680 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



ADAMS COUNTY. 



J . M. Bevore. 



Fair held at Corning, October 5, 6, 7 and 8, 1903, after a postponement 

 of five weeks on account of wet weather. The exhibits were good in all 

 departments, and especially in those of corn and apples, they being 

 superior in quality and display of any previous exhibit ever made here. 



Corn will yield below the average, on account of excessive rains and 

 hailstorms. 



Oats were of a fair yield, though somewhat damaged in shock by 

 rain. 



Wheat is not grown in this county to any great extent. 



Hay was an abundant crop, and pasturage being good, all kinds of 

 live stock are in excellent condition. 



No hog cholera reported this year. 



ALLAMAKEE. 



hurt Hendrick. 



Fair held at Waukon, September 1, 2, 3 and 4, 1903. 



The fair was a very successful one from point of exhibits; the 

 premiums were the largest paid in years, and with the improvements 

 made on the ground the showing was of the best. The attendance was 

 not up to the usual, owing to rain and threatening weather prevailing 

 throughout the days of the fair. 



Crops in this section were good. On the bottom lands floods 

 destroyed the small grain, and set corn back, but on the uplands the corn 

 was good. Small grain was a good average, both in yield and quality with 

 former years. Thoroughbred stock of all kind is being raised extensively, 

 and the exhibits in this department were the best ever made at our fair. 



APPANOOSE. 



John C. Ashhy. 



Appanoose county is sharing in the general prosperity of the county, 

 and ranks well up among the first counties of the grand old State of Iowa. 



The crops this year were up to the average, with the exception of 

 corn, while on account of the late spring rains the acreage planted was 

 not as large as usual. The corn on the uplands will make a very fair 

 yield, while that on the low lands will not make as good a showing. 



Hay was an abundant crop, and was put up without the rains damag- 

 ing it to any great extent. 



