History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, school, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; history of Ohio; statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 43

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088

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The amount so assessed Toledo is $200,000, and as no further progress can be safely made until it shall be secured, we come to you in the confident expectation that you will cordially and promptly join in the enterprise."

Pittsburgh, Canton & Chicago Railroad .- This company was organized August 9, 1870, with the following incorporators: James A. Saxton, C. Ault- man, Jacob Miller, Isaac Harter, George Cook, Louis Schaefer, Charles Foster, John T. Huss. John D. Loomis, J. M. Navlor and Warren P. Noble.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad .- This road enters the county at Fostoria, runs east through Bascom, Tiffin and Republic, and leaves the county just northeast of Attica Village. It may be said to date its history back to March 13, 1872, when the Baltimore, Pittsburgh & Chicago Railroad Company filed articles of incorporation, and received authority to build a road from the west line of Pennsylvania to the west line of Ohio. The work of construction was begun at Chicago Junction, and pushed forward by moneys advanced by the old Bal- timore & Ohio Railroad Company. June 10, 1874, the road was built over a line of 878 miles (Defiance, Ohio). and in December, 1874, the entire road to Chicago was opened for traffic.

Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railroad .- A company, named the Columbus & Toledo Railway Company, was chartered May 28, 1872, to build 124 miles of railroad from Columbus to Toledo. October 15, 1873, the road was located via Fostoria; in November, 1876, trains were run between Marion and Columbus; in November following, the use of the Pennsylvania Company's road from Walbridge to Toledo, was acquired; in January, 1877, through business was opened, and, in July of that year, the road was completed and equipped at a cost of $3.338,507.54. In July, 1881, this road was sold to the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Company, under whom it is now operated. This road enters the connty about a mile south of Springville in Big Spring Township, and after passing through Fostoria leaves the county at the northwest corner of Section 18, Jackson Township.

As everything connected with it is new, even its history, we cannot do bet- ter than take a synopsis of its history from the first annual report of Presi-

. M.nation

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dent Greene. The company was incorporated May 28, 1872, under the general act of May 1, 1852, the corporators being M. M. Greene, P. W. Huntington, B. E. Smith, W. G. Deshler, James A. Wilcox and John L. Gill, of Columbus, for the construction of a railroad from the city of Columbus to the city of Toledo, through the counties of Franklin, Delaware, Marion, Wyandot, Seneca, Wood and Lucas, a distance of 123 miles. The capital stock was fixed in the certi- ficate of incorporation at $2,500,000, and on the 1st of July, 1872, subscription books were opened in Columbus and Toledo. October 15, 1873, the line of the road was permanently located through the towns of Delaware, Marion, Upper Sandusky, Carey and Fostoria. It was originally designed to run the road due north from Delaware, but an extra $10,000 of stock had the effect of producing a slight curve in it, so as to carry it through Delhi and Middletown. Bids for the construction of the road were opened on the 4th of August, and on the 16th of the same month a contract was concluded with Miller, Smith & Co. They commenced work on the 17th, and in November, 1876, the portion between Columbus and Marion, a distance of forty-six miles, was sufficiently finished to justify the company in complying with the urgent solicitation of stockholders and business men along the line, to operate the same. On the 10th of Janu- ary, 1877, the entire line was so far completed that through business was com- menced and regular trains run between Columbus and Toledo under an arrangement with the contractors, who were, however, occupied for some time after that in finishing up the road, so that it was not fully completed and accepted by the company until July following.

Ohio Central Railroad .- This road was originally designed to run from Toledo on the Maumee, to Pomeroy, on the Ohio, was chartered as the "Lake Erie & Atlantic," and for the first nine years struggled onward under the presidency of Thomas Ewing. The road became so involved in debt that the company resorted to very questionable measures for its relief, sued the stock- holders for moneys they never owed, but were beaten at their own game. When the road was sold its named was changed, and the work of completion pushed forward, so that by the close of 1880, cars were run over the road via Fostoria. It enters the county in Jackson Township, about a mile north of Fostoria, and after passing through that city takes a southeastern route and leaves the county at Mccutchenville in Seneca Township.

Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad .- This line was graded and had ties laid in Dec., 1872, along the greater length of track. In Hopewell Town- ship the rail was placed, but when the enterprise collapsed the rails were taken up and sold. In 1884 John M. Lemmon, of Clyde, was appointed master com- missioner for the old Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad stock- holders. The claims and cost of rent amounted to $231,941.60,-20 per cent of $1,288,650, amount of stock owned by the Pennsylvania Company, was realized in 1885.

Northwestern Ohio Railroad .- This was formerly known as the Tiffin, Toledo & Eastern Railroad, and was completed May 1, 1873, and, consolidated with the Mansfield, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, forms the North- western Ohio Railroad. J. S. Morris, of Tiffin, is the superintendent of this important line of road, and the Pennsylvania Company the owners and operators. This road enters the county at Carrothers in Venice Township, passes through Bloomville, Tiffin and Bettsville, leaving the county imme- mediately northwest of last named village in Liberty Township.

New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, or " Nickel Plate."-The con- struction work on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway was virtually completed September 1, 1882. The "Nickel Plate" extends from Buffalo

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to Chicago via Dunkirk, Erie, Ashtabula, Cleveland, Fostoria and Fort Wayne. The first survey was begun in the last week of February, 1881, and actual construction commenced in the early part of June of the same year. A magnificent equipment for passenger and freight service was delivered in October, 1881, and a year later was open for traffic. This road crosses the Baltimore & Ohio, Lake Erie & Western, Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo and Ohio Central at Fostoria; crosses the Northwestern Ohio Railroad at Linden, passes by Fort Seneca and Green Spring, and leaves the county in Adams Township. The opening of this road has given new life to the north- eastern townships of Seneca County. In the foreclosure suit of September, 1885, tried at Cleveland, a judgment for nearly $3,000,000 was recorded against this road.

Lake Erie & Western Railroad .- This road enters the county in Section 5, Liberty Township, penetrates Jackson Township in Section 12, and, running through Fostoria, leaves the county at its western boundary within the limits of that city. This road was known as the "Lake Erie & Louisville Railroad."

Akron & Fort Wayne Railroad .- The certificate of incorporation of the Akron and Fort Wayne Railroad, with principal office at Tiffin, was filed with the Secretary of State in February, 1885. The capital stock is $100,000, and the company, which is to operate in Ohio, is also, it is understood, to con- nect with new lines built in Pennsylvania and Indiana, and eventually form a trunk line. The Ohio Company is the Akron & Fort Wayne Railroad Com- pany, and is organized with a capital stock of $100,000, and the following incorporators: William Thorpe, New York; James F. Cone, New York; War- ren P. Noble, John M. Naylor and Samuel B. Sneath, Tiffin. One branch of the road is to commence at the east line of Mahoning County and extend to Fort Wayne, Ind. Another branch is to extent from Akron to Ashtabula and thence to Buffalo. Warren P. Noble is one of the directors and the legal adviser of the board in Ohio.

CHAPTER XII.

BANKS AND INSURANCE.

F YOR years after the settlement of Seneca the banking house, as we know it to-day, did not exist in the county. Private enterprise, however, supplied the wants of the period, and moneys were loaned at any rate of interest which might be agreed upon, with ironclad security. In many cases financial aid was given by one neighbor to another, with simply a "promise to pay " when con- venient. A reference to the organic chapter points out the fact that loans of a few thousand dollars-a large sum for that period-were negotiated in Virginia, and later in the more important cities in Ohio; then followed the "wild-cat" banks and counterfeiters' dens, which, on being wiped out, gave place to le- gitimate banking houses. The first bank may be said to have been established in July, 1847, when William H. Gibson, Benjamin Tomb, Samuel Waggoner, R. G. Pennington, Alfred Johnson, Rufus W. Reid, Daniel Smith, William Fleet, William M. Buel and Daniel Brown subscribed $15,000, and applied for power to open a banking house. Less than a month later the application was amended, the capital stock raised to $100,000. other members added to. the original company, and a charter granted by the county commissioners,

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August 9, 1847. The bank was opened November 13, 1847. This was fol- lowed by the Bank of Tiffin, organized in 1858; the National Exchange Bank, organized in 1865; the Tiffin Savings bank, organized in the spring of 1873, and incorporated March 3, 1873, and the Commercial Bank, opened in June, 1876, one of the leading houses of northwestern Ohio. Foster & Co. and Emerine & Co., of Fostoria, are among the leading bankers of the State, while in the principal villages throughout the county regularly organized banks are found, all of which are noticed in the township and city histories.

