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1954 Census of Agriculture
Farmers'
Expenditures
A Special
Cooperative Survey
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Agricultural Marketing Service
Agricultural Research Service
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of the Census
WASHINGTON, D.cl
DECEMBER 1956
UNITED STATES CENSUS of AGRICULTURE : 1954
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SINCLAIR WEEKS, Secretary EZRA TAFT BENSON, Secretary
Bureau of the Census Agricultural Marketing Service
Robert W. Burgess, Director O. V. Wells, Administrator
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SPECIAL REPORTS
FARMERS'
EXPENDITURES IN 1955
Cooperative Survey
VOLUME III PART 11
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1956
FAMILY LIVING EXPENSES • FARM
PRODUCTION EXPENSES
Boston Publ
Superintendent
MAY 27 1957
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
Robert W. Burgess, Director
AGRICULTURE DIVISION
Ray Hurley, Chief
Warder B. Jenkins, Assistant Chief
AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
O. V. Wells, Administrator
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DIVISION
Frederick Waugh, Director
AGRICULTURAL ESTIMATES DIVISION
S. R. Newell, Director
and
AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE
Household Economics Research^Branch
Gertrude S. Weiss, Chief
SUGGESTED IDENTIFICATION
U. S. Bureau of the Census. U. S. Census of Agriculture: 1954. Vol. Ill, Special Reports
Part 11, Farmers' Expenditures
U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, 1956.
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PREFACE
There has long been need for the comprehensive information on farmers' expenditures
made available in this report. The rapidly changing character of agriculture in the post-
World War II period has put a severe strain on the statistical resources available to measure
these changes. Large agricultural programs have been undertaken, many of which derive
their meaning from or are related to certain statistical measurements such as parity prices
for farm products and the level of farm income. It is essential that changes in these statis-
tical indicators be accurately portrayed in view of the large stakes involved for farmers the
government, and the people, generally.
The Department of Agriculture has long been aware that these measurements could be
improved but resources for doing so had not been in hand previously. For example, the
Parity Index is based on patterns of farmers' expenditures in the prewar period 1937-41
largely because information for recent years was lacking. This survey will provide the raw
materials for up-dating to a recent period the weights used in this important index. More-
over, the estimates of farm income will be substantially improved by the recent information
on farmers' expenses for the wide variety of goods and services agriculture requires today in
producing food and fiber for a growing economy.
The tables presented in this report also provide the raw materials for a better measure
of the total farm market than has been available since the beginning of World War II
The several Censuses of Agriculture which have been conducted in the last 15 years could
necessarily provide only part of this kind of information essential to those who sell to farmers.
This joint survey represents a large cooperative undertaking which brings together the
efforts of two major government statistical organizations. The survey contributes materially
to the statistical programs of both agencies. A measure of the cooperative spirit of the under-
taking is reflected in the early publication of the results.
Plans for the survey and this cooperative report were made by Ray Hurley of the Bureau
of the Census and Nathan M. Koffsky, Earl E. Houseman, B. Ralph Stauber, and Emerson
Brooks of the Agricultural Marketing Service. Principal responsibility for the project was
carried by Albert R. Kendall, Bruno A. Schiro, and Ward Henderson of the Agricultural
Marketing Service. Technical assistance and review in the planning, field work and the
summarization stages of the project were provided by Ralph G. Altman, Rex G Butler
Frederic A. Coffey, Q. Francis Dallavalle, Ernest W. Grove, Roger F. Hale, Robert H
Masucci, Marvin W. Towne, and Lyman W. Wallin of the Agricultural Marketing Service :
and Margaret Brew, Elizabeth Davenport, Minnie B. Mcintosh, and Jean L. Pennock'of
the Agricultural Research Service. Responsibility for machine operations and tabulations
was carried by Joseph F. Daly, Orvffle M. Slye, and Evelyn Jett of the Bureau of the Census.
Robert W. Burgess, q y \yELLS
Direct°r, Administrator,
Bureau of the Census Agricultural Marketing Service.
December 1956.
UNITED STATES CENSUS OF AGRICULTURE: 1954
REPORTS
Volume I. — Counties and State Economic Areas. Statistics for counties include number of farms, acreage, value, and farm operators;
farms by color and tenure of operator; facilities and equipment; use of commercial fertilizer; farm labor; farm expenditures; livestock
and livestock products; specified crops harvested; farms classified by type of farm and by economic class; and value of products sold
by source.
Data for State economic areas include farms and farm characteristics by tenure of operator, by type of farm, and by economic class.
Volume I is published in 33 parts.
Volume II. — General Report. Statistics by Subjects, United States Census of Agriculture, 1954. Summary data and analyses
of the data for States, for Geographic Divisions, and for the United States by subjects.
Volume m. — Special Reports
Part 1. — Multiple-Unit Operations. This report will be similar to
Part 2 of Volume V of the reports for the 1950 Census of Agricul-
ture. It will present statistics for approximately 900 counties
and State economic areas in 12 Southern States and Missouri for
the number and characteristics of multiple-unit operations and
farms in multiple units.
Part 2. — Ranking Agricultural Counties. This special report will
present statistics for selected items of inventory and agricultural
production for the leading counties in the United States.
Part 3.- — Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, and
U. S. Possessions. These areas were not included in the 1954
Census of Agriculture. The available current data from various
Government sources will be compiled and published in this
report.
Part 4. — Agriculture, 1954, a Graphic Summary. This report will
present graphically some of the significant facts regarding
agriculture and agricultural production as revealed by the 1954
Census of Agriculture.
Part 5. — Farm-Mortgage Debt. This will be a cooperative study
by the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and the Bureau of the Census. It will present,
by States, data based on the 1954 Census of Agriculture and a
special mail survey conducted in January 1956, on the number
of mortgaged farms, the amount of mortgage debt, and the
amount of debt held by principal lending agencies.
Part 6. — Irrigation in Humid Areas. This cooperative report by
the Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and the Bureau of the Census will present data ob-
tained by a mail survey of operators of irrigated farms in 28
States on the source of water, method of applying water, number
of pumps used, acres of crops irrigated in 1954 and 1955, the
number of times each crop was irrigated, and the cost of irriga-
tion equipment and the irrigation system.
Part 7. — Popular Report of the 1954 Census of Agriculture. This
report is planned to be a general, easy-to-read publication for
the general public on the status and broad characteristics of
United States agriculture. It will seek to delineate such as-
pects of agriculture as the geographic distribution and differ-
ences by size of farm for such items as farm acreage, principal
crops, and important kinds of livestock, farm facilities, farm
equipment, use of fertilizer, soil conservation practices, farm
tenure, and farm income.
Part 8. — Size of Operation by Type of Farm. This will be a coop-
erative special report to be prepared in cooperation with the
Agricultural Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agri-
IV
culture. This report will contain data for 119 economic sub-
regions, (essentially general type-of-farming areas) showing the
general characteristics for each type of farm by economic class.
It will provide data for a current analysis of the differences that
exist among groups of farms of the same type. It will furnish
statistical basis for a realistic examination of production of such
commodities as wheat, cotton, and dairy products in connection
with actual or proposed governmental policies and programs.
Part 9. — Farmers and Farm Production in the United States. The
purpose of this report is to present an analysis of the character-
istics of farmers and farm production for the most important
types of farms as shown by data for the 1954 Census of Agri-
culture. The analysis deals with the relative importance,
pattern of resource use, some measures of efficiency, and prob-
lems of adjustment and change for the principal types of farms.
The report was prepared in cooperation with the Agricultural
Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
The list of chapters (published separately only) and title for
each chapter are as follows:
Chapter I — Wheal Producers and Wheat Production
II — Cotton Producers and Cotton Production
III — Tobacco and Peanut Producers and Production
IV — Poultry Producers and Poultry Production
V — Dairy Producers and Dairy Production
VI — Western Stock Ranches and Livestock Farms
VII — Cash-Grain and Livestock Producers in the Corn
Belt
VIII — Part-Time Farming
IX — Agricultural Producers and Production in the
United States — A General View
Part 10. — Use of Fertilizer and lime. The purpose of this report
is to present in one publication most of the detailed data com-
piled for the 1954 Census of Agriculture regarding the use of
fertilizer and lime. The report presents data for counties,
State economic areas, and generalized type-of-farming areas
regarding the quantity used, acreage on which used, and ex-
penditures for fertilizer and lime. The Agricultural Research
Service cooperated with the Bureau of the Census in the prep-
aration of this report.
Part 11.- — Farmers' Expenditures. This report presents detailed
data on expenditures for a large number of items used for farm
production in 1955 and on the living expenditures of farm
operator's families. The data were collected and compiled
cooperatively by the Agricultural Marketing Service of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of the Census.
Part 12. — Methods and Procedures. This report contains an
outline and a description of the methods and procedures used
in taking and compiling the 1954 Census of Agriculture.
CONTENTS
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES IN 1955
Summary
Purpose of the survey
Agencies participating in the survey
LIMITATIONS OF DATA
Expenditure data
Income data
METHODS OF SURVEY
The design of the sample
Identifying farmers to be interviewed
METHODS OF SURVEY— Continued
Page
Completeness of the field work 3
Expansion of the sample 3
Collection procedures 3
Expenditures recorded 3
Other data recorded 4
Separation of family and farm share 4
DEFINITIONS
The farm operator's economic family 4
Income 4
Other definitions 4
TABLES
Table— Page
1.— Family living expenditures of farm-operator families— total expenditures with percont distribution and average expenditures per family, by groups of expenditures, by
economic class of farm, for the United States: 1955 5
2. — Family living expenses of farm-operator families — average expenditures per family and percent of families reporting, for groups and individual items of expenditure, by
economic class of farm, for the United States: 1955 _ ___ 6
3. — Farm production expenditures — total expenditures with percent distribution and average expenditure per farm, for major groups of expenditures, by economic class of
farm, for the United States: 1955 15
4.— Farm production expenditures— total expenditures, average expenditure per farm, quantity purchased, and percent of farms reporting, for groups and individual items of
expenditure, by economic class of farm, for the United States: 1955 . 16
5.— Farm production expenditures— total expenditures and average expenditure per farm for selected groups of expenditures for commercial farms, by economic class of farm,
by type of farm, for the United States: 1955 38
6.— Farm expenditures— expenditures for the purchase and operation of automobiles and trucks, as calculated from the survey of family living expenditures, for the United
States: 1955...
7.— Farm expenditures— expenditures for the purchase and operation of automobiles and trucks, as calculated from the survey of farm production expenditures, for the United
States: 1955...
8.— Off-farm income of farm-operator families, by source of income, by class of farm, aggregato for the United States: 1955.
9.— Percent distribution of off-farm income of farm-operator families from each source of income, by class of farm, for the United States: 1955
10.— Average off-farm income per farm-operator family, by source of income, by class of farm, for the United States: 1955 -
11.— Percent distribution of off-farm income of farm-operator families by source of income, by class of farm, for the United States: 1955
12.— Average off-farm income per farm-operator family receiving the specified Income, by source of income, by class of farm, for the United States: 1955 _
13.— Farm operators by age, number of persons in family, education, and family money income after taxes, for the United States: 1955
14. — Percent distribution of farm operators by age, number of persons in family, education, and family money Income after taxes, for the United States: 1955
15. — Farm operators of Class VI, part-time, and residential farms, by age, number of persons in family, education, and family money income after taxes, for the United States: 1955.
18. — Percent distribution by economic class of farm of operators of Class VI, part-time, and residential farms, by age, number of persons in family, education, and family money
Income after taxes, for the United States: 1955
17.— Percent distribution of operators of Class VI, part-time, and residential farms, by age, number of persons in family, education, and family money income after taxes, for the
United States: 1955
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FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES, 1955
Summary. — Summary tabulations of the Survey of Farmers'
Expenditures in 1955 indicate that total family living expenditures
of farm-operator families averaged $3,309 in 1955. The largest
expenditure was for housing (including home furnishings and
household operation) which averaged $868; the second largest
was for food, which averaged $833. The food outlays represented
purchased food only, excluding the value of food consumed on the
farm where grown. Clothing expenditures, at $427, and trans-
portation, at $378, ranked third and fourth, respectively. Farm
family expenditures for medical care averaged $240 in 1955. All
other outlays combined, including insurance, recreation, and cash
gifts, amounted to $563, or 17 percent of the total.
Expenditures for goods and services used in farm production
(excluding share rent and landlords' expenses for insurance, taxes,
interest, and improvements) averaged $5,093 per farm. Among
the outlays for goods and services used in farm production, feed
for livestock and poultry ranked highest, with expenditures
averaging $907 per farm in 1955. Other major outlays, in order
of their importance, were: operating costs of vehicles and ma-
chinery, including petroleum products ($691); purchase of motor
vehicles and machinery ($576) ; purchase of livestock and poultry
($555); cash wages ($548); and fertilizer and lime ($292). The
foregoing items accounted for 70 percent of all expenditures for
production purposes. Total marketing expenses, for which rather
detailed information was obtained for the first time in the 1955
survey, averaged $238 per farm. Such outlays include the cost
of containers, freight, and commissions.
Purpose of the survey. — The major purposes of the survey were
threefold: (1) To provide a set of weights reflecting expenditure
patterns of a recent year for use in calculating the Parity Index,
(2) to improve the basis for estimating farm operators' production
expenses, and (S) to provide data on many farm expenditures not
available from the 1954 Census of Agriculture or other periodic
surveys. The Parity Index and Farm Production Expenses are
published regularly by the Agricultural Marketing Service.
The Parity Index — an index of prices paid by farmers for
commodities used in living and production, including interest,
taxes, and farm wage rates — is the yardstick used in the calculation
of parity prices for farm products. Currently, the index is based
on weights reflecting farmers' expenditure patterns in 1937-41.
The information obtained in this survey will provide the means for
bringing up to date the weighting pattern for the Parity Index,
and thus will provide a more accurate measure of changes in
prices paid by farmers and in the parity prices of farm products.
Information on farmers' expenditures for production items was
also needed as a basis for revising and improving estimates of farm
production expenses and of net farm income. For some important
items of production expenses, current estimates are based mostly
on limited surveys dating back to the mid-1930's. Technological
changes in production have been a striking feature of agriculture
in the last 15 years. The increasing dependence on the nonfarm
sector of the economy for goods and services essential to farm
production has resulted in a relatively inflexible high cash-cost
structure in agriculture about which there was insufficient detailed
information.
These were the main reasons for undertaking the survey. But
it was also clear that the information to be obtained would be of
even wider interest and use. For example, the survey would
provide the only comprehensive information on farm-family living
and production expenditure patterns in a recent period. It thus
offered a means of appraising farm-family levels of living, and the
cost structure in production, and an opportunity to study some of
the major factors determining them. The data obtained, by family
and farm characteristics, will be especially useful in evaluating
variations in levels of farm-family living and the cost structure in
farm production associated with differences in these and other
factors. Such analyses will be used to test and refine existing
methods used in developing farm-operator level of living indexes.
They will also be helpful in determining items for which informa-
tion might be collected in the 1960 Census of Agriculture. Finally,
the survey provided the first comprehensive information on the
size of the post-war farm market.
Agencies participating in the survey. — The Department of
Agriculture was responsible for initiating, planning, and con-
ducting the survey. Personnel of the Department developed the
sample design, prepared the survey forms and instructions to
enumerators, and did the field work. They also prepared the plans
for tabulation. The Bureau of the Census provided the basic
lists from the 1954 Census of Agriculture from which the sample
was drawn; furnished the personnel, except specialists for the
editing and coding of questionnaires, and the machines necessary
to make the tabulations of the survey data; and provided for
printing the first results of the survey which are included in this
publication.
Within the Department of Agriculture, the major responsibilities
centered in the Agricultural Marketing Service, which regularly
computes the Parity Index and develops the estimates of farm
income. Significant contributions at all stages of the survey were
also made by the staff of the Household Economics Research
Branch of the Agricultural Research Service.
Limitations of Data
Expenditure data. — In the interests of making the survey results
available promptly, the data are shown in substantially the same
detail as obtained from the respondents. The survey data have
not yet been evaluated and checked against independent sources
of information available from the 1954 Census of Agriculture and
elsewhere. It is recognized that the error involved for some
expenditure items which are purchased infrequently by farmers
could be substantial. Thus, in many cases, the raw survey data
may have to be adjusted to take account of other available infor-
mation before they are integrated in the weighting system of the
Parity Index and in farm production expense estimates.
Further, experience with earlier expenditure studies uncovered
many difficult problems, one of the more important of which is
the difficulty of respondents to accurately recall expenditures
made during some previous period. Studies of the accuracy of
reporting expenditures using the recall method have indicated
underreporting, although the amount of underreporting among
the items is not uniform and, in fact, occasional items have been
found to be overreported. The amount of underreporting has
also been found to be inversely related to the number of recall
questions used in the interview. In this survey, the recall problem
was minimized insofar as possible by designing the schedules to
provide aids to recall. This is not to suggest that the recall bias
is not reflected in the results of this survey but rather to point
out that every effort was made to minimize the bias.
1
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
In the tables presented in this report, croppers in the South were
included in the economic class of the multiple unit from which
they were drawn. Such multiple units were largely in Classes I
and II. Thus, the averages of the 3 major economic class groups,
as presented, are somewhat different from what they would have
been if share-cropper farms could have been better identified by
their own economic class.
Income data. — While the major objective of the survey was to
provide expenditure data, the survey also provided the oppor-
tunity to obtain much-needed information relating to off-farm
income received by farm people. A considerable body of data
was obtained on the sources and amounts of off-farm income
received by farm operators and their families. These data are
shown in detail in this publication. As an aid in forthcoming
analytical work in appraising levels of living of farm people,
information was also obtained on total family income, both from
farm and off-farm sources.
In interpreting the family income distributions given in this
report, it should be kept clearly in mind that serious limitations
exist regarding the income totals which will need to be carefully
appraised before they are used in analyses. For example, the
net income reported as received from the operation of the farm
was substantially understated, perhaps by one third or more.1
This understatement is similar to that experienced in other sur-
veys relating to farm income. However, the total off-farm in-
come reported in the survey appears to be about in line with other
estimates.
