BUREAU OF STATISTICS. 

 General farm data, 1890, 1900, and 1910. 



651 



1910 



1900 



1890 



Increase 



1910 over 



1900. 



Increase 



1900 over 



1890. 



Number of farms 



Total acres in farms 



Improved acres in farms 



Value of land in farms 



Value of buildings on farms 



Value of implements and machin- 

 ery on farms 



Value per acre of land and build- 

 ings 



Value per acre of land alone 



6,340,357 

 873,729,000 

 477,448,000 

 $28,386,770,000 

 $6,294,737,000 



$1,262,022,000 



$39. 69 

 $32. 49 



5,737,000 

 838.592,000 

 414,498,000 

 $13,058,008,000 

 $3,556,639,000 



$749, 776, 000 



$19.81 

 $15.57 



4,565,000 

 623,219,000 

 357,617,000 



►$13,279,253,000 



$494,247,000 

 $21.31 



Per cent. 



11 

 4 



15 

 f 117 



I 77 



68 



100 

 109 



Per cent. 

 26 

 35 

 16 



\ 25 



52 

 >7 



' Decrease. 



The census of 1910 was taken at a time when farmers were in the 

 zenith of their prosperity. For several years preceding crops were 

 good and sold well. This is shown in the following table, which gives 

 the average value per acre yearly since 1866 of 10 crops combined 



Chart showing value ef the produce of 1 acre (wheat, com, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, tobacco, 

 hay, and cotton) combined, for 95 per cent of area of full crops. 



(wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes, hay, cotton, 

 tobacco) ; they include about 95 per cent of the total crop area of the 

 United States, and closely approximate the average value of all crops. 



1910 $15.49 



1909 16.42 



1908 15.32 



1907 14.74 



1906 13.46 



1905 13.28 



1904 13.26 



1903 12.62 



1902 12.07 



1901 11.43 



1900 10.31 



1899 9.13 



Yearly value per acre of 10 crops combined. 



1898 $9.00 11886 $9.41 1874 $13.25 



1885 9.72 



1884 9.95 



1883 10.93 



1882 12.93 



1881 13.10 



1880 13.01 



1879 13.26 



1878 10.37 



1877 12.01 



1876 10.80 



1875 12.20 



1873 14.19 



1872 14.86 



1871 15.74 



1870 15.40 



1869 14.67 



1868 14.17 



1867 15.09 



1866 14.17 



(See also chart above.) 



