701 687,279 1,208,131 (NA)
HOGS AND PTfiS
Total
4,979 4,226 5,339 1,616 2,986 2,352 2,747 3,218 4,934 5,371 2,228 1,170 1.633
Sows Farrowing 5/
396 96
203 119 243 349 863 758 388 235 147
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
43,430 43,702 63,312 39,935 51,318 42,904 53,442 41,324 59,582 179,444 253,589 215,455 27,999
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
30,418 13,939 21,074
11,790
27,384 185,511 692,656 905,526 203,845 931,396
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
185,200 168,252 189,236 252,395 190,554 184,549 225,909 49,954 296,223 1,773,683 2,595,375 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Heed for
hertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
75,610 26,314 128,305 182,400 257,040 588,855 1,646,192 1,273,516 1 ,500,000
and Fertilizer Material
155,396 89,305
221,807
176,029 242,156 317,000
Hired Labor (Thous.
36.8 59.1 59.7 115.8 146.9 156.0 304.8 259.4 146.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
All Other
December 1
and
Kept for
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Calves
10,700 10,900 11,000 11,100 12,000 12,500 15,000 17,000 18,600 19,100 23,400 22,400 21,700 16.000
Milk
1,900 1,700 1,800 1,550 1,600 1,650 1,650 1,750 1,800 1,610 1,580 1,300 1,300 1,260
1/ In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with IPSC than to znn ^
Other
4,050 4,200 4,200 4,600 4,750 4,850 6,500 7,600 8,800 9,120 9,910 10,000 9,800 7,640
Cattle and
Calves
4,750 5,000 5,100 4,950 5,650 6,000 6,850 7,650 8,000 8,370 11,910 11,100 10,600 7,100
All Hogs and Pigs
2,250 1,700 1 ,900 1,250 1,300 1,550 1 ,450 1,400 3,100 2,400 2,000 3,800 4,200
1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
t^ S'SolTn^" 2 TM TMJnut*TM 4e/-Si^eESU9d-
s sold. 9/ Beginning wth 949 otals ili^VTl"9 Wlth 1969 nged-"Cows and heifeVs that^clived^1 tA"Vot^aiTable
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than~15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older
19/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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PULASKI COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-1B7I
Pulaski County was created by Legislative Act of December 13, 1808 from part of
<3
Laurens County and was 36th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named
for the brave Polish nobleman, Count Casimar Pulaski, who fell mortally wounded at
"55
Savannah while fighting for Colonial freedom in the Revolutionary War. Originally Pulaski County included Bleckley County. Hawkinsville, the county seat, was named for Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, United States Senator from Georgia, who later served as
x>-mt*
agent for the Cherokee Indians under General Washington. Hartford, now a lost town, was the first county seat but in 1837 was supplanted by Hawkinsville.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 162,112 acres.
There were 220 farms having a total of 97,783 acres with land and buildings valued at $43,016,000. Cotton,
corn, peanuts, wheat and soybeans were grown in the county. Peanuts were the most important cash crop.
The acreage of soybeans had increased in recent years. In 1974 crops accounted for 81 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Cattle numbers had increased slightly in recent years but hog numbers in 1974
Received
were only 72 percent of the numbers recorded in 1969.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 47.5 inches for
N0V2 6 1979 Pulaski County. July has an average of over five and one-half inches and is normally the wettest month,
while October, with an average of slightly more than two inches is usually the driest. The average annual
temperature is about 65 degrees and monthly averages range from about 49 degrees in mid-winter to 81 degrees
in mid-summer. The freeze-free period usually extends from around mid-March to around November 8 and averages almost 240 days in length.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
2,425,729
3,256,679
1974 Amount $
10,413,000
% 1/
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
1,918,934 1,870,202
31,514 17,218
79.1
2,674,141
77.1
2,586,439
1.3
69,802
.7
17,900
82.1 79.4
2.1 .6
10,373,000
8,425,000 8,380,500 2,043,000
2,665,000 82,000
3,590,500 37,500 7,000
81.2 80.8 19.7
25.7 .8
34.6 .3 .1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
300
(D)
(D)
28,482
1.2
94,305
2.9
(D)
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
478,013 109,229
19,397
349,387
19.7 4.5 .8
14.4
487,233 80,182 17,905
389,146
15.0 2.5 .5
12.0
1,763,000 (D) (D)
1,737,000 1,208,000
496,000
33,000
17.0
16.7 11.6 4.8
.3
Government Payments 3/
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 disci osing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & ' Hort. Spec. 1.2% ^ Poultry & Poultry
Products 4.5% --- Dairy Prod. 0.8%
"-Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 14.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.8%
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 17.0%
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
PULASKI COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,942 27,653 18,947
20,780 19,300 18,400 18,200 18,000 18,600 15,400 13,600 12,500 8,300
7,200 6,900 6,920 7,300 7,450 10,350 9,680 10,500 9,300 11,250 13,200 13,600 16,000 24,500
43,959 44,563 27,094 20,503 27,026 17,968
16,390 15,870 14,970 15,010 14,500 15,400 12,700 11,400 10,600 6,900 6,300 6,090 6,150
7,050 7,100 8,950 8,100 9,100 8,200 10,100 12,600 12,760 15,360 12,900
6.9 11.0 10.0 10.4
8.7 14.0
5.3 20.4 23.0 25.8 28.0 24.1 30.2 30.4 22.0 48.7 37.8 43.5 46.3 57.2 20.4 36.6 27.2 57.8 59.0 69.0 56.3 68.1 68.6 20.0
302,440 492,150 270,497 212,776 234,009 251,787
87,000 323,700 344,300 387,300 406,100 370,800 383,000 347,000 233,000 336,000 238,000 265,000 285,000 403,000 145,000 328,000 220,000 526,000 483,800 696,900 709,400 868,400 1,053,400 257,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
420 380 410 440 410 610 830 1,190 2,000 3,400 6,600 7,400 9,100 9,200 9,800 7,500 9,210 8,430 9,800
16.5 17.5 12.0 11.0 11.5 17.5 17.5 23.0 25.0 18.5 25.5 21.5 26.0
9.5 20.7 23.4 27.8 24.3 18.4
6,930 6,650 4,920 4,840 4,715 10,675 14,525 27,370 50,000 62,900 168,300 159,100 236,600 87,400 202,900 175,500 256,000 204,800 180,300
.
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
. PEANUTS
rield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
43,684
70,435
34,746 22,900 13,982 15,084
10,470 8,980 8,640 6,270 3,440 6,620 6,400 7,490 8,030 7,400 7,410 7,280 4,830 3,670 5,500 6,500 6,850 9,300
11,800 12,525 15,300
7,600 9,450 6.750
180
15,439
220
31,018
72
5,028
130
5,964
278
7,768
10,279
204
6,153
13,332
333
7,260
313
5,860
329
5,940
287
3,750
395
2,830
356
4,920
450
6,010
355
5,550
314
5,260
402
6,220
554
8,570
543
8,270
505
5,090
499
3,830
409
4,710
583
7,900
568
8,100
584
11,300
530
13,000
689
18,000
526
16,800
474
7,550
449
8,850
217
3.050
8,700 9,890
9,490 9,360 9,330 8,450 7,780 7,900 7,770 7,900 7,790 8,100 8,120 7,945 8,945 9,070 9,270 9,385 9,365 9,435 9,814 9,747 9,747 9.830
427 704 1,011 816 1,116 1,071 1,256 1,060 831 1,332 1,627 1,747 1,808 2,229 1,704 2,191 2,495 2,571 2,897 2,701 3,071 3,362 3,024 2,791
7,628 9,936
3,712 6,961 9,590 7,640 10,410 9,048 9,771 8,372 6,458 10,520 12,676 14,151 14,682 17,706 15,244 19,874 23,126 24,127 27,133 25,482 30,134 32,768 29,472 27,435
371 71
679 ' 40
101
700 610 810 1,080 480 710 640 800 310 500 480 450 420 1,060 1,210 1,190 980 1,480 1,370 1,150 1,920 1,780 1,590 1.170
21.3 16.7 20.6 16.0 25.0 20.5 24.0 31.0 31.5 35.0 36.0 33.5 34.0 28.1 28.8 38.7 39.5 42.2 18.0 28.5 19.2 26.2 30.6 31.5
2,900 907
4,358 700
1,980
14,880 10,200 16,690 17,280 12,000 14,560 15,360 24,800
9,760 17,500 17,280 15,050 14,280 29,800 34,800 46,000 38,700 62,400 24,600 32,800 36,900 46,600 48,700 36,inn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
PULASKI COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
18,489 22,835 11,587
9,005
9,829
8,808
8,204
8,066
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,281 6,223 6,436 4,220 4,898
2,255
871
2,336 2,316 2,521
1,948
955
653
3,945 3,907 3,915
2,950
1,300
218
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
296,320 165,120 165,120 165,120 162,560 162,560 162,560 162,560
162,560 162,560 162,112 162.112
79.4 76.9 63.2 69.1 77.5 78.8 74.0 82.1 74.8 55.8 57.8 60.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
246,204 235,245 127,049 104,311 114,173 126,058 128,095 120,257 133,500 121,600
90,716 93,714 97,783
Average Size Farms
(acres)
124 81 88
106 116 134 138 146 195 248 303 365 444
Number of Farms
1,984 2,909 1 ,435
980 987 944 931 824 684 490 299 257 220
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,164,840 5,329,435 6,429,159 2,493,695 1,842,458 2,214,592 3,281,032 4,764,368 5,977,476 10,830,960 13,221,182 23,190,980 43,016,000
1,091
1,832 4,480 2,545 1,867 2,346 3,524 5,782 8,739 22,104 44,218 90,237 195,525
Tractors
19
52 108 306 487 522 391 419 420
Trucks
47
77 153 308 346 335 301 327 349
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
325
36
322
19
383
31
467
46
649
96
425
186
351
197
238
(NA)
248
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,696 5,883 1,185
507 173 660 1,612 453
3,693 1,059
606 417 252
37,920 94,727 17,646
7,330 2,356 14,645 45,097 12,680 100,030 32,415 29,619 23,000 14,344
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,842 2,939 9,397 9,785
10,293 7,313 934 1,711 1,352 1,335
1,414 3,090
4,219 4,830 1,389 3,899 4,663 4,403
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
164 278 452
820 1,214
961 1,138
349 107
7,486
10,867 22,134 31,797 31,514 36,410 69,802 53,125 38,000
PEACHES -1 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
17,888
2,081
5,657
1,544
74,508
36,942
28,793
16,135
16,186
6,751
8,962
1,957
7,491
6,132
12,029
7,111
2,050
54
2,622
338
1,134
1,043
PECANS y 3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
20
365
4,851
4,429
9,445
21,857
13,163
14,756 16,993 20,425 12,863 11,605
1,345
150,508 292,590
51,021 53,290 153,240 43,165 390,354 13,885
SWEET
POTATOES IJ -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
699
42,447
953
87,055
609
61,865
355
34,705
571
39,834
402
31,789
219
19,114
104
8,484
45
2,677
32
2,385
2
120
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 57
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
50,930
12,306
1934
51,144
13,263
1939
58,377
6,507
1944
48,560
15,226
1949
52,813
7,350
1954
46,974
10,567
1959
38,290
12,298
1964
26,563
12,127
1969
32,475
9,076
1974
40,764
4,386
See footnotes on last page.
5,742 6,316 10,434 7,543 6,219 8,184 7,233 5,708 9,905 8,704
Woodland
89,196 41,466 29,018 38,603 44,987 52,406 47,777 56,206 52,010 38,241 32,955 36,578
Other Land
3,564 6,238 5,726 4,709 5,577 4,161 6,098 11,569 11,769 8,077 9,303 7,351
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
1--
fi
Number
1969 1974
*
29
42
52
27
27
30
33
23
21
35
15
100 43
*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
PULASKI COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,634 6,630 3,056 1,829 3,082 2,600 4,386 3,087 7,979 5,559 7,810 9,238 9.535
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,155 3.933 1.422 1,006 1,451 1,302 2,269 1,666 4,102 3,010 3,638 4,604 4.631
Milk Cows
2,020 2,591 1,018
969
1 ,220
717 728 230 121 75 60
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
13,438 3,805 7,508
185,463
21,352 35.055 37,286 29,200
1,000 35,291
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
19.251 28,156 12,057 4,683 9,071 5,375 7,004 9,048 7,488 9,978 4,354 5,356 3.868
Farrowinq 5/
2,454 812
1,541 1,396 1,155
891 1,286 1,692
671 966 872
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
33,841 56,562 26,439 17,360 23,531 20,857 22,251 16,766 31,638 27,649 12,223
661 639
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
19,617 3,589
10,002
6,847
2,730 24,925 16,016 4,291
25 20
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
114,360 177,777
53,662 78.341 93,623 102,472 95,412 21,456 276,924 268,758 188,416 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous )
$ 21,939
$ 127,695 $ 98.1
6,468
93,166
144.8
38,649
201.9
107,908
256.1
156,165
357,591
298.1
217,066 107,572
394,742
396.3 269.0
272,037
782,751
368.4
429,000
1,383,000
502.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
8,300
8,250 8,150 8,600 9,300 9,300 10,000 10,100 10,200 10,500 12,000 10,500 10,200 7.4QQ
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
140
3,650
130
3,700
120
3,500
110
3,700
110
3,800
100
3,900
200
4,200
200
4,680
220
4,810
200
4,890
110
5,260
70
4,500
50
4,100
30
3.570
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,510 4,420 4,530 4,790 5,390 5,300 5,600 5,220 5,170 5,410 6,630 5,930 6,050 3.800
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
4,400 4,900 5,450 5,550 6,000 7,000 6,650 6,400 5,650 5,100 4,100 4,900 5,500
1/ 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 ude 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-
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I. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ;C0N0MICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
PUTNAM COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOS-1B70
Putnam County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1807 from part of
Baldwin County and was 33rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
General Israel Putnam of Connecticut, one of the most noted patriots of the Revolution
Eatonton, the county seat, was established by Legislative Act of December 12, 1809 and
was named for General William Eaton, who was a very prominent military leader in the war
with Tripoli in 1805. One of the county's most distinguished sons was Joel Chandler
Harris whose famous folklore tales of "Uncle Remus" have been translated into 17
languages.
IQ1I
Accordin? to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 217,216 acres. There were 172 farms
i HUs having a total of 59,087 acres with land and buildings valued at $30,367,000. The land area has been
reduc.e.d. by bDaackKwwaaters oOTf Lake Sinclair in recent years. In the early 1930's farmers began the development
of the dairy enterprise and in 1974 dairying accounted for 83 percent of the value of all farm products
ReCe/l/o,
sold. In 1964, 5,115 acres were classified as being in harvested crops. A considerable portion of the corn crop was utilized as silage to feed the dairy animals.
**'VCi
Putnam County has an average annual precipitation of around 47 inches, according to the N0AA--NationaUinw r
Weather Service. March and July, with averages of more than five inches of rainfall are normally the
'*UV I 6 TO
wettest months, while October, with less than two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The average
annual temperature is about 63 degrees, and monthly averages range from just over 45 degrees in January to
almost 80 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages around 225 days in length, extending usually DOCUMFWTc
from late March to early November.
,,-,. """-'^u
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
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 ft Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts ft Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry ft their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock ft LS Products Cattle ft Calves Hogs ft Pigs Sheep, Lambs ft Wool Misc. Livestock ft LS Products
1954 Amount $
2,085,367
1964 Amount $
3,626,131
1974 Amount $"
12,161,000
T"T7
180,766
8.7
176,408
8.5
2,535
.1
1,823
.1
4,000
.2
141,673
6.8
1,758,928
84.3
134,564
6.4
1,507,668
72.3
116,696
5.6
102,067
2.8
98,830
2.7
254 2,983
(D)
172,389
4.8
3,346,975 92.3
86,097
2.4
3,061,360 84.4
799,518
5.5
11,983,000
112,000 .9
102,000
.8
27,000 .2
75,000
.6
10,000 .1
482,000 4.0
11,389,000 95.1
570,000 4.8 9,968,500 83.2
850,500 7.1 848,500 7.1
2,000
(Z)
Government Payments 3/
3,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withfield to avoid disclosinq Information for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 19 54 Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 5.6%
All Crops 8.7%
-- Poultry & Poultry Products 6.4%
Horticultural Spec & Forestry Products 7.0*
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & *" Livestock Prod. 7.1% ^^. All Crops 0.9% <_ Poultry ft Poultry
Products 4.8%
Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Products 4.0%
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
PUTNAM COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Producti on
(bushels )
12,073 13,086 5,037
3,410 2,840 2,300 1,900 1,700 1,700 1,420 1,250 1,270 1,250 1,080 1,030 1,100 1,160 1,140
300 300 850 850 900 1,600 1,400 1,600 1,700
24,111 19,494 21,614 11,672 12,183 4,652
2,500 2,170 1,110
930 800 800 720 590 550 430 380 370 380 450 430 260 260 800 500 360 400 380 560 370
6.0 9.6 11.1 10.5 9.4 12.5
12.4 21.4 20.5 19.9 19.4 16.9 19.4 23.7 20.0 23.3 18.4 18.9 21.1 33.3 20.9 42.3 15.4 45.0 28.0 58.9 49.5 58.2 58.8 17.0
144.55C 186,57: 239,405 122,726 114,962 58,152
31,000 46,400 22,800 18,500 15,500 13,500 14,000 14,000 11,000 10,000
7,000 7,000 8,000 15,000 9,000 11,000 4,000 36,000 14,000 21,200 19,800 22,100 32,900 6,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100
23.0
2,300
100
no
23.0 20.0
2,300 2,200
130
21.5
2,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
36,971
123
41,053
190
42,488
177
7,788
201
5,348
245
3,675
257
1,770
225
1,690
333
1,560
236
870
225
435
315
750
331
580
231
620
240
640
245
530
274
420
283
340
379
260
281
170
429
160
281
140
414
150
413
130
638
110
318
100
480
4
1
8,947 15,580 15,046
3,132 2,622 1,886
830 1,170
770 410 290 520 280 310 330 300 250 270 150 150 95 120 130 170 75 100
1,841 141 503 239
180
no
170 200 140 130 90
80 70 60 90 80 90 80 150 100
80
50 70 100 300 410
13.5 13.4 17.9 15.0 25.5 24.0 27.0 24.5 23.5 20.0 20.5 20.5 21.0 20.0 22.0
37.5
29.6 26.1 29.2 29.7 29. a
11,220 1,196 3,452 2,346
2,736
1,480 2,270 3,580 2,100 3,320 2,160 2,160 1,720 1,410 1,800 1,640 1,840 1,680 3,000 2,200
3,000
1,480 1,830 2,920 8,910 12.100
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
13,436 13,876 15,151
8,367
8,514
7,731
7,798
8,394
PUTNAM COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,356 6,168 5,682 4,270 3,251
1,144
1,075
1,584 1,936 1,768
1,218
630
921
3,772 4,232 3,914
2,033
514
154
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
231,040 231,040 231,040 231,040 231,040 224,000 224,000 224,000 224,000 218,240 218,240 217,216 217,216
Percent in Farms
81.8 77.0 76.0 50.9 78.8 68.3 66.3 61.4 49.4 44.1 37.7 37.6 27.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
189,029 177,852 175,681 117,618 181,981 153,005 148,435 137,476 110,698
96,227 82,322 81,731 59*087
Average Size Farms
(acres)
122 84 77
120 163 184 166 209 207 298 352 380 344
Number of Farms
1,546 2,119 2,281
984 1,115
833 896 657 535 323 234 215 172
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,320,300 2,668,107 7,555,010 1,840,836 1,951,554 1,686,702 2,796,186 3,684,456 4,760,965 6,980,999 9,136,296 16,371,064 30,367,000
854 1,259 3,312 1,871 1,750 2,025 3,121 5,608 8,899 21,613 39,404 76,144 176,551
Tractors
31
68 124 177 285 222 311 357 306
Trucks
43
82 147 212 231 207 245 297 249
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
229
69
290
42
350
86
301
67
480
177
301
165
278
186
226
NA)
171
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,884 1,500
317 275 371 1,102 1,010 460 1,032 372 111 85
36,500 24,765 4,311
6,829 7,851 16,596
18,970 13,130 20,057 12,451
3,912 2,550
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,076 1,731 2,175 2,661
4,399 3,285 2,906 2,664 2,274 3,108
1,452 2,035
5,566 2,294 3,150 4,766 5,198 7,894
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
^
62
2,030
295
92
3,717
5,204
38
2,151
59
2,535
3
163
2
254
2
200
PEACHES -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
90,467 61,976 34,166 44,519
9,613 9,534 5,636 1,559
424 3,444 3,078
20
111 18,305
6,940 5,849 5,982 9,952 1,316
104 126 251 313
PECANS U 21
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
2,021 2,012
1,278
1,386 1,291 2,149
403 1,049
1,270 5,222 2,631
18,172 20,712 4,159
2,913 21,344
1,642 5,671
SWEET
POTATOES-i/ i'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
300
16,345
254
23,749
456
31,703
270
26,092
414
32,819
351
26,149
111
10,600
66
4,934
8
760
7
581
1
125
__------
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES -51
Idl e or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
24,458 28,932
15,252 17,253
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964
29,572 21,159
16,475 9,966 6,050 4,492
9,717 13,606
8,412 5,797 1,401 3,085
1969 1974
4,452 5,115
1,752 361
See footnotes on last page
12,532 5,793
32,285 12,649 26,246
6,619
13,523
4,531 12,862 11,773
Woodland
61,081 50,406 43,519 92,538 63,865 64,981 75,943 68,621 58,693 50,182 45,582 28,236
Other Land
15,355 32,260 20,803 34,628 16,418 35,862 10,400 19,695 16,560 20,032 17,083 13,602
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 2t500
51
62
30
36
9
10
8
23
11
12
8
72
55
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
PUTNAM COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,664 5,966 6,455 5,381 7,615 7,031 10,769 10,091 12,726 13,844 12,371 16,578 18,227
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,433 3,727 3,686 3,309 4,309 5,073 6,952 6,589 7,914 9,119 8,271 11,559 12,981
Milk Cows
1,991 3,165 2,967 3,082
4,820
5,991 6,931 8,056 6,619 9,051 10,564
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,442 4,646 121,213 66,586
1,182,750 2,754,894 2,612,489 3,158,544 4,427,011 5,976,994
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,044 5,891 6,965 2,159 3,593 2,379 2,734 1,665 1,483
905 286 215 131
Sows Farrowing 5/
930 169 390 337 237 171 187 104
29 44
7
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
20,790 29,741 38,886 19,104 24,838 20,303 21,538 15,538 15,498 9,926 14,838 63,322
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,243 3,881 8,580
7,989
2,227 212,536 162,898
42,000 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
79,050 95,412 102,400 112.928 71,196 136,546 66,478 33,954 51,740 62,249 130.604 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Labor (Thous.)
$
51,827 $ 41,649
$ 38.4
59,248
36,337-
56.0
513,633
98.7
638,220
188.0
972,507
92,193
142.6
1,185.690
263.4
1,897.241
122,168
359.7
2,780.557
176,360
588.0
5,695,000
272.000
690.0
USUA tSUMAltS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,100 13,000 14,800 13,600 16,600 16,800 17,800 17,900 18,100 18,700 22,300 22,000 21,400 20.800
Cows 2 years old and older L0V
Kept for Milk
Other
7.950 7,300 9,100 8,040 9,100 9,350 9,450 9,540 9,650 10,000 10,180 10,000 10,040 10.450
1.700 1,800 1,650 1,150 2,000 2,000 2,370 2,660 2,780 2,810 3,190 3,000 2,700 2.450
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,450 3,900 4,050 4,410 5,500 5,450 5,980 5,700 5,670 5,890 8.930 9.000 8,660 7,900
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Iris h and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exclude s farms with less than~l5-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available" D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
QUITMAN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1870
Quitman County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1858 from parts of
Randolph and Stewart counties and was 126th in order of counties organized in Georgia.
Quitman County was named for General John A. Quitman, a leader in the Mexican War and a
bold advocate of extreme States Rights. He was later Governor of the State of Mississippi.
Georgetown, the county seat, was named for the old town of that name near the District of
Columbia. It was incorporated by Legislative Act of December 9, 1859.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 99,840 acres making
mc it 154th in size among counties in the State. There were 51 farms having a total of 30,770 acres with land and buildings valued at $9,413,000. The number of farms was only 7 percent of the peak number in 1910. Peanuts were by far the most important crop and more than 38 percent of the harvested
cropland was devoted to this crop. About 72 percent of all sales was from crops.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 52 inches for Quitman .
County. July, with an average of nearly six and one-half inches of rainfall, is normally the wettest KSCeiVeCl
month, and October, with just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is
about 66 degrees and monthly averages range from near 50 degrees in January to just under 81 degrees in
July. The freeze-free period averages almost 250 days in length and usually extends from around mid-Marohw ~ -, 1Q7Q
to about mid-November.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount T~
756,211
743,420
DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
1974 Amount $~
1,383,000
TV
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
607,222 603,400
80.3 79.8
524,578 522,210
678 3,144
100 36,889
112,000 8,334 907
102,759
.1
500
.4
1,868
(D)
4.9
88,727
14.8
128,615
1.1
542
.1
65
13.6
128,008
70.6 72.2
.1 .3
11.9 17.3
.1 17.2
1,374,000
989,500 72.0 (NA)
156,000 11.4
(D) 15,000 1.1 782,000 56.9
(D) (Z)
3,000
.2
103,000 7.5
278,500 20.3
278,500 20.3
252,000 18.4
26,000
1.9
Government Payments 1/
23,000 1.7
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. NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosing information for individual farms. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Lvstk., Pit. '& their Prod. 14.8%
All Lvstk., Pit. & their Prod. 20.3Z
._ Forestry Prod. 4.9%
-. Forestry Prod. 7.5X
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
QUITMAN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION. 1954 - 1977
CORN
1 1 arvested
Yield
All
for grain per acre
(acres) (acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
6.914 8,400 5,980
5,510 5,360 5,400 5,700 5,400 5,400 4,700 4,300 3,800 2,550 2,300 2,440 2,300 2,500 2,400 2,300 2,150 2,000 1,850 2,300 2,500 2,500 2,700 1,800
12,096 10,941 12,037
6,842 8,372 5,864
4,920 4,720 4,450 4,750 4,400 4,500 3,800 3,700 3,400 2,300 2,210 2,180 2,200 2,400 2,300 2,100 2,050 1,950 1,800 2,200 2,400 2,420 2,680
680
7.8 9.4 7.9 10.2 6.2 10.5
9.5 17.4 26.7 21.3 27.1 26.7 28.4 30.5 26.2 35.2 36.2 43.6 40.5 51.7 41.3 41.0 35.6 57.9 48.0 34.0 34.6 48.3 48.0 11.0
94,490 102,762 94,718
70,103 52,146 61,448
46,900 82,000 118,600 101,300 119,100 120,100 108,000 113,000 89,000 81,000 80,000 95,000 89,000 124,000 95,000 86,000 73,000 113,000 86,400 74,800 83,000 117,000 128,700 7,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 196 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100
22.0
2,200
140
15.0
2,100
250
34.0
8,500
200
21.0
4,200
160
25.0
4,000
210
22.4
4,700
240
24.2
. 5.80C
310
21.6
6,700
230
21.3
4,900
180
17.2
3.100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(1bs.)
Production 1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
17,039
153
5,242
18,013
162
5,843
8,604
74
1,276
8,045
136
2,199
4,088
130
1,065
4,247
1,054
167
352
5,971
1,945 4,519
1,830
280
1,070
4,510
664
2,996
1,490
248
770
4,250
929
3,949
1,530
201
640
4,450
900
-'.,003
770
281
450
4,360
731
3,185
355
293
220
4,230
992
4,196
1,140
239
570
3,830
816
3,126
840
260
450
3,570
1,015
3,625
750
220
340
3,680
994
3,659
700
390
570
3,830
1,073
4,108
640
383
510
3,670
1,047
3,843
660
405
560
3,415
1,206
4,117
480
408
410
3,470
1,246
4,324
390
449
370
3,270
1,212
3,963
170
535
190
2,890
1,206
3,484
150
373
115
2,885
1,534
4,425
130
577
155
3,090
1,508
4,660
70
657
96
3,130
1,396
4,369
160
563
185
3,095
1,842
5,702
230
330
145
366
155
3,145
1,775
5,582
no
2,955
1,756
5,189
290
348
210
2,941
1,992
5,858
2,445
2,134
5,217
2,106
2,738
5,766
?.nfi? I 2.741
R-RS1
'
-?-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
QUITMAN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
4,701 4,594 3,417 3,820
3,435
3,015
2,432
2,180
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
3,031 2,470 2,730 2,080 1,714
'763 630 662
397
1,008
233
520
181
1
2,268 1,840 2,068
1,317
775
339
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
92,160 92,160 92,160 92,160 92,160 108,800 108,800 108,800 108,800 108,800 108,800 99,840 99,840
Percent in Farms
87.2 90.4 94.2 74.2 75.0 51.4 62.9 63.3 71.1 51.2 34.9 34.3 30.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
80,373 83,295 86,832 68,411 69,145 55,899 68,392 68,920 77.329 55,725 38,001 34,255 30,770
Average Size Farms
(acres)
131 118 162 140 191 153 141 215 311 289 312 527 603
Number of Farms
613 707 537 490 362 365 484 325 249 193 122
65 51
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
469,820 898,996 1,499,737 969,720 632,725 616,093 937,118 1,230,125 2,279,595 3,378,465 2,788,798 3,496,588 9,413,000
766 1,272 2,793 1,979 1,748 1,688 1,936 3,785 9,155 17,505 22,859 53,793 184,574
Tractors
15
7 30 87 147 189 151 99 88
Trucks
25
16 37 106 108 126 96 75 66
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
168
29
102
3
104
7
166
8
113
35
145
54
120
37
63
(MA)
47
(NA1
OATS y
Year
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969
1974 1
1,282 1,302
103 120
10
454 81 320 179 76
55
16,710 23,255
915 2,440
120
11,125 2,620 9,693 6,870 3,600
p.non
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,034 525
4,336 3,679
4,365 3,764
983 889 997 565
456 994
1,591 2,011
911 987 2,143 1,933
VEGETABLES \Jt
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
46
3,384
83
8
421
300
79
3,174
16
678
25
1,972
4
500
2
2,220
2
(D)
PEACHES 1/ 1/
-ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
14,739
155
2,538
86
8,282
2,533
655
93
976
491
1,355
856
502
684
284
42
224
48
95
26
19
PECANS 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tlon
(number) (pounds)
2,246 6,646
3,555
3,207 5,418 1,923 2,150
544
506 5,069 6,595
23,347 151,882 19,657
8,970 22,347
6,575 4,300
SWEET ....
POTATOES 11 '.
"TSF vested
Produclion
(acres) (bushels)
175
16,293
210
13,636
317
26.166
137
14,500
232
19,711
160
12,755
122
13,298
26
2,468
14
1,640
16
1,692
1
519
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE Idle or Fallow
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
18,527 16,383 17,688 16,820 13,832 12,718 11,272
6,378 6,660 6,013
7,570 6,084
5,492 13,718 3,766 4,145
1,723
1,840 2,415
1,406
See foo notes on last page.
PlowabTe M
Pasture
3,089 3,483 4,335 5,092
940 1,607 3,646
777 2,470 3,586
Woodland
28,506 43,714 35,715 37,487 21,213 30,146 46,884 54,445 37,183 24,473 19,414 17,834
Other Land
16,374 3,113
3,131 5,673
6,943 2,616 3,498 4,414
1,901 4,533
3,296 1,931
Farms by Value of Products Sold
UuDbsr.
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
4
6
5
12
6
6
9
13
8
9
3
19
16
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
QUITMAN COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,497 1,703 2,442 1,520 2,362 1,480 2,774 2,421 3,964 2,862 2,853 2,793 3,937
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
820 981 1,118 828 1,067 706 1,129 1,443 2,187 1,555 1,738 1,620 2,015
Milk Cows
569 742 890 572
576
493 336 184
44 16
9
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
103 538 2,912 5,317
2,460 3,075 14,505
778 2,200
12 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,101 2,978 5,692 1,824 2,852 2,076 4,575 3,482 3,613 4,272 2,130 1,460
390
Sows Farrowinq 5/
647 182 354 315 484 426 520 750 293 220 56
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
9,180 10,679
9,781 8,919 8,610 6,893 10,076 7,073 5,424 2,866 1,293
79
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
4,040 2,098 5,136
3,569
843 5,567
161 108
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
21,650 42,146 40,553 57,505 33,143 27,807 44,291
3,351 8,915 3,173 1,068 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 5,482 2,927 4,883
14,669 28,630 70,715 16,965 33,685 46,000
$ 50,783 27,636
94,293
81,860 134,694 263,000
$ 23.0 17.8 47.0 61.3
108.6 77.9 48.9 77.0 91.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Cows 2 years old and older LQ/
Kept for
Other
All Other Cattle
and
December 1 All Hogs and
Calves
Milk
Calves
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
3,000
50
3,100
40
3,000
30
3,100
30
3,100
30
3,200
30
3,500
30
3,600
20
3,700
20
3,800
20
4,100
20
4,300
20
4,200
50
3.76Q
_4Q_
1,750 1,900 1,850 1,900 1,950 2,000 2,210 2,390 2,560 2,650 2,540 2,400 2,200
2,000
1,200 1,160 1,120 1,170 1,120 1,170 1,260 1,190 1,120 1,130 1,540 1,880 1,950 1.720
2,150 1,900 2,100 1,550 1,650 1,950 1,850 1,750 1,450 1,250 1,100 1,200 1,300
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold H)/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
RABUN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
Rabun County was created by Legislative Act of December 21, 1819 out of lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians under the treaty of February 27, 1819 and was 47th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Governor William Rabun who once waged a spirited controversy with General Andrew Jackson over the destruction of the Creek Indian village of Cherokee in what is now Lee County. Clayton, the county seat, was named for Judge Augustin S. Clayton, a prominent Congressman and jurist and was organized by
Legislative Act of December 13, 1823. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 235,712 acres. There
were 163 farms having a total of 14,584 acres with land and buildings valued at $10,823,000.
Rabun County lies north of the Georgia cotton belt and has never grown any cotton. Its principal crops are pprA:./c<J corn and hay crops. Apples are grown in the county also. The poultry enterprise, principally commercial rvcoeiVCU broilers, accounted for over 85 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. The county has wonderful recreational sites and there are a number of summer homes and camps in this area.
Rabun County has the highest average precipitation of any Georgia County. The N0AA--National WeathenuQW n / 1Q7Q Service reports the average for the county at almost 70 inches per year, with even greater amounts in the w w u ia/ j northeast corner. Six of the twelve months have averages of more than six inches and no month averages as little as four and one-half inches. Terrain differences cause rather large local variations in amounts. _--.,,._.._,, The average annual temperature is less than 58 degrees and the average for the warmest month is only about DOCUMENTS 74 degrees. The January average is just over 41 degrees. The length of the freeze-free season averages UGA , incwvpicg around 190 days, with average dates of last spring and first fall freezes about April 15 and October 25, wu" "-'
respectively.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $~
%
606,498
1964 Amount T 750,881
1974
Amount T~~ TT7
2,735,000
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
267,168 68,101
43,143 155,924
22 14,035 325,273 177,080 59,296 88,897
44.1 11.3
113,466 61,415
7.1 25.7
2.3 53.6 29.2
9.8 14.6
17,695 34,356
(D)
8,042
626,273 394,944 112,480 118,849
15.1 8.2
2.3 4.6
1.1 83.4 52.6 15.0 15.8
2,628,000
176,000 60,000 36,000
24,000
11,000 105,000
(D) (D) 2,405,000 2,236,000 (D) (NA) 108,000 30,000 (D)
6.7 2.3 1.4
.9 .4 4.0
91.5 85.1
4.1 1.1
Government Payments II
3,000
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
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Field Crops 11.3*
Veg., Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod.
9.4%
Dairy, Livestock & their Products
6.4%
Fruits, Nuts " & Berries
4.0%
Field Crops 2.3%
Veg., Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod. 2.2%
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
RABUN 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)
7,155 6,623 4,563
3,550 3,210 2,900 2,800 2,800 2,600 2,190 1,710 1,670 1,950 1,550 1,480 1,420 1,170 1,130
950 820 1,200 1,200 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,250 510
13,287 9,251 7,848 6,983 6,555 4,358
3,360 2,830 2,360 2,310 2,300 2,100 1,950 1,280 1,200 1,330 1,050 1,000 1,000
840 760 800 710 1,000 1,000 880 790 810 1,010 260
13.7 13.7 18.1 19.3 21.9 24.5
30.6 39.038.0 43.6 46.8 46.9 43.1 50.0 50.0 52.6 49.5 56.0 50.0 54.8 55.3 65.0 49.3 61.0 62.0 66.0 67.2 69.0 66.6 60.0
182,380 126,419 142,366 135,106 143,817 106,747
102,800 110,400
89,700 100,800 107,700
98,400 84,000 64,000 60,000 70,000 52,000 56,000 50,000 46,000 42,000 52,000 35,000 61,000 62,000 58,100 53,100 55,900 67,300 15,600
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Acres
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
RABUN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
6,285 5,562 5,746 6,331
7,821
7,424
7,456
8,327
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
4,199
4,137
62
5,062
5,018
44
5,164
5,120
44
4,046
3,532
3,520
12
1,137
1,137
766
710
56
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
241,280 241 ,280 241,280 241,280 241,280 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 235,712 235,712
Percent in Farms
81.3 49.1 30.0 21.2 23.2 24.1 22.2 20.6 17.2 13.4 12.8 10.5 6.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
196,096 118,478 72,461
51,146 55,886 56,981 52,320 48,720 40,528 31 ,604 30,181 24,673 14,584
Average Size Farms
(acres)
184 138
97 67 59 55 55 65 64 85 96 105 89
Number of Farms
1,067 856 745 769 955
1 ,037 944 749 628 370 316 236 163
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
414,600 924,618 2,046,792 2,262,032 1,235,131 2,045,480 2,156,353 3,285,114 3,475,352 4,384,870 4,903,056 7,466,992 10,823,000
Average (dol.)
389 1,080 2,747 2,942 1,293 1,972 2,284 4,386 5,534 11,851 15,516 31,639 66,399
Tractors
20
10 26 80 145 186 121 196 170
Trucks
98
124 145 225 360 286 258 244 192
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
249
28
224
59
238
65
299
42
270
66
263
128
277
224
160
(NA)
123
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
39 44 74
1
Production (bushels)
480 289 838
25
10
160
30
716
50
994
34
842
5
75
2
fin
1
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,208 888 854
1,229
2,090 2,178 1,969 1,748 1,589 1,052
1,114 781
2,463 2,440 2,634 2,164 2,642 1.685
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Marvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
148 409 535
86 284 111 89 106
14
15,441
32,837 39,803
9,368 43,143 21,682 17,695 32,531 11.000
PEACHES-' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
6,889 5,155 3,945 9,779 2,515 2,877 3,682
882 264 184 49
121 2,287
218 766 375 1,698 3,311
15 229
28 32
PECANS-7 -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1 1
16
1
4
300
7
50
7
250
SWEET .....
POTATOES-^-' ?-'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
125
9,480
111
10,133
125
10,561
79
6,676
93
8,288
168
11,888
231
14,067
14
2,427
3
1,432
5
540
243
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND US^ Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
10,276
3,098
1934
10,365
1,055
1939
11,193
1,632
1944
11,351
1,036
1949
7,336
4,588
1954
6,491
1,589
1959
5,076
1,367
1964
3,731
1,426
1969
2,758
1,185
1974
2,012
256
See fool;notes on last page.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
4,580 2,002 3,657 6,116 2,423
344 2,232 2,248 3,785 3,385
Woodland
92,961 50,353 28,292 37,213 36,998 31,795 30,027 26,134 19,000 18,895 13,370 6,620
Other Land
1,469 2,594 4,706 5,157 3,330 1,962 4,346 5,970 3,929 3,881 3,575 2,311
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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 2t500
Nun iber
1969 1974
*
6
10.
9
17
5
8
6
5
6
13
9
183
122
*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
RABUN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,023 4,450 4,531 2,497 3,965 2,886 3,391 2,751
3,379 2,560 3,072 2,806 3,368
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,684 2,361 1,807 1,230 1,943 1,676 1,721 1,460 1,850 1,415 1,591 1,417 1,511
Milk Cows
1,392 1,707 1,660 1,203
1,570
1,326 1,129
926 706 315 126
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,100 2,370 11,425 27,335
47,492 106,328 88,444 122,938 78,389 207,847
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,911 6,104 7,032 1,948 3,133 2,785 2,623 1,924 2,150 .1,449 1,000
985 568
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,440 227 440 437 337 313 359 216 138 141 47
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
11,343 15,471 20,166 16,985 22,922 23,681 27,670 23,793 24,061 11,928 5,443 1,437
803
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,345 13,812 20,137
11,970
33,754 160,650 830,840 832,042
9,203 2,712,985
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
56,610 52,779 61,788 111,586 57,054 119,973 160,618 74,680 96,053 85,368 8,795
(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.)
$ 27,591 $ 25,059
$ 28.8
33,946
34,284
27.9
65,739
46.7
92,120
52.8
332,995
68,810
59.4
678,705
168.6
219,518
64,592
171.7
672,385
61,716
157.2
1,710,000
80,000
90.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,250 3,250 3,150 3,000 3,300 3,200 3,500 3,600 3,600 3,500 4,000 4,000 3,600 2.900
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
850
950
750
900
690
850
510
900
450
900
350
900
320
1,100
300
1,200
300
1,280
150
1,300
140
1,420
120
1,600
120
no
1,600 1.390
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,450 1,600 1,610 1,590 1,950 1 ,950 2,080 2,100 2,020 2,050 2,440 2,280 1 ,880 1.400
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1,000 1 ,050 1 ,150 1,050 1,100 1,300 1,250 1,200
700 650
700 1 ,000
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of 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
RANDOLPH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Randolph County was created by Legislative Act of December 20, 1828 from part of Lee
County and was 75th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for John Randolph, the famous statesman of Roanoke, Virginia. His name was first given to the present Jasper County but his opposition to the War of 1812 made him so unpopular that the county was renamed. Eventually he regained his lost favor in the state and Randolph County
took his name. Originally Randolph County included the present counties of Quitman, Stewart and Webster as well as parts of Clay and Terrell. Cuthbert, the county seat, was incorporated in 1834 and was named for John A. Cuthbert a noted Congressman, editor and jurist.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 279,040 acres. There were 212 farms having a total of 138,775 acres with land and buildings valued at $40,411,000. The soils and climate of the county are
favorable for the production of cotton, peanuts, corn and to a lesser degree wheat. Peanuts were the most important cash crop. Corn usually occupied about 33 percent of the harvested cropland. Cotton yields had been near or in excess of a bale per acre since 1960. Better yields per acre for cotton, peanuts and corn and better
prices for these crops resulted in an increase in the value of all crops sold in 1974 to $12,585,000 which was
almost triple the amount realized from these crops in 1964.
.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 52 inches for Randolph
County July is normally the wettest month with an average of more than six inches of rainfall and October, with an average of just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is between 66 and 67 degrees and monthly averages range from around 51 degrees in December and January to 81 degrees in July
and August The freeze-free season averages more than 240 days in length, extending usually from around mid-
March to mid-November.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
T
3,185,548
T~ 1964
Amount 5,896,656
1974
Amount $
TT
15,657,000
eceivec
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms' with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,S11age 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
2,518,913
79.1
2,488,417
78.1
6,627
.2
23,869
.8
2,760
.1
29,808
.9
634,067 19.9
73,355
2.3
53,694
1.7
507,018 15.9
4,835,419 4,825,147
7,839 2,433
(D) 130,476 929,736 176,399
54,627 698,710
82.0 81.8
.1 .1
2.2 15.8
3.0 .9
11.9
15,601,000
12,585,000 12,566,000
2,426,000
1,267,000 105,000
8,768,000 13,000 7,000
NO /2 6 19;
80.7
80. eccJUM :NT!
LIBF
8.1 .7
56.2 .1
140,000 2,875,000
(D)
.9 18.4
(NA) 676,000 4.3
(D)
17,000
for individual farms. NA - Not available. PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Livestock, Poultry
& their Products
*"
19.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod
2. i%
All Livestock, Poultry *_ & their Products
18.4*
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Hort. Spec. & Forestry Prod.
1.05!
RANDOLPH COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
30,308 35,467 26,773
23,090 22.460 22.000 22,300 20,400 20,300 18,100 16,200 16,200 18,700 16,900 16,930 16,700 18,500 18,100 16,700 16.600 14,400 12,900 15,900 17,200 18,500 22,200 24,800
44,767 38,274 38,650 29,957 34,483 25,638
19,040 19,140 18,750 19,270 18,100 18,100 16,000 14.500 13,400 14,500 16,100 15,800 16,000 17,800 17,500 15.000 15,600 13,800 12,300 15,250 16,600 17,500 20,900 15,600
8.3 10.3
9.1 12.3 7.2 14.3
10.6 22.7 23.1 23.8 28.0 29.0 28.9 37.9 28.4 42.8 41.9 51.3 39.8 58.4 35.4 30.6 27.2 62.7 45.0 38.0 54.3 66.1 70.5 18.0
372,620 394,112 353,355 368,735 248,593 366,913
202,200 434,900 433,700 458,900 507,600 524,000 462,000 549,000 380,000 621,000 674,000 810,000 636,000 1,039,000 620,000 459,000 425,000 865,000 553,500 579,500 901,900 1,156,400 1,474,300 280,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested
"Yield'
-
for beans
per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
500 1,300
720 450 500 480 700 1,900 4,020 4,550 3,020 4,260
18.0 21.0 12.5 16.0 19.0 22.5 15.0 22.8 24.0 26.9 26.3 16.8
9,000 ' 27,300
9,000 7,200 9,500 10,800 10,500 43,300 96,500 122,400 79,400 71,600
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
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
51,211
179
59,809
195
34,372
107
39,721
204
17,537
134
6,950
222
6,300
294
5,800
417
5,370
394
3.990
341
2.585
459
4,380
362
4,410
468
4,870
478
4,790
507
4,830
560
4,690
657
4.260
591
3,090
493
2,880
526
3,550
397
3,750
482
3,500
436
3,600
595
4,200
476
3,785
639
5,150
641
2,460
504
.3,080
288
! 1,800
267
Bales
18,252 23,394
7,366 16,203 4,699 3,092
3,860 5,040 4,420 2,840 2,480 3,310 4,310 4,860 5,060 5,650 6,440 5,260 3,180 3,170 2,950 3,770 3,180 4,460 4,170 5,050 6,900 2,590 1,850 1,000
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield^
per acre Productior (lbs.) 1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT ' Yield
Ibu.J
28,859 31,053
22,075 23,220 22,420 22,360 22,000 20,180 18,650 18,820 18,730 18,940 19,090 19,315 19,200 18,690 20,180 20,585 20,730 20,810 21,245 21,035 20,413 20,624 20,410 20,384
781 898 1,077 838 1,163 1,061 1,228 1,218 1,113 1,475 1,626 1,636 1,352 1,816 1,837 1,825 1,761 2,141
2,069 2,320 2,984 3,026 2,595 2.698
14,804 24,828
17,251 ?0,856 24,136 18,730 25,583 21,419 22,902 22,914 20,854 27,940 31,049 31 ,590 25,950 33,944 37,066 37,564 36,514 44,545 43,951 48,804 60,922 62,408 52,974 54.998
526 20 455 30
259
430 240 340 170 220 300 270 250 150 300 340 280 320 820 1,100 1,170 1,130 2,730 3,180 1,960 2,830 2,080 1,800
1.320
23.5 14.8 18.2 16.0 27.5 24.5 28.0 29.5 28.0 31.5 34.0 25.0 35.0 27.0 27.8 47.3 29.7 38.5 18.5 27.5 20.6 30.0 34.5
39,0
(bu.)
3,230 136
3,521 478
1,793
10,110 3,550 6,190 2,720 6,050 7,350 7,560 7,380 4,200 9,450
11,500 7,000
11,200 22,100 30,600 55,300 33,600 105,200 58,900 53,900 58,300 62,400 62,100 5l,;nn
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
RANDOLPH COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
16,847 18,841 16,721 17,174
16,609
13,804
11,078
8,734
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,872 11,661 11,317
8,714 6,360
3,415
924
3,293 3,273 3,022
1,979
1,275
509
8,579 8,388 8,295
4,381
2,140
415
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
263,680 263,680 263,680 263,680 263,680 279,040 279,040 279,040 279,040 279,040 279,040 279,040 279.040
Percent in Farms
81.2 86.7 71.8 69.4 96.6 68.1 68.7 78.9 77.3 62.4 55.2 51.2 49.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
214,135 228,588 189,292
183,058 254,724 189,920 191,640 220,095 215,644 173,989 154,067 142,869 138,775
Average Size Farms
(acres)
97 95 82 82 127 97 90 146 212 267 415 518 655
Number Of Farms
2,219 2,416 2,315 2,227 2,013 1,952 2,121 1,508 1,016
651 371 276 212
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
Average
(dol-)
1,617,070 3,775,302 6,257,126 4,608,596 4,136,879 3,413,623 4,864,174 6,169,228 8,118,560 9,588,579 14,756,154
21,430,357 40,411,000
729 1,563 2,703 2,069 2,055 1,749 2,293 4,091 7,991 14,729 39,774 77,646 190,619
Tractors
32
54 159 472 625 635 638 534 494
Trucks
43
79 125 399 543 402 464 352 391
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
539
108
503
71
539
90
616
124
572
166
467
187
438
242
217 237
IS!
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,668 4,980 1,375
354 421 1,506 2,132 1,508 4,572 1,434 969 409 252
16,440 103,382
25,362 8,466 10,080 26,033 53,540 34,831 139,317 58,135 46,180 20,216 9,446
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres] (tons)
2,979 4.528 27,731 26,192
17,928 12,581
2,899 3,435 1,448 2,578
1,386 7,900
5,757 5,784 3,291 5,426 3,635 5,963
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value
(acres) (dol.)
38
2,936
110
48
2,902
19,560
128
2,766
80
6,627
87
5,066
45
7,839
16
1,283
24
13,000
PEACHES 1/ y
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
133,090 54,629 31,893 22,374 7,221 2,491 1,140 907 230 14
20,612 16,556 19,073 8,940
1,427 318 2
1,135 51 13
PECANS 1/ If
~RTT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
7,619 39,158
22,932
42,274 63,349 22,759 20,225 10,006
2.187
556 9,984 24,378
156,282 781,470 201,041
75,082 225,197
-6,985 99,026 15.290
SWEET ,...
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tlon
(acres) (bushels)
723
46,462
374
28,968
749
71,670
347
43,257
755
68,748
388
34,199
140
16,970
119
11,568
37
2,805
46
4,789
39
1,900
80
8,000
Year
Harvested Cropland
fS? I I AND USE ACRES 5/
Idle or
lowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
89,959
23,014
1934
96,647
38,954
1939
89,478
15,059
1944
83,856
37,373
1949
74,622
25,330
1964
62,634
19,535
1959
49,075
14,272
1964
45,585
12,017
1969
41,218
12,304
1974
50,205
_5^812_
See foo notes on laast page.
5,165 7,049 8,521 6,782 9,438
14,410
9,947 8,644 12,737
10.797
Woodland
69,923 55,412 43,092 89,991 63,485 55,637 97,968 97,720 83,441 72,252 61,671 43,971
Other Land
19,906 16,034 21,047 21,261 11,142
7,687 12,737 21,345 17,254 15,569 14,939 27,980
Farms by Value of Products Sold
hviBby
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 2J00
51
52
31
30
27
38
20
30
18
38
13
88
52
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
189?> 1909 1919 19291934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
RANDOLPH COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,275 4,181 5,294 2,852 6,486 3,427 5,463 6,058 11,065 10,335 12,246 12,087 13,477
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1.741 2.664 2.950 1,888 3,043 2,169 2,762 3,293 6,288 5,567 6,515 6,524 6.786
Milk Cows
1,438 2,274 2,617 1,690
1,908
1,482 1,103
654 228 225
22
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
12.808 10,308 17,548 36,245
14,166 34,500 33,475 108,195 102,488 104,131 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,498 13.449 19,345
7,774 14,382
9,833 13,467 14,208 12,939 13,040
8,450 8,313 8,915
Sows Farrowing 5/
2,951 828
1,654 1,832 2,093 2,092 2,251 2,355 1,473 1,452 1,436
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
37,750 38,659 42,974 34,422 40,711 35.839 39,684 27,508 31,472 38,938 24,304 78,194 33,652
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,748 7,676
13,265
8,684
5,552 27,389 19,614 11,512
(D) 33,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
141,850 166,305 135,290 194,111 149,679 158,187 247,092
38,251 141,365 380,376 411,448
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 17,937 $ 292,639 $ 138.8
15,155
169,209
130.3
35,504
158.3
144,902
323.8
203,728
499,267
359.1
170,323
340.7
211.023
742,417
410.4
507,572
920,640
554.1
841,000
1,911,000
874.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,000 12,800 12,900 13,500 13,300 13,800 14,000 14,100 14,200 14,400 16,100 16,000 15,400 14.000
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
270 260 250 210 250 240 220 200 200
80 180 180 180 180
Other
6,550 6,650 6,500 6,850 7,050 7,350 7,450 7,500 7,550 7,800 8,650 8,500 7,600 6,960
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,180 5,890 6,150 6,440 6,000 6,210 6,330 6,400 6,450 6,520 7,270 7,320 7,620 6,860
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
8,500 8,500 9,500 8,650 9,350 10,850 10,300 9,900 10,100 9,250 7,700 9,000 12.100
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 in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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RICHMOND COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B7B Richmond County was created by Legislative Act of February 5 1777 (first organized a<= thP Parish of St Paul in 1758) from land acquired from the Creek Indians in the treaty
The county originally included parts of four other counties: Columbia, Jefferson,
According to 5^974 ^^^^^ J^Tt SS 0^0^ ^hmoKun^es on^dNOV 2 6 1979
having a total of 38,640 acres with land and buildings va ued at $I8,UJ4 uuu K
SUSCeptible to
just below the fall line in an area where some of the soils are deep n tnax
y
anization.
SueVsale^of SC1S SlS X^priSa^y^o^a ^g^an turkeys, wa^ $900,000 in DOCUMENTS
197U4Vn! SaccounteSfor yalmostPone-third of the value of .11 f.TM pro due ts sold. Richmond County has an average annual precipitation of around 4jncnes a
,,0AA-H.tfiA LIBRARIES
|
f
as much as
Weather Service. Distribution is fairly uniform ^roughoot the year^ witn om
y
a a
Jhe ay
e
r.ks1Tdr1eM^ *^ '""" five inches of rainfall and only ctber.fhdJ^fvera "^"ranging from jt under 47 degrees in mid-winter
s fr m
MarCh 2 t0 alm St
mid-November and averages about 240 days in length.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount
1,032,131
1,550,334
1974 Amount $~
3,069,000
TV
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
310,205 302,185
30.1 29.3
6,016 2,004
234,486 13,672
473,768 116,297 172,948 184,523
.6 .2
22.7 1.3
45.9 11.3 16.7 17.9
364,086 328,305
34,122 1,659
173,500 23,208
989,540 526,563 160,083 302,894
23. 21.
2.2 .1
11.2 1.5
63.8 34.0 10.3 19.5
2,999,000
1,422,000 1,403,000
985,000
220,000 27,000
171,000 17,000 2,000
(D) (D)
1,490,000 900,000 219,000 371,000 180,000 (D)
(D)
47.4 46.8 32.9
7.3 .9
5.7 .5 .1
49.7 30.0 7.3 12.4
6.0
Government Payments 1/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock more sales. Percentages for 1954 included in total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omiss
percentages for 1974 were computed using total V
and 1964 based on sales from All nfarms 3/ Avail of commodity percentages. D - Data witnneia to
15,000
ions. 2/ Not comparable for alue from farms with $2500 or able only for 1974, not avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
Other Livestock & / Livestock Prod. 17.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Dairy Products 7.3%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 24.0%
Poultry & Poultry Products 11.3%
Other Livestock & "--Livestock Prod. 12.
Forestry Products Hort. Spec. 2.9%
V Poultry & Poultry ' Products 30.0%
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 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
RICHMOND COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
13,843 19,419
7,965
6,222 5,120 4,200 3,800 3,600 3,700 3,030 2,720 2,600 3,090 2,950 2,550 2,640 2,800 2,670 4,170 2,820 2,700 2,500 2,600 2,700 2,700 3,100 3,400
17,017 17,499 19,888 13,037 18,221 7,184
4,710 4,160 3,290 3,020 2,800 2,900 2,340 2,250 2,070 2,570 2,500 2,220 2,240 2,400 2,350 3,850 2,530 2,500 2,300 2,400 2,490 2,630 2,970 1,790
10.3 11.9 12.2 12.5 8.8 13.3
6.4 17.9 16.0 15.9 22.2 20.3 22.6 24.4 21.7 33.1 38.4 38.7 39.7 47.1 43.0 47.8 25.3 38.4 44.0 52.0 55.3 61.1 69.6 12.0
175,570 208,541 243,234 163,197 160,446
95,513
30,100 74,500 52,600 47,900 62,200 59,000 53,000 55,000 45,000 85,000 96,000 86,000 89,000 113,000 101,000 184,000 64,000 96,000 101,200 124,800 137,700 160,800 206,600 21,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
780 540 580 620 320 480 650 930 1,800 2,300 3,500 4,000 4,500 5,600 7,060 7,320 10,930 6,300 7,290
11.0 14.0 13.5 11.5 17.5 22.5 19.5 16.0 24.0 18.0 27.0 23.5 20.0 13.5 17.7 21.2 19.0 15.7 17.0
8,580 7,560 7,830 7,130 5,600 10,800 12,675 14,880 43,290 41,400 94,500 94,000 90,000 75,600 125,000 155,200 207,700 98,900 123,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yie Id
per acre
(lb s.)
Production (1,000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
8,520
226
18,342
235
23,067
238
10,658
188
8,632
295
6,026
150
2,670
217
2,550
253
2,260
226
1,310
302
650
383
1,480
297
1,540
230
1,630
252
1,810
202
1,710
351
1,630
404
1,400
416
870
476
290
514
850
129
900
248
1,000
294
1,200
257
1,300
346
1,205
463
1,230
376
200
350
. 480
231
185
54
3,784 8,630 11,007 4,012 5,098 1,803
1,210 1,350 1,060
820 520 920 740 860 760 1,260 1,370 1,220 860 310 230 465 615 640 935 1,160 960 145 230
2T
421 1,688
440 320 330 280 290 200 230 160 175 125
85 110 145 155 230 260 265 260 270 270 268 266 280 289
31 1 5C 3 54 5 58 6 63 8 4E 5 57 0 62 5 4E 7 53 6 43 5 1,06 4 1,12 4 1.5S 4 1,76 1 2.1C 4 1.9S 6 2,55 8 2.1E 9 2,52 6 2,81 0 2,61 3 1,37 5 2,57 1
252 657
137 161 180 164 * 185 .97 131 100
80 67 37 117 163 247 405 547 529 665 583 682 753 695 385 743
241 169 790 284
686
600 490 540 570 370 590 460 540 280 200 150 120 150 550 620 560 600 1,240 550 820 750 630 360 260
16.9 12.4 19.7 14.0 20.0 17.0 19.5 19.5 17.5 20.0 20.5 23.0 26.0 24.0 26.8 55:4 41.0 40.1 22.0 23.5 26.0 33.2 26.6 31.5
1,290 1,889 5,297 3,669
6,755
10,130 6,090
10,620 7,980 7,400
10,030 8,970
10,530 4,900 4,000 3,080 2,760 3,900 13,200 16,600 31,000 24,600
49,700 12,100 19,300 19,500 20,900
9,580 8,190
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
53,735 58,886 63,692 72,990
81,863
108,876
135,601
162,437
RICHMOND COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
5,744 7,094 7,081 5,594 2,986
597
982
2,959 3,857 3,709
1,786
443
903
2,785 3,237 3,372
1,200
154
79
___^^_--___
204,160 204,160 204,160 204,160 204,160 208,000 208,000 208,000 208,000 208,000 208,000 206,912 206,912
Percent in Farms
56.8 70.9 64.0 47.7 61.0 52.9 39.3 47.0 35.4 19.8 17.8 19.2 18.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
115,883 144,724 130,611
97,437 124,437 110,080
81,739 97,656 73,600 41,222 37,089 39,647 38,640
Average Size Farms
(acres)
110 108
82 101 108 120
69 139 154 181 173 215 274
Number of Farms
1,053 1,344 1,584
967 1,147
920 1,185
704 478 228 214 184 141
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Year
189s 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
J.doU_
Average
1,416,815 3,329,312 5,666,545 3,659,141 2,796,436 2,759,455 4,523,965 5,516,544 5,603,594 5,127,036 6,032,874 11,481,208 18,034,000
1,346 2,477 3,577 3,784 2,438 2,999 3,818 7,836 11,723
22,487
28,191
62,397 127,899
Tractors
39
78 198 331 225 196 151 219 175
Trucks
186
219 285 308 233 176 175 199 181
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
449
89
505
105
831
369
562
294
390
293
184
157
218
166
139
(NA)
124
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,173 2,917
897 455
1,563 1,492
2,794
1,748
3,495 1,502
524 178
125
48,020 55,970 11,599
9,396
35,965
30,673 65,200 29,545
87,292
39,461
17,050
10,670
5,086
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
3,673 1,763 5,893 3,693
2,543 1,807
877 1,001
767 859
1,405 4,725
2,162 1,370 1,112 2,212 2,200 1-709
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
940 1,109 1,046
1,092 190 226 230 291
2
62,446
38,513 159,172
71,571 6,016
14,372 34,122 65,769 17.000
PEACHES ~ -
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
20,012
90,631 23,112
30,198
16,917
10,476 13,003
2,944 445 225 80 20
1,510 14,204
3,984
8,183 6,524
721 1,208
203 98 238
1/ 3/ PECANS
"ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
721 3,543
130 971 2,891 3,550
4,663
5,460 1,832 2,198
952
15,459 29,051 22,533
2,704 15,855
735
SWEET yy
POTATOES " -/.
