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chines in our county. Usual place of market, Vincennes. 

 Prevailing price, fifty cents per bushel. Remedies for Hes- 

 sian fly, is late sowing ; for Weavil, threshing and putting up 

 in the chaff, which if done in time is thought to be a sure 

 preventive. 



2. Corn. — Manner of preparing the ground, some plow in 

 the fall and winter, and re-plow in the spring, but generally 

 the ground is plowed in the spring, then cross listed and 

 planted. Time of planting, from the middle of April to the 

 middle of May. Number of times and depth of plowing, 

 from three to five times and from three to six inches in depth. 

 Average product per acre, from thirty to eighty bushels. 

 Place of market, Vincennes. Price, from fifteen to twenty 

 cents per bushel. 



3. Oats, Rye and Barley. — Quantity of seed for oats and 

 barley, one and a-half to two bushels ; for rye, three-fourths 

 to one bushel. Average yield of oats and barley, from 

 twenty-five to thirty-five bushels ; rye, ten to twenty. Prices, 

 oats, twelve to fifteen cts.; rye, forty-five to fifty cts.; barley, 

 fifty cts. 



4. Grass. — Most valuable, timothy. Quantity of seed per 

 acre, about one gallon. Quantity of hay, one and a-half to 

 two tons per acre. Place of market, Vincennes and Mays- 

 ville. Price per ton, six dollars. 



5. Dairy. — Average price of butter, ten to sixteen cents 

 per pound. 



6. Neat Cattle. — Value of beef-cattle, three dollars per 

 hundred ; as to balance, canH answer. 



7. Sheep and Wool. — Not informed. 



8. Hogs. — Best breeds, Berkshire and Byfield. Price of 

 pork, three to four dollars. Bacon, seven to nine cents per 

 pound. 



9. He3ip.^ — None. 



10. Potatoes. — Price, twenty to thirty cents per bushel. 



11. Fruit Trees. — CanH answer. 



12. Soil, Timber, &c. — Prevailing character of soil, rich 



