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agricultural productions of the county, &c., I feel some deli- 

 cacy, as I have no positive data upon which to make a state- 

 ment on this head; yet it is believed that the following 

 (compiled from the most authentic source within my reach,) 

 will prove nearly, if not quite, correct in every particular: 



1. Stock. — Number of horses in the county, 6,760 ; mules, 

 1,404; cattle, 14,086; stock hogs, 37,788; hogs sold to mer- 

 chants, (mostly at Terre Haute,) 39,130 ; average weight of 

 merchantable hogs, 260 pounds; sheep on hand, 41,054; 

 sheep disposed of to persons living out of the county the past 

 season, 8,242. 



2. Grain. — Number of acres of corn in the county, 39,702 ; 

 average amount of corn per acre, forty-jfive bushels ; acres of 

 wheat, 25,132; average amount of wheat per acre, fifteen 

 bushels; acres of oats, 4,290; average amount of oats per 

 acre, thirty bushels; hay, number of tons, 7,956. Grain 

 from this county is mostly sold at Indianapolis, Lafayette and 

 Terre Haute. The Greencastle merchants, however, in view 

 of the early completion of the Indianapolis and Terre Haute 

 Railroad, have commenced taking in wheat. 



3. Fruit. — While other portions of the State failed to 

 produce apples in any considerable quantity, the past season, 

 this county was almost as prolific in the production of this 

 valuable fruit as usual. This county is admirably adapted to 

 the production of fruits of all kinds, with the exception per- 

 haps of the pear, which, from some unknown cause, is gen- 

 erally unproductive in our soil. The county produced a few 

 peaches the past season. Great efforts are being made for 

 the improvement of the quality of our fruit. 



4. Land. — The number of acres of land in cultivation in 

 this county is, 75,296; number of acres in pasture, 109,226. 



5. Agricultural Implements. — Several valuable agricul- 

 tural implements were presented for the inspection of the 

 public at our late fair, among them a cultivator, owned by 

 Stephen M. John, Esq., used in the cultivation of corn, and 



