Public Lands of the United States

Source: General Land Office,

The term "public domain" embraces all the area that was public land or in control of the Federal Government, including Alaska. This area of 1,442,200,320 acres of land and 20,232,320 acres of water area in the United States proper includes all the States north and west of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, except Texas, and includes in addition the States of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. It was acquired in the following manner:

Department of the Interior

State grants for educational or other
purpose

Canal and river improvement grants
to States

Wagon-road grants to States.
Grants to States in aid of railroads.
Railroad grants to corporations.

Total area disposed of
Pending and unperfected entries
Title remaining in the United States:
National forests, estimated net area

of public lands

181,975,263

6,842,921 3,359,188 38,208,638 94,239,448

1,028,743,456 2,373,542

134,515,000

13,864,245

55,192,183

3,336,000

199,842,600

4,333,294

area) 1,442.200.320 1This estimated figure includes each year's land disposal minus one and one-half per cent for patent cancellations.

The National Parks and Monuments figure of 13,864,245 acres includes a small percentage of lands purchased and other miscellaneous items. This is an estimated figure supplied by the Indian Service.

The withdrawals run in terms of gross acreages and actually include a certain per cent of patented lands.

The above total is composed of 64,865,302 acres of swamp and overflowed land; 7,830,000 acres agricultural college scrip land; 77,523,220 acres of school sections; 31,756,742 acres for education and public purposes, and 48,410,746 acres for canals, river improvements, wagon roads and railroads. There has been reserved for and in Alaska an estimated 21,447,459 acres for common schools, agricultural college and school of mines.

AREAS ADMINISTERED BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN PUBLIC LAND STATES

3.163,552

*4,139,209

3,651,074
3,095,760

.230,286,010

Farms in U. S.-Number, Acreage, Value, 1940

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

Arkansas.

216,674

18.044.542

456,848,156

6.171

6.609,833

30,524,324 2,166,452,648

51,436

Connecticut.

21,163

1,512,151

362,577

Delaware.

378,448

2,341

593,700

1,017

8,337,708

23,683,631 480,344,531

Idaho.

43,663

18,270.025

19,800,778 1,251,491,614
34,148,673 2,690,744,215

2,340

9,711,028

156,327

Kentucky.

Louisiana.

252,894

150,007

9.996,108 353,873,506

4,223,297 124.082,841

273,980,352

Minnesota.

197,351

7,862,858 18,807.114

19,156,058 474,986,062

6.068

6,952,931

Missouri.

256,100

Montana

41,823

46,451,594 350,178,461

1,137

5,748.069

17,304,802

3,785,106 47,594,384

25

1,809,314

62,206,391

860

New Jersey.

25,835

1,874,402

227,805,686

424

435,855 371,611 778,809

New Mexico

1,572,507

New York..

153.238

17,170.337

947,073,893

North Carolina.

278,276

18,845,338

736,708,125

North Dakota.

73,962

37,936,136 490,197,398

386

15,536,632

In 1935, farm land and buildings were valued at $32,858,844,012; in 1930, at $47,879,838,358; in 1920, $66,316,002.593. In 1929 (1930 census) woodland on farms totaled 85,321,900 acres, including woodland pasture. In 1940, farms operated by full owners numbered 3,084,138; by part owners, 615,039; by managers, 36,331; by tenants, 2,361,271; by croppers, 541,291.

Whites in 1940 operated 5,377,728 farms; non-whites, 719,071.

Farms and Farm Lands, by States, 1930

Source: United States Bureau of the Census

219,296 21,514,059 Tot. U. S... 6,288,648 986,771,016

In 1935 there were 6,812,350 farms, containing a total of 1,054,515,111 acres.

In 1925, the total extent of farm lands was 924,319,352 acres; in 1920 it was 955,883,715 acres; in 1910 the total was 878,798.325 acres.

The farm acreage in previous years was: (1900) 838,591,774; (1890) 623,218,619; (1880) 536,081,835; (1870) 407,725,041; (1860) 407,212,538; (1850) 293,560,614.

