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In the United States, agricultural censuses were taken in addition to population schedules for the years of 1850-1880 inclusive. These enumerations can provide additional information about your farming ancestor’s farm operation-acreage, crops, values produced, etc. There is more information on these schedules on the National Archives website at https://www.archives.gov/research/census/nonpopulation. Digital images are available to Ancestry subscribers at https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1276/. The FamilySearch Wiki also has more information at https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/United_States_Census_Agriculture_Schedules