Labette County Kansas History p. 52-59 Industrial Pursuits

FIELD CROPS

On the pages following will be found in tabulated form a full report of the various field crops of the county, from 1872 to 1900 inclusive, showing acreage, product and value. For these valuable tables I am indebted to the reports of the State Board of Agriculture.

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1872			1873
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product*	Value*
Winter wheat - bu.	23,765	475,300	$712,950	23,765	.....	.....
Spring wheat - bu.	51	612	612	84	.....	.....
Corn - bu.	31,486	1,083,915	216,783	34,631	.....	.....
Oats - bu.	11,113	333,390	66,178	10,608	.....	.....
Rye - bu.	131	1,834	1,375	283	.....	.....
Barley - bu.	12	468	374	16	.....	.....
Buckwheat - bu.	92	1,380	1,380	49	.....	.....
Irish potatoes - bu.	764	60,356	36,213	1,380	.....	.....
Sweet potatoes - bu.	30	3,090	2,317	64	.....	.....
Sorghum - gals.	286	16,302	8,151	379	.....	.....
Castor beans - bu.	186	3,720	5,208	156	.....	.....
Cotton - lbs.	3	946	199	107	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	1	10	12	41	.....	.....
Tobacco - lbs.	4	2,000	400	10	.....	.....
Millet and Hungarian - tons	745	1,762	8,810	576	.....	.....
Timothy meadow - tons	214	428	4,280	214	.....	.....
Clover meadow - tons	205	410	2,460	207	.....	.....
Prairie meadow - tons	16,711	25,066	75,198	8,810	.....	.....
Timothy pasture	34	.....	.....	6	.....	.....
Clover pasture	10	.....	.....	10	.....	.....
Blue-grass pasture	462	.....	.....	463	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	28,068	.....	.....	27,238	.....	.....

Totals	114,373	.....	.....	109,048	.....	.....

CROPS	1874			1875
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	32,402	583,236	$466,588	38,075	761,515	$723,439
Spring wheat - bu.	36	360	234	12	150	112
Corn - bu.	37,641	752,820	526,974	44,490	1,868,601	373,720
Oats - bu.	7,836	117,540	58,770	6,391	242,886	48,577
Rye - bu.	262	5,240	3,668	313	7,210	4,326
Barley - bu.	41	779	662	3	90	108
Buckwheat - bu.	38	380	570	5	110	123
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,330	26,600	33,250	1,100	138,731	55,492
Sweet potatoes - bu.	91	6,825	10,920	99	15,497	11,622
Sorghum - gals.	485	38,800	25,220	905	113,244	48,128
Castor beans - bu.	800	9,600	12,000	1,564	18,777	18,777
Cotton - lbs.	90	8,100	1,053	101	20,298	2,029
Flax - bu.	436	4,360	7,040	2,086	20,362	24,434
Hemp - lbs.	4	3,000	150	5	4,125	2,681
Tobacco - lbs.	17	11,900	1,190	12	8,834	662
Broom corn - lbs.	54	37,800	1,753	95	78,904	3,949
Millet and Hungarian - tons	1,104	2,208	13,248	11,215	3,950	15,800
Timothy meadow - tons	343	1,515	3,090	266	333	1,998
Clover meadow - tons	189	378	2,268	63	159	954
Prairie meadow - tons	5,485	5,485	21,940	10,055	15,082	60,328
Timothy pasture	83	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Clover pasture	25	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Blue-grass pasture	21	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	24,708	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....

Totals	113,521	.....	.....	106,825	.....	$1,397,264

* There is nothing of record, either in the office of the State Board of Agriculture or elsewhere, which shows the product and value by counties for 1873.-[N.C.]

