The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-03-30
19, 071 900 in 1900, an increase of g.
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SS1. 900 acres, or SO per cent
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 1902, 900
acres, as against IL, 2S6, 900 in 1900, an
increase of 4,516, 900 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 reported
in 1910 was $50, as against 362 in 1900,
a decrease of &c acres, or Z 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, a rise
Of S27.13, or 2S5 per cent.
The average value per acre Of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported at
$34.72, while in 1900 it was 1892, the
amount of gain being $24.S0, or $50
per cent.
OF the whole number, 1854, or
farms reported in 1910 there were a.
5SS, or SO per cent, operated by white
farmers and 1925, or 4 per cent, by
negro and other nonwhite farmers, as
compared with a total Of 52,622 in
1900, of which 50,S16, or 81 per cent,
were conducted by white farmers, and
1906, or 3 per cent, by negro and
other nonwhite. The increase in the
number of farms of white farmers
during the decade amounted to 2S,772,
and in the number of farms of negro
and other nonwhite farmers to 920.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners, n
owners and tenants, comprising the
"all owners" class, was 1912, as COM
pared with 40,640 in 1900, an increase
of 1902.
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
1857, as against 11,451 in 1900, an
increase Of 1906.
The total number OF farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 425, as COM
pared with 531 in 1900, q decrease OF
LOG.
The total number of farms operated
by the all owners class constituted
70 per cent OF the whole number OF
farms in 1910, and II per cent in 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants"
class % per cent in 1910, and p per
cent In 1900; and those conducted by
managers, 0.5 per cent in 1910, and l
per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 57,7S2, of farms
operated in 1910 by the "all owners"
class, there were 36,061, or 81 per cent,
reported as owned free of incum-
brance, and 21,671, or SO per cent,
mortgaged; for 1,15S of those reported
as owned free, however, no report OF
mortgage debt was secured.
In 1900 information was secured
concerning the owned farm homes"
At that time 25,967, or 65 per cent,
were reported free from debt and A.
14S, or 50 per cent m%ortgaged. There
were 1909 in 1900 for which no mort
gage report was secured, these being
included in the farms free from debt.
The Census Bureau has no informal
ton respecting the number Of mort
gagged farms leased to tenants.
The statement relative to farms dis
tributed according to certain acreage
groups shows that those of 10 acres
and under numbered 729 In 1910, and
S07 in 1900, a decrease OF IS; of 20
to 40 acres, 1897 in 1910, and 967 in
1900, an increase of 1870; of so to SO
acres, 1919 in 1910, and 2,214 in 1900,
an increase of 165; Of 100 to ia acres,
1929 in 1910, and 16,144 in 1900, an
increase Of 1919; of 175 to 499 acres,
1896 in 1910, and 1885 in 1900, an
increase Of 1921; of 500 to 999 acres,
1854 in 1910, and 1914 in 1900, a gain
of 2,610; and Of 900 acres and over,
2,166 in 1910, and 2,041 in 1900. an in
crease of 125.
Of the whole number OF farms, those
of 10 acres and under formed l per
cent in 1910 and 2 per cent in 1900;
those Of 20-49 acres, l per cent in
1910 and 2 per cent in 1900; those of
5000 acres, 8 per cent in 1910 and
4 per cent in 1900; those Of 100-174
acres, 81 per cent in 1910 and 81 per
cent in 1900; those of 175-499 acres,
AZ per cent in 1910, and "A per cent
In 1900; those of 500-999 acres, II per
cent in 1910 and IL per cent in 1900;
and those of 1000 acres and over, 3
per cent in 1910 and 4 per cent in 1900.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum OF S12, 1921 900, as
compared with $5,52S, 900 in 1900, an
increase Of 81, 293 900, or 1872 per cent.
The expenditures for fertilizers
amounted in 1910 to 81 200, while in
1900 1t was $4,000, a decrease OF 3d.
600, or 10 per cent.