---Full Owners--- ----------Part Owners------------- ----Tenants----
Year Farms Acres Farms Total Owned Rented Farms Acres
Acres Acres 1/ Acres 1/
1900 1,586 NA 310 NA 700 NA
1910 1,831 266,958 NA NA 484 48,358
1920 1,469 206,769 269 48,518 407 54,158
1930 1,151 158,588 388 72,945 525 75,024
1935 1,036 135,173 429 80,596 770 97,553
1940 1,013 142,575 338 69,742 662 91,637
1945 1,032 143,993 436 101,988 388 67,737
1950 1,071 157,034 345 80,829 307 58,365
1954 818 135,633 365 103,315 230 49,205
1959 756 146,004 327 107,806 156 43,517
1964 640 142,725 289 115,355 102 34,687
1969 732 171,617 222 106,556 61 18,640
1974 572 153,632 183 93,740 63 19,513
1978 471 115,854 205 118,113 63,997 54,116 67 26,536
1982 429 113,477 194 112,508 57,099 55,409 92 24,866
1987 409 119,157 180 128,544 59,011 69,533 72 23,828
1992 364 112,550 179 131,487 66,835 64,652 38 10,456
1997 417 120,441 153 130,324 70,161 60,163 45 10,595
NA-Not available.
Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture