Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-07
FARMLANDS INCREASE
BULLETINS ISSUED BY THE CEN
SUS BUREAU.
Growth in Production in Tennessee,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, Washington
and Texas-Gratifying Exhibit.

ana IeNaS were issued today from the
| census bureau. The chief figures of each
bulletin follow:
The farms of Tennessee. June /. 1900.
numbered pa COB, and were valued at $500,
150.750. OF this amount S63 10000. or
23.S per cent. represents the value Of build
ings, and 500 013. 40. or 1872 per cent. the
value of the land and improvements other
than buildings On the same date the value
of farm implements and machinery was
S15.2S2 $40. and live stock. SEQ. SIS, Cos. These
values added to that of farms, give S341,
2o2.o25, the total value of farm property.
The total value of farm products for
1899 was S1of, 166,44o, Of which amount
$50. 421 1875, or 33.4 per sent, represents
| the value Of animal products, and S1o,7i5-
242, or 66.6 per cent, the value of crops,
including forest products cut or produced
on farms. The total value Of farm products
for 1899 is approximately twice that for
1889, but a part of this increase is doubt
| less due to more detailed enumeration in
1900 than in 1890
1.-The total land area of Tennessee is
41.tD square niles, or 2i.I2o.oO0 acres, of
which 2o:ii2 OBS acres. or '6l per cent are
included in farms.
1.-The increase in the total value of farm
property since 1890 was S2S.310.315. OF 9
per cent The increase in the value Cf land
Improvements, and buildings So. $50
30 or 9.3 per cent: i'm that Of implements
and machinery. SJ.2l5. 30. or 533 per cent:
and in that of live stock. S.i64 30. or 90
per cent. The value Of farm products in
1899 was 924 per cent greater than the
value reported for 1852.
IAN counties report an increase in the
number of farms in the last decade. and
nearly twO-thirdS of the counties report an
increase in total farm area. The decrease
reported in improved acreage for some OF
the counties is due To a more intensive cul-
tivation of the soil and to the use of a
more strict definition of the term improved
land, by the twelfth than 10y any preceding
census. The average size Of farms varies
in different sections. being as acres in
Shelby county and 1S2 acres i'm Font ress
county. As rule, the counties reporting
large acreage il cotton contain the small
est farms.
"Of the farms Of the state $40 per cent
are operated by white farmers. and Isl
per cent by colorod farmers. OF the white
farmers, GA per cent own all or part of
the farms they operate, and $50 per cent
operate farms owned by others. For col
ored farmers the corresponding percentages
are 27.S and I'D. OF the colored farmers,
- are Indians and remainder negroes. The
Indians own of their farms and rent
of them as share tenants
Farms of louisiana
The farms of Louisiana, June /, 1900,
numbered 1880, and were valued at Sl41,-
13o,6lo, Of which amount sS3, 4OO, 600, or 23.7
per cent, represents the value of build
ings, and slO7, 1870 30, or 1853 per cent, the
value Of the land and improvements other
than buildings. On the same date the
value of farm implements and machinery
was S2S, $40, I90, and of live stock SOS, 500 500.
These values added to that of farms give
Sl9S ,a36,U6, the total value of farm prop
erty.
THE total value of farm products 1899
was So, 300, of which amount $10O12-
159 or 1873 per cent, represents the value
of animal products and So, 654 543 or So
per cent, the value of crops, including for
est products cut or produced on farms.
The total value Of farm products for 1899
exceeds that for 1889 by SlS,323 ,3l9 or 3}.1
per cent.
:Louisiana has total land area of A.
400 square miles. 29.06s, 800 acres, of
which II .o59. 121 acres, or IS per cent are
included in farms.
In the last ten years the total value of
farm property has increased SIS. 0S9, gDl or
I9s per cent In the same time the value
of land. improvements and buildings in
creased S55. 149 $40. 65.3 per cent: that
of live stock. s10,971,126, or 61.3 per cent
and nearly four times great values for
implements and machinery were reported in
1900 as in 1880 The value of farm products
for 1899 exceeds that for 1889 by slS3o3-
$40, or 81 per cent
I'm 1900 1913 per cent of the farms were
operated by white farmers and 500 per cent
by colored farmers. OF the white farmers
&C., per cent owned all or part of the farms
they operated and 33S per cent operated
farms owned by others. The correspond
ing percentages for colored farmers are 16.1
and $50.
I'm 1890 61.S per cent of all tenants were
share tenants and in 1900 81 per cent
of the 3,421 I51 acres of land under Gull
tivation in 1899 277.a03. or 81 per cent, We're
used for growing cane for the production of
sugar, molasses and syrup. OF this acre
age 276.966, or over 99.7 per cent. We're de-
voted to cane. which. because 1t was intro
duced from the West Indies. is often called
the West India cane, but is more often
designated ribbon cane, from its appear
ance. The remaining 931 acres, 03 per cent
were used for growing sorghum cane, some
times, though improperly. spoken of as Chi
nese sugar cane, by reason of its introduce
ton from China.
Agriculture of Oklahoma.
THE farms of Oklahoma June 1, 1900
numbered 62495 and were valued at s123.-
al 235 OF this amount s13, 731 $50 or Ill
per cent. represents the value of buildings
and $40 209, $50, or $50 per cent, the value
of land and improvements other than build
ings. On the same date the value of farm
implements and machinery Sc, 573.O15
and of live stock S54 $40 56S These values,
added to that of farms, give $685. SIS,
the total value of farm property.
THE total value Of farm products for
1890 was $45, Al. IA, of which amount SIS
5S2. 351 or 400 per cent, represents the
value of animal products and SIG, S65, 1893.
SOL per cent. the value of crops, including
The total value for 1899 exceeds that re-
ported for 1889 by 1907 1863, or more than
100 times.
oklahoma has total land area of IS, $50
square miles, or "a S51 200 acres of which
15,719,25S acres, or 1913 per cent, are in
cluded in farms.
Many of the counties show more than a
threefold increase over the total farm val
ues reported ten years before. For the ter
ritory the average value of farms in 1900
was 81 1888, more than double that reported
in 1890. A large gain in the value of i'm
plements and machinery was reported for
all counties. The value of live stock also
shows a general increase. the average value
per farm being more than twice great as
In 1890.
Washington Farms.
1.-The farms of Washington, June l, 1900,
numbered SO, 202, and were valued at S115,-
900, 10. OF this amount SIG 800 200, or IA
per cent, represents the value Of buildings.
and 500, 31O,51O, or $50 per cent, the value
of the land and improvements other than
buildings. On the same date the value OF
farm implements and machinery was So
271 $50, and of live stock. So 159, 2O7. These
values. added to that Of farms, give $144,-