Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-03-30
ISSUED BY The CENSUS DE-
PARTMENT AT WASHING
TON, D. G, TODAY.
Number of Farms Reported in 1910 Was
3o,741 and Total Value of Lands and
Buildings Amounted to Nearly $245,-
ooo,ooo-Total Acreage Reported Is
100000 Acres.

Census Director Durand has issued the
first official statement from the census
bureau relative to the agricultural sta
tistics of the state of Idaho collected
at the Thirteenth Decennial United
States census April is last.
The census of agriculture was taken
primarily for the purpose of obtaining
an accurate inventory of all classes of
farm property existing on April 10,
1910; complete exhibit of farm oper
atoms during the year ended December
81, 1909; and statement of the num-
Der and value of domestic animals. in
cities and villages on April Is, 1910.
Statements relative to acreage and
yield of crops and the domestic animals
of Idaho will be issued by Director
Durand as soon as the tabulation Of this
data has been completed.
Increase and Decrease.
1t is pointed out in this statement
that the principal rates of increase in
Idaho in 1919, as against 1900, are: In
the total value of all farm land alone,
SIS per cent; in the total value of
farm land and buildings, AIS per cent;
in the average value per acre of farm
land alone, 276 per cent; in the total
value of farm buildings alone, 267 per
cent; in the average value per acre of
farm land and buildings, PSI per cent;
in the total value of all farm nipple
ments and machinery, PIT per cent; in
the total expenditures for labor, 1877 per
cent; in the total improved farm acre
age, 90 per cent; in the whole number
of farms, 76 per cent; in the total farm
acreage, GA per cent; and in the total
expenditures for fertilizers, "a per cent
The only decrease during the decade
occurred in the average acres per farm
Z per cent.
The statement shows in detail tina
the number of farms reported in 1911
was 3O,741, as compared with 17,471 IL
1900, an increase of 1920, or 76 pc
cent.
Farm Values.
The total value of farm land AM
buildings was given in 1910 as 1914,
100000, as against $42, 900 in 1900
an increase of 1902, 1O2, 900, or AIS pc
cent.
The total value of all farm land alon
was reported in 1910 as $219,346,000, a
compared with $35,4S6,000 in 1900,
gain of 1888, $780, 900, or 51S per cent.
The total value of farm building
alone was given in 1910 as $25,074, OO'
as against $6,s32 900 in 1900, an IL
crease of $1s 900, or 267 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm Ian
alone constituted 90 per cent of tn
total value of land and buildings,
compared with "a per cent in 1900
The reported value of farm impl
ments and machinery was $i0,459,OC
in 1910, as against $3,295,OOO in 100
a gain of 81, 164 900, or 217 per cent.
The total acreage reported in 19l
was 5,269,OO0 acres, as compared VII
3,205,000 in 1900, an increase of 1905
900 acres, or GA per cent.
The improved acreage was return'
in 1910 as amounting to 2,773,O0O acre
as against 1,413,OO0 in 1900, an increa
of 100000 acres, or 90 per cent.
The improved acreage formed So p
cent of the total acreage in 1910, al
"A per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
in 1910 was III, as against 1873 IN l9'
a decrease of ~ acres, or per cent
The average value per acre OF fa'
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
$46.39, as against 1920 in 1900, II
of $3.50, or 251 per cent.
The average value per acre OF IA
land alone in 1910 was reported
$41.6S, while in 1900 it was Slot, I
amount of gain being $3o.56, or 27o
cent.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms opera'
in 1910 by owners, part owners, a
owners and tenants, comprising the
ownera" class, was 27,111, as compal
with 1885 in 1900, an increase
1885.
mDArHT KTTT.q nONDIIGTOR