Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
Kansas Products.

The quarterly report of the secretary
of the state board of agriculture is Just
out. 1t shows tie acreage of the
year in winter wheat to De 1,974.693-
a decrease of 241, ,2a acres as compar.
ed with the acreage of 1880. The es-
timated number of bushels this year is
%, 156, ,399-an average of n little over
IL 10 bushels per acre. The acreage
in spring wheat this year isc 20S, ,l79
last year 228, 49s-a decrease of 2O,31s
acres. The estimated yield On
wheat is not given.
The acreage in rye this year is &c. .440.
last year 54, 74S-an increase OF Ii ,692
acres.
The acreage in corn this year is A.
III, ,544; last year, 3,S0,196-an in
crease Of 617, 7,158 acres.
The acreage in barley this year is
$3.50; last year, IL, ,l21-a decrease of
1O,762.
The acreage in oats this year is :}:}S.-
130; last year, 477,8 1927 a decrease of
1869.
The acreage of buckwheat this year
is GAO; last year, 2,62l-an increase
of 3,73S and q fraction.
The acreage in Irish potatoes this
year is 1887 last year, sc, ,233-an in
crease of 1904 acres.
The acreage of sweet potatoes this
year is 3,547; last yen, 4.02l-a de-
crease of 475.68 acres.
The acreage in sorghum this year is
As, 5,628; last year, 32,954-an increase
of 1864 acres.
The acreage in pearl millet this year
is 10,203; last year, 9,03l-an increase
of 2,172.
The acreage in millet and Hungari-
an this year. 354, ,249; last year, 268, ,425
an increase of &c. ,764.
The report shows corn on hand on
March l, 1881, 18,539,21O bushels
March l, 1880, 1911, ,859; a decrease
of 572,614. The decrease in acreage
is in wheat, etc., while there is a mark.
ed increase in corn, Hungarian, millet,
broom corn, etc.
The acreage in castor beans this
year is 459.600; last year 504,37O-a
decrease of 44,776.01 acres.
The acreage in cotton this year is
135, 200; last year 1884 an increase
of 81 ,323 acres.
The acreage in flax this year is l60,
$50; last year, 127, ,809-an increase of
SO, 101 acres.
The acreage of hemp this year is a.
900; last year 59,722-an increase of
I'll acres.
The acreage in tobacco this year is
60,921-an increase of S34 acres.
The acreage in broom corn this year
is 5,077, 800; last year $3.50, ,764 an in
crease of $50, 1864, or about double.
The acreage in rice corn this year is
3,245; last year q, ,138-an increase of
5,407.
The number of horses in the state
this year is 383,815; last year, 367,5S9
AN increase of 16, ,226; mules and asses,
this year, 7S,28S; last year, 1866 in
crease 477.
Mich cows this year, 406,706 last
year, 500, 6,640-increase 40,066; other
cattle this year 839.751, last year 748,-
672-increase 81,079; sheep. this year
883,23 last year 426,493-increase
379,831.
Cheese made in factories this year
amounted to 718,749 pounds, last year
773, 3,346-a decrease of 7,477 pounds
butter made in factories this year 22O,-
923 pounds, last year 1881 pounds
AN increase of Ia, ,199 pounds; cheese
made in families this year, 1S3, ,101
pounds-an increase of 81, 1888 pounds,
making the amount of cheese made in
this state this year about the same as
last year. The butter made in families
this year amounted to 20,350, ,S53
pounds, last year 16,611,315 pounds
an increase of 3,739.538 pounds.