OHIO. 



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The balance lit the State TreMury on the 



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906.51, inr ih.i ti-rui year cualug Nuveiu- 



berl5, 1871. w.i,- ................. i ..... _6.M.7456T 



Amount of fund* in Treaty fortheyr, $8.0*1,381 09 



Tho dw.i.r.. -.,., -Hi-, iwindiuu inuwfor.., 

 darl.. K tho yeur h.vo becu .............. _W^W 



Balance in the Treasury NOT. 15, 1874. *8ia,3tt7 19 

 ,,, i,, i,, ,873, collcctibk in 1874, 



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iiieuclcs and forfeitures ............. 848,106 75 



-,,.., iiQft ,174 4 OR 



1 OII ................................. ^-6U,*I l-ij-iOJ tfO 



1 hi> taxes levied in 1874, collectible in 18 1 5, 

 0X6 

 statataxea. ............................ |?'2S5'5S 



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Toul ................................. $27,614,72910 



The taxable valuations in Ohio, as shown 

 by the grand duplicate of 1874, are 



Heal eute in cities, towns, and villages $854,849,109 00 

 Heal estate not In cities, towns, nor vll- 



Phonal property'" 



- 

 .. T" 4 * 1 --". .............. ;: ....... .....$1,580,379,824 oo 



\Miichisianincroaseovertheurunddu- 

 plicate ofi878 of ............ 7 ......... $13,104,68500 



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This increase arises as follows : 



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Total increae. ............... $14,511,879 00 



Eeductiou in valuation of real estate not 

 in cities, towns, nor villages ........... 1,407,19400 



-- 

 ttncrease .......................... $13,104,68500 



Considering the general stagnation of busi- 

 ness during the year, this exhibit is a remark- 

 able indication of the rapid development of the 

 material resources of the State. 



The report of the Secretary of State, based 

 on the returns collected by the township as- 

 sessors showing the crop statistics of 1873 and 

 part of 1874, presents the following facts : 



The acreage of wheat for 1873 was 1,742,756, 

 being 131,539 acres more than in 1872. The 

 yield was 21,974,885 bushels, showing an in- 

 crease of 3,886,721 bushels. Not only were the 

 acreage and total yield much larger, but the 

 yield was also more than a bushel and one-third 

 per acre greater in 1873 than in 1872. 



The number of acres planted to corn was 

 2,400,295, and the yield 81,598,328 bushels, as 

 against 2,520,253 bushels in 1872, and a yield 

 of 103,053,234. There was thus a decrease of 

 breadth planted to corn, and a more than pro- 

 portionate decrease of crop raised. 



Of oats there were 791,927 acres sown in 

 1873, as against 971,494 acres in 1872, with a 

 yield of 20,401,158 bushels against 25,825,742 

 bushels. The acreage of rye was 80,408, 

 against 25,166 acres the year previous, and a 

 crop of 291,829 bushels, against 295,843 bush- 

 els. Barley was sown to the extent of 49,872 

 acres, against 72,483 acres in 1872, and the 



was 1,074,900 busholi, against 1.528,286 

 Tbe ^ r ^ of buckwheat waa 21,- 

 047, against 84,882 ucrcH in 1872, and tho crop 

 217,094 bush*. Is, against 200,807 bushels. 



Tlio total breadth planted to all kinds of 

 grain j n 1973 waa 5,030,805 acres, against 

 6,285,41)5 acres in 1872. The total crop raised 

 in 1878 was 125,557,700 bushel*, against 140,- 



^f^ttf ItSSSt in 1878 w. ,,315,157 

 acres, while in 1872 it was 1,822,387. The 



number of tons of hay saved in isvs was 



1,802,104, and in 1872, 1,270,779. The de- 



crease in the acreage of timothy meadows in 



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the State, which has been going on steadily 

 f or 8ev eral years, still continues. The highest 

 point reached was in 18G7, when the breadth 

 of meadow was 1,586,704 acres; from that it 

 has gone down by regular degrees to the pres- 

 ent figure of 1,815,157 acres. 



J n clover 651,158 acres yielded 508,048 tons 

 of hay, and 205,944 bushels of seed, with 64,- 

 089 acres ploughed under for manure. The 

 figures for 1872 were 549,557 acres sown, 

 493,171 tons of hay produced, 808,903 bushels 

 of 8eed Baved > and 51 . 552 acres ploughed under 

 for manure. 



x ne fl ax statistics show a great decrease in 



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acreage and yield, the number of acres culti- 



vated being 43,650, against 72,078 in 1872, 

 the 8eed JJJ m 18 ' 73 b being 1G7 510 bushels 



* V* <* ^ ved being 5,070,788, 

 against 457,379 bushels of seed and 9,060,588 



pounds of fibre the preceding year. 

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lucre was a great lalling On m potatoes 



also. The number of acres was 78,199, against 

 105)896 acres in 1872, and the yield 5,906,316 

 bushels, against 7,832,297 bushels. 



Tobacco had a smaller acreage and a much 

 larger yield, 43,850 acres producing 39,572,558 

 pounds, against 34,900,996 pounds from 46,227 

 acres in 1872. This was much the largest crop 

 of tobacco raised in the State for nine years. 



In dairy products there was a decrease in 

 . the amount of bntter and an increase in cheese, 

 tho pounds of butter produced being 43,533,- 

 865, and of cheese 86,668,530, against 45,413,- 

 066 pounds of butter and 34,403,857 pounds 

 of cheese in 1872. There has been a steady 

 increase in the production of cheese for sev- 

 eral years, the total for 1878 being in excess 

 of that for any previous year, and double that 

 for some years within the present decade, 

 while the yield of butter is a little under the 

 average for the previous three years. 



The acreage of sorghum was much less in 

 1873 than in 1872, being 9,426 acres, against 

 12,932 acres, but the yield of sugar was much 

 greater, being 52,242 pounds, against 84,599 

 pounds. There was a falling off in syrup, 

 being but 676,918 gallons, against 968,180 gal- 

 Ions. The acreage of sorghum is steadily de- 

 creasing. 



The number of pounds of maple-sugar made 

 in the season of 1874 was 2,150,072, and the 

 gallons of maple syrup 876,348. 



