Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-08-14
From the Iowa Homestead
IOwa--Area, Crops. I'm.
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tcrnal improvements.
The State OF Iowa contains s5, ,O4t
square miles, or 35, 22S, 800 acres, les'
the amount covered by lakes and
rivers. From the Census Report for
1867, We learn the following facts
e, 773, 400 acres were assessed for 1867,
value, including town lots, $lS9, $50. ;.
S25. 8,263, LAT acres are enclosed: q.
936, 121 acres were inclosed during the
two years last past. Whole numbe,
of dwelling houses I'm the State, 1856.
S75; Al ,407 were erected I'm the pas,
two years. There has been an In.
crease In the past two years. i'm tn,
number Of acres i'm Hungarian grass
but decrease in the number of tons
OF hay. There has been decrease In
the number or acres In winter wheat
and a corresponding decrease In the
yield; a decrease In the number o
acres and yield of oats, also of rye; 9
a decrease i'm the number of acres IN
barley, but an increase I'm the yield
an increase i'm the number of acres In
Irish potatoes, but q decrease i'm TN.
yield. There has been decrease I'm
the number of acres in flax, and the
production of seed and lint, but q
large increase In oil. In all other
farm crops there has been an encour.
aging increase In breadth and pro.
duct. There has been an increase i'm
the number of horses, mules, asses,
hogs, cattle and sheep; an increase
in the number of miIch COWS and
their product, but decrease I'm work
oxen. There has been decrease I'm
the number Of hives OF bees and a
corresponding decrease I'm the pro-
duction OF honey and wax. There
has been an Increase In the number
OF dogs there are now l25, ,207 In the
State, which destroyed sheep valued
at SS2, ,6l2, and the wolves $55, ,655, in
the last two years. What can be
done to rid the State of these two
destructive enemies of the sheen and
sheep raising? Every interest of the
state should be protected by appro-
pirate legislation.
There are l., 1852 miles of railroad
now finished and i'm operation In the
State, 456 miles of which were con-
structed during the past two years.
These roads run into and through Az
counties In the State. There are $685.
Oe3 rods of hedging In the State a
part of which is in every county In
the State except Is.
According to the assessment of 1867.
there were yO2, ,040 inhabitants I'm the
State. Total white males, 46S, ,537, an
increase I'm the last two years of y3. :
79l females, 433, ,3l6, increase, 8l, ,O37.
Colored males, 2,50S, increase, 7O4
colored females, 2,203, increase 400.
OF the white population there were
Az whose sex was not reported, and
OF the colored population, 4. Total
increase for the two years, l47, ,3OS.
or the population of fhe State $780,
6l8 are betweeen the ages of s and
I'll years; Isl, 749 aud entitled 10
vote; 125, ,646 are subject to military
duty; 1868 are foreigners; 4l2 are
blind 3S6 are deaf and dumb, and
ga are insane.
land In this State for each man, wo.
man and child In the State. There
are W,5lO, ,253 acres that are assessed
but not enclosed, and 8,455, 400 acres
not assessed, 1900, 900 acres of which
are In the northwest part of the
State; 4,050. 900 acres lie within the
railroad grants, which can be bought
at $3.50 per acre and l,OO0, 900 outside
of said grants at Sl.25 per acre. This
section of country Is partially desti.
tute OF timber, and considered wild
and out of the way. but labor, capital
and time will make great changes
there. Timber grows rapidly here
groves can soon be grown 30 as to be
OF great service. In the two years
past there were 4S,774 acres planted
for timber I'm this State. The Add
PARALLEL railroad will pass conven.
iently through this section of coun-
try. When they have railroad facil-
tiles there, and that part of our State
Is brought under improvement and
cultivation, it will be one of the most
butiful parts of our State. Persons
in search of vacant lands would do
well to stop and examine before go,
ing further.