, 1876-07-22
RANDOLPH COUNTY
Figures fynN tho Assessors Report--Crops
--IIIEh WAlrr--FolIt1cs.

Figures fynN tho Assessors Report--Crops
High WAlrr--Follt1cs.
SpEctdt Correspondence Ff The TrIlune.
CHESTER, ILL.,, duly l9.-From tho 4Ankrssor's
report for 1876, for Randolph County, tie fol-
lowing interesting statistical items are fur
nished:
Totni assessed value Of personal property,
sl,9a0, ,--$1Gs,6 eco less ttnn for 1876: total
assessed valuc oT lands, ssa,1D5 ,-S316, ,ss3
lcss than for 1911: total a's''s:cd value OF tuwn
and city 1uts, Ih',0st'-:ll!,G ,G11 less thrn fer
1e71: total assessment ii a!l property, SOL,
141,-G9,ee ,eet3 1css ti,aH iuT 1915.
Tic actual ypli1c ot nll property in Randolph
County csps,ot be less than FROM slo,001 ,eyo to
sl9,00J,0
The statistics also furnish an interesting CROP
rcputt AZ follows: IN the county there urc
sG 27 a<:se- III %lIcas, averaging IL bushels per
a~yr,-ei:c-.alt croi,-whvl, St7es us i,9s9,713,t
bushels; 1ut from this must bc deducted 10
rcr ceut Tor damage done hy raltl-storiu6 since
the commencement of harvest, E!c., lcaycs n
Weld nj $50 051 bnslel,,-a faillng-cG Of 1,223l.
51a3 bushels from II tull nycrage crop. Tits
whcat-rop in tllis county tlils year lms been
preserved In much bottcr condition than It was
IN lSs5, md tho entire crop Is now nostfy III
stack Or barn, With only HOW A1a then nn tx
ccpt!on. which is pretty we'll preserved IN thu
ehuels.
or corn We hnvc Il, 4H acres, which will give
l,T22,oo1W bushels. Tue corn~crop IL tho pest
that has hccn known in this county for ycars,-
tic frequent rains assisting to .E[yo Il large
yield over III average un Wild latsds. usually
Tic oat.crop il : fall average OF which wo
f!avc 20aj7 ncres, 10 bushels tn tho crc,--anak-
| Ing tic total yield S14,6s0 bushels.
OF GRASSES there are J. 479 aeres, On an aver
| age yielding 2 tons per aesc.-1.y5S tots III thu
| aggregate.
The number Of arrcs In otler Acl1.products
Is put down ut 5Il potatoes. castor beans, Gar
| lcA-trnck, ctS, ctr; acres Of pasturugc, l9,-
5H: arres Of orchard, i,4g; woodland, ,etc.'
SOLO, which tnkcs up tho full arca Of the
couEtr,-aJ1, $50 acrcs.
| Fruin the furcgoiug /. will bs seen that only
iii $50 acres RrH lndGr rcultyatfon.-A,o ,o54 acres
less thun one-Ealf tho full area Of tue country.
crop OF apples. Blackberrira arc abundant,
Vegetables are plenty, anu OF superior quail
ty, especially ti'o eabbage-erop, which promises
| to h9 large. grapes thus fAr aTo good, but tht
| wet weather thrcaLrns rOt to sutne extent.
The high waters Ut the Mississippi this season.
| which have been Of ST frequent occurrence aud
Ut 81 long duration, llnyc causcd Immense annl
aEe to crops III the rich liycE.bott0tn lnMds,-ts
ti,ntel Ut not less than sl0o, 900 In this county
| al1r. and, In the Missouri bottoIa OPPOSITE
tic klng Of Floods.
lower counties uf tho atatc,--Egypt,.-t rfopt
aru said to ba Of tlatterlus character, eslccial
y the cort..crop, wAirh Ii one Of tic lcaAling
staples.
Tic hot wcat..rr causes pulislral matters to t.t
quiet; men have all they caa do to kcep cool
but Will September WILL curnu the crash If nrtns
III tho great ceMtet,.,ial battle. Focman will b.
arrayel agast foetlan, ait! the light pro,niset