OVEMBER 1 6
BULLETIN 13
STATE OF ALABAMA
CROP-REPORTING DISTRICTS
LAUDERDALE L IMESTONE MADISON JACKSON
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MOBILE BALDWIN
These groupings of counties, known as Crop
Reporting Districts, are 
arranged in such a manner
because of the variability of soils and types of
farming in Alabama. Such groupings are needed
(1) to bring together into 
workable units all re-
ports of factors affecting 
farm production in
similar counties (2) to speed up the preparation
of reports and (3) to give weight 
in proportion
... o, IENco to the volume of production in each district.
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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRIES
Richard "Dick" Beard, Commissioner
M. D. "Pete" Gilmer, Assistant Commissioner
Cooperating with
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Clifford M. Hardin, Secretary
Harry Trelogan, Administrator, Statistical Reporting Service
G. D. Simpson, Deputy Administrator and Chairman, Crop Reporting Board
R. P. Handy, Assistant Administrator
This bulletin was compiled by
ALABAMA CROP AND LIVESTOCK REPORTING SERVICE
George B. Strong, Agricultural Statistician, In Charge
Joseph G. Thomas, Jr.,
Tommy E. Davis,
William H. Briscoe,
Lester J. Hartung,
Harold F. 
Benford,
William T. Turner,
Assistant Statistician, In Charge
Livestock Statistician
Crops Statistician
Poultry Statistician
State Supervisor for Enumerative Surveys
Student Trainee
The clerical force includes:
Miss Maudie Amason, Supervisory Statistical Assistant
Annette Culp
Alliene Howell
Myra Ligon
Virgie McDaniel
Elizabeth McKim
Mrs. Leone Moore
Miss Olivia Pritchett
Mrs. Betty Stevens
Mr. Frank Stripling
Mrs. Pat Yates
Room 831 Aronov Building
474 South Court Street
Montgomery, Alabama
Telephone'
Mailing Address
P. 0. Box 1071
Montgomery, Alabama 36102
(205) 269-7470 or 263-7521 Ext. 394
1
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
Mrs.
THE COMMISSIONER
SPEAKS
Your Alabama Department 
of Agriculture and 
Industries is glad 
to cooperate
with the United States 
Department of Agriculture 
in issuing bulletin 13 
in the
series Alabama Agricultural 
Statistics. Alabama's 
agriculture is "big 
business"
and is constantly 
changing. This bulletin 
is valuable in famialiarizing 
farmers,
agricultural workers, 
those interested 
in our farm economy 
and all people in
general with changes 
that are occurring 
in Alabama's agriculture.
A man's judgment 
is no better than 
his facts and basic 
facts about Alabama
Agriculture are presented 
in this bulletin. 
The statistics and 
relationships
presented herein 
provide farmers and 
agri-businessmen 
with information 
brought
together by an impartial 
source. It is as 
accurate and truthful 
as we can make
it with funds and 
personnel available.
Cooperation between 
the State and Federal 
Governments prevents 
duplication
of effort and confusion 
of conflicting reports. 
Also, this cooperation 
promotes
economy and efficiency 
of operations.
Voluntary reporting 
by farmers and agri-businessmen 
is a necessary step 
in
assembling this 
material for publication. 
I urge each active 
farmer and agri-
businessman to contribute 
his part to future 
bulletins in this 
series whenever he
has a chance to 
do so by furnishing 
information requested 
of him.
Sinc 
e y yours,
Richard 'Dick" Beard
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
PREFACE
This issue of Alabama Agricultural Statistics is the thirteenth in
a series that began in 1948. Tables in this publication update bulletin
12 issued in August 1967.
Agriculture is undergoing many technological changes, that affect
the production and processing of food, and changes that can and will
affect the demand and supply of many farm products. This trend, so
evident at the present time, makes the assembling of statistics deal-
ing with agriculture of far more importance to the farmer and agri-
businessman than ever before.
Material presented herein has been prepared for publication by the
Alabama Crop and Livestock Reporting Service, which reflects the coope-
rative efforts of the Alabama and United States Departments of Agriculture.
Federal funds provide facilities for a basic program of crop, livestock,
and price estimates for the State as a part of the National Program.
State funds make it possible to prepare and publish more detailed data
such as county estimates and special reports on commodities of local
importance.
Most of the statistics in this bulletin are estimates based on sample
data and are not complete 
enumerations. The volunteer 
reporter remains
the backbone of the Reporting Service. Information furnished by him is
supplemented by data collected by Enumerators who determine crop acreages
and livestock numbers in sample segments. These same Enumerators make
counts of fruit on cotton and corn plants in sample plots for use in pre-
paring forecasts of production during the season.
We want to acknowledge and express our sincere thanks for the public
service rendered by all reporters, agri-businessmen and cooperating agencies.
Sincerely yours,
Geor e B. Strong
Agricultural Statistican
In Charge
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
General
Title page
The Commissioner Speaks
Preface
Contents
Crops
Review, 1968
Alabama's rank among states
Acreage, yield, production,
price and value
Fruit and nut
Commercial vegetables
Production, farm disposition
and value of sales
Distribution of cotton, corn,
wheat and soybeans, by, counties
County estimates
Cotton
Corn
Soybeans
Wheat
Peanuts
Distribution of peanuts, by
counties
Livestock and Dairy
Livestock review, 1968
Distribution of cattle and hogs,
by counties
Cattle and calves
Inventory, production and income
and slaugher
Number on feed
Hogs and pigs
Pig crop, inventory, production
and income and slaughter
Sheep and lambs
Inventory, production and
income
Wool production and income
Honey bees--colonies, production
and income from honey
Milk production, disposition and
income
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CASH RECEIPTS
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Contents
Livestock and Dairy (Cont'd)
Production of manufactured dairy products
Milk cows on farms, production per cow
and total production, monthly
County estimates
Hogs and pigs
Cattle and calves
Poultry
Review, 1968
Inventory, layers, rate of lay and eggs
produced
Chicks hatched by commercial hatcheries
Farm production, disposition, cash
receipts and gross income
Chart showing egg production, rate of lay
and number of layers
Distribution of chickens, by counties
Distribution of other cows 2 years old and
older, by counties
County estimates
All chickens
Hens and pullets of laying age
Broiler-type eggs set, chicks hatched and
broiler chicks placed, weekly
Prices and Farm Labor
Description of series
Indexes of prices received
Farm workers and wage rates
Prices received for crops
Prices received for livestock
Prices paid for feed
Farm Income
Review, 1968
Cash receipts from farm marketings,
monthly
Cash receipts from farm marketings, by
commodities
Gross and net farm income
Production expenses
Reports issued and release dates
FROM FARM MARKETINGS
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CROPS REVIEW, 1968
J. G. Thomas, Agricultural Statistician
Crops were harvested from 2,725,000 
acres in 1968, up 2.2 percent from
the 2,665,000 acres harvested a year 
earlier. An increase of 185,000 acres 
in
cotton was practically offset by 
a decline of 184,000 acres for corn. 
Soybean
acreage was moderately above the previous 
year and peanuts were up slightly.
Harvested acreage of most other crops, 
except vegetables, showed slight to mode-
rate declines. Crops with the largest 
acreage harvested in descending order 
were:
corn, soybeans, cotton, hay and peanuts.
Value of principal crops produced in 
Alabama during 1968 totaled $201,194,000.
Increased cotton production was largely 
responsible for the 4 percent increase 
from
a year earlier. Major crops with 
value above the previous year are: cotton,
peanuts, pecans and commercial vegetables. 
Value of production declined from a
year earlier for soybeans, corn, wheat, 
hay and most other crops.
Value of cotton including cottonseed, produced 
in Alabama totaled $54,794,000
for the State's most valuable crop. This 
was up sharply from the $30,231,000
value placed on the 1967 crop. Soybeans, valued 
at $29,410,000, were in second
place, followed closely by peanuts at $28,801,000. 
Corn for grain dropped from
first place in 1967 to fourth place and was valued at $25,979,000. 
Value of all
hay at $19,278,000 rounded out the 
5 most valuable crops produced in Alabama 
in
1968.
The 1968 crop year was quite variable 
in Alabama. Record-high yields 
per
acre were realized for peanuts and sweetpotatoes. 
Yield of all hay was the third
highest of record. The wheat yield has 
been exceeded only in 1961 and 1966. 
Cotton
yields were substantially below average, 
although well above 1967. Yields 
of both
corn and soybeans were off sharply from 1967.
Variability of crop yields was caused 
largely by a wide variety of weather
conditions. Crops generally got 
off to a good start during the spring 
but by
mid-June, southern and central counties 
were critically short of soil moisture.
Open weather provided ample opportunity to cultivate 
and carry out pesticide
programs. Scattered showers during July brought 
much-needed moisture to most
areas. Crops in a number of localitites, 
especially in southern counties, never
fully recovered from the drought.
Fall harvest operations progressed favorably 
and were virtually uninterrupted
until early November. During the remainder of 
November and early December, inter-
mittent periods of rain slowed gathering of 
crops. By mid-December, harvest was
in final stages.
Cotton: The 1968 cotton crop totaled 397,000 
bales, just about double the
short 1967 crop, but otherwise the lowest since 1868. Growers harvested 525,000
acres, 54 percent more than in 1967, but 33 percent below the 
1962-66 average.
Yield at 362 pounds per harvested acre was up 80 pounds from 
the disappointing
yield in 1967, but 96 pounds below average. Lateness of 
the north Alabama crop
and hot, dry weather during the summer were primarily responsible 
for below-
average yields.
CROPS REVIEW, 1968, (cont'd)
Corn: Acres of corn harvested 
at 688,000 produced the smallest 
corn for
grain crop since 1880. Production 
at 22,016,000 bushels was 
42 percent below
1967 and 36 percent below 
average. Dry weather reduced 
yields over most of the
State. Yield per acre harvested for grain 
at 32.0 bushels per acre, compares
with 44.0 bushels in 
1967 and the 1962-66 average 
of 33.7 bushels.
Soybeans: Increased acreage 
of soybeans failed to offset 
lower yields and
production totaled 12,254,000 
bushels, compared with 13,068,1000 
bushels in 1967.
Farmers harvested 557,000 
acres for beans, compared with 
484,000 acres in 1967.
Yield per acre was reduced 
by dry weather and at 22.0 bushels 
was 5.0 bushels
below the record high combined in 
1967.
Peanuts: Production of peanuts in 1968 
totaled 246,160,000 pounds, up 4
percent from the previous year 
and 8 percent above average. 
Acreage harvested
for nuts was placed at 181,000 acres, 
compared with 176,000 acres in 1967 
and
the average of 191,000 acres. 
Scattered showers during August 
stimulated deve-
lopment of nuts and a record 
high yield of 1,360 pounds 
per acre was harvested.
This compared with 1,340 pounds 
a year earlier and an average 
of 1,191 pounds.
Wheat: Wheat production in 1968 totaled 
2,775,000 bushels, compared with
2,688,000ubushels last year. Acreage harvested for 
grain at 111,000 acres was 1
percent below the previous year. Yield at 
25.0 busheis per acre was average and 1.0
bushels above 1967-
Oats: Alabama producers harvested 980,000 
bushels of oats in 1968, compared
with 1,050,000 bushels a year earlier. 
Acreage combined for grain at 28,000 
acres
was off 2,000 acres from a year ago. 
Yield per acre at 35.0 bushels was un-
changed from the previous 
year.
Hay: Production of all hay at 701,000 
tons was 10 percent below 1967. 
Prow
ducers cut hay from 485,000 acres, compared 
with 497,000 acres a year earlier.
Despite dry weather in many localities, 
hay yields averaged 1.45 tons per acre
for the third highest of record.
Potatoes: Production of late spring 
potatoes (Baldwin-Mobile-Escambia
Counties) totaled 1,365,000 hundredweight, 
down 22 percent from a year earlier.
Harvested acreage at 10,500 acres 
was down 2,900 acres from a year 
earlier. Yield
at 130 hundredweight was unchanged 
from 1967. Early summer potato production 
in
all other areas of the State, including 
the commercial crop in northeast Alabama,
totaled 984,000 hundredweight, 21 
percent above 1967. Harvested acreage 
at 8,000
acres was up 2,000 from 
the previous year, but 
yield at 123 was off 
12 hundred-
weight per acre.
Sweetpotatoes: Sweetpotato growers 
harvested a record high yield per acre
from the smallest acreage on record. 
Acres harvested at 5,400 was 7 percent 
below
a year earlier. Yield per acre averaged 
87 hundredweight--7 hundredweight above
1967. Production totaled 470,000 hundredweight.
CROPS REVIEW, 1968, (cont'd)
Peaches: Alabama peach production totaled 39 million pounds, compared
with 50 million in 1967 and the average of 38 million pounds.
Pecans: Pecan production for
slightly above the previous year.
pounds were improved varieties apd
1968 was estimated at 31.5 million pounds,
Of the total 1968 production, 27,500,000
4,000,000 wild or seedlings.
Commercial Vegetables: Value of the 7 principal commercial vegetables
for fresh market and melons produced in Alabama in 1968 amounted to $9,958,000.
This is 11 percent above the 1967 value and the highest of record.
Tomatoes, with a total value of $4,860,000, continued as Alabama's leading
fresh market vegetable crop. Watermelons, valued at $2,349,000, remained in
second place. Value of the 1968 strawberry crop is placed at $276,000--2.5
percent below a year earlier.
The record-high value of vegetables sold for fresh market in 1968 is attri-
buted to increased acreages for several crops (cabbage, sweet corn, tomatoes
and watermelons); more favorable prices for others (lima beans, snap beans,
cabbage and tomatoes); and increased production for others (sweetcorn, 
tomatoes
and watermelons).
Value of the 4 vegetables for processing for which estimates are made (snap
beans, lima beans, cucumbers for pickle and tomatoes) at $2,411,000, is sharply
abova the ~17 value of $i,599,000.
Alabama's Rank Among States: Production Of Crops 1967 And 1968
Crop 1967 : 1968 : Crop 1967 1968
: Rank Rank Rank Rank
Field Crops : Vegetables, Fresh Market
Corn grain : 18 20 Lima beans 2 1
Corn silage : 31 35 Snap beans 13 15
Winter wheat : 33 33 Cabbage 30 29
Oats : 35 35 Cantaloups 15 15
Sorghum grain : 22 21 Sweet corn 17 17
Sorgnum silage : 10 12 Tomatoes 12 7
Sorghum forage : 14 13 Watermelons 6 6
Sugarcane sirup : 3 3 Strawberries 24 23
Cotton lint : 8 7
Irish potatoes : 19 20 Fruits and Nuts
Sweetpotatoes : 9 10
All hay : 36 35 Peaches 5 8
Soybeans : 15 15 Pecans 4 3
Peanuts : 5 4 Tung nuts 4 4
Seeds
Crimson clover : 3 3
Tall fescue : 7 7
Lespedeza : 12 12
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Principal Crops: Acreage, Yield, Production, Price and Value, 1966-1968
: : Acreage planted Acreage harvested
Crop :Unit: 6_ _ 16 _ _98 :" 16_ _9
: : 1966 1967 : 1968 : 1966 1967 : 1968
General Crops
Corn, all
Corn grain
Corn silage
Corn forage 1/
Winter wheat
Oats
Sorghum, all
Sorghum grain
Sorghum silage
Sorghum forage 1/
Sugarcane sirup
Cotton lint 2/
Cottonseed
Irish potatoes, all
Late spring
Early summer
Sweetpotatoes
Tobacco, type 14
Hays
All
Alfalfa
Clover mixtures
Lespedeza
Peanut vine
Grain
Other
Legumes
Soybeans, all
Soybeans for beans
Peanuts, all
Peanuts for nuts
Cowpeas, all
Cowpeas for peas
Seeds 6/
Crimson clover
Lespedeza
Tall fescue
Vegetables, Fresh Market
Lima beans, summer
Snap beans, mid-spring
Snap beans, summer
Cabbage, early spring
Cantaloups, early summer
Sweet corn, late spring
Tomatoes, early summer
Watermelon, early summer
Strawberries, mid-spring
Fruits and Nuts
Peaches
Pecans, all
Pecans, improved
Pecans, seedling
Tung nuts
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1,000
acres
991
71
137
41
589
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17.0
6.1
5.8
1,000
acres
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130
136
42
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acres
802
144
116
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555
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acres
981
869
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69
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564
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512
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293
310
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700
850
600
1,500
2,500
5,000
13,000
650
512
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183
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700
800
700
1,500
2,500
6,000
13,000
650
594
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3,200
700
750
700
1,500
3,500
9,000
15,200
600
280
186
5
6,500
3,500
10,000
3,300
700
850
600
1,500
2,500
5,000
13,000
650
1,000
acres
971
860
48
63
112
30
39
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20
11
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340
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497
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308
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484
176
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4,000
8,000
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700
800
650
1,500
2,500
6,000
13,000
650
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acres
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688
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12
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485
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58
58
28
290
557
181
4,500
4,000
10,000
3,200
700
750
700
1,300
3,200
9,000
14,500
600
UV~Y~~Y IVL Y~UY IYYI L
AIABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Principal Crops: Acreage, Yield, Production,-Price and-Value, 1966-1968 (Cont'd)
Yield per harv. acre Production Season average price Value of production
1966 1967 : 1968 1966 : 1967 : 1968: 1966 1967 : 1968 1966 : 1967 : 1968
See unit column
1,0 100000 Low1,000 1,000 1,00
units units units Dols. Dols. Dols. dols. dols. dols.
30.0 44.0 32.0 26,070 37,840 22,016 1.46 1.16 1.18 38,062 43,894 25,979
8.5 11.0 9.0 366 528 387 - - - - - -
28.0 24.0 25.0 1,652 2,688 2,775 1.63 1.49 1.20 2,693 4,005 3,330
38.0 35.0 35.0 1,292 1,050 980 .83 .84 .80 1,072 882 784
30.0 35.0 28.0 210 280 280 1.15 1.09 .98 242 305 274
10.0 11.0 9.5 180 220 162 -- ---
1.75 1.80 1.85 23 20 22 19.50 18.00 17.00 448 360 374
160 220. 190 192 220 171 2.30 2.55 2.85 442 561 487
392 282 362 461 200 397 .2065 .2573 .236 47,580 25,793 46,826
--- 190 86 166 62.40 -51.60 48.00 11,856 4,438 7,968
147 132. 127 3/3,'342 4/2,552 2,349 1.62 2.54 2.77 4,519 6,484 6,523
155 130 130 3/2,573 4/1,742 1,365 1.58 2.35 2.58 3,196 4,094 3,522
16 135 123 769 810 984 1.72 2.95 3.05 1,323 2,390 3,001
75 80 87 435 464 470 5.14 5.76 5.52 2,236 2,673 2,594
,135 1,800 1,700 981 1,008 884 .675 .655 .585 662 660 517
1.40 1.56
1.90 2.00
1.25 1.40
1.25 1.40
.60 .65
1.*35 1.10
1.65 1.80
24.5 27.0
1,220 1.,340-
10.0 10.0
1.45 719
1.80 17
1.25 55
1.15 78
.65 44
1.30 42
1.70 483
775 701 25.50 25.50 27.50 18,334 19,762 19,278
12 9 - - -
- -
63 58 --- --
80 67 - -
33 38 - - - --
33 36 - --
554 493 -- ---
22.0 6,860 13,068 12,254 2.81 2.50 2.40 19,277 32,670 29,410
1,360 226,920 235,840 246,160 .111 .112 .117 25,188 26,414 28,801
50 50 5.00 5.00 - 250 250 -
125 650 450 562 26.50 29.50 29.00
180 735 760 720 23.00 30.00 .30.00
240 2,100 1,760 2,400 11.00 12.50 13.00
172 133 163
169 228 216
231 220 312
23 23
22 27
25 30
120 110
50 52
50 50
60 55
95 100
2,400 2,1000
23
23
29
100
55
45
50
90
1,900
76 76 74 11.60 11.40 11.90 882 866 881
15 19 16 10.70 11.20 13.70 160 213 219
21 24 22 12.00 12.30 12.80 252 295 282
72 72 70 4.35 4.25 4.45 313 306 312
75 78 72 4.95 4.90 4.25 371 382 306
125 125 144 4.95 6.80 5.20 619 850 749
300 330 450 7.50 10.40 10.80 2,250 3,432 4,860
1.,235 1,300 1,305 1.75 2.00 1.80 2,161 2,600 2,349
1,560 1,300 1,140 .218 .218 .242 340 283 276
- -- 27,500 50,000 39,000 .810 ..690 .655 2,228 3,450 2,554
- -- 26, 500 28,000, 31,500 .293 .341 .410 7,750 9,540 12,910
- - - 22, 500 213500 27,500 .300 .350 .420 6,750 7,525 11,550
41 - - 000 6,500 4,000 .250 .310 .340 1,000 2,015 1,360
--- 1,700 700 7/ 54.00 62.00 7/ 92 43 7/
1/ Includes hogged, grazed and cut for feed without removing grain. 2/ Production in bales. 3/ Includes
550,000 cwt. not harvested or not marketed because of economic conditions. 41 Excludes 78,000 cwt. not
marketed because of economic conditions. 5/ Estimates discontinued. 6/ Price in dollars per hiundred-
weight on a clean weight basis. 7/ Production too small to warrant a quantitative-estimate.
