828 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Wheat — An increased acreage in fall wheat and a good crop, but not 

 so heavy as last year owing in part to absence of rain at the right time. 



Rye — Usual acreage, with fair yield and quality. 



Barley — Small acreage but will compare favorably with former crops. 



Flax — Very little raised but quality is very good. 



Bucktcheat — Small acreage but of good quality and yield. 



Millet — A very good crop and well matured without damage from rain; 

 quality and yield about the same as heretofore, owing probably to the 

 fact that alfalfa is supplanting millet with many farmers. 



Sorglium — Acreage about an average with last year; quality and yield 

 good. 



Timothy — A very good crop with acreage about the average; quality and 

 yield very good, with no rains to ruin it as last year. 



Clover — About the usual acreage; fair crop. 



Prairie Hay — A very good crop in some places but hardly up to the av- 

 erage over the county, owing to light rains all through the summer. 



Other Grains and Grasses — Alfalfa appears to be growing in demand for 

 cattle feed, and many farmers have supplied themselves abundantly for 

 winter feeding. 



Potatoes — About the average acreage; yield not so large as usual but of 

 the ordinary quality. 



Vegetables — All kinds very good in quality, although tomatoes did not 

 mature very early owing to dry weather and heat. 



Apples — A large crop with prices much higher than usual. 



Other Frtiits — Fair yield of small varieties; too dry for small fruit. 



Cattle — Not many fed during the summer owing to the high prices for 

 feeders, and not the usual number will be fed during the coming winter. 



Horses — Are in demand and good grades bring good prices; "scrubs" 

 are not much in demand and sell for lower prices than last year. Farm- 

 ers are beginning to see the advantage of raising well bred horses. 



Swine — This county produces some of the best hogs that can be raised 

 anywhere. Exhibits at the fair this year were the best in the history of 

 the society and more "will be shown next year. 



Sheep — Very few raised and not so many being fed as usual. 



Poultry — Not many full blooded fancy chickens are raised but common 

 varieties are in good demand both for home consumption and for market; 

 more might be marketed with good profit to the producer. 



Bees — Did very well the past summer, producing good honey of very 

 good quality. 



Drainage — The drainage systems in the western part of the county have 

 been a great benefit to all the county; another drainage system contract- 

 ed for. 



Other Industries — We have one canning factory; its output has been 

 materially increased this year and contracted for at good prices by whole- 

 sale dealers at the large western markets. 



Lands — Values continue to advance, some sales being reported at over 

 $100 per acre and none at less than $45 per acre. 



