Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-03-25

5,2es,OoO 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 49,
1910; a complete exhibit of farm oper-
ations during the year ended December
81, 1909; and a statement of the mum
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 il
Idaho in 1915, as against 1900, are: Ii
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 tota
value of farm buildings alone, 267 pei
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, Pr per cent; il
the total expenditures for labor, 1877 pc
cent; in the total improved farm acre
age, 90 per cent; in the whole humble
of farms, 76 per cent; in the total farm
acreage, GA per cent; and in the tota
expenditures for fertilizers, "a per cent
The only decrease during the decad
occurred in the average acres per farm
per cent.
The statement shows in detail tina
the number of farms reported in 1911
was 3O,741, as compared with All il
1900, an increase of 1920, or 76 pc
cent
Farm Values.
The total value of farm land an
buildings was given in 1910 as $244
100000, as against $42 ,31s,OOO in 1900
an increase of 1902, $4,000, or AIS pc
cent.
The total value Of all farm land alon
was reported in 1910 as $219, $4,000, a
compared with $35,4s6,OOO in 1900,
gain of $1s3, 900, or SIS per cent.
The total value of farm building
alone was given in 1910 as $25,O74,Oo'
as against $6,832, 600 in 1900, an il
crease of $1s,242, 900, or 267 per cent.
In 1910 the value of the farm Ian
alone constituted 80 per cent of til
total value of land and buildings, q
compared with 81 per cent in 1900.
The reported value of farm impl
ments and machinery was $10,459,OC
in 1910, as against $3,295OOO in 19O
gain of 100000, or 217 per cent
The total acreage reported in 191
was 5,269, GOO acres, as compared wit
3,2O5,OOO in 1900, an increase of 1904
600 acres, or Ga per cent.
The improved acreage was returne
in 1910 as amounting to 2,773,00O acre
as against 1,413,OOO in 1900, an increai
of 100000 acres, or 90 per cent.
The improved acreage formed SO pr
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 100
a decrease of ~ acres, OF per cent.
The average value per acre of far
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
$46.39, as against 1920 in 1900, a ri
of $3.50, or PSI per cent.
The average value per acre of far
land alone in 1910 was reported
$41.6s, while in 1900 it was SHOT, Il
amount of gain being $3O.56, or 276 P
cent.
Farm Ownership.
The total number of farms operat
in 1910 by owners, part owners, al
owners and tenants, comprising the 90;
owners" class, was 27,111, as compar
with 1885 in 1900, an increase
1926