Land tenure in the United States : with special reference to Illinois . rms proved mc. farm 1910 251, 872 -4,6 1900 264, 1890 240,681 1880 255,741 1870 202,803 1860 143,310 1850 76,208 • • • • (l) A minus sign (-) denotes decrease. Thirteenth census, VI, 412-413. The percentage of land in farms increased from in1850 to in 1900, falling back to in 1910. The per-centage of farm land that was improved increased steadily in 1850 to
Land tenure in the United States : with special reference to Illinois . rms proved mc. farm 1910 251, 872 -4,6 1900 264, 1890 240,681 1880 255,741 1870 202,803 1860 143,310 1850 76,208 • • • • (l) A minus sign (-) denotes decrease. Thirteenth census, VI, 412-413. The percentage of land in farms increased from in1850 to in 1900, falling back to in 1910. The per-centage of farm land that was improved increased steadily in 1850 to in 1910. During the decades before 1880 the amoiint of land infarms grew by large decennial increments, the total increase from1850 to 1880 being per cent. During the thirty years PLATE 11. ILLINOIS FARMS AND FARM LANDS, 1850-1910. Niiinbor of farms (ten thousands). 0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 1900 ?1910 Total numljer of acres in fancsdnillions) •0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1850 1860 1870 -r 1880 jl^ p«t 1890 1900. H C. FORM 3 LibHArtYOF THEUNIVERSITY Of ILLINOIS 53. following 1880 the area of land in farms increased only percent, and actually declined during two decades. The acreage ofimproved land increased per cent between 1850 and 1880, andonly per cent from 1880 to 1910. The farms were decreasingin average size from 1850 to 1880, but have been increasing some-what since 1880.^ The year 1880, therefore, stands as the turning pointin the direction in which the average acreage of farms was movingand marked the end of the large relative decennial increases in the 1. The following table shows the distribution of farmsamong the different size-groups in Illinois from 1860 to 1910. All Under 3 Under 10 20 50 100 175 350 100 500 Over sizes 3 to 10 to to to to to to to to 1000 9 19 49 99 174 349 499 499 1000 1910 1900
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