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Washington State University
Agricultural Economics
Surveys and Studies, 1912 - 1965
Records, responses, questionnaires and other surveys of agricultural
management and economics were transferred to the Washington State
University Libraries in 1977 by Dick Roberts of the Agricultural
Economics Department. (Accession UA77-32). The records were retained
as unprocessed, but accessible, until 1996 when they were surveyed and
arranged. At that time, approximately 20 per cent of the materials were
discarded as being of little documentary value. Processing was by
Jean Johnson.
Number of containers 41
Linear feet of shelf space 48
HISTORY
A variety of agricultural studies of an economic nature have been
conducted at Washington State University over a lengthy period that
precedes the creation of a Department of Agricultural Economics about
1925.
Over the years, these efforts encompassed various studies, particularly
those associated with the evaluation of federal reclamation projects
and undertaken in conjunction with various agencies under the USDA,
including the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, the Farm Security
Administration, the Cooperative Extension Services, and the
Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the Department of the Interior's
Bureau of Reclamation. Another group of surveys pertained to
part-time farming taken by the Federal Works Administration during the
era of the Great Depression in 1933 and 1934; these surveys included
comments and remarks concerning all family members including women and
children. Further project involved various agricultural associations,
gathering information on production and marketing matters. The Dairy
Association, for example, was involved with a comprehensive and
informative study.
ARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION
The records were arranged largely according to types of studies,
although the subject order within these contexts varies according the
order in which the records were received. Series are organized
around irrigation, orchards, types of fruit,marketing, soils,
production costs, land prices, and real estate transfers. Many of the
surveys are labeled confidential inasmuch as they gather detailed
information concerning capital investment, operating expenses, and net
income. One good example that includes a "hired labor"
category is a survey of irrigated land regarding operations
and settler progress in the Columbia Basin during the 1950s.
Farmers themselves interspersed notes throughout the records, with a
particularly good set in the 1949 irrigation surveys, where the backs of
survey sheets include notes on farmer attitudes. Some of the
orchards surveys include information concerning amounts of pesticides
sprayed on the fruit, with especially good data in the Grower Records
from Chelan County, 1947-1965. The dairy series contains original
records of 1950 production studies from the Seattle milkshed. The
agricultural associations series contains a rich body of materials
that synthesize data and ideas concerning production of crops grown
throughout Washington.
CONTAINER LIST
BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION
General
1 1-4 Crop Research, Washington, 1929
5-6 Washington State Farm Machinery & Labor Survey, 1943
7-9 An Economic Study of Farming in Thurston County, USDA/WSC, 1940
10-11 Thurston County, 1939-1940 (Stanley W. Schwartze)
2 12 Thurston County, 1939-1940 (Stanley W. Schwartze)
13-17 Western Washington Farm Organization and Valuation Study, 1939
18-21 Survey of Farm Operations & Family Living of Recent Settlers in Western Washington, 1939
3 22-29 Survey of Farm Operations & Family Living of Recent Settlers in Western Washington, 1939
30-32 Farm Capital and Credit Study, Yakima Region, 1948
4 33-34 Farm Capital and Credit Study, Yakima Region, 1948
35-37 Spokane County Study, 1939
38-41 Chelan County, WSC, 1926
5 42-44 Chelan County, WSC, 1926
Survey of Part-Time Farming, Federal Civil Works Administration, 1934
45 Lewis County
46 Thurston County
47 Douglas County
48-49 Spokane County
50 Chelan County
51 Walla Walla County
52 Clallam County
53 Mason County
54 Cowlitz County
55 Pierce County
6 56 Miscellaneous Washington Counties, n.d.
