 According to the census of 1880, Benton County stood first in the production of oats, Irish potatoes, tobacco, and butter, and second in the production of Indian corn and wheat, and in the number of horses, sheep, and swine, and in the production of wool. Where Benton County stands second, Washington generally stands first, and where Benton stands first, Washington is second. Benton was preeminently first in the production of tobacco.