Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-12-06
Resources of Ohio.

is remarkable. For instance, last year the
number of horses returned by The ussess.rs
was 402 sos This year The number OF
horses retlrned is 574,844, being an increase
Of l72.l49 horses IN one year. Hogs show
q similar result. Last wear 'he nomSer sf
hogs returned was l,299,746. This year
The number is 2. .34l 5O2, being an increase
oil 04r756. Las, year the number Of
canle was l56,7O0 This year The mum.
brr is l506 563, being an increase Of $685..
1858. Last year the number of sheep was
3,O50,799. This year The number is 3,773,~
1856, being an increase Of 722 ,275
Ii is well understood that III ere has been
no uch increase of cattle, horses, sheep
aud hogs in This State as is here indicated.
1t is also well known that vast number
was mol returned last yea,. The law rscA
exempted $500 OF personal properly from
luxation. and thousands Of persons gavu
Ih,ir stock &c, 10 their children, for lhe
purpose of escaping the tax. This was NOT
a very homes, or credlabIe perlorlnance, bur
II is quite INJURIOUS tina, il was done, and iu
an extent that is made very apparent by
the returns Of This year.
The to,nl value Of horses, mul S, caule
sheep and swine Of The S,a,e MS return, d by
the assessors this year, is $53 68023l.-
The lolaI valuation OF the sam, as returned
las, year, was $33, ,759,797, being an in-
crease over !asI year Of $l9,920,434
We are not posted on the amount Of Tho
Wheat crop this year, but ills probably less
'han il has been for the las, three years.
We give iha rrlurns as published In 1850
The nnmbpr Of bushels Of wheat returned by
the assessors was 28 760,l39 bushels. ln
1851, it was 25 3O9 225. Ia 1859 il wa$
20 962,774 The average produce of
wheat per acre, in so was II $40 bushels.
In 81 it was Is 2.l0, and in '52 i, was was
IA l. 10 bushels,
The corn crop Of this year is no, yes
known. We think The average OF lhe S,a.c
is about medium, though in sume parts the
(aiIure has been decdtd. In The north pnr,
of The S.u,e we think il is better than i, has
been for years. In 1850 The assessors re-.
turns showed crop OF Sc .6l9 608 bushels.
though several counties are not returned iH
The list Of ,ha, year. In 1851 the return
|
bushels. This makes an average Of about
36 bushels 10 the acre. Oi course The
|experience Of The world is, ,ha, these esi-
mates and returns of the assessors only ap~
proximales ,oHard The truth, and that the
amounts really produced are much larger
Than the nn,uunrs returned. Many pessnns
suppose these qu' sions ure asked .hem Tor
the purpose of making basis loT iaxaliUtr
and give their answers accordingly.
OF The 88 counties in Ohio. Asalabula has
the largest number of acres Of land, being
returned at 442,663 acres. Licking stands
next, having 1868 acre S. and Muskin.
gum The third, having 4l9.l34 acres -
These are The only ones that have over
400 900 acres. Five counties are returned
a. less ,hsn 200 000 acres. These are Lake,
Erie. Ouowa, PauIding and Pike. The
smallest is Pau'ding, which has returned
only 1876. l59 acres.
The land Exclusive Of town and city fols)
in three connlies is returned with a valua.
lion Of over ten millions Of dollars. Ham.
ilton at $19 446 700. Butler al $l0.782 939.
and franklin al $1O.l3O934. Three coun.
ties are returned a, less than one million viz:
Fulton a, $482. 500. PauIding at $496, ,e45,
and Ouowa al 1850 929.
The highest average valuation per acre
exclusive Of city and town lots) is Hamil.
ION, which is $77,74 per acre. Butler
stands at $36.90. Cuyahoga at $35 81,
Montgomery al 33 ,55, and Franklin q, $780,
! 29. TIE lowest is Fulton, which stands as
r $192
We think the most inaccurate table in the
entire lsI is The valuation OF buildings IN
e the several counties. Let US Eok al some
Of these returns. But seven counties are
returned with buildings worth a million Of
dollars. We name Them in the older Of
their amounts.
Il, Hamilton $2,243 96O, Summit $132s..
637 Butler $ll98,816, Portage 81 145,-
674, Clermom $lO4l 935. S,ark 81 OIL, =
Q 1873, Mon gomery $l0l0.6l2.
MuSkingum county is reported NJ ol "
$360,398. These buildings do MOI iielnJs
c The towns and clies bur il the relu,is ure
v v reliaLle linen we have forTrd wrong rSli.
'' mnle of the relative Improvements in tho
'' counieS Of The STATE.
= As we stated in our former arit lc ON lhs
- subj CT, lhe total value oi lhc real estate in
:. OHIO, as returned by the assessors is $780,.
;. 964835, Lust year The lo,ul value Of per-
sona properly returned for taxation was
$l52 644.763,.. We have called upnn Tho
=, The Auditor Of Stale for the purpose Of get
W ting the exact amount Of personality return.
pl ed Tor taxation this year but he informs us
IL Iha, FIVE counlirs have YET failed TO make
}. their return, though the law requires this tC
Ie be done sometime earlier than this. But ht
y informs US that The lola1 Of personality Ihi.
Dr year will not be- hess than $2l0 600 000.-
ID Assuming this as the amount, we have aIl
10 amount Of increase, since last year, in per.
D. sonaiy of abnuI sirty million Of dollars -
ID This is no, all increase OF wealth but has
le been parIialy produced by change in the
2. tax law, which this wear exemp ed only 6fy
rs dollars Of each individual from taxation,
le while last year the law exempted t,ro hun
IS dred dollars. There has been a large nat
Of arai increase, but not 10 This extent.
lie The basis for taxation This fall will be the
A. real estate as appraised in 1876, valued a
OF 24495,7;2, and the personal eSlule return
v ed by the assessors The pms, season, amount
n ing 10 abou, $2l0 600 600, making an az