Harvested (acres)
Productlon
(bushels)
865
50,952
840
69,833
615
57,476
512
39,875
790
39,514
499
33,917
316
24,211
119
8,944
47
3,545
43
5,045
13
3,553
Year
Harvested Cropland
,,"" USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
P lowabl e
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
30,769
12,373
1934
39,809
18,310
1939
39,637
9,417
1944
31,962
8,922
1949 1954
24,764 17,385
15,446 9,468
1959 1964
10,347 8,253
4,647 3,160
1969
10,140
4,038
t 1974
13,288
1,808
See footnotes on last page
2,843 5,381 7,890 6,739 9,449 6,266 5,802 4,140 4,463 2,647
Woodland
58,325 57,328 41,175 51,747 47,233 24,641 40,482 33,601 16,406 15,514 14,665 14,041
Other Land
14,374 2,462 7,581 6,176 5,307 9,297 7,515 6,880 4,020 6,022 6,341 6,856
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
6
10
12
7
3
5
15
14
13
29
20
119
72
*Farm numbers with value, of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969. c
r
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
RICHMOND COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,968 2,920 3,536 2,638 4,448 3,169 4,642 3,081 4,427 3,096 3,513 2,955 3,355
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,212 2,197 2,330 1,677 2,698 1,897 3,364 1,634 2,244 1,558 1,685 1,424 1,894
Milk Cows
986 1,819 2,153 1,649
1,840
1,206 1,058
445 461 305 313
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
95,667 213,715 252,396 537,011
405,156 692,925 408,620 335,805 188,700 317,028
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,667 5,650 8,044 2,364 4,607 4,173 6,541 4,818 2,984 4,807 4,221 3,557 2,078
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,113 280 589 486 694 433 538 991 368 429 222
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 77
29,142 26,915 35,993 31,301 36,671 23,819 52,566 31,519 23,887 49,566 62,970 86,640
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,769 5,401
16,049
16,877
18,542 51 ,664 45,353 31,407 33,330
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 1/
84,140 103,529 133,930 187,301 146,546 118,574 383,814 131,072 137,157 371 ,432 765,394
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 142,261 $ 113,875
$ 188.0
71 ,581
70,555
152.2
336,561
239.8
203,990
336.3
164,215
100,133
187.8
146,176
155.4
337,279
95,549
151.6
417,742
214,270
229.2
674,000
409,000
249.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,700 3,500 3,350 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,300 3,400 3,400 3,400 3,300 3,010
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
550 500 470 440 400 400 350 320 320 280 300 320 320 320
Other
1,300 1,200 1,200 1,250 1,300 1,350 1,300 1,300 1,280 1,330 1,470 1,400 1,300 1,200
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,850 1 ,800 1,680 1,710 1,700 1 ,650 1,750 1,780 1,700 1,790 1,630 1,680 1,680 1,490
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
4,250 4,000 4,450 3,700 4,000 4,650 4,400 4,250 3,900 3,550 2,900 4,000 4,400
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. ~T> - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
0O.C7
ROCKDALE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1871
N0V2 61979
Rockdale County was created by Legislative Act of October 18, 1870 from parts of Newton and Henry counties and was the 133rd county in Georgia in order of organization.
Historians differ as to the origin of the name, one stating that the county^was named [IjPXUIViENTS Rockdale Church while another associates the name with "the bed of subterranlan granite ,,.,.,,..,,,.,, which underlies this section of the State." Conyers, the county seat, took its nameUibttut-^'--'"-^ 1843 from Dr. Conyers of Covington who deeded to the Georgia Railroad the right of way through his prooerty in Rockdale County and the land for the railway station.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 81,792 acres making it
e among counties in the State- There were 139 farms having a total of 20,336 acres with land and buildinas valued at $32,431,000. Rockdale County lies in an area where granite outcroppings are quite frequent and some of the soils are very shallow. These soils are seriously affected by deficient moisture in dry seasons The number and size of farms is influenced by the nearness to the metropolitan areas of Atlanta and
its suburbs where a number of rural residents have employment and utilize their holdings only as part-time farmers Livestock, poultry and their products accounted for almost three-fourths the value of all farm
products sold in 1974 and were about equally divided between dairy, poultry and other livestock. The NOAA-National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 48 inches for
Rockdale County. March and October, with averages of almost six inches and three inches of rainfall, respec-
tively are normally the wettest and driest months. The average annual temperature 1s about 62 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from around 44 degrees in January to 79 degrees in July The freeze-free season averages about 215 days in length, with the average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes coming
about the first of April and in early November, respectively.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PR00UCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $"
1964 Amount
812,118
748,992
1974 Amount $~ 1,048,000
TT7
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains
866,000
471,644
58.1
180,855
24.1
445,029
54.8 173,622
23.2
(D)
(NA)
48,000
5.5
Tobacco
Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Silage
70,000
8.1
Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
5,835 20,780
.7
6,288
2.6
945
.8 .1
(D)
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle & Calves
8,140
(D)
5,080
.6
13,525
335,394 142,198
93,109
41.3 546,472 17.5 186,969 11.5 195,740
73.0 25.0 26.1
712,000 82.2 230,000 26.6
(D)
100,087
12.3 163,763
21.9
(NA) 115,000 13.3
Hogs & Pigs
Sheep, Lambs & wool
(D)
Misc. Livestock & LS Products
2,000
Government Payments 1/
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock
minocrleuddseeaddlesin
Percentages for 1954 total for computation
for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and om ssions.
percentages for 1974 were computed using total value and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to, avoi
2/ Not comparable for
from farms with $2500 or only for 1974, not d disclosing information
for individual farms. NA - Not available
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Poultry & their Prod. 41.3%
~ Crops, Forestry Products ^ & Hort. Spec. 17.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
1974 1975 1976 1977
ROCKDALE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
AH acres)
CORN
Harvested Vield for grain per acre
iacres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
10,019 13,367
7,557
4,980 4,310 3,200 2,600 2,200 2,200 1,780 1,570 1,460
930 800 800 800 830 820 770 770 850 850 600 500 450 650
12,007 10,429 11,710
9,893 13,227
6,783
4,480 3,930 2,660 2,200 1,700 1,900 1,530 1,320 1,220
730 680 660 670 750 730 650 640 750 750 540 450 400 590
10.1 9.5
13.6 10.0
8.4 14.5
9.2 24.4 23.5 21.8 29.2 22.4 24.2 26.5 23.8 35.6 38.2 34.8 34.3 44.0 37.0 30.8 15.6 38.7 50.0 40.0 36.4 37.5 44.1
120,910 99,590
159,627 99,051
110,983 98,556
41,000 95,900 62,500 48,000 49,700 42 ,500 37,000 35,000 29,000 26,000 26,000 23,000 23,000 33,000 27,000 20,000 10,000 29,000 37,500 21,600 16,400 15,000 26,000
Year
USDA 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvestea for beans
i ieia per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
140
20.0
2,800
460
20.7
9,500
430
23.0
9,900
530
24.7
13,100
420
22.1
9,300
500
18.8
9,400
IAcreage
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT ^ield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
neia per acre
16,457 19,131 23,561 12,530
7,458 6,057
3,580 3,420 3,050 1,560
775 1,460 1,200 1,120 1,170 1,010
750 770 490 280 500 250 400 400 340
no
186 187 244 206 289 206
291 257 199 288 483 462 266 392 432 353 453 386 178 275 158 216 160 248 221
164
6,018 7,180 11,504 5,159 4,311 2,492
2,170 1,830 1,270
940 780 1,410 670 920 1,060 750 710 620 180 160 165 110 135 205 155
38
2,524 751 744 240
1,190 439
370 270 220 300 130 190 170 180
50 100 100
70 60 210 130 50
50
90 90
14.4 13.4 18.2 18.0 24.0 21.5 24.5 22.0 22.5 16.0 17.0 16.0 20.0 20.0 21.5 28.0
21.0
29.6 30.6
15,190 5,541 7,836 1,963
12,332 4,514
5,330 3,610 4,000 5,400 3,120 4,080 4,160 3,960 1,125 1,600 1,700 1,120 1,200 4,200 2,800 1,400
1,050
2,660 2.750
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
ROCKDALE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
7,515 8,916 9,521 7,247
7,724
8,464
10,572
18,152
FARM POPULATTM
Total
White
NonWhite
4,877 4,537 4,762 4,599 3,966
1,347
1,038
3,052 3,076 3,147
2,611
953
787
1,825 1,461 1,615
1,355
394
251
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
76,160 76,160 76,160 76,160 76,160 81,920 81,920 81,920 81,920 81,920 81,920 81,792 81,792
Percent in Farms
96.8 97.5 86.9 85.0 88.2 85.3 84.3 79.4 47.4 53.0 30.6 24.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
73,749 74,268 66,162 64,749 72,230 69,864 69,066 65,048 38,793 43,402 25,035 20,336
Average Size Farms
(acres)
72 60 60 67 82 89 69 88 102 120 120 136 146
Number
of Farms
1,082 1,240 1,236
985 793 809 1,016 783 636 323 361 184
139
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-)
834,760 1,699,987 5,109,904 1,341,648 "1,049,585 1,427,880 2,237,455 3,078,756 5,334,132 3,890,858 8,948,107 13,935,205 32,431,000
Average
771 1,371 4,134 1,362 1,324 1,765 2,202 3,932 8,387 12,046 24,787 75,734 233,314
Tractors
12
28 57 130 212 230 182 181 166
Trucks
47
73 108 140 182 199 234 148 161
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
394
71
359
24
537
81
339
57
437
249
341
239
427
261
187
(NA)
133
NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,584 1,518
486 45 160 589 689 933 856 138 42 16 18
Production
(bushels)
11,940 18,342
7,359 679
2,237 11,810 17,292 19,146 24,196
3,320 790 600 400
ALL HAY EXCEPI
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). tons)
1,192 339
1,443 2,895
3,219 3,267 1,792 2,045 1,310 1,724
274 1,190
2,706 2,551 1,873 2,688 1,749 4,763
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested
Value
(acres) (dol.)
43
3,960
190
257
6,543
8,043
152
4,077
126
5,835
121
9,231
86
6,288
6
1,250
16
(D)
^PEACHES 1/1/
"ATI
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
28,712
20,449
2,610
19,537 13,713
5,253 1,284
10,854 14,307 14,735
7,902 4,555 11,354
12,339 5,942 13,876
1,053 1,829
6,665
7,949
PECANS 1/1/
ITT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
699 898
935
867 412 383 1,500
705 1,386
9,038 19,131
3,185 1,088 4,326
205
5WTET
POTATOES 1/1/
Produc-
vested
tlon
(acres)
170
(bushels) 14,944 M
209
21,496
277
32,779
145
14,594
377
30,245
298
28,309
37
2,325
78
7,631
15
1,511
3
290
13
1,188
TANI) list TM.ACRES- M
Year
Harvested Cropland
Idlee or Fallow
Rowable Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
24,504
24,969 27,855 24,673 19,407
13,242 6,329
4,467 2,202
2,282
10,004 "5,774
5,253 10,547 8,442
6,724
3,751 6,429
1,015 500
See footnotes on last page
2,807 2,722 4,205
781 4,727 2,616 6,132 3,656 8,081 6,704
Woodland
.22,085 17,222 17,570 23,576 26,413 26,105 28,542 27,684 15,936 17,247
9,581 6,410
Other Land 9,998 11,769 10,976 7,526 8,366 7,736 7,948 14,782 6,645 11,603 4,156 4,440
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Hunger 1969 1974 1
$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
4
3
1
7
1
4
4
6
15
9
13
155
101
*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
ROCKDALE COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,002 2,248 2,444 1,336 1,904 1,680 2,652 2.434 4,632 3,743 4,436 2.937 4,035
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
995 .1,486 . 1,389
854 1,097
948 1,240 1,202 2.428 1,816 2,042 1.408 2.323
Milk Cows
890 1,182 1,347
851
938
678 733 598 458 296 262
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
6,500 11,738
5,968 19,322
8,903 41,827 54,191 195,118 468,512 382,663
(NA) (HA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
2,973 1,819 3,743
891 1,294 1,560 2,150 1,372 1,924 2,359
803 296
32
Sows Farrowing 5/
173 70
143 150 183
90 281 463
87 85
7
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
32,637 22,012 28,884 19,647 23,346 27.864 33.195 19,070 25,176 25,115 36.258
(D) 321
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
9,726 3,234 6,136
16,273
18,067 108,817 168,907
(D) (D)
1
Eggs Produced (dozen) 1!
74,970 51,399 88,447 114,795 75,054 200,570 220,887 49,141 154,324 158.371 324.673
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti nzer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 14.738
$ 80,610
$ 16.3
36.368
63,247
34.0
54,596
44.1
54,870
46.1
272.015
110,547
137.1
330,804
84.1
161,381
80,553
78.7
209,190
79,438
63.4
493,000
79,000
68.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
4,700 4,650 4,450 4,300 4,000 4,000 4,300 4,400 4,400 4,500 5,300 5,000 4,900 3,570
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
550 500 490 460 400 350 350 300 300 280 290 150 130 140
Other
1,650 1.700 1,550 1,500 1,550 1,600 1,710 1,850 1,920 1,950 2,220 2,000 1,800 1,500
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,500 2,450 2,410 2,340 2,050 2,050 2,240 2,250 2,180 2,270 2,790 2,850 2,970 1,930
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
800 600 650
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. ~D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
SCHLEY COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Schley County was created by Legislative Act of December 27, 1857 from parts of Macon, Marion and Sumter counties, all originally Lee County. Schley County was 122nd in order of counties organized in Georgia and was named for William Schley, Governqn_.:,.,,J of Georgia and a jurist of distinction. Ellaville, the county seat, was first rveCeiVeCI incorporated November 23, 1859 and was re-incorporated in 1883.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 103,680 acres
making it 153rd in size among counties in the State. There were 121 farms havlnfcinV 9 fi 1Q7Q a total of 74,047 acres with land and buildings valued at $21,004,000. Soybeans"07 " u ,:3'3
and peanuts were the principal cash crops. In the early forties, peanut yields were around 650 pounds
Per acre; since 1970> 2000 pounds per acre had been exceeded each year. The importance of livestock,,,,,...r-M-ro.
poultry and their products had Increased 1n recent years and 1n 1974 accounted for 45.2 percent of tJrPCUiViEiNTS
value of all farm products sold.
UGA LIBRARIES
Schley County has an average annual rainfall of about 48 inches according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service. The average for July is around five and one-half inches of rainfall, making this the
county's wettest month. October averages just over two inches and is normally the driest month. The
temperature average for the year is about 65.5 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 49 degrees
in mid-winter to just over 80 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free season averages about 240 days 1n
length extending usually from just after mid-March to just before mid-November.
.Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS 1
1954
Amount $
i
1964
1,042,324
1,554,483
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si1 age 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
777,266
74.6
1,030,658
747,902
71.8
991,291
15,943
1.5
13.421
1.3
25,799
2.5
239,259
22.9
24,326
2.3
48,381
4.6
166,552
16.0
37,793 1,574
96,677 427,148 116,359
78,552 232,237
i ""
66.3 63.8
2.4 .1
6.2 27.5 7.5
5.1 14.9
1974 4,292,000
i* *T<7/
4,263,000
2,247,000 52.7 2,029,000 47.6
765,000 18.0
79,000 1.8
28 000
7
1,157,000 27.1
162,000 3.8
56,000 1.3
91,000 2.1
1,925,000 45.2 638,000 15.0 451,000 10.6 836,000 19.6 227.000 5.3 608.000 14.3
1,000
Government Payments 3/
21,000
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 2.5% Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.8% ---Dairy Prod. 4.6% --Poultry & Poultry
Products 2.3%
* Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 16.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 y Forestry Products 2.1% _^Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 5.1%
-- Dairy Prod. 10.6%
Poultry & Poultry Products 15.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.6%
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
SCHLEY COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,359 15,618 11,053
13,880 13,330 12,200 11,600 11,200 10,600 8,600 7,100 6,100 6,600 5,600 5,270 5,210 5,500 5,000 6,340 3,960 6,250 6,150 6,750 7,120 7,800 9,750 9,050
16,351 15,797 17,174 15,252 15,525 10,092
11,950 11,750 10,160
9,800 9,400 8,900 7,300 6,000 5,100 5,290 4,700 4,440 4,400 4,750 4,300 5,590 3,350 5,100 5,350 6,000 6,600 7,540 9,100 3,040
7.5 8.7 9.0 10.1 7.3 13.8
11.8 25.3 20.0 23.3 33.9 24.2 29.9 34.7 29.4 32.7 36.0 41.9 30.9 51.6 33.0 41.5 29.0 54.9 48.0 54.0 54.3 57.2 50.0 12.0
122,600 137,292 153,813 154,160 112,710
139,641
140,900 297,300 203,200 228,500 319,000 215,400 218,000 208,000 150,000 173,000 169,000 186,000 136,000 245,000 142,000 232,000 97,000 280,000 256,800 324,000 358,600 431,300 454,700 36,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
120 170 240 1,480 2,000 1,400 1,000 1,300 1,600 1,700 2,090 1,360 3,030 1,210 2,800
19.0 23.0 22.0 28.0 28.5 16.5 21.5 20.0 23.0 12.2 17.7 22.9 25.7 24.4 22.5
2,280 3,910 5,280 41,440 57,000 23,100 21 ,500 26,000 36,800 20,700 37,000 31 ,100 77,900 29,500 63,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
PEANUTS Acreage Yield
Harvested per acre (lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested
(1,000 lb$
WHEAT
Yield
per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
16,113 19,311 16,100 15,554 7,646
6,318
179
5,711
182
7,055
91
2,922
164
5,122
200
3,062
4,208
223
2,818
4,553
375
28
539
121
2,350
3,041
465
1,790 224
5,439 1,084
6,035
4,370 4,100 3,860 2,680 1,595 2,810 2,380 2,500 2,630 2,760 2,580 2,200 1,220
560 880 900 900 700 800 350 455
32 305
38
270
2,450
2,880
493
1,419
368
3,140
3,350
760
2,545
361
2,910
3,210
1,084
3,479
320
1,790
3,090
718
2,218
436
1,450
3,110
1,067
3,319
342
2,000
2,800
906
2,536
313
1,550
2,480
1,025
2,543
373
1,950
2,540
1,161
2,950
375
2,060
2,590
1,019
2,639
468
2,700
2,600
1,401
3,643
490
2,630
2,620
1,525
3,996
377
1,730
2,605
1,623
4,227
398
1,010
2,430
1,678
4,078
314
360
2,425
1,539
3,733
302
560
2,715
1,620
4,397
371
695
2,830
1,767
5,000
239
450
2,920
2,065
6,030
356
520
2,955
2,336
6,903
281
470
2,975
2,337
6,954
431
315
3,020
2,184
6,596
382
365
2,903
3,206
9,306
156
10
3,172
3,332
10.570
210
135
3,249
3,164
10,279
79
6
3.24?
2.509 1 8.151
440 170 350 270 150 170
20 30 60 90 120 130 120 310 160
170 330 310 320 390
43?308
19.8 14.8 19.8 18.5 25.0 26.0 26.0 27.0 25.0 31.0 36.0 34.0 32.0 27.1 30.6
37.1 39.1 17.0 26.5 19.7 25.1 28.7 28.6
8,710 2,520 6,930 5,000 3,750 4,420
520 810 1,500 2,800 4,320 4,420 3,840 8,400 4,900
'6,300 12,900
5,270 8,480 7,680 10,800 11,200 2,000
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
SCHLEY COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
----
Total Population
5,499 5,213 5,243 5,347
5,033
4,036
3,256
3,097
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
4,479 3,870 3,914 2,963 2,629
981
902
1,621 1,493 1,503
1,020
419
417
2,858 2,377 2,411
1,609
562
485
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
98,560 98,560 98,560 98,560 98,560 103,680 103,680 103,680 103,680 103,680 103,680 103,680 103.680
Percent in Farms
94.3 99.9 90.6 81.5 93.6 84.7 82.1 93.2 92.5 67.9 61.1 64.5 71.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
92,974 98,487 89,261 80,292 92,283 87,828 85,117 96,619 95,882 70,426 63,395 66,923 74,047
Average Size Farms
(acres)
116 118 107 106 106 140 134 188 239 253 350 354 612
Number of Farms
802 837 833 758 872 629 637 514 401 278 181 189 121
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
519,030 1,052,081 2,171,670 1,523,092 1,111,141 1,067,385 1,524,093 2,602,382 2,997,475 3,926,750 6,243,233 9,081,240 21,004,000
647 1,257 2,607 2,009 1,274 1,697 2,393 5,063 7,475 14,125 34,493 48,048 173.583
Tractors
16
33 73 195 385 237 299 262 184
Trucks
37
44 66 151 304 201 258 229 169
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
215
48
223
34
277
44
178
24
286
103
219
89
226
116
184
(NA)
112
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acresj (bushels)
1,001 1,216
546 146 252 521 863 512 1,211 584 204 426 105
8,840 21,159 10,036
3,622 5,126 6,753 21,956 11,941 41,053 26,230 14,415 24,900 5.200
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,643 453
1,910 5,227
4,289 3,003
773 1,016
776 1,057
243 564
1,678 1,911
933 1,515 1,979 2.987
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SAlE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1,319 503 421
433 392 296 489 346 462
45,033
5,893 6,128 18,400 15,943 9,070 37,793 32,008 162.000
PEACHES 1/ %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
73,590 7,322 52,871
36,422 9,906
28,746 9,883 21,536 2,510 144 223 3
1 3,976 4,060. 26,410 12,481 21,787 16,883 15,218 2,000
59 6 2
PECANS y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,299 3,300
13,406
16,074 10,704
6,852 6,724 7,966 5.313
565 7,861 11,650
110,119 186,944
93,154 16,650 116,747
5,420 219,060
92.498
SWEET ....
POTATOES!' y
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
234
15,146
178
14,174
359
29,832
325
26,475
400
34,491
303
25,639
198
15,898
96
7,665
45
3,148
29
3,449
3
451
a
4
LAND USE, TOCRES 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
1939
35,921 31,534 33,022
7,873 14,425
10,445
1944 1949 1954
28,895 26,399 24,793
5,390 8,121 6,281
1959 1964 1969 1974
17,376 13,057 13,086 12,329
4,206 8,831 5,232
4,428
See footnotes on last page
2,969 1,735
6,039 2,654
4,534 6,703
3,041 3,138 4,700 5,981
Woodland
26,426 34,171 24,030 37,469 30,990 43,185 47,917 49,255 39,323 33,452 38,324 43,230
Other Land
16,311 6,188 8,965 7,008 6,794 4,795 9,648 8,850 6,480 4,917 5,581 8,079
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
13
18
10
17
15
20
14
28
19
29
17
77
33
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
SCHLEY COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,574 1,832 2,209 1,517 2,831 1,826 2,527 2,667 4,465 3,272 4,157 4,364 5.881
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
759 1,128 1,070
968 1,485 1,024 1,269 1,409 2,356 1,815 1,985 2,295 3.310
Milk Cows
587 856 999 958
925
829 737 427 312 260 475
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
328 11,601 10,374
9,745 6,075 15,489 91,057 10,000 156,139
Si
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,964 4,825 6,217 1,605 3,973 2,971 3,752 4,482 4,379 4,650 3,986 5,597 4,640
Sows Farrowing 5/
785 349 530 384 501 657 775 691 642 1,142 9fifi
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
15,183 14,070 20,409 16,283 16,975 14,545 17,999 13,080 11,897
9.106 13,949 121,802
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
6,922 2,639 8,476
5,026
5,733 14,406 293,110 159,525
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
50,630 48,632 97,828 91,269 45,016 49,921 109,497 36,130 36,156 50,714 19,465
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
8,323
14,586
27,614
46,024
57,630
475,035
130,756
514,886
927,000
$ 112,469 57,241
221,126
263,110 318,953 591,000
$ 48.8 44.6 67.1 93.7 156.4 84.9 183.2 122.1
222.0
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
4,400
370
4,100
350
4,000
360
4,100
370
4,400
350
4,400
300
5,500
350
5,900
350
6,000
400
6,100
370
7,000
360
7,000
450
6,900
490
6,440
570
1,750 1,700 1,600 1,700 1,750 1,800 2,100 2,700 3,100 3,220 3,490 3,600 3,500 3,100
2,280 2,050 2,040 2,030 2,300 2,300 3,050 2,850 2,500 2,510 3,150 2,950 2,910 2,770
4,000 4,900 5,450 5,850 6,300 7,300 6,950 6,650 9,100 8,350 6,900 9,200 8,820
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 fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
i4CO.C7 )!97k
SCREVEN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Burke anSeF??innh^aS+Create^ by Le9islative Act of December 14, 1793 from parts of
was now
named
feoxrisGteennetr?a1TM ?w!VSJnredV!Wn3>S
U? !n 0rder of count1es organized a leader in the Revolutionary War.
in Georgia. Jacksonboro,
It
?hrivina towns o? thP c;^ S ** "l* count* seat and dur1n9 those days was one of the
tinhec,,owr3 pooodrat steeinda
wFeeh-bicrhuua7trhve
l2lto*wnW 18w54a-s ^bSuV yillvta"m'a^recPereivseednt.ictsounnatmye
seat, from
was the
founded in 1845 Arcadian bueauui.tyy
and ouif
Received
planted to corn. Peanut yield per acre had improved considerably and the over 3,000 pounds vield oer acre
in 1974 was more than trip e the yield of 846 pounds per acre in 1940. The livestock and livestock products
THPnMnflrCMU?ted fu a|most one-fourth of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
P
The NOAA--National weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 46 inches for Screven
County The distribution of rainfall is fairly even throughout the year, with no month averaging TMre than
Jll TMdt0ne"nalf lncnes or le" tha" two ^ches. The average annual temperature Is almost 66 digues, with monthly averages ranging from just under 50 degrees in December and January to just under 81 degrees
st ieforlmid November6 SeaSn aVer"eS ^ TM ^ TM le"9th' eXtend1ng fr0m just Past mid"March to
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS!
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $
4,177,399
1964 Amount "$"
6,778,745
1974 Amount $~
21,367,000
TV
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
2,460,846
58.9
2,394,533
57.3
47,401 18,912
21,000
226,446
1,469,107 109,542 249,396
1,110,169
1.1 .5
.5 5.4
35.2 2.6 6.0
26.6
4,038,086
59.6
3,974,128
58.6
47,609 16,349
(D) 196,987
2,513,672 334,902 455,309
1,723,461
.7 .3
2.9 37.1
5.0 6.7 25.4
21,253,000
14,378,000 13,980,500 9,946,500
151,000 976,000 153,000 2,754,000 127,000 270,500
67.7 65.8
46.8 .7
4.6 .7
13.0 .6
1.3
29,000 .1 502,000 2.4
6,344,000
452,500 736,500
5,155,000 1,378,500 3,767,500
1,000
8,000
29.8
2.1 3.5
24.2 6.5 17.7
Government Payments 3/
38.000
TQ^llar amounts and Percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omis slons. 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/ Avai lable only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. for individual farms.
D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
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DOCUMENTS UGA LIBRARIES
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 26.6%
!
*0T Poultry & Poultry
Products 2.6%
---Dairy Prod. 6.0%
"--Forestry Products Hort. Spec. 5.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock &
Livestock Prod. 24.2%
Poultry & Poultry jS Products 2.1%
*- Dairy Prod. 3.5%
-- Forestry Products Hort. Spec. 2.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.9%
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
SCREVEN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
^rvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
46,057 68,570 59,483
67,500 62,610 58,800 56,200 55,300 59,300 49,600 44,500 42,000 36,400 34,700 30,250 30,700 33,200 32,100 31,500 31,500 35,100 31,500
32,200 39,100 38,200 45,000 42,900
43,087 41,474 53,344 45,328 67,934 53,276
46,830 47,830 44,990 43,600 43,700 47,400 39,800 37,200 34,200 31,000 30,400 26,650 26,800 29,700 28,700 28,000 28,000 32,100 28,600 29,350 37,000 34,400 40,050 23,200
10.0 12.2 12.3 12.0
8.6 11.9
12.2 28.0 23.5 27.3 34.0 27.9 33.0 35.8 29.3 44.3 35.2 50.5 43.3 61.2 41.2 51.4 34.3 59.8 53.0 53.0 54.1 58.2 63.7 19.0
429,540 504,748 658,420 542,519 583,170 636,165
571,100 1,338,300 1,057,300 1,189,600 1,486,400 1,324,800 1,314,000 1,332,000 1,003,000 1,373,000 1,071,000 1,345,000 1,160,000 1,819,000 1,182,000 1,438,000
959,000 1,918,000 1,515,800 1,555,600 2,002,900 2,001,800 2,550,500
440,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
6,210 6,920 7,390 7,930 9,790 14,400 19,450 21 ,400 29,600 27,000 29,400 32,600 37,600 34,000 51,770 52,700 64,260 45,350 53,290
16.5 19.5 19.5 14.0 17.5 20.5 21.0 24.0 26.0 12.5 26.5 24.5 25.0 13.5 20.6 24.8 25.7 21.4 17.4
102,465 134,485 144,105 111,020 171,325 295,200 408,450 513,600 769,600 337,500 779,100 798,700 940,000 459,000 1,066,500 1,307,000 1 ,651 ,500 970,500 927,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
PEANUTS
Acreage Yie Id Harvested per acre
(It s.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Production Harvested (1000 lbs.i
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
37,419
252
18,072
49,962
260
26,061
48,847
222
21,720
7
3
49,718
166
16,513
290
209
30,578
292
17,870
623
416
96
66
35,806
149
10,692
6,863
4,207
104
97
20,280
248
10,500
3,230
436
1,409
170
735
125
17,510
223
8,130
5,290
835
4,417
160
1,062
170
16,270
288
9,770
5,120
864
4,422
135
1,185
160
10,340
282
6,070
4,550
726
3,305
55
982
54
6,245
523
6,820
4,570
853
3,898
30
1,167
35
11,510
448
10,750
3,910
925
3,617
60
1,117
67
13,150
416
11,420
4,480
1 398
6,264
75
1,293
97
16,080
347
11,650
4,570
1 147
5,243
90
1,278
115
14,990
346
10,840
4,400
804
3,536
115
1,226
141
13,900
398
11,560
4,750
1 ,156
5,490
95
1,242
118
13,460
391
11,000
4,650
1 ,383
6,430
95
1,347
128
10,760
533
11,980
4,455
1 ,933
8,611
65
1,477
96
7,300
392
5,970
4,835
1 ,773
8,573
100
927
93
4,950
535
8,290
245
5,530 4,250
4,780 4,830
2 ,276 1 ,752
10,878 8,463
85
1,741
148
82
1,340
no
8,450
312
5,500
4,905
2 ,066
10,135
67
1,230
82
7,850
275
4,510
5,035
2 ,727
13,729
45
1,518
68
5,400
322
3,620
5,145
3 ,000
15,434
96
1,227
118
5,800
328
3,960
5,160
2 ,697
13,918
100
1,280
128
3,825
456
3,640
5,135
2 ,843
14,599
85
1,747
149
4,690
525
5,150
5,392
3 ,678
19,833
73
1,707
125
1,930
518
2,090
5,424
3 ,413
18,514
75
1,905
143
4,260
331
2,940
5,475
2 ,647
14,493
85
1,648
140
2,900
255
1,540
5.487
2 ,853
15.657
76
1.907
145
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
SCREVEN COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
19,252 20,202 23,552 20,503
20,353
18,000
14,919
12,591
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
16,167 17,986 14,830 10,977 11,051
5,231
1,604
6,335 6,996 5,799
4,274
2,477
1,276
9,832 10,990
9,031
6,777
2,754
328
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
508,160 508,160 508,160 508,160 416,640 416,640 416,640 416,640 416,640 416,640 416,576 416,576
63.9 65.2 46.1 64.2 63.4 67.5 84.0 75.8 73.0 61.0 52.8 52.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
352,256 324,713 331 ,386 234,251 326,046 264,144 281 ,267 349,998 315,932 304,009 254,302 219,783 220,254
Average Size Farms
(acres)
155 112 91 85 119 114 123 157 187 269 356 366 393
Number of Farms
2,275 2,903 3,636 2,752 2,750 2,320 2,285 2,230 1,687 1,131
714
600 560
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,975,590 5,305,819 11,980,380 5,372,329 5,534,473 4,881,806 6,203,643 11,821,230 8,865,185 20,676,942 25,086,390 34,395,981 67,968,000
868 1,828 3,295 1,952 2,013 2,104 2,715 5,301 5,255 18,282 35,135 57,326 121,371
Tractors
11
41 221 756 911 1,047 915 847 850
Trucks
74
165 279 556 659 773 727 738 841
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
707
154
872
91
716
140
901
196
1,015
378
958
519
662
550
523
(NA)
521
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 194S 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,197 5,066 2,210
374 635 521 1,614 1,164 6,189 5,724 2,048 594 510
33,030 81 ,306 32,036
6,485 10,107
9,775 41,955 27,575 156,612 187,363 66,949 20,017 23,421 .
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
5,733 1,334 5,762 4,254
4,897 5,439 5,339 5,207 3,173 3,750
736 2,788
3,195 4,371 10,642 12,517 9,227 10,268
245 579 558
667 1,110
841 845 289 513
9,970
16,439 57,258 22,377 47,401 55,100 47,609 47,693 127.000
PEACHES -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
25,007 5,247 9,693 5,137 9,298
11,535 2,187 2,091
648 1,611 8,619 8,250 9.800
6,103 1,158 5,327
961 9,224 6,818 1,439
466 166 741 789
(D)
(D)
PECANS-7 '
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
5,939 5,261
14,103
11,956 8,679 8,992 8,214 13,038 11.142
3,173 23,469 12,931
201 ,491 174,968
36,046 59,147 122,155 40,771 436,734 389.900
SWEET
POTATOES^/ y
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
723 604 1,014 682 1,318 889 680 254
102 157
20 30
5
52,364 55,696 99,432 83,235 85,959 67,710 50,205 24,533 6,605 20,318
2,625 6,880
446
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
102.726
12,876
1934
125,708
19,307
1939
113,910
9,990
1944
105,167
16,416
1949
115,627
24,028
1954
99,305
15,878
1959
92,350
15,507
1964
73,936
22,025
1969
73,075
23,753
1974
98,021
4,790
See footnotes on last page.
9,128 6,767 8,087 8,174
16,993 27,387 20,532
13,196 13,883 18,805
Woodland
182,646 170,800
79,853 151,606 115,628 136,112 177,128 156,868 157,408 122,248 89,610 80,524
Other Land
5,370 11,158 27,960 21,097 16,162 14,342 16,222 16,494 18,212 22,897 19,462 18,114
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
53
52
79
69
83
77
93
96
90
91
61
215
101
*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
SCREVEN COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
12,335 13,336 17,328 6,523 12,945 9,252 13,762 11,769 22,503 23,389 25,770 22,247 22,301
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,016 7,711 8,380 3,527 5,634 5,059 7,614 5,902 11,128 11,415 11,792 10,271 11,507
Milk Cows 3,712 4,705 6,638 2,436
3,563
2,702 2,802 1,982 1,297
936 1,027
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
309 586 22,822 23,890
24,890 55,679 96,990 551,980 696,485 867,922 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
25,319 30,945 36,722 12,636 23,389 20,821 27,522 30,028 25,909 37,008 24,967 27,873 27,975
Sows Farrowing 5/
6,860 1 ,702 3,482 4,148 4,346 3,638 3,873 7,058 4,321 5,729 7,049
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
63,800 50,713 81,861 48,699 70,677 69,004 76,344 55,689 61,668 73,893 59,871 95,032 49,138
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,656 10,739 23,907
24,997
9,851 17,220 31,972
49,485 38,393
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
139,190 172,576 229,183 205,470 223,517 406,527 448,286 131,997 231,538 696,546 710,008
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$
31,355 "J 399,528
32,929
198,958
116,501
300,762
361,639
896,324
860,995
654,769 1,207,455
1,200,611 1 ,459,022
1,839,000 3,577,000
$ 126.6 223 0
390.3 489.9 714 8 867 1 694 5 923 1 1,260 0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
27,300 27,000 26,000 26,100 26,100 26,100 27,300 27,400 27,400 28,800 32,100 32,000 31,100 26,400
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,550 1,500 1,160 1,200 1,100 1,100
900 850 800 910 1,070 840 880 840
11,000 11,200 11,000 11,100 11,450 11,650 10,200 10,800 10,250 10,550 11,660 11,800 11,500 10,020
All Other Cattle and Calves
14,750 14,300 13,840 13,800 13,550 13,350 16,200 15,750 16,350 17,340 19,370 19,360 18,720 15.540
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
25,200 26,800 29,700 29,050 31,350 36,400 34,600 33,150 34,900 30,700 31,500 40,000 44,300
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved", disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 hange in definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classifiBeginning with 1969 chick ens 3 months old and older. ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
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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SEMINOLE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-187B
R
Seminole County was created by Legislative Act of July 8, 1920 from parts of Oeciitwr and Early counties and was 154th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named
K
for the Seminole Indians, an important Muskhogean tribe on the lower Chattanoocnee ir. This tribe moved to Florida during the period 1762-1768 and settled in what is now called
the Everglades. Donalsonville, the county seat, was named for Jonathan E. Donalson, a
W97fc
prominent leader of that vicinity whose ancestors were among the original settlers or Decatur County and was incorporated December 8, 1897. Seminole County claims the distinc-
tion of having the first peanut oil mill in Georgia.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 157,184 acres. There were 319 farms
having a total of 105,235 acres with land and buildings valued at $50,964,000. The land area has been reduced
in recent years by backwaters of the Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam. Peanuts were the county's leading cash crop
followed by soybeans and a small acreage of wheat. Corn was usually planted on almost 40 percent of the
harvested cropland each year. The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 54 inches tor
Seminole County. July is the wettest month with an average of almost seven inches of rainfall. October-
averages about two and one-half inches of rainfall and is normally the driest month. The average annual
temperature is just under 68 degrees and monthly averages range from about 52 degrees in January to 81 degrees
in July and August. The freeze-free period averages a little more than 250 days and usually extends from
before mid-March to just past mid-November.
Received
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DOCUMENTS UGA LI3RARIES
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
3,185,593
5,169,498
1974 Amount $
13,440,000
* 1/
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
2,113,312 2,072,919
36,877 3,516
32,635 1,039,646
94,189 51,197 894,260
66.4
3,145,064
65.1
3,075,570
1.2
49,298
.1
20,196
350
1.0
103,331
32.6
1,920,753
2.9
408,885
1.6
20,410
28.1
1 ,491 ,458
60.8 59.5
.9 .4
2.0 37.2
7.9 .4
28.9
13,369,000
9,355,000 8,837,500 2,584,000
388,000 47,000
5,818,500 455,500 62,000
(D) (D)
3,750,000 395,000 (D) (NA)
1,479,000 1 ,823,000
(D)
70.0 66.1 19.3
2.9 .4
43.5 3.4 .5
28.0 3.0
11.1 13.6
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1')74 may not add d je to dis :losures and omi ssions.
2/ Not comparab le for
for individual farms. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 32.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 28.0%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.3%
Horticulture Spec. & Forestry Prod. 1.0%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.9%
Horticulture Spec. & Forestry Prod.
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 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SEMINOLE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
22,272 26,180 22,713
27,790 27,030 29,600 32,600 31,700 31 ,300 29,100 26,100 25,100 22,900 20,700 20,750 20,400 22,400 23,100 22,000 21,200 19,400 17,500 21,500 20,100 21,300 25,300 33,100
18,249 21,161 15,952
20,760 21,970 24,660 27,530 27,800 27,500 25,500 23,300 21,500 19,700 18,900 18,600 18,800 21,100 21,800 20,000 20,000 18,700 16,700 20,630 19,400 20,550 24,500 20,700
13.2 9.6
13.0
16.1 21.2 26.2 28.3 32.0 28.1 25.4 39.9 30.3 42.3 35.3 48.7 38.4 51.1 36.5 20.0 26.8 42.4 41.0 29.0 54.3 59.2 80.3 54.9
240,079 202,290 207,402
334,900 466,500 645,000 778,500 888,800 771,500 648,000 930,000 652,000 834,000 668,000 905,000 722,000 1,079,000 795,000 400,000 536,000 793,000 684,700 598,300 1,054,000 1,216,100 1 ,968,300 1,136,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Vield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130 200 270 650 1,600 1,000 850 1,200 1,700 2,200 5,340 6,070 7,280 4,680 6,830
19.0 23.0 23.0 24.5 23.0 12.5 18.0 19.0 20.0 19.5 26.4
25.0 27.9 20.5 24.2
2,470 4,600 6,210 15,925 36,800 12,500 15,300 22,800 34,000 42,900 141 ,000 151 ,800 203,100 95,900 165,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested
(1000 lbs.)
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
11,268
169
6,708
131
6,116
257
5,580
433
4,550
436
4,370
326
2,730
395
2,840
486
4,160
330
3,280
369
3,360
345
3,640
453
4,000
531
4,080
414
3,940
340
2,410
293
1,230
228
1,920
288
2,200
321
2,300
313
1,600
437
1,850
319
1,385
421
2,070
269
790
329
810
322
3,812 1,758 3,149
5,040 4,140 2,970 2,250 2,880 2,860 2,530 2,420 3,450 4,440 3,530 2,780 1,470
590 1,160 1,470 1,500 1,460 1,230 1,220 1,160
540 545
15,697 19,696
12,490 13,740 13,090 12,850 12,960 12,670 11,940 12,060 12,030 12,250 12,285 12,370 12,385 12,275 12,850 12,870 12,900 12,975 12,560 12,535 12,759 12,795 13,002 13.133
900 1,447 1,093
732 1,213 1,042 1,102 1,345 1,355 1,581 1,786 1,864 1,695 2,136 1,746 1,946 2,416 2,795 2,226 2,751, 3,362 3,488 3,507
2.88?
7,436 20,446
11,243 19,884 14,306
9,405 15,721 13,198 13,153 16,216 16,298 19,364 21,947 23,052 20,989 26,223 22,435 25,043 31,168 36,268 27,954 34,488 42,900 44,632 45,593 37,852
80 190 540 720 450 730 410 500 200 190 210 180 210 770 550 140
2,020 7,360 1,730 1,870 2,390 1,880 1,300
890
31.9 16.7 21.5 17.5 24.5 23.0
26.5 26.5 26.5 28.0 30.0 27.0 32.0 26.0 27.8
26.4 35.9 35.4
19.0 26.5 18.2
22.0 24.7 44.8
2,550 3,180 11,610 12,600
11,020 16,790
10,860 13,250
5,300 5,320 6,300 4,860 6,720 20,000 15,300
3,700 72,500 260,900 32,900 49,500 43,500 41 ,400 32,100 39.900
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Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
SEMINOLE 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
7,389 8,492 7,904 6,802 7,059
5,583 5,570 5,989 4,841 4,242
2,693
1,245
3,467 3,571 3,666
2,776
1,689
976
2,116 2,199 2,323
1,466
1,004
269
153,600 153,600 175,360 175,360 175,360 175,360 162,560 162,560 157,184 157.184
95.6 86.4
82.7 84.0 86.0 72.7 78.1 71.3 71.3 67.0
146,799
154
132,744
142
145,046
153
147,380
134
150,758
184
127,408
186
126,945
268
115,876
321
112,022
323
105.235
330
952 936 950 1,099 820 687 473 361 347
319
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
2,867,745
3,012
30
309
2,042,551
2,182
2,721,442
2,865
61
101
3,886,912
3,537
166
217
5,941,720
7,246
368
415
6,057,279
8,817
470
460
11,489,643
24,291
532
406
16,626,577
46,057
464
422
27,801,366
80,119
500
424
50.964,000
159.760
473
398
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
315
20
195
30
303
44
392
35
434
104
308
113
312
251
314
(NA)
294
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
633 493 1,457 1,508
117 2,666 3,132 3,249 1,538 1.817
8,337 9,825 24,900 56,607 1,902 88,594 122,814 165,895 89,173 72,567
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLE! 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
.Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES IS 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
PECANS -1 %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES -' -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
4,386 9,546 14,965
8,467 5,458 1,998 5,056 1,725 1,983
2,256 3,099
5,017 4,417 2,124 6,336 3,583 3,218
21 204 394
307 611 874 937 488 1.574
1,379
9,076 56,267 8,459 36,877 44,829 49,298 55,784 455.000
1,711 3,632 6,184
4,361 856 427 754 281
314 2,638 3,025 3,342
317 155 361 447
4,829
6,569
5,392 3,797 5,317 5,044 4,385 qt36fi
10,551
133,231 141,476
55,245 8,742 10,273 63,100 193,035 lnq.q?!
254
31,054
442
42,649
468
30,352
302
37,037
168
12,856
38
2,240
67
6,247
31
3,180
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
44,692
9,447
1934
51,049
2,199
1939
56,927
1,299
1944
57,966
1,034
1949
56,316
2,678
1954
52,154
2,420
1959
57 096
1,772
1964
43,991
10,173
1969
42,518
11,042
1974
43,836
4,755
See foo tnotes on last page.
9,865 4,571 1,738 3,699 13,176 3,838 6,598 4,836 14,370 15,004
Woodland
76,133 66,204 74,196 67,527 66,705 49,266 45,812 32,629 31,965 30,073
Other Land
5,143 8,685 9,800 17,144 11,883 19,730 15,667 24,247 12,127 11,567
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
38
51
51
63
44
56
47
45
40
58
36
74
63
*Farm numbers with value of sale s of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SEMINOLE COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
6,171 7,802 5,307 9,155 6,766 13,445 12,617 17,992
18,707 18.804
3,094 3,743 2,735 3,548 3,926 6,341 6,497 9,054
9,814 9.515
1,300
1,293
1,025 805 428 256 154 144
18,806
24,399 39,663 25,700 105,202 40,000 39,025
(NA) fNAl
8,684 13,253 11,499 16,173 15,169 16,546 18,811 14,530 29,593 15.286
1,947 2,047 1,589 2,335 2,302
3,200 3,329 2,920 6,013
2.752
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1!
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
18,601 28,052 27,086 38,296 18,115 26,904 37,423 43,399 88,069
(D)
8,701
16,146
4,014 39,520 253,648 313,295 663,924 (D)
100,269 129,333 158,660 203,746
25,298 186,557 327,674 598,404
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
9,918 $ 93,284
$ 68.6
20,623
94,593
76.3
43,061
137.2
178,275
370.1
321,664
407,135
327.3
609,330
436.7
521,789 1,383,530
719,017 871,058
346.2 519.6
1,145,000 2,031,000
649.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,100 18,500 18,600 19,200 19,200 20,000 21,500 21,800 21,900 22,400 25,000 24,000 23,300 20,140
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
310 300 260 220 220 180 150 100 100 90 100 300 370 350
Other
9,200 9,400 9,450 9,800 10,100 10,500 12,300 13,400 13,900 14,400 13,970 13,000 11,800 9,620
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,590 8,800 8,890 9,180 8,880 9,320 9,050 8,300 7,900 7,910 10,930 10,700 11,130 10,170
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,650 21,800 24,150 30,850 33,300 38,650 36,700 35,250 34,050 28,400 17,700 19,400 23,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved", NA - Not available . D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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SPALDINS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS ieoaDii7i
Spaldlng County was created by Legislative Act of December 20, 1851 from parts of
Fayette, Henry and Pike counties and was 96th in order of counties organized in Georgia.
It was named for Thomas Spalding of St. Simon's Island, a wealthy planter of the early
regime and a member of Congress. Griffin, the county seat, was named for General L. L.
Griffin, the first president of the Monroe Railroad which later became a part of the
Central of Georgia Railroad. Griffin was incorporated in 1843 in Pike County and was
made county seat of Spalding County in 1851.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 128,576 acres. There
were 235 farms having a total of 48,754 acres with land and buildings valued at $50,085,000. The number of
farms was only 12 percent of the peak number in 1920. The proportion of the land area devoted to farms and
the acreage in harvested crops had declined considerably in the later years. The importance of livestock,
poultry and their products sold had increased considerably since 1954 and in 1974 accounted for 71 percent
of the value of all farm products sold.
Rainfall averages about 51 inches per year in Spalding County according to the N0AA--National Weathe^QQgfygrf
Service. March is normally the wettest month with an average of about six inches of rainfall and October,
**
with about two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is about 62 degrees
and monthly averages range from about 45 degrees to 79 degrees. On the average there are about 50 days perimr>
year with minimum temperature of freezing or below and 50 days with maximum temperature of 90 degrees or |\|UV G 0 \oi\5
above. The average dates of the last spring and first fall freezes are about March 30 and November 10,
respectively, giving an average freeze-free period of around 225 days.
DOCUMENTS
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
UGA Li
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
I
2,007,285
1964
Amount $
i
1,486,804
1974 Amount $
4,259,000
i V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,045,332 567,440
52.1 28.3
257,493 243,099
17.3 16.3
20,819 457,073
38,215
34,507
889,231 269,232 314,582 305,417
1.0 22.8
1.9
1.7
44.3 13.4 15.7 15.2
11,496 2,898
53,935
89,514
1,085,862 151,640 368,428 565,794
.8 .2
3.6
6.0
73.1 10.2 24.8 38.1
4,105,000
1,029,000 871,500 770,500
25.1 21.2 18.8
50,000 43,000
8,000 9,500 148,000
100,000
56,000
2,920,000
997,500 823,000 1,099,500 738,500 275,000
1.2 1.0
.2 .3 3.6
2.4
1.4
71.1
24.3 20.0 26.8 18.0
6.7
86,000 2.1
Government Payments 1/
6,000
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. 3.6%
Poultry & Poultry Products 13.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 23.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Forestry Products & . Hort. Spec. 3.8%
Poultry & Poultry " Products 24.3%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.9%
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
SPALDING COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
13,360 15,455
5,737
3,810 2,820 3,000 3,600 3,800 3,700 3,290 2,730 2,340 1,830 1,550 1,940 1,870 1,900 1,700 1,280 1,200 1,700 1,750 2,200 2,650 2,700 2,800 3,350
18,988 14,940 18,590 12,425 15,229
5,685
3,460 2,490 2,380 2,900 2,800 2,700 2,150 1,990 1,710 1,270 1,470 1,390 1,370 1,440 1,300 1,050 1,000 1,500 1,500 1,760 2,000 1,760 1,960 1,050
7.9 11.6 14.3 13.2 10.8 16.4
9.0 27.3 24.5 29.8 37.8 26.1 27.0 36.7 33.9 35.4 36.1 43.9 41.6 51.4 41.5 40.0 43.0 62.7 49.0 58.0 62.3 62.2 55.9 14.0
149,430 173,419 266,524 164,614 164,623
93,490
31,300 68,000 58,300 86,300 105,700 70,400 58,000 73,000 58,000 45,000 53,000 61,000 57,000 74,000 54,000 42,000 43,000 94,000 73,500 102,100 124,500 109,400 109,500 14,700
Year
USDA: 1959" 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
180 200 210 430 640 860 1,240 1,700 2,300 4,800 3,000 1,600 2,200 2,670 3,990 4,170 2,840 4,430
12.5 22.5 10.0 27.5 19.0 15.5 25.0 27.0 21.0 22.5 18.0 26.0 19.4 22.2 23.2 24.8 24.4 19.5
2,250 4,500 2,100 11,825 12,160 13,330 31,000 45,900 48,300 108,000 54,000 41,600 42,700 59,300 92,600 103,400 69,300 86,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yie Id per acre
(b i.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
25,406
36,667
41,002 18,219
9,246 4,948
3,170 2,810 2,460 1,110
430 1,280 1,020 1,000
900 1,040
930 1,090
640 410 340 340 400 300 630 375 240
97
178
8,977
212
15,584
265
21,754
185
6,768
285
5,278
240
2,371
265
1,750
368
2,150
313
1,610
269
620
342
310
293
780
260
550
240
500
311
580
340
740
355
690
355
810
392
530
354
305
303
215
435
310
333
275
400
250
397
520
379
295
308
155
299
60
2,653 1,231
1,496 1,394 1,699 1,960
1,400 930
1,170 750 260 570 600 610 350 560 680 600 550
1,060 770 180 330 600 820 430
1,150 1,340 1,300 1,210
0.4
1 2.9
:
3.4 9.5
1.5 : 9.5
.2.5
5.5
!5.5
'6.0
!8.5
'8.0
10.0
!7.0
!8.7
!4.4
13.3
15.0
n.o
!5.3
!8.5
>9.2
!7.7
fl.S
19,910 15,852 19,942 15,261 23,329 29,550
28,560 11,990 27,380 14,620
5,590 11,120 13,500 15,560
8,930 14,560 19,380 16,800 16,500 28,600 22,100 4,400 11,000 21,000 17,200 10,900 32,800 39,100 36,000 38,100
Production
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
17.619 19,741 21,908 23,495
28,427
31,045
35,404
39,514
SPALDING COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
*
7,589 6,375 7,461 4,652 4,352
1,038
1,544
3,463 3,203 3,932
! 2,715
883
1,114
4,126 3,172 3,529
1,637
155
430
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
133,760 133,760 133,760 133,760 133,760 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,640 128,576 128,576
Percent in Farms
89.1 87.5 86.2 76.4 74.2 79.4 75.1 76.8 72.1 56.7 55.6 50.2 37.9
All Land in Farms L (acres)
119,187 117,003 115,251 102,205
99,302 102,084
96,653 98,738 92,744 72,907 71,506 64,565 48,754
Average
Size Farms
(acres)
94 68 61 91 98 120 89 119 124 195 180 196 207
Number
of Farms
1,272
1,727
1,882
1,128
1,011 850
1,088 833 748 374 398 329 235
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.)
1,410,890 3,281,494 9,204,134 3,422,390 1,886,032 2,993,527 3,944,454 6,475,742 7,349,100 8,956,552 14,943,308 24,718,245 50,085,000
1,109 1,900 4,891 3,034 1,866 3,522 . 3,625 ' 7,774 '. 9,825 23,948 37,546 75,131 213,128 .
Tractors
93
88 180 275 515 446 456 449 334
Trucks
102
119 167 247 361 391 390 342 292
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
512
139
489
108
498
183
534
174
697
473
427
322
497
354
330
(NA)
218
CNA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934' 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
1,928 3,010 1,389 1,210 1,181 3,204 4,253 5,676 6,942 1,680
353 202 128
Production (bushels)
22,540 70,420 25,356 30,082 27,514 73,180 117,124 178,039 216,611 50,336 15,440
9,480 5,120
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,293 1,448 4,507 3,311
3,271 4,769 2,386 3,227 1,842 2,328
1,147 3,048
3,119 4,552 2,484 3,921 2,858 3,653
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.) .
%
766
46,896
910
932
30,083
37,815
890
63,151
446
20,819
370
25,881
109
11,496
"21
7,384
24
9,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
100,850
240
127,155 20,702
63,542 10,569
161,403 74,513
192,273 218,163
287,992 178,422
196,826 144,362 224,948 127,318
106,470 111,691
124,838 118,724
97,625
1
47,300 96,167
26,897 12,729
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,364 12,959
735 4,307
6,632
11,997
6,600 8,151 6,693 9,249 5,620 2,935
33,998
63,495
12,886 72,884 115,252
555 51,318 20,926
SWEE*
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
217
14,581
381
36,429
330
35.269
278
26,045
505
39,663
378
30,382
437
29,810
129
12.991
80
6.347
62
4JM7
11
1.463
18
3.640
LAND USE .ULACRBZsZ
Year
Harvested Idle or
PTloowwabTie
Cropl and
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
40,604 38,486
17,083 10.542
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
40,805 34,983 28.365 23,597 13,261 10,498 10,933 10,166
7.101
17,488
12,564
8,336 6,807 4,225 2,533
1,550
See foo ;notes on last page.
5,742 5,731 12,930 3,495 9,486 5,423 14,219 3,979 17,477 14,611
Woodland
31,388 27.452 25.559 31,752 30,845 28,465 37,906 34,980 26,488 29,870 22,923 15,616
Other Land
10,437 8,541 12,541 12,535 10,206 12,080 10,417 20,408 12,132 22,934 10,699 6,811
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 2A500
8
17
13
10
12
12
11
31
31
34
29
225
131
"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
SPALDING COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,310 3,886 3,867 2,405 3,480 2,481 3,823 5,568 9,569 7,738 11,121 11,597 14,018
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,679 2,434 2,123 1,339 2,199 1,432 2,248 2,865 4,834 3,965 5,087 5,404 7,593
Milk Cows 1,484 2,079 2,054 1,319
1,403
1,659 1,458
958 743 939 857
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
46,114 29,792 65,093 157,160
122,985 226,785 374,273 569,466 370,990 707,636
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,701 3,752 5,920 1,764 2,509 2,333 2,813 2,172 1,885 2,895 2,426 1,962 2,714
Sows Farrowing 5/
437 149
63 174 226 208 255 450 416 349 590
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
28,633 28,079 38,100 23,323 25,194 22,680 32,707 22,614 64,061 36,717 29,807 3,901 40,417
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,008 9,094
20,166
12,137
47,033 67,863 44,827 25,056
1,300 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
74,900 97,492 106,096 145,486 74,717 110,576 190,470 68,940 437,696 247,010 287,349
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED -ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 47,555 31,804
$ 156,040 99,148
$ 130.8 187.9
98,522 95,574
237.9 198.4
408,346
240,411
363.4
485,478 281,072
250,402
361.8 200.1
363,664
386,068
273.1
983,000
582,000
340.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,800 11,500 11,500 11,600 12,200 12,200 13,000 13,200 13,400 13,700 15,700 14,200 13,500 11,300
Cows 2 years old and older ]_oy
Kept for
Milk
890 870 1,150 980 1,100 1,100
1,000 940 900 910 890
1,100
1,170 960
Other
4,550 4,700 4,350 4,600 4,750 4,850 4,900 4,900 5,000 5,190 5,620 5,400 4,900 4,500
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
6,360 5,930 6,000 6,020 6,350 6,250 7,100 7,360 7,500 7,600 9,190 7,700 7,430 5,840
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
2,450 2,250 2,500 2,050 2,200 2,550 2,450 2,400 2,350 2,400 2,000 3,300 2,040
TJ M H V excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes 3/ S
Shp?c l, lTS "!* e" ^an 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ SiFce 1949 excludes farms with less thanH 5-20
8 cte r o?r s n r "- y * ^ ^^ TM^ iIII A?7 bushels harvested 5/ a Not hfueilfleyrs cothmaptaraablee cbaelcvaeudse of chaBengi?min dwefiitnhiti1o9n69. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi
/ All chickens sold 9/ BR eginning W1th 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter euk
tiPffiMflTlgS. CKtd &1/Kfi.t.h,t haVe CalVed'' " "-t- withheld to-Lid^scfolure^oTi^Jt^on
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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STEPHENS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1S7B
Stephens County was created by Legislative Act of August 18, 1905 from Franklin
and Habersham counties and was 141st in order of counties organized 1n Georgia. It was
named for Alexander H. Stephens, a Congressman, Governor, Vice President of the Confederate
States and orator. Toccoa, the county seat, was incorporated in 1875 and was named for
beautiful Toccoa Falls, located about two miles away. The land in the immediate neighbor-
hood was acquired by purchase from the Cherokee Indians in 1789 and was owned at one time
by the Wofford family.
ReCeiVPfl
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 110,720 acres making <"CIVSU
1t 148th in size among counties 1n the State. There were 231 farms having a total of 20,215 acres with land
and buildings valued at $14,857,000. The number of farms is only 17 percent of the peak number in 1925..ir...
Stephens County lies 1n an area characterized by Its small farms. The cost-price squeeze had rendered aNOV 2 6 197$'
number of these Into uneconomical units and thus the land area devoted to farms had declined considerably 1n
recent years. The harvested cropland in 1974 was two-thirds the amount so classified in 1964. Poultry and
poultry products, principally conmercial broilers, accounted for about 83 percent of the value of all farmnriIMFNTO
products sold in 1974.
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The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 58 inches for"" UDhAi
Stephens County. Local variations are rather large due to terrain differences. March averages more than six
and one-half inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month. There is no really dry season, as October,
the driest month, has an average of about three and one-half inches. The average annual temperature is just
over 61 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 44 degrees to just under 78 degrees. Freezing occurs
on an average of 57 days per year, and the maximum reaches, or exceeds, 90 degrees on about 49 days.
The freeze-free season usually extends from about April 1 to November 5, averaging almost 220 days.
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
1,081,527
1964
Amount $
%
3,022,578
1974
Amount $
* V
5,886,000
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
133,081
12.3
129,404 12.0
55,611
1.8
53,677
1.8
535
3,142
.3
3,790
.3
13,886
1.3
930,770 86.1
758,756 70.2
109,772 10.1
62,242
5.8
1,238 696
1,227
.1
24,754
.8
2,940,986 97.3
2,597,259 85.9
228.280
7.6
115,447
3.8
5,649,000
64,000 1.1
45,500
.8
16,000
.3
29,500
.5
(D) (D)
7,500
.2
7.000
.1
5,570.500 98.6
4.704.000 83.3 (D)
(NA) 666.000 11.8
2.000
(D)
Government Payments 1/
2,000
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
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 15.9%
Crops, Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec. 13.9%
Livestock, Dairy & their Prod. 15.3%
Crops, Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec. 1.4%
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
STEPHENS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
9,023 8,824 5,969
4,420 4,000 3,600 3,300 3,300 2,800 2,280 1,780 1,630 1,380 1,100 1,030
990 820 760 700 600 600 650 450 770 500 650 790
9,506 10,001
8,804 8,734 5,892
3,930 3,720 3,270 3,040 3,200 2,700 2,210 1,670 1,560 1,330 1,040
990 970 800 730 600 530 500 550 290 440 280 360 120
13.3 14.5 12.9 11.4 14.4
11.3 27.7 18.5 19.8 27.2 26.1 30.8 35.9 30.1 42.1 33.7 40.4 33.3 46.3 38.4 30.0 20.8 44.0 38.0 35.2 48.4 52.1 40.3 20.0
126,045 145,023 113,789
99,173 84,881
44,500 103,000 60,500 60,300 87,000 70,400 68,000 60,000 47,000 56,000 35,000 40,000 32,000 37,000 28,000 18,000 11,000 22,000 20,900 10,200 21,300 14,600 14,500
2,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
1966
1967 1968
1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
" Yield per acre
(acres]
bu'
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.;
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
12,593 14,723 13,403 5,383 1,984
1,030 960 720 330 195 430 420
330
260
150 140 165 140
50
95 75 70
209 5,285
233 6,863
203
5,449
255
2,746
207
822
249
530
426
850
328
500
324
220
441
180
451
400
260
230
248
170
204
110
273
90
457
130
491
170
171
50
220
22
179
38
173
25
129
19
535
717
475
1,287 491
450 450 520 640 480 710 540 810 330 470 320 350 300 480 440 290 150 100 140 80 120 80 80 100
14.2
16.2 17.2 18.0
20.0 17.0 19.0
27.0 22.5
20.0 19.5 19.0 22.0 22.9 24.8 16.2 32.0
37.0 27.0 27.5 26.2 28.1
27.6 30.5 1
3,349
4,269
3,684 11,764
5,248
6,390 7,310 8,940 11,520 9,600 12,070 10,260 21,870 7,420 9,400 6,240 6,650 6,600 11,000 10,900 4,700 4,800 3,700 3,780 2,200 3,140 2,250 2,210 3.050
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
STEPHENS 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
9,728
11,215
11,740
6,195
5,347
848
6,515
5,665
850
12,972
5,916
5,282
634
4,155
16,647
3,534
3,149
385
18,391
1,635
1,437
198
1 20,331
988
949
39
106,240 106,240 106,240 106,240 115,200 115,200 115,200 115,200 115,200 115,200 110,720 nn,7?n
87.1 82.4
71.1 85.4 63.8 63.0 55.7 51.3 36.7 29.1 28.6 18.3
92,521
78
87,530
65
75,565
61
90,757
75
73,503
82
72,596
81
64,127
72
59,049
71
42,323
85
33,505
88
31,637
96
20,215 | 88
1,186 1,348 1,230 1,206
895 895 888 835 496 382 330 231
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 (do!)
