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Other Industries — Dairy business quite good; farmers selling cream 
instead of making butter. 
Lands — Land ranges in price from $45 to $85 per acre; quite a good 
deal is selling at $55 to $70 per acre. 
Report of Fair— Held September 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1908. General at- 
tendance good; the largest crowd present on Thursday, September 10th, 
that has been known during the history of the fair. Exhibits in all 
departments were the largest and best on record; races were good. 
DELAWARE. 
J. J. Pentony, Manchester, September 28, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 
Corn — Average crop. 
Oats — About twenty-five bushels per acre; quality good. 
Wheats — Good but very little raised. 
Rye — Good yield; small acreage. 
Barley — Fair crop. 
Flax — Not any raised. 
Buckwheat — Good. 
Millet — Very little raised. 
Sorghum — Good. 
Timothy — Largest crop ever raised; eight to ten bushels per acre. 
Clover — Very good. 
Prairie Hay — Good. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Small yield; good quality. 
Vegetables — Good. 
Apples — Fair crop. 
Other Fruits — Fairly good. 
Cattle — Conditions good. 
Horses — Plenty of horses; prices twenty-five per cent lower than last 
'ear. 
Swine — Fully an average number of swine; herds free from disease. 
Sheep — More sheep raised than last year and of better quality. 
Poultry — Not in as good condition as last year and smaller crop; 
turkeys scarce. 
Bees — Very good this year. 
Drainage — Lots of tiling being done. 
Other Industries — Dairies; large number of silos being built.. 
Lands — Steady in price. 
Report of Fair— Hem September 15, 16, 17 and 18, 1908. Attendance 
smaller than last year; exhibits in all departments much larger than last 
year; everybody seemed well pleased with the exhibition. 
FAYETTE. 
E. A. McIllree, West Union, September 26, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — The year 1908 has been in 
many ways remarkable. It had one of the mildest winters noted for 
