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How to reckon the cost of hay.
RULE .- Multiply the number of pounds by half the price per ton, and remove the decimal point three places to the left.
How to measure grain.
RULE .- Level the grain ; ascertain the space it occupies in cubic feet ; multiply the number of cubic feet by 8, and point off one place to the left.
NOTE .- Exactness requires the addition to every three hundred bushels of one extra bushel.
The foregoing rule may be used for finding the number of gallons, by multiplying the number of bushels by 8.
If the corn in the box is in the ear, divide the answer by 2, to find the number of bushels of shelled corn, because it requires 2 bushels of ear corn to make 1 of shelled corn.
Rapid rules for measuring land without instruments.
In measuring land, the first thing to ascertain is the contents of any given plot in square yards ; then, given the number of yards, find out the number of rods and acres.
The most ancient and simplest measure of distance is a step. Now, . an ordinary-sized man can train himself to cover one yard at a stride, on the average, with sufficient accuracy for ordinary purposes.
To make use of this means of measuring distances, it is essential to walk in a straight line ; to do this, fix the eye on two objects in a line straight ahead, one comparatively near, the other remote; and, in walk- ing, keep these objects constantly in line.
Farmers and others by adopting the following simple and ingenious con- trivance, may always carry with them the scale to construct a correct yard measure.
Take a foot rule, and commencing at the base of the little finger of the left hand, mark the quarters of the foot on the outer borders of the left arm, pricking in the marks with indelible ink.
To find how many rods in length will make an acre, the width being given. RULE .- Divide 160 by the width, and the quotient will be the answer.
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How to find the number of acres in any plot of land, the number of rods being given.
RULE .- Divide the number of rods by 8, multiply the quotient by 5, and remove the decimal point two places to the left.
The diameter being given, to find the circumference.
RULE .- Multiply the diameter by 3 1-7.
How to find the diameter, when the circumference is given.
RULE .- Divide the circumference by 3 1-7.
To find how many solid feet a round stick of timber of the same thick- ness throughout will contain when squared.
RULE .- Square half the diameter in inches, multiply by 2, multiply by the length in feet, and divide the product by 144.
General rule for measuring timber, to find the solid contents in feet.
RULE .- Multiply the depth in inches by the breadth in inches, and then multiply by the length in feet, and divide by 144.
To find the number of feet of timber in trees with the bark on.
RULE .- Multiply the square of one-fifth of the circumference in inches, by twice the length, in feet, and divide by 144. Deduct 1-10 to 1-15 according to the thickness of the bark.
Howard's new rule for computing interest.
RULE .- The reciprocal of the rate is the time for which the interest on any sum of money will be shown by simply removing the decimal point two places to the left; for ten times that time, remove the point one place to the left; for 1-10 of the same time, remove the point three places to the left.
Increase or diminish the results to suit the time given.
NOTE .- The reciprocal of the rate is found by inverting the rate ; thus 3 per cent. per month, in- verted, becomes 2% of a month, or 10 days.
When the rate is expressed by one figure, always write it thus : 3-1, three ones.
Rule for converting English into American currency.
Multiply the pounds, with the shillings and pence stated in decimals, by 400 plus the premium in fourths, and divide the product by 90.
U. S. GOVERNMENT LAND MEASURE.
A township-36 sections each a mile square.
A section-640 acres.
A quarter section, half a mile square-160 acres.
An eighth section, half a mile long, north and south, and a quarter of a mile wide-80 acres.
A sixteenth section, a quarter of a mile square-40 acres.
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The sections are all numbered 1 to 36, commencing at the north-east corner.
The sections are divided into quarters, which are named by the cardinal points. The quarters are divided in the same way. The de- scription of a forty acre lot would read: The south half of the west half of the south-west quarter of section 1 in township 24, north of range 7 west, or as the case might be; and sometimes will fall short and sometimes overrun the number of acres it is supposed to contain.
The nautical mile is 795 4-5 feet longer than the common mile.
SURVEYORS' MEASURE.
7 92-100 inches make 1 link. 25 links 1 rod.
4 rods .. 66 1 chain.
80 chains ..
1 mile.
NOTE .- A chain is 100 links, equal to 4 rods or 66 feet.
Shoemakers formerly used a subdivision of the inch called a barley- corn ; three of which made an inch.
Horses are measured directly over the fore feet, and the standard of measure is four inches-called a hand.
