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should be mentioned that he keeps the Italian bees exclusively 
and uses the Langstroth hive. 
Mr. Wolff’s business, although not so extensive, thus far, 
as Mr. Grimm’s, has been conducted in the same general man¬ 
ner and has been attended with like success. 
In concluding this discussion of the agricultual interests of 
the state, we present, for the convenience of any who may wish 
to make comparisons of the most important aggregates, the 
^following: 
Table illustrating the Agriculture of Wisconsin in 1860 and 1870. 
18G0. 
1870. 
Improved land or farms, acres. 
Unimproved.. .do.do. 
3, 746,167 
4,147, 470 
$31,117,164 
5, 758, 847 
Casli value of farms. 
Value of farming implements and machinery .. 
Amount of wages paid, including hoard. 
Number of horses. 
116,180 
1,030 
203,001 
93,652 
225, 207 
332,954 
334, 055 
$17 807 375 
Mules and asses. 
Milch cows. 
Working oxen. 
Other cattle. 
Sheen. 
Swine. 
Vnlnp of nil 11 vp stock . 
Value of animals for slaughter. 
3,365,261 
15,657,458 
888,544 
7, 517,300 
11, 059, 260 
707,307 
38,987 
99,487 
3, 818,309 
2, 396 
87, 340 
26, 512 
3,852 
855,037 
135,587 
21,644 
4, 256 
83,118 
19,854 
$78,690 
208, 730 
6,278 
13,611,328 
1,104,300 
Wheat, bushels. 
Rye, bushels.’. 
Indian corn, bushels. 
Oats, bushels. 
Barley, bushels. 
Buckwheat, bushels. 
Peas and beans, bushels. 
Potatoes, Irish, bushels... 
Potatoes, sweet, bushels. 
Tobacco, pounds.. ... 
Grass seed, bushels.. 
Clover seed, bushels. 
Hay, tons. 
Hops, pounds.. 
Flax, pounds. 
Flax seed, bushels. 
Maple molasses, gallons. 
Sorghum molasses, gallons. 
Value of orchard products. 
Value of market-garden products. 
Wine produced, gallons. 
Butter, pounds. 
Cheese, pounds. 
Milk sold, gallons. 
Honey, nounds. 
207, 294 
• 8,008 
$36, 336, 498 
Beeswax, pounds. 
Estimated value of farm productions of the year 
5, 899, 343 
5,815, 978 
1300,415,954 
11,000,000 
8,186,110 
252, 019 
308, 377 
52,015 
331,301 
1,069,280 
512, 778 
$45, 310,882 
11,914, 643 
25, 605, 344 
1,325,294 
15,033,998 
■ 20,180,016 
1,065,019 
418, 897 
388,425 
2,220 
960, 813 
13, 016 
2, 908 
1,287,651 
497,398 
497, 398 
114, 019 
31,218 
74,478 
$819, 268 
226, 665 
3, 357 
22,473,036 
1,592,798 
2,059,105 
299,347 
9,945 
$78,027, 032 
