430 Missouri AgriciiH iiral h'cporl. 



976,000, as against $148,508,000 in 1!)0(), ;ui incivasc oi' $120,468,000, or 

 81 per cent. 



In 1910 the value of the farm .land alone constituted 84 per cent 

 of the total value of land and buildings, as compared with 82 per cent, 

 in 1900. 



The reported value of farm implements and machinery was $50,- 

 769,000 in 1910, as against $28,603,000 in 1900, a gain of $22,166,000, or 

 78 per cent. 



The total acreage reported in 1910 was 34,516,000 acres, as compared 

 with 33,998,000 in 1900, an increase of 518,000 acres, or 2 per cent. 



The improved acreage was returned in 1910 as amounting to 24,- 

 528,000 acres, as against 22,900,000 in 1900, an increase of 1,628,000 

 acres, or 7 per cent. 



The improved acreage formed 71 per cent, of the total acreage in 

 19i0, as compared Avith 67 per cent, in 1900. 



The average acres per farm reported in 1910 was 125, as against 

 119 in 1900, a gain of 6 acres, or 5 per cent. 



AVERAGE VALUE PER ACRE. 



The average value per acre of farm land and buildings in 1910 is 

 stated as $49.56, as against $24.82 in 1900, a rise of $24.74, or 100 per 

 cent. 



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

 as $41.76, while in 1900 it was $20.46, the amount of gain being $21.30, 

 or 104 per cent. 



Of the whole numl)er, 276, 081,. of farms reported in 1910 there were 

 272,435, or 99 per cent., operated by white farmers and 3,646, or 1 per 

 cent., by colored farmers, as compared with a total of 284,886 in 1900, of 

 which 279,933, or 98 per cent., were conducted by white farmers and 

 4,953, or 2 per cent., by colored. The decrease in the number of white 

 farmers during the decade amounted to 7,498, and in the number of 

 farms of colored farmers to 1,307. 



The total number of farms operated in 1910 by owners, part owners, 

 and owners and tenants, comprising the "all owners" class, was 191,563, 

 as compared with 196,158 in 1900, a decrease of 4,595. 



The total number of farms conducted in 1910 by cash tenants, share 

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

 was 82,533, as against 86,897 in 1900, a decrease of 4,364. 



The total number of farms operated by managers in 1910 was 1,985, 

 as compared with 1,831 in 1900, a decrease of 154. 



