The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-05-12

1900, a decrease of 81 acres. or 90 per
cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
$2565, as against $743 in 1900, rise
of s1S.22, or 245 per cent
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
s2254, while in 1900 it was $3.50, the
amount of gain being s1604, or 247
per cent.
Color of Farmers.
OF the whole number. 1S9,43S, of
farms reported in 1910, there were
16S, $40. or SO per cent, operated by
white farmers, and 2O,52S, or IL per
cent, by negro and other non-white
farmers, as compared with a total of
los, 900 in 1900, of which 94,775, or SS
per cent, were conducted by white
farmers, and 1925. or II per cent, by
negro and other non-white. The in
crease in the number of farms of white
farmers during the decade amounted
to 74,135, and in the number of farms
of negro and other non-white farmers
to 1908.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
all owners" class, was S5,044, as
compared with 6O,2O9 in 1900, an in
crease of 24,SS5.
The total number of farms conduct
ed in 1910 by cash tenants, share ten
ants, and cash and share tenants, COM
prising the "all tenant" class, was 103,-
1853, as against 47,250 in 1900, an in
crease of 1903.
The total number of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was GAL, as COM
pared with SAL in 1900 an increase of
100.
The total number of farms operated
by the 'all owners" class, constituted
As per cent of the whole number of
farms in 1910 and 56 per cent in 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants"
class, So per cent in 1910 and A per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, 3.3 per cent in 1910 and 05
per cent in 1900.
Of the total number, 85,044, or farms
operated in 1910 by the call owners"
class there were $4,000, or So per cent,
reported as "owned free of debt" and
1884, or AZ per cent, reported as
mortgaged. There were 2,425 farms
for which no mortgage report was Sc
cured, and these are included in the
farms "owned free of debt"
In 1900 information was secured con-
cerning the "owned farm homes" At
that time 55,562, or y2 per cent, were
reported free from debt" and 5,073,
or per cent, as mortgaged. There
were 5,486 farms in 1900 for which no
mortgage report was secured, and
these were 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 19 acres
and under numbered 1908 in 1910 and
6,731 in 1900, a gain of 332; of 20 to
49 acres, 1888 in 1910 and 1880 in
1900, an increase of II, ,943; of so to 80
acres, 1885 in 1910 and $500 in 1900,
gain of 22,5S5; of 100 to ia acres,
74,933 in 1910 and 1888 in 1900, an in
crease of 25,950 of IT'S to 499 acres,
33, 700 in 1910 and 13,206 in 1900, an
increase of 20,491; of 500 to 999 acres,
2,677 in 1910 and 1887 in 1900, a gain
of 740 and of 1000 acres and over,
S47 in 1910 and 1,453 in 1900, a de-
crease of SOC.
Average Group Proportions.
Of the whole number of farms, those
of 19 acres and under formed per
cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900;
those of 20-49 acres, 16 per cent in
1910 and Is per cent in 1900; those of
50-99 acres, 20 per cent in 1910 and
10 per cent in 1900; those of 100-174.
acres, 40 per cent in 1910 and AS per
cent in 1900; those of 1880 acres,
1S per cent in 1910 and II per cent
in 1900; those of 50O-999 acres, per
cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900;
an dthose of 1000 acres and over, 0-4
per cent in 1910 and 1 per cent in 1900
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of $9,794,000, as com
pared with $3,676,OOO in 1900, an in
crease of $6,11S,OO0, or 166 per cent.
The expenditures for fertilizers
amounted in 1910 to $4,000, a net in
crease over 1900, at whic htime no uot-
lay was reported for this item.