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Alan L. Olmstead and Paul W. Rhode
Table Da643-646 - Fertilizer-farmers' expenditures, commercial fertilizer consumption, and liming materials used: 1850-1999
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Da646
Farmers' expenditure for fertilizer and lime
Commercial fertilizer consumed
Liming materials
Quantity
Index
Row
Year
Million dollars
Thousand short tons
Thousand short tons
Index 1977 = 100
1
1850
----
53
----
----
2
1860
----
164
----
----
3
1870
----
321
----
----
4
1880
----
753
----
----
5
1890
----
1,390
----
----
6
1891
----
1,584
----
----
7
1892
----
1,504
----
----
8
1893
----
1,715
----
----
9
1894
----
1,773
----
----
10
1895
----
1,578
----
----
11
1896
----
1,888
----
----
12
1897
----
2,131
----
----
13
1898
----
2,333
----
----
14
1899
----
2,603
----
----
15
1900
----
2,730
----
----
16
1901
----
3,044
----
----
17
1902
----
3,084
----
----
18
1903
----
3,382
----
----
19
1904
----
3,704
----
----
20
1905
----
3,913
----
----
21
1906
----
4,249
----
----
22
1907
----
4,307
----
----
23
1908
----
4,449
----
----
24
1909
120
4,821
----
----
25
1910
152
5,547
946
----
26
1911
168
6,108
1,116
----
27
1912
161
5,852
1,286
----
28
1913
175
6,416
1,456
----
29
1914
195
7,194
1,626
----
30
1915
165
5,418
1,796
----
31
1916
193
5,214
1,966
----
32
1917
232
6,087
2,136
----
33
1918
311
6,580
2,306
----
34
1919
358
6,751
2,476
----
35
1920
390
7,176
2,653
----
36
1921
249
4,854
2,794
----
37
1922
234
5,680
2,935
----
38
1923
263
6,435
3,076
----
39
1924
264
6,833
3,217
----
40
1925
299
7,329
3,359
----
41
1926
298
7,326
3,330
----
42
1927
267
6,844
3,798
----
43
1928
318
7,989
3,806
----
44
1929
300
7,982
3,907
----
45
1930
297
8,171
3,588
----
46
1931
202
6,306
2,611
----
47
1932
118
4,336
1,811
----
48
1933
120
4,872
1,548
----
49
1934
176
5,547
2,748
----
50
1935
188
6,275
3,505
----
51
1936
261
6,956
6,566
----
52
1937
279
8,139
7,199
----
53
1938
258
7,471
7,859
----
54
1939
273
7,728
9,066
----
55
1940
306
9,360
14,406
----
56
1941
334
9,296
15,916
----
57
1942
417
10,125
19,838
----
58
1943
505
11,516
19,935
----
59
1944
576
13,045
24,568
----
60
1945
657
15,128
23,055
----
61
1946
683
15,128
29,462
----
62
1947
755
16,839
30,283
97
63
1948
826
17,818
25,686
82
64
1949
895
18,542
27,902
89
65
1950
975
18,343
29,842
95
66
1951
1,064
20,991
27,583
88
67
1952
1,184
22,432
27,252
87
68
1953
1,178
23,413
20,669
66
69
1954
1,209
22,773
18,975
61
70
1955
1,185
22,726
20,659
66
71
1956
1,166
22,194
22,021
70
72
1957
1,166
22,709
22,476
72
73
1958
1,206
22,516
23,215
74
74
1959
1,332
25,313
22,726
72
75
1960
1,344
24,877
22,614
72
76
1961
1,437
25,567
22,612
72
77
1962
1,544
26,615
23,616
75
78
1963
1,712
28,844
26,119
83
79
1964
1,888
30,681
27,002
86
80
1965
1,994
31,836
28,075
90
81
1966
2,219
34,532
30,461
97
82
1967
2,429
37,081
29,202
93
83
1968
2,434
38,743
30,536
97
84
1969
2,312
38,949
28,380
90
85
1970
2,435
39,589
25,901
83
86
1971
2,654
41,118
23,703
76
87
1972
2,721
41,206
25,122
80
88
1973
3,503
43,288
23,657
75
89
1974
6,053
47,094
27,807
89
90
1975
6,660
42,484
31,128
99
91
1976
6,468
49,189
38,147
122
92
1977
6,529
51,624
31,381
100
93
1978
6,620
47,497
30,697
98
94
1979
7,369
51,480
30,979
99
95
1980
9,491
52,787
34,402
110
96
1981
9,409
53,988
29,647
95
97
1982
8,018
48,669
23,237
74
98
1983
7,055
41,813
25,383
81
99
1984
8,361
50,056
26,592
85
100
1985
7,513
49,109
----
----
101
1986
6,820
44,071
----
----
102
1987
6,453
42,964
----
----
103
1988
7,679
44,527
----
----
104
1989
8,176
44,787
----
----
105
1990
8,208
47,705
----
----
106
1991
8,667
46,816
----
----
107
1992
8,333
----
----
----
108
1993
8,398
----
----
----
109
1994
9,150
----
----
----
110
1995
10,000
----
----
----
111
1996
10,900
----
----
----
112
1997
10,900
----
----
----
113
1998
10,600
----
----
----
114
1999
9,900
----
----
----
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