The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-09-11
EvTERESTLNG FIGrRES

FROM Tie report Oi tiie Secretary Oi
State Of The Crop Statistics for 1873 and
1874, we clip the following items Of in
terest:
The arr-ace Of wheat for 1873 WAS
f,7I2. 75G. eng l31. 5}9 acres more than
in 1s7Z. Tie yield was q, 81 3s5 bush
els. showing an increase Of 3, SsG,7
bushels. Not only was the acreage and
total yield much larger, the yield was
also more than bu-hcl and one-rliiri
per acre greater in 1873 than IN 1872.
The Uuuberof acrr- planted 10 corn
was 2 lg1. 29J and the yield 81 59s. .32s
bushels "a, against 2. 80. Zl3 bushels IN
1872 and "A yield Of lU3. G53. 2.;i There
w"s thus decreased Of breadth planted
70 corn and a more than prOpJrJiouare
decrease % crop raised.
OF oar- there were ~. 81 acres Gown
ia 1873 a. against 81 3J4 acre. in i11Z.
with "A yield Of ~. 4Ol. l5o bushels against
q, ,S2j. .7l2 bushels. The acreage Of rye
was -. IJS against p, lGj acr,- the pre-
viOus year and Il crop Of 2Jl, SO bushels
against 29j, Sl3 bushels. Barley was
sOwn 10 the extent Of i3,S12 acres,
against -, 4S3 acres ia ls12 and the
yield was !. .O7i 800 bushels against J.,
52s, 2GG bushels. The acreage Of buck
wheat was u, Ol7 against 34,SS2 acres
in 1s72 and the crop 2l7,0 bushels
against 2GG. SO7 bushels.
The total breadth planted to all kinds
Of grain in 1873 was >. .03G. 3Uj acres,
against ,. 2:}j, 4gJ acres in lS72. The to-
tai crop raised in 1873 was l25, 5J7. 700
bushels against lI9, Gj7, SO bushels ii
Is72
Tie cstent Of meadow ia 1873 was
1.3IJ. lj7 acres, whilst in 1872 it WIS !
322. :3S7. The number Of tons of hay
saved in 1913 was 1,jD2. lGi, and ia 1872
]. .27U.1 10. The decrease ia the acreage
Of timothy meadows in the State, which
has been going on steadily for several
vear--. still continues The highest point
reached was in 1867, when the breadth
Of meadow was !. .jSG. 7Oi acres; from
that it has gone down by regular degrees
TO the present figure of ]. .3lJ. lj7 acres.
Ia clover Gj1, ,l5S acres yielded jGS, 0iS
tons Of hay. and 20. .giI bushels Of seed.
with G.. aS3 acres plowed under for ma
nure. The figures for 1872 were ji9.-
557 acres sown, 1913. III tons Of hay pro
duced. :.JS. gU3 bushels Of seed saved.
and 81, :552 acres plowed under for ma
nure
crease in acres and yield, the number
Of acres cultivated being 43, $50 against
-. .O1S in 1872, the seed raised in 1913
being $3.50 bushels. and pounds of
fibre saved being 500. 7SS. against 457.-
SO bushels of seed and 9, OG0, 5SS pounds
Of fibre the preceding year.
There WAS Il great falling Off in pota-
toes also. The number of acres was
1 i-, I
the yield 5.gG6, 3lG bushels against =
SD. 297 bushels.
Tobacco had IA smaller acreage and a
much larger yield, A., $50 acres produc-
ing 30. 81. 5JS pounds against 81. 800
800 pounds from 4G, 227 acres in 1872.
This was much the largest crop of to-
bacco raised in the State for nine years.
In dairy products there was a decrease
in the amount OF butter and an increase
in cheese the pounds Of butter produced
being 4:}, j:i:}, SGj, and of cheese Sc, sos
$50. against Is. 4l3, 066 pounds of butter
and 81. 4G:}. S57 pounds of cheese in 1872.
There has been a steady increase in the
production of cheese for several years.
the total for 1878 being in excess of that
for many previous years, and double
TINT for some years within the present
decade, whilst the yield of butter is
little under the average for the previous |
three years.
The acreage of sorghum was much |
less in 1873 than in 1872, being 9,I26 |
acres against u, 932 acres. but the yield |
of sugar was much greater, being % |
2i2 pounds against 81, 59G pounds |
There was "A falling OFF im syrup, being |
but G7G. 9lS gallons against 96S. 130 gal |
Ions. The acreage of sorghum is Steadi- |
ly decreasing
Tie number of pounds OF maple su-
gar made in the season of 1874 was ,
$50, 072, and the gallons Of maple syrup |
376. 3IS
The number of acres planted to vine
yard in 1873 was SIS, and in 1872 it was
41. The whole number of acres in the
vineyard in 1868 was 10, The mum
ber of pounds of grapes gathered in
that year was E, Cos G93. against 1G,016.-
I27 pounds in 1872. The gallons of
wine pressed in 1873 numbered POS, 3S6,
and in 1872 the number of gallons was
425. o.;
The orchard crop showed a material
falling OF from the figures of 1872. The
number Of acres reported in orchard
was 3S5 so against 3Sl, CSC acres the
llA'Nh'hN N'tAA- iAf NA'tA VIZ II DID,
f3i bushels of apples in 1873 and 2l,-
G32, 10 bushels in 1872; 9l.516 buShei
peaoie. against IG5, Gl9 bushels in 1872; |
81. O36 bE,leis pears against ij}, 96S |
bushels in 1872. The apple crop was
not much below the usual crop. that Of |
1872 being exceptionally larger, but the |
peach crop of 1873 was an almost total !
failure as compared with Il succession Of |
previous wears.
The sweet potato acreage in 1873 wa;
1852 acres. and the yield 17O, so bush
els. In 1872 it was :, 026 acres and 2I5,-
u32 bushels
The statistics of land owned in 1873
show s III. $50 acres under cultivation.
/, S55, 12j acres in pastrrc, 4,0S5, 800
acres of wood land, and j41. .022 acres
lying waste. making a total of acres
owned. 20. 70S. .322.
The clip of wool reported was IL
10, IG5 pounds. against Il. SO. 2J9
pounds in iS12 The returns show 1SO,-
9O6 dogs to be registered in the State.
The number of sheep killed by dogs in
1872 was 3J.II0, and 35. 42I injured,
making an aggregate of injury to sheep
by dogs SlJ6. n9i.7J The total loss in
1872 was Si6O. StL7j. The total loss
from dogs sustained by the owners of
sheep in the State for the past four
years il SOS $50