Special Census Details Farm Service Firms
Firms whose main business is
providing agricultural services
grossed $l.l billion from farmers
in 1969, a special Census Bureau
survey shows.
These firms provided such
services as veterinary care for
farm animals, cotton ginning,
feed grinding, harvesting, con
tract labor, and spraying.
In addition, the firms earned
another $1 billion from non
farmers for such services as
veterinary care and lawn and
tree care.
In total, there were 32,565
establishments in 1969—with a
payroll of $593 million—whose
main function was to provide
agricultural service.
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They employed 110,000 paid
workers who put in 150 days or
more and another 313,000
workers who put in less than 150
days.
They also had 31,000 unpaid
workers who put in 150 days or
more and 6,000 who put in less.
Most of the firms were small,
and four out of five were in
dividually owned. Although the
average gross income was
$64,000, one out of three of the
establishments earned less than
$lO,OOO. Nearly half of the
receipts were earned by the 12
percent of the establishments
that were operated by cor
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California had the greatest
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gross receipts from agricultural
services, followed by Texas and
Florida. These three States ac
counted for nearly a third of total
gross receipts for agricultural
services in the U.S. in 1969.
Of the types of firms averaging
over $2OO million, only custom
cattle feeding was farm-related.
The rest were hospitals for pets
and small animals and firms
providing shrub and tree services
or lawn and garden services.
Other leading farm-related
agricultural services-with
receipts of $lOO,OOO-included
veterinary care, poultry hat
cheries, and fruit sorting,
packing, and grading. Less
important farm-related
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agricultural services included
cotton ginning, vegetable sorting,
packing, and grading, artificial
breeding, and farm labor con
tractors providing crew labor.
The Census survey showed an
additional $B7 million in gross
receipts from firms that per
formed agricultural services but
did not consider them their most
important function. Agricultural
services accounted for only a
tenth of their total receipts.
Agriculture services are often
provided by firms with other
business activities. Often the
service is included with a product
and priced a? a unit, for instance
feed grinding and fertilizer ap
plication. Therefore, firms whose
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Elect Officers
The Silver Spurs 4-H Horse and
Pony Club held its monthly
meeting March 2 at the home of
Roxanne and Roberta Steins. The
meeting was called to order by
the president, Randy Click.
4-H enrollment cards and
handbooks were given out for the
new year. Roll and dues were
taken by junior treasurer Jim
Click Secretary Rick Rehm read
the secretary’s report. The
minutes were approved as read.
There were 32 members and four
leaders present
All the new members were
accepted. New officers were
elected They are as follows:
Randy Click, president; Lon
May, vice-president; Jim Click,
secretary; senior treasurer,
Roberta Stein; junior treasurer,
Cherri Gochnauer, and club
reporters, Judy Anderson and
Leslie Winpenny
Chosen as County council
representatives were Lon May,
Dana Norquist and Kathy
Kauffman.
Dana Gottloeb, Sue Baker and
Wylie Baker will give demon
strations at the next meeting
which will be held at Bakers’ on
April 6. The meeting was ad
journed and refreshments were
served
major activity is providing
agricultural services render only
a part of the total services to
farmers.
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Club Reporters,
Cherri Gochnauer
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