Average (dol.)
2,111,610 5,523,595 2,727,802 1,486,238 1,599,279 2,117,394 3,375,288 5,804,085 4,695,136 5,771,256 7,629,095 14,857,000
1,780 4,098 2,218 1,232 1,787 2,366 3,801 6,951 9,466 15,108 23,118 64,318
Tractors
28
26 65 166 227 239 299 281 254
Trucks
28
50 107 122 282 230 338 293 285
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
418
51
359
26
479
26
612
50
561
86
417
222
420
276
278
(NA)
212
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
504 421 626 620 1,723 1,079 1,215 1,137 632
96 3
5,357 4,578 9,650 9,808 27,514
22,882 25,359 23,929 15,806
3,678 120
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres). (tons)
1,157 372
1,269 1,098
1,984 1,721 1,277 1,970 1,503 1-562
284 850
1,579 1,192 1,232 1,962 2,280 3,480
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SAlE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES 1/ y
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
82 98 40
61 22 34
8 6
_2_
7,901
1,861 5,409 3,154
535 2,245 1,238 1,420
(D)
19,880 14,702 16,093 10,519 10,363 11,598
7,071 1,219 1,188
706 420
3,567 1,884 1,521 7,246 10,226 4,423
127
253 273
16 833
PECANS 1/ y
TTT
"Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SWEET ....
POTATOES 1/3/
Har- I Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
130
135
110
10
209
198
226
131
301
279
1,574
193
2,006
195
630
799
89
3,247
158
10
220
1,233
9
98
50
2
15,142 21,827
9,704 26,691 18,398 15,721 10,354
1,551 1,141
230
Year
Harvested Cropland
LMOSE IH.ACRES s/,
Idle or
Plowable
Fal 1ow
Pasture
Woodland
1909
1919
1929
25,717
5,413
1934
23,737
5,635
1939
21,163
4,092
1944
16,697
8,552
1949
12,714
9,886
1954
8,745
7,459
1959
5,844
3,775
1964
3,671
2,967
1969 1974
2,271 2,494
3,486 780
See footnotes on last page
4,538 1,530 6,885 2,051 2,002 2,205 1,964 1,718 6,852 5,922
55,058 47,916 34,889 49,291 36,614 36,224 29,679 31,910 23,790 16,214 14,889
7,278
Other Land
4,905 5,246 4,251 10,040 4,339 8,886 9,846 8,730 6,950 8,935 4,139 3,741
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
24
35
23
30
8
21
4
7
10
15
7
222
155
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
STEPHENS 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
2.497 3,539 1.958 3.449 2,414 2,726 2,671 3,701 2,802 3,973 5,155 7,243
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,535 1,881 1,325 1,890 1,466 1.587 1,486 1,981 1,448 2,122 2,552 3,285
Milk Cows
1,245 1,828 1,319
1.437
1,312 1,531
868 734 494 288
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
6,270 6,281 22,555
54.326 159,115 160,745 226.279 133,6941 391,5411
NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS Total
1,644
3,121
201
974
79
1,448
62
1.417
89
1,346
82
1.782
123
1,850
249
2,383
295
691
76
630
155
230
62
Chickens (4
Months and Older) 11
CHICKENS Sold 8/
16,974 29,977 20,731 28,076 25,866 20,589 23.264 34,628 55,360 123,692 199,813 140,561
13,627 9,738
21,954
30,979
282,315 1,125.892 2,339,892 3,285,723 5,590,083 3,925,093
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
62,535 117,850 123,754
97,898 153,303 105,507
57,735 148,091 523,704 2,198,304 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 25,459 $ 90.475
$ 14.7
32,366
46.485
18.5
99,439 134,200
54.6 36.7
583,560 82T.897
92,700
39.6 19.7
1.850.912
65,898
83.1
2,477.916 3,756,000
75,144 147,000
187.3 128.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
4,200 4,050 3,900 4,100 5,200 5,200 5,500 5,600 5,700 6,100 6,900 7,100 6,900
5.6QQ
Cows 2 years old and older !;/
Kept for Milk
Other
900
1,450
850
1,550
740
1,550
600
1,650
600
1,700
680
1,750
600
2.250
580
2,960
580
3,210
680
3,270
630
3,580
300
3,400
300
3,500
2.850
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,850 1,650 1,610 1,850 2,900 2,770 2,650 2,060 1,910 2,150 2,690 3,400 3,100 2.450
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
700 700 750 650 700 850 800 750
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha disclosure of
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 information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes I s. 4/ Since 1949 excl hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 c lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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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SUMTER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1878
Sumter County was the 78th county of the State in order of organization and was
Received
created by Legislative Act of December 26, 1831 from Lee County. It was named for
General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina, a noted leader in the War of the Revolution.
N0V2 6 1979 Americus, the county seat, was given the name which means "western hemisphere" according
to one historian. A few miles north of Americus, on the Central of Georgia Railroad, is
Andersonville, a small town made famous during the Civil War when a large Confederate
prison for captured Union soldiers was established there.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 312,576 acres. There DOCUMENTS
were 404 farms having a total of 201,841 acres with land and buildings valued at $90,819,000. The number of UGA LIBRARIES farms was only 13 percent of the peak number in 1920. The decline in acreage of several field crops had
been partially offset by substantial increases in soybean plantings in later years. Peanuts, soybeans, corn
and pecans were the major crops grown. The importance of livestock enterprises had declined in later years.
Value of all livestock and livestock products sold accounted for over 35 percent of the value of all farm
products sold. Sumter County is the site of one of the largest beef cattle feeding operations in the State.
The average annual rainfall in Sumter County is around 49 inches, according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service. July has an average of about five and one-half inches of rainfall and is normally the
wettest month while October, with an average of just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average
annual temperature is about 65 degrees with monthly averages ranging from 49 degrees in January to just over
80 degrees in July. There is an average of 37 days per year with a minimum temperature of freezing or
below and about 80 days with a maximum temperature of 90 degrees or above. The freeze-free season averages
about 240 days, extending usually from just past mid-March to just before mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
5,563,423
20,768,624
1974
Amount $
* V
32,070,000
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
31,864,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
3,512,966 3,419,368
63.2 61.5
44,946
.8
48,652
.9
6,376,104 6,192,023
30.7 29.8
19,990
.1
164,091
.8
18,385,000 17,407,500 7,205,000
1 ,903,000 171,000
8,128,500 524,500 453,000
57.7 54.6 22.6
6.0 .5
25.5 1.7 1.4
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
12,934
.2
22,300
.1
(D)
122,136
2.2
202,625
1.0
(D)
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
1,915,387
34.4
14,167,595
68.2
13,222,000 41.5
Poultry & Poultry Products
273,812
4.9
1,078,518
5.2
384,000 1.2
Dairy Products
417,010
7.5
1,221,035
5.9
1,422,000 4.5
Other Livestock & LS Products
1,224,565
22.0
11,868,042
57.1
11,416,000 35.8
Cattle & Calves
9,904,000 31.1
Hogs & Pigs
1,465,000 4.6
Sheep, Lambs & Wool
Misc. Livestock & LS Products Government Payments 1/
47,000
.1
1 87.000
]_/ 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 perc entages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 22.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 35.8%
.Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.7%
Dairy, Poultry & their Prod. 12.4%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.4%
+-- Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.1%
** Dairy, Poultry & their Prod. 5.7%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 0.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 I960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SUMTER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
40,383 44,086 31,477
35,920 34,940 35,000 36,000 33,600 33,500 30,000 27,000 29,700 29,700 26,700 28,130 27,800 32,700 31,000 30,600 27,200 26,900 24,300 29,500 32,600 33,300 38,200 46,600
49,861 47,406 58,325 39,710 42,696 29,190
29,620 29,090 28,820 30,050 28,500 28,600 25,300 23,500 21,700 22,700 21,400 22,700 22,200 27,400 26,100 28,000 25,800 25,900 23,200 28,600 31,400 24,300 31,130 14,500
8.9 12.3 11.6 13.1 10.3 19.6
12.0 27.1 27.2 24.3 34.0 32.2 34.8 45.2 31.3 44.8 49.2 51.4 44.5 61.2 44.1 36.1 35.9 61.7 52.0 52.0 63.2 58.2 65.6 34.9
442,330 583,530 676,695 518,766 438,397 543,743
355,400 788,000 782,700 730,500 968,500 920,700 881,000 1,062,000 680,000 1,018,000 1,052,000 1,166,000 989,000 1,676,000 1,150,000 1,010,000 926,000 1,598,000 1,206,400 1,487,200 1,985,100 1,414,100 2,043,500 506,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
2,880 2,540 2,680 2,910 2,700 4,000 5,390 7,100 17,200 14,600 14,800 16,000 17,900 19,800 21,600 21,150 26,110 22,370 26,830
13.5 16.5 16.0 18.0 * 16.0 22.5 20.5 25.5 24.0 10.5 21.0 19.5 22.0 13.0 19.8 24.5 26.1 27.3 20.9
38,880 42,165 42,880 52,380 43,735 90,000 110,495 181,050 412,800 153,300 310,800 312,000 393,800 257,400 427,700 518,200 681 ,500 610,700 560,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield
per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
64,056
188
23,847
92,822
213
39,647
70,448
117
16,502
48,916
192
18,837
21,791
234
10,216 29,413
16,526
257
8,503 24,643
17,951 17,422
12,850
358
9,600 12,640
558
7,055
10,560
520
11,460 16,240
892
14,485
10,460
482
10,520 16,120
1,179
19,013
7,310
403
6,150 15,800
834
13,175
4,940
568
5,860 15,700
1,184
18,586
8,070
410
6,900 14,420
1,056
15,229
8,240
473
8,130 13,530
1,371
17,822
8,970
540
10,120 13,810
1,315
18,163
10,790
466
10,500 13,500
1,091
14,724
9,700
629
12,750 13,850
1,726
23,899
9,690
664
13,450 14,055
1,671
23,479
8,960
579
10,850 14,340
1,777
25,480
5,420
584
6,600 13,955
1,775
24,769
4,500
468
4,400 13,650
1,924
26,265
6,500
400
5,440 15,225
1,919
29,211
6,750
372
5,250 15,525
2,054
31,889
6,150
418
5,350 15,580
2,308
35,965
7.200
465
6,950 15,705
2,264
35,557
9,700
507
10,300 15,930
2,903
46,249
8,635
561
10,100 15,945
2,484
39,611
10,100
531
11,200 16,106
3,174
51,122
3,290
441
3,030 16,372
3,387
55,449
(5,200
475
5,150 16,687
3,609
60,219
3.690
174
1.34C 16.640
2.620
43,601
402 102 2,931 1,073 2,812 4,146
2,050 1,880 2,220 1,170
770 970 760 650 500 1,500 1,700 1,150 1,330 3,850 4,410 4,050 3,380 5,340 3,950 2,420 7,960 5,440 3,370 1.030
21.4 16.2 20.8 15.0 27.5 23.4 27.0 30.5 27.5 36.0 40.5 32.0 36.0 30.1 31.8 38.2 38.0 39.6 21.0 24.5 22.0 29.0 30.7 31.5
2,870 1,452 25,931 8,214 37,195 51,898
43,870 30,530 46,180 17,550 21,180 22,700 20,520 19,820 13,750 54,000 68,800 37,000 47 ,880 115,800 140,100 154,900 128,300 211,300 83,000 59,200 175,200 157,800 103,500 32.400
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
26,212 29,092 29,640 26,800
24,502
24,208
24,652
26,931
SUMTER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
15,509 14,089 13,347
8,384 6,817
5,114
2,825
4,032 3,934 3,998
2,700
1,776
1,693
11,477 10,155
9,349
4,117
3,338
1,132
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
291,840 291,840 291,840 291 ,840 291,840 314,240 314,240 314,240 314,240 310,400 310,400 312,576 312.576
Percent in Farms
98.0 94.9 90.4 77.5 89.9 88.4 84.5 87.7 88.2 77.0 81.8 70.7 64.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres')
286,096
123
276,834
94
263,898
87
226,188
103
262,374
136
277,849
177
265,662
158
275,547
194
277,276
224
238,957
306
253,778
463
220,914
418
201.841
500
Number of Farms
2,332 2,929 3,040 2,204 1,931 1,567 1,686 1,417 1,235
780 548 528 404
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,584,380 6,819,665 15,606,956 7,252,074 5,607,351 5,899,086 7,786,513 10,005,437 15,070,705 19,593,600 33,547,464 47,064,289 90,819,000
1,108 2,328 5,134 3,290 2,904 3,765 4,618 7,061 12,203 25,120 61,218 89,136 224,800
Tractors
78
219 474 720 1,242 1,187 1,180 992 871
Trucks
114
200 313 565 881 808 864 732 735
Automobiles
752
708 831 899 1,239 820 745 585 445
Farms with Telephones
v
142
105 199 277 514 508 476 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
4,344 7,744 6,413 1,583 1,382 4,926 8,510 10,866 19,460 8,088 5,550 2,327 1,688
43,040 175,806 116,346
35,023 37,124 89,277 270,532 319,550 692,294 369,248 323,867 137,364 107,455
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
10,922 7,868
26,400 24,999
19,320 13,775
4,016 6,117 2,818 4,929
3,071 8,586
8,946 9,667 7,835 15,213 7,940 11,864
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value
(acres) (dol.)
913 1,336
949
639 741 326 201 158 1,201
44,069
24,194 24,036 30,867 44,946 25,171 19,990 34,900 524,000
PEACHES 1/ 1/
Trees
Produc-
tion
(number) (bushels)
68,480
2,126
371,007 146,270
132,376 56,385
159,057
53,610
87,595
33,016
47,902 38,840
17,881 7,423
19,676
2,382
10,601 23,946 10,169
9,190 16,727 15,188
4,860
3,777
PECANS 1/ 3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
70
1,190
48,047 48,118
42,595 116,362
74,623
82,230 64,576 61,777 38,278 32,261 36,412
510,823 710,768 320,986
38,648 698,210 297,641 789,910 951,712
-SWEET
POTATOES U 5/
Harvested
Production
(acres) (bushels)
851 60,071
580 52,621
1,078 100,691
532 58,508
1,015 90,541
571 44,067
222 16,704
179 14,155
124
7,846
376 40,826
89 16,925
10
2,615
4
230
I AND USE IN ASl EES: U.
Year
Harvested Idle or
PloDwwaablee
Cropland
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
118,853 116,046
20,476 32,424
1939 1944
118,827 108,133
16,118 22,968
1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
105,356 94,635 71,379
70,858 76,990 88,887
24,336 9,938
24,838 23,879 18,570
4,617
See footnotes on last page
7,304 9,993 38,816 12,243 27,822 28,695 26,627 18,622 18,943 22,083
Woodland
93,548
81,575
68,289 91,184 82,175 100,943 100,949 109,260 89,446 113,830 73,568 61,634
Other Land
12,461 7,206 9,810
11,298 20,017 20,794 17,084 34,748 26,667 26,589 32,843 24,620
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
73
75
73
72
62
77
47
84
32
64
38
156
79
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
SUMTER 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
4,185
4,403
6,828 3,760 7,885 6,410
12,258
13,456
25,074
26,969
57,658
54,102
50,430
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years
and Older)
2,197 3,033 3,679 2,158 3,688 2,748 4,717 7,535
13,216
8,583
11,824
9,087
20,239
Milk Cows
1,770 2,246 3,216 2,005
2,265
2,703 2,659 2,033 2,217 1,431 1,606
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
36,239 30,671 144,604 105,239
140,614 241,163 372,921 877,319 2,315,351 2,408,812
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
15,389 15,116 26,423 7,886 16,248 9,708 12,698 14,001 12,649 16,807 14,738 21,436 10,068
Sows Farrowing 5/
4,125 1,244 1,892 1,470 1,508 2,038 2,389 2,598 3,085 4,105 2,351
Chickens (4 Months and Older) If
43,675 62,030 59,326 37,834 43,553 37,604 45,543 34,965 63,781 148,617 170,139 13,527
787
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
18,411 13,309 20,464
20,127
18,738 95,092 390,649 172,028
(D) 505,000
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
148,180 155,684 200,663 195,357 137,351 180,676 218,701 118,400 500,664 1,435,901 2,374,787 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Hired Labor (Thnus 1
$ 41,265 25,580 92,087
207,714 653,957 2,407,466 5,339,617 5,969,218 6,412,000
$ 411,760 225,223
1,092,003
1,326,301 1,852,443 3,670,000
5 401.0 318.4 581.4 771.6 866.2 958.4 992.3
1,325.2 1 ,491 .0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
61,000 61,500 61,300 63,000 62,000 64,000 66,500 67,000 67,500 69,400 77,000 74,000 71,600 59.500
Cows 2 years old and older 1J}/
Kept for Milk
Other
2,700 2,600 1,700 2,190 1,650 1,700 1,400 1,400 1 ,150 1,240 1,510 1,500 1,450
1.410
10,000 10,200 10,300 10,700 11,000 11,400 11,000 11,000 10,700 11,100 12,310 12,300 11,600 9.610
All Other Cattle and Calves
48,300 48,700 49,300 50,110 49,350 50,900 54,100 54,600 55,650 57,060 63,180 60,200 58,550 48.480
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,850 18,150 20,100 22,350 24,150 28,000 26,600 26,000 26,350 22,900 17,900 19,400 22,300
1/ 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",
disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
I c
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older. 0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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
Received
STEWART COUNTY FARM STATISTICS IBOO-IBTM
Mnuo*wi
N0V2 6 19?
Stewart County was created by Legislative Act of December 23, 1830 from part of
Randolph County and was 77th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named nnr.U,,,-MT,
I
for Daniel Stewart, a soldier in the Revolutionary War and general 1n the .War of 1812. UUWJMtnia Lumpkin, the county seat, was named for Wilson Lumpkin, Governor of Georgia, CongressnUtBA I
)
and United States Senator. He pioneered in railway development in the southeast.
n
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 289,280 acres. There were 147 farms having a total of 69,213 acres with land and buildings valued at
$24,062,000. The number of farms was only 8 percent of the peak number in 1900. Cotton,
745?
peanuts, corn and soybeans were grown in the county. Peanuts were the most important cash crop and corn was
planted on a larger acreage than any other crop except peanuts. There had been a considerable increase 1n
the value of the beef cattle and swine enterprises and in 1974 they accounted for almost 23 percent of the )0" In l(o value of all farm products sold.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 51 inches for
Stewart County. March 1s normally the wettest month with an average of around six inches of rainfall, while
October, with an average of close to two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is
about 65 degrees with monthly averages ranging from around 49 degrees in January to near 81 degrees in July.
The freeze-free season averages around 235 days and usually extends from just past mid-March to just before
mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
1,851,448
2,182,187
1974 Amount $
6,082,000
t V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
1,225,968 1,211,157
2,011 12,800
93,664 531,816
39,613 118,116 374,087
66.2 65.4
1,285,174 1,267,113
.1 .7
5.1
28.7 2.1 6.4
20.2
1,448 16,613
71,789
825,224 127,454
94,461 603,309
58.9 58.1
.1 .7
3.3 37.8
5.8 4.3 27.7
6,024,000
4,401,000 4,279,000 1,045,000
278,000 31,000
2,925,000 10,000
112,000
10,000 75,000
1,538,000 (D)
(NA) 527,000 836,000
(D)
73.1 71.0 17.3
4.6 .5
48.6 .2
1.9 .2
1.2
25.5
8.7 13.9
Government Payments 3/
24,000
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
All Livestock, Poultry -*-- & their Products
28.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec
0.8% - Forestry Products
5.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Livestock, Poultry . & their Products
25.5%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec.
2.3% 'Forestry Products
1.2%
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
SIEWAR1 COUNTY ACREAGE, TltLU AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 19//
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
19,440 24,078 19,301
16,870 16,410 16,000 15,400 13,000 13,000 11,400 10,200
9,600 9,000 8,100 7,950 8,000 8,700 8,500 7,400 6,900 6,500 5,900 5,900 5,600 6,100 7,550 8,250
37,810 31,456 27,884 18,992 23,633 18,181
14,400 13,980 13,020 12,710 10,400 10,700
9,500 8,500 7,800 7,200 6,770 6,600 6,700 7,400 7,400 6,700 6,500 6,300 5,650 5,650 5,400 5,890 6,800 2,490
8.3 9.6 10.2 13.1 7.7 14.1
10.6 20.3 24.6 18.4 23.9 22.1 24.4 35.6 27.3 35.8 40.8 46.2 34.6 56.2 33.0 38.5 30.3 57.8 55.0 40.0 39.5 44.4 50.9 18.0
312,480 300,917 284,554 247,925 182,511 257,260
152,900 284,400 320,900 233,300 248,600 236,100 232,000 303,000 213,000 258,000 276,000 305,000 232,000 416,000 244,000 258,000 197,000 364,000 310,800 226,000 213,400 261,400 346,400 44,700
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 140 200 1,200 700 500 450 420 800 3,100 4,580 4,870 2,340 2,600
24.5 18.0 24.0 23.5 16.0 26.0 24.0 20.0 17.5 20.3 23.0 23.2 24.4 16.9
2,450 2,520 4,800 28,200 11,200 13,000 10,800 8,400 14,000 62,900 105,300 113,000 57,100 43,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
44,082
190
43,762
177
20,677
96
17,731
148
9,287
107
3,607
197
3,530
275
2,940
317
2,830
292
1,860
278
1,580
396
1,910
258
1,820
349
1,700
423
1,780
465
1,880
476
1,970
470
1,930
466
1,120
476
1,230
481
1,530
452
1,600
544
2,150
544
2,100
589
2,100
476
1,335
473
1,810
409
640
355
640
573
415
272
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
16,702 15,540
3,975 5,274 1,989 1,418
2,030 1,950 1,720 1.080 1,300 1,030 1,330 1,500 1,730 1,870 1,930 1,880 1,110 1,240 1,450 1,810 2,440 2,580 2,100 1,320 1,540
470 765 235
11,826 12,364
8,810 8,430 8,870 8,590 8,260 7,310 6,400 6,460 6,330 6,550 6,595 6,220 5,885 5,735 5,985 6,445 7,000 7,100 7,055 7,210 7,370 7,645 7,630 7,778
793 761 981 651 848 495 1,039 987 1,120 1,240 1,265 1,290 1,110 1,405 1,460 1,461 1,716 2,053 2,442 2,115 2,590 2,876 3,371 2,409
5,502 7,580
6,986 6,418 8,702 5,592 7,003 3,620 6,650 6,374 7,092 8,121 8,344 8,024 6,530 8,059 8,737 9,416 12,013 14,577 17,225 15,249 19,089 21,989 25,717 18,740
807 21
246 19 97 64
100 50 80 30 20 30
20 50 160 170 150 180 430 550 650 500 690 810 630 1,100 860 300 80
22.5 12.4 20.0 16.0 28.0 30.0
28.0 28.0 29.0 31.0 26.0 33.0 27.0 28.7 33.8 37.4 38.6 18.0 26.5 19.1 29.0 34.3 22.5
Production
(bu.)
3,880 171
1,558 130 775 640
2,250 620
1,600 480 560 900
560 1,400 4,640 5,270 3,900 5,940 11,600 15,800 22.000 18,700 26,600 14,600 16,700 21,000 24,900 10,300 1,800
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
STEWART COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
15,856 13,437 12,089 11,114
10,603
9,194
7,371
6,511
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,391 7,349 7,289 5,466 4,457
1,662
616
1,494 1,584 1,444
830
378
233
5,897 5,765 5,845
3,627
1,284
383
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
263,040 263,040 263,040 263,040 263,040 296,320 296,320 296,320 296,320 296,320 296,320 289,280 289,280
Percent in Farms
92.7 81.5 78.5 75.8 88.6 71.5 68.3 62.8 53.9 39.2 33.1 24.5 23.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
243,921
139
214,502
132
206,559
142
199,302
167
233,160
218
211,761
196
202,322
204
186,181
213
159,608
226
116,163
261
98,060
436
70,886
392
69,213
471
Number of Farms
1,751 1,623 1,454 1,194 1,069 1,082
990 874 707 445 225 181 147
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,527,750 2,415,066 4,387,159 2,707,415 2,265,358 2,050,454 2,626,313 3,325,570 4,079,390 5,371,150 8,213,625 11,681,291 24,062,000
Average (dol.)
873 1,488 3,017 2,268 2,119 1,895 2,653 3,805 5,770 12,070 36,505 64,537 163,689
Tractors
26
33 91 214 317 257 224 256 274
Trucks
40
74 125 214 322 202 206 225 204
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
327
53
256
42
279
30
359
32
366
62
309
99
200
91
142
(NA)
128
NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres)
3,753 3,689 1,813
409 798 1,038 1,075 800
1,453 741 789 166 448
Production (bushels)
36,410 72,600 32,131 10,139 19,352 22,372 39.712 15,888 39,975 31,875 33,242
5,950 18,339
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,279 1,350 11,802 11,984
10,648 8,538 1,909 1,634 847 1,599
562 3,229
3,137 5,130 1,265 2,885 2,240 2,949
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
41
1,742
75
36
1,928
7,009
118
2,467
49
2,011
23
1,461
11
1,448
22
4,085
21
10,000
PEACHES y -1
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
91,879 108,533
18,228
1,119 13,862 16,753
7,241 1,301
8,640 4,025
13,572 4,833
14,779 5,170 3,145
10,356 154
2,348
3,965 6,619
2,430 1,008
PECANS y H
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
5,613 30,850
19,597
13,195 15,717 13,016
7,880 9,462 8,720
1,735 16,423 40,937
173,806 142,062
59,123 11,498 97,567 39,496 91,068 229,097
SWEET
POTATOES-^ =/
Harvested
Produc-
tion
(acres) (bushels)
651
42,857
211
16,118
491
38,950
406
46,319
664
56,895
337
28,311
454 - 121
39,776 9,050
40
3,086
39
3,850
6
702
17
1,720
Year
Harvested Cropland
LMDJISE, Idle or Fallow
1909
1919
1929
49,443
28,858
1934
51,122
36,081
1939
53,016
20,777
1944
47,663
14,643
1949
40,105
16,578
1954
32,842
8,104
1959 1964
23,269 18,626
9,311 7,368
1969
16,465
8,015
1974
19,619
4,100
See footnotes on last page
hl
PlowaBle Pasture
12,996 9,241
20,056 10,003
5,944 5,914 7,439 6,734 5,472 7,469
Woodland
77,243 85,325 74,009 123,643 102,334 113,427 107,289 90,684 62,857 57,158 31,244 27,480
Other Land
15,006 14,702 33,599 12,291 13,233 16,496 16,265 22,064 13,287
8,174 9,690 10,545
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
15
14
21
20
23
23
19
28
16
20
12
76
41
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
STEWART 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
4,469 4,524 6,984 3,638 6,251 5,003 7,952 7,219 11,762 6,189 6,337 9,121 8,051
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,128 2,782 3,272 2,001 2,902 2,417 3,889 3,862 6,120 3,608 3,519 4,408 3,869
Milk Cows
1,730 2,046 2,038 1,702
1,904
1,657 1,328
746 385 242 45
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,794 1,601 7,109 14,315
16,844 12,510 129,386 221,354 19,900 187,650
(NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
10,369 8,890 13,500 4,915 7,777 5,213 10,902 9,694 9,237 11,165 11,365 11,441 8,071
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,833 718
1,144 1,128 1,545 1,380 1,321 2,193 1,956 2,246 1,849
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
34,034 29,777 27,778 32,624 25,526 22,805 29,976 18,947 20,513 20,503 10,000 1,916 12,430
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,639 6,379 19,764
6,189
4,658 6,834 189,236
601,080 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 21
100,410 119,441
78,378 203,944 66,941 118,605 138,234 40,929 87,321 164,186 72,351 (NA)
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 29,119
121,209 $
67.9
18,185
80,726
71.4
46,989
171.2
128,760
152.8
144,568
240,766
150.5
334,140
134.6
292,989
247,414
153.9
547,088
287,804
478.3
673,000
771,000
410.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,700 6,600 6,650 7,400 9,200 9,200 9,700 9,800 9,900 10,000
11,000 10,500
10,200 8,000
Cows 2 years old and older lfl/
Kept for Milk
Other
460
3,300
440
3,450
400
3,450
340
3,900
340
4,000
250
4,150
250
4,280
200
4,330
200
4,490
80
4,650
80
5,160
60
4,500
60
4,000
50
3,300
All Other Cattle and Calves
2,940 2,710 2,800 3,160 4,860 4,800 5,170 5,270 5,210 5,270 5,760 5,940 6,140 4,650
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
11,450 11,650 12,900 11,900 12,850 14,900 14,200 13,600 12,950 11,150 9,000 12,500 13,000
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms.
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.D - Data withheld to avoid
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TELFAIR COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
Telfair County was created by Legislative Act of December 10, 1807 from part of Wilkinson County, and was 35th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was namea for Edward Telfair, a patriot of the Revolutionary War who later became Governor or Georgia. McRae, the present county seat, was named for a noted Scotch pioneer family of this section of Georgia. Jacksonville, an. old town near the Ocmulgee River, was tor
many years the county seat of Telfair. According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 281,344 acres, J")""e
were 463 farms having a total of 101,256 acres with land and buildings valued at $35,6U.3,uuu. The number of farms was only 24 percent of the peak number in 1920. Soybeans, tobacco, peanuts and corn were the important crops grown in the county. Corn was the most important crop in terms of acreage, followed by soybeans, peanuts and tobacco. Poultry had become the leading farm enterprise and, in 1974, accounted for over half the total value of products sold. Field crops accounted for almost one-fourth of the total value Rgcgjygd
of products sold in 1974.
n
Telfair County has an average annual precipitation of about 47 inches, according to the N0AA--Nationai
Weather Service. July averages almost six inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month, while
i
November, with an average of just over two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature ^1)1/ ^ (j ]y/i
is close to 67 degrees and monthly averages range from about 51 degrees in January to over 81 degrees in July.
The freeze-free season averages about 245 days in length and usually extends from about mid-March to near
mid-November.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBR/
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
T
1964 Amount "$~
1,860,871
6,305,821
1974
Amount 1
16,808,000
TV
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
993,384 926,900
44,939 21,545
7,735 123,403 736,349 102,668
55,001 578,680
53.4 49.8
1,749,242 1,587,739
2.4
123,369
1.2
38,134
9,585
6
387,977
39
4,159,017
5
3,228,962
3,
111,396
31
818,659
27.7 25.2
1.9 .6 .1
6.2 66.0 51.2
1.8 13.0
16,688,000
4,139,000 3,882,500 1,663,500
775,000 43,000 55,000
1,346,000 69,000
187,500
6,000 330,000
12,213,000 9,451,500
24.8 23.3 10.0
4.6 .3 .3
8.1 .4
1.1
2.0
73.2 56.6
2,761,500 693,000
2,032,500
16.6 4.2 12.2
36,000
31,000
Government Payments 3/ 1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available
II from only
Not comparable for farms with $2500 or for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 ^.Livestock, Dairy & their Products 34.1%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.6%
-- Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.0%
Poultry & Poultry Products 5.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ ^Field Crops 23.3%
^--Livestock, Dairy & their Products 16.6%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 1.5%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 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
TELFAIR COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
34,942 43,860 32,342
32,670 30,640 30,000 30,000 26,300 27,400 23,900 21,700 17,500 19,700 18,900 18,500 18,600 21,000 20,400 19,100 19,700 22,400 20,100 21,600 22,700 22,850 26,000 23,700
18,625 24,088 39,296 33,790 42,203 21,355
15,840 16,500 16,560 16,790 15,000 15,500 14,000 12,800 11,800 15,100 15,000 14,800 15,000 17,600 16,600 17,500 17,450 21,200 18,700 19,400 21,700 22,270 25,500 7,830
10.4 12.3 9.8 10.2 7.5 13.3
6.1 21.2 20.6 20.8 20.6 18.8 23.4 25.8 18.3 37.2 38.3 39.8 45.0 52.5 28.4 32.9 24.1 47.2 45.0 42.0 42.5 43.4 48.0 18.0
193,400 295,185 385,040 343,052 316,022 284,773
96,600 350,300 341,500 349,800 309,700 292,000 328,000 330,000 216,000 561,000 575,000 589,000 675,000 924,000 471,000 575,000 421,000
1,001,000
841,500
814,800
921,700
966,500
1,224.200
140,700
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.;
Production (bushel:
160 140 150 160
no
160
220
310
1,500
820
600
1,500
2,900 3,000 6,400 4,120 6,710 5,720 7,040
12.0 22.5 26.0 25.0 20.5 24.5 18.0 19.0 22.0 15.0 21.5 21.0 22.0 11.5 20.7 25.0 23.7 23.4 16.5
1,920 3,150 3,900 4,000 2,255 3,920 3,960 5,890 33,000 12,300 12,900 31,500 63,800 34,500 132,500 103,000 159,000 133,800 116,200
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.!
7,248
226
25,187
238
27,927
75
26,763
177
12,675
135
9,176
164
5,660
256
4,440
282
4,100
350
2,690
310
1,220
349
3,020
287
3,200
357
2,800
337
3,180
297
2,990
387
3,270
372
3,220
281
2,200
198
900
223
1,630
185
700
303
295
227
100
300
450
131
90
411
250
316
165
455
230
326
. 435
126
Bales
3,149 12,034 4,199
9,522 3,414 3,004
3,020 2,610 2,990 1,740
890
1,810 2,380 1,970 1,970 2,420 2,540 1,890
910 420 630 440 140
60 120
75 165 155 155 115
PEANUTS
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
(lbs.; (1000 lbs.)
1,051 5,309
1,310 3,350 3,590 3,270 3,270 3,180 2,990 3,050 2,870 2,940 2,990 3,025 2,930 3,055 3,270 3,385 3,575 3,610 3,635 3,705 3,704 5,236 3,860 3,851
260
881
1,222
794
851
896 1,055 1,105
732 1,148 1,509 1,414 1,364 1,765 1,758 1,597 2,291 2,571 2,360 2,785 3,235 2,772 2,530 2,917
612 3,278
340 2,952 4,387 2,596 2,783 2,849 3,155 3,369 2,100 3,375 4,512 4,276 3,997 5,391 5,749 5,406 8,189 9,283 8,577 10,317 11,981 14,516 9,767 11,235
633 108 505 692
1,050 980 855 485 320 620 600 640 685 675 605 505 650 660 510 515 400 695 580 575 580 560 690 775
761 1,055 1,363
928 1,300
898 1,483 1,462 1,493 1,716 1,656 1,620
971 1,955 1,435 1,271 1,982 1,753 1,805 1,562 2,160 2,063 1,600
1,661
178 70
331 608
799
1,034 1,165
450 416 557
890 936
1,023 1,158 1,002
818 631 1,290 732
655 793
1,218 1,047
898 1,253 1,155 1,104 1,287
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
10,083 13,288 15,291 14,997
15,145
13,221
11,715
11,381
TELFAIR COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,835 9,937 8,839 6,376 6,371
3,220
2,975
7,041 7,292 6,663
4,619
2,406
2,096
2,794 2,645 2,176
1,752
814
879
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
238,720 238,720 238,720 238,720 238,720 281,600 281,600 281,600 281,600 281,600 281,600 281,344 281,344
Percent in Farms
67.8 86.8 73.5 71.8 71.0 58.5 59.0 74.3 65.9 55.7 51.6 47.1 36.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
161,902
195
207,270
138
175,401
92
171,288
101
169,546
97
164,596
116
166,177
122
209,106
173
185,449
175
156,855
196
145,369
223
132,464
237
101,256
219
Number of Farms
831 1,504 1,897 1,693 1,745 1,413 1,358 1,208 1,061
801 651 558 463
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
686,400 2,785,681 6,671,846 3,768,535 2,702,319 3,262,043 4,337,940 6,983,448 7,522,490 10,307,268 16,547,769 23,075,239 35,603,000
826 1,852 3,517 2,226 1,549 2,309 3,194 5,781 7,090 12,868 25,419 41,353 76,896
Tractors
16
23 122 341 557 627 587 667 574
Trucks
TOO
161 267 490 545 557 520 524 554
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
491
113
408
42
440
57
462
61
550
163
466
147
560
345
453
(NA)
415
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,465 2,381 1,266
241 18 51
414 412 2,899 478 312
75 129
16,040 32,268 19,281
4,191 155
1,102 6,489 9,418 51,944 13,679 13,560 3,083 6.488
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,131 2,229 5,364 3,540
3,849 3,332 1,474 1,859 1,277 1,203
1,260 2,033
2,006 2,408 1,368 2,963 2,021 2.477
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACHES y 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
624
17,978
937
988
12,650
36,215
842
31,535
1,532 377
44,939 20,840
1,235 123,369
487
231 1
56,237
69,000 1
15,515 2,461 8,191
19,077 4,980 7,402 6,291 3,137 315 313 86
10 1
8,813 1,319 4,053 12,414 2,713 5,426 3,649
466 105 220
16 10
PECANS 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
15,847 36,864
410 600 23,664 98,730
36,742
38,988 36,331 29,334 25,838 21,071 11,855
196,509 241,967
85,476 38,415 147,264 126,942 291,720 3Rfl,fi3fi
Vil SWEE1
POTATC a
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
428 528 1,108 690 990 852 588 479
94 38 18
<,
38,392 49,232 73,810 70,800 60,754 60,083 46,418 39,372
4,900 4,705 1 ,831
%?
m 1AND USE "ACRES" -5X
Year
Harvested Idle or Cropland Fallow
Plowable Pasture
1909
1919
1929
70,231
10,922
1934
75,364
7,461
1939
70,790
4,183
1944
54,702
9,105
1949
56,951
7,318
1954
51,167
7,004
1959 1964
37,755 30,462
4,382 7,562
1969
29,174
13,769
1974
27,541
7,316
See footnotes on last page.
3,355 1,741 2,042 7,892 8,043 5,641 9,004 4,053 8,820 8,195
Woodland
125,031
82,526 73,643 73,587 81,812 87,678 129,444 107,610 95,265 91,500 66,606 45,222
Other Land
9,906 5,820
11,803
6,042 5,358 6,168 7,350 14,027
10,449 11,792 14,095 12,982
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
43
100
49
32
53
69
77
98
74
58
54
201
113
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
TELFAIR COUNTY STATISTICS--U.. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
9,328 9,302 12,599 5,663 11,657 7,534 10,617 8,204 12,923 8,443 9,559 8,514 10,736
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,128 5,050 6,238 3,078 5,304 3,882 5,238 4,240 6,937 4,216 4,812 4,395 5,477
Milk Cows
2,008 3,057 4,274 2,576
3,043
2,686 1,379
771 577 397 91
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
4,725 3,020 5,665 47,181
39,119 19,472 39,570 69,876 126,500 180,011
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
11,156 21,363 23,572
9,929 15,011 10,901 17,454 17,164 15,523 23,120 18,795 32,486 19,900
Sows Farrowinq 5/
4,259 1 ,854 2,516 2,493 2,616 2,249 2,705 3,383 3,661 7,442 3,741
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
27,707 36,248 48,181 36,992 47,208 36,947 42,991 31,592 38,115 40,719 378,456 1,724,685 1,115,903
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,117 5,521 31,543
26,356
7,302 40,804 708,002 939,383 (D) 1,052,405
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
69,090 57,194 141,312 176,320 169,559 204,994 297,756 53,974 124,038 243,322 5,134,500 (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
Ferti 1 izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
45,899 $ 172,264 $ 55.3
21 ,836
112,291
83.5
66,888
202.3
94,962
341.3
324,113
418,046
251.3
197,053
147.3
1,957,738
436,749
290.8
5,682,923
581,708
519.2
7,132,000
1,052,000
453.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,100 9,700 9,800 9,900
10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
9,900 9,600 11,600 12,000 11,600 11.800
Cows 2 years old and older UJ/
Kept for Milk
Other
690
4,450
650
4,800
530
5,000
590
4,400
450
4,550
530
4,700
650
4,500
700
4,350
730
4,270
240
4,440
230
5,540
200
7,000
190
6,500
150
6.760
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
4,960 4,250 4,270 4,910 5,000 4,770 4,850 4,950 4,900 4,920 5,830 4,800 4,910 4,890
December 1
All Hogs and
Pigs
18,950 25,350 28,100 33,850 36,550 42,400 40,300 38,700 29,250 24,200 20,900 25,700 28,100
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 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals Incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available . ~~TJ - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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TERRELL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1900-1B7I
Terrell County was created by Legislative Act of February 16, 1856 from parts of Lee and Randolph counties and was 113tn 1n order of counties organized 1n Georgia. It was
named for Dr. William Terrell, a noted practitioner of medicine 1n the town of Sparta.
Dawson, the county seat, was named for Judge William C. Dawson, United States Senator,
Congressman and jurist.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 210,560 acres.
There were 251 farms having a total of 162,125 acres with land and buildings valued at
$71,271,000. The number of farms was only 9 percent of the peak number in 1910. Cotton,
peanuts, corn, soybeans and wheat were grown in the county with peanuts being the leading cash crop. Value
Received of sales of livestock, poultry and their products had declined in recent years and accounted for less than 7 per-
cent of the value of all farm products sold. Crops accounted for over 91 percent of the value of all farm
products sold in 1974.
Rainfall averages around 50 inches per year in Terrell County, according to the N0AA~National
Weather Service. March and July average about six inches of rainfall and are normally the wettest months while October, with an average of about two and one-fourth inches, is usually the driest. The average
N0V 2 6 1979
annual temperature is about 66 degrees and monthly averages range from around 50 degrees in January to
almost 81 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages near 240 days and extends usually from just past
mid-March to around mid-November.
DOCUMENTS
Uuh LlDKAiWCO
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
4,770,360
1964 Amount T"
7,944,835
1974 Amount f"
20,142,000
"TT7
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 S LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
4,125,661 4,107,761
86.5 86.1
9,255 8,645
4,575 48,463
591 ,661 32,343 61 ,694
497,624
.2 .2
.1 1.0
12.4 .7
1.3 10.4
6,384,367 6,342,491
6,447 35,429 4,715 108,989 1,446,764 429,598 76,731 940,435
80.3 79.8
.1 .4 .1 1.4 18.2 5.4 1.0 11.8
2C,118,000
18,488,000 18,241,000
5,028,000
2,616,000 46,000
10,551,000 2,000
245,000
(D) (0)
1,325,000
112,500 1,212,500
781,500 431,000
91.9 90.7 25.0
13.0 .2
52.5
1.2
6.6
.6 6.0 3.9 2.1
Government Payments 3/
21,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCT'S SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. l.U
Other Livestock, Poultry & their Products 11.1%
Dairy Products 1.3%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.5%
Other Livestock, Poultry & their Products 6.0%
Dairy Products 0.6%
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
TERRELL COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
iarvested Yield For grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
31,800 34,362 24,021
27,660 26,510 29,000 31,600 31,200 31,000 28,000 25,100 24,400 21,200 18,200 18,390 17,900 19,700 19,200 20,100 20,800 22,400 20,100 25,700 26,700 27,000 30,400 36,400
39,463 36.714 40.565 31*335 33,978 23,303
23,880 23,620 25,840 28,550 29,400 29,200 26,200 23,900 22,100 19,500 17,600 17,250 17,400 19,300 18,500 18,200 19,700 21,500 19,200 24,660 26,300 27,000 29,500 11,800
9.7 12.3 10.6 13.5
9.7 18.8
13.1 23.7 23.6 27.8 34.0 34.3 34.3 46.8 29.3 44.8 45.3 54.3 41.6 66.5 40.4 41.7 28.1 65.5 47.0 39.0 57.3 62.1 68.6 19.0
381,870 451,034 430,004 421,926 330,060 438,576
312,300 560,100 610,800 793,200 1,000,600 1,001,400 899,000 1,118,000 648,000 874,000 798,000 937,000 723,000 1,283,000 748,000 759,000 554,000 1,409,000 902,400 961,700 1,506,800 1,677,700 2,023,200 223,800
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
180 260 350 ,000 3,000 2,300 2,000 3,000 4,300 4,600 9,350 10,640 10,640 7,200 12,420
14.0 20.5 20.5 28.0 22.5 12.0 19.5 20.0 22.0 14.5 22.2 24.0 25.1 23.4 21.4
2,520 5,330 7,175 28,000 67,500 27,600 39,000 60,000 94,600 66,700 207,600 255,400 267,100 168,500 265,800
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
55,423
206
75,125
239
54,403
146
44,664
231
17,912
236
13,338
215
14,460
364
12,180
544
11,810
496
8,610
398
5,540
521
9,650
429
9,240
522
10,200
504
11,200
465
10,500
623
10.540
659
9,710
627
6.620
519
6,700
500
7,750
395
8,300
396
8.150
363
10,100
521
11,300
478
9,790
536
11,200
630
2,290
476
5,300
362
2,980
250
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
22,809 35,985 15,984 20,712
8,440 5,728
10,960 13,810 12,240
7,150 6,030 8,620 10,060 10,730 10,870 13,700 14,500 12,750 7,160 7,000 6,410 6,850 6,200 11,000 11,300 10,900 14.700 2,280 3,990 1,550
37,339 30,638
23,185 23,900 23,390 22,450 23,150 21,390 20,240 20,210 20,260 20,370 20,495 20,990 20,870 20,260 21,920 22.305 22,715 22,810 22,985 22,850 23,113 23,352 23,395 23,435
800 921 1,371 920 1,183 1,093 1,312 1,156 1,120 1,542 1,581 1,674 1,426 1,989 1,792 1,862 1,918 2,043 2,410 2,210 3,016 2,921 2,480 2.257
22,796 24,302
18,549 22,018 32,060 20,649 27,376 23,385 26,560 23,366 22,700 31,415 32,409 35,134 29,767 40,289 39,271 41,522 43,570 46,611 55,383 50,498 69,713 68,205 58,008 52,887
333 40 620 60 616 319
420 330 240 260 160 170
70 70 50 80 50 50 60 650 440 230 680 1,540 2,460 1,970 2,080 1,700 1,510 970
17.5 16.2 19.6 16.5 29.0 24.5 28.0 28.0 28.0 30.5 33.5 32.5 34.0 27.1 27.7 34.8 33.8 34.9 17.5 27.5 20.2 35.8 34:6 31.5
2,290 408
3,969 499
8,657 4,117
7,350 5,360 4,700 4,290 4,640 4,160 1,960 1,960 1,400 2,440 1 ,670 1,630 2,040 17,600 12,200 8,000 23,000 53,800 43,000 54,100 42,000 60,900 52,200 30,600
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
19,023 22,003 19,601 18,290
16,675
14,314
12,742
11,416
TERRELL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM PQPULAfW
Total
White
NonWhite
12,838 10,917 11,859
9,135 7,322
3,725
665
2,820 2,637 2,530
1,721
1,058
484
10,018 8,280 9,329
5,601
2,667
181
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
206,080 206,080 206,080 206,080 206,080 210,560 210,560 210,560 210,560 210,560 210,560 210,560 210,560
Percent in Farms
92.1 86, 79. 74.6 92.7 84.1 82.4 89.8 97.1 83.4 68.9 75.8 77.0
All Land T~Avverage
in Farms Si2ze Farms
(acres)
acres)
189,897
87
177,807
65
163,688
66
153,736
66
191,020
95
177,154
88
173,533
83
189,006 127
204,368 167
175,708 249
144,995 385
159,659 470 162,125 646
Number of Farms
2,189 2,741 2,469 2,328 2,014 2,003 2,091 1,489 1,226
705 377 340 251
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
C<to1 )
1,690,140 4,814,214 10,235,502 6,842,469 4,388,825 4,303,880 5,169,350 7,640,059 9,030,716 9,221,400 17,179,890 35,560,935 71,271,000
Average
(dol.)
772 1,756 4,146 2,939 2,179 2,149 2,472 5,131 7,366 13,018 45,570 104,590 283,946
Tractors
40
165 342 810 839 872 863 617 570
Trucks
71
119 273 595 461 492 486 397 401
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
757
112
602
101
774
109
787
137
866
228
512
253
452
237
304
(NA)
249
ML
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,065 2,817 2,763
400 531 1,460
2,519 1,763 8,223 2,178
687 455 358
30,340 58,378 41,269 8,622 12,768 32,422 72,411 35,569 206,468 73,343 33,225 24,982 15.380
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,858 5,336 28,012 26,776
12,329 10,145
2,633 2,567 1,619 1,101
1,747 9,282
5,287 5,451 3,338 5,291 3,326 2.320
VEGETABLES 1 2/ GROWN FOR SiALE Har-
vested Value
(acres)
360 227 99
166 105 119 99 145 _LQ_
24,681
6,098 5,989 9,688 9,255 8,240 6,447 28,484 2.QQ0
PEACHES y 3/
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
32,974 9,923 42,888
2,073 1,407
1,896 3,210
1,346 1,809
890
723 106
4,205 1,787 7,018
625 970 968 1,438
101 228 161
270 61
PECANS 1/ 1/
""ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
6,259 36,161
27,146
35,246 35,391 32,800 18,712 30,556 16,310
4,420 17,433 96,225
384,238 561 ,271 195,549 19,931 411,469 113,292 1 ,381,094
~Pm OTAnTO--ES y777y,
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
687
42,864
296
29,082
727
59,893
448
53,708
468
72,934
367
25,957
168
14,602
124
8,502
108
4,817
94
13,840
44
4,473
5
540
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE KN ACRFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
98,316 89,143
10,351 29,963
1939
98,643
12,444
1944
91,660
17,695
1949
78,958
27,888
1954
77,505
19,617
1959
69,290
15,333
1964
53,949
20,525
1969
58,027
21,040
1974
72,490
5,567
See fool.notes on last sage.
6,704 10,084 11,615 6,893 8,699 14,756 10,368
7,977 12,374 11,889
Woodland
36,108 29,836 27,968 54,978 42,918 47,710 59,256 68,634 58,992 48,851 48,798 53,963
Other Land
9,931 13,360
9,957 6,082 10,091 9,271 14,205 23,856 21,725 13,693 19,420 18,216
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun iber
1969 1974
*
66
62
44
65
38
40
29
47
20
36
26
90
28
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
TERRELL 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 1-929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 '974
All Cattle and
Calves
3,115 3,436 4,261 2,802 5,247 4,273 6,583 5,833 13,422 11,162 12.576 12,743 11.968
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,727 2,541 2,312 1,667 2,564 2,258 3,408 3,229 7,570 5,138 6,174 6,500 " 6.525
Milk Cows
1,300 2,024 2,033 1,524
1,837
1,482 1,317
500 219 153 174
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
6,792 10,314 17,185 36,462
13,572 43,315 99,162 119,425 211,904 120,851 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
16,083 13,804 16,671 9,068 14,613 10,110 13,159 12,792 13,868 12,865 7,884 4,525 3.256
Sows Farrowing 5/ .
2,941 1,686 1,951 2,131 1,979 1,864 2,083 2,241 1,228
979 744
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
44,882 36,486 42,520 29,611 35,810 32,645 39,156 27,327 28,288 66,393 60,339
(D) 485
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,516 9,363
16,556
9,536
5,962 7,574 206,763 36,064 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
161,840 119,425 112,615 189,202 110,161 118,930 158,151 25,951 69,776 360,037 980,070
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS ()F AGRICULTURE
1 Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
* 33,713 1 389,037 * 158.8
15,262
212,878
142.2
75,987
342.6
204,375
520.9
250,922
746,366
491.6
357,971
401.0
369,161
971,522
536.8
368,423
1,209,517
642.0
332,000
2,746,000
1,168.0
USDA ESTIMATES
'ear
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,300 13,100 12,800 13,200 13,200 13,700
13,700 13,700 13,700 14,000 15,600 15,000 14,600 12,900
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for Milk
260 240 200 160 160 180 180 170 170 150 220 300 320 310
Other
6,200 6,300 6,100 6,350 6,550 6,800 6,800 6,800 6,850 7,100 9,880 9,000 8,100 6,910
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,840 6,560 6,500 6,690 6,490 6,720 6,720 6,730 6,680 6,750 5,500 5,700 6,180 5,680
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
7,950 6,500 7,200 4,700 5,100 6,000 5,600 5,350 4,500 3,900 3,100 3,600 4,600
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 thanH5-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chic kens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calv ed". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
TIFT COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
00. c
1900-197B
Tift County was created by Legislative Act of August 17, 1905 from parts of Berrien,
n
Irwin and Worth counties and was 139th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Nelson Tift, one of the pioneers of southwestern Georgia and a member of Congress.
Tifton, the county seat, was named for Captain H. H. Tift, nephew of Nelson Tift and a
prosperous lumberman, who came to Georgia in 1869 from Connecticut. The town was incorpo-
rated by Legislative Act of December 29, 1890.
, -- ix nr-
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 170,240 acres. There
0-M
*""
were 553 farms having a total of 140,308 acres with land and buildings valued at $86,420,000.
The number of farms was only 33 percent of the peak number in 1945. A very large proportion of the county land area was in farms and although it had declined in recent years, it was still far above average. Cotton,
Received
tobacco, peanuts, corn and soybeans were the principle crops grown in the county and usually excellent yields
per acre were obtained. Tift County is in the center of an area that produced vegetable plants for shipment
to the more northern states. Field crops accounted for about 57 percent of the total value of all products N0V2 6 1979
sold in 1974.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 47 inches for Tift County.
There is is also average.
a definite rainfall the usual late autumn
The average annual
maximum in mid-summer, with July averaging about six inches minimum, with November receiving just under two inches of temperature is about 66 degrees and monthly averages range
rfaorifonmfraaaliblnofuatolnl5.0thedeTghreereesU \iCoDATMOCLUIDMKEANRTISES
to just over 80 degrees. Freezing temperatures occur on an average of 32 days per winter and summer maximum
temperatures normally reach, or exceed, 90 degrees on 81 days. The freeze-free season usually extends just
before mid-March to just past mid-November and averages around 252 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
4,750,268
11,860,093
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
2,733,865 2,635,729
57.6 55.5
8,120,557 8,043,347
78,114 20,022
895,039 103,373
1.7 .4
18.8 2.2
28,113 49,097
1,861,589 146,591
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
1,017,991 70,319 87,828
859,844
21.4 1.5 1.8
18.1
1,731,356 422,205 94,789
1,214,362
%
68.5 67.8
.3 .4 15.7 1.2 14.6 3.6 .8 10.2
1974 Amount $
31,167,000
% 1/
30,595,000
17,572,000 17,303,000 4,734,000
5,189,000 406,000 41 ,000
6,933,000 85,000 184,000
8,250,500 177,000
4,595,500 1,670,000
222,000 2,703,500 1,055,000 1,646,500
2,000
57.4 56.5 15.5 16.9
1.3 .1
22.7 .3 .6
27.0
.6
15.0 5.5 .7 8.8 3.4 5.4
Government Payments 1/
5,000
]_/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954 Poultry & Poultry ' Products 1.5%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 18.1%
|^-Dairy Products 1.1 Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.1%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 21.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Poultry & Poultry Products 5.5%
Other Livestock & i*- Livestock Prod. 8.8%
-Dairy Products 0.7%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 0.9%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 27.6%
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
11,487 14,493 16,068
18,599
22,645
23,487
27,288
111-r COUNTY DATA FROM THE II. b. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
All Land in Farms (acres)
8,644 7,712 8,631 7,071 7,006
4,271
2,332
6,801 5,969 6,596
5,423
3,236
2,049
1,843 1,743 2,035
1,583
1,035
283
155,520 155,520 155,520 155,520 170,240 170,240 170,240 170,240 170,240 170,240 170,240 170,240
72.9 79.0 78.5 87.2 90.2 91.8 102.7** 97.8 93.1 83.7
78.9 82.4
113,434 122,814 122,146 135,611 153,578 156,235 174,908 166,532 158,537 142,491
134,329 140,308
Average Size Farms
(acres)
99 90 87 108 114 93 127 129 173 205 219 254
Number of Farms
1,142 1,360 1,398 1,254 1,344 1 ,683 1,377 1,287
916 694 613 553
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,518,308 8,214,220 4,902,192 3,808,183 4,863,347 7,840,386 12,450,834 14,486,472 20,682,364 30,993,346 48,103,968 86,420,000
2,205 6,040 3,507 3,037 3,619 4,659 9,042 11,256 22,579 44,659 78,473 156,274
Tractors
37
96 315 1,050 1,203 1,244 1,257 1,113 1,116
Trucks
164
260 453 848 903 953 822 907 1,009
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
650
100
593
56
751
97
912
290
814
488
782
648
792
562
653
(NA)
604
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,625 2,256
981 367 1,545 2,136 734 2,755 1,640 448 137
96
63,959 44,174 26,510
7,341 41,562 55,722 14,380 81,460 51,164 20,541
6,550 3,960
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,259 2,962 9,459 6,052
13,602 5,625 1,970 3,787 1,403 1,905
1,715 4,527
7,205 4,264 4,727 5,312 3,238 4,450
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
2,249 3,542 1,079
1,638 2,560
588 267 846 163
79,855
29,456 44,270 102,877 78,114 85,085 28,113 87,796 85,000
PEAQ.ES yy
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
1,242 21,490
3,698 2,012 3,050 2,186 1,828
650 1,475 1,018
480
510 7,636 1,451
702 2,040 1,237
239 89 65
181 1,213
PECANS - -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET 1/4/
POTATOES - -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
10,159 23,645
23,691
23,954 18,833 16,797 16,326
9,908 12,005
8,627 25,282 51,168
413,537 320,373 197,307
48,691 261,052 160,989 269,360
(0)
810 1,225
914 1,160
904 659 656 274 620 2,038 340 550
73,295 104,762
83,257 68,657 73,174 58,187 79,773 24,155 105,165 442,080 53,151 97,850
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USF TN
-5X
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
Woodland
Other Land
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number
1969 1974
1909
69,029
166
1919
47,684
4,390 $100,000 and Over
61
1929
61,064
7,964
4,216
41,580
6,991
40,000 to 99,999
65
99
1934
56,413
5,206
2,747
59,408
5,800
20,000 to 39,999
98
100
1939
65,254
3,937
8,697
68,755
5,919
10,000 to 19,999
144
89
1944
58,863
6,439
2,090
81,064
7,511
5,000 to 9,999
85
65
1949
70,221
5,309
5,201
87,163
7,014
2,500 to 4,999
71
50
1954
61,022
7,506
6,555
83,015
8,434
50 to 2,499
150
1959
62,692
5,981
7,324
74,027
8,513
Under 2,500
89
1964
53,511
9,348
5,040
60,489
14,103
1969
48,572
12,267
12,035
47,793
13,662 *Farm numbers with value of sales of
1974
55,959
3,779
13,542
44,045
22,983
$100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
See foot notes on last page. **Land in farms greater than total included in Tift County where farm headquarters are located.
land
area
due
to
farm
land
in
adjoining
counties
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
IIM uuum i rtCKtHbt, ULLU niiu t-Kiiuui-1 mix, i yot
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
23,804 29,649 28,261
31,480 29,120 30,000 32,100 30,900 33,000 29,100 26.400 24,300 22,900 22,000 21,500 21,600 24,400 23,600 24,400 25,,00 23,500 21,200 21,000 31,200 31,500 36,000 33,300
12,263 24,117 22,722 28,095 22,981
19,010 21,100 23,250 25,220 24,800 26,400 23,500 21,600 19,200 19,100 19,000 18,700 19,000 22,100 20,800 22,400 22,330 22,300 19,700 18,900 30,500 31,180 35,320 17,500
15.8 14.9 13.5 10.2 18.3
6.6 25.1 25.7 29.8 32.4 29.1 37.0 35.8 31.6 45.4 47.2 53.7 58.4 66.0 38.1 27.8 37.5 55.9 58.0 55.0 63.2 54.2 68.6 32.9
193,386 359,593 306,361 286,953 419,828
125,300 529,600 596,400 750,700 803,800 768,400 870,000 774,000 606,000 867,000 896,000 1,005,000 1,110,000 1,458,000 793,000 622,000 838,000 1,246,000 1,142,600 1,039,500 1,928,200 1,691,400 2,422,300 576,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested fo beans
Yield per acre
( icres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
250 370 490 710 1,800 1,000 400 1,700 3,700 5,900 5,350 4,800 7,660 4,790 4,080
12.0 14.5 15.5 20.5 23.5 17.0 32.5 24.0 24.0 14.0 19.2 29.0 22.7 23.4 23.5
3,000 5,365 7,595 14,555 42,300 17,000 13,000 40,800 88,800 82,600 102,700 139,200 173,900 112,100 95,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yie Id per acre
( bs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
16,362
19,697 19,701
9,629 8,259
8,360 6,590 6,740 5,990 5,135 6,190 6,590 7,230 7,100 6^230 6,810 6!070 3,270 2,000 2,920 3,000 2,500
830 1,000
980 1,790
525 1,060 . *770
268 133 235 209 229
283 369 376 404 370 326 418 306 323 507 427 364 331 387 267 214 238 376 385 552 483 495 428 349
8,777 5,264 9,294 4,016 3,779
4,940 5,080 5,290 5,050 3,960 4,210 5,750 4,620 4,800 6,600 6,070 4,610 2,260 1,620 1,630 1,340 1,240
650 800 1,130 1,800 540 945 560
7,513
17,864
4,560 12,520 12,330 12,150 12,260 12,260 12,280 12,270 12,130 12,390 12,380 12,390 12,540 12,550 12,310 12,225 12,320 12,390 12,450 12,570 12,495 12,559 12,825 12,933
346 1 ,068 1 ,123 1 ,112 1 ,297 1 ,363 1 ,254 1 ,256 1 ,168 1 ,746 1 ,896 2 ,192 1 ,987
,186
1 ,786
,020
!,468
!,823 i,113 5,228 i,690 3,481 2,943 3,446
5,611 15,391
1,576 13,369 13,851 13,514 15,897 16,712 15,404 15,405 14,172 21,636 23,473 27,165 24,918 27,439 21,981 24,690 30,403 34,974 38,758 40,574 46,106 43,723 37,742 44,573
615 3,455 4,696 3,588
4,105 3,895 3,460 2,540 2,425 2,710 2,740 2,740 2,885 2,735 2,475 2,190 2,300 2,455 2,100 2,250 2,400 2,130 2,300 2,290 2,850 2,950 2,820 2,580
1,004
1,649 1,509 1 ,532 1,375 1,433 1,923 2,057 2,205 2,212 2,141 2,208 1,971 2,277 2,085 1 ,941 2,175 2,003 2,225 1,874
2,222 2,097 1,831 2,389
279 3,261 3,984 4,121
4,120 6,423 5,220 3,892 3,335 3,883 5,268 5,636 6,361 6,051 5,299 4,835 4,533 5,591 4,378 4,368 5,219 4,267 5,118 4,291 6,333 6,186 5,163 6,164
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
TIFT COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
6,345 8,291 4,170 8,014 6,491 10,049 8,419 14,860 11,493 15,856 14,471 18.344
Al1 Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,745 3,809 2,281 3,686 3,176 5,027 3,934 7,392 5,626 8,207 7,602 10,319
Milk Cows
2,059 3,160 2,024
2,520
2,222 2,229 1,098
401 467 387
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
27,215 10,661 60,128
124,489 223,656 188,994 149,973 118,006 180,702
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total.
