The total area of Kansas is 52,288,000 acres. In 1865 only 243,712 acres
of this vast territory was under cultivation; in 1870 the area
aggregated 1,360,000 acres; in 1875, 4,749,900 acres; in 1880, 8,868,884
acres; and in 1885, 14,252,815 acres. In the following table I have
compiled figures showing the area under cultivation, and the value of
the crops produced in Kansas each year, from 1865 to 1885, inclusive:
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_Year._ │ _Acres in │ _Value of
│ crops._ │ crops._
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1865 │ 243,712│ $5,347,875
1866 │ 273,903│ 6,023,849
1867 │ 397,622│ 8,129,590
1868 │ 562,120│ 10,467,163
1869 │ 855,801│ 15,807,550
1870 │ 1,360,000│ 18,870,260
1871 │ 1,322,734│ 17,335,120
1872 │ 1,735,595│ 15,498,770
1873 │ 2,530,769│ 28,311,200
1874 │ 3,179,616│ 30,842,630
1875 │ 4,749,900│ 43,970,494
1876 │ 5,035,697│ 45,581,926
1877 │ 5,595,304│ 45,597,051
1878 │ 6,538,727│ 49,914,434
1879 │ 7,769,926│ 60,129,780
1880 │ 8,868,884│ 63,111,634
1881 │ 9,802,719│ 91,910,439
1882 │ 11,043,379│108,177,520
1883 │ 11,364,040│106,707,529
1884 │ 13,011,333│104,297,010
1885 │ 14,252,815│ 92,392,818
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