In honor of the 50th year anniversary, the document being highlighted this week is an older one from the collection. It is titled Agricultural Statistics 1964. This document is filled with charts and numbers on just about every agricultural subject you might need. The very first thing you will see when opening this document is an introduction that explains different terms and meanings used throughout the guide. When discussing weights and measures, it is hard to know exactly how much a bushel is, so there is a chart that will give the reader an approximate idea of what is meant. The rest of the document is filled with statistics on just about anything you would ever need from the years 1949-1963. Field seeds, wool, livestock, farm real estate, farm transfers, if you can think of it, the numbers are probably there.
This information is useful for research purposes but it also just an interesting read. This item is part of a set so you can compare the different years and how things went up and down over time. It is filled with so many facts and figures from all over the United States. If you have any interest in agricultural history, this is the item for you. Its sudoc number is A 1.47: 964. This item is available for checkout.