Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-06-14
Ohio Statistics.

The Fourth Annual report Of E. D. Mans
field, Commissioner f Statistics fer the State
ef Ohio, has been published From If We con
dense few items OF interest:
The crop of Indian corn has steadily increas-
ed. Dividing the last nine years into periods
Of three years each, we find the increase to be
about "a 100000 bushels for the first period,
66000,000 for the second, and 67000,000 for
the third. The increase has arisen from in
crease 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 COED in odd years. The average crop Of
odd years 1851 TO 1859, was l9,500,000 bush
els more than the average crops of even years
1880 to 1888. The year 1860 was the best
ever known for corn. The crop is estimated at
90,0O0,00O bushels.
The greatest wheat crop in quantity and
average was that Of 1850. The crop of 1860
is estimated at % ,OO0,OOO bushels. The pro-
duction in ten years has been 2O0,0O0000
bushels. The people at the utmost allowance
per head, have not consumed over half this
quantity. The balance was exported. This is
equivalent to the bread support OF 100000 of
people for that period-or equal to the support
OF the Kingdom oi Denmark
The oat crop Of 1860 was about 10000 900
bushels, aud about 100000 acres planted
l'hc crop of barley in 1859 was l,638,577
bushels. being near.y five times the cr"p Of
I849, and nearly eight times that Of 1888.
Buckwhcat Increased from 633 Gee in 1889.
and 638 0CO il 1910, TO 3O42 l76 buehe,s in
1889.
The hay crop for 1859 waz I.3Ga055 tons,
varying but little from the average tor twenty
years. The general average crop is l-3 tons
10 the acre.
The production Of potatoes in 1859 was
! 5,000.000 bushels. being near ) the same ls IN
1919.
The increase Of live stock from 1910 to 1850
was 81 per cent, from 1850 to 1860, 1t was 6I
per cent. being GO per cent. on horses and
mules, 40 per cent. on cattle, and p per cent
on hogs. Sheep have decreased. 1t is estimated
that 10000 Ohio cattle are annually trans
ported to the eastern markets.
The improved lands amount to ID, 81, ,94s
acres, and unimproved to l2,2l0,l54 acres
During the past ten years 3,200452 acres
valued at $40 per acre, have been reduced II
cultivation. The agricultural exports of tht
State State for 1860 were S56,446,797
being nearly half the whole value of the pro
ducts.
+ There are $4,000 people employed in cloth
ing manufacture in Ohio, and the value of tn
product is Sl6,000,OO0. This department ii
Cincinnati exceeds that of New York City
, The distilatioE of liquors has decreased. T'h
| present quantity is about 100000 gallons
] consuming 100000 bu of grain. The valu
; Of meats annually packed in Ohio is about Sl2
t 100000. The pig iron produced in 1860 wa
: 1858 tons, worth S3l7 900, required s.
e furnaces and 5000 hands. The increase sine
1850 is 100 per cent. The salt produced
ri 100000 bushels, worth 100000; the pro
f duction in ten years being quadrupled. Th
y "IndustIial Establishments exclusive Of pi
e metal and coal---are set down at l0,864 in th
o State value of the productions being 1922, ,86I
r 200 Ofthese CuyahogG county furnishes 38(
: producing S6,913,769. Hamilton county
{ the only one ahead of it in this respect. Th
n coal mining for 1860 employed 1000 hand
o producing 5O,O00,OO0 bushels, worth $4,000
d 900.
d The property OF the State consists of S637
e 894,31 in real estate, $246, ,408290 persona
n making aggregate of S868,302, COL
The increase in value in ten years has bee
f, almost. 100 per cent. The general aggr
1f gale debt of the Stats is estimated at $23l
ID l25,638.
= There is no reliable statistics of births al
y deaths. The marriage licenses issued for Il
lr year ending July, 1860, amounted 10 23,l0
N 10 these should be added about ten per cen
d for marriage banns. The number is larg
Ii than for 1850, but less than the two precesdir
years. The indictments for the year were
1t 362, exhibiting no material change from Il
le three preceding years. The crimes again
+ property are about the same number as tho