The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-10
Minnesota Farm Values
Show Very Sharp Decline
Census Returns Show 126,57O of
the 1S5,255 Farms Are Operated
by Owners

ACCoIullS 10 d bulletin recently Is
sued by the Bureau of the Census,
showing both State and County sta
tistics, there was an increase in the
number of farms in Minnesota
from 178,478 in 1920 to 188,231 in
1925, but decrease to 1925 in
1880. The total number of farms
in Minnesota includes 1866 having
from 20 to 40 acres, $3.50 from so
to 80 acres, 66,698 from 100 to 174
acres, 33,064 from IT'S to 259 acres,
and rs, 881 from 26O to 400 acres.
There were 1888 farms having 500
acres and over.
OF the 1925 farms in the state
in 1880, as reported in the census,
1857 were operated by owners, l.
O47 by managers, and 81, 6398 by ten
ants. The land in farms decreased
from 30,221, 758 acres in 1920 to 80,
059,137 acres in 1925, but increased
to 30913,36 acres in 1880. The value
of farm land and buildings decreas-
ed from $3,301 ,168,325 in 1920 and
1888, TAI, 745 in 1925 to $2,125, O93, 278
in 1880. The value of farm nipple
ments and machinery in, 1880 was
$751; 767, 47S as compared with $751;
965,971 in 1925 and $1S1, OS7, 1868 in
1920. a,s5,.sl,a 1r- T..-ii
The total number Of horses and
colts on farms on April 1, 1880 was
S05 093. The total, exclusive of
colts born after January 1, 1880,
was S01 ,644. Horses and colts on
farms numbered 1884, $50 on January
1, 1925 and s32,794 on january 1,
1920. hu-~.s ~ :'1''' -. ~
The total number of mules and
mule colts on farms on April 4, 1880
was 1928. The total, exclusive of
mule colts born after January 1,
1880, was 15,103. Mules and mule
colts on farms numbered 12,60l on
January h&1925 and 1928 on jan
uary J., 1920 s'1f -asF'
The total number Of cattle on
farms on April 1, 1880 was 1885,
178. The total, exclusive Of calves
born after January 1, 1880, was g.
661 PA. Cattle on farms numbered
2,S5S,465 on January I, 1925 and g.
02i ,469 on January 1, 1920. -
The total number Of swine on
farms April 1, 1880 was 3,315,466.
The total, exclusive of pigs born
after January l, 1880, was 1,717,3 1888.
Swine on farms numbered 2,715,074
on January 1, 1925. and 2,380, 1862 on
January 1, 1920.
The total number of chickens
o1,ar Q r,oonfbS old ~, 20 r,,os hoc;1
1, 1880 was 16,611,5 Chickens of
all ages numbered 16,408,080 on
January 1, 1925 and 13,212,619 on
January 1, 1920.
Crops were harvested in Mime
sofa from 18,445 BOG acres in 1929,
as compared with 1929, 7O4 acres
in 1924. The total for 1929 includes
2i862,645 acres of corn harvested
for grain with a production of 1O4,-
419,04S bushels; 1,314,757 acres of
wheat threshed with production
of 1880, 092 bushels; 2,000,449 acres
of barley threshed with a produc-
ton of 1899 628 bushels; 3,698, 268
acres of oats threshed with a pro-
duction of 126,221, 063 bushels; and
Sill 1872 acres of fax threshed with
a production of 4,568,927 bushels.
In 1929, 4,526,29S acres of hay of
all kinds were cut with ap roduc-
ton of 5,549,722 tons. In 1929, veg
etables grown in the open for sale,
with a value of 1896 947, were
harvested from 66,356 acres. The
four most important vegetables
were sweet corn, valued at ST. 141,-
074, harvested from 1910 acres;
dry onions, valued at $751; 18, har-
vested from 2,784 acres; cabbages,
valued at $485, 761, harvested from
4 635 acres; and green peas, valued
at $37O,297, harvested from 103S9
acres.
Copies of this bulletin may be OBJ
tanned by writing to the Bureau
of the Census, Washington, D. c.