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WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
manufactured last year. What the future promises may be 
calculated from the following : 
Statement showing the manufacture of Lager Beer at Milwaukee for six years 
1865, barrels 
1866, barrels 
1867, barrels 
1868, barrels 
1869, barrels 
1870, barrels 
65, 666 
68, 758 
82, 523 
72, 522 
90,500 
108,845 
For the sake of presenting the foregoing statistics in a more 
convenient form for comparison, we group them in this: 
Tabulae Statement of the capital invested, expenditures made and proceeds 
realized in general leading branches of Wisconsin Manufactures: 
Articles Manufactured. 
Capital Invested. 
Paid for Material. 
Value 
of Product. 
Flour . 
16,458,042 
$13,959, 584 
$17, 580,648 
Lumber. 
11,659, 765 
7,263,204 
14,550,653 
Leather manufactures. 
1,423, 868 
1,409,083 
2,956, 585 
Machinery, castings, etc. 
1,682,124 
1, 045,261 
2,639,175 
Agricultural Implements. 
1,822,925 
902,232 
2, 890,437 
Wagons and Carriages. 
1,144, 215 
862,493 
2,720,463 
Beer. 
2,283,400 
991,560 
2, 329,572 
Leather. 
914,700 
1,301,821 
1,923,898 
Lead. 
758, 650 
536,522 
1, 019, 962 
Woolens. 
1,235,089 
557,820 
1,094, 858 
But even the above really magnificent totals for a state so 
young as Wisconsin, do not represent more than about half 
the amount of manufacturing actually done by us. The exact 
amount could not be reported were it certain that the figures 
actually returned were entirely accurate, for the reason that 
the census excludes all little shops, whose products fall short 
of $500 per annum. Nevertheless the footings of the census 
are such as to awaken a feeling of pride in the breast of every 
citizen who has an interest in the general welfare. 
The total value of our manufactures in 1860 was $27,849,- 
467. In 1868 we surprised not a few of even our most san¬ 
guine citizens by the estimate, in the report of that year that 
they had reached a total value of $40,000,000. And yet but 
two years later we have the authority of the census bureau for 
the announcement of $85,624,966, as the present actual total! 
Assuming that it will be interesting to know the relative 
