810 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — Good quality; more being raised here each year. 



Rye — Fair to good quality; yield about ninety per cent. 



Barley — Yield light and quality poor on account of rains. 



Buckivheat — Good, but not so much raised. 



Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — Very little but good quality. 



Timothy — Very good crop; average about two tons per acre. 



Clover — Very light on account of being killed last winter; about half 

 a crop. 



Potatoes — About eighty per cent of full crop, account of being too wet; 

 yield fair, quality good. 



Apples — Very scarce; about twenty per cent of yield. 



Cattle — Are in good condition; prices good. Not many being fed on 

 account of high price of feeders and corn. 



Horses — Good ones very scarce and prices high. 



Swine — ^An average crop; generally in good condition and healthy. 



Sheep — A few flocks in this vicinity; not many being raised. 



Poultry — An average crop; young ones bring good prices at markets. 



Bees — Very few around here. 



Drainage — Some drainage ditches in the western p'art of the county. 



Other Industries — Doing a fairly good business and good wages to 

 employees. 



Lands — Very little being transferred. Prices on the whole have ad- 

 vanced within the last year, ranging from $120 to $150 per acre. 



Report of Fair— Held at DeWitt, September 14, 15, 16, 17, 1909. Weath- 

 er and attendance very good. Most of the departments were well filled 

 with exhibits. Racing was good and fast with classes quite well filled. 



CRAWFORD. 



THOMAS R.VE, ARION, OCTOBER 18, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Cold and freezing weather 

 up to May 10th. The wheat and oats crop suffered considerably. Corn 

 planted in fair condition, the soil warming up well, but much was drowned 

 out by continuous heavy rains to July 12th. 



Corn — Twenty per cent abandoned; the balance a fair yield and good 

 quality. 



Oats — Fair quality; average yield from eighteen to thirty bushels per 

 acre. 



Wheat — Good quality; average yield twelve to fourteen bushels. 



Rye — Practically none raised. 



Barley — Poor quality and color; yield about twenty bushels per acre. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Some raised for fodder, giving good yield. 



Timothy — The heaviest crop of timothy ever seen in this county. 



Clover — Heavy yield of splendid clover. Secured in fair condition. 



Prairie Hay — Only a small amount of prairie grass left. 



