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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│ │ │ │ │ │ │ _Value of
_Year._│_Horses._│_Mules._│_Cows._│_Cattle._│_Sheep._ │_Swine._ │ live
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ stock._
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1861 │ 20,344│ 1,496│ 28,550│ 74,905│ 17,569│ 138,224│ $3,332,450
1865 │ 32,469│ 2,490│ 71,996│ 130,307│ 82,662│ 95,429│ 7,324,659
1866 │ 38,968│ 2,863│ 82,075│ 139,428│ 108,287│ 127,875│ 9,127,306
1867 │ 39,968│ 2,936│ 85,120│ 140,560│ 106,287│ 132,750│ 10,081,590
1868 │ 42,859│ 2,405│ 89,461│ 146,399│ 101,789│ 149,662│ 9,962,311
1869 │ 50,573│ 2,597│109,142│ 165,430│ 107,896│ 137,848│ 12,902,830
1870 │ 117,786│ 11,786│123,440│ 250,527│ 109,088│ 206,587│ 23,173,185
1871 │ 156,000│ 14,900│162,000│ 345,000│ 115,000│ 304,800│ 31,823,484
1872 │ 180,900│ 16,300│191,100│ 397,400│ 116,100│ 381,000│ 28,488,704
1873 │ 198,900│ 17,400│214,000│ 457,000│ 123,000│ 457,200│ 30,013,898
1874 │ 220,700│ 19,100│231,000│ 507,200│ 141,000│ 484,600│ 31,163,058
1875 │ 207,376│ 24,964│225,028│ 478,295│ 106,224│ 292,658│ 28,610,257
1876 │ 214,811│ 26,421│227,274│ 473,350│ 143,962│ 330,355│ 32,489,293
1877 │ 241,208│ 32,628│261,642│ 519,346│ 205,770│ 704,862│ 33,015,647
1878 │ 274,450│ 40,564│286,241│ 586,002│ 243,760│1,195,044│ 36,913,534
1879 │ 324,766│ 51,981│322,020│ 654,443│ 311,862│1,264,494│ 54,775,497
1880 │ 367,589│ 58,303│366,640│ 748,672│ 426,492│1,281,630│ 61,563,956
1881 │ 383,805│ 58,780│406,706│ 839,751│ 806,323│1,173,199│ 69,814,340
1882 │ 398,678│ 56,654│433,381│ 971,116│ 978,077│1,228,683│ 83,869,199
1883 │ 423,426│ 59,262│471,548│1,133,154│1,154,196│1,393,968│104,539,888
1884 │ 461,136│ 64,889│530,904│1,328,021│1,206,297│1,953,144│115,645,050
1885 │ 513,507│ 75,165│575,887│1,397,131│ 875,193│2,461,520│117,881,699
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