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The following interesting figures are taken from the 1907 Abstract of Agricultural Statistics for Delaware County:
PRODUCT
ACRES SOWN FOR HAR- VEST IN 1906
BUSHELS PRODUCED IN 1906
ACRES SOWN FOR HAR- VEST IN 1907
Wheat
14,900.
260,729
16,754.
Rye . . .
.604
. 7,269
.486
Buckwheat
.13
. 154.
Oats
16,054.
409,393.
12,737.
Winter Barley
13
. 60
.15.
Spring Barley
.25
.125
.9.
Corn
39,190.
1,566,275.
34,040.
Ensilage Corn, 378 acres planted in 1907.
Sugar Corn
. 33 acres planted.
.72 tons produced
Tomatoes.
. 5 acres planted.
1,250 bu. produced
Peas. .
.614 acres planted.
5,400 bu. produced
Irish Potatoes
.629 acres planted
.64,521 bu. produced
Sweet Potatoes ..
1 acre planted
.50 bu. produced
Onions
478 acres planted.
.875 bu. produced
Meadow, acres in grass other than clover, 43,321' tons of hay produced, 48,894.
Clover, acres grown, 2,190, tons of hay produced, 2,460; bushels of seed produced, 174; acres plowed under, 93. Alfalfa, acres grown, 234; tons of hay produced, 525.
Milk. Gallons sold for family use, 278, 765.
Butter made in home dairies, 323,331 lbs.
Butter made in factories and creameries, 515, 147 lbs.
Cheese made in factories and creameries, 83,844 lbs.
Eggs, 970,980 dozen.
Sorghum, 1 acre planted; 169 gallons of syrup produced.
Maple trees from which sugar or syrup was produced in 1907, 22,809; pounds of sugar. 30, gallons of syrup, 3,919. Bees: Number of hives, 283; pounds of honey produced, 3,317.
Orchards. . Acres of Apple Trees . 2,319,
bushels of fruit produced. 133,908
Orchards. Acres of Peach Trees 113/8;
bushels of fruit produced. .257
Orchards.
Acres of Pear Trees. 134;
bushels of fruit produced. . .108
Orchards. . Acres of Cherry Trees. 912:
bushels of fruit produced
71
Orchards. Acres of Plum Trees. .312;
bushels of fruit produced
.14
Number of Beef Cattle owned in April, 1907 571
Number of Milch Cows owned in April, 1907.
.9,339
Number of all other Cattle owned in April, 1907
6,782
TOTAL
16,692
Number of Sheep owned iu April, 1907, 11,208.
Pounds of Wool shorn, 235,436
Number of Hogs owned in April, 1907, 18,344.
Number of Hogs lor summer market, 1907, 6,632.
Number of domestic animals which died from disease in 1906.
Horses.
143:
value. .$13,005
Cattle
162:
value.
.4,100
Sheep.
816;
value.
2,746
Hogs
.279:
value.
1,689
MINERAL SPRINGS.
(By Dr. S. W. Fowler.)
Delaware possesses some of the most valu- able mineral springs in the world, and each spring is charged with medicinal and thera-
peutical properties which have the most bene- ficial influence on mankind, both in health and disease. Many watering places and health re- sorts enjoying the patronage of many thou- sands of people, would be overjoyed with water
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of such wonderful therapeutic values as is found here. If these waters had been properly developed, Delaware would now be unable to furnish accommodations, and if they would now advance the work, hundreds, yea thou- sands, of those who know of these waters, would be the strongest advocates: for they stand ready to give testimony of the beneficial results of these chalybeate and sulphuretted waters.
Long before tradition taught our fore- fathers about them, the wild animals could have been seen here, drinking from these springs. Not only to quench their thirst were these waters beneficial, but they had a marvel- outs influence upon their vitality. The Indian told the white man how he found the buffalo. the deer, and the bears and cattle congregated here : how the various tribes came here to se- cure their meats while the animals visited these waters, and how the different tribes finally pitched their tents in the valleys and hills along the Olentangy River and the Dela- ware Run. They were wont to relate to the white frontiersman the marvelous benefits the old and the young derived from the waters. They fully appreciated that these mineral springs possessed something far better, more pure, and greater than other waters in the river and streams, as well as other springs in other localities.
The white pioneer soon learned also that these springs possessed something which made them better than other waters: and located near them to enjoy their health-giving prop- erties. He, too, saw with surprise, animals, both wild and domestic, seeking these springs, and only ceased coming to them when they were shut out by the fences.
