. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . eamount paid in salaries to superintendents, super-visors, principals and teachers was $215, value of school property in the countywas $1,278,600, and the total amount of indebted-ness, including bonds, was $210,815. Agriculture.—There were in Delaware countyin 1910 over 2,900 farms, embraced in 240,000acres. Average acres per farm, acres. Thetotal value of all farm property was $26,000,000,showing 77
. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . eamount paid in salaries to superintendents, super-visors, principals and teachers was $215, value of school property in the countywas $1,278,600, and the total amount of indebted-ness, including bonds, was $210,815. Agriculture.—There were in Delaware countyin 1910 over 2,900 farms, embraced in 240,000acres. Average acres per farm, acres. Thetotal value of all farm property was $26,000,000,showing per cent, increase over 1900. Theaverage value of land per acre was $ The total value of domestic animals was over $2,400,-000: Number of cattle 21,000, valued at $619,-000; horses 12,000, valued at $1,200,000; hogs84,000, valued at $470,000; sheep 22,000, valuedat $92,000. The total value of poultry was$120,000. Industrial.—According to the United StatesCensus of 1910 there were 102 industries inMuncie, furnishing employment to 4,444 amount of capital employed, $6,626,626;value of products, $9,686,234; value added bymanufacture, $4,210, 1. Public Library. Munc Delaware County Post-Office, Muncie. 3. High School, Muncie CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA 241 DUBOIS COUNTY JASPER, SEAT OF JUSTICE DUBOIS COUNTY is located in the south-ern part of the State. It is bounded onthe north by Martin and Daviess, on the east byOrange and Crawford, on the south by Spencer,Perry and Warrick and on the west by Pike andWarrick counties. It contains 420 square miles,and coal, sandstone, limestone and fire clay aremined in parts of the county. The Patoka riverflows through the county and White river formsa part of its northern boundary. Organization.—It was organized by legisla-tive act December 20, 1817, which became ef-fective February 1, 1818. This section was set-tled about 1801, and the county was named inhonor of Toussaint Dubois,
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