The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-05-23

The following Is the report from the
State Department of Agriculture concern
Ing the crop, live stock, AMI other stalls
les, for the year 1884, of La Sale county
According to the figures presented in the
report this county stands fourth in the list
of corn growing counties, lroquois having
produced G,2S5,S $40 bushels last year; Nc
Lean, G,SSj,4i1, and 10 Daviess 19,90l ,9iS,
valued at only SOB, 12l.0 90 or less than four
cents bushel The 10 Dayiess farmer
must produce very poorquality of corn if
bushel in the market. The agricultural
statistcian at Springfield very evidently
must have made mistake OF about ten
millions in compiling the figures for 10
Dayiess county. La Sale county is rated
as follows:
Corn, acres, 192,07S; yield, 5,9S3,3lS
bushels; value, Sl,9l4,342, Hay, acres mea
dow, s3,2j9 yield, 12i,SSS tons; value,
$72l3jO. Winter wheat, acres, 2,549;
Weld, S,43l bushels; value, $37 ,292. Oats
ue, SS10,j64. Irish potatoes, acres, 2,s9s;
yield, 27S, sos bushels; value, Sl2,797. Rye
acres, 3,0jl yield, 81 ,S61 bushels; value
$3.50 Spring wheat, acres, IA; yield,
2O,GSS bushels; value, $l3,S6l. Broom corn,
acres, 4; yield, 2 tons; value, Sl52. Bar
ley, acres, 39i yield, 1914 bushels; value,
1896, Sorghum, acres, 10; yield, 6lG2
gallons; value S3,321 Sweet potatoes,
acres, Il yield 60 bushels; value, S5S.
Buckwheat, acres, g.; yield, 1850 bushels;
value, $14S. Timothy seed, bushels, 22,.
GOG value, $i2,951, Clover seed, bushels,
1902; value, $S,2i3. Beans, acres, 81;
yield, ,O53 bushels; value, Sl,510.
Average yield per acre crops past nine
years: Corn, - bushels; Wheat, IS bushels.
Per cent. of area to total acreage In cOun-
ty in 1884: Corn, 2100jO; winter wheat,
1919; spring wheat, .2i2O; oats, 132l42;
rye, 1881; pasture, 1902; meadow, H.
$3.50; Irish potatoes, 4OGO; orchards, ,9Oj2;
other crops and uncultivated lands, 30.
1918
Wheat annually consumed, PSI $50 bush.
els; used for seed annually, $685. bushels;
deficit, 21S,2jS bushels.
FRUIT CRoP, 1SS4-Apples, bushels. r..
SOB; value, sol sol; Peaches, bushels, 10;
value, SIS. Vineyards: gallons wine, 81
value, 1913; pounds grapes, 4,lS9; value,
S209
DAIRY PRoDuCTs, 19Si-Gallons milk
sold, 3O4 $50; value, $70,14S. Cream, gal.
Ions sold, 1870; value, $4,4jS. Butter,
pounds sold Gil 1926; value, SIG, 1873.
Cheese, pounds sold, 3,6S2; value, $405.
ANIMAL PRODUCTs-Fat cattle, number
sold, 1903; gross weight, 14,025,435
pounds; value, SOS, 2S4 Fat hogs number
sold, jl,Gi4; gross weight 1j,54i,sl4
pounds; value, S792,7S7. Fat sheep, num-
Der sold, 1878; gross weight, 302,215
pounds; value, $ll,335, Wool, pounds, H.
81; value, $l5,746.
LIVE STOCK, MAY, lSS4-Number of hor-
ses, 25,941; foals, 1882, 1887; number cat
tie, 52,3il; number hogs, G2 ,222; number
sheep, 12,l5S. Distribution of stock, num-
Der to each square mile: Horses 90; cattle,
AZ; hogs, So; sheep, II.
MIsCELLANEOUs-Nu of feet of
drain tile laid to January /, 1884, II ,02l ,79G;
number farms, 1880, 49S2; average size
farms, 143 acres; average value lands per
acre, 1884, $2776; taxation per acre, $3.50;
value farm products per acre, 1888; value
animal products per acre, SAL road and
bridge tax, $93,03S.
CoAL--Number Of mines, 80; annual ca
pacity. 1904 1884 TONS price at mine, 81 .63
per ton; number miners, 2,120; capital
employed, $l,03l ,00S.