Table II.—Value of farms with improvements, including buildings, with increase and per cent of increase, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900.

Census year. Value of Farms. Increase by decade. Per cent of increase. Average value per farm. Average value per acre.
1900 $9,138,560 00 $518,830 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
Buildings2,488,870 00
Total$9,138,560 00
Per cent in buildings37.4

Table IV.—Number of farms and number and per cent of those with buildings, June 1, 1900, with average values of land and buildings.

Number of farms:
Total1,948
With buildings1,933
Per cent with buildings99.2
Average value of—
Land, per farm$3,414 00
Land, per acre21 18
Buildings, per farm1,278 00
Buildings, per farm with buildings1,288 00

Table V.—Total and average value per farm of farm implements and machinery, with increase and decrease and per cent of increase and decrease in the total value, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900.