The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-08-03
INTERESTING FIGURES.
What is Owned and Raised III
Madison County.
SOME SURPRISING STATISTICS.

County Clerk T.. q. Heilman has kind.
ly furnished THR NEWS some statistical
information which has been compiled
from the reports Of assessors for the
year ending April LIST, 1899, concerning
the products Of Madison county and
other matters, which will undoubtedly
be of interest to the people. In many
particulars the figures are surprising
and no doubt much information can BE-
CLEANED from them.
Number of farms, 1890.
Acres under fence, 2O2, 800.
Acres not under fence, 6,6bS.
Total number of acres in farms or used
in connection Herewith, 260,02l.
Number of acres planted to winter
wheat last fall, 273.
Acres planted to rye last fall, 1852.
Number of acres planted to grain this
spring: Wheat, 3s,l4l corn. $3.50;
barley, 1850; oats, 7,2l4 buckwheat, q.
Number of acres planted to other pro-
ducts: Irish potatoes, 7O5 sweet pota-
toes, 10; castor beans, l; sugar beets,
5s7; r~utabagas, turnips, pumpkins and
squash, Z; millet and hungarian, 3.l35
sorghum for syrup or sugar, 1929 sor.
ghum for farage or seed, 40; kafiir corn,S.
Number Of bushels Of old corn on
hand April LIST, 500, 1857.
Number bushels wheat on hand April
LIST, III, 1878.
Bushels of corn grown last year,
1883, $3.50; wheat, 585, 4l5 oats, 967, 8l2
rye, 81 500; barley, l7,720.
Other products raised last year
Irish potatoes, bushels, 40,i09; sweet
potatoes, bushels, 209 sugar beets, tons,
AGO; wild hay, tons, 2O,779; tame hay,
tons, 1916; millet, tons, 5,40l.
Yield per acre last year: Corn, 2Saa
bushels; wheat, 1874 bushels: oats, 3Oas
bushels; rye, 13 ll.l3 bushels: barley,
"a 7.l2 bushels; Irish potatoes, 60le
bushels; sweet potatoes, 100 bushels
sugar beets, 1888 tons.
Aggregate acres Of grasses under cul.
tivation Timothy, l,05S; clover, 2l9
blue grass. 3Ola; alfalfa, 40; orchard
grass, | other tame grasses, 90.
Prairie under fence or used for mead
ow ,25, 1874 acres.
Number of tons of tame hay cut the
past year, l,54S.
Tons of prairie hay cut the past year
14,273.
Number of dozen of eggs sold thu
past year, l68, $50.
Number of head of dressed poultry
sold the past year, l,l5l.
Number Of head of live poultry sole
the past year, 2O,567.
Number of head of poultry on hant
April LIST, S2,S25.
Pounds Of cheese made in families
ESQ.
Pounds of butter made in families
BIS, 500.
Number of pounds of butter made il
factory, 25.2SO; number Of factories,
Pounds of milk and cream sold durinl
year, including that sold to creamery
S.O49,Sl9.
Live stock on hand: Horses 1851
mules and asses, 475; mich cows. 7.77l
other cattle, 1894; sheep, 1908
swine, 3l,8S7.
Live stock that died Of disease durini
year: Horses, 224 mules and asses, 6
milch cows, 200; other cattle, l,0l5
sheep, 1873 swine, l4,653.
Hides sold the past year, 524. Pelt
sold, 81
Number Of animals fattened an
slaughtered or sold for slaughter, 81, 23C
Pounds of wool clipped, 965.
Number of acres used for growinI
nursery stock for sale, 40.
In the orchard line the following |
Riven-Number of trees in bearing
Apple, ll,6OS; pear, 81; peach, 1853
plum, 8, 404 cherry. 1850. Number q
trees not in bearing: Apple, 20. 766
pear, 506; peach, 63l plum, 5,02s
cherry, 6,925.
Sold during past year; Apples, 81
bushels pears, l45 bushels peaches,
bushels plums, 327 bushels cherries
Ala crates.
In small fruits there are 10 acres i
raspberries Ia acres in blackberri,
and q acres in Strawberries.
Small fruit sold last year Raspbel
ries, Is crates; blackberries, 10 crate.
Strawberries, "a crates.
There are II acres in vineyards, fro
which Is baskets of grapes were so!
and 20 gallons Of wine,
There are in the county 2S3 stands
bees, which produced 1879 pounds
honey and "a pounds of wax.
Number Of dogs in county, l,549.
In artificial forest there are 531A acr
Of walnut trees; I01a acres maple
I.S90s4 acres cottonwoods and 9th
varieties, l,02S11a acres.
Homeseekers Excursion.