NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 803 
Report of Fair — Held September 14 to IS inclusive. A very large at- 
tendance and increase in interest. There were sixty more exhibitors this 
year than last, especially good exhibits in the horse, swine and poultry de- 
partments, while the ladies' department was exceptionally fine and the 
showing of fruits and flowers was very good. We had good races and 
the weather was fine during the entire fair. 
MILLS. 
G. W. Williams, Malvern, October 26, 1908. 
Corn — Fair average; from twenty to sixty bushels per acre. 
Oats — Very poor average; from six to twenty bushels per acre. 
Wheat — Fair, from six to twenty bushels per acre. 
Rye — Very little raised; average from ten to twenty bushels per acre. 
Barley — Very little raised; from twenty to twenty-five bushels per 
acre. 
h tax — None raised. 
Buckwheat — Very little raised. 
Millet— Good. 
kurghum — None raised. 
Timothy — Good quality; yield from one to three tons per acre. 
Glover — Good quality; good yield, second crop fine. 
Prairie Hay — Good; put up in fair condition. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 
Potatoes — Fair yield; good quality. 
Vegetables — Fair. 
Apples — Very poor inferior quality. 
Other Fruits — Fair. 
Cattle — Fine condition; not many on feed. 
Horses — Fine condition; good horses scarce. 
Swine — Good condition; not much disease. 
Sheep — Very few raised. 
Poultry — Good supply; good condition and good price. 
Bees — Very few raised. 
Drainage — Very little tiling done. 
Other Industries — Good. 
Lands — In good condition; price from $70 to $140 per acre. 
Report of Fair — Held at Malvern, August 4 to 7. Stock exhibit small 
but good; races very good; attendance good; every one pleased; receipts 
did not quite meet the expenditures. 
MITCHELL. 
W. H. Gable, Osage, October 12, 1908. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — The general average of crops 
were good. A late backward spring retarded the growth of crops materi- 
ally but a fine late fall in a measure made up for the late spring. 
Corn — Acreage small; quality good, best had for many years. 
Oats — Good crop. 
Wheat — Practically none raised. 
