no FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



TABLE 3. 

 Agricultural Statistics of Middle Florida Hcmmock Belt (Marion Co.) 



1890-1910. 



Improved acres per inhabitant 



Inhabitants per farm 



Per cent of farmers, white 



Per cent of farmers, owners _. 



1889- 



1890 



1899- 



1900 



1909-1910 

 Total White Color'd 



3.14 

 9.6 



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. 



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 jjer farm 



Number of sheep per farm 



Number of poultry per farm _/. 



89.8 



10.2 



97:2" 



30.2 



392; 



43 



225 



4.3 



7.5 



1.1 



0.3 

 10.0 



2.9 

 27.7 



2.98 

 9.7 

 49.4 

 82.3 



3.3 

 14^4 

 79.9 



28.8 

 .6.00 



[ 482 



i 279 

 45 

 206 

 2.6 



9.5 I 

 1.3 

 0.2 



10.3 



1.6 I 

 31.0 



3.24 

 12.5 

 53.2 



86.7 



2.2 



11.1 



101.5 



6.13 

 9.2 



1.37 

 16.3 



87.8 



3.7 



8.5 



85.6 



0.4 

 14.0 



40.5 I 

 14.21 

 1441 



462 

 104 



454 



2.6 

 13.7 



1.5 



0.4 

 17.7 



3.5 

 30.2 



151.0 

 56.5 

 15.24 

 2295 



687 

 1.52 



3.8 



1.5 



0.6 



45.3 

 22.3 

 10.33 

 468 



206 

 49 



1.1 



1.0 

 0.1 



Expenditures per farm for fertilizer.. 



Expenditures per farm for labor 



Expenditures per farm for feed 



Annual value of crops per farm 



24.30 



Annual value of animal products 



Expend, fertilizer per acre improved 



Expend, labor per acre improved 



Value of crops per acre improved 



394 

 .81 



12.55| 

 50.30| 



376| 



.431 

 1.741 



67.601 



146.00] 



26.10| 



853 1 



nal 



1.671 



3.62J 



21.001 



The leading crops in 1909 were "vegetables," corn, oranges, 

 peanuts, hay, oats, grape- fruit, sweet potatoes, cane S3^rup, cowpeas, 

 cotton (both kinds) and Irish potatoes. 



In 1913-14 the order was, oranges, cantaloupes, sea-island cor- 

 ton, watermelons, corn, velvet beans, lettuce, tomatoes, (string) 

 beans, peanuts, sweet potatoes, cabbage, upland cotton, cucumbers, 

 cowpeas, cane syrup, (grass) hay, squashes, oats, egg-plants; ana 

 in 1917-18 corn, sea-island cotton, peanuts, oranges, sweet potatoes. 

 Irish potatoes, string beans, syrup, velvet beans, (including hay), 

 upland cotton, watermelons, cowpeas, (and hay thereof), grass 

 hay, tomatoes, lettuce, oats, cabbage, cantaloupes, cucumbers, and 

 grape-fruit. 



The leading animal products in 1909 were hogs, beef cattle, 

 poultry and eggs, milk, butter, wool, and honey. 