57 Supplemental Instructions & Data Compilations
58-64 Survey of Farm Operations & Settlement Experience, Vale-Owyhee Projects, USDA, 1944
65-66 Farm Operation & Family Living, Vale-Owyhee Projects, 1938
Irrigation
7 67-75 Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin, 1954-1957
8 76-86 Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin, 1954-1957
9 87-97 Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin, 1954-1957
10 98-108 Settler Progress Study, Columbia Basin, 1954
11 109 Summary of Operations, Settler Progress, Columbia Basin, 1956
11 110 Settler Progress Study, Columbia Basin, 1956
111-114 Central Washington, 1938
115 Miscellaneous Districts, 1949
116 Selah, 1949
117 Grandview, 1949
118 Kennewick Highlands, 1949
119 Mabton, 1949
120 Granger & Emerald, 1949
121 Sunnyside Area, 1949
122 Toppenish & Wapato, 1949
123 Selah Heights, 1949
124 Moses Lake, 1949
125 Kittitas Area, 1949
126 Badger Pocket, 1949
12 127-128 Foster Creek Study, 1948
129 Crop Yield Report, Yakima Project, 1913-1937
130 Columbia Basin, 1948-1953
131 Results, Comparison of Sprinkler & Surface Irrigation Methods, Columbia Basin, 1954
132-133 Census Data, Water User Census, Bureau of Reclamation, 1956
134-138 Electrification, Washington, 1949
Wheat-Fallow
139 Farm Expenses and Related Data, Oregon, 1962
13 140-141 Farm Expenses and Related Data, Oregon, 1962
142-147 Farm Expenses and Related Data, Washington, 1962
Wheat-Pea
14 148-154 Expenditures, Machines, & Related Data, Whitman, Latah, Spokane & Nez Perce Counties, 1958-1959
155-158 Farm Expenses & Related Data, Whitman, Latah, Spokane & Nez Perce Counties, 1958-1959
Wheat Disticts, 1936
15 159 Pomeroy
160 Kahlotus
161 Neppel-Odessa
162 Wilbur
163-164 Tekoa
165-166 Endicott
167-169 Miscellaneous, Incomplete Records Omitted From Study
Wheat-Summer Fallow
16 170-174 Farm Business, USDA/Ed Hurd, 1942-1943
Grain
175 Whitman & Spokane Counties, 1938
Grain Growers Associations
176-17 Financial Records, 1932
17 178 Financial Records, 1932
179 North Pacific, Miscellaneous, 1932-1946
180 Wheat Statistics, 1923-1935
Land Use, Pierce County Plats, 1934
181 Value of Improved Land
182 Acres of Assessed Timber Land
183 Acres of Improved Land
184 Ownership Conflicts
185 Subdivision Values
186 Valuation of Timber
187 Value of Unimproved Land
188 Official Area Plats
189 N.F. Area Plats
190 Portland Ownership Plats
191 Delinquency Maps
192 Ownership
193-194 Farm Machinery & Labor Survey, Washington State, Forms, 1943
195-197 Farm Machinery & Labor Survey, Washington State, Data, 1943
Orchards
198 Okanogan County, 1959
18 199 Okanogan County, 1954-1958
200 Douglas County, 1959
201 Miscellaneous Counties, 1954-1965
202 Chelan County, 1959
203 Yakima County, 1954-1955
204-208 Yakima County, 1927
Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Apples in Washington, 1953
209 Yakima County
210 Douglas County
211 Okanogan County
212 Chelan County
213 Comment, Papers Delivered at Fruit Marketing Institute, WSC, 1939
214 Census Report, Agriculture, Washington, 1935
Orchards
19 215-217 Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Fruit in Washington, 1960
Chelan County, Grower Records
218 1947-1948
219 1949-1950
220 1951-1952
221 1953-1954
222 1955-1956
223 1957-1958
224 1959-1960
225 1961-1963
226 1964-1965
227 Soft Fruit, Production Costs, 1943
20 228 Fruit Practices Study, Greater Wenatchee Area, 1949
229 Cost of Production Study, Washington Apples, 1944
230 Washington Apple Production Cost Survey, 1945-1946
231 Orchard Practices & Costs of Producing Apples in Washington, 1956
232 Central Washington Apple Production Costs, 1954
233 Orchard Practices & Costs of Producting Apples in Washington, 1953
234-237 Apple & Soft Fruit, Cost of Production, 1954-1958 (C.H. Zuroske)
