, 1870-01-14


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body, even fpopl tho United states Cover
. ment, but notfrom~ the State Of Illinois
we ase at ioss to understand.
IS INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS,
!. The shte Of Ohio has hitherto. w. b
| heye, nintalred the most thorough syytc;
q Of stat statistics attempted by any State c
+ the nion. Two years ago, to the regret
i all who appreciate the great need and lac
Of trustworthy information on the man
points involved, the duties of Commisaione
Of statifics were merged in those OF tb
Secretary Of State, and the statistical ropos
comes TO Us, therefore, rs supplement /.
that Of the hitler officer, who receives u.
additional compensation for the labor in
Volved in tho two Offices. The statiot, c
gathered relate to crops, capacity Of soil,
weather, climate and temperature, MIR
rages, divorces, births, deaths, n4.urAl,xs
ton, CHIMES, pauperism, conveyances,
building, roada, banks, taxation, trade,
commerce, and manufactures.
The report endorses the conclusions
reached by Nj. Kiippa1t in his Geoluglca al
Survey, that soils derive their fertility from
their geologic character. and thnt those
which are composed of drift and transport
| cd nntcrial are moro fertile than those
which are derived mainly from the rocks
which Immediately unaerlie them. Tad,
Tho five counles Of Defiance, Lucas, o.
taWa, Hancock, and Paulding haso pro-
duccd an average Of 81 34-1O0 bushois Of
corn to the acre for eighteen yea.s,
while the i've counties of jackson, law
renee, Hooking. Athens, and Washington
produced Only '23 23-iUU bushels per acre
during the same period. The soil Of ali tbs
former is DRIFT or TRANSPORTED material.
while in the latter it is in part alluviun,
and in part soil, formed from the rocks
which It oYe1lies. In the Miami Vuley,
which, with the Scsota, comprise tho best
com lands in the State, tho soil is drif.
and a1luvium, and the corn crop for
eighteen yea1s has averaged 3B.I7
bushels per acre. In tho sciota
it averages, for the Rame period,
3714. In the AIaumse valIos
wheat yields l2.G3 bushels per aero for
eighteen Jears, while in tho Hooking Valley
yields 8.48, in the Afiami 1881, and In
Lhe 6ciota 1l.5y. These facLs, covering 50
lung period, 60 far to establish the quo.
logic theory.
Th1es-fonrtbs Of the grippe crop isgathcrea
in the ei1 counties Of Ashtabula, Belmont,
cuynhogs. Erie, Lorraine, aad Ottawa. The
crop Of 1865 is only half that of 18c7,-the
number Of pounds Of grapes gathered de-
clining from 5,52e, ,227 in 1867 to 2,e37,7s7
1868, and the number Of gallons of wine
pressed from 29o,o2o to 143, 3,7G7. The
apple crop increased from ., ,7a3, ,s9e bushels
in 1867 to 1i,G37,5l5 in 1868, while |
peaches and pears declined. Dividing the
State into three nearly equal portions
by lines drawn east and west, the
thiIty-threo northern counties OF the
State produced in 1868 l4.40 bushels
Of Wheat per acre, the tIi1ty.three central
counties produced 1924 bushels per acre,
and the twenty-five southern counties pro
duced Sal bushels. But the arerage crop
for eleven years has been 1l.94 bushels for |
the northern, 1919 for the central, and |
BEL for the southern thus fhowiDg that !
the northern section Of the State is advano-
ing in fertility. while the southern is do |
clining-owing manifastly to the greater
accessibility to markets, aud consequent |
stinulns to prolific production and good I
farming in the northern end Of the Stats.
The Miami Valley {Cincinnati District)
Produces 3s.12 bushels of corn per acre,
the Western Reserve Cleveland DISTRICT
37.s9 bushels, the Hooking Valley 3i.9s.
the Sciota Valley 3i.ca, Muskingum 3y,G9
Maumee lFo'edo md sandusky) :,o.ae,
aud Ohio River counties Eastezn) 1928.
Oats produced, l9, ,o5s, ,e5e bushels, on 75s.-
573 acres, being m average Of 1886 bushels
per acre. This is nbout the Same per aczo
as tho crops of previous years.
Tho dai1y products Of Ohio aro steadily
The product Of butter WIS
Sc, ,440,49s lbs in 1860, from whence it de-
clined to 3l,1.l,275 in 1868, md but little
moro in 1864, advancing since tho war
ended to 81 ,o05, ,378, but not yet returning
to the product OF 1850. The product Of
cheese wcs o4,sls,42o lbs in 1860,
whence it steadily declined to 1G,oi7,9os
IN 1869, ard in 1868 was only
17,8l4,59o. These figures, as we'll as all |
the totals Of crops during tho war, show
clearly that tle1o bas been great diminu-
t1on in production, notwithstanding the
stimulus Imputed to industry by the high
prices,
Maple sugar declined from s,e5l, ,Isi lbs
IN 1859 10 3,51o,932 lbs III 1868. Horscs
tro 704 :57s, snl ara worth ,Si7,96l, ,833.
being an average value Of $685. OF per head
u increase in number and price since 1864.
Cattle decreased au1itg the war from BOZ
~ in 1861 to 1,e44, ,327 in 1866. and are
It'll only 1,+9.,5R1, OF fower by 30 per
,cnt tlan in 1860.
Sheep, in 1869, a,e G, ,27o,64o, which is a
1ec'lne from 1865 Of l,4lG,2oi in their
aumbcr, and sA,e45,o29 in their value,
-hough there are stal nearly tvico the nun
per Of 1850, viz, 3,:6s,l74. l.
."ss are fewer than IN 1861, being ,455,-
34a in 1869 against 2,24o,s in 1861, lis
heavy decreabe being in 1861, when the
number fell from :,7G5,9oO to 1,GlC,5l6,
doubtless in supplying the enormous do
nand Of our armies.
Pig iron, which had reached product Of {
LOB, 500 tons in 1860, fell to 20, 704 in 1863, 1
md bas since advanced 10 81,7g0 tons in
'sCG, lG7, ,59l tons in 1867, md e07,7+G in .
eC9.
Three thousand manufacturing estab-
ifhments, employing cash capital at :
$50. GOO ,0c0, produce an annual product of
'l0i, ,G57,G1.. which is IN increase Of 100
'er cent over that Of 1860.
l7,6So buildings Of all kinds weso erscted :
I the State during the year 1859, of u !!
otal vnluo Of S13,3So,lsI. 3;
Marriages., which Eora 23,l0G in 1860, >
cclircd to 1920 i'll 1863, roso u, ao,4oo !:
, 1860, md settled down TO a3,elO iu
eG9. !.
Divorces wern 1908 in 1869, Of which !.
1? wire for adultery, l06 for cruelty, AGO r
II absence and neglect, and tho reminder ;,
2s drunkenness, fraud, etc. Three hum i:
sed and forty suits for divorce were denioa.