99 

 KNOX COUNTY. 



REPORT OF THE KNOX COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the President and Members 



of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture : 



The undersigned, Secretary of the Knox County Agricul- 

 tural Society, would report that not having received or seen 

 the circular of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, will 

 have to be governed in the form of his report by a synopsis 

 of said circular found published in the Yincennes Gazette ; 

 and in doing so the questions therein stated will be taken up 

 and answered in their numerical order, so far as the means 

 in my hands or my personal knowledge will permit. He 

 would further state that as to most of the questions he has 

 no certain data from which to form his answers, and that 

 therefore the answers will to a great extent be matter of 

 opinion. He would also suggest the propriety of the State 

 Board having regular tabular forms printed and sent to the 

 several county societies in the State, that they, at their regu- 

 lar annual meetings, may take order to secure correct infor- 

 mation on all necessary points, and thereby secure uniformity 

 in all county society reports. 



1. Wheat. — The Blue Stem and old Red-chaff, bearded, 

 are considered the best varieties. There is no regular method 

 as to preparing the ground ; some fallow ; many sow in corn 

 and some on stubble ground. Time of seeding, from the 1st 

 of September to the last of October, mostly about the 1st of 

 October. Quantity of seed per acre, from one to one and a 

 fourth bushels. Average yield per acre, on good fallow from 

 about eighteen to twenty-five bushels; on corn and stubble, 

 from ten to sixteen bushels. Time of harvesting, last of 

 June. Manner of securing crop, the old way, cradling, bind- 

 ing and stacking or mowing ; there are but few reaping ma- 



