Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1911-06-07
MARKED INCREASE
IN ARIZONA FARMS
Census Bureau Issues Comparative
Statement of Agricultural Data
For the Year 1910

alone was given in 1910 as si,gls,000,
as against s2.267,O 900 in 1900, an
increase Of 1881 900 or III per cent
In 1910 the value Of the farm land
alone constituted 80 per cent Of the
total value of land and buildings,
AS compared with ~ per cent in
1900.
The reported value Of farm i'm
plemcnts and machinery was tl,779.
900 in 1910, as against s765,000 in
1900. u gain of sl,0ii. 1000. or 1873 per
cent
The total acreage reported In 1910
was l,242,000 acres. as compared with
l,935, 900 in 1900. decrease Of $685..
900 acres, or 80 per cent.
The improved acreage was return.
ed in 1910 as amounting to $4,000
acres. as against 255,OOO in 1900, an
increase of $4,000 acres, Of ~ per
cent.
The improved acreage formed rs
per cent of the total acreage in 1910
and ~ per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm 70.
ported in 1910 was la, as against
333 in 1900, IA decrease " 40 acres,
or - per cent.
The average value per acre Of
farm land and buildings In 1910
is stated 49, t37s7. no against 800
in 1900, rise Of s3O.sO. or 436 per
cent.
1 The average value per acre Of
farm land alone in 1910 was reported
AS 1891, while in 1900 il was $3.50,
the amount Of gain being s2s.0l,
or 475 per cent.
color Of Farmers.
/, OF the whole number, SOS, Of
farms reported in 1910 there were
5.973 or ~ per cent, operated by
white farmers, and 2,I05, or 20 per
cent, by negro and other nonwhite
farmers, as compared with total
Of $500 in 1900, Of which 4,006, or
90 per cent, were conducted by white
farmers, and 1903, or 81 per cent,
by negro and other nonwhite. The
increase in the number Of farms Of
white farmers during the decade
amounted to 1867. and in the mum.
Der of farms Of negro and other non.
white farmers TO 302.
Farm ownsrxhip.
The total number Of farms oper.
ated in 1910 by owners, part owners,
and owners and tenants, comprising
the "all owners" class, was 1000,
Us compared with 1885 in 1900, an
increase Of 2,075.
The total number of farms con.
Quoted in 1910 by cash tenants, share
tenants, and cash and share tenants,
comprising the "all tenants class,
was s57, as against $50 in 1900,
an increase Of 36s.
The total number Of farms operat.
ed by managers in 1910 was l6l,
AS compared with 335 in 1900, a
decrease Of Ia.
! The total number Of farms oper.
ated by the "all owners" class con.
stituted 81 per cent Of the whole
number Of farms in 1910 and SO per
cent in 1900; those operated by
the '"all tenants" class, IL per
cent in 1910 and per cent In 1900;
and those conducted by managers
9 per cent in 1910 and per cent
in 1900.
OF the total number, 1000, OF
farms operated in 1910 by the cal
owners" class, there were 6,0i9, OF
50 per cent, reported as owned" fire.,
! from debt" and l,04l, or 10 pei
cent, mortgaged. There were lis
farms for which no mortgage report
, was secured and these are included
, in the farms "free from debit
, In 1900 information was securet
, concerning the "owned farm homes. ,
At that time 6,072, or % per cent
7 Were reported "free from debt, an,
, $50, or o per cent, mortgaged. Their,
were AS in 1900 for which N,
mortgage report was secured, thes
+ being included in the farms "fre
from debt" The Census Burea,
3 has no information respecting tn
; number Of mortgaged farms leasel
0 ITO tenants.
The statement relative TO farm
{ distributed according TO certain acre
0 age groups shows that those Of i
n acres and under numbered 2,23l &
r 1910 and 2,03s in 1900, gain o
1893; of 20 10 40 acres, l,475 in l9l
and 922 in 1900, an increase OF $50
q of 80 to % acres, sos In 1910 an
: GA in 1900, an increase Of 1874; o
0 100 TO ia acres, 2,572 in 1910 an
2 1881 in 1900, an increase Of s9l
of IT'S TO 400 acres, 756 in 1911
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