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GENERAL ILLINOIS INFORMATION

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Crop Reporting Districts

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Total Population and Farm Population, Selected Years, 1920- 1970

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Number of Farms, Land in Farms and Farm Population, 1910-1975

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Illinois Population by Counties, 1970, 1973, 1974

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Climate of Illinois

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FARM INCOME

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Cash Farm Income by Commodities

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Cash Receipts from Crops and Livestock

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Illinois Position in National Farm Income

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Realized Gross Farm Income

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Net Farm Income

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Farm Real Estate Values

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Farm Mortgages and Taxes

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FIELD AND SEED CROPS – Part 1

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Crop Summary 1974

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Weather

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Crop Development

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Distribution of Major Crops by Counties

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Illinois Position in Nation's Crop Production

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Acreage, Yield, Production and Value

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State Estimates

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County and District Estimates

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FIELD AND SEED CROPS – Part 2

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Grain and Hay Stocks

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Monthly Marketings

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Crop Development and Variety Information

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FRUIT

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Production, Disposition and Value

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Apple Varieties

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VEGETABLES

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Acreage, Yield, Production and Value

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FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE PLANTS

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Units in Production, Sales and Value

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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY – Part 1

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Livestock Inventory January 1

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Value of Livestock and Poultry on Farms

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Distribution of Livestock by Counties

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Value per Head by Districts

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Trends in Livestock Production

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Illinois Position in the Livestock Industry

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Number of Livestock Farms

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Animal Units Fed

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Cattle

State Estimates

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Cattle on Farms and Value, by County

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Beef Cows and Milk Cows, by County

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Hogs and Pigs

State Estimates

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Number on Farms and Value, By County

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Pig Crop, by County

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LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY – Part 2

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Sheep and Wool

State Estimates

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Stock Sheep on Farms and Value, by County

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Poultry and Eggs

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Number of Layers and Rate of Lay, by County

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Dairy

State Estimates

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Milk Production, by County

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Manufactured Dairy Products

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Livestock Slaughter

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Honey and Beeswax

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Mink

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PRICES

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Prices Received by Farmers

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Price Ratios by Months

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Field Crop Prices by Months

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Hay Prices by Months

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Seed Prices by Months

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Field Crop and Hay Prices by Districts

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Livestock Prices by Months

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Milk and Milk Cow Prices by Months

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Poultry and Egg Prices by Months

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Prices Paid by Illinois Farmers

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OTHER DATA SERIES

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Fertilizer Statistics

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Farm Labor Force

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Farm Wage Rates

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Feeder Livestock

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