THIRD ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART XII. 781 



TAYLOR COUNTY. 



W. /'. Evans. 



Fair held September 10, 17, 18 and 19, 1902, at Bedford. 



The exhibits in all departments were lessened to some extent because 

 of the rains. This is more true of the farm products than of the live 

 stock shown. Many horses were on exhibition and made as fine a show- 

 ing as we ever had. The showing of cattle, while not large, was very 

 creditable. The exhibits in the farm and garden lines and also fruit were 

 all good, many fine samples being shown. 



The wet season played havoc with the small grains and hay crop. 

 Many fields were not harvested, it being impossible to run a mower or 

 reaper over the ground it being so soft. Corn was very weedy on account 

 of the wet. The fields could not be properly cultivated. 



Farm lands have been on a boom the past year, prices ranging from 

 $60 to $100 and fully fifteen per cent higher than last year. 



VAN BUREN COUNTY. 



/•;. 0. Syphers. 



Fair held August 26 to 29, 1902, at Milton. 



The exhibits though not so numerous as in former years were of an 

 excellent quality. The conflicting of our dates with those of the fair in 

 Lee county were responsible for the cutting down of the exhibits. 



Crops of all descriptions were good in Van Buren county in 1902. The 

 fruit with the exception of peaches, was the finest ever grown here. Corn 

 was good, some pieces yielding as high as 100 bushels per acre. 



WAYNE COUNTY. 



G. T. Wright. 



The small grains were all more or less damaged by the heavy rains 

 of the summer. A large amount of timothy and clover seed was never 

 threshed because of the rains. Corn was never a larger yield. Much 

 fine stock in the county and prices good. All in a healthy condition. 



The prices of lands have advanced from twenty to thirty per cent and 

 are now selling at $30 to $60 per acre with many farms changing hands. 



