Part 9, Note 27

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Tenth Census of the United States (1880) Schedule 2, Colorado County, Texas. In the German communities there were 649 farms, with 401 owned by the farmer, 132 rented, and 116 farmed on shares. Elsewhere there were 1027 farms, with 604 owned, 110 rented, and 313 farmed on shares. There were 499 cattle raisers, 589 corn growers, 583 cotton growers, 487 swine owners, and 571 poultry owners in the German communities, and 403 cattle raisers, 775 corn growers, 757 cotton growers, 597 swine owners, and 479 poultry owners elsewhere.