The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-08-12
FARMERS IN HAWAII.
AVERAGES GENERALLY ARE
QUITE HIGH.
Bulletin From Census Bureau Showing
Farming Condition in All the States
And NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Farms.

And NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Farms.
WASHINGTON, d. c., July 22-The
Census Bureau today issued another
bulletin, showing farming conditions in
all the states and territories. There are
nearly six billion farms in the country,
as shown by the bulletin, which con-
tains the following:
In the last two decades the number
of farms in the United States increased
1,730, I5O or 43.2 per cent The number
operated by owners increased 729,O65,
or 24.4 per cent the number operated
by cash tenants 430, 563, or 1885 per
cent, and the number by share ten
ants, 571, 1872, or S1.3 per cent The rate
of gain in each group was much great
er in the last than in the first of the
two decades.
"Of the total number of farms S6.6
per cent were operated by white farm
ers, 69.5 per cent of whom owned the
farms they operated, and 307 per cent
operated farms owned by others. Col
Ored farmers operated 1874 per cent of
all farms, but only 27.1 per cent of
them owned the farms they operated.
The Indians were practically all own
ers, land having been allotted them by
the government, while the Chinese
generally operated market gardens as
cash tenants.
Though negro farmers operate 1870
per cent of the total number of farms,
they control but As per cent of the to-
tai farm acreage and but "a per cent
Of the total value of farm property.
They actually own only about 3 per
cent of the total number of farms, 2
per cent of the total area of farm
lands, and their farms constitute less
than l per cent of the total value of
farms.
"Of the 5,739,657 farms in the United
States June l, 1900 4,970 1873, or $3.50 per
cent, were operated by white. farmers
and 769,52S or 1874 per cent, by the
various races grouped under the gen.
eral designation of colored, including
negroes, Indians, Chinese, Japanese,
Hawaiians and South Sea Islanders,
and those descended from such races.
The average value of farm land is
greatest for Chinese farmers, as they
generally operate market gardens in or
near cities where land has a very high
market value They also have the
highest average value of implements
and machinery and of farm products,
the latter being due to the fact that
their farms are generally very lnten-
Sively cultivated truck farms near
good markets. A smaller share of their
products is fed to live stock than on
the farms of white farmers. White
farmers averages for Hawaiian farm
ers are generally quite high.
Exclusive of the Territory of Ha-
wall, the Indian reservations and the
rice producing states, except Texas
the number of irrigators in the United
States in 1899 was los, 218 an increase
of 54OS2, or 1913 per cent over the num-
Der reported in 1899 The number of
acres irrigated was 7,539,545 an in
crease during the ten years of 3,90S, 1874,
or 1915 per cent.
"Of the total irrigated area, 5,944, 412
acres were in crops, and the total value
of the products there form was $50, $780,,
49l. The total cost of construction of
the irrigation systems operated in 1899
was $67, no, 942.
THE value of all live stock on farms
and ranges, June l. 1900, was $3,O7S, O5O,
O4l, or $50 per cent of the total value
of farm property. The value of live
stock was 1874 per cent greater in 1900
than in 1890, and represented a Slight
| ly larger per cent of the total value of
| farm property. OF the value of live
stock in 1900, 31.5 per cent represents
the value of neat cattle other than
dairy COWS; 29.2 per cent, that of hor-
! ses 16.5 per cent that of dairy COWS;
! 10 per cent, that of swine; GA per cent,
! that of mules; 80 per cent, that of
! sheep; rs per cent, that of poultry,
| and O,6 per cent, that of all other live
stock.
There are 53,4O6 farms in the Unit
ed States, ranging in area from one
to over 1000 acres, which report no in
come. The values for all forms of
| property on these farms are remark
| ably high, which, when taken in con-
nectiOn with the fact that the greater
| part of them are operated by owners,
and that their average size is 1882
acres, make it evident that various
good reasons exist for the apparent
! lack of income. Thus, for example,
many of these farms in New England
have been partially abandoned, while
| throughout the western section of the
| country a great number are home
| steads, taken up too recently for Gull
| tivation, and in the fruit-growing
states, such as California, they are, for
a large part, farms containing young
| orchards.
Certain facts and conditions, how
ever as true for all parts of the coun-
| try, and these indicate that a consider
able number are highly improved coun-
try places, held for pleasure and not
for profit In the case of many tenant
operated farms the absence of any re-
ported income is due to the fact that
such farms are constantly changing
hands, and the farmers in charge, June
| l, 1900, were frequently unable to give
| definite information concerning the
| products of the preceding year. To
| this extent the reports fall short of
| giving a complete statement of farm
! income in 1899"