The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1911-04-20
BULLETIN ON NFyA-
DA'S AGRICULTURE
Especial to Silver State)

WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Census
Director Durand issued today the first
official statement from the census bu-
reau relative to the agricultural sta
tistics of the state of Nevada collected
at the thirteenth decennial United
States census, April Is, 1910.
1t is based on preliminary compar-
ative summary submitted to tpe
director by DIR. lie Grand Powers,
chief statistician of the division of
agriculture in the bureau of census.
This summary shows, for both the CEN
sus of 1910 and that of 1900, the re-
ported total value of farm land, build
ings and implements and machinery;
total acreage; improved acreage; av-
erage acres per farm; average value
per acre of farm lands alone; and the
aggregate expenditures for labor and
fertilizers. 1t also distributes the to-
tai number of farms according to color
of farmer; specified character of ten
ure; whether held free or mortgaged
by owners; and by certain acreage
groups.
The director gives notice that the
summary's figures are subject to re-
vision later, owing to the fact that a
number of farms whose returns are in
complete will be included in the final
tables. These additions will not, in
all probability, modify any of the
amounts or rates contained in the pres
ent 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 ope-
rations during the year ending Decem-
Der 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
yield of crops and the domestic ami
mails of Nevada will be issued by Di-
rector Durand as soon as the tabula-
tion of this data has been completed.
Per Cents Of Increase and Decrease.
1t is pointed out in the statement
that the principal rates of increase in
Nevada in 1910 as against 1900 are:
! In the total value of all farm land
alone, 163 per cent; in the average
value per acre of farm land alone, 161
per cent; in the total value of farm
land and buildings, Isl per cent; in
the average value per acre of farm
land and buildings, 149 per cent; in
the total expenditures for labor, lis
per cent; in the total value of farm
buildings alone, S3 per cent; in the
total value of all farm implements and
machinery, rs per cent; in the total
improved farm acreage, 80 per cent; in
the whole number of farms, 90 per
cent; and in the total farm acreage, /
per cent.
The only decrease during the decade
among the items for which rates are
given in the first section of the sum
mary occurred in the average acres pei
farm, namely, II per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 1850, as compared with 2,184 in
1900, and increase of 476, or % per
cent
Farm Values.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as $780,
153, 900, as against 81 100000 in 1900,
an increase of $23,537 900, or ISL per
cent.
The total value of all farm land
alone was reported in 1900 as $34,876,-
90, as compared with $13,276,0O0 in
1900, gain of $21 100000, or 153 per
cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as $4,277 900,
as against $2,340,000 in 1900, an in
crease of $1,937 900, or S3 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted SO per cent of the
total value of farm land and build
ings, as compared with IS per cent in
1900.
The reported value of all farm i'm
plements and machinery was $685.
900 in 1910, as against $S89,000 in
1900, gain of $669, 200, or IS per
cent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 2,585,000 acres, as compared with
1856 900 in 1900, an increase Of 10000
acres, or ! per cent.
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 745,000 acres,
as against $4,000 in 1900, an increase
of $4,000 acres, or 30 per cent.
The improved acreage formed 80 per
cent of the total acreage in 1910, and
% per cent in 1900
The average acres per farm reported
in 1910 was 972, as against 1,175 in
1900, decrease of 203 acres, or IL per
cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
$l5.l5, as against 5000 in 1900, a rise
of 1906, or l49 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1900 was reported as
$13.49, while in 1900 it was $5.17, the
amount of grain being $S.32, or 16l
per cent.
Color of Farmers.
OF the whole number (2,660) of
farms reported in 1910 there were g.
4Se, or "a per cent, operated by white
farmers, and 161, or 6 per cent, by
negro and other non-white farmers. as
compared with total of 2,1S4 in 1900
of which 2,011, or 92 per cent, were
conducted by white farmers, and l73
or per cent, by negro and other non
white. The increase in the number OF
farms of white farmers during the de
cade amounted to 4SS, and the de
crease in the number of farms OF
negro and other non-white farmer,
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