FARMS AND FARM PROPERTY IN THE RANGE COUNTIES ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL CENSUSES FOR 1910 AND 1920
_Farms Operated by Owners_ Beaverhead 1920 1910 Number of farms 559 456 Per cent. of all farms 87.1 85.1 Land in farms (acres) 490,453 324,248 Improved land in farms (acres) 214,638 194,592 Value of land, buildings (dollars) 12,753,847 6,021,007 Number of farmers owning entire farm 506 439 Number of farmers hiring additional land 53 17
_Color and Nativity of Owners_ Number of native whites 385 305 Number of foreign-horn whites 174 151 Number of non-whites 0 0
_Farms Operated by Tenants_ Number of farms 46 55 Per cent. of all farms 7.2 10.3 Land in farms (acres) 42,489 43,196 Improved land in farms (acres) 18,536 25,565 Value of land and buildings (dollars) 1,410,170 1,056,695
_Color and Nativity of Tenants_ Number of native whites 37 38 Number of foreign-born whites 9 15 Number of non-whites 0 2
_Farms operated by managers_ Number of farms 37 25 Land in farms (acres) 104,067 93,871 Improved land in farms (acres) 37,429 55,373 Value of land and buildings (dollars) 2,900,920 1,520,630
Hughes Sheridan Union 1920 1910 1920 1910 1920 1910 245 308 734 626 2,282 1,891 67.5 82.1 75.5 78.3 86 98.3 151,684 124,686 455,057 302,076 2,043,800 716,506 69,052 45,675 68,729 63,631 216,881 70,047 6,291,101 3,136,356 10,454,136 6,742,704 22,052,531 3,973,909 165 219 591 503 1,670 1,822 80 89 143 123 612 69
187 224 595 519 2,241 1,809 47 64 131 105 38 77 11 20 8 2 3 5
112 63 198 164 344 22 30.9 16.8 20.4 20.5 13 1.1 117,163 34,283 86,147 108,233 292,004 14,305 65,200 16,136 28,832 28,922 37,362 1,705 3,459,605 933,680 3,663,700 2,616,525 3,424,668 88,840
396 57 173 150 289 20 141 6 24 12 54 2 0 0 1 2 1 0
6 4 40 9 26 10 16,060 6,100 84,592 11,234 179,718 83,200 9,985 720 15,824 2,815 19,505 878 352,500 103,560 2,483,650 240,200 1,834,472 306,210
As is usual in districts that have been homesteaded, the proportion of ownership is high. But because of absentee ownership, land companies operating over large areas and high taxes, the rate of tenancy is increasing.
ACREAGE AND VALUE OF CULTIVATED CROPS IN THE RANGE COUNTIES ACCORDING TO FEDERAL CENSUSES FOR 1910 AND 1920
Beaverhead Hughes _Cereals_ 1920 1910 1920 1910 Corn 10,740 4,352 Oats 4,118 15,255 2,891 3,684 Wheat 2,157 763 4,499 3,761 Barley 903 225 1,560 131 Rye 47 96 962 96