Influence of Glaciation on Agriculture 
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somewhat smoother in both unglaciated and glaciated portions 
than in the Stark county region. 
Detailed information was obtained from the State Agricultural 
Commission concerning amounts, values and acreage of all farm 
products in 1912, a typical year. This data was compared on a 
township and acreage basis for both areas chosen, and a number of 
methods of comparison were employed to avoid erroneous com 
elusions, the two areas being used as checks on each other. Towm 
ships crossed by the glacial boundary were not considered because 
of the impossibility of getting reliable data for portions of a town- 
ship. 
The first method of comparison was of the number of bushels, 
tons or pounds produced per acre, of the more common crops in 
the different townships. The following results were noted: 
(Tons 
(Bu. perA.) per A.) 
wheat 
rye 
oats 
corn 
potatoes 
apples 
peaches 
hay 
Canton area 
Glaciated.. .... 
9.9 
13.2 
43.2 
39.1 
97.0 
37.4 
32.8 
1.25 
Unglaciated . . . 
8.8 
15.2 
34.3 
38.2 
99.7 
14.0 
29.7 
1 .08 
Difference 
1.1 
2.0 
8.9 
0.9 
2.7 
23.4 
3.1 
0.17 
In favor of.. . . 
Gla. 
Ung. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Ung. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Millersburg area. 
Glaciated 
9.0 
11.2 
33.7 
35.4 
94.8 
70.4 
25.0 
1.17 
Unglaciated . . . 
10.2 
7.6 
31.5 
37.2 
72.8 
69.4 
23.7 
1.10 
Difference. .... 
1.2 
3.6 
2.2 
1.8 
22.0 
1.0 
1.3 
0.07 
In favor of. . . . 
Ung. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Ung. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
Gla. 
It is seen that there is a great irregularity in these results. 
Some crops seem to grow better on the glaciated land, while for 
others the unglaciated is more favorable. For a number of the 
crops the yield is greater in the unglaciated part of one section 
and in the glaciated portion of the other, e.g., wheat and corn. 
Considering the whole area, the glaciated land seems to have a 
slight advantage in productivity, which however is not at all 
general or regular. This would seem to indicate that so far as 
directly enriching the soil goes, the glacier exerted little or no 
influence. 
The second method of comparison was by figuring the total 
values for all farm products for each township. Here the true 
effect of the glacier became manifest. Values were regularly 
much higher throughout the glaciated townships than in the 
