10 



BULLETIN (i")0, V. S. IH'.l'Ai; TIM I.N I' or AOKICULTUKE. 



cotton, excepl thai the 1910 period shows a marked decrease in 

 acreage, but at no time has this crop equaled cotton in extent. Oats 

 and wheat have increased markedly in acreage, but these have like- 

 wise fallen off in extent in the 1910 decade. 



Tabus I. 



-Agricultural statistics for Ellis County, Tex., from the reports of 

 tin- I nihil States census. 1850-1910. 



Total area of county (acres). 

 Acreage of improved land.. . 

 Cotton: 



Acreage 



Production (bales) 



Corn: 



Acreage 



Production (bushels) . . . 

 Oats: 



Acreage 



Production (bushels) . . . 

 Wheat: 



Acreage 



Production (bushels) . . . 

 Number of — 



Horses 



Mules 



Dairy cows 



Other cattle 



Sheep 



Swine 



1&50 



2,600 

 (») 



28,744 



W 

 1,315 



(6) 



945 



309 



937 



1,752 



259 



2,858 



I860 



23,636 

 (») 



119,918 



(") 

 31,591 



(b) 

 88,345 



7,803 



7,604 

 51,761 

 17, 539 

 10,917 



1870 



28, 201 



(«) 

 2,960 



(b) 



312, 843 



C) 

 16,076 



(b) 



11,943 



7,387 

 776 

 3,892 

 21,211 

 3,007 

 8,171 



1SS0 



201,506 



52, 172 

 IS, 956 



42,899 

 577,121 



5,533 

 153,527 



IS, 500 

 176, 215 



12,942 

 2,758 

 8,S09 



29,981 

 1,857 



15,097 



1S<)0 



303,910 



103,629 

 42,701 



57,568 

 1,715,798 



13,2&5 

 299,444 



11,260 

 103, 847 



14,992 



5,463 



. 10,639 



24,400 



sis 



26,347 



1900 



394,968 



197,828 

 91,298 



99. 598 

 3,203,600 



27, 232 

 1,014,750 



34,264 

 503,730 



13,033 

 11,620 

 9,783 



19, SS9 



907 



58,756 



a 587, 520 

 446, 194 



274,666 

 77,141 



62,573 

 915, 267 



2,061 

 26,617 



368 

 1,914 



9,796 

 14,272 

 8, 054 

 7,749 

 1, 174 

 20,214 



a Bureau of Soils, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



b No data. 



Horses increased in number from 1850 to 1890, but from 1890 to the 

 present the number has fallen off, the horses being replaced by mules. 

 The latter were noticeable first in 1870 and have continuously in- 

 creased to the present. The total of mules and horses has increased 

 each decade to 1900, since which time the number has remained at 

 about 25,000 for the county. 



Dairy cattle have never been numerous in the county, but range 

 or beef cattle became quite numerous in the 1860 decade, From that 

 time to the present beef cattle have decreased, the range being taken 

 np by crop farming. Sheep, while not numerous, reached their 

 maximum at about the same time as beef cattle and have generally 

 declined since. Swine, never very prominent, reached their maxi- 

 mum in the 1900 decade. 



The foregoing data show that stock raising on an extensive scale 

 has been supplanted by crop farming since 1860. Practically all the 

 land capable of tillage has been brought under cultivation, and cot- 

 ton holds the important place at the present time. 



REAL ESTATE VALUES. 



Since Texas became a State all public lands within her boundaries 

 have remained under State control. Title to land before the Mexi- 

 can War was derived from the Spanish and Mexican Governments. 



