The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-11-10
Ohio Agricultural Report for Is47.

COMPILATION or INTERESTING SrATIsTIGs.
We present a collection OF interesting Stats
teal facts compiled rom the pages of the
last Ohio Agricultural Report. We re
mark, moreover, that the report was compiled
by Mr. ]. II. Klippart the able Corresponding
SecretarJ OF the Ohio State Board of Agricul.
turc, and he has done his work we'll.
sUPERFICEs or OHIO.
Mr.. Klippart represents the supcliiceS Of
Ohio and its agricultural divisions as follows;
So. Miles
to 70 iie BounIary iaqe .............., 4a,5oo
Land Odise. 1896
.,...ns.Hn. .a. Acres.
{" Occupied or Attached to Farms. 70 500 600
Actually Cultivated, lin lsj7,l u,5@3,T3l
I" : - of plow land 6,526 l6I
:! of meadow. J, ,7J5 $40
Orchards, Gardens and Yards....... 600o00
poad and Public Improvements s......... 424 900
T'.wn Llts......... .................., 2l,fO0
Woodands-unoccupied and uncnitigatedl3 l3419,370
Of this there belongs Woodlands to Farms
in Cultivation. ....... s,jlOO00
Wild Lands belonging 10 II n-residents.. 4939, $40
Land owners, exclusive OF owners OF Town
lots. ..............- .......... ~ eco
On LIST April, 1857, there were Govt lands So ls0
Av'ge amt OF land held by each person
PRODUCTION OF CEREALS.
The production Of cereals is mainly confined
to southern and middle Ohio The Western
Reserve, embracing tract of 100000 acres is
best adapted to grazing and Dairy purposes
In 1856 not a county within the original limits
Of the Reserve produced 100000 bushels of
wheat nor did any, excepting Huron and Erie
counties produce 10000 bushels OF corn. Ge-
f,,,, nft IL
COUNTIES, viz: 56,426 bushels Of wheat and 1866
250 of corn. That year, however, was rather
below the average productiveness in cereals
The number Of acres sown in wheat in 1886 in
the State ofOho was 14TS, l64 producing 15,-
333 1897 bushels; an average of ten bushels per
acre. Acres ofcOrn planted the same year D.
QSl,S13, producing 81 ,3Q2, ,5l5 bushels; and av-
croge Of q lu,hels per acre. Butler was the
only county in tn, State that produced more
than 100000 bushels Of whea at Montgomery
only produced over five hundred thousand and
undsr 100000; Greene, Stark and Preblc only
pro luccd over 100000 and unr er 5O0tO). In
1850 Stark alsne produced 100000. Biowh,
Champaign, Clark, Darke, Fairfield, Highlard,
Miami, Muskngum, Ross, Warren and Wash
ington produced over 100000 and under AGO,
0OO bushels; Adams, Belmont Clcrmont Clin-
ton, FTdnkIlH hOiIlue MOI
gan, Perry, PicRaway, Richland, Seneca, Tusca-
rawos and Wayne produced over 100000 and
under 100000. From this it appears that only
| four northern counties produced over 100000
bushels of wheat in 1880. Paulding produced
only s, 1897 bushels, being less than any other
county in Ohio.
1t appears also that firmors arc withdrawing
| their land from the cultivation Of wheat the
N idgc or the red wcevil and other insects, COM
bincd with winter killing and other Obstructive
causes, proving Encouragement to them. In
1855 there had been reduction since 1850 o
the area Sown OF 250Q0 acres and daring that
period farmers lost 20O000C01 bushels 10y, eau
ses above cited. The crop of1&57 is estimated
at 25,0O0CC0 to 28G00 ,00O bushels. The prac.
tice ofunderdrainng clayey soils is reconmen-
ded as an antidote against some of the causes
destroying the wheat crop. The losses from
1853 to 1856 inclusive, attributed to dcstruc-
tive insects want Of understanding, &c, is ex-
hihitn1 nc f,lloyS