The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-05-05
FARM STATISTICS OF
WASHINGTON
FIRST PRELIMINARY COMPARE
rive STATEMENT or FARM
DATA FoR STATE.
Total Value Of Farm Lands lncrsassd
Over 400 Per Cent In Dscads-Per
Acre Valuation Increases ESQ Per
cent-pistribution According to
Acreage Groups.

washington, May Census Direc-
tor Durand issued today the first of
cial statement from the census bureau
relative to the agricultural statistics
OF the state Of Washington collected
at the thirteenth decennial Unied
States census April Is, 1870.
It is based on q preliminary COM
parative summary submitted to the d.
rector by DR.. LeGrand Powers, chief
|statistician Of the division Of agricul-
ture in the bureau 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 implements and machinery; total
acreage; improved acreage; average
acres per farm; average value per acre
of farm land and buildings; average
value 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 farms, whose returns
are incomplete, will be included in the
final tables. These additions will not
in all probability, materially modify
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; complete exhibit OF farm oper-
|ations during the year ended Decem-
Der 81, 1909; and statement OF the
number and value of domestic animals
in cities and villages on April Is, 1910.
Statements relative to acreage and
yield of crops and the domestic ami
mails of Washington will be issued by
Director Durand as soon as the tabula.
ton of this data has been completed.
The Rates of Increase and Decrease.
It is pointed out in the statement to-
day that the principal rates Of in
crease in Washington in 1910, as
against 1900, among the items for
which percentages are given in the
first section of the summary are: In
the total value of farm land alone, 419
per cent; in the total value OF farm
land and buildings, 1913 per cent; in
the average value per acre of farm
land alone, 27S per cent; in the aver
age value per acre of farm land and
buildings, 259 per cent; in the total
value of farm buildings, 233 per cent;
in the total expenditures for labor, 1873
per cent; in the total expenditures for
fertilizers. 172 per cent; in the total
value of all farm implements and ma
chinery, 166 per cent; in the improved
acreage, SO per cent; in the whole
number of farms, IS per cent; and in
the total acreage, 81 per cent.
The only decrease during the de-
cade, among the items for which per-
centages are given. occurred in the
average acres per farm, Is per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 55,744. as compared with 33,202 in
1900, an increase of 22,542, or sc per
cent.
Farm Values.
The total value OF farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as $780,
142, 900. as against $115, $40 900 in 1900,
an increase Of $454, $50, 900. or 1913 per
cent.
The total value OF all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as SSH. 918,-
600, as compared with $99, 81 900 in
1900, q gain Of $416.6O7. 900. or 419 per
cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $54, 20, 900,
as against SIC. 299,000 in 1900, an In
crease of $37,925, 900. or 233 per cent.
In 1910 the value Of the farm land
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