840 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Potatoes — Fair yield. 



Yegetables — Good 



Apples — Almost a failure. 



Other fruits — Small fruits good. 



Cattle — Good condition. 



Horses — Good condition. 



Swine — Plenty and in good condition. 



Sheep — Very few raised. 



Poultry — Plentiful. 



Bees — Good condtion. 



Drainage — Sloughs nearly all tiled. 



Lands — About twenty-five per cent higher. 



Report of /oir— Held at Monticello, August 30, 31, September 1, 2, 3, 1909. 



JONES. 

 L. W. Russell, Axamosa, October 15, 1909. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Fine; have not been better for 

 years. 



Corn — Large acreage; yield eighty to ninety bushels per acre; quality 

 A No. 1. 



Oats — Very good; bright and heavy. 



Wheat — Very little raised. 



Rye — Very little raised. 



Barley — Very little raised. 



Flax — Very little raised. 



Buckwheat — Very little raised. 



Millet — Very little raised. 



Sorghum — Very little raised. 



Timothy — Heavy crop; quality good. 



Clover — Good. 



Prairie Hay — None. 



Potatoes — Very good. 



Apples — Very few. 



Cattle — Not many feeders in this section; farmers carry enough cattle 

 to take care of the products of their farm. Improving in grade. 



Horses — More horses than ever and better grade. 



Swine — Large number; very little cholera. 



Sheep — Increasing every year on the rougher land. 



Poultry — Great interest in fancy poultry. 



Bees — Very few. 



Drainage — All wet land being drained and its quality and production 

 being increased. 



Lands — Increasing in value every year and quite a little changing 

 hands. 



Report of Fair — Held at Anamosa, August 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 1909. Rain 

 interfered with the attendance on two days. Horse and cattle display 

 very fine. The amusement features were fine and the fair a success in 

 every way except financially. 



