The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-12-31

bureau there was an increase hll
along the line in the agricultural
status of this state. It is pointed
out In this statement that the prin-
cipal divisions in which increases are
noted are:
In the total value Of farm build
ings alone. 100 per cent; in the total
value of farm land and buildings,
So per cent; In the total value Of farm
land alone, 80 per cent; In the aver
age value per acre Of farm land and
buildings, II per cent; in the aver
age value per acre Of farm land alone,
rs per cent; in the total value OF farm
implements and machinery, "a per
cent; in the total expenditures for
labor, S3 per cent; in the number OF
farms operated by the "all tenants"
class, % per cent; in the total acre
age, per cent; in the total number
of farms operated by managers. 10
per cent; in the improved acreage,
per cent; in the average acres per
farm, per cent; and in the total
number of farms, or per cent.
The principal rates Of decrease dur
ing the decade occurred in the total
expenditures for fertilizers, IS per
cent; in the total number of farms,
operated by colored farmers, rs per
cent; and in the total number of
farms operated by the 'all owners"
class, 4 per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in
1910 was 155,759, as compared with
or OF per cent.
no fnfo 1110 oF Gov Ia
buildings was given in 1910 as ST.
59,51O,00O, as against $3.50, $4,000
in 1900, an increase Of $589,9SS,000
or So per cent.
The total value of farm land alone
was reported in 1910 as $1,O16, $780,
900. as compared with $559,302,000
in 1900, a gain of $457,5S7, 900, or
81 per cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $242,621,-
600. as against s110,22O,OO0 in 1900,
an increase Of s132,401, or 120 per
cent.
In 1910 the value of farm land
alone constituted 81 per cent of the
total value Of land and buildings, as
compared with 81 per cent in 1900.
The reported value Of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $52,243,-
900 in 1910, as against $30,099,000 in
1900, gain of $22,144;OO0, or IA
per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 27,623,000 acres, as compared
with 26,24S,000 in 1900, an increase
Of 1875 5000 acres, or per cent.
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 100000
acres, as against 18,443,000 in 1900,
an increase Of 100000 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
ITO in 1900, gain Of acres, or
4 per cent.
Average Value Per Acre.
The average value per acre of farm
land land building in 1910 is stated
as $46, 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 SIG, or rs per
cent.
Of the whole number, 155,759, of
farms reported in 1910 there were
l55,47 operated by white farmers
and ESQ by colored farmers, as COM
pared with a total of 154,659 in 1900,
Of which 154,2S7 were conducted by
white farmers and 372 by colored.
The increase in the humber of
farms Of white farmers during the
decade amounted to 1892, Of O.8 Der
cent.
The decrease in the number Of
farms Of colored farmers was go. or
25 per cent.
The total number Of farms oper-
ated in 1910 by owners, part owners,
ana owners and tenants, comprising
the "all owners class, was 121,8O2,
as compared with 126,8O9 in 1900.
q decrease Of 5,007, or per cent
The total number conducted in 1910
by cash tenants, share tenants, and
cash and share tenants, comprising
the all tenants class, was 32,748,
as against 26,755 in 1900, an increase
Of 1898, or p per cent.
The total number of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 1909, as
compared with 1905 in 1900, an in
~ - VI 1V per cent.
The total number of farm operated
by the "all owners class constituted
IL per cent of the whole number of
farms in 1910 and 81 per cent in 1900:
those operated by the "all tenants
class, FL per cent in 1910 and II ner
cent in 1900; and those operated nv
managers, 0.S per cent in 1910 and
OF per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 121,8O2. of
the farms operated in 1910 by the
AL owners class, there were 65.744.
or 81 per cent. owned free of incum-
brance and 56,058, or 46 per cent
nortgaged.
The census bureau has no Informal
ton respecting the number of mort
gagged farms leased to tenants nor
figures for 1900 available for COM
parison with the 1910 data as to
incu1n brance.
Distribution In Acreage Groups.
The statement relative to farms
distributed according to certain acre
age groups shows that those Of 10
MI