The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-25

lSVVs an luCToA60 O1 $1S0s400sVVV, OF
356 per cent.
Farm Land Values.
The total value Of all farm land
alone was reported In 1910 as $685.
$4,000, as compared with 345 5,6S6 900
in 1900, a gain Of $1S0,133. 900, or 1894
per cent.
The total value Of all farm build
ings alone was given in 1910 as $24.-
$4,000, as against $9,340,000 in 1900.
an increase Of $15,326, 900, or 1854 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 SO per cent in 1900.
The reported value Of farm imple-
mentH and machinery was $10,522, 900
in 1s S. against $3,e72,ooo in 1900.
a GAIN 20 Ss5o,ooo, or 1877 per cent:
The tots N,..eage reported in 1910
was 13,499,M &'res, as. compared
6,155,eco t S;o's,cre acres, Or 20! = sa ssr cent. "
The improved acre. qovas return.
ed in 1910 as amountiirs A 1851 900
acres, as against 1,726,000 In 1900, an
increase Of 1,905,0 acres, or 10 per
cent.
The improved acreage formed 27
per cent of the total acreage in 1910
and 21 per cent in 1900.
The average acres per farm report
ed in 1910 was $50, as against 624
in 1900, decrease of 104 acres, or
II per cent.
The average value per acre Of
farm land and buildings in 1910 is
stated as $1s.56, as against $3.50 in
1900, rise of $11.97, or 1872 per
cent.
The averaee value per acre Of farm
land alone In 1910 was reported as
$16.73. while in 1900 1t was $5.4S, the
amount Of gain being $11.25, or 205
per cent.
Farm Ownership.
OF the whole number, 25,946, of
farms reported in 1910 there were
24.752, or 95 per cent, operated by
white farmers and 1,194, or 5 per
cent, by .colored, as compared with a
total of 1890 in 1900, Of which 49,
042, or 9S per cent, were conducted
by white farmers and 1928, or 2 per
cent. by colored. The increase in the
number Of farms of white farmers
during the decade amounted to H.
10, and in the number Of farms Of
colored farmers to 866.
The total number Of farms operat-
ed ini 1910 by owners. part owners
and owners and tenants, comprising
the "all owners" class. was 23,125
as compared with 1861 in 1900, an
increase Of 11,464.
The total number Of farms con-
Quoted in 1910 by cash tenants, share
tenants, and cash and share tenants
comprising the "all tenants" class
was 1923, as against 1890 In 1900
an increase of 1903.
| The total number Of farms operat-
ed by managers in 1910 was 498. az
compared with 479 in 1900. an in.
crease of 10.
The total number Of farms operat-
ed by the "all owners" class consti.
tuted 80 per cent Of the whole num-
in 1900: those operated by the "all
tenants" class, 9 per cent in both
1910 and 1900; and those conducted
by managers, per cent in 1910 and
per cent in 1900.
OF the total number, 23,125, OF
farms operated in 1910 by the "all
owners" class, there we're 4,794, o,
81 per cent. reported as mortgaged
while 1S,331( or 70 per cent. were
reported as "owned free Of debt.
There were 499 farms for which nc
mortgage was secured, and these are
included in the farms free from debt
In 1900 Information was secured
concerning the "owned farm homes.
At that time 1908, or 13 per cent
we're reported as mortgaged, while
| 1856, or 81 per cent, were free from
debt. There were 49S in 1900 70,
which no mortgage report was secur.
ed, which were included in the
farms free from debt. The census
bureau has no information respect.
ing the number Of mortgaged farm.
leased to tenants.
! Acreage Groups.
The statement relative to farms
distributed according to certain acre
age groups shows that those Of Is
acres and under numbered 724 II
1910 and 653 in 1900. gain Of II;
OF 20 to 40 acres, 939 in 1910 ant
399 In 1900, an increase Of $40; o.
so to 80 acres. 1,247 in 1910 and Sc:
in 1900, an increase Of 6S4; Of 100 Il
ia acres, 10,394- In 1910 and 5,613 IL
1900, an increase Of 4,7s1: Of ITS Il
499 acres, 8,299 In 1910 and 3.59e II
1900, an increase Of 4,70s; Of 500 K
999 acres. 2.347 In 1910 and 1887 IL
1900, an increase Of 1000: and o.
900 acres and over. 1896 ini 1911
and 1899 in 1900. a gain Of TOT.
Acreage Group Proportions.
OF the whole number Of farms
those Of 10 acres and under formet
three per cent In 1910 and per CEN
In 1900; those Of 30 to 40 acres, 4
per cent in 1910 and 3 per cent II
1900; those Of 80 to 90 acres. s pc,
cent In 1910 and per cent In 1900
those Of 100 to 174 acres, 40 per cen,
In 1910 ana AZ per cent In 1900;
those Of 175 to 400 acres, 80 per cen
In 1910 and az per cent In 1900
those Of 500 to 999 acres. 9 per cen,
In both 1910 and 1900; and those o.
1000 acres and over, z per cent II
1910 and 10 per cent in 1900.
| The expenditures for labor In 1911
reached the sum Of $10.874,000 q,
compared with s6.077 900 In 1900, II
increase Of $5.797 900. or IA POI
cent.