The History of Genesee County, MI
Appendix AB
Agriculture in Genesee County
Part II

Online Edition by Holice, Deb & Clayton

 

Farms Operated by Tenants.

Number of Farms

846

Per Cent, of all farms

21.7

Land in farms, acres

94,054

Improved land in farms, acres

74,945

Value of land and buildings

$4,916,460.00

Forms of Tenancy--

Share tenants

633

Share-Cash tenants

20

Cash tenants

170

Tenure not specified

23

Color and nativity of tenants--

Native white

748

Foreign-born White

98

Negro and other non-white

--

 

Farms operated by Managers.

Numbers of farms

67

Land in farms, acres

13,937

Improved land in farms, acres

11,206

Value of land and buildings

$837,670.00

 

Mortgage Debt Reports*

For all farms operated by owners:

Number free from mortgage debt

1,436

Number with mortgage debt

1,528

Number with no mortgage report

19

For Farms consisting of owned land only:

Number reporting debt and amount

1,189

Value of their land and buildings

$5,155,210.00

Amount of mortgage debt

1, 641,904.00

Per Cent, of value of land and buildings

31.8

* No mortgage reports were secured for farms operated by tenants and mangers.

 

Table No. 3--Live stock Products and domestic Animals Sold or Slaughtered on Farms, 1909.

Live Stock Products.

Dairy Products--

Dairy cows on farms reporting dairy products

15,852

Dairy cows on farms reporting milk produced

12,895

Milk produced, gallons

5,548,883

Milk sold, gallons

1,228,390

Cream sold, gallons

50,269

Butter fat sold, pounds

314,552

Butter produced, pounds

1,309,516

Butter sold, pounds

813,524

Cheese produced, pounds

5,650

Cheese sold, pounds

5,600

Value of dairy products, excluding house use of milk and cream

$604,257.00

Receipts from sale of dairy products

$481,694.00

Poultry Products--

Poultry raised

218,234

Poultry sold

109,174

Eggs produced, dozens

1,003,188

Eggs sold, dozens

679,886

Value of poultry and eggs produced

$316,907

Receipts from sale of poultry and eggs

$197,802.00

Honey and Wax--

Honey produced, pounds

107,525

Wax produced, pounds

727

Value of honey and wax produced

$12,368.00

Wool--

Wool, fleeces shorn

60,304

Value of wool produced

$125,476.00

 

Domestic Animals, Sold or Slaughtered.

Calves sold or slaughtered

7,974

Other cattle sold or Slaughtered

7,051

Horses, mules, asses and burros sold

1,274

Swine sold or slaughtered

33,399

Sheep and goats sold or slaughtered

53,059

Receipts from sale of animals

$1,005,633.00

Value of animals slaughtered

$161,985.00

 

History of Genesee County, Michigan, Her People, Industries and Institutions
by Edwin O. Wood, LL.D, President Michigan Historical Commission, 1916

Transcribed by Holice B. Young

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