The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-03-31
IDAHO FARMS AND FARMERS
First Preliminary Comparative Stat.
ment Of General Farm Data Issued
by the Census Bureau,

''S' TOT instance, 1t Is
pointed out in the statement Inv n.
director OF the census that the nrir
clpal rates of increase in Idaho IN
1910, as against 1900 are: In the
total value of all farm land alone SIN
per cent; in the total value Of farm,
land and buildings, Ats per cent. in
the average value per acre Of farm
lands, 276 per cent; in the total vaIro
OF farm buildings alone, 267 per cent.
IN the average value per acre of farm
land and buildings, PSI per cent. in
the total value of all farm implements
and machinery, PIT per cent: in the
total expenditures for labor 1877 par
cent; in the total improved farm acre.
age, 50 per cent; in the whole num.
Der OF farms, rs per cent; in the tnta;
farm acreage, "a per cent; and in tho
total expenditures for fertilizers, "a
per cent.
The only decrease during the
decade occurred in the average acres
per farm, per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was SO.741, as compared with HAT
in 1900, an increase of 1920, or 76
per cent
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as s244-
100000, as against $42,318,OOO in 1900
an increase of $202, 1902, 600 or 479 nov
cent.
The total value of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as S2t9,-
$4,000, as compared with S35 486 600
in 1900, a gain of $183,860 600. or SIS
per cent.
The total value Of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as S25.O74 600,
as against $6,832 900 in 1900 an in.
crease of $1S,242 600. or 267 per cent,
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 80 per cent of the
total value of land and buildings. as
compared with "a per cent in 1900,
compared with 81 pc recent in 1900
The reported value of farm imDle
ments and machinery was $1O.459 600
in 1910, as against $3,295,o00 in 1900.
gain of $7,16400O. or PIT per cent,
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 5,269,000 acres, as compared with
3,205, 900 in 1900, an increase Of 2,O64,-
600 acres, or "a per cent.
The improved acreage was re urned
in 1910 as amounting to 2,773.OOO
acres, as against 1413,000 in 1900, an
increase of 1900 acres, or SO per
cent
The improved acreage formed So per
cent of the total acreage in 1910, and
44 per cent in 1900.
The average acre per farm reported
in 1910 was III, as against 1873 in
1900, a decrease of - acres, or 7 per
cent
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as $46.39, as against $500 in 1900, a
rise of $33.19, or 251 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
$4163, while in 1900 it was SHOT, the
amount of gain being S3056, or 276
per cent.
OF the whole number, 30,741, of
farms reported in 1910 there were 3d.
337 or 80 per cent, operated by white
farmers. and 404, or l per cent, by
negro and other non-white farmers, as
compared with a total of 17,471 in
1900, of which 1876, or 81 per cent,
were conducted by white farmers, and
sos or 3 per cent, by negro and other
non-white. The increase in the mum.
Der of farms of white farmers during
the decade amounted to 13,461, and
the decrease in the number of farms
of negro and other non-white farmers
was 1911.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
all owners" class, was Pill, as COM
pared with 1885 in 1900, an increase
of 1,526.
The total number of farms conduct
ed in 1910 by cash tenants, share ten,
ants. and cash and share tenants,
comprising the "all tenants" class,
was 1884. as against 1929 in 1900, an
increase of 1865.
The total number Of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 446, as com
pared with 357 in 1900, an increase
of SO.
The total number of farms operated
by the "all owners" class constituted
SO per cent of the whole number OF
farms in 1910 and SO per cent in 1900;
those operated by the all tenants"
class. 10 per cent in 1910 and 9 per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, per cent in both 1910 and
1900.
OF the total number, Pill, of farms
operated in 1910 by the all owners"
class, there were 1918, or 81 per
cent reported as owned free OF en-
cumbrance, and S,998, or SO per cent
mortgaged; for 216 of those reported
as owned free, however, no report OF
mortgage debt was secured.
The statement relative to farms dis
tributed according to certain acreage
groUps shows that those of 10 acres
and under numbered 1889 in 1910 and
SO4 in 1900, a gain of 1,1S5; OF ~ TO
40 acres, 4,040 in 1910 and 1,47S IN
1900 an increase of 1852; of SO to
80 acres. 5S11 in 1910 and 1906 in
1900, an increase of 3,505; OF 100 TO
ia acres, 1868 in 1910 and S99S
in 1900, an increase of 2,7SO; OF 10
TO 400 acres 1858 in 1910 and 3,27S
in 1900, an increase of 1885; of 500
TO 999 acres, 91S in 1910 and 4S6 IN
1000 an increase of 4S2; and OF l,OOO
acres and over. 252 in 1910 and III
In 19OO an increase of 81.