The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-08-13
m SOUTH CAROLINA.

Interesting Facts From a Census
Bulletin as TO Progress in
this STATE.
The census bulletins on agriculture
ii South Carolina is full Of interest,"
ing facts. The figures are persented IN
Eos5 entertaining and succient man
ner.
The bulletin shows that the farms
OF South Carolina, June 1900, num-
breed 1856 and were valued at
Sl26, ISL, $50. OF this amount s26, 800, :
$40. or g per cent represents the
value Of buildings and 500, 300, $50, or
1877 Der cent, the value of land and
improvements other than buildings.
s0n the same date the value of farm
supplements and machinery was So
SS2o, TO, and Of live stock $50, 1885, sS59.
These values, added to that OF farms,
give Sl53. 59l, 159, the 8 total value OF
farm properly.
The products derived from domestic
animals, poultry and bees, including
animals sold and animals slaughtered
On farms, together with the value OF
ali CROPS. for 1899, was S68, 266. 9l2. OF
which amount So, SIG, 499, or l3.7 per
cent. represents the value OF animal
urodncss and S5s, $50, 4I3 or 86.3 per
cent, the Falue of the crops, intending
forest products cut or produced on
farms. The total value of farm pro-,
5ucts for 1899 exceeds that for 1889 by
Sl6, ,92s. 927, or 80 per cent.
The gross farm income IS OBTAIN.
Sd deducting from the total value
os farm products the value OF the pro-
ducts fed TO live stock on the farms OF.
she producers. In 1899 the reported
yalue OF products fed was 50, 736. $40,
Issrfng SO. 53o,623 as the gross farm
income. The ratio which this amount
bears TO the e total value Of farm prep
sersyss is referred TO In this bulletin as
The percentage of gross income upon
investment. y For South Carolina, IN
1899, Il was 40.T per cent.
The bulletin contains quite q NUM-
ber of tables and conclusions based
mon the figures. Among the notes
made:
The number Of farms reported IN
1900 was over fEe times as many as IN
1850 and 50. per cent. greater than IN
1896 The total farm area, as shown
III the above table, decreased over
so,r million acres III the two decades
1850 TO 1870, and during the following
thirty years there was an increase OF
brt I55 per cent. Except for the
civil war decade, the area and percent.
- - ;,,,r,rorsd farn, lard increased
-, +.a s,slf cenfnry The
;-o-a.se =, t,a farms
.sS ia vsry sIigbs increase IN the
Ss.ssl s,-1s So scraage involved decrease in
.fhe average size of farms, which, to-
uass,ere with The increase in per cent Of
ss-.,, .sy5 .;;n,nrovad indicates a pro-
=. -. =, ,,e ss,.,,, hoIS;,,os and
asss9s 3 - tia sr;5
so.al aooo .,-r e, 49, - e-n,s b.e
.,soss josS g s.:a -, csnf The n1n,bsr
sss.ssss1 = -. eyayafad tad owners Gained
"a 9 -,az. a., oe5 =. ~ cash tenants. 1886
- - =. 80 ~ ~ t,.,.n SSs-a fanants 10 q
- ~. ,,' s1s sa sreatar 1,a ffe IN.
,,.,.,1 --e1 IN The last decade.
: ~ ner
:. ses;. :; ,,u,,,e, of farTs ner cent
s, ~ = rms - 8 o5erated by owners. per
s,.s,a essh re,aans farms and per
..,,,t ,.s,,t :, = shore tananf farms The rer-
,sssr,tagel n Tabie. shows that the
ss..sss +a anfs ;ncreasad more
- F. oTersted nv
:. ssss- s1-ss-, -
) 1000 ~ & 80 .an4saf +ba fa-nos IN
49,. White
80 X ~ 1.s l.sn+ Nv oolorad
-. sa.tl 4laa she sd ut,ifs farmers
-, .1ae.s. =. ~ fbe
E,ss, n,,e,.as and an 40 nereenE onerate
.,s,ss Inv others For the col
- ss.s.3s5 r,,,s @,s co-resnond;no Tercenf-
3s.sesssa.s55 80 ssa55 sAe 50 5lstse TTse p4
% = 81 asoa "a 81 s,s asr caSt all sena nfs
~ 81 - ~. tayssnf md iin7eM 40
ta reIatige n1n,ber N | IF
-an+, s.I, : FOR share Of
,s.A, s,ss = 90 detarn,ined 1aroeiv by
s,. 80 = 35e - fsrraars and tbe I;nSs
80 - s..s s.-ts.