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In the fall of 1879 the "exodus" began, and hundreds of colored people, principally from Texas and Tennessee, and also many from other parts of the South, arrived in the county. Chetopa, Oswego and Parsons were almost overrun by them. Their coming was unexpected, and no provision for their care and comfort had been made. Buildings for shelter could not be procured. They were mostly without means, destitute of everything like comfortable clothing, and in a condition to appeal strongly to the sympathies of char- itable people. Rough board sheds were erect- ed and made as comfortable as could be, in which large numbers were housed for that winter. During the next year or two others came in, until the number of colored people formed quite a large percentage of the popu- lation of the cities named. Quite a number also were scattered over the county, more es- pecially in the river bottom.
A very great improvement has been made in their condition both intellectually and finan- cially, and there are now among the colored people many well-to-do families, who are in- telligent, industrious, and moral. Some of
course have remained shiftless, trifling, and worthless. From all appearances they are a permanent part of the population.
ATHLETICS.
Almost from the first settlement of the county lovers of base ball have been organized, and have done what they could toward making the game popular and successful. As early as 1871 clubs were organized at Oswego and Chetopa, and within the next two or three years organizations were had at several other places in the county, and frequent local con- tests took place. The craze seems to have reached its highest point in 1885, when there was a great strife by the Oswego club to be the champions not only of the county but of Southeastern Kansas, and under the leader- ship of F. C. Wheeler great proficiency was attained. The interest in the game has been kept up to a considerable extent, but since the departure of Mr. Wheeler it has never created the excitement it reached at that time.
In the fall of 1885 a ladies' broom brigade was formed, and attained a considerable degree of skill at drilling under the command of Col- onel True.
The roller-skating craze had perhaps for a season the greatest run of anything in the line of athletics that has been witnessed in the county. The height of its prosperity was wit- nessed about 1884. Commodious and well- furnished rinks were erected at Parsons and Oswego, and perhaps at other places in the county, and their owners supposed that they had a permanent and well-paying business es- tablished; but the interest died out as sudden- ly as it arose, and nothing farther was heard of it.
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OFFICIAL DELINQUENCIES.
The county has been extremely fortunate since its organization in haing officers who performed their duties satisfactorily and who were true to the trust reposed in them. There have been three or four instances in which the county has been required to commence legal proceedings in order to collect from its offi- cers money which they held in their official capacity. When H. C. Bridgman went out of office as treasurer, his accounts were found to be short. A suit against him and his bonds- men was instituted, pending which a settlement was had, in which it was agreed that he was indebted to the county in the sum of $8.750. This was settled by him and his bondsmen as follows: The county commissioners took from them the quarter-section of land on which they located the poorfarm, at the agreed price of $4,000. They gave their note for $3,000 and paid $1,750 in cash. By this means the county was saved from any finan- cial loss.
When S. B. Abbott, the sheriff, completed the tax sale under the proceedings of 1877, he reported that he had received $1,698.02, and that his charges for fees and services were $2,008.48. These charges were largely in ex- cess of what the law authorized. Suit was brought by the commissioners to recover from
him fees which he illegally held. The matter was finally settled by his paying $802.62.
Under a change of law regulating the fees of county officers, a question arose between the county and one or two of its officers as to what fees they were entitled to, and, not agree- ing on the construction of the law, the matter was settled in court. This was prior to 1892. Since then questions affecting fees and sal- aries of county officers have arisen and some of them are still in court, undetermined. A committee that was appointed to examine the several county offices a few years ago reported some delinquencies, which have never been turned into the county treasury.
RECEPTION OF PRESIDENT HAYES.
In the evening of September 24, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes and wife, Gen- eral W. T. Sherman, George St. John and wife, and other dignitaries arrived at Parsons on their way to Neosho Falls, where they were to attend the district fair. People from all parts of Labette county went to Parsons, where a reception was tendered the Presi- dential party. An address of welcome was made by T. C. Cory, which was responded to by President Hayes and General Sherman. In the evening the whole assemblage was present- ed to the party.
INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS-COUNTY ORGANIZATIONS
FIRST WHEAT CROPS-THRESHING MACHINES AND GRIST-MILLS.
In the fall of 1866 Charles' Wadsack sowed a few acres of wheat, which he harvested the following summer ; this was probably the first wheat crop raised in the county. There was no threshing-machine here at the time, and he was compelled to thresh it by a more primitive method, which was by having his horses tread upon it. When he got it to the mill, it was so dirty that it would not make flour very palat- able; however, it was the best that could be done, and it furnished him with something in the line of breadstuffs during that year.
Quite a number of farmers had enough ground in cultivation by the fall of 1867 to enable them to put out fairly good crops of wheat, and in 1868 the first machinery for harvesting and threshing was brought to the county. The first threshing-machine was brought into the county by Ed. and George Cubbison. There were so many parties hav- ing wheat threshed who were all anxious to get it done early, that some of them had to be disappointed, and occasionally when the machine was through with a job, the neighbors would take possession of it and put it at work at the next nearest place instead of allowing it to go out of the neighborhood.
In 1870 Martin Jackson brought on a new reaper and Thomas Phillips a threshing-ma- chine; these were probably the first machines of this kind south of Hackberry.
The first mill in the county, so far as I have learned, that was prepared to do anything at grinding wheat, was John Hart's mill, on the Labette. In addition to the corn buhrs which he had been using, he put in wheat buhrs in the fall of 1868, and was able to grind wheat for the farmers in that community. It was not until about 1873 that self-binders and steam threshers appeared.
CASTOR BEANS.
It is said that W. W. Robbins, in Pleasant Valley, was the first person in the county to raise a crop of castor beans. This was in 1873. The yield was so good that the following sea- son many others planted, and since then this has been one of the largest crops raised.
TAME GRASS.
On July 8, 1873, Col. F. Swanwick brought a load of timothy to Oswego, which he sold to B. F. Hobart, at $8 per ton. The next day he sold a load of clover to H. C. Draper, at the same price. This was the first tame lay
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marketed in the county. At that time very few farmers had commenced to raise tame grass. Since then its production has generally increased, until now the crop of tame grass is quite an item in the annual production of the county.
COTTON INDUSTRY.
In the spring of 1873 G. W. Everhart pro- cured the seed and distributed it among the farmers along Labette creek, and secured the planting of quite a large acreage of cotton in the vicinity of Parsons. Mr. Everhart put in a small cotton-gin that fall, which he contin- ued to operate some two or three years, when it was removed to the Indian Territory. On February 5, 1874, a cotton convention was held at Parsons which resulted in awakening quite an interest in connection with the raising of this product. After 1876 there was nothing done in the way of raising cotton until 1879. when an enterprising colored man from Texas who was living on David Romine's place, a few miles southwest of Oswego, planted sev- eral acres of cotton and induced several other colored men living along the Neosho river to also put out a few acres. Mr. Romine as- sisted in the erection of a cotton-gin at Os- wego that fall, and it was found that the crop was large and profitable, considering the small number of acres that had been planted. In 1880, 98 bales were ginned and shipped ; in 1881, 145 bales; in 1882 a very much larger acreage was planted, but the fall was so wet that it cut the crop short, and but 70 bales were ginned. The prospect was good again in 1883 for a large crop, but this year, as the year previous, it was cut short by the wet fall, and but 45 bales were ginned. Two years of par- tial failure rather discouraged those who had been engaged in the business, and very little
if any was planted thereafter in this vicinity. In 1889 the Oswego gin was taken to Chetopa, in the vicinity of which a few colored men had raised small crops, but the amount that has been raised the last few years has been in- considerable.
GRASSHOPPERS.
In the fall of 1866 grasshoppers came in great quantities. Of the little crop that was raised that year most of it was matured so that they did not damage it, but everything that was green was devoured by them. They stayed until cold weather came. A rain in the fall filled the little brooks, and so washed them down stream that in places wagon-loads of them could be gathered up. The following February was so warm that the eggs hatched, and a hard freeze coming on in March killed the young hoppers; so they bothered no more at that time. The next visit they made this county was in September, 1874. They came in one day in such myriads that what was green in whole fields of corn was devoured by them in a single day. All the trees were stripped of their leaves, and fruit trees were left bare of all foliage, hanging full of ripe ap- ples. They laid their eggs and disappeared in the fall, so that the wheat crop then sowed was not all destroyed. About the last of March in the following spring they commenced hatching, and during April and May ate the young crop about as fast as it came on. Corn had to be planted two or three times, the last planting extending into July. About the last of May they commenced moving, and during the fore part of June they were nearly all gone. In September, 1876, there was another visita- tion of them, but not to as great an extent as there had been two years preceding.
