Excerpt from Thirty-Eighth Annual Report of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture, 1888-1889, Vol. 30: Including the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting, 1889; Meeting of Cattle Breeders, Swine Breeders, Wool Growers, Bar Keepers, Cane Growers, State Florists, and State Horticultural Association, 1889; To the Governor This crop was a remarkable one, being the largest in point of production, and also the largest average number of bushels to the acre in the history of the State. By reference to table it will be observed that during the past ten years, there was no year that compared with the crop of 1888. The years 1882 and 1885, came nearer approximating the immense yield of 1888, still they fell nearly bushels short, with a loss to the acre of nearly two (2) bushels the State over. The crop was one of which the State should be proud, as it demonstrates conclusively that improved farming is the rule in Indiana, and under proper weather conditions, that the soil of the State is all right, and equal to any emergency. That it is being improved yearly is apparent on the face of the returns, and refutes the statements of certain scientific gentlemen that the crop production in Indiana is decreasing to an alarming extent, on account of soil deterioration. The farmers of Indiana are improving their farms yearly by rota tion of crops, turning under clover and the use of fertilizers. The corn crop of 1888 was almost double that of 1887, while the average to the acre was bushels in excess of 1887. (the last named year will be known in the history of the State as the year of the great drought.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.