Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-03-20
Ohio Statistics

Mansfield, Commissioner Of Statistics for
the State of Ohio, has been published
From it VIC condensc 4 few items of in.
terest.
The crop Of Indian Corn has steadily
increased. Dividing the last nine year:
into periods Of three years each. we find
the increase to be about 64,000.OOO bush
els for the first period. &c. 900, 900 for the
seconp and 67, 900 GOO for the third. This
increase has arisen from increase of acres
planted. A peculiar fact is noticed. that
the corn crop for ten years until 1860, had
been uniformly bad in even years, and good
In odd years. Tho average crop of odd year;
1861 to 1859, was 100000 bushels
more than the average crops of even years
lS50to 1855. The year IS6O was the best
ever known for corn. Tie crop is estima.
ted at 80, 900 600 bushels.
The greatest wheat crop in quantity and
average was that of 1850. The crop of
1850 is estimated at %, 900, 900 bushels.
The production in ten years has been 200,-
OOO.0 0O bushels. The people at the ut
most all vance Per head, have not consum-
cd over half this quantity. The balance
was exported. This is equivalent to the
bread support of 1000. 600 of people for
that period-or equal to the support Of the
Kingdom Of Denmark.
The oat crop of 1850 was about 20, 000,-
600 bushels, and about 100000 acres
planted.
The crop of barley in 1859 was 1885,
577 bushels. being nearly five times that
Of 1885. Buckwhcat increased from $685.
600 in 1889, and 63S.G00 in 1919. 70
sop. lac bushels in 1859.
The hay crop for 1859 was l,366,O5J
tons. varying but little from the average
for twenty years. The general average
crop is l l-3 ton to the acre.
The production of potatoes in 1859 was
5000, 900 bushels, being nearly the same
as in 1889 and 1919,
The increase Of live stock from 1910 to
1850 Vas 81 per cent. from 1850 to 1860
it was Gl per cent, being IS per cent. on
horses and mules. 40 per cent, on cattle.
and 10 per cent, on hogs, Sheep have de-
creased. 1t is estimated that 10000
Ohio cattle are annually transported to
eastern maIk.ts.
The improved lands amount to lS.05l,-
945 acres, and unimproved to 1920
I54, acres. During the past ten years
$500, 452 acres valued at $40 per acre.
have been reduced to cultivation. The
agricultural exports of the State for 1860
were sj6.4+6.7 97, being nearly half the
whole value of the products.
There are $4,000 people employed in
manufacture in Ohio, and the val
ne of the product is 81 100000. This
in Cincinnati exceeds that Of
New York City. The distillation of liquors
has decreased. The present quantity is
about 100000 gallons, consuming al
most 5000. 900 bushels of grain. The
of meats annually packed in Ohio is
about $4,000, 900. The pig iron pro-
1uccd in 1860 was $500 tons, S3,l7l.-
300; requiring 81 furnaces and 5000
hands. The increase since 1850 is 100
per cent. The salt produced is 1000. 900
bushels. worth $685. 900; the production
in ten years being quadrupled. The in
i~ustriaI Establishments Exclusive of pig
metal and coal-arc set down at l0.S6i
the State; value of productions being
1922. S67. 200. Of these Cuyahoga County
furnishes $50; producing sj,9l3, 100
Hamilton County is the only one ahead of
t in this respect. The coal mining for
1850 employed 1000 hands, producing
80, 600, 900 bushels, worth Sj.Oo0,O00.
The property of the State consists Of
,537, S9+,3ll in real estate. and s24S,-
los, 290 personal, making an aggregate
If s5SS, SOP, COL. The increase in value
ten years has been almost 100 per cent.
Ike general aggregate debt of the State is
estimated at S23O.52j,63S
There are no reliable statistics Of births
md deaths. The marriage licences issued
or the years ending July, 1860, amounted
%, los. To these should be added )
about ten Per cent. for marriage banns-
The number is larger than for 1859, but
ess than the two preceding years. The
Indictments for the year were 1862, eIhib-
ting no material change from the three
preceding years. The crimes against prop
are about the some number as those
against persons. A comparison with the
statistics show that life is not so
here, but that the people are more
prosperous. In 1860. there were a muir
Iers, So suicides, $50 casualties. OF the
after, the greatest number were by drown
Nc. and railroads next. The latter have
zen diminished, and no passengers lost
heir lives on the cars. Getting on and
# the cars is 4 frequent cause of fatal &C
The number of paupcrs in the infrmaries
Turing the year was S,265; those receiving
utdoor relief estimated at 10000. The
lumber of new buildings of all kinds in
$50 vas 700. valued at 81, $50, 737, being
less number than during any year since F;
$50. The value of new buildings erected
ince 1850 is Si5.560.O00. The natur-
l~izations in 1860 we're more numerous
nan in any preceding year, numbering :
0.479, about half being from Germany. {
The churches number $3.50 valued at :
7~,8T6,536. 1
In ten years the number of churches /
as increased 1850, and the value S2.l03. !
1872 and sc per cent, respectively $
the cost of churches to increase a
tile faster than numbers. though both !
ave increased more than the population :
d 1850 the churches accommodations sit !
ingsl returned in Ohio, were l.457,76 SO, :
: an average of 30 persons to eacl church. :
-ssuming the same ratio, VIC have now :
accommodations for l,95S.930. Deduc- I
ne from the whole population Of the !
tate those under five years ofage, and the L
OK, infrm and absent, there arc ample
sittings for the entire population. I
he Roman Catholics generally have the !
Irgest accommodations to each church; the !
and Moravians the least :
The Commissioners finally notices that
Cemeteries have greatly increased, and \