Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1911-03-30


kued (March I'D the first official state
ment from the Census Bureau relative
to the agricultural statistics of the
state of South Dakota collected at
the Thirteenth Decennial United
States Census, April Is last.
1t is based On a preliminary COM
parative summary submitted to the
Director by DR.. LIE Grand Powers
chief statistician of the Division of
Agriculture in the Bureau of the Cen
sus. This summary shows for both
the census of 1910 and that Of 1900 the
reported total value of farm land,
buildings, and implements and ma
chinery; total acreage; improved
acreage; average acres per farm; av-
erage value per acre Of farm land and
buildings; average value per acre or
farm land alone; and the aggregate
expenditure for labor and fertilizers.
1t also distributes the total number
of farms according to color OF farmer,
specified character of tenure, whether
held free or mortgaged by owners,
and by certain acreage groups.
The Director gives notice that the
summarys figure are subject to re-
vision later, owing to the fact that a
number of farms whose returns are
incomplete will be included in the
final tables. These additions will not,
in ell probability, modify any of the
amounts or rates contained In the
present statement.
The census of agriculture was taken
primarily for the purpose of obtaining
an accurate inventory Of all classes
of farm property existing on April
Is. 1910: complete exhibit Of farm
operations during the year ended De
cember 81, 1909; and statement OF
the number and value of domestic
animals in cities and villages on April
Is, 1910.
Statements relative to acreage and
weld of crops and the domestic ami
mails Of South Dakota will be issued
by Director Durand as soon as the
tabulation of this data has been COM
pleted
It is pointed out in the statement
that the principal rates of increase
in South Dakota in 1910, as against
1900 are: In the total value of all
farm land alone, 376 per cent; in the
total value of farm land and build
ings. $50 per cent; in the average
value per acre of farm land alone, 2oO
per cent: in the average value per
acre of farm land and buildings, 2S5
per cent; in the total value of farm
buildings alone, 231 per cent; in the
total value of all farm implements and
machinery, 176 per cent; in the total ex-
pendstures for labor, 1872 per cent; in
the whole number of farms, AZ per
cent: in the total improved farm acre
age. 40 per cent; and In the total farm
acreage, SO per cent.
The principal decreases during the
decade occurred in the total expendi-
lures for fertilizers, Is per cent, and
in the average acres per farm, per
cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 77,314, as compared with 52,622
in 1900. an increase of 24,692, or Al
per cent.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as 81 ,OO3,-
451,OOO, as against 1920, 900 in 1900,
an increase of s7S3,31S,0O0, or S56 per
cent.
The total value OF all laTm ldHu
alone was reported in 1910 as s901,-
$4,000, as compared with S9,2O7,OOO
in 1900, gain of $711,927,000, or 376
per cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $102,317,-
600, as against $30,926,000 in 1900, an
increase of ST., $4,000, or 231 per cent.
In 1910 the value Of the farm land
alone constituted 80 per cent Of the to-
tai value of land and buildings, as
compared with SO per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was $33,762,000
in 1910, as against $12,219,000 in 1900,
a gain of $21, 543, 900, or 176 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 25,952,000 acres, as compared with