For over half a century. thousands of peo- ple annually followed the same law and in- stinct, not fully appreciating the medicinal powers in these mineral waters, until some years ago, when a few enterprising and pro- gressive citizens connected with the University and city. believed that these waters con- tained valuable medicinal agents of great value to humanity, and possessed by but few mineral springs in the world. Acting upon their belief.
they had them analyzed. The analysis proved that each and every mineral spring possessed medicinal qualities of uncommon and beneficial influence to mankind. This wonderful revela- tion made by them, proved that the waters were not only similar, but far superior to many others whose fame had spread far and near. These white and black and saline sulphur and chalybeate springs in this locality are far su- perior in every respect to many in this and foreign lands. The analysis has proven that Delaware's Sulphur springs are better and stronger than those of Virginia, where thou- sands visit annually. They are better, and possess more valuable ingredients than those of Pennsylvania or Colorado.
The temperature of springs, as well as the waters charged with certain medicinal agents, render them more or less valuable for thera- peutical purposes. As a rule, spring waters have a temperature of 33 degrees. When the temperature is higher than 36 degrees, they are known as thermal springs. These are often of more or less value independently of the power of the water to dissolve mineral substances and the gases they contain. Yet when a spring is thermal, and contains the important gases, and holds in solution valu- able mineral agents, they become of far greater importance to mankind.
Such are the spring's in this locality. These sulphur springs have a temperature of 60 de- grees, and the chalybeate springs 57 degrees. while the famous Wildbad Spring of Germany has a temperature of 61 degrees : the Clifton, of New York. 54 degrees : Carlsbad. 131 de- grees ; the Warmbrunn, Germany, 68 degrees ; the Hot Springs of Arkansas, 90 degrees to 108 degrees; and the Great Geyser of Ice- land, 180 degrees. The composition of mineral waters varies according to the strata through which the water passes, as well as to the pres- stre and previous composition under which it is in contact with the deposits. Waters vary in composition in the same locality, yet come to the surface in close proximity to each other. as is witnessed in this locality. We see the same conditions at Saratoga. New York. Coming by pressure to the surface, these wa-
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ters are found to possess different therapeuti- cal values one from the other, yet each and every one possessing rare and valuable medici- nal virtues.
When the great mineral strata below has been thoroughly drilled into, and other springs have been carefully developed and located, there will be no reason why the waters will not be sought after for drinking and bathing purposes, and the curing of all forms of dis- eases equal to, if not far more, than those in other localities of less value.
The rare mineral combinations so univers- ally present in these mineral springs, and with which the people should have been more deeply interested, are not so different from those whose waters have cured many diseases, and given happiness to many individuals. The oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, carbonate and bi-carbonate of sodium; the sulphate and chloride of sodium; the carbonate and bi-car- bonate of calcium; the different forms of iron combined and re-combined by nature's law, are of the highest therapeutical value when properly used.
The classification of mineral waters is ex- ceedingly difficult, yet all are based upon the predominence of some certain constituents, or constituents imparting to them certain medi- cinal and therapeutical values to be used in different diseases or in various ways. The special or principal constitutent giving the pe- culiar character to the mineral waters, acting as a cathartic or as a laxative, is the bi-car- bonate of magnesia and bi-carbonate of soda, and the chloride of sodium. The tonic mineral waters contain bicarbonate of iron or oxide of iren. The alterative mineral waters contain iodide of sodium and chloride of potassia and sodium. The diuretic properties of the mineral waters depend upon the bicarbonate of lithia and the protoxide of hydrogen. It will be well to remember this when studying and discussing the qualities and uses of these mineral waters.
That the carbonic acid gas, sulphuretted hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen are the life- giving principles of all of our mineral springs, we can no longer doubt. They contribute to the solubility of the salts contained in the
waters, and render them more palatable and more agreeable to the stomach. The perfect solubility of these salts enhances the medi- cinal power of the mineral waters, and hence are more valuable for drinking and bathing. and curing of diseases. Once let the gases be driven off or escape, and the water evaporated, and it will be found it will take more than ten times the amount of rain water to re-dis- solve them. The absence of these gases in the strongest iron springs of Europe, render them worthless, or nearly so. When comparing these springs with many others, there is found a much larger amount of gases in them, thus making them of the highest benefit in curing diseases and for every day use. The gases seem to travel through some of the springs and escape; but in the case of the springs in this locality, the springs are most thoroughly and firmly impregnated with them.
