Agriculture Counts -- The Founding and Evolution of the National Agricultural Statistics Service 1957-2007

Excerpt from the author note: This publication is a written history of a statistical organization rather than a statistical publication. Thus, there are no formulas, explanations of complex estimating methods or detailed graphs included. Two types of data tables are included for each key time period. They summarize changes in U.S. cash receipts from farm marketings and per capita consumption of meat, poultry, and fish as those measurements do track important changes in the supply of and demand for agricultural products over time.

作者注节选：本出版物系某统计机构的文字史，而非统计学出版物。因此，其中未包含公式、复杂估算方法的阐释或详细图表。每个关键时期均包含两类数据表，它们汇总了美国农产品市场现金收入及肉类、禽类与鱼类的人均消费量变化——这些指标可长期追踪农产品供需的重要变动。