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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
cieney of yield per acre in Wisconsin is set down by the Ag¬ 
ricultural Department at 23 per cent.; that of Iowa and Illi¬ 
nois being 20 per cent. 
The aggregate crops of 1859 and 1869, as shown by tbe 
United States census returns of 1860 and 1870, were: 
Bushels. 
Crop of 1859 . 11,059,200 
Crop of 1809 ... 20,180,010 
The proportions of production to population in Wisconsin, 
Iowa and Minnesota in 1869 were : 
\ 
Wisconsin, bushels per inhabitant. 18. 83 
Iowa.do.. .do.(State census of 1809) 19. 08 
Minnesota .... do.do. 28.88 
THE BARLEY CROP 
Of 1870 was one of the best ever produced in Wisconsin. 
Still this is not a crop much grown by our farmers, and the 
rate per cent, of increase has been very small within the past 
ten years. 
The crop of 1860 was 963,201 bushels; that of 1869, ac¬ 
cording to the late census, but 1,065,019 bushels. 
The price in 1870 did not rule so high as in 1869, when the 
crop was generally much poorer. 
Prices of Barley at Milwaukee in 1867,1868,1869 and 1870. 
Months. 
1867. 
1868. 
1869. 
1870. 
January. 
1.25@1.30 
1.70@2.15 
1.55@1.75 
60@1.00 
February. 
1. 25@1.30 
1.95@2.30 
1.70@2.00 
75@1.05 
March. 
1.25 ©1.30 
1.95@2.30 
1.65@2.05 
50 @ 90 
April. 
1.80@1.40 
2.35@2.55 
1.55@2.10 
44 @ 85 
May. 
1.40@1.45 
2.10@2.65 
1.60@1.85 
45@ 95 
June. 
1.40 
1.50@2.10 
1.25@2.55 
50@1.00 
July. 
1.28@1.50 
1.10@1.55 
45@1.07 
August. 
1.38@1.81 
1.15@1.35 
90@1.10 
September. 
1.20@1.30 
1.00@1.80 
1.10@1.45 
67@1.02 
October. 
1.25@1.30 
1.15@1.95 
95@1.27 
65@ 90 
November. 
1.20(«>1.30 
1.20@1.85 
85@1.15 
65 @ 90 
December. 
1.65@1.90 
1.25@1.80 
85@1.15 
65@ 85 
