Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1912-05-31
FARMS IN MINNIE sofa
FARMS IN TEN YEARS INCREASE
ONE PER CENT; POPULATION s
e. :. .:s -: 1875. ~. 4. .sss

tin issued under the supervision Of LIE
Grand Powers, chief United States sta
tistician fer agriculture =: Minnesota
ranks thirteenth in land area and nine
teenth in populat ION. smong the states
and territories ofycontinental United
States. " 80
Between 1900 and 1910 there. was IN
increase Of A324,S14, or 1875, in pop
ulation Of the state, while the number
Of farms increased only l,478, or per
cent. The land in farms increased L.
427,325 acres, or 81 $persncent,s: while
the improved land il farms Increased
1,200,94s acres, ffor se:5 Per Cent. The
average size ofsga Minnesota farm in,
lcteased from 1897 to 177.3 acres.
r.! Farm property, which: includes iland,
Buildings. Implements and machinery,
land live stock domestic animals, pouE
ItTy and sbees) has increased in value
Cduring the decade $685., 727; 900, or ST.
Fper cert. This great increase is Chief
~ made up of $459, 800, 900 in the value
of land and $l33,ll9, 900 in the value
Of buildings, :.
Farm Equipment Increases. :
There is also an increase Of $94 $685.
900 in the value Of farm equipment,
"A1Cu 1uC4uuCS 1up1VuCuCSs AdCulu0Iy
and live stock, Of which more than
three fourths represents a gain in live
stock, and the remainder of the increase
in the value Of implements and ma
chinery. In considering the increase in
the values Of agriculture, the general
increase in the price of all commodi-
ties in the last 10 years should be
borne in mind. ~: z"-
The average value Of a farm with
its equipment in: 1900 was $500,
while. 10 years later it was $9,456. The
leverage value Of land rose;ffom -$21.31
per. acre. in 1900 to 1862 in. 1910, this
advance being accomplished by in
creases in the average value per farm,
Of :buildings, implements, machinery
and .lite Stock T: 4 ,.l':.> *.
The land surface of Minnesota is
this area, 27,6B,S23 acres, 81 So. per
cent are included in farms Of the
farm acreage !. il, 642,533 3acres, or II
land, ] 4spresentine Pc per- ssat:pf;'tse
total land area Of the state. The total
acreage Of farm land increaaed:5.4 dur
ling the last. dAeadeY:
Total wealth s., 49, 100000.
The total wealth in the form: of
farm property isrgiven as over 81 49,
900 900 Of which S5.5 per cent is repre-
scented by land and buildings, 3.5 per
cent by implements and machinery and
10,9 Per: cent by live stock.
! In averag BE size the Minnesota farm
is said to have decreased from 1889
acres in 1850 to 1894 in 1870, but
since that time it has continuously in
creased until at present it is 1918.
The average value Of Minnesota
farm including it's equipment has
grown during the last decade from
| St, 100 to $9,456. OF this So, 1885,: about
Sc, 100 represents the value of land
and buildings, over $1,000 the value Of
live stock. and $685. the value Of i'm
Iplements and machinery. The: average
value per acre of land and buildings is
near twice as great as in 1900. 1t in
creased more in the last decade than
in the preceding half century q.
During the decade domestic animals,
poultry and bees combined increased in
value $72,578,000, or 81.5 per cent. All
classes increased in value, but the
rates of increase varied from 4.S per
cent in the case of deer to 1875 per