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U.S. Census Office Nonpopulation Census Schedule 2. Grandview Township, Lyon County, Minnesota, 1880. 
Minnesota Historical Society Library Collection, Microfilm Roll 6A, Frame 341.

NAME: Carpenter, George W.

TENURE: Owner

ACRES OF LAND.

• IMPROVED Tilled including fallow and grass in rotation (whether pasture or meadow): 57
• IMPROVED Permanent meadows, permanent pastures, orchards, vineyards: 15
• UNIMPROVED Woodland and forest: 0
• UNIMPROVED Other unimproved, including old fields not growing wood: 8

FARM VALUES (in dollars)

• farm, including land, fences, and buildings: $800
• farming implements and machinery: $100
• Live Stock: $315

FENCES

• Cost of building and repairing in 1879: 0
• Cost of fertilizers purchased in 1879:

LABOR

• Amount paid for wages for farm labor during 1879, including value of board: $200
• Weeks hired labor in 1879 upon farm (and dairy) excluding housework: 34
• Estimated value of all farm productions (sold, consumed, or on hand) for 1879: $790

GRASS LANDS

• Acerage 1879, Mown: 14
• Acerage 1879, Not Mown: 1
• Products Harvested in 1879:
  • Hay: 28 tons
  • Clover Seed: 0
  • Grass Seed: 0
• Horses of all ages on hand June 1, 1880: 3
• Mules and Asses, all ages, on hand June 1, 1880: 0

NEAT CATTLE AND THEIR PRODUCTS

ON HAND JUNE 1, 1880

• Working oxen: 1
• Milch cows: 2
• Other: 3

MOVEMENT, 1879.

• Calves dropped: 1
• Cattle of all ages purchased: 0
• Cattle of all ages sold living: 0
• Cattle of all ages slaughtered: 0
• Cattle of all ages died, strayed, and stolen and not recovered: 0
• Milk sold, or sent to butter and cheese factories in 1879: 0

Butter made on the farm in 1879: 80 lbs

Cheese made on the farm in 1879: 0

SHEEP ON HAND JUNE 1, 1879: 0

SWINE ON HAND JUNE 1, 1879: 3

POULTRY ON HAND JUNE 1, 1879, EXCLUSIVE OF SPRING HATCHING

• Barn-yard: 30
• Other: 0

EGGS PRODUCED IN 1879: 80

CEREALS 1879

• Barley: 1/4 acre, 8 bushels
• Buckwheat: 0 acres
• Indian Corn: 3 acres, 150 bushels
• Oats: 1 1/2 acres, 69 bushels
• Rye: 0 acres
• Wheat: 50 acres, 600 bushels

PULSE: 0

FIBER: 0

SUGAR:

• Sorghum, 1879: 1 acre
• Sugar: 0 lbs.
• Molasses: 22 gallons

BROOM CORN 1879: 3 acres, 1500 Lbs.

HOPS, 1879: 0

POTATOES, (Irish) 1879: 2 acres, 150 bushels

POTATOES, (Sweet) 1879: 0

TOBACCO, 1879: 0

ORCHARDS, 1879: 0

NURSERIES 1879: 0

MARKET GARDENS: 0

BEES 1879: 0

FOREST PRODUCTS: 0