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|
Agriculture
Prices of Agricultural Products Received by Loudoun Farmers
from 1911 to 1972
|
| Month |
Year |
Wheat price
per bushel |
Corn |
Fat Cattle price per
pound |
Stockers price per pound |
Hogs price per pound |
Lambs price per pound |
Wool price per pound |
| June |
1911 |
$0.85 |
$.65(bu) |
$0.05 |
$ |
$ .05 1/2 |
$ |
$ |
| June |
1912 |
1.12 |
.80(bu) |
.06-.07 |
|
0.07 |
|
|
| June |
1912 |
1 |
.70-.71(bu) |
.08-.09 |
|
.09-.09 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1914 |
0.93 |
.78(bu) |
.07 1/2-.08 |
|
0.08 |
|
|
| June |
1915 |
1.08 |
.75(bu) |
.07-.08 |
|
0.07 |
|
|
| June |
1916 |
1 |
.70(bu) |
.08-.09 |
|
.09 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1917 |
1 |
.70-.71(bu) |
.08-.09 |
|
.09-.09 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1918 |
2.08 |
6.75(bbl) |
.13-.15 |
|
.15-.16 |
.15-.17 |
$0.70 |
| June |
1919 |
2.5 |
8.50(bbl) |
0.12 |
|
0.17 |
0.16 |
0.58 |
| June - a |
1920 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| June - a |
1921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| June |
1922 |
1.16 |
.61(bu) |
.07-.08 |
|
.10 1/2 |
0.11 |
0.35 |
| June |
1923 |
1.1 |
.88(bu) |
.08 1/1-.09 |
|
.06 1/2 |
0.13 |
.47 1/2 |
| June |
1924 |
1.11 |
.84(bu) |
.08 1/2-.09 |
|
0.07 |
0.13 |
.35-.38 |
| June |
1925 |
1.72-1.78 |
1.25(bu) |
.08 1/2-.09 |
|
.11 1/2-.12 |
.12 1/2 |
0.4 |
| June |
1926 |
1.48 |
.68(bu) |
.08-.09 1/2 |
|
0.14 |
.12 1/2 |
0.35 |
| June |
1927 |
1.37 |
.90(bu) |
.10-.10 1/2 |
|
0.09 |
.12-.13 |
0.35 |
| June |
1928 |
1.55 |
1.20(bu) |
0.12 |
|
.09-.09 3/4 |
.12-.13 |
.51-.52 |
| June |
1929 |
1.02 |
.95(bu) |
0.13 |
|
.10 3/4-.11 |
.14-.14 |
.29-.39 |
| June |
1930 |
0.98 |
.85(bu) |
.09 1/2-.10 |
|
0.1 |
.10 1/2 |
0.25 |
| May - b |
1931 |
0.81 |
.85(bu) |
.07 1/2 |
|
.07 1/2 |
0.1 |
0.15 |
| June |
1932 |
0.45 |
.33(bu) |
.05-.06 1/2 |
|
.04-.04 1/2 |
.05-.06 |
.08-.09 |
| June |
1933 |
0.87 |
3.00(bbl) |
.04 1/2-.05 1/2 |
|
0.05 |
.05-.07 |
0.15 |
| June |
1934 |
0.87 |
3.00(bbl) |
.05 1/2-.06 1/2 |
|
.04 1/2 |
.07-.08 1/2 |
0.26 |
| June |
1935 |
0.78 |
4.00(bbl) |
.07 1/2-.09 |
|
.08-.09 3/4 |
.07-.08 1/2 |
0.28 |
| June |
1936 |
1 |
3.25-3.50b |
.06 1/2-.07 1/2 |
|
10 |
.08 1/2-10 |
.31c |
| May d |
1937 |
1.32 |
1.50(bu) e |
.09-.11 |
.08-10 |
0.09-.10 1/2 |
10-.12 1/2 |
0.4 |
| June |
1938 |
0.7 |
3.00(bbl(|) |
.07-.8 3/4 |
|
.08-.08 3/4 |
.07-.9 1/2 |
.18-.20 |
| June |
1939 |
8.5 |
2.75-3(bbl) |
.07-.09 |
|
.05-.06 3/4 |
.07-.11 |
0.25 |
| June |
