8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



Tlu' t(»l;il acroiige reported in 1010 was 1S,55(),00() acres, as com- 

 pared Willi 1U,."{71,U00 in 1900, a decrease (»f 815,000 acres, or 4.2 per 

 cent. 



The iiiq/i-ovcd aciea2:e was rcturni'd in 1010 as amounting to 12,- 

 000,000 acres, as aj-ainsi i;;,20!),000 in 1!M)0, a decrease of 510,000 

 acres, or 4.1 per cent. 



The improved acreage formed 08 per cent, oi" the total acreage 

 in both 1010 and 1000. 



The average acres per farm reported in 1010 was 85, as against 

 80 in 1900, a decrease of 1 acre, or 1.10 per cent. 



AVERAGE VAIJJE PER ACRE 



Tlie average value per acre of farm land and buildings in 1010 

 is stated as |55.79, as against |40.;J7 in 1000, a rise of |9.42, or 20.8 

 per cent. 



The average value per acre of farm land alone in 1910 was reported 

 as 133.80, while in 1000 it was |20.T0. the amount of gain being 

 $4.10, or 13.8 per cent. 



The total number of farms oi)erated in 1010 by owners, ])art owners, 

 and owners and tenants, comprising the "all owners" class, was 103,- 

 587, as compared with 102,270 in 1000, an increase of 1,308. 



The total number of farms conducted in 1010 by cash tenants, 

 share tenants and cash, and share tenants, comprising the "all 

 tenants" class, was 50,051, as against 58,200 in 1000, a decrease of 

 7 315. 



The total number of farms oj)erated by managers in 1010 was 3,850, 

 as com])ared witl; 3,70;> in 1000, an increase of 153. 



The total number of farms operated by the "all owners" class con- 

 stituted 75 per cent, of the whole number of farms in 1910, and 72 

 per cent, in 1000; those oi)erated by the "all tenants" class, 23 per 

 cent, in 1010, and 20 per cent, in 3000; and those conducted by 

 managers, 2 per cent, in both 1010 and 1900. 



Of the total number, 103,587, of farms operated in 1910 by the 

 •'all owners" class, there were 112,995, or 09 per cent., owned free 

 of incumbrances, and 50,592, or 31 per cent, mortgaged. 



The Census Bureau has no information resj>ecting the number of 

 mortgaged farms leased to tenants, nor figures for 1900 available for 

 comparison with the 1910 data as to the incumbrances. 



DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO ACREAGE GROUPS 



The statement relative to farms distributed according to (MM'tain 

 acreage groups shows that those of 19 acres and under nund)ered 

 37.003 in 1010 and 35.038 in 1000, a gain of 2,055; of 20 to 40 acres, 

 39,015 in 1010 and 41,575 in 1000, a decrease of 1.000; of 50 to 99 

 acres, 05,020 in 1910 and 09,070 in 1000, a decrease of 4,044; of 100 

 to 174 acres, 55.471 in 1010 and 57,800 in 1000, a decrease of 2,320; 

 of 175 to 400 acres, 18,808 in 1010 and 10,230 in 1000, a falling off 

 of 341; of 500 to 009 acres, 027 in 1910 and 088 in 1000, a decrease of 

 01; and 1,000 acres and over, 104 in 1010 and 238 in 1000, a decrease 

 of 74. 



These statistics show that the tendency is toward smaller farms 

 niul, as a consequence, moi'e intensive farming. 



