75 Years Ago

Items taken from weekly issues 75 years ago, from the Daniels County Leader, est. 1922 (continuation of the Scobey Sentinel, est. 1912).

July 5, 1951

1950 Census Reveals Characteristics Of This County–

Valuation of farm and buildings has doubled here since 1945. Daniels County contains 583 farms, according to the 1950 Census of Agriculture for Daniels County, compared to 675 recorded in 1945 by a similar census taken separate from the decennial count. The 1950 county shows that of land area of 923,520 acres, farms occupy 86.9%, or 802,132 acres.

Farm operators own less than half of the acres under tillage, land rented from others by farm operators totals 440,226 acres. The averag...