COUKXY AND mbTRICT REPORTS. 287 



Peaches iu this county were au entire failure. Potatoes light, 80 to 90 bushels 

 tv the acre. Wheat was a small yield, but good quality. Rye and barley but lit- 

 tle raised here. Oats good. Corn sufiered from a storm about the time corn was 

 full, and later it sufliered more. It would be hard to make an average of Perry 

 tounty crops. The bottoms yielded well, but hilly land scarcely anything. Ap- 

 ples— ^Some orchards were full, others again had no apples. As to the roads, they 

 are passable, and that is all. The rivers and creeks are all well bridged. There 

 has been more improvements this year than for several years past. Hay — Tirao- 

 thj, redtop and clover grows splendid here, and makes large yields, as well as every 

 other product of the soil. 



Perry county would be one of the best grazing counties in the State; plenty of 

 water furnished by springs and creeks As to the timber, thei-e is an abundance. 

 Oak — black, red and white ; hickory — black and white ; walnut— black and white ; 

 locust, etc., and most any kind of timber that is wanted. The timber is being 

 wasted fast here by the stave men, and in a short time all the oak will be gone. 



This county has fine sandstone, and several quarries are opened ; also plenty of 

 limestone. 



Fencing — Some neighborhoods have no fences, but whnre farmers have fences so 

 as to pasture, their oats, wheat and meadow fields are all doing well. 



For financial statement and list of officers see tables appended. 



Walton Wheelee, 



Seoetaiy. 



PIKE COUNTY. 



The fourteenth annual fair of the Pike County Agricultural Society was held on 

 the society's grounds, adjoining Pefersburg. It commenced on Monday, September 

 1st, and concluded on Saturday, the 6th. The fair was a decided success, finan- 

 cially and in every other respect. The entries were largely increased in every de- 

 partment, but more especially in the live stock classes, and there was also a marked 

 improvement in the quality of the stock on exhibition. The displays iu the horti- 

 cultural and agricultural classes were exctptionally good, which speaks well for the 

 farmers of our county, showing that they apprc-ciate the fair as an agent iu pro- 

 moting the agricultural interests. Our Floral and Art Hall was, as usual, the center 

 of attraction, on account of the great varitty and b;-auty of the articles on exhibition, 

 produced by the skill and taste of the ladies of Pike. The farm crops in our 

 county of every description, this year, were abundant, being much above the aver- 

 age for many years. Our wheat crop was unusually large, the grain of excel- 

 lent quality, and was saved in .good condition, yet on account of the unusual low 

 price realized by the producer, there has been no profit realized by any one, and 

 in many cases it has not paid for the labor and expense of raising and delivering 

 it to market. Of course this state of things is very unsatisfactory to the farmer. 

 It is very clear that the present low price of wheat is caused by over-production, 

 not only in the United States, but in India, Egypt, Russia, Australia, and every 



