D. Camp Adair

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: I'm not positive, but it seems to me like it was around 300 acres.

Bob Zybach: Now what kind of crops did they raise on it?

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: Oh, it was mostly like some hay, and vetch, seed, and some ryegrass, and sheep. They had quite a few sheep. And there used to be a barn down towards the other end of the place they called the sheep barn. They didn't grow much grass seeds except ryegrass, back before the war. Except the harding grass which Mr. Stambaugh grew exclusively himself. For seed.

Bob Zybach: Do you remember when they brought haiiy vetch in here?

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: Oh, yes, that was another crop they raised a lot in here. Wes Kester raised. And we raised hairy vetch. So did most of the farmers.

Bob Zybach: Do you remember when they first brought it in?

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: No, but I would think it was probably in the late '20's it was first brought in.

Bob Zybach: What was the reason everybody started growing it?

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: Well, it was profitable. The southern states in different areas used it for a cover crop. Planted for cover crop in their orchards and other things.

Bob Zybach: So about the late 1 920's you think.

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: Yeah, when it first came in. And then it finally faded out, about the time we left here because the weevil got in there, it was similar to the bean weevil. And then the seed wouldn't germinate so you couldn't sell the seed. But now it's making a little comeback again, and of course now they have sprays to eliminate the weevil.

D. Camp Adair

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: This was all farmland down here. There was no trees or anything outside of around the buildings. And then when Camp Adair.. . this was all took over, built all barracks and everything down through here. And roads, streets. So there's lots of old foundations in there. It's really not good for anything so the Game Commission owns most of this land down here now. For game, but there's so many rodents in there, possums and stuff, I don't know whether it's much good.

Bob Zybach: Okay, we're by the historical marker now. Didn't E.E. Wilson have a game ranch out here, even in the old days?

John Jacob "Jake" Rohner: No, not here. Let me see. Oh, it was more, I think there was a game farm at