PROCEEDINGS STATE AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION 109 



County Exhibits 



Northern Section — 1, Osceola county, 838.1. North Central Section — 1, 

 Webster county, 844; 2, Hardin county, 771. South Central Section — 1, 

 Polk county, 932; 2, Guthrie county, 917.5; 3, Carroll county, 893; 4, 

 Greene county, 871.2. Southern Section — 1, West Pottawattamie, 907; 

 2, Clarke county, 871.5; 3, Cass county, 862.5; 4, Warren county, 859.6. 

 Sweepstakes for the highest scoring exhibits — 1, Polk county; 2, Guthrie 

 county; 3, West Pottawattamie; 4, Carroll county; 5, Clarke county. 



Individual Farm Exhibits 



North Central Section — 1, Mrs. E. J. Heise, Arlington, 874.5; 2, P. M. 

 Peterson, Cherokee. South Central Section — 1, E. M. Wilson, Panora, 

 943.5; 2, J. T. Wasson, Panora, 929.2; 3, Spring Valley Farm, Coon Rapids, 

 877.5; 4, Stumpy Hill Farm, Boone. Southern Section — 1, J. A. Mason, 

 Carlisle, 933.2; 2, Maple Side Farm, Swan, 912.2; 3, J. W. Freel & Son, 

 Pleasantville, 911.5; 4, B. Freel & Son, Pleasantville, 694.2. Special Polk 

 County — 1, John Justice, Ankeny, 919.3. Sweepstakes for highest scoring 

 exhibits — 1, E. M. Wilson, Panora; 2, J. A. Mason, Carlisle; 3, J. T. 

 Wasson, Panora; 4, John Justice, Ankeny. 



Many persons were interested in the display made by the several state 

 institutions under the management of the State Board of Control. The 

 institution at Cherokee showed all sorts of hand work done by men and 

 women inmates in the way of crocheting, tatting, rug making, basketry 

 and wood work. Most visitors marveled at the excellent work put out 

 by these institutions. At Fort Madison a chair factory is operated and 

 the product turned out is of high quality. It sells on the market in com- 

 petition with other products of similar character. Different things are 

 manufactured at the different institutions, each specializing on some one 

 product. 



The Iowa State College exhibits, housed under the grand stand, were 

 unquestionably better than any this institution has ever shown before. 

 The agronomy department featured the several high yielding varieties 

 of oats which it has developed in recent years. Iowa 103 oats, for ex- 

 ample, averages 3.9 bushels more per acre than the common varieties 

 it is displacing over the state; Iowa 105, 2.5 bushels more; Iowar, 6.1 

 bushels more; and Iogren, 7.6 bushels more than the common varieties. 

 The latter variety is one of recent development and has not yet been 

 tried by farmers on a large scale, but it is one of the most promising 

 sorts the college has originated. We are growing annually five million 

 acres of oats in Iowa. If none but the new varieties were grown, which 

 average 4.34 bushels more per acre than the old varieties, Iowa would 

 produce approximately 24 million bushels more per year than is now the 

 case. This shows the importance of the work of oat improvement. 



The soils department called attention to the results that have been 

 obtained from liming the soil in various parts of the' state. Statistics 

 were presented, for example, from soils requiring two tons or less of 

 ground limestone per acre, which showed that with manure average 



