Show Current Farm Census Brings Figures to Date The 1961 Census of Agriculture Agriculture Ag Ag- now being conducted ted by the Bureau of the Census U U. U S. S Department of Commerce In Grand Crand county will bring up to date the farm farmand farmand and nd ranch statistics last collected collected col cot In 1959 Here are a few of the many many ma ma- ny facts recorded In the 1959 agricultural census for this county There were 77 farms and ranches In 1959 compared with 59 In 1954 The average size of ot farm and ranch was acres In 1959 compared compared com pared with acres In 1954 1959 The value of products sold by the county's farmers and ranchers in 1959 was The value of all crops sold old was The value of all livestock and livestock products sold was The 1964 national Census of Agriculture is the Ina in ina ina a series which began In 1840 Because of the rapid changes American Agriculture has been undergoing in recent years Census Bureau officials offic offic- officials regard the current cenus cen cen- rus us as one of the most significant significant sig sig- ever taken They ask asle every farmer and rancher to cooperate In an accurate ac curate record of these changes chan chaos by filling out the census form he receives In the mall mail malland End and nd holding the completed questionnaire until a census taker calls for It |