The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1902-07-23
FARMING STATISTICS
The Ceusus Bureau Gives the NUM-
Der, Value aud Production.
RUNS INTO MILLIONS
Texas Leads In Number, Iowa In Im-
prevement and Illinois In Yalne.
Increase in Last Ten Years
Was Twenty Per CeRt.

Washington. July 22--The census
bureau has issued a bulletin giving the
condition OF agriculture In the United
States for 1900. 1t shows there was at
that time 5.7S9, 657 farms In the entire
country, which were valued at $l6.-
s74,694, PAT. OF this amount $3.50.
1876. 191. or over q per cent, represent
ed the value of buildings and $l4-l14,-
500. 01s. or over II per cent, represent
cd the value OF lands and improve
ments other than the buildings.
The value of farm implements and
machinery was 1851 .Z61 $50, and Of
live stock s3.07s, 050041. Those values.
added to the value OF the farms. give
O total value of farm property amount
ing to ,514.o01s3s.
The total value Of farm products for
the year 1899 is given at s4739 49,
752. OF which amount Sits. $50 .22I
was for animal products. including live
stock, poultry and bee products.
The bulletin places the average size
of farms in the United States at 146
acres. and it is stated that 10 per cent
of the farm land Is improved. The to-
tai acreage for the entire country was
s41,201 SAG.
The number OF farms In the United
States have increased in every decade
for the last fifty years and SO rapidly
that in 1900 there were nearly four
times as many farms as In 1850 and IS
per cent more than in 1890. The total
acreage Of farm land has also In
creased but up to 1880 less rapidly
than the number of arms, thus inyolv-
ing a steady decrease in the average
size of farms. Since 1880, however.
the total acreage has increased more
rapidly than the number OF farms, SO
that the average size of farms has in
creased. The total area Of improved
land has increased In every decade
since 1850.
comparison by states indicates
that the most important states in the
agriculture of the country. are begin
ming mt the west, Missouri. Iowa, iii
nols. indiana. Ohio. Pennsylvania and
New York. Together they contribute
a. per cent of the total value Of farm
property and SO per cent Of the total
value of farm products.
Texas leads with the greatest num-
Der of farms, 352 1870. and also with
the highest average. l25s07 .l07. But
only a little over 10 per cent of the
IL, 4rxNv a nd
the value OF the farm land in Texas
~was less than in Pennsylvania, Ohio.
New York, Missouri, Iowa or Illinois.
being 1885,. 4T6 ,273. Missouri ranks sec
ond in the number OF farms. having
2s4SS6 other states having more than
200 900 farms are. Alabama. 223, go;
Georgia 224 sol: Illinois, 264. Isl; In
diana, 221 .S97; Iowa. 223s22; Ken
lucky 23I .667: Michigan. 203. 261: Mis-
sissippi. 200 sos; New York. 226, 100.
North Carolina. 224, 637; Ohio, 276, 7l9;
Pennsylvania. 224.24s; Tennessee, ga
623
Iowa leads the list in the percent
age of improved lands, more than SO
per cent of the farm lands OF that
state being improved. Illinois follows
with more than 81 per cent. Ohio
comes next Win 40 pGf cent anu Iva
loewd by Indiana with more than n
per cent.
Illinois occupies the first position in
the matter of the total value Of farm
lands, the figures for that state being
$20p4 3lG,SSi, Among other state
values are Kentucky, S4T1.045 ,S56,
Tennessee. s341 ,202 OPS; Texas. 1852
476. 273. and Virginia. 1923 SIS. 977.
The live stock farm lands of the
country are put down at a value OF
s7.505. 2S4 ,273. or more than SO per cent
CT the whole.
The hay and grain lands at s6,379,-
54S.5 43, or 81 per cent of the whole:
dairy products over per cent; cotton
over per cent.
There are 512 coffee farms in the
country, valued at 81 ,932 .915.
A comparison of the number OF irri-
gators and of the number OF acres irri-
gated at the beginning and end of the
decade of 1SS9-1S99 shows that these
have approximately doubled. The num-
Der OF irrigators in the arid states and
territories increased from 52584 to
102 ,Sl9, or IS per cent. and the number
of acres irrigated increased from
s.564,4i5 to 7.263.273, or l03 per cent.