Sows Farrowing 5/
16,049 20,449 6,537 8,227 8,344
11,91 16,933
17,323 27,993 19,640
24,380 16,097
3,481 1,004 1,123 1,679 1,415 2,169 3,059 5,001 3,748 4,953 3,207
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
24,638 37,967 33,981 39,442 37,034 43,927 37,661 43,314 70,097 65,645 80,904 160,448
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,198 9,104
32,899
26,757
12,126 7,767 463,374 24,972 127,085 133,484
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
81,113 129,600 267,477 163,820 265,620 251,775 70,165 176,999 708,444 916,897 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
lertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
45,605
244,423
$ 152.2
22,551
194,267
138.5
186,280
511.3
282,202
1,060.3
271,538
885,485
1,024.9
794,218
1,453.0
377,846
1,066,897
1,403.7
1,039,044
1,304,264
2,285.0
2,014,000
2,790,000
3,092.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
16,800 17,000 17,350 17,300 17,000 17,000 17,300 17,400 17,500 17,900 23,400 23,000 22,300 18.500
Cows 2 years old and older ]_0V
Kept for Milk
Other
480
8,150
450
8,500
460
8,800
510
9,250
510
9,550
600
9,850
450
9,350
400
8,840
300
8,550
260
8,880
250
13,100
200
13,000
210
12,000
230
10.150
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
8,170 8,050 8,090 7,540 6,940 6,550 7,500 8,160 8,650 8,760 10,050 9,800
10,090 8,120
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
19,800 22,200 24,650 25,400 27,450 31,850 30,250 29,000 24,750 21,700 18,100 21,500 22,400
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved", disclosure of information for individual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 txc 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-
0 - Data withheld to avoid
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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TOOMBS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1B70
Toombs County was created by Legislative Act of August 18, 1905 from parts of Tattnall,
Montgomery and Emanuel counties and was 142nd in order of counties organized in Georgia.
It was named for General Robert Toombs, member of Congress, United States Senator and a
dominant figure in the great Secession Convention in Milledgeville. Lyons, the county seat,
was chartered as a town in 1897, but was founded some years earlier by H. C. Bagley as a
station on the old S. A. M. Railway.
I0-/47C
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 235,328 acres. There
were 481 farms having a total of 103,395 acres with land and buildings valued at $41,873,000.
The number of farms was only 25 percent of the peak number in 1930. Peanuts, tobacco, corn, soybeans and
wheat were the principal crops grown in the county, with tobacco being the leading cash crop in most years.
Corn was by far the leading crop in 1974 in terms of acreage followed by soybeans and peanuts. Field crops Received
represented almost two-thirds of the total value of crops sold according to the 1974 Census.
Toombs County has an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service. July, with an average of around six inches of rainfall, is normally the wettest month, andWOU O n in-Jn November, with near two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is between 66 and 67 uv 6 13/3
degrees, and monthly averages range from almost 51 degrees in January to just about 81 degrees in July and
August. The freeze-free period averages around 250 days in length extending usually from the first week in
March to just past mid-November.
DOCUMENTS
UGA LIBRARIES
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
*
3,161,847
1964
Amount $
t
5,566,957
1974 Amount $
14,562,000
i 1/
Value of All Farm Products-
Farms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
14,446,000
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
2,259,287 2,192,192
58,479 8,616
71.4 69.3
3,867,903 3,766,277
1.8
91,201
.3
10,425
69.5 67.7
1.6 .2
9,595,000
9,191,500 4,228,500 3,624,000
149,000 1 163,000
1,027,000 366,500 37,000
66.4 63.6 29.3 25.1
1.0 1.1 7.1 2.5
.3
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
2,500
.1
10,860
.2
(D)
106,149
3.4
212,375
3.8
(D)
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
793,911 45,471
115,770 632,670
25.1 1.4
3.7 20.0
1,475,819 530,182 86,754 858,883
26.5 9.5 1.6
15.4
4,514,000 792,000
(D) (NA) 783,000 2,651,000
(Z)
(Dj
31.2 5.5
5.4 18.4
Government Payments 1/
26,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts / & Berries 2.1%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts erries 2.8%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.4%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 25.1%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 31.2%
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
TOOMBS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
31,011 37,997 31,135
34,420 34,000 32,600 32,600 33,700 36,300 33,000 30,500 28,400 23,200 22,500 19,900 20,400 22,300 22,800 25,250 25,200 32,800 29,500 35,000 35,000 33,000 37,000 42,500
20,403 32,006 30,796 36,897 21,903
18,850 20,640 19,900 20,170 22,100 24,000 22,000 23,800 22,800 17,700 17,900 15,900 16,500 19,100 20,000 23,400 22,400 30,800 27,400 31,830 33,800 32,800 36,500 26,300
13.4 11.1 12.3 8.4 13.5
14.2 22.4 24.0 28.3 27.9 25.0 34.1 33.7 43.6 48.0 34.9 57.7 47.2 62.2 42.4 43.3 46.7 51.1 46.0 50.0 64.2 51.3 70.5 16.0
273,157 354,232 378,979 309,522 295,290
266,900 462,300 477,600 570,400 617,400 600,700 750,000 803,000 994,000 850,000 625,000 917,000 778,000 1,188,000 848,000 1,013,000 1,047,000 1,573,000 1,260,400 1,591,500 2,170,200 1,682,200 2,574,800 420,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
190 250 260 290 390 580 770 1,900 4,900 3,200 2,000 3,000 4,800 3,700 5,700 6,280 7,400 5,000 5,050
15.0 16.0 16.0 14.5 20.0 19.5 24.5 26.5 24.0 18.0 25.5 19.0 22.0 13.0 26.6 27.0 22.7 27.0 17.5
2,850 4,000 4,160 4,205 7,800 11,310 18,865 50,350 117,600 57,600 51,000 57,000 105,600 48,100 151 ,600 169,600 168,000 135,000 88,400
-.
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yie Id per acre
(1 bs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested j)er acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
18,911 23,556 28,965 15,288 14,740
9,240 7,620 6,860 6,120 4,180 6,450 6,520 7,620 7,440 7,390 7,170 6,650 3,820 2,750 4,650 3,970 3,300 2,200 2,645 1,985 1,420
39 90
270
10,248
119
5,612
177
10,272
176
5,369
833
186
5,493
2,512
707 1,618
399 3,198 2,969 2,376
325
6,270
840
395
332
3,200
327
5,190
1,400
)83
1,376
3,045
356
5,100
1,730
1, 61
2,009
2,650
340
4,350
1,640
1 358
1,407
1,845
523 386
4,560 5,200
1,760 1,720
1,((
)04 )02
1,767 1,551
1,490 2,060
433 309
5,890 4,920
1,720 1,790
1.
(
10 )97
1,909 1,785
2,050 2,080
416
6,470
1,765
)16
1,616
2,180
408
6,300
1,690
1, >21
2,064
2,065
408
6,110
1,745
1,' J83
2,587
1,860
464
6,450
1,750
1,1 313
3,173
1,620
421
3,360
1,755
1,< 194
2,652
1,725
309
1,780
1,735
1,1 596
2,943
2,030
347
3,380
1,890
1,1 335
3,469
1,670
253
2,100
1,865
l,i >97
2,418
1,740
243
1,670
1,950
1,' )06
3,717
2,050
334
1,530
1,960
2,' 106
4,715
1,610
321
1,770
1,955
2, '32
5,342
1,670
204
840
1,960
2, 84
4,281
1,800
261
770
1,990
3, 48
6,265
1,920
1,998
2,( 595
5,384
1,920
667
54
2,059
2,1 336
5,840
1,810
311
5c
2.050 _2* 74
4,45.fi
1.600
796 1,185 1,208 1,204 1,475 1,296 1,623 1,686 1,891 1,743 1,885 1,977 1,395 1,911 1,765 1,576 1,809 1,804 1,805 1,604 2,157 2,136 2,030 2.096
158 2,564 2,035 2,270
2,546 3,608 3,202 2,221 2,198 2,670 3,328 3,507 4,122 3,600 3,507 3,202 2,407 3,880 2,948 2,742 3,709 2,904 3,014 2,887 4,142 4,101 3,675 3.354
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TOOMBS 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
11,206 13,897 17,165
16,952
17,382
16,837
19,151
10,745 9,110 9,769 6,497 7,280
3,324
1,786
8,152 7,136 7,796
5,809
2,623
1,571
2,593 1,974 1,973
1,471
701
215
251,520 251,520 251 ,520 251,520 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 236,160 235,328 235.328
69.7 54.5 62.9 64.8 71.3 64.7 82.3 68.2 56.3 52.5 51.2 43.9
175,318
129
137,004
81
158,096
82
162,905
102
168,444
108
152,797
105
194,381
124
161,172
132
133,008
167
124,053
201
120,484
205
103,395
215
1,359 1,684 1,931 1,594 1,563 1,451 1,569 1,220
796 618 588 481
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,872,904 5,942,218 4,786,233 2,548,204 3,626,615 4,442,461 9,115,890 9,513,560 10,803,312 16,090,866 26,053,150 41,873,000
2,114 3,529 2,479 1,599 2,320 3,062 5,810 7,798 13,572 26,037 44,308 87,055
Tractors
16
23 124 424 784 742 670 717 660
Trucks
144
146 283 556 692 617 609 598 590
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
542
124
395
F*
368
92
461
141
688
319
561
357
626
374
495
(NA)
388
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed ^Production (acres) (bushels)
1,837 802 87 68 236 969 393 634 762 227 319 880
34,972 12,319
1,517 1,467 4,234 19,420 5,693 14,338 22,390 10,920 19,200 41,510
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,307 823
2,540 3,803
2,421 1,403 1,139 1,437
755 2,470
589 1,147
1,595 1,175 1,754 2,363 1,951 7,126
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
78 109 296
782 1,006
441 558 439 1,232
5,644
13,253 93,096 57,608 58,479 46,869 91,201 127,306 367,000
PEACH ES y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
4,624 13,340
3,593 2,692 10,013 8,392 5,209
848 818 2,491
23
8,120 2,765
811 3,710 8,634 5,230
890 305 464 582
22
PECAN Sl/ 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,077 17,479
15,739
9,919 10,177
7,214 4,316 2,849 1.622
1,627 6,777 25,015
163,145 115,594
35,503 22,647 43,992 22,240 51,013 53.771
SWEE1
POTATC ESI/*/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
643 970 2,008 1,778 1,837 1,135 1,538 522 189 106
28 7
60,654
86,179 168,480 86,332 108,757
75,003 105,098
21,861 16,911 10,767
3,933 1.425
Year
Harvested 1 Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
68,809
7,842
1934
64,404
7,309
1939
70,315
3,118
1944
51,654
11,523
1949
60,047
9,615
1954
52,839
6,706
1959
48,594
3,432
1964
36,713
12,229
1969
35,816
14,849
1974
45,089
2,321
See foo tnotes on last page.
2,195 2,629 2,566 4,163 7,666 7,797 8,620 5,802 9,909 14,577
Woodland
121,708 59,643 70,389 79,411 85,965 76,052
108,192 83,074 64,790 59,199 45,669 30,438
Other Land
515 7,691 8,297 8,449 5,732 7,687 8,861 10,756 7,572 10,110 14,241 10,970
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nunrner 1969 1974
*
42
32
65
56
55
83
85
99
73
108
43
210
118
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
TOOMBS COUNTY STATISTICS--!). 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
10,489 11,713
4,082 8,231 7,219 9,979 8,494 11,107 6,978 11,013 9,423 14,216
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,534 5,388 2,227 3,842 3,512 5,095 3,913 5,821 3,508 4,800 4,682 7,197
Milk Cows
2,269 2,028 1,806
2,580
2,023 1,933
767 473 408 389
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,577 12,107 28,135
39,554 54,530 87,729 208,028 180,800 165,375
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
20,719 22,178 10,596 15,125 14,761 17,669 22,675 18,949 23,302 17,983 30,516 24,656
4,568 1 ,508 2,894 2,278 2,722 2,462 3,461 3,918 3,275 5,733 4,788
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
29,621 47,055 37,488 47,876 43,113 45,305 35,817 36,619 63,283 81,327 51,640 85,883
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,107 4,381 31,091
24,981
8,984 7,825 100,463 55,668 54,786 44,821
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
102,230 139,463 212,692 123,609 251,529 222,133
53,068 93,802 420,369 1,201,053 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.
31,471
268,548
84.1
21,024
145,265
99.1
55,327
167.4
118,418
337.6
357,683
486,144
430.0
201,715
344.9
502,358
694,860
543.1
952,574
983,463
661.1
1,861,000
1,999,000
942.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
11,700 11,500 11,050 10,600 10,500 10,600 10,900 11,000 11,000 10,700 14,300 14,000 13,700
12,QQQ
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
570
4,550
540
4,600
510
4,400
480
4,450
420
4,600
450
4,700
470
4,700
680
4,700
880
4,700
590
4,730
470
6,910
550
6,600
550
6,100
51 Q
5,410
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,580 6,360 6,140 5,670 5,480 5,450 5,730 5,620 5,420 5,380 6,920 6,850 7,050 6,Q8Q
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
18,150 23,950 26,500 31,800
34,350 39,250
36,800 34 ,600 26,400 24,700 19,300 22,700 24,500
1/ In 1969 and 1954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut tree'S. 4/ Since 1949 txc ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition.
"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved". NA - Not available.
Irish and sweetpota ludes farms with le 6/ In 1969 and the chickens 3 months o 10/ In 1971 and th
toes. 3/ Since ss than 15-20 reafter classifid and older, ereafter clas-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TOWNS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Towns County was created by Legislative Act of March 6, 1856 from parts of Union and Rabun counties and was 117th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Governor George w. Towns, a noted Chief-Executive of Georgia and a member of Congress.
Hiawassee, the county seat, took its name from the Cherokee Indian name of A-yu-wa-si
which the Cherokees gave to a stream and nearby settlement.
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According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 106,048 acres making it 152nd in size among counties in the State. There were 173 farms having a total of 12,898 acres" with land and buildings valued at $8,919,000. The number of farms was only 21 percent of the
301976
peak number in 1935. Towns County lies north of the Georgia cotton belt and has never grown much if any cotton. The valleys were very productive for corn with yields of 100 bushels per acre quite common but
acreage was very limited. Until recently the farming in the county was more of a subsistence type but the
poultry enterprises, commercial broiler production, hatching egg production and commercial egg production,
Receive
produced a sizable amount of farm income.
Average precipitation is highly variable over Towns County because of terrain contrasts. Annual
averages range from just over 50 inches to almost 75 inches at different observation points, according to the N0AA - National Weather Service. Winter is normally the rainiest season; but, even in the drier autumn
DOCUMENT
months, averages usually exceed three inches. Temperatures also show large variations over the county, but u<j/\ |_!
average 56 to 58 degrees in most areas. Summers are generally mild, with the average for the warmest
month no more than 74 degrees. The freeze-free season averages 170 to 190 days over most of the county. The summer weather is favorable for tourist and a large number of summer homes and camps are located in the
county.
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
520,006
1964
Amount $
%
2,765,209
1974 Amount $
2,798,000
t V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
96,915 81,536
2,050 13,329
4,045 419,046 323,729
29,957 65,360
18.6 15.7
116,332 103,580
.4 2.5
.8 80.6 62.2
5.8 12.6
9,728 3,024
800
16,740
2,631,337 2,447,344
20,273 163,720
4.2 3.7
.4 .1
.6 95.2 88.5
.8 5.9
2,620,000
40,500
1.6
40,000
1.5
7,000
.3
3,000
.1
10,000
.4
20,000
.7
1,000
.1
500
2,579,000 2,363,500
39,000 176,500
65,000 111,500 (Z)
98.4
90.2 1.5
6.7 2.5 4.2
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock & ivestock Prod. 12.6% Forestry Prod. 0.8%
--All Crops 18.f
Dairy Prod. 5.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Other Livestock & --Livestock Prod. 6.7% All Crops 1.6% Dairy Prod. 1.5%
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
TOWNS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.
Production (bushels)
7,806 6,323 3,906
3,180 2,760 2,700 2,900 2,900 2,700 2,340 1,850 1,670 1,510
1,250 1,020
880
880 730
630 540 850
900
690 830 750 870 800
9,301 8,180 8,327 7,786 6,313 3,888
3,040 2,640 2,540 2,760 2,800 2,600 2,280
1,760 1,490
1,330
1,140
940 820
810 700
550 440 680 800 570 660
610
730
520
12.7 13.8 15.4 14.9 17.9 32.9
29.4 46.8 46.0 42.7 47.0 45.8 48.2 52.8 50.3 43.6 50.0 54, 53. 59. 50, 54. 56.8 66.2 59.0 61.9 64.2 69.0 63.7 59.8
118,230 112,691 128,319 115,842 113,219 127,828
89,400 123,600 116,800 117,800 131,500 119,100 110,000
93,000 75,000 58,000 57,000 51 ,000 44,000 48,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 45,000 47,200 35,300 42,400 42,100 46,500 31,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
1965 1966 1967 1968 196c
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
1976
1977
SOYBEO'
r Harvested'
Yield
for bear-' I per acre
(acres,
(bu.)
I Production (bushels;
100
20.0
2,000
130
20.0
2,600
170
20.0
3,400
140
25.;
3,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.
Bales
Acreage Yield
Acreage n^TiTTd--
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre Production
Yea'
i "CO 1910 1923 1930 1935 1940 1945 19:0 n955 I960 964 1963 1974
TOWNS COoNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Popu "idtion
4,748 3,932 3,937 4,346
4,925
4,803
4,538
4,565
["ARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
3,756 I 4,391 4,078 I 3,732 3,694
1,192
1,214
3,756 4,391 4,078
3,693
1,192
1,214
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
115,840 115,840 115,840 115,840 115,840 110,080 110,080 106,240 106,240 106,240 106,240
106,048 106.048
Percent in Farms
69.1 56.9 58.2 41.3 44.2 34.2 36.4 42.6 38.4 31.7 26.9 16.5 12.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
80,016 65,969 67,412 47,796 51,255 37,616 40,041 45,218 40,818 33,634 28,575 17,487 12,898
"Average Size Farms
(acres)
120 100
97 72 61 51 49 54 62 67 67 73 75
Number of Farms
665 658 696 663 840 741 811 839 658 499 429 240 173
Year
1900 16'0 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (del.)
Average (dol.)
266,570 593,086 1,285,725 1,299,580 896,555 876,329 2,055,050 3,155,479 3,264,338 4,011,960 5,526,807 5,584,374 8,919,000
401 901 1,847 1,960
1,067 1,183
2,534 3,761 4,961 8,040 12,883 23,268 51,555
Tractors
5
7 12 47 112 194 246 166 160
Trucks
40
35 52 222 293 254 321 205 166
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
96
133
140
51
167
2
260
16
280
56
237
112
372
242
162
(NA)
148
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
398
2,210
242
1,655
76
843
7
65
4
75
70
1,959
517
13,086
231
5,677
17
515
3
100
1
1
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLE'- 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
673 456 577 832
1,762 1,972 1,759 2,078 1,247
993
448
6
660
11
18
2,381
17
2,688
13
2,497
34
2,672
36
1,911
1,709
4
455
421 6,680 1,376 2,050 3,958 9,728
1.000
PEACH ES y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
2,481 4,291 4,824 2,791 4,158 2,539
138 1,016
271 174
79
113 2,581
196 449 3,682 1,305
20 3
251 82 43
PECAN S 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
400
49
30
22
10
17
20
12
. ,
SWEET . . ..
POTATOES J 3/
Har-
eroauc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
34
2,390
98
10,172
77
5,953
91
8,151
139
16,099
121
8,495
90
10,899
26
5,634
7
2,434
5
1,634
1
574
M I AND USE HNi ACRES
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
10,894
,913
1934
11,679
,504
1939
10,436
,888
1944
9,248
,183
1949 1954
6,897 5,615
,050 ,419
1959
4,690
,418
1964
3,599
,193
1969
1,875
578
1974
1,931
419
See footnotes on last page.
3,369 4,537 4,265
679 1,464 1,383 1,349 2,243 3,428 3,358
Woodland
40,848 41 ,707 26,977 28,636 16,555 21,702 26,969 24,950 21,954 16,359
8,674 5,678
Other Land
5,749 2,955 3,465 4,542 4,389 7,143 6,838 6,451 4,223 4,181 2,932 1,512
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number 1969 1974
3
13
5
5
1
3
2
9
5
17
18
193
139
*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
TOWNS COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,513 2,946 2,939 1,895 3,527 2,222 2,698 2.237 2,480 2,331 3,070 2,447 3.078
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,053 1,460 1.400 1.078 1.724 1,238 1,656 1,319 1,529 1,275 1,697 1,254 1.609
Milk Cows
927 1,267 1,337 1,052
1,238
1,219 1,314 1,036
597 296 255
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
36 10 9,038 5,020
11,655 89,780 49,565 87,025 22,595 35,553
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,865 4,421 6,753 2,058 3,178 1,644 2,615 2,916 2,342 2,341 1,441
951 1,070
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,423 213 506 170 580 369 377 307 319 222 414
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
8,735 13,521 23,285 19,869 27,293 21,821 34,005 66,291 76,065 146,938 327,81; 247,537 227,862
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
30,791 23,473 26,805
15,722
61,700 86,900 1,058,442 760,333
(D) 171,477
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
34,710 54,764
80,107 146,641 147,182 144,579 269,387 400,390 418,569 1,521,501 4,897,704
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
9,251 5 8,708
12,100
14,100
50,145
473,470
257,320
59,520
$ 7.3 3.2
22.4 61.5 39.4
661,748 1,409,298 1,032,250 1,536,000
50,149 39,245 85,000
37.0 120.8 146.1
39.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,250 3,200 3,200 3,300 3,300 3,400 3,500 3,600 3,600 3,500 4,100 4,000
Cows 2 years old and older 10/
Kept for . Milk
Other
700
1,150
650
1,300
610
1,400
500
1,500
350
1,550
350
1,600
320
1,700
300
1,670
300
1,820
170
1,840
150
1,970
160
160 160
m1,900
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,400 1,250 1,190 1,300 1,400 1,450 1,480 1,630 1,480 1,490 1,980 1,940
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1,450 1,250 1,400 1,000 1,050 1,250 1,200 1,150 1,350 1,600 1,700 1,900 1,920
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
7954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available disclosure of information for individual farms.
D - Data withheld to avoid
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GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TREUTLEN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Treutlen County was created by Legislative Act of August 21, 1917 from parts of
Emanuel and Montgomery counties and was 152nd in order of counties organized in Georgia.
It was named for Governor John B. Treutlen, first Governor of Georgia and a member of
the Provincial Congress of 1775. He was elected Governor over Button Gwinnett who was
later one of the Georgia signers of the Declaration of Independence. Soperton, the
county seat, was named for a Mr. Soper, who was a prominent citizen of the vicinity.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, ^the land area was 123,968 acres making it 141st in size among counties in the State."1 There were 254 farms having a
Rar*ai ^1 r*"C6lVgQ
total of 56,307 acres with land and buildings valued at $16,385,000. The number of farms was only 21
'percent of the peak number in 1920. Cotton, tobacco, soybeans and corn are the principle crops grown in
the county. Corn was the leading crop in 1966 in terms of acreage followed by cotton and soybeans. In N0V 2 fi 1Q7Q
1974, field crops accounted for half of the total value of products sold with livestock, poultry and their
u '3/j
products accounting for 33 percent.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches for non is---MT
Treutlen County. July and March, with averages just over five inches.of rainfall, are normally the wettest"-^''-^-i <TS
months and November, with about two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is uG/l '
'jp
around 65.5 degrees, with monthly averages ranging from near 49 degrees in January to just over 81 degrees
in July. The freeze-free season averages about 235 days in length extending normally from just after mid-
March to about November 10.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
to
1964
Amount $
t
1,416,579
2,322,253
1974 Amount $
4,256,000
*T/
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
868,160 864,879
217 3,064
235,528 312,891
31,454 29,707 251,730
61.3 61.1
.2
16.6 22.1
2.2 2.1 17.8
1,236,339 1,232,191
53.2 53.0
2,068 1,540
527,212 558,702 158,575
104 400,023
.1 .1
22.7 24.1
6.9 17.2
4,177,000
2,086,000 2,076,000
886,000 887,000 249,000
32,000 22,000
1,000 9,000
49.9 49.7 21.2 21.2
6.0 .8 .5
.2
744,000
1,347,000 (Z)
r(NLAl\l
334,000 996,000
(D)
17.8 32.3
8.0 23.8
1 Government Payments 1/
21,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products 16.6?
Poultry & Poultry Products 2.2%
*-- Dairy Prod. 2.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ .Forestry Products 17.8%
~ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 17.8%
"All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 32.3%
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
TREUILtN COUNTY ACREAbt, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
17,902 25,427 17,097
18,820 17,630 16,400 15,600 15,100 15,600 12,800 11,300 10,600 14,000 12,100 11,670 11,800 12,500 12,600 13,5^ 13,490 14,450 13,200 15,000 14,800 15,400 16,700 15,100
21,396 17,059 24,970 13,170
12,750 12,080 10,800 10,420
9,800 10,000
8,400 7,900 7,300 10,400 9,300 8,990 9,130 10,500 10,500 11,600 11,300 12,450 11,550 12,900 13,500 14,680 16,030 1,200
9.8 10.9 8.5 13.3
7.6 20.5 19.0 21.8 19.0 17.6 24.5 21.6 21.5 35.1 33.3 37.6 31.1 48.1 33.0 34.3 25.1 43.5 32.0 47.0 51.2 44.4 46.1 18.0
209,718 186,244 211,934 175,081
96,600 247,600 205,200 227,400 186,500 176,100 206,000 171,000 157,000 365,000 310,000 338,000 284,000 505,000 346,000 398,000 284,000 541,000 369,600 606,300 690,800 651,500 738,200
21,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested fo r beans
Yield per acre
( acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130 180 2,000 920 450 600 680 480 750 750 920 840 1,600
16.5 24.0 24.5 15.0 22.0 21.0 25.0 12.5 18.7 21.2 20.8 21.4 18.8
2,145 4,320 49,000 13,800 9,900 12,600 17,000 6,000 14,000 15,900 19,100 18,000 30,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
24,229
125
6,079
20
21,496
155
6,671
932
10,498
174
3,644
911
6,621
153
2,022
1,088
5
244
692
653
27
994
48
1,941
125 680
3,980
299
2,480
1,330
735
978
110
12.7
1,400
3,610
355
2,670
1,280
1,132
1,449
50
14.4
720
3,340
347
2,420
1,145
1,077
1,233
50
16.6
830
2,340
305
1,490
715
902
645
30
14.0
420
1,615
394
1,330
460
1,211
557
100
21.0
2,100
2,770
372
2,150
870
1,144
995
130
17.0
2,210
2,820
343
2,020
880
1,297
1,141
100
20.0
2,000
2,880
271
1,630
910
1,203
1,095
80
19.0
1,520
2,520
318
1,680
960
1,322
1,269
20
20.0
400
2,400
340
1,710
910
1,455
1,324
40
21.0
840
2,580
428
2,310
815
1,459
1,189
70
23.0
1,610
2,370
427
2,120
690
1,574
1,086
50
23.0
1,150
1,740
345
1,250
700
1,085
760
50
24.0
1,200
970
267
540
905
1,490
1,348
90
24.4
2,200
1,260
335
880
705
1,340
945
100
25.0
2,500
1,370
297
850
735
1,296
953
90
26.7
2,400
1,050
293
640
660
1,406
928
80
31.3
2,500
760
632
1,000
735
1,334
980
120
39.2
4,700
1,100
364
835
720
1,375
990
100
17.0
1,700
1,140
464
1,100
780
1,363
1,063
160
27.5
4,400
1,400
391
1,140
770
1,743
1,342
330
21.9
7,220
110
400
92
780
1,678
1,309
320
24.2
7,740
305
233
145
770
1,601
1,233
320
27.7
8,860
48
167
17
625
1,579
987
370
34.6
12,800
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TREUTLEN COUNTY DATA F"^ 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
7,664 7,488 7,632 6,522 5,874 5,647
5,879 4,653 5,143 3,383 4,171
1,704
856
4,225 3,486 3,925
3,141
1,271
709
1,654 1,167 1,218
1,030
433
147
167,680
53.6
89,913
75
167,680
53.7
90,120
85
167,680
57.0
95,630
no
124,160
72.1
89,552
104
124,160
64.1
79,593
107
124,160
88.9
110,340
145
124,160
83.5
103,716
169
124,160
74.4
92,416
205
124,160
55.3
68,679
208
123,968
60.8
75,387
235
123,968
45.4
56,307
222
1,205 1,064
866 857 741 763 613 451 330 321 254
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
Tractors
Trucks
3,701,655
3,072
2,757,433
2,592
5
22
1,620,345
1,871
1,888,188
2,203
6
50
1,781,274
2,404
35
83
3,807,370
4,990
107
244
9,552,992
15,584
255
250
4,810,366
10,666
267
290
8,179,050
24,785
331
343
11,653,227
36,302
391
353
16,385,000
64,508
293
323
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
231
56
239
53
252
41
335
35
391
84
303
149
304
167
232
(NA)
225
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
404
4,745
13
90
8
120
29
340
297
9,980
235
7,700
999
16,917
376
10,939
274
11,400
130
3.620
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
1/ 3/ PEACHES- -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
1/ 3/ PECANS - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET y 4/
POTATOES - -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
960
5,369
1,396
981
3,282
452
58,098
264
169
18
734
747
209
2,461
4,611
456
52,565
491
258
42
1,122
1,088
424
27,223
633
52
3,438
2,677
2,729
6,038
65,437
496
33,813
920
4,935
2,801
37,121
288
22,483
431
306
14
2,425
4,056
199
5,740
13,379
130
10,474
239
159
6
217
2,345
380
4,679
4,185
54
3,005
473
623
49
2,255
452
434
2,074
22,608
24
2,333
432
826
20
2,608
251
38
1,119
4,035
7
610
487
1,096
(D)
(D)
50
453
13,400
5
549
703
1.912
3
1.000
1,369
18,300
20
940
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
42,821 38,858
6,925 4,373
1939
41,445
2,986
1944
27,694
9,298
1949
28,919
6,154
1954
25,302
4,824
1959
20,817
8,008
1964
16,688
2,818
1969
15,545
4,098
1974
15.146
2,626
See footnotes on last page.
2,325 838
2,023 2,501 6,397 7,181 4,887 5,654 4,682 4,410
Woodland
32,671 29,492 44,038 40,096 37,559 62,390 61,789 55,242 39,250 44,364 26,620
Other Land
4,311 7,980 7,115 2,885 1,963 6,480 4,620 3,462 4,269 6,698 7,505
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 2t500
5
5
14
13
33
40
50
73
40
52
41
138
71
*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
TREUTLEN 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
(gallons)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
5,748 2,495 5,204 4,131 4,715 4,954 6,200 4,302 5,377 5,565 5,673
3,010 1,302 2,464 1,827 2,473 2,642 3,252 2,272 2,844 3,106 3,020
478 1,000
1,239
950 892 392 124 114
67
1,610 6,575
23,035 10,425 58,385 43,535 311,831
145 (NA) (NA)
10,397 4,015 6,097 7,435 7,881 10,804 8,434 10,968 10,239 11,811 9,447
2,571 860
1,034 1,672 1,233 1,134 1,480 2,184 1,756 2,363 1,880
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
26,269 19,737 22,368 21,198 21,022 17,689 14,599 13,633 10,070
3,665 1,141
2,815 9,726
9,438
2,575 19,877 205,371 193,489
1,523 80
40,399 93,735 41,054 90,287 81,484 10,536 18,573 33,930 162,210
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Ferti1izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 20,267
$ 164,404 $ 35.6
8,122
81,095
56.0
50,701
81.3
56,779
246.1
109,630
203,508
184.6
297,869
168.3
242,765
257,286
357.8
260,535
388,292
171.9
401 ,000
593,000
319.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older 1Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
5,700
150
2,850
2,700
10,350
5,750
130
3,000
2,620
11,200
5,550
130
3,000
2,420
12,400
5,700
110
3,050
2,540
12,300
5,700
120
3,150
2,430
13,300
5,800
140
3,200
2,460
15,400
5,800
140
3,600
2,060
14,650
5,600
100
4,200
1,300
14,050
5,500
100
4,300
1,100
13,600
5,700
100
4,370
1,230
11,300
6,700
100
4,350
2,250
11,300
7,000
90
4,600
2,310
12,500
6,900
90
4,300
2,510
12,800
6,380
80
3,700
2,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excl udes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nu t trees. 4/ Since 194 9 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fu ly comparable becaus e of change in definit ion. 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 tota s include only eggs s old. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have ca lved". NA - Not avai 1 able. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
TROUP COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
.
Troup County was created by Legislative Acts of June 9, 1826 and December 11, 183eCeiVeCl
from lands acquired from the Creek Indians under treaties of 1826 and was 70th in order
of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Governor George M. Troup, whose
defiance of the Federal government in a controversy with President Adams gave him the.,,..,, 0 n 1Q7Q title--"Hercules of State Rights." His name was given the county more than 30 years 11 uv /J u ioi 3
before his death. When first organized the county included Meriwether and parts of
Heard, Harris and Talbot counties. LaGrange, the county seat, was named for the
-.,,,,-,,
ancestral home in France of Marquis de LaFayette, who came to the aid of General
DOCUi.ltiM lb
W\ iani UU'il/to
Washington in the Revolutionary War
jyGA
AAccccoorrddiinngq ttoo tthhee 11997744 CCeennssuuss 1of Agriculture, the land area was 265,600 acres. There were 283 farm:
having a total of 60,631 acres with land and buildings valued at $26,971,000. TThhee nnuumml ber of farms was only
1Q percent of tne peak number in 1910. The importance of field crops had remained the same in recent years,
while dairying and' poultry had increased. According to the 1974 Census, dairying was the leading farm
enterprise in terms of value of all products sold. Livestock and livestock products were second followed
LI3RARJES
y n The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 53 inches for TrouD County. March averages more than six inches and is normally the wettest month while October, with around two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is around 63 degrees and monthly averages range from 46 degrees in January to nearly 80 degrees in July The average length of the freeze-free season is about 215 days with average dates of last spring and first fall freezes around
the first of April and the first of November, respectively.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
%
1,409,824
1,980,770
1974 Amount $
2,564,000
% V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
280,653 258,324
5,281 17,048 56,125 137,192 935,854 104,411 469,473 361,970
19.9 18.3
211,623 204,048
.4 1.2
4.0 9.7
66.4 7.4
33.3 25.7
5,798 1,777
18,100 117,191
1,633,856 546,344 753,553 333,959
10.7 10.3
.3 .1 .9 5.9 82.5 27.6 38.0 16.9
2,398,000
275,000 (NA)
100,000
(D) 146,000
(Z) (D) 1,000
(D) (D)
2,031,000 (D)
1,312,000 (NA)
698,000 1,000
(D)
11.5 4.2 6.1
84.7 54.7 29.1
.1
Government Payments 3/
20,000
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. Z - Less than half of the unit reported. NA - Not available.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 13.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
-- All Crops 19.9%
.Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 3.8%
All Crops 11.5%
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
TROUP COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND P&OUUCTION, 1954 - 19//
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
24,357 24,899 10,863
8,440 6,950 6,000 5,600 4,700 4,400 3,470 2,880 2,470 3,350 2,850 2,670 2,620 2,700 2,400 1,970 1,8 30 1,800
950 900 1,500 1,300 1,400 1,450
30,033 25,727 35,818 23,392 23,734 10,689
11.2 10.8 12.7 11.8
6.8 14.8
7,360
11.8
6,190
20.9
5,110
20.5
4,840
22.3
4,000
23.3
3,800
17.7
3,060
26.1
2,390
30.5
2,050
26.8
2,620
32.8
2,330
27.9
2,190
32.9
2,170
25.3
2,250
44.9
2,000
33.0
1,620
25.9
1,560
37.8
1,300 . 38.5
800
43.0
680
56.0
900
42.4
660
49.2
770
41.2
570
24.9
335,380 278,884 454,094 275,110 161,557 157,879
86,800 129,400 104,800 108,100
93,200 67,300 80,000 73,000 55,000 86,000 65,000 72,000 55,000 101,000 66,000 42,000 59,000 50,000 34,400 38,100 38,200 32,500 31,700 14,200
Year
USDA: 1 959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100
20.0
2,000
220
25.0
5,500
140
15.0
2,100
400
20.0
8,000
430
24.0
10,300
480
26.7
12,800
380
27.4
10,400
420
20.0
8,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre
Production
52,699 67,515
55,035 26,013 10,046
3,848
2,100 1,900 1,750 1,240
775 1,170 1,000 1,030
940 1,130
960 810 670 570 410 275 275 200 110
30
192
20,271
182
24,611
129
14,224
136
7,098
151
3,039
146
1,121
237
1,040
309
1,230
313
1,140
265
680
316
510
292
710
285
590
273
590
440
860
442
1,040
343
690
263
450
293
410
163
195
205
175
327
185
284
160
240
100
264
60
333
21
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TROUP COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
24,002 26,228 36,097 36,752
43,879
49,841
47,189
44,466
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,617 11,710
9,973 6,789 5,589
1,676
1,475
3,487 4,754 4,469
3,350
1,187
1,255
7,130 6,956 5,504
2,239
" 489
220
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
278,400 278,400 278,400 278,400 278,400 286,080 286,080 286,080 286,080 286,080 286,080 265,600 265.600
Percent in Farms
81.0 79.1 74.7 60.5 71.9 57.7 56.4 64.0 56.9 40.9 31.8 33.7 22.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
225,522
97
220,330
76
207,850
75
168,410
92
200,265
104
164,973
134
161,305
112
183,018
125
162,656
122
117,026
158
90,858
170
89,438
226
60,631
214
Number of Farms
2,324 2,918 2,781 1,820 1 ,925 1 ,235 1 ,438 1 ,466 1 ,337
742 534 395 283
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!) 2,176,060 4,116,102 7,628,853 4,208,833 2,868,103
2,710,276 3,532,243 8,230,124 9,433,872 8,908,452 12,131,946 18,110,253 26,971,000
Average
(dol-) 936
1,411 2,743 2,313 1,490 2,195 2,456 5,614 7,056 12,006 22,719 45,848 95,304
Tractors
40
52 119 215 506 415 418 431 342
Trucks
120
135 217 354 521 373 459 375 308
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
630
103
488
50
615
122
847
276
981
569
667
484
613
454
314
(NA)
258
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed
(acres
57562" 2,744
713 247 295 882 1,249 695 671 601 465
75 153
Production
(bushels)
367750 46,248
10,873 4,313 4,759 15,208 24,322 14,317 16,782 22,858 27 ,430 2,300 2,178
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,253 1,914 3,296 5,271
5,530 5,787 4,116 3,840 4,035 2,978
1,915 2,630
4,767 4,011 4,000 5,145 9,669 6,251
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres)
691
38,677
474
215
6,810
29,091
353
10,782
94
5,281
109
5,595
44
5,798
6
2,016
23
(D)
PEACHES - -
"~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
62,926
181
34,542
13,001
26,938
15,098
63,482
30,618
91,798
96,742
117,834
32,572
55,189
1,875
34,710
5,164
4,210
1,219
9,625
12,142
102
PECANS 'J *
"ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,146 5,266
348 6,088 9,459
5,928
7,834 3,082 1,983 2,618
860 218
22,022 14,995 22,920 28,066 41,193
185 11,800
. (D)
3WIET 1/ 4/ POTATOES
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
552
41,176
561
51,638
836
75,504
797
81,024
1,040
88,674
827
62,771
742
48,285
310
24,082
76
7,386
39
3,275
5
578
23
2,565
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE TN ACRFS 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
58,499 55,480 48,082
34,770 25,662 17,151 10,731
8,957 7,195 5,475
33,002
22,676 13,554 22,259 21,576 13,130
4,308 5,109 3,851
477
See footnotes on last page.
11,931 22,438 23,843
8,820 15,757
7,763 9,991 9,130 18,652 17,616
Woodland
64,447 58,441 48,568 87,250 58,227 64,772 89,274 87,018 63,096 44,094 43,332 25,980
Other Land
30,906 27,477 15,947 11,577 20,524 30,501 30,749 37,594 28,900 23,568 16,408 11,083
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
6
24
10
20
6
15
13
14
13
52
28
270
207
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
TROUP 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
5,739 6,356 8,424 5,345 8,985 5,656 9,072 10,227 14,662 11,278 10,890 12,938 12,895
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,775 4,186 4,439 3,139 5,039 2,731 4,284 5,090 8,393 6,530 6,263 6,732 6,927
Milk Cows
2,346 3,108 3,832 3,047
2,574
3,080 3,345 2,459 2,186 2,055 1,532
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
71,253 7,295
116,891 278,917
305,481 514,256 587,862 921,942 591 ,855 1,472,383 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,522 6,590 10,641 3,849 4,593 3,596 4,546 2,446 2,934 2,408
710 642 253
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,021 525 500 526 582 226 430 281 91 143 18
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
35,470 44,676 53,369 40,228 42,719 29,019 46,581 34,505 39,765 34,230 20,596 52,093
977
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
20,399 13,557 29,487
17,694
28,779 22,564 423,286 963,581 649,928
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
118,930 182,992 194,076 222,230 179,153 124,834 216,887
56,295 174,799 292,680 170,058
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 105,924 $ 166,414 $ 119.8
37,461
68,165
113.6
218,615
126.4
265,216
151.3
573,731
158,715
227.5
466,843
149.9
580,766
335,833
267.6
833,323
334,583
246.1
754,000
352,000
231.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
11,600 10,800 10,750 11,100 13,000 13,000 13,300 13,400 14,200 14,600 16,500 15,500 14,900 14.000
2,650 2,400 2,450 2,480 2,300 2,000 2,300 2,410 2,500 2,340 2,190 1,700 1,650 1.590
4,250 4,300 4,000 4,200 4,300 4,400 5,100 5,700 7,600 7,890 8,560 7,900 6,800 6.690
4,700
700
4,100
700
4,300
750
4,420
650
6,400
700
6,600
850
5,900
800
5,290
800
4,100
750
4,370
700
5,750
5,900
600
6,450
550
5.720
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 txc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. ~TT - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
TWIGGS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1SOO-1S7B
Received
Twiggs County lies just below the fall line almost in the center of the State.
It was the 37th county of the State created by Legislative Act of December 14, 1809 NOV 2 fi 1Q7Q
from Wilkinson County and was named for General John Twiggs, prominent soldier of
,J'3
the Revolution. Jeffersonville, the county seat, was named for Thomas Jefferson.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 233,088 acres There were 156 farms having a total of 40,233 acres with land and buildings valued
Docur. ENTS
at $18,145,000. The number of farms was only 9 percent of the peak number in 1910. UGA
The northern portion of the county lies in the sandhill province of soil classifica-
tion. The soils within this province are generally deep sands with excessive drainage. The southern
portion of the county lies in the upper coastal plain province and some of these soils are very productive
Tobacco and peanuts are the leading cash crops. According to the 1974 Census, the importance of livestock'
had declined in terms of value of all products sold as compared with the same data 10 years earlier.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around 46 inches for
Twiggs County. July and October are normally the wettest and driest months with rainfall averages of about
five and one-half inches and two and one-fourth inches, respectively. The average annual temperature is
about 65 degrees and monthly averages range from near 48 degrees in January to about 81 degrees in July.
The average length of the freeze-free season is about 235 days, with average dates of last spring and first
fall freezes around mid-March and just before mid-November.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $
745,925
1964 Amount $~
1,185,020
1974 Amount $
2,966,000
TTT
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
487,385 439,542
47,094 749
2,913,000
65.3
695,287 58.7
2,283,000
78.4
58.9
673,366 56.8
2,122,000
72.9
1,057,000
36.3
459,000 15.8
57,000
2.0
549,000 18.8
6.3
20,843
1.8
67,000
2.3
.1
1,078
.1
94,000
3.2
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
23,787
234,753 5,934
52,233 176,586
3.2
31.5 .8
7.0 23.7
73,402
416,331 1,332
78,480 336,519
6.2
35.1 .1
6.6 28.4
24,000
606,000 1,000 5,000
600,000 193,000 407,000
(Z)
.8
20.8
.2 20.6 6.6 14.0
Government Payments 3/
6,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not
included in total for computation of commodity percentages. Z - Less thanTialf of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 6.4%
"--Forestry Prod. 3.2%
<_Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 5.5%
"-Forestry Prod. 0.8%
Livestock, Poultry & their Products 20.8%
TWIGGS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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
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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,106 25,374 15,063
14,020 12,180 11,000 10,200
9,700 10,400
8,300 7,300 6,900 6,900 6,000 5.780 5,890 6,200 6,300 5,7:0 5,750 5,650 5,100 6,000 7,300 7,600 8,400 8,250
23,724 26,632 27,940 19,653 25,038 13,010
11,710 10,250 8,520 8,010
7,300 7,900 6,300 5,700 5,300 5,260 4,800 4,660 4,740 5,300 5,300 4,900 4,800 4,900 4,400 5,300 6,900 7,200 8,000 2,370
7.2 8.7 9.6 7.2 7.1 11.0
7.0 20.5 20.5 23.6 24.0 20.1 21.3 27.7 24.0 31.9 29.6 29.4 30.6 43.8 35.8 36.7 32.7 43.5 50.0 66.0 49.4 58.2 57.8
8.0
170,860 230,994 268,676 140,953 178,273 142,898
81 ,700 210,100 174,700 189,100 175,100 158,400 134,000 158,000 127,000 168,000 142,000 137,000 145,000 232,000 190,000 180,000 157,000 213,000 220,000 349,800 340,800 419,000 462,400
18,900
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 100 110 130 190 250 980 4,000 2,600 2,300 1,700 1,300 1,300 1,490 1,390 1,700 1,360 2,100
18.5 11.0 17.5 20.0 14.5 22.0 26.0 26.0 19.0 24.0 20.0 25.0 10.0 16.8 22.5 18.8 21.1 14.6
1,850 1,100 1,925 2,600 2,755 5,500 25,480 104,000 49,400
55,200 34,000 32,500 13,000 25,000 31,300 32,000 28,700 30,700
Acreage Harvpstpri
27,838 39,629 28,048 13,300
8,473 5,776
3,960 3,530 3,320 2,220 1,380 2,600 2,360 2,620 3,120 2,770 2,650 2,460 1,520 1,260 1,760 1,680 1,800 3,100 4,000 4,145 3,240 1,480 2,430 2,170
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
190
9,254
178
14,094
65
3,621
77
1,943
213
3,614
217
2,503
235
1,940
307
2,260
289
2,000
310
1,440
346
1,000
350
1,900
380
1,870
492
2,690
343
2,240
370
2,140
515
2,850
441
2,270
567
1,800
556
1,470
330
1,210
584
2,050
428
1,610
577
3,730
325
2,710
404
3,490
511
3,450
365
1,120
372
1,880
180
815
PEANUTS Acreage Yie Id Harvested per acre
(1 bs.)
Acreage Production Harvested (1000 lbs.;
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
4,036 2,820
1,040 1,480 1,840 1,370 1,340 1,180 1,100 1,060 1,060 1,070 1,055 1,085 1,100 1,060 1,345 1,320 1,340 1,340 1,360 1,370 1,399 1,399 1,396 1,403
348
645 460 697
851 797 764
1 060 725 957
1 340 1 624 1 553 2 067 1 .471 1 ,943 2 ,228 2 ,553 2 ,782 2 ,248
2 ,896 3 ,332 2 ,222 1 ,872
1,862 1,734
362 955 846 955 1,140 940 840 1,124 768 1,024 1,414 1,762 1,708 2,191 1,978 2,565 2,986 3,421 3,783 3,080 4,052 4,661 3,102 2,627
149 1
194 110
13 76
60 50 90 80 60 50
30 30 60 200 170 160 320 400. 420 220
600 240 780 540 390 160
23.8 12.0 18.3 15.0 30.0 32.5
29.0 27.5 32.5 37.5 32.5 33.0 26.9 29.8 47.9 39.1
17.0 29.5 22.1 25.2 29.7 31.5
Production (bu.)
970 15
2,137 606 167 670
1,430 600
1,650 1,200 1,800 1,620
870 825 1,950 7,500 5,520 5,280 8,600 11,900 20,100 8,600
10,200 7,080
17,200 13,600 11.600
5,040
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TWIGGS COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
8,716 10,736 10,407
8,372
9,117
8,308
7,935
8,222
HARM POPULATION"
Total
White
NonWhite
6,812 5,732 7,834 5,095 4,112
1,978
483
2,380 2,024 2,613
1,379
749
311
4,432 3,708 5,221
2,733
1,229
172
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
200,960 200,960 200,960 200,960 200,960 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,600 233,088 233,088
Percent in Farms
67.4 85.7 71.0 56.6 55.4 55.4 50.8 58.9 46.1 33.5 25.1 20.0 17.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
135,518 172,312 142,619 113,838 111,243 129,382 118,609 137,697 107,654
78,368 58,678 46,601 40,233
Average Size Farms
(acres)
116 104 108 120 118 128 130 176 171 193 188 244 258
Number of Farms
1,166 1,649 1,316
947
939 1,014
910 783
630 406
313 191 156
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!)
861,450 2,413,950 4,967,490 1,900,175 1,255,438 1,880,492 2,296,820 3,289,383 4,898,250 5,649,896 6,401,163 8,247,394 18,145,000
Average
(dol.)
739 1,464 3,775 2,007 1,337 1,855 2,524 4,201 7,775 13,916 20,451 43,180 116,313
Tractors
22
35 61 109 214 242 260 228 227
Trucks
84
110 145 199 256 220 261 206 209
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
261
58
283
23
304
42
282
44
372
84
268
67
327
110
172
NA)
157
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,025 1,631
415 52 76
102 331 267 1,801 1,049 489 853 73
Production (bushels)
11,330 19,220 4,472
385 285 1,140 10,801 6,320 47,033 27,135 21,926 41,608 2,500
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,826 927
1,366 4,865
2,464 1,081 1,146 1,508
648 1,115
648 660
1,109 787
1,249 2,340 2,174 2,471
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (to1.)
380 833 941
1,099 1,162
292 202 168 155
13,522
19,302 34,155 60,582 47,094 20,730 20,843 34,199 67,000
PEACHES - -
"~STT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
30,460
351
52,854
29,936
8,987 5,743
43,149
7,131
15,922 25,593
4,529 2,967
27,733
8,966
31,935
12,088
238
85
195
175
269
89
PECANS - -1
~TfT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,984 10,898
7,212
10,139 5,882 3,093 4,305 669 4,516
50 4,293 8,742
51,405 55,856 24,939
1,060 23,925
1,121 12,485 173.106
SWEET 1/ 4/
POTATOES
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels
264
16,445
439
29,460
566
41,802
548
49,363
947
48,917
805
54,525
607
46,421
242
16,721
50
2,826
131
12,685
9
1,077
9
900
13
1,830
Year
Harvested Cropland
TId..lLeANoDr USI Fallow
1909
1919
1929
37,906
9,036
1934
38,021
10,903
1939
44,193
9,745
1944
38,726
6,180
1949
28,816
11,064
1954
22,971
8,799
1959
16,512
8,394
1964
12,484
4,933
1969
12,203
4,199
1974
13.410
1,828
bee foot notes on last sage.
IN ACRFf */ Plowable Pasture
4,669 5,576 8,675 5,222 3,689 4,900 4,409 3,529 3,880 2,933
Woodland
80,590 56,219 43,477 52,119 53,034 51,572 81,617 65,352 41,390 32,392 21,944 18,965
Other Land
6,967 5,619 17,819 4,483 13,217 16,786 12,511 5,632 7,663 5,340 4,375 3,097
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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 2j500
Number
1969 1974
*
7
10
13
17
19
14
19
19
21
23
25
108
52
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh3wn 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
TWIGGS COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,298 3,150 4,199 2,892 3,691 3,373 4,632 3,775 4,622 3,863 4,864 3,466 3,818
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,168 1,994 2,104 1,471 1,623 1,755 2,392 1,950 2,521 1,935 2,338 1,857 1,844
Milk Cows
739 1,676 1,384 1,271
1,495
1,156 659 555 402 221 59
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
279 490 27,514 42,667
48,624 121,056
134,734 117,662 290,777
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,320 9,394 12,440 4,539 6,827 5,464 10,298 7,020 5,967 7,404 4,840 7,041 4,450
Sows Farrowing 5/
1 ,906 647 852
1,039 1,271
906 858 1,071 981 1,110 908
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
25,793 28,456 30,673 19,269 17,984 21,305 27,351 15,784 8,755
6,905 3,892
759 566
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,640 6,734 9,848
5,720
1,871 529
3,372 292 (D) 16
Eggs Produced (dozen) %l
51,100 83,327 94,716 96,088 39,068 86,542 93,721 10,566 12,009
4,883 2,755 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 17,522 6,191
28,333 67,713 64,610 80,174 75,317 176,553 196,000
$ 54,429 50,773
144,972
160,1 58 262,035 491,000
$ 63.3 84.8
144.9 99.4
155.0 191.2
95.3 125.3 108.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,150 5,100 5,050 5,000 4,600 4,600 4,800 4,800 4,800 4,900 5,700 5,700 5,400 5,090
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
480 440 430 400 350 250 250 200 200 190 200 200 200 220
Other
2,000 2,200 2,250 2,200 2,250 2,300 1,970 1,890 1,820 1,850 2,100 2,600 2,600 2,600
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
2,670 2,460 2,370 2,400 2,000 2,050 2,580
2,710
;
2,780
2,860
3,400
2,900
2,600 2,270
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
4,900 5,950 6,600 7,350 7,950 9,200 8,750 8,350 8,150 5,650 3,700 4,000 6,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than~15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning wi th 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available .--D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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TALBOT
Received
COUNTY FARM STATISTICS,,TM fi 1Q7Q
1SOO-1878
i3/s
ICO-11%
ib,i/s,uoo. The number of fanns was only 9 percent of the Dealt numhpr in loin Taihnt County lies along and just north of the fall line in an area that S* TMnci!2TMAi. acreage of land consisting of deep sands. These soils are part culaHy susceptible drouo!? SI
adversely affect crop yields. There had been a considerable decline n volume of field croos harvested
AlMlvestock, poultry and their products accounted for over one-half the vaTue of all farm'proSuctilloid
Tal. . Jhe NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 53 Inches for Talbot County. March and July each average more than six inches and are usual y the we?test month? October is usually the driest month, being the only one with an average of less than threeinctes The
S to ^IliX s?n5Z S"2e^S^Sr^?^ii.,n& i5 'TS K* Z ?V6rr6*\dTMe9re^ es and
nthlv
nm*"
"eb0raugt e2s3
range
d"S
from ll decrees In January
in 1en*th- -tending usually
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
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 & P1gs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
1954 Amount S
1,001,405
1964 Amount $"
954,898
1974 Amount $"
1,278,000
HZ
360,877 197,756
3,295 159,826
80,754 559,774 79,779 123,319 356,676
36.0
222,293
19.7 121,250
.3
5,399
16.0
95,644
150
8.1
168,311
55.9 564,144
8.0
53,004
12.3 112,809
35.6 398,331
1,185,000
23.3
376,000 31.7
12.7
223,500 18.8
127,500 10.7
26.000
2.2
70.000
5.9
.6
7.000
.6
10.0
145.500 12.3
3.000
.3
17.6
125,500 10.6
59.1
680,500 57.4
5.6
149,000 12.6
11.8
(D)
41.7
(NA)
476.000 40.2
24.000
2.0
(D)
Government Payments 3/
8.000
TLA
11ar amounts 1
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 conroodity percentages. for individual farms. NA - Not available.
D . Data withheld to avoid disc losing Information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Poultry & Poultry Prod., 8.0* Forestry Products 8.1%
*- Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec 16.3%
Field Crops 19.7%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry Prod., 12.6*
Forestry Products
*
10.6*
-- Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec 13.2*
*-- Field Crops 18.8*
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949 USDA: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
TALBOT COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield
for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,958 15,357
6,912
6,140 5.340 4,500 3,500 2,700 2,500 2,040 1,690 1,450 1,400 1,200 1,120 1,100 1,140 1,020
980 920 650 800 760 900 1,000 1,250 1,150
23,141 20,414 23.078 15,223 15,061
6,778
5,700 5,070 4,150 3,260 2,600 2,300 1,890 1,570 1,350 1,270 1,120 1,060 1,050 1,120
970 810 780 600 700 620 760 910 1,080 400
7.5 9.5 8.7 9.9 7.7 12.3
11.2 22.9 24.0 17.9 20.7 16.7 19.6 24.8 23.0 26.8 23.2 35.8 29.5 39.3 34.0 24.7 28.2 38.3 29.0 44.0 56.3 53.3 55.8 26.0
174,090 194,865 199,956 149,959 115,906 .83,156
63,900 116,100
99,600 58,200 53,900 38,300 37,000 39,000 31,000 34,000 26,000 38,000 31,000 44,000 33,000 20,000 22,000 23,000 20,300 27,300 42,800 48,500 60,300 10,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
120
22.5
2,700
200
23.0
4,600
520
13.1
6,800
370
20.8
7,700
490
23.1
11,300
550
24.9
13,700
440
24.3
10,700
730
18.8
13,700
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
28.887 35,924 27,705 11,748
4,831 2,569
1,520 1,360 1,200
770 525 890 780 800 780 780 770 640 380 360 320 210 150
70
50
153 162
77 116 168 162
219 239 241 256 316 248 238 270 287 295 303 175 295 172 191 205 107 229
160
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
8,654 11,691
4,315 2,746 1,626
834
700 680 600 410 350 460 390 450 470 480 490 230 230 130 130
90 33 35
17
1,266 428
230 230 210 190 150 100
80 55 120 105 95 85 80 80 95 130 130 125 130 130 151 147 147 144
626 509 710 626 647 640 812 1,073 608 705 916 812 1,138 1,400 1,821 1,585 1,585 2,072 2.285 2,346 3.159 2.728 1,850 1,979
575 233
144 117 149 119
97 64 65 59 73 74 87 69 91 112 173 206 206 259 297 305 477 401 272 285
1,274 21
499 33
223 508
140 150
no
40 50 80 60 60 30 30
10 10
80 70 90 140
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
Production (bu.)
21.2 12.4 23.1 17.5 19.5 19.5 21.5 25.5 25.0 27.0
30.0 29.0
8,180 254
2,382 350
2,589 7,795
2,970 1,860 2,540
700 980 1,560 1,290 1,530 750 810
300 29TJ
26.5 26.0 25.1 31.7
2,120 1,820 2,260 4,440
D s\ i% /% Ty*\i
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
12,197 11,696 11,158 8,458
8,141
7,687
7,127
6,625
TALBOT COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
HARM POPULATTW
Total
White
NonWhite
5,905 5,536 5,136 4,377 3,604
854
277
1,555 1,650 1,371
1,064
404
195
4,350 3,886 3,765
2,540
450
82
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
199,680 199,680 199,680 199,680 199,680 249,600 249,600 249,600 249,600 249,600 249,600 249,280 249.280
Percent in Farms
92.4 90.5 80.6 65.1 74.0 59.3 62.9 63.0 58.6 39.0 34.5 28.8 22.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
184,418 180,689 161,014 130,022 147,742 147,911 156,963 157,282 146,155 97,267 86,013 71,714 56,015
Average Size Farms
(acres)
132 104 98 130 149 178 196 220 235 266 315 323 369
Number of Farms
1,398 1,746 1,635 1,002
991 831 803 714 623 365 273 222 152
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
1,242,160 1,882,828 2,919,645 1,851,595 1.394,522 1,438,675 2,113,271 2,868,852 2,981,678 4,325,250 5,626,530 8,592,542 15,179,000
Average
(dol.)
889 1,078 1,786 1,848 1,407 1,731 2,632 4,018 4,786 11,850 20,610 38,705 99,862
Tractors
34
44 87 142 216 155 195 206 180
Trucks
68
81 123 276 255 199 260 235 168
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
312
58
178
37
239
75
345
134
355
124
264
130
237
166
172
107
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS U
Threshed (acres)
3,054
3,082 588
379 43 369
834 484 752 184
42
17
Production (bushels)
31.390
49,457 6,773
8,857
983 4,924
15,324 13,148
20,470 5.144 2,380 700
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,324 893
1,438 1,527
1,554 1,843 1,427 1,760 1,703 1,433
812 1,105
1,316 1,544 1,636 3,803 3,958 3,802
VEGETABLES W 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
128
6,595
63
97
4,040
12,441
167
6,272
129
3,295
63
4,305
44
5,399
56
7.744
45
7.000
PEACHES y 3/
~ATT
Produc
Trees
tlon
(number) (bushels)
24,806
40T
28,279 10,912
42,579
6,866
282,893 124,775
265,480 243,348
208,173 146,069
148,226 90,412
98,938 19,518
72,644 70,924
39,115
93,162
67,232 18,756
68,650 97,953
45,750
(D)
PECANS 1/3/
~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
80
2,341
1,802 6,628
5,745 4,493
4,795
4,092 3,813 1,511 1,456
478 725
32,597 45,873 18,671
16.725 35,436
270 3,000 3,097
"SHEET
POTATOES
1/1/
~flar^
Produc
vested
tion
9 (acres) (bushels ET5J
401
27,935
583
46,137
510
34,587
659
39,397
522
37,607
539
34,449
234
15,457
63
3,999
56
4,212
6
649
Year
Harvested Cropland
lANn IISF T
LI
Idle or
Plowab'le
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
34,456
13,416
1934
31,639
8,118
1939
28,843
10,726
1944
26,307
10,095
1949
16,431
7,201
1954
12,015
10,410
1959
6,062
2,825
1964
4,857
2,467
1969
3,712
1,842
1974
3,336
791
See footnotes on last page.
