The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-07-24
CENSUS BUREAU REPORT


tseMs Il laAsssA rshM &sm ~ espsse q
tAs ASv;cslesrsa S4stis@.u q Nalss ~.
tishca h Csasm ossasa>M.
Idaho has total land snrface cf So.
S4s,boo acres OF which 3 aoa .oos acre&, ~.
SO per cent. are included IN farms.
In the census Of 1870 only As4 fArWm
were reported in the newly sestled Ter
ritory of Idaho The number 10 iacreaa-
ing rapidly IN cach ssocceediag decaae.
In 1900 there were l7.47l far.as. or nearly
three times as many as were reported in
1890.
Since 1870 the total value cf taxm prop
erty has increased 16s, lsS. 500, and IN
the last decade $Al,s.s,e7a. o. 1901 per-
cent.
The average value Of faxma ecs the
state is $a4aa and ranges from 4sy6s IN Ada
county to fIais in Shoshone county. In
Ada county the average value Of tfarm
land, including buildings is &y6.&o per
acre, while the average for the state il
only fIs.ao.
Nea Perce and I.atah counties are the
leading agricultural counties Of the state.
Nez Perez county has the largess numbes
of farms, al44 with total OF 1oo,Slo
acres. Latah with smaller number of
farms aud with fewer acres Improved
oa,ranks Nea Perce in both value cf
lands and value ot buildings. Nea Perce
couuty's farms are valued At t4,o97 $50
while those Of l~atah are valued at -.
e@o,s7o. Nes Perce in value Of livestock
ou,ranks l.atah bv over $soo.too.
The total value Of all live stock on
Idaho farms June 1, 1900 was $al .os7.s74.
Of this amount sS.s per cent. representa-
the value Of sheep; sos per cent. that Of
meat cattle. 1870 per cent. that Of horses;
So per cent. that Of dairy cows and ~
per cent. that Of all other live stock.
The value Of the annual products Of
the state in 1899 was -. .7S4 .S6& OF AS.7
per cent. Of the value Of all farm products,
Of this amount ts,ooo,4s4 represents the
value Of animals sold.
There are I7,47t farmers In Idaho and
1855 OF these derive their principal in.
come from dairy produce. In 1899 the
total value Of the dairy product was
$r,a4s,l97.
Only four counties in the state re.
ported fax and gig sper cent. of the
acreage is in Nes Pcrcc county.
l n
cent. Of all fruit trees in the state are sp.
pie trees, and $40 per cent. plum and
prune trees. Peach trees constitute bu,
"A per cent.
The fve counties in the southeastern
corner Of the state. Fremont, Bannock
Oneida, Bingham aud Bear Lake, re
ported more than one. third of the tota
value Of livestock.
Idaho is one-third larger than tn,
whole OF New England aud has only
about two inhabitants to the square mile
| The non.irrigated counties Of idaho
including Latah. Nex Perce. Idaho, Sho
shone and Koo.enai, reported sa.S pc
cent. Of the cereal acreage Of the state il
1899 and soy per cent Of the total pro
duction.
The great Camas prairie VI ldah'
county, the high plateaus Of Nez Perez
and the rolling hills Of Latah prosiuc
over one half the cereals raised In th
state, and yield better crops Of rye
barley. oats aud potstoes than are growl
in the southern irrigated counties.
Within the ten years from 1890 to 1870
the investments in irrigation canals an,
bitches increased from 81 ,o29 .otss to a,
I6S,2s or 3o5 per cent. There are Il
the state 1874 canals and bitches, with
total length Of Ao77 miles and cost q
fs,II6.2 277, irriga,ing I.osoS24 acres q
land
|