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In 1875 farmers learned that very much could be done towards destroying the hoppers and saving the crops. Several methods of de- struction were used, among others plowing a deep furrow into which the hoppers were driven and then covered, either by refilling it with dirt or by putting straw over them and burning them up.
FISH AND GAME.
All the streams of the county are well sup- plied with fish. They are more numerous, of course, in the Neosho than in the smaller streams. Many have been taken from the Ne- osho measuring from four to six feet in length and two and one-half feet in circum- ference, weighing from 60 to 100 pounds.
On July 5, 1875, a large catfish of about the size just described got into a basin on the riffle at Motter's ford, east of Oswego, and could not get away. Two men who were crossing caught it, and brought it to town.
In the early settlement of the county large numbers of wild animals of various kinds were caught, and added very much to the stock of provisions of the early settlers. Deer, antelope, wild geese and turkeys, and prairie chickens, as well as other birds and animals, were found in abundance. Coyotes, badgers and other car- nivorous animals were here in larger numbers than was desirable to the settlers. As the count- ty became settled they became less numerous.
BOUNTY.
On July 11, 1877, the county commission- ers passed an order putting into operation chap- ter 76 of the Laws of 1877, giving a bounty on scalps of certain wild animals. Under this or- der, almost an innumerable number of scalps
was presented during the years the law was in force, and large sums of money were paid as bounty therefor. The law remained in op- eration under the above order until January 13, 1885, when the commissioners made an or- der revoking their previous one. For several years no bounty was paid on the scalp of any wild animal, but for a number of years past the county has paid a bounty on wolf scalps.
DEHORNING STOCK.
In January, 1886, G. J. Coleman, of Mound Valley, created something of an excitement in the neighborhood by dehorning his cattle. This was the first instance in which that system of treatment of stock had been practiced in this county. A party who was not friendly with Mr. Coleman caused his arrest on the charge of cruelty to animals. On the trial he was acquitted, having convinced the jury that his process was one of mercy rather than of cruelty to animals. Ever since that time this system of treatment has been generally practiced.
TEXAS FEVER.
In 1866, and for several years thereafter, the people frequently became alarmed over the introduction of Texas cattle and the spread of Texas fever among native stock. Several farmers lost quite a number of their cattle from what was supposed to be Texas fever. A number of arrests were made of those who had been instrumental in bringing stock into the county, but it was seldom that a conviction was had. It was a disputed question as to whether or not the stock died from the effects of disease contracted from those introduced, and there was a large enough element in the county interested in bringing cattle in from the
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south to make quite a sentiment in the minds of the public opposed to such prosecution. However, the law was finally enforced so vig- orously that few parties attempted its viola- tion.
HEDGE AND WEED LAW.
In 1897 a law was passed authorizing coun- ties to vote on putting into operation the re- quirement for the trimming of hedges and the cutting of weeds in the public roads. The commissioners submitted this to a vote in 1898 and it was carried, but on account of some omission in the action of the commissioners, it did not go into effect. It was again sub- mitted to a vote at the general election in No- vember, 1899, and was again carried. There- upon, the commissioners caused it to be pro- claimed and in operation.
NATURAL GAS.
For a number of years past, a belief has quite generally prevailed that our county is within the natural gas belt, and various efforts
have been put forth to discover it. The first gas found in the county was in Mound Valley, in 1883, while prospecting for artesian water was going on. While some use was made of this, the amount was not sufficient to furnish either light or heat to any number of families. In 1894, Oswego did some work at prospect- ing but with no practical result. In 1900, an- other effort was made, and in December gas was struck at a depth of about 500 feet ; but still the pressure was not sufficient to justify its use. At the time of this writing, prospecting is still progressing. In 1898 gas was found at Chetopa, not in a large quantity, but with sufficient force to be used for lighting and heating to a limited extent. Near the close of 1900, farther prospecting was done at Mound Valley and with better results than theretofore. It is now believed that they have it in a sufficient quantity to justify its use. Those interested are still hoping that farther prospecting will discover it at some point in the county in much larger volume than has' yet been secured. In 1897 Parsons secured gas for its inhabitants by contracting for its being piped there from Neodesha.
