656 THE IMPENDING REVOLUTION. 



wheat, which produced 513,000,000 bushels, for which they 

 realized $330,000,000, this being $53,000,000 less than they 

 realized for cultivating 36,000,000 acres and a production 

 of 621,000,000 bushels in 1883; in other words the wheat 

 crop of 1884 exceeded the wheat crop of 1883 by 92,000,- 

 ooo bushels, yet it was sold for $52,000,000 less, and it 

 took 3,000,000 acres more to produce it. 



* ' The farmers of the United States received $48, ooo, ooo 

 less for raising 76,000,000 acres of corn in 1886 than they 

 did for raising 68,000,000 acres in 1883, though the former 

 exceeded the latter by 116,000,000 bushels. In 1884 there 

 was sown 1,000,000 acres more oats than in 1883, and 

 12,000,000 more bushels raised, but to the farmers 

 $26,000,000 less was realized. In all other products of the 

 soil the same general results are obtained each )'ear 

 increased acreage and a decrease in the amount realized 

 per bushel or per acre. ' ' 



As will be seen in Chapter II, Book First, of this 

 volume, the corn crop of Illinois was produced at a loss 

 of over $50,000,000 in five years. Facts and figures could 

 be produced indefinitely, that farming for the past fifteen 

 years has not paid. If anything more is needed, the follow- 

 ing table of mortgaged indebtedness for several of the 

 Western States, will certainly be sufficient 



Ohio $350,000,000 



Indiana 175,000,000 



Illinois 200,000,000 



Wisconsin 100,000,000 



Michigan 125,000,000 



Minnesota 70,000,000 



Iowa 100,000,000 



Nebraska 25,000,000 



Kansas 50,000,000 



Missouri , . 100,000,000 



