The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-17

crease of s2es.ees. 900 or es per cent.
Each State shows n material increase
in the value OF all farm buildings.
Four show gains exceeding 100 per
cent The increases in the order OF
their Importance. are: Florida, l4i per
cent. Georgia. Jap per cant; South
Carolina. 1877 per cent. North Carolina:
lis per cent: Virginia. SO per cent;
Delaware. 10 per cent; West Virginia.
81 per cent. and Maryland. ~ per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 76 per cent. OF the
total value OF land and buildings as
compared with IS per cent. in 1900.
The average value per acre OF farm
lands and buildings in 1910 is stated
as 1884. as against sll.57 in 1900 d
rise OF sl2.3G per acre. or l07 per cent
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
siS.l2. while in 1900 it was $3.50. the
gain being s9,4s an acre. or ITO per
cent.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was sa79ii.00o
in 1910, as against s53.3l9.o0O in 1900
gain OF s4i.625.ooo or 81 per cent
Each State shows material in
crease. Stated in the order OF their
relative Importance. they are: Florida.
l26 per cent: Georgia. il3 per cent;
South caralina. liz per cent: North
Carolina. 103 per cent: Virginia. So
per cent: Delaware. 80 per cent and
Maryland and West Virginia, each So
per cent.
Expend{ ures for Labor nnd Fertilizers.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of s6s.l77.OOo. as COM
pared with s37.oSG.000 in 1900, an in
crease of S23.09l 900, or rs per cent.
The expenditures for fertilizers
amounted to s5e.is9oOo in 1870 as
against s22.733.Ooo in 1900, an increase
of S36,75s.000, or Ice per cent.
Color of Farmers.
OF the whole number. l.l0e.3oe. of
farms reported in 1919. there were
75i.oo3. or 6s per cent. operated by
white farmers, and 355.356. or 80 per
cent. by negro and other non-white
farmers. This Is compared with a
total of s62.225 farms in 1900. OF which
673.%54 were operated by whites and
2sS.s7l by negroes and other nom
whites. In 1900 white farmers oper-
ated 10 per cent. OF all farms. while
80 per cent. were operated by negroes
and other non-whites. There is an
increase of s0.6i9 in the number OF
farms operated by white farmers and
an increase of 66.4s5 in the number OPP
Grated by negroes and other non
whites.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operated
BY owners. part owners and owners
and tenants. comprising the "all own
ers" class. was 5sl.+7S in 1910. as COM
pared with 527.512 in 1900 an Increase
of 63.s6s The total number OF farms
conducted in 1910 BY cash tenants,
share tenants. including standing rent
ers and choppers and share-cash ten
ants. comprising the 'all tenants" class.
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an increase of S4.056. The total num-
Der of farms operated by managers
IN 1910 was S,22T. as compared with
9,llo in 1900. decrease of SIS.
The total number OF farms operated
by the ''all owners" class constituted
SO per cent of the whole number of
farms in 1910 and SIS per cent. in 1900:
those operated by the "all tenants"
class. sc per cent. in 1910 and "A per
cent. in 1900, ana those conducted by
managers, per cent. in both 1919 and
1900.
Farm Mortgages.
or the total number. 5e1,47s. of
farms operated in 1910 by the AN
owners" class, there were 4s1.sO4, or
81 per cent. reported as owned free
from debt" while 10s,sT4 or ls per
cent. were reported as mortgaged.
There were $3.50 farms for which no
+'iS' >oo6S 'SpOil NdS SECURED, ana these
are included with the farms free from
debt"
In 1900 information was secured con
corning the owned farm homes" At
that time 442.551. or 81 per cent. were
reported as free from debt" while
S3.763. or 1s per cent. were reported
as mortgaged. There were 265lo
farms In 1900 which no mortgage re-
port was secured. and these are in
cluded with the farm homes free from
debt" The Census Bureau has no sat
isfactory information respecting the
mortgage Indebtedness on farms oper-
ated by tenants and managers.
Farms Distributed Into Size Groups.
The statement relative TO farms dis
tributed according TO certain acreage
groups shows that those OF 10 acres
and under" numbered lS6,172 in 1910
and l47.165 in 1900. a gain of 3e,Oo7
those "20 TO 4e acres" 353,532 In 1910
and 265,623 in 1900, an increase of
$500: those $50 to 90 acres" 25I,445
in 1910 and ol6.522 in 1900. an increase
of 3i.923; those 100 TO ia acres.'
1sl.040 in 1910 and 200 in 1900. a
decrease of $50; those IT'S to 4sa