The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-25
OHIO FARMERS.
llnssses.lne statIatl0s by .ho st0to
Labor Commissioner,
COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL REPORT
Devptel Almost Exclusively to ASrl.
cuifhfc-rho Prosperity of Ohio
l7arncrs-Tho Mortgage Indebted.
iirrsr-Avcrago wNEcs-rrotlts of tho
i'krmors-Tho Acreage Undor cul.
Eigntion.
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~ Dtspdteh 10 ne Iateiligeneer
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 24.-StOto Labor
gemmissioner W.T.. Lewis has filed at
the governors Office his annual report
forfs03 Tho document Ia q departure
from precedent, inasmuch as 1t Is do
voted almost exclusively to farm statla-
tieyand contains mass Of Information
which, for tho most part, has never
been touched upon in this state or Olsc-
where.
$Tho investigation covers 100000
Aates, or u per cent OF the total acreage
Of The state. 1t includes sixty-one coun-
ties divided into groups-Western Re-
Sefyc, northern and lakecounties, north
xeit counties, Muskingumla Hook
ing valley, Scioto valley, Miami valley
md southern or Ohio river counties. In
order 10 make the work rs purely agri-
cultural MS possible proximity TO largo
cities was avoided. Tho acreage is sop
afated into a classification OF farms I'M
!; dor fifty acres, farms between fiftX and
Sone hundred acres, farms between one
hundred and two hundred acres and
farms over two hundred acres.
Through requests sent out to county
auditors 10000 names OF representative
fafmers, covering about 1000 townships.
Z wore secured. This ist included all
grades and extended over every section
nftthe state.
Size OF Farms, Acreage, Valuation and
Iaxation-The total number OF farms
Included in the investigation is S,67l,
divided as follows: Farms under so
acres, III; farms between so and 100
Eeres, LIB; farms between 100 and 200
aeres, S,9SS; farms over 200 acres, 2,l9S.
The cash valuation OF the whole num-
ber Of farms Is S62,7S7,2S0. This in
dudes buildings and fixtures and farm
ing implements and machinery, but
Goes not take into account stock or
cher personal property.
The average assessed valuation per
scre ia S2l.6S, and the average cash val.
Nation S43.45. The average amount OF
taxes per acre is SO cents. The net
Earnings. given elsewhere at SLIT per
acre, and tho net income plus the tax IS
zoo per acre. The tax on realty is
ahown from these deductions to be 1873
per cent OF the amount OF savings or
bet income.
The total mortgage indebtedness re-
ported for the 1,407.54S acres covered
by the report is $4,7S5,6 03.
Purposes for which mortgages were
created: Purchase money, including
5incumhranco incurred with which to
L buy other laad S2,+76,l62, or 72.6 per
{ cent OF the wholei buildings, improve.
ments and repnirs S257, POS, or rs per
cent OF the whole; purchase OF agricul-
tural implements, machinery and
stock S56,050, or 1.6 per cent Of tho
whole; Investment in business other
than farming Sl26, 800, or 81 per cent OF
8the whole; personal obligations and ex-
spenses 1854, SOB, or 9.S per cent OF the
whole; sickness 500, 046, or % per cent OF
ssthe whole; other purposes SLOT ,S722, or
81 per cent Of the whole.
SSS Average wages paid throughout the
Estate; Per winter month with board,
Sl2 q came, summer, Sl5 IS; per win.
Ster month, without board, SIS 20; same,
summer, So 70; per day, with board, OIL
GENTS; same, without board. 81 10; per
day during harvest, with board, 81 %;
y eame, without board, 81 56; average
wages paid female. help, with board
per week, 81 ~. The total amount paid
ior hired help. covering 1885, 055 acres,
ia Sl,0T3,54S 81. IN average of So cents
- or acre; the average amount paid Tor
hired help for aero Of land under cult
gation is 81 06.
tits shown that the average amount
Expended for groceries Is $40 81 per
family and SIG 81 per individual mem
Dor shoes and clothing, $50 OIL per fam
lily and SIG 81 per member; furniture
and household goods, s2S 81 per family
and 81 50 per member. Returns cover
Cling 959.7S0 acres show tie amount OF
Savings or net earnings to DO 81 ,697, 1893,
$ an average OF 81 II per acre. The
amount OF savings per acre OF land un-
der cultivation is given at s. 20. The
secretary OF states report places the
I number Of acres under cultivation, in
Guiding pasture, at 10, l25,9Sl. Estima,-
8 cd on returns made to the bureau, the
q total amount OF savings for the state
would be s36.444,804 O6.