100
210
210
90
190
220
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Fruit and Nut Crops: Production and Value, 1966-1968
Year : Production : Price Value of Production Price 
Value of
per pound production . per pound production
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000
: pounds Cents dollars pounds Cents 
dollars
Pecans, total Peaches
1966 26,500 29.3 7,750 
27,500 8.10 2,228
1967 28,000 34.1 9,540 50,000 
6.90 3,450
1968 : 31,500 41.0 12,910 
39,000 6s55 2,554
Pecans, seedling Pecans, improved
1966 : 4,000 25.0 1,000 
22,500 30.0 1,750
1967 : 6,500 31.0 2,015 
21,500 35.0 7,525
1968 : 4,000 34.0 1,360 27,500 
42.0 11,550
Commercial Vegetables for Fresh Market: Acreage Yield, Production 
and Value, 1966-1968
Crop : Acreage : Acreage : Yield Price 
Value of
and : planted : harvested : per acre : Production : per cwt. 
production
year :
1,000 1,000
: Acres Acres Cwt. cwt. 
Dollars dollars
Lima beans, summer
1966 : 3,300 3,300 23 76 
11.60 882
1967 : 3,300 3,300 23 
76 11.40 866
1968 : 3,200 3,200 23 74 
11.90 881
Snap beans, mid-spring
1966 : 700 700 22 15 
10.70 160
1967 : 700 700 27 
19 11.20 213
1968 : 700 700 23 
16 13.70 219
Snap beans, summer
1966 : 850 850 25 21 
12.00 252
1967 : 800 800 30 24 
12.30 295
1968 : 750 750 29 22 
12.80 282
Cabbage, early spring
1966 : 600 600 120 72 
4.35 313
1967 : 700 650 110 
72 4.25 306
1968 : 700 700 100 70 
4.45 312
Cantaloups, early summer
1966 : 1,500 1,500 50 75 
4.95 371
1967 : 1,500 1,500 52 78 
4.90 382
1968 : 1,500 1,300 55 72 
4.25 306
Sweet corn, late spring
1966 : 2,500 2,500 50 125 
4.95 619
1967 : 2,500 2,500 50 125 
6.80 850
1968 : 3,500 3,200 45 144 
5.20 749
Tomatoes, early summer
1966 : 5,000 5,000 60 300 7.50 
2,250
1967 : 6,000 6,000 55 330 10.40 
3,432
1968 : 9,000 9,000 50 450 10.80 
4,860
Watermelons, early summer
1966 : 13,000 13,000 95 1,235 1.75 
2,161
1967 : 13,000 13,000 100 1, 300 2.00 
2,600
1968 : 15,200 14,500 90 1,305 1.80 
2,349
1, 000 1, 000
Acres Acres Pounds pounds Cents 
dollars
Strawberries, mid-spring
1966 : 650 650 2,400 1,560 21.8 
340
1967 : 650 650 2,000 1,300 21.8 
283
1968 : 600 600 1,900 1,140 
24.2 276
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AIABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Principal Crops: Production, Farm Disposition and Value of Sales, 1966 Crop
: : : Total : Farm disposition : Value
Crop Unit Production : used : Used on farms where grown for: : Sold : of
S: for Seed: Feed :Household : Total: sales
S : :seed1/ : use
1 : ,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
S : units units units units units units units dollars
Corn grain :Bu. : 26,070 - - 2/17,467 - 17,467 
8,603 12,560
Winter wheat :Bu. : 1,652 221 66 149 -
215 1,437 2,342
Oats :Bu. : 1,292 - - 2/ 891 -
891 401 333
Sorghum grain :Bu. : 210 - - 2/ 153 -
153 57 66
Sugarcane sirup :Gal.: 192 - - - 40 40 
152 350
Irish potatoes
Late spring :Cwt.: 3/2,573 195 0 4/ 579 2 581 
1,992 3,147
Early summer :Cwt.: 769 72 1 41/ 23 36 
60 709 1, 219
Sweetpotatoes :Cwt.: 435 17 13 4/ 67 94 
174 261 1,342
Hay :Ton : 719 - - - - 597 122 
3,111
Soybeans :Bu. : 6,860 602 108 14 - 122 
6,738 18,934
Peanuts :Lb. : 226,920 16,470 988 454 720 2,162 224,758 
24,948
Cowpeas : Bu. : 50 18 13 10 8 
31 19 95
Lespedeza seed :Lb. : 735 - 147 - - 147 
588 135
See footnotes at bottom of page.
Principal Crops: Production, Farm Disposition and Value of Siles, 1967 Crop
S.: Total : Farm disposition 
: Value
Crop 'Unit Production : used : Used on farms where grown for: : Sold : of
o d1 Seed : Feed Household : Total : sales
:seedl/ S : . use
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
units units units units units units units 
dollars
Corn grain :Bu. : 37,840 - - 2/21,947 -
21,947 15,893 18,436
Winter wheat :Bu. : 2,688 245 74 242 
- 316 2,372 3,534
Oats :Bu. : 1,050 - - 2/ 567 
- 567 483 406
Sorghum grain :Bu. : 280 - - 2/ 210 
- 210 70 76
Sugarcane sirup :Gal.: 220 - - - 32 
32 188 479
Irish potatoes
Late spring :Cwt.: 5/1,742 148 0 4/ 131 2 
133 1,609 3,781
Early summer :Cwt.: 810 102 1 4/ 24 
35 60 750 2,212
Sweetpotatoes :Cwt.: 464 16 12 4/ 69 
92 173 291 1,676
Hay :Ton : 775 - - -
- 651 124 3,162
Soybeans :Bu. : 13,068 713 157 26 
- 183 12,885 32,212
Peanuts :Lb. : 235,840 17,670 884 472 
620 1,976 233,864 26,193
Cowpeas :Bu. : 50 16 11 10 8 
29 21 105
Lespedeza seed :Lb. : 760 - 152 - -
. 152 608 182
See footnotes at bottom of page.
Principal Crops: Production, Farm Disposition and Value of Sales, 1968 Crop
S : Total : Farm disposition : Value
Crop Unit: Production : used : Used on farms where grown for: : Sold : of
Crop Uni*oProdution *usSoldlo
for : Seed Feed :Household : Total sales
: seedI: : : use
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000
: units units units units units units 
units dollars
Corn grain :Bu. : 22,016 - - 2/14,090 
- 14,090 7,926 9,353
Winter wheat :Bu. : 2,775 204 71 416 
- 487 2,288 2,746
Oats :Bu. : 980 - - 2/ 696 
- 696 284 227
Sorghum grain :Bu. : 280 - - 2/ 210 
- 210 70 69
Sugarcane sirup :Gal.: 171 - - - 26 
26 145 413
Irish potatoes :
Late spring :Cwt.: 1,365 142 0 4/ 20 2 
22 1,343 3,465
Early summer :Cwt.: 984 105 1 4/ 30 35 
66 918 2,800
Sweetpotatoes :Cwt.: 470 16 12 4/ 75 81 
168 302 1,667
Hay :Ton : 701 - - - -
610 91 2,502
Soybeans :Bu. : 12,254 820 205 25 -
230 12,024 28,858
Peanuts :Lb. : 246,160 18,900 756 492 600 
.1,848 244,312 28,585
Cowpeas :Bu. : - - Estimates discontinued 
- -
Lespedeza seed :Lb. : 720 - 216 - -
216 504 151
1/ The difference between total seed and seed used on farms where grown represents 
seed purchased and is
duplicated under "sold". 2/ Includes a small amount used for seed. 3/ Includes 
550,000 cwt. not harvested
or not marketed because of economic conditions. 4/ 
Includes shrinkage and lost. 5/ Excludes 78,000 cwt.
not harvested because of economic conditions.
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cotton: Acreage, Yield and Production, 1967
Acreage 
Yield 
? Production
District : : 500-lb.
and ? ? Per : Per ? gross
county ? Planted ? Harvested planted ? harvested : weight
acre ? acre : bales
Acres Acres Pounds Pounds Bales
District 10
Colbert 15,100 6,000 70 177 2,210
Fayette : 5,800 4,400 200 264 2,420
Franklin ? 7,100 3,100 48 110 710
Lamar ? 5,900 4,900 181 218 2,220
Marion 7, 050 3,690 76 145
Total ? 40,950 22,090 102 189 8,670
District 20
Lauderdale 14,600 9,300 82 129 2,490
Lawrence 26,700 16,000 70 116 3,870
Limestone 32,400 14,700 41 90 2,760
Madison : 40,200 13,500 33 98 2,770
Marshall 15,700 3,900 26 106 860
Morgan 13,800 5,500 59 147 -,1680
Total : 143,400 62,900 48 110 14,430
District 21
Bibb ? 1,880 1,850 556 565 2,180
Blount : 8,050 2,500 49 158 820
Chilton : 4,800 4,600 282 294 2,820
Cullman : 11,800 4,300 59 163 1,460
Jefferson 1,500 1,300 235 272 730
Saint Clair : 1,500 1,300 167 192 520
Shelby 4,250 3,900 420 458 3,710
Walker 2,550 830 41 127 220
Winston 1,950 480 27108 110
Total 38,280 21,060 158 287 12,570
District 30
Calhoun : 4,000 3,500 208 238 1, 730
Cherokee 16,300 13,000 175 220 5,950
Cleburne : 400 150 32 87 25
De Kalb 20,400 1,700 8 96 340
Etowah ? 6,900 4,200 115 189 1,650
Jackson ?: 1 I00I3 1._o2 108 290
Total : 60,100 23,850 80 201 9,985
District 40 ?
Greene : 8,150 7,900 408 421 6,930
Hale : 9,1i00 8,850 450 463 8,520
Marengo : 8,000 7,450 351 377 5,850
Pickens : 8,250 7,400 335 373 5,750
Sumter ? 7,550 7,000 259 279 4,060
Tuscalioosa ? 9,250 8,J50_351 371 ,5
Total : 50,300 47,350 362 384 37,860
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cotton: Acreage, Yield and Production, 1967
District 
Acreage 
Yield 
Production
? 
-f? 500-1b.
and ... Per ? Per ? gross
county : Planted ? Harvested" planted : harvested : weight
acre ? acre : bales
Acres Acres Pounds Pounds Bales
District 50
Autauga : 5,750 5,600 514 528 6,150
Dallas : 16,300 15,800 420 434 14,250
Elmore ? 9,600 9,300 425 438 8,500
Lowndes : 6,350 6,150 328 339 4,340
Montgomery : 5,850 5,450 269 289 3,280
Perry : 6,300 5.950 377 400 4,950
Wilcox : 5,27
0  
4,900 293 315
Total : 55,420 53,150 387 404 44,690
District 60
Chambers ? 2,520 2,250 304 341 1,600
Clay : 80 40 88 175 15
Coosa : 300 250 150 180 95
Lee ? 5,000 4,850 343 353 3,570
Macon : 9,600 9,000 347 370 6,950
Randolph ? 1,320 750 97 171 265
Russell : 4,950 4,700 223 235 2,300
Talladega : 6,250 5,100 192 235 2,490
Tallapoosa : _060428 45133
Total : 33,820 30,540 293 325 20,665
District 70
Baldwin : ,1100 1,000 341 375 780
Choctaw : 2,740 2,500 275 301 1,570
Clarke : 2,390 2,250 213 227 1,060
Mobile : 700 660 267 283 390
Washington ? 960 880 273 298 550
Total ? 7,890 7,290 265 286 4,350
District 80
Butler 4,300 4,000 350 376 3,130
Conecuh : 6,450 5,900 260 285 3,500
Covington : 6,700 5,900 266 302 3,700
Crenshaw ? 2,380 
2,250 338 
358 1,680
Escambia : 5,700 5,550 504 518 6,000
Monroe : 109300 9.900 457 476
Total : 35,830 33,500 373 399 27,810
I istrict 90 :
Barbour : 4,350 4,000 338 368 3,070
Bullock : 3,670 3,420 190 204 1, 450
Coffee : 4,230 3,500 229 276 2,020
Dale ? 2,910 2,400 149 181 91i0
Geneva ? 9,350 6,500 170 244 3,310
Henry : 6,750 6,450 246 258 3,460
Houston ? 14,400 10,800 137 183 4,1!i0
Pike : 30120227 256 640
Total ? 47,010 38,270 194 238 18,970
S tate :513,000 340,000 187 282 200,000
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cotton: Acreage, Yield and Production, 1968
: ?a Production
District : Acreage Yield 500-1b.
and : : Per : Per : gross
county : Planted : Harvested : planted : harvested : weight
: : acre : acre : bales
Acres Acres Pounds Pounds Bales
District 10
Colbert : 16,000 15,500 442 456 14,800
Fayette : 6,100 5,850 318 332 4,050
Franklin : 7,800 7,100 246 270 4,010
Lamar : 6,250 5,800 264 284 3,450
Marion 6,900 6,200 282 314 4,050
Total : 43,050 40,450 337 359 30,360
District 20
Lauderdale : 16,800 16,100 394 411 13,850
Lawrence : 28,400 26,100 354 385 21,000
Limestone : 37,000 35,800 417 431 32,200
Madison : 42,900 40,800 398 419 35,700
Marshall : 18,700 17,400 247 265 9,650
Morgan : 15,900 14,700 320 347 10,650
Total : 159,700 150,900 369 390 123,050
District 21 :
Bibb : 1,970 1,950 500 505 2,060
Blount : 10,050 9,450 294 312 6,150
Chilton : 5,550 5,350 265 275 3,070
Cullman : 15,500 13,200 278 326 9,000
Jefferson : 1,440 1,350 399 426 1,200
Saint Clair : 1,350 1,210 322 360 910
Shelby : 4,360 4,200 486 505 4,430
Walker : 2,530 2,250 174 196 920
Winston : 2,870 2,250 175 223 1,050
Total : 45,620 41,210 302 334 28,790
District 30 :
Calhoun : 4,110 3,900 283 299 2,430
Cherokee : 16,850 16,400 498 512 17,500
Cleburne : 300 250 160 192 100
De Kalb : 21,100 19,600 240 259 10,600
Etowah : 7,350 7,150 316 324 4,850
Jackson : 0 13,500 243 268 7550
Total : 64,610 60,800 319 339 43,030
District 40
Greene : 9,450 9,200 350 360 6,900
Hale : 9,550 9,100 344 361 6,850
Marengo : 9,050 8,700 302 314 5,700
Pickens : 8,500 8,200 400 415 7,100
Sumter : 8,050 7,850 270 277 4,540
Tuscaloosa : 10,300 I0,000 447 460 9,600
Total : 54,900 53,050 355 368 40,690
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AlABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cotton: Acreage, Yield and Production, 1968
Acreage YieldProduction
District 
. 500-lb.
and : : Per : Per : 
gross
county : Planted : Harvested : planted : harvested 
: weight
A l acre : acre : bales
Acres Acres Pounds Pounds Bales
District 50
Autauga, : 7,300 7,150 617 630 
9,400
Dallas : 17,000 16,700 414 
421 14,700
Elmore : 11,000 10,700 463 
476 10,600
Lowndes 6,950 6,650 
377 394 5,500
Montgomery : 5,600 5,450 325 334 
3,800
Perry : 6,400 6,100 306 321 
4,100
Wilcox : 5,100 4,900 283 295 
3,020
Total : 59,350 57,650 412 424 
51,120
District 60 ?
