New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-07-10
, ,.gooREss AND CONDITION or OHIO

% '"1I ..,ao. within the last six months Us
e'oO'', !. Instructive to look occasionally ~ on
"S ,.-o.,ion Ohio furnishes an eAanPio VI
's-.,oorrspt in an the elements OF no'iON" c..
80 uhicb has not been exceeded Oy any 80
Po'"% Trn;on For ten years she pas s'No
,,r.rd standing erect when otner coni-
s""a ..''. ,.ors nretentious than herself were
ns.. nv commercial panics, until she mas
now attained a position of strength winch ooD
..,otes her an independent empire, seil'su''aiue
'-s '.,oore.siye while others are Comparatively
s.";op.rv The statistics Of her progress anu
.nd,;on a. laid before her Legislature &c"
month. since, embody multitude OF iac's "noH
80. fail n attract attention wherever kooWn'
Ohio has been the greatest wne"' piV'1oe
State in the Union, having IN inc las. S'n 49,
s.oa,osd oOo GOO 600 bushels, one hall OF when
r.. ho.o sxnorted. The crop of 1860 Is estimated
:. % ooo odo bushels. Like every other wheat
- ,bs average yield per acre has been de-
- In 1850 it was Is bushels, but in 1859
n had sunk 10 7.S, much Of this dechne' now.
aver. being caused by the memorable June irost
of that year. In corn Ohio holds similar pre-
su;nence. In 1850 the crop was 56,00O,OOO
bu.bels exceeding the yield Of any other State;
while in 1860 it was 90,0OO,OO0. There has
never been yield so large. This astonishing III
crease has not arisen from better culture, but
from an increase of acres planted. The ratio
per acre is steadily declining. From 1851 to
1853 il was 36.7 bushels; for three succeeding
yesrs it was 81, then 3l.2 for three years there
after. and 10 1859 it had declined to 29.5. In
1850 the number of acres in corn was 1879
and in 1859 it was 2,43l, 3l2, or tenth OF the
entire State. The area now devoted to corn
planting cannot be greatly increased, because the
allavial lands, on winch only is corn preferred
crop, will soon be all occupied, and because
much larger surface devoted to this grain will
be- aforementioned TO the need Of other staples,
and of rotation in crops. In several counties
this limit of extension has been reached, the
acreage of corn having shown but little increase
during ten years.
In other grains some remarkable changes are
Observable. In l649 barley was raised to the
extent of 354,358 bushels, but in 1859 the pro-
duction had grown to l,6Ss,577 bushels. This
rapid increase is attributable to the manufacture
of vast quantities of beer within that PERIOD
consequent upon the influx of German immigrants
In buckwhsat also there was notable increase,
5000 bushels in l649, and 100000 in 1857
Hay averages II tuns per acre, the annual yield
being I,5OO, 900 tuns. As in all other sections
of our country, the production Of potatoes bias
not kept pace with the demand, and the crop 10
about 5,OOO,O00 bushels. Ohio has increased
largely in horses, cattle, and swine. In lo4O
she had 2, O26, 40l sheep, which had increased to
3,943,0C0 in 1850. This was owing to the tariff
of 1912. New-EDgland went to Ohio for wool,
where immense amounts were purchased. But
the free-trade tariff of 1916 blasted this growth,
and in 1860 the number of sheep bad diminished
to 5, 1863, IA About 1000 600 are annually killed
or injured by dogs. The increase of horses and
cattle is very rapid, chiefly on account of their
easy transportation to market, and the remuner-
at,bg prices obtained in Eastern cities. In the
last ten years the increase Of horses and mules
was 60 per cent, and of cattle 40 per cent
Ohio contains about q, ,000 acres. 13,0O0,-
600 being improved. of which more than 3,OO0,-
600 have been brought into cultivation within ten
years. Not less than 10000 are actually
plOwed land. When compared with New-YOrk,
there viii be found remarkable similarity Of
condition between the two States, thus:
NewYork. Ohio.
Aere
Improved land. ...............l36s74so 1851
UliHpToysd land R saaa
Arabic land :. SbsZ,oot efOO9VVy
Meadow, pasture sndfsIow.... s854,5Sl 7,OSl+s3
1t is quite curious that 30 young State as
Ohio, and containing much less land, should have
attained so near parallel with the State of
New-York. The principal reasons must be found
in the milder climate of Ohio, and her larger
quantity of arabic land Ohio has very large
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