Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-03-30

Census Director Durand has just is
sued (March % the first official state
ment from the Census Bureau relative
to the agricultural statistics of the
state of South Dakota collected at
the Thirteenth Decennial United
States Census, April Is last.
1t is based on preliminary COM
saarative summary submitted to the
Director by DR.. LIE Grand Powers
chief statistician of the Division of
Agriculture in the Bureau of the Cen
sus. This summary shows for both
the census of 1910 and that of 1900 the
reported total value of farm land,
buildings, and implements and ma
chinery; total acreage: improved
acreage: average acres per farm; av-
erage value per acre of farm land and
buildings; average value per acre of
farm land alone; and the aggregate
expenditure for labor and fertilizers.
1t also distributes the total number
of farms according to color of farmer,
specified character of tenure, whether
held free or mortgaged by owners,
and by certain acreage groups.
The Director gives notice that the
summarys figure are subject to re-
vision later, owing to the fact that
number OF farms whose returns are
incomplete will be included in the
final tables These additions will not,
in all probability, modify any of the
amounts or rates contained in the
present 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 complete exhibit of farm
operations during the year ended De
cember 81, 1909 and statement of
the number and value of domestic
animals in cities and villages on April
IS, 1910.
Statements relative to acreage and
WELD of crops and the domestic AMI
mails of South Dakota will be issued
by Director Durand as soon as the
tabulation of this data has been COM
gleted. 49,, ,4..o,on+
that the principal rates OF increase
in South Dakota in 1910, as against
1900 are: In the total value OF all
farm land alone, 376 per cent; in the
total value of farm land and build
ings, 356 per cent: in the average
value per acre of farm land alone, 2o0
per cent: in the average value per
acre of farm land and buildings, 23o
per cent; in the total value of farm
buildings alone, 231 per cent; In the
total value of all farm implements ana
machinery, l76 per cent; in the total ex-
penditures for labor, 1872 per cent; In
the whole number of farms, AZ per
cent: in the total improved farm acre
age. 40 per cent: and in the total farm
acreage, SO ,,er cent.
The principal decreases during the
decade occurred in the total expendi-
lures for fertilizers. 15 per cent. and
in the average acres per farm, per
cent
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 1854, as compared with 52,6s2
In 1900. an increase of 24,692, or AZ
per cent.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as 81 OO3.-
451 900, as against 1920, $4,000 in 1900,
an increase of $783, ,318,0 900, or 356 per
cent
The total value Of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as $9o1.-
AZ, 900, as compared with s1S9,207,00o
In 1900, a gain Of s711,927, 600, Or BAG
1 per cent.
q The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $102,S17,-
900, as against $3O.926,Oo0 in 1900, an
Increase Of s71, 900, or 231 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
Ssalone constituted 80 per cent of the to-
it2l value of land and buildings. as
4 compared with Sc per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
n SH1ents and machinery was $33,762,O0O
u 1910, as against $12. 600 in 1900,
= gain of $21, SAB, 900, or 176 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 25, ,952, 900 acres, as compared with