Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1882 — THE NUMBER OF FARMS. [ARTICLE]

THE NUMBER OF FARMS.

Am Sl*WB fcf * CeaMH.■■lietliijw Um LMt Four A bulletin from the Census office giro* the number of farms In the United States in the yean 1880,1870, 1880 and 1860, together with a statement of the rate per osnt of increasefrom , 1870 tolßßo. The great increase in the Northern, Western and Pacific States and Territories is explained by the rapid settlement of tho§e, regions during the past decade, and an increase ' in the Southern States is accounted for by the subdivision of the large plantations of ten and twenty years ago. The total number of (arms in the United States in 1870 was 2,659,985, and in 1880 4,008,907, an increase of 51 per cent, The State of Ohio ia credited with 195,953 farms in 1870, while in 1880 there were 247,189, an increase of 26 per cent Kentucky shows a remarkable increase of 41 per cent in the last ten years, having a total of 118,422 in 1870 and 166,453 in 1880. Indiana has increased 20 per cent, showing a total of 194,013 farms in 1880, against 161,289 in 1870. Tennessee has increased the number of her farms 40 per cent in this time, having a total of 165,650 at the laat census. The largest increase is in Dakota, where the enormous gain of 91.4 per cent, is given. Nebraska ia next to Dakota, with an increase of 415 per oent The New England States being but little subject to changes, show the smallest increase, Maine, New Htmpalpre and Vermont having increased the number of their farms 8, 9 ana 5 per Cent, respectively. Massachusetts is credited with an increase of 45 per cent, bnt this figure is disputed, owing to the defective census of 1870 in that State.