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Hay and forage increased quite generally, decreases occurring in a small 

 group of counties in the north central part of the state, and in a group 

 extending along the southern border. 



FARM EXPENSES 



The table following shows the number of farms reporting expenditures 

 for labor, feed, and fertilizer at the census of 1910, as well as the sums 

 expended in 1909 and 1899, with amount and per cent of increase: 



*A minus sign ( — ) denotes decrease. 

 tNot reported at the census of 1900. 



During the decade the total expenditure for labor, one-fourth of which 

 was in 1909 in the form of rent and board furnished, increased 51.3 per 

 cent. Half of the farmers of Iowa hire labor, the average amount ex- 

 pended by those hiring in 1909 being $228. At prior censuses no tabula- 

 tion was made of the number of farmers reporting expenditures for labor. 



Three farmers out of every eight report some expenditure for feed, while 

 less than one out of every hundred reports the purchase of fertilizer. Less 

 than one-third as much was spent for fertilizer in 1909 as in 1899, the 

 average expenditure per farm for those reporting in 1909 being $61.69. 



TABLE NO. 1— FARMS AND FAEM PROPERTY FOR THE STATE. 



Population 



Population in 1900 



Number ol all farms 



Number of all farms in 1900 



Color and nativity of farmers: 



Native white 



Foreign-born white 



Negro and other nonwhite 



Number of farms, classified by size 



Under 3 acres 



3 to 9 acres 



10 to 19 acres 



20 to 49 acres 



50 to 99 acres 



100 to 174 acres 



175 to 209 acres 



260 to 499 acres 



500 to 999 acres 



1,000 acres and over 



,224,771 

 ,231,853 

 217,044 

 228,622 



167,856 



48,987 



201 



392 



7,295 

 6,037 

 15,678 

 38,712 

 80,121 

 40,304 

 25,861 

 2,430 

 214 



