OHIO. 



613 



Hay Acres, 1,322,387; tons, 1,270,779; 

 average, .96. 



Clover Hay and Seed Acres, 549,557; tons 

 hay, 493,171; bushels seed, 308,903; acres 

 ploughed under for manure, 51,552. 



Flax Acres, 72,078 ; bushels seed, 457,379 ; 

 pounds fibre, 9,060,588. 



Tobacco Acres, 46,227 pounds, 34,900,996; 

 average, 755. 



Butter and Cheese Pounds butter, 45,413,- 

 060 ; pounds cheese, 34,403,857. 



.<i>rgh urn Acres, 12,932; pounds sugar, 

 34.599; gallons molasses, 968,130; average 

 gallons per acre, 74.86. 



Maple Sugar and Syrup Pounds sngar, 

 2,690,011 ; gallons syrup, 356,320. 



Pasturage Number of acres reported in 

 pasture in Ohio, in 1872, is 4,418,263, being 

 an increase over 1871 of 175,872 acres. 



Uncultivated Land The number of acres 

 of uncultivated lands in Ohio, in 1872, was 

 5,538,865, being a decrease from 1871 of 110,- 

 256 acres. 



Gfrapet and Wine Acres planted in 1872, 

 941; acres in vineyard 15,111; pounds of 

 grapes gathered 10,016,427; gallons of wine 

 pressed 425,923. This was about half the prod- 

 net of 1871. The cultivation of the Oatawba 

 grape is found to be unprofitable, especially in 

 the southern part of the State, on account of 

 its liability to mildew and rot, and hence it is 

 being abandoned, and other hardy varieties are 

 taking its place. More than three-fifths of the 

 product of 1872 was gathered in the four lake 

 shore counties of Cuyahoga, Lorain, Erie, and 

 Ottawa. 



Orehardt The acres in orchards in 1872 

 were 391,550 ; bushels of apples produced 21,- 

 632,475; bushels peaches, 405,619; bushels 

 pears, 153,968. 



Lite-Stock The number and value of ani- 

 mals re|M>rted in 1873 were : Horses, 724,602 ; 

 value $47,212,499 ; average value 65.16. Mules, 

 H; value $1,702,929; average value, 

 $71.74. Cattle, 1,765,331; value, $29,449,- 

 948; average value, $16.68. Sheep, 4,596,864; 

 value $11, 710, 407; average value, $2.55. Hogs, 

 2,088,313; value, $6,726,597; average value, 



Wool The wool-clip of 1872 is returned at 

 17,536,209 pounds, which is 1,396,878 pounds 

 more than in 1871. 



Dogi and Sheep-killing The township as- 

 sessors report 183,403 dogs in the State. The 

 nnmber of sheep killed and injured by dogs 

 was reported as follows : Killed, 34,162, value, 

 $115,388; maimed, 22,525 ; estimate of injury, 

 $45,453 ; total loss, $160,841. 



Coal The coal area of Ohio equals that of 

 Great Britain, and is six times greater than 

 that of France, Prussia or Austria, and about 

 fonr times greater than that of Spain, which 

 has a greater extent of coal territory than any 

 other nation on the continent. The coal area 

 of the State is 6,500,000 acres. The average 

 aggregate thickness of the available seams is 



20 feet. (The State geologists say this is a low 

 estimate.) There are twenty-seven cubic feet 

 to the ton. This gives 209,733,333,340 tons 

 for the State. At the rate the mines of the 

 States now yield, this amount would not be 

 exhausted in 51,200 years, or would stand the 

 present draft on all the mines in the United 

 States for 4,560 years; or, with a yearly prod- 

 uct equal to that of the mines of Great Brit- 

 ain, it would last 1,600 years. The coals of 

 Ohio are especially valuable in being easily 

 reached, in seams of convenient thickness for 

 mining, and in being in proximity to large beds 

 of iron-ore. Ohio coals are all bituminous, and 

 are divided by the State geologists into three 

 classes ; first, furnace-coal ; second, cooking- 

 coal ; third, cannel-coal. The first variety has 

 the largest per cent, of fixed carbon, and is 

 best adapted to the manufacture of iron from 

 ore, being used for this purpose in the raw 

 state. Half the iron made in the State is made 

 from this variety. Several coal-seams, ex- 

 tending over large sections, including the great 

 seam in Athens and Perry Counties, also the 

 lowest stratum, which, at the places of its 

 northern outcrop, is called Brier Hill coal, are 

 of this valuable open-burning variety. The 

 second class requires coking before being used 

 in the blast-furnace, because of its tendency 

 to cement when heated. It has a resinous lus- 

 tre, and breaks into trapezoidal blocks. Can- 

 nel-coal is very compact, forms an excellent 

 fuel for ordinary purposes, and yields a large 

 quantity of superior illuminating gas. It re- 

 sembles a dark shale, and contains a large 

 quantity of bitumen. The amount of coal 

 mined in the State in 1872 is returned by the 

 assessors at 110,438,754 bushels, but this is 

 known to be far below the actual production. 



Iron. The amount of iron-ore mined in the 

 State in 1872 is reported at 336,758 tos, em- 

 ploying 2,238 miners. From the native prod- 

 uct and ores imported from Lake Superior 

 and the lower lakes there was manufactured 

 in 1872 pig-iron to the amount of 426,626 tons. 

 The returns of manufactures of iron, made by 

 the assessors, were so notoriously incorrect 

 that it is useless to give them. 



Banks. The number of national banks or- 

 ganized in Ohio, as reported November 1, 1873, 

 is 180; closed and closing 12; in operation, 

 168; capital paid in of banks in operation, 

 $28,883,000 ; circulation, $23,201,655 ; bonds 

 on deposit, $26,127,750; circulation issued, 

 $31,572,610; circulation redeemed, $7,948,- 

 240 ; circulation outstanding, $23,624,370. 



Railroads. The reports made by the several 

 railroad companies in Ohio to the Commission- 

 er of Railroads and Telegraphs, for the year 

 ending June 30, 1873, shows as follows : In- 

 crease of mileage in the year, 376 miles ; ex-, 

 cess of increase over that of previous year, 

 46 miles ; length of main lines and branches, 

 4,162.9 miles; sidings and other tracks in the 

 State, 1,044.18 miles; capital stock paid in, 

 $138,931,618.34; funded and other debt, $140,- 



