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APPENDIX A— Continued 



VALUES JAN. 1, 1920 APR. 15, 1910 



Average value per 

 farm : 



All farm property 8,976 



Land and build- 

 ings 7,313 



Land alone 4,883 



Average value per 

 acre : 



Land and build- 

 ings 75.48 



Land alone .... 50.40 



MOnTQAGE DEBT 1920 



Farms reporting 

 amount of 

 debt: 



Number 67,119 



Value $420,108,1.')6 



Amount of debt . . $144,103,067 

 Per cent of value 34.3 



Average rate of in- 

 terest paid, per 



cent 6.0 



Average debt per 



farm $2,147 



5,261 



4,3,54 

 2,973 



47.58 

 32.48 



1910 



68,655 



$250,874,010 



$ 75,997,030 



30.3 



$1,107 



owners, 19 managers, 

 and 223 tenants. 



The value of all farm 

 property in 1920 was 

 $1,763,334,778, as 

 compared with $1,088,- 

 858,379 in 1910, an i i- 

 crease of 61.9 per cent 

 The value of land and 

 buildings in 1920 was 

 436,686,210 ; of im- 

 plements and machin- 

 ery, $122,389,936 ; and 

 of" live stock, $204,- 

 258,632. As compared 

 with 1910, the value 

 of land and buildings 

 in 1920 showed an in- 

 crease of 59.4 per 

 cent ; of implements 

 and machinery, 145.2 

 per cent ; and of live 

 stock, 48.2 per cent. 

 The average value of 

 land and buildings per 

 farm was $7,313 in 

 1920, as compared with 

 $4,354 in 1910 ; and 

 1920, as against $32.48 in 



that of land alone per acre was $50.40 in 

 1910. 



The value of the 67,119 farms for which complete mortgage reports 

 were secured in 1920 was $420,108,156, and the amount of the mort- 

 gage debt was $144,103,067, or 34.3 per cent of the value. The aver- 

 age rate of interest paid was 6.0 per cent. 



In 1920, 51.9 per cent of all farms operated by their owners were 

 mortgaged, is compared with 48.2 per cent in 1910. 



