Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-10
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
Some Interesting Facts from the La s,
Census Report.

Some Intersstinx Facts from the Last
Census Report.
Our increase in all the chief articles of
agricultural produce, as shown by the cen
sus report, il something enormous
Wine has increased fourteen-fold since
1850, and nearly doubled in the last decade.
California being its chief producer.
Hops have increased seven.fold in the
same time, and more than doubled in the
last ten y.ars, New York growing two
thirds of the whole crop.
Barley has increased skiold.
Flax skiold, and haxseed trebleG.
Wheat trebled and oats doubled.
Irish potatoes have only increased one
third, and sweet decreased one. half
Live stock have trehled in value, aud
now amount to tie handsome total of one
thousand FIVE hundred and twenty-five
millions of dollars, or an average of nearly
TWO hundred dollars for every family in
the nation.
Animals slaughtered have nearly
quadrupled in value, now amounting TO
four hundred millions of dollars annually.
Wool has increased from sixty to one
hundred millions of pounds
Cotton is half million Of bales above
what it was in 1850, and lhree-hiths its
amount in 1860.
In only one instance is there a decrease
of an important product, and that is the
Indian corn, which falls short of the
amount reported in 1860 by seventy eight
millions cf bushels, or ton per cent of the
whole.
In some of the lesser products, how
ever, the downcome is considerable.
Silk cocoons are only u third of their for.
mer amount, hemp a sixth, peas and bears
ana rice about third each. Buckwheat
has decreased from seventeen millions of
bushels to nine, and rye from twenty. one
millions Of bushels to sixteen.
The farms themselves rs may be ex-
pected from this great increase Of product
have risen in value from three to nine
Thousand millions. while farming imple-
mentS, valued in 1850 at Sl5l ,5S164s, now
foot up S336,S7S, 429, and annual increase
of nine millions of dollars. Few minds
can form even the remotest conception of
what 'hese numbers imply. The value of
the farms in dollar bills would take an
expert accountant, capable of getting over
one hundred minute five hundred
years to count them, or if Communists
and lnternstionals had their way, and
their value was divided equally among
the VIII le people, it would afford one
thousand dollars to each family, in add.
ton to the million or two which would be
sure to suck to the hands of the divide-s.
The farms have considerably increased
in number, but diminished in size from
100 to 1853 acres, being on an average SO
acres each less than in 1850. This de,
crease extends 70 every State in the Union
save four Arkansas, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, and New Mexico. OF the
present number Of farms 1859, iS5G G,3I5
are under 3 acres. Those with more than
ID acres and less than 500 have increased
those with less than 10 acres decreased III
number. One-sixth Of the whole are over
100 acres and 500; but tho largest num-
Der (847,6l4 contain between 50 and 60
acres.
Twenty years ago Kentucky supplied
nearly third Of all ouI fax product,
Virginia and New York about million OF
pounds each, making up together as much
as Kentucky, aud Ohio supplied less thnn
halfa million pounds But now Ohio has
nearly forty times its former product,
while Kentucky has only a tenth Of its,
and Virginia has gone down to seventh.
The chief flax producing States are Ohio,
lS,000,0OO pounds, or two-thlrds Of our
whole product of 27,l33,O32 pounds Che
product in 1850 was only 7,209G76
pounds; New York 3,00O,0C0; aud
Illinois 100000; while New England
with tie exception of little in Maine and
Vermont, may have ceased to be flax pro
ducing, az have also Alabama, Delaware,
and Georgia,
New York has now, as hitherto, about
a sixth Of the whole milch COWS of the
nation, and used to occupy similar
positions rs to working oxen; but now
Texas has twice the number it can show.
California has increased its sheep form
1884 to 2,768,l87, being an increase Of
leo fold, and the largest made by any
State in any important article. Louisiana
still grows nearly all the sugar, but pigs
have changed their headquarters from
Tennessee and Kentucky to Illinois and
Missouri. Pennsylvania, which used 10 be
highest in the production of wheat, Is now
now sixth on the list, illinois with 80 Iowa
with %, Ohio and Indiana with q each,
and Wisconsin with IS, all coming before
its 10 millions of bushels
Fail Flowing,
J. B. Jones, Macedon, Wayne County,