States

Farm Mortgages by States, 1939, 1940

Source: United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics

The figures are as of January 1. The Dist. of Columbia is included with Maryland

69,095 Maryland.

Arizona.

31,506 31,576 Massachusetts.

54,497

Data cover only continental U. S.; joint stock land bank figures include banks in receivership; data "banks" column 1935-1940 include insured commercial banks, prior to 1935 open state and national banks; figures for state credit agencies relate to Minnesota and the Dakotas. The "others" column covers loans of individuals, mortgage companies, the Farm Security Administration, etc.

The states in which the life insurance companies had outstanding, on Jan. 1, 1940, over 20 million dollars in farm mortgages were Iowa ($197,516,000); Illinois ($103,782,000); Texas ($85,460,000); Indiana ($55.566.000); Kansas ($53,319,000); Minnesota ($50,489,000); Missouri ($50,097,000); Nebraska ($44,822,000); Ohio ($30.429,000); Oklahoma ($25.923,000); Mississippi ($23,480,000). The farm real estate held by life insurance companies, to cover their loans, was valued, Jan. 1, 1940, at $700,530,000. On the same date the farm real estate held by Federal Land banks and the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp. was valued at $155,237,000; by Joint Stock Land banks, at $46,827,000; by insured commercial banks, at $42,045,000; by state credit agencies in Minnesota and the Dakotas, at $68,324,000. The Farm Credit Administration had outstanding on Dec. 31, 1940, a total of 2,580,171 small loans to farmers, aggregating $2,972,913,351, which included 1,046,324 farm mortgage loans, totaling $2,499,514,239.

Farms, Mortgaged and Otherwise

Source: United States Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Bank Activities

Cal.

Cal.

Cal.

1911 21.49 28.54
1912 22.23 29.34.
1913 22.89 30.21 1.20
1914 22.62 29.74 1.17
1915 22.97 30.06 1.18
1916 25.17 32.84 1.31
1917 31.11 40.52

1.13

1.39 1922 32.75 43.33

1.18

1.65

Yr. Incl. Excl. Incl. Excl. Yr. Incl. Excl. Incl. Excl. Yr. Incl. | Excl. Incl. Excl. Board Board Board Board Board Board Board Board Board Board Board Board 1909 $21.21 $28.10 $1.09 $1.30 1920 $51.73 $65.40 $2.98 $3.46 1931 $28.77 $38.38 $1.32 $1.62 1910 21.22 20.08 1.12 1.39 1921 33.62 44.67 1.77 2.12 1932 20.85 28.88 1.73 2.07 1933 18.07 25.67 1.43 1923 37.24 48.25 1.89 2.25 1934 20.24 28.19 1.46 1924 37.92 49.32 1.94 2.29 1935 22.42 30.24 1.43 1925 38.77 49.90 1.97 2.29 1936 24.53 32.28 1.44 1926 39.87 50.83 1.98 2.31 1937 28.00 36.32 1.58 1927 40.11 50.85 1.98 2.28 1938 27.73 35.63 1.31 1.58 1.981928) 40.11 50.72 1.98 2.27 1939 27.39 35.85 1.30 2.54 1929 40.61 51.22 1.96 2.25 1940 28.05 36.68 1.36

1918 37.96 48.80 2.15
1919 43.29 56.63 2.541 3.031930 37.59 48.101 1.76 2.08

The supply of farm labor in the United States as a whole was 92.5 per cent of normal on Jan. 1, 1938, 94.8 per cent on Jan. 1, 1939; 93.1 per cent on Jan. 1, 1940. The demand for farm labor was 80 per cent of normal on Jan. 1, 1938, 79.2 per cent on Jan. 1, 1939, and 21.2 per cent on Jan. 1, 1940.

Principal Crops in the United States

Source: Estimates by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Values prior to 1908 are as of Dec. 1, at farm; since then, the values are based on the average seasonal price.

