COUNTY AND DISTRICT REPORTS. 309 



good, there being quite an interest taken in introducing fine stock and also in 

 tile draining. 



Receipts from all sourcep, $1,537.03; general expenses, $416.85; paid on pre- 

 miump, $1,033.65 ; leaving a balance, $86.53. 



Dempsey Seybold, 



Seeretanj, 



CAMBRIDGE CITY. 



I herewith have the pleasure of submitting to you my fourteenth annual report. 

 Our fair this year was held on the 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th and 6th of September. Taking 

 all the surroundings into consideration, the fair was a success. Our crops were cut 

 short by the drouth, combined with the fact that this was campaign year, served 

 to detract the minds of the people fi-om fairs aid other matters of less importance 

 than the election of a President. 



The wheat ciop was a large one, above the average in both quantity and 

 quality. 



Oats an average yield, while the acreage was short of former years. 



Corn, owing to the drouth, was a short yield, being far below the average, so 

 much so in fact, that instead of having a surplus, farmers and others are compelled 

 to have corn shipped to them from other points, something unusual for us. 



Potatoes were about a half crop. 



A number of farmers are turning their attention to the cultivation of tobacco, 

 with a success that promises, in the near future, to become one among the first crops 

 of this s>;ction, the soil here being eminently adapted for a large yield and the pro- 

 duction of a superior quality of tobacco, and the price realized making it one of 

 the most paying crops for the farmer. 



Our small fruit farmers were the most fortunate, realizing more profits from their 

 few acres than many farmers who cultivate large tracts of land, and who disregard the 

 cultivation of small fruit. 



The show of cattle was large, the "Shorthorn" being the favorite. 



We had the finest display of horses ever had at any fair in Indiana, each and 

 every class being well represented. 



The display of hogs was good, the Poland China being the leaders. 



Sheep were not so well represented, as sheep raising is being neglected, for the 

 farmer does not care to invest his money and risk the loss of it by having his 

 flocks destroyed by the many worthless dogs, whose use is not to be compared to 

 the value of sheep destroyed by them. 



A fine display of poultry was made, over seventy clashes being represented. 



The exhibit in the Floral Department was above the average of other years, 

 many of the merchants and citizens exhibiting articles of use, beauty and orna- 

 ment. 



Ditching, fertilizing and scientific farming are each year receiving more atten- 

 tion. 