Chambers : 2,650 2,450 304 329 
1,680
Clay : 20 20 250 250 10
Coosa : 280 270 196 204 110
Lee : 5,100 4,900 342 356 
3,640
Macon : 9,750 9,350 328 
342 6,700
Randolph : 1,030 930 199 220 
430
Russell : 5,050 4,850 284 
296 3,000
Talladega : 6,500 6,200 322 
338 4,380
Tallapoosa : 3,830 3,650 332 
348 2,650
Total : 34,210 32,620 316 
332 22,600
District 70 :
Baldwin : 1,280 1, 260 422 
429 1,130
Choctaw : 2,790 2,710 229 236 
1,340
Clarke : 2,200 2,100 191 200 
880
Mobile : 840 810 250 259 
440
Washington : 1,140 1 090 358 374 
850
Total : 8,250 7,970 269 
278 4,640
District 80 :
Butler : 4,550 4,250 333 
356 3,160
Conecuh : 6,300 6,100 316 326 
4,160
Covington : 6,950 6,600 280 295 
4,060
Crenshaw : 2,160 2,000 314 339 
1,420
Escambia : 6,250 5,950 519 545 
6,800
Monroe : 11,100 10,700 502 5211
Total : 37,310 35,600 401 420 
31,200
District 90 :
Barbour : 4,650 4,450 305 
319 2,970
Bullock : 3,700 3,550 216 
225 1,670
Coffee : 3,630 3,400 231 
247 1,750
Dale : 3,040 2,700 148 
167 940
Geneva : 10,150 9,600 248 
262 5,250
Henry : 6,950 6,400 230 
250 3,340
Houston : 14,900 13,700 161 
175 5,000
Pike : 980 950 292 
301 600
Total : 48,000 44,750 215 
230 21,520
State : 555,000 525,000 342 362 397,000
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AABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Corn: Acreage Planted and Harvested for All Purposes;
Acreage, Yield and Production for Grain, 1967
District : Acres for all purposes : Corn for grain
and : Acreage : Yield : dti
county harvested : per acre
District 10
Colbert
Fayette
Franklin
Lamar
Marion
Total
District 20
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Total
District 21
Bibb
Blount
Chilton
Cullman
Jefferson
Saint Clair
Shelby
Walker
Winston
Total
District 30
Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
De Kalb
Etowah
Jackson
Total
District 40
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Pickens
Sumter
Tuscaloosa
Total
Acres
8,900
12,000
10,800
7,150
113600
50,450
14,600
21,350
19,050
22,550
26,750
142-500
118,800
3,930
16,100
11,400
27,000
2,720
4,150
5,150
7,670
5 450
83,570
6,950
17,530
3,220
41,700
11,400
34,900
115,700
9,450
8,750
8,650
11,200
12,000
10,400
60,450
Acres
8,800
11,900
10,700
7,100
11,500
50,000
14,500
21,200
18,900
22,400
26,600
_14,400
118,000
3,900
16,000
11,300
26,900
2,700
4,100
5,100
7,600
5,400
83,000
6,900
17,400
3,200
41,500
11,300
34,700
115,000
9,400
8,700
8,600
11, 100
11,900
60,000
Acres
7,050
11, 100
9,550
6,500
11,000
45,200
12,050
18,950
16,050
19,550
25,300
12,700
104,600
3,750
14,650
10,750
26,050
2,300
3,700
3,950
7,150
5,150
77,450
5,850
16,000
3,030
39,600
10,350
32,900
107,730
8,900
7,450
7,450
9,900
11,050
9 300
54,050
Bushels
42
44
42
39
41
41.8
42
42
46
49
48
43
45.5
42
44
43
52
41
42
42
42
45
46.1
49
55
45
60
49
53
55.0
42
37
37
41
37
41
39.3
Bushels
296,000
488,000
401,000
254,000
451 000
1,890,000
506,000
796,000
738,000
958,000
1,214,000
546,000
4,758,000
158,000
645,000
462,000
1,355,000
94,000
155,000
166,000
300,000
232,000
3,567,000
287,000
880,000
136,000
2,376,000
507,000
1,744,000
5,930,000
374,000
276,000
276,000
406,000
409,000
2,122,000
17
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Corn: Acreage Planted and Harvested for All Purposes;
Acreage, Yield and Production for Grain, 1967
District : Acres for all purposes : Corn for grain
and : Planted Harvested Acreage Yield Production
county : : harvested : per acre :
: Acres
District 50
Autauga
Dallas
Elmore
Lowndes
Montgomery
Perry
Wilcox
Total
District 60
Chambers
Clay
Coosa
Lee
Macon
Randolph
Russell
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Total
District 70
Baldwin
Choctaw
Clarke
Mobile
Washington
Total
District 80
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Monroe
Total
District 90
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Total
State
14,600
22,850
13,800
7,350
8,450
8,750
87,600
: 3,850
: 3,330
: 1,510
: 4,530
: 9,160
: 6,150
: 7,550
: 6,250
3,550
: 45,880
: 22,200
: 9,350
: 8,850
: 13,600
: 7,450
: 61,450
: 14,400
: 18,600
: 32,900
: 19,250
: 14,400
S 22,750
: 122,300
: 22,700
: 8,900
: 31,800
: 21,400
: 48,000
: 24,400
: 50,900
: 23,700
: 231,800
978,000
Acres
14,500
22,700
13,700
7,300
8,400
8,700
87,000
3,800
3,300
1,500
4,500
9,100
6,100
7,500
6,200
33500
45,500
22,000
9,300
8,800
13,500
61,000
14,300
18,500
32,700
19,100
14,300
222600
121,500
22,500
8,800
31,600
21,200
47,700
24,200
50,500
23,500
230,000
971,000
18
Acres
13,800
21,400
12,350
6,600
7,450
7,700
11,050
80,350
3,300
3,120
1,350
3,800
8,400
5,800
6,900
5,450
2,950
41,070
17,250
8,750
8,000
10,750
6.1800
51,550
12,650
16,300
27,950
16,050
12,450
21,100
106,500
19,750
8,400
25,950
17,200
39,050
20,900
42,150
18,100
191,500
860,000
Bushels
50
43
40
38
37
39
37
41.6
37
41
38
40
37
38
36
38
38
37.7
47
36
35
46
37
41.7
43
40
40
41
44
41
41.2
44
37
39
42
44
43
44
42
42.5
Bushels
690,000
920,000
494,000
251,000
276,000
300,000
409 000
3,340,000
122,000
128,000
51,000
152,000
310,000
220,000
248,000
207,000
112,000
1,550,000
811,000
315,000
280,000
494,000
252,000
2,152,000
544,000
652,000
1,118,000
658,000
548,000
865,000
4,385,000
869,000
311,000
1,012,000
722,000
1,718,000
899,000
1,855,000
760,000
8,146,000
44.0 37,840,000
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Corn: Acreage Planted and Harvested for All Purposes;
Acreage, Yield and Production for Grain, 1968
District : Acres for all purposes : Corn for grain
and Planted Harvested Acreage Yield Production
county : harvested : per acre :
District 10
Colbert
Fayette
Franklin
Lamar
Marion
Total
District 20
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Total
District 21
Bibb
Blount
Chilton
Cullman
Jefferson
Saint Clair
Shelby
Walker
Winston
Total
District 30
Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
De Kalb
Etowah
Jackson
Total
District 40
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Pickens
Sumter
Tuscaloosa
Total
S Acres
: 6,950
: 8,800
: 8,100
: 5,350
: 
8,500
: 37,700
10,350
15,400
14,050
16,600
19,950
10,450
86,800
3,470
14,600
10,250
24,000
2,330
3,650
4,680
6,500
4,1520
74,000
5,450
13,850
2,750
32,900
9,550
28,800
93,300
8,000
7,150
7,350
9,550
9,600
8,250
49,900
Acres
6,800
8,650
7,950
5,250
37,000
10,150
15,100
13,800
16,300
19,700
S10 250
85,300
3,400
14,400
10,050
23,650
2,300
3,600
4,600
6,400
4,450
72,850
5,350
13,650
2,700
32,500
9,400
28,450
92,050
7,850
7,000
7,200
9,400
9,400
48,950
Acres
5,300
7,950
6,950
4,750
7 950
32,900
8,150
13,200
11,450
13,900
18,500
74,000
3,250
13,400
9,550
22,900
1,950
3,150
3,550
5,950
67,900
4,400
12,450
2,500
30,900
8,550
85,800
7,350
5,850
6,100
8,300
8,650
7,200
43,450
Bushels Bushels
31
34
30
35
34
32.8
28
30
33
37
42
33
34.9
32
43
27
42
33
39
31
33
34
37.4
35
42
34
52
46
44
46.0
23
23
27
26
25
29
25.5
164,000
270,000
208,000
166,000
270,000
1,078,000
228,000
396,000
378,000
514,000
777,000t
290,000
2,583,000
104,000
576,000
258,000
962,000
123,000
110,000
196,000
j14300
2,536,500
154,000
523,000
85,000
1,607,000
393,000
1,188,000
3,950,000
169,000
135,000
165,000
216,000
216,000
209,000
1,110,000
19
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Corn: Acreage Planted and Harvested for All Purposes;
Acreage, Yield and Production for Grain, 1968
District Acres for all purposes : Corn for grain
and Planted Harvested 
Acreage Yield Production
county harvested : per acre :
District 50
Autauga
Dallas
Elmore
Lowndes
Montgomery
Perry
Wilcox
Total
District 60
Chambers
Clay
Coosa
Lee
Macon
Randolph
Russell
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Total
District 70
Baldwin
Choctaw
Clarke
Mobile
Washington
Total
District 80
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Monroe
Total
District 90
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Total
State
Acres
11,150
17,750
11,150
5,800
6,200
6,300
8,500
66,850
3,760
3,200
1,430
4,010
8,800
5,450
6,500
5,350
31050
41,550
18,150
7,450
7,150
10,900
46,000
49,650
: 12,850
: 17,600
: 31,800
: 17,550
: 14,050
: 18,150
: 112,000
: 18,100
: 6,700
: 26,450
: 17,000
: 41,050
: 19,350
: 42,450
: 19,150
: 190,250
: 802,000
Acres
10,900
17,350
10,900
5,700
6,050
6,150
8 ,350
65,400
3,700
3,150
1,400
3,950
8,650
5,350
6,400
5,250
3,000
40,850
17,800
7,300
7,000
10,700
5,900
48,700
12,600
17, 200
31,100
17,200
13,800
.. 17,800
109,700
17,700
6,550
25,900
16,650
40,200
18,950
41,450
.18,800_
186,200
787,000
20
Acres
10,300
16,300
9,750
5,100
5,250
5,300
_7,800
59,800
3,150
3,000
1,250
3,300
8,050
5,150
5,800
4,650
22450
36,800
13,500
6,850
6,350
8,250
5 400
40,350
10,950
15,100
26,300
14,200
12,000
16)250
94,800
15,400
6,200
21,500
13,200
32,500
16,300
33,700
13,400
152,200
688,000
Bushels
28
23
25
24
24
22
24
24.4
28
28
28
29
26
28
24
27
25
26.7
40
27
28
41
27
34.4
32
29
29
31
33
32
30.7
26
26
24
24
28
25
27
30
26.4
Bushels
288,000
375,000
244,000
122,000
126,000
117,000
187,000
1,459,000
88,000
84,000
35,000
61,000
981,500
540,000
185,000
178,000
338,000
146,000
1,387,000
350,000
438,000
763,000
440,000
396,000
,520,
2,907,000
400,000
161,000
516,000
317,000
910,000
408,000
910,000
4,024,000
32.0 22,016,000
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Soybeans: Acreage Harvested for Beans,
Yield per Acre and Production, 1967 and 1968
District : 1967 : 1968
and : Acres : Yield Production Acres Yield Production
county : harvested 
: per acre : 
: harvested: per acre 
-
Acres
District 10
Colbert : 11,500
Fayette : 2,300
Franklin : 4,000
Lamar : 4,500
Marion : _1600
Total : 23,900
District 20
Lauderdale :
Lawrence
Limestone :
Madison
Marshall :
Morgan
Total
District 21
Bibb
Blount
Chilton
Cullman
Jefferson :
Saint Clair:
Shelby
Walker
Winston
Total
District 30
Calhoun
Cherokee :
Cleburne :
De Kalb
Etowah
Jackson
Total
District 40
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Pickens
Sumter
Tuscaloosa :
Total
8,000
12,500
20,300
24,000
4,000
86,300
900
2,900
900
3,200
100
800
3,100
300
400
12,600
1,800
3,000
200
1,200
4,200
28 ,600
39,000
9,000
12,800
19,000
9,300
9,500
1.0,00
60,600
Bushels
27.0
27.0
24.0
28.0
26.0
26.6
28.0
27.0
29.0
26.0
28.0
27.0
27.3
28.0
27.0
28.0
27.0
28.0
25.0
27.0
28.0
28.0
27.1
24.0
27.0
23.0
27.0
28.0
23.0
24.0
24.0
27.0
28.0
28.0
24.0
27.0
26.6
Bushels
310,000
62,000
96,000
126,000
41,600
635,600
224,000
338,000
589,000
624,000
112,000
472,000
2,359,000
25,200
78,500
25,200
86,500
2,800
20,000
83,500
8,400
i200
341,300
43,200
81,000
4,600
32,400
118,000
658
,
0
937,200
216,000
346,000
532,000
260,000
228,000
27,000
1,609,000
Acres Bushels
12,000
3,700
4,400
6,300
_1)800
28,200
10,000
12,700
21,500
25,500
3,800
18 000
91,500
900
2,400
1,100
3,800
100
900
2,600
400
400
12,600
2,200
3,800
200
2,000
4,200
26 000
38,400
11,000
18,500
26,000
12,000
13,000
2,500
83,000
23.0
26.0
25.0
26.0
26.0
24.6
23.0
21.0
24.0
22.0
25.0
22.0
22.6
21.0
25.0
20.0
26.0
24.0
24.0
23.0
24.0
24.0
24.1
24.0
25.0
24.0
25.0
26.0
21.0
22.3
20.0
22.0
22.0
26.0
22.0
25.0
22.4
21
Bushels
276,000
96,000
110,000
164,000
46,800
692,800
230,000
267,000
516,000
561,000
95,000
396,000
2,065,000
18,900
60,000
22,000
99,000
2,400
21,600
60,000
9,600
9_,600
30 3 ,00
53,000
95,000
4,800
50,000
109,000
546,
857,800
220,000
407,000
572,000
312,000
286, 000
62,500
1,859,500
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Soybeans: Acreage Harvested for Beans,
Yield per acre and Production, 1967 and 1968
District 1967 1968
and Acres : Yield Production : Acres : Yield Production
county : harvested : per acre : harvested: per acre
District 50
Autauga
Dallas
Elmore
Lowndes
Montgomery
Perry
Wilcox
Total
District 60
Chambers
Clay
Coosa
Lee
Macon
Randolph
Russell
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Total
District 70
Baldwin
Choctaw
Clarke
Mobile
Washington
Total
District 80
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Monroe
Total
District 90
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Total
State
: Acres
: 2,100
: 14,000
: 3,200
: 2,600
: 5,400
: 12,800
: 1,900
: 42,000
: 300
: 100
: 100
: 200
: 1,400
: 100
: 2,700
: 18,000
: 100
: 23,000
: 105,000
: 100
: 1,000
: 21,000
2 3,100
: 130,200
: 300
: 2,800
: 9,800
: 1,400
: 27,000
: 10,300
: 51,600
1,600
4,000
1,900
400
2,600
800
3,000
500
14.800
: 484,000
Bushels
33.0
29.0
28.0
31.0
27.0
28.0
35.0
29.0
25.0
26.0
26.0
26.0
28.0
25.0
27.0
26.0
27.0
26.2
27.0
25.0
26.0
27.0
26.0
27.0
25.0
25.0
26.0
26.0
29.0
30.0
28.3
28.0
26.0
27.0
25.0
26.0
28.0
27.0
27.0
26.7
27.0
Bushels
69,500
406,000
89,500
80,500
146,000
358,000
66,500
1,216,000
7,500
2,600
2,600
5,200
39,200
2,500
73,000
468,000
603,300
2,835,000
2,500
26,000
567,000
80, 50o
3,511,000
7,500
70,000
255,000
36,400
783,000
309,000
1,460,900
44,800
104,000
51,500
10,000
67,500
22,400
81,000
13,500
394,700
13,068,000
22
Acres Bushels
2,500
21,000
4,300
5,400
9,500
14,000
5100
61,800
300
100
100
200
2,800
100
4,600
22,000
100
30,300
109,000
200
1,300
23,000
.5,000
138,500
900
2,800
10,000
1,500
28,500
122000
55,700
2,200
6,500
1,500
300
2,800
800
2,500
400
17,000
557,000
23.0
20.0
23.0
23.0
20.0
21.0
25.0
21.2
13.0
21,0
18.0
16.0
20.0
20.0
16.0
18.0
18.0
17.9
22.4
22.0
22.0
24.0
23.0
22.7
18.0
18.0
17.0
17.0
22.0
24.0
21.1
17.0
19.0
17.0
17.0
19.0
16.0
16.0
17.0
17.9
22.0
Bushels
57,500
420,000
99,000
124,000
190,000
294,000
128,000
1,312,500
5,100
2,100
1,800
3,200
56,000
2,000
73,500
396,000
12800
541,500
2,440,000
4,400
28,600
552,000
115,000
3,140,000
16,200
50,500
170,000
25,500
627,000
288,000
1,177,200
37,400
124,000
25,500
5,100
53,000
12,800
40,000
304,600
12,254,000
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested, Yield per
Harvested Acre and Production, 1966
District : Acreage Yield
and ?_? per harvested ? 
Production
county ? Planted ? Harvested : acre
Acres Acres Bushels Bushels
District 10
Colbert : 6,500 5,750 29.0 167,000
Fayette : 110 60 30.0 1,800
Franklin ? 250 220 26.0 
5,700
Lamar ? 30 20 26.0 
520
Marion : 110 100 26.0 2,600
Total : 7,000 6,150 28.9 177,620
District 20
Lauderdale : 3,500 3,200 30.5 97,500
Lawrence ? 3,200 2,900 29.5 85,500
Limestone : 1,900 1,500 31.5 47,200
Madison : 4,000 3,300 30.5 
100,500
Marshall : 300 250 29.0 7,250
Morgan : 700 650 31.0 2
Total : 13,600 11,800 30. 358,150
District 21
Bibb . 30 20 25.0 500
Blount . 20 10 28.0 
280
Chilton : 50 30 25.0 
750
Culiman : 100 50 28.0 1,400
Jefferson ? 100 50 28.0 1,400
Saint Clair ? 40 20 27.0 540
Shelby : 100 90 28.0 2,520
Walker : 40 20 29.0 580
Winston : 20 10 28.0 280
Total ? 500 300 27.5 8,250
District 
30 0
Calhoun : 50 30 29.0 870
Cherokee : 400 350 28.0 9,800
Cleburne : 30 20 25.0 500
De Kalb : 110 80 28.0 2,240
Etowah . 140 100 26.0 2,600
Jackson ? 1,600 1,450 28.0 40,600
Total ? 2,330 2,030 27.9 56,610
District 40 :
Greene ? 40 20 23.0 460
Hale : 900 450 23.0 10,400
Marengo : 100 50 25.0 1,250
Pickens . 30 20 25.0 500
Sumt er : 180 80 26.0 2,080
Tuscaloosa : 50 30 25.0
?  
750
TO talI : 1, 300 650-- 23.8 15,440
23
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested, Yield 
per
Harvested Acre and Production, 1966
District : Acreage Yield 
:
and : : per 
harvested : Production
county : Planted : Harvested : acre
: Acres Acres Bushels Bushels
District 50 :
Autauga : 900 600 
30.0 18,000
Dallas : 550 400 
27.0 10,800
Elmore : 400 350 26.0 
9,100
Lowndes : 80 50 23.0 
1,150
Montgomery : 400 280 24.0 6,700
Perry : 30 20 25.0 
500
Wilcox : 40 20 24.0 480
Total : 2,400 1,720 27.2 
46,730
District 60
Chambers 250 200 
23.0 4,600
Clay : 20 10 23.0 
230
Coosa : 20 
- -
-
Lee : 150 100 22.0 
2,200
Macon : 100 60 23.0 
1,380
Randolph : 20 10 25.0 
250
Russell : 20 10 
23.0 230
Talladega : 1,500 950 24.0 
22,800
Tallapoosa : 20 10 25.0 
250
Total : 2,100 1,350 23.7 
31,940
District 70 :
Baldwin 25,500 22,400 26.0 582,000
Choctaw : -..
Clarke : 200 150 26.0 3,900
Mobile : 1,300 1,200 27.0 
32,400
Washington : 1,000 750 
28.0 21,000
Total : 28,000 24,500 26.1 
639,300
District 80 :
Butler :
Conecuh : 150 100 30.0 3,000
Covington : 1,800 1,650 30.0 
49,500
Crenshaw : 320 200 29.0 
5,800
Escambia : 8,100 6,050 31.0 
188,000
Monroe : 1,600 1,350 30.0 
40,500
Total : 11,970 9,350 30.7 
286,800
District 90 :
Barbour : 30 20 23.0 
460
Bullock : ....