1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 500-lb. 1,000
1,000 1,000 1,000
Ac. Bu. Dols. Ac. Bales Dols. Ac. Lbs. Dols.
544 48,346 24,478 24,886 10,123.027 463,310 1,046 814,345 53.661
641 59,938 40,216 31,508 11,608,616 820,407 1,366 1,103,415 102,142
992 103,925 117,834 34,408 13.489,603 933.658 1,960 1,582,225 335.675
1,117 109.394 84,295 31.361 9,762,069 1,161,846 1,695 1,246,837 289,248
993 97,177 95,091 35,550 10,139,671 1,571,815 1,877 1,515,110 301,096
688 53,912 69,441 39,503 13,627,936 1,540,884 1,706 1,251,343 259,139
779 62,319 85,034 44,390 16,103,679 1,464,032 1,756 1,757,000 250,774
819 82,703 78,956 44,616 17,977,374 982,736 1,656 1,297,889 236,702
933 94,112 77,615 38,349 12,956,043 1,269,885 1,585 1,211,909 256,882
810 77,661 71,096 42,432 14,477,874 1,301,796 1,894 1,374,547 277,506
646 64,963 60,982 43,242 14,824,861 1,217.829 1,987 1,537,193 286,104
649 53,117 48,323 42,545 13,931,597
785 63,043 36.185 38,705 17,095,594
926 78,431 29.518 35.939 13,001,508
759 65,134 37,891 29,978 13,047,262|
762 63,841 53,843 26,987 9,636,559]
969 83,128 58,501 27,335 10,638,391
822 64,144 60,035 30,028 12,398,882
840 75,053
883 76.647
862 72,679
772 61,998

669,455 2,112 1,647,377 211,102
483,582 2,014 1,607,484 131,498
371,840 1,411 1,022.756 107,776
611,743 1,757 1,366,235 177,905
595,602 1,271 1,045,660 223,709
590,136 1,437 1,297,210 237,814
760,386 1,438 1,155,328 272,895
796,179 1,735 1,552,601 317,294
513,638 1.600 1.375,823 269,184
536,923 2,020 1,858,364 285,997
595,720 1,427 1,376,471 226,874
000 bushels a year. The chief exporting countries
are the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Algeria, Can-
ada, Hungary, and Poland.
World production of tobacco averages 5,000,000,-
000 lbs. a year.

2,186 34,001 18,945.028 56,259 24,248 11,943.000 54,974 23,805 11,817,000 52,354 24,078 12,686,000

The Bureau of the Census figures for cotton production (bales) based on ginning reports are (1938) 11,944,340; (1939) 11,815,759; (1940) 12,553,968.

The potato crops of the world average 9,000,000,

1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Ac. Bu. Dols. AC. 1900. 95,042 2,505.148 878.243 51,387 1910. 104,035 2.886.260 1,384,817 45,681 1920. 101,699 3,208.584 2.150,332 61.143 1922. 102,846 2,906.020 1,910,775 62,317 1923. 104,324 3,053,557 2,217,229 59,659 1924. 100,863 2,309,414 2,666,771 52,535 1925. 101,359 2,916,961 1,966,761 52,255 1926. 99.713 2,692,217 1,729,457 56,337 1927. 98,393 2,763,093 1,997,759 58,784 1928. 100,673 2,818,901 2,119,046 58,272 1929. 97,806 2,535.386 1,962,832 62,671 1930. 100,793 2,059,641 1,349,218 61.140 1931. 105,948 2,588,509 929,147 57,103 1932. 108,668 2,906,873 558,902 57,114 1933. 103,260 2,351,658 924,930 47,910 87,795 1,377,126 1,124,321 42,249 1935. 95,441 2,296,669 1,505,396 51,229 1936. 93.020 1,507,089 1,574,256 48,863 1937.

1934.

93.741 2.651.284 1,379,616 64,422 1938. 92.222 2.309,674 1,290,423 69,869 1939.88,430 2,602,133 1,476,300 53,482 1940. 86,449 2,449.200 1,528,440 53,503

875,676

931,702

751,435

816,698

842.874 35.2561,161,612 349,395 3,846
522,639 35.661 1,068,431 253,335 4,021
519,575 32,968 935,942/290,922 3,832
547,084 34,847 1,235,628,359,819 3,192

49,830 34,157

55.564 18,788

Wheat production in 1940 (1,000 bushels)-win- | Australia. ter, 589.151; spring, 227.547.

