824 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Poultry — Good; high prices have bettered the quality of poultry. 



Bees — Good; increasing in number. 



Drainage — Several large drainage canals have been completed in the 

 county and some tiling has been done. 



Other Industries — Cider factory at Hamburg produced 1,700 barrels of 

 cider this season. 



Lands — Have increased about 10 to 25 per cent in value. 



Report of Fair — Hamburg fair held September 15-17, 1909. 



GRUNDY. 



L. M. HAWX, GRUNDY CENTER, OCTOBER 20, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Season rather backward and 

 dry. Small grain started slow and was a light crop but of good quality; 

 general conditions satisfactory. 



Corn — Corn was generally late but fine weather the fore part of the 

 season and September has matured it in good shape. 



Oats — Average thirty bushels per acre; quality good. 



Wheat — Small acreage; yield fairly good. 



Rye — None raised. 



Barley — Crop very light and of poor quality. 



Flax — None raised. 



Buckicheat — None raised. 



Millet — Only small amount grown. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Good crop. 



Clover — Crop very heavy. 



Prairie Hay — No prairie hay; a very little slough hay but of poor 

 quality. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Blue grass is the main pasturage and is 

 always good. « 



Potatoes — Very large acreage; yield from eighty to two hundred bush- 

 els per acre. 



Vegetables — Fair crop. 



Apples — Very poor crop. 



Other Fruits — Light crop. 



Cattle — In good condition; very few being fed on account of pre- 

 vailing price of corn. 



Horses — Good grade; prices exceellent. 



Swine — About the usual number raised; generally free from disease. 



Sheep — Not many in the county but of good quality and raised very 

 successfully. 



Poultry — High in price; crop about the average in numbers and qual- 

 ity. 



Bees — Not many; honey crop very short. 



Drainage — More drainage every year; tile factories behind with or- 

 ders. 



Other Industries — Two tile and brick factories running at full ca- 

 pacity most of the time. 



