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fluence, give a new impetus to exertions that will greatly 

 increase the taxables of our State, which will add to its 

 treasury an amount far beyond any expenditure they will be 

 called on to make. 



In regard to agricultural implements, we are pleased to 

 state that our farmers are introducing new labor saving ma- 

 chines — new thrashers, shellers, straw-cutters and other 

 implements. Gatling's new grain drill has been used by 

 several of our farmers and its operation and results highly 

 approved, the increased yield of grain being variously esti- 

 mated by several who have used it at from three to seven 

 bushels per acre, others estimating the increase from twenty 

 to twenty-five per cent. The reaper, (McCormick's,) has 

 also been introduced and used the past season, by one of our 

 large farmers, and has well sustained its high reputation. 

 Deeper and better plowing as well as rolling of the land is 

 beginning to meet with practical favor. 



There is but a small proportion of wet lands in our county, 

 and upon these in several places the process of underdrain- 

 ing has been commenced by which it has been well ascer- 

 tained that such lands, (which were formerly unproductive 

 and useless,) are rendered the most valuable and productive 

 at a comparatively small expense. 



The wheat crop of the past year was very productive and 

 abundant, exceeding the ci'op of any former year by at least 

 twenty-five per cent. The market price has been low aver- 

 aging about forty-eight cents per bushel. The place of 

 market has been Indianapolis, and other points along the 

 railroads in the county. 



The corn crop has also been unusually abundant. The 

 average yield per acre may be set down at sixty bushels. 

 We would here say that this average does not fairly repre- 

 sent the capacity of our corn land, but is attributable to 

 carelessness in cultivation, and a general inclination to farm 

 too many acres with too little labor. The land without ma- 

 nure, with good culture, will yield from seventy to one hun- 



