806 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — Stand and quality good; average about twenty bushels per 

 acre. 



Rye — Excellent; quality good; average about twenty bushels per 

 acre. 



Barley — Quality fair; average about twenty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Good quality, but very little raised. 



Millet — Very little sowed, and most of it was such a light stand it was 

 either cut for hay or plowed under. 



Sorghum — Good, but not much raised. 



Timothy — ^Very good. 



Clover — Very good. 



Prairie Hay — Good. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Good. 



Potatoes — Good, average about one hundred and twenty-five bushels 

 per acre. Quite a number of farmers are increasing their acreage as it 

 is a profitable crop. 



Vegetables — Very good; excellent quality. 



Apples — Very inferior and very small yield. 



Other Fruits — Very good. 



Cattle — Not as many cattle in this locality as last year. Farmers are 

 getting better grade. , 



Horses — Farmers are raising more draft horses and getting rid of the 

 smaller ones. 



Swine — Short in this locality, presumably on account of high price 

 of corn. 



Sheep — Very few raised here. 



Poultry — Considerable poultry raised here and is very profitable. 



Bees — Did not do well this season. 



Drainage — Farmers are beginning to see the importance of tiling their 

 laud. 



Lands — Have increased in value from $5 to $10 per acre the last year 

 ana changing hands quite readily. 



Report 0/ F«/?-— Held at Nashua, September 7, 8, 9, 10, 1909. Although 

 the weather was threatening the second and third days, the attendance 

 was good and the receipts larger than last year. The fair was a success 

 in every respect, regardless of the weather. 



CLAYTON. 



HENRY LUEHSEN, GARNAVILLO, OCTOBEB 15, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season backward. A good deal 

 of rain in the spring and cold weather was a detriment to small grain. 

 Corn — A good average crop, about eighty per cent. 

 Oats — Not a big yield but of good quality. 

 Wheat — Very little raised but quality and yield good. 

 Rye — Not much raised. 

 Barley — Light crop of medium quality. 

 Flax — None raised. • 



