Shelby
County Indiana
Agriculture
Thrashing at the
C. O. Fix farm in 1919
Contributed by David Craig
The Shelbyville Daily Democrat
Saturday, January 16, 1886
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The executive board of
the Central Indiana Poultry Association, consisting of Messrs. J. A.
Young, J. W. Elliott, C. B. Cage, Frank Corry, Wm.
Kinsley, Justus Clapp and H. C. Gordon, will meet
to day to audit the accounts of the late exhibition at Indiana.... [The
article continues, but my copy stops here.]
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Daily Evening Democrat
Tuesday, January 6, 1885
Page 1
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SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.
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A Comparative Statement of the Acreage
and Value of the Crops of 1883 and 1884.
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[Only a portion of the
article has been copied here.]
In the year 1883 the
value of the manufactured product of the State was $160,527.282. There
were 78,940 persons given employment in manufacturing establishments, while
during the previous year the number was 73,924. The average wages paid
each person was $333.18 per year.
| Timothy, hay and seed
| $15,616,780
|
| Irish and sweet potatoes
|
1,004,781
|
| Garden products
| 4,775,850
|
| Honey, maple sugar and molasses
| 849,081
|
| Orchard products
| 8,500,000
|
| Poultry, eggs and feathers
| 5,224,918
|
| Tobacco
| 1,559.240
|
| Wool
| 995,036
|
| Horses
| 2,017,440
|
| Mules
| 200,400
|
| Cattle
| 2,203,080
|
| Sheep and lambs
| 31,053
|
| Hogs
| 19,079,110
|
| Total
| 155,085,668
|
| Coal and stone
| 2,500,000
|
| Manufacturing products
| 168,851,872
|
| Total
| $321,487,585
|
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
The Times
Olney, Illinois
April 15, 1859
Page 2
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GROWING WHEAT.— Farmers in
this region are more hopeful. The
wheat has improved, and looks and
promises better than it did February. A letter before us from a subscriber in Shelby county, Indiana.
says: "Wheat looks very fine and
promising in this area.”
Contributed by John Ballard
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