15,334
-16,817
28,281
13,140
19,234
9,856 3,834 5,240
10,896
9,312
Woodland
75,353 61,415 47,659 84,704 71,906 82,014 109,033 99,935 70,209 60,034 44,457 28,717
Other
Land
27,088
26,937
18,748
5,707
7,608 25,072 5,383 13,939 14,337 13,415 10,807 13,859
Farms by Value of Products Sold
JJUMfeex.
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 J00
3
10
4
10
7
. 4
9
18
23
37
30
143
76
kFarm numbers with value of sales of * 100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
TALBOT 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
4,962 6,593 7,263 5,757 7,522 5,148 6,668 6,585 9,387 6,707 6,894 7,518 8,761
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,378 3,828 3,560 3,182 3,490 2,654 3,688 3,704 5,316 4,024 3,844 4,248 4,863
Milk Cows 1,767 2,545 2,955 2,114
1,842
1,216 1,105
725 274 448
70
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
3,960 3,670 26,584 38,425
29,188 79,047 51,075 268,914 45,200 224,011 (HA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,238 5,659 6,959 2,353 3,267 2,540 2,996 3,702 5,043 3,923 2,017
344 441
Sows Farrowing 5/
877 296 451 386 509 233 267 231 107 119
62
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
21,844 26,393 31,005 20,928 24,733 20,480 26,225 16,694 27,067 16,344 11,174 23,862
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,477 8,205 14,891
9,205
7,658 25,661 113,903
3,766 (D) (0)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
74,790 89,513 89,042 149,166 106,295 100,035 136,128 60,268 154,749 156,210 123,141
(N2A* )
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for Livestock
Fertilizer and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 32,214 $ 66,710
$ 77.2
14,196
46,799
82.1
59,978 83,370
118.9 138.9
216,436
121,782
129.1
279,702 265,958 254,097
115,346 134,402
174.6 110.9 209.7
333,000
169,000
133.0
1
USDA ESTIMATES
All Other
December 1
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older U/
Kept for Milk
Other
Cattle and
Calves
All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
7,300
330
7,150
310
7,000
410
7,100
290
7,600
450
7,600
500
8,100
400
8,200
350
8,300
300
8,300
170
9,500
170
9,100
200
3,750 3,800 3,500 3,700 3,800 3,900 3,980 4,010 4,060 4,220 4,570 4,400
3,220 3,040 3,090 3,110 3,350 3,200 3,720 3,840 3,940 3,910 4,760 4,500
2,050 1,200 1,350
1977 1978
8,700 7.QQQ
200 _120_
4,100 3.550
4,400 3,260
JKL
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~l5-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change i n definition. 6/ I n 1969 and thereafter classifi-
cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginn ing with 1969 chick ens, 3 months old and older.
8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on,ly eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
Fification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
Received
TALIAFERRO COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1SOO-1S7B
N0V261979
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Taliaferro County was created by Legislative Act of December 24, 1825 from parts of
five counties: Greene, Hancock, Oglethorpe, Warren and Wilkes and was 65th in order BHOCUWENTS
counties organized in Georgia. The county was named for Colonel Benjamin Taliaferroir* I
soldier of the Revolutionary War and a noted citizen of Georgia in the early days
Crawfordville, the county seat, was named for William H. Crawford, officer in the
Revolutionary War, statesman, diplomat and jurist. He served two terms as Secretary of
the United States Treasury and represented the country at the Court of Napoleon
i i
A^Suru1u9*t0the 1974 Census of ^culture, the land area was 124,800 acres making
It 139th in size (along with Webster) among counties in the State. There were 112 farms having a total of
33,424 acres with land and buildings valued at $8,021,000. The number of farms was only 7 percent of the
peak number in 1920. The land area devoted to farms and harvested cropland had declined drastically and
only 1,994 acres were classified by the 1974 Census as being in harvested crops. Livestock, poultry and
their products accounted for over 93 percent of the value of all products sold in 1974. DairvTproducts
were the leading enterprise in the county in 1974,accounting for more than one-half of the total value of products sold.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 47 inches for Taliaferro County. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with no month averaging as much as five and one-half inches or as little as two and one-half inches. October and November are usually the driest months and March and July are the wettest months on an average. The average annual temperature is between 62 degrees and 63 degrees and monthly averages range from almost 46 degrees for the
SSrcSWrWve&rln'd ^ralflbS % ^eSt- The freeze-free period usually extends from late
VALUE OF ALL PAW PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $
557,520
1964 Amount ~$~
859,304
1974 Amount $~
1,987,000
~TT7
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Graii.s Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
168,295 165,871
30.2 29.8
49,266 48,817
90
132
2,334
.4
317
1,915,000
5.7
68,000
5.7
67,000
46,000
21,000
1.1
Horticultural Specialties Forestry Products
175
1,000
.1
27,994
5.0
72,607
8.5
59,500
3.1
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products
Other Livestock S LS Products Catt e S Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheeo, Lambs & Wool
Misc Livestock & LS Products
361,231
31,296 232,111
97,824
64.8
5.6 41.6 17.6
737,256
321,890 266,777 148,589
85.8
37.5 31.0 17.3
1 ,786,500
531,000 1,065,500
190,000 189,000
1,000
93.3
27.8 55.6
9.9 9.9
Governnent Payments 2/
7,000
1/ Dol ar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
1954 a-id 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms, 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954 Poultry & Poultry Products 5.6%
--- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 17.6%
Forestry Products 5.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry Products 27.8%
, Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 9.9
Forestry Products 3.1* All Crops & Hort.
Spec. 3.6%
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
TALIAFERRO COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 -1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
8,916 10,603
3,823
2,460 1,900 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,200
980 860 790 640 550 530 530 560 550 380 380 200 300 300 470 500 450
12,872 10,521 13,055
8*778 10,515
3,651
2,170 1,760 1,490 1,320 1,100 1,200
900 830 770 610 540 520 520 550 520 320 310 200 250 260 420 420 380
7.3 10.0 12.6 10.6
6.9 10.8
7.6 19.5 15.0 14.8 16.9 14.7 16.7 15.7 16.9 24.6 24.1 23.1 26.9 34.5 30.8 18.8 19.4 40.0 20.0 38.5 50.0 54.3 53.9
94,160 105,208 164,271
93,013 72,951 39,359
16,400 34,300 22,400 19,600 18,600 17,600 15,000 13,000 13,000 15,000 13,000 12,000 14,000 19,000 16,000
6,000 6,000 8,000 5,000 10,000 21,000 22,800 20,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Yield
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre Production Harvested per acre
Production
20,059 26,711 24,666 14,353
7,346 3,583
1,810 1,850 1,530
860 615 840 830 750 720 660 550 355 170
70 45
5
150
5,999
181
9,674
223 11,022
162
4,673
233
3,418
195
1,397
222
840
243
940
163
520
243
430
265
340
299
520
198
340
233
370
217
330
208
290
218
250
194
140
182
65
171
25
178
15
200
2
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TALIAFERRO COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
7,912 8,766 8,841 6,172
6,278
4,515
3,370
2,423
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
[Wjh"i:te
5,010 5,019 4,768 2,957 2,389
1,061
260
1,364 1,389 1,273
655
466
221
3,646 3,630 3,495
1,734
595
39
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
135,680 135,680 135,680 135,680 135,680 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800
Percent in Farms
65.1 74.5 64.4 54.9 68.5 72.3 63.9 62.6 61.9 38.6 37.9 30.8 26.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
88,273 101,020
87,413 74,554 92,881 90,176 79,789 78,100 77,223 48,124 47,271 38,456 33,424
Average Size Farms
(acres)
78 69 56 81 98 112 119 152 172 189 195 273 298
Number
1,129 1,458 1 ,553
925 944 807 673 513 448 255 242 141 112
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!)
639,810 1,862,061 3,554,363 1,032,400
907,695 934,101 1,027,472 1,911,951 2,223,872 2,525,775 2,898,192 5,710,363 8,021,000
Average
567 1,277 2,289 1,116
962 1,157 1,527 3,727 4,964 9,905 11,976 40,499 71,618
Tractors
15
20 30 116 95 91 133 146 131
Trucks
18
30 22 101 96 94 159 131 106
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
203
12
251
16
275
26
276
5
236
39
237
65
220
56
120
(HA)
117
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,491 2,364
546
162
227
893
751 612 735 126
38 11
Production
(bushels)
19,470 21,876
6,354 3,465 2,585 9,559 15,746 12,442 14,863 3,483 2,126
860
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,337 174
1,937 2,438
2,351 2,276
951 1,277 1,192 1,473
189 1,200
1,889 1,773
852 1,737 2,441 3,191
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
4
276
9
4
145
100
33
814
2
90
3
237
1
132
PEACHESl/ 1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
12,885 26,045 10,674
2,237 18,160
3,915
4,088
1,018
6,833 7,691
5,048 5,703
4,188
527
2,172
362
104
173
109
115
PECANS 1/ H
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,728 2,864
2,279
1,813 2,053
915 449
82
1,740 5,148 3,747
26,576 12,215
1,230 4,830 10,715 1,075
500
SWEET
POTATOES y y
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
263
16,977
411
33,452
415
43,538
81
5,203
346
21,528
350
24,449
242
14,481
103
8,231
25
2,242
7
1,852
3
1,058
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
22,113
6,313
1934
24,147
7,368
1939
25,373
3,630
1944
18,151
3,270
1949
12,099
7,417
1954
8,262
1,260
1959
3,304
3,979
1964
2,685
1,546
1969 1974
1,882
769
1,994
733
See fool.notes on last page.
4,936 2,822 12,927 1,458 8,023
846 2,513 1,380 8,104 8,589
Woodland
41,027 33,019 20,755 44,299 35,442 43,430 39,525 49,681 29,402 28,452 20,595 17,079
Other Land
3,898 7,606 18,355 12,915 12,664 13,372 11,036 17,174 8,926 13,208 7,106 5,029
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun iber 1969 1974
*
8
9
6
11
3
6
2
13
4
10
13
92
76
*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
TALIAFERRO COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
2,597 3,616 3,306 2,136 3,489 2,945 4,210 4,494 7,253 4,031 4,949 4,374 5,185
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,388 2,231 1,876 1,305 2,054 1,568 2,553 2,484 4,481 2,487 3,071 2,711 2,981
Milk Cows
1,097 1,722 1,518 1,216
1,398
1,638 2,064 1,314 1,073
978 910
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
207 214 8,333 35,781
25,807 79,700 366,893 656,289 875,196 504,991 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
3,440 4,749 4,154 1,261 2,162 1,922 1 ,768
882 971 737 398 265 37
Sows Farrowing 5/
439 100 181 214 235 122 117 98 54 28
Chickens (4 Months and Older) II
19,288 19,656 25,595 14,177 18,661 16,495 18,216 10,541 15,184 18,134 49,709 71,361 62,511
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,172 5,148 5,824
7,837
2,003 13,965
7,511 35,841 85,408 22,205
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
45,330 46,768 73,302 80,848 52,612 86,744 47,579 15.750 64,693 185,220 715,693 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
27,261
62,566
30.5
11,376 52,395
41 ,522
32.6 19.9
76,780
33.9
171,300
59,235
51.5
200,795
32.2
134,488 393,420
25,600 61 ,796
32.0 68.4
939,000
100,000
107.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
5,250 5,300 5,100 5,200 5,000 5,100 5,000 4,800 4,600 4,900 5,700 6,000 5,800 5.650
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
1,300 1,200 1,160 1,020 1,020 1,160 1,100 1,050 1,050 1,190 1,240 1,150 1,150 1-340
2,100 2,250 2,050 2,100 2,150 2,200 2,110 1,990 1,920 1,950 2,210 2,200 2,100 2.070
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,850 1,850 1,890 2,080 1,830 1,740 1,790 1,760 1,630 1,760 2,250 2,650 2,550 2,240
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500
T954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut tree
bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c
cation changed "Cows and 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ sification cha nged--"Cows
heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc and hei fers that have calved".
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
>ish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes 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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TATTNALL COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1978
Received
Tattnall County was created by Legislative Act of December 5, 1801 from Montgomery County and was 26th in order of organization of Georgia counties. It was named for Kinw 0 n 1fl7n General Josiah Tattnall, a distinguished patriot of the Revolutionary War who later l\UV 6 0 lb/3 became governor of the State. The original county seat was on the Ohoopee River near Drake's Ferry where a steel bridge later spanned the stream. In 1832 Reidsville became
the seat of county government but the town was not incorporated until December 31, 1838aocL!P.';[:MTS According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 313,472 acres. ...... , ..
There were 743 farms having a total of 154,553 acres with land and buildings valued u" ' $62,708,000. The number of farms was only 31 percent of the peak number in 1910. Cotton, tobacco, peanuts,
soybeans and corn were grown in the county with tobacco being the leading cash crop and corn utilizing the largest acreage. In 1974 the acreage planted to corn was 65 percent of the total harvested cropland. The soybean acreage had increased sharply in recent years.
Tattnall County has an average annual rainfall of about 48 inches, according to the NOAA--National Weather Service. Summer is the rainiest season with almost seven inches falling in July on the average. November, with an average of just over two inches, is the driest month. The average annual temperature is almost 67 degrees and monthly averages range from near 51 degrees in January to around 81 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free season averages around 255 days extending usually from before mid-March to past mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
i
4,424,008
8,874,256
1974 Amount $
28,915,000
* 1/
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 M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
3,064,122 2,660,273
385,916 17,933 20,000
172,442 1,167,444
133,026 58,297
976,121
69.3 60.2
5,255,721 4,927,437
8.7 .4
.4 3.9
26.4 3.0 1.3
22.1
307.994 20,290
41.620 523.160
3,053,755 1,123,213
229,884 1,700,658
59.2 55.5
3.5 .2 .5
5.9 34.4 12.6
2.6 19.2
27,970,000
12,026,500 11,841,500
5,010.000 5,906,500
54,000 155,000 716,000 112,000
74,000
43.0 42.3 17.9 21.1
.2 .5 2.6 .4 .3
664,000
15,279,500 10,801,500
1,000 4,477,000 1,088,000 3,379,000
10,000
2.4
54.6 38.6
16.0 3.9
12.1
Government Payments 3/
19,000
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 S & Berries 9.1%
^.Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.3%
---Poultry & Poultry Products 3.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts / & Berries 0.7%
^0- Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.4%
-Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 16.0%
Other Livestock, Dairy & their Products 23.4%
Poultry & Poultry Products 38.6%
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
TATTNALL COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN Harvested Yield 1:or grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
35,821 46,661 42,531
44,920 44,170 42,200 42,200 43,800 47,100 42,800 39,600 34,600 42.300 41,000 36,200 37,200 40,700 41,400 37,800 37,800 34,900 31,500 39,000 42,500 39,800 43,000 38,000
36,229 34,396 21,342 35,368 45,392 28,110
26,800 26,390 25,350 25,680 26,700 29,400 26,800 28,200 27,000 29.300 29,800 26,400 27,500 33,200 34,600 35,000 33,600 32,800 29,300 35,860 40,500 38,400 42,640 27,600
11.1 14.8 13.1 12.4 10.8 15.1
15.8 26.8 25.5 27.8 31.8 28.0 33.6 38.0 41.3 47.5 32.7 52.7 39.6 64.9 44.1 41.1 37.4 50.1 50.0 56.0 57.3 62.1 62.7 27.0
401,070 508,609 411,269 437,312 489,155 425,615
424,400 707,300 646,400 713,500 848,400 823,300 900,000 1,071,000 1,116,000 1,392,000 975,000 1,392,000 1,088,000 2,156,000 1,527,000 1,438,000 1,257,000 1,644,000 1,465,000 2,008,200 2,320,400 2,386,000
2,673,700 743,900
Y ear
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
770 710 750 820 770 1,150 1 ,530 3,280 6,900 4,600 3,000 3,400 4,500 8,400 12,780 11,560 14,570 11,400 13,400
14.5 15.0 24.0 21.5 25.5 18.5 18.5 26.5 25.0 18.5 26.5 21.0 29.0 15.5 23.6 27.5 26.5 25.3 22.2
11,165 10,720 18,000 17,595 19,635 21 ,275 28,305 86,920 172,500 85,100 79,500 71,400 130,500 130,200 301 ,600 317,900 386,100 288,400 297,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
20,758
189
30,714
288
22,896
115
15,233
160
8,736
193
7,852
163
5,930
265
5,010
278
4,700
281
4,140
274
3,275
438
4,700
421
4,840
409
5,160
317
5,170
412
5,210
475
5,280
315
4,730
423
2,820
284
1,250
142
2,400
260
1,800
143
800
191
400
205
300
217
75
227
200
325
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield
per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested i>er acre
Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
6,396 14,023
5,268 4,890 3,371 2,566
3,280 2,900 2,760 2,370 2,990 4,120 4,130 3,420 4,450 5,-170 3,470 4,190 1,670
370 1,305
540 320 170 135
36 135
716 1,774
430 920 1,060 940 1,030 970 1,040 990 1,060 1,035 1,080 1,070 1,105 1,120 1,190 1,200 1,255 1,300 1,275 1,280 1,273 1,274 1,270 1,255
435 949 1,319 1,081 1,095 1,225 1,255 1,142 1,345 1,546 1,577 2,205 1,843 1,734 2,229 1,484 2,419 2,598 2,631 2,936 3,737 3,190 2,965 2,927
481 1,152
187 873 1,398 1,016 1,128 1,188 1,305 1,131 1,426 1,600 1,703 2,359 2,037 1,942 2,652 1,781 3,036 3,377 3,355 3,758 4,757 4,064 3,766 3,674
29
251 5,945 4,754 4,019
4,620 4,435 3,875 2,870 2,725 3,090 3,130 3,150 3,295 3,130 2,820 2,430 2,500 3,360 2,680 2,570 3,150 2,410 2,490 2,530 3,010 3,040 2,600 2,370
1,023 1 ,401 1,489 1 ,312 1,659 1,804 1,972 1 ,923 2,118 2,027 2,012 2,298 1,457 2,034 2,005 1,446 2,158 2,071 2,100 1 ,950 2,272 2,252 2,245 2,327
16
121 5,082 3,778 4,452
4,724 6,215 5,768 3,766 4,520 5,574 6,171 6,058 6,978 6,344 5,673 5,583 3,643 6,834 5,373 3,715 6,799 4,990 5,229 4,933 6,840 6,846 5,836 5,515
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TATTNALL COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
20,419 18,569 14,502 15,411 16,243
15,939
15,837
16,557
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,920 10,358 10,328
7,930 8,129
4,860
3,888
8,857 8,442 7,932
6,199
3,678
3,094
2,053 1,916 2,396
1,930
1,182
794
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
410,880 298,240 298,240 298,240 315,520 315,520 315,520 315,520 315,520 315,520 313,472 313.472
79.3 67.8 59.4 67.2 60.5 64.7 70.3 67.9 63.7 61.6 60.3 49.3
All Land in Farms (acres)
393,726 325,898 202,228 177,155 200,473 190,759 204,197 221,821 214,166 201,055 194,512 189,129 154.553
Average Size Farms
(acres)
189 137 108
93 115 112 116 126 136 184 184 201 208
Number of Farms
2,086 2,375 1,872 1,914 1,738 1,696 1,766 1,758 1,578 1,094 1,059
942
743
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.)
1,921,510 5,515,437 8,325,026 4,459,779 3,098,669 3,824,580 5,357,527 9,711,192 11,819,220 15,881,598 25,304,805 38,693,156 62,708,000
Average (dol.)
921 2,322 4,447 2,330 1,783 2,255 3,034 5,524 7,490 14,517 23,895 41,075 84,398
Tractors
15
52 185 723 1,071 1,099 1,214 1,164 1,011
Trucks
107
191 352 661 988 763 917 961 917
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
765
313
679
134
672
141
734
147
801
191
780
846
995
650
723
(NA)
681
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,181 3,034 1,690
127 34
170 329 446 948 682 453
93 50
23,500 38,478 22,042
2,265 365
5,521 5,203 10,870 27,062 25,065 24,394 6,391 1.520
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Production
(acres) (tons)
2,114 1,802 3,751 2,568
2,715 1,131
970 3,404 2,055 2,993 1
1,351 1,994
2,013 1,091 1,347 5,554 5,783 9.211
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
823 1,073 1,292
1,965 3,373
900 1,576
247 176
22,490
67,081 185,812 284,907 385,916 113,573 307,994
56,119 112.000
PEACHES -' -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
34,571 6,983
20,836 4,030
6,726 8,891 3,647 2,512 1,052
698 690 297
819 2,211 9,817
858
5,198 5,276 1,614
210 965 287
59 149
PECANS -1 y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
8,291 18,071
130 2,529 45,929 5,800
26,503
21,652 9,656
17,941 12,360 11,157
fi.Qfifi
271,408 351,572
26,615 42,488 154,995 66,970 209,240 171,431
SWEET y 4/
POTATOES ^ -' _
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,190 1,151
929 843 1,415 1,436 949 674 333 201
86 23
2
86,564 112,171
96,174 73,021 83,273 87,287 59,909 45,676 18,612 25,876
7,084
4.^8
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
64,398
6,576
1934
66,091
8,754
1939
70,452
1,987
1944
61,955
4,280
1949
64,690
6,933
1954
65,102
1,630
1959
58,111
3,946
1964
58,530
10,009
1969
48,704
22,833
1974
54,084
3.778
See footnotes on last page.
IN.ACR.L5 .._5i_ Plowable Pasture
2,214 691
5,441 2,231 4,226 4,897 8,371 3,293 14,290 12,747
Woodland
242,434 108,850
98,757 116,406 107,480 129,979 135,662 133,102 118 686 110,024
86,487 65,515
Other Land
427 19,133 4,644
6,714 5,168 3,810 10,310 9,435 11,941 12,656 16,815 18,429
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nuir ber 1969 1974
*
71
60
104
64
136
161
124
213
116
167
61
277
131
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not st own for 1969.
TATTNALL 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
22,289 20,872 16,568
5,461 12,923
9,959 12,771
8,586 13,623 10,454 16,068 16,607 17,531
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
12,287 10,419 8,216
3,020 6,834 3,961 6,210 4,426 7,011 5,129 7,473 7,866 8,712
Milk Cows
4,220 5,257 2,070 1,773
2,373
1,912 1,677
872 475 395 331
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
9,176 3,500 7,005 8,594
40,547 105,943
93,246 97,105 207,674
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
27,321 32,164 26,989 12,212 18,392 18,278 25,618 29,712 28,240 35,542 30,102 42,690 33,146
Sows Farrowing 5/
5,427 1,903 2,343 2,259 2,648 3,583 5,077 6,136 5,620 8,454 6,348
Chickens (4 Months and
Older) It
49,592 56,345 61,672 43,502 63,657 62,873 72,142 52,180 61,152 49,163 99,861 261,142 609,259
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
28,682 17,488 36,555
38,151
18,993 13,365 163,784 1,252,537 2,447,964 5,946,015
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
130,440 240,056 164,823 242,079 278,790 348,359 402,465 125,476 264,890
238,221 969,154
(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.)
$ 17,518 $ 271,599 $ 73.9
33,637
183,793
165.8
116,094
322.3
264,956
415.1
327,888
750,546
685.6
625,776
565.3
1,161,090
1,179,318
613.0
2,563,537
1,246,481
674.4
7,919,000
2,702,000
1,217.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
17,000 16,800 16,350 16,500 16,700 16,700 17,300 17,400 16,500 16,700 20,800 20,000 19,400 17.700
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
570
7,300
550
7,350
420
7,250
580
7,500
450
7,700
400
7,900
350
7,900
350
7,930
320
8,000
290
7,950
280
10,450
300
10,300
330
9,500
300
7,960
All Other Cattle and Calves
9,130 8,900 8,680 8,420 a,550 8,400 9,050 9,120 8,180 8,460 10,070 9,400 9,570 9,440
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
30,350 36,450 40,400 44,450 48,050 55,700 53,000 50,800 42,300 35,600 30,400 39,500 41,600
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish end sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change 1 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
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TAYLOR COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Taylor County was created by Legislative Act of January 15, 1852 from parts of five
counties: Crawford, Macon, Marion, Monroe and Talbot. Taylor County was 98th in order
of counties organized in Georgia and was named for General Zachary Taylor of the Mexican
War whose brilliant victory at Buena Vista resulted in his being elected twelfth
President of the Untied States. Butler, the county seat, was named for General William
Orlando Butler, another noted officer of the Mexican War.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 257,728 acres. There
were 241 farms having a total of 83,764 acres with land and buildings valued at $25,792,000.
The number of farms was only 16 percent of the peak number in 1910. Cotton, peanuts, corn and soybeans were
the major field crops grown in the county. Poultry and field crops were the two most important farm enter-
prises in the county in 1974. Field crops were the leader and accounted for 45 percent of the value of all
products sold. Poultry and Poultry products accounted for 36 percent of the total. The NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of around 49 inches forpQ~Q; J
Taylor County. July averages close to six inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month, while r\eC6IV6Cl
October, with an average of almost two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The average annual
temperature is between 64 and 65 degrees and monthly averages range from near 47 degrees in mid-winter to
almost 80 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free season averages about 235 days and normally extends jfronw o n 1070
past mid-March to before mid-November.
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Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
s
2,307,235
6,072,849
DOCUMENTS UG A LI ..
1974 Amount $ 8,262,000
* 1/
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
1,551,384 1,132,314
47,013 372,057
30 120,745 635,076 266,873
37,403 330,800
67.3 49.1
2,665,859 2,359,199
43.9 38.8
2.1 16.1
5.2 27.5 11.6
1.6 14.3
179,961 126,699
500
208,223
3,198,267 2,775,967
25,377 396,923
3.0 2.1
3.4 52.7 45.7
.4 6.6
t
8,182,000
4,461,000 3,687,500 1,752,500
1,064,000 48,000
823,000 80,000 693,500
54.5 45.0 21.4
13.0 .6
10.0 1.0 8.5
56,000
3,665,000 . 2,925,000
10,000 730,000 238,000 481,000
11,000
.7
44.8 35.8
.1 8.9 2.9 5.9
.1
Government Payments 1/
15,000
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., Ppercentages 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 . Poultry & Poultry
Products 11.6* Vegetables 2.1*
^ Fruits, Nuts & Berries 16.1%
"- Forestry Products 5.2* Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.9*
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Vegetables 1.0* Fruits, Nuts & """Berries 8.5* "x Forestry Prod. 0.7* Livestock, Dairy & their Products 9.0*
TAYLOR COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND- PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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
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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
24,508 32,313 20,506
22,243 25,171 29,778 23,706 30,325 18,648
22,540 20,970 20,700 21,100 21,600 20,700 16,700 13,900 11,800 13,000 11,000 10,430 10,200 10,800
9,900 8,400 7,530 8,300 5,850 6,360 7,000 7,300 8,500 7,700
17,910 17,040 16,240 16,780 17,300 16,800 13,800 11,300
9,500 9,900 8,800 8,370 N 8,220 ) 8,950 8,200 7,000 6,400 7,300 5,050 5,500 6,300 6,790 8,000 1,660
8.5 10.6 11.4 10.1 8.3 12.9
10.1 21.4 25.0 21.8 34.0 21.7 27.0 33.8 32.5 41.5 33.9 46.8 33.6 57.0 37.0 38.6 33.6 43.4 56.0 55.0 47.4 53.3 52.9 29.0
188,770 266,591 339,769 240,471 251,111 239,710
181,400 364,700 406,000 366,300 588,400 364,900 373,000 382,000 309,000 411,000 298,000 392,000 276,000 510,000 303,000 270,000 215,000 317,000 282,800 302,500 298,700 361,600 423,300 48,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
100 350 370 400
910 1,350 1,820 3,950 4,900 3,400 4,000 4,500 5,900 5,700 9,260 9,790 12,970 8,690 16,900
10.0 10.0 12.5 7.5 16.5 16.5 20.0 19.0 25.0 20.0 27.5 23.0 23.0 12.2 19.9 22.5 24.4 21.5 19.8
1 ,000 3,500 4,550 3,000
15,015 22,275 36,400 75,050 122,500 68,000 110,000 103,500 135,700 69,500 184,300 220,300 316,500 186,800 334,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
19,106
183
27,097
131
24,043
121
25,578
169
13,853
236
10,960
171
8,220
286
7,300
472
6,810
444
5,090
454
3,240
608
5,380
491
5,400
445
6,330
555
6,920
475
5,700
582
5,790
685
5,280
588
4,170
490
4,050
492
4,950
395
4,850
422
4,750
486
6,000
543
7,450
349
5,220
550
4,820
551
885
472
1,640
560
1
; 830
124
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield Der acre (bu.)
6,989 11,123
5,836 8,684 6,548 3,759
4,900 7,180 6,330 4,830 4,110 5,510 5,010 7,330 6,860 6,930 8,280 6,490 4,260 4,160 4,090 4,270 4,810 6,800 5,400 6,000 5,550
875 1,910
215
3,116 3,657
1,890 2,410 2,430 2,250 2,080 1,870 1,850 1,790 1,840 1,860 1,870 1,965 1,905 1,865 2,120 2,200 2,200 2,240 2,290 2,280 2,264 2,397 2,385 2,379
397 806 1,052 787 1,083 864
1,001 1,356 1,206 1,457 1,621 1,493 1,312 1,668 1,647 1,434 1,742 1,968 2,001 2,318 2,782 3,028 2,468 1,806
1,776 2,213
751 1,943 2,556 1,770 2,253 1,615 1,852 2,427 2,219 2,710 3,032 2,933 2,500 3,111 3,492 3,155 3,832 4,409 4,582 5,284 6,299 7,259 5,885 4,296
2,004 149 900 280 653 249
310 170 130 170 80 340
80 110
80 200 270 120 110 280 250 180 230 510 520 600 1,470 1,730 1,340 640
16.1 13.4 21.0 17.0 22.0 20.0 22.5 26.5 27.5 24.5 24.0 25.0 27.0 26.1 26.8 34.4 33.0 34.9 19.0 25.5 25.3 27.2 35.6 31.6
Production (bu.)
10,930 1 ,404 8,645 3,610
10,726 2,799
4,990 2,270 2,730 2,890 1,760 6,800 1 ,800 2,920 2,200 4,900 6,480 3,000 2,970 7,300 6,700 6,200 7,600 17,800 9,880 15,300 37,200 47,100 47,700 20,200
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TAYLOR COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
9,846 10,839 11,473 10,617
10,768
9,113
8,311
7,865
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
7,876 8,174 7,757 5,377 5,158
2,192
969
3,895 4,011 3,903
2,834
1,155
812
3,981 4,163 3,854
2,324
1,037
157
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
217,600 217,600 217,600 217,600 217,600 256,000 256,000 256,000 256,000 256,000 256,000 257,728 257,728
Percent in Farms
79.7 95.3 87.8 73.4 86.3 75.7 74.5 83.7 76.4 60.1 62.0 42.2 -,32.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
173,394 207,359 191,009 159,781 187,766 193,810 190,727 214,392 195,506 153,890 158,748 108,723 83,764
Average Size Farms
(acres)
166 134 125 115 146 168 163 205 239 337 406 397 348
Number of Farms
1,045 1,547 1,527 1,386 1,282 1,157 1,169 1,044
818 457 391 274 241
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
791,040 1,921,412 4,831,670 2,725,467 2,043,546 2,382,838 3,287,462 5,142,744 5,555,856 9,181,130 13,211,108 14,221,916 25.792.000
757 1,242 3,164 1,966 1,594 2,059 2,812 4,926 6,792 20,090 33,788 51,904 107.020
Tractors
30
35 173 310 411 577 572 381 375
Trucks
114
118 217 319 420 462 513 372 355
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
420
143
345
65
381
92
374
98
457
60
376
222
458
213
221
(NAJ
?43
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,316 3,798 1,150
229 360 333 2,158 2,938 3,427 1,593 1,860 492
99
27,520 66,285 16,487
5,027 7,242 7,115 54,554 77,505 102,749 54,220 83,234 24,935 4.780
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,625 2,491 2,956 3,657
2,412 2,362
887 1,628 1,438 1,372
1,065 1,424
-
1,284 1,333 1,372 3,153 4,071 3,650
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES y %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
865 776 1,274
3,075 1,466 1,413 2,828 1,323
244
44,649
30,622 45,287 164,880 47,013 87,725 179,961 154,842 80.000 1
55,191 271,552 431,767 104,214
38,521 58,821 57,307 91,614 107,632 201,112 152,012 144,332 91.013
560 64,712 373,684 31,773 27,375 67,056 70,006 23,048 96,174 224,679 239,551 159,617 140.048
PECANS 1/ 1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,476 8,254
7,413
12,097 9,172 4,989 8,203 5,761
1.661
400 5,775 9,855
33,731 77,886 69,097
4,343 114,627
3,735 35,654 39.195
POTATOES y <
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
335
21,863
405
38,566
415
48,658
335
49,746
748
64,692
556
50,715
385
*3*,063
184
15,808
85
5,203
101
10,575
25 12
2v,662615
??
3-.540
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE 1RN,ACRES M.
Idle or
Flowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
57,604
9,637
1934
60,125
12,113
1939
59,933
8,563
1944
53,299
10,938
1949
47,243
17,892
1954
41,852
9,661
1959
35,264
8,604
1964
29,957
15,463
1969
23,724
8,981
1974
24,174
2,431
See footnotes on last page
8,431 6,030 10,194 4,264 7,383 4,715 7,010 10,272 8,339 9,001
Woodland
120,128 97,779 67,755
102,750 108,184 110,415 120,760 123,305
95,044 92,505 48,227 38,334
Other Land
10,256 8,439
15,643 6,114 6.489
11,532 21,114 15,973
7,968 10,551 19,452
9,824
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
22
21
28
30
20
37
27
36
42
38
28
112
74
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
TAYLOR COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,789 4,758 5,574 2,740 5,884 4,133 6,312 5,468 7,986 4,627 6,915 6,183 6,479
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,844 2,977 2,805 1,433 2,645 1,725 3,588 2,809 4,300 2,443 3,730 3,450 3,749
Milk Cows
1,174 1,927 2,069 1,362
1,621
1,548 1,162
491 265 159
82
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
4,388 4,483 15,755 16,660
58,820 80,477 122,406 90,727 298,193 49,554
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,725 11,548 13,145
3,438 8,434 6,241 9,718 8,213 8,375 10,376 6,456 8,129 4,083
Sows Farrowing 5/
2,130 325 701 977
1,144 1,094 1,583 1,768 1,118 1,583
931
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
21,127 24,795 32,643 25,778 42,491 56,951 78,272 64,682 65,042 88,827 306,024 595,950 196,874
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,819 7,942
16,618
42,087
68,725 91,912 640,924
(D) 1,381,265
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
58,150 97,290 133,788 172,236 198,242 435,257 616,623 538,133 507,885 1,152,176 5,632,851 (NA)
NA
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED I"ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 29,307 $ 206,091 $ 75.6
64,022
147,647
95.7
195,799
216.3
481,574
266.2
387 ,926
390,888
297.9
717,295
631.1
1,062,909
648,545
433.8
1,740,662
482,700
451.1
2,176,000
743,000
501.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
7,350 7,300 7,150 7,300 7,000 7,000 7,500 7,600 7,700 7,800 9,000 8,600 8,300 6,070
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
320 300 310 300 250 190 170 170 150 130 130
50 50 40
Other
3,600 3,600 3,350 3,500 3,600 3,650 3,600 3,600 3,530 3,670 3,980 3,500 2,200 1,980
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,430 3,400 3,490 3,500 3,150 3,160 3,730 3,830 4,020 4,000 4,890 5,050 6,050 4,050
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
6,500 7,450 8,250 8,450 9,150 9,200 8,800 7,800 7,250 6,550 4,000 5,600 5,880
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c hange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude only eggs sold. 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved", NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
0.C)
THOMAS COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1B78
Thomas County was created by Legislative Act of December 23, 1825 from parts of
Decatur and Irwin counties and was 63rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It
was named for General Jett Thomas, an officer of the State Militia who distinguished
himself in the War of 1812. Originally Thomas County included a part of Grady County.
Thomasville, the county seat, was also named for General Thomas.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 346,304 acres making
it 16th in size among counties in the state. There were 613 farms having a total of
234,465 acres with land and buildings valued at $113,405,000. The number of farms was
only 19 percent of the peak number in 1900. Cotton, peanuts, tobacco, corn and soybeans were grown in the
county. Acreagewise, corn is the most important crop followed by soybeans. Acreage devoted to soybeans
had increased considerably in later years. Field crops continued to lead in the value of all products sold
and accounted for over 59 percent of the total in 1974.
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of about 51 inches for Thomas
County. Mid-summer is the wettest part of the year with July averaging over six inches of rainfall and
October and November, with averages of slightly over two inches, are the driest months. The average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees with monthly averages ranging from near 52 degrees in January to between
80 and 81 degrees in July. Winters are generally mild, with freezing, or below, occurring on an average
of only 28 days. The temperature reaches 90 degrees or higher on an average of 87 days per year. The
freeze-free season averages about 255 days, extending usually from early March until just past mid-November.
Received
N0V2 6 1979
DOCUMENTS UQA I
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS
1954 Amount $
6,259,774
1964 Amount T~
9,158,475
1974 Amount $ 22,248,000
TV
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grait;s Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattie & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheen, Lambs & Wool Misc Livestock & LS Products
4,272,234 68.2
3,460,631
55.3
667,163 144,440
44,140 203,716
1,739,684 283,510 218,232
1,237,942
10.6 2.3
.7 3.3
27.8 4.5 3.5 19.8
5,748,104 4,915,378
734,823 97,903 227,400 328,262 2,854,709 539,151 334,864 1,980,694
62.7 53.7
8.0 1.0 2.5 3.6 31.2 5.9 3.7 21.6
22,097,000
14,040,000 63.5
13,066,000 59.1
7,478,000 33.8
2,580,000 11 7
324,000 1 5
186,000
8
2,498,000 11 3 387,000 1.7
587,000 2.7
858,500 3.9 754,000 3.4
6,444,500 29.2 576,500 2.6
1,496,500 6.8
4,371,500 19.8
1,749,000 7.9
2,193,500 10.0 6,000
423,000 1.9
Government Payments 1/
72,000
1/ Dol ar 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.
.'RODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 13.0%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 4.0%
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.5%
Dairy Products 3.5%
^Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.8%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 4.4% ^ Forestry Products &
Hort. Spec. 7.3% ^_ Poultry & Poultry
Products 2.6%
Dairy Products 6.8%
^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 19.8%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
USDA: 1954 1 955 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
THOMAS COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
48,935 53,290 51,456
55,770 54,050 56,800 61,500 60,300 59,900 53,900 48,400 47,000 48,800 44,000 43,800 42,900 47,200 47,500 44,200 43,200 46,000 40,900 42,000 47,500 48,100 58,400 53,800
55,533 42,476 52,194 45,964 47,576 39,595
42,730 44,990 49,520 53,400 56,000 55,600 49,800 45,100 41,600 43,400 40,800 40,150 40,500 45,000 45,000 40,000 40,800 44,200 39,500 40,300 45,100 44,540 54,460 28,300
9.9 13.2 12.1 13.8 11.1 19.0
20.2 25.1 27.7 27.8 34.0 33.3 39.8 47.3 29.3 49.8 43.0 54.3 50.6 63.5 49.5 25.0 29.5 58.8 58.0 47.0 60.7 40.4 76.4 18.0
Production
(bushels)
549,780 562,040 630,343 635,541 530,418 752,419
861,500 1,129,300 1,369,800 1,483,500 1,904,900 1 ,853,800 1,982,000 2,135,000 1,218,000 2,162,000 1,755,000 2,176,000 2,048,000 2,856,000 2,228,000 1,000,000 1,204,000 2,599,000 2,291,000 1,894,100 2,739,800 1,801,100 4,161,900
508,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
l
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
1,450 1,110 1,170
1,270 920
1,370 1,850 2,670 6,800 4,600 3,900 7,900 11,900 13,000 17,500 17,020 26,430 19,160 19,070
13.0
27.0
15.0
13.5 12.0 19.5 22.0 18.5 21.0 16.0 24.0 26.0 25.0 20.0 24.3 28.0 27.0 28.3 23.6
18,850 29,970 17,550 17,145 11,040 26,715 40,700 49,395 142,800 73,600 93,600 205,400 297,500 260,000 425,300 476,600
713,600 542,200 450,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
30,772 34,278
20,880
19,079 7,698
6,129
6,790 5,530 5,590 4,480 4,670 5,470 5,380 5,150 4,490 4,740 5,160 4,130 2,750 1,680 3,480 2,850 2,500 2,000 2,650 1 ,750 2,530
555 685 490
186 212 130 246 148 227
391 297 311 324 496 327 451 320 369 536 384 349 332 435 481 349 229 329 453 343 393 324 444 269
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs )
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
10,846 14,541
5,468 9,393 2,279 2,780
5,540 3,430 3,630 3,030 4,830 3,730 5,060 3,440 3,460 5,310 4,140 3,020 1,910 1,530 3,500 2,080 1,190 1,370 2,500 1,250 2,070
380 635 275|
8,626 7,678
4,850 4,960 4,930 4,780 4,510 4,610 4,540 4,640 4,520 4,650 4,655 4,680 4,700 4,620 4,785 4,850 4,880 4,940 4,995 5,055 5,157 5,182 5,203 5,256
818 948 862 649 898 948 1,055 1,054 1,228 1,504 1,470 1,753 1,744 2,032 2,139 1,665 2,046 2,210 2,741 2,462 3,225 3,144 2,784 2,234
4,558 5,508
3,966 4,704 4,249 3,100 4,050 4,369 4,791 4,889 5,550 6,992 6,845 8,206 8,197 9,388 10,237 8,074 9,983 10,918 13,693 12,446 16,631 16,292 14,483 11,742
12
18 1,500 2,760 2,042
2,265 2,250 1,970 1,370 1,350 1,540 1 ,560 1,580 1,650 1,570 1,415 1,150 1,600 1,475 1,220 1,290 1,560 1,290 1,420 1,410 1,530 1,670 1 ,720
1,470
1,283 1,452 1,314 1,189 1,466 1,593 1,797 1 ,947 1,867 2,018 1 ,777 1 ,599 1,779 2,112 1 ,910 1 ,533 1 ,960 1 ,702 1 ,880 1 ,475 2,192 1 ,981 1 ,763 2,146
5
13 1,338 1 ,970 1 ,984
2,907 3,266 2,588 1,629 1,979 2,453 2,803 3,077 3,081 3,168 2,515 1 ,839 2,847 3,115 2,330 1 ,978 3,058 2,195 2,513 2,080 3,353 3,308 3,032 3,155
V ;dr
1 900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
THOMAS COUNTY DATA FROM T- U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
To i.rl : _Pogu lation
31,076 29,071 33,044 32,612
31,289
33,932
34,319
34,515
Tot.-i!
TlCN "
j White
NOllWhite
! Approximate j
Land Area Percent
1 (acres)
in Farms
15,876 13,773 14,091 10,423
9,904
5,847
3,198
8,117 7,401 8,043
5,806
3,431
2,146
7,759 6,372 6,048
4,098
2,416
1,052
339,200 339,200 339,200 339,200 345,600 345,600 345,600 345,600 345,600 345,600 346,304
ua.mi
75.4 72.3 79.9 71.6 75.7 74.3 100.1** 91.7 89.5 82.0 69.6 1 67.7
All Land in Farms .(acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
342,336
108
255,654
93
245,323
89
270,977
112
242,763
106
261 ,528
127
256,800
92
346,072
169
316,826
191
309,237
249
283,345
320
241,025
320
234.465
3fi?
Number of Farms
3,183 2,748 2,747 2,415 2,292 2,065 2,778 2,050 1,655 1,242
884 754 613
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!..-
2,185,310 4,598,798 12,284,283 10,845,948 4,743,282 6,219,941 10,969,779 16,500,450 29,210,750 29,401,866 35,893,052 50,931,428 113,405,000
Average
(dol.)
687 1,674 4,472 4,491 2,069 3,012 3,949 8,049 17,650 23,673 40,603 67,548 185,011
Tractors
60
90
401 812 1,356 1,588 1,401 1,081
900
Trucks
291
336 510 853 1,093 1,162 1,068 854 834
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
838
693 859 970 1,474 1,092 1,102 657 587
127
73 198 191 409 665 693 (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
7,740 4,623 2,308
537
140 494
1,881
766 3,103 1,975 1,192
654
944
68,270 67,007 34,532
9,723 2,974 7,737 68,670 8,345 89,768
54,580
52,199
33,468 42.270
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres). (tons)
4,749 4,204 9,313 6,429
6,579 4,134 4,752 5,498 3,184 3,763
2,599 4,671
3,329 3,489 9,119 12,185 10,007 12,185
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE
Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
7,995 8,286 7,223
12,688 12,827
7,408 6,495 2,655 1,059
413,926
234,717 745,792 792,147 667,163 428,901 734,823 557,015 387,000
PEACHES 1/ y
| Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
14,486 4,590 14,245 1,985 1,769 2,429 2,381 859 210 207 1,527 34
668 708 7,784 2,129 962 716 1,010
77 21 18
1,980
SWEET
PECANS 1/ II
-ATT-
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
POTATOES 1/ j/.
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
22,036 44,142
42,696
56,833 51,920 48,193 39,192 35,604 53,108
270 4,617 114,949 75,334
752,889
1 ,461 ,031
598,440 448,328 560,886 308,036 1,426,427 1,342,955
1,679 1,411 2,257 2,169 2,698 1,641
851
927 237
251
56
30
64
112,732
79,128 205,984 195,956 162,793 109,408
66,705 54,568 13,440
24,037 5,069 2,537 8,910
Year
Harvested Cropland
1AN0 USE Hi
M
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
Woodland
Other Land
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
1909 1919 1929 1934
1939 1944
1949 1954
1959 1964
1969 1974
98,263 94,637 98,824 101,347 94,782 91,222 85,801 70,118 63,927 71,006
13,142 12,273 11,559
8,784 19,610 12,641 19,155 23,398 28,947
6,535
10,701 9,276 6,852 4,381
14,266 19,229
10,211
10,226 14,566 18,267
126,941 116,836 124,528 114,759 119,196 117,065 196,597
179,611 177,362 158,815 108,097
99,659
9,508 4,298 23,606 9,185 23,218 24,752 20,817 14,123 16,708 20,788 25,488 38,998
$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
58
66
73
71
67
78
101
129
103
109
72
301
139
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
See footnotes on last page,
**Land in farms greater than total land area due to farm land in adjoining counties
included in Thomas County.
THOMAS COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1931 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
tear
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
17,530 13,455 15,323 8,948 13,390 10,147 15,816 11,551 21,779 17,649 24,708 21,193 24.701
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
8,252 7,466 7,619 5,040 6,410 5,293 8,446 5,975 10,839 8,703 11,578 10,380 13.009
Milk Cows
5,143 5,122 3,694 3,194
3,696
2,661 2,451 1,490 1,196 1,063 1.416
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
29,224 32,646 79,629 217,034
189,498 407,030 235,410 418,004 805,026 634,850
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
36,236 33,219 40,978 21 ,758 23,195 25,099 33,103 27,517 27,190 32,453 21,360 19,385 17,290
Sows Farrowing, 5/
7,657 3,470 3,617 3,705 2,917 3,316 5,067 5,470 4,847 4,792 3,586
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
65,720 58,419 70,927 56,303 65,979 62,552 80,820 51,248 74,376 69,496 21,510 31,584 (D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
22,775 24,753 52,345
36,460
18,817 174,610 257,635 936,591
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
205,190 181,590 218,887 319,111 228,648 390,344 502,270 152,131 493,584 458,513 233,477 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
F'eed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.;
$ 79,746
279,314
367.9
78,292
230,217
284.4
378,851
664.2
277,483
677.6
885,166
1,093,920
1,028.8
830,756
1,165.8
897,675
1,647,302
1,263.1
1,626,141
1,522,889
1,241.5
2,541,000
3,088,000
1,719.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
All Other
December 1
and
Kept for
Calves
Milk
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
26,200 26,200 26,400 27,000 27,000 27,000 27,300 27,400 27,400 28,100 31,200 31,000 30,000 25.500
1,450 1,300 1,170 1,120 1,120 1,300 1,200 1,160 1,100 1,090 1,150 1,710 1,870 1.700
1/ In 1969 and 974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved", disclosure of information for individual farms.
Other
10,900 11,000 11,050 11,400 11,750 12,200 11 ,400 11,200 10,700 11,100 12,300 12,300 11,900 10.300
sales. 2/ Excludes I s. 4/ Since 1949 excl hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 c ude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
Cattle and
Calves
13,850 13,900 14,180 14,480 14,130 13,500 14,700 15,040 15,600 15,910 17,750 16,990 16,230 13,500
All Hogs and Pigs
21,550 20,900 23,150 20,200 21,850 25,350 24,100 23,100 24,750 21,300 22,500 28,000 30,000
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older. "0/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
TURNER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-187B
Turner County was created by Legislative Act of August 18, 1905 from parts of four counties: Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox and Worth, and was 143rd in order of counties
Received i
organized in Georgia. It was named for Judge Henry G. Turner, a prominent member of
3 Congress and later Judge of the Georgia Supreme Court. Ashburn, the county seat, was N0V 26 197S; incorporated in 1891 and was first a sawmill settlement started in 1888 on the Georqia
Southern and Florida Railroad. It was named for W. w. Ashburn of Eastman who, with J. S. Betts of Dempsey, owned the sawmill plant.
toh-lQIf
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 187,328 acres lB were 395 farms having a total of 143,599 acres with land and buildings valued at $74,539,000 The
t"ferf f?mnW?S nV3 P^ent f the peak number in 192- CrP sa1 mad* P almost 80 percent of the value of all farm sales with peanuts being the largest contributor. The value of livestock, poultry
DOCUMENTS UGA Lli
and their products had decreased in importance with respect to other farm enterprises
M M Ihu 3^ragc a""ual rainfa11 is between 46 and 47 inches in Turner County, according to the N0AATM lh ,i S!! Serv1."- Ju1^> Wltn an averaSe of "early six inches of rainfall, is normally the wettest month and November, with an average of about two inches, is the driest. The average annual temperature is
about 66 degrees and monthly averages range from around 50 degrees in January to about 81 degrees in July
and August The freeze-free season averages 250 days in length, extending usually from just before midMarch to about mid-November.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $
2,932,286
1964 Amount $~
8,699,719
1974 Amount $~
18,928,000
TV
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
2,189,021
74.6
6,258,284
71,
1,947,464
66.4
5,859,401
67.
231,721
7.9
379,804
9,836
.3
19,079
29,000
1.0
9,915
55,134
1.9
155,931
659,131
22.5
2,275,589
26
36,401
1.3
688,590
7,
26,886
.9
39,677
595,844
20.3
1,547,322
17
18,860,000
15,030,000 14,630,000
2,280,000 349,000
1,824,000 80,000
10,097,000 311,000 89,000
(D)
(D)
3,468,000 268,500 12,000
3,187,500 1,885,500 1,294,000
7,000 1,000
79.7 77.6 12.1
1.9 9.7
.4 53.5 1.6
.5
18.4 1.4 .1
16.9 10.0
6.9
I .Government Payments V
X
12,000
rL5 f,anTntS and Percenta9es 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. for individual farms.
0 - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 8.2%
ivestock, Poultry & their Prod. 22.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.1%
^J-ivestock, Poultry 4 their Prod. 18.4%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.9%
N, Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.9%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
US DA: 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
TURNER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
1 nNa, i vci4L.e-Ju 1 1n/Jei1aJ for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
1
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
24,459 26,233 19,079
19,700 18,370 20,800 23,800 23,500 24,600 21,600 19,600 19,100 16,600 15,900 15,800 15.700 17,800 17,300 20,700 21,300 15,600 14,000 18,500 20,200 20,000 23,000 24,400
Acreage Harvested
14,504 21,812 23,526 24,752 17,694
13,330 14,400 16,520 19,170 20,000 20,800 18,000 16.900 15,600 14,100 14,200 14,050 14,300 16,600 15,600 19,000 18,950 14,800 13,000 16,500 19,600 18,530 21,500 15,500
COTTON
Yield
(lbs.)
13.9 12.4 11.9 8.4 16.6
10.1 22.7 26.2 28.3 26.5 25.0 29.3 24.3 22.8 46.0 42.3 51.6 52.0 62.0 24.4 23.8 35.0 55.9 54.0 61.0 52.8 61.1 62.7 21.0
201,699 270,676 280,782 209,055 294,102
135,000 327,200 432,000 542,000 530,400 520,900 527,000 410,000 356,000 648,000 600,000 725,000 743,000 1,029,000 381,000 453,000 663,000 827,000 702,000 1,006,500 1,035,800 1,133,100 1,348,100 324,900
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
.
120 140 150 160 190 280 370 1,160 2,000 900 250 1,500 2,200 2,100 2,300 1,530 1,720 1,530 1,300
11.5 13.5 13.5 25.0 13.0 15.5 24.5 21.5 23.5 16.0 24.0 25.0 25.0 15.0 19.4 27.0 25.6 27.3 21.2
1,380 1,890 2,025 4,000 2,470 4,340 9,065 24,940 47,000 14,400 6,000 37,500 55,000 31,500 44,600 41,300 44,000 41 ,800 27,600
L
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Productior
(I00U lbs. 7
l-LUL CURED TOBACSO
Acreage Harvested
Yield nor xrm
(lbs.)
D' r< ^UU,,,U> L I<1 U.N. "PUUU Ibs.T
25.506
240
32,338
105
20,764
210
9,036
167
9,867
218
12,590 6,830 8,740 3,012 4,295
25,816 27,320
774
53
17,992
168
23,827
172
9,270
302
5,850
16,940
431
7,308
285
7,700
371
5,950
20,330
1,039
21,126
265
7,570
404
6,380
19,890
1,220
24,266
240
5,910
424
5.230
19,800
1,179
23,342
100
3,440
352
2,530
19,810
1,174
23,254
75
6,210
364
4,720
19,450
1.296
25,205
165
7,250
386
5,830
19,180
1,231
23,612
190
9,490
312
6,180
19,260
1,159
22,317
200
9,210
359
6,900
19,240
1,015
19,530
215
8,300
563
9,770
19,470
1,630
31,743
210
8,270
563
9,730
19,575
1,848
36,165
185
6,580
457
6,290
19,530
1,980
38,660
155
4,300
430
3,860
19,630
2,009
39,445
160
4,000
518
4,340
19,405
2,286
44,362
185
5,650
259
3,060
19,340
1,828
35,345
140
6,050
209
2,630
18,840
2,038
38,405
140
5,550
265
3,070
19,370
2,454
47,528
160
5,300
398
4,390
19,335
2,815
54,421
185
6,400
438
5,850
19,365
3,023
58,544
160
5,715
660
7,900
19,270
3,133
60,368
155
8,450
574
10,100
19,212
3,595
69,075
170
3,260
574
.3,910
19,140
3,476
66,522
205
3,950
550
.4,520
19.181
3,332
63,905
195
' 4,330
209
1,890
19,128
3,296
63,050
225
274 43 135 195
895
255
1 ,242
329
1,371
329
1 ,170
117
1 ,253
94
1,164
192
1 ,468
279
1,480
296
1 ,814
390
1,819
382
1 ,800
333
1 ,826
283
1,621
259
1 ,924
356
1 ,685
236
1 ,707
239
1,822
292
1 ,774
328
2,015
322
1 ,780
276
2,112
359
1,901
390
1,895
370
1,468
330
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
TURNER 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
10,075 12,466 11,196
10,846
10,479
8,439
8,790
7,752 6,856 7,768 5,593 5,789
2,319
1,982
5,338 4,986 5,190
3,876
1,855
1,594
2,414 1,870 2,578
1,913
464
388
147,840 147,840 147,840 147,840 187,520 187,520 187,520 187,520 187,520 187,520 187,328 187.328
88.0 79.4 79.2 88.2 66.7 77.6 88.3 83.5 83.9 78.6 77.9 76.7
130,089
108
117,406
70
117,024
88
130,465
107
125,166
95
145,424
112
165,596
136
156,512
180
157,306
258
147,481
290
146,013
342
143.599
364
1,199 1,687 1,331 1,217 1,321 1,303 1,219
870 610 508 427 395
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
2,835,201 7,637,914 3,486,767 2,515,125 3,227,755 4,810,721 9,014,505 7,235,790 12,654,450 23,280,624 35,200,067 74,539,000
2,365 4,528 2,620 2,067 2,443 3,692 7,395 8,317 20,745 45,828 82,435 188,707
Tractors
40
84 220 538 869 939 769 718 717
Trucks
122
213 331 533 665 736 754 678 741
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
485
75
391
38
467
39
527
101
525
92
525
280
587
358
404
(NA)
434
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
2,533 2,186
506 308 969 1,440 613 5,154 1,253 331 161
86
53,643 40,216 12,528
5,630 18,082 37,628 12,960 139,686 39,363 12,057 8,705
3.550
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
3,710 6,181 13,793 22,411
17,851 5,466 786 1,941 653 1.063
2,843 5,042
12,873 3,258 696 2,091 2,004 2.128
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
PEACHES-' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
1,278 2,158 2,549
2,261 7,402 4,180 3,569 1,681
938
45,008
53,248 158,611 122,523 231,721 227,790 379,804 220,044 311,000
910 15,320
643 1,259 1,574 2,128 1,141
199 757 1,037
20
135 2,226
279 1,021 1,301
824 34
9 194 325
21
PECANS y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
SUEE1
POTATOES -1/ 2/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,848
637
62,202
5,613 15,516
730
62,052
8,227 37,162
455
46,339
680
47,476
16,655 213,867
523
33,651
146,796
225
19,138
11,835 51,044
187
13,947
12,796 30,383
161
7,919
20,446 129,919
72
15,549
16,652 50,674
9
2,330
22,211 383,550
21
2,386
5.209 187,390
Year
Harvested Cropland
I AND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
63,672
5,254
1934
61,829
6,978
1939
70,866
2,044
1944
66,348
12,670
1949
62,853
8,342
1354
63,321
2,236
1959
59 269
4 804
1964
53,786
7,830
1969
49,597
10,673
1974
51.236
6.319
See foo tnotes on last page.
4,472 2,052 1,820 4,352
6,775 5,393 5,541 5,215 12,893 10.074
Woodland
74,442 35,326 38,185 54,613 44,738 49,702 81,226 77,524 78,891 65,514 53,590 51.236
Other Land
1,183 6,770 5,173 4,641 5,505 11,858 6,400 8,038 8,801 15,136 19,260 24,734
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
*
49
55
106
91
69
89
59
81
29
42
23
69
60
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
TURNER 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
5,325 6,085 3,814 6,029 3,881 7,335 7,008 12,842 10,050 18,073 17,771 17,736
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,104 2,856 2,150 2,899 2,010 3,365 3,066 6.824 4,736 8,330 7,684 8,504
Milk Cows
1,780 2,025 1,960
1,776
1,429 1,573
668 398 305 48
WHOLE MILK Scld
(qallons)
4,800 13,597 20,577
31,415 17,161 38,895 57,083 139,535 75,536
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
12,805 18,235
5,116 9,080 6,984 8,713 11,041 12.507 18,602 13,910 19,596 11,960
3,107 1,393 1,300 1,298 1,204 1,591 2,131 3,810 2,560 3,908 2.564
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
23.027 35,417 28,261 35,788 32,504 36,088 22,246 23,754 33,350 181,640 (D) (D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
8,915 7,553 21,350
13,663 3,924 6,277
401,627
(D) 41,572
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
56,508 131,780 142,057 133,217 190,257 218,033
23,612 83,184 294,324 1 ,541,623 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thou* \
$ 14,172 17,585
$ 171,051 $ 62.0
121,080
77.7
81 ,931
366.5
130,523
419.5
183,515
562,954
303.8
418,583
409.3
993,473 727,981 1,184,000
919,806
1,159,853 2,266,000
639.4 514.9 670.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
19,200 19,300 19,650 19,500 19,300 19,300 19,500 19,600 19,700 20,100 25,700 27,000 26,200 21,000
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
480
8,300
440
8,550
420
8,750
330
8,900
330
9,150
320
9,400
330
10,100
330
10,100
350
10,250
200
10,650
200
13,400
130
12,300
130
11,300
200
9,400
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
10,420 10,310 10,480 10,270 9,820 9,580 9,070 9,170 9,100 9,250 12,100 14,570 14,770 11,400
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
14,000 16,800 18,650 20,450 22,050 25,600 24,600 25,400 25,500 21,300 14,000 17,300 18,300
\J In 1969 and 1974 excludes farm s with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less tha n 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginni ng with 1949 totals inc sification cha nged--"Cows and hei fers that have calved", disclosure of information for ind ividual farms.
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition.
Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
I c
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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
UNION COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1B7B
Received
Union County was created by Legislative Act of December 3, 1832 from part of Cherokee
County and was 88th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named to denote the NOV 9 R 1Q7
strong attachment of the mountain people toward the Federal Government when the doctrine of
'3'
nullification was beginning to threaten disunion on the part of the South. Blairsville, the
31
county seat, was named for Francis P. Blair, Sr., of Kentucky. About seven miles east of nnr-ih-Mm Blairsville at the head waters of Brass Town Creek was fought a battle between the Cherokee uut'l,i'^MS
and Creek Indians over a disputed boundary line. Two of the highest peaks of the Blue RidgUGA I
Mountains, Ball and Round Top, are in Union County. Nottely Lake and Vogel State Park are 7't7other attractions of this beautiful mountainous county.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 197,696 acres. There were 306 farms
having a total of 33,219 acres with land and buildings valued at $22,797,000. The number of farms was only 21
percent of the peak number in 1900. Union County lies north of the Georgia cotton belt and until recently its
farming was principally of a subsistence type. The valleys are very productive and excellent corn yields are
obtained. The poultry enterprises: commercial broilers, hatching eggs and commercial egg production, account-
ed for about 74 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Precipitation varies considerably over Union County, but averages close to 55 inches for the year
according to the N0AA--National Weather Service. Late winter and early spring is usually the wettest season,
with a secondary maximum in July. Fall is normally the driest season, but no month averages less than three
inches. The average annual temperature is about 56 degrees and monthly averages range from near 38 degrees in
mid-winter to under 73 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free season averages about 170 days in length,
extending usually from near the end of April to almost mid-October.
