Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-05-07
From the Cincinnati Chronicle.
Agricultural Exports Of Ohio.

The basis Of commercial prosperity is Agri-
cultural production. So also the ebassof Nation
al wealth is land and labor. Political economists
have attempted to separate them, and found their
systems upon one or the other Of these elements,
but il is impossible; for neither can subssl with
out the other. The artisan must find both sub
sislence for his body, and material for his ART or
the ART itself is al an end. The merchant must
find both producers and consumers, or his traffic
is al an end. Leaving all partial ideas Of political
economy aside, TO discover The sources of perma.
nenI prosperity, we must look to the production
Of The soil. This is the solid aliment of physi.
cal growth.
In the soil Of Ohio, nature has furnished an in.
exhausIable mine Of wealth ndslrenglh. Look.
ing only 10 its agriculture, Ohio presents some
remarkable facts. Scarcely an equal erteHt of
surface can be found any where on the globe,
which is all arabic. This Ohio is; for The ex.
ceptions in swamp, hill or gravel are too small to
be noticeable in the great aggregate. This sur.
face is considerably larger than all of Ireland,
and it is certain could easily subsst twelve mil
lions Of people. We have before us documents,
and among others the Report of the State Agri-
cultural Society, which show this fact beyond a
doubt. Of our crops, Indian corn must necessa-
rily be the chief one, SO long as il remains the
cheapest food for carle and swine; for so long
these animals will remain among the most profit.
able articles for which the farmer can obtain reas
dy money. Much is said as to the great abun-
bance of the corn crop; but few have realizing
idea of the enormous facility for raising Indian
Germ in the western states. We will give an ex-
ample, which can be understood by all. The
papers yaunt not a lille of the amount Of Indian
corn we have exported to Great Britain; but let
the reader reflect on this, that ttco townships of
one county Of Ohio raised more corn, in i846.
than amounted to one-lourth Of all we exported
to Great Britain in that year! And let him also
reflect that tlcO counties in Ohio raised more than
we exported to all the world!
The townships of SciOto and Liberty, in the
county of Ross, contain Al ,653 acres-ralher less
than the average quantity of land in townships
Their agriculture is various, and corn raised only
on the bottoms. Much of the land is also in
woods, The products of these townships were
accurately examined and reported. This exam
ination proved that they had raised $500 bush.
els of corn on about onethird the surface of these
townships This fact is enough to show that the
limits Of corn production in Ohio are beyond al.
most any possible conception of demand.
Our object now is to show the actual exports
of agricultural productions from Ohio in the last
five years. This we can do almost exactly
The following tables embrace the exports of the
principal articles, sufficiently near for all com.
merclal purposes.
/. EXPORT OF FLOUR AND WHEAT.
The exports Of these articles, as well as near
y all others, are from the ports of Cleveland,
Sandusky, Huron, Toledo and Conneaut, on Lake
Erie; and from Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Har-
mar, on the Ohio river. These are the outlets OF
all the public works, and of the principal streams
and roads. We have precise tables of exports
from these, the chief points of commerce.
In the table below, we have reduced the wheat
exported to barrels of flour, at The rate of five
bushels 10 each barrel