Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-28
ILLINOIS FARM
CENSUS REPORT
DIRECTOR DURAND MAKES PUB
Lie AGRICULTURAL STATS
TICS FOR THAT STATE.
AVERAGE VALUE HIGHER
Price Per Acre Passes Hundred Dollar
Mark and Gain is More Than
100 Per Cent; Farm PopuIa-
ton Shows Loss.

Washington, D. c.. Jan. 25.-Census
Director Durand issued today the first
official statement from the census
bureau relative to the Agricultural
statistics Of the state of Illinois, COL
lected at the thirteenth decenniai
United States census. April Is, 1910.
Per Cents Of Increase and Decrease.
1t is pointed out in the statement
today that the principal rates OF III
crease in Illinois In 1910. as against
1900, are: In the average value per
acre of farm land alone, LOG per cent:
| in the total value. Of all farm lana
alone, 104 per cent; in the average
value per acre Of farm land and build
; ings, 101 per cent; in the total Value
Of all farm land and buildings, 80
per cent: in the total value, OF farm
buildings alone, II per cent; In the
total value Of farm implements ana
machinery, 81 per cent: IN the total
expenditures for labor, 81 per cent; IN
the average acres per farm, per
cent; and In the total improved farm
acreage, l per cent.
The principal decreases during the
decade occurred in the total expendi-
lures for fertilizers, 81 per cent; IN the
whole number Of farms. per cent; ana
in the total farm acreage, per cent;
The statement shows in detail that
1.-The number Of farms reported IN isit
was 250.S53, as compared with 264,1ol
in 1900, a decrease of 1928, or
per cent.
The total value Of farm land ana
Buildings was given IN 1910 as as 90 Ss,oli l.,
$4,000; as against s1.765 $4,000 IN
1900, an increase of $1,745,612,oO0. or
SO per cent.
The total value Of farm land alone
was reported in 1910 as $3,OS1, 4ooo,
as compared with s1.5l4.114,ooo IN
1900, gain of s1.5e7, 100000. or lo4
per cent.
The total value OF farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as s429.6So
900, as against $251. 4sS,0oo in 1900. an
increase of s17s,162,0O0. or II per cent
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted SO per cent OF the
total value of land and buildings, as
compared with So per cent In 1900.
The reported value of farm nipple.
ments and machinery was s7S,o33o WV
In 1910, as against $44,977,000 in 1900,
a gain of 1856. 900, or Ga per cent.
The total acreage reported IN ~"
was 32,471,00O acres, as compared with
32,795,OO0 in 1900. a decrease OF 324,-
900 acres, or per cent l
The improved acreage was returned
in 1910 as amounting to 2S,OO5,OOo
acres, as against 27.6s9.0o0 in 1900. an
increase Of 100000 acres. or 1 per cent.
cent of the total acreage IN 1910, as
compared with S. per cent In 1900.
The average acres per farm reported
in 1910 was 129 as against 124 IN l9o9'
an increase of acres, or per cent.
Average Value Per Acre.
The average value per acre OF 1ar1n
land and buildings in 1910 is stated as
s1Os.1S, as against 1884 In 19oo,
1lse Of $54.29, or 101 per cent.
ovoro value per acre or faTTu
land alone in 1910 was reported as
so4.9O. while in 1900 it was s46.17. the
amount of gain being $4S.73, or loo
per cent.
: Of the whole number. 25o,s5s. OF
farms reported in 1910, there were
249.439, or 80 per cent. operated ny
white farmers, and 1.414, or 4 per cent
by colored farmers, as compared with
a total Of 264,151 in 1900, Of which
ce2,662, OF % per cent. were conducted
by white farmers and 1.4S9, or l per
cent by colored. The decrease In the
number of farms of white farmers dur
ing the decade amounted to 1928. and
in the number Of farms Of colored
farmers to 10.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners. part owners and
owners and tenants, comprising the
"ull owners" class, was 144,464, as
compared with 15S,503 in 1900, de-
crease Of 14,039.
The total number Of farms conducted
in 1910 by cash tenants. share tenants,
and cash and share tenants, compris-
ing the "all tenants class. was 1O3.999.
as against 103.69S in 1900 IAN increase
Of 301. .,
The total number of farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 1880, as
compared with 1880 in 1900, an in
crease Of 440.
The total number of farms operated
Nv the "all owners" class constituted
So per cent Of the whole number Of
farms in 1910, and 60 Per cent in 1909:
those operated by the "all tenants
class, Al per cent in 1910 and 80 per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers, / per cent in both 1910
and 1900.
OF the total number, 144,464. Of farms
operated in 1910 by the "all owners
class there were SS.767, or 81 per cent
owned free of incumbrance, and 55.697,
or 3S per cent. mortgaged.
The census bureau has no infOrmd-
tion respecting the number Of mort
oaoed farms leased to tenants. nor