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enough on the lower sides and belly. A cross of the first 

 two, with the latter, are much esteemed. But it is difficult 

 to effect a permanent cross between them, owing to the ten- 

 dency of the Russian and China blood to separate, pigs of the 

 same litter often being almost entirely Russian or China. As 

 our markets are on the Ohio, to which the hogs are driven, 

 we salt away but little pork, and hence no particular modes 

 of curing bacon have been adopted. At this time our farmers 

 are receiving three dollars a hundred, gross weight, for their 

 hogs. 



9. Op Wheat. — Like all other counties of the State, we 

 have several varieties of wheat. The Golden and Red Chaff, 

 and the White wheat are still sown by many; but they are 

 not so popular as formerly, on account of their liability to 

 injury from the rust. The Mediterranean is rapidly becom- 

 ing a general favorite. So the CaroUna, until last winter 

 showed that it was subject to being frozen out. The Penn- 

 sylvania or White Blue-stem has just been introduced. A for- 

 eign wheat, called the Royal Banna, has recently been brought 

 to the county, by Mr. John K. Whisenand. He found it in 

 Tennessee, where a friend had, the year before, received a 

 small portion from England. It weighs seventy-one pounds 

 to the bushel. The society, through Mr. Bateman of the 

 Ohio Cultivator, in October last, procured from London thir- 

 teen new varieties, the growth of different parts of the world. 

 These have been sown, and specimens of such as may prove 

 valuable will be sent, next summer, to the State Board. 



The inland position of this county has led to a general 

 carelessness as to the mode of cultivating this product. But 

 with the coming of the New Albany Railroad, this careless- 

 ness will soon vanish. The worst and best modes of putting 

 in wheat, are as follows : 



The worst, and perhaps I ought to add, the common mode, 

 is to plough the wheat in in corn ground, in September. Two 

 furrows are run (and those shallow enough) with the shovel 

 plough. No harrowing. Much of the ground thus sown, 