In Biblical and other old measurements, the term span is sometimes used, which is a length of nine inches.
The sacred cubit of the Jews was 24.024 inches in length.
The common cubit of the Jews was 21.704 inches in length.
A pace is equal to a yard or 36 inches.
A fathom is equal to 6 feet.
A league is three miles, but its length is variable, for it is strictly speaking a nautical term, and should be three geographical miles, equal to 3.45 statute miles, but when used on land, three statute miles are said to be a league.
In cloth measure an aune is equal to 1} yards, or 45 inches.
An Amsterdam ell is equal to 26.796 inches.
A Trieste ell is equal to 25.284 inches.
A Brabant ell is equal to 27.116 inches.
HOW TO KEEP ACCOUNTS.
Every farmer and mechanic, whether he does much or little business, should keep a record of his transactions in a clear and systematic man- ner. For the benefit of those who have not had the opportunity of ac- quiring a primary knowledge of the principles of book-keeping, we here present a simple form of keeping accounts which is easily comprehended, and well adapted to record the business transactions of farmers, mechanics and laborers.
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1875.
A. H. JACKSON.
Dr.
Cr.
Jan. 10 To 7 bushels Wheat
at $1.25
$8 75
17 By shoeing span of Horses
$2|50
Feb. 4 To 14 bushels Oats.
at $ .45
6 30
4 To 5 lbs. Butter
at
.25
1 25
March 8 By new Harrow.
18/00
S By sharpening ? Plows
40
13 By new Double-Tree.
·2
25
27 To Cow and Calf
48 00
April
9 To half ton of Hay
.6 25
25|00
May
6 By repairing Corn-Planter
17 50
July
4 By Cash, to balance account
$88 05
$88 05
1875.
CASSA MASON.
Dr. Cr.
March 21 By 3 days' labor
at $1.25
$3 75
21 To 2 Shoats
at 3.00
$6 00
יי
23 To 18 bushels Corn
at .45
8|10
May
1 To Cash
10 00
June
19 By 8 days' Mowing
at $1.50
1200
26 To 50 Ibs. Flour
2 75
July
29 By 9 days' Harvesting
at 2.00
18 00
Aug.
12 To Cash.
20 00
Sept.
1 To Cash to balance account
18 20
$67 75
$67 75
INTEREST TABLE.
A SIMPLE RULE FOR ACCURATELY COMPUTING INTEREST AT ANY GIVEN PER CENT. FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME.
Multiply the principal (amount of money at interest) by the time reduced to days; then divide this product by the quotient obtained by dividing 360 (the number of days in the interest year) by the per cent. of interest, and the quotient thus obtained will be the required interest.
ILLUSTRATION.
Solution.
$462.50
.48
370000
185000
60/$222.0000($3.70
180
420
420
00
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
12 units, or things, 1 Dozen. { 196 pounds, 1 Barrel of Flour. | 24 sheets of paper, 1 Quire. 12 dozen, 1 Gross. 200 pounds, 1 Barrel of Pork. 20 quires paper 1 Reain. 4 ft. wide, 4 ft. high, and 8 ft. long, 1 Cord Wood.
20 things, 1 Score. 56 pounds, 1 Firkin of Butter.
at 1.50
00
12 By 6 days' Labor
at $ .10
10 To 27 lbs. Meat
2 70
1 By 1 month's Labor
25 00
9 By Cash
4 25
24 To one Sow with Pigs
35 15
Require the interest of $462.50 for one month and eighteen days at 6 per cent. An Interest month is 30 days; one month and eighteen days equal 48 days. $462.50 multi- plied by .48 gives $222 0000; 360 divided by 6 (the per cent. of interest ) gives 60, and $222.0000 divided by 60 will give you the exact interest, which is $3.70. If the rare of interest in the above example were 12 per cent., we would divide the $222.0000 by 30 6)360 (because 360 divided hy 12 gives 30); if 4 per cent., we would divide by 90; if 8 per _ cent., by 45; and in like manner for any other per cent.
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NAMES OF THE STATES OF THE UNION, AND THEIR SIGNIFICATIONS.
Virginia .- The oldest of the States, was so called in honor of Queen Elizabeth, the "Virgin Queen," in whose reign Sir Walter Raleigh made his first attempt to colonize that region.
