Part 22

Number of establishments 164 Number of proprietors and firm members 197

Capital: Expenses: Land $25,957 Fuel and rent of power Buildings 79,350 and heat $8,811 Machinery, etc 104,402 Miscellaneous 12,935 Cash and sundries 141,548 Cost of materials used 424,538 -------- -------- Total $351,257 Total $446,284

Value of products $638,136

FARM VALUES.

The tables appearing under this and the two succeeding kindred headings were constructed from the latest general census reports, and are a most complete and trustworthy statistical exhibit of the agricultural resources and products of Loudoun County. TABLE I.--Value of all farm property, including implements and machinery and live stock, with increase and decrease, and per cent of increase and decrease, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900.

--------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------ Census | Value of | Increase in | Per cent | Average year. | all farm | decade. | of | value per | property. | | increase. | farm. --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------ 1900 | $11,056,109 00 | $971,459 00 | 9.6 | $5,675 62 1890 | 10,084,650 00 | [#]729,731 00 | [#]6.7 | 5,547 11 1880 | 10,814,381 00 | [#]1,437,636 00 | [#]11.7 | 5,874 19 1870[##]| 12,252,017 00 | 323,187 00 | 2.7 | 9,896 62 1860 | 11,928,830 00 | 2,446,073 00 | 25.7 | 9,883 04 1850 | 9,482,757 00 | | | 7,549 97 --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------

An especially great increase in the total value of farm property will be noted in the decade from 1850 to 1860. Then followed the Civil War with its great destruction of farm property, and from this disaster the County did not fully recover before 1890.

The average value per acre of all farm property in Loudoun increased from $32.18 in 1850 to $35.22 in 1890.

TABLE II.--Value of farms with improvements, including buildings, with increase and per cent of increase, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900.

--------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+--------- Census | Value of | Increase in | Per cent | Average | Average year. | farms. | decade. | of | value per | value | | | increase. | farm. |per Acre. --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+--------- 1900 | $9,138,560 00 | $518,830 00 | 6.0 | $4,691 25 | $29 11 1890 | 8,619,730 00 | [#]911,524 00 | [#]9.6 | 4,741 33 | 29 23 1880 | 9,531,254 00 | [#]1,345,752 00 | [#]12.4 | 5,177 22 | 31 89 1870[##]| 10,877,006 00 | 368,795 00 | 3.5 | 8,785 95 | 39 37 1860 | 10,508,211 00 | 2,158,840 00 | 25.9 | 8,706 06 | 35 48 1850 | 8,349,371 00 | | | 6,647 59 | 28 33 --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+----------

In 1900 there were only two counties of Virginia with higher farm values than Loudoun. They were Rockingham, with $11,984,440, and Augusta, with $11,464,120.

TABLE III.--Value of land and buildings, with the per cent of the total represented by the value of buildings, June 1, 1900.

Land and improvements (except buildings) $6,649,690 00 Buildings 2,488,870 00 ------------- Total $9,138,560 00 Per cent in buildings 37.4

TABLE IV.--Number of farms and number and per cent of those with buildings, June 1, 1900, with average values of land and buildings.

Number of farms: Total 1,948 With buildings 1,933 Per cent with buildings 99.2 Average value of-- Land, per farm $3,414 00 Land, per acre 21 18 Buildings, per farm 1,278 00 Buildings, per farm with buildings 1,288 00

TABLE V.--Total and average value per farm of farm implements and machinery, with increase and decrease and per cent of increase and decrease in the total value, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900.

--------+---------------+--------------+-------------+----------- | Value of farm | | | | implements | Increase | Per cent | Average Census | and | by | of | value per year. | machinery. | decade. | increase. | farm. --------+---------------+--------------+-------------+----------- 1900 | $295,910 00 | $103,000 00 | 53.4 | $151 90 1890 | 192,910 00 | 9,683 00 | 5.3 | 106 11 1880 | 183,227 00 | [#]23,473 00 | [#]11.4 | 99 53 1870[##]| 206,700 00 | [#]31,564 00 | [#]13.2 | 166 96 1860 | 238,264 00 | 42,470 00 | 21.7 | 197 40 1850 | 195,794 00 | | | 155 89 --------+---------------+--------------+-------------+-----------

The percentage of increase was least for the decade 1880 to 1890. After 1870 the farmers did not, until 1900, report as large investments in machinery as they did prior to the war.

Only two other Virginia counties reported higher values of farming implements and machinery in 1900. They were Augusta, with $439,090, and Rockingham, with $436,340.

LIVE STOCK.

Values.

The total value of the live stock on farms only, June 1, 1900, was $1,621,639, or 14.7 per cent of $11,056,109, the reported value of all farm property. Of the live stock value, domestic animals, worth $1,556,935, constituted 96 per cent; poultry, worth $58,276, 3.6 per cent; and bees, worth $6,428, .4 per cent.

TABLE I.--Reported value of live stock on farms with increase and decrease and per cent of increase and decrease, by decades, and average values per farm and acre.

--------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- Census | Value. | Increase of | Per cent | Average | Average year. | | value. | of | value per | value | | | increase. | farm. | per Acre. --------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- 1900 | $1,621,639 00 | $349,629 00 | 27.5 | $832 46 | $5 17 1890 | 1,272,010 00 | 172,110 00 | 15.6 | 699 68 | 4 31 1880 | 1,099,900 00 |[#]68,411 00 | [#] 5.9 | 597 45 | 3 68 1870[##]| 1,168,311 00 |[#]14,044 00 | [#] 1.2 | 943 71 | 4 23 1860 | 1,182,355 00 | 244,763 00 | 26.1 | 979 58 | 3 99 1850 | 937,592 00 | - | - | 746 49 | 3.18 --------+---------------+-------------+-----------+-----------+---------- [##: Values in gold.]

Animals Sold and Slaughtered.

The census enumerators and special agents secured reports of the amounts received from the sale of live animals in 1899, and of the value of animals slaughtered on farms. With reference to reports of sales, they were instructed to deduct from the amount received from sales the amount paid for animals purchased.

TABLE II.--Receipts from sales of live animals and value of animals slaughtered on farms, in 1899, with averages and number of farms reporting.

Farms reporting domestic animals 1,911 Amount of sales $392,852 00 Average amount of sales per farm 205 57 Value of animals slaughtered 109,618 00 Average value of animals slaughtered per farm 57 36