Insurance Companies .-- The first local insurance corporation was known as the "Seneca County Mutual Fire Insurance Company", chartered by the State, and organized March 19, 1850, with Andrew Lugenbeel, president, and J. W. Wilson, secretary and general agent. The first policy was issued October 29, 1850. The secretary died at the beginning of the winter of 1856. when Will- iam Lang, who was president in 1851, was elected secretary. He found the company's affairs in bad condition, was unable to extricate the concern, and finally John McCauley was called in as directors' attorney, to collect assess- ments, pay off debts and wind up its affairs.

The Farmers' Mutual Relief Insurance Company was established in 1858, and reorganized under State law, April 12, 1878. Among its leading members are grouped some of the best citizens of the county.

The Tiffin Mutual Aid Association was organized January 23, 1879, with the following named members: Albert L. Flack, John Houck, Edward Jones, W. P. Noble, A. J. Brickner and E. J. Mccollum, M. D. This is one of the flourishing local insurance companies of the State.

The Golden Rule Aid Company, of Tiffin, was organized October 19, 1880, with J. W. Ridgely, J. W. Chamberlin, S. Chamberlin, Charles Martin and L. Montague, members.

The Mechanics' Mutual Protection Society No. 25, was organized under State law, January 20, 1849, on motion of D. Cunningham, with H. T. Dewey, S. P .; John Poorman, J. P .; Cyrus Milhouse, R. S .; William Kielholls, Jacob Huss and Cyrus Milhouse, trustees. The first annual election of officers of the Union Aid Society of Tiffin, was held August 13, 1883, and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, W. H. Myers; vice-presi- dent, L. Friedel; secretary, Nicholas Smith; treasurer, John Lawrence.

The foreign insurance companies introduced their business into the county about twenty-nine years ago, when the Home Insurance Company wrote policies. This was followed by the Ætna. and so on until the capital repre- sented here now may be said to amount to $1,000,000,000.

Gabriel J. Keen insured at a time when all policies were written at the home offices of the companies he represented. John T. Huss, whose tragic ending is referred to in other pages, was also an insurance agent. Bachman & Keppel transacted a very large business here for some years. A. H. Byers and A. L. Flack were also extensively engaged. The latter was succeeded by H. T. Heller, of Ottawa County, who has now one of the leading insurance agency offices of the county. A. C. Barber's agency was established about 1873, and conducted by him until his interests were purchased by Charles J. M. Sullivan, ten years later. The companies represented by Mr. Sullivan are among the best known doing business in the United States.

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CHAPTER XIII.

STATISTICS OF SENECA COUNTY.

A REFERENCE to the pioneer organic and political chapters of the general history will convey a fair idea of the condition of the county in 1824, when it was organized; while the military and Indian histories, as well as the chapters devoted to the township and city histories, point out its pre-organic condition.

This chapter is compiled specially as the concluding one of the general history, to confirm by figures all that has been related hitherto, and to bring within easy reach of the inquirer into the progress of the county a set of facts, authenticated by county, State and national records.

Early Surveys-Schools in 1847 .- The survey of lands up to 1832, and con- dition of schools up to and including the year 1847, are given as follows:

TOWNSHIP.

SURVEYOR.

Date of sur-

Product of

sale of school

No. of school districts in

1847 in fr. dis.

No. of pupils

enrolled.

Adams

Sylvanus Bourne.

1820

$4,443

677

Adamıs .

C. W. Christmas (Indian grant).

1832

Big Spring.

J. Glasgow.

1820

645

Big Spring

C. W. Christmas (Indian grant).

1832

Bloom ..

Sylvanus Bourne ..

1820

3,691

749

Clinton

J. T. Worthington

1820

1,296

Eden ..

