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.]

[#: Decrease.]


_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._