Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-15

nonwhite farmers. as compared with a
total OF i2i.525 in 1900 OF which 12i.196 (
or s97 per cent, we're conducted by white
farmers. and s2g or o3 per cent by negro
and other nonwhite The increase in the
number Of farms Of white farmers during
the decade amounted to It's. and in the
number OF farms Of negro and other non
white farmers to 1l9
Farm Ownershtp.
The total number Of farms operated In
1910 by owners part owners, and owners
and tenants, comprising the "all owners"
class. was 79,O6s. as compared with 7b,5SS
in 1900 an increase Of $3.50.
The total number OF farms conducted
in 1910 by cash tenants, share tenants
and cash and share tenants, comprising
the Fall tenants class. was 49.3s2 as
against Hs1O in 1907. an increase Of 4572.
The total number OF farms operated by
managers in 1910 was s7i. as compared
with l,182 in 1900. decrease Of 15s.
The total number OF farms operated by
the "ai owners class constituted 81 per
cent Of the whole number OF farms in 1910
and 81 per cent in 1900; those operated by
the 'all tenants class. 3S per cent in
1910 and 81 per cent In 1900; and those con-
Quoted by managers, / per cent in both
1910 and 1900
/ OF the total number. 1908, of farms
operated in 1910 by the "all owners" class,
there were 1874, or Ct per cent, reported
as owned free of incumbrance, and 3O,Sl9
or 80 per cent. mortgaged; for 954 OF those
reported as owned free. however, no report
OF mortgage debt was secured.
! In 1900 information was secured concern.
/ ing the owned farm homes" At that
( time n,953, or Sc per cent, were reported
4 free from debt. and g. All or a per cent
/ mortgaged. There were 1871 in 1900 for
| which no mortgage report was secured,
/ these being included in the farms free from
debt. The census bureau has no infOrma-
1 ton respecting the number of mortgaged
farms leased to tenants
Distribution According 60 Acreage.
The statement relative to farms distrib-
uted according to certain acreage groups
shows that those Of nineteen acres and
under numbered 1922 In 1910 and s,5O7 in
1900, gain of 1885,. of twenty to forty nine
acres 4543 in 1910 and 5,24s in 1900. a de-
crease Of ZOO OF fifty to ninety mine acres
1850 in 1910 and 1873 in 1900 a decrease
OF 5,3S9 of 100 to ia acres, 1888 In 1910 and
4s.1O9 in 1900. a decrease Of 2281; of 175 to
400 acres F,1ss in 1910 and 4e.2u in 1900. an
increase of 6917; Of 500 to 099 acres 1904
in 1910 and 6.O62 in 1900, an increase of 7,O1z.
and of 1000 acres and over, 1854 in 1910
and 1854 in 1900 an increase Of 1.5OO.
Acreage Group Proportions.
OF the whole number of farms those of
nineteen acres and under formed per cent
in both 1910 and 1900; those Of twenty TO
forty-nine acres, 4 per cent in both 1910
and 1900 those Of fifty to ninety-nine
acres, 10 per cent in 1910 and 10 per cent
in 1900; those of 100 to ia acres. "a per
cent in 1910 and IS per cent in 1900; those
of 175 to 499 acres, SO per cent in 1910 and
80 per cent in 1900; those Of 500 TO 500 acres
10 per cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900,
and those Of 1000 acres and over, per
cent in 1910 and 2 per cent in 1900
The expenditures for labor in 1915
reached the sum of S14S42,OO0. as compared
with s7,S99OOO In 1900 an increase Of 81 54s,
900, or 102 per cent.
The expenditures for fertilizers amounted
in 1910 to $4,000. while in 1900 It was Si5s.-
900. decrease OF $124,OOO, or 81 per cent
Summary for the state.
The preliminary comparative summary
follows:
ALL FARMS, BY ACREAGE, VALUE OF
LAND, BUILDINGS IMPI r.