U. S. Grain Exports and Imports, by Years

Source: United States Department of Commerce

9,874,000;

(1931)

Barley exports (bu.)-(1930)

7,851,000; (1932) 7,043,000; (1933) 7,142,000; (1934)
5,447,000; (1935) 7,507,000; (1936) 7,376,764; (1937)
11,473,002; (1938) 16,129,664; (1939) 5,410,028;
(1940) 1,402,587.

Barley imports-(1936) 8,143,632; (1937) 10,384,

108; (1938) 125,781; (1939) 776,499; (1940) 1,406,172. Rye exports (bu.)-(1930) 266,000; (1931) 121,000; (1932) 1,095,700; (1933) 39,871; (1934) 5,647; (1935) 5.353; (1936) 5,504; (1937) 4,261,819; (1938) 3,347,315; (1939) 86,496; (1940) 889,918.

Rye imports (1936) 3,889,052; (1937) 206,860; (1938) 2; (1939) 23; (1940) 59,633.

World Exports of Wheat and Corn

Source: G. J. S. Broomhall, Liverpool; figures show thousands of bushels
Wheat Exports by Countries Named,
and Total for all Countries

Corn Exports by Countries Named and Total for all Countries

There are no reliable figures for any year later than 1936, which is the period covered by the above
table. The first year of the European war was marked by reductions in the grain crops on that continent.
In 1940 and 1941 there was an increase of production in the Western Hemisphere and also in Asia and
Australasia, in order to ship larger surpluses to the countries engaged in the struggle.

Grain Crops of the World

Source: International Institute of Agriculture: U. S. Department of Agriculture; figures represent millions of bushels and include Russia except as noted below

1921-22.

Short tons Short tons Short tons Short tons Short tons Short tons Short tons Short tons

1,091,000

334,000 1,425,000 609,077 405,000

866,109
783,163

533,189 4,517,470 20,827,000 475,325 4,083,483 20,866,000 529,091 4,606,223 23,001,000 779,510 5,812,068 26,930,000 607,362 5,523,946 27,757,000 766,902 5,049,632 27,171,000 807,814 4,526,879 29,256,000 933,954 5,775,031 30,852,000 218,000 1,307,000 983,767 5,231,490 30,785,000 1,293,000 215,000 1,508,000 988,612 958,032 3,495,292 31,586,000 1,237,000 184,000 1,421,000 1,025,354 992,335 1,174,311 2,916,807 29,241.000 1,452,000 265,000 1,717,000 1,035,548 816,337 1,342,795 2,233,544 27,138,000 1,757,000 250,000 2,007,000 952,187 1,103,822 1,652,593 2,526,573 28,812,000 1,241,000 267,000 1,508,000 952,000 773,021 754,714 2,842,502 29,295,000 1,268,000 383,000 1,651,000 1,073,000 926,344 1,042.625 2,863,767 31,738.000 1,395,000 437.000 1,832,000 920,629 996,303 1,186,184 3,374,524 35,365,000 1,378,000 462,000 1,840,000 969,776 1.077,149 1,115.574 3.379,845 34,965,552 1.803.000 583,000 2,386.000 994,173 851,959 1.039.305 3,091,129 33,098,498 1,758,000 504,000 2,262,000 968.912 1,018,803 1.141,841 3,156,845 34,000,000 1,850,000 358,000 2,208,000 968,800 907,564 1,282,440 2,726,000 33,000,000

1922-23..

1923-24..

722,000
943,000

302,000 1,024,000 545,606 379,000

168,000 1,111,000

701,433

447,200

1924-25..

1,166,000

90,000 1,256,000

776,072

660,003

142,000 1,119,000

1926-27..

960,000

48,000 1,008,000

72,000 1,242,000

136,000 1,271,000]

912,357

disaccharide having the
C12H22O11. Made from sugarcane.
Beet sugar is also sucrose, a disaccharide,
C12H22O11. Made from sugarbeets.

Maple sugar is substantially sucrose, C12H22O11, its higher price being due to its characteristic maple flavor.

Corn sugar is a monosaccharide, with the formula, CH12O6, its chemical name being dextrose, or glucose. Made from corn starch.

Silk, Rayon Yarn, Cotton and Wool Production

Source: Cotton and wool figures, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture; silk figures by the National Federation of Textiles, Inc., successor to the Silk Association of America; rayon data by the Textile Economics Bureau, Inc.

364 18.7 15.7 25.3318.52,920 1,111 19.8 13.7 25.0 204.02,971 57,399 1,816 25.2 14.1 26.3 296.2 2,881 1914. 48.468 2,422 19.7 16.1 28.7 290.2 2,872 1915. 53.088 3,885 18.5 11.2 20.7 285.7 2,837 1916. 59,800 5,778 23.4 11.4 19.8 288.5 2,717 1917. 59,007 6,544 24.2 11.3 19.9 281.9 2,790 1918. 56,307 5,846 25.9 12.0 19.7 298.9 2,809 1919.. 61,040) 8,278 27.8 11.4 20.9 298.2 2,894 1920.. 46,500 10,125 33.1 13.4 21.3 293.82,965 1921. 64,638 14,991 48.2 7.9 21.1 290.2 3,003 1922.. 96,857 23,700 76.1 9.7 15.4 270.4 2,704 1923. 67,200 34,494 102 6 10.1 19.3 272.7 2,978 1924. 85,860 36.328 135.2 13.6 19.7 282.0 3,184 88,052 51,049 186.5 16.1 24.9 300.0 3,342

1926. 97,348 62,693
1927. 102,181 75,555
1928 108,431 97,232
1929 100.125 121,399)
1930.

