Show NUMBER OF FARMS IN COUNTY INCREASES although the number of farms in grand county increased materially during the decade from 1920 to 1930 the acreage and value of tanning lands decreased as did the balue of farm buildings and implements according to a preliminary announcement of the federal bureau of the census made public today A statement covering the farming situation in grand county with comparative data for 1925 and 1920 issued by the bureau contains the following interesting facts farm acreage and values number of farms 1930 1925 1920 acreage of all land in farms 1930 1925 1920 average acres per farm 1930 2210 1925 9 1920 2 value of land and buildings 1930 1925 1920 value of land alone 1930 1925 1920 value of implements and machinery 1930 1925 1920 92 average value of farms 1930 3 1925 1920 average value per acre 1930 15 70 1925 20 51 1920 30 10 in 1930 farms were operated by the owners as compared with 94 in 1920 twenty three farms were op aerated by tenants in compared with 12 in 1920 livestock horses 1930 1920 1115 mules 1930 1920 cattle 1930 1920 milk cows 1930 1920 hogs 1930 1930 1222 chickens 1930 1920 sizes of farms 1930 1920 under 3 acres 32 3 to 9 acres 18 12 10 to 19 acres 10 9 20 to 49 acres 19 11 50 to 99 acres 11 10 to acres 36 37 to acres 6 11 to acres 9 11 to acres 12 6 1000 acres and over 4 1 classes of land 1930 1920 crop land total harvested crop failure 11 idle pasture land total selected crops corn harvested for grain 1929 1 acres 1924 1919 oats threshed for grain 1929 19 1924 56 1919 barley threshed for grain 1923 20 1924 2 1919 19 hay 1929 2859 1924 potatoes 1929 23 1924 27 1919 41 production corn 1929 bushels 1924 25 1919 hay 1929 tons 1924 tons 1919 9 tons potatoes 1929 1860 bushels 1924 1273 1919 |