Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-30

1901 900 in 1900, an increase of g.
$4,000 acres, or SO per cent.
The Improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 15,S02O00
acres, as against l1,2s6,000 in 1900, an
increase of 4,5l6,00O acres, or 40 per
cent.
The improved acreage formed g.
per cent of the total acreage in 1910
and SO per cent in 1900
The average acres per farm reported
in 1910 was 1856, as against 362 in 1900,
a decrease Of 26 acres. or Z per cent.
The average value per acre OF farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
$3S.67, as against $11.54 in 1900, rise
of s2713. or 235 per cent sJ
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported at
$34.72, while in 1900 1t was 1892, the
amount of gain being Ssi.60, or $50
per cent.
OF the whole number, 1854, OF
farms reported in 1910 there were a.
5SS, or SO per cent, operated by white
farmers and 2,726, or 4 per cent, by
negro and other nonwhite farmers, as
compared with total of 1892 in
1900, of which 5o,S16, or 81 per cent,
were conducted by white farmers, and
1906, or 8 per cent, by negro and
other nonwhite. The increase in the
number of farms of white farmers
during the decade amounted to 23,772,
and in, the number OF farms of negro
and other nonwhite farmers to 920.
The total number OF farms operated
w ION ortn
owners and tenants, comprising the
pared with 40,640 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 call tenants" class, was
19,157, as against 11,451 in 1900, an
increase of 1906.
The total number of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 425, as COM
pared with 531 in 1900, a decrease of
1O6. $50 +..a -...5
The total number Of farms operated
by the "all owners" class constituted
Is per cent of the whole number Of
farms in 1910, and n per cent in 1900;
those operated by the 'all tenants"
class 25 per cent in 1910, and % per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, 0.5 per cent in 1910, and l
per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 57,732, of farms
operated in 1910 by the "all owners"
class. there were S6.O61. or 60 per cent,
reported as owned free Of incum-
brance, and 21.671, or SO per cent,
| W.T. ~ thoSn fn6
as owned free, however, no report of
mortgage debt was secured.
| In 1900 information was secured
concerning the owned farm homes"
At that time 25,967, or IS per cent,
were reported free from debt and a.
14S, or 80 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 1923 in 1910, and
S07 in 1900, decrease of 70; OF 20
10 IS acres, 1857 in 1916, and 967 III
1900, an increase of 100; of so to 80
acres, 1878 in 1910, and 2,214 in 1900,
an increase of 1865; of 100 to 174 acres,
28,263 in 1870 and 1914 in 1900, an
increase Of 1919; of IT'S to 499 acres,
1896 in 1910, 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,sl9;; and Of LOCO acres and over,
| 2,166 in 1910, and 2,O41 in 1900, an in
crease of 1876. '~%
OF the whole number Of farms, those
of 10 acres and uf1der formed / per
cent in 1910 and 2 per cent in 1900;
those of 20-49 acres, i per cent in
1910 and 2 per cent in 1900; those Of
| 5000 acres, 8 per cent in 1910 and
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, IL per
cent in 1910 and 10 per cent in 1900;
and those of 1000 acres and over,
per cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900.
The expenditures for labor In 1910
reached the sum Of $12,S21, 900, as
compared with s5,52S,0o0 in 1900, an
increase of 1928, 900, or 1872 per cent
The expenditures for fertilizers
amounted in 1910 to $11 900, while in
1900 it was $4,000, decrease of ST.
900, or Is per cent.
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