1931.

1932 1933.

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939.
1940.

214.8 18.0 27.9 318.9 3.587 298.0 12.9 28.4 339.53,603 361.2 14.5 24.0 366.7 3,749 436.1 14.8 26.8 382.3 3,728 451,200 13.9 26.2 414.0 3,680 499,670 17.1 27.8 442.4 3,680 514,820 13.0 24.4 418.1 3,680 663,395 13.0 26.9 438.4 3,600 772,530 9.6 23.8 430.8 3,530 940,535 10.6 26.7 430.7 3,600 119.1 277,640 1,022,550 12.4 31.5 426.5 3,720 121.1 321,680 1,198,760 18.9 38.7 432.8 3,800 108.1 257,625 990,245 11.9 29.1 436.5 3,900 104.1 328,625 1,144,705 11.8 28.9 441.9 4,010 471,170 1,143,960: 12.7 30.5 449.8 3,520

The 1939 world cotton production figures include estimate for Russia and China on the 1938 basis. Rayon figures are for yarn only. There are no 1940 silk data owing to the war.

U. S. Production of Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Snuff

Source: United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Plug Twist Finecut Smok'g| Snuff 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 Lbs. Lbs. 6,599,188 965,135 17,964,348 150,659 14,829 8,096,759 633.222 28,038 47,430,105 138,563 11,766 6,463,193 447.089 17,429 82,247,100 111,391 9,750 5.893.890 383.070 7,367 123.802.186 86,2731 4,382,723 278,748) 3,373 106,632,434 61,945 4,918 4,300.045 209,515) 2,846 114,874,217 61,361 5,042 4,525,780 221,976 88,202 129,976,333 62,760 5,080 4,685,370 177,822 2,504 139,966,180 60.588 5,604 5,172,279 180.006 2,458 158.893,958 59.164 6,372 5,303,369 198,585 3,066 169,969,320 58.331 6,774 5,014,758 152.990 2,637 171,686,382 54,494 5,659 1939.. 5,197,627 156,940 4,369 180,666,8241 51,263 5,733

Total

1,000

Lbs.

Lbs.

10,045

Lbs. 234.928 31.898

Lbs

442,359

8,681

219,270 34,349

412.629

7,151

247,740 37,841| 413.873

7.6241

5.089

232.013) 40.766 371.766

3,354

237,862 36,894 345,566 4,683 235,757 36,095 342,728 5.068 239,349 38.022 347.976 4.999 233.334 37,141 340.579 4,572 243,469 37.173 345,368 4,701 243,640 37,970 343,306

190,986 35,994) 347,279 3,120 191,766 36,098) 342.113 2,970

State

Harvested Acreage of Principal Crops, 1940

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Vermont.

Rhode Island..

New York

Maine.

New Hampshire..

Massachusetts..

Connecticut..

New Jersey.

Pennsylvania.

Ohio.. Indiana...

1,343,000

Acres 16,917,200

Louisiana.

Acres 4,155,000

Oklahoma.

13,208,000

25,826,200

483,100

366,300

Idaho

2,724,000

Wyoming.

1,868,200

6,690,600

Virginia

3,791,000

Colorado

5,559,200

New Mexico

1,372,200

Includes corn (all), wheat (all), oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, flaxseed, rice, grain sorghums (all), cotton, tame hay (all), wild hay, sweet sorghums for forage and hay, timothy seed, sweetclover seed, dry edible beans, soybeans for beans, cowpeas for peas, peanuts picked and threshed, velvetbeans (total), sorgo for sirup, sugarcane, sugar beets, potatoes, sweetpotatoes, tobacco, broomcorn, asparagus, snap beans, cabbage, cantaloups, carrots, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, green peas, spinach, tomatoes, and watermelons. The acreages of red clover seed, alsike clover seed, lespedeza seed, and alfalfa seed are assumed to be included in the tame hay acreage.

