Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1902 — Farm Statistics of Indiana. [ARTICLE]

Farm Statistics of Indiana.

The oensns bureau issued a bulletin giving the final agricultural statistics of Indiana. It shows thot the 221,897 farms enumerated In Indiana on June 1, 1900, were valued at $841,735,340, of which 82 per cent represents the land and improvements thereon o her than buildings. The value of farm implements and machinery was $27,330.370 and of live stook $109,550,761. Tbdee make the total value of farm property $978,616,471. The total value of farm product in 1899 was $204,450,196, of which 40 peT £ent was in animal prodnots and 60 per oent in crops, including forest prodnots exceeded the total for 1889 by 116 per cent. The gross farm income of Indiana for 1899 was $155,980,796, and the gross income upon investment 16 per cent.