New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-27
FROM ONO.
WESTERN RESERVE,


BUsINEss-OHIO GREAT STATE.
Correspondence Of The N Y. Tribune.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May r., 1857.
Ever since the farmers of Ashtabula sent that
monster cheese TO the President at Washington
quite outdoDg the cheese which the Berkshire
Mass farmers sent to JeHerson-tbe Western
Reserve has had the reputation abroad of being
principally grazing country. stranger, ia pess-
ing through this section of the State, viii not be
90 much struck with the looks of the soil n when
passing through the lands on esther eide Of the Sci
otto and Miami As q general thing, the sell has
hard, claycy cold look, and doss not seem adapted
to the culture Of grain to the bsst advantage. N
doubtedly however, there are large tracts et ex-
cellent grain auds in this section OF the State.
There it, however, a neatness aud a hOme-ish box To
the farms and villages on the Reserve which not
characteristic OF the parts settled by |rgunaas and
Kentuckians. The hedge-rows are cleaned up, she
ruit-trees are growing thrAiy, the gardens are
'eneed aud the houses painted, whle around every
establishment are the signs Of thrift and pNenh.
Taken as y whole the farms, villages, and towns OF
the Reserve have more home-like and thrifty look
than in any other equally large section of the State.
Casual visitors who only travel on the railroads, are
n danger Of getting wrong impressions OF the Ne
serve The railways are built so as to avoid the
ihoroughfsres on which the villages and sra-im-
proyements are 10 be seen. For instance, there IS
not railway route leading through Cuyahoga
County or even Lake and AshSabua, which gives
the traveller even a toleraby fair idea of the coun-
try and its improvements
When Moses Cleareland pitched bis teat at
Conneaut. and Nathaniel DoaYe bulk his cabin at
Cleveland the three YilLon asd quarter acres oil
the Western Reserve, exclusive of the Fire
Lands, at GONernmnsnt prices would not oslng as
much ~ the iarn-laads in Ashtabula Or ITumbuh
County will now bri1g. have had the curiosity to
examine the census of 1850, in order 10 get soEle
items concerning AZ counties of Ashtnb'da, lrnn-
bull. Mahonng Gealga, Lake, Portage, eyHhoga'
and Summit. The aggregate value Of thu farms IN
these counties ia round nnmberA ~ set dOwn AZ
nearly $40, 900, goo. There We're in these counties
about % 900 nsch co9s, 900 worh-oxen, lOO, -
600 other cattle, zoo, 00O sheep, 10000 Aogs Ihs
value Of live stock in these counties vas put down
AT $50 COO and the value VI slaughtered anlin1s
| al $40 CO. These counties In l-Jl produced fs'
,nosc OO0 090 bushels of wheat abSat Wv
bushels Indian corni 800 OOobnshels oil Oa'
| l. $50 600 pounds oi wool; ever 3,vVs,oO p0unAsDk
butter; lc,yn,U09 pounds OF chesss, and aoon u
than COO COWS turns oat 704 90 pounds OF butter
and 40. 600 pounds OF cheese Which is arger than
the Weld Of any other county IN thu state, 5" y As
cheese is caneerned, Trumbah comes nexs ytsd'
ing 4s52, 000 pounds of cheese. Stark aOunty,
which = IN the tier Of cOantes immediately aosth OF
the Reserve, Yields l,2llW0 pounds IL htter'
| which is ths largest III the Slate
| five compare these Reserve counties MA those
| living on the Scioto, Licking, Hooking VnrDy ana
Miami Rivers We see that the sources Vi wealth are
| quite different. For instance, Plckavay, VITA -
magnificent sllay1l plains, makes 3)O.Vvp pounds o.
| butter and $1,000 pounds Of chess against 'hs
| ECO 500 pounds Of butter aud o,5Us,VSO POahSs
cheese Of Ashtabuls while on the otaee had Sp] ha
~ 600 hogs and ~, 00O cattle (fOr btienng) asans
| the G. 200 boo, and II, 900 cattle Of Ashtabua y
also Ru,ler County, on tie Miami, makes very httl'
bu,ter nd cheese but raises abOat JUO,UoO DusneI
| az ubest and near 3 coo 900 bushels u corn. y
I slender returns Of Indian corn Ia Geau9a ana Lsh
| quite shrink into insgDifcance eoItrasted WIN ~
500 600 bushels Of corn in Franklin, OF the =, ~,
| eco bushels in Pickaway, or the 2,-4oooo oxSne'
| the largest Weld in any county OF Ross, a tn
| mid., Of which Chlicothe is situated.
| There are the counties Of Wayne and Stara who
| raise each over 5O0 0O0 bushels OF wheat: ID
| County of Stark gave the largest yield OF wheat
1880 making the high figure OF On, 5y4 bushels,
| least il seems 50 until you turn 10 tts l'lil,Vv
bushels welded in Livingston County AID the Hi
| eco bushels yielded. III Sionror N"uA1y' t''"
But for I'll this, the Buckeye State raises shn"'
| ECO 600 bushels Of wheat more tnan the Emplr
State
| Ohio Yields annually ~, OOO,0t9 pounds 0i WOO
If which m. Western RI serve yels about One-hftt
ONT OF the 20 go, coo pounds vi cheese made in Il
state. the Reserve makes 100000 pounds.
respect to her agricultural products, the Reser'
furnishes her proportion nobly. 1t is true she cal
not boast Of monster corn-felds, ike those in Il
. vicinity Of Chilhcotbe, Columbus and Dayton. III
, | farmers do no. as a Common thing need horse
: reach tire distant fields OF tue plantation. ID
some in Southern snd Central Ohio, bat she h
, | many "hith farms well tiled Th' division
her au... ,n,e uory fasrs gives heE y ciety comPs