Crop Yields Per Acre Harvested in U. S., 1920-1939

Source: United States Department of Agriculture

Sweet

Bu. Bu. Bu. 1921. 28.4 23.0 18.8 1922 27.0 28.5 23.2 1923. 28.4 30.5 22.2 1924. 22.1 33.8 23.5 1925. 27.6 31.8 23.5 1926. 25.6 26.9 21.0 1927. 26.6 27.1 25.3 1928. 26.6 32.7 25.8 1929. 25.8 29.2 20.7 1930. 20.5 32.0 23.8

Bu. Bu. Bu.
12.7 12.6 39.7
13.8 14.9 39.6
13.3 11.3 38.0
16.0 14.8 38.9
12.8 11.1
14.7 10.2

Year Corn Oats Bar- Wheat Rye Rice Cot- Beans, Soy- Pea- Popo- To- Sugar ley ton dry beans nuts tatoes tatoes bacco beets Lbs. Lbs. Bu. Lbs. Bu. 132.5 706.7 148.8 699.8 136.4 725.2

38.6

41.2

161.7 604.0

12.2

13.0 11.3

14.2

12.4 46.5

81.3 775.9 11.9

10.6

46.2

1938. 27.8 30.0 24.1 1939. 29.4 28.4 21.7 1940. 28.3 35.5 23.1 ESTIMATED ACREAGES OF CERTAIN CROPS PLANTED AND NOT HARVESTED, U. S., 1920-'39

20.2 20.7

235.8 925.2 14.1 10.2 51.7 237.9 882.2 15.3 12.7 50.2 252.4 875.5 16.1 845.1 130.3 80.3 964.6 13.0

746.5 123.8
634.5 120.3

86.8 860.0 12.5 84.3 920.1 11.8

Win

All

Beans,

Year

Corn, ter spring Oats Bar- Flax- Sugar Cot- dry,
all wheat wheat
ley seed beets

ton

9 Potaedible crops toes

In 1939 crop failures totaled 20,580,017 acres. Crop land idle or fallow amounted to 56,928,656 acres. Plowable pasture land covered 131,379,940 acres.

Of the total valuation of farm land and buildings ($33.641,738,726) the buildings accounted for $10,405,435,796. Farm implements and machinery totaled $3,060,187,389, making an aggregate of $36,701,926,115.

In 1940 the number of farms was 3.1 per cent less than in 1930; the farm acreage increased 7.5 per cent; but the value of land and buildings decreased 29.7 per cent.

Live Stock on Farms in the U. S., by Years

LIVE STOCK ON FARMS: VALUE PER HEAD AND AGGREGATE VALUE

Turkeys on farms (Jan. 1, 1940) no., 8,567,000; value, $18,679,000; (Jan. 1, 1941) no., 7,030,000; value, $16,178,000.

The Bureau of the Census made a count on April 1, 1940, and found the number of livestock on farms and ranches to be as follows-horses and colts, 10,086,971 (of which 802,989 were colts); mules and mule colts, 3,844,560 (of which 99,679 were colts); cattle and calves, 60,674,734 (of which 33,523,185 were cows 2 yrs. old and over); hogs and pigs, 34.037,253 (of which 7,987,641 were sows); sheep and lambs, 40,129,261 (of which ewes were 35,579,506).

The 21,936,556 cows that were milked in 1939 produced 11,508,243,769 gallons.

The 36,264,192 sheep shorn in 1939 yielded 289,772,976 lbs. of wool.

Butter churned in 1939, 428.692,339 lbs.: butter sold, 76,358,236 lbs.; whole milk sold, 5.375,407,901 gallons; cream sold, 1,090.261,486 butterfat lbs.

There were 337,949,145 chickens, 4,361,752 turkeys, 2,460,067 ducks, 634,868 geese, and 841,016 guineas on farms on April 1, 1940. Chicken eggs produced in 1939 numbered 2.391,091,510 dozens.

Milk production on farms (1,000,000 lbs.)-(1934) 101,528; (1935) 101,421; (1936) 103,183; (1937) 103,132; (1938) 107,255: (1939) 108,558: (1940) 111,072.

Meat Production (Total Slaughter) and Consumption in U. S.

Source: Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Washington

In the United States in 1940 the number of livestock slaughtered under Federal inspection was: Cattle, 9,756,000 (9,174,600,000 pounds); calves, 5,359,000 (1,024,048,000 pounds); hogs, 50,398,000 (11,716,064,000 pounds); sheep and lambs. 17,351,000 (1,495,271,000 pounds); total live weight, 23,409,984,000 pounds; total dressed weight, 14,950,759,000 pounds.

Farm Income and Government Payments by States

Source: Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agriculture

Income from crops-(1940) $3,535,712,000; (1939) $3,371,701,000; (1938) $3,192,753,000; (1937) $3,926,518,000. Income from livestock and their products-(1940) $4,818,392,000; (1939) $4,489,668,000; (1938) $4,459,074,000; (1837) $4,861,450,000. U. S. totals-(1940) cash income, $8.354,104,000; govt. payments, $765.799.000; total, $9,119,903,000. (1939) cash income, $7.861,369,000; govt. payments, $807,065,000; total, $8,668,434,000. (1938) cash income, $7,651,827,000; govt. payments, $482,221,000; total, $8,134,048,000.

Cash farm income in the United States from marketings, by former calendar years, is estimated as follows: (1924) $9,785,000,000; (1925) $10,881,000,000: (1926) $10,580.000,000; (1927) $10,700,000,000; (1928) $11,089,000,000; (1929) $11,221,000,000; (1930) $8.941,000,000; (1931) $6,254,000,000; (1932) $4,606,000,000; (1933) $5,248,000,000; (1934) $6,138,000,000; (1935) $6,805,000,000; (1936) $8,012,000,000: (1937) $8,787,968,000.