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RURAL AlIVIliaAN 



APPENDIX A 



Fourteenth Census: 1920.— Farms and Farm Property* 



FARMS AND 

 FARM ACREAGE JAN. 1, 1920 APR. 15, 1910 



Number of farms. 196,447 206,960 



Operated by : 



Owners 159,406 172,310 



Free from mort- 

 gage 72,869 88,705 



Mortgaged 78,758 82,631 



No mortgage re- 

 port 7,779 974 



Managers 2,319 1,961 



Tenants 34,722 32,689 



Operated by : 



White farmers... 195,714 



Native 147,4.50 



Foreign born... 48,264 



Colored farmers. . 733 



Land in farms: 



Total, acres 



Improved, acres. . 



Average acreage 

 per farm : 



Total 



Improved 



19,032,961 

 12,925,521 



96.9 

 65.8 



206,014 



147,790 



58,224 



946 



FARM VALUES JAN. 1, 1920 



All farm property. $1,763,334,778 



Land and build- 

 ings 1,436,686,210 



Implements and 



machinery . . . 122,389,936 



Live stock 204,258,632 



18,940,614 

 12,832,078 



91.5 

 62.0 



APR. 15, 1910 



M, 088, 858.379 



901,138,299 



49,916,285 

 137,803,795 



The number of farms 

 in Michigan in 1920 

 was 196,447. These 

 farms contained 19,- 

 032,961 acres, of which 

 12,925,521 acres were 

 improved land. From 

 1910 to 1920 the num- 

 ber of farms decreased 

 5.1 per cent; the total 

 acreage increased 0.5 

 per cent ; and the im- 

 proved acreage in- 

 creased 0.7 per cent. In 

 1920, 51.7 per cent of 

 the land area of the 

 5tate was in farms, and 

 «>5 8 per cent of the 

 farm land was im- 

 proved. 



The number of white 

 farmers in 1920 wa.s 

 195,714, of whom 147,- 

 450 were native and 

 48,264'foreign-born. Of 

 the native white farm- 

 ers, 115,624 were own- 

 ers, 1,925 managers, 

 and 29,901 tenants. Of 

 the foreign-born white 

 farmers, 43,219 were 

 owners, 385 managers, 

 and 4,660 tenants. The 

 733 colored farmers 

 comprised 563 owners, 

 9 managers, and 161 

 tenants. The number 

 of female farmers was 

 5,776, including 5,534 



"„lrl''-'^^ ^fi ^' ^.. "u^'"'' ^^^ P""^^^ summaries, being statements of 

 Tv.rfir 7 /T'' '"^J''^' *" correction, by the Bureau of the Census, 

 Department of Commerce. 



