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KANSAS. 



The report of the State Board of Agricult- 

 ure for 1881 shows that the total number of 

 horses in the State for the year was 383,- 

 815; previous year, 367,589; increase, 16,220. 

 Mules and asses, 58,780; previous year, 58,- 

 803 ; increase, 477. Milch-cows for the year, 

 406,706; previous year, 306,640; increase, 40,- 

 066. Other cattle for the year, 839,751 ; pre- 

 vious year, 748,672 ; increase, 81,079. Sheep, 

 806,323 ; previous year, 426,492 ; increase, 

 879,831. 



Cheese made in factories for the year, 518,- 

 549 pounds ; previous year, 573,346 ; a decrease 

 of 64,797 pounds. Butter made in factories, 

 220,923 pounds; previous year, 133,101 pounds; 

 an increase of 154,199 pounds. Cheese made 

 in families for the year, 187.933 pounds; pre- 

 vious year, 133,101 pounds; an increase of 

 54,832 pounds. Butter made in families, 20,- 

 350,853 pounds; previous year, 10.611,315; 

 increase, 3,739,538 pounds. 



The total value of the products of the twen- 

 ty-two field-crops raised in 1881 is $81,910,439, 

 or more than 30 per cent greater than in any 

 previous year in the history of the State. The 

 two that contribute the largest share of this 

 total are wheat and corn ; the former making 

 $21,705,205.80, and the latter $44,859,903.29. 



In production, average yields were not so 

 large as in 1880, but the increased price of farm 

 products makes the product of this year much 

 more valuable. 



The yield of wheat (winter and spring) was 

 20,479,689 bushels; corn, 80,760,542 bushels ; 

 of oats, 9,900,768 bushels were raised, and are 

 valued at $3,855,749.77 ; Irish potatoes, 1,854,- 

 140 bushels, with a value of $2,710,377.50. The 

 hay-crop, consisting of millet, Hungarian, tim- 

 othy, clover, and prairie, aggregated 2,092,007 

 tons, with a value of $11,894,594.98. 



Of the minor crops, the following products 

 and values are given : rye, 986,508 bushels 

 $735,553.27; barley, 110,125 bushels $87,- 

 528.80; buckwheat, 58,621 bushels $43,965.- 

 75; sweet-potatoes, 201,062 bushels $292,- 

 842.55 ; sorghum, 3,899,440 gallons $1,745,- 

 871.45; castor-beans, 392,549 bushels $497,- 

 378.13; cotton, 388,070 pounds $38,805.30 ; 

 flax-seed, 1,184,445 bushels $1,357,943.61 ; 

 hemp, 629,160 pounds $44,041.20; tobacco, 

 797,829 pounds $79,782 ; broom-corn, 32,- 

 961,150 pounds $1,480,115.75 ; rice-corn, 

 520,534 bushels $314,787.12 ; and pearl-mil- 

 let, 30,176 tons $165,863. 



The value of property subject to taxation is 

 $284.688,955.05, being $307.51 per capita. 



The increase in the value of live-stock over 

 last year is $6,952,504.50 ; produce of live- 

 stock during the year, $21,682,888.25; value 

 of honey and wax produced, $22,210.25 ; prod- 

 ucts of orchards and vineyards, $1,882,364.68. 



There were eight counties that this year har- 

 vested over 500,000 bushels of wheat, viz. : 

 McPherson, 1,337,174; Saline, 1,160,705; Sedg- 

 wick, 1,085,117; Dickinson, 926,226 ; Sumner, 

 862,728; Cowley, 702,144; Barton, 670,720; 



