Farm Ownership in Putnam County


      ---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

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