Coffee : 250 150 30.0 
4,500
Dale : 250 150 30.0 
4,500
Geneva : 350 250 25.0 
6,250
Henry : 20 10 25.0 
250
Houston : 700 470 26.0 
12,200
Pike : 200 100 30.0 30
Total : 1,800 1,150 27.1 
31,160
State 71,000 59,000 28.0 
1,652,000
24
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested, Yield per
Harvested Acre and Production, 1967
District 
Acreage 
: Yield
and 
Araeper 
harvested : Production
county : Planted Harvested 
acre
Acres Acres Bushels Bushels
District 10
Colbert ? 11,700 10,500 25.0 262,000
Fayette . 170 120 24.0 2,880
Franklin ? 390 330 26.0 8,600
Lamar ? 140 100 26.0 2,600
Marion : 200 150 26.0.3,900
Total : 12,600 11,200 25.0 279,980
District 20
Lauderdale : 5,400 4,800 26.0 125,000
Lawrence 5,100 4,600 25.0 115,000
Limestone : 4,800 4,300 27.0 116,000
Madison : 5,350 4,800 25.0 120,000
Marshall : 450 400 23.0 9,200
Morgan 3,10021800 26.0 73,000
Total : 24,200 21,700 25.7 558,200
District 21
Bibb 500 400 23.0 9,200
Blount 100 60 23.0 1,380
Chilton : 80 50 24.0 1,200
Cullman : 90 60 23.0 1,380
Jefferson : 130 80 23.0 1,840
Saint Clair : 400 300 24.0 7,200
Shelby : 440 350 23.0 8,050
Walker : 80 50 22.0 I,100
Winston ? 80 50 24.0
Total ,900 1,400 23.2 32,550
District 30
Calhoun . 170 140 28.0 3,920
Cherokee : 1,050 900 28.0 25,200
Cleburne : 100 80 26.0 2,080
De Kalb : 200 180 28.0 5,050
Etowah . 230 200 24.0 4,800
Jackson 2,2001,900 23.0
Total : 3,950 3,400 24.9 84,750
District 40 :
Greene : 3,100 2,600 25.0 65,000
Hale : 5,200 4,300 24.0 103,000
Marengo : 5,650 4,800 25.0 120,000
Pickens ? 290 200 26.0 5,200
Sumter : 1,700 1,300 26.0 33,800
Tuscaloosa : 250 200 25.0 .. 0
Total : 16,190 13,400 24.8 332,000
25
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested, 
Yield per
Harvested Acre and Production, 1967
District Acreage : Yield
and __ per harvested Production
county Planted Harvested : acre
Acres Acres Bushels Bushels
District 50
Autauga : 1,140 900 27.0 24,300
Dallas : 1,800 1,400 27.0 37,800
Elmore : 560 450 24.0 10,800
Lowndes : 580 500 23.0 11,500
Montgomery : 1,600 1,300 23.0 29,900
Perry : 580 450 23.0 10,400
Wilcox : 120 100 26.0 2,600
Total : 6,380 5,100 25.0 127,300
District 60 :
Chambers : 650 450 25.0 11,200
Clay : 100 70 24.0 1,680
Coosa : 70 50 23.0 1,150
Lee : 240 170 24.0 4,080
Macon : 1,200 900 23.0 20,700
Randolph : 110 80 25.0 2,000
Russell : 220 180 22.0 3,960
Talladega : 2,450 1,650 23.0 38,000
Tallapoosa : 60 50 23.0 1,150
Total : 5,100 3,600 23.3 83,920
District 70 :
Baldwin : 33,300 30,000 22.0 660,000
Choctaw : 70 50 25.0 1,250
Clarke : 650 550 26.0 14,300
Mobile : 1,930 1,700 21.0 35,700
Washington : 250 1 24.0 26,400
Total : 37,200 33,400 22.1 737,650
District 80
Butler : 190 150 27.0 4,050
Conecuh : 1,150 1,000 28.0 28,000
Covington : 3,900 3,250 23.0 75,000
Crenshaw : 430 300 25.0 7,500
Escambia : 8,600 7,400 22.0 163,000
Monroe : 4,900 4,200 29.0 122,000
Total : 19,170 16,300 24.5 399,550
District 90
Barbour : 500 400 20.0 8,000
Bullock : 200 160 23.0 3,680
Coffee : 300 200 23.0 4,600
Dale : 270 200 22.0 4,400
Geneva : 760 600 20.0 12,000
Henry : 240 180 21.0 3,780
Houston : 800 600 21.0 12,600
Pike : 240 160 19.0 3,040
Total : 3,310 2,500 20.8 52,100
State 130,000 112,000 
24.0 2,688,000
26
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested,
Yield per Harvested Acre and Production, 1968
District 
Yield
and Acreage per 
harvested Production
county Planted Harvested 
acre
Acres Acres Bushels 
Bushels
District 10
Colbert : 10,700 9,000 27.0 
243,000
Fayette : 150 100 27.0 
2,700
Franklin : 500 350 28.0 
9,800
Lamar : 150 100 
28.0 2,800
Marion 200 150 26.0 
329_
0
Total : 11,700 9,700 27.0 
262,200
District 20 :
Lauderdale : 5,300 4,400 27.0 
119,000
Lawrence : 5,200 4,400 25.0 
110,000
Limestone : 4,900 4,200 27.0 
113,000
Madison : 5,200 4,400 26.0 
114,000
Marshall : 500 400 26.0 
10,400
Morgan : 3,000 2 26.0 
6 7500
Total : 24,100 20,400 26.2 
533,900
District 21 :
Bibb 650 400 24.0 
9,600
Blount : 200 100 27.0 
2,700
Chilton : 150 100 26.0 
2,600
Cullman : 200 100 27.0 2,700
Jefferson : 200 100 26.0 
2,600
Saint Clair : 450 300 26.0 
7,800
Shelby : 750 500 25*0 12,500
Walker : 100 50 27.0 
1,350
Winston : 100 50 26.0 
1 300
Total : 2,800 1,700 25.4 
43,150
District 30
Calhoun : 200 150 27.0 
4,050
Cherokee : 1,100 850 25.0 
21,200
Cleburne : 150 100 
26.0 2,600
De Kalb : 250 200 27.0 
5,400
Etowah : 200 150 26.0 
3,900
Jackson 21400 1 75 26.045500
Total : 4,300 3,200 25.8 
82,650
District 40 :
Greene : 4,150 3,000 23.0 
69,000
Hale : 6,500 4,500 22.0 
99,000
Marengo : 7,950 5,500 23.0 126,000
Pickens : 650 400 25.0 
10,000
Sumter : 3,300 2,300 22.0 
50,500
Tuscaloosa : 450 300 25.0 7,500
Total : 23,000 16,000 22.6 362,000
27
AIABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Wheat: Acreage Planted and Harvested,
Yield per Harvested Acre and Production, 1968
District Acreage Yield
and : per harvested Production
county : Planted Harvested : acre
Acres Acres Bushels Bushels
District 50 :
Autauga : 1,600 1,100 23.0 25,300
Dallas : 2,500 1,700 21.0 35,700
Elmore : 750 500 25.0 12,500
Lowndes : 1,000 800 22.0 17,600
Montgomery : 2,600 1,900 23.0 43,700
Perry : 850 600 21.0 12,600
Wilcox : 300 200 23.0 4,600
Total : 9,600 6,800 22.4 152,000
District 60 :
Chambers : 500 300 24.0 7,200
Clay : 100 50 25.0 1,250
Coosa : 100 50 25.0 1,250
Lee 350 200 26.0 5,200
Macon : 2,000 1,250 25.0 31,200
Randolph 200 100 25.0 2,500
Russell : 150 100 25.0 2,500
Talladega : 2,500 1,700 25.0 42,500
Tallapoosa : 100 50 24.0200
Total 6,000 3,800 24.9 94,800
District 70
Baldwin : 33,000 27,500 25.0 688,000
Choctaw 1: 00 50 24.0 1,200
Clarke : 750 600 24.0 14,400
Mobile 2,150 1,750 26.0 45,500
Washington : 1 50
0  
1,2025.0 30,00
Total 37,500 31,100 25.1 779,100
District 80
Butler : 350 200 26.0 5,200
Conecuh : 1,500 1,100 26.0 28,600
Covington : 4,000 2,800 23.0 64,500
Crenshaw : 450 300 25.0 7,500
Escambia : g,600 6,800 26.0 177,000
Monroe : 5,600 4300 27.0 116 00
Total : 20,500 15,500 25.7 398,800
District 90
Barb ur : 600 400 24.0 9,60
Bullock : 200 15( 25.0 3,750
Coffee : 500 300 25.0 7,500
Dale : 500 300 24.0 7,200
Geneva : 1,lGu 700 22.0 15,400
Henry : 350 200 24.0 4, 0
Houston : 1,000 600 24.0 14,400
Pike : 250 150 25.0
Total : 4,50j 2,800 23.7 66,400
State : 144,000 111,000 25.0 2,775,000
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Peanuts: Acreage Picked and Threshed,
Yield and Production, 1966 and 1967
District 1966 1967
and Acres : Yield Pdution 
Acres : Yield: Production
County : harvested :p er acre:* harvested :per acre:
Acres Pounds Pounds
Acres Pounds Pounds
District 10:
District 21:
District 30:
District 40:
District 50:
District 60:
Russell
Other cos.:
Total
District 70:
District 80:
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Monroe
Total
District 90:
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Total
220 614
80 850
370
210
980
1,260
1,300
380
1,680
170
2,200
1,950
9,500
8,900
500
180
23,230
19,200
2,000
24,2300
15,;00
16,900
29,500
30,600
157,800
697
793
521
751
675
586
655
644
800
1,000
1,320
920
1,250
900
1,086
1, 140
750
1,159
1,1220
1,420
1, 330
1,460
1,v25 7
135,000
68,000
258,000
166,500
510,500
946,000
878,000
1,100,500
109, 500
1,760,000
1,950,000
12,540,000
8,188000
625,000
162,000
25,225,000
21,888,000
1,500,000
28,154,000
19,1154,000
23,998,000
39,235,000
44,676,000
19, 796,000O
198,401,000
180 636
70 836
300
190
810
1,120
1,210
300
1,510
150
1,800
1,950
9, 150
7,950
500
170
21, 520
18, 000
1,750
22,400
15,200
16,300
28,400
30,400
00Q9
150, 150
760
803
572
765
730
628
710
687
900
1,000
1,350
1,000
1, 250
1,146
1,300
760
1,350
1,350
1,530
1, 370
1,657
J1,040
1,387
1145,500
58, 500
228,000
152,500
463,000
857,000
883,000
1,071,500
103,000
1, 620, 000
1,950,000
12,352,000
7,9502000
625,000
1702000
24,667,000
23,400,000
1,330,000
30,240,000
20,5203000
24,939,000
38,908,000
50,380,000
18,408,?000
208,125,000
186,000 1,220 226,.920,000 176,000 1,340 235,840,000
29
State
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Peanuts: Acreage Picked and Threshed,
Yield and Production, 1968
District 19 68 : District : 1968
and Acres : Yield: Production: 
and Acres Yield: 
Production
county :harvested:~e acre: : county :harvested.per acre:
District 10:
District 20:
District 21:
District 30,
District 40:
District 50:
District 60:
Russell
Other cos..:
Total
District 70:
klik L ub
190 645
70 921
330
190
720
1,090
1,300
280
1,580
140
783
808
612
846
950
695
905
711
Pounds
122,500::District_80:
Butler
64, 500::Conecuh
Covington
258,500:*: Crenshaw
Escambia
153,500:: Monroe
Total
441,000::
::*Di*strict 90:
922,000:: .Barbour
Bullock
:Coffee
1,235,000:: 0Dale
19 .::Geneva
1,429,500:: Henry
Houston
99, 5001::Pike
Total
::State
.L L 0
1,770
2,050
91800
8,100
700
170
22,590
18,500
1,900
23,500
15,400
17,000
28,900
31, 300
.17 2600
154,100
181,000
.Lllu rVULL.0 JLLL
1,250
1, 300
1,9500
1,450
1,625
1,446
1,230
900
1,290
1,390
1,520
1,230
1,600
1,270
1, 363
2,212,000
2,665,000
14, 700-.000
11,45,000
1,138,000
204,00
32,664,000
22,755,000
1,710,000
30,315,1000
21,406,000'
25,840,000
35,547,000
50,080,000
22,9352:,000
210,005,000
1,360 246,160,000
30
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LIVESTOCK REVIEW, 1968
Tommy E. Davis, Livestock Statistician
Alabama producers received $170.4 million from marketings of cattle and
calves, hogs, and sheep and lambs in 1968. This is 12 percent above the 1967
estimate of $151.7 million. Cash receipts were higher for each specie except
sheep and lambs. The total value of cattle, hogs and sheep on Alabama farms
January 1, 1969, was estimated at $251 million. This is 4 percent above a
year earlier as each specie except sheep had a higher inventory value.
Cattle Inventory Down 1 Percent: Cattle numbers on January 1, 1969, 
at
1,896,000 head, were 1 percent below a year earlier. Cattle numbers 
have
fluctuated very little in the last few years with a spread of only 78,000 
head
separating the high and low January 1 inventory since 1965. 
Beef-type animals
at 1,657,000 head represented 87 percent of all cattle. This number 
moved Ala-
bama to 17th position among states in beef cattle numbers even 
though the
January 1, 1969, number was 3,000 head below a year earlier. Dairy-type 
cows,
heifers and heifer calves totaled 239,000 head on January 1, 1969, and 
set a
new record low.
All cattle inventory value on January i, 1969, was $227.5 million. 
Despite
reduced numbers, the total value was up 4 percent from a year earlier. 
An in-
crease in average value per head from $114 to $120 accounted for the increase.
The 1968 calf crop totaled 864,000 head--up 2 percent from 1967. 
Calves born
as a percent of cows and heifers 2 years old and older January 
1, 1968, was un-
changed from a year earlier at 84 percent. Brood cows actually increased 
during
1968 even though there was a reduction in total cattle and calves. 
The dry
summer of 1968 forced many producers to sell early in the fall 
or face large
winter feed bills. Consequently, lightweight calves, steers 
and heifers were
sold.
Hay production in 1968 was reduced by the unusually dry summer 
and fall.
Most farmers, however, were able to store enough hay 
for the winter eeding
season. Supplemental feeding was required in most areas, 
particularly in the
southern part of the State. Grass growth was slow in the 
spring of 1969 as
cool weather lingered longer than normal.
Hog Numbers Continue Expansion: January 1, 1966, hog 
numbers, at 685,000
head, were the lowest in a series of estimates that 
began a century earlier, but
have increased steadily since. By January 1, 1969, the hog 
population had in-
creased to 937,000 head. This number placed Alabama in 15th 
place among all
states.? Hog values per head averaged $24.90, compared 
with $25.30 per head on
January 1, 1968. The larger 1969 numbers, however, pushed 
the total inventory
value to $23,331,000, compared with $23,251,000 a year 
earlier.
Pigs saved during 1968 reached 1,526,000 head, the largest number in recent
years. Commercial hog farms have been increasing. Farms having few hogs, however,
are declining each year. Pigs saved per litter remain at 7.2, but should increase
as commercial herds represent a larger percent of the total.
31
LIVESTOCK REVIEW, 1968, (cont'd)
Sheep Inventory Lowest of Record: Sheep and lamb numbers continued down-
ward with only 6,700 head on farms in Alabama at the beginning of 1969. All
sheep and lambs were valued at $12.40 per head at inventory time and had a
total value of $83,000. You may ride a long time in the Alabama countryside
and never see a sheep or lamb. However, as recent as 1956, there were 110,000
head on Alabama farms.
Milk Production Per Cow Sets New Records: Milk production per cow has set
a new record high each year of the past decade. Dairymen improved their herds
by culling low producers. Milk cow numbers, however, continue to dwindle with
the 1968 average of 143,000 head a record low. Total Alabama-produced milk for
1968 is estimated at 808 million pounds--down 4 million from a year earlier.
Red Meat Production Up 8 Percent: Commercial and custom slaughter plants
in Alabama had a 1968 output of 264.9 million pounds of red meat. This is 8
percent above 1967 as more beef, pork and mutton were produced. Calf slaughter
dropped off considerably. A total of 273,500 cattle was slaughtered during
1968--14 percent above 1967. Hog kill in 1968 totaled 953,500 head--12 percent
above the previous year.
32
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Cattle and Calves: Number on Farms and Total Value, January 1_ 1967-1969
All cattle 
and calves 
Cows and heifers2 
years
Year 
old and older kept for milk
r Number Va lue Totalal
: : per head : value : per 
head : value
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head Dollars dollars head Dollars dollars
1967 : 1,877 106.00 198,962 177 134.00 
23,718
1968 : 1,915 114.00 218,310 166 155.00 
25,730
1969 : 1,896 120.00 227,520 156 165.00 25,740
Cattle and Calves: Number on Farms, by Classes, January 1, 1967-1969
: - Kept for milk .. Other
Year :Total : Cows : 
Heifers : Heifer : Cows 
: Heifers : : 
Steers : Bulls
cattle:2 yrs. & : 1 to 2 : calves :: 2 yrs. & : 1 to 2 : Calves : 1 yr. & : 1 yr. &
: older : years :: older : years : : older : older
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000 1,000
: head head head head head head head head 
head
1967 : 1,877 177 47 49 830 189 428 
125 32
1968 : 1,915 166 44 45 863 204 432 
128 33
1969 : 1,896 156 40 43 903 192 412 115 
35
Cattle and Calves: Inventory Numbers, Calf Crop and Disposition, 1966-1968
: On hand January 1 
Marketings Farm slaughter 
Deaths
Year : All : All cows : Calves Inship- :
: cattle.& : 2 years : born ments Cattle: Calves Cattle Calves Cattle Calves
: calves : and older : :
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1i,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000 1,000
head head head head head head
1966 : 1,935 1,042 834 26 527 313 4 5 
30 39
1967 : 1,877 1,007 846 18 426 
323 4 6 27 40
1968 : 1,915 1,029 864 18 462 362 
3 5 27 42
Cattle and Calves: Production and Income, 1966-1968
Year Production Marketings:Price per 100 lbs.: Cash 
: Gross : Cost of
Year : Cattle : Calves : receipts : income : inshipments
1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000 1,000
: ounds pounds Dollars Dollars dollars dollars 
dollars
1966 : 543,940 582,950 19.90 24.00 121,202 
122,680 2,875
1967 : 542,190 507,644 20.00 24.20 
107,018 108,779 1,964
1968 : 550,730 548,295 21.00 25.50 121,606 
123,175 2,060
Cattle and Calves: Commercial Slaughter by Months, 1967-1968
Cattle Calves
Month :Number slaughtered . Total liveweight 
Number slaughtered : Total liveweight
: 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 
: 1967 : 1968
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000 1,000
: head head pounds pounds head head 
pounds pounds
Jan. : 19.0 22.7 17,385 20,067 4.0 
2.0 1,988 972
Fe. : 17.2 21.3 15,497 18,659 3.3 
2.3 1,759 1,111
Mar. * 19.2 22.6 17,107 20,204 3.9 
3.2 1,981 1,293
Apr. . 20.4 22.6 18,666 20,137 3.7 
2.6 1,891 1,074
May : 21.4 23.8 19,003 20,635 3.7 2.8 
1,857 1,280
June * 21.3 24.1 19,127 21,208 5.0 
3.5 2,405 1,540
July . !9.3 23.6 17,409 19,989 5.3 4.9 
2,491 2,038
Aug. : 2' 0 23.4 19,756 19,984 5.6 4.9 
2,716 2,117
Sept. : 2 . 23.0 19,228 19,136 6.5 5.2 3,114 
2,236
Oct. : 21.9 26.0 19,403 21,814 6.8 3.6 
3,216 1,595
Nov. : 19.6 21.4 17,699 18,083 4.7 3.7 2,270 
1,639
Dec. : 16.0 19.0 14,416 16,397 2.6 2.8 
1,347 1,257
Total: 239.1 273.5 214,696 236,313 55.1 41.5 
27,035 18,152
33
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Cattle And Calves On Feed By Quarters, 1967-68
Number Length of time on feed
Date : on feed Under 3 months : 3 to 6 months : Over 6 months
1967 1968 : 1967 i 1968 : 1967 1968 1967 1968
Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head
January 1 : 42,000 41,000 29,000 32,000 13,000 8,000 - 1,000
April 1 23,000 23,000 8,000 6,000 13,000 16,000 2,000 1,000
July 1 13,000 15,000 6,000 7,000 5,000 6,000 2,000 2,000
October 1 : 17,000 22,000 11,000 17,000 5,000 5,000 1,000 -
Cattle And Calves On Feed By Classes, By Quarters, 1967-68
Steers and steer calves Heifers and heifer calves Cows and others
Date
1967 : 1968 1967 : 1968 1967 1968
Head Head Head Head Head Head
January 1 : 28,000 30,000 14,000 10,000 - 1,000
April 1 : 17,000 18,000 6,000 5,000 -
July 1 10,000 13,000 3,000 2,000 -
October 1 : 13,000 16,000 4,000 6,000 - -
Cattle And Calves On Feed By Weight Groups, By quarters, 1967-68
Under 500 : 500-699 700-899 900-1099 Over 1100
Date pounds : pounds : pounds pounds pounds
: 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 1967 1968 : 1967 1968 1967 : 1968
: Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head Head
January 1 : 9,000 9,000 16,000 14,000 10,000 10,000 6,000 6,000 1,000 2,000
April 1 : 2,000 2,000 8,000 7,000 8,000 9,000 4,000 4,000 1,000 1,000
July 1 : 1,000 1,000 3,000 3,000 6,000 7,000 3,000 4,000 - -
October 1 : 2,000 4,000 5,000 7,000 7,000 7,000 3,000 4,000 -
Cattle And Calves On Feed: Marketings And Placements, By Quarters, 1967-68
Number on feed : Placed on feed 
Total cattle marketed
Quarter : beginning of quarter
1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968
Head Head Head Head Head Head
January- :
March : 42,000 41,000 14,000 8,000 33,000 26,000
April -
June : 23,000 23,000 8,000 8,000 18,000 16,000
July -
September: 13,000 15,000 12,000 18,000 8,000 11,000
October- :
December : 17,000 22,000 35,000 30,000 11,000 11,000
Total : 95,000 101,000 69,000 64,000 70,000 64,000
34
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Hogs and Pigs: Pig Crops, 1966-1968
Spring Fall Annual
Year Sows Pigs : Pigs Sows Pigs, : Pigs Sows Pigs Pigs
: farrowed per litter: saved :farrowed : per litter : saved farrowed:per litter: saved
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head Number head head Number head head Number head
1966 94 7.1 667 90 7.2 648 184 7.1 1,315
1967 : 105 7.2 756 95 7.2 684 200 7.2 1440
1968 110 7.2 792 102 7.2 734 212 7.2 1526
Sows Farrowed Spring and Fall, 1967 and 1968
Spring_:Fall
Month : Sows farrowed Percent of total : Month Sows farrowed Percent of total
1967 1968 1967 : 1968 1967 1968 : 1967 : 1968
1,000 1,000 1000 1,000
head head Percent Percent head head Percent Percent
Dec. 13 14 12 13 : June 12 - 13 -
Jan. 19 22 18 20 : July 16 59 17 58
Feb. 24 24 23 22 : Aug. 20 - 21 -
Mar. 22 23 21 21 : Sept.: 21 - 22 -
Apr. 16 15 15 13 : Oct. 15 43 16 42
May .11 12 11 11 : Nov. 11 - 11 -
Total: 105 110 100 100 Total: 95 102 100 100
Hogs and Pigs: Inventory, Supply and Disposition, 1966-1968
: Inventory : Pig Crop : : Farm: Inventory
Year : beginning : Marketings Deaths end of
ofyear : Spring Fall ments s Slaughter
: of ger year~
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head head head head head head head head
1966 : 685 667 648 2 939 60 160 843
1967 843 756 684 3 1,122 60 185 919
1968 : 919 792 734 8 1,271 55 190 937
Hogs and Pigs: Production and Income, 1966-1968
:Average : Value 
Value of : 
Cost of
Year Production Marketings pie : of Cs home : Grs: inship-
:per 100 : prdcto receipts 
cosmto income : 
ments
:pounds pouto 1/ cnumto
1,000 1,000 1,001,000 1,0001,000 1,000
pud pons Dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars
1966 : 241,125 201,054 22.50 54,253 45,237 4,124 49,361 36
1967 : 273,933 243,664 18.30 50,130 44,591 3,426 48,017 43
1968 : 292,059 275,461 17.70- 51,694 48,757 3,037 51,794 106
I/ Receipts from farm marketings and sale of farm slaughter.
