742 IOWA DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



Other Fruits — An abundant crop of small fruits of all kinds. Peaches, 

 pears, etc., almost a total failure. 



Cattle — About the average number on hand at this time of the year. 

 All kinds of cattle command a good price, but good dairy cows with beef 

 quality especially in demand. 



Horses- — More than usual raised and of better quality. Heavy home 

 demand for heavy draft mares and colts. 



Swine — Good prices and no disease have made the hog the big money 

 maker the past year. Some disease in the county at this time, but seems 

 to be confined to a few herds. 



Sheep— More sheep in the county than in any previous year. A large 

 number of western ewes shipped in this fall and sold quickly in small 

 bunches. 



Poultry — Increase in price of both eggs and poultry has brought about 

 the breeding of much better stuff. 



Bees — Not many raised or kept. 



Drainage — A great deal of tiling has been done the past year and 

 our factory Is filled with orders for winter delivery to the farmers. 



Lands — Considerable land has changed hands during the past three 

 months at prices ranging from fifty to one hundred dollars per acre. 



Report of Fair — Held at Greenfield, September 3 to 6. Good attendance 

 and some old indebtedness paid. Good exhibits in nearly all depart- 

 ments. Swine exhibit largest ever made here. No gambling, side shows, 

 etc., allowed on the ground. 



ADAIR. 



A. C. Savage, Adair, October 26, 1907. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — First of season backward 

 and cold; later too dry. Small grain crop light; hay light; corn of fair 

 quality and about eighty-five per cent crop. Has been an excellent fall for 

 threshing and harvesting. 



Corn — Generally good; about eighty -five per cent of crop. Some com- 

 plaint of corn being light in weight. 



Oats — Light and chaffy but price good. 



Wheat — Fair quality; yield light. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Very little raised but fair quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None raised. 



Millet — Very little grown. 



Sorghum — None grown, except for fodder. 



Timothy— Hay generally quite light but yielded well; good price. 



Clover — Light. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes— Yield light and potatoes rather small. Too dry at growing 

 time. 