Methods of Survey
In this survey, the respondent was asked questions about all
the specific commodities and services he may have purchased in
1955. This resulted in necessarily lengthy questionnaires and
interviews. However, naming of the commodities and services
included in the questions acted as an aid in recalling the purchase
either of the commodity or service mentioned, or a closely related
one.
Because of the large number of expenditure items on which
information was to be collected, it was considered impractical to
include all items on a single questionnaire. Production and
living expenses, therefore, were put on separate questionnaires
and a different sample was used for each set of questionnaires.
These two questionnaires were designated "A" and "B," respec-
tively, and the corresponding samples were called the A and B
The survey of farm production expenses (Schedule A) was
intended to represent the money expenditures made or incurred
in the operation of farms by all farm operators and their landlords
in the United States during the calendar year 1955. Also in-
cluded in the survey coverage were selected production expendi-
tures incurred by farm operators while engaged in farm custom
work for others. Expenditures made by farm operators while
engaged in any business other than farm custom work or the
business of "operating this place" were excluded.
The survey of family living expenses (Schedule B) was intended
to determine the money expenditures made or incurred in 1955
for family living by farm operators and members of their "eco-
nomic" families. (See definitions below.)
The design of the sample. — The 1954 Census of Agriculture
was used as a basis for sampling, primarily because it provided
an easy method for varying the sampling rate. This approach
substantially increased the statistical efficiency of the Schedule
A sample as compared with the use of a uniform sampling rate.
In the following table, the 1954 Census of Agriculture distribution
of farms and value of all products sold are shown by economic
class of farm. Since production expenses tend to be distributed
by economic class in about the same way as value of sales, the
advantages of sampling large farms at a heavier rate than small
ones were incorporated in the sample design. On the other hand,
many family living expenses tend to remain fairly constant regard-
less of the economic class of the farm. Accordingly, the Schedule
B sample to obtain these expenses was drawn more nearly in
proportion to the total number of farms. Therefore the overall
sample design, based on information made available by the Agri-
cultural Census, took into account both the economic class and
the total number of farms. Furthermore, an enumerating pre-
test in three areas showed that the selection of the names of farm
operators from the Agricultural Census lists presented no undue
farm identification difficulties in terms of time. In consequence,
the sample was drawn from names of farm operators enumerated
in the 1954 Census of Agriculture.
Number of Farms and Value of Products Sold by Economy
Class, 1954 Census of Agriculture
Farms
All products sold
Economic class
Number
Percent
of total
Total value
(000 dollars)
Percent
of total
I _ _
134,003
448,945
706, 929
811, 965
763, 348
462, 427
574, 575
878, 136
2,693
2.8
9.4
14.8
17.0
16.0
9.6
12.0
18.3
0.1
7, 767, 926
6, 683, 636
5, 084, 640
3, 008, 611
1,413,660
349, 618
356, 695
63, 851
85, 133
31.3
II _
26.9
Ill
20.5
12.1
V _
6.7
1.4
1.5
0.3
0.3
4, 783, 021
100.0
24, 813, 570
100.0
Source: V. S. Bureau of the Census, U. S. Census oj Agriculture: 1964: Vol. II,
General Report, Chapter XI, Table 2, p. 1154.
In all, 11,869 farms were selected in 306 primary sampling
units — 7,378 and 4,491 for the A and B samples, respectively.
For multiple-unit operations in the South, a sample of heads of
such operations was selected, so the above numbers do not
include croppers on these units. Multiple-unit operators were so
designated on the lists sent to field personnel. The interviewers
were instructed to list all subunits of the designated multiple
units and to fill in schedules for a subsample of the subunits,
objectively chosen, not counting the "home farm" as a subunit.
The sample was designed to provide estimates for eight geo-
graphic regions, although no regional estimates are presented in
this report. These regions are coextensive with the nine Census
Divisions except that the New England and Middle Atlantic
States, including Maryland and Delaware, were combined to form
the Northeastern region. The allocation of the sample to these
eight regions represented a compromise between what was con-
sidered the most efficient allocation for national statistics and the
most efficient allocation for regional statistics.
The A and B samples were allocated within each region to three
economic groups of farms, which were formed by combining the
nine economic classes used in the Census of Agriculture as follows:
Group I — Economic Classes I and II
Group II — Economic Classes III, IV, and V
Group III— Economic Classes VI, VII, VIII, and IX
' Income received from the operation of the farm was obtai ned by asking the following question on the family living questionnaire. "After taking into account the production
expenses and the wear and tear on buildings, equipment and machinery, about how much was the net money income from this farm In 1955 (before payment of Income taxes
and living expenses)? ..."
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
The A sample was allocated to the three economic groups approx-
imately in proportion to value of sales whereas the B sample was
distributed more nearly in proportion to number of farms. In
both cases, the objective was to obtain optimum allocation in the
sense of minimum variance. The number of farms to be selected
from an economic group for both samples combined was divided
by the corresponding Census number of farms to obtain an overall
sampling rate for the group. Hence, in each region there were
three overall sampling rates, one for each of the three economic
groups of farms.
The number of primary sampling units used in the sample was
determined primarily by the work (the coverage of about 40 farms)
that could be accomplished by one interviewer in the time allotted
for the field work. The use of only one interviewer to a primary
sampling area was desirable in view of the investment in the train-
ing of interviewers and the goal of minimum sampling error. In
essence, one primary sampling unit (usually a single county) was
selected from a stratum with a probability proportional to size.
The strata were approximately equal in size, and each stratum,
formed on the basis of type of farming, was usually comprised of
geographically contiguous counties. The sampling rate applied
to a particular economic group in a county drawn in the sample
was equal to the overall sampling rate for that economic group
divided by the probability the county had of being drawn. Farms
selected by the application of this rate were assigned in the appro-
priate proportions to the A and B samples.
Identifying farmers to be interviewed. — If a farm operator
drawn from the 1954 Census of Agriculture continued to operate
in 1955 any part of the farm he operated in 1954, he was eligible
for inclusion in the survey regardless of the size of his 1955 opera-
tions. In the event that the 1954 operator did not operate in
1955 any part of the farm he operated in 1954, the schedules
provided spaces to record who the 1955 operator was and his 1954
status. In order to avoid double sampling, the "new" operator(s)
was eligible for inclusion in the survey only if he did not farm at
all in 1954, or if he did not operate in 1955 any part of the farm
he operated in 1954. By use of this procedure the survey reflected
consolidations and split-ups of farms, permitted some new opera-
tors to fall into the sample, and at the same time prevented any
one operator from having two chances of being drawn into the
sample. Omitted from the sample were 1955 farms consisting
entirely of tracts of land not farmed in 1954 and operated in 1955
by someone who did not operate a farm in 1954. This omission
was not considered to be serious.
With respect to the family living sample, a schedule was obtained
for the partner of a sample operator as well as for the sample
operator, if the partner did not operate a farm separate from the
partnership farm, and if his dwelling was located on the partner-
ship farm.
Completeness of the field work. — Among the 11,869 farm
operators selected, the interviewers were successful in identifying
all but 89. They classified 646 as "ineligible," which was con-
siderably more than expected and reflected some error in the
classification of "borderline" farms. By procedural rules, 186
farm operators were "ineligible" because they were located more
than 25 miles outside the sample county during the entire field-
work period of the survey. Of the remaining 10,948 eligible
farms, questionnaires were enumerated for 10,028. In addition,
there were 466 completed questionnaires for su bun its of multiple
landlord-cropper units and 69 completed B questionnaires for
eligible partners giving a total of 10,563 usable questionnaires.
Of these, 6,578 covered production expenditures and 3.985 were
for family living expenses.
Expansion of the sample. — The estimates contained in this
report correspond, in concept and farm coverage, to the popula-
tion of farms actually enumerated in the 1954 Census of Agricul-
ture with an allowance for the downward trend in number of
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farms but with no adjustments for underenumeration of farms
in the 1954 Census of Agriculture.
The classification of farms by economic groups used in this
publication is in terms of their 1954 status as determined in the
1954 Census of Agriculture. Information necessary to determine
economic class in 1955 was not collected in the survey. Hence,
a farmer in Economic Class III in 1954, for example, might have
been in Class II with respect to his 1955 operations. Another
limitation in the interpretation of the data is the failure to ascer-
tain the economic class of subunit farms in multiple-unit operations.
For purposes of weighting they belonged in the same groups as
their respective home farms and were left in such groups when
the tables in this report were prepared.
Collection procedures. — The survey was conducted during
February and March 1956. All of the information was obtained
by direct interviews with the farm operator and the housewife.
Local interviewers were hired and trained under the supervision
of the State Statisticians of the Agricultural Marketing Service.
State supervisors were trained at 4 regional training schools;
interviewers were in turn trained by State supervisors.
The average interview time for the A Schedule was about
2J-S hours; for the B schedule, about 3 hours. Interviewers
asked for expenditures (and income) for the calendar year 1955,
and recorded this information for "the place" or the "family"
as it existed during the year. Thus, when a person was a member
of the family for only part of the year 1955, income and expendi-
ture for that person were recorded only for that part of the year
during which he was a family member. Again, if an operator
extended his operations to newly acquired acreage, say at mid-
year, the expenditures recorded were restricted to those made
by the current operator and did not include any expenditures on
the new acreage made by its former owner.
Expenditures were reported in detail under 15 major groups of
goods and services for the family living questionnaire, and under
27 groups for the production questionnaire. Space was provided
for reporting the amount spent for each item or group of related
items. Where experience had indicated that the best estimate
was secured by obtaining the number bought and the unit price
paid, space also was provided to report these data on family
living items. Price and quantity were obtained for most of the
production expense items. On the production questionnaire,
expenditures usually shared by landlords and tenants were
reported separately for the landlord. Expenditures ordinarily
made by landlords and not shared by tenants were collected from
a subsample of the reported landlords, and recorded on a special
questionnaire for landlords. The subsample consisted of the
first two landlords (if more than two for each farm) for a sub-
sample of farms in the sample for production expenses. A total
of 671 usable special landlord questionnaires were obtained in
the survey. Information obtained from this questionnaire is
not included in the tables presented in this report.
Expenditures recorded. — The expenditures recorded included
the total money expense paid or incurred in 1955, whether or
not all payment was made during the year. Financing charges
and interest on installment purchases, delivery and installation
charges, and sales and excise taxes were included as part of the
expenditure for the item to which they applied. Expenditures
recorded and tabulated were net, after trade-in allowances, and,
for a limited list of major consumer durable goods, and for autos,
trucks, tractors and major farm machines, space was provided
for recording these allowances separately.
The expenditure amounts recorded did not include estimates
for the value of home-produced food or clothing, etc. However,
materials or services purchased in 1955 for the production of such
items were recorded as an expense.
Details of expenditures for the entire year 1955 were obtained
for all goods and services except food purchased for consumption
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
at home. Past experience has demonstrated that it is not pos-
sible to obtain by the direct interview method reliable reports
on the amounts spent on specific food items over periods longer
than a week or two. Detailed weekly expenditures for items of
food were obtained in the Survey of Household Food Consumption
made in the spring of 1955 by the Department of Agriculture.
Because of the availability of data from that detailed surve3f,
considerable savings in interview time were achieved by excluding
the weekly food check list from the family expenditure schedule.
However, to obtain complete coverage of all expenditures for
the families covered in the B Schedule an estimate of the annual
amount spent for all food purchased for consumption at home
was recorded.
Other data recorded. — In addition to expenditures, selected
characteristics by which the data could be analyzed were col-
lected on the questionnaires. On the production expense sched-
ule, for example, information was obtained on such characteristics
as color of operator, tenure, size and type of farm, value of prod-
ucts sold, and year farm was acquired. On the family living
schedule, information was obtained on color, tenure, education
of operator, age of operator and spouse, number of years mar-
ried, farm residence, value of products sold, family income, fam-
ily size, and family type. Subsequent publications will present
family expenditures according to these characteristics, many of
which have been found to be important factors affecting family
expenditures.
Separation of family and farm share. — Several types of expend-
iture serve the dual purpose of family living and production.
For example, automobiles and trucks are commonly used for
both farm business purposes and for personal travel, and the
cost of their purchase and operation cannot, therefore, be wholly
assigned to either production costs or family living expenses.
This is also true of expenditures for fuel, utilities, insurance,
interest, taxes, and some other expenses. Such expenses are often
billed to the farm as a whole. It is often difficult to separate
them into expenditures for the farm dwelling, which for many
purposes are considered to be living expenses, and expenditures for
other farm structures and land, which are clearly production costs.
Various methods, described briefly below, were used to allocate
such combined expenditures to either family living or production.
Tables 1 and 2 present the family share of these expenses; tables
3 and 4 contain the production share only. Table 5, which sum-
marizes production expenses for farms classified by type of farm,
shows for such dual purpose expenditures only the total expend-
iture, including both family and business shares, since the tabu-
lation procedure did not lend itself to segregating these shares
by type of farm. For electricity and telephone services, table 5
shows only the farm business share.
For expenditures for coal, oil, water, electricity, etc., and for
telephone, telegraph, and certain other items, the respondent
was asked to estimate the breakdown as between farm production
and living.
Expenditures for farm real estate taxes, fire insurance, mort-
gage interest, and for legal and settlement fees in connection with
purchase or sale of farm real estate were allocated to living and
production on the basis of the ratio of farm dwelling valuation
to total farm valuation in 1955. Since no allocation was made
of cash rent, the total was included under production expenses.
Outlays for purchase, upkeep, and running expenses for auto-
mobiles and trucks were allocated between farm and family on
the basis of mileage driven for farm business, family business, and
other business (including custom hauling). Family business was
defined to include travel for shopping, visiting, church, school,
clubs, recreation and vacations, and travelling to and from work
for wages or salaries off the farm. Because it was necessary to
obtain individual family estimates for transportation expense,
this allocation was made on each family schedule. On the other
hand, for production expenditures this allocation was made by
economic class within regions. Total expenditures for autos and
motortrucks as derived from the A and the B schedules are shown
separately in tables 6 and 7.
Expenditures made by landlords for taxes and insurance on
real estate and personal property, interest, and for construction,
repair, and maintenance of farm improvements are not included
in any of the tables.
In the tables shown in this report item entries or class group
components may not add to totals shown because no adjustments
were made after rounding.
Definitions
The farm operator's economic family is that group of people
who occupy the same dwelling and are related financially by pool-
ing their income and drawing from the common fund for the things
they buy. The group always included the operator, his wife and
never-married children. In cases where other persons are present
in the household, the payment of board or its equivalent was
taken to indicate the financial independence of the person or
persons covered by this payment. More particularly, the mem-
bers of the farm operator's economic family are:
(1) The operator.
(2) The spouse and never-married children (including adop-
tions) living in the household.
(3) Never-married children away at school, if dependent
upon the farm operator for two-thirds of their support,
but not a son or daughter away in the Armed Services
or at work.
04) Other persons (except domestic and farm labor help)
living in the household as their regular place of residence
if they did not pay board or the equivalent or were
dependent upon the farm operator.
Income was defined to include net money income received dur-
ing 1955 from the sale of products of the farm, for work done, and
for use of property, as well as money received from such other
sources as unemployment compensation, relief, alimony, regular
contributions from others, pensions, etc. It included money
received from wages and salaries or professional fees, interest
earned on money lent out, dividends on corporation stocks, rents,
royalties, income from trust funds, and unincorporated business.
For income from the farm, from other business, or from profes-
sional services, only net income — business receipts minus busi-
ness expenses — was recorded.
Certain other kinds of receipts such as gifts received in single
payment, inheritance, and lump sum receipts from insurance
policies were not considered as regular income for purposes of
this survey. Neither was money received from sale of personal
assets (bonds, real estate, car, etc.) or money borrowed considered
as regular income.
Income from "this farm" was not recorded for farms operated
by hired managers unless the hired manager had farming opera-
tions of his own. Hired managers' earnings for operating the
place were recorded as wages or salaries.
Other definitions and classifications employed in the production
expenditure survey were essentially the same as those used in the
1954 Census of Agriculture for such concepts as farm, farm oper-
ator, farm size, tenure, value of sales, etc. However, for two
items there are differences in classification. In the 1954 Census
of Agriculture feed expenditures were reported as including ex-
pense for grinding and mixing. In this survey, grinding and
mixing expenditures are included under machine hire and custom
work. In the 1954 Census of Agriculture, expenditures for lime
specifically excluded expenditures for gypsum; in this survey,
gypsum and lime were reported in combination.
For a definition of a farm, economic class of farm, and type of
farm, reference should be made to the Introduction of Volume II
of the reports of the 1954 Census of Agriculture.
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES 5
Table 1. — Family Living Expenditures of Farm-Operator Families — Total Expenditures With Percent Distribution and Aver-
age Expenditures Per Family, By Groups of Expenditures, By Economic Class of Farm, for the United States: 1955 '
Number of farm-operator families.
Total expenditures for family living :
Food and nonalcoholic beverages at
home _
Food away from home
Housing _
Shelter
Housefurnishiugs and equipment.
Household operations
Clothing
Women and girls, ages 1G and over
Girls, ages 2-15 __
Men and boys, ages 16 and over
Boys, ages 2-15 _
Infants and children under 2 years
Material and services...
Transportation
Auto and truck purchase _
Auto and truck upkeep and running
expenses
Other travel and transportation
Medical care _
Personal care
Tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Recreation
Reading and education _..
Miscellaneous _.
