S Dakota Farm Labor.pdf

Farm labor and specified farm expenditures in South Dakota from 1920 to 1954:
- Farm workers for a specified week: 63,845 in 1954, 80,832 in 1950, and data not available for other years.
- Family and/or hired workers: 59,215 farms reported in 1954, with 120,699 persons, and 60,811 farms reported in 1950, with 113,395 persons.
- Hired workers: 11,140 farms reported in 1954, with 18,301 persons, and 8,492 farms reported in 1950, with 11,576 persons.
- Specified farm expenditures include machine hire, hired labor, feed for livestock and poultry, gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil, and commercial fertilizer.
- Machine hire: 41,629 farms reported in 1954, with $13,046,606 spent, and 46,594 farms reported in 1950, with $13,484,058 spent.
- Hired labor: 33,245 farms reported in 1954, with $18,707,815 spent, and 45,750 farms reported in 1950, with $25,765,028 spent.
- Feed for livestock and poultry: 53,083 farms reported in 1954, with $44,182,212 spent, and 56,226 farms reported in 1950, with $37,706,692 spent.
- Gasoline and other petroleum fuel and oil: 58,962 farms reported in 1954, with $40,893,114 spent, and 59,827 farms reported in 1950, with $35,123,818 spent.
- Commercial fertilizer: 10,464 farms reported in 1954, with $3,211,190 spent, and data not available for 1950.