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
t
1,317,795
4,814,621
1974 Amount $
4,737,000
i 1/
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
263,796 166,224
20.0 12.6
342,964
7.1
240,948
5.0
85,177 12,395
3,225 35,632
1,015,142 887,719 21,276 106,147
6.5 .9
.3 2.7
77.0 69.4
1.6 8.0
95,673 6,343
7,624 41,163
4,422,870 4,008,513
36,418 377,939
2.0 .1
.2 .8
91.9 83.3
.8 7.8
4,550,000
320,000
7.0
206,000
4.5
101,000
2.2
78,000 27,000 114,000
(Z)
(D) (D)
4,177,000
3,346,000 97,000
734,000 462,000 269,000
3,000
(z)
1.7 .6
2.5
91.8 73.6
2.1 16.1 10.1
5.9 .1
Government Payments 1/
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. Z - Less than~half of the unit reported. D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Dairy Products 1.6% Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 8.0%
^_Forest Products & Hort. Spec. 3.0%
S Berries 7.4%
Field Crops 12.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Dairy Products 2.1%
*_ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 16.1%
Forestry Products & -*-- Hort. Spec. 1.2%
Veg. , Fruits, Nuts & Berries 2.5% Field Crops 4.5%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
US DA: 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
UNION COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushel 5)
13,631 11,772
7,994
6,630 5,760 6,000 6,900 6,700 6,400 5,400 4,300 3,800 3,250 2,700 2,220 1,860 1,860 1,630 1.90C 1,390 2,100 2,050 2,010 2,300 2,100 2,300 1,900
18,439 15,386 15,094 13,487 11,756
7,315
6,340 5,580 5,700 6,640 6,600 6,300 5,400 4,040 3,420 2,890 2,510 2,060 1,780 1,810 1,560 1,700 1,160 1,500 1,800 1,630 1,900 1,560 1,900 1,240
12.6 12.5 13.7 13.4 14.9 28.0
29.4 36.5 42.0 45.6 45.8 44.2 43.7 51.0 43.9 48.8 53.0 59.2 55.1 61.9 64.1 58.8 48.3 66.0 70.0 82.0 64.2 78.9 61.7 61.9
232,56C 192,106 206,659 181,298 174,719 204,516
186,500 203,700 239,400 303,000 302,500 278,300 236,000 206,000 150,000 141,000 133,000 122,000 98,000 112,000 100,000 100,000 56,000 99,000 126,000 133,700 122,000 123,100 117,300 76,800
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
-
Production (bushels)
130
24.0
3,120
110
18.5
2,035
110
16.0
1,760
130
14.5
1 ,885
170
15.0
2,550
240
30.0
7,200
200
25.0
5,000
120
22.5
2,700
140
24.3
3,400
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
3,317 1,747 2,814
688
585
440 160 180 180 30 110 70 70 20 20 20 10 10
17.0 18.6 21.5 18.0 25.5 23.5 25.0 23.5 20.5 22.5 17.5 22.0 23.0
7,090 8,161 15,061 3,806
7,120
7,490 2,980 3,870 3,240
760 2,580 1,750 1,640
410 450 350 220 230
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
8,481 6,918 6,455 6,340
7,680
7,318
6,510
6,811
UNION COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,931
5,931
6,324
6,302
22
6,856
6,848
8
4,824
5,713
5,712
1
2,451
2,451
1,231
1,231
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
207,360 207,360 207,360 207,360 207,360 204,160 204,160 204,160 204,160 204,160 204,160 197,696 197,696
Percent in Farms
82.7 68.7 62.9 48.5 49.1 46.4 42.7 46.2 37.2 36.2 28.3 23.7 16.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
171,533
119
142,497
111
130,429
112
100,486
90
101,799
76
94,732
72
87,136
67
94,223
72
76,022
76
73,973
86
57 ,781
91
46,806
105
33,219
109
Number of Farms
1,444 1,286 1,170 1,117 1,345 1,325 1,292 1,303 1,004
861 636 447 306
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
526,850 886,490 1,503,019 1,454,816 1,098,375 1,679,031 1,610,248 3,798,245 4,841,288 5,670,546 8,461,980 12,523,089 22,797,000
Average (dol.)
365 689 1,285 1,302 817 1,267 1,246 2,915 4,822 6,586 13,305 28,015 74,499
Tractors
8
23 48 181 303 386 352 388 310
Trucks
79
82 130 380 468 534 536 436 341
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
158
132
180
23
193
24
321
30
382
31
441
113
444
350
286
(NA)
223
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
1,282 611 314 10 10 13 91 215 360 102 32
Production (bushels)
7,170 2,647 2,744
51
no
168 1 ,607 4,266 10,215 4,149 1,100
.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,335 929
1,006 1,192
2,070 2,219 2,499 2,646 2,183 2,062
921 1,178
2,609 2,515 3,149 4,113 4,647 3,884
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
186
22,978
508
805
39,003
93,431
882
85,760
769
85,177
564
80,504
455
95,673
408
128,367
299
114,000
1/ V PEACHES -' -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,532 9,176 8,159 8,047 5,862 7,578
395 1,673
262 387 102
100 4,202
343
1,103 3,304 3,622
8 3 122 29 121
i
. 1/3/ PECANS -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
3 9
21
5
5
90
3
2
SWEET y 4/
POTATOES - -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
119
9,187
239
19,831
205
14,566
137
14,416
241
24,575
233
21,774
157
10,371
42
7,461
5
2,473
8
1,275
370
4
179
Year
Harvested Cropland
IflNn IKF TN AC.RFS R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
18,704
7,127
1934
20,378
4,546
1939
19,675
5,722
1944
16,601
1,292
1949
12,864
8,082
1954
11,035
3,179
1959 1964
9,785 6,339
3,502 3,468
1969
4,860
2,150
.1974
4,766
718
See footnotes on last page.
4,698 3,455 5,399 7,646 2,953
247 2,395 3,098 7,222 6,808
Woodland
85,126 88,480 62,257 67,046 57,760 53,761 62,089 51,528 50,682 36,664 24,088 15,408
Other Land
13,088 6,227 7,386 6,131 5,960 7,812 8,235
10,033 7,609 8,212 8,486 5,519
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nur ber
1969 1974
*
7
29
22
28
10
23
15
42
37
49
43
276
172
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
UNION 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
?4 1961 1974
All Cattle and
Calves
4,964
4,981 4,346 2,673 4,439 2,849 2,488 3,009 3,662 3,864 5,552 6,045 7,433
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,130
2,529 2,018 1,579 2,271 1,806 1,865 1,787 1,998 1,826 3,047 3,206 3,924
Milk Cows
1,861 2,052 2,000 1 ,560
1,771
1,676 1,516
998 842 356 242
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons) 20
100 4,539 3,800
2,198 17,270 133,790 45,747 8,091 65,050
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows
11,559
7,936 9,392 2,573 2,645 1,824 2,366 2,688 3,083 6,896 4,034 3,792 3,326
1,692 263 410 287 143 291 528 895 823
1 ,090 568
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
18,193 28,409 38,908 39,481 49,135 57,295 71,919 98,495 207,213 433,558 751,509 620,940 305,597
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
45,120 23,823 36,982
29,470
53,315 292,893 2,216,055 1,336,229 1,058,533
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) j/
78,080 104,331 161,367 275,491 239,895 375,759 544,779 631,178 1,232,730 3,866,025 7,606,678 (NA)
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
13,257
16,122
8.5
35,713 75,438
305,395
31,912
11.3 40.3 86.1
642,340
108,667
165.1
2,062,050 2,696,744
109,749
215.6 315.5
2,609,470
135,485
506.3
2,150,000
226,000
410.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle
and
Calves
5,900 5,900 5,800 6,000 6,100 6,200 6,500 6,600 6,600 6,600 7,800 7,700 7,500 6,600
Cows 2 years old and older 1_QV
Kept for Milk
Other
1,000 900 810 640 500 400 350 310 300 270 240 190 160 140
2,300 2,300 2,300 2,450 2,500 2,550 2,780 2,750 3,100 3,130 3,340 3,200 3,100 2,730
All Other
Cattle
and
Calves
2,600 2,700 2,690 2,910 3,100 3,250 3,370 3,540 3,200 3,200 4,220 4,310 4,240 3,730
December 1
All Hogs
and
Pigs
4,050 4,000 4,450 3,950 4,250 4,950 4,300 4,500 4,250 4,300 2,800 3,800 3,700
1/ 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" disclosure of information for individual farms
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 'udes farms with less than~15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
D - Data withheld to avoid
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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UPSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-18 70
Upson County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1824 from parts of
Crawford and Pike counties and was 59th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was
Received named for Stephen Upson of Lexington, Georgia, a distinguished lawyer and legislator of
the early ante-bellum period. Thomaston, the county seat, was named for General Jett
Thomas, officer of the State Militia in the War of 1812.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 213,760 acres.
There were 237 farms having a total of 54,854 acres with land and buildings valued at MOW 9 ft 1Q7Q
$23,187,000. The number of farms was only 13 percent of the peak number in 1910. The
u '3#%J
importance of field crops continued to decline while livestock and poultry enterprises
had grown steadily. According to the 1974 Census, poultry and poultry products accounted for 54 percent of.-.__. ,.1r-MTe, the total value of all farm products sold. Other livestock and livestock products and dairying accounted LXJL,bi\,Ei <TS
for 24 and 12 percent, respectively, which brings livestock, poultry and their products to nine-tenths ofUGA LIBRARIES
the county's total value of sales of all farm products. Fruits and nuts accounted for 33 percent of the
value of all farm products sold in 1954, but for only 5 percent of the value of all farm products sold in
1974.
The NOAA--National Weather Service reports an annual precipitation of about 50 inches for Upson
County. March has an average of around six inches of rainfall and is usually the wettest month. October,
normally the driest month, has an average of about two and one-fourth inches. The average annual tempera-
ture is around 63 degrees and monthly averages range from near 47 degrees in January to just under 79 degrees
in July. The freeze-free season averages about 235 days in length extending normally from late March to
near mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964
Amount $
*
1,126,187
1,533,368
1974 Amount $
3,185,000
t 1/
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
571,031 182,601
50.7 16.2
112,844
7.3
99,427
6.5
19,728 368,702
10 49,323
505,823 102,826 175,103 227,894
1.8 32.7
4.4
44.9 9.1
15.6 20.2
3,680 9,737
74,826
1,345,698 724,501 278,309 342,888
.2 .6
4.9
87.8 47.2 18.2 22.4
3,053,000
243,000
8.0
93,000
3.0
53,000
1.7
32,000 8,000 2,000 148,000
8,000
41,000
2,761,000 1,652,500
369,000 739,500 692,500
44,000 1,000 2,000
1.1 .3 .1
4.9
.3 1.3
90.4 54.1 12.1 24.2 22.7
1.4
.1
Government Payments 3/
6.000
]_/ 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 Dairy Products 15.6% Forestry Products Hort. Spec. 4.4%
, Field Crops & Vegetables 18.0%
Poultry & Poultry Products 9.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ ^ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 24.2%
^--Fruits, Nuts & Berries 4.9%
-- Dairy Products 12.1%
*- Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.6% Field Crops &
Vegetables 3.1%
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
UPSON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
19,104 18,935 8,854
6,200 5,150 4,200 3,600 3,100 2,700 2,220 1,840 1,970 2,040 1,750 1,640 1,630 1,650 1,520 1,030
960 650 900 1,000 1,150 1,300 1,500 1,700
23,550 21,856 24,513 18,015 18,604 8,788
5,040 4,340 3,740 3,250 2,800 2,600 2,070 1,560 1,340 1,320 1,170 1,120 1,100 1,160 1,040
850 820 600 800 790 860 950 1,140 870
7.8 10.6 10.8 10.1 9.0 15.1
10.1 25.8 21.5 20.8 20.7 19.1 24.2 27.6 26.9 34.1 35.9 42.9 31.8 55.2 31.7 48.2 25.6 40.0 35.0 47.0 44.4 57.2 73.5 20.0
184,280 231,137 264,358 182,296 167,624 132,413
51,000 112,000
80,400 67,700 58,000 49,700 50,000 43,000 36,000 45,000 42,000 48,000 35,000 64,000 33,000 41,000 21,000 24,000 28,000 37,100 38,200 54,300 83,800 17,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1 964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
200 220 350 400 450 200 360 380 420 330 1,920
26.0 20.0 28.0 21.0 24.0 16.5 20.3 20.5 23.8 24.2 19.8
5,200 4,400 9,800 8,400 10,800 3,300 7,300 7,800 10,000 8,000 38,000
Acreage Harupqtpri
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
31,193 35,327 32,994 11,724
5,520 2,490
1,410 1,240 1,210
570 235 410 340 290 310 410 420 420 190 140 95 25
153
9,427
188
13,300
118
7,656
108
2,539
186
2,050
223
1,113
202
600
403
1,040
330
830
225
270
285
140
295
250
232
170
255
150
352
230
327
280
350
310
269
238
216
85
186
55
316
60
200
10
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yiel d per <icre
(b J.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
2,442 485
1,212 201 777 377
390 380 420 730 200 410 230 200 100 120 130 80 70 460 330 140 90 90 330 120 200 300 190 140
2 5.2 1. 5.4 2. 5.3 11 5.5 1! 3.0 1" '.5 2( 5.0 2' kO 2; !.0 2! >.0 31 .0 3( 1.0 31 .0 27 .0 2* S.8 U .7 3: .3 3? .6 22 .0 2< .4 K .0 27 .2
3E .7 2S .5
14,220 4,358 10,666 1,867 7,698 4,767
10,220 5,080 9,790
13,500 3,800 7,180 4,600 4,800 2,200 3,000 4,030 2,400 2,180
12,400 9,500 2,200 3,000 3,200 7,260 3,050 5,800 8,160 6,780 4,130
P1 1 rVoUdUVu<rLtiInUnII
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
UPSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
13,670 12,757 14,786 19,509
25,064
25,078
23,800
23,505
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
8,037 8,454 7,102 4,936 4,980
732
3,155
3,782 4,196 3,550
2,920
498
2,534
4,255 4,258 3,552
2,060
234
621
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 202,880 213,120 213,120 213,120 213,120 213,120 213,120 213,760 213,760
Percent in Farms
84.6 83.9 72.2 65.7 73.5 57.8 52.3 58.6 50.8 37.7 31.3 30.9 25.7
All Land in Farms (acres)
171,735 170,188 146,536 133,218 149,184 123,171 111,454 124,865 108,359 80,420
66,691 66,048 54,853
Average Size Farms
(acres)
117 94 84
121 119 134 120 144 133 189 190 235 231
Number of Farms
1,472 1,801 1,753 1,100 1,258
921 929 867 812 425 351 281 237
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
1,194,120 2,346,090 4,675,090 3,087,410 3,239,088 2,489,121 3,448,640 4,978,314 6,302,744 6,682,700 8,015,085 13,295,022 23,187,000
Average (dol.)
811 1,303 2,667 2,807 2,575 2,703 3,712 5,742 7,762 15,724 22,835 47,313 97,834
Tractors
80
75 141 253 371 354 350 346 285
Trucks
134
149 231 337 363 310 317 294 231
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
569
54
445
52
454
92
569
123
557
177
442
292
391
264
211
(NA)
179
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,821 2,400
786 322 293 1,242 1,781 1,521 2,034 917 198
Production (bushels)
29,540 41,538 14,698
5,996 6,002 21,063 44,583 40,135 50,638 26,898 7,217
86
4,065
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,538 1,330 2,430 2,398
2,591 3,732 2,385 2,763 2,251 2,645
1,272 1,845
3,189 2,519 2,673 4,136 4,679 5,212
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
537
29,570
323
711
23,777
30,396
619
36,025
452
19,728
72
9,485
65
3,680
6
2,270
7
2,000
PEACF ES y y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
78,989 194,801 134,389 831,460 700,830 628,988 352,438 220,855 126,661 157,791
67,914 5,195
16,100
85 51 ,781 39,178 389,699 532,374 255,937 121,540 80,539 87,463 145,819
409 93,625
4,201
PECAN Si/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
50 2,360
2,200 20,340
4,626 13,965
14,695
14,916 11,169 16,682 10,098
9,374 5,088
82,952 207,060 89,914
78,792 158,613
960 138,230 152,290
SWEET y 4/ POTATOES1' -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
475
25,774
441
36,650
421
37,891
383
41,322
560
47,799
500
39,940
298
20,589
158
13,128
21
2,118
17
1,137
1
163
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
43,142
12,590
1934
43,934
18,552
1939
41,127
5,243
1944
32,028
7,820
1949
23,074
10,834
1954
17,715
6,012
1959
10,493
6,054
1964
8,109
2,342
1969
5,187
2,449
1974
4,841
2,025
See fool:notes on last page.
8,196 10,654
8,905 3,979 10,777 17,482 17,484 5,013 15,882 10,473
Woodland
70,863 56,942 49,492 67,735 52,172 53,239 66,952 53,515 40,147 32,762 25,830 22,230
Other Land
19,148 13,630 18,605
7,942 15,060 13,886 13,228 13,635
6,242 18,465 16,700 15,284
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun iber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2,500
*
10
17
8
20
8
12
14
20
23
27
27
185
147
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
UPSON COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,792 4,419 4,426 2,896 5,179 3,210 4,878 7,148 10,770 7,401 8,415 10,377 11,943
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,994 2,953 2,455 1,705 2,834 1,762 2,923 3,551 6,241 4,116 4,517 4,966 6,551
Milk Cows
1,365 2,233 2,182 1,639
1,638
1,799 1,588
887 601 494 450
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
6,018 13,812 28,204 107,739
126,722 199,377 232,261 324,049 476,616 552,103
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
5,933 5,280 6,542 2,480 4,148 3,073 2,816 2,934 2,722 2,097
536 1 ,206
550
Farrowinq 5/
597 207 486 258 264 282 388 330 113 164 128
Chickens (4 Months and Older) ll
26,890 31,231 34,139 23,668 32,572 24,439 28,218 19,693 27,574 26,506 95,588 105,494 (D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,723 6,432
13,234
6,508
18,778 37,448 692,499 235,589 815,082
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
170,860 129,885 136,463 107,716 88,088 117,650 150,923 40,539 130,532 209,526 1,226,625 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED rARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and Poultry
Fertilizer Material
Labor (Thous )
* 55,039
$ 133,981 $ 318.2
27,553
89,037
175.8
137,225
218.9
248,940
311.9
417,905
172,376
173.9
405,139
188.7
413,480 1,070,178
115,216 263,624
156.9 296.7
1,422,000
346,000
218.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older l_g/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
8, 950 8, 700 8, 450 9, 000 10, 400 9, 200 7, 000 7, 100 7, 200 7, 200 9, 900 9, 500 9, 100 _2 2Q0
720
4,100
4,130
550
680
4,200
3,820
900
680
4,100
3,670
1,000
700
4,500
3,800
1,250
600
4,650
5,150
1,350
550
4,750
3,900
1 ,600
550
4,700
1,750
1 ,500
530
4,700
1,870
950
500
4,600
2,100
700
350
4,780
2,070
340
5,180
4,380
500
5,100
3,900
470
4,400
4,230
600
41Q
3.740
3.Q50
1/ 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 ex hange in definition
Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not availabl
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since eludes farms with less than~15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clase. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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Received
WARE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
N0V2 6 1979
1900-1B7B
DOCUMENTS
Ware County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1824 from part of Ajjo^inig - njjrg
County (one historian gives Irwin) and was 60th in order of counties organized in Georgia."
It was named for Nicholas Ware, a prominent lawyer of Augusta, Georgia and a member of the
United States Senate. Waycross, the county seat, was named to designate a point where
trails intersected in pioneer days and where later railways crossed. Much of the Okefenokee
Swamp, famous for its natural beauty, is in Ware County. This is said to be the largest
body of its kind in America except for the Dismal Swamp in Virginia and the Everglades in
Florida.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 583,488 acres making it 1st in size among
counties in the state. There were 423 farms having a total of 74,627 acres with land and buildings valued at
$29,426,000. The number of farms was only 38 percent of the peak number in 1945. Tobacco was the leading cash
crop in the county and the per acre yield, usually exceeded 1 ton. Almost three-fourths of the harvested crop-
land had been planted to corn in recent years and excellent yields of this crop were being realized. The
livestock enterprises, beef production, swine production and poultry production, accounted for almost 46 percent
of the value of all products sold in 1974.
The NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 50 inches for Ware
County. Summer and early fall is the period of the heaviest rainfall with nearly one-half of the annual average
coming in the four months, June through September. November is normally the driest month, averaging just over
two inches. The average annual temperature is just about 67 degrees and monthly averages range from about 52
degrees in December and January to just about 81 degrees in July and August. The length of the freeze-free
season varies considerably from north to south, but averages about 260 days for the county.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
2,502,942
1964
Amount $
*
4,666,603
1974
Amount $
* 1/
9,927,000
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
1,712,261 1,631,609
14,881 65,771 48,500 233,270 508,911 112,435 42,438 354,038
68.4 2,035,697 65.2 1,999,190
.6
6,385
2.6
30,122
2.0
45,367
9.3
667,006
20.3 1,918,533
4.5 1,371,826
1.7
68,214
14.1
478,493
43.6 42.8
.1 .7 1.0 14.3 41.1 29.4 1.5 10.2
9,739,000
4,465,000 4,369,500 1,413,000 2,924,500
26,000 6,000 13,000 82,500
(D) (D)
4,448,000 3,166,000
(D) (NA) 149,000 867,000
(D)
45.8 44.9 14.5 30.0
.3 .1 .1 .8
45.7 32.5
1.5 8.9
Government Payments 1/
7,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disc losures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were compu ted 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
Poultry & Poultry Products 4.5%
& .?>
V<*5
'^ e^
-Livestock, Dairy & their Products 15.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
.Livestock, Dairy & their Products 13.2%
vr?<?^W*- Veg., Fruits, Nuts V&f&t't'W & Berries 3.2%
^Forestry Products ft Hort. Spec. 11.3*
^_ Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 0.9%
>. Forestry Products & Hort. SDer. R.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
WARE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
13,384 17,935 15,211
16,260 16,000 14,800 14,600 14,500 15,400 14,000 13,000 12,000 11,600 11,200 9,980 10,200 11,200 11,400 11,830 11,750 15,100 13,600 13,800 13,700 13,200 15,000 13,100
10,135 12,121 17,399 12,538 16,648 10,436
11,760 11,750 10,900 10,900 11,000 11,900 10,900 11,000 10,500 10,200 10,200 9,100 9,500 10,900 11,000 11,000 10,500 14,200 12,600 12,800 12,900 12,800 14,600 3,040
12.1 13.5 10.8 13.7 11.9 15.8
17.4 31.7 24.0 23.7 29.9 32.7 38.1 50.5 41.5 48.5 41.2 53.5 41.4 58.6 42.2 40.5 34.6 53.0 54.0 26.0 64.2 63.1 59.8 37.9
122,880 163,511 187,492 172,166 197,543 164,484
204,800 372,500 261,600 258,700 329,400 389,600 415,000 556,000 436,000 495,000 420,000 487,000 393,000 639,000 464,000 446,000 363,000 753,000 680,400 332,800 828,300 808,000 872,600 115,300
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
200 100
400 460 840 1,130 1,050 1,740 1,070 1,200
22.0 21.0
20.5 20.0 17.5 24.1 29.0 32.2 27.2 26.9
4,400 2,100
8,200 9,200 14,700 27,200 30,500 56,000 29,100 32,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
FLUE CURED TOBACCO Acreage Yield Harvested per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield
per acre
Production
1,727
160
4,019
156
2,417
104
2,655
253
1,198
151
1,304
198
790
368
600
325
610
200
450
98
170
329
580
381
790
304
440
332
480
302
350
323
380
332
375
352
200
150
60
67
80
162
45
89
30
200
420 1,251
491 1,341
362 517
610 410 250
90 115 460 500 300 300 240 260 280
65 10 25 10
10
L
12
749 1,622 3,042 1,982
2,295 2,190 1,885 1,360 1,180 1,480 1,520 1,520 1,600 1,515 1,365 1,185 1,275 1,630 1,280 1,240 1,500 1,170 1,100 1,280 1,660 1,810 1,390 1,540
1,532 1,587 1,734 1,176 1,744 1,866 2,008 2,249 2,269 2,182 2,156 2,407 1,556 2,225 2,040 1,774 2,347 2,292 2,305 1,363 2,375 2,166 1,786 2,233
9
364 1,579 2,494 2,506
3,516 3,475 3,268 1,600 2,058 2,762 3,052 3,418 3,631 3,306 2,943 2,852 1,984 3,626 2,611 2,200 3,521 2,682 2,536 1,744 3,943 3,920 2,483 3,439
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WARE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
13,761 22,957 28,361 26,558
27,929
30,289
34,219
33,525
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
5,538
5,052
486
6,207
5,529
678
6,383
5,759
624
5,430
4,835
4,516
319
2,986
2,709
277
1,956
1,857
99
"
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
514,560 514,560 493,440 493,440 493,440 583,680 583,680 583,680 583,680 583,680 583,680 583,488 583,488
Percent in Farms
27.2 32.0 25.9 39.8 23.5 24.6 25.6 30.6 26.6 23.1 24.4 16.8 12.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
140,131 164,729 127,863 196,272 116,037 143,313 149,462 178,541 155,193 134,969 142,417
98,061 74,627
Average Size Farms
(acres)
210 178 146 215 107 139 133 170 160 207 246 185 176
Number of Farms
667 924 874 911 1,082 1,029 1,124 1,048 972 651 578 529 423
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
507,930 1,262,347 2,547,106 3,134,548 1,881,077 2,481,755 3,733,616 7,032,080 10,590,912 13,088,355 19,709,222 22,083,708 29,426,000
762 1,366 2,914 3,441 1,739 2,412 3,322 6,710 10,896 20,105 34,099 41,746 69,566
Tractors
17
29 84 345 596 547 596 635 526
Trucks
**"*
130
181 236 456 624 458 532 523 464
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
403
41
459
47
545
91
661
180
720
332
587
301
535
389
410
(NA)
353
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
819 1,031
343 64 37
9,080 13,448
4,070 973 145
311
6,461
50
2,200
88
2,960
107
2,965
6
60
8
300
71
6,800
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,269 1,409 3,406 1,744
398 639 653 802 627 726
998 1,415
490 569 1,271 2,305 1,773 2,108
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
210
12,114
436
69
3,973
10,169
100
8,242
279
14,881
54
9,215
80
6,385
12
(D)
43
13,000
PEACHES ^ -'
AH Trees
Production
(number) (bushels)
761
8
17,810
576
4,375
821
1,275
295
746 1,806 2,623
357
373 472 1,264
84
42
5
78
13
39
1
239
PECANS -1 %
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,070
15,218
6,580 54,283
24,991
36,154
27,556
18,357 15,263 13,479 15,223
9,487 4,697
457,140 390,902
14,417 212,151 109,091 106,242 139,222 122,128
5WEET 1/4/ POTATOES J %
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
778
66,866
720
78,145
913
88,330
779 1,103
69,286 60,352
530
35,368
448
33,931
366
20,019
127
9,743
86
10,138
22
2,240
12
1,200
I AND USE INpEAKCREEST 5/
Year
Harvested Idle or
PTloowwaabbllee
Cropland Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
21,936
5,787
1934
25,894
5,391
1939
27,673
1,835
1944
25,876
4,504
1949
22,644
5,115
1954
21,066
2,878
1959
18,776
3,181
1964
14,510
4,863
1969
14,177
7,022
1974
13,318
2,909
See footnotes on last page
3,933 1,036
950 2,296 3,692 5,349 4,701 2,782 4,019 5,410
Woodland
132,677 72,641
111,590 80,079
107,732 110,254 141,153 119,304 103,858 114,599
62,353 46,432
Other Land
3,631 23,299 52,128
3,180 4,923
5,568 5,937 6,596 4,453 5,663
10,490 6,558
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nwtftr 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
26
31
31
40
44
55
70
73
48
71
43
259
161
*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
WARE COUNTY STATISTICS--!]. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
11,489 15,777 12,618
9,713 13,084
9,574 14,277 7,508
9,570 5,634 5,505 4,356 5,535
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years and Older)
5,908 9,669 7,308 5,351 6.934 5,556 7,287 4,266 4,868 2,807 2,638 2,064 2,661
Milk Cows
1,466 4,334
416 1,365
1,850
1,012
633
381 330
49 48
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
18,924 30,422 12,914 187,317
203,600 192,385
37,026 87,441 86,047 130,302 (HA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
11,650 19,255 12,769
6,393 8,751 8,542 12,855 13,105 11,381 11,968 7,738 12,509 7,887
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,096 1,114 1,345 1,648 1,887 1,509 1,936 2,136 1,673 2,480 1,944
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
17,451 25,674 28,148 28,538 31,876 34,803 44,667 31,095 37,216 63,626 195,203
354,226
243,748
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
7,841
5,582 16,434
28,882
13,570 83,542 495,430 370,665 1,293,935 1,175,387
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
66,100 53,972 74,467 173,135 121,726 207,733 317,731 74,278 142,362 586,635 2,875,039 (NA) (NA\))
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
and
Fertilizer
Poultry
Material
$ 64,280 43,865
88,265 96,157
156,036
118,197 295,578
267,022
381,720
806,575 1,656,000 2,568,000
346,693 410,937 818,000
Hired Labor (Thous.)
74.3 63.2 133.0 330.3 244.8 218.2 398.7 477.9 487.0
USDA ESTIMATES
All Other
December 1
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older Ifl/
Kept for Milk
Other
Cattle and
Calves
All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
5,850 5,750 5,400 5,300 5,200 5,300 5,400 5,500 5,500 5,700 6,700 6,000 5,800 5.000
400 360 230 240 140 200 250 300 320 480 260 230 230 21Q
2,400 2,400 2,300 2,300 2,350 2,400 2,330 2,250 2,190 2,200 2,600 2,500 2,300
2..22Q
3,050 2,990
2,870 2,760
2,710 2,700 2,820 2,950
2,990 3,020
3,840 3,270 3,270
2.570
7,800 10,050 11,150 13,050 14,100 16,350 15,500 14,850 12,750 10,500
8,400 10,700 10,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than~l5-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of ch ange in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals incl ude only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not availabl e. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms
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
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-1I
Washington County was created by Legislative Act of February 25, 1784 and was
named for George Washington. It was 10th 1n order of organization among Georgia counties.
In a treaty with the Creek Indians, land was ceded for Washington County. Later, under
10-/978
the leadership of a Scotch half-breed named Alexander McGllUvray, the Indians repudiated the compact and out of this wrangle grew the Oconee War. Washington County originally
included the counties of Greene, Hancock, Johnson and Montgomery and part of Oglethorpe
and Laurens. Sandersville, the county seat, was named for a Mr. Sanders, who donated the
land for the town.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 431,040 acres making 1t 8th In size
among counties In the State. There were 425 farms having a total of 165,382 acres with land and buildings
valued at $50,865,000. The number of farms was only 11 percent of the peak number in 1910. According to the 1974 Census, field crops accounted for 55 percent of the total value of all farm products sold which was up
Received
from the percentage ten years earlier. The importance of poultry and poultry products in the county's
agricultural economy had declined. Dairying and the vegetable enterprises had increased slightly over the
level of ten years earlier. Average annual rainfall is about 45 inches in Washington County, according to the N0AA--National
NOV2 61979
Weather Service. The rainiest month is usually March with an average of about five inches of rainfall.
November, with an average of around two and one-fourth inches 1s normally the driest month. The average annual temperature is 64 degrees, and monthly averages range from near 48 degrees in January to just about
DOCUMENTS
81 degrees In July and August. The freeze-free season averages about 230 days and usually extends from
UGA LI3RARIE3
around March 20 to about November 7.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
X
1964
Amount $
%
4,151,342
7,233,890
1974 Amount $
12,482,000
% V
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay,Forage,Silage Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products
Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool M1sc. Livestock & LS Products
2,829,571 2,558,986
68.2 61.7
99,783 170,802
120,210
200,017
1,001,544 76,863
220,437 704,244
2.4 4.1
2.9
4.8
24.1 1.8 5.3
17.0
3,683,418 3,385,676
252,516 45,226 (D) 308,006 3,222,466 1,873,184 508,343 840,939
50.9 46.8
3.5 .6
4.3 44.5 25.9
7.0 11.6
12,328,000
7,681,000 6,812,000 4,449,000
1,388,000 348,000 627,000 650,000 220,000
3,000
446,000
4,198,000 630,000
1,057,500 2,510,500
722,000 1,782,000
6,000
62.3 55.2 36.1
11.2 2.8 5.1 5.3 1.8
3.6
34.1 5.1 8.6
20.4 5.9
14.5
Government Payments 3/
52,000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for
T954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or
more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not .
Included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosing information
for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Dairy, Poultry a their Prod. 7.1% *-Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 6.5%
""- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 17.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Dairy, Poultry & their Prod. 13.7%
-Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 7.1%
-- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 20.4%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 7.7%
_ Forestry Products & " Hort. Spec. 3.6%
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
WASHINGTON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
54,597 80,328 46,547
75,362 63,033 69,066 54,137 79,532 41,896
41,560
29,300
37,900
28,950
34,400
26,350
32,000
24,820
29.600
23,200
30.800
24,400
25,400
19,700
22,400
18,100
20,100
16,800
16,100
13,300
14,100
12,300
13,940
11,980
13,850
12,200
14,700
14,000
14,900
13,950
16,750
14,250
17,200
14,400
16,600
14,400
14,900
13,100
15,500 . 13,300
18,700
16,100
18,800
16,500
20,400
19,000
17,900
1,880
8.0 9.6 9.1 10.2 7.5 11.3
8.7 21.9 18.0 21.3 25.9 19.2 30.1 29.3 28.0 42.2 35.6 41.6 43.0 52.1 40.1 34.2 25.1 45.3 35.0 52.0 54.3 50.3 55.8
8.0
603,240 608,011 631,035 554,441 593,329 474,358
253,500 634,000 474,300 529,400 600,800 469,100 592.000 531,000 470,000 561,000 438,000 498,000 525,000 730,000 559,000 488,000 361,000 653,000 458,500 691,600 874,700 830,000 1,061,100
15,000
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 196 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
4,770 4,550 4,840 5,200 5,420 8,010 11,800 1 4,500 ' 2,800 9,100 8,200 9,900 1,700 5,200 19,500 18,140 20,270 16,020 18,700
16.0 14.0 18.0 14.5 13.5 19.5 16.5 18.5 22.0 15.0 26.5 21.0 24.0
9.5 17.6 23.6 23.9 18.5 17.2
76,320 63,700 87,120 75,400 73,170 156,195 194,700 268,250 281,600 136,500 217,300 207,900 280,800 144,400 343,200 428,100 484,500 296,400 321,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Production
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
81,730 83,878 74,432 42,683 28,263 33,422
21,110 17,520 16,710 10,270
6,720 12,950 12,680 13,410 15,750 12,600 12,400 12,340
7,960 6,070 9,600 9,150 9,500 9,600 9,800 8,380 7,150 2,580 4,000 1,330
206 190 143 211 250 193
237 377 314 354 480 338 403 391 310 378 558 406 492 513 310 361 320 452 342 496 518 426 311
95
31,889 31,874 21,318 18,028 14,111 12,926
10,460 13,780 10,960
7,590 6,740 9,140 10,660 10,940 10,180 9,970 14,440 10.460 8,170 6,500 6,240 6,900 6,350 9,050 7,000 8,700 7,700 2,300 2,590
265
4,951
1,840 2,020 1,900 1,660 1,530 1,130
920 900 860 725 760 920 925 950 1,235 1,280 1,305 1,330 1,390 1,355 1,379 1.407 1,444 1,415
347 482 552 492 620 587 803 752 920 1,310 2,000 1,307 1,829 1,706 1,749 1,901 2,097 2,358 1,719 2,462 3,123 2,893 1,783 2,139
1,552 2,640
638 974 1,049 816 948 663 739 677 791 950 1,520 1,202 1,692 1,621 2,160 2,433 2,737 3,136 2,389 3,336 4,306 4,071 2,574 3.026
3,963 403
1,247 569
4,248 4,604
3,320 2,650 3,350 2,620 1,450 2,350 2,000 2,050 1,450 2,450 2,500 2,250 2,120 3,940 3,750 2,900 2,630 4,820 4,390 4,220 6,400 6,150 4,420 3.040 1
21.3 16.2
19.8 18.5 24.5 20.5 24.0 27.0 29.5 35.0 36.5 30.0 32.0 26.1 30.3 39.1 41.6 45.2 18.0 28.6 23.8 23.2
27.6 27.5
19,080 3,117 9,227 6,426
47,229 41,505
70,590 43,040 66,330 48,470 35,520 48,180 48,000 55,350 42,780 85,750 91,250 67,500 67,840 102,700 113,500 113,500 109,300 217,900 78,900 120,700 152,300 142,700 122,000 83.600
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WASHINGTON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1S00-1974
Total Population
28.227 28,174 28,147 25.030
24,230
21,012
18.903
17.480
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
17,855 18,053 16,667 12,788 10,866
4,151
1,377
7,098 7,359 6,532
4,019
1,817
857
NonWhite
10,757 10,694 10,135
6,847 2.334
520
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
428.160 428,160 428,160 428,160 431,360 431,360 431,360 431,360 431,360 431,360 431,360 431 ,040 431 .040
Percent in Farms
82.9 79.9 72.5 57.8 85.3 78.3 74.2 85.7 78.0 62.0 53.2 46.2 38.4
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
354,745
104
341,952
85
310,230
77
247,311
75
365,404
117
337,840
135
320,167
107
369,870
164
336,344
205
267,281
263
229,638
314
199,052
366
165.382
389
Number of Farms
3,419 4,039 4,031 3,288 3,112 2,506 2.980 2.250 1,640 1,016
731 544 425
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,557,770 5.204,393 13,010,515 4,870.084 4,742,517 5,961,804 6,910.106 11.103,750 10,817,440 17,807,432 22,189,505 30,636,064 50,865,000
Average (dol.)
748 1,289 3,228 1,481 1,524 2,379 2,319 4,935 6,596 17,527 30,355 56,316 119.681
Tractors
51
117 305 751 835 995 946 754 656
Trucks
101
141 194 586 617 727 759 651 575
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
761
740 962 1,044 1,107 822 828 473 419
209
157 356 268 420 492 476 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
5,862 7,571 1,019 2,152
1,502 3,212 5,714 3,708 11,252 8,518
5,504 1,748
593
69.200 113.284
11,151 34,420 20,795 47,835 134,488 91,013 367,363
302,995 281,727 114,619
31,380
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
6,269 2,841 10,165 6,505
5,655 6,523 3,128 4,188 3,258 3,907
1,552 3,652
4,043 3,597 3,500 8,256 9,545 11,611
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Marvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
212 13,254 520 287 11,718
59,819 6,242 14,503 5,563 99,783 3,868 134,741 4,165 252,516 4,091 550,270 3,948 1 650.000
PEACHES -' -
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
48,390 35,247 24,989 11,566 45,115 61,408 87,351 100,673 97,871 111,526 92,481
1 84.820
6,489
19,911 7,105 4,190
14,362 31 ,147 28,963 20,131 41,226 154,881
8,021 95,246
PECANS -' It
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds 1
3.478 16,018
16,932
22,038 17,670 15,632 24,003 24,094
6,947
1,667 7,507 22,845
77,542 182,539 151,215
33.236 230,128
7,649 180,008
48,978
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ 5/
Har-
produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
1,094
1.269 1,117 1.107 1,805 1,423 1,194
461 102 123 116
16 25
88.363
131,929 103,822 122,140 136,870 130,629 101,348
42,523 9.826
12,934
12,993 1,800 2.913
Year
Harvested Cropland
IAN0 USE TN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
114,137 135,780
31,736 36,034
1939 1944
137,781 123,503
19,958 39,976
1949 1954
115,285 97,511
33,919 21,654
1959 1964 1969 1974
71,964 55,177 51,292 55,166
18,688 18.097
16,573 7,143
See footnotes on last page
9,572 14,284
20,299 5,076
13,038 17,505 10,553
9,822
17,283 18,417
Woodland
107,160 77,932 76,675
159,433 146,286 127,793 183,233 171,013 151,512 125,410
92,978 70,239
Other Land
24.630 35,625 13,258
19,038 12,673 23,234 24,395 28,661 14,564 21,132 20,926 14,417
T Farms by Value
of Products Sold
$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
--1 'NUB ber
1969 1974
*
31
48
48
44
39
50
65
73
65
89
41
240
136
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
WASHINGTON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
7.238 7.006 9,240 4,660 8,792 5,764 8,339 8,143 14,611 10,948 17,216 15,463 17.114
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
3,565 4,395 4,691 2,796 4,478 3,375 4,062 4,334 7,499 5,767 8,812 8,206 8.505
Milk Cows
2,653 3,253 4,122 2,555
3,036
2,608 2,409 1,684 1,565 1,521 1.335
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
14,978 35,924 83,344 42,083
44,116 144,845 299,775 480,967 1,143,747 1,009,150
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
25,758 21,416 24,712 8,647 17,964 15,408 18,727 20,523 16,895 20,167 12,157 12,414 16,453
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,908 1,269 2,115 2,524 2,277 2,955 2,855 3,766 2,291 2,511 3,378
Chickens (4 Months and Older) U
65,121 69,172 82,649 58,447 71,456 58,020 72,299 42,248 48,542 94,874 267,710 215,216 44,930
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
21,189 15,088 38,984
31,642
18,608 13,425 123,473 133,945
(D) 95,719
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
155,580 171,244 224,775 324,370 211,668 280,387 350,298 119,780 180,298 764,265 4.142,318
(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.)
$ 74.961 $
272,926 $ 129.7
15,675
223,827
224.2
99,200
306.9
198,173
597.6
268,942
768,210
582.1
622,584
707.5
1,079,385
935,419
691.0
1,186,380
1,073,149
781.4
1,755,000
1,933,000
880.0
USDA tbllMAILS
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
18,300 18,300 18,100 18,300 18,000 18,100 19,000 19,000 19,200 19,800 22,700 21,000 20,400 18,700
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
1,850 1,700 1,640 1,730 1,700 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,850 1,900 2,060 1,820
Other
7,600 7,900 7,450 7,500 7,700 7,900 7,700 7,700 7,500 7,620 8,660 7,800 7,600 7,210
All Other Cattle and Calves 8,850 8,700 9,010 9,070 8,600 8,400 9,500 9,500 9,900 10,480 12,190 11,300 10,740 9,670
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs 12,250 12,550 13,950 12,950 13,950 16.200 15,400 14,750
17,550 16,500 13,900 16,000 23,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than~l5-20 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. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
WAYNE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
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Wayne County lies in the lower coastal plain of Georgia. It was one of the original
counties of the State created by the Legislative Act of May 11, 1803 from lands acquired
from the Creek Indians in 1802 and was named for General Anthony Wayne, a noted soldier of
re
the Revolution. Jesup, the county seat, was named for General Jesup, a distinguished
^j officer of the United States Army who was prominent during the Creek Indian troubles in
5
O" u-'i/^Vrsa^TJ 1836. Several other counties viz: Charlton, Glynn and Camden now include part of the land
originally claimed by Wayne.
D'lQKe
"~""^
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 412,736 acres making
it 11th in size among counties in the State. There were 542 farms having a total of 92,775 acres with land
and buildings valued at $41,625,000. The number of farms was only 39 percent of the peak number in 1920;
I
however, the land area was much larger at that time. Harvested cropland had shown a gradual decline in recent years but the rate of decline had been much less than for many Georgia counties. In 1974 corn
Received
accounted for over 82 percent of all cropland harvested. Tobacco was important to the county's economy and
was the leading cash crop. The value of sales of all livestock, poultry and their products had shown a
decline in recent years and in 1974, accounted for 30 percent of all farm sales.
N0V2 61979
Wayne County has an average annual precipitation of almost 50 inches according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service. Summer and early fall is the period of heaviest rainfall, with nearly one-half the annual
average coming during the four months June through September. November, with an average of about two inches, DOCUMENTS
is normally the driest month. The average annual from about 52 degrees in mid-winter to 81 degrees
temperature is in mid-summer.
about 67 degrees, and monthly averages range,,,, The freeze-free season normally extends wv-'"'1
. ._ . ', ,n i-iDtwNco
from early March to past mid-November, averaging close to 260 days.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount "T"
2,195,527
4,415,415
1974 Amount $~
8,822,000
TT7
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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
1,340,454 1,252,478
76,707 11,269
3,575 96,749 754,749 78,228 78,219 598,302
61.0 57.0
1,998,658 1,947,256
3.5 .5
.2 4.4
34.4 3.6 3.6
27.2
43,633 7,769
58,600 298,118
2,060,039 569,460 133,534
1,357,045
45.3 44.1
1.0 .2
1.3 6.7 46.7 12.9 3.0 30.8
8,660,000
5,354,000 5,248,500 2,726,500 2,460,000
52,000 10,000 89,500 16,000
145,000 565,000
2,596,000 186,000 157,000
2,253,000 544,000
1,210,000
499,000
61.8 60.6 31.5 28.4
.6 .1 1.0 .2
1.7 6.5
30.0 2.2 1.8
26.0 6.3
14.0
5.7
Government Payments 1/
45,000
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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Other Livestock & Livestock Products 27.2%
^ Dairy Prod. 3.6%
Poultry & Poultry """Products 3.6%
"* Forestry Prod. 4.4%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec.
4.2%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock & Livestock Products 26.0%
^ Dairy Prod. 1.8% ^_Poultry & Poultry
Products 2.2%
"-Forestry Prod. 6.5%
- Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries,& Hort. Spec.
2.9%
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
WAYNE 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)
18,827 27,117 16,012
24,340 23,940 23,000 23,300 24,400 26,500 24,100 22,300 19,300 24,800 24,000 21,370 21,900 24,000 24,300 24,?00 24,100 27,400 24,600 27,000 27,600 26,100 28,200 26,300
11,878 17,386 24,850 17,843 23,448 10,536
13,320 13,600 12,920 13,270 14,400 15,700 14,300 14,900 14,300 17,000 17,300 15,400 16,000 19,400 20,200 22,450 21,450 25,700 22,900 24,540 26,300 25,920 27,950
1 14,200
11.1 13.2 10.0 13.1 10.9 17.1
132,210 229,274 248,613 233,065 255,766 179,918
17.9 29.2 26.0 27.3 34.5 33.3 39.5 44.8 44.5 46.5 28.9 45.5 44.2 59.4 47.1 42.2 33.7 58.8 54.0 50.0 53.3 59.2
-2641.7
238,400 397,100 335,900 362,100 497,200 522,300 565,000 667,000 637,000 790,000 500,000 700,000 707,000 1,152,000 952,000 948,000 722,000 1,511,000 1,236,600 1,227,000 1,402,900 1,534,300 1,725,200 340,200
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
130 190 700 360 120 400 680 500 1,120 1,040
1,230 1,490 1,420
22.0 23.0 23.0 22.5 17.5 22.0 22.5 17.0 23.5 25.0 24.6 27.3 16.9
-
2,860 4,370 16,100 8,100 2,100 8,800 15,300 8,500 26,300 26,000 30,300 40,700 24,000
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre Productior
(lbs.) (1000 lbs. )
FLUE :URED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Harvested per acre
PrImUHUnUpl +L i1 UnNn
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
4,457
174
1,220
8,364
185
3,103
7,109
85
1,210
9,409
189
3,566
4,388
189
1,662
5,780
126
1,453
2,830
307
1,810
2,450
309
1,580
2,210
283
1,310
1,960
213
870
1,450
445
1,350
1,730
375
1,350
2,130
379
1,680
1,990
319
1,330
1,770
349
1,290
1,700
388
1,380
1,540
286
920
1,080
316
710
850
165
290
300
110
70
670
139
195
100
60
14
150
187
58
70
57
10
100
210
45
(
359 32
40
325
40
675
50
780
40
400
10
900
5 1,200
10
800
10
600
10
800
10
500
5 1,600
5 1,400
5
600
281 2,488 276 | 2,232
294
1 ,348
145
2,617
12
1,821
92 1 ,333 2,036 1 ,994
13
2,185
1 ,096
2,394
27
2,120
1 ,427
3,025
39
1,855
1 ,496
2,775
16
1,290
1 ,099
1,418
9
1,115
1 ,637
1 ,825
6
1,430
1 ,616
2,311
8
1,480
1,899
2,811
1,510
1 ,857
2,804
6
1,560
1 ,983
3,094
8
1,485
1,970
2,926
5
1,340
1,863
2,497
8
1,110
2,175
2,414
7
1,220
1,369
1,671
3
1,600
2,118
3,388
1,160
1,850
2,146
1,300
1,618
2,104
1,350
2,044
2,759
1,280
1,936
2,478
1,150
1,870
2,151
1,280
1,816
2,324
1,350
2,223
3,001
1,700
1,974
3,356
699
1,620
1,685
2,730
616
1,410
1,991
2,807
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WAYNE COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
9,449 13,069 14,381 12,647
13,122
14,248
17,921
17,858
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,352
5,852
500
6,343
5,968
375
6,696
6,200
496
5,492
5,021
4,781
240
2,812
2,780
32
2,392
2,306
86
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
488,960 488,960 504,320 393,600 393,600 413,440 413,440 413,440 413,440 413,440 413,440 412,736 412,736
Percent in Farms
63.8 65.4 48.5 38.6 43.5 33.9 33.3 44.2 40.4 29.0 28.0 25.7 22.5
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
311,951 334 319,799 253 244,677 174 151,810 142 171,258 166 140,338 148 137,712 132 182,633 167 167,087 176 119,955 169 115,778 180 106,260 179 92.775 171
Number of Farms
934 1 ,265 1 ,406 1 ,069 1 ,029
950 1 ,047 1 ,094
949 708 645 593 542
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
692,330 2,210,750 4,529,120 2,754,422 2,301,540 2,666,412 4,039,021 6,883,448 8,823,802 16,238,688 16,905,450 23,472,738 41,625,000
Average (dol.)
741 1,748 3,221 2,577 2,237 2,807 3,858 6,292 9,298 22,936 26,210 39,583 76,799
Tractors
12
43 89 367 571 662 596 635 550
Trucks
128
211 376 576 661 508 557 544 531
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
368
94
309
59
376
100
431
56
462
128
510
348
591
446
444
(NA)
440
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,299 1,446 1,523
67 19 22 186 11 588 101
12,050 17,095 19,659
890 430 520 3,895 290 17,020 3,580
401
16,095
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
5,909 2,056 3,718 2,663
335 1,677 1,147 1,863 1,404 1,775
1,539 1,633
306 1,723 1,952 4,244 3,411 4,558
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
186 852 611
2,423 1,707 1,000
703 545 227
10,593
20,556 16,647 131,212 76,707 55,712 43,633 81,877 89,000
1/ 3/ PEACHES - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
12,493 4,314
10,923 5,686 3,888 7,526 6,745 2,088 375 2,015 2,471
5,073 1,188
5,735 557
2,626 1,471 3,093
135 50 76 29
PECANS 1/ -l
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
8,608 7,748
20 7,758 42,228 7,502
8,854
8,372 3,517 4,790 3,283 2,346 2.131
206,251 192,397
7,621 34,116 39,303 27,169 39,236 43.619
SWEET
POTATOES X P
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
905
1,205 1,585 1,367 1,362
867 841
480 181
114
43 31
9
96,778 125,790 148,030 132,612
70,525 63,219 48,400 33,651 11,258 12,905 4,026 4,312
750
LAND USE I[NNACRES M
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934 1939
34,485 37,012 41,639
6,225 4,667 1,334
1944
43,696
4,200
1949
29,685
3,844
1954
32,863
11,743
1959 1964
32,381 29,209
3,742 5,962
1969
26,410
9,805
1974
28.286
4,427
See footnotes on last page.
3,223 2,259 1,966 2,868
15,956 7,415 5,728 1,887 8,621 8,115
Woodland
257,165 187,307
90,328 121,368 92,618 78,356 124,560 105,129 70,604 65,419 52,087 41.889
Other Land
25,787 4,617 16,357 4,893 2,516 7,474 8,588 9,937 7,500 13,301 9,337 10,058
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
13
14
33
45
75
77
97
132 109
114
64
211
151
*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
WAYNE COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
16,357 22,707 20,292
8,321 13,311
7,768 13,411
7,518 10,110
9,250 11,872 10,130
9,969
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
8,045 12,223 10,416 4,385 6,223 3,955 7,120 3,986 5,574 4,264 5,530 5,184 5,039
Milk Cows
1,852 5,069 1,838 1,611
1,888
1,574 1,243
933 464 206 345
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
297 1,275 1,016 24,374
81 ,545 145,700 122,605 181,517 174,116 254,546
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,097 31 ,647 22,688
9,847 16,215 11,540 20,459 20,377 16,961 22,482 20,884 25,308 12,559
Sows Farrowinq 5/
5,706 1,778 2,559 2,745 2,862 2,372 3,004 4,191 3,169 3,994 2,561
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
20,181 33,317 39,763 37,625 44,526 40,911 43,503 30,161 41,029 34,008 71,619 108,802 19,084
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,580 11,650 32,596
28,733
6,905 11,026 13,538 225,647
(D) 17,700
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
67,040 91,834 107,699 289,295 184,337 309,424 308,347 99,962 161,435 319,873 1,110,593 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS DF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
and Fertilizer
Hired
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 43,192 $ 127,515 $ 81.6
39,101
111,720
78.8
248,078
109.1
168,967
344.5
238,069
338,466
235.8
350,450
259.7
746,540
687,822
363.1
928,635
628,176
410.5
827,000
1,600,000
582.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
12,600 11,800 11,700 11,300 11,000 11,300 11,900 12,000 12,000 11,600 13,500 12,500 12,100 10,200
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
560
5,300
530
5,200
420
5,100
380
5,150
330
5,300
250
5,400
280
5,700
280
5,920
310
6,100
180
5,950
170
7,040
300
7,000
330
6,500
320
5,300
All Other Cattle and Calves
6,740 6,070 6,180 5,770 5,370 5,650 5,920 5,800 5,590 5,470 6,290 5,200 5,270 4,580
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
21,050 23,450 26,000 26,400 28,500 33,100 31,400 30,150 26,000 19,800 14,000 16,000 16,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of c cation changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals inc sification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved".
sales. 2/ Excludes s. 4/ Since 1949 exc hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available
Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since ludes farms with less than 15-20
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
GEORGIA CROP REPORTING SERVICE Stephens Federal Building - Suite 320
Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
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WEBSTER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1800-1078
[00.C7
Webster County was created by Legislative Act of December 16, 1853 as Klnchafoonee
County from part of Stewart County and was 103rd in order of counties organized In Georgia
The name was changed to Webster by Legislative Act of February 21, 1856 in'honor of Daniel
^l
IK
Webster, the great New England orator and statesman. When first organized Mclntosh was the county seat, probably named for General Lachlan Mclntosh of the Revolutionary War
ReCGiVPl ^CIVU
When the county name was changed to Webster, the name of Preston was given the county"seat
This name was in honor of William C. Preston of South Carolina.
Mr../
n
ft lOn/
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,,, -
According to the 1974 Census of
ThTM^r5 KaV1"9 a ?-al
liLlt il L^VT^V"
"Sf^6*'9y1e2arSacrIe6s
w1th 1and
percent of
Agriculture,
and bu11d1"9s
thvealuleadnda*are$a21w,a0s20,102040,800Paecarne"ss.TwhTahesi re
the harvested cropland had been devoted to peanuts.
NOV 2 6 K *
Almost 42 percent of the harvested cropland was devoted to corn which helped support the sizable swine
DOCUMENTS
population In the county. Hog production was the most important livestock enterprise Hog numbers IncreasedfjfV finorea1c9hpoefrcetnhte olfastthe3 vCaelnuseusofperalilodsf.armOtphreorducltisvesstolodckinand197l4ivestock products, pprriinncciippaallllyy nhooggss,! aaccccoeunntteedd G '
CounJ^ InT^n^SJ!63^ SerViCe re?rtS 'U a?erage annua1 Palpitation of about 50 inches for Webster
Xe weitest n5 tw ZJlth
frL tl 1
^ "
?*eraa9v"eraif
aanrnuUan1d
!tiexmPearnadtutrWe0
inches of "infall. respectively, are normally is about 66 degrees, and monthly averages range
tton2^4d0 nd^ays
?i,,n
lZentg.tlh, ienxt^enfdi*ng
ut0suarl?lry
2fromdegpraesets
1n Ju1y
mid-March
and
to
Ajuu9sutstb-efoTrhee t?hreeemzied-dflreeeofseNaosvoenmbaevr.erages
c"S
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $"
1,310,966
1964 Amount T
2,039,281
1974 Amount $~
7,076,000
TV
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
7,063,000
818,782 806,698
62.5 1,458,319 61.6 1,434,497
71.5 70.3
5,546,500 78.5 (MA)
959,000 13.6
3,830 8,254
6,536 17,286
(D)
74,000
1.0
4,448,000 63.0
36,000
.5
(D)
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products
Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattle S Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
212,307
16.2
279,877
21.3
52,578
4.0
23,730
1.8
203,569
15.5
(D)
115,667
5.7
9,000
.1
101,000
1.5
463,345
22.7
1,406,500 19.9
157,645
7.7
(D)
18
305,682
15.0
(NA)
436,000
6.2
869,000 12.3
(0)
Government Payments V
9,QQQ
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. for individual farms. NA - Not available.
D - Data withheld to avoid disc losing information
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 16.2%
Poultry & Poultry *** Products 4.0* "-- Dairy Prod. 1.8*
- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 15.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.6*
All Livestock, poultry & their Products 19.9*
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
WEBSTER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested rieia for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Year
SOYBEANS
Harvested " Yield
for beans
per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
13,414 14,861 12,456
12,400 12,060 11,600 11,400 10,100 10,100 8,800 7,900 7,600 7,350 6,600 6,400 6,400 6,900 6,800 8,200 7,200 7,700 6,900 8,900 9,600 10,100 12,100 11,700
Acreage Harvested
21,450 20,711 18,505 13,083 14,733 11,417
10,340 10,160
9,430 9,410 8,400 8,300 7,200 7,000 6,500 6,500 6,000 5,910 5,900 6,400 6,300 7,500 6,800 7,400 6.600 8,450 9,300 8,600 10,300 3,320
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
7.2 8.2 8.0 9.9 6.7 11.8
9.5 19.4 22.6 17.4 25.2 21.1 23.5 31.4 18.6 35.5 39.5 39.8 31.0 57.7 28.7 36.0 34.1 57.8 50.0 34.0 52.4 56.2 54.9 28.0
155,380 170,460 148,605 129,423
98,415 134,206
98,600 196,600 213,400 163,400 211,300 175,000 169,000 220,000 121,000 231,000 237,000 235,000 183,000 369,000 181,000 270,000 232,000 428,000 330,000 287,300 486,900 483,500 565,100 92,800
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
100 500 500 750 700 740 300 790 900 1,450 850 990
--
1
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre Productior
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.
Acreage Harvested
20.0 22.0 17.0 22.0 21.0 25.0 14.0 16.8 23.0 23.3 22.0 16.5
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
18,910
179
22,213
154
11,228
85
8,934
120
4,595
129
2,015
158
1,830
254
1,590
292
1,400
297
1,080
271
660
339
1,210
246
1,050
288
1,030
294
1,110
322
1,140
396
1,100
438
1,040
340
500
400
380
316
500
270
390
210
200
215
250
260
175
417
95
442
58
207
( 59
492
6,694 6,823 1,906 2,144 1,181
636
970 970 870 610 470 600 630 630 750 940 1,000 740 420 250 280 170 90
135 150
88
25 60
12,178 14,357
9,400 10,130
9,510 9,310 9,000 8,260 7,340 7,520 7,610 7,720 7,800 8,085 7,730 7,450 8,000 8,570 8,970 8,950 9,045 9,080 9,209 9,622 10,186 10.128
581 790 1,181 829 1,114 905 1,315 1,186 689 1,215 1,387 1,485 1,282 1,526 1,549 1,677 1,743 2,022 2,634 2,475 2,992 3,134 3,389 2.469
6,321 9,949
5,460 8,006 11,233 7,715 10,024 7,479 9,653 8,917 5,246 9,380 10,815 12,007 9,906 11,372 12,394 14,372 15,631 18,097 23,828 22,476 27,556 30,155 34,523 25.QQ8
204 5
355 51 22 56
160 60 50 40 20
100 20 20
90 130 120 150 430 440 310 260 400 1,250 550 970 790 460 200
11.4 13.3 20.0 15*0 21.5 17.0 21.5 22!5
27.0 31.0 30.0 35.0 27.9 27.7 43.5 38.5 39.0 17.0 26.9 19.3 28.1 32.6 27.5
Production (bushels)
2,000 11,000
8,500 16,500 14,700 18,500 4,200 13,300 20,700 33,800 18,700 16,300
Pr irouuduuvr, fLri1nUnll (bu.)
