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and ahead o^ the county fairs in our vicinity, and in this we fully succeeded, and 

 held the best\fair ever had in the district. 



A great mpny things worked against our success, and it was only through the 

 almost untiring work of our President, Col. John McGuire, that scored our fair a 

 success. 



The almost entire failure of our corn crop, short crop of wheat, a disastrous 

 flood, which put some of our grounds thirty feet under water and disheartened 

 greatly our many patrons, were among the few things that worked against our easy 

 success. 



In attendance and gat« receipts our fair was above the average in our county. 

 Contrary to our former usage, we held a purely moral fair, the only one in South- 

 eastern Indiana where drinking or gambling was not allowed. In this we think 

 we have struck the right course, and the probabilities are that our fair for 1885 

 will be carried on in the same way. 



The condition of agriculture in Southeastern Indiana for the past year, may be 

 summed up as follows: 



In stock, horses and cattle especially, our part of the State is improving th« 

 breeds very fast. 



The crop of corn, the past year, was very poor. Wheat very little better. Hay 

 an average crop and of excellent quality. Oats an excellent crop. 



The prospect for 1885 may be said to be about an average — probably a less 

 acreage of fall grain sown, on account of exceedingly dry fall, and fears of another 

 flood. For list of officers and statement of finances, see tables appended. 



Wii.i, A. Greer, 



Secretary. 



SWITZERLAND AND OHIO COUNTY. 



The thirty-third annual exhibition of the Switzerland and Ohio County Agricul- 

 tural Society, held at East Enterprise, Sept. 9th to 12th inclusive, 1884, was, all things 

 considered, quite satisfactory, both ns regards the display and attendance. A 

 severe drouth was prevailing at the time, water was scarce, and the dust stifling. 

 The people were also somewhat depressed in spirit, and were not as lavish in ex- 

 penditures as they would have been under more favorable circumstances. Yet the 

 receipts were near $.3,000, and, aside from some substantial improvements in build- 

 ings, fully met expeuditnres. The society is out of debt with a neat little balance 

 in treasury. The entries numbered over 1,100. The horse show and Ladies' De- 

 partment were especially fine, with a good show in nearly every class. The so- 

 ciety, as heretofore, excluded gamblers, tricksters, and swindlers, rejecting all 

 their tempting oflers. Believing that the Society is the better, 



" That noble end?, by noble means obtains, 

 Or failing, smiles without such venal gains." 



21 — Ageicxtxtuke. 



