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Unlike other industries, half the young victims in agriculture were under age 15. [47] For young agricultural workers aged 15–17, the risk of fatal injury is four times the risk for young workers in other workplaces [48] Agricultural work exposes young workers to safety hazards such as machinery, confined spaces, work at elevations, and work ...
Cotton was the dominant crop in the area between the 1880s and the 1920s, and Williamson County was the top producer of cotton in Texas. [36] Primarily to transport bales of cotton, the county was served by two national railroads, the International-Great Northern Railroad , which eventually merged into the Missouri Pacific, and the Missouri ...
The wave of oil speculation and discovery that followed came to be known as the "Texas Oil Boom", permanently transforming and enriching the economy of Texas. Agriculture and ranching gave way to a service-oriented society after the economic boom years of World War II. Segregation would end in the 1960s due to federal legislation.
Of the expected people to be served in 2019, the estimate for SNAP recipients is 40.8 million, 30 million to have received school lunches, 15 million to have received school breakfast, 6.6 million participating in WIC, and 690,000 elderly people receiving Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
In the 1870s, the main occupations were farming, shipping, and the manufacture of lumber and agricultural products. [9] In 1891, local Willis residents started growing Cuban tobacco, and Willis developed as a center for the production of cigars and other tobacco products.
This is a list of U.S. states and territories by gross domestic product (GDP). This article presents the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia and their nominal GDP at current prices.
Percentage figures for arable land, permanent crops land and other lands are all taken from the CIA World Factbook [1] as well as total land area figures [2] (Note: the total area of a country is defined as the sum of total land area and total water area together.) All other figures, including total cultivated land area, are calculated on the ...
These fertilizers have greatly increased the productivity of agricultural land: With average crop yields remaining at the 1900 level the crop harvest in the year 2000 would have required nearly four times more land and the cultivated area would have claimed nearly half of all ice-free continents, rather than under 15% of the total land area ...