Florida .- Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of Florida on Easter Sunday, and called the country in commemoration of the day, which was the Pasqua Florida of the Spaniards, or " Feast of Flowers."
Louisiana was called after Louis the Fourteenth, who at one time owned that section of the country.
Alabama was so named by the Indians, and signifies " Here we Rest." Mississippi is likewise an Indian name, meaning " Long River."
Arkansas, from Kansas, the Indian word for "smoky water." Its prefix was really arc, the French word for " bow."
The Carolinas were originally one tract, and were called "Carolana," after Charles the Ninth of France.
Georgia owes its name to George the Second of England, who first established a colony there in 1732.
Tennessee is the Indian name for the " River of the Bend," i. e., the Mississippi which forms its western boundary.
Kentucky is the Indian name for " at the head of the river."
Ohio means " beautiful ; " Iowa, " drowsy ones ; " Minnesota, " cloudy water," and Wisconsin, "wild-rushing channel."
Illinois is derived from the Indian word illini, men, and the French suffix ois, together signifying "tribe of men."
Michigan was called by the name given the lake, fish-weir, which was so styled from its fancied resemblance to a fish trap.
Missouri is from the Indian word " muddy," which more properly applies to the river that flows through it.
Oregon owes its Indian name also to its principal river.
Cortes named California.
Massachusetts is the Indian for " The country around the great hills."
Connecticut, from the Indian Quon-ch-ta-Cut, signifying "Long River."
Maryland, after Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles the First, of England.
New York was named by the Duke of York.
Pennsylvania means " Penn's woods," and was so called after William. Penn, its orignal owner.
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Delaware after Lord De La Ware.
New Jersey, so called in honor of Sir George Carteret, who was Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the British Channel.
Maine was called after the province of Maine in France, in compli- ment of Queen Henrietta of England, who owned that province.
Vermont, from the French word Vert Mont, signifying Green Mountain.
New Hampshire, from Hampshire county in England. It was formerly called Laconia.
The little State of Rhode Island owes its name to the Island of Rhodes in the Mediterranean, which domain it is said to greatly resemble.
Texas is the American word for the Mexican name by which all that section of the country was called before it was ceded to the United States.
POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
POPULATION OF FIFTY PRINCIPAL CITIES.
CITIES.
Aggregate Population.
Alabama ..
996.992
Arkansas.
484.471
California
560,247
Connecticut
537,454
New York, N. Y ..
942,292
Philadelphia, Pa
674,022
Brooklyn, N. Y.
396,099
Georgia.
1.184,109
Illinois
2,539,891
Chicago, 111 ..
298,977
Indiana
1,680.637
Baltimore, Md.
267,354
lowa ....
Boston, Mass.
250,526
Kansas.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
216,239
Kentucky.
New Orleans, La.
191,418
Louisiana
San Francisco, Cal
149.473
Maine.
Buffalo, N. Y ..
117,714
Maryland.
780,894
Washington, D. C.
109,199
Massachusetts.
1,457,351
Newark, N. J
105,059
Michigan ..
1,184,059
Minnesota.
439.706
Mississippi.
827.922
Missouri.
1,721,295
82.546
Nebraska.
122,993
79,577
Nevada
42.491
71,440
New Hampshire.
318,300
69,422
New Jersey.
Providence, R. I
68.904
4,382.759
Rochester, N. Y.
53.180
Ohlo ..
2,665.260
51.038
Oregon ..
90,923
50.840
Pennsylvania.
3,521,791
48,956
Rhode Island
705,606
46,465
Tennessee .
1,258,520
43,051
Texas
818.579
Worcester, Mass.
41,105 40,928
Virginia ..
Memphis, Tenn.
40.226
West Virginia.
442,014
39,634
Wisconsin.
1,054,670
Hartford, Conn.
37,180
Total States.
38.113,253
Reading, Pa ...
33.579
Arizona ..
9,658
Colorada.
39,864
Dakota ..
14,181
District of Columbia.
131.700
Idaho
14,999
Montana
20,595
New Mexico
91,874
Utalı
86.786
Washington
23,955
Utica, N. Y
28,804
Wyoming ...
9,118
Charlestown, Mass
28,323
Total Territories
442,730
Lynn. Mass.
28,233
Total United States
38.555.983
Fall River, Mass.
30.841
Dayton, Ohio.
30.473 28,921
Lawrence, Mass.
35.092 33.930
Paterson, N. J.
