ANNUAL MEETING OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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You will realize that it is necessary to suit immediate plans to the immediate 

 means available and to mold them according to circumstances ; but, having the 

 goal clearly in mind, the, work will all orient itself into proper shape in due 

 season. 



STATISTICS MADE INTERESTING. 



In the very forefront of this work we feel it to be necessary to study the 

 available statistics regarding this state which have a bearing upon our agri- 

 culture. We realize that to some, statistics and their consideration suggests 



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FIG. 16. LAST KILLING SPRING FROST. 



The average dates of the last killing frosts of spring are indicated on this chart 

 by lines that are drawn for each 5 days. The latest killing frosts In the spring 

 occur in the northeastern counties at some distance away from the Lake, and there 

 they average slightly later than May 15. They average earlier than April 20 along 

 the Lake and in some southern districts. 



at once a dry and well-nigh fruitless task a work which they are ready to 

 give over to the cranks and the propagandists. We find, however, that by 

 analyzing these figures township by township and presenting them graphically 

 they immediately become interesting and valuable. 



CENTERS OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION. 



Our first work of this kind, which was begun in 1909 and published the 

 following spring as Circular 100, was a study of the centers of agricultural 



