Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-01-19

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|, Some general statements, under 9 few
heads, will clearly exhibit the more inn
Iporlant elements OF this industyial progress.
I.a s4gzicaltstr Rfearcts.
In 1851. nceofdinR the best information,
The EssIlss shS PfoSaSs Snma Tps pro-
duets, IS -" - - c-'-7 IN sa,sl5,Ooo
Total value OF agricultsrai products, eI5I,ee7 500
In ls40, according To the census st5 Z t.
cf 1850, the value OF vegcta- A
Bile products was = 45,5j4,540 u
That of animals and animal pro- L -. Pc. ...tt I
Making total value of aericui, - ag
Aud showing an increase Of annual agri- 5000
cultural production in eight years, ss9 1884, ,s53
The value Of lye stock in Iss 1897 was sz3SsE zso
Increase in seven years, sQO,5s5, ,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 agricul-
turists by whom they were made, in land.
labor and machinery, is estimated at not
less than 100000. Their results secure
to our agriculture new plant, the culti-
vation of which promises most liberal re-
turns 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 Arts and
:. s.s Mines. .a :.'.r.f.
The value of the products of Manufactures f.j
0n1M Zach nta ri In lie imn
ted at - :, s1Oo, 900, 900
The value of the products of Mines, IO,OOO,OOo
Total value of products in 1857, snO,OOo,OOO
The value of tho like products in Ie49, ac-
cordng to the Federal census, was 6o,647, ,o59
Showing an increase of annual production
in eight years, 81, ,74I
Ill. Commerce and Navigation
tonnage Of Them, 49,, ,sse,ess tons.
." :" "a '.'.'' {" is4y, 57,1OO &c
Increase in seven years, 4s,41 I"
Vessels entered Ohio ports from Canada
in 1856, 6l2
Vessels entered same ports from Canada
rJa1sss in 1sss' Of them, ..19@- a4,sss IS !.
Increase in number, '- 1854
" " tonnage, 10. t' 55,ll2 "
.<"f.i w. Railroads.
Miles of Railroad in operation in 1857, 2,s44
sus, e,3e7
Increase in three years, -
Number Of miles constructed in 1857, So
!" ;. in progress, about 300
Total cost Of Railroads in Ohio, 800, ,ooo, 600
Estimated gress receipts, q" 10000 @
'' net 6 ~ .+i-.,.-, = 10000
According to the Compendium of the
Census, Ohio had, in 1854, more miles
of railroad in operation than any other
State of 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. -. ~ r..s. Xxx. ..,- ss,..-.,.
a Be- v. Eeport and Consumption.
The value of vegetable products exported
The value of animal products, "a 4,500,OO0
& Z" products of manufactures, 10000, 900
The total exports as above shown are ssoi ,sS7 800
Leaving for home consumption, $40, ,467 500
4, These condensed statements exhibit,
clearly, the immense actual resources of
the State, and inspire just confidence in
her future progress. yiH /
It will be seen that manufactures and
mines contribute in increasing proportions
to the aggregate of annual pFoductions.-
The coal fields of Ohio are nearly equal to
the entire coal fields of Great Britain, and
fully equalr to those of all Southern Eu
rope. This fact, in connection with the
immense beds of iron ore so widely diff
fused in the States, demonstrates the vast
capacity of Ohio for mineral production
and for manufactures. Still Ohio is en-
phatically an agricultural State. The pro-
ducts of her farms, during the last year,
very largely exceeded in value the entire
cotton crop of the United States. An in
terest so important cannot be too earnestly
commended to Legislative regard.
AN AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE PROPOSED.
The State, Board of Agriculture has per-
formed service of great value In stimu-
latmg and promoting agricultural improve
ment, and its annual reports add largely
to our stores of agricultural knowledge.
! But this Board cannot do all that should
lbe done or must be done, if we wish to
retain our present agricultural position. 1
respectfully suggest to your consideration
the expediency of establishing an Agri-
cultural Institution for the instruction of
the rising generation in those branches OF
knowledge which pertain especially to the
IhSOiy anu pEdCbiCor VI larmluS' ~ 10
thought by persons qualified to Judge.
that such an institution could be so organ
lied and administered that it would almost,
if not altogether, sustain ITSELF. No one
can doubt that any cost of which it could
be the occasion, would be repaid to the
State thousand-fold in benefits.
Il While on the side of Industrial devel-
oPment, there is so much to excite graft
6cation and inspire hope, there is. another
class of facts essential to correct esti-
mate Of our condition, which must not be
overlooked, r-. ~ l.s
OUR DEBPs-sPATE AND IEDIvtDUAL.
! The Commissioner of Statistics has in.
stituted extensive inquiries, with view K