The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-30
BIG FARM VALUES
IN THE SOUTHLAND
CONTINUED From FRS, page.l
equal to 1853 per cent. in inc value Of
farm buildings.


equal to 1853 per cent, in Inc value Of
farm buildings.
More Than Doubled.
In the fourteen Southern states and
the District of Columbia the increase
was from s2.3sS.592.oo to s5,2o7. 2oo..
900. or by s2.s1S.6Osoo 600. equal to lis
per cent in the value OF farm lands
and from s6S5.1Ss,OO0 to s1.s12,s 31, 900
or by ss27.64S.ooo. equal to sls per
cent. in the value of buildings
In the six New England States tho
Increase in the ten years was from
s2s3.4eo,ooo to s37s.142. 900, or by $685.
$4,000. equal to 1871 per cent, In tho
value Of farm lands and from s244.-
$4,000 to s3a2,77s.ooo. or by ss7.e71.-
600, equal to $50 per cent, In the value
OF farm buildings.
In the Middle States-Delaware MI
nois. Indiana. Michigan. New Jersey.
New York. Ohio, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin-the increase was from
s5.2l672l,ooo to sS.7O2, 51S. 600, or by
ss,4s5,7o2,ooO, equal to Co.'S per cent
in the value of lands, and from ST.
VS''cii,vNv ~ OF Dy 1916,
$4,000. equal to 56.3 per cent, in the
value of buildings.
Towards the Rockies.
In the States grouped as els Rocky
colorado, Iowa. Kansas, Minnesota
Missouri. Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota. Oklahoma. South Dakota and
Wyoming-the increase was from 81.
EOS. $4,000 to sll.369.6 $50 900, or by ST..
l5o.943.000. equal TO 1893 per cent. In
the value of lands. and from ssoS..
10000 to sl.726.6 900. or by ss17,-
$4,000. equal to 1875 per cent. in the
value Of buildings
In the Trans-R Rocky group of states
Arizona. California. Idaho, Nevada.
New Mexico. oregon. Utah and Wash
ington-the increase was from $780,
$4,000 to s2,IS5,sl0 900. or by sl.TT4,.
'Ss.ooo. equal to 1S4.S per cent in the
value of lands. and from si3s,623. Oo1
to s2s5.s7s,o00. or by s157.225,Ooo. equal
to 1874 per cent in the value Of
buildings
In the Older Lands.
1t is to be expected that in such
closely-populated sections as New
England and the Middle states a great.
er rate of increase in the value Of
farm buildings should appear than
that in sections where great tracts of
aoiiN al { sun 70 ne brought undef cOl-
tivation. The increase .n the value
of farm buildings constituted IS per
cent. of the combined increase in the
values of lands and buildings in the
ten years in the New England States,
and Fl per cent. of the increase in
the Middle States. In the Cis-Rocky
States and in the Trans-Rocky States
the proportions We're IL per cent. and
per cent, respectively
In Dixie Lnnd.
In the South. however. the increase
In the value of farm buildings was
is per cent. of the combined increase
in the values OF lands and buildings,
indicating in the increase of $62I643.-
900 in the value of farm buildings
something of the vast expenditures for
improvements of all kinds in city and
country that have besn made by the
South in the past ten years, since the
cotton crop has been bringing fair
returns TO the growers
No greater evidence of the increas-
ing wealth of Southern farmers could
be asked than this gain of over S627,-
100000 in the value OF farm buildings
in ten years that has meant a vast
Improvement to existing farm build
ings and great increase In the num-
bers of new farm buildings. These
figures are eloquent of better farm
dwellings and of more farm dwellings.
of a higher standard of dwellings and
of the comforts of living that have
come from increased agricultural pros
perlty.