The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-18

banks. q The banking capital is upwards
of two and 4 quarter millions of dollars.
oelng double that Of Milwaukee, with
its nearly 100000 inhabitants. Below is
summary Of business for 1874:
average daily deposits ...... -. -. s2673, All
Average daily loans and discounts. :. sic, ,679
Amount Of exchange sold. go. co.. 22,67s, l42
B1RE s EYE VIEW OF THE COMMERCE OF ST.
81 PAUL.
The railroad tonnage received in St.
Paul IN 1874 amounted to 299,074 tons,
tonnage forwarded to l80,650 tons, a
total OF 48O,84' tons, being 3,l6l tons in
excess Of 1873.
THE WHEAT TRADE.
Received. Shipped.
Wheat OF 1874 go. e.. ,678, 447 bus. l,64,96e
Waea! IT 1878 ...... ,s7l 1896 bus. l,4:e,eOO
thong + GU: imports OF :S74 we,s
s::eht.v less taan II 1873. yet We rar. lied
% per cent. more of the crop raised in
1874 than that of 1873, showing that our
comprehensive railroad system has un.
changeably fixed this as wheat ex-
change.
THE FLOUR TRADE.
Received. Shipped.
Flour in 1874, bbls. :. ..... 239,O46 1S0.447
Flour in 1879, bbls. 80. go. 234,6Os 1912
Taken in connection with the fact OF
the reduced crop Of wheat of 1874, the
iace that our receipts of -four for that
year exceeded those of 1873, indicates
that larger proportion of our grain is
being manufactured than in previous
years, and is an additional reason why
huge steam -four mill should be reared in
conjunction with the new Elevator.
THE LUMBER TRADE.
Received. Shipped.
Lumber in 1874, feet. 47,59s,aa2 27,6i,7
Lumber in 1878, feet. 40,33l 1905 16,S86,8
MANUFACTURES.
While We are justly anxious to add to
our manufacturing Importance, we should
bear in mind that we have made rapid
strides in that direction during the la
five years. The expansibility of our
market is evidenced from the fact that
while in 1873 but 305 Of the Edward Har.
vesters were manufactured here, in 1874
there were made 1880 of those reapers.
present comparison with the statistics
taken from the United States census
Il
close approximation to the truth. AS in
that census, include railroad shops and
newspaper Offices under the head Of man.
featuring establishments, and the work.
men employed therein as persons en-
ployed in manufacturing.
Number ofestablishments ZIG IS
n No. Of; Of persons employed co3 s,l ;I ~ e85
I t4mf21 invested H0n
Annual wages paid. 49,. 1,a72,Q0o 520, 4b9
Value Of products 1890. 3,953,00o 1,6l2'37s
WHEAT.
In the amount of this staple and aver.
age per acre, Minnesota leads all the
States, except California, and in the GER
tai7aty of the crop has no equal. The
largest crop was that of 1873, which ag-
gregated q ,969,O95 bushels. For the last
Is years the highest yield per acre was
22.O7 bushels in 1865, the lowest 1928
bushels in 1871, the average for that
period being 1922 bushels per acre. Sew.
eral whole townships have averaged Is,
80, and even 40 bushels per acre, numer-
Gus single fields exceeding even the high
est of these yields.
The largest crop of oats raised in the
State was in 1873, being 13.084,764 bush
els, an average Of 1925 bushels per acre,
which has been the average maintained
Ter the past SIX years, an average sur
passed by no Staten the Union.
CORN.
The corn crop of 1873 was 7,182,37O,
being few thousand bushels in excess of
any previous crop. The average per
acre for the past six years was 1874
bushels, the lowest being 1918 bushels.
the highest 1888. The hi h average and
marked un formity of yield refutes the
assertion that Minnesota is too far north
for the profitable cultivation of corn.
Ohio, the queen of the corn States, aver.
aged for twenty years 1896 per acre,
which is only 1853 bushels above the aver
age of Minnesota for the past nine years.
AVERAGE OF CROPS.
For the past six years barley has aver
aged 6.l3 bushels per acre, rye I'LL
bushels, buckwheat 1915, and potatoes
for the last three years l06.l3 bushels.
MANUFACTURERS.
The annual value of products of manu-
features in Minnesota rose from $3,373, l72
in 1851, to $23,30l ,l47 in 1870. Taking
this city as test, and those values have
doubled since 1870.
Population of the State has increased
from 6,O77 in 1850. to 100000 in 1874.
Within the same time the population Of
the city has changed from $40 to over
100000.
Railroads in 1862 aggregated but 10
miles, now 1850 miles, a larger number in
proportion to the population than any
other State Of equal age.
PUBLIC LANDS.
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