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Tlie total number of farms operated ))y the "all owners" class con- 

 stituted 69 per cent, of the whole number of farms in both 1910 and 

 1900; those operated by the "all tenants" class, 30 per cent, in both 1910 

 and 1900 ; and those conducted by managers, 1 per cent, in both dec- 

 ades. 



Of the total number, 191,563, of farms operated in 1910 by the "all 

 owners" class, there were 103,352, or 54 per cent., owned free of in- 

 cumbrance, and 88,211, or 46 per cent., mortgaged. 



The Census Bureau has no information respecting the number of 

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

 comparison with the 1910 data as to incumbrance. 



DISTRIBUTION ACCORDING TO ACREAGE GROUPS. 



The statement relative to farms distributed according to certain 

 acreage groups shows that those of 19 acres and under numbered 19,283 

 in 1910 and 19,088 in 1900, a gain of 195 ; of 20 to 49 acres, 47,134 in 

 1910 and 56,931 in 1900, a decrease of 9,797 ; of 50 to 99 acres, 74,001 in 

 1910 and 78,933 in 1900, a decrease of 4,932; of 100 to 174 acres, 

 79,871 in 1910 and 78,941 in 1900, an increase of 930; of 175 to 499 

 acres, 51,829 in 1910 and 47,131 in 1900, an increase of 4,698; of 500 to 

 .999 acres, 3,421 in 1910 and 3,268 in 1900, an increase of 153 ; and of 

 1,000 acres and over, 542 in 1910 and 594 in 1900, a decrease of 52. 



ACREAGE GROUP PROPORTIONS. 



Of the whole number of farms, those of 19 acres and under formed 

 7 per cent, in both 1910 and 1900 ; those of 20-49 acres, 17 per cent, in 

 1910 and 20 per cent, in 1900 ; those of 50-99 acres, 26 per cent, in 1910 

 and 27 per cent, in 1900 ; those of 100-174 acres, 29 per cent, in 1910 and 

 28 per cent in 1900; those of 175-499 acres, 19 per cent, in 1910 and 

 16 per cent, in 1900; those of 500-999 acres, 1 per cent, in both 1910 and 

 1900; and those of 1,000 acres and over, 0.2 per cent, in both decades. 



The expenditures for labor in 1910 reached the sum of .$18,526,000, 

 as compared with $9,804,000 in 1900, an increase of .$8,722,000, or 89 

 per cent. 



The expenditure for fertilizers amounted in 1910 to $662,000, while 

 in 1900 it was $371,000, a gain of $291,000, or 78 per cent. 



