Variables: Name (Owner|Agent|Manager of the Farm), Improved Acres of Land, Unimproved Acres of Land, Cash Value of Farm, Value of farming Implements and Machinery, Horses, Asses and Mules, Milch Cows, Working Oxen, Other Cattle, Sheep, Swine, Value of Live Stock, Wheat (bushels), Rye (bushels), Indian Corn (bushels), Oats (bushels), Rice (lbs.), Tobacco (lbs.), Ginned Cotton (bales of 400 lbs. each), Wool (lbs.), Peas & Beans (bushels), Irish Potatoes (bushels), Sweet Potatoes (bushels), Barley (bushels), Buckwheat (bushels), Value of Orchard Products (dollars), Wine (gallons), Value of Produce of Market Gardens, Butter (lbs.), Cheese (lbs.), Hay (tons), Clover Seed (bushels), Other Grass Seeds (bushels), Hops (lbs.), Hemp - Dew Rotted (tons), Hemp - Water Rotted (tons), Flax (lbs.), Flaxseed (bushels), Silk Cocoons (lbs.), Maple Sugar (lbs.), Cane Sugar (hhds. of 1000 lbs.), Molasses (gallons), Beeswax and Honey (lbs.), Value of Home-made Manufactures, Value of Animals slaughtered
Standard Variables: Agricultural products|Census data|Land classification
Date Range: (1950-1950. Census was in 1850, not 1950. CZO CMS cannot handle pre-1900 dates so we're temporarily using 1950. Record to be fixed in HydroShare.)
Dataset Creators/Authors: Giesen, James C.
Contact: James C. Giesen, Department of History, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762. JGiesen@history.msstate.edu
Field Area: Calhoun Long-Term Soil-Ecosystem Plots and Reference Areas
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