PART III 



LIVfi STOCK AND FARM STATISTICS. 



COMPILED FROM THE 



STATE CENSUS OF 1905. 



Believing that the readers of the Year Book will be interested 

 in the valuable statistical information relative to the agri- 

 cultural and stock raising interests of the state contained in the 

 State Census of Iowa for the year of 1905, — a feature heretofore 

 never embodied in that publication — we reproduce a part of 

 same herewith, after ha\'ing assimilated the different tables in 

 groups and adding additional features thereto which we believe 

 will materially increase their value. 



Following is a brief summary of the contents of the different 

 tables arranged in their respective groups : 



GROUP I. 



Table I. — Farms occupied by owners. Shows number of farms, total 

 acreage, average acreage, value of laud, building and farm im- 

 plements. 



Table II.— Farms o:cupied by renters. Contains same information as 

 table I. 



(It is interesting to know from tables I and II that sixty-five per 

 cent of the total number of farms are occupied by owners ) 



Table III.--3rand Totals. Showing number of farms, acres, value of land 

 buildings and farm implements, with grand total of all. (This 

 table shows the average size of the Iowa farm to be 158 ^ acres, 

 with an average value of $55.00 per acre.) 



