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1900

Rock County recorded its 1900 crop and dairy production (1,929 acres of wheat, 122,694 acres of corn, 15,711 acres of barley, 5,741 acres of rye, 2,611 acres of tobacco, 3,369,911 pounds of butter, 287,300 pounds of cheese, among other figures).

Meanwhile, closer to home

Beloit1900During 1900

A union mission Sunday school was organized by Rev. Charles Kelsey, out of which the West Side Presbyterian Church grew; a Ladies' Aid Society, older than that church, was also organized in 1900.

Beloit1900During 1900

Lawrence E. added a retail lumber yard to his sash, door and blind business.

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In the year 1900 there was a total of 1,929 acres of wheat, with a crop of 7,935 bushels ; 122,694 acres of corn, which yielded 3,580,321 bushels; 15,711 acres of barley, which produced 388,655 bushels ; 91,888 bushels of oats, with a yield of 72,101.547 bushels ; 5,741 acres of rye, which harvested 36,797 bushels; 2,611 acres of tobacco, from which were gathered 10,206,544 pounds. This year 3,369,911 pounds of butter, and 287,300 pounds of cheese were made.

Brown, William Fiske, editor. Rock County, Wisconsin: A New History of Its Cities, Villages, Towns, Citizens and Varied Interests, from the Earliest Times, Up to Date. Chicago: C. F. Cooper & Co., 1908. 2 vols. archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon01brow, archive.org/details/rockcountywiscon02brow.Vol. 1, PDF p. 435 / book p. 402

1900

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1900

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In the year 1900 there was a total of 1,929 acres of wheat, with a crop of 7,935 bushels ; 122,694 acres of corn, which yielded 3,580,321 bushels; 15,711 acres of barley, which produced 388,655 bushels ; 91,888 bushels of oats, with a yield of 72,101.547 bushels ; 5,741 acres of rye, which harvested 36,797 bushels; 2,611 acres of tobacco, from which were gathered 10,206,544 pounds. This year 3,369,911 pounds of butter, and 287,300 pounds of cheese were made.