The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-08-18
AGR|CUL TURAL STATISTICS
ISSUED By CENSUS BUREAU


aDirector Durand issued today the first
. official statement from the census 5U
, reau relative TO the agricultural sta
ptisties for the south General division
/, of states. collected at the thirteenth
y deoennial United States census. April
{ Is. 1910 The south central division
includes kentucky. Tennessee. Ala.
| bama, Mississippi Arkansas, Louisi
anan. Oklahoma and Texas. All OF the
data included In this statement have
been reported separately for the states
named above,
II is based on a preliminary com
parative summary submitted by Or.
Le Grand Powers. chief statistician OF
tho division of agriculture in the bu-
reau of the census This summary
shows. for both the census Of 1910 and
that Of 1900, the reported total value
OF farm land, buildings, and imple-
ments and machinery; total acreage.
improved acreage. average acres per
farm, average value per acre Of farm
land alone. and the aggregate expeudi-
lures for labor and fertilizers. 1t also
distributes the total number Of farms
according 70 color Of farmer, specified
character Of tenure, whether held free
or mortgaged by owners, and by Ger
tain ACREAGE grouns
Attention is called to the fact that
the figures are subject to revision later
as a number Of farms, whose returns
are incomplete. will be included in the
final tables. These additions will not.
in all probability. modify materially
any Of the amounts or rates contained
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 Is.
1910; a complete exhibit Of farm oper.
ations during the year ended Deeem-
Der 81, 1909: and statement Of the
number and value Of domestic ami
mails in cities and villages on April
Is. 1910.
Statements relative 10 acreage and
yield Of crops and the domestic ami
mails Of the south central division Of
states viii be issued by the census bu
reau as soon as the tahulation Of thess
data has been completed
Rates Of Increase And Decrease.
Il is pointed out in the statement
today that the rates of increase fol
the south central division Of state.
in 1910. as against 1900, among tn,
items in the first part Of the table
in the order OF their Importance, are;
In the average value per acre Of land
exclusive Of buildings. 152 per cent
in the average value per acre of land
including buildings. 14S per cent; il
the total value OF far inland. excluSiv,
Of buildings. 142 per cent; in the tota
amount expended in 1909 for fertilizer,
140 per cent: in the total value of al
farm land. including buildings, 1S$ pei
cent: in the total value of farm build
ings alone. 10o per cent: in the tota
amount expended in 1909 for labor. 81
Yer cent; in the total value OF farm
implements aud machinery. $ pei
cent. in the acreage of farm land i'm
proved. = per cent; and in the tota'
number Of farms. 19 per cent
Decreases were reported in tive
items, the total amount Of land inclu&
ed in farms and the average size d
farms, The decrease in the tota'
amount OF land in farms IS 4 per cent
and in the average acreage per farm
19 per cent,
Number Of Farms
The statement shows in detail that
the number q farms reported in 1910
was 1.9Stl5l, as compared with 1858.
les IN 1900. an increase ot Sss,SS5
farms. or l9 per cent Il should BE
noted that farm, according To the
census definition. IS All the land
which IS directly fsrmed by enc per.
son managing and conducting asri.
cultural operations, either by his own
labor alone or with the assistance of
members q his household or hired
employees
Each Of the states shows q nincgesSe
in the number of farms. The increases
darsns TIE 5ecade, in the order of their
importance. are Oklahoma. : Per
cent. Mississippi. "a per cent. Arkan-
sss, . per cent: Alabama ard Texas.
eseh IS pr cent. Kentucky. lie per
cent. Tennessee. s per cent. ard
LoGisisna. 4 Per. cent
LsnS r. Farms
The total SE0aEt q land iacla6ed
in farms in ISie was reported as s4-.-
Al 60 acres. IS compared with 81
TSS. 80 aerss in 1893. a secrease Of
1e.sSS.eaa acres. 0r I PEI cezt Th}s
decrease iS largely cue . the facs tAat
5zrse tracts e lzns Il TIE mountain.
eas ssctiozs q ksataeky ard Tsznes-