Personal insurance
Cash gifts and contributions _
Aggregate expenditures
15,749,105,194
3,903,518,816
4,133,183,583
1,672,109,086
1,020,923,688
1,440,150,809
2,034,501,937
677, 360, 604
204, 128, 443
686, 890, 639
200, 737, 345
32, 916, 563
232, 468, 343
1, 144, 007, 641
332, 375, 470
322, 600, 056
590, 599, 734
207,281,366
289, 983, 735
409, 467, 868
523, 428, 285
Economic class of farm
I and II III to V VI to VIII
3,327,392,185
709,424,517
975, 178, 807
431, 826, 653
232,048,671
311,303,483
415,520,903
140,452,390
44,921,789
135, 979, 697
38,911,969
7, 749, 792
47, 505, 266
214, 099, 307
67, 670, 142
56, 752, 349
137, 960, 193
50, 410, 782
60,362,515
144, 464, 788
139,034,152
6, 936, 169, 715
1,734,204,659
1,811,441,649
708, 808, 914
441,270,079
661,362,656
939, 449, 773
311,340,021
90, 107, 545
318, 817, 320
94, 520, 145
15, 500, 640
109, 164, 102
520, 869, 866
152, 232, 548
146, 801, 257
269, 777, 535
94, 417, 791
134, 906, 794
172, 569, 024
242, 356, 289
Dollars
1,944,357
6, 485, 542, 965
1,519,889,640
1,346,563,020
531,473,519
347,604,843
467, 484, 658
679, 531, 053
225, 568, 144
69, 099, 057
232, 093, 574
67, 305, 190
9, 666, 131
75, 798, 957
409, 038, 468
112,472,762
119,046,450
182, 862, 006
62, 452, 793
94, 714, 430
92, 434, 056
142, 037, 844
Average expenditures per family
3, 308. 60
832.66
868. 31
351. 28
214. 48
302. 55
427. 41
142. 30
42.88
1 14. 30
240.34
69.83
67.77
124.07
43.55
60.92
86.02
Economic class of farm
I and II III to V
1,485.95
658. 00
353. 59
474. 35
633.16
214. 02
68.45
207. 20
59.29
11.81
72.39
326.24
103. 11
86.48
210. 22
76.81
91.98
220. 13
211. 86
838.85
328. 24
204. 35
306. 27
435. 05
144. 18
41.73
147. 64
43.77
7.18
50.55
241.21
70.50
67.98
124. 93
43.72
62.47
79.91
112. 23
692. 55
273. 34
178. 78
240.43
349. 49
116.01
35.54
119. 37
34.62
4.97
210. 37
57.85
61.23
94.05
32.12
48.71
47.54
73.05
Percent of total
Percent
XXX
100.0
Economic class of farm
100.0
25.0
21.6
3.4
2.2-
3.3
1 For items included in each group see table 2.
' Family living expenditures include all money expenditures or obligations incurred in 1955 for family living purposes, except income taxes, and cash rent for on-farm rental dwell-
ings. Total on-farm cash rental expenditures are included under production expenses.
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States: 1955
All fam-
ilies
Economic class of farm
All fam-
ilies
Economic class of farm
Expenditure item
I and II
III to V
VI to VIII
I and II
III to V
VI to
VIII
4, 760, 050
656, 267
2, 159, 426
1, 944, 357
XXX
XXX
XXX
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Percent of families purchasing
3,308.60
832.66
715. 33
117. 33
16.85
12.12
4.73
2.70
61.85
27.59
17.59
7.90
8.77
35.93
24.39
11.54
868.31
351.28
207.27
38.80
16.08
19.86
1.03
131.49
2.67
124.69
7.50
6.37
2.66
0.84
2.86
7.24
0.56
2.78
14.43
8.82
3.36
2.92
4.95
0.17
4.08
4.85
0.46
3.96
4.15
16.66
8.82
15.00
1.23
16.65
1.78
2.90
5.17
5.84
0.96
214. 48
26.35
4.89
1.19
1.41
1.32
0.55
0.31
0.38
2.50
0.41
1.98
0.79
0.19
1.26
4.90
0.75
1.32
0.11
0.67
1.51
5, 070. 18
1,081.00
916. 82
164.18
23.01
21.80
1.21
5.77
85.81
36.24
11.13
20.28
18.16
49.58
30.74
18.84
1, 485. 95
658. 00
422. 53
74.88
26.46
39.12
0.96
281. 11
3.45
199. 79
13.33
9.46
4.57
1.89
5.01
5.96
0.66
3.24
15.53
11.41
3.84
6.91
5.77
0.49
3.15
7.29
0.42
10.40
3.12
28.79
17.59
37.95
4.09
32.20
3.56
1.37
10.38
16.51
0.38
353. 59
43.46
6.34
1.59
1.65
1.30
0.82
0.40
0.44
3.71
0.83
3.20
1.10
0.27
1.76
11.10
1.77
3.00
0.38
0.88
2.91
3,212.04
803.09
692.44
110.65
15.28
11.21
4.07
3.41
56.91
27.83
14.11
6.98
7.99
35.04
23.75
11.30
838.85
328.24
195. 68
42.49
15.66
18.66
1.55
117. 31
2.83
114.97
6.96
6.43
2.89
0.86
2.27
7.16
0.77
2.61
13.14
8.81
2.78
2.72
5.07
0.20
4.92
6.65
0.41
4.03
3.68
10.31
8.11
13.37
0.82
14.75
0.84
1.73
6.08
5.64
1.46
204.35
25.84
4.81
1.16
1.44
1.29
0.51
0.28
0.42
2.29
0.38
2.04
0.69
0.27
1.24
4.38
0.67
1.45
0.10
0.73
1.69
2, 821. 26
781. 69
672. 74
108. 95
16.53
9.86
6.66
0.86
59.25
24.40
23.64
4.74
6.47
32.30
22.95
9.35
692. 55
273.34
147. 47
22.52
13.06
14.69
0.48
96.72
2.21
110. 14
6.13
5.26
1.77
0.47
2.79
7.77
0.33
2.81
15.50
7.94
3.84
2.15
4.54
0.03
3.47
2.03
0.54
1.70
5.00
19.62
6.65
9.05
0.73
13.52
2.24
4.71
3.51
2.47
0.59
178. 78
21.15
4.49
1.09
1.30
1.37
0.51
0.31
0.31
2.33
0.29
1.51
0.79
0.08
1.11
3.38
0.50
0.62
0.04
0.29
0.84
100.0
(NA)
99.6
(NA)
(NA)
4.2
2.6
1.2
(NA)
34.3
13.6
15.3
20.0
(NA)
72.3
43.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
75.8
55.6
24.8
3.1
2.2
0.8
(NA)
13.7
28.1
14.2
2.2
3.9
8.1
1.3
2.9
10.2
4.3
3.9
8.1
5.3
0.4
2.6
10.1
2.0
2.9
2.0
2.7
2.4
21.6
5.1
(NA)
1.3
2.4
3.4
12.0
0.6
(NA)
(NA)
45.6
26.0
10.5
16.8
1.9
2.9
3.2
24.1
6.1
36.9
19.1
5.1
33.2
30.2
4.5
9.2
0.6
3.2
14.1
100.0
(NA)
99.6
(NA)
(NA)
7.0
0.8
1.5
(NA)
40.5
12.1
29.7
31.9
(NA)
75.8
54.8
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
64.4
55.2
27.6
4.4
2.9
0.9
(NA)
14.4
31.0
14.0
2.3
4.2
5.6
1.6
2.6
12.4
6.0
4.4
10.5
4.7
1.1
2.1
11.5
1.2
3.4
1.3
2.8
3.9
19.3
9.2
(NA)
1.6
1.9
6.0
26.4
0.5
(NA)
(NA)
54.7
32.1
10.8
15.8
2.4
3.7
3.2
29.8
9.1
48.0
20.6
7.3
33.7
36.3
7.7
11.8
1.4
3.4
21.5
100.0
(NA)
99.5
(NA)
(NA)
4.3
2.5
1.6
(NA)
36.9
11.1
15.5
20.7
(NA)
74.3
45.4
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
74.7
59.3
28.3
3.0
1.9
0.7
(NA)
13.9
30.3
15.0
2.6
3.8
7.6
1.5
2.9
10.2
4.0
3.4
8.7
5.2
0.4
2.5
12.2
2.3
2.8
1.7
2.5
2.2
21.1
4.9
(NA)
1.3
2.1
3.5
12.0
0.7
(NA)
(NA)
47.3
26.7
11.1
16.9
1.8
3.0
3.5
23.0
4.9
40.4
17.2
6.0
33.5
33.0
4.5
11.2
0.6
3.4
15.8
FOOD
All food
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
HOUSING
■ (NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Structural additions, unitemized
General remodeling, unitemized
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Comforters, quilts, afghans _
Other towels, bath mats
Drapery materials
Gifts of household textiles
9.7
See footnotes at end of table.
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES 7
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of FarM'Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States: 1955 — Continued
Expenditure Item
HOUSING— Continued
Housefurnishings and equipment— Continued
Furniture
Living room suites
Dining room suites
Dinette, breakfast sets _
Bedroom suites _
Beds, cots, cribs .. _...
Mattresses, innerspring
Mattresses, other
Bedsprlngs _
Studio couches, sofa beds..
Other sofas, couches
Dressers, chests, vanities
Sideboards, buffets, kitchen cabinets...
Tables, desks, bookcases, etc
Upholstered lounge chairs..
Upholstered platform rockers
Upholstered occasional chairs..
Other chairs, benches, hassocks, stools.
Porch and garden furniture
Unpalnted furniture
Other furniture
Rental of furnishings
Repairs and cleaning of furniture and equipment _
Insurance on furniture
Gifts of furniture
Floor coverings
Rugs and carpets, mostly wool
Rugs and carpets, cotton
Other rugs, including pads
Linoleum, other non-textile floor coverings-
Gifts of floor coverings _
Glassware, china, and silverware.
Table glassware
Dishes
Knives, forks, spoons
Servers, bowls, pitchers, etc...
Other tableware...
Gifts of tableware..
Kitchen equipment..
Refrigerators, mechanical.
Refrigerators, ice.
Home freezers
Cook stoves
Hot plates
Toasters, electric
Small electrical equipment
Pressure canners, 8 qt. and over-
pressure canners, 6 qt. and under.
Canning equipment, jars, cans, lids, etc.
Pots and pans _
Kitchen crockery and glassware
Knives, ladles, can openers, etc _.
Thermos bottles, lunch kits, etc
Other kitchen equipment
Gifts of kitchen equipment
Cleaning and laundry equipment
Vacuum cleaners, upright
Vacuum cleaners, tank
Vacuum cleaners, canister
Vacuum cleaner attachments
Floor waxers
Carpet sweepers
Brooms.
Brushes, mops, palls, dust pans, etc
Washing machines
Clothes dryers, mechanical
Hand Irons, total. __
Irons, dry.. _
Irons, steam
Irons, dry and steam combinations..
Ironing machines _
Washtubs, boilers, boards, wringers.
Ironing boards, covers, baskets, pins, poles, lines..
Other cleaning and laundry equipment
Gifts of cleaning or laundry equipment
See footnotes at end of table.
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Percent of families purchasing
Economic class of farm
Economic class of farm
All fami-
lies
All families
I and II
III to V
VI to VIII
I and II
III to V
VI to
VIII
53.71
102. 02
48.36
43.35
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
10.80
18.15
9.67
9.57
6.1
7.3
6.6
6.2
2.87
3.09
3.00
2.65
2.0
1.7
2.3
1.9
4.03
7.30
3.93
3.05
4.0
6.7
4.0
3.1
7.97
13.50
5.36
9.01
4.2
6.6
3.2
4.6
1.75
2.34
1.79
1.51
5.3
6.8
5.3
4.8
4.88
6.96
4.83
4.23
9.6
12.3
9.4
8.8
0.86
1.50
0.86
0.66
3.1
3.4
3.3
2.9
1.21
2.21
1.15
0.93
4.2
5.2
4.1
4.0
1.58
3.37
1.22
1.38
2.1
3.7
1.7
1.9
1.00
2.56
0.87
0.61
1.0
2.1
0.7
0.9
0.78
1.47
0.77
0.57
2.5
3.2
2.5
2.3
1.48
2.85
1.47
1.03
2.4
2.9
2.6
2.1
1.61
4.03
1.43
0.99
5.1
8.9
5.1
3.8
1.47
4.66
1.26
0.63
2.1
5.1
2.2
1.1
1.46
2.56
1.78
0.75
3.2
4.9
3.7
2.0
0.76
2.29
0.61
0.40
1.8
2.9
1.6
1.8
0.58
1.35
0.59
0.31
4.1
6.0
3.7
3.9
1.04
2.79
0.81
0.69
4.4
7.5
3.5
4.3
0.16
0.28
0.07
0.22
0.9
1.5
0.5
1.0
1.14
2.44
0.86
1.00
1.9
3.9
1.6
1.5
0.06
0.04
0.11
0.01
0.4
0.8
0.6
(Z)
2.39
8.64
1.90
0.82
6.3
10.8
7.4
3.6
2.75
5.47
2.97
1.58
17.6
26.3
20.6
11.3
1.07
2.14
1.03
0.76
3.2
7.0
3.8
1.2
16.53
36.63
14.30
12.21
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
6.87
19.46
6.21
3.35
5.3
8.6
5.7
3.7
0.66
1.61
0.61
0.39
4.3
7.1
4.4
3.2
1.94
7.52
1.02
1.07
3.2
5.5
3.3
2.2
6.93
7.74
6.33
7.33
22.2
17.4
23.3
22.7
0.13
0.30
0.13
0.07
1.1
2.0
1.5
0.4
5.79
11.48
6.15
3.46
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
0.46
0.98
0.47
0.27
12.6
16.2
14.0
9.8
2.36
4.55
2.51
1.46
24.9
30.8
27.1
20.5
1.36
2.43
1.45
0.89
9.6
10.0
10.0
8.9
0.41
0.72
0.41
0.30
12.6
16.4
13.6
10.3
0.11
0.27
0.10
0.06
1.1
2.2
1.1
0.7
1.09
2.53
1.20
0.49
9.1
16.1
10.6
5.2
57.09
68.03
55.73
54.91
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
11.91
14.36
9.39
13.89
5.4
6.0
4.4
6.4
0.39
0.02
0.09
0.86
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
18.97
18.40
21.22
16.68
5.7
5.5
6.4
5.0
13.39
15.29
11.92
14.39
7.7
7.6
6.8
8.9
0.11
0.21
0.13
0.05
1.0
1.2
1.3
0.6
0.66
0.81
0.71
0.56
3.9
4.5
4.1
3.5
2.52
4.51
2.67
1.69
10.8
17.6
11.2
8.1
0.22
0.12
0.25
0.22
1.3
0.7
1.3
1.4
0.19
0.19
0.23
0.14
1.6
1.1
2.0
1.5
2.67
2.62
2.74
2.61
51.9
49.1
54.7
49.7
2.40
2.81
2.93
1.67
19.8
21.6
21.5
17.2
0.28
0.47
0.27
0.22
7.3
11.6
8.6
4.5
0.45
0.78
0.49
0.30
16.0
20.4
17.5
12.9
0.63
0.97
0.63
0.52
16.4
21.4
17.3
13.7
0.23
0.48
0.10
0.30
1.2
2.6
1.1
0.8
2.04
6.00
1.96
0.80
10.0
20.5
12.2
4.0
29.54
47.58
28.69
24.40
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
1.38
1.65
1.18
1.51
1.7
2.0
1.5
1.9
2.18
3.59
2.51
1.33
3.2
4.6
3.6
2.3
0.64
1.69
0.70
0.21
0.9
2.1
1.0
0.4
0.08
0.19
0.07
0.04
1.5
3.0
1.5
0.9
0.34
0.73
0.27
0.29
4.9
7.1
4.8
4.2
0.04
0.03
0.04
0.04
0.4
0.3
0.6
0.2
2.23
2.49
2.34
2.02
76.8
75.1
77.5
76.5
1.64
2.00
1.77
1.38
52.9
53.6
55.0
50.4
13.81
19.13
11.82
14.22
9.4
10.8
8.9
9.5
3.81
10.05
4.75
0.65
2.0
5.0
2.6
0.4
1.26
1.57
1.17
1.25
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
0.51
0.51
0.49
0.54
4.6
4.3
4.3
5.1
0.39
0.53
0.39
0.35
2.5
3.2
2.5
2.2
0.35
0.53
0.29
0.36
2.2
3.3
1.7
2.4
0.22
1.04
0.09
0.09
0.2
0.9
0.1
0.1
0.54
0.42
0.54
0.58
13.3
7.9
13.4
15.1
0.93
1.43
1.08
0.61
30.2
38.4
34.8
22.3
0.17
0.83
0.07
0.06
0.3
0.7
0.2
0.4
0.29
0.74
0.31 1
0.12 1
1.8
3.4
1.8 1
1.3
8 FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States : 1955 — Continued
Expenditure item
HOUSING— Continued
Housefurnishings and equipment — Continued
Miscellaneous house furnishings
Heating stoves, portable heaters
Sewing machines
Air conditioning units, dehumidifiers..
All lamps -
Table lamps
Floorlamps
Electric light bulbs, lamp chimneys-
Electric fans
Electric fans, attic
Electric fans, window...
Electric fans, portable
Clocks, mirrors, pictures, ash trays, etc
Shades and blinds
Baby equipment, bathinette, carriage, pen, etc.
Baby bottles, sterilizers, nipples
Suitcases, trunks, other baggage..
Fireplace equipment
Other furnishings and equipment
Gifts of miscellaneous items
Household operation
Fuel, electricity, and water
Coal..
Coke, briquettes
Wood, sawdust, prestologs, kindling.
Kerosene. . .
Gasoline
Fuel oil
Gas, piped..
Gas, L. P., bottled.
Electricity
Maintenance of home electric plant.. .
Water charges, repairs to pumps, etc..
Rental of freezer locker —
Bags, wrappings, and boxes for frozen foods..
Service charge on food for lockers
Household services
Telephone, local
Telephone, long distance, telegrams..
Laundry, sent out, diaper service —
Wages for household help
Moving of household equipment, furniture, personal effects.
Freight and express for household goods
Other household service
Laundry supplies, cleaning, and other supplies
Laundry soaps and detergents
Other laundry supplies, starch, bluing
Cleaning supplies, scouring powder, steel wool, etc..
Paper supplies, toilet paper, napkins, towels, etc...
Postage: stamps, parcel post, stamped envelopes, etc.
Stationery, pencils, ink, greeting cards, etc
Floor wax, furniture polish, etc
Insect sprays, powders, air deodorizers, etc
Potted plants, cut flowers, seeds
Matches, candles, traps, etc
Household tools, hammers, paint brushes, etc..
Garden, lawn tools, lawn mowers, etc —
Household materials, unitemized..
Gifts of household materials
CLOTHING
All clothing
Clothing: Women and girls, ages 16 and over-
coats and jackets.
Light weight coats, capes
Heavy coats without fur
Heavy coats with fur
Raincoats, rain capes
Jackets, cloth or leather
Snowsuits, ski suits, leggings
Fur coats, fur scarves, muffs, etc..
Other outerwear
See footnotes at end of table.
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Economic class of farm
25.46
4.92
5.12
2.38
0.81
0.59
0.22
3.31
1.02
0.21
0.67
0.84
302. 55
176. 71
23.56
0.72
2.62
7.87
0.72
29.44
4.70
25.51
75.00
0.36
6.21
13.06
0.80
3.87
3.20
5.19
39.91
16.13
5.87
3.61
11.78
0.50
0.09
1.92
72.86
15.82
5.92
3.57
8.91
6.29
4.48
3.40
2.55
427. 41
142. 30
15.70
5.72
6.54
0.98
0.53
1.09
0.03
0.73
0.07
I and II III to V VI to VIII
44.36
5.89
6.49
11.10
2.12
1.49
0.62
4.82
3.87
0.28
474. 35
269. 91
28.20
0.50
2.23
104.42
0.94
10.75
20.94
0.40
5.00
5.15
10.39
81.40
24.79
10.43
6.56
34.72
1.06
0.19
3.64
102. 09
18.98
7.30
5.14
12.40
10.14
12. 26
4.12
0.47
633.16
214.02
24.33
7.65
9.36
1.52
0.82
1.51
0.09
3.27
0.10
25.28
5.44
6.23
1.37
0.67
0.48
0.19
3.58
1.97
0.21
0.83
0.93
1.28
1.72
0.30
0.54
0.99
0.14
0.04
1.00
306.27
183.14
25.89
25.53
75.71
0.32
5.25
14.84
0.48
4.76
3.44
6.16
34.55
15.22
5.59
7.72
0.53
0.07
2.12
7.71
6.34
4.65
3.55
3.15
1.16
8.82
1.75
0.26
435. 05
144.18
15.79
6.11
0.48
1.05
0.03
0.53
0.08
19.29
4.03
3.41
0.57
0.52
0.41
0.11
2.50
2.22
0.02
1.19
1.01
240. 43
138. 10
19.40
0.61
8.40
0.86
10.70
3.70
21.10
64.28
0.21
5.75
8.43
1.29
2. 50
0.29
0.08
1.11
62.02
15.06
5.44
2.97
7.45
1.14
5.77
1.27
0.13
349. 49
116.01
12.69
4.65
5.44
(). 4')
II 99
(Z)
0.10
0.06
Percent of families purchasing
(NA)
(NA)
31.6
22.3
35.5
21.9
(NA)
Economic class of farm
85.5
27.8
19.6
and II
into v
(NA)
(NA)
8.7
11.9
4.2
4.8
3.4
1.0
(NA)
(NA)
8.5
5.1
2.8
1.4
90.7
90.3
(NA)
(NA)
1.0
0.6
3.6
2.1
7.8
4.6
20.3
19.1
20.0
16.9
2.8
2.1
9.9
9.7
10.3
6.8
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.5
7.2
5.6
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
27.3
33.6
1.8
1.6
4.4
7.1
16.4
26.9
2.6
3.2
36.5
24.4
7.6
5.0
40.5
38.1
95.2
94.8
2.1
1.5
26.3
21.2
(NA)
(NA)
3.7
5.8
28.6
28.2
50.9
40.5
33.4
27.8
(NA)
(NA)
75.0
53.0
51.0
39.4
9.9
6.2
18.4
7.0
2.4
1.4
2.5
1.2
14.5
11.1
(NA)
(NA)
92.2
93.5
86.7
87.6
82.9
76.7
89.6
88.0
97.4
95.3
94.8
91.6
83.9
75.4
83.9
81.9
47.8
32.4
85.7
87.3
40.7
28.8
29.9
21.2
6.4
3.2
3.9
2.8
(NA)
(NA)
97.3
96.3
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States: 1955 — Continued
Expenditure Item
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Economic class of farm
I and II III to V VI to VIII
Percent of families purchasing
Economic class of farm
I and II III to V
CLOTHING— Continued
Clothing: Women and girls, ages 16 and over — Continued
Suits, dresses, skirts, blouses, etc
Suits, cotton
Suits, wool -
Suits, rayon -
Suits, other fabrics --- -
Skirts, cotton -
Skirts, wool
Skirts, other fabrics
Housedresses
Other dresses, cotton
Other dresses, wool -.
Other dresses, rayon - - ---
Other dresses, other fabrics
Slack suits, slacks
Sun suits, playsuits, shorts
Blouses, knitted shirts
Sweaters, pullovers, cardigans
Jeans, overalls, coveralls, overall jackets. _._
Aprons, smocks, uniforms
Underwear, nightwear
Slips, petticoats, rayon
Slips, petticoats, nylon ._
Slips, petticoats, other fabrics..
Corsets, girdles, brassieres, garter belts
Panties, briefs, bloomers, etc., rayon
Panties, briefs, bloomers, etc., other material
Undershirts, union suits, etc _
Nightgowns, pajamas..
Housecoats, bathrobes, dusters
Underwear, nightwear, unitemized
Hosiery
Nylon hose. --
Rayon and silk hose -
Cotton anklet socks
Cotton stockings-
Other stockings or hose
Footwear..
Oxfords and ties -
Pumps and straps
Other shoes, beach, sneakers, loafers, etc
Rubbers, arctics, galoshes, etc
Hats, gloves, accessories
Felt hats....
Straw hats
Other hats, ear muffs, scarves, other head wear..
Dress or school gloves, mittens...
Work gloves: rubber, cloth, etc... _ _
Handbags, purses.
Umbrellas
Handkerchiefs
Belts, dickies, collars, hair ribbons, flowers, etc...
Jewelry (including costume jewelry), watches
Clothing expense, unitemized
Clothing gifts for girls and women
Clothing: Girls, ages 2-15
Coats and jackets
Light weight coats, capes
Heavy coats without fur
Heavy coats with fur
Raincoats, rain capes
Jackets, cloth or leather
Snowsuits, ski suits, leggings
Fur coats, fur scarves, muffs, etc
Other outer wear
Suits, dresses, skirts, blouses, etc
Suits, cotton
Suits, wool
Suits, rayon. __
Suits, other fabrics
Skirts, cotton ...
Skirts, wool
Skirts, other fabrics _
Housedresses
Other dresses, cotton.
Other dresses, wool
Other dresses, rayon
Other dresses, other fabrics
Slack suits, slacks.
Sun suits, playsuits, shorts
Blouses, knitted shirts _
Sweaters, pullovers, cardigans
Jeans, overalls, coveralls, overall jackets
Aprons, smocks, uniforms _ _
See footnotes at end of table.
0.57
6.58
6.22
1.75
3.48
3.01
0.71
0.72
3 53
3.38
1.83
0.77
1.52
6.13
3.53
0.54
0.39
3.46
1.53
0.37
10.66
8.47
0.19
1.46
0.43
0.12
21.17
8.04
8.45
15.22
1.81
1.34
2.77
0.18
0.67
1.16
5.17
2.09
10.54
42.88
5.41
1.58
2.22
0.28
0.18
0.76
0.36
0.01
0.04
15.78
0.32
0.23
0.08
0.08
1.04
0.90
0.21
0.74
3.79
0.21
0.49
0.49
2.09
2.03
0.06
66. 42
2.15
7.31
1.45
1.24
2.50
3.17
0.88
3.33
5.01
5.34
1.49
1.22
5.44
29.90
2.56
3.81
1.32
0.81
0.42
4.49
2.20
0.48
13.44
10.85
0.21
1.77
0.33
0.28
28.22
9.60
12.61
4.21
1.79
24.95
3.21
2.29
1.32
1.43
0.68
6.53
20.22
68.45
8.70
2.54
3.51
0.28
0.39
1.34
0.60
0.02
0.01
0.58
0.07
0.13
1.63
1.37
0.45
0.95
6.18
0.47
0.85
0.72
3.37
2.95
0.11
1.69
3.52
1.02
0.50
0.51
6.41
6.45
1.91
4.05
2.81
3.43
3.37
2.03
0.74
0.50
0.40
3.32
1.36
0.56
11.43
9.14
0.20
1.49
0.48
0.12
21.50
8.26
8.51
3.23
1.50
1.34
0.87
0.93
0.56
2.78
0.12
0.73
1.28
5.59
1.68
11.24
m
41.73
5.42
1.61
2.09
0.31
0.13
0.83
0.38
(Z)
0.07
15.01
0.35
0.21
0.10
0.09
1.10
0.84
0.16
0.68
3.37
0.21
0.45
0.57
1.81
2.11
0.07
0.78
0.49
1.87
2.25
4.70
1.06
2.33
2.45
0.40
0.68
3.00
20.36
2.54
2.31
1.75
6.91
0.17
1.32
0.41
0.07
10.99
1.27
1.01
0.54
0.59
0.26
2.15
0.26
0.56
0.86
3.47
1.05
6.48
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35.54
4.30
1.22
1.92
0.24
0.15
0.49
0.25
(Z)
0.01
0.24
0.13
0.05
0.05
0.78
0.82
0.18
0.73
3.45
0.13
0.41
0.32
0.31
0.52
1.35
1.97
1.63
0.02
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(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
44.7
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
35.0
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NAS
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
10
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of FarM'Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States : 1955 — Continued
Expenditure Item
CLOTHING— Continued
Clothing: Girls, ages 2-15 — Continued
Underwear, nightwear
Slips, petticoats, rayon.
Slips, petticoats, nylon
Slips, petticoats, other fabrics --
Corsets, girdles, brassieres, garter belts
Panties, briefs, bloomers, etc., rayon
Panties, briefs, bloomers, etc., other material
Undershirts, union suits, etc
Nightgowns, pajamas
Housecoats, bathrobes, dusters.
Underwear, nightwear, unitemized
Hosiery -
Nylon hose
Rayon and silk hose
Cotton anklet socks
Cotton stockings
Other stockings or hose
Footwear...
Oxfords and ties - -
Pumps and straps - -
Other shoes, beach, sneakers, loafers, etc
Rubbers, arctics, galoshes, etc
Hats, gloves, accessories
Felt hats
Straw hats -- —
Other hats, ear muffs, scarves, other head wear
Dress or school gloves, mittens
Work gloves, rubber, cloth, etc
Handbags, purses
Umbrellas. -
Handkerchiefs.. --
Belts, dickies, collars, hair ribbons, flowers, etc
Jewelry (including costume jewelry), watches
Clothing expense, unitemized
Clothing: Men and boys, ages 16 and over
Coats and jackets
Overcoats, topcoats
Leather Jackets —
Mackinaws, lumber jackets, overall jackets, etc
Sweaters
Raincoats
Snowsuits, ski suits, leggings
Suits and trousers
Dress or business suits, wool
Dress or business suits, wool mised with nylon, dacron, rayon, etc
Dress or business suits, cotton or cotton mixed with other fibers...
Dress or business suits, other synthetic fibers
Dress slacks and trousers, wool
Dress slacks and trousers, cotton
Dress slacks and trousers, other
Sport coats, light weight sport jackets _
Slack suits, play and sunsuits, shorts
Bib overalls, dungarees, jeans, levis, work pants
Uniforms, matching shirt-pants uniforms
Shirts.
Cotton dress shirts
Cotton work shirts
Sport shirts, wool shirts, other shirts. __
Underwear and nightwear
Shorts, briefs
Drawers
Undershirts (sleeveless)
T-shirts
One-piece underwear, cotton
One-piece underwear, other
Pajamas, nightshirts
Bathrobes, lounging robes
Underwear, nightwear, unitemized
Socks
Wool socks
Cotton socks
Other socks
See footnotes at end of table.
Average family expenditures (dollars)
0.90
0.57
0.91
0.48
1.57
0.38
0.32
1.22
0.24
0.02
1.94
0.07
0.12
4.57
1.71
1.64
0.74
3.46
0.16
0.22
0.54
0.3S
0.03
0.41
0.02
0.18
0.59
0.91
144. 30
12.34
3.29
1.51
6.76
1.23
0.53
0.02
43.28
10.85
2.84
0.41
0.19
5.13
1.77
1.40
2.49
0.05
15.20
2.94
12.04
3.59
0.55
1.87
1.94
0 55
1.35
0.27
0.02
6.53
1.05
3.85
1.63
Economic class of farm
I and II HI to V VI to VIII
10.49
1.24
1.06
1.12
0.81
2.04
0.69
0.53
2.24
0.60
0.18
3.63
0.68
0.04
2.55
0.12
0.25
2.97
2.37
1.29
6.10
0.38
0.40
0.85
0.70
0.05
0.77
0.04
0.29
0.92
207. :■!)
18.66
6.30
2.30
7.65
(Z)
61.31
17.23
4.82
0.58
0.42
7.47
4.29
0.07
19.27
3.43
7.29
8.44
7.23
16.36
4.97
0.65
2. OR
0.62
2.51
0.46
0.05
8.37
1.50
4.34
2.52
6. 3S
0.74
0.67
0.33
0.36
1.16
0.20
0.09
2.49
0.38
0.02
8.47
4.36
1.81
1.51
0.78
3.49
0.15
0.26
0.55
0.37
0.02
0.18
0.58
0.96
147.64
13.13
3.23
1.47
6.62
1.38
0.41
0.02
43.39
9.76
2.48
5.25
1.82
1.63
2.64
0.07
16.52
2.62
12.41
3.65
0.67
1.82
2.11
0.57
1.26
0.23
0.01
5.72
0.95
0.30
0.94
0.38
1.45
0.33
0.20
0.94
0.15
0.07
2.12
0.18
0.03
1.79
0.07
0.04
7.50
4.30
1.17
1.53
0.51
2.54
0.09
0.12
0.44
0.28
0.02
0.34
0.03
0.13
0.50
0.60
119.37
9.33
2.35
1.29
4.16
0.90
0.61
0.01
2.58
0.26
0.08
4.21
1.62
1.19
1.71
0.03
12.36
3.12
10.16
3.06
0.39
1.73
1.45
5.55
0.84
3.41
1.29
Percent of families purchasing
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
97.3
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Economic class of farm
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
99.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
98.5
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA1
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
95.4
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
11
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States : 1955 — Continued
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Percent of families purchasing
Expenditure item
All families
Economic class of farm
All fami-
lies
Economic class of farm
I and II
III to V
vitovni
I and II
III to V
VI to
VIII
CLOTHING— Continued
Clothing: Men and boys, ages 16 and over— Continued
25.99
10.61
8.30
0.92
1.92
1.69
0.74
1.80
17.92
3.14
1.15
1.41
4.26
0.42
1.19
1.21
1.71
3.41
1.46
7.92
42.17
4.40
0.54
0.49
2.45
0.67
O.OS
0. IS
12.04
1.00
0.40
0.19
0.05
1.08
0.83
0.40
0.73
0.67
6.53
0.15
5.15
1.72
0.98
2.45
4.43
1.46
0.12
0.54
1.12
0.34
0.01
0.75
0.07
0.01
2.32
0.15
1.59
0.58
9.94
2.56
4.73
0.89
0.59
0.30
0.16
0.72
3.44
0.09
0.20
0.73
0.46
0.20
0.31
0.21
0.58
0.67
0.45
35.47
13.17
10.60
1.17
3.07
3.18
1.29
2.99
26.77
4.61
1.64
2.15
6.18
0.72
1.57
2.19
2.39
5.34
3.07
14.21
59.29
6.48
0.90
0.76
3.34
1.00
0.08
0.41
16.65
1.68
0.72
0.32
0.13
1.42
1.15
0.69
1.00
1.10
8.18
0.26
6.99
2.54
1.04
3.41
6.81
2.13
0.19
0.64
1.75
0.30
0.03
1.54
0.15
0.07
3.19
0.25
2.11
0.84
13.70
2.62
6.52
1.42
1.13
0.58
0.29
1.14
5.21
0.18
0.26
1.10
0.75
0.38
0.31
0.37
0.73
1.13
0.25
26.62
11.06
7.75
0.89
2.05
1.75
0.95
2.17
18.44
3.03
1.21
1.53
4.76
0.46
1.21
1.21
1.66
3.37
1.60
7.95
43.77
4.57
0.64
0.43
2.59
0.63
0.09
0.19
12.43
1.03
0.39
0.24
0.02
1.09
0.82
0.52
0.75
0.66
6.76
0.15
5.26
1.80
0.97
2.49
4.63
1.52
0.16
0.56
1.17
0.36
0.02
0.78
0.06
(Z)
2.43
0.17
1.55
0.71
10.08
2.64
4.64
0.92
0.61
0.32
0.16
0.79
3.82
0.08
0.21
0.74
0.53
0.22
0.41
0.21
0.63
0.79
0.55
22.09
9.24
8.14
0.88
1.38
1.12
0.33
0.99
14.34
2.78
0.92
1.03
3.06
0.28
1.04
0.89
1.55
2.81
.77
5.77
34.62
3.51
0.30
0.46
2.00
0.61
0.06
0.08
10.04
0.74
0.30
0.10
0.05
0.95
0.74
0.18
0.62
0.53
5.72
0.11
4.40
1.34
0.97
2.08
3.40
1.17
0.05
0.48
0.85
0.34
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
39.1
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
44.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
39.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
37.2
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Shirts...
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Underwear and nightwear.
(NA)
Shorts, briefs.
(NA)
Drawers
(NA)
(NA)
T-shirts
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
0.45
0.05
0.01
1.91
0.10
1.46
0.34
8.51
2.45
4.23
0.68
0.39
0.17
0.11
0.49
2.43
0.06
0.16
0.60
0.27
0.12
0.21
0.14
0.48
0.37
0.41
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
Socks.
(NA)
Wool socks..
(NA)
Cotton socks
(NA)
Other socks...
(NA)
Footwear
(NA)
Work shoes
(NA)
Street or dress shoes. .
(NA)
(XA)
Leather boots...
(NA)
Rubber boots
(NA)
Rubbers
(NA)
Arctics, galoshes
(NA)
Hats, gloves, accessories
(NA)
Hats, felt
(XA)
Hats, straw...
(XA)
(NA)
Work gloves or mittens ...
(NA)
(NA)
Handkerchiefs. __
(NA)
Ties and scarfs
(NA)
(NA)
(XA)
Clothing expense, unitemized .
(XA)
See footnotes at end of table.
412355—57 3
12
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States: 1955 — Continued
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Percent of families purchasing
Expenditure item
All families
Economic class of farm
All fami-
lies
Economic class of farm
I and II
III to V
VI to VIII
I and II
III to V
VI to
vni
CLOTHING— Continued
6.92
0.28
0.35
0.10
0.24
0.53
0.20
0.16
0.09
0.26
0.42
0.16
0.45
0.19
0.14
3.36
48.84
16.75
1.28
2.96
0.45
1.90
1.78
0.75
0.53
1.43
0.94
4.01
0.09
0.64
32.08
21.68
0.89
3.07
3.16
0.34
2.22
0.35
0.34
0.05
377. 76
166.95
148. 94
18.01
193. 80
166.76
81.61
7.07
16.08
0.82
0.12
1.82
2.64
0.93
3.64
0.39
1.00
16.59
2.97
7.48
23.38
0.22
27.03
13.32
1.13
3.10
0.18
0.03
0.31
0.53
0.18
0.47
0.07
0.23
2.76
0.48
1.70
2.55
11.81
0.19
0.65
0.15
0.35
0.96
0.39
0.25
0.14
0.56
0.55
0.24
0.81
0.25
0.55
5.77
72.39
22.22
1.93
4.03
0.37
2.11
2.11
1.04
0.62
2.16
1.42
5.15
0.38
0.90
50.16
33.66
1.80
5.64
4.86
0.58
2.60
0.59
0.33
0.12
543.24
269. 92
262. 49
7.43
240. 34
228.76
107. 43
9.08
22.22
0.80
0.15
2.16
3.04
1.16
5.39
0.52
1.13
22.43
8.04
11.30
33.80
0.10
11.58
4.99
0.41
1.26
0.06
0.01
0.13
0.21
0.06
0.15
0.03
0.08
1.56
0.65
0.77
1.23
7.18
0.25
0.43
0.11
0.27
0.54
0.21
0.20
0.11
0.27
0.48
0.17
0.51
0.19
0.09
3.36
60.55
18.82
1.54
3.09
0.54
2.12
2.06
0.89
0.59
1.59
0.98
4.52
0.07
0.84
31.73
20.91
0.77
3.24
3.31
0.31
2.42
0.39
0.31
0.07
332. 10
135. 05
122.42
12.63
183.87
159. 57
78.23
6.91
16.11
0.77
0.14
1.86
2.63
0.96
3.52
0.34
0.86
15.09
1.41
7.49
22.82
0.42
24.30
12.02
1.04
2.45
0.13
0.03
0.27
0.46
0.21
0.40
0.06
0.14
2.74
0.20
1.66
2.50
4.97
0.33
0.16
0.08
0.17
0.38
0.11
0.08
0.05
0.16
0.32
0.11
0.27
0.18
0.05
2.54
38.98
12.61
0.77
2.45
0.38
1.59
1.36
0.51
0.42
1.00
0.73
3.07
0.01
0.33
26.37
18.48
0.71
2.00
2.42
0.29
1.87
0.22
0.39
(NA)
1.1
4.2
4.4
5.8
6.4
4.0
6.0
2.7
7.0
6.2
7.2
7.3
4.7
0.4
33.0
(NA)
(NA)
9.7
30.2
8.8
23.5
21.2
8.2
8.7
15.9
16.0
72.5
0.3
9.2
(NA)
84.7
10.1
33.7
57.0
9.5
83.5
19.4
1.4
0.2
(NA)
(NA)
21.8
4.8
(NA)
74.1
73.0
69.8
46.1
18.1
2.3
60.1
27.7
27.8
62.0
16.9
9.1
50.8
2.2
73.2
63.1
0.4
19.6
19.4
18.3
10.1
4.8
0.7
15.3
7.8
6.9
14.2
3.8
2.8
11.8
0.5
19.0
13.0
(NA)
0.7
6.2
5.4
7.2
9.0
7.2
7.8
3.3
9.5
6.6
9.2
10.2
6.6
1.3
46.6
(NA)
(NA)
11.7
32.2
6.3
25.4
20.9
10.0
9.2
18.6
19.6
76.9
0.5
11.1
(NA)
94.8
16.0
51.7
68.7
14.4
87.2
28.6
1.9
0.4
(NA)
(NA)
28.5
2.6
(NA)
91.9
89.6
83.6
58.5
19.1
2.9
71.9
33.2
36.6
77.0
23.3
9.2
64.6
4.9
90.4
86.4
0.7
10.2
10.1
7.9
5.7
2.7
0.3
8.0
4.7
4.3
7.0
2.5
1.4
7.0
0.5
10.2
8.9
(NA)
0.9
5.1
4.5
6.1
6.0
4.5
6.9
3.4
7.5
6.7
8.0
8.0
4.6
0.4
36.9
(NA)
(NA)
11.6
30.9
9.9
26.4
22.7
8.9
9.5
17.5
17.1
76.2
0.4
11.2
(NA)
87.3
8.8
36.2
60.6
8.8
87.3
21.9
1.0
0.3
(NA)
(NA)
19.8
4.6
(NA)
79.4
78.6
74.9
51.2
19.3
2.6
66.2
30.6
30.7
66.3
17.7
8.8
55.8
1.8
78.3
70.7
0.4
19.5
19.2
18.2
10.4
4.3
0.7
15.3
7.7
7.5
13.2
3.6
1.9
12.6
0.4
19.0
14.5
(NA)
1.4
2.4
4.0
5.1
5.9
2.5
4.4
1.8
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.6
4.2
0.2
24.0
(NA)
(NA)
6.8
28.9
8.4
19.7
19.5
6.8
7.5
Sweaters, sacques, T-shirts
Stockings, socks, booties
Bibs, shawls, receiving blankets, muffs- -
Clothing gifts for infants
Clothing: Materials and services
Clothing materials.
Yard goods, cotton, percale _
Yard goods, other fabrics
13.7
67.0
6.5
(NA)
78.5
Paid help for dressmaking, tailoring, alterations, and repairs.
Shoe repairs _
8.8
Shoe polishes, laces, etc
Fabric cleaning fluids-.
Total clothing services, unitemized
TRANSPORTATION (FAMILY SHARE)
372. 62
167. 61
140. 06
27.55
189. 11
153.83
76.64
6.56
13.99
0.87
0.09
1.67
2.52
0.82
3.18
0.40
1.12
16.29
2.99
6.17
20.49
0.05
35.28
17.58
1.48
4.44
0.28
0.03
0.41
0.71
0.19
0.65
0.09
0.38
3.18
0.73
2.06
3.06
(NA)
(NA)
Purchase of autos and trucks
Purchase of autos
Purchase of trucks
Upkeep and running expenses -
(NA)
Autos
Gasoline
Oil. _
Inner tubes
Tire chains
Anti-freeze
Batteries -
Spark plugs
Lubrication jobs._ _-_
Brake adjustments
Registration and fees
Trucks.
Gasoline
Oil
Inner tubes
Tire chains
Anti-freeze
Batteries
Sparkplugs
Lubrication jobs
Brake adjustments __-
Brake relining
Other parts, service, repairs
Upkeep and running expenses, unitemized __
0.5
Insurance
12.7
See footnotes at end of table.
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
13
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of Farm-Operator Families — Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States : 1955 — Continued
Expenditure Item
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Economic class ol farm
I and II III to V VI to VIII
Percent of families purchasing
Economic class ol farm
I and II III to V
TRANSPORTATION (FAMILY SHARE)— Continued
Other travel and transportation
Local travel
Bus, trolley fares
Taxi fares . - -
Other travel .
Bus fares
Railroad fares - -
Pullman fares
Airplane fares -
Boat fares -
Trip and travel insurance
Vehicles ...
Bicycles, purchase
Bicycles, upkeep
Motorcycles and scooters, purchase
Motorcycles and scooters, upkeep.
Airplanes, purchase .. ...
Airplanes, upkeep -
Boats or outboard motors, purchase..
Boats or outboard motors, upkeep
Other transportation expense _ -__ -
Tolls, parking fees, etc
Gifts of vehicles
MEDICAL CARE
All medical care
Prepaid medical care or insurance premiums
Medical services
Hospital. -.
Surgeon's fees
Other physicians, M. D
Osteopaths
Dentist services, X-ray, dentures, etc
Eye tests and glasses
Nurses, private duty, practical, and visiting
Other practitioners, chiropractors, midwives, etc
Laboratory tests and X-rays.
Ambulance and emergency room
Combined hospital and surgeon's fees
Other medical services, unitemized
Medical drugs and supplies.. _
Prescribed medicines and drugs
Vitamins, mineral tablets.
Medicines and drugs, not prescribed ..
Medical appliances and supplies
PERSONAL CARE
All personal care.
Personal services. _
Haircuts . _
Shaves _ _ _
Permanent waves _
Other waves __
Shampoos
Wave and shampoo ,
Other personal services _ _
Personal care materials ___
Toilet soap
Men's shaving cream, powder, lotion. .
Electric razors, repairs
Supplies for home permanents.
Cosmetics, creams, rouges, lipsticks, deodorants, perfumes, etc
Cleansing tissues and sanitary supplies
Shampoo, bath salts, etc
Toothpaste, or powder, mouth wash, etc
Combs and personal brushes
Nail files, scissors, other manicure equipment...
Other personal care items (including razors and razor blades)
Gifts of personal care items.
TOBACCO AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
All tobacco and alcoholic beverages
Total tobacco expense
Cigarettes _
Cigars
Smoking tobacco
Other tobacco products, chewing, snuff, etc...
Smokers' supplies, pipes, cleaners, lighters, fluid, etc
Total alcoholic beverage expense
Alcoholic beverages used at home
Alcoholic beverages purchased in restaurants and bars
Gifts of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and supplies
See footnotes at end of table.
7.13
2.30
1.92
1.91
0. 72
0.20
5.57
1.7S
0.22
0.37
0.15
153. 75
31.39
10.86
48.52
2.54
27.60
12.04
1.63
3.02
3.00
0.37
3.53
9.25
69. S3
28.45
19.26
0.46
0.46
0.76
2.05
0.08
41.37
7.35
3.04
1.37
2.31
67.77
52.03
38.85
2.78
4.67
5.23
0.51
13. 69
1.55
3.32
0.27
0.94
14.67
3.44
0.31
0.53
0.51
1.84
0.13
7.45
0.46
3.23
2.12
1.12
214.40
38.27
16.16
65.86
3.63
50.26
17.59
5.10
5.56
il. 18
1.15
8.33
103. 11
44.85
27.41
0.64
9.15
0.82
1.35
5.19
0.29
4.15
2.67
2.68
12.28
58. 79
46.23
6.41
3.16
13.18
2.24
1.75
0.49
5.16
1.72
1.48
0.02
1.58
0.23
0.13
4.00
1.65
0.31
0.32
0.13
0.03
1.47
0.07
1.79
1.45
0.34
154. 37
30.86
11.41
47.77
1.21
3.28
3.47
0.41
5.24
7.67
42.59
27.42
5.71
8.07
1.39
70.50
28.58
19.50
0.37
1.36
2.42
7.82
5.51
3.56
5.43
2.14
0.36
2.17
0.83
67.98
53.18
37.99
2.61
0.54
14.80
15. 90
3.26
2.29
0.97
0.42
1.44
0.04
4.25
1.37
0.09
0.36
0.04
132. 59
29.66
8.45
43.49
1.87
2.05
1.63
0.39
2.44
11.31
42.70
29. OS
3.79
8.35
57.85
22.78
16.24
0.51
0.30
0.61
1.19
0.05
2.75
0.94
2.07
1.72
0.25
1.87
0.43
61.23
48.47
37.32
1.72
3.61
5.44
0.39
3.4
(NA)
57.7
29.5
85.1
12.6
(NA)
(NA)
0.6
(NA)
95.6
74.1
11.6
41.8
80.1
71.5
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
25.4
13.6
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
92.8
(NA)
24.8
16.2
74.0
93.0
71.5
26.4
45.3
20.1
(NA)
(NA)
50.3
17.7
16.6
8.7
15.5
(NA)
37.8
24.0
13.4
(NA)
(NA)
(NA)
17.7
0.3
(NA)
23.0
10.0
(NA)
58.2
32.0
(NA)
(NA)
87.9
is. 1
50.4
12. 5
(NA)
(NA)
47.1
11.4
19.5
19.0
14.2
(NA)
27.6
18.3
14
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
Table 2. — Family Living Expenses of FarM'Operator Families— Average Expenditures Per Family and Percent of Families
Reporting, For Groups and Individual Items of Expenditure, By Economic Class of Farm, For the United States: 1955— Con.
Average family expenditures (dollars)
Percent of families purchasing
Expenditure Item
All families
Economic class of farm
All fami-
lies
Economic class of farm
I and II
III to V
VI to VIII
I and II
m to v
VI to
VIII
RECREATION
124.07
15.86
5.62
3.11
1.05
6.09
55.10
2.01
36.36
0.74
2.36
2.36
1.29
1.58
0.10
7.91
0.38
53.11
1.35
1.47
4.52
9.49
5.83
2.24
2.14
0.75
5.96
0.92
12.08
3.86
1.00
1.50
43.55
18.77
11.57
5.72
1.49
24.77
4.74
14.97
4.33
0.39
0.34
60.92
13.78
2.48
3.49
0.31
1.92
7.21
6.55
0.17
0.04
18.79
6.18
86.02
109. 96
84.35
10.48
0.98
6.22
7.92
210.22
26.86
7.74
3.85
1.23
14.05
76.00
2.96
40.21
0.96
4.88
5.46
2.82
1.70
0.31
15.83
0.88
107. 36
3.19
1.67
9.98
17.86
9.95
3.48
4.82
1.36
9.52
2.80
25.30
9.89
3.84
3.68
76.81
32.13
16.87
11.68
3.58
44.68
6.84
24.39
12.71
0.36
0.37
91.98
10.43
4.63
7.40
0.80
3.73
9.42
3.99
0.16
0.07
38.98
12.35
220. 13
211. 86
157. 89
20.59
1.97
20.07
11.32
124. 93
17.04
6.39
3.04
0.96
6.65
55.55
2.36
37.46
0.76
1.42
2.45
1.12
1.73
0.08
7.79
0.37
52.34
1.10
0.90
4.80
9.51
5.63
2.37
2.01
0.81
5.66
0.87
12.80
3.71
0.53
1.64
43.72
19.51
11.75
6.04
1.71
24.21
4.73
14.35
4.07
0.66
0.40
62.47
13.22
2.15
3.85
0.22
1.08
8.49
5.13
0.17
0.03
21.89
6.25
79.91
112.23
85.97
9.99
1.00
5.05
10.22
94.05
10.85
4.04
2.95
1.08
2.78
47.54
1.30
33.85
0.64
2.55
1.20
0.95
1.38
0.06
5.38
0.23
35.66
1.00
2.04
2.36
6.65
4.65
1.67
1.38
0.48
5.08
0.37
6.81
1.98
0.56
0.62
32.12
13.44
9.57
3.34
0.53
18.68
4.03
12.48
1.80
0.11
0.26
48.71
15.54
2.12
1.77
0.24
2.25
5.03
9.00
0.17
0.03
8.54
4.01
47.54
73.05
57.73
7.62
0.63
2.85
4.22
(NA)
(NA)
34.7
22.1
10.5
31.8
(NA)
7.4
15.2
2.1
1.6
3.0
12.5
19.6
1.3
28.3
2.4
(NA)
12.8
10.7
35.3
34.4
21.3
38.0
11.8
2.9
22.9
9.9
15.2
24.3
2.3
8.7
(NA)
(NA)
78.2
62.7
10.6
(NA)
21.7
23.5
7.9
1.8
3.4
(NA)
19.4
10.8
38.5
8.1
2.0
13.7
15.3
1.7
0.4
59.2
36.6
63.6
(NA)
84.9
73.6
5.3
9.8
3.2
(NA)
(NA)
46.1
27.1
14.4
52.4
(NA)
9.1
15.2
2.9
2.9
4.6
23.9
20.9
2.8
46.3
5.9
(NA)
23.3
16.9
57.1
47.1
26.1
44.8
15.6
4.6
31.2
23.3
22.7
44.4
5.6
15.2
(NA)
(NA)
89.2
81.5
17.2
(NA)
28.5
29.6
16.5
1.9
5.1
(NA)
25.3
17.3
60.5
11.5
3.5
10.4
11.8
1.8
0.4
67.4
51.6
73.6
(NA)
92.8
88.4
9.6
16.4
4.1
(NA)
(NA)
40.4
22.6
11.3
37.7
(NA)
8.5
16.2
2.3
1.5
3.1
13.5
21.0
1.2
29.5
2.1
(NA)
12.6
12.1
39.2
35.6
24.0
42.1
13.1
2.8
23.7
11.1
16.9
27.8
2.1
10.3
(NA)
(NA)
83.5
70.4
11.7
(NA)
23.6
24.2
8.6
2.0
3.7
(NA)
19.8
12.4
45.5
7.6
1.9
15.9
14.2
1.5
0.5
64.3
40.4
65.0
(NA)
85.6
79.5
5.9
10.0
3.5
(NA)
(NA)
24.6
19.8
8.2
18.2
(NA)
5.8
14.1
1.5
1.3
2.3
7.4
17.6
0.8
20.9
1.5
(NA)
9.5
7.0
23.7
28.8
16.5
31.1
9.1
2.3
19.2
4.0
10.7
13.7
1.3
4.6
READING AND EDUCATION
(NA)
(NA)
68.6
47.9
7.1
(NA)
17.3
20.7
4.2
1.4
2.5
MISCELLANEOUS
(NA)
17.1
6.7
23.4
7.5
1.5
12.4
17.8
1.7
0.4
50.7
27.2
PERSONAL INSURANCE
57.9
CASH GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
(NA)
81.5
62.1
3.1
7.3
2.5
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
15
Table 3. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures With Percent Distribution and Average Expenditure per
Farm, for Major Groups of Expenditures, by Economic Class of Farm, for the United States: 1955
Expenditure category
Livestock and poultry purchased.
