Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-15
TWO BILLIONS IN FARMS
Immense Wealth Of Nebraska, Ac-
\ oOrding to Census Bureau.
IREAT GAINS MADE IN TEN YEARS


the Census.
WARRINGTON April i3-Census Direo-
tor Durand issued today the first official
statement from the census bureau relative
\ to the agricultural statistics Of the state
W Nebraska collected at the Thirteenth
Dccennial United States Census April Is.
1910
IL Is based on preliminary compara-
time summary submitted to the director
by DR.. lie Grand Powers chief statisticisn
OF the division Of agriculture 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 aggre-
gate expenditures for labor and fertilizers.
II also distributes the total number Of
farms according TO color of farmer speci-
fled character OF tenure whether held free
or mortgage by owners; and by certain
acreage groups
y he director gives notice that the sum
mary's figures are subject to revision later,
owing 60 the fact thSt a number Of farms
whose returns Incomplete will be in
Guided in the final tables. These additions
Will not In all probability, modify any Of
the amounts or rates contained in the pres
ont 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; a COM
plete exhibit OF farm operations during the
year ended December 81, 1909; and state
menf Of the number and value of domestic
..-fff
1917
Statements relative to acreage and yield
Of crops and the domestic animals OF Ne
braska viii be issued by Director Durand
as soon as the tabulation of this data has
been completed.
Increase and Decrease.
4 u Is pointed out in the statement today
tAst the principal rates of increase in
Nebraska I'm 1910, as against 1900, are: In
the total value Of all farm land alone, 28l
per cent; In the total value of farm land
and buildings. pa per cent; in the aver
age value per acre of farm land alone,
157 per cent; In the average value per
acre OF farm land and buildings, 14S per
cent; in the total value OF farm buildings
alone. 11s per cent? In the total expendi-
lures for labor. 1902 per cent; in the total
value of all farm implements and machin-
cry, y per cent; in the total improved
farm acreage, % per cent; in the total
bfarin acreage, % per cent? IN the average
acres per farm. q per cent; and in the
whole number Of farms. per cent.
The only important decrease during the
decade. among the items for which per
centages are shown in the first section of
the summary, occurred In the total ex-
pendtures for fertilizers. 81 per cent
The statement shows in detail that the
number on farms reported in 1910 was 12s.
AZ az. compared with 121,B25 in 1900, an
increase OF 1884, or per cent.
Farm Values.
The total value Of farm land and build
iuss was given in 1910 as E,s11 900. as
AGAINST s577. $4,000 In 1900. an Increase OF
i,25s, Ss7 O00 or 2i4 per cent
The total value OF all farm land alone
. reported In 1919 as Si.6l3O77.00O. as com.
n pared with s4se 600 in 1900 a gain OF
Si.I26 Az 900. or 2S1 per cent
The total value OF farm buildings alon,
was given in 1910 as S19S. $4,000, as agains
s9i,O54,OO0 In 1900. increase OF ti07, 900
or rs per cent.
In 1910 the value OF farm land alon,
constituted So per cent OF the total value
OF farm land and buildings. as compared
with "a per cent in 1900
The reported value OF farm implements
and machinery was S4i,n5,OOO in 1910, as
against S2l.94OOOO in 1900, a gain Of SIS. no.
90, or q per cent.
The total acreage reported In 1910 wal
sss5sOO acres, as compared with 29.s12,0OO il
Ik0o an increase OF s.64l. 900 acres. or % pei
tsnt
The improved acreage was returned II
1919 as amounting 10 24,356OO0 acres, a.
against 49, 900 in 1900, an increase o
5s2s,0OO acres. or ~ per cent.
The improved acreage formed So per cen
Of the total acreage in 1910. and 50 per cen
In leGa
The average acres per farm reported II
1910 was 29s as against 24G In 1900. an In
crease of 81 acres, or q per cent
The average value per acre OF farm LIANT
and buildings in 1919 10 stated as s4sss. a.
against 1881 in 1900, rise OF S27.ss, or "A
per cent.
The average value per acre Of farm lAni
alone in 1910 was reported t4i.A. Will
In 100 It was Sl6.21, the amount Of gail
being t25.B7, OF 11 per cent.
COIor OF Farmers.
- OF the whole number t29Ae. Of farm
reported in 1910 there were 1857. or 90
per cent. operated by white farmers an
as or 90 per cent, by negro and othe