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Show FARM MORTGACE STATISTICS. Two and uartr Million Farm.r. Uvn In Koenmbared H.uiti. Washington July 30 The count of farm homo transcripts made, in accordance accord-ance with the mortgage collection clause of the census act has been completed com-pleted by the census office. There were returned by enumerators 2,401, Sill) farms and homes occupied by ow ners, which were incumbered by mortgages. This includes some about which the enumerators made no report, and which belong partly to the chus owned, aud, uiieiiinboroil. Until this unknown quantity, dud to Hid failure of cimi nr-ulors, nr-ulors, U eliminated, it may I.o icg.uueil us .'tpproxin';i.t.c,!y true that two awl a cpianor million of twelve and H i i:tl f million of families of thu United States occupy and own incumbered farms anil homos, and that tuu and a quai'ler Million Mil-lion families occupy firms and homes cither hired crowned live, Tlio proportion of hin d nnd owned free homi s nr I f:inns w ill he known when the population division completes tho count of returns pertaining t" lh' ni. Tim preliminary resuiislndieaio that tho avera'n) debt for f s run in Iowa i.s Sli-'Sii per home.. '1 ho success of this hivusii- fr.ii ii.ii. Superintendent Porter says, hus loon fur beyond tho ulilicipution of ihe nio-t experienced ..uiiMieiaiis. nnd Iho j VeMlit Hill boot' iiiiineil.o interest uutl i value to ; ho nation. licomploto returns from .-overall w-uni slates indioaio thai, fig'ins mul houses an- moi'tgi;,'!"! for about one. j third tint value put upon them by their j owners. I |