Feed for livestock anil poultry
Seeds, plants, and trees _
Commercial fertilizer and liming ma-
terials. - -
Petroleum products, farm business share .
Repair and other operating costs for
motor vehicles and farm machinery. . .
Marketing costs
Miscellaneous current operating ex-
penses, not elsewhere included [
Cash rent
Property taxes, farm business share.
Interest, farm business share
Construction and land improvement 3..
Purchase of motor vehicles and farm
machinery and equipment
Expenditures all farms
Total
(000
dollars)
848, 576
1, 363, 086
1, 767, 040
1, 466, 068
1, 113, 655
1, 682, 053
458, 314
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634, 079
622, 635
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654,442
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Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
Classes III to VI
Cash wages paid hired farm workers:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
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Vegetable farms ...
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms __
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock...
Miscellaneous farms.
Perquisites furnished hired workers, total : '
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms _
Fruit-and-nut farms. _.
Dairy farms.. _
Poultry farms _
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
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General farms, primarily livestock..
General farms, crop and livestock
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2, 445, 263
254, 451
501, 261
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250, 187
259, 690
69, 174
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172, 150
69, 142
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12, 896
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Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures— Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
Classes III to VI
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dollars) farm (dollars)
Feed for livestock and poultry :
All farms _ -
Cash-grain farms --
Cotton farms --
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms.
Fruit-and-nut farms _
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
Oeneral farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms.
Livestock and poultry purchased:
All farms. _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
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Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms.
Poultry farms.
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock-
General farms, crop and livestock- _
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Seeds, plants, and trees :
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms.
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms -
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock _
Miscellaneous farms
Commercial fertilizer:
All farms —
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms.
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Lime and liming materials :
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms.
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
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General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
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3, 90S, S93
265, 840
66, 658
63,911
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1,015,588
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161,745
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222, 703
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28,092
107,915
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169,119
74, 432
69,215
28, 198
16, 506
12, 225
169, 182
26, 445
13, 384
50, 008
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1,142,064
232, 457
146, 585
136, 907
42,249
65,040
129, 133
18, 624
228,878
46, 731
17, 160
73, 451
14, 849
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17, 848
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3,582
1,993
2,830
19, 521
2,648
27, 403
1,128
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1,526
6,292
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118,910
21, 808
13, 850
3,056
11, 638
418, 455
713, 100
775, 242
7,764
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64, 559
1,995
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151,867
38, 648
17, 795
2,130
9,337
76,168
145, 123
1,107,179
16,924
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62, 769
2,324
373, 403
82, 494
41,196
37, 161
14, 403
7,497
30, 597
5,294
78, 309
14,880
3,147
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41,618
687, 366
132. 538
78, 908
58,757
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37, 329
48, 455
8,229
112,534
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302, 488
4,241
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780
20, 206
237
2,226
386
1,656
918
112, 122
3,155
77, 580
6,057
324, 189
1, 159
6,962
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20, 569
1,618
45, 146
209
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572
407, 352
597
86, 625
657
33, 236
1,630
32, 054
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11,565
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10, 237
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900
554, 758
959
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67, 677
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78, 150
3,604
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1,543
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616
116,344
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All farms -
Cash-grain farms --- —
Cotton farms - - -- --
Other field-crop farms _ - - —
Vegetable farms - — --
Fruit-and-nut farms. .. -- -
Dairy farms - - - -
Poultry farms -- - -- --
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry - -- -
General farms, primarily crop... - - -
General farms, primarily livestock -
General farms, crop and livestock - - -
Miscellaneous farms — --- -
Gasoline from tank trucks:
All farms - -- --
Cash-grain farms - - -- -
Cotton farms - -- --
Other field-crop farms. -- - -
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms -
Poultry farms - -
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry -
General farms, primarily crop.. - -
General farms, primarily livestock -
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms -- - - -
Gasoline from filling stations:
All farms
Cash-grain farms -
Cotton farms - -
Other field-crop farms -- -
Vegetable farms -
Fruit-and-nut farms ---
Dairy farms - -
Poultry farms -
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop -
General farms, primarily livestock.
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms - -
Other petroleum products:
All farms -_-
Cash-grain farms —
Cotton farms -
Other field-crop farms -
Vegetable farms -- - --
Fruit-and-nut farms -
Dairy farms
Poultry farms -
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop -
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Tax refunds :
All farms -
Cash-grain farms -
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms -
Vegetable farms -
Fruit-and-nut farms --
Dairy farms -
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry -
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock --
General farms, crop and livestock —
Miscellaneous farms -
Repair and operating costs, other than fuel and oil, for motor vehicles and machinery : > *
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms __ _
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms -
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms..
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock _
Miscellaneous farms _
See footnotes at end of table.
1, 927, 877
454, 865
206, 816
124, 168
26, 416
48, 569
298, 743
66, 153
464, 457
51,455
38, 977
123,675
23,583
80, 853
50, 441
13. 443
23,128
182, 091
20, 722
273, 846
25. 680
23,831
79, 400
7,584
574, 130
113,370
70, 217
43, 307
6.141
13, 767
95. 606
29, 018
139, 5S0
12, 392
11, 789
32, 273
6,670
405, 151
97, 969
64,605
34, 387
8,419
14,083
37,085
17,432
80, 605
15, 474
5,962
19,290
9,840
3,967
1,587
2,409
16, 039
1,019
29,574
2,091
2,605
7,288
511
1, 388, 527
352, 466
149, 757
83,823
21, 822
38, 152
205, 841
35, 569
343, 368
33, 214
25,050
88, 115
11,350
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
746, 209
191, 681
95, 394
34, 221
12, 869
28, 008
30,116
19S, 027
25, 260
7,675
36,088
13, 567
441, 820
115, 510
37, 299
21, 249
7,013
14,863
53,645
11.0S0
131,091
14, 050
5,707
26,364
134, 791
31,566
16,964
3,872
1,411
3,995
13. 400
9,760
40, 516
3,605
1,586
5.659
2,457
217,008
57, 996
45,738
11,225
5,378
10, 291
11.378
9,780
41,279
8,873
1,076
6,507
7,487
47,410
13,391
4,607
2,125
617,970
167,292
79, 785
31, 445
12, 890
24,770
15,978
165, 557
19, 693
6,105
29,504
5,357
1,143
1.3S7
1,291
1,501
1,430
1,157
Classes III to VI
1, 181, 668
263. 184
111,422
89. 947
13,547
20, 561
225, 440
36, 037
266, 430
26, 195
31, 302
87, 587
10,016
616, 988
162, 279
43, 554
29, 192
6,430
8,265
128,446
9.642
142, 755
11,630
18, 124
53.036
3,635
439, 339
81,804
53, 253
39, 435
4,730
9,772
82, 206
19, 258
99, 064
8,787
10,203
26, 614
4,213
188, 143
39,973
18, 867
23,162
3,041
3,792
25,707
7,652
39, 326
6,601
62. 802
20, 872
4, 252
1,842
83
1,911
63
4,846
29
185
947
770, 557
1,210
185, 174
1,080
69, 972
1,379
52,378
1,432
8,932
1,024
13, 382
718
146, 247
347
19, 591
906
177.811
1,349
13, 521
727
18,945
760
58,611
483
6,993
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
41
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and typo of farm
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
Classes III to VI
Marketing costs, total:
All farms
Cash-Rrain farms
Cotton farms ,
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Frnit-and-nut farms...
Dairy farms _
Poultry farms. ___
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop. _.
General farms, primarily livestock _
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms —
Marketing containers:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms...
Dairy farms.. _
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock _
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Trucking :
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms....
Dairy farms
Poultry farms.
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry..
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock.,
Miscellaneous farms
Freight:
All farms...
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms..
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms....
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry-
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Other marketing costs:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms...
Dairy farms
Poultry farms..
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry-
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Veterinarian services, medicines and disinfectants :
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms --
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms.. -
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry..
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms..
See footnotes at end of table.
1,060,727
102, 3S6
175,072
72, 410
80. 038
125, 587
173,916
31,043
177, 547
31,957
14, 099
48, 561
27,541
138, 534
2,493
3,653
17, 456
34, 261
43, 889
3,806
10, 067
2,256
9,856
19. 545
13, 709
6,453
7,538
135, 827
8,329
82, 190
36, K2s
2,214
2.255
2,343
1,644
6,557
3,268
525,312
55, 857
149,619
38, 902
37,680
67,603
31,015
12, 252
81,324
14, 730
3,511
23,551
9,268
192, 261
20,928
6,758
4,340
425
1,238
45,180
21,876
71,840
1,440
5,304
12, 227
705
331
623, 697
187
63, 944
416
106, 001
284
40, 273
2,741
66,024
1,620
103, 293
297
63, 474
192
19, 844
239
96, 736
443
27, 004
212
3,849
230
21, 533
921
21, 722
43
114, 072
5
1,177
9
3,313
68
15, 565
1,173
28,982
566
38, 511
7
2,423
62
6,006
3
1,262
137
9,482
7
103
14
2,145
246
5,103
113
159, 408
77
18, 478
46
11,078
54
6,097
221
4,442
97
4,016
232
45, 229
62
5,312
111
42,606
101
6,340
155
2,959
103
8,217
162
4,634
12
26, 991
4
1,283
5
2,205
9
2,247
56
650
85
3,714
6
1,073
2
375
16
10,250
323. 226
33, 006
89, 405
16,364
31,950
57, 052
14, 749
8,151
42, 618
11,110
17, 408
15, 333
41,623
955
437, 030
390
48,412
1,434
69, 071
1,766
32, 137
7, 336
14,014
4,268
22, 294
765
110,442
431
11, 199
529
80,811
1850
4,953
458
10, 850
655
27, 028
1957
5,819
175
24,462
9
1,316
45
340
683
1,891
3,220
5,279
1,591
5,378
29
1,383
131
4,061
200,645
23, 314
8,467
7,612
2,011
3,522
50
96
994
2,843
2,195
20
1,527
495
202, 086
239
22, 851
1,210
60, 214
1,718
22, 538
3.550
5,730
2,358
10, 551
178
16, 266
177
4,101
233
38, 706
761
3,620
94
2,724
286
12,444
624
2,341
145
97,838
66
11,820
27
4,757
39
3,452
18
260
29
535
210
27,772
333
6,543
228
30, 217
42
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
All farms
Farms by economic class
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Classes 1 and II
Classes III and IV
Total (000
dollars)
Average per
farm (dollars)
Total (000
dollars)
Average per
farm (dollars)
Total (000
dollars)
Average per
farm (dollars)
Fees for grazing and pastnre :
56, 545
8,458
1,150
730
228
97
10, 333
287
31, 578
1,141
787
1,738
18
26, 382
1, 654
121
310
74
92
7,919
2,126
12,126
87
609
1,219
45
232,430
32, 204
59,585
25,282
14, 540
32, 097
8,689
3,045
29,242
14, 225
1,186
8,932
3,403
45, 651
6,296
2,750
1,367
98
363
8,040
1,641
21,933
957
476
1,641
89
56, 867
7,923
13, 600
3,481
1,393
7,155
4,775
1,167
11,410
3,522
3
2,399
39
253, 718
40,504
30, 304
9,143
5,944
10, 927
59, 121
13, 369
54,290
8,406
5,429
13,432
2,849
18
15
3
3
8
1
18
2
43
16
11
8
1
8
3
(Z)
1
3
1
14
13
16
1
9
6
2
73
59
142
99
498
414
15
19
39
197
17
42
114
14
12
7
5
3
5
14
10
30
13
7
8
3
18
15
32
14
48
92
8
7
15
49
(Z)
11
1
79
74
72
36
204
141
101
S3
73
116
78
64
95
34, 611
4,627
719
357
228
80
6,053
197
20,619
955
64
712
53
33
10
16
25
3
73
4
113
65
8
18
21, 934
3,831
431
373
17
4,280
90
10, 959
186
723
1,026
18
10, 333
806
83
147
74
32
3,139
526
4,517
21
231
727
30
77, 227
12,335
14, 904
9,972
2,690
8,685
4,334
1,051
14, 755
2,817
868
4,381
435
20,038
3,584
1,195
626
31
94
5,163
945
6,567
301
410
1,097
25
16,062
2,383
1,861
791
866
2,388
2,312
506
3,725
979
(Z)
Miscellaneous livestock services : 6
16,049
848
38
163
25
6
1
7
4
(Z)
60
4,780
1,600
7,609
66
378
492
15
155, 203
19,869
44,681
15,310
11,850
23,412
4,355
1,994
14,487
11,408
318
4,551
2,968
25, 613
2,712
1,555
741
67
269
2,877
696
15, 366
656
66
544
64
40, 805
5,540
11,739
2,690
527
4,767
2,463
661
7,685
2,543
3
2,148
39
129, 969
17,926
26, 976
5,988
4,454
7,007
18.592
8,475
26, 357
6,428
1,226
4,644
1,896
2
58
35
42
5
45
13
1
23S
144
605
671
1,317
967
52
43
79
781
38
117
267
39
20
21
32
7
11
35
15
84
45
8
14
6
63
40
159
118
59
197
30
14
42
174
(Z)
55
4
199
130
365
263
495
290
224
184
144
440
146
120
171
1
5
8
(Z)
4
4
2
Pesticides:
30
30
43
43
133
163
9
9
26
49
14
25
23
Miscellaneous trucking not elsewhere included :
8
9
3
3
2
2
10
8
12
5
7
6
1
Irrigation charges : s
6
6
5
3
43
45
5
4
7
17
251
1
Electricity, farm business share :
123, 749
22, 578
3,328
3,155
1,490
3,920
40,529
4,894
27,933
1,978
4,203
8,788
953
49
55
10
14
74
74
81
42
50
34
69
51
Miscellaneous farms
51
See footnotes at end of table.
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
43
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
Classes III to VI
Telephone service, farm business share:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms. -
Other field-crop farms _ _
Vegetables farms -
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms -
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop.. -
General farms, primarily livestock __ —
Genera] farms, crop and livestock. _
Miscellaneous farms
Insurance premiums, net cost:7
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms _
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms —
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms . ---
Poultry farms _
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
Genera] farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Premiums paid:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms - _
Vegetable farms -
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock _.
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Claims collected :
All farms _ ___
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock.-
General farms, crop and livestock.-
Miscellaneous farms
Miscellaneous farm business expenses not elsewhere included: B
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms _..
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.. _
Genera! farms, primarily crop.
General farms, primarily livestock
Genera] farms, crop and livestock
M iscellaneous farms
All property taxes paid by operator: fl
All farms _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms _
Poultry farms _
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
See footnotes at end of table.
68, 940
11,912
3,229
2,993
2,241
2,979
13,341
3,395
II',, 429
1,383
1,797
3,982
3,259
205, 424
51,545
14,014
9,373
4,246
12, 121
4,218
4,494
14, 779
3,863
2s7, 375
71, 252
17, 204
19,584
4,269
12, 620
46,546
11,620
70, 670
5,330
5,726
17, 708
81,951
19, 707
3,190
16,875
3,469
21,721
1,112
1,232
2,929
210, 5S1
31,936
15,234
11,182
4,088
20,441
37, 372
6,604
57,837
3,713
3,114
8,479
10, 581
726, 119
150,638
31,018
29,113
13,600
30, 450
133,312
24,035
235,916
13,225
15,189
40, 378
9,245
29, 487
4,821
1,936
1,864
889
1,787
3,918
2,006
7,578
829
265
113,992
27,883
8,356
8,502
3,135
9,338
12, 357
4,618
27, 620
2,867
1,132
4,326
140, 104
35, 963
10. 403
9,137
3,158
9,837
16, 077
6,889
35,015
3,059
1,193
5,381
3,992
26,112
8.0S0
2,047
3,720
2,271
7,395
121. 527
16,549
11, 366
7,178
2,464
17, 250
13, 717
4,483
32,346
2,594
320, 405
62,159
17,950
14,976
6,767
20, 407
37, 269
12, 767
119, 174
6,765
3,197
13,158
5,816
37, 453
7,091
1,293
1,129
1,352
1,192
9,423
1,389
8,851
91,432
23, 6(12
5,658
17,314
3,633
21,329
1,351
3.362
10, 453
147, 271
35, 289
6,801
10,447
1,111
2,783
30. 469
4,731
35, 655
2,271
4,533
12,327
854
55,839
11,627
1,143
9,576
89,054
15,387
3,868
4,004
1,624
3,191
23,655
2,121
25,491
1,119
2,179
4,383
2,032
405, 714
88,479
13,068
14, 137
6,833
10,043
96,043
11,268
116,742
6,460
11,992
27, 220
3,429
44
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Interest on debt secured by farm real estate :
All farms _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms...
