No. 6. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 1005 



AGRICULTURE IN PE^NNSYLVANIA. 



TWELFTH CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Hon. William R. Memaui, Director of the Census: 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for publication, in bul- 

 letin form, the statistics of agriculture in the State of Pennsylvania, 

 taken in accordance with the provisions of section 7 of the act of 

 jMarch 3, 1899. This section requires that — 



The schedules relating to agriculture shall comprehend the follow- 

 ing topics: Name of occupant of each farm, color of occupant, tenure, 

 acreage, value of farm and improvements, acreage of different pro- 

 ducts, quantity of products, and number and value of live stock. All 

 questions as to quantity and value of crops shall relate to the year 

 ending December 31st next preceding the enumeration. 



A ''farm," as defined by the Twelfth Census, includes all the 

 land, under one management, used for raising crops and pasturing 

 live stock, with the wood lots, swamps, meadows, etc., connected 

 therewith. It includes also the house in which the farmer resides, 

 and all other buildings used by him in connection with his farming 

 operations. 



The farms of Pennsylvania, June 1, 1900, numbered 224,248, and 

 were valued at |898,272,750. Of this amount |322,879,810, or 35.9 

 per cent., represents the value of buildings, and |575,392,940, or 64.1 

 per cent., the value of the land and improvements other than build- 

 ings. On the same date the value of farm implements and machinery 

 was $50,917,240, and that of live stock, |102,439,183. These values, 

 added to that of farms, give $1,051,629,173, the ''total value of farm 

 property." 



The products derived from domestic animals, poultry, and bees, 

 including animals sold and animals slaughtered on farms, are re- 

 ferred to in this bulletin as "animal products." The total value of 

 all such products, together with the value of all crops, is termed 

 "total value of farm products." This value for 1899 was |207,895,- 

 600, of which amount $80,901,459, or 38.9 per cent., represents the 

 value of animal products,and $126,994,141, or 61.1 per cent., the value 

 of crops, including forest products cut or produced on farms. The 



