Il8 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



TABLE 4. 



Agricultvii-al Statistics of Hernando Hammock Belt (Hernando & Pasco Cos.) 



1890-1910. 



1889- |1899- I 1909-1910 



1890| 1900| Total White |Color'd 



Improved acres per inhabitant 



Inhabitants per farm 



Per cent of farmers Avhite 



Per cent of farmers, owners -- 



3.05| 

 6.031 



Per cent of farmers, managers 

 Per cent of farmers, tenants _- 



Average number of acres per farm 

 Average improved acres per farm 

 Value of farm land per acre ($) -- 

 Value of farm land per farm 



Value of buildings per farm 



Value of implements and machinery — 

 Value of live-stock, poultry, etc. — -i- 



Number of dairy cows per farm 



Number of other cattle per farm 



Number of horses per farm 



Number of mules per farm 



Number of hogs per farm 



Number of sheep per farm 



Number of poultry per farm 



Expenditures per farm for fertilizer-. 



Expenditures per farm for labor 



Expenditures per farm for feed 



Annual value of crops per farm 



Annual value of animal products 



Expend, fertilizer per acre improved — 



Expend, labor per acre improved 



Value of crops per acre improved 1 — 



92.5 



7.5 



97.3 

 18.5 



i 



2650 



27 

 189 

 2.7 

 10.4 

 1.0 

 0.1 

 11.3 

 0.8 

 21.3 



7.65 



2.24 

 10.2 1 

 87.3 

 85.1 



1.5 

 13.4 



74.5 

 22.8 

 7.92 

 590 



' 290 

 46 

 330 

 2.5 



24.3 

 1.4 

 0.1 



16.0 

 1.6 



29.0 



1.74 

 12.9 

 91.6 



83.8 



1.9 



14.3 



2.72 



8 9. 



84.5 



2.0 

 13.5 



76.8 

 22.4 

 19.65 

 1518 



494 

 87 

 473 

 1.6 



22.1 

 1.5 

 0.2 



22.6 

 1.6 



26.4 



77.0 

 22.3 

 19.75 

 1520 



523 



87 



0.37 

 64.6 



76.6 



1.2 

 22.2 



72.6 

 23.6 

 18.45 

 1340 



162 

 51 



168 

 .42 



9.60| 

 34.40| 



378 



.42 

 1.51 



32.30 



62.00 



36.80 



473 



123 



1.44 



2.75 



21.10 



The leading crops in 1909, by the U. S. census, were "vegetables," 

 corn, oranges, sweet potatoes, cane syrup, tobacco (mostly near 

 Dade City), grape-fruit, peanuts, and strawberries. 



In 191 3-14, according to the state agricultural department, sweet 

 potatoes, oranges, corn, grape- fruit, tobacco, cowpeas, (including 

 hay), syrup, velvet beans (and hay), peanuts, (string?) beans, and 

 watermelons; and in 1917-18, sea-island cotton, corn, oranges, 

 grape-fruit, sweet potatoes, syrup, peanuts, upland cotton, cowpeas 

 (and hay), velvet beans (and hay), castor beans, watermelons, 

 peaches, and Irish potatoes. 



