814 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Barley — Quality good but yield light; crop was a disappointment when 

 threshed. 



Sorghum-^'Sot much raised but making excellent quality of syrup. 



Timothy — Good fair crop and harvested in excellent condition. 



Clover — Good crop and secured in good condition. 



Potatoes — Lighter than usual, drought and bugs hurt the crop; quality 

 fair. 



Cattle — Cattle have been healthy and prices good; not very plentiful. 



Horses — Scarce; all classese of good horses are in demand, and prices 

 for good animals, especially heavj' teams, are very high. 



Sicine — Hogs have been healthy and in good demand; pig crop only 

 fair; not many fat hogs in the county at present. 



Sheep — The sheep business is looking better; several very fine flocks 

 headed by imported rams in the county. 



Poultry — The poultry business is doing nicely; numerous flocks of pure 

 bred fowls. Outside poultry and egg shippers in almost every town. 



Drainage — Taking up more of the farmers" attention; a good amount of 

 tile is being laid this season. 



Lands — Farm lands steadily raising in price and are held firmly at 

 advanced prices, mainly on account of the high average of crops main- 

 tained. 



Report of Fair — Held at Manchester, August 31, September 1, 2, 3, 1909. 

 The displays in all departments were excellent, but on account of con- 

 tinued rains the fair was not a financial success. 



DES MOINES. 



HORACE PATTERSON, BUBLINGTOX, JANUARY 20, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Inferior crops on account 

 of unfavorable w'eather. 



Cor7i — Average yield per acre 40 bushels, price 50 to 65 cents per 

 bushel. Seventy per cent damaged by high winds in September and 

 frosts in October; also by excessive rains in November. Twenty-five per 

 cent of the corn in the fields at this writing covered with snow and ice. 



Oats — Average yield per acre, 23 bushels, price 45 cents per bushel; 

 inferior quality. 



Wncat — Average yield per acre, 20 bushels; good quality and price 

 ranges from 95 cents to $1.00. 



Rye — Winter average yield per acre; price 65 to 70 cents per bushel; 

 good quality. 



Barley — Average yield; quality fair; price 50 cents per bushel. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buekicheat — Average yield. 



Millet — All harvested for hay; none threshed; average yield per acre; 

 good quality and all consumed at home. Price of seed per bushel $1.50 

 and crop increasing. 



Sorghum — Average yield per acre; price 60 cents per gallon; good 

 quality: crop decreasing although a number of acres are grown for for- 

 age and fodder. 



