The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-12-23
900 in 1900, gain of 22,144, 900, or

was 27,623,000 acres, as compared
with 26,24S.OOO in 1900, an increase
of 1,S75.O00 acres. or 5 per cent.
The improved acreage was return
ed in 1910 as amounting to 1868, 900
acres, as against 18,443.O00 in 1900,
an increase of 1,166,000 acres, or 6
per cent.
The improved acreage formed II
per cent of the total acreage in 1910,
compared with 20 per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm re-
ported in 1910 was 1T, as against
10 in 1900, gain of Z acres. or
per cent.
Average value Per Acre.
The average value per acre Of
farm land and buildings in 1910 is
stated as SAG, as against $26 in 1900,
a rise of $40, or II per cent.
The average value per acre of
farm land alone in 1910 was reported
as $37, while in 1900 it was $21, the
amount of gain being SIC, or rs per
cent
OF the whole number, 155,759, Of
farms reported in 1910 there were
l55,479 operated by white farmers
and $50 by colored farmers, as COM
pared with total of 154,659 in 1900,
of which 154,2S7 were conducted by
white farmers and 372 by colored.
The increase in the number of
farms of white farmers during the
decade amounted to 1892, or 0.8 per
cent.
The decrease in the number of
farms of colored farmers was 90, or
25 per cent.
Operated BY Owners.
The total number of farms op-
Grated in 1910 by owners, part own
ers, and owners and tenants, COM
prising the "all owners" class, was
l21 ,S02, as compared with 126,S09 in
1900, decrease of 5,007. or per
cent.
The total number conducted in
1910 by cash tenants. share tenants,
and cash and share tenants, com.
prising the 'all tenants" class, was
32,74S, as against 26,755 in 1900, an
increase of 1898, or % per cent
The total number of farms op-
Grated by managers in 1910 was
1909, as compared with 1895 in
1900. an increase of ia. or 10 per
cent.
The total number of farms op-
Grated by the ''all owners" class con-
stitute rs per cent of the whole
number of farms in 1910 and 81 per
cent in 1900; those operated by the
"all tenants" class, Il per cent in
1910 and II per cent in 1900; and
those operated by managers, O.S per
cent in 1910 and OF per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 121,S02, of
the farms operated in 1910 by the
"all owners" class, there were 65,-
744, or "a per cent, owned free of
incumbrance and 56,O5S, or As per
cent. mOrtgaged.
The census bureau has no infOr-
nation respecting the number of
mortgaged farms leased to tenants
nor figures for 1900 available for
comparison with the 1910 data as to
incumbrance.
According to Acreage Groups.
The statement relative to farms
distributed according to certain acre.
age groups shows that those of 10
acres and under numbered 5,501 in
1910 and 1903 in 1900, gain of
acres, 1891 in 1910 and 1928 in
1900, decrease of 1887, or 10 per
cent; of so to 80 acres, 26,511 in
1910 and 10000 in 1900, a decrease
of 4,479, or IA per cent of 100 to
ia acres, $685. in 1910 and 56,7S5
cent; of IT'S to 400 acres, 52,761 in
1910 and 45,473 in 1900, an increase
of 1888, or 16 per cent; of 500 to
800 acres, 3,341 in 1910 and 1856 In
1900, an increase of $40, or Is per
cent; and of 1000 acres and over,
299 in 1910 and 365 in 1900, de-
crease of &C, or Is per cent.
The largest per cent of increase
in 1910 was in the IT'S to 400 acres
group, 16 per cent; next, in the 10
acres and under group, Is per cent;
and in the 500 to 500 acres group, Is
per cent
The principal decreases for 1910
occurred in the 1000 acres and over
group, amounting to Is per cent; in
the so to 80 acres group, IA per
cent; in the 20 to 40 acres group,
10 per cent; and in the 100 to ia
acres group, 3 per cent.
Acreage Group Proportions.
OF the whole number of farms in
1910, those Of 10 acres and under
formed 3 per cent; 20 to 40 acres, 8
per cent; so to 80 acres, II per cent;
100 to TIA acres, 35 per cent; ITS
TO 400 acres, "a per cent; 500 to
500 acres, per cent; and those of
1000 acres and over, 0.2 per cent.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of $22,1S6,00O, as
compared with $16,65S,OOO in 1900, an
increase of $5,52S.OOO, or 33 per cent
The expenditure for fertilizers
amounted in 1910 to 500, 900, while
in 1900 ii was 1851 900, decrease
of $1SS,000, or Is per cent.