Agricultural statistics (farm census), 1938-1979.

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Agricultural statistics (farm census), 1938-1979.

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Yearly assessment books for all Illinois townships give information on crops harvested and utilization of farmland. For each township data include name and address of assessor/deputy assessor, county and township; date enumeration completed; name and address of each farm operator; total number of acres in farm; number of acres planted in grains by type; number of acres of all crops harvested; number of acres of truck and vegetable crops; number of acres of orchard land; number of acres of plowland used for pasture only; number of acres of other pasture, timber, or wasteland; number of roads, buildings and barn lots; number of acres of idle plowland. Beginning in 1954 some livestock statistics were included. Each township book also lists total number of farm acres and number of farm operators from earlier enumerations along with figures from the most recent enumeration.

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Illinois. Department of Agriculture

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The Department of Agriculture was originally created in 1871 to promote agriculture, horticulture, and related manufactures and domestic arts. Business was conducted by a State Board of Agriculture made up of representatives from each of the state's U.S. congressional districts (L. 1871, pp. 113-114). The present Department of Agriculture was created by the Civil Administrative Code of 1917 and directed to carry out the responsibilities of the previous department as well as those of...