CATTLE (1870)
The following information relates to cattle herd size in the Reeseville community according to the 1870 agricultural census schedules for the Towns of Lowell, Portland and Elba and the Village of Reeseville.
NOTE: For each household the number of milch cows and other cattle were totaled to reach "total number" of cattle per household.
There were 1056 cattle in a total of 144 households for the Reeseville community. This meant that the median size of a household's herd was 7.3 cattle in 1870.
| Number of "total" cattle owned by the household | Number of households with this size of herd |
| 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 14 |
| 3 | 18 |
| 4 | 23 |
| 5 | 16 |
| 6 | 22 |
| 7 | 15 |
| 8 | 10 |
| 9 | 3 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 |
| 13 | 4 |
| 14 | 0 |
| 14 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 1 |
| 18 | 1 |
| 21 | 1 |
| 26 | 1 |
| 50 | 1 |
The households in 1870 with the largest cattle herds were:
Households with 13 "total" cattle: Daniel Breucher, James O'Leary, Melchior Bickel, John Miller
Household with 15 "total" cattle: Martin Nagler
Household with 16 "total" cattle: Johanna Steindorf
Household with 17 "total" cattle: J.M. Kohn
Household with 18 "total" cattle: Christian Kohn
Household with 21 "total" cattle: James Fox
Household with 26 "total" cattle: John Kohn
Household with 50 "total" cattle: Samuel Austin