794 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Other Industries — One and one-half million cans of corn put up at La- 

 Porte City this year. Sugar beet industry just introduced here this year; 

 quality good. 



Lands — Price from $100 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fflfi?-— Held at LaPorte City, September 14, 15, 16, 17, 1909. 

 Attendance light the first day but very good the balance of days. 



BREMER. 



U. A. LOXG, WAVERLV, OCTOBER 28, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Slightly above the average. 



rorn— Fifteen per cent above normal. 



Oats — Five per cent below normal. 



Wheat — Fifteeen per cent above normal. 



Rye — Normal. 



Barley — Fifteen per cent below normal. 



Flax — None grown. 



Buvktcheat — Not grown. 



Millet — Not grown. 



Sorghum — Normal. 



Timothy — Ten per cent above normal. 



Clover — Ten per cent above normal. 



Prairie Hay — Normal. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Normal. 



Potatoes — Fifteeen per cent below normal. 



Vegetables — Twenty-five per cent above normal. 



Apples — Half a crop. 



Other Fruits — Twenty per cent below normal. 



Cattle — Normal. 



Horses — Normal. 



Jtvine — Normal in condition, twenty per cent below in numbers. 



>sheep — Normal. 



foultry — Fifteen per cent above normal. 



Bees — Normal. 



Drainage — In good working order. 



other Industries — Generally prosperous. 



Lands — In active demand. 



Report of Fair— Held at Waverly, September 21, 22, 23, 24, 1909, being 

 the first annual exhibition. All departments were well filled, new and ad- 

 ditional barns and pens for all kinds of stock being required after the be- 

 ginning of the fair. Quality of exhibits was good. Exhibits in grain, 

 vegetable and fruit departments and in the ladies' department overrun 

 the 5,600 square feet of space in Exposition Hall. Both day and evening 

 programs were put on. Attendance was good and the fair financially and 

 educationally a marked success. Not the least noticeable feature was the 

 unanimous satisfaction expressed on the part of both exhibitors and pa- 

 trons. 



