1853 1870 1877 18478 1879. 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 Wood heavy, very strong, rather coarse-grained, compact, durable in contact with the soil; bands of small summer cells broad, very resinous, dark colored, conspicuous, resin passages few, obscure; medullary rays numerons, hardly distinguishable; color, light-brown, the sap-wood nearly white; specific gravity, 0.6236; ash, 0.33; largely used for ship timbers, fence posts, telegraph poles, railway ties, etc. THE AMOUNT OF WOODLAND IN OHIO. The following table, prepared from reliable data, shows the remarkable decrease in the woodland of the State, from 1853 to 1884: In the year Difference between the years 1853 and 1884 Places. TABLES OF AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND RAINFALL IN OHIO. Cincinnati .......................................... 39 06 540 Cleveland 41 80 54.13 643 46.28 834 53.56 1,150 50.01 587 45.46 670 51.98 800 46.46 670 50.99 604 46.90 Year, Mean. No. of years and months. Average annual rainfall. |