Corn crops of the world average somewhat under 5 billion bushels. The chief exporting countries are Argentina, Roumania, of South Africa, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Indo-China, China, and

Year.

1900. 1910.

1920

1922.

1923. 1924. 1925.

Barley

Union

Buckwheat

39,049 17,163 40,601 16,498

World production of wheat approximates 411⁄2 billion bushels a year. The chief exporting countries are Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, Russia, Hungary, British India, Yugoslavia, Roumania and Algeria.

1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 | 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Ac. Bu. Dols. AC. Bu. Dols. Ac. Bu. Dols. Ac. Bu. Dols. Bu. 2,894 58,926 24,075 795 11,810 6,588 2,111 19,979 205,930 7,743 173,832 100,426 860 17.598 11,636 2,467 12,718 29.472 723 24.510 16,624 141,640 7,600 189.332 135.083 701 13,142 16,863 1.757 10.774 19.039 1.336 52,066 62.036 223.677 7,317 182,068 95,560 764 14,564 12,889 1,113 10,375 21,941 7,835 197,691 107,038 739 13,965 13,029 2,014 17,060 35,951 6,925 181,575 134,590 745 13,357 13,708 3,469 31,547 71,728 8,088 216,554 127,453 747 13,994 12,423 3,078 22,424 50,783 1926. 7,970 184,905 106,237 694 12,676 11,183 2,907 19,335 37,510 1927 9,476 265,882 180,200 810 15,755 13,155 2,837 25,847 48,079 1928. 12,598 357.487 197.459 749 13,148 11,511 2,675 19,928 40.098 977 43,240 38,277186,893 1929. 13,523 280,242 152,334 627 8,692 8,426 3,047 15,910 45,240 860 40,604 40,666 135,622 1930. 12.666 303,752 118.359 573 6,960 5,814 3.736 21,287 29,684 961 44,923 34,631 153.324 1931. 11,424 198,543 70,034) 505 8,890 3,770 2,416 11,798 14,145 964 44,873 27,268 202,415 1932. 13,346 302,042 60,689) 454 6,727 2,691 1,975 11,671 9,897 873 41,250 16,116 140,775 1933. 10.009 155.825 63,497) 462 7,844 4,162 1,328 6,947 10,538 792 37.058 28,881 142,981) 1934. 7,095 118,348 80,781 478 9,042 5,296 969 5,213 8,858 781 38,296 30,332 125,719 1935. 12,371 285,774 107,997 503 8,332 4,583 2,096 14,520 20,605 816 38.784 29,898 177,916 1936. 8,372 147,475 115,681 375 6,285 5,381 1,126 5,273 10,001 969 49,002 41,028 117,506 1937. 9.968 220,327 118,994 426 6,764 4,530 934 7.089 13.242 1,088 53,372 35,132 115,733 1938. 10,513 253,005 92,605 451 6,654 3.619 936 8,152 12,967 1,076 52.506 33,714 82,395 1939. 12,644 274,767 110,826 374 5,669 3,561 2,250 20,152 29,492 1,040 53,722 39,095 143,085 1940 13,394 309,235 119,719 393 6,350 3,447 3,228.31,127 41,746 1,051 52,754 37,052 115,456

Russia is the largest producer of flax fiber with 1 over a billion lbs. a year. It is a north-of-Europe

crop.

The average world rice crop is 130 to 140 billion lbs. a year. The largest exporters are British India, Indo-China, and Thailand (Siam).

The farm population on April 1, 1940, was estimated by the U. S. Bureau of the Census at 30,475,206, as compared with 30,445,350 in 1930 and 31,614,269 in 1920.

The Bureau says that "a part of the explanation for the lack of growth of the farm population lies in the fact that farm practices are becoming more efficient, so that smaller and smaller numbers of workers on our farmland areas are able to produce all of the products that can be marketed.

"Another factor is the decline during recent years in the exportation of certain farm products."

