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 PRODUCTION, INDUSTRY, COMMUNICATIONS

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The true value of all the property within the State in 1904 was estimated by

the Federal Census Bureau at : —

Dollars Real property. .... 1,682,068,672 Personal property 1,156,609,567

Total 2,838,678,239

The militia of the State consists of three regiments, a separate battalion of infantry, a troop of cavalry, one battery of light artillery, one battery of naval militia, and hospital corps, aggregating 217 commissioned officers and 2,999 enlisted men. The State naval militia contained 10 officers and 122 enlisted men.

Production, Industry, Communications.— Wisconsin is very largely

an agricultural State. In 1910 the farms numbered 177,127 with a total area of 21,060,066 acres, of which 11,907,606 acres were improved land. The chief crops are wheat, maize and other cereals, potatoes, sugar-beet, grasses, fruit and tobacco. The yield of maize in 1912 was 58,262,000 bushels ; of wheat, 3,564,000 bushels ; of oats, 84,746,000 bushels ; of barley, 24,843,000 bushels, rye and buckwheat being also grown. The yield of ijotatoes was 34,920,000 bushels; of hay, 3,600,000 tons. The area under tobacco (1912) was 42,200 acres; the yield was 54,438,000 pounds. The beet-sugar output in 1908-09 was 16,964 tons. Fruits (large and small) are extensively cultivated. In 1910 the live-stock consisted of 669,000 horses, 5,000 mules, 1,506,000 milk cows, 1,081,000 other cattle, 1,084,000 sheep, and 1,651,000 swine. The wool clip in 1911 amounted to 4,387,500 pounds of wool, valued at 930,150 dollars.

The mineral resources of the State are considerable. In 1911 the output comprised zinc, 31,809 short tons (3,626,226 dollars) ; lead, 3,967 short tons (357,030 dollars) ; granits, limestone, and sandstone to the value of 2,375,102 dollars ; natural rock cement, graphite, petroleum, mineral waters were also produced, the value of the output in 1911 (including not ores, but metal products) being 12,451,4§6 dollars.

In 1910 there were 9,722 manufacturing establishments in the State with a total capital of 605,657,000 dollars. The number of wage-earners was 182,583 receiving 93,905,000 dollars in wages. The value of the products was 590,306,000 dollars. As compared with 1904, the number of establish- ments increased 14 per cent., capital increased 47 per cent., wage-earners, 21 per cent., wages paid 38 per cent., and value of products 44 per cent.

The following table shows the statistics of the leading industries of the State during 1910 :—

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Establish- ments

Capital

Wage- earners

Number

Wages

Value of products

Cheese, butter, and con-

Number

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

densed milk

2,630

9,766,000

2,863

48,006,000

58,843,000*

Flour and grist mill

products

322

10,663,000

1,184

27,038,000

31,067,000

Foundry and machine

shop products.

444

86,898,000

24,210

22,534,000

54,124,000

Leather, tanned, cur-

ried, and finished

32

40,412,000

7,548

34,829,000

44,668,000

Liquors, malt

13(5

09.683 080

r.,061

7,898,000

32,126,000!

Lumber

1,020

68,309,000

34,093

25,587,000

57,969,000

At the lake ports the shipments consist of grain and flour, coal, lumber, ore