The Green Forest tribune., 1911-07-14

Washington.-Acting Census Direc- tor Faulkner has just issued the first official statement from the census bu- reau relative to the agricultural statls- tics of the state of Arkansas collected at the thirteenth decenniaI United States census, April b, 1910.
 It is based on a preliminary com parative summary submitted by Dr. Le Grand Powers, chief statistician of the division of agriculture in the bu- reau of the census. This summary shows, for borh the census of 1910 and that of 1900 the reported total value of farm land, buildings, and im- plemeLts and machinery; total acre. age; improved acreage; average acres per farm; average value per acre Of farm land and buildings average val ue per acre of farm land alone; and the aggregate expenditure for labor and fertilizers. It also distributes the total number of farms according to color of farmer; specified character of tenure; whether held free or mort gagged by owners, and by certain acre age groups.
 Attention is called to the fact that the figures are subject to revision later, as number of farmers whose returns are incomplete will be in cuded in the final tables. These ad- ditions will not, in all probability, modify any of the amounts or rates contained in the present statement.
 The census of agriculture was talk en primarily for the purpose of ob- taining an accurate inventory of all classes of farm property existing on April 15, 1910, complete exhibit of farm operations during the year end ing December 31, 1909, and a state ment of the number and value of do- mestic animals in cities and villages on April 15, 1910
 Statements relative to acreage and yield of crops and the domestic ami mals of Arkansas will be issued by the census bureau as soon as the tab ulatfon of this data has been con- pleted.
 Per Cent Increase and Decrease.
 It is pointed out in the statement that the principal rates of increase in Arkansas in 1910, as against 1900, among the items for which percen- tages are given in the first section of the summary are: In the total eX- penditures for fertilizers, 245 per cent; in the total expenditures for labor, 40 per cent; in the total value of farm land and buildings. 12S per cent; in the average value per acre of farm land alone, 123 per cent; in the average value per acre of farm land and buildings, 118 per cent; in total value of farm buildings alone, 109 per cent; in the total value of all farm implements and machinery, 32 per cent; in the whole number Of farms, 20 Der cent; in the total in proved farm acreage, 1G per cent, and in the total farm acreage, 1 per eent
 The only decrease during the dee ade among the items for which per centages are given occurred in the average acres per farm, 13 per cent
 The statement shows in detail that the number of farms reported in 1910 was 214.215, as compared with 1860 in 1900, an increase of 35,581, or 20 per cent.
 Farm Value.
 The total value of farm land and buildings was given in 1910 as $30S,- 129,000, as against $13J,182, ,000 Ill 1900, an increase of $172,941,0O0, or 128 per cent.
 The total value of all farm land alone was reported in 1910 as $245.- 137, 1000, as compared with $105, ,107,- GOO in 1900, a gain of $140,O30, 900, or 133 per cent.
 The total value of all farm build ings alone was given in 1910 as $62,- 2,000, as against $30,075,000 in 1900, an increase of $32 ,917, 900, or 109 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 78 per cent in 1900.
 The reported value of farm imple- ments and machinery was $16,S06,00 in 1910, as against $8,750,G0O in 1900, a gain of S8,056 ,000, or 92 per cent.
 The total acreage reported in 1910 Cio l JUL itlSS, dS COlI PdiSd with 16,637 ,000 in 1900, a gain of 74J,- 900 acres, or per cent.
 The improved acreage was returned in 1910 as amounting to 8,062 900 acres, as against 6,954 1000 in 1900, an increase of 1,108,000, or 16 per cent
 The improved acreage formed 46 per cent of the total acreage in 1910 and 42 per cent in 1900
 The average acres per farm report ed in 1910 was S1, as against 93 in 1900, a decrease of 12 acres, or l3 per cent.
 The average value per acre of farm land and buildings in 1910 is stated as $17.73, as against $813 in 1900, a rise of $9.60, or 11S per cent.
 The average value Der acre of farm land alone in 1910 was reported as S14.11, while in 1900 it was S632, the -O~O~~~-~-~-~~-~~~~~~O~~~