NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 753 
Swine — Good pricos; number short, probably due to wet weather. Some 
disease south and southwest during spring and summer. Not as many 
being fed as usual on account of high price of corn. 
Sheep — Few handled but seem to be profitable. 
Poultry — Conditions improving and more being raised. 
Bees — Returns have been good and good quality. 
Drainage — More tile put in than heretofore and more slough land 
brought under cultivation. 
Other Industries — Creameries have done larger business than any year 
before; good prices have been secured for cream. More cows are milked 
each year with profit. 
Lands — Value increased and a number of farms have changed hands. 
Highest price, 67 acres adjoining town, $150.00 per acre; 80 acres, mile 
from town, $140.00 per acre; 390 acres, joining town, $100.00 per acre; 
240 acres, eight miles from town, $92.50 per acre. 
Report of Fair — Held at Adair September 23, 24 and 25. Best fair 
ever held; larger number of exhibits and exhibitors. Sentiment seems 
to be in favor of securing permanent grounds and incorporating the 
association. Exhibits showed marked improvement in quality. In way 
of amusements we furnished free ball games each day and some vaude- 
ville and put on an evening show. No racing. 
ADAMS. 
George E. Bliss, Corning, September 20, 1908. 
Corn — Seventy-five per cent of an average crop. Too wet in many places 
in June for a large yield. 
Oats — Fifty-nine per cent of an average crop. Yielded from eight to 
forty bushels per acre; good quality. 
Wheat — Ninety per cent of an average crop. Excellent quality; spring 
wheat made light yield but winter wheat was fine. 
Barley — Ninety-nine per cent of an average crop. Good yield and fine, 
quality. 
Flax — None raised, 
Millet-^O-HQ hundred per cent of an average crop. A great deal sown 
and promises a lot of hay. 
Sorghum — One hundred per cent. A great deal sown and promises well. 
Timothy — One hundred per cent of an average crop. A large crop. 
Glover — Eighty-nine per cent of an average crop; fine and of excellent 
quality. 
Prairie Hay — One hundred per cent of an average crop. Very little 
wild grass in county. 
Potatoes — Ninety-two per cent of an average crop; excellent quality and 
fair yield. 
Vegetables — One hundred per cent of an average crop; all doing 
splendid. 
Apples — Forty per cent of an average crop; frost killed more than one- 
half of apple blossoms but quality is good, 
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