1,000 1,000
p s pounds
15,162 18,942
15,525 16,602
16,374 17,479
15,862 18,306
16,488 19,549
16,117 16,950
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.-
Dec.-
Total
* head
* 62.0
* 72.5
* 67.0
* 74.0
* 79.0
* 75.5
* 850.5
1,000
head
75.5
78.5
73.0
82.5
83.5
86.5
953.5
1,000 1,000
pounds pounds
14,136
16,385
15, 343
16,872
18, 328
17,440
194,032
16,836
17,584
16, 35 2
18,728
19,122
215,999
35
1,000
head
Jan.-
Feb.-
Mar.-
Apr.-
May
June
1,000
head
82.0
72.5
77.0
81.0
86.5
75.0
66.5
69.0
71.5
70.5
72.0
71.0
,r
~aiaLUe
~OI-Ir~ \1 111
I nrn
E
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Sheep and Lambs: Number on Farms by Classes, Value, January 1, 1967-1969
. Value 
Lambs 
One year and older
Year Number : Total : Wethers
Year Number per
head : value 
: Ewes and 
: Ewes Rams 
: Wethers
* . . . : rams
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
head Dollars dollars head head head head head
1967 : 8.7 13.00 113 1.0 48 6.3 .4 .2
1968 : 7.5 12.10 91 .9 .7 5.4 .3 .2
1969 : 6.7 12.40 83 .8 .5 5.0 .3 .1
Sheep and Lambs: Inventory Numbers, Lamb Crop, Production and Income, 1966-1968
Sheep and : : : :
: lambs on : Lambs Pro- : Mar- : Price per 100 lbs.: Cash : Gross
Year hand : saved : duction : ketings : Sheep : Lambs : receipts income
: January 1: : : : : :
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
: head head pounds pounds Dollars Dollars dollars dollars
1966 : 10.0 5.8 300 417 5.90 20.70 56 63
1967 : 8.7 5.4 331 427 5.50 20.50 54 61
1968 : 7.5 5.0 319 353 5.50 21.00 50 59
1/ Includes receipts from marketings and from sales of farm slaughtered meat.
Wool: Production and Income, 1966-1968
Year Sheep Weight Production Price Value 1/
: shorn : per fleece per pound
1,000 1,000 1,000
head Pounds pounds Cents dollars
1966 : 8.6 6.0 52 50 26
1967 : 7.0 6.0 42 39 16
1968 : 6.2 6.0 37 35 13
l/ Production multiplied by January-December average price.
Honey Bees: Number of Colonies, Production and Income from Honey, 1966-1968
: Colonies : Honey
Year : of : Production : Average price : Value of
: bees : Per colony : Total : per pound : production
1,000 1,000 1,000
: colonies Pounds pounds Cents dollars
1966 : 99 27 2,673 23.6 631
1967 : 96 23 2,208 19.5 431
1968 : 91 23 2,093 21.6 452
36
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Milk: Production, Disposition, and Income, 1966-1968
Item Unit : 1966 1967 : 1968
Production
Average number of milk cows on farms 1/
Milk per cow
Milkfat per cow
Percentage milkfat in all milk produced
Total milk 2/
Total milkfat 2/
Butter churned on farms
Farm Disposition
Consumed on farms where produced
Whole milk fed to calves 2/
As fluid milk and cream
Used for farm-churned butter
Total
1,000 head
Pound
Pound
Percent
Mil. lb.
Mil. lb.
1,000 lb.
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
Mil.
lb.
lb.
lb.
lb.
Milk marketed by farmers
Sold to plants and dealers as whole milk: 
Mil. lb.
Retailed by farmers as milk and cream : Mil. 
lb.
Total : Mil. lb.
Utilization and Income
Milk sold to plants and dealers
Quantity : Mil. 
lb.
Price per 100 lb. : Dollar
Cash receipts : 1,000 dol.
Milk sold directly to consumer
Quantity : Mil. qt.
Price per quart : Cent
Cash receipts : 1,000 
dol.
Combined marketings of milk
Milk utilized : Mil. lb.
Average return per 100 pounds milk 3/ : Dollar
Average return per pound milkfat 3/ : Dollar
Cash receipts from marketings : 1,000 
dol.
Used for milk, cream and butter on farms :
where produced
Milk utilized : Mil. 
lb.
Value : 1,000 
dol.
Gross farm income from dairy products 4/ : 1,000 
dol.
Farm value of milk produced 5/ : 
1,000 dol.
158
5,150
196
3.80
814
31
1,000
9
91
22
122
675
17
692
675
6.02
40,635
8
19.1
1,528
692
6.09
1.60
42,163
113
6,882
49,045
49,573
150
5,410
206
3.80
812
31
800
8
82
17
107
690
15
705
690
6.26
43,194
7
20.8
1,456
705
6.33
1.67
44,650
99
6,267
50,917
51,400
143
5,650
212
3.75
808
30
650
8
76
14
98
695
15
710
695
6.83
47,468
7
20.6
1,442
710
6.89
1.84
48,910
90
6,201
55,111
55,671
Average number on farms during year, excluding heifers not 
yet fresh.
Excludes milk sucked by calves.
Cash receipts divided by milk or milkfat represented 
in combined marketings.
Cash receipts from marketings of milk plus value 
of milk used for home consumption and
farm-churned butter.
Valued at average returns per 100 pounds of 
milk in combined marketings of milk and cream.
Includes value of milk fed to calves in addition 
to gross farm income.
37
1/
2/
3/
4/
5/
L~~~ L~ OVLU UL~I~~L ~J ~V YVLLVC~Y~
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Production Of Manufactured Dairy Products, 1963-68
Product 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
pounds pounds pounds
Cheese
American cheddar : 3,418 3,020 3,563 2,771 4,307 
3,222
Cottage, creamed 1/: 1,856 1,314 1,220 1,159 1,172 
1,306
Cottage, curd 2/ 1,679 1,340 1,405 1,239 1,362 1,229
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
gallons gallons gallons gallons gallons gallons
Frozen products
Ice cream : 8,191 8,264 8,192 8,118 8,034 
9,242
Ice milk 3/ : 6,330 7,182 6,786 6,398 6,985 
8,019
Milk sherbet : 825 702 884 855 915 1,232
Mellorine-type
frozen desserts 317 228 192 160 139 147
Water ices 684 607 525 428 
436 474
1/ Includes partially creamed cottage cheese. 2/ Used for processing into full or 
partially creamed cottage
cheese. 3/ Includes freezer-made milkshake.
Production American Cheese, Cottage Cheese And Ice Cream, Monthly 1967-68
: American cheese : Cottage cheese 
Ice cream
Month : : Creamed Curd : 1.. ...
: 1967 1968 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 1968
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000
pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds pounds gallons 
gallons
Jan. 348 197 92 98 102 98 589 
685
Feb. : 335 182 102 103 117 102 520 
666
Mar. 411 221 116 128 130 114 726 
706
Apr. : 449 419 109 113 124 109 707 
871
May : 445 374 112 106 129 101 790 
911
June : 505 484 105 103 122 90 854 
908
July 456 345 90 118 109 112 
793 1,028
Aug. : 349 218 98 115 110 104 810 
936
Sept. 177 181 95 106 112 97 
691 760
Oct. : 156 148 97 115 115 107 608 710
Nov. 155 131 81 107 98 100 478 
545
Dec. : 521 322 75 94 94 95 468 
516
Total : 4,307 3,222 1,172 1,306 1,362 1,229 8,034 9,242
Production Ice Milk, Milk Sherbet, Mellorine-type Frozen Desserts And Water Ices, Monthly 
1967-68
Ice milk Milk sherbet : Mellorine-type : Water 
ices
Month : frozen desserts
: 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 
: 1968
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 
1,000
: gallons gallons gallons gallons gallons gallons gallons 
gallons
Jan. : 374 456 62 78 10 6 
10 21
Feb. : 413 518 43 66 6 11 
18 22
Mar. : 585 566 70 86 12 11 39 
27
Apr. : 606 723 88 129 11 9 47 
44
May. : 736 818 95 133 12 18 55 
59
June a 849 887 111 141 17 17 63 
62
July : 721 971 99 154 13 17 55 
59
Aug. : 779 947 110 145 16 20 58 
62
Sept. : 567 699 78 98 10 21 32 
48
Oct. : 533 649 71 90 11 6 29 
32
Nov. : 426 405 49 63 10 5 20 
23
Dec. : 396 380 39 49 11 6 10 
15
Total : 6,985 8,019 915 1,232 139 147 436 
474
38
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Milk Cows On Farms, Production Per Cow And Total Production, By Months, 1966-68
Month : Milk 
cows on farms 
: Production 
per cow 
: Total production
: 1966 : 1967 1968 : 1966 1967 1968 1966 1967 1968
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 Million Million Million
: head head head Pounds Pounds Pounds pounds pounds pounds
Jan. : 161 155 146 425 440 460 68 68 67
Feb. 160 154 145 390 410 435 62 63 63
Mar. : 160 153 145 430 470 485 69 72 70
Apr. : 159 152 144 440 480 495 70 73 71
May 159 151 144 440 465 480 70 70 69
June : 158 150 143 415 435 460 66 65 66
July : 158 149 143 415 440 460 66 66 66
Aug. : 157 148 142 420 435 460 66 64 65
Sept. : 157 148 142 440 445 470 69 66 67
Oct. : 156 147 141 445 455 480 69 67 68
Nov. : 156 147 141 435 455 470 68 67 66
Dec. : 155 146 140 460 485 500 71 71 70
Annual: 158 150 143 5,150 5,410 5,650 814 812 808
39
MILK PRODUCTION, COW NUMBERS, AND MILK PER COW
% OF 1957-59 I F I
1968 1973
I I
40
1958 1963
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Hogs and Pigs: Number 
on Farms,
January 1, 1967-1969
District .. District
and : 1967 : 1968 : 1969 and : 1967 
1968 1969
county : :: county
District 10
Colbert
Fayette
Franklin
Lamar
Marion
Total
District 20
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limestone
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Total
District 21
Bibb
Blount
Chilton
Cullman
Jefferson
Saint Clair
Shelby
Walker
Winston
Total
District 30
Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
De Kalb
Etowah
Jackson
Total
District 40
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Pickens
Sumter
Tuscaloosa
Total
10,800
7,400
13,500
6,000
9,300
47,000
22,800
16,800
12,900
20, 100
26,300
19,600
118,500
1,500
14,000
6,400
21,900
6,500
3,400
4,300
8,300
,4,600
70,900
4,800
12,600
3,900
24,600
10,700
.37,400
94,000
4,300
4,000
4,200
6,100
5,800
.79600
32,000
11,000
7,500
14,500
7,000
50,000.
25,000
17,500
14,500
23,000
28,000
22,000
130,000
1,500
14,300
6,400
23,500
6,500
3,400
4,600
9,200
4,600
74,000
5,200
14,500
4,500
25,000
10,800
38,000
98,000
4,800
4,500
4,000
6,200
6,400
34,000
::District 50
10,000 :: Autauga
7,100 :: Dallas
13,500 :: Elmore
7,400 :: Lowndes
1
0 , 0 00 
:: Montgomery
48,000 :: Perry
: Wilcox
: Total
29,000 ::District 60
18,500 :: Chambers
16,500 :: Clay
24,000 :: Coosa
32,000 :: Lee
22,000 Macon
142,000 :: Randolph
: Russell
: Talladega
: Tallapoosa
2,500 :: Total
14,500 ::
6,500 ::District 70
19,000 :: Baldwin
5,500 :: Choctaw
3,000 :: Clarke
5,000 :: Mobile
10,000 :: Washington
4,00
0 
:: Total
70,000 :
::District 80
: Butler
: Conecuh
5,000 :: Covington
15,500 :: Crenshaw
4,600 Escambia
30,000 :: Monroe
10,900 :: Total
39, 000 ::
105,000 ::District 90
: Barbour
: Bullock
: Coffee
5,200 :: Dale
4,200 :: Geneva
3,800 :: Henry
6,500 :: Houston
5,500 :: Pike
8,800 :: Total
34,000 ::State
40
: 13,300
: 9,400
: 3,400
: 2,600
: 4,200
: 6,500
: 6,100
: 45,500
: 2,500
: 2,800
: 1,100
: 4,700
: 5,800
: 4,100
: 4,600
: 7,400
: 2,000
: 35,000
: 11,000
: 4,000
: 3,800
: 14,400
: _6,800
: 40,000
: 14,000
: 13,900
: 43,600
: 22,500
: 10,000
: 13,000
:117,000
: 22,800
: 4,600
: 37,900
: 27,900
: 44,300
: 22,500
: 54,000
:243,100
:843,000
14,500
9,000
3,200
2,800
4,200
7,000
47,000
2,600
3,200
1,200
5,500
6,300
4,200
5,400
7,400
38,000
12,500
4,000
4,000
16,800
45,000
16,000
15,500
48,000
24,500
10,500
15,500
130,000
24,000
5,000
42,000
30,000
52,000
26,000
60,000
34,000
273,000
919,000
13,000
8,000
3,200
2,400
3,600
8,400
44,000
2,300
3,200
1,200
6,000
5,700
4,400
4,900
7,200
37,000
11,500
4,000
3,600
17,900
8,000
45,000
14,400
16,000
45,600
25,500
9,500
125,000
24,000
4,900
44,000
34,500
53,000
29,000
60,000
287,000
937,000
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cattle and Calves: Number of All Cattle and Calves, Cows 2 Years and
Older Kept for Milk and Other Purposes on Farms, January 1, 1968 and 1969
. 1968 : 1969
District
and :All cattle 
Cows 2 years & 
older :All cattle 
Cows 2 years & 
older
Sca Kept for: : catt ept for:
county and calves Other and calves Other
county and milk : : milk :
: Number Number Number Number Number Number
District 10 :
Colbert : 23,300 900 10,900 24,000 800 11,900
Fayette : 11,700 1,800 4,000 12,300 1,600 4,300
Franklin : 24,000 2,300 10,000 24,900 2,000 10,700
Lamar : 11,000 1,600 3,500 11,400 1,400 
3,700
Marion : 14,000 2 000 4,600 14400 1700 4900
Total : 84,000 8,600 33,000 87,000 7,500 35,500
District 20 :
Lauderdale : 31,500 3,400 13,100 31,800 3,200 14,300
Lawrence : 31,100 3,500 13,400 31,400 3,300 14,000
Limestone : 33,000 4,500 14,200 34,300 4,200 15,500
Madison : 44,400 4,100 19,400 44,500 3,800 21,000
Marshall : 19,300 3,000 7,200 20,000 2,800 7,900
Morgan : 35,700 3,900 12,700 362000 3,700 13,800
Total : 195,000 22,400 80,000 198,000 21,000 86,500
District 21
Bibb : 14,500 1,100 6,500 14,500 1,100 6,700
Blount : 26,800 3,500 10,900 27,900 3,400 11,500
Chilton : 21,500 1,800 8,500 21,500 1,800 8,700
Cullman : 31,500 4,600 11,000 31,800 4,400 11,600
Jefferson 18,500 4,900 5,600 19,100 4,800 5,800
Saint Clair: 14,600 1,500 6,300 15,200 1,400 6,700
Shelby : 25,600 6,500 8,000 26,400 6,400 8,400
Walker : 12,000 1,100 4,600 12,200 1,100 4,800
Winston : 11,000 1 ,600 4,100 11,400 1,600 4,300
Total : 176,000 26,600 65,500 180,000 26,000 68,500
District 30 :
Calhoun : 15,300 1,800 5,600 15,600 1,700 6,000
Cherokee : 13,100 1,300 4,700 13,400 1,200 5,000
Cleburne : ,8,000 600 3,500 7,800 600 3,500
De Kalb : 29,200 3,800 9,500 29,800 3,600 10,800
Etowah : 20,100 1,800 7,100 20,300 1,700 7,700
Jackson : 30,300 2,300 11,600 31,100 2,200 13000
Total : 116,000 11,600 42,000 118,000 11,000 46,000
District 40 :
Greene : 34,500 2,000 17,400 34,500 1,900 18,000
Hale : 43,800 9,000 17,500 41,600 8,600 17,000
Marengo : 60,000 4,500 29,500 56,900 4,200 29,100
Pickens : 26,800 2,500 8,400 27,100 2,400 8,600
Sumter : 48,800 1,200 26,900 48,300 1,100 26,800
Tuscaloosa : 23,1O 3,000 9,300 23,600 9,500
Total : 237,000 22,200 109,000 232,000 21,000 109,000
41
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Cattle and Calves: Number of All Cattle and Calves, 
Cows 2 Years and
Older Kept for Milk and Other Purposes on Farms, January 1, 1968 
and 1969
1968 1969
District Cows 2 years & older 
: Cows 2 years & older
and All cattle All cattle
and calves: Kept for: Other and calves: Keptfor: Other
count :: milk : 
calves: milk
: Number Number Number Number Number Number
District 50 :
Autauga : 23,500 900 12,300 22,000 
800 12,000
Dallas : 67,500 4,600 35,100 62,000 4,400 
34,000
Elmore : 38,500 3,400 17,800 
35,400 3,300 17,700
Lowndes : 69,000 2,400 36,900 66,000 
2,300 36,000
Montgomery : 97,000 12,000 44,400 95,000 11,500 
46,000
Perry : 38,500 7,800 15,000 35,800 
7,500 15,000
Wilcox : 52,000 800 27 500 48,800 700 272300
Total : 386,000 31,900 
189,000 365,000 30,500 
188,000
District 60 :
Chambers : 23,600 1,700 
11,200 23,600 1,700 
12,500
Clay : 16,000 1,400 
7,200 16,300 1,400 
7,900
Coosa : 9,400 300 
5,000 9,500 300 5,400
Lee : 19,500 1,800 
9,000 19,300 1,700 10,100
Macon : 31,000 1,100 
17,300 31,300 1,000 
19,500
Randolph : 15,000 1,500 
6,500 15,100 1,400 6,800
Russell : 22,500 1,100 
11,700 22,300 1,100 
12,500
Talladega : 29,000 2,600 13,400 
29,600 2,500 15,000
Tallapoosa : 16,000 ,500 7200 16Q00 
1,400 7,300
Total : 182,000 13,000 
88,500 183,000 12,500 
97,000
District 70
Baldwin : 48,000 5,000 19,700 
46,800 4,500 21,200
Choctaw : 16,000 400 8,800 
15,800 400 9,900
Clarke : 20,000 500 10,600 
19,800 500 11,000
Mobile : 30,000 4,900 
12,300 28,800 4,500 13,200
Washington : 18,000 600 10,100 17,800 600 11,200
Total : 132,000 11,400 61,500 
129,000 10,500 66,500
District 80 :
Butler : 28,200 1,400 14,100 
28,500 1,200 15,000
Conecuh : 23,900 1,200 11,100 
23,400 1,000 12,000
Covington : 37,700 1,900 16,800 
38,500 1,700 18,500
Crenshaw : 22,200 1,100 10,400 
22,900 1,000 11,000
Escambia : 22,000 1,300 8,800 
21,700 1,100 9,000
Monroe : 34,000 11
0  
16,300 33,000 0 17,000
Total : 168,000 8,000 77,500 
168,000 7,000 82,500
District 90 :
Barbour : 33,200 1,300 
17,400 32,500 1,100 18,500
Bullock : 37,900 900 
22,900 38,100 800 24,500
Coffee : 28,700 1,700 
13,000 27,800 1,500 13,500
Dale : 15,400 900 
7,000 14,900 800 7,500
Geneva : 32,000 1,200 
12,500 31,000 1,100 13,500
Henry : 17,500 900 
8,200 17,500 800 8,500
Houston : 35,100 1,700 15,600 35,400 1,500 16,000
Pike : 39,200 100 
20,400 38800 1400 21500
Total : 239,000 
10,300 117,000 
236,000 9,000 
123,500
State :1,915,000 166,000 
863,000 1,896,000 156,000 
903,000
42
POULTRY REVIEW, 1968
Lester J. Hartung - Poultry Statistician
Poultry Is Big Business In Alabama' Poultry contributed more to cash re-
ceipts from farm marketings during 1968 than any other farm enterprise. Broiler
and egg production are the most important phases of the industry. Production
of farm chickens and turkeys are segments of minor importance. Output of
commercial chick hatcheries in 1968 was valued at $32.9 million.
