Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30
1901, 600 in 1900, an increase of g.

1901 600 in 1900, an increase of g.
$4,000 acres, or Sc per cent.
The improved acieage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 1o,S02, 900
acres, as against 11.2S6.000 in 1900, an
increase of 4,516,000 acres, or 40 per
cent
The improved acreage formed 61
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 { per cent.
The average value per acre OF farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
s3S.67, as against s1l.5A in 1900, a rise
of $27.13, or 235 per cent.
The average value per acre OF farm
land alone in 1910 was reported at
s34.72, while in 1900 it was 1892, the
amount OF gain being $24.SO, or $50
per cent
Of the whole number, 77.314. or
farms reported in 1910 there were a.
5SS, or Sc per cent, operated by white
negro and other nonwhite farmers, as
1900. of which 50,S16. or 81 per cent,
1906, or per cent, by negro and
other nonwhite The increase in the
number of farms of white farmers
during the decade amounted to 233,772,
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, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
'all owners" class, was 57732, as COM
pared with 40,64O 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
19,157, as against 1l,451 in 1900, an
increase of 7,706.
The total number of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 425, as COM
pared with 531 in 1900, a decrease of
LOG.
The total number of farms operated
by the all owners class constituted
Is per cent of the whole number OF
farms in 1910, and a per cent in 1900;
those operated by the 'all tenants"
class 25 per cent in 1910, and 22 per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, 0.5 per cent in 1910, and /
per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 1882, of farms
operated in 1910 by the all owners
class, there were 36,061, or GO per cent,
reported as owned free OF incum-
brance, and ,671. or 3S 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 25,9s7, or 65 per cent,
We're reported free from debt and A.
14S, or 35 per cent mortgaged 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 informa-
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 19 acres
and under numbered 729 in 1910, and
S07 in 1900, decrease of IS: of 30
to 49 acres, 1907 in 1910, and 967 in
1900, an increase of 13V: of so to SO
acres. 1919 in 1910, and 2,214 in 1900,
an increase of 165: of 100 to 174 acres,
%, 1853 in 1910. and 1914 in 1900, an
increase of 1919; of It's to 499 acres,
1896 in 191O and 23.375 in 1900, an
increase of 9,621: of 500 to 999 acres,
1854 in 1910. and 1914 in 1900, gain
of 2,61O; and of 1000 acres and over,
2.166 in 1910. and 2,041 in 1900. an in
crease of 1875.
OF the whole number Of farms. those
of 19 acres and under formed per
cent in 1910 and 2 per cent in 1900:
those of 20-49 acres. ! per cent in
1910 and . per cent in 1900; those of
50-99 acres, 5 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,
43 per cent in 1910, and "A per cent
in 1900; those of 5O0-999 acres, - per
cent in 1910 and 13 per cent in 1900;
and those of 1000 acres and over. 8
per cent in 1910 and a per cent in 1900.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of $l2,s21 900, as
compared with $685. 900 in 1900, an
increase of 81 .293. 900, or 1872 per cent.
The expenditures for fertilizers
amounted in 1910 to $4,000, while in
1900 it was $4,000, decrease Of s2,-
900, or Is per cent
Monument to Fosters Memory