The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-12-20

average acres DOE lArme lOuC poC C0uIs
and In the total number Of farms, OF
per cent.
The principal rates Of decrease dur
Ing the decade occurred In the total
expenditures for fertilizers, 76 per
cent; In the total number of farms,
operated by colored farmers, 25 per
cent; and in the total number OF
farms operated by the "all owners"
class, four per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number Of farms reported in 1910
was 155, ,759, as compared with 154.-
$50 in 1900, an increase Of 1,100, or
or per cent. M
The total value Of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as ST.
259,510.000, as against $669, $4,000 in
1900. an increase Of $5S9.9sS 900, or SS
per cent:
The total value Of farm land alone
was reported in 1910 as $1,0l6,889, 900,
as cf Jared with $559. .302, 900 in 1900,
q gaa.> 81, .s457 7,5S7 900. or 50 per cent.
The l>te f.elue Of farm buildings
alone was tn 1910 as 3242,621,-
900, as againss Sooea,22o.ooo in 1900.
an increase Of ;1s- 40. or 12o, per
cent. a.
In 1910 the value Of fsr.l1 p nd alone
constituted 81 per cent Of the total
value of land buildings, as compared
with "a per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $52,243,000
In 1910, as against $30.099,0 900 in 1900,
gain Of $22.144,000. or "a per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 27,623,000 acres, as compared
with 26,24S,000 in 1900, an increase of
1,S75,O0O acres or five per cent.
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 1868, 900
acres, as against 1S,443,000 in 1900,
an increase Of 1,166,000 acres, or six
per cent.
The improved acreage formed II
per cent of the total acreage in 1910,
compared with 70 per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed In 1910 was III, as against 40 in
1900, gain Of seven acres, or four
per cent.
Average value per Acre.
The average value per acre Of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as SAC, as against $26 in 1900. q rise
Of $50. or "a 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 SIG, or 76 per
cent.
OF the whole number, i55.75s, Of
farms reported in 1910 there were
155.479 operated by white farmers and
C2n hHrn na0 "a ~
with q total of 154,659 In 1900, of
which 154.287 were conducted by
white farmers and 372 by colored.
The increase in the number Of
farms Of white farmers during the de-
cade amounted tos1.1s2. or 0.S per
cent. -
The decrease in the number Of
f4fms. OF colored farmers was 80. or
as per cent.
The total number Of farms operated
In 1910 by. owners, part owners and
owners and tenants. comprising the
"all owners" class, was 121,802, as
compared with 126.809 in 1900. a de-
crease Of 5,007, or four per cent.
The total number conducted In 1910
by cash tenants, share tenants, and
cash and share tenants, comprising
the "all tenants class. was 32,74S, as
against 26,755 in 1900, an increase Of
5,993. or % per cent.
The total number Of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 1909, as
compared with 1905 In 1900, an in
crease Of 114; or ten per cent.
The total number Of farms operated
bv the "all owners" class constituted
7S per cent Of the whole number Of
farms in 1910 and So per cent In 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants"
class, 81 per cent in 1910 and II per
cent in 1900: and those operated by
managers, O.8 per cent In 1910 and
or 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
81 per cent, owned free Of incum-
brance and 56,05S, or 46 per cent,
mortgaged.
The census bureau has. no informa-
ton respecting the number Of mort
eaged farms leased to tenants nor
figures for 1900 available for compari-
son with the 1910 data as to incum-
brance.
Distribution According to Acreage.
The statement relative to farms dis
tributed according to certain acreage
groups shows that those Of 10 acres
and under numbered 5.501 in 1910
and 4.803 In 1900. q gain Of 69S, or
is ner cent: Of 20 to 40 acres. 1891
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