Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-04

for the whole state is SARGE, anC
the second map shows that In al
but nine Of the counties the val
ne averages between s25 and $50 pei
\ acre. In four OF these nine coun
ties the value falls between $40 and
S25 per acre. in two it is between
$50 and SIS. and in two between SIS
and 800. while In one, Ada county
the average reaches S127.l0.
The population OF Idaho slightly
more than doubled between 1900 and
1910, increasing from I6K722 TO 325,
594.. The number Of farms Increased
during the decade 1853 per cent and
their acreage 64.9 per cent. The
average size OF the farms, there
fore. was somewhat less in 1910
l7l.5 acres as against 1884 In 1900;
the acreage Of improved land, how
ever, increased in the decade 800
per cent. or considerably more rap
idly than either the total land in
farms or the number OF farms.
Farm property, which includes land
buildings, implements and machinery,
and live stock domestic animals,
poultry and bees). has Increased
1898. 04G 900 in value and is over four
and a half times as great in 1910
as It was 10 years earlier. This in
crease was made up Of a gain OF
1884, 467 900 In value Of land, OF $751;
2Sl 900 in the value Of buildings, and
OF s35, 298, 900 In the value of farm
equipment. which includes implements
and machinery and live stock, OF
which about fournfths represents a
gain In the value of live stock and
thu remainder an increase I'm the val
ne OF implements and machinery. In
the increase of values
In agriculture the general increase
In the prices Of all commodities in
The last 10 years should be borne |
IN mind.
The average value Of farm with
Is equipment was $3.50 in 1900,
While 10 years later it was $9911. The
.yerage value OF farm land rose
rom $l1.O7 pre- acre in 1900 to s41.63
n 1910. or 276.1 per cent
Irrigation.
In the state as a whole about
ne-half of the farms are irrigated,
nd about the same proportion of
he acreage of improved land in
arms is irrigated. The area irri-
ated in 1909 was 1,43O,S4S acres. r.
cation plants existing in 1910. how
YER. were capablee Of supplying wat
r to 2.SSS ,959 acres in that year;
nd the total area included In irrl- ,
ation projects completed or un-
or way July l, 1910, was 3.549,57
cres.
Population. number of farms, and
lrm acreage--1S70 to 1910-rough- :
speaking, the population has
bout doubled in every one of the
,ur census periods here considered
nd is now almost 20 times what
was In 1870. Thenumber of farms !,
1880 was more than four times
10 number in 1870. and while the
lative gain of the later decades
rs not been as great, the numerical
lin has been constantly growing
'eraging for the last 10 years 1884
rms per year.
The land surface of Idaho is APP
'oximately 53.346, $50 acres. OF this :
reage, 5,2S3.6O4 acres, or 80 per =
mt, are included in farms. OF this .,
rm acreage, 2,77S,740 acres. or =,
6 per cent, are reported as i'm y
owed land. representing 90 per
mt of the total land area of the
ate AS the reported acreage Of :,
iproved land almost doubled dur :,
8 the last decade, while the total
reage of farm land increased only -
o per cent, the percentage of >
run land which is improved was :.
ich higher in 1910 than in 1900.
Since 1870 both the total farm ac-
age and the improved land in farms -
We increased rapidly and continu- :.
sly Bot showed the greatest "
alive increase between 1870 and
% and the greatest actual in ~
'ase In the number Of acres be-
cen 1890 and 1910. =,
rhe decline in the proportion of
proved land from 1880 TO 1900 was y
Q to the bringing into farms OF
ge quantities of grazing land.
Ich Of this land had previously
m utilized for grazing as free n,
,llc range. =