Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-10
AGRICULTURE.
Iowa IIas a Proud Place Among the Sis
terhood ossStl;es.


Iowa Ias a Proud Place Among the Sis
teraood os.Stl:es.
WAsHIEGTog Nav 4-Ohio stands at
the head OF the list of states for having
the largest number of farms, 251, 430;
Illinois comes second, with 24O, 6Sl;.
Missouri third, with 25S,043; Texas
fourth, with 22S. lo6; New York fifth,
226, 223; Iowa sixth, 201, 900; and Kan
sas seventh, 1861 In the amount OF
area under cultivation, however, llli-
nois comes first, with 5000. 060 acres
Iowa ..cond, with rs, 42s, 500; them
Kansas, 2.303. 30l; Texas, 2o.7t6,2153
Missouri, 1922, 3l3; Ohio, 1888, S24,
and New York, l6, $50. 3So acres
The returns of the census bureau fur.
nish surprise in respect to the amount
of improved farm land 10 the eastern
and southern sta.es as compared with
those of the west and northwest. 1t IS
a very remarkable thing that less than
half the farm land IN Maine and New
Hampshire is under cultivation, while
in Massachusetts 1851, 25S acres are
uncultivated and only 1866. O24 acres
are cultivated. Taking the entire
north Atlantic states, from Maine to
Pennsylvania, the total are of farm
lands is 62,743,525 acres, of which
nearly one third is Idle, while in the
middle and northwestern states-that
Is, from Ohio to Dakota IN one direc-
ton and to Kansas in the other-the
proportion of uncultivatcd land is very
much smaller. In none OF the states
In that section does the uncultivated
area bear SO great a proportion to the
cultivated as In New England.
In the South Atlantic states there are
100, 900, 600 acres of land IN farms, of
which 100000 acres are cultivated
and 5S,00O,000 acres idle. Delaware
and Maryland have very little waste
land, but in Virginia there are 1000 900
acres less of improved than of unlm-
proved. In West Virginia the proper
tlOn is about the same. In North Car
DINA the unimproved property is double
the area of the improved. In South
Carolina of total area of $4,000, 900
acres 100000 are improved and $1,000.
600 unimproved. In Georgia of total
of 25,O00,0 900 acres, 100000 are I'M
proved and l5,5O0,000 unimproved A
similar proportion exists in Florida
In Illinois there are 30, 900, 600 acres of
farming lands, of which 1000 900 acres
are idle There is much larger pro-
portion of unimproved land in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Ala
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana than
there is in Texas, which will surprise
people. This indicates that imml.
grants should go east anG south instead
Of west as heretofore.
lllinoi stands at the head of the list
In the value of her farm property,
which amounts to $1,262. $40, 5S7. Ohio
comes second with valuation of ST.
050, 031, s3S; New York third with $685.
I27,2S6; Pennsylvania fourth with
S922, 240, 223, and Iowa fifth with $751;
5S0,O22. But when you come to fancy
farming and fine equipment in the way
Of implements and machinery New
York state leads the list, with Penn
sylvania second, Iowa third, Illinois
fourth, Ohio fifth, aud then Michigan,
Indiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Kansas
Minnesota. Nebraska. Idaho and Cal
ifornia, in order.
The farming lands in Illinois are
worth more than all the South Atlantic
states from Delaware to Florida and
all the Rocky Mountain and Pacific
coast states com bined. They are worth
nearly as much as all the Southern
central states com bined, including
Kentucky. Tennessee, Alabama. Mis-
slsslppl, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma
and Arkansas
The farmers of Illinois have more
money invested in farming implements
and machinery than all the Sonth At
lantic states and all the Rocky Mount
ain and Pacific coast states combined
In the value of farm products Illinois
stands first, Sls4,750,O13: New York
second, $l6l, 500, OO9; then Iowa, $780,
347, s44; OHIO, S133, 232, 49s, and Penp-
sylvapia, S121, 52S, 34S