While many famous mineral springs con- tain bicarbonate of magnesia, which acts as a laxative and an anti-acid in some stomachs, the Delaware springs contain not only the same, but added to them is the sulphate of magnesia and chloride of sodium, acting more mildly and safely as a laxative and carthartic as well as correcting the "sour stomach," es- pecially seen in those addicted to the use of alcohol, and those. too, who overindulge in eating at unusual hours. By using these wa- ters, the "heartburn" and sick headache soon disappear. These waters start the torpid liver, and arouse the intestinal inaction, and stimu- late metabolic changes. The medical profes- sion well know and highly appreciate the use of the carbonate and bicarbonate of sodium, found so abundantly in these springs, and can testify to their highly beneficial influence as medicinal agents, especially in correcting the morbid secretions of uric acid. As found in the waters of these springs, the acids hold in solution aluminates, the phosphates, etc .. ren- dering them thus highly beneficial in all forms of rheumatism. With a little labor, many valuable testimonials could be furnished giving proof of remarkable cures in this disease. When used for bathing and drinking, the ef- fects have been far more rapid.
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The Chalybeate springs, known as the Le- nape or Hills' Springs, furnish one of the best tonic waters in the country. The iron con- tained in the waters, when taken into the body, builds up the red corpuscles of the blood, stimulates the appetite, and enriches the whole body. That most important agent so demanded by the whole animal creation, chloride of so- dium, or common salt, is abundantly found in the chalybeate springs, and in each and every one of our springs.
Every physician can testify how this agent increases the solubility of the albumen of the blood, and prevents the rapid destruction of red corpuscles. It stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, increases the flow of bile, and the more rapid interchange of the fluids in the body. called osmosis. Acting on the kidneys, there are increased secretion and excretion of the urine. The great influence salt has on the body one cannot estimate until one has used the water so remarkably supplied with it. The only method of proving its action is by care- fully watching and recording the therapeutical effects on the patient. The same is true of all the waters. The effects have been watched and recorded, and many are ready to give testimony of astonishing and bewildering results. Chemical analysis fails to decide the exact medicinal ef- fects, independently of the careful and faithful observation of the beneficiary. The afflicted, who have used the waters and been benefited, always furnish the best and most reliable evi- dence. Blessed as the locality is now with many different mineral springs of the highest medicinal value, many more can be developed by systematic drilling. equally as good, if not better, and at the same time locate thiem so that sanitariums, hotels and bath houses can be erected with great advantage, to accommodate those wishing to come here for pleasure and treatment.
The Odevene Spring will always be of commercial interest, as the water is finding an unlimited demand. It is shipped in large amounts to various parts of the country, and is having a growth never dreamed of by the citizens of Delaware. The steady development of the Saratoga springs has been going on un-
til now they have world-wide renown. What has been done there can be done here, and should have been done long before this. Let five to ten wells be drilled in the most pleasant parts of the city, and soon we will see hotel and sanitarium accommodations made for the large number resorting here for health and pleasure, and many as permanent citizens, to use the waters, and will see the population doubled in ten years.
The first spring at Saratoga was discoy- ered in 1767, "the High Rock Spring." by Sir William Johnston. Tradition tells of the In- dians using from it long before this. The Con- gress Spring was discovered in 1792. Then followed others in rapid succession, until now they have over thirty, all properly analyzed and recorded, each one possessing rare medicinal properties, and which over 300,000 people an- nually visit for health and pleasure. Why should not the various sulphur and chalybeate springs of this city cause it to become the Sara- toga of Ohio and the west ?
All of these springs of any repute range from 60 to 200 feet below the surface. With the exception of the High Rock Spring. all are tubed.
