Farms and Crop Land

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Year   Farms     Total Acres    Crop Acres  Harvest Acres

1930  39,006      4,639,938
1935  41,907      4,721,842
1940  38,980      4,223,297
1945  42,184      4,613,175
1950  30,558      4,181,613
1954  23,638      3,614,242
1959  17,360      3,081,987     1,077,670    698,188
1964  12,875      2,590,022       894,206    594,434
1969   7,971      1,759,700       706,769    457,935
1974   6,436      1,523,696       641,940    449,901
1978   6,775      1,500,390       650,356    463,029
1982   7,003      1,468,674       610,691    457,076
1987   6,269      1,342,588       592,309    410,891
1992   5,776      1,258,297       559,424    399,755
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture, various years; data not strictly
comparable due to changes in the definition of farms.

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