El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-02
NEW MEXICO FARM LANDS INCREASE
IN VALUE 1853 PERCENT IN DECADE

! land alone. I59 percent; in the average
value per acre OF farm land and build
ings, LA percent; in the total farm
acreage, 119 percent; and in the total
expenditures for labor, So percent
The Only decrease during the decade.
among the items for which percent
ages are givens occurred in the average
acres per farm. % percent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number of farms reported in 1910
was 35,0S2, as compared with 1871
in 1900. an increase Of 22.721, or 1SS
percent
Farm values.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as SILL
100000. az against s2O,Ss9. 900 in 1900,
an increase. of $50. 600, or 433 per-
cent.
The total value of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as $685.
10000, as compared with s17,324. 900
in 1900, a gain Of ss1,172,000. or 46s
percent.
The total value of all farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as s12,934000,
as against s3.565,OOO in 1900. an in
crease of $3.50. 600. or 263 percent
In. 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 8S percent of the to-
tai value of land and buildings, as
compared with SO percent n 1900.
The reported value of farm imple-
ments and machinery was s4101. 900
In 1910. as against s1152.000 in 1900.
gain of s2.949. 900, or 256 percent.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 11.225.00O acres. as compared with
acres. or 119 percent
The fUOFOyod. acroo orc I'D
in 1910 as amounting to 1854, 600
acres, as against $1,000 In 1900. an
increase of 1,137, 600 acres, or. 34S per-
cent.
The improved acreage formed 10
percent of the total acreage in 1910
and 6 percent in 1900.
The average acres per farm reported
in 1910 was 800. as against At In 1900,
decrease of 81 acres. or % percent
Inc average value per acre OF farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as 1898. as against s4.O7 in 1900.
rise Of $685.. or LA percent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
SSH. while in 1900 1t was s3.3s, the
amount Of gain being $3.50. or 15s per-
cent
Color of Farmers.
VI the whole number, <35O32. of
farms reported in 1910 there were az
$50, or 50 percent operated by white
farmers, and 1852. or 5 percent. DIV
negro and other nonwhite farmers as
compared with q total of 2s311 in 1900
Of which 1898, or SO percent. were
conducted by white farmers. and 141S.
or II percent, BY negro and other nom
white. The increase in the number
OF farms Of white farmers during the
decade amounted to 22.2S7. and in the
number of farms of negro and other
nonwhite farmers to 434.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operated
In 1910 by owners. part owners. and
owners and tenants. comprising the
all owners class. was 32,763. as
compared with 1854 in 1900. an in
crease Of 22.OS9.
The total number of farms conduct
ed In 1910 by cash>tenants. share tenn
ants. and cash and share tenants. CONF
prlsing the all tenants'' class, was
1853. as against 1854 in 1900. an in
crease of 799.
The total number Of farms operate,;
by managers in 1910 was 316. as com
pared with 4SS in 1900, a decrease of
1877 u
Inc total number of farms operated
by the AL owners class constituted
80 percent of the whole number ~
farms In 1910 and 81 percent in 1900.
those operated by the "aH tenants"
class, 6 percent in 1910 and percent
IN 1900. and those conducted by man
ayers. percent in 1910 and 1 rer-
cent in 1900.
or the total number, 32,763. of farms
ope rated in 1910 by the all owners"
class. there were 1901, or s5 percent
reported as owned free from debt"
and 1862, or percent. reported s
mortgaged- There were 161 farms for
which no mortgage report was secured.
and these are included in the farms
owned free from debt"
In 1890 information was securad
concerning the owned farm homes"
At that time 1928. or 90 percent were
reported free from debt, while 24s. or
percent. were mortgaged. There
were 56s in 1900 for which no mort
gage report was secured. these being
included In the farms free from debt.
Expenditure for Labor.
The expenditures for labor in 1910
reached the sum of 1851 900. as COM
pared with s1.951.0O0 in 1900. an in,
crease OF s1.6s0.000, or IS percent.
The expenditures for FERTILIZERS
amounted in 1910 to $4,000. while in
1910 1t was $4,000. an increase of s21.-