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                                               May 8, 1995

To All Netters,

The Economic Research Service has updated its State Fact Sheets with new
information.  We have put new copies of our Fact Sheets on our AutoFAX
machine and new files on our BitNet file server.  If you are interested,
I have included our README file below to show you how to get copies of
the State Fact Sheets.

We have updated:

     - Census of Agriculture numbers
     - Population numbers
     - Top Export Commodities
     - Top Ag Counties by Ag Sales

New features:

     - Top ag county sales and percentages of state totals
     - Multi-file requests using USDA Farm Production Regions
     - Automatic file subscription service


We update the State Fact Sheets about 2 or 3 times a year, especially
when lots of new number become available.  Let us know if you like
this service or if it needs improvement.


--David Hopkins

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                                               May 8, 1995

The Economics Research Service of USDA in Washington, DC, is
pleased to announce an update to our:


                       STATE FACT SHEETS


The State Fact Sheets provide the most recently available farm and
rural data compiled by the ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE, USDA.  The
State Fact Sheets provide 2 pages of facts for each state and also
a summary fact sheet for the United States.  Included are data on
population, jobs, income and poverty, and farms.  The data comes
from a variety of sources including the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Bureau of the Census, and ERS.
The information is updated as new data becomes available.



TWO WAYS TO GET THE DATA
------------------------

The Fact Sheets can be obtained from our easy to retrieve AutoFAX
Machine or from Internet/Bitnet.  If you have any questions about
this service or the data, please contact either:

      Tom Carlin              or       Tim Parker
      202-219-0520                     202-219-0541
      TCarlin@ERS.BITNET               TParker@ERS.BITNET



STATE FACTS FROM INTERNET
-------------------------

State Fact Sheets can be obtained electronically from Internet or
Bitnet using the  GET <filename>  command.  Simply send an E-Mail
message to:  LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET      On a single line, type:

                   GET  <filename>    F=MAIL

For example, to receive the electronic data file for Virginia, send
an E-Mail message to:

                   LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET

In the body of the note, type on a single line:

                   GET  VA  DATA      F=MAIL

The State Fact Sheet will be returned to your E-Mail address.

The  F=MAIL  option can be used if your mail system needs to receive
"mail".  Otherwise, without the  F=MAIL  option, you will receive a
data file of the State Fact Sheets.


     (Some of you might have to send E-Mail through an alternate
      route if you having problems with this address.  If you have
      problems, please try:

                   LISTSERV%ERS.BITNET@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU
           or
                   LISTSERV%ERS.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU    )


DATA FOR ALL STATES AND THE US
------------------------------

Use the two-letter state abbreviation and the word, DATA, to pick
up the state that you want.  You may use the following abbreviations
and file names.  You can also ask for more than one State Fact Sheet
by using more GET commands on other lines.  Use only one GET command
per line.

        AL  DATA          LA  DATA        OH  DATA
        AK  DATA          MA  DATA        OK  DATA
        AR  DATA          MD  DATA        OR  DATA
        AZ  DATA          ME  DATA        PA  DATA
        CA  DATA          MI  DATA        RI  DATA
        CO  DATA          MN  DATA        SC  DATA
        CT  DATA          MO  DATA        SD  DATA
        DE  DATA          MS  DATA        TN  DATA
        FL  DATA          MT  DATA        TX  DATA
        GA  DATA          NC  DATA        UT  DATA
        HI  DATA          ND  DATA        VA  DATA
        IA  DATA          NE  DATA        VT  DATA
        ID  DATA          NH  DATA        WA  DATA
        IL  DATA          NJ  DATA        WI  DATA
        IN  DATA          NM  DATA        WV  DATA
        KS  DATA          NV  DATA        WY  DATA
        KY  DATA          NY  DATA        US  DATA

                     and  US  DATA

You can also get this README document by sending E-Mail to us
(LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET) and asking for  README  STATEFAC:

                   GET  README  STATEFAC    F=MAIL



NEW FEATURE--GET SEVERAL FILES AT ONE TIME
------------------------------------------

We have also grouped our files so that you may GET several files at one
time by asking for one of our "PACKAGE"'s.  We have grouped our State
Fact Sheets into the USDA Farm Production Regions of the US.  For
example, if you would like to receive State Fact Sheets for those states
in the PACIFIC farm production region (Washington, Oregon, and
California) ask for:  PACIFIC PACKAGE

Your GET command line would look like this:

                   GET  PACIFIC PACKAGE     F=MAIL

Our USDA Farm Production Region packages are grouped like this:

   PACIFIC              MOUNTAIN             NORTHERN PLAINS
   (PACIFIC PACKAGE)    (MOUNTAIN PACKAGE)   (NOPLAINS PACKAGE)
      Oregon               Idaho                North Dakota
      Washington           Montana              South Dakota
      California           Wyoming              Nebraska
                           Nevada               Kansas
                           Utah
                           Colorado
                           Arizona
                           New Mexico


