CONTENTS. 
I.—CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY. .. viii 
XL—LIST OF LIFE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY. x 
IH.—ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1870 ... ... . . .1 100 
Census Statistics— 
Population. 1 
Increase of Population. 2-9 
Population of Counties, >850, 1800, 1870 . 3 
Occupations of Our People. 6 
Population of Leading Cities. 7 
Agricultural Matters . 9-50 
Progress of Agriculture. 9 
Farms, Increase in Value. 10 
The Wheat Crop of 1870. 12 
Grades of Wheat. 15 
Prices of Wheat. 16 
The Rye Crop. 17 
The Oat Crop.'. 17 
The Barley Crop.. 18 
The Buckwheat Crop. 19 
The Corn Crop.20-22 
Beans and Peas. 22 
The Potato Crop. 23 
The Root Crops. 25 
The Sugar Beet. 25 
Beet Sugar Company. 25 
The Tobacco Crop. 20 
The Hop Crop. ... 28 
Flax Culture. 28 
Cottonizing Flax ... /. 30 
Grass and Grass Seeds. 33 
t Sugar and Molasses. 34 
Fruit Culture..•. 35 
Domestic Animals. ... 36 
Horses in Wisconsin and Iowa. 38 
Neat Cattle. 39 
Dairy Products. 46 
Sheep Husbandry—Wool Growing. 44 
Swine and Pork Raising. 40 
Poultry. 48 
Bee Culture . 49 
Agriculture ot Wisconsin in 1860 and 1870 . 50 
Mining.. 5 1 
Lumbering . 52 
Manufactures. .’ . 54 
i -Cheese Factory Statistics. 56 
Manufacture of Agricultural Implements. 59 
Manufacture of Leather. 59 
Iron Manufactures. 6l 
Wagons and Carriages. 63 
Woolen Factories. 63 
Wooden and Willow Ware. 60 
Malt and Spirituous Liquors. 67 
Manufacturing Statistics for i860 and 1870 . 69 
Commerce . 70-89 
Receipts and shipments of Wheat at Milwaukee. 71 
Rules of Chamber of Commerce. 73 
Rules of Chicago Board of Trade. . . 74 
Grain Receipts and Shipments at Milwaukee ... / . 77 
Produce Reoeipts and Shipments at Milwaukee. 78 
Receipts and Shipments of Lumber. 79 
Amount of Business done by Railroads of the State. 81 
Increase of Commercial Facilities. 83 
Progress in Railroad Improvements.. 7 . 83 
Fox and Wisconsin River Improvement. 89 
