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Table IV. — Bushels of corn, per capita. 



Geant Cotjxtt. 



Group I. 



Group II. 



Group III. 



Lafayette County. 



Group I. 



Group I[. 



Group III. 



1878 

 1880 

 1884 

 1886 

 1889 

 1S92 

 1895 

 1897 



1860 

 1870 

 1885 

 1895 



100 

 99 

 89 



45 

 bS 

 51 

 41 

 88 



79 

 79 

 65 

 39 

 59 

 46 

 25 

 49 



From the foregoing tables it can be seen tliat the conditions in 

 Grant Count j from 1878 to 1897 were far less favorable even 

 than those in Lafayette Countv. Group III shows as a rule the 

 greatest per capita production of the cereals. The rise and de- 

 cline in the wheat product for the three groups is very similar. 

 Group I though showing in early years the least production of 

 this grain comes in the years 1892, 1895 and 1897 to reach the 

 same per capita as Group II. In corn and oats, also, Group I 

 falls far below the other groups in per capita production, but all 

 three groups show about the same rise and fall. Eor the period 

 between 1860 and 1895, Group I has a rank not unlike that for 

 the period just described. This group falls below the others, 

 showing both the greatest decline and the least rise.^ Grouj) III 

 shows the greatest per capita product in corn and wheat up to 

 1885 when it declines to second place. 



In Lafayette County, 1878-97, Group III leads in its wheat 

 product per capita. Group II takes first place in the production 

 of corn and oats. For the period of 1860-95 the rise and fall 

 of the pel' capita product is very similar and Group III leads in 

 the wheat product only, a product of little importance. 



I The sole exception to this statement occurs in the production of oats for 1860. 



