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ADDRESSES 



LAND VALUES STUDIED. 



Most if not all of my hearers are doubtless familiar with the fact that a 

 strenuous effort has been made within the past year to see that the farm land 

 of Ohio is appraised at its full value. While we presume that in spite of the 

 efforts of the County Taxation Boards and of the State Tax Commission, some 

 mistakes have been made, we yet believe that the final figures represent more 



FIG. 19. ANNUAL TEMPERATURE. 



The average annual temperature lines are drawn on this chart for each de- 

 gree. The coolest sections of the state are in the northeastern and northwestern 

 districts, while the warmest are in the extreme southern and southwestern counties. 

 These isothermal lines are very regular in the southern portion of the state, bend- 

 ing to the north when they cross the valleys and to the south over the uplands. 

 There is a large area in the west-central and northwestern counties, however, where 

 the average temperature varies less than 1 ^degree for a distance of over 100 miles, 

 from Champaign to Ottawa counties. The lowest annual mean temperature is 47.2 

 in Portage county, and the highest, 55.5 in Scioto county. 



closely than anything else available the real average valuation of the land in 

 each township of the state. That such figures as these would be of value to us 

 in this survey work certainly none of you will question. The State Tax Com- 

 mission has kindly favored us with advance information regarding these appraised 

 valuations for use in our work. (See Fig. 9). 