   SOUTHERN PLAINS      LAKE STATES          CORN BELT
   (SOPLAINS PACKAGE)   (LAKEST PACKAGE)     (CORNBELT PACKAGE)
      Oklahoma             Minnesota            Iowa
      Texas                Wisconsin            Illinois
                           Michigan             Indiana
                                                Ohio
                                                Missouri


   MISSISSIPPI DELTA    NORTHEAST            APPALACHIAN STATES
   (MSDELTA PACKAGE)    (NOEAST PACKAGE)     (APPALACH PACKAGE)
      Arkansas             Maine                West Virginia
      Louisiana            New Hampshire        Virginia
      Mississippi          Vermont              Kentucky
                           New York             Tennessee
                           Massachusetts        North Carolina
                           Connecticut
                           Rhode Island
                           New Jersey
                           Pennsylvania
                           Maryland
                           Delaware


   SOUTHEAST            ALASKA AND HAWAII    ALL OF THE FILES
   (SOEAST PACKAGE)     (AKHI PACKAGE)       (ALLFILES PACKAGE)
      South Carolina       Alaska               All States
      Georgia              Hawaii               The US
      Alabama                                   Readme File
      Florida



NEW FEATURE--AUTOMATIC FILE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
------------------------------------------------

If you are interested in receiving our State Fact Sheets automatically
whenever we update our information, you can mail in a subscription
command for the files that you want.  Then, when we update our files,
our LISTSERV will send you the new, updated files automatically.  This
will save you from continuously issuing GET commands, only to find out
that the data has not changed.  We plan to update our State Fact Sheets
about 3 or 4 times a year as we get in new information.

To subscribe to our automatic file distribution (AFD) service, issue
this  AFD ADD  command for the files that you want.  Send E-mail to our
LISTSERV@ERS.BITNET.  On a single line in the body of the note, type
in this command:

          AFD   ADD      VA DATA            F=MAIL

This command will add the  VA DATA  file to your list of files that you
want sent to you automatically whenever the  VA DATA  file is updated.
You can have several files put on your automatic file distribution list.
For example, to get several files on your automatic file distribution
list, issue several AFD ADD commands:

          AFD   ADD      VA DATA            F=MAIL
          AFD   ADD      PACIFIC PACKAGE    F=MAIL
          AFD   ADD      CORNBELT PACKAGE   F=MAIL

And later, if you want to discontinue this service, files can be taken
off your list for automatic distribution.  Issue an  AFD DELETE
command to take files off the list.  An example:

          AFD   DELETE   VA DATA

You can also review your list of files on the automatic distribution
list by issuing the  AFD LIST  command.  An example:

          AFD   LIST



STATE FACT SHEETS FROM OUR AUTOFAX MACHINE
------------------------------------------

To obtain a State Fact Sheet from our AutoFAX machine, call our
AutoFAX phone number, 202-219-1107.  Use the AutoFAX voice menu
system to get the Fact Sheet for the state that you want.  Below,
you will find the document numbers for each state and the US.  You
might want to ask for our HELP document, #5500.

This is FAX document number 5500 from our AutoFAX, 202-219-1107.

                   FAX                                 FAX
  State      Document number        State         Document number
 ----------------------------      --------------------------------

  ALABAMA          5501             MONTANA            5527
  ALASKA           5502             NEBRASKA           5528
  ARIZONA          5503             NEVADA             5529
  ARKANSAS         5504             NEW HAMPSHIRE      5530
  CALIFORNIA       5505             NEW JERSEY         5531
  COLORADO         5506             NEW MEXICO         5532
  CONNECTICUT      5507             NEW YORK           5533
  DELAWARE         5508             NORTH CAROLINA     5534
  FLORIDA          5510             NORTH DAKOTA       5535
  GEORGIA          5511             OHIO               5536
  HAWAII           5512             OKLAHOMA           5537
  IDAHO            5513             OREGON             5538
  ILLINOIS         5514             PENNSYLVANIA       5539
  INDIANA          5515             RHODE ISLAND       5540
  IOWA             5516             SOUTH CAROLINA     5541
  KANSAS           5517             SOUTH DAKOTA       5542
  KENTUCKY         5518             TENNESSEE          5543
  LOUISIANA        5519             TEXAS              5544
  MAINE            5520             UTAH               5545
  MARYLAND         5521             VERMONT            5546
  MASSACHUSETTS    5522             VIRGINIA           5547
  MICHIGAN         5523             WASHINGTON         5548
  MINNESOTA        5524             WEST VIRGINIA      5549
  MISSISSIPPI      5525             WISCONSIN          5550
  MISSOURI         5526             WYOMING            5551

                and the UNITED STATES  5552


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--David Hopkins


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