CROP REGIONS OF OHIO 08 



Plain. The counties along the river grow and cure Burley tobacco 

 in the same manner as it is grown around Lexington, Kentucky. 

 Near Dayton the tobacco is grown for cigar fillers. In south- 

 eastern Ohio the tobacco is grown for export trade, as in Mary- 

 land. The small northeastern Ohio center produces cigar fillers. 

 The writer (1916) has reviewed the methods of growing and 

 handling Ohio's tobacco crop. 



In 1915 the total tobacco production was 42,354,308 pounds. 

 This was distributed as follows according to the statistics of the 

 Board of Agriculture : 



Southwestern section 26,613,759 pounds 



Northwestern " 12,766,556 pounds 



Southeastern " 2,719,394 pounds 



Northeastern " 254,563 pounds 



If, however, we substract from the production credited to the 

 northwestern section the amount produced in the four counties. 

 Champaign, Darke, Mercer, and Shelby, there is less than 3,000 

 pounds, a negligible amount, produced in Northwestern Ohio. 

 Darke county alone produced the bulk of this yield, 12,614,956. The 

 type of tobacco and method of handling show that it is essentially 

 the same as that produced near Daj^on. Our centers then should 

 rank as follows : (1) Southwestern, (2) Southeastern, (3) North- 

 eastern. When the production of Darke County is added to the 

 southwestern counties it is seen that this center produces 90 per- 

 cent of the total crop. 



(g) The Centers of Livestock Production 



The dependence of animals upon plants, often specific ones, for 

 their food, is a well known fundamental fact which needs no am- 

 plification here. However, when detailed information showing how 

 this relationship operates in determining the distribution of ani- 

 mals is presented, plants are brought out in their true role as the 

 basis of all agriculture. While no claim for novelty is made for any 

 of the material here presented, it is hoped that the method of pres- 

 entation will offer a new insight into agriculture even for those 

 who are best acquainted with it. 



