AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
In the following table the aggregate of the corn, wheat, oats, potato, and hay products of Kansas, for the years 1860 and 1865, and for each year thereafter, is given. The figures, prior to 1875, are compiled from the reports of the United States Department of Agriculture; those following, from the reports of the Secretary of our own State Board of Agriculture:
| Year. | Corn, bushels. | Wheat, bushels. | Oats, bushels. | Potatoes, bushels. | Hay, tons. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | 6,150,727 | 194,173 | 88,325 | 296,325 | 56,232 |
| 1865 | 6,729,236 | 191,519 | 155,290 | 276,720 | 123,082 |
| 1867 | 8,159,000 | 1,250,000 | 236,000 | 314,000 | 162,000 |
| 1868 | 6,487,000 | 1,537,000 | 247,000 | 850,000 | 118,000 |
| 1869 | 16,685,000 | 2,343,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | 250,000 |
| 1870 | 17,025,525 | 2,391,197 | 4,097,925 | 2,342,988 | 490,289 |
| 1871 | 24,693,000 | 2,694,000 | 4,056,000 | 3,452,000 | 687,000 |
| 1872 | 46,667,451 | 3,062,941 | 6,084,000 | 3,797,000 | 728,000 |
| 1873 | 29,683,843 | 5,994,044 | 9,360,000 | 3,000,000 | 977,000 |
| 1874 | 15,699,078 | 9,881,383 | 7,847,000 | 1,116,000 | 530,000 |
| 1875 | 80,798,769 | 13,209,403 | 9,794,051 | 4,668,939 | 1,156,412 |
| 1876 | 82,308,176 | 14,620,225 | 12,386,216 | 5,611,895 | 809,149 |
| 1877 | 103,497,831 | 14,316,705 | 12,768,488 | 3,320,507 | 1,228,020 |
| 1878 | 89,323,971 | 32,315,358 | 17,411,473 | 4,525,419 | 1,507,988 |
| 1879 | 108,704,927 | 20,550,936 | 13,326,637 | 3,521,526 | 1,551,321 |
| 1880 | 101,421,718 | 25,279,884 | 11,483,796 | 5,310,423 | 1,534,221 |
| 1881 | 80,760,542 | 20,479,679 | 9,900,768 | 2,055,202 | 2,122,263 |
| 1882 | 157,005,722 | 35,734,846 | 21,946,284 | 5,081,865 | 2,293,186 |
| 1883 | 182,084,526 | 30,024,936 | 30,987,864 | 6,812,420 | 6,002,041 |
| 1884 | 190,870,686 | 48,050,431 | 20,087,294 | 7,861,404 | 7,105,132 |
| 1885 | 194,130,814 | 10,859,401 | 30,148,060 | 7,398,465 | 7,685,340 |
In presenting these figures it is worthy of note that while, as already stated, the U. S. census reports for 1880 show that Kansas ranked as the twentieth State in population and the sixth in its corn product, it was also the eleventh wheat-producing State of the Union, the eleventh in its oats product, sixteenth in barley, tenth in rye, eighth in hay, and seventeenth in potatoes. Thus the rank of Kansas, in agricultural products, was far ahead of her rank in population.