930 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Vegetables — All kinds very good. 



Apples — Absolute failure. 



Other Fruits — One-half crop grapes; no peaches or pears; one-half crop 

 raspberries and blackberries; strawberries good. 



Cattle — Have done fine on the pasture all summer. I believe there 

 is a little shortage of stockers. 



Horses — Have done fine; lots of them in the county and prices have 

 been good. The raising of good horses seems to be on the increase. 



Swine — Light stock of young pigs; prices have been so high that they 

 were sold off close. 



Sheep — Have been gaining and lots of them have been shipped in the 

 county. 



Poultry — Have done fine; lots of them being raised and the interest 

 in breeding poultry is on the increase. 



Bees — Have not done well this year. 



Drainage — Lots of tiling being put in in this county. 



Other Industries — The people are putting up a few silos and more 

 are talking of it. There was a good deal of corn cut this year. 



Lands — Still on the increase. Have sold 200 acres at $175.00 per acre 

 and 200 acres at $150.00 per acre, adjoining this town; other lands in 

 proportion. People are taking better care of their farms. Not nearly 

 as much land has changed hands this year as usual on account of the 

 money market. 



Report of Fair— The fair was held September 20, 21 and 22, 1910. 

 Had the best exhibits we have ever had; the horses being exceptionally 

 good, while the hogs, sheep and poultry were also very good. Cattle 

 were a little light. It rained hard the last day of the fair and this hurt 

 the fair financially. Had a very good day the 21st and had extra good 

 racing and free attractions. 



ADAMS. 



GEORGE E. BLISS, CORNING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Notwithstanding the dry weather in August, we had the best 

 crop of corn we have had in three years. 



Oats — Were of fine quality and averaged nearly forty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Winter wheat was a surprise to every one, yielding from 

 eighteen to thirty-three bushels per acre. Spring wheat yielded from 

 ten to twenty-four bushels per acre. 



Rye — Quality good; yield close to nineteen bushels per acre, but not 

 much grown in this county. 



Barley — But very little sown, but of good quality and yielding about 

 twenty-nine bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised in this county. 



Buckwheat — Only a few small fields in the county, but this bids fair 

 to produce well. 



Millet — Hay short, but of fine quality. 



