Farm Ownership in Vernon County


      ---Full Owners---  ----------Part Owners-------------  ----Tenants----
Year   Farms    Acres     Farms  Total    Owned    Rented    Farms    Acres
                                 Acres   Acres 1/  Acres 1/
1900   1,796        NA     603       NA                     1,589        NA
1910   2,391   310,733      NA       NA                     1,346   167,144
1920   1,406   166,751     628  108,701                     1,191   174,305
1930   1,294   149,432     635  105,990                     1,258   190,922
1935   1,262   138,257     628  111,885                     1,509   216,181
1940   1,302   142,657     443   90,254                     1,436   229,791
1945   1,287   144,623     622  159,245                       926   167,878
1950   1,577   197,124      62   58,830                       598   115,957
1954   1,378   179,552     705  193,173                       492    99,830
1959   1,129   169,465     610  204,294                       305    74,385
1964   1,051   176,155     541  221,125                       192    46,638
1969   1,109   194,016     474  237,413                       128    34,715
1974     900   170,029     435  221,125                       123    29,547
1978     801   144,601     463  243,407    116,814   126,593  138    35,202
1982     806   149,273     404  217,863    102,300   115,563  110    33,330
1987     746    40,591     385  212,465    102,745   109,720  120    43,582
1992     739   138,682     389  232,352    108,304   124,048  121    31,168
1997     796   152,350     363  209,460     91,998   117,462  106    26,739

1/ Not available until 1978.
NA-Not available.

Source: U.S. Census of Agriculture

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Missouri Agricultural Statistics Service
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