1880 Federal Agricultural Census
Butler Township, Calhoun County, Iowa

This census was taken June 22, 1880, and listed values of farms, equipment, livestock, crops, etc., for the year 1879. The enumerator was Joel A. Gould. You may need to scroll across to see the entire table.

NameOwns/
Rents		Improved
acres		Unimpr.
acres		Value
of land		Value of
buildings,
implements
Value of
livestock		Paid
labor 		Production
sold and
on hand		Mules/
horses		Milk
cows
Other
cattle		Calves
born 		Cattle
sold		Butter
(lbs.) 		SwinePoultryPotatoes
bushels
Corn
bushels		Oats
bushels 		Wheat
bushels		Flax
bushels
Foster, Jacob Owner 98 42 $ 2000 $ 200 $ 1800 $ 145 $ 800 6 23 45 20 6 1000 12 20 40 1500 800 0 0
Van Wagnoner, A. Owner 120 40 $ 2500 $ 200 $ 350 $ 0 $ 600 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1800 0 0 175
Dalton, John Owner 58 0 $ 1000 $ 250 $ 900 $ 0 $ 700 2 17 21 15 0 800 16 40 0 1600 0 42 120
Palmetier, Nelson Owner 60 110 $ 1200 $ 150 $ 950 $ 0 $ 390 6 10 17 9 8 850 4 20 25 500 33 38 0
South, Samuel Owner 40 40 $ 800 $ 150 $ 850 $ 0 $ 300 3 18 18 13 4 700 4 27 60 300 0 60 0
McCallum, Peter Owner 55 15 $ 800 $ 100 $ 500 $ 0 $ 500 3 10 9 9 0 0 7 15 140 1200 200 0 0
McBeth, James Renter 114 46 $ 1900 $ 100 $ 500 $ 0 $ 590 3 4 3 3 10 0 10 4 15 2100 900 0 0
Nevins, Jesse Owner 75 5 $ 1000 $ 150 $ 700 $ 0 $ 390 6 11 18 6 0 700 13 23 50 600 0 50 120
Perkins, Luther Renter 40 40 $ 800 $ 100 $ 575 $ 0 $ 250 5 8 10 5 1 600 18 30 0 800 25 20 0
Holtorf, Carson Owner 120 40 $ 3000 $ 1000 $ 2000 $ 0 $ 1000 7 17 39 12 0 1000 34 42 100 2000 600 114 285
Page, Martin Owner 80 0 $ 1200 $ 150 $ 1000 $ 75 $ 400 4 12 22 9 0 2300 17 34 0 800 120 0 0
Kuhrts, Rimer Owner 90 30 $ 1500 $ 190 $ 700 $ 50 $ 600 4 12 23 10 1 900 15 53 30 100 400 42 140
Geick, Henry Owner 75 85 $ 2000 $ 45 $ 400 $ 0 $ 500 2 10 12 7 0 500 1 13 30 600 250 50 110
Stahlbock, Henry Owner 225 55 $ 4000 $ 300 $ 1800 $ 60 $ 1200 9 11 74 9 3 1200 90 115 80 2200 520 110 275
Parker, DeWitt Owner 60 20 $ 1500 $ 300 $ 900 $ 0 $ 600 6 6 22 3 0 250 45 20 0 1500 450 0 0
Meyer, Christ Owner 75 5 $ 1200 $ 300 $ 1800 $ 0 $ 600 3 10 18 8 0 1000 41 66 75 1500 250 55 85
Holtorf, Claus Owner 150 60 $ 1800 $ 600 $ 500 $ 0 $ 700 6 8 8 4 0 700 29 22 0 1000 0 20 300
Herell, John Owner 70 80 $ 1900 $ 250 $ 700 $ 0 $ 600 4 10 15 9 5 800 68 39 50 600 500 59 275
Gross, Thomas Owner 45 35 $ 1000 $ 50 $ 300 $ 0 $ 600 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 1000 450 180 0
Briggs, Edmund Owner 73 7 $ 2000 $ 400 $ 2000 $ 0 $ 500 8 24 60 10 20 700 40 62 80 400 100 46 50
Delano, Ira R. Owner 50 30 $ 1000 $ 50 $ 700 $ 0 $ 250 6 4 11 4 2 100 21 26 400 500 240 0 0
Hammon, Thomas Owner 60 20 $ 1000 $ 150 $ 950 $ 0 $ 380 6 10 30 10 4 500 13 43 30 800 130 42 32