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FIELD CROPS
On the pages following will be found in tabulated form a full report of the various field crops of the county, from 1872 to 1900 inclusive, showing acreage, product and value. For these valuable tables I am indebted to the reports of the State Board of Agriculture.
TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.
1872
1873
CROPS
Acrest
Product
Value
Acres
Product *
Value *
Winter wheat.
bu.
23,765
475,300
$712,950
23,765
Spring wheat.
.bu.
51
612
612
84
Corn.
bu.
31,486
1,083,915
216,783
34,631
Oats .
bu.
11,113
333,390
66,178
10,608
Rye ..
.bu.
131
1,834
1,375
283
Barley
.bu.
12
468
374
16
Buckwheat
.bu.
92
1,380
1,380
49
Irish potatoes.
.bu.
764
60,356
36,213
1,380
Sweet potatoes.
bu.
30
3,090
2,317
64
Sorghum.
gals.
286
16,302
8,151
379
Castor beans
.bu.
186
3,720
5,208
156
Cotton
lbs.
3
996
199
107
Flax. .
bu.
1
10
12
41
Tobacco
lbs.
4
2,000
400
10
Millet and Hungarian.
tons
745
1,762
8,810
576
Timothy meadow
tons
214
428
4.280
214
Clover meadow .
tons
205
410
2,460
207
Prairie meadow.
tons
16,711
25,066
75,198
8,810
Timothy pasture ..
34
6
Clover pasture ..
10
10
Blue-grass pasture.
462
463
Prairie pasture
28,068
27,238
Totals.
114,373
109,048
CROPS
Aeres
Product
Value
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat ..
bu.
32,402
583,236
$466,588
38,075
761,515
$723,439
Spring wheat
.bu.
36
360
234
12
150
112
Corn.
bu.
37,641
752,820
526,974
44,490
1,868,601
373,720
Oats
bu.
7,836
117,540
58,770
6,391
242,886
48.577
Rye. .
bu.
262
5,240
3,668
313
7,210
4,326
Barley
bu.
41
779
662
3
90
108
Buckwheat
. bu.
38
380
570
5
110
123
Irish potatoes
. bu.
1,330
26,600
33,250
1,100
138,731
55,492
Sweet potatoes.
.bu.
91
. 6,825
10,920
99
15,497
11,622
Sorghum.
gals.
485
38,800
25,220
905
113,244
48,128
Castor beans
bu.
800
9,600
12,000
1,564
18,777
18,777
Cotton
lbs.
90
8.100
1,053
101
20,298
2,029
Flax ...
bu.
436
4,360
7,040
2,036
20,362
24,434
Hemp
lbs.
4
3,000
150
5
4,125
2,681
Tobacco
lbs.
17
11,900
1,190
12
8,834
662
Broom corn
lbs.
54
37,800
1,753
95
78,904
3,949
Millet and Hungarian.
tons
1,104
2,208
13,248
1,215
3,950
15,800
Timothy meadow
tons
348
515
3,090
266
333
1,998
Clover meadow
tons
189
378
2,268
63
159
954
Prairie meadow ..
tons
5,485
5,485
21,940
10,055
15,082
60,328
Timothy pasture.
83
Clover pasture.
25
Blue-grass pasture
21
Prairie pasture
24,708
Totals.
113.521
106,825
$1,397,264
* There is nothing of record, either in the office of the State Board of Agriculture or elsewhere, which shows the product and value by counties for 1873 .- [N. C ]
1874
1875
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TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY
1876
1877
CROPS
Acres
Product
Value
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat ..
bu.
40,297
604,455
8544,009
25,557
255,570
$247,902
Spring wheat.
bu.
5
40
32
2
20
17
Corn
bu.
47,748
1,909,920
420,182
66,759
2,670.360
480,664
Oats
.bu.
11,861
343,969
85,992
8,579
394,634
59,195
Rye ...
bu.
389
7,780
4,356
200
2,800
840
Barley
bu.