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1876			1877
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	40,297	604,455	$544,009	25,557	255,570	$247,902
Spring wheat - bu.	5	40	32	2	20	17
Corn - bu.	47,748	1,909,920	420,182	66,759	2,670	480,664
Oats - bu.	11,861	343,969	85,992	8,579	394,634	59,195
Rye - bu.	389	7,780	4,356	200	2,800	840
Barley - bu.	8	240	144	77	1,925	577
Buckwheat - bu.	73	965	868	74	1,184	947
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,736	260,512	208,410	1,061	106,100	53,050
Sweet potatoes - bu.	120	24,100	19,280	84	12,600	12,600
Sorghum - gals.	436	47,987	23,993	743	85,445	42,722
Castor beans - bu.	531	6,372	11,894	1,615	22,610	221,610
Cotton - lbs.	61	12,350	1,235	31	3,454	527
Flax - bu.	1,955	17,595	29,325	314	5,270	3,626
Hemp - lbs.	74	74,500	4,283	.....	.....	.....
Tobacco - lbs.	32	25,704	2,570	30	22,200	2,220
Broom corn - lbs.	173	139,000	5,560	166	132,800	4,980
Millet and Hungarian - tons	2,178	4,356	30,492	3,140	9,420	37,680
Timothy meadow - tons	220	275	1,926	673	1,144	5,720
Clover meadow - tons	152	304	2,133	84	168	840
Prairie meadow - tons	5,738	5,738	22,952	11,004	18,706	54,249
Timothy pasture	212	.....	.....	50	.....	.....
Clover pasture	1	.....	.....	28	.....	.....
Blue-grass pasture	195	.....	.....	137	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	25,585	.....	.....	26,590	.....	.....

Totals	139,784	.....	.....	.....	146,998	.....

CROPS	1878			1879
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	33,135	430,755	$270,990	26,389	395,835	$376,043
Spring wheat - bu.	19	190	104	42	336	285
Corn - bu.	65,985	2,243,490	426,263	77,549	2,946,862	736,715
Oats - bu.	13,376	454,784	72,665	16,746	385,158	100,141
Rye - bu.	368	6,992	2,097	289	4,335	1,734
Barley - bu.	69	2,070	1,035	75	1,350	675
Buckwheat - bu.	154	3,090	2,432	80	1,211	1,090
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,312	78,720	45,657	1,004	45,180	38,403
Sweet potatoes - bu.	95	10,836	7,910	128	8,988	8,988
Sorghum - gals.	688	79,134	39,567	986	113,300	51,025
Castor beans - bu.	1,900	26,607	33,258	6,603	79,242	79,242
Cotton - lbs.	1	255	22	17	2,975	267
Flax - bu.	370	3,705	3,705	575	4,025	4,025
Hemp - lbs.	34,702	0	13	.....	.....	.....
Tobacco - lbs.	13	10,278	1,027	17,412	17,412	1,741
Broom corn - lbs.	36	28,904	1,083	130	91,133	3,189
Millet and Hungarian - tons	2,021	6,063	24,252	2,830	8,490	33,960
Timothy meadow - tons	1,139	1,937	9,687	1,735	2,603	13,016
Clover meadow - tons	209	418	2,092	347	555	2,778
Prairie meadow - tons	24,783	42,131	122,179	10,376	13,488	39,117
Timothy pasture	251	.....	.....	167	.....	.....
Clover pasture	23	.....	.....	30	.....	.....
Blue-grass pasture	475	.....	.....	632	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	31,831	.....	.....	30,792	.....	.....

