PRODUCTION, INDUSTRY, COMMUNICATIONS
569
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
