BULLETIN 1070, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Size of farm. — In 1912 the 297 farms studied averaged 121 acres 

 in size, 57 per cent of the land being tillable. In 1918 the 304 farms 

 studied averaged 111.5 acres in size, 58 per cent of the land being 

 tillable. Most of the untillable land was in woods or in pasture. 

 In 1912 the average value of real estate was $45 per acre and in 1918 

 it was $66. 



Capital invested. — The average capital invested in the farms in 

 1912 was $6,530, and in 1918 it was $8, 858. About 83 per cent of 

 this represented real estate. 



In 1912 a working capital of $1,070 and in 1918 of $1,461 was 

 required to operate the average farm. 



Income. — For the year 1912 the average labor income was $86 

 and for 1918 it was $542. 



For the year 1912 the average family income was $546 and for 

 1918 it was $1,166. This includes money paid on debts, but not 

 the value of food products, fuel, and use of house furnished by the 

 farm, which in 1912 averaged $328 per farm and in 1918, $573. In 

 1912 for all farms of 30 crop acres or under the average amount of 

 the family income was $260, and in 1918, $611; for the farms of over 

 70 crop acres the family income in 1912 averaged $1,144 and in 1918 

 $2,225. 



Receipts. — About two-thirds of all receipts were from crops. Cot- 

 ton, cattle, sweet potatoes, and wheat were the four leading sources 

 of income. 



The leading cash crop was cotton, returns from that crop repre- 

 senting about two-fifths of all receipts. 



Table 1. — Census data showing changes in the agriculture of Catawba County, N. C, 



since 1850. 



Item. 



Number of farms 



Land in farms, acres . . 

 Improved land in 



farms, acres 



Improved land per 



farm (acres) 



Value of realestate... 

 Value of machinery . . 

 Value of live stock. . . 

 Value of real estate, 



machinery, and 



live stock 



Milk cows 



Other cattle 



Swine 



Sheep 



Butter produced, lbs. 

 Cheese produced, lbs . 

 Milk produced, gals.. 

 Eggs produced, doz . . 



Corn, bushels 



Wheat, bushels 



Oats, bushels 



Rye, bushels 



Cotton, bales 



Hay, tons 



Sweet potatoes, bush. 

 Irish potatoes, bush . . 

 Sorghum sirup, gals. . 

 Tobacco, lbs 



1850 



221, 653 

 64, 439 



$812, 535 

 118, 115 

 221, 877 



1, 152, 527 

 2,581 

 3,582 



19, 891 

 6,280 



73, 337 

 1,141 



355, 185 



52, 190 



65, 674 



5,263 



652 



2,925 



21, 215 



10, 606 







6,086 



1860 



1,078 

 221, 615 



67, &3 



62.9 



$1,715,639 



85, 611 



386, 207 



2, 187, 457 

 2,752 

 3,278 

 17, 828 

 6,146 

 82, 769 

 63 



403, 213 



91, 702 



23, 799 



717 



138 



1,871 



27, 661 



9,701 



9,747 



9,308 



1870 



127, 954 

 39, 203 



56.3 



$607, 424 

 37, 387 

 152, 563 



797, 374 

 1,458 

 2,135 

 6,768 

 4,644 

 29, 679 

 100 



142, 876 



34, 746 



41, 553 



1,917 



18 



3 



5,177 



4,540 



7,082 



25 



1,725 

 219, 673 



78, 080 



44.4 



31,723,438 



86, 140 



241, 219 



2, 050, 797 

 2,871 

 3,835 

 10, 594 

 6,299 

 120, 784 

 1,338 



159, 206 



358, 210 



104, 770 



64,236 



783 



2,012 



1,137 



19, 325 



12, 687 



28, 884 



26, 380 



2,119 

 237, 734 



101, 193 



47.8 i 

 2,814,560 

 124, 560 

 322, 710 



3, 261, 830 



3,042 



4,011 



10, 239 



3,961 



246, 025 



425 



1, 080, 297 



187, 189 



317, 544 



163, 977 



71, 875 



1,204 



2,412 



2,504 



42,447 



22, 520 



28, 340 



16, 400 



1900 



1910 



2,647 



3,199 



239, 824 



241, 037 



116, 379 



125, 564 



44.0 



39.2 



$2,758,590 

 168, 680 



$7,324,304 

 326, 497 



375, 660 



763, 276 



3, 302, 930 



8, 414, 077 



3,379 

 3,979 



4,891 

 4,218 



8,067 

 1,584 



7,187 

 359 



379, 515 



633, 739 



191 



356 



1, 824, 658 



1, 865, 390 



337, 680 



466, 146 



389, 280 

 274, 740 



448, 855 

 135, 756 



31, 970 



87, 185 



590 



7,394 



4,018 

 7,733 



6,344 

 7,679 



49,924 



195, 679 



4,531 



20, 541 



17,098 



21, 243 



8,600 



638 



1920 



2,916 

 217, 463 



113, 685 



39 



$10,885,426 



734, 346 



1, 250, 017 



12, 869, 789 



4, 955 



3,575 



8,812 



184 



523, 782 



280 



1, 711, 616 



467, 665 



401, 433 



160, 182 



23, 478 



6,980 



7,311 



16, 417 



189, 938 



17, 619 



16, 178 



9,930 



