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Column Name: farms Span: 1850-1959 Units: Farms Format: Integer  Number
of farms - 1850
The number of farms includes all farms or plantations whose produce amounted to more than $100 in value. Thus small lots, owned or worked by persons following mechanical pursuits and where the productions were less than $100 in value, were excluded. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Census Office. Twelfth Decennial Census of the United States, 1900. Volume V, Agriculture, Part 1. Washington D.C.: United States Census Office, 1902.  Number
of farms
- 1860The number of farms includes all farms of three or more acres for the year ending June 1, 1860. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Census Office. Eighth Decennial Census of the United States, 1860. Agriculture in the United States in 1860. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1864.  Number
of farms
- 1870, 1880, 1890A farm is any tract of land more than three acres (or less than three acres if $500 worth of produce has been actually sold from it during the year) owned or leased by one man and cultivated under his care. Farms include, besides what are commonly known as farms, all considerable nurseries, orchards, and market gardens, and distant wood lots or sheep pastures are included as parts of the farm. However, wherever there is a resident overseer, or a manager, a separate farm was reported.
Source (where directly obtained):  Number
of farms - 1900A farm includes all separate tracts of land, regardless of size or of income there from, which required for their management the constant services of at least one person during the greater part of the year. Included in the farm is all land used for raising crops and pasturing livestock, as well as the connected wood lots, swamps, and meadows. The house in which the farmer resides, all other buildings used by him in connection with his farming operations, and the land upon which they are located are also included. Lands under the operation of tenants and managers are counted as individual farms. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Census Office. Twelfth Decennial Census of the United States, 1900. Volume V, Agriculture, Part 1. Washington D.C.: United States Census Office, Number of farms -
1910, 1920A farm is any tract of three or more acres used for agricultural purposes, and also any tract containing less than three acres which produced at least $250 worth of farm products in the year or required for its agricultural operations the continuous services of at least one person. Agricultural operations is a general term, referring to the work of growing crops, producing other agricultural products, and raising domestic animals, poultry, and bees. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or of a number of separate and distinct tracts, and these several tracts may be held under different tenures, as where one tract is owned by the farmer and another tract is hired by him. When a landowner has one or more tenants, renters, croppers, or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm. (Data collected in these censuses refers to the years 1909 and 1919, respectively). Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: -U.S. Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1910. Volume VII, Agriculture: 1909 and 1910. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913. -U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fourteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1920. Volume VI, Agriculture, Part I. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1922.  A farm is any tract of land of more than three acres (or less than three acres if its agricultural products in 1929 were valued at $250 or more) on which some agricultural operations are performed by one person, either by his labor alone or with the assistance of members of his household or hired employees. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a number of separate tracts. These several tracts may be held under different tenures, as when one tract is owned by the farmer and another tract is rented by him. When a landowner has one ore more tenants or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm. Thus on a plantation the land operated by each cropper or tenant was reported as a separate farm, and the land operated by the owner or manager by means of wage hands likewise was reported as a separate farm. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1930. Agriculture, Volume II, Part 3. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932. Number of farms -
1940A farm is any tract of land of more than three acres (or less than three acres if its agricultural products in 1939 were valued at $250 or more) on which some agricultural operations are performed by one person, either by his labor alone or with the assistance of members of his household or hired employees. Farms include: dry-lot or barn dairies, nurseries, greenhouses, hatcheries, fur farms, mushroom cellars, apiaries (bee farms), cranberry bogs, etc.; but fish farms, fish hatcheries, oyster farms, and frog farms are excluded. A farm may consist of a single tract of land or a number of separate tracts. These several tracts may be held under different tenures, as when one tract is owned by the farmer and another tract is rented by him. When a landowner has one ore more tenants or managers, the land operated by each is considered a farm. Thus on a plantation the land operated by each cropper or tenant was reported as a separate farm, and the land operated by the owner or manager by means of wage hands likewise was reported as a separate farm. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1940 Agriculture, Volume I, Part 4. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1942. Number of farms -
1950Places of three or more acres were counted as farms if the value of agricultural products in 1949, exclusive of home gardens, amounted to $150 or more. The agricultural products could have been either for home use or for sale. Places of less than three acres were counted as farms only if the value of sales of agricultural products amounted to $150 or more. Places for which the value of agricultural products was less than these minima because of crop failure or other unusual situation, and places operated in 1950 for the first time were counted as farms if normally they could be expected to produce these minimum quantities of farm products. All the land under the control of one person or partnership was included as one farm. Control may have been through ownership, or through lease, rental, or cropping arrangement. Source (where directly obtained): Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census. Seventeenth Decennial Census of the United States, 1950 Agriculture, Volume I, Part 33. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1952. Number
of farms
- 1959Farms include all places of ten or more acres with estimated annual sales of agricultural products amounting to at least $50. Places of less than ten acres were counted as farms if the estimated sales of products during the census year amounted to at least $250. Places having less than the $50 or $250 minimum estimated sales were also counted as farms if they could normally be expected to produce agricultural products in sufficient quantity to meet the requirements of the definition. Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: Number
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1974, 1982, 1987, 1997Farms include all land on which agricultural operations were conducted at any time in the census year under the day-to-day control of an individual management, and from which $1,000 or more of agricultural products were sold or normally would have been sold during the census year. Control may have been exercised through ownership or management, or through a lease, rental, or cropping arrangement. Haines, Michael R., and the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. Historical, Demographic, Economic, and Social Data: The United States, 1790-2000, Database 2896. Hamilton, NY: Colgate University/Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producers], 2004. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2005. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu Original Source: -U.S. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1988 (A Statistical Abstract Supplement). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1989. -U.S. Bureau of the Census. County and City Data Book, 1994 (A Statistical Abstract Supplement). Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1994. -U.S. Department of Agriculture. 1997 Census of Agriculture, Volume I, Geographic Area Series. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1999. |
