The Nevada County picayune., 1911-07-14
amount of gain being s7.7s, or 12a per

Color of Farmers.
 Of the whole number, 214,275, of farms reported in 1910, there wero 1o0,920, or 70 per cent, operated by white farmers, and 63,355, or 30 per cent, by negro and other non-white farmers, as compared with a tota. of 178,694 in 1900, of which I31.7ll, or 74 per cent, were conducted oY white farmers, and 46,9S3, or 26 per cent, by negroes and other non-white. The increase in the number of farms of white farmers during the decade amounted to 19,2 ,209 and the numper of farms of negro and other non- white farmers to 16,372.
 Farm Ownership.
 The total number of farms operat- ed in 1910 by owners, part owners. and owners and tenants, comprising the 'all owners" class, was 106. .535. as compared with 96,735 in 1900. an increase of $500.
 The total number of farms conduct ed in 1910 by cash tenants, share ten- ants, and share-cash tenants, compris- ing the 'all tenants class, was 106,- 9S5, as against S1,140 in 1900, an in- crease of 25,S45.
 The total number of farms operat- ed by managers in 1910 was 755, as compared with S19 in 1900, a decreases of GA.
 The total number of farms operated by the "all owners" class constituted 50 per cent of the whole number of farms in 1910 and 54 per cent i'm 1900; those operated by the "all ten- ants" class, 50 per cent in 1910 and 45 per cent in 1900; and those con- ducted by managers, CA per cent in 1910 and 1 per cent in 1900.
 Of the total number, 106,535, of farms operated in 1910 by the "alf owners" class, there were 84,176, or @ per cent reported as owned freq of debt" and 22,359, or 21 per cent reported as mortgaged. There were 1927 farms for which no mortgage report was secured. and these are in- cluded in the farms owned free Of debt"
 iH lJVU was ScCuIc0 concerning the owned farm homes." At that time S1.511, or S6 per cent were reported free from debt" and 12,S33, or IA per cent, as mortgaged- There were APP farms in 1900 for which no mortgage report was secur- ed and these were included in tho farms free from debt" The census hI,r hoe inf tvHu the number of mortgaged farms leas- ed to tenants.
 Distribution.
 The statement relative to farms distributed according to certain acre. age groups shows that those of 10 acres and under numbered 36,O79 in 1910 and 24,665 in 1900, gain of Ill., 414; of 20 to 40 acres, 74,S63 in 1910 and 55,332 in 1900, an increase of 19.- 531; of 50 to 90 acres, 45,333 in 1910 and 3S,595 in 1900, a gain of 6.738: oc 100 to 174 acres, 39,319 in 1913 ana 42,O07 in 1900, a decrease of 2.6S8: oe 175 to 499 acres. 17,131 in 1910 and ,440 in 1900, an increase of 691; 0G 500 to 999 acres, 1,157 in 1910 and 1.- 239 in 1900, falling of S2; and 0e 1000 acres and over, 393 in 1910 and 416 in 1900. decrease of 23,
 Aerease-oroGp Proportions.
 Of the whole number of farmau those of 19 acres and under forme9 F per cent in 1910 and 14 per cent in 1900; those of 20-49 acres 8 per cent in 1910 and 31 per cent in 1s00:l those of 50-99 acres, 21 per cent In 1910 and 22 per cent in 1900; those of 100-l74 acres. IS per cent in 1910 and 24 per cent in 1900; those of 175- 499 acres. per cent in 1910 and 2 per cent in 1900i those of 500-99S acres. 1 per cent in both 1910 and 1900 and those of 1000 acres an6 over, 0.2 per cent in both 1910 and 1900.
 The expenditures for labor in 1910 reached the sum of s7,612,000 as con- pared with s3,171. .000 in 1900, an in- crease of S4.410,000 or 40 per cent
 The expenditures for fertilizers amounted in 1910 to $596,000. as