Totals	178,258	.....	$1,075,188	177,549	.....	$1,492,438

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1880			1881
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	35,628	434,420	$412,699	40,518	405,180	$445,698
Spring wheat - bu.	13	104	88	11	55	52
Corn - bu.	70,866	2,365,792	566,448	94,061	1,696,098	981,996
Oats - bu.	12,192	426,720	110,947	8,052	249,612	82,371
Rye - bu.	372	5,580	2,232	436	6,104	4,761
Barley - bu.	52	780	390	8	208	166
Buckwheat - bu.	32	384	345	48	576	432
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,297	129,700	110,245	3,097	77,425	116,137
Sweet potatoes - bu.	113	14,736	14,736	184	10,120	15,180
Sorghum - gals.	536	61,709	27,769	506	43,010	20,644
Castor beans - bu.	6,885	82,620	82,620	8,071	104,923	146,892
Cotton - lbs.	175	29,750	2,677	222	66,600	6,660
Flax - bu.	1,092	9,828	9,828	680	5,440	7,616
Hemp - lbs.	21	25,500	1,530	5	4	294
Tobacco - lbs.	6	4,440	444	25	17,500	1,750
Broom corn - lbs.	37	22,650	792	430	279,500	12,577
Rice corn - bu.	20	400	160	9	90	58
Pearl millet - tons	111	445	1,780	463	1,620	8,910
Millet and Hungarian - tons	4,049	12,147	48,588	3,719	8,368	62,760
Timothy meadow - tons	1,056	2,112	10,560	923	1,615	12,112
Clover meadow - tons	371	649	3,248	644	1,288	9,660
Prairie meadow - tons	9,975	14,963	43,392	16,892	22,249	144,618
Timothy pasture	288	.....	.....	509	.....	.....
Clover pasture	62	.....	.....	115	.....	.....
Blue-grass pasture	808	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Other grasses	.....	.....	.....	583	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	29,502	.....	.....	39,139	.....	.....

Totals	175,501	.....	$1,451,522	218,350	.....	$2,081,350

Winter wheat - bu.	25,571	562,562	$450,049	34,667	416,004	$353,603
Spring wheat - bu.	25	300	210	483	4,347	3,042
Corn - bu.	83,125	3,325,000	1,163,750	89,249	4,016,205	1,204,861
Oats - bu.	12,907	516,280	139,305	13,870	624,150	156,037
Rye - bu.	566	10,574	5,914	994	.....	.....
Barley - bu.	41	1,148	516	.....	.....	.....
Buckwheat - bu.	43	1	258	35	315	236
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,030	82,400	57,680	1,632	130,560	78,336
Sweet potatoes - bu.	94	7,050	7,050	140	12,600	12,600
Sorghum - gals.	709	63,810	28,714	754	66,352	27,867
Castor beans - bu.	12,036	110,754	110,754	2,931	32,241	48,361
Cotton - lbs.	130	24,050	2,405	76	17,100	1,539
Flax - bu.	2,004	24,048	22,845	1,400	14,000	15,400
Tobacco - lbs.	16	11,200	1,120	25	20,000	2,000
Broom corn - lbs.	165	82,500	3,712	215	107,500	3,762
Rice corn - bu.	22	352	176	56	1,120	392
Pearl millet - tons	196	588	2,352	.....	.....	.....
Millet and Hungarian - tons	5,579	16,737	100,422	8,941	29,058	101,703
Timothy meadow - tons	1,684	3,368	20,208	2,159	4,318	21,590
Clover meadow - tons	224	560	3,360	672	1,512	7,560
Prarie meadow - tons	25,058	37,587	150,348	.....	.....	.....
Other tame grasses - tons	.....	.....	.....	1,818	4,091	14,318
Prairie, under fence - tons	.....	.....	.....	70,200	91,260	273,780
Timothy pasture	318	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Clover pasture	15	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Other grasses	1,118	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Prairie pasture	56,934	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....

