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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1926

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     The following statistics illustrative of the wealth and debt of Nebraska, are compiled from the United States census publications:

Years

Total Wealth

Total Public Debt of State, County and All Minor Subdivisions 2

1860

$ 8,131,056

.....

1870

69,277,4831

.....

1880

385,000,000

$12,875,209

1890

1,275,685,511

26,776,205

1900

1,626,203,203

37,404,071

1904

2,009,563,633

.....

1912

3,794,986,781

.....

1922

5,320,075,000

73,760,187
     1 These U. S. census figures for 1870 are for taxable wealth only on a paper currency basis.
     2 The figures for public debt are taken from the U. S. census report on wealth, debt and taxation, and from the reports of the state auditor.

FARM PROPERTY

Number, Area and Value of Farms

1920

1910

Increase or Decrease

Amount

Per Cent

Population

1,296,872

1,192,214

*104 158

*8.7

Number of farms

124,417

129,6781

-5,369

-4.1

Approximate land area of the state, acres

49,157,120

419,157 ,120

.....

.....

Land in farms, acres

42,225,475

38,622,021

3,603,454

*9.3

AVERAGE VALUE OF FARMS, 1860-1920

Census Year

Average Acres per Farm

Average Value Per Farm 2

All Farm Property

Land and Buildings

Implements and Machinery

Domestic Animals,Poultry and Bees

Av. Value of Land and Buildings per Acre

1920

339.4

$33,771

$29,836

$1,231

$2,704

$87.91

1910

297.8

16,038

13,983

341

1714

46.95

1900

246.1

6,166

4,753

206

1,196

19.31

1890

190.1

4,505

3,542

145

818

18.68

1880

156.9

2,4311

1,671

123

637 2

10.66

1870 3

169.6

2,494

1,967

101

426

11.67

1860

226.3

1,869

1,391

74

405

6.14
     1 Averages are based on "all farms" in state.
     2 Includes estimated value of range animals.
     3 Computed gold values, being 80 per cent of the currency values reported.


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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1926

FARM TENURE, 1880-1920

Tenure

1920

1910

1900

1890

1880

Number of all farms

124,417

129,678

121,525

113,608

63,387

Farms operated by owners and managers

70,987

80,237

76,715

85,525

61,96a

   Farms consisting of owned land only

50,656

58,222

53,065

.. 1

.. 1

   Farms consisting of owned and hired land

19,107

21,028

22,518

.. 1

.. 1

   Farms operated by managers

1,315

987

1,132

.. 1

.. 1

Farms operated by tenants

53,430

49,441

44,810

28,083

11,424

   Share tenants

25,536

24,771

33,211

19,141

9,476

   Share-cash tenants 2

14,773

11,069

.....

.....

.....

   Cash tenants

12,307

10,701

11,599

8,942

1,948

   Tenure not specified 3

8.14

2,900

.....

.....

.....

Per cent of farms operated by Owners and managers

57.1

61.9

63.1

75.3

82.0

   Tenants

42.9

38

36:9

24.7

18.0

   hare

32.4

27.6

27.3

16.8

14.9

   Cash and non-specified

10.6

10.5

9.6

7.9

3.1
     1 Not reported separately.
     2 Share-cash tenants were doubtless largely included with share tenants in 1900, 1890 and 1880.
     3 Prior to 1910 non-specified tenants were included with cash tenants.

FARM MORTGAGES, 1890-1920

Class

Owned Farms 1920

Owned Farms 1 1910

Number

Per Cent

Number

Per Cent 3

Total

69,272

79,250

Free from mortgage

27,065

43.5

47,435

60.6

Mortgaged

35,191

56.5

30,839

39.4

Unknown

7,416

.....

976

.....

FARM MORTGAGES, 1890-1920

Class

Owned Farm Homes 1900

Owned Farm Home 1890 2

Number

Per Cent 3

Number

Per Cent

Total

74,364

.....

84,620

.....

Free from mortgage

27,065

43.5

47,435

60.6

Mortgaged

32,411

45.4

43,991

62.0

Unknown

2,977

.....

.....

.....
     1 Includes all farms owned in whole or in part by the operator.
     2 The 1,606 "owned farm homes" for which no reports were secured were distributed between "free from mortgage" and "mortgaged" in 1890.
     2 Per cent of combined total of "free from mortgage" and "mortgaged."

