In the number and value of its live stock, Kansas ranked, in 1880, as
the eighth State of the Union. In 1860 the live stock of Kansas
aggregated in value only a little over three million dollars; in 1865 it
aggregated over seven millions; in 1870, over twenty-three millions; in
1875, nearly twenty-nine millions; in 1880, over sixty-one millions; and
in 1885, nearly one hundred and eighteen million dollars. The following
table gives the number of horses, mules, cows, cattle, sheep, and swine,
and their aggregate value, for the years 1861 and 1865, and every year
thereafter to and including 1885:
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_Year._│_Horses._ │ _Mules._ │ _Cows._ │_Cattle._
│ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
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1861 │ 20,344│ 1,496│ 28,550│ 74,905
1865 │ 32,469│ 2,490│ 71,996│ 130,307
1866 │ 38,968│ 2,863│ 82,075│ 139,428
1867 │ 39,968│ 2,936│ 85,120│ 140,560
1868 │ 42,859│ 2,405│ 89,461│ 146,399
1869 │ 50,573│ 2,597│ 109,142│ 165,430
1870 │ 117,786│ 11,786│ 123,440│ 250,527
1871 │ 156,000│ 14,900│ 162,000│ 345,000
1872 │ 180,900│ 16,300│ 191,100│ 397,400
1873 │ 198,900│ 17,400│ 214,000│ 457,000
1874 │ 220,700│ 19,100│ 231,000│ 507,200
1875 │ 207,376│ 24,964│ 225,028│ 478,295
1876 │ 214,811│ 26,421│ 227,274│ 473,350
1877 │ 241,208│ 32,628│ 261,642│ 519,346
1878 │ 274,450│ 40,564│ 286,241│ 586,002
1879 │ 324,766│ 51,981│ 322,020│ 654,443
1880 │ 367,589│ 58,303│ 366,640│ 748,672
1881 │ 383,805│ 58,780│ 406,706│ 839,751
1882 │ 398,678│ 56,654│ 433,381│ 971,116
1883 │ 423,426│ 59,262│ 471,548│ 1,133,154
1884 │ 461,136│ 64,889│ 530,904│ 1,328,021
1885 │ 513,507│ 75,165│ 575,887│ 1,397,131
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_Year._│ _Sheep._ │ _Swine._ │ _Value of
│ │ │ live
│ │ │ stock._
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1861 │ 17,569│ 138,224│ $3,332,450
1865 │ 82,662│ 95,429│ 7,324,659
1866 │ 108,287│ 127,875│ 9,127,306
1867 │ 106,287│ 132,750│ 10,081,590
1868 │ 101,789│ 140,662│ 9,962,311
1869 │ 107,896│ 137,848│ 12,902,830
1870 │ 109,088│ 206,587│ 23,173,185
1871 │ 115,000│ 304,800│ 31,823,484
1872 │ 116,100│ 381,000│ 28,488,704
1873 │ 123,000│ 457,200│ 30,013,898
1874 │ 141,000│ 484,600│ 31,163,058
1875 │ 106,224│ 292,658│ 28,610,257
1876 │ 143,962│ 330,355│ 32,489,293
1877 │ 205,770│ 704,862│ 33,015,647
1878 │ 243,760│ 1,195,014│ 36,913,534
1879 │ 311,862│ 1,264,494│ 54,775,497
1880 │ 426,492│ 1,281,630│ 61,563,956
1881 │ 806,323│ 1,173,199│ 69,814,340
1882 │ 978,077│ 1,228,683│ 83,869,199
1883 │ 1,154,196│ 1,393,968│104,539,888
1884 │ 1,206,297│ 1,953,144│115,645,050
1885 │ 875,193│ 2,461,520│117,881,699
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