Totals	229,610	.....	$2,271,242	233,317	.....	$2,326,991

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1884			1885
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	35,404	672,676	$417,059	11,873	142,476	$106,857
Spring wheat - bu.	.....	.....	.....	54	486	365
Corn - bu.	95,474	3,914,434	861,175	102,808	2,570,200	771,060
Oats - bu.	13,612	558,092	128,361	16,007	560,245	140,061
Rye - bu.	791	15,029	7,514	748	7,480	3,740
Buckwheat - bu.	14	112	72	34	408	204
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,776	222,000	155,400	1,489	89,340	62,538
Sweet potatoes - bu.	54	7,020	5,616	81	3,240	2,592
Sorghum - gals.	385	38,500	15,400	351	.....	11,730
Castor beans - bu.	2,708	35,204	52,806	6,448	64,480	103,168
Flax - bu.	1,395	16,740	18,414	1,791	10,746	9,671
Tobacco - lbs.	1	850	85	4	3,200	320
Broom corn - lbs.	85	46,750	1,636	75	45,000	1,800
Rice corn - bu.	163	3,260	1,238	.....	.....	.....
Millet and Hungarian - tons	10,922	36,042	198,231	14,587	43,761	175,044
Timothy - tons	3,025	5,808	37,752	8,709	30,498		152,490
Clover - tons	1,697	3,818	22,908	2,715
Orchard grass - tons	.....	.....	.....	547
Blue grass - tons	.....	.....	.....	2,497
Other tame grasses - tons	2,796	6,990	34,950	781
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	66,916	95,020	403,835	66,676	47,959	167,856

Totals	237,218	.....	$2,362,455	238,275	.....	$1,709,497

CROPS	1886			1887
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	17,812	213,744	$149,621	15,816	316,320	$189,792
Corn - bu.	104,383	1,878,894	657,612	85,063	2,126,575	744,301
Oats - bu.	20,494	614,820	184,446	23,926	837,410	209,352
Rye - bu.	749	11,984	5,992	138	2,070	828
Barley - bu.	5	100	30	20	400	160
Buckwheat - bu.	22	330	198	42	630	472
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,511	90,660	54,396	1,302	104,160	78,120
Sweet potatoes - bu.	48	4,800	4,800	101	10,100	10,100
Sorghum - gals.	524	.....	17,495	592	.....	19,540
Castor beans - bu.	5,769	57,690	86,535	8,946	89,460	80,514
Cotton - lbs.	11	3,300	264	.....	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	643	6,430	5,787	830	8,300	7,055
Tobacco - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	2	1,200	120
Broom corn - lbs.	253	126,500	4,427	165	99,000	3,465
Millet and Hungarian - tons	11,431	22,862	114,310	5,250	10	42,000
Timothy - tons	16,418	37,143				216,618	14,268	* 5,437	38,059
Clover - tons	3,138		2,793
Orchard grass - tons	388		292
Blue grass - tons	2,406		1,896
Other tame grasses - tons	1,366		1,208
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	63,250	41,227	164,908	43,555	24,049	96,196

Totals	250,621	.....	$1,667,440	206,205	.....	$1,520,075

*Product of 1886.

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1888			1889
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	14,066	267,254	$221,820	22,703	431,357	$267,441
Spring wheat - bu.	70	1,120	784	26	416	199
Corn - bu.	80,702	2,501,762	650,458	80,577	2,417,310	410,942
Oats - bu.	17,495	804,770	169,001	14,418	360,450	50,463
Rye - bu.	271	5,420	2,439	383	9,575	2,681
Barley - bu.	30	900	315	.....	.....	.....
Buckwheat - bu.	36	540	405	13	130	7
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,027	92,430	60,079	1,349	134,900	53,960
Sweet potatoes - bu.	111	10,260	10,260	120	12,000	4,801)
Sorghum - gals.	1,215	.....	40,269	1,007	.....	36,252
Castor beans - bu.	2,306	20,754	20,754	2,431	17,017	30,630
Cotton - lbs.	7	2,100	168	14	4,200	336
Flax - bu.	725	5,800	5,220	682	5,456	5,456
Hemp - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	1	700	35
Tobacco - lbs.	86	51,600	5,160	2	1,200	120
Broom corn - lbs.	56	44,800	1:568	10	6,000	210
Millet and Hungarian - tons	5,430	10,860	43,440	5,077	10,154	40,616
Timothy - tons	10,393	* 4,829				28,974	10,809	*2 7,972	31,888
Clover - tons	10,628		3,057
Orchard grass - tons	170		209
Blue grass - tons	1,688		2,271
Other tame grasses - tons	5,628		606
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	45,066	27,808	83,424	71,149	30,969	92,907

