The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1858-11-18
Interesting ssatiStics--OhiO AgrIcuI-
IurnI Report for 1857.

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The Ohio Agricultural Report for last year,
prep1r by Mr.. j. II. kiippart Corresponding
Srcretbry Of the Ohio State Board of Aghcul.
ture, most thorough, industrious. aud efficient
officer by the way, hos been published. From
it We compile some highly interesting stats
tics
suPERFIcEs OF oHIo.
MI Klippart represents The supernccs Of Ohio
and its agricultural divisions, as follows;
So. Miles
Supericcs Of Ohio, including Lnke
Erie to the Boundary Line. d2500I
Land Surface, as returned by the u S.
Land Office, 1868
Acres.
Ian in acres, % j7G $50
" occupied or attached 10 farms, l9800,000
" actually cultivated, (in 1879 ll,5S373l
" consists Of pow
land, G52G,lGl
meadow S,7O5, $40
Orchards, Gardens and Yords, 100000
Roads aud Public improvements, 42l 900
Town lots. 27,7G0
odlands-unoccupied and uncuti-
va,od, l3.l79,3 $40
OF this there b,longs woodlands to
Farms in cultivation, s,GiOOOO
Wild lands belonging to non-resi-
dents, 4o3o,SlO
Lana OWncrS, exclusive oil owners Ot
town lots, 277,oOO
On lst April, 1851, there were Govern
mcn, lands, 80, ,l8O
Average amount of land held by each
person about, Sc
PRODUCTION or CEREALS.
The production of cereals is mainly confined
10 Southern AMI Middle Ohio. The Western Re-
serve embracing trnc tot 100000 acres is best
adapted to grazing ond dOiry purposes In 1850
! not u county within the original limits OF the
Reserve produced 100000 bushels Of wheat, nor
! did any, excepting Huron and Eric Counties
produce 100000 bushels of corn. Geaugu
| county produced the least Of any OF the Re
serve counties, VIZ: 26,426 Bushels Of wheat
aud l26,2j0 of corn. That year, however, was
rather below the average Of productiveness in
cereals The number OF Heres so@ed in wheat
| in 1886 in the State of Ohio was | AIS l6l, pro
ducing l5333.937 bushels an average of ten
bushels per acre. Acres of corn planted the
same year, 2O9l,S93, producing 1852 5l5
bushels an average Of ~ bushels per acre
Butler was the only county in the State that
produced moro than 100000 bushels Of wheat
Montgomery only produced over 100000 and
under 100000 Green, Stark and Prebe only
produced over 400 900 and under 100000. In
1850 Stark alone produced | 100000, Brown,
Champaign, Clark, Darke, Fairfield Highland,
Miami, Muskingum, Ross, Warren and Wash
| ingtOn produced over 300 900 and under 400.
600 bushels: Adams. Belmont, Cermont, Clin-
ton. Franklin, Hamilton, Licking, Monroe,
Morgan, Perry, Pickaway Richund, Saneca,
TuscarawOs and Wayne prodGced over GuU, 900
aud under 100000. From this it appcars that
only four northern Counties produced over 2OO,-
900 hashc!S OF wheat in 1850 Paulding pro
.'uced only 1887 bushels, bsing less than the
production Of any other county in Ohio.
1t appears also that farmers are withdraw
ing their land from the cu tivaton of wheat,
the destruction by tho midge or red weovl and
other insects. combined with winter killing and
; other destructive causes, proving discourage
ment 10 them. In 1885 there had been a re-
ducion since 1880 Of the area sowcd OF 250,-
600 acres and during that period farmers lost
10000 900 by causes above cited. The crop OF
1857 is estimated at $4,000, 600 to 29,00o,O0C
bushels The practice of Undertaking clayey
soils is recommended as an antidote against
some of the causes destroying the wheat crop.
The losses from l032 ~, 1856 inclusive, ottrib-
ute to destructive insects, want OF underain-
ing, &c, is exhibited as follows
IN 1858, 500 3i5 bush.
In 1851, 9729,5il
In 1886, 6,2l7,3