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richest statistical feasts set before the country, for it exhibited the varying and 

 progressive industry of one of the greatest and most advancing States of the 

 Union. 



We have had placed before us the returns from Ohio, of its cereal crops for 

 1863, just one year and two months after our estimates of them had been pub- 

 lished. We regard these returns as unreliable, and for the purpose of contrast- 

 ing the general correctness of tlie estimates of this Department with them, we 

 have prepared the following tables, showing the returns of Ohio for 1862 and 

 1863, and the estimates of this department for 1863 : 



Ohio statistics for 1862 and 1863. 



Wheat bushels . 



Rye do. . . 



Barley do — 



Buckwheat do 



Corn » do . . . 



Oats do . - - 



Tobacco . .* pounds . 



Potatoes bushels . 



Hay tons . . . 



Horses number . 



Cattle.. do — 



Mules do . . . 



Hogs do 



Sheep do — 



1862. 

 Ohio returns. 



29,883,651 



823, 092 



1,221, 170 



173, 657 



63,014,314 



11,633,058 



*25, 000, 000 



5, 128, 756 



2, 073, 398 



727, 245 



1, 824, 774 



14, 470 



2,765,900 



4,448,227 



1863. 

 Ohio returns. 



20, 168, 595 



, 304,443 



1,304,884 



202, 457 



54,079,817 



11, 154,845 



36, 918, 793 



4, 343, 053 



1,074,848 



662,591 



1, 369, 593 



14,238 



1,595,312 



5,368,745 



Yield per acre. 



1862. 

 Ohio returns. 



Wheat bushels . 



Rye do — 



Barley do — 



Buckwheat do — 



Corn do . . . 



Oats do . . . 



Tobacco pounds . 



Potatoes bushels . 



Hay tons 



14i 



20. J 

 73 



29 



631 

 1* 



Total acres. 



Wheat acres . . 



Rye do . . . 



Barley do . . . 



Buckwheat do . . . 



Corn do 



Oats do — 



Tobacco do 



Potatoes do 



Hay do — 



1862. 

 Ohio returns. 



2, 090, 047 

 67, 440 

 59, 128 

 23, 508 



2, 175, 531 

 574, 047 



81,060 

 1,571, 765 



1863. 

 Ohio returns. 



Hi 



n 



18 



28 



20 



751 



54J 



1 



1863. 

 Ohio returns. 



1,791,399 

 32,280 

 72, 856 

 26, 735 



1,917,805 



568,522 



49, 168 



79, 703 



1,167,697 



1863. 



Dep't estimates. 



28,742,963 



863, 232 



1, 399, 086 



827, 364 



57, 433, 802 



12, 024, 028 



28,081,869 



4, 103, 005 



1,347,710 



589, 242 



1, 554, 543 



8,376 



2,320,664 



4, 779, 662 



1863. 

 Dep't estimates 



13 

 14 

 22 

 11 

 24 

 24 

 757 

 72 

 1 



1863. 

 Dep't estimates. 



2,210,997 

 61, 659 

 63,594 

 75,215 



2, 393, 075 



501,001 



37,096 



56, 984 



1,347,710 



Eetimate of the Commissioners of Statistics. 