Totals	188,209	.....	$1,344,540	216,914	.....	$1,029,016

CROPS	1890			1891
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	21,380	256,560	$223,207	43,542	740,214	$577,366
Spring wheat - bu.	10	100	82	5	80	60
Corn - bu.	42,254	1,056,350	422,540	62,187	1,243,740	460,183
Oats - bu.	15,752	472,560	165,396	44,122	1,147,146	321,200
Rye - bu.	230	2:990	1,495	494	7,410	4,594
Barley - bu.	.....	.....	.....	30	750	375
Buckwheat - bu.	2	32	32	112	1,680	1,512
Irish potatoes - bu.	1,341	80,460	80,460	723	43,380	24,726
Sweet potatoes - bu.	20	1,600	1,600	55	4,785	4,067
Sorghum - gals.	424	.....	15,264	442	.....	17,680
Castor beans - bu.	3,727	37,270	46,588	2,640	21,120	26,400
Cotton - lbs.	28	11,200	896	20	5,000	400
Flax - bu.	1,192 1	21,920	27,400	10,542	63,252	50,601
Hemp - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	10	7,000	350
Tobacco - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	2	1,200	120
Broom corn - lbs.	48	9,600	288	69	34,500	1,121
Millet and Hungarian - tons	3,055	4,582	18,328	2,770	5,540	22,160
Alfalfa	.....	.....				.....	10	*4 8,541	42,705
Timothy	9,768	*3 8,229				57,603	12,650
Clover	2,856		3,693
Orchard grass - tons	89		52
Blue grass	1,553		1,456
Other tame grasses	792		695
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	48,315	19,809	69,331	63,363	23,783	83,240

Totals	153,836	.....	$1,130,510	249,683	.....	$1,638,865

*Product of 1887. *2Product of 1888. *3Product of 1889. *4Product of 1890,

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1892			1893
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	37,170	520,380	$286,209	57,537	621,396	$260,986
Spring wheat - bu.	49	490	245	90	.....	.....
Corn - bu.	59,317	889,755	284,721	43,207	820,933	229,861
Oats - bu.	30,749	737,976	184,494	30,667	858,676	171,735
Rye - bu.	112	1,456	655	537	6,444	2,770
Barley - bu.	8	96	40	9	.....	.....
Buckwheat - bu.	8	80	60	2	16	12
Irish potatoes - bu.	484	19,360	14,520	407	16	11,396
Sweet potatoes - bu.	43	3,440	3,784	78	5,850	5,850
Castor beans - bu.	1,625	11,375	14,218	747	5,229	6,013
Sorghum - gals.	274	.....	6,632	360	.....	6,930
Cotton - lbs.	10	2,500	175	.....	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	3,711	25,977	22,080	2,088	18,792	15,973
Tobacco - lbs.	1	600	60	2	.....	.....
Broom corn - lbs.	65	26,000	845	50	20,000	600
Millet and Hungarian - tons	1,992	2,988	11,952	1,052	*5 1,578	7,890
Milo maize	.....	.....	.....	8	*5 32	112
Kaffir corn	.....	.....	.....	41	*5 164	574
Jerusalem corn	.....	.....	.....	2	*5 4	22
Timothy	12,237	* 9,706					48,530	10,508	*2 8,915	53,490
Clover	2,302		1,175
Blue grass	1,668		1,369
Alfalfa - tons	7		24
Orchard grass	48		13
Other tame grasses	506		780
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	38,957	23,603	70,809	27,770	15,448	54,068