32,260
Mobile, Ala.
32,034 31,584
Portland, Me.
31,413
Columbus, Ohio.
31,274
Wilmington, Del ..
62.386
North Carolina
1,071,361
Allegheny, Pa ...
48,244
South Carolina.
Troy, N. Y ..
Syracuse, N. Y.
Vermont ..
330.551
Lowell, Mass ....
1,225,163
Cambridge, Mass.
Scranton, Pa.
100,753
Cleveland, Ohio.
92,829
Pittsburg, Pa ...
86,076
Jersey City, N. J
Detroit, Mich.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Albany, N. Y ...
906.096
Richmond, Va.
New Haven, Conn.
Charleston, S. C.
217.353
Indianapolis, Ind.
310,864
St. Louis, Mo ...
Delaware.
125,015
Florida ..
187,748
1,191,792
364.399
1,321,011
726,915
626,915
Louisville, Ky
New York.
Kansas City, Mo.
Toledo, Ohio ..
Savannah, Ga ...
28,235
26,766
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Total Population.
215
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POPULATION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Miles
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
Area in square Miles.
POPULATION.
Miles R. R. 1872.
STATES AND TERRITORIES.
1870.
1875.
1872.
States.
States.
Alabama
50,722
996,992
1,671
Pennsylvania.
46,000
3,521,791
5,113
Arkansas ..
52,198
484.471
25
Rhode Island.
1,306
217,353
258,239
136
California.
188.981
560,247
1,013
South Carolina.
29,385
705,606
925,145
1,201
Connecticut.
4.674
537,454
Tennessee.
45,600
1,258,520
1,520
Delaware
2,120
125,015
Texas ..
237,504
818,579
865
Florida
59,268
187,748
466
Vermont
10,212
330,551
675
Georgia.
58,000 1,184,109
2,108
Virginia.
40,904
1,225,163
1,490
Illinois
55,410 2,539,891
5,904
West Virginia.
23,000
442,014
485
Indiana ..
33,809 1.680,637
3,529
Wisconsin
53,924
1,054,670
1,236,729
1,725
Iowa ..
55,045 1,191.792
1,350,544
3.160
Total States.
1,950,171 38,113,253
59,587
Kentucky
37,600
1,321,011
1,123
Louisiana
41,346
726.915
539
Territories.
Arizona .
113.916
9,658
Maryland
11,184
780,894
820
Colorado ..
104,500
39,864
392
Michigan*
56,451 1,184,059
1,334.031 2,235
1)ist. of Columbia.
60
131,700
*
Minnesota.
83,531
439,706
598,429
Idaho.
90,932
14.999
Mississippi.
47,156
827,922
990
Montana ..
143.776
20.595
New Mexico
121,201
91,874
Utah
80.056
86,786
375
New Hampshire.
9,280
318,300
790
Wyoming
93,107
9,118
498
New Jersey
8.320
906,096 1,026,502
1.265
Total Territories.
965,032
442,730
1,265
North Carolina ..
50,704 1,071,361
1,190
Ohio
39,964 2,665,260
3,740
Oregon
95,244|
90,923
159
Aggregate of U. S .. 2,915,203 38,555,983
60,852
* Last Census of Michigan taken in 1874.
* Included in the Railroad Mileage of Maryland.
PRINCIPAL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD; POPULATION AND AREA.
COUNTRIES.
Population.
Date of Census.
Area in Square Miles.
Inhabitants to Square Mile.
CAPITALS.
Population.
China ..
446,500.000
1871
3.741,846
119.3
Pekin.
1,648,800
British Empire.
226.817,108
1871
4,677,432
48.6
London ..
3,251,800
Russia.
81,925,400
1871
8.003,778
10.2
St. Petersburg.
667,000
United States with Alaska,
38,925,600
1870
2,603,884
7.78
Washington
109,199
France ..
36,469,800
1866
204,091
178.7
Paris.
1,825,300
Austria and Hungary
35,904,400
1869
240.348
149.4
Vienna
833,900
Japan ..
34,785,300
1871
149,399
232.8
Yeddo ...
1,554,900
Great Britain and Ireland
31,817,100
1871
121,315
262.3
London
3,251,800
German Empire.
29,906,092
1871
160,207
187.
Berlin
825,400
Italy
27.439,921
1871
118,847
230.9
Rome ..
