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Our Lucas observer had about 400 bushels of choice apples, and sold them 
for $3 per bushel at the orchard, to be shipped east. The orchard had 30 acres, 
the trees about 20 years old and remarkably thrifty. 
Our Fulton correspondent has an orchard of four acres—trees 30 feet apart, 
set 20 years; kinds, Rhode Island greening, Spitzenberg, Tulpahocken, Van- 
deveer, Rambo, Holland pippin, strawberry, and early harvest—that has pro- 
duced 250 barrels average for eight years. Sold in orchard at $12 to $15 per 
barrel, net. 
In Seneca all kinds of fruit do well except plums and peaches, the cureulio 
destroying the plums and the frost the peaches, though a fair peach crop is 
enjoyed once in five or six years. 
In Logan the apple, in its several varieties, is the most successful fruit crop, 
and is deemed the only one that can be relied upon. The Rhode Island greening, 
bellflower, and winter pippin are preferred. 
It is reported of Miami that apples and peaches, which were formerly sure 
and abundant crops, are now obtained from abroad, while pears, which were 
wont to blight, now produce well. 
INDIANA. 
1. This State shows an increase in the value of lands in a majority of the 
counties reported, averaging 27 per cent. In some parts of Brown the increase 
has been 100, and in Warren and White 75 per cent. Carroll and Switzerland 
report an increase of 50 per cent. up to 1864, and since that date a decrease of 
20 and 30 per cent. DeKalb, until 1864, was about the same as in 1860, but 
now shows an increase of 25 per cent. Steuben, the northeastern county of the 
State, without railroad advantages, reports an increase of 20 per cent., with a 
steady upward tendency. Howard, Jasper, Jennings, and Washington, report 
no increase. 
2. Unimproved lands present an increase, but vary greatly in price, according 
to location and resources. In Boone they are not much sought after, except for 
timber, but where conveniently located to railroads bring high prices. Lands 
in Fountain are valuable for stone, timber, and coal, and are generally adapted 
to cultivation. In Greene a large portion is heavily timbered, and abounds in 
stone, coal, and iron ore. Dubois and Owen produce excellent grasses and 
wheat; and Martin, Lake, and Kosciusko, are heavily timbered and good for 
fruits and grazing. Steuben is heavily timbered with the choicest of white 
wood, black walnut, white oak, white ash, &c. The soil is well adapted to all 
kinds of farming and fruits; it is natural grass land and readily sells for $20 
and $25 per acre. In Bartholomew, Park, and St. Joseph the unimproved 
lands are worth as much, on account of their timber, as the improved. Peat is 
a ttracting considerable attention in St. Joseph, and it is to be thoroughly tested. 
La Grange and Montgomery report the highest figures per acre, being in the 
former from $5 to $100, and in the latter $30. In Fayette, Howard, Johnson, 
Putnam, and Wayne there is no wild land, and but little in Carroll and Vigo. 
In the latter county it will produce about 25 bushels of wheat per acre. 
3. The minerals of Indiana are various, and, although not properly developed, 
already promise to contribute largely to the future wealth of the State. Want 
of railroad communication is severely felt in some of the counties, and retards 
the development of vast fields of coal and iron ore. Gold, copper, lead, and 
coal-oil have been found, but not enough is yet known of them to judge of their 
paying qualities. The finest varieties of timber, such as oak, walnut, poplar, 
and cherry, abound in all parts of the State, and the annual shipments are very 
large. In Lawrence county building stone, known as the ‘ White River or 
Bedford stone,” is found in large quantities and shipped to St. Louis, Cincinnati, 
Louisville, &c. The custom-house at Louisville, and United States court-house 
