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PRESIDENT'S REPORT.

To the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:

In submitting the fifteenth annual report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, I am happy to communicate to the General Assembly that the past has been a very fruitful season, and the labors of our farmers have been rewarded with bountiful harvests.

The condition of the agriculture of this State is still improving, as is evidenced by the increased demand for improved implements, and the attention paid in many parts of the State to drainage. This is a step in the right direction, and when well introduced will go far to obviate the extremes of dry and wet seasons, which have so materially affected our crops heretofore. The expense of draining a farm either with timber or tile drains, is very great, and in some portions of the State the mole plow has been substituted with beneficial effect. It is still a question with many as to the permanence of the drains thus made, but all agree that thus far they have been of essential service, and if they should last but one or two seasons, they will have more than paid the cost, and proven the necessity of a thorough system of drainage.

For some years past the wheat crop of the State has been steadily diminishing in quantity, and so uncertain has it become, from the depredations of insects, and the diseases to which it is subject, that the quantity of land cultivated in this impartant crop is annually diminishing.

From the returns of the United States census, and those of the assessors, we find that

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The years 1849 and 1959 are certainly to be regarded as most unfortunate, and should not be considered as a test of the capacity of our soil for the successful cultivation of this crop, as in the one case, with every indication of a large yield, the crop was a few days before harvest suddenly blighted by the rust, and in the other by an extraordinary frost on the 5th, of June; much of the wheat was killed. But the Assessors' returns for the intermediate years show a gradual diminution in the quantity per acre as well as in the number of acres sown.

The crop of 1860 was good, and though in some portions of the State injured by the midge, is presumed to be nearly up to our best years. The crops of corn, oats, barley, and hay, were unusually good.

A large portion of the personal property of the State subject to taxation, consist of live stock; as by the returns of the Assessor's for 1860, there were:

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$69,583,000

The aggregate value as listed for taxation..

Certainly an interest worthy of the care of the Legislature. During the past year a contageous and fatal disease appeared among the cattle af our Eastern States, which excited considerable alarm among that portion of our citizens largely engaged in the culture of this stock. I would respectfully recommend the passage of a stringent law to prevent the introduction into the State of any cattle from an infected district. For some years past a fatal disease has prevailed among swine, which has occasioned serious loss to many of our farmers. Reluctant as I am to make to the General Assembly any recommendation which involves the expenditure of money, I deem it my duty to suggest the propriety of encouraging the establishment of schools of veterinary science.

Such institutions are numerous in Europe, and have had a most beneficial effect. So deficient are we in this respect, that though the State annually sustains a loss of several millions by the injury and death of animals, which by proper treatment might be saved, our farmers, not knowing where to go for information on the nature and cure of the maladies of which their animals die, are compelled to let matters take their course, or what is worse, trust to the boasted skill of some ignorant pretender.

The eleventh annual fair was held at Dayton September 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th, and was largely attended by exhibiters and spectators. The exhibition in all its departments was highly successful, and those of live stock and agricultural implements, superior to any former exhibition of the Board. The list of awards will be found among the accompanying papers.

I refer to the report of the Corresponding Secretary for a detailed statement of the condition of the agriculture of the State, and to that of the Treasurer for the condition of the finances of the Board, both of which are herewith

Respectfully submitted,

A. WADDLE,*

President Ohio State Board of Agriculture.

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