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65 



greater than in 1880. The movement toward a larger average 

 crop acreage is especially strong in the North Central division. 



AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACRES IN ALL FARM CROPS, PER FARM 

 OF TEN ACRES AND OVER, IN 1880, 1890, AND 1900 1 



1890 



United States . . . . 

 North Atlantic division 

 South Atlantic division 

 North Central division . 

 South Central division , 

 Western division . . . 



49.8 



35-i 

 29.4 



73-o 

 33-6 

 68.5 



48.6 



357 

 334 

 65.1 



34-3 

 68.4 



42.6 



337 

 36.2 



5i-5 



34-6 

 64-5 



The relative strength of the tendency toward a greater average 

 crop acreage per farm will be more readily appreciated if the facts 

 disclosed in the foregoing table are presented from the basis of a 

 common denominator, as follows : 



INDEX NUMBERS REPRESENTING THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF 



ACRES IN ALL FARM CROPS, PER FARM OF TEN ACRES AND 



OVER, IN 1880, 1890, AND 1900 



United States . . . 

 North Atlantic division 

 South Atlantic division 

 North Central division 

 South Central division 

 Western division . . 



Base 



42.6 



337 

 36.2 



5 J -5 

 34-6 

 64-5 



1880 



IOO 

 IOO 

 IOO 

 IOO 



IOO 



IOO 



1890 



I 14. 1 



IO5.9 



9 2 -3 

 126.4 



99.1 

 106.0 



1 1 6.9 

 104.2 



80 

 141 



97 

 106 



There are three principal causes which have operated to produce 

 the different conditions disclosed by this last table. 



First : As between the North and South, there is a difference 

 in the character of the workers. The negro workmen, as compared 

 with the white workmen in the North and West, are lacking in 



1 Number of farms derived from Twelfth Census, Agriculture, Vol. I, pp. 6S8, 



690. 



