No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1016 



TA15I.E 7. — Avciaj^e Values of Sijocifiod Classes of Farm Property, 

 aud Average (Jross Income per Farm, With Per Cent, of Gross In- 

 come Per Farm, With Per Cent, of Gross Income on Total Invest- 

 ment in Farm Property, Classified by Kace of Farmer and by 

 Tenure. 



Race of Farmer and Tenure. 



Average Values per Farm of- 



Farm Property, June 1, 1900. 



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£ 3 



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B 



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£ ft 

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The State, 



White farmers, . . 

 Colored formers,* 



Owners 



Part owners, 



Owners and tenants. 



Managers 



Cash tenants 



Share tenants, 



$457 



$457 

 279 



$416 



575 

 584 

 831 

 438 

 578 



$673 



$673 

 360 



14.3 



14.4 

 10.4 



$605 

 846 

 798 

 1,118 

 704 

 860 



15.2 

 14.4 

 14.4 

 9.2 

 11.8 

 14.6 



♦Comprising 6 Indians and 585 negroes. 



Nearly 70 per cent, of all farms in the State are operated by own- 

 ers, who also control about GO per cent, of the acreage and values of 

 farm property. Farms operated by managers, though comparatively 

 few in number, are larger in area and have higher average values of 

 all forms of farm property than any other class. Their gross in- 

 come, however, is smaller than that of the other groups. 



Colored farmers occupy an insignificant place in the agriculture of 

 the State, controlling only 0.3 per cent, of the farms, and 0.1 per 

 cent, and 0.2 per cent, respectively, of the total acreage and value. 



Farms Classified by Area, 



Tables 8 and 9 present the principal statistics for farms classified 

 bv area. 



