The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Farm Lands Increase "a Per
Cent in Ten Years; Progress
Made in the Agricultural Districts

as $58.42, as against $30.14 in 1900, a
rise of $2S.2S per acre, or "a PER cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
$49.30, while In 1900 it was $24.79, the
gain being $2451 an acre, or SO per
cent.
The reported value Of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $685., 100000
in 1910, as against $364062,000 in
1900, gain of $272,61S,oOO. or rs per
cent.
Each state shows a material in
crease. Stated in the order of their
relative Importance, they are: North
Dakota, 212 per cent; South DAKOTA.
176 per cent; Wisconsin, 81 per cent;
Missouri, 70 per cent; Nebraska n
per cent; Minnesota, "a per cent;
Michigan, 70 per cent; Kansas, Iowa
and Illinois, each 81 per cent; In
diana, 80 per cent, and Ohio, Al per
cent
Expenditures for Labor, Etc.
~ C6 lOI ldUOr III IOIO
reached the sum of $252, 2S7, 600, as
compared with s143,321 900 in 1900,
an increase of $1os,966,000, or 76 per
cent.
The total expenditures for fertiliz-
ers amounted to $S,930,00O in 1910, as
against $7,274,0- in 1900, an increase
OF S1,656,000, or % per cent.
Color of Farmers.
OF the whole number, 2,226,9S0, Of
farms reported in 1910, there were
2,211 ,614, or 1913 per cent operated
by white farmers and only 1886, or
OF per cent, by negro and other non
white farmers.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operated
by owners, part owners, and owners
and tenants, comprising the "all own
compared with 1,564,223 in 1900, de-
crease of S37. The total number of
farms conducted in 1910 by cash ten
ants, share tenants, and share-cash
tenants, comprising the 'all tenants"
class, was 644,493, as against 612,726
in 1900, an increase of 31,767. The
total number of farms operated by
managers in 1910 vas 19,101, as CON-
pared with 1868 in 1900, decrease
of 517
The total number of farms operated
by the all owners class constituted
70 per cent of the whole number of
farms in 1910 and II per cent in 1900;
those operated in 1910 and II per
cent in 1900; those operated by the
al. tenants" class, 90 per cent in 1910
and % per cent in 1900; and those
conducted by managers, per cent in
both 1910 and 1900
OF the total number, 1,563,3S6. OF
farms operated in 1910 by the 'ail
owners class, there We're SSS,97S, or
81 per cent, reported as owned free
from debt" while 674,40S, or 43 per
cent, were reported as mortgaged
There were 1850 farms for which no
HUI lSdEet iCDott WdS otGuISu anu
these are included with the farms
free from debt"
Farms Distributed into Size Groups
The statement relative to farms dis.
tributed according to certain acreage
groups shows that those of "19 acres
and under numbered 1890 In 1910
and 147,721 in 1900, a gain of 1929:
those "2o to 40 acres" 2Ss,152 in 1910
and 341,129 in 1900, decrease of 81,
97T: those $50 to 90 acres" SCI ,956 In
1910 and 562,S91 In 1900. decrease OF
1895; those 100 to TIA acres,s 6S3,
PA in 1910 and Csc, 423 in 1900, an in,
crease of 26,S21; those ITS to 499
acres" sol $40 in 1910 and 435.0SS in
1900, an increase of 66,752: those 900
to 500 acres 6019S in 1910 and Al
757 in 1900. an increase of 1S,443; and
those Il 900 acres and over 1900 in
1910 and 11,56O in 1900, an increase
of 2,04o.
1t Is especially noteworthy that
there is an increase of over 10000 in
the number of farms under 90 acres
in size. while there is decrease oil
those from 90 acres to 100 acres OF
nearly 100000, and an increase Of
those over 100 acres of about $4,000
Acreage Group Proportions.
OF the whole number of farms, those
of 10 acres and under" formed pei
cent in both 1910 ard 1900; those "2C
to 40 acres 10 per cent in 1910 ana
Is per cent in 1900; those $50 to 9s
acres" % per cent in 1910 and &c pei
cent in 1900: those 100 to TIA acres,
81 per cent In 1910 and 80 per cent il
1900: those "175 to 400 acres 20 pei
cent in 1910 and 20 per cent in 1900;
and those over 500 acres, 8 per CEN
Il, 1Q1n and Nor cent in Q00