Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-09-27
FARM STATISTICS.
Lend Ownership and Debt in Kan
sas and Arkansas.
RECENT CENSUS OFFICE BULLETINS.
Over TwO-Thirds of the Farmers in Kansas
Own Their Farms-Troops to Be
Massed Near Railway
Centers.

WAsH1NGrGN, Sept. 25. = Bulletins
have been issued from the census Office
showing land ownership and debt in
the states of Kansas and Arkansas.
The figures for Kansas are more in
teresting than any others, because it
has been pointed out as the state
where the debts and mortgages are
more burdensome than all others.
The bulletins show that of
the farms in Kansas BLOB
per cent. are hired and 6S.97 per
cent. are owned by persons cpltivating
them. Of the farms 55.5 per cent. are
incumbered by mortgages. The mort
cages on farms amount to $73, IT'S, 2S3,
which is 90 per cent. of their value.
This debt bears an average rate of in
terest of 8. Is per cent; the average an
nua1 interest charge to each family
owning an incumbered farm being $92.
Each Of the incum bered farms are
worth on the average of 1920, and
subject to a debt of 81, 126.
Corresponding facts for homes are
that 40. So per cent. of home families
hire and SO. 15 per cent. own their
homes; that of homecoming families
60 81 per cent. own free of incumb rance
11hu o. 10 per C0nU. W1Un
In 100 home families, on an average SO
hire their homes, 90 own with incum-
brance and so without incumb rance.
The debt on owned homes aggregates
$40, $50, 951, or 1926 per cent. of their
value, and bears interest at an average
rate of 8.43 per cent, so that the an
averages 500 The average debt of
homo ha G
an average value of 81 ,2O2.
In the cities in the state in the class
of those having a population of 5000
to 100000 5S.42 per cent. of home fami-
lies hire and 41.5S per cent own their
homes and of homecoming families
1927 per cent. own without incum-
brance and 56.73 per cent. own free of
incum brance. In 100 home families on
the average are found So that hire
their homes, Is that own with in
cumbrance and "a that own with
out incumbrance. Liens on owned
homes are 36.6S per cent. of value
of those subject to lien. Several aver
ages show that the rate of interest is
500 per cent; the value of each owned
and incum bered home is So, 061; lien on
same, 81, 1928. and yearly interest charge
on each home, 800. Real estate pur-
chase and improvements, when not as
sociated with other objects, caused 7.O2
per cent. of farm families to incur 80. Oh
per cent. of farm debt and rs. 81 per
cent. of home families to incur 53.06
per cent. OF home debt.
The aggregate number of families in
the State is 297, 1853 of whom I'll, 143 oc-
cupy farms, 49, 1928 own homes or
farms, of which number 90,271 are in
numbered; of the 1928 families out
side the farms 63,297 own homes and
80, 500 of them are unincumbered. Fam
lilies renting homes number g., 916,
renting farms, 50, ia.
In Arkansas So. "a per cent. of the farms
are owned and 95 80 per cent. are owned
free of incum brance. On the owned
farms there are membranes amount
ing to So O32, 345, which is A. 80 per cent.
of their value. The average interes
charge is 8. 35 per cent. Of the homes,
3.S5 per cent are owned and of them
94.15 per cent. are free of incumbrance.
CONCENTRATING THE ARMY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The concen-
tration of regular army forces near
great railway centers for the purpose
of maintaining respect of all classes
for the laws of the United States, which
first of October, is clearly shown in the
distribution and arrangement of the
department of the east, which includes
the country east of Michigan
Indiana, Missouri and Texas. While
over tvvo-thirds of the entire strength
of the army will continue at stations
west of this line, more than 1000 regu
lars will be under marching order:
from headquarters on Governors
Island. New York, when Gen. Mile:
succeeds Gen. Howard in November
The center of this strength viii
be near New York city, but the
force along the Canadian border
will be considerably augmented ant
the secondary centers of Washington
Cincinnati and Atlanta will be within
easy reach of any external menace o.
domestic disturbance.