FARMERS'' INSTITUTES. 83Y 



Rush 10,599 bushels 



Hancock 10,546 bushels 



Hamilton 10,208 bushels 



Clinton 10,166 bushels 



Spencer 9,649 bushels 



Bartholomew 9,349 bushels 



Howard 9,166 bushels 



POTATOES. 



The acreage of potatoes has declined during the last ten years until 

 the present crop is but little over two-thirds of what it was in 1895. 



The following table gives the acreage and yield by years since 1896: 



Year. Acreage. Yield. 



1896 91,502 64 bushels 



1897 92,742 42 bushels 



1898 66,205 71 bushels 



1899 68,561 79 bushels 



1900 69,768 87 bushels 



1901 65,673 • 28 bushels 



1902 73,227 95 bushels 



1903 77,153 68 bushels 



1904 60,657 86 bushels 



1905 66,885 



TOMATOES AND PEAS. 



The large acreage of these crops — 15,297 of the former and 12,213 of 

 the latter — makes 1905 the banner year for these products. Scott County 

 with 1,828 acres in tomatoes leads the counties of the State, and Knox, 

 with 2,026 in peas, stands first in that particular. 



WATERMELONS AND CANTALOUPES. 



The acreage of watermelons for 1905 is 8,232, and for cantaloupes 

 2,916 acres. Both these fall below the acreage of 1904. Knox County 

 leads in both these crops with 2,035 acres of the former and 941 acres 

 of the latter. 



TOBACCO. 



The tobacco crop of 1905 is more than 60 per cent, in excess of that 

 of 1904 in acres planted. That of 1905 is 13,972. There are 65 counties 

 reporting this crop, a larger number than ever before. 



The leading counties are: 



Switzerland 2.332 acres 



Jefferson 2.308 acres 



Spencer 2,201 acres 