8
240
144
77
1,925
577
Buckwheat
.bu
73
965
868
74
1,184
947
Irish potatoes.
.bu.
1,736
260,512
208,410
1,061
106,100
53,050
Sweet potatoes.
.bu.
120
24,100
19,280
84
12,600
12,600
Sorghum.
gals.
436
47,987
23,993
743
85,445
42,722
Castor beans.
.bu.
531
6,372
11,894
1,615
22,610
22,610
Cotton
lbs.
61
12,350
1,235
3.
3 454
527
Flax .
bu.
1,955
17,595
29,325
314
5,270
3,626
Hemp
lbs.
74
74,500
4,283
30
22,200
2,220
Broom corn
lbs.
173
139,000
5,560
166
132,800
4,980
Millet and Hungarian.
tons
2,178
4,356
30,492
3,140
9,420
37,680
Timothy meadow
tons
220
275
1,926
673
1,144
5,720
Clover meadow
tons
152
304
2,133
84
168
840
Prairie meadow.
tons
5,738
5,738
22,952
11,004
18,706
54,249
Clover pasture
1
28
Blue-grass pasture.
195
137
Prairie pasture
25,585
26,590
Totals.
139,784
146,998
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat
bu.
33,135
430,755
$270,990
26,389
395,835
$376,043
Spring wheat.
bu.
19
190
104
42
336
285
Corn
.bu.
65,985
2,243,490
426,263
77,549
2,946,862
736,715
Oats .
. bu.
13,376
454,784
72,665
16,746
385,158
100,141
Rye.
.bu.
368
6,992
2,097
289
4,335
1,734
Barley
.bu.
69
2,070
1,035
75
1,350
675
Buckwheat
bu.
154
3,090
2,432
80
1,211
1,090
Irish potatoes.
.bu.
1,312
78,720
45,657
1,004
45,180
38,403
Sweet potatoes ..
.bu.
95
10,836
7,910
128
8,988
8,988
Sorghum.
gals.
688
79,134
39,567
986
113,300
51,025
Castor beans.
.bu.
1,900
26,607
33,258
6,603
79,242
+9,242
Cotton
lbs.
1
255
22
17
2,975
267
Flax.
.bu,
370
3,705
3,705
575
4,025
4,025
Hemp
lbs.
14
230
13
23
17,412
1,741
Broom corn.
lbs.
36
28,904
1,083
130
91,133
3,189
Millet and Hungarian.
tons
2,021
6,063
24,252
2,830
8,490 |
33,960
Timothy meadow
tons
1,139
1,937
9,687
1,735
2,603
13,016
Clover meadow.
.tons
209
418
2,092
347
555
2,778
Prairie meadow. Timothy pasture.
tons
24,783
42,131
122,179
10,376
13,488 !
39,117
Clover pasture ..
23
30
Blue-grass pasture.
475
632
Prairie pasture.
31,831
30,792
Totals.
178,258
$1,075,188
177,549
$1,492,438
lbs.
32
25,704
2,570
Timothy pasture ..
212
50
1878
1879
CROPS
Acres
Product
Value
Tobacco
lbs.
13
10,278
1,027
251
167
Tobacco
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TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY
CROPS
Acres
Product
Value
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat.
.bu.
35,628
434,420
$412,699
40,518
405,180
$445,698
Spring wheat.
.bu.
13
104
88
11
55
52
Corn.
.bu.
70,806
2,365,792
566,448
94,061
1,696,098
981,996
Oats.
.bu.
12,192
426,720
110,947
8,052
249,612
82,371
Rye ...
. bu.
372
5,580
2,232
436
6,104
4,761
Barley .
bu.
52
780
390
8
208
166
Buckwheat
bu.
32
384
345
48
576
432
Irish potatoes ..
.bu.
1,297
129,700
110,245
3,097
77,425
116,137
Sweet potatoes
.bu.
113
14,736
14,736
184
10,120
15,180
Sorghum
gals.
536
61,709
27,769
506
43,010
20,644
Castor beans
.bu.
6,885
82,620
82,620
8,071
104,923
146,892
Cotton.
lbs.
175
29,750
2,677
222
66,600
6,660
Flax
bu.
1,092
9,828
9,828
680
5,440
7,616
Hemp.
.lbs.
