152 FLORIDA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY I3TH ANNUAL REPORT 



TABLE 8. 

 Agricultural Statistics of East Coast Strip (Brevard Co.), 1890-1910. 



Improved acres per inhabitant 



Iniiabitants per farra 



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 per farm 



Value of farm land per acre ($) 



Value of farra 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 



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 — 



1889- 

 1890 



0.68 



21.8 



100 







114.5 



14.8 



10,800 



27 

 233 

 1.7 



18.5 

 0.6 

 0.2 

 1.8 

 



37.1 



54.60 



852 

 3.68 



1899- I 1909-1910 



1900 Total White jColor'd 



1.41 



8.4 

 94.1 

 80.0 



16.1 

 3.9 



1.02 

 11.0 



87.6 

 76.4 



19.9 

 3.7 



62.0 

 11.8 

 43.20 

 2680 



785 

 43 

 260 

 1.1 

 15.8 

 0.4 

 0.1 

 8.3 

 

 19.1 



1.31 



8.8 



79.0 



18.6 

 2.4 



62.30 

 112.00 



338 



59.7 

 11.2 

 97.76 



5830 



1475 

 81' 



249 



0.7 

 11.1 



0.5 



0.2 



6.9 





 18.4 



5.26| 

 9.481 



148.00 



294.00 



81.00 



, 13.55 



! 66 



13.15 



26.10 



120.50 



63.8 

 11.6 



96.00 

 6125 



1590 

 83 



0.33 

 26.4 



58.5 



28.4 

 13.2 



31.4 



8.8 

 123.00 

 3860 



656 

 63 



The number of improved acres per inhabitant is low, on account 

 of the large town population, the importance of other industries 

 than agriculture, and the intensive farming. The farms average 

 the smallest in central Florida, but have the most valuable land and 

 buildings. Live-stock is relatively unimportant, the rather large 

 number of beef cattle per farm being probably due to a few cattle 

 ranches in the flatwoods part of Brevard County. (It is a curious 

 fact that neither State nor government censuses have ever found 

 any sheep in this county.) The number of work animals averages 

 less than one per farm, showing that some farms are worked by 

 hand labor only. The expenditures of all kinds per farm and per 

 acre are verv high, but so are the profits, in favorable seasons. 



