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longs to the lime-sink region, and the city of l^ampa makes farming 

 more intensi\e in its vicinity, hnt there is some very intensive ^arm- 

 ing near Plant City anyway, so perhaps the resnlts are not very 

 different from what they would 1)e if we could separate the flat- 

 woods entirely from other regions. 



The i)ercentage of land in farms increased from 2.7 in 1850 and 

 8.8 in 1880 to 13.4 in 1910. In the latter year Z-7% of the area of 

 Hillsborough County was "improved,'' or 0.4 acres per inhabitant. 

 (Without Tampa it would be about 0.8 acres per inhabitant. ) The 

 prevailing conditions from 1890 to 1910 are shown in the following 

 taljle : 



TABLE 6. 

 Agricultural Statistics of Southwestern Flatwcods (Hillsborough Co.), 1890-1910. 



11889- 



1890 



Per cent of farmers, white _. 

 Per cent of farmers, owners 



Per cent of farmers, managers 

 Per cent of farmers, tenants _. 



Average number of acres per farm 

 Average improved acres pfr 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 per farm 



Number of sheep per farm 



Number of poultry per farm 



98.5 

 1.5 



Too.o" 



17.4 



3810 



42 



294 



4.9 

 20.8 



1.1 



0.1 

 10.5 



3.7 

 34.1 



1899- I 

 1900] 

 ^94.9 -f 



^ 88.1 I 



/ 3.4 I 



8.5 I 



71.6 I" 

 15.5 I 

 25.01 1 

 ( 17901 



' 4051 



52 1 



252 1 



2.7 I 



14.8 I 



1.0 I 



0.1 I 



8.9 I 



3.9 I 



42.3 I 



1909-1910 

 Total I White. j Color'd 



94.2 I 



89.3 I 89.6 



4.2 I 



6.5 I 

 '57.5 I' 



15.8 I 

 63. 25 1 

 3640 1 



I 

 6491 



125 1 



4401 



1.6 I 

 17.0 I 



1.0 I 

 0.2 I 

 9.9 I 

 0.5 I 

 44.8 I 



4.2 



.59.1 

 15.9 

 63.40 

 3740 



670 

 128 



1.6 



1.0 

 0.2 



84.3 



5.2 



10.4_ 



"321 



13.6 



56.65 



1820 



310 

 65 



0.6 



0.9 

 0.1 



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 



17.80 



517 



1.02 



34.751 



36.501 



4611 



2.251 

 2.371 



108.001 



9S.30| 



117.001 



( 6961 



\ 1961 



6.90| 



6.25 1 



44.251 



The leading crops in 1909 were oranges, "vegetables," grape- 

 fruit, corn, hay, Irish potatoes, cane syrup, strawberries, and sweet 

 potatoes. In 191 3-1 4 oranges (about 45%), strawberries, toma- 



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