Totals	191,343	.....	$950,031	178,523	.....	$828,274

CROPS	1894			1895
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	51,004	1,077,186	$430,874	62,895	691,845	$415,107
Spring wheat - bu.	.....	.....	.....	.....	..........	......
Corn - bu.	48,303	1,449,090	478,199	50,718	1,267,950	316,987
Oats - bu.	33,459	632,367	183,386	44,600	1,338,000	200,700
Rye - bu.	306	5,202	2,080	479	4,790	1,916
Barley - bu.	15	150	60	26	520	156
Buckwheat - bu.	5	40	24	..........	.....	.....
Irish potatoes - bu.	635	50,800	25,400	818	65,440	26,176
Sweet potatoes - bu.	85	8,075	4,037	79	5,846	3,741
Castor beans - bu.	804	8,040	8,040	255		2,040
Sorghum - gals.	510	.....	10,877	.........	.....	.....
" For syrup or sugar - gals.	.....	.....	.....	433	43,300	12,990
" For forage or grain	.....	.....	.....	1,375	.....	13,750
Cotton - lbs.	1	200	12	.....	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	3,158	22,106	22,106	6,349	50,792	35,554
Tobacco - lbs.	14	8,400	840	1	700	70
Broom corn - lbs.	97	29,100	1,018	91	43,680	873
Millet and Hungarian - tons	1,043	1,043	5,215	1,962	4,905	24,525
Milo maize	3	75	13	7	28	84
Kaffir corn	242	4,840	2,420	624	2,496	7,488
Jerusalem corn	.....	.....	.....	14	56	168
Timothy	13,499	*3 7,923					47,538	11,865	7,076	30,073
Clover	710		664
Blue grass	1,710		2,074
Alfalfa - tons	56		74
Orchard grass	20		32
Other tame grasses	2,854		579
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	29,288	12,041	48,164	31,824	10,355	31,065

Totals	187,821	.....	$1,270,327	217,811	.....	1,123,464

Wheat on hand March 1, 1893, 43,452 bushels; March 1, 1894, 72,826 bushels; March 1, 1895. 85,336 bushels.
Corn on hand March 1. 1893, 123,771 bushels; March 1, 1894, 87,326 bushels; March 1, 1895, 108,378 bushels.

*Product of 1891. *2Product of 1892. *3Product of 1893. *4Product of 1894. *5Product estimated in tons for 1893; in bushels for 8491.[sic]

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1896			1897
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	50,699	557,689	$334,613	63,107	631,070	$492,234
Spring wheat - bu.	5	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Corn - bu.	60,556	1,877,236	319,130	70,519	1,339,861	267,972
Oats - bu.	38,078	685,404	75,394	30,194	754,850	120,776
Rye - bu.	170	3,400	1,530	104	1,664	549
Buckwheat - bu.	15	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Irish potatoes - bu.	589	23,560	11,073	590	23,600	12,272
Sweet potatoes - bu.	69	6,555	3,605	102	8,160	5,059
Castor beans - bu.	347	2,429	1,943	516	2,580	2,451
Sorghum, For syrup or sugar - gals.	163	13,040	3,912	214	12,412	3,723
" For forage or grain	1,603	.....	8,015	1,315	..........	7,451
Flax - bu.	4,411	26,466	15,879	2,376	19,008	15,206
Broom corn - lbs.	35	17,500	350	37	18,500	462
Millet and Hungarian - tons	1,898	3,796	11,388	2,019	5,048	15,901
Milo maize	71	213	553	10	35	105
Kaffir corn	1,993	7,972	20,727	1,671	5,848	17,544
Jerusalem corn	7	21	54	46	161	483
Timothy	5,734	* 2,499					8,747	6,004	*2 3,938	14,767
Clover	335		1,065
Blue grass	2,145		2,931
Alfalfa - tons	138		156
Orchard grass	21		46
Other tame grasses	119		673
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	28,616	18,221	44,553	27,738	15,987	41,566