1940 |
.80-.85 |
3.25-3.5bbl |
.08-.09 |
|
4.5-5 1/4 |
.08-.10 |
.35-.40 |
| June |
1941 |
1.02 |
4.15-4.25bb |
.08 1/2-10 |
|
.08 1/2-10 |
.08-.12 |
.45f |
| June - a |
1942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| June |
1943 |
1.5 |
6.00(bbl) |
.14-.16 |
|
.13-.13 3/4 |
.13-.14 |
.50-.56 |
| June |
1944 |
1.7 |
1.40(bu) |
.13-.15 |
|
.11-.13 1/2 |
.11-.15 |
|
| June |
1945 |
1.73 |
|
.14-.16 |
|
.14 3/4 |
.15-.17 |
0.48 |
| June |
1946 |
2 |
8.00(bbl) |
.15-.17 |
|
.14 5/6 |
0.18 |
0.48 |
| June |
1947 |
2.5 |
10.99(bbl) |
.22-.24 |
.22-.23 |
.23-.24 |
0.22 |
0.4 |
| June |
1948 |
2.4 |
11.50(bbl) |
.28-.32 |
.28-.30 |
.19-.21 1/2 |
.25-.30 |
0.38 |
| June |
1949 |
1.75 |
6.50(bbl) |
.18-.23 1/2 |
.20-.25 |
.15-.20 1/2 |
.20-.25 |
0.5 |
| June |
1950 |
2.1 |
8.00(bbl) |
.25-.28 1/2 |
.25-.30 |
0.2 |
0.27 |
0.5 |
| May g |
1951 |
2.25 |
9.-10.(bbl) |
.28-.33 |
.30-.38 |
0.22 |
0.36 |
|
| June |
1952 |
2 |
10.(bbl) |
.27-.31 |
.28-.33 |
.20 1/2 |
0.28 |
0.54 |
| June |
1953 |
1.75 |
7.50(bbl) |
.18-.20 |
.15-.20 |
0.26 |
.20-.24 |
|
| June |
1954 |
2 |
9.00(bbl) |
.15-.21 |
.12-.21 |
0.25 |
.15-.21 |
|
| June |
1955 |
2 |
7.00(bbl) |
.15-.23 |
.15-.22 |
0.21 |
.16-.21 |
|
| June |
1956 |
1.9 |
*.00(bbl) |
.15-.20 |
.15-.20 |
|
0.18 |
|
| June |
1957 |
2 |
6.00(bbl) |
.20-.23 |
.20-24 |
.20 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1958 |
2 |
8.00(bbl) |
0.28 |
.25-.29 |
.25 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1959 |
1.65 |
6.50(bbl) |
.26-29 |
.28-.33 |
.17-.17 1/4 |
|
|
| June |
1960 |
1.7 |
6.50(bbl) |
.20-.23 |
.20-.25 |
.17 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1961 |
|
|
.20-.23 1/5 |
.22-.27 |
0.18 |
|
|
| June |
1962 |
|
7.25(bbl) |
.23-.25 |
.25-.35 |
0.19 |
|
|
| June |
1963 |
|
8.00(bbl) |
0.22 |
.22-.30 |
0.18 |
|
|
| May h |
1964 |
|
7.50(bbl) |
.18-.21 |
.18-.26 |
.15-.16 |
|
|
| June |
1965 |
|
1.2 |
7.00(bbl) |
.24-.26 |
0.29 |
0.25 |
|
| June |
1966 |
|
.00(bbl) |
.27-.28 |
0.34 |
.25 1/2 |
|
|
| May I |
1967 |
|
|
.24-.26 |
0.32 |
.23 1/2 |
|
|
| June |
1968 |
|
6.00(bbl)
1.20(bu) |
0.27 |
0.33 |
0.2 |
|
|
| June |
1969 |
|
7.50(bbl) |
0.33 |
0.35 |
0.25 |
|
|
| June |
1970 |
|
6.50(bbl) |
.28-.29 |
0.3 |
0.26 |
|
|
| June |
1971 |
1.45-1.65 |
8.-9.(bbl) |
0.3 |
.30-.40 |
0.2 |
|
|
| June |
1972 |
|
0.5 |
7.50(bbl) |
.34-.36 |
.35-.52 |
.27-27 3/4 |
|
| a. No information available |
| b. Information for June 1931
is not available. |
| c. Price of wool quoted is
for May 1936 due to the lack of information for the month of June.
