Kenosha tribune & telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1856-1859, 1857-12-31

State, contains some interesting sta
tistics.
REAL ESTATE.
The appendix of the report contains
a table showing the number of acres of
land, the average value per acre, assess
ed value of lands, assessed value of vii
Iage and city property, aggregate valu-
alton equalized in the several counties
with the exception of Door, Douglas,
Eau Claire, Kewaunee, La Crosse, La
Pointe, Polk, st. Croix, Shawanaw, and
Wood. Leaving out these counties the
total footings are:
Number of acres, l2,9I7.55e
Average value per acre, $500
Assessed valuation Of lands $47.74e, 400
" city Il vii, lots, Is, 9I2 ,2O7
I" persl property, 6,26s,4l1
Aggregate valuation assessed, 69, 81 ,020
equalized, 100000, 900
The highest averagevaluatio of lands
is Rock county-sll,l0 per acre. Ke-
nosha comes next-$l0,42 per acre.
The average valuation for Waukesha is
50; Ozaukee IS; Walworth 1920; Mil
waukee 81; Dane 1912; Marquette SIS.
The lowest average value per acre is
Sank county-sl so per acre.
TAXES.
Milwaukee pays the highest tax,
$2S 500; Rock the next highest, 81 9,899;
Dane comes next, $l9,S0o-only 500
less than Rock diane has 32 townships,
and Rock 20;) and Racine next after
Dane, paying $l3,230. La Pointe con-
tributes the least of any county to the
general fund, paying only $500.
DEAF, DUMB, BLIND, INSANE IDIoTIc.
There are in the State So deaf and
dumb persons, "a blind, "a insane, and
81 idiotic. This table, however, is very
Iimperfect-including only ii counties.
AGRICULTURAL, MANUFACTURING 8
MINING STATISTICS.
Statistics embraced under this head
have been returned from all the counties
except Adams, Bad AK, Chippewa,
Clark, Douglass, Grant, Ozaukee, Pierce,
Polk, Portage, Sank, Waupacca, and
Wood. 1t is to be regretted that these
counties are omitted. Grantlembracs not
only rich agricultural district, but is
the principal lead district in the State,
Ozaukee, Pierce, Sank and Waupacca
are all rich agricultural counties, and
alaeady productive. From the counties
returned we CLEAN the following facts:
Apples-The orchards of Wisconsin
are just beginning to produce fruit
The total number of bushels returned
for last year is 80, As, valued at S43, O55.
Kenosha ranks first among the apple
growing counties, producing 6,l03 bush.
Walworth is the second, Racine third,
and Waukesha fouth. Our county of
Dane returns I,10l bushels.
Barley-The ''lager beer" interest is
large one, and Wisconsin produced
4OS, 1886 bushels of barley last year from
1864 acres sown, valued at $399,l7s
In this result the great lager beer county
of Ozaukee is omitted.
Beans aud Peas-The number of
acres planted was 2,07O; which pro-
duced AZ, 700 bushels valued at So, 871.
Corn-2s5, aa9 acres were planted to
corn, producing 5,l00,790 BUSHES, val
ued at s., 485 ,594. Rock is the banner
corn county, aud Walworth ranks the
third, producing 526, 800 bushels.
Grapes--By reckoning 5000 pounds
of hops grown in Jefferson county, as
grapes, the Secretary attains the meagre
aggregate of 1882 lbs. as the total grape
crop of the State. The amount will be
much greater for 1858. More attention
is being paid to grape culture every
year, as the fact gets circulated that
this fruit is easily grSwn, and is at once
wholesome fruits that can be raised in
this latitude.
Hay and Grass Subdivisions
produced 9,547 tons of hay, in 1856,
valued at $2,597, 735. Also, l,O23,l77
lbs grass seed, valued at S54, 1892.
| Oats-Number of acres sown, 1884,
600; product, 6,3l2 1903 bushels, worth
s2,707 800,
Potatoes. of acres planted,
22,25e; product, 2,3l8, 665; worth So
162,470. 1t will be seen by this that
potatoes were potatoes last year.
Rye.-22O,T3 bushels were produced
worth $l36,669. More of this grain is
raised by Germans than by any other
class. Rock, the most productive agri-
cultural county, raised only 1885 bush.
while Washington produced 60, 1856 bush
Sheboygan 42,975 bushels, and Mantle
voc 24,50s bushels.
Wheat.-This is the great staple of
the State. In the counties returned,
52I, 393 acres were sown, producing s..
7l7,756. Rock ranks first as a wheat
growing county, and Dane the second
in the State. Walworth comes next af-
ter Dane. Rock produced 1912, 4I6
bushels; Dane 1,049, l39, and Walworth
7s3,292.
Butter and Cheese.-The farmers of
Wisconsin devoted but little attention
to the dairy. The number of pounds
of butter produced was 6,655, $3.50, val
ued at 81 ,069,914. The number of lbs
of cheese, 444 ,9+4, worth $4s,653.
Lead and Iron.--2,379, 1882 pounds of
lead were smelted in Iowa county, and
Is, 90, 900 in La Fayette county. In the
former, during the same time 100000
lbs. of lead ore was raised, and 1874.
600 in the latter. During the same
period 10, 900 lbs. oflead ore were raised
in Dane Co., and 20, ZOO in Green. To
tai value, $572,s4O.
| Miscellaneous-The value of the cat
tie on hand in the counties returned is
SO, 79l, 200: of these slaughtered during
the year $533,950. Value of hogs on
hand, 1852, l59; slaughtered 81 1854, l2o.
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