Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-11
UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU
ISSUES INFORMATION RE.
GARDING LANDS.
ACREAGE, NUMBER OF FARMS
AND INCREASE IN VALUES
Ownership, Mortgages, Expenditures
Tor Labor and Fertilizers and Other
Interesting Data-Values OF Lands
and Buildings Snow Remarkable Ad-
vance.
vance.


( aShinston' Aug. ll.--ehsus Diiee
lor Durand ISSUED today the nrst OH
Ga! statement from the census bureau
( ..,.,..,., Overwhelmingly statistics for
:
''e ~ ~ -
.ected IL the thirteenth decenE!ai Unit
eI states census. .iy... 10 1910. The
,,, .,,-~a, niv;Sinn includes Ohio.
,.,6l.n ,li,nis ,,irhjgan. Wisconsin.
,s,.f..,., Ia,ya Missouri. North Da-
..o.a Sotlth Dakota. Nebraska, and
- IN .. ,aa DATA included III
t-f. statement nave ben reported sep
.raf,. n s1a,.. i;a7l,.,, above.
ii . hasru ON n 7,re.iili:uary IN
,..rf<-a Ssi,f3fl.y.x submitted BY DR.. LIE
,,ar5a Powers chief st.rstician OF the
,,.I,I-l,i. s, as-tcu!turt. in ne bureau o:
.- .-nSi.s tIhi. Sl;1n.uar. shows, tor
.n.1 INA census al 1910 and that OF
ylD tl.- reyort.a total value OF farm
.,-r t,.;il6j,.ys and iupIe,neats ana
MACHINERY; tuta! ACREAGE improved
acreage: average acres per farm, av
rage value per acre OF larn land and
.l,.i.c .gs: average value per acre o.
.ar,u ana alone: ana the aggregate cX-
3eaa.Jures to- labor and Fertilizers. Ii
50 distributes me total number OF
arms according 10 color o. farmer,
specified character OF tenure; whether
..e.d tree or mogtgasei ~ owners, and
~ certain acreage groups.
Rates OF Increase.
II IS pointed out in the statement
.oaay that the ra.es of increase tor tae
-.o.;n ce..tr.! division q states IN 1910
! ,rS!lS n
TIE arsi parl u the table, III the otde:
! tae.r Importance, are. IN the total
.ylus 0. Iar!4i land exclusive % bul!d-
.Iga. ~ pc. cent; III the total value
.: .arnl land. including buildings, lli
.,sr cent; II the aHerase N&-ue per acre
oi -aI..l lana alone, ~ per cent; IN me
a.erase value per acre o; tarm land
iAclu1ins buildings, - per cent; IN the
.ota! va!ue OF farm buildings. IS per
cent; IN the total expenditures io- farm
labor % per CENT IN the total value
u implements ard machinery, 20 per
cent: in tte total expenditures for
fertilizers. 3 per cent; IN the acreage
OF improved land. IA per cent; IN The
,ota! acreage Of farm land. 10 per cent
n the average acres per farm. per
cent; and in the total number OF ARMS
per cent.
Number Of Farms
Tie statement shows In detail mat
the number OF farms reported III 1910
vas o2269s0 a compared with 2,ls5,-
5s7 in 1890, an increase OF 5o,4l3 farms
or per cent
Each o: the states on the western
border of me division. and those along
ne Canadian border, show increases in
the number Of farms These increases,
j, the 0rde, OF .neir importance are:
North Dakota, G.; per cent: South Da-
..ota = per cent; Nebraska s per
can, Wisconsin. per cent; Kansas
ana Michigan. each per cent; and
Minnesota / per cent.
TA-sa increases ere partly Offset since
10. older wel!-set,led states show de-
.raase. in the number Of farms. as fol-
49, Illinois and Iowa. each > per
l.e,,. Indiana and Missouri. each 3 per
80: and oajo n-r cent.
Land in Farms
r. .,,al ,n5,,,rt of land included in
ta~Irs in 1910 VAS reported as 34s,-
"a ong acres az compared Hi:h 3li.-
sts.o Gc acres in 1900. an increase of
20 .s13 0G0 acres. or 10 per cent. This
.npo-tan. increas. is largely due to
IN. extension Of agricultural activities
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