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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
yield, instead of ranking second, Wisconsin may come to take 
the very first rank in the product per acre. 
For the present, we are obliged to place Ohio at the head 
and let our reputation rest on the following very flattering 
figures: 
Crop of 1870. 
In Ohio. 
In Wisconsin 
In Illinois 
In Minnesota 
In Iowa.. 
Bushels per Acre. 
.. 39 
. 38 
. 35.2 
.. 33 
. 32 
The prices of corn at Milwaukee, during 1870, ranged be¬ 
tween 45 cents and 87 cents per bushel; the average for the 
year being 64 cents. 
In urging the profits of this crop upon the farmers of Wis¬ 
consin during the past twelve years, we have had in view, not 
only that it is in itself a less exhausting crop than many oth¬ 
ers, and yields a larger net profit in most cases, if properly cul¬ 
tivated, but also that its production encourages the raising of 
live stock, without which the fertility of any farm is sure to 
run down. 
We confidently believe that the agriculture of our state 
would be still further improved by yet greater attention to 
corn-growing and its concomitants. 
BEANS AND PEAS 
Have never been very extensively grown in the western 
states. The crops for the United States at date of the last two 
census-takings, previous to 1870, were as follows: 
Crop of 
1850 .. 
1860.. 
The product of seven of the western states in 1850 and 
1860 was: 
1850. 1860. 
Michigan. 74,254 165,128 
Illinois. 82,814 108,028 
Missouri. 46,017 107, 999 
Ohio. 60,168 102,511 
Wisconsin. 20, 657 99, 484 
Indiana., ... 35,773 79,902 
Minnesota. 10,002 18,988 
Bushels. 
9,219,901 
15,061,995 