|
| d.Information for the month
of June 1937 is not available. |
| e. This price probably represents
amount received for a bushel of shelled corn, which would be substantially
greater than that for unshelled corn. Ten bushels of unshelled corn
equal one barrel; five bushels of shelled corn equal one barrel. |
| f. No available information for
June 1942. |
| g. No available information for
June 1951 |
| h. No available information for
June 1964. |
| I. No available information for
June 1967. |
| Sources:
Compiled from the "Minutes of the Lovettsville Farmers' Club" for
1911 to 1972,7 vols. |
TABLE
13. The 1925 Farm Census for Loudoun County
by the Department of Commerce.
|
| Number
of Farms |
|
|
Jan.1,1925 |
|
Jan.1,1920 |
| |
Total
Operated by |
White
farmers |
|
2,035
|
|
1,962
|
| |
|
Colored farmers |
|
1,868 |
|
1,841 |
| |
|
Owners |
|
167 |
|
121 |
| |
|
Managers |
|
1,498 |
|
1,377 |
| |
|
Tenants |
|
1,498 |
|
1,377 |
| Farm Acreage |
All land in farms |
|
|
281,651 |
|
305,906 |
| |
|
Crop lands,1924 |
|
94,761 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Harvested |
|
86,140 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Crop Failure |
|
818 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Fallow or idle |
|
7,803 |
|
--- |
| |
Pastures, 1924 |
|
|
143,750 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Plowable |
|
109,958 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Woodland |
|
7,734 |
|
--- |
| |
|
Other |
|
26,058 |
|
--- |
| Farm Values |
Land & Buildings |
|
|
$20,984,533 |
|
$26,643,195 |
| |
|
Land alone |
|
11,941,453 |
|
18,128,325 |
| |
|
Buildings |
|
9,043,080 |
|
8,513,870 |
| Livestock on Farms |
Horses |
|
|
$8,357 |
|
9,885 |
| |
Mules |
|
|
228 |
|
223 |
| |
Cattle, total |
|
|
26,334 |
|
28,371 |
| |
|
Beef cows, a |
|
2,751 |
|
1,189 |
| |
|
Beef cows, a |
|
2,751 |
|
1,189 |
| |
|
Other beef cattle, a |
|
10,650 |
|
14,600 |
| |
|
Dairy cows, a |
|
8,389 |
|
8,242 |
| |
|
Other dairy cattle |
|
4,544 |
|
4,330 |
| |
Swine, total |
|
|
15,597 |
|
23,084 |
| |
|
Breeding sows, b |
|
2,325 |
|
3,041 |
| Principal Crops |
1924
|
|
1919
|
| |
|
Acres |
Crops |
|
Acres |
Crops |
| Corn |
|
28,743 |
955,694 bu. |
|
41,601 |
1,651,903 bu. |
| Oats |
|
793 |
17,073 bu. |
|
563 |
9,846 bu. |
| Wheat |
|
29,593 |
387,825 bu. |
|
45,846 |
573,165 bu. |
| Rye |
|
1,168 |
12,274 bu. |
|
1,858 |
17,069 bu. |
| Hay |
|
22,171 |
26,708 tons |
|
17,597 |
19,731 bu. |
| Apples |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
Young trees |
44,736 |
|
|
40,709 |
| |
|
Trees, bearing age |
113,057 |
|
|
91,659 |
| |
|
Bushels |
172,616 |
|
|
153,005 |
| a. Cows and heifers 2 years old
and older. |
| b. Sows and gilts for breeding
purposes 6 months and over. |
|
TABLE 14. Statistical Survey of Industries
in Loudoun from 1860 to 1920
|
| Year |
Number of Establishments |
Number of Wage Earners |
Amount of Payroll |
Annual Value of Product |
Value Added by Manufacture |
Capital Stock |
| 1860 |
83 |
296 |
$70,889 |
$750,178 |
$179,577 |
$274,786 |
| 1870 |
191 |
347 |
38,132 |
485,054 |
153,629 |
264,359 |
| 1880 |
171 |
281 |
45,737 |
433,140 |
137,440 |
265,425 |
| 1890 |
93 |
210 |
63,674 |
378,255 |
132,490 |
260,967 |
| 1900 |
164 |
179 |
52,204 |
638,136 |
204,787 |
351,257 |
| 1910 |
a |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| 1920 |
45 |
98 |
87,553 |
633,419 |
208,417 |
no report |
| Source: Deck
and Heaton, An Economic and Social Survey of Loudoun, page 46 |
| a. The 1920 census reports gave
no informatin by counties. |
|
Classification
of Farms in Loudoun County
According to Size.
