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 [Illustration: 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. BIBLIOGRAPHY Topography of the Land. Report of Bu. of An. Ind. 1885. p. 362. People. The U.S. Census Report. Interviews with old settlers. Cattle and Cattle Feeding. Report of Bu. of An. Ind. 1885. p. 365. Cattle Feeding Industry. Wallace's Farmer. 1913. Thesis by Garver: "History of Dairy Industry in Illinois." The Breeder's Gazette. July. 1913; Feb. 1894. Lecture by Professor Rusk.