J. T. Worthington.

1820

1,254

663

Hopewell.

J. T. Worthington

1820

520

Jackson

J. Glasgow.

1820

5,229

406

Liberty

J. T. Worthington.

1820

631

Loudon.

J. Glasgow.

1820

650

Pleasant

J. T. Worthington

1820

1,040

604

Pleasant .

C. W. Christmas (Indian grant). Price J. Kellogg

1820

2,943

676

Scipic

Sylvanus Bourne.

1820

953

Scipio

C. W. Christmas (Indian grant).

1832

Seneca

J. T. Worthington

1820

800

718

Thompson

P. J. Kellogg

1820

11,090

700

Venice.

P. J. Kellogg

1820

2,783

686

1832

Reed.

The surveys of 1832 were carried out under the provisions of the treaties with the Senecas, Wyandots and Delawares, referred to in the Indian history. Those of 1820 were provided for in the treaty of 1817.

School Statistics .- In the memorandum of early surveys, and of the schools of the county in 1847, reference is made to the schools of that period. The condition of the schools of Seneca County at the close of August, 1884, is shown by the following statistics: Balance on hand September 1, 1883, $52, - 768.16; State tax, $17,961; irreducible school fund, $4,007.04; local tax $68,- 007.50; amount realized from sale of bonds, $18,000; from fines, etc., $8,169. - 66; total revenue, $168,913.36. Paid teachers, $60,463.32; management, $3,449.96; sites and buildings, $16,076.92; interest on bonds $4,420; fuel and

vey.

lands.

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sundries, $25,688.96; total expenditure, $110,099.16; balance on hand, Sep- tember 1, 1884, $58,814.20; number of school districts 156, with 162 houses, of which 7 were erected in 1883-84, at a cost of $26,752; number of school rooms, 220; total value of property, $305,600; number of teachers employed, 349; average salaries $29, $36, $57 and $67; number of pupils enrolled, 8, 499- 4,493 boys, and 4,006 girls; average daily attendance, 5,892; number enrolled for attending high schools, 154 boys, and 215 girls; number of pupils enrolled between sixteen and twenty-one years of age, 1,214-706 boys, and 508 girls (vide township and city histories).

POPULATION 1830-1880.

NAME.

1830.

1840.

1850.

1860.

1870.

1880.

Adams Tp. in. village

830

1,250

1,416

1,661

1,537

1,624

Green Spring, part of.

925

1,932

2,377

2,224

2,048

Big Spring Tp. in. villages Adrian.

257

211

New Riegel.

236

367

Bloom Tp. in. village

389

1,168

1,742

1,720

1,492

2,161

Bloomville. .

400

689

Clinton Tp. in. city

2,195

4,330

6,041

7,174

9,581

Tiffin .

600

728

2,718

3,992

5,648

7,879

Ward 1.

2,373

1,534

1,997

1,642

Fort Ball

129

819

1,471

1,584

1,721

1,671

1,598

Melmore.

549

918

1,288

1,488

1,477

1,632

Bascom. .

995

1,258

1,131

158

Liberty Tp

1,084

1,400

1,541

1,668

2,157

Bettsville

Loudon Tp. in. part of Fostoria

763

1,781

2,465

3,133

4,315

Rome or Fostoria. part of. Risdon

212

Pleasant Tp

1,592

1,523

1,352

1,417

Reed Tp.

264

1,240

1,494

1,631

1,334

1,527

Lodi

2,321

1,835

1,642

1,836

Republic.

161

917

636

481

715

Seneca Tp

369

1,393

1,617

1,823

1,580

1,519

Fort Seneca

362

1,404

1,668

1,702

2,070

1,901

1,222

1,830

2,013

1,781

2,231

Venice Tp. in. villages. Attica .

148

375

663

Caroline.

300

1,027

1,743

3,569

Fostoria (total) .

(in. Jackson and Lou

don Tps., Seneca Co.,

4,111

and in. Washington Tp., Hancock Co ..

720

Sandusky Co.

Totals

5,159

18,128

27,104

30,868

30,827

36,947*

1,378

Eden Tp.

