A sample of this wheat will accompany this report. The fields were measured by Lenden Freeman, Esq., a competent surveyor. The wheat at the thresher's measure.

Parma, September 17, 1850.

Respectfully,

JOHN A. ACKLEY.

P. S. As for corn and grass, I have nothing; the grasshoppers having done the principal part of the harvesting. J. A. A.

The second premium is for red chaff winter wheat, yielding 33 31-100ths bushels per acre; grown by Everett Holly, whose statement is as follows:

The field of wheat, a specimen of which the undersigned presents for your inspection, was grown on land properly called clay loam, having a southern inclination, and moderately undulating. Having lain in grass five years, in the spring of '47 it was broken up eight inches deep, and planted with corn; in the spring of 1848 with oats, with the intention of sowing to wheat in the fall. (I plough but little land, this rotation I find most convenient.) Accordingly, the 1st of August, I had 23 loads per acre of yard and shed-manure, (mostly the latter; I feed all my cattle and sheep under cover,) drawn on the field and put in one heap. Owing to wet weather, it remained there for spring use; in '49, it was spread, and the ground sown with oats, (together with the remainder of the field, it being an orchard,) the 1st of August I had 20 loads per acre of manure, the same kind as aforesaid, spread upon the stubble, and turned under eight inches. deep, and so remained until the 15th of September, three hands ploughed down with red chaff bald wheat, one and a half bushels per acre, harrowed and furrowed out.

Sold thirty-six bushels for seed at one shilling above the market price, and an average of 90 cents, $32 40.

The remainder at the same price, 36 bushels 18 quarts, $27 53.

To the Committee on Agriculture:

The following is the mode of culture stated by Dr. Long:

I have presented you a sample of corn, grown by John Paff, on ten acre lot 37, owned by John L. Lawrence, in the city of Cleveland. I measured one acre, 10 rods by 16 rods, and counted the number of hills, amounting to 2,688. I then husked 20 hills in a body, and as I believe, a fair average, which produced at least 14 bushels of ears of corn. The manner of cultivating was as follows: Ploughed once and harrowed. Corn planted about the 15th of May, went through it with Cultivator twice before hoeing, and once with shovel plow, then hoed the second time. The ground was never tilled before this year. It is sandy land, mixed with muck.

Respectfully, your obedient servant,

DAVID LONG.

To T. Hird, for the best specimen winter wheat, one bush. sowed, variety, "Brever Dam." This was the only specimen of this variety offered, and on account of its excellent quality, we award the Ohio Cultivator and diploma. Mr. Hird states that the land was summer fallowed; soil, clay and gravelly loam. Sown in Septem ber and harrowed, yield 25 bushels to the acre.

To John Paff, for specimens of Indian Corn, and the only one offered, yielding 134 bushels per acre; there being no other offered, we adjudge the first premium, it being a superior quality.

The premium on Oats, we award to Royal Millard, of Rockport, a crop of 14 acres, yielding 728 bushels, or 52 bushels to the acre. The following is the substance of Mr. Millard's statement: "These oats were raised on a loam bottom land, which was planted to corn last year, ploughed in April, and three bushels per acre sowed and harrowed in. From the destruction of winds and grasshoppers, judges have stated that ten bushels per acre were not harvested."

The specimen of oats shown by R. Ingersolls, had no report accompanying, and so also the specimen of wheat shown by Mr. Franklin. Mr. F. has since given the following account of his grain :

Cbtained five years ago one single head from Ashtabula county, then two years from England, and eleven stools of said wheat stood

the winter; the produce of said wheat on the fifth harvest is 26 bushels, the last season sown on oat ground with once ploughing. The above wheat, I think, stands the winter in preference to any other wheat, in comparison with the Mediterranean Crate Club. The harvest men gave it the preference to any of the above kinds. ALONZO FRANKLIN.

During the afternoon of the second day's exhibition, the annual election for officers was held, and resulted as follows:

Prof. J. P. KIRTLAND, of Cleveland, President.

A. SHERWIN, of Newburgh, Vice President.

J. STAIR, of Cleveland, Treasurer.

G. B. MERWIN, of Rockport, Secretary.

A. A. JEWETT, of Newburgh,

A. MERCHANT, of East Cleveland,

D. A. ACKLEY, of Parma,

WM. WIRT, of Euclid,

RAWSON BENEDICT,

Executive Committee.

