Ranks high as an agricultural State. Corn crop, 1884, 71,880,800 bu.; wheat, 13,425,000 bu.; oats, 7,865,000 bu.; tobacco, 1882, 198,905,994 lbs.

Salaries of State Officers.
Governor $5,000
Sec'y of State 1,600
Treasurer 2,400
Auditor 2,600
Atty. Gen. $500 & fees
Reg. Ld. Office 2,400
Com'r of Agr. 2,000
Ins. Com'r. 4,000
3 R. R. Com'rs 2,000
Chief Justice 5,000
3 Asso. Justices 5,000
Senators,
Representatives

 $5 pr. day
mileage 15 cents.
District Judge 3,500
Pension Agent 4,000
6 Cols. Int. Rev. 4,600
60 Deputy Collectors 300 to 2,000

Presidential P. O.
Bowling Green $1,800
Covington 2,600
Danville 1,800
Frankfort 2,300
Georgetown 1,600
Henderson 1,800
Hopkinsville 1,800
Lexington 2,700
Louisville 3,700
Maysville 2,000
Mt. Sterling 1,700
Newport 2,100
Owensborough 2,000
Paducah 2,300
Paris 1,800
Richmond 1,600
Shelbyville 1,600
22 Offices 1,500 to 1,000

Has a world-wide reputation for thoroughbred horses and cattle. Latest reports give for stock on farms, horses, 370,028; milch cows, 304,720; cattle other than cows and oxen, 505,746; sheep, 980,166; swine, 1,954,919. Ranks first in tobacco; fourth in malt and distilled liquors; sixth in hogs; seventh in corn; eighth in rye, coal and mules.

Population, 1,648,690; male, 832,590; female, 816,100; native, 1,589,173; foreign, 59,517; white, 1,377,179; colored, 271,451; Chinese, 10; Indians, 50; slaves, 1860, 225,483.

State elections biennial, first Monday in August, in odd-numbered years; congressional and presidential elections, Tuesday after first Monday in November; number Senators, 38; Representatives, 100; sessions of legislature biennial, in even-numbered years, meeting last day of December; limit of session, 60 days, unless extended by vote; term of Senators, 4 years; of Representatives, 2 years.

Number electoral votes, 13; number voters, 376,221. Bribers, robbers and forgers excluded from voting.

Number colleges, 15; public school system framed, 1838; school age, 6-20.

Legal int., 6; by contract, 10; usury forfeits excess over 10 per cent.