ALEXANDER COUNTY, NC - CENSUS - John N. Adams, 1860, 1870, 1880
				Agricultural Census
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AGRICULTURAL CENSUS: John N. Adams, 1860, 1870, 1880: Gwaltney Township, 
Alexander County, North Carolina
 

Agricultural Census Figures for John Norman Adams 

Year 			   1860  1870 	1880

Acres improved 		    12 	  20 	"51 (50 tilled, 1 pasture)"

Acres unimproved 	    38 	  77 	"48 (38 woods, 10 old fields)"

Total Acres 		    50 	  97 	  99

Value of farm 		  $150 	$300 	$300 

Value of farm implements   $12 	 $40 	 $60 

Value of Livestock 	  $170  $350 	$140 

Value of farm production 		$175 

Horses 			     1 	   2 	   2

Asses/Mules 		     1	   2	   1

Cows			     2     2	   3

Other Cattle		     5     3	   2

Cows reported stryed 	     0 	   0	   1

Cows killed by dogs	     0	   0	   2

lbs of butter		    50 	 100	  82

Sheep			     5     5	   7

lbs of wool 		     5     5 	   7

Swine			     9     7 	  13

Chickens		     0     0	   3

"Eggs, dozen"		     0	   0 	  75

"Wheat, bushels"	    46	  15 	  40 (4 acres)

"Indian corn, bushels" 	   200   130	 200 (25 acres)

"Oats, bushels" 	    20    75 	 100 (16 acres)

"Rye, bushels" 		     0     5	   0

"Cotton, bales" 	     0	   0	   1 (1 acre)

"Tobacco, lbs." 	    60     0       0

"Peas/Beans, bushels"	     2     0      15

"Irish potatoes, bushels"   10    10      15 (1/4 acres)

"Sweet potatoes, bushels"   25    10 	  50 (1/4 acres)

"Flax, lbs." 		    20    10 	   0

"Flax seed, bushels" 	     1     1 	   0

"Sorghum molasses, gallons"  0    10 	  15 (2 acres)

Apple trees 				  40 (1 acre)

"Apples, bushels" 			  10

"Apples, value"				  $5 

"Wood, cords" 				  40

"Wood, value"				 $40 

Value of home manufacture  $10   $25 

Value of animals slaughtered $15 $70