The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-01-28
Agriculture in Ohio.
Productive and Non-Prodnctive
Counties.
Completion of the Statistical Re-
view.
| From the Cincinnati Gazstte.l

l. AOAl tLS SihNAA&ioSA O@ootlC
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 4.
l herewith complete the review of sta
tistics ofpcrops, etc, in Ohio, as Shown
by the forthcoming report of the State
Board of Agriculture.
TOBACCO.
Montgomery leads all the counties OF
Ohio in the production of tobacco. s.
$50 acres were devoted to its culture the
last year, aad from these were produced
the enormous quantity of 10S92,4S7
pounds, or between one-fourth and one
third the entire product of the State
Darke County was next, producing g.
$685. $50. Brown came third,with 2,s28,-
422 Monroe fifth, with 2,644, ,40S; No
be sixth with 2,526,022; and Warren
seventh, with 1904, 237. No other coun-
sy reached 2,000,000 pounds.
The only counties in the State that
produced no tobacco were Carroll, Erie.
Geauga and Union. Mahoning only
raised 60 pounds, and stood lowest on
the list. Favette stood next with 100;
Columbiana, 1875; WoodI32; Pickaway,
ITO; Jefferson, 1S0, and Meigs, 300
No other fell below 800 pounds.
The year previous Montgomery led in
tobacco as well as in 1871. and raised
that year 6,SI3,017.
BvTTER.
Lorain County leads the State in but
ter, producing 1,0s0, 500 pounds, Huron
followed pretty closely with 972,744
Stark came third, with $685. ,795; Wayne
was little behind, 965 .712, and Medina
was fifth in rank, with 937, ,720, and Por.
tage sixth, with 907,693. No other
county reached 100000
Paulding produced the smallest quan.
tity of butter. only l32,39S pounds
Pike was next smallest, l63, 500; Ottaws
next, TT, 1863. and Lawrence next, 1885,
022 No other fell below 200, 600
pounds
Summit County led in butter the pre-
vious year, producing l,166,4SS pounds
and Paulding, then as now, was smallest
with 12l, ,695 pounds.
CHEESE.
Lorain has also the honor of leading
in cheese, producing 5,496,690 pounds
Geauga ranks second with 5,095, ,76a
pounds; Trunbull third, 4,l61, ,622 Ash
tabula fourth, 4,133,335; Portage fifth
3,308, 334 M edna sixth, ,004, S92 ,Caya
hoga seventh, 2,442, $50; Summit eighth
II, l,2S3,302, and Ashland ninth, S06, 79S =
These nine counties produce three
fourths of tbs cheese of all Ohio. Nc
other county reaches even half a million
OF pounds.
Carroll County brings up the rear in
cheese, with $50 pounds; Paulding pro
duced 10; Fairfield, %, and no otnel
fel! below 800 pounds,
The previous year Ashtsbula ,lis.anc
ed all competitors in cheese, prod lcine
5,75S,000 pounds, while Ottawa and
Shelby produced none at al and Greene
only SO pounds.
SORGHUM.
Darke County had the greatest nam
Der of acres in sorehuin-S39-an
made therefrom SO pounds Of sngar ans
1921 gallons of syrup Washington
County, however, led the State, for, al
although she made No sugar, she pro
duced 1883 gallons OF syrup from 72$
acres Lawrence is second, with 0,10S
gallons; Clermont thir6,with as pounds
Of sugar, and 53,903 gallons OF syrup
Monroe next, with 53,g94 gallons: No
be fifth, with 355 pounds, and 81 II.
gallons: and Gallia SIKH with 50,G4I
gallons.
Athens County produced ho rsstssu
gar, 6,7Gl pounds, ana no other count,
came near that amount, the next highes
being Guernsey, with $3.50; the mex
Portage, LILO; ana next jefferson
with l,28l. No other. produccd a
much as | ,09o pounds, and 40 other thai