The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-12-14
EMPoRIA NEW S
FRIpAYo December 4, Is77.
Kansas in 1876.


Kansas in 1876.
lBancroft's EmpOria Real Estate Register ]
The Atchieon Champion has
made a careful review Of the re-
port of the Commissioner of Agri-
culture for 1876, contrasting Kan
sas with the other States, by crops.
Our columns are too short for the
whole article and we extract as
follow: a.
We have been especially inter
ested in examining the report of
the statistician of the Department,
Hon. j. r. Dodge, one of the most
industrious, capable and pains-ta-
king officers connected with the
government. 1t embraces 1917 pa
ges, and is crowded full of valua-
Bile facts and figures showing the
development of our agricultural
: industries. arBEfls5l- 81
THE CORN CROP.
Mr.. Dodge places the corn crop
of 1875 at 1888, S27, 800 bushels,
which. e about 81 100000 bushels
Less than the great crop OF 1875,
the largest ever produced in the
United States. The average yield
per acre is % bushels, which is
about 4 bushels less than in 1875.
The acreage in corn, in the several
States was 1908, 1854 acres, and
the value of the corn crop is esti-
mated at SAFE, 491,2 10. s"Corn is
King" as the statistics presented
show that the corn crop exceeds,
in acreage, product and value, any
other crop. 1t exceeds the wheat
crop In value over $175, OO0, 900,
and the cotton crop over $246, 000,-
900. The corn crop ranks first in
value, then comes hay, then wheat,
and then cotton. Old ''King Cot
ton," deposed, takes the fourth
rank among the agricultural pro-
ducts of this country. rE1 R -
Illinois is the leading corn pro-
ducing State. Kansas ranks sixth.
The product, acreage and value in
the ten leading corn producing
States, as follows:
States Bushels Acres Value
Illinois 223,OOO. 600 5000, 900 GO, 100. 900
Iowa "a, 600, 600 4.75o'o9o 80 SO, geo geo
Missouri 1O2, 100000 3,6S7,050 28,7O0, 900
Indiana $1,000 900 100000 33,GG0,cO0
Kansas S2,S36, 900 1904 75 Is, $3.50, $40
Kentucky $500, 900 1.SS9,552 Is. 900, 900
Tennessee "a, 500. 900 2.224, 4sO 17,44O, 900
Texas $4,000, 600 100000 "a. 000, 900
Pennsyl'nia 100000 1,2O7, 142 3,237 500
In the average yield of corn per
acre, Kansas leads, every State in
the Union. The yield per acre in
Kansas is given at 1875 bushels.
New Hampshire ranks next, her
average yield being AZ; then fol-
Iowa Vermont. 80; Ohio, 36.7;
New Jersey, SO; MASSACHUSETTS,
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania,
each So; Wisconsin, 81; Kentucky,
1856; California, 33; Connecticut,
1875; Name, 81; New York, Della
ware, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska,
and Oregon, each 80; Maryland
and Michigan, each 20 West Vir-
ginia, 1872 Nevada, %; Missouri,
27.8; Minnesota 25.4; Texas and
Illinois, each %; Tennessee, 24.5;
and Arkansas, "a.
WHEAT.
The wheat crop of 1876 aggre-
gates 2S9, 1856, 800 bushels, which
is about the same amount pro-
duced in 1875. The acreage in
wheat is 1881, 02l, which is over
a million acres IN excess of the
previous year. The yield avera-
ges 10.4 bushels, and in 1875 it
was 11.7-both being below a me
dinm yield. The average price of
wheat was three cents per bushel
higher in 1876 than during the
previous year. The total value of
the wheat crop for 1876 is placed
at $500, 259,SOO. t.-' -
California is the Leading wheat
producing State, her crop of this
1876 aggregating 30, 900,
600 bushels. Kansas ranks eighth,
her crop aggregating 100000
bushels. The product, acreage
and value of the wheat crop in the
ten leading wheat producing States
was as follows;