Berry Schedules
21 238-246 Pierce County, 1934-1935
247 Pend Oreille County, 1936
248 Whitman County, 1936
249 Grant County, 1936
250 Lewis County, 1936
251 Kitsap County, 1936
252 Skamania County, 1936
253 Skagit County, 1936
254 Klickitat County, 1936
255 Snohomish County, 1936
22 256-257 Clark County, 1936
258-260 Thurston County, 1936
261 Spokane County, 1936
262-263 King County, 1936
264 Benton County, 1936
265 Lincoln County, 1936
266 Ferry County, 1936
267 Mason County, 1936
268 Stevens County, 1936
269 Whatcom County, 1936
270 Cowlitz County, 1936
23 271 Walla Walla & Okanogan Counties, 1936
272 Douglas, Chelan, & Kittitas Counties, 1936
273 Franklin & Island Counties, 1936
274 Asotin & Yakima Counties, 1936
Alfalfa Hay
275-278 Field Practices & Costs of Producing Alfalfa Hay in Washington, 1954
Potatoes
279-281 Field Practices & Costs of Producing Potatoes in Washington, 1954-1956
24 282 Field Practices & Costs of Producing Potatoes in Washington , 1954-1956
283 Hops, Hop Survey, 1942-1945
284 Poultry, Poultry Management Questionnaire for Economic Land Use Study, 1944
285 Hogs, Hog Enterprise, 1931
Ranching
286 Preliminary Ranch Questionnaire, 1963
287-290 Range, 1963
291 Ranching Questionnaire, 1962
25 292 Ranching Questionnaire, 1962
293 Master Lists & Averages, n.d.
294 Washington Cattle Ranch Organization & Operation, 1962-1963
295-297 Questionnaire Supplement, 1962
Dairy
298-301 Seattle Milkshed Production Study, 1950
26 302-311 Seattle Milkshed Production Study, 1950
27 312-317 Seattle Milkshed Production Study, 1950
318-320 Yakima County Milk Production Study Questionnaire, 1950
28 321-325 Yakima County Milk Production Study Questionnaire, 1950
326 Dairy Cost Study, n.d.
Dairy Farm Study, 1954
327 Cost of Production
328 Labor
329 Land Use & Feed
330 Cattle Inventory
331 Equipment
332 Miscellaneous Expenses
333 Dairy Cost Study, 1930-1935
334 Whatcom County, 1927-1931
335 Peppermint Production Costs, 1953
29 336 Peppermint, Cost Analysis Sheets, 1947-1948
337 Irrigation, Data, n.d.
338 Irrigation, Data, n.d.
339 Miscellaneous Data, 1909-1927
Agricultural Associations
340 Apple Growers, 1923-1925
341 Cooperative Marketing of Dairy Products in Washington, 1923
342 Wenatchee District Cooperative, 1929
343 Kale Canning Company, 1932-1937
344 Yakima Horticultural Union, 1924
345 Wool, 1923-1925
346 Priest Rapids Valley Growers Association, 1924
347 Cranberries, 1918-1924
348 Dairy Associations, 1934-1948
349 Berry Growers, 1933
350 Grain Growers, n.d.
351 Yakima Fruit Exchange, 1924-1925
352 Egg & Poultry, 1930
353-354 Dairy, 1913-1942
355 Fruit, 1923-1940
356 Background, 1920-1933, n.d.
30 357 Berry Growers, 1924-1934
358 Miscellaneous Crops, 1932-1933
359 Grain Growers, 1920-1976
360 Bulb Growers, 1940, n.d.
361 Miscellaneous, 1924-1950
362 Miscellaneous, 1918-1924
363 Apples, Private and Coop, 1923-1925
364 Hatcheries, 1935
365 Canning, 1928-1933
366 Fruit, 1922-1924
367 Local Wheat Coops, 1923-1928
368 Apple Crop, 1924-1933
369 Grange, 1928, n.d.
370 Potatoes, 1923-1924
371 Pacific Supply Coop, 1941-1943
372 Whatcom County, 1928-1930
373 Dairy Association, Annual Reports, 1930-1943
374 Miscellaneous, 1921-1936
Farm Management Surveys
31 375 Washington Farm Records, TVA Farms, 1954
376 Individual Farm Record Summary by Years, Clark County, 1937-1941