244,484
Spain
16,642,000
1867
195,775
85.
Madrid
332,000
Brazil ..
10.000.000
3,253.029
3.07
Rio Janeiro. Constantinople
1,075,000
Mexico ..
9,173,000
1869
761.526
Mexico
210.300
Sweden and Norway
5,921.500
1870
20.
Stockholm
136,900
Persia ...
5,000,000
1870
635,964
7.8
Teheran.
120,000
Belgium.
5,021,300
1869
11,373
441.5
Brussels.
314,100
Bavaria.
4,861,400
1871
29,292
165.9
Munich
169.500
Portugal.
3,995,200
1868
34,494
115.8
Lisbon.
224,063
Holland
3,688,300
1870
12.680
290.9
Hague ..
90,100
New Grenada.
3,000.000
1870
357,157
8.4
Bogota ..
45,000
Chili ..
2,000,000
1869
132.616
15.1
Santiago
115,400
Switzerland.
2,669,100
1870
15,992
166.9
Berne
36.000
Peru
2,500,000
1871
5.3
Lima ...
160,100
Bolivia.
497.321
4.
Chuquisaca.
25.000
Wurtemburg
1,818,500
1871
7,533
Stuttgart
91,600
Denmark.
1,784.700
1870
14,753
120.9
Copenhagen
162.042
Venezuela.
1,500,000
368,238
Caraccas
47,000
Baden ..
1,461,400
1871
5,912
247.
Carlsruhe
36,600
Greece ..
1,457.900
1870
19,353
75.3
Athens.
43,400
Guatemala
1,180,000
1871
40,879
28.9
Guatemala
40,000
Ecuador.
1,300,000
218.928
5.9
70,000
Paraguay.
1,000,000
1871
63.787
15.6
48,000
Hesse
Darmstadt
30.000
Liberia ..
718.000
1871
9,576
74.9
Monrovia .
3,000
San Salvador
600,000
1871
7,335
81.8
Sal Salvador
15.000
Hayti.
572.000
10,205
56.
Port au Prince
20,000
Nicaragua.
350.000
1871
58,171
6.
Managua
10,000
Uruguay ..
300,000
1871
66,722
6.5
Monte Video.
44.500
Houduras
350,000
1871
47,092
7.4
Comayagua .
12.000
San Domingo
136,000
17,827
7.6
San Domingo.
20,000
Costa Rica.
165.000
1870
21,505
7.7
San Jose ..
2.000
Hawaii
62.950
7.633
80.
Honolulu
7,633
Area ill square Miles.
POPULATION.
R. R.
1870.
1875.
1,760
Maine ...
31,776
626,915
871
Massachusetts ..
7,800 1,457,351 1.651,912
1,606
Dakota
147,490
14,181
Nebraska.
75.995
123,993
246,280
828
Nevada ..
112,090
42,491
52,540
593
Washington.
69.944
23,955
New York ..
47,000 4,382,759 4,705,208
4,470
Turkey
16,463,000
672,621
24.4
Argentine Republic.
1,812,000
1869
871,848
2.1
Buenos Ayres.
177.800
241.4
Quito
Asuncion.
823,138
2,969
277.
2,000,000
4.2
420.000
Missouri ..
65.350 1,721,295
2,580
Kansas ..
81,318
364,399
528,349
820 227
857,039
1,612
292.871
471,838
216
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
POPULATION OF ILLINOIS, BY COUNTIES.
AGGREGATE.
COUNTIES.
1870.
1860.
1850.
1840.
1830.
1820.
Adams
56362
41323
26508
14476
2186
Alexander
10564
4707
2.484
3313
1390
626
Bond.
13152
9815
6144
5060
3124
2931
Boone
12942
11678
7624
1705
Brown
I2205
9938
719S
4183
Bureau
32415
26426
8841
3067
Calhoun
6562
5144
3231
1741
1090
Carroll
16705
II733
4586
I023
Cass
11580
11325
7253
298 1
Champaign
32737
14629
2649
1475
Christian
20363
10492
3203
1878
Clark
18719
14987
9532
7453
3940
93I
Clay
15875
9336
4289
3228
755
Clinton
16285
1094I
5139
3718
2330
Coles
25235
14203
9335
9616
Cook
349966
144954
43385
IO20I
*23
Crawford
13889
II55I
7135
4422
3117
2999
Cumberland
I2223
8311
3718
De Kalb
23265
19086
7540
1697
De Witt.