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry _
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock -
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Interest on debt not secured by farm real estate : 10
All farms
Cash-grain farms -
Cotton farms —
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms ._
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms .-
Poultry farms -
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Purchase of hand tools, equipment and supplies, not elsewhere included
All farms -
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms _
Fruit-and-nut farms _ _.
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General fnrms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Fencing, repairs, and construction: "
All farms
Cash-grain farms _
Cotton farms _
Other field-crop farms _
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms _._
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primaiily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock... _
Miscellaneous farms _
Farm buildings, construction : n I3
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms _
Vegetable farms. __
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
See footnotes at end of table.
293, 957
54,470
21, 785
14,440
4,223
10,345
59,334
15, 622
85, 112
4,493
5,249
15, 974
2,910
12, 750
2,345
2,957
32, 721
7,149
74, 177
5,377
3,553
11,952
1,614
213,712
31, 701
15, 999
28,992
5,462
8,924
38,454
68, 22S
3,042
2,895
11,352
352, 345
48, 145
17, 085
18,605
9,775
11,288
82,119
37, 700
89, 605
4,310
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
12,999
6,300
2,724
6,093
17, 584
9,357
40, 847
2,263
116,130
16, 617
14,239
5, 692
1,698
2,037
12,641
5,742
47,494
2,733
103, a33
14, 759
8,210
18, 624
1.820
12, 363
5,104
22, 391
5,126
1,447
5,551
2,838
66,560
11,175
4,357
1,181
165, 755
23,262
11,447
6,778
2,454
7,9
26,237
22,011
45,428
2,505
Classes III to VI
165, 281
33, 777
8,786
8,140
41,750
6,265
44,265
2, 230
107,271
23,311
14,639
7,058
647
920
20,080
1,407
26, 683
2,644
2,863
6,882
137
110.079
16, 942
7,789
10, 368
3,642
3,524
26, 091
2,792
23,537
4,348
2,248
6,981
1,817
1,574
18, 691
2,757
38, 362
2,156
2,140
6, 685
186, 590
24,883
5,638
11, 827
7,321
3,325
55, 882
15, 689
44,177
1,805
4,229
11,188
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
45
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
A 11 farms
Farms by economic class
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Classes I and II
Classes III to VI
Total
(000 dollars)
Average per
farm (dollars)
Total
(000 dollars)
Average per
farm ('lullnrs'j
Total
(000 dollars)
Average per
farm (dollars)
Farm buildings, remodeling, repair, painting, etc.: ]I ta
183, 967
27,603
8,799
18, 273
1,393
2,785
38, 785
12,045
47, 899
4,101
5,062
10, 987
6,235
491, 168
91,897
63,764
32, 929
13,341
23, 080
50, 825
11,657
135, 790
18, 601
8,593
29, 489
11, 202
821, 375
194,928
111,096
46, 467
6,568
27, 836
124, 178
32, 422
190, 450
19, 104
22, 634
35, 343
10,349
1,210,252
307, 995
152, 781
63, 681
10, 673
43, 958
169, 745
45, 746
283, 271
31,663
32, 854
52, 136
15, 749
388, 877
113,067
41, 685
17,214
4,105
16, 122
45, 567
13,324
92, 821
12, 559
10, 220
16, 793
5,400
57
51
21
72
48
36
66
75
65
57
73
52
209
153
168
151
129
457
298
87
72
183
258
124
139
375
257
357
264
182
225
359
212
201
257
265
327
167
346
378
564
363
249
366
567
290
283
382
439
475
247
527
122
207
99
67
141
208
78
83
125
174
148
79
181
89, 975
14, 048
4, 658
10,114
1,083
2,055
12, 835
8,902
23,651
1,696
1,737
3,931
5,265
269, 377
53, 167
40, 219
19,909
9,216
16,004
23,210
7,115
64, 870
13, 587
2,833
11,010
8,238
317,370
82, 739
38, 191
9,400
4,082
15, 712
33,684
17,670
86, 324
7,957
4,942
11,517
5,152
490, 392
133, 983
61,356
13, 567
6,022
24,476
50, 945
25, 453
132, 993
11, 799
6,678
15,832
7,288
173, 022
61, 244
23, 165
4,167
1,940
8,764
17, 261
7,783
46, 669
3,842
1,736
4,315
2,136
138
102
63
444
120
85
155
194
129
116
207
101
474
413
385
644
873
1,024
661
280
155
355
931
337
284
742
486
599
517
412
454
649
406
384
472
645
688
297
464
751
969
830
595
669
1,011
614
553
728
808
795
408
657
265
371
313
183
216
362
208
169
255
263
207
111
192
93, 992
13, 555
4,141
8,159
310
730
25. 950
3,143
24,248
2, 405
3,325
7,056
970
221, 791
38. 730
23, 545
13, 020
4,126
7,076
27,615
4,542
70, 920
5,014
6,760
18, 479
2,964
504, 005
112,189
72, 905
37, 067
2,486
12,124
90, 494
14, 752
104, 126
11,147
17, 692
23,826
6,197
719, 860
174,012
91,425
50, 114
4,651
19,482
118, 800
20,293
150, 278
19,864
26. 176
36, 304
8,461
215,855
61,823
18, 520
13, 047
2,165
7,358
28, 306
5,541
46, 152
8,717
8,484
12, 478
3,264
37
33
12
35
15
14
52
27
43
42
65
41
52
Other improvements: "
87
95
68
56
204
133
55
39
127
87
95
107
158
Automobiles purchased (new and used), net cost: 13
198
275
210
159
123
227
180
128
186
194
291
138
276
Purchase cost : •*
283
426
263
215
230
366
237
176
269
345
431
210
450
Value of automobiles traded or sold :
85
151
53
66
107
138
56
48
83
151
140
72
174
See footnotes at end of table.
46
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures — Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Motortrucks purchased (new and used) net cost: 13
All farms _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.-- _
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms.
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry-
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock ,
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Purchase cost : »
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms-
Vegetable farms __.
Fruit-and-nut farms....
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Value of motortrucks traded or sold:
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms ___
Dairy farms
Poultry farms """"""""
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Tractors purchased (new and used) net cost :
All farms
Cash-grain farms .
Cotton farms "2
Other field-crop farms I_ ZZZZZZZZZ
Vegetable farms _
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms. ™I~~™
Livestock farms other than dairy and" poultry-
General farms, primarily crop __
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock.
Miscellaneous farms
Purchase cost: '*
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms..
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms....
Dairy farms
Poultry farms !.""!
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry-
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock ,
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Value of tractors traded in or sold :
All farms
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.. _
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms _.
Dairy farms
Poultry farms ZIZZ.
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry 1
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
Total
(000 dollars)
304, 375
72,233
38, 176
27,744
3,834
12,264
45, 741
9,030
70,230
7,566
417,814
98, 337
55, 341
36,367
6,301
14, 120
61, 791
12, 716
96, 787
11, 795
113,439
26,104
17,165
Set footnotes at end of table.
29, 810
4,052
68, 852
4,762
2,664
17, 862
2,405
Farms by economic class
Classes I and II
Total
(000 dollars)
(Z)
124, 907
32, 008
15,349
8,123
10, 925
6,253
32,647
3,521
465
3,818
3,367
168, 819
44,978
22, 046
10, 330
2,031
8,106
13,543
8,274
45, 034
4,234
34, 249
9,347
5,342
9,467
27,987
7,447
66, 661
9,496
3,483
16, 508
2,132
391, 663
123, 625
47, 002
12,111
7,161
11, 942
39, 600
9,981
97, 486
12,003
4,901
22, 937
2,914
113,136
37,217
12, 753
2,764
1,819
2,475
11, 613
2,534
30, 825
2,507
1,418
6,429
782
Classes III to VI
Total
(000 dollars)
179, 468
40, 225
22, 827
19, 621
2,475
5,192
34,816
2,777
37, 583
4,045
24S, 995
53, 359
33, 295
26, 037
4,270
6,014
48, 248
4,442
51,753
7,561
69,527
13, 134
10, 468
6,416
1,795
822
13,432
1,665
14, 170
3,516
362, 643
87, 136
45, 434
32, 052
2,215
2,375
75, 328
5,531
70,284
10,900
499, 245
126, 196
61, 473
38, 501
2,215
3,130
93, 525
7,049
108,311
13, 155
6,930
33, 022
5,738
136, 602
39, 060
16, 039
6,449
755
18, 197
1,518
38, 027
2,235
1,246
11,433
1,623
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
47
Table 5. — Farm Production Expenditures— Total Expenditures and Average Expenditure per Farm for Selected Groups of
Expenditures for Commercial Farms, by Economic Class of Farm, by Type of Farm, for the United States: 1955 — Con.
Item of expenditure and type of farm
Total Average per
(000 dollars) farm (dollars)
Farm? by economic class
Classes I and II
Totnl Average per Total Average per
(000 dollars) farm (dollars) (000 dollars) farm (dollars)
Classes III to VI
Machinery and implements (excluding automobiles, motortrucks, and tractors) purchased
net cost :
All farms _
Cash-grain farms _
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms.
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms _
Dairy farms...
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms .
Purchase cost:1*
All farms ___ _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms _
Vegetable farms _
Frult-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
Geneial farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms _.
Value of machinery traded in or eold:
All farms _
Cash-grain farms
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry
General farms, primarily crop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock.
Miscellaneous farms
livestock equipment:
All farms
Cash-grain farms ___
Cotton farms
Other field-crop farms
Vegetable farms
Fruit-and-nut farms _ _
Dairy farms
Poultry farms
Livestock farms other than dairy and poultry.
General farms, primal ily ciop
General farms, primarily livestock
General farms, crop and livestock
Miscellaneous farms
1,195,618
315,713
107. 540
2ir:. cur,
23, 358
272, 220
28, 454
28,144
79, 186
4,380
1,413,074
376, 697
117,365
60, 205
7,494
39, 332
291,807
27, 246
331, 896
31,608
32,817
91,622
4,985
217, 456
60. 984
9,825
11,019
48, 201
3,888
69, 670
3,154
4,673
12, 436
605
121, 089
13, 344
3,925
3,191
292
752
33, 551
21, 394
32, 668
1,047
3,462
7,109
354
636. 820
135. 652
61.496
20.934
4,899
16, 080
91, 879
15. 523
132. 685
19, 139
7,463
28, 482
25, 712
5,344
18, 242
108. 784
17,554
168. 045
20. 937
113,699
36. 216
6,777
4,778
16. 905
2,031
35.360
55. SOS
5,647
1,842
12. 666
13.674
16, 697
822
658, 798
982
180, 061
832
46, 044
918
28,252
544
2,093
664
20, 753
1,107
151,727
337
7,835
726
139, 541
1,311
9,315
888
20,681
734
60,704
233
1,792
996
762, 555
1,244
204. 829
924
49, 092
1,128
34, 493
594
2,150
754
21,090
1,311
183, 023
382
9.692
919
163, 851
1,434
10. 671
1,059
23,919
868
67. 931
286
1,814
174
103, 757
262
24, 768
92
3,048
210
6,241
49
57
89
337
204
31,296
44
1,857
193
24,310
123
1,356
171
3,238
134
7,227
20, 8S5
7,720
15, 971
Z Total expenditures $500 or less; average per farm $0.50 or less.
i Estimated value; excludes home consumption of family workers living at home.
'Includes farm food products, feed for livestock, firewood, laundry services, and
any other goods or services furnished as pay to hired workers.
3 Expenditures minus tax refunds. Includes expenditures attributable to uses other
than farm business.
* Includes repairs, replacement parts, and accessories, but does not include registration
fees, and Insurance on vehicles. Includes expenditures attributable to uses other than
farm business.
a Includes cow testing, breeding fees, livestock registration, sheep shearing, and
miscellaneous services.
• Charges for water furnished by multiple-unit enterprises (enterprises serving four
or more farms).
1 Insurance on property (other than motor vehicles), growing crops, employees, and
liability (other than on motor vehicles). Premiums paid by operator minus claims
collected. Includes insurance attributable to family living expenses.
8 Management services, record keeping, legal fees, dues, advertising expenses, etc.
9 Includes some property taxes on furniture and other household goods attributable
to family living expenses.
i° Includes Interest on debt contracted for family living expenses.
" Excludes expenditures by landlords.
13 Excludes operator's dwelling except for multiunit tenant farms.
13 Purchase cost minus value of trade-in and sales. Includes expenditures attribu-
table to uses other than farm business.
» Includes sales tax, financing charges, and prices before subtracting trade-in
allowances.
48
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
Table 6. — Farm Expenditures — Expenditures for the Pur'
chase and operation of automobiles and trucks, as
Calculated From the Survey of Family Living Expenditures;
for the United States: 1955 l
Autos and motortrucks
Purchased, net cost _ -.
Upkeep and running expense _-.
Autos, total _
Purchased, net cost
Upkeep and running expense, total
Gasoline.. _ _
Motor oil - ■
Tires, including recapping
Inner tubes
Tire chains
Anti-freeze.
Batteries.--
Sparkplugs
Lubrication jobs
Brake adjustments
Brake relining
Other parts, services, and repairs.
Unitemized expenses. _
Registration and license fees
Insurance..
Gifts of auto and truck accessories
and supplies
Motortrucks, total ._
Purchased, net cost..
Upkeep and running expenses, total..
Gasoline-.-
Motor oil
Tires, including recapping
Inner tubes
Tire chains
Anti-freeze
Batteries- _
Spark plugs
Lubrication jobs
Brake adjustments-
Brake relining
Other parts, services, and repairs.
Unitemized expenses
Registration and license fees
Insurance
3, 882, 925
1, 599, 571
2,283,354
2, 639, 791
1,220,616
1,419,175
Total expenditures
Total, all
families
(000 dol-
lars)
31,163
3,268
8,403
140, 939
24,342
64,445
199, 440
1, 243, 134
378, 955
864, 179
401, 762
34, 722
90, 492
10, 051
16,160
5,306
13, 403
104, 572
23,676
61,005
89,258
Economic class of farm
I and II
(000 dol-
lars)
981,129
423, 229
557, 600
140,217
11,892
29,136
1,055
10,063
14,815
43, 901
105,317
8,706
25,921
721
1,444
38, 974
15,504
20, 381
28,911
III to V
(000 dol-
lars)
1,132,812
477, 699
655, 113
321,707
28,447
66, 650
3,196
7,812
10,824
3,976
14,490
1,376
3,531
61,784
5,511
31,044
93,285
564, 186
168, 975
395,211
193, 036
17,273
38,071
2,030
3,473
27, 801
41,805
VI to
VIII (000
dollars)
1, 204, 799
529, 669
675, 130
232, 056
19, 782
42, 167
5,079
7,592
2,496
8,768
18,585
62,254
317,861
108,185
209, 676
103,409
8,743
26, 501
1,625
603
2,185
18, 970
4,699
12,823
18,541
i The data given in this table represent the total expenditures for the purchase and
operation of automobiles and trucks; the share allocated as part of the expenditures
for the farm operator's family is given in table 2.
Table 7- — Farm Expenditures — Expenditures for the Pur'
chase and Operation of Automobiles and Trucks, as
Calculated From the Survey of Farm Production Ex'
penditures; for the United States: 1955 '
Autos and motortrucks
Purchased, net cost _
Upkeep and running expense 3
Insurance claims collected
Autos, total
Purchased, net cost-.
Upkeep and running expenses, total.. .
Gasoline
Motor oil __
Tires, including recapping
Inner tubes
Tire chains
Anti-freeze
Batteries-
Spark plugs..
Lubrication jobs
Brake adjustments.
Brake relining
Other parts, services and repairs
Unitemized expenses
Registration and license fees
Insurance
Motortrucks, total __
Purchased, net cost
Upkeep and running expenses, total.. .
Gasoline
Motor oil
Tires, including recapping
Inner tubes.. _
Tire chains
Anti-freeze
Batteries
Spark plugs
Lubrication jobs..
Brake adjustments _
Brake relining
Other parts, services, and repairs..
Unitemized expenses
Registration and license fees
Insurance..
Total expenditures
Total, all
farms
(000 dol-
lars)
3, 688, 460
1,468,797
2,219,663
21,848
649,953
50.158
144, 596
7,324
32, 302
3,058
8,766
156, 012
18, 691
57, 492
189, 779
1, 239, 807
363, 524
876, 283
385,961
31,845
92, 367
4,783
1,220
11,999
15, 360
6,042
13, 396
6,648
128, 343
19, 396
64,526
93, 111
Economic class of farm
I and II
(000 dol-
lars)
1, 028, 844
441,982
586,862
10, 225
627, 491
317,076
310,415
138, 106
10, 389
30, 034
1,252
3,021
4,019
1,596
13,966
14,293
45,863
411, 678
124, 906
286, 672
108,952
8,632
27, 701
1,291
2,975
4,318
1,487
3,483
2,005
48, 943
16,683
24, 173
35, 022
III to V
(000 dol-
lars)
1, 666, 875
630, 057
1,036,318
1,116,900
462, 777
654, 123
310, 159
22,337
69,747
3,659
4,184
28,070
90, 987
659, 434
167. 280
392, 154
176, 207
13, 552
42,764
2,062
4,765
7,478
2,253
6,131
960
3,169
60, 802
2,438
28,409
40,635
VI to
VIII (000
dollars)
993,241
396, 758
596, 483
1,664
728, 110
325,420
400, 690
201, 688
17, 432
44,815
2,413
4,800
7,032
2,409
268, 795
71,338
197, 457
100, 802
9,661
21,902
1,430
4,259
3,564
1,302
3,782
1 The data given in this table represent the total expenditures for the purchase and
operation of automobiles and trucks; the share allocated as a part of the expenditures
for the operation for the farm business is given in table 4.
* Expenditures minus insurance claims collected.