127

Hopewell Tp

586

1,399

Jackson Tp. in. part of Fostoria. Fostoria, part of.

1,027

1,733

3,040

Scipio Tp. in. village

1,556

Thompson Tp

Total

Green Spring in. Adams Tp.

Seneca Co. and in. Green Creek Tp.

*These are not the totals of the columns but are the totals of population for each decade.

331

Springville.

3,275

1,328

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HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY.

The census enumerators in 1880, were Christian Hoetzel, James V. Magers, Oscar M. Holcomb, V. D. Lamberson, H. C. Pitman, John Corrigan, H. W. A. Boyd, J. D. Reese, George D. Acker, J. C. Milhime, J. H. Davidson, James Ford, William Bogart, R. W. Brown, J. A. Feese and David Stanford. Each name represents a township in alphabetical order. The enumerators for the five wards of Tiffin were Henry J. Weller, John B. Schwartz, Albert Beil- harz, Ephraim Messer and F. H. Lang.

In 1839 there were 3,134 white male inhabitants of Seneca County, over twenty-one years of age. In 1843 the number increased to 4,059.

Population of Seneca in 1840, was 18,128, with sixteen postoffices and a tri-weekly mail.

The number of white male inhabitants in Seneca County, in 1880, above the age of twenty-one years, was 9,649. In 1835 there were 2,828.

The number of males of all ages in the county in 1880 was 18,667, and of females, 18,280.

TAXES, 1826-1884.

During the years 1820-21-22-23-24, a nominal tax was collected in the town- ships of Thompson, Seneca, Clinton and Eden (all organized while the county was attached to Sandusky County), but the aggregate amount did not exceed that now paid by one or two city lot holders for the improvement of a sidewalk. In 1825, a nominal tax was collected under authority of the commissioners of this county. In 1826, however, the genius of taxation began to make itself felt, when the freeholders were asked to contribute over $62.26. The amount of tax paid by Seneca County each year, from 1826 to 1836, is shown in the following statement,

1826.

62.26,6% 10

1831. $ 720.26,3

1827.

254.49,4

1832.

832.63,6

1828.

326.32 1833.

834.79.8 10

1829.

444.44-3% 1834. 954.80,1

600.05.7 1835. 814.13.8 10 1830.

1836

$9,707.261%

Receipts, $7,784.

Expenses, $4,289.

The annual payment of what was known as "the Canal Tax," 1826-35, drew from the county the following sums:

1826.

$ 14.97-7% 1831 $470.92,3%

1827

147.49,6 10 1832.

553.64-6

1828.

191.657% 1833. 466.14

1829.

310.81-1 10

1834. 282.88,7

1830. 400.83.6 1835. 167.77%

In April, 1837, Seneca County received $31, 756.74 from the surplus rev- enue fund. The county revenue for year ending June 11, 1838, was $15, 950. - 55; the expenditure, $13,425. The receipts of the county for the year end- ing, June 8, 1839, amounted to $19,544.91; the expenditures to $18,246.85. The taxes increased to $25,047 by 1842, of which $22,000 were expended. In 1844 they increased to $28,472, while the expenditure was only $12,000. In 1846 the total tax was $31, 187.31, and the expenditure only $11,989.69. From this forward, until 1861, the tax had a natural growth, while the expenditures were not at all marked by extravagance.

In 1862 the taxes to be collected were placed at $110,874.37; in 1863 the amount was increased to $135,834.13.

The 5 per cent special income tax for 1863 was levied that year also. Among the heavy tax payers were Charles Foster, $800; Henry Zahm, $429.65; R. W. Shawhan, $373.25; A. G. Sneath, $223.25: M. Sullivan, $165.35;

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Benjamin Tomb, $158.15; R. G. Pennington, $100; F. Carpenter, $104.10; William Rininger, $170; Richard Baker, $133; Harry Grey, $101. Henry Ebert was the deputy collector for this county.

