NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 755 
AUDUBON. 
S. C. Curtis, Audubox, Octouer 17, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — The farming season of 1908 
in Audubon county opened with dry, favorable weather for putting in 
crops and continued so until about the 20th of May. Some fear was felt 
regarding pastures and hay crop but at that time some very heavy rains 
fell insuring pasturage and a hay crop. At the same time the rains 
caused damage to bridges and corn and considerable loss resulted from 
the washing of hillsides and the flooding of bottom lands. The contin- 
uance of wet weather necessitated late planting of a small part of the 
corn. From the latter part of June the weather was seasonable and 
the yield of all crops fair except late potatoes. 
Coi'7i — Corn has done well since about July 1st, and ai)pears to be a 
fair crop and most of it of good quality. Some late fields will yield 
small ears but sound and some fields will be soft and chaffy. Will prob- 
ably have eight-five per cent of an average crop and of much better 
quality than in 1907. 
Oats — Very uneven, varying from twenty to over forty bushels per acre 
and in weight from twenty to thirty-five pounds per bushel. Acreage yield 
about thirty bushels standard weight. 
Wheat — Spring wheat yielding about twenty bushels per acre of good 
quality. 
Barley — Near thirty bushels yield per acre of fair quality. 
Timothy — Pastures held out well and the crop of hay is good both in 
quantity and quality, namely, timothy and clover. Very little wild hay 
owned in this county. 
Prairie Hay — Very little wild hay. 
Potatoes — Fair crop. 
Vegetables — Very few vegetables raised. 
Other Fruits — Fruits of all kinds were very scarce; killed by late 
spring frosts. 
Poultry — This is quite an industry with the farmers in this county. 
Other Industries— ThQ only industry we have here is a cannery which 
ran about four weeks this fall, consuming quite a large amount of sweet 
corn of good quality. 
Report of Fair— Held September 22, 23, 24 and 25, 1908. The fair was 
one of the most successful fairs ever held in the county, both in attend- 
ance and financially. Weather was very good except the last day which 
was very disagreeable on account of high winds, dryness, and dustiness. 
BENTON. 
Arad Tiiompsox, VixTox, October 26, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. There have been no 
better crops in the ten years past. 
Corn — Ninety per cent of an average crop; well matured and good 
yield. Acreage not up to average. 
Oats — Average crop. 
Wheat — Not wheat enough to report. 
