The evening times., 1902-07-10
SOUTH CAROLINA AND
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMS
Palmetto Land and Buildings
Valued at 1926, 761,53O.
NUMBER IN 1900 WAS 155,530
Implements Valued at s6,5oo,o ,ooo-Live
Stock s2o,aoo, o,ooo-South Dakota
Land and Buildings S2ao,ooo,Ooo-Im-
P!eneats 2Ia,ooo,ooo.

The Census once has issued bulletins
giving the statistics Of agriculture for
! the States Of South Carolina and South
Dakota.
The farms Of South Carolina. June !.
1900. numbered 155.355. and we're valued
at SIz5, ,751,530. OF this amount. $26, 300
$40, or 21.3 per cent, represents the
value CT buildings and $eg. SOS, see. or
7S.7 per cent, the value OF land and i'm
provements other than buildings. On
the same date the value Of farm imnIe-
ments and machinery was $G,g29.770, and
OF live stock, S20,Igg,S59. These values.
added 10 that Of farms. give S158.5a1.-
159. the "toga! value Of farm property
animal Products.
The products derived from domestic
animals. poultry. and bees. including
animals sold and animals slaughtered on
farms. are referred TO in this bulletin
as animal products" The total value
Of such products. together with the
value Of all crops, is termed total value
Of farm -rcducts-" This value for 1899
was SOS, ,256,sl2, OF which amount $685.
499- CT 15-I per cent, represents the
value CT animal products; end S5s. .S90.-
40. Or S6-3 per cent, the value OF crops.
including forest products cut or pro-
duced On farms. The total value Of
farm products for 1889 exceeds that for
1889 by $l5,S2S,G2I, or 33.0 per cent
Farm Income IN South Carolina.
The gross farm income" is obtained
By deductlng from the total value Of
farm products the value Of the products
fed 20 live stock on the farms of the
prod-aeers- IN 1899 the reported value
Of products fed was S5.735.55O, leaving
$50, ,530, ,562 as the gross farm income. The
ratio which this amount bears to the
total value or farm property" is re-
ierred 70 in this bulletin as the per
centage Of gross income upon invest
nent." For South Carolina, in 1899. 1t
was z0.7 per cent.
The farms OF South Dakota, June /,
1890. numbered . .622, and were valued
Al 1920, 49,, ,1g0- OF this amount $30. .s2e.-
200, Or I4.0 per cent. represents the
7alue Of buildings, and SIS9. .z06, $50. or /
90 per cent, the value OF land and i'm
1rovements other than buildings. On /
he same date the value of farm impIe- /
neats and machinery was $12,2Is, $50, /
md OF live stock, S65, 3.432.
Total Value in South Dakota.
These values. added 70 that of farms.
ives $297,525, ,302, the total value OF
arm property The total value OF farm
roducts Tor 1899 was S65, ,0S2. .419. Of
which amount $21, sos, ,S04, or 23-2 per
ent, represents the value Of animal PRO-
ucts. and S4@,175,6l5, or G6.8 per cent.
be value Of crops. including forest pro-
ucts cut OF produced on farms.
The total value Of farm products for
500 Is nearly three times as great as
hat Of 1883, q part OF the gain being
lie TO d more detailed enumeration fer
SSJ than for the previous census year.
he most important OF the items
numerated in The Twelfth Census. but
nitted IN former census reports, is the
aIue OF animals sold and animals
laughtered on farms, which for 1895
TO 81, ,254 $50, or nearly one
l!rd OF the gain.
The gross farm income" is obtained
= deducting from the total value Of z
'rm products" the value OF the pro- :
lcts led TO live stock on the farms OF i,
lee producers. IN 1899 the reported
2Iue CT products fed was SI3 ar 22G l
.aying $52, T05.I99 as TIE gross farm IA, Z
ome- The ratio which this latter I
mount bears TO the total valre Of .
-Fm property is referred 10 as tho
percentage OF gross income upon in q
5stment. Fer South Dakota IN 1870
was III per cent r