930 28
1,649 557 215 760
1,830 800
1,000 600 430
1,700 430 450
2,700 4,000 3,600 5,250 12,000 12,200 13,500 10,000 15,600 21,200 14,800 18,700 22,200 15,000 5. son
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WEBSTER COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
6,618 6,151 5,342 5,032
4,276
4,081
3,247
2,362
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
4,209 4,372 4,031 3,102 2,954
1,755
335
1,554 1,752 1,451
980
608
257
2,655 2,620 2,580
1,974
1,147
78
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
193,280 193,280 193,280 193,280 193,280 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800 124,800
Percent in Farms
58.7 55.5 52.0 36.3 60.5 81.3 85.6 96.0 109.3** 67.1 57.9 56.1 48.8
All Land in Farms (acres)
113,415 107,359 100,425
70,234 116,910 101,518 106,826 119,776 136,362
83,726 72,270 70,032 60,912
Average Size Farms
(acres)
113 110 120
97 160 176 164 209 286 260 358 419 495
Number of Farms
1,005 972 838 727 729 576 651 572 476 322 202 167 123
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
603,460 1,202,422 2,050,403 1,022,654 1,158,479
980,599 1,622,975 3,588,728 4,434,416 3,484,684 5,659,838 9,866,782 21,020,000
600 1,237 2,447 1,407 1,589 1,702 2,493 6,274 9,316 10,822 28,019 59,082 170.893
Tractors
16
39 81 180 308 295 237 275 239
Trucks
24
48 98 135 185 206 209 206 217
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
205
66
207
29
258
37
199
45
295
80
250
112
200
109
175
(NA)
150
(Ml
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
498 1,862
473
3,040 25,130
5,332
24 271 319 338
1,714 336 71
680 4,670 9.S75 7,405 26,888 9,725 3,506
29
1.615
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,029 4,333 10,613 11,188
11,682 7,857 1,864 1,209 500 567
1,449 2,603
3,836 3,333 1,418 1,653 1,844 2.471
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
5
239
39
73
678
1,909
103
718
58
3,830
36
2,735
51
6,536
81
14,130
89
36,000
PEACHES ^ y
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
5,580 3,272 5,610 3,445 7,732 3,200
195 1,598
357 1,292 2,094 2,400
265 2,760 1,881
310 2,907 1,499
72 63 80 1,069 3,000 2,038
PECANS 1/ 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
1,510 10,321
21,410
13,978 18,103
8,803 8,315 6,373 1.951
290 3,693 5,852
115,163 153,062 114,373
24,582 78,889
6,235 62,817 27,800
SWEET ,. ..
POTATOES-^ -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
172
10,527
271
20,263
225
18,359
229
23,973
342
29,981
216
18,994
184
9,502
103
5,622
25
1,916
23
2,067
2
143
18
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE I
-5X
Idle or
PPlloowwaabbTle
Fallow
Pasture
Woodland
Other Land
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Number 1969 1974
1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
32,308
35,566 35,435 36,018 32,633 26,642 21,047 17,220 18,664 20,887
9,813 20,672 12,862 11,593 12,767 12,462
8,455 9,093 8,035 3,397
3,152 2,922 7,533 2,327 5,348
2,405 3,960 4,440 3,254 4,668
28,649 34,545 17,589 52,453 35,426 49,091 60,294
84,486 45,034 37,676 33,650 21,878
3,629 6,861 6,952 5,078 9,454 7,761 8,734 0,367 5,230 3,841 6,429 0,082
$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
17
15
29
35
19
23
17
20
12
33
9
41
20
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
See footnotes on last page. **Land in farms greater than total land area due to farm land in adjoining counties included in Webster County where farm headquarters are located.
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
WEBSTER COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
1,721 2,128 2,237 1,329 2,666 1,474 2,897 2,464 5,265 3,503 3,421 3,463 5,340
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
882 1,287 1,052
755 1,195
776 1,459 1,332 2,638 1,856 1,725 1,656 2,784
Milk Cows
726 1,051 1,011
753
753
838 731 355 116
68 25
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
916 3,920
320
192 394 16,437 44,245
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,477 6,223 8,437 3,404 5,099 3,494 6,333 5,578 5,454 7,189 8,065 8,146 6,410
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,163 620 681 717 946 837 879
1,197 1,391 1,723 1,287
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 1/
17,170 18,435 20,033 17,418 17,539 13,575 15,871 13,203 17,573 16,547 16,847
974 324
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
10,372 3,762
13,093
11,272
1,010 25,958 277,021 11,295 158,000
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
64,510 68,495 60,500 112,970 62,172 67,442 46,192 29,688 88,564 175,864 327,035
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS ()F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 9,726 $ 63,133 $ 4.9
3,663
55,360
40.2
36,153
126.4
56,887
91.8
181,734
179,801
117.9
146,483
112.4
111,576
224,721
123.2
257,681
317,736
167.7
458,000
862,000
321.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
3,650 3,600 3,600 3,700 3,700 3,800 3,800 3,800 3,600 3,700 4,100 4,500 4,400 3.500
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
140 130 120
90 80 80 80 80 90 80 80 140 170 150
Other
1,700 1,700 1,700 1,750 1,800 1,900 1,800 1,760 1,710 1,810 2,010 2,000 1,900 1,640
All Other Cattle and Calves
1,810 1,770 1,780 1,860 1,820 1,820 1,920 1,960 1,800 1,810 2,010 2,360 2,330 1,710
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
8,150 8,250 9,150 8,500 9,200 10,650 10,100 9,700 9,150 7,900 5,900 7,400 9,000
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 fully comparable because of change in definition, 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold, 1_0/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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
VDO-Cf
WHEELER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-18 78
Wheeler County was created by Legislative Act of August 14, 1912 from part of Montgomery County and was 146th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Joseph Wheeler, one of the most able leaders of the Confederate Army in the Civil War ;md 1n the Spanish American War. Alamo, the county seat, was named for the Spanish mission a: San Antonio, Texas, where in 1836 the brutal massacre of American prisoners took place under orders of the infamous Mexican, General Santa Anna.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 195,520 acres. There were 302 farms having a total of 92,667 acres with land and buildings valued at $35,353,000. The number of farms was only 20 percent of the peak number in 1920. Only about one-third of the total land in farms was used for crop production. In 1974, 63 percent of this harvested cropland was used for corn production. Sales of livestock, poultry and their products made up over one-half of the value of all farm sales. Precipitation averages about 46 inches per year in Wheeler County, according to the NOAA--National Weather Service. July, with an average of around six inches of rainfall, is normally the wettest month, while November, with an average of only about two inches, is usually the driest. The average annual temperature is between 65 and 66 degrees, and monthly averages range from about 50 degrees in December and January to about 81 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free season averages around 245 days in length, extending usually from around mid-March to mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
1964 Amount $
1,625,237
2,937,658
1974 Amount t
8,922,000
T77
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grai';s Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age Other Field Crops Vegetables Fruits, Nuts & Berries
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Catt'e & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheeo, Lambs & Wool Misc Livestock & LS Products
884,651 833,353
48,228 3,070
80,436 660,150
17,166 413
642,571
54.4 51.3
1,184,425 1,118,955
2.9 .2
5.0 40.6
1.1
39.5
63,116 2,354
243,332
1,509,901 809,939 22 699,940
40.3 38.1
2.1 .1
8.3 51.4 27.6 23.8
8,833,000 4,015,000 3,927,500 2,610,500
622,000 128,000
68,000 499,000
59,500 28,000
280,000
4,538,000 2,202,000
2,336,000 545,000
1,791,000
45.4 44.4 29.6
7.0 1.4
.8 5.6
.7 .3
3.2
51.4 24.9
26.5 6.2
20.3
Government Payments 1/
16,000
1/ Dolar 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.
Received NOV2 6 197E
DOCUMENTS VGf. I
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Poultry & Poultry Products 1.1%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts & Berries 3.1%
SB ---Forestry Prod. 5.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 39.5%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Poultry & Poultry Products 24.9%
Veg., Fruits, Nut? & Berries 1.0%
Forestry Prod. 3.2
- Other Livestock ii Livestock Prr.l. 2ii. 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
WHEELER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
22,579 29,646 26,680
27,560 25,030 23,200 22,100 20,800 21,400 17,600 15,500 12,300 14,100 12,300 11,870 12,000 12,700 12,900 16.7J0 17,150 18,500 16,700 19,200 20,300 20,500 21,000 17,800
32,073 22,002 29,192 13,986
11,500 12,260 12,580 12,160 11,700 11,900
9,900 9,600 8,900 10,800 9,800 9,500 9,700 11,300 11,300 14,200 15,400 16,100 14,700 17,100 19,100 18,530 20,160 4,420
9.5 9.4 7.0 14.7
8.2 21.9 21.5 20.8 23.0 20.0 25.4 29.4 24.5 36.6 45.1 45.7 39.5 57.0 53.3 36.3 37.8 55.0 56.0 60.0 59.3 41.4 58.8 10.0
304,062 207,096 204,565 205,468
93,800 268,500 270,500 253,400 269,300 238,200 251,000 282,000 218,000 395,000 442,000 434,000 383,000 644,000 602,000 515,000 580,000 885,000 823,200 1,026,000 1,132,000 767,600 1 ,185,100 44,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres]
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130 180 2,000 1,400 1 ,000 1,400 3,300 4,200 6,200 7,220 8,870 7,200 9,400
19.5 22.5 24.5 14.0 28.5 27.0 27.0 9.5 24.0 26.0 25.8 24.4 21.1
2,535 4,050 49,000
19,600 28,500
37,800 89,100
39,900 148,800 187,700 228,800 175,700 198,300
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre (lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage Harvested
YTeTd^ per acre
(lbs.)
Production (1000 lbs.;
26,167
87
4,574
21,656
164
7,120
13,276
166
4,402
102
6,824
157
2,146
1,178
94
616
35
605
868
716
37 506 425 721
4,320
233
2,100
350
449
157
3,350
342
2,390
950
984
935
3,230
310
2,090
1,010
1,043
1,053
1,640
259
880
930
938
872
345
490
350
930
881
819
2,260
339
1,600
810
833
675
2,480
364
1,880
790
1,108
875
2,390
291
1,450
790
1,159
916
2,250
321
1,510
760
879
668
2,210
349
1,610
730
1,126
822
2,160
400
1,800
770
1,675
1,290
2,050
469
2,010
755
1,868
1,410
1,300
328
890
780
1,763
1,375
600
288
360
785
2,032
1,595
1,290
382
1,030
990
2,138
2,117
850
344
610
1,040
1,992
2,072
900
317
595
1,060
2,331
2,471
450
440
410
1,160
2,941
3,411
600
458
575
1,155
2,824
3,262
335
379
265
1,135
2,929
3,324
765
456
725
1,159
3,538
4,100
115
478
115
1,249
3,195
3,991
190
484
190
1,214
2,923
3,548
105
171
37
1,240
2,816
3,492
810
894
765
1,207
685
1,296
390
1,028
240
1,371
510
1,220
510
1,488
530
1,466
555
1,600
540
1,637
485
1,687
420
1,776
450
932
555
1,771
480
1,545
460
1,162
465
1,818
475
1,559
420
1,580
420
1,679
445
1,894
505
1,631
525
1,508
330
2,224
724
923 888 401 329 622 759 777 888 884 818 746 419 983 742 535 845 741 664
705 843 824 792 734
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WHEELER 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
9,817 9,149 8,535 6,712 5,342 4,596
7,255 7,250 6,337 4,292 3,893
2,413
883
5,045 5,057 4,460
2,750
1,668
691
2,210 2,193 1,877
1,143
745
192
168,960 168,960 168,960 195,840 195,840 195,840 195,840 195,840 195,840 195,520 195,520
69.2 60.7 79.1 60.0 61.7 77.7 70.0 54.5 43.8 51.3 47.4
116,898
79
102,561
81
133,574
113
117,483
119
120,883
141
152,210
208
137,127
191
106,802
207
85,843
246
100,354
280
92,667
307
1,476 1 ,264 1,186
989 855 732 719 516 349 359 302
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.)
Tractors
Trucks
4,511,695
3,057
2,729,417
2,159
10
56
2,268,631
1,913
2,247,722
2,273
19
92
2,818,006
3,296
111
146
4,963,692
6,781
248
244
7,699,052
10,708
502
390
8,661,576
16,786
507
430
9,643,917
27,633
401
329
16,170,538
45,043
451
370
35,353,000 117,064
380
375
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
288
51
266
25
306
38
418
46
312
56
468
257
360
214
319
(NA)
289
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,262 189 93 212
1,309 740
2,623 585 412 78 248
16,392 2,245 755 4,210
29,466 9,430
56,638 15,215 21 ,445
3,880 14.008
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres) (dol.)
PEACH ESi/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
s PECAN yy
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
SWEET
POTATOES -' -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
2,306 1,159 2,693 2,807
1,044 1,250 1,171
881 426 1,374
694 1,215
735 1,012 1,492 1,743 1,259 3,433
929 2,052 1,558
1,202 1,483
663 754 506 231
29,906
19,395 47,242 63,194 48,228 37,972 63,116 68,234 60,000
4,583
3,555 3,335 4,382
274 960 114 432
95
3,858 750
2,191 2,554 3,651
110 18
191 10
8,156
14,246
572
19,885
53,153
456
680
20,846
164,519
597
99,528
348
25,444
50,040
264
16,820
9,230
179
7,910
65,757
74
5,274
8,086
14
6,742
80,430
5.663
70.391
2
52,466 44,319 44,408 44,113 29,671 17,372
7,815 6,353 1,410
95
LAND USE IKN,ACRES SJ-
Year
Harvested Idle or
PTowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
1939 1944 1949 1954
1959 1964 1969 1974
51,190 56,577 56,337 44,883 44,598 39,542 27,842 18,131 20,522 28,611
6,849 4,928 3,024 3,449 9,454 4,417 4,582 11,198 8,792 2,164
See footnotes on last page.
2,495 3,564 2,539 9,333
8,551 10,107 7,364
3,552 4,654 6,655
Woodland
39,418 35,942 52,997 50,253 44,007 85,085 77,288 63,632 47,003 59,982 44,750
Other Land
10,883 5,451
14,008 4,969 17,330 4,522 5,773 3,382 5,959 6,404 10,487
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
21
36
32
33
39
52
44
58
42
46
44
134
80
*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
WHEELER COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattl and
Calves
7,417 3,117 7,570 5,045 6,196 5,179 7,350 5,581 6,177 6,459 7,605
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
Milk Cows
3,942
1,645 3,273 2,644 3,469 2,774 3,813 2,784 2,927 2,703 4,006
2,221 1,404
1,967
1,215 927 509 206 82 53
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
4,158 5,899
26,318 59,115 108,500
120 25
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
Sows Farrowing 5/
15,713
6,058 10,690
8,182 11,100 14,680 15,420 17,003 13,895 23,416 15,427
3,131
861 1,770 2,068 1,469 1,815 3,062 2,887 2,772 4,564 2,760
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
CHICKENS Sold 8/
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
34,951 23,346 30,870 27,154 25,459 18,313 17,735 27,190 120,886 636,598 233,184
5,173 16,702
12,036
4,065 2,942 8,801 66,654 514,620 356,892
88,162 107,881
92,893
105,963 126,471
29,725 32,731 270,104 1,690,042 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Herti1izer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.'
^ 29,695
146,627
44.4
16,212
99,348
105.3
40,305
93.1
48,316
200.3
118,540
316,962
182.5
202,863
199.5
688,848
341,234
176.5
2,352,600 2,036,000
546,551 1,192,000
369.5 324.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle
Cows 2 years old and older l_g/
All Other
December 1
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
and
Calves
6,550 6,500 6,400 6,500 6,500 6,600 6,900 7,000 7,100 7,100 8,500 9,800 9,500 8,600
Kept for Milk
250 220 210 190 170 150 200 200 250 30 30 150 150 170
Other
3,050 3,100 2,900 2,950 3,050 3,100 3,150 3,180 3,210 3,260 3,700 4,300 4,300 4.070
Cattle and
Calves
3,250 3,180 3,290 3,360 3,280 3,350 3,550 3,620 3,640 3,810 4,770 5,350 5,050 4.360
All Hogs and Pigs
14,000 18,450 20,450 24,400 26,350 30,600 29,050 27,900 25,450 19,900 17,100 24,000 23,500
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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
WHITE COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B
White County was created by Legislative Act of December 22, 1857 from part of
Habersham County and was I23rd in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named
for David T. White, a member of the State Legislature from Newton County who was instru-
mental in the passage of the act creating the new county. The first county seat was
Mount Yonah, but the name was changed later to Cleveland in honor of Colonel Ben Cleveland,
an officer of the Revolutionary War. Cleveland was incorporated October 18, 1870.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 155,392 acres There
w--er-e -344 f-ar"m-s h..a.v..i.n.g3 ua t1-outi.aul. uo.f i2.6u,,7ic2c2 aaucircess wWiItUhI liaarnidu aannud ubuuiilidaimnggss valiueda at $Ji2i3j,,9y3j4,000. White County lies near the northern border of the Georgia cotton belt and the acreage planted to cotton in
the county has never been very large. The development of the commercial broiler enterprise accompanied by
hatching egg production, gave farmers an alternate source of income and the growing of cotton had declined to insignificance. In 1974 poultry accounted for 94 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Receive:
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation ranging from near 60 inches
to more than 70 inches for different parts of White County. Winter and early spring is the period of
heaviest rainfall and autumn usually has the smallest amount. However, no month averages less than four inches. The average annual temperature is about 58 degrees, and monthly averages range from around 41
N0V 2 6 19
degrees in mid-winter to less than 75 degrees in mid-summer. The freeze-free season averages close to 190
days in length, extending usually from about mid-April to late October.
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
Value of All Farm Products
1954 Amount $
3,298,558
1964 Amount T"
7,754,285
1974 Amount $~
15,477,000
TV
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 S LS Products Cattle & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
136,023 123,092
5,006 7,925
500 21,182 3,140,853 3,022,513 21,984 96,356
4.1 3.7
95.2 91.6
.7 2.9
51,673
.7
44,697
.6
5,472 1,504
(D) 28,788
7,648,224 7,322,801
34,408 291,015
98.6 94.4
.4 3.8
15,351,000
60,000
.4
55,000
.4
19,500
.1
35,500 (Z)
4,000 1,000
76,500 48,000
15,166,500 14,454,500
226,000 486,000 273,000 213,000
(2)
.5
.3
98.8 94.1
1.5 3.2 1.8 1.4
Government Payments 3/
2.QQQ
]_/ 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. D - Data
withheld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
All Crops, Hort. Spec & Forestry Products 4.8%
--Dairy, Livestock & their Products 3.6%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Crops, Hort. Spec , & Forestry Products
1.2% Dairy, Livestock & their Products
4.7%
WHITE COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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
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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
9,608 11,182
6,462
5,010 4,350 3,900 3,800 3,900 3,600 2,880 2,270 2,060 2,170 1,800 1,500 1,270 1,300 1,100 1,000
770 1,200 1,000
960 930 850 1,050 1,450
13,996 12,007 12,364
9,551 10,958
6,072
4,700 4,040 3,520 3,470 3,500 3,300 2,730 2,180 1,840 2,030 1,770 1,470 1,260 1,260 1,040
900 650 1,100 900 680 750 610 730 310
13.5 11.6 14.4 11.3 11.5 16.9
26.3 37.0 32.0 34.7 39.4 34.8 37.4 39.4 36.4 33.5 33.9 37.4 38.1 48.4 45.2 74.4 32.3 62.7 70.0 62.9 64.3 69.0 63.7 40.0
189,050 139,455 178,191 108,059 125,903 102,640
123,400 149,500 112,600 120,500 137,800 115,000 102,000 86,000 67,000 68,000 60,000 55,000 48,000 61,000 47,000 67,000 21,000 69,000 63,000 42,800 48,200 42,100 46,500 12,400
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1 964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Acreage larvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.]
Acreage Harvested
"TTiTd-- per acre
Production
629
173
194
2,389
183
776
2,756
240
1,323
4,549
146
1,330
3,013
324
1,955
1,517
193
587
720
294
440
590
381
470
200
265
110
90
378
70
60
367
45
240
496
250
210
338
150
230
161
80
130
308
80
110
227
50
45
333
30
35
429
30
15
200
6
5
200
2
5
200
2
1,690 935 648 261 272 172
80 60 60 100 80 90 40 30 30 30
10 10
14.0 15.8 19.2 17.5 22.0 14.5 18.5 22.0 20.0 15.0
15.0 16.0
5,810 6,419 3,720 1,490 2,057 2,237
1,120 950
1,150 1,750 1,760 1,300
740 660 600 450
150 160
200
28.0
5,600
360
29.4
10.600
Year
Total Population
1900 1910
1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 . 1960 1964 1969 1974
5,912 5,110 6,105 6,056
6,417
5,951
6,935
7,742
WHITE COUNTY DATA FROM THi J. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
4,565
4,337
228
5,503
5,225
278
4,817
4,640
177
4,438
4,036
3,898
138
1,820
1,787
33
1,165
1,146
19
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
156,800 156,800 156,800 156,800 156,800 155,520 155,520 155,520 155,520 155,520 155,520 155,392 155,392
Percent in Farms
77.1 68.6 58.7 53.7 51.1 46.4 52.3 49.5 46.3 37.2 34.1 23.3 17.2
All Land in Farms (acres)
120,954 107,591
92,075 84,215 80,082 72,239 81,275 76,950 72,063 57,794 53,101 36,180 26,722
Average Size Farms
(acres)
120 118
98 91 79 78 78 81 86 94 90 78 78
Number of Farms
1 ,008 914 941 921
1,012 924
1,039 949 839 615 591 463 344
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
511,880 1,120,548 2,587,348 1,457,053 1,072,047 1,039,515 1,903,745 3,316,755 4,609,466 7,346,175 9,189,459 14,689,636 23,934,000
Average (dol.)
508 1,226 2,750 1,582 1,059 1,125 1,832 3,495 5,494 11,945 15,549 31,727 69,576
Tractors
13
9 45 138 207 271 303 346 331
Trucks
30
70 106 238 397 297 439 417 387
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
206
19
184
6
312
13
305
10
423
25
453
171
581
400
384
(NA)
324
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
534
3,650
705
7,557
352
3,654
146
1,537
130
1,448
521
7,452
266
4,841
454
9,590
174
4,963
32
660
15
600
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,159 533
1,013 636
1,395 1,201 1,498 1,688 1,809 1,763
444 845
1,590 1,362 2,035 2,394 3,801 3,396
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
10
403
50
54
2,408
17,247
149
16,668
75
5,006
35
3,926
39
5,472
29
7,245
9
4.000
PEACHES -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
15,467 20,840 11,546
8,611 9,268 10,253 9,191 6,778
1,801 3,255 3,153
28
52 19,855
1,213 347
4,468 16,811
2,895 31
677 29 3
PECANS -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
631
25
46
111
70
691
367
1,055
183
132
35
64
98
426
49
200
SWEET ....
POTATOES -' -'
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
237
19,990
171
19,205
305
22,847
111
8,243
240
22,315
213
15,588
159
11,215
72
7,551
5
1,885
8
1,173
4
594
2
136
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
17,052
7,643
1934
19,501
4,625
1939
18,715
2,926
1944
15,704
7,594
1949
11,403
8,265
1954
7,109
6,019
1959
5,424
3,531
1964
3,734
2,916
1969
2,857
1,668
1974
2,734
997
See fool:notes on last page.
5,489 2,235 6,125
766 2,433 1,845 1,174 3,598 6,485 6,764
Woodland
68,273 59,755 47,297 49,154 39,853 45,518 46,705 46,709 38,968 34,955 18,063 11,213
Other Land
11,082 4,886 6,223 4,094 4,462 11,597 8,144
10,381 8,697 7,898 7,107 5,014
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Nun iber
1969 1974
*
49
104
80
74
21
49
11
17
8
25
17
194
158
*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
WHITE COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
3,020 2,995 3,465 1,641 3,409 2,031 2,734 2,335 3,573 3,556 6,133 7,212 9,093
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,325 1,625 1,751
989 1,969 1,337 1,597 1,183 1,828 1,509 2,899 3,846 4,793
Milk Cows
1,172 1,255 1,647
890
1,253
1,126 1,277
739 630 457 458
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gal Ions) 160 335
17,779 1,988
1,322 12,122 15,204 41,116 144,810 62,615
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
4,548 3,126 3,824
738 1,482 1,258 1,725 2,264 2,563 4,429 1,532 1,214 2,790
Sows Farrowing 5/
588 141 184 209 155 242 519 598 282 215 688
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
12,945 19,357 27,701 22,057 29,400 22,785 30,670 69,190 62,598 121,845 284,794 564,076 498,503
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
27,678 16,476 10,075
31,986
1,312,017 4,542,908 8,306,723 11,974,817 15,184,676 13,591,528
Eggs Produced (dozen) /
84,640 84,743 112,976 105,143 124,246 134,950 138,220 324,125 388,289 1,189,634 3,722,136
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED "ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Ferti1izer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$
9,219 $
32,479 $
6.3
14,332
34,547
2.5
287,728
24.7
675,380
19.2
2,582,927
79,504
61.3
3,514,430
118.7
5,386,579
46,604
139.4
6,200,819
83,078
192.8
10,821,000
94,000
243.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
6,500 6,500 6,700 6,900 7,300 7,300 8,400 9,100 9,100 9,300 10,400 10,300 10,000 9,100
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
750 700 650 520 500 600 600 520 550 700 630 800 790 730
Other
2,350 2,450 2,500 2,700 2,800 2,850 3,900 3,680 5,550 5,600 5,980 5,500 5,300 4,540
All Other Cattle and Calves
3,400 3,350 3,550 3,680 4,000 3,850 3,900 4,900 3,000 3,000 3,790 4,000 3,910 3,840
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1,550 1,400 1,550 1,250 1,350 2,400 2,400 2,750 2,650 2,950 2,300 2,700 3,000
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since T954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. KV 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
WILCOX COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
Joo.c7
1900-187B Wilcox County was created by Legislative Act of December 22, 1857 from Dooly, Irwin
and Pulaski counties. It was named for General Mark Wilcox, a distinguished officer of
the State Militia and a dominant figure in ante-bellum politics. Originally, Wilcox
1%
County included parts of two other counties: Ben Hill and Turner. Abbeville, the county seat, was named for the famous Abbeville District of South Carolina.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 244,800 acres.
\
ISC*
There were 323 farms having a total of 114,718 acres with land and buildings valued at $45,368,000. The number of farms was only 15 percent of the peak number in 1920. Field
Y)- IQIL, crops remained the most important enterprise and accounted for 79 percent of the total value of farm
' products sold. Peanuts, corn, cotton and soybeans were the major crops grown in 1974. Corn occupied the
largest acreage in 1974, followed by peanuts. The relative importance of livestock and poultry enterprises
had increased slightly from the level of 10 years earlier, according to the 1974 Census.
Received The average annual rainfall is about 45 inches in Wilcox County according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service, July is normally the wettest month with an average of about five and one-half inches of
rainfall. Fall is the driest period with October and November each averaging just over two inches of rain-
fall. The temperature a- erages around 66 degrees for the year and monthly averages range from about 50
degrees in January to jus. c-er 81 degrees in July and August. The freeze-free season averages nearly JMUV I b 1975
250 days in length, extending ,,-jally from around March 10 to mid-November.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $
T19- 64
Amount
2,992,360
5,447,991
DOCUMENTS VGA '.
1974 Amount $~
11,665,000
VTT
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
2,223,935 2,114,858
91 ,874 17,203
1,700 164,063 602,662
90,213 83,974 428,475
74.3 70.7
4,168,948 3,980,234
3.0 .6
.1
5.5
20.1 3.0 2.8
14.3
183,576 5,138
550
439,898
838,595 71 ,421 173,642 593,532
76.5 73.0
8.1 15.4
1.3 3.2 10.9
11,602,000
9,368,000 9,134,500 2,127,000
266,000 1,600,000
17,000 5,124,500
142,500 91,000
80.7 78.7 18.3
2.3 13.8
.1 44.2
1.2
238,000
1,996,000 (D)
371,000 (NA)
804,000 687,000
(0)
2.1 17.2
3.2
6.9 5.9
Government Payments 1/
23^000-
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. |/ 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- "l 954
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 20.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
All Livestock, Poultry & their Products 17.2%
--- Forestry Prod. 5.5%
"eg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec. 3.7%
Forestry Prod. 2.1%
Veg., Fruits, Nuts, Berries & Hort. Spec. 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
WILCOX COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
29,090 38,579 24,139
27,500 25,290 25,600 27,000 25,200 26,500 23,200 21,000 19,900 14,200 13,600 13,400 13,600 15,400 15,100 13,600 14,000 14,200 13,300 17,500 18,600 18,500 23,600 22,800
17,863 22,437 37,215 28,381 38,257 22,510
16,860 18,580 19,840 21,210 20,700 21,600 19,200 17,200 15,900 11,500 11,600 11,450 11,700 13,700 12,900 12,500 12,450 13,500 12,000 15,900 17,900 17,720 21,700 10,900
8.9 12.3 11.0 10.2 7.4 13.8
6.6 19.8 23.1 24.8 25.6 27.0 26.7 38.0 22.7 45.9 40.6 49.1 48.4 57.7 22.5 28.9 21.7 59.8 59.0 51.0 43.3 49.3 50.9 16.0
158,810 276,553 407,792 288,248 283,103 309,904
111,100 368,700 459,000 526,100 529,300 584,100 513,000 481,000 361,000 528,000 471,000 562,000 566,000 790,000 290,000 361,000 270,000 807,000 708,000 810,900 774,500 873,900 1,105,600 174,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
130
22.0
2,860
100
16.0
1,600
100
15.0
1,500
110
18.5
2,035
1,130 2,500 1,800 1,800 2,900 4,300 4,500 5,400 5,590 6,750 5,580 11,030
16.5 21.0 11.5 25.5 24.0 28.0 11.0 17.5 26.0 23.7 22.2 19.3
18,645 52,500 20,700 45,900 69,600 120,400 49,500 94,500 145,300 160,000 123,900 212,900
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS
Yield per acre
(lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
Yield
Production Harvested per acre Production
(1000 lbs.]
(lbs.) (1000 lbs.)
10,203
205
38,113
248
46,966
109
42,315
176
23,078
209
17,079
189
13,060
290
11,160
343
10,510
398
6,800
424
4,350
483
8,680
362
8,810
390
11,150
346
12,170
325
10,450
502
10,280
448
9,090
450
6,060
408
5,500
441
7,050
324
6,750
219
6,850
275
7,500
440
8,300
422
8,070
576
12,500
330
1,640
457
4,080
361
3,490
253
4,154 18,898 10,268 14,897
9,656 6,449
7,910 7,980 8,720 6,010 4,390 6,550 7,170 8,050 8,250 10,970 9,610 8,550 5,160 5,050 4,780 3,080 3,930 6,900 7,300 9,700 8,600 1,570 3,060 1,840
11,379 18,539
11,600 12,610 12,490 12,420 12,390 11,970 11,570 11,040 11,630 11,660 11,210 11,575 12,380 12,105 12,615 12,995 12,520 12,810 12,715 12,695 12,728 13,157 13,194 12,890
479 847 1,077 1,060 1,228 1,198 1,134 1,159 1,242 1,520 1,868 1,783 1,828 2,475 1,811 1,992 2,488 3,062 2,828 3,021 3,326 3,397 3,228 3.213
8,182 12,920
5,559 10,683 13,455 13,162 15,216 14,344 13,123 12,800 14,450 17,727 20,940 20,640 22,630 29,955 22,846 25,889 31,147 39,228 35,962 38,350 42,329 44,693 42.588 41.411
2,943 28
180 243
365 340 275 105
85 200 200 205 240 230 210 175 200 245 185 195 150 270 250 205 185 225 205 315
652 1 ,009 1 ,080 1 ,095 1 ,035
925 1 ,300 1 ,273 1,529 1 ,422 1 ,367 1 ,446 1 ,084
1,706 1,265 1,173 1 ,497 1 ,104 1 ,635 1 ,424 1,873 1 ,860 1 ,559 1.177
1,106 17
138 244
238 343 297 115 88 185 260 261 367 327 287 253 217 418 234 229 225 298 409 292 347 419 320 371
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WILCOX COUNTY DATA FROM THE U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
11,097 13,486 15,511 13,439
12,755
10,167
7,905
6,998
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
10,527 10,103
9,536 6.U64 5,870
3,012
1,370
6,275 6,007 5,982
4,077
2,480
1,106
4,252 4,096 3,554
1,793
532
264
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
257,920 257,920 257,920 257,920 245,120 245,120 245,120 245,120 245,120 245,120 244,800 244,800
73.0 72.1 63.1 68.0 81.7 75.1 81.1 79.9 59.0 57.6 52.8 46.9
All Land in Farms (acres)
177,521 188,315 185,833 162,857 175,433 200,366 184,168 198,779 195,946 144,658 141,161 129,230 114,"18
Average Size Farms
(acres)
198 113 86
88 103 145 142 148 189 242 303 307 355
Number of Farms
897
1,667 2,153 1,861 1,707 1,385 1,294 1,343 1,035
599 466 421 323
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
844,590 3,437,403 9,681,348 3,915,491 2,904,172 3,299,266 4,482,593 5,511,672 7,721,100 11,431,915 16,875,724 25,695,927 45,368.000
Average (dol.)
942 2,062 4,497 2,104 1,701 2,382 3,464 4,104 7,460 19,085 36,214 61,035 140,457
Tractors
24
52 131 466 718 708 645 588 559
Trucks
78
130 206 485 653 587 523 510 505
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
577
65
391
25
422
37
510
57
512
99
432
179
406
266
360
(NA)
323
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,073 4,276 3,503
272 374 411 1,623 559 3,927 1,069 595 141
2
Production (bushels)
16,590 77,736 48,707
5,231 4,699 7,058 37,426 8,720 86,214 33,404 24,129 6,515
120
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
7,058 4,628 9,882 10,222
11,693 6,271 1,408 2,229 1,019 1,501
2,209 4,063
5,289 4,099 1,518 3,015 2,770 3,357
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Marvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
664 658 759
1,694 2,509 1,394 1,666
702 362
21,942
15,194 19,634 89,890 91,874 77,732 183,576 125,245 143,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
42,929
171
958
147
13,222 9,714
10,863 4,566
8,618
3,130 2,614
3,410 1,874
8,151
189
3,180
379
507
389
273
33
16
2
PECANS 1/1/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
3,411 18,455
885 10,067 24,338
21,450
26,236 18,962 12,543
7,060 12,093
5,606
190,908 135,605
80,716 40,415 122,477 16,455 199,718 172,710
SWEET
POTATOES 1/ i/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
730
51,613
1,102
93,238
1,084
107,136
678
68,612
1,133
76,119
704
52,961
245
23,286
506
35,917
416
23,886
354
35,864
197
29,574
222
38,250
218
34,400
. I AND USE IKN ACRFS -5X
Year
Harvested Idle or
Plowable
Cropland
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919 1929 1934
82,734 85,552
14,479 12,234
1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
82,746 63,677 68,855 60,934 49,594 38,493 35,119 42,079
9,526 25,207 13,057 10,672
7,414 10,603 16,633
3,420
See footnotes on last page
3,722 7,558 11,402 6,890 4,819 7,746 8,078 8,611 9,326 13,788
Woodland
94,376 61,544 52,230 60,076 83,235 79,236 101,998 107,279 73,389 74,404 56,287 41,827
Other Land 5,562 8,473 8,871 8,131 13,246 8,412 10,050 9,115 6,183 9,050 11,865 13,604
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
34
31
53
59
54
76
44
71
39
48
27
136
72
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 19:9 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
WILCB* COUNTY STATISTICS -- U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
9,616 10,266
4,719 3,688 7,261 5,299 7,917 6,907 11,638 8,287 12,218 13,535 15,993
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
4,327 5,598 2,568 2,025 3,131 2,227 3,812 3,756 6,401 4,576 6,825 6,818 7,949
Milk Cows 2,553 2,834 2,204 1,969
2,032
2,174 2,276 1,107
563 732 329
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
6,810 3,137 53,510 29,509
8,289 12,207 67,988 173,387 133,374 338,359
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
12,698 17,622 13,969
6,394 11,209 8,955 10,316 12,725 12,332 13,686
9,686 10,807
6,232
Sows Farrowing 5/
3,322 986
1,740 1,865 1,565 2,066 2,098 2,617 1,702 2,021 1,382
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 11
24,813 38,228 41,270 33,353 39,362 37,271 30,821 28,653 33,902 20,178 10,182 12,399
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
16,103 16,148 21,226
10,446
5,031 55,070
9,761 63,852
7,125 (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
65,760 111,528 254,925 167,638 130,578 170,554 142,007
17,898 153,318 141,945
98,143 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
$ 47,252
$ 235,407
$ 103.4
8,698
160,883
139.3
64,389
200.6
93,999
278.1
280,465
494,881
406.4
237,210
361.0
363,499
694,626
423.4
482,454
963,731
382.0
471 ,000
2,056,000
569.0
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
13,000 12,800 13,050 13,200 13,200 13,700 14,000 14,100 14,200 14,300 16,200 14,000 13,600 15,200
USDA ESTIMATES
Cows 2 years old and older \Q/
Kept for Milk
680 630 650 560 750 850 750 750 650 370 360 400 420 650
Other
6,550 6,750 7,000 7,250 7,450 7,600 7,300 6,900 6,500 6,750 8,430 8,000 7,400 8,200
All Other Cattle and Calves
5,770 5,420 5,400 5,390 5,000 5,250 5,950 6,450 7,050 7,180 7,410 5,600 5,780 6,350
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs 9,800 10,450 11,600 11,250 12,150 14,100 13,400 12,850 9,250 8,100 5,300 6,200 10,500
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes farms wit'"1 less than_15-20
bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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WORTH COUNTY FARM STATISTICS 1BOO-187B
Worth County was created by Legislative Act of December 20, 1853 from parts of
Dooly and Irwin counties and was 105th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It
was named for Major General William J. Worth, an officer in the Mexican War'and son-in-
w'law of General Zachary Taylor. Sylvester, the county seat, was incorporated December 21,
t^W^fo^J 1898.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 370,560 acres making
it 13th in size among counties in the State. There were"668 farms having a total of
' i 't.243,196 acres with land and buildings valued at $123,090,000. The number of farms was only 19 percent of
the peak number in 1920. Peanuts were the leading cash crop grown in the county followed by tobacco and
soybeans. During the period 1964-1974, there had been little change in the relative importance of the
Received various farming enterprises in terms of percentage of all farm products sold. In 1974, field crops
accounted for about 75 percent of the total while livestock, poultry and their products accounted for about
22 percent. Between the Census years 1964 and 1974, the total value of farm products sold increased 139
percent and harvested cropland increased by nearly 13,000 acres.
The NOAA--National Weather Service reports an average annual rainfall of between 47 and 48 inches for N0V 2 6 197Q
Worth County. July has an average of nearly six inches of rainfall and is normally the wettest month, while
U/3
October and November, with averages of around two intcichneess, are usually tmhee dariesti. Tmhee average annual
temperature is about 67 degrees and monthly averagess range from near 51 degrees in January in July. The freeze-free season averages about 255 days in length, extending usually from
to over before
Ma81rchdegtroe.e.s,j,,jQpuiul *."~k,VNTTfS,
past mid-November.
UGA Lli ** *' -I Ufc.
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
i
1964
Amount $
%
7,263,238
14,146,054
1974 Amount $
37,000,000
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
5,819,702 5,553,483
80.1 76.4
10,964,741 10,747,824
77.5 76.0
246,727 19,492
100,550 98,926
1,244,060 60,697
222,636 960,727
3.4 .3
1.4 1.4
17.1 .8
3.1 13.2
188,085 28,832
212,300 365,561
2,603,452 220,771 493,758
1,888,923
1.3 .2
1.5 2.6
18.4 1.6 3.5
13.3
36,862,000
28,277,000 27,581,000
6,819,000 2,531,000 2,187,000
81,000 15,963,000
341,000 355,000
354,500
211,500
8,019,000 426,000
1,169,000 6,424,000 3,196,000 3,213,000
15,000
76.7 74.8 18.5
6.9 5.9
.2 43.3
.9 1.0
1.0
.6
21.7 1.1 3.2
17.4 8.7 8.7
Government Payments 3/
33.000
1/ Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 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.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954 Veg., Fruits, Nuts
S & Berries 3.7% ^ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.8%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 13.2%
- Poultry & Poultry Products 0.8%
Dairy Products 3.1%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Veg., Fruits, Nuts
& Berries 1.9% ^ Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.6%
-Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 17.4%
Poultry & Poultry Products 1.1% Dairy Products 3.2%
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
WORTH COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
49,046 56,717 45,188
56,970 53,020 54,800 58,200 54,900 56,700 49,900 45,200 44,600 38,200 36,600 36,250 36,400 41,000 40,100 47,200 48,600 36,500 32,800 47,500 53,000 52,300 60,000 59,600
33,942 32,706 56,104 48,197 55,553 40,592
43,770 44,660 46,720 50,300 48,400 49,700 43,600 40,200 37,000 33,600 33,800 33,360 33,900 39,300 37,000 43,400 43,250 34,600 30,500 42,200 51,000 46,570 54,900 34,900
10.0 12.2 12.5 13.0
7.7 16.0
8.2 20.7 25.9 27.8 28.0 28.2 32.2 34.8 24.7 44.1 40.9 49.8 43.0 63.8 42.0 27.1 32.5 54.9 53.0 54.0 55.3 50.3 61.7 22.0
338,770 400,318 702,031 628,640 427,491 649,066
357,300 926,100 1,211,800 1,397,400 1,354,900 1,402,200 1,403,000 1,398,000 915,000 1,482,000 1,382,000 1,662,000 1,457,000 2,509,000 1,553,000 1,175,000 1,405,000 1,901,000 1,616,500 2,278,800 2,821,200 2,342,500 3,388,700 766,500
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
320 390 420 450 580 860 1,160 3,590 5,000 2,700 1,400 3,000 4,600 4,600 5,500 7,760 10,760 7,750 12,020
12.5 16.0 16.0 14.0 17.0 20.5 20.5 23.0 24.0 14.0 22.5 21.5 26.5 15.5 17.3 26.0 26.5 21.4 22.1
4 000 6,240 6,720 6,300 9,860 17,630 23,780 82,570 120,000 37,800 31 500 64,500 121,900 71 ,300 95,200 201,800 285,100 165,900 265,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
Tlbs7
Production 1000 lbs.)
FLUE CURED TOBACCO
Acreage
TTeTT
Harvested per acre
ilbs.)
Production 1000 lbs.)
28,795 50,147 68,651 49,547 23,060 22,391
21,980 18,850 17,990 15,930 14,030 16,840 17,450 20,190 21,170 18,800 19,540 18,280 9,900 9,200 12,400 12,600 12,300 11,000 12,200 8,685 11,200 2,040 3,110 -2.210
195
230 132
161 168
203
374 393 391 393 424 344 430 365 348 598 507 435 424 485 357 259 260 323 344 453 470 466 381 _226_
10,792 23,066 18,177 15,874
7,763 9,113
17,170 15,440 14,680 13,070 12,400 12,070 15,660 15,400 15,390 23,490 20,690 16,620 8,770 9,300 9,270 6,800 6,650 7,400 8,750 8,200 11,000 1,990 2,460 1.040.
37,589 40,713
22,480 30,260 29,680 29,340 29,230 29,350 28,820 28,810 28,920 28,950 28,820 28,945 29,515 29,130 29,240 29,240 29,510 29,100 29,555 29,280 29,529 29,543 29,393 29.2fi7
496 959 1,117
993 1,214 1,187 1,175 1,209 1,002 1,559 1,755
1,908 1,785 2,137 2,060 1,961 2,166 2,354 2,898 2,877 3,154 3,296 2,867 3,024
24,549 35,198
11,155 29,033 33,162 29,138 35,486 34,849 33,876 34,818 28,983 45,125
50,569 55,215 52,677 62,255 60,243 57,339 63,922 68,509 85,658 84,231 93,122 97,363 84,258 88.571
283 1,638 2,880 2,249
2,530 2,515 2,125 1,520 1,450 1,660 1,700 1,710 1,785 1,715 1,540 1,300 1,550 1,670 1,310 1,380 1,570 1,440 1,490 1,430 1,540 1,770 1,6-90
1.3QQ
1,085 1,330 1,407 1,314 1,448 1,495 1,670 1,751 1,885 2,051 1,865 1,944 1,584 2,080 1,925 1,625 1,917 1,765 1,900 1,689 2,173 2,174 1,928 2.152
56 1,584 2,009 2,341
2,744 3,346 2,990 1,998 2,100 2,481 2,839 2,995 3,364 3,517 2,872 2,527 2,455 3,473 2,522 2,242 3,010 2,541 2,831 2,415 3,347 3,848 3,259 2-798
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
Total Population
18,664 19,147 23,863 21,094
21,374
19,357
16,682
14,770
WORTH COUNTY DAI ,0M THE U S. CENSUS OF ".3RICULTURE, 1900-1974
hAKM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
16,307 15,622 17,072 12,383 13,608
7,958
3,103
8,873 8,422 8,948
6,716
3,671
2,418
7,434 7,200 8,124
6,892
4,287
685
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
416,640 416,640 416,640 416,640 371,200 371,200 371,200 371,200 371,200 371,200 370,560 370,560
48.8 62.3 50.9 61.5 65.8 79.1 79.6 90.3 71.1 70.4 69.6 65.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
307,110 203,147 259,688 211,883 256,117 244,324 293,713 295,351 335,311 263,928 261,195 257,933 243,196
Average Size Farms
(acres)
157 77 72 71
103 92
100 124 156 188 270 326 364
Number of Farms
1,961 2,637 3,605 2,978 2,480 2,664 2,949 2,392 2,153 1,406
967 790 668
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,816,850 3,477,589 14,642,711 6,609,427 4,231,590 5,743,173 8,897,433 13,687,024 19,491,109 24,198,666 45,598,885 65,997,536 123,090,000
926 1,319 4,062 2,219 1,706 2,156 3,017 5,722 9,053 17,211 47,155 83,541 184,266
Tractors
32
122 315 1,128 1,457 1,588 1,344 1,253 1,313
Trucks
155
341 595 1,078 1,213 1,094 1,178 1,142 1,237
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
771
751 914 1,161 1,391 1,098 1,067 757 718
96
74 107 134 414 628 681 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
4,810 3,865 3,083
425 175 860 1,259 460 4,010 1,477 345 218 583
Production (bushels)
49,510 63,742 49,443
9,969 3,734 18,180 32,482 10,450 116,958 42,157 9,380 9,765 25,002
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
4,852 6,530 22,002 32,465
31,172 13,427
3,820 6,246 2,524 2,095
2,777 7,591
14,196 10,109 4,392
7,870 5,380 4,335
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
3,711 4,922 3,829
3,469 5,985 1,779 1,616 1,475 1,408
165,337
92,032 167,392 226,508 246,727 117,994 188,085 194,028 341,000
PEACHES 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
76,075
1,595
3,544
1,177
13,960
8,246
2,031
3,567
1,428
1,131
4,648
3,028
2,366
1,014
1,848
309
51
4
556
149
729
994
539
375
PECANS 1/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
320
2,552
7,821
33,904
18,499
54,894
28,434
26,511 35,344 22,677 17,266 16,946 28,070
347,364 227,215 150,767
59,396 301,619
83,816 434,790
(D)
SWEET
POTATOES 1/4/
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
921
71,883
739
66,583
1,082
107,251
762
82,970
1,465
97,983
918
59,017
668
61,912
379
28,368
100
8,575
146
18,386
17
2,276
48
6,456
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES R/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
127,600
10,199
1934
127,568
12,403
1939
138,370
4,266
1944
128,059
14,179
1949
122,023
12,425
1954
118,121
10,838
1959
109,076
8,012
1964
93,624
24,220
1969
97,031
22,155
1974
106,550
6,315
See fool:notes on last page.
3,731 1,911 9,422 4,516 8,523 14,598 11,662 8,330 17,780
24,461
Woodland
83,090 69,166 54,703 105,145 78,379 134,828 142,376 178,661 116,128 114,411 93,653 73,540
Other Land
7,331 23,193 15,139
8,503 11,966 10,062 10,004 13,093 19,050 20,610 27,314 32,330
Farms by Value of Products Sold
Nun ber 1969 1974
$100,000 and Over 40,000 to 99,999 20,000 to 39,999 10,000 to 19,999 5,000 to 9,999 2,500 to 4,999 50 to 2,499
Under 2^500
*
129
99
116
140
116
164
79
135
72
95
39
157
117
*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
WORTH COUNTY STATISTICS--U.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
14,272 11,625 13,818
6,427 11,668
9,147 14,408 ' 10,420 22,269 17,112 26,003 26,832 34,736
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
6,758 7,190 6,518 3,656 5,315 5,338 7,593 5,821 11,599 8,816 12,833 13,580 17,049
Milk Cows 4,364 4,033 3,434 . 3,125
3,457
3,285 3,393 2,013 1,179 1,287 1,370
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
40,176 3,094 7,419
39,970
6,934 60,876 335,248 464,768 541,667 950,866
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
23,054 26,175 35,365 10,591 , 18,845 12,850 18,803 24,065 26,990 36,919 26,598 27,006 25,491
Sows Farrowinq 5/
7,123 2,904 2,417 2,921 2,568 3,596 4,255 5,525 4,303 5,441 5,167
Chickens (4
Months and
Older) V
48,971 47,082 70,172 49,439 61,678 54,692 58,881 45,926 52,078 27,335 38,085 116,060
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
15,404 15,118 27,946
17,733
6,143 11,292 31,736 12,057
(D) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
135,330 165,857 278,180 306,491 212,753 221,654 259,849 46,116 127,863 117,441 518,737
(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.)
$ 39,723 $ 400,413
$ 174.8
41,024
294,268
228.4
140,163
656.8
187,252
652.0
283,911
1,001,925
822.3
514,594
1,263.7
488,225
1,564,411
910.2
1,295,452
2,342,705
1,156.4
2,813,000
5,786,000
1 ,987.0
USUA LS1IMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
27,600 27,800 28,350 28,700 28,700 28,700 29,700 30,000 30,100 30,900 39,000 38,000 36,900 30,600
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
1,400 1,300 1,300 1,000 1,300 1,500 1,450 1,450 1,400 1,320 1,690 1,850 1,930 2,580
Other
12,200 13,000 13,350 13,850 14,300 14,700 13,900 13,800 13,350 13,900 17,360 16,000 14,700 12,500
All Other Cattl e and Calves
14,000 13,500 13,700 13,850 13,100 12,500 14,350 14,750 15,350 15,680 19,950 20,150 20,270 15,520
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
26,800 27,400 30,350 28,150 30,400 35,300 33,500 32,200 27,400 25,500 22,100 25,100 27,500
V In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since
1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut tree s. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20
bushels harves ted. 5/ Not fully comparable cation changed --"Cows and heifers that have
because of c hange in definition. calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ sification cha nged--"Cows
Beginning with 1949 totals inc lude and heifers that have calved", NA
only eggs sold. - Not available.
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas--D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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WALKER COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
Received
1SOO-187B
Walker County was created by Legislative Act of December 18, 1833 from a part of NOV 2 6 1Q7Q Murray County and was 89th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for
Major Freeman Walker of Augusta, a distinguished ante-bellum lawyer who represented Georgia
in the United States Senate. LaFayette, the county seat, was originally known as Chattoogttnpi IMFWTO 31
when the county was first organized. Later the name was changed in honor of Marquis de ,7Zl
b I
LaFayette, the famous French nobleman who fought for American independence under General-'^^ '
Washington. Walker County originally included Catoosa and Dade counties and parts of
t>-WL
Chattooga. The present town of Rossville in Walker County was once the home of John Ross,
famous Chief of the Cherokee Indians at the time of their removal from Georgia in 1837
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 284,800 acres. There were 546 farms
having a total of 99,652 acres with land and buildings valued at $41,739,000. The number of farms was only 21
percent of the peak number in 1935. Harvested cropland in 1974 was 15,768 acres--half the 31,357 acres
harvested in 1954. Poultry was the leading farm enterprise in 1974 and, according to the Census, accounted
for 39 percent of the value of all farm products sold. Other livestock and dairying accounted for 26 percent of
the total; bringing the all livestock segment to slightly more than eight-tenths of the county's total value of all farm products sold in 1974.
Walker County has an average yearly precipitation of almost 55 inches, according to the N0AA--National
Weather Service. Winter and early spring is the period of heaviest rainfall, with each of the months December
through March averaging well over five inches. October, with an average of about three inches, is normally the
driest month. The average annual temperature is just under 60 degrees and monthly averages range from about
41 degrees in January to near 78 degrees in July. The freeze-free season averages around 200 days in length, extending normally from about April 10 to late October.
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
%
2,639,830
1964
Amount $
i
5,386,591
1974
Amount $
i 1/
5,892,000
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
477,513 411,987
26,650 38,876 151,293 84,374 1,926,650 879,922 502,294 544,434
18.1 15.6
326,829 314,175
1.0 1.5
5.7 3.2
73.0 33.4 19.0 20.6
10,844 1,810
181,486 33,823
4,844,453 3,342,092
729,601 772,760
6.1 5.8
.2 .1 3.4 .6 89.9 62.0 13.5 14.4
5,571,000
914,000 (NA)
658,000
(D) 186,000
6,000 29,000
(D)
(D) (D)
4,507,000 2,147,000
920,000 1,440,000 1,157,000
279,000
4,000
16.4 11.8
3.3 .1 .5
80.9 38.5 16.5 25.9 20.8
5.0 .1
Government Payments 3/
26,000
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. NA - Not available. D - Data wi thheld to avoid
disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Prod. 8.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
Horticultural Spec. & Forestry Prod. 2.7%
.^Other Livestock &
Livestock Products 20.6%
*_ Other Livestock &
Livestock Products 25.9%
Dairy Products 19.0%
Dairy Products 16.5%
WALKER COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 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
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)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
20,229 19,572 12,117
11,050 10,000
9,500 9,200 7,700 7,300 5,300 4,350 4,080 4,000 3,400 3,190 3,070 2,930 2,550 2,210 1,900 1,700 1,800 2,200 3,400 3,300 3,500 4,100
28,835 22,947 27,925 19,031 19,173 12,928
10,280 9,300 8,740 8,580 7,300 6,900 5,100 4,050 3,570 3,440 3,050 2,870 2,790 2,600 2,370 2,000 1,620 1,550 1,600 1,650 2,500 2,240 2,150 550
15.5 14.6 17.5 15.1 14.0 22.3
11.9 33.1 30.0 26.3 35.0 33.2 27.8 38.5 35.3 45.1 48.5 56.8 36.9 50.8 49.8 49.5 25.9 50.3 64.0 56.0 64.2 65.1 62.7 22.9
448,190 335,388 488,496 287,122 268,473 288,281
122,300 307,800 262,200 225,600 255,800 228,900 142,000 145,000 126,000 155,000 148,000 163,000 103,000 132,000 118,000 99,000 42,000 78,000 102,400 92,400 160,500 145,800 134,800 12,600
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
~1
.
.
Production
(bushels)
230 190 200 210 140 210 280 410 2,000 800 1 ,300 900 860 1,100 1 ,700 2,650 2,860 3,080 2,820
30.0 16.0 17.5 18.5 18.0 22.5 29.5 28.0 25.0 17.0 28.0 21 .0 25.0 24!o 25.0 22.0 25.9 27.2 21.3
6,900 3,040 3,500 3,885 2,520 4,725 8,260 11,480 50,000 13,600 36,400 18,900 21,500 26,400 42,500 58,300 74,100 83,800 60,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Productior (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
7,038
222
2,751
9,264
10,988
197
4,319
2,429
17,105
296
9,119
3,105
15,575
234
7,280
332
9,318
340
6,331
289
8,758
260
4,560
1,237
2,670
269
2,660
328
2,200
314
1,290
195
635
271
1,260
407
1,300
282
1,160
180
660
268
410
273
260
358
730
311
630
238
5
200
520
217
310
455
330
442
300
710
270
444
210
371
230
435
1,500
1,820 1,440
520 360 1,070 770 440 370 230 190 470 310
2 240 295 305 445 250 165 210
690 550 500 430 150 500 250 300 220 170 210 110 100 180 380 540 560 1,010 260 140 100 80 320 190
19.3 18.1 21.2 21.5 23.5 25.0 22.0 25.0 22.0 22.5 25.0 28.0 26.0 28.9 29.7 44.4 35.4 29.8 33.0 35.7 37.5 35.0 31.6 37.5
53,580 17,851 21 ,296
2,784 3,197 15,644
13,300 9,980
10,600 9,240 3,520
12,500 5,500 7,500 4,830 3,820 5,250 3,070 2,600 5,200
11,300 24,000 19,800 30,100 8,580
5,000 3,750 2,800 10,100 7,130
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WALKER COUNTY DATA FROM Thk U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
15,661 18,692 23,370 26,206
31,024
38,198
45,264
50,691
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,771 13,346 12,707
9,790 9,600
2,437
1,591
10,689 12,207 11,851
9,035
2,277
1,591
1,082 1,139
856
565
160
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
276,480 276,480 276,480 276,480 276,480 286,720 286,720 286,720 286,720 284,800 284,800 284,800 284,800
Percent in Farms
70.7 77.7 79.0 65.8 72.4 66.1 61.6 65.0 60.4 50.7 43.5 38.2 35.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
195,598 214,793 218,537 181,944 200,250 189,543 176,579 186,358 173,180 144,389 123,958 108,756
99,652
Average Size Farms
(acres)
96 95 84 77 76
81 78 90 101 142 154 156 183
Number of Farms
2,038 2,253 2,590 2,370 2,616 2,332 2,266 2,059 1,710 1,014
807 697 546
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,676,450 4,266,624 8,756,303 6,995,828 4,802,679 5,357,004 7,593,835 12,370,472 11,939,220 15,939,066 17,344,044 22,702,157 41,739,000
823 1,894 3,381 2,952 1,836 2,297 3,351 6,008 6,982 15,719 21,492 32,571 76,445
Tractors
89
125 281 628 977 900 710 842 783
Trucks
245
311 380 719 819 715 646 696 642
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,173
1,097 1,114 1,170 1,207
998 899 674 463
208
111 132 156 317 453 503 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
1,455 1,831
511 78
168 513 729 1,900 2,642 1,351 338 121
11,950 19,401
6,451 1,347 2,303 10,263 16,891 44,793 83,675 50,395 12,486 6,230
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
9,995 7,467 10,375 11,964
12,363 12,873 11,817 11,302
9,049 9,699
6,454 9,768
13,599 10,578 14,235 14,713 14,022 15,946
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
444
32,793
518
238
12,982
47,841
428
25,633
365
26,650
153
17,454
68
10,844
24
(D)
44
29,000
PEACH ES I7 2/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
95,674
282,847
148,343 74,321 58,355 38,574 36,177 19,712 5,377 9,224 5,392 4
116 62,029 19,286 21,076 33,050 17,261
5,260 1,227 3,023 4,710
114
PECAN sI/3/
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
353 1,262
50 64 1,304 361
464
3,276
1,121
535
350
480
1,183
235
1,940
410
1,000
SWEET y 4/
POTATOES - -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
312
24,442
492
40,210
553
56,263
295
19,833
612
56,158
325
20,493
244
20,216
130
14,050
38
4,252
19
2,792
8
915
2
100
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fal 1 ow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929 1934
47,096 51,153
26,150 23,123
1939
46,735
21,919
1944
41,944
26,058
1949
41,757
26,848
1954
31,357
16,900
1959
22,933
14,541
1964
16,484
8,987
1969
13,309
5,567
1974
15,768
2,194
See footnotes on last page.
17,466 17,413 20,715
4,199 5,502 10,265 9,715 15,706 29,402 27,484
Woodland
117,908 82,424 74,803 89,971 79,937 67,810 83,788 81,839 68,641 57,691 45,049 38,652
Other Land
2,603 27,273 14,176 18,132 19,392 35,034 28,463 32,819 28,559 25,090 15,429 15,554
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
11
37
36
44
29
25
24
40
45
71
57
480
344
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
WALKER 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
All Cattle and
Calves
8,534 9,031 9,610 7,785 9,883 8,066 9,546 10,093 15,801 16,810 17,376 17,824 22.282
All Cows 5/6/
(2 Years and Older)
2,964 4,687 4,755 4,319 5,789 4,409 5,055 5,064 8,233 7,559 9,071 8,533 12.227
Milk Cows
2,506 3,533 4,248 3,994
4,032
3,559 3,648 2,634 2,419 1,516 1.193
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
14,222 119,681 286,147 550,172
420,732 501,294 675,836 1,099,537 1,593,954 1,421,315
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
13,185 9,142
10,552 2,002 3,766 3,295 4,314 5,319 5,659 7,450 5,013 3,494 3.017
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,440 203 394 370 446 550
1,063 1 ,039
830 646 509
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
52,823 62,385 91,983 69,428 79,870 68,312 79,460 59,093 97,745 231,881 400,119 188,112 29,059
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
40,996 29,237 43,803
31,369
53,885 939,868 1,753,641 1,721,894 2,395,465 2,233,591
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
191,720 256,472 281,596 450,624 366,994 366,779 482,172 209,270 599,681 2,655,234 5,563,730 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICIII TURF
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer
Hired Labor (Thnns \
$ 173,495 $ 89,915 $
85.7
133,390
62,974
96.4
283,396
14.9
302,491
196.4
850,053
249,067
306.3
1,512,880
500.2
2,033,756
203,159
319.0
1,853,845
238,202
267.4
2,345,000
400,000
266.0
.
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
18,400 18,300 17,700 18,500 18,500 19,000 20,500 20,700 21,000 21,000 24,200 23,200 22,500 19.400
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
2,850 2,700 2,150 2,010 1,800 1,850 1,750 1,750 1,700 1,330 1,290 1,100 1,120
970
7,000 7,200 7,300 8,000 8,250 8,300 8,800 9,100 10,000 10,360 11,260 10,100 10,000 8.800
All Other Cattle and Calves
8,550 8,400 8,250 8,490 8,450 8,850 9,950 9,850 9,300 9,310 11,650 12,000 11,380 9.630
December 1
All Hogs and
Pigs
5,050 4,400 4,900 3,650 3,950 4,600 4,350 4,200 3,500 3,250 2,500 3,500 3,500
TQJ\ l\ AantV974 1954 excludes farms
eIu?es farms with less than
witn le" 20 fruit
than $2,500 sales. and nut trees. 4/
2/ Since
Excludes 1949 exc
Irish
and
sweetpotatoes.
3/ Since
bushels harvested 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition ludes farms with less than~15-20
cation changed-"Cows and heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning wit 969
|/ All chickens sold 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include only eggs sold sification changed-"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available disclosure of information for individual farms.
6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifichickens 3 months old and older.
10/ In 1971 and thereafter clasD - Data withheld to avoid
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
WALTON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-197B Walton County was created by Legislative Act of December 15, 1818 out of treaty
Received
lands acquired from the Cherokee Indians in the same year and was 46th in order of counties
organized in Georgia. It was named for George Walton, one of the signers of the Declaration n\/ 0 P 1C\7C\I of Independence from Georgia and recipient of almost every public honor that the State CoultfUV ^ " '<Jlj\ bestow. The creation of Walton County was first provided for in 1802 but this effort was
not successful due to the difficulties of the times. The original county seat was Cowpens;
however, the present county seat, Monroe, was incorporated November 30, 1821.
DOCUMENTS
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 211,200 acres.
