History of the Beef Cattle Industry in Illinois - Frank Webster Farley

(United States Census Report)
Year	Population	No. Farms	Average Size of Farms		No. B. C. Per Farm	No. B. C. Per Capita (Population)	No. B. C. Per Acre Farm Land
1790
1800	5,641
1810	24,520
1820	147,178
1830	343,031
1840	685,866
1850	851,470	76,208	158.	acres	7.1	.63	.0045
1860	1,711,951	143,310	145.9	"	9.9	.83	.0067
1870	2,539,891	202,803	127.6	"	7.7	.62	.0060
1880	3,077,871	255,741	123.8	"	7.8	.65	.0063
1890	3,826,352	240,681	126.7	"	7.1	.46	.0056
1900	4,821,550	264,151	124.2	"	7.07	.38	.0057
1910	5,638,591	251,872	129.1	"	4.9	.22	.0038

Year	Acreage	Yield	Price
1860	3,839,159	30	42½
1861	3,839,159	30	24
1862	3,458,903	40	23
1863	3,773,349	22	62
1864	4,192,610	33	75
1865	5,032,996	35	29½
1866	4,931,783	32	43
1867	4,583,655	24	68
1868	3,928,742	34	48
1869	5,237,068	23	57
1870	5,720,965	35	35
1871	5,310,469	38	32
1872	5,468,040	40	24
1873	6,839,714	21	32
1874	7,421,055	18	56
1875	8,163,265	34	34
1876	8,920,000	25	31
1877	8,935,411	30	28
1878	8,672,088	29	22
1879	7,918,881	39	32
1880	7,754,545	33	33
1881	7,157,334	24	53
1882	7,371,950	24	42
1883	7,304,596	25	36
1884	6,898,819	33	29
1885	7,212,657	32	28
1886	7,153,289	25	30
1887	6,719,126	19	41
1888	7,047,813	39	28
1889	6,988,267	35	23
1890	6,114,226	27	45
1891	5,754,147	38	38
1892	5,188,432	26	35
1893	6,416,488	26	30
1894	6,705,476	31	39
1895	6,922,921	39	21
1896	6,881,400	42	17
1897	7,051,527	34	21
1898	6,943,992	31	26
1899	6,941,548	37	26
1900	8,050,550	38	31
1901	8,077,621	23	58
1902	8,199,031	39	35
1903	7,955,980	35	34
1904	7,875,471	36	39
1905	7,698,411	40	38
1906	7,621,562	37	36
1907	7,294,873	35	44
1908	6,780,507	31	57
1909	7,288,563	36	52
1910	6,889,721	41	37
1911	6,623,579	38	55
1912	6,878,797	39	40
1913	6,635,847	27	63

Showing the corn acreage, pasture acreage, number of beef cattle, and the population of the state of Illinois from 1850 to 1914 inclusive.

FOOTNOTES:

[39] An address by George A. Chapman, President of the American Feed Manufacturers' Association, delivered at Washington, D. C., November 17, 1913.

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