Broiler Production Expanded Further In 1968: Alabama broiler producers
marketed a record-high of 328.5 million birds in 1968. This is 1.2 
percent
larger than the previous record reached a year earlier. Broiler 
growers have
increased production annually to establish a record-high level 
each year since
1947. The average weight of the broilers marketed in 1968 was 
3.5 pounds,
slightly below the National average of 3.6 pounds. Growers 
received 13.2 cents
per pound on a liveweight at farm basis for broilers marketed 
in 1968. The
National average was higher--14.1 cents per pound. In 1968, Georgia 
ranked first,
Arkansas second and Alabama third in broiler production.
Egg Production Increases: A record-high total of 2,659 million 
eggs was pro-
duced on farms in Alabama during 1968. Both hatching eggs and 
those produced for
the commercial market are included in this total. The State's 
laying flock
averaged 12,256,000 layers during the year. Output per layer was 
placed at 217
eggs, or about double the annual rate of lay 25 years earlier. Alabama's 
laying
flocks have become concentrated in the hands of large "commercial" 
operators.
This concentration has contributed much to the increased output per layer, and
in turn total egg production. Nationally, Alabama ranked 
ninth in average number
of layers and eight in total egg production in 1968.
Production Chickens (Excluding Broilers) Decreases: Alabama 
poultrymen pro-
duced 11,500,000 chickens (excluding broilers) in 1968. This 
phase of poultry
reflects largely the production of replacement pullets for 
laying flocks.
Nationally, Alabama ranked sixth in the number of chickens 
produced in 1968.
Turkey Numbers Down: Turkey production is also a minor enterprise 
in Alabama.
Only 742,000 birds were produced in the State in 1968. 
As is characteristic of
other phases of the poultry industry, production was principally 
on farms of
"contract" operators. 
In 1968, Alabama 
ranked twenty-fifth 
in turkey production.
Alabama Ranks Third In Commercial Production Of Baby Chicks: 
Alabama hatchery
operators produced 369.1 million baby chicks in 1968. 
Of this total, 355.7 million
were broiler-type chicks. Hatching baby chicks is an 
important industry.
Nationally, Georgia ranked first, Arkansas second amd Alabama 
third in 1968 in
total chick production as well as in broiler-type chick production.
Hatchery Capacity Increased: At the beginning of 1969 there were 81 chick
hatcheries with a rated capacity of 40,192,000 eggs. Four years earlier 
84
hatcheries reported a capacity of 35,418,000 eggs. Thus, the average 
rated
capacity per hatchery increased from 421,600 eggs to 496,200 eggs.
43
AIABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Inventory of Poultry on Farms, January 1, 1967-1969
Class 
Number on farms 
: Value per head 
: Total value
: 1967 1968 : 1969 1967 1968 : 1969 : 1967 : 1968 : 1969
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
: head head head Dollars Dollars Dollars dollars dollars dollars
Chickens
Hens & pullets laying age :
Hens : 5,772 4,848 4,460 -
Pullets : 6,108 7,907 7,785 - - -
- - -
Total :11,880 12,755 12,245 - - - - - -
Pullets not of laying age :
3 mos. + : 2,165 2,338 2,735 -
Under 3 mos. : 2,765 2,737 3,284 - -
-
Other : 595 619 631 - - - - - -
Total :17,405 18,449 18,895 .94 .95 1.05 16,361 17,527 19,840
Turkeys
Breeder Hens
Heavy : 35 38 39 - -
Light : 1 - 1 - -
Total : 36 38 40 - - -
All
Heavy : 47 43 43 - -
- - - -
Light : 1 - 1 - - - -
- -
Total : 48 43 44 4.80 4.55 4.60 230 
196 202
Layers, Rate of Lay and Egg Production, 1966-1968
Month : 
Layers 
: Eggs per 100 
layers : 
Eggs produced
: 1966 : 1967 : 1968 : 1966 : 1967 : 1968 : 1966 : 1967 : 1968
1,000 1,000 1,000 Million Million Million
: head head head Number Number Number eggs eggs eggs
Jan. : 10,998 11,696 12,691 1,804 1,863 1,844 198 218 234
Feb. : 10,800 11,454 12,626 1,635 1,730 1,726 .177 198 218
Mar. : 10,718 11,397 12,625 1,885 1,950 1,897 202 222 239
Apr. : 10,674 11,283 12,562 1,866 1,887 1,860 199 213 
234
May : 10,626 11,392 12,374 1,919 1,897 1,897 204 216 235
June : 10,584 11,558 12,065 1,818 1,800 1,791 192 208 216
July : 10,694 11,799 11,822 1,829 1,854 1,823 196 
219 216
Aug. : 11,015 12,249 11,762 1,776 1,838 1,786 196 
225 210
Sept. : 11,262 12,586 11,938 1,719 1,779 1,725 194 
224 206
Oct. : 11,528 12,868 12,178 1,823 1,848 1,810 210 238 
220
Nov. : 11,858 12,867 12,212 1,734 1,782 1,752 206 
229 214
Dec. : 11,944 12,762 12,215 1,786 1,826 1,773 213 233 
217
Annual : 11,058 11,993 12,256 21,594 22,054 21,684 2,387 
2,643 2,659
Chicks Hatched by Commercial Hatcheries, 1967 and 1968
Month 
Broiler-type 
Egg-type 
Total
n1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968 : 1967 : 1968
1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
chicks chicks chicks chicks chicks chicks
January : 27,202 29,822 1,182 918 28,384 30,740
February : 26,489 28,196 1,362 1,108 27,851 
29,304
March : 31,963 30,843 1,685 1,739 33,648 
32,582
April : 30,525 30,563 1,772 1,566 32,297 
32,129
May : 30,979 32,140 1,318 1,303 32,297 33,443
June : 30,207 30,992 1,257 1,021 31,464 
32,013
July : 29,851 30,863 817 946 30,668 
31,809
August : 28,408 29,483 852 702 29,260 30,185
September : 25,560 25,893 1,125 951 26,685 
26,844
October : 25,935 27,947 1,219 1,289 27,154 29,236
November : 27,836 28,923 792 1,019 28,628 
29,942
December : 27,535 30,072 900 790 28,435 
30,862
Total : 342,490 355,737 14,281 13,352 356,771 
369,089
44
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Poultry: Farm Production, Disposition, Cash
Receipts, and Gross Income, 1966-1968
Item Unit : 1966 1967 1968
Broilers
Number produced
Pounds produced
Price per pound
Gross income 1/
Eggs
Average number of layers during year
Production per layer 2/
Total produced
Number consumed in farm household
Sold
Price per dozen 3/
Cash receipts
Value of eggs consumed in farm household:
Gross income
Chickens 4/
Raised 5/
Lost 6/
Increase in inventory
Decrease in inventory
Number produced 7/
Pounds produced
Number consumed in farm household
Pounds consumed in farm household
Number sold
Pounds sold
Price per pound
Value of production
Cash receipts
Value of chickens consumed in farm
household
Gross income
Turkeys
Raised 5/
Heavy breeds
Light breeds
Total
Lost 6/
Increase in inventory
Decrease in inventory
Number produced 7/
Pounds produced
Number sold
Pounds sold
Price per pound
Gross income /
All poultry
Cash receipts
Gross income
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
Cent
1,000 dollars
1,000 head
Number
Million eggs
Million eggs
Million eggs
Cent
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000 head
1,000 head
1,000 head
1,000 head
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
1,000 head
1,000 pounds
Cent
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
Cent
1,000
head
head
head
head
head
head
head
pounds
head
pounds
dollars
1,000 dollars
1,000 dollars
324,124
1,134,434
14.2
161,090
11,058
216
2,387
53
2,334
43.9
85,385
1,939
87,324
14,577
2,674
1,676
11,903
57,792
1,373
4,531
8,854
48,697
10.1
5,837
4,918
458
5,376
1,257
21
1,278
1
32
1,277
23,978
1,245
23,530
22.9
5,388
256,781
259,178
324,629
1,136,202
12.0
136,344
11,993
220
2,643
53
2,590
38.6
83,312
1,705
85,017
14,285
2,637
1,044
11,648
61,939
1,167
3,734
9,437
51,904
9.0
5,575
4,671
336
5,007
1,041
6
1,047
2
5
1,045
19,775
1,050
19,845
19.7
3,909
228,236
230,277
328,510
1,149,785
13.2
151,772
12,256
217
2,659
48
2,611
38.6
83,987
1,544
85,531
14,285
2,785
446
11,500
57,944
1,146
3,667
9,908
54,494
9.5
5,505
5,177
348
5,525
729
13
742
2
1
-
740
14,646
739
14,632
21.0
3,073
244,009
245,901
1/ Includes consumption in household of producers which is less than I percent of total production.
2/ Number of eggs produced during the year divided by the average number of layers on hand during
the year.
3/ Average of all eggs sold by producer, including hatching eggs and eggs sold at retail.
4/ Does not include commercial broilers.
5/ Does not include young birds lost.
6/ Loss during the year of birds on hand January 1.
7/ Production equals sales, plus home consumption, plus or minus the change in inventory.
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Chickens, Excluding Broilers: Number on
Farms, January 1, 1967, 1968 and 1969
District All chickens Hens and pullets of laying ag&e
and 1967 
1968 1969 1967 
1968 1969
county
District 10
Colbert
Fayette
Franklin
Lamar.
Marion
Total
District 20
Lauderdale
Lawrence
Limes tone
Madison
Marshall
Morgan
Total
District 21
Bibb
Blount
Chilton
Cullman
Jefferson
Saint Clair
Shelby
Walker
Winston
Total
District 30
Calhoun
Cherokee
Cleburne
De Kalb
Etowah
Jackson
Total
District 40
Greene
Hale
Marengo
Pickens.
Number
30,000
165,000
270,000
139,000
724,000
91,000
550,000
350,000
124,000
920,000
2,885,000
41,000
1,8473,000
75,000
2,042,000
336,000
230,000
380,000
580,000
16
5,695,000
360,000
625,000
250,000
12790,000
285,000
3,600,000
26,000
53,000
21, 000
55,000
22,000
25 7, 000
Number
60,000
190,1000
175,000
150,000
100,000
675,000
90,000
800,000
385,000
130,000
750,000
2,955,000
28,000
1,750,000
73,000
2,000,000
370,000
305,000
500,000
780,000
170,000
5,976,000
375,000
570,000
310,000
1,600,000
305,000
320,0
3,480,000
33,000
54,000
22,000
21
Numbe
360,000
1215,000
725000
170,000
760,000
8125,000
8082
71952,000
335,000
120,000
83,000
40,000
425,000
718626,000
220,000
625,000
237,000
1,758,000
305,000
3,435,000
32,4000
41,000
21,000
73,00
22,00
75 00
Number
25, 000
113,000
219 ,000
89,000
5 18, 000
83,000
410,000
217,000
85,000
575,000
1,975,000
33,000
1,403,000
40,000
1,370,000
235,000
150,000
270,000
425,000
124,00
4,050,000
170,000
360,000
145,000
1,015,1000
230,000
2,140,000
23,000
45,000
18,000
43,000
18,500
219,000
Number
40,1000
126,000
120,000
103,000
434,000
78, 000
555,000
235,000
90,000
490,000
1,968,000
26,000
1,315,000
30,000
1,395,000
300,000
225,000
350,000
400,000
4,166,000
165,000
520,000
190,000
1,195,000
240,000
185,0
2,495,000
26,000
40,000
19,000
Number
20,000
125,000
165,000
130,000
500,000
90,000
452,000
218,000
83,000
575,000
525
1,943,000
1,390,000
25,000
1,310,000
285,000
200,000
320,000
480,000
135,0
4,168,000
165,000
405,000
130,000
1,089,000
2423,000
160,0
2,191,000
24,000
34, 000
18,000
55,000
18,000
2900
209300
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Alabama Chickens, Excluding Broilers: Number 
on
Farms, January 1, 1967, 1968 and 1969
District : All chickens : Hens and pullets of laying age
and 1967 1968 : 1969 1967 1968 1969
county :...
District 50
Autauga
Dallas
Elmore
Lowndes
Montgomery
Perry
Wilcox
Total
District 60
Chambers
Clay
Coosa
Lee
Macon
Randolph
Russell
Talladega
Tallapoosa
Total
District 70
Baldwin
Choctaw
Clarke
Mobile
Washington
Total
District 80
Butler
Conecuh
Covington
Crenshaw
Escambia
Monroe
Total
District 90
Barbour
Bullock
Coffee
Dale
Geneva
Henry
Houston
Pike
Total
State
Number
: 96,000
: 27,000
S 120,000
: 50,000
: 90,000
: 22,000
: 24,000
S429,000
1 00,000
S 400,000
: 85,000
: 80,000
S 210,000
S 415,000
: 29,000
: 98,000
: 95.000
'
S1,512,000
220,000
38,000
25,000
155,000
168,000
606,000
120,000
40,000
37,000
200,000
28,500
20,500q
446,000
: 280,000
: 245,000
: 165,000
: 65,000
: 20,000
: 70,000
: 86,000
: 320,000
: 1,251,000
:17,405,000
Number
88,000
25,000
87,000
125,000
155,000
20,000
522,000
150,000
450,000
80,000
55,000
245,000
575,000
24,000
75,000
120.,000
1,774,000
265,000
53,000
29,000
185,000
165,000
697,000
180,000
51,000
50,000
300,000
28,000
620,000
629,000
300,000
325,000
165,000
45,000
19,000
100,000
110,000
395,000
1,459,000
18,449,000
Number
131,000
55,000
125,000
188,000
112,000
16,000
20,000
647,000
272,000
450,000
62,000
62,000
208,000
495,000
21,000
60,000
1205000
1,750,000
210,000
55,000
30,000
170,000
175,000
640,000
241,000
40,000
145,000
390,000
23,000
19,000
858,000
300,000
225,000
150,000
32,000
23,000
182,000
122,000
1,451,000
18,895,000
48
Number
70,000
21,000
70,000
21,000
60,000
18,000
19,000
279,000
88,000
298,000
62,000
50,000
170,000
265,000
24,000
55,000
_78,000
1,090,000
185,000
35,000
22,000
135,000
150,000
5 27,000
92,000
30,000
30,000
130,000
26,000
17,000
325,000
190,000
100,000
94,000
35,000
18,000
40,000
55,000
757,000
11,880,000
Number
55,000
19,000
50,000
25,000
65,000
15,000
18)000
247,000
135,000
315,000
75,000
40,000
185,000
335,000
20,000
62,000
95,000
1,262,000
200,000
48,000
25,000
170,000
112,oo
555,000
135,000
40,000
43,000
160,000
26,000
-17,000
421,000
265,000
170,000
90,000
40,000
17,000
40,000
88,000
265,000
975,000
12,755,000
Number
53,000
21,000
41,000
33,000
60,000
13,000
16,000
237,000
75,000
304,000
55,000
30,000
145,000
288,000
16,000
38,000
105,000
1,056,000
160,000
47,000
27,000
150,000
125,000
509,000
135,000
25,000
137,000
235,000
21,000
-16000
569,000
225,000
100,000
70,000
28,000
21,000
64,000
85,000
270,000
863,000
12,245,000
ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Broiler-type Eggs Set, Chicks Hatched and Broiler Chicks Placed in Alabama,
by Weeks, 1967 and 1968
Year and : Eggs Chicks Total : Year and : Eggs Chicks Total
week : set hatched : placed in : week : set hatched placed in
ended : 1/ h: State 2/ : ended : 1/ hatched State 2/
1967
Jan. 7
14
21
28
Feb. 4
11
18
25
Mar. 4
11
18
25
Apr. 1
8
15
22
29
May 6
13
20
27
June 3
10
17
24
July 1
8
15
22
29
Aug. 5
12
19
26
Sept. 2
9
16
23
30
Oct. 7
14
21
28
Nov. . 4
11
18
25
Dec. 2
9
16
23
30
1,000
eggs
7,934
8,166
8,339
8,542
8,348
8,835
9 256
9,462
9,180
9,138
8,971
8,947
8,901
8,868
8,785
8,956
9,009
8,896
8,934
9,078
9,042
8,830
8,806
8,691
8,597
8,687
8,579
8,322
8,231
8,235
8,161
8,124
8,100
7,811
6,924
7,674
7,761
7,791
7,126
7,149
7,821
8,379
8,385
8,434
8,000
8,015
7,988
8,161
7,133
8,311
8,395
g 562
1,000
chicks
6,099
6,028
6,107
6,208
6,434
6,535
6,696
6,588
6,984
7,192
7,342
7,218
7,261
7,121
7,172
7,151
7,051
6,937
7,017
7,079
6,966
6,957
7,161
7,140
6,994
6,916
6,841
6,702
6,764
6,696
6,500
6,439
6,474
6,358
6,296
6,306
6,102
5,360
5,991
6,098
6,046
5,596
5,586
6,081
6,607
6,598
6,665
6,294
6,344
6,259
6,488
5 702
1,000
chicks
6,108
6,067
6,175
6,177
6,480
6,644
6,621
6,700
6,893
7,145
7,265
6,988
7,058
7,136
7,036
7,023
6,999
6,958
7,044
7,119
7,016
7,064
7,152
7,198
7,040
6,885
6,722
6,666
6,788
6,767
6,469
6,291
6,354
6,259
6,306
6,318
6,165
5,366
5,869
6,075
5,829
5,433
5,569
6,163
6,545
6,445
6,449
6,292
6,027
5,886
6,315
5.486
1968
Jan. 6
13
20
27
Feb. 3
10
17
24
Mar. 2
9
16
23
30
Apr. 6
13
20
27
May 4
11
18
25
June 1
8
15
22
29
July 6
13
20
27
Aug. 3
10
17
24
31
Sept. 7
14
21
28
Oct. 5
12
19
26
Nov. 2
9
16
23
30
Dec. 7
14
21
28
1,000
eggs
8,762
8,634
8,583
8,614
8,554
8,478
8,619
8,708
8,733
8,874
8,740
8,903
8,879
8,935
9,131
8,995
9,099
9,035
9,150
9,197
9,125
9,188
9,072
8,873
8,910
8,803
8,676
8,605
8,480
8,491
8,408
8,185
8,072
8,233
7,745
6,610
7,885
8,135
7,938
7,552
7,834
7,859
8,348
8,560
8,259
8,409
8,303
8,195
8,370
8,536
8,742
8.589
1,000
chicks
6,590
6,554
6,748
6,973
6,829
6,797
6,790
6,802
6,830
6,923
6,967
7,018
6,977
7,027
7,096
7,144
7,181
7,273
7,209
7,311
7,212
7,299
7,297
7,240
7,210
7,186
7,100
7,042
6,978
6,846
6,851
6,641
6,762
6,662
6,479
6,360
6,347
6,067
5,316
6,303
6,502
6,343
6,090
6,319
6,745
6,723
6,959
6,689
6,878
6,810
6,611
6.779
1,000
chicks
6,326
6,369
6,492
6,832
" 6,676
6,558
6,576
6,660
6,468
6,705
6,695
6,869
6,691
7,008
7,048
7,014
7,062
7,041
7,035
7,027
7,071
7,070
7,151
7,010
6,847
6,912
6,938
6,768
6,658
6,516
6,494
6,383
6,500
6,337
6,104
6,059
6,005
5,753
5,068
6,007
6,273
6,031
5,909
6,225
6,469
6,510
6,588
6,336
6,510
6,422
6,164
6.395
Total 436,770 341,547 338,845 Total 443,613 353,685 340,635
1I Includes set for pullet chicks to be used as replacements for 
hatchery supply flocks.