Iirv
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There were 529 farms having a total of 88,937 acres with land and buildings valued at $71,598 000 In the
1930's and early 40's, Walton County led the State several years in the production of cotton. Cotton acreaqe
has declined almost continuously since 1953. Value of sales for poultry and poultry products in 1974 was
almost 3.3 million dollars and accounted for about 40 percent of the value of all farm products sold
Commercial broiler production was the first of the poultry enterprises to develop, followed in later'years with commercial and hatching egg production.
Walton County has an average annual precipitation of between 48 and 49 inches, according to the N0AA--
National Weather Service. March, with an average of nearly six inches of rainfall, is normally the wettest
month while October, with over two and one-half inches, is usually the driest. The average annual tempera-
ture is about 62 degrees, and monthly averages range from around 44 degrees in January to about 79 degrees
in July. The freeze-free period averages about 215 days in length, extending normally from the first of April to early November.
r--Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS 1
1954
Amount $
%
1964
i
4,328,833
7,234,831
1974 8,418,000
A 1/
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
2,798,806 2,767,722
7,165 23,919
24 99,568 1,430,435 515,235 591,513 323,687
64.7 63.9
.2 .6
2.3 33.0 11.9 13.6
7.5
2,031,535 2,011,254
15,100 5,181 4,935
59,373 5,138,988 3,880,090
561,638 697,260
28.1 27.8
.2 .1 .1 .8 71.0 53.6 7.8 9.6
8,153,000
2,590,000 2,575,500
966,000
1,408,500 200,000 1,000 12,500 2,000
63,000
72,500
5,427,500 3,251,500
851 ,000 1,325,000 1,160,000
159,000
6,000
31.8 31.6 11.9
17.3 2.4
.2
.8 .9 66.5 39.9 10.4 16.2 14.2 1.9
.1
Government Payments 3/
55,000
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- 19 54
Poultry & Poultry Products 11.9%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Dairy Prod. 10.4%
---Dairy Prod. 13.63!
-.-- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 7.5%
Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.3%
"-- Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 16.2%
'Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.7%
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
WALTON COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
27,691 35,963 20,841
16,460 14,270 12,400 11,600 10,700 10,100 8,100
6,400 5,600 4,230 3,500 2,900 2,480 2,500 2,140 1,170 1,190 3,550 1,750 1,270 1,550 1,800 2,200 2,100
34,676 27,876
29,215 26,194 35,343 19,992
15,260 13,160 11,050 10,470
9,900 9,100 7,200 5,440 4,600 3,400 2,930 2,450 2,130 2,100 1,820 1,000
980 2,650 1,550
940 1,100 1,110 1,430
440
7.4 10.2 14.7 11.8
9.6 15.9
11.0 24.3 23.5 20.8 28.0 22.9 22.4 33.5 26.1 30.3 31.7 34.3 31.9 42.4 35.7 21.0 24.5 36.6 40.0 32.0 45.0 54.2 49.0 25.0
258,160 285,366 430,527 308,084 338,396 318,233
168,100 319,800 259,700 218,200 277,000 208,200 161,000 182,000 120,000 103,000
93,000 84,000 68,000 89,000 65,000 21,000 24,000 97,000 62,000 30,100 49,500 60,200 70,100 11,000
Year
USDA: 1959 1 960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
j
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre Production
(acres)
(bu.)
(bushels)
150 240 320 1,740 2,500 3,200 3,800 3,300 2,300 3,000 6,410 7,130 13,340 9,470 17,240
17.0 19.0 21.5 26.0 25.0 19.5 28.0 22.0 29.0 21.0 20.6 25.0 25.7 23.4 20.1
2,550 4,560 6,880 45,240 62,500 62,400 106,400 72,600 66,700 63,000 132,000 178,300 342,800 221,600 346,500
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
55,174
167
69,598
193
79,030
243
52,558
270
30,976
360
36,650
234
22,490
289
20,520
467
18,600
339
10,600
335
4,770
507
12,820
448
13,150
339
13,880
377
13,440
380
11,900
406
11,040
525
10,980
528
7,860
351
6,480
332
7,790
272
8,500
279
10,200
427
13,300
397
12,000
297
10,770
362
9,850
333
3,840
339
4,180
425
. 3,470
178
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT Yie Id per acre
(bi i.)
Production (bu.)
Acreaae Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
18,031 26,854 38,413 28,376 22,307 17,123
7,514 1,839 1,980 1,320 5,850 1,974
44,540 15,884 17,492 10,021 69,378 26,047
13,580
2,400
1" '.1
41,110
19,970
2,050
1! i.3
31,330
13,170
2,000
2 .2
42,400
7,400
2,000
1! S.5
37,000
5,050
1,060
2; !.5
23,850
11,970
1,500
1! ).5
29,250
9,300
880
2; !.0
19,360
10,940
780
2! i.5
19,890
10,660
260
2. i.O
5,980
10,100
400
2 .0
8,400
12,100
540
2' 1.5
13,230
12,110
440
2< LO
10,560
5,760
540
2! i.O
13,530
4,500
910
2 .5
19,600
4,450
710
2f S.3
20,100
4,940
360
2; i.l
8,300
9,100
300
3! i.O
10,500
11,000
400
3< ).0
15,600
7,400
330
2; i.O
7,590
8,150
240
3( ).5
7,320
6,850
700
3! i.l
24,600
2,720
830
2! i.O
23,200
3,700
1,220
3; 1.7
39,900
1,290
1,770 1 2!i.5
50,400
_L
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WALTON COUNTY DATA FROM
J.S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
20,942 25,393 24,216 21,118
20,777
20,230
20,481
23,404
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
14,783 13,909 13,146 10,892 10,650
4,089
2,126
9,664 9,245 8,590
6,824
2,454
1,826
5,119 4,664 4,556
3,826
1,635
300
/
Approximate
Land Area Percent
(acres)
in Farms
236,800 236,800 211,840 ' 211,840 211,840 211,200 211,200 211,200 211,200 211,200 211,200 211,200 211,200
88.0 84.7 83.1 83.3 91.1 90.7 95.2 96.6 86.5 66.1 58.8 53.2 42.1
All Land in Farms (acres)
Average Size Farms
(acres)
208,463
76
200,609
56
176,011
48
176,435
58
192,993
72
191,493
84
200,988
75
204,090
87
182,611 100
139,695 123
124,211 154
112,421 176
88,937 168
Number of Farms
2,737 3,594 3,636 3,025 2,676 2,286 2,694 2,343 1,834 1,137
808 638 529
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
2,043,550 7,089,443 17,702,395 5,364,098 3,957,282 4,765,670 6,805,287 11,989,131 8,772,022 12,978,855 16,913,863 35,224,067 71,598,000
Average (dol.)
747 1,973 4,869 1,773 1,479 2,085 2,526 5,117 4,783 11,415 20,933 55,210 135,345
Tractors
64
91 193 777 780 903 809 765 626
Trucks
70
124 189 477 480 615 608 617 524
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
1,270
952 1,110 1,448 1,509 1,091
998 627 429
69
41 56 153 301 441 513 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,236 3,295
572 1,143 2,495 5,995 3,882 4,090 6,019 2,277
296 62 22
Production (bushels)
19,850 52,781 11,300 23,264 52,536 117,138 115,631 113,615 168,551 72,157 8,656 2,511 1,000
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
2,599 1,047 8,196 8,836
9,562 9,444 6,002 5,638 4,171 4,449
1,028 4,855
7,876 6,687 7,031 7,731 7,989 10,230
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
78
5,490
247
156
7,914
10,530
148
4,271
109
7,165
319
24,461
73
15,100
53
12,436
37
13,000
PEACHES-' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
55,434 71,831 34,289 38,605 29,462 35,716 35,997 16,765
4,578 2,574 1,980
906
67
28,286 2,478 3,048
29,312 28,854 28,675
937 3,377 1,229
470 566
PECANS -' -'
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
2,008 6,768
4,754
5,993 3,413 3,550 1,764 1,984 1.470
30 4,139 9,026
27 ,965 73,727 47,165 24,248 86,023
3,072 6,230
(D)
SWEET . . ,,
POTATOES x-l V
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
536
36,079
343
31,736
485
54,874
297
27,499
748
68,374
775
80,618
536
56,789
190
22,747
52
5,907
56
8,316
12
1,354
6
730
2
167
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USE IN ACRES 5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
88,616
13,513
1934
93,260
11,612
1939
93,897
9,473
1944
90,662
16,531
1949
75,531
18,899
1954
55,537
13,373
1959
34,415
18,065
1964
22,132
19,676
1969
20,113
13,714
1974
21,581
3,000
See footnotes on last page.
5,097 4,029 14,188 11,133 10,189 18,176 21,018 10,002 21,224 23,806
Woodland
51,065 41,406 45,732 66,883 59,342 56,237 74,873 74,515 51,275 46,448 35,897 27,285
Other Land
20,172 13,160 22,434 16,404 14,021 25,987 24,598 21,010 14,922 25,953 21,473 13,265
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
20
43
34
42
40
39
37
35
43
69
85
410
270
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not shown for 1969.
WALTON 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
All Cattle
and
Calves
5,729 6,548 6,178 4,348 6,575 5,184 7,309 9,332 14,099 12,870 13,432 13,605 17,636
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,848 4,299 3,736 2,689 3,798 3,009 4,006 4,736 7,873 6,343 6,984 6,945 9,633
Milk Cows
2,549 3,610 3,694 2,668
2,935
3,249 3,502 2,292 1,617 1,046
971
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
20,503 17,955 64,813 117,337
122,341 198,257 511,850 1 ,160,334 1,170,398 1,097,050
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
7,681 5,739 7,959 3,518 5,259 5,158 5,675 5,446 5,009 6,173 4,961 4,381 1,635
Sows Farrowing 5/
476 128 365 570 575 502 664 1,067 871 1,146 362
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
43,171 51,053 74,060 55,971 61,519 58,548 78,949 54,484 65,800 98,537 394,246 547,468 84,885
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
25,073 10,845 35,358
33,155
381,626 543,861 1,422,936 2,580,757 3,706,646 3,075,880
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
130,070 164,231 179,243 279,863 183,391 338,347 343,752 148,247 374,682 986,516 5,569,210
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Ferti1izer
Livestock
and
Hired
and Poultry
Ferti1izer Material
Labor (Thous.)
$
57,123 $ 427,133 $ 89.2
28,766
276,222
168.2
176,101
260.0
483,450
302.9
624,805
534,001
419.7
1,252,535
537.0
2,895,911
532,767
570.6
3,095,396
560,296
557.3
3,230,000
852,000
408.0
.
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
14,200 14,000 13,800 14,200 14,600 14,800 15,300 15,500 15,500 15,200 17,600 17,400 16,900 16,800
Cows 2 years old and older 1_Q7
Kept for Milk
Other
1,950 1,800 1,720 1,560 1,500 1,550
1,450 1,390
1,350 1,020
930 1,100 1,070 1,110
5,600 5,900 6,000 6,550 6,750
6,900 7,200
7,100 7,500 7,560 8,070 7,200 6,700 6,870
All Other
Cattle and
Calves
6,650 6,300 6,080 6,090 6,350 6,350 6,650 7,010 6,650 6,620 8,600 9,100 9,130 8,820
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
5,000 4,800 5,300 4,550 4,950 5,700 5,450 5,250 4,000 2,000 1,200 1,500 1,300
TQJ " i V f
excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes 3/ Since
iLhJc I
l*T TA T,^" 2 fr^1t and "Ut trees- !/ Si"ce 1949 **clud farms with less than 15-20
bushels harvested 5/ Not fully comparable because of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifi
cation changed-"Cows an heifers that have calved". 7/ Beginning with 1969 cFickens 3 month so" an old"
8/ All chickens sold 9/ Begmnmg with 1949 totals include only eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter Has
sification changed-"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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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WARREN COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1BOO-187B
Warren County was created by Legislative Act of December 19, 1793 from parts of Columbia, Hancock, Richmond and Wilkes counties and was 20th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for General Joseph Warren, a famous patriot of the Revolution who lost his life in the battle of Bunker Hill. The county originally included parts of four other counties: Glascock, Jefferson, McDuffie and Taliaferro. Warrenton, the county seat, was also named for General Warren and was incorporated December 10, 1810. Probably the first iron works in Georgia was built at Ogeechee Falls in this county by William Bird of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 181,760 acres. There were 217 farms having a total of 77,368 acres with land and buildings valued at $24,099,000. Soybeans was the principal cash crop; however, corn, wheat and cotton were also grown in the county. All cattle and calf numbers increased almost continuously from 1967 through 1974. In 1974 other livestock and livestock products, principally beef cattle, accounted for about one-third of the value of all farm products sold. The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of about 46.5 inches for Warren County. Annual totals at Warrenton have varied from 79.31 inches of rainfall in 1929 to only 28.89 inches in 1954, but have been between 40 and 50 inches in about one-half the years. Distribution is fairly even throughout the year with only March averaging as much as five inches of rainfall and no month averaging as little as two and one-half inches. Average annual temperature is about 63.5 degrees and monthly averages range from just over 46 degrees to just under 80 degrees. The freeze-free season averages about 230 days extending usually from around March 25 to November 10.
Received
N0V 2 6 1979
DOC'JMHMTS UGA
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
1964 Amount ~$~
1,860,473
1,947,246
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
1,424,508 1,413,592
76.6
1,096,442
76.0
1,061,084
30 10,886
34,752 606
Horticultural Specialties
Forestry Products
Livestock, Poultry & their Products Poultry & Poultry Products Dairy Products Other Livestock & LS Products Cattie & Calves Hogs & Pigs Sheep, Lambs & Wool Misc. Livestock & LS Products
44,305
2.4
391,660
21.0
57,400
3.1
120,361
6.4
213,899
11.5
500 86,295
764,009 172,685 193,391 397,933
56.3 54.5
4.4 39.3 8.9
9.9 20.5
1974 Amount $~
3,624,000
TT7
3,523,000 1,402,000
(NA) 796,000
424,000 (D)
124,000 (D)
39.8 22.6 12.0
3.5
296,000
1,825,000 5,000
759,000 1,061,000
749,000 312,000
8.4
51.8 .1
21.6 30.1 21.3 8.8
Government Payments 1/
28,000
1/ Do!,ar 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. NA - Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid
disclosing information for individual farms.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1 954
.Dairy Products 6.4% Other Livestock,
"-- Poultry & their Products 14.6%
Forestry Products 2.4%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock, Poultry & their Products 30.2%
-.-- Forestry Products 8.4%
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
WARREN COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCT'ON, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
19,836 26,266 16,607
14,160 12,800 11,200 10,400 9,800 10,800
8,900 8,000 8,700 3,930 3,750 3,260 3,190 3,400 3,400 3,700 3,640 4,900 4,350 5,000 5,300 5,000 5,750 6,000
22,511 21,626 20,779 19,612 26,218 15,609
12,470 11,540 10,310
9,700 9,200 10,000 8,200 7,400 6,800 2,960 2,950 2,580 2,600 2,850 2,750 3,300 3,250 4,450 3,950 4,560 4,500 4,250 5,300 2,780
6.1 9.4 11.6 10.2 9.4 9.8
8.5 23.2 14.0 18.9 18.9 18.1 24.6 29.5 25.4 32.8 33.6 34.9 34.2 41.4 29.1 27.3 29.8 46.3 40.0 51.0 47.4 55.2 53.9 14.0
138,030 202,967 241,507 199,228 245,557 152,514
105,400 267,900 144,300 182,900 174,000 181,200 202,000 218,000 173,000
97,000 99,000 90,000 89,000 118,000 80,000 90,000 97,000 206,000 158,000 232,600 213,400 234,700 285,600 38,900
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
220 160 170 180 120 180 1,040 2,340 4,000 3,200 3,100 3,100 3,300 3,600 4,600 4,010 5,890 4,450 5,950
15.5 19.0 14.5
9.5 21.5 18.5 20.0 21.5 25.5 16.5 23.0 23.0 27.0 18.5 16.8 22.6 24.6 21.4 21.7
3,410 3,040 2,465 1,710 2,580 3,330 20,800 50,310 102,000 52,800 71,300 71,300 89,100 66,600 77,300 90,600 144,900 95,200 129,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yie Id
Pe,r,, acre (11 )S.)
Production (1000 lbs.)
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
30,436
42,592
32,602 29,781
18,817 21,979
13,270 12,070 10,910
7,650 5,290 9,040 8,860 9,480 9,940 9,300 8,010 6,680 4,350 3,630 5,000 5,200 5,650 4,500 4,460 3,320 3,250 1,550 1,990
156
9,502
181
15,381
226
14,700
210
12,526
320
12,045
190
8,331
242
6,720
290
7,290
254
5,790
305
4,880
351
3,880
336
6,340
296
5,480
389
7,710
340
7,070
270
5,250
354
5,920
435
6,080
420
3,810
315
2,390
163
1,710
291
3,150
353
4,170
352
3,300
278
2,580
438
3,030
361
2,440
284
920
183
760
98 307
30
?67
30
100
30
567
20
WO
30
533
25
400
5
400
5
600
5
1, 000
1 ,622
249
230
92
27
1 ,880
84
1,023
8
1,340
12
1,030
20
1 ,250
8
1,120
16
820
950
10
910
740
2
500
600
650
3
600
5
800
1,440
1,100
540
530
1,000
370
200
1,200
1,100
810
850
20.4 15.8 23.3 16.5 25.0 25.5 26.0 26.0 21.5 26.0 27.5
25.0 28.0 27.0 26.8 30.4 32.8 36.0 21.0 25.5 26.7 32.2 28.6 30.6
7,080 1 ,056 1,432
694 17,972 11,887
27,330 16,240 29,070 18,480 20,500 24,220 23,660 19,240 10,750 15,600 17,880 15,000 22,400 38.900 29,500 16,400 17,400 36,000
7,760 5,100 32,000 35,400 23,200 26,000
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WARREN COUNTY DAT.', FROM THF U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Tota 1 Population
11,463 11,860 11,828 11,181
10,236
8,779
7,360
6,669
FA RM POPULATIC N
Total
White
NonWhite
9,088 8,306 7,993 5,779 5,083
2,033
441
2,709 2,734 2,415
1,510
541
368
6,379 5,572 5,578
3,573
1,492
73
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
258,560 258,560 258,560 258,560 258,560 181,760 181,760 181 ,760 181 ,760 181,760 181,760 181,760 181,760
Percent in Farms
55.0 61.2 49.6 53.7 54.8 75.1 73.5 87.0 86.5 71.1 55.5 48.3 42.6
All Land in Farms (acres)
142,323 158,264 128,229 138,802 141,626 136,417 133,526 158,153 157,217 129,307 100,933 87,808 77,368
Average Size Farms
(acres)
103 92 75 89 96
110 106 152 178 225 289 343 357
Number
1,377 1,730 1 ,701 1 ,560 1 ,468 1 ,235 1,266 1 ,042
883 574 349 256 217
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (dol.)
Average (dol.)
1,088,080 2,499,215 4,673,770 2,402,655 2,115,370 2,207,988 2,867,419 4,581,674 3,838,401 5,477,682 5,841,213 12,378,106 24,099,000
790 1,445 2,748 1,540 1,441 1,788 2,265 4,397 4,347 9,543 16,737 48,351 111,057
Tractors
13
35 89 248 302 357 329 357 324
Trucks
24
47 85 167 214 274 238 288 251
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
457
30
421
24
513
31
472
45
634
148
454
200
333
173
236
(NA)
216
(MA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS V
Threshed Production (acres) (bushels)
3,007 2,460
276 197 164 738 2,814 2,486 4,147 1,964 563 592 295
27,350 26,989
3,629 1,061 1 ,884 14,898 68,761 47,208 133,314 58,319 24,390 22,516 14,805
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres)
(tons)
561 108 1,374 2,792
4,651 5,321 3,027 2,720 1,788 2,060
99 735
3,758 3,354 3,277 3,797 3,925 4,391
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
17
1,929
37
15
175
102
525
2
30
231
11,125
694
34,752
616
60,450
776
124,000
PEACHES -' -1
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
13,400 46,341
8,944
26,826 17,385
7,945 7,353
4,639 1,179
286 311
47
1,733 14,911
5,202 8,163 13,073 4,604 6,634
284 693 502
5 2
PECANS y 51
AH
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds )
1,736 11,393
15,300
10,346 5,990 6,252 5,531 2,577 526
290 8,206 16,250
36,213 86,468 20,798 26,275 106,869
1 ,723 4,210 50,935
SMET POTATOES
{J
2.1
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
697
39,791
657
57,437
672
62,750
359
33,912
572
41 318
547
47,144
424
36,661
91
7,593
90
5,943
29
1 ,798
13
860
Year
Harvested Cropland
1909
1919
1929
52,627
1934
54,752
1939
56,491
1944
54,865
1949
50,690
1954
38,649
1959
28,648
1964
17,651
1969
15,310
1974
15,342
See foot notes on last
IdHlLeANoDr USt Fallow
17,818 12,088 6,089 10,754 16,312 14,897 11,913 7,910 6,731 2,208 sage.
INACRIS 5/ Plowable Pasture
10,949 3,464 6,767 9,811
10,680 22,979 15,009 8,784 13,000 15,975
Woodland
59,246 33,993 34,666 64,631 48,133 44,755 65,661 74,900 60,104 48,940 38,436 34,654
Other Land
10,461 21,744 21,622
5,689 18,522 13,046 14,810
5,792 13,633 17,648 14,331 9,189
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
8
10
11
17
16
27
23
28
26
27
23
147
no
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969.
WARREN 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
3,481 3,772 4,006 2,206 3,292 2,688 4,410 4,681 8,203 7,478 9,620 9,351 11,579
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
1,703 2,546 2,093 1,670 2,005 1,918 2,958 2,647 4,362 4,147 5,123 4,649 6,309
Milk Cows
1,297 1,800 1,969 1,532
1,646
1,536 1,238 1,042
653 765 839
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
1,128 15,093 7,912 11,162
4,064 20,090 169,805 266,261 201 ,256 384,329 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,639 8,011 8,134 2,933 4,919 4,422 5,537 4,494 3,475 4,985 2,664 6,216 2,807
Sows Farrowing 5/
1 ,042 243 541 510 716 464 541 789 520
1,401 784
Chickens (4 Months and Older) JJ
22,368 27,115 29,325 25,187 30,048 25,982 28,862 15,805 24,814 22,734 17,352 23,087 1,230
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
11,858 1,342 9,189
5,834
3,141 36,779 85,981 15,135 38,200
14
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
80,330 66,412 57,166 126,356 50,975 93,122 102,588 10,866 44,841 192,980 250,126 (NA)
(NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous )
$ 27,318 * 241 ,925
4,615
131,592
25,629
80,145
199,938
299,953
$ 77.4 80.7
88.8 134.5 205.2
162,840 151,246 427,709 721,000
250,845 372,760 551,000
195.5 226.3 248.4
241.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
All Cattle and
Calves
10,200 9,700 9,200
10,000 12,400 11,100 11,500 12,500 13,000 13,600 18,000 18,000 17,500 1S.1QQ
Cows 2 years old and older 1J/
Kept for Milk
Other
790 760 680 710 710 900 950 980 1,010 900
850 830
800
820.
4,700 4,500
4,300 4,400
4,550 4,650 4,650
6,200 6,650 6,810 7,520
7,300 6,400 5.730
All Other Cattle and Calves
4,710 4,440 4,220 4,890 7,140 5,550 5,900 5,320 5,340 5,890 9,630 9,870 10,300 8.55Q..
December 1 All Hogs
and
Pigs
2,700 4,350 4,850 6,450 7,000 8,100 7,700 7,400 8,200 8,500 6,100 8,000 8,300
1/ 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 I s. 4/ Since 1949 excl hange in definition. Beginning with 1969 c lude only eggs sold.
NA - Not available.
rish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since udes farms with less than 15-20 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classifihickens 3 months old and older. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter clas-
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WHITFIELD COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
19QO-1978
Whitfield County was created by Legislative Act of December 30, 1351 from Murray
County, originally Cherokee, and was the 97th county in Georgia in order of organization.
The county was named for the great pulpit orator of the Church of England who founded the
famous Bethesda Orphan House at Savannah, Reverend George Whitefield. Dalton, the county
seat, was originally known as Cross Plains. The name was changed to Dalton in compliment
to John Dalton, a civil engineer who came from the North several years prior to the Civil
War. Correct spelling of the county name was Whitefield, but the first "e" was dropped
to make the spelling conform to the pronunciation.
l(o
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 179,840 acres.
There were 424 farms having a total of 49,531 acres with land and buildings valued at $28,968,000. The
number of farms was only 21 percent of the peak number in 1935. Harvested cropland continued to decline
and in 1974 was 78 percent of the total ten years earlier. The poultry enterprises: commercial broiler Received
production, hatching egg production and commercial egg production have made tremendous advances in recent
years and in 1974 accounted for 90 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
The Whitfield
N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average County. Winter and early spring is the period of
annual precipitation of over 55 inches for heaviest rainfall with a secondary maximum
in
N0V
2
6
1979
July. October is usually the driest month with an average of around three and one-fourth inches. The
average annual temperature is about 60 degrees and monthly averages range from near 41 degrees to about 78 nn
degrees in July. The freeze-free period averages just under 210 days in length, extending usually from DOCUMENTS
early April to the first of November.
VGA Lli
Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954 Amount $~
5,557,512
1964 Amount $~~
9,539,161
T~ 1974
Amount
TT7
17,980,000
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
405,922
7.3
385,796
6.9
8,156 11,970
300 112,400
5,038,890 4,554,748
281,054 203,088
.2 .2
2.0
90.7 82.0
5.1 3.6
254,325 248,865
4,455 1,005 24,333 46,411 9,214,092 8,272,497 528,694 412,901
2.7 2.6
.1
.2 .5 96.6 86.8 5.5 4.3
17,787,000
611,000
3.4
568,000
3.2
462,000
2.6
106,000 (D) 13,000 (0)
(D) (D)
17,010,000 16,025,000
318,000 667,000 495,000
51,000
121,000
.6 .1
95.6 90.1 1.8 3.7 2.8
.3 .6
Government Payments V
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 SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/
^5\_>__ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 3.6%
--.Uairy Prod 5.1%
i ''onWUI
V\i/-*^l 1 Crops 7.3%
orestry Products & Hort. Spec. 2.0%
Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 3.7% Dairy Prod. 1.8% '
**A11 Crops 3.4% Forestry Products & Hort. Spec. 1.0%
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
WHITFIELD COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
15,270 14,775 11,032
9,970 9,030 8,600 8,300 6,600 6,500 4,790 3,930 3,550 3,180 2,700 2,550 2,460 2,350 2,000 1,260 1,450 1,440 1,500
930 1,600 1,400 1,500 1,650
22,854 18,267 20,487 15,128 14,639 10,778
9,660 8,670 8,000 7,830 6,200 6,200 4,580 3,650 3,220 2,830 2,530 2,380 2,310 2,200 1,800 1,100 1,230 1,200 1,350
730 1,250 1,010 1,200 1,130
15.6 11.7 15.9 15.1 11.8 19.9
13.5 30.7 25.0 23.8 30.1 30.2 26.9 29.6 30.1 37.8 39.9 50.8 42.0 49.5 47.8 41.8 27.6 57.5 46.0 56.0 45.2 47.3 49.0 39.9
355,950 213,937 325,793 228,310 172,264 214,883
130,100 266,200 200,000 186,400 186,400 187,400 123,000 108,000
97,000 107,000 101,000 121,000
97,000 109,000
86,000 46,000 34,000 69,000 62,100 40,900 56,500 47,800 58,800 45,100
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
350 420 450 480 650 960 1,280 1 ,850 2,000 2,700 3,400 2,400 1,900 2,300 2,690 3,830 5,200 4,440 4,370
18.5 18.0 17.0 10.0 14.0 16.5 20.5 23.5 25.0 15.0 25.5 24.5 24.0 21.0 24.6 20.3 26.6 25.3 20.4
6,475 7,560 7,650 4,800 9,100 15,840 26,240 43,475 50,000 40,500 86,700 58,800 45,600 48,300 66,200 77,700 138,300 112,300 89,100
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
6,886
208
2,582
8,556
9,890
204
4,041
1,689
16,669
244
8,125
2,197
14,258
247
7,106
190
8,693
305
5,308
451
6,571
273
3,589
1,128
45,430 13,147 17,989
979 4,748 14,903
1,900
279
1,110
1,320
18.7
24,640
1,990
314
1,300
1,110
15.8
17,500
1,680
330
1,160
870
19.3
16,790
1,080
294
660
950
18.5
17,580
450
244
230
290
21.0
6,090
800
456
760
980
23.5
23,030
1,000
415
870
630
21.5
13,540
850
172
300
670
23.0
15,410
390
354
290
390
21.5
8,370
200
450
190
250
18.0
4,500
160
462
150
300
21.5
6,450
160
481
160
300
27.0
8,140
310
152
100
290
25.0
7,250
5
200
2
540
22.6
12,200
110
209
50
500
29.2
14,600
45
489
45
320
30.6
9,800
125
272
80
250
71
260
35.8
9,300
40
360
30.3
10,900
150
29.0
4,350
60
34.5
2,070
200
32.0
6,400
170
37.0
6,290
190
29.7
5,640
i
380
27.6
10,500
1
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WHITFIELD COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
14,509 15,934 16,897 20,808
26,105
34,432
42,109
55,108
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
9,241
8,987
254
10,557
10,281
276
10,059
9,860
199
7,243
7,586
7,512
74
2,738
2,715
23
1,179
1,179
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
181,120 181,120 181,120 181,120 181,120 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840 179,840
Percent in Farms
85.2 89.7 86.8 83.5 87.8 78.6 75.4 80.5 71.3 54.7 49.5 38.5 27.5
"All Land' in Farms (acres)
154,243 162,383 157,279 151,279 158,995 141,330 135,668 144,804 128,291 98,364 89,054
69,277 49,531
Average Size Farms
(acres)
101 89 85 84 78 89 82 87 84 97 98
110 117
Number of Farms
1 ,526 1 ,816 1,852 1,811 2,031 1,586 1,646 1 ,663 1,534 1,017
909 628 424
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
(dol-)
1,209,190
2,184,534
5,230,722
3,694,910
3,339,880 3,263,682 5,045,926 7,678,071 11,181,326 16,171,317 17,154,648 23,479,576 28,968,000
Average
792
1,203 2,824 2,040 1,644 2,058
3,066
4,617
7,289
15,901 18,872 37,387 68,320
Tractors
76
87 231 456 691 770 671 661 510
Trucks
119
196 305 449 587 563 648 527 445
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
756
773 845 969 1,219 1,002 1,102 570 366
145
70 109
91 206 310 701 (NA) (NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS V
Threshed (acres)
824 1,379
429
31
50 367
411
880
949 687
57 25
16
Production (bushels)
10,750 16,828
5,301 362 755
5,937 9,423
19,828
28,238
24,467
2,395 800 720
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
8,527 7,561 8,130 9,504
7,498 7,127 6,656 7,040 5,475
7,068 7,520
7,378 6,531 8,540 10,288 8,733 7,713
VEGETABLES 1/2/
GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value (acres) (dol.)
185
15,027
170
155
8,665
14,480
112
7,032
140
8,156
109
10,081
41
4,455
20
3,702
24
13.000
PEACHES-'' &
"~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
344,402 269,407 55,384
57,170
41,784
12,498
9,731
8,543
2,605 2,779
740 1,200
4,553
34,971
41,372
13,902
19,702
2,896 434 80 784 333 5 354
1/ 3/
PECANS
~ATT~ Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
21
299
453
480
702
602
843
3,104
662
1,282
205
956
232
1,230
146
54
SWEET ,
POTATOES17 -'
-Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
361
28,521
236 20,979
431
42,828
315
27,616
373
42,667
305
22,480
334
24,856
53
7,752
25
3,205
24
4,366
4
703
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USI Idle or
Fallow
1909
1919
1929
39,340
26,912
1934
41,981
20,042
1939
36,645
20,339
1944
35,730
21,460
1949
29,398
24,528
1954
21,884
16,087
1959
16,173
12,304
1964
11,801
8,074
1969
9,978
4,662
1974
9,174
1,206
See fool notes on last sage.
IN ACRES 5/ Plowable Pasture
6,987 9,074 11,379 1,374 3,845 4,547 4,149 12,702 16,479 13,513
Woodland
82,866 70,595 61,821 77,309 56,223 55,968 67,116 64,924 43,994 42,489 27,071 17,591
Other Land
1,627 8,662 14,963 10,131 14,743 20,007 19,917 20,849 21,744 13,988 11,087 8,047
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
26
51
64
92
21
65
17
31
25
38
38
351
233
*Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969. 1
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
WHITFIELD COUNTY STATISTICS-U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
5,306 6,154 5,663 4,573 6,472 4,806 6,442 5,781 9,189 9,985 13,779 12,091
10.54Q
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,276 4,164 3,092 2,677 3,895 2,905 3,512 2,916 4,823 4,703 6,975 6,350 5.902
Milk Cows
1,994 3,123 3,027 2,663
2,890
2,592 3,050 2,285 2,318 1,164
3IL
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
42,948 81,315 75,723 164,046
282,117 447,620 487,999 603,537 746,611 1,064,161
(NA) CM}
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
6,882 4,301 4,505 1,360 2,545 1,834 3,292 3,280 4,761 7,655 2,177
895 314
Sows Farrowing 5/
474 122 191 152 256 322 806 1,392 302 167 65
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
37,973 43,047 60,551 49,668 62,549 45,758 60,538 57,644 123,902 272,424 371,267 515,654 241,860
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
39,843 25,031 33,391
37,052
1,382,552 7,221,391 11,021,256 12,481,794 9,852,557 6,811,737
Eggs Produced (dozen) 9/
202,540 232,911 260,285 344,106 236,958 262,487 428,796 246,849 1,233,160 2,906,871 5,111,049 (NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED FARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS 3F AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock and
Poultry
and Fertilizer Material
Hired Labor (Thous.)
$ 83,481 $ 85,162
325,748 722,500 3,418,695 4,713,795 5,925,437 4,775,650 5,571,000
77,476 51,458
143,495
151,235 154,288 118,COO
$ 31.3 30.5 52.3 55.2
400.2 239.4 276.7 357.6 470.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older 1JI/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle
and Calves
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
14,600 14,400 14,300 14,900 14,500 14,500 14,800 14,900 15,000 15,000 15,100 14,500 14,100 15,200
2,800 2,600 2,150 2,020 1,800 1,500 1,200 1,110 1,030
660 640 450
400 360
4,900 4,800 4,900 5,250 5,400 5,500 5,550 5,600 5,650 5,850
6,360 5,500
4,800 5.320
6,900 7,000 7,250 7,630 7,300 7,500 8,050 8,190 8,320 8,490 8,100 8,550 8,900 9.520
2,200 1,550 1,700
950 1,000 1,150 1,100 1,050
600 550
1/ In 1969 and T954 excludes bushels harves cation changed 8/ All chicken sification cha
974 excludes farm farms with less tha ted. 5/ Not fully
-"Cows and heifers s sold. 9/ Beginni nged--"Cows and hei
s with less than $2,500 sales, n 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ comparable because of change i
that have calved". 7/ Beginn ng with 1949 totals include on fers that have calved". NA -
2/ Excludes Iris Since 1949 exclude n definition. 6/ ing with 1969 chic ly eggs sold. JJ/
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
WILKES COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-197B
Wilkes County was created by Legislative Act of February 5, 1777 out of treaty land
acquired from the Cherokee and Creek Indians on June 1, 1773 and was eighth in order of
counties organized in Georgia. It was named for John Wilkes, member of the English House
of Commons and an outspoken opponent of the oppressive measures against the colonies
Washington, the county seat named in 1783 for General Washington, was the first town'in
the nation to bear the name for the Commander-in-Chief of the American army. Wilkes
originally included the counties of Elbert, Lincoln and Oglethorpe and parts of Greene Hart, Madison, McDuffie, Taliaferro and Warren.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 299,584 acres. There were 381 farms
having a total of 119,932 acres with land and buildings valued at $39,339,000. The number of farms was
only 10 percent of the peak number in 1920. Harvested cropland was 71 percent of the total ten years earlier
Value of field crops sold decreased sharply and in 1974 was two-thirds of the total in 1964. According to the 1974 Census, all livestock, poultry and their products accounted for nearly 88 percent of the value of
Received
all products sold. The importance of dairying in relation to total value of sales had declined slightly
from 1964 while poultry and poultry products increased.
.._
The N0AA--National Weather Service reports an average annual precipitation of 48.5 inches for Wilkes NOv 2 6 1979
County. March and July both average over five inches of rainfall and are normally the wettest months while
I
October, with slightly less than three inches, is the driest. Amounts show rather large variations from
month to month and for the same month in successive years. The average annual temperature is about 62 degreesDOO'^'-MTo
with monthly averages ranging from around 44 degrees in January to near 79 degrees in July. The freeze-freef in i ,.-1., '
season normally extends from early April to early November and averages about 215 days.
"vo/, (.,,,
Value of All Farm Products
1954
Amount $
i
1,873,955
1964
i
3,516,173
1974 7,497,000
<i XT
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
506,354 499,819
1,532 5,003 1,175 215,107 1,151,319 144,702 625,335 381,282
27.0 26.7
165,430 162,486
.1 .2
.1
11.5
61.4 7.7
33.4 20.3
1,888 1,056
725
274,070
3,075,948 1,057,004 1,189,634
829,310
4.7 4.6
.1
7.8 87.5 30.1 33.8 23.6
7,289,000
179,000 168,000
53,000
(D) 51,000
(D)
11,000
(D)
711,000
6,390,000 2,787,500 2,023,500 1,579,000 1,446,000
111 ,000 2,000
20,000
2.5 2.3
.7
.7
.2
9.7 87.7 38.2 27.8 21.7 19.9
1.5
.3
Government Payments 3/
22,000
w uuno, ainuunui anu (jercentdges ror ly/t may not aaa 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-
.Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec.
11.6%
1954
---All Crops 27.0%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Other Livestock & Livestock Prod. 21.7%
^. Forestry Prod. & Hort. Spec. 9.8%
^All Crops 2.5%
Poultry & Poultry ** Products
7.7%
Poultry & Poultry Products 38.2%
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
WILKES COUNTY ACREAGE, YIELD AND PRODUCTION, 1954 - 1977
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
25,647 26,143 11,936
7,130 6,350 5,600 5,000 4,800 4,000 3,340 2,600 2,420 2,130 1,700 1,620 1,540 1,250 1,170
930 8U0 1,650 1,450 1,740 2,100 3,350 4,200 3,400
30,287 30,749 36,809 24,557 25,389 11,654
6,120 5,410 4,610 4,170 4,000 3,400 2,920 2,030 1,890 1,650 1,290 1,230 1,200 1,000
890 800 720 1,400 1,200 1,090 1,100 1,010 1,760 440
8.5 11.2 14.6 10.0
7.9 12.1
8.8 23.9 18.5 16.4 23.0 19.2 19.5 29.6 22.8 32.7 29.5 42.3 29.2 42.0 30.3 25.0 19.4 38.6 51.0 43.0 47.5 42.4 47.0 27.0
256,670 343,621 536,400 245,580 199,725 140,686
54,100 129,300 85,300
68,300 92,200 65,200 57,000 60,000 43,000 54,000 38,000 52,000 35,000 42,000 27,000 20,000 14,000 54,000 61,200 46,900 52,200 42,800 82,800 11,900
Year
USDA: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
330
28.0
9,240
500
29.0
14,500
300
25.0
7,500
200
21.5
4,300
240
25.4
6,100
280
20.0
5,600
220
20.5
4,500
360
18.3
6,600
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
Bales
Acreage Harvested
WHEAT
Yield per acre
(bu.)
Production (bu.)
Acreage Harvested
Yield per acre
Production
52,353 70,009 64,702 28,655 17,586
8,711
5,090 4,630 4,210 2,220 1,245 2,500 2,350 2,060 1,630 1,310 1,100
780 550 280 305 230 190 150 100 105 180 175 155 130
153
15,642
3,650
210'
29,339
456
241
31,249
2,130
195
11,180
1,563
238
8,366
4,994
501
8,720
1,375
210
2,230
950
351
3,390
920
193
1,690
850
300
1,390
850
325
850
390
321
1,670
550
237
1,160
330
254
1,090
300
253
860
110
302
830
130
265
610
100
324
530
100
364
415
90
293
170
140
207
130
150
265
125
230
453
180
230
320
100
380
250
50
410
514
115
400
517
195
540
137
50
470
277
89
520
115
31
1,060
15.0 13.8 17.8 17.0 20.0 16.5 18.5 25.5 20.5 24.0 24.5 23.0 22.0 22.1 14.7 28.7 30.9 33.9 30.0 25.5 25.0 27.2 29.4 34.5
23,400 2,887
16,983 10,235 37,650 12,034
14,240 12,740 15,130 14,450
7,800 9,080 6,100 7,650 2,260 3,120 2,450 2,300 2,000 3,100 2,200 6,600 7,100 12,900 12,300 10,200 13,500 12,800 15,300 36,600
-2-
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WILKES COUNTY DATA FROM ThE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
20,866 23,441 24,210 15,944
15,084
12,388
10,961
10,184
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
11,724 12,137 10,613
7,314 6,279
2,243
1,004
3,941 4,254 3,876
2,736
1,178
840
7,783 7,883 6,737
3,543
1,065
164
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
293,120 293,120 293,120 293,120 293,120 302,080 302,080 302,080 302,080 300,800 300,800 299,584 299,584
Percent in Farms
93.0 87.2 82.6 60.1 77.5 72.7 72.9 88.2 80.0 63.8 54.2 51.2 40.0
All Land in Farms (acres)
272,584 255,512 242,014 176,165 227,214 219,622 220,138 266,399 241,646 191,809 163,139 153,397 119,932
Average Size Farms
(acres)
117 71 64 74
100 125 134 199 212 270 317 317 315
Number of Farms
2,321 3,586 3,789 2,374 2,261 1 ,757 1,642 1,336 1 140
711 515 484 381
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total
(dol.)
2,525,020 5,623,226 13,906,678
3,325,817
2,746,976 2,851,255 3,575,811 6,770,848 9,809,700
14,931,000
14,591,495
26,488,051
39,339,000
Average
(do!-)
1,088
1,568 3,670 1,401 1,215 1,623 2,178
5,068 8,605 21,000 28,333 54,727 103,251
Tractors
65
76 178 343 508 514 507 562 470
Trucks
47
82 126 331 463 383 436 465 409
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
656
77
611
72
703
107
735
152
728
413
616
390
635
357
433
(NA)
329
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
6,662 6,204 3,580 1,844 2,398 3,425 3,857 4,843 4,639 1,775
375
224
68
Production (bushels)
57,770 90,329 48,214 35,161
37,729
61,371
76,886 109,993
118,093 50,817 13,795 10,330 2,232
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Harvested
Production
(acres) (tons)
3,427 1,201 4,862 4,986
7,958 6,800 7,799 7,307 5,831 5,463
926 3,298
6,735 5,208 8,773 10,796 12,333 11,863
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Harvested Value
(acres) (dol.)
92
9,264
no
112
3,399
9,686
147
7,430
30
1,532
47
4,670
11
1,888
24
4,999
1
PEACHES - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (bushels)
31,017 34,861 33,711 22,220 17,500 20,985
4,596 24,741
5,215 5,734 11,992 17,502
16,268 9,993 1,087 1,035 1,932 1,411
5,281 134 271 491 2
1,419
PECANS - -
All
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
no
1,829
5,606
16,236
9,569
17,848
5,925
8,426 7,383 4,670 4,901 5,966 2,524
57,011 29,252 70,273
6,912 24,603
2,330 3,529 25,892
SWEET 1/4/ POTATflFS-' -'
Harvested (acres)
Production
(bushels)
423 558
1,053 380
1,006 623
428 180
10 15
5 1
26,510 52,264 92,996 32,942 73,335 55,523 22,626 12,893 2,551 2,047
611 68
Year
Harvested Cropland
1909
1919
1929
63,031
1934
66,627
1939
65,750
1944
49,367
1949
41,129
1954
26,202
1959
18,299
1964
12,429
1969
9,484
1974
8,770
See fool.notes on last
,,LAND USf Idle or Fallow
19,106 21,909 10,107 22,780 21,703
9,480 6,295 5,434 5,442 2,344 sage.
IN ACRFS y Plowable Pasture
9,241 9,414 21,737 9,983 25,122 25,851 13,702 15,076 33,199 27,394
Woodland
100,359 83,361 63,031 86,556 96,096 119,843 147,309 149,969, 115,022 92,666 83,427 55,755
Other Land 27,191 20,009 20,334 40,344 25,461 17,923
31,136 30,144 38,491 37,534 21,845 25,669
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
*
18
36
27
17
20
34
18
49
33
85
41
263
224
Farm numbers with value of sales of $100,000 and over not sh own for 1969. 1
WILKES 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
5,600 8,034 8,157 5,710 8,338 6,620 10,161 14,957 18,245 17,201 20,395 22,039 25,136
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,847 5,080 4,606 3,462 5,106 3,550 5,778 8,464 10,832 10,332 12,168 11,969 14,939
Milk Cows
2,257 4,155 4,322 3,419
3,415
4,749 4,715 3,423 3,054 2,802 2,323
WHOLE MILK Sold
(qallons)
8,169 5,335 14,237 96,693
65,037 199,575 1,065,813 1,503,470 1,935,375 2,250,485 (NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
8,298 8,574 11,786 3,615 6,016 5,028 6,644 3,087 2,671 2,554
959 1,302 1,027
Sows Farrowing 5/
1,101 294 647 513 512 268 341 346 136 263 214
Chickens (4 Months and Older) 7/
34,457 51.172 65,859 40,295 57,130 46,131 48,104 34,070 54,507 77,444 133,328 166,003 101,914
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
13,230 14,125 28,115
36,289
12,965 32,519 272,404 243,885 (0) (D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 2/
99,510 134,738 179,772 203,471 174,889 250,965 293,151 131,594 305,815 869,483 1,905,144
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED
CENSUS Feed for Livestock
and Poultry
$ 42,420 20,652 90,421
148,600 281,215 677,914 1,230,320 1,509,993 2,996,000
rARM EXPENDITURES
)F AGRICULTURE
Fertilizer
and
Hired
Fertilizer
Labor
Material
(Thous.)
$ 171,918 $ 80.2
111,505
100.1
68.7
162.0
218,173
246.7
195.3
381,774
312.9
450,505
360.6
620,000
553.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older 1J)/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
21,600 21,300 20,700 22,200 23,000 23,800 25,000 25,800 25,900 26,100 29,400 28,000 27,200 26.900
3,700 3,500 3,270 2,850 2,950 3,100 3,200 3,350 3,500
3,000 2,570 2,400 2,180 2.220
9,550 9,850 9.600 10,550 10,900 11,100 11,500 12,100
12,300
12,000 13,130 13,300 14,000 12.900
8,350 7,950 7,830 8,800 9,150 9,600 10,300 10,350 10,100
11,100 13,700 12,300 11,020 11.780
1,000 1,200 1,300 1,350 1,450 1,700 1,650 1,550 1,250 1,200 1,200 1,300 2,400
1/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales, 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nut trees. 4/ Since 1949 excludes 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 chickens 3 months old and older, 8/ All chicken s sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 totals include on ly eggs sold. 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification cha nged--"Cows and heifers that have calved". NA Not available. D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms.
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Athens, Georgia 30601
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS, STATISTICS, AND COOPERATIVES SERVICE
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
WILKINSON COUNTY FARM STATISTICS
1900-1976
Wilkinson County was created by Legislative Acts of May 11, 1803 and June 26, 1806
out of land acquired from the Creek Indians in sessions of June 16, 1802 and November 14,
1805 and was 29th in order of counties organized in Georgia. It was named for Major General
James Wilkinson, an officer of the Revolutionary War and a native of Maryland. Originally,
Wilkinson included Dodge and Telfair counties and parts of Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski and*
Twiggs counties. Irwinton, the county seat, was named for Governor David Irwinton, an early
Chief-Executive of Georgia. The town was first incorporated by Legislative Act of December 4,
1816 and re-incorporated in 1854.
According to the 1974 Census of Agriculture, the land area was 292,992 acres. There were 178 farms having
a total of 52,505 acres with land and buildings valued at $20,149,000. The number of farms was only 11 percent
of the peak number in 1900. Harvested cropland had increased in recent years and in 1974, 18 percent of the
total land in farms was used for crop production. Poultry enterprises had declined in recent years and accounfitaC/\/pfJ
for only 27 percent of the value of all farm products sold in 1974. The value of field crops had increased
^ vcu
sharply in recent years and in 1974 accounted for 45 percent of the value of all farm products sold.
Wilkinson County has an average annual precipitation of about 46 inches according to the N0AA--NationalMnw Weather Service. July and October are normally the wettest and driest months, respectively with averages ofNOV 2 6 1979
just over five inches and just over two inches of rainfall. The average annual temperature is close to 64
degrees and monthly averages range from between 47 and 48 degrees in January to about 81 degrees in July. The
freeze-free season averages about 235 days in length, extending usually from past mid-March to just before m1fi)OCUMENTS November.
UGA LII ., RJES
. Value of All Farm Products
VALUE OF ALL FARM PRODUCTS SOLD (CENSUS)
1954
Amount $
%
1964 Amount $
862,140
2,419,448
Value of All Farm ProductsFarms with Sales of $2,500 and Over 2/
All Crops Field Crops Grains Tobacco Cotton & Cottonseed Seeds-Hay.Forage,Si 1 age 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
276,595 249,496
32.1 28.9
266,199 257,385
24,064 3,035
53,319
532,226 301,052
27,741 203,433
2.8 .4
6.2 61.7 34.9
3.2 23.6
6,305 2,509
400 86,729
2,066,120 1,840,109
14,121 211,890
%
11.0 10.6
.3 .1
3.6 85.4 76.0
.6 8.8
1974
Amount $
t V
2,695,000
2,620,000
1,203,000 1,170,000
707,000
(Z) 32,000 431,000 33,000
45.9 44.6 27.0
1.2 16.4
1.3
112,000
1,305,000 700,000 (D) (NA) 334,000 (D)
(Z)
4.3 49.8 26.7
12.7
Government Payments 3/
8,000
y Dollar amounts and percentages for 1974 may not add due to disclosures and omissions. 2/ Not comparable for 1954 and 1964. Crop and livestock percentages for 1974 were computed using total value from farms with $2500 or more sales. Percentages for 1954 and 1964 based on sales from All farms. 3/ Available only for 1974, not included in total for computation of commodity percentages. D - Data withFeld to avoid disclosing information for individual farms. NA - Not available. Z - Less than half of the unit reported.
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1954
Field Crops, Fruits Nuts & Berries 29.3%
PRODUCTS SOLD AS PERCENT OF TOTAL SALES- 1974 2/ Field Crops, Fruits
*"" Nuts & Berries 44.6%
--- Vegetables 2.8%
Forestry Prod. 6.2%
v. Livestock, Dairy & ^ their Products 26.8%
Vegetables 1.3% ^ Forestry Prod. 4.3%
Livestock, Dairy & their Products 23.1%
Year
Census: 1899 1909 1919 1929 1939 1949
US DA: 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
wTuaflsoTnoTlNTOcREAGETTTELD AND PRODUCT
All (acres)
CORN
Harvested Yield for grain per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
Production (bushels)
Yea r
SOYBEANS
Harvested for beans
Yield per acre
(acres)
(bu.)
25,384 30,620 18,752
38,322 30,633 34,084 24,691 30,010 13,811
17,080 15,250 13,200 11,600 10,200 10,900 8,700 7,700 7,000 6,000 5,200 5,010 5,060 5,400 5,350 5,500 5,0 JO 6,500 5,850
6,800 6,800 7,050 7,200 6,300
1
8,400 8,220 7,280 6,490 5,900 6,200 5,000 4,470 4,140 3,400 3,100 3,010 3,050 3,600 3,550 4,800 4,230 5,650 4,550 5,800 5,900 6,380 6,550 2,440
Acreage Harvested
COTTON
Yield (lbs.)
7.2 8.4 8.5 10.1 6.7 10.8
6.5 21.4 20.0 17.9 21.8 16.0 18.6 19.5 17.9 25.9 31.0 28.2 33.1 39.7 27.6 40.2 27.2 45.3 32.0 54.0 49.4 64.1 50.9 8.0
276,980 258,786
290,779 248,149 202,369 149,097
54,500 175,900 145,600 115,900 128,400 99,400 93,000 87,000 74,000 88,000 96,000 85,000 101,000 143,000 98,000 193,000 115,000 256,000 145,600 313,200 291,400 409,000 333,700 19,500
UbUA 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
180 140 150 160 130 190 250 1,020 1,800 900 350 480 780 1,400 1,080 790 1,970 1,090 1,900
Bales
Acreage Harvested
PEANUTS Yield per acre
(lbs.)
Acreage Production Harvested
(1000 lbs. )
7.5 17.0 10.0
7.0 13.0 16.5 15.5 16.5 23.0 19.0 18.0 22.5 20.0 12.0 18.6 22.0 27.8 19.4 18.4
WHEAT Yield per acre (bu.)
31,137
183
10,978
26,558
160
8,484
18,279
100
3,742
10,362
153
3,173
7,611
191
2,909
1,885
4,479
204
1,825
1,642
453
60
117 7
820
10
1,020
71
2,560
144
2,870
247
2,080
277
1,240
265
585
226
1,510
223
1,340
184
1,540
247
1,510
281
1,420
263
1,270
325
1,260
262
670
278
310
287
520
290
450
271
350
294
230
787
300
257
185
335
40
325
770 1,480 1,200
690 280 700 520 800 890 780 860 690 390 185 315 255 215 375 160 130 28
660
273
820
624
860
783
740
822
670
854
660
856
620
792
630
984
600
662
630
871
580
1,279
615
1,343
540
1,720
560
1,718
650
1,265
690
1,728
685
1,765
695
2,699
735
2,076
735
2,513
719
3,673
180 512 673 608 572 565 491 620 397 549 742 826 929 962 822 1,192 1,209 1,876 1,526 1,847 2,641
110 160 230 330 270 140 100 130 30 40 40 40 40 260 170 100 80 90 470 320 190
21.1 15.8 18.7 15.5 23.5 22.0 25.0 23.5 22.5 28.0 30.0 27.5 25.0 22.7 24.7 33.0 33.8 40.0 17.0 27.5 21.9
788
3,128
2,465
160
25.0
< 150
100
31
810
2,241
814
2,686
1,815 2,186
110 120
27.7 28.5
~1
Production
(bushels)
1,350 2,380 1,500 1,120 1,690 3,135 3,875 16,830 41,400 17,100 6,300 10,800 15,600 16,800 20,100 17,400 54,800 21 ,100 35,000
Pr irnuHunurt tlilUnnil (bu.)
2,010 '440 744 59 145 804
2,320 2,520 4,300 5,120 6,340 3,080 2,500 3,060
680 1,120 1 ,200 1 ,100 1,000 5,900 4,200 3,300 2,700 3,600 7,990 8,800 4,160 4,000 3,050 3,420
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
WILKINSON COUNTY DATA FROM THE U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE, 1900-1974
Total Population
11,440 10,078 11,376 10,844
11,025
9,781
9,250
9,393
FARM POPULATION
Total
White
NonWhite
6,854 6,760 6,284 4,286 3,433
1,091
527
3,719 3,705 3,563
1,964
710
407
3,135 3,055 2,721
1,469
381
120
Approximate Land Area
(acres)
302,080 302,080 302,080 302,080 302,080 293,120 293,120 293,120 293,120 293,120 293,120 292,992 292,992
TTTT Land
Percent in Farms
in Farms (acres)
76.7
231,613
72.6
219,172
65.2
197,096
56.7
171,195
69.7
210,507
66.5
195,027
56.7
166,224
62.1
181,911
52.0
152,351
32.8
96,057
25.8
75,529
23.9
70,036
17.9
52,505
Average Size Farms
(acres) 141 145 131 131 178 179 166 215 254 266 300 278 295
Number of Farms
1,642 1,510 1,505 1,308 1,180 1,092 1 ,000
845 601 361 252 252 178
Year
1900 1910 1920 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1964 1969 1974
VALUE OF FARMS
Total (do!.
Average
1,128,240 1,753,991
3,393,916 1,896,125 1,829,551 1,940,529 2,359,487 3,644,485 3,974,413 5,172,408 5,225,220 8,588,012 20,149,000
687
1,162
2,255
1,450 1,550 1,777 2,359 4,313 6,613 14,328 20,735
34,079 113,196
Tractors
18
23 85 202 258 238 221 271 230
Trucks
90
103 197 260 346 230 228 258 226
Automobiles
Farms with Telephones
416
28
283
16
345
25
354
41
295
33
324
77
263
188
182
(NA)
145
(NA)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
OATS 1/
Threshed (acres)
2,551 2,635
457 20
68 216 535 278 1,229
616 219
69 130
Production (bushels)
20,650 34,946 3,531
238 1,331 5,363 9,766 3,951 26,762 15,232
10,207
1,525
(D)
Year
1899 1909 1919 1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
ALL HAY EXCEPT
SORGHUMS
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (tons)
1,667 966
1,117 1,651
697
1,168 541 759
1,241 1,590
436 618
435 900
668
2,219 3,100
4.294
VEGETABLES 1/2/ GROWN FOR SALE Har-
vested Value (acres)
2,954
3,513 1,992 1,907 1,154
791 157
89 142 202
125,591
21,362 55,927 47,354 24,064
7,743 6,305 10,750 33,000
1/ 3/
PEACHES
~~ATT
Produc-
Trees
tion
(.number) (bushels)
72,439 21,559
1,976 5,181
24,255 10,752 8,404
7,397
1,404 5,828
7,811 10,055
4,210
4,471 6,386
284
570
301
506
318
125
180
V 3/
PECANS
~ATr
Produc-
Trees
tion
(number) (pounds)
3,934 6,207
80 865 8,662
10,920
12,882
7,858 3,384 2,500 7,086 1,013
41,944 53,686 32,614
3,165 24,121
3,580 10,460
"SwTET 1/ 4/
POTATOES -
Har-
Produc-
vested
tion
(acres) (bushels)
555
34,308
352
26,534
474
39,139
452
48,001
707 46,755
608
40,086
342
26,737
184
14,324
19
1,615
19
1,505
6
472
21
2,170 |
Year
Harvested Cropland
LAND USF IN
-5/
Idle or
Plowable
Fallow
Pasture
1909
1919
1929
44,791
23,348
1934
51,638
20,163
1939
53,343
14,359
1944
38,532
17,311
1949
32,620
28,007
1954
24,655
13,451
1959
15,227
12,069
1964
9,066
8,275
1969
8,496
5,020
1974
9,341
3,873
bee footnotes on last page
12,750 7,795 12,046 13,131 13,334 12,145 5,635 4,587 6,918 4,677
Woodland
101,806 88,755 69,916 122,005 96,062 79,271 100,068 96,660 57,870 46,452 40,191 29,934
Other Land
23,806 16,057 19,070 8,044 17,832 17,841 7,882 5,440 5,256 7,149 9,411
4,680
Farms by Value of Products Sold
$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
Number
1969 1974
*
6
14
13
10
22
22
19
28
20
23
27
155
71
*t?JS nnn :l ber WUh V3lUe f Sa1eS f 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
WILKINSON COUNTY STATISTICS--U. S. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE AND USDA ESTIMATES' CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE
All Cattle and
Calves
4,165 3,992 5,320 2,789 4,113 2,905 4,124 3,142 4,598 2,470 3,514 4,513 5,892
All Cows 5/6/ (2 Years and Older)
2,272 2,494 2,955 1,431 2,007 1,545 2,080 1,604 2,480 1,388 1,689 2,286 3,287
Milk Cows
1,333 1,558 2,718 1,302
1,375
1,017 725 409 245 110 91
WHOLE MILK Sold
(gallons)
2,184 910
16,866 9,430
13,109 21 ,483 55,526 60,233 4,430 28,000
(NA) (NA)
HOGS AND PIGS
Total
14,401 13,030 13,838
5,997 9,274 9,408 9,380 9,918 7,246 7,338 3,795 6,750 3,070
Sows Farrowing 5/
2,637 718
1,314 1,370 1,234 1,291 1,349 1 ,224
718 1,099
679
Chickens (4 Months and Older) V
40,397 30,665 34,465 24,924 28,169 28,514 26,616 18,912 54,695 97,156 222,306 267,703
(D)
CHICKENS
Sold 8/
12,185 6,658
11,786
5,046
6,975 117,950 759,260 318,632 757,941
(D)
Eggs Produced (dozen) 11
127,730 88,643
114,229 126,629 84,572 157,328 141,903
29,641 628,098 1,003,013 3,797,640
(NA) (NA)
Year
1929 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974
SPECIFIED :ARM EXPENDITURES
CENSUS (IF AGRICULTURE
Feed for
Fertilizer
Livestock
and
Hired
and
Fertilizer
Labor
Poultry
Material
(Thous.)
% 16,619 % 36,678
69,989 77,223
$ 46.5 58.8
73,375
65.2
92,830
49.8
111,464
146,496
49.6
714,380 984,171
102,296
121.8 159.3
1,075,560
207,963
233.8
681,000
412,000
60.0
USDA ESTIMATES
Year
All Cattle and
Calves
Cows 2 years old and older ]_Q/
Kept for Milk
Other
All Other Cattle and Calves
December 1 All Hogs
and Pigs
1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
3,700
290
1,500
1,910
3,800
3,700
250
1,600
1,850
5,200
3,700
240
1,500
1,960
5,750
3,800
210
1,550
2,040
7,050
4,600
200
1,600
2,800
7,600
4,300
150
1,600
2,550
8,800
4,800
150
2,350
2,300
8,400
4,900
100
2,560
2,240
8,050
5,000
100
2,670
2,230
7,750
5,100
100
2,710
2,290
5,400
6,000
100
3,090
2,810
3,900
5,500
100
2,500
2,900
4,900
5,200
90
1,800
3,310
3,970
4,000
80
1,730
, 2,190
]_/ In 1969 and 1974 excludes farms with less than $2,500 sales. 2/ Excludes Irish and sweetpotatoes. 3/ Since 1954 excludes farms with less than 20 fruit and nu t trees. 4/ Since 1949 exc ludes farms with less than 15-20 bushels harvested. 5/ Not fully comparable becaus e of change in definition. 6/ In 1969 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have calved . 7/ Beginning with 1969 chickens 3 months old and older. 8/ All chickens sold. 9/ Beginning with 1949 tota s include only eggs sold, 10/ In 1971 and thereafter classification changed--"Cows and heifers that have ca lved". NA - Not available D - Data withheld to avoid disclosure of information for individual farms
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