Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-03-31
IDAHO FARMS AND FARMERS
First Preliminary Comparative State
Htent Of General Farm Data Issued
by the Census Bureau.

Some OF the figures furnished will
prove most interesting to residents OF
the Gem state. For instance, it i
pointed out in the statement by the
director of the census that the prin
cipal rates OF increase in Idaho in
1910. as against 1900. are: In the
total value of all farm land alone. Sic
per cent: in the total value of farm
land and buildings, AIS per cent; in
the average value per acre of farm
lands, 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. Isl per cent; in
the total value of all farm implements
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 mum
Der of farms. rs per cent; in the tota.
farm acreage. "a 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. per cent.
The statement shows in detail that
the number OF farms reported in 1910
was 30.741, as compared with 17.471
in 1900. an increase of 1920, or rs
per cent.
The total value of farm land and
buildings was given in 1910 as $244.-
100000. as against S42.31S.000 in 1900.
an increase OF S202, 1o2. 900, or Ats per
cent.
The total value Of all farm land
alone was reported in 1910 as $685.
346, 900, as compared with $35, 4S6, 900
in 1900. gain of $1s3. 100000, or 51s
per cent.
The total value of farm buildings
alone was given in 1910 as SIS. 074, 900,
as against $685., 900 in 1900, an in.
crease Of $1S,242 900. or 267 per cent
In 1910 the value of the farm land
alone constituted 80 per cent of the
total value of land and buildings, as
compared with 81 per cent in 1900.
compared with "a pc recent in 1900.
The reported value of farm nipple
ments and machinery was S10,459.000
in 1910, as against 1926. 900 in 1900,
5N~Ah "a pAs4V1sVOUs VI @1t per CEnl.
The total acreage reported in 1910
was 5.269.0O0 acres, as compared with
3.2O5 900 in 1900, an increase Of 1904.
600 acres, or Ga per cent
The improved acreage was re 'urned
In 1910 as amounting to 2,773,0 900
acres. as against 1.413,000 in 1900. an
increase of 100000 acres, or sc per
cent.
The improved acreage formed So per
cent OF the total acreage in 1910, and
A per cent in 1900.
The average acre per farm reported
In 1910 was Ill, as against 1873 in
1900. q decrease Of IL acres, or per
cent.
The average value per acre OF farm
land and buildings in 1910 is stated
as $46.39. as against 1920 in 1900,
rise of $33.19, or 251 per cent.
The average value per acre of farm
land alone in 1910 was reported as
s416S. while in 1900 Il was SHOT, the
amount OF gain being S30.56, or ZIG
per cent
OF the whole number. 3O.741. of
farms reported in 1910 there were 30
1897 or 80 per cent, operated by white
farmers, and 404, or / per cent. by
| negro and other non-white farmers, as
compared with total of 17,471 in
1900. Of which 1876, or 81 per cent,
were conducted by white farmers and
595, or 3 per cent, by negro and other
| non-white. The increase in the mum.
Der of farms of white farmers during
the decade amounted to 13,461. and
the decrease in the number of farms
of negro and other non-white farmers
was 191.
The total number of farms operated
in 1910 by owners, part owners, and
owners and tenants, comprising the
all owners" class, was PHIL, as COM
pared with 1885 in 1900, an increase
of II ,526.
The total number of farms conduct
ed in 1910 by cash tenants. share ten
ants, and cash and share tenants,
| comprising the "all tenants" class.
was 1884, as against 1929 In 1900. an
increase of 1855.
The total number OF farms operated
by managers in 1910 was 446, as com
pared with 357 in 1900, an increase
of SO.
The total number Of farms operated
| by the AL owners" class constituted
| SO per cent of the whole number Of
farms In 1910 and SO per cent in 1900;
those operated by the "all tenants"
class, 10 per cent in 1910 and per
cent in 1900; and those conducted by
managers. per cent in both 1910 and
| 1900.
OF the total number, 27,111, of farms
operated in 1910 by the AL owners"
class, there were 1918, or 81 per
cent. reported as owned free OF en-.
cumbrance. and 1898, or SO per cent
mortgaged; for ZIG Of those reported
as owned free. however, no report of
mortgage debt was secured.
The statement relative to farms dis
tributed according to certain acreage
| groups shows that those OF 10 acres
and under numbered 1889 In 1910 and
804 in 1900. gain of 1,185; of 20 to
| 40 acres, 1910 in 1910 and 1,47S in
1900, an increase of 1862; of so to
] 80 acres. 81 in 1910 and 2,SO6 in
1900, an increase of 3.505; of 100 to
j TIA acres. 1883 in 1910 and s 99S
in 1900. an increase of also; of I75
j TO 400 acres. $500 in 1910 and 3,27s
in 1900, an increase of 2,5s5; of 500
to 999 acres, 91S in 1910 and 436 in
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