The Yellow Springs American, Volume 1, Numbers 1-22

Income Over The long-lawnlted statistical re* showed an Increase of 04,2 percent port Oh farm valuations, family JR. come, housing, and standard of living for Creonc County Ohio, bas­ ed on the lt»50 census Interviews with every family in the county, has now been made public by the United States Bureau of the Census On the basis of Its first-hand In­ formation, the Census Bureau re­ ported the average value of land and buildings for all farms in the county a t 521,726 per farm. The tabulaton shows a total of 3,814 farms In the county. Out of 3,070 counties In the U. S, Greene ranks 427 in population. The housing census showed 16,- 404 dwelling units In the county as of April 1850, with 54.7 percent oc­ cupied by the owners. For the county as a unit 9715 percent of all dwellings reported radios In operation. One-half of ali families In the county reported Incomes In excess of 53,504 for the year, this figure being reported as the ''medium*' fa­ mily income for the county. Only 20 percent of the families reported In­ come of less than $2,000, while 24,4 percent reported incomes of more than $5,000 a year. Total retail trade In the county for 1 W 8 was $38,071,000, through 428 stores. The land area Of the county Is 416 square miles, and th e average density of population Is 142 per square mile, compared to an Ohio average of 184, and a nationwide average of 50,7 per square mile. The total population as of April, 1950, was 58,882,. Between 1840 and 1850 the county total population, For the entire state of Ohio the increase for the the nation, 14,5 percent. Total value of farm product# sold by Greene County farms in 1919 was reported i t ftO,7 12,000 This Income was made tip as follows; all crops, $2,169,900; livestock and products, other than dairy and poultry, $6,678,- 000; dairy products, $1,400,000; poultry and p o u l t r y products $165,000. Land In farms In the county to- | tailed 220,000 acres, according to the census*report, while crops were ac­ tually harvested in 494? from 129,- 000 farmland acres. During the year 1950, 29.7 per­ cent of the farms were tenant- operated, For the state as a whole 17.8 percent of the farms were Cent, from Pg, 1 Yellow Springs managed by tenants. The report revealed that 1,894 of the county's farms were served by central station electricity; tele­ phones were reported bn 1,389 farms. There Were 2,086 automobiles on farms In the county, and motor trucks and farms numbered 695. Tractors, on the other hand, were counted a t 2,062. Only 403 of the farms wore re­ ported to be without tractors, hor­ ses or mules. 4f The cattle population of the coun­ ty was 22,375 Including calves. Farm expenditures In the county for 1849 for feed for livestock and poultry amounted to $ 1 , 591 , 000 , while the amount expended for hired farm labor was $785,000, LOOK! m towm , VWMWW WE ARB NOW OPERATING OUR * O w n doughnu t MACHINE *. £» - * Hi! HAVE and DOUGHNUTS WITH US EXTRA VARIETY EXTRA FRESHNESS 1,- ■*,i STOP i * r V | c # fi t I L L COFFEE MADE EVEKV ■»!*■MIM’TESl YELLOW SPRINGS c'Ti ^ 1 a * ^ Dry, cleaning i * ' S.*’t Laundry Service Klig Cleaning Fur Storage Mollt Proofing Only 8,9 percent of Greene Coun ty’s population was tabulated ns non-white. The state figure is 0,5 percent, and for the nation ns a whole the non-white population Is 10.3 percent, The county's urban population was 33,030, the rural non-farm pop­ ulation 17,770, and the .rural farm population 8,092, The total number of families in the county was placed at 14,765. The "median*' ago of all persons in the county was 27.4 years, a- galnst a statewide "‘median" age of 31.2 years. Greene County purchased $1,123,- 000 worth of Treasury Savings Bonds during 1050. Total bank deposit# in the co­ unty as of Dec. 30, 1950, were $20,370,000. Of the 16/404 dwellings, 14,178 Were classified as iion-farm units, with a median value of $7,462 per single family unit. The number of residents gainful­ ly employed In the county was re­ ported at 19,451 with 12 percent In agriculture and 21.5 percent in manufacturing. The balance of the, employed wer© in transportation^ Vice Industrie# (laundries, garages, beauty parlors, etc,), and In jjio professions, Tho official statistical summary Is published by the Bureau of the Census under the title "Country and City Data Book for 1952", and is offered for sale by tho govern­ ment Printing Office, Washington 20, D.C., for $4.25 postpaid, Never before, have such complete by-county for the entire United statistics been compiled couniy- Statcs. TURKEY CRjOP Farmers arc raising crop of 44,550,000 turkeys' in the United Stnte#»-6 more than last year, - cent PRODUCTION C&W& Good cowd that produce 300 <0 400 pounds, of buttegfat each fe a r are a profitable market fo* farm grown feeds. g r a in d k o r s * * Famine and severe food short­ ages are generally very closely associated with failure of the grain crops from^which both, man And domestic livestock derive a? large part of their total food supplies. SHEEP BREEDING , A branding fluid for sheep I n been developed wMsh is complete* ly removed from wool liy sosaaw lag. j > * * * n * TOTAL LIFE INSURANCE ^ Total life Insurance ownM kg elho U.S. at the start of 10001wag' $214,400, 000 , (te^^nry nearly dlkiMe the flgue Jiat 10 tears ago. • ate lO T A T b tltlP * ' a * Cotetaerclil production of pocate chips amounts for 8 per tent of tte pttatoeiused for food In the U. 3. 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