Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-04-12

1t is based on a preliminary compar-
alive summary submitted to the d.
rector by DR.. LeGrand Powers, chief
statistician of the division Of agricul-
| ture in the bureau of the census. This
! summary shows, for both the census
of 1910 and that of 1900, the reported
total value of farm land, buildings,
implements, and machinery; total &C.
reage, improved acreage; average
crops per farm; average value per
acre of farm land and buildings;
average value per acre of farm land
alone: and the aggregate expenditure
for labor and fertilizers. 1t also dis
| tributes the total number of farms &C.
cording to color OF farmer; specified
character of tenure; whether held
free or mortgaged by owners; and by
certain acreage groups.
The director gives notice that the
sumary's figures are subject to revis'
ion later owing to the fact that a
number of farms whose returns are
incomplete will be included in the
final tables. These additions will not
in all probability modify any of the
amounts or rates continued in the
present statement.
The census OF agriculture was taken
primarily for the purpose of obtaining
an accurate inventory of all classes OF
farm property existing on April 10,
1910; a complete exhibit of farm Oper-
atoms during the year ended Deem
Der 81, 1909; and a statement of the
number and value of domestic animals
in cities and villages on April Is, 1910.
Statements relative to acreage and
yield of crops and the domestic AMI
mails of North Dakota will be issued
by Director Durand as soon as the
! tabulatiOn of this data has been COM
pleted.
The Per Cents Of Increase and De.
crease.
1t is pointed out in the statement to-
day that the principal rates of in
crease in North Dakota in 1910, as
against 1900, are: In the total value
of all farm land alone, 321 per cent;
in the total value of farm land and
buildings, 314 per cent; in the total
; value of farm buildings alone, 1862
per cent; in the total value of all farm
implements and machinery, PIP per
cent; in the total expenditures for la.
Dor, 1876 per cent; in the average value
per acre of farm land alone, 131 per
cent; in the average value per acre
of farm land and buildings, 1926 per
cent; in the total improved farm acre.
age 112 per cent; in the total farm
acreage SO per cent; in the whole
number of farms, 81 per cent, and in
the average acres per farm, IL per
cent.
The only important decrease during
the decade occurred in the total ex-
penditures for fertilizers, 36 per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 74,165, as compared with 1882
in 1900, an increase of 1888, or 81
per cent.
Farm Values.
The total value of farm lands and
buildings was given in 1910 as $685..
O35, 900, as against $198, 780, 900 in 1900,
an increase of $623, 255,000 or 314 pei
cent.
THe total value of all f firm laid
alone was reported in 1910 as $780,.
$4,000, as compared with &173,352 900
in 1900, gain Of $656.54<,ooo, or S21
per cent.
The total value Of farm buildings
alone was given In 1910 as $92, 139 900,
as against $25, 42S, 900 in 1900, an In
crease of sec, I'll 600, or 262 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 81 per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $685., 900
in 1910, as against $14,O56, 900 in 1900,
gain of $29,S31 900, or PIP per cent.
The total acreage reported In 1910
was %, $4,000 acres, as compared
with 1888, 900 in 1900, an increase of
II, 849, 900 acres or SO per cent.
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 2O,439, 600
acres. as against 9,645, 900 in 1900, an
increase of 1O,794,000 acres, or liz
per cent.
The improved acreage formed u
per cent of the total acreage in 1910,
and 81 per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed in 1910 was 1888, as against 343 In
1900, an increase Of 40 acres, or IL
per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
| $685.. as against $12.79 in 1900, a rise
| of $16.16, or 126 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910, was reported as
$25. II, while in 1900 it was $11.15, the
amount of gain being $14.56, or 131
per cent.
Color Of Farmers.
OF the whole number. 74,165, Of
farms reported in 1910, there were 49,
454, or 80 per cent, operated by white
farmers, and I'll, or 1 per cent, by
negro and other nonwhite farmers, as
compared with a total of 45, 1872 in
1900, of which 43, 1898, or 81 per cent,
were conducted by white farmers, and
1884, or per cent, by negro and 9TH
er nonwhite. The increase in the
number of farms of white farmers
during the decade amounted to %, 456.
and the decrease in the number Of
farms of negro and other nonwhite
farmers to 623.
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