Home Cash Bids Markets Weather Conditions Agriculture and Farming in Ohio Posted on July 14, 2015 Prior to the 1800s, most people who called Ohio home earned their living through farming. Ohio’s original settlers, the Native Americans, at least partly supported themselves through farming. The Indians grew corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins. Besides multi-colored Indian corn, the natives developed varieties of eight and ten-row corn. The Native Americans grew numerous varieties of beans, including kidney beans, navy or pea beans, pinto beans, great northern marrow beans, and yellow eye beans. The Indians planted corn and beans in small mounds of soil and often pumpkins, squash, or melons in the space between. Ohio Indians grew many other vegetables, including turnips, cabbage, parsnips, sweet potatoes, yams, and onions and leeks. Europeans introduced the watermelon and muskmelon into North America in the seventeenth century, and Indians in the interior were growing these fruits within a few years… Click Here to read more at www.ohiohistorycentral.org Bookmark the permalink. Post navigation ← Cooper Farms, Weaver Brothers buy Perham Egg Search for: RECENT POSTS Agriculture and Farming in Ohio Cooper Farms, Weaver Brothers buy Perham Egg The Ohio Agricultural Council Krone tour makes stops in Ohio, Pa. RECENT COMMENTS ARCHIVES July 2015 May 2015 CATEGORIES Uncategorized META Log in Entries feed Comments feed WordPress.org 895 E Main St, Versailles, OH 45380 b.brumfield@weavereggs.com 937-526-3914 Website by 1922 Creative, LLC Zerif Lite developed by ThemeIsle