Hanson, Hans Renter 80 0 $ 1000 $ 100 $ 600 $ 0 $ 270 6 8 18 8 1 400 50 25 0 575 75 20 100
Wells, George Owner 65 15 $ 1500 $ 200 $ 600 $ 0 $ 300 3 11 15 9 1 700 17 50 100 400 140 0 42
Mudge, Isaac Owner 70 90 $ 2000 $ 200 $ 500 $ 0 $ 500 2 7 11 6 1 500 6 30 18 600 125 160 0
Meyer, Fred. Owner 70 70 $ 1400 $ 400 $ 1300 $ 0 $ 1300 3 14 42 13 7 1000 60 20 80 800 300 54 64
Keifer, Nicholas Owner 80 0 $ 1500 $ 300 $ 2000 $ 0 $ 2000 11 23 54 18 16 600 100 20 100 1600 635 180 0
Strong, Harvey Renter 45 35 $ 800 $ 150 $ 350 $ 0 $ 300 2 3 4 3 0 140 15 50 50 1000 0 0 0
Wells, Thomas Owner 120 300 $ 3000 $ 150 $ 2000 $ 200 $ 1200 8 23 62 21 1 1500 41 75 200 2000 480 200 51
Shipman, Wm. C. Owner 60 20 $ 900 $ 100 $ 600 $ 0 $ 390 2 10 14 9 1 1000 16 35 0 100 0 0 240
Troon, Richard Owner 55 25 $ 800 $ 50 $ 400 $ 0 $ 400 3 5 5 5 0 400 223 15 30 300 0 0 250
Morris, Alex Owner 65 95 $ 1500 $ 300 $ 1100 $ 0 $ 650 7 12 17 14 3 1900 29 22 15 600 35 150 180
Bean, John Owner 105 55 $ 2000 $ 200 $ 1200 $ 0 $ 1000 7 13 22 8 13 700 34 113 50 1600 10 240 240
Bean, Augustus Owner 55 25 $ 800 $ 150 $ 750 $ 0 $ 375 5 9 21 7 1 400 18 60 75 200 5 150 106
Caldwell, Thomas Owner 60 20 $ 1000 $ 150 $ 800 $ 0 $ 500 3 5 55 3 0 150 10 20 0 1200 20 0 150
Brandow, Buel Owner 115 85 $ 1500 $ 180 $ 1500 $ 0 $ 850 11 11 49 7 1 700 17 104 30 1200 20 80 240
Morris, Charles Owner 60 20 $ 1000 $ 50 $ 250 $ 0 $ 325 2 1 2 1 0 100 2 23 0 200 12 25 160
Albright, William Owner 50 70 $ 1000 $ 100 $ 625 $ 0 $ 300 4 9 15 7 1 0 55 24 0 500 0 0 150
Dixon, James H. Owner 120 40 $ 1500 $ 200 $ 2000 $ 200 $ 1000 9 22 53 18 3 1500 70 30 30 1500 60 50 100
Lory, Francis Renter 100 60 $ 1500 $ 1200 $ 1200 $ 0 $ 850 6 14 41 14 0 120 40 30 70 2000 35 97 170
Becker, Joseph Owner 100 60 $ 1600 $ 900 $ 900 $ 0 $ 700 4 10 21 9 0 800 50 30 50 1200 30 100 150
Knoke, William Owner 60 100 $ 1500 $ 1800 $ 1800 $ 400 $ 1000 7 19 61 18 11 1400 80 30 30 1200 25 70 450
Goddard, Joseph Owner 50 30 $ 1000 $ 550 $ 550 $ 0 $ 500 4 2 10 2 9 300 9 28 25 300 12 50 75
Drommer, John Owner 70 10 $ 1200 $ 1000 $ 1000 $ 0 $ 1200 4 15 37 13 6 120 34 27 50 900 41 108 0
Drommer, Charles Renter 55 25 $ 800 $ 200 $ 200 $ 0 $ 200 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 178 50 120
Dangerfield, Samuel Renter 60 20 $ 900 $ 225 $ 225 $ 0 $ 225 2 1 0 0 0 0 15 8 0 900 40 36 50
Albrecht, John Henry Owner 160 160 $ 2500 $ 1800 $ 1800 $ 0 $ 890 7 22 63 19 15 1400 75 86 50 1300 85 90 76
Speice, George Owner 70 10 $ 800 $ 75 $ 300 $ 0 $ 550 2 2 2 2 0 0 11 20 0 800 42 0 0
Stacy, Peter Renter 70 10 $ 700 $ 100 $ 200 $ 0 $ 400 2 14 25 10 10 100 0 0 0 600 450 0 140
Horton, Ambrose A. Owner 75 12 $ 600 $ 0 $ 700 $ 0 $ 320 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 450 0 0 200