The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-08-12
General Farm Data
Preliminary Statement of Thirteenth Census Re- suits Issued by the Gen. sus Bureau.

rector Durand issued to-day the flrs1 official statement from the Census Bureau relative to the agricultural statistics for the North Atlantic D1- vision of States collected at the Thir- teenth Decennial United Stotes Cen sus, April 15, 1910. The North At lanfic Division includes Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont, Massac chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. All ment have been reported separately flor the states named above.
 It Is pointed out in the statement tto- day that the rates of increase for lthe North Atlantic Division of States .hn 1910, as against 1900, among the dn the order of their importance, are: dn the total expenditures for fertiliz- ers, 75 per cent; in the.total expendf- lures for labor, 54 per cent; in the lvalue of implements and machinery, h2 per cent; in the value of buildings, 34 per cent; in the average value per iecre of farm land, including value of buildings, 32 per cent; in the average Na1ue per acre of farm land exclusive iof buildings, 27 per cent; in the to- ttal value of farm land and buildings, R7 per cent; and in the total value of Harm land alone, 9 per cent.
 The decreases among the items in tthe first part of the table, in the lorder of their importance are: In the ftotal improved farm acreage, 6 per tcent; in the total number of acres bn farms. per cent; in the total num- Iber of farms, per cent; in the leverage acres per farm. per cent.
 Number of Farms.
 i The statement shows in detail that fthe number of farms reported in 1910 fvas e53, ,623, as compared with 677,- f506 in 1900. decrease of 23,SS3 Harms, or per cent.
 Each of the states shows a decrease hn the number of farms except Maine. (which gained 1 per cent. The de- tcreases during the decade in the orr fder of their importance are: New Hamapshire, 8 per cent; Rhode Is- t1and. per cent; New York, 5 per tcent; New Jersey, per cent; Penn eylvania ond Massachusetts, each 3 tper cent; and Connecticut and Yer nnont, each 2 per cent.
 Land in Farms.
 The total amount of land included nn farms in 1910 was reported as 62, K90.000 acres, as compared with 65,- Hos,ooo acres in 1900, a decrease of i2. ,000 acres. or 4 per cent. This decrease is due to the increased areas Psed by the cities. transportation right of ways, etc, and to the fact fhat considerable land reported as in farms in 1900 and used for grazing
  game purposes and country places" in 1910 and was not reported as in Alarms.
 Each of the states in the division shows a decrease in the total farm Hereage The largest relative de- Ereases are in New Hampshire and New Jersey, each of which shows a decrease of 10 per cent. Then comes Massachusetts with a decrease of g per cent; Connecticut, per cent; Pennsylvania, per cent; New York and Rhode Island. each with per gent; Vermont, per cent; and Maine with 0.1 per cent.
 The average acreage per farm re- ported in 1910 was 96 acres as against t97 in 1900, decrease of l acre, or 1 per cent.
 The improved acreage was return ed in 1910 as amounting to 36,527, ,000 acres ,as against 38,921, 900 acres in 1900, a decrease of 2,394,0 ,000 acres, or $ per cent. This decrease is prob ably more apparent than real and is due to the gradual change in the To- cal interpretation of the term i'm proved lands. The census definition that ''all lands regularly titled or mowed, land pastured and cropped in rotation, land lying fallow. land 1n gardens, orchards. vineyards, nurSer- ies, and land occupied by farm build ings'' should be reported as "improv- ed lands" has not always conformed to local usage. Each of the states in the division shows a decrease in Improved acreage. The rates of de- crease, given in the order of rela- tive importance, are: Vermont, g per cent; New. Hampshire, IA per cent; Massachusetts. 10 per cent; New Jer- eey, g per cent; Connecticut, per gent; New York and Rhode Island, each 5 per cent; Pennsylvania, per cent; and Maine, 1 per cent.
 The improved acreage formed 58 Der cent of the total acreage in 1910 and so per cent. in 1900.
 Farm Values.
 The total valuea of farm land and buildings was given in 1910 as $3,-| 136, ,583,000 as against s2,477, ,266,OO0 fn 1900, an increase of $659,317, 1000, pr 27 per cent.
 The total value of all farm land alone was reported in 1911 as S1,- as compared with S1.- 503, 3S9, ,000 in 1900, a gain of s328,- 609, 900, or 22 per cent. The great est percentage gain in the value of farm land alone is in Maine, "A Der cent The other increases, in the order of their importance, are: Con- necticut, 36 per cent: New Jersey, 31 per cent: New York, 2S per cent; Yer mont. 27 per cent: New Hampshire, 25 per cent; Massa chusetts, 20 per cent; Rhode Island, II per cent; and Penn sylvania. per cent.