Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-01-14
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/. AgricUlturR Products.
In 1857 according to the best information,
the value Of vegetable products, s61, ,e52, SEQ
| :" animals and animal products s2,9l5,Wt
Total value of agricultural products $15 S6I SOC
In 1879 according to the census of
1850, the value of vegetable pro-
ducts was 4555I,5i9
That of animals and animal pro-
Making the total value of agricul-
tural products Ss9,0l2,e4i
And showing an increase of annual agricul-
tural production in eight years S62,S54,S5j
The value of live stock in 1857 was s!S6s7, ,4so
1850 A,121, IA
Increase in seven years s2s, ,566, 7ae
No single fact connected with the agri-
curtural results of the past year, is proba-
bly, of greater importance than the estab-
lishment by actual experiment. of the prac-
ticability of the profitable culture in Ohio,
of Sorghum, or Chinese and African Sugar
canes. The cost of these experiments to
the public spirited agriculturists by whom
they were made, in land, labor and machin-
cry, is estimated at not less than 100000.
Their results secure to our agriculture a
new plant, the cultivation of which prom
ises most liberal returns for labor and capi-
tai in the form of forage, syrup, and, prob
ably, sugar. The culture of the grape has
also been largely extended; bringing into
most profitable use hilsides too steep for
other cultivation.
II. Manufactures, Afeekamie Arts, and Mines.
The value Of the products Of manufactures .,s
at M e'e ~ " -, :. slooooo,oo
The value of the products OF Mines at lo,OOO,oOO
Total value Of products in 1857 ..o slloOoo,ooc
Inc value % oi III, ine nse $50
$3.50
SHOWING an increase Oh anhua pr0aDcnoh s47 40 7.1
III. Commerce and Navigation.
Vessels built in 1856 90 go, 81, 81
ponnsge Of tn them ,o,,od IN 1854 tons
o.,-00
Increase in seven years 4a4n
Vessels 7ssa entered Ohio ports from Canada IN ea
Tonnage of them PASS
Increase in number a64
=" tonnage, sS,11s
Miles of Railroad in operation ioss in 1857 2s44
Miles in 1854 according to Compendium of Census 2s67
Increase in three years AZ
Number OF miles % IL nbast lst SS
Total cost of Railroads in Ohio $4,000 100000 GOO
NS''.A''a net net 'r'' 4,sOSOOO
According 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 rail-
roads 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. Expert and Consumption:
The yass t Oh sese'a'e p'oooe' ssooeoo
The value of animal products 2a5SSSSS 500 600
products Of ofmauufactures 2oOOoOOo
ro,,, e,Dorts s7o4oo,ooo
The total rroductras above shown are -sssl 4e,5oO
Leaving for home consumption -s1ei 45e, 500
These condensed statements exibit, clear
ly, the immense actual resources of the State
and inspire just confidence iu her future
progress.
1t will be seen that manufactures and
mines contribute in increasing proportions
to the aggregate of annual predictions
The coal fields of Ohio are nearly equal to
the entire coal fields of Great Britain, and
fully equal to those of Southern Europe.
This fact. in connection with the immense
beds of iron ore so widely diffused in the
STATE. demonstrates the vast capacity of
Ohio for mineral production and for manu-
factures. Still Ohio is emphatically an ag-
ricultural State. The products of her
farms. during the last wear, very largely ex-
ceed in value. the entire cotton crop of the
limited States. An interest so important
connot bo too oarnostlv commended tn leo-
;sio,;re reoord
IT, Ststa Roord of A or;c,lture b,s nor
e,u.,aJ - = osr;oo - of er,oof voluo in s,;mplo.
t;nr tin nm md nromotiua mr. agriucultnral imnrove-
ne1t and its animal renorts add largely to
~ nnr stores voc of ogr;cnlturaI tnowledoe Rut
The Roord came, do al that s6onId he
done or must be done if we wish to retain
our nresent aor;cultnral nosition. I re-
snoctfnllv suogest to vour consideration.
the exned;encv of establishing an arricul-
t,,rol Inst;tnt;on for the instruction Of the
'afai ins'l'u.lon lot 'n1 ins''II.,on I y, 'ns
rising generation IN those branches OF
knowledge which pertain especially to the
theory and practice of farming. 1t Is thOt
- l.. -. Ga - - tbot s,,ob ON
~ Pe-sous 4u = JuS' 81 i
ministered that it would almost, if not al
tocether. sustain itself No one can doubt
thot onv cost of which Il, coul3 he The oc.