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Table II. — Value of farm lands per capita. 



Value of live stock per capita. 



I860 

 1870 

 1885 

 1895 



18 

 23 

 49 

 32 



21 



79 

 69 



32 



97 

 103 



78 



15 

 55 

 60 

 81 



28 



74 



132 



112 



42 

 213 

 152 



99 



Value of farm implements per capita. 



1S60 

 1870 

 1S85 

 1895 



7 

 6 

 o 

 3 



8 

 12 

 11 



9 



7 

 17 

 12 



8 



Note.— The statistics of valuations and products for 1860 and 1870, were taken from 

 the original records in the vault of the oflice of the Secretary of State. The Wisconsin 

 State Census supplied the figures for 1885 and 1895. The valuation of personal and real 

 estate would have made the study much more complete but it was impossible to find 

 the material for earlier years. It was also impossible to obtain the valuations and 

 products for each township before 1860, because the territory was divided into precincts 

 in Grant County instead of into townships. 



Group I shows a marked decline in tlie value of farm imple- 

 ments and a smaller per capita generally for the period of 

 thirty-five years. In striking contrast to this is Group III 

 which has the largest per capita of all the groups and has in 

 many cases the greatest increase, also. This can not be due to 

 any condition of the soil. The townships in Group I have 

 a greater per cenit. of fertile soil in them than those of Group 

 III. 



The statistics for the cereals, wheat, corn, and oats are rather 

 difficult to consider as they vary greatly and show much irregu- 

 larity. Two sets of figures are used, first those for the grown 



