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Table II. — Per capita valuations of farms and farm produce. 



Table III. — Farm produce per capita. 



1S77 I 



1880 I 1882 



1886 



1889 



1892 



1895 



1897 



Bushels of wheat — 



Lead area, Group I 



Non-lead area, Group II. 



Bushels of corn- 

 Lead area. Group I 



Non-lead area, Group II. 



Bushels of oats- 

 Lead area. Group I , 



Non-lead area, Group II 



Pounds of butter- 

 Lead area. Group I 



Non-lead area. Group II. 



5.6 

 7.1 



52.1 

 105.0 



4.8 

 9.5 



59.8 

 77.6 



11.1 I 44.0 

 68.6 58.2 



16.6 

 26.1 



22.4 



3.4 

 5.0 



48.4 

 76.1 



49.0 

 64.1 



26.0 

 41.1 



3.1 

 4.9 



28.3 

 43.6 



60.1 



26.9 



42.8 



1.9 

 3.5 



42.6 

 56.1 



40.3 I 55.9 



92.1 



47.8 



1.7 

 3.4 



36.1 

 48.3 



54.6 

 55.8 



23.6 

 34.1 



.6 

 1.2 



28.8 

 33.7 



42.7 

 46.5 



40.1 

 33.9 



1.4 

 2.4 



60.4 

 95.2 



56.7 

 84.1 



38.0 

 54.5 



as to their wealth-producing power. In the first table for 1885 

 and 1895 the per capita products of the two groups are con- 

 trasted in agricultural produce, live stock and dairy produce, as 

 well as in per capita of farm values and farm implements. In 

 comparing the Lead Group with the I^on-lead Group as to per 

 capita of farm values and farm implements it is seen that the 

 former is much smaller in each case and that in farm values 

 there is a marked decline. In agricultural produce, live stock 

 and dairy produce the same is to be noticed. Though in the first 

 two items there is seen to be a decline in the per capita product 



