836 BOARD OF AGKICULTUEE. 



The ten counties leading in acreage for 1905 are:^ 



Ripley 48,349 acres 



Allen 43,784 acres 



Monroe 37,863 acres 



Lake 33,093 acres 



Greene 32,226 acres 



Clay 30,879 acres 



Porter 27,148 acres 



Boone 26,144 acres 



Owen 25,380 acres 



Montgomery 25,191 acres 



CLOVER MEADOW. 



The acreage of this crop shows a great variation in the last ten years. 

 The following table will give the acreage and the yield by years tor 

 this period: 



Year. Acreage. Yield. 



1896 713,555 1.32 tons 



1897 1,007,831 1.34 tons 



1898 1,805,579 1.48 tons 



1899 1,240,988 1.60 tons 



1900 897,715 1.50 tons 



1901 1,012,191 1.60 tons 



1902 809,918 , 1.65 tons 



1903 1,080,636 1.64 tons 



1904 918,562 1.48 tons 



1905 1,040,336 



The ten leading counties in acreage of clover for 1905 are: 



Randolph 25,074 acres 



Clinton 25,011 acres 



Allen 24,420 acres 



Jay 22,293 acres 



Boone 21,537 acres 



Johnson 21,350 acres 



Wayne 21,281 acres 



Rush 20,827 acres 



Shelby 20,091 acres 



Montgomery 19,882 acres 



The crop of clover seed in 1904 was 333,811 bushels, the following ten 

 counties leading: 



Dubois 13,506 bushels 



Shelby 13,110 bushels 



Johnson 11,359 bushels 



