GENERAL AGRICULTURE OF WAUPACA COUNTY. 75 
There was a gradual reduction in the growing of wheat from 
1880 until 1910 when only 1,150 acres were devoted to this crop. 
Average yields during this year amount to about 20 bushels per 
acre. Owing to the great demand for wheat at the present time, 
there has been an increased acreage devoted to wheat production, 
though it is still very small as compared with the acreage of 30 
years ago. In 1919 there were 1225 acres of winter wheat and 
2315 acres of spring wheat in the county. The heavy types 
of Superior, Ivennan, and Antigo series are well adapted to 
the growing of this crop. 
The following table shows the acreage and production of the 
principal crops in the last four census years: 
Crop 
1879 
1889 
1899 
1909 
Acres 
Bushels 
Acres 
Bushels 
Acres 
Bushels 
Acres 
Bushels- 
Hay. 
26,995 
26,898T 
37,867 
44,368T 
43,212 
66,299T 
58,286 
98,771T 
Oats. 
9.897 
272,947 
22,963 
846,531 
34,634 
1,186,360 
38,860 
1,153,059 
Corn. 
11,055 
300,122 
12,709 
435,031 
16,075 
491,559 
19.948 
602.144 
Patatoes 
250,307 
11,127 
1,261,920 
17,498 
1,572,554 
19,810 
2,392,213 
Rye. 
5,904 
69,933 
7,330 
112,069 
11.343 
167,280 
8,204 
109,381 
Barley.. 
1,724 
32,128 
1,056 
30,731 
2,414 
62,330 
5,734 
145,890 
Wheat... 
21,731 
252.925 
12,564 
212.889 
12,160 
240,400 
1,150 
21,955 
It will be noted from the foregoing that the most recent sta¬ 
tistical data quoted is from the U. S. Census taken in 1909. In 
order that the progress since that time may be studied there is 
given below more recent figures collected by the Cooperative 
Crop Reporting Service for Wisconsin. 
The following table has been compiled by the Cooperative 
Crop Reporting Service For Wisconsin, and appears in Bulletin 
No. 28 of the State Department of Agriculture: 
