1850 Agriculture Census

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SCHEDULE 4.---Productions of Agriculture in

Spencerville

in the County of

DeKalb State of Indiana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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enumerated by me, on the

30th day of September, 1850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Owner, Agent,or Manager of the farm

Acres of Land

Cash value of farm

Value of farming implements and Machinery

Live Stock

Produce during the Year ending:

Hemp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Improved

Unimproved

Horses

Asses and Mules

Milch Cows

Working Oxen

Other Cattle

Sheep

Swine

Value of Livestock

Wheat, bushels of

Rye, bushels of

Indian Corn, bushels of

Oats, bushels of

Rice, lbs of

Tobacco, lbs of

Ginned Cotton, bales of 400 lbs each

Wool, lbs of

Peas & beans, bushels of

Irish Potatoes, bushels of

Sweet Potatoes, bushels of

Barley, bushels of

Buckwheat, bushels of

Value of Orchard products in dollars

Wine, gallons of

Value of produce of Market Gardens

Butter, lbs of

Cheese, lbs of

Hay, tons of

Clover seed, bushels of

Other grass Seeds, bushels of

Hops, lbs of

Dew Rotted, tons of

Water Rotted, tons of

Flax, lbs of

Flaxseed, bushels of

Silk cocoons, lbs of

Maple Sugar, lbs of

Cane Sugar, hhds. Of 1000 lbs

Molasses, gallons of

Beeswax and Honey, lbs of

Value of Home-made Manufactures

Value of Animals slaughtered

 

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2

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46

1

George Barney

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

Stephen Morris

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Jonas Emanuel

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

Aaron B. Fetterers

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Bushrod Catlin

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Jermiah Rhodes

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

Alexander Devilbiss

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

William Shirts

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Riley Rickets

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Elijah Rhodes

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

James McKinly

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Samuel Gowdy

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Asa Fletcher

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Joseph Sawtell

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Michael Tillburg

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

10