NINTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XIII 815 
Clover — Good but not seeding very well from the second crop; used 
mostly for feeding. 
Prairie Hay — Good but not much left here. 
Other Grains and Grasses — Good and a large yield. 
Potatoes — Lots raised and of good quality. 
Vegetables — All good this year. 
Apples — Not very many and crop not very good. 
Other Fruits — Light yield. 
Cattle — In good condition but some pink-eye scattered through the 
county. 
Horses — In good condition and lots of young horses and mules raised 
here. 
Swine — Number of spring pigs below general average and lots dying 
from worms and general hog disease. 
Sheep — Good, and lots raised; mostly Shropshire. 
Poultry — Lots of poultry but some dying witii general disease; good 
prices. 
Bees — Extra good; lots of honey, made mostly from white clover. 
Drainage — Good, and lots of tiling done. 
Other Industries — Good corn canning factory; stone factory doing a 
good business; lightning rod factory carrying on a big business and the 
brick factory is considered one of the best equipped in the state. Tobacco 
was good this year; about twenty acres grown with a yield of thirty-five 
to forty thousand pounds. 
Lands — Advancing in price and $20 higher than last year with lots of 
buyers. 
Report of Fair— Held August 11, 12, 13, 14, 1908. First day wet but 
fair attendance; second day, good attendance, about 1800; third day, 
large attendance, seventy-five hundred admissions, weather good; fourth 
day, held over, and fifth day declared off after asking horsemen to vote on 
what they wished to do. The fair was a grand success and every one 
seemed well pleased; the prospects are for a larger fair in 1909. Racing 
was especially fine as the horses were of the best; more cattle shown than 
any other class, while the swine and horses followed next in order. Good 
deal of improvement has been done and there is still about $400 left in 
the treasury. 
SCOTT. 
Miles Collins, Dam<:nport, May, 1909. 
General Condition of Crops and Season — Wet spring and dry summer. 
Everybody prosperous and happy. 
Corn — About average yield; mostly yellow dent corn. Also a good 
yield of sweet corn for local markets. 
Oats — More acreage than usual but a light crop. 
Wheat — Good. 
Rye — Very little. 
Barley — Quite extensively raised and very good crop. 
Buckwheat — Very little raised. 