It is the duty of every scientific and medi- cal writer interested in our city, to investigate, write and make reports upon the history, prob- able origin, chemical properties, the therapeuti- cal value, and the medicinal importance of each and every spring. In this manner a vast and valuable fund of information can be collected for the city, and for all coming here to use the water for various forms of diseases. This should have been done long before this, and the benefits would have accrued to the town. It has only been of recent date that the Odevene Spring waters have been brought prominently before the people, and its possibilities cannot be estimated. The reason for this rapid growth is the marvelous therapeutic action of the prop- , erties found in the water. It is only too fre- quently stated by the wise and the unwise. the learned and the unlearned, that these, as well as all mineral waters, have no medicinal val- ties, and the same results can be attained by using artificially prepared waters. The argu-
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ment only confirms the benefits arising from the use of these waters as nature furnishes them to us : yet all differing in power as cath- artics, laxatives, diuretics and elixir waters, as discussed and taught in medical books. The action of these same agents chemically pre- pared, act upon the organs by irritation, caus- ing secretion and elimination, while these same agents in these mineral waters are natural to the body, acting as powerful oxidizers of the disintegrated or broken-down tissues, and eliminating from the body by the different organs, the waste matter. These waters, charged with important elements, again fur- nish the blood with powerful restoratives to build up tissue, and to cure disease. That the Odevene stimulates the liver secretion, and acts as a cholagogue, we have abundance of evidence. Those using it report the laxative or cathartic effects, and the more rapid digestion and relief from distress in the stomach. The gastro-intestinal irritability is relieved and cured. The dark, swarthy complexion changed to a ruddy, healthy color, and the whole sys- tem, through the glandular organs is strength- ened and invigorated. The weak and debili- tated heart and arteries gain power and strength. The nervous system is electrified and set going. To give a list of the dis- eases influenced and cured by these waters would take too much space, and would be confusing. These mineral waters, like all others, should be used by the sick under regular and strict rules, and always under the care of a physician or nurse, who have carefully in- vestigated their use. Those in health need no help, and are ready to testify to the benefits derived from using the waters for bathing and drinking.
The Odevene Spring is owned and operated by the "Odevene Spring Company." It is lo- cated east of the campus of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and a little west of the Olentangy River, and near the junction of the C. C. C. & St. L. Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Rail- road. A company drilled this well into the rock and struck this valuable thermal mineral spring water at the depth of 400 feet. The well is in the great lime rock strata, and the
sulphur component renders the water valuable in many forms of disease. Their bottling works are nearby the spring, where they work a number of hands, washing the bottles, filling. labeling and packing ready for shipping. They have arranged for a portion of the water to flow from the well, to accommodate the hun- dreds of people who visit it daily for drinking and other purposes. Over twenty thousand gal- lons flow from the well daily. The medicinal effects of the water have been thoroughly tested, and endorsed, not only by the local physicians, but by other leading physicians. They prescribe it daily with the utmost confi- dence to those of a sedentary habit, and to those suffering from bilious disorders. The water, containing the laxative salts, chloride of sodium or common salt, bicarbonate of magnesium, the chloride of magnesia, induce effects that are mild, pleasant and certain, and without irritating the intestinal tract, or im- pairing the digestive functions; on the other hand, promoting the appetite, and stimulating digestion and assimilation. The chloride of calcium acting powerfully upon the glands of the skin, the kidneys, and the mucous mem- brane, is an agent of great value as a curative power. The various forms of eczema and the enlargement of glands are cured when the water is systematically used for drinking and bathing. The same can be said of the White and Black sulphur waters, as thousands of people, who have for many years used them, can testify.
We will speak also of the Magnetic Springs, properly called Chalybeate Springs. The Lenape Spring, owned by Mr. C. E. Hills. has been analyzed and tested for years. The ingredients contained in these waters are of great benefit to the blood and the body. Many chalybeate springs in this country, as well as in Europe, are visited for the purpose of drink- ing, bathing and treatment. Those at Rich- mond, Va. ; Sharon, Pa. : the Bedford, Brighton and Cheltenham in Europe, where large num- bers visit annually, are renowned. Yet the chalybeate springs of our own city have nearly the same chemical composition; and in addi- tion. combine the valuable saline properties
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making them of far more value as curative agents than those mentioned.
That we may prove that what has been said is true, we append the following analysis of our springs, and a few of the most noted in when the patient needs a tonic.
The Odevene natural spring water was analyzed by the celebrated consulting and analytical chemist, A. A. Brenneman, of New York. He gives the following composition :
Temperature 60 degrees, density 10,040, total solid 375.II per gallon.
Potassium Chloride 18.65 gr.
Sodium Chloride 145.87 gr.
Lithium Chloride Traces
Calcium Chloride 15.26 gr.
Magnesium Chloride 55.93 gr.
Calcium Sulphate 102.47 gr.
Calcium Bicarbonate 33.87 gr.
Magnesium Bicarbonate 2.64 gr.
Alumina and tron. 0.05 gr.
