Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1894 — INDIANA FARMS AND HOMES. [ARTICLE]

INDIANA FARMS AND HOMES.

Statistics of farm and home proprietorship in several States are given in a census bulletin issued, Monday. It shows that in Indiana over 29 per cent, of thd farm families hire and the remainder own the farms cultivated by them. In the State of Oregon almost 19 per cent, hire and 81 per cent, own, and in Mississippi, 62 per cent, hire and almost 38 per cent, own. The percentages of home families are: Indiana, almost 53 per cent, hire and the remainder own; Oregon, 53 percent, hire, and in Mississippi 62 per cent. hire. Liens on owned farms are as follows: Indiana, 146,751,153; Oregon, 16,841,047; Mississippi, $2,899,191. Debts on owned homes aggregate in Indiana 119,967,067; Oregon, $6,619,409, and Mississippi. 1583,528.