PART XII. 



REPORT OF AGRICULTURAL CONDITIONS 



BY 



COUNTY AND DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL 

 SOCIETIES IN IOWA 



1909 



ADAIR. 



FRED D. MARTIN, GREENFIELD, OCTOBER 27, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops not up to average on 

 account of late and wet spring; corn badly blown down. 



C07-n — Generally a good quality; will yield twenty to seventy bushels 

 per acre. 



Oats — Light; will run from fifteen to thirty bushels per acre and of 

 fair quality. 



Wheat — Practically none in the county. 



Rye — None. 



Barley — Very light this year; from ten to thirty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — None. 



Sorghum — None. 



Timothy — Good crop; average about four bushels for seed. 



Clover — Poor. 



Prairie Hay — ^Very little, if any. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Tame hay of all kinds extra good; average 

 about two tons per acre. 



Potatoes — Fair Crop and good quality. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Fair crop but mostly frozen. 



Other Fruits — Practically none. 



