The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-27

proportion of farm land which is i'm
proved was higher in 1910 than in
1900 In the decade 1890 to. 1900
both total acreage and improved
acreage more than doubled.
Farms Worth $1,000. OOO, 1000.
The total wealth in the form of
farm property is S9%74,814.00O, of
which 94.4 per cent is represented by
Ian and buildings. AS per cent by
per cent by live stock. The total val
ue of farm property is nearly four
times what 1t was in 1900, and about
ten times what it was in 1890. Tho
absolute and relative gains in all
classes of farm property have been
rapid and continuous since 1890.
Farms Increasing in Size.
In average size the North Dakota
farm has increased in each decade
since 1890. the increase in number of
acres being from A17.4 in 1890 to
342. in 1900 and 3S2.3 in 1910. This
increase may he accounted for by the
was a larger proportion Of farms
which had been acquired from the
government and were still Of the or
iginal size, usually 100 or $50 acres.
These tracts have been united In
many cases into larger farms as a
result Of the requirements of the
wheat growers and livestock farmers.
Average Value of Farms $2s.04.
The average value of a North Da-
kota farm. including it's equipment,
as noted above, amounted IN 1910 to
sl3.1os. OF this amount. s11.o63 rep
resents h value of land and build
ings, s1.456 the value of livestock and
$500 the value of implements and
machinery. The average value of
land and buildings is now $2S.94 per
acre, or more than twice as much as
ten years ago. Between 1890 and
300 the average value per farm of all
farm property increases from $3.50
to 1851, in the next decade it in
creased to $1,000 or about two and
onc-half fold.
North Dakota 1871 per cent are be-
tween $50 and 489 acres and 800
per cent are between 100 and TIA
acres. Farms of 175 or more acres
increased at a much more rapid rate
during the last decade than farms
under hat size. or the total abso-
lutte increase In the number of farms
more than four-tenths was in farms
between $50 and 400 acres. Over 81
per CEN Of the farms have 100 acres
or more each.
The number Of farms under fifty
acres which has always been insig-
lis not much than half
as great as ten years ago. This Is
probably due to an actual decrease
IN small-scale farming, but in tho very
groups may be due partly to a
different Interpretation by the enun-
orators as to what constitutes "a small
farm. Each of the higher groups
show a considerable actual and rela-
tive increase.
Tenantry Increasing
AS is usual in newly settled Sec
tons of the county the proportion of
farms in North Dakota which are
operated by tenants Is still small, be-
ing only half as great as the proper
ton OF farms operated by tenants in
the north central states as u group,
and "a little less than two-ffths as
great as the proportion reported for
the whole United States: The COM
paratively small proportion of farms
IN North Dakota which are operated
by tenants is largely the result of
low price Of land in that state
Il of the recent acquisition of a
considerable number of farms from
the government in the form of home.
steads.
The proportion. however, as we'll as
tho actual number Of sue farms. has
.bSiD uSsN III Tic LdoI IWcIlty years.. In
1890 only 60 per cent of all the
farms In tho state we're operated by
tenants; in 1900. 8.5 per cent of all
the farms were SO operated: and in
1910. 1913 per cent The proportion
OF farms operated by owners and
managers has declined from 93.1 per
In 1890 to 85.7 per cent in 1910.
In 1910 farms operated by owners
and managers were about two and
one-half times as numerous as in 1890,
whereas farms operated by tenants
were more than five and one-half
times as numerous. OF the latter, al
most eight-tenths are rented either
wholly or in part for a share of the
products. This proportion is less than
1t was in 1900, hut greater than it
was In 1890. OF all farms in the state,
ILL per cent arc rented wholly or
In part for a share of the product, and
3.2 per cent for cash, including, nom
specified.
Farm Mortgagcs-l89O To 1910
The eleventh census U89O) was tho
first to collect data relating to mort
gage debt on farm home occu-
pied by it's owner. The same class
Of Information Vas secured by the
schedules Of the twelfth
$4,000. The agricultural
Of the t thirteenth census