|
| |
1920 |
1910 |
| Under 3 acres |
18 |
3 |
| 3 to 9 acres |
183 |
347 |
| 19 to 19 acres |
172 |
227 |
| 20 to 49 acres |
265 |
259 |
| 50 to 99 acres |
261 |
274 |
| 100 to 174 acres |
471 |
377 |
| 175 to 259 acres |
292 |
304 |
| 260 to 499 acres |
269 |
266 |
| 500 to 999 acres |
71 |
72 |
| 1,00 acres and over |
14 |
15 |
|
Source:Deck
and Heaton, An Economic and Social Survey
of Loudoun , p. 83.
|
|
TABLE 16. Agrarian Land Use in Loudoun
from 1910 to 1965.
|
| |
Land in Farms
|
Land Use in Preceding year
|
|
Year
|
Number of
farms
|
Acre
|
Average value
per Acre for land and buildings
|
Harvested
Acres
|
Cropland Not
harvest & not Pastured-Acres
|
Pasture Acres
|
Other Pasture
Acres
|
Pasture Acres
|
Woodland -
Other Acres
|
| 1910 |
2,144 |
309,734 |
$47.70 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1920 |
1,962 |
305,906 |
87.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1925 |
2,035 |
281,651 |
74.51 |
86,140 |
8,621 |
109,958 |
26,058 |
7,734 |
35,530 |
| 1930 |
1,645 |
283,537 |
86.73 |
91,977 |
5,896 |
124,307 |
6,855 |
14,819 |
30,577 |
| 1935 |
2,107 |
297,582 |
53.95 |
93,675 |
3,344 |
135,451 |
5,494 |
14,619 |
37,450 |
| 1940 |
1,716 |
279,168 |
81.25 |
94,538 |
3,139 |
116,412 |
|
|
|
| 1945 |
2,015 |
305,117 |
91.02 |
108,176 |
2,030 |
71,193 |
61,440 |
16,389 |
36,661 |
| 1950 |
1,609 |
290,293 |
147.02 |
94,316 |
7,645 |
84,294 |
40,348 |
12,219 |
40,750 |
| 1955 |
1,438 |
277,211 |
191.53 |
90,274 |
3,671 |
84,245 |
42,155 |
17,925 |
30,123 |
| 1960 |
947 |
252,681 |
280.78 |
79,670 |
10,829 |
76,110 |
31,838 |
11,888 |
33,866 |
| 1965 |
818 |
234,185 |
480.71 |
79,886 |
7,283 |
53,086 |
44,407 |
10,270 |
29,216 |
|
Source: U. S. Department of Agriculture, Statistical Reporting
Service, Farm Statistics, 1910-66: Loudoun County, Virginia, p.
3
|
Volume of Milk, Poultry, and Wool Sold by
Loudoun Farmers from 1909 to 1964.
|
| YEAR |
Whole Milk sold Pounds |
Cream sold Butterfat Pounds |
|
Chicken Eggs sold Dozens |
Chickens sold Head |
|
Turkeys raised Head |
|
Wool Shorn Pounds |
| 1909 |
4,439,045 |
4,400 |
|
556,417 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1919 |
5,764,907 |
35,957 |
|
541,294 |
87,016 |
|
|
|
56,069 |
| 1924 |
12,747,015 |
248,173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,032 |
| 1929 |
25,633,538 |
316,762 |
|
607,285 |
122,896 |
|
10,300 |
|
75,209 |
| 1934 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,243 |
| 1939 |
40,631,913 |
266,737 |
|
|
122,917 |
|
13,858 |
|
66,422 |
| 1944 |
56,342,332 |
336,188 |
|
|
|
|
14,024 |
|
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