The Greeley tribune., 1911-04-27
C0L0RAD0'S AGRICULTURAL
GROWTH SHOWN IN CENSUS
REPORT Of FARM PRODUCTS
Government Statistic. For Period Of Ten Years
Are OF Keen Interest To State--Frst Data OF
The Kind At Hand---W Wonderful Development
l. Recorded.

900 in 1900. gain of $S.014.00O'
or 169 per cent.
The total acreage reported In 1910
was 13,44S,O00 acres, as compared
with 9,475.OoO in 1900. an increase
of s,97s,0O0 acres. or AZ per cent
The improved acreage was re-
turned in 1910 as amounting to A.
$4,000 acres. as against 2.274,000
in 1900. an increase of 100000
acres. or SO per cent.
The improved acreage formed 80
per cent of the total acreage in 1910
and "a per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm re-
ported in 1910 was 2s3. as against
Ss4 in 1900, a decrease of 81 acres,
or "a per cent.
The average value per acre of
farm land and buildings in 1910 is
stated as $30.27, as against s11.22
in 1900, rise OF $19.05. or 40 per
cent.
! The average value per acre of
farm land alone in 1910 was report
ed as s26.S9, while in 1900 it was
1888. the amount of gain being
s17.36, or 1872 per cent.
Color Of Farmers
! OF the whole number, $3.50, of
farms reported In 1910 there were
1920, or 80 per cent, operated by
white farmers, and $40, or l per
cent, by negro and other non-white
farmers, as compared with total of
24,7O0 in 1900, of which 24,627, or
1897 per cent, were conducted by
white farmers, and 73, or 0.3 per
cent. by negro and other non-white.
The increase in the number of farms
of white farmers during the decade
amounted to 20,642. and the in
crease in the number of farms of
negro and other non-white farmers
was 497
Farm Ownership
The total number of farms oper-
ated in 1910 by owners, part owners.
and owners and tenants, comprising
the "all owners" class, was 36,696,
as compared with 1929 in 1900,
an increase of 1S,457.
The total number of farms con-
Quoted in 1910 by cash tenants.
share tenants. and cash and share
tenants, comprising the "all ten
ants" class, was 1858. as against
5,581 in 1900, an increase Of 2,777.
The total number of farms oper-
ated by managers in 1910 was 7S5,
as compared with $50 in 1900. a de-
crease of 95.
The total number of farms ope-
rated by the "all owners" class con-
stituted 80 per cent of the whole
number or farms in 1910 and - per
cent in 1900; those operated by the
"all tenants" class, 1S per cent in
1910 and % per cent in 1900; and
those conducted by managers, . per
cent in 1910 and per cent in 1900.
OF the total number. 3e.696. Of
farms operated in 1910 by the "all
owners" class. there were 27,os2. or
"a per cent, reported a. owned free
Of incumbrance and 1914 or Is per
cent. mortgaged. There were 48s
farms for which NO mortgage report
was secured. and these are included
in the number Of farms reported rs
owned freo Of incumbrance.
| In 1900 information was secured
concerning the owned farm
homes. At that time 13.24s, or "a
per cent. were reported free from
debt and 1910. or 26 per cent. mort
gagged. There were 1913 in 1900 for
which NO mortgage report was Sc
cured and these we're included IN the
farms free from debt. The census
bureau has no information respect
ing the number of mortgaged farms
LEASED to tenants.
Acreage Distribution
The statement relative to farms
distributed according to certain
acreage groups shows that those OF
19 acres and under numbered 5,O0s
in 1910 and 2,s73 in 1900, a gain OF
2,135; of 20 to 40 acres, 1858 in
1910 and 2,122 in 1900, an increase
of 1,746; of so to 80 acres, 1883 In
1910 and 1896 in 1900. an increase
of 1887; of 100 to 174 acres, 16,
203 in 1910 and 9,104 in 1900, ar
increase of 1893; of 175 to 49s
} acres, 12,409 in 1910 and 5,372 IL
1900, an increase of 7,037; of 500 t,
!. 999 acres, 2.417 in 1910 and 1.46'
in 1900, an increase of 951; and o
900 acres and over, 1,571 in 1911
: and 1927 in 1900, an increase o
334.