The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1911-04-19
Some Very Interesting Nevada Census Figures.
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I land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
SIS. Is, as against $500 in 1900, rise
of 1906, or 149 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as $13.49
while in 1900 it was $5.17, the amount
of gain being 1892. or 161 per cent.
COLOR OF FARMERS.
Of the whole number (2,660) of
farms reported in 1910 there were 2, 499
or 81 per cent, operated by white farm
ers, and l61, or 6 per cent, by negro
and other nonwhite farmers, as COM
pared with total of 2,lS4 in 1900, of
which, 2,011, or 90 per cent. were con-
dubted by white farmers, and 173, or
per cent, by negro and other nonwhite:.
The increase in the number of farms of
amounted to 488, and the decrease in
the number of farms Of negro and other
nonwhite farmers to IL.
FARM OWNERSHIP.
The total number Of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
"all owners" class, was 2,166, as COM
pared with 1909 in 1900, an increase Of
346.
The total number of farms conducted
In 1910 by cash tenants, share tenants,
and cash and share tenants, comprising
the call tenants" class, was $50, as
against 249 in 1900, an increase of u.
The total number of farms operated
by managers In 1910 was 176, as COM
pared with 126 in 1900, an increase Of
40.
The total number of farms operated
by the "all owners" class constituted
81 per cent of the whole number Of
farms in 1910, and IS per cent in 1900;
those operated by the call tenants"
class, IL per cent in 1910 and II per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, z per cent in 1910 and 8 per
cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 2,155, of farms
operated by the 'iall owners" class,
there were !, ,796, or 83 per cent, re-
ported as owned free Of incumbrance
and 359, or II per cent, mortgaged; for
of those reported as owned free, how
ever, no report of mortgage debt was
secured.
In 1900 information was secured con-
cerning the "owned farm homes" At
that time l,471, or 81 per cent, were
reported free from debt and 344, or 19
per cent, mortgaged. There were S6
in 1900 for which no mortgage report
was secured, these being included in
the farms free from debt. The Census
Bureau has no information respecting
the number Of mortgaged farms leased
to tenants.
DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO ACREAGE
GROUPS.
The statement relative to farms dis
tributed according to certain acreage
groups shows that those of 10 acres
and under numbered 267 in 1910 and 235
in 1900, a gain of 30; of 20 to 49 acres,
318 in 1910 and 231 in 1900, an increase
of 81; of so to 80 acres, 409 in 1910 and
PIT in 1900, an increase of 1872; of 100
to 174 acres, $50 IN 1910 and 407 in 1900,
an increase of 143: of It's to 499 acres,
$50 in 1910 and sos in 1900, an increase
of 25; of 500 to 999 acres, 246 in 1910
and 262 in 1900, decrease of 16; and of
100 acres and over, $40 in 1910 and 327
1900, an increase of Is.
ACREAGE GROUP PROPORTIONS.
OF the whole number of farms, those
of 10 acres and under formed 10 per
cent in 1910 and IL per cent in 1900;
those of 20-49 acres, IL per cent in 1910
and 10 per cent in 1900; those of 5000
acres, Is per cent IN 1910 and 10 per
cent in 1900; those of 100-174 acres, 81
per cent in 1910 and 10 per cent in 1900;
those of 175-499 acres, 20 per cent in
1910 and % per cent in 1900; those of
500 -999 acres, 8 per cent in 1910 and IL
per cent in 1900; those Of 1000 acres and
over, Is per cent in 1910 and l5 per
cent in 1900.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of s2,97S, 900, as COM
pared with 81, 387, 600 in 1900, an in
crease of 81, 59l, 900, or 1l5 per cent.
In 1910 the sum expended for ferti-
lizers amounted to $1,000, being a net
increase over 1900, at which time no
outlays were reported for this item.