14768
10820
5002
3247
Douglas
13484
7140
Du Page
16685
I470I
929
3535
Edgar
21450
16925
10692
8225
4071
Edwards
7565
5454
3524
3070
1649
3444
Effingham
15653
7816
3799
1675
Fayette
19638
III89
8075
6328
270
Ford
9103
1979
Franklin
12652
9393
5681
3682
4083
1763
Fulton
38291
33338
22508
13142
1841
Gallatin
III34
8055
5448
10760
7405
3155
Greene
202 77
16093
12429
I1951
7674
Grundy
14938
10379
3023
Hamilton
13014
9915
6362
3945
2616
Hancock
35935
29061
14652
9946
483
Hardin
5113
3759
2887
1378
Henderson
I2582
9501
4612
Henry
35506
20660
3807
I260
41
Iroquois
25782
12325
4149
1695
Jackson
19634
9589
5862
3566
1828
1542
Jasper
II234
8364
3220
1472
Jefferson
17864
12965
8109
5762
2555
691
Jersey
15054
I2051
7354
4535
Jo Daviess
27820
27325
I8604
6180
2III
Johnson
II248
9342
4114
3626
J596
843
Kane.
39091
30062
16703
6501
Kankakee
24352
15412
Kendall
12399
13074
7730
Knox
39522
28663
13279
7060
274
Lake
21014
IS257
14226
2634
La Salle
60792
48332
17815
9348
Lawrence
I2533
9214
6121
7092
3668
Lee
27171
17651
5292
2035
Livingston
31471
11637
1553
759
Logan
23053
I4272
5128
2333
217
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.
POPULATION OF ILLINOIS-CONCLUDED.
AGGREGATE.
COUNTIES.
1870.
1860.
1850.
1840.
1830.
1820.
Macon
2648 I
13738
3988
3039
II22
Macoupin.
32726
24602
I2355
7926
1990
Madison
44131
31251
20441
14433
6221
I3550
Marion
20622
I2739
6720
4742
2125
Marshall
16950
I3437
5180
1849
Mason
16184
10931
592I
Massac
9581
6213
4092
McDonough
26509
20069
7616
5308
(b)
Mc Henry
23762
22089
14978
2578
McLean
53988
28772
10163
6565
Menard
II735
9584
6349
4431
Mercer
18769
15042
52.46
2352
26
Monroe
12982
12832
7679
448I
2000
1516
Montgomery
25314
13979
6277
4490
2953
Morgan
25463
22112
16064
19547
12714
Moultrie
10385
6385
3234
Ogle
27492
22888
10020
3479
Peoria
47540
36601
17547
6153
(c)
Perry
I3723
9552
5278
3222
1215
Piatt
10953
6127
1606
Pike
30768
27249
18819
11728
2396
Pope
1I437
6742
3975
4094
3316
2610
Pulaski
8752
3943
2265
Putnam
6230
5587
3924
2131
CI310
Randolph
20859
17205
11079
7944
4429
3492
Richland
12803
97II
4012
Rock Island
29783
21005
6937
2610
Saline
I2714
9331
5588
Sangamon
46352
32274
19228
14716
12960
Schuyler
17419
I4684
10573
6972
b2959
Scott
10530
9069
7914
6215
Shelby
25476
I4613
7807
6659
2972
Stark
10751
9004
3710
1573
St. Clair
51068
37694
20180
13631
7078
5248
Stephenson
30608
25112
11666
2800
Tazewell
27903
21470
I2052
7221
4716
Union
165IS
III8I
7615
5524
3239
2362
Vermilion
30388
19800
II492
9303
5836
Wabaslı
8841
7313
4690
4240
2710
Warren
23174
18336
8176
6739
308
Washington
17599
1373I
6953
4810
1675
1517
White
16846
I2403
8925
7919
6091
4828
Whitesides
27503
18737
5361
2514
Will
43013
29321
16703
10167
Williamson
17329
12205
7216
4457
Winnebago
29301
24491
11773
4609
Woodford
18956
13282
4415
*49
Total.
2539891
1711951
851470
476183
157415
55162
Wayne
19758
I2223
6825
5133
2553
*5
*21
PRODUCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, BY COUNTIES .- 1870.
Improved Land.
Woodl'nd
Other un - improved
Spring Wheat.
