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TABLE 18. NUMBER OF FARMS AND FARM ACREAGJ*], 1880 'lO I'jKJ 





Farms. 



Land in Farms. 



Census. 



Number 



of 

 Farms. 



Per Cent 

 Decrease. 





Per Cent 

 Decrease.* 



iyiu 



215,485 



2.9 



21,299,823 



1.5* 



1900 



221,897 



12.0 



21,619,623 



6.2 



1890 



198,167 



2.1 



20,362,516 



0.3* 



1880 



194,013 



20.3 



20,420,983 



12.7* 



§8. Value of Farm Property 



In spite of the fact, however, that there was but a slight in- 

 crease in the number of farmers and an actual decrease in num- 

 ber of farms and farm acreage, there was an enormous increase 

 in the value of farm property and farm products. In 1900 all 

 farm property in Indiana, including land, buildings, machinery, 

 live stock, etc., was valued at $978,616,471, while in 1910 the esti- 

 mated value of farm property was $1,809,135,238, or an increase 

 during this period of 84.9 per cent. It will be noted from Table 19 

 that there is a very decided increase over the two preceding 

 decades. 



TABLE 19. INCREASE IN VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY, 1890 TO 1900 





Value all Farm Property. 



Per Cent of Licrease. 



1910 



$1,809,135,238 



84.9 



1900 



$978,616,471 



12.6 



1890 



$859,322,787 



19.6 



1880 . . : 



$726,781,857 



23.4 



§4. Value of Farm Products 



The increase in the value of the farm products is no less sur- 

 prising. Farm products, as listed in the census, include all crops, 

 live stock, dairy products, etc., whether sold or consumed. In 

 1909 these products in Indiana were listed as being worth $339,- 

 849,366 as compared with $204,450,196 in 1899, representing an 

 increase in valuation of $135,399,170, or about 66 per cent. 