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AGRICULTURE

     In 1858, for the first time, the supply of grain grown in the territory of Nebraska exceeded the local demand. In 1924 Nebraska ranked third of the states in the farm values of corn and of wheat produced, and fourth in the farm value of live stock raised. In 1925 Nebraska ranked fifth among the states in the value of all crops produced.

      The land area of the state is about 49,170,777 acres, of which 17,107,300 is cultivated lands, 27,070,219 acres is in range and pasture, and 883,783 acres is woodland. In 1920 the Federal census reported 54.7 per cent of the land to be improved farm land. Since 1910, many acres, formerly considered arid, have been reclaimed by irrigation, the number of acres under irrigation in 1925 amounting to 442,394. Owners operate 27,665,170 acres and tenants 20,411,281 acres. The total number of -farms in 1925 was 127,727 valued at $2,744,615,519. On these farms 589,802 Nebraskans make their homes.

      More than one million acres are in alfalfa, the annual production averaging over two tons to the acre. The total output of all kinds of hay in 1925 was nearly six million tons, much of this being natural, wild hay. In the same year 84,000 acres of potatoes produced an average of 75 bushels to the acre. Rye, buckwheat and flaxseed are grown in considerable quantities. The 1925 yield of sugar beets totaled 816,000 tons and was valued at $11,340,000. The value of the live stock and live stock products marketed in 1925 is as follows:

Hogs

$133,925.000

Cattle (est.)

100,000,000

Sheep

11,000,000

Milk

46,421,000

Poultry and Eggs

30,000,000

Total

$321,346,000

 

      People living on the farms own 102,164 automobiles, which is about one-third of the total number registered in 1925. These cars had access to 5,966 miles of improved roads in 1925.

      The following statistics are taken from Nebraska Agricultural Statistics, 1925, a publication issued cooperatively by the United States department of Agriculture and the Nebraska department of agriculture.

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NEBRASKA BLUE BOOK, 1926

NUMBER AND VALUE OF LIVE STOCK IN NEBRASKA, 1880-1925

  

HORSES

MULES

CATTLE

Number

Value

Number

Value

Number

Value

1880

176,100

$11,330.274

15,200

$1,326,808

570,000

$12,925,960

1890

542,036

37,787,194

45,792

4,040,759

1,726,441

30,706,989

1900

636,995

4,830,317

41,930

311,034

2,169,409

10,119,478

1910

906,116

74,566,175

87,429

8,578,300

2,475,639

52,696,290

1920

879,763

56,698,709

93,438

10,700,342

2.598,057

113,778,114

1925

768,322

83,732,489

109,868

6,533,525

2,723,661

76,179,700

  

SWINE

SHEEP AND GOATS

POULTRY

Number

Value

Number

Value

Dozens

Value

1880

1 698,700

$3,640 220

172,800

$ 471,744

1890

2 309 671

12,985,579

239,400

503,338

1900

1,752,163

1,743,206

371,275

274,299

1910

1,680,460

18,084,400

257,004

1,061,795

1920

1,707,092

28,204,860

236,402

1,959,740

793,844

$6 984 595

1925

2,212,088

26,759,332

220,275

1,307,242

868,616

4,746,884

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN NEBRASKA, 1910-1925

  

WHEAT

CORN

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

1910

2,394,000

38,760,000

$31,008,000

7,425,000

191,565,000

$68,963,000

1920

3,593,000

60,480,000

79:229:000

7,560,000

255:528:000

104,766,000

1925

2,676,000

34,150,000

47,927,000

9,100,000

236,600,000

144,326,000

OATS

BARLEY

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

1910

2,532,000

70,896,000

$19,851 000

127 000

2,350,000

$1,058,000

1920

2,400,000

83,040,000

30,725,000

256:000

7,424 000

3,712,000

1925

2,699,000

73,953,000

26,623,000

233,000

5,662,000

3,057,000

RYE

ALFALFA HAY

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

Acres

Production in Tons

Value

1910

50,000

944,000

$ 566,000

701,000

2,166,000

$20,577,000

1920

129,000

1,819,000

1,874,000

1,233,000

3,329,000

33,290,000

1925

205,000

2,522,000

1,791,000

1,300,000

3,016,000

38,756,000

  

SUGAR BEETS

POTATOES

Acres

Production in Tons

Value

Acres

Production in Bushels

Value

1910

10,433

115,000

6,900,000

$5,796,000

1920

72,296

717,956

$8,597,000

85,000

8,415,000

10,098,000

1925

61,000

816,000

41896,000

84,000

6,300,000

11,340,000

 

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