In 1864 the county, State and local tax was placed at $210,658; while the 5 per cent income tax collected in 1864 from Seneca County was $13, 456. 70. The total tax in 1865, payable in December of that year, was $209, 153.50. In June, 1865, there were 168 pianos in Seneca County valued at $22,249. Liberty and Jackson Townships did not claim even one of those instruments. The tax levied by the commissioners of Seneca County, due in December, 1866, was $165, 122.05. The total income tax, for the eighth subdivision, com- posed of First Ward-Tiffin, Bloom, Clinton, Eden, Scipio, Thompson, Venice and Reed-in 1866, was $12,515.68. This was raised on 5 per cent on incomes over $600 per year. R. W. Shawhan was taxed on a $9,063 income; Charles Foster, on $10,800; C. W. Foster, on $5, 766. In 1867 the expendi- tures decreased, the taxes paid being $116,313; so that out of a large total revenue in 1868 there was only the sum of $115, 192.64 paid, which almost covered the entire amount to be collected on assessment that year; the total revenue being $200,353.04. The sums standing to the credit of the county from 1869 to the present time, made up. of balances and delinquencies, are as follows: 1869, $196,480; 1870, $200,208; 1871, $193,593; 1872, $203,277; 1873, $249,978; 1874, $248,318; 1875, $250,923; 1876, $264,941; 1877, $280,270; 1878, $286,335; 1879, $287,714; 1880, $292,812, dog tax, $3,892; 1881, $290,762, dog tax, $3,896; 1882, $331,717, dog tax, $3,156; 1883, $319,707, dog tax, $2,914; 1884, $239,887, dog tax, $2,674. The amounts of warrants redeemed by the treasurer for the year ending March 5, 1885, foot up as follows:

County Fund.

$18,979 50

Bridge Fund

9,275 72

Poor Fund.

5,023 50

Building Fund.

3,182 29

Road Fund ...

2,976 41

Township Fund.

9,364 05

School Fund.

53,570 63

Corporation Fund

32,554 38

Ditch Fund

13,353 84

Dog Fund .

232 00

Court House Fund ...

46,018 40

Court House Site Fund.

1,725 00

Soldiers' Monument Fund

1,883 10

Special Fund.

1,874 69

Tax Redemption Fund

1 00

Total

$200,014 51

VALUATION OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.

In 1825 the assessed value of horses in the county was $13,160, for 322 horses; of cattle, $9,890, for 1,097; of manufacturers' and merchants' stocks, $12,500, and of houses, $1,750-aggregating $37,300. Ten years later the total assessed value of personal property, including eighteen carriages, was $166,983, increased in 1847 to $907,141. The recapitulation of footings of the assessment made in 1841 of the fifteen townships then forming the county, gives a total value of $1,233,080. The number of acres of land assessed was 318, 736%, valued at $879,195, including buildings. The total value of town lots was $81,219. There were 3,543 horses valued at $141, 720; 8,237 cattle valued at $65,896; merchants' capital and moneys at interest amounted to

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$62,610; carriages numbered 40, valued at $2,440. The aggregate tax levied was $17,677.48. The total delinquent tax from 1840 was $1,593. 77.

The valuation and taxation of Seneca County (1884-85) are shown by the following statistics: Acres of land, 340,314; value, $12,223,360; and town lots, $3,711,560, with personal property valued at $5,910,600, being the total valuation up to $21,845.520, or two-fifths of the true value. The total State tax levied was $61,167.48, and the total county and local tax, $273, 176.46. The State, county and other taxes, with a small amount of delinquent taxes, brought the amount of the duplicate up to $340,649.99, exclusive of $2,674, dog tax.

Agricultural Statistics .- The agricultural statistics of Seneca County in July, 1861, gave the following figures: Acres of wheat, 39,992-bushels of wheat, 677,789; acres of corn, 27,869-bushels of corn, 1,007,461; acres of oats, 15,323-bushels of oats, 536,679; acres of potatoes, 1,391-bushels of potatoes, 150,633; pounds of butter, 667,326; acres of rye, 514-bushels of rye, 7,481; acres of barley, 642-bushels of barley, 12,247; acres of hay, 26,566, tons of hay, 42,069; pounds of cheese, 32,735; sheep killed by dogs, 515, valued at $969; sheep injured by dogs, 429; estimated value of in- juries, $429.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1088

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.)
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Chicago : Warner, Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1088