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
--------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+----------

[##: Values in gold.]

[#: Decrease.]

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
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Total $9,138,560 00