21
25,500
1,530
5
4,200
294
Tobacco
lbs.
6
4.440
444
25
17,500
1,750
Broom corn
lbs.
37
22,650
792
430
279,500
12,577
Rice corn.
.bu.
20
400
160
9
90
58
Pearl millet.
tons
111
445
- 1,780
463
1,620
8,910
Millet and Hungarian.
tons
4,049
12,147
48,588
3,719
8,368
62,760
Timothy meadow ..
tons
1,056
2,112
10,560
923
1,615
12,112
Clover meadow.
.tons
371
649
3,248
644
1,288
9,660
Prairie meadow.
tons
9,975
14,963
43,392
16,892
22,249
144,618
Timothy pasture.
288
509
Clover pasture.
115
Blue-grass pasture
Other grasses.
583
Prairie pasture.
29,502
39,139
Totals
175,501
$1,451,522
218,350
$2,081,350
CROPS
Acres
Product
Value
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat
bu.
25,571
562,562
$450,049
34,667
416,004
$353,603
Spring wheat
bu.
25
300
210
483
4,347
3,042
Corn ..
.bu.
83,125
3,325,000
1,163,750
89,249
4,016,205
1,204,861
Oats
bu.
12,907
516,280
139,305
13,870
624,150
156,037
Rye ..
.bu.
566
10,574
5,914
994
Barley
.bu.
41
1,148
516
Buckwheat
bu.
43
344
258
35
315
236
Irish potatoes.
bu.
1,030
82,400
57,680
1,632
130,560
78,336
Sweet potatoes.
.bu.
94
7,050
7,050
140
12,600
12.600
Sorghum ..
gals.
709
63,810
2×,714
754
66.352
27,867
Castor beans
bu.
12,036
110,754
110,754
2,931
32,241
48,361
Cotton
. Jbs.
130
24,050
2,405
76
17,100
1,539
Flax
bu.
2,004
24,048
22,845
1,400
14,000
15,400
Tobacco
lbs.
16
11,200
1,120
25
20,000
2,000
Broom corn
lbs.
165
82,500
3,712
215
107,500
3,762
Rice corn.
bu.
22
352
176
56
1,120
392
Pearl millet
tons
196
588
2,352
Millet and Hungarian
.tons
5,579
16,737
100,422
8,941
29,058
101,708
Timothy meadow
.tons
1,684
3,368
20,208
2,159
4,318
21,590
Clover meadow
tons
224
560
3,360
672
1,512
7,560
Prairie meadow
.tons
25,058
37,587
150,348
1,818
4,091
14,318
Prairie, under fence
70,200
91,260
273,780
Timothy pasture.
318
Clover pasture.
15
Other grasses.
1,118
Prairie pasture
56,934
Totals.
229,610
$2,271,242
233.317
$2,326,991
Other tame grasses.
.tons
.tons
62
808
1882
1883
1980
1881
55
TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.
1884
1885
CROPS
Acres
Product
Value
Acres
Product
Value
Winter wheat ..
bu.
35,404
672,676
$417,059
11,873
142,476
$106,857
Spring wheat.
.bu.
95,474
3,914,434
861,175
102,808
2,570,200
771,060
Oats
bu.
13,612
558,092
128,361
16,007
560,245
140,061
Rye ...
.bu.
791
15,029
7,514
748
7,480
3,740
Buckwheat.
bu.
14
112
72
34
408
204
Irish potatoes ..
bu.
1,776
222,000
155,400
1,489
89,340
62,538
Sweet potatoes
.bu.
54
7,020
5,616
81
3,240
2,592
Sorghum.
gals.
385
38,500
15,400
351
11,730
Castor beans
bu.
2,708
35,204
52,806
6,448
64,480
103,168
Flax.
bu.
1,395
16,740
18,414
1,791
10,746
9,671
Tobacco.
lbs.
1
850
85
4
3,200
320
Broom corn
lbs.
85
46,750
1,636
75
45,000
1,800
Rice corn
bu.
163
3,260
1,238
14,587
43,761
175,044
Timothy.
tons
3,025
5,808
37,752
8,709
Clover.
. tons
1,697
3,818
22,908
2,715
30,498
152,490
Other tame grasses.
tons
2,79€
6,990
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