The tables appearing under this and the two succeeding kindred headings were constructed from the latest general census reports, and are a most complete and trustworthy statistical exhibit of the agricultural resources and products of Loudoun County. TABLE I.--_Value of all farm property, including implements and machinery and live stock, with increase and decrease, and per cent of increase and decrease, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900._ --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------ Census | Value of | Increase in | Per cent | Average year. | all farm | decade. | of | value per | property. | | increase. | farm. --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------ 1900 | $11,056,109 00 | $971,459 00 | 9.6 | $5,675 62 1890 | 10,084,650 00 | [#]729,731 00 | [#]6.7 | 5,547 11 1880 | 10,814,381 00 | [#]1,437,636 00 | [#]11.7 | 5,874 19 1870[##]| 12,252,017 00 | 323,187 00 | 2.7 | 9,896 62 1860 | 11,928,830 00 | 2,446,073 00 | 25.7 | 9,883 04 1850 | 9,482,757 00 | | | 7,549 97 --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------ [##: Values in gold.] [#: Decrease.] An especially great increase in the total value of farm property will be noted in the decade from 1850 to 1860. Then followed the Civil War with its great destruction of farm property, and from this disaster the County did not fully recover before 1890. The average value per acre of all farm property in Loudoun increased from $32.18 in 1850 to $35.22 in 1890. TABLE II.--_Value of farms with improvements, including buildings, with increase and per cent of increase, by decades: Summary 1850 to 1900._ --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+--------- 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 --------+----------------+-----------------+------------+------------+---------- [##: 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.