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increase in the value of land and buildings, $37,517,000 the increase in 

 the value of implements and machinery, and $114,173,000 the increase in 

 the value of live stock. 



* Computed gold values, being 80 per cent of the currency values reported. 



Average acreage and values per farm, 1850 to 1910. — The changes which 

 have taken place during the past 60 years in the average acreage of Iowa 

 farms and in the average values of the various classes of farm property 

 as well as in the average value per acre of land and buildings, are shown 

 in the following table: 



Census Year 



£2 



Average Value per Farm* 



a a 



a a> 



1§ 



» 3 m 



c £ « 



Q 



c5 







1910 



1900 

 1890 

 1880 

 1870f 

 1860 

 1850 



$15,O0S 

 6,550 

 4,247 

 3,061 

 2,701 

 1,960 

 1,125 



$440 

 253 

 182 

 158 

 141 

 87 



$1,811 

 1,220 

 1,022 

 673 

 571 

 367 

 249 



$96.00 

 43.31 

 28.13 

 22.92 

 20.21 

 11.91 

 6.09 



♦Averages are based on "all farms" in state. 



t Computed gold values, being 80 per cent of the currency values reported. 



The average size of the Iowa farm decreased a little more than 2.5 

 acres per year from 1850 to 1870. During the decade from 1870 to 1880 

 it remained practically stationary and since 1880 it has increased about 

 23 acres, or over three-fourths of an acre per year. The average farm 

 is now larger than at any census since 1860. 



The average value of an Iowa farm, including its equipment, has more 

 than doubled during the last decade, increasing from $8,023 in 1900 to 



