Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-07-27
Estimates Are Uncertain
Quantities
And Comparisons Are
Extremely Odious
In the Farm Statistics Assessors
Gather.


At first glance it would appear that
the most remarkable fact in connec-
tion with the agricultural statistics
compiled from the assessors reports
by Deputy Auditor Mark Buckman, for
publication by the State, is the state
ment that Cuyahoga Falls has but
eight horses and six cows. This would
surely indicate that the Falls as
SCISSOR was a blind man, but such is
not the case. The horses counted are
those used for agricultural purposes
only, Cuyahoga Falls village having
great deal of farm land within its
limits.
In other respects it is noticeable
that the statistics are not to be alb
solutely relied upon. For instance,
the total number of acres of cultivated
land, waste land, woodland, ETC., does
not equal the total number of acres
which the report says are owned.
All in all the report is the summary
of a great deal of individual guess
NOlhs IL DC ouhiNiChl ipi biN
purpose, but when it is stated that
Copley produced 2,O24 tons of hay
while Northampton produced only
2,023, it would not be- safe to gamble
that by actual measurement and
weight Copley produced more hay than
Northampton. Maybe Copley people
We're only the best guessers, maybe
Northampton people guessed too high
The report also states that 459,33s
dozens, or 5,512,056 eggs were laid
by Summit county hens-more guess
work, and yet it shows that there are
a good many hens in these parts and
it is a safe wager that they were
fairly busy The eggs they laid at
an average price of II cents a dozen
would more than pay the salary of the
| President of the United States.
| There is another feature of the
report which is often misunderstood
Comparisons are made between diff
| ferent townships. This cannot be
fairly done, unless Green and Frank
lin are omitted because they are very
much larger than any other township
and Norton is omitted because Bar
berton occupies a large part of it
and Portage and Coventry are omitted
| because Akron occupies a large part
of those townships; and unless Tall
madge is omitted because Akron and
Cuyahoga Falls cut off considerable
portions Of it. Verify comparisons
are odious.
| Taking the county as whole, how
ever, Green, with it's 5S,525 bushels
is easily in the lead as a producer OF
wheat, even when its larger size Is
considered. Twinsburg falls the low
est of the ordinary sized townships
with only 5,S61 bushels.
Copley leads in the production OF
oats, always remembering that the
townships are of different size, will
50, ,2S5 bushels. Likewise Copley is
ahead in the production of corn, with
69,450 bushels, shelled. Franklin
would undoubtedly be second.
For potatoes, Northfield heads the
list, with 65,063 bushels.
| When it comes to milk, butter anc
cheese, no other towns approach
Hudson, Northfeld, Richfield and
Bath. Hudson easily leads in the pro
duction of maple syrup, too,-14,6Os
gallons. Bath made the most maple
sugar-5,27S pounds.
Richfield, with 1,927 acres, has more
woodland than any other township
because it includes the big Brush
farm, much of which is unclearec
land. Boston, with 427 aces, has the
most work land. All told, there Is
enough waste land in Summit county
to make large number of respectable
| farms If 1t could ever be drained ol
cleared, or cultivated in any way
The amount is 6,419 acres.
The report shows that in the aggre
gate farmers lose a great deal OF
money every year by death among
their focks and herds.
One hundred and q horses valued
at $S,555 died; 275 head of cattle
valued at S7,7s9; 457 sheep, valued
at 81, ,429; 457 hogs, valued at $2,SO2
a total of $20,575, enough to stock
the farms which may some day oc
cupy the countys waste land.
Coming down to cold tigures-esti
mated of course--it is found that Sum
NIT county farms produced as fol
! lows:
Wheat, 304,516 bushels; rye, 1,53t
bushels; buckwheat, 300 bushels; oats
66S,969 bushels; corn, 743, 1877 bushels
potatoes, 327,643 bushels; onions
1889 bushels; hay, other than clover
25,377 tons; clover, 3,139 tons; mill
for family use, 2,312,s67 gallons; but
ter, 543,799 pounds; maple syrup
24,462 gallons; maple sugar, 9,67S
pounds; honey, 1,646 pounds; apples
264,594 bushels; peaches, 1,421 bush
els.
Horses owned on the county farms
number 5,S2S; cattle, 1920, of which
1929 are milch cows.
There We're used during 1900 II
Summit county 8.20Z00O of CONNER
cial fertilizer, which cost $33,941