An Educational Survey of a Suburban and Rural County, Montgomery County, MD (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book An Educational Survey of a Suburban and Rural County, Montgomery County, MD (Classic Reprint) written by Hermann Nelson Morse and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Educational Survey of a Suburban and Rural County, Montgomery County, MD The Census Office estimated the average value of land per' acre for the total farming area of the county as as against in 1900, an increase of per cent. There are in all farms in the county, of which or per cent, are operated by white farmers, and 349, or per cent, are operated by colored farmers. At present the average size for all farms is about 112 acres, but the tendency is toward smaller farms; 39 per cent of all farms have less than 50 acres each. The farms operated by negroes are smaller on the average than those operated by the whites; per cent of all colored farmers have 19 acres or less. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.