1860 Census and Summaries
1860 Agricultural Productivity
Franklin County wheat farmers were more productive on average and on a per acre basis than their Augusta counterparts, especially on the best soil. Augusta’s corn production exceeded Franklin’s on average and on a per acre basis. In other major agricultural products the counties compared favorably.
| Augusta | Franklin | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production per farm | Production per acre | Production per farm | Production per acre | |||||
| Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | Mean | Median | |
| COWS | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 4.6 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 4.8 | 5 | 0.06 | 0.04 |
| Best Soil | 4.7 | 4 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 5.1 | 5 | 0.05 | 0.05 |
| Medium Soil | 4.4 | 3.5 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 4.6 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| Worst Soil | 3.6 | 3.5 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 3.8 | 3 | 0.06 | 0.05 |
| CATTLE | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 12 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 7.7 | 6 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Best Soil | 12.2 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 7.7 | 7 | 0.07 | 0.06 |
| Medium Soil | 11.6 | 6 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 6.2 | 4 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| Worst Soil | 9.9 | 3.5 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 5.5 | 4 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| SWINE | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 22.3 | 19 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 15.1 | 12 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Best Soil | 22.5 | 20 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 18.2 | 15 | 0.19 | 0.15 |
| Medium Soil | 27.2 | 16 | 0.19 | 0.15 | 12.1 | 10 | 0.16 | 0.11 |
| Worst Soil | 12.7 | 12 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 7.3 | 6 | 0.14 | 0.07 |
| WHEAT | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 248.4 | 165 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 334.2 | 277.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 |
| Best Soil | 225.2 | 175 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 425.3 | 400 | 4 | 3.8 |
| Medium Soil | 281.5 | 200.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 246.8 | 200 | 2.4 | 2 |
| Worst Soil | 126.4 | 50 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 111.6 | 50 | 1.2 | 0.9 |
| CORN | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 548.8 | 400 | 3.5 | 3 | 286.4 | 200 | 3 | 2.3 |
| Best Soil | 556.8 | 400 | 3.5 | 3 | 343.8 | 300 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Medium Soil | 561.9 | 400 | 3.5 | 3 | 222.6 | 162 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| Worst Soil | 441.2 | 225 | 3.1 | 3 | 203.9 | 115 | 2 | 1.7 |
| HAY | ||||||||
| County Avg. | 17.1 | 10 | 0.1 | 0.09 | 21 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.18 |
| Best Soil | 16.8 | 10.5 | 0.1 | 0.09 | 21.6 | 20 | 0.22 | 0.19 |
| Medium Soil | 21.9 | 11 | 0.12 | 0.13 | 18.8 | 18 | 0.18 | 0.17 |
| Worst Soil | 13.1 | 5 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 16 | 9 | 0.21 | 0.18 |