cluding
buildings, with increase and per cent of increase, by decades: Summary
1850 to 1900._

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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
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[##: 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
Per cent in buildings 37.4

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:
Total 1,948
With buildings 1,933
Per cent with buildings 99.2
Average value of--
Land, per farm $3,414 00
Land, per acre 21 18
Buildings, per farm 1,278 00
Buildings, per farm with buildings 1,288 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._

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