808 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Clover — Good average crop, about two tons per acre. 



Prairie Hay — Good average crop, about one and one-tialf tons per acre. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Fair yield. 



Potatoes — Quality good; yield about one hundred bushels per acre. 



Vegetables — Yield fair. 



Apples — Qualitj' fair; yield about aver5,ge. 



Other Fruits — Quality good; yield fair. 



Cattle — Show a decrease of about five per cent in number raised; qual- 

 ity being improved. Cattle used and raised for dairying purposes here. 



Horses — Average number raised; quality and condition good. 



Stcine — A decrease of ten per cent in number raised; generally healthy; 

 quality good. 



Sheep — Increase in number raised and kept in this county. 



Poultry — Large increase in poultry raised. 



Bees — Did not do well this year. 



Drainage — Some tiling done but not as much as should be done. 



Other Industries — Prosperous. 



Lands — Conditions improving; land increasing in price. Average prices 

 range from $50 to $125 per acre; $50 an acre land scarce and of inferior 

 quality. 



Report of Fair — Held at Strawberry Point, September 7, 8, 9, 10„ 1909. 

 "Weather conditions unfavorable but all premiums were paid in full. 



CLAYTON. 



W. W. D.WIDSOX. FXK.\DEE, OCTOBER 7, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 

 Corn — Large coop; good variety. 

 Oats — Fine quality; small yield. 



Wheat — Good. 



Rye — Good. * 



Barley — Excellent quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — Good. 



Millet — Good. 



Sorghum — Fine crop. 



Timothy — Large yield. 



Clover — Abundant. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Large crops of everything. 



Potatoes — Good quality but small yield. 



Vegetables — Excellent. 



Apples — Large yield. 



Other Fruits — None. 



Cattle — Good condition. 



Horses — Fine and a great many of them. 



Swine — Good class and plentiful. 



Sheep — Good quality. 



Poultry — Abundant. 



