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quarters at Bismarck, consists of infantry and artillery, total strength 64 officers and 663 men.

Production and Industry.— Agriculture is the chief pursuit of the North Dakota population. In 1910 the farmland had an area of 28,426,650 acres, of which 20,455,092 acres was improved land. The area to be irrigated within the State under the Federal Reclamation Act extends to 40,000 acres, while in Montana and North Dakota 66,000 acres are to be dealt with. The chief products are cereals, potatoes, hay and flax. The wheat crop in 1912 amounted to 143,820,000 bushels; oats, 95,220,000 bushels; barley, 35,162,000 bushels. In the same year the area under flax (grown for the seed) was 1,246,000 acres, and the yield amounted to 12,086,000 bushels of seed, valued at 13,778,000 dollars. The State has also an active live-stock industry, chiefly horse and cattle -raising. In 1910 the farm animals were 712,000 horses, 247,000 milk cows, 616,000 other cattle, 621,000 sheep, and 206,000 swine. The wool clip jaelded 1,812,500 pounds of wool, valued at 348,725 dollars in 1911.

The mineral resources of North Dakota are inconsiderable. Cement is made and there are coal mines, the output from which in 1911 amounted to 502,628 short tons, valued at 720,489 dollars. The clay products were valued at 210,616 dollars. Total mineral output in 1911, 957,425 dollars.

In the State in 1910 there Avere 752 manufacturing establishments with an aggregate capital of 13,196,000 dollars, employing 2,789 wage-earners, using raw material costing 13,674,000 dollars, and giving an output valued at 19,137,000 dollars. The most imj^ortant of these industries was flour and grist milling, which, with an aggregate capital of 2,383,673 dollars, employed 312 wage-earners, used material worth 5,426,541 dollars, and gave an output worth 6,463,228 dollars (in 1900, 3,849,829 dollars). The dairy output (butter, cheese, and condensed milk) amouated to 562,481 dollars (in 1900, 122,128 dollars).

In 1911 there were 5,336 miles of steam railway in the State, and 18 miles of electric railway. The principal lines are the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Sault Ste Marie.

References.

The Reports of the various Executive Departments of the State.

OHIO.

Government. — The question of a general revision of the Constitution is submitted to the people every 20 years, provision being made for the appointment of a Convention to draft alterations.

The Legislature consists of a Senate of 34 members and a House of Representatives of 119 members, both Houses being elected for two years. Qualified as electors arc (with certain necessary exceptions) all male citizens 21 years of age who have resided in the State one year, in the county 30 days, and in the townshi]) 20 days next before the election.

Ohio is represented in Congress by two Senators and 21 Representatives.

Governor :— James M. Cox, 191.3-15 (10,000 dollars).

Secretary of State. — Charles H. Graves.

Ohio is divided into 88 counties. The State Capital (since 1816) is Columbus,

Area, Population, Instruction. — Area, 4i,060 square miles, of which

300 square miles is water, Of the population in 1910, 111,443 were negroes,