Adjustments to resource depletion

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This study contains two data files on a selected set of agricultural variables for 105 Kansas counties over the period 1874-1936. The first file contains 44 variables, each of which is an exact representation of data found in various quarterly, annual, and biennial reports of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. Variables in the first file include information on acreage sown, number of bushels and value of different field crops harvested, and number and value of livestock. The second file consists of 45 variables, including manipulations of the series in the first file. For example, the second file contains variables on the value per bushel of various field crops, adjusted total cultivated acres, adjusted field crop income, and prices per animal. The data are organized in matrix form. Each of the rows of the matrix is a single logical record and consists of 63 observations (one per year) for one county for one variable. Within each matrix, the counties are in alphabetical order. Each variable is fourteen characters wide. The information in this dataset was initially prepared by Setphen J. DeCanio and Joseph Trojanowski, of Yale University. Preparation of their data file was financed by the National Science Foundation (Grant #SOC 75-08056).