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almost without exception ; and many have grown rich. So, too, the cotnpanies 

 who have entered upon this work with definite aims, with capital and efficient 

 superintendents, are reaping a full reward. Gradually the vineyards are falling 

 into the hands of men who propose to make grape-growing a life-business, and 

 not a specit/ation. Some have resorted to a compromise which promises well. 

 They have let out their vineyards on shares to men known to be capable and in- 

 dustrious. House, horse, and implements are furnished ; and the tenant per- 

 forms all the work, and shares one-third of the income. 



Another spirit prevails now with regard to planting. There will be much 

 setting the coming spring, but chiefly of Hartford for early, of Ives and Dela- 

 ware for table and wine, and of Norton for wine alone. 



ESTIMATE OF THE GRAPE-CROP OF SANDUSKY, ISLANDS AND PENINSULA, 1 867. 



Number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from Sandusky by express 



Number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from Sandusky by steamer 



Number of pounds of table-grapes marketed at home .... 



Number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from the islands to Detroit 



Number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from the islands to Toledo 



Number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from the islands to Cleveland and Buffalo, 



Total number of pounds of table-grapes shipped from the Sandusky region . 

 Number of pounds of wine-grapes shipped by express . . . 10,000 

 Number of pounds of wine-grapes shipped by C. S. and C. R. R. 174,000 

 Number of pounds of wine-grapes shipped by C. and T. R. R. . 76,000 



Total 



1,360,000 

 12,000 

 20,000 

 250,000 

 80,000 

 100,000 



1,822,000 



260,000 



Number of gallons of wine pressed at Sandusky 150,000 



Number of gallons of wine pressed on the Peninsula and C.itawba Island . 80,000 



Number of gallons of wine pressed at Kelly's Island 105,000 



Number of gallons of wine pressed at Bass Islands 65,000 



Estimating eleven and one-half pounds of grapes for each gallon of wine expressed gives the number 

 of pounds of wine-grapes pressed as above, 4,600,000. 



RECAPITULATION. 



Total number of pounds of table-grapes shipped 



Total number of pounds of wine-grapes shipped 



Total number of pounds of grapes pressed into wine .... 



Grand total crop of 1867, 3,341 tons or pounds ... 



MONEY VALUE, 



Cash sales of 1,822,000 pounds of table-grapes at 12I cents per pound 

 Cash sales of 260,000 pounds of wine-grapes at 6 cents per pound . 

 Cash value of 400,000 gallons of wine (wholesale rate) at $1.25 per gallon 

 Cash value of 1,500 gallons of brandy (wholesale rate) at $5 per gallon 



Total 



The yield per acre (average), about two tons. 



At an average yield of two tons per acre, 6,682,000 were grown upon 3,341 acres. 



At a total cash value of $750,850, the income per acre is 



J227 is the interest at ten per cent on 



^750,850 is the interest at ten per cent on 



1,822,000 



260,000 



4,600,000 



6,682,000 



$227,750 



15,600 



500,000 



7.S00 



$750,850 



^227.00 

 $2,270.00 

 $7,500,000 



Sandusky, O. 



M. H. Lewis. 



