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The number of acres planted to vineyard in 



1873 was 818, and in 1872 it was 941. The 

 whole number of acres in the vineyards in 1873 

 was 19,649. The number of pounds of grapes 

 gathered in that year was 6,607,653, against 

 10,016,427 pounds in 1872. The gallons of 

 wine pressed in 1873 numbered 208,289, and 

 in 1872 the number of gallons was 425,923. 



The orchard-crop showed a material falling 

 off from the figures of 1872. The number of 

 acres reported in orchard was 385,829, against 

 391,550 acres the previous year. The yield 

 was 11,343,431 bushels of apples in 1873, and 

 21,632,475 acres in 1872; 94,516 bushels of 

 peaches, against 405,619 bushels in 1872; 80,- 

 033 bushels of pears, against 153,968 bushels 

 in 1872. The apple-crop was not much below 

 the usual crop, that of 1872 being exceptionally 

 larger, but the peach-crop of 1873 was an 

 almost total failure as compared with a succes- 

 sion of previous years. 



The sweet-potato acreage in 1873 was 2,692 

 acres, and the yield 170,370 bushels; in 1872 

 it was 3,026 and 215,032 bushels. 



The statistics of land owned in 1873 show 

 8,117,830 acres under cultivation, 4,855,425 

 acres in pasture, 4,085,969 acres of wood-land, 

 and 541, 022 acres lying waste, making a total 

 of acres owned 20,708,322. 



The clip of wool reported was 17,175,465 

 pounds, against 17,536,209 pounds in 1872. 

 The returns show 180,906 dogs to be registered 

 in the State. The number of sheep killed by 

 dogs in 1873 was 35,440, and 35,124 injured, 

 making an aggregate of injury to sheep by 

 dogs $157,094.75. The total loss in 1872 was 

 $160,841.75. The total loss from dogs sus- 

 tained by the owners of sheep in the State for 

 the past four years is $638,930. 



The number of horses listed for taxation in 



1874 was 729,303; value, $45,932,368; aver- 

 age value, $62.-94. This in an increase of 4,701 

 in number and a decrease of $1,280,131 in ag- 

 gregate value, and of $2.22 average value. 



The number of -mules reported in 1874 was 

 25,345; they were valued at $1,778,181; av- 

 erage value, $70.15. 



The number of cattle reported in 1874 was 

 1,673,864; value, $27,917,537; average value, 

 $16.67. There was a decrease from previous 

 report of 91,467 in number, and $1,532,411 in 

 value. 



The number of sheep in 1874 was 4,333,868 ; 

 value, $10,452,067 ; average value, $2.41. Com- 

 pared with the previous year, there was a de- 

 crease of 262,996 in the number, of $1,258,340 

 in value, and of fourteen cents in the average 

 value. 



The number of hogs in 1874 was 1,915,220 ; 

 value, $6,152,875 ; average value, $3.21. This 

 was a falling off from 1873 of 173,093 in num- 

 ber, and of $573,722 in value, and an increase 

 of ninety-eight cents in the average value. 



The banking capital of the' State, as reported 

 April 12, 1874, by the county auditors, was thus 

 classified: 165- national banks, with a capital 



of $29,195,024; 21 banks incorporated under 

 act of February 24, 1845, with a capital of 

 $658,666; 82 savings-banks incorporated under 

 act of February 26, 1873, with a capital of 

 $1,879,324 : 190 private banks, with a capital 

 of $8,502,414; making the total number of 

 banks' 408, and total capital $40,235,428. ' 



The general financial depression has been 

 felt by the railroad interest of the State more 

 than by any other interest. But few new lines 

 have been projected, and several roads that 

 would have been built under more favorable 

 circumstances have been temporarily aban- 

 doned. The Baltimore, Pittsburg & Chica- 

 go Company has completed one hundred and 

 ten miles of new track during the year; the 

 Painesville & Youngstown Company has com- 

 pleted thirty-nine miles of narrow-gauge track ; 

 the Marietta, Pittsburg & Cleveland Com- 

 pany has completed nineteen miles of new 

 track ; the Lake Erie & Louisville Company 

 has completed eight miles ; the Toledo and 

 Maumee Company has completed seven miles ; 

 the Mansfield, Cold water & Lake Michigan 

 Company has completed twenty-ssven miles ; 

 the Baltimore Short Line Company has com- 

 pleted thirty miles ; and the Cincinnati & 

 Whitewater Valley Company has completed 

 two miles. This makes a total of nearly two 

 hundred and forty-five miles of new track. 



The reports 'made by the county recorders 

 show that 19,441 new buildings, valued at 

 $12,293,365, were erected within the year 

 ending April 30, 1874, being a decrease of 309 

 in the number erected, and an increase of 

 $170,000 in value, as compared with the report 

 for the previous year. 



The number of deeds recorded during the 

 year was 80, 731; leases recorded, 2,846 ; mort- 

 gages recorded, 50,101; money secured by 

 mortgages, $62,003,951 ; mortgages other than 

 railroad mortgages canceled, 26,437 ; amount 

 of money released by same, $32,846,268. 



The Assessors report in the State, on the 

 second Monday of April, 1874 : deaf and dumb, 

 1,039 ; blind, 870 ; insane, 1,347 ; idiotic, 1,271 ; 

 total, 4,527. 



In the year ending March 31, 1874, there were 

 sent to the Eeform Farm at Lancaster 174 boys, 

 and to the school at White Sulphur Springs 25 

 girls, as reported by the probate judges. There 

 was an increase in number, as compared with 

 the previous year, of 49 boys, and a decrease of 

 38 girls. 



The number of persons supported in the 

 county infirmaries, as reported to the county 

 auditors for the year ending March 31, 1874, 

 was 4,066, and the number of dependent persons 

 otherwise supported by the counties, 1,935 ; 

 total, 6,001. Compared with 1873, there was 

 a decrease of 371 in the number in infirmaries, 

 and an increase of 413 in the number of pau- 

 pers otherwise supported. 



The returns of vital statistics for the year 

 ending March 31, 1874, are given as shown 

 above : 



