The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-09
RAPID INCREASE In
idaho FARM VALUES
Census Bulletin Shows {
Gain of 100 Per Cent,
WORTH NEARLY $70,000,00O
Number of Farm Owners Also Increas-
ing-CEirese Good Truck RaiseTs.
White Agriculturists Largely Out
nun her Colored-

The agricultural conditions of Idaho
were set forth today in bulletin issued
by the Census Bureau. According to
the bulletin the farms Of Idaho, June /.
1860. numbered 17.471. and were valued
at so. 1873. Of which amount S6.S31, S15,
or ISL per cent. represents the value
of buildings. and $35. 4S6. 368, Or S3.9 per
cent. the value OF land and improve
monts other than buildings. On the
same date the farm implements and
machinery was g, POS, O45, and Of live
stock. s21. 66z.g74. These values, added
to that Of farms, give a total Of $67,271.-
202.
Value of Products.
The total value of farm products for
1889 was. S1S.051 $50. of which amount
sS.7S4 .3G4. or 49, per cent, represents
the value of animal products, and So
267.26I. OF 51-3 per cent. the value of
crops. including forest products. Th=
total value of farm products for 1893 is
more than four and half times that re-
ported for 1859. A part Of this increase
is doubtless due to a more detailed
enumeration in 1900 than in 1890
Since 1870 the total value OF farm
propert-, has increased $50. 19S, 467, and
in the I.st decade S4L413,672, or 100. /
per cent. Of the latter amount, S2l,-
S6.6G3. or col per cent, represents the
Increase in value Of land and buildings
S14.4O4.4S4 or 34.S per cent. in that of
live stock. $2.122, So. or 81 per cent.
in that OF implements and machinery.
Since 1890 the values Of land and of i'm
pIements and machinery have each more
than doubled. and that Of live stock has
nearly trebled. while the value of farm
products is now almost five times Is
great as that reported ten years ago.
Average Size Of Farms.
The average size of farms in 1890 was
I1S3.4 acres for the State and ranged
from 1l9S acres in Ada county to
1855 acres on Owyhce. The average
value Of farms for the State is 81. 422.
and ranges from 1885 in Ada county
to S1.2I5 in Shoshone county. In Ada
county tho average value of farm land.
including buildings, is S36. 40 per acre,
while the average for the State is only
1920.
Owning Class Gains.
The number Of farms operated by
owners has increased rapidly since 1880
the number in 1900 being nearly nine
times that reported twenty years be-
fore and over two and a half times that
reported in 1896
The tenant class, although operating
only a small percentage Of the farms OF
] the State, shows larger relative gains
than owners About two-thiTds Of this
class in 1900 were share tenants, who
/ for the period from 1880 TO 1880 show
the largest percentage Of gain.
Few ColoTed Farmers.
Of the farms Of the State, 96.6 per
cent are operated by white farmers, and
"a per cent BY colored farmers. About
uine-tenths Of the white farmers oap
all OF q part Of the farms they operate.
Most Of the coIored farmers are Indians
Of whom the majority are owners. Two
tE LEAe AAtAAA- +AAAA4ESS : - - -AS~A-S ea-4-
the rest are cash tenants. Seven of the
nine negroes are owners.
The average values per farm Of tho
various forms of farm property. with
the exception OF the implements and
machinery of Indians and the land and
improvements Of Chinese, are lower for
farms OF cHlnred farmers than for those
Of white farmers
Chinese as CultivatoTs.
Nearly all OF the farms operated by
Chinese are very intensively cultivat-
/ ed vegetable farms, located in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the largest markets
This accounts for the very high value
Of their land and for the high average
and percentage Of gross income derived
BY them AS previously stated. only
two Of the twenty-three Chinese farm
| ers own the land they cultivate
Although the Indians possess much
larger and better stocked farms than
the Chinese, their average gross income
IN 1899 was less than $50 per acre
while that for the farms OF Chinese ex-
ceeded $50. For white farmers the aver
age was s+.e6 per acre
Live Stock RaiseTs.
The farms conducted by managers
have larger average areas and higher
average values Of property and products
han the farms OF any other group by
tenure. The many large cattle ranches
/ included in this group represent greater
! investments and their operation re-
quires more capital than the average
farmer can command. Men wealthy
enough 70 own such farms rarely Gp-
crate them in person
Result of Irrigation.
The total number Of acres Of irrigat-
/ ed crops as given above is SOS. 1913. while
the total number Of acres of land irri-
gated is sos, rs. The difference OF 100,
535 acres represents approximately the
acreage of pasture land irrigated and
the area Of land summer faIlowed. II
is probable that a portion Of the area
upon which crops were reported as
grown without irrigation was really ir-
rfEated at some time during the year
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