Silica 0.37 gr.
No Organic Matter.
Less the Carbonic acid and water of
Bicarbonates .361.32 gr.
The important gases spoken of before, and of such vast importance in all mineral wa- ters, are in large quantities in this spring :
Sulphuretted Hydrogen. .2.924 per gal.
Nitrogen 5.810 per gal.
Oxygen 0.158 per gal.
By the analysis, we see the water, as stated, is not only a strong mineral, but a highly saline sulphuretted one. This chemist further says : This sulphuretted hydrogen gas is entirely free, no sulphide occurring in the water, except the traces of sulphide of iron, and this in suspen- sion. He says further, by way of compari- son with other mineral waters, that this spring is exceeded by only one other in sulphuretted hydrogen gas. A United States gallon con- tains in cubic inches as follows :
Weilbach well, Germany 1.161
Cave well, N. Y. 2.754
White Sulphur well. N. Y. .0.884
Florida well, N. Y. .3.765
Odevene well, Delaware, O 2.924
Taking the analysis of these wells, we find the Odevene of greater value in this gas and its combinations in the curing of disease, and as a valuable mineral water.
The Lenape Magnetic Springs were known, like the other springs, to the Indians long be- fore the coming of the white man. The Lenni- Lenape tribe of Indians camped in the vicinity of these waters.
There are two of these springs only a few feet apart, giving a discharge of 8,400 gallons each day. Though so near together, the wa- ters differ materially in their composition, as will be seen in the analysis. Unlike the other springs, it has a magnetic influence, making it one of the marvels of nature. Its use in various diseases has been carefully tested, and found to be of great value. No. I acting on the liver, kidneys and blood, while No. 2 acts more directly upon stomach diseases and the bowels, as well as on the blood. Having such large quantities of iron, its use is especially adapted to the diseases affecting the blood, or when the patient needs a tonic.
No. I Lenape analysis is as follows :
Temperature 57 degrees, density 1.0520, total solid per gallon 55.695.
Sodium Chloride 3.346
Calcium Chloride 0.634
Potash Sulphate 1.334
Lime Sulphate 6.201
Magnesia Sulphate 0.934
Lime Bicarbonate 27.421
Magnesia Bicarbonate . 15.21 I
Iron Oxide .534
Silica
.054
Organic matter
.004
Total 55.695
No. 2 Lenape analysis is as follows:
Temperature 57 degrees, density 1.0620, total solid per gallon 40.64.
Sodium Chloride 2.15
Lime Sulphate 5.12
Magnesia 2.31
Magnesia Carbonate 12.11
Lime Carbonate 17.73
Potassia Traces
Organic matter 0.81
Iron Oxide 0.41
Alumina Traces
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When these waters have been used regu- larly and systematically, they improve the se- cretions and the appetite, relieve the decom- position of food in the stomach, and stop the eructation of gas, cure the diseased mucous membranes, and stimulate the torpid liver and intestine to action, build up the broken-down corpuscles, and thus stimulate the whole or- ganism. These waters being strongly anti- acid, they combine with the gastric juices, and act as a laxative and cathartic, and act most beneficially on all cases of rheumatism.
The oldest and most famous spring is the White Sulphur Spring on the campus of the Ohio Wesleyan University. Thousands of students and visitors from all parts of the United States and the world have the most perfect knowledge of it, and are ready to give testimony as to its value. How long it has been flowing, tradition fails to tell. The rich, sulphuretted odor of this, as well as of the five others of the same nature, appearing along the Delaware Run for two miles to the north- west, can be detected long before reaching the springs. The visitor, on the first visit, is disgusted and nauseated with the taste and odor, which is so powerful; but after a few visits he likes it, and many are found there daily praising it in the highest terms. Daily, hundreds are seen with vessels, drinking and carrying the water away.
These sulphur springs are more bountifully supplied with sulphuretted hydrogen and car- bonic acid gases than any other springs in the country. In each gallon of water can be found 96 cubic inches of sulphuretted hydro- gen gas, and 36 cubic inches of carbonic acid gas. The large amount of chloride of sodium, and the different forms of chloride of lime, compounded with magnesia, renders the water most valuable as a powerful anti-acid, acting to cure dyspepsia, toning up the mucous mem- brane of the stomach and intestines, and restor- ing the digestion. They start the torpid liver, and pancreatic and intestinal action, restoring the digestion, and acting as a mild laxative
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