Texas Almanac, 1968-1969 Page: 346
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346 TEXAS ALMANAC-1968-1969
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER TONNAGE
This table shows commercial fertilizer tonnage on which inspection fees were paid,
as reported by Texas Feed and Fertilizer Control Service.Tonnage
Year Reported
1905-06 .................... 13,500
1910-18 (8-year average)... 48,861
1918-23 (5-year average)... 44,770
1923-28 (5-year average)... 112,927
1928-33 (5-year average)... 90,962
1933-38 (5-year average)... 66,255
1938-43 (5-year average)... 125,678
1943-48 (5-year average)... 314,515Tonnage
Year Reported
1948-53 (5-year average)... 563,493
1953-54 ................... 543,518
1954-55 .................... 603,828
1955-56 ................... 566,339
1956-57 ..................... 626,545
1957-58 .................. 623,825
1958-59 ................... 676,210
1959-60 ................... 721.824Tonnage
Year Reported
1960-61 .................... 788,573
1961-62 ...................1,036,148
1962-63 ...................1,283,070
1963-64 ...................1,478,701
1964-65 ....................1,593,914
1965-66 ....................1,577,682TEXAS DAIRY PRODUCTS
PLANTS, BY PRODUCTS
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture.
This table shows Texas dairy products
plants, listed according to products report-
ed. During this period, there have been
significant increases in size of production
per plant. The average ice cream plant
turned out three times more in 1964 than in
1954, production of nonfat dry milk per
plant was 11 times larger, cottage cheese
plants averaged 82 per cent increase in
volume, American cheese plant volume
multiplied two and one half times and the
average butter production was 30 per cent
larger in 1964 than in 1954.
(Number of plants reporting)
U
U -e U a -
U. U UZ-0 i-.3
1954 39 7' 25 39 12 4 132 516 371
1955 33 8 28 44 14 5 124 590 362
1956 30 6 29 46 13 115 405 588
1957 27 6 31 48 11 3 110 350 460
1958 27 6 29 41 13 4 112 309 465
1959 21 6 28 32 12 4 78 317 395
1960 20 5 27 29 11 4 75 303 606
1961 16 5 28 34 10 3 73 216 479
1962 14 5 26 34 10 3 73 218 524
1963 i 6 25 31 10 4 69 205 659
1964 10 6 25 30 9 3 65 221 586
Agricultural Exports
Agricultural exports from Texas in fiscal
1965-66 were estimated by U.S. Department
of Agriculture at $495 million. Only Illinois
($666 million) outranked Texas; California
tied Texas with the same value for second.
Yearly data are not available, but Texas'
agricultural exports in 1959-60 were $447.3
million and $265.5 in 1953-54.
Cotton usually has been Texas' largest
agricultural export. In 1965-66, however,
combined value of feed grains outranked
cotton.
TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS,
1965-66
(Value, Millions of Dollars)
Wheat .............$75.1 Fruits & Products .. 2.6
Wheat Flour ........ 6.7 Vegetables & Prod. . 2.1
Rice ................ 62.0 Dairy Products .... 1.0
All Feed Grains ....138.9 Meats & Products,
Cotton ..............101.1 (Poultry excluded) . 6.3
Soybeans ........... 2.2 Hides & Skins ..... 10.4
Flaxseed ........... 0.4 Poultry & Prod ... 4.3
Cottonseed Oil ..... 13.8 Lard & Tallow ..... 9.1
Protein Meals ...... 11.6 All Others .......... 47.4Farm Labor Use
Mechanization and other influences have
decreased workers on farms in Texas. For
the 5-year period, 1959-63, the average an-
nual number of workers was 417,000, in-
cluding 252,000 family workers and 165,000
hired workers. For 1965, the average num-
ber , of farm workers was 313,000, in-
cluding 198,000 family workers and 115,000
hired. U.S. Department of Agriculture esti-
mates for recent years follow.
*Family tHired
Year Workers Workers tTotal
1955 ........... 323,000 168,000 491,000
1956 ........... 293,000 152,000 445,000
1957 ........... 281,000 163,000 444,000
1958 ........... 275,000 154,000 429.000
1959 ........... 269,000 162,000 431,000
1960 ........... 258,000 165,000 423,000
1961 ........... 247,000 177,000 424,000
1962 ........... 243,000 172,000 415,000
1963 ........... 241,000 148,000 389,000
1964 ........... 221,000 133,000 354,000
1965 ........... 198,000 115,000 313,000
*Farm operators or members of their families
working 15 hours or more, without pay, during week
of survey.
tPersons working one or more hours for pay dur-
ing week of survey.
TPersons employed during the last full calendar
week ending at least one day before end of the
month.
EMPLOYMENT, PAYROLLS
FROM COTTON
The following estimates of employment
and payrolls in Texas from the cotton in-
dustry are from Research Report No. 80,
University of Texas: "The Cotton Industry
and What It Means to Texas," published in
1966.
Group Employments Payroll
Cotton Farms..................... *160,400 $116,130000
Cotton Gins....................... t19,000 20,000,000
Cottonseed Oil Mills .............. *2,400 10,400,000
Compresses and Warehouses....... *16,100 34,623,000
Merchants-Shippers ............... *1,400 7,114,000
Textile Mills...................... 4,600 15,526,000
Aerial Applicators ................ *450 1,550,500
Agricultural Chemicals............ 230 1,240,000
Apparel Industry .................. 23,000 80,300,000
Banking Industry .................. 930 4,577,000
Farm Machinery Equipment
Manufacturers.................. 530 2,314,000
Gin and Associated Machinery
Manufacturers ................. 2,430 10,670,000
Mattress and Bedspring
Manufacturers .................. 2,250 8,309,000
Transportation and Longshoremen. 1,100 9,292,400
Total.. ................... '234,8201 $322,045,900
*Regular and seasonal workers; tseasonal work-
ers. The rest are regular workers.
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