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194 TEXAS ALMANAC.-1947-1948.
Basic Statistics on Texas Agriculture
Census Reports of 1945, 1940, 1935, 1930 and 1920.
Below is a statistical review of Texas agricultural industries and production for census
enumerations since 1920, except 1925. The Federal Census of Agriculture is taken every five
years. Census figures are for the early part of the census year In all data except crop produc-
tion, which is for the preceding year.
Farms, Farm Acreage, Value-1945 Census. 1940 Census. 1935 Census. 1930 Census. 1920 Census.
Number of farms ............. . 384,977 418,002 501,017 495,489 436,033
Farms operated by:
All owners ................ 237,607 210,182 211,440 190,515 201,210
Full owners ............... 197,994 166,659 172,709 152,852 171,427
Part owners ............... 39,613 43,523 38,731 37,663 29,783
Managers ................. 2,578 3,358 3,474 3,314 2,514
All tenants ................ 144,792 204,462 286,103 301,660 232,309
Croppers .................. 24,507 39,821 76,468 105,122 68,381
Value of farms (land, bldgs.)..$3,574,997,897 $2,589,978,936 $2,573,704,972 $3,597,406,986 $3,700,173,319
Average value per farm..... $9,286 $6,196 $5,137 $7,260 $8,486
Average value per acre..... $25 29 $18 81 $18 70 $28 85 $32 45
All lands m farms (acres)..... 141,337,744 137,683.372 137,597,389 124,707,130 114,020,621
Average acreage per farm... 367.1 329.4 274.6 251.7 261 5
Farm Land According to Use (Acres):
Crop land harvested........... 27,469,089 26,044,008 25,429,158 30,634,370 25,027,773
Crop failure .................. 793,935 2,087,470 6,488,414 1,803,574 #
Crop land idle or fallow........ 1,978,204 4,887,405 3,591,239 2,328,222 #
Plowable pasture ............. 4,618,707 13,242,974 7,786,697 11,156,355 I
Woodland pasture ............ 16,051,293 14,073,922' 23,648,606 14,449,011 14,532,913
Other pasture ............ ... 87,854,480 * 67,060,969 61,337,071 #
Woodland not pastured........ 817,563 ' 1,487,121 1,240,472 I
All other land in farms........ 1,754,473 77,347,593' 2,105,185 1,758,055 #
IMLand available for crops..... 34,859,935 46,261,857 43,295,508 45,922,521 I
Number of Livestock on Farms:
tHorses and colts............. 514,837 638,406 686,442 748,703 991,362
tMules and mule colts......... 314,273 537,801 889,329 1,036,177 845,932
tCattle ...... .............. 8,864,425 6,281,537 7,222,369 5,583,471 6,158,715
Cows and heifers, 2 yrs, over. 5,172,009 3,332,583 3,834,464 2,868,546 3,014,945
Cows and heifers, milked...... 991,832 1,146,766 1,220,021 1,010,995
Sheep and lambs.............. 8,585,581 8,447,809 7,026,543 5,319,248 2,573,485
**Hogs and pigs .............. 1,580,602 1,513,912 1,384,134 1,048,074 2,225,558
*Chickens ................... 28,661,910 21,799,610 20,541,529 21,525,816 .....
Selected Crops, Harvested-
Corn, for all purposes.....Acres 3,724,635 4,700,475 4,637,435 4,250,747 I
Corn for grain ...........Acres 3,637,150 4,322,364 4,479,780 4,076,206 4,748,655
Corn for grain..........Bushels .51,745,061 69,649,829 38,017,875 66,251,026 108,377,282
Wheat, threshed......... Acres 4,408,046 2,744,064 3,091,870 2,969,511 2,414,903
Wheat threshed ......... Bushels 81,415,283 28,096,367 26,298,423 44,077,464 36,427,255
Oats threshed............Acres 1,319,049 1,270,741 1,373,035 1,148,110 1,862,933
Oats threshed .......... Bushels 31,855,101 32,306,788 32,012,907 27,260,261 63,989,423
Oats cut, fed, unthreshed.Acres 226,816 172,661 240,816 183,030 $
Barley threshed ........... Acres 322,852 202,021 123,883 193,862 77.780
Barley threshed - ..... Bushels 7,160,070 2,856,438 1,755,351 3,743,677 2,188,250
t*Rice (rough) threshed..Acres 344,636 186,236 110,500 105,616 164,481
ttRice (rough) threshed, Bushels 14,905,957 10,352,456 5,479,520 5,158,544 5,306,369
Grain sorghum (for gr'n) Acres 4,881,075 2,202,107 1,406,363 1,700,713 1,482,663
Bushels 94,463,455 25,232,118 9,642,432 23,768,386 36,456,343
ftCotton ...............Acres 6,589,815 8,105,711 10,015,375 16,813,568 11,522,537
#tCotton ...............Bales 2,536,401 2,724,442 2,306,424 3,793,392 2,971,752
Irish potatoes ........... Acres 42,783 44,282 50,540 39,786 27,263
Irish potatoes .........Bushels 3,276,349 2,703,261 3,011,730 2,773,216 1,707,251
Sweet potatoes ..........Acres 71,296 59,793 64,584 44,652 68,142
Sweet potatoes .........Bushels 5,724.715 3,127,579 3,182,721 3,392,764 5,838,879
"**Hay and forage.......Acres 805,766 1,116,622 3,590,061 2,589,538 2,240,771
***Hay and forage........Tons 1,013,186 1,152,387 2,346,107 3,073,338 3,474,140
'The 1940 figures are not exactly comparable with those of other census reports The census of 1940
in its preliminary report gives the figure of 14,073,922 as "woodland" including pasture and other
woodland Under the item of "All other land min farms" the census report of 1940 includes the large
item of "other pasture" given separately in preceding census reports, in addition to what other census
reports had given as "All other " Readjusted figures in report of census of 1940, comparable with
figure of that year are as follows 1935, 25,135,727; 1930, 15,689,483 for woodland pasture; 1935,
69,166 154, 1930, 63,095,126 for "''All other "
tAs of Jan 1, 1945. animals of all ages, in preceding censuses, as of April 1, animals over 3 mos.
old TComparable data not available
As of Jan 1, 1945, animals of all ages, in preceding censuses, as of April 1, animals over 6
mos old
**As of Jan 1, 1945, hogs and pigs of all ages and chickens over 4 mos old, in preceding censuses,
as of April 1, animals oer 4 mos old
ttCensus of 1945 gave production as 4,258,845 bbls of 162 pounds each, but the figure is here
converted into bushels to make it comparable with preceding years
#tRunning bales of lint cotton, counting round as half bales.
Includes harvested, failure, idle and fallow land and plowable pasture The "plowable pasture"
figure of 1945 differs slightly from that of 1940 in that it includes land used only for pasture which
has been plowed within 7 years, the 1940 figure includes land pastured which could have been plowed
and used for crops without additional clearing, drainage or irrigation. This land may not have been
plowed within 7 years prior to 1940
**'Figures for 1945 and 1940 are not comparable with preceding years because sorghums, which
constitute the greater part of the Texas forage crop, were not included in 1945 and 1940 reports but
were included in preceding reports. The 1945 figure is exclusive of 217,270 tons of peanut vines saved
for hay.
THE SHIPPERS WAREHOUSE CO.-DALLAS
Reasonable Rates-Cheap Insurance on Cotton and General Storage
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