H4 LAWS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE. 



AGRICULTURE. 



The number of sheep killed by dogs and their value, and the number of 

 ^sheep injured by dogs, and an estimate of the amount of damages by such 

 injury; the number of acres put in wheat, rye, barley, corn, oats, and 

 buckwheat, and the number of bushels of each produced ; the number of 

 ; acres in timothy and other grass, except clover, and the number of 

 tons of grass and bushels of seed produced therefrom; the number of 



acres in clover, the number of tons of hay made therefrom, the num- 

 ber of bushels of seed obtained therefrom, and the number of acres of 



clover plowed under for manure; the number of acres planted in to- 

 bacco, and the number of pounds obtained therefrom; the number of 



acres put in flax, and the number of pounds of fiber gathered, and the 

 number of bushels of seed obtained ; the number of acres planted in 

 sorgo, and the number of gallons of syrup and pounds of sugar manu- 

 factured ; the number of pounds of maple sugar, and the number of 



.gallons of maple syrup manufactured ; the number of pounds, each, of 

 butter and cheese manufactured; the number of acres planted in po- 

 tatoes, and the number of bushels produced ; the number of acres planted 

 : in sweet potatoes, and the number of bushels produced ; the number of 

 .acres in vineyard, the number of acres planted within the year, and the 

 number of pounds of grapes gathered, and the number of gallons of wine 

 produced; the number of pounds of wool shorn; the number of acres in 

 orchard, and the number of bushels of apples, peaches, cherries, plums, 

 and pears produced; the number of acres used for pasturage, and the 

 number of acr.es not cultivated or pastured ; the number of hives of bees, 

 rand the number of pounds of honey produced ; the number of dozens of 

 eggs shipped to places beyond the state ; also the number of acres sowed, 

 planted or to be sowed or planted in wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, and 

 potatoes, for the harvest of the then present year. 



SEC. 1523. [Return of statistics; agricultural statistics.] The 

 assessor shall make return of all the preceding statistics to the county 

 -auditor, at the same time he returns the lists of personal property for tax- 

 ation ; and the Bounty auditor shall make return to the auditor of state 

 on or before the first day of August, annually, of all statistics returned 

 "to his office, except those statistics under the head of "agriculture" (Sec. 

 1522, R. S.), which he shall return to the secretary of the state board of 

 agriculture, on or before the tenth day of July, annually, and said secre- 

 tary of agriculture shall compile and publish the same in the monthly 

 crop and stock bulletins and annual report issued by the state department 

 of agriculture. 



LABOR UPON HIGHWAYS. 



( 2664-4) SEC. 4. [Labor upon highways within road district; 

 -who liable; exemptions.] All male persons between the age of twen- 

 ty-one and fifty-five years, able to perform or cause to be performed 

 the labor herein required, except every honorably discharged soldier who 

 served in the United States army during the actual war, pensioners of the 

 United States .government, acting and contributing members of com- 

 panies, troops mid batteries of the Ohio national guard during their 

 membership, and -any person who is a member of any fire engine, hook 

 and ladder, hose, or other company, for the extinguishment "of fire or 

 the protection -of property at fires, under the control of the corporate 

 authorities of any municipal corporation, and who receives no pay for 

 :such -services during the time he may continue an acting member of such 