/ ncludes only chicks to be raised as broilers.
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PRICE AND FARM LABOR STATISTICS
George B. Strong, Agricultural Statistician
Two series of prices are presented in bulletins of the series Alabama Agricultural Statistics. These
are Prices Received and Prices Paid by Farmers.
Prices Received by Farmers
The series designated Prices Received by Farmers relate to the average prices farmers receive 
for their
products--generally at the point of first sale. Point of first sale by farmers may range 
from sales on a
graded, packed, and delivered basis to bulk sales at the farm. The average price concept is that of a
price which would result from dividing the total dollars received by all farmers for that commodity 
by the
total quantity of the commodity sold.
Monthly Prices: Prices for most commodities are collected during a 5-day period centered on 
the 15th
of the month. These prices are used to represent average prices received for sales of 
the commodity during
the month. For some commodities, monthly prices as published currently are reviewed at the end of the
season and revised, if necessary, to take into account sales for the entire month. Examples are meat
animals, broilers,and potatoes.
Season Average Prices are computed by weighting mid-month prices by the estimated percentage of sales
made each month in the marketing season. Also included in the season average price are allowances 
for un-
redeemed loans and purchases by the Government. Annual average prices are computed by weighting monthly
prices by the estimated proportion of the calendar year sales made each month.
The overall level of prices received for all farm commodities is measured by index numbers. The
Indexes of Prices Received by Farmers for All Commodities, Crops and Livestock published in this bulletin
are comparable with those presented in earlier bulletins. These indexes are being revised to reflect
shifts from crops to livestock that have occurred in recent years.
Prices Paid by Farmers
Averages of Prices Paid by Farmers presented in this bulletin are based primarily on the voluntary re-
ports of merchants and dealers throughout Alabama. These estimates of average prices relate to transactions
as of the 15th of the designated month. Price data underlying these estimates are collected from dealers
and merchants at regularly recurring intervals by means of mailed inquiries and personal enumeration.
Average prices are collected for the most important commodities purchased by farmers. Reporters are
asked to quote the price of the most commonly sold item that best fits the questionnaire definition or speci-
fication. These specifications vary in preciseness according to importance of the specifications inde-
termining price, in which case specifications are most descriptive. Lumber prices, for example, vary to
some extent with length of cut and the specie and grade of lumber. Similarly, prices are requested for
dairy feed with a definite protein content, and for tractors of specific types in specified horsepower
categories. Commodities for which minor variations in specifications or description are not critical
factors in price determination are specified in general terms. In all cases dealers are asked to report
the price of the size, grade, or quality of the item most commonly sold to farmers.
For several feeds, prices in this bulletin are not comparable with earlier series. Prices paid for
chick starter, broiler grower, laying feed, turkey grower, and mixed dairy feed are reported on a ton
basis in contrast to the hundredweight prices carried in earlier bulletins. This change was made to re-
flect the trend toward volume purchases. Prices shown for cottonseed and soybean meal are for meals of
41 and 44 percent protein content, respectively. Prices carried in earlier bulletins relate to feeds
of all protein contents combined.
Farm Employment and Wage Rates
Farm employment represents number of family and hired labor working during the survey week. The
survey relates to the last full calendar week of the month. Family labor includes farm operators working
on farms one hour or more, plus other family members working 15 hours or more without receiving cash wages
during survey week. Hired workers include all persons working one hour or more for cash wages during the
survey week. These data should not be confused with data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The BLS data are derived from a household survey
where each member 16 years of age and older is classified as performing farm or nonf arm work on the basis
of major activity during the survey week.
The number of persons working on farms continues to decline as farming becomes more mechanized. On
the other hand, wage rates continue to spiral upward. For 1968 the index of composite farm wage rates
averaged 913 percent of the 1910-14 base. Farm wage rates are reported by volunteer reporters as of the
first of January, April, July, and October.
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Indexes Of Prices Received By Farmers, All Commodities, Crops, And Livestock,
Monthly And Annual Averages, 1966-1968
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May 
June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 
Dec. :Annual
: :average
All Commodities
1966 : 255 259 259 258 258 257 256 237 239 232 228 226
1967 : 226 227 229 229 235 239 244 235 239 234 245 251
1968 : 243 239 237 240 240 239 241 243 255 250 242 236
1966 : 226 230 232 236 238
1967 : 199 200 205 209 209
1968 : 226 217 212 217 218
Crops
237 235 202 206 200 200 197
212 217 208 214 215 233 242
214 212 220 236 232 218 206
Livestock And Livestock Products
1966 : 308 312 309 298 296 295 295 301 299 291 282 280
1967 : 279 277 274 267 284 290 294 286 284 269 266 267
1968 : 277 280 283 281 279 285 296 288 290 282 286 291
: Total, Family And Hired Workers On Farms, Monthly and Annual Average, 1966-1968 1/
Total (thousand persons)
1966 : 66 75 85 113 143 110 101 117 131 178 133 81
1967 : 66 79 91 104 127 101 98 98 151 164 121 86
1968 : 60 68 75 108 133 101 90 102 144 167 119 81
247
236
242
220
214
219
297
278
285
111
107
104
1966 : 53 57 64
1967 51 63 71
1968 48 55 60
1966 : 13 18
1967 : 15 16
1968 : 12 13
21
20
15
Family (thousand persons)
85 103 75 75 82 100 141 98 66
81 100 71 70 75 120 135 93 70
84 105 74 69 78 113 136 91 68
Hired (thousand persons)
28 40 35 26 35
23 27 30 28 23
24 28 27 21 24
31
31
31
37 35
29 28
31 28
15
16
13
I/ Persons employed during the last full calendar week ending at least one day before the end of the
month.
Farm Wage Rates, By Quarters And Annual Averages, 1966-1968
Per ay : Per hourComposite : Indexes of
Date With Without : With 
Without rate per : composite
: house board : 
house boardr 
hour rates
: or room :, : or room :,1910-14=100 1/
Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Dollars Percent
1966 :
Jan. 1 : 5.00 5.60 .68 .80 .698 691
Apr. 1 : 5.10 5.80 .66 .81 .581 709
July 1 : 5.00 5.60 .68 .76 .576 719
Oct. 1 : 5.20 5.90 .74 .82 .765 751
Annual : 5.10 5.80 .72 .82 .673 740
1967
Jan. - : 5.50 6.10 .73 .89 .765 758
Apr. 1 : 5.60 6.60 .80 .92 .652 796
July 1 : 5.80 6.50 - .89 .669 835
Oct. 1 : 6.10 6.70 - .93 .871 854
Annual : 5.80 6.60 .79 .93 .754 829
1968
Jan. 1 : 6.10 6.80 .84 .96 .848 840
Apr. 1 : 6.20 7.10 .89 1.05 .708 864
July 1 : 6.40 7.00 .90 1.00 .730 911
Oct. 1 : 6.50 7.40 .92 1.02 .953 935
Annual : 6.30 7.10 .90 1.02 .831 913
1/ Adjusted for seasonal variation.
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83
83
82
28
24
22
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Prices Received by Farmers for Specified Crops_, Monthly and Season Averages, 1966-1968
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept.: Oct. Nov. Dec. :ean
average-
Cotton (cents per pound)
28.1 28.5 28.5 29.5 29.0 29.5
20.0 20.8 21.5 21.5 21.5 22.0
23.0 22. 23.0 23.0 22.5 22.0
22.0 21.8 20.8 20.6 19.5 20.65
- 23.0 24.0 27.5 28.0 25.73
24.0 27.5 27.0 24.2 21.0 23.6
Cottonseed (dollars per ton)
- 45.00
- 50.00
-. 49.00
Corn (dollars per bushel)
1.37 1.37 1.34 1.38 1.37
1.51 1.50 1.48 1.49 1.47
1.25 1.25 1.26 1.26 1.25
Wheat (dollars per bushel)
1.65 1.60 1.55 1.60. 1.65
1.70 1.70 1.55 1.50 1.45
1.50 1.45 1.25 1.20 1.17
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1.38
1.43
1.20
1.75
1.44
1.17
.86
.80
.76
All Hay Baled (dollars per ton)
25.30 23.50 23.30 23.10 23.50
26.30 27.20 24.90 24.20 24.00
27.20 25.90 25.80 25.40 25.80
61.00
49.00
48.00
1.44
1.27
1.14
1.75
1.42
1.17
.85
.82
.77
24.50
23.80
26.30
63.00
51.00
48.00
64.00
53.00
48.00
64-00
54.00
48.00
62.40
51.60
48.00
1.45 1.46 1.46 1.46
1.09 1.09 1.14 1.16
1.12 1.17 1.23 1.18
1.75 1.80 1.80 1.63
1.42 1.40 1.40 1.49
1.17 1.21 1.21 1L20
.90
.84
.80
25.40
23.80
26.90
.88 .88
.82 .82
.84 .84
26.20
24.10
28.00
27.00
25.40
28.40
.83
.84
.80
25.50
25.50
27.50
- m 11.0
10.5 10.7 11.0
11.3 11.3 11.3
2.60 2.80
2.80 2.80
2.55 2.60
2.00 2.00
2.20 2.20
1.90 2.00
Peanuts (cents per pound)
11.0 11.2 10.7 10.7 10.4 11.1
11.2 11.3 11.0 10.8 11.4 11.2
- - - 12.0 11.7 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.7
Soybeans For Beans (dollars per bushel)_
2.80 2.85 2,85 2.85 2.80 3.00
2.85 2.75 2.75 2.70 2.65 2.60
2.60 2.60 2.60 2.55 2.53 2.50
Sorghum Grain
2.00 2.00 2.00
2.30 2.30 2.30
2.00 1.95 
1.90
(dollars per 100
2.00 2.05
2.30 2.20
1.85 1.85
pounds)
2.00
2.10
1.85
3.*00
2.55
2.45
2.00
2.05
1.70
2.85 2.80 2.85 2.81
2.50 2.45 2.50 2.50
2.37 2.42 2.45 2.40
2.00 2.00 2.00
1.95 1.85 1.85
1.70 1.75 1.75
Potatoes (dollars per 100 pounds)>
- - 1.80 1.50 1.64 2.30
- - 2.45 2.26 3.06 2.90
- - 2.75 2.58 3.30 2.40
Sweetpotatoes
4.75 4.60 5.05 4.75
5.00' 5.50 5.50 -
6.00 5.90 6.00 6.20
(dollars
5.00
per 100 pounds)
5.40 6.50
5.95 6.55
6.20 6.20
5.00
5.95
5.60
2-05
1.95
1.75
1.62
2.54
2.77
4.90 4.90 4.95 5.14
5.60 5.40 5.60 5.76
5.25 5.00 5.50 5.52
52
1966 27.5
1967 19.7
1968 24.5
44 .00
63.00
54-00
45.00
62.00
52.00
44.00
52.00
1.26 1.34
1.51 1.50
1.20 1.25
1.57 1.60
1.70 1.70
1.45 1.50
Oats (dollars per bushel)
.87 .81 .81
.92 .85 .80
.85 .80 .77
.89
.91
.88
25.00
28.00
26.80
.90
.92
.89
.91
.89
.89
25.60
25.70
27.20
.95
.91
.89
25.10
26.50
28.10
1966 :10.6
1967:10.4
1968:11.4
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
1966
1967
1968
4.70
5.00
5.80
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Mid-month Prices Received by Farmers for Specified Commodities and Annual Averages, 1966-1968
.Oct.6Nov.nDec
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.* May June July Aug. Sept.: Oct Nov1Dec
40 0 :average-
1966 :18.70
1967 :19.80
1968 :21.00
1966 14.80
1967 16.20
1968 16.90
1966 21.30
1967 22.00
1968 23.40
1966 22.20
1967 23.60
1968 24.30
1966 :26.10
1967 :18.50
1968 :16.90
1966 6.00
1967 6.10
1968 6.45
1966 15.4
1967 12.3
1968 12.4
1966 :15.5
1967 :12.5
1968 :12.5
1966 12.0
1967 9.0
1968 9.5
1966 :42.5
1967 :43.0
1968 :35.0
19.40
20.20
20.80
15.80
16.90
17.00
21.90
22.30
23.20
23.00
24.50
26.50
26.00
18.00
17.10
6.00
5.95
6.45
15.8
13.7
13.9
16.0
14.0
14.0
11.0
9.0
10.0
21.00
19.60
21.40
17.50
16.40
17.60
Beef Cattle (dollars
21.00 20.80 20.10
19.90 20.40 21.10
22.10 21.80 21.50
Cows (ollars per
18.30 17.80 16.80
16.60 16.80. 16.80
18.10 17.30 16.50
per 100 pounds)
19.90 20.30 19.90
21.00 20.60 20.50
21.80 20.80 19.90
100 pounds)
15.80 16.20
16.90 16.20
16.50 16.00
15.80
15.50
15.30
Steers and Heifers (dollars per 100__pounds)
23.00 22.80 22.50 22 .00 22.30 22.60 22.00
21.50 21.70 22.30 23.30 23.20 22.90 22.90
23.50 24.30 24.00 24.00 24.50 23.00 22.00
26.00
25.00
26.50
23.10
17.50
17.50
Calves (dollars per
25.60 25.00 24.00
24.00 24.60 25.00
27.20 25.90 25.90
100 pounds)
24.00 24.40 23.90
25.20 24.90 24.50
26.30 25.40 23.40
Hogs (dollars per 100 pounds)
22.00 22.20 22.70 22.40 23.20
16.20.19.80 20.60 20.60 19.70
17.10 17.50 18.00 19.50 18.10
22.00
18.70-
18.60
Milk, All Wholesale (dollars per_100 pounds),
5.95 5.95 5.85 5.85 6.00 5.95 6.15
6.05 6.10 6.20 6.25 6.20 6.30 6.50
6.35 6.30 6.10 6.20 6.30 6.35 6.40
All Chickens (cents
15.8 14.9 15.8 15.3
12.4 12.4 11.9 11.9
13.4 12.8 13.3 13.8
per pound),
14.8 14.4
13.4 11.9
14.2 13.7
Broilers (cents per pud
16.0 15.0 16.0 15.5 15.0
12.5 12.5 12.0 12.0 13.5
13.5 13.0 13.5 14.0 14.5
Chickens
12.0 12.0
9.5 9.0
9.0 9.0
46.0 46.0
39.0 42.0
34.0 35.0
Excluding
11.0
9.0
9.0
Broilers
10.0
9.0
9.0
(cents
9.0
9.5
8.5
Eggs (cents per dozen)
41.8 38.3 39.3 41.4
37.5 37.5 36.5 38.5
32.5 31.5 36.0 39.0
12.8
11.3
13.4
19.50
19.00
19.70
15.80
14.50
15.30
21.50
21.30
21.80
23.20
23.40
24.10
21.10
17.60
17.60
18.60
18.70
20.80
14.80
14.50
15.00
20.60
20.90
23.50
22.70
22.20
24.30
19.20
17.00
17.10
19.50
19.60
21.10
16.10
15.50
15.60
21.50
21.80
23.80
23.00
23.80
25.80
18.90
16.40
17.20
19.90
20.00
21.00
16.30
16.10
16.40
22.00
22.20
23.30
24.00
24.20
25.50
22.50
18.30
17.70
6.15 6.30 6.05 6.02
6.55 6.55 6.50 6.26
6.65 6.70 6.60 6.40
11.9 11.8 10.4 14.0
10.9 10.4 10.4 11.9
11.4 11.8 11.9 13.0
14.5 13.0 12.0 12.0 10.5 14.2
12.0 11.5 11.0 10.5 10.5 12.0
14.0 13.5 11.5 12.0 12.0 13.2
9.0 9.0
9.0 9.0
8.5 9.0
43.8 48.0
37.0 39.5
40.5 47.0
Turkeys (cents per p
me- 23.0 22.0 22.0
21.0 21.0 21.0 20.0 20.0
- 20.0 20.0 20.0 22.0
22.0
20.0
22.0
9.0 9.5 9.5 10.1
9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
9.5 10.0 10.5 9.5
46.3 47.5 46.5 43.9
36.5 38.5 38.0 38.6
43.0 45.0 47.0 38.6
23.0 24.0 24.0 22.9
19.0 19.0 19.0 19.7
21.0 21.0 21.0 21.0
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Prices Paid By Farmers For Feed Items, Monthly And Annual 
Averages, 1963-1968
Year : Jan. : Feb. : 
Mar. Apr. : May June 
: July : Aug. : Sept.: 
Oct. Nov. : Dec :Annual
:average
1963 90 92
1964 : 92 90
1965 90 90
1966 : 90 92
1967 : 97 97
1968 : 92 92
1963 : 86 89
1964 : 89 87
1965 : 87 88
1966 : 85 89
1967 90 90
1968 : 87 87
1963 : 84 85
1964 84 84
1965 : 84 84
1966 83 85
1967 : 90 89
1968 81 83
1963 : 95 95
1964 : 96 95
1965 :100 100
1966 :100 100
1967 :100 100
1968 : 95 98
1963 : 69 70
1964 : 69 68
1965 : 67 67
1966 : 66 68
1967 : 73 73
1968 : 75 74
Chick Starter (dollars per ton)
90 90 90 90 90 92 92 90
92 92 92 90 90 92 92 90
90 89 90 90 90 90 92 92
92 90 90 90 96 96 97 96
96 96 94 94 96 96 96 96
93 90 91 92 90 91 88 89
Broiler Grower (dollars per ton)
88 85 86 86 84 88 88 89
87 87 86 86 85 85 84 87
86 86 87 87 89 87 89 88
89 87 86 87 89 91 93 91
90 88 88 88 88 88 90 90
87 87 84 86 85 85 84 84
Laying Feed (dollars per ton)
85 84 84 84 84 85 86 85
84 84 84 83 83 83 84 82
82 82 83 83 83 83 85 83
84 83 84 84 87 89 90 89
87 89 88 88 89 88 87 88
83 80 82 84 80 79 78 80
Turkey Grower (dollars per ton)
100 95 100 95 95 100 100 95
95 95 100 95 95 95 100 100
95 95 100 100 100 95 100 100
95 95 95 95 100 100 105 105
100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
98 98 93 93 93 94 91 92
Mixed Dairy Feed, 16 Percent Protein (dollars per ton)
70 68 68 67 68 69 68 68
68 67 67 66 65 65 65 64
66 65 66 66 66 66 67 66
68 68 67 67 69 70 70 71
72 72 71 73 72 72 72 71
75 72 71 71 70 69 68 67
90 92
88 90
90 89
96 96
96 96
92 90
88 87
83 86
85 85
87 89
90 90
88 87
84 85
81 83
82 83
89 89
86 85
81 78
95 95
95 95
95 100
100 100
100 100
95 92
68 69
65 66
66 66
71 72
70 71
69 70
Cottonseed meal, 41 Percent Protein (dollars per 100 pounds)