Visible Supply of Wheat, Corn and Oats in United States

1933. Jan.

Dec. 31

Mar. 14

2

7 161,082 May 27 114,909 Dec. 30 1932. Jan. 2212,329 Dec. 31 162,971 1931. Sept. 5 236,323 June 27 187,320 1930. Sept. 27 205,732 June 28 107,475 Mar 15 1929. Nov. 2 194,215 June 22 92,148 Mar 23 1923. Dec. 29 138,743 June 30 38,922 Mar. 17 1927. Nov. 26 91,117 June 25 21,155 Mar. 19 1926. Oct 75,067 June 26 10,975 Mar. 27 CONTRACT (SPOT) PRICES OF WHEAT, CORN AND OATS AT CHICAGO

63.064 June 8
48,037 Sept. 16
48,866 Sept. 17
32,822 May 29
12.093 Oct. 17
39,875 Nov. 2
66.694 July 14
66,694 Jan. 7
28,985 Aug. 6
21,182 Sept. 26
24,745 Aug. 16
34,539 Nov 16
45,542 Oct. 27
48,837 Oct 22
37,197 Oct. 16

1

7

15 23

2

Date 10,425 July 201 16,383 July 15 24,809 July 23 34,248 July 17 886 50,702 June 20 30,738 45,855 July 6 8,014 44,866 Aug 4 20,415 46,943 May 6 27,623 July 16 328,226 July 25 30.815 July 26 30,799 July 20

Date 23,010 Jan. 6 7,377 Sept. 16 8,756 Jan. 1 3,211 Jan. 3,181 Aug. 29 1,827 Nov. 30 32,954 Jan. 1 28,929 Nov. 18 10,815 Oct. 15 5,301 Jan. 2,653 Nov. 2.414 Oct. 26 1,284 Jan. 18,609 Jan. 16,918 Jan

OATS (1,000 BUSHELS)

Larg-
est

Smallest

2.022 5.199 5,334

21,085

9,579

6,489

6.925

6,975

HIGH AND LOW SPOT PRICES OF RYE AND BARLEY AT CHICAGO (CENTS)
Rye (1922) 111, May; 6812, Aug.; (1923) 8912.
Feb.; 634, June; (1924) 1512. Dec.; 654. Mch..
May: (1925) 17312. Jan.; 782 Sept.; (1926) 11012.
July; 82. Mch., May; (1927) 119, June: Aug.;
(1928) 1392, May: 93. Sept.; (1929) 118, Aug.;
84, May; (1930) 10134. Jan.; 45, Nov.; (1931) 64,
Nov. 3434, April; (1932) 5434, Jan.; 30, Nov.;
(1933) 99, July; 35, Jan.; (1934) 8914, Dec.; 5914.
May; (1935) 6234, Oct. 4714 Aug.: (1936) 13212.
Dec.; 552, Mch., April (1937) 1.2912, Jan.: 67,
Nov.; (1938) 8414. Jan; 43, July, Nov.; (1939) 6412.
Dec.; 42, July; (1940) 88, Feb.; 44, Aug.

0.43 0.364

Barley (1922) 75. Dec.; 47. Aug.: (1923) 81. Dec.; 46, Sept.; (1924) 102, Oct.; 55, Jan.: (1925) 104, Feb.; Mch.; 52, Oct.: (1926) 78. Jan., Dec.; 40. Aug.; (1927) 98, June; 56, Jan.: (1928) 111. May; 44, Nov.; (1929) 77, Feb.; 47, Aug.: (1930) 73, Sept.: 35, Dec.; (1931) 6612. Jan.; 31, June; (1932) 63, Mch.; 21, Oct.; (1933) 23, July and Sept. 22, Jan. and Feb.; (1934) 132, Sept.: 40, April: (1935) 1.15. Jan.: 30. Aug. and Oct.: (1936) 150. Sept.; 322, April; (1937) 145, Jan. 38, Nov.; (1938) 93, Jan., Feb.: 41. Oct., Nov.: (1939) 662. Sept. 26, Feb.: (1940) 72. Jan.; 41, July.