796 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Timothy — Good. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Poor crop; being shipped in for home consumption. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Light crop but good quality. 



Other Fruits — Light crop. 



Cattle — Condition good; a strong demand for feeders. 



Horses — Good demand for horses; more being raised than in former 

 years. 



Swine — No disease reported and in good condition; not as many raised 

 as in previous years. 



Sheep — Few raised but pure bred. 



Poultry — Poor year for poultry but demand good prices. 



Bees — Average. 



Drainage — More county drains being established each year. 



Other Industries — New coal fields being developed, with a strong de- 

 mand for fuel. Brick and tile plants are working full time to fill orders. 



Lands — Selling at from $90 to $130 per acre, according to location. 



Report of Fair— Held at Boone, September 21, 22, 23, 24, 1909. Weather 

 and attendance good the last two days. Increased exhibits over last year 

 in all departments. 



BUCHANAN. 



p. G. FREEMAN, INDEPENDENCE, SEPTEMBEE 18, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Crops are considered very good 

 in this county. Early part of the season was favorable but the dry 

 weather in August did some damage to the corn and a good deal of dam- 

 age to the potatoes. 



Corn — Larger acreage than usual and crop is good; the stand was 

 never better. 



Oats — Good quality; yield from thirty to fifty bushels per acre. 



Wheat — The interest in wheat is growing; mostly winter wheat in this 

 section; the exhibits at the county fair were fine. 



liye — Not much raised. 



Barley — Most of the farmers raise some barley, using it for early feed 

 for hogs; seldom any for sale. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — A light crop in this section. 



Millet — Not enough raised to report on. 



Sorghum — ^Very small acreage. 



Timothy — While not so great acreage as the last two years, the quan- 

 tity and quality are good. 



Clover — A good crop, fully up to the best seasons. 



Prairie Hay — ^Very little in this locality; quality good as far as it goes. 



Other Grains and Grasses — As timothy and clover are the main hay 

 crop, other grasses are not in evidence. 



