The Green Forest tribune., 1911-07-14

amount of gain being $7.79, or 123 per cent.
 Color of Farmers.
 Of the whole number, 214,275, of farms reported in 1910, there were lo0,920, or 70 per cent, operated by white farmers, and G3 1855, or 30 per cent, by negro and other non-white farmers, as compared with a total of l7S,694 in 1900, of which 31,711, or 74 per cent, were conducted 0y white farmers. and 6,9S3, or 26 per cent, by negroes and other non-white. The increase in the number of farms of white farmers during the decade amounted to 9,209 and the numDer of farms of negro and other non white farmers to 16,372.
 Farm Ownership.
 The total number Of farms operat. ed in 1910 by owners, part owners, and owners and tenants, comprising the all owners" class, was 106,535, as compared with 96,735 in 1900, an increase of 9,S00
 The total number of farms conduct
 
 ants, and share-cash tenants, compris ing the all tenants class, was 1OG. 9S5, as against 81, ,140 in 1900, an ln- crease of 25,S45.
 The total number of farms operat- ed by managers in 1910 was 755, as compared with S19 in 1900, decrease of GA.
 tnto h,- of fo by the all owners" class constituted 30 per cent of the whole number Of farms in 1910 and 54 per cent m 1900; those operated by the "all ten ants" class, 50 per cent in 1910 and 45 per cent in 1900; and those con ducted by managers, 0.4 per cent in 1910 ard l per cent in 1900
 Of the total number, 106,535, Of farms operated in 1910 by the "all owners" class, there were S4,t76, or 79 per cent reported as owned free of debt and 22,359, or 21 per cent reported as mortgaged. There were 1,927 farms for which no mortgage report was secured, and these are in- cluded in the farms owned free of debt"
 In 1900 information was secured concerning the owned farm homes" At that time S1,511, or S6 per cent were reported free from debt" an 12,S33, or II per cent, as mortgaged There were 4,422 farms in 1900 fol which no mortgage report was secur ed and these were included in the farms free from debt' The census bureau has no information respecting the number of mortgaged farms leas- ed to tenants.
 Distribution.
 The statement relative to farms distributed according to certain acre. age groups shows that those of 19 acres and under numbered 36,079 in 1910 and 24,6G5 in 1900, a gain of H. 414; of 20 to 40 acres, 74.863 in 1910 and 55,3S2 in 1900, an increase of 19,- 53f; of 50 to 90 acres, 45,3333 in 1910 and 3S,595 in 1900, gain of 6,73S; of 100 to 174 acres, 39,319 in 1910 and 42,007 in 1900, decrease of 2,6SS; of 175 to 499 acres, ,131 in 1910 and 1G,440 in 1900, an increase of 691; of 800 to 999 acres, 1,151 in 1910 and l. 239 in 1900, falling of 82; and of 1000 acres and over, 393 in 1910 and 41G in 1900, a decrease of 23.
 Acreaee-Group Proportions.
 Of the whole number of farms, those of 19 acres and under formed r per cent in 1910 and fl per cent in 1900; those of 20-49 acres 35 per cent in 1910 and 31 per cent in 1900; those of 50-99 acres, 21 per cent in 1910 and p per cent in 1900; those of 100-174 acres, IS per cent in 1910 and 24 per cent in 1900; those of 175- 499 acres, 8 per cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900; those of 500999 acres, l per cent in both 1910 and 1900; and those of 1000 acres and over, 0.2 per cent in both 1910 and 1900.
 The expenditures for labor in 1910 reached the sum of $7,612,000 as con- pared with $3,171 900 in 1900, an in crease of $4,410,000 or 40 per cent. The expenditures for fertilizers amounted in 1910 to $596,000, as against $173,000 in 1900, a gain of S423,000 or 245 per cent.