| Show KANSAS FARM LANDS values greatly increased in last ten years state makes very favorable showing in agricultural statistics just issued smaller farms have diminished topeka kan itan tiie the united states census bureau has just issued the agricultural statistics for the state of kansas as collected at the thirteenth decennial census of last april the figures are given out a year yar alter after the date when they were collected but the time ot of the census bureau has been devoted principally to population wo t alkin the kansas makes a very favorable showing in the agricultural statistics as just issued the total value of farm lands increased threefold three fold in the decennium from 1900 to 1910 or over owing to the he increase in population and the advances in irrigation the farmed area increased during the period by lour four per cent there are more formers farmers in the state than ten years ago more arms m more ore tenant farmers and more farm owners the number of farm mortgages Is about the same which does not mean that the farmers ani mera aye are no richer than ten years ago but on the contrary that they have been increasing their holdings and placing improvements on their farms perhaps a few farm mortgages may be duo to autos but the number is probably not hot large during tile the ten years the number of s Binn maller ller farms with the exception of 0 truck patches has diminished over one third of the farms of the state are acres and over the number of negro and indian farmers la Is decreasing ci the farmers of the state spent less for farm fertilizers in 1910 than in 1900 1000 but this thid Is probably due to better conservation of tile the fertility of their farms arms and the use of barnyard fertilizes statements relative to the acreage of crops and the yields will be made later by census director durand as the tabulation of this data has not been completed the principal rates of increases in kansas in 1910 as compared to 1900 are in the total value of all farm land alone per cent in the average value per acre of farm land alone per cent in the total value of farm land and buildings 16 per cent in the average value per acre of farm land and buildings per cent in the total expenditures for or laher labor 90 per cent in the total value of farm buildings alone 79 ter per cent to in the total value of all farm implements Implement ls and machinery 64 per cent in the total improved farm acreage IS 19 per capt in the lie total farm acreage 4 per cent in the whole number of farms 2 per cent and in the average acres per farm I 1 per cent tha only decrease casa during the decade occurred inthe total expenditures for or fertilizers 73 pel ent the statement shown in detail that the number of farms reported in 1910 was as compared with in 1900 an increase of or 2 per cec cert the total value of farm la lands ads and buildings was given itt in 1910 ai aa as aa against in 1900 an In increase creaso of or per cent the tha total tofa alue balue of all farm land alone was reported in 1910 jt at ta compared with in 1800 1900 a gain of or per cent the total value of afaf fain m buildings a given even iti it 1910 it at le acme t la in 1900 in an L increase of or 78 79 per r cent in 1910 the value of the farm land alone constituted 89 per cent of the total value ot of land and buildings as compared with 83 per cent in 1900 the reported value of farm implements and machinery was in 1910 as aa against in 1900 a gain ot of or 64 per cent the total acreage reported in 1910 was acres as aa compared with in 1900 an increase of acres or 4 per cent the improved acreage was returned in 1910 as amounting to acres as against in 1900 an increase of acres or 19 per cent the improved acreage formed 69 per clent cent of the total acreage in 1910 and 60 per cent in 1900 aport ed in 1910 were as a against ginst in 1900 an increase ot of three acres or I 1 per cent the average value per acre ot of farm land and buildings in 1910 Is stated as as against 1545 in 1900 a rise ot of 2462 or per cent the average value per acre of farm land alone in 1910 was reported as while in 1900 it was 1277 the amount of gain being 2270 or per cent of the whole number of farms reported in 1910 there were or 99 per cent operated by white farmers and 1681 or I 1 per cent by negro and other nonwhite farmers as compared with a 1711 total of la 14 1900 of which or 99 per cent were we re conducted by white while farmr s and or I 1 per cent by and oher nonwhite the increase in the r timber ot of farms of 0 white barrs farrs arm sa during tho the decade amounted to and the decrease in the number of firma ot of mogro and other nonwhite farmers to |
