The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-08-05
DECADE GROWTH
IN FARM VALUES
IS MARVELLOUS
Virginia Lands and Crops
Double in Worth in
Decade
INCREASE COMES ON
SMALLER ACREAGE
Farmers Learning Lesson by
Degrees of Little Farm
Well Titled and
Profit by 1t

WASHINGTON. d. c., August A.
Acting Census Director FaIkner is
sued to-day the first official state
ment from the Census Bureau relative
to the agricultural statistics of the
State OF Virginia collected at the Thir-
teenth Decenniai United States Cen
sus April Is. 1911.
1t Is based on a preliminary COM
parattve summary submitted ny Or.
lie Grand Powers. chief statistician
of the Division OF Agriculture in the
Bureau of the Census. This sum
mary shows. for both the census Of
1910 and that OF 1900, the reported
total value of farm land. buildings.
and implements and machinery: total
acreage; improved acreage: average
acres per farm; average value per
acre of farm land and buildings. aver
age value per acre of farm land alone,
and the aggregate expenditure for la
Dor and fertilizers. 1t also distributes
the total number OF farms according
to color OF farmer; specified character
OF tenure: whether held free or mort
gagged by owners, and by certain acre
age groups.
Attention is called 10 the fact that
the figures are subject TO revision later,
as a number of farms nose returns
are Incomplete win be included in
the Ilal labltS- lASSS d1GiAicBs Will
| not, in All probability modify any
OF the amounts or rates contained In
the present statement.
The census of agriculture was taken
primary for the purpose of obtaining
an accurate inventory or all classes of
! farm property existing on April Is.
| 1910. a complete exhibit of farm oper-
/ atoms during the year ended Decem
| Der 81. 1903; and statement of the
/ number and value of domestic ami
| mails In cities and villages on April
| Is, 1910.
| Statements relative to acreage and
/ yield OF crops and the domestic ami
! mails of Virginia viii be issued by the
+, Census Bureau as soon an the taeuia-
| tion OF these data has been completed.
Rates Of lnorease and Decrease.
| II is pointed out in the statement
| to- day that the principal rates OF In
/ crease in Virginia In 1910. as against
/ 900 among the items for which per
! centages are given IN the first section
| OF the summary are: In the total
value of all farm hand alone. 90 per
| cent: in the total value OF farm land
and buildings, ss per cent; In the total
value OF farm buildings, 20 per cent:
/ IN the average value per acre OF farm
land alone. f01 per cent: IN the aver
age value per acre OF YarTsa hand and
buildings. 100 per cent; In the total
expenditures Tor LABOR, ~ per cent. .
in the total expenditures for ferti-
lizers, IS per cent; in the total value
OF all farm implements and machin-
cry. 81 per cent: ard In the whole
number OF farms. > per cent.
| The decreases during the decade,
among tbs items for which percen-
tages are given. occurred in the aver
age acres per farm IL per cent: in
the total improved farm acreage. per
cent, and In the total farm acreage.
Q per cent
| The statement shows In detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 1sS,7s2, as compared with 1885
In 1900, an increase OF 1886, or per
| cent.
| Farm Values.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given In 1910 as $500
| $4,000. as against s271,57s.000 In
1900, an increase OF $25s.s40. 900, or
IS per cent.
The total value Of all farm land
! alone was reported in 1910 as $685.
$4,000, as compared with 320o.615,-
600 in 1900. a gain OF $1s3,222, 900,
or rs per cent.
The total value OF all farm build
ings alone was given in 1910 az $137.-
os1,o0o. as against $7o,ss3.ooo in 1900.
| *7@'f etContinued on second PAxe)