FARMERS INSTITUTES. 



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WHEAT. 



The wheat acreage for 1905 is 30 per cent, above that of 1904. That 

 for 1905 is 1,G41,934 acres, an increase of 382,741 acres over that of 1904. 



It will be observed from the following table that the acreage for 1904 

 was the smallest in ten years: 



Year. Acreage. Yield. 



1896 ■ ; 2,862,236 8.58 bushels 



1897 2,479,077 15.23 bushels 



1898 3,012,332 16.93 bushels 



1899 3,039,933 10.30 bushels 



1900 2,674,918 2.93 bushels 



1901 2,170,339 15.37 bushels 



1902 2,613,275 16.97 bushels 



1903 2,308,510 12.00 bushels 



1904 1,262,193 10.59 bushels 



1905 1,644,934 



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The average acreage of wheat for the past ten years is 2,406,474 

 acres, and the average yield per acre 12.3 bushels. 



The leading ten counties in wheat acreage for 1905 are: 



Posey 74,562 acres 



Gibson 64,803 acres 



Knox 50,125 acres 



Ripley • 49,880 acres 



Dubois 42,959 acres 



Harrison 42,212 acres 



Shelby 40,806 acres 



Spencer 39,857 acres 



Bartholomew 39,217 acres 



Rush 37,483 acres 



TIMOTHY MEADOW. 



The following table gives the acreage and yield of timothy for the 

 ten years last past: 



Year. Acraage. Yield. 



1896 1,243,969 1.32 tons 



1897 1,150,586 1.48 tons 



1898 ' 1,175,390 1.56 tons 



1899 1,123,903 1.27 tons 



1900 1,146,163 1.41 tons 



1901 1,234,899 1.40 tons 



1902 1,012,191 1.60 tons 



1903 1,125,404 1.26 tons 



1904 1,334,978 1.40 tons 



1905 1,422,875 



