The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-22
FARM A |: ! STATISTICS
IN UNITED STATES.
Number Has Increased, but the
Average Size Decreased.
TEXAS LEADS IN ACREAGE e (!
illinois Holds the First Position5in Point
of Value Of Farm Lands-The Total
Value Of Farm Property for the
Country is S2o,5l4,OOl.838.
.(Br Associated Prass.l

(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Thei Census
Bureau to-day issued bulletin giving
the condition of agriculture in the United
States for the year 1901 1t shows that
there were al that time 5,75s,657 farms
in the entire country, which were valued
at s16,674, 694,2 7. Of this amount s3,o6o.-
1851 or over q pei. cent, represent me
value of the buildings md $13, liz, AZ o9o'
or over IS per cent. represent the Vaiue
Of lands and improvements other than
buildings. The value of farm implements
and machinery was S761, z5155o. and OF
live stock ss,G7s, O5o,o41.
These values, added to the value OF the
farms, give total value Of farm prop
erty amounting to sec, SD, OOl SSS.
The total value of farm products for
the year 1899 is given at 81, 1873, 1852. of
which amount s1,71S,9a0,221. was Tor ami
NAL products, including live stock, poul-
try and bee products.
The bulletin places the average size OF
farms in the United States at las acres.
and it is stated that 40 per cent. Of the
farm land is improved. The total acre
age for the entire country was S4l, 2Ol, o4b
SMALLER SIZE.
The number of farms in the United
States has increased in every decade TOR
the last fifty years, and so rapidly that
in 1900 there We're nearly four times as
many farms as in 1850, and % per cent
more than in 1890. The total acreage or
farm has also Increased, but up to 1881,
less rapidly than the number of farms,
thus involving a steady decrease in the
average size of farms. Since 1850, now
ever, the total acreage has increased
more rapidly than the, number OF farms,
so that the average size of farms mas IN
creased. The total area Of Improved
land has increased in every decade since
1850
A comparison by States indicates that
the most important States in the agr1-
culture of the country are, beginning at
the West: Missouri, Iowa. Illinois, lndl-
ana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
Together they contribute A per cent. OF
the total value of farm property and IS
per cent of the total value of farm pro-
ducts.
TEXAS LEADS.
Texas leads with the greatest number
of farms. 352,leo. and also with the high
est acreage, 125. so7. OF. But only a little.
over fifteen per cent Of the farm land IN
Texas was improved, and the value OF the
farm land in Texas was less than in
Pennsylvania. Ohio. New York. Missouri.
Iowa or. Illinois, being; 1852 ,2l3. go
Missouri ranks second in the number,
OF farms, having 2S4,sS6 Other States
having. more than 100000 farms are:
Alabama. 90, 22o; Georgia, 224,69l; Illinois,
2e.,151; Indiana. 221,s97; Iowa, 22S,622;
Kentucky. 1867; Michigan, 2o3,261; Mis-
sissippi. 22O, SO3; New York, -226720 North
Carolina. 224,637; Ohio, 27619; Pennsyl-
vania, 22i. 24S; Tennessee. 224 CPS.
Iowa leads the list in the percentage
of improved lands more than eishty-six.
per cent. OF the farm lands of that State
being improved Illinois follows. with
mere chan eighty-four per cent: Ohio
comes next, with seventy-eight per cent.
and is followed by Indiana, with more
thar seventy-seven per cent. Illinois &C.
cupies the first position in the matter of
the total value of farm lands. Other
State values are:
Tennessee, s341, 2o2, OPS; Texas, s962,476,-
273: Virginia, 1923 Sic, 917.
The live stock farm lands of the coun-
try are put down at value Of 1866. 2S4,-
2IS or more than thirty-six per cent. of
the whole; the hay and grain lands at
S6.3I95 4S,545, or thrty-one per cent. Of the
whole; dairy products. over eight per
cent: cotton, over five per cent There
are 512 coffee farms in the country, val
ued at S1,932, 915.