Mr. R. S. Elliott and Mr. S. Toms, are delegated a committee to attend other County Fairs of this fall, as far as possible, and report at the next meeting of the Society.

F. R. ELLIOTT, Secretary.

DEFIANCE COUNTY.

BY WILLIAM C. HOLGATE.

1. PRINCIPAL CROPS,-Wheat, Corn, Oats, Hay and Potatoes. 2. V HEAT.-Twenty bushels to the acre is the usual average yield; this year's average 25 bushels to the acre. The crop is most injured by winter-killing and rust; the best remedies for these evils are deep and good ploughing, drainage and early sowing, say 15th of September. There will probably be 150,000 bushels of wheat

shipped from Defiance of this season's crop; of this, probably twothirds is raised in the county. 3

3. CORN.-Usual average 50 bushels. This year's crop good. Mostly fed to stock and consumed at home; probably 50,000 bushels shipped. Price from 25 to 374 cents per bushel.

4. OATS.-Usual average about 30 bushels per acre. The crop receives no injury except from drouth, I believe, where the farming is good.

5. RYE AND BARLEY.-Not much raised.

6. GRASS AND HAY.-One and a half tons per acre usual average. The average of the past season did not exceed half that, on account of drouth. Usual price from $5 to $7 per ton; this season it is ranging at $10 and over.

7. ROOT CROPS.-Usual average crop of potatoes 150 bushels per acre. This year's crop good, but some injured by rot. The varieties now most used, I think, are the English Whites and Pink-eyes. No other root crops grown to any extent.

8. FRUIT.-Fruit good; peaches very plenty and fine. There are not a great many apples, on account of the newness of the country; but the climate and soil seem to be very favorable to all kinds of fruit. None raised over what are consumed at home.

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9. SEEDS. There is some clover and timothy seed grown ported, not to any great extent, however; and perhaps a little flax seed. Price of timothy, $1 25 per bushel; clover, $3 per bushel. 10. OTHER CROPS.-None of the articles mentioned in this question

are grown to any extent worthy of mentioning.

11. DAIRY PRODUCTS. -No butter or cheese manufactured for

export.

12. Sheep and WOOL.-There were 2,198 sheep in this county in the spring; value $1.866. There is but little attention given to the wool business at present; we think it will increase as the county bocomes cleared up and settled.

13. PORK.--There were 5,771 hogs in the county, over six months old, last spring, valued at $4,530. It is difficult estimating accurately the product of pork from these. It is mostly slaughtered and consumed in the county. There has been some improvement in the hogs, but not much.

14. BEEF.-There were 4,003 cattle in the county, over two years old, last spring, valued at $39,023. These cattle were raised in the county, and probably 1,000 of them are exported or slaughtered.

15-AG. REP.

At four years old, I would put their average value at $15. No particular improvement.

15. HORSES AND MULES.-There were 1,265 horses in the county, in the spring, valued at $44,896. There are some exported of those raised, but not a very large number at present. No improvement made. I would put the average value, at 4 years old, at $45. There are but two mules in the county; valued at $36. None raised.

16. IMPLEMENTS.-Several threshing machines, and one of McCormick's reaping machines have been introduced into the county. The threshing machines do well; also the reaping machine, on land suitable for its operations.

17. OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.-This county is so new, and the roots of the recent clearings so green, that few or no experiments have been made, except to hasten a riddance of the timber; the timber once gone, all things seem to come forward spontaneously, with very little help from the hand of man. The main evidences of improvement are the rapid purchase of our wild lands by actual settlers, frequent invitations to "log cabin raisings," and the flames of "brush piles," and the smoke of "log heaps."

18. MINERALS.-Experiments are now being made upon a kind of stone resembling the slate stone, which is very abundant along the Auglaize River, that encourages the hope that a heavy business may yet be done in the manufacture of a "stone cement," which, applied in a partial liquid state, hardens so as to become impervious to water, and to create a solid stone wall. Nothing else in the mineral line of pecuniary profit worthy of note.

19. MILLS, &c.-During the past year a very good and substantial iron foundry has been established in the town of Defiance; also two additional saw mills, one worked by steam and one by water power; also an ashery that does quite a heavy exporting business.

20. No shows. Nothing collected. No escheated lands.