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was s113. .593. .342. while the products of
| live stock brought S39. 1895, ,2S5. The value
! of other field, hay, garden and orchard
| products produced in 1880 added to the
| 1926, $50. .O86.
In 1891 the farmers of Kansas har-
vested 81, $50, 653 bushels of wheat. They
sold it for $42, ,596,759 The corn pro-
duct was 139, 1868, ,991 bushels. The value
of this crop was s4S,059. 979. The Oat
crop yielded SO, 904 443 bushels, and it
was worth $10,594,457. The value of all
live stock that year was SI17, ,674, ,951.
The value of all other products from the
field, pastures, orchards and gardens,
including the products from live stock,
makes total for the year 1891 of $751;
485 S02.
The total value of farm stock. garden
and orchard products for the year 1892
was $273, ,673 096. The wheat yield was
694, 763. That year the Kansas corn
crop yielded 13S, ,65S, ,621 bushels. It's
value was $42, $50, S49. The oat, rye,
barley, grasses, garden and other
crops, including the products from live
stock, swelled the total to the figures
given above.
In 1898 the farmers raised and mar
keted 24,827,523 bushels of wheat, and
| its value was 81 032, ,920. The corn crop
yielded 1854, 1863 bushels, with a value
of $32, 621, 762. The oat crop that year
was 28,194,7 III bushels, and it's value
was S6,44S, ,342. The value of live stock
was $9S, ,266, 66S. The total value of all
other crops, including the products from
live stock, makes a total value of all
products for 1898 of 1920. .S37. .243.
The record for 1894 was not so good,
but during that year with partial crop
failures the farmers produced enough
for home consumption and plenty to
spare to their eastern brethren. The
wheat yield was 28,205, 700 bushels, and
it sold for $11, 297, ,897 The corn crop
yielded $685., S33 bushels, and it's value
was $25, 1854, ,190. The value of live stock
that year was SIS, 738, ,754. This, added
to the value of all other field, meadow,
garden and orchard products, including
butter, cheese and other live stock pro-
ducts, makes a total value of all Kan
sas crops for the year of 1892. 094, $50.
The drOuth of 1895 cut short the yield
of crops, but the farmers had a surplus
with which to wipe out mortgage in
debtedness. The wheat yield was 49,
961060 bushels, and it was worth ST.
463, lis. The corn crop was POI, ,457 ,306
bushels, and it's value was $46, ,189, ,773.
The Oat crop produced 81, 664, 748 bush
els, with a value of $5,620,1S8. The val
ue of live stock in 1895 was $72. .939. .2S5.
The value of all other crops added to
these figures gives a total of the value
of all products for that year of $201,-
443, ,O50.
The wheat crop of 1896 was also cut
short by dry weather, but the general
total of all products makes a favorable
showing. The wheat yield was q, ,754,-
8S8 bushels, and it's value was $13, ,257,-
1874. The farmers raised 221, 419, Ala
bushels of corn, and it's value was $35,
6S3,013 The oat crop yielded Is, ,314, 772
bushels, and the value of the crop was
81. 706, 653. The value of live stock was
$73, ,565 900. The aggregate value of all
other crops of every character, includ-
ing the returns from live stock pro-
ducts, makes a total for 1896 of $780,,
855, ,922.
The state board of agriculture is not
able to give the value of the products
Of Kansas for this year, but from mem
Oranda furnished it is not difficult to
make a fair estimate of this years
crop and live stock value. The wheat
yield is about 81 OOO,O bushels, and the
farmers will realize from it about SAL
600. coo. The yield of corn will be 1867
900, 900 bushels, and it's value will ap-
prOXimate $33, 600, 900. Over a million
and a half bushels of rye have been
harvested and it's value will run up to
more than $780, 900. An Oat crop of over
%, 900 600 bushels will net to the farm
ers 81, 250, 900. Nearly 100000 bushels
of barley were harvested in Kansas
this year. 1t will bring the farmers
$3.50, 600. Another item of $1,000, 900 will
come from the sale of a million and a
quarter bushels of flax seed. The great
increase in the number of cattle on the
ranches of Kansas makes the live stock
industry an item of Importance. 1t is
stated by StOckmen that fully 100, 900
head of cattle have been brought into
the state this year from Texas and the
southwest. The increase in this great !
industry warrants the statement that |
the value of all live stock in Kansas |
this year will reach the enormous fig
ure OF $l5O,oOO,OOO. Inc NaIue OF al |
other products, compared with last !
year. will swell the grand total for |
1897 to $275, 900, 900. 1t will not be diff |
cult, therefore, for the reader to un- |
derstand why the people of Kansas |
paid off $3.50 900 900 of mortgage indebt- |
edness in the eight years reviewed. Re !
capitulated, the record shows wealth |
produced by Kansas farmers and |
stockraisers as follows:
1890 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $325, $50, ,OS6 |
1891 Observation-Disclosures. 287 ,4S5, ,8O2 |
1892 ,......... 273, ,673, ,096 |
1893 93,.... ... 220, ,837, ,243 |
1894 .......... 1872, ,094 $50 |
1895 ....... POI .443 O5O |
1905 18q S55 900 |