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were where large herds of cattle and sheep feeding, quite similar in 

 appearance to its Kentucky prototype. What by draining and at- 

 tention, the flat soils of Indiana he thinks peculiarly adapted to 

 the blue grass and the raising of stock. It pays also to rear from 

 the best breeds. Mr. M. has some very fine. His horticultural 

 taste, too, fruit orchard, lawn, dwelling, milk-house, barns, etc., 

 though originally built of logs, give evidence of enterprise and refine- 

 ment, remarkable in a man of so limited educational facilities. A 

 subscriber to the Cincinnatus and many valuable publications, it is 

 his intention, though late in life, to understand more thoroughly 

 his favorite occupation, and be able to transmit to posterity the 

 advantages accruing from his tilling of the soil. Mr. Thomas N. 

 Link, his son-in-law, living beyond him, has also a fine farm of 300 

 acres, and is paying still more attention to fruit culture. 



Kush county contains a large number of excellent farmers, many 

 of whom are considerably scientific ; among them may be reckoned 

 the Messrs. Patton, Root, Thomas and Winship, in the neighborhood 

 of Milroy. This Fall, their Fifth Annual Agricultural Fair was had> 

 the first since it became a stock company, to which there had been 

 over §2,000 subscribed. Their grounds, just out of Rushville, are 

 yery appropriate, comprising blufi"s, amphitheatre, three wells, sub- 

 stantial buildings, etc. The town itself wears a very flourishing ap- 

 pearance, having four churches, county buildings and business 

 houses, generally built of brick, of tasty architecture. The Carr 

 House, a new and beautiful hotel, five stories high, 56 by 70 feet, 

 situated on a prominent corner, at convenient distance from the R. 

 R. Depot, is worthy the traveler's regard. 



Greensburg, Decatur Co., is another thriving town, where a very 

 expensive Court House is being built and when completed will be 

 the best in the State. Attending the Fair — exhibiting products of 

 wheat and fruit from Farmers' College, abundant evidence was given 

 by the gentlemanly oflBcers, directors and members of the society, of a 

 true appreciation of our Agricultural College and its appliances. — 

 Diplomas were awarded for the White Pirk Wheat and Fruit 

 of the Farm Department. The Messrs. Hamilton, Mr. Pleak, the 

 president of the Agricultural Society, Mr. Adams, the secretary, J. 

 D. Wilson, Esq, the ex-president, the Lewis's, Messrs. Bowers, 

 O'Byrne, Barger, Lowry, and others in the county, are among the 

 best class farmers, who feel concerned for the welfare of our institu- 



