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<br />Table 16 - HISTORICAL EARNINGS PER EMPLOYEE BY MAJOR EMPLOYMENT GROUP,
<br />NATION, AND MISSOURI REGION
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<br /> 1940 1950 19601
<br />Employment Group Nation Region Nation Region Nation
<br /> (Current Dollars)
<br />Agriculture $ 646 $ 794 $2,241 $3,111 $3,158 $3,181
<br />Manufacturing 1,517 1,405 3,527 3,342 5,038 4,445
<br />Other Commodity 1,256 1.019 3,212 2,894 5,309 5,515
<br />Noneommodity 1,620 1,381 3,167 2,924 4,456 4,054
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<br />11960 employment and 1959 earnings.
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<br />AGRICUl TURE
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<br />Agriculture is the dominant industry in the region. A
<br />significant portion of the Nation's food and fiber
<br />requirements is supplied from this area. Many of the
<br />same forces that have affected other agricultural areas
<br />are reflected in the same basic trends of the Missouri
<br />Region. Rapidly improving efficiency and application of
<br />technology have aided in increasing farm output from
<br />fewer, but larger, farms. Increased productivity per
<br />worker has eliminated many agricultural employment
<br />opportunities. A farm worker provided farm products
<br />for 11 persons in 1940; by 1960, he supplied 26 persons.
<br />Presently, each worker can provide for 38 people - 32
<br />at home and 6 abroad.
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<br />The large proportion of total employment supported
<br />by agriculture in the region is the principal reason for a
<br />relative decline in total employment growth compared
<br />to the Nation. Other sectors of the region's economy
<br />have not absorbed the excess manpower to the extent it
<br />became available.
<br />Table 17 presents 1959 and 1964 production levels
<br />for major agricultural products for the region and the
<br />Nation and illustrates the importance of the Missouri
<br />Region in the total agricultural industry. For example, in
<br />1964 approximately $5.1 billion worth of farm products
<br />were marketed in the region. This accounted for more
<br />than 15 percent of the national total of farm products
<br />sold. For many of the more important crops, the
<br />region's share of total output was substantially greater
<br />than 15 percent.
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<br />Table 17 - HISTORICAL MAJOR FARM PRODUCTS, MISSOURI REGION AND NATION
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<br /> 1959 1964
<br /> Missouri Region Nation Missouri Region Nation
<br /> Unit 'loof %01"
<br />Product (Thousand) Production I Nation Production 1 Production 2 Nation Production 2
<br />Wheat Bu. 339,982 32.2 1,055,925 383,241 31.5 1,217,7573
<br />Rye Bu. 6,612 30.3 21,809 11,725 35.0 33,472
<br />Oats Bu. 168,057 16.8 1,001,092 176,474 21.8 808,120
<br />Sorghum Grain Bu. 138,827 27.3 508,149 153,739 36.0 426,663
<br />Corn, Grain Bu. 800,080 21.6 3,697,191 623,763 18.6 3,361,152
<br />Barley - Bu. 98,575 24.8 398,312 84,029 23.2 362,147
<br />Pota toes Cwl. 7,840 3.5 224,140 5,125 2.3 221,763
<br />Dry Beans Cwl. 3,675 19.2 19,087 2,807 16.8 16,6923
<br />Flax seed Bu. 7,282 37.2 19,597 10,087 41.3 24,4083
<br />Sugar Beets Tons 4,605 27.4 16,822 5,845 25.0 23,368
<br />Soybeans Bu. 42,559 8.2 515,628 76,396 11.4 669,714
<br />Corn Silage Tons 10,674 18.7 57,076 16,323 20.6 79,336
<br />Sorghum Silage Tons 3,349 29.9 11,190 4,455 41.9 10,625
<br />Alfalfa Hay Tons 13,522 22.6 59,871 15,745 23.0 68,380
<br />Wild (Native) Hay Tons 4,968 57.5 8,636 5,306 57.8 9,165
<br /> Sold4 'loof Sold4 So1d4 'loof
<br /> Nation Nation So1d4
<br />Cattle & Calves Head 12,426 24.0 51,252 15,184 24.0 62,952
<br />Hogs & Pigs Head 17,115 21.0 80,900 18,651 22.0 83,537
<br />Sheep & Lambs Head 7,349 29.0 25,394 6,377 29.0 22,080
<br />Chickens Head 36,801 4.0 968,688 2 1,620,241
<br />Broilers Head 14,805 1.0 1,419,260 2 1,915,374
<br />Turkeys Head 6,806 8.0 80,396 2 104,750
<br />Eggs Doz. 348,469 10.0 3,618,203 312,107 7.0 4,282,304
<br />Milk Lbs. 4,848,210 5.0 97,606,342 6,623,069 6.0 107,421,936
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<br />1 Source: 1959 Census of Agriculture
<br />2Source: 1964 Census of Agriculture
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<br />3Source; Agricultural Statistics, 1965
<br />4Not comparable to production
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