The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-08-07

Washington, July 10. Miss"urfs
agricultural development In the ten
YEAR, between 1895 and 1900 Was Ut
tie short uf marvellous. according 90
a special Missouri bulletin Issued by
the census bureau to-day. This bullc-
tin shows that the Total value of
farm products for 1899 was S2io'2'd,-
| go. an increase Of 0o.s per cent. over
1883. So great II the per cent. Of in
crease that the census bulletin offers
in explanation "a part Of this gain
is doubtless due to more detailed
enumeration In 1900 than In 1890"
But even accepting that explanation
and making lihcra! allowance for It,
MisSoaris gain for the decade was
greater than that of ony Of the old
cT states ia the Union.
The record Of rapid Development
aud increase In wealth is shown Ia
every department Of the agricultural
{ industry. There were 2Sa,s farms
reported on June {, 1900. gain uf 90
per cent. over 1890. with a gain nf 10
per cent. In acreage. The total value
Of farm property in Missouri In 1900,
/ including improvements and machin-
cry, was Sl.0JJ, ,i2l .s92, an increase oi
I 3i,I per cent, iu ten years, and an in
crease Of 10 per cent. since lssO.
There are buildings and improve
mrnts on e75.G34 Of the 2s4.ss6 farms
81 the state. The farms contain 49,
gg7 $40 acres ~ improved land and
- ,9OO033 unimproved. The lands are
valued at ss95, 5,17O.722; the buildings
At st4s, sos. 400: implements and ma
chincry at S1s. SOC $50, and the live
stock at SIGO. $4,000. The gross in.
come of Miasouri's farms for 1863,
not counting products fed to live
stock, was St6i,344,liO. During the
year the Missouri farmers paid So
sn5,6l0 for labor and Ss7O,6J0 for fer.
tilizcrs, The report shows that the
value 81 farms has increased In every
county IN the state, the average value
Of the Missouri farm In 1900 being 81
POI.
~ the farmers ~ the state gs.3 per
cent. are white aud IL colnrcd OF the
white farmers 6o.l per cent. own all
or part Uf the farms they operate;
800 per cent. operate farms owned
by others. For colorcd farmers the
corresponding percentages are 53.7
and 1913. The number Of cash tenants
exceed that uf share tenants in
number of counties where the farms
are morr extensively cultivated and
more valuable than elsewhere. They
urr chiefly situated near the principal
cities, and are generally north ~ the
Missouri river. The wealth produced
by Missouri farms In 1890 was drawn
from the following sources: Hay and
grain, $3.50 o,269, sos; live stock, s6iS,.
'2o,3Gs; dairy products, $4,000 COS;
vegetables, $iG.254.lss: fruit, SAt2i..
962i cotton. s. .004. 100; flowers aud
plouts. Sl,0ss. .f3d: nursery products.
SN's,lt0; tobacco, s59G.IsO; sugar
Slv'a75; miscellaneous, $40. .i4l;
total, sl,0J3, ,l2i.sg7.
In dairy products the hen beat the
COW by a good margin, the sales of
eggs and poultry aggrrgating St7,sto..
Or, as agnins, Si50I2, ,iGO for milk
butter and cheese.
The value Of animals sold and ami.
mails slaughtered on farms for The
year lSpo was S63, ,7Sa .css, or lp.5 pcr
cent. Of the gross farm income. Atch.
iSon county IL first In amount of
sales, reporting si,4O7,S3s received by
1910 farmers from the sale Of livs
animals, and seven other counties of
The state report sales amounting &C
more than a million dollars each.
The states production of the lead.
ing cereals for 1899 was as follows:
Corn, 2Os.sif,sTo bushels. valued AZ
$6l246,3o5; wheat, 23.O72. .76s bushels
valued at si3,s200i2; oats, s2O,5i5,3 ,3sC
bushels, valued at S4.G69,Is5
~ the farmers of the state iI0.6aS
or 81 per cent, report orchard frulis
In 1900. since 1890 there has been a
large general increase throughout the
state in the number OF fruit trees. An.
pie trees increased i45.s per cent.
peach trees 1879 per cent, apricot
irees 15s per cent, aud cherry trres
7s4 per cent There are more tins
six times the number Of pear trees re
ported In 1890, and nearly Ave fiulcs
as many plum and prune trees. Tho
largest gains in the number Of appls
and peach trees have been In ths
southern part Of the state. OF al
fruit trees In 1900, T5.2 per cent. were
apple trees, III per cent. peach trees
s-s PR cent. plum and prune trces, Ell
per cent. pear trees. 2.5 per cent. cher.
rs trees, . per cent. apricot and un
classified fruit trees.
In 1899. 1891 farmers devoted or
AREA Of 1855 acres to the production
OF cotton, an average Of n.7 acres pei
farm. From this land was ottainet
ls'ssS-aa4 pounds Of cotton, M aver
age Of 2,7s3 pounds per farm and as.
ponnda per acFe. The total value o.
this crop. including the value of the
cotton seed, was sgos,sss, an average
Of siss.f6 per farm, and gia.s3 prt
acre. The counties which devoted ihs
largest area 20 Gotten ar DunkIin
feniiscot, sfoeldard, New Madrid ant
Ozark, ranking in she order named
and reporting oi.2 per cens. Of ths
fotai acreage
The total expenditure for labor os
farass In 1902 was ss,so3. $40. mn av
--sev Of So per farm. The average
expenditure was sfs7 for nurseries
fss4 for floristB' establishments, SIX
for fsisi farna, ssa for vegesal,is
farms, 50 for dairy farms, aes 10,
live stock farms. s3i for hay and
grain farms. ses for cotton FARMS. g2s
fer tobacco farms. and SIz for sugar
farms.
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Audrg~ Carnegie has presented the
late Lord Actions assrsry TO ri. Hon
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