The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-30

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ments and machinery. It's per cent
In the total expenditures for labor
13s per cont: In the whole numbe'
Of farms. AZ per cent; In the tota
improved farm acreage. 40 par cent
and In the total farm acreage. Sc PEI
cent.
The principal decreases during thu
decade occurred In the total expendi
lures for fertilizers. Is per cent. AND
lin the average acres per farm. Z pei
Icent.
The statement shows in detail tina,
the number Of farms reported II
1910 was 1884. AZ compared with
52.622 in 1900. an increase Of 24.692,
OF ~ per cent.
Farm Values.
The total value Of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 az 81
0o3.461.oo0 as against $22o.133.-
900 in 1900. an increase Of $7s3.
$4,000. or $50 per cent.
The total value Of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 a $901.-
$4,000. as compared with $1S9.207.-
900 in 1900. a gain Of $711.927,000,
or 376 per cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $780,
$4,000 as against %$30,926.000 in
1900. an increase Of $71.391,000. or
231 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 Sc per cent in 1900.
The reported value OF farm imple-
ments and machinery was $33,762.-
900 in 1910, as against $l2,219,o0o
in 1900, a gain Of $21,543,000, or
176 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
25.925.000 acres, as compared
with 1901. 900 in 1900. an increase
OF 6.ssl.00o acres or SO per cent.
The improved acreage was return
ed in 1910. as amounting to 1902
900 acres, as against 11,286.00o in
1900, an increase Of 4.516,000 acres.
or 40 per cent.
The improved acreage formed 81
per cent Of the total acreage In 1910
and SO per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed in 1910 was 336, as against 362 In
1900. q decrease of 26 Icres. or 2
per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as $3S.67. as against $11.54 in 1900.
rise Of $27.13. OF 235 per cent.
The average value per acre Of farm
land alone in 1910 vas reported as
334.72. while in 1900 it was 1892.
the amount Of gain being s24.s0. or
$50 per cent.
Color Of Farmers.
OF the whole number. 1914. Of
farms reported in 1910 there were
1883. or 96 per cent. operated By
white farmers and 2.726. or 4 per
cent. by negro and other n%on-white
farmers. as compared with q total Of
52,622 in 1900, Of which 50,816, OF
81 per cent, were conducted by white
farmers, and 1906 or 3 per cent, by
negro and other non-white. The in
crease in the number Of farms Of
white farmers during the decade
to 23.772, and in the NUM-
Der Of farms Of negro and other nom
white farmers to $40.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operat-
ed in 1910 by owners, part owners,
and owners and tenants, comprising
the "all owners" class. was 57.732 as
with 40.64O in 1900. an in
crease Of 1902.
The total number of farms con-
Quoted in 1910 by cash tenants, share
tenants, and cash and share tenants.
comprising the ..all tenants" class.
was 19.157, as against 11,451 in
an increase Of 7.7O6.
The total number Of farms operat-
ed by managers in 1910 was 425, as
with 531 in 1900. a de-
crease Of 106.
The total number Of farms operat-
ed by the call owners" class consti-
tuted Is per cent Of the whole num-
Der of farms in 1910, and a per cent
in 1900; those operated by the call
tenants" class, 25 per cent in 1910,
and % per cent in 1900; and those
by managers 0.5 per cent
In 1910, and 1 per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 57,732, Of
farms operated in 1910 by the call