TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XII 825 



Lands — Rolling prairie. Values remain steady, prices ranging from 

 $120 to $175 per acre; quite a number of sales to eastern buyers. 



Report of Fair— Held at Grundy Center September 21, 22, 23, 1909. The 

 weather was good and the attendance large. All departments were well 

 filled and the fair was a success in every way. 



GUTHRIE. 



THOMAS E. GRISELL, GUTHRIE CENTER, OCTOBER 20, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Early part of the season was 

 unfavorable to a full crop by reason of excessive rains and in August 

 the crop was cut short by drouth. 



Corn — On account of the late spring fifty per cent of the corn was 

 planted late in the season and all was poorly cultivated. Notwithstanding 

 this an average crop will be harvested. A hard wind storm in September 

 blew down the corn, making it hard to gather. 



Oats — Yield from twenty to thirty bushels; quality good. 



Wheat — Not much sown. 



Rye — Not enough sown to estimate. 



Barley — None raised to speak of. 



Flax — None. 



Buckwheat — None. 



Millet — Only sown on land too wet to raise other crops. 



Timothy — A fine crop and saved in good condition. 



Potatoes — The drouth in August cut the crop short. 



Apples — Small crop. 



Report of Fair — Held at Guthrie Center, September 28, 29, 30, and 

 October 1, 1909. In point of attendance it was the most successful fair 

 in the history of the society; for the first time in many years the fair 

 was favored with beautiful weather. A full exhibit in all departments. 



HAMILTON. 



JAMES W. ADAMS, WEBSTER CITY, JANUARY 22, 1910. 



General Condition of Crops and Seaso7i — Crops this year are in gen- 

 eral above the average. 



Corn — Corn in this vicinity is very good; about one-third of the crop 

 is still in the field on account of being snowed under. 



Oats — Very good quality and yielded about ZTY^ bushels per acre. 



Wheat — Very good quality and yielded more per acre than has been 

 usual for a number of years. 



Rye — Good quality but small acreage. 



Barley — Very little sown compared with other years. 



Flax — About average yield but many acres were partly lost on ac- 

 count of heavy rains. 



BucTctvheat — Neglected in this county. 



Millet — Good season for millet; quality and quantity good. 



Sorghum — Crop a little heavier than usual but the quality not so 

 good on account of wet weather. 



