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Of Potatoes 60 pounds. 



Of Beans 60 pounds. 



Of Cloverseed GO pounds. 



Of Flaxseed 56 pounds. 



Of Hempseed 44 pounds. 



Of Buckwheat 52 pounds. 



Of Blue Grass seed 14 pounds. 



Of Castor Beans 46 pounds. 



Of Dried Peaches :.33 pounds. 



or Dried Apples 25 pounds. 



Of Onions 57 pounds. 



Of Salt 50 pounds. 



Of Mineral Coal 70 pounds. 



It is to be regretted that, so far, no means have been de- 

 vised for obtaining full statistical information of each county. 

 We should obtain by our own officers, accurate annual sta- 

 tistical details of the great agricultural, mechanical, and 

 manufactuaing industrial products of the State. Without 

 this information, no representative is prepared to discharge 

 his duties faithfully to those he represents. 



We believe, under a perfect organization of county agri- 

 cultural societies, such as is contemplated by the State 

 Board, we shall be able to furnish a considerable amount of 

 information, touching the industrial products of the State. 



In this report, the first under the sanction of the State, 

 some considerable information is furnished on this subject. 



It would be an interesting table to lay before the Legisla- 

 ture, and through them to the people, the entire surplus of 

 Indiana the past year. The estimates in some of the coun- 

 ties are' very large; in the county of Laporte amounting to 

 four hundred thousand dollars, and yet we doubt not the sur- 

 plus of other counties exceeds this amount. 



The surplus of the State has been estimated by many the 

 past year, at from twenty to twenty-fiA'e millions. 



By the census of 1850, we are able to arrive at the fact, 

 that nearly eight-tenths of what we purchase out of the 

 State, is the labor and production of our sister States ; and 

 we may safely assert that more than one-half of this amount 

 is the product of the labor and skill of other States not as 

 favorably situated for mechanical and manufacturing labor 



