The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-08-18
FARM VALUES
ADVANCED To
HUGE TOTAL

Washington. D. G. Aug. 17.--Thc
Bureau Of III" Census. OF the Depart
ment OF CummerCt> announces. suhJc";
70 correction. the following preliminary
tiTurcs from the 1920 census 81 sgri.
culture for the United States. with COM
paraIve ngures for 1910.
OF the total value 81 all farms IN the
United States on January l. 1920. as
shown by the Fourteenth Census 1856
$4,000 $3.50. $3?.S .3Oa.566 represent ed
tho value OF farms operated by their
owners: S2.s66.0:l.3S5. tho value OF
farms operated by hired manaEcrs: aud
S23 93.s84.6G5. the value Of farms oper-
at~i by tenants. The figures represent
IN Zach case the value OF the farm land
and buildings. In 1910. the correspond
ing value were az follows: Total
sS+Sol. 1851; owners $2..56S. 9A,2TS;
managers, sL456.95S.992: and tenants.
sic. S77.23:,4c7. These figures indicate
an increase OF 1873 per cent In the value
OF farms operated by owners, $50 per
cent for managers. and 1858 per cent
FOR tenants.
The value OF land alone for all farms
was $54.sO2. 462.9e5 In 1920. as compar ed
with S2S. 475.S74.l69 In 1920: and tho
value OF farm buildings IN 1929 was
Sll,A%n.S 55.63l. as against 25.45l.52s
IN 1910.
or the total value Of all farms In
1920. Sol per cent represented farms
operated by owners, 20 per cont farms
operated by managers and 25.s per cent
farms operated by tenants. The CORE
spending percentages for the 1910 values
were: Owners, 64-3; managers, ~; and
tenants Sis.
Average value Fer Farm
The average value OF land and build
ings per farm nearly doubled during
the last decade. being s10.2S7 IN 1920.
as compared with $5.471 in 1910. Tho
average value reported in 1920 for farms
operated by owners was slo.l5s; for
managers. $3s.9o6: and for tenants,
S9.Ss3. The average value IN 1910 OF
farms operated by owners was 1864: OF
farms operated by managers. $c5.0I5:
and OF farms operated by tenants. s4.66:.
Tho average value Of Land alone per
farm In 1920 was about $S,514. and Of
buildings St.773 as compared with
s4476 for land and 1894 FOR buildings
In 1910.
Average value Per Acre
The average value OF land and build
ings per acre FOR all farms increased
from $3.50 in 1910 to $6s.41 in 1920.
The average for farms operated by own
ers increa sed from S37.37 in 1910 I"
$3.50 In 1920: for farms operated by
managers from ;2712 to 1888: and for
tenant farms from 34s.4S TO Sse.72.
Tho average value OF land alone per
acre increased from $3.50 In 1910 to
S57.45 In 1920.
Pull ownsrs and Part ownsrB
In the census reports distinction Is
made between farmers operating their
swn land only and farmers who hire
some land In addition 10 that which
they own. The former are classified y
full owners" and the latter as part
owners" The value OF farms opcr-
ated by full owners IN 1920 was sSo,7lT,-
4o3. sos and Of those operated BY part
owners. Ss.156.S1n.O01. The correspond
ing figures for 1910 were: Full owners
sl73lo.63s.o16, and part owners. 15.oS6.-
295.6c.
The average value OF the farms ope--
ated by fun owners IN 1920 was 1914
while the corresponding average Cor
part owners was considerably higher,
being $685..
Farm Values: w Va Ohio
1920. .s4lO.TS3.4o6 $7.6s1.475,s4S
1910. c64.39Os54 1,6sA153.4Of