The Republican journal., 1910-12-22
Names Agricultural Advance.
Census Returns Show a Big Advance in
the Past Ten Years in the Average
Value Per Acre of Farm Land and To-
tai Value of Land and Buildings.

Value Per Acre of Farm Land and To.
tai Value of Land and Buildings.
Census Director Durand has issued the
| first official statement from the Census
! Bureau relative to the agricultural sta
tistics of the State of Maine collected at
the Thirteenth Decennial United States
census, April 18th, last.
The principal rates Of increase in Maine
in 1910, as against 1900 are: In the ex-
penditures for fertilizers 1896 per cent, in
the expenditures for labor ITO per cent,
in the average value per acre of farm
land alone rs per cent, in the total value
of farm land alone "a per cent, in the
average value per acre of farm land and
buildings 67 per cent, in the total value
| of farm implements and machinery Ga
per cent, in the value of farm buildings
alone Sd per cent, and in the total num-
Der of farms per cent.
The principal rates of decrease in 1910.
as compared with 1900, are: In improved
acreage, per cent; in average acres per
farm, l per cent, and in total acreage
OIL per cent.
The statement shows, in detail, that
the number Of farms reported in 1910
was So, 773, as compared with So, 299 in
1900, an increase Of 474, or per cent.
The total value of farm land and build
ings was given in 1910 as $158, GIG, 900, as
against $96, 5O2, 600 in 1900, an increase
OF $62, ia, 900, or "a per cent
The total value of the farm land alone
was reported in 1910 as $85, 1923, 600, as
compared with $49, 1858, 600 in 1900, gain
of $36, 564, 900, or IA per cent.
The total value of the farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $72, 1853, 900, as
against SAT, l43, 900 in 1900, an increase
OF S25, 61O,000, or 50 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 81 per cent of the total
value Of farm land and buildings, as com
pared with 81 per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm implements
and machinery was $14, 476, 900 in 1910, as
against So, 8O3, 600 in 1900, a gain of S.
$751; or Ga per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910 was
8, 29l, 900 acres, as compared with 6, 300.
900 in 1900, decrease of 5000 acres, or
per cent.
The improved acreage was returned in
1910 as amounting to 2, 1858, 900 acres. as
against 2, 1877, 900 in 1900, a decrease of
~, 600 acres, or l per cent.
The improved acreage formed 81 Der
cent of the total acreage in 1910, as com
pared with 80 per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm reported
in 1910 was los, as compared with lO6 in
1900, loss of one acre, or per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
S25, as against SIS in 1900, rise of $40.
or 81 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as Sl4.
while in 1900 it was So, the amount of
gain being S., or rs per cent.
The total number of farms operated
by their owners in 1910 formed "a Der
cent of the whole number of farms in
both 1910 and 1900; those conducted bv
tenants in 1910 constituted per cent as
against per cent in 1900; and the num-
Der operated by managers made but 2
per cent in both 1910 and 1900.
OF the total number, 56,247. of farms
operated in 1910 by the call owners
class, there were Al, 1856, or 70 per cent,
owned free of incumbrance, and 14,911,
or q per cent, mortgaged.
The statement shows with respect to
farms distributed according to certain
acreage groups that those of 10 acres
and under numbered 6,942 in 1910 and
5,307 in 1900, gain of 1,635, or 81 per
cent; of 20 to 40 acres, 9,453 in 1910 and
9,267 in 1900, a gain of 1856, or 2 per cent;
OF so to SO acres, 1880 in 1910 and Is, GA
in 1900, a decrease Of 764, Or 4 per cent;
Of 100 to TIA acres, 1862 in 1910 and IT,
19l in 1900, a decrease of ST., or 3 per
cent; of It's to 499 acres, 8,28s in 1910
and 1926 in 1900, an increase of %, or
O.3 per cent; of 500 to 999 acres, 46l in
1910 and SIG in 1900, decrease of IS, or
II per cent; and of 1000 acres and over,
129 in 1910 and ia in 1900, an increase of
Is, Or 10 per cent.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of 1851, 900, as COM
pared with 81, 667, 900 in 1900, an increase
of 1924, 900, or 10 per cent.
The expenditure for fertilizers amount
ed in 1910 to $4,063, 900, while in 1900 it
was $4,000 gain of So, 243. 600, or 1876
per cent.