142 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



The farms in Osceola County average the largest in central 

 Florida, and 4.3% of them were over 1,000 acres in extent in 1910. 

 If free range could be counted as farm land it would swell these 

 figures greatly. The ratio of farm land to total area in the county 

 increased from 0.6% in 1890 to 8.2% in 1910, and of improved 

 land from 0.16% to 0.5% in the same interval. And although 

 the average size of owners' farms in 1910 was 244 acres and of 

 tenant farms 234, farms operated by managers (doubtless mostl}' 

 cattle ranches) averaged 2,667 acres. 



The status of agriculture in Osceola County since its establish- 

 ment in 1887 is summarized in the following table: 



TABLE 7. 



Agricultural Statistics of Southeastern Flatwoods (Osceola Co.), 1890-1910. 



11889- 



1890 



Improved acres per ir.habitant 



Inhabitants per farm 



Per cent of land in farms 



Per cent of land improved 



-Per cent of farmers, white 



Per cent of farmers, owners _. 



0.58 

 40.7 

 0.60 

 0.16 



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 ($) 



A^alue of farm land per farm 



92.2 



7.8 

 88.0 



Value of buildings per farm 



Value of implements and machin'erJ^ 

 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 



Ninnber 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 



2.3.4 



2920 



38 

 621 



15.7 



77.9 

 2.3 

 0.3 



13.9 



3.0 



22.80 



380 

 .97 



1899- I 1909-1910 



19001 Total I ^^^lite Color'd 



1.53| 

 9.73| 

 4.9 I 

 0.5 I 

 99.2 I 

 90.1 I 



0.3 1 



9.6 I 

 1.55.7 I 



1.05 



18.3 



8.2 



0.5 



97.0 



89.4 



2.7 



7.9 



307.0 



14.9 I 



7.66| 



I 1190| 



I 187| 



31| 



2210| 



5.3 I 



215.7 I 

 2.7 I 

 0.1 I 



19.0 I 



13.1 I 

 14.9 I 



V.6o| 

 13.921 



6471 



.52j 

 .94| 



19.1 



21.35 



6550 



589 

 99 

 2090 

 3.0 

 168.0 

 2.5 

 0.3 

 16.3 

 9.8 

 23.1 

 "48.00 

 118.00 

 80.00 

 ( 593 1 



[ 240 



2.52 



6.20 



31.001 



1.25 

 15.6 



0.07 

 10.3 



89.4 ! 100.0 



2.7 



8.2 

 315.6 



19.5 

 21.30 

 6720 



598 

 101 











35.3 



7.1 



33.90 



1197 



269 

 57 



1 



