The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-03-13
Yakima Agricultural Acreage Fig
ured at Nearly $50, 900, 900
by Census Bureau
LESS THAN 10 PER CENT
YET UNDER CULTIVATION
Value Per Acre Is Higher Here
Than Anywhere in the State
Except in Chelan County-ln-
teresting Facts in Bulletin

There are 3341 farms in Yakima
county, of which the total value is
s47,771.560.,., Ia other words, Yaki-
ma county with only 90 percent of
it's area under cultivation; has more
money represented by its fafnls than
any other county In the state except
Whitman, and Whitman has from 40
ito so per cent of it's area in farms
/ If Yakima Is marked white on the
map in the new census bulletin to
indicate small percentage iof. acreage
under cultivation, it is marked very
black on the map showing the aver
age value OF farm land per acre
With Chelan and King it shares the
honor of being the only counties in
which farm land is listed at a value
of 1925 or more per acre.
WaIla Walla Leads
The bulletin of the census depart
ment just issued dealing with the ag-
riculture in the state of Washington
is filled with condensed informa ton
which may come handy any time.
For instance, in Walla Walla county,
GA per cent of the area is in farms,
and in no county is the average value
of farm land less than SO per acre.
The acreage value for the whole state
indeed is $44.1S per acre.
Values Have Increased
The average value of Washing
ton, farm, including its equipment,
is $11.346. an increase of 1915 per
cent for the decade The average
value per farm in Yakima is STA, 800
and in Chelan slb,O1S. Land. per
acre is higher, too, in Chelan, being
listed at s146.64, while in Yakima it
is $126.56. i4FSt
OF the 56,1s2 farms in the state,
1854 We're reported as irrigated in
1909. Adding the area to which
able of supplying water, the total
acreage included in irrigation pro-
jects completed or under way in 1910
was $17,032 acres.
Are Largely Native Born
The figures show, almost without
exception, marked increase all along
the line from population to quality
of farm machinery More than two
thirds of the Washington farmers are
native white, and more than three
tents foreign-born whites. Only two
per cent of the total are non-whites,
673 being Indians. 316 Japanese, II
negroes and SO Chinese. Out of the
1912 farm operators in the state,
Al. sos own their own farms. Thirty
thousand nine hundred and seventy
nine of these farms were reported
free from mortgage. The proportion
of tenants in Washington is less than
for the Pacific division and is only a
little more than one-third that for the
United States as a whole,
Many More Horses
During the decade domestic ami
mails, poultry and bees combined in
creased in value $26, 900, or 1905
per cent About four-fifths of the
gain occurred in the value of horses
which increased 247.1 per cent. OF
all classes, sheep alone show de-
crease in value. Swine doubled in
value and poultry increased 1872, 4
per cent.
Two Million Chickens
Ninety per cent of all the farmers
report domestic animals of some
sort. Inc increase IN Inc NUN Der Oh
fowls on Washington farms during
the past decade amounted to 916 $50
or 675 per cent while the value more
than doubled. The main increase
however, has been in chickens, and
turkeys. ducks and geese show large
decrease. According to the figures
there are now 2,272,775 chickens in
the state. There are 1856 farms hay
ing bees, about one farm in every ter
reporting them. The total number oil
colonies for the state being 33,sS4.
Half of the total output of hay fol
the state is grown in Yakima county
more than half the acreage of hops
being here. The greater number OF
Yakima farms come under the classi-
fication 20 to 40 acres. There are 362
ranging from 100 TO IFS acres and
20 Of over 1000 acres each.
The total number of cattle in the
county is 21,24S valued at $75S,SO1
There are l479S horses, $3.50 swine
and 3S,479 sheep. Chickens, ducks
and turkeys number 1O2,72S. valued
at $61,S and there are 1858 colo,
MES of bees There are nine goats
The bulletin is one which any on,
who has use for statistics will do wei
TO procure from the Department o.
Commerce and Labor.