Data Sheets
377 Yakima County, 1927
378 Douglas and Chelan Counties, 1928
379 Wahkiakum County, 1914
380 Wahkiakum County, 1914-1916
381 Wahkiakum County, 1915
382 Whatcom County, 1923
383 Whitman County, 1920
384 Whitman County, 1919
385-386 Erosion Control Survey, 1934
32 387 Chelan and Douglas Counties, 1926
388 Pierce County, 1923
389 Whatcom County, 1924
390 Yakima County, 1928
391 Yakima County 1926
392 King County, 1914
393 Yakima County, 1922-1929
394 Yakima County, 1921
395 Spokane County, 1915
396 Spokane County, 1914-1915
397 Yakima County, 1915
398 Yakima County, 1922
399 King County, 1915
400 Whatcom County, 1930
401 Spokane County, 1915
402 Whitman County, 1921
403 Washington Farm Record, 1938
Farm Business Reports, 1944
404 Whatcom County
405 Spokane County
406 Grays Harbor County
407 Garfield, Lincoln, & Spokane counties
408 Lewis County
409 Whitman County
410 Clark County
411 King County
412 Cowlitz, Pacific, Wahkiakum, and Thurston counties
413 Snohomish, King, and Skagit counties
414 Snohomish County
415 Thurston County Study, 1940
416 Location Maps Used for Surveys, Land Class (Farm Business) Survey, 1944 & Others
417 Unpublished Data, Washington, Statistical Tables for 1945 Census of Agriculture
418 Northwest Daily Produce News, 1935
419 Average Wheat Yields, State of Washington, n.d. (Maps)
33 420 Cooperative Extension Work & Miscellaneous Data, 1934-53
421 Inventories, W.J. McLean, Walla Walla, 1912-1913
Consumer Cooperative Buying, 1935
422 Returns from Cooperative Stores
423 Returns from Stores that have Ceased to Operate
424 Unclaimed Letters
425 Cooperative Marketing Associations
426 Letters from County Agents
427 Miscellaneous Letters & Statements
428 Miscellaneous Letters and Forms
Real Estate
429 Farm Real Estate Transfers, n.d.
430 Farm Real Estate Transfers, Whitman County, 1947
431 Farm Real Estate Transfers, 1945
432-433 Farm Real Estate Transfers, Lewis County, n.d.
Farm Management Record Cards
34 434 Poultry, Pierce County, 1924
435 Dummeir's Cooperative Study, 1929-1939
Farm Management
436 Walla Walla, 1915-1916
437 Grays River, 1914
438 Enumclaw, 1916
439-440 Northeast Washington, 1914-1916
35 441 Sunnyside, 1915
442 Tolt/Fall City, 1915
443 Whitman, 1915-1920
444 Fairfield, 1916
445 Enumclaw, 1915
446-447 Real Estate Information, n.d.
36 448 Irrigation Survey, Labor & Produce, 1919-1923
449 Real Estate Information, Whitman County, 1948
37 450 Western Washington, 1915, 1920
451 King and Pierce Counties, 1915, 1920
452 Potato Production, Spokane & Yakima Counties, 1913
453 Cooperators, Palouse Area, 1919-1921
38 454 Yakima County 1921-1923
455 King & Pierce Counties, 1915, 1921
456 Skagit County, 1916
39 457 Skagit County, 1916
458 Labor Reports, Walla Walla, 1912-1914
Real Estate Transfer
459 Washington, 1948
40 460 Lewis County, 1944
461 Lewis and Whitman Counties, 1941-1949
462 Whitman County, 1941-1949
463-487 Photographs and Negatives, Miscellaneous (chiefly of
transition from bagging to bulk in grain handling, c. 1928-30;
includes one negative in good condition of a 33-mule team drawn
combine operation)
Farm and Home Planning Reference Materials, 1959
41 488 Index
489 Business Management
490 Crops
491 Livestock
492 Farm Buildings and Equipment
493 Housing
494 Family Living
495 Notebook