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Agriculture growth slows in farm numbers, value soars
Census Bureau data based on the Thir teenth Decennial Census shows 1900 to 1910 farm numbers rising 10.5 percent to 6,340,357 while total farm acreage grew only 4.2 percent to 873,729,000. Improved land jumped 15.2 percent to 477,448,000 acres. farm land value more than doubled to 28.39 billion, with average price per acre up 108.7 percent to 32.49. Farm buildings and machinery also rose sharply. urban population expanded, boosting land values despite limited farm expansion.
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Washington, D. C
Durand
Bureau of the Census
Continental United States
LeGrand Powers
Division of Agriculture
United States
Census Bureau