TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 809 



Drainage — Good natural drainage. 

 Lands — Rapidly increasing in value. 



Report of Fair — Held at Elkader Sept. 15, 16, 17, 1909. Fine weather 

 and unusually large attendance. 



CLINTON. 



E. J. QUIGLEY, DEWITT, OCTOBER 12, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Generally good; low land not good. 



Oats — Average about thirty-five bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Practically none raised here. 



Rye — An average crop. Not much raised in this locality. 



Barley — Good. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckioheat — Good; very little raised here. 



Millet — Good crop. 



Sorghum — None raised. 



Timothy — Extraordinary good crop. 



Clover — Very good crop. 



Prairie Hay — Good crop. 



Other Grains and Grasses — None. 



Potatoes — Short crop, quality good. 



Vegetables — Very good. 



Apples — Short crop. 



Other Fruits — Below an average crop. 



Cattle — Quality good; average supply. 



Horses — Quality good; supply exhausted. 



Swine — All breeds of swine raised in abundance. Exhibit very large 

 this year. 



Sheep — Very few raised here; quality good. 



Poultry — Many varieties raised; average supply this year. 



Bees — Good year for bees. 



Drainage — Much done here this year; both clay and cement tile used. 



Other Industries — ^None. 



Lands — Good; constantly increasing in price. 



Report of Fair — Held at DeWitt, September 7, 8, 9, 10, 1909. Exhibits 

 and attendance good. Improvements- $800. All buildings in good shape 

 and indebtedness very small. 



CLINTON. 



J. B. AHEENS, LYONS, OCTOBER 7, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Better than the average. The 

 season was a trifle later but is advancing on account of the good weather 

 at the present time. No damaging frosts to date. 



Corn — About the usual yield; a better stand than last year; no dam- 

 age by frosts. 



Oats — Yield about eighty per cent. 



