Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1884 — Indiana Products. [ARTICLE]
Indiana Products.
The annual report of Will A. Peelle, Chief of the State Bureau of Statistics, will show the annual aggregate production of wheat, corn, barley, rye, Irish and sweet potatoes from 1879 to 1884, inclusive, ns follows: WHEAT. • Bushels. Bushels. 1879 47,234,8711882 46,928,643 1880 40,788,003 1883 31,405,573 1881 30,635,688 1884 40,532,200 CORN. < 1879 115,482,300 1882 115,699,797 1880 80,990,696 j 1883 89,699,237 1881 71,397,07511834 89,159,799 OATS. 1879 11,804,049 1882 19.615,516 1880 15,405,822 1883 19,567,789 1881 ?..., 14,398,420 1884 23,567,117 BARLEY. 1879 342,74811882 1,138,717 1880 409,345 1883 399,183 1881 526,364 1884 259,106 RYE. 1879 176,419 1882 548,405 1880 89,200 1883 358,513 1881 123,177 1884 434,266 IRISH POTATOE-'. 1879 4,122,836 1882 7,264,830 1880 4,148,024 1883 8,363,412 1881 2,390,350 1884 5,969,461 SWEET POTATOES. 1879 ’.... 148,507 1882 696,245 1880 406,306 1883 168,876 1881 239,511 1884 142,429 The number of bushels produced by Marion County each year was as follows: WHEAT. Bushels. Bushels. 1879 729,33211882 854,980 1880 695,45411883 449,546 1881 474,72811884 736,334 CORN. 1879 2,227,537:1882 1,084,711 1880 1,456,626 1883 1,893,818 1881 1,106,616 1834 1,338,975 OATS. 1879 134,55911882 217.495 1880.. 185,971|1883 197,799 1881 167,558:1884 202,993 BARLEY. 1879 1880 6,7101883 14,699 1881 11,700 1884 11,925 RYE. 1879 3V3 1882 6,621 1880 207 1883 1.526 1881 1,222 1884 1,790 IRISH POTATOE3. 1879 149,626 1882 15',450 1880 56,471 1833 315,875 1881 67,504 1884.... 310,165 SWEET POTATOES. 1879 21,682 1882 68.754 1880 51,586 1883 32,485 1881 18,370 1884 10,780 —Prof. John M. Coulter, of Wabash College, has been elected a member of the American Scientific Association. The number of members is limited to 100, hence a membership is greatly prized among scientific men. —The banking house of Hyatt, Levkigs & Co., of Washington, made an assignment. Its liabilities are estimated at $122,000 and assets SIOO,OOO. —Col. Isaac P, Gray, Governor-elect, b 56 years old.
