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County Agent Receives
Copies of *50 Farm Census
I»y W. H. Lyne, County Agant
Preliminary copies of the 1950 Farm Census received at the county agent’s office show pertinent data as to progress and production trends some of the most outstanding being as follows: per acre corn yield increased an amazing 34 per cent (from 32.6 bushels to 43.8 bushels per acre)!
Acreage and total yield were reduced by 3424r acres and 45,677 bushels. Our topography generally speaking is not adapted to corn and “more corn from less acres” has been the theme of the, Agronomy Committee.
While the acreage in alfalfa remained the same- the yield ^er acre more than doubled.
I wish to congratulate you farmers on the above,, however urge that you strive towards doubling the alfalfa acreage as well as the yield.
While the total value of all products sold was a bit lower in 1943 than 1944, the value of live-t stock and livestock products other than dairy and poultry almost doubled. Value of fruits and nuts sold was only a third of that five years earlier. Value of horticultural specialties sold have not been determined to date.
Figures in livestock numbers are not comparable due to the difference in time of year the census were taken. Value of livestock and livestock products had i ncreased to nearly a million and a quarter dollars.
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