Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1883 — Indiana Statistics. [ARTICLE]

Indiana Statistics.

Extract from Annual Report Bureau of Statistics. The agricultural production of last year was more remarkable than is generally supposed. The wheat area was 3,063,348 acres, and the production 46,928,643 bushels. The chief of the bureau observes that the cultivation and growth of wheat has developed more rapidly than that of any other staple crop, and has more than kept pace with the population. In 1860 the produot per capita was 6.30 bushels ; in 1860 it was 12.50 bushels ; in 4870 it was 16.51 bushels, and in 1884 had increased to 23.76 bushels per capita. The yield of other crops was proportionately large, as shown by the following summary : Crops. Acres. Bushels. Corn. 8,812,688 115,680,797 Oats 684,822 19,615,516 Irish potatoes 72,984 7,264,880 The chief of the bureau estimates that the home value of the principal agricultural productions of 1882, based upon the current markets, will not fall below $225,000,000. How muoh of this is surplus and finds a market outside of the State cannot be calculated. In a resume of the eoonomic statistics it is shown that in thirty one counties there was a decrease in the mortgage indebtedness last year, and that the transfers of real estate amounted in value to over $9,000,000. Statistics have been gathered from fifty-six counties which will afford a basis for the adjustment of fees and salaries of oounty officers. Since the last annual report the permanent oommon school fund has been increased $70,747.79, making the total amount of-the fund $9,203,353.98, which is larger than that of any other State.