1905-06 Bureau of Labor & Industries Statistics

Rock County NEGenWeb Project
a part of the USGenWeb Project

This is a directory of manufacturing estabishments and laborious tally of crops produced in Rock County, Nebraska in the year 1905 to 1906. The purpose of this historical contexts is to show what businesses or industries were available and what farmers were producing as well in Rock County. It also shows a few business owner's names.

Directory of Manufacturing Estabishments in Nebraska
Arranged By Specified Industries

Steam Railroad Companies

Chicago & Northwestern R.R. -- Long Pine

Flour And Grist Mills

Kyner, Stephen H. -- Long Pine

Newspapers, Etc. --- See Job Printing, Bookbinding, etc.

Bassett - Rock County Leader -- Bassett
Long Pine Journal -- Long Pine
Newport Republican -- Newport

Planning Mill Products

Upstill, R. A. -- Long Pine

Nebraska Crop Statistics for Rock County

YEAR	ACREAGE	AVERAGE YIELD per acre	PRODUCTION BUSHELS	VALUE
*CORN*
1905	13,156	22.0	289,482	$115,772.80
1906	15,028	28.4	425,796	$157,914.14
*WINTER WHEAT*
1905	265	15.3	4,054	$2,837.80
1906	493	16.6	8,183	$5,318.95
*SPRING WHEAT*
1905	1,011	15.5	15,670	$10,969.00
1906	694	13.3	9,230	$5,814.90
*OATS*
1905	5,055	33.4	147,324	$42,484.75
1906	4,780	30.8	147,324	$41,222.72
*BARLEY*
1905	1,160	20.0	23,200	$8,584.00
1906	87	30.0	2,610	$1,044.00
*RYE*
1905	1,086	16.4	17,810	$10,688.00
1906	706	15.0	10,590	$5,295.00
*ALFALFA*
1905	323	2.5	807	$7,263.00
1906	678	3.1	2,095	$16,760.00
*WILD HAY*
1905	--	--	--	--
1906	74,004	1.15	83,104	$510,624.00
*SPELTZ* (hard wheat)
1905	--	--	--	--
1906	2,308	32.7	75,808	$28,357.00
*IRISH POTATOES*
1905	--	--	--	--
1906	590	115.0	67,850	$27,140.00

Deaths Among Cattles, Horses and Mules
resulting from Corn-Stalk Disease

YEAR	CATTLES	HORSES & MULES
1904	185	5
1905	45	--
1906	--	--

Citations

Burrett Bush, Deputy Commissioner; and Don C. Despain, Chief Clerk. Bureau of Labor and Industries Statistics for the State of Nebraska, Bennial Report: 1905-1906 (Lincoln, Nebraska: 1907): 47, 60, 84, 98, 183, 185, 187, 189, 191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 201, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211, 213, 215, 219, 221, & 223. Google eBooks, http://books.google.com (accessed: November 2, 2008).

Created on ... January 1, 2013

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