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Agricultural Manual 



PRESENT STATUS OF AGRICULTURE 



(From Census of 1917 and Census of 1918) 



1917 

 N umber 



Farms for which reports were received 1 ,816 



LIVE STOCK AND POULTRY 



Horses and mules 



Cattle 



Sheep 



Sw ine 



Poultry 



BEES 



Number of colonies 1, 064 



1918 



Number 

 1,507 



3,293 



2,566 



11,949 



11,249 



\,442 



973 



4,498 



3,514 



146,806 



102,741 



959 



SELECTED CROPS 



Cereals: I 917 



Acres 



Corn 2, 487 



Oats 2, 113 



Barley 43 



Buckwheat 244 



Wheat (winter) 41f> 



Wheat (spring) 2ti 



Rye 776 



Hay and forage: 



Alfalfa 378 



Other hay 23 ,202 



Corn (ensilage) 2,231 



( 'orn ( fodder ) 



Special Crops: 



Field beans 69 



Cabbage 557 



Potatoes 1 , 539 



Roots raised for stock food 



('inning factory crops 10S 



Other vegetables and garden 



crops 1,034 



1918 



Acres 



Yield 



3,281 



90, 897 bu. 



1,605 



36, 708 bu. 



33 



549 bu. 



335 



5,104bu. 



273 



2,824bu. 



52 



188 bu. 



637 



7, 780 bu. 



272 



419 tons 



22,739 



25,688 tons 



2,662 



17,838 tons 



1,110 







135 1,179 bu. 



315 9,333 tons 



2,411 132,882 bu. 



203 



72 



1,200 