Totals	197,817	.....	$862,469	211,425	.....	$1,018,525

Winter wheat - bu.	73,783	442,698	$243,483	67,301	605,709	$321,025
Corn - bu.	65,800	1,316,000	315,840	75,670	1,891,750	454,020
Oats - bu.	35,081	666,539	126,642	32,648	914,144	173,687
Rye - bu.	227	1,816	726	135	945	453
Barley - bu.	58	1,160	324	.....	.....	.....
Irish potatoes - bu.	354	26,550	11,947	661	45,609	25,084
Sweet potatoes - bu.	163	16,300	7,335	93	7,812	4,843
Castor beans - bu.	675	6,075	5,771	711	4,266	3,839
Cotton - lbs.	26	6,500	325	.....	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	2,009	14,063	11,250	2,332	16,324	14,691
Hemp - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	20	8,000	400
Broom corn - lbs.	56	28,000	700	93	55,800	1,813
Millet and Hungarian - tons	2,330	5,243	13,107	2,237	4,474	13,422
Sorghum, For syrup or sugar - gals.	294	17,640	5,292	385	27,720	8,870
" For forage or grain	1,044	.....	6,264	1,806	.....	9,030
Milo maize	66	264	792	20	90	180
Kaffir corn	1,277	5,108	15,324	1,555	3,499	10,497
Timothy	5,407	*3 4,009					15,033	4,922	*4 4,313	18,330
Clover	1,177		1,366
Blue grass	2,150		2,337
Alfalfa - tons	170		86
Orchard grass	36		11
Other tame grasses	653		740
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	26,811	14,884	40,931	23,082	19,522	58,566

Totals	219,647	.....	$821,090	218,211	.....	$1,118,755

Wheat on hand March 1, 1896, 69.231 bushels; March 1. 1897, 17,758 bushels; March 1, 1898, 36,364 bushels; March 1, 1899. 33,729 bushels.
Corn on hand March 1, 1896, 289,308 bushels; March 1, 1897, 322,117 bushels; March 1, 1898, 334,015 bushels; March 1, 1899, 212,744 bushels.
*Product of 1895. *2Product of 1896. *3Product of 1897. *4Product of 1898.

TABLE SHOWING THE ACRES, PRODUCT AND VALUE OF FIELD CROPS IN LABETTE COUNTY.

CROPS	1900			1901
	Acres	Product	Value	Acres	Product	Value
Winter wheat - bu.	42,076	673,216	$410,661	.....	.....	.....
Corn - bu.	72,698	2,398,242	671,507	.....	.....	.....
Oats - bu.	45,773	1,464,736	292,947	.....	.....	.....
Rye - bu.	34	510	255	.....	.....	.....
Barley - bu.	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Buckwheat - bu.	1	10	7	.....	.....	.....
Irish potatoes - bu.	513	46,170	24,008	.....	.....	.....
Sweet potatoes - bu.	100	11,800	6,844	.....	.....	.....
Castor beans - bu.	644	5,152	5,122	.....	.....	.....
Cotton - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Flax - bu.	1,946	19,460	25,298	.....	.....	.....
Hemp - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Tobacco - lbs.	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Broom corn - lbs.	392	313,600	1,254	.....	.....	.....
Millet and Hungarian - tons	2,870	7,175	21,525	.....	.....	.....
Sorghum, For syrup or sugar - gals.	406	40,600	13,804	.....	.....	.....
" For forage or grain - tons	2,502	.....	17,514	.....	.....	.....
Milo maize - tons	7	28	56	.....	.....	.....
Kaffir corn - tons	2,929	11,716	23,432	.....	.....	.....
Jerusalem corn - tons	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....	.....
Timothy	5,741	* 3,559					16,905	.....	.....	.....
Clover	1,193		...............
Blue grass	2,697		...............
Alfalfa - tons	102		...............
Orchard grass	5		...............
Other tame grasses	607		...............
Prairie grass, fenced - tons	37,867	19,571	68,498	.....	.....	.....

Totals	231,103	.....	$1,599,670	.....	.....	.....

Transcribed from History of Labette County, Kansas and its Representative Citizens, ed. & comp. by Hon. Nelson Case. Pub. by Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill. 1901

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