1885 Kansas Agricultural Census

County	Township	Post Office	Assessor	Page No.
Leavenworth	High Prairie

Name of Occupant of Farm March 1st, 1885	James Coursey	Owner Agent Renter	Owner

Number of Acres of Land	Under Fence	169
	Not Under Fence
	Total Acres	169

Present Cash Value	Of Farm, Including Improvements	$4,000
	Of Farming Implements and Machinery	$500
Total Amount of Wages paid during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885

Fences: Number of Rods of	Stone	X
	Rail
	Board
	Hedge	X
	Wire

Number of Acres sown in fall of 1884	Winter Wheat
	Rye

Number of Acres sown or planted, and to be sown or planted in spring of 1885	Spring Wheat
	Corn	22
	Barley
	Oats	7
	Buckwheat
	Irish potatoes	1
	Sweet Potatoes
	Sorghum
	Castor Beans
	Cotton
	Flax
	Hemp
	Tobacco
	Broom Corn
	Millet	3

Bushels on Hand the yr. ending March 1st, 1885	Corn
	Wheat

Aggregate acres of grasses in cultivation & under fence	Timothy	25
	Clover
	Orchard Grass
	Blue Grass	15
	Other Tame
	Prairie	7

Number of tons of Hay cut in 1884	Tame	50
	Prairie	14

Value of Produce of Gardens marketed during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885		$100
Value of Poultry and Eggs sold during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885
Dairy Products made in family for yr. ending March 1st, 1885 in lbs	Cheese
	Butter	25
Value of Milk sold during the year other than that sold to cheese factories & creameries		$2,000

Livestock	Number on Hand March 1st, 1885	Horses	4
		Mules and Asses	1
		Milk Cows	20
		Other Cattle	9
		Sheep
		Swine	15
	Number that have died of diseases during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885	Horses
		Mules and Asses
		Milk Cows
		Other Cattle
		Sheep
		Swine

Number of sheep killed by dogs during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885
Value of animals fattened, and slaughtered or sold for slaughter during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885	$250

Wool	Number of lbs clipped for 1884

Nurseries	Number of acres

Orchards	Number of trees in bearing	Apple	2,000
		Pear	50
		Peach	1,500
		Plum	6
		Cherry	60
	Number of trees not in bearing	Apple	400
		Pear
		Peach	100
		Plum
		Cherry

Small Fruits	Number of Acres	Raspberries
		Blackberries
		Strawberries

Vineyards	Number of acres	2
	Gallons of Wine made in the yr. ending March 1st, 1885	40

Value of horticultural products marketed in the yr. ending March 1st, 1885	$1,000

Bees	Number of stands
	Number of lbs of Honey produced in 1884
	Number of lbs of Wax produced in 1884

Dogs	Number of	2

Artificial Forest	Trees one year old and over Number of acres	Walnut
		Maple
		Honey Locusts
		Cottonwoods
		Other Varieties

Wood	Value of Wood marketed during the yr. ending March 1st, 1885

Transcribed by Sister Mary Edwin DeCoursey Erica DeCoursey, 2002