Winter Wheat.
Rye.
Indian Corn.
Oats.
COUNTIES.
Number.
Number.
Number.
Bushels.
Bushels.
Bushels.
Bushels.
Bushels.
19.329,952|5.061.578 |1,491.331
10.133.207|19 995. 198 2.456.578 129.921.395 42.780.851
Adams.
287,926|
112,576
19,370
16,191|
947.616
20,989|
1,452,905
759,074
Alexander
13,836
17,761
1,915
700
368.625
6,240
1,064,052
461,097
Boone
137,307
29,886
2,658
241,042
599
35,871
466,985
579,127
Brown.
57,062
35,491
25.608
13,276
117.502
4,742
337,769
70,852
Bureau.
398,611
41,866
15,803
465,236
724
43,811
3,030,404
987,426
Calhoun
37,684
63.443
2,754
75
221,298
186
234,041
26,234
Carroll
186,864
29,793
33,302
418,073
260
25,721
1,367.965
775,100
Cass ..
92.902
33,493
6,604
12,165
127,054
2.772
1,146,980
168,784
Champaign.
419,368
16,789
58,502
102,577
123,091
45,752
3,924.720
721,375
Christian
241,472
19,803
19,173
18,360
504,041
10.722
1,883,336
383,821
Clark
118,594
102,201
5,420
195,118
7,308
614,582
212.628
Clay.
146.922
80,612
5,225
1,894
85,737
3.221
1,019,994
269.945
Clinton
150,177
48,868
8.722
500
610,888
1,619
813.257
446,324 315,954
Cook
348.824
19,635
17,337
144,296
4,904 212,924
15,497
581,964
136,255 171,880
DeKalb.
334,502
17,722
6,551
398,059
190
21,018
1,023,849
1,087,074
168,539
29,548
17,633
106,493
11,695
11 540
1,311,635
216,756
147,633
7,316
7.683
65,461
9,017
1,680,225
225,074
164,874
17,243
3.851
106,096
693
7,532
331,981
860,809
465,458
66,803|
14,282
13,283
247,360
37,508
2,107,615
290,679
Edwards.
58,912
57,585
830
77
351,310
25.328
962,525
497,395
Ford
141,228
2,996 3,994
86,710
365
111.324
5.195
653,209
222,426
Fulton
123.823
4,076 2,565
193,669
223,930
131,711
1,508,763
261,390
Gallatin ..
68,750
29.653
4,505
21,700
150
4,930
88,996
93,878
3,343
129
92,347
11.672
Hancock
311,517
43,385
18,480
181,378
232,750
133,533
1,510,401
579,599
Hardin
44,771
107
13
32,306
865
172.651
26,991
Henderson.
34,705
14,243
161,112
69,062
96,430
1,712,901
229,286
265,904
12,620
31,459
462,379
445
35,766
2,541,683
668,367
322,510
22,478
63,498
57,160
10,480
23,259
799,810
Jackson
87,642
5,991
890
329.036
524
611,951
149,931
Jasper Jefferson
118,951
94,888
778
100.553
5,934
887,981
285,949
Jersey
94,147
51,427
1,363
282,758
555
7.185
1,286,326
874,016
Johnson.
57,820
34,646
399
188,826
325
23,618
674,332
785,608
Kankakee.
312,182
10,978
10,598
480
12,935
637.399
772,408
164.004
14,244
2,283
90,681
1,249
5.16:
681,267
468,890
330,829
41,566
25,155
267,764
7,654
113,547
2,708,319
787,952
21,072
24,399
168,914
221
5,87€
517,35₴
699,069
533,724
2,356
271,181
2,193
48,308
3,077,027
1,509,642
87,828
3,273
264,134
1,121
656,36;
131,386
322,212
7,409
450.793
2.260
14,829
1,656,978
377,505
12,46%
41,788
120,206
1,339
26,16;
1,182,69€
321,709
17,394
408
40,963
37.232
4,221,64(
490,226
205,259
18,153
9,115
55,239
196,613
29,223
2,214,468
454,648
231,059
81,224
7,343
160 550
1,207,181
3,685
2.127,549
475,252
173,081
61,579
4,142
173,65%
14,517
1,034,057
389,446
Marshall
166,057
2,976
106,129
900
36,185
1,182,903
362,604
Mason
209,453
31,013
73,261
125,628
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