The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-08-02

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er cent of the total acreage in 1910, \
nd AZ per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ID in 1900 exceeded 80 acres, as
against 81 in 1910. decrease of 15
lcres, or 10 per cent This decrease
s probably due largely to the break
ing up of farms and plantations over
100 acres in size and their operation
by tenant families. Farms over 100
acres decreased $3.50 in number dur
ing the decade, while those under 100
acres increased 56.177 during the
same period.
The average value per acre of farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as $17.93, as against $3.50 in 1900, a
rise of $3.50. or lis per cent.
The average value per acre Of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
$13.61, while in 1900 1t was $3.50, the
amount of gain being 1871, or 116
per cent.
Color of Farmers.
OF the whole number, 273,S20, of
farms reported in 1910 there were
1O9,39O, or 40 per cent, operated by
white farmers, and 1874 ,430, or 60 per
cent, by negro and other nonwhite
farmers, as compared with a total
of 22O,SO3 in 1900, of which 92,124, or
AZ per cent, were conducted by white
farmers, and 12S,679, or So per cent,
by negro and other nonwhite. The
increase in the number of farms of
white farmers, during the decade
amounted to 1926 and in the num-
Der of farms of negro and other non.
white farmers to 35,751.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners. and
owners and tenants, comprising the
"all owners" class, was 1856, as
compared with S2,O21 in 1900, an in
crease of 1885.
The total number of farms conduct
ed in 1910 by cash tenants. share
tenants, including standing renters
and troopers, and share-cash tenants,
comprising the call tenants class,
was 1S1,172, as against 1882 in
1900, an increase of 43,S2O.
The total number of farms oper.
ated by managers in 1910 was 1872, as
compared with $50 in 1900. a decrease
Of 1873.
The total number of farms operated
by the "all owners" class, constituted
"a per cent of the whole number OF
: farms in 1910, and 81 per cent in 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants
class, Sc per cent in 1910 and 81 per
cent in 1900; and those conducted
by managers, O.3 per cent in 1910 and
O.4 per cent in 1900.
Mortgage Indebtedness.
OF the total number, 91,856, Of
farms operated in 1910 by the al
owners" class, there were 62,203, OF
: 6S per cent, reported as "owned fret
n of debt" and 1868, or 80 per cent
r reported as mortgaged. There wer'
1898 farms for which no mortgage
d renort was secured, and these ar
: included in the farms "owned free o
0 debt"
s In 1900 information was secure
concerning the owned farm homes.
l. At that time 59,3o7, or IA per cen
j. were reported free from debt" an
0, %, 606, or 26 per cent, as mortgaget
er There were 1907 farms in 1900 &c
which no mortgage report was s.
Of cured and these were included in tn
&c farms "free from debt" The censJ
I'd bureau has no detailed informatio
respecting the number of mortgage
e. farms leased to tenants.
90 Distribution According to Acreage
10, Groups.
The statement relative to farm
10 distributed according to certain acI
ed age groups shows that those Of
g. acres and under numbered 66,741
all 1910 ana 4Z,IfU IN lSOu, gam
le- 24,471; of 20 to 40 acres, 1850
ed 1910 and 1894 in 1900, an increa
tn of 26,575; of 80 to 80 acres, $4,000
ate 1910 and 39,469 in 1900, a gain
its 5,131; of 100 to ia acres, 30,130
IRE 1910 and 1880 in 1900, a decrea
he of 1,250; of IT'S to 400 acres, 17,C
ne in 1910 and 1S,43O in 1900, decres
in of 1871; of 500 to 500 acres, 2,033
ted 1910 and 2.461 in 1900, a decree
of 1923; and of 1000 acres and ov
led 74S in 1910 and $50 in 1900,
900 crepse of III.
an Acreage-Group Proportions.
-- or the whole number of farl
hat tIoca of ~ acres and under form