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
49
Table 8.-
-Off'Farm Income of Farm-Operator Families by Source of Income, by Class of Farm, Aggregate for the United
States: 1955
United
States
(000
dollars)
Group I
Group II
Group III
Source of Income
Total
(000
dollars)
Class I
(000
dollars)
Class II
(000
dollars)
Total
(000
dollars)
Class III
(000
dollars)
Class IV
(000
dollars)
Class V
(000
dollars)
Total
(000
dollars)
Class VI
(000
dollars)
Part-time
(000
dollars)
Residen-
tial (000
dollars)
Total off-farm Income of farm-operator families:
Total from all sources
Total farm income (except this farm)
8, 006, 472
1,066,728
6, 939, 744
1, 267, 414
205, 521
65, 485
996, 403
3, 423, 210
229, 593
3, 193, 617
455, 880
173,014
53,183
450, 052
189, 832
325, 559
45, 480
828, 916
22, 401
806, 614
793, 932
87,848
706,084
1,009.530
343, 918
665, 612
243, 624
81,366
7,819
164, 339
236, 129
91, 972
144, 167
126, 153
24,460
4,205
150, 927
11,749
8,766
6,967
83,159
3,145
80,015
113,490
33,463
80, 027
392, 575
170, 731
221,844
121,617
46, 415
616. 956
173, 188
443, 768
121,907
34, 951
7,819
79, 137
141, 122
30, 938
110, 184
70, 445
14,889
3,006
93,388
10,074
7,480
4,559
69, 872
2,994
56, 877
90. 213
26,039
64,174
2. 876, 423
447,077
2, 429, 347
462, 309
110, 074
29,258
322, 977
1, 043, 567
68, 876
974, 691
200, 064
73, 279
20, 032
212, 789
77, 955
64,420
25, 499
350, 153
11,731
338, 422
356, 355
27, 073
329, 282
835,290
179,116
656, 175
122, 460
48, 268
6,008
69, 185
202, 809
20, 155
182, 656
90.920
32, 420
7,443
114,943
25, 212
8,270
5,948
93,715
3.391
90, 325
131, 150
11,376
119, 775
1,008,824
151,107
857, 717
175, 042
31,483
13, 523
130, 036
360, 0361
27. 396
332,640
63,296
22, 395
6,288
68,839
22, 596
15,410
12, 437
154, 278
6,952
147, 326
108, 207
8,467
99,750
1,032,303
116,856
916, 454
164, 807
30.323
10,727
123, 756
430, 722
21,326
459, 396
45, 848
18, 465
6,300
29,007
30,148
30, 740
7,114
102, 160
1,389
100, 771
116,998
7,241
109, 757
4,120,518
276, 733
3, 844, 785
561, 581
14,081
28,408
619, 092
2, 143, 514
68, 745
2, 074, 769
129, 6P3
75,274
28,946
86, 336
100, 128
262, 372
13,015
395, 603
7,626
388, 078
324. 087
27,311
296, 776
390, 731
64,056
326, 676
43, 676
3,557
2,852
37, 267
82, 325
12. 778
69, 547
32. 070
6,120
2,336
6,330
26,378
43, 704
3,118
62, 909
4.996
67, 912
83,766
7,802
75, 964
1, 683. 006
99,247
1, 5K3, 769
201,682
7,249
6,141
248, 292
922, 179
27, 029
895, 150
49,160
44.323
13, 278
17, 025
27, 908
77, 956
3,795
173, 672
830
172, 842
92, 028
8,837
83, 191
2,046,781
112,430
1,934,351
Income received by farm operator:
Income from off-farm business or self-em-
256, 224
3,275
19,416
75,202
95, 006
61,034
33, 973
56, 708
9,572
1,200
57,538
1,675
1,286
2,408
23,287
150
23,137
23,277
7,424
15,853
233,534
Income from working for others for wages or
1, 139, 009
28,938
1,110,072
Income from rental of farm real estate
Income from rental of nonfarm real estate. -
48, 433
25. 831
13, 331
Income from interest, dividends, trust
63,981
Income from veteran's pensions and com-
pensation, veteran's school allotment.
45,843
Income from retirement pay, unemploy-
ment compensation, old ape pension, an-
nuities, alimony, regular contributions, or
140, 713
Any other personal income
6,102
159, 023
1,699
167, 324
Income received by other family members
148, 293
10, 671
137, 622
Table 9. — Percent Distribution of Off-Farm Income of Farm-Operator Families From Each Source of Income, by Class of
Farm, for the United States: 1955
United
States
Group I
Group II
Group III
Source of income
Total
Class I
Class II
Total
Class III
Class IV
Class V
Total
Class VI
Part-
time
Resi-
dential
Total off-farm Income of farm-operator families:
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
12.6
32.2
9.6
19.2
39.6
11.9
15.5
6.9
40.1
4.5
27.7
14.1
7.9
33.6
6.2
2.7
15.3
10.0
14.0
9.9
14.3
38.1
11.3
4.9
16.0
3.2
9.6
22.6
7.7
16.2
6.4
9.6
17.0
11.9
7.9
4.1
13.6
3.6
15.5
8.6
5.7
20.8
5.3
2.3
10.0
7.2
13.4
7.1
11.4
29.6
9.1
35.9
41.9
35.0
36.5
63.6
44.7
32.4
30.5
30.0
30.5
43.9
42.4
37.7
47.3
41.1
16.7
56.1
42.2
52.4
42.0
44.9
30.8
46.6
10.4
16.8
9.5
9.7
23.6
7.6
6.9
5.9
8.8
5.7
19.9
18.7
14.0
25.5
13.3
2.6
13.1
11.3
15.1
11.2
16.5
12.9
17.0
12.6
14.2
12.4
13.8
15.3
20.7
13.1
10.5
11.9
10.4
13.9
12.9
11.8
15.3
11.9
4.7
27.3
18.6
31.0
18.3
13.6
9.6
14.1
12.9
11.0
13.2
13.0
14.8
16.4
12.4
14.0
9.3
14.4
10.1
10.7
11.8
6.4
15.9
9.4
15.6
12.3
6.2
12.6
14.7
8.2
15.5
61.5
25.8
55.4
44.3
6.9
43.4
62.1
62.6
29.9
65.0
28.4
43.5
54.4
19.2
52.7
80.6
23.6
47.7
33 6
48.1
40.8
31.1
42.0
4.9
6.0
4.7
3.4
1.7
4.4
3.7
2.4
5.6
2.2
7.0
3.0
4.4
1.2
13.9
13.4
6.9
7.6
22.3
7.2
10.6
8 9
10.8
21.0
9.3
22.8
20.6
3.5
9.4
24.9
26.9
11.8
28.0
10.8
25.6
25.0
3.8
14.7
23.9
8.3
21.0
3.7
21.4
11.6
10.1
11.8
25.6
Total farm income (except this farm)
10.5
27.9
Income received by farm operator:
Income from off-farm business or self-em-
20.2
1.6
29.6
7.5
2.8
26.6
1.1
12.2
5.6
2.3
12.8
.9
.4
5.3
2.8
.7
2.9
2.9
8.5
2.2
23.4
Income from working for others for wages
33.3
12.6
34.8
Income from rental of farm real estate
Income from rental of nonfarm real estate-
Income from roomers and boarders
Income from interest, dividends, trust
10.6
14.9
25.1
14.2
Income from veteran's pensions and com-
pensation, veteran's school allotment,
24.1
Income from retirement pay, unemploy-
ment compensation, old age pension,
annuities, alimony, regular contrlbu-
43.2
13.4
IS. 2
7.6
19.6
Income received by other family members
18.7
12.1
19. S
50
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 10. — Average Off-Farm Income per Farm-Operator Family by Source of Income, by Class of Farm, for the United
States: 1955
Source of income
United
States
(dollars)
Class I
(dollars)
Part-
time
(dollars)
Resi-
dential
(dollars)
Average off-farm income of farm-operator families:
Total from all sources
Total farm income (except this farm)
Total nonfarm income
Income received by farm operator:
Income from off-farm business or self-em-
ployment
Farm custom work___
Farm trucking and hauling
Nonfarm business
Income from working for others for wages
or salary
Farm work
Nonfarm work
Income from rental of farm real estate
Income from rental of nonfarm real estate-
Income from roomers and boarders
Income from interest, dividends, trust
funds, or royalties
Income from veteran's pensions and com-
pensation, veteran's school allotment,
serviceman's family allotment
Income from retirement pay, unemploy-
ment compensation, old age pension,
annuities, alimony, regular contribu-
tions, or welfare received
Any other personal income
Income received by wife
From farm sources
From nonfarm sources
Income received by other family members
From farm sources
From nonfarm sources
1,682
224
1,458
2,779
1,209
1,571
1,102
35
1,067
1,496
44
1,452
Table 11.-
-Percent Distribution of Off-Farm Income of Farm-Operator Families by Source of Income, by Class of Farm, for
the United States: 1955
Source of income
Group I
Total Class I
Total off -farm Income of farm-operator families:
Total from all sources
Total farm Income (except this farm)
Total nonfarm income
Income received by farm operator:
Income from off-farm business or self-em-
ployment
Farm custom work
Farm trucking and hauling
Nonfarm business
Income from working for others for wages
or salary
Farm work
Nonfarm work
Income from rental of farm real estate
Income from rental of nonfarm real estate
Income from roomers and boarders
Income from Interest, dividends, trust
funds, or royalties
Income from veteran's pensions and com-
pensation, veteran's school allotment,
serviceman's family allotment _-.
Income from retirement pay, unemploy-
ment compensation, old age pension,
annuities, alimony, regular contribu-
tions or welfare received
Any other personal income
Income received by wife
From farm sources
From nonfarm sources „.
Income received by other family members
From farm sources
From nonfarm sources
100.0
34.1
65.9
24.1
8.1
0.8
15.3
23.4
9.1
14.3
12.5
100.0
28.1
71.9
100.0
15.6
84.5
100.0
21.4
78.6
100.0
15.0
85.0
52.0
1.7
50.4
21.1
3.3
17.8
54.8
1.6
53.2
10.3
(Z)
10.3
Z 0.05 percent or less
FARMERS1 EXPENDITURES
51
Table 12.-
-Average Off'Farm Income per Farm-Operator Family Receiving the Specified Income, by Source of Income, by
Class of Farm, for the United States: 1955
Source of income
Average off-farm income per farm-operator
family receiving the specified income:
Income received by farm operator:
Income from off-farm business or self-employ-
ment:
Farm custom work
Farm trucking or hauling
Nonfarm business
Income from working for others for wages or
salary:
Farm work
Nonfarm work
Income from rental of farm real estate
Income from rental of nonfarm real estate
Income from roomers and boarders
Income from interest, dividends, a trust fund,
or royalties _ ___
Income from veteran's pensions and compen-
sation, veteran's school allotment, service-
man's family allotment
Income from retirement pay, unemployment
compensation, old age pension, annuities,
alimony, regular contributions, or welfare
received.
Any other personal Income
Income received by wife:
From farm work
From nonfarm work
Income received by other family members:
From farm work
From nonfarm work
United
States,
t tal
(dollars)
1,089
981
3, 3U0
Group I
Class I
(dollars)
Group III
Total
(dollars)
Part-
time
(dollars)
Resi-
dential
(dollars)
704
466
111
1,036
195
1,197
Table 13. — Farm Operators by Age, Number of Persons in
Family, Education, and Family Money Income After
Taxes, for the United States: 1955
Farm operators by age:
Total operators ...
Under 35 years
35 to 64 years... _ ,
65 years and over
Farm operators by number of persons In family:
Total operators
1.9 persons or less
2.0 to 4.9 persons _
5.0 to 5.9 persons _
6.0 or more persons
Farm operators by education:
Total operators _._
Not completing eighth grade __
Completing eighth grade but not completing high school
Completing high school ___ _.
Operators not reporting as to education
Farm operators by family money Income after taxes:
Total operators.
Negative income
$0 to $999 _
$1,000 to $1,999.. _
$2,000 to $2,999
$3,000 to $3,999
$4,000 to $4,999 _
$5,000 to $5,999 _ _
$6,000 to $7,499..
$7,500 to $'.1,999 _
$10,000 and over
Operators not reporting family Income
United
States,
total
4, 760, 050
613,801
3, 209, 546
936, 703
4, 760, 050
244, 520
3, 126, 786
673, 472
815, 272
4, 760, 050
1,535,263
2, 083, 240
1,081.407
60, 140
4, 760, 050
189, 133
1,031,746
1,003.694
840, 136
605, 229
322, 017
212, 970
137, 102
90, 835
85, 550
241,638
Table 14. — Percent Distribution of Farm Operators by Age,
Number of Persons in Family, Education, and Family
Money Income After Taxes, for the United States: 1955
Farm operators by age:
Total
Under 35 years _
35 to 64 years __
65 years and over
Farm operators by number of persons In family:
Total
1.9 persons or less
2.0 to 4.9 persons..
5.0 to 5.9 persons
6.0 or more persons..
Farm operators by education:
Total
Not completing eighth grade
Completing eighth grade but not completing high school
Completing high school
Operators not reporting as to education
Farm operator by tamlly money Income after taxes:
Total _ _
Negative Income
$0 to $999 _
$1,000 to $1,999
$2,000 to $2,999
$3,000 to $3,999
$4,000 to $4,999 _ _ _
$5,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $7,499 _
$7,500 to $9,999.. _
$10,000 and over..
Operators not reporting ,
United
States,
total
100.0
12.9
67.4
19.7
65.7
12.0
17.1
100.0
32.3
43.8
22.7
21.7
21.1
17.6
12.7
52
FARMERS' EXPENDITURES
Table 15. — Farm Operators of Class VI, Part'Time, and Residential Farms, By Age, Number of Persons in Family,
Education, and Family Money Income After Taxes, for the United States: 1955
Farm operators by age:
Total operators
Under 35 years
35 to 64 years
65 years and over
Farm operators by number of persons in
family:
Total operators
1.9 persons or less
2.0 to 4.9 persons
5.0 to 5.9 persons
6.0 or more persons
Farm operators by education:
Total operators
Not completing eighth grade
Completing eighth grade but not
completing high school
Completing high school
Operators not reporting as to
education _
part-
time,
and
residen-
1, 944, 357
204, 971
1, 180, 754
558, 632
1, 944, 357
144,410
1, 249, 306
193, 117
357, 524
468, 350
24, 473
260, 167
183, 710
468, 350
37, 563
309, 777
43, 352
77, 658
Part-
time
farms
616, 571
30,830
399, 713
64, 143
121, 885
Resi-
dential
farms
Farm operators by family money income
after taxes:
Total operators
Negative income
$10,000 and over
Operators not reporting family
income
VI,
part-
time,
and
residen-
tial
farms
Part-
time
farms
5,708
30,887
Resi-
dential
farms
138, 161
130, 021
67, 474
43,901
4,128
49,530
Table 16. — Percent Distribution by Economic Class of Farm
of Operators of Class VI, Part-Time, and Residential
Farms, by Age, Number of Persons in Family, Education,
and Family Money Income After Taxes, for the United
States: 1955
Farm operators by age:
Total operators _
Under 35 years
35 to 64 years._
65 and over
Farm operators by number of persons in family:
Total operators
1.9 persons or less
2.0 to 4.9 persons
5.0 to 5.9 persons
6.0 or more persons .
Farm operators by education:
Total. _
Not completing eighth grade
Compli'tinj eighth tirade but not complet-
ing high school
Completing high school
Operators not reporting as to education..
Farm operators by family money income after
Total. __
Negative Income
$0 to $999
$1,000 to $1,999... _
$2,000 to $2,999.
$3,000 to $3,999 _ _
$4,000 to $4,999
$5,000 to $5,999
$6,000 to $7,499..
$7,500 to $9,999
$10,000 and over
Operators not reporting
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
11.9
22.0
32.9
24.1
26.0
24.8
22.4
21.7
22.9
13.6
20.6
26.4
18.8
10.1
31.7
42.3
35.6
19.6
31.7
21.3
32.0
33.2
34.1
32.9
44.3
30.4
31.7
43.8
19.1
33.0
32.1
30.2
45.4
42.5
49.6
57.0
6S.0
31.8
44.2
45.8
42.4
47.5
44.2
52.6
43.2
44.3
44.2
44.2
42.1
43.0
44.2
19.9
39.0
40.6
49.0
63.7
49.5
49.5
44.5
40.5
42.0
51.0
Table 17. — Percent Distribution of Operators of Class VI,
Part-Time, and Residential Farms, by Age, Number of
Persons in Family, Education, and Family Money Income
After Taxes, for the United States : 1955
Percent distribution of operators of—
Item
Class VI,
part-time,
and resi-
dential
farms
Class VI
farms
Part-
time
farms
Resi-
dential
farms
Farm operators by age:
100.0
10.5
60.7
28.7
100.0
7.4
64.3
9.9
18.4
100.0
43.8
40.5
14.2
1.4
100.0
2.3
28.7
20.6
14.5
12.5
7.0
4.6
3.0
1.3
0.5
5.0
100.0
5.2
55. S
39.2
100.0
8.0
66.1
9.3
16.6
100.0
51.9
38.6
8.0
1.5
100.0
3.4
49.9
22.6
11.3
5.2
1.5
1.5
0.7
0.1
100.0
14.1
68. 2
17.8
100.0
5.0
64.8
10.4
19.8
100.0
36.8
42.0
19.9
1.3
100.0
3.1
17.3
21.5
14.7
14.2
10.0
6.1
4.7
2.4
0.9
5.0
58.2
Farm operators by number of persons in
family:
8.8
62.8
18.4
Farm operators by education:
Total
Not completing eighth grade
Completing eighth grade but not
100.0
44.6
40.5
Operators not reporting as to
1.4
Farm operators by family money income
after taxes:
Total
100.0
1.0
25.4
19.0
16.1
15.1
7.9
5.1
3.0
1.2
0.5
3.6
5.8
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