The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1911-03-02
FARM STA TISTTCS
or WE ST VIRGINIA

PIGMENTS ana machinery was So
l962 900 in 1910, as against So
lo40, 900 in 1900, a gain of 81, s22,-
600, or 80 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 9,961.oOO acres. as compared
with 1O,655,OOO in.1S0O, a decrease
of 6S4,O0O acres, or Z per cent.
The improved acreage was return
ed in 1910 as amounting to 5,4S2,-
900, as against 5,4ss.OOO in 1900, a
decrease OF 1900 acres, or o.s per
cent.
The improved acreage fonmed So
lper cent of the total acreage in 1910
and So per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm re
ported in 1910 was 104, as against
l115 in 1900, a decrease of II acres,
or 10 per cent.
The average value per acre of
farm land and buildings in 1910 Is
stated as S26.s5, as against $3.50
in 1900, rise OF $lO.55, or 81 per
cent.
The average value per acre of
farm land alone in 1910 was re-
ported as $20.64, while in 1900 it
was s12, 60. the amount of gain be-
ling $500, or ga per cent.
Farm ownership.
/ OF the whole number, 95,s76. Of
farms reported in 1910 there were
1914. or 80 per cent, operated by
white farmers and 7Gg, or per cent
by colored farmers. as compared
with a total of 92.S74 in 1900, of
which s2,1S2, or 80 per cent, were
operated by white farmers, and AZ,
or / per cent; by colored farmers.
he increase in the nImber of farms
of white tanners during the decade
amounted to 3,O42, and the decrease
in the number of farms OF coiored
farmers to 40.
The total number of farms oper-
cent in 1900; those operated by the
"all tenants class. 81 per cent in
1910 and % per cent in 1900; and
those conducted by managers, / per
cent in both 1910 and 1900.
or the total number, 1926, Of
farms operated in 1910 by the "all
owners" class there were $500, or
81 per cent reported as owned free
o. ihcumbrance, and o,456, or 1S
per cent. mortgaged; for 1924 OF
those owned free, however, no re-
port of mortgage de5t was secured.
The percentages Of farms in the "ail.
owners" class for 1910 are nearly
identical with those for owned
farm homes" in 1900. The number
owned free at that time was 61,-
S0G, or Sc per cent. and those mort
gagged was 9,645. or IA per cent;
2,G71 OF the former were unre-
ated in 1910 by owners, part own
err and tenants, comprising the AL
owners" class, was 1926, as com
pared with 71,529 il l9oOi an in
crease OF 3.7l7.
The total number OF farms con-
Quoted in 1910 by cash tenants,
share tenants, and cash and share
tenants. comprising the "all ten
rnss" c:ass, was 19,767, as against
20,291 in 1900, a decrease + 524.
The total number of farms oper-
ated by managers in 1910 was 500,
as compared with 1854 in 1900.
decrease OF 1911.
The total number OF farms oper-
ated by the AL owners" class con
stituted rs per cent or the whole
number Of arms in 1910, and II per
ported.
Distribution.
The statement relative to farms
distributed according to certain
acreage group shows that those Of
10 acres and under numbered 49,
211 in 1910 and 13,0S1 in 1900, a |
gain of 2,lSO; of 90 10 40 acres,
2O,12S in 1910 and 1896 in 1900,
an increase of S22; of 80 to 80 acres.
26,6l5 in 1910 and 25,529 in 1900, |
an Increase of l,OSG; OF 100 to ia,
Geres, 20,OO5 in 1910 and 2O,lG4 in
1900, decrease of 159; of IT'S to
499 acres, 1912 in 1910 and 49,
$50 in 1900, falling off OF 479: OF
800 to 999 acres, 1900 in 1910 and
l.511 in 1900, decrease Of 2o2: