886 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE 



Horses — Well supplied and good quality; plenty of young stock. 



Swine — Plenty of old hogs; young stock not up to standard. 



Sheep — Very few raised in this county. 



Poultry — Splendid, both as to quality and number. . 



Bees — Very few raised. 



Drainage — Farmers are using more tile every year. 



Lands — Constantly advancing in price; worth from $60.00 to $200.00 

 per acre, and quite a little changing hands. 



Report of Fair — Held September 10-13 inclusive. The attendance was 

 not up to average, nor were the exhibits in some departments. Bad 

 weather on the last day caused a cancellation of that day. 



ADAMS. 



GEO. E. BLISS, CORXIXG, SEPTE^SIBER 18, 1912. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Have had timely rains, w^hich 

 have made all crops good. 



Corn — Best crop we have had since 1880, 



Oats — Quality splendid; yield from 40 to 55 bushels per acre. 



Wheat — The yield of winter wheat broke all previous records, making 

 an average of 26 bushels per acre. A big acreage being put in now. 



Rye — But little grown; yield about 28 bushels per acre. 



Barley — But little sown; good quality and yield. 



Flax — Not any. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Little sown; large yield and nearly all threshed for seed. 



Sorghum — Large acreage; nearly all cut for forage. 



Timothy — Fair yield; splendid quality. 



Clover — Very scare. Too dry in 1910 and 1911. Very little withstood 

 early drouth. 



Prairie Hay — Good quality; splendid yield. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Some alfalfa; good yield; cut three times. 



Potatoes — Both early and late ones yielded bountifully. 



Vegetables — All kinds did remarkably well. 



Apples — Not any. 



Other Fruits — An abundance of plums; excellent quality. 



Cattle — Very few in feed lots; milch cows in great demand. 



Horses — Great demand for horses; selling at an average of $200.00. 

 Not quite as many colts as usual. 



Swine — Short crop of pigs and disease carried off a large number of 

 the older ones. 



Sheep — More sheep than usual and in good condition. 



Poultry — More poultry and eggs sold than ever before. 



Bees — Did fairly well this year; many died last winter. 



Drainage — Very little put in this year. 



I/an(f«— Selling from $75.00 to $150,00 per acre. Several farms sold 

 this year. 



Report of Fair — Held September 9-12, inclusive. 



