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Missouri Agriculliiral Report. 



SUMMARY FOli THE STATE. 



The preliminary comparative summary follows : 



ALL FARMS BY ACREAGE, VALUE OF LAND, BUILDINGS, IMPLEMENTS, ETC. 



1910. 



1900. 



Per cent of 



increase 

 1900-1910. 



All farms 



Total acreage 



Improved acreage 



Average acres per farm 



Value of land and buildings 



Value of land 



Value of buildings 



Value of implements and machinery . . 

 Average value per acre of land and 



buildings 



Average value per acre of land alone. 

 Expenditures for: 



Labor 



P'ertilizers 



276,081.00 



34,516,000.00 



24,528,000.00 



125.00 



61,710,505,000.00 



51,441,529,000.00 



$268,976,000.00 



$50,769,000.00 



$49.56 

 $41.76 



$18,526,000.00 

 $662 , 000 . 00 



284 , 886 . 00 



33,998,000.00 



22,900,000.00 



119.00 



.$843 , 979 , 000 . 00 



$695,471,000.00 



$148,508,000.00 



$28,603,000.00 



$24 . 82 

 $20.46 



■ $9 , 804 , 000 . 00 

 .$371,000.00 



Decrease. 

 Increase. 



5 



103 



107 



81 



78 



100 

 104 



89 

 78 



ALL FARMS BY COLOR OF FARMER, TENURE, ACREAGE, GROUP, ETC. 



All farms by color of farmer 



White farmers 



Colored farmers .... 

 All farms l)y tenure 



All owners 



Owners free 



Owners mortgaged. 



All tenants 



Managers 



Distribution by acreage groups. 



19 acres and under 



20 to 49 acres .- 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 174 acres 



175 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1000 acres and over 



1910. 



1900. 



Amount of 

 increase 

 1900-1910. 



276,081.00 



272,435.00 



3,646.00 



276,081.00 



191,563.00 



103,352.00 



88,211.00 



82,533.00 



1,985.00 



276,081.00 



19,283.00 

 47,134.00 

 74,001.00 

 79,871.00 

 51,829.00 

 3,421.00 

 542 . 00 



284,886.00 8,805 Decrease. 



279.933.00 7,498 

 4,953.00 1.307 



284.886.001 8,805 



196,158.00 4,595 



86,897.00 4,364 

 1 ,831.00 154 Increase. 

 284,886.00 8,805 Decrease. 



19,088.00 

 56,931.00 

 78,933.00 

 78,941.00 

 47,131.00 

 3,268.00 

 594.00 



195 Increase. 

 9,797 Decrease. 

 4,932 

 930 Increase. 

 4,698 

 153 

 52 Decrease. 



LACK OF INCREASE IN RURAL POPULATION, 



According to the official count of the returns of the thirteenth census, 

 the population of the State of Missouri is 3,293,335, as compared with 

 3,106,665 in 1900, and 2,679,184 in 1890. The increase from 1900 to 

 1910, tlierefore, is 186,670, or six per cent., as compared with an increase 



