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BULLETIN 650, TJ. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
cotton, except that 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. 
Table I. — Agricultural statistics for Ellis Count)/, Tex., from the reports of 
the United States census. 1850-1910. 
1S70 
1900 
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 
Dairv cotts 
Other cattle 
Sheep 
Swine 
2,600 
28, 744 
(*0 
1.315 
945 
309 
23, 636 
W 
359 
( 6 ) 
119,918 
(b) 
31,591 
(») 
88,345 
7,803 
937 
1,752 
259 
2.8.-.S 
7.604 
51.761 
17.539 
Hi 947 
28, 201 
( b ) 
2,960 
( b ) 
312,843 
(b) 
16,076 
(b) 
11,943 
7,387 
776 
3,892 
21,211 
3,007 
8,171 
20-1, 506 
52.172 
18,956 
42, 899 
577, 121 
5.533 
153,527 
18,500 
176, 215 
12,942 
2,758 
8i 809 
29,981 
1,857 
15.097 
303,910 
103, 629 
42, 701 
57.568 
1,715,798 
13.265 
299, 444 
11,260 
103, 847 
14.992 
5.463 
10.639 
24,400 
818 
26.347 
394,968 
197, 828 
91, 298 
99,. r 98 
3,203,600 
27, 232 
1,014,750 
34.264 
503, 730 
13,033 
11.620 
9,783 
19; 889 
'907 
58, 756 
a 587. 520 
446, 194 
274.666 
77,141 
62.573 
915.267 
2.061 
26,617 
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 
up 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. 
