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594 OHIO $2,719,140; home manufactures, $1,371,409; animals slaughtered or sold for slaughter, $40,- 498,375 ; value of all live stock, $120,300,528. In 1873 the assessors returned 18,575,239 acres of taxable lands, including 8,535,917 cultiva- ted, 4,855,425 in pasture, 4,085,969 woodland, and 541,022 other land unproductive. It was believed, however, that the actual amount was about 36 per cent, more than that reported. The chief crops, as returned by the federal census of 1870 and by the state authorities for the three following years, were as follows : PRODUCTS. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. Federal census. Total production. No. of acres sown. Average production per acre. Total production. No. of acres sown. Average production per acre. Total production. No. of acres sown. Average product'n per acre. Wheat bush 27,882,159 67,501,144 846,890 25,347,549 1,715,221 180,341 11,192,814 230,295 2,289,565 151,166 17,880,624 631,894 18.741,973 22,274,878 98,363,060 428,014 82,696,127 1,941,240 177,938 8,755,198 207,676 1,928,221 884,974 24,477,361 738,384 36,177,680 1,667,659 2,682,165 87,207 1,000,122 81,252 14,972 100,680 2,693 1,831,975 13-27 86-67 11-50 82-69 28-89 11-88 87 77 1-05 18,087,664 103,053,234 295,843 25,825,742 1,528,266 266,807 7,882,297 215,023 1,763,950 308,903 9,060,588 457,379 34,900,990 1,611,217 2,520,253 25,166 971,494 72,483 84,882 105,896 3,026 l,815,55t 11-22 40-89 11-75 26-58 21-08 7-65 73-96 71 1-02 21,974,885 84,049,328 291,829 20,501,904 1,074,906 213,074 5,966,316 170,370 1,870,212 205,944 5,070,788 167,510 39,572,558 1,742,756 2,400,295 27,927 791,927 49,872 21,002 78,199 2,701 1,966,315 12-61 35-07 10-45 25-87 21-55 10-14 76-55 63-07 1-05 Indian corn, bush Eye bush Oats, bush Barley, bush Buckwheat, bush Potatoes, Irish, bush " sweet, bush Hay tons Grass and clover seed, bush. Flax, Ibs I 85,863 23,862 12 : 53 j- 72,076 46,221 '7 : 55 j- 43,650 43,850 '9 : 02 Flaxseed bush. Tobacc Ibs The counties having the greatest extent of culti- vated land are Richland, Seneca, Wayne, Darke, Fairfield, and Montgomery, the total number of acres under crops in these six counties be- ing 999,925. Other agricultural productions have been reported as follows : PRODUCTIONS. 1870. Federal census. 1871. 1872. 1873. Wool Ibs 20 539 643 16 139 881 17 586 209 17175465 Hops Ibs. 101,236 Butter Ibs ... 50266872 44 994 152 45 418 066 43 583 865 Cheese, Ibs , 24,153,876 82,394,152 84,403,857 86 668 530 Milk, gallons sold 22,275,344 Maple su^ar Ibs 8,469,128 1,832896 2 690 Oil 2,150,072 " molasses, galls 852,612 271,113 536,320 376'84S Sorghum sugar, Ibs 25,505 84,599 86,84(J " molasses, galls 2,023,427 1,817,042 968,130 692,814 Honey Ibs 763124 Wax, Ibs 22488 Orchards, acres m f 877,297 883,647 391 550 885,829 Apples bush 2 . 11 012 582 10 437 437 21 632 475 11 848 431 Peaches bush 5 809639 860530 405 619 94516 2 2 - 67 047 126 982 153968 80033 Vineyards, acres 10,890 11,219 is'in 19660 Grapes Ibs "ff* 15858719 19 292 980 10016427 6607653 Wine galls OQ 2 577 907 1 031 923 425 923 208 289 The number of domestic animals reported by the federal census of 1870, and the number and value returned for taxation in 1874, were as follows : ANIMALS. 1870. 1 574. Number. Value. Horses 704,664 729 803 $45 932 868 Mules and asses 16,065 25,345 1,778,181 Cattle 1,673,864 27,917,537 Milch cows 654,390 Working oxen 28606 Other cattle. 843425 Sheep.. . . 4,928,635 4,383,868 10,452 067 Swine... 1,728.968 1,915,220 6,152,875 Ohio possesses great natural advantages as a manufacturing state, and holds a very high rank in this respect. According to the federal cen- sus of 1870, it ranked after New York, Penn- sylvania, and Massachusetts in the amount of capital employed in manufactures and the value of products ; first in the value of wooden ware ; next to Illinois in agricultural implements and distilled liquors ; to New York in cooperage, linseed oil, and factory cheese ; to Pennsylvania in iron ore and coal oil; to New York and Pennsylvania in iron castings, forged and rolled iron, sash, doors, and blinds, soap and candles, tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, and malt ; to Illinois and Missouri in bituminous coal and Sork packed; and to California and Missouri i vinous liquors. It also ranked among the first in malt liquors, machinery, mining, and leather. The total number of manufacturing establishments of all kinds was 22,773, having 4,586 steam engines of 129,577 horse power, and 2,157 water wheels of 44,746 horse power, and employing 137,202 hands, of whom 119,680 were males above 16 years of age, 11,575 fe- males above 15, and 5,941 youths. The capital employed amounted to $141,923,964; wages, $49,066,488; materials, $157,131,697; products, $269,713,610. The leading industries are rep- resented in the following table :