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OHIO. 



several States, upon the sales of public lands. 

 This five per cent, has been paid in full to all 

 the States entitled to it, except Ohio, Indiana, 

 and Illinois, which States have only received 

 three per cent. A memorial was addressed to 

 the Senate and House of Representatives at 

 Washington, in January, 1872, by the Govern- 

 ors of the three States named. 



The Assessors' returns and other official 

 sources afford the following statistics : 



Wheat. Acres sown in 1871, 1,677,659 ; 

 bushels produced, 22,274,378; average per 

 acre, 13.27. This is an increase of 18,988 in 

 the number of acres sown in 1870, and a de- 

 crease of 5,363 acres as compared with the av- 

 erage for the last thirteen years, which is 1,- 

 683,022 ; also an increase of 4,218,587 bushels 

 as compared with the average for the thirteen 

 previous years. The average bushels per acre 

 for that time are 10.72, showing an increase in 

 1871 of 2.55 bushels per acre over that average. 

 Ohio ranked second as a wheat-growing State 

 in 1871. 



Corn. Acres planted, 2,682,165 ; bushels 

 produced, 98,363,060 ; average per acre, 36.67. 

 This crop is the largest ever raised in the 

 State, and is an increase of 9,797,761 bushels 

 on the crop of 1870, and a decrease of .89 

 bushel on the average per acre for that year. 

 It is also an increase of 30,409,107 bushels on 

 the average yearly production for the previous 

 twenty-one years, and an increase of 3.84 

 bushels on the average per acre for that time. 

 Ohio ranked third as a corn-growing State in 

 1871. 



Oats. Acres sown, 1,000,122 ; bushels pro- 

 duced, 32,696,127; average per acre, 32.69. 

 This is the largest crop, by 6,123,453 bushels, 

 ever reported to the State Department. Ohio 

 ranks second as an oat-producing State. 



Barley. Acres sown, 81,253 ; bushels pro- 

 duced, 1,041,240; average per acre, 23.89. The 

 average in 1871 is 4.89 bushels above the av- 

 erage for the ten previous years. Ohio ranks 

 fifth as a barley-producing State. 



Rye. Acres sown, 37,207; bushels pro- 

 duced, 428,014 ; average per acre, 11.50. This 

 is an increase of total production over the pre- 

 vious year of 96,816 bushels, and an increase 

 of average production of 2.07 bushels. Ohio 

 comes tenth among rye-producing States. 



Buckwheat. Acres sown, 14,972; bushels 

 produced, 177,938; average per acre, 11.88. 

 Decrease in bushels, 109,705 ; increase in av- 

 erage, .11. Ohio ranks the eighth State in 

 buckwheat-raising. 



Potatoes. Acres planted, 100,630 ; bushels 

 produced, 8,755,193; average per acre, 87.00 ; 

 increase over previous year, 2,633,603 bushels; 

 increased average, 17.27. Ohio ranks third in 

 the list of potato States. 



Comparative Aggregate of Grain Crops. 

 The total acreage of the grain and potato crops 

 in the past six years reported is as follows : 

 1866, 4,635,559; 1867, 4,448,126 ; 1868, 4,770,- 

 047; 1869,5,058,762; 1870, 5,168,400; 1871, 



5,594,007. The acres sown in 1871 exceed 

 the average acreage for the five previous years 

 by the sum of 777,829, and is 425,607 in ex- 

 cess of the acres sown in 1870. The total pro- 

 duction of grain and potatoes in Ohio for six 

 years is as follows: 1866, 118,061,911 bushels; 

 1867, 104,724,257 bushels; 1868, 121,907,156 

 bushels; 1869,126,401,382 bushels; 1870,140,- 

 354,984 bushels; 1871, 164,635,950 bushels. 

 The aggregate of the breadstuff's in Ohio, in 

 1871, shows an increase of 24,280,966 bushels 

 over the aggregate for 1870, and an increase of 

 42,346,012 bushels over the average aggregate 

 for the last five years. 



Hay. Acres, 1,377,876; tons produced, 1,- 

 526,806 ; average per acre, 1.10. Decrease 

 from 1870, 27,816 tons; decrease in average, 

 .01. Ohio ranks fifth in hay-production. 



Flax. Acres sown, 85,863 ; seed produced, 

 733,384 bushels ; pounds of fibre produced, 

 24,477,361 ; increase in seed, 284,006 bushels ; 

 increase in fibre, 7,613,233 pounds. 



Clover and Seed. Acres sown, 454,099; 

 tons of hay produced, 401,415 ; bushels of seed 

 produced, 384,974; acres ploughed under for 

 manure, 46,998. There was an increase in the 

 acreage and production over 1870. 



Tobacco. Acres planted, 28,862 ; pounds 

 produced, 36,177,630; average pounds per 

 acre, 1,253. This crop shows an increase of 

 8,823 acres, an increase of 19,263,441 in pounds 

 produced, and an increase of 409 pounds on the 

 average per acre, as compared with the average 

 for the six previous years. Ohio stands third 

 in the production of tobacco. 



Butter and Cheese. Pounds of butter, 44,- 

 994,946 ; pounds of cheese, 32,394,152. In- 

 crease over 1870: butter, 1,974,392 pounds; 

 cheese, 1,013,114 pounds. There were 8,524,- 

 612 pounds more butter made and 10,337,913 

 pounds of cheese manufactured in 1871 than 

 the average for the eleven previous years. 



Sorghum. Acres planted, 23,072; pounds 

 of sugar produced, 25,505; gallons of molasses 

 produced, 1,817,042; average gallons to tl 

 acre, 78. Compared with 1870, there was 

 decrease in acreage of 378 ; an increase 

 sugar of 3,517 pounds ; a decrease in molas 

 of 370,631 ; and a decreased average of 

 gallons. 



Maple Sugar. Pounds of sugar, 1,832,39* 

 gallons of syrup, 271,113. Decrease from 18*! 

 of 371,929 pounds of sugar, and increase of 

 14,980 gallons of molasses. 



Sweet - Potatoes. Acres planted, 2,61 

 bushels produced, 207,676 ; average per aci 

 77. Increased acreage over 1870, 343 ; de- 

 creased production, 56,523 ; decreased aver- 

 age, 35 bushels. 



Pasturage. Number of acres in pasturage 

 in 1871, 4,242,391, being an increase of 137,- 

 373 acres. 



Uncultivated Lands. The number of acres 

 of uncultivated land in Ohio, in 1871, w.s 

 5,649,121, a decrease of 88,888 acres from the 

 previous year. 



