Source: "Know Your State", Tallahassee: State of Florida,
Dept. of Agriculture, N. Mayo, commissioner, 1944
Population in 1940 was 38,607
Total Acreage was 622,080
Number of Farms (1941): 1,282
Acreage in farms: 308,961
Acreage cultivated (1941):
Field crops - 60,890
Truck crops - 6,725
Groves (citrus, tung, pecan) - 7,720
Automobiles (1942) - 6,534
Trucks (1942) - 1,565
Tractors (1941) - 156
Leading agricultural sources of revenue (1937): Dairying, tobacco, corn poultry and eggs, beef cattle and hogs.
Leading industries (1937): Saw mills, marble works, mattress making, machine shops, naval stores
Fifty crops are grown commercially in Alachua County
State University is located in Gainesville
A dozen lakes are in this county.
Transcribed by K. Torp
