The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1858-01-14

Sss'4Sss0 2, 647
eHs5 an increase OF
animal agricultural pro.
duetion in eight years 62,854, 853
The value Of live stock in
1857 was $78,6 1880
The value of live stock in
1850 was 44,12I741
Increase in seven years 500, ,565, 749
No single fact connected with the agri-
cultural results of the past year, is proba-
bly, of greater importance than the estab-
lishment by actual experiment, of the
practicability Of the profitable culture in
Ohio, Of the Sorghum, or Chinese and
African Sugar-canes. The cost of these
experiments to the public spirited agri-
culturists BY whom they were made, in
land, labor, and machinery, is estimated
at not less than 100000. Their results
secure to our agriculture a new plant the
cultivation of which promises most liberal
returns for labor and capital in the form
of forage, syrup, and, probably, sugar.
The culture of the grape has also been
largely extended; bringing into most
profitable use hillsides too steep for other
cultivation.
II. MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC AIRS,
AND MINES.
The value Of the products of Man.
ufactures and Mechanic Arts in
1857, is estimated at t.......... 5lO0 900, 900
The value Of the products of
Mines, at.........,......... 10000 900
Total value orproduct in 1857 :. $llO,O0O, 900
The value Of the like products in
1919, according to the Federal
census, was. s.................... $G2 2,647259
Showing an increase of annual
production in eight years..... $l7,352,7n
III. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.
Vessels built in 1856. 81
Tonnage OF the................29 90, 633 tons
Registered and enrolled tonnage in
l856........................lO .lO6,5u
Registered and enrolled tonnage in
lS4S.........,......,........ 57,IOO "
Increase in seven years &....... 4J,4ll
Vessels entered Ohio ports from ca r.
naia ii 1856 6,................. GIG e"
Tonnage of them. m............... 1885
Vessels entered same ports from
Canada in lS49 ................ 2l9
Tonnage OF them ..s........,... "a, ,433 /"
Increase innumb9r..I, .......... 36l
TONNAGE. .......,... 55,lI2
". RA1LRoADs.
Miles of Railroad in operation in 1857, .2,S4t.
Miles in 1854, according to Compendi-
um Of Census .2,367
lncrrase in three years. s......,...........477
Nui Of miles constructed in 1857 ....50
in progress, about. ..... 80
y of Railroads in Ohio 800, 900 900
lagrOss receipts. .,........ 10, 900 900
net " ,5O0,0 600
GAccording to the Compendium of the
Census, Ohio had in 1854, more miles
OF railroad in operation than any other
State in the Union. The same statement
is probably true at this time. If SO, the
railroads of Ohio form about one-eighth
of all the railroads in the United States,
and more than one fifteenth Of all in the
world
V. EXPORT AND CONSUMPTION.
The value of vegetale products exported in l8-
ol is estimated at. 1923 800 1000
The value OF animal products. ..2l5 100000
mineral ......2, 100 600 |
r.. r. M nm mr.
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Total exports.,.. .............S70,4 400 900
The total products as above are $2Gl ,S67 500 |
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leaving for home consumption $l9l ,467 500
These condensed statements exhibit,
clearly, the immense actual resources of
the State, and inspire a just confidence in
her future progress.
1t will be seen that manufactures and
mines contribute in increasing proper
tons to the aggregate Of, annual produc-
tions. The coal fields Of Ohio are nearly
equal to the entire coal fields of Great
Britain, and fully equal to those Of all
Southern Europe. This fact, in connec-
ton with the immense beds of iron ore so
widely diffused in the State, demon.
strates the vast capacity Of Ohio for min
eral production and for manufactures. =
Still Ohio is emphatically an agricultural
State. The products Of her farms, dur
ing the last year, very largely exceeded |
in value, the entire cotton crop of the u.
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