1963 : 4.00 4.00 4.05 4.05 4.05 4.00 4.10 4.15 4.15 4.10 
4.15 4.15
1964 : 4.15 4.15 4.10 4.05 3.95 3.85 3.85 3.85 
3.85 3.85 3.85 3.85
1965 : 3.85 3.85 3.85 3.85 3.85 3.80 3.80 3.90 
3.95 3.90 3.80 3.90
1966 : 4.00 4.05 4.15 4.10 4.15 4.20 4.55 4.85 
4.90 4.85 4.90 4.95
1967 : 4.90 4.90 4.90 4.90 4.85 4.90 4.90 4.85 4.90 
4.85 4.85 4.85
1968 : 4.90 4.90 4.90 4.85 4.85 4.85 4.90 4.85 4.85 
4.60 4.55 4.60
Soybean Meal, 44 Percent Protein (dollars per 100 pounds)
1963 : 4.55 4.70 4.60 4.55 4.50 4.45 4.40 4.50 
4.65 4.65 4.75 4.70
1964 : 4.85 4.80 4.75 4.70 4.60 4.45 4.45 4.45 4.40 
4.45 4.45 4.50
1965 : 4.55 4.60 4.60 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 4.50 
4.70 4.70 4.75 4.60
1966 : 4.70 4.80 4.80 4.75 4.80 4.85 5.50 5.60 
5.70 5.30 5.30 5.30
1967 : 5.20 5.20 5.10 5.10 4.90 4.95 5.10 5.00 5.10 
5.00 4.95 4.90
1968 : 4.90 5.00 5.00 4.95 5.00 5.00 5.10 5.20 5.20 
5.10 5.20 5.20
90.70
90.80
90.20
93.40
95.80
90.80
87.00
86.00
87.00
88.60
89.20
85.90
84.60
83.20
83.10
86.30
87.80
80.80
96.70
96.30
98.30
99.20
100.00
94.30
68.50
66.20
66.20
68.90
71.80
70.90
4.08
3.95
3.86
4.47
4.88
4.80
4.58
4.57
4.58
5.12
5.04
5.07
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Prices Paid By Farmers For Feed Items, Monthly And Annual Averages, 
1963-1968 (Cont'd)-
Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov..:Annual
De. average
1963 3.60
1964 3.55
1965 3.50
1966 3.50
1967 4.00
1968 3.65
1963 3.70
1964. 3.65
1965 3.60
1966 3.60
1967 4.25
1968 4.10
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
3.15
3.20
3.25
3.20
3.50
3.20
3.60
3.45
3.50
3.60
4.00
3.70
3.65
3.55
3.60
3.65
4.20
4.05
3.20
3.20
3.30
3.30
3.60
3.20
3.50
3.35
3.45
3.60
3.80
3.75
Bran (dollars per 100 pounds)
3.35 3.30 3.30 3.40 3.50
3.40 3.25 3.20 3.25 3.25
3.40 3.35 3.40 3.35 3.40
3.50 3.45 3.45 3.45 3.65
3.85 3.80 3.70 3.80 3.80
3.65 3.55 3.60 3.60 3.60
3.50
3.35
3.40
3.70
3.75
3.55
Middlings and Gray Shorts (dollars per 100 pounds)
3.60 3.45 3.40 3.40 3.50 3.55 3.55
3.50 3.50 3.40 3.30 3.40 3.40 3.45
3.55 3.50 3.45 3.50 '3.50 3.50 3.50
3.70 3.60 3.60 3.60 3.65 3.80 3.90
4.00 4.10 4.00 4.00 4.10 4.10 4.05
4.00 3.90 3.85 3.90 3.90 3.85 3.80
3.20
3.15
3.25
3.25
3.40
3.25
Hog Feed,
4.15
4.15
4.00
4.15
4.45
4.20
Corn Meal (dollars per
3.20 3.45 3.25
3.25 3.25 3.25
3.25 3.25 3.30
3.35 3.30 3.25
3.55 3.45 3.60
3.25 3.35 3.30
14-18
4.05
4.10
4.05
4.15
4.45
4.20
- 4.85 4.75
- 4.85 4.65
- 4.50 4.35
- 4.70 4.75
S 5.00 4.90
- 5.10 4.85
52.00
46.50
43.00
46.50
50.00
44.00
35.50
34.00
30.00
31.50
34.00
31.50
52.00
44.50
43.00
47.00
45.00
46.00
35.50
30.50
30.00
32.00
31.00
32.50
55.00
46.50
45.00
46.00
47.00
44.00
39.00
32.00
30.00
30.00
32.50
30.50
Percent
4.00
4.05
4.10
4.15
4.40
4.35
30 Percent
4.55
4.70
4.40
4.75
5.00
4.90
Protein
4.10
4.05
4.10
4.15
4.45
4.15
100 pounds)
3.25 3.25
3-.20 3.15
3.45 3.35
3.35 3.40
3.55 3.40
3.25 3.15
(dollars
4.15
4.05
4.15
4.25
4.40
4.20
3.15
3.15
3.30
3.50
3.40
3.05
3.45
3.40
3.45
3.70
3.75
3.55
3.60
3.45
3.50
4.00
4.10
3.75
3.10
3.25
3.20
3.40
3.30
2.90
per 100_pounds)
Protein And Over (dollars per
4.60 4.65
4.40 4.55
4.40 4.50
4.75 5.10 -
4.90 5.00 - -
4.85 4.90 -
Alfalfa Hay (dollars per ton)
52.00 46.00 42.00 42.00 42.50
46.50 41.50 40.50 42.00 41.00
45.00 44.00 45.00 45.00 43.00
45.00 42.50 42.50 45.00 45.00
44.00 44.00 46.00 43.50 43.50
44.00 44.00 48.00 48.00 48.00
Other Hay (dollars per ton
36.00 33.00 30.50 31.50 32.00
33.00 29.00 28.00 30.00 29.50
29.50 29.00 30.00 30.00 28.00
30.00 28.00 28.00 30.00 30.00
31.00 31.00 33.00 31.00 30.50
29.50 29.00 32.00 32.00 32.00
42.50
42.00
44.00
45.50
41.-00'
48.00
29.50
30.00
29.00
30.50
28.50
30.00
3.45
3.35
3.50
4.00
3.75
3.60
3.60
3.45
3.55
4.20
4.10
3.90
3.10
3.20
3.20
3.30
3.10
3.05
4.15
4.00
4.10
4.40
4.25
4.10
100 pounds)
- 4.80
- 4.45
- 4.65
- 5.10
- 4.95
- 4.80
43.00
41.00
45.00
45.00
42.00
45.00
31.50
29.00
30.00
29.00
30.00
31.50
45.00
40.00
45.00
48.00
42.00
45.00
31.50
28.50
30.00
32.00
30.00
31.50
55
3.55
3.45
3.50
4.00
3.80
3.65
3.60
3.55
3.55
4.25
4.15
3.95
3.15
3.25
3.20
3.45
3.15
3.15
3.46
3.35
3.43
3.63
3.82
3.62
3.55
3.47
3.52
3.80
4.10
3.91
3.20
3.21
3.28
3.34
3.42
3.18
4.10
4.07
4.08
4.21
4.40
4.20
4.70
4.60
4.47
4.86
4.96
4.90
46.,60
42.90'
44.40
45.60
44.20
45.80
33.20
30.30
29.70
30.20
31.10
31.20
45.50
43-00
46-00
49.00
43.00
45.00
33.00
30.50
31.00
31.50
31.00
32.00
-.j
3.85 3.9(
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FARM INCOME REVIEW, 1968
William H. Briscoe, Crops Statistician
Cash receipts from farm marketings in Alabama were a record high of $659.7
million in 1968. Compared with a year earlier, receipts from livestock and
livestock products were up 9.1 percent and receipts from crops were 14.7 percent
higher. Receipts from livestock and livestock products were the second highest
of record and accounted for 70.5 percent of total receipts from farm marketings.
This is off 1 percentage point from a year earlier. Prior to 1957, Alabama
farmers received more from the sale of crops than livestock.
Poultry and poultry products accounted for 37.0 percent of receipts from
farm marketings in Alabama. Cattle and calves at 18.4 percent ranked second.
Receipts from cotton lint and cottonseed at 8.1 percent were third.
Alabama ranked third, fourth and seventh, respectively, in cash receipts
from marketings of broilers, peanuts and eggs. The State also ranks seventh
in receipts from cotton and cottonseed.
Realized gross farm income amounted to $824.8 million. In addition to
receipts from farm marketings, Alabama farmers received $84.6 million in govern-
ment payments. Value of items consumed on farms where grown amounted to $23.5
million. This item has declined steadily as agriculture became more conmmer-
cialized. The gross rental value of farm dwellings added an additional $57.0
million to gross farm income.
Realized gross income per farm at $8,868 was a record high. Farm production
expenses continued to rise and at $549.3 million were also the highest of
record. Even so, farmers received a record-high net income of $2,962 per farm.
This is still below the average for all States except West Virginia, Alaska,
Tennessee, New Hampshire, Virginia, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Nevada and Oregon.
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1950 1955 1960 1965 1970
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Cash Receipts From Farm Marketings, By Months, 1966-1968
Month : Livestock and 
products ; 
Crops 
Total
: 1966 : 1967 : 1968 : 1966 1967 z 1968 1966 1967 1968
: 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000
: dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars dollars
Jan. k 37,490 34,035 38,209 10,163 7,220 8,141 47,653 41,255 46,350
Feb. : 34,206 31,173 35,556 5,436 3,745 5,004 39,642 34,918 40,560
Mar. : 42,110 34,732 40,239 4,423 3,727 5,191 46,533 38,459 45,430
Apr. : 39,825 34,265 35,440 4,670 4,304 5,870 44,495 38,569 41,310
May : 40,047 37,189 38,091 5,803 6,219 5,826 45,850 43,408 43,917
June : 41,051 37,081 37,210 10,743 13,760 14,897 51,794 50,841 52,107
July : 38,615 37,551 40,119 8,353 9,887 9,630 46,968 47,438 49,749
Aug. : 42,253 39,446 45,357 11,111i 10,940 11,401 53,364 50,386 56,758
Sept. : 41,887 38,166 40,111 32,395 27,009 34,355 74,282 65,175 74,466
Oct. : 39,930 36,869 41,216 36,550 28,857 43,309 76,480 65,726 84,525
Nov. : 35,599 33,481 36,892 37,632 35,281 37,455 73,231 68,762 74,347
Dec. : 33,727 32,418 36,615 14,501 18,680 13,553 48,228 51,098 50,168
Annual 1466,740 426,406 465,055 181,780 169,629 194,632 648,520 596,035 659,687
SOURCE OF CASH RECEIPTS FROM SALE
OF CROPS, LIVESTOCK AND PRODUCTS IN ALABAMA, 
1968
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Cash Receipts from Farm Marketings, by Commodities, 1966, 1967 and 1968
Value 
. Percentage 
of all
C o m m o d ity : : commodities
1966 1967 : 1968 : 1966 1967 : 1968
1, 000 1, 000 1,000
dol. dol. dol. Pct. Pct. Pct.
Livestock and products
Broilers : 161,090 1369344 151,772 24.8 22.9 23.0
Cattle and calves : 121,202 107,018 121,606 18.7 17.9 18.4
Eggs 85,385 83,312 83,987 13.2 14.0 12.7
Dairy products 42,163 44,650 48,910 6.5 7.5 7.4
Hogs 45,237 44,591 48,757 7.0 7.5 7.4
Chickens, farm 4,918 4,671 5,177 .8 .8 .8
Turkeys 5,388 3,909 3,073 .8 .6 .5
Honey and beeswax 657 485 475 .1 .1 .1
Other 700 1,426 1,298 .1 .2 .2
Total livestock and products : 466,740 426,406 465,055 72.0 71.5 70.5
Crops
Field rops and vegetables
Cotton lint 51,958 25,812 45,870 8.0 4.3 6.9
Soybeans 17,908 30,084 29,578 2.8 5.1 4.5
Peanuts 25,047 26,025 28,432 3.9 4.4 4.3
Corn 14,726 15,344 11,756 2.3 2.6 1.8
Cottonseed 11,067 3,899 7,675 1.7 .6 1.2
Misc. vegetables 6,276 6,252 7,535 1.0 1.0 1.1
Potatoes 4,366 6,014 5,513 .7 1.0 .8
Tomatoes, fresh market 2,250 3,432 4,860 .3 .6 .7
Hay 3,082 2,860 2,781 .5 .5 .4
Wheat 2,305 3,492 2,769 .4 .6 .4
Watermelons : 2,161 2,600 2,349 .3 .4 .4
Sweetpotatoes 1,373 1,567 1,543 .2 .3 .2
Lima beans, fresh market : 882 866 881 .1 .1 .1
Sweet corn 619 850 749 .1 .1 .1
Tobacco : 662 660 517 .1 .1 .1
Snap beans, fresh market : 412 508 501 .1 .1 .1
Sugarcane sirup : 350 479 413 .1 .1 .1
Cabbage : 313 306 312 * .1 .1
Cantaloups : 371 382 306 .1 .1 *
Oats : 328 390 248 * .1 *
Other miscellaneous : 1,392 1,546 1,734 .2 .3 .3
Fruits and nuts
Pecans : 7,440 9,202 10,490 1.1 1.5 1.6
Peaches : 2,049 3,271 2,410 .3 .5 .4
Other : 624 467 422 .1 .1 .1
All other crops
Greenhouse and nursery : 11,207 11,891 12,964 1.7 2.0 2.0
Forest products : 12,612 11,430 12,024 1.9 1.9 1.8
Total all crops : 181,780 169,629 194,632 28.0 28.5 29.5
All commodities : 648,520 596,035 659,687 100.0 100.0 100.0
* Less than .05 percent
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Realized Gross Income and Net Income of Alabama Farm Operators From Farming, 1958-1968 1/
1958 : 1959 : 1960 : 1961 : 1962 : 1963 : 1964 : 1965 : 1966 1967 : 1968
Realized gross farm income:
Cash receipts from farm marketings
Government payments
Value of home consumption
Gross rental value of farm dwellings
Total
Farm production expenses
Realized net farm income
Net change in farm inventories
Total net farm income
Realized gross income per farm 2/
Realized net income per farm 2/
Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil.
dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol.
: 480.5 517.1 528.8 516.0 550.5 605.6 600.1 647.7 648.5 
596.0 659.7
: 43.4 10.3 13.0 19.5 22.7 20.9 27.5 35.7 79.6 89.2 84.6
: 69.0 62.5 55.6 49.5 42.4 40.6 36.4 28.2 26.5 24.4 23.5
: 23.6 26.8 25.0 27.9 31.0 36.7 42.1 46.8 48.4 53.8 57.0
: 616.5 616.8 622.5 613.0 646.5 703.7 706.1 758.3 803.1 763.4 824.8
: 346.4 370.2 379.1 384.5 409.7 433.4 449.7 478.8 516.3 536.4 549.3
: 270.2 246.6 243.4 228.5 236.9 270.2 256.4 279.6 286.8 227.0 275.5
S 1.4 - 9.4 - 4.0 12.1 -10.1 20.0 4.1 3.9 -13.4 16.5 -10.7
: 271.5 237.1 239.3 240.6 226.8 290.3 260.5 283.5 273.4 243.6 264.7
: 4533 4781 5102 5331 5932 6702 6923 7583 8195 7952 8868
: 1986 1911 1995 1987 2173 2574 2514 2796 2927 2365 2962
1/ Estimates prepared by Farm Income Section, Farm Income Branch, Economic Research Service.
2/ Dollars.
Production Expenses of Alabama Farm Operators, 1958-1968 1/
Item
1958 : 1959 1960 1961 : 1962 : 1963 1964 : 1965 1966 : 1967 1968
M Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Mil. Nil. Nil.
: dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol. dol.
Feed
Livestock
Seed
Fertilizer and lime
Repairs and opn. of
Hired labor
Miscellaneous
capital items
Total current farm opn. expenses
Depreciation
Taxes on farm property
Interest on farm mortgage debt
Net rent to non-farm landlords
Total production expenses
: 88.2 97.2 98.0 104.3 115.8 128.2 130.5 142.0 159.3 160.2 153.4
: 24.1 22.3 28.6 28. 7.5 27.5 29.2 27.5 27.2 33.1 37.7 35.1 36.5
: 7.3 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.9 6.5 6.7 7.6 7.4 8.6 8.2
: 38.1 38.8 43.8 42.8 45.7 44.9 43.7 42.9 42.7 45.9 44.0
: 49.0 51.5 49.6 49.3 50.9 52.5 55.8 59.0 61.8 67.0 68.7
: 33.4 38.8 38.1 37.5 37.3 36.6 35.0 30.5 38.1 36.7 37.7
: 31.9 37.9 39.5 39.7 42.6 46.4 50.1 53.4 54.1 54.5 62.7
: 271.9 293.3 304.5 307.7 328.5 342.7 349.0 368.5 401.2 408.0 411.2
: 53.1 57.1 55.5 56.1 59.3 64.4 74.2 81.8 87.4 9.0 105.8
: 7.0 6.8 7.2 7.7 8.0 8.3 8.6 9.0 9.4 10.0 10.6
: 7.7 8.3 8.8 9.6 10.8 11.9 13.2 14.4 16.0 17.8 19.6
: 6.7 4.7 3.1 3.5 3.1 6.1 4.8 5.0 2.3 2.5 2.1
: 346.4 370.2 379.1 384.5 409.7 433.4 449.7 478.8 516.3 536.4 549.3
1/ Estimates prepared by Farm Income Section, Farm Income Branch, Economic Research Service.
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ALABAMA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Reports Issued and Release Dates
The Alabama Crop and Livestock Reporting Service publishes official estimates of crop and livestock
production, prices, and related information for Alabama and the United States. The more important
reports issued and the approximate date on which they become available are listed below. Persons de-
siring one or more of these reports may obtain them without charge from:
Agricultural Statistician
P. O. Box 1071
Montgomery, Alabama 36102
R e p o r t : Frequency : Approximate 
data available 1/
: of report :
1. Crop Weather Weekly
2. Crops
a. Prospective plantings
b. Grains, hays, peanuts
c. Cotton
d. Grain stocks
e. Pecans
f. Vegetables
3. Livestock
a. Inventory, January 1 3/
b. Cattle on feed
c. Slaughter
d. Calf crop
e. Pig crop
f. Wool
g. Milk production
h. Manufactured dairy products
4. Poultry
a. Inventory, January 1 3/
b. Egg production
c. Hatchery output
d. Broiler placements
e. Pullet placements
5. Income and Value
a. Crops
b. Livestock and poultry
c. Dairy
d. Cash receipts 4/
6. Other
a. Farm labor
b. Honey
c. Seeds
d. Prices received and paid
e. Fertilizer
Annual
Monthly
Monthly
Quarterly
Monthly
Monthly
Annual
Annual
Monthly
Biannual
Biannual
Biannual
Monthly
Annual
Annual
Monthly
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Weekly
Monthly
Biannual
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Annual
Biannual
Monthly
Biannual
Annual
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Biannual
Monday each week--3:00 p. m.
18th March
10th July thru December
8th July thru December and May
24th January, April, July and October
10th September thru December
8th of each month in season
13th
17th
30th
20th
22nd
19th
10th
30th
February
January
each month
February and July
June and December
March and 27th July
each month
July
13th February
10th each month
16th each month
Wednesday each week
15th each month
4th May and 18th December
13th February and 29th April
20th April
March and August
10th each month
27th January and 8th July
18th December
30th each month
April and October
1/ Statistical Reporting Service, Crop Reporting Board, United States Department of
Washington, D. C. dates. Most Alabama releases are a day later. Exceptions are
Broiler Placements which are issued as indicated.
2/ By counties for previous season for wheat in February; cotton, corn and soybeans
in August.
3/ By counties in March.
4/ Published in Farm Income Situation.
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Crop Weather and
in July; peanuts
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