The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1860-02-16
wood County---its Resources and
improvements.


We have been favored with the report OF the
Auditor Of the State Tor the year 1859 and from
itwclearn The following facts in relation to tbe
resources aud Improvements Of Wood county:
IL contains 333 359 acres Of land. IS returned
on the duplicate for taxation; how msny acres
there are, within the limits OF the county, not
yet liable to'sxaton, does not appear; but &C.
cording to the quantity returned. Woo county
is the argos, county Of and in the State, eX
cepting only the counties OF Licking, Ross,
Trumbull and Mushingum. Were all its lands |
returned for taxation, it woald undoubtedly be
the largest county of land in the State, without
exception. The aggregate value OF its land is
returned at 81 037, TAI, but 10 this valuato
considerable amount WILL during the present ychr
| be odded, ns the result Of the late reapprsse-
mcnt, anl tho action Of the State Board OF
| Equalization. The value Of It's real estate in
town, and village, is returned at S2l9, ,293 and
tho value Of its chattel property at S62l ,225;
but this valuation OF chnttel property is much
over than it should be-nuch less in proportion
10 the actual wealth OF the county, than any
other county in the Stute The number of horses
returned was A7l5, valued at el7i S96. average
value si0;--of cattle i,779 value Sl23, ,026
average value, about @S so. Mules 80, val
ne 1927. average value, about S23. Sheep H.
967' value Sl2 23G, average value, about Sl 100
Hogs Ia 223, value SlG0Il aver age value, about
~ OF. Carriages SOL. value S33 23l, average
value about 735. Watches 297, value 90 329
| average value about Sl3 Pianos 30, value 81 :
s55 average value 500 rs The value of
! personal property invested in merchant stock,
I was returned at al7 923 invested in manufac,
G lures stock, at 30 900. Moneys on hand re-
c turned at S5l ,20S Value Of credits Book acc S
&c. returned at 42 l53 Value OF stock in cor.
s poraions, at Sl6l, of all Other personal prop.
. erty, at S3T, OIL. The total value Of special
y taxes levied in Wool county for the year 1859
. was alS 0s9 43 Railroad bond interest &C.
j. l79 AZ Poor tax 22, 76t "a. Total of take,
o for ell Other purposes than State tax S6S 32a
t and for State tux @l0 800 73 The smount o
| wheat sown for 1889, WAS 6757 acres produce
y S2506 bushels; of rye, SIT acres. produce 4,93t
bushels; Of barley, 273 acres, produce 3 2S bush
y els Of buckwheat, 1888 acres, produce q SlS
}. bushels; of corn 10 29t acres, produce 2l0,O7t
: bushels, OF meadow, 10 0S9 acres, produce l459
tons; OF potatoes, l0l7 acres, produce, 81, or
,c bushels. Number of sheep killed and injured
ie by dogs, i63, value 1918; either the dogs seecte
ct the best in the focks, or the average value O
sheep for taxation is only half what it is for 9th
Of er purposes. The citizens Of Wood Count
OF have certainly no reason to be ashamed OF tn
he appearances it makes among the other couute
Ak in hisState. During the last ten wears its pre-
he gress has ben rapid. 1t has moro than double
cr in population, in she quantity Of lands unde
~ cultivation in the amount of rops raised in tn
to valuation OF its real and personal estate, and
IT'S The proportion of its real estate that is owned
*. residents. In all these things as we'll as in m,
or ny Others that We might mantion, the progre.
of Wood County has been exceedingly rapid
sh Those who arc interested in the prosperity OF ou
,a county, and who have Witnessed its rapid &C
~ ,anCcment have been greatly gra'iisd thereb,
'"' The progress Of the county has but just begur
TO II will continue to advance and in ten years wi
ut take The position that tho extent IL its territor
~, the richness OF its soil and the Charscte Of il
= people entitlc us to claim for it.
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