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Excerpt from Agricultural Statistics, 1973 Agricultural Statistics is published each year to meet the diverse needs for a reliable reference book on agricultural production, supplies, consumption, facilities, costs, and returns. Its tables of annual data cover a wide variety of facts in forms suited to. Most common use. Inquiries concerning more current or more detailed data, past and prospective revisions, or the statistical methodology used should be addressed directly to the agency credited with preparing the table. Most of the data were prepared or compiled in the us. Depart ment of Agriculture. A few tables were prepared in other Government agencies. The historical series in this volume have been generally limited to data beginning with 1959 or later. However, many of the series carry a reference in the source note to the table in Agricultural Statistics, 1972, where comparable data for earlier years can be found. In the 1972 issue, historical tables showing totals for the United States begin with 1929 for the principal crops and with 1930 for January 1 livestock numbers. Most fruit and vegetable tables begin with 1944. Other basic tables showing national totals begin with 1949 or 1954 (livestock and poultry tables 1 year later). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.