820 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Clover — Good. 



Potatoes — Fairly good. 



Yegetahles — Good. 



Apples — Poor. 



Other Fruits — Poor. 



Cattle — Principally dairying. Calves nearly all vealed. Dairy cows 

 scarce; selling from $5 to $10 higher than ever before. 



Horses — Not many more than needed in the county. Many good colts 

 raised during the season. 



Swine — Young crop light. 



Sheep — Not many in county. 



Poultry — Poultry business encouraging. 



Drainage — Not much tiling being done. 



FLOYD. 



JOHN GATKS, MARBLE ROCK, IOWA, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — The extremely wet weather 

 was very detrimental to the various crops raised in this county with the 

 exception of wheat, barley, rye, and oats in a small portion of the county. 

 The cron crop suffered greatest damage on account of heavy rains, high 

 winds and hail. 



Corn — Quite a shrinkage in the crop of corn was caused by the partial 

 drouth in the valley of the Shellrock and Cedar River districts. 



Oats — Crop was very variable; depending upon the time of sowing 

 and the kind of soil. 



Wheat — Crop was quite fair; both in quality and quantity but the 

 acreage was very small. 



Rye — The rye crop was fair throughout the county but the acreage 

 was small. 



Barley — Very fine and of good quality; acreage small. 



Flax — Flax is neglected. 



Buckicheat — Would all go into one good meal. 



Millet — Quite a good crop. 



Sorghum— Is out of date for use in this county. 



Timothy — Fair crop both for hay and seed. 



Clover — Clover produced no seed but the hay crop was fine. 



Prairie Hay — What there is in the county was fine in quality but of 

 light yield. 



Potatoes — Very poor crop; except where the soil was such that it could 

 withstand the rain and drouth. 



Vegetables — -Vegetables of all kinds were very productive and of good 

 quality for the entire season. 



Apples — Very few and the quality poor. 



Other Fruits — Strawberries, raspberries and ground cherries were very 

 productive. 



Cattle — Cattle fed well on good pastures; no decrease although light- 

 ning did some damage in some parts of the county. 



