No. 6 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1019 



For the several classes of farms, the average values per acre of 

 prodr.cts not fed to live stock are a^* follows: For farms whose opera- 

 tors derive their princij)al income from flowers and i)lants, |4G6.69; 

 nursery products, |8fj.81 ; tobacco, |18.43; vegetables, |15.98; fruits, 

 112.49; dairy produce, |10.;U; miscellaneous, |7.0(); live stock, |6.87; 

 hay and grain, |(l.65; and sugar, $1.45. In computing these aver- 

 ages, the total area is used, and not merely the area devoted to the 

 crop from which the principal income is derived. 



The wide variations shown in the average gross income and in the 

 percentage of gross income upon investment, are due largely to the 

 fad that in computing gross incomes no deduction is made for ex- 

 penditures. For florists' establishments, nurseries, and market 

 gardens, the average expenditures for such items as labor and fer- 

 tilizers represent a far larger percentage of the gross income than in 

 the case of "hay and grain," ''live-stock," or ''miscellaneous" farms. 

 Were it possible to present the average net income, the variations 

 sh(wi.' would be comparatively slight. 



Farms Classified by Reported Value of Products not Fed to Live 



Stock. 



Tables 12 and 13 present data relating to farms classified by the 

 reported value of products not fed to live stock. 



TABLE 12. — Number and Acreage of Farms, and Value of Farm 

 Property, June 1, 1900, Classified by Reported Value of Products 

 Not Fed to Live Stock, With Percentages. 



Value of Products Not 

 Fed to Live Stock. 



a 



3 



Number of Acres in Farms. 



bo 

 a 

 u 



o 



CU 



Value of Farm Prop- 

 erty. 



•a 



■M 



o 

 Eh 



B 

 V 



<J 

 4) 



The State, 



$0 



$1 to $49 



$30 to $99 



$100 to $249, ... 

 $250 to $499, ... 

 $500 to $999, ... 

 $1,000 to $2,499, 

 $2,500 and over 



$1,051,629,173 



$1,365,910 

 4,819,740 



11,499,720 



75,463,530 

 191,076,755 

 326,665,378 

 351,587,360 



89.148,780 



100.0 



0.1 



0.4 



1.1 



7.2 



18.2 



31.1 



33.4 



8.5 



