Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-03-15

, of livestock. IN 1870 the value OF live
stock was almost twenty times that
OF implements and machinery; in 1850
Il was ever fortw.two times as great;
and In 1890 over eighty-alx times as
great. From 1890 70 1910, however,
implements and machinery showed q
decided increase IN value, thereby re-
ducing the proportion between live
stock and the former class OF property
from over eighty-slx times as great
In 1890 20 only about ten and one-half
times as great IN 1910 Although the
increase in the total value OF farm
property has been continuous through
Out the past fOul decades, Il was
much slower from 1870 10 1900 than
for the last decade, which shows an
increase more than double that OF the
preceding 30 years.
Average Acreage and Values per Farm
One Of the characteristics OF New
Mexico Is the great area Of arid land
utilized, II at all, for grazing proposes
only Upon this land are some very
large farms or ranches, giving a high
average number Of acres per farm
and a low average value per acre OF
farm land for the state The farms
other than those used almost exciu-
sively for grazing purposes are NOT
on an average, unuaueily large.
During the 40 years since 1870 the
average size OF New Mexico farms
has fluctuatod considerably. In 1870
the average size. 1861 acres, was
about three-ffths the size IN 1910, but
In 1900, II was Ass acres, or over
two and a third times az large az In
1880, During the last decade there
was a decrease OF over 100 acres per
farm, the average size IN 1910 being
1853 acres.
The average value OF a New Mexico
farm, including It's equipment, iB tl,-
i59, OF which S3.i35 represents the
value OF land and buildings, Si,2i9
that OF livestock, and Sll6 that OF
implements and machinery. The aver
age value Of land aud buildings is
1892 per acre, or more than double
what Il was 10 years ago Beginning
az "A low figure In 1870 the average
value OF all farm property increased
rapidly until 1890, at which time It
was $7524 per farm. In 1910, how
ever, the average value per farm had
fallen 10 S4.469. representing a de-
crease from that OF 1890 OF s3.05b, or
400 per cent, although the past dec
ade showed n slight increase In the
value. The average value per farm
OF land and buildings IN 1910 Is. how
ever, 81 1903 greater than In 1890.
These fluctuations In average values
are principally due TO the increases
and decreases An the value OF the
livestock range business. The In.
crease IN the value OF implements and
machinery has been continuous but
cutie small, amounting 10 sos per per
farm In 40 years. The value OF live.
stock per farm, after rapid increases
from 1870 10 1880, nj which time It
was S5.G33. fen off s3.056 during the
next decade. reaching $2,577. and be-
tween 1900 and 1910 again decreased
to Si,2i9 per farm.
Farm Tenure.
The number Of all farms, and there
fore OF all farm operators, Is 1886.
OF the operators, 33.ssS are classified
as owners, 32i as managers. and 1857
as tenants. OF TIE owners 3O,4i7 are
engaged In working land owned ex.
clusively by them, while 1881 work
land rented in addition 20 that which
they own. The tenants are further
classified according to the character
OF their tenancy; thus 1898 are share
tenants, 81 share-cash tenants, 440
cash tenants. and Tor 238 no report
relative to character OF tenure was
secured.
During the past decade the number
of tenant farms increased from l,lo4
TO 1857. or SOB. In 1880 the number
OF tenant farms In the state was fOS,
while In 1890 Il was only 2Oi, or less
than half as many Thus the proper
tion OF tenant farms fell from 81 per
cent In 1850 TO as per cent In 1880.
This proportion. however. Increased
% "a per cent In 1900 bat fell again
% SIS per cent in 1910 The perceh'
tage Of tenancy In 1910 Is low In COM
parison with that Tor the Mountain
division. where the rate of tenancy
| Is 1917 per cent, and lower atili ~
comparison with that OF 81 per cent
for the United States as a whole.
while there was an increase OF %
800 IN the total number OF farms dur
ing the last decade, an increase OF
22,552 is reported ID the Number ol
lfarms operated BY owners and man