All forms 21 (0) 19 (NA) 21 (0) 16 (NA) 30 (0) 26 (NA) 29 (0) 27 (NA) (NA) (NA)

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1 Table 1. Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: and 1974 with sales of $2.500 or more.. Average size of farm Approximate land area Proportion in farms percent Value of land and buildings,' Average per farm dollars Average per ocre dollors land in farms according to use: Total cropland Harvested cropland 6y acres harvested, 1 to 9 acres 10 to 19 acres 20 to 29 acres 30 to 49 acres 50 to 99 acres 100 to 199 acres 200 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 1,000 acres or more Cropland used only for posrure Other cropland Farms Acres Farms Acres Farms Acres Farms Acres (XI I I I (0) (0) Cropland in cover crops, legumes, and soilimprovement grosses, not harvested or pastured Cropland on which all crops failed 13 (0) 5 (0) 2 (0) 27 I 110 INA) 17 I I 013 Cropland in cultivated summer follow. Cropland idle 3 (0) 2 (0) 5 (0) I 856 Total woodland Woodland pastured Woodland not pastured Other land Pasrureland and rangeland, other than cropland and woodland postured land in house lots, ponds, roods, wasteland, etc PasMeland, all types Irrigated land Harvested cropland irrigoted Pastureland irrigated Other land irrigated 3 (0) 2 (0) 4 Land set aside in the federal form programs in I (D) I (0) (0), doto ore based on a sample of forms; see text. Tobie 2. Market Value of Agricultural Products Sold: and 1974 Farms with sales of $2,500 or mare Value Value Value Value Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Market value of agriculrural products sold' Average per farm dollars_ by value of agricultural products sold:' $100,000 or more $ to $99,999 $20,000 to $39,999 $10,000 to $19,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $2,500 to $4,999 Less than $2,500 (see text) $2,000 to $2,499 $1,500 to $1,999 $1,000 to $1,499 less than Abnormal farms (see text} Crops Groins Commodity Credit Corporation loons Cotton and cottonseed Commodity Credit Corporation loons T oboeca Field seeds, hay, forage. and silage Vegetables, sweet com, and melons Fruits, nuts, and berries Nursery and greenhouse products Other crops livestock. poultry, and their products Poultry and poultry products Oairy products Cattle and colves Sheep, lambs, and wool Other livestock and livestock products (see text) B I I (XI (XI (XI (XI (XI (0) I (0) (NAI (NAI I (0) (0) II (0) I (0) I (0) I I (0) I (DI I (0) '1974 data include sales of forest products. 360 OUACHITA PARISH, LA. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA

2 Table 3. Farms, land in Farm_ land Use, and Irrigation, by Size of Farm: and 1974 with harvested cropland with irrigated land Acres Acres HOIVested Acres Horvested Irrig01ed in farms Farms in forms cropland in farms cropland lond All larms with 1 to 9 acres 10 to 49 ocres 50 to 69 acres 70 to 99 acres 100 to 139 acres 140 to 179 acres 180 to 219 acres 220 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 1,000 to 1,999 acres 2,000 acres or more I (D) (D) (0) I (D) I (0) (D) (D) II (D) (D) (0) Table 4. OperatorsTenure, Type of Organization, and Characteristics: and 1974 with sales of $2,500 or more Acres Farms Acres Acres Acres land in larms Harvested cropland Tenure of operator: Full owners Harvested cropland. 179 II 099 II Part Harvested owners cropland _ _ T enonts Harvested croplanrl Type of organization: Individual or family Partnership II (D) Corporation 10 (D) 10 (D) Otherrooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc, 4 (D) I (D) 1 (D) with sales of A1llorms with sales of $2,500 or more $2,500 or more '1974 '1974 '1974 '1974 Operators by principal occupation: Operators by place of residence: Forming On form operated Other Not on farm operated 126 Not reported Operators by age group, Under 25 years 25 to 34 years Operators reporting days of work off form: None 35 to 44 years to 54 years I to 49 doys to 64 years to 99 days to 149 days 9 II 4 7 6S years and over to 199 days Average Og days or more 'Applies only to individual or family operations (sole proprietorships) and partnerships; see text. Table 5. Selected Farm Production Expenses: and 1974 [ data ore based on a somple of farms see textl All larms Farms with sales 01 $2,500 or more Expenses Expenses Expenses Expenses Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) Farms ($1,000) livestock and poultry purchased Feed lor livestock and poultry Commercially mixed formula leed' Animal health costs Seeds, bulbs, plants, and trees Commercial fertilizer Other agricultural chemicals induding lime Hired larm labor Contract lobar Customwork, machine hire, and rental of machinery and equipment Energy and petroleum products pe~~~r :~;~;====================================== LP gas, butane, and propane ~~%~~I Ke~~sene, g~~========================================= motor oil, and grease =~~l;ood,~~e~.t~============================= CENSUS OF AGRICUlTURECOUNTY DATA I ] I I } (Nil] 6 I OUACHITA PARISH, LA. 361

3 Table 6. Agricultural Chemicals Used, Including Fertilizer and Lime: and 1974 [ data are based on a sample of forms; see text] Alilarms forms with sales 01 $2,500 or more Farms Acres on which used Farms Acres on which used 1974 Acres on which used Commercial fertilizer Cropland lertilized, except posture Pasture and rangeland fertilized lime Sprays, dusts, granules, fumigants, etc. to contro~ Insects on hoy and other crops Nematodes in crops Diseases in crops and orchards Weeds, gross, or brush in crops and posture Chemicals for Defoliation or for growth control of crops or thinning of fruit Insect control on livestock and poultry Sanitation and rodent and bird control (0) Table 7. Machinery and Equipment on Place: and 1974 [ data are based on a sample ollanns; see text] Alilanns Farms with sales 01 $2,500 or more Alilarms Farms with sales ot $2,500 or more 1974 All MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT All MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENTCon. Estimated market value 01 all machinery and equipment farms Average per lann dalla,, by value group: $1 to $4,999 $5,000 to $9,999 $10,000 to $19, Estimated market value of all machinery and equipmentcon $20,000 to $29, $30,000 to $49,999 $50,000 to $69, $70,000 to $99, $100,000 to $199, $200,000 or more } { 20 } All fanns Manufactured 1974 to Manulactured prior to 1974 Farms Number Farms Number Farms Number Manulactured Number 1970 to 1974 SELECTED MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT Automobiles Motortrucks including pickups Wheel tracto" Groin and bean combines, sellpropelled only Com heads for combines Other compickers and pjcker~shellerl Cottonpickers Mower conditioners Pickup bole" Field forage harvesters, shear bar or Ilywheel type (0) Table 8. Hired Farm Workers: and 1974 [ data are based on a sample 01 tarms see text] Hired workersalilanns, Working 150 days or more Working less than 150 days Any hired workersforms with sales ot $2,500 or more Farms Workers 1 worker with 2 workers 3 or 4 workers 5 to 9 workers 10 workers or more Any Workers Farms Workers OUACHITA PARISH, LA. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA

4 Table 9. Livestock and PoultryInventory and Sales: and 1974 with soles of $2,500 or more Farms Number Farms Number farms Number forms Number UVESTOCK AND POULTRY ) MY livestock or poultry ond their products Any (ottle, hogs, or sheep I (D) I (D) CAnu AND CALVES Inventory: Cottle and calves Cows and heifers that hod calved Beef cows Milk (OWS Heifers and heifer calves Steers, steer calves, bulls and bull calves 285 II II III I I Cottle and calves Calves Cottle Fattened cattle $1.000 ~airy products HOGS, SHEEP, GOATS, AND HORSES Inventory, Used or to be used for breeding Other hogs and pigs litters of pigs farrowed between Dec. I of precedi~ year and Nov. 30 Yu~~ l ~~J~v. i3~ y~~~~~_~~~_~~=================== Sheep and lambs I I I I I (D) 2 (D) I (D) Ewes 1 year old or older I (D) (HA) 1 II)) Goats I (D) I (D) 3 17 Horses and ponies II I 966 (D) 393 Feeder pigs (D) Sheep and lambs 1 (D) 2 (D) I (D) Sheep and lambs shorn I ({) Pounds of wool I (D) (D) (D) Sheep, lambs, and wool I (D) Goats I (D) 1 (D) I (D) I (D) (D) (D) (Z) Horses and ponies POULTRY Inventory. My poultry Chickens 3 months old or older Hens and pullets of laying age Pullets 3 months old or older Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old Broilers and other meattype chickens Turkeys Turkeys for slaughter Turkey hens kept for breeding Other poultry My poultry Chickens 3 months old or older Hens and pullets of laying oge Pullets 3 months old or older Pullet chicks and pullets under 3 months old Broilers and other meattype chickens Turkeys Turkeys for slaughter Turkey hens kept for breeding c Other poultry Poultry and pouttry products (D) II (D) 10 (D) (D) 6 (D) 3 (D) (D) (D) (D) (D) ({) (D) 1 (D) 7 (D) (D) 1 (D) 1 (D) I (D) (D) 2 (D) I (D) I (D) 2 (D) 2 (D) 3 I (D) CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA OUACHITA PARISH, LA. 363

5 Tobie 10. Crops: and 1974 All farms Farms with sales of $2,500 or more Harvested Irrigated Harvested Irrigated Farms Acres Quantity Farms Acres Farms Acres Quantity Farms Acres Com for all purposes (0) (0) For grain or seed (bushels) (0) (0) For silage or green chop (tons, green) (0) (0) 2 (0) (0) 1 (D) For fodder, hogged or grazed 2 (0) (0) 2 (D) Sorghums for all purpases (0) For grain or seed (bushels) 2 (0) (0) 2 (0) (0) For silage or green chop (tons, green) I (D) (D) 2 (0) (0) Cut for dry forage or hay (tons, dry) Hogged or grazed Wheat for grain (bushels) Oats for grain (bushels) Barley for grain (bushels) Rye for grain (bushels) Other small grains for grain 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (0) 2 (D) Soybeans for beans (bushels) (0) (0) Peanuts for nuts (pounds) (D) 2 (0) (D) 2 (0) (0) Cotton (ooles) (0) (0) Tobacco (pounds) Irish potatoes (hundredweight) (0) (0) (0) Sweetpotatoes (bushels) (0) (0) Hay crops (tons. dry) (see text) (0) Alfalfa hay (tons, dry) (D) 2 (0) (0) Other tame dry hay (tons, dry) (see text) (D) Field seed crops Alfalfa seed (pounds)! Red clover seed (pounds) All vegetables horvested for sale (see text) Sweet com Tomatoes (D) Green peas excluding cowpeas 2 (0) 1 (D) 6 78 Land in orchards (0) (0) Apples (pounds) Peaches (pounds) Gropes (pounds) (see text) (0) Berries 1 (D) Strawberries (pounds) Nursery and greenhouse products Other cropl (Xl 5 1\ 8 (D) (Xl 5 1\ 2 (0) (Xl 364 OUACHITA PARISH, LA. CENSUS OF AGRICULTURECOUNTY DATA