710 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The crops of the county were good. Oats were slightly damaged 

 by the wet season. Corn was a large yield and generally escaped the 

 frost. Stock of all kinds is in a healthy condition. 



Land is high in price, good farms selling at $80 to $100 per acre. 



DALLAS COUNTY. 



E. H. Crenshaw. 



Fair held at Adel, September 17 to 22, 1902. 



Crops in Dallas county averaged better last season than the season 

 before. Oats averaged forty bushels per acre, and corn though slightly 

 damaged by frost yielded fifty bushels. Potatoes and apples were also 

 good. 



The soil of Dallas county is adapted to all kinds of farming. It is 

 rich and productive. Land is $10 per acre higher than in 1901 and is selling 

 at $70 to $100 per acre for choice farms. 



DAVIS COUNTY. 



,/. C. Brouhard. 



Fair held September 9 to 12, 1902 at Bloomfield. 



The meeting was one of the most successful ever held by this society. 

 The exhibits in all departments were numerous and of a good quality. 

 Those of the agricultural department were much the largest ever shown 

 in the count y. The showing of cattle and swine was also large, that of 

 horses being about an average. 



Small grains yielded fairly well and would have been of a good quality 

 had it not been for the excessive rains of the summer. The yield of corn 

 was the largest of years, and the quality fair. Hay was a good crop and 

 the seed a fair yield. Small fruit did not mature well because of the drouth 

 of early spring. Peaches were a total failure. 



DELAWARE COUNTY. 



James Bishop. 



Fair held September 16 to 19, 1902, at Manchester. 



The quality of the agricultural and horicultural exhibits shown at the 

 annual fair was excellent. The number of animals in the live stock depart- 

 ments were not numerous but were of good grades. 



