The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1858-01-14

punctually fulfilled, and her banking
institutions, with very Few temporary
exceptions, have performed their en-
tire duty Of specie payments, without
evasion and without delay.
/ The disorders and embarrassments Of
the present time they manfully encoun-
tered, must soon pass away. They may
check for a moment, h1t cannot arrest
the Advancement of the State Our
fertile SOIL our productive mines, and
our varied industry, viii soon redress
present Inconvenience, and revive, in
full measure, our financial prosperity.
OUR INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES.
That you may clearly see the found
ations Of this anticipation, permit me
TO direct your attention 10 brief review
Of our industrial condition, which will
be more fully exhibited by the reports Of
the Commissioner of Statistics, and of the
State Board Of Agriculture.
OF the 1886, $3.50 acres which con
stituto the area Of the State, according
to Federal computation, no portion
worth consideration, can be classed as
absolutely uncultiyable. Only TO-
100000 acres, however, are actually cul
tivated, aud Of these, only about 5000,
600 acres by the pillow, while more than
! l5,00O,000 yet remain to be brought un-
der contribution to our power and
wealth.
This whole area, with a trihing ex.
ception, is reduced to individual own
ership, and is divided among about
I27O, OOprOpristors, excluding the own
ers Of town lots. The average quantity
of land held by each proprietor, is os-
timated at about ninety acres.
The division Of the land into small
properties promotes improvement in
methods Of culture, augments product.
ion, insures individual Independence
and contributes largely to the security
Of public freedom. Every tendency in
the opposite direction should watchfully
be observed, and wisely checked.
The value Of these properties as as.
sosscd for taxation, is S435, ,602, ,Gj5, and
that of town lots and chattels is, S4l3,.
G27 42G-making an aggregate Of S849,.
| 329,OS1 The real valuelargely exceeds
! 600, 100000.
POPULATION NEAR TWO AND A HALF
MILLIONS.
The present population of the State
upon the best attainable data, is esti
mated at 100000 persons, of whom
nearly all, except the very young or We.
ry old, are actively engaged in pursuits
which increase or preserve public OF
private wealth.
The efficiency of this vast human en-.
ergy is enhanced almost beyond com.
putation by the machinery so exten.
sively introduced into every depart,
mont of industry. The agricultural
machines, put in operation during the
last few years, do the work of more
than 100, 900 agricultural laborers, anC
do it quicker, better, and cheaper thar
they could. 1t is difficult to make any
estimate even prozimately accurate, il
respect to machiuery otherwise employ
ed 1t is reasonably computed, howev
er, that the steam engines alone, now il
use in Ohio, perform labor equal il
quantity to that Of more than half
million men, and in bettcr quality, Al
cheaper in cost.
The forces Of nature thus engaged {,
the service of man, through the instru
mentality Of machinery, augment th
means of existence, comfort and enjoy
mont in Ohio, at least fourfold. The
results are seen on every hand, in tn
increased rewards Of labor, and in th
improved and constantly improving con
b dition of the people.
Some general statements, under a fey
heads, win clearly exhibit the more i'm
Portant elements Of this industrial pro
gress.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
In lS57 according 10 the best In
formation, the value Of Vego-
, table products, was S67 ,952 so
p The value Of animals aud animal
! products 90
Total value OF ogric'ral products SI5l ,s67 so
, Ia 1873 according 10 the
} census Of $50, the yal-
} ne Of vegetable pro-
ducts was 4I,55i $40
, That Of nimBls aud au-
/ imul products, 43,A5S,095
3 Making total value Ofag-
ricutural products 69,0l2,6l
] And showing hn increase Of au-
nual agricultural pr0ductioniu iu
eight years G2,65f ,85
+ The value oflive stock IN 1851 was 1867 49,
E" 1850 " AI2l7i
Increase in sovsn years s2g,565,7l
No single fact connected with the az
ricultural results Of the past year, j
probably Of greater importance than th
establishment by actual experiment, Of
the practicability Of the profitable cul
turo in Ohio, Of the Sorghum, or Chi
nese aud African Sugar canes. Tn
cost Of these experiments TO the publ
spirited agriculturists by whom the
were made, in land, labor, and machine
: Try, is estimated at not less than SiOO.
600. Their result secures TO our apri
culture q new plant, the cultivation ol
which promises most liberal returns 10
labor aud capital in the form Of fOrag,
/ syrup, and, probably sugar The cuI
ture Of the grape has also been largel
extended bringing into most proftabl
use hillsides too steep for other cultur,
4 II. MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC ARTS,
AND MINES.
@ The value Of Che products ofMan-
ulacturos and Mechanic Arts in
1887, "a estimated az . lo0 000OO