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**Table 1, Number of Farms, 1935-1997**
Year	1935	1950	1978	1997
Granville	3278	3335	1190	637
Vance	2561	2404	658	232
Warren	3187	3162	591	282

**Table 2, Average Acreage of Farms, 1935-1997**
Year	1935	1950	1978	1997
Granville	87.7	84.5	153	254
Vance	55.5	60.8	134	287
Warren	70.5	75.4	172	284.2

**Table 3, Total Farm Acreage, 1935-1997**
	1935	1950	1978	1997
Granville	287,481	281,925	181,779	161,818
Vance	142,136	146,109	87,946	66,584
Warren	224,684	238,270	101,568	80, 155

**Table 4, The Decline of Tenant Farming, 1935-1978**
	1935	1950	1978

	No. of Tenant Farms	% of All Farms	No. of Tenant Farms	% of All Farms	No. of Tenant Farms	% of All Farms
Granville	2073	63.2	2029	60.8	259	21.8
Vance	1643	64.1	1507	62.7	159	24.2
Warren	1818	57	1479	46.8	83	14

**Table 5, Agricultural Employment: Farm Operators and Full-time Field Hands, 1940-1992**
	1940	1978	1992
Granville	5766	1921	1056
Vance	3597	911	1165
Warren	4578	789	556

**Table 6, African American Farmers, 1945 and 1992**
	1945		1992
	All Af. Am. Farmers	Af. Am. Farm Owners	All Af. Am. Farmers	Af. Am. Farm Owners
Granville	1490	249	70	50
Vance	858	182	29	13
Warren	2033	617	62	34

**Table 7, Tobacco Crop (in Lbs.), 1935-1997**
	1935	1949	1978	1997
Granville	10,390,920	15,684,712	19,755,823	18,858,688
Vance	6,878,903	10,513,995	11,742,717	10,359,877
Warren	3,158,236	6,905,567	8,124,542	6,632,314

**Table 8, Cotton Production (in Bales), 1935-1997**
	1935	1950	1978	1997
Granville	1206	511	0	125
Vance	5690	3521	0	0
Warren	17,501	10,147	0	0

**Table 9, Mule Population**
	1935	1950	1978
Granville	2,125	5,095	0
Vance	1,849	3,026	0
Warren	1,883	3,663	0

**Table 10, Tractors in Use, 1940-1992**
	1940	1945	1950	1978	1992
Granville	77	158	554	2580	1763
Vance	31	88	210	1413	799
Warren	81	219	4 81	1176	759

Sources: U.S. Bureau of the Census, United States Census of Agriculture, 1935: Reports for States With Statistics for Counties and a Summary for the United States, 1936; U.S. Bureau of the Census, Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, Agriculture, Vol. 1, Part 3, Statistics for Counties, 1942; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1950 United States Census of Agriculture: North Carolina and South Carolina, 1952 ; North Carolina. Bureau of the Census, 1978 Census of Agriculture, Vol. 1, Pt. 33, State and County Data, 1981; U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997 Census of Agriculture: Highlights of Agriculture: 1997 and 1992, North Carolina (online at http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census97/profiles/nc/nc.htm)