The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-07-21

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Horse Exhibitors ..............$28,3 ,399
Cattle Exhibitors .............. 1882
Sheep and Wood............... 10,037
Speed Ring Races ......... 1000
Vegetables, Fruit, plants
and flowers ................... 1906
Women's Department 49,. $3.50
Requests for premium lists
should be addressed to w. H. Kin
nan, manager, State Fair Grounds,
Columbus, Ohio.
What do you know about Ohio?
The following interesting data was
compiled by the Ohio Chamber Of
Commerce.:
Ohio contains Sd State Parks and
IL state owned lakes having total
area Of approximately 43,254 acres,
including the 5000 acre Roosevelt
Game Preserve, located in Scioto
county, 10 miles northwest Of Ports
mouth on U. s. Highway No. 30.
Lake st. Marys (Grand Lake) To-
Gated in Mercer and Auglaize coun-
ties, is the largest lake in Ohio
with total land and water area Of
1890 acres. Lake st. Marys as
well as Buckeye Lake in Licking
county and Indian Lake in Logan
county are popular summer resorts.
Fort Hill State Park in Highland
county contains some of the most
interesting archaeological remains in
North America. The Fort Hill em-
bankment is estimated to contain
50,856 cubic yards Of material. The
Serpent Mound, located on 60
acre tract n Adams county, is the
largest offigy mound in the state,
having a total length of 1850 feet.
One Of the latest areas to be add
ed to the state park system $ por-
ton Of the beautiful Pymatuning
Reservoir located near Andover, As
htabula county, on the Ohio-Penn-
sylvania boundary line. The total
area of this reservoir is approximate
lv $4,000 acres. Reciprocal agree
ments between states have made
developments possible.
The Division of Forestry of the
State Of Ohio has the management
of almost 10000 acres of forest
lands and parks, the largest of which
| is the Shawnee Forest located in
Scioto and Adams counties. Shaw
nee Forest contains approximately
| $4,000 acres Of timber lands. In
| cluded In the forest park system are
| Old Mans Cave, Ash Cave, Conkles
| Hollow and the Rock House, all q
| which are located in Hooking coun
| ty and draw many thousands Of in
terested visitors.
Ohio has an area of 41,040 square
miles.
Ohio is the Ath state in the Union
in population, having 6,646,697 in.
habitants 1880 census); 3rd IN
| number of wage earners employed
in manufacturing, printing ane
publishing industries and 4th in the
value of manufactured products
| Gss3).
| Ohio has 5000 Public Schools
and al Colleges and Univers.de'
with total enrolment Of 1,354,464
Ohio ranks 10th in the value o
agricultural crops produced, 9Th i
| dairy products and Ord in egg pro
duction.
| Ohio is rich in minerals and is6tl
J among states in their production.
Ohio has $500 miles of roads
12,5o0 miles of which are Of bricl
or concrete construction; eli mile
! of canals and is networked with tn
great railroads and airways Of tn
country.
ohio has 1000 Newspapers
$4,000 Restaurants; LOO Hotel
and 1,20O Motion Picture theatres.
The average density of popula
!
3 ton in Ohio is 141.4 persons pc
square mile.
The highest point in Ohio, 1,55
: feet above sea level, is near the cit
Of Bellcfontaine, Logan county.
q Ohio has been the population cer
+ ter of the nation for nearly cei
! tury. The geographical center
the state is near Centerburg, Kno
lcounty.
I'll Ohio has an average annual rail-
q fall Of 31 to 42 inches and the mea
q average temperature is 81 degre'