Atlas showing agriculture for the Pacific northwest prepared for the Regional Committee for Post War Programs, US Department of Agriculture. Contains maps and data tables listed hereunder:
Map Titles:
Drainage and political and planning subdivisions
Landforms of the northwestern states
Avg annual precipitaition
Average monthly temperatures
Average frost free growing season
Soil associations of the pacific northwest
Soil Erosion
Soil conservation problem areas
Land use capability classifications
Crop land and land development areas
Generalized forest type map
Generalized map showing condition of forests
Generalized range types
Natural surface-water supply areas
Acerage of irrigated lands
Proportion of land area devoted to major uses
Types of farming
Percentage of all farms in major types
Trend in number of farms
Trend in size of farms
Value per acre of all land in farms
Average value of all land per farm in 1940
All hay acreage
Alfalfa cut for hay
Small grains for hay
Winter wheat harvested
Barley harvested
Spring wheat harvested
Vegetables grown for sale
Tomatoes grown for sale
Clover or timothy, alone or mixed
Peas grown for sale
Asparagus grown for sale
Onions grown for sale
Sweet corn grown for sale
Potatoes harvested
Dry field and seed peas
Ripe field beans harvested
Sugar beets increase
Apple trees
Plum and prune trees
Pear trees
Land in fruit orchards, vineyards, and planted nut trees
Raspberries and loganberries
Cherry trees
Strawberries
Cattle and calves sold
Sheep and lamb sold
Farms reporting farm products used by household as major source of income, 1940
Trend in number of dairy cows an heifers 1920 -1940
Trend in number of chickens raised, 1919 - 1939
Major transportation linesà
Primary forest industries
Pacific northwest Migration 1870 - 1900
1900 - 1930
Rural - Farm population
Rural - nonfarm population
Proportion of all farm operators working 100 days or more off-farm in 1939
Value per farm of all farm products sold, traded or used in household, 1939
Proportion of all farms classified by total value of farm products in 1939
Acres available for crops per capita of farm population, 1940
Age and condition of rural dwellings
Bar graphs indicating: percentages of dwellings valued at less than $1000; with no running water; with no bath or shower; with no electricity
Production credit system
Group national farm loan association offices location and territories served
Territories, state and field offices , emergency crop and feed loans
Farmer cooperative associations
4-H club work by counties
4-H club programs by counties
Density of FSA standard loans
Soil conservation districts and activity centres