No. 6. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



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Population, 



Number of all farms, 



Approximate land area of State, 

 Land in farms, « 



Improved land in farms, 



Average acres per farm, 



Value of farm property: 

 Total, 



Land, 



Buildings, 



Implements and machinery, 



Domestic animals, poultry and bees, 



Average value of all property per farm, — 

 Average value of land per acre, — 



7,665,111 



219,295 



28,692,480 



18,586,832 



12,673,519 



84.8 



$1,253,274,862 



630, 430, (/lO 



410,638,745 



70,726,055 



141,480,052 



5,715 

 33 92 



A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the population of Pennsylvania 

 increased 21.6 per cent, from 1900 to 1910, the number of farms 

 decreased 2.2 per cent., the acreage of faim land 4 per cent, and the 

 acreage of improved land 4.1 per cent., the decrease in farm acreage 

 being greater in proportion than that in the number of farms. The 

 average size of farms decreased 1.6 acres. 



Faim property, which includes land, buildings, implements and 

 machinery, and livestock (domestic animals, poultry and bees), has 

 increased in value during the decade |201, 640,000, or 19.2 per cent. 

 This great increase was principally due to increases of |87,759,000 

 in the value of buildings, of over |5o,000,000 in the value of land, 

 and of $58,850,000 in the value of farm equipment, including imple- 

 jnents and machinery and livestock. Of the increase last mentioned, 

 about two-thirds represents that in the value of livestock. In con- 

 sidering the increase of values in agriculture, the general increase 

 in the prices of all commodities in the last ten years should be borne 

 in mind. 



The average value in 1900 of a farm with its equipment was $4,690, 

 while ten vears later it was |5,715. The average value of land alone 

 rose from "$29.70 per acre in 1900 to $33.92 in 1910. 



FARM TENURE 



The number of all farms, and therefore of all farm operators, is 

 219,295. Of the operators, 164,229 are owners, 3,961 managers and 

 51,105 tenants. Of the owners, 154,088 operate exclusively l^nd owned 

 by them, while 10,141 operate land which they rent in addition to 

 that which they own. The 51,105 tenants are further classified ac- 

 coiding to the character of their tenancy; thus, 27,951 are share 

 tenants, 1,042 share-cash tenants, 18,940 cash tenants, and for 3,172 

 no report relative to character of tenure was secured. 



