═══════╤═════════╤════════╤═══════╤═════════╤═════════╤═════════╤═══════════ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ _Value of _Year._│_Horses._│_Mules._│_Cows._│_Cattle._│_Sheep._ │_Swine._ │ live │ │ │ │ │ │ │ stock._ ───────┼─────────┼────────┼───────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────┼─────────── 1861 │ 20,344│ 1,496│ 28,550│ 74,905│ 17,569│ 138,224│ $3,332,450 1865 │ 32,469│ 2,490│ 71,996│ 130,307│ 82,662│ 95,429│ 7,324,659 1866 │ 38,968│ 2,863│ 82,075│ 139,428│ 108,287│ 127,875│ 9,127,306 1867 │ 39,968│ 2,936│ 85,120│ 140,560│ 106,287│ 132,750│ 10,081,590 1868 │ 42,859│ 2,405│ 89,461│ 146,399│ 101,789│ 149,662│ 9,962,311 1869 │ 50,573│ 2,597│109,142│ 165,430│ 107,896│ 137,848│ 12,902,830 1870 │ 117,786│ 11,786│123,440│ 250,527│ 109,088│ 206,587│ 23,173,185 1871 │ 156,000│ 14,900│162,000│ 345,000│ 115,000│ 304,800│ 31,823,484 1872 │ 180,900│ 16,300│191,100│ 397,400│ 116,100│ 381,000│ 28,488,704 1873 │ 198,900│ 17,400│214,000│ 457,000│ 123,000│ 457,200│ 30,013,898 1874 │ 220,700│ 19,100│231,000│ 507,200│ 141,000│ 484,600│ 31,163,058 1875 │ 207,376│ 24,964│225,028│ 478,295│ 106,224│ 292,658│ 28,610,257 1876 │ 214,811│ 26,421│227,274│ 473,350│ 143,962│ 330,355│ 32,489,293 1877 │ 241,208│ 32,628│261,642│ 519,346│ 205,770│ 704,862│ 33,015,647 1878 │ 274,450│ 40,564│286,241│ 586,002│ 243,760│1,195,044│ 36,913,534 1879 │ 324,766│ 51,981│322,020│ 654,443│ 311,862│1,264,494│ 54,775,497 1880 │ 367,589│ 58,303│366,640│ 748,672│ 426,492│1,281,630│ 61,563,956 1881 │ 383,805│ 58,780│406,706│ 839,751│ 806,323│1,173,199│ 69,814,340 1882 │ 398,678│ 56,654│433,381│ 971,116│ 978,077│1,228,683│ 83,869,199 1883 │ 423,426│ 59,262│471,548│1,133,154│1,154,196│1,393,968│104,539,888 1884 │ 461,136│ 64,889│530,904│1,328,021│1,206,297│1,953,144│115,645,050 1885 │ 513,507│ 75,165│575,887│1,397,131│ 875,193│2,461,520│117,881,699 ───────┴─────────┴────────┴───────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────┴─────────── THE WEALTH OF AN AGRICULTURAL STATE. Kansas is an agricultural State. It has no gold or silver, no iron, and just coal enough to furnish fuel. It is the farmers’ and stockmen’s State. Its development simply shows what good old Mother Earth, when in her happiest vein, can do. “Agriculture,” says Colton, “is the most certain source of strength, wealth, and independence; commerce, in all emergencies, looks to agriculture both for defense and for supply.” The growth and prosperity of Kansas afford a striking illustration of what intelligent farmers, with a productive soil and a genial climate for their workshop, can accomplish—what wealth they can create, what enterprise they can stimulate.