ADVANTAGES OF KENTUCKY. 



elevation of from 430 on the northwestern end to 1,100 feet where it 

 curves around the Lower Silurian on the southeast. The Sub carbon- 

 iferous has an area of about 10,000 square miles, and an elevation of 

 from 350 to 600 on the southwest to 950 feet in the Central region. 

 The Western Coal-field has an area of about 4,000 square miles, and 

 an elevation of from 400 feet along the Ohio river to 850 feet on the 

 southeastern portion. The quaternary has an area of about 2,500 

 square miles and an elevation of 280 feet along the river bottoms, and 350 

 to 450 on the uplands. It will thus be seen that the average elevation 

 above thi sea for the State is over 1,000 feet. The elevation above 

 the streams is sufficient to afford most excellent drainage. 



The monthly mean temperature for the three summer months is 

 73 , 76 , and 73 , and for thj three winter months 27 , 30 , and 35 . 

 The average annual mean is 55 . The rainfall is 50.30 inches. 



In healthfulness the State ranks high. By the census of 1870, there 

 were 27 States shown to have a greater death-rate than Kentucky, 

 The healthfulness increased as follows since 1850: 



Dentil to population was, in 1850, 1.53 per cent. 

 Death to population was, in i860, 1.42 per cent. 

 Death to population was, in 1870, 1.09 per cent. 



That the conditions are most favorable for the production of a healthy, 

 vigorous race of men, is attested by the following table, compiled from 

 the measurements of the United States volunteers during the civil war, 

 by B. A. Gould: 



Nativity. 



New England 



New York New Jersey, and 



Pennsylvania 



Ohio and Indiana 



Michigan, Missouri, & Illinois. 

 Kentucky and Tennessee . 

 Free states west of Mississippi 



river 



Canada 



England 



Scotland 



Ireland 



Germany 



Scandinavia 



67.83 



67.52 

 68.16 

 67.82 

 68.60 



67.41 

 67.08 

 66.74 

 67.25 

 66.95 

 66.66 

 67.33 



139-39 



140.83 



145-37 

 141.78 

 149.85 



2-= S 



"is Si- 



C S3 O 



.2 ~ o 



5 rt H^ 

 Oh o -r 

 o **? P > 



lH O — H-. 



141-35 

 I37.6I 



I37-85 

 I39.I8 



I40.37 

 148.14 



22.02 

 22.IO 



22.11 



22. 19 

 22.32 



21.97 

 22. I I 



22. l6 

 22.23 



22.09 

 22.37 



295 



237 

 486 

 466 



184 

 177 

 I03 

 I78 

 84 

 IO6 

 221 





2.07 



2. IO 

 2.15 

 2. IO 

 2.I9 



2.13 

 